Aug 25, 2022 Regular Board Meeting

[1.0 Call to Order ]

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GOOD EVENING.

I HEREBY CALLED [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEES AND CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 551.041, SUBCHAPTER C GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED BY THE 73RD LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

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'RE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AS WE CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT REVIEW INFORMATION AND MAKE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS 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, WE'LL HAVE AGENDA ITEM 2.0.

OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEASE STAND WHILE CADET COLONEL MARTHA AND THE CROWLEY ISD CORPS OF CADETS PRESENT THE COLORS.

[3.0 Celebrations / Board Points of Pride ]

TRUSTEES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR CELEBRATIONS AT THIS TIME.

DR. MCFARLAND.

SO MADAM PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE MOVE TO IN FRONT OF THE DAIS AND WE WANT TO DO OUR CELEBRATIONS AT THIS TIME OF OUR STUDENTS AND RECOGNIZE THEIR PERFORMANCE.

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ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE WORKING AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND CROWLEY NINE, WE HAVE PRINCIPALS OMARION BROWN, DARRYL MOFFITT, DR.

ROSALIND BELL, DR.

MARQUITA WARFIELD, AND MS..

TRALISSA GRIFFIN HERE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF BEING DESIGNATED AS A TEA GREAT SCHOOL, RECEIVING A B RATING AND AN A RATING, SPECIFICALLY A 92 FOR COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE] CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND NINTH GRADE [INAUDIBLE].

[MUSIC] ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HELP ME CELEBRATE THE NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND CROWLEY NINTH GRADE PRINCIPALS.

MR. VINCENT LANDRUM, DR.

KIMIKO STEFANSKI, DR.

CARLESHA WILLIAMS, DR.

MAKHUBO WARFIELD AND TRALISSA GRIFFIN.

NORTH CROWLEY AND NORTH CROWLEY NINTH WERE TEA DESIGNATED GREAT SCHOOLS, A B RATING ALSO WITH THE ONE DISTINCTION POST-SECONDARY READINESS AND AN A RATING 91, IN FACT, FOR COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR NORTH CROWLEY AND NORTH CROWLEY NINTH GRADE.

[MUSIC] ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL, I HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SEAN JONES AND OMARION BROWN MET STANDARDS AND ALL STUDENTS GROUP MET THE CLOSING GAPS GROWTH STANDARD IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING.

CONGRATULATIONS. [MUSIC] ALL

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I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING HF STEPHENS, MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.

DR. ANDREA ROBBINS AND KEMBA CARLTON.

MET STANDARDS OVERALL RATING IMPROVED BY THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS, AND THE STUDENT GROUP MET THE CLOSING GAPS, GROWTH STANDARD IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARTS AND RATING.

CONGRATULATIONS.

[MUSIC] AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF ANNOUNCING SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TANYA COLEMAN AND KAYLA GROSSMAN MET STANDARDS. ALL GROUPS, ALL STUDENT GROUPS MET THE CLOSING GAPS IN THE STANDARD AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING.

CONGRATULATIONS. [MUSIC] OKAY. WOULD DR.

CHRISTOPHER WHITE PLEASE COME FORWARD? AND HIS HELPER [MUSIC] RICHARD ALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, MET STANDARD.

THE ALL STUDENTS GROUP MET THE CLOSING THE GAP GROWTH STANDARD IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING IN THREE DISTINCTIONS, ENGLISH, LANGUAGE ARTS, READING, SCIENCE AND COMPARATIVE ACADEMIC GROWTH.

CONGRATULATIONS. [MUSIC] GOOD EVENING. WE'RE RECOGNIZING BEST RACE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL SHONDA GARRISON.

WILL YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD. BESS RACE IS A TA DESIGNATED SCHOOL B RATING.

OVERALL RATINGS IMPROVED BY 12 PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 82%.

ONE DISTINCTION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

[MUSIC]

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ED HENDERSON AND VERONICA DELGADO.

DALLAS PARK WAS RECOGNIZED FOR TEA DESIGNATED FOR GREAT SCHOOLS.

A B RATING, OVERALL RATING IMPROVEMENT BY 17% POINTS TO 87.

AND ONE DISTINCTION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING.

[MUSIC] SO IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T CAUGHT ON YET, IT'S THE DISTRICT WIDE PARTY AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE PARTY GOING.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING THE JACKIE CARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH PRINCIPAL VALERIE WALKER AND MS., WELL I'M GOING TO SAY DR.

BETTY LEWIS. AND THEY ARE BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT AS TEA DESIGNATED GREAT SCHOOL RECEIVING A B RATING.

OVERALL RATING IMPROVED BY EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 87, AND THEY RECEIVED THREE DISTINCTIONS THIS YEAR IN ENGLISH, LANGUAGE ARTS, READING, SCIENCE AND POST-SECONDARY READINESS.

GO, JACKIE CARDIN.

[MUSIC] [MUSIC] ALL RIGHT.

WE ALREADY SEE HIM TAKING THE STAGE.

BUT MISS CAPRICIA BELL, PRINCIPAL AT MARY HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

MARY HARRIS IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS A TEA DESIGNATED GREAT SCHOOL, B RATING AND OVERALL RATING IMPROVES BY SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS TO AN 86.

AND ONE DISTINCTION IN SCIENCE.

LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

WAY TO GO, MARY HARRIS.

[MUSIC] LIKE DR. HALL SAID, LET'S KEEP THE PARTY GOING.

MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE HAVE JOSEPH CATO AND MISS TONYA COLEMAN.

COME ON DOWN.

MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS A TEA DESIGNATED GREAT SCHOOL.

A B RATING, AND THEIR OVERALL RATING IMPROVED BY 18 PERCENTAGE POINTS TO AN 85.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[MUSIC] ALL RIGHT, LET'S KEEP THE PARTY GOING.

LET'S CELEBRATE PARKWAY ELEMENTARY AND PRINCIPAL DR.

LAQUITA REID AND DR.

ROSALIND BELL.

PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS A TEA DESIGNATED GREAT SCHOOL A B RATING.

AND THE OVERALL RATING IMPROVED BY 17 PERCENTAGE POINTS TO AN 84.

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[MUSIC] ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR S.H.

CROWLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, DR.

JOY REYNOLDS.

S H CROWLEY IS A TEA DESIGNATED GREAT SCHOOL WITH A B RATING AND OVERALL RATING IMPROVEMENT BY SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS TO AN 86, AS WELL AS TWO DISTINCTIONS IN SCIENCE AND COMPARATIVE ACADEMIC GROWTH.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR FH CROWLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[MUSIC] ALL RIGHT, AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE A CROWLEY ISD PARTY, BECAUSE A CROWLEY ISD PARTY DON'T STOP.

ALL RIGHT INTRODUCING PRINCIPAL DR.

CHARMAINE WILLIAMS REPRESENTING SIDNEY H.

POINTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

A TEA, DESIGNATED GREAT SCHOOL, B RATING AND AN OVERALL RATING IMPROVEMENT OF 16 PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 83%.

CONGRATULATIONS, DR.

WILLIAMS AND THE SIDNEY POINTER FAMILY.

[MUSIC] WE ARE CELEBRATING SUE CROUCH ELEMENTARY, PRINCIPAL SHAUN ROBINSON, NO RELATION, BUT IT'S AN AWESOME NAME.

SUE CROUCH IS A TA DESIGNATED SCHOOL, A B RATING, OVERALL RATING IMPROVED BY TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 88%. ONE DISTINCTION, COMPARATIVE ACADEMIC GROWTH.

[MUSIC] ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR IT FOR MISS REBECCA HUNT AT SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY IS A TEA.

DESIGNATED GRADE SCHOOL WITH A B RATING AND AN OVERALL RATING IMPROVEMENT OF TEN PERCENTAGE POINTS TO AN 87 . GO SYCAMORE.

[MUSIC] [MUSIC] L ET'S GIVE IT UP FOR DEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY.

PRINCIPAL STEPHANIE GRAVELY, A TA DESIGNATED SCHOOL AT A RATING.

OVERALL RATING IMPROVED 18 POINTS TO A 92%.

THEY HAVE FOUR, COUNT THEM 1, 2, 3, 4 DISTINCTIONS IN ENGLISH, LANGUAGE ARTS, SCIENCE, POST-SECONDARY READINESS AND COMPARATIVE ACADEMICS ARE CLOSING THE GAPS.

YEAH, I THINK AN A RATING DESERVES A STANDING OVATION, SHE SAID A A RATING AT DEER CREEK.

I THINK SOMEBODY HAS TO GET ON THEIR FEET.

[MUSIC] WOULD

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REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL ONE.

JA HARGRAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED AN A RATING TOO.

[APPLAUSE] [MUSIC] THEY ALSO RECEIVED A TEA DESIGNATED GREAT SCHOOL.

OVERALL RATING IMPROVED BY 18 PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 90.

[APPLAUSE] [MUSIC] FIVE DISTINCTIONS, FIVE.

[MUSIC] ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, READING, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, POST-SECONDARY READINESS AND COMPARATIVE CLOSING THE GAP.

[MUSIC] I NEED TO SAY, TOO, THAT THIS IS ANOTHER SPECIAL RECOGNITION AS AN A RATING.

[MUSIC] IT ALSO RECEIVED THE TO DESIGNATED GREAT FOOD AND TWO DISTINCTIONS ENGLISH, LANGUAGE ARTS, READING AND COMPARATIVE ACADEMIC GROWTH.

[MUSIC] DO WE SEE ANOTHER A? OKAY. [APPLAUSE] I AM HERE TO RECOGNIZE OAKMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL . PRINCIPAL BIANCA GREEN.

YES. OAKMONT WAS RECOGNIZED FOR TA DESIGNATED GREAT SCHOOL AN A RATING OVERALL IMPROVEMENT BY 11% POINTS TO 93.

DISTINCTIONS, SCIENCE, POST SECONDARY READING AND COMPARATIVE CLOSING THE GAP.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR OAKMONT ELEMENTARY.

[MUSIC] OKAY. COME ON, Y'ALL.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR CROWLEY ISD.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR.

[MUSIC] LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR OUR LAST SCHOOL.

DAVID L WALKER ELEMENTARY.

OUR PRINCIPAL IS NICOLE MONTGOMERY.

[APPLAUSE] THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS TEA DESIGNATED GRADE SCHOOL.

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OVERALL IMPROVEMENT BY 28% POINTS TO 94.

WENT FROM THE LOWEST RATING, HIGHEST RATED SCHOOL IN CROWLEY ISD.

[APPLAUSE] THREE DISTINCTIONS, COMPARATIVE ACADEMIC GROWTH, POST-SECONDARY READINESS AND COMPARATIVE CLOSING THE GAP.

[MUSIC] ALL RIGHT. LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, I THINK WE CAN RECRUIT SOME CHEERLEADERS FROM THE AUDIENCE FOR OUR FIRST COUPLE OF HOME GAMES.

I'M TELLING YOU, Y'ALL WERE GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOLS.

WONDERFUL JOB.

ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE AT AGENDA ITEM 4.1.

[4.0 Superintendent Report ]

DR. MCFARLAND.

SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, I FIRST JUST WANT TO JUST SAY TO ALL TO EACH ONE OF YOU THAT THE REASON OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO PERFORM IN THE WAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PERFORM AND THE PRINCIPALS WERE ABLE TO PERFORM IN THE WAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PERFORM IS BECAUSE YOU ALL SET THE VISION TO BE THE BEST AND YOU ALL PROVIDED THE RESOURCES, YOU MADE THE POLICY DECISIONS, YOU MADE THE HARD DECISIONS.

SO I JUST LIKE THE AUDIENCE TO GIVE THE BOARD TO STAND UP, PLEASE, AND GIVE THE BOARD A HAND.

THEY'VE DONE AN AWESOME JOB.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO ALSO, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM.

BUT BUT I'LL DO IT IN A SECOND BOARD PRESIDENT, BECAUSE WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS JUST GIVE YOU WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY.

YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD JUST EACH CAMPUS.

AND WE REALLY CELEBRATED EACH CAMPUS.

WE CELEBRATED OUR SCHOOLS.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, 100% OF OUR SCHOOLS IN CROWLEY ISD ACTUALLY EXCEEDED STATE STANDARD.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DISTRICT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND THEN JUST REALLY SHOW YOU SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE PROUD OF.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IS AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES, WHAT I WANT YOU TO REALIZE IS THAT OUR GOAL, OUR OUR OUR INTENT, OUR FOCUS, OUR MOTIVATION IS TO SIMPLY PROVE THAT DIVERSITY AND EXCELLENCE ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE 55 DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES, 55 LANGUAGES, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT HOME AND IN OUR SCHOOLS, KIDS ARE THRIVING AT HIGH LEVELS.

AND SO I WANT YOU TO WALK THROUGH THIS WITH ME BOARD.

AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE ALONG THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.

AGAIN, YOU'VE HEARD THIS, YOU'VE SEEN THIS.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE 100%.

THAT MEANS IF A PARENT MOVED TO OUR DISTRICT, IF A PARENT MOVES TO CROWLEY ISD BOUNDARIES AND THEY HAVE A SCHOOL AGE CHILD AND THEY DECIDE TO CLOSE THEIR EYES AND PICK A NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE A SCHOOL THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED TEA GOOD SCHOOL, GREAT SCHOOL.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE DEFINITELY PROUD OF THAT.

IN ADDITION, IT'S ONE THING TO BE A GOOD SCHOOL AND EVEN TO BE A GREAT SCHOOL, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO BE CONSIDERED AS A PART OF THE BEST.

AND SO IN ORDER FOR CAMPUSES TO GET DISTINCTIONS, THEY HAVE NOT HAVE TO NOT ONLY HIT A TARGET, BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO BE THE BEST WITHIN THEIR GROUP.

AND SO WE MOVED OUR DISTRICT FROM HAVING 14 DISTINCTIONS IN 18.

16 DISTINCTIONS IN 2019 AND 2022 IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAD 30 DISTINCTIONS THAT IS OUTSTANDING.

[APPLAUSE] AGAIN, OVERALL, THE WAY THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS SET UP, THEY TAKE ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCE, ALL OUR STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND THEY HAVE A FORMULA.

THEY PUT IT PUT INTO THE FORMULA AND THEY CALCULATE A NUMBER, A LETTER GRADE.

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WE ARE A B, WE'RE HAPPY THAT THE LINE THE SLOPE OF THE LINE IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY DURING THE INTERVIEW TALKING TO THE BOARD CAN GO BACK FOR A SECOND, TALKING TO THE BOARD DURING THE INTERVIEW. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID WAS THEY WANT IT TO BE THE BEST.

THEY WANT TO BE THE BEST.

AND SO WE BEGIN TO IDENTIFY OUR TARRANT COUNTY COHORTS.

ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU GO TO THIS NEXT SLIDE, THE TOP LINE REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT THAT IS AT THE TOP.

THE YELLOW LINE REPRESENTS CROWLEY ISD.

IN 2018, WE WERE 20 PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM THE NUMBER ONE SPOT OF OUR TARRANT COUNTY COHORTS.

IN 2019.

WE WERE SEVEN POINTS AWAY, SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS AWAY.

TODAY WE ARE THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS AWAY FROM BEING IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IN THIS TARRANT COUNTY AREA.

AGAIN, HERE'S ANOTHER CHART THAT KIND OF SHOWS THE SAME THING.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR TARRANT COUNTY COHORT DISTRICTS.

THESE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE EITHER SIMILAR IN SIZE.

EITHER THEY SHARE A BOUNDARY WITH CROWLEY ISD.

THEY SHARE A DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP WITH EXCUSE ME, A DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP WITH CROWLEY ISD.

OR THEY SHARE AN ETHNIC MAKEUP WITH CROWLEY ISD.

AND WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS WE STARTED WHAT YOU SEE WHERE WE STARTED IN 2018.

BUT AGAIN, THIS CHART JUST SHOWS YOU THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

WE ARE THE GOAL LINE.

AND YOU SEE THE TOP IS 88.

WE'RE AT 85 TODAY, THREE POINTS AWAY.

WHEN WE SET OUR GOALS, WE SET OUR LONE STAR GOVERNANCE GOALS.

WE DIDN'T SAY THAT WE'D BE TOP IN TARRANT COUNTY BY 2022 OR 2023 OR EVEN 2024.

WHAT WE SAID WAS WE'D BE THE TOP IN TARRANT COUNTY BY 2025, BECAUSE WHAT YOU TOLD ME IS THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL LAST OVER TIME.

WE DIDN'T WANT OVERNIGHT SUCCESS, BUT WE WANT SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE ON OUR WAY.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER GROUP TO LOOK AT AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO IDENTIFY COHORT.

SO A COHORT KIND OF YOU LOOK AT DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS, SIMILAR ETHNICITY AND ALL THAT, AND YOU SAY, OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT THAT GROUP AND I WANT TO BE THE BEST OF THAT GROUP, BUT I WANT TO BE THE BEST OF ALL, REGARDLESS OF THE GROUP.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS GROUP, THIS IS AN ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGED GROUP.

AND WITH THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE GROUP, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT NAMES OF DISTRICTS.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE ABSOLUTE MOST ADVANTAGED AND YOU COMPARE CROWLEY ISD IN 2018 TO WHERE THAT DISTRICT WAS, WHICH IS THE GREEN IN 2018, THERE WAS AN 18 POINT GAP.

TODAY, IF YOU LOOK IN 2022, WHEN WE COMPARE OUR CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH DISTRICTS THAT ARE MAJORITY ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGED, WE ARE ONE POINT AWAY FROM BEING WHERE THEY ARE.

YOU SEE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY AND EXCELLENCE NOT BEING MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, WE'RE NOT PREACHING ABOUT IT.

WE'RE NOT PROSELYTIZING ABOUT IT.

WE'RE JUST SIMPLY SAYING THAT WE KNOW THAT WHEN THE ADULTS.

WHEN THE ADULTS HAVE THE POLITICAL COURAGE AND HAVE THE WILL.

THE KEY IS TO PERFORM NOW SO WE THE FIRST COHORT WAS THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGED COHORTS THAT WERE WITHIN OUR AREA. BUT WHAT WE SAID, YOU KNOW, TARRANT COUNTY IS A LARGE DISH, A LARGE AREA.

AND SO WE SAID OVER ALL OF TARRANT COUNTY, LET'S GET THE MOST AFFLUENT, THE MOST ADVANTAGED DISTRICTS AND LET'S PUT THEM ON THE LIST.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, AGAIN, WE WERE 22 POINTS AWAY IN 18.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT SET OF GROUP, BUT THEY STILL ARE ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGED COMPARED TO US, IN 2022, WE ARE NINE POINTS AWAY, NINE POINTS AWAY.

AND I BELIEVE WITH FOCUS, WITH INVESTMENTS, WITH MAKING TOUGH POLITICAL DECISIONS, WITH HAVING THE COURAGE TO SAY ALL KIDS CAN LEARN, WE CAN TEACH THEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE THEY LEARN WE'RE GOING TO BE WHERE WE NEED TO BE BY 2025.

SO THE CHART YOU JUST LOOKED AT BEFORE WAS REALLY JUST OUR OVERALL NUMBER WITHIN THIS MASSIVE CALCULATION.

THIS CHART, THIS GRAPHIC HERE, REALLY TALKS ABOUT COLLEGE AND CAREER, COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

AND THIS IS AN INDICATOR.

AND SO THEY LOOK AT A MYRIAD OF FACTORS AND THEY GIVE US A SCORE.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, THE GOAL LINE IS CROWLEY ISD.

AND WE TALK ABOUT BEING A TOP INTERN COUNTY OF OUR TARRANT COUNTY COHORTS.

AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE NUMBER TWO AND WE'RE MOVING TO BE NUMBER ONE.

BUT AGAIN, WE ARE NUMBER TWO.

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ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

AGAIN, WHEN WE COMBINE THE ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGED COHORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT EVEN WITH THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGED COHORTS, WE'RE STILL ONLY TWO POINTS AWAY FROM THE MOST AFFLUENT DISTRICT, FROM THE MOST AFFLUENT, THE MOST DISTRICTS WHO HAVE THE MOST ADVANTAGES.

WE'RE STILL PERFORMING BECAUSE IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT A KIDS INCOME LEVEL IS, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEIR ETHNICITY IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEIR PARENTS EDUCATION LEVEL IS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THEY LIVE IN $1,000,000 HOME OR APARTMENT COMPLEX OR NO HOME.

WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT YOU DO BOARD AND WHAT WE DO.

AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP. BECAUSE I DIDN'T PLAN TO DO ALL THIS, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS RIGHT.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A GOOD SCHOOL, A GOOD SCHOOL, A GOOD SCHOOL COULD BE A DISTRICT WHERE YOU HAVE A SCHOOLS, B SCHOOLS, MAYBE SOME C SCHOOLS AND THEN EVEN SOME D SCHOOLS.

BECAUSE EVEN BECAUSE D SCHOOLS ACTUALLY UNDER THE GOOD SCHOOL MEETS THAT STANDARD, IT MEETS THE STANDARD.

THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT DIDN'T MEET THAT WOULD NOT MEET A STANDARD WOULD BE AN F SCHOOL.

AND SO CROWLEY ISD HAS BEEN A GOOD SCHOOL FOR A LONG TIME.

WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY, REALLY OUTSTANDING HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS AND THEN WE'VE HAD SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE STRUGGLED, STRUGGLED CONSISTENTLY YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS TODAY.

LET'S JUST TAKE AN ELEMENTARY 100%.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR OUR DEMOGRAPHER SPEAK IN A MINUTE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CLOSE YOUR EYES, PICK A NEIGHBORHOOD YOUR KID IS GOING TO ATTEND, A SCHOOL THAT IS AN A OR B, THAT IS SOMETHING MOST DISTRICTS CANNOT SAY, REGARDLESS OF THE ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ALL OF THEM ARE A OR B SCHOOLS AND MOVING UP.

AND AGAIN, BOTH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE CONSIDERED GREAT SCHOOLS AND WE'RE WORKING.

BUT I TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT PIE IN THE SKY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE NORTH STAR GOAL AND WE LOOKED AT OUR DATA.

WE WE PORED OVER IT.

AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE 100% OF OUR CAMPUSES, WE CAN HAVE 100% OF OUR CAMPUSES AT AN A OR B SCHOOL BY 2025. AND SO THAT FIRST NUMBER SHOULD BE 8%.

IT'S 85, BUT THEY SHOULD SAY 8%.

AND SO IN 18, IT WAS 8% AND 18 WE HAD A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE CAN SAY WE HAVE A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT ONLY 8% OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE A OR BS.

IN 19, WE MOVED UP TO 38%.

