Jan 26, 2023 Regular Board Meeting

THEN ALSO I WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY POINTS OF PRIDE.

>> HE'S ALSO AN ALPHA.

[LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU, BOARD.

>> I ACTUALLY DO. I HAVE TWO POINTS OF PRIDE FOR TODAY.

FIRST OFF, HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

[APPLAUSE] YOU GUYS HAVE HONESTLY TAUGHT ME SO MUCH IN JUST THIS SMALL LITTLE TIME THAT I'VE HAD WITH YOU SO FAR, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MY SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT THE CROWLEY ISD MOCK TRIAL AND STATE AFFAIRS TEAM IS GOING TO STATE FINALS IN MARCH.

[APPLAUSE] I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M ON THERE. [LAUGHTER]

>> YES. WELL, AWESOME.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT BOTH THE CROWLEY AND NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAMS HAVE MADE IT TO REGIONALS.

>> WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON IN CROWLEY ISD.

THANK YOU STUDENT BOARD FOR SHARING THOSE WONDERFUL POINTS OF PRIDE.

I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE OF OUR POSITIVENESS GOING OUT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THAT AND SHARING THOSE.

AT THIS TIME, THIS WINNER OVER HERE IS WHERE THE AGENDA

[4.0 Superintendent Report]

ITEM 4.0 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, I AM EXCITED BECAUSE I HAVE WON LITTLE AWARDS [LAUGHTER] BUT I WILL SHARE THIS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT WHAT I WAS PLAYING IT SAFE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AND MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF CREATING A VISION BOARD, SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE POWER OF THAT.

IN THAT I CREATED A VISION BOARD AND I PUT RUN 5K ON MY VISION BOARD, I RAN OUT 5K THANK YOU DR. HALL FOR PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER.

I KNOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SCHOOL BUSINESS BUT I THOUGHT I'D SHARE IT.

JUST THIS AND THAT. REALLY THOUGH TODAY, I'M DEFINITELY EXCITED, DEFINITELY GLAD TO SEE SO MANY SUPPORTERS, AND SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKING QUITE A WHILE SINCE ALMOST PROBABLY MAY OF LAST YEAR, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT WE SHARED TONIGHT.

WHAT I WOULD DO IS I WILL MOVE MY TIME AS ALSO THE AGENDA CAN MOVE FORWARD,

[5.0 Recognition Item(s) ]

BUT I DO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL VIDEO THAT WE'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA. WATCH THIS.

>> [MUSIC] SEVEN VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE WORK ON MY SCHOOL BOARD.

>> THEY'RE MOMS AND DADS, EDUCATORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND LEADERS IN THEIR FIELD.

>> AND WHILE THEY WERE ELECTED BY OUR COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T GET PAID FOR THE LONG HOURS THE SPEND LEANING IN GUIDE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>> BUT THE IMPACT OF THEIR DECISION IS FOR BY EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY.

>> AS WE CELEBRATE SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR TRUSTIES FOR ALL THEY DO FOR THE STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY OF CROWLEY ISD.

OF COURSE, I THANK YOU CROWLEY ISD, WHERE DIVERSITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER CAN BE SAID IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

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>> [FOREIGN] IN ENGLISH THAT MEANS.

>> THANK YOU CROWLEY ISD BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR DEDICATION, COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM, AND WE ALL WANT TO SAY.

THANK YOU.

>> [FOREIGN] IN ENGLISH, THAT MEANS THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE MY DREAM OF BECOMING A DOCTOR.

>> [FOREIGN] AS A MOTHER, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND MY DAUGHTER TO BILINGUAL PRE-K. SHE'S GETTING A GREAT START TO HER EDUCATION IN CROWLEY ISD.

>> THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD.

>> CROWLEY ISD THANK YOU FOR HELPING THEM PROVIDE INCREDIBLE FACILITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS LIKE THIS ONE.

>> [FOREIGN] THANK YOU FOR THIS BOARD, AND FOR PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH THE BEST LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS.

WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS ACHIEVEMENT.

>> [FOREIGN]

>> THANK YOU FOR WORKING HARD EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE YOU STILL MEET OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

[FOREIGN] [NOISE]

>> THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR GESTURE IS INCLUSIVE, AND THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.

>> THANK YOU, SCHOOL BOARD.

>> [FOREIGN] IN ENGLISH, THIS MEANS, THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD FOR LOVING OUR STUDENTS AND CARING FOR OUR TEACHERS.

>> [MUSIC] WE LOVE YOU CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD.

>> [SPANISH] IN ENGLISH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> WE APPRECIATE EACH OF OUR SEVEN VARIOUS SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES DR. LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD, GARY GRASSIA, NEDRA ROBINSON, DARYL R. DAVIS, II JUNE W. DAVIS, DR. MIA HALL, KELICIA STEVENSON AS A STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE, I'VE ALREADY LEARNED SO MUCH FROM EACH OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE OF SERVICE.

>> SCHOOL BOARD YOUR WORD IS IMPACTING ALL OF STUDENT IN CROWLEY ISD.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US MAKE OUR WAY TO BEING IN TOP, IN TARRANT COUNTY.

YOU SHOW US WHAT IT MEANS TO ACT LIKE A FAMILY.

>> AND WORK LIKE A TEAM.

>> AND I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THEREFORE, THE MONTH OF JANUARY YOU ALL ARE OUR HEARTBEAT WINNERS.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SHOWING HOW WE PROUD WE ARE.

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>> WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY PARENTS IN THE ROOM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR CHILDREN ASKED YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT OR WHAT CAN WE GET YOU? THIS IS CHRISTMAS AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS AND YOU JUST SAY, AS PARENTS, MOST OF US WILL SAY SOMETHING FROM THE HEART, SOMETHING THAT'S GENUINE, SOMETHING THAT'S SINCERE.

THIS WAS TOTALLY GENUINE AND SINCERE AND TOTALLY FROM THE HEART.

I CAN TELL.

WE JUST AT LEAST I'M SPEAKING FOR ME, LIKE OVERWHELMED IN SUCH A GREAT WAY FROM THE OUTPOURING.

THAT WAS SO SPECIAL AND WHAT A SURPRISE.

WE HAD OTHER IDEAS OF WHAT WE THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUT [LAUGHTER] THE HEARTBEAT AWARD, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING US, AND BOARD AT THIS TIME, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, YOU JUST SAY WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE.

>> I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. I'M SUCH A BIG CRY BABY OUT.

I BARELY MADE IT THROUGH THE VIDEO.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT JUST GOES BACK TO SHOW THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CHILDREN AND FOR THE CROWLEY ISD, SO I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART BECAUSE NOW I KNOW MY RUNNING WAS NOT IN VAIN SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU.

>> I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IF I SWORE THAT IF I EVER WON THE HEARTBEAT AWARD, I WAS NOT GOING TO CRY.

[LAUGHTER] IT DIDN'T WORK.

>> I WILL JUST BRIEFLY SAY, IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE, AND I AM TREMENDOUSLY GRATEFUL JUST FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND THIS PRIVILEGE TO BE A VOICE FOR SO MANY WHO FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES ARE NOT HEARD.

TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR CHILDREN, TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR FACULTY AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND SO THOUGH, PERSONALLY, I DON T THINK THAT I'VE DONE ANYTHING WORTHY OF RECEIVING A HEARTBEAT AWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME AMAZING INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, MAYBE I CAN GET THROUGH THIS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO MR. KIRSCHNER AND HIS STAFF OR WHOEVER, WHO CREATED THIS? WHO CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA? [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU I MEAN, JUST WHEN YOU THINK, OH, THEY CAN'T TALK, SOMETHING.

YES, THEY DID, YOU DO AND THIS WAS A VERY, VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CREATIVITY AND RECOGNIZING US.

I'M JUST ALWAYS AMAZED SO THANK YOU.

>> I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUE HAVE CAPTAINED MY SENTIMENT, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO LET THEM I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE GESTURE IN THEIR SENTIMENT AND YOU ALL MAKE ME CRY EVERY MONTH WITH A HEARTBEAT AWARD, THOUGH.

I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE A HEARTBEAT AWARD.

BUT YOU ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DOES SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.

PRESENTING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO SHOW, I THINK, WHO WE ARE IN CROWLEY ISD SO I FEEL VERY BLESSED AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND TRUSTEES, AND TO SERVE SUCH A WONDERFUL AND THOUGHTFUL STAFF AND COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU.

>> PAUSE THIS OUT. I'LL SAY [FOREIGN] THERE WAS ONE LANGUAGE THAT WASN'T THERE.

THIS TURKISH BUT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

LIKE MY COLLEAGUES SAID, IT WAS UNEXPECTED AND I WAS LIKE OH, WINS THE HEARTBEAT.

[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY.

THEY DID THIS WENT SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA ITEM BEFORE THE HEARTBEAT.

I WASN'T EXPECTING, BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF CROWLEY ISD AND BEAUTIFUL REPRESENTATION AND SO LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID, FROM OUR HEARTS WE SAY THANK YOU.

>> DO YOU HAVE MORE

>> WE DO HAVE MORE [LAUGHTER].

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK HOW DID YOU ALL KEEP THOSE POM POMS A SECRET.

LIKE, I DIDN'T SEE THEM WHEN WE CAME IN.

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>> EVERYONE'S SEAT.

>> OKAY. WELL, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, SINCE WE'RE RECOGNIZING BOARD MEMBERS, I DO WISH WE WISH OUR BOARD MEMBER, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THE BACK.

BUT WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY, WHAT DR. MIA HALL BIRTHDAY IS TODAY SO TALK ABOUT SERVING [APPLAUSE] SO LETS WISH HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

THANK YOU. I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT IN, BUT THAT TO SEEM LIKE APPROPRIATE PLACE.

>> WELL, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF CROWLEY ISD, IT'S OUR HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR BOARD NOT ONLY DURING BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, BUT EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR, BUT THIS MONTH'S HEARTBEATING AWARD AND THERE, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL WE APPRECIATE YOU TO DOING YOUR SERVICE.

THIS EVENING WE DO, AS PART OF THE TRADITION IS THE HEARTBEAT WINTER TASTES.

IF YOU SHOW WITH THE HEARTBEAT BANNER AND DR. MCFARLAND AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT, BUT WE ALSO, WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THESE ARE CITY LEADERS WHO KNOW THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AND THEY RECORDED A FEW SHORT MESSAGES SO LET'S WATCH THAT.

AND THEN AFTER THAT VIDEO WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE YOU PICTURE. WATCH THIS.

>> THIS IS COUNTY COMMISSIONER ROY CHARLES BROOKS.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY PERSONAL APPRECIATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR STANDING IN THE GAP FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CROWLEY ISD.

