Feb 10, 2022 Regular Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE CALLED MEETING OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF

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GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED BY THE SEVENTY THIRD LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING, AND THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MR. KIRCHNER. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD.

PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE THREE DR.

MIA HALL.

PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE FOUR JUNE W DAVIS.

PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE FIVE RYAN RAY.

PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE SIX GARY GRASSIA.

PRESENT.

AND SUPERINTENDENT DR.

MICHAEL MCFARLAND.

PRESENT. THANK YOU, MR. KIRCHNER. 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.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR CELEBRATION AND POINTS OF PRIDE AGENDA ITEM 2.0.

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HALL, I HAVE ONE.

TRUSTEE DAVIS.

YES, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL COUNCILORS WEEK AND GIVE JUST A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMAZING COUNCILORS WE HAVE HERE IN CROWLEY.

SO CROWLEY ISD EMPLOYS THIRTY NINE CERTIFIED COUNCILORS.

THESE STAFF MEMBERS WORK DILIGENTLY WITH STUDENTS TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELLNESS, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READY.

WE APPRECIATE OUR CISD SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

TRUSTEE MAYFIELD, YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY IN COMMEMORATION FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS THAT KICKED OFF FEBRUARY 4TH, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO SEE THE OLYMPICS.

WELL, OUR JACKIE CARDEN COUGARS ALSO DID THEIR OWN WINTER OLYMPICS, AND THEY HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON, STATED AN OPENING CEREMONY.

THE KIDS PARADED AROUND THE GYM.

THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF EVENTS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ICE SKATING, BOBSLEDDING AND CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING, TO NAME A FEW.

SO THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN CELEBRATING THE WINTER OLYMPICS.

SO JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO JACKIE CARDEN COUGARS, SO WAY TO GO.

[APPLAUSE] TRUSTEE RAY.

YEAH, THAT IS HARD TO BEAT THAT ONE.

I WISH I COULD, I SHOULD HAVE GONE CURLING.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT.

JA HARGRAVE'S LEGO ROBOTICS TEAM.

THE UNEXPECTED COMPETING DURING THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY AND WON THE CORE VALUES AWARD WHILE ADVANCING TO THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AS THE TOP FOUR OUT OF 18 TEAMS. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A PRESENTATION FROM LATER TONIGHT, AND IT LOOKS COOL.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, TRUSTEE RAY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER CELEBRATIONS? I DO. [INAUDIBLE] GRASSIA.

SO WE CISD WE CELEBRATED OUR 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL AND ON FEBRUARY 1ST, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT CELEBRATED THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL BY DRESSING UP AND COUNTING TO 100, SORTING HUNDREDS OF ITEMS AND DOING HUNDREDS OF THINGS, AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS CHALLENGED THEIR CREATIVITY WHILE CELEBRATING 100 DAYS OF LEARNING.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE FACEBOOK BECAUSE ALL OF MY KIDS ARE NOW GROWN.

I LOVE SEEING ALL OF THE THREE, FOUR FIVE YEAR OLDS THAT DRESS UP AND THERE HAVE LITTLE WALKERS AND CANES AND LOOKING LIKE A 100.

I'M LIKE, SLOW DOWN.

SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT.

SO. WELL, IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE OUT BY CELEBRATING OAKMONT

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FAMILIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING CLEAN, GENTLY USED UNIFORMS TO THE OAKMONT OFFICE, AND THESE UNIFORMS WILL BE REDISTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY SHOUT OUT AND KUDOS TO OAKMONT STUDENTS AND THE OAKMONT FACULTY TEAM FOR ACTING LIKE A FAMILY AND WORKING LIKE A TEAM.

SO GREAT JOB. GO HAWKS.

[APPLAUSE] IF THERE ARE NO OTHER POINTS OF PRIDE OR CELEBRATIONS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR STUDY SESSION AGENDA ITEM 3.1 STEM PLUS FOR ALL DR.

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WE HAVE MS. AMANDA MCCUE.

SHE'S OVER OUR STEM INITIATIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

WE DEFINITELY ARE EXCITED ABOUT HER LEADERSHIP AND THE THINGS THAT THE STEM FOR ALL PROGRAM HAS BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT.

ALSO, MS. STEPHANIE GRAVLEY, OUR PRINCIPAL FROM DEER CREEK, AS WELL AS MR. MURO, MR. MURO, RORY MURO FROM DEER CREEK, WILL ALSO BE HERE TO HELP WITH THAT EVENT.

MS. MCCUE. GOOD EVENING, DR.

HALL, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

MCFARLAND. I AM VERY EXCITED TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT REGARDING OUR STEM PLUS PROGRAM.

OUR STEM PLUS FOR ALL HITS ON GOALS ONE, TWO AND THREE THRIVING STUDENTS ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND EMPOWERED STAFF.

SO FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHY STEM PLUS, SO OUR STEM PLUS PROGRAM IS A COMBINATION OF IDEAS AND PROCESSES LIKE REAL WORLD THINKING, UTILIZATION OF THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS, OPEN ENDED EXPLORATION AND REALLY THE FOCUS OF A CRITICAL THINKING MINDSET.

AND SO IN THE WAY THE STUDENTS ARE DEVELOPING THIS MINDSET, THIS IS HOW WE'RE TRAINING AND DEVELOPING OUR STUDENTS TO TACKLE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE. AND SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO DO IS DEVELOP THAT PERSEVERANCE AND THAT FAILURE IS LEARNING AND BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THAT AND TACKLE ANYTHING THAT'S THROWN AT THEM.

SO FIRST OFF, THIS YEAR BEGAN WITH A COLLABORATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND MR. GILLIES AS WE COMBINED THE STEM AND THE ELEMENTARY GATE PROGRAM TOGETHER, SO PREVIOUSLY THE STEM TEAM CONSISTED OF SEVEN TEACHERS SPLIT PART TIME BETWEEN CAMPUSES FOR I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME, SPLIT BETWEEN THE 14 OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

AND THEN WE HAD NINE GATE SPECIALISTS THAT WERE SPLIT BETWEEN OUR 15 CAMPUSES.

SO PREVIOUSLY BOTH OF THESE ROLES WERE SERVED PART TIME WITH THE COMBINATION OR MERGER OF THIS PROGRAM. WE NOW HAVE 15 STEM PLUS SPECIALISTS BETWEEN THE MERGER OF THE PROGRAMS THAT SERVE FULL TIME AT EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

AND SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE OUR 15 STEM SPECIALIST AND THEY ARE ABLE TO SERVE THAT CAMPUS FULL TIME WITH ALL OF THE BENEFITS THAT IT ENTAILS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AS WE TRANSITION TO THIS PROGRAM, WE HAD A ELEMENTARY GATE NIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS TO INFORM THEM OF THE CHANGES AND THE SUPPORTS THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE LOOKING LIKE FOR THEM FOR THE YEAR, AS WELL AS HAVING A STEM EVENT SO THAT THEY CAN STAY UPDATED WITH THOSE.

WITH THE MERGER OF THIS PROGRAM MR. GILLIES AND MYSELF HAVE HAD A VERY STRUCTURED AND INTENTIONAL PLAN ON FOCUSING ON THE PROGRAMING, SCHEDULING AND THEN THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT COMES WITH OUR GIFTED AND OUR STEM COMPONENTS.

AND SO I CAN TRULY SAY THAT THIS YEAR, THE WORK IN THIS TEAM, THE 15 STEM SPECIALISTS, HAS TRANSITIONED FROM THE THE KIDS AT THEIR CAMPUSES TO FOCUSING ON OUR KIDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THEY ARE TRULY COLLABORATING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS AND HOW THEY CAN SHARE IDEAS TO SUPPORT AND BUILD THIS INITIATIVE FOR ALL.

WE'VE SEEN GROWTH IN BOTH OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEAM, BUT ALSO THE STAFF AT THE CAMPUSES, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR FROM DEER CREEK SHORTLY ON SOME OF THE WAYS THEY'RE INCORPORATING STEM THERE. WITH THIS FOCUS FOR THIS YEAR, WE'VE LOOKED AT TWO MAJOR ELEMENTS THROUGH OUR PROGRAM DESIGN AND OUR CURRICULAR COMPONENT.

THROUGH OUR PROGRAM DESIGN AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT ENCOMPASSES BOTH OUR GATE AND OUR STEM COMPONENTS.

AND SO WITH THOSE COMPONENTS FOR OUR STEM, WE HAVE INTEGRATED INSTRUCTION MEANING THAT WE HAVE THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING NOT ONLY EMBEDDED, BUT ALSO THE OTHER CROSS CURRICULAR COMPONENTS, SUCH AS RESEARCH SKILLS FROM ELAR. AND THEN ALSO BRINGING IN SOME STEAM COMPONENTS TO INCLUDE THE ART.

AND THEN OUR STUDENTS ARE ALSO BEING EXPOSED TO CTE CAREERS AND OTHER STEM FIELDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CURRICULUM COMPONENTS, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS LIKE PROJECT BASED LEARNING, DESIGN CHALLENGES AND THEN AGAIN, BRINGING IN THOSE REAL WORLD CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

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THEY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A FULL TIME PERSON TO ENRICH AND DEVELOP THOSE INTERESTS AND OUR LEARNER PROFILE SKILLS THAT ARE THAT ARE ALSO COMBINED WITH OUR STEM SKILLS.

SO WITH THAT FOCUS, THEY ARE ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE EXTRA CURRICULAR OR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMING TWO DAYS A WEEK, ONE BEING A DISTRICT FOCUS SUCH AS CODING, GARDENING OR ROBOTICS. AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SWITCH TO A CAMPUS BASED INTEREST BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR CAMPUS AND THE INTEREST OF THEIR STUDENTS.

SO WE HAVE OTHER CLUBS IN THE DISTRICT LIKE SPACE AND SCIENCE CLUB.

I WANTED TO JUST SHARE BRIEFLY WITH ALL THE CHANGES AND ALL THE AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING WITH OUR STEM TEAM, WE'VE CREATED A NEWSLETTER THAT'S UPDATED ON OUR WEBSITE MONTHLY SO THAT WE CAN SHOWCASE OUR TEAM SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN MEET THOSE THAT ARE SERVICING OUR STUDENTS AND SO THAT WE CAN SHOWCASE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE AT THE CAMPUS.

AND SO I REALLY JUST AGAIN WANT TO TRULY RECOGNIZE EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM AT ANY POINT ON ANY DAY THERE ARE INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE CHANGING THEIR TRAJECTORIES WITH THIS TEAM.

AND SO WITH THIS SHIFT TO FULL TIME SPECIALISTS AT THE CAMPUS, WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO TRANSITION AND DEEPEN THE ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCE THAT STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING AS WE TAKE THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE OUR STEM DESIGN BUS, WHICH HAS BEEN GOING TO CAMPUSES FOR THE AFTER SCHOOL EVENTS AND PARENT INFORMATION NIGHTS AND SESSIONS THAT ALSO WENT AROUND THIS SUMMER AS WELL. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE RECEIVED BEAUTIFUL POSTERS HIGHLIGHTING OUR CTE AND CAREER FIELD EXPOSURES FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND SO THOSE ARE DECORATED AT CAMPUSES AND IN CLASSROOMS AND BEING UTILIZED DIFFERENT WAYS.

STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO CONNECT THROUGH THEIR STEM PLUS SPECIALIST WITH REAL WORLD EXPERTS AND THEN WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE ELEMENTARY CNI TEAM.

WE ARE HOSTING THE SCI-STEM FAIR THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A COMBINATION AND APPLICATION OF EVERYTHING THEY'VE LEARNED FROM ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE.

OUR TEAM HAS BEEN STUDYING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE CTE PROGRAMS, AND SO THROUGH THIS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOT ONLY TAKE CTE VISITS, BUT THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED OTHER FIELD TRIPS AND HAVE BROUGHT OTHER GUEST SPEAKERS TO REALLY DEEPEN THE LEARNING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND THEN AS THEY START TO GET DEEPER AND MORE INVOLVED, THEY DEVELOP THAT INQUIRY THEMSELVES, THEY START TO ALIGN THEIR PASSIONS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR ROBOTICS TEAM FROM AFTER SCHOOL AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR MISSION POSSIBLE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.

THOSE PROJECTS ALLOW STUDENTS TO CONNECT WITH NOT ONLY THE SKILLS, BUT ALSO THE LEARNING THAT THEY'RE DOING AND ALSO APPLY IT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY AND BUILD THEM AS GLOBAL LEADERS.

AND LAST, THIS IS VERY EXCITING.

SO THE CTE HAS THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THEIR SEED WORKSHOPS.

AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND THEY'VE BEEN TAKING TRIPS TO THE CTE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE SEED STARTING WORKSHOPS SO THEY ARE LEARNING DIRECT EXPERIENCE FROM OUR CTE PROGRAMS AND LEARNING HOW TO GARDEN.

WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT COMES IN AND PROVIDES GARDENING RESOURCES AND EXPERT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TRANSITION, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE FANTASTIC TEAM MEMBERS, BUT WE HAVE DEER CREEK HERE WITH MR. MURO AND MS. GRAVLEY THE ADMINISTRATOR TO SPEAK ON THE AWESOME THINGS GOING ON AT DEER CREEK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MS. MCCUE AND DR.

HALL AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TO HIGHLIGHT REALLY THE STARS OF THE SHOW. SO HERE AT DEER CREEK, WE'VE REALLY JUST RECOGNIZED THE VALUE OF ENSURING THAT STEM IS REALLY JUST A PART OF OUR CAMPUS CULTURE.

REALLY, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED ALL STUDENTS AT DEER CREEK IN PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.

SO IN THE FALL, TWO EXAMPLES ARE WE PLAN FOR TWO STEM TWO SCHOOLWIDE STEM CHALLENGE DAYS.

SO MR. MURO, WHO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM IN JUST A MOMENT, IS OUR STEM PLUS SPECIALIST, AND HE DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED SOME INCREDIBLE ACTIVITIES AND LESSONS ALL THROUGH THIS STEM LENS. AND THE TEACHERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT BEST FIT THEIR CLASSROOM NEEDS.

AND SO EVERY CHILD PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN THAT IN THAT PROCESS. AND SO REALLY, OUR INTENT WAS NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR TEACHERS AND JUST SUCH A FUN AND ENGAGING WAY.

IT PIQUED IMAGINATION.

IT PIQUED THEIR INTEREST, ALL WHILE THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT LEARNER PROFILE AND THOSE STEM SKILLS THAT MS. MCCUE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

I WILL SAY PERHAPS THE MOST MEANINGFUL IMPACT HAS BEEN OUR SHIFT IN THINKING WHILE

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SO WITH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS, WHAT WE END UP DOING IS DEVELOPING AND GROWING OUR VERY OWN TEACHERS IN THIS DIVERGENT THINKING.

SO WE WE KNOW THAT STEM IS NOT JUST MATH AND SCIENCE, RIGHT? AND RATHER, IT'S REALLY INCORPORATING ALL OF THE CONTENT AREAS.

SO YOU MAY SEE A TYPE OF CRITICAL FRAMEWORK THAT MR. MURO WOULD TAKE INTO THE PLC PROCESS, AND THERE WOULD BE QUESTIONS THAT DRIVE THAT DIVERGENT THINKING THAT CREATES A COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION THAT REALLY INCREASES THAT LEVEL OF CRITICAL THINKING AND PLANNING, THEREFORE TRICKLING DOWN TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LET MR. MURO TAKE THAT AWAY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE REAL STARS ARE UP NEXT.

THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL GRAVLEY AND ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I WANTED TO SAY THAT AT DEER CREEK STEM PLUS HAS BECOME A PART OF A DIVERSE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE.

STEM PLUS HAS PROVIDED STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT WAS OTHERWISE NOT PROVIDED IN PRIMARY SCHOOL BEFORE.

SO AT DEER CREEK, WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN THAT.

ALL STUDENTS AT DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY RECEIVE STEM LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS.

NOT ONLY DO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE THEM WITH ACTIVITIES LIKE CODING, GARDENING AND VISITING PROFESSIONALS IN THE STEM FIELD.

SO OUR REAL WORLD APPLICATION IS THERE.

THROUGH SCHOOL WIDE ACTIVITIES STUDENTS NOT ONLY ARE GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE THIS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO DOING IT THROUGH THE LENS OF THE APPLICATION PART AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, RELEVANT TO OUR 21ST CENTURY CAREER AND TECHNICAL ABILITIES.

NOW, EVERY DAY, OUR OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE STUDENTS ARE GIVEN ARE ALSO BEING PROVIDED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF QUESTIONING, SO THEY TRY TO SOLVE COMPLEX ISSUES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN.

SO AS MS. GRAVLEY SAID, STEM IS NOT JUST SCIENCE AND MATH, IT IS MORE THAN THAT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE LATER HERE TONIGHT IS OUR STUDENTS ABILITY TO EXPLORE THINGS LIKE CODING.

SO OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN USING SOMETHING CALLED AN OZOBOT AND THIS ROBOT IS ALLOWS STUDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO CODE AND THROUGH THIS STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SEE HOW GAMING, TRANSPORTATION AND THE DEVICES THAT WE USE EVERY DAY, HOW THEY FUNCTION.

SO WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE BASE, STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEE HOW CITIES WORK, AND THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO BECOME CITY PLANNERS, DESIGNERS AND MANY OTHER CAREERS ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

NOW WITHOUT FURTHER TO DO, I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU DEER CREEK'S CODING CLUB.

[APPLAUSE] EMMA, MY NAME'S EVA SOTO, AND I'LL BE SHOWING YOU HOW TO CODE.

I WILL BE GIVING YOU SOME MATERIALS, AN OZOBOT AND A SHEET OF PAPER.

SO TO CALIBRATE IT.

WELL, WE FIRST NEED TO TURN IT ON WITH THIS POWER BUTTON.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE TURNED IT ON, WE WILL CALIBRATE IT BECAUSE WE DON'T IT'LL DO IT WAS JUST START DOING FUNKY STUFF.

HERE IS THE POWER BUTTON.

AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS PURPLE.

ALSO, IF THERE ARE PARENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, PARENTS THIS IS A STUDY SESSION.

SO IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU CAN COME AND STAND BEHIND YOUR CHILD AS THEY TEACH US HOW TO CODE. SO IF THERE ARE ANY PARENTS THEY WANT TO SEE OR TEACHERS, YOU CAN COME STAND BEHIND YOUR CHILD AND SEE THEM, TEACH US HOW TO CODE.

SO FEEL FREE TO DO THAT AND YOU GET CLOSE IF YOU LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES, PARENTS.

NOW THAT WE HAVE TURNED IT ON, WE PUT IT IN THE BLACK CIRCLE.

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ONCE IT DOES THE SOUND, YOU NEED TO LET GO.

TRY TO HOLD IT FOR THREE SECONDS.

AS IT FOLLOWS THE BLACK LINE.

IT NEEDS TO FACE.

IT CAN DO THIS BECAUSE IT HAS COLOR SENSORS AT THE BOTTOM.

SO THAT'S HOW IT CAN READ COLOR AND THE LED LIGHT NEED TO FACE THE FRONT.

IT'LL FOLLOW BOTH SIDES.

NOW WE WILL CREATE OUR OWN LINE.

SO WE GRAB A BLACK MARKER.

WE WILL TRACE ON THE DOTTED LINE.

WE HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE IT AS NEAT AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN SO THAT THE OZOBOT CAN FOLLOW THE PATH.

SOMETHING.

NOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE CREATED OUR OWN LINE, WE'RE GOING TO WATCH AS IT FOLLOWS IT.

AND IF IT TURNS AROUND LIKE MINE, THEN THAT MEANS THAT IT WASN'T RIGHT.

SO IT DOESN'T.

DOES THE COLOR MAKE THE DIFFERENCE? THE LIGHT WILL TURN RED.

NOW THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT NOW, WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE OUR OWN CODES.

A SYMMETRIC CODE IS A CODE THAT WILL DO THE SAME THING IF IT GOES LEFT OR RIGHT.

LIKE A MIRROR, LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOURSELF AT THE MIRROR IT'LL DO THE SAME THING AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

FOR EXAMPLE, BLUE, GREEN, BLUE THAT'LL MAKE YOU GO TURBO.

I WILL DO THE FIRST ONE, THEN YOU CAN DO THE REST.

YOU'RE A GOOD TEACHER. THANK YOU.

B MEANS BLUE.

G MEANS GREEN R MEANS RED, THEN BK MEANS BLACK.

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WE'LL ACTUALLY NEED TO TAKE GREEN AND BLUE OUT FOR THIS.

YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

EVA.

SQUARE THERE AND THEN YOU DO, YOU DO THE SAME THING ON THE OTHER SIDE.

FOLLOW THE PATH AND I MADE A LITTLE SHIFT THERE.

NOW WE CAN DO IT. THIS IS ITS NORMAL SPEED.

AND THEN IF IT TURNED, IF IT TURNED AROUND, THAT MEANS THAT I DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT . NOW, LET'S TRY AGAIN.

THE LIGHTS CHANGE, COLOR BECAUSE, YEP.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO U-TURN CODE AND SLOW CODE.

U-TURN IS THIS CODE.

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DR. BERRY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HR, WOULD YOU GO DOWN AND GET EIGHT CONTRACTS? WE HAVE EIGHT TEACHERS THAT [INAUDIBLE].

[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE EIGHT TEACHERS.

SO THANK YOU, DEAR CREEK CODING CLUB, THANK YOU, MR. MURO. THANK YOU, MS. GRAVLEY AND [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, BOARD, I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THAT, AND SO THAT WAS A SNEAK PEEK OF OUR EXTRACURRICULAR AND SO WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT SHOWCASES AND HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS GOING ON IN OUR CLASSROOMS DURING OUR STEM PLUS.

[VIDEO] AS A PARENT, I LOVE STEM PLUS BECAUSE I CAN SEE HOW MY DAUGHTER'S EYES LIGHT UP WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT THIS CLASS.

THE OTHER DAY SHE CAME HOME AND SHE WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONOMER.

AND SHE'S SO LITTLE.

HOW DOES SHE KNOW ABOUT THAT? AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PLANETS.

I SEE HER WITH HER LEGOS.

NOW SHE'S BUILDING THINGS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, SO I KNOW THAT IT'S GIVING HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE MORE FIELDS.

BEFORE STEM SHE WANTED TO PLAY WITH DOLLS AND MAYBE COLOR OR GO OUTSIDE.

BUT SINCE STEM, SHE WANTS TO GO OUTSIDE AND BUILD STUFF AND MESS AROUND ON THE COMPUTER AND TRY TO CODE.

WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT USE ON YOUR ISLAND, DO YOU HAVE TO ONLY HAVE GROUND BASED TRANSPORTATION? NO. NO, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT.

YOU GUYS GET TO BE EXTREMELY CREATIVE WITH HOW PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND ON YOUR ISLAND.

IT'S YOUR ISLAND.

IT'S THE DAYS THAT SHE DEFINITELY CANNOT MISS SCHOOL OR GET OUT EARLY BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S THERE.

IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT SHE REMEMBERS FROM HER SCHOOL DAY OTHER THAN HER LUNCH IS WHAT THEY DID IN STEM. THEY'RE ABLE TO BE CREATIVE, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT CAREERS THEY

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THEY'RE ABLE TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA, MAKE A PLAN AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT.

AND IT'S USUALLY SOMETHING THAT ISN'T IMMEDIATE.

IT USUALLY TAKES THEM A FEW CLASS PERIODS.

SO THE WHOLE TIME THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, MY DAUGHTER'S EXCITED.

SHE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL STEM PLUS AGAIN BECAUSE SHE JUST CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE WITH HER IDEA THAT SHE HAS.

I LOVE STEM BECAUSE SHE LETS US BE SO CREATIVE AND WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN.

SO SHE GIVES US A CHALLENGE AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THIS CHALLENGE? YOU GET TO LIKE, YOU GET TO BE FREE AND YOU GET TO LIKE, MAKE STUFF FROM YOUR OWN IMAGINATION. I LOVE STEM BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES AND THINGS YOU CAN DO, RANGING FROM SCIENCE TO TECHNOLOGY AND MECHANICS.

AND THERE'S THINGS YOU CAN EXPAND ON WHICH DON'T HAPPEN IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM.

WE'VE WORKED ON TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION ON HOW TO CROSS LIKE A LARGE BODY OF WATER.

SO WE BUILT A BRIDGE AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT WORKS BEST, WHAT'S THE EASIEST TO BUILD? WHAT HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT AND WASTED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT? WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING OUR OWN ISLAND, WE WANT TO USE GREEN ENERGY.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO USE TO GET FROM THE MAINLAND TO THE ISLAND? THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THEM ALL IN ONE ANSWER, BUT MOST OF THEM YOU ARE ABLE TO EXPAND ON AND MAKING YOUR OWN WAY TO ADD YOUR OWN ORIGINALITY AND PERSONALITY. I AM ALSO A TEACHER.

ANOTHER WAY THAT I SEE ALL OF MY STUDENTS BEING IMPACTED AFTER THEY COME TO STEM, I SEE THAT THERE ARE A LOT MORE MOTIVATED BY GETTING THE WRONG ANSWER, AS CRAZY AS THAT SEEMS. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, I MESSED UP DOESN'T MEAN STOP. THAT MEANS WHAT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY THAT I COULD APPROACH THIS PROBLEM.

HAVING STEM PLUS FOR ALL MEANS THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IMMERSED IN THIS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH CLASS THAT THEY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO. THEY'RE ABLE TO BE EXPOSED NO MATTER OF WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND IS AT HOME, WHO HAS WHAT JOB AT HOME.

IN SCHOOL THEY ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND THESE DIFFERENT FIELDS THAT THEIR PARENTS MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT.

SOMETHING THAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT STEM PLUS, STEM PLUS BEING FOR EVERYBODY IS THAT I CAN SEE HOW MY SPED STUDENTS ALSO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SPACES THAT ARE NOT JUST HEY, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTION.

WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THOSE OTHER TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE THAT THEY HAVE.

AS A PARENT, I FEEL LIKE THIS PROGRAM HAS CHANGED LYRIC FOR THE BETTER.

SHE USED TO BE SCARED OF MATH, BUT BECAUSE OF STEM, SHE GETS ON EXCEL NOW AND TRIES TO DO MATH PROBLEMS THROUGH EXCEL.

SHE NEVER TRIED OR CARED ABOUT EXCEL BEFORE THE STEM PROGRAM, AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM AND HER HAVING ACCESS TO IT.

IT'S GOING TO HELP HER NOT ONLY NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE WHEN SHE GETS TO HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE. [APPLAUSE] AND SORRY.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE JAHARGRAVE ELEMENTARY UNEXPECTED TEAM, THEY COMPETED IN THEIR FIRST LEGO LEAGUE QUALIFIER.

A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO, MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THESE TWO TEAMS WORKED ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER.

THEY HAD MISSING PARTS AND BROKEN ROBOTS DURING THE COMPETITION.

BUT THE TWO TEAMS RALLIED TOGETHER, WHICH IS THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF STEM AND THE COOPERATION THAT WE WANT TO SEE.

AND SO JA HARDGRAVE, THEY ADVANCED WINNING THE CORE VALUE AWARD TO THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DALLAS, AND SO THEY WILL BE COMPETING IN MARCH.

AND SO WE WANTED TO SHOWCASE THAT WORK FOR YOU GUYS.

AND SO HERE'S JUST A FEW PICTURES OF THE MEADOW CREEK TEAM AND THE JA HARGRAVE TEAM COLLABORATING AND GOING THROUGH THE COMPETITION TOGETHER.

AND SO IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO BEFORE THEY GET ON AND THEY DEMONSTRATE THEIR ROBOT, WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SEEING AND WONDERING WHAT THE HECK ALL THOSE PIECES ARE AND WHAT THEY DO.

I FIRST WANTED TO SHARE SO FIRST, LEGO LEAGUE IS A PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

THIS IS A GLOBAL COMPETITION THAT CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO SOLVE THESE REAL WORLD TOPICS BASED ON INDUSTRY OR GLOBAL NEED.

AND SO THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS CARGO CONNECT ON TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS OF STEM ROLLED INTO ONE COMPETITION.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO.

THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS TO ALL OF THOSE ROBOT MISSION, PROGRAMING, RESEARCH AND CORE VALUES. BUT THE TWO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE AND MS. CHOU IS GOING TO SPEAK TO IS THE ROBOT BOARD AND THEIR CORE VALUES.

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I JUST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

[APPLAUSE] I COULDN'T I COULDN'T LET THAT PASS AND NOT US CLAP, I MEAN, COME ON. OK, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR A SECOND DR.

HALL, DR. MCFARLAND AND ESTEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SO REALLY, THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR, WHICH REALLY FEELS LIKE MY FIRST YEAR DOING THIS.

BUT AND I HAVE AN AMAZING MENTOR, TOO.

BUT THE THEME HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME IN THAT WHEN STUDENTS COME TOGETHER WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES THAT THEY LEARN TO TRUST EACH OTHER ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE EACH OTHER ON THEIR IDEAS.

AND WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM ESPECIALLY THIS TEAM AND THESE KIDS ARE AMAZING, AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY BECAUSE THEY'RE AMAZING.

BUT I'VE SEEN THEM.

I'VE SEEN THEM SWITCH ROLES ALMOST AUTOMATICALLY, LIKE WHEN ONE STUDENT IS NERVOUS, THEY AUTOMATICALLY TAKE OVER AND THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS WITH SUCH UNIQUE PERSONALITIES.

AND WE'VE HAD SO MUCH FUN AFTER SCHOOL THAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH NICKNAMES FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND IT'S LIKE, WE'RE NOT EVEN LEARNING, TRULY.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING I'VE SEEN IS THAT WITHIN THEIR DIVERSITY, THEY'VE OVERCOME LANGUAGE BARRIERS. WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS ON OUR TEAM ARE SOLELY SPANISH SPEAKING, AND THEY HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH EACH OTHER AND LEARN TO LITERALLY TAKE IN THE WHOLE TEAM AS A GROUP.

AND WHEN WE WENT TO OUR COMPETITION, THE BOARD WE THE KIDS HAD CODED ONE OF THE MISSIONS INCORRECTLY. SO IT WAS BACKWARDS AND WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.

SO WHEN THEY GOT TO COMPETITION AND THEY REALIZED IT WAS COMPLETELY BACKWARDS, THE WHOLE CODE WAS WRONG. AND WE ONLY HAD AN HOUR BEFORE THEIR FIRST ROBOT RUN.

AND THIS TEAM, INSTEAD OF GETTING DOWN, THEY GOT TOGETHER AUTOMATICALLY AND I WAS LITERALLY STEPPING BACK.

AND AS MUCH AS THAT'S HARD TO DO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUT I STEPPED BACK AND I WATCHED THEM THROUGH GRIT OVERCOME THAT AND WE HAD THREE ROUNDS EVERY ROUND, THEY HAD MORE POINTS AND TO SEE THEM CHEERING EACH OTHER ON HOW HAPPY THEY FELT TO SEE THEIR HARD WORK AND WHAT THEY WHAT THEY OVERCAME WAS AMAZING.

AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY IS PART OF THEIR PART OF THEIR CODING WHEN THEY GO TO THE BOARD. BUT JUST KNOW THESE STUDENTS ADVANCE NOT FROM THE ROBOT ROUND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BECAUSE WE WERE 15 OUT OF 18 TEAMS, SO WE WEREN'T LIKE UP THERE.

THAT WASN'T THAT WASN'T WHAT WE WERE ADVANCING FOR, WERE THEY.

I SAY WE BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THEY ARE AN AUTONOMOUS GROUP.

SERIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU WATCH THEM WORK, BUT THEY ARE ADVANCING BECAUSE IN THEIR PRESENTATION, WE'VE PRACTICED CORE VALUES, ACTIVITIES AND THEY CAME TOGETHER.

SORRY THEY CAME TOGETHER AT FIRST, ALL DIFFERENT WITH THEIR UNIQUE PERSONALITIES.

AND AT THIS POINT, THROUGH CORE VALUES ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE LEARNED HOW TO AGAIN COLLABORATE, COMMUNICATE THEIR NEEDS AND BE AUTONOMOUS ENOUGH TO GET WHAT THEY NEED DONE AS A TEAM. SO DURING THEIR PRESENTATION, WHICH I WASN'T ALLOWED TO SEE, THEY DEMONSTRATED THAT SO WELL TO THE JUDGES THAT AFTERWARDS THE JUDGES CAME UP TO THIS TEAM AND MYSELF AND ONE OF THEIR TEACHERS WHO CAME TO SUPPORT THEM AND SAID THIS TEAM WAS SO CONCERNED ABOUT EACH OTHER DURING THE PRESENTATION AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY WERE THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT EACH OTHER THAN WINNING, AND IT WAS SO EVIDENT IN HOW THEY DEVELOPED THEIR INNOVATION PROJECT AND HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER.

SO THEY ARE AN AMAZING GROUP OF STUDENTS.

THEY WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD AND I AM REALLY PROUD OF THEM AND I'M EXCITED FOR YOU FOR YOU TO GET TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

[APPLAUSE] SO AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU DOWN TO THE BOARD AND WE HAVE OUR TWO TECHNICIANS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEMONSTRATING WHAT'S CALLED A SCORED RUN.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE THE TIMER GOING AND I'M GOING TO BE SCORING IT LIKE THEY WERE ACTUALLY AT COMPETITION.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

SO IF I COULD GET OUR TWO DRIVERS TO THE BOARD, PLEASE.

AND ALSO, IF THERE ARE PARENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, THEY LIKE TO AROUND THE BOARD SO YOU CAN GET A PICTURE, FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT, SO REAL QUICK, THEY HAVE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO TRY AND SCORES MANY POINTS AS POSSIBLE BY COMPLETING AS MANY MISSIONS AS POSSIBLE.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO TEAM READY.

THREE, YET YOU COULD OH, IT'S STILL TURNING ON, OK.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED TEAM READY.

THANK YOU. HERE WE GO.

OK. TEAM READY.

ALL RIGHT. COUNT IT DOWN WITH ME, THE UNEXPECTED THREE TWO ONE LEGO.

ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING FOR THEIR FIRST MISSION OVER THERE ON THE SIDE, THEY

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SO THOSE BLOCKS COMPLETELY IN THE CIRCLE, EACH ONE OF THOSE IS WORTH 10 POINTS.

IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY IN THE CIRCLE.

YOU GUYS HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT.

YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE LINING UP, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND THAT IS THEIR INNOVATION PROJECT, THEY HAVE TO TRY AND GET THAT IN THE CENTER OF THE BOARD, WHERE IT SAYS CARGO CONNECT WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING.

OK. THAT'S OK, THAT'S OK.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT ARE THEY GOING FOR NEXT? ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND REDO THEIR SECOND MISSION.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S OK, YOU GUYS, IT'S OK.

ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.

YOU GUYS GOT THIS.

IS IT IN, I CAN'T SEE? THERE WE GO. IT'S OK, YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, 30 SECONDS.

20 SECONDS.

AND TIME.

GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB, YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, AND AS YOU GUYS ARE GETTING BACK, I KNOW THE KIDS ARE WONDERING BECAUSE THEY HAD A GOAL, SO YOU GUYS SCORED 80 POINTS ON THAT RUN, SO THAT'S STILL NOT BAD.

SO GOOD JOB.

SO THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT QUIET AT THE BEGINNING, BUT NORMALLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT I'M SURE YOU GUYS FELT THAT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES LIKE THEY DID SO.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO ADD THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR VISION FOR STEM PLUS.

ALL AND EVERYTHING YOU SAW ON THE VIDEO AND HERE WITH THE STUDENTS TONIGHT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I KNOW WE WENT A LITTLE BIT FAST.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MS. MCCUE? I DO, THAT, SO EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN EXPERTISE.

SO THE LADY WHO WAS PUSHING THE BUTTONS.

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[LAUGHTER] SO.

SO HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU APPLY FOR THE BUTTON PUSHING JOB? SO IT'S ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTING.

SO THIS COMPETITION HAS MULTIFACETED PARTS.

AND SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE THE DRIVERS AND EVERYTHING. YOU WILL ACTUALLY LOSE POINTS IF YOU GO TO THE COMPETITION AND THEIR COACHES ARE SEEN DOING OR LEADING ANYTHING.

AND SO FOR THOSE STUDENTS, WHAT THEY DO IS AT THE VERY BEGINNING, THEY TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ROLES AND BREAKING THINGS UP.

SO THEY HAVE THE TECHNICIANS, THE CODERS, THEY HAVE ATTACHMENT BUILDERS.

SO THE THINGS AT THE FRONT OF THE ROBOT THAT HELP THEM DO ALL THE PUSHING.

AND SO THEY TALK THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH AND SAY, WELL, I'M REALLY GOOD AT THIS OR I THINK I WANT TO TRY AND LEARN THIS.

THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ASSISTANCE IN CASE ANYBODY IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE COMPETITION. AND SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT CAN PROGRAM A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT CAN PUSH BUTTONS, BUT THE STUDENTS ARE ALL HANDS ON DECK.

THEY DO DEBRIEF SESSIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SPEAK TO EVERY PART AT THE COMPETITION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

YES, THAT WAS A LOT.

YES. IT WAS AMAZING, AND I'M SO GLAD SOMEBODY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF COMBINING STEM AND GT.

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL IDEA.

IT I'M JUST OVERWHELMED, BUT ONE AND I SAW PARENTS SPEAKING TO THE FACT OF WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT HAD HAS MADE IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DO WE INTENTIONALLY ENGAGE PARENTS IN THIS OR HOW DID HOW DID HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FULL TIME BEING ON CAMPUS, SO EACH SPECIALIST IS REALLY BUILDING THAT KIND OF CULTURE AND MINDSET WITHIN THAT CAMPUS, THEIR STAFF AND THEIR STUDENTS.

AND SO WE HAVE SPECIALISTS THAT HAVE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS NEWSLETTERS.

WE'VE BEEN WE'VE HAD THE GATE ELEMENTARY NIGHT.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A CTE WHENEVER CTE HAD THEIR CAREER NIGHT.

WE ALSO HAD A STEM NIGHT SO THAT PARENTS CAN COME SEE TO THE CTE CENTER AND SEE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

THE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING WITH THE EXTRACURRICULAR THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IS BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO BE FULL TIME ON CAMPUS, THEY'RE ABLE TO OFFER THAT EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMING AFTER SCHOOL.

AND SO THEY RUN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMING TWO DAYS A WEEK AND THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB.

