Mar 26, 2026 Board Meetings

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AND WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

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. TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT ONE LANCE CURRIE, TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT TWO. SARAH WEINBERG, I BELIEVE TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT THREE.

DAN MISCHKE. IS HE JOINING US ONLINE? NOT YET.

OKAY. WE HAVE TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT FOUR, PRISMA GARCIA, TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT FIVE.

BYRON SANDERS, TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT SIX. JOYCE FORMAN, TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.

I THINK IT'S TRUSTEE MACKEY JOINING US ONLINE YET? NOT YET.

OKAY. SOON. AND TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT NINE AT TURNER I AM.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOL DOCTOR STEPHANIE JOINS US TONIGHT. JOE CARRION, TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT EIGHT AND BOARD PRESIDENT. THE MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT DALLAS ISD DOT ORG.

EASTER SIMULTANEAMENTE IN INGLÉS Y EN ESPANOL IN 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 ORDERLY FASHION AND ASK 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 THE INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, OF THE LAW OF DEFAMATION, INVASION OF PRIVACY AND IF THEY ARE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE. ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD WHILE OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST. TRUSTEES WILL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 2.02 THE RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC ELECTED OFFICIALS. I SAW FORMER TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

THE HONORABLE DIANE RAGSDALE, OR COUNCILWOMAN IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

FORMER COUNCILWOMAN TIFFANY YOUNG IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AND FORMER SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE JEROME GARZA IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

DID I MISS ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS? OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

TRUSTEES, WE'LL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, THE PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS BEGINNING WITH 3.01.

[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS ]

PLEASE COME FORWARD. THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR LANDON FIKE.

LANDON, PLEASE COME FORWARD. LANDON WON TWO GOLD MEDALS AT THE 2026 U.I.L FIVE, A STATE SWIM MEET.

LANDON WON IN BOTH THE 50 METER FREESTYLE AND A PERSONAL BEST OF 20.03 SECONDS AND THE 100 METER BUTTERFLY IN 48.1 SECONDS.

CONGRATULATIONS, LANDON.

SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE TRUSTEE TURNER AND PRINCIPAL LANCE WILLIAMS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE LINCOLN LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL TEAM.

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THE GAME TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 6TH, 2026 AT THE ALAMODOME IN SAN ANTONIO.

THIS IS THE TEAM'S SECOND CONSECUTIVE STATE TITLE, FINISHING WITH A VICTORY OF LINCOLN.

LINCOLN 77 TO FREDERICKSBURG 49. LADY TIGERS TEAM MEMBERS AND COACHES, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

BURLEIGH. MILLER. BAILEY. THOMAS. LANEY. DALLAS.

ALYSSA. WEAVER. SANAI. LEWIS. OR. JAYLA. ELDER.

JAMAICA. LAMOND. JAYLA. COLTON, AMANI MUNDY, MACKENZIE WILLIAMS, BRAYLEE CASTLE, ARIEL MOORE, JADA PATTERSON, HEAD COACH. ASHLEY GREER, ASSISTANT HEAD COACHES.

ARTAVIA BURNS, LINDSAY BRIGHAM, RAQUEL MCWRIGHT, AND PAULA LEWIS.

OKAY. OKAY. OH.

ALL RIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS, LINCOLN. LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL TEAM.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPIONS. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FOR PUBLIC FORUM.

[4. PUBLIC FORUM ]

CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, FILTHY, VULGAR, OBSCENE OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS THAT INSIST ON EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO THIS LANGUAGE SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.

FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES TO INCLUDE STUDENTS NAMES AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND SPECIFIC TRUSTEES.

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

AUDIENCE, I'M ASKING 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 OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. EACH PARTICIPANT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OR HER OWN STATEMENTS. SPEAKERS PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK, YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORM.

YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER. DOCTOR JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? 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 MICROPHONE. FORMER TRUSTEE HONORABLE CAMILLE WHITE AND LUCY CAIN, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR VERDELL MARSH AND SHIRLEY NUZUM.

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AND FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 9.7. 11.1 AMONGST SOME OTHER THINGS, ALL ITEMS THAT ARE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 9.07 THAT HAS BEEN MOVED TO 11.01, WAS DONE IN A ORDERLY AND FASHION MANNER WITHIN POLICY.

EVEN THOUGH THE DEADLINE FOR POLICY CHANGE NAME CHANGING IS FEBRUARY 2026, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ALSO HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN NOT. ALSO, I, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND DALLAS COLLEGE AND THEIR STAFF FROM EL CENTRO AND EASTFIELD COLLEGE FOR COMING OUT TO SAMUEL.

EXCUSE ME, SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL ON YESTERDAY TO HELP THE STUDENTS PREPARE FOR EVERYTHING FROM REGISTERING TO BEING PREPPED FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO ATTEND CLASSES AT DALLAS COLLEGE THIS SUMMER.

ALSO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CAREER THE COLLEGE BECAUSE THAT'S HELPING US WITH OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STUDENTS BEING READY. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE TEACHER WHO WAS SO WONDERFUL AND GAVE ME A WEALTH OF INFORMATION WHILE I WAS THERE.

MR. HUGHES, WHOSE MOTTO IS PREPARE, TEST, ASSESS AND RETEST AND CELEBRATE, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL CONCEPT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENTS AND JUST ADULTS AS WELL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE YOU ARE FALLING BACK ON WHATEVER YOU'RE STUDYING, YOU GO BACK AND DO AN ASSESSMENT RETEST IF YOU HAVE TO.

YOU'LL DEFINITELY WILL IMPROVE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK DALLAS COLLEGE, WHO CAME OUT AND DID A SUPPORT WITH THEM AS WELL.

AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT I DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

WE HAVE A BOND MEETING. EXCUSE ME, A BOND ELECTION THAT IS COMING UP MAY 2ND.

I JUST WANT TO BRING THIS ATTENTION TO YOUR MIND.

JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING BLACKJACK, NUMBER 21, BECAUSE THE POLLS WILL BE CLOSED ON THE 21ST.

AND I'M SAYING THAT FOR A REASON. NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE, WHERE WE'VE HAD A STATE HOLIDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION.

NEVER HAVE I SEEN THIS BEFORE. SO REMEMBER WHEN YOU GO OUT TO EARLY VOTE AND I WANT YOU ALL TO GET OUT AN EARLY VOTE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THE 20TH, THE 22ND THROUGH THE 28TH.

ELECTION DAY IS GOING TO BE MAY 2ND. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL ELECTION THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE IN MAY AS WELL.

FROM THE MARCH 3RD PRIMARY THAT JUST HAPPENED, THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE 26TH.

I'M BEGGING YOU ALL TO COME BACK OUT. DURING BOTH OF THOSE EARLY VOTING AND ON ELECTION DAY.

I HOPE YOU GET IT DONE EARLY BECAUSE YOU SAW THE CONFUSION THAT HAPPENED THIS TIME.

SO PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE AND SUPPORT OUR BOND.

ALSO, I WANT TO ASK YOU TO GO AND RESEARCH THE BOND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY IS GOING.

IF YOU HAVE A CHILD ON THE CAMPUS, THESE MAY BE IN THE OFFICE.

I CAN'T SAY THEY'RE IN ALL THE OFFICES, BUT IF SO, PLEASE GO BY AND PICK IT UP BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE THE INFORMATION ON HERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU, MISS WHITE. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

LUCY CAIN AND DOCTOR VERDELL MARSH, FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY SHAUN KING AND BENJAMIN YOUNGER.

GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD FOR EDUCATION, DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

TO MY REPRESENTATIVE, EDGAR TURNER, AND TO THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS LUCY CAIN.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT DIANE LOUISE RAGSDALE.

DIANE IS A LEADER. SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER.

I'VE KNOWN DIANE OVER 70 YEARS, AND DURING THAT TIME, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO STEP FORTH.

SHE'S NEVER BEEN FEARFUL. SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN FEARLESS.

SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE ONE TO SAY, WELL, LET'S TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.

SHE'S NEVER SAID, LET'S GIVE UP. SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE ONE TO SAY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD, NEVER BACKWARDS.

SO THIS IS THE KIND OF PERSON THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER, BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT CHILDREN WILL ALWAYS WANT TO BE LIKE.

SHE'S THE ONE THAT CHILDREN WILL ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK UP TO.

DIANE RAGSDALE IS THE PERSON THAT PEOPLE CAN RECKON WITH, AND SHE'S ALSO A PERSON THAT WE CAN ALWAYS BE PROUD OF.

IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY DIANE IS A REGISTERED NURSE.

SHE'S A KIND HEARTED PERSON. SHE'S A GIVING PERSON, SHE'S COMPASSIONATE, SHE'S LOVING, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON THAT WE

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WE HAVE ENOUGH MEAN SPIRITED PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD, BUT WE WANT THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE OUR CHILDREN AND WHO CARE FOR THEM.

AND WE WANT SCHOOLS LIKE THAT. AND THERE'S NO BETTER PERSON TO NAME THE SCHOOL AFTER THAN DIANE LOUISE RAGSDALE.

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

DOCTOR VERDELL MARSH AND ANTHONY SHAUN KING, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN YOUNGER AND JULIE JOHNSON.

GOOD EVENING. I'M DOCTOR VERDELL MARSH. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE BOARD AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER OF THIS SCHOOL COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WITNESSED THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT A NAME CAN HAVE ON A PLACE.

I AM HERE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY LAB SCHOOL BE RENAMED IN HONOR OF MY LONG TIME FRIEND, DIANE RAGSDALE, WHOSE DEDICATION AND SERVICE HAVE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

MY FRIEND DIANE RAGSDALE HAS DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, COMPASSION FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND HAS A GENUINE DESIRE TO UPLIFT THOSE AROUND HER.

HER CONTRIBUTIONS, WHETHER THROUGH MENTORING, VOLUNTEERING OR ADVOCATING FOR IMPROVEMENTS, HAVE CONSISTENTLY INSPIRED EXCELLENCE AND UNITY IN OUR SCHOOL.