I WAS TOLD ONCE BY A VERY DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR THAT WHATEVER THE QUESTION EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER.

IN THAT REGARD, YOU AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, STAND AT THE PORTAL FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CHILDREN THAT YOU SERVE.

THROUGH THAT PORTAL THEY WILL ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WILL ACCESS CAREERS, THEY WILL ACCESS THE ABILITY TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES.

YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BY MAKING POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR LIFE JOURNEYS, MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO LEAVE POVERTY BEHIND, TO LEAVE HOPELESSNESS BEHIND, TO LEAVE IGNORANCE BEHIND.

WHAT YOU DO IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN THE MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN AND IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE THAT WE CELEBRATE YOU DURING SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

I CONGRATULATE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN AND I SALUTE YOU AS PARTNERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CROWLEY ISD.

>> HEY, THIS IS JIMMY MCDONALD, CROWLEY CITY COUNCIL, ALSO CROWLEY ALUMNI.

I WOULD LIKE TO TELL THE CROWLEY SCHOOL BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING, THE TIME YOU ARE PUTTING VOLUNTEERING TIME TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY.

>> HELLO DR. WOODSON MAYFIELD AND THE ENTIRE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING LEADERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT ISN'T LOST UPON ME ON THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL MAKE, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, CENTERING OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR SUCCESS IN DRIVING ALL THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES NOT ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT OUR ENTIRE CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY.

TO YOU DR. MCFARLAND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE STAFF DO, WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR BOARD.

ULTIMATELY, WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT LIKE CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED, BUT WE'RE A LEADER AND EDUCATING OUR NEXT GENERATION OF FUTURE LEADERS.

CHEERS TO YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS.

>> I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE BOARD, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING ON THE BOARD AND NOT BEING ON THE BOARD.

WHEN YOU ARE ON THE BOARD, YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN'T DO AND THERE IS A LOT OF REGULATIONS.

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ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE BOARD AND THAT'S THIS, I APPRECIATE THE BOARD FOR THEIR TIME COMMITMENT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TERM COMMITMENT IS.

I KNOW THAT IN YOUR FAMILY, AFTER YOU WERE ELECTED AND CAME TO THE BOARD, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY ALWAYS SAYS THE SAME THING, "WHAT? ANOTHER MEETING?" HANG IN THERE BOARD, GOOD JOB.

[LAUGHTER]

>> GOOD EVENING CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THIS IS COUNCILMAN CHRIS NETTLES.

I WANT TO FIRST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT AND WORK YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY FOR THE WORK.

IN ORDER TO HAVE A STRONGER CITY, WE MUST HAVE A SMART CITY.

THE PARTNERSHIP OF OUR OFFICE IN THE CITY OF THE WORK, CROWLEY ISD, YOU GUYS ARE TRULY THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOUR HARD EFFORT AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND PARENTS.

TODAY YOU ARE APPRECIATED.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> MY NAME IS KARLA ANDREWS.

I AM A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY OF CROWLEY AND I AM HERE TODAY TO SAY THANK YOU.

I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CROWLEY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AND I ENJOY LIVING IN CROWLEY CITY VERY MUCH.

TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR. MAYFIELD AND THE ENTIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FAMILIES, WE APPRECIATE YOU SO VERY MUCH.

SO TODAY KUDOS TO YOU GUYS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS KARLA ANDREWS.

I AM A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AMBASSADOR AND A HEALTH AND WELLNESS COACH FOR AWESOME HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

THANKS SO MUCH, YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT EVENING, GOODNIGHT.

>> I'M ROD PAIGE, FORMER UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE WORK THAT YOU DOING ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN OF STATE OF TEXAS.

I UNDERSTAND A STATEMENT YOU'VE MADE THAT REALLY IMPRESSES ME FORWARD TOGETHER.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER STATEMENT THAT WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT.

IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT A REAL ESTATE STATEMENT IF YOU ARE MOVING TOGETHER FORWARD, THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING I'M THINKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

>> ARE YOU ALL READY FOR THAT PICTURE? [LAUGHTER] I'D LIKE TO HAVE A FEW OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, A COUPLE OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES JOIN US AND BRING YOUR PALMS UP AND WE'LL GET AROUND THE SIDES AND BEHIND THEM AND SHOW SOME CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED FOR THIS SHOT.

[BACKGROUND] THE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, STAFF MEMBER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PHOTO AROUND.

>> ALEX. [BACKGROUND]

>> CROWLEY PRIDE.

>> YOU ARE.

>> ACT LIKE A FAMILY.

>> WORK LIKE A TEAM.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]

>> [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU.

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>> BREAK TIME. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU AGAIN, DR. MCFARLAND, MR. KIRSCHNER AND YOUR STAFF, AND ALL OF THE ONES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE VIDEO, IN ALL OF THIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WAS THE HEARTBEAT OF ALL? [LAUGHTER] THEN WE DID 5.2.

NOW WE'RE IN THE AGENDA ITEM 5.3, THE FORT WORTH STOCKS SHOW AND RODEO ART CONTEST FINALIST AYDEN RAGSTER, DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE MR. PARSEN HERE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM, MR. PARSEN.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR. MCFARLAND.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ALL TONIGHT, AYDEN RAGSTER FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE] AND THE ART TEACHER CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, MR. RUSSELL [APPLAUSE].

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE FORT WORTH STOCKS SHOW AND RODEO IS UNDERWAY THIS WEEKEND.

THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND, SO BE SURE YOU ALL ENJOY THE RODEO, THE RIDES, THE FOOD, BUT ALSO THE ART SHOW.

WHEN YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A VERY SPECIAL PIECE OF ART GRADED BY AYDEN.

GRUMBLE PLEASE [APPLAUSE].

AYDEN IS A FINALIST OF THE ART CONTESTS AND IT'S THERE ON DISPLAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

AYDEN TELL US ABOUT YOUR PIECE.

WHAT ARE THOSE MATERIALS? WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION AND WHAT DO YOU DO AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL?

>> I JUST USED POLYMERIC PLATE TO INSTALL THE HORSE AND THE COW BOY.

MY INSPIRATION WAS, I JUST WANTED TO EMBODY TEXAS AND I MADE ARMADILLO, THAT'S THE ANIMAL.

>> THERE IT IS. [APPLAUSE]

>> WE'LL PROBABLY BE SEEING YOUR PIECE ON DISPLAY.

WE SHOULD GO THIS WEEKEND AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH IT.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU, WAY TO GO.

MS. RUSSELL WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HAVE AYDEN IN CLASS AND WHAT HE DOES?

>> [INAUDIBLE] HE WORKS REALLY HARD.

>> WAY TO GO. PROUD PRIDE UNIFIED AND REALLY REPRESENTING ALL CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT?

>> I HAVE MY MUM, DAD, AND GRANDMA.

>> OUR TRUSTEES WILL LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS, ALSO SHAKE YOUR HAND AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON A JOB WELL DONE.

>> DEFINITELY A JOB WELL DONE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SO CREATIVE.

YES, I'VE TALKED TO MS. RUSSELL SEVERAL TIMES AND SHE JUST ADORES INSPIRING HER STUDENTS.

YOUR WORK IS INCREDIBLE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT AND AS A FINALIST THAT SAYS SO MUCH, SO THANK YOU.

BEAUTIFUL. THAT MEANS NEXT LEVEL, WINNER.

ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING?

>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

LOOKING AT THAT DARK GREEN, THE CACTUS, IS THAT THE HORSE'S SHADOW? [BACKGROUND] GOOD JOB.

THAT'S MORE THAN NEXT LEVEL.

I THOUGHT I COULD DRAW.

[LAUGHTER] NO, THIS IS EXCELLENT.

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL WORK.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE MR. RAGSTER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[BACKGROUND] AGENDA ITEM 5.4, THE TEXAS ESPORTS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALIST, DR.MCFARLAND.

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>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT RECOGNITION, AND WE HAVE MR. BRADLEY PARKER HERE TO PRESENT HIS ITEM.

>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR. MCFARLAND.

IT GIVES ME GREAT PRIDE TO SHOWCASE ANOTHER CROWLEY ISD SUCCESS IN THE FORM OF CROWLEY ISD ESPORTS.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE CASEY SMITH TO YOU.

HE'S A DIGITAL LEARNING SPECIALIST, BUT ALSO IS THE DRIVING FORCE THAT IS PROPELLING ESPORTS FORWARD IN OUR DISTRICT.

HE HAS ORGANIZED THIS PROGRAM FROM THE GROUND UP AND MANAGES ITS APPLICATION AT THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND TWO 9TH GRADE CENTERS.

>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR. MCFARLAND.

ESPORTS IS VIDEO GAMING AT THE COMPETITIVE LEVEL, JUST LIKE AT THE TRADITIONAL ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS EXCEPT VIRTUAL.

WHILE DELIVERY OF THE PROGRAM IS VIDEO GAMING, THERE'S NEW EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT A WELL PLAYED ESPORTS PROGRAM CAN HELP DRIVE THE STEM PROGRAM WITH MANY SKILLS SUCH AS TEAMWORK AND PROBLEM SOLVING, SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY, USING DATA AND EVIDENCE, AND AN INCREASED TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCY.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 56 STUDENTS ACTIVE WITH ESPORTS ATHLETES, AND THAT NUMBER KEEPS GROWING.

PLAYING A VARIETY OF SEVEN GAMES IN FOUR DIFFERENT LEAGUE, OUR ROCKET LEAGUE TEAM WHICH IS HERE TODAY QUALIFIED IN JUST OUR SECOND YEAR OF EXISTENCE TO PLAY IN THE VANTA LEAGUE STATE TOURNAMENT, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN DUNCAVILLE IN THE ESPORTS ARENA.

OUT OF 56 TEAMS, VANTA TOOK THE TOP 16 TEAMS WHICH WE PLACE IN, AND WE WON ALL THE MATCHES UP TO THE FINAL FOUR WHICH THEY HELD IN PERSON.

WE CAME UP A LITTLE BIT SHORT BUT THAT LEFT US HUNGRY.

OUR GOAL IS FOR THE SPRING.

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE TROPHY BACK AND THEN WE'LL SWEEP THE WHOLE THING.

[APPLAUSE] I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO THOSE LEAGUES, THOSE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

WE WANT THEM ALL WITH REGRETS.

IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR ROCKET LEAGUE STATE FINALISTS COACHED BY COACH DENNIS GRIER AND MR. WESLEY [INAUDIBLE] HERE.

WE HAVE JEVAN ATKINS FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE MARQUIS OLVERA FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL 9, [APPLAUSE] AND WE ALSO HAVE XZAVIER FRYE FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, [APPLAUSE] AND WE ALSO HAVE BILAL PEARSON WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT HE WAS ALSO A STUDENT WITH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE SPORTS ARE? LIKE WHAT'S THE COMPETITION?