AND THE QUESTION STILL WAS, IS 100% REALLY POSSIBLE? WELL, IN 2022, WE HAVE 81% OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE A'S OR B'S.

AND THIS IS I THINK WE'RE ON THE WAY AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

SO LET'S LOOK AT HOW CISD WOULD COMPARE AGAINST OUR TARRANT COUNTY COHORTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPARING AGAIN, WE'RE AT THE TOP.

WE'RE 81% OF OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, 81% OF OUR SCHOOL SCHOOLS AND 81% OF OUR SEATS ARE IN A OR B SCHOOLS.

AND SO THE WAY THAT IT WORKS, IF YOU ARE A GREAT SCHOOL, LET'S SAY OAKMONT IS A GREAT SCHOOL.

AND SO IF OAKMAN HAS 700 KIDS AT THEIR SCHOOL AND OAKMONT RECEIVES A GRADE OF A, THEN THAT'S 780 SEATS.

AND SO HOWEVER MANY SEATS ARE IN THE BUILDING AND WHATEVER LETTER GRADE YOU GET, THAT IS HOW MANY SEATS THAT ARE CONSIDERED A OR B, RIGHT? SO WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND WHEN WITH THEIR WHENEVER THEY PERFORM, WE LOOK AT THEIR LETTER GRADE AND THEN WE TAKE THE NUMBER OF SEATS IN THAT SCHOOL. AND THEN THAT TELLS US WHAT PERCENT OF OUR SEATS ARE A OR B SEATS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT FOCUSES US, CAUSES US TO THINK ABOUT POLICY DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING AS IT RELATES TO BOUNDARIES.

LIKE WHY SHOULD A STUDENT BE REGULATED TO A SCHOOL THAT'S NOT PERFORMING? THAT'S OUR CHOICE. THAT'S AN ADULT CHOICE.

AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL PERFORMANCE ARE THERE NOT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT CHART AGAIN SHOWS THE NUMBER OF A AND B SEATS AGAIN TO ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGED COHORTS.

AGAIN, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THAT, HEY, IF THIS GROUP OR THIS DISTRICT IS IS ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND THIS DISTRICT IS NOT, THEN THIS IS A BETTER WORLD.

THIS CHART SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THIS CHART SAID BECAUSE THERE ARE FOUR DISTRICTS THAT ARE WAY MORE ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGED AND CROWLEY ISD.

AND THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE IF A PARENT MOVES IN CROWLEY ISD THAT THEIR KID IS GOING TO AN A OR B SCHOOL THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE THE NUMBER ONE.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 88, 81%, AND WE FEEL WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AGAIN, LET ME JUST AS I WRAP UP, WE PUT THIS SLIDE ON HERE BECAUSE EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR A SILVER BULLET.

IT DOESN'T EXIST.

THERE ARE NO SILVER BULLETS.

THE RESULTS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN ARE THEY'RE NOT MAGIC.

THEY'RE NOT MADE BY SOMEONE PREACHING.

THEY'RE MADE BY PEOPLE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD.

HARD WORK.

PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT ARE GIVING EVERYTHING.

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THERE ARE FOUR WAYS TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING.

YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO INCREASE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, SIMPLE AS THAT.

BOARD YOU TOOK, YOU MADE SOME DECISIONS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT WE WOULD LOOK [INAUDIBLE].

WE'D SAY WE WOULD ADD SOME DAYS.

WE KNOW THE SITUATION THAT WALKER WAS IN HISTORICALLY, WE ADDED DAYS.

WE RECONSTITUTED THE CAMPUS.

WE RECRUITED THE BEST WE COULD FIND.

WE COMPENSATED THEM.

AND THE KIDS PERFORM.

WE DIDN'T CHANGE KIDS.

SAME KIDS. SO WE KNOW IF WE INCREASE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, KIDS ARE GOING TO PERFORM.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR RESOURCES, WE LOOKED AT, WE SEARCHED AND WE TRY TO FIND THE BEST POSSIBLE CURRICULUM WE COULD FIND.

ACTUALLY, YOU ALL WERE THE ONES THAT HAD AN AUDIT DONE SEVEN YEARS AGO.

SO WHEN I GOT HERE, YOU GAVE ME THIS DOCUMENT.

IT WAS A CURRICULUM AUDIT. AND WHAT IT SAID IS THAT THE TEACHERS NEED RESOURCES, THEY NEED CURRICULUM.

WE TOOK THAT. WE'VE IMPROVED THE CURRICULUM WE INVESTED IN EVEN WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT CURRICULUM.

AND LAST YEAR WE LOOKED AT WE PUT NEW CURRICULUM IN AT DEER CREEK AND MEADOW CREEK FOR ELAR TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET EVEN BETTER.

AND THEY BOTH BECAME A'S.

I MEAN, WE IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.

TEACHER CAPACITY.

WE INVESTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, IS IMPORTANT, LIKE RELATIONSHIPS AND RELEVANCY AND MAKING SURE THAT KIDS ARE CONNECTED TO STUDENTS AND TO SCHOOLS AND THAT TEACHERS ARE CONNECTED TO KIDS. AND REALLY BUILDING THIS FAMILY TYPE OF ATMOSPHERE IS WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE WHAT KIDS WANT TO WORK FOR THEIR TEACHERS, WHO THEY FEEL LIKE CARE ABOUT THEM.

PEOPLE WANT TO WORK WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A FAMILY.

PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PART OF A TEAM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE CREATED.

SO IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, IT'S HARD WORK, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, NOT BY HAPPENSTANCE, NOT BY CHANCE, BUT BY STAYING FOCUSED AND CONTINUING TO DO THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE MENTIONED HERE BEFORE.

AND SO I KNOW, THOUGH, I KNOW I'VE GOT A GREAT BOARD AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE WAYS I CAN THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT'S SAYING, OKAY, I SHOWED ALL I SHOWED YOU ALL THE GOOD STUFF, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT EVERYTHING IS ROSY.

IF IT WAS 100% THAT WE'D HAVE ROSES IN HERE, WE WON'T HAVE ROSES WE HAVE 100% BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THORNS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THORNS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON GOING FORWARD AT ALL LEVELS, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE TO NOW FOCUS NOT JUST ON THOSE KIDS THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO GET OVER. WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS ON THOSE KIDS THAT ARE PERFORMING, BUT THEY CAN BE DOING MUCH BETTER.

THOSE KIDS THAT PEOPLE THINK ARE OKAY BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE MEETING STANDARD.

THOSE KIDS NEED AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THOSE KIDS THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE ACCELERATION PLANS ON ALL CAMPUS.

AND THEN WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WITH COVID, PEOPLE SAY LEARNING LOSS AND WE JUST SAY, REALLY, IT'S NOT LEARNING LOSS, IT'S UNFINISHED LEARNING.

THERE'S LEARNING THAT WE STILL HAVE TO RECOUP.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE SAID IS THAT OUR GOAL ON EVERY CAMPUS IS TO RECOUP 1800 MINUTES.

IF WE CAN RECOUP 1800 MINUTES OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, WHICH WILL BE 360 MINUTES A MONTH, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT AN HOUR, BASICALLY 360 MINUTES A MONTH. SO IT'S ABOUT A TWO OR THREE SATURDAYS A MONTH.

THEN WE KNOW THAT WE CAN WE CAN INCREASE STUDENT LEARNING TIME AND THEN CONSEQUENTLY KIDS GET IMPROVED.

AS A TARGET, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THEY'RE DOING GREAT BECAUSE WE INVESTED THERE.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO INVEST IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IS WE HAVE LOOKED AT OUR STRUCTURE AND WE HAVE NOW ADDED AN EIGHT PERIOD DAY.

AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT GIVES TEACHERS MORE TIME TO PLAN, THAT GIVES PRINCIPALS AN INTERVENTION.

IT'S TIME TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS, AND IT'S A BETTER USE OF OUR TIME.

AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT WILL HELP US TO IMPROVE AT OUR SECONDARY LEVEL.

SO THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS, SO WHAT SUBJECT FOR US WHAT WE IDENTIFY.

YOU HEARD THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND YOU HEARD US MENTION ALL OF THE RECOGNITIONS IN READING AND ELA.

WHAT YOU DIDN'T HEAR IS THE RECOGNITION IN MATH BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND THE REALITY IS THE AREA WHERE THE PANDEMIC CALL THAT CREATED THE MOST AMOUNT OF CHALLENGE WAS IN THE AREA OF MATH.

WE KNOW THAT PARENTS CAN HELP KIDS AT HOME WITH READING AND LITERACY AND ALL THAT.

BUT MATH IS JUST A CONCEPT TO WHERE IF YOU DON'T GET THE FOUNDATION, IT'S HARD FOR THE PARENTS TO HELP AT HOME.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FOCUS IN OUR CAMP, IN OUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR ON MATH AND HOW DO WE ACCELERATE MATH? AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, OF COURSE, FOCUSING ON MATH AT ALL LEVELS.

BUT WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A NEW CURRICULUM OF CARNEGIE MATH ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND WE ARE SEEING, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WE'RE SEEING SOME SOME POSITIVE SIGNS WITHIN THAT MATH AREA.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE WANT KIDS TO BE WE WANT KIDS TO PERFORM ACADEMICALLY.

WE DO A DISSERVICE TO OUR CHILDREN WHEN WE CELEBRATE A AND B

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AND SO WE KNOW WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH STUDENTS, WE'RE ENGAGING WITH PARENTS, WE'RE ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP STUDENTS SOCIAL SKILLS IN THEIR ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

THAT THAT'S CRITICAL.

AND THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON.

FINANCIAL LITERACY, THE BOARD HAS BEEN CLEAR.

I THINK MR. GRASSIA BROUGHT IT UP LAST WEEK.

AND DR. MAYFIELD, I THINK ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MENTIONED THIS NEED FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE CONNECTED WITH FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT AND UNDERSTAND FINANCIAL LITERACY. SO WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND THEN MENTAL HEALTH.

THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S SO CRITICAL RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO PREVENT VIOLENCE.

HERE'S THE REALITY.

MORE KIDS ARE EXPERIENCING HARM BECAUSE OF CONNECTION OR LACK OF CONNECTION THAN THEY DO BECAUSE OF GUNS OR BECAUSE OF CANCER OR BECAUSE OF ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S LACK OF CONNECTION.

SO WE'RE WORKING THIS YEAR AND WE'VE HIRED PEOPLE THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGING WITH STUDENTS IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY ON CAMPUS, THAT WE HAVE CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR KIDS TO BE A PART OF, AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND CAN GIVE THEM AN OUTLET TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CONNECT WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING HAVING 100% OF OUR KIDS, OUR CAMPUS IS A OR B, HUNDREDS OF PERCENT OF OUR CAMPUSES, GREAT SCHOOLS, A'S AND B'S, THAT'S A GIVEN, WE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED.

WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL KIDS LEARN.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY PERFORMING, BUT WHEN THEY LEAVE US THAT THEY HAVE MORE THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, THAT THEY HAVE CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO BOARD, WE ARE ON THE WAY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND IS AN HONOR TO SERVE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT IS TO COME.

AND CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM.

IF YOU ALL WOULD PLEASE STAND.

I DEFINITELY WANT ALL THE CENTRAL OFFICE MEMBERS.

THESE ARE OUR SERVICE AND SUPPORT TEAM.

THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS AND SO WE DEFINITELY ARE PROUD OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM.

WELL, THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH, DR.

MCFARLAND. THERE'S SO MUCH I CAN SAY.

AND I UNDERSTAND HOW PASSIONATE THERE'S NO DOUBT HOW PASSIONATE DR.

MCFARLAND IS AND HOW SERIOUS HE IS ABOUT THIS WORK.

BUT MORE THAN JUST WORDS AND SHARING.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT PUTS ACTION TO IT.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET EDUCATED EVEN IN JUST THAT LITTLE BIT, I'M SURE HE'D BE WILLING TO TAKE SOME TIME OUT TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.

BUT THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL INFORMATION.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO CELEBRATE.

IT IS.

AND LIKE DR. MCFARLAND SAID, WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.

BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME.

AND SAY THANK YOU TO DR.

MCFARLAND AGAIN FOR YOUR VISION AND FOR NOT GIVING UP.

HE TRULY CALCULATES, I'M NOT A MATH PERSON, LET ME TELL YOU, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF MY LOWEST ACADEMIC CLASSES THAT I TOOK.

BUT I ALWAYS FEEL SKILLED, SCHOOLED, EITHER WITH [INAUDIBLE] OR DR.

MCFARLAND AFTER I HEAR THEM SPEAK AND THE CALCULATIONS TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THEY DO.

AND IT'S BUILDING GREATNESS.

IT'S BUILDING EXCELLENCE, AND IT HURTS, IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH IT.

I THINK IF YOU'RE DOING THE WORK THAT DR.

MCFARLAND IS TALKING ABOUT, IT'S JUST LIKE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT PERFECT.

IT DOESN'T JUST END UP PERFECT FROM NOTHING.

IT GOES THROUGH SOME THINGS.

IT'S CHURNING, IT'S BURNING, IT'S YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SHAPES.

IT TAKES ALL OF THAT TO GET TO THIS PERFECTION.

AND DR. MCFARLAND SEES THAT AT THE END OF THE ROAD.

AND SO I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM AND HIS VISION, BUT THE TALENT THAT HE SEES IN EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND IN THE DISTRICT.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND, AND I'LL GIVE THE THE REST OF THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF THEY HAVE WORDS.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, DISTRICT, FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

[APPLAUSE] ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?

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MAYFIELD. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME, YOU KNOW, I AM HIGHLY EXCITABLE ABOUT ALL THINGS CROWLEY ISD.

SO HEARING THIS REPORT AND KNOWING HOW WELL OUR STUDENTS PERFORM HAS ME OVER THE MOON WITH EXCITEMENT.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY, SOME OF WHAT DR.

MCFARLAND SAID BEARS REPEATING.

TODAY WE'RE RATED AS A B DISTRICT, AND THAT'S B AS IN BELIEVING IN OUR STUDENTS, BELIEVING THAT THEY CAN LEARN IN THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT.

SO THESE ACHIEVEMENTS, AS DR.

MAYFIELD SAID, IS A DIRECT RESULT OF DR.

MCFARLAND'S LEADERSHIP AND THE VERY, VERY, VERY HARD WORK OF THE STAFF.

SO I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING? ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, DR.

MCFARLAND. WE ARE NOW AT AGENDA ITEM 5.1, THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT UPDATE.

[5.0 Study Session ]

SO MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT REPORT.

MS.. BAPTISTE IS HERE, PREPARED TO ADDRESS THE NEXT ITEM.

WOW, WE FOLLOW SUCH GREATNESS.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR.

WOODSON-MAYFIELD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

MCFARLAND. I HAVE THE HONOR OF STANDING BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND OUR ELEMENTARY LEVELING PROCESS.

THIS ADDRESSES ALL THREE GOALS.

GOAL ONE, TWO AND THREE.

THRIVING STUDENTS. ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND EMPOWERED STAFF.

OK AS OF AUGUST 25, 2022 TO OUR CISD, STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS 16,551 STUDENTS. OUR ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT IS 7648 STUDENTS, AND OUR SECONDARY ENROLLMENT IS 8903 STUDENTS. AND WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS WAITING TO GET PLACED IN OUR GREAT SCHOOLS.

WE ARE PENDING 520 APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW, AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE PRE-K THREE AND PRE-K FOUR APPLICATIONS.

AND THAT IS BASED ON QUALIFIERS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO COMB THROUGH THOSE QUITE INTENTIONALLY.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH ENROLLMENT.

WHEN WE DO OUR SIDE BY SIDE DATA COMPARISON FROM 2021-22, THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE YELLOW.

AND THEN OUR 22-23 IS IN BLUE.

SO OUR ENROLLMENT IS UP.

WE ARE STILL A DESTINATION DISTRICT.

DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU ANY DIFFERENT.

SO DURING ENROLLMENT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME VERY CRITICAL DECISIONS THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODES BY TEA THAT AFFECT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO CLASS SIZE RATIOS ARE CRITICAL FOR GRADES PRE-K THROUGH FOURTH GRADE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO OF 22 STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH FOUR.

AND THEN IN FIFTH GRADE, WE GET TO DETERMINE THAT.

AND ON A LOCAL LEVEL, WE DETERMINE THAT 28 SEATS TO ONE TEACHER IS GREAT.

SO WHEN WE GET READY TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT, WE GO THROUGH SOMETHING CALLED THE LEVELING PROCESS, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GOALS IN THAT. THE FIRST ONE, AGAIN, IS TO ALIGN WITH THE CLASS SIZE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODES.

THE SECOND ONE IS TO MINIMIZE STUDENT MOVEMENT, BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE ALL SPOKE ON EARLIER, WHEN PARENTS MOVE INTO A COMMUNITY WITH BEAUTIFUL SCHOOLS, BEAUTIFUL HOMES OR BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT COMPLEX AND BEAUTIFUL SCHOOLS, THEY WANT THEIR CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL THERE.

THEY DON'T WANT THEM BUSSED ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO WE MINIMIZE STUDENT MOVEMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE HAVE AN ENROLLMENT.

AND IN LEVELING COMMITTEE, IT'S NOT JUST A ONE PERSON DECISION.

SO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND IF YOU ALL ARE HERE TONIGHT, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND, WE HAVE MS. MARIA ANGUIANO AND SHE REPRESENTS OUR BILINGUAL EDUCATION POPULATION.

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SHE REPRESENTS HER EARLY CHILDHOOD POPULATION.

MS. CARA HYATT, SHE'S OUR NUMBERS MASTER.

SHE REPRESENTS OUR PEIMS. ANTHONY KIRCHNER OF COURSE, HE'S OUR COMMUNICATIONS.

MS. KIMBERLY SHERFIELD IS HUMAN RESOURCE.

DOCTOR PAMELA BERRY HUMAN RESOURCE.

MR. SWANN IS STUDENT SERVICES.

DR. HAROLD WRIGHT IS OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND HE REPRESENTS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND MYSELF RUBY BAPTISTE, I REPRESENT THE SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE.

SO WE ALL MEET TOGETHER.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE DO.

WE BASICALLY MAKE SURE THAT CAMPUSES SUBMIT HEAD COUNTS TO CENTRAL OFFICE VIA A GOOGLE DOC SPREADSHEET THAT IS FLUID AND IT MOVES ALL DAY LONG FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS, AND THEY HAVE TO GIVE US THOSE NUMBERS BY 2 P.M.

BECAUSE WE'RE COUNTING THE HEADS.

MEANING WE WANT TO KNOW ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHO'S AT SCHOOL THAT DAY.

THEN ONCE THE LEVELING COMMITTEE MEETS, WE ANALYZE THE COUNTS TO DETERMINE THE CAPACITY AT EACH GRADE LEVEL, MEANING THAT ONE TEACHER GETS 22 STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH FOUR.

AND IF WE'RE OVER THAT, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED.

THEN WE BEGIN WHAT'S CALLED THE LEVELING PROCESS.

THE LEVELING PROCESS CAN INCLUDE MOVING TEACHERS, MOVING STUDENTS, CLOSING GRADE LEVELS.

BUT AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO MINIMIZE STUDENT MOVEMENT, AND WE PREFER TO SEEK MOVING TEACHERS BEFORE WE MOVE STUDENTS.

AND WE BASICALLY THIS WEEK WE'RE CLOSING OUT, BUT OUR TARGETED COMPLETION DATE IS AUGUST 31ST.

IT GIVES US TIME TO WORK THROUGH A LOT OF THE KINKS.

SO MR. SWANN HERE HAS OUR BOARD.

THIS IS A REPLICA OF A BIG BOARD THAT'S IN MY OFFICE THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SCREEN.

AND IF YOU CAN TURN IT THE OTHER WAY, MR. SWANN. AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE BOARD IS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES ARE LISTED GOING ON YOUR VERTICAL AND THEN ON YOUR HORIZONTAL ACROSS, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PRE-K THREES, PRE-K FOUR'S HEAD START.

BILINGUAL PROGRAMING IS ON THE BACK SIDE, BUT ON THE BOARD IN MY OFFICE, IT'S EVERYBODY LISTED ACROSS.

SO THIS IS JUST A REPLICA.

SO, BAPTISTE, CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH A COUPLE OF JUST EXAMPLES? AND THEN AND YOU MENTIONED THE LEVELING.

SO, SO DEFINE WHAT LEVELING IS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LEVELING IS.

SO THE EASIEST WAY FOR THE AVERAGE CONSUMER OR PERSON THAT WE SERVE IS TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS BALANCING YOUR CHECKBOOK.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS ZERO.

SO MEANING THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS AT THE 22 TO 1 RATIO BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SUBMIT ANY WAIVERS TO THE STATE.

OR IF WE DO, WE WANT TO HAVE A MINIMAL AMOUNT.

LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 11.

THIS YEAR IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE TO SUBMIT ABOUT SIX.

SO THE GOAL IS TO GET TO ZERO AND OUR HR TEAM AS WELL AS OUR DEMOGRAPHERS TEAM AND MR. REEVES AND THE MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES OPERATION TEAM, THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH PLANNING THIS YEAR FOR FTE, FOR TEACHER ALLOCATIONS, FOR THE CAMPUSES.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD TO HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT MOVEMENT WHICH WOULD ALSO REQUIRE TRANSPORTATION TO GET INVOLVED AND THAT WOULD CREATE ANOTHER BURDEN ONTO A STRESSED OUT RESOURCE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO RUN SOME TRANSPORTATION AROUND.

SO AGAIN, LEVELING INCLUDES LOOKING AT THE CLASS SIZE, GETTING IT AS CLOSE TO THE 22 TO 1 RATIO FOR GRADES PRE-K THROUGH FOUR.

AND IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, HOW DO WE GET IT THERE? ONE, CAN WE MOVE EXTRA TEACHERS WHO ARE WHO DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL? CAN WE MOVE STUDENTS WHICH WE PREFER NOT TO DO? CAN WE BASICALLY ADD MORE TEACHERS AGAIN? DO WE HAVE TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS? AND THEN THE LAST OPTION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS TO APPLY FOR A CLASS SIZE WAIVER WITH THE STATE.

BUT SOMETIMES IT'S INEVITABLE.

SO, BAPTISTE, IF YOU JUST GO OVER THE FOUR CORNERS, IF YOU NEED TO USE THIS ONE, OH, YOU COULD MOVE THIS ONE.

OKAY. SO IN THE SQUARES AND THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU CAN SEE THE BACK SIDE.

BUT IN THE SQUARES, WE HAVE SOME CODES.