RENAMING THIS SCHOOL AFTER MY FRIEND IS MORE THAN A SYMBOLIC GESTURE.

IT IS A CELEBRATION OF HER ENDURING LEGACY AND A TESTAMENT TO THE VALUES WE SHARE CHERISH.

IMAGINE STUDENTS WALKING THROUGH THE HALLS SEEING DIANE RAGSDALE'S NAME, AND BEING REMINDED OF DAILY, OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LEAD, TO CARE, AND TO STRIVE FOR BETTER.

THIS ACT WOULD ALSO HONOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT DIANE RAGSDALE HAS DEVOTED TO MAKING SCHOOLS ARE WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE FEELS VALUED AND ENCOURAGED TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

IN CLOSING, I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE LASTING INFLUENCE A NAME HOLDS BY RENAMING THIS SCHOOL AFTER SOMEONE WHO EXEMPLIFIES INTEGRITY, KINDNESS, AND LEADERSHIP.

WE NOT ONLY PAY TRIBUTE TO THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT, BUT ALSO SET A POWERFUL EXAMPLE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. LET US EMBRACE THIS OPPORTUNITY, HONOR A TRUE FRIEND OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND INSPIRE FUTURE STUDENTS TO CARRY FORWARD A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE.

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

ANTHONY SHAUN KING AND BENJAMIN YOUNGER, FOLLOWED BY JULIE SEXTON AND JOHN SMOLTZ ARE ON DECK.

MY NAME IS ANTHONY SHAUN KING. I AM ACTUALLY COMING AS TWO WAYS.

FIRST OF ALL, AS A CITIZEN AND SECONDLY AS MY GODMOTHER.

I LOVE HER AND TO NAME A SCHOOL AFTER HER, IT WILL NOT ONLY HONOR HER, BUT ALSO ALL THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE IN DISTRICT SEVEN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DALLAS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO JUST GIVE A BRIEF STORY WHY IT'S.

THIS WILL BE A GREAT HONOR. SHE. FIRST OF ALL, SHE'S NOT ONLY A TRUE TROJAN LIKE ALWAYS HERE, SHE TELLS ME, AND SHE ALWAYS SAYS YES, I AM, I AM CARING.

SHE IS A VERY MUCH LOVING, CARING INDIVIDUAL.

HOW DO I KNOW? BECAUSE I LIVE IN A CITY. VALLEY VIEW, TEXAS.

THAT'S 22 MILES FROM THE OKLAHOMA STATE BORDER.

I WORK FOR WINDSTAR AS AN AUDITOR IN THE SOFT COUNT DEPARTMENT, AND I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF MY COWORKERS.

SHE SAID, WHY ARE YOU GETTING OFF SO EARLY? I SAID, WELL, I'M GOING TO DALLAS.

SHE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO DALLAS? I SAID, YES.

SHE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DALLAS FOR? I SAID, I'M GOING TO HONOR MY GODMOTHER AT THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING.

SHE SAID, OH, THAT'S COOL. SHE SAID, WHO'S YOUR GODMOTHER? I SAID, DIANNE RAGSDALE. SHE SAYS, WHAT? I SAID, YES, DIANNE RAGSDALE IS MY GODMOTHER.

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NOT ONLY THAT, KEEP DOING WHAT SHE'S DOING. I SAID, WHAT IS THAT? SHE SAYS, KAREN. SHE SAYS SHE JUST DON'T KNOW IT AND SHE JUST DON'T SPEAK IT AND SAY IT.

SHE SHOWS IT BY SHOWING UP. WELL, I KNOW FOR A FACT THESE STUDENTS, IF THAT SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE LOVING, CARING AND THEY GUESS WHAT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LIVING LEGEND THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW UP.

THANK YOU FOR THAT TIME I HAVE. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

BENJAMIN YOUNGER AND JULIE SAXON, FOLLOWED BY JOAN SMOSER AND DOCTOR MANUEL HENDERSON.

IT'S SMART, SIR. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY, NO BIG DEAL.

BENJAMIN. YOUNGER FAMILY, THE CHURCH, THE N DOUBLE, A CP, A NURSE, AN ACTIVIST, A LEADER, DALLAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. AND SHE DIDN'T JUST HOLD THE POSITION, SHE HELPED RESHAPE THIS CITY.

FAIR REPRESENTATION, DISTRICT VOTING, POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, ANTI-APARTHEID DIVESTMENT IS CDC AND ONE TRUTH.

THE HEALTH OF A COMMUNITY IS BUILT THROUGH STRONG SCHOOLS, SAFE HOUSING, ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL EXISTS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND TRANSFORM THEIR CITY.

DIANE RAGSDALE HAS SPENT HER LIFE DOING EXACTLY THAT.

HER SISTER WAS MY MOTHER. AUNT DIANE DEMANDED THAT I BE WELL EDUCATED, ROOTED IN THE WORD OF GOD, AND SERVE MY COMMUNITY IN SOME FASHION. I'VE BEEN A TEACHER AT THE SAME MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR 19 YEARS.

I AM A FOOTBALL COACH, A BASKETBALL COACH, AND A SOCCER COACH AT MY SCHOOL.

I'VE BEEN THERE SO LONG. I'VE TAUGHT THE LITTLE BROTHERS, THE LITTLE SISTERS, AND NOW I'VE CAST THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF MY FORMER PLAYERS AND STUDENTS AS DOROTHY IN OUR SPRING MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF THE WIZ.

SO I'VE GONE FROM PUTTING VOTE FOR DIANE RAGSDALE FLIERS IN MAILBOXES IN 1984 AT EIGHT YEARS OLD, TO HELPING SHAPE THE YOUNG MINDS OF MY COMMUNITY.

NOW I KNOW WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT THE SCHOOL CAN HAVE ON A COMMUNITY, A CULTURE, AND A PEOPLE.

FROM PHILLIS WHEATLEY TO JOSEPH J. RHODES TO CHARLES RICE, TO LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL TO GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY, AND NOW BACK TO TWIN CREEKS MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, BECAUSE NONE OF THIS HAPPENS IF NOT FOR THE IMPACT OF MY AUNT, WHO I'VE SEEN BE A BEACON OF HOPE AND SERVE HER COMMUNITY RELENTLESSLY FOR 50 YEARS.

TOMORROW, BECAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY. NAMING THIS SCHOOL AFTER HER IS NOT JUST AN HONOR, IT IS AN ALIGNMENT.

IT TELLS EVERY STUDENT WHO WALKS THROUGH THOSE DOORS.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LEAD, TO SERVE AND TO BUILD A BETTER CITY.

SO I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT THIS BOARD PLEASE SEE WHAT SHE HAS MEANT, FEEL WHAT SHE MEANS, AND UNDERSTAND HOW SHE CAN INSPIRE BY RENAMING THIS SCHOOL AFTER THE HONORABLE DIANE LOUISE RAGSDALE.

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

JULIE SAXTON, JOAN SALMAUSER AND DOCTOR MANUEL HENDERSON AND FELICIA PETRI ON DECK.

OH, THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE ACT TO FOLLOW. MY NAME IS JULIE SAXTON.

I HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU TO JOIN IN THIS CHORUS OF ADVOCATES AND SUPPORTERS TO HAVING CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL NAMED AFTER THE HONORABLE DIANE RAGSDALE, I HAVE. I WORK AT SAINT PHILIP'S SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS AND I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH DIANE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS TO COME ALONGSIDE, TO REALLY TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE, REALLY COMMUNITY DRIVEN GROWTH IN SOUTH DALLAS.

AND THE MOST RECENT OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

WE WORKED TOGETHER TO DO A A SOUTH DALLAS AREA PLAN.

AND I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM DIANE. AND THE WAY SHE IS SO COLLABORATIVE AND REALLY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY VOICE IS HEARD AND EMBRACING DIFFERENT OPINIONS TO REALLY COME TO A CONCLUSION THAT WILL BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH DALLAS.

I ALSO HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT OF HER WORK LONG BEFORE I BECAME PART OF THIS WITH HER.

I AROUND SAINT PHILIPS, WITHIN FOUR BLOCKS OF OUR CAMPUS, THERE WERE 40 ALCOHOL RELATED BUSINESSES.

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595 WHICH, WHICH SAID ENOUGH, ENOUGH ALCOHOL RELATED BUSINESSES IN SOUTH DALLAS.

ENOUGH POLLUTION, POLLUTING BUSINESSES, ENOUGH AUTO REPAIR.

AND IT WAS JUST A DENSITY THAT DID NOT SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

AND DIANE HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I AM SO ADMIRABLE OF IT.

AND I THINK IT'S SO WELL ALIGNED WITH CITYLAB.

THE HER HER KNOWLEDGE AND WORK AT CDC AND BUILDING A NEW HOUSING THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE HISTORIC HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.

ALL OF THIS IMPORTANT FEATURES, I THINK, ALIGN WITH WHAT THE CHILDREN WILL BE LEARNING IN CITYLAB AND, AND HER WORK WITH ZONING AND PLANNING. AND I JUST AM SO EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED TO HONOR HER IN THIS WAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU MY FULL SUPPORT. AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TO ADVOCATE ON THIS ON DIANE'S BEHALF.

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

JOHN MONSTER AND DOCTOR EMMANUEL HENDERSON, FOLLOWED BY FELICIA PETRI AND CANDICE THOMPSON ON DECK TO THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE D I S D ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES. I GREET EACH OF YOU IN THE NAME OF OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.

I AM DOCTOR EMMANUEL HENDERSON, THE PASTOR OF THE KIRKWOOD TEMPLE CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OF WHICH I HAVE PASTORED IN THIS DENOMINATION FOR OVER 46 YEARS.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY DEEPLY HONORED AND PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A WOMAN WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIVING TESTIMONY OF SERVICE, SACRIFICE, LEADERSHIP, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF OTHERS.

I'M SPEAKING OF MISS DIANE RAGSDALE. IT IS BOTH MY PASTORAL PRIVILEGE AND A PERSONAL JOY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RENAMING OF CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL TO DIANE RAGSDALE CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL, IN RECOGNITION OF HER EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND BEYOND.