>> WE HAVE SEVEN GAMES THAT WE DO.

THE ONE THAT WE PLACED IN WAS IS CALLED ROCKET LEAGUE.

MERGING THREE ON THREE SOCCER, IN A BIG DOME, NO RULES, JUST DRIVE AND HIT THE BALL AND SCORE, BUT YOU CAN DRIVE UP ON THE CEILINGS, YOU CAN DRIVE ANYWHERE.

IT'S A VERY TECHNICAL APPLICATION WHERE JUST ANGLES AND THINGS LIKE I'M JUST HITTING THE BALL DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

IT'S A LOT OF TEAMWORK, VERY HIGH-LEVEL COORDINATION, AND COMMUNICATION.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REALLY COOL THINGS ABOUT THESE WORDS IS IT'S TEAMWORK, COMMUNICATION AND IT'S JUST VERY FAST, VERY QUICK REACTIONS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST IN CASE ANYBODY ELSE HAD A QUESTION [LAUGHTER] ABOUT ESPORTS, I'M STILL LEARNING. THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO INVITE YOU OVER.

>> CAN YOU DO THAT?

>> WE CAN DO THAT. [OVERLAPPING].

>> DO YOU PUBLISH A SCHEDULE SO THAT WE CAN BE SPECTATOR? I THINK WE ALL LIKE TO SEE IT IN APPLICATION.

YES, SURE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

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WE ALSO HAVE TWITCH AND WE TRY TO GO THROUGH AND LIVE STREAM OUR MATCHES AS WELL.

>> WHAT?

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> WE GET THAT INFORMATION NOW.

[OVERLAPPING] THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

>> YEAH.

>> WE CAN WATCH THEM PLAY ON THE I THINK THERE'S A BIG JUMBO TRON IN A SPORTS ARENA OR SOMETHING.

[LAUGHTER] BUT WITH ROCKET LEAGUE, YOU SELECT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAR AND EACH CAR THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IS THAT CORRECT OR HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> MOST MOST OF THE CARS ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME, BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS DIFFERENT CARS ARE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES.

SOME ARE GOING TO BE MUCH EASIER FOR AERIAL ATTACKS, SOME ARE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE QUICKER ON THE SPEED, SOME OF THEM EVEN MORE DEFENSIVE.

A LOT OF IT JUST REALLY MATTERS WHERE YOU HIT THAT BALL.

DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF CAR THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU GET A BIGGER HIT BOX NOW AS YOU REDIRECT THE BALL AND TRY TO PASS IT TO THE TEAMMATES.

IT'S LOT OF ROTATIONS AND SO ALL IT TAKES IS JUST, THAT'S WHERE THAT COMMUNICATION REALLY COMES INTO PERFECT.

WHERE YOU'RE JUST ROTATING, EVERYBODY'S BOOSTING UP, TRYING TO SCORE IT AND JUST ONE PERSON WITHOUT A SCENE, RUINS THE WHOLE THING [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S VERY FAST.

>> HOW MANY?

>> LET ME SEND AN EXPERT.

>> YEAH. [LAUGHTER]

>> I CAN ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GAME.

[LAUGHTER] I GOT YOU.

NO WORRIES. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE GAME? LIKE WHAT IS IT? ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE SAID, HE GAVE YOU A PRETTY GOOD RUN DOWN, IT'S 3V3 SOCCER.

BUT THIS GAME IS OBVIOUSLY PLAYED WITH CARS.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF MECHANICS.

FOR INSTANCE, THINK OF A MECHANIC THAT CAN MAKE YOU GO FASTER.

YOU CAN JUMP, YOU CAN FLIP YOUR CAR LIKE IN A DIRECTION, BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND SOMETHING LIKE FIFA OR TRADITIONAL SOCCER IS THAT THERE'S NO RULES. THERE'S NO FOULS.

THINK OF A DERBY, LIKE A DEMOLITION ARENA WHERE THERE'S TWO GOALS, ONE BALL AND THREE PLAYERS ON EACH SIDE OF THE FIELD. IT SOUNDS SIMPLE.

IT SOUNDS JUST SCORE BALL AND GO.

IF YOU BREAK DOWN MOST SPORTS, THEY DO SOUND PRETTY SIMPLISTIC, BUT ROCKET LEAGUE IS LIKE ANY OTHER SPORT.

IT HAS EXTREME MECHANICAL DEPTH.

THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES INTO IT LIKE BUILD AWARENESS, MECHANICAL SKILL, BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND EFFECTIVELY PASS WITH YOUR TEAMMATES.

THAT EVEN PLAYERS WHO HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS IN THE GAME AREN'T EVEN IN THE TOP 50,000 PLAYERS. IT'S ONE OF THOSE.

IT'S JUST AS MECHANICAL AS FOR TRADITIONAL SPORTS, SO IT IS A TRUE MECHANICAL.

YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE CARS, CARS HAVE SLIGHT VARIATIONS AND HIT BOXES.

ESSENTIALLY A HITBOX IS THE WAY THAT YOUR CAR FUNCTIONS WITH THE BALL.

IF YOU HAVE A BIGGER CAR, YOU MIGHT HAVE A BIGGER HIT BOX, SO IT COVERS MORE AREA.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE STANDARDIZED AND THAT ESSENTIALLY YOUR CAR CHOICE ISN'T GOING TO MATTER THAT MUCH, IT MATTERS MORE ABOUT YOUR INDIVIDUAL SKILL.

>> WOW. [APPLAUSE]

>> NOW, I WAS SO IMPRESSED.

LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN FOR MS. DAVIS.

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. HOW MANY TOTAL STUDENTS DO WE HAVE PARTICIPATING IN THIS CLASS. IT'S A CLASS.

>> NO, MA'AM. THIS IS A CLUB.

>> HOW MANY TOTAL STUDENTS DO WE HAVE IN THIS CLUB?

>> AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE AT 40, BUT MY EMAIL KEEPS RINGING, SO WE'RE GETTING MORE AND WE'RE GOING IN WHICH THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT AND GREAT JOB YOUNG MAN, THAT THIS IS ALSO A POINT OF PRIDE THAT CROWLEY ISD THAT WE'RE NOT JUST ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW WELL YOU ALL ARE DOING BUT THE FACT THAT WE EVEN HAVE THIS TO OFFER IN OUR DISTRICT.

I USED TO HEAR DR. HALL SAY ALL THE TIME GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN CROWLEY ISD, SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. GREAT JOB TO YOU ALL.

JUST AS AN ASIDE, I BOUGHT MY SON AN OCULARS FOR CHRISTMAS [LAUGHTER], WHICH I TEND TO USE MORE THAN HE DOES, SO IF YOU NEED AN ALTERNATE CALL THE BOY.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE].

>> GREAT JOB STUDENTS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY MEMBERS, PARENTS, OR FRIENDS HERE TONIGHT WITH?

>> WITH ALL PLEASE STANDING AND FRIENDS AND AUDIENCE, CONGRATULATIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN.

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[BACKGROUND]

THIS TIME WE'RE AT AGENDA ITEM 6.1.THIS IS UNDER OUR CAMPUS AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS,

[6.0 Campus / Program Highlights]

DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BE HIGHLIGHTING DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY TONIGHT.

MR. CARSON IS HERE TO INTRODUCE HIS ITEM. CARSON.

>> THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR. MCFARLAND, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN PROUDLY RECOGNIZING OUR A-RATED CAMPUSES ACROSS CROWLEY ISD, THIS NIGHT IT'S OUR TURN TO SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND TO SHOW YOU HOW THEY ARE ACTING LIKE A FAMILY AND WORKING LIKE A TEAM TO HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER, IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO WE WERE BACK ON THE PEACH STREET CELEBRATING THE DEER CREEK TEAM AWARDING THEM THEIR BANNER FOR BEING AN A-RATED CAMPUS WITH FOUR DISTINCTIONS; ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING, SCIENCE, POSTSECONDARY READINESS, AND COMPARATIVE CLOSING THE GAPS.

[APPLAUSE] A VERY HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS BEFORE WE SHOW YOU A REALLY SPECIAL VIDEO.

IN DOMAIN 2A WHICH IS THAT STUDENT GROWTH DOMAIN.

YOU CAN SEE THE INCREDIBLE JUMPS THERE FROM 2018 TO 2022, DOMAIN 2B RELATIVE PERFORMANCE ALSO WE LIKE TO CALL THE TOP IN TARRANT COUNTY STANDARD, DOMAIN 3 CLOSING THE GAP.

LOOK AT THAT 63 TO 94, AND THE OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY SCORE, THEY RECEIVED A 92.

[APPLAUSE] RESULTS LIKE THAT DON'T JUST HAPPEN.

WATCH THIS VIDEO TO LEARN MORE.

[MUSIC]

>> DEER CREEK IS DEDICATED.

>> DEER CREEK IS EMPATHY.

>> DEER CREEK IS CARING.

>> DEER CREEK IS GROWTH.

>> DEER CREEK IS FAMILIAR.

>> I AM A DEER CREEK DRAGON.

>> HERE AT DEER CREEK THEY'RE REALLY IS A SENSE OF BELONGING.

UNOFFICIALLY, WE HAVE COINED THE TERM OURSELVES AS DEER CREEKY AND REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT'S A HAPPY PLACE TO BE.

PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE, OUR STUDENTS WANT TO BE HERE, OUR STAFF WANTS TO BE HERE, AND ANY PERSON THAT WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR, I THINK THEY FEEL THAT WARMTH AND THEY FEEL THAT LOVE JUST COMES OUT OF US.

IT REALLY IS A PASSION AND WE VIEW THIS AS A SERVICE OPPORTUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> GOOD MORNING, DRAGONS.

HAPPY TUESDAY.

IT IS A FANTASTIC DAY TO BE A DRAGON.

>> WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT DEER CREEK REALLY IS PEOPLE.

IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HARD THE PASSION, THEY LOVE BEING THERE. THEIR KIDS LOVE BEING THERE.

THEIR PARENTS LOVE HAVING THEIR KIDS AT DEER CREEK AND KIDS RESPOND AT HIGH LEVELS.

EVERY TWO LEVELS QUITE FRANKLY THEY HAVEN'T REACHED BEFORE. THEY'RE AT A CAMPUS.

THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE THE ABSOLUTE BEST, THEY'RE CONSIDERED A GREAT SCHOOL.

IT IS A GREAT SCHOOL WITH A GREAT LEADER, AND SO WE THEREFORE ARE SO PROUD OF MS. BRADLEY AND HER TEAM AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S COMING OUT OF DEER CREEK. WE'RE EXCITED.

>> WHEN I THINK BACK TO THE DAY WHEN WE FOUND OUT WE WERE IN AN A CAMPUS, THE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IS MAGICAL.