JUST THIS SEMESTER ALONE, THEY'VE HAD ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY STUDENTS INTERESTED IN STAYING AFTER SCHOOL. AND SO THOSE NEWSLETTERS GO OUT SO THAT THEY CAN GET THOSE KIDS SIGNED UP AND THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR PARENT PERMISSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO JUST BASED ON THE CAMPUS, THERE'S LOTS OF INDIVIDUAL WORK GOING ON.

BUT AS A WHOLE, WE HAVE THE DISTRICT NEWSLETTER AND THEN ONGOING EVENTS.

SO WE HAD THE THE FALL SHOWCASE AT THE CTE CENTER AND WE ARE WORKING ON ORGANIZING OUR SPRING SHOWCASE. THAT'S GREAT.

THE WHOLE PROGRAM IS GREAT, AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE PARENTS TO SUPPORT WHAT'S GOING ON, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MAYFIELD.

YES. AND I'LL JUST ECHO MR. GRASSIA AND MS. DAVIS TOO AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING.

I'M CURIOUS WITH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, I KNOW THERE ARE FUTURE, BUT EVEN MORE FUTURE.

ARE WE CAPTURING THESE MOMENTS ON VIDEO? OR I MEAN, THIS WOULD BE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PROMO TO ME BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY UNDERSTAND IT IF YOU SEE IT, AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE THESE KIDS ARE TOTALLY AMAZING.

SO ONE PART OF OUR PROGRAM, AGAIN, IS THE COLLABORATION.

AND SO WE MEET AND THESE AGAIN, I HAVE THE MOST FANTASTIC TEAM THEY MEET.

THEY COLLABORATE, THEY SHARE IDEAS, THEY SHARE PICTURES.

WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE.

IT'S GROUP ME. IT'S LIKE OUR TEAMS ALMOST FOR SHARING AMONGST OUR TEAM.

WE POST PICTURES OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE SHARE IDEAS.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN CAPTURING IT.

AND THEN ALSO THROUGH THAT NEWSLETTER, WE HAVE CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS.

SO FOR INSTANCE, MEADOW CREEK AND JA HARGRAVE WERE FEATURED.

WE ALSO HAVE CAMPUSES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE STEAM CARNIVAL PREVIOUSLY IN DECEMBER, AND WE HIGHLIGHTED THEM. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THEIR STUDENT WORK THAT'S POSTED.

AND SO THE INTENT OF THAT IS TO CIRCULATE AMONG NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE WANT TO CIRCULATE AMONG OUR CAMPUSES AND STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN INDEED GET THE WORD OUT AS WELL.

AND SO WE ARE CAPTURING AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

IT IS, AND I'LL BE HONEST, I WAS IN CLASSROOMS TODAY WALKING AND I GOT INVOLVED IN A STEM LESSON AND I'M LIKE, OH, I GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE, OR IT'S JUST IT'S SO HANDS ON.

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I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

I KNOW WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND I KNOW IT CAN BE PICKED UP AGAIN AT HIGH SCHOOL, SOME OF THE INTEREST THEY MAY BE DEVELOPING NOW.

WHAT ABOUT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL? SO WE FOR THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMING, WE HAVE OUR STEM PLUS SECONDARY COORDINATORS THAT ARE DOING THE STEM PLUS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND SO THOSE ARE AT THE FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEN THE TWO NINTH GRADE CENTERS.

AND SO IN THE IDEA OF, FOR INSTANCE, THIS PROGRAM, MS. CHOU INITIALLY STARTED THIS WHEN SHE WAS AT MARY HARRIS, AND THAT WAS HER OWN INITIATIVE.

WE'VE NOW GROWN IT FROM JUST HERS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE NOW HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX PROGRAMS OF THIS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT FOUR AT THE ELEMENTARY AND THEN TWO AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THAT WAS DONE IN COLLABORATION SO THAT STUDENTS HAVE A PIPELINE TO THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM WHEN THEY GO IN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO OUR SAME DISTRICT FOCUSES, THOSE ARE ALSO SHARED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO IT CREATES THAT PATHWAY.

BUT LIKE YOU SAID, ONCE THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS WITH THE UNMANNED AND DRONES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. WELL, I WANT TO JUST ECHO THE EXCITEMENT, I THINK THAT ALL THE TRUSTEES THAT WE ALL SHARE AS AN EDUCATOR, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

IT KIND OF CAPTURES EVERYTHING.

THERE'S THE CRITICAL THINKING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

IT'S ALL OF THE BEST PRACTICES TO HAVE STUDENTS NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND IT, BUT ABLE TO COME UP HERE AND TEACH US COMFORTABLY AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME WITH THE ACTIVITY, SO I LOVE NOT JUST SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT THAT YOU ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT HERE SO THAT WE COULD ALL ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE IT FOR OURSELVES.

I ALSO LOVE TO TRUSTEE MAYFIELD'S POINT THE ESTHETICS OF IT ALL YOUR COOL STEAM STEM SHIRTS, THE LITTLE BOARDS ON THE ON THE WALL REPRESENTING THE PROGRAMS OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND JUST THE T-SHIRTS THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENT TEAMS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCITEMENT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR PASSION AND LEADING THIS AND DELIVERING IT TO AND SHARING IT WITH OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING IT SO CONTAGIOUS THAT THEY CAN APPRECIATE IT AS WELL AND CONTINUE TO EXCEL IN IT.

SO KUDOS TO YOU, MS. MCCUE, TO ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND PARTNERSHIP IN THIS.

SO JUST REALLY EXCITED.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND BEFORE WE THIS, BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, CAN WE SEE THE PARENTS THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ALSO THAT PASSION RESONATES THROUGH YOU AND YOU'RE HERE SUPPORTING YOUR STUDENTS? COULD PARENTS PLEASE STAND OF OUR STEM STUDENTS PLEASE DON'T BE SHY.

WE WON'T MAKE YOU SPEAK. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING YOUR STUDENTS TONIGHT AND ALSO FOR YOUR EFFORTS SUPPORTING THEIR EFFORTS IN THEIR EDUCATION AND BEING OUR PARTNERS. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ALL RIGHT, STUDENTS, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] FOR THOSE OF YOU GOING ON TO COMPETE NEXT MONTH, WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS AND EXCEL.

ALSO, I KNOW I SAW SOME STEM TEACHERS AND ALSO STEM TEACHERS AND SUPPORT, IF Y'ALL CAN HOLD ON JUST FOR A SECOND, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL YOUR WORK AS WELL.

MCCUE, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE? WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE TEACHERS AND THE TEACHERS WHO ARE WHO HAVE HELPED IN THE STEM SUPPORT FOLKS THAT YOU HAVE.

OF COURSE. SO IF MEMBERS OF THE STEM TEAM, WHENEVER I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JUST WAVE OR STEP FORWARD THAT WAY, WE CAN INTRODUCE YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO START OVER HERE TO MY THIS SIDE JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO EXIT. SO THIS IS MS. LAUREN KELLY.

SHE IS OUR STEM SPECIALIST AT OAKMONT ELEMENTARY.

SHE IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

[APPLAUSE] CHAUNTEE PITTS AT PARKWAY ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] MEREDITH O'SHAE AT MARY HARRIS ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] CATHERINE EMERSON AT S.H.

CROWLEY ELEMENTARY. [APPLAUSE] SUSAN MARSHALL AT DALLAS PARK ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] ANGIE PARTON AT JUNE DAVIS ELEMENTARY.

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[APPLAUSE] OH, AND JACKIE, I JACQUIE LEE AT JACKIE CARDEN ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. AND MS. KAYLA BUCKNER WAS HERE, BUT MS. KAYLA BUCKNER AT MEADOW CREEK WAS ALSO HERE, SUPPORTING THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. MCCUE AND ALSO TEACHERS THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND JUST FOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.

SHE MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE FIRST SEMESTER, WE HAD OVER 650 STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS GOING ON, THAT YOU ALL WERE GIVING OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR TALENT.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE DOING EXTRA AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, OUR KIDS ARE GETTING SO MANY MORE ENGAGING EXPERIENCE.

AND SO FOR THAT, I AM GRATEFUL.

SO THANK YOU FOR SURE.

[APPLAUSE] MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION BACK TO OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR MISSION STATEMENT WRITTEN ON MANY DOCUMENTS AND WE TALK ABOUT OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

BUT JUST OUR MISSION STATEMENT SAID THAT WE'LL PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SO THAT ALL STUDENTS AND THAT'S THE CRITICAL POINT.

THAT'S A CRITICAL PART OF THAT MISSION STATEMENT, AND IT TALKS ABOUT ALL STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT WAS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE WHAT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR A GROUP OF STUDENTS AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THAT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN WITHOUT JUST SOME INTENTIONAL WORK.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT OR PREACHING ABOUT IT.

IT HAPPENS BY LEADERS WHO ARE TAKING IT.

THAT VISION THAT YOU SAID AS A BOARD AND ACTUALLY TAKING STEPS ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND I'M JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THE TEAM HERE THAT YOU ALL SAW TONIGHT.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.

MR. GILLIES AND MR. AND DR. WILLIAMS. [APPLAUSE] I LIKE FOR THEM TO COME UP AS WELL.

BUT AGAIN, BOARD, IT STARTS WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER MS., DR.

MAYFIELD, AND I KNOW DR.

MS. ROBINSON AND I THINK HALL AND OTHERS, WE WERE REALLY DISCUSSING THIS IDEA OF EQUITY AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL KIDS GET HIGH QUALITY? WE DID AN EQUITY AUDIT AND THE EQUITY AUDIT SHOWED THAT WE NEEDED TO EXPAND THE QUALITY IN OUR IN OUR DISTRICT, AND WE LOOKED AT OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM AND WE SAID, OK, THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING PROGRAM, AND HOW CAN WE EXPAND IT TO ALL CAMPUSES? BECAUSE AT THAT TIME WE PROBABLY HAD ACCESS ON MAYBE FIVE TO SEVEN CAMPUSES.

AND SO MR. GILLIES, AFTER A YEAR, BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND BEGIN TO LOOK AT CREATIVE WAYS TO EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE CAMPUSES THAT THEY CURRENTLY WERE ON.

AND THEN DR.

WILLIAMS CAME ON AS OUR TRANSFORMATION OFFICER AND BEGAN TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN EXPAND STEM, WHICH YOU STARTED WITH THE MY CHOICE PROGRAM, OUTSTANDING PROGRAM AGAIN, BUT WE WANT TO EXPAND IT TO ALL.

THESE TWO GENTLEMEN GOT TOGETHER, BEGAN IN BRAINSTORMING AND COMING UP WITH IDEAS, WORKING WITH TEACHERS. AND WHAT YOU SAW TONIGHT IS REALLY THE START OF WHAT I BELIEVE WILL REALLY TRANSFORM EXPERIENCES FOR OUR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE MR. GILLIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS AND ALSO GIVE DR.

WILLIAMS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS AND JUST SAY IT'S THE PUBLIC TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WORKING EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND. DR. HALL, DR.

MCFARLAND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SO I THINK THE ONE POSITIVE THING YOU KNOW, I SHARED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT THE FEDERAL DEFINITION OF GIFTED IS IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL IN STUDENTS, NOT NECESSARILY A STUDENT PERFORMING WELL ABOVE HIS AGE GROUP EARLY ON, BUT SHOWS THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOU GET POTENTIAL IS BEING ABLE TO SEE KIDS IN THERE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THEY'RE USED TO BEING IN.

WE KNOW WHEN WE PULL, WHEN YOU PULL KIDS OUT AROUND NEW PEOPLE, THEY BECOME VERY GUARDED AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SHOW THEIR POTENTIAL.

WHEN THEY'RE IN THE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE KIDS THEY KNOW AND THE ADULTS THEY KNOW, THEY BECOME VERY OPEN AND VERY EXPRESSIVE.

AND SO THE ONE THING THAT WE, AS MS. MCCUE SHARED, WE HAD NINE SPECIALISTS LAST YEAR SERVING 15 CAMPUSES.

TWO OF THOSE SPECIALISTS WERE FULL TIME DUE TO THE NUMBERS OF GIFTED KIDS ON THOSE CAMPUSES. THERE WERE SEVENTY FIVE PLUS KIDS ON TWO DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, REQUIRING A FULL TIME SPECIALIST. NOW, WITH 15, THEY'RE ABLE TO SERVE EVERY CAMPUS ALL DAY LONG AND IN THE PROCESS, BEING ABLE TO HAVE EYES ON CHILDREN IN THEIR NATURAL SETTING OF AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING TO SEE THE POTENTIAL COME OUT IN THESE KIDS.

AND SO WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE HAVE OUR SELECTION COMMITTEES THAT WE'VE TESTED KIDS FOR GT, AND MANY OF THE SPECIALISTS ARE SAYING, I'VE SEEN THIS KID IN MY STEM CLASS, HIS TEACHER HAS NOT SAID HE'S EXCEPTIONAL.

NO OTHER ADULT BUT THE STEM SPECIALIST SAW A SPARK IN THAT CHILD DURING THAT STEM CLASS

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SO THE GOAL I TOLD DR.

MCFARLAND, WAS WE WANT TO CAST OUR NET AS WIDE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND THIS IS ALLOWING US TO DO THAT. AND WE'VE CAPTURED SOME STUDENTS THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GONE UNNOTICED BECAUSE OF THE NEW SETTING WE HAVE.

SO IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND THE NICE THING ABOUT IT IS WE'RE HAVING OUR KINDERGARTEN SELECTION COMMITTEES AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN THESE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS WITH THAT FRONT LOADING FOR FIVE YEAR OLDS, WE HAVE THE CAMPS WE'VE DONE SO FAR.

THE GOAL OF THE STATE IS YOU WANT TO HAVE AT LEAST 10 PERCENT OF YOUR POPULATION AT A SCHOOL BE GT.

EVERY SCHOOL SO FAR HAS HAD MORE THAN 10 PERCENT QUALIFY IN KINDERGARTEN.

WE'VE ONLY DONE THREE SCHOOLS SO FAR AND THE OTHER ONES ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD.

SO WE'RE CATCHING SOME KIDS.

THEY WILL JUST SERVE THEM.

AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CHILD AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR HIM. SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US IN THIS.

DR. HALL, DR. MCFARLAND, BOARD FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR REALLY PROVIDING AND ALLOWING THE DISTRICT TO DO THESE THINGS FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THE WORK OF MS. MCCUE AND MR. GILLIES REALLY HAVING TO BRAINSTORM AND PUT THIS TOGETHER HAS BEEN REALLY YOUNG MAN'S WORK AND THEY'VE BEEN MAKING IT HAPPEN.

SO TONIGHT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO SIT BACK AND JUST BE PROUD OF THE WORK TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT OF THE KIDS.

YOU KNOW, I WAS TASKED WITH THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT MORE PROJECT BASED LEARNING WHERE KIDS CAN REALLY TRY THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

AND IN THAT PRODUCT, WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE KIDS IN OTHER WAYS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR REALLY ALLOWING US TO DO THE WORK ON BEHALF OF CROWLEY ISD TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] AND THEN JUST ONE LAST THING.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL STEM TEACHERS AND HAVE THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND HAVE THESE PRODUCTS, AND I KNOW I KNOW BOARD YOU SAW THE STEM BUS THAT THEY THAT THEY'RE USING NOW THAT YOU ALL SAW SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL FUNDING THROUGH GRANTS AND AND INNOVATION.

AND SO THESE DOLLARS AND I KNOW MS. POLK HAS LAID THAT UP, AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. POLK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, MS. POLK. [APPLAUSE] BECAUSE WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, WE COULDN'T DO THIS WORK.

SO WE JUST THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A TEAM EFFORT AND THANK YOU, MS. MCCUE, FOR BRINGING THE BALL ACROSS THE END ZONE.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM 4.2 CAPITAL FACILITIES ADVISORY COUNCIL DEMOGRAPHER UPDATE.

OH, Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO STAY FOR THIS PART? [LAUGHTER] IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

DR. MCFARLAND.

MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT ITEM.

IT IS DEFINITELY A, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY FUN TO TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT OR WHAT'S HAPPENED, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE DISTRICT AS IT RELATES TO GROWTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO WHAT IS TO COME.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TONIGHT TO HAVE MR. ALEXANDER HERE TO SHARE WITH US THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT FOR THE FALL OF 2021.

THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE IN PERSON.

IT'S BEEN, I THINK, PRE-COVID SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO I HAVE A LOT TO HAVE EXCITING THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU AS THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, GETS READY TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

BEFORE WE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THAT, LET'S TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK BACK.

LET'S LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT OF THE ENROLLMENT HISTORY.

THE OFFICIAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2021 22 SCHOOL YEAR IS SIXTEEN THOUSAND THREE NINETEEN.

THAT IS A RECORD HIGH FOR THE DISTRICT.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE FALL SNAPSHOT DATES BACK FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. NOTICE THE INCREASE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS SEEN IN IN THE RATE OF GROWTH OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

SO OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENTS UP ABOUT 1300 STUDENTS.

BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE 2016, SO UP ABOUT A THOUSAND SIXTY FOUR IN JUST THESE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THE ANNUALIZED NUMBERS ARE SHOWN HERE WITH PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN THE UPPER RIGHT CHART AND NUMERIC GROWTH IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT WE SAW AROUND THE STATE AND THE DFW AREA FROM 2019 TO 2020.

YOU ALL EXPERIENCED WHAT MANY DISTRICTS IN NORTH TEXAS AND AROUND THE STATE EXPERIENCED.

THE STATE LOST TWO PERCENT OF ITS ENROLLMENT OVERALL.

IN MOST, ACTUALLY, IT WAS 55 OF ABOUT 90 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DFW LOST TWO TO FOUR PERCENT OF THEIR ENROLLMENT DUE TO THE COVID ENVIRONMENT.

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PAY ATTENTION TO THE BULLET ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.

THE AVERAGE GROWTH FOR THE DISTRICT NOW OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS RIGHT AT AN AVERAGE OF 1.4 PERCENT PER YEAR.

SO WHEN WE COME TO THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, IN THE END, I'LL SHOW YOU OR SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN ENROLLMENT BY ATTENDANCE LEVEL, YOU CAN SEE IN TWO YEAR INCREMENTS FROM OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, THE ADDITION OF FULL DAY PRE-K HAS GROWN. A LOT OF THE NUMBERS YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS OF PRE-K HAVE DOUBLED SINCE 2017 WITH THAT WITH THE CHANGE IN PROGRAM THERE.

YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS FOR ELEMENTARY HAVE BEEN DECLINING.

THEY WERE DOWN IN 2019, BUT THEY'VE BOUNCED BACK THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN.

THE MIDDLE GRADE NUMBERS ARE HAVE GENERALLY BEEN FLAT AND NOW HIGH SCHOOL IS EXPERIENCING RECORD ENROLLMENT.

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE THE GRADE LEVEL TOTALS WILL SHOW YOU HOW THE THAT WAVE OF GROWTH THAT OCCURRED BACK, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT OF THE THAT 2008 TO 2012 TIMEFRAME, WHEN YOU SEE THOSE LARGE GRADES IN THE YOUNGER, WELL IN THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, YOU SEE HOW MANY OF THAT IS OF AGED UP INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL AGE TODAY.

BUT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THERE THE RECORD PRE-K, BUT ALSO THESE LAST YEAR, YOU LOOK AT THE INCREASING NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE.

SO THOSE ARE ALL ENCOURAGING NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU ALL DON'T HAVE A BIG GAP.

A LOT OF DISTRICTS TODAY HAVE A BIG GAP OF OUTGOING 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS FROM GROWTH THAT CAME IN 15, 20 YEARS AGO, YOU ALL HAD A HUGE WAVE OF GROWTH 15 TO 20 YEARS AGO, LIKE A LOT OF AREAS OF DFW, THAT HAS RESULTED IN A LOT OF THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVING THESE LARGE 400 STUDENT CLASSES, AND NOW THEY GOT 200 STUDENTS.

SO IT ELEMENTARY CLASSES, AND THAT'S RESULTING IN A LARGE GAP THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR WITH OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS.

BUT YOU ALL SEE HERE THE OUTGOING 12TH GRADE TOTALS VERSUS THE INCOMING KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE NUMBERS ARE THEY'RE REALLY BALANCED IN THAT POSITIONS THE DISTRICT FOR FASTER GROWTH GOING FORWARD.

ANOTHER METRIC THAT WE MONITOR EVERY YEAR IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ANNUAL BIRTH RATE OR LOCAL BIRTH RATE VERSUS KINDERGARTEN FIVE YEARS LATER.

THE BLUE LINE THOSE ARE THE ANNUAL BIRTHS FOR THE FOUR MAIN ZIP CODES THAT MAKE UP THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE DATA THROUGH 2019 NOW, SO WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT THESE LAST THREE YEARS, THE BIRTH RATE IS INCREASING.

ALSO NOTE THAT IN 2019, THE AREA SAW THE HIGHEST RATE OF BIRTHS IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, SO THAT'S SIXTEEN FIFTY FOUR INDICATES THAT THE ENROLLMENT AT THE KINDERGARTEN LEVEL IS POISED TO CONTINUE TO GROW TOWARDS 1100, JUST SIMPLY JUST ON THESE BIRTH NUMBERS ALONE.

NOW, EVERY FEW YEARS WE GEO CODE, I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN ILLUSTRATION HERE OF THAT GROWTH THAT THE DISTRICT HAS EXPERIENCED.

WE SO WE DON'T HAVE A TRUE FIVE YEARS, BUT WE DID GEO CODE IN 2015 16.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE ENROLLED STUDENTS SIX YEARS AGO AND THEN OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS HAVE MOVED IN TO THE DISTRICT IN 2022 OR 21 22 AND REPRESENTED BY THE YELLOW DOT.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE DISTRICT'S GROWTH HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH DISTRICT WIDE, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, MORE DOTS THERE ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

NOW, THE DOTS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT REMEMBER THOSE ARE DO INCLUDE ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR STUDENTS THAT TRANSFER IN.

BRENT WITH THIS WITH THIS MAP HERE.

CAN YOU JUST ORIENTATE US TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? OK. SO AS FAR AS LANDMARKS, IF YOU CAN.

WELL, THE OBVIOUSLY YOUR BLUE IS YOUR DISTRICT BOUNDARY, THE I20 THERE ALONG THE NORTH UPPER RIGHT HAND PART OF THE PICTURE.

DO YOU HAVE A LASER ON THAT POINTER? YEAH, I DO. WELL, IT. OK, SO IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE, HERE'S I20 RIGHT HERE.

HERE'S 35W RIGHT THERE.

CHISHOLM TRAIL TOLLWAY RIGHT HERE.

SO RISINGER, RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE DISTRICT.

SO OUT OUT HERE IS DAVIS ELEMENTARY.

SO YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE GROWTH THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE LLANO SPRINGS AND CHISHOLM TRAIL NEIGHBORHOODS.

AS YOU'RE IF YOU LOOK AT THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S S.H.

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AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE GROWTH THAT HAVE STARTED COME IN AROUND THOSE TWO.

PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE HULEN CORRIDOR HERE AND THE MCCART CORRIDORS.

AND I MEAN, AS IT LEADS INTO THE SOUTHERN 1187 RIGHT THERE, HERE'S BESS RACE ELEMENTARY.

THERE'S ALLIE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO LOOK AT ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S COME IN AT THE BRIDGES AROUND ALLIE MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT THERE. AS WELL AS OUT IN CRESCENT SPRINGS RANCH, THERE'S HF STEVENS RIGHT THERE.

SO YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT GROWTH IN THE THE WEST, THE CENTRAL, THE SOUTH AND THE EAST ALL OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THIS GIVES YOU THE TOTAL OF K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS USING THE PLANNING AREAS, SO YOU CAN SEE THE MORE DENSELY, MORE DENSE AREAS OF ENROLLED STUDENTS AGAIN.

YOU KNOW THAT CENTRAL PORTION OF THE DISTRICT AND OUT ON THE EAST SIDE, AS WELL AS DOWN SOUTH, BUT ALSO QUITE A BIT OR UP THERE STILL IN THE OAKMONT ATTENDED ZONE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

NOW, OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, THE GROWTH THIS THIS MAP COMPARES THAT 2015, 16 GEO CODING WITH THE OUR GEO CODING THIS YEAR.

THE GREEN AREAS REPRESENT GROWTH.

THE AREAS IN BLUE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE DECLINED.

NOW THIS IS INTERESTING TO ME, BECAUSE JUST THINK ABOUT UP HERE IN THE SYCAMORE, MEADOW CREEK AREA.

NOW YOU DO HAVE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS UP THERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE BUILT 15 20 YEARS AGO.

SAME THING OUT HERE IN DEER CREEK, AS WELL AS IN IN THE MIDDLE WHERE YOU HAVE FOX RUN, POINTER. THOSE WERE THE TOP NEIGHBORHOODS BACK, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO 2005.

AND A LOT OF THOSE AREAS, I THINK, NOW REFLECT THAT THOSE STUDENTS HAVE AGED UP AND THR OUGH IN MANY OF THOSE.

BUT YOU'VE LOST ALL OF THAT GROWTH THERE AROUND HARGRAVE, AS WELL AS DOWN ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AND THEN ALSO IN THE WEST, OUT IN THE DAVIS ATTENDED ZONE.

NOW WE UPDATED OUR YIELDS FOR THE DISTRICT, WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE SINGLE FAMILY YIELDS. OUR OVERALL SAMPLE STILL COMES BACK WITH A 0.4, IT'S DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AS YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THE AVERAGE FOR NEW HOMES THAT ARE ACTIVELY BUILDING OR SHOWN HERE IN THE TABLE.

THE YIELD THERE IS ALSO 0.4.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS CHART AND BASICALLY THAT 0.18 RIGHT THERE BASICALLY IS TELLING YOU THAT FOR EVERY FIVE HOMES, YOU'RE GETTING AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT . NOW, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK TO BEFORE THAT MOST OF THE SUBDIVISIONS IN DFW, A TYPICAL YIELD IS IN THE 0.5 TO 0.8 RANGE.

SO I WOULD SAY OVERALL TODAY IT'S ABOUT 0.65 IS A TYPICAL YIELD.

BUT WHAT THIS REFLECTS HERE IS THAT YOU STILL HAVE COMPETITION FOR THE KIDS WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS, WITH OTHER OPEN ENROLLMENT DISTRICTS THAT ARE THAT SURROUND THE DISTRICT.

SO THE YIELD IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE.

ALSO AS MORE ENTRY LEVEL OR MORE FIRST MOVE UP HOMES ARE BUILT.

YOU HAVE A YOUNGER BUYER AND THEY TYPICALLY HAVE YOUNGER FAMILIES AND YOUNGER, YOUNGER KIDS. AND SO IT'S A DELAYED EFFECT ON WHEN WE SEE THOSE YIELDS.

SO A LOT OF THE D.R. HORTON TYPE EXPRESS HOMES WE'LL SEE THOSE YIELDS GRADUALLY CLIMB OVER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AS THOSE FAMILIES AGE IN THOSE HOUSES AND START FAMILIES.

THE MULTIFAMILY YIELDS THE OVERALL YIELD FOR THIS YEAR IS 0.2.

DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS TEXAS AND HERE IN DFW, AS THE MAJORITY OF NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE BUILT IN A NEW ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. THEY'RE BUILT IN NEW MID RISE OR URBAN STYLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FIVE STORIES AND TYPICALLY HAVE FEWER THREE BEDROOMS. SO WE'VE SEEN THE YIELDS GO DOWN PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE AS THE APARTMENT MARKETS HAVE MOVED TO THIS TYPE OF BUILDING PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE STATE.

MOST OF THE IF YOU'LL LOOK THROUGH THE ONES THAT I HIGHLIGHTED, THOSE ARE YOUR MORE RECENT DELIVERIES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT ABOUT 0.1, THE NEW MCCOY THERE ON THE ON THE CHISHOLM TRAIL TOLLWAY.

THE FIRST 207 YIELD UNDER ONE.

THAT'LL PROBABLY COME UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY'RE GENERALLY IN LINE.

THE TRAILS AT SUMMER CREEK THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING ALL OVER DFW FOR NEWER,

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ALL RIGHT, SO MY MAIN FOCUS TONIGHT IS TO SHOW YOU ALL HOW THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MARKET HAS REALLY TURNED THEIR ATTENTION TO CROWLEY AND WHAT THAT MEANS GOING FORWARD.

SO IN APRIL AND MAY OF 2020, I WOULD LIE TO YOU IF I TOLD YOU I KNEW WE WOULD BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY BECAUSE IT WAS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED.

MOST PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING TO DECLINE OVER THESE LAST 18 MONTHS.

WE'VE SEEN RECORD DEMAND.

THE THINGS YOU SEE LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE HAVE ALL KIND OF COME TOGETHER TO FORM THAT RECORD DEMAND HERE IN TEXAS AND IN DFW.

THE NUMBER ONE THING IS THE MORTGAGE RATE 30 YEAR MORTGAGE RATE HAS BEEN AS LOW AS 2.7, AND IT'S IT'S BACK UP TO 3.5.

HISTORICALLY, THAT'S THE LOWEST IT'S EVER BEEN.

SO THAT HAS STIMULATED SO MUCH DEMAND FROM PEOPLE FOR, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A HOUSE WITH THE RATES BEING THIS LOW.

WE IT'S COINCIDED WITH THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION MOVING A LARGE PORTION OF THAT, MOVING INTO THEIR MIDDLE 30S AND EARLY 40S AND DECIDING NOW IT'S TIME TO STOP RENTING AND BUY A HOUSE SO THAT HAS HAPPENED ALL OVER.

COVID HAS IMPACTED THE RESALE MARKET, WITH FEWER PEOPLE LISTING THEIR HOUSES, AND THAT'S DRIVEN PEOPLE TO NEW HOMES.

AND THEN THE JOB MARKET HERE HAS SLOWLY RECOVERED OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, AND NOW WE HAVE GAINED ALL THE JOBS BACK THAT WERE LOST IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2020.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, RELO BUYERS FROM OUTSIDE OF DFW JUST IN TEXAS AND ALSO A TON FROM OUT OF STATE. I BET IF YOU DRIVE AROUND, YOU PROBABLY MET SOMEBODY FROM CALIFORNIA THAT'S MOVED HERE RECENTLY.

THAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER.

WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF BUILDERS WILL SAY THAT ONE OUT OF ONE OUT OF FOUR ONE OUT OF FIVE SALES ARE TO SOMEBODY FROM OUT OF STATE.

SO THOSE ARE TRENDS THAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR.

SOME ARE SAYING THAT ALL OF THEIR SALES IN THE HIGHER PRICE POINTS ARE FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

SO WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING, THIS LET'S MOVE INTO THE PORTION OF THE REPORT THAT SHOWS YOU ACTIVITY HERE IN CROWLEY.

RESALE WISE, IT'S BEEN VERY CONSISTENT.

LOOK AT THE CHART ON THE LEFT ABOUT 1400 HOME SALES, EXISTING HOME SALES A YEAR.

WHILE THAT'S BEEN REALLY STEADY FOR THE LAST FIVE SIX YEARS, THE MEDIAN PRICE, THE VALUE HAS CONTINUED TO RISE, SO PRICE IS RISING.

THAT'S A THAT'S A TREND THAT'S ALSO OCCURRING AS WELL WITH ALL OF THIS RECORD DEMAND, BUT YOU ALL THE EXISTING YOU ALL ARE SEEING THE EXISTING HOME CLIMBED TO A RECORD SELL PRICE JUST RIGHT ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS BACK IN THE FALL.

BUT HERE'S REALLY WHERE I WANT TO FOCUS MY ATTENTION ON THE NEW HOME SIDE.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER IN THE REPORT, THE DATA IS THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE STARTS, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THAT MAKES THE THIRD QUARTER THE MOST ACTIVE THREE MONTH PERIOD IN THE DISTRICT SINCE 2002. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT START NUMBER HIGHEST JUST JUMPING UP THERE THE MOST THIS CYCLE AND ALL THE WAY BACK FOR NINETEEN YEARS.

THE ANNUAL RATES ARE SHOWN HERE.

REMEMBER THAT STARTS ARE FOUNDATIONS UNDERWAY.

THE RED LINE ARE OCCUPANCIES.

THOSE ARE VISIBLY OCCUPIED HOMES, NEW LOT DELIVERIES REPRESENTED IN GREEN.

SO FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE STARTS THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST ANNUAL RATE THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE 2006.

THE OVERALL RECORD WAS SET IN 2002 AT JUST UNDER SIXTEEN HUNDRED.

SO IT'S GETTING UP THERE, BUT THE START OR THE START NUMBER CONTINUES TO INCREASE, BUT THAT CLOSING NUMBER HAS HELD THERE JUST ABOVE NINE HUNDRED.

NOTE THAT GAP BETWEEN STARTS AND CLOSINGS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS, WELL, YOU CAN. TWO THINGS THAT THAT REPRESENTS ONE THE BUILDERS HAVE SHIFTED INTO BUILDING SPEC HOMES ON THEIR LOTS INSTEAD OF SELLING BUILT TO SUIT, IT'S A WAY THAT THEY'RE CONTROLLING

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WE KNOW THE COST AND THEN WE CAN SELL THEM AS THEY'RE AS THEY PLEASE.

BUT THE CLOSING NUMBER THERE IN RED ALSO DOES REFLECT THAT THERE ARE CONSTRUCTION CAPACITY ISSUES, THERE ARE MATERIAL ISSUES AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU SEE HERE IN A MINUTE, THE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THE WAY UP THERE NEXT YEAR TO THE FOURTEEN HUNDRED, BUT IT'LL GRADUALLY CONTINUE TO CLIMB, BUT THE DEVELOPERS PUT OVER SIXTEEN HUNDRED NEW LOTS ON THE GROUND THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

IT JUST SHOWS THE HUGE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT THAT THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS ARE GIVING CROWLEY ISD TODAY.

RIGHT NOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DFW, THIS TAKES ALL OF THE NORTH TEXAS ACTIVITY AND BREAKS IT UP BY ISD BOUNDARY AND YOU CAN SEE CROWLEY IS THE MOST ACTIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DFW, AHEAD OF MANSFIELD, MIDLOTHIAN AND WAXAHACHIE.

WITHIN THE DISTRICT, 80 PERCENT OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS OCCURRING IN THE FORT WORTH PORTION OF THE DISTRICT.

MUCH OF THAT TODAY, LED BY SUBDIVISIONS LIKE THE BRIDGES, LLANO SPRINGS, SOUTH FORK ESTATES DOWN BY THE NEW AG FACILITY.

YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THE GROWTH AROUND HARGRAVE WITH SUBDIVISIONS LIKE PARKVIEW AND THEN OUT AROUND DAVIS ELEMENTARY, THE CHISHOLM TRAIL RANCH, AND THEN EVEN YOU CAN SEE SUBDIVISIONS LIKE MCPHERSON VILLAGE, JUST SOUTH OF SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THESE PRIMARILY FEED INTO THE DAVIS ATTENDANCE ZONE, BESS RACE, S.H.

CROWLEY, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THE SUE CROUCH NUMBERS CLIMB AS WELL.

AND THEN THE JACKIE CARDEN ATTENDED ZONE AS WELL.

ACTIVITY BY MIDDLE SCHOOL, MAJORITY IN SUMMER CREEK, AS WELL AS IN ALLIE AND THEN CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM HIGH SCHOOL TODAY, THE CLOSINGS ON THE RIGHT ARE PRETTY BALANCED.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SHIFT TO THE NORTH CROWLEY ZONE IN STARTS.

A LOT OF THOSE, AS I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT, ARE IN SOME OF THE THE NEW NEWER BUILD TO RENT SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE COMING IN THE DISTRICT.

PRICE WISE, THE MEDIAN NEW HOME PRICE NOW THAT'S BASED ON BASE PRICING FOR THE FOR THE FLOOR PLANS THAT ARE OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE BASE PRICING HAS SURPASSED 300000 IN THE DISTRICT, SO JUST RIGHT ABOUT 307 AS OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

YOU CAN SEE GENERALLY GREATER FORT WORTH'S IN THE 370 MEDIAN PRICE, WITH DFW AT 385.

SO TODAY IN THE DISTRICT, MOST OF THESE HOMES ARE VALUE DRIVEN ENTRY LEVEL AND MOVE UP HOMES PRICED IN THAT 250 TO FIVE HUNDRED AND REALLY JUST RIGHT IN THE MAIN FOCUS OF DEMAND FOR THE DALLAS FORT WORTH HOUSING MARKET.

AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THERE WERE 600 VACANT LOTS ON THE GROUND AND ANOTHER 32 OR NEARLY 3300 LOTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S THE LONG LIST OF I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY ONE, BUT ONES THAT ARE IN BLUE HAVE BEEN STARTED HERE FAIRLY RECENTLY.

WHEN YOU COMBINE EVERYTHING IN THE PIPELINE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER TWENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT ARE NOW PLATTED FOR THE DISTRICT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP HERE, WE'VE OUTLINED ALL OF THOSE ACTIVE SUBDIVISIONS ARE IN YELLOW, ANYTHING IN ORANGE AND PURPLE, THOSE THEY'RE ACTIVELY DEVELOPING.

AND THEN THE BLUE REPRESENTS ALL OF THOSE FUTURE LOTS THAT ARE PLANNED.

SO YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THIS WIDE SWATH OF THE CENTER PORTION OF THE DISTRICT JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LOTS THAT ARE PLANNED.

YOU KNOW THIS IS THE ROCK CREEK, WHERE FOUR THOUSAND LOTS OUT HERE, YOU KNOW ALL OF THE [INAUDIBLE], YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF LOTS RIGHT HERE AROUND S.H.

CROWLEY, OVER A THOUSAND LOTS OUT HERE BETWEEN WALKER AND AND HF STEVENS AND THEN DOWN SOUTH, THE NEW BURLESON CROSSING LAND THAT'S SOUTH OF THE BRIDGES IN SOUTH OF ALLIE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, OVER A THOUSAND TO TWO THOUSAND LOTS DOWN THERE PLANNED.

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS I'LL GO THROUGH QUICKLY FROM OCTOBER, BEGINNING WITH TAVOLO PARK, YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HAS BEEN DONE.

THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW APARTMENTS THERE.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT THERE, A LOT OF THAT WILL BE AGE RESTRICTED.

SO. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING FOR MORE OF THE TRADITIONAL LOTS THERE.

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THEY ARE A BUILDER FROM ARIZONA, AND THEY'RE BRINGING THIS KIND OF UNSTACKED APARTMENT TYPE CONDO.

SO THIS IS NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S RENTAL PROPERTY, SO THEY'LL MANAGE IT LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. BUT IT'S ONE STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE ATTACHED LOOSELY.