SO THE PRIMARY NUMBER THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS PURPLE MEANS PRESENT.

I'M HERE. AND THEN THE NUMBER IN THE SQUARE, WITHIN THE SQUARE IS OUR DENOMINATOR NUMBER, WHICH MEANS HOW MANY SEATS CAN THAT CLASSROOM OCCUPY? SO HOW MANY STUDENTS CAN OCCUPY PRE-K AT BESS RACE.

WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS, SO 22 TIMES TWO IS 44.

SO WE CAN HAVE 44 STUDENTS IN PRE-K AT BESS RACE.

SO ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, 38 OF THOSE PRE-K STUDENTS SHOWED UP.

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SO THE GREEN MEANS HOW MANY MORE CAN WE TAKE, OK.

THE 27 IN PRE K BECAUSE REMEMBER I TOLD YOU THAT'S OUR POPULAR GRADE RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE 27 PENDING APPLICATIONS IN BLUE.

SO WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WITH SOME OF THESE BIG NUMBERS.

WOULD WE MOVE A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER TO PRE-K AND ANY PRINCIPALS OUT THERE LIKE NO.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T DO THAT.

SO WE WOULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT DO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY MORE CLASSROOMS WHERE WE CAN ADD PRE-K AND HIRE MORE TEACHERS AND THEN LOOK AT THAT BUDGET CREEP THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO DO.

AND THAT'S WHY HR AND DR.

MCFARLAND ARE SO CRITICAL IN THAT PIECE.

AND MR. REEVES AND JARVIS ARE REAL CRITICAL AS WELL AS FOR DETERMINING DO WE HAVE THE SPACE FOR THAT? BECAUSE WITH PRE-K, YOU HAVE TO HAVE BATHROOMS AND X, Y AND Z.

THIS VIEW HERE.

IS THIS A SNAPSHOT OF A DAY, A MONTH, WEEK..

IT'S DAILY, THIS IS EVERY DAY.

THESE NUMBERS ARE CHANGING EVERY DAY.

THE ONLY, THE MOST CONSISTENT THING ARE THESE BLACK NUMBERS.

THAT'S THE MOST CONSISTENT.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS FLUID.

OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, YOU KNOW, THEY WE MAKE THEM SIGH A LOT.

BUT BECAUSE IT IS LITERALLY A FLUID PROCESS UNTIL IT'S FINALIZED.

IN THE FINAL, IT'S FINALIZED AROUND OCTOBER 31ST IS THE DATE THAT WE HAVE.

BUT DO WE ALSO I'M SORRY, YEAH AUGUST 31ST.

SO TAKE US THROUGH LET'S JUST WALK THROUGH BESS RACE AND THEN LET'S GO THROUGH JUNE DAVIS AND THEN WE IDENTIFIED DALLAS PARK.

SO JUST TAKE US THROUGH EVERY DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE AT BESS RACE.

OKAY? SO THE FIRST DECISION WE HAVE TO MAKE AT BESS RACE IS FIRST WE OPEN UP THE SPREADSHEET.

DID BESS RACE SUBMIT THEIR NUMBERS BY 2 P.M.? IF THEY DID NOT, THEY GET A CALL FROM MS. HYATT'S OFFICE OR FROM ANTHONY, BECAUSE WITHOUT THOSE NUMBERS, WE CANNOT MAKE A DECISION, AN INFORMED DECISION.

ONCE THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN, WE CALCULATE WHO'S PRESENT AND WE PUT IT ON THE BOARD.

SO PRE-K KINDER FIRST, AND THAT'S YOUR PURPLE NUMBER.

ONCE WE DO THAT, WE THEN DO OUR MATH.

IT'S BASIC MATH, 44 -38 -44 GIVES US SIX SEATS.

BUT OVER HERE ON THE KINDERGARTEN SIDE, WE HAVE 93.

I'M SORRY. YES, WE HAVE.

ON THIRD GRADE, WE HAVE ONLY 88 SEATS AVAILABLE AND 93 KIDS SHOWED UP.

SO WE'RE OVER BY FIVE AND THEN THEY'RE PENDING FIVE.

SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO THAT CAMPUS REGISTER? DO YOU KEEP TAKING KIDS OR DO YOU STOP TAKING.

STOP TAKING WHILE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THESE EXTRA STUDENTS? SO WE THEN CLOSE THAT SECTION AND WE MAKE SOME NOTES WITH HR.

FIFTH GRADE IS SITTING REAL NICE HERE.

NOW, MOST CAMPUS PRINCIPALS DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE THEIR TEACHERS THAT THEY WORKED HARD TO HIRE.

SO WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND THOSE OF US WITH PRINCIPAL EXPERIENCE IN THE ROOM.

SO WHAT DO WE DO? WELL, THESE ARE ALL TESTED TO GRADE LEVELS.

THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE USED TO READING THE TEK'S GO INTO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE COME TO THE DECISION THAT FIFTH GRADE, THAT EXTRA FIFTH GRADE TEACHER, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WHOLE EXTRA FIFTH GRADE TEACHER, THEY CAN DROP DOWN AND CREATE WITHIN THEIR CAMPUS ANOTHER THIRD GRADE SECTION.

WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND THEM A LETTER FROM DR.

BARRY'S OFFICE SAYING JARVIS AND RANDY REEVES ARE GOING TO PACK YOU UP AND MOVE YOU TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DECISION MAKING THERE.

SO SHOW US ONE WHERE WHERE WE HAVE TO MOVE, WHERE WE ARE, PROBABLY MOVE, CHILDREN.

OKAY, SO A DECISION THAT THE TEAM CAME UP WITH THIS YEAR WAS BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SO MUCH BUILDING TEACHER CAPACITY, WE DID OUR BEST TO MOVE TEACHERS VERTICALLY.

SO WE'RE WE'RE CLOSED AT THE FIRST GRADE.

WHERE CAN WE MOVE A TEACHER INTO ANOTHER FIRST GRADE SEAT? BECAUSE THAT KIND OF EASES THE TEACHER'S PAIN, TOO, FROM HAVING TO START OVER.

SO WHAT.. SO YOU MAY TAKE A TEACHER WHO WAS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER AT BESS RACE, BUT THAT TEACHER MAY END UP HAVING TO GO TO JUNE DAVIS.

BUT THEY STILL IN THE FIRST GRADE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? EXACTLY. THAT'S THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION, FIRST CHOICE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, BESS RACE AT THE FIRST GRADE, THEY HAVE 28TH.

THE RATIO IS 22 TO 1.

SO THEY HAVE A WHOLE TEACHER HERE AND THEY WILL STILL HAVE A FEW SEATS LEFT, ABOUT SIX SEATS LEFT FOR ANY OTHER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.

AND WE MOVE THAT TEACHER TO MARY HARRIS WHERE THEY WERE OVER, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD SOME PENDING APPLICATIONS.

SO THAT'S WHAT A MOVE LOOKS LIKE.

AND THE MOVE COMES FROM HR.

DR. BERRY'S OFFICE AND MS. SHERFIELD THEY DO A ZOOM MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPAL SUPERVISORS AND WITH THE TEAM LETTING THEM KNOW LAST IN, FIRST OUT.

UNLESS THEY HAVE A VOLUNTEER, THEY REACH OUT TO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.

WE HELP THE INDIVIDUAL PACK UP THEIR ROOM, HELP THEM GET SETTLED IN THE NEXT ROOM, AND IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT TWO OR THREE DAYS.

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SO QUESTION, SINCE THIS IS DAILY, DO WE THEN TAKE THE AVERAGE AND THEN MAKE THE MOVE? BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT MOVING TEACHERS EVERY DAY WHEN YOU SEE THESE NUMBERS.

SO ARE YOU TAKING, AT THE END OF AUGUST, THAT PERIOD, YOU COULD TELL.

YEAH. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE START LOOKING AT ROSTER NUMBERS AND THAT'S WHY THIS BLUE NUMBER IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ADDITION TO THE ROSTER.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AT DAVID L WALKER.

SHE HERE.

OKAY SO AT DAVID L WALKER IN FIRST GRADE, THEY HAVE 35 PRESENT ON THIS DAY, BUT TODAY THEY HAVE 13.

SO WHAT HAPPENED? KIDS ARE OUT SICK.

SOMETHING HAPPENED. SO THEN THAT'S WHEN WE GO AND LOOK AT THE ROSTER AND THE FREQUENCY OF ABSENCES TO SEE, TO LEARN A STORY WHAT HAPPENED.

BECAUSE WE KNOW COVID OUTBREAKS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, GOING ON.

SO THE ROSTER NUMBER IS STILL VERY IMPORTANT AND THE ROSTER INCLUDES WE'VE ALREADY DROPPED THOSE KIDS WHO WE THINK AREN'T COMING BACK TO CROWLEY ISD.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT DATA POINTS BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION TO MOVE A TEACHER OR TO CLOSE A CLASSROOM OR TO MOVE STUDENTS ON A SHUTTLE BUS.

SO ALSO, MISS HIATT, COULD YOU STAND? I WANT EVERYBODY TO SEE YOU, BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU AND YOUR YOUR STAFF HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB ON THE BACK END.

AND THEY WORK. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND JUST ALL THESE BLUE NUMBERS, THEY WERE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT LAST WEEKEND.

AND SO THEY'RE WORKING CONSISTENTLY.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT NUMBERS.

ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION, MS. BATISTE. SO YOU REFERENCED THAT THERE WERE 520 PENDING APPLICATIONS.

YES. SO THOSE ARE 520 STUDENTS OR CHILDREN WHO WERE NOT IN SCHOOL.

YES. SO I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR TARGETED COMPLETION DATE FOR THE ENROLLMENT AND LEVELING PROCESS.

SO ARE WE SAYING BY AUGUST 31ST, THESE 520 STUDENTS WILL BE IN CLASSROOMS AS WELL? IF NOT, WHAT IS THE PLAN OR TO GET THEM INTO SCHOOL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE? RIGHT. SO NOW SOME OF THEM REMEMBER THE MAJORITY, I THINK ABOUT 320 ISH ARE PRE-K STUDENTS, MEANING PRE-K THREE OR PRE-K FOUR.

AND SO BASICALLY THEY HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT MAY BE A BARRIER.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING OVERTIME, AS DR.

MCFARLAND EXPLAINED EARLIER, SO WE'RE WORKING TO GET THAT NUMBER DOWN.

IT WAS A MUCH, MUCH HIGHER NUMBER THIS TIME LAST WEEK AND DEFINITELY THEY SHOULD BE SEATED BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION, WHICH IS TOMORROW, WHICH SEEMS UNREALISTIC, BUT SOME OF IT IS VERY PRACTICAL, WE'RE GETTING ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 60 NEW APPLICATIONS EVERY DAY.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE THESE PEOPLE HAVE JUST BEEN SITTING FOR A LONG TIME.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY WANTING THEIR CHILDREN HERE IN CROWLEY ISD AND THEY'RE SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS.

I JUST I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

ONCE A TEACHER IS NOTIFIED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE.

HOW MANY DAYS ELAPSE IN THAT MOVE JUST FROM THEM BEING NOTIFIED AND THEM ACTUALLY BEING ON THE CAMPUS READY TO SERVE AT THEIR NEW HOME? RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO ANSWER, BUT DR.

BERRY CAN GIVE YOU A MORE DETAILED EXPERIENCE IF YOU WANT THAT INFORMATION.

BUT REALLY, IT'S ABOUT TWO DAYS.

TWO BUSINESS DAYS ARE NOTIFIED.

THE PRINCIPAL HAS THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

AND AGAIN, YOU ALL HEAR US SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, BUT REALISTICALLY, OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TEAM IS UNBELIEVABLE.

SO, MS. HALL, BOARD.

GOOD EVENING. AS MS. BATISTE SAID, IT IS ABOUT 2 TO 3 DAYS DEPENDING ON THE CAMPUS THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING.

SO THEY ARE NOTIFIED ON DAY ONE WHO WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS THEIR VOLUNTEER OR THE FIRST AND LAST OUT THERE, GIVING A DAY TO KIND OF PACK THEIR STUFF, HAVE SOME TIME WITH THE CHILDREN, ALSO GETS THE CAMPUS TIME TO NOTIFY THE PARENTS BOTH IN WRITING.

SO A LETTER GOES HOME THAT EVENING AND INDIVIDUAL PHONE CALLS ARE MADE BY THAT STAFF ON THAT DAY.

THE NEXT DAY WILL BE THEIR LAST DAY WITH STUDENTS, AND THEN THE STUDENTS ARE TRANSITIONING ABOUT MIDDAY.

IT GIVES THEM THE LAST PART OF THE DAY TO START PACKING.

MR. WALKER AND HIS TEAM WILL THEN COME IN TO HELP THEM TRANSITION TO THE NEXT BUILDING ON THE NEXT DAY.

SO DAY THREE, TYPICALLY THEY ARE IN THE NEXT BUILDING.

THE RECEIVING PRINCIPAL IS GRADING THEM.

THEY HAVE TIME TO PLAN WITH THEIR TEAM, UNPACK, DECORATE THEIR CLASSROOMS AGAIN.

AND THE IDEA IS THE VERY NEXT DAY THAT THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING THESE STUDENTS.

THANK YOU, DR. BERRY, FOR WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY INTENTIONAL PROCESS.

[01:15:01]

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT AGENDA ITEM 5.2, THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

DR. MCFARLAND SO MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT ITEM AS WELL.

CONSTRUCTION IS ONGOING IN THE DISTRICT AND WE HAVE MR. REAVES HERE TO PRESENT THE NEXT ITEM.

MR. REAVES. THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND. DR.

WOODSON-MAYFIELD TRUSTEES.

I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE NATATORIUM.

AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WITH YOU, IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE.

OH, THAT'S NOT GOOD. IF YOU CAN SEE.

WELL, YOU CAN'T BECAUSE OF THE.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU I WANT TO ORIENTATE YOU TO WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE ON THE PROPERTY.

SO THIS IS THIS PICTURE IS LOOKING NORTH AND WHERE WE'RE BUILDING IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE EXISTING RYAN YMCA.

AND SO THIS IS THE AREA RIGHT HERE THAT WE DID ALL OF OUR DEMOLITION.

THIS IS WAS THE EXISTING POOL THAT WE REMOVED.

SO IT WAS ABOUT SQUARE FOOTAGE WISE.

IT WAS ABOUT 4,000 SQUARE FEET.

SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA.

WE'LL SEE A SLIDE HERE IN A MINUTE TO COMPARE WHAT WE'RE MOVING TO.

BUT NOW WE ARE TAKING UP ALL OF THIS.

IT EVEN GOES OUT OF THE THE PICTURE RIGHT PAST HERE.

AND WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS AREA HERE AND WE END UP AT A LITTLE OVER 7,800 SQUARE FEET.

SO ALMOST DOUBLE IN SIZE WHERE WE'RE INCREASING.

BUT I WANT YOU TO KIND OF KNOW WHERE WE WERE AT [INAUDIBLE] IS TO THE RIGHT AND WE'RE ALL OF OUR BUILDING IS TO THE WEST SIDE.

SO AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF IT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR PIERS, OUR GREAT BEAMS, GETTING READY TO POUR A FOUNDATION AND THEN WE'LL START THE TILT WALL PROCESS.

SO WHAT WE'LL DO THERE IS WE'LL RAISE WALLS IN THREE LOCATIONS.

IT'LL BE WEST, NORTH AND EAST WE'LL DO THE SOUTH OPEN.

THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DIG WHAT WE NEED TO TO START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POOL.

AND SO THIS IS THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DESIGNED WHAT YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS CURRENT RUN FAMILY WIDE. THAT'S THAT WAS THE POOL THAT WE REMOVED.

THE FUTURE PICTURE THIS IS ONE FROM THAT THEY DID IN GRANBURY ISD AND THAT JOINT VENTURE WHILE THEY WERE THERE.

AND OUR POOL IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT INSIDE SQUARE FOOTAGE THE EIGHT LANES, THE YARDAGE AND ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR UIL.

SO ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT THE COMPLETION IS SET FOR JULY OF 23, 2023 AND THE GMP FOR THAT FOR THIS PROJECT IS $5,498,452.

AND SO NEXT WE'LL LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY 16, WHICH IS IN THE KARIS DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS JUST TO GET YOU ORIENTED.

THIS IS HF STEPHENS RIGHT HERE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO NORTH.

AND WE ARE SITTING OVER IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PHASE ONE.

SO PHASE ONE HAS THREE SECTIONS.

IT'S A 1A 1B AND 1C.

AND SO THIS AREA IS SET TO BE 1A.

ACROSS THE STREET WOULD BE 1B AND THEN WE ARE UP HERE IN 1C.

AND ONE THING IN TALKING WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT WE REQUESTED WAS FOR FOR TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE FACILITY, EVEN THOUGH THIS PHASE WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE, THEY HAVE A ROAD THAT COMES UP AND HITS A ROUNDABOUT AND WE NEED THAT ROAD TO COME ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS EDGE AND TIE IN RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ACCESS THAT OUR BUSSES WILL TRAVEL, GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY.

AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

SO ONE THING THAT WE'LL DO FOR ELEMENTARY 16 IS WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU A EARLY RELEASE PACKAGE FOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

SO RIGHT NOW, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IS RUNNING ABOUT 45 TO 65 WEEKS OUT.

THAT'S A VERY LONG LEAD TIME WHEN YOU'RE ON A 14 MONTH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.

SO WE PLAN ON BRINGING THAT AT THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER.

[01:20:02]

SO WE ARE PLANNING ON OPENING AUGUST 2024 AND THE APPROXIMATE BUDGET IS $26 MILLION.

SO HERE'S HERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE FRONT.

ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT.

SO THESE ARE ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES RIGHT HERE IN EACH OF THESE OFFICES.

YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE THEM BECAUSE OF THE TREES THERE, BUT THEY ALL HAVE WINDOWS.

THIS IS OUR FRONT ENTRANCE.

SO ALL OF THESE OFFICES CAN SEE THE FRONT AREA.

NEXT TO IT IS THE CAFETERIA.

ALL OF THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.

AND THIS IS A THIS IS A CANOPY SYSTEM THAT IS VERY UNIQUE.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS HERE IN A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.

SO THIS ON THIS AERIAL.

WE ARE LOOKING DUE EAST.

EAST IS UP HERE AT THE TOP.

SOUTH IS THIS WAY AND THAT IS WHERE THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS INTO THE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S WHERE THAT MAIN ROUNDABOUT WILL BE IS RIGHT DOWN HERE.

SO AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE SCHOOL, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE FIRST.

THIS IS THE FRONT OFFICE.

THIS IS THE CAFETERIA.

THIS IS THE KITCHEN.

THIS IS THE MUSIC ROOM.

AND THEN WE START INTO THESE.

THESE ARE OUR CLASSROOM WINGS.

THESE TWO RIGHT HERE IN THE GYMNASIUM.

THIS AREA HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT WE CAN PUT UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE PHASE TWO WILL BE.

THIS IS CONSIDERED PHASE ONE.

IN PHASE ONE, THE ENROLLMENT WILL BE SET AT THE CAPACITY WILL BE SET AT 400.

PHASE TWO WILL ALLOW US TO INCREASE THAT CAPACITY TO 650.

OKAY. SO THIS THIS ONE SHOWS YOU THE PHASE TWO EDITION THAT WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

SO WE'LL HAVE THESE TWO IN PHASE ONE.

AND THIS WILL BE PHASE TWO.

AND THEN HERE YOU CAN SEE THE UNIQUENESS OF THE CANOPY SYSTEM THAT'S THERE.

SO OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE STILL REMAINING.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO GET YOU ORIENTED.

SO THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS OUR WELCOME CENTER RIGHT THERE.

THIS IS THE BOARD ROOM OFF TO THE SOUTH OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

AND IN ALL OF THIS IS OUR BOTH LEVELS.

THERE'S THERE'S TWO STORY ON THE WING GOING THIS WAY.

THOSE ARE ALL THE OFFICE AREAS.

SO THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE FOR THE EXTERIOR OR ITEMS SUCH AS OUR LIGHTING FOR THE PARKING LOT, OUR LANDSCAPING.

IN THIS FRONT ENTRY WE WILL HAVE.

WE'LL HAVE TURF ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MAIN CONCRETE WALK THAT LEADS YOU TO.

THE MAIN ENTRANCE IN BETWEEN THE TWO PARKING LOTS WE'LL ALSO HAVE TURF.

AND THEN THERE'S A MAIN STEP UP RIGHT HERE AS YOU'RE COMING TO THAT FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE FRONT SIDEWALK.

THERE'LL BE A SET OF STEPS RIGHT THERE.

SOME OF THE ITEMS FOR THE INSIDE THAT ARE REMAINING ARE CORRIDOR AND BOARD ROOM FLOORING, THE BOARD ROOM CEILING, WHICH WE'LL SEE HERE IN A MINUTE.

AND THEN FOR THE WELCOME CENTER, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING.

IT'S FRONT RECEPTION CASEWORK AND THEN THE COMMON FLOORING CORRIDOR FLOORING.

SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THIS TYPE OF CEILING.

WELL, THE DARK PART OF THE CEILING THAT YOU SEE, IT'S IT REQUIRES IT'S A VERY INTRICATE TYPE SYSTEM AND IT REQUIRES A SUB CEILING FOR THIS TRACKING SYSTEM TO GO ON.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE A WOOD CEILING UP THERE WITH THE TYPE OF DETAIL THAT IT HAS IN IT.

VERY UNIQUE.

THIS IS A VERY NICE SPACE.

ALL OF ALL OF THE ALL OF THE AREA AROUND HERE IS ACOUSTIC.

SO ALL THE MATERIALS IN THIS SPACE HAVE AN ACOUSTIC DESIGN TO THEM.

THE CEILING, THE WALL TO HELP, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH SOUND IN THAT AREA.

SO THE ESTIMATED TIME FRAME FOR OPENING THIS UP IS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 21ST BOARD MEETING.

WE WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE THE GRAND OPENING TO THIS BUILDING.

THE GMP FOR THIS THIS PROJECT IS $17,962,690.

[01:25:02]

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT AT HOME SIDE.

AND AS YOU WHEN WE WENT AND LOOKED AT THIS, YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE CONCESSION AREAS.

THIS WORK HERE HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

THIS AREA HERE IS RESERVED SEATING.

IT'S THE TYPE OF SEATING THAT THAT HAS THE BACKS ON THEM.

SO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THIS READY FOR THE GRAND OPENING FOR THE EIGHTH AND NINTH FOR BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE YOU AWARE OF THIS IS ANOTHER IMAGE.

WHEN I WAS OUT THERE, THEY WERE BURNING IN ALL THE COLORS OF THE VIDEO BOARD.

SO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH ALL THE COLORS AND THEN THE LETTERING AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO THEY WERE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS IS SOME OF THE ITEMS. ON SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH THAT WILL NOT BE READY THAT ARE DELAYED DUE TO SOME REASON.

I'LL REFER TO HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THIS HAS THIS THIS IS WHAT WE CALL OUR SCREEN WALL.

AND REALLY ALL THAT SCREEN WALL IS DOING IS BLOCKING THE UNDERNEATH SIDE OF THE BLEACHERS.

SO THEY HAVE THE MOUNTING STRUCTURE THAT'S IN THERE.

BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL USE A PERFORATED SCREEN.

TO COVER THAT UP. SO WOULD I HAVE A CLEAN LOOK ALL THE WAY ACROSS? WELL, ALONG WITH THAT PERFORATED SCREEN DOWN HERE.

THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL SILHOUETTES.

AND YOU HAVE 12 ON THE HOME SIDE AND THEN YOU HAVE 16 AT THE FIELDHOUSE.

AND IN THESE SILHOUETTES, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TOOK A BUNCH OF PICTURES OF ALL THE ATHLETES AND BAND STUDENTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SOCCER, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, ALL OF IT, AND THAT THAT SILHOUETTE WILL BE A PERFORATED METAL THAT SHOWS THE OUTLINE OF THAT STUDENT.

SO THESE WILL BE PICTURES OF OUR STUDENTS IN THESE IN THESE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS THOSE SILHOUETTES ARE BACKLIT ALONG WITH UNDERNEATH THIS CANOPY.

THE LIGHTS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE ROOF OF THIS AND IT SHINES UP TO THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE CANOPY.

AND WE CAN PROGRAM THOSE LIGHTS TO BE BLUE, PURPLE, WHATEVER COLOR WE WANT, JUST LIKE WE CAN WITH THE LIGHT THAT'S GOING UP AT THE VERY TOP. UP HERE.

WE'VE GOT A BEACON LIGHT UP THERE.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THAT WE HAVE A DELAY WITH IS THIS FROSTED GLASS THAT GOES AROUND THIS AREA.

WHAT THAT FROSTED GLASS WOULD DO WHEN YOU TURN THAT PURPLE OR BLUE LIGHT ON, IT MAKES THAT GLOW.

SO AT THE TOP OF THAT PRESS BOX, IT LOOKS LIKE A TOWER AND IT'LL LIGHT ALL THAT UP.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS THE FROSTED GLASS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY OCTOBER, SOMETIME IN OCTOBER FOR THAT.

THE MATERIAL THAT WE USED, THEY USED TO MAKE THAT GLASS.

THERE'S A NATIONAL SHORTAGE FOR THAT MATERIAL.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE DELAYS FOR THAT.

THE SCREEN WALLS, THE PERFORATED SCREEN SCREEN WALLS AND THE SILHOUETTES.

WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY INTO SEPTEMBER TO HAVE THOSE READY TO INSTALL.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER, THERE WERE TWO GMP PACKAGES FOR THIS.

WE DID AN EARLY GRADING PACKAGE AND THEN WE DID THE REMAINING GRADING PACKAGE.

BUT THE TOTAL GMP IS $51,934,785.

I BELIEVE THAT. SO MR. KIRSHNER WANTED ME TO REMIND YOU THAT THE GRAND OPENING DATES ARE THURSDAY THE 8TH AND FRIDAY THE 9TH.

IT'LL BE NORTH CROWLEY ON THURSDAY AND CROWLEY HIGH ON FRIDAY, AND THEY'LL BE DOING THE CEREMONIES ON THE MAIN MIDFIELD FOOTBALL FIELD. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GRAND OPENING OF THE MULTIPURPOSE STADIUM.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. REAVES.

BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE AT THIS TIME? SURE, I HAVE ONE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. REAVES, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR A GREAT JOB.

I JUST WANT A POINT OF CLARITY BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE WE USE LINGO AND ACRONYMS THAT MAYBE THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.

SO GMP IS THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

YES, SIR. SO ANY TIME YOU HEAR GMP, THEN THAT'S SAYING THAT IS WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO BE THE MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES THAT IS IF WE DID A CHANGE ORDER, WE WE SAW THERE WAS MORE ADDITIONAL WORK WE NEEDED TO DO AND WE COME BACK AND MADE A CHANGE TO THAT GMP.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

YES, SIR. GO AHEAD.

[01:30:03]

AND I JUST I'M SO HAPPY FOR FOR YOUR TEAM AND ALSO CROWLEY ISD BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, OVER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMMENT OR LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE SPENDING THIS KIND OF MONEY ON A ON A STADIUM AND ALL THIS.

AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THIS HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.

WE DIDN'T JUST COME OUT WITH $50 MILLION JUST OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW.

BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S SOMETHING MORE.

AND I THINK I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS A STADIUM AND THOSE KIDS GET TO FEEL WHEN THEY WALK ON TO THEIR FIELD.

THOSE KIDS GOT TO FEEL PROUD.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE THE THING OF IT IS, IS THAT OUR KIDS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER KIDS AND OUR KIDS DESERVE BECAUSE WE HAVE A B DISTRICT THIS YEAR.

RIGHT. SO, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THAT I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE STADIUM, FOR THE NATATORIUM, FOR THE ADMIN BUILDING.

I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU, SIR. KUDOS TO Y'ALL [APPLAUSE].

DR. MAYFIELD.

YES, I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. REAVES, BEFORE YOU GO.

I DID. SO WITH CARS GOING BACK TO THE SCHOOL OF CARS AND YOU SAID THAT IN PHASE ONE IS GOING TO BE 400 CAPACITY.

IS THAT GOING TO BE ALL GRADE LEVELS OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO START OUT WITH CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS AND THEN ADD THE OTHER GRADE LEVELS IN PHASE TWO? OR HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? SO WITH PHASE ONE, WE'LL HAVE ALL GRADE LEVELS.

BUT WE'LL ACTUALLY START IT'LL BE THE MONTESSORI PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT MARY HARRIS.

WE'LL MOVE THAT MONTESSORI OVER AND BY THE TIME WE GET THERE, IT BE PRE-K THROUGH FIVE.

AFTER THAT, WE WOULD YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE GROWTH OCCURRING, THEN WE WOULD START TO ADD ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL KIDS, BUT WE'LL HAVE ALL GRADE LEVELS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND THEN WITH THE SILHOUETTES THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE FRONT, WILL THOSE BE ABLE TO BE CHANGED OUT FROM TIME TO TIME? THEY WILL OK AND AS THE OTHERS HAVE SAID, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON TOP OF ALL THINGS CONSTRUCTION.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION ALSO TO TRUSTEE GRASSIA'S POINT.

CAN WE CLARIFY HOW THE STADIUM AND AUDITORIUM AND [INAUDIBLE] CAME INTO FRUITION? BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS CONFUSION AMONGST THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW THE FUNDING OCCURRED? YES, MA'AM. SO THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF THE 2007 BOND.

AND AS WE FINISH AS WE WRAP THESE UP, THEY WILL THAT WILL COMPLETE THAT LIST THAT WE HAD AS PART OF INITIALLY, PART OF THAT BOND THAT WAS VOTED ON IN 2007. A VOTER APPROVED BOND? YES. CORRECT. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. REAVES, AND GREAT JOB ON THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS EVERYONE ELSE.

YOU'RE ALL THINGS CONSTRUCTION, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

THE ONE QUESTION I HAD COMMUNITY RELATED, SO I KNOW THIS IS CISD, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS ARE, BUT ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THEM RENTALS OR FOR THEM TO USE OUR FACILITIES.

HOW HOW WILL THAT WORK FOR ANY OF WHAT YOU SHARED TONIGHT? YES, MA'AM. THEY'RE PART OF WE'LL DESIGNATE WHICH SPACES WOULD BE AVAILABLE LIKE WE DID AT CCT IN THE MEETING ROOM THAT WE HAVE THERE.

AND THEN I BELIEVE THE FACILITY IS WHAT THEY USE AS A FACILITY RENTAL.

A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR WHAT YOU SAW WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY ROOM THAT IS ABOVE THE LOCKER ROOMS AT THE STADIUM.

THIS IS A SPACE THAT HOLDS 200 PEOPLE AND IT HAS THE IT'S SET UP FOR CATERING, IT'S SET UP FOR PD TRAINING AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO THAT WOULD BE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A ROOM THAT COULD BE RENTED TO THE COMMUNITY.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM 5.3 THE DEMOGRAPHER.

DEMOGRAPHER UPDATE DR.

MCFARLAND. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE MR. ALEXANDER HERE, OUR DEMOGRAPHER HERE TO SHARE WITH US THE THE GROWTH AND THE OCCURRENCES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT AS IT RELATES TO OUR DEMOGRAPHICS.

MR. ALEXANDER. DR.

MCFARLAND, THANK YOU.

[01:35:02]

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME BEGIN BY JUST SAYING WELL DONE.

WELL DONE, CROWLEY ISD.

I'VE WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT SINCE 2013, SO I'VE SEEN SOME AMAZING THINGS THESE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO I HAVE OUR SECOND QUARTER REPORT.

TONIGHT WE'LL FOCUS ON THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'S PROJECTED TO HAVE ON DISTRICT ENROLLMENT.

LET'S LOOK BACK A LITTLE BIT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS.

THIS IS ALL OF DALLAS-FORT WORTH.

THERE'S BASICALLY 90 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT MAKE UP THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.

THESE ARE THEIR 2021-22 DISTRICT OFFICIAL ENROLLMENTS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THE 16,278 FOR CROWLEY WAS THE 25TH LARGEST IN DFW AND 8TH OVERALL IN TARRANT COUNTY.

NOW, LOOKING BACK OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS IN THE DISTRICT IN THE METRO AREA.

YOU CAN SEE CROWLEY EXPERIENCED A 3.5% INCREASE.

SO AVERAGE THAT OUT GENERALLY AT 1.2%.

IF YOU GO BACK FIVE YEARS, RECALL, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN AVERAGING 1.4% ANNUAL GROWTH.

SO THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR ARE UP ABOUT 1.5%.

SO TONIGHT, I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW THE GROWTH IS POISED TO GET EVEN FASTER.

THE MAIN DRIVER OF THAT MORE RAPID GROWTH IS THE HOUSING MARKET.

IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR FOR HOMEBUILDING IN NORTH TEXAS.

THE MARKET IS IN TRANSITION.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE, THOSE ARE THE STARTS FOR DFW AS A WHOLE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S FLATTENED OUT OVER THESE LAST COUPLE OF QUARTERS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REFLECTION OF CAPACITY ISSUES THAT BUILDERS HAVE, BUT IT'S ALSO A REFLECTION OF A BIG CHANGE HERE RECENTLY IN THE 30 YEAR MORTGAGE RATE.

SO RECALL BACK IN 2021 RECORD DEMAND ACROSS THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA, WE SAW THE INTEREST RATE GO TO HISTORIC LOWS NEAR 3% JUST IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2022.

WE'VE SEEN THAT NUMBER CLIMB AT SOME BANKS AS HIGH AS 6.1%.

WHEN THAT NUMBER DID REACH THE 6.0% AREA, WE DID SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME BUILDERS REPORT A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN TRAFFIC IN SALES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH GOING FORWARD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.

GOOD NEWS HERE IN AUGUST, THE NUMBERS THE RATE HAS COME BACK DOWN INTO THE 4.9% LOW 5% RANGE IN.

MANY BUILDERS ARE REPORTING MUCH BETTER SALES TRAFFIC OUT THERE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

BUT I WANT YOU TO TO UNDERSTAND, EVEN IF THE RATE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER OVER THESE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE CONDITIONS FOR GROWTH ARE STILL VERY STRONG.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AND SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES FOR THE BUILDERS.

BUT THE MAIN THING I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THE ARE THE DRIVERS FOR DFW.

WE'RE EXPERIENCING RECORD JOB GROWTH HERE IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH.

WE'VE CLIMBED BACK PAST PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

YOU WANT TO LOOK HERE ON THIS CHART SHOWS THE OVERALL NUMBERS AND WE'VE SURPASSED THOSE ARE THE LEVEL THAT WE WERE IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT FROM 2010 TO 2020, THERE WERE ABOUT 100,000 JOBS ADDED A YEAR IN NORTH TEXAS.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 108,000 AVERAGE.

SO OVERALL, VERY, VERY HEALTHY.

YOU CAN SEE THE THE EMPLOYMENT SECTORS HERE, THE ONES THAT TYPICALLY DRIVE HOUSING EVEN FASTER ARE THOSE HIGHER PAYING JOBS THAT ARE FOUND IN THE TWO SECTORS THAT HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.

AGAIN, THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY, VERY STRONG.

THIS HAS PUSHED THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HERE IN THE AREA DOWN UNDER 4%, 4%, TYPICALLY CONSIDERED FULL EMPLOYMENT.

SO JUST SOME OTHER QUICK FACTS ON THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA THAT ARE THAT I FIND VERY INTERESTING.

NOTE THAT THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS REPORTED THIS SUMMER THAT THEY ARE.

AMAZING THAT WE'VE ALREADY SURPASSED THE $8 MILLION MARK FOR DALLAS-FORT WORTH.

WE'VE BEEN ABOUT $7.7 ON THE CENSUS, FOURTH LARGEST METRO AREA IN THE NATION.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM BULLET, THAT THERE'S A STUDY OUT OF RICE UNIVERSITY PREDICTING THAT THE DFW AREA WILL GROW OVER $10 MILLION BY 2030, MAKING US LARGER THAN THE CHICAGO METRO AREA.

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AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT LEADS US HERE INTO THE HOUSING NUMBERS.

BEFORE WE LOOK AT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE THE PRE-OWNED NUMBERS.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT.

THE CHART ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE ANNUAL TURNOVER OF EXISTING HOMES THESE LAST 12 MONTHS, ENDING JUNE 30TH, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, BUT GENERALLY IN LINE.

BUT THE VALUES CONTINUE TO GO WAY UP.

AND AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE EXISTING HOME, THE MEDIAN SOLD PRICE WAS ABOVE $300,000.

SO THERE WAS A TIME MANY YEARS AGO WHEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR HERE IN CROWLEY.

SO VALUES GOING UP.

YOU SEE THE REALLY HIGH RATE OF APPRECIATION AND PRICE APPRECIATION BOTH FOR THE DISTRICT AND DFW AS A WHOLE.

BUT THIS IS REALLY WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON.

IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOUR RATINGS.

IT'S THE REFLECTION OF THE BUILDERS, THE HOMEBUILDERS, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND HOME BUYERS SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND I WANT YOU TO WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS HERE.

SO THE SECOND QUARTER, WE SAW THE MOST ACTIVITY OVER THE LAST 11 YEARS.

THE CURRENT HOUSING CYCLE STARTED IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2011 COMING OUT OF THE GREAT RECESSION.

BUT REALLY, THESE NUMBERS GO BACK TO PRIOR TO 2007 WHEN THAT LAST BOND THAT YOU WERE JUST REFERENCING.

SO THE GROWTH OF 427 NEW STARTS, 359 CLOSINGS PUSHED THE ANNUAL RATES TO 1,566 STARTS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, ENDING JUNE 30TH, 171 HOMES MOVED INTO.

WHAT'S INTERESTING THE START RATE HAS NOW SURPASSED THE RECORD THAT WAS SET IN THE SUMMER OF 2021 AND IS NOW JUST 30 [INAUDIBLE] SHY OF THE ALL TIME HIGH THAT WAS SET IN 2002.

SO LOOK AT THE GREEN LINE.

OVER 2,500 NEW LOTS DELIVERED.

THOSE ARE FULLY DEVELOPED AND ON THE GROUND IN THE DISTRICT.

AND WE GOT NEW PICTURES THIS QUARTER AND YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE AND AND JUST BE AMAZED AT ALL OF THE DIRT THAT'S TURNING.

SO REALLY, WE'RE SEEING ABOUT A 25% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR, AS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IN A MINUTE.

WE'RE PROJECTING THESE NUMBERS TO GET EVEN LARGER AND.

WHEN YOU COMPARE CROWLEY TO WHAT'S HAPPENING OVERALL IN DFW, YOU CAN SEE QUITE A BIT OF GROWTH UP IN THE NORTHWEST ISD AREA AS WELL AS THE 380 CORRIDOR AND THEN 40 ISD ON THE EAST SIDE.

BUT LOOK AT CROWLEY. CROWLEY IS NOW IN THE TOP TEN.

I MENTIONED LAST QUARTER GONE FROM 11TH TO 9TH, BUT NOW 8TH IN MOST ACTIVE, MOST ACTIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DFW AND HAS NOW PASSED EAGLE MOUNTAIN, SAGINAW, WHICH WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A FEW YEARS AGO.

FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THE BOARD, SOMEBODY ASKED, CAN WE BE LIKE THEM? AND I SAID, YOU SURE CAN.

AND NOW YOU ARE.

SO SO ALL OF THE GROWTH HAS MOSTLY BEEN IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH PORTION OF THE DISTRICT.

YOU CAN SEE A 1,000 A LITTLE MORE THAN 1,000 HOMES MOVED INTO IN THE FORT WORTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

THESE ARE THE THE TOP PRODUCING NEIGHBORHOODS LED BY D.R.

HORTONS, SOUTH FORK ESTATES, RIGHT OVER HERE BY CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, [INAUDIBLE] RANCH.

ANOTHER STRONG YEAR THAT'S ACTUALLY TIED IN WITH THE BRIDGES SUBDIVISION.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SYCAMORE LANDING.

THAT IS THE SUBDIVISION.

DON'T SLEEP ON THAT. THAT'S THE ONE UP IN THE JACKIE CARDEN MEADOW CREEK.

IT'S IN ITS OWN AREA WHERE LEGACY HOMES STARTED.

AND THEN YOU SEE CHISHOLM TRAIL IN TUPELO, AS WELL AS NEWBERRY POINT THERE AS WELL IN THE TOP PRODUCING NEIGHBORHOODS.

ALSO NOTE DOWN THERE ON THE BOTTOM, WE SEE SOME OF THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS TO PAY ATTENTION TO FUEL AND TRAILS FOR BLOOMFIELD AND [INAUDIBLE].

THEY'VE GOT ABOUT 120 GOING AT THE MOMENT.

AND THEN HUNTERS RIDGE, RIGHT BY HF STEVENS.

68 HOMES ARE UNDER WAY THERE.

AND THEN STARLIGHT HAS PUT A FOURTH PHASE INTO UP IN THE SYCAMORE ZONE AT VILLAGE EDGE CLIFF.

SO YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THAT'S AREA, THAT AREA IS BUILT OUT, BUT THERE'S A NEW PHASE OF A LITTLE MORE THAN 60 LOTS THAT IN THAT ELEMENTARY ZONE.

SO MOST OF THESE HOMES ARE FEEDING INTO THE JUNE W DAVIS ATTENDANCE ZONE.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S BEEN THE LEADER.

WE MADE THE BOUNDARY CHANGES TO MOVE SOME OF IT INTO THE SUE CROUCH ZONE SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE STARTS HAVE POPPED UP RECENTLY.

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BUT HARGRAVE, AS WELL AS DAVID WALKER, WHERE THE HUNTERS RIDGE SUBDIVISION IS LOCATED, ARE ALSO EMERGING AS WELL.

PRIMARILY, THE MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY IS FEEDING INTO SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE THE ALLIE ATTENDANCE ZONE, SEEING ABOUT 500 HOMES A YEAR.

AND THEN ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SIDE, MOST OF THOSE ARE FEEDING IN TO NORTH CROWLEY.

THINK BACK TO THE RESALE SLIDE WHERE JUST ABOVE $300,000, THE MEDIAN NEW HOME PRICE IS NOW ABOUT $377,000.

SO THAT'S UP ANOTHER 33% IN THE LAST YEAR.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES ARE MOVE UP, HOMES PRICED IN THE $250 TO $400,000.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN ALL OVER TEXAS IS MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE HOUSES ARE GETTING SMALLER.

SO THAT'S ALSO IMPACTING THE YIELD.

YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL HOME, NEW HOME IN THE DISTRICT YIELDS 0.4 STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

NOW, THAT THAT NUMBER REFLECTS SEVERAL THINGS.

AND ONE OF THOSE INCLUDES THE FACT THAT MANY OF THESE HOMES ARE HAVE MOVED INTO THAT 1,200 ABOUT 2,900 SQUARE FOOT RANGE.

A DECADE AGO, A LOT OF HOMES WERE UP IN THE 400 OR 4,005 BEDROOMS. SO DUE TO THE COST, THE THE HOMES HAVE GOTTEN SMALLER RECENTLY.

BUT WHAT'S COMING? SO YOU SAW THE 2,500 LOTS DELIVERED.

THAT PUTS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANT LOTS ON THE GROUND, JUST UNDER 2,500.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST POINT THAT WE'VE SEEN IN TEN YEARS.

THE SO THERE'S 1,200 HOMES THAT ARE IN PROCESS BUT NOT MOVED INTO YET AND THEN ANOTHER 1,700 THAT ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

AND I'VE GOT A LITTLE SCATTERPLOT THERE THAT SHOWS GENERALLY WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.

BUT YOU TOTAL EVERYTHING UP THAT THAT'S PLANNED IN THE RESIDENTIAL PIPELINE TODAY IT'S ALMOST 23,000 TOTAL LOTS.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THIS MAP IN YELLOW IS ACTIVE.

EVERYTHING IN BLUE IS WHAT'S COMING.

SO WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE CELEBRATING TONIGHT, THE BUILDERS WILL BE PROMOTING THAT.

SO TO YOUR DR.

MCFARLAND'S POINT, ABOUT 81% OF THE BUYERS COULD BE IN AN A OR B SCHOOL.

THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT BUILDERS WILL USE TO PROMOTE.

THIS FOOTBALL STADIUM IS AMAZING.

YOU WILL PEOPLE WILL LOVE THAT.

AND SO ALL OF THESE THINGS CONTINUE TO DRIVE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THE BUILDERS HAVE IN THE DEVELOPERS HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO DO SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOODS IN CROWLEY ISD.

SO IT'S PRETTY OVERWHELMING, BUT IT'S PRETTY BIG, YOU KNOW, AT 23,000.

SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE NEXT 20, 25 YEARS TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

SO DON'T SLEEP ON THE APARTMENT MARKET.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, THERE'S OVER 2,000 APARTMENTS THAT ARE PLANNED, MOST OF THEM ARE NEAR THE CHISHOLM TRAIL PARKWAY CORRIDOR, A FEW DOWN IN THE CROWLEY AREA NEAR 1187.

WE HAD NEW PICTURES HERE FROM JUNE.

THIS IS JUST MENTIONING THE APARTMENTS HERE IN THE BESS RACE ATTENDANCE ZONE.

YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE ON THE LEFT HAND PORTION OF THE SLIDE, THE NEW 267 UNITS AT LANDMARK CROWLEY THERE'S ALSO SOME DOWN ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE DISTRICT NEAR THE 731 THAT ARE COMING AS WELL.

WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE YEAR THE ADDITION OF BUILD NEW TO RENT SUBDIVISIONS.

SO THIS IS AVILLA TRAILS.

THERE'S ABOUT 200 RENTAL UNITS IN HERE.

THESE ARE THOSE ONE STORY CONDO BUILDINGS.

JUST THINK OF THESE AS ONE STORY APARTMENTS.

WE'VE PUT THEM IN THE FORECAST AT AT THE APARTMENT YIELD, WHICH IS GENERALLY ABOUT 0.2 PER UNIT.

GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE THE TAVOLO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWN HERE MOVING SOUTH.

YOU CAN SEE LLANO SPRINGS AS WELL AS CHISHOLM TRAIL RANCH.

DAVIS IS JUST OUT OF THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT.

UP IN THE UPPER LEFT, THAT'S ABOUT 850 LOTS ARE BEING PLANNED FOR SUBDIVISION CALLED ROCKY CREEK CROSSING THAT WILL FILL IN IN THAT AREA.

ALL OF THE JUST OUT OF THE PICTURE, EVERYTHING YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE DEVELOPMENT MAP.

THAT CHISHOLM TRAIL RANCH SOUTH OF MCPHERSON STILL HAS QUITE A FEW PHASES LEFT, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL APARTMENTS COMING IN ON THE OTHER SIDE. YES, SIR.

I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE AND SEE IF THE BOARD HAD ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU GO.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT. SO SOUTH OF SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU CAN SEE MCPHERSON VILLAGE IS BACK.

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NOW ORIENT YOURSELF HERE.

YOU CAN SEE NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL OR NINTH GRADE EXCUSE ME THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.

SO AS YOU LOOK SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE WOODLAND SPRINGS.

BUT AS YOU MOVE INTO THAT [INAUDIBLE] CORRIDOR, LOOK AT ALL THE LOTS THAT ARE COMING IN.

NEWBERRY POINT HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE SUMMER CREST SUBDIVISION HERE'S HULEN TRAILS THAT I MENTIONED UP IN THE UPPER LEFT IS ANOTHER SUBDIVISION CALLED DEER CREEK.

SO THERE'S 1,000 LOTS IN HULEN TRAILS.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF HUNDRED IN DEER CREEK, EVEN SOUTH OF 1187 ON HULING.

THERE'S ANOTHER PHASE FOR MAYFIELD, MAYFAIR SOUTH.

AND THEN REMEMBER BACK IN THE REZONING, WE PUT ALL OF CREEKSIDE BACK TOGETHER.

SO HERE'S THE NEW PHASE OF CREEKSIDE.

THAT'S NEXT TO THE CREEKSIDE SOUTH SECTION THERE IN THE UPPER LEFT OF THE PICTURE.

THEN SOUTHFORK ESTATES NEXT TO CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S HAS BEEN THE TOP PRODUCING NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.

ALSO NEXT TO THE CTE CENTER.

BUT THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S IF YOU GO OVER TO THE SH CROWLEY AREA, CONSIDERABLE GROWTH AND REMEMBER ALL THAT BLUE THROUGH THE CENTER PORTION OF THE DISTRICT.

HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE INITIAL PHASES.

THIS IS 200 MORE LOTS IN ROSEMARY RIDGE AND MIRAVERDE THAT SURROUND THE CAMPUS.

AND THEN JUST TO THE NORTH, THIS COHIX PROPERTY, IT'S BEEN YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT REFERRED TO AS WALTER'S RANCH, HAS BEEN RENAMED TERRA TRACE.

SO THIS IS 451 LOTS THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SH CROWLEY ATTENDED ZONE.

BUT THEN AS YOU MOVE OVER TO THE HARDGRAVE AREA, ANOTHER PHASE OF RAINBOW RIDGE, HERE'S THE RISINGER COURT.

THESE WILL BE RENTAL UNITS, THAT TOWNHOMES TYPE PRODUCT FOR LENNAR.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE UP AROUND HARGRAVE, YOU CAN SEE ADDITIONAL PHASES FOR DEER HORTON IN THEIR PARK VIEW SUBDIVISION.

YOU SAW THE PICTURE EARLIER FROM RANDY WITH THE KARIS SUBDIVISION.

ALSO, I'LL MOVE OVER TO THE HUNTERS RIDGE SUBDIVISION.

CH STEVENS THERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST COUPLE OF PHASES OF WHAT WILL BE OVER 1000 LOTS HERE IN THIS SUBDIVISION.

ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO FORECAST WHERE WE'RE ALL GOING WITH NOT KNOWING WHERE THE INTEREST RATE IS GOING TO BE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE GENERALLY SLOWED IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER THESE NEXT TWO YEARS UNTIL WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUTURE ECONOMIC PICTURE. BUT EVEN WITH THAT SAID, I STILL BELIEVE THE DISTRICT IS HEADED TOWARDS ABOUT 2,100 TO 2,200 HOMES PER YEAR.

OF THOSE 23,000 LOTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE, ABOUT 8,100 NOW ARE PROJECTED TO BE BUILT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AVERAGING ABOUT $1,600 A YEAR.

WE COULD SEE 18,000 PLUS HOMES BE BUILT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

SO IN ADDITION TO 2,100 APARTMENTS.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE YIELDS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE OF USING 0.3%, THAT GIVES YOU THE LOWER SCENARIO, WHICH IS MORE OF THAT ONE AND A HALF PERCENT RATE.

SO THINK BACK TO THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES WHERE I MENTIONED WE THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN GROWING AT ABOUT ONE AND A HALF PERCENT.

WE'RE RIGHT NOW HERE IN AUGUST AT 16,551 WERE RIGHT THERE WITH THE MODERATE PROJECTION FROM BACK EARLIER IN THE YEAR WITH THE HIGH SCENARIO, WHICH IS MORE OF A 2% GROWTH RATE BECOMING MORE REALITY.

SO IF THE GROWTH WAS TO CONTINUE AT ONE AND A HALF PERCENT, YOU WOULD SEE THE GREEN LINE.

BUT WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WITH ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH, IT'S GOING TO ACCELERATE TO THE 2 TO 3% PER YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE BY THE BLUE LINE.

AND IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE IF YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB, THAT THE RATE COULD GROW TO 3 AND 4% PER YEAR AND THAT'S WHAT'S REPRESENTED ON THE HIGH SCENARIO.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR CAPACITY? SO I PUT THIS SLIDE TOGETHER.

THIS THIS IS A TOTAL OF ALL OF THE THE EACH ATTENDANCE LEVELS FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.

I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING AN ASSESSMENT STUDY AND SO THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE INITIALLY COME OUT OF THAT, THAT WORK.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE THE NUMBER OR THE NUMBER FOR ELEMENTARY.

SO IF YOU ALL EXPERIENCE A 2% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, THE MOST STRESSED HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE ON ELEMENTARY.

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SO EVEN AT A 2 TO 3% GROWTH RATE, LOOK AT HOW MUCH HIGHER YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO BE OVER YOUR CURRENT CAPACITY IN WITHIN 4 TO 5 YEARS.

IF YOU GO TO 3 OR 4% GROWTH, YOU CAN MOVE EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT ON THIS CHART.

JUST MOVE IT UP IN TIME.

GENERALLY, YOU HAVE THE ROOM TO ABSORB THE GROWTH.

INITIALLY AT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 9TH GRADE, HIGH SCHOOL IS IS RIGHT NOW RIGHT ON THE LINE.

IT STAYS FLAT BECAUSE BEHIND THE RECORD 9TH AND 10TH GRADE CLASSES THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU HAVE SMALLER CLASSES BEHIND THEM.

SO IT BUYS YOU A LITTLE TIME.

NOW, IF PEOPLE MOVE IN AND HAVE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND START FILLING THAT IN, THAT IT CAN CERTAINLY GROW.

BUT. ADDRESSING HIGH SCHOOL AT SOME POINT IN THAT SIX TO, LET'S JUST SAY, 26 TO 31 TIME FRAME.

YOU WON'T YOU'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS CAPACITY AT SOME POINT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY THERE'S JUST SO MUCH ACTIVITY THAT ALL OF THE ATTENDANCE LEVELS WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.

I KNOW THAT IS QUITE A BIT.

I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. ALEXANDER. APPRECIATE THE REPORT.

BOARD ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME? I JUST HAD ONE.

YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE SLOWING IT DOWN.

YOU SAID YOUR PROJECTION.

DOES THAT INCLUDE WHAT WE'RE SEEING? YOU KNOW THE ECONOMY, MEANING THE RECESSION AND JOBS GROWTH OR ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS.

WHAT WHAT GOES INTO YOUR PLANNING FOR THIS? AND HAS THE INFLATION THE TOPIC NOT INFLATION.

I'M SORRY, RECESSION TOPIC.

IS THAT PART OF IT? YES, ALL OF IT.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S OPEN TO DEBATE JUST HOW MUCH IT COULD SLOW DOWN AND CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT IT DOESN'T SLOW DOWN.

IF RATES STAY AT 4.9%, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN.

IF RATES GO TO 6%, THEN WE ARE SEEING THAT BE THE AFFORDABILITY CEILING FOR A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS.

SO A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR.

PEOPLE MIGHT THAT ARE LOOKING AT MORE EXPENSIVE HOMES MIGHT HAVE TO SAY WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THAT.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO TO ADJUST OUR PRICING.

BUILDERS HAVE BEEN HELPING BUYERS WHEN THEY WERE AT 6%.

BUILDERS HAVE BEEN HELPING BUYERS BUY DOWN THEIR RATES TO GET THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENTS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD.

SO GENERALLY WITH TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THAT, WE'RE THINKING THAT OVERALL THE MARKET COULD DROP AS MUCH AS 30% IS PROBABLY GOING TO END UP BEING 15 TO 20%.

SO WHAT I'VE SHOWN YOU A YEAR AGO WAS MORE LIKE 9,000 HOUSES IN FIVE YEARS.

NOW IT'S MORE LIKE 8,100.

STILL 8,100.

THAT'S A LOT. SO AND THEN YOU ALL ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO JUST MAKE IT EVEN STRONGER.

SO I STILL FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT IN THAT MODERATE SCENARIO.

AND I COULD STAND UP HERE IN, YOU KNOW, IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND YOU GUYS ARE AT 4% ANNUAL GROWTH.

SO IT'S, IT'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF SO MANY ECONOMIC FACTORS OUT THERE.

BUT I THINK TO STAY WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN EVERYTHING'S BEEN TRACKING AS WE HAVE EXPECTED.

SO I'VE KIND OF SAID, LET'S JUST STAY WITH IT RIGHT NOW.

EVERYTHING'S BEEN ON TRACK.

THANK YOU. GREAT. GREAT REPORT.

APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. ALEXANDER. OH, DR.

MCFARLAND. YOU MENTIONED FUNCTIONAL FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.

CAN YOU JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL CAPACITY AND THE BUILDING AND THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY WITHIN THIS FORMULA? CORRECT.

GENERALLY, THE MAX CAPACITY IS IS THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

IF ALL OF THE CLASSROOMS ARE 22 TO 1 AND ARE ALL GENERALLY USED AS THEY WERE, AS THEY'RE BUILT, THEN THAT'S YOUR MAX CAPACITY. BUT THE WAY THE CAMPUSES ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZED IN SPECIAL PROGRAMS, IT'S VARIES BY CAMPUS TO CAMPUS AND SOMETIMES VARIES YEAR TO YEAR.

GENERALLY, IT'S ABOUT 90% OF THE MAXIMUM IS THE GENERAL RULE FOR FUNCTIONAL.

IT CAN IT CAN RANGE IN 87 TO 90% OF THE MAXIMUM GENERALLY IS WHERE MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL TELL YOU THAT THEIR CAMPUSES FALL COMPARED TO HOW THE CAMPUS IS BEING UTILIZED VERSUS THE MAX DESIGN OF THAT BUILDING.

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IS THERE A KIND OF INDUSTRY STANDARD OF PERCENT OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY THAT WILL.

IS THERE IS THERE A TRIGGER? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE GET TO ABOUT 85% FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY, SHOULD WE START TO THINK ABOUT FACILITY NEEDS GOING FORWARD OR KIND OF WHAT'S THE STANDARD ON THAT? WELL, IT CAN VARY, BUT TYPICALLY IT'S RIGHT IN THAT 85 TO 90% RANGE WHEN WHEN MOST DISTRICTS ARE ALERTED TO POTENTIAL OVERCROWDING ISSUES. YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW LONG CAN A DISTRICT SUSTAIN, YOU KNOW, BEING OVER CAPACITY? IT DEPENDS ON A LOT OF OTHER FINANCIAL ISSUES.

SO BUT GENERALLY, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THAT 90, 85, 90% RANGE THAT WILL TRIGGER MOST DISTRICTS TO START LOOKING AT HOW TO ADDRESS CAPACITY ISSUES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE AT AGENDA ITEM 6.0.

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THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME.

MR. KIRCHNER, WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE THE NAME OF THE FIRST SPEAKER? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IN OPEN FORUM IS ANGIE HUNT.

GOOD EVENING, EVENING AND AFTERNOON.

HI, I'M ANGIE HUNT.

AM I SUPPOSED TO HAVE MY ADDRESS THING? I LIVE ON SLIPPERY ROCK DRIVE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR HONESTY.

I GET THAT WE ARE IN A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE SPINS EVERYTHING, BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO HONESTLY REFLECT ON THE SHORTCOMINGS, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE.

WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE DISTRICT CELEBRATING IMPROVEMENTS WITH RATINGS AND STAAR IMPROVEMENTS AND BOASTING THE B RATING TONIGHT.

I DO FIND THAT IRONIC CONSIDERING THAT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY THAT I COULD FIND ONLINE FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD STATED OPPOSITION TO THE A TO F RATING SYSTEM.

AND THE HARSH REALITY HERE IS THAT THE SPIN IS DOWNRIGHT PROPAGANDA AS WE COME TO BELOW STATE AVERAGES IN STAAR. WE KNOW THAT.

BUT BASED ON WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED WITH TONIGHT, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THAT IF I TOLD YOU WE'RE BELOW STAAR IN THE STATE STAAR RATINGS.

I DO KNOW THE THIRD GRADE STAAR BECAUSE I HAVE TWO KIDS.

ONE OF THEM WAS IN SIXTH GRADE.

BUT ANYWAY, SO I HAVE HIS STAAR FROM 2019 AND HIS READING AVERAGE FOR THIRD GRADE WAS 1423.

THIS YEAR WE DID IMPROVE UP TO 1426, SO THAT'S THREE THREE POINTS.

AND THEN OUR MATH IN 2019, WE WERE AT 1460.

THIS IS OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE.

IT'S NOT A CAMPUS AVERAGE.

AND THIS YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR WITH MY THIRD GRADER, OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE WAS 1408 FOR MATH.

BUT NOW SOMEHOW WE'RE A BETTER DISTRICT.

EVEN THOUGH I'VE JUST TOLD YOU GUYS THAT OUR SCORES ARE ACTUALLY WORSE, WHICH MANY PEOPLE EXPECT BECAUSE OF COVID SLIDE.

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I DON'T BLAME OR FAULT YOU GUYS FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW IT IS.

THAT'S HOW THIS INDUSTRY WORKS.

BUT I AM ADVOCATING FOR HONESTY.

SORRY, I'M GOING OVER A LITTLE BIT.

I WANT MY CHILDREN TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE GLOBAL MARKET.

I DO NOT FEEL LIKE MY KIDS ARE IN A B RATED DISTRICT.

I HAVE. I AM LUCKY AND THAT I GOT MY CHILDREN INTO A CHARTER SCHOOL AND THAT I ACTUALLY WAS TRYING TO FLEE CROWLEY ISD WE TRIED TO MOVE THAT FELL APART LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S STORIES BACK IN MARCH, I WAS TRYING TO FLEE.

I WOULD ADVOCATE NOBODY TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO CROWLEY SCHOOLS BECAUSE MY CHILDREN, WHO I HAVE HIGH STANDARDS FOR, BECAME LAZY STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE WORK I PUT IN AT THEM AT HOME THAT'S AT SCHOOL WHERE THEY GET THESE HABITS BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT I INSTILL IN MY CHILDREN.

I HOPE THAT THE YEAR HAD WE REFOCUS ON OUR EDUCATION, GIVING OUR TEACHERS SMALLER CLASS SIZES.

YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT OUR WAIVERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT KINDERGARTEN CLASSES OF 22, THAT'S PRETTY CRAZY STILL, THE FACT THAT OUR 5TH GRADERS DON'T REALLY EVEN HAVE A CAP.

I KNOW IT ISN'T AN EASY TASK, AND I HOPE YOU ALL WILL TAKE ON HONESTY AND STOP WITH THE PROPAGANDA.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DIANA ACOSTA.

I AM DIANA ACOSTA LIVE AT 528 SOUTH HEIGHTS DRIVE.

I'M ALSO THE GRANDPARENT TO ELIJAH AND ISABELLA SAN RAMON THAT'S NO LONGER ATTENDING CROWLEY ISD.

THEY'VE BOTH BEEN PUT IN A CHARTER SCHOOL.

I FOUND OUT THREE WEEKS BEFORE SCHOOL START.

HE WAS KICKED OUT OF JUNE DAVIS.

HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE REGISTRY AND ENROLLMENT.

AS A STUDENT A 504 STUDENT.

HE HAS MEDICAL ISSUES.

I DID COME TO THIS BOARD IN 2020, 2021, AND NOW CURRENTLY AS AN EMPLOYEE SPEAKING UP FOR THE INJUSTICES THAT I SAW THERE.

COVID POLICIES OF THIS MASK THAT THE GOVERNOR PUT IN PLACE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT EVERYONE TO HAVE THEIR OPTION OF PUTTING ON A MASK.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DECIDED TO ENFORCE IT ANY WHICH WAY.

AND AT ONE POINT, MY GRANDSON STOOD HERE AND TOLD EVERYBODY HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO GO, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD MEDICAL PAPERWORK FOR THAT.

IN FEBRUARY, MAY, I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.

MY GRANDSON WAS STILL ATTENDING YOUR SCHOOL.

SOME OF THE BOARD HAS FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ALSO THAT ARE THERE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HE HAD HIS RECESS AND HE HAD HIS LUNCH DETENTION BECAUSE I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THIS BOARD.

TWO OF THE TEACHERS ARE FRIENDS WITH ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE SITTING HERE.

SINCE THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY ANY NAMES, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ALL THE NAMES HERE AT THIS POINT.

BUT I WILL MENTION THE TEACHER.

THAT'S ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS.

I HAD [INAUDIBLE] DECIDING TO GET ON FACEBOOK AT THE SAME DAY THAT HE WAS HAVING HIS LUNCH FOR THE WEEK THERE AT THE SCHOOL.

INSTEAD OF TALKING TO ME OR ADDRESSING ME AS THEY SHOULD, THEY DECIDED TO TAKE AWAY HIS RECESS, GIVE THEM HIS TIME OUT.

HE COMES HOME, CRUSHED, CRYING TO ME.

THERE'S NO REASON WHY ANY CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO SUFFER.

BECAUSE I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THEN I ALSO DID A FORMAL PAPERWORK WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT ON ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHILE THEY WERE RUNNING, DECIDED TO TELL ME TO TAKE MY SIGNS DOWN THAT I DON'T BELONG TO HAVE MY SIGN SITTING NEXT TO HER.

I DID A FORMAL THING.

I HAD ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS THAT TOLD ME VERY CLEARLY HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I TURNED IN THE PAPERWORK TO YOUR SECRETARY.

NEVER HEARD BACK FROM YOU.

I ALSO SENT PAPERWORK TO DR.

HUNT THAT WAS THERE ABOUT THESE TEACHERS IN THEIR CONDUCT.

NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED.

I HEARD BACK FROM NOBODY.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH CORRUPTION IN MY LIFE.

RYAN RAE HIMSELF DECIDED TO USE EVEN THE ETHICS BOARD OVER MY SIGN.

HE HAD NO SUBSTANCE TO SAY ANYTHING TO ME, BUT HE STILL DECIDED TO DO THAT.

THE BOARD CLEARED ME OF EVERYTHING, BUT WHAT A DISGRACE TO SEE THAT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I DO HAVE RESPECT FOR AND I WORKED HERE FROM 2009 ALL THE WAY TO 2021 TILL I RESIGNED. WHAT A DISRESPECT THAT WAS DONE TO US AS PARENTS, AS TAXPAYERS AND A GRANDPARENT, WHILE I WANTED BOTH OF MY GRANDKIDS TO SUCCEED IN THIS DISTRICT.

BUT THEY DIDN'T, THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT JOSEPH SWEET.

PRESIDENT MAY FEEL.

CAN I ASK A POINT OF CLARITY? YES, GO AHEAD.

THERE'S NO CLASSIFICATION OF PERSONS WITH WHOSE NAMES WE'RE GOING TO REFRAIN FROM USING.

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CORRECT. WE'VE BEEN ASKED NOT TO SHARE PERSONAL NAME.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS JUST A CLASSIFICATION.

BUT WE'RE NOT USING SPECIFIC PERSONAL NAMES.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

I AM ROBERT JOSEPH.

SWEET. AND I AM HERE, OF COURSE, TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND TO CELEBRATE, OF COURSE, THIS GREAT FEAT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE.

LET ME START OFF WITH THIS POINT BY SAYING THIS.

THE GREAT EDGAR ALBERT.

STATED THIS AND HE SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE.

SOMEBODY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE, BUT HE, WITH A CHUCKLE, REPLIED THAT MAYBE IT COULDN'T, BUT HE'D BE ONE WHO WOULDN'T SAY SO UNTIL HE HAD TRIED.

SO HE BUCKLED RIGHT IN WITH A [INAUDIBLE] GRIN ON HIS FACE IF HE WORRIED HE'D HIT IT.

HE STARTED TO SING AS HE TACKLED THE THING THAT COULDN'T BE DONE.

AND HE DID IT.

SOMEBODY SCOFFED.

OH, YOU'LL NEVER DO THAT.

AT LEAST NO ONE HAS EVER DONE IT.

BUT HE TOOK OFF HIS COAT AND HE TOOK OFF HIS HAT.

AND THE FIRST THING WE KNEW, HE BEGUN IT WITH A LIFT OF HIS CHIN AND A BIT OF A GRIN, WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, OR QUIT IT.

HE STARTED TO SING AS HE TACKLED THE THING THAT COULDN'T BE DONE, AND HE DID IT.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS TO TELL YOU IT CANNOT BE DONE.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS TO PROPHESY FAILURE.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS TO POINT OUT TO YOU ONE BY ONE THE DANGERS THAT WAIT TO ASSAIL YOU, BUT JUST BUCKLE IN WITH A BIT OF A GRIN AND TAKE OFF YOUR COAT AND GO TO IT.

JUST STARTING TO SING AS YOU TACKLE THE THING THAT CANNOT BE DONE AND YOU'LL DO IT.

I WANT TO SAY THIS, AND I STAND HERE HUMBLY TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT TO THE CROWLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTY AND FOREMOST TO THE PRINCIPALS, ALONG WITH THE CROWLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD AND DR.

MCFARLAND, CONGRATULATIONS ON A STELLAR PERFORMANCE OF THE 2022 STAAR RESULTS DISTRICT RATING FROM AN 83 TO AN 85 IN 2022, YOU'VE PRESSED TOWARD THE MARK.

NOW, LET ME SAY THIS.

I KNOW THAT THIS FACULTY, THIS STAFF AND THIS ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS DR.

MCFARLAND, HAVE DONE GREAT WITH THIS FEAT.

HOWEVER YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE THAT 90 PLUS NUMBER.

YOUR HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF.

YOUR FOCUS, YOUR ABILITY TO BLOCK OUT THE NOISE.

YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT AS TO WHY YOU ARE HERE HAS PROVEN FACTS.

YOUR STEADFAST EFFORT TO ACCENTUATE ON THE POSITIVES.

AND LASTLY, YOUR LOVE AND AND ATTENTION FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR STAFF OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS PAID OFF GREAT, GREAT DIVIDENDS.

CONTINUE TO PRESS ON THE MARK [APPLAUSE].

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMARIA MOSS.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

DR. MAYFIELD.

MRS. MISS HALL.

I CAME TO TALK ABOUT THE CROWLEY EXPERIENCE.

MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM CROWLEY IN 2018.

MY NEPHEWS, MY NIECES, THEY ALL ARE A PRODUCT OF CROWLEY ISD.

AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR CROWLEY ISD.

EXCUSE ME. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.

HER JOURNEY STARTED AT BEST RACE AND ENDED AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE WERE MANY TEACHERS. I CAN'T SAY NAMES.

I HAD A LOT OF NAMES LISTED, BUT I WILL NOT SAY ANY NAMES.

BUT THERE ARE MANY TEACHERS AND MANY PRINCIPALS THAT I STILL KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THIS DAY BECAUSE OF THE HEART AND THE LOVE AND THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY INSTILLED IN MY CHILD.

THERE ARE A LOT OF COACHES. SHE WAS AN ATHLETE.

SHE WAS A CROWLEY ATHLETE.

I WISH SHE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, GONE WITH HALF THE STADIUM WHEN SHE WAS HERE.

SHE PASSED BY ALL THE TIME LIKE, WHY DIDN'T I HAVE THAT WHEN I WAS HERE? BUT. I'M TRYING NOT TO SAY NAMES.

I'M SO SORRY. THE LOVE THAT THEY SHOWED HER, THE ATTENTION THAT THEY SHOWED HER BECAUSE SHE WAS

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THEY STARTED TELLING ME WHEN SHE WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MS. MOSS DID YOU GET HER TESTED, NO, SHE GOT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU GET HER TESTED, AND NO, SHE WASN'T TILL SHE WAS AT THE NINTH GRADE CENTER.

AND SHE CAME TO ME HERSELF AND SHE SAID, MAMA, I MOVED MYSELF TO THE FRONT OF THE CLASS AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TEACHER WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I TUNED EVERYBODY ELSE OUT.

AT THAT POINT, I SAID, LET ME FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND IT WAS HER TEACHER THAT CALLED ME AND SHE WAS ADVOCATING AND SHE SAID, JUST, JUST GET HER TESTED.

I DID. SHE WENT FROM THEY TESTED HER.

THEY PUT ON A MEDICATION AND GAVE HER SOME TOOLS TO WORK WITH.

SHE WENT FROM A 66 IN A CLASS TO AN 88 IN LIKE TWO WEEKS.

AND I THANK THEM FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT SET HER UP FOR HER SUCCESS.

CAN I SAY MY CHILD'S NAME.

OK DESTINEE BANKS, GRADUATED IN 2018, IS AN ATHLETE.

SHE RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP TO MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY, A VOLLEYBALL SCHOLARSHIP.

SHE WAS ALSO A SHE WAS A DOUBLE ATHLETE.

SHE DID VOLLEYBALL AND TRACK HER WHOLE CROWLEY CAREER.

SHE IS NOW A GRADUATE OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE AS OF MAY 7TH OF 2022 [APPLAUSE].

AND SHE JUST LEFT TWO WEEKS AGO TO GO BACK TO MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE FOR HER GRADUATE DEGREE.

I TRULY THANK CROWLEY ISD FOR THE LOVE AND THE CARE.

I TEXTED HER BEFORE THE MEETING.

I SAID, HEY, I'M GOING TO THE BOARD MEETING AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE POSITIVES OF CROWLEY ISD THAT CROWLEY EXPERIENCE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO REMIND ME OF? AND SHE SAID, JUST TELL THEM THANK YOU FOR CARING [APPLAUSE].

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIRIAM OYEJIDE.

MY APOLOGIES IF I GOT THAT INCORRECT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MIRIAM OYEJIDE.

DR. MAYFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AND DR. MCFARLAND, I STAND WITH YOU.

I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY ATHLETE.

I'M A JUNIOR WITH A 4.2 GPA, RANKED NUMBER 10 OUT OF 665 IN MY CLASS.

I HAVE BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE A RIGOROUS EDUCATION LEADING TO MY PURSUIT OF AN ENDORSEMENT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I PLAN TO I PLAN TO ATTEND SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY AFTER GRADUATION AND BECOME A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING MANY GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATING A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS IN CROWLEY ISD.

ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE MY TEAMMATE HERE WITH ME, ADRIANNA WILLIAMS, DR.

MAYFIELD. SHE IS GRATEFUL FOR OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS ON RAMPS, FREE DUAL CREDIT CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY ENDORSEMENTS HAVE IMPROVED HER FUTURE OUTCOMES. ALTHOUGH SHE IS ONLY A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WILL GRADUATE WITH A COSMETOLOGY LICENSE AND MULTIPLE COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS.

SHE THANKS YOU FOR THIS EXPOSURE [APPLAUSE].

OUR NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS ALAINA FONTENOT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALAINA AND I LIVE AT 1505 HUNTINGTON DRIVE AND I ATTEND CROWLEY NINTH GRADE CENTER.

TO DR. MAYFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR.

MCFARLAND, I COME TO YOU CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE DISTRICT.

I'VE BEEN IN THE CHOICE PROGRAM OF STEAM AND STEM LEADING INTO MY CURRENT CTE EXPERIENCE OF AVIATION AND ENGINEERING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO MARCHING ON THE NEW STADIUM.

WELL, IN THE NEW STADIUM, THANK YOU FOR MAKING CROWLEY ISD A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR ME [APPLAUSE].

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCY GALLE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

I'M MARCY GALLE.

MY ADDRESS IS 500 [INAUDIBLE] CREEK ROAD.

I LIVE IN PARKER COUNTY AND I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SHAC, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

I DID NOTICE THAT YOUR WEBSITE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED WITH ALL OF THE TOMA REQUIRED ASPECTS LIKE MEETINGS, MEETING MINUTES, AUDIO AND OR VIDEO RECORDINGS.

SO I WANTED TO COME HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR THE GRIEVANCE LEVEL THREE HEARING.

SO I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ABOUT THE SHAC ALSO.

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THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IN OPEN FORUM IS PATRICK WINFIELD THE SECOND. PATRICK WINFIELD.

THANK YOU, MR. KIRSHNER.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPEN FORUM.

WE ARE NOW AT OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[7.0 Consent Agenda ]

7.2 APPROVAL OF THE MAY 26TH 2022 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES.

THE JUNE 9TH, 2022 CALLED BOARD MEETING MINUTES.

THE JUNE 23RD 2022 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES.

THE JUNE 27TH 2022 CALLED BOARD MEETING MINUTES.

AND THE JULY 28TH 2022 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES.

AGENDA ITEM 7.3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 7.4 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND 7.5 2022-2023 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT 7.6 THE 2022 2023 4H RESOLUTION 7.7 THE 2022 -2023 TEACHER APPRAISERS.

BOARD ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS OR DISCUSS OR HAVE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS FOR THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU. DR.

HALL, CAN WE VOTE, PLEASE? OK. AT THIS TIME, CAN WE VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS? ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES.

OH, IS THERE.

OH, THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS.

[8.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item (s) ]

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION CALLING A PORTION OF CROWLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS OUTSTANDING UNLIMITED TAX BONDS FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY.

DR. MCFARLAND.

MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, MS. ADRIAN IS HERE PREPARED TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.

MS. ADRIAN. THANK YOU.

DR. MCFARLAND, DR.

MAYFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU JEFF ROBERT.

HE'S BEEN IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IN THE PAST.

HE'S WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.

AND HE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

THANK YOU, MISS ADRIAN.

DR. MAYFIELD, DR.

MCFARLAND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, JEFF ROBERT WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.

BEFORE I GET STARTED, I SAW MR. FISHER IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE THE BEFORE THE MEETING.

AND I SAID, YOU GUYS ALWAYS BRING ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT.

I'M EXPECTING THE SAME THING TODAY.

AND HE SAID, OH, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU.

THE EFFORT, THE ENERGY, EXCITEMENT AND THE RESULTS ARE NOT JUST IMPRESSIVE, THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY INSPIRING.

SO BEFORE I EVEN GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING HERE IS PAYING OFF ABOUT $9.9 MILLION IN BONDS EARLY, WHICH WILL ALSO SAVE DISTRICT TAXPAYERS NOT ONLY THE 9.9 MILLION THAT WOULD OTHERWISE MATURE IN THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION IN INTEREST AS WELL.

SO YOU'D BE REDUCING YOUR TOTAL PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST BY ABOUT $12 MILLION.

AND NOW FOR THE DETAIL, IF WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE HERE, WE'RE DOING THIS VIA TWO DIFFERENT MECHANISMS. THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS REDEEM $6.175 MILLION.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY OR IS GOING TO BE IN 2023 $6.175 MILLION OF BOND PRINCIPAL.

THAT WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE CALLED AT NO PENALTY WHATSOEVER.

AND IT'LL JUST BE AN EXTRA PAYMENT THAT YOU'LL PAY OFF THOSE BONDS.

AND SO IF YOU GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THAT'S 6.175 IS SCHEDULED TO MATURE, AS YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

THAT'S THE INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

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AND THEN THE SAVINGS YOU SEE THERE IS JUST UNDER 1.6 MILLION THERE ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE FOR THE REDEMPTION.

AND IF YOU'LL PAGE DOWN A LITTLE BIT THERE, I THINK I'VE GOT THE DEFINITION OF WHAT THE BOND REDEMPTION IS.

IT'S THE PRINCIPAL IS SCHEDULED TO BE PAID IN FUTURE YEARS, IS PAID OFF EARLIER THAN ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED ON OR AFTER THE CALL DATE ON THAT ISSUE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILS IN THAT BOTTOM BOX OF THE THE BOND ISSUES AND THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING OFF IN THE INTEREST RATES ON THOSE BONDS.

IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE OTHER 3.73 MILLION OF PRINCIPAL THAT WE'D BE PAYING OFF IS NOT CALLABLE UNTIL 2024.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S CALLED THE DEFEASANCE.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN YOU GET YOUR TAX REVENUE IN ROUGHLY FEBRUARY, WE WILL CREATE AN INTEREST BEARING ESCROW ACCOUNT AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT MONEY INTO THAT ESCROW ACCOUNT TO PAY OFF THE INTEREST PAYMENTS.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE PRINCIPAL ON THAT ISSUE ON IT'S CALLED DATE.

AND IF YOU WORK FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, AGAIN, THE 3.73 MILLION THERE IN COLUMN TWO AND WHERE IT'S SCHEDULED TO MATURE, THE INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THE TOTAL AND THE AMOUNT RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING TO PUT INTO THAT ESCROW ACCOUNTS, $3.8 MILLION AND THIS WOULD SAVE $445,000 IN INTEREST.

SO IF YOU COMBINE THE 1.597 WITH THE 445,000, THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION IN INTEREST THE DISTRICT WOULD SAVE AGAIN, ALSO REDUCING THE PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING BY $9.9 MILLION.

AND AT THE BOTTOM, I'VE GOT THE THE DEFINITION OF THE BOND DEFEASANCE THERE.

AGAIN, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT THE BONDS ARE NOT YET CALLABLE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT INTEREST BEARING ESCROW ACCOUNT THAT WILL MAKE THE PAYMENTS AND THEN ULTIMATELY PAY THEM OFF ON THE CALL DATE.

AND THEN LASTLY ON THE EXCUSE ME, ONE OTHER THING THIS FITS IN, IF YOU CAN GO THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS DOES FIT INTO THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT INS BUDGET.

SO YOU CAN SEE JUST WORKING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.

AND THE CALCULATION IS YOUR TAXABLE VALUE, THE TOTAL DEBT PAYMENTS THIS UPCOMING YEAR, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY OFF IN COLUMN SEVEN, WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME STATE FUNDING AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASE OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM THE 25,000 TO THE 45,000 EXCUSE ME, $40,000 LEVEL TO WHERE ULTIMATELY OUR NET REQUIRED INS TAX LEVY AND THE CALCULATED INS TAX RATE IS SHOWN THERE.

AND IN THE LAST SLIDE, MRS. ADRIAN WANTED ME TO ADD, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE HERE, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS IS, IS JUST SHOWS THE REFUNDINGS THAT WE'VE DONE FROM 2010 UP UNTIL 2020. AND IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THIS GIVES EACH YEAR FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT REFUNDINGS.

THE DISTRICT HAS SAVED JUST OVER $79 MILLION IN INTEREST ON THE REFUNDINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.

YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER $2 MILLION THAT YOU'LL SAVE HERE ON THE DEFEASANCE, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT YOU'LL BE PAYING OFF 9.9 MILLION IN PRINCIPAL.

SO. I KNOW.

I FLEW THROUGH THAT. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

BOARD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROBERT OR COMMENTS? OK HEARING NONE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

WONDERFUL SAVINGS.

LOOK AT MR. FISHER.

HE'S YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN.

[INAUDIBLE] AWESOME.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM 8.1 ADOPTION OF THE 2022 2020 NO.

OKAY. WE GOT TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION.

SO. ALL RIGHT, BOARD, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION CALLING A PORTION OF THE CROWLEY ISD OUTSTANDING UNLIMITED TAX BONDS FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY? I RECOMMEND THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED FOR CALLING A PORTION OF CROWLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS OUTSTANDING UNLIMITED TAX BONDS FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY. THANK YOU TRUSTEE ROBINSON FOR THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE'RE AT THE NEXT ONE.

81, 818.1, ADOPTION OF THE 2022-2023 TAX RATE.

DR. MCFARLAND.

SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS.

MS. FISHER IS HERE TO PRODUCE THE EXCUSE ME, MISS ADRIAN IS HERE TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE.

I DON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE HIM.

I KNOW. THANK YOU DR.

MCFARLAND, DR. MAYFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

YES. AS DR. MCFARLAND MENTIONED TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE TAX RATE.

I ESTIMATED THE BUDGET IN JUNE BASED ON OUR TAX RATE.

IT CAME IN FAIRLY CLOSE.

BUT AGAIN, DUE TO HOUSE BILL THREE, WE HAD A 98 CENT TAX RATE FOR THE GENERAL OPERATING SIDE OR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SIDE THIS YEAR, BASED

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SO OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX RATE TONIGHT WOULD BE AT $0.94.

IN ADDITION TO NOT ONLY SAVING OUR TAXPAYERS FOUR PENNIES IN OUR TAX RATE, THE STANDARD EXEMPTION ROSE FROM 25000 TO 40000.

SO THAT SAVES SOME A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, CISD STILL OFFERS THE 10% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN ADDITION TO THAT.

SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, THE AVERAGE MARKET, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT TOP LINE FROM LAST SUMMER, JULY CERTIFIED, THE AVERAGE HOUSE IN CROWLEY ISD WAS $216,000.

THIS YEAR IT'S $248,000.

SO IT'S AN INCREASE OF $32,000.

WITH OUR TAX RATE BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT, IT DROPPED FROM A DOLLAR 48, INCLUDING THE $0.98 FROM THE M&O SIDE AND THE $0.50 FROM THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. WE DROPPED FROM A $1.48 TO A $1.44, SO WE DROP FOUR PENNIES.

BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT.

. MS. ADRIAN, I WANT TO JUST SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR.

CAN YOU GO BACK AND SAY WHAT YOU JUST SAID AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT CLEAR ABOUT THE TAX RATE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION.

SO I WANT YOU TO SHARE CROWLEY ISD IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE SO IT CAN BE REPORTED ACCURATELY.

OKAY. YES, JUST TO EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO PART OF OUR TAX RATE GOES TO THE GENERAL OPERATING SIDE OF OF OUR EXPENDITURES. RIGHT? AND PART OF IT GOES TO THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE TO PAY BACK THE BONDS.

SO OUR M&O SIDE, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OR THE GENERAL FUND SIDE WENT FROM $0.98 DOWN TO $0.94.

SO WE DROPPED THE TAX RATE BY $0.04.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OR THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE AT $0.50 TO ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTIONS THAT MR. ROBERT JUST TALKED ABOUT.

BUT YES, WE HAVE DROPPED OUR TAX RATE FOR A LITTLE OVER $0.04.

THE STANDARD EXEMPTION INCREASED FROM 25 TO $40,000.

IN ADDITION, CROWLEY ISD HAS 10% ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I LOOKED, H-E-B HAD A 1% AND NO ONE ELSE OFFERS THAT OPTIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BUT US.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO HELP OUR TAXPAYERS BY CUTTING OUR TAX RATE, KEEPING THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

WE CAN REMOVE IT AT ANY TIME.

AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BOARD'S DECISION TO CONTINUE WITH OUR 10% OPTIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO EVEN THOUGH THE FOR I'M A TAXPAYER AS WELL, MY VALUES HAVE INCREASED SO MY TAX BILL WILL INCREASE.

BUT THAT'S NOT OUR DOING.

IT'S JUST THAT OUR APPRAISALS HAVE GONE UP.

BUT CROWLEY ISD IS DROPPING THEIR TAX RATE BY OVER FOUR PENNIES.

IT'S THAT GOOD. AND IT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT IT IS.

IT'S A BIG DEAL. IT ADDS UP.

IT REALLY DOES. CAN I ADD, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DECLINE OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.

OUR TAX RATE HAS GONE DOWN.

YES, YES, YES.

AND THE LAST FEW YEARS IT'S DUE TO HOUSE BILL THREE AND THE REQUIREMENTS THERE.

THE PURPOSE OF BASICALLY THE HOUSE BILL THREE WAS TO TRY TO GET EVERYBODY'S TAX RATE IN LINE.

EVERYBODY'S TAX RATE HAS TO BE WITHIN 10% OF EACH OTHER BECAUSE OUR VALUES INCREASE.

THEY REQUIRE US TO DROP OUR TAX RATE.

SO IT'S GOOD FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

BUT, THEIR VALUES CONTINUE TO GROW, AND THAT'S WHAT'S OFFSETTING THE TAX RATE.

BUT WE HAVE CONTROL OF THE RATE.

WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE VALUES.

SO BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VALUES I HAVE UP HERE ARE THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF VALUES AS WELL.

IN 2019, THEY INCREASED 14% AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING.

BUT FROM 21 TO 22 THIS YEAR, THEY INCREASED 17%.

AND THAT'S NOT OUR VALUE OF EVERYBODY'S HOME INCREASED 17%.

IT'S THE NEW ROOFTOPS, AS WELL AS OUR VALUES IN THE EXISTING PROPERTY.

BUT EITHER WAY, WE CROSSED OVER THE $10 BILLION IN OUR TAXABLE VALUES FOR CROWLEY ISD.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST THE ROOFTOPS, BUT OUR VALUES AS WELL.

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SO I JUST ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S 20,000 PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET RIGHT NOW WATCHING THIS.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS SCUTTLEBUTT ABOUT LAST YEAR WE PAID MORE SCUTTLEBUTT THAT'S IT'S AN OLD TERM, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY.

I KNOW THAT TERM.

AND I WANT I WANT THE 20,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS AT HOME AND KNOWING THAT, YES, THEIR RATE WENT UP.

OH, I'M SORRY, THEIR VALUE WENT UP, SO THEREFORE THEIR TAXES WENT UP.

BUT CROWLEY ISD ACTUALLY LOWERED THEIRS TO HELP THEM.

YES. IN ADDITION TO THE 10%, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THEY THINK IT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD.

BUT WE'RE CORRECT, RIGHT? CORRECT. IT'S THE VALUES OF THE HOUSES THAT GO UP AND TALK TO TAD AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, RIGHT? YES. DOES IT I MEAN, REALLY, IT'S IT'S NOT US THAT THAT DO THAT TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND A LITTLE BIT OF JOHNSON COUNTY SO CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN CLEBURNE.

SO MAYBE NOT GO TO THE INTERNET BUT MAYBE PROTEST YOUR VALUES.

YOU CAN PROTEST I THINK MAY IS USUALLY THE PROTEST DEADLINE, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PROTESTS GOING ON.

BUT YEAH, YOU CAN ALWAYS PROTEST YOUR VALUES AND YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE ANYMORE SO.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE 20,000 PEOPLE OUT THERE KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO POST, WE ARE.

WE DROPPED OUT, DROPPED $0.04.

MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

DO A LOT OF THE FAMILIES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION? I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO CHECK INTO IT FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CLAIM IT IN ORDER TO REAP THE BENEFIT.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT.

THANK YOU, MISS ADRIAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

BOARD IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES LEVY THE TAX RATE FOR THE 2022 TAX YEAR AT A TOTAL TAX RATE OF ONE DOLLARS 44 TO $0.09 0.9429 FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND $0.50 FOR INTEREST AND SINKING.

OKAY. WELL, I WOULD.

OKAY. I THOUGHT THE AMOUNT WAS DIFFERENT, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS RECORDED CORRECTLY.

WAS IT? IT'S OK WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE GRASSIA FOR THE MOTION AND THANK YOU TRUSTEE LYONS FOR THE SECOND.

CAN WE GET, CAN WE VOTE, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, BOARD.

AND THANK YOU, MISS ADRIAN.

YAY! ALL RIGHT.

AGENDA ITEM 8.3 THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES.

DR. MCFARLAND.

MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU ALL RECALL, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, WE CONDUCTED OUR TEAM OF EIGHT AND DURING OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIALOG RELATIVE TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES.

AND SO TONIGHT WE HAVE MODIFIED THE OR MADE THE CHANGES THAT YOU SUGGESTED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES.

AND SO WE HAVE THIS AS AN ACTION ITEM.

AGAIN, THE SCHOOL BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES CLARIFY THE ROLE OF THE BOARD, THE ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE ROLE OF ADMINISTRATION, AND HOW WE CAN INTERACT TOGETHER TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO A BOARD THIS ITEM IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR YOU TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

CAN WE GET A MOTION, PLEASE, OR IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM 8.4, 2022-2023 SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

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MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

WE HAVE LISTED THE SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES AND SO WE HAVE WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE COMMITTEES.

AND SO IN A SECOND, I'LL READ THROUGH THE COMMITTEES AND REDO THE ASSIGNMENTS.

ON OUR POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE, WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER DARYL DAVIS, DR.

MIA HALL, DR.

LA TONYA MAYFIELD AND MS..

NEDRA ROBINSON.

AGAIN, THIS POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL OCCUR OR EXCUSE ME, POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL OCCUR ON AN AS NEED BASIS.

AGAIN, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE FULL BOARD MEMBERS ON THERE.

AND SO WE ALSO WILL DEFINITELY MONITOR WHEN WE HAVE THREE AVAILABLE OR WHEN WE HAVE FOUR AVAILABLE, WE'LL MAKE MODIFICATIONS.

BUT ALL FOUR EXPRESSED INTEREST ON BEING A PART OF THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE.

WE ALSO HAVE AN EQUITY COMMITTEE ON OUR EQUITY COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER ALICIA LYONS, DR.

LA TONYA MAYFIELD, AND BOARD MEMBER NEDRA ROBERTSON.

AGAIN, THE EQUITY COMMITTEE WILL BE A QUARTERLY MEETING, APPROXIMATELY THREE MEETINGS A YEAR AND MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL ONE DURING THE SUMMER AS NEEDED.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, CAPITAL FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THAT'S BOARD MEMBER DARYL DAVIS.

MR. GARY GRASSIA, DR.

MIA HALL AND DR.

LA TONYA MAYFIELD ON THAT ONE AS WELL.

A FINANCE AND ACTUALLY FACILITIES COMMITTEE WILL MEET MORE REGULARLY THIS YEAR AS WE PREPARE A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN.

THE NEXT COMMITTEE WE HAVE IS OUR PARENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

THIS COMMITTEE WILL HAVE MEMBERS MS..

JUNE DAVIS, MS..

CARLESHA LYONS AND DR.

LA TONYA MAYFIELD.

AGAIN, THIS COMMITTEE IS CHARGED WITH ACTUALLY HELPING US TO THINK THROUGH PROGRAMING RELATIVE TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

WE ALSO WILL HAVE A NEW COMMITTEE THIS YEAR CALLED OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THREE INITIATIVES THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS YEAR.

REALLY TWO AND THEN A POSSIBLE THIRD.

ONE AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, FINANCIAL LITERACY, MENTAL HEALTH, AND THEN A THIRD ONE IS BEING CONSIDERED AS COMMUNITY SERVICE.

MS. DAVIS, MR. GRASSIA, DR.

MAYFIELD ARE ALL INTERESTED IN THE STRATEGIC OR SERVING ON THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES COMMITTEE.

WE ALSO HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.

WE'LL START A DISTRICT WIDE MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE.

MS. DAVIS, MS. LYONS, ARE THE TWO MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE A STUDENT VOICE COMMITTEE.

SEVERAL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ADAMANT ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE HAVE STUDENT VOICE IN THE DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING.

SO. MS. DAVIS, MR. GRASSIA, MS.. ROBINSON, ALL OF MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT VOICE COMMITTEE AND THEN THE LAST COMMITTEE, SINCE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING INTO A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES COMMITTEE. AND ON THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES COMMITTEE, WE HAVE MR. DAVIS, DR.

MIA HALL, MS..

NEDRA ROBINSON, AND DR.

MAYFIELD. AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT.

MOST COMMITTEES WILL BE QUARTERLY, SEVERAL WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FREQUENTLY.

AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE DATES, WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU ALL HAVE THOSE THOSE ARE THE COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME, BOARD PRESIDENT.

AND WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE COMMITTEES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DR. MCFARLAND, BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RELATED TO THE BOARD ASSIGNMENTS AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND THE ACTION REPRESENTING BOARD CONSENSUS? ALL RIGHT THANK YOU TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DR.

HALL. MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU.

AGENDA ITEM 8.5, MODIFICATIONS TO BOARD POLICY.

CW LOCAL, THE NAMING FACILITIES.

DR. MCFARLAND.

MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE MR. ADRIAN EXCUSE ME, MR. FISHER HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM BOARD.

PRESIDENT. DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. MCFARLAN., WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO OPEN OUR NEW CISD MULTIPURPOSE STADIUM AND TO ADD THIS GREAT FACILITY TO OUR FIXED ASSETS SCHEDULE.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR BENEFITS FOR OUR STUDENTS OF CROWLEY ISD AS A RESULT OF THIS NEW THIS NEW STADIUM ARE REALLY TOO MANY TO LIST IN MY BRIEF PRESENTATION.

BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IN SHORT, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS VENUE WILL SERVE AS A CENTRAL GATHERING PLACE AND A POINT OF PRIDE FOR OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

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AND IN KEEPING WITH THE DEFINITION OF AN ASSET, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS FACILITY HAS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE ECONOMIC BENEFIT BOTH TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO THE EXTERNAL ENTITIES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ARE GOING TO BE COMING INTO THIS MARKET, THOSE EXTERNAL ENTITIES THAT WANT TO PARTNER WITH CISD TO EXTEND THEIR GOODS AND SERVICES TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE KNOW IS, IS THAT CURRENTLY THERE ARE 18 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT UTILIZE THEIR STADIUMS AS REVENUE GENERATORS. JAMIE, ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT THAT GRAPHIC ON THE SCREEN TO SHOW THOSE 18 STADIUMS? WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WELL, I'LL GO OVER A COUPLE JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY RELEVANT TO THIS DISCUSSION.

LUBBOCK HAS ESTABLISHED A LUBBOCK ISD HAS ESTABLISHED A NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITH PLAINS CAPITAL BANK IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION OVER TEN YEARS.

KATIE ISD HAS ESTABLISHED A NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITH ACADEMY, SPORTS AND OUTDOORS FOR $2.5 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF TEN YEARS.

AND LASTLY, I'LL SPEAK TO ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE IN OUR AREA.

PROSPER ISD HAS ESTABLISHED A NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITH CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOR $2.5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

SO AS WE ATTEMPT AS A DISTRICT TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED AND NO OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE DUE DILIGENCE, ADMINISTRATION IS REQUESTING A MODIFICATION TO THE CURRENT BOARD POLICY.

THAT POLICY IS CW LOCAL TO INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DONORS AND LANDOWNERS IN THE STANDARD GUIDELINES FOR OUR DISTRICT NAMING FACILITIES. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ARE THE FOUR STANDARD GUIDELINES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR BOARD POLICY.

AND THE FIFTH BULLET POINT IS THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS PRESENTING TO THE BOARD AS AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT.

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I NEED TO ANSWER.

GO AHEAD TRUSTEE DAVIS. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. MR. FISHER. YES, SIR.

ULTIMATELY, WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR OUR STUDENTS? THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS GREAT LATITUDE ON HOW IT UTILIZES THOSE.

THOSE ADDITIONAL REVENUES, THEY'LL ESSENTIALLY GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE DISTRICT CAN MAKE A DECISION ON HOW IT WILL UTILIZE THOSE REVENUES.

SO IT ULTIMATELY COULD RESULT IN MORE RESOURCES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

ABSOLUTELY. WE COULD IMPROVE PROGRAMS. AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING, WHAT YOU'VE HEARD MR. ALEXANDER TALK THROUGH, WE'RE EXPECTING ADDITIONAL STUDENTS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN OUR PROGRAMS. THIS COULD HELP OFFSET THOSE COSTS.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. FISHER, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A..

DR. MAYFIELD, I HAD A QUESTION.

YES. DO WE HAVE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE ME THAT HAVE MADE PROPOSALS? WE DO NOT. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS MODIFICATION, WE WILL INCORPORATE THIS THESE CHANGES INTO THE BOARD POLICY INTO AN RFP.

WE'LL ISSUE AN RFP WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO CAST OUR NET FAR AND WIDE TO SEE AND TO GAUGE WHAT THE BUSINESS INTEREST WOULD BE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AN AGREEMENT LIKE THIS. WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD AFTER OUR LEGAL TEAM HAS DRAFTED ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS FOR MEMORIALIZATION.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR EITHER APPROVAL AND OR ADHERENCE TO WHATEVER PROCESS THE BOARD MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE AT THAT TIME.

SO WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

IF THAT'S THE FIRST STEP OR THE FIRST PROCESS, DOES THAT MINIMIZE THE OTHER FOUR OR HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE OTHER FOUR OPTIONS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE? DO THEY NOT GET PRESENTED AT THE SAME TIME IF WE'RE DOING THE RFP FIRST FOR THE FINANCIAL DONOR, OR IS THAT NOT WHAT YOU SAID? NO, NO. THIS IS JUST TO INCLUDE FINANCIAL DONORS AND OR LANDOWNERS.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OUR POLICY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR FINANCIAL DONORS TO BE A PART OF THE NAMING PROCEDURE.

OKAY. SO THAT PART I GOT, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO THE NEXT STEP OF AFTER WHAT THAT NEXT PROCESS IS.

NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

SO. WHAT WILL THE PROCESS LOOK LIKE? WE SEND OUT AN RFP.

LET'S SAY WE HAVE FIVE INTERESTED DONORS.

YES, SIR. WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE AS IT PERTAINS TO SELECTING WHICH DONOR ARE WE GOING JUST WITH THE HIGHEST BIDDER, OR ARE WE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE INDUSTRY THAT

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BUT THAT PARTICULAR CORPORATION, IT MAY PRESENT A CONFLICT AS FAR AS THE VALUES OF OUR DISTRICT, OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

GREAT. GREAT QUESTION MR. DAVIS, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

SO CW LOCAL AND THERE'S ALSO AN ASSOCIATED POLICY, G KB LOCAL, WHICH GOVERNS THE TYPE OF ENTITIES THAT CAN ADVERTISE IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND WE WILL ALSO ALWAYS MAINTAIN FINAL EDITORIAL AUTHORITY SO THAT THOSE ENTITIES THAT REFLECT OR THAT PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT REFLECT OUR GOALS AND OUR VALUES.

THANK YOU, SIR. SO, AND IN ADDITION, ONCE WE DO THE RFP, WE WOULD BRING THAT INFORMATION TO OUR CAPITAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE.

AND SO THAT COMMITTEE WOULD SEE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED, THAT COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT REALLY THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED.

WE'LL HAVE OUR ATTORNEY INVOLVED AND ALL.

AND BEFORE WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD, IT WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH ABOUT THREE ROUNDS OF EVALUATION, ONE BEING THE THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION, HAVE A REAL DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.

ANY OTHERS BEFORE WE MOVE? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE MODIFICATION TO THE BOARD POLICY CW LOCAL AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE LYONS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DR.

HALL. MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, MR. FISHER, AND THANK YOU, BOARD.

WE DO HAVE SOME FUTURE ACTION ITEMS TO DISCUSS.

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DR. MCFARLAND.

MADAM PRESIDENT, AND BOARD MEMBERS.

WE ARE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, EXCITED TO BRING THIS NEXT ITEM AS WELL.

THESE ARE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO US REALLY IS AS LATE AS THIS THIS WEEK WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION.

THESE GRANTS ARE PARTICULARLY DESIGNED TO IMPACT THIS YEAR GOING FORWARD.

AND WE HAVE MS. POLK HERE TO SHARE THIS ITEM.

MS. POLK, GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

MCFARLAND. I AM SUPER EXCITED TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU AMAZING GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL ALIGN WITH ALL THREE OF OUR BOARD OF OUR COMMUNITY GOALS.

OUR GOAL ONE, GOAL TWO AND GOAL THREE.

SO THROUGHOUT THE LAST MONTH WE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY TEN GRANTS.

AND SO IN ORDER TO CATEGORIZE THEM, WE BROKE THEM UP INTO FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

STARTING WITH OUR EXTENDED LEARNING GRANTS AND THEN IN SCHOOL LEARNING INNOVATIVE GRANTS AND SUPPORT SERVICE GRANTS.

SO OUR FIRST CATEGORY TONIGHT WILL BE EXTENDED LEARNING GRANTS, WHICH IS OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IS OUR 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER GRANT.

THAT GRANT IS A FIVE YEAR GRANT AND THIS WILL BE OUR LAST YEAR, IT'S A CONTINUATION GRANT.

AND SO THIS WILL BE OUR LAST YEAR THAT CROWLEY ISD WILL RECEIVE THAT.

OUR GOAL IS TO REAPPLY FOR THAT GRANT.

WE HAVE SEVEN CAMPUSES CURRENTLY THAT RECEIVES THIS GRANT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HOPE THAT WE WILL GET THE NEXT GRANT APPLICATION THAT COMES OUT.

THE NEXT ONE IS OUR CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT, WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, AND THAT FUNDS THREE OF OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND CROWLEY ISD ON THE FORT WORTH SIDE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT GRANT BECAUSE IT EXTENDS THE LEARNING FOUR DAY EACH DAY FOR THREE OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND THIS ONE I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE I HAVE VERY MINIMAL EFFORTS IN DOING THE CITY RICHARDSON FOUNDATION.

I WOULD LOVE TO BRING UP MR. MOFFITT FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND MR. SHRADER, WHICH IS A SCIENCE TEACHER, WHO'S GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SID RICHARDSON FOUNDATION GRANT THAT THEY RECEIVED.

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

MCFARLAND. I STAND BEFORE YOU ALL TO SPEAK TO THE SID RICHARDSON FOUNDATION, GRANT OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAD WHEN I WAS AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WE BEGAN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE WERE BRAINSTORMING, LOOKING AT SOME WAYS TO BRING MORE STEM OPPORTUNITIES TO CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND CROWLEY ISD.

IN THAT CONVERSATION, I MR. SCHROEDER SHARED THE FACT THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCE IN A BACKGROUND IN WORKING WITH SOLAR CARS.

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WE'D WORK BEGUN TO LOOK AT CTE AND OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH DR.

DUVALL. HOWEVER, WE JUST AT THAT TIME, IT WASN'T A GOOD TIME TO IN ORDER TO SECURE SOME FUNDING SOURCES.

AND SO LATER ON, I MET WITH A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF WILLIAM KAYLOR.

WILLIAM KAYLOR IS A REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SID W RICHARDSON FOUNDATION.

AND HE WAS LOOKING THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO TO INVEST IN SOME SCHOOLS WITH STEM PROGRAMS AND STEM OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND MR. SHRADER AND MYSELF AND SHARED OUR PROPOSAL AND THEY LOVE THE IDEA.

AND SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, A FEW YEARS LATER, WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN BUILDING THE SOLAR CAR AND COMPETING WITH A SOLAR CAR WITH A $50,000 GRANT OPPORTUNITY.

I HAVE MR. SHRADER HERE WITH ME TODAY AND HE'LL SHARE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS ON THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MOFFIT, FOR HELPING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.

I STARTED THIS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND AND ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, MR. MOFFITT AND I GOT TOGETHER AND WE DISCUSSED THIS PROGRAM.

THIS IS SUPER EXCITING.

THIS IS A DEAL WHERE KIDS GET TO BUILD A CAR, NOT ONLY THEY BUILD THE CAR, THEY DESIGN IT.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IS A REMARKABLE THING.

THIS PROGRAM THAT THEY WILL GET TO BE A PART OF HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 25 YEARS.

IT'S SUPPORTED BY MANY ORGANIZATIONS.

LOCKHEED IS A BIG SUPPORTER.

THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM IN THIS PROGRAM.

AND I KNOW THIS IS THE NINTH INNING.

THIS IS 8TH PERIOD IN MY CLASSES AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN KEEPING ME AT IT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, TRYING TO GET THIS TO HAPPEN HERE IN CROWLEY.

I HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

WE ARE WE'RE FUNDED FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

THERE'S A SEED MONEY.

WE CAN GET THIS GOING.

AND IF YOU WILL.

HELP US, SUPPORT US.

I'D SURE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SCHROEDER AND MR. MOFFAT.

OUR NEXT BUCKET OF GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED IS WHAT'S CALLED OUR IN-SCHOOL LEARNING GRANTS.

AND OUR IN-SCHOOL LEARNING GRANTS ARE HOUSED IN OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.

THE FIRST GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED IS OUR STRONG FOUNDATION'S LITERACY FRAMEWORK.

THIS GRANT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US TAKE A DEEP DIVE AT OUR CURRENT LITERACY FRAMEWORK AND REALIGN IT TO RESEARCH BASED PRACTICES.

WE WILL HAVE THIS YEAR TO BEGIN OUR PLANNING, AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WILL BEGIN TO HAVE IMPLEMENTATION TIME FOR WHAT WE ACTUALLY REDESIGN THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THE NEXT GRANT, WE HAVE HAD IT BEFORE AND IT'S CALLED OUR MATH INNOVATION ZONE BLENDED LEARNING GRANT AND IT PROVIDES ONLINE LEARNING AND WITH FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION. EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS MATH, IT POSES A LOT OF LITERACY COMPONENTS WITHIN THIS GRANT.

AND THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE'VE HAD ONLY A PARTICULAR CAMPUSES BEFORE, BUT THIS GRANT IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO GO DISTRICTWIDE WITH BLENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND OUR NEXT GRANT CATEGORY IS INNOVATIVE GRANTS.

WE HAVE A SCHOOL ACTION PLANNING GRANT WHICH IS NEW TO CROWLEY THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROGRAM AS A PLANNING OPPORTUNITY FOR POINTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HAVE A COLLEGE PREP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE WILL BEGIN IN A SLOW PHASE, STARTING OFF WITH PRE-K THROUGH ONE AND WE WILL GROW A GRADE EVERY YEAR.

THIS YEAR IS OUR PLANNING YEAR AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A CONTINUATION GRANT TO BE ABLE TO AGAIN TO HAVE THOSE CAMPUSES TO CONTINUE TO GROW A GRADE LEVEL EACH YEAR. AND OUR SCHOOL ACTION IMPLEMENTATION GRANT IS SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO OUR SCHOOL ACTION PLANNING GRANT.

IT'S FOR OUR MONTESSORI AND WE RECEIVED $1,000,000 TO FOR OUR MONTESSORI CAMPUS THIS YEAR TO CONTINUE THAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND OUR LAST CATEGORY TONIGHT IS OUR SUPPORT SERVICE GRANT.

OUR STRATEGIC COMPENSATION GRANT IS ONE THAT WE RECEIVED.

AND WHAT THIS GRANT IS GOING TO HELP US DO IS TO HELP LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD WITH OUR TEACHERS AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS.

SO WE KNOW THAT WITH OUR TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES THAT CERTAIN CAMPUSES RECEIVE.

THIS GRANT IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO PLAN TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT A WHOLE DISTRICT APPROACH AND HOW ALL TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE STRATEGIC COMPENSATION.

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AND THIS GRANT IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO TRULY PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS.

WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE MANY NEEDS, WILL HELP BUY GROCERIES.

IT WILL HELP BUY UNIFORMS, AND IT WILL TRULY HELP MAKE DEFICITS THAT OUR STUDENTS TRULY HAVE.

AND THEN OUR LAST GRANT TONIGHT IS ANOTHER RICHARDSON GRANT THAT WE GOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNT DALLAS.

AND THIS GRANT IS PRETTY AWESOME.

IT'S ABLE IT'S ALLOWING CROWLEY ISD ADMINISTRATION TEAM CENTRAL ADMIN TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEARNING.

AND SID RICHARDSON HAS CONTRIBUTED AND PAID FOR $150,000 FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED AND TONIGHT BOARD ALL TOGETHER, OUR BOARD OUR GRANTS HAVE TOTAL UP TO APPROXIMATELY $3.4 MILLION WITHIN THE LAST FOUR MONTH AND OR TWO THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

[APPLAUSE] AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AMAZING.

I KNOW ONE OF THE CONFERENCES THAT I ATTENDED LAST YEAR, JUST SITTING AT A BREAKFAST TABLE OR SOME TABLE WHERE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE ARE FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GRANTS.

AND THERE'S SO MANY DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE A PERSON LIKE YOU.

AND I MEAN, WE'RE FORTUNATE.

I KNOW I USE THAT WORD A LOT, BUT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AND TO BRING ALL OF THIS.

IT'S A SKILL THAT I KNOW A LOT OF DISTRICTS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE.

SO JUST KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS POLK OR ANY COMMENTS? I DO HAVE ONE.

IF YOU COULD, MS..

POLK, JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE HOMELESS GRANT THAT YOU MENTIONED.

ABSOLUTELY. THE HOMELESS GRANT IS A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, AND IT IS A GRANT THAT BASED WE RECEIVED IT BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE MCKINNEY-VENTO, OR HAVE SOME OTHER QUALIFIER THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO I MEAN, THE GRANT IS SO AWESOME FOR ME.

I MEAN, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT IT THE OTHER DAY WITH DR.

HAMLETT, IT'S GOING TO TRULY BE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR KIDS TO HAVE CLUBS, AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN HELP FUND WITH THESE THINGS.

WE CAN PROVIDE SHUTTLE TRANSPORTATION IF IT NEEDS, IT CAN PROVIDE, THE LIST IS TRULY ENDLESS ON THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.

AND AND IT'S REALLY EXCEPTIONAL BECAUSE MOST GRANTS, YOU CAN'T BUY GROCERIES, YOU CAN'T THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT DO.

BUT THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO DO THOSE THINGS FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

[INAUDIBLE] AMAZING, NOW IDENTIFYING THOSE STUDENTS.

WITH THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS IT IS IT SIMILAR TO MCKINNEY VENTO OR IS IT.

YES, MA'AM. SO IT'S STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY CODED IN OUR SYSTEM AS HOMELESS STUDENTS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS.

SO OUR NORMAL PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH WILL BE ABLE ANY CHILD AS CODED.

THAT WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS THIS RECIPIENT OF THESE FUNDS TO HELP.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I HAD A QUESTION. SO IS IT AUTOMATIC THAT YOU GO DO THE GROCERIES OR IS IT OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME OR HOW IS THAT DISTRIBUTED? IS IT MONTHLY? THAT'S BASED ON NEED? SO IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY SO WE WORK WITH OUR LIAISON, WHICH IS DR.

HAMLET, WHO KNOWS THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITIES AND AND MR. MUHAMMAD. AND THEY HAVE THEY WILL KNOW THE NEED OF WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY IS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE BASED UPON THE NEED OF THAT FAMILY.

VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE $50,000 GRANT FROM SID RICHARDSON.

SO THAT'S $25,000 EACH YEAR.

DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MANUFACTURE THIS SOLAR CAR? AND IS THIS 50,000 FOR I MEAN, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE IS SOME RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT DESIGN ELEMENTS.

HAS THAT PROCESS ALREADY STARTED OR IS THAT STARTING WITH THIS GRANT? THE CAR ITSELF IS GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 20, $25,000 AND TO BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT GREENVILLE HAS BUILT. IT COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THAT'S A CUSTOM.

THAT'S A LOT OF INTERESTING TECHNOLOGY THERE.

BUT 4 HOURS, THAT'S A BALLPARK FIGURE.

AND. THERE'S TRAINING THAT GOES INTO THIS.

THERE'S WORKSHOPS, THERE'S TRAVEL THAT'S I'VE INCLUDED IN THE GRANT.

SO A LOT IS PACKED INTO THAT $50,000.

OUR HOPE IS TO REACH AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE.

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PROBABLY A SHOOT FOR A SMALL CORE GROUP OF PEOPLE AT FIRST AND BUILD FROM THERE.

OUR HOPE IS THIS IS GOING TO BUILD AND CONTINUE.

SO WE HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

AND BUT IT STARTS RIGHT NOW.

THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THIS REALLY IS MAKING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN IT.

A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE ARE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUSSED AND AS A RESULT, TRYING TO HAVE THEM ON CAMPUS DURING A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN WE CAN INSTRUCT THEM IS CHALLENGING.

SO MR. MOFFITT HAD PROPOSED A STRATEGY LAST SPRING, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH WHERE THOSE STUDENTS CAN BE PUT INTO AN 8TH PERIOD CLASS STARTING THIS YEAR.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A WE NEED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASED THROUGH WHEN WE REACHED OUT ORIGINALLY TO DR.

DUVALL AND THE CTE.

WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THOSE TOOLS AND THINGS FROM AUTOMOTIVE.

SO SOME OF THAT COST HAS ALREADY BEEN OFFSET AND SO IT'S GOING TO STRETCH THAT 50,000, BUT WE BELIEVE IT CAN BE DONE.

AND WITH GAS AT $3 A GALLON, I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE TO TAKE IT OUT DURING THE WEEK JUST.

ALL RIGHT. MISS POPE, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 9.3.

BOARD POLICY UPDATE 119 DR.

MCFARLAND. MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS MS. BATISTE WILL PRESENT THIS FUTURE ACTION ITEM.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. BOARD PRESIDENT WOODSON-MAYFIELD BOARD OF TRUSTEES DR.

MCFARLAND. IN YOUR BOARD PACKET, YOU WILL SEE SOME MATERIAL IN REGARDS TO AN UPCOMING BOARD UPDATE 119, WHICH IS LOCAL POLICY, AND WE'LL BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO COMB THROUGH THAT FOR YOU WITH SOME VARIOUS PROPOSALS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS UPDATING. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[10.0 Executive Session ]

YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, 551.074 TO DISCUSS EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL 551.072 TO DISCUSS PROPERTY AND 551.076 FOR AN EXECUTIVE BRIEFING ON SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THE BOARD WILL RETURN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE ARE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 9:12 P.M..

THANK.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 10:13 P.M.

WHERE AN AGENDA ITEM 11.1 EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HF STEPHENS MIDDLE

[11.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item (s) ]

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU. MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MS..

TAANA BROOKS.

AGENDA ITEM 11.2, EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND ANDRE HALL FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE LYONS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND? THANK YOU TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. ANDRE HALL.

AGENDA ITEM 11.3, EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

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THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROBINSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS MS. WASHINGTON. AGENDA ITEM 11.4, EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND KEITH CLAY FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND? THANK YOU TRUSTEE GRASSIA MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. CLAY. AGENDA ITEM 11.5 EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE GRANT COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR.

IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND ADRA HARPER FOR THE POSITION OF GRANT COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GRASSIA MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MS. HARPER. AGENDA ITEM 11.6, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM BY RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND SUBSEQUENT SALE OF DISTRICT REAL ESTATE. LOCATED AT 9701 OLD GRANBURY ROAD.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS. 76123.

IN KEEPING WITH DISTRICT POLICY.

CBD LOCAL.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD GRANT AUTHORIZATION BY RESOLUTION TO BEGIN NEGOTIATING THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 97010.

GRANBURY ROAD, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

76123. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

AND THE MOTION PASSES.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS 11.7.

ENDORSEMENT OF CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR SCHOOL BOARDS TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGION 11 POSITION A.

IS THERE A MOTION? I THINK THERE WAS.

THE CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD ENDORSES THE CANDIDACY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL NOMINATED TO FILL THE REGION 11 A POSITION OF THE TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WE NOMINATE PATSY SOSA SANCHEZ WITH DENTON ISD, I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION TRUSTEE ROBINSON AND THE SECOND, DR.

HALL. MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM 11.8, ENDORSEMENT OF CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGION 11 POSITION D.

IS THERE A MOTION? THE CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD ENDORSES THE CANDIDACY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL NOMINATED TO FILL THE REGION 11 D POSITION OF THE CLASS B BOARD OF DIRECTORS MACARIO BELMONTE FROM LAKE WORTH ISD.

I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU TRUSTEE ROBINSON FOR THE MOTION AND DR.

HALL FOR THE SECOND, MOVED TO VOTE PLEASE.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE ASK IF THERE IS A MOTION FOR THE AUTHORIZATION TO SELL OPTION ONE PROPERTY. OH, WE ALREADY DID THAT.

NEVER MIND. THAT WAS AN EXTRA SHEET I HAVE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD.

SORRY. WE ARE THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS CONVENED TODAY TO HEAR LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE OF ITALIA DE LA CRUZ.

[12.0 Level III Grievance Hearing ]

MR. EICHELBAUM WILL MAKE ANY RULINGS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE EFFICIENT PRESENTATION OF THESE COMPLAINTS.

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MR. EICHELBAUM ULTIMATELY ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD MAY OVERRULE ANY RULING.

IF ANY BOARD MEMBER WISHES TO DISCUSS OR MOVE TO OVERRULE A RULING, HE OR SHE MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME.

MR. EICHELBAUM WILL NOT HAVE ANY VOTE IN THE BOARD'S FINAL DECISION, BUT MAY ASSIST THE BOARD IN HIS LEGAL CAPACITY.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.

I NOW TURN THESE PROCEEDINGS OVER TO MR. EICHELBAUM.

THE TIME IS 10:21.

ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL NOW HEAR ITALIA DE LA CRUZ APPEAL OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION TO DENY HER COMPLAINT.

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN REQUESTED IN WRITING BY MS. DE LA CRUZ IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD POLICY F AND G LOCAL.

THE PORTION OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH MS. DE LA CRUZ AND THE ADMINISTRATION PRESENT THEIR STATEMENTS WILL BE RECORDED BY AUDIOTAPE.

THE BOARD'S DELIBERATION MAY OR MAY NOT BE RECORDED.

THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS FORWARDED TO THE BOARD A COPY OF THE GRIEVANCES AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS AT LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO AND THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE, ALONG WITH ALL EXHIBITS AND OTHER MATERIALS USED OR PRESENTED AT THE LOWER LEVEL CONFERENCE.

NO NEW INFORMATION WILL BE CONSIDERED IN MAKING A DECISION ON THIS APPEAL.

THE BOARD WILL LISTEN TO MS..

DE LA CRUZ'S PRESENTATION AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S AND MAY MAKE AND COMMUNICATED DECISION NO LATER THAN THE REGULAR THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.

THE BOARD MAY ALSO CHOOSE TO TAKE NO ACTION IN THAT EVENT, THE LAST ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION WILL STAND AS THE FINAL DECISION IN THIS MATTER.

EACH PARTY WILL BE AFFORDED A TOTAL OF 10 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR POSITIONS CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS BEFORE THE BOARD ON APPEAL.

I WILL KEEP THE TIME FOR BOTH PARTIES IF EITHER PARTY EXHAUSTS THE ALLOTTED TIME BEFORE COMPLETING HIS OR HER PRESENTATION, I WILL CALL TIME AND PERMIT THE PERSON SPEAKING TO COMPLETE THAT THAT THOUGHT.

NO EXTENSION WILL BE PERMITTED.

I'LL ASK THAT THE PARTIES IDENTIFY THEMSELVES FOR THE RECORD BEFORE SPEAKING AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS.

ALL PARTIES WILL MAINTAIN ORDER AND DECORUM BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPEN HEARING.

NO STUDENT NAMES OR DISTRICT OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE NAMES MAY BE USED OTHER THAN MS..

DE LA CRUZ'S CHILDREN'S NAMES IF SHE SO CHOOSES.

I CAUTION BOTH SIDES THAT IF INFORMATION IS REVEALED ABOUT STUDENTS WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF THOSE CHILDREN, OR IF COMPLAINTS ARE SPECIFICALLY MADE AGAINST DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS, I MAY ASK THE BOARD IF IT WISHES TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO CLOSE THE HEARING TO THE PUBLIC.

UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5510821 AND OR 551.074.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, MS. DE LA CRUZ, YOU ARE FREE TO BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK, CAN YOU GIVE US 5 MINUTES, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ITALIA DELA CRUZ I'M GOING TO START OUT BY READING MY STATEMENT.

ON YOUR WEBSITE YOU STATE THAT YOU, THAT CROWLEY ISD VALUES OPEN, EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY COMMUNICATION WITH ALL DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS.

I FILED A GRIEVANCE WITH PROOF THAT I HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON TIME.

YOU DIDN'T CARE AND DECIDED AND DENIED ME THE 3 MINUTES I'M ENTITLED TO AS A PARENT AND AS A TAXPAYER.

WE MET AGAIN FOR A LEVEL TWO GRIEVANCE.

AGAIN, YOU IGNORED MY PETITION AND SAID THAT THE BOARD DECIDED I DIDN'T DESERVE THOSE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK BECAUSE YOUR FIREWALL DELAYS EMAILS.

I FILED A LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE AND HERE WE ARE SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU DECIDED NOT TO LET ME SPEAK AFTER I PROVED TIME AFTER TIME THAT I HAD DONE MY PART. BUT YOU REFUSED TO DO YOUR PART.

EVER SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2021, I HAVE BEEN COMING TO THIS PODIUM TO SIMPLY ASK FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS.

YOU NEVER CARED. YOU NEVER EVEN MADE AN ATTEMPT TO REACH OUT AND DISCUSS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.

YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THE CORRUPTION AND THE MISHANDLING OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND THE BULLYING ISSUE THE DISTRICT HAS HAS HAD FOR YEARS.

IT WAS BEING EXPOSED.

I HAVEN'T. DOES THIS SOUND LIKE A HAVE OTHER.

CAN I READ THIS? I EVEN REPORTED ONE OF YOUR NOW BOARD MEMBERS A VERBAL ATTACK TOWARDS ME AND ANOTHER CANDIDATE.

YOU DIDN'T CARE. I REPORTED IT TO THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND GUESS WHAT? THEY WORK FOR YOU.

SO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE DISTRICT GETS HANDLED BY A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT REPORTS TO MICHAEL MCFARLAND.

EVERYTHING GETS BRUSHED UNDER THE RUG, EVERYTHING GETS HIDDEN.

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DOES THIS SOUND LIKE A BOARD WHO VALUES OPEN COMMUNICATION? THE AUDACITY TO POST THAT ON YOUR WEBSITE IS LAUGHABLE.

YOU'RE ALSO DECEIVING OUR COMMUNITY BY ANNOUNCING THE STAARS SCORES ARE SOARING.

IT IS EASY TO SAY THAT WHEN THE WHEN YOU LOWER STANDARDS TO MAKE IT SEEM THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE EXCELLING.

DON'T WORRY, WE ALL KNOW THE REAL DATA AND WE WILL ALL SHOW THE COMMUNITY HOW POORLY OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING.

IT'S EASY TO DECEIVE THEM AND IT'S EASY TO MANIPULATE NUMBERS WHEN YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH MIKE MORATH, WHICH IS A COMMISSIONER OF THE TEA.

HOW CONVENIENT. I COULD GO ON AND ON.

BUT THIS GRIEVANCE IS TO ASK THAT THE PARENTS HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS TO SIGN UP, TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM, AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR ACTIONS WERE NOT PROFESSIONAL OR ETHICAL. IF YOU REALLY MEAN THE STATEMENT CROWLEY ISD VALUES OPEN, EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY COMMUNICATION WITH ALL DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS, YOU WILL ACCEPT MY RECOMMENDATION AND ALLOW SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK AND A MORE A MORE USER USER FRIENDLY OPTION.

YOU'RE AT 7 MINUTES AND 13 SECONDS.

SO WE'LL WAIT. I'LL DO A REBUTTAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WHEN IT'S TIME FOR REBUTTAL, YOU'LL HAVE 7 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHERISE ALEXANDER.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.

HEARING OFFICER AND FELLOW TRUSTEES, WHEN CONSIDERING THIS MATTER, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THREE THINGS.

WAS THIS LEGAL? DID IT FOLLOW POLICY? AND WAS IT ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS? ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551007, EACH GOVERNMENTAL BODY HAS TO ALLOW A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK AT ANY OF THEIR OPEN FORUMS, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS THE BOARD TO DECIDE HOW TO CREATE REASONABLE RULES REGARDING THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO ADDRESS THE BODY. AND THOSE RULES CAN INCLUDE TIME AND, YOU KNOW, FRAMEWORK AROUND HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR CARD TO SPEAK HERE AT THE DISTRICT, WE REQUIRE EACH PERSON, WE ALLOW ACCORDING TO OUR DEB LOCAL, WE ALLOW EACH PERSON FROM AT EVERY ONE OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS TO SPEAK FOR 3 MINUTES, PROVIDED THAT THEY SUBMIT A COMMENT CARD, WHICH AN HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING THAT CAN BE HANDED IN OR EMAILED.

AND OUR SYSTEM IS, IS THAT OUR ADMINISTRATOR WHO'S IN CHARGE OF RECEIVING THESE EMAILS WILL VET THEM AND DETERMINE WHETHER THEY'RE TIMELY BASED ON THE TIME THEY ARE RECEIVED BY HIM AND IS BASED ON THE TIMESTAMP ON OF THOSE EMAILS.

AND ALSO SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, MS. DE LA CRUZ'S EMAIL WAS RECEIVED BY OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT 5:13, WHICH IS 13 MINUTES AFTER THE THE TIME FOR IT TO BE SUBMITTED AT 5:00.

AND ALTHOUGH MS. DE LA CRUZ HAS PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT HER EMAILS WERE SENT AT FIVE 4:54, OUR RECORDS SHOW THAT IT WAS RECEIVED AT 513.

AND YES, THERE ARE SOME SORT, WHENEVER WE'RE RECEIVING OUTSIDE EMAILS, THERE MAY BE A DELAY BECAUSE OF OUR FIREWALL SYSTEM.

BUT THE WAY WE ONLY WAY WE KNOW AND CAN DETERMINE WHAT TIME WE HAVE RECEIVED IT IS BASED ON THE TIME STAMP THAT WE HAVE.

AND WE ALSO ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT THESE ITEMS ARE POSTED 72 HOURS AHEAD OF TIME.

SO THAT GIVES THE PUBLIC TIME TO SUBMIT THEIR CARDS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

AND THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE IMPLEMENT FOR ALL OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANYONE ELSE.

AND SO IF WE WERE TO DO SO, THAT WOULD BE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.

SO THE ONLY THING WE CAN DETERMINE IS THAT TIMESTAMP OF WHEN WE RECEIVE IT.

WE HAVE NO IDEA OF WHEN IT'S SENT.

SO IN LIGHT OF WHAT I'VE SAID, I JUST ASK THAT YOU UPHOLD THE LEVEL TWO DECISION AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MS . DE LA CRUZ, YOU HAVE 7 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS MARCY GALLI, AND I'M A PARENT ADVOCATE FOR MRS. DE LA CRUZ. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST SAID.

THERE IS NO ALLOWANCE FOR HANDING IN THE CARD.

THERE IS ONLY THE ALLOWANCE RIGHT NOW FOR EMAILING IN THE CARD.

AND I DO THINK THERE COULD BE AN OFFERING THAT SOMEONE COULD EITHER EMAIL IN THEIR SPEAKER CARD

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SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST IS DONE TONIGHT.

HER LEVEL TWO, I MEAN, THE DISTRICT ALREADY AGREED TO REVIEW AND POSSIBLY MODIFY BED LOCAL.

YOU'VE ALREADY AGREED TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE A GRACE PERIOD FOR EMAIL SUBMISSIONS FOR OPEN FORUM IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK THAT TONIGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF SOMEONE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO UPDATE THE BOARD POLICY TO EITHER ALLOW FOR A 30 MINUTE TO AN HOUR GRACE PERIOD AND OR ALLOW SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY HAND IN THEIR SPEAKER CARD.

A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, ALLOW PEOPLE TO FILL OUT THEIR CARDS WHEN THEY GET TO THE MEETINGS AND HAND THOSE IN.

NOW, THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS IT UNDER THEIR AUTHORITY TO ALLOW ANYONE TO SPEAK WHO WANTS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU FILLED OUT A CARD.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION AS WELL.

SINCE THE BOARD PRESIDENT PRESIDES OVER THE MEETINGS, SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS CAN BE EXTENDED.

AND I THINK A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE FACT THAT MS. DE LA CRUZ HAD TO BE ESCORTED OUT OF A MEETING PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY JUST ALLOWING HER TO SPEAK.

IT'S NOT LIKE THERE WERE A TON OF SPEAKERS HERE THAT EVENING.

THANK YOU. HOW MANY? HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE LEFT? 5:07. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THERE'S NO REBUTTAL.

THEN.

MARCI GALLEY AGAIN.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THAT A MOTION CAN BE MADE TO AMEND AND/OR UPDATE BOARD POLICY RELATED TO OPEN FORUM PARTICIPATION TO ALLOW FOR TWO DIFFERENT METHODS OF SUBMISSION TO INCLUDE BOTH ELECTRONIC EMAIL PROVIDED ONE HOUR BEFORE THE START OF THE BOARD MEETING AND SPEAKER FORMS PROVIDED IN PERSON BEFORE THE START OF THE BOARD MEETING.

OR A MOTION CAN BE MADE TO AMEND AND OR UPDATE BOARD POLICY RELATED TO OPEN FORUM PARTICIPATION TO ALLOW A 30 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD FOR EMAIL SUBMISSIONS WHEN NECESSARY BEFORE THE START OF THE BOARD MEETING.

NOW THE INCIDENT THAT HAS STARTED THIS WHOLE GRIEVANCE PROCESS.

MR. DE LA CRUZ HAS EVIDENCE THAT SHE SUBMITTED HER EMAIL BEFORE 5:00.

IT WAS A IT WAS THE FAULT OF THE DISTRICT AND FIREWALLS OR WHATNOT.

AND THAT LED TO A BIG SCENE.

SO I WOULD REALLY ASK THE BOARD, I MEAN, WE'VE STAYED HERE ALL NIGHT.

WE WERE PUT LAST ON THE AGENDA.

SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF THE BOARD COULD MAKE A MOTION TONIGHT TO MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE YOUR POLICY, AMEND THE POLICY, OFFER DIFFERENT OPTIONS SO THAT MS. DE LA CRUZ FEELS LIKE Y'ALL ACTUALLY CARE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE ADMINISTRATION? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD, I'M GOING TO ADVISE THE BOARD THAT YOU'RE NOT POSTED TO VOTE TO CHANGE YOUR BOARD POLICY. SO THAT WOULDN'T BE AN OPTION TONIGHT.

BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, THEN I WILL NOW DECLARE THIS PORTION OF THE COMPLAINT APPEAL COMPLETED.

THE BOARD, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE BOARD WILL NOW CLOSE THE MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE COMPLAINT AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM ITS ATTORNEY UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE

[13.0 Executive Session ]

I OBJECT TO THE DELIBERATION AND CLOSED SESSION.

PLEASE. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S BEEN AN OBJECTION TO THE DELIBERATION IN CLOSED SESSION.

IS THERE ANY BOARD MEMBER WHO WISHES TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL IN CLOSED SESSION? I WISH TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL IN CLOSED SESSION.

THE BOARD WILL COME OUT FOR DELIBERATION, BUT IT WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551071.

THE TIME IS 10:35.

THE TIME IS 10:47.

THE BOARD IS NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

CLOSED SESSION ENDED AT 10:46.

NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS OR DELIBERATION.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

IT WAS STATED THAT THE BOARD HAD DECIDED, I GUESS, DURING THE LEVEL TWO HEARING, WHAT WAS AND

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MS. DE LA CRUZ CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME CLARITY BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE BOARD HAS ACTUALLY HEARD YOUR GRIEVANCE? IN YOUR IN YOUR BOARD BOOK, YOU SHOULD HAVE AN EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS THE LEVEL TWO RESPONSE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS QUOTING FROM.

SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO DR.

MCFARLAND'S DECISION? YES. THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THE ACTUAL LETTER WAS SIGNED BY RUBY BATISTE.

THANK YOU. IT WAS NOT HEARD BY THE BOARD, THOUGH, CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVED TO AFFIRMED A LEVEL TWO DECISION TO REVIEW THE POLICY AND POSSIBLY MODIFY BED LOCAL AND CONSIDER A GRACE PERIOD AS STATED AT LEVEL TWO.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY DELIBERATION ON THE MOTION.

HEARING NONE IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD PLEASE VOTE.

BY A SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.