I CALLED IN OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND WE ALL JUST JUMPED AND CRIED AND CHEERED AND SCREAMED,IT WAS SUCH A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.

ALL THE HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT HAD COME TOGETHER IN THAT ONE MOMENT, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART WAS CELEBRATING WITH OUR STUDENTS.

WE WENT ON OUR LOUDSPEAKER, WE HAD MUSIC GOING, WE WERE DANCING IN THE HALLWAYS.

WE WENT IN CLASSROOMS AND CHEERED WITH STUDENTS,

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AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TOLD THEM THAT THEY ARE THE BEST.

>> I WAS DEFINITELY CRYING.

I WAS SO PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON.

I KNEW THAT IT MEANT THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD REACHED THEIR GOAL AND THAT WAS JUST GOING TO DRIVE THEM TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES MUCH MORE.

>> IN SPORTS, YOU WORK HARD IN HOPES OF WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

IN EDUCATION, THAT'S THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE REALLY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND IT WAS AMAZING FOR THE KIDS TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH NO MATTER WHAT SITUATION, WHAT THEIR HOME LIFE IS.

>> IN 2019, WHICH WAS THE LAST YEAR PRIOR TO THIS, THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING SHEETS FOR CAMPUSES, DEER CREEK WAS THE RATED CAMPUS AND IN THIS LAST ROUND OF ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS IN 2022, THEY MOVED UP TO AN A.

THEY MADE NEARLY A 20 POINT JUMP IN THEIR OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING.

IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE TO DO THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO OVERHAUL A WHOLE BUNCH OF YOUR SYSTEMS ON YOUR CAMPUS, GET YOUR STAFF TO BUY IN AND REALLY MOVE THE CULTURE FORWARD AS WELL AS INSTRUCTION IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> WHAT WAS THE MOST MISSED, LAST YEAR WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO EDUCATION DIFFERENTLY.

WE DECIDED AS A CAMPUS THAT WE WANT TO BE BETTER, AND TO BE BETTER WE HAD TO DO THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT, AND NEW AND THROUGH THOSE TRANSPARENT CONVERSATIONS, THROUGH THAT VULNERABILITY OF OPENING OUR CLASSROOM DOORS OF LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER, COLLABORATING AS TEAMS, AND LEADING DIFFERENTLY, WE ARE REALLY ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH BIG THINGS.

>> IT'S ALMOST A 30-POINT JUMP IN CLOSING GAPS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS REALLY SHIFTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHERE EVERY STUDENT IS, THERE'S NO STUDENT GROUPS FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS.

THERE'S NO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WHO AREN'T BEING CARED FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT NUMBER IN THAT JUMP REALLY REPRESENTS.

>> HERE IN DEER CREEK, EVERY CHILD IS IMPORTANT, EVERY CHILD MATTERS AND WE KNOW THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD TO MAKE GROWTH [FOREIGN].

>> WHENEVER WE WOULD HAVE MEETINGS, WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR BILINGUAL STUDENTS, OUR SPANISH STUDENTS, EVEN THOSE THAT WERE IN THE MONOLINGUAL PROGRAM, THAT THEY WERE GETTING THE BEST SERVICES TO MEET THEIR GOALS.

EVERY SYSTEM THAT WE HAD AT PLACE, WE MADE SURE THAT WE HAD COLLABORATION WITHIN OUR TEACHERS, WITHIN THE GRADE LEVELS OF THE BILINGUAL AND MONOLINGUAL PROGRAMS, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS SHOOTING FOR THE SAME GOALS.

EVERYONE WAS PUSHING FORWARD, EVEN IF THAT MEANT THAT CERTAIN THINGS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED OR CATERED TO THOSE SPECIFIC CLASSROOMS OR SPECIFIC PROGRAM.

>> THIS JUMPED OUR THIRD GRADE, MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING WHOLE NUMBERS.

DATA IS LIKE THE ROAD MAP.

IT'S A TURN BY TURN GPS THAT GETS US TO THE DESTINATION, SO WE LOOK AT DATA OVERALL, THEN WE BREAK IT DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL, THEN WE BREAK IT DOWN BY TEACHERS, SUB GROUPS.

WHEN WE REALLY SIT DOWN AND START LOOKING AT DATA AND PLANNING, IT REALLY TURNS INTO A LOT OF WORK.

IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED THE NFL DRAFT, WHEN THEY START TO PICKING THEIR PLAYERS, IT'S LIKE LAPTOPS AND SCREENS EVERYWHERE, PEOPLE WRITING ON THE WHITE BOARD, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

>> I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT DEER CREEK GOT AN A RATING, DOES NOT SURPRISE ME ONE BIT.

THIS IS AN A+ SCHOOL, THE TEACHERS ARE AMAZING AND THE KIDS ARE THRIVING.

>> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE SCHOOL IS THAT THE TEACHERS ARE ALWAYS TRYING THEIR BEST.

THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE FUN.

THEY'LL ALWAYS LET US HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN BUT ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK AT THE SAME TIME.

I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THIS PLACE.

IT FEELS LIKE HOME, I FEEL LIKE I'M WITH FAMILY, THEY'RE ALWAYS SO NICE.

>> ALL RIGHT MY FRIENDS, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT TODAY, KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOVED, YOU'RE VALUED, YOU'RE SEEN, AND YOU'RE EVERYTHING GOOD IN THE WORLD, AND YOU ARE PERFECT TO BE HERE AT DEER CREEK.

DEER CREEK IS A FAMILY, IT IS OUR PLACE.

IT IS WHERE WE CHOOSE TO BE AT LEAST EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> MY DAUGHTER WAS ILL FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND SHE MISSED SCHOOL.

SHE IS ACTUALLY IN MEMPHIS BEING TREATED FOR CANCER.

WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL, WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THIS, BUT THEY DID CLAP IN.

THE ENTIRE SCHOOL WIND THE HALLWAYS AND CLAPPED HER BACK INTO SCHOOL AND THEY HAD A SONG PLAYING FOR HER.

IT WAS JUST AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE CULTURES HERE AT DEER CREEK.

IT EPITOMIZED WHAT THEY DO ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.

IT WAS JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.

BUT THAT FEELING IS ALWAYS HERE WHERE THE KIDS AND

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THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF ARE CHEERING EACH OTHER ON AND IT STARTS AT THE TOP.

>> MS. BROWN IS VERY PERSONAL, AND I MEAN IT'S CONTAGIOUS.

WHEN WE SHOW UP EVERY DAY, IT FEELS GOOD TO SHOW UP TO WORK.

IT FEELS GOOD TO BE HERE.

>> SHE ALWAYS LEADS WITH LOVE.

EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES, SHE PUSHES FORWARD WITH LOVE.

SHE'S SO INTENTIONAL ABOUT SEEING PEOPLE AND ABOUT HEARING PEOPLE.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNT, NOT ONLY BY SEEING HER, BUT ALSO BY BEING PART OF WHAT SHE DOES EVERY SINGLE DAY

>> WHEN YOU WALK INTO DEER CREEK, YOU LITERALLY FEEL HOW MUCH THE ADMINISTRATORS CARE FOR THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS, HOW MUCH THE TEACHERS CARE FOR THEIR STUDENTS, AND REALLY HOW THE STUDENTS CARE FOR EACH OTHER.

WHEN YOU BUILD A CULTURE THAT SAYS THAT YOU'RE UNIQUE, AND THAT'S NOT JUST OKAY, BUT THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING SOMETHING TO US AS A COMMUNITY, THEN YOU GET WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT DEER CREEK.

FOR EVERY STUDENT, WHAT THEY HAVE FROM THEIR CULTURE IS AN ASSET, IT'S NOT A DEFICIT.

WE KNOW WHERE EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IS AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT'S DEER CREEK.

>> LET'S HEAR FOR THE DEER CREEK [APPLAUSE].

>> WOW. I MIGHT USE SOME OF THOSE TISSUES, [LAUGHTER] I'M JUST BLOWN AWAY AT THAT.

WE ACTUALLY WANT TO START OUT AND GIVE A HUGE THANKS ACTUALLY TO THE BOARD.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE.

IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WITH A VISIONARY GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND DR. MCFARLAND AND THE BOARD, YOU ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE DO, AND SO JUST A HUGE GRATITUDE GOES OUT TO YOU.

AS I SAID IN THE VIDEO, WE DARED LAST YEAR TO DO EDUCATION DIFFERENTLY.

WE NEEDED SOMETHING MORE, AND IT TOOK EVEN MS. ROE AND DR. WILLIAMS AND OUR PRINCIPAL CLUSTER GROUP [NOISE] BECAUSE WHAT IT DID WAS THEY SAID YES AND, HOW CAN WE HELP? THIS IS REALLY JUST A GROUP AND LEGACY COMES FROM DEER CREEK.

WE HAVE THESE ROOTS THERE.

DEER CREEK IS A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE.

IT'S ABOUT OUR FAMILIES WHO HAVE STUDENTS THAT COME THROUGH OUR DOORS.

IT'S SIBLINGS COME THROUGH THEIR DOORS AND WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS THAT HAVE TAUGHT STUDENTS WHO NOW TAUGHT THE STUDENTS NOW BACK IN THE SCHOOL.

IT'S JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR CULTURE HERE AND FAMILY.

YOU SAW A LOT OF THAT BECAUSE IT IS A TRUE FAMILY.

THEY KNEW I WOULD CRY UP HERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW ME AND I KNOW THEM.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO TRULY STOP AND THANK THESE PEOPLE, WE HAVE SOME LEADERS NOW ON DIFFERENT CAMPUSES BUT CAME TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT DEER CREEK AS WELL AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

I'VE MET A FEW PARENTS IN THE ROOM.

WE'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO STAND AND JUST APPRECIATE [APPLAUSE].

THE ACCOMPLISHMENT, IT REALLY JUST TOOK EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN DEER CREEK.

FROM OUR FRONT OFFICE STAFF THAT WE KNOW, THEY MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT COMES IN IS VALUED AND SEEN THE SECOND THING WALK IN.

IT'S OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CREW THAT'S GETTING THEM READY FOR 3:00 THROUGH 5:00. IT'S OUR BUS DRIVERS.

THEY ARE FIRST TO SEE OUR STUDENTS AND THE LAST POINT OF CONTACT OF THE DAY.

GOODNESS, OUR 3:00 THROUGH 5:00 CREW.

THE FLEXIBILITY, THE PIVOTS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR TO MAKE THE MAGIC AND OF COURSE THE LEADERSHIP TEAM DRIVING THAT SHIP.

IT'S IN ALL THOSE IN-BETWEEN BECAUSE WE STOOD FOCUSED.

WE STOOD WITH A VISION AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAVE A FEW STUDENTS HERE TOO I SAW, WHO TOOK THE CHALLENGE TO GROW.

WE LOVE HARD ON OUR STUDENTS AT DEER CREEK, AND WE ALSO LOVE THEM ENOUGH TO NOT LET THEM STAY THERE.

IT'S A HUGE HONOR AND CELEBRATION.

THIS IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND SUCH AN HONOR TO BE CELEBRATED IN THIS WAY.

BUT I WOULD ALSO BE REMISSED TO SAY THE ACCOMPLISHMENT, IT'S ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE.

IT'S THE PEOPLE BEHIND THAT, IT'S OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT PUT OUR STUDENTS NEEDS FIRST.

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WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, WHOEVER WE NEED TO GET TO REACH, IT'S THE PEOPLE, AND IT'S AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PASSION, TO THE FOCUS, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A JOB, THIS IS OUR CAREER AND THIS IS OUR SERVICE.

AGAIN, I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR AND CELEBRATING US THIS EVENING AND GO DEER CREEK.

[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND]

>> [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, DEER CREEK AND MS. BRADLEY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU SAID SO MANY KEYWORDS AND I WAS WRITING THEM ALL DOWN, BUT I WILL TELL YOU YOUR LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO BE MODELED IN ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATIONS [APPLAUSE] AND GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AROUND THE GLOBE.

WE COULD USE A LOT MORE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE, THAT COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. THANK YOU.

BOARD, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 7.1.

[7.0 CISD Student School Board Trustee Program Pilot]

THIS IS THE UPDATES FROM OUR STUDENTS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR FROM YOU AT THIS TIME. DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE FIRST, MS. ABRAM, WHO WILL SHARE SOME OF IT.

>> AT OUR SCHOOL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WITH FEBRUARY COMING UP, EVERYBODY AT SCHOOL IS PREPARING FOR VALENTINE'S DAY AS WELL AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SO YES.

>> THANK YOU. AT LEAST ON THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL BOARD, WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE MENTAL SYMPOSIUM, THAT IS, I BELIEVE, THIS SATURDAY.

>> WONDERFUL.

>> THANK YOU BOTH AND YES.

I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM THIS SATURDAY. THANK YOU BOTH.

ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD, OR COMMENTS? WE DO HAVE SEVERAL LAB REPORT ITEMS, AGENDA ITEM 8.1.

[8.0 Report Item(s) / Presentation(s) (Part 1 of 2)]

THIS IS A PREVIEW OF THE CROWLEY ISD MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM. DR. MCFARLAND,.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT PREVIEW OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM.

WE HAVE THIS LANE HERE TO PRESENT AS WELL AS DR. HANNAH.

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

IF YOU-ALL WOULD OBLIGE ME AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONITOR BEHIND YOU OR IN FRONT OF YOU, I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU ALL CAN SEE, WE HAVE A MESSAGE FROM OUR KEYNOTE.

>> CROWLEY, TRENT SHELTON HERE.

I WANT TO INFORM YOU I WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM, ALONG WITH A LOT OF OUR SPEAKERS, A LOT OF GREAT WORKSHOP IN IT.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AROUND MENTAL HEALTH.

LET'S NOT WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

LET'S START IT NOW. LET'S START THE CONVERSATION NOW.

LET'S START HEALING NOW.

LET'S START TO CHANGE NOW.

ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE, EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS VIDEO RIGHT NOW IS A HUMAN BEING, AND A HUMAN BEING, WE ALL HAVE STRUGGLE, WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING WE'RE DEALING WITH, WHETHER IT'S BIG OR SMALL.

LET'S CHANGE THIS CONVERSATION.

LET'S COME TOGETHER.

LET'S HELP EACH OTHER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT AND THAT'S WHAT'S CROWLEY STANDS FOR.

I'LL SEE YOU SOON.

LET'S GET IT. [APPLAUSE]

>> SO JUST TO REITERATE THIS SATURDAY, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS OPPORTUNITY HERE IN CROWLEY TO GIVE INFORMATION

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AND ALSO RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER THAN OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER, ALUMNI OF NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL TRENT SHELTON.

WE ALL NEED IT. WE ARE A COMMUNITY.

MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS TO BE PUT IN THE FOREFRONT AND RATHER THAN BEING REACTIVE, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, HE HAS DECIDED THAT WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE.

SO THAT IS HOW WE ARE IN CROWLEY.

WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THINGS GET SO BAD THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, WE WANT TO RESPOND AND BE PROACTIVE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.

ON THE SCREENS YOU'LL SEE OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, JANUARY 28TH, 9:00-3:00 PM.

WE WILL START OFF WITH OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR VERY OWN DR.

MCFARLAND AND THEN TRENT SHELTON, OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

WE HAVE FOUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS IN WHICH OUR PARTICIPANTS WILL BE STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY, PARENTS.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SELECT THOSE ITEMS THAT THEY LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN.

WE HAVE OVER 39 PRESENTERS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PROBABLY OVER 50 SESSIONS IN WHICH THEY CAN CHOOSE FROM.

IT WILL BE A PLETHORA OF CHOICES FOR OUR AUDIENCES AND AUDIENCE AND PARTICIPANTS TO SELECT FROM.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL SERVE FOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THE FIRST 250 THAT REGISTERED WILL BE FED, AND WE WILL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAVE WITH RESOURCES THAT ARE WONDERFUL AND HELPFUL AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH.

WE HAVE OUR STUDENT PANEL IN WHICH TWO OF OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES WILL JUST SPEAK ABOUT THEIR VANTAGE POINTS ON MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR OUR STUDENTS VOICES.

TO DATE, WE HAVE OVER 390 REGISTRANTS, BUT WE WANT MORE. THANK YOU.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS FOR EVERYONE AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THE MESSAGE GETS OUT THERE.

IT'S NOT ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH.

AS DR. MCFARLAND SAYS, HEALTH IS WEALTH AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SPREAD THAT IN CROWLEY.

>> BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME?

>> JUST KUDOS. I AM SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND FOR YOUR FORESIGHT IN THIS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE.

>> ALSO, I KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE.

SO STUDENTS, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU WANT TO SHARE OR DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT OR CHALLENGE YOUR CLASSMATES TO ATTEND ON SATURDAY?

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY RELEVANT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY AS IT SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.

BUT IT'S NOW JUST COMING TO THE FOREFRONT.

I'M REALLY GLAD THAT ESPECIALLY SCHOOLS, BECAUSE A BULK OF STRESS IS FROM SCHOOL, I'M GLAD THAT OUR SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS OTHER TEACHERS AND PEOPLE ARE ADDRESSING THIS AND MAKING MOVES TO AID IT.

SO IT'S MORE OF JUST LIKE A THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

YES, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME, INCLUDING FAMILIES.

>> AWESOME. THANK YOU.

>> I AM VERY EXCITED NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM EVENT, BUT THE FACT THAT IT STANDS FOR THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH OF EVERYONE.

NOT JUST THE STUDENTS BUT THEIR PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS AS WELL.

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS MR. SHELTON SAID IN THE VIDEO, IF YOU'RE HUMAN, YOU ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM STRUGGLES.

EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS EXPERIENCED IT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T, AS MY PASTOR ALWAYS SAYS, KEEP LIVING, IT'S COMING.

BEING PREPARED RATHER THAN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, WILL BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO ALL OF US AND ALL OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.

THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

WE WILL SEE YOU ON SATURDAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

>> AGENDA ITEM 8.2.

THIS IS A STUDENT ENROLLMENT UPDATE, DR. MCFARLAND. YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S MOVE ON TO A 8.3, MY APOLOGIES.

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THE ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022.

CROWLEY ISD REBATES FROM PURCHASING COOPERATIVE, AND THE CASHBACK REBATE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TONIGHT.

WE HAVE MS. POWERS HERE TO SHARE THIS REPORT. POWERS.

>> THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, DR. MCFARLAND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TODAY, I WILL BE RECORDING OVER THE ANNUAL RECITES THAT WERE RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-22, WHICH WAS LAST FISCAL YEAR.

CROWLEY ISD ACTUALLY EARNED AN AGGREGATE REBATE AMOUNT OF $76,864.

WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A SNAPSHOT OF ALL OF THE REBATES THAT THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY RECEIVED THIS FORM FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR.

WE ARE A MEMBER OF SEVERAL NATIONAL, STATE, AND AUTHORIZED PURCHASING COOPERATIVES ALONG WITH INNER LOCAL AGREEMENTS.

NOT ALL PROVIDE REBATE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THE ONES THAT DO I SIGNED IT.

[LAUGHTER] I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME GREAT GUESTS HERE THAT ARE GOING TO ASSIST ME WITH PROVIDING THIS AWESOME INFORMATION TO YOU ALL.

I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT ACCORDING TO TEXAS EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 44, IT ACTUALLY STATES THAT ANYTIME THAT YOU GET A REBATE, THAT IS AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $25,000 OR MORE, WE HAVE TO REPORT IT TO THE BOARD.

THIS IS WHY THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT.

OUT OF ALL OF THOSE REBATES THAT WERE ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, TWO OF THE ONES ACTUALLY FALL UNDER THE STATUTE IN IT, FROM THE BUYBOARD COOPERATIVE AND IT'S ALSO FROM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL INTRODUCE MY FIRST TWO GUESTS FROM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK.

IT'S GOING TO BE BRETT HARPER AND PAULA DOLAN.

>> HEY, GUYS. MY NAME IS PAULA DOLAN I'M YOUR CURRENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGER. THIS IS BRETT HARPER.

>> I'M BRETT HARPER, I'M A BANK RELIEF MANAGER.

>> IT WAS THRILLED TO BE INVITED TO COME TO SEE THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

I HAVE ENJOYED SO MUCH LEARNING ABOUT MORE ABOUT CROWLEY.

THIS IS ANOTHER STEP.

OURS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL JOB.

WE WANT TO BRAG OUT A LITTLE BIT, I KNOW SHE'S HUMBLE, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

I MET HER BACK IN MAY, WE STARTED WORKING ON TRYING TO INCREASE OUR REPAY, TRYING TO FIND PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES THAT WE VIEWED.

[BACKGROUND] WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CELEBRATE THE WIN.

THIS YEAR YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF REPAY YOU WILL SEE JUST FOR PAYING, I WISH I COULD FIND SOMEONE TO DO THAT.

[LAUGHTER] NOW THAT HAS DONE AWAY TO INCREASE YOUR HARD VOLUME.

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ALTOGETHER, YOU PRECEDE A $44,000 EVERY DAY AND SHE IS FAIRLY IMPROVING AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED WITH THE ENHANCEMENTS AND POLICY PROCEDURES THAT SHE'S IMPLEMENTED.

NEXT YEAR WE'RE NOT HERE TALKING ABOUT AROUND $50,000.

SHE TOOK 713 CHECKS OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM.

THERE'S A SOFT SAVING THEIR TO PROCESS THE CHECK.

MOST CHECKS ANYWHERE FROM $30-60, TO PAY PROCESS AND RECONCILE.

SHE TOOK 713 CHECKS OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM AND PUT THEM ON A CORNER, WHICH IS A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS.

$1.3 MILLION PREVIOUS REBATE SPAN, THIS YEAR 3.1.

[APPLAUSE] 143 PERCENT GROWTH THREE YEARS IN OUR COMMERCIAL CARD CORNER.

SHE HAS 157 ACTIVE SUPPLIERS USING THIS VIRTUAL HARD VERSES THAT WE SHARE OUR REVENUE WITH YOU.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT SHE STARTED.

WE STARTED THE VIRTUAL CARD PROGRAM IN 2021, THEN WE CURRENTLY ARE IMPLEMENTING A KEY CARD PROGRAM BECAUSE WE DID AN ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS WITH THE STAND THAT WE COULD MOVE TO A CREDIT CARD, SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT CURRENTLY BEING PROCESSING THROUGH YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

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FIRST INTO CHECK, WHICH IS TO IDENTIFY THAT PLUS WE HAVE INITIATED ANOTHER SUPPLIER CAMPAIGN AND WE'VE ALREADY FOUND OVER $500,000 MORE THEY ARE ATTACHED TO PROGRAM.

AGAIN, STEADY GROWTH IN YOUR PROGRAM.

SHE DOES RESEARCHED, SHE DOES HER INVESTIGATIONS, SHE'S VERY GOOD AT BRAINY KNEE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP HER WITH ANYTHING.

THESE ARE THE IMPACTS OF THINGS THAT SHE'S LOOKING AT AND THE EXPANDING YOUR VIRTUAL CARD PROGRAM.

THESE ARE JUST SOLUTIONS OUT THERE THAT SHE'S RESEARCHING AND SHE'S A WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR US.

OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE CAME TO US AND ASK, IS THERE SOMEONE CURRENTLY USING YOUR PRODUCTS THAT WOULD BE A GOOD REFERENCE WHERE WE ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP.

SHE HAS HELPED A LOT OF OTHERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS. [NOISE]

>> THANK YOU, [APPLAUSE] MS. HARPER AND THANK YOU, MS. DOLAN.

MY NEXT GUESS THAT I HAVE THAT ONCE YOU ASSISTANCE WITH GOING OVER ANOTHER REBATE THAT WE RECEIVED IS DAN ELSON.

HE'S FROM THE BUYBOARD COOPERATIVE.

HE'S REPRESENTATIVE THAT I WORK WITH.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED BOARD, COOPERATE FARM.

AS A LIFELONG EDUCATOR MYSELF, 30 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY.

I KNOW IT IS NOT.

YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF THINGS, SHE DID DENY, BUT YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS WHEN WE GET.

I'M A TASB EMPLOYEE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN MY LIFE, I DECIDED A SECOND CAREER WHICH WHERE I WANTED TO GO WITH THIS.

THIS THINKS ALLOWS ME THE CHANCE TO SAY THANK YOU, TO WORK WITH BOARDS, TO WORK WITH GREAT PEOPLE LIKE NADIA, ADRIAN, IN HELPING YOU BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH YOUR TAXPAYERS MONEY.

I REALLY ENJOY THE TIMES WHEN I GET TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO YOU.

ONE OF THE THINGS NADIA HAS TAUGHT ME IS THAT SHE'S VERY FOCUSED ON EXPANDING HER REBATES.

SHE'S BEEN WORKING A LOT HERE WITH YOU THAN I'VE WORKED WITH HER FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

SHE STARTED ABOUT THE TIME I STARTED.

THE NEXT SLIDE THAT COMES UP, WE'LL GIVE YOU A YEAR-BY-YEAR COMPARISON.

SHE CAME IN ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR OF 2018, 2019 AND YOURS REBATE WAS ABOUT $5,000 PRIOR TO THAT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT NOW OVER THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, SHE'S PUT BACK INTO YOUR DEAL FOR THE BUYBOARD ALONE, $189,901.

[NOISE] I HAVE TONIGHT A LARGE CHECK.

YOU ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT, BUT I HAVE A LARGE CHECK FOR YOU, [LAUGHTER] FOR $36,489.

IT IS OUR PLEASURE.

IT HAS BEEN FOR THE BUYBOARD PRESENT THAT TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU DON FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

JUST TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THERE IS NO BUDGETARY IMPACTS FOR THESE PROGRAMS, SO WE DO NOT PAY FOR IT.

[LAUGHTER] IT'S MONEY THAT IS BEING RECEIVED FOR REBATES.

IT GOES INTO OUR REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR THE DISTRICT.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THIS REPORT TONIGHT AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

>> LET ME FIRST SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO AS A PERSON WHO IS PROUDLY FRUGAL, [LAUGHTER] SO MUCH SO I CAN GET CHANGE FROM A PENNY.

[LAUGHTER] I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND FORTUNATELY, YOU ANSWERED THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH US PARTICIPATING IN THIS REBATE PROGRAM.

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THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOT IN ALL OF THIS IS A NET GAIN, KUDOS TO YOU.

GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU, MS. POWERS, FOR BEING SO EFFICIENT AND LOOKING OUT FOR THE DISTRICT.

I THINK IT'S VERY CLEVER TO BRING OTHERS THE END TO BRAG ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SO MODEST, [LAUGHTER] VERY MUCH, BUT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MS. ADRIAN, AS ALWAYS SO THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] MS. FISCHER, I SEND YOU BACK THERE.

YES. AGENDA ITEM 8.4 THE CROWLEY ISD WALL OF HONOR, DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT ITEM.

WE HAVE MS. JUNE DAVIS HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

>> DR. WOODSON MAYFIELD, DR. MICHAEL MCFARLAND FOR IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE AND OUR JOY TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CISD ALUMNI WHO HAVE ACHIEVED GREATNESS IN THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.

THIS YEAR, THE CROWLEY ISD WALL OF HONOR, WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE THOSE DOORS, WILL CREATE SPACE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI HERE AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDING.

TO COMPLETE THIS TASK, WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER A STEERING COMMITTEE.

THESE ARE NOTABLE INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.

THEY REPRESENT EVERY STAKEHOLDER GROUP IN CISD, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM HERE.

IN ADDITION TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BOARD, WE ALSO HAVE ONE CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR, MR. ROBERT GILLIES, WHO WAS A CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE IN 1986.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE ONE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR ON OUR STEERING COMMITTEE, MR. TRALISSA GRIFFIN.

SHE STARTED TEACHING AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1997.

[APPLAUSE] WE ALSO HAVE A TEACHER, MS. LANEECE YARBOUGH ANDERSON.

SHE WAS A 1991 GRADUATE OF CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE'S ALSO WORKED AT NORTH CROWLEY FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS.

I DON'T THINK SHE'S ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT.

WE ALSO HAVE ONE CURRENT STUDENT, MR. JASON SWANN, IS HERE WITH US.

[APPLAUSE] HE IS HIGHLY RANKED IN HIS CLASS AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND VERY DISTINGUISHED IN HIS OWN RIGHT.

WE ALSO HAVE ONE COMMUNITY MEMBER, MS. SANDIE ISAACS, ARE YOU HERE?

>> I'M HERE.

>> [APPLAUSE] MS. ISAACS IS A LOCAL HISTORIAN.

SHE'S BEEN HERE AND SPOKEN WITH YOU ALL ABOUT A BOOK THAT SHE RECENTLY COMPLETED ENTITLED IMAGES OF AMERICA CROWLEY.

THIS STEERING COMMITTEE, WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL OF THOSE YEARS, THIS COMMITTEE REPRESENTS 150 YEARS OF COMMITMENT AND CONNECTION AND SERVICE TO THIS DISTRICT.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE HAS THE VISION AND THE INSIGHT TO HELP US INITIATE THIS PROJECT AND GET IT OFF THE GROUND.

TODAY, THE COMMITTEE HAS AGREED UPON SOME DRAFT DOCUMENTS THAT WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD, AND WE WILL SHARE THEM WITH YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW.

IN ADDITION, WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY ANY IMPLICATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS FROM A POLICY LENS.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT WILL GIVE US JUST ANOTHER REASON AND A REAL LIVE EXAMPLE OF CROWLEY HIGH, SO I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

IS THERE AN INTAKE OR A REVEAL DATE EXPECTED?

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, AFTER WE GET INPUT FROM YOU ALL AS RECENT GUIDELINES AND REVIEW POLICY, AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING STARTING WITH THE 23/24 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE WANT TO HAVE THIS UP AND RUNNING.

>> AWESOME. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. DAVIS.

WE ARE AT OPEN FORUM.

[9.0 Board President Reviews Open-Forum Regulations / Open Forum]

AGENDA ITEM 9.0, THE BOARD PRESS TO REVIEW OPEN FORUM REGULATIONS PER BED LOCAL.

THE BOARD SHALL HAVE 30 MINUTES TO HEAR PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO MAKE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD.

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IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN FORUM, YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE BY COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING THE ELECTRONIC FORM ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS AND INDICATE THE TOPIC YOU WILL ADDRESS.

THE ELECTRONIC FORM IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CROWLEYISDTX.ORG/OPENFORUM.

FOR INDIVIDUALS UNABLE TO SIGN UP WITH THE ELECTRONIC FORM, A PAPER COPY OF THIS FORM IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT CROWLEY ISD CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING.

WHEN CALLED, SPEAKERS SHALL STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS.

SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY REGISTERED TO SPEAK.

COPIES OF ANY DOCUMENTS FOR THE BOARD SHOULD BE EMAILED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION WITH SPEED.

ONLY ONE PERSON MAY SPEAK AT A TIME.

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WILL SIGNAL YOUR REMAINING TIME.

UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TIME LIMIT, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO STOP SPEAKING AND CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.

GROUPS CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE SHALL APPOINT ONE PERSON TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS BEFORE THE BOARD.

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING SPECIFIC NAMES WHILE MAKING COMMENTS AND PLEASE FACE THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE DAIS WHILE MAKING COMMENTS.

PER BED LOCAL, THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE THE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

IF AFTER THIS ONE WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.

THANK YOU AT THIS TIME, AND I WILL CALL ON MR. KIRSCHNER FOR OUR FIRST SPEAKER.

>> THANK YOU. DR. MAYFIELD. OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS JONATHAN HALEY.

>> GOOD EVENING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK JUST ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF CROWLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE 1997.

MY TWO KIDS BEGAN THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE CROWLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND NOW MY SON IS A TEACHER IN FLORIDA AND A COACH, AND MY DAUGHTER IS A TEACHER IN LAS VEGAS.

YOUR IMPACT AND INFLUENCE HAS REACHED THE WORLD.

AS WE WATCHED THE VIDEO, I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK HOW PROUD WE ARE OF CROWLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR YOUR INVESTMENT.

AS IS OFTEN SAID, YOU CAN COUNT THE SEEDS IN AN APPLE, BUT YOU CAN'T COUNT THE APPLES IN A SEED.

WHAT YOU DO HERE IN THIS ROOM, THIS BOARD, AND THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY IS INVEST IN THE FUTURE AND IT'S IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I JUST WANTED ON BEHALF OF HALLMARK CHURCH SAY THANK YOU, AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU AND WE'RE BOTH PROUD TO BE PARTNERS OF CROWLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS ROBERT SWEET, PASTOR SWEET.

>> IS IT OKAY TO TAKE HIS TIME TO VOLUNTEER? [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW US PREACHERS LIKE EXTRA TIME.

WOW. TO OF COURSE, MADAM PRESIDENT, TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND OF COURSE, DR. MCFARLAND, IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO STAND HERE TODAY, TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH A GRATEFUL PEOPLE.

I HAD SOMETHING WRITTEN OUT BUT I'M JUST GOING TO LET IT GO FROM THE HEART.

WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED TONIGHT HAS TRULY BEEN A BLESSING.

WE SALUTE YOU THIS DAY, NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT THIS MONTH AND FOR THE YEARS TO COME.

EACH OF YOU CHOSE TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME, YOUR ENERGY, AND YOUR EFFORTS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF EVERY STAFF MEMBER, FACULTY MEMBER, STUDENT BODY, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE SACRIFICE.

WITHOUT SACRIFICE, THERE IS NO REWARD.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE.

THE PRIZE IS WHAT? FORWARD TOGETHER.

CAN EVERYBODY SAY THAT?

>> FORWARD TOGETHER.

>> ONE MORE TIME?

>> FORWARD TOGETHER.

>> I CHARGE YOU TO ENCOMPASS, IN OTHER WORDS, TO WRAP YOUR HEARTS, YOUR MINDS, YOUR SOULS AROUND THE VISION OF DR. MCFARLAND WITH

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COMPETENCE, CONSISTENCY, AND COMPASSION.

YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE GOD ORDAINED YOU.

HE SELECTED DO AT SUCH A TIME AS THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FORESIGHT TO SEE WHAT WAS, WHAT IS, AND WHAT IS TO COME.

REMEMBER THIS, THE VALUE OF THIS BOARD IS NOT IN YOUR QUALIFICATIONS, NOT IN YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NOT IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP MAYBE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT THE VALUE IS IN YOUR UNWAVERING SACRIFICE TO KEEP THE VISION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALIVE AND MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER.

EVERYBODY SAY IT.

>> FORWARD TOGETHER.

>> EIGHT MEN THOROUGHLY IMMERSED IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND ONENESS IS A FAR GREATER ASSET THAN 80 OR MORE OPPOSITION WITH LUKEWARM HEARTS AND LUKEWARM ENTHUSIASM.

AS I CLOSE, REMEMBER THIS POINT, 30 SECONDS, [LAUGHTER] CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE.

DOROTHY LAW NOLTE SAID, "IF A CHILD LIVE WITH CRITICISM, HE LEARN TO CONDEMN, IF A CHILD LIVES WITH HOSTILITY, HE LEARNS TO FIGHT, IF A CHILD LIVES WITH RIDICULE, HE LEARNS TO BE SHY, IF A CHILD LIVE WITH SHAME, HE LEARNS TO FEEL GUILTY, IF A CHILD LIVES WITH TOLERANCE, HE LEARNS PATIENCE.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH ENCOURAGEMENT, HE LEARNS CONFIDENCE.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH PRAISE, HE LEARNS TO APPRECIATE.

IF A CHILD CHILD LIVES WITH FAIRNESS, HE LEARNS JUSTICE." CHILDREN LIVE WHAT THEY LEARN.

CONGRATULATIONS, BOARD MEMBER, GOD'S HAND BE UPON YOU ALL.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS JOE HORN, MR. HORN.

>> MY NAME IS JOE HORN, [LAUGHTER] AND EITHER ONE OF THEM, THAT'S [NOISE].

MY NAME'S JOE HORN, I LIVE IN 820 CRYSTAL LANE CROWLEY, TEXAS.

MANY YEARS AGO, MY WIFE AND I MADE THE DECISION WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO SET UP HOME.

WE CHOSE CROWLEY BECAUSE OF THE CROWLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'VE GOT THREE CHILDREN THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I CURRENTLY HAVE A GRANDSON GOING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER TEACHES IN BURLESON.

DON'T ASK ME WHAT YEAR THEY GRADUATED.

OUR SON IS IN HIS 18TH GOING ON TO 19TH YEAR AS A US MARINE STATION AT PENDLETON, AND OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IS IN SALES IN BURLESON.

THIS DISTRICT HAS DONE A LOT FOR OUR FAMILY AND FOR THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE IN.

I HAD SEVERAL THINGS WRITTEN DOWN, THOSE I'M NOT SURE I'LL GET THROUGH IT.

I'M A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AFTER I FINISHED A 40-YEAR CAREER IN HEALTHCARE, AND I'M TEACHING IN THE FORT WORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE CROWLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN AMAZING, BUT I HAD AN UNFORTUNATE THING HAPPEN TO ME.

A STUDENT ACCUSED ME OF DOING SOMETHING THAT WASN'T TRUE, AND I SEE STUDENTS THAT ACT UP AND I SEE NOT MUCH DISCIPLINE BEING DONE TO THEM.

I SEE IT HURTING OUR GOOD STUDENTS BECAUSE 90 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOOD.

I WANT TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, PROPOSED THAT I WORK WITH YOU OR DO SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A DETERRENT FOR KIDS TRYING TO RUN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND DISRUPTING THE REST OF THE CHILDREN THAT ARE HERE TO LEARN.

WE OWE THAT TO THEM.

IT'S SUCH A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE ABOUT THOSE TWO PERCENTERS AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

THOSE TWO PERCENTERS DISRUPT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE REST OF OUR CHILDREN.

I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET EVEN BETTER THAN WE ARE.

I'VE SEEN SOME AMAZING THING AND I TOO AM FEELING QUITE LIKE A DEER CREAKY RIGHT NOW.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

I SAID THEY COULDN'T IDENTIFY SOMETHING JUST LIKE IN ATHLETIC TEAM, A SPORTS TEAM, WE SEE A WEAKNESS, WE SEE A CHANCE TO IMPROVE, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON IT.

I WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND ALL OF YOU HAVE A VERY DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, BEING THREATENED BY A SIXTH GRADER, AND BEING CALLED NASTY NAMES BY A SIXTH GRADER.

THIRTY-SECONDS. I THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS.

LET THEM KNOW IT'S OKAY TO ENFORCE THE RULES.

WHEN A KID IS SAGGING, THAT'S AGAINST THE RULES. STOP SAGGING.

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I'M TOLD, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT, PICK YOUR BATTLES BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE SUPPORTED.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

IF IT'S A RULE, MAKE THEM MIND, MAKE THEM FOLLOW THE RULES, OTHERWISE WHAT ARE WE TEACHING THEM? YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.

>> OUR FINAL SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS TERRY HORN, MS. HORN?

>> [LAUGHTER] TERRY HORN, 820 CRYSTAL LANE CROWLEY, TEXAS.

BEEN HERE A REALLY LONG TIME.

SOME OF US HAVE VERY LONG RELATIONSHIPS.

I'M PROUD FOR YOU GUYS AND CONGRATULATIONS, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.

I COME TO YOU TONIGHT AS A CISD PARENT, TAXPAYER.

I'M NOT WEARING MY CHAMBER HAT TONIGHT.

I'M WEARING MY MRS. JOE HORN HAT.

THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED REALLY CAUSED AND WREAKED HAVOC ON OUR ENTIRE LIFE AND OUR FAMILY.

IT'S HARD NOT TO GET EMOTIONAL ON IT.

WE SAT BACK THERE, YOU'RE HOLDING YOUR ACCOLADES AND WE'RE SO PROUD FOR YOU ALL, BECAUSE WE ARE HIGHLY SKILLED.

OUR CONCERN IS, HOW DO WE HELP YOU IMPLEMENT DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS FOR STUDENTS THAT CAN HURT AN EDUCATOR? WE HAVE BEEN OUT SIGNIFICANT FUNDS FOR LEGAL SUPPORT.

POTENTIAL REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER STATUS, WHICH IS AMAZING WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE A SIXTH GRADE CHILDREN MAKING EGREGIOUS, MALICIOUS, TERRIBLE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST YOU, AND YOU HAVE TO GO AND GET LETTERS OF REFERENCE FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DECIDED, WE'LL GO PUBLIC, AND TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING TO ANOTHER EDUCATOR.

NO EDUCATOR SHOULD HAVE TO BE AFRAID TO GO INTO A CLASSROOM BECAUSE SOMEONE MAY MAKE A FALSE ALLEGATION AGAINST YOU.

MY QUESTION IS, IF WE DO NOT HAVE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE, HOW CAN WE GET THOSE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE TO DISCIPLINE THE STUDENT SO THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T DO THIS AGAIN? JOE HAS BEEN CLEARED, HE COULD GO BACK AND SUBSTITUTE TEACH AGAIN, BUT NOT AT THAT ONE SCHOOL SO THOSE STUDENTS NOW KNOW THEY WON THAT BATTLE.

IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL, THEY'RE SIXTH GRADERS.

THAT MAKES IT A BIG DEAL, THEY'RE SIXTH GRADERS AND WE ARE IN THIS [INAUDIBLE].

YOU CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT, SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH WORKING ON SOME PROTOCOL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN OPPOSITION AND YOU HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE FPS WHEN YOU HAVE NEVER IN YOUR LIFE HAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN, I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW IT HAS AFFECTED OUR ENTIRE FAMILY, AND OUR LIFE, AND OUR GRANDSON.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU-ALL DO FOR OUR DISTRICT.

DR. MCFARLAND, YOU ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH AND I'M SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU, KUDOS TO YOU GUYS.

KEEP DOING THE GOOD WORK YOU ARE, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND BE PROACTIVE SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANOTHER EDUCATOR.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.

GOD BLESS YOU-ALL. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPEN FORUM.

AT THIS TIME WE'RE AT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[10.0 Consent Agenda]

[NOISE] WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS, 10.1, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, 10.2 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, 10.3, THE APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 15TH, 2022 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES, AND THE JANUARY 12, 2023 CALLED BOARD MEETING MINUTES.

10.4 IS THE 2022-2023, TEACHER APPRAISERS, AND 10.5, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH COMP COMMIT PARTNERSHIP FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PAIN.

BOARD, AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

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IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE ROBINSON.

WE WILL MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, IT HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU BOARD. WE DO HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS.

[11.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item (s)]

AGENDA ITEM 11.1, CONSIDERING TAKING ACTION ON AN ORDER CALLING A BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION IN THE DISTRICT ON MAY 6TH, 2023.

DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. KIRSCHNER, IS PREPARED TO EXPRESS THIS ITEM.

>> THANK YOU DR. MCFARLAND AND DR. WOODSON MAYFIELD, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

YOU'LL SEE SOME INFORMATION THERE IN YOUR BOARD BOOKS ABOUT THE ORDER OF ELECTION DOCUMENT THAT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

THIS WOULD BE THE WHOLE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION ON SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2023.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES TO PLACES 1 AND 2 BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ORDER OF ELECTION? [NOISE]

>> THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION?

>> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF MAY 6TH, 2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF ELECTION AS PRESENTED.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROBINSON, IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I SECOND.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

WE MOVE TO VOTE PLEASE.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE ADD IN AGENDA ITEM 8.2 AT THIS TIME, OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT REPORT.

DR. MCFARLAND, OR ACTUALLY MS. KARA HAYES.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS I WOULD DEFINITELY BE EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS NEXT ITEM.

I PUT IT IN DRC, DIRECTOR OF DATA PROCESSING, MS. FAHRENHEIT, AND SHE WILL LEAD US THROUGH THIS NEXT ITEM.

>> GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. WOODSON-MAYFIELD, DR. MCFARLAND, AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'D LIKE TO FIRST SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MY DEPARTMENT DOES SO THAT YOU KNOW WHERE THE INFORMATION IS COMING FROM.

WE ARE THE DATA MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.

MOST DISTRICTS WOULD CALL US THE PIEMS DEPARTMENT.

AGAIN, I'M KARA HYATT.

THEN THERE'S AMBER DEWOLFE WHO IS OUR PIEMS AND STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER, TONYA SMITH OUR PIEMS COORDINATOR, PATRICIA PENLAND OUR OVERFLOWS AND TRANSVERSE CLERK, ADAIA STENNER ASSISTANT PIEMS COORDINATOR, AND AMY VASQUEZ THE DISTRICT REGISTRAR.

THEY ARE AN INSTRUMENTAL TEAM.

WE WORKED WITH ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION, STATE DAY SUBMISSIONS, AS WELL AS MANAGE OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, SKYLERS.

WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS THE ENROLLMENT FOR THE DISTRICT.

GOT A CHART HERE THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE WE STARTED IN 2017 COMPARED TO WHERE WE ARE NOW AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF GROWTH [NOISE] WE WERE CONSISTENT AT FIRST.

HAD A STEADY TREND UPWARD.

DROPPED IN 2021 AS MOST DISTRICTS DID DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THEN WE STARTED A SHARP INCLINE.

THIS YEAR WE ADD SNAPSHOT WHICH WAS OCTOBER 28TH.

WE WEREN'T AT 16,735.

BUT JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR THAT, FROM THAT DATE IN OCTOBER TILL NOW, WE HAVE INCREASED SO THAT WE ARE NOW AT 16,915 STUDENTS.

WE ARE GROWING AND FAST.

THIS GROWTH HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL GRADE CLOSURES THAT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

WHEN A CLASS REACHES 22 TO ONE RATIO AT PRE-K THROUGH 4TH, OR 24 AND 1 AND 5TH GRADE, THAT CLASS IS CLOSED.

THEN WHEN STUDENTS COME TO ENROLL AND THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM AT THAT CAMPUS FOR THAT GRADE LEVEL THAT'S CONSIDERED CLOSE.

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AT FIVE CAMPUSES WE'D HAVE A GRADE CLOSE.

IN FACT, AT ALL CAMPUSES WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE GRADE CLOSED.

IN FIVE WE HAVE TWO AND TWO WE HAVE THREE OF THEM.

THREE CAMPUSES THERE ARE FOUR GRADES CLOSED AND WE HAVE ONE THAT'S FIVE GRADES SO ALMOST THE ENTIRE CAMPUS IS CLOSED.

WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE CAN'T JUST TURN THE KIDDO AWAY AND WE CAN HIRE A TEACHER ON THE SPOT, SO THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THAT'S THROUGH A PROCESS WE CALL OVERFLOW.

WHEN A STUDENT COMES TO ENROLL INTO A CLOSED GRADE THEY ARE OVERFLOWED TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 290 STUDENTS [NOISE] WHO HAVE BEEN OVERFLOWN THIS YEAR FROM WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE ATTEMPTED TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL BUT HAS BEEN WORKING FOR US ESSENTIALLY.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY WILL GO BACK TO THEIR HOME CAMPUS THE NEXT YEAR ASSUMING THERE ARE ENOUGH SEATS AND ALL THAT THOSE ARE OUT.

WE ALSO IN MY DEPARTMENT LOOKING AT TRANSFER STUDENTS AND DEAL WITH THE TRANSFER STUDENTS.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERY LEVEL HERE TO YOU BUT WE DO HAVE A TOTAL OF 512 TRANSFER STUDENTS.

THESE ARE OUT-OF-DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

NOT IN THE DISTRICT, BUT STUDENTS FROM SURROUNDING AREAS THAT RECOGNIZE THE GREATNESS TO CROWLEY ISD AND WANT TO BE HERE.

A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM ARE EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS, THE TRANSFER IN.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO IF POSSIBLE OR IMPORTANT.

IN CLOSING, YOU'VE SEEN THIS CHART BEFORE.

WE INCLUDED THE 69 MEMBER, BUT NOW YOU SEE A 17,069.

WHAT WE DID THERE WAS ADDED IN THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AWAITING PROCESSING.

[OVERLAPPING] THEY COULD BE WAITING, DOCUMENTS OR SHOTS OR MAYBE THEY CAN BE OVERFLOWED TO ANOTHER CAMPUS, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'VE 154 PENDING APPLICATIONS.

IF ALL OF THOSE WERE TO ENROLL, WE WOULD BREAK 17,000 RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

I FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL REACH THAT BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS TIME I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS.

>> WERE GRADE CLOSURES.

WHEN FAMILIES CHOOSE TO ENROLL AND THEY HAVE CHILDREN IN SEVERAL GRADES, A GRADE OR TWO CLOSE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE, DO THEY SPLIT OR DOES THE WHOLE FAMILY MOVE TO THE CAMPUS?

>> WE TRIED TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER.

THAT'S ALWAYS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL.

IT DOES OCCASIONALLY HAPPEN TO WHERE EITHER WE SPLIT THEM OR YOU'LL ALL GO SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO ATTEND.

BUT IN GENERAL, WE TRY REALLY HARD TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WITH THOSE OVERFLOWS, DO WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION?

>> WE DO. IF THEY WANT TO TRANSPORT THEMSELVES THEY CAN BUT IF THEY WANT TRANSPORTATION, WE DO PROVIDE THAT IN THE FORM OF SHUTTLE BUSES FROM THEIR HOME CAMPUS TO THEIR NEWLY ASSIGNED CAMPUS.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU, MS. HYATT, FOR THE INFORMATION. [APPLAUSE] ANOTHER CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM, THAT WAS THE REPORT, BUT WE'RE AT NOW AT AGENDA ITEM 11.2.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDER CALLING A BOND ELECTION IN THE DISTRICT ON MAY 6, 2023. DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE DECIDING TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT ITEM AND WE WILL HAVE MR CARSON TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT ITEM.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR. MCFARLAND, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A GROUP WORKING VERY HARD FOR A LONG TIME TO BRING YOU THIS NEXT REPORT.

MANY OF THEM ARE IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THEY'VE DONE, AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

THAT GROWTH THAT WE JUST SOLVED FROM THIS HEIGHT HELPS US PLAN FOR THAT NOT ONLY THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, BUT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

THE LONG-RANGE FACILITY'S PLANNING COMMITTEE WAS TASKED BY YOU ALL.

YOU GAVE US A CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE.

THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE IN ADVANCE FOR THE PRESENTATION YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE TONIGHT.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK MS. JUDY ROMANO.

SHE WAS OUR FACILITATOR FROM START TO FINISH.

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I THINK WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH MS. ROMANO ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MEETINGS AND A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HAPPENED AND I'M EXCITED FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SHARE THE REPORT TONIGHT.

I'LL INTRODUCE MS. ROMANO AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO THE COMMITTEE.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, DR. MCFARLAND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR TRANSCENT FOR THE PARTNER WITH CROWLEY ISD, AND FACILITATE THE LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE.

I DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE I WANT TO THANK REAL QUICK.

THE FIRST IS LAUREN BROWN WITH THE LK ARCHITECTS FOR HER AMAZING WORK ON FACILITY LONG RANGE.

[APPLAUSE] I DO WANT TO THANK DR. MCFARLAND AND THE ENTIRE CISD LEADERSHIP TEAM WHO ATTENDED THE MEETINGS AND PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED DATA AND INFORMATION.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK MELISSA SETON AND CATHY MONTOGO FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK WITH MEETING LOGISTICS.

YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

ESPECIALLY ANTHONY KIRSCHNER, HE WAS MY RIGHT-HAND MAN.

[APPLAUSE] HE WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE BY TEXT OR PHONE AND HIS EXPERTISE JUST MADE IT ALL SO SEAMLESS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR TABLE FACILITATORS, JAMIE HANDY, ANNA ROW, DOCTORS STEPINSKI, DR. BERTIST, MARLEY STEGOS, NIKKI, ROLANDO MCKENZIE, AND DR. WHITE FOR THEIR AMAZING JOB OF BRINGING THE TABLE MEMBERS TO A PLACE OF TRUST AND CAMARADERIE SO THEY COULD REACH CONSENSUS.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

[APPLAUSE] I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO SERVE THE DISTRICT.

THIS COMMUNITY, I CAN TELL BY THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S MUCH BELOVED AND IT TRULY WAS AN HONOR FOR ME.

THIS IS MY SECOND CROWLEY BOARD MEETING AND I HAVE TO BRING THE KLEENEX EVERY SINGLE TIME.

IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE.

YOU ALL ARE BLESSED AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR CROWLEY.

NEXT SLIDE. THERE WE GO.

THESE ARE A LIST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE AND LET ME TELL YOU THEY WERE DEDICATED.

THEY WERE EAGER TO PARTICIPATE.

THEY CARED DEEPLY ABOUT CROWLEY ISD AND THE COMMUNITY.

THEY TOOK THEIR TASKS VERY SERIOUSLY.

I'D LIKE TO HONOR THEM AND CELEBRATE THEM THIS TIME AND LET THEIR STAND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.

[APPLAUSE] THