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GOOD EVENING, I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF
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TRUSTEES AND CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO FOUR ONE SUBCHAPTER C.GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED BY THE SEVENTY THIRD LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING, AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MR. KIRCHNER.
TRUSTEE PLACE ONE, NEDRA ROBINSON, PRESENT, TRUSTEE PLACE TWO DR.
LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD, PRESENT.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE PLACE THREE, DR.
TRUSTEE PLACE FOUR, JUNE W DAVIS.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE PLACE FIVE, RYAN RAY.
TRUSTEE PLACE SIX, GARY GRASSIA IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THE MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE BOARD ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AS WE CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT, REVIEW INFORMATION AND MAKE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF CROWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE TIME DESIGNATED FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
DECORUM AND COURTESY ARE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR COMMUNICATION DEVICES BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS .
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CROWLEY ISD SCHOOLS AT THIS TIME.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING WHILE CADET COLONEL AMAIA WHITE AND THE CROWLEY ISD CORPORATE CADETS PRESENTS THE COLORS .
OF ALLEGIANCE] YOU MAYBE SEATED.
OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS OUR BOARD
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CELEBRATIONS.DO WE HAVE ANY CELEBRATIONS FROM THE BOARD THIS EVENING? I DO DR. HALL.
SO AS YOU REMEMBER LAST MONTH THAT OUR BOARD MEETING, WE VERY GENEROUS DONATION FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO ON THE 17TH [INAUDIBLE] TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION WITH CISD CISD STAFF AND AMERICAN AIRLINES PERSONNEL.
AND THE EVENT WAS HELD, OF COURSE, THAT THE V RJ AVIATION HANGAR AND I STAYED AND VISITED WITH SOME AMERICAN AIRLINES STAFF AFTERWARDS, AND THEY ALL INDIVIDUALLY
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AND COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND SAID THEY'RE IN FOR THE LONG HAUL.SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE.
WE HAVE STUDENTS NOW ENROLLED IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND INTRO TO AVIATION TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY THE INSTRUCTOR MR. KERRY, I THINK IT'S HIS NAME IS VERY EXPERIENCED IN THESE MATTERS AND THE STUDENTS ARE, I'M SURE, GOING TO SOAR UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW EXCITED I AM.
THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE THING.
AND WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES PARTNERING WITH US AND SAYING THAT THEY'RE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL, THERE'S NO LIMIT TO WHAT EXPOSURE THE KIDS WILL GAIN.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROGRAM REALLY GROWING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE DAVIS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD CELEBRATIONS THIS EVENING? WELL, I JUST WANT TO ECHO TRUSTEE DAVIS APPRECIATION FOR THE PROGRAM FOR THE DONATION LAST MONTH AND THANK YOU TRUSTEE DAVIS FOR REPRESENTING THE BOARD AND BEING THERE FOR THAT EVENT.
WE DO HAVE SOME FANTASTIC THINGS GOING ON AT THE CROWLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THAT HAS THAT WE HAVE COME TO COME.
ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S NO OTHER BOARD CELEBRATIONS THIS EVENING, WE WILL MOVE
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TO OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS. MY FAVORITE PART OF THE AGENDA.LEGION OF VALOR BRONZE CROSS FOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTATION, MR. KIRCHNER.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
OUR FIRST RECOGNITION TONIGHT ALIGNS WITH GOAL ONE OF OUR VISION 20 25 STRATEGIC PLAN THRIVING STUDENTS.
AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO MEET A STUDENT WHO IS ALREADY THRIVING IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WE KNOW SHE'S GOING TO THRIVE IN MILITARY CAREER AND BEYOND.
I WOULD LIKE TO REINTRODUCE WHO YOU JUST SAW PRESENTING THE COLORS CADET COL, AMAYA WHITE OF THE NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL PANTHER BATTALION.
SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT HER, DR.
HALL AND DR. MCFARLAND HAD KIND OF COME DOWN FOR THIS SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
CADET COLONEL WHITE HAS BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE LEGION OF VALOR BRONZE CROSS FOR ACHIEVEMENT, THE HIGHEST JROTC AWARD.
THE LEGION OF VALOR OF THE UNITED STATES IS AN ORGANIZATION COMPOSED OF MEDAL OF HONOR, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, CROSS, NAVY CROSS AND AIR FORCE CROSS AWARD RECIPIENTS.
AND THIS BRONZE CROSS THAT SHE'S GOING TO RECEIVE TONIGHT IS GIVEN TO OUTSTANDING CADETS FOR THEIR MILITARY, ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP AND EXTRACURRICULAR EXCELLENCE, AND ONLY SIXTY FIVE TO 80 OF THESE BRONZE CROSSES ARE AWARDED ACROSS THE NATION EACH YEAR.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS HONOR IS BIG FOR NOT ONLY CADET COLONEL WHITE, BUT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND ALL OF CROWLEY ISD TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS HONOR.
CADETS MUST RANK IN THE TOP TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND JROTC CLASS AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING MILITARY LEADERSHIP QUALITIES.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE JOINED BY ROTC INSTRUCTOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAWYER, WHO CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CADET COLONEL WHITE AND DR.
HALL HAS A PEN FOR HER THIS BRONZE CROSS PIN THAT SHE WILL WEAR PROUDLY, AND DR.
MCFARLAND HAS A CERTIFICATE FOR HER.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAWYER, I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FIRST BRONZE CAST BRONZE CROSS
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RECIPIENT AT THE NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL PANTHER BATTALION, AND IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST.WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HAVE A STUDENT LIKE AMAYA THERE IN YOUR PROGRAM REPRESENTING NORTH CROWLEY AND CROWLEY ISD? CONGRATULATIONS, CADET, COLONEL WHITE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING YOU FURTHER, AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT GRADUATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAWYER.
THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR POINT TWO.
SUMMER DREAMBOX LEARNING WINNERS DR.
MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS.
WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT ITEM.
WE ARE EXCITED WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC PURSUITS AND THINGS THAT THEY ENGAGE IN, EVEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
AND SO TONIGHT, THIS ITEM OF SUMMER DREAMBOX LEARNING WINNERS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. NICHOLAS KEITH.
SO TONIGHT THIS SUMMER, DREAMBOX LEARNING WINNERS ALIGNS WITH GOAL ONE THRIVING STUDENTS, AND I'M HERE WITH OUR ELEMENTARY MATH COORDINATOR, MS. KELLIE CONLON, WHO REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS ENTIRE ENDEAVOR.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
SO JUST VERY BRIEFLY, A QUICK BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT DREAMBOX IS.
SO DREAMBOX IS WHAT WE CALL AN ADAPTIVE AND PERSONALIZED MATH PROGRAM, AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT CUSTOMIZES LESSONS TO STUDENTS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAD A FOURTH GRADE STUDENT WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH A SECOND GRADE CONCEPT LIKE ADDING TWO DIGIT NUMBERS, IT CAN KEEP ALL OF THAT STUDENTS WORK ON FOURTH GRADE EXCEPT FOR ADDITION.
AND SO IT'LL JUST BACK THEM DOWN AND GIVE THEM LESSONS WHERE THEY NEED THAT INTERVENTION AND THEN SLOWLY INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY UNTIL THEY'RE BACK UP ON GRADE LEVEL.
AND SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH DREAMBOX FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW, AND WE'VE SEEN STRONG RESULTS AS WE REALLY TARGET THOSE AREAS OF STUDENT NEED.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, THE WAY THAT WE TYPICALLY USE DREAMBOX IS IN GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT.
WE'VE EXPANDED INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND OUR CROWLEY STUDENTS COMPLETE FIVE TO SEVEN PERSONALIZED LESSONS PER WEEK.
SO THAT'S THE SOFTWARE REALLY ANALYZING WHERE STUDENTS HAVE GAPS AND DELIVERING LESSONS RIGHT AT THIS SPACE, RIGHT IN THE PLACE THAT THEY NEED.
AND SO YOU SEE THAT FIVE TO SEVEN LESSON NUMBER, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS FROM OUR DREAMBOX SUMMER LEARNING WINNERS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO MS. CONLON TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT OUR SUMMER LEARNING CHALLENGE WAS AND WHO OUR WINNERS ARE FOR THOSE GRADE LEVELS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS WHO USE THEIR SUMMER, SORRY TO USE THEIR SUMMER TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND LEARN.
AND IT WAS A SHORT SUMMER, SO THE FACT THAT THEY DID THAT IS AMAZING, AND I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR THEIR NAMES IN THE FUTURE.
SO WHAT WAS THE SUMMER CHALLENGE? TO COMPLETE THE MOST LESSONS FOR THEIR GRADE LEVEL IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, THEY NEEDED TO COMPLETE AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF 20 LESSONS TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THEIR CAMPUS OR IN THE DISTRICT.
EACH CAMPUS RECOGNIZED EACH GRADE LEVEL WINNER, AND THEY HAD YARD SIGNS, AND YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF THOSE IN A MOMENT.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING A DISTRICT RECOGNITION FOR THE OVERALL WINNER IN EACH GRADE LEVEL.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO RECOGNIZING THE CAMPUS, WHO HAD THE HIGHEST AVERAGE DURING THE TIME, WHICH WAS JUNE 13TH THROUGH JULY 23RD.
SO THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE STUDENTS, AND WE ARE GOING TO INDIVIDUALLY RECOGNIZE THEM HERE IN A MOMENT, BUT WE WANTED YOU TO SEE THE NAME IN THEIR CAMPUSES.
AND WE ALSO ARE OVERALL CAMPUS WAS OAKMONT ELEMENTARY AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THEIR AWARDS.
SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU CAN COME UP AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THANK OUR MATH SPECIALISTS, THEY ARE A HUGE PART IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM WORKS ON EACH CAMPUS.
OK, SO FOR KINDERGARTEN, WHO HE'S NOW A FIRST GRADER, WE HAVE JADEN ALVARADO FROM OAKMONT ELEMENTARY.
AND HE COMPLETED IN SIX WEEKS, THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE LESSONS.
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THAT'S OUR FUTURE VALEDICTORIAN RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? OK.OUR FIRST GRADE WINNER FROM DALLAS PARK ELEMENTARY IS OWEN MAR, WHO COMPLETED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY LESSONS.
[APPLAUSE] AND ALSO, PARENTS, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR KID'S NAME CALL, GO AHEAD AND STAND UP SO WE CAN SEE YOU AND THEY CAN SEE YOU CHEER FOR THEM AS WELL, WE KNOW THEY YOU HAD TO BE CRUCIAL TO THESE STUDENTS DOING THIS.
SO JADEN'S PARENTS, WON'T Y'ALL STAND UP, I THINK I SAW Y'ALL.
OWEN'S PARENTS, IF OWEN'S PARENTS ARE HERE, IF NOT.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU PARENTS, FOR SURE.
[APPLAUSE] OUR SECOND GRADE WINNER COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, AND THAT'S GRACIE BERRY.
THERE IS A PICTURE OF HER FROM JUNE DAVIS ELEMENTARY, AND SHE COMPLETED 148 LESSONS.
[APPLAUSE] OUR THIRD GRADE WINNER IS JOHN CARLO PéREZ FROM JUNE DAVIS ELEMENTARY, AND HE COMPLETED 174 LESSONS AND IF HIS PARENTS ARE HERE.
[APPLAUSE] OUR FOURTH GRADE WINNER, JACOB CARVAJAL, FROM PARKWAY ELEMENTARY, TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO LESSONS.
[APPLAUSE] AND OUR FIFTH GRADE WINNER, WHO IS NOW IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE KNOW THAT TRANSITION TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS TOUGH AND SHE STILL COMPLETED 52 LESSONS, SO THANK YOU.
AND HER PARENTS, AND SHE WAS FROM MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY.
SO OUR LAST RECOGNITION THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE? YEAH, JUST LET THEM STAY THERE.
SO OUR LAST RECOGNITION IS THE OVERALL CAMPUS.
DURING THIS CHALLENGE WAS OAKMONT ELEMENTARY AND MS. GREEN AND MS. [INAUDIBLE] ARE HERE TO ACCEPT THIS BANNER TO HANG IN FRONT OF THEIR CAMPUS.
[APPLAUSE] AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITION, THEY ALL SAID THEY WERE READY FOR THE CHALLENGE THIS NEXT SUMMER AGAIN.
[APPLAUSE] WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS WERE SO PROUD OF YOU, THANK YOU, PARENTS FOR YOUR WORK WITH THEM OVER THE SUMMER AND DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT FOR THE CELEBRATION.
STUDENTS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OUTSIDE.
SO IF YOU FOLLOW MR. KEITH AND YOUR TEACHERS OVER THERE, GOOD JOB.
GREAT JOB, YOU GUYS, CONGRATULATIONS.
SO, MR. KEITH, IF YOU COULD COME BACK UP FOR JUST A SECOND, I'D LIKE US TO TALK TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DREAMBOX, BECAUSE DREAMBOX IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE USED DURING THE SUMMER.
BUT WE'RE ALSO ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO ENCOURAGE THEIR CHILDREN TO USE IT DURING THE YEAR AS WELL.
TALK TO US ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING DREAMBOX RIGHT NOW TO ACCELERATE AND RECOVER LEARNING THAT WAS LOST DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND.
SO ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT DREAMBOX IS IT'S REALLY PART OF OUR KIND OF MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE REGAINING SOME OF THE LEARNING THAT THEY LOST OR REALLY ALL OF THE LEARNING THAT THEY LOST DURING COVID.
SO YOU SEE, DREAMBOX IS OUR MATH FOCUSED SOFTWARE FOR K THROUGH EIGHT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE READING SOFTWARE.
WE USE AMPLIFY READING AT K THROUGH TWO.
WE USE A PRODUCT CALLED LEXIA AT THREE THROUGH FIVE AND THEN A PRODUCT THAT GOES WITH OUR CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ADOPTION AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
AND REALLY, WHAT WE ENCOURAGE, WE HAVE STUDENTS ON THE SOFTWARE DURING INTERVENTION TIME WHILE THE TEACHER IS PULLING A SMALL GROUP AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS.
AND BUT WE REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE TIME ON THOSE PROGRAMS. AT HOME, WE LOOK AT THE DATA, THERE'S REALLY A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF LESSONS THAT STUDENTS COMPLETE, HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THOSE LESSONS AND THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THIS IS REALLY A KEY PART OF OUR STRATEGY FOR FILLING IN THOSE GAPS THAT WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS HAVE OFTENTIMES DUE TO COVID LOSS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KEITH ABOUT DREAMBOX? I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND YOU MAY HAVE SAID MR. KEITH AND I MISSED IT.
HOW MANY TOTAL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED THIS SUMMER? I KNOW.
SO I WAS TALKING TO MS. CONLON ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
I KNOW WE HAD A SMALLER NUMBER THAN LAST SUMMER, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OFFHAND.
IT WAS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE PREVIOUS SUMMER, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHORTENED WINDOW.
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AND ALL THE STUDENTS, HOW ARE THE STUDENTS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE? DO WE REACH OUT TO THE PARENTS AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? YES, MA'AM, SO WE SENT OUT COMMUNICATION THROUGH EACH CAMPUS.ANY STUDENT AT ANY ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVEL IN CROWLEY ISD WAS ELIGIBLE.
AND SO WE SEND THAT LETTER AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE PARENTS TO REACH OUT TO US.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SEND OUT THAT COMMUNICATION.
STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE THEIR DREAMBOX LOG INS.
THEY'VE BEEN USING THEM ALL YEAR AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS JUST START LOGGING ON ONCE THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS AND THE SOFTWARE AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATES HOW MANY LESSONS THEY COMPLETE.
SO REALLY, IT'S JUST WE JUST RELY ON OUR PARENTS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO GET ON.
AND REALLY, THEY THEY'VE HAD SO MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH IT THAT THEY CAN PRETTY MUCH RUN IT ON THEIR OWN, EVEN EVEN THE YOUNGEST ONE, EVEN JADEN.
I'M PRETTY SURE HE COULD WALK US ALL THROUGH THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. KEY? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE'RE SO EXCITED, MS. COLIN AND MR. KEITH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DREAMBOX WINNERS AGAIN, I GUESS, NEXT YEAR, HUH, NEXT SUMMER AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE LONGER THAN FIVE WEEKS, BUT THEY DID AMAZING IN THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS BRINGS US TO OUR AGENDA ITEM FOUR POINT THREE, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATIONS AND QUIZ BOWL PREVIEW.
SO MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT ITEM AS WE KNOW WE ARE IN HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ACTIVITIES.
AND SO MS. ANGUIANO IS HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU OUR HISPANIC INFORMATION FOR OUR FROM OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION AND OUR QUIZ BOWL.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HALL, DR.
MCFARLAND AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO FOLLOW CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY AMAZING CHILDREN DOING WONDERFUL THINGS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR TEACHERS.
I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THIS YEAR'S THEME FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PLANNED FOR STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY.
SO IF WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANT TO START WITH MS. ADRIANA CASTILLO, WHO'S A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND A CHILD DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.
SHE SUBMITTED THE POSTER TO THE RIGHT, AND SHE STATED THAT HUMANITY IS GOING THROUGH VERY PAINFUL MOMENTS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC.
BUT WE MUST REMEMBER THAT AFTER THE STORM COMES THE CALM.
SO THE 2021 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH THEME INVITES US TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE AND TO REFLECT ON HOW GREAT OUR TOMORROW CAN BE IF WE HOLD ON TO OUR RESILIENCE AND HOPE.
IT ALSO ENCOURAGES US TO REFLECT ON ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS HISPANICS HAVE MADE IN THE PAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE IN THE FUTURE.
SO AS IN YEARS PAST, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH AN ART CONTEST AND WITH THE ART CONTEST, IT IS JUDGED ON THE CONTENT OF THE ARTWORK AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE 2021 THEME.
BUT NEW TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS A VIRTUAL GALLERY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WINNERS FOR THE TWO DIVISIONS, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE ART THAT'S SUBMITTED UNDER OUR HONORARY PARTICIPANTS.
OUR QUIZ BOWL WILL HAPPEN ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 15TH AT THE BAYLOR JOHNSON CENTER.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR THIRD ANNUAL HISPANIC HERITAGE QUIZ BOWL.
IT WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY, WITH CURRENTLY TWENTY SIX TEAMS COMPETING IN THE THREE DIVISIONS ELEMENTARY THIRD THROUGH FIFTH ENGLISH, ELEMENTARY, THIRD THROUGH FIFTH SPANISH AND OUR SENIOR DIVISIONS, THAT INCLUDES GRADE SIX THROUGH 12.
SO I'M REALLY THRILLED TO INTRODUCE THIS OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CAMPUSES TO PARTICIPATE.
WE CALLED IT THE DOOR DECORATING CONTEST.
IT IS A NEW COMPETITION IN THE CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE.
ENTRIES ARE JUDGED ON THE QUALITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE CREATIVITY, THE DESIGN AND THE ATTENTION TO THE THEME.
CAMPUSES AWARDED THEIR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WINTER WINNERS.
AND THE CAMPUS FIRST PLACE WINNERS ADVANCE TO THE DISTRICT LEVEL COMPETITION THAT WILL BE JUDGED BY STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
AN ELEMENTARY DISTRICT LEVEL WINNER WILL BE AWARDED AND A SECONDARY DISTRICT LEVEL WINNER WILL BE SELECTED.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR OUR 2021 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MS. ANGUIANO, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? MAKE A COMMENT.
ALTHOUGH WE'RE HAVING THE BALL AND ACTIVITIES VIRTUAL THIS YEAR, I'M GLAD THAT IT'S ABLE TO CONTINUE.
AND I LIKE THE NEW FEATURES WITH THE DOOR DECORATIONS AND JUST GETTING EVERYONE INVOLVED AND CELEBRATING HOW HISPANICS HAVE ADDED TO OUR CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
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I THINK THE INNER EDUCATOR IN ME ALSO IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DOOR DECORATING CONTEST.I JUST HAD TO KNOW WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT? DO WE KNOW IT WAS JUST THAT? WAS THAT YOUR IDEA? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
DR. WAKEFIELD, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO ECHO WHAT MS. ROBINSON SAID.
I'M I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
IT'S BEEN ON MY CALENDAR SINCE I GOT THE INVITATION, SO I'VE BLOCKED OUT MY CALENDAR SO I CAN PARTICIPATE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, AS I'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU, ALL OF ALL OF YOU THERE.
WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A CELEBRATION, SO IF YOU CAN, IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER TUNED IN, PLEASE TUNE IN AND IF YOU HAVE BE WITH US AGAIN THIS YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, THIS BRINGS US TO OUR AGENDA ITEM FOUR POINT FOUR INTRODUCTION OF CROWLEY ISD POLICE OFFICERS.
MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR.
THIS PRESENTATION OF RECOGNITION ALIGNS WITH ALL THREE GOALS OR OF OUR VISION 2025 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GOAL ONE, GOAL TWO AND GOAL THREE ARE NOT MADE POSSIBLE IF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF DO NOT FEEL SAFE AND SECURE AT SCHOOL.
AND SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO, WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING OUR CROWLEY ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM THE GROUND UP.
LAST SCHOOL YEAR, YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OUR NEW OFFICERS THAT WERE SERVING THE CITY OF CROWLEY SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
TONIGHT CHIEF MASTON, WHO'S NO STRANGER, IS HERE TO INTRODUCE THE OFFICERS WHO'VE BEEN HIRED SINCE THEN, WHO ARE SERVING THE FORT WORTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
AND SO I AM VERY PROUD AND EXCITED TO HAND IT OVER TO CHIEF MASTON.
I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE'S DOING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND THE EXAMPLE THAT HE'S SETTING FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE WITH INTEGRITY? SO, CHIEF MASTON, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO INTRODUCE THE NEW TEAM TO THE BOARD.
GREETINGS, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT DR.
MCFARLAND, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE NEW ADDITIONS THAT WE HAVE HIRED.
WE'VE ALREADY MET SHANNAS JACKSON, ASHTON MCMILLON, SHE IS OUR TECH SERGEANT.
WELL, WE ALREADY MET SARA CARTER AND BRANDON ISHAM.
AND THIS IS THE CROWLEY SIDE WHO YOU PREVIOUSLY MET, TRION INGRAM, JOSUE, BRANDON LANGRAM, LAUREN FOSTER AND KEITH STRICKLAND.
AND SO NOW WE GET TO THE TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, THE FORT WORTH SIDE, CARLTON BARNES, HE BRINGS ABOUT 12 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HISTORY AND HE'S A MASTER PEACE OFFICER.
WE HAVE ARCHIE BEASON BRINGS ABOUT 20 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND HE IS A MASTER PEACE OFFICER.
OFFICER LUNA BRINGS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE, AND HE'S A BASIC POLICE OFFICER CERTIFICATION, OFFICER TUCKER BRINGS ABOUT 11 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE.
NINE YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND HE IS ALSO A MASTER PEACE OFFICER.
OFFICIAL LANOME LANGE, SHE IS A TWO YEAR OFFICER AND BRINGS A BASIC PEACE OFFICER, BUT SHE IS ALSO OUR SEPTEMBER OFFICER OF THE MONTH, SERVING AT SUMMIT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD? I MEAN, FROM CHIEF MASTON.
I DO HAVE A COMMENT, I DO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK DR.
MCFARLAND FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS VISION WITH BRINGING A POLICE, A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CROWLEY ISD.
I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I WAS A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG AGO IT WAS.
BUT I GUESS IT'S BEEN WITHIN THE FOUR YEARS, IT'S ONLY BEEN FOUR YEARS, RIGHT? I WAS SOMEWHAT SKEPTICAL, BUT I WILL SAY I JUST FELT TREMENDOUS PRIDE BEING IN OUR ATHLETIC EVENTS AND OUR DISTRICT, A DIFFERENT DISTRICT EVENTS AND SEEING OFFICERS THERE REPRESENTING AND NOT ONLY BEING OFFICERS BECAUSE I DEFINITELY BACK THE BLUE, BUT WEARING OUR CROWLEY ISD INSIGNIAS AND LOGOS AND BADGES.
SO THANK YOU FOR SERVING OUR STUDENTS AND THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING AND SERVING.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.
I JUST LIKE TO ADD THEY HAVE AN OFFER OFFICER, CHIEF MASTON HAS INSTALLED A GREAT
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REPORTING SYSTEM.AND THAT'S THE INSIDE JOKE, BUT I WOULD I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, HONESTLY, HONESTLY, LOVE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO FORMING THE CROWLEY ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS OCTOBER 13.
THAT'S THE FIRST DAY THAT I STARTED.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING, SUPPORTING AND PROTECTING STAFF, STUDENTS ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN CROWLEY ISD.
BEFORE CHIEF MASTON GOES, AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND CITY OF CROWLEY HAS SOME EVENTS.
I BELIEVE THAT CROWLEY ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT IS JOINING FORCES WITH THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE AT BICENTENNIAL PARK AND SO NOT ONLY THEY'RE ENGAGED HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND OCTOBER SIX, WE'RE HAVING COFFEE WITH COPS AT THE PD, WHICH FORT WORTH IS GOING TO BE JOINING ME OVER THERE AND WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING COFFEE FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT THAT MORNING.
THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THE FOOD TRUCK UP AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TENT.
HAVE A LITTLE TABLE AND WE'LL HAVE COFFEE FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF MASTON.
THANK YOU, OFFICERS, FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.
ALL RIGHT, OUR FINAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING ALIGNS WITH GOAL THREE EMPOWERED STAFF, AND IT'S OUR MONTHLY CROWLEY ISD HEARTBEAT TEAM AWARD WINNER.
NOMINATIONS COME IN FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT AND ONE EMPLOYEE IS SELECTED EACH MONTH WHO REPRESENTS HEART AND ALL THAT THEY DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS MONTH'S WINNER THAT WE'LL MEET AFTER THIS SHORT VIDEO.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, IT IS A MARVELOUS MONDAY.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOUR FACES BACK AT SCHOOL.
WE DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING.
TODAY STARTS DEAF AWARENESS WEEK.
IT'S MY FAVORITE WEEK OF THE YEAR.
ELEANOR ABSOLUTELY DESERVES TO BE THE HEARTBEAT WINNER FOR CROWLEY NINTH GRADE BECAUSE SHE IS SUCH A RAY OF SUNSHINE.
SHE IS JUST TRULY ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT JUST MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER.
YES, WE ALL KNOW THAT MS. GARDNER IS THE EDUCATOR THAT EVERY STUDENT AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER HOPES TO HAVE IN THEIR BUILDING.
YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE, YOUR SCHOOL SPIRIT AND YOUR INCLUSIVE PERSONALITY REALLY HELP MAKE THE MORALE HERE AT CROWLEY NINTH GRADE AMAZING.
ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF LOVE ABOUT YOU ARE THE BULLETIN BOARDS YOU MAKE THAT TEACHES EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING EVERY WEEK, A NEW WORD IN ASL AND SPANISH, AND YOU MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HERE IS ENGAGED, INVOLVED AND KNOWN.
AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, MS. GARDNER IS A PROUD PRODUCT OF CROWLEY ISD AND NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOLS, WHERE SHE LEARNED A LOT OF HER SIGN LANGUAGE.
SO WE ALL WANT TO CONGRATULATE MS. GARDNER FOR BEING THIS MONTH'S HEARTBEAT AWARD TEAM WINNER.
FROM THE TIME SHE ENTERS THE DOOR TO THE TIME WE HEAR ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, HEARING HER INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WALKING UP AND DOWN THE HALL.
SHE JUST BRINGS HAPPINESS TO THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.
ELEANOR IS MORE, SHE'S MORE OF A FRIEND TO ME THAN JUST AN INTERPRETER.
AND WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
WE HAVE A GOOD, STRONG BOND, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I INTERPRET THAT AS MY SOLE PURPOSE.
I AM IN CLASS PERIODS, SECOND THROUGH EIGHTH, WORKING WITH OUR DEAF EDUCATION CHILDREN.
I DO, HOWEVER, WORK WITH A SENIOR WHO IS IN THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.
I'VE WORKED WITH HIM SINCE THE END OF SCHOOL YEAR.
LAST YEAR I WAS HERE FOR SUMMER WORKOUTS.
I'M HERE FOR MORNING PRACTICES, I'M HERE FOR AFTERNOON PRACTICES.
SO I'M AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
WE GOT TO ELIMINATE THE BIG PLAYS, THE TRICK PLAYS AND THAT'S FOCUSED.
WHEN THE COACH STARTS TALKING AND THEN ELEANOR START TO TEACH ME A SIGN, MAKE ME MORE CLEAR.
WE'RE LIKE, REAL, REAL CLEAR, I UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO.
YOU CAN BE JUST AS SUCCESSFUL BEING DEAF AS YOU CAN BE BEING HEARING.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE DEAF DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T GO AND DO AMAZING THINGS.
I AM HERE TO HELP INTERPRET SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE CONTENT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE.
I WANT THE KIDS TO KNOW I CAN DO THIS.
MY INTERPRETER IS HERE TO SUPPORT ME.
MY INTERPRETER IS HERE TO MAKE ME GROW AS A PERSON.
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YOU MIGHT BE HAVING A BAD DAY, BUT WHEN YOU SEE HER AND YOU'RE GOING TO SMILE.YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL SEEN, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HER CONNECTION IS, NOT ONLY WITH THE STUDENTS THAT SHE SERVES, BUT WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
I'M HAPPY YOU GOT THAT AWARD, ELEANOR.
THAT'S AWESOME, AND I LOVE YOU.
ELEANOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH [INAUDIBLE] I PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR MY SENIOR YEAR.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR MS. ELEANOR GARDNER, MS. GARDNER.
SO OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE HERE TO HONOR MS. GARDNER AND CONGRATULATE HER FOR ALL THAT SHE DOES WHEN WE WERE AT CROWLEY NINTH GRADE EARLIER THIS MONTH, SURPRISING HER AND SHOOTING THE VIDEO.
WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS MONTH JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE MONTH THAT HAS THE WEEK OF DEAF AWARENESS WEEK.
AND SO IF YOU WERE FALLING CROWLEY CROWLEY ISD SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MONTH, YOU SAW NOT ONLY MISS GARNER FEATURE, BUT MANY OF THE STUDENTS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT ALL AGES ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL ARE INSTRUCTORS.
AND SO WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE OF MS. GARDNER.
THE OTHER REALLY COOL THING ABOUT HER.
SHE'S GOING TO GET TO INTRODUCE HER FAMILY, BUT SHE HAS A CROWLEY ISD FAMILY, A SISTER WHO'S ALSO A GRADUATE, A SISTER AT CROWLEY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AND A FATHER WHO YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN BEHIND A CAMERA LENS.
MR. GARDNER TAKES A LOT OF PHOTOS AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTING EVENTS, SO THERE ARE CROWLEY ISD FAMILY AND WE LOVE THEM.
WE'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE THEM PART OF OUR FAMILY.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT CRYING.
SO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND EVERYONE ELSE.
STANDING HERE, RECEIVING THE HEARTBEAT AWARD, IT'S ASTONISHING.
I GRADUATED FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS I HAD THAN MY CLASS RANK OR MY GPA.
NOW I WORK WITH STUDENTS WITH A SIMILAR MINDSET THAT I HAD JUST EIGHT YEARS AGO.
HOWEVER, I GET TO SHOW THESE STUDENTS HOW THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE CAN REALLY INFLUENCE THEIR LIFE.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED THAT AS AN ADULT THAT I WOULD BE WORKING IN CROWLEY ISD, NOR WOULD I BELIEVE THAT I WOULD RECEIVE AN AWARD FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.
I AM HONORED TO WORK FOR THE DISTRICT THAT SCULPTED ME INTO THE PERSON THAT I AM TODAY, AND THEY EQUIPPED ME, SORRY, WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
TEACHERS LIKE MRS. WESSON, MR. HARRINGTON, MR. ELDER AND MS. CARLETON JUST NAMES A FEW OF AMAZING EDUCATORS THAT TOOK THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW ME AND HOW I LEARNED BEST.
THESE CROWLEY ISD TEACHERS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ME NOT ONLY THROUGH MY K THROUGH 12 CAREER HERE AT CROWLEY ISD, BUT STILL REACH OUT TODAY AND SUPPORT ME AND LET ME KNOW HOW INCREDIBLY PROUD THEY ARE OF ME.
I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THEM BECAUSE I KNOW YOUNGER ELEANOR WAS QUITE THE HANDFUL.
TO MY WONDERFUL FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BELIEVING IN ME.
YOU'VE ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT I CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING I PUT MY MIND TO AND I ASSURE YOU I TOOK THAT ADVICE TO HEART.
THANK YOU FOR INFINITE LOVE AND SUPPORT TO MY CH NINE FAMILY.
YOU'LL ALREADY KNOW I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH.
I COULD NOT BE WHERE I AM WITHOUT THEM, AND I LOVE MY CAMPUS.
TO CROWLEY ISD, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME REPRESENT CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED.
NOW, MORE THAN EVER, I UNDERSTAND WHAT TRUE UNIFICATION FEELS LIKE IN A DISTRICT.
I LOVE YOU ALL ALL SO VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? HALL MS. GARDNER, I ALWAYS CRY, SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
BUT, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WHAT? IT'S ALL ABOUT YOUR DEDICATION AND LOVE FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND YOUR YOUR CRAFT AND THE DISTRICT DEFINITELY SHOW THROUGH.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR DISTRICT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT A FAMILY AFFAIR.
FAMILY CISD, WE'RE A BIG FAMILY, SO THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE POINT ZERO HOUR OPEN FORUM
[5.0 Board President Reviews Open-Forum Regulations / Open Forum]
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THE BOARD SHALL ALLOT 30 MINUTES TO HEAR PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO MAKE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD.IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN FORUM, YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE BY COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING A SPEAKER CARD ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS AND INDICATE THE TOPIC YOU WILL ADDRESS.
THE SPEAKER CARD IS AVAILABLE AT OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS WWW.CROWLEYISDTX.ORG/OPEN FORUM.
WHEN CALLED SPEAKER SHALL STATE THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESS.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY REGISTER TO SPEAK.
COPIES OF ANY DOCUMENTS FOR THE BOARD SHALL BE EMAILED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION TO SPEAK.
ONLY ONE PERSON MAY SPEAK AT A TIME.
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WILL SIGNAL YOUR REMAINING TIME AND UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TIME LIMIT, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO STOP SPEAKING AND CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.
GROUPS CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE SHALL APPOINT ONE PERSON TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS BEFORE THE BOARD AND PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING SPECIFIC NAMES WHILE MAKING COMMENTS PER BED LOCAL.
THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.
THANK YOU, MR. KIRCHNER, WHO IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER FOR THIS EVENING? MADAM PRESIDENT, OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL WHO SIGNED UP, DR.
VASQUEZ I DO NOT BELIEVE IS HERE.
DR. VASQUEZ, OK, WE WILL SKIP TO NUMBER TWO.
HI, MY NAME IS ANGIE HUNT, I LIVE AT 4725 SLIPPERY ROCK DRIVE.
LAST MEETING, I GAVE YOU ALL A STACK OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO TEST OUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER.
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, EVERYONE IS BETTER FOR IT.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR MASK MANDATE.
I WANT TO START BY CHALLENGING THE BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS AND GO WALK THE SCHOOL GROUNDS AND SEE THE MASKS LITTERED ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES.
THIS IS A SIMPLE VISUAL EFFECT OF WHAT THE DISTRICT IS WASTING OUR CHILDREN'S MONEY ON WHILE WE SPEAK OF WASTE.
I ALSO WANTED TO HIT A POINT HOME ABOUT WASTING OUR MONEY ON LAWSUITS, LAWSUITS AGAINST THE GOVERNOR, AS WELL AS DEFENDING YOURSELVES AGAINST LAWSUITS BROUGHT FORTH BY PARENTS ADVOCATING FOR CHOICE.
ALL OF THESE DOLLARS COULD BE USED TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS.
CHILDREN DO NOT SHED THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WHEN THEY ENTER A SCHOOL AND DESERVE FOR US TO HOLD THE BOARD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE ACTIONS.
IN SPITE OF DECLINING CASES AND WITHOUT ANY COLLABORATION WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, THE ISD RENEWED THE MANDATE LAST FRIDAY.
COLLABORATING WITH OTHER ISDS, I THINK, IS PARAMOUNT TO COMING TO A BEST PRACTICE.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, CROWLEY IS THE ONLY LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL WITH AN ACTIVE MANDATE.
WHILE WATCHING THE CASE NUMBERS PUT FORTH BY OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL AS CROWLEY, I CAN SAY THAT OUR MANDATE HAS HAD NO STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN OUR CASES VERSUS THE OTHER ISD.
IF IT IS WORKING, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPARE OUR DATA AND SEE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
SORRY, THE LAST TWO RENEWALS HAVE NOT MENTIONED THE LEGAL BATTLES YOU ALL ARE FACING.
THE MANDATES ALSO DO NOT MAKE IT ONTO OUR DISTRICT'S FACEBOOK PAGE.
THIS IS ACTIVELY SUPPRESSING AN OPEN DIALOG.
AT THE LAST MEETING, I BROUGHT UP THE GENERAL IDEA OF HARMS THAT CAN COME FROM PROLONGED MASK WEARING WHILE OTHER PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE.
WE HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR SEVEN WEEKS.
MY MIDDLE SCHOOLER HAS NO IDEA WHAT A MASK BREAK IS OR HOW TO GET ONE.
SO IF MASK BREAKS ARE PART OF YOUR POLICY, YOU HAVE FAILED AND MAKING SURE THE STUDENTS KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY NEED THEM.
INSTEAD, WE WILL HEAR ABOUT GETTING CLASS SIZE WAIVERS TO PACK OUR CLASSROOMS FULL, WHICH ACTUALLY MEANS OUR CLASSES ARE ALREADY OVER CAPACITY AND YOU NEED A WAIVER TO MAKE IT LEGAL.
I KNOW OUR DISTRICT DECLARES THAT IT TAKES MENTAL HEALTH VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT HERE WE ARE WITH PEOPLE TELLING YOU THE HARMS THAT THEY ARE DOING TO OUR CHILDREN.
WHERE IS YOUR SURVEY ABOUT THAT? I WILL END BY SHARING TWO STORIES.
FIRSTLY, A FRIEND SHARED WITH ME LAST SCHOOL YEAR THAT HER FIRST GRADER TOLD HER SOMETIMES SHE WOULD GO INTO THE BATHROOM SO SHE COULD PULL DOWN HER MASK AND SEE HER SMILE.
AND THEN I'LL SHARE A STORY WITH YOU ABOUT MY OWN DAUGHTER, WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE THIS CRAZY PERSON TALKING ABOUT A THING THAT PEOPLE THINK IS INSIGNIFICANT.
SHE SAID IT MAKES IT HARD TO BREATHE.
I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HONEY? AND SHE KEPT HER FACE LIKE THIS.
SHE SAYS, THIS IS ALL THE AIR I HAVE TO BREATHE AT SCHOOL, BUT AT HOME I HAVE ALL OF THIS AIR.
MASK ARE CAUSING HARM, IT IS MY JOB RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW TO TAKE YOU TO TASK.
IF YOU ALL CAN WASTE MONEY ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS MANDATE, I QUESTION THE JUDGMENT OF THIS BOARD ON EVERYTHING.
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OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTS COME FROM JOANNA LOVE AND THOSE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR US BY EMAIL TO READ TONIGHT SO.I, JOANNA LOVE, HAVE ASKED THAT MY COMMENTS BE READ FOR ME TONIGHT DUE TO THE FACT THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO BE HERE IN PERSON.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TRUSTEES BEING CAREFUL AT THE START OF SCHOOL AND WANTING KIDS TO WEAR MASK.
BUT THE ILLEGAL EXTENSIONS OF THIS MASK MANDATE MUST STOP.
NONE OF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL A SINGLE PARENT IN THIS DISTRICT HOW TO RAISE THEIR CHILD.
THE BOARD MEMBER STATED, AND I QUOTE THE JUMBLE AND JUMPING AROUND AS FOLLOWS.
BOARD HAS ACTED WITHIN THE LAW TO ALLOW FOR A MASK MANDATE AND REGARDLESS, JUST ON THIS POSITION, PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR TO STOP USING HIS AUTHORITY TO CIRCUMVENT LOCAL LAWS.
GOVERNOR EXCEEDS HIS AUTHORITY.
WHAT LOCAL LAWS IS THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS GONE AGAINST? DOES CROWLEY HAVE A LOCAL MASK LAW? UNLAWFULLY AND WILLFULLY MANDATED MASK AND CISD, EVEN THOUGH YOUR OWN COVID 19 DASHBOARD SHOWS ALL COUNTS OF COVID CASE DROPPING EACH AND EVERY WEEK, YET YOU CONTINUE TO ABUSE YOUR POWER AND FORCE MASK MANDATES, PUSHING THEM OUT EVERY TWO WEEKS.