YES. YOU REALLY HAVE TO TREAT THESE AS ONE STORY APARTMENTS THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE, BUT THEY HAVE BUILT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE IN PLANO, MCKINNEY, AND THEY'RE SPREADING OUT THROUGHOUT THE DFW AREA.

I DO NOT THEY THE RENTS NOW THIS, THEY WILL TELL US THAT THEIR TARGET RENTER IS SOMEONE THAT IT DOESN'T WANT A MORTGAGE.

BUT THEY DON'T WANT THE LOOK AT THE BRAND NEW.

I KNOW THIS IS A SENIOR RIGHT HERE, BUT THEY DON'T WANT THAT STYLE APARTMENT.

THEY WANT TO BE IN A RENTAL SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, THEY BUILD THESE THINGS TO WHERE THEIR PET FRIENDLY THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEY GO AFTER THAT TYPE OF RENTER.

SO LET ME JUST SAY THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THE BUILT TO RENT THAT IS PLANNED IN THE DISTRICT THAT'S COMING.

WE IT'S IN ITS INFANCY ACROSS DFW, SO WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT HANDLE ON WHAT THE YIELDS ARE YET FROM THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WITH WHO THE RENTER IS.

WHAT DO THEY HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE IN TERMS OF STUDENTS FOR YOU ALL? ARE YOU ABLE TO GET DATA FROM OTHER REGIONS AND? YES, A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT.

SOME OF THE CITIES HAVE SAID NO, THEY THEY'VE BLOCKED, THEY'RE THE, YOU KNOW, SUBDIVISIONS THAT THEY'VE TRIED TO BUILD, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE IF I COULD FIND SOME OF THE YIELDS FOR SOME OF THESE NEWER PROJECTS.

BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER BIG BUILDERS THAT ARE COMING IN DOING THE SAME THING.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S SUE CROUCH.

THE SUNSET POINT IS AS YOU AS YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH, THERE YOU CAN SEE THE NEW MCCOY APARTMENTS HERE IN THE CENTER.

BUT THIS WILL ALSO BE O&M LIVING.

THEY'LL BE BUILT TO RENT IN THERE AS WELL.

SO YOU HAVE THE NEW TRAILS AT SUMMER CREEK APARTMENTS RIGHT THERE, SOME NEW APARTMENTS AND THEN BUILD TO RENT NEW HOMES IN THERE.

SO THOSE ARE, I BELIEVE, WHAT HISTORY MAKER IS GOING TO BE DOING AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT PRODUCT YET. JUST SO HERE'S DAVIS MCPHERSON BACK TOLLWAY OVER THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, YOU SEE THE ADDITIONAL LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED AT CHISHOLM SPRINGS AND LLANO SPRINGS.

ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL PARKWAY, HERE'S NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, MCPHERSON ADDITIONAL PHASE LOTS BEING DELIVERED THERE.

SOUTH OF. SO AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PHOTOGRAPH WOULD BE SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU CAN SEE MCPHERSON VILLAGE, WHERE STARLIGHT IS BUILDING THEIR ENTRY LEVEL PRODUCT.

AND THEN THESE ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE REALLY HIT AT HOME, WHAT'S COMING REALLY THE WHOLE HULEN CORRIDOR FROM MCPHERSON ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1187.

I'LL JUST GO THROUGH A SERIES OF THESE.

REMEMBER SORRY, REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE OCTOBER PHOTOGRAPHS.

IF YOU DRIVE OUT THERE TODAY, YOU'LL SEE TONS OF STARTS ALREADY IN, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SUBDIVISIONS LIKE WOODLAND SPRINGS, YOU KNOW, SUMMER CREEK RANCH, WHERE DR HORTON HAS BEEN. THEY HAVE THEIR FINAL PHASE RIGHT HERE.

THE COHIX PROPERTY HAS STARTED DEVELOPMENT ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED LOTS IN THAT SUBDIVISION. SO HERE'S HULEN.

YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU'RE STILL LOOKING EAST.

THERE'S S.H. CROWLEY.

BUT YOU CAN SEE NEWBERRY POINT FOR PHASE ONE, SECOND PHASE, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE ENTRY MONUMENTS AND THINGS UP NOW FOR THE SUBDIVISION.

JUST ADJACENT TO THAT, YOU HAVE THE SUMMER CREST SUBDIVISIONS, STEVE HAWKINS HOMES AND THEN THE HUGE 1100 PLUS LOT HULEN TRAILS THAT BLOOMFIELD AND INTERIORS ARE DOING.

HERE'S THE AG FACILITY.

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THIS IS THEIR SECOND POSITION IN THE DISTRICT.

AROUND S.H.

CROWLEY, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE LAND THAT STARTED MOVING DIRT WITH MIRAVERDE.

WE'VE GOT A NEW PLAT FOR ALL OF THE LAND ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL.

ANOTHER FOUR HUNDRED LOTS THERE ON THE KIRK TRACK.

ALL OF THIS AROUND HERE IS THAT IN THE TRAIL AND THEN EAST OF THAT IS KARIS.

SO THE DIRT FOR KARIS HAS STARTED TO MOVE.

AND AGAIN, OVER A THOUSAND PLUS LOTS HERE AS WELL.

REORIENT YOURSELF HERE'S HARGRAVE AND THEN RAINBOW RIDGE HERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE PARK VIEW. SO PARK VIEW'S GOT A FEW PHASES.

THEY HAVE THIS VACANT LAND HERE AS WELL.

ACROSS FROM CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, LENNAR IS GOING TO BRING THEIR BILL TO RENT PRODUCT.

ABOUT 80 SOMETHING LOTS HERE AT RISINGER COURT AND THEN HERE IS SYCAMORE LANDING.

SO HERE'S MEADOW CREEK, JACKIE CARDEN WOULD BE MOST OF THESE ARE IN THE JACKIE CARDEN ZONE. THIS IS THE OLD VILLAGE PARK PHASE.

IT NEVER GOT DEVELOPED.

THEY HAVE LEGEND HOMES HAS BOUGHT THAT AND WILL CONTINUE SYCAMORE LANDING ON THAT PHASE OR ON THAT VACANT LAND RIGHT THERE AS WELL.

SO THIS IS A HOUSTON BUILDER THAT'S NEW TO DFW.

AND THEN OVER ON THE EAST SIDE, HERE'S DAVID WALKER, THE DISTRICT SPORTS COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION, SO ALL OF THIS LAND RIGHT HERE IS YOU KNOW, SLATED TO BE A MIXTURE OF NEW HOMES, APARTMENTS AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL TYPES, SO IT'S BEGINNING DOWN AROUND HF STEVENS WITH THE HUNTERS RIDGE PORTION AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE LOTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT THERE.

AND THEN HERE'S BESS RACE ELEMENTARY HERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT, SO YOU'RE LOOKING SOUTH.

THE BRIDGES, HERE'S ALLIE MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE.

THEY FINISHED UP THE BRIDGES AND THEY'VE MOVED INTO THE THIRD PHASE OF LASATER RANCH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ALL THOSE STARTS THAT LGI HAS THERE BACK IN THE FALL.

BUT WE DID GET A NEW PLAT FOR A FIFTH PHASE OF CREEKSIDE, SO WE'LL JUMP BACK OVER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 1187 AND THEN WE SEE OTHER INFILL PIECES LIKE RIGHT HERE, YOU'LL GET SOME MORE TOWNHOMES AT HAMPTON VILLAS THERE NEXT TO ALLIE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN JUST TO THE EAST OF BESS RACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 1187, THERE'S MORE TOWNHOMES THAT ARE BUILT OR BUILD NEW TO RENT, NEW APARTMENTS COMING IN AND MORE TOWNHOMES COMING IN AS WELL.

SO ON THE APARTMENT SIDE, WE ESTIMATE JUST UNDER 900 HAVE BEEN LEASED OUT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. ANOTHER NINE HUNDRED ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN THERE'S OVER 22 HUNDRED THAT ARE STILL PLANNED FOR THE DISTRICT AND I PUT A LITTLE BALLOON CALL OUTS ON ALL OF THE LOCATIONS.

ONE OF THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE OPENING SOON IS DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT THERE AT SENDERO OAKS.

AND THEY'VE GOT ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT UNITS THAT ARE THAT ARE PLANNED DOWN HERE, WITH THE FIRST NINETY SIX JUST FINISHING UP.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN GOING FORWARD? SO WITH OVER 20000 LOTS IN THE PIPELINE, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT ANNUAL RATE TO GROW OVER HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IN CLIMB TOWARDS 2000, 1800, 2000 UNITS A YEAR.

BASICALLY, WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 8400 CLOSINGS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND POTENTIALLY MORE THAN 16000 HOUSES OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

AN ADDITIONAL 1400 APARTMENTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE OCCUPIED OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO SIX YEARS. SO REMEMBER, AT THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN I SHOWED YOU THE 1.4 PERCENT ANNUAL RATE, IF YOU JUST SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE AND THAT HISTORICAL RATE CONTINUES, THEN THE.

WAS THERE A QUESTION? OK.

THE GREEN LINE REPRESENTS THE LOW SCENARIO, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUATION OF THAT HISTORICAL PERIOD THAT WE'VE SEEN.

BUT WHAT THE IF THE YIELDS CONTINUE TO BE ABOUT 0.4, WE EXPECT THE RATE OF GROWTH TO START TO CLIMB.

AND SO THE ANNUALIZED NUMBER THERE FOR THE BLUE, THE MODERATE SCENARIO IS A 2.5 PERCENT

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SO WITH THAT TYPE OF GROWTH, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE SOME STRESS ON THE CAPACITIES AT SOME OF THE CAMPUSES. SO IN YOUR REPORT, I HAVE OUR MODERATE SCENARIO NUMBERS SHOWN WITH, YOU KNOW, THE 10 YEAR FOR EACH CAMPUS AGAINST THEY'RE BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND THEIR DESIGN CAPACITIES. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THESE, YOU'LL SEE IN PARTICULAR SOME OF THE CAMPUSES LIKE BESS RACE, DEER CREEK, HARGRAVE SHOWN HERE.

BUT REALLY, IT'S MORE SEVERE.

IT'S SUBDIVISIONS LIKE DAVIS, WHERE WE'RE PROJECTED THE RATE TO GO UP OVER A THOUSAND OVER FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.

YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL S.H.

CROWLEY IS ANOTHER ONE.

ANOTHER KEY AREA WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS COMING THAT IT'S POSITIONED TO GO OVER.

SO YOU ALL HAVE AND WALKER IS ANOTHER ONE THAT SHOULD SEE AS THOSE AREAS GROW OUT THERE ON THE EAST SIDE, YOU SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE CAPACITY ISSUES IN FIVE TO SIX YEARS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DISTRICT IS NOW BEGINNING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER WAYS TO DEAL WITH THIS GOING FORWARD.

SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL HAVE OTHER CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HAVE SPACE.

SO REZONING IS A ONE WAY, BUT ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES AS WELL, YOU KNOW, TO HANDLE THE GROWTH. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBERS YOU'LL SEE UNDER THE MODERATE, THE DISTRICT HAS THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE GROWTH, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING YOU ALL ARE DOING AN ASSESSMENT STUDY RIGHT NOW ON YOUR ALL OF YOUR CAMPUSES. SO THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE.

THE THING THAT JUMPS OUT TO ME ON THIS IS THAT RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THE ZONES ARE, YOUR POSITION TO HAVE TWO LARGER MIDDLE SCHOOLS VERSUS TWO, YOU HAVE TWO THAT ARE EIGHT, NINE HUNDRED VERSUS TWO THAT ARE THIRTEEN HUNDRED.

SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT GOING FORWARD.

AND THEN ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SIDE, FRESHMAN CAMPUS NUMBER SHOWN HERE AGAIN, THOSE SHOULD STAY UNDER CAPACITY AND IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS ALSO.

CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE TO APPROACH CAPACITY IF WE SEE THAT MORE MODERATE RATE, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE HIGH RATE OF GROWTH.

JUST SLIDE EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT.

IT JUST GETS FASTER AND MORE SEVERE.

SO DR.

MCFARLAND, DID YOU WANT TO? YEAH. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE ELEMENTARY SLIDE JUST FOR A SECOND? AND AS HE MENTIONED, BOARD, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ASKED VLK TO CONDUCT A FULL FACILITY CONDITION STUDY SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF SEE EXACTLY WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS, OUR CONDITION IS FOR ALL FACILITIES.

WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS THAT ALTHOUGH YOU SEE THE SHADED LINES NOW AT JUNE DAVIS, WALKER AND OTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, WE FEEL LIKE ONCE WE ANALYZE HOW WE'RE USING ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, IT MAY SHOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE LESS CAPACITY THAN WHAT THAN WHAT THIS CHART HERE INDICATES.

BUT WE SHOULD KNOW THAT PROBABLY WITHIN A MONTH OR SO.

AND SO WHAT I DO KNOW OFF THE OFF THE TOP IS WHEN WE LOOK AT JUNE DAVIS, BESS RACE AND ALSO DEER CREEK FOR SURE.

AND I THINK THOSE THREE CAMPUSES FOR SURE ARE CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OR WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT AND WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BEGIN TO MAKE SOME BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS GOING FORWARD. AND SO ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL KNOW FOR SURE.

IF YOU'LL SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT DEER CREEK AND AT JUNE DAVIS, IS JUNE DAVIS ON THIS? YEAH, I THINK YEAH, JUNE DAVIS IS ONE IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT CREATES THE GREATEST SENSE OF URGENCY BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT 22 23, JUST WITH THIS, WITH THIS CHART HERE, WE SEE WE SEE SHADING OCCURRING, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE NEARING CAPACITY.

AND SO THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS THE WAY THE INTERMEDIATES THAT ARE NOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE BUILT. WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CAPACITY SO WE COULD MODIFY OUR BOUNDARIES WITH JUNE DAVIS AND ACTUALLY SHIFT SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE NEAR SH CROWLEY, EXCUSE ME, NEAR SUE CROUCH TO SUE CROUCH.

CAN YOU MOVE THE SUE CROUCH FOR A SECOND? AND THESE ARE BOUNDARIES THAT ARE NEIGHBORING.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE IT, SUE CROUCH, IF YOU COULD POINT TO THAT AT THE TOP.

YEAH. SO YOU SEE AT SUE CROUCH THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF QUITE A BIT OF CAPACITY RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT THIS CHART. SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS THAT IT'S LIKELY THAT WE'LL BE COMING BACK

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WHAT WE KNOW IS THERE COULD BE SHIFTS OVER THE SUMMER WITH THE PEOPLE MOVING IN AND APARTMENTS AND ALL THAT. AND SO WE JUST KNOW WE NEED TO BE READY ON THAT SIDE FOR SURE TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. SO WE'LL BE PROACTIVE WITH THAT.

BUT AGAIN, ONCE VLK COMPLETES THAT STUDY, THE CHALLENGE IS WHAT WE SEE HERE IS WHAT WE WHAT THE CAPACITY IS BASED ON THE BUILDING AND HOW THE PLANS ARE.

BUT HOW WE'RE USING THE BUILDING ACTUALLY WILL LIKELY MEAN THAT WE'RE USING MORE OF THE BUILDING THAN WHAT THE PLANS ACTUALLY SHOW, WHICH MEANS LESS OF THE BUILDING IS AVAILABLE. SO IT'S LIKELY THAT THIS IS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO AND THAT WHAT WE'LL PRESENT TO YOU WILL BE SOMETHING THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRESSING THAN WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT LEVELS, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

HOWEVER, IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS, POSSIBLY SEVEN YEARS, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH OUR WITH OUR WITH OUR SECONDARY CAMPUS.

THE IMMEDIATE CONCERN, QUITE FRANKLY, WOULD BE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THEN CONSIDERING ADDING MAYBE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MAYBE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ON THE AREA OF CAMPUS DOWN AROUND ALLIE MIDDLE SCHOOL OUT AROUND THE ROCK CREEK AREA, AND ALSO ALSO COULD BE POSSIBLY AROUND THE [INAUDIBLE] AREA, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE GROWTH OCCURRED, WHAT GROWTH HAPPENS OUT THERE.

BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF JUST THE LONG TERM QUICK SNAPSHOTS.

JUST LOOKING AT THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, AGAIN, WE'LL GET MORE DETAILED INFORMATION WHEN WE HAVE THE FACILITY STUDY.

CAN EXCUSE ME.

BESIDES THE KARIS PROJECT, I FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT THOSE ARE HIGHER END HOMES. BESIDES THAT PROJECT, ARE THERE FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING SOME HIGHER END PROJECTS GOING IN AS WELL, OR? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF RENT TO OWN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU'RE GETTING A MIXTURE OF ALL OF IT.

YES, KARIS BE HIGHER, BUT LET ME RIGHT HERE ON THE STARTS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT'S BEING STARTED OVER THE 12 MONTH PERIOD IN SEPTEMBER HAS IS WELL OVER THREE HUNDRED, WELL OVER 400.

SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE HOMES, I THINK WHEN YOU GO INTO HULEN TRAILS AND A LOT OF THAT STUFF DOWN THE HULEN CORRIDOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT THAT FOUR HUNDRED, FIVE HUNDRED RANGE.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT CROWLEY HAS HISTORICALLY SEEN.

SO I THINK YOU HAVE NOT ONLY YOUR ENTRY LEVEL TYPE STARTER HOMES, YOU ALSO NOW HAVE THAT MOVE UP AS WELL.

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER TIER IN SUBDIVISIONS LIKE KARIS.

AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT ALSO YOU ARE ALSO HAVING RECORD NUMBER STARTING POINTS.

I MEAN, BACK IN 20 YEARS AGO, MY HOUSE WAS 120.

YOU CAN'T BUY MY HOUSE FOR LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED AND SOMETHING NOW.

SO. WELL, YOU KNOW, THE ESCALATION IN PRICES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S HAPPENED EVERYWHERE.

SO WE'VE SEEN JUST IN THE LAST YEAR IN BASE PRICING FOR STARTER HOMES, THEY'RE UP ABOUT 75000. IF YOU GO INTO THE MOVE UPS, WE'RE TALKING ANYWHERE FROM ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO 300000 IN SOME OF IT'S CRAZY AND THERE ARE YOU GO ACROSS THAT 380 CORRIDOR.

YOU REMEMBER THE HEAT MAP.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT STUFF THAT'S UP THERE IN NORTHWEST SCHOOLS ALL THE WAY INTO DENTON AND PROSPER IN SALINA.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SEEING HOMES THAT ARE ALL 600 THOUSAND AND ABOVE.

AND SO THE CONCERN, YOU KNOW, JUST A SIDE POINT.

A CONCERN IS THAT THE INTEREST RATE GOES TOO HIGH.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT CAN'T AFFORD EVEN THE 250 TO FOUR HUNDRED RANGE. SO THE RATE IS PROJECTED TO BE MAYBE AS HIGH AS FOUR BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT IF IT GOES MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AS FAR AS GROWTH WISE, BUT WE'RE NOT HEARING ANYTHING AT THIS POINT ABOUT A SLOWDOWN IN DEMAND.

WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THEY CAN'T BUILD THEM FAST ENOUGH.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT.

WHAT IS THE PRICE AVERAGE PRICING? I GUESS WHAT ARE THE RENTAL? I GUESS THERE'S NO PRICE THAT IS RENTAL.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS THAT MARKET LOOK LIKE, THESE COTTAGE STYLE HOMES THAT YOU'RE RENTING? THE I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A NEW PRODUCT, BUT HOW IS IT PRICED COMPARATIVELY TO THE HIGH

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HALL, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS POINT TO KNOW EXACTLY BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS JUST COMING OUT OF THE GROUND AND THEY'RE NOT MEANING THE DEVELOPERS ARE NOT SHARING YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, HOW THEY'RE COMPARING TO MARKET RENTS.

BUT LET'S JUST SAY THAT A LOT OF THE THESE NEWER APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 1100 TO 1800 AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIT RIGHT IN THERE AND COMPETE WITH THEM.

SO I'M SORRY THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS, BUT THESE THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT LOW RENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY WANT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF RENTER THAT THAT WILL NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT WANTS TO BE IN THAT HOME. AND I THINK THE LEASES ARE A YEAR.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER MULTIFAMILY WHERE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SIGNING A SHORTER LEASE TERM.

SO SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO WE'VE HEARD HUGE NUMBERS IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

WE'RE TALKING 2500 TO 3500 A MONTH TO RENT.

BUT WHAT THEY'RE HOPING IS THAT THEY CAN GET BUYERS THAT ARE BUILDING A HOUSE.

THEY RENT THE HOUSE FOR SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR AND THEN THEY MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOME AND THEN THEY RENT IT TO ANOTHER PERSON DOING THE SAME THING.

AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY RELOS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S ENOUGH RELOS THAT THE BUILT TO RENT BUYERS OR DEVELOPERS BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN ATTRACT THOSE PEOPLE TO THEIR TYPE OF, THEIR SUBDIVISIONS, AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE WILL LOOK TO SEE WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE IN DFW.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME CLOSE TO WHERE WORK IS FIRST, AND THEN THEY'LL CHOOSE WHERE TO WHERE TO PURCHASE A HOME.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR FROM TRUSTEES, DR.

MCFARLAND? SO, YOU KNOW, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE CAN SAY AND LOOKING AT THIS CHART AND JUST UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS THAT THERE WERE BOARD MEMBERS IN 20 EXCUSE ME IN 2002 THAT SAW BEYOND THEIR TIME AND BECAUSE OF DECISIONS THAT THEY MADE BACK THEN.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOT HAD TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.

NOW IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT THEY HAD A PLAN.

THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE CAPACITY, MADE SURE WE HAD THE FINANCES, AND THEY MADE SURE THAT WE HAD THE FACILITIES.

AND SO OUR CHARGE NOW IS THAT WE KNOW THAT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE WE'LL HAVE THE FACILITIES, WE'LL HAVE THE FACILITIES, WE'LL HAVE THE LAND, WE'LL HAVE THE FINANCES.

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

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE HAD NO ONE HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. ALEXANDER.

YOU CAN COME TO THE.

SORRY, I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAD AND I FORGOT LEFT MY GLASSES IN THE CAR.

THIS INFORMATION BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE INDIVIDUALS WE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION FROM.

SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, ARE THERE ANY CAPACITY FOR THE UNKNOWNS AND THE ANY MARGIN FOR ERROR? SO MAKE THE QUICK ADJUSTMENTS IN HOW OFTEN HOW SOON CAN WE DO THAT? SO WE CAN THE DISTRICT CAN BETTER PLAN DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR INFORMATION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT IS GIVEN.

THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE MR. [INAUDIBLE] IS A PART OF OUR CFAC COMMITTEE, AND SO WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT WAS JUST A REPORT FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHIC, EXCUSE ME, FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

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BUT THIS IS JUST A UPDATE, OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE OF WHAT'S OF THE GROWTH THAT HAS OCCURRED OR WHAT IS TO OCCUR. WELL IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I BELIEVE, IS AGENDA ITEM 4.0.

DO WE HAVE ANY TAKERS FOR OPEN FORUM TONIGHT MR. KIRCHNER? NO, MA'AM.

OK, SO WITHOUT ANY SPEAKERS SLATED TO SPEAK TONIGHT FOR OPEN SESSION, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING, SO WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM. BEAR WITH ME, I'M SORRY.

ITEM 6.1 SPORTS COMPLEX, CHANGE ORDER PARK ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT AND HEMPHILL ROAD

[6.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item(s)]

DR. MCFARLAND.

MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS MR. FISHER IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

MR. FISHER.

THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

MCFARLAND. TONIGHT, WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU A CHANGE ORDER IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF 2.1 MILLION DOLLARS FOR TWO DISTINCT PROJECTS, ONE BEING THE CLARK ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT AND THE HEMPHILL ROAD COMMUNITY FACILITIES AGREEMENT.

BOARD, AS YOU REMEMBER THE BOARD APPROVED THE GMP, THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR OUR SPORTS COMPLEX.

WE ALSO ENTERED INTO AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR THE CLARK ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WILL BENEFIT FROM. AS YOU KNOW, OR YOU REMEMBER, THERE WERE SEVERAL CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN THE CLARK ROAD AREA THAT EXPERIENCED SOME LONG RANGE OR LONG TERM DRAINAGE PROJECT OR DRAINAGE ISSUES ON THEIR LAND.

AND SO AS THE DISTRICT BEGAN TO TURN OVER LAND IN OUR SPORTS COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO DETRIMENT TO THOSE CITIZENS THAT LIVE ON THE CLARK ROAD. AND SO WE ENGAGED IN THIS INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH TO REMEDY THAT PROBLEM.

AND SO WE BRING YOU THESE CHANGE ORDERS, THIS CHANGE ORDER IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF 2.1 MILLION DOLLARS TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, PLUS THE HEMPHILL ROAD COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

THE ROAD CONNECTION IS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FACILITIES AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH. THAT IS APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND SO WE BRING THOSE TWO CHANGE ORDERS OR THE ONE CHANGE ORDER TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD FOR MR. FISHER? THANK YOU, BOARD.

MR. FISCHER, THIS ALSO HAD TO DO WITH THE DEPTH OF WHICH THE CONCRETE WAS BEING POURED.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

OK. FROM SEVEN INCHES TO 11 INCHES.

YES, SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM, IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX CHANGE ORDER FOR THE CLARK ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT AND THE HEMPHILL ROAD CONNECTION CFA CHANGES IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY ONE DOLLARS AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION MR. GRASSIA, TRUSTEE GRASSIA IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND AND THIRD FROM TRUSTEE RAY AND TRUSTEE DAVIS.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

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THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. WITH FIVE IN FAVOR.

OK, AGENDA ITEMS, 6.2 AND 6.3 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.

IF I'M CORRECT, AND AT THIS POINT, IF THERE ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CLOSING COMMENTS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS OR TRUSTEES, DR.

MCFARLAND. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURNING THIS MEETING TONIGHT AT 8:06 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.