MRS RAGSDALE IS NOT SIMPLY A PUBLIC SERVANT, SHE IS A PILLAR IN THIS COMMUNITY.

A FORMER CITY COUNCIL PERSON FOR THE DALLAS CITY OF DALLAS, SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED VISIONARY LEADERSHIP, COURAGE IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGE AND A TIRELESS DEDICATION TO JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS.

HER VOICE HAS BEEN ONE OF WISDOM ADVOCACY, PARTICULARLY OF THOSE FOR THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE NO VOICE.

TO TO RENAME THE SCHOOL IN HONOR OF HER WITH MYRLIE.

NOT ONLY BE A CEREMONY, A CEREMONIAL GESTURE, RATHER, IT WOULD BE A DECLARATION, A DECLARATION THAT WE AS A CITY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THOSE WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES IN UPLIFTING OTHERS.

A DECLARATION FOR EVERY STUDENT WHO WALKS THROUGH THOSE DOORS.

THAT GREATNESS IS NOT DEFINED BY FAME, BUT BY FAITHFULNESS.

NOT BY POSITION, BUT BY PURPOSE, NOT BY GAIN, BUT BY WHAT YOU GIVE.

THE SCRIPTURE REMINDS US IN PROVERBS 22 ONE, A GOOD NAME IS MORE DESIRABLE THAN GREAT RICHES TO BE ESTEEMED.

ESTEEMED IS BETTER THAN SILVER AND GOLD. MISS DIANE RAGSDALE HAS EARNED A GOOD NAME THROUGH YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE, MORAL LEADERSHIP, AND A COMMUNITY IMPACT. IT IS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE FITTING FOR US TO RENAME THIS SCHOOL IN HER HONOR.

THEREFORE, WITH GREAT RESPECT, HEARTFELT ADMIRATION, UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

I SUBMIT THIS REQUEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO NAME CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL IN HONOR OF MISS DIANE RAGSDALE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND YOUR COMMITMENT IN HONORING THIS WORTHY WOMAN.

BLESSINGS. THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

JONES MONSTER, FOLLOWED BY FELICIA PETRI WITH CANDACE THOMPSON AND SHIRLEY NEWSOM ON DECK.

JONES MR. NOT PRESENT. MY NAME IS JONES. OKAY.

GO AHEAD MISS. I'VE KNOWN DIANNE RAGSDALE FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

I FIRST MET MISS RAGSDALE WHEN SHE WAS SERVING ON THE DALLAS PLAN COMMISSION, APPOINTED BY THE HONORABLE L.C.

HIGGINS, AND THEN AS SHE SERVED ON THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.

I WAS LIVING IN EAST DALLAS AT THE TIME, AND THE HOMEOWNERS THERE AND IN OTHER PARTS OF DALLAS WERE FIGHTING MULTIPLE BATTLES WITH THE CITY, FROM ROADS PLOWING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE BATTLE AGAINST DOUBLE DECKING CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.

EVEN AS MISS RAGSDALE WAS FIGHTING INJUSTICE ON SO MANY LEVELS, SHE STILL WAS A STRONG VOTE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN EAST DALLAS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. THAT VOTE CAME FROM HER GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION.

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YOU HAVE HEARD MANY SPEAKERS SPEAK ABOUT MISS RAGSDALE'S LIFETIME AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE, PROTECTING AND FIGHTING FOR HER COMMUNITY AND THE CITY IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, AT TIMES RISKING HER OWN SAFETY.

THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON IS MISS RAGSDALE'S HUMILITY.

EVEN AFTER SERVING HER TIME IN OFFICE, DIANE CONTINUES TO SERVE HER COMMUNITY, NEVER SEEKING RECOGNITION, NEVER EXPECTING PRAISE THAT IS THE TRADEMARK OF TRUE HUMBLENESS.

SHE WORKS COLLABORATIVELY, GIVES CREDIT TO OTHERS, ALWAYS PUTS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY FIRST.

SHE.

TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

FELICIA PETRI AND SHIRLEY ISOM NEWSOM, FOLLOWED BY CANDACE THOMPSON AND ROBERT CECCARELLI ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU. I'M FELICIA PETRI.

I'M THE DISTRICT CLERK FOR DALLAS COUNTY. AND I ALSO STAND BEFORE YOU AS A NEIGHBOR OF DIANNE RAGSDALE.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.

THE POWER OF A GOOD NAME, DIANE RAGSDALE. IF I COULD HELP SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY, THEN MY LIVING HAS NOT BEEN IN VAIN. DOCTOR, I NEED YOU TO COME AND SPEAK ON MY BEHALF.

THAT WAS THE CALL THAT WAS MADE TO ME. SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK.

I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. DIANE AND I LIVE IN SOUTH DALLAS PROPER.

WE ARE NEIGHBORS. WE ARE TRASH PICKERS. WE PICK UP TRASH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I AM NOT KNOWN AS THE DISTRICT CLERK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

HEY, AREN'T YOU THE LADY THAT PICKS UP TRASH? THAT WOULD BE ME. WE BELIEVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE, FOR SERVING US AT THOMAS, FOR BEING THERE FOR US, FOR SERVING US.

THANK YOU, MISS FOREMAN. MY FRIEND, I LOVE YOU.

MISS RAGSDALE IS A CHAMPION. MY FIRST CAMPAIGN I EVER VOLUNTEERED ON WAS FOR DIANE RAGSDALE.

I HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING SINCE I MOVED TO DALLAS, TEXAS.

DIANE HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN. SHE IS A WARRIOR. I AM WHO I AM BECAUSE OF MISS RAGSDALE. NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK UP, NOT AFRAID TO SERVE.

SHE HAS BEEN THERE. SHE DESERVES THIS. ALL OF YOU KNOW IT.

EVERYONE HERE KNOWS IT. DIANE HASN'T DONE THIS TO ME.

FOR A SCHOOL TO BE NAMED AFTER HER, THIS IS WHO SHE IS.

HER MOTHER HAS RAISED HER TO BE THIS. HER FAMILY.

THIS. THIS IS WHO SHE IS. SHE DESERVES THIS. IF I CAN HELP SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY, THEN MY LIVING HAS NOT BEEN IN VAIN. TO HONOR MISS RAGSDALE, IT'S THE ULTIMATE.

FOR ALL THE SACRIFICES THAT SHE HAS MADE. NOT FOR RECOGNITION, BUT FOR UPLIFTING HER NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR UPLIFTING THE PEOPLE THAT SHE REPRESENTS.

AND I ASK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

JUST FOR THE MERE FACT OF WHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN, AND WHAT SHE CONTINUES TO DO FOR THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

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

SHIRLEY NEWSOME AND CANDACE THOMPSON, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MARY ANNE HOSKINS.

GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENT, MR. PHIL CARRION, BOARD MEMBER BARRY SANDERS OF THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THIS BODY, AND SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE,

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I COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING NOT WITH COMPLAINT, NOR WITH THE REQUEST, BUT WITH A HUMBLE AND GRATEFUL HEART TO JUST SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF NAMING IN MY HONOR.

DALLAS, A DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL.

WHILE I KNOW THE FINAL VOTE WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL LATER THIS MEETING, I COULD NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU.

THERE ARE NOT MANY GRAND HONORS THAT CAN BE BESTOWED WHILE ONE IS LIVING, BUT HAVING A FACILITY NAMED FOR YOU IS ONE OF THOSE ONCE IN A LIFETIME HONORS. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND HAVING IT DONE WHILE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE, PASTOR. PRAISE GOD. IT'S ESPECIALLY. AN HONOR.

IT IS INDEED ONE OF LIFE'S HIGHLIGHTS AND ONE THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

MY FIRST PRINCIPALSHIP WAS AT HARRY STONE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE GREATEST LITTLE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE USA.

A SCHOOL THAT, WHEN I ARRIVED, HAD THE LOWEST ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL OF ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN DALLAS AND MOST OF TEXAS.

AND IT ALSO HAD THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATE OF ANY DALLAS SCHOOL.

FOR SOME, THAT WOULD SEEM TO GO HAND IN HAND, LOW ACHIEVEMENT AND POVERTY.

BUT FOR THE HARRY STONE STAFF, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

POVERTY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHILD'S MIND AND THEIR ABILITY TO ACHIEVE.

WHAT DOES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IS COMMITTED ADULTS WHO ARE THERE, WHO LOVE THE KIDS WHO SEE WHAT GOD PUT IN THE KIDS AND KNOW THAT EVERY CHILD.

EVERY CHILD HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SOAR. AND HARRY STONE.

THE KIDS SOARED BECAUSE THERE WAS A STAFF THAT LOVED THEM AS THEIR OWN.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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

CANDICE THOMPSON AND ROBERT CECCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY MARY ANNE HOSKINS AND ETHEL JACKSON ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND GUESTS. MY NAME IS CANDICE THOMPSON.

I AM THE FOUNDER AND BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF JUANITA CRAFT, CIVIL RIGHTS HOUSE AND MUSEUM.

I AM HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY IN SUPPORT OF RENAMING CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL.

IN HONOR OF MY FRIEND AND MENTOR, MISS DIANE RAGSDALE, MISS RAGSDALE'S LEADERSHIP IS ROOTED IN A POWERFUL LEGACY.

AS A YOUNG PERSON, SHE WAS SHAPED THROUGH THE NAACP AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS HERE IN DALLAS WHO FOCUSED AND CENTERED DISCIPLINE, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE OTHERS WERE NOT JUST TAUGHT, BUT IT WAS LIVED WITH INTEGRITY, AND SHE HAS CARRIED THAT LEGACY FORWARD. SHE IS NOT NEW TO THIS.

SHE IS A MOVER AND A SHAKER, ADVANCING CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND SHAPING BOTH POLICY AND PEOPLE.

SHE IS A MOVEMENT BUILDER WHOSE IMPACT CAN BE SEEN NOT ONLY IN WHAT SHE HAS DONE, BUT IN WHO SHE HAS DEVELOPED.