CISD DASHBOARD NUMBERS AS FOLLOWS, SEPTEMBER 11TH, POSITIVE STAFF THIRTY TWO, POSITIVE STUDENTS, TWO HUNDRED, QUARANTINED STUDENTS, 238, QUARANTINE STAFF EIGHT, TOTAL POSITIVE TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO.
SEPTEMBER 18TH, POSITIVE STAFF, TWENTY SEVEN, POSITIVE STUDENTS TWO TWENTY ONE, QUARANTINE STUDENTS, TWO TWENTY FOUR, QUARANTINED STAFF FIVE.
TOTAL POSITIVE, TWO FORTY EIGHT, SEPTEMBER TWENTY FOURTH, POSITIVE STAFF, 16, POSITIVE STUDENTS, 170, QUARANTINE STUDENTS, ONE 50 ONE, QUARANTINE STAFF, SIX TOTAL POSITIVE ONE EIGHTY SIX SEPTEMBER TWENTY EIGHTH POSITIVE STUDENTS NINE POSITIVE STAFF 97 QUARANTINE STUDENTS ONE OH THREE QUARANTINE STAFF SEVEN.
TOTAL POSITIVE ONE TWO SIX FOUR WEEKS GRAND TOTAL POSITIVE SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE CASES OUT OF SIXTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS AND TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY STAFF.
LET ME MAKE IT SIMPLE SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE CASES OUT OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY STAFF AND STUDENTS.
THAT IS AROUND THE LOW FOUR PERCENT AREA.
TO USE THE WORD BOARDS WORDS REGARDLESS, YOU, AS A BOARD STARTED ABUSING YOUR POWER AND THE TRUST OF CITIZENS OF CROWLEY HAD AND YOU ALL WITH THE FIRST MANDATE TO END ON MASK AUGUST TWENTY SEVENTH EXTENSION, THEN ILLEGAL EXTENSIONS TO PUSH AND CONTINUE TO PUSH THE DATES BY TWO WEEKS NINE 10, THEN NINE TWENTY FOUR TO THE 10 EIGHT.
THIS IS ABOUT YOU AS A WHOLE, OVERSTEPPING YOUR BOUNDARIES WITH THE PARENTS, CHILDREN AND CITIZENS OF CROWLEY, MUCH LESS THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.
LAST TWO THINGS I HAVE REQUESTED COPIES OR LINKS TO SAY A PETITION INJUNCTION SUIT FILED AGAINST THE TEXAS GOVERNOR.
DO YOU ALL HAVE COPIES YOU COULD SHARE? BECAUSE JAN, BUT BECAUSE JUDGE JAN SOFER AND THE THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIFTH CIVIL DISTRICT COURT CITE SHOWS FILINGS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY, HOUSTON AND AUSTIN, BUT NOT CROWLEY.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE 38 MILLION TO EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE COVID 19 FUNDS.
WHERE WAS IT SPENT? NO AFTER SCHOOL OR ANY EXTRA HELP HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN THAT ROOM.
THAT ELIMINATES THE TIME FOR THAT PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MS. LOVE.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS MS. ITALIA DE LA CRUZ MS. DE LA CRUZ.
I'M ITALIA DELA CRUZ, I RESIDE AT 4249 SUMMER STREET LANE AND I BROUGHT MY TWO DAUGHTERS.
AND IF I'M PERMITTED, I'M GOING TO MODEL WHAT THEY TELL ME HAPPENS IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
THIS IS WHAT MY KIDS COME AND TELL ME THAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
YOUR TEACHERS ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOUR CHILD WERE TO COME HOME TO THAT AND TO TELL YOU THAT THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND THEIR TEACHER BECAUSE THEIR MOUTH IS COVERED THE WHOLE ENTIRE DAY, I BET YOU WOULD BE STANDING.
THEY'RE AFRAID TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS BECAUSE THEY GET HUMILIATED.
JUST AS MR. KIRCHNER STATED ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POST WHEN ASKED QUOTE, HOW DO YOU FEEL FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WEAR A MASK? HOW SHOULD IT BE ENFORCED? FINES, JAIL, WARNINGS.
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I PREFER PUBLIC SHAMING.COULD YOU REFRAIN FROM USING STAFF NAMES AS WE REQUESTED IN THE POLICY? THANK YOU.
WHAT NAME DID I MENTION? MR. KIRCHNERS' WE DON'T USE SPECIFIC NAMES IN OUR DIALOG.
YOU CREATED A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS.
THEY ARE SCARED TO COME AND SPEAK UP UNDER THE WORD PRIORITIES YOU STATE.
WE VALUE HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
I DOUBT THAT THAT TYPE OF LESSON, IF YOU CONSIDER THAT A VALUABLE LESSON.
MY NEXT POINT, MONEY, OR SHOULD I MENTION MONEY HUNGRY? THERE ARE LAWSUITS AGAINST YOU.
YOU CONTINUE TO USE OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO EXTEND MASK MANDATES.
LET'S JUST KEEP APPLYING FOR BOND MONEY.
YES, WHY, LET'S DO IT WHILE OUR TAXES KEEP GOING UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE ARE YOU SETTING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY? TEA RELEASED A PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE ON SEPTEMBER, STATING PAGE THIRTY EIGHT STUDENTS SYSTEMS CANNOT REQUIRE STUDENTS OR STAFF TO WEAR A MASK.
SCHOOL SYSTEMS MUST ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO WEAR A MASK IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.
IS HAVING THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE TOO MUCH TO ASK? LOOK AT THEM IN THE EYES AND TELL THEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT OBSTACLES IN THEIR EDUCATION.
ONE DAY YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER TO YOUR CHILDREN, BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU, YOU'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER TO THEM AND TELL THEM, WHY ARE YOU PUTTING OBSTACLES IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION? SO SHAME ON YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU AND YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS MS. DEVIN CLAIBORNE.
DEVON CLAIBORNE, OVERTON SOUTH, AS OF CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY, THE CISD COVID 19 DASHBOARD SHOWED NINETY ONE POSITIVE STUDENT CASES OF COVID 19 DISTRICT WIDE A RATE OF ZERO POINT FIVE TWO PERCENT.
LIKEWISE, BURLESON ISD DASHBOARD SAYS EIGHTY THREE POSITIVE CASE CASES FOR A POSITIVE RATE OF POINT SIXTY ONE PERCENT.
THAT IS A DIFFERENCE OF LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF A PERCENT.
NEITHER DISTRICT IS OFFERING VIRTUAL LEARNING, AND THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE IS CISD CONTINUES TO IMPOSE A MASK MANDATE ON THEIR STUDENTS, WHILE BURLESON ISD DOES NOT.
IF THIS POLICY OF FORCE MASKING IS SO EFFECTIVE AND SO NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE, WHY DOES OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICT HAVE A SIMILAR OUTCOME WHILE DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE? OUR SO-CALLED LEADERS CLEARLY AREN'T CONSIDERING THE ACTUAL DATA WHEN THEY WERE RENEW THIS UNLAWFUL MANDATE REPEATEDLY.
ON THE SAME COVID DASHBOARD CROWLEY ISD STATES THAT FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS WHO CANNOT PHYSICALLY ATTEND IN PERSON BECAUSE THEY ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR MEDICAL HOMEBOUND SERVICES.
EVERY IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PERSON HAS THE TOOLS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THIS VIRUS.
IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CHILD, YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO KEEP YOUR CHILD SAFE AND IN FACT, THE DISTRICT ENCOURAGES IT.
PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU.
THE REST OF US WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK TO NORMALCY, AND THE FIGURES SHOW THAT OUR MANDATE HAS HAD NO REAL IMPACT OTHER THAN CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF HOSTILITY AND TOXIC.
LAST WEEK, WE ALL WATCHED A CISD STUDENT BRUTALLY WRESTLED TO THE GROUND BY A TEACHER.
THIS TEACHER DOES NOT DESERVE TO WORK IN THE DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER DISTRICT.
HOWEVER, I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE OVERALL CULTURE OF CISD RIGHT NOW.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE STRESS THAT THE TEACHERS ARE EXPERIENCING WITH NO END IN SIGHT.
THEIR CLASS SIZES ARE GROWING AND THEY ARE FORCED TO ACT AS HATCHET MEN FOR ALL YOUR MASK MANDATES, AND THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE UP FOR THE YEAR OF LOST EDUCATION DUE TO YOUR SO-CALLED MITIGATION EFFORTS.
TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING INTO DETAIL OF ENDLESS AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE SPENT AND TRY TO MAKE UP FOR POOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION.
STUDENTS RECEIVED A MS. COVID, YET YOU HAVE NO PLANS TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD.
PLEASE DON'T LET YOUR EGOS CONTINUE TO BE THE BASIS OF WHICH YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON REGARDING THE ACTUAL HEALTH AND SAFETY OF MY CHILD, OUR CHILDREN.
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OUR NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS DIANA ACOSTA, MS. ACOSTA.I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE HURT WITH THIS PLASTIC THING ON, BUT I'LL TRY MY BEST.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M A LUNCH MONITOR FOR ALL THE CHILDREN AT JUNE DAVIS.
I ENJOY MS. DAVIS AND HER GRANDSON.
THAT ALWAYS WAS VERY HOSPITABLE AND KIND TO ME.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE AS A LUNCH MONITOR.
AND WHILE THE SPANISH COMMUNITY, ONES THAT ARE JANITORS AND OUR KITCHEN WORKERS ON OUR CAMPUS AND MANY OTHER ONES THAT TALK TO ME THAT COME FROM OTHER CAMPUSES AND THEY SUB WITH US, THEY WANT TO KNOW IF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING THE VACCINE MANDATE.
THEIR CONCERN IS THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FOR ANY OF US IF WE DO END UP HAVING TO GET THIS VACCINE.
THAT IS A CONCERN FOR ME RELIGIOUS WISE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL WORRIED WE WANT TO HELP THE CHILDREN.
I CANNOT SAY HOW MUCH I LOVE GOING THERE TO WORK AND ENJOY GOING WITH THE CHILDREN.
BUT THESE LAST FEW MONTHS I DIDN'T COME IN.
LAST MONTH I HAD HIM READ MY COMMENT.
HE READ MY COMMENT BECAUSE I ENDED UP WITH COVID, EVEN THOUGH WE GOT MASKS.
I ENDED UP WITH COVID AND I HAVE ASTHMA.
WHEN WE DID OUR HEROES THING LAST YEAR FOR THE LAST SEMESTER, I CAME AND I DIDN'T MISS ANY DAYS.
EVEN WITH ALL THE COVID KNOWING THAT I HAVE HYPERTENSION, I HAVE ASTHMA, I HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE LIST THAT I SHOULD GET SOMETHING AND I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING LAST YEAR.
BUT THIS YEAR I DID, AND I STILL CAME BACK TO THE KIDS.
I'M STILL RECUPERATING WITH MY ASTHMA.
BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF I ALREADY GOT MY IMMUNITIES.
SHOULD I HAVE TO GET NOW AN INJECTION AND A LOT OF THE SPANISH COMMUNITIES ASKING THAT TO ME BECAUSE THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, SO THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO EVEN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU GUYS? SO THEY'RE ASKED ME IN SPANISH, [INAUDIBLE] THEY ASK IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE FIRED.
THEY ASK, DO WE HAVE TO GO AND GET THIS? IS THIS GOING TO COME HERE? I SENT AN EMAIL LAST YEAR AND ASKING.
WILL WE HAVE TO GET THIS? AND MY ANSWER WAS NO, BUT WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS, I'M RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY.
I'M WEARING THIS PLASTIC SHIELD.
I'VE EVEN HAD A MASK THAT GAVE ME A RASH.
MY OTHER CONCERN IS WATCHING THE CHILDREN IN OUR CAFETERIA IF YOU GUYS HAVE COME DOWN TO VISIT US.
WE HAVE IT DOUBLED ALMOST HOW MANY KIDS ARE NOW THERE.
I'M BY MYSELF ALMOST ALL THE TIME, WITH ALMOST A HUNDRED CHILDREN BY MYSELF TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE NO MORE HELP.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE THAT'S GOING TO WANT TO COME AND HELP US.
I'VE HAD TO CLEAN THE TABLES TODAY.
I HAD TO TAKE GARBAGE AND MOVE IT ALL OVER THE PLACE TODAY BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY WORKERS THAT ARE THERE.
THIS IS IN THE PLEXIGLASS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
IF THE FBI CAME TO OUR SCHOOL, THEY WOULD SEE EVERY FINGERPRINT ON THERE.
THEY'LL FIND EVERY KID REAL QUICK.
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO HELP CLEAN THIS.
THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE, EVEN IF WE HAVE ALL OF THIS STUFF, THEY THEY WANT ME TO COME BACK WITH AN ANSWER AND ASK, WILL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO MANDATE THIS VACCINE FOR US THAT DON'T WANT IT? AND WILL WE HAVE RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES AND NOT BE TESTED? THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR EVERYBODY TODAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IF WE WILL BE FIRED, IF WE DON'T COMPLY.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING COME FROM MS. SHELLY AMES, MS. AMES.
MY NAME IS SHELLY AMES, I LIVE ON WILLOW BEND.
I WANT TO POINT OUT IN YOUR PROPOSED STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT A SECTION TITLED DISREGARD FOR AUTHORITY, WHERE YOU LIST FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DIRECTIVES GIVEN BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL AS A CONDUCT VIOLATION.
ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT YOU EXPECT CHILDREN TO OBEY AUTHORITY YOUR AUTHORITY? BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT YOU WANT TO MASK AND SUFFOCATE OUR CHILDREN, YOU DON'T WANT TO OBEY AUTHORITY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO OBEY THE GOVERNOR'S MANDATE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO OBEY THE COURTS.
BUT WHEN HAS THAT EVER MATTERED TO LEFTIST ACTIVISTS LIKE YOURSELVES? YOU WANT TO DISREGARD AUTHORITY AND WASTE THOUSANDS OR POSSIBLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON FIGHTING TO DISREGARD ESTABLISHED AUTHORITY AND STOMP ON PARENTAL RIGHTS.
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TEACHING THESE CHILDREN WITH THESE ACTIONS? YOU ARE SHOWING THEM THAT IT'S OK TO BREAK THE RULES IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT.
THEY LOST AND YOU WILL LOSE, TOO.
YOU'RE MERELY WASTING MONEY THAT COULD BE SPENT ON OUR CHILDREN AND OUR TEACHERS.
I'M DISGUSTED WITH SUCH HORRIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
YOU SIT HERE CLAIMING TO WANT TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN.
YET COOKS CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER SAYS CHILD SUICIDE WAS THE LEADING CAUSE OF TRAUMATIC DEATH AT THEIR HOSPITAL THIS YEAR.
MORE CHILDREN DIED FROM SUICIDE THAN CAR WRECKS OR CHILD ABUSE FOR THE FIRST
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TIME IN 2020.WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS THIS FEAR MONGERING, THIS DISTANCING, THE LACK OF CONNECTION? MY THREE YEAR OLD WON'T EVEN TALK TO PEOPLE WITH THE MASK ON.
IF YOU DON'T THINK THESE THINGS ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR CHILDREN, YOU ARE FOOLING YOUR SELVES.
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SECTION IN YOUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT CALLED MISTREATMENT OF OTHERS.
YOU LIST THE VIOLATIONS TO INCLUDE CAUSE AND INDIVIDUAL TO ACT THROUGH THE USE OF THREAT OR FORCE.
YOU ALSO LIST A VIOLATION TO BE ENGAGING IN INAPPROPRIATE VERBAL, PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
SO LET'S TALK FIRST ABOUT WHAT IS INAPPROPRIATE.
IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO DICTATE TO OUR CHILDREN WHAT MEDICAL DEVICES THEY MAY OR MAY NOT USE.
THE JOB OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TO TEACH CHILDREN IT IS THE JOB OF THE PARENTS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN'S MEDICAL NEEDS AND THEN TO THREATEN CHILDREN OR FORCE THEM TO USE THESE MEDICAL DEVICES ALSO VIOLATES YOUR OWN CODE THAT YOU EXPECT THESE CHILDREN TO FOLLOW.
SO AGAIN, WHAT ARE YOU TEACHING THESE CHILDREN? RULES FOR THEE AND NOT FOR ME? ARE Y'ALL KINGS AND QUEENS ORDAINED BY GOD? OR ARE YOU ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS HERE TO MANAGE A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN YOU'RE NOT MONARCHS AND YOU CERTAINLY WEREN'T ORDAINED BY GOD? WE, THE PEOPLE ARE HERE REMINDING YOU THAT YOU WORK FOR US AND YOU HAVE A LIMITED SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.
DROP THIS LOSING LAWSUIT BY ELIMINATING THE MASK MANDATE ONCE AND FOR ALL, RESPECT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND DO THE JOB YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO.
OUR NEXT COMMENTS WERE SUBMITTED IN WRITING BY MR. ROBERT BUKER.
CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I'M WRITING THIS ON BEHALF OF BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITIZENS OF CROWLEY.
IT IS NOT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO CREATE A VACCINE INCENTIVE, EDUCATING OUR KIDS TO GET BACK TO READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC.
THIS WAY MORE VALUABLE AND WAY MORE PRICELESS THAN TEACHING CRT AND SEL, THE BAD PARTS WHICH HOLDS NO WEIGHT IN THE WORKING FIELD IS ACCORDING TO THE ADVERSE REACTION VACCINE SITE.
SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE, THOSE HAVE HAD ADVERSE REACTIONS REACTIONS UP TO RESULTING IN DEATH FROM THE EMERGENCY ORDERED VACCINE.
AND JUST LIKE THE MASK HAVE PROVEN NOT TO BE EFFECTIVE IS TO PUT A PRICE TAG ON SOMEBODY'S LIFE OR SOMETHING THAT'S ONLY EMERGENCY ORDERED IS RECKLESS AND RIDICULOUS.
THE OVERREACH OF THIS BOARD HAS BECOME POWER HUNGRY AND SOCIALIST VERSUS DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS, WHICH IS GETTING THE PROPER TUTORING, MAKING SURE PARENTS ARE WELL THAT FIVE O FOUR IS AVAILABLE FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE STRUGGLING.
THOSE PHONES SEEM TO BE A WHOLE LOT MORE RESPONSIBLE THAN PUTTING SOMEBODY'S LIFE AT RISK THAT COULD STILL SPREAD COVID.
THIS BOARD NEEDS TO RESIGN IMMEDIATELY AND LET PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THE TRUE RESEARCH THE CITIZENS OF CROWLEY TO GET BACK TO TEACHING KIDS WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW AND NOT THE OVERREACH OF WHAT IS THE OVERREACH OF WHAT WE TEACH IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
ALSO, THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSULT OUR PROVIDERS ON OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND OUR OWN.
NOT Y'ALL, PLEASE STEP DOWN AND RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.
AND THEN OUR FINAL COMMENTS THIS EVENING ARE FROM MS. KERRY RAYMIRE, MS. RAYMIRE.
MY NAME IS KERRY RAYMIRE, I LIVE ON TREMONT.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ A FEW EXCERPTS FROM LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID GROSSMAN.
ARMY RANGER AND A FORMER WEST POINT PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR.
HE'S THE AUTHOR OF MANY BEST SELLING BOOKS IN THE FIELD OF CRIMINOLOGY AND ABOUT UNDERSTANDING FACTORS THAT EMPOWER AND RESTRAIN VIOLENCE AND MURDER IN OUR SOCIETY.
HE SAYS THAT MASKS PREVENT EMPATHY AND EMPOWER HOSTILITY, VIOLENCE AND EVEN MURDER ACROSS OUR NATION.
THEY CREATE A SENSE OF ANONYMITY FOR AN AGGRESSOR, AND THEY'RE DEHUMANIZING TO THE VICTIM.
EVERY TIME ONE PERSON INTERACTS WITH ANOTHER, THERE ARE FRICTION POINTS.
BUT THERE'S AN AMAZING RAY OF SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT PROVIDE A LUBRICANT FOR EACH OF THESE FRICTION POINTS.
MASKS ARE LIKE A HANDFUL OF SAND IN AN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE, INCREASING THE FRICTION AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE DAILY CONTACT POINTS.
RESEARCH TELLS US THAT IF YOU'RE A KIDNAPED AND BLINDFOLDED BY YOUR CAPTORS, YOU'RE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED.
YOU WOULD THINK, WELL, I CAN'T IDENTIFY MY CAPTOR, SO I'M LESS OF A THREAT.
BUT YOUR POTENTIAL LONG TERM THREAT IS NOT WHAT IS KEEPING YOU ALIVE.
IT IS LOOKING INTO THE FACE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING AND CREATING A POWERFUL BIOLOGICAL SENSE OF EMPATHY THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT IS KEEPING CAPTIVES ALIVE.
THE FACE IS A WINDOW TO THE SOUL, AND COVERING THE FACE WITH A MASK ERODES EMPATHY AND EMPOWERS INTERPERSONAL AGGRESSION.
THIS IS WHY WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE EXECUTED, THEY'RE TRADITIONALLY BLINDFOLDED OR
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HOODED.MASS MURDERS COMMITTED BY CRIMINALS, TERRORISTS AND TOTALITARIAN STATES OFTEN INVOLVE SHOOTING VICTIMS IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD OR BEHEADING THEM FROM BEHIND.
ONCE AGAIN, COVERING OR HIDING THE FACE NEGATES EMPATHY AND EMPOWERS SOME OF THE GHASTLIEST CRIMES.
DURING OPERATIVE CONDITION TRAINING FOR SOLDIERS, IF THE COMBATANT HAS A FACE COVERING, IT WAS DISCOVERED IT WAS 60 PERCENT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE SOLDIER TO FEEL EMPATHY, COMPASSION OR FEAR.
IT'S JUST THE WAY OUR HUMAN BRAINS WORK OVER EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, MASK ALTER OUR WAYS OF VIEWING EACH OTHER IN A BIOLOGICAL WAY.
THEY MUFFLE VOICES CAUSING PEOPLE TO SHOUT, WHICH IS A SIGNAL OF AGGRESSION.
WHEN SOMEONE SHOUTS AT YOU, YOU BECOME DEFENSIVE.
IT'S JUST A SITUATION THAT CAN SPIRAL DOWNWARD AT A BASIC, INTUITIVE, ALMOST BIOLOGICAL LEVEL.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS MASK CAN CONTRIBUTE TO DAILY DEHUMANIZATION DESENSITIZATION DESENSITIZATION.
ALIENATION, ANXIETY AND SOCIAL ISOLATION.
HE SAYS HE CAN DEFINITIVELY STATE THAT HAVING OUR ENTIRE POPULATION INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER WHILE WEARING MASKS IS ONE OF THE MOST PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY HARMFUL THINGS WE CAN DO.
AND THEY'RE LEADING OUR NATION INTO EVER DEEPER DEPTHS OF VIOLENCE, DEATH, DESPAIR AND HEARTACHE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR BOARD MEETING TONIGHT, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR REPORT ITEMS.
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AGENDA ITEM SIX POINT ONE.CARLETON UNIVERSITY GRANT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PARTNERSHIP.
MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT ITEM DEALING WITH A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP THROUGH A GRANT WITH TARLETON UNIVERSITY, MS. POLK IS HERE AND PREPARED TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
HALL, DR. MCFARLAND AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TONIGHT'S EXHIBIT ALIGNS WITH GOAL ONE, THRIVING STUDENTS.
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM TARLETON UNIVERSITY THAT SAID, HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THIS GRAND OPPORTUNITY FOR PLAY SAND AND PLAY THERAPY? AND SO I WAS VERY INTRIGUED AT THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I PICK UP THE PHONE AND I CALLED DR.
MANNING, IS THIS REALLY SOMETHING LIKE YOU CAN REALLY GET A GRANT FOR PLAYING IN THE SAND AND PLAYING AND JUST WITH PLAY THERAPY? AND SHE WAS LIKE, ABSOLUTELY, IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU ALL CAN DO.
AND I SAID, WELL, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, IT'S BETTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDENTS, AND IT'S MORE OF A COUNSELING TYPE OF A THERAPY.
AND I SAID, OH, THAT'S AWESOME.
SO I SAID, LET ME CALL MY COLLEAGUES MS. SHANEQUA BLOUNT AND MS. TRINA HARRIS SO WE CAN COLLABORATE AND FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR CROWLEY ISD.
WE FORMED A COMMITTEE AND WE BROUGHT IN MR. LEON FISHER TO DETERMINE WHICH SCHOOL, AND WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO WE FAST FORWARD A YEAR LATER, WE HAVE PUT A LINK OUT FOR ALL PRINCIPALS RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE OUT WHICH SCHOOL WILL BE THE BEST.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THAT PROCESS OF DETERMINING.
WE KNOW THAT WE WON'T HAVE IT AT ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WE WILL HAVE IT AT ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, TARLETON PARTNERS, OUR FRIENDS OF THE STREET, TO EXPLAIN TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PLAY THERAPY AND SAND THERAPY AND THE GRANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, DR.
RYAN FOSTER AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUE, DR.
BECK MUNCIE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE HE'S UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY, TEACHING CLASS.
YOU CAN LOOK AT IT EITHER WAY.
WELL, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE BECAUSE OF THIS NEW POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY TO PROVIDE NO COST MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO CHILDREN IN YOUR ISD, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TRAINING OUR MASTER'S LEVEL CLINICIAN STUDENTS.
AND SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT STUDENTS WOULD AT YOUR SCHOOLS WOULD BE ATTENDING THERAPY FROM THERAPISTS WHO ARE TARLETON MASTER'S LEVEL COUNSELING STUDENTS.
OUR HOPE IS TO START PRETTY SOON WITH WORKING IN ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH THE HOPE IN THE FUTURE IS TO EXPAND MORE SCHOOLS, WHILE ALSO EVENTUALLY EXPANDING EVEN THE TYPES OF SERVICES WE'RE OFFERING THIS YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OFFERING PLAY THERAPY IN SAND TRAY THERAPY, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.
BUT OUR HOPE IN THE FUTURE IS TO EXPAND THIS TO NOT ONLY KIDS IN CERTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR CERTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, BUT TO EXPAND IT INTO MORE SCHOOLS.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, EVEN TO THE COMMUNITY WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, PARENTS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF OUR HOPES AND GOALS FOR THE FUTURE.
AND SO WHY ARE WE TRYING TO DO THIS NOW? WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.
OBVIOUSLY, COVID HAS REALLY IMPACT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF ALL CHILDREN.
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IT'S ALSO IMPACT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.THERE'S A LOT OF GRIEF AND LOSS THAT CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH ADJUSTMENT CHANGES AS AS POTENTIALLY FAMILY MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE LOST A JOB WHICH CHANGES HOW THEIR FAMILY IS OPERATING AND HOW THEIR FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING THE TIMES NOW.
THERE'S ALSO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES AND ACADEMIC CHALLENGES AS JUST WHAT THE IMPACT OF COVID HAD LAST YEAR AND CONTINUES THIS YEAR.
AND SO ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS FOR NOW IS THAT WE ARE LOCAL.
WE HAVE OUR NEW CAMPUS AS FAR AS TARLETON GOES, AND SO WE'RE JUST DOWN THE STREET.
OUR COUNSELING PROGRAM IS GROWING.
WE NOT ONLY HAVE A MASTER'S PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A DOCTORAL PROGRAM HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND WE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM OF US PUT TOGETHER A GRANT WHICH WE WERE AWARDED BY THE BY THE UNIVERSITY.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF GETTING US KICK STARTED FOR THIS IDEA.
ONE OF THE TYPES OF APPROACHES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING WITH IS PLAY THERAPY.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS PLAY THERAPY.
AND I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU, THERE'S A DEFINITION OF IT THERE, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE LITTLE WORDY.
SO BASICALLY, PLAY THERAPY IS A TYPE OF COUNSELING APPROACH FOR CHILDREN BECAUSE CHILDREN STRUGGLE WITH, LIKE TALKING ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS.
WE USED PLAY MATERIALS AND ITEMS TO HELP CHILDREN PROCESS THOSE CONCERNS.
AND SO KIDS WOULD GO INTO A ROOM THAT'S DEDICATED TO HAVING THESE PLAY MATERIALS AND ITEMS AND BE ABLE TO MEET WITH A THERAPIST WHO UNDERSTANDS PLAY AND UNDERSTANDS THAT PROCESS AND HELP THEM WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
AND SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE WOULD BE BUILDING A PLAYROOM IN A SCHOOL AND WE, OF COURSE, IT'S NO COST TO YOU.
WE'LL BE BRINGING IN THE MATERIALS AND OUR STUDENT WILL BE PROVIDING OUR MASTER LEVEL STUDENT WILL BE PROVIDING THAT PLAY THERAPY TO THE CHILD DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS.
AND THE HOPE IS THAT WE COULD EXPAND THAT TO OTHER THINGS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF THERAPY AND THAT'S SANDTRAY THERAPY, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE DR. FOSTER SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
SO SANDTRAY THERAPY IS MEANT FOR KIDS WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER, MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
I EVEN USE IT WITH ADULTS IN MY PRACTICE.
BUT SANDTRAY THERAPY IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF PLAY THERAPY, BUT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY BUILDING WORLDS IN A CENTER USING MINIATURE FIGURINES.
SO IT KIND OF CROSSES THE BARRIER OF KIDS WHO MAY BE ABLE TO EXPRESS SOME THINGS VERBALLY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT KIDS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STILL HAVEN'T DEVELOPED THE ABILITY TO BE TOTALLY ABSTRACT LIKE ADULTS.
SO TALK THERAPY, PEER TALK THERAPY ISN'T REALLY THE MOST APPROPRIATE VENUE, BUT IT'S A CREATIVE WAY OF REALLY EXPLORING WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THEM.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAD, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE THINK IT'S A NATURALLY, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A WIN WIN FOR NOT ONLY OUR ACCOUNTING STUDENTS, BUT YOUR STUDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND HOPEFULLY THE LARGER COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MS. [INAUDIBLE] ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I DO DR. HALL, JUST A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THE PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF DOES THIS MEAN LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT WE SAW IN THE PICTURE, THE SPACE ALLOTTED FOR THE THERAPIES TO HAPPEN? WHAT? TALK US THROUGH THAT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED IS IN THE SCHOOL.
WE WOULD NEED AN AREA THAT'S PRIVATE TO CONDUCT THESE PLAY SESSIONS IN.
AND WE KNOW THAT IN SCHOOLS, SPACE IS TIGHT.
THAT'S JUST MY EXPERIENCE IN ANY SCHOOL IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY PLACE.
AND SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN FIND A SPACE THAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE SPACE WHERE WE CAN SET UP THESE MATERIALS AND BE ABLE TO DO THESE SESSIONS.
OK, SECOND QUESTION HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE WE LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING FOR THE LOCATIONS? SO FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT ONLY ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
OUR HOPE IS TO EXPAND IN THE FUTURE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AND DON'T SAY JUST ONLY ONE SCHOOL AND ONLY ONE, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOUR PRESENCE AND PARTNERSHIP IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND HOPEFULLY GETTING A CHANCE TO VISIT AND JUST SEE EVERYTHING.
I WISH CORPORATE AMERICA HAD THERAPY AREAS LIKE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, THIS BRINGS US NOW TO AGENDA ITEM SIX POINT TWO ARE EQUITY QUARTERLY REVIEW.
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DR. MCFARLAND.MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU KNOW SEVERAL SEVERAL YEARS AGO, YOU ALL SET EQUITY AS A KEY TARGET, KEY GOAL FOR US IN THE DISTRICT.
AND SO WE COMMITTED TO EVERY YEAR COMING BACK EVERY QUARTER REALLY AND PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE'RE DOING.
AND SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH OUR FIRST EQUITY QUARTERLY REVIEW.
MS. KUNZIG IS HERE TO LEAD THAT DISCUSSION.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT DR.
HALL, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT DR.
IT BRINGS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TO GIVE YOU THE EQUITY UPDATE AS A REPORT ITEM THIS EVENING.
THIS PRESENTATION DOES ALIGN WITH ALL OF OUR THREE GOALS, ALIGNS WITH THRIVING STUDENTS, ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND EMPOWERED STAFF.
I STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH TWO OF THE TEAM MEMBERS AND IT WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE AND IT HAS LAUNCHED DISTRICT WIDE.
YOU KNOW, THE WORK OF EQUITY IS HEART AND MIND.
AND SO WE HAVE TO GET THE HEART TOO IN IN TUNE WITH THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE WHEN I PULL THIS STRIDE UP THIS SLIDE UP, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO WHERE WE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR, BUT I WANT TO PULL US BACK EVEN IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN WHEN WE STARTED THE AUDIT, AS DR.
THE BOARD WAS INTEGRAL IN LAUNCHING US TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION, AND I JUST WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOUR FOR YOUR COURAGE AND YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR GUIDANCE BECAUSE YOU'VE LAUNCHED US FORWARD IN THE WORK OF EQUITY IN SUCH A TIME, SUCH AS THIS IN A PANDEMIC AND WITH ALL OF THE POLITICAL STRIFE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE FACING.
I DIDN'T PLAN TO SAY THIS, BUT I WAS ON A COMMITTEE OF 12 DISTRICTS AND EVERY TIME I SAT IN THAT COMMITTEE, THEY WOULD SAY, WHY AREN'T...
WHY DON'T WE PUSH PROGRAM EVAL THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY? AND I WOULD SIT THERE THINKING, WOW, WE'RE DOING EQUITY IN CROWLEY ISD.
AND SO IT REALLY MADE ME PROUD ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WITH THAT, I COMMEND YOU AND I'LL MOVE ON.
SO THE AUDIT STARTED IN TWENTY THREE TWENTY EIGHTEEN.
FROM THERE, WE RAN A THREE YEAR TREND REPORT.
WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE DISPARITIES.
THE SENSE OF URGENCY WAS DEVELOPED FROM HERE.
WE EVALUATED PROGRAMS OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS IN THE AREA OF PRE ADVANCED PLACEMENT, ADVANCED PLACEMENT ON RAMPS ACT/SAT DUAL CREDIT, GIFTED AND TALENTED CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY AND IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
AND SO IN THAT EVALUATION AND LOOKING INTO THE AUDIT IN THE THREE YEAR TREND ARE OVERARCHING STATEMENTS TUGGED AT OUR HEARTS AND OUR MIND.
IT SAID ONE THAT THERE WAS AN OVERREPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN DISCIPLINARY SITUATIONS AND TWO THAT THERE WAS AN UNDERREPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND THEREFORE STARTED OUR WORK FOR THIS PAST YEAR.
AND SO WHAT DID WE DO AS A TEAM, WE STARTED TO EVALUATE EACH OF THE PROGRAMS. THIS EXAMPLE HERE IS SIMPLY TO REMIND US, I KNOW THAT WE'VE DELVED DEEPLY INTO THIS.
THE BOARD IS VERY FAMILIAR ALSO WITH HOW WE DID THIS.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF IT.
I'M JUST GOING TO PULL US TO THE FAR RIGHT TO SEE HOW WE PULLED OUR DISPARITIES.
IN ESSENCE, WE LAUNCHED THE YEAR THINKING AND KNOWING THAT WE HAD A HIGH DISPARITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR LEFT AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THEN TAKE YOURSELF TO THE FAR RIGHT YOU'LL SEE NEGATIVE TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE.
WELL, THERE WE DREW FROM OUR DISPARITIES AT AN EIGHTEEN POINT THREE ONE PERCENTAGE DISPARITY THAT WE WERE TRYING TO BRIDGE.
NOW WE HAD OUR STARTING POINT.
SO AS A TEAM, WHAT WE DID WAS WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE WORKED OUT ON EACH OF THE PROGRAMS WE DEVELOPED WITH A DISTRICT LEADERS, CAMPUS LEADERS AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF OUR BOARD, WE LOOKED AT ALSO WHAT ARE THOSE DISPARITIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRIDGE? AND YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY TOP, WE ESTABLISHED OUR SMART GOALS AND YOU'LL SEE I'LL GIVE YOU THAT EXAMPLE ON GIFTED AND TALENTED.
IT'S ONE AND WE CARRIED OUR SMART GOAL TO GUIDE US INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS. I'M LOOKING AT THE HEADERS AND THEN WE WORK WITHIN A SIX WEEK INCREMENT SO THAT WE WOULD SEE WHAT ARE WE MEASURING AND HOW IS IT IMPACTING OUR END GOAL IN BRIDGING OUR DISPARITY? SO WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS I'VE GIVEN US A HIGH OVERVIEW OF THE GREAT DISCUSSION THE TWO OF THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE HAVING.
THEY'RE GOING TO DRILL DOWN TO EACH OF THE PROGRAM AREAS, BUT I WANT US TO TAKE A QUICK JUST SORT OF SKIM THROUGH THIS AND SEE.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT WITH THE DARK BLUE BAR, THOSE WERE OUR GOALS.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE INTENTIONAL WORK IN THE WORK OF EQUITY AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BARS ARE NOT ONLY MEETING BUT SURPASSING.
SO THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON HAS TRULY MADE AN IMPRESSION FOR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TRANSITION OVER TO MR. GILLIES, WHO'S GOING TO TALK US THROUGH ADVANCED ACADEMICS.
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ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, DR.HALL, DR. MCFARLAND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SO I WANT TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IN THE PROGRAMS THAT I SUPERVISE AND THE GROWTH WE'VE MADE.
WE'VE MADE SOME EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH THIS YEAR AND I WANT TO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT TONIGHT WITH YOU ALL.
SO WE IDENTIFY FROM THE DISPARITIES AND GIFTED AND TALENTED THAT WE HAD UNDERREPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND WE WANTED TO BEGIN TO CLOSE OR JUST CLOSE THOSE DISPARITIES, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE AS WE CLOSE THOSE DISPARITIES THAT WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING FROM YEAR TO YEAR, THAT WAS JUST NOT A ONE TIME GROWTH AND THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT.
SO IT'S PUTTING SOME SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THAT DISPARITY.
THE GOAL WE INITIALLY SET WAS 58 STUDENTS.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAD IDENTIFIED 105 OF THAT OF THE OF FOUR GIFTED AND TALENTED, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
WE DID IDENTIFY AT THE TIME EIGHT SECONDARY STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL IN THE SPRING.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THAT, OUR GOAL, WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL BY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE PERCENT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
AND SO OUR GOAL IS REMAINING TO STILL CONTINUE WITH WITH STEADY, MAINTAINABLE GROWTH.
SO WE WILL BEGIN TO LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S GOAL IS TO INCREASE BY 19 STUDENTS OR 19 PERCENT OR THAT 70 STUDENTS.
THE NEXT ONE WAS ACT AND SAT...
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GO BACK? MM HMM.
I GUESS WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS JUST STOP BETWEEN EACH ONE.
SO IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AND I DO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT TO HAVE THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING GIFTED INTELLIGENCE SERVICES NOW THAT WE'RE NOT RECEIVING BEFORE.
SO TALK TO US ABOUT SPECIFIC TWO OR THREE THINGS SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS DONE IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO HIT THIS TARGET.
SO WE REALLY RELIED ON THE FEDERAL DEFINITION OF GIFTED, WHICH SAYS TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS OF OF OF SAME AGE WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND BACKGROUNDS.
SO WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT THAT AND WE TAPPED INTO SOME RESEARCH RESEARCH FROM ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT THEY RECEIVED A LAWSUIT SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR INEQUITABLE IDENTIFICATION OF GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
AND WHAT THEY FOUND OUT WAS THAT THEY, LIKE EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE UNITED STATES, HAS SCHOOLS THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE DISTRICT OR EVEN BY EACH OTHER.
AND THEY WERE COMPARING THEY WERE COMPARING LIKE TO UNLIKE AND THEY WERE NOT GETTING THE RESULTS THEY NEEDED.
SO LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL DEFINITION IS COMPARING LIKE TO LIKE.
SO WE WENT BACK AND DID A THREE YEAR TREND AND WE AVERAGED EVERY SCORE OF EVERY TEST THAT WAS BEING GIVEN TO OUR KIDS THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND WE IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL SUB POP NORMS BY CAMPUSES.
SO WHAT ONE STUDENT, A SUB POP AT CAMPUS A, HAS TO HAVE TO QUALIFY.
A KID ACROSS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DISTRICT MAY HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SCORE.
THE SCORES ARE NOT THAT DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT ENOUGH TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE EXPERIENCE OF THOSE STUDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY.
AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FACT THAT WE WERE IN CROWLEY ISD RELYING TOO MUCH ON QUANTITATIVE DATA.
WHAT NUMBERS SAID LOOKING AT QUALITATIVE DATA? WHEN YOU ASSESS A FIVE YEAR OLD ON A BASIC COGNITIVE ABILITY TEST, THAT'S THEIR FIRST TIME TO BE TESTED ON SOMETHING THEY MAY EXPRESS.
THEY'RE THEY'RE EXCEPTIONALLY IN A MUCH DIFFERENT WAY THROUGH QUALITATIVE DATA, BE IT THROUGH WORK INTERACTION INTERVIEW WITH THE STUDENTS LOOKING AT THEIR CREATIVE SIDE.
WE BEGIN TO IMMEDIATELY SEE THAT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WERE BEING PASSED OVER BECAUSE WE WERE USING ANTIQUATED, OUTDATED TESTING PROCEDURES.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD OUR NUMBERS THAT WAY.
IN ADDITION, MR. GILLIES TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TALENT POOL AND KIND OF WHAT YOU WHAT YOU WHAT YOU DEAL WITH.
SO IN THE PAST, WE HAD STUDENTS THAT WERE ON THE CUSP OF QUALIFYING PUT THEM IN THE TALENT POOL, WHERE THEY WOULD RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM A CERTIFIED GT TEACHER WHO HAD THE ADDITIONAL 30 HOURS THEY HAVE TO HAVE BY THE STATE, BUT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY PULLED OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
LIKE OUR IDENTIFY GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS, WE WENT BACK AND REEVALUATED ALL OF THOSE SCORES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS OF THOSE STUDENTS.
MANY OF THE STUDENTS MEETING OUR NEW CRITERIA, WE WERE ABLE TO THEN IDENTIFY THEM AS GT AND THEY BEGIN TO RECEIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.
I WILL SAY THE ONE THING, AND I WANT TO MAKE THIS PLUG FOR FOR PRE-K THREE AND FOUR, WHEN I BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE LIST OF STUDENTS THAT WE QUALIFIED IN KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR, THE FIRST 10 NAMES I LOOKED AT, EIGHT OF THEM HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PRE-K THREE AND FOUR PROGRAMS. SO WE KNOW THE IMPACT THAT STUDENTS HAVING EARLY EXPOSURE TO SYSTEMS AND SCHOOLS AND THE CULTURE OF LEARNING AND A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE BRINGS OUT THOSE TALENTS IN THEM.
SO THAT'S JUST MY PLUG FOR PRE-K THREE FOUR.
THANK YOU, MR. GILLIES, I WANTED YOU TO PULL THAT OUT BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND I
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APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE THAT WAS THAT WAS YOUR YOUR DEAL.YOU WERE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT REALLY ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.
AND IT'S EQUITY WORK IS HARD WORK AND PEOPLE LOOK AT THE END OF IT, BUT IT'S AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND ACCESS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT WITH THE GIFTED AND TALENTED.
WE'RE DEFINITELY PROUD OF THOSE NUMBERS.
I HAVE A UM, A COMMENT, I GUESS AND A QUESTION.
SOMETIMES IN CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS, IT IS ASSUMED THAT IF WE INCLUDE OTHER STUDENTS IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, LIKE A GIFTED PROGRAM OR AP CLASSES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THE CURRICULUM IS THEN WATERED DOWN.
WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
SO COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT? SO WHAT WE WHAT WE DO WITH THE STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING PULLED OUT FOR SPECIAL SERVICES, WE LOOK AT THE AREAS THAT THE STATE PLAN OF EDUCATION SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE FOR GIFTED SERVICES AND WE TRY TO MEET ALL OF THOSE DOMAINS AND WE LOOK AT LEADERSHIP AND STUDENTS LOOK AT CREATIVITY.
WE LOOK AT THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
THAT IS ANOTHER AREA WE'RE ADDRESSING NOW WITH THE FACT THAT ALL OF OUR GT SPECIALISTS ARE ALSO OUR STEM PLUS SPECIALISTS.
SO THEY'RE GOING IN WITH A VERY, VERY SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO RIGOROUS.
CURRICULUM WITH A LOT OF DEPTH AND A LOT OF COMPLEXITY TO IT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT IS BEING, EVEN IF THEY AREN'T, AREN'T ABLE TO REACH HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO PULL THEM TO THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO PREPARE THEM FOR THAT.
AND I THINK WE'LL SEE PROBABLY MORE THIS YEAR WITH WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE STEM PLUS, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR FIVE YEAR OLDS IN KINDERGARTEN.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE NUMBERS GROW AGAIN IN KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR AS WELL.
WE HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST NUMBERS IN KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR.
WE WENT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, TWENTY FOUR PERCENT OF OUR TARGET GROUP BEING IDENTIFIED TO FORTY FOUR PERCENT OF OUR TARGET GROUP BEING IDENTIFIED.
AND THAT WAS IN PANDEMIC, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A MAJOR THING.
JUST ONE OTHER THING AND DON'T MEAN TO KEEP JUMPING IN.
BUT BUT I DO MEAN TO KEEP JUMPING IN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE WAS ABOUT THREE, MAYBE FOUR GIFTED SPECIALISTS IN THE DISTRICT I BELIEVE.
WE HAD WE HAD NINE NINE SERVING 15 ELEMENTARIE'S.
AND HOW MANY ELEMENTARIES' HAVE GIFTED SERVICES NOW WE HAVE? WELL, THEY ALL HAD GIFTED SERVICES.
IT WAS JUST THE SPECIALIST WAS PART TIME THERE.
NOW WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S FULL TIME, SO WE HAVE 15 STEM PLUS/GT SPECIALISTS SERVING ALL 15 CAMPUSES.
ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS ALWAYS THE HOT TOPIC, GTI IS ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC.
ALL RIGHT, SO ACT AND SAT WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, EQUITY IS ALL ABOUT ACCESS AND BEING HAVING ACCESS TO PARTICIPATE.
SO WE DO OFFER SAT IN SCHOOL DAY AND ACT IN SCHOOL DAY TESTING.
SO THERE'S OUR THERE'S OUR ACCESS, THERE'S OUR EQUITY HAS BEEN MET WITH THAT.
SO NOW WE WANT TO LOOK AT PERFORMANCE.
AND SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THE LAST THREE YEARS OF PERFORMANCE OF OUR STUDENTS.
OUR STUDENTS ARE STILL BELOW THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT SAT, WE HAVE SEEN A THREE POINT SEVEN GROWTH OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND ACT WE'VE SEEN A NINE POINT FIVE PERCENT GROWTH IN OUR, YOU KNOW WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING ON THOSE TESTS.
AND, WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS ALSO AN INDICATOR FOR SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY, HOW STUDENTS CAN PERFORM.
IT CAN GET US A CCMR INDICATOR OF HOW THEY PERFORM ON SAT OR ACT.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST COLLABORATING WITH THE CNI DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE EMBEDDING THESE SKILLS IN CURRICULUM THAT THE STUDENTS ARE HAVING EXPOSURE TO IT EVERY DAY, THAT THE TEACHERS UNDERSTAND WHAT STUDENTS ARE TESTED ON ACT AND SAT.
I THINK WE'RE SEEING THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE GROWTH OF THESE STUDENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ACT/SAT? ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE.
SO ONRAMPS IS ONE OF OUR DUAL CREDIT DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES OFFERED THROUGH UT IN AUSTIN.
OUR GOAL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR WAS TO HAVE 30 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING OUR END OF THE YEAR GOAL.
WE HAD 111 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING.
IT WAS A 270 PERCENT INCREASE FROM OUR GOAL.
OUR GOAL WAS WAS 8 PERCENT, SO AGAIN, WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AGAIN MAINTAINING A GOAL THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT IS SYSTEMATIC GROWTH OVER OVER, OVER A VAST AMOUNT OF TIME, NOT JUST TRYING TO DO THAT.
THE NEXT YEAR, WE STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL 30 STUDENTS.
WE WANT TO BUMP OUR NUMBERS TO 141 THIS YEAR.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SO DUAL CREDIT, SO ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES IN DUAL CREDIT HAS BEEN THE
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FACT THAT WE NOW OFFER TCC THE STUDENTS USED TO HAVE TO PAY, THEY REPAY THE REDUCED AMOUNT.BUT MS. DUVALL WORKED LAST YEAR WITH AN EXCHANGE AGREEMENT WITH TCC.
SO WE NOW OFFER KIDS CAN TAKE AS MANY CLASSES AT TCC THROUGH CROWLEY ISD FREE OF CHARGE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE'VE SEEN SUCH AN EXPONENTIAL JUMP IN DUAL CREDIT IN THIS DISTRICT IS A LOT OF THE KIDS.
WE EVEN ONE OF THE ONE OF THE STUDENTS, THE FORMER CROWLEY ISD STUDENT, SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE WITH US AND SHE MADE THAT MENTION ONE TIME.
SHE SAID, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE.
I JUST COULDN'T AFFORD TO DO IT.
SO WE'VE REMOVED THAT BARRIER AND THAT'S THAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT IT.
IF YOU KNOW, IF MONEY IS A BARRIER, WE'LL FIND A WAY TO REMOVE IT.
SO OUR GOAL WAS TO ADD 10 PERCENT BETWEEN 30 STUDENTS TO START CLOSING THAT DISPARITY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES SPECIFICALLY.
WE AT THE END OF THE YEAR SHOW WE HAD 173 SUCCESSFUL AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES EARN CREDIT IN DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN CISD.
SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO DO 30 STUDENTS AGAIN THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 30 STUDENTS ON TOP OF WE HAD LAST YEAR TO RAISE OUR GOAL TO 203.
AND SO WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT GOAL AND REALLY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GROWTH OF THAT THROUGH OUR ADVISEMENT AND OUR RECRUITMENT OF STUDENTS.
AND ALSO WE'VE OFFERED MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE EXPOSURE TO TAKE THE TSI TEST.
WHICH IS THE TEST THEY TAKE, LIKE THE OLD [INAUDIBLE] TO GET YOU, OR YOU CAN TAKE THOSE THOSE FRESHMAN CLASSES.
ANY QUESTIONS ON DUAL CREDIT? OK NEXT SLIDE.
OUR GOAL AGAIN WAS INCREASING AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN THESE COURSES, WE HAD 78 STUDENTS.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAD 424 PARTICIPATING.
IT'S A 443 PERCENT INCREASE OVER MEETING OUR GOAL FOR THAT YEAR.
SO OUR GOAL THIS YEAR, AGAIN, IS TO CONTINUE THE GROWTH BY 78 STUDENTS, WHICH WOULD BRING US TO PARTICIPATION RATE OF 502.
SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST LOOKING AT PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE SO WE CAN MAINTAIN THIS GROWTH OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND IT NOT JUST BEING A ONE TIME THING.
ANY QUESTIONS ON AP? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, YES, MA'AM.
WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME FOR THOSE 346 STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN AP COURSES? SO I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE THING WE DID DO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
WE RAN GPA REPORTS AND WE DID NOTICE THAT A LOT OF WE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING DATA YOU HAVE TO LEARN AFTER YOU'RE ON THE FIRST DRAFT, BUT YOU GO BACK AND HAVE TO RE FILTER BECAUSE CERTAIN THINGS GET IN THERE.
IT TOOK US A COUPLE OF RUNS TO GET THE DATA WE NEEDED.
OF THAT, ABOUT 50 WERE FIRST TIME AP STUDENTS AND IT WAS JUST A LOT OF IT WAS PARENTS KIND OF HESITANT BECAUSE I KNEW SCHOOL WAS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT LAST YEAR OF PUTTING THEIR KID IN A RIGOROUS COURSE.
BUT I WOULD JUST SAY I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST MY ACADEMIC [INAUDIBLE] AS BEING PESTS OR JUST REALLY SELLING IT.
WELL, THE PARENTS ARE LIKE, PUT THEM IN SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ADVANCED ACADEMICS IN GENERAL, I DO HAVE JUST A COMMENT.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO HELP STUDENTS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
BUT WHAT I'VE HEARD YOU SAY TONIGHT, WE HAVE TO ALSO HELP STUDENTS REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. EXACTLY.
I JUST HAVE A COMMENT TO JUST ATTENDING A CONFERENCE A WEEK OR SO AGO AND SITTING IN THE WORKSHOPS AND HEARING ONE OF THE TOPICS WAS ON EQUITY AND DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE BEGINNING THE WORK, WHO ARE STILL STRUGGLING.
THIS IS VERY REFRESHING TO HEAR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW IT'S NOT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT AT THIS POINT ON THESE PROGRAMS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I CAN SMILE, YOU KNOW, EVEN BEHIND THE MASK IN, YOU KNOW, THOSE SESSIONS HEARING WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH AND THE WORK IS NEEDED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALL THE DISTRICTS.
BUT VERY, VERY PROUD MOMENT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE MAKING THESE KINDS OF STRIDES IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND IF I CAN PIGGYBACK AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT FINISHED OUR PRESENTATION, SO DUVALL, THERE'S MORE I KNOW.
AND JUST THE INTENTIONALITY BEHIND ESTABLISHING THE BASELINE DATA AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO MEASURE, YOU KNOW, OUR IMPACT AND I GUESS THE EXPERTISE TO WHICH YOU
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SPEAK TO IT, YOU KNOW, AND THE STEPS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE INTERIM INCREMENTAL GROWTH.SO I DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONAL EFFORT AND BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY SHOW WHAT THOSE OUTCOMES LOOK LIKE AND AND SMASHING OUR GOALS RIGHT INSTEAD OF PUSHING FOR IT.
SO THANK YOU, JULIE, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ALL THE ANSWERS TO DR.
THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
YEAH, IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M GLAD HE ASKED THOSE, AND I WILL SAY I DID SHARE DR.
MCFARLAND WHEN WE WHEN WE ACTUALLY CRUNCHED THESE NUMBERS.
I CAN HONESTLY SAY IN CISD, ONE IN FOUR SEATS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ADVANCED ACADEMIC STUDENTS, ONE IN FOUR SEATS AND NOT MANY DISTRICTS CAN SAY THAT.
SO WHEN YOU WHEN I CAN SIT DOWN AND SAY THAT ALMOST 50 PERCENT OF THE SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE AT LEAST IN ONE ADVANCED ACADEMIC COURSE, THAT'S THAT'S CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS AND THAT'S LIFE CHANGING.
I'M NOT FINISHED, I GET TO STAY UP HERE.
SO OUR GOAL AT THE BEGINNING OF YEAR WAS ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN STUDENTS.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAD 460 TOTAL STUDENTS, MALE STUDENTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE STUDENTS INVOLVED IN PERHAPS 160 PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE GOAL WE MET.
WE ARE MAINTAINING THE 177, WHICH IS ANOTHER 14 PERCENT GROWTH, WHICH WOULD BRING OUR STUDENTS TO 637 STUDENTS IN PRE AP.
AND THOSE PRE AP COURSES WILL BE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSES IN SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE, SOME IN NINTH AND SOME IN TENTH.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON PRE AP? I'M SORRY, [INAUDIBLE].
I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AVID AND THE ROLE THAT AVID PLAYS IN PRE AP AND HELPING US TO GET THESE NUMBERS RIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE AN AVID ELECTIVE AND AVID ELECTIVE IS A COURSE DESIGNED FOR FIRST TIME COLLEGE GOING STUDENTS.
AND THAT'S AND THAT'S ALSO A GROUP YOU WANT TO TARGET FOR OUR ADVANCED ACADEMICS TO GET THEM THAT SKILL SET READY TO START COLLEGE WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
AVID IS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL AT SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAVE A NATIONAL SHOWCASE SCHOOL AT JACKIE CARDEN, WHICH MEANS THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE NATION COME TO VISIT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH AVID.
SO PART OF THE AVID STRUCTURE IS AVID TUTORIALS, AND THOSE HAPPEN EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
THESE ARE USUALLY CURRENT COLLEGE STUDENTS.
THEY COME IN AND WORK THROUGH A TUTORIAL PROCESS WITH THE STUDENTS.
THAT IS HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING SUPPORT FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL INTERVENTION THAT THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHER WOULD GIVE THEM.
IT IS A TUTORIAL SESSION WHERE IT'S THE STUDENTS DRIVING.
IT IS TRULY A COLLABORATION AND THE TUTOR IS THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE NOTHING GETS OFF TRACK TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE ASKING THOSE GUIDING QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST NO YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO SUBTRACT THERE AND NOT ADD.
IT'S HELPING THE KIDS LEAD THEM TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE THE HOPE WILL BE THAT WHEN THEY GET INTO THEIR CLASS AND THEY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES, THEY'RE ABLE TO THEN USE THAT SELF-TALK TO WALK THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS THEMSELVES.
WE ALSO WORK WITH THEM ON ORGANIZATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING GOES.
THEY'RE ABLE TO SCHEDULE THEIR SCHEDULE TO THEIR DAY, SO WHEN THEY HAVE A TEST WHEN THEY HAVE TESTS COMING UP, WHEN PAPERS ARE DUE.
SO THE AVID ELECTIVE WORKS REALLY WELL, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SENIOR DATA, WE COLLECT A COLLECT ON OUR AVID STUDENTS AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR LOOKING AT THE REPORT.
ALL OF OUR AGAIN, OUR TARGET GROUP ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE OUTPERFORMING THE NATION IN COMPLETION OF THEIR FIRST YEAR, NOT AT TWO YEAR UNIVERSITIES, NOT JUNIOR COLLEGES, BUT AT FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES.
THEY ARE ABOVE THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEY'RE ABOVE THE NATION AND SO AVID LOOKS AT.
WE ALL KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN TO COLLEGE.
IF YOU FINISH THAT FIRST YEAR, YOU'RE LIKELY TO FINISH ONCE YOU GET PAST YEAR ONE.
SO OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING WELL.
SO THE SUPPORT THAT OUR STUDENTS GET FROM OUR AVID ELECTIVE TEACHERS AND THROUGH THE TUTORIAL SYSTEM THEY HAVE IN PLACE IS REALLY PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE RIGOR OF COLLEGE AND THEY ARE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.
DR. HALL, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
THE SLIDE THAT HAD SAT AND ACT, IT SAID BOOT CAMP IS THAT THE TUTORIAL LIKE STUDY CAMP OR OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE 140 STUDENTS.
WE HAD MORE THAN 140 SIGNED UP, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ATTENDED.
AND IT WAS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND THEY WORKED ON MODULES AHEAD OF TIME THAT THEY HAD TO DO ON THEIR OWN.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY A LOT OF THE COACHES GOT WITH THEIR KIDS AND GOT THEM TO WORK ON THOSE DURING OFF SEASON, THAT TYPE OF THING AND THEN GOT THEM READY.
SO THEN FROM THOSE MODULES, IT CAME UP WITH A STUDY PLAN FOR THEM AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY DID THIS ONLINE BOOT CAMP WITH A TUTOR FROM THE COMPANY THAT WOULD WALK THEM THROUGH
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THEIR MODULES AND HELP THEM DO IT.AND THEN WE HAD IT SET UP WHERE THE STUDENTS WERE.
THEY TOOK THE SAT THAT FOLLOWING TUESDAY, THEY DID IT ON A SATURDAY.
THEY TOOK THE SAT ON THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY AT SCHOOL.
ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THE PRE AP, THE YEARLY GOAL IS THAT MALE STUDENTS IN GENERAL, REGARDLESS, IT'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES.
ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK I'M FINISHED NOW.
HALL, DR. MCFARLAND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SO LOOKING AT CTE ARE EQUITY AUDIT SHOWED US TWO AREAS OF DISPARITY THAT WE ADDRESSED LAST YEAR, AND THE FIRST WAS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS THAT ARE SERVED IN CTE.
WE SAW THAT WE HAD AN 18 PERCENT GAP.
AND OUR GOAL WAS TO INCREASE 6 PERCENT OVER THREE YEAR TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
OUR GOAL WAS TO INCREASE BY 346 STUDENTS, AND WE DID INCREASE BY 347 STUDENTS, WHICH WAS 100 PERCENT GROWTH, A LITTLE OVER 100 PERCENT.
YOU DON'T SEE OUR GOAL UP THERE FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE WINDOW WHERE WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, SO WE DON'T HAVE OUR FINAL NUMBERS.
BUT WHEN WE DO GET THOSE NUMBERS, WE WILL BE SETTING OUR YEARLY GOAL FOR 21-22.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OK.
AND THEN OUR SECOND GOAL WAS SPECIFICALLY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE SAW THAT WE HAD A 12.3PERCENT GAP IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS BEING SERVED IN CITY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CTE IS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GO IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO OUR GOAL WAS A THREE YEAR GOAL.
WE HOPE TO INCREASE BY 170 STUDENTS LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
WE DID INCREASE BY 54 STUDENTS, WHICH WAS THE NIGHT WE MET 96 PERCENT OF OUR GOAL.
SO OUR GOAL GOING INTO THIS YEAR IS THAT WE WANTED TO INCREASE BY 58 STUDENTS TO BRING US TO A 112 STUDENTS BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY WE HAVE ALREADY MET THAT GOAL, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT.
AND THAT IS A 13 PERCENT INCREASE.
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CTE ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS BECAUSE THIS IS COURAGEOUS WORK.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS LAST YEAR NOT ONLY ABOUT EQUITY AND CTE, PUT EQUITY BY PROGRAM OF STUDY.
SO EACH PROGRAM OF STUDY LOOKED INDIVIDUALLY AT THEIR PROGRAM AND DEVELOPED INDIVIDUAL EQUITY GOALS AND ARE REACHING TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WITH THOSE GOALS OF EQUITY.
I THINK DR. HALL SAID EARLIER, EQUITY IS BEING INTENTIONAL AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST REMOVING BARRIERS.
YOU REMOVE THE BARRIERS AND THEN YOU'RE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT WORK AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR CTE WORLD.
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR HARD WORK TONIGHT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
AND SO I'M ABOUT TO CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WANTED TO END WITH THE GOOD NEWS OF STRENGTHENING THE WORK OF EQUITY IN CISD.
WE HAVE ALREADY PRESENTED TO YOU EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS.
YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION.
THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND HELPING US TO FOCUS ON LOW INCOME AND STUDENTS OF COLOR TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM EQUITABLE ACCESS TO INTENSE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SUCCEED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
SO THEY'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS.
WE'RE FOUR MEETINGS IN WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS, 5 LAB IS A RESULT OF US LOOKING AT DATA, AND WE DETERMINED THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE A DASHBOARD SPECIFIC TO WHAT THE DATA WE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.
AND SO 5 LAB HAS MODULES IN THERE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO EQUITY.
AND IF YOU LINK IN, YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE IT OR WE CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU AT A LATER DATE.
BUT IT'S PRETTY EXCITING FOR THE WORK OF EQUITY.
TXNSI IS ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
THEY ARE FOCUSED PRIMARILY IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND SO IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THEY'RE HELPING US TO FORMULATE PD PLANS FOR TEACHERS AND ALSO FOR PRINCIPALS.
AND THEY'RE WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, ALL AND ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF DISPARITIES IN OUR WORK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS IF WE'RE NOT REPAIRING THE DISPARITIES
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BEFORE THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL.SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO PARTNER WITH TXNSI AND ALSO MY MY DEAR FRIEND NICK KEITH.
HE AND I ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH TXNSI.
WE'RE WORKING ON OUR HOME PAGE.
WE HAVE AN EQUITY HOME PAGE AND WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU EVENTUALLY, IT'S STILL IN THE MAKING.
AND SO WE'RE LINKING GREAT INFORMATION AND SHARING WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DISTRICT.
SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE WERE ONLY THREE TONIGHT, BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT THAT WERE A PART OF THIS WORK, AND I REGRET THAT I CAN'T SAY EVERY NAME, BUT THERE WERE MANY.
AND IT IS HARD WORK, BUT IT'S HEART WORK.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR SHALL I CONCLUDE AT THIS TIME? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? JUST A COMMENT.
AND AND I KNOW YOU'LL ECHO ME.
YES, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
IT IS HARD WORK BECAUSE IT'S WHAT I DO PROFESSIONALLY, BUT IT IS HEART WORK.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE SCHOOLS EVENTUALLY LEADS TO OUR CORPORATE AND MILITARY COLLEGE READINESS.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU, YOUR TEAM, ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED.
NO, WE CAN'T NAME ALL OF THEM, BUT PLEASE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WOODSON-MAYFIELD.
AND I DEFINITELY DO WANT TO ECHO [INAUDIBLE], DUVALL, KUNSCHIK, MR. KEITH AND ALL THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS WORK HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S SYSTEMIC WORK.
AND WE CAN'T BE THAT A DISTRICT THAT WE WANT TO BE OR THE TOP DISTRICT IN THE STATE WITHOUT CLOSING GAPS AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE REACHING AND MAXIMIZING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEAVY LIFT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTENTIONAL WORK.
SO EXCITED AND CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR OUR [INAUDIBLE] NEXT QUARTER.
WE ARE MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM 6.3.
OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROCESS.
DR. MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND BOARD MEMBERS, MS. KUNSCHIK WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM ONCE AGAIN.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT DR.
AGAIN, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT DR.
THIS EVENING, WE PRESENT TO YOU A REPORT ITEM ON THE PROPOSITION TO TRANSITION THE DISTRICT AN ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES TO A TARGETED IN IMPROVEMENT PLAN FRAMEWORK THAT IS AS THE DISTRICT MODEL OF CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT.
THIS PRESENTATION ALIGNS TO ALL OF OUR THREE GOALS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT A DISTRICT ADOPT A MODEL OF CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT.
SO IN AN EVALUATION OF OUR CURRENT FRAMEWORK THAT BEING THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE HAVE EVALUATED THIS FRAMEWORK AND WORK WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
WE SEE THAT IT'S OVERARCHING, IT'S BROAD, AND WE NOTICE THAT IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLIANCE BASED INSTEAD OF CENTERED TO THE NEEDS OF EACH OF THE CAMPUSES.
IN THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITHIN FIVE CAMPUSES IN THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO THEREFORE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A COMPARISON.
IN DOING THIS COMPARISON, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT IS TARGETED.
IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON AN INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS, DATA DRIVEN NEEDS ASSESSMENT, SO THEREFORE IT DRILLS DOWN TO THE NEEDS OF A SPECIFIC CAMPUS.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THE TIP PROCESS YOU CAN JUST SEE I OUTLINED VERY HIGH LEVEL WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS? AND I WANT YOU TO THINK OF ONE CAMPUS IN YOUR HEAD AS I GO THROUGH THERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW DIFFERENTLY ONE CAMPUS WILL LOOK TO THE OTHER.
YOU PLAN FIRST TO SET UP, YOU RUN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
YOU PRIORITIZE ESSENTIAL ACTIONS THAT ALIGN TO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THEN YOU RUN A 90 DAY CYCLE REVIEW THAT IS DRILLED INTO THE STUDENT DATA TABS.
IN ESSENCE, WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THOSE CAMPUSES THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO TWEAK AND ADJUST, AND WE DO THAT IN A FOUR INCREMENT, 90 DAY CYCLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE REAL QUICKLY.
PLAN SET-UP WOULD BE THIS IS REALLY JUST HOUSEKEEPING, IT'S WHAT CAMPUS, WHO ARE YOU? WHO'S THE PRINCIPAL AND ALIGNMENT TO THE DISTRICT? THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS BASICALLY LOOKING AT THE DATA ANALYSIS AND THEN PRIORITIZING YOUR FOCUS AREAS.
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTS AT THE FOUNDATION.
INITIALLY A PRINCIPAL, AFTER ESTABLISHING THE NEEDS THAT ARE NEEDED AT THAT CAMPUS, THEY THEN PACK THOSE NEEDS UNDER FIVE AREAS THE ESSENTIAL ACTIONS.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM TO YOU.
BUT NO, IT'S VERY DRILLED DOWN AND SPECIFIC.
AND WHY DO WE DO THAT? BECAUSE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE ACTIONS.
YOU THEN DECIDE AFTER I HAVE DETERMINED WHERE MY NEEDS FALL, I WILL NOW PRIORITIZE.
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SO ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE SEEING WHERE A CAMPUS IS DRILLING DOWN INTO THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS AT THEIR CAMPUS AND PRIORITIZING.ON THE RIGHT SIDE I JUST REITERATED IT'S A CYCLE REVIEW GIVES YOU A TIME TO REFLECT AND PLAN FOR THE NEXT 90 DAY CYCLE.
IT WILL INVOLVE LEADERSHIP AND TEAMING WITH OUR AWESOME PRINCIPALS TO ESTABLISH A GREAT PLAN ON A 90 DAY CYCLE.
SO THIS IS IN ESSENCE, I WON'T READ THESE TO YOU UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO, BUT THIS TAB BASICALLY SAYS, OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT GOES INTO THIS THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO THE CAMPUS, AND IT WILL THEN BE EVALUATED ONCE AGAIN ON A 90 DAY CYCLE.
MY HOPE IS THAT GOING THROUGH THIS HIGH LEVEL REVIEW, YOU COULD GIVE US FEEDBACK AND UNDERSTAND WHY THE DISTRICT IS SEEKING TO TRANSITION FROM CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WITH THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? JUST WANT TO SAY I LIKE IT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT ALL TURNS OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE DAVIS.
I LIKE THE FACT BECAUSE TYPICALLY OUR CAMPUS, NOT OURS CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS IN GENERAL CAN TEND TO BE STATIC, RIGHT? WE CREATE THEM.
WE DON'T CHANGE THEM UNTIL WE REVISIT THEM NEXT YEAR, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PROGRESS IS OVER TIME THROUGHOUT THAT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT COULD CHANGE AND THAT IT'S SO DYNAMIC.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, KUNSCHIK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM SIX POINT FOUR UPDATE ON COVID 19 PROTOCOLS AND MITIGATION EFFORTS.
MADAM PRESIDENT, AND BOARD MEMBERS WERE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT ITEM.
WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU JUST AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR COVID 19 PROTOCOLS AND MITIGATION EFFORTS AND TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK US ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU LIKE.
WE HAVE NURSE MISTY HERE AND JUST BEFORE SHE PRESENTS I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY AFFIRM HER AND JUST THANK HER FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORT OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 18 MONTHS YES SEEMS LIKE FIVE YEARS, BUT 18 MONTHS.
AND IT'S SHE'S BEEN ON 24 HOURS A DAY.
SHE'S WORKING EVERY SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU MISTY.
WE KNOW THAT TAKES A LOT AND WE KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OUT OF YOU, BUT WE ALL DEPEND ON YOU.
AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
MCFARLAND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.
JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF AN OVERDRAFT OF OUR COVID 19 OVER OVERLOOK OF OUR COVID 19 UPDATES, WHICH MEET ALL OF OUR GOALS.
THRIVING STUDENTS, ENGAGED COMMUNITY, EMPOWERING STAFF.
SO THIS HERE IS A GRAPH WHICH REPRESENTS OUR COVID CASE RATE DAILY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, WE DEFINITELY HAD A SHARP INCLINE AS SCHOOL STARTED WELL INTO, YOU KNOW, PEAKING FIRST OF SEPTEMBER AND DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN ON THE DECLINE SINCE THEN.
MOST CASES THAT WE'VE SEEN I CAN SPEAK TO THIS HAVE BEEN WITHIN OUR FAMILY UNITS.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE HAD SPREAD WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS DESPITE EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF OUR MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND CLASSROOMS. BUT OVERALL, WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO CONTAIN A LOT.
I BELIEVE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTAIN OUR SPREAD, DEFINITELY THROUGH SOME OF OUR MITIGATION EFFORTS, MANY OF OUR MITIGATION EFFORTS WE'VE PUT FORWARD.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU DO SEE US KIND OF GOING ON THE DECLINE, I BELIEVE THE NUMBERS THIS AFTERNOON WERE NINETY EIGHT POSITIVE STUDENTS.
WE KIND OF WENT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS FALLING OFF EVERY DAY AS WE ADD THOSE STUDENTS ON.
SO OUR POSITIVITY RATE IS MORE IN LINE WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS AROUND 18 PERCENT VERSUS 22-24 PERCENT OF WHAT WE SAW EARLIER IN AUGUST.
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SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT I REALLY JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT WE CONDUCT RAPID TESTS AT ALL OF OUR CLINICS IN EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS.SO WE'VE CONDUCTED PROBABLY CLOSER TO 4000 TESTS AFTER THIS SLIDE WAS MADE, RAPID TESTS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF IN OUR HEALTH CLINICS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WELLNESS CENTER, WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO DO PCR TESTING FOR NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, BUT THEIR FAMILIES.
SO A LOT OF TIMES, EVEN IN OUR CLINICS, AT THE SCHOOL AND OUR NEW OPERATIONS TESTING SITE, WE WOULD GET QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TEST.
CAN YOU HELP US? AND WE WOULD GIVE THE INFORMATION.
BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT BARRIERS STOOD IN THE WAY.
SO WE WANTED TO TO BLOCK, YOU KNOW, TO BRING DOWN THOSE BARRIERS, OPEN THE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH PARTNERING WITH THESE FREE RAPID, THESE FREE PCR TESTS, A 24 HOUR TURNAROUND, MUCH AND THEY'RE MUCH MORE RELIABLE THAN OUR RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS, THEY'RE A MOUTH SWAB.
SO IT'S MUCH EASIER ON THE KIDS, NOT AS TRAUMATIC AND NOT AS SCARY.
AND SO AND THEY ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9 TO 3:30 AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL BEHIND THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
SO WE HAVE OPENED THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF HERE AT CROWLEY ISD.
ALSO, THE OTHER THING, THE OTHER PROJECT THAT WE'VE HAD GOING ON SINCE ACTUALLY LAST MAY, OUR VACCINATION COVID VACCINATION CLINICS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING MONTHLY VACCINATION CLINICS.
WE STARTED WEEKLY AFTER SCHOOL STARTED THIS YEAR, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE A VACCINATION CLINIC AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
THE FOLLOWING WEEK WILL BE AT SUMMER CREEK, SO WE ALTERNATE THOSE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES.
WE'VE HAD 25 VACCINATION CLINICS WITH THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR VACCINES ADMINISTERED, AND WE ARE NOW ADMINISTERING BOOSTER.
WE ONLY DO THE PFIZER VACCINE BECAUSE THAT'S THE AGE APPROVED FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WE OFFER AT THIS CLINIC.
BUT WE ARE GIVING THOSE BOOSTER SHOTS NOW, SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO GET THEIR BOOSTER.
DEFINITELY LOOK ON OUR WEB PAGE AND YOU CAN GO AND GET YOUR VACCINE AT ONE OF OUR SITES.
AND JUST TO KIND OF AN OVERVIEW AGAIN, OF THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN CROWLEY ISD WITH OUR MASK MANDATE, OUR NOTIFICATIONS AND CONTACT TRACING, MANY OF THOSE ARE STILL HAPPENING.
WE'RE STILL NOTIFYING PARENTS WHENEVER THERE IS A CONTACT, A COVID POSITIVE PERSON IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND IF IT'S DEEMED A CLOSE CONTACT, WE THEN DO A PHONE CALL AN EXTRA LAYER OF SUPPORT FOR THAT FAMILY THINGS TO WATCH FOR AND GIVE GUIDANCE.
AND WE ALSO DO TEACHING OF HEALTHY HABITS, RESPIRATORY ETIQUETTE, ALSO GOOD HAND HYGIENE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE'VE EVEN UTILIZED OUR UTA NURSING STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR CLINICS TO BE WITH OUR NURSES, TO GO OUT AND AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY PROJECT.
THEY'RE TEACHING OUR STUDENTS IN CROWLEY ISD ABOUT GERMS AND HOW THOSE ARE TRANSMITTED AND HOW THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST THOSE.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST LIKE TO ECHO DR.
MCFARLAND, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM SO MUCH.
DO WE KNOW? YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD BEFORE IS LIKE FORT WORTH ISN'T DOING TESTING OR NOT MAKING IT AVAILABLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT OUR CASE COUNTS BEING HIGH.
IS THAT PERHAPS RELATED TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH EASILY ACCESSIBLE TESTING.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT THAT YOU BRING UP.
YES, OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, MANY OF THEM THAT BORDER US.
I'LL JUST SAY ALMOST ALL OF THEM DON'T TEST THE WAY THAT WE TEST.
WE TEST STUDENTS EARLY TO COME BACK FROM QUARANTINE.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO, FOR INSTANCE, I'LL GIVE MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
MY DAUGHTER HAD COVID NOT LONG AGO AND WE QUARANTINED HER IN HER ROOM AND MY SON
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AND MY HUSBAND AND I QUARANTINED AWAY FROM HER.AND WE WERE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE MY, MY FATHER IN LAW ALMOST DIED FROM COVID, HAD A TRACHEOTOMY PUT IN EVERYTHING.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WITH MY HUSBAND.
AND SO WE, NONE OF US, NONE OF US.
WE TESTED, WE TESTED DAILY, AND NONE OF US EVER BECAME POSITIVE.
BUT TO SAY THAT, THAT'S HOW WE USE THOSE TESTS, WE TESTED MY SON SO THAT HE COULD COME BACK TO SCHOOL EARLY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR ANY STAFF OR STUDENT THAT HAVE HAD A CLOSE CONTACT WITHIN THEIR HOME.
AND OF COURSE, IF THEY'RE VACCINATED, THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO COME TO SCHOOL.
WE TEST THEM ON DAY THREE TO FIVE, POST THEIR EXPOSURE DATE SO THAT WE CAN KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ASKED SEVERAL TIMES TO TEST STUDENTS FROM BURLESON, MANSFIELD, ARLINGTON AND FORT WORTH, ISD'S, WHOSE PARENTS WORK IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I JUST I KIND OF WONDERED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE CASE COUNT AND YOU SEE THIS INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT DAY WE STARTED SCHOOL, BUT I MEAN, COVID CAN INCUBATE FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED THIS.
SO THOSE CASES, OF COURSE, WERE NOT.
THEY CAME IN WITH COVID IN THOSE CASES, RIGHT? SO WE WERE GETTING PHONE CALLS OR STUDENTS WERE COMING TO SCHOOL SICK AND WE WOULD TEST.
WE WERE TESTING STUDENTS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THROUGH SUMMER PROGRAMS. THAT'S A GOOD POINT, THANK YOU.
SUMMER PROGRAMING AND REMEMBER, WE HAD DAVID L.
WALKER ALREADY OPEN AS WELL, AND WE WERE HAVING A LITTLE SPIKE THERE AT THAT CAMPUS AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
I GUESS THE SPIKE THAT WE SEE, OBVIOUSLY SCHOOL STARTED.
BUT I MEAN, HOW MUCH OF THAT? DO YOU THINK WAS PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT COVID IN WHEN THEY STARTED AND IT WAS INCUBATING FOR A WEEK OR TWO? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE SEE THIS HUGE GRAPH, BUT THEN IT STARTS TO SLOW DOWN.
AND I GUESS THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS WE'RE DOING CONTACT TRACING TO SOME EXTENT, RIGHT? BUT DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF SENSE WHEN SOMEONE COMES DOWN WITH COVID? DO WE DO ANY KIND OF CONTACT TRACING OR ARE WE NOT EXACTLY.
SO, WE DO CONTACT TRACING IN THE IN THE SENSE OF FOR IT'S DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON YOUR EDUCATIONAL SETTING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN AN ENGLISH CLASS, IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU'RE IN A PRE-K STUDENT, A PRE-K FOUR STUDENT OR IN A PPCD CLASS.
AND I'VE PERSONALLY CALLED ALL OF PPCD CLASSROOM BEFORE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE CONSIDER THAT THE ENTIRE CLASS A CLOSE CONTACT BECAUSE OF AN EXPOSURE IN THAT CLASSROOM.
AND THEN WE GO FROM THAT THERE ON TESTING, WE OFFER TESTS TO TEST ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS, AND THOSE ARE TIMES THAT WE FIND POSITIVE STUDENTS THAT MAYBE JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A RUNNY NOSE, VERY, VERY MILD SYMPTOMS, BUT THEN THEY'VE COME UP POSITIVE.
YOU SAID SOMETHING EARLIER THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS.
I WAS, I GUESS, MAYBE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE INCUBATION PERIOD AND WHETHER OR NOT.
SO WE KNOW THAT INCUBATION PERIOD IS 2 TO 14 DAYS.
SO YOU KNOW YOU, IT'S DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHETHER PEOPLE.
I DEFINITELY IF I SEE AN OUTBREAK IN A CLASSROOM AND I SEE FIVE PEOPLE IN MS. JONES'S FOURTH PERIOD CLASS, THEN I CAN ASSUME THAT THEY PROBABLY ALL AND THEY WERE ALL SITTING AROUND ONE ANOTHER.
THAT THAT'S WHERE THE SPREAD OCCURRED.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES THAT THEY DO TAKE THEIR MASKS OFF, YOU KNOW, AT RECESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND KIDS ARE KIDS, RIGHT? AND IT'S NOT.
IT IS NOT AN ERADICATION EFFORT.
SO THERE'S NO WAY TO ERADICATE THE VIRUS.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SLOW IT DOWN.
SO TO THAT, I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT TARRANT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH HAS ALWAYS TOLD ME IS THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE COMMUNITY SPREAD FROM SCHOOL SPREAD WHEN IT'S THAT WHEN IT'S AS HIGH AS IT WAS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, THE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE FOLLOWING THIS OR SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT THE OSHA GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
WHEN ARE THOSE EFFECTIVE, DO YOU KNOW?
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AND ARE WE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT OR? I'M NOT SURE HOW THOSE WOULD AFFECT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, I HAVE ASKED, AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE WILL SEE THOSE IN OUR NEAR FUTURE.ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I THINK I ECHO TRUSTEE DAVIS'S SENTIMENTS, AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR US ALL WHEN WE SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
YOU WERE DEFINITELY THERE FROM DAY ONE, THOSE WEEKLY MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WHEN THE, I GUESS, PANDEMIC FIRST BROKE.
AND SO YOU'VE BEEN TIRELESSLY LEADING THIS EFFORT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
OK, THIS CONCLUDES OUR REPORT ITEMS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA [INAUDIBLE] CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. OUR FIRST ACTION CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS EIGHT POINT ONE ONE TIME HERO INCENTIVE.
SORRY, SEVEN POINT ZERO CONSENT AGENDA, SORRY.
OK, SO WE'RE MOVING TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT, THIS MOVES US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
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ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT OR NEED REMOVAL? OK, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA, IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.MAYFIELD, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND TRUSTEE RAY.
IS THERE A WAY TO SEE WHAT THE TALLY IS NOW WITH HER ABSTAINING, I'M NOT SURE? THE MOTION PASSES.
ALL RIGHT, THIS NOW BRINGS US TO OUR CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS.
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AGENDA ITEM EIGHT POINT ONE ONE TIME HERO INCENTIVE PAY FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DR.MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU FOR POSSIBLE ACTION OUR ONE TIME HERO INCENTIVE PAY FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE THE TEAM FROM BOTH FINANCE AND HR TO DELIVER THIS ITEM MS. ADRIAN.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A FEW THINGS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO REWARD OUR HEROES THAT WORK HERE EVERY DAY.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL JUST SEE A REMINDER THAT IN JUNE, WE APPROVED A GENERAL FUND BUDGET THAT INCLUDED THE POSSIBLE USE OF FUND BALANCE OF $8.7 MILLION.
AT THAT TIME, THAT BUDGET DID INCLUDE A THREE PERCENT SALARY INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
SO BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE THIS CURRENT YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO LAST YEAR WE DID THE SAME THING.
WE HAD AN APPROVED BUDGET OF $156 MILLION IN REVENUE, $163 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, WITH THE POSSIBLE USE OF FUND BALANCE OF $7.2 MILLION DOLLARS.
THESE ARE UNAUDITED NUMBERS, BUT WE'RE CONCLUDING IT CAN'T BE SOON ENOUGH.
BUT WE'RE CONCLUDING THE AUDIT RIGHT NOW AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WE WILL END UP WITH $164 MILLION OF REVENUE, $160 IN EXPENDITURES.
SO INSTEAD OF USING FUND BALANCE OF $7 MILLION, WE'LL BE INCREASING OUR FUND BALANCE BY $3.6 3ILLION DOLLARS, LEAVING US RIGHT AT $42.6, WHICH IS 26 AND A HALF PERCENT.
SO GOING FORWARD INTO THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, WE APPROVED AGAIN A DEFICIT REVENUE OF $ 163 EXPENDITURES OF $171.
BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT POSSIBLE HERO PAY AGAIN, LIKE WE DID
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LAST YEAR, COSTING THE DISTRICT $3 MILLION, WHICH INCREASES OUR POSSIBLE DECREASE TO THE FUND BALANCE OF $11.7 MILLION DOLLARS.BUT EVEN WORST CASE SCENARIO, THAT WOULD BRING US DOWN TO $30.9 MILLION, AND WE WOULD STILL BE AT 16 PERCENT OR CLOSE TO OUR TWO MONTHS OF EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS OUR TARGET FOR EXPENDITURES.
MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, HALL AND DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR DEDICATION AND TIME THIS EVENING.
WE'RE EXCITED TO COME BEFORE YOU AS MS. ADRIAN STATED, AND PRESENT CONSIDERATION FOR A ONE TIME HERO PAYMENT.
IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME, YOU APPROVED HERO PAYMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, STAFF MEMBERS IN THE 2020 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST THAT AGAIN, IF POSSIBLE.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE SEEKING A ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL AND NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES AT THIS TIME.
WE WILL BE GOING FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSING ANOTHER GROUP OF OUR HEROES AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON THIS GROUP INITIALLY.
HERE A PAYMENT WOULD BE DISPERSED ON NOVEMBER 19, 2021 DURING THE NOVEMBER PAYCHECK FOR THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE.
SO THINKING ABOUT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, OUR EMPLOYEES MUST HAVE BEEN FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OF RECORD AS OF, IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, THE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 30TH IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS PAY, AND THEY MUST HAVE HAD HAD A REGULAR NOVEMBER PAYROLL CHECK.
AND OBVIOUSLY, PART TIME EMPLOYEES WILL BE PRORATED ACCORDINGLY.
SO OUR ASK THIS EVENING IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THIS $1000 PAYMENT FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL AND NONPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.
AND AT THIS TIME, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE RELATED TO THE ONE TIME HERO PAYMENT.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE MUST HAVE RECEIVED A NOVEMBER, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDING MUST HAVE RECEIVED A NOVEMBER REGULAR NOVEMBER PAYROLL CHECK.
COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? WHAT? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? SURE IT'S THAT THEY'RE PEOPLE ALREADY EMPLOYED AS OF TODAY AND THAT THEY'RE STILL HERE TO RECEIVE THE NOVEMBER 2021 PAYCHECK.
SO ANY NEWCOMERS OR PEOPLE LEAVING WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE.
WE JUST HAD TO HAVE SOME KIND OF GUIDELINES TO TO PRESENT TO.
ACTUALLY, ALL THE WORKERS TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHO'S ELIGIBLE AND WHO'S NOT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME? ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK.
SO THIS IS A POSSIBLE IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.
IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF HERO PAY, AS PRESENTED, CONSISTING OF ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES TO BE PRESENTED NOVEMBER 19, 2021 $1000 FOR OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
PART TIME EMPLOYEES WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WILL RECEIVE PRORATED HERO PAY BASED ON THEIR FTE STATUS.
TO BE ELIGIBLE, STAFF MUST BE EMPLOYED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, MUST RECEIVE REGULAR NOVEMBER PAYROLL CHECK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION, SECRETARY ROBINSON, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I FELT LIKE THAT WAS TRUSTEE DAVIS, BUT OK, TRUSTEE DAVIS, THANK YOU.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THIS NOW BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT POINT TWO COMPENSATION REVIEW FOR
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DURHAM, ARAMARK AND ABM EMPLOYEES.DR. MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS NEXT ITEM WAS REALLY A RESULT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH OUR [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE, WHICH WE HAVE MEMBERS OF MR. GRASSIA AND ALSO MR. RAY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY THAT REALLY WAS REAL CLEAR IN THAT MEETING WAS WE NOT ONLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OUR, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CUSTODIANS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, BUS DRIVERS AND ALSO THANKS TO MR. RAY, AS WELL AS MR. GRASSIA AND HIS ABSENCE FOR REALLY ADVOCATING.
AND I KNOW THE BOARD IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS ITEM NEXT TO REVIEW THE CONTRACTS WITH DURHAM, ARAMARK AND ABM EMPLOYEES.
MR. FISHER AND TEAM HAS LED THIS EFFORT.
AND SO, MR. FISHER, WOULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT DR.
HALL, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
TONIGHT, WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING FORTH A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR OUR CONTRACTED SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
BOARD AS YOU KNOW, OUR ADMINISTRATION GREATLY VALUES THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUR CONTRACTED SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
THEIR COURAGEOUS EFFORTS ARE ON DISPLAY EVERY DAY AS THEY PREPARE THE MEALS THAT SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS DEPEND UPON AS THEY CLEAN AND SANITIZE OUR FACILITIES AND OUR BUSSES TO MITIGATE COVID 19, AND ALSO AS THEY SAFELY TRANSPORT OUR STUDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY AND TONIGHT AS A TANGIBLE TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, IF YOU WILL, WE PRESENT TO YOU A RECOMMENDATION FOR A $1000 PAYMENT.
FOR OUR ARAMARK AND ABM EMPLOYEES, AS YOU'LL SEE, THERE ARE ABOUT 300 EMPLOYEES THERE FOR BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR DURHAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES EMPLOYEES.
WE'D LIKE TO, IN AN EFFORT TO ALSO ADDRESS THE NATIONWIDE BUS SHORTAGE BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE.
WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE MOVING THEIR STARTING WAGE FROM $16 PER HOUR TO $19 PER HOUR, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE BUS DRIVERS, STAFF AND MECHANICS.
NOW WE ALSO HAVE BUS MONITORS AND WE'D LIKE TO MOVE THEIR STARTING WAGE FROM $9 AN HOUR TO $10 AN HOUR.
AND THAT PARTICULAR INVESTMENT HAS A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF APPROXIMATELY $834 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF OUR EXISTING BUDGET, OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR 2021-22.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS CLEAR.
IT WOULD BE EMPLOYEES OF RECORD AS OF TONIGHT AS IS WITH THE INTERNAL EMPLOYEES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ANSWER THOSE NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.
MCFARLAND? I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING.
IN CLOSING, I DEFINITELY MADE A COMMITMENT TO MR. GRASSIA THAT I WAS THAT WE'D BE REAL CLEAR THAT IT IS THE DISTRICT THAT'S REALLY STEPPING FORWARD IN IN CONVERSATION AND MODIFICATION TO OUR CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT DURHAM EMPLOYEES AND ARAMARK EMPLOYEES AND ABM EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THE SAME $1000.
WE ARE STEPPING UP ON THE DISTRICT SIDE OF THE CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD GETS GETS CREDIT FOR THAT, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE DECIDE TO GO.
DO WE DO WE KNOW WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS ARE PAYING FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, BUS DRIVERS, WE'RE BUMPING IT UP.
NOT AS WELL AS WE ARE AND NOT AT $16 DOLLARS AND CERTAINLY NOT AT $19.
BUT MS. DAVIS, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT IF YOU HAVE OTHER NUMBERS, I MEAN, LIKE I'M SPEAKING JUST FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT IF YOU HAVE MORE NUMBERS, PLEASE BRING THEM FORWARD.
YES, MA'AM, MADAM, BOARD PRESIDENT, I DIDN'T.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DISAGREE WITH YOU.
THERE ARE SEVERAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE PAYING.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE SEEKING THIS INCREASE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE PAYING NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS $21 TO $23 DOLLARS PER HOUR.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ADDING OR PROPOSING THIS ADDITIONAL INCREASE.
MIC] ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ITEM AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR IS THERE A MOTION?
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I MOVE THAT WE.WELL, I DON'T KNOW, I MOVE THAT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE IDENTIFY OR FUNDING FOR THE IDENTIFIED ARAMARK AND ABM STAFF TO RECEIVE A $1000 ONE TIME PAYMENT.
AND DURHAM TRANSPORTATION TO INCREASE STARTING WAGES OF BUS DRIVERS, STAFF AND MECHANICS TO $19 DOLLARS PER HOUR AND INCREASE THE STARTING WAGES OF BUS MONITORS TO $10 DOLLARS PER HOUR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TRUSTEE RAY, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MAYFIELD, MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, OUR LAST CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM FOR THE EVENING IS COMPENSATION REVIEW FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS DR.
MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE DEFINITELY EQUALLY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT ITEM.
WE KNOW THAT OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IN MANY CASES HAVE BEEN OUR LIFELINE, AND SO WE DEFINITELY ARE THANKFUL FOR THOSE THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
BERRY HERE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM AS WELL.
MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT HALL AND BOARD MEMBERS.
OUR FINAL GROUP OF HEROES THAT WE WANT TO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EVENING IS OUR GUEST EDUCATORS OR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN OUR CLASSROOMS DAILY, CONTINUING TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN IN.
AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
IF YOU NOTICE HERE WE HAVE EVALUATED OUR CURRENT DAILY RATES AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE STATED ABOVE.
WE HAVE A STARTING PAY OF ABOUT, AT $70 WITH A DEGREE.
OUR SUBSTITUTES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN $80 A DAY IF THEY HAVE A TEACHING CERTIFICATION IT'S $85 AND SOME OF THOSE HARD TO FILL CAMPUSES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED OR SPECIAL ED POSITIONS.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD START AT $90 A DAY AS WE BEGAN TO AGAIN, ONE ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS OF THIS VERY SPECIAL GROUP, BUT ALSO EVALUATE HOW THAT COMPARES TO MANY OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS WE WERE A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE MARK, SO MOST OF THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE AROUND THE START ALMOST AT $80, I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE THAT MIGHT BE RIGHT AT $78, AS WE DISCUSSED THAT IN OUR LAST MEETING.
AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS A $10 A DAY INCREASE, AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF A DAILY PAY RATE TO INCLUDE RETIRED TEACHERS.
AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE WE WOULD START OUR TEACHERS, OUR SUBS AT $80 A DAY, $90 WITH A DEGREE, $95 IF THEY HOLD THE CERTIFICATION, $100 IN THOSE HARD TO FILL AREAS.
AND THEN THAT ADDITIONAL COMPONENT OF $125 A DAILY RATE FOR A RETIRED TEACHER.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL GROUP, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
DR. BERRY, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AND CERTAINLY NOT FOR ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS.
WELL, THE QUESTION I'M ABOUT TO ASK YOU FOR THE OTHER CATEGORIES WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED, BUT COULD YOU SPEAK TO PERHAPS THE MOTIVATIONS FOR THE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING THE HERO PAY JUST WITH REGARDS TO WORKFORCE AND THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF OUR INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK ANYWHERE YOU OPEN A NEWSPAPER OR READ ANYTHING PERTAINING TO ESPECIALLY THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND OTHERS, BUT THERE IS A SHORTAGE, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING BUS DRIVERS, OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, OUR SUBSTITUTE AS WE EVALUATE THE FILL RATES FOR WHEN TEACHERS DO HAVE TO BE OUT AND THE AMOUNT OF SUBS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, VACANCIES IN THE BUILDING, TRYING TO KEEP TEACHERS IN THE BUILDING AS WE USE OUR MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO DO SO AND GETTING PEOPLE IN THOSE PLACES HAS BECOME A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT IN TERMS OF RECRUITING RETENTION PAY.
AS WE AS YOU SEE THE TITLE IS COMPENSATION REVIEW, AS WE REVIEW WHAT WE ARE PAYING HERE IN COMPARISON TO DISTRICTS THAT SURROUND US IN COMPARISON TO DISTRICTS IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA WHERE TEACHERS COULD, YOU KNOW, GO 10 MILES UP THE ROAD AND MAKE A
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LITTLE MORE .THIS DEFINITELY WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT PUTS US IN A MORE COMPETITIVE SITUATION IN ADDITION TO RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING THAT BACKGROUND, AND MR. FISCHER, IF EVER I'M WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK AND YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO FIND OUT WHERE WE SIT COMPETITIVELY WITH WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT RESEARCH AND FOR BRINGING RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD.
THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD AND IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE ON THE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS IS THAT INCLUDE LONG TERM SUBS BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD A CATEGORY FOR LONG TERM, YES, MY APOLOGIES, AND THEY'RE NOT LISTED THERE OUR LONG TERM SUBS TYPICALLY START AT $100 AN HOUR.
I'M SORRY, [LAUGHTER] I'M I'M QUITTING.
SIGN ME UP TOO, I'M SORRY, $100 DOLLARS A DAY AND THAT STATUS KICKS IN AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAY.
SO THEY START WITH THIS, THEIR DAILY RATE AND AFTER THEY SUB A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, IT WOULD THEN INCREASE FROM THERE.
SO IS THERE A SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME IS PREVIOUSLY, I GUESS, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THERE WAS NO LONG TERM STIPEND FOR NON DEGREED OR NON CERTIFIED SUBSTITUTES, IT ONLY WENT UP IF THEY WERE CERTIFIED IN LONG TERM, AND I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT.
OK, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING IF WE JUST CHANGED IT TOO HARD TO FILL AS A BROADER CATEGORY THAT WOULD APPLY TO BOTH? YEAH.
AND OUR HARD TO FEEL CURRENTLY ARE POSITIONAL AND OR CAMPUS.
AND SO BUT I DEFINITELY I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT I DEFINITELY GET THAT TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT STAIR STEP LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR LONG TERM SUBS AS WELL TO ENSURE WE BUILD THAT INTO IT.
AND JUST YOU MAY NOT HAVE THESE NUMBERS READILY AVAILABLE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE SEE ON THE COVID DASHBOARD THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS OUT, THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS.
AND I THINK WE WELL, ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY BUT [INAUDIBLE] KNOWS THAT I MEAN, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY.
WHERE ARE WE? LIKE I SAID, WE CAN ONLY SEE THE COVID DASHBOARD, SO WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE DEMAND FOR SUBSTITUTES NOW VERSUS IN PREVIOUS YEARS AT THIS TIME? IS IT IS IT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME OR ARE WE SPIKED UP BECAUSE OF COVID? YEAR.
I CAN TELL YOU TO DATE, AS OF LAST MONTH WHEN WE HAD OUR MONTHLY REVIEW.
ON AVERAGE, WE WERE REQUESTING ABOUT 170 SUBSTITUTE VACANCIES DAILY AND WE'RE FILLING BETWEEN ABOUT 84 AND 84 84 85.
WE'RE FILLING HALF ROUGHLY, YES, VACANCIES.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF OUR STAFF OF OUR TEACHERS OUT, AND WE'RE ONLY GETTING HALF OF [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN WE'RE CALLING IN PARAS AND OTHER THINGS, OTHERS TO COME IN AND FILL THOSE ROLES.
SO JUST SUPPORTING THE CAMPUSES AND TRY TO FILL THOSE INTERNALLY AT THE CAMPUS, AND OFTENTIMES IT MAY BE A CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL OF SUPPORT AS WELL.
THANK YOU TRUSTEE RAY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM, IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF INCREASING THE HOURLY WAGES FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS BY $10 A DAY TO INCLUDE THE $80 PER DAY STARTING RATE, THE $90 PER DAY WITH A DEGREE, $95 DOLLARS PER DAY WITH A CERTIFICATION, $100 PER DAY FOR HARD TO FILL POSITIONS AND $125 PER DAY FOR RETIRED TEACHERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION, TRUSTEE.
DR. MAYFIELD, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SECOND SECRETARY ROBINSON.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
DR. BERRY, DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THIS ONE?
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NO.[9.0 Future Action Item(s)]
SO THIS MOVES US TO OUR FUTURE ACTION ITEMS. OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS NINE POINT ONE COVID SICK LEAVE BANK FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.SO MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, AS WE KNOW THAT COVID HAS DEFINITELY HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR ON OUR FAMILIES AND OUR TEACHERS.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL TEACHERS THAT HAVE HAD TO UTILIZE SICK LEAVE DAYS.
AND SO WE WANT TO BEGIN TO INVESTIGATE REALLY WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE GOING FORWARD.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE KIND OF THAT ARE TOGETHER HERE THAT WE'LL BRING BACK IN THE FUTURE FOR OUR FUTURE, FUTURE ACTION.
AND BOTH OF THEM ARE DEALING WITH VACCINES AND REALLY ONE DEALING WITH A VACCINE AND AND THE VACCINE STIPEND THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING MOVING FORWARD AGAIN.
WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT ITEM AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE COVID SICK LEAVE BANK.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE STIPEND FIRST AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE COVID SICK LEAVE BANK, DR.
AGAIN, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE AGAIN, A COMMITTEE OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS FOR A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS HAVE COME TOGETHER AND HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IS THE OPTION OF A SICK, A COVID SICK LEAVE OPTION EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR CURRENT.
SORRY, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO ADDRESS THE STIPEND OR WHAT'S UP HERE? YEAH.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THE COVID SICK LEAVE BANK FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE VACCINE STIPEND.
SO OUR COVID SICK LEAVE BANK, PER DEC LOCAL, THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY DEVELOP A SICK LEAVE BANK, WHICH ALLOWS A PARTICIPANT AN EMPLOYEE TO DONATE ONE DAY OF LOCALLY INTO AN ANNUAL BANK, AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT PROCESS THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AN EMPLOYEE CAN REQUEST LEAVE IF THE [INAUDIBLE] ARE AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER, EXPERIENCES A CATASTROPHIC INJURY ILLNESS, AND THEY ARE AT THAT POINT REQUIRED TO EXHAUST ALL LEAVE.
A CONVERSATION AND CONSIDERATION THAT HAS BEEN HAD THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR CURRENT COVID LEAVE BANK.
WHAT WE KNOW CURRENTLY IS THAT EVEN IN PARTICIPATION IN OUR COVID IN OUR IN OUR SICK LEAVE BANK AND EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO EXHAUST THEIR OWN PERSONAL LEAVE PRIOR TO THE SICK BANK, PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONAL DAYS.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE ADDITION OF A COVID LEAVE OPTION THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO SHOW A PROOF OF VACCINATION THAT WOULD GIVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL 10 DAYS WITHIN THIS COVID SICK LEAVE BANK, AND THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE THOSE 10 DAYS PRIOR TO EXHAUSTING ANY OF THEIR PERSONAL DAYS.
SO AGAIN, JUST KIND OF RECAPPING THAT OUR CURRENT SICK LEAVE BANK, THE THE STRATEGY FOR THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE.
THE PARTICIPATION IN THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE.
THE EMPLOYEE WOULD DONATE ONE DAY OF THEIR PERSONAL LEAVE WITH THE ADDITION OF A PROOF OF VACCINATION.
THEY WOULD THEN RECEIVE AS WELL AS NEEDED UP TO 10 DAYS OF PROTECTED COVID LEAVE IF NECESSARY FOR THEMSELVES OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.
ELIGIBILITY IN THIS BANK AGAIN WOULD NOT CHANGE IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE INITIAL SICK LEAVE BANK IN ORDER TO SELECT THE OPTION OF COVID LEAVE WITHIN THE BANK.
AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A LAB CONFIRMED COVID RELATED ILLNESS AGAIN FOR THEMSELVES OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER, AND AS WELL AS THE THE PROOF OF BEING FULLY VACCINATED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE 10 DAYS PRIOR TO EXHAUSTING ANY OF THEIR PERSONAL LEAVE.
JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW WE LOOKED AT AGAIN AS OF SEPTEMBER.
WE HAVE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 130 EMPLOYEES THAT WERE OUT AGAIN.
SOME OF THESE WERE NOT INDIVIDUALS THAT REQUIRED A SUB, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT THE SICK BANK WOULD COVER.
AND SO DURING THIS TIME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT REQUIRED A SUBSTITUTE, THERE WERE 21 PARAPROFESSIONALS.
81 OF THESE WERE TEACHERS FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT A TOTAL OF 102
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EMPLOYEES OF THE 130 THAT HAD BEEN OUT DUE TO COVID RELATED ILLNESS.IT'S KIND OF GIVING SOME FRAMEWORK AND PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT IN ORDER FOR US TO ALSO OCCUR THE THE RETROACTIVE RETROACTIVE REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER AS WELL SO IF THEY'VE ALREADY UTILIZED THESE DAYS.
WE WOULD GO BACK AND EVALUATE THOSE EMPLOYEES, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT LISTED HERE.
THE SICK LEAVE RESOLUTION THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING YOU TO PRESENT AND LOOK THAT I BELIEVE HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU.
AND IN ESSENCE, AN EMPLOYEE, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THIS RESOLUTION IN ORDER FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SICK LEAVE BANK AGAIN, RECEIVING UP TO 10 DAYS FOR LAB CONFIRMED COVID RELATED LEAVE, TAKING FOR THE EMPLOYEE OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.
THEY COULD UTILIZE THESE 10 DAYS PRIOR TO EXHAUSTING THEIR ANNUAL PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS, AND IT WILL ALSO PROTECT EMPLOYEES FOR BEING DOCKED PAY.
AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE A RETROACTIVE STATUS AS WELL IF AN EMPLOYEE HAS ALREADY GONE INTO DOCK PAY STATUS UPON APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
AND I AM AVAILABLE AND OPEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR THIS CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME.
AND AGAIN, BOARD, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S A FUTURE ACTION ITEM, AND SO WE'RE PRESENTING IT TONIGHT AND SO THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU DEFINITELY CAN ASK THEM TONIGHT OR SUBMIT THEM TO US.
WE PLAN TO BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION IN THE AT THE FIRST BOARD MEETING IN OCTOBER CONCERNING THE COVID SICK LEAVE BANK.
WE ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR EMPLOYEES IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS WE ENCOURAGE OUR EMPLOYEES TO, THERE WILL BE A LINK, I BELIEVE PROVIDED AND INFORMATION.
SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE AND WELCOME QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BECAUSE WHEN WE ROLL THIS OUT, WHEN WE ROLL THIS OUT AS A RECOMMENDATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH AND ADDRESSED ALL ALL POSSIBLE SCENARIOS.
SO WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS ITEM.
AGAIN, WE CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TO GET FEEDBACK.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FEEDBACK BETWEEN NOW AND AND THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING.
MCFARLAND, THANK YOU, DR BARRY TRUSTEE, ROBINSON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ACTUALLY FOR THE RETROACTIVE REIMBURSEMENT.
IS THAT CONTINGENT UPON BEING FULLY VACCINATED FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE ALREADY USED THEIR PERSONAL SICK DAYS? YES, MA'AM, SO THIS TIME WILL YES, IT WILL, AND AGAIN, WE WILL GIVE A DATE, BUT IN ORDER TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THE SICK LEAVE BANK, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE FULLY VACCINATED IN THE DATE.
RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE CALCULATED BECAUSE OF THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN THE FIRST SHOT AND THE SECOND SHOT WOULD BE NOVEMBER THE 15TH.
AND SO NOVEMBER 15TH IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT IF THEY ARE FULLY VACCINATED BY NOVEMBER 15TH, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW, THEN WE BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE COVID SICK LEAVE, RIGHT? OK, THANK YOU.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IS THERE, I GUESS, A LIMIT ON HOW OFTEN THEY COULD TAKE COVID LEAVE.
SO IF SOMEONE WAS USED TO 10 DAYS, MAYBE IN AUGUST, AND THEN THEY HAD A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS SICK IN SEPTEMBER AND SOMEONE ELSE WHEN WE COME BACK FROM CHRISTMAS, IS THERE A LIMIT OR AS NEEDED? THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT WE WILL WE WILL WE WILL BEGIN TO LOOK THROUGH BECAUSE THAT IS THAT'S A REALITY THAT COULD HAPPEN.
SO THAT IS THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND WE'LL WE'LL BE PREPARED FOR AN ANSWER ON THAT ONE WHEN WE PRESENT.
I HAVE A QUESTION KIND OF RELATED TO WHAT YOU MENTIONED, DR.
MCFARLAND, IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK FROM STAFF.
HAVE WE HAD ANY THUS FAR, YOU KNOW, TO PREPARING THIS OR HAVING THIS DISCUSSION? HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE HAD? SAY CAMPUS STAFF INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION, AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NOT, BUT THAT IS OUR NEXT STEP.
WHAT WE DID, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE REVIEWED PRACTICES ACROSS THE STATE.
WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THE EITHER COVID LEAVE BANK OR OTHER KIND OF VACCINATION STIPENDS OR VACCINATION INCENTIVES.
SO WE ARE WE'VE DONE OUR RESEARCH EXTERNAL, BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR US REALLY TO
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ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR TO RECEIVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM OUR TEACHERS AND FROM OUR EMPLOYEES.AND SO THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT INTERNALLY WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM OUR INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS.
DR. MCFARLAND TO THAT POINT, WE WILL BE PUSHING THAT LINK OUT THIS EVENING TO INCLUDE IN THE BOARD REWIND AS WELL AS INTERNAL COMMUNICATION.
FOR THAT FEEDBACK, THANK YOU, ARE THERE ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OK, SO.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A FUTURE, A FUTURE ACTION ITEM, AND SO FROM WHAT THE QUESTIONS I HEAR AND THE RESPONSES, I GATHER THAT WE'RE STILL IN THE EXPLORATION PHASE OF THIS.
I DO WANT TO BE MINDFUL JUST TO.
I THINK I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THE EXEMPTIONS PORTION.
I ASSUME, AS YOU KNOW, CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS, THAT YOU ARE ALREADY PROBABLY EXPLORING THAT, BUT I DID WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD WITH BRINGING THAT FORTH SINCE THAT WAS INTRODUCED TONIGHT.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE TOPICS TONIGHT AND THE INFORMATION SHARED LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO NAVIGATE A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION AND WE HAVE VERY HEAVY LIFTS AND VERY TALL MOUNTAINS TO SCALE.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE ATTENTION DR.
MCFARLAND THAT YOU'VE EXHIBITED AS, YOU KNOW, YOUR LEADER THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALSO FROM STAFF, FROM THE SOLUTIONS AND THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE DETAILS THAT YOU BROUGHT FORTH.
THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAIL, SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE SICK LEAVE BANK RESOLUTION NEXT MONTH.
SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, AGAIN, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE SHOWN.
AND SO WE WANT TO WE WANT TO ALSO CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT PART OF THIS OF THIS ITEM.
IT'S NOT LISTED HERE, BUT WE WANT TO WE WANT TO ALSO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR SHARE WITH YOU, THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING A VACCINATION STIPEND.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE MORE THE MORE EMPLOYEES, THE MORE STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE THAT BECOME VACCINATED, THE SAFER OUR ENVIRONMENT WILL BE.
AND THE AND SO WE'RE WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLY, I GUESS, STIPEND THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN VACCINATED.
AND SO DR. MIA WANTS TO TALK TO US ABOUT SHARE WITH US OUR INITIAL THOUGHTS ABOUT A VACCINATION STIPEND.
THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS.
THE DATE EARLIER WAS THROWN OUT OF NOVEMBER 15TH, AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING A COVID 19 VACCINATION STIPEND FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE FULLY VACCINATED BY THAT DATE OF NOVEMBER 15TH FOR BOTH OF THESE AREAS.
SO AGAIN, ALL EMPLOYEES ARE VACCINATED AT THAT TIME ON NOVEMBER 19TH WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS COVID STIPEND.
AGAIN, WE'RE CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE BUDGET TO SEE THE AMOUNT THAT THE BUDGET WILL SUPPORT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THIS STIPEND TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ABLE TO SHOW PROOF FOR THAT.
IN ADDITION, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, DR.
HALL, WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF ANY MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS, ET CETERA.
AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE STAFF, AS WELL AS HOW THAT IMPACTS THE DISBURSEMENT OF THIS STIPEND.
IF APPROVED THE EARLIEST, THIS STIPEND WOULD BE ABLE TO BE PAID OUT WOULD BE DISPERSED WOULD BE IN THE DECEMBER PAYCHECK.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE REALLY ARE IN THE RESEARCH PHASE OF THIS COLLECTING INFORMATION, COLLECTING DATA, COLLECTING FEEDBACK, IF YOU WILL, FROM OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS.
AND WE'LL BE DOING SO AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EVENING BY PROVIDING A LINK IN THE BOARD REWIND THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK REALLY IN BOTH AREAS, PROVIDING US FEEDBACK SURROUNDING THE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS AND OR COMMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE STIPEND, AS WELL AS FOR THE COVID SICK LEAVE BANK.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO COLLECT THOSE AND CONTINUE TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COLLECTIVE GROUP AS WE MAKE SOME DECISIONS AROUND THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?
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SO I MAKE THE PRESUMPTION THAT WE'VE INVESTIGATED THIS.LIKE WHEN I SAY INVESTIGATED, I KNOW WE'RE STILL EXPLORING WITH REGARDS TO DISTRICT PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
OUR NEIGHBORS JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF GETTING OTHER OPINIONS OR JUST FEEDBACK OR THEIR EXPERIENCES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STRATEGIES.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOW THAT TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE THIS EXPLORATION JUST TO HEAR THE EXPERIENCES THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US, IF YOU WILL.
AND WE HAVE STARTED THAT PROCESS JUST IN AGAIN LOOKING AT WHO HAS DONE THIS.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS AND DEFINITELY SHARING THE JOURNEY WITH THEM AS WE EXPLORE OURS? BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD THAT INFORMATION TO THE LINK AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST I FEEL LIKE I'M HAVING A DIALOG WITH YOU, BUT.
I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AS A DISTRICT.
I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT WITH US IN ADVANCE AND ALSO SHARING THAT WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A VERY CONTROVERSIAL TIME AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY RIGHT ANSWERS OR WRONG ANSWERS.
SO I DO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE JUST SHARING WHAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING AND ALSO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND EXPLORING THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE ARE POSSIBLY PROPOSING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK, FOR SURE.
ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, I THINK THIS WOULD NOW BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM NINE POINT TO TEXAS COVID LEARNING ACCELERATION SUPPORTS GRANTS.
DR. MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.
WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THIS NEXT ITEM DEALING WITH LEARNING ACCELERATION SUPPORTS.
AND SO WE HAVE MISSPOKE HERE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM SPOKE.
MCFARLAND AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TONIGHT'S EXHIBIT ALIGNS WITH GOAL ONE THRIVING STUDENTS.
SO WHAT IS T CLASS CLASS T CLASS STANDS FOR TEXAS COVID LEARNING ACCELERATION SUPPORTS TEA RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT FOUR BILLION DOLLARS IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY HAVE MULTIPLE INITIATIVES LIKE TWENTY EIGHT TO BE EXACT, AND THEY ALLOW DISTRICTS TO APPLY IN ONE SINGLE GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
THEY BROKE THOSE INITIATIVES DOWN INTO FOUR BIG BUCKETS, WHICH IS HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND EDUCATOR TALENT PIPELINES, ADDITIONAL LEARNING TIME AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS.
SO CROWLEY ISD THERE'S A GROUP OF US WHO SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT EACH INITIATIVE THAT TEA.
HAD, WE DETERMINED THAT 16 OF THOSE GRANTS ALIGNED WITH WHAT CROWLEY ISD WAS CURRENTLY DOING AND THERE WERE A FEW OF THOSE GRANTS THAT ARE NEW TO CROWLEY ISD.
SO WE RECEIVED 15 ACTUAL GRANTS, EACH OF THOSE GRANTS, NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED, EACH OF THE FORMATTING ISSUES, BUT EACH OF THOSE BULLETS ARE ACTUAL GRANTS THAT YOU COULD SEE UP THERE.
SO THE FIRST BUCKET IS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, THE QUOTABLE TEXT, PRINT MATERIALS AND THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE.
LITERACY AND MATH COACHES AND INTERVENTIONS ARE ONE BUCKET AND MR..
ROBERT GILLIES, MR., NICHOLAS, KEITH AND MS. ANNA ROWE WILL BE HEADING UP THESE GRANTS FOR US.
THE EDUCATOR TALENT PIPELINE IS ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT.
BERRY AND MS. ANNETTE DUVALL WILL BE LEADING THAT ADDITIONAL LEARNING TIME IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO GET ADDITIONAL TUTORING, AND THEN IT IS ALSO AN EXTENSION OF OUR AVID PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT DAVID WALKER.
AND OUR INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT IS AN EXTENSION OF OUR P-TECH NETWORK THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE DUAL CREDIT WITH FACULTY EXPANSION.
SO THE EDUCATOR TALENT PIPELINE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GROW OUR OWN EDUCATORS.
WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SIX CANDIDATES WHO WILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
THREE OF THOSE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE WHO ARE PARAPROFESSIONALS, ALL PARAPROFESSIONALS, THREE OF THOSE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE ALREADY HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE AND WHO ARE SEEKING TO GET TEACHER CERTIFICATION WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY AND GET ALL OF THEIR TUITION PAID FOR.
AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE AT LEAST 60 HOURS TO RECEIVE THEIR FURTHER EDUCATION AND TO GET THEIR DEGREE AND TO ALSO GET A
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CERTIFICATION.WE ONLY HAVE SIX SPOTS AVAILABLE BASED UPON TEA LIMIT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAIR UP WITH THE LOCAL HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS IS OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING COURSES, WHICH THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL ALIGN WITH A GROWING OUR KIDS, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY INTERESTED IN BECOMING TEACHERS.
SO WHAT THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL DO IS IT WILL ALLOW OUR CURRENT TEACHERS WHO DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A 18 HOURS IN GRADUATE HOURS.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO PAY THEM TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEEK TO BE ABLE TO TEACH DUAL CREDIT WITHIN THIS CLASS.
THESE COURSES AND THIS WILL ALSO HELP TO INCREASE STUDENT TEACHER STUDENT INTEREST TO BE ABLE TO COME TEACHERS IN THE EDUCATION FIELD.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR P-TECH EXPANSION, THIS IS JUST AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY AND MORE MONEY, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER DUAL CREDIT FACILITY EXPANSION, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF TEACHING ACADEMIC TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHING ACADEMIC DUAL CREDIT NOW AND NOW INTO OUR COURSES FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND TEACHER'S CAPACITY AND PROVIDE THEM WITH ADDITIONAL HOURS, WITH TUITION BEING PAID FOR US TO HAVE OUR OWN CISD TEACHERS HERE BEING ABLE TO TEACH DUAL CREDIT.
AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF FOUR BUCKETS AND BASICALLY CROWLEY ISD AND A TOTAL OF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT WE LOOKED AT WILL RECEIVE $2.2 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL COME DIRECTLY TO US.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER BUCKET OF MONEY ABOUT $2.6 MILLION DOLLARS THAT ARE IN-KIND FUNDS, WE'LL RECEIVE COACHES, WE'LL RECEIVE SUPPORT, WE'LL RECEIVE THOSE EDUCATION CLASSES BEING PAID FOR AND CROWLEY ISD WILL HAVE A TOTAL AWARD OF ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $4.8 MILLION DOLLARS WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING TO CROWLEY ISD.
AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? MR. RAY.
YEAH, THE I WAS THE ADDITIONAL LEARNING TIME AND YOU MAY HAVE THE SO IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THAT MAY BE THE TEA SUPPORT [INAUDIBLE] WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? CAN YOU PULL THAT SLIDE UP FOR ME MR. [INAUDIBLE] THE ADDITIONAL LEARNING TIME.
SO THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS THAT MR. RAY THAT CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN FOR ADDITIONAL LEARNING TIME.
THE ADDITIONAL LEARNING TIME, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF THAT.
ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS ARE ACCELERATED.
TEACHER TUTORING PROGRAMS, VETERAN TUTORING PROGRAM THEY WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHO WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO USE.
SO WHAT TEA HAS DONE IS, THEY SAID, HERE'S A LIST OF VETTED PEOPLE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE SHORT STAFFED AND WE KNOW THAT YOU THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK ALL WITHIN THE CAMPUS.
SO THERE'S A BLENDED LEARNING MODEL WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO USE IT A HYBRID ON THE COMPUTER.
THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS AND HELP THEIR ON SITE.
AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH TEA OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO HELP US.
I HAVE A QUESTION AND YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT AND I MISSED IT.
WHAT IS THE DURATION OF THIS GRANT? GOOD QUESTION.
SO THIS DURATION OF THIS GRANT WILL LAST UNTIL 2024.
SO IF AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT, SO IF I START THIS PROGRAM.
I WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO COMPLETE A DEGREE, SO WHAT DOES WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO FOR THAT GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CANDIDATE.
SO THERE ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES ONE IN WHICH A CANDIDATE ALREADY HAS THEIR BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
SO IT ONLY TAKES A YEAR TO GET THOSE CERTIFICATIONS SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT.
AND THE OTHER CANDIDATES WHO HAVE WHO HAVE TO HAVE 60 HOURS OR MORE, IT WOULD TAKE THEM TWO YEARS TO BE ABLE THEN TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE WITH THEIR CERTIFICATION? SO OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE TEACHERS AT THE END OF THIS GRANT CYCLE BEING ABLE WITH THAT CRITERIA, BEING ABLE TO THEN COME BACK TO CROWLEY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OK, THIS IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT IT NEXT MONTH.
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HALL.OUR LAST FUTURE ACTION ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM NINE POINT THREE UPCOMING FINANCIAL REPORTS.
WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST, ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, KNOWN AS FIRST REPORT AND PUBLIC HEARING.
DR. MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MS. ADRIAN IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER THAT IN OUR OCTOBER BOARD MEETING, WE WILL BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE FIRST REPORT, THE RESULTS ON OUR FIRST REPORT.
WHICH IS RESULTS FROM A YEAR AGO THEY'RE, ALWAYS A YEAR BEHIND.
OF COURSE, AND THEN ALSO I WILL BE INTRODUCING THE STAFF FROM WEAVER AND THEY WILL BE PRESENTING OUR CURRENT AUDIT REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, NO.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH, MS. ADRIAN.
AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT
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CODE FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN FOUR TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN ONE PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY.THE BOARD WILL RETURN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE ARE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:58 P.M..
OK, WE ARE BACK IN SESSION OPEN SESSION AT 9:27 PM.
WE ARE AT OUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
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AGENDA ITEM ELEVEN POINT ONE EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL ELEMENTARY SCIENCE COORDINATOR.IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION? YES, DR. HALL.
I RECOMMEND LINDA MARSHALL FOR THE POSITION OF ELEMENTARY SCIENCE COORDINATOR AS RECOMMENDED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION, DR.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SECOND TRUSTEE ROBINSON.
MOVE TO VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER ACTION OR ANY OTHER THINGS TO BRING BEFORE THIS BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 9:28 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.