[1. NOTICE AND RETURN] [00:00:05] THE TIME IS 4 P.M.. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD BRIEFING, A MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IF YOU'RE ABLE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE. A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION. WE HAVE TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT ONE. LANCE CURRIE, TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT THREE. DAN MATEUSZ.K, DISTRICT FOUR. PTECH GARCIA, DISTRICT FIVE. BYRON SANDERS, DISTRICT SEVEN. BEN MACKEY, DISTRICT NINE. ED TURNER, DOCTOR STEPHANIE ELIZALDE. OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JOINS US. AND I'M JOE CORRIGAN, TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT EIGHT AND BOARD PRESIDENT. THIS MEET. OG TRUSTEE. WHERE IS SHE? SHE'S IN THE HALLWAY. OH, SHE. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRUSTEE FOREMAN WILL BE JOINING US MOMENTARILY. THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT DALLAS ISD DOT ORG. ESTA REUNION ESTARA DISPONIBLE SIMULTANEAMENTE EN INGLÉS Y EN ESPANOL AND DALLAS ISD PUNTO 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 THAT THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY B, E, D LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONTENT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS. FIRST FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION AND 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, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD, WHILE ATTEMPTING WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, A RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC AND ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE. [3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I BELIEVE THE HONORABLE YVONNE DAVIS IS WITH US HERE TODAY. I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE SEEN HER EARLIER. MAYBE NOT. OKAY, I KNOW I DEFINITELY SEE THE HONORABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONER. DOCTOR GARCIA IS HERE WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT I MIGHT BE MISSING? OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. TRUSTEES, WE'LL NOW TURN TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING. [4. PUBLIC FORUM] OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC PORTION SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING. WE WILL HAVE SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS AND SPEAKERS TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE. CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS PUBLIC MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, FILTHY, VULGAR, OBSCENE OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS THAT INSIST ON EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO THIS LANGUAGE SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES. TO INCLUDE STUDENTS NAMES AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES. THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND IS RECOMMENDED THAT SPEAKERS AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SEEK RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES. AUDIENCE, I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE MEETING. THE RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO ENSURE EFFICIENT MEETINGS. UNLAWFUL OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS. SPEAKING OUT OF TURN. CROSSING OFF THE ROPED OFF BARRIERS, INTERFERING, INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. EACH SPEAKER IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OR HER OWN STATEMENTS. SPEAKERS PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE. SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORMED THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER. DOCTOR JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF OUR SPEAKERS? YES. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY FOR YOUR NAME. I WILL CALL FOR SPEAKERS AT A TIME WITH THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES. REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS AND HONORABLE ELBA GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR FREDERICK HAYNES THE THIRD AND [00:05:03] ANN HARRINGTON ON DECK. REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS NOT PRESENT HONORABLE ELBA GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR FREDERICK HAYNES, THE THIRD. GOOD AFTERNOON. BUENAS TARDES. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU HERE. TRUSTEE OF DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESIDENT KAREN TRUSTEE, MY TRUSTEE, MR. MACKEY. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU AS WELL IN THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS DOCTOR ELBA GARCIA, DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT FOUR. I'M ALSO LIVING AT 640 KESSLER SPRING AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU. TRUSTEE TURNER FOR NOMINATED ACTOR FLORES AND TULA GARCIA FLORES FOR NAMING OF SCHOOL. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I KNOW THE FLORES FAMILY AS A FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN NOT ONLY VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY HAVE THE GANAS. THEY KNOW THAT EVERY KID GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY HAVE TO BE AT THE TABLE. YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY CAN SUCCEED. AND DALLAS IS THAT COMMUNITY TO DO THAT. HECTOR FLORES, WHAT CAN I SAY? YOU ALL KNOW HIM. HE HAS WORKED FOR THE ISD, HIS CAREER AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF LULAC, SHOWS HIS WORK AS A CIVIL RIGHTS WHO HAVE GONE FROM LITTLE MEXICO ALL THE WAY TO THE HALLS OF WASHINGTON. WE HAVE SEEN HIS WORK NOT ONLY ENGAGING WITH THE STUDENTS, BUT BEING SURE THAT HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GRADUATE IN HIS FAMILY FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. HE PASSED THAT OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY IN HIS FAMILY, BUT TO ALL THE ISD FAMILY KIDS. I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND WORKING FOR THEM AND WITH THEM AS WHEN HE WORKED FOR THE ISD, AS YOU ALL KNOW. HER REVOLUTIONARY. HE REVOLUTIONIZED PRETTY MUCH THE WAY THE ISD HIRED BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND NOT ONLY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS OF OF TEACHERS KNOWS HE KNEW THAT KIDS HAVE TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE PEOPLE THAT THEY EDUCATE TO BE ABLE TO SUCCEED. AND WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT MY FRIEND TULA GERTRUDIS? TULA GARCIA FLORES? SHE WAS A TRAILBLAZER BY HERSELF FROM SOUTH TEXAS ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS. SHE KNEW THAT BILINGUAL EDUCATION WAS THE KEY FOR MANY OF THE STUDENTS OF THE ISD TO SUCCEED. AND NOT ONLY THAT, AS A TEACHER AND AN ADMINISTRATOR, SHE TAUGHT HOW TO IMPLEMENT BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN MANY OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE ISD. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE FLORES FAMILY, INCLUDING THE NEW GENERATIONS AND THE NEW TEACHERS THAT HECTOR AND AND TULA FLORES HAVE MENTOR. I KNOW THAT THEY FULFILL ALL THE GUIDELINES THAT THE ISD HAS TO NAME SCHOOL. SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE GARCIA FAMILY. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE TURNER, FOR NOMINATING THEM. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST CHOICE TO NAME THE IDEA ON OLD EAST DALLAS ACADEMY. I KNOW MY FRIEND TULA FLORES IS SMILING FROM HEAVEN AND IS FIGURING OUT HOW TO TELL HER WHAT TO DO NEXT. MUCHISIMAS. GRACIAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. DOCTOR FREDERICK HAYNES THE THIRD, AND ANNE HARRINGTON, FOLLOWED BY SHERI BOSS AND ALICIA TRUSTEE ON DECK. DOCTOR FREDERICK HAYNES, THE THIRD NOT PRESENT. AND HARRINGTON, FOLLOWED BY SHERI BOSS AND HARRINGTON NOT PRESENT. SHIRLEY BOSS, FOLLOWED BY ALICIA TRUSTEE. THE BOARD PRESIDENT JOE CARREON AND BOARD MEMBERS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SHIRLEY BOS. AND TO BE ABLE TO STAND AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF CHANGING THE NAME OF HARRY STONE MONTESSORI BACCALAUREATE ACADEMY TO SHIRLEY ISAMUSIC MONTESSORI BACCALAUREATE ACADEMY AT HARRY STONE BRINGS ME GREAT PRIDE AND JOY, BECAUSE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A TRAILBLAZER WHOSE BRILLIANCE, DEDICATION AND PASSION FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING HAS NEVER WAVERED IS INDEED AN HONOR. SURELY, I SAID, NEWSOM IS A LIVING LEGEND WHO HAS INSPIRED MANY TO EMULATE ELEMENTS OF HER CHARACTER, HER INTEGRITY, HER COURAGE, AND HER PROFOUND SERVICE FOR THE EDUCATION AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN. I MET MRS. NEWSOM IN THE FALL OF 1988, SHORTLY AFTER MY FAMILY RELOCATED TO DALLAS. WHEN WE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A ONE ON ONE BASIS. MRS. NEWSOM TOLD ME THAT THE MEDIA CENTER SHOULD BE THE HUB OF THE SCHOOL. AND INDEED IT WAS. FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR THE TEACHERS, AND THROUGH WHICH MANY ADVOCATES FOR EDUCATION MOVED, [00:10:04] MENTORED AND SERVED WITH WITH EXCELLENCE. THE CHILDREN OF HARRY STONE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THOSE ADVOCATES INVOLVEMENT CONTINUED WHEN MRS. NEWSOM ASSUMED THE ROLE OF PRINCIPAL THE VERY NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. BEING A PART OF MRS. NEWSOM'S TEAMS, INCLUDING THE AREA TWO ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, AFFORDED ME FIRSTHAND ACCESS TO THE BENEFITS OF HER UNDENIABLE PASSION AND DEDICATION TO EDUCATING NOT ONLY THE CHILDREN, BUT ALSO THE ADULTS CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING THE CHILDREN. I, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHERS, LEARNED, TAUGHT, AND GREW. AND THAT CYCLE CONTINUED. SHE USHERED OTHERS THROUGH DOORS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE BEEN OPENED TO LEARN, TO TEACH AND TO GROW. HER ABILITY TO LEAD, MODEL AND GROW OTHERS IS IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN. I HAVE OFTEN HEARD HER QUOTE AS SAYING FROM THE MAASAI PEOPLE OF KENYA AND TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA ARE THE CHILDREN WELL? THIS GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS INTENDED TO FOCUS ON THE BALANCE BETWEEN TEACHING CHILDREN WELL AND ALLOWING THEM TO BECOME INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR OWN SOULS AND ENTITIES. IT SIGNIFIES THAT THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITIES PROTECTING AND EDUCATING THE YOUNG ARE IN PLACE, AND THAT DAILY STRUGGLES DO NOT PREVENT THE PROPER EDUCATION OF THE NEXT GENERATION. THE DESIRED RESPONSE IS ALL THE CHILDREN ARE WELL. CHANGING THE NAME OF HARRY STONE MONTESSORI BACCALAUREATE ACADEMY TO SHIRLEY MONTESSORI BACCALAUREATE ACADEMY AT HARRY STONE WOULD BE BEFITTING IN HONOR OF THE TRAILBLAZER WHO IGNITED THAT CANDLE AT HARRY STONE NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. ALICIA TRUSTEE AND ALL FOR THOMAS, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CHAMBERS AND RONNIE MESTAS. ALICIA TRUSTEE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALICIA TRUSTEE AND I SERVE AS CHIEF STRATEGIST AT FRIENDSHIP WEST BAPTIST CHURCH. I'M HERE TODAY TO STRONGLY SUPPORT RENAMING HARRY STONE MONTESSORI ACADEMY AS THE SHIRLEY NEWSOME MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT HARRY STONE. THIS IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT PLACING A NAME ON A BUILDING. IT IS ABOUT HONORING A LEGACY THAT HAS HELPED SHAPED WITH EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND ISD LOOKS LIKE TODAY, FEW EDUCATORS EMBODY THE MISSION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION MORE FULLY THAN MISS NEWSOME. FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, SHE HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE EXCUSE ME, FROM LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, RECEIVE AN EDUCATION DEFINED BY HIGH STANDARDS, ACADEMIC RIGOR AND OPPORTUNITY. HER COMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY BECAME. BEGAN. AS A CHILD, SHE WAS AMONG THE FIRST BLACK STUDENTS TO ATTEND AN INTEGRATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY. AS A YOUNG WOMAN, SHE BECAME A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, AND THOSE EXPERIENCES SHAPED A LIFELONG MISSION TO ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD, ESPECIALLY THOSE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED, HAD ACCESS TO EXCELLENT SCHOOLS AND RIGOROUS LEARNING. WHEN MISS NEWSOM CAME TO DISD, SHE TURNED THAT MISSION INTO TANGIBLE ACTIONS TO HELP TRANSFORM SCHOOLS. SHE BROKE BARRIERS AS THE DISTRICT'S FIRST DEAN OF INSTRUCTION, HELPED DESIGN INSTRUCTIONAL REFORM EFFORTS, AND LATER BECAME THE DISTRICT'S FIRST CHIEF OF STAFF. AGAIN AND AGAIN, SHE WAS ASKED TO LEAD SOME OF THE DISTRICT'S MOST CHALLENGING AND IMPORTANT WORK. HER CONNECTION TO THIS CAMPUS MAKES THIS EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL, AND PERHAPS NO PLACE REFLECTS HER IMPACT MORE CLEARLY THAN HARRY STONE. WHEN SHE BECAME PRINCIPAL, HARRY STONE WAS THE LOWEST PERFORMING MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. THROUGH STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, UNCOMPROMISING ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS, AND A DEEP BELIEF THAT STUDENTS POTENTIAL WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THOSE LEADERS WHO THEY ENCOUNTERED EVERY DAY, THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCED REMARKABLE GROWTH. HER WORK HAS SHAPED GENERATIONS OF LEADERS, STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. SHE HAS MENTORED COUNTLESS PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS AND HAS EARNED A LOCAL REPUTATION AS A PRINCIPAL MAKER. EVEN TODAY, HER MISSION CONTINUES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FRIENDSHIP WEST BAPTIST CHURCH. OCCASIONALLY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AN EDUCATOR WHOSE LIFELONG COMMITMENT HAS BEEN TO UPLIFTING A GENERATION. THIS WOULD NOT JUST BE SYMBOLIC, IT IS ALSO HISTORICALLY ACCURATE AND DEEPLY DESERVED. RENAMING THIS SCHOOL WOULD HONOR A CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER, A TRANSFORMATIONAL EDUCATOR. I'M SORRY, EDUCATOR AND A LEADER WHOSE WORK EMBODIES THE VERY BEST OF ISD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. [00:15:05] ALPHA THOMAS AND BRIAN CHAMBERS, FOLLOWED BY RONNIE MESTAS AND MARIAN WILLIAMS ON DECK. ALPHA. THOMAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALPHA THOMAS AND I AM AN ACTIVIST HERE IN THE DALLAS COMMUNITY. I HAVE LIVED IN DALLAS FOR 68 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ACTIVISM FOR 30 YEARS. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED RENAMING OF CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL TO THE DIANE RAGSDALE CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL. I MET DIANE RAGSDALE OVER 25 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE YOUNG ACTIVISTS AND WORKED WITH THE LATE HONORABLE CATHERINE GILHAM. MISS GILHAM SERVED ON DISD SCHOOL BOARD FOR 23 YEARS, WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON THE BOARD AND THE FIRST BLACK BOARD PRESIDENT. MISS RAGSDALE AND I WERE MEMBERS OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS FOUNDED BY MRS. GILLUM, THE BLACK COALITION TO MAXIMIZE EDUCATION. THIS GROUP MONITORED THE FEDERAL DESEGREGATION COURT ORDER AND HELPED TO DESEGREGATE DISD DISTRICT NINE ON THE MOVE AND THE CELINA BUTLER INSTITUTE. THESE GROUPS HELPED PARENTS WITH SCHOOL ISSUES AND TAUGHT THEM HOW TO BROKER THE DISD SYSTEM. THE POLITICAL CONGRESS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN. THIS ORGANIZATION WORKED FOR THE POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS. AND LASTLY, CLEAN. SOUTH DALLAS, A LITTER ABATEMENT AND COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION ORGANIZATION. YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN CLEAN SOUTH DALLAS CONSISTED OF PARTNERING WITH AREA SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLEAN UP CAMPAIGNS. MR. AND MISS CLEAN SOUTH DALLAS COMPETITIONS, ART AND ESSAY CONTEST AND A SUMMER CAMP. MISS RAGSDALE WAS A LOYAL AND FAITHFUL PERSON TO MISS GILLUM. SHE WORKED SELFLESSLY AND TIRELESSLY WITH HER TO BRING CHANGE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND TO THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK COMMUNITY. MISS RAGSDALE SERVED ON THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL, WHERE SHE REPRESENTED DISTRICT SEVEN FOR SEVEN YEARS WITH AN UNWAVERING SPIRIT, PASSION AND LOVE OF COMMUNITY. SHE FOUGHT TO BRING MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES SOUTH OF THE TRINITY. SHE IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON, A CATALYST FOR CHANGE, AND A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR OUR YOUTH. IT IS MY HONOR TO SUPPORT THE RENAMING OF CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL TO THE DIANE RAGSDALE CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. AND ASH. THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. BRIAN CHAMBERS AND RONNIE MESTAS, FOLLOWED BY MARIAN WILLIAMS AND ASHLEY COOK ON DECK TO THE DALLAS ISD BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BRIAN CHAMBERS. I AM A RETIRED 40 YEAR DALLAS ISD SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING AT THOMAS EDISON MIDDLE LEARNING CENTER 24 YEARS, WHICH WAS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SHIRLEY ISOM NUZUM, WHO WAS OVER LEARNING CENTERS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING MANY LEARNING SESSIONS THAT ALLOWED ME, AS A TEACHER TO IMPROVE 100% IN THE AREAS OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, TECH TECHNIQUES. I'M SORRY, ANALYZING POLITICAL CARTOONS AND TEST TAKING STRATEGIES, JUST TO NAME A FEW. AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNUAL TRAINING, I BECAME AN OUTSTANDING TEACHER, WHERE MY STUDENTS SCORED IN THE HIGH 80S AND 90 PERCENTILES ON BOTH DISTRICT AND STATE EXAMS. TODAY, I AM HERE TO RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND THAT SHIRLEY ISAACM NEWSOM BECOME HONORED BY HAVING THE NAME OF THE HARRY STONE SCHOOL CHANGED TO THE SHIRLEY NEWSOM MONTESSORI BACCALAUREATE ACADEMY. MISS NEWSOM HAS BEEN A LIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY, SHOWING COMPASSION, WISDOM AND A SPIRIT OF SERVICE THAT HAS TOUCHED MANY LIVES. HER EXAMPLES REFLECT THE KIND OF CHARACTER THAT UPLIFTS OTHERS AND ENCOURAGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO WALK A PATH OF PURPOSE, KINDNESS AND FAITH. SHE HAS SHOWN THROUGH HER ACTIONS THAT TRUE LEADERSHIP COMES FROM A HEART DEVOTED TO HELPING OTHERS GROW AND SUCCEED. NAMING A SCHOOL AFTER SHIRLEY NEWSOM WOULD BE MORE THAN A RECOGNITION OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IT WOULD BE A TRIBUTE TO THE SPIRIT SHE HAS SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT WOULD REMAIN. IT WOULD REMIND STUDENTS EACH DAY THAT EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT KNOWLEDGE, BUT ALSO ABOUT CHARACTER, INTEGRITY AND CARING FOR OTHERS. FINALLY, HONORING HER IN THIS WAY WOULD ALLOW HER LEGACY TO CONTINUE INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS TO LIVE WITH FAITH, HUMILITY, AND A COVENANT AND A COMMITMENT TO SERVING OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. [00:20:01] THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. RONNIE MESTAS AND MARION WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY COOKE AND DOCTOR THERESA JACKSON ON DECK. GOOD AFTERNOON TRUSTEES. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. AND I'M RONNIE MESTAS, WEST DALLAS, TEXAS. I JUST IT'S AN HONOR REALLY TO TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ADDING JORGE CASTRO TO THE LEGACY HALL AT L.G. PINKSTON. ADDING HIS NAME TO THIS LEGACY HALL IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WAS UNEXPECTED, ESPECIALLY FOR ME BECAUSE JORGE HAS BEEN AND I'M GOING TO CALL HIM JORGE. I HOPE Y'ALL DON'T MIND, BUT HE HAS BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES EVER SINCE. EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I CAME BACK TO DALLAS, AND THAT'S BEEN OVER 15 YEARS. I WAS THERE IN KINGSTON IN THE 70S AND JORGE, JUST HIS SPIRIT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THE SCHOOL AND THE SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENTS HAS NEVER WAVERED. HE HAS BEEN THERE IN AND OUT, VOLUNTEERING, YOU KNOW, TIME, EVEN DURING THIS TIME OF HIS HEALTH, AN ISSUE WITH HEALTH. HE USED TO WALK THE WALK. HE'S PUT HIS MOUTH WHERE HIS MONEY IS AT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY LITERALLY. HE HELPED SUPPORT, I THINK WE RAISED OVER $80,000 TO GET OUR FIRST BAND OVER TO ATLANTA FOR ONE OF THE DRUM LINES OVER THERE IN COMPETITION. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE NEVER EVEN LEFT WEST DALLAS, YOU KNOW. SO I THINK THAT WAS A MONUMENTAL. AND I THINK MR. WILSON WAS A GREAT PART OF THAT TOO. IT WAS JUST JUST MONUMENTAL FOR, FOR THE, THE STUDENTS. AND THAT'S JUST A BEGINNING BECAUSE THEN WE DID ANOTHER TRIP FOR THE STUDENTS TO ATLANTA, I MEAN, TO WASHINGTON, D.C., RAISING A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THEM THERE FOR A MEMORIAL DAY PARADE. THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY PARTICIPATED IN THAT LEGACY STARTS. WELL, I GUESS IT COVERS THE PAST AND, AND, AND I DON'T HAVE NOTHING WRITTEN OUT. SO, BUT IT COVERS THE PAST AND IT ALSO DEVELOPS THE FUTURE WHEN YOU HAVE STUDENTS. AND I WAS NOT A VERY GOOD STUDENT. I'M STILL NOT. BUT GEORGE TAUGHT ME A LOT. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS CREATES A FUTURE. AND GEORGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN INCLUSIVE. OUR COMMUNITY IS DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BLACK, BROWN, WHITE, I THINK ORIENTALS NOW AND JUST EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO OUR SCHOOLS, EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL. EDISON. YOU KNOW, SAME THING. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT IN ALL THOSE SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA. AND GEORGE HAS BEEN THERE PROMOTING THE SPIRIT AND TRADITION THAT WE CARRY. YOU KNOW, I SAY WE BECAUSE I LEARNED HOW TO CARRY IT. FOR L.G. PINKSTON, BUT, BUT ALSO FOR OUR, OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE STRUGGLED TO ORGANIZE THAT, BUT I THINK GEORGE WAS A BIG PART OF THAT HAPPENING. AND I KNOW IT GOT ME INVOLVED. AND AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE SBM, WHICH THERE WAS REALLY NEVER AN SBM AT PINKSTON. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT HONOR FOR FOR ALL THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THERE, BECAUSE THEY'LL SEE THE PAST, BUT THEN THEY KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE IS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRAINING ON VOCATIONAL, WE'RE TRAINING ON COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, GRANTS, ROTC, A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. MARY ANN WILLIAMS AND ASHLEY COOK, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR THERESA JACKSON AND TROY COLEMAN ON DECK. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MARION WILLIAMS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR DALLAS ISD SCHOOL BOARD, STAFF AND CITIZENS. AS I STAND HERE, I AM IN FAVOR OF RENAMING OF THE CITY LAB AFTER DIANE RAGSDALE. I AM HERE TODAY STANDING AS A RETIRED TEACHER, SCIENCE SPECIALIST COORDINATOR FOR OVER 35 YEARS IN DALLAS ISD AND STILL THE DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT MY CHURCH, SAINT LUKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHERE WE SERVE THE SCHOOLS OF SOUTH DALLAS. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE RENAMING OF CITY LAB TO THE HONORABLE DIANE RAGSDALE CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE SERVED TOGETHER IN SOUTH DALLAS FOR OVER 30 YEARS IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND COMMITTEES. WHEN I SAY SERVE, THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I SHOULD SAY, AS A STUDENT OF COMMUNITY BUILDING. THE RENAMING OF THE SCHOOL LIKE CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL IN HONOR. IN HONOR OF DIANE RAGSDALE WOULD BE MOMENTOUS. IT IS DALLAS ISD. THE CITY LAB RIGHT NOW, IS A SCHOOL WHERE IT USES THE CITY AS A CLASSROOM. FOR PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN AGRICULTURE. I MEAN, ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING. DIANE RAGSDALE FOUNDED THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK, INTER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. ISD DC FOR MANY COMMUNITY URBAN PLANNING BILLS AND DESIGNS ARE STILL BEING DEVELOPED AND BUILT TODAY. [00:25:09] AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPER IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WHERE SHE WAS ON THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION. THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM IN WEST DALLAS CAME BEFORE THEM. ABOUT THE LEAD PROBLEM BEING WAS ADDRESSED. ALSO, WHEN SHE WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THE LAB'S THE LEAD SMELTER IN EAST DALLAS CALLED DIXIE METAL AND CADILLAC HEIGHTS CLOSE TO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, A D ISD HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE ASSISTED WITH THE CLOSURE OF THAT FACILITY. HOW APPROPRIATE TO HAVE CITY LAB NAMED IN HONOR OF THE HONORABLE DIANE RAGSDALE, WHERE SHE WAS THE FOUNDER OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS, WERE TREATED EQUALLY. SHE IS STILL SERVING, STILL CARING, AND YES, COULD BE RETIRED, BUT LIVING UP TO HER. HER CALLING. LIVING UP TO WHAT HER MOM, WHO WAS AN ACTIVIST, TAUGHT HER, TAUGHT HER TO FIGHT. TAUGHT HER TO. THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. DOCTOR FREDERICK HAYNES THE THIRD, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY COOKE WITH DOCTOR THERESA JACKSON AND TROY COLEMAN ON DECK. DOCTOR FREDERICK HAYNES THE THIRD. WALKING AROUND. YVONNE DAVIS JUST SHOWED UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MANY LEGENDS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO. IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE TO RECOGNIZE AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, THAT DOORS WERE OPEN FOR THEM BY THESE NAMES. WE'VE HEARD THE NAME OF DIANE RAGSDALE, AND I, OF COURSE, APPRECIATIVELY APPLAUD HER FOR ALL OF HER WORK AND SHE IS WORTHY OF HONOR. BUT ALSO, I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE NAMING OF THE SCHOOL FOR SHIRLEY ISOM NEWSOM. SHIRLEY ISOM NEWSOM HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR PAR EXCELLENCE, BUT ALSO AN ACTIVIST WHO HAS ALWAYS GIVEN VOICE TO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE. THERE IS, AND I PROMISE YOU, I WON'T PREACH. BUT THERE'S A WONDERFUL PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA WHERE IT SAYS THAT JOSHUA TELLS SOME MEN TO ERECT SOME STONES AT GILGAL. IN THE FUTURE, YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO ASK YOU, WHAT DO THESE STONES MEAN? AND YOU TELL THEM, THE SAME GOD WHO MADE A WAY AT THE RED SEA, MADE A WAY AT THE JORDAN RIVER. WHAT DOES THE NAME SHIRLEY ISOM NEWSOM MEAN? IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE STOOD FOR OUR KIDS IN THE FUTURE, JUST AS WE HAVE HAD GREAT EDUCATORS FROM YVONNE EWELL ON WHO HAVE ALWAYS STOOD FOR OUR KIDS. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK OF SHIRLEY NEWSOM, YOU THINK OF ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT NELSON MANDELA MEANT WHEN HE SAID THAT EDUCATION IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER. WHEN YOU THINK OF SHIRLEY ISAM NEWSOM, YOU THINK OF ONE WHO RECOGNIZES THAT EDUCATION IS NOT SIMPLY POURING INTO, BUT LIGHTING A FIRE UNDER. AND THAT'S WHAT SHE HAS DONE IN HER CAREER. AND SO I'M SIMPLY STANDING HERE TO SAY, I WANT US TO NAME THIS SCHOOL AFTER SHIRLEY ISAM NEWSOM, BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE, WHEN KIDS PULL UP TO THAT SCHOOL AND THEY ASK, WHAT DOES THIS NAME MEAN? THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, THIS NAME STANDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. THIS NAME STANDS FOR JUSTICE. THIS NAME STANDS FOR SPEAKING UP. FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THIS NAME SAYS YOU CAN BECOME EVEN MORE THAN YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD BECOME BECAUSE SHE BECAME MORE THAN ANYBODY THOUGHT THAT SHE COULD BECOME. AND SO I STAND HERE TO SAY, SURELY I. SAM NEWSOME, IS THAT SISTER. I GUESS I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. LIKE MARTIN WOULD SAY TO GINA ON THE OLD TV SHOW ABOUT SHIRLEY NEWSOME. YOU GO GIRL. LET'S NAME OUR SCHOOL AFTER SHIRLEY. SAM NEWSOME. THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. TROY COLEMAN AND REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY COOKE AND DOCTOR THERESA JACKSON ON DECK. TROY COLEMAN, GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES. DOCTOR ELIZALDE I AM HERE TO REPRESENT AND SUPPORT THE NAMING OF THE SCHOOL IN FOR TULA AND HECTOR FLORES, THE INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY [00:30:05] AT JAMES W FANNIN SCHOOL. I DO SO BECAUSE OF A PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP THAT I HAVE WITH MR. HECTOR FLORES, AND IT HAS LASTED FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS NOW. AND I KNEW HIM WHEN BOTH OF US WERE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SPECIALISTS, WORKING AS INVESTIGATORS FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE. HECTOR WAS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIVISION AND I WAS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION DIVISION. BUT WE HAD TO CONFER AND TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER, AND TO SHARE IDEAS ABOUT IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE APPROACHES TO WRITING SOME OF THE WRONGS THAT WE WERE INVESTIGATING. AND HECTOR ALWAYS HAD THE RIGHT IDEAS, THE TIMELY IDEAS, WITH A GREAT DEAL OF COMMITMENT AND INTENSITY IN HIS PRESENTATION OF THOSE IDEAS. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INDICATE HERE IS THAT HECTOR NOT ONLY HAS EXPERIENCE IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ARENA. I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIM DURING THE DAYS WHEN I WAS AN EMPLOYEE AT THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES, AND HECTOR WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR FORCES THAT HELPED US TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THE, I THINK, LANDMARK ACCOMPLISHMENTS RELATIVE TO STAFFING OUR SCHOOLS AND IDENTIFYING BILINGUAL EDUCATORS, WHERE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO LATIN AMERICA AND RECRUIT. WE WENT TO SPAIN TO RECRUIT AND A LOT OF OTHER PLACES THAT HAD PROBABLY NOT BEEN EXPLORED BEFORE, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE OF HECTOR'S INSISTENCE. HECTOR'S CREATIVITY AND HIS COMMITMENT TO THE GOALS FOR THIS DISTRICT, FOR PROVIDING BILINGUAL EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS. I THINK THAT THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SET THE TONE FOR THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE MAY BE SEEING TODAY IN TERMS OF THE TEACHERS WHO ARE COMING TO THE DISTRICTS, THE TEACHERS WHO ARE STAYING IN THE DISTRICT, AND THE KIDS WHO ARE GRADUATING WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAD AS A RESULT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE RECRUITED TEN YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO. SO, AGAIN, I STAND HERE JUST SIMPLY TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE RENAMING OF THIS SCHOOL. FOR HECTOR AND TULA FLORES, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY STAND FOR IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR IN TERMS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS AND ASHLEY COOK, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR THERESA JACKSON AND MARY BORIS. THANK YOU. I IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE AND SALUTE THE POSSIBILITY OF RECOGNIZING AND CHANGING RENAMING THE NAME TO SHIRLEY NEWSOME MONTESSORI SCHOOL. AS A FORMER MEMBER OF HER. WHEN SHE WAS AT HARRY STONE AS A FORMER MEMBER OF HER COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE ELEVATION OF NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. IT IS MY HOPE THAT WHEN WE RENAME THIS SCHOOL, WE WOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THIS REFLECTS THE EDUCATIONAL MODEL THAT SHE INSTITUTED AT HARRY STONE SO THAT IT WAS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO IMPROVE NOT JUST THE STUDENT, BUT THE PARENT AND THE COMMUNITY. SO AS WE GROW OUR COMMUNITY, WE GROW. AS WE GROW OUR STUDENTS, WE GROW OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS INDEED AN APPROPRIATE KIND OF RECOGNITION FOR HER COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO THE STUDENTS WHO COME TO THE SCHOOLS AND WITNESS HER EDUCATIONAL MODEL. SO I WOULD JOIN THOSE IN SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY APPROPRIATE, BUT BEFITTING AND LONG TIME COMING. SO I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THIS RENAMING AND RECOGNIZING THE EDUCATION MODEL THAT SHE'S IN, PUT IN PLACE DOES ALLOW ALL OF US TO GROW AS INDIVIDUALS. I LASTLY SAY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HERE HAVING WITNESSED MANY OF YOU HAVEN'T WITNESSED HER COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS COMMUNITY. YOU DO YOURSELF WELL TO VOTE FAVORABLY FOR THIS ENDORSEMENT AND RENAMING OF THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. ASHLEY COOK AND DOCTOR THERESA JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY MARY PARIS AND JUANA AL-WALI. ON DECK. ASHLEY COOK NOT PRESENT. DOCTOR THERESA JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY MARY BORIS. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS DOCTOR THERESA JACKSON AND I AM HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU IN SUPPORT OF RENAMING CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL TO THE HONORABLE DIANE RAGSDALE LAB HIGH [00:35:05] SCHOOL. I HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED ALONGSIDE MISS RAGSDALE SINCE 2006, WHEN I RETURNED TO DALLAS AFTER COMPLETING MY DOCTORAL TRAINING. SHORTLY AFTER I RETURNED, SHE INVITED ME TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE INNER CITY DALLAS CITY OF DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS AN ORGANIZATION SHE FOUNDED TO ADDRESS HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT IN SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED AND CONTINUE TO LIVE. THAT INVITATION CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LEADERSHIP. TODAY, I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF CDC, A ROLE I HAVE HELD SINCE 2017. OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH MISS RAGSDALE, AND WHEN YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH SOMEONE, YOU LEARN WHO THEY ARE TRULY. NOT JUST THEIR PUBLIC REPUTATION, BUT THEIR CHARACTER. HER REPUTATION, INTEGRITY, PASSION AND COMPASSION PRECEDES HER. I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND IT IS WELL DESERVED. HER INTEGRITY IS CONSISTENT. HER COMPASSION IS AUTHENTIC. HER RESILIENCE IS UNWAVERING. SHE HAS SERVED THE CITY OF DALLAS AND SOUTH DALLAS FAITHFULLY. HER IMPACT EXTENDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS, AND IN SERVING THIS CITY, SHE HAS SERVED THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR NATION. HER INFLUENCE IS NOT ABSTRACT. IT IS PERSONAL. IT SHOWS UP IN OPPORTUNITIES CREATED IN COMMUNITIES, STRENGTHENED, AND IN PEOPLE EMPOWERED. I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. MISS RAGSDALE HAS MODELED WHAT TRUE ADVOCACY LOOKS LIKE. SHE HAS STOOD UP FOR THOSE WHOSE VOICES WERE OVERLOOKED. SHE HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR EQUITY IN HOUSING, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT FOR RECOGNITION, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS NECESSARY. AND SHE IS FAR TOO HUMBLE TO SAY THESE THINGS ABOUT HERSELF. NAMING A SCHOOL ABOUT AFTER DIANE RAGSDALE IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT HONORING AN INDIVIDUAL, IT IS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A LIVING LEGACY. IT IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS WHO WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS WILL ASK WHO WAS OR WHO IS DIANE RAGSDALE? AND IN ASKING, THEY WILL LEARN ABOUT COURAGE, RESILIENCE, SERVICE, AND ADVOCACY. THEY WILL LEARN THAT LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT TITLES. IT IS ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY. THEY WILL LEARN THAT CHANGE DOES NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENS BECAUSE SOMEONE REFUSES TO GIVE UP. THEY WILL LEARN THAT ONE COMMITTED INDIVIDUAL CAN TRANSFORM A COMMUNITY. WE OFTEN SAY GIVE THOSE THEIR FLOWERS WHILE THEY'RE LIVING TODAY. YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. I RESPECTFULLY AND DIRECTLY ASK THAT YOU HONOR DIANE RAGSDALE BY RENAMING CITYLAB AFTER HER. NOT ONLY FOR WHAT SHE HAS DONE, BUT FOR WHAT HER NAME WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. MARY, BORIS AND JUANA, FOLLOWED BY HILDA GERARD AND LAURA COLLYER ON DECK. GOOD AFTERNOON TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS MARY PEREZ, AND I AM HERE TODAY. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OR FOR MY FRIEND JORGE CASTRO. I'M HERE TO TO SUPPORT ADDING HIS NAME TO THE LEGACY HALL AT L.G. PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH I AM AN ALUMNI CLASS OF 1976. I MET JORGE BACK IN 72. HE WAS A CHEERLEADER AND I WAS IN DRILL TEAM. AND JUST TO BRING THAT UP, BECAUSE JORGE, TODAY, TO THIS DAY, 50 YEARS LATER PLUS HE IS STILL CHEERING FOR HE IS OUR BIGGEST CHEERLEADER FOR OUR PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL. JORGE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU WISH EVERY SCHOOL HAD ONE. HE'S ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE. HE CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE STUDENTS AT L.G. PINKSTON. HE GIVES SELFLESSLY, AND HE ROUNDS UP THE TROOPS LIKE. LIKE ME AND THE REST OF THE GANG OVER HERE FROM ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE. HE COLLABORATES ACROSS THE BOARDS, AND JORGE IS A TRUE EXAMPLE OF WHAT A LEADER. BUT IT'S EVEN MORE SPECIAL BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF US COMING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GRASSROOTS, BORN AND RAISED IN WEST DALLAS. AND FOR THE STUDENTS TO SEE HIS NAME AND ASK, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF THAT. WHO WAS JORGE CASTRO? WELL, JORGE CASTRO WAS A SERVICE. SERVICE ORIENTED SERVICE AT HEART WHO GAVE TO EVERY STUDENT. IT CALLED WHENEVER IT WAS A NEED, HE WOULD CALL US. CAN YOU CAN YOU HELP OUT WITH THIS? WITH A FEE? WITH. THEY NEED A CAP AND GOWN AND GROWING UP IN WEST DALLAS, AS I DID, WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. SO IF SOMEBODY CAN HELP WITH SENIOR FEES OR, OR HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THE BAND, WHICH WE DID, AND THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT BECAUSE IT BROUGHT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, NOT JUST ALUMNI, BUT THE BUSINESSES AROUND WEST DALLAS. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR PROUDEST MOMENTS WHERE WE GOT TO SEE THE KIDS GO TO ATLANTA, GO GET TO SEE THE KIDS, GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AND HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. [00:40:02] BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE THE SHERMANS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, GEORGE IS SELFLESS. HE PUTS EVERYBODY ELSE BEFORE HIM. HE RECOMMENDED THE THE SHERMANS FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE AUDITORIUM. AND THESE ARE ALUMNI THAT CONTINUE TO GIVE. AND THEN COACH COTTON'S TENNIS COURT, THESE ARE THIS HE WAS A COACH, AND HE NEVER FORGETS ABOUT THOSE THAT GAVE AS HE WENT THROUGH THE DOORS OF PINKSTON. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO OUR CHILDREN FOR OUR FUTURE. SO THAT HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE WATCHING AND WANT TO BE A GEORGE OR MISS SHERMAN, MR. SHERMAN OR MARY PARIS OR RONNIE MESTAS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SET THAT EXAMPLE FOR OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FUTURE. AND I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON AND TALK ABOUT GEORGE, HOW GREAT HE IS AND HOW GIVING HE IS. AND WE, I BELIEVE SO MUCH IN GIVING OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS THEIR FLOWERS WHILE THEY'RE STILL HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, JUANA AL-WALI AND HILDA DUARTE, FOLLOWED BY LORIS COLLIER AND DOCTOR DIANE R MILES ON DECK. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. CITIZENS. MY NAME IS JUANA AL-WALI, AND I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR HONORING DIANE RAGSDALE BY RENAMING CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL AFTER HER. HER LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION MAKES HER EXCEPTIONALLY DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. AS THE FOUNDER OF THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK. INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION KNOWN AS ICDC. SHE GUIDED THIS ORGANIZATION FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS WITH A MISSION TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND TO FOSTER A SAFE, STABLE AND VIBRANT SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK COMMUNITY. THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, ICDC HAS ADVANCED OWNERSHIP, HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, JOB TRAINING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY, CREATING LASTING IMPACT FOR GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES WHILE ENSURING THAT ICDC CONTINUED TO THRIVE. SHE ALSO CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED SMALLER NONPROFITS SUCH AS THE DALLAS LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE KNOWN AS DLOC. THROUGH OUR 21 YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FESTIVALS, SHE NOT ONLY MADE TIME TO ATTEND BUT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED BOTH PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY, DEMONSTRATING HER GENUINE COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING YOUNG PEOPLE. OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES SCHOOL UNIFORMS TO CHILDREN IN NEED AND DELIVERS A CONFLICT RESOLUTION WORKSHOP DESIGNED TO TEACH YOUTH CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE. HER ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRESENCE HAVE STRENGTHENED STRENGTHENED THESE EFFORTS IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. NAMING THE SCHOOL IN HER HONOR WOULD BE A FITTING TRIBUTE TO HER LEADERSHIP, GENEROSITY, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND YOUTH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. HILDA, DOROTHY AND LORIS COLLIER, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR DIANE, R MILES AND ELADIO MARTINEZ ON DECK. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. HONORED GUESTS. MY NAME IS HILDA RAMIREZ DUARTE. TODAY, I STAND BEFORE YOU TO SUPPORT THE NAMING OF A SCHOOL AFTER GUTIERREZ, TULA, GARCIAS FLORES AND HECTOR FLORES, TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE VERY DEAR AND NEAR TO MY HEART. I MET MR. FLORES AS A CHILD, 53 YEARS. I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME AND HIS WIFE. IT WAS DURING THE MARCH OF SANTOS RODRIGUEZ. AND THEY STAYED IN MY LIFE ALL THESE YEARS. I WAS PRIVILEGED TO CARE FOR MRS. FLORES. BEFORE HER PASSING. AND THE ONLY THING THAT GAVE HER HAPPINESS AND A SMILE WAS TO TALK ABOUT HER YEARS OF TEACHING, HER FAMILY AND HER HUSBAND. MR. FLORES WOULD COME FROM THESE TRIPS AND SAY, WHAT DID YOU DO TO TULA? SHE'S DIFFERENT. I GAVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND TALK ABOUT EVERY ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT SHE HAD GAINED, BUT NOT HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WHAT SHE SHARED WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE SERVED. SHE DEDICATED 37 YEARS IN EDUCATION, SOME IN HARLAN ISD AND THE REST HERE IN DALLAS. SHE TAUGHT ACADEMICS, BUT SHE ALSO CELEBRATED CULTURE, ENCOURAGED PRIDE AND HERITAGE, AND SHE BUILT STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE [00:45:09] STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT SHE SERVED. SHE SERVED PARENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS, THEIR CHILDREN, AND SOME OF THEIR GRANDCHILDREN. SO YOU CAN TELL SHE HAD A LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE PEOPLE. THEY DEVOTE MR. FLORES DEVOTED MOST OF HIS LIFE SERVING AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND WORKED AT DALLAS ISD. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH HIM WHEN I WAS WORKING AT THE CHAMBER, AND HE WAS GOING FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY, STATE TO STATE, RECRUITING AND RELOCATING HISPANIC EDUCATORS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TULA LIKED. THIS IS HER FORTE. AND HE ALSO EMBRACED THAT AND RECRUITED INDIVIDUALS. HE SERVED FOR 23 YEARS IN DALLAS ISD, AND HE CONTINUES TO BE A LEGACY WITH CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LULAC, WHERE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH HIM. NAMING A SCHOOL AFTER TULA AND HECTOR WOULD NOT ONLY BE AN HONOR, IT WOULD BE AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM AS COMMUNITY LEADERS TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMUNITY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE NAMING OF THE SCHOOL IN HONOR OF TULA AND HECTOR FLORES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. LAURENCE COLLIER AND DOCTOR DIANE R MILES, FOLLOWED BY ELADIO MARTINEZ AND DOCTOR MARTA VON ON DECK. GOOD AFTERNOON. SUPERINTENDENT. AND TO THE BOARD. MY NAME IS LAURIE COLLIER. I AM A 1967 GRADUATE OF THE GREAT L.G. PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO SUPPORT IN SUPPORT OF RENAMING THE LEGACY HALL AFTER SOMEONE WHO I THINK IS WORTHY AND WHO ALWAYS PUT HIMSELF LAST, NO MATTER WHAT. HIS NAME IS JORGE LUIS CASTRO. LET ME GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF HIS RESUME. HE IS A 1973 GRADUATE OF PINKSTON. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE ALUMNI FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAVE WORKED WITH HIM ON NUMEROUS PROJECTS AT THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY AND CITY WIDE. DURING HIS TENURE AS PRESIDENT, HE ORGANIZED SEVERAL ALL SCHOOL REUNIONS WITH ALL THE CLASSES. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS WERE IN ATTENDANCE. GEORGE IS INTENTIONAL, COMMITTED AND IS FULLY VESTED IN PINKSTON. AFTER RETIRING FROM AT&T, HE BECAME A FIXTURE AT THE SCHOOL, SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF. GEORGE IS A COALITION BUILDER. HE'S A VISIONARY ORGANIZER, UNIFIER AND TEAM PLAYER. GEORGE ADVOCATES FOR THE STUDENTS MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. HE CARES ABOUT THEM AND IS INVOLVED IN THEIR WELL-BEING ACADEMICALLY, ATHLETICS, EXTRACURRICULAR, AND WHATEVER THEIR INVOLVEMENT. DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS, HE ORGANIZES A WATER DRIVE, ASKING FORMER GRADUATES TO DONATE CASES OF BOTTLED WATER FOR THE BAND MEMBERS AND FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM PRACTICE. ONE YEAR, HE COLLECTED ENOUGH WATER TO LAST FOR THREE YEARS. AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL, HE SOLICITED GRADUATES TO DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND LATER ON IN THE YEAR, IF SENIORS NEED HELP WITH THEIR SENIOR FEES, CAPS, GOWNS, PROM, ETC., HE'S THERE. HE DOES VOTING REGISTRATIONS AT THE SCHOOL AND ENCOURAGES THE STUDENTS TO REGISTER TO VOTE. AND AFTER GRADUATION, HE REMAINS IN CONTACT WITH THE STUDENTS PERSONALLY. GEORGE DOES NOT DRIVE, BUT HE ATTENDS MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES ON AND OFF CAMPUS, INCLUDING PTO AND SB MEETINGS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, GEORGE IS INTENTIONAL, COMMITTED, AND IS VESTED IN PINKSTON AND THE STUDENTS. HIS MANTRA IS IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS AND THEY MATTER. MR.. JORGE LUIS CASTRO HAS BEEN HAS PUT IN THE WORK TIME, MONEY AND TALENT AND HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO HAVE HIS NAME IN THE LEGACY HALL. AND IN CLOSING, WE MAY NOT ALL BE FAMOUS, BUT WE CAN ALL BE GREAT. GREATNESS IS SERVICE. AND THAT CAME FROM ASHLEY JACKSON, JESSE JACKSON'S DAUGHTER. THERE IS A SCRIPTURE I WANT TO GIVE YOU TO LUKE 12 EIGHT TO YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. MUCH IS GIVEN. MUCH IS REQUIRED. AMEN. THANK YOU. LARRY SCHOLAR, 1967. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. DOCTOR DIANE R MILES AND ELADIO MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR AMARA VAUGHN AND PATSY SMITH. NEEDHAM ON DECK. DOCTOR DIANE R MILES. THANK YOU. [00:50:06] GOOD AFTERNOON. AND TO THE DISTINGUISHED BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE. ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BOYS AND GIRLS. I'M HERE. DOCTOR DIANE R MILES AS A RETIRED ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT ADDITIONALLY, I WAS A STUDENT IN THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING JIM AND JANE CROW, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE RENAMING OF A SCHOOL THAT BEARS THE NAME OF JAMES FANNIN, RENAMING IT FOR GERTRUDIS AND HECTOR FLORES. I'M SPEAKING TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT A SCHOOL NAME MEANS. HAVING GONE TO K.B. POLK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE GREAT BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE ADDITIONAL NAME THAT IT HAS NOW. BUT I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AND THE PRIDE THAT IT INSTILLS IN ME AND OTHERS LIKE ME WHO ATTENDED THOSE SCHOOLS. SO WHEN SCHOOL, WHEN STUDENTS WILL WALK DOWN THE HALL OF THE SCHOOL THAT IS RENAMED FOR GERTRUDIS AND HECTOR FLORES. THEY WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT SENSE OF PRIDE. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE HOPE THAT THE TEACHERS WILL TEACH THEM ABOUT THE FLORISTS AND WHAT THEY GAVE. WHAT I KNOW IS THAT HECTOR SERVED ON MY TEAM IN THE HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THIS DISTRICT. WHAT A WHIRLING DERVISH. HE WAS UNBEATABLE. UNMATCHABLE. HE TOOK HIS JOB VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. COMING FROM DILLEY, TEXAS, WHERE WE NOW HAVE A DETENTION CENTER. BUT HE WAS INTENTIONAL AND COMMITTED TO FINDING THE BEST TEACHERS THAT WE COULD HAVE AND DALLAS ISD TO SERVE BILINGUAL STUDENTS, AND THEN TO KNOW WHERE THAT COMMITMENT CAME FROM. HIS WIFE GERTRUDIS. WATCHING HER SERVE AND PREPARE AND BE READY TO SERVE STUDENTS AND HELP THEM TO. BECOME THE BEST THAT THEY COULD BE. IT IS FITTING AND ALSO POETIC JUSTICE TO HAVE THE NAME RENAMED FOR GERTRUDE. AND HECTOR FLORES. I ONLY KNOW ONE OTHER SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT THAT BEARS TWO NAMES, SO THIS IS EXTREMELY SPECIAL. SO I ASK YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO RENAME IT FOR THE FLORIDA CIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. CLAUDIO MARTINEZ AND DOCTOR MARA VAUGHN, FOLLOWED BY PATSY SMITH AND LAUREN WILSON ON DECK. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ELADIO MARTINEZ. I AM THE NEPHEW OF ELADIO R MARTINEZ LEARNING CENTER. HE WAS MY UNCLE AND MY FATHER WAS HENRY MARTINEZ. I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE RENAMING OF THE IDEA SCHOOL AT FANNIN FOR HECTOR FLORES AND TULA FLORES. HECTOR FLORES. HE WAS A GREAT INSTRUMENT. HE WAS GREAT AND INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM GOING. HE WAS ALSO AN ACTIVIST IN THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PERSON IN HERE IN THE DISD AND HIS WIFE ALSO TULA. SHE WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN WHAT SHE WAS DOING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. BUT TODAY I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF HECTOR FLORES AND TULA AND ALSO JORGE CASTRO. I'M VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN TRYING TO GET HIS NAME YOU KNOW, RENAMED TO ON THAT SCHOOL, BUT I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY. BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THEIR PAST AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW FOR THE NEW GENERATION. COMING COMING NOW. THEY WILL ALWAYS KNOW WHO HECTOR FLORES AND TULA FLORES ARE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. DOCTOR MARA VAUGHN AND PATSY SMITH, FOLLOWED BY LAUREN WILSON AND CLIFFORD SHAMAN ON DECK. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS ISD, SCHOOL BOARD, EDUCATORS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. [00:55:08] MY NAME IS DOCTOR JOSEPH LEE VAUGHN, A FORMER USCIS CITIZENSHIP AMBASSADOR, CURRENT LULAC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AMBASSADOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNT DALLAS CITIZENSHIP PREPARATION PROGRAM. LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME. I'M A JEDI WHO BECAME A PHD THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF EDUCATION AND THROUGH THE MENTORSHIP OF LEADERS SUCH AS HECTOR FLORES AND TULA FLORES. TONIGHT, I RISE IN DEEP RESPECT AND HOPE TO PROPOSE THAT THIS SCHOOL BE NAMED IN HONOR OF HECTOR FLORES AND TULA FLORES, TWO EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS WHOSE LIVES EMBODY VERY, VERY MISSION OF EDUCATION, SERVICE AND OPPORTUNITY. HECTOR FLORES, A PROUD SON OF TEXAS AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF LULAC, THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO DEFENDING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE VOICELESS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF DALLAS TO THE HALLS OF WASHINGTON, D.C., HE CARRIED A POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT EDUCATION IS A PATHWAY TO DIGNITY, OPPORTUNITY AND FULL PARTICIPATION IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. BUT BEHIND EVERY GREAT MOVEMENT, THERE IS ALWAYS A GREAT EDUCATOR. TULA FLORES, A DEVOTED BILINGUAL EDUCATOR, SPENT HER LIFE ENSURING THAT CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARRIVED IN THE U.S. WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, NEVER FELT THAT THEIR LANGUAGE OR HERITAGE WAS A BARRIER TO LEARNING. SHE BELIEVED IN BILINGUALISM, THAT BILINGUALISM WAS NOT A LIMITATION, BUT A BRIDGE OF KNOWLEDGE, IDENTITY AND PRIDE. TOGETHER, HECTOR AND TULA, TULA FLORES LIVED A LIFE OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS AND TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. THEY WORKED SO THAT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, WORKING FAMILIES, AND FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS SUCH AS MYSELF, SEE A FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND. NAMING THE IDEA THE IDEA ACADEMY AFTER THEM WOULD NOT SIMPLY HONOR THEIR LEGACY. IT WOULD TEACH THAT IT WOULD TEACH EVERY STUDENT WHO WALKS THROUGH ITS DOOR THAT LEADERSHIP, RESILIENCE, AND AND SERVICE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FOR THEM. TO THE GREAT LATINO CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER CESAR CHAVEZ ONCE REMINDED US THAT PRESERVATION OF ONE'S CULTURE DOES NOT REQUIRE CONTEMPT OR DISRESPECT FOR OTHER CULTURES. SO I ASK YOU IN THE BOARD TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. PATSY SMITH NEEDHAM AND LAUREN WILSON, FOLLOWED BY CLIFFORD SHERMAN AND VICTOR CASTRO ON DECK. GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS PATTI SMITH NEEDHAM. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF NAAMAN PINKSTON'S LEGACY HALL AFTER MR. JORGE LUIS CASTRO. I MET JORGE CASTRO OUR FRESHMAN YEAR AT PINKSTON, WHERE HE WAS SUPER ACTIVE AT THAT TIME. HE WAS STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF OUR SENIOR YEAR. AFTER GRADUATION, CASTRO HAS DEVOTED HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND MONEY TO THE BETTERMENT OF PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY. CASTRO ORGANIZED THE FIRST PINKSTON ALL SCHOOL REUNION YEARS AGO, WHICH OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED. HIS ORGANIZED MANY HOMECOMING PARADES AND GAMES FOR PINKSTON. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK HE HAS EVER MISSED ONE HOMECOMING GAME. YOU CAN ALWAYS SPOT HIM IN THE STANDS ON THE 50 YARD LINE WEARING HIS VINTAGE VIKING HELMET. EVERY YEAR, HE SPONSORS A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO CAN CANNOT AFFORD UNIFORMS AND SENIOR FEES. HE SPEARHEADS WATER AND SNACK DRIVES FOR THE BAND AND ATHLETES DURING THE HOT SUMMER PRACTICES. CASTRO ATTENDED NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PLANNING OF THE NEW PINKSTON BUILDING, AND WITH HIS INPUT ON THINGS THAT WOULD ENHANCE THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE STUDENTS. HE IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THOSE ENHANCEMENTS. CASTRO MAKES A POINT TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT ALL CITY HALL OR SCHOOL OR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CONCERNING PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY. HE HAS DONE THIS FOR OVER 50 YEARS, ALL WITHOUT HAVING A CAR. I SWEAR HE KNOWS EVERY BUS AND TRAIN SCHEDULE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. I CALL CASTRO MY FRIEND AND BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER. I, I TRULY BELIEVE HE BLEEDS BLACK AND GOLD. ANYBODY THAT GREW UP IN THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY KNOWS HIM BY THE NAME OF MR. CASTRO OR MR. PINKSTON. HIS FACEBOOK PAGE KEEPS US ALL INFORMED IN THE NEWS OF PINKSTON AND THE WEST SIDES. [01:00:05] THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO PINKSTON AND THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, I SEE IT VERY FITTING TO NAME LEGACY HALL IN THE HONOR OF JORGE LUIS CASTRO, AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HERE THAT'S REPRESENTING CASTRO, IF THEY CAN STAND. FOR L.G. PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. LAUREN WILSON AND CLIFFORD SHERMAN, FOLLOWED BY VICTOR CASTRO AND EVA JONES ON DECK. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LAUREN WILSON, AND I'M I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MR. JORGE CASTRO IN REGARDS TO RENAMING THE LEGACY HALL AT PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL, THE JORGE CASTRO HALL. DURING MY TIME AS ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR AT SOUTH PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL, ALONG WITH MR. OSLER, COACH IS SITTING IN THE BACK THERE. MR. CASTRO WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING OUR BAND PROGRAM DURING THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I WAS THERE. ALSO, HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY. HE GENEROUSLY GAVE TIME TO HIS. WELL, HIS COMMITMENT, SHOULD I SAY, AND HIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AND NOT ONLY TO THE PINKSTON BAND, BUT TO THE SCHOOL AND THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. MR. CASTRO HAS BEEN A HIGHLY RESPECTED PERSON AND AN IMPORTANT VOICE IN THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY AND AREA. I CALL HIM THE MAYOR OF WEST DALLAS. HE HAS CONSISTENTLY WORKED WITH BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY AND INFORMED ABOUT CHANGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AFFECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HIS DEDICATION HAS STRENGTHENED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BECAUSE OF MR. CASTRO'S SUPPORT, OUR BAND STUDENTS WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL TO VARIOUS CITIES, STATES AND PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS BAND EVENTS ALL ACROSS THE NATION, FROM WASHINGTON TO AUSTIN, TEXAS TO LOUISIANA. ALSO GEORGIA. AND SO HE'S BEEN A VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD SUPPORTER OF OUR BAND PROGRAM. THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY. FOR THESE REASONS, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT MR. MR. CASTRO NAME BE GIVEN AND CHANGED TO FOR THE LEGACY. HOLLY PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? CLIFFORD SHERMAN AND VICTOR CASTRO, FOLLOWED BY EVA JONES AND ASHLEY COOK ON DECK. GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS CLIFFORD SHERMAN. I RUN A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED L.G. PINKSTON, CLASS OF 1969 ALUMNI SINCE 99 UNTIL TODAY. I GIVE COMPUTERS THE WAY TO GRADUATING SENIORS, GOING OFF TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE. GEORGE BEEN PART OF MY ORGANIZATION AND ME A PART OF HIS WORK. NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. I GET A CALL AND SAID, HEY, CAN YOU GO TO THIS? CAN YOU GO TO THAT? WE GO TO MEETINGS. WE ALWAYS ON THE PLANNING COMMUNITY, WATER DRIVES, WHATEVER HE DID. BUT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGENDARY HALL. IT WOULDN'T BE A HALL WITHOUT GEORGE. WE GOT THE PICTURES READY. WE HAD THEM REFRAMED. WE LAID IT OUT FOR THEM TO PUT THEM UP. WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE PICTURES TO BE PUT UP, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THEM TO BE PUT UP. LOTS OF PICTURES. WE GOT A WHOLE ROOM BACK THERE FULL OF PICTURES TO GO UP. WE HAVEN'T GOT THEM UP YET, BUT HIS NAME SHOULD BE THERE BECAUSE HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN WORKING FOR THIS HALL. WITHOUT HIM, IT WOULD BE NO PICTURES UP. THEY'D BEEN THROWN AWAY A LONG TIME AGO. SO IF THE FUTURE IS ABOUT THE ABOUT TO PASS. AND WITHOUT A PASS YOU HAVE NO FUTURE. AND IF THEY CAN'T LOOK BACK AND SEE GEORGE'S NAME AND WHAT HE DID, THE NEXT PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THIS SCHOOL GOING TO SAY, WELL, THERE AIN'T NOBODY HERE. I'M COMPLAINING TODAY BECAUSE ALL OUR OLD TROPHIES IS THROWN AWAY. TODAY WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ROOM FOR THE TROPHIES WE'RE GETTING TODAY. BUT GEORGE IS STILL WORKING. WE TRY TO WORK WITH SCHOOL BOARD AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO GET THOSE TROPHY CASES THAT STILL NEED TO BE THERE. WE WE GO TO MEETINGS. WE GO TAKE MEETINGS ALL THE TIME JUST TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE. BUT LEGEND HALL IS DEFINITELY SHOULD BE HIS NAME ON IT BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY PRODUCING EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON THAT WALLS. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR MY TIME. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. [01:05:03] VICTOR CASTRO AND EVA JONES, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY COOKE AND ANA ROSANES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS VICTOR DANIEL CASTRO AND JORGE CASTRO IS MY UNCLE. BUT LONG BEFORE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT MEANT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, I WATCHED HIM DO IT QUIETLY, CONSISTENTLY, AND WITHOUT EVER ASKING ANYTHING. ANY RECOGNITION IN RETURN? I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE HIM SINCE 2006. OVER NEARLY TWO DECADES, I'VE SEEN HIM POUR HIMSELF INTO THE SCHOOL IN WAYS THAT MOST PEOPLE NEVER SEE. SCHOOL TEAM PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS, ALUMNI EVENTS, FUNDRAISING EVENTS TO COVER STUDENTS CAP AND GOWN FEES BECAUSE HE BELIEVED A GRADUATION FEE SHOULD NEVER STAND BETWEEN A STUDENT AND THEIR MOMENT TO SHINE. I'VE WATCHED HIM SPEARHEAD WATER BOTTLE WATER BOTTLE DRIVES FOR MARCHING BAND STUDENTS AT SUMMER BAND CAMP BECAUSE HE SAW A NEED AND FILLED IT. JORGE CASTRO IS NOT JUST MY UNCLE. HE'S A PILLAR OF THIS COMMUNITY. HE HAS GIVEN HIS TIME, HIS RESOURCES AND HIS HEART TO DALLAS ISD AND L.G. PINKSTON, UPLIFTING GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS WHO MAY NEVER FULLY KNOW THE ROLE HE PLAYED IN THEIR JOURNEY. LEGACY IS BUILT IN THOUSANDS OF SMALL ACTS OF SERVICE SUSTAINED OVER YEARS, DRIVEN BY LOVE FOR COMMUNITY. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT JORGE CASTRO HAS DONE. THAT IS WHY I STAND HERE TODAY IN FULL SUPPORT OF PLACING JORGE CASTRO'S NAME ON THE LEGACY HALL AT LIVINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. EVA JONES AND ASHLEY COOK, FOLLOWED BY ANNA ROSNES AND ROBERT CECCARELLI ON DECK. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS EVA JONES AND I AM HERE FOR THE LEGENDARY, RESPECTABLE SISTER DIED DOCTOR DIANE RAGSDALE. DIANE RAGSDALE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER. I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER AND THE SOUTH DALLAS AREA PLAN. FOR EVERYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW THIS, A GLORIFIED NAME FOR ZONING. DIANE. DIANE RAGSDALE. SHE WAS THE THE GLUE. SHE. SHE KEPT. WE STARTED OUT WITH 50 MEMBERS. YOU ALL KNOW THAT. 50 MEMBERS. THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS, AND THEN THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS. AND IT TOOK DIANE RAGSDALE TO KEEP US ALL IN LINE AND NOT ONLY KEEP US IN LINE THROUGH POSITIVE DECORUM, BUT HER ABILITY, HER KNOWLEDGE. DIANE CREATED I CDC BACK 40, 50 YEARS AGO SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOUSING AND HOW THE CHILDREN WOULD BE LIVING TODAY. TODAY, DIANE RAGSDALE IS STILL ON THAT SAME JOURNEY. CONSEQUENTLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING AS QUEEN CITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS THAT WE'RE ASKING THAT DIANE RAGSDALE, THAT SHE'S HONORED BY NAMING THE SCHOOL AFTER SOMEONE WHO TRULY WORKED WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SOUTH DALLAS A BETTER PLACE, NOT A BETTER PLACE ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS TODAY, BUT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN TOMORROW. THANK YOU, MR. TURNER, IN ADVANCE. THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. ASHLEY COOKE AND ANNA ROSEN, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MIKE HOOK ON DECK. GOOD EVENING. I'M ASHLEY COOKE. I WAS A 30. I'M A 30 YEAR VETERAN TEACHER FROM DALLAS ISD AND I WAS AT PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEN YEARS. DURING THE TEN YEARS, I WAS HONORED TO MEET THE ORIGINAL BAND DIRECTOR AT PINKSTON. PROB WASHINGTON. AND I, I HAD THAT INTRODUCTION BECAUSE OF JORGE CASTRO. HE ALLOWED ME TO, I WAS ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH ROB WASHINGTON AND FIND OUT ABOUT THE FOUNDATION OF THE BAND PROGRAM AND WHAT IT WAS TO BUILD THAT BAND PROGRAM. AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS HE SAID TO ME WAS, THIS IS YOUR PROGRAM NOW MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE BUILT THAT THAT L.G. PINKSTON BAND PROGRAM. WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE TRIPS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WE RAISED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR BUSSES. WE GOT KIDS TO ALL STATE COMPETITIONS. WE GOT KIDS TO GEORGIA. WE GOT KIDS TO WASHINGTON, D.C., LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA. WE TRAVELED AND OUR STUDENTS WENT TO DIFFERENT COLLEGES AND OUR STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM PINKSTON. [01:10:01] OUR STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM PRAIRIE VIEW A&M. OUR STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY ON BAND SCHOLARSHIPS. THEY GRADUATED FROM LANGSTON UNIVERSITY ON BAND SCHOLARSHIPS. THEY GRADUATED. THEY RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY FOR BAND. AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF JORGE CASTRO, BECAUSE OF THE WATER DRIES FROM. THANKS TO JORGE CASTRO, BECAUSE JORGE CASTRO HELPED INVEST IN OUR UNIFORMS. WE HAD PRACTICE UNIFORMS, WE HAD A PERFORMANCE UNIFORMS. WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO MUCH BECAUSE CASTRO, JORGE CASTRO PUT SO MUCH INTO OUR PROGRAM. HE DONATED TO THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM. HE DONATED TO THE CHEERLEADING PROGRAM. HE DONATED TO THE BAND PROGRAM. HE DONATED TO THE TEACHERS RECEIVING GIFT CARDS AND THINGS FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID. SO I'M RETIRED. I GOT, I GOT, IT'S NOTHING, IT'S THIS DON'T BENEFIT ME ONE BIT. BUT I CAME, I RODE MY MOTORCYCLE DOWN HERE IN MY RETIREMENT TO SUPPORT THE MAN. WHO SUPPORTED OUR PROGRAM. SO I'M GOING TO PUT MY SHADES BACK ON BECAUSE I AM CHILLING. SO THE LEGACY HALL NEEDS TO BE NAMED FOR GEORGE CASTRO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. ANA ROSA AND ROBERT CECCARELLI. FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK ON DECK. WHEN ACCESS TO MEANINGFUL REVIEW IS OBSTRUCTED. THE ISSUE IS NO LONGER ABOUT INCIDENT, ABOUT ONE INCIDENT. IT BECOMES EVIDENCE OF STRUCTURAL FAILURE IN THE CONTEXT OF DUE PROCESS WITHIN DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, I HAVE OBSERVED A PATTERN WHERE ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING PHYSICAL CONTACT ARE MINIMIZED. INCIDENT REPORTS APPEAR COORDINATED AMONG STAFF TO SUPPORT A PREDETERMINED NARRATIVE, RATHER THAN PROVIDING AN INDEPENDENT, NEUTRAL RECORD OF EVENTS. GRIEVANCE PATHWAYS ARE REDIRECTED RATHER THAN ADJUDICATED WHEN PROCESS BECOMES PROCEDURAL AVOIDANCE RATHER THAN PROCEDURAL PROTECTION. IT DESTABILIZES TRUST. THIS IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT ONE INCIDENT. THIS IS ABOUT WHAT CHILDREN LEARN WHEN ADULTS ARE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE. IF STUDENTS SEE THAT PHYSICAL FORCE CAN BE REFRAMED RATHER THAN EXAMINED REWRITTEN, SORRY. WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION REFLECTS A NARRATIVE INTERPRETATION RATHER THAN AN OBJECTIVE FACTUAL RECORD. COMPLAINTS CAN BE REDIRECTED RATHER THAN HEARD. THEY INTERNALIZE THAT. THEY INTERNALIZE THAT SYSTEM PROTECTS ADULTS RATHER THAN PROTECTING CHILDREN. THAT IS WHERE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE BEGINS, NOT WITH CRIMINALITY, BUT WITH THE NORMALIZATION OF UNCHECKED AUTHORITY. IF WE WANT TO PREVENT LONG TERM HARM, ACCOUNTABILITY CANNOT BE ABSTRACT. CHILDREN MUST SEE THAT ADULTS, INCLUDING EDUCATORS AND OFFICERS, ARE SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT. BECAUSE WHEN OVERSIGHT IS ONLY SORRY, WHEN OVERSIGHT ONLY APPEARS AFTER THE HARM HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. IT IS NOT ACCOUNTABILITY THAT IS DAMAGE CONTROL. OVERSIGHT CANNOT BE MEANINGFUL IF. IF THE SAME INSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT IS ALSO THE SOLE AUTHORITY REVIEWING THAT COMPLAINT. BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY DISCIPLINED, EXCLUDED AND CRIMINALIZED FOR DECADES. THAT PATTERN DID NOT APPEAR OVERNIGHT, AND IT WILL NOT DISAPPEAR IF INSTITUTIONS CONTINUE TO TREAT EACH INCIDENT AS ISOLATED. PLEASANT GROVE SURVIVED REDLINING. WE SURVIVED DECADES OF DIMINISHED EXPECTATIONS. IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF INSTITUTIONS AND LEADERS FINALLY MEET US HALFWAY. AFTER GENERATIONS OF BEING EXPECTED TO DO MORE WITH LESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, OUR FINAL TWO SPEAKERS. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MIKE HOOK. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. ROBERT CECCARELLI. I JUST WANT TO SAY I GOT A LOT OF TEST SCORES FROM 2024 AND 2025 IN CHILDREN AT RISK. I JUST GOT THE TEST SCORES FROM 2025. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT IF YOU GOOGLE DALLAS OBSERVER AND DISD GRADUATION RATES, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRADUATION RATES OF EVERY DISTRICT IN DALLAS COUNTY. OKAY, 81%. YOU DO IT. YOU SAY THEY'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTOM GRADUATION RATES. OKAY. THEY DON'T TELL YOU THAT. NOW I HAVE INFORMATION. THEY WILL NOT TELL YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT GOOD. [01:15:02] I WAS LOOKING AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF. IT WAS GOOD, EXCEPT FOR ONE THING, COLLEGE READINESS. IT STUNNED ME. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT GOT AN F. SOUTH OAK CLIFF. GOT AN F IN COLLEGE READINESS. CHILDREN AT RISK FOR THE BIG MR.. DOCTOR LAIR. YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS. YOU GOT TO GET DETAILED AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY'RE DOING. NOW, THERE'S THREE THINGS I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT COLLEGE READINESS OVERALL. BACK IN 2024, 14 SCHOOLS OUT OF 22 TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS GOT F'S FOR GOT D'S 2025. YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER? NOT ANY. NOT ANY BETTER. 14 GOT D'S AND TWO GOT F'S. NO DOUBT. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. I'M SORRY. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. I JUST SAID OKAY, COLLEGE READINESS 14 F'S AND FOUR D'S IN 2024 2025. 13 F'S AND THREE D'S PEOPLE. YOU NEED TO GET DETAILED. QUIT SUGAR AND SUGARCOATING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. ALL RIGHT. ALSO, I HAVE A PROBLEM STILL WITH SOUTH OAK CLIFF WITH SAFETY. MISS ALEXANDRA, I TOLD YOU THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THERE IS. I WAS AT THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF CARTER GAME IN NOVEMBER. OKAY. I LEFT AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER. NO ONE WAS MANNING THE THE DETECTORS AT ALL. IT WAS GONE. THERE WAS NOBODY THERE. THE METAL DETECTORS WORK. ANYONE COULD HAVE CAME IN AND DONE SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RIVALRY GAME. SOUTH OAK CLIFF IS NOT PROTECTING THEIR PEOPLE. I SAID IT THREE, FOUR, FIVE TIMES THE LAST THREE YEARS. THEY STILL GOT THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO BEACH BALL CLASSIC. IS IN MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA. I WAS TALKING TO THE DIRECTOR AND I HOPE YOU TALK TO THE COACH AT CARTER. THEY WANT TO TALK TO HIM VERY BADLY TO BE IN THAT TOURNAMENT NEXT YEAR. IT'S RIGHT ON THE BEACH IN MYRTLE BEACH AND MYRTLE BEACH, MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA. AND IT WILL REALLY BE NICE. AND I'M SURE CARTER WILL WIN. YOU HAVE THREE STATE CHAMPIONS COMING UP SUNDAY. I THINK THEY'RE ALL GOING TO WIN. BUT WHAT ELSE GOING ON HERE? I HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOW YOU TEST SCORES. THE STUDENT THE OUT OF STATE. THANK YOU, MR. CECCARELLI. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. MIKE. HOOK. ALRIGHT, SO WHY ARE WE HERE? WE'RE HERE FOR READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC, CRITICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT. THOSE ON THOSE FOUR POINTS OF OUR CHILDREN K THROUGH 12. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. OKAY. SO A PREVIOUS SPEAKER MENTIONED CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY ALONG WITH KNOWLEDGE, CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY DOES IN FACT MATTER. SO THIS IS WHY I'M WEARING THIS KENNEDY CURRY T SHIRT. THERE IS A COMMUNITY CALLED HIGHLAND HILLS. OKAY. THAT SCHOOL, KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, GOT THEIR HISTORY ERASED. MANY PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT HISTORY TONIGHT. AND SO WE DO HAVE TO KNOW OUR HISTORY BEFORE WE CAN PROPERLY PROCEED FORWARD. OKAY. SO AGAIN, WE'RE HERE FOR READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, CRITICAL THINKING, BUT ALSO CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY. I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION WHAT I HEARD. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO WHAT I HEARD THROUGH THE SOCIAL GRAPEVINE A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO, BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT DOES REGARD A DEATH THREAT. OKAY. SPRUCE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. THERE WAS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER AT SPRUCE WHO NOW IS NO LONGER ALIVE DUE TO HER BEING BLUDGEONED TO DEATH BY A SPECIAL ED STUDENT WHOM THESE FOLKS KNEW ABOUT NEEDED EXTRA ATTENTION. OKAY. SO THEN ALSO PINKSTON WAS MENTIONED HAVE YOU ALL HEARD OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED CHILDREN AT RISK? YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE HERE FOR THE READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, ARITHMETIC, AND CRITICAL THINKING. SO WITH REGARD TO PINKSTON AND THIS ORGANIZATION, CHILDREN AT RISK THEY REPORT IN THE 24, [01:20:10] 25 STATISTICS THAT THEY PRODUCED THAT PINKSTON HAS A COLLEGE READINESS GRADE OF F. SO, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE POINT TO DISD IS TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS AND THOSE SUPER PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE LIKE RAGSDALE, WHO IS MENTIONED OVER AND OVER. THEY'D BE MADE PROUD IF WE SERVED OUR KIDS. ACTUALLY. THANK YOU, MR. HOOK. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. MR. PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC FORUM. THANK YOU. SPEAKERS. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE. [5. CLOSED SESSION - The Board will retire to closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551 concerning the following sections: ] CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD WILL RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION. THE PUBLIC AND STAFF ARE WELCOME TO STAY IN THIS ROOM OR CONNECTED ONLINE WHILE THE BOARD LEAVES THE MEETING TO ATTEND THE CLOSED SESSION. THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL RESUME. AFTER CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD WILL RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING SECTION 551.071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH HIS ATTORNEYS 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 OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER. 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 DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. SECTION 551.076 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDIT AND SECTION 551.089 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO THE INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED BY SECTION 2059. 055B, OR THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES AND SECTION 551.129 TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEYS BY USE OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE, VIDEO CONFERENCE OR COMMUNICATION OVER THE INTERNET IN AN OPEN MEETING AND OR CLOSED MEETING. TRUSTEES. THE TIME IS 5:23 P.M. AND THIS BOARD IS IN CLOSED SESSION. NO REPORT FOR THAT ONE. OKAY, OKAY. INFORMATION REPORT. [7. INFORMATION/REPORTS] THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT TURNER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO OUR ACADEMICS TEAM. YOU'LL HEAR FROM DOCTOR BROUGHTON AND DOCTOR RAMOS AND CHIEF GAYLORD. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TWO AREAS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT STUDENT VOYAGES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PRE PRIMER INITIATIVE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF GAYLORD. OVER A YEAR AGO DOCTOR ELIZALDE CHARGED US WITH DEVELOPING HIGH QUALITY CURRICULAR EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS TIED TO OUR HQ, WHICH IS OUR CURRICULUM THAT THE KIDS ARE GETTING. WE'VE LAUNCHED THIS RECENTLY. WE KNOW THAT DALLAS ISD PARENTS YOU KNOW, WON INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES. AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THESE FIELD TRIPS ARE AN EXCITING PIECE TO BRING YOU. I'M GOING TO LET DOCTOR BROUGHTON GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE AND TRUSTEES. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK US THROUGH OUR LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO WE'RE CALLING THIS OUR K-12 STUDENT EXPERIENCE PASSPORT. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT A PASSPORT, IT IS OUR GUIDE. IT'S ONE OF OUR TOOLS THAT WE USE TO MOVE AROUND THE WORLD. AND SO WE LIKEN THIS EXPERIENCE TO THAT WHERE WE ARE OFFERING OUR STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT. AT THIS POINT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE EACH YEAR, AND THOSE EXPERIENCES WILL EXTEND FROM AN ON CAMPUS EXPERIENCE TO AN OFF CAMPUS EXPERIENCE. AND SO THE THING THAT MAKES THIS THING SPECIAL IS IT IS A GUARANTEED LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO WE BEGIN OUR PILOT IN JANUARY OF 2026, AND WE'VE BEEN TAKING OUR STUDENTS TO A NUMBER OF VERY COOL PLACES. OUR FIRST GRADERS HAVE GONE TO THE ZOO. OUR SECOND GRADERS AND SEVENTH GRADERS HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE FOURTH GRADERS TO THE ARBORETUM. AND THEN OUR FIFTH GRADERS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER IN SEAGOVILLE. AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN OUR OFF CAMPUS EXCURSIONS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME ON CAMPUS PILOTS THAT WE'LL BE DOING WITH OUR FIRST GRADE STUDENTS AND OUR SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS. AND SO TO DATE, WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT 48,000 STUDENTS, [01:25:02] AT A MINIMUM, HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. OVER 190 CAMPUSES ARE A PART OF THIS EFFORT. AND TO DATE, WE'VE ACTUALLY DOUBLED THAT NUMBER. AND SO WHEN WE PULLED THE REPORT, WE WERE AT 224. WE ARE AT LIKE 450 RIGHT ABOUT NOW, 450 FIELD TRIPS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD. AND WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE 670 FIELD TRIPS THIS SEMESTER. AND SO THAT'S ACROSS THE FOUR STEM VENUES. AND SO WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK WITHOUT GREAT PARTNERS. AND SO. TRUSTEE WEINBERG, THANK YOU AND OTHERS FOR CONNECTING US WITH THE LYDA HILL PHILANTHROPIES GROUP. THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL IN HELPING US TO UNDERWRITE ACCESS TO THESE VENUES, AND SO WE HOPE TO CONTINUE DOING PARTNERSHIP WORK WITH OTHERS IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE FOR NEXT YEAR, THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN K THROUGH EIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OFF CAMPUS AND HAVE AN ON CAMPUS EXCURSION. AND SO ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT ALL OF THESE EXPERIENCES ARE TIED TO OUR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND THE HIGH QUALITY LEARNING THAT'S HAPPENING IN CLASSROOMS. AND SO WHEN THEY GO AWAY, THEY ARE APPLYING THEIR THINKING, THEY'RE APPLYING THEIR LEARNING. AND SO WITH THE EXPERIENCE FOR NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE INFUSING MORE OF THE ARTS TO MAKE IT A WELL-ROUNDED EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO STEAM. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY AND FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. WE'RE TODAY WE'RE BRINGING YOU A NEW INITIATIVE CALLED PRE PRIMER. THIS INITIATIVE PROVIDES A TARGETED SECOND YEAR OF FOUNDATIONAL INSTRUCTION FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS IN DALLAS ISD. RECOGNIZING THAT SOMETIMES THE STANDARD 180 DAY KINDERGARTEN CYCLE IS OFTEN INSUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THEIR NEEDS, THIS BOARD HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE, SUPPORTING ALL OF THE PIECES OF THE EARLY LEARNING STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE IN DALLAS ISD, WHICH SOME PEOPLE SAY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EARLY LEARNING STRATEGIES IN TEXAS, INCLUDING EXPANDING PRE-K FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND FOUR YEAR OLDS OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T QUALIFY ORIGINALLY. OUR PRE-K PARTNERSHIPS AND THEN THE ONGOING DEDICATED SUPPORT. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DOCTOR RAMOS, WHO LEADS OUR EARLY LEARNING AND OUR OVERALL ENROLLMENT STRATEGY FOR THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU, CHIEF GAYLORD. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE. UPON OUR INITIAL PUSH, THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. UPON OUR INITIAL DATA ANALYSIS, WE IDENTIFIED A TREND WHERE SOME PARENTS ARE ELECTING TO DELAY THEIR CHILD'S ENTRY INTO SCHOOLING. THIS CHOICE STEMS FROM A DESIRE TO AFFORD THEIR CHILD ADDITIONAL TIME FOR INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE DATA IS OVER TWO YEARS, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR IN THE GREEN BARS. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ABOUT 82% OF THE STUDENTS WERE ENTERING KINDERGARTEN AT FIVE YEARS OLD, WHICH IS THE TRADITIONAL AGE FOR KINDERGARTEN. ON THE ORANGE BARS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT AT THIS SCHOOL, THERE WAS ABOUT 18% OF THOSE STUDENTS ENTERING KINDERGARTEN AT SIX YEARS OLD. AND SO THIS OUTCOME DEMONSTRATES A PREFERENCE TO ACCOMMODATE VARIED LEARNING STYLES AND DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH. SO WE STARTED TO DIG INTO THE DATA TO SEE WHAT ELSE OUR STUDENT INFORMATION WOULD TELL US. AND IF WE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, WE FOUND THAT ABOUT 12% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE COMING TO FIRST GRADE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DALLAS ISD. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN AT HOME WITH PRIVATE CARE OR A CAREGIVER. EITHER WAY, WE'RE MISSING ABOUT 1300 STUDENTS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM OUR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION. SO WE LOOKED AT THEIR DATA, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE NEW TO DISD UNDERPERFORMED COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS WHO ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN IN DALLAS ISD. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR READING, THEY WERE AT 43% COMPARED TO THE 57% WHO ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN IN DALLAS ISD. SO THEN WE DID ANOTHER LAYER. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE STUDENTS WHO WERE LATE BIRTHDAYS? AND WE IDENTIFIED THAT AS STUDENTS WHO WERE BORN IN JUNE, JULY OR AUGUST. THAT'S ABOUT 20% OF OUR STUDENTS IN FIRST GRADE, AND THEY PERFORMED ABOUT 10% POINTS LOWER THAN THEIR PEERS IN BOTH READING AND MATH. AND SO THE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE SUMMER BIRTHDAYS FARED BETTER THAN THE ONES WHO DID HAVE SUMMER BIRTHDAYS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER GROUP THAT WE WANT TO MONITOR ON THOSE DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES AND WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THEM. AND SO THEN WE WANT TO PITCH OUR IDEA ABOUT PRE PRIMER. WHAT IS PRE PRIMER. PRE PRIMER IS A MIX OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS AND FIRST GRADE STUDENTS. THESE MAY MEAN KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WHO NEED ADDITIONAL TIME TO DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS. AND FIRST GRADERS WHO HAVE NEVER ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN. AND SO WITH THIS, WE WOULD DEVELOP A INDIVIDUALIZED IPC THAT INTEGRATES BOTH KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE STANDARDS THAT ALLOW STUDENTS TO MASTER AND GET THAT DOUBLE DOSE OF KINDERGARTEN CONTENT AND ACCELERATE THEM INTO FIRST GRADE. [01:30:01] THIS MODEL RESPONDS TO STUDENTS NEEDS IN A MANNER THAT SUPPORTS THEIR GROWTH, BASED ON PROVIDING AN EXTENDED TIME FRAME TO GRASP BOTH CONCEPTS, AND IT TRULY GIVES THE GIFT OF TIME. BY PROVIDING THIS EARLY TARGETED INTERVENTION AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION, WE ADDRESS LEARNING READINESS DISPARITIES HEAD ON WITH THE PROACTIVE MEASURE TO DECREASE THE NEED FOR INTENSIVE REMEDIATION IN LATER GRADES AND YIELDING LONG TERM ACADEMIC BENEFITS AND CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS. THANK YOU. I'LL PASS IT BACK OVER. WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS. TRUSTEE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE. THANK YOU. I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BOTH OF THESE INITIATIVES, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR TEAM, ALL OF YOU, FOR THE INNOVATIVE NATURE AND THE, THE FORWARD THINKING. I LOVE THE PARALLEL OF THE HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCES TO THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, ALL OF WHICH TIE TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIDS SHOULD KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO. I THINK THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCES MEAN SOMETHING FROM AN ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE PAIRS NICELY ALSO WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING OUT AND, AND BEING IN PUBLIC AND INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS AND INTERACTING WITH FOLKS THAT ARE NOT YOUR TEACHERS. I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT EXPOSURE IS WONDERFUL. AND SO I REALLY APPLAUD YOU ON THE EFFORT AND INVESTMENT. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF IT INTO THE ARTS IN ADDITION TO THE STEM. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE GREAT. AND I LOVE THAT IT COVERS, YOU KNOW, K THROUGH EIGHT ON THE PRE PRIMER. I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AS A MOM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY CHILDREN HAD AN AUGUST BIRTHDAY AND I OBSERVED AND WATCHED AND THERE REALLY IS A, A WIDE DEVELOPMENTAL FAIRWAY, JUST NATURALLY, RIGHT? KIDS DEVELOP AT DIFFERENT PACES AND IN THEIR OWN WAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING OF THEIR BIRTHDAYS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? SO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO HAVE MORE SPACE TO REALLY ENGAGE AT AN EARLIER AGE IN THOSE EARLY YEARS, WHILE THAT FAIRWAY IS WIDE, I THINK WILL BE SUCH A CONFIDENCE BUILDER. AND I THINK, AS YOU MENTIONED, REALLY HELP WITH BUILDING THAT, THAT THAT BASE AND THAT FOUNDATION SO THAT THE REMEDIATION WON'T, WON'T BE AS NECESSARY. YOU KNOW, THAT HAVING THAT FOUNDATION WILL HELP KIDS HAVE CONFIDENCE AT THE OUTSET AND REALLY MAKE THEIR WAY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PATHWAYS THAT THEY CHOOSE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW WILL YOU KNOW? HOW WILL YOU DETERMINE WHETHER A CHILD MOVES FORWARD OR DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD IF THEY'RE SORT OF ON THE CUSP, WHOSE DECISION IS IT ULTIMATELY? SO WE WE DEFINITELY HAVE SEVERAL DATA POINTS THAT WE WILL TRIANGULATE. ONE BEING I-READY, THEN THE KINDERGARTEN PROGRESS MONITORING TOOLS. TEACHER OBSERVATIONS WILL BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THIS. AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE PARENT INPUT BECAUSE THAT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO MAKING THESE DECISIONS. SO IT'LL JUST BE A MULTI-VARIABLE EQUATION WITH PARENT INPUT BEING CRUCIAL. AND I GUESS I HEARD YOU SAY ALSO THAT IF YOU HADN'T GONE TO KINDERGARTEN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A SWEET SPOT, KIND OF THAT SPACE BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YES. GREAT. SO ULTIMATELY, WILL IT BE THE DISTRICT'S DECISION OR THE PARENT'S DECISION? RIGHT NOW, AS WE'RE RUNNING THIS JUST AS A PROOF OF CONCEPT AND I HAVEN'T SELECTED WHICH CAMPUSES YET, WE WANT TO REVIEW THE DATA. IT WOULD RIGHT NOW ABSOLUTELY BE 100% ULTIMATELY A PARENT DECISION. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GATHER ENOUGH DATA THAT I COULD BRING TO THE BOARD, POSSIBLY A CONSIDERATION OF AN OPT OUT WHERE THE TRIANGULATION OF DATA WOULD SUPPORT THIS IS WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE STUDENT. AND THEN A PARENT COULD OPT OUT SIMILARLY TO HOW WE DO THE MATH ACCELERATION. FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW WITH OUR SIXTH GRADERS GOING FROM FIFTH GRADE RIGHT NOW, AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT THIS. ULTIMATELY, THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT PARENTS THINK IS BEST FOR THEIR STUDENTS. PART OF THIS MODEL IS COMING FROM THE CONTRAST IN RESEARCH. PARENTS. LET'S SAY UNLIKE UNLIKE MY OWN, IF, IF A PARENT HAS THE ABILITY TO KEEP THEIR CHILD AT HOME LONGER OR SEND THEM TO A PRIVATE PRESCHOOL FOR ANOTHER YEAR OVERWHELMINGLY PARENTS WHO HAVE HAD MORE ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT TEND TO LEAN MORE TOWARDS KEEPING THEIR CHILDREN OUT ONE MORE YEAR OR HAVING A, THE PRIVATE SCHOOL MODEL UTILIZES A PRIMER MODEL IN MANY INSTANCES. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT THE REVERSE IN TERMS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE COMING FROM CHALLENGING ECONOMICS WHEN WE WAIT AND THEN RETAIN THEM BECAUSE QUOTE UNQUOTE, THEY'RE NOT READY, SAY IN SECOND OR THIRD GRADE, [01:35:07] THE RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR THAT IT GENERATES A HUGE INCREASE IN DROP OUTS. AND SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHETHER I'M I'M GOING TO USE THE TERM MANY PARENTS DO. ARE WE REDSHIRTING OR ARE WE REMEDIATING. AND IF YOU ARE REDSHIRTING, MEANING, OH, YOU'RE NOT QUITE READY. I NEED TO GET YOU READY. THAT FEELS VERY SUPPORTIVE. IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT AND YOU NEED TO DO IT AGAIN, IS THE MESSAGE THAT IS VERY PUNITIVE. AND THE RESEARCH BEARS THAT OUT. SO WHAT WE ARE WORKING TO DO HERE IS TO GET THE BENEFITS OF ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS DO HAVE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, THE SEPTEMBER 1ST DEADLINE FOR WHEN CHILDREN START. THAT'S A HUMAN CONSTRUCT. IT'S NOT EVEN THE SAME FROM STATE TO STATE IN THE US. SO WHO CAME UP WITH THAT? SOMEBODY JUST DECIDED THAT IN TEXAS. I MEAN, THE RESEARCH WILL TELL YOU IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T START SCHOOL UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY. SO LABOR DAY WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST. SO THEY USED THAT AS THE DEADLINE FOR WHEN CHILDREN WOULD START. THERE WAS NO RESEARCH AROUND WHETHER THAT WAS WHAT WAS BEST FOR KIDS. AND SO THE GOAL HERE IS WE WANT TO DO WHAT THIS BOARD HAS CHARGED ME TO DO, GET KIDS WHAT THEY NEED EARLIER. AND SO THIS IS REALLY BUILDING ON YOUR ALL'S EARLY LEARNING MODEL AND GETTING THE INFORMATION AND UTILIZING IT TO MAKE US MORE EFFECTIVE IN GETTING KIDS WHAT THEY NEED BEFORE THEY'RE BEHIND. LET'S NOT WAIT TILL WE'RE BEHIND AND LET'S NOT WAIT FOR THEM TO FEEL AS IF THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE THAT'S NEGATIVE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DEVELOP AT THE SAME RATE AS SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY HAVE COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND JUST BOYS AND GIRLS ARE ARE ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH. BOYS DEVELOP AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE THAN GIRLS DO. IN THOSE FORMIDABLE YEARS. SO WE ARE GOING TO USE ALL OF THAT DATA. AND AT THIS TIME, ALL WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE OF, OF COURSE, IS THAT YOU ALL ARE CAN ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MODEL POKE HOLES IN OUR MODEL SO THAT WE CAN WORK TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE THIS. OBVIOUSLY THE ONLY REASON WE WOULD BE DOING THIS PROOF OF CONCEPT BECAUSE WE THINK THIS COULD BE A REAL GAME CHANGER FOR OUR STUDENTS. WELL, I JUST WANT TO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL FAMILIES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT EXTRA TIME IN THOSE EARLY YEARS FOR KIDS WHEN THEY NEED IT. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY KID FIRST POLICY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND PILOTING IT AND SEEING HOW IT WORKS AND ALSO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, SEEING HISTORICALLY THAT FINE TUNING AS WE GO MIGHT BE NECESSARY. AND I, I RESPECT THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT TOO. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SANDERS TWO THINGS. ONE, THRILLED ABOUT THE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL EXPERIENCES. IT IS A CONTEXT PAINTING EXERCISE WHICH HELPS. WE ALL KNOW IT HELPS THE CONTENT LAND. IF I CAN TOUCH IT, IF I CAN SMELL IT, IF I CAN LITERALLY EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN CLASS, IT JUST HELPS MAKE IT STICKY. BUT ALSO COGNITIVELY, KIDS CAN GET IT. SO SHOUT OUT TO THAT SHOUT OUT TO LYDA HILL PHILANTHROPIES AND THE ENTIRE CREW MOVING IN AND I, AND I LOVE TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BOOSTING OUR ARTS IN THE COMING DAYS AS WELL. A COUPLE OF THINGS. I AM IN LOVE WITH THE CONCEPT OF A PRIMER. WHAT DO WE CALL IT? PRE PRIMER PRE-PREMIERE EXPERIENCE. A FEW REASONS WHY AND JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT. THE SCIENCE YOU TOUCHED ON THE SCIENCE DOCTOR ELIZALDE. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OUR OWN HOUSEHOLD. SO MY DAUGHTER WAS SHE'S A, SHE'S AN AUGUST BIRTHDAY. SHE'S A LATE AUGUST BIRTHDAY. AND IT WAS AMAZING WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE WORKED WITH HER. NOW YOU'RE COMING FROM TWO PARENTS WHO BOTH HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES AND BOTH ARE FROM THE EDUCATOR SPACE AND GOT A GRANDMOTHER AND EVERYTHING ELSE. RIGHT. SO ALL THE CARDS ARE STACKED IN HER FAVOR. AND EVEN STILL, AS A YOUNGER STUDENT IN THAT GRADE, SHE SHRUNK. SHE WAS PRETTY GOOD WITH THE CONTENT. BUT THE DAY THAT WE KNEW WE WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING WAS WHEN WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM HER TEACHER THAT SHE WAS ERASING HER ANSWERS THAT WERE RIGHT AND REPLACING THEM WITH ANSWERS THAT WERE WRONG, BECAUSE OTHER OLDER KIDS WERE TALKING OUT LOUD AND BEING WRONG [01:40:01] OUT LOUD. AND SHE'S LIKE, WELL, THEY'RE BIGGER THAN ME, SO THEY MIGHT BE RIGHT. AND THAT IS JUST LIKE A MICRO EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS DEVELOPMENTALLY AND SOCIALLY. AND SO I EXPECT US, I FULLY EXPECT US TO YIELD POSITIVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FROM THIS THEORY. BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE CAPTURE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DATA, HOW DO WE CAPTURE DEVELOPMENTALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE KIDS SELF-PERCEPTION. AND OF COURSE, THESE ARE YOUNG CHILDREN, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WRITE AN ESSAY, BUT WE CAN MEASURE UP EVEN EARLY PERCEPTIONS OF IDENTITY AND HOW THEY FEEL AND HOW CONFIDENT THEY ARE IN, IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. HOWEVER WE DECIDE TO LOOK AT IT. I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO BE PART OF THE DOMAIN. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, DOCTOR ELIZALDE, TYPICALLY YOU ONLY SEE THIS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS AS AN OPTION. QUESTION ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING THIS SYSTEMICALLY YET THAT WE KNOW OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS? NO. SO THIS IS TRULY AN INNOVATION THAT WE ARE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING TO WORK. THE OTHER PLACE WHERE I SEE THIS BEING VERY EFFECTIVE IS WITH BOYS. SO YOU TOUCHED ON IT, DOCTOR ELIZALDE. BOYS, SCIENTIFICALLY, THEIR BRAINS DEVELOP SLOWER. I'M STILL CATCHING UP. YOU'RE DOING GOOD. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. TRUSTEE CURRY. KEEP GOING. THIS COULD BE PRETTY POWERFUL. AND. AND I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. I DO THINK THAT WE'RE IN A MEN AND BOYS CRISIS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA ALL THE WAY OUT TO COLLEGE AND CAREER POST-SECONDARY, WE'RE DOING VERY POORLY WITH BOYS WRIT LARGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. IT'S A GREAT BOOK OUT CALLED OF BOYS AND MEN, DOCTOR RICHARD REEVES OUT OF THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE. HE NAMES THINGS KIND OF LIKE THIS THAT COULD BE HELPFUL SYSTEMIC STRATEGIES ON ADDRESSING THIS. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR MULTIPLE DIFFERENT REASONS THAT WE'RE KICKING INTO THIS AND FOR IT TO BE PARENT CHOICE. THERE IS A STIGMA, YOU ALL KNOW, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE KIDS WHO HAVE A STIGMA, IT'S A PARENTS WHO CARRY A STIGMA. IF THEY THINK MY KID FAILED FIRST GRADE OR MY KID FAILED IN EARLY GRADE IN EDUCATION. THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECAST, RESTRUCTURE, AND I THINK, GIVE IT A VERY DIFFERENT VENEER THAT ALLOWS IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE AREN'T AFRAID OF, NOT ASHAMED BY, BUT USE IT AS ANOTHER TOOL, JUST ANOTHER TOOL THAT COULD HELP WITH THE YOUNG PERSON'S JOURNEY. SO ANYWAY, I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT BOTTOM LINE IS I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES AND THAT WE GO OVER AND ABOVE IN COMMUNICATING TO PARENTS, PARTICULARLY IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THIS HASN'T BEEN A THING AT ALL. AND I'D SAY HEAVILY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY, IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BUT IT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY UPLIFT WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR A YOUNG PERSON. SO NOBODY BLOCKS THEMSELVES FROM JUST THE STIGMA OF IT ALL. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MACKEY. YES, THANK YOU. AND I THINK KUDOS. YOU ALL SAID A LOT IN VERY LITTLE WORDS. YOU'RE VERY SHORT PRESENTATION, BUT TOO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL THINGS. SO I'LL JUST SAY OVERALL, I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED IS INCREDIBLY COMPELLING FOR ME AND I'M SUPER EXCITED. DOCTOR ELIZALDE, YOUR TEAM, EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS. THIS IS WHAT INNOVATION LOOKS LIKE. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO NOT JUST ENVISION A PARTICULAR PROGRAM, BUT HOW CAN A SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALLY WORK DIFFERENTLY IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS? AND SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR LOOKING AT BOTH OF THESE ON THE STUDENT VOYAGES. I'M CURIOUS. I KNOW THE THREE EXAMPLES THAT I SAW UP THERE WERE AROUND LIKE KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE WITH THE EXAMPLES. I'M SURE THAT'S NOT ALL INCLUSIVE. HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THIS? ACROSS LIKE IS THIS GIVE ME A SENSE, I KNOW THIS WAS MOSTLY A SOFT LAUNCH IN A PILOT, BUT IF THIS WORKS AND IT'S SHOWING REAL POWER, LIKE WHAT ARE WE THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES THIS LOOK AS A STUDENT HAVE LIKE THREE OF THESE OVER THE COURSE OF A GENERAL YEAR? LIKE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AS YOU GROW IT OUT BEYOND THIS PILOT, WHICH FROM WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND HERE, LOOKS RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MACKEY FOR THE QUESTION. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS WHO ARE AT THE TABLE WITH US AND THINKING THROUGH WHERE WE CAN BEST FIT. THE EXPERIENCES IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CURRICULA, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STANDARDS TO MAKE. [01:45:04] SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE THE LEARNING MORE CONCRETE. AND SO I THINK THE THE EASY ANSWER IS YES. WE'RE GUARANTEEING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR TWO OPPORTUNITIES. SO ONE ON CAMPUS AND ONE OFF. FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE, WE STARTED THIS AND AND WE WE'RE CALLING I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS IMAGE. WHERE WE WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ENROLL IN DALLAS ISD, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A PROMISE AND THIS PROMISE IS GOING TO BE YOU GET A PASSPORT AND THEN THIS PASSPORT EVERY YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON ALL OF THESE DYNAMIC EXPERIENCES. AND THEN ONCE WE KIND OF GOT IN IT, WE'RE THINKING WE GOT 135,000 KIDS. JUST WAIT TILL WE CALL TRANSPORTATION. THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE US RIGHT NOW, RIGHT. DINO AND DAVID BATES WERE RUNNING FROM US BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY RUNNING. DAVID RAN REAL FAR. THEY'RE ALREADY RUNNING 700, 800 BUS ROUTES EVERY DAY. AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. AND SO THAT EVERY YEAR RIGHT NOW K THROUGH EIGHT. WE WERE GOING TO BUILD IT OUT TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE. AND BY THE TIME YOU GET IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU'RE THEN SELECTING ALL OF THESE UI L EXPERIENCES THAT ARE JUST KIND OF TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND LET ME JUST ADD, THIS ALSO CAME OUT OF THE FACT THAT WHEN WE STARTED TO LOOK AT FIELD TRIPS, JUST IN GENERAL, NUMBER ONE, FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS THAT THIS IS BASED ON WHO MY TEACHER IS OR WHERE MY SCHOOL IS. AND IN GENERAL, SOMETIMES THAT WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING. RIGHT? WELL, SO NOW THE SECOND PART THEN IS FROM THE TEACHER PERSPECTIVE OR FROM THE CAMPUS. WHY IS THAT? WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF HOOPS YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH TO GET A FIELD TRIP. SO IF WE CAN SYSTEMATIZE RATHER THAN A TEACHER, A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THERE HAVING TO GO. I GOT TO DO THIS AND I GOT TO TURN THIS IN. IF WE ALREADY STRATEGIZE AND WE'RE INTENTIONAL, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME KEY ISSUES TO SUCCESS. AND INTENTIONALITY IS A KEY COMPONENT. WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT THE FIELD EXPERIENCE IS, IS SO THAT IT CAN CONNECT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. AND SO AT THE SAME TIME, DOING THAT STRATEGICALLY. SO THE ZOO IS A WONDERFUL PLACE. IT'S GREAT. AND THERE ARE SO MANY CONNECTIONS. AND WE ALSO DON'T WANT KIDS BECAUSE OF WHO, WHICH TEACHER THEY HAD GOING TO THE ZOO EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE ELSE. SO IT WAS, HOW DO WE BALANCE ALL THAT OUT? AND AGAIN, I CAN'T UNDERSCORE ENOUGH LYDA HILL AND THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT, BECAUSE WHAT THAT HAS DONE WITH THE SUPPORT FOR STEM IS I THEN AM ABLE TO TAKE THE FUNDS THAT WE WERE USING TO PAY FOR SOME KIDS TO GO TO THOSE STEM RELATED FIELD EXPERIENCES. AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND INTO THE ARTS, IS BECAUSE OF THE ENDOWMENT THAT THAT SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GETTING FINANCIALLY FROM LYDA HILL PHILANTHROPY. AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF, OF THEIR INVESTMENT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT CAME ABOUT. TRUSTEE MACKEY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I EMPHASIZE THE SYSTEMATIZING BECAUSE YOU, YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT THIS IS NO LONGER, WE'RE NOT LEAVING THIS TO CHANCE. LIKE YOU ARE CHANGING A SYSTEM TO WORK DIFFERENTLY FOR STUDENTS FOR WHOM IT HAS HISTORICALLY NOT WORKED FOR. AND I THINK THAT IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL. AND I CAN ALSO SEE UNDERNEATH THIS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS ACTUALLY BEYOND JUST AN EXPERIENCE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. THIS IS A CULTURE BUILDING. IF YOU ARE IN DALLAS ISD, YOU ARE GOING TO EXPECT THESE NEXT EIGHT, TEN, 12 YEARS TO BE 16, 18, 24 A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AS TIED TO YOUR CURRICULUM. AND I'M SURE WE HAVE TONS OF ORGANIZATIONS AROUND. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS, NON-PROFITS, SMALLER PARKS, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP DALLAS ISD WOULD LOVE DALLAS ISD TO COME HERE. WE'VE GOT THIS REALLY COOL. JOHN BUNKER SANDS WETLANDS. HOW DO WE PARTNER IN A WAY THAT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND SCIENCE, ETC.? SO I THINK THERE'S A TON OF WAYS TO REALLY HAVE A VILLAGE SUPPORT THE STUDENTS IN DALLAS ISD AND THAT'S SUPER, SUPER PROMISING. VERY EXCITED FOR THIS. ON THE SECOND SIDE, ON THE PRE PRIMER AGAIN, I THINK THIS MAKES A TON OF SENSE. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL LOOKING AT, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK RIGHT NOW ABOUT LIKE THIRD GRADE GATES AND WHETHER OR NOT A KID SHOULD ADVANCE OR BE SOCIALLY PROMOTED. AND THERE'S RESEARCH THAT SHOWS BOTH CHOICES. THERE ARE TERRIBLE. IT'S TERRIBLE TO PASS ON A KID WHO DOESN'T ISN'T ABLE TO READ. IT'S ALSO TERRIBLE TO HOLD THEM BACK AND BOTH LEAD TO BAD OUTCOMES. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE ROOT CAUSE HERE IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THEY CAN READ? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE BASED ON THIS IS YOU HAVE REALLY FOUND A UNIQUE WAY TO DO THIS THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME IMPACT ON A STUDENT'S FUTURE OUTCOMES. SO IS THERE I JUST DON'T KNOW. IS THERE A RESEARCH NATIONALLY ABOUT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS RESEARCH AROUND IF YOU HOLD A KID BACK AFTER THIRD GRADE, [01:50:06] THERE IS HIGHER PERCENTAGE CHANCE OF DROPOUT OR NOT GRADUATION. IS THERE ANY RESEARCH ABOUT THIS? I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT SAYS IF YOU A KID REPEATS KINDERGARTEN OR STAYS LIKE STARTS A LITTLE BIT LATER. YEAH, WE'VE DONE WE'VE GOT I'VE GOT SO MUCH RESEARCH ACTUALLY IN A GOOGLE GYM THAT WE CREATED AT THE TIME TO GO THROUGH. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S LIKE IN SOME SITUATIONS, THIS IS THE GREATEST IDEA IN THE WORLD. AND THEN IF YOU DO IT TO THE WRONG CHILD, IT'S NOT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENGINEER THIS IN A WAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENGINEER THE CLASSROOM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENGINEER THE CURRICULUM, THE TEACHER, THE SUPPORTS, THE FIELD TRIPS, THE ASSESSMENTS. ALL OF THOSE PIECES SO THAT WE CAN, ALONG THE WAY, REALLY LOOK TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD. CODIFY THAT. YEAH, I THINK THIS IS BRILLIANT. AND YOUR YOUR NOTES HERE UNDERSCORE THIS. THE TWO FINAL QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU'RE DESIGNING THIS CURRICULUM IN A MEANINGFUL WAY? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST REMEDIATE A KID. THEY CAN'T REMEDIATE A KID TO GREATNESS. YOU DO THAT BY LIGHTING A FIRE, GIVING THEM NEW EXPERIENCES, ETC.. SO TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS UNIQUE CURRICULUM THAT YOU'LL KIND OF PUT IN PLACE HERE. AND NUMBER TWO, WHILE SOME PARENTS ARE ALREADY SAYING, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO, GREAT, GOOD FOR THEM, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME PARENTS THAT THIS MIGHT BE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KID. AND THEY MIGHT SAY, NO, I WANT MY KID TO KEEP MOVING. HOW ARE YOU ALL THINKING ABOUT THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS AND WHY THEY MIGHT CONSIDER THIS. SO SOME OF THIS WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE KEY FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS THAT HAPPEN IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. AND HOW DO WE INTEGRATE THEM TOGETHER? THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP WITH THE STANDARDS. AND SO IT'S KIND OF HOW, HOW DO WE STRETCH IT ON BOTH ENDS AND MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT THEY WANT. BUT THEN THE TEACHER IS ALSO ABLE TO MODIFY IT AND MOVE WITH THE STUDENT. SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, A LOT OF WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS TO REALLY ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH BOTH STANDARDS FOR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. I HEAR YOU EVEN MORE SO THAN JUST THE CURRICULUM, ALSO THE PEDAGOGY AND HOW WE SUPPORT KIDS IN SMALLER GROUPS OR WHATNOT DIFFERENTLY THAN A TRADITIONAL CLASS, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. YES. TRUSTEE MACKEY. BECAUSE POTENTIALLY THIS WILL BE A MIX OF KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE STUDENTS. AGE WISE, AGE WISE, THEY ARE NEITHER KINDERGARTEN, AGE WISE GRADE STUDENTS, BUT STUDENTS. YES, THEY ARE PRE PRIMER. BUT TRUSTEE MACKEY. IF YOU ARE EMPLOYED BY DALLAS ISD, YOU WOULD ALSO KNOW THAT IN THIS NEW ROUND IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN SPACE. NOTHING WILL BE A DUPLICATION OF WHAT ANYONE DOES IN KINDERGARTEN, AND NOTHING WILL BE A DUPLICATION OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN FIRST GRADE. THE TEAM HAS BEEN CHARGED TO COMPLETELY REWRITE THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE ASSESSMENTS. WEEKLY INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING CALENDARS. ALL OF THOSE PIECES SO THAT THIS FEELS ROBUST AND A CHILD DOES NOT SIT AND FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO GET A DUPLICATION IN A GRADE LEVEL. IT WILL FEEL LIKE A DIFFERENT GRADE. IT WILL FEEL LIKE A COMPLETELY NEW GRADE THAT WE ARE BUILDING. BECAUSE IT IS BECAUSE IT'S A NEW GRADE. THAT THING. AMAZING. AND WITH REGARD TO THE PARENT, THOUGH, VERY QUICKLY TRUSTEE MACKEY. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND US COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS ALL ALONG. IF I DON'T VISIT WITH A PARENT ALONG THE SCHOOL YEAR OR HOW THE CHILD IS DEVELOPING, AND THEN SUDDENLY IN MAY, I'M LIKE, IT'S REALLY BEST FOR YOUR CHILD TO DO THIS. WE HAVE SET THE CHILD UP FOR SUCCESS, FOR FAILURE RATHER THAN SUCCESS. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING WITH THE PARENTS. AND SO THIS AT ALL THIS, THESE PARTICULAR GRADES IN PARTICULAR, ARE REALLY GOING TO REQUIRE US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE PROGRESS POINTS WITH THOSE PARENTS AND USING UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EVEN CHECK IN VIRTUALLY WITH OUR PARENTS AND SHOW, HERE'S THE SUCCESS THEY'RE HAVING, HERE'S THE STRUGGLES THEY'RE HAVING. WELL BEYOND INNOVATION. THIS LOOKS LIKE SYSTEMIC INNOVATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS AND SEEING THE ROI AS WE GET TO THE BUDGET, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUND THIS. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I THINK MOST OF MINE HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. I'LL START WITH JUST THE FIELD TRIPS CURRENTLY. HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHO'S GOING ON FIELD TRIPS? AND DO WE HAVE A LIST OF THE FIELD TRIPS THAT, THAT AND I'M ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE DEMOGRAPHICALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, IT'S DIFFERENT. AND SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF DISTRICT TWO IS GETTING MORE THAN DISTRICT SIX. AND HOW ARE WE. ACTUALLY FIGURING WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? TRUSTEE FOREMAN. BEFORE THIS INITIATIVE. IT WAS CAMPUS BASED. IT WAS CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS THAT WERE REQUESTING TO GO. THERE WASN'T A PUSH FROM THE DISTRICT. THIS NEW THIS NEW INITIATIVE, I KEEP TRYING. SORRY, I'M TRYING TO KEEP THIS PICTURE WITH THE CONVERSATION IN THIS NEW SITUATION. [01:55:05] CHIEF HEWITT AND I KIND OF GOT TOGETHER WITH OUR TEAMS AND WE REMOVED ALL OF THOSE BARRIERS FOR PRINCIPALS AND FOR CAMPUSES SO THAT EVERY CAMPUS IS GOING TO GET THE SAME EXPERIENCE. SO WHEN WE SAY EVERY FIRST GRADER WENT TO THE ZOO, WE MEAN EVERY SINGLE FIRST GRADER WENT TO THE ZOO WHICH IS 9000 KIDS. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WE HAVE 1800 FIRST GRADERS AT THE ZOO ON A DAY AND IT TAKES 180 CHAPERONS. SO IN THIS SITUATION, EVERY KID IS GOING TO GET THE PROMISE AT EVERY SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO ON ALL OF THESE FIELD TRIPS. AND SO WHEN DOES THAT ACTUALLY START? OUR PILOT STARTED IN JANUARY JANUARY, FEBRUARY THAT WE'RE NOW AT A POINT WHERE MOST OF THEM HAVE GONE THROUGH EVERYTHING. FOR THIS FIRST YEAR, STARTING FALL OF NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE ALL GRADES K EIGHT, ALL SCHOOLS. SO WHEN YOU SAY ALL OF THEM, YOU MEAN ALL OF THE FIRST GRADERS HAVE GONE? YES. YOU MEAN BY ALL OF THEM? YES. RIGHT NOW, IN THE PILOT, ALL OF THE FIRST GRADERS HAVE GONE TO THE ZOO. ALL OF THE SEVENTH GRADERS HAVE GONE TO THE PEROT. ALL OF THE FOURTH GRADERS HAVE GONE TO THE. THEY'RE GOING TO THE ARBORETUM. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE FIFTH GRADERS GOING TO THE SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER IN SEAGOVILLE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THEN ON TO THE PREMIER. SO AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HEARD THIS RIGHT, BUT BUT HELP ME IS THAT SOME KIDS DON'T DO PRE-K AND THEN THEY COME INTO KINDERGARTEN AT THE REGULAR AGE AND IT'S EVEN BEYOND PRE-K. TRUSTEE FOREMAN WE HAVE ALMOST 13% OF THE STUDENTS GO TO THAT SLIDE FOR ME. SO ALMOST 12% OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT SHOWED UP WITH THE AGE SIX ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST, WHICH MEANS THEY START FIRST GRADE AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TO A DALLAS ISD KINDER. NOW WE CAN TEASE ALL THE WAY DOWN AND FIND OUT. DID THEY GO TO A KINDER SOMEWHERE ELSE? DID THEY? BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS 12% OF THEM DID NOT GO TO A DALLAS ISD KINDER. AND THEN WHEN WE COMPARED HOW THOSE STUDENTS DID IN FIRST GRADE TO THE ONES THAT DID DO DALLAS ISD KINDERGARTEN. SO THAT'S EVEN BEFORE KINDER. I MEAN, NOT EVEN INCLUDING PRE-K. YES. WHAT WE SAW ON THIS SLIDE, SLIDE 12 IS IF THEY WENT TO A DALLAS ISD KINDER, THEY WERE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN FIRST GRADE THAN THEY WERE IF THEY CAME STRAIGHT TO DALLAS ISD IN FIRST GRADE AND DID NOT GO TO OUR KINDERGARTEN. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE DATA WE WERE USING, WHICH WOULD BE TYPICAL. BUT THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST PRE-K PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. IS ANY OF THIS GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT TO THE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM? IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON PRE-K. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. THIS IS STRICTLY AS A MATTER OF FACT, GO BACK TO THE SLIDE BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. GREAT. THIS IS THIS. NO, RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE. THIS IS BETWEEN KINDER AND FIRST GRADE. OKAY, SO IN AN IDEAL WORLD, A STUDENT CAN COME PRE-K. THEY COULD BE AT A, AT ONE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND THEY CAN BE IN A PRE-K THREE, PRE-K FOUR. AND THEN THEY COME TO US IN KINDERGARTEN. AND IT IS AT THAT POINT, AT THE END OF KINDERGARTEN, WHERE WE WOULD THEN MEET WITH YOU AND GO. STEPHANIE'S STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT. MISS FORMAN, DOCTOR FORMAN, I REALLY THINK SHE WOULD DO BETTER IN PRE PRIMER RATHER THAN GOING STRAIGHT TO FIRST GRADE. I DON'T WANT HER TO DO KINDER AGAIN, BUT I WANT HER TO DEVELOP MORE THOROUGHLY SO THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE PRE PRIMER OR SHE'S DOING REALLY ABOVE AVERAGE. WE THINK SHE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE ADVANCED TO FIRST GRADE. THAT WOULD BE THE CONVERSATION. WE WOULD HAVE HAD NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH PRE-K BECAUSE AS A MATTER OF FACT, AGAIN, WHAT DO OUR DATA SHOW? OUR DATA SHOW THAT IN PRE-K PARTNERSHIPS OR IN OUR PRE-K, KIDS WHO GO TO THAT ALSO DO BETTER. SO WITH THE PRE PRIMER AND NOT GOING DIRECTLY TO FIRST GRADE. WOULD THAT DELAY THEM A YEAR IN TERMS OF GRADUATION? YES. AND THAT'S WHERE I THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO. THAT'S A YES A YEAR IN TERMS OF GRADUATION. YES. AND SO THEREFORE, THE PARENTS WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR THAT DELAYED YEAR. CURRENTLY, THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD RIGHT NOW. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE WAY WE WOULD DO IT UNTIL WE GATHER DATA. SO A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED BECAUSE OUR PARENTS ARE NOT REALLY EDUCATED. SO WE'D HAVE TO EDUCATE THEM ON THAT PIECE. AND I MEAN, NOT EDUCATED, I MEAN EDUCATED PARTICULAR PIECE, [02:00:05] WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE A LOT FROM THIS DISTRICT IN TERMS OF EDUCATING OUR PARENTS THAT YOUR CHILD, IF YOU CHOOSE THIS OPTION, INSTEAD OF 18 GRADUATING AT 18, YOU MIGHT GRADUATE AT 19. THAT, THAT COULD, THAT, THAT COULD BE AND ALL I'M, I THINK THE, THE, THAT ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT THAT'S A POSSIBLE OUTCOME. THE OTHER POSSIBLE OUTCOME IS WHAT THE CHILD. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS STUDENTS THEN ARE RETAINED IN THIRD OR FOURTH GRADE, AND THEN THEY DON'T GRADUATE AT ALL OR STILL GRADUATE AT 19. SO THAT'S WHY WHAT YOUR POINT IS VERY SO IMPORTANT, THE PARENT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE PARENT BECAUSE WHAT MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR ONE, ONE FAMILY MAY NOT BE THE BEST CHOICE FOR ANOTHER. AND THE, THE LAST QUESTION THAT I'LL ASK. AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS, I'LL ASK MORE. BUT THE LAST QUESTION IS HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE RETAINED IN THE THIRD GRADE? DO WE HAVE? I'LL HAVE TO WE'LL HAVE TO GET YOU THAT. YEAH. CAN YOU GET THAT, THAT NUMBER? BECAUSE THAT ALSO PLAYS INTO HOW MUCH SENSE. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE SANDERS, I'M GOING TO SKIP YOU FOR NOW FOR SECOND ROUND. BUT. TRUSTEE CAREY, I TRUSTEE MICCICHE WAS UP THERE BEFORE ME. OH, I DO APOLOGIZE. TRUSTEE MICCICHE WELL, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BOTH OF THESE INITIATIVES. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THEM. MANY, MANY OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED. BUT LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF OTHERS. SO CURRENTLY, STATE LAW IS THAT KINDERGARTEN IS OPTIONAL, RIGHT? AND WHAT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT EARLY LEARNING IS THAT THOSE FIRST FIVE YEARS ARE TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT. AND I KNOW IN SOME STATES KINDERGARTEN IS NOT OPTIONAL. AND SO PERHAPS WITH OUR LEGISLATURE, WE, WE MIGHT ADD THAT TO, TO OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. BECAUSE THE DATA IS ALSO SHOWING RIGHT HERE. THE KIDS THAT DON'T GO TO KINDERGARTEN ARE, ARE FALLING FURTHER BEHIND. I WAS ALSO INTRIGUED BY THE THE AGE VARIATIONS IN PERFORMANCE AND IT THAT THE OLDER KIDS TEND TO DO BETTER THAN THE YOUNGER KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE, IN THE SAME SCHOOL YEAR. AND IT DOES, IT DOES REMIND ME OF A STUDY THAT MALCOLM GLADWELL DID ON HOCKEY PLAYERS WHERE THE, THE OLDER KIDS IN, IN THE CLASS DEVELOPED SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE THAT THE YOUNGER KIDS DIDN'T HAVE. AND SO THE BETTER HOCKEY PLAYERS WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR RATHER THAN LATER IN THE YEAR. AND IT SEEMS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE WE'RE GETTING SOME GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT STUDY YOUR YOUR QUOTE IN THE BOOK, THE THREE OF US LOVE. OKAY. THE FIELD TRIPS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE THOUGHT, WE COULD DO BETTER AT. AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'VE REALLY COME UP WITH A WITH A WITH AN EXCITING PLAN. CERTAINLY THE, THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE LYDA HILL FOUNDATION, I MEAN MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DO MORE FIELD TRIPS. MAKES, MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ORGANIZE THEM AND MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE EQUITABLE. I CERTAINLY NOTED YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT HOW IT WAS SORT OF HAPHAZARD DEPENDING UPON WHAT SCHOOL YOU'RE AT. AND IT WAS ALSO HAPHAZARD DEPENDING UPON HOW HOW MUCH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COULD ENRICH THE EXPERIENCE IN, SAY, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IF YOU, IF YOU HAD A PTA THAT COULD RAISE $200,000, YOUR KIDS WERE LIKELY GOING TO MORE PLACES THAN IF IF YOU HAD A PTA THAT COULD RAISE $1,000 A YEAR. SO THE, SO THE LYDA HILL CONTRIBUTION TO DALLAS ISD REALLY DOES DOES AFFECT THE EQUITABLE EXPERIENCE. AND IN ADDITION TO ENRICHING WHAT WE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'D BE 1 OR 2 FIELD TRIPS A YEAR AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I, I DO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN KIDS GET TO EIGHTH GRADE AND THEY START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT PATHWAY TO GO ON, IT WOULD BE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? MAKE UP YOUR MIND IN EIGHTH GRADE. WELL, THAT'S AN EXAGGERATION, BUT AT LEAST WHEN KIDS ARE CHOOSING PATHWAYS, THEY WILL HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO A LOT MORE THAN JUST WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THE BUILDING. [02:05:04] SO, SO I SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE. I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN BEEN COVERED. AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THANK YOU TO THE LIGHT HILL FOUNDATION. IT'S A IT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN SOMEBODY STEPS UP AND DOES THIS FOR FOR OUR KIDS AND DOES IT IN A WAY THAT ENRICHES THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL OF OUR KIDS. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WEINBERG, FOR FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. APPRECIATE IT. YES, I DO WANT TO NOTE AND ALL OF YOU BRING US DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS, BUT TRUSTEE WEINBERG REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH LYDA HILL. LYDA HILL HAS BEEN TRYING TO PARTNER WITH US, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN THE BEST OF PARTNERS. AND SO IT TOOK SOMEONE TO BE A BROKER TO CONVINCE THEM THAT WE WOULD REALLY FOLLOW THROUGH. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WEINBERG FOR FOR BROKERING THAT. AND TO NICOLE WITH LYDA HILL FOR, FOR REALLY TRUSTING US. AND SHE'S LIKE, OH MY GOSH, Y'ALL ARE REALLY DOING IT. NO, WE'RE REALLY DOING IT. SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS PRESENTING TO YOU. AND AND TO SUPPORT AND SERVE OUR CAMPUSES SO THAT THIS ISN'T BY CHANCE, BUT BY DESIGN. TRUSTEE CAREY THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. MITCH KAYE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE POINTS I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH WAS THE EQUITY COMPONENT TO IT. AND JUST BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WHAT OUR CURRENT SITUATION IS PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM. WHAT I KNOW OF CAMPUSES WHERE TAS AND OTHERS ARE ABLE TO BE VERY GENEROUS AND RAISE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY, AND WHAT THAT DOES FOR STUDENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GO HAVE EXPERIENCES IN FIELD TRIPS. FOR CAMPUSES THAT DON'T, WHAT, HOW DO FIELD TRIPS COME ABOUT? DOES THE DISTRICT, PRIOR TO THIS PROGRAM HAVE DOLLARS SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR FIELD TRIPS, OR WILL THIS BE ADDING TO IT? I JUST KNOW EVERY EVERY CAMPUS HAS FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR FIELD TRIPS. OKAY. SO I MEAN, THERE IS WHILE THERE WASN'T THERE WASN'T INTENTIONAL PARITY ACROSS THE BOARD. WHY DO I SAY THAT? BECAUSE A THE PRINCIPAL COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO MOVE MONEY OUT OF CERTAIN CODES AND THEY COULD REPRIORITIZE BASED ON THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN. NO, I WANT TO DO THIS OR I WANT TO DO THAT. SO. SO THERE'S SOME CAMPUS FUNDS, THEN THERE'S DISTRICT FUNDS. AND THEN THERE'S A LIST OF LIKE YOU ALL MENTIONED, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS. AND SO PEOPLE WILL REACH OUT AND SAY, WE WANT THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL. CAN THEY GO HERE OR THERE? SO WE'VE HAD IT AVAILABLE, BUT IT WASN'T A SYSTEMATIC LIKE WHO'S GONE HERE, WHO'S GONE THERE? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY GONE? SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME INEQUITIES, CLEARLY. AND NOT TO MENTION THAT IT'S NOT JUST DO YOU HAVE THE FUNDS? AND DO YOU KNOW IT'S, DID I GET THE BUS PAPERWORK TURNED IN ON TIME? AND IT'S I MEAN, I SAY PAPERWORK, IT'S ELECTRONIC, BUT STILL YOU STILL IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM OTHER THINGS. TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH TO DO. AND SO IT WAS SOMETIMES IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I'M TRYING TO DO ALL OF THIS AND NOW I HAVE TO GO DO ALL OF THIS. ALL SCHOOLS ARE THEY'RE NOT ALL EXACTLY CREATED EQUAL. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL OF THEM AREN'T HARD. THEY'RE ALL HARD. TEACHING IS HARD, PERIOD. REGARDLESS. BUT SOME ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES. SO UTILIZING THIS APPROACH, THE INTENT IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A BASELINE OF EVERY KID IS GOING TO GET THESE EXPERIENCES, NO MATTER WHETHER SOMEONE FILLS OUT THE PAPERWORK, WHETHER THE MONEY WAS IN THAT PARTICULAR FUND, WHETHER IT GOT MOVED. EVERY SINGLE KID, IT IS OUR PROMISE AND OUR COMMITMENT FOR EVERY SINGLE KID TO HAVE THESE EXPERIENCES. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND THAT, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS IT TOUCHES ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FORMATIVE EXPERIENCES I HAD BEFORE I MADE THE DECISION TO RUN. I REMEMBER BEING A PART OF THE LEADERSHIP DALLAS CLASS CLASS OF 2018, THE BEST CLASS EVER. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, HEARING ERIC HALE, ONE OF OUR GREAT TEACHERS, COME AND TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER AND HEARING HIM TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF EXPERIENCES SOME OF HIS STUDENTS HAD HAD AND THE ABILITY TO GO AND DO THINGS WHILE KNOWING MY CHILDREN AT DIFFERENT DALLAS ISD SCHOOL WERE HAVING LOTS BECAUSE OF THE FLUENCY OF OUR. OF OUR PARENTS AND OTHERS AND THE ABILITY TO TO GIVE MORE. I REMEMBER RUNNING GOING TO A MEETING AT ONE OF THE CAMPUSES IN DISTRICT ONE, AND THEY WERE BLESSED ENOUGH TO HAVE RAISED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR. AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK GOING TO A DIFFERENT CAMPUS THAT WAS THRILLED. THEY RAISED $1,500. YOU KNOW, DURING A CAR WASH. AND THAT THAT IS A CHALLENGE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE THE DISTRICT UNDERSTANDS THOSE DISPARITIES. WE HAVE OUTSIDE GROUPS UNITED TO LEARN AND OTHERS WHO KNOW THAT. AND SO WE WE DO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY CAN THRIVE. BUT, BUT THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT END UP HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAN OTHERS. [02:10:04] AND THIS IS A WAY TO HELP MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS GET THESE GREAT FORMATIVE EXPERIENCES. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THIS IS THE HILL. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, IS THAT PARTNERSHIP WORKING THROUGH THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION OR IS IT SEPARATE FROM THAT? NO, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION. THEN I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PRAISE, YOU KNOW, MEET HAVELOCK AND THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THEIR WORK. THEY CONTINUE TO EVERY YEAR FIND NEW AND BETTER WAYS AND GREAT PARTNERS FOR OUR DISTRICT AND FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE LAUDERHILL FOUNDATION. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK. ON THE PRE PRIMER. I'M FASCINATED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE PROCESS AND SEE WHAT COMES. BUT I REALLY JUST WANTED TO STEP BACK AND TALK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THIS KIND OF PROGRAM SAYS ABOUT US AS A DISTRICT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOUTING OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND WE SHOULD, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOWN TO TWO F RATED SCHOOLS, I THINK 72% OF OUR SCHOOLS, IF I REMEMBER THE NUMBER RIGHT, ARE OR A OR B RATED. WE'VE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF A RATED SCHOOLS. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO, TO TALK ABOUT. WE'RE THE HIGHEST RATED URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ALSO THE GREATEST JUST PLAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE GREATEST SUPERINTENDENT STAFF. WE'VE GOT LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT, BUT WE ARE NOT RESTING ON OUR LAURELS AND THAT, THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN JUST SAYING, HEY, LOOK AT HOW WONDERFUL WE ARE, BUT YET THERE'S STILL MORE TO DO AND THEN ACTUALLY DOING IT. AND THIS REFLECTS A CULTURE THAT IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVING THE BALL, THE BALL FORWARD, TO CONTINUING TO FIND NEW WAYS TO HELP STUDENTS. AND SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELIZALDE, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BUILDING THAT CULTURE AND FOR ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING IN LIVING THAT AND DOING THAT. I HAD TWO, TWO QUESTIONS. ONE, WE TALKED ABOUT SETTING IT UP SIMILAR, POTENTIALLY SIMILAR. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL SEE WHAT THE DATA SHOWS TO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR MATH INITIATIVES WHERE STUDENTS OPT OUT RATHER THAN OPT IN. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE. IF YOU'VE GOT STUDENTS WHERE THE DATA DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY YOU SHOULD GO INTO THE PRE PRIMER PROGRAM AND YET PARENTS WANT TO OPT INTO IT. HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER THAT IS AN OPTION? IT IS AN OPTION. AGAIN, I THINK PARENTS SHOULD DRIVE FOR, FOR THE VERY REASON, FOR INSTANCE, THAT TRUSTEE SANDERS MENTIONED. I MEAN, I MYSELF, MY OWN CHILD, I MEAN, ALSO MAIL SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY DID A KINDERGARTEN IN ONE SCHOOL. WE HAPPEN TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD. HE DID KINDERGARTEN AGAIN AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. HE DID NOT KNOW HE WAS DOING KINDERGARTEN AGAIN. BUT HE WASN'T READY ACADEMICALLY. THE OTHER SCHOOLS, LIKE HE'S GREAT. YEAH. WELL, HE WASN'T HE WASN'T READY. SO RATHER THAN GRADUATING AT 17, HE GRADUATED AT 18. AND THAT IS PROVEN, YOU KNOW, TO BEEN SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT IN JAIL OR ANYTHING. SO I'M GOOD, YOU KNOW, SO SO I DO THINK THOUGH, PARENTS MAY SEE THINGS ALSO. I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY ARE THEIR CHILDREN'S FIRST TEACHER, SO THEY MAY SEE SOME THINGS AT HOME THAT MAY CAUSE THEM. YEAH. YOU KNOW, STEPHANIE'S DOING GREAT, BUT I THINK I REALLY DO WANT HER TO GO TO PRE-PRIMARY WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. WE WANT PARENTS TO PARTNER WITH US. THIS IS THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY SHOULD HELP US MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AS LONG AS WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT WE'RE USING DATA TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND THEIR INFORMATION IS VERY IMPORTANT DATA. AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION FOR NOW, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR GOALS ONE AND TWO ON READING AND MATH INVOLVES SORT OF WHERE WE ARE IN GRADES ONE AND TWO. YOU KNOW, AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN YOU, IF YOU IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM, WHETHER THAT WOULD MEAN WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT ANY OF THOSE LOOK LIKE. MY INSTINCT IS PROBABLY NO, BUT BUT BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SAY GOALS LIKE WHAT WE CREATE SHOULD NOT BE ENTIRELY STATIC. IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT HAPPEN, LIKE COVID OR OTHER OR SYSTEMIC CHANGES, WE AS A BOARD OUGHT TO BE WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THAT MEANS WE OUGHT TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR GOALS AND GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT, THAT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PILOT AND WHETHER WE CREATE SYSTEMIC CHANGES. BUT IF WE DO, WE SHOULD CERTAINLY EVALUATE WHETHER THAT CHANGES ANYTHING WITH OUR CURRENT GOAL SETTING. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE GARCIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THIS. I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRESS. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO LYDA HILL FOUNDATION AND DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION. AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THESE SLIDES AND THE PRESENTATION, I, I KNOW THAT 190 CAMPUSES ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS. [02:15:01] IS THERE? I KNOW THAT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS THIS EXPERIENCE. BUT IS THERE A PRIORITIZATION? LIKE IS THERE A WAY OF GOING ABOUT THIS OR IS THIS ALL IN THE WORKS STILL? HI, TRUSTEE GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO THERE IS A MASTER PLAN. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE VENUES. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH TRANSPORTATION AND THEN THE VERTICALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS AND EVERY GROUP OF STUDENTS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO THE PLAN IS IN MOTION. AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE THE HOOPS THAT TEACHERS HAD TO TAKE. AND THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THEM CHOSE NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE. IN TERMS OF, OF PARENTS AND CHAPERONS, I THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF OUR PARENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE IN FIELD TRIPS AS WELL. LIKE IS, IS ARE WE MAKING SURE WE HAVE PARENTS INVOLVED AT EVERY FIELD TRIP? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK NOW THAT WE'RE STREAMLINING THIS? YOU KNOW, I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BRING UP CHAPERONS BECAUSE WE NEED MORE CHAPERONS. I'M THE CHAPERON. ALWAYS SO. OKAY, WELL, AND THIS KIND OF GOES BACK WHEN WE WHEN WE DID THIS THERE, WE'VE DONE FIELD TRIPS, RIGHT? CHIEF HEWITT WILL SAY WE'VE DONE THOUSANDS OF FIELD TRIPS. THIS WAS LIKE CENTRALIZING EVERYTHING. THERE ARE DAYS WHERE WE GET A CALL THAT A CAMPUS DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH CHAPERONS. AND GUESS WHAT? WE FIND THEM. CHIEF LANDER'S TEAM. THEY HAVE BEEN AT MULTIPLE EVENTS RECRUITING CHAPERONS. WE'VE GOT PARENTS. I KNOW THE DAY I WAS AT THE ZOO, THERE WAS 180 STROLLERS AND PARENTS AND CHAPERONS. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. AND THAT HAS BEEN A BIG PIECE BECAUSE THAT IS SO ENGAGING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT WE ARE CONSTANTLY RECRUITING. CHAPERONS I'VE EVEN CHARGED THE CHIEFS? EACH CHIEF. I'VE GOT IT. CHAPERONS. I'VE GOT HCM CHAPERONS. WE'VE GOT BOND. CHAPERONS. BECAUSE I KNOW OUR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT ARE NOT GOING TO LET KIDS LEAVE ON THE BUS IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CHAPERONS. SO THAT REALLY HAS BEEN A BIG PIECE THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. YEAH, YEAH, I LOVE THAT BECAUSE I THINK MANY OF OUR PARENTS, THEY, THEY MAY WANT TO EXPERIENCE THIS AS WELL AND HAVE THAT INTERACTION WITH THEIR CHILD. SO I WAS JUST THINKING, WELL, MAYBE THAT GIVES THEM MORE EXPOSURE AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE, HAVING, HAVING STAFF MEMBERS THAT MAYBE DON'T TRADITIONALLY GO ON FIELD TRIPS THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR CENTRAL OFFICE, GIVING THEM THAT EXPOSURE TO BE WITH KIDS AND SEE THE, THE WORK LIVE. THE OTHER THING, LET'S SEE, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ALREADY ANSWERED. SO WILL THIS YOU CALLED IT PASSPORT. FOLLOW THEM THROUGHOUT. LIKE SAY THAT I, I TRANSFER AND THEN I'M ALREADY WENT TO THE ZOO, BUT NOW I WANT TO GO TO THE AQUARIUM. YEAH. BECAUSE IT'LL BE BY GRADE LEVEL. OKAY. IT'LL BE BY THE GRADE. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU. SO THE PROMISE WE'RE GOING TO GET AND THIS IS DRAFT BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIST WE DIDN'T LIST K THROUGH EIGHT. WE GAVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE 500 SLIDES IN YOUR PRESENTATION. BUT IT REALLY KIND OF OUTLINES THE ON CAMPUS EXPERIENCE, THE, ON THE OFF CAMPUS EXPERIENCE BY GRADE LEVEL, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THEN ALSO WHERE IT'S TIED INTO THE STANDARDS BECAUSE THAT IS A FIRST TO WHERE IF I AM GOING TO THE ZOO AND I'M GOING TO SEE HIPPOS AND I'M GOING TO SEE GIRAFFES, AND I'M GOING TO SEE THE WILD DOGS ACROSS THE THE PREDATOR PREY EXHIBIT, THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT THAT IN THEIR SCIENCE CLASS. THEY'RE GOING TO TIE THIS BACK INTO SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S CONNECTING TO WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN CLASS, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TESTED ON AT THE END OF THE YEAR. ALL OF THOSE PIECES THEY STICK. YEAH. I THINK LET'S SEE. ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, JUST A POINT OF CONSIDERATION AND NOT NOT NEGATIVE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE WORD PASSPORT HAS SOME NEGATIVE TO IT. I'VE BEEN AT MANY EVENTS WHERE I KNOW THAT SOME OF, SOME FAMILIES HAVE APPROACHED ME AND THEY'VE SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO HAVE A PASSPORT. AND THIS IS UNRELATED, RIGHT? BUT IN TERMS OF THAT WORD SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME SHINE SOME LIGHT ON IT BECAUSE TO SOME OF OUR PARENTS, IT INDICATES A LEGAL REQUIREMENT. AND EVEN THOUGH WE WANT THIS TO BE A REQUIREMENT, RIGHT? HAVE FUN. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT I, I WANTED TO BE SURE I CALLED IT OUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE A PICTURE OF AN ACTUAL PASSPORT AND THERE ARE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE FEELINGS AND ASSOCIATIONS TO BORDER CROSSINGS AND EXPERIENCE, I JUST THOUGHT I SHOULD SHARE THAT WORD OF WISDOM FROM HAVING HOSTED SOME EVENTS AND USING THE WORD PASSPORT. OKAY, BUT I TOTALLY LOVE THE IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A BOARD GAME. [02:20:03] SO I LOVE THAT IMAGE THERE. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRE PRIMER, I ALSO THINK THAT'S SUCH A CREATIVE WAY TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. WE KNOW THAT HOLDING STUDENTS BACK IS NOT NECESSARILY AN OPTION. YOU KNOW, AND MOST TIMES IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T DO THE WORK, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T HELP THEM CLOSE THE GAP. AND SO I THINK THAT MY FELLOW TRUSTEES HAVE ALREADY SHARED PLANS TO HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE PARENTS HAVE THAT AGENCY AND ARE MAKING THE DECISION? SO, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY WANT TO, I'M EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR ROUND TWO. ROUND ONE. ROUND TWO. TRUSTEE. SANDERS. ALL RIGHT. RAPID FIRE. SO FOR THE FIELD TRIPS. AND I THINK YOU ADDRESSED THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. YOU'RE SAYING THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE DISTRICT SPONSORED. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET THIS. AND IF A PRINCIPAL HAS SOME RESOURCES THEY WANT TO PUT TOWARD A SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR CAMPUS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. YES. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE, THE THOUGHT I WAS HAVING AROUND CULTURALLY RICH EXPERIENCES, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE ARTS, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S EVEN AN OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE 800 POUND GORILLA IN THE, IN THE CITY. AND EVERYBODY WANTS US TO KEEP SENDING ALL OF OUR KIDS THROUGH IN THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAVE AT THE PEROT, AT THE ARBORETUM. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF THEY ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT CREATING OR EMBEDDING CULTURALLY RICH EXPERIENCES IN THESE DIFFERENT CONTENT AREA EXPERIENCES. I WOULD LOVE FOR, FOR THE DISTRICT TO HELP ENCOURAGE THEM TO THINK ABOUT DOING THAT AS WELL. THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO CREATE A WHOLE SEPARATE FIELD TRIP FOR THEM TO REALLY BE ABLE TO TOUCH AND FEEL THEIR CULTURE. AND, YOU KNOW, SEE THEMSELVES IN THESE PLACES AND SPACES. AND I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY DOING THAT. THEY HAVE SOME GREAT EXHIBITS, BUT REALLY NUDGING THEM, ESPECIALLY SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY HELPING THEM WITH THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS. BY FAR, THEY LOVE IT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS MANY FEET WALKING THROUGH THEIR EXHIBITS. QUESTION, WOULD THESE TRIPS DO THESE THINGS HELP US WITH OUR CPM OUTCOMES FOR THE EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCES. DO WE CREDIT THESE? WE HAVEN'T YET. CAN WE. THE THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE MAPPING THIS BACK TO CONTENT OR, YOU KNOW, TWEAKS AND STANDARDS. I'M JUST YEAH, I THINK IT'S, THIS IS MORE THE DESIGN IS IT'S, IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE CLASSROOM. SO IT'S STILL CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE. I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO GIVE OURSELVES CREDIT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE, THE DESIGN. OKAY. AND SO IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE CLASSROOM. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE, IT WOULD REALLY NEED TO BE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL TIME FOR US TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT CPM. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE THE EXTRACURRICULAR CO-CURRICULAR. OKAY, COOL, COOL. LISTEN, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF TIME IN PARTICIPATION, LIKE RULES THAT WE KIND OF WORK AROUND. AS FAR AS, OKAY, I GOT YOU CAN'T BE IN THE CHESS CLUB FOR ONE DAY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN. RIGHT? OF COURSE. YEAH. YEAH. GOT IT. LAST POINT I WAS GOING TO MAKE ON THE PRE PREMIERE EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT YOUNG GRADUATE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THAT KID, I WAS THE YOUNG, I WAS SEPTEMBER 9TH BIRTHDAY KID AND I WAS TINY. I WAS 411 IN NINTH GRADE. EVERYBODY THOUGHT I WAS IN THE WRONG BUILDING. AND EVENTUALLY WHEN I HIT THAT GROWTH SPURT, IT MATERIALLY SHAPED. THOSE WERE THE BEST YEARS OF MY ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES AS WELL. I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE CONNECTED. AND SO AS WE'RE HAVING THESE EXPERIENCES AND BEING ABLE TO TALK WITH OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE PARENT EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE SUCH A CRITICAL PART OF IT, I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME YOU KNOW, SOME DATA, BUT ALSO CONTEXT STORIES LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE DONE THESE THINGS BEFORE WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL. SO I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO TRIPLE EMPHASIZE TRUSTEE FOREMAN SAID IT, [02:25:02] IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF PARENT EDUCATION AND HAVING REAL STORIES OF REAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED FROM THAT ADDITIONAL YEAR. THAT REDSHIRT YEAR IS JUST GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO THANKS, Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE FOREMAN SO JUST REAL QUICKLY, I IN MY QUEST TO ASK QUESTIONS, I FORGOT TO THANK LYDA HILL, WHO IS SOMEONE THAT I SERVED ON THE GREATER DALLAS CHAMBER BOARD WITH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT IN. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE. MATEUSZ.K. I JUST WANTED TO SECOND THE CONCERN ABOUT THE WORD PASSPORT. CERTAINLY WHEN. TRUSTEE GARCIA WAS DESCRIBING THAT I CAN RELATE TO SOME SITUATIONS IN WHICH I'VE TALKED WITH SOME SOME FAMILIES, AND THAT IS A SENSITIVE WORD. SO I WOULD SUGGEST CHANGING IT AND I WOULD JUST THROW OUT AS ONE SUGGESTION GATEWAY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD TO THAT. I HAVE AN IDEA. I THINK YOU SHOULD. I HAVE IDEAS, YOU KNOW ALL ACCESS PASS. I KIND OF LIKE THAT IDEA, RIGHT? IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND BEING A PRODUCT OF THE LEARNING CENTER NOT KNOWING WE GOT EXPOSED TO FIELD TRIPS AND BANDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT WAS COURT ORDERED. WE JUST GROWING UP AS KIDS THOUGHT THAT WAS NORMAL. ONCE I BECAME A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT, A LOT OF PARENTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WHY WE DON'T HAVE FIELD TRIPS ANYMORE. AND AND IT ALWAYS CAME DOWN TO THE BUDGET. SO I THINK PUTTING THIS AS A PART OF OUR SYSTEM MAKES SENSE. IT'S PERFECT SENSE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK A LOT OF HILL AND KUDOS YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. OFTENTIMES I TELL PEOPLE ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT A GOTCHA. IT'S A HOW CAN WE IMPROVE? AND SINCE WE ARE THE SYSTEM, THIS IS HOW WE ARE IMPROVING SYSTEMS TO EXPOSING OUR KIDS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVEN COMING UP WITH THIS MAKING THIS PARTNERSHIP HAPPEN. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEINBERG AS WELL. PRE PRIMER THAT'S IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED PRE PREMIER? OKAY, THAT IS A BRIGHT IDEA. I MEAN, I'M JUST, I'M AMAZED ALL MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED. I THINK THIS DEFINITELY WILL PUT A DENT IN THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE BY EXPOSING OUR KIDS TO CATCHING UP AND BEING, BEING ABLE TO READ ON A THIRD GRADE LEVEL, IT'S GOING TO CLOSE THAT GAP. AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT THIS THAT I SUPERINTENDED AND YOU ALL BEING CHARGED WITH. AND I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY SOME TOOLS THAT YOU ARE PUTTING IN PLACE TO CLOSE THE GAP. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THAT EFFORT. AND TALKING WITH THE PARENTS IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY KEY TO EDUCATING THE PARENTS SO THEY CAN TRULY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE ADD OF YOUR CHILD BEING IN THIS PROGRAM. ONE YEAR OF BEING IN THIS PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO YIELD A LIFETIME OF RESULTS AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR YOUR CHILDREN. SO I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT SMALL BUSINESS SB QUARTERLY REPORT. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP OUR ROCK STARS MR. WILLIAMS AND MISS PARTY. AND THANK YOU TO OUR ACADEMIC'S OFFICE FOR ALSO DOING A GREAT JOB. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE. FIRST OF ALL, TRUSTEES, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SVO ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTEES. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPED US A LOT ON THAT FIRST SLIDE THAT WE HAVE. YOU HAVE A LIST OF PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT. BUT ON THIS SECOND SLIDE, THIS IS THE ONE I'M REALLY PROUD OF. AND OUR DEPARTMENT IS TO THIS BASICALLY IS A A REPORT OF THE 2025 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR DEPARTMENT. THAT'S FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2025. AND WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY FORTUNATE IN OUR DEPARTMENT. THE ATTENDANCE AND SUPPORT FROM OUR GOODS AND SERVICES VENDORS, OUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS, AND ESPECIALLY THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM DISTRICT STAFF HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING THIS YEAR. [02:30:01] AT OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS, WHICH YOU HAVE A LIST OF THAT, OUR WORKSHOPS AND OUR WEBINARS. AND BASICALLY WITH THOSE SIGNATURE EVENTS, YOU SEE BASICALLY WE HAVE OUR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER CONFERENCE, OUR VENDOR EXPO, OUR BOND ACADEMY, AND OUR COLLABORATION WITH CHIEF ALFRED AND THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT AT THE BUILDING BIG CONSTRUCTION EXPO. I MEAN, THERE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. AND LASTLY, OUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DAY WHERE WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AUSTIN, ALL OF THE MOST OF THE DFW THE PROCUREMENT DIRECTORS, ETC. FROM DFW SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL PARTICIPATED. SO THEREFORE WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE GET SUPPORT FROM ALL THE STATE IN THE VARIOUS EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. NEXT WE HAVE MISS PARTY WILL PRESENT OUR SECOND QUARTER DATA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION. THE FIRST SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM. THE INITIAL PAYMENTS UP TO AND INCLUDING DECEMBER THE 31ST 2025. IT INCLUDES BOTH YOUR PRIME AND SUBCONTRACTOR UTILIZATION. IN THE AREA OF CONSTRUCTION, THE BOARD HAS AN ESTABLISHED GOAL OF 30% SBP, WHICH IS SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION. OUR ACTUAL UTILIZATION IN THE AREA OF CONSTRUCTION IS 59.61%. ALSO, WE HAVE AN ANALYSIS DETAILING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SB UTILIZATION FOR THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM. THE BOARD HAS ESTABLISHED A 35% SB GOAL, AND OUR ACTUAL UTILIZATION IS 38.67%. SO AS IT RELATES TO THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM, WE ARE EXCEEDING THE BOARD'S GOAL IN BOTH OF THOSE RESPECTIVE AREAS. THE NEXT SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. WE ALSO REFER TO IT AS SEEMA AGAIN. THE BOARD HAS AN ESTABLISHED GOAL OF 30%. OUR ACTUAL UTILIZATION IS 51.60%. AGAIN WE ARE EXCEEDING IN THAT RESPECTIVE AREA AS WELL. THE NEXT SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS OUR SB SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION FOR GOODS AND SERVICES. THE BOARD HAS AN ESTABLISHED GOAL OF 30%. HOWEVER, IN THIS RESPECTIVE AREA WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET THIS RESPECTIVE GOAL. HOWEVER, WE ARE TRYING MANY INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO INCREASE, MEET OR EXCEED THE UTILIZATION. IF YOU ELABORATE OR FOCUS ON FUND 199 CUMULATIVE FROM JULY THE 1ST 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER THE 31ST 2025, OUR ACTUAL UTILIZATION WAS 17.64% IN COMPARISON TO A 30% GOAL. BUT TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT, IF YOU WOULD FOCUS JUST FOR A MOMENT ON QUARTER TWO, WHICH IS OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER THE 31ST. IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, WHICH REPRESENTS 31.49%. THAT NUMBER INCLUDES CERTIFIED AND NON-CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO WORK WITH THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE NON CERTIFIED TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BECOME CERTIFIED. IN THAT CASE, IF IT WAS A UTOPIAN ENVIRONMENT WE WOULD HAVE EXCEEDED THE GOAL. SO WE HAVE TWO UPCOMING SB CERTIFICATIONS WORKSHOPS. WE'VE SENT LETTERS TO EVERY VENDOR WITHIN THE DALLAS ISD VENDOR DATABASE INFORMING THEM THAT WE HAVE A NEW SB PROGRAM AND POLICY. IF THEY ARE SB CERTIFIED, PLEASE UPDATE THEIR SUPPLIER VENDOR PROFILE. ATTEND OUR WORKSHOPS REGARDING SB UTILIZATION. THAT PARTICULAR LETTER WAS SENT IN THE NAME OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES, MR. LESLIE WILLIAMS, AS WELL AS MYSELF. THE NEXT ANALYSIS ANALYSIS IS THE DISTRICT WIDE FUNDS. IT INCLUDES FUND 199 AS WELL AS YOUR GRANTS. FOOD. ET CETERA. AND THIS PARTICULAR FUND WE HAVE A 30% GOAL IN OUR ACTUAL UTILIZATION IS 17.54%. AND IF YOU WOULD FOCUS BRIEFLY, JUST BRIEFLY ON QUARTER TWO, THE UTILIZATION WAS CERTIFIED COMPANIES WAS 20.12%. [02:35:02] HOWEVER, WHEN WE CONSIDER THOSE COMPANIES THAT WERE NOT SB CERTIFIED, OUR UTILIZATION WOULD HAVE BEEN 33.26%. SO IN EDUCATING AND ENCOURAGING THOSE COMPANIES TO BECOME SB CERTIFIED IF THEY ARE QUALIFIED, IT'S ONE OF OUR MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. THE NEXT SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS OUR AWARDED SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DIRECTORY. THIS IS A HELPFUL RESOURCE THAT WE ARE SHARING WITH OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN SCHOOLS TO HELP THEM TO GO IN AND LOCATE THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE CERTIFIED, THAT ARE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED DISTRICT CONTRACTS. AND AS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, WE HAVE A CATEGORY JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH DALLAS ISD AND ARE NOW READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO DO BUSINESS WITH DALLAS ISD. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. WE WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. TRUSTEE SANDERS HAVE YOU HAVE YOU ALL MISS PARTY? REMIND ME. HAVE YOU ALL PRESENTED THAT LAST LINE ITEM BEFORE THE REVISED ENTERPRISE PERCENTAGE OF INCLUDING THE NON-CERTIFIED SB? THAT TYPICALLY HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR STANDARD ANALYSIS. IF WE HAVE LEFT IT OFF, IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL, BUT WE TYPICALLY SHARE BOTH NUMBERS. THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AS WELL AS THE ONE THAT INCLUDES THE NON-CERTIFIED. RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS REALLY ENCOURAGING AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU FLAGGED IT IN CASE I MISSED IT THE OTHER TIMES, BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU ALL ARE ABSOLUTELY PUSHING TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN. AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN DOING EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. WE'VE, YOU'VE ALWAYS REALLY STOOD OUT CLEARLY, UNEQUIVOCALLY UNDER THE BOND CATEGORIES AND THE SERVICES ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT HARDER TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE ELBOW GREASE. BUT, YOU'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN. SO AGAIN. HOWEVER, WE CAN BE HELPFUL. EVERYONE CAN BE AN ASSET. PLEASE LET US KNOW THE THE VENDOR DIRECTORY IS THERE. IT IS. IT'S DIGITALLY AVAILABLE SO THEY CAN PULL DOWN THE PDF AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. SO GREAT JOB, GREAT WORK. AND I KNOW THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND INVESTING IN THE DISTRICT AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO DO IS A LOT EASIER WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO TELL THIS STORY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO OF COURSE YOU GUYS KNOW I'M ALWAYS PROUD OF THE WORK YOU DO. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE THE NEXT TIME YOU REPORT IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE OTHER MWB OR SB AGENCIES. I KNOW SOME HAVEN'T SWITCHED OVER, BUT JUST TO SHOW THE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO. AND THEN LAST IN THE 199 FUND, IF YOU WOULD JUST LIST SOME OF THE ITEMS, NOT TODAY, BUT JUST LIST SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE 199 THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED. AND IF ANY OF THOSE HAVE SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE IMPORTANT. AND THEN JUST TO AWAY FROM THAT FOR A MINUTE, YOU GUYS NEED TO TELL LESTER WILLIAMS, DON'T JUMP ON ME AT A BASKETBALL GAME. HE THINKS BECAUSE HE WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT CARTER THAT HE HAS TO SAY. BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE BASKETBALL GAME TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. I THINK ONCE THE PRINCIPAL ALWAYS THE PRINCIPAL. IT SEEMS THAT WAY. IT SEEMS THAT WAY, ESPECIALLY AT CARTER, BECAUSE I HAD THREE OF THE PREVIOUS PRINCIPALS THERE. YEAH. NO IT WAS WAS IT FOR MR. WILLIAMS THREE THREE PREVIOUS AND THE CURRENT. I KNOW, I KNOW. OH ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. NO MORE QUESTIONS. SUPERINTENDENT, ITEM C. YES, TRUSTEES, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE ITEM C WAS DISCLOSED AND DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. WE MENTION IT HERE SO THAT WE HAVE A RECORD OF THAT DISCUSSION HAVING TAKEN PLACE. [02:40:05] WE DON'T DISCUSS THAT IN OPEN SESSION FOR OBVIOUS VULNERABILITY CONCERNS. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ITEM C. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NINE TRUSTEES. THE MINUTES ARE POSTED IN DILIGENT FOR YOUR REVIEW. [9. MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL] ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER TEN. TRUSTEES. ANY QUESTIONS ON STATIONARY ITEMS? [10. STATUTORY ITEMS] I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON TEN B. OKAY. TRUSTEE MACKEY IT'S A RELATIVELY SIMPLE QUESTION, WHICH IS WHAT IS IT? I READ THIS, I'M NOT A LAWYER. I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THIS WAS AIMING FOR. SO ITEM TEN B IS A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION. SO IN ESSENCE, IF THE 2026 BOND PASSES, OUR REALITY IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE CASH FLOW WITH THAT BOND PROGRAM WOULD BE FEBRUARY OF 2027. SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE CASH FLOW THROUGH OUR GENERAL OPERATING FROM MAY OF 2026 THROUGH JANUARY OF 2027. AND THEN ONCE WE SELL BONDS, WE COULD REIMBURSE OURSELVES FROM THE BOND PROGRAM THROUGH OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS. SO ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS A LEGAL HOOP TO JUMP THROUGH THAT ALLOWS US TO ACCESS THE BOND FUNDS SHOULD THE BOND PASS EARLIER THAN WE OTHERWISE WOULD FOR ALL USING GENERAL OPERATING CASH. AND THEN WE COULD REIMBURSE OURSELVES. ESSENTIALLY, WE'D BE SPENDING GENERAL OPERATING CASH ON PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BOND. THAT WOULD THEN BE LIKE, WE COULD START A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. CORRECT. IT PREVENTS US FROM SLOWING DOWN OUR BOND PROGRAM. IS THIS TIED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS BOND, AND DOES IT EXPIRE IF THE BOND IS NOT PASSED IN MAY? THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THAT. TRUSTEE FOREMAN IN REGARDS TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS, WOULD THAT COME FROM OUR FUND BALANCE? IT WOULD COME FROM OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. YES. OUR FUND BALANCE. FUND BALANCE. HOW MUCH IS THAT? SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 635 MILLION IN OUR FUND. ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. UNASSIGNED. AND HOW MUCH IN ASSIGNED. ASSIGNED. IT'S AN ESTIMATED 238 MILLION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON ITEM TEN? OKAY. ITEM 11, POLICY UPDATES. TRUSTEES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON POLICY UPDATES? [11. POLICY UPDATES] I HAVE A QUESTION ON 11 B I TRUSTEE WEINBERG YES. ON 11 B. MY QUESTION AROUND ATTENDANCE FOR CREDIT IS JUST A GENERAL. WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING GENERAL REASON FOR THE CHANGE IN THE POLICY? SO WE RECEIVED SOME TASB LANGUAGE, BUT REALLY WE NEEDED TO UPDATE WHAT YOU SEE IN THE VERY FIRST LINE, WHICH WAS WHO HAS THE AUTHORIZATION TO FORM THE ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE. SO THAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON WHY WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THIS. AND THEN WE ALSO NEEDED TO CLEAN UP SOME LANGUAGE AND REALLY OUTLINE WHAT IS USAGE, WHAT IS USED FOR ATTENDANCE FOR CREDIT AND HOW IT NEEDS TO BE ADMINISTERED. SO FOR EXAMPLE ATTENDANCE FOR CREDIT WHEN THEY MAKE UP THE ASSIGNMENTS IS NOT MINUTE TO MINUTE ASSIGNMENTS. IT'S JUST TO DEMONSTRATE MASTERY IN THE CONTENT. I DID LIKE THAT YOU ADDED THE LANGUAGE OF MASTERY OF THE SKILL OR THE STANDARD AS THE THRESHOLD. DOES THE POLICY CHANGE THEN MAKE IT EASIER OR HARDER? I GUESS HOW DOES IT ACHIEVE OR HOW DOES IT CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF ACHIEVING? SURE. CREDIT FOR, FOR I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MAKES IT HARDER, MORE THAN IT CLARIFIES THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE AND WHAT THEY SHOULD USE TO AWARD CREDIT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE AGAIN, NOT THE MINUTE TO MINUTE, BUT IT'S MASTERING THE CONTENT AND IT'S ALSO DEMONSTRATING THE COMPONENTS THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE TO, TO AWARD THAT, THAT MASTERY, RIGHT. WITH THE TYPES OF ASSIGNMENTS IT ALSO CLARIFIES FOR A PARENT WHEN THEY CAN DO A PETITION AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE PETITION? SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MAKES IT HARDER MORE THAN IT'S CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. I JUST WAS CURIOUS IF IT, I WASN'T SURE. AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER AND YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION AT HAND, BUT WHAT IS THE RATE OF ATTAINMENT OF ATTENDANCE FOR CREDIT? LIKE GETTING CREDIT BY THAT METHOD? SORT OF IN THE ELEMENTARY BLOCK, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BLOCK AND THE HIGH SCHOOL BLOCK? SURE. WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU IN A TRACKER. [02:45:01] YEAH, I'D BE INTERESTED IN IT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THAT'D BE AWESOME. THANK YOU. YES. AND TRUSTEE YOU. HEAL IT. I TRUST YOU HEAL IT. SORRY, CHIEF HEWITT. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR GIVING ME THE ANSWER, MY QUESTIONS AND THE POLICY UPDATES DURING OUR MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. TRUSTEE SANDERS, COULD YOU. SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REVISIONS. COULD YOU KIND OF JUST GIVE US THE, THE SUMMARY HEADLINE ON WHAT'S, WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST DRIVER TOWARD MAKING THE ADJUSTMENTS? YES, SURE. SO ONE, THE VERY FIRST THING WAS WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE? AND THAT IS THE PRINCIPAL AND WHAT THAT COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE OF. AND LIKE WHO, WHO, WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST COMPONENT THAT WE NEEDED TO, TO ADDRESS. THE OTHER THING IS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY DO THE PETITION FOR CREDIT, WHAT THEY SHOULD LOOK AT, AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'LL FIND ARE LIKE THE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, CRITICAL ILLNESS. SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE OUTLINED HERE. AGAIN, ALSO WE LOOKED AT TO DETERMINE HOW LIKE THEY DETERMINE THE DECISIONS, WHAT IS VALID DOCUMENTATION. WE KIND OF PUT THAT IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT CLARIFYING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT OFTEN. WITHIN ERLING'S DEPARTMENT, I THINK SHE'S HERE. BUT THINGS THAT WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT FROM THOSE ATTENDEES, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. GOT IT. AND SO REALLY THE BIGGEST THING IS MOVING TOWARD THE ALIGNMENT, ALLOWING THE PRINCIPAL TO BE THE KIND OF PRIMARY LEAD, IF YOU WILL, IN THIS, IN THIS PARTICULAR DOMAIN. AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT'S MORE OF A LOGISTICS SMOOTHING OUT. AND TO YOUR POINT, PRACTICAL ALIGNMENT POLICY ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PRACTICAL. HOW IT, HOW IT IS MOST EASILY PRACTICED. EXACTLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE CONTEXT BEHIND IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. ITEM 12, PROPOSED NAME OF FACILITIES TRUSTEES OR ANY QUESTIONS ON PROPOSED NAMES OF FACILITIES. [12. PROPOSED NAMING OF FACILITIES (Part 1 of 2)] ALL RIGHT. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM 14 ACADEMICS AND TRANSFORMATION DIVISION TRUSTEES. [14. ACADEMICS AND TRANSFORMATION DIVISION (Part 1 of 2)] ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ACADEMICS AND TRANSFORMATION DIVISION 15 A I TRUSTEE KERRY. THANK YOU. I REALLY JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM. I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE DOING, WHICH IS? I READ THE MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE PRE-K IF THEY MEET THE PRE-K ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE NOT. AND WE HAVE AN OPTION AS A DISTRICT TO CHARGE THEM TUITION. AND YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION WHERE WE DO NOT CHARGE ANY TUITION. AND INSTEAD, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO DALLAS, DALLAS ISD, PRE-K THREE AND FOUR WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND, ATTEND FOR FREE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. REALLY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT. I THINK THE PUBLIC HOPEFULLY KNOWS THAT. BUT THAT'S A THAT'S A REALLY POWERFUL AND BIG DEAL TO WHAT WE DO. AND SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MACKEY. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THIS. REMIND ME THOUGH, IS THIS PRE-K THREE AND FOUR OR IS THIS PRE-K THREE, THREE AND 4 OR 4? OKAY. AND AND JUST SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS IN TEXAS, ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO GET THE FIRST SEATS. THAT'S A LAW ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. AND THEN THIS BOARD ADOPTED A POLICY YEARS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE WE SCHOLARSHIP NEW SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS. SO YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING ACCESS CONTINUALLY. AND THEN LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A NEW SENATE BILL OR HOUSE BILL WHERE A TEACHER OF RECORD DOESN'T PAY. LAST YEAR, WE BROUGHT YOU A NOTE THAT SAID IF WE WERE AN EMPLOYEE, WOULD WE REDUCE. DOCTOR RAMOS HAS ABOUT 267 FAMILIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE CURRENTLY PAYING TUITION. WE'VE GOT SEATS THAT WE, WE LEFT OPEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE SPOKE WITH DOCTOR ELIZALDE. WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. WE KNOW WHEN WE GET KIDS EARLY THEY DO BETTER. WE ALSO KNOW OUR RETENTION RATES FOR PRE-K ARE GREAT AND OUR RETENTION RATES FOR PARENTS THAT WERE ALREADY PAYING TUITION. [02:50:02] IT'S LIKE 92% ARE STILL STAYING WITH US. SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A. A GOOD THING. THIS IS A GREAT THING. I BELIEVE THAT SAME PRE-K POLICY PASSED YEARS AGO ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE IDEA THAT WE REALLY HAVE A BELIEF THAT MAKES EVERY KID WHO WANTS PRE-K SPACE FOR THEM IN OUR SCHOOLS SO WE CAN GET THEM STARTED. I AM EXCITED BECAUSE I THINK THIS WILL GIVE US A LOT OF NEW PARENTS WHO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE HOOPS OF TRYING TO FIND TUITION AND WHETHER I QUALIFY, ETC.. FIRST QUESTION, DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR DATA ABOUT IF KIDS START IN PRE-K, ARE THEY MORE LIKELY TO BE READY AND ON GRADE LEVEL BY THE TIME THEY HIT KINDERGARTEN? AND ARE THEY MORE LIKELY TO STAY WITH OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH WE KNOW RESULT IN GOOD OUTCOMES FOR KIDS? WE HAVE THE DATA ON MOLATE. SO WE DO HAVE OUR DATA THAT SHOWS FROM PRE-K TO KINDERGARTEN, THOSE WHO ATTEND PRE-K ARE DOING ABOUT 30 PERCENTAGE POINTS BETTER THAN THOSE WHO DO NOT ATTEND PRE-K. HOW MANY? ABOUT 30 PERCENTAGE POINTS. 30 PERCENTAGE POINTS. AMAZING. AND NOW WE HAVE LONGITUDINAL DATA THAT SHOWS THE OUTCOMES FOR THIRD GRADE OUTCOMES. AND IT'S ABOUT SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS FOR READING AND 11 PERCENTAGE POINTS FOR MATH. YEAH THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AND WHAT ABOUT IN TERMS OF STUDENTS STAYING IN THEIR DISTRICT ONCE THEY GET A TASTE OF PRE-K WITH US? SO ON A TYPICAL YEAR, WE HAVE ABOUT 80% THAT STAY WITH KINDERGARTEN. AND THAT NUMBER, LIKE CHIEF GAYLORD SAID, IS ABOUT 93% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING IN WITH TUITION ARE STAYING FOR KINDERGARTEN. GOTCHA. I MEAN, THOSE ARE AMAZING REASONS TO DO THIS. THIS IS PROBABLY NOT FOR THIS. I THINK THIS ITEM IS ONLY ABOUT THE TUITION RATE, WHICH I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS BEING ZERO. I HAVE A LOT OF OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS WHO WANT THIS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AS MANY PLACES AS POSSIBLE. SO WE KEEP THEM ONCE THEY'RE IN OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR OFFERINGS THEMSELVES AND EVERYTHING YOU JUST SHARED HERE WILL DO THAT. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ON A MORE RELEVANT BOARD ITEM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MACKEY. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. I'M NOW BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE A RELIC. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS IN TERMS OF IN FACT, I PUSHED TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THIS DONE JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SO MANY STUDENTS WERE BEING LEFT OUT WHERE THE PARENTS WERE JUST ON THE CUSP OF, OF NOT MEETING THOSE GUIDELINES. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN POSITIVE. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT WITH OUR PRE-K PARTNERSHIPS AS LONG AS WITH THE OTHERS, WITH THE ISD. YES. OKAY. THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. THIS IS NOT NEW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. TRUSTEE FOREMAN TRUSTEE SANDERS TRUSTEE FOREMAN JUST ACTUALLY GAVE ME A QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK. FULL DAY. HAVE WE BEEN PAYING FOR FULL DAY THREE, PRE-K THREE AND PRE-K FOUR? YES, WE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR FULL DAY PRE-K THREE AND FOUR AND FOUR AND FOUR. GOT IT. REGARDLESS OF STATUS OR OR DEMOGRAPHICS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. NO NO NO. HOLD ON. ARE WE TALKING TUITION STUDENTS? THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. SO I MEAN, TUITION STUDENTS HAVE CURRENTLY ONLY BEEN GOING TO PRE-K FOUR AND THREE AND THREE. YEAH. AND THEN BUT STUDENTS. BUT THE STATE DOES PROVIDE US FUNDING FOR PRE-K FOUR FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. RIGHT? YES. AND I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. THE NEW PART IS WE'RE SAYING, REGARDLESS OF ALL OF THAT, WE ARE NOW MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME WITHOUT ANY TUITION. CORRECT? YES. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ACCESSING OPEN SEATS. SO IF WE HAVE SO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT'S COSTING US TO TAKE UP THE TUITION FOR 274 FAMILIES AND IS MORE THAN IF WE JUST SAID, YOU CAN COME. COME ON. OKAY. BECAUSE THE SEATS. SO EVERY SINGLE SEAT. LET'S JUST TAKE A PRE K FOUR. THERE'S 22 SEATS WITH A TEACHER AND A TEACHER ASSISTANT. THERE MAY BE 18 STUDENTS THERE, SOME THAT WERE THE ELIGIBLE AND THOSE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SCHOLARSHIPS. BUT THEY'RE STILL AN ADDITIONAL FOUR SEATS OPEN IF YOU WILL. THAT IS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. SO WHAT WE NOW CAN DO IS WE CAN ACTUALLY FILL THOSE SEATS WITH OUR TUITION WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO PAY TUITION BECAUSE THE SEATS ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE. SO IT'S A MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF CURRENT RESOURCES, [02:55:01] AS LONG AS WE ALWAYS ENSURE THAT OUR ELIGIBLE KIDS AND OUR SCHOLARSHIP KIDS HAVE TO BE. NO ONE CAN BE TURNED AWAY THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SCHOLARSHIP. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. GOT IT. YEP. PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND THEN LASTLY, OBVIOUSLY, THIS DOES FEEL LIKE IT'S IT'S WORTH REALLY GOING OVER AND ABOVE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO PLAN WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. WHAT ARE WE THINKING AROUND HOW WE GET THE WORD OUT? SO WE ARE SHIFTING OUR MARKETING PLAN FOR APRIL 1ST, WHERE YOU WILL START SEEING THE TERM UNIVERSAL PRE-K, AND WE'LL START EDUCATING PARENTS ON WHAT THAT MEANS AND THE ACCESS THAT PROVIDES FOR THEM. I'M EXCITED TO TO, YOU KNOW, RING THAT BELL BECAUSE I THIS IS A BIG DEAL. AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO OUR STRATEGIES LIKE OUR KEY STRATEGIES, THIS IS ANOTHER INNOVATION IN THAT EARLY LEARNING ZONE THAT I'M PROUD TO PROUD TO CARRY WITH THE BANNER. THANK YOU. AND WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE ANY MARKETING BECAUSE THIS BODY HAS TO APPROVE THIS BEFORE WE, BUT THE TEAM, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THE TEAM IS AS SOON AS THIS GETS APPROVED, THEY ARE READY TO GO. RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. TRUSTEE SANDERS TRUSTEE MIKE, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE THE UNIVERSAL CONCEPT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE I, I WAS PAYING ATTENTION CLOSE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE NUANCE WHEN WE'RE SAYING UNIVERSAL, IT'S KIND OF ON A SPACE AVAILABLE BASIS FOR PARENTS WHO ARE NOT PARENTS AND CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE UNDER THE ECONOMIC OR, OR LANGUAGE CRITERIA, RIGHT? SO IT'S UNIVERSAL, LIKE HAVING A, A STANDBY PASS ON A, ON AN AIRLINE. IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A SEAT AVAILABLE. YOU CAN HAVE THE SEAT, BUT YOU'RE NOT. BUT WE DON'T UNIVERSALLY, WE WILL NOT BE UNIVERSALLY GUARANTEEING SEATS TO EVERY PERSON WHO WANTS ONE. WE'RE GOING TO FIND A SEAT FOR EVERY PERSON THAT WANTS ONE. YOU'RE YOU'RE CORRECT THAT I MEAN, BUT HERE'S HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR DATA SHOW. NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE EVERY YEAR WE HAVE OPEN SEATS. YEP. SO IF THERE ISN'T ROOM AT THE SCHOOL WHERE. WHICH IS ALSO WHY WE WANT TO ALSO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO GO TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE ZONED TO, BECAUSE THAT WOULD ASSIST US AS WE PLAN WHEN WE GET TO LEVELING. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE PATTERN HAS BEEN THAT WE ACTUALLY END UP OVERSTAFFING AT ELEMENTARY. THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LEVEL WITHIN A CAMPUS IF THERE HAPPEN TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL STUDENTS, BECAUSE THOSE TEACHERS ARE ALREADY CONTRACTED. AND SO AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE CERTIFICATION, I MIGHT NEED TO MOVE A FIRST GRADE TEACHER THAT DOES HAVE EARLY LEARNING E C H E E E CERTIFICATION SO THAT THEY COULD DO PRE-K OR KINDER MIGHT MOVE TO PRE-K IN THE FIRST GRADE, MIGHT MOVE TO KINDER. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL AVENUES. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. IF EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WAS OUT THERE WANTED TO COME, WOULD WE HAVE A SEAT FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON? THE LIKELIHOOD IS THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME THAT WOULD NOT. YOU'RE CORRECT. WE JUST DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT LEVEL OF UPTAKE. WE ANTICIPATE, BASED ON OUR DATA, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A SEAT FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE AFTER WE ADMIT OUR ELIGIBLE AND SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS. AND THERE WAS A DATE, THOUGH, THAT YOU HAD SO THE PARENTS WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JULY TO FIND OUT WHETHER MY CHILD IS ABLE TO ATTEND OR NOT. WOULD YOU SHARE THAT TIMELINE WITH US, DOCTOR RAMOS? YES. SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, SO APRIL 1ST BEGINS REGISTRATION FOR EVERYBODY, AND APRIL 1ST WE WILL START ASSIGNING SEATS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS BEGINNING MAY 1ST, WE WILL START AWARDING TO OUR TUITION STUDENTS. THAT WOULD BE ZERO. SO THEIR TUITION WOULD BE ZERO. CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. THE MORE STUDENTS WE CAN HAVE IN PRE-K, THE BETTER. AND CERTAINLY OUR RESULTS HAVE HAVE HAVE SHOWN THAT. AND I WASN'T AT ALL BEING CRITICAL. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT WE WERE DOING. I THINK IT'S INNOVATIVE AND A GOOD THING TO DO. AND AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. MATEUSZ.K. ANYTHING ON ATHLETICS? I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE TURNER, COULD I ASK THAT WE GO BACK TO FOR ONE MOMENT. [12. PROPOSED NAMING OF FACILITIES (Part 2 of 2)] I'D LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO ENTERTAIN A CHANGE TO ITEM 12 F BEFORE THE VOTE. NEXT IN NEXT TWO WEEKS, THIS IS WITH WITH REGARD TO THE RENAMING OF INNOVATION IN [03:00:11] FOR I'M LOOKING FOR THE ACTUAL NEW NAME HERE. GERTRUDIS, GERTRUDIS, DULA AND HECTOR AND FLORES INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY AT JAMES W FANNIN. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN ADJUSTMENT THAT WOULD READ AS FOLLOWS. TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A WAIVER OF BOARD POLICY C W LOCAL TO ALLOW THE RENAMING OF THE INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY AT JAMES W FANNIN TO THE TRUTHS TULA AND HECTOR AND FLORES INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY PERIOD KNOW AT JAMES FANNIN, BECAUSE JAMES FANNIN IS STILL ACTUALLY AT THAT LOCATION. THIS NEW SCHOOL, IF YOU ALL RECALL, IS GOING TO BE AT THE NEW NOLAN ESTES PLAZA. AND OUR LONG TERM PLAN IS TO REPLACE OUR D A E P WHERE I'D IDEA CURRENTLY AND CITY LAB ARE CURRENTLY. SO THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL AT JAMES W FANNIN WOULD STILL, THERE WOULD STILL BE A SCHOOL AT JAMES W FANNIN. AM I MAKING SENSE? AND SO THE ONLY SUGGESTION OR RECOMMENDATION I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT THEN WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD SCRATCH THE AT JAMES W FANNIN SO THAT THE NAME WOULD JUST BE OKAY. OKAY, SO JUST I THINK I JUST HAVE TO MENTION IT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO PULL THE ITEM SO THAT IT WOULD BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY, SINCE WE'RE MAKING A CHANGE TO THE ITEM AFTER THE BRIEFING HAS ALREADY BEEN POSTED AND WE'RE DISCUSSING IT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME. I MEANT TO DO THAT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THAT. THANK YOU. OH, NO. IT'S FINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU DID, I THINK. I THINK SHE ANSWERED MY QUESTION, WHICH WAS MECHANICALLY HOW WE DO THAT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE PULLED IT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL NEED TO AMEND IT AT THE MEETING OR IT'LL BE A SEPARATE ITEM ALREADY CORRECTLY NAMED, BUT WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. I BELIEVE I'VE BEEN TOLD BY LEGAL WE WILL AMEND IT AND THAT'S WHY IT WILL BE A SEPARATE ITEM. GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DIVISION TRUSTEE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS UNDER SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DIVISION? I HAVE A 16 A QUESTION. THAT'S ATHLETICS. THAT'S OKAY. THAT WAS QUICK. [14. ACADEMICS AND TRANSFORMATION DIVISION (Part 2 of 2)] I ALMOST LET IT GET BY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. YOU HELP US ALL OUT. EXACTLY. GETTING YOUR STEPS IN TODAY. ALL RIGHT. MY QUESTION IS A FAIRLY EASY ONE. I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. AND I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO FOLLOW UP BEFORE. BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOR ATHLETICS PAYMENT PROCESSING SOFTWARE. IS IT? IS IT FOR JUST FOR PAYING OFFICIALS OR IS IT BROADER IMPLICATIONS THAN THAT JUST FOR PAYING OFFICIALS? SO IS THAT THE COST OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE COST OF THE SOFTWARE, PLUS WHAT IT COSTS TO PAY THE OFFICIALS? IT'S THE COST OF THE SOFT. IT'S THE COST OF THE FEE FOR ARBITER AND THE SOFTWARE PLUS THE COST OF THE OFFICIALS. OKAY, SO IT'S TWO PARTS. IT'S TWO PARTS. GOT IT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS GOING TO BE SOME REALLY EXPENSIVE SOFTWARE OTHERWISE. THANK YOU. NO, NO. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE WEINBERG. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON TO ITEM 17, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DIVISION TRUSTEES. [17. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DIVISION ] ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS UNDER SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DIVISION? 18 A TRUSTEE WEINBERG. IT'S A QUICK QUESTION. AND YOU CAN THINK AS YOU'RE WALKING. I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WE USE NOW. I JUST, I JUST IT'S A CLARIFYING QUESTION. IS THIS A CHANGE OR IS THIS WHAT WE USE NOW? DOCTOR CASS IS GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. HI. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY USING IT. THIS ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN THE SAME PLATFORM. PREVIOUSLY WHEN THE EVALUATORS DID THE FULL BATTERY OF TESTS, THEY'D HAVE TO CARRY AROUND BOOKS. AND IF IT TRIGGERED, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT DISABILITY, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE OFFICE. THIS SOFTWARE ALLOWS US TO DO IT ON ONLINE, AND IT GIVES THE EVALUATORS A TON OF RESOURCES AT THE DIFFERENT EVALUATIONS AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT SUSPECTED DISABILITIES. AWESOME. AND, AND THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, BUT BUT WHEN YOU'RE EVALUATING, ARE THEY USING THIS FOR THE STUDENT TO TAKE THE EVALUATION ONLINE, OR ARE THEY JUST HAVE THE RESOURCES WITH THEM ONLINE SO THAT THEY HAVE VARIOUS PATHWAYS TO GO DOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE EVALUATING. IT ALLOWS THE EVALUATOR TO COLLECT THE INFORMATION, COLLECT THE DATA, AND THEN THE SOFTWARE ALSO HELPS THEM ANALYZE THE DATA AND THEN SOME FOR THE LITTLE ONES, IT COMES WITH MANIPULATIVES SO THAT THEY'RE ALLOWING THE KIDS TO PLAY AND THEY SEE THEM IN REAL TIME. [03:05:02] AND SO THESE ARE JUST RESOURCES FOR OUR EVALUATION TEAM. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEINBERG. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM 20. IT ADMINISTRATION. I'M SORRY. ITEM 19, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION TRUSTEES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS UNDER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION? [19. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION] GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. KEEP IT MOVING. ALL RIGHT. FINANCIAL SERVICES TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION? [21. FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION] I HAVE A FEW. OKAY. TRUSTEE WEINBERG. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR. I UNDERSTAND. HI, CHIEF RAMOS, QUESTION FOR YOU. ON 22 B. SO CAN I JUST HAVE 22 B 23 A 23 B 24 A BUT THEY'RE ALL KIND OF RELATED. CAN I ASK THOSE. CAN I GO THROUGH THOSE? IS THAT OKAY? YES. OKAY. SO DO WE STILL EXPECT RECAPTCHA TO BE AT 70 MILLION THIS YEAR? SO CURRENTLY WE'RE TRENDING RECAPTCHA AT 60 MILLION. OKAY. AND THEN I NOTICED ON 23 A THAT WE'VE SPENT IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 90 ISH MILLION LESS THROUGH JANUARY OF 2026 THAN WE DID IN THE PRIOR YEAR. EXCLUDING SALARIES. DO YOU EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE OR IS THIS A TIMING DIFFERENCE? I EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE. SO THE THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THE REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES IS WE'RE NEARING THE END OF OUR BOND PROGRAM. SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THE REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES. OKAY. AND THEN 23 B IS THE NEW TAX COLLECTIONS REPORT. YES. IT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT USED TO. DO YOU MIND JUST WALKING US THROUGH THAT REALLY QUICKLY? TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND. YES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO CHANGE WITH THE TAX REPORT WAS MAKE IT MORE VISUAL. AND SO THE BLUE I LIKE IT, BY THE WAY. YEAH. THE VERSUS JUST A BIG OLD TABLE. SO THE BLUE BAR IS BASICALLY THE TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS, WHAT WE BUDGETED. AND THEN CAN WE BRING IT UP IS THAT IT'S ON A 23 B. IS THAT RIGHT? 23. SEE? I SEE. SORRY. 23 B. THE SECOND THING. YEAH. THANK YOU. YES. SO THE BLUE BAR IS THE TOTAL BUDGETED TAX COLLECTIONS. AND THEN THE YELLOW BAR THAT YOU SEE CLIMBING EVERY MONTH IS THE ACTUAL TAX COLLECTIONS THAT WE'RE COLLECTING ON A MONTHLY BASIS. AND SO THE CLOSER THAT WE GET TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU'RE SEEING THAT YELLOW BAR GET CLOSER TO THE BLUE BAR, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. THAT IS GOOD. ANY ANYTHING UNUSUAL IN THERE, ANYTHING WE OUGHT TO KNOW OR THINK ABOUT? CURRENTLY, WE'RE TRENDING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. AND SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET TO WHERE WE'RE EXPECTING. EXCELLENT. AND THEN FINALLY 24 A WELL, NOT FINALLY. FINALLY, ALMOST FINALLY, ARE WE PROJECTING STILL A $92 MILLION LOSS. I KNOW WE'RE NOT HAVING THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS QUITE YET, BUT JUST PRO FORMA. WHAT IS THE EXPECTED? SO SO WE BUDGETED A $92 MILLION DEFICIT. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT OUR EXPENDITURES, AND WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR THEM CLOSELY FROM THE MONTH OF APRIL THROUGH JUNE. THE GOAL IS TO END BETTER THAN $92 MILLION. AND OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO HIT $60 MILLION DEFICIT. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY, FINALLY IN 25 A ARE WE THERE YET? YES. IT'S KIND OF ALL RELATED. SO THE GRANTS ARE WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH T A. AND ARE THESE GRANTS STILL AVAILABLE? SO YES. SO CURRENTLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN US FLAT FUNDING. AND SO THOSE GRANTS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR 2627, BUT AT A FLAT FUNDING RATE. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ALL MY QUESTIONS. YES. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION? 21, 22, 23, 24 AND 25. OKAY. MOVING ON TO 26 OPERATIONS, SERVICES, DIVISIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ITEM 27? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NEXT GO TO ITEM [26. OPERATION SERVICES DIVISION] 28 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISIONS. ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEMS 29. [28. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION ] ALL RIGHT. NOTICE WHEN TRUSTEE TURNER LEAVES HOW QUICKLY THINGS MOVE ALONG. [03:10:04] JUST POINT THAT OUT. NEXT 30 THE POLICE DIVISION. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE POLICE DIVISION? ALL RIGHT. [30. POLICE DIVISION ] SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 32. ADJOURNMENT. THE TIME IS NOW 7:31 P.M., AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. GOOD. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.