I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU AS ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

SHE HOLDS ME ACCOUNTABLE TO BECOMING MY BEST AND HIGHEST SELF AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I AM GRATEFUL THAT SHE MAKES TIME FOR ME, THAT SHE SHOWS UP NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR ALL OF SOUTH DALLAS AND ALL OF THOSE THAT SHE LOVES, AND THAT SHE REMAINS A TRUSTED VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND A LEADER.

THIS SCHOOL, CENTERED ON EXPLORING CAREER PATHWAYS, IS ABOUT LEGACY.

IT IT'S. RAGSDALE EMBODIES THAT LEGACY. SHE POURS HER ENERGY INTO THE NEXT GENERATION WITHOUT HESITATION AND WITH PURPOSE, ENSURING THEY NOT ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY BUT THE CONFIDENCE TO WALK IN IT.

SHE IS AN INSPIRATION AND A TIRELESS LEADER WHO LIVES WITH HER HEART AND HER FAITH FORWARD.

SHE IS DEEPLY RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNOW HER, AND TO NAME THIS SCHOOL IN HER HONOR IS NOT ONLY FITTING, BUT IT IS RIGHT. IT ENSURES THAT EVERY STUDENT WHO WALKS THROUGH THOSE DOORS WILL ENCOUNTER NOT JUST A NAME, BUT A STANDARD. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS NAMING.

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

ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MARY ANNE HOSKINS, FOLLOWED BY METHYL JACKSON AND EUREKA DRAYDEN ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I WOULD HAVE TO COMMEND CAMILLE, WHO'S THE EX-SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HERE.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 13 YEARS. SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES BACK.

I SWEAR TO GOD, I DON'T SEE NO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

ONCE YOU LEAVE, YOU NEVER COME BACK 100%. REALLY? I MEAN THAT THAT'S A DAMN SHAME, MAN. YOU KNOW THAT.

I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES BACK STEADY, STEADILY.

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OKAY, NOW I HAVE RESULTS FOR CHILDREN AT RISK 24 AND 25 PEOPLE.

HERE IS THE DATA I WANT TO GIVE TO YOU. NOT TONIGHT.

THESE ARE ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, REGULAR HIGH SCHOOLS IN DALLAS.

WHEN I SHOW IT TO YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHOCKED.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU READ YOU SOME RESULTS.

WHAT I GOT AND YOU COME BACK NEXT MONTH. I'M GOING TO HAVE IT READY TO GIVE THESE RESULTS.

YOU MIGHT LEAVE DALLAS WHEN YOU SEE THEM. OKAY.

WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS I GOT COLLEGE READINESS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND THE OVERALL GRADE.

CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND 22 YEARS. OKAY.

AND THE TEACHER? THEY GRADE THE SCHOOLS IN TEXAS THAT LONG? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOOD OR BAD, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU WHAT THEY HAVE.

COLLEGE READINESS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEVER TALK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY IN URBAN SCHOOLS.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT WHAT THE RESULTS ARE IN 2024 OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THERE'S 22 REGULAR HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE FOUR D'S AND 14 F'S FOR COLLEGE READINESS.

2025 YOU THINK WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE THE DRC DID SO WELL? YOU'RE WRONG. COLLEGE READINESS THREE D'S AND 13 F'S.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS, IF YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO DALLAS AND THEY WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, I WOULDN'T SEND THEM HERE. OKAY. REALLY? OKAY.

THESE ARE THE RESULTS RIGHT NOW. AND ALSO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY'VE GOT HERE. 24 AND 25 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, 14 D'S AND FOUR F'S.

THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOLS, REGULAR HIGH SCHOOLS. 2025 YOU THINK WOULD BE BETTER? 13 D'S AND TWO F'S. THEY'RE BETTER. YOU KNOW, FOR THE S AND D.

BUT YOU STILL THE D'S AND F'S ARE LIKE 16. 80% OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS GOT D'S.

REFS. OKAY. THEY WON'T TELL YOU THAT. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS THESE RESULTS WILL NOT COME OUT.

WHAT YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE PEOPLE UP HERE WILL KEEP IT QUIET.

I'M SERIOUS. THEY WILL KEEP IT QUIET. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.

WHAT? THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AS FAR AS IF YOU WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL IN DALLAS OR TO ANOTHER DISTRICT.

OKAY? THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU. AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

AND SOMETIMES THEY LIKE ME, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.

BUT THEY KEEP THEIR MOUTHS QUIET. THEY DON'T SAY NOTHING.

THEY DON'T SAY NOTHING. THANK YOU, MR. CECCARELLI.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

MARY ANNE HOSKINS AND ETHEL JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY EUREKA DRAYDEN ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.

MY NAME IS MARY ANNE HOSKINS. IT'S MY HUSBAND AND I, A SECOND GRANDSON, DEVIN DANTE HOSKINS.

HE'S STILL OUT OF SKYLINE OVER AN OLD LAWSUIT THAT I FILED.

IT'S 19 YEARS. IT WAS IN 2006. IT'S 19 YEARS OLD.

ALMOST 20 YEARS OLD. AN OLD LAWSUIT. COME ON NOW.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. DON'T PUNISH A STUDENT OVER A LAWSUIT.

YOU ALL DIDN'T PAY ME NO MONEY. YOU GIVE IT ALL TO MY DAUGHTER AND AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH, WITH CLASSES AND ALL THAT STUFF AND GOING TO SARAH AND ALL THAT, HAVING A DEATH THREAT AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BUT ANYHOW, STOP PUNISHING THE KIDS, PLEASE. BUT I'M GONNA MAKE SURE HE AIN'T GOING TO NO SCHOOL NO MORE.

HE GO TO A SCHOOL. IT'S GOING TO BE A PRIVATE ONE WHEN HE GET ALL THIS MONEY.

WELL, Y'ALL PUT HIM OUT OF SCHOOL, BUT. BUT WHAT? MY CONCERN TODAY WAS ABOUT SCHOOL RECORDS. I HAVE TOO MANY NAMES.

YOU HEAR? MY MAMA NAME IS ANNIE LEWIS DAVIS. THAT'S HER MAIDEN NAME.

HER MARRIED NAME IS ANNIE LEWIS BEARD. I KNOW WHEN MY MAMA GOT MARRIED BECAUSE I GOT HER AND MY DAD, LEON BYRD. I GOT THEIR MARRIAGE LICENSE. YOU HEAR ME WITH.

THEY GOT ME WITH TWO NAMES ON MY RECORDS. THEY HAVE MARY ANNE BEARD WITH.

AND THEN THEY HAVE MARY A BEARD, AND THEN GOT MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND EVERYTHING.

BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, YOU GOT THE CLASSES WHERE YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THEM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S HOW THEY A MICROFILM AND EVERYTHING, BUT ANYHOW ZANDERS.

DORIS ZANDERS, SHE WAS THE DRILL TEAM INSTRUCTOR AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND YOU. IN MY SHE WAS. AND SHE WAS AT MY WEDDING.

ME AND MY HUSBAND WHEN WE GOT MARRIED JUNE 28TH, 1986.

BUT I HAVE A PICTURE OF HER AT MY WEDDING. AND CAN YOU ALL GIVE ME THE RIGHT DIPLOMA, PLEASE?

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WE WAS THE FIRST CLASS TO GRADUATE FROM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE TODAY BECAUSE DAVID AND I HAD TO GO AT THE RESTAURANT TO GET SOME COOKIES THEY FORGOT TO GIVE US LAST NIGHT.

AND A LADY AND A MAN WAS SMOKING MARIJUANA IN THAT RESTAURANT.

I SAID, I SAID, I SAID, DO I SMELL MARIJUANA AT MCDONALD'S.

HE'S. YEAH, I SAID CALL 911 FOR A CALL 911. THE OPERATOR WAS COULDN'T TALK NO MORE.

SO WHEN WE GOT BACK HOME, I HAD DARIUS CALL 911.

THEY SMOKING MCDONALDS AT MCDONALDS AND MARIJUANA AND MCDONALDS.

HOW DARE SAY YOU GOTTA BE JOKING TRYING TO GET ME AND DEVIN ALL DIRTIED UP SMELLING LIKE MARIJUANA AND STUFF.

BUT THANK YOU, MISS HOSKINS. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE FINAL TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? NATHAN JACKSON AND EUREKA DRAYTON. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS NATHAN JACKSON. I LIVE AT 2851 TOLUCA, DALLAS, TEXAS IN DISTRICT SIX.

IF I CAN LEVEL UP WITH YOU TONIGHT. THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATE BLACK WOMEN HISTORY MONTH.

I DO KNOW THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL. RESPECTFUL, UNPROTECTED AND ELECT WOMEN IN AMERICA IS STILL THE BLACK WOMAN.

WE MUST NEVER LET ANYONE ERASE OUR ACHIEVEMENT AND OUR CONTRIBUTION.

WE ARE THE ONE THAT SHAPED THIS COUNTRY. WE DO MORE THAN JUST HONOR OUR PAST AND OUR PRESENT.

WE RECLAIM OUR POWER. WE DEFEND OUR FUTURE FOR THE GENERATION THAT WILL COME AFTER US.

WHEN BLACK WOMEN RISE JUST TO FOLLOW. WHEN BLACK WOMEN LEAD THE NATION MOVE.

I CAN TRULY SAY WE ARE SOME BAD SISTERS. WE ARE THE FORCE THAT HISTORY HISTORY CANNOT CONTAIN.

THE VOICE THAT INJUSTICE CANNOT SILENCE. AND THE FUTURE THAT THE NATION CANNOT IGNORE.

I DO KNOW THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE SOUL OF A BLACK WOMAN.

CASE IN POINT ON NOVEMBER THE 5TH, 20, 2014, YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR TO VOTE FOR A PERSON WITH CLASS KAMALA HARRIS. BUT YOU CHOSE TO VOTE FOR A RAPIST, A THUG, AS DONALD TRUMP.

LET THIS MAKE SENSE. OR. ON MARCH THE 3RD, 2026, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT JASMINE CROCKETT J. C AS OUR NEXT SENATOR.

BUT BUT OUR SENATOR JC CARRIED THE BROWN AGENDA.

BUT WHAT DO YOU DO IN RETURN? YOU VOTED WITH THE WHITE.

MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE. DOCTOR KING SAID OVER 60 YEARS AGO.

IN THE END, WE WILL NOT REMEMBER IT. WE WILL NOT REMEMBER THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMY, BUT THE SILENT VOICE OF OUR FRIEND. PLEASE LET ME FINISH. BLACK WOMEN HAVE NEVER WAITED FOR JUSTICE.

WE HAVE DEMANDED IT, BUILD IT AND DEFEND IT AT EVERY TURN.

THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WE HAVE BEEN THE ARCHITECT OF CHANGE, THE MORAL COMPASS OF MOVEMENT AND THE BACKBONE OF PROCESS PROGRESS. WE HAVE MOTHER REVOLUTION, BORN JUSTICE AND CARRIED THIS NATION ON OUR BACK EVEN WHEN. THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. WELL, OUR FINAL SPEAKER.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. EUREKA! DRAYTON.

GOOD EVENING. I'M EUREKA DRAYTON, PRESIDENT OF THE DALLAS ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

I WANT TO THANK THIS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WE COME TOGETHER AT DELTA DAY AT THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING.

DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO SERVICE THROUGH SOCIAL ACTION.

SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1913, FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON ENACTING LAWS AND POLICIES THAT EXPAND AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF ALL CITIZENS. CHARTERED IN 1924 BY ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS, FREDRICA CHASE DODD, AS THE FIRST GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATION IN DALLAS COUNTY, THE DALLAS ALUMNAE CHAPTER HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF SOCIAL ACTION,

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OUR PROGRAMS REFLECT DELTA'S FIVE POINT PROGRAMMATIC THRUST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND POLITICAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT.

AS MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS ALUMNAE CHAPTER, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO ADVANCING SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. OUR CHAPTER CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, INCLUDING VOTING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, HEALTH EQUITY, REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

THE DALLAS ALUMNI CHAPTER CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS AND JUSTICE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN DALLAS ISD, WITH THE FOCUS ON SUPPORTING AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND PROMOTING RACIAL EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

WE APPLAUD THIS. DALLAS DALLAS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, CAMPUS LEADERS, AND TEACHERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED ALIGNMENT WITH DELTA'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND COMMITMENT TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, OUR CHAPTER HAS REMAINED ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE DISTRICT DISTRICT THROUGH INITIATIVES THAT INCLUDE SUPPORTING STRATEGIES FOCUSED ON CLOSING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND DISTRICT INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.

WE ENGAGE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS, INCLUDING OUR UPCOMING BONDS AND BALLOTS WEBINAR ON APRIL 13TH AT 7 P.M..

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO ATTEND.

OUR SPEAKERS WILL BE TRUSTEE GARCIA, TURNER AND SANDERS.

OUR MEMBERS CONTINUE TO DEDICATE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS ACROSS CAMPUSES, SERVING ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

PTAS PARTICIPATED IN PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY, MENTORING EDUCATORS, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY SARA.S WHO ARE STANDING WITH ME, AND WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, PARTNER AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC FORUM.

THANK YOU. SPEAKERS, TRUSTEES, WE'LL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE.

CLOSED SESSION. HOWEVER, THE BOARD WILL NOT RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING.

SO TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM SIX REPORTS, BEGINNING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WHICH IS A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY, CULTURE AND SOCIETY AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED ANNUALLY IN THE MONTH OF MARCH IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1987.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS LEADING THE CHANGE WOMEN SHAPING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, AND I CAN THINK OF A.

I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER THEME TO CELEBRATE THE WOMEN WHO SERVE ON THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THOSE IN THE PAST, AND THOSE HERE TODAY WHO CONTINUE TO LEAD THE CHANGE.

GIRLS BASKETBALL. SPEAKING OF WOMEN MAKING HISTORY, THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL LADY TIGERS RECENTLY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST FREDERICKSBURG TO BECOME THE DALLAS GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WITH THE MOST STATE TITLES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR ATHLETES.

THE LADY TIGERS WAS NOT THE ONLY RECENT ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT AT THE ALAMODOME.

OR, AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER SOUTH.

NOTHING WAS BIGGER THAN THE PRESENCE OF DALLAS ISD IN A FEAT NEVER, NEVER ACCOMPLISHED IN OUR LONG AND STORIED ATHLETIC HISTORY. THREE THREE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS JAMES THE GREAT, JAMES MADISON, JUSTIN F KIMBALL AND DAVID W CARTER ALL TRAVELED TO THE U-I-L STATE TOURNAMENT AND SWEPT THEIR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS.

THE GREAT JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL SECURED THE THREE A DIVISION ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 70 TO 59 VICTORY OVER ORANGE FIELD.

DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL CAPTURED THE FOUR A DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 67 TO 41 WIN OVER LA MARQUE AND JUSTIN F KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL CLAIMED THE FOUR A DIVISION ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, DEFEATING ALMEDA CRAWFORD 60 TO 42.

THIS IS THAT PROGRAM'S NINTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

COMING UP ON APRIL 11TH. WE WILL HAVE THE GREAT A GREAT EVENT AT FAIR PARK FOR FAMILIES TO EXPLORE THE INCREDIBLE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES WE OFFER AT OUR LEGACY SCHOOLS. AT THE MORE CHOICE EXPO, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES CAN FIND THE BEST FIT FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

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REGARDING ACHIEVEMENT, IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO MEET RECENTLY WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO PAVE THE PATHWAY TO CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS BY THIRD GRADE, THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK WE ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS, WHETHER IT IS GIVING THEM AN EARLY START IN PRE-KINDERGARTEN OR MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SKILLS TO TACKLE NEW CHALLENGES, IS WHAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE ALL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS.

FORMER DALLAS COWBOYS DANNY MCCRAY SURPRISED US WITH.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THERE WE GO. WELL, I'M LOOKING FOR THE $10,000 CHECK THROUGH THE INSPIRE CHANGE SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANT TO CONTINUE THE WORK IN GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A VERY WONDERFUL SLIDE. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS FLAG FOOTBALL.

NONETHELESS, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT DALLAS ISD, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS, LAUNCHED ITS FIRST EVER GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE LAST SPRING. ALL 22 DALLAS ISD HIGH SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE INAUGURAL SEASON LAST YEAR, AND MY ONLY REGRET IS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN THE YEAR.

WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN FIELD TRIPS THANKS TO A $250,000 GRANT FROM LYDA HILL PHILANTHROPIES.

DALLAS ISD IS SENDING EVERY FIRST, SECOND, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SEVENTH GRADER DISTRICT WIDE ON THE SAME AGE AND CURRICULUM APPROPRIATE FIELD TRIPS THAT FOCUS ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH, GIVING MORE THAN 48,000 STUDENTS HANDS ON EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORTS WHAT THEY ARE STUDYING IN THE CLASSROOM AND MAKING THE LEARNING REAL.

EXPLORATION IS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN STEM CONCEPTS, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE FOUNDATION FOR HELPING US BRING THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY TO SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT'S IT FOR MARCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT. TRUSTEES WILL TURN TO BOARD OF TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

ARE THERE ANY BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE REPORTS? SEEING NONE FROM AUDIT AND I'M TRUSTEE MACKEY IS NOT ONLINE.

OKAY, SO THEN NO COMMITTEE REPORTS. TRUSTEES WILL THEN TURN TO 6.03 TRUSTEE REPORTS, BEGINNING WITH TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT ONE TRUSTEE CURRIE.

CAN'T HEAR YOU. TRUSTEE. ARE YOU. IS HE MUTED? STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU. OKAY, TRUSTEE TRUSTEE CURRY, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AS WE FIX YOUR AUDIO.

WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. THEN WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT TWO, TRUSTEE WEINBERG.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. CARRY ON. I'D LIKE TO START BY CONGRATULATING WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AARON G AND JOHN M FOR EARNING OUTSTANDING COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. AARON WILL ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AS A UT IMPACT SCHOLAR, WHICH RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ACADEMIC POTENTIAL.

HE WAS CHOSEN OUT OF ONLY 100 STUDENTS ACROSS TEXAS TO RECEIVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, AND I WAS THERE WHEN THEY SURPRISED HIM WITH IT AND HE WAS SO EXCITED AND IT WAS REALLY AMAZING. SUPER EXCITED FOR HIM. JOHN IS A MOREHEAD-CAIN SCHOLARSHIP WINNER, WHICH IS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND IT'S 3 TO 4% SELECTIVE FULL RIDE AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL.

HE'LL BE MAJORING IN BIOENGINEERING AND WANTS TO BE A DOCTOR.

I GOT TO ACTUALLY VISIT WITH HIM ON THE SAME DAY AND HE RUNS TRACK AS WELL AND WAS JUST A DELIGHT.

BOTH. BOTH KIDS WERE. STUDENTS WERE A DELIGHT TO VISIT WITH AND ATHLETICS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HILLCREST GIRLS SOCCER TEAM AND WOODROW WILSON'S HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL'S BOYS SOCCER TEAM FOR ADVANCING TO THE AREA ROUND OF UI L PLAYOFFS. THEY BOTH PLAYED EACH OTHER ONE AFTER ANOTHER LAST SATURDAY AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO SPECTATE.

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO HILLCREST BASEBALL COACH ASHLEY MOORE FOR COLLECTING HIS 350TH CAREER WIN.

LET'S GO PANTHERS. CONGRATULATIONS TO MARIA BOFFI, A BILINGUAL TEACHER AT ROGERS ELEMENTARY.

I'M BEING NAMED A FINALIST FOR THE H-E-B EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARDS AS A RISING STAR ELEMENTARY HONOREE.

AS A RESULT, SHE'S ADVANCING TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND IS INVITED TO HOUSTON FOR THE AWARD GALA IN MAY.

SHE AND THE CAMPUS WERE ALSO SURPRISED WITH $2,000 CHECKS.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

I BELIEVE I, I, I WILL REDISTRICT. HE'S HE'S ON THE LINE.

OKAY. TRUSTEE MICCICHE, CAN YOU HEAR US? OKAY.

WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. WE'RE HAVING SOME AUDIO DIFFICULTIES.

TRUSTEES THAT ARE ONLINE. SO WE CAN'T HEAR. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT FOUR. LET'S DO FOUR AND SEE IF WE CAN FIX THE AUDIO FOR THREE AND ONE IN A BIT.

SO TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT FOUR TRUSTEE GARCIA. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING MIGUEL FIJO MESQUITA FROM ANNIE WEBB BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR AS ONE OF THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST.

TEACHERS LIKE HIM HAVE BEEN CHANGING LIVES AND ONE LESSON AT A TIME.

CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU AND ME.

A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE STUDENTS OF QUALIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR MAKING DISD HISTORY.

THEY WERE ONE OF ONLY THREE TEAMS IN THE DISTRICT TO ADVANCE TO THE STATE LEVEL OF THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIRD GRADE TEACHER MISS MARTINEZ AND OUR TEACHER, MR. MAZIER FOR LEADING THESE STUDENTS. MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO KAYLA CHAMPION, A SCIENCE TEACHER AT SEAGOVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR BEING HONORED AT THE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION INNOVATIONS IN STEM TEACHING AWARDS AS ONE OF OVER 120 EDUCATORS SUPPORTED BY THE T FOUNDATION. MISS CHAMPION'S WORK ENSURES THAT FUTURE.

THE FUTURE OF STEM IN DALLAS IS BRIGHTER THAN EVER.

THANK YOU, MISS CHAMPION, FOR BEING A CHAMPION, FOR LEADING THE WAY AND IN STEM EXCELLENCE.

KUDOS TO THE STUDENTS AT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ALSO THE YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BOX SPRINGS.

AND OF COURSE, H. GRADY SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN COMMON SENSE SINCE LIKE MONEY SINCE THROUGH THEIR STUDENT DRIVEN PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAM, STUDENTS RAISE FUNDS FOR LOCAL NONPROFITS OF THEIR CHOICE.

AND OF COURSE, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION GOES OUT TO THE YOUNG WOMEN STEAM ACADEMY FOR WINNING PENNIES FOR HEARTS AWARD AND THE TOP SECONDARY CATEGORY, RAISING OVER $2,000 FOR BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.

THIS CONCLUDES MY ACCOLADES. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GARCIA.

WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT FIVE TRUSTEE SANDERS.

ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE THE POWER FIVE ACCOLADES.

FIRST, CONGRATS TO THE AMAZING SCHOLARS AT NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOL AT B.F.

DARRELL, WHO REPRESENTED POWER D5 AT THE REGIONAL DESTINATION IMAGINATION TOURNAMENT.

NOW. SORRY, SORRY SORRY. REGIONAL DESTINATION.

IMAGINATION TOURNAMENT. YOU GOT TO PUT THE RIGHT EMPHASIS ON THE WORD.

NOW THEY ARE HEADED TO THE LONE STAR FINALS AT UT ARLINGTON, AND I KNOW THE NEW TECH FAMILY WILL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT DISTRICT FIVE WITH EXCELLENCE.

AS GRADUATION SEASON APPROACHES, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DAVID F, A SENIOR AT THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS AT TOMKAM.

SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS LAST TIME, BUT HEAR IT AGAIN.

DOCTOR WILLIE FRED JOHNSON, PRINCIPAL OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL, AND ABRAM JOSEPH, PRINCIPAL OF FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATION.

AND I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION IN A MOMENT.

WE, WE RECENTLY LOST A LEGEND IN THE DALLAS EDUCATION, I WOULD CALL IT MOUNT RUSHMORE.

THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN MOVED WITH SUCH GRACE CLASS AND SHE WAS A PIONEER FRONTIER RUNNER AND A LEADER IN EVERY DOMAIN THAT SHE STEPPED INTO.

MISS SHIRLEY R FISHER PASSED AWAY RECENTLY, AND THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF RESPECT FOR HER FROM DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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WHEREAS THE DISTRICT FIVE COMMUNITY OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HONORS AND COMMEMORATES THE LIFE OF SHIRLEY ARTHUR FISHER.

WHEREAS MISS FISHER RECEIVED HER EDUCATION AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY AND EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND MATHEMATICS. SHE LATER OBTAINED A MASTER'S OF EDUCATION, SPECIALIZING IN COUNSELING, GUIDANCE AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. WHEREAS, MISS FISHER BEGAN HER CAREER IN THE GALVESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AFTER SIX YEARS, SHE JOINED THE WILMER-HUTCHINS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, SERVING AS BOTH A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND COUNSELOR.

AS ONE OF ONLY TWO BLACK TEACHERS ON HER CAMPUS, SHE FACED RACISM BUT PERSEVERED, LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROFOUNDLY IMPACTING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. WHEREAS MISS FISHER CAREER CONTINUED TO FLOURISH WHEN SHE JOINED THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WORKING AS A COUNSELOR AT DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL AND BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL.

HER EXCELLENCE LED TO HER APPOINTMENT AS ADMINISTRATOR OVER COUNSELING SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT OVER 28 YEARS WITH DALLAS ISD.

MISS FISHER. MRS. FISHER WAS A TRAILBLAZER WHO HELPED COUNTLESS STUDENTS OVERCOME OBSTACLES, GRADUATE AND BUILD MEANINGFUL LIVES. WHEREAS MRS. FISHER SERVED AS THE 21ST SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED AND WAS DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE ALPHA PSI OMEGA CHAPTER. WHEREAS MRS. FISHER EARNED NUMEROUS HONORS, INCLUDING COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND INDUCTION INTO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATION ARCHIVES AND HISTORY PROGRAM HALL OF FAME IN 2020.

SHE AUTHORED THE INFLUENTIAL PAPER BLACK WOMEN ACHIEVEMENT AGAINST THE ODDS, WON THE DALLAS ISD COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR AWARD THREE TIMES AND BECAME THE DISTRICT'S FIRST MINORITY INTERIM DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING SERVICES IN 2025.

SHE RECEIVED THE A A A H P HUMANITARIAN AWARD.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, I. BYRON SANDERS, SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE, DISTRICT FIVE OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, EXTEND MY SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF MRS. SHIRLEY R FISHER. THOSE ARE MY. THOSE ARE MY NOTES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

YES, I'LL BE READING DISTRICT SIX AND DISTRICT SEVEN.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING OUR OUTSTANDING BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM AT JUSTIN FORD KIMBALL AND DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH ARE IN DISTRICT SIX FOR THEIR RECORD BREAKING CHAMPIONSHIPS WINS THIS YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TO THESE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT ATHLETES.

COACH NICK SMITH AND LYNDON LOVE AND THE ENTIRE COACHING STAFF FOR THIS INCREDIBLE YEAR.

I AM SO PROUD OF EACH OF THESE YOUNG MEN. MY GOAL IS TO MEET THE YOUNG MEN WHERE THEY ARE AND THEN HELP THEM TO OBTAIN GREATNESS. IT'S ALSO RECORD BREAKING THAT FOR JUSTIN FORD KIMBALL.

IT'S THEIR NINTH WIN. AND FOR DAVID W CARTER, IT'S THE VERY FIRST WIN FOR THAT SCHOOL.

SEEMS UNREAL, BUT IT'S TRUE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S RECORD BREAKING BREAKING.

AND I GET THE HONOR OF KNOWING BOTH OF THEM. WELL, WE HAD THE SMITH BROTHERS, NICK SMITH FROM JUSTIN FORD KIMBALL AND GERALD SMITH FROM JAMES MADISON. EXCUSE ME, THE GREAT JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL.

I NEED TO MAKE NO MISTAKES. SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS EXCEPTIONAL YEAR FOR THEM, AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TIES TO ALL FOUR SCHOOLS SINCE I'M A LINCOLN GRADUATE. SO THE GIRLS FROM LINCOLN, THE BOYS FROM THE GREAT JAMES MADISON, THE BOYS FROM JUSTIN FORD KIMBALL AND THE BOYS FROM DAVID.W CARTER.

WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. IN MOORE CARTER NEWS, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE COACH LOVE, WHO IS THE COACH FOR THE CARTER COWBOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, FOR BEING NAMED 2025 2026 DIVISION TWO COACH OF THE YEAR. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING YEAR FOR THIS FOR THIS AMAZING COACH.

I'M SO PROUD OF HIM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE JANICE VASQUEZ FROM UMPHREY LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE IS A TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST WHO BRINGS INNOVATION TO THE CLASSROOM AND IS COMMITTED TO SERVING HER COMMUNITY AND HER STUDENTS. WE ARE PROUD AND LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING YOU AT THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT.

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THANK YOU TO THE TEACHER, JONATHAN DOMINGUEZ, FOR GUIDING YOUR STUDENTS IN THIS PERFECT WAY OF RECOGNITION.

AND US DISTRICT SIX, THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACCOLADES.

AND I CAN'T READ THEM LIKE BEN, SO DON'T EXPECT THAT.

BUT HE'S MY PARTNER. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM.

GRADUATION SEASON IS GOING TO BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

AND BEN WANTED TO START BY GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO FOUR SENIORS AT TRINI GARZA EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.

KADEN M, NATALIE L, EMMANUEL A AND ENOCH A WERE NOT ONLY ACCEPTED INTO UT AUSTIN, BUT ALL WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE COCKRELL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING.

THIS IS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM, SO IT'S A BIG HONOR FOR THESE STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ELIZABETH OJALA, A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT LENOIR KIRK HALL PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT OAK CLIFF, WHO IS A TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST. CONGRATULATIONS, MISS OJALA, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS.

HE WOULD ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT MISS MICHELLE CAELIUS FROM W.H.

ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL AND MISS YANLEE FROM TRINI GARZA, WHO RECENTLY WERE HONORED AS WINNERS OF THE 2025 TEXAS INSTRUMENT FOUNDATION INNOVATION IN STEM TEACHING AWARD OUT OF JUST SEVEN WINNERS ACROSS DALLAS ISD.

TWO OF THOSE WINNERS CAME FROM DISTRICT SEVEN.

AND LAST, A SHOUT OUT TO YASMIN T, A SENIOR AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL, FOR RECEIVING THE UT IMPACT SCHOLAR AWARD, A FIRST DOLLAR FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP TO UT AUSTIN.

ONLY 100 STUDENTS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS ARE IMPACT SCHOLARS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE. I WILL GIVE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY EXTENDING A SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO AISHA CHARLES OF SOLAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FOR BEING NAMED A CHOICE MAGNET FINALIST FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR. THIS RECOGNITION REFLECTS HER EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO HER STUDENTS AND HER COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINING MONTH.

I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC TRAINERS DARREN STRYDOM AND KYLA KIMBROUGH FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

THEIR DEDICATION KEEPS STUDENT ATHLETES SAFE, SUPPORTED AND READY TO PERFORM.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. CASE IN POINT, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER TEAM ON A ON A AMAZING SEASON THUS FAR.

THE BULLDOGS DEFEATED RIDGELAND PROSPER AND FOUR 4 TO 3 IN A PENALTY SHOOTOUT AFTER DOUBLE OVERTIME ON TUESDAY IN THEIR REGIONAL PLAYOFF GAME. THEY WILL TAKE ON THE PALESTINE WILDCATS THIS SATURDAY IN THE REGIONAL SEMIFINALS.

GOOD LUCK BULLDOGS. I ALSO I'D LIKE TO JUST IN MY REMARKS BY RECOGNIZING TRUSTEE TURNER AND THANKING HIM FOR FOR INVITING ME AND JOINING ME IN A RECENT MENTORING WORKSHOP PARTNERSHIP WITH A CITY LAB AND IDEA HIGH SCHOOLS.

THROUGH THE JOURNEY FORWARD MENTORING SESSION, WE ENGAGE 26 STUDENTS FROM CITY LAB AND IDEA AND A STUDENT LED CONVERSATION ON POLICY, COLLEGE READINESS, CAREER PATHWAYS CREATING SPACE FOR A THOUGHTFUL DIALOG AND STUDENT VOICE.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE TURNER. AND THANK YOU STUDENTS FOR, FOR HAVING US.

BE JOIN YOU IN COMMUNITY THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

TRUSTEE TURNER ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH MY REPORT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MEGAN VANCE OF HAROLD W LANG SENIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE WAS NAMED FINALIST OF TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

HER DEDICATION REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF DISTRICT NINE, AND OUR COMMUNITY IS ROOTING FOR YOU.

AS THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED, THE DYNAMIC DISTRICT NINE IS DOMINATING IN ATHLETICS.

SHOUT OUT TO THE LEGENDARY LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL LADIES FOR THEIR BACK TO BACK U.I.L.

CLASS DISTRICT FOUR DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM ROCKING MY RING. I GOT MY BLING ON.

YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S MINE AT HOME. YEAH, IT'S ALL GOOD.

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OKAY. ALSO TO MY ALMA MATER, THE GREAT JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEY BROUGHT HOME THE CLASS A DIVISION ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS THEIR SIXTH TITLE STATE TITLE IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

AND WE GOT MORE WINS TO COME. ALL RIGHT TO MY YOUNG LADIES AT IRMA RANGEL, YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THEATER EARNED FIRST PLACE IN U.I.L. ACT ONE PLAY COMPETITION.

WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. AND WE CHEER YOU ON AS YOU HEAD TO THE BI DISTRICT CONTEST ON MARCH 31ST.

AS YOU ALL CAN SEE, THERE ARE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT NINE.

AS I CONTINUE IN MORE EXCELLENCE IN DISTRICT NINE, THE FINE ARTS EXCELLENCE FIELD, BLAIR, A TEACHER AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND PERFORMANCE AND VISUAL ARTS, WHERE MY DAUGHTER KENDALL TURNER ATTENDS IS A FINALIST AT THE H-E-B EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARDS.

THIS RECOGNITION INCLUDES A $1,000 AWARD AND ADVANCEMENT TO THE STATE COMPETITION IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. FINALLY, AS PRESIDENT CARRILLO MENTIONED, THANK YOU TO CITY LAB SCHOOL FOR WELCOMING US INTO A INTO THE MENTORING WORKSHOP.

THIS WAS PUT ON BY JOURNEY FORWARD AND ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES THAT I MENTOR, ZION.

ZION S CAN'T SAY HER LAST NAME, BUT SHE PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, ORGANIZED THE STUDENTS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

AND THIS WAS 100% HER IDEA AS TRUSTEE THAT GREW UP IN THE SOUTH DALLAS AREA.

THIS IS A ALWAYS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR ME TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BECOME CIVICALLY ENGAGED LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY TURN 18.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY DISTRICT NINE REPORT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE TURNER.

I BELIEVE TRUSTEE WEINBERG WILL READ THE DISTRICT ONE ACCOLADES ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE CURRIE.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. I'LL DO MY BEST.

TRUSTEE CURRIE IMITATION. I THOUGHT THAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN DID A NICE JOB.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. HE TEXTED ME. CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH LAQUITA DOCKERY OF W.T.

WHITE HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WAS NAMED THE 2526 REGION THREE FIVE COACH OF THE YEAR BY THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION IN THE TEXAS COACHES EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION REFLECTS HER LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION AND IMPACT ON STUDENT ATHLETES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EDDIE WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM FOR AN OUTSTANDING SHOWING AT THE TEXAS REGION TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE STUDENTS COMPETED AGAINST MORE THAN 70 TEAMS, DISTINGUISHING THEMSELVES AT A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE FIELD AND EARNING AN IMPRESSIVE SIXTH PLACE FINISH. THE ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS THE TEAM'S PREPARATION, INNOVATION AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE FROM PRESTONWOOD MONTESSORI.

KUDOS TO THE PRE-K BILINGUAL TEACHERS ANITA VICTORIABROWN AND ELIZABETH LARA FOR PRESENTING AT THE AMERICAN MONTESSORI SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS IS A HUGE HONOR AND A REFLECTION OF THEIR EXPERTISE AND PASSION FOR EDUCATION.

LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM.

RECENTLY, STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN HANDS ON CLASSES AT SUR LA TABLE, MASTERING CLASSIC FRENCH PASTRIES IN A PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN SETTING.

SEVERAL STUDENTS WERE OFFERED EMPLOYMENT AS KITCHEN ASSISTANTS AS A RESULT OF THEIR PERFORMANCE.

A TESTAMENT TO BOTH THEIR SKILL AND PROFESSIONALISM.

THIS CONCLUDES DISTRICT ONE'S ACCOLADES FOR THE MONTH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. AND I BELIEVE TRUSTEE GARCIA WILL READ THE DISTRICT THREE ACCOLADES ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. I WILL FIRST SAY THAT THE DYNAMIC NINE DISTRICT NINE DOES NOT HAVE THE LAST WORD ANYMORE.

DISTRICT THREE IS THE PLACE TO BE. SO FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTINE VICKERS OF JACK LOWE SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BEING NAMED A FINALIST FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR. THIS RECOGNITION SPEAKS TO HER DEDICATION, PASSION, AND THE LASTING IMPACT SHE MAKES IN THE LIVES OF HER STUDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY. CONTINUING THE CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENT EDUCATORS, CONGRATULATIONS TO YASMEEN HARRIS YOUNGBLOOD, LIBRARIAN AT VICTOR HEXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH, A SIDE NOTE, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

I ACTUALLY STOPPED BY TO VISIT THE LIBRARY ONE DAY FOR.

AND SHE WAS NAMED THE 2026 NATIONAL SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR.

THIS NATIONAL HONOR HIGHLIGHTS THE INCREDIBLE WORK SHE DOES TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

AND WE ARE EQUALLY PROUD OF OF MR. COLIN HAMILTON, WHO IS A MATH TEACHER AT EMMA.J CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL, FOR RECEIVING THE 2026 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION INNOVATIONS IN STEM TEACHING AWARD.

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THAT SAME SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE EXTENDS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BRYAN ADAMS BELLS AND THE DANCE VARSITY HIP HOP CREW ON AN INCREDIBLE COMPETITION SEASON, EARNING GRAND CHAMPION HONORS, FIRST PLACE FINISHES AND SPECIAL JUDGES AWARDS.

THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING D3 WITH SUCH TALENT AND PRIDE.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE RECOGNITION IS CONTINUOUSLY POURING IN.

FOR DISTRICT THREE. SO ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER TEAM FOR BEING AREA CHAMPIONS.

THE THIRD ROUND IS UP NEXT TOMORROW. SO PROUD OF THIS GROUP OF KIDS.

TRUSTEE MAC MITCHK. SORRY. SO IT'S SO PROUD OF THESE KIDS AND COACHES.

GO COUGARS. AND OF COURSE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL LADY CHARGER GOLF TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES AND COACH BURRELL. DISTRICT CHAMPIONS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW.

AND FINALLY, TRUSTEE MITSCHKE WANTS TO EXPRESS HIS APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THE PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS D3 HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISERS. HE WAS ABLE TO HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING EVENTS AT MARTHA TURNER, REILLY ELEMENTARY AND ALEX SANGER PREPARATORY SCHOOLS, AND HE IS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND THIS CONCLUDES DISTRICT THREE ACCOLADES. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE GARCIA. I BELIEVE WE MISSED ONE THING ON THE DISTRICT ONE ACCOLADES.

GOOD. JUST REALLY LAST QUICK, QUICK LAST THING.

TRUSTEE CURRIE WANTED ME TO BE SURE AND CONGRATULATE TJ THOMAS JEFFERSON FOR CELEBRATING 70 YEARS THIS WEEK.

IT'S A BIG, BIG MILESTONE TURNING 70. SO CONGRATULATIONS.

YES. RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN SPECIFICALLY 7.01.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

TRUSTEES. THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL CALLED BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026. THE EMPLOYEE HEARING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 26TH, 2026 AND THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 26TH, 2026. TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED. TRUSTEES. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

AND TRUSTEES THAT ARE ONLINE. IF THE AUDIO IS STILL NOT WORKING, YOU'RE ASKED TO, I GUESS, HOLD UP A SIGN THAT THAT EXPRESSES YOUR VOTE.

TRUSTEE CURRIE VOTES YES. TRUSTEE MACKEY VOTES YES.

AND TRUSTEE MIKHAILK VOTES YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, I DO APOLOGIZE. WE ARE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH SOME AUDIO AND SOME EQUIPMENT.

SO WE WILL WORK ON THAT. I APPRECIATE OUR TRUSTEES, BUT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE TRUSTEES. AUDIO. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR TRUSTEES.

IT'S OUR EQUIPMENT AND WE WILL GET THAT CORRECTED.

THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES NINE ZERO.

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

SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 8.01.

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

ANYONE SECOND HAS BEEN MOVED. HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEE. IS THERE DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NO DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES CAST YOUR VOTES.

YES. TRUSTEE CURRY VOTES. YES. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

YES. TRUSTEE MACKEY. YES. TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? I DID. I ABSTAINED. OKAY.

I'M SORRY. IT SAYS YES FOR YOU. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES. EIGHT. VOTING? YES WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

TRUSTEE ADOPTED ITEM 8.01. SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 8.02.

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TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND, TRUSTEE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEE. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

I'D LIKE AN EXPLANATION FOR EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS.

YES, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE. YES, MA'AM. SO SHOULD THE BOND VOTE ON MAY 2ND BE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSITIONS THAT THE BOARD APPROVED TO BE PLACED? THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO UTILIZE FUND BALANCE TO CONTINUE, OR RATHER, TO BEGIN THE PROJECTS RATHER THAN HAVING TO WAIT.

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WOULD BE WHEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY SELL BONDS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY BECAUSE THE VOTERS WOULD HAVE APPROVED IT.

IF THE BOND IS NOT SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE WOULD NOT HAVE AN OPTION TO USE THAT.

THIS IS ONLY IN THE EVENT THAT THE BOND VOTE IS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSITIONS.

DO WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN CONSIDERATION? I DON'T I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SPECIFIC AMOUNT RIGHT NOW.

I COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SCOPE OF THAT WORK WOULD LOOK LIKE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME. THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDS IN RESERVE.

WE WOULD NEVER USE MORE THAN WHAT THE POLICY THAT YOU ALL HAVE ESTABLISHED REQUIRES US UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL PERIOD. BUT THIS IS SIMPLY TO JUST GET THE PROJECTS DURING THOSE SIX MONTHS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ESCALATING COSTS.

SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME LIMIT ON THAT.

SO THAT THE BOARD HAS SOME IDEA OF EXPENDITURES THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE OTHER REASONS TO USE FUND BALANCE MONEY.

AND SO YOU'D HAVE THAT OVERLAPPING PIECE. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF DOLLAR AMOUNT.

I'M NOT AGAINST IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME.

THAT'S JUST TO OPEN. YEAH, I UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT PREPARE, NOR DID I ASK.

SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT POSITION ON THIS ITEM.

YES, MA'AM. TRUSTEE IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE. YES. TRUSTEE. YES. TRUSTEE MACKEY VOTES.

YES. SAYING YES TO. I DON'T KNOW, SHE CAN'T VOTE.

TRUSTEE WEINBERG YOU VOTE YES. THANK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. NINE VOTING. I'M SORRY.

EIGHT VOTING YES AND ONE ABSTENTION. TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.02.

SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 9.01.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.39, AS AMENDED.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ]

THE FOLLOWING ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED FOR SEPARATE VOTE.

THAT IS 9.09, MEANING THAT ITEM IS PULLED FOR SEPARATE VOTE AND DISCUSSION IN THE IN THE FOLLOWING ITEM.

HAS BEEN PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND NO DISCUSSION.

9.07 TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED? SO MOVED. SECOND. TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. TRUSTEE CURRY VOTES.

YES. TRUSTEE MICCICHE VOTES. YES. TRUSTEE MACKEY.

YES.

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

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

SO, TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.01.

[10. ITEM PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE ]

[01:30:05]

TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND, TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. C TRUSTEE TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE.

OKAY. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY I CAN THINK OF NO OTHER COUPLE BETTER TO NAME THE SCHOOL AFTER THAN HECTOR AND TULA.

I KNEW HECTOR FIRST. AND THEN I MET TULA.

I CAN SEE WHY HECTOR IS WHO HE IS. BECAUSE TULA WAS THE BOSS.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION OF NAMING A SCHOOL AFTER FIND PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE TURNER. YES. I WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS DEFINITELY A PLEASURE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THIS POSITION.

TO NAME A SCHOOL AFTER HECTOR FLORES. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AT TOP, AND WHEN THE WHOLE HOME RULE DEBATE STARTED OUT, THAT WAS MY BAPTISM INTO DALLAS POLITICS.

I REMEMBER CHAIRING OUR COMMITTEE, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR SCHOOL, AND THE MEETING WAS GOING ON ARRAY.

IT WAS LIKE I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL IN THE MEETING.

HECTOR LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, CHAIRMAN, CAN YOU GET CONTROL OF YOUR MEETING? AND HE HIT HIS FIST AGAINST THE TABLE. AND I WAS LIKE, YES, SIR, YES, SIR.

SO I HAD TO PUT THE GAVEL DOWN AND GET CONTROL OF THAT MEETING. BUT AFTERWARDS, HECTOR PULLED ME TO THE SIDE AND JUST KIND OF EXPLAINED TO ME THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THINGS THAT GET CONTROVERSIAL AND STAY ON THE RIGHT PATH TO TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE.

AND THAT ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME. AND HECTOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE THAT I'VE LOOKED UP TO.

I'VE ALWAYS VALUED AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE ADVICE THAT HE GAVE ME BECAUSE IT ALWAYS CAME FROM HOW CAN I BE A BETTER PERSON? AND I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, AND I AM REALLY, REALLY HONORED TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THIS POSITION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE GARCIA.

HECTOR FLORES AND TULA FLORES. THERE THERE ARE NO BETTER PEOPLE.

I THANK YOU FOR PAVING THE WAY FOR US. MANY OF US AND OF COURSE, FOR FOR OTHER FUTURE LEADERS.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

I CAN ONLY STRIVE TO BE AS GREAT AS THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS.

I RECALL HEARING ABOUT HECTOR WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I THOUGHT IT SEEMED LIKE SOMEONE SO DISTANT, BUT I. I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONCE I BEGAN GETTING INVOLVED.

HECTOR WAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR COMMUNITY, FOR PLEASANT GROVE, FOR OAK CLIFF, FOR EVERYONE, FOR LULAC. AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND GET THIS PRIVILEGE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SANDERS I I READ ABOUT MR. FLORES BEFORE I EVER MET HIM. AND YOU, IF YOU GROW UP IN DALLAS, YOU YOU LEARN THAT THERE'S A FEW NAMES THAT ARE KIND OF ON THE HALL OF FAME OF JUSTICE. THE HALL OF FAME OF, OF, OF EQUITY, HALL OF FAME, OF REPRESENTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE INFINITE VALUE THEMSELVES, BUT OFTENTIMES DON'T HAVE A MICROPHONE.

AND BROTHER FLORES IS ABSOLUTELY THAT. WE ARE GRATEFUL AND THE CITY HAS BEEN MADE BETTER.

THIS NATION HAS BEEN MADE BETTER BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK, BRETHREN.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEAUTIFUL IS TO KNOW JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE KIND OF BILINGUAL PROGRAM HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR HECTOR FLORES, LITERALLY GLOBETROTTING ALL OVER THE PLANET TO FIND TEACHERS AS WE WERE BUILDING OUR PROGRAM COMING OUT OF DESEGREGATION.

HECTOR'S IMPRINT HAS BEEN PUT ON THIS ON THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S BEEN PUT ON THIS CITY. IT'S BEEN PUT ON THIS STATE.

IT'S BEEN PUT ON THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY. I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO MEET TULA, BUT ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU MARRY UP.

[01:35:08]

ROUND TWO. TRUSTEE TURNER. AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD THIS AS CO-CHAIR OF OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR SCHOOL.

I SERVED WITH RINA, HONI WORKING WITH HECTOR, WORKING WITH MISS RAGSDALE WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE, AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.

AND TO EVEN BE ABLE TO SIT IN THE SAME ROOM WITH YOU TO ALL YOU DON'T REALIZE.

I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS IN THE ROOM WITH GIANTS AND.

AND I AM SERVING HERE AS A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE THANKS TO THE, THE, THE, THE, THE INFLUENCE THAT YOU BOTH PUT IN SIDE OF ME WHEN IT CAME TO ADVOCATING FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

AND THEN ALSO JUST.

SO TRUSTEE. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE. YES. TRUSTEE MACKEY VOTES. YES. TRUSTEE CURRY VOTES.

YES. THE MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS.

TRUSTEE. YOU JUST ADOPTED IDA 10.01. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 11.01 AND ITEM PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. NOT SUBJECT TO DEBATE. TRUSTEES.

[11. ITEM PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION - NOT SUBJECT TO DEBATE ]

SCHOOL YEAR. CONSENT ITEM 9.07 PULLED BY TRUSTEES GARCIA AND TURNER.

TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? TRUSTEE TURNER.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. TRUSTEES. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

SECOND IN AND SECONDED. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE MACKEY VOTES. TRUSTEE MACKEY VOTES. OH.

TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE MACKEY VOTES. NO. TRUSTEE. MEGHA.K VOTES.

NO. TRUSTEE VOTES. NO.

THE MOTION FAILS. SEVEN VOTING NO. ONE VOTING YES AND ONE ABSTAINING. TRUSTEES. YOU JUST REJECTED ITEM 11.01.

SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 14. ADJOURNMENT.

THE TIME IS 7:42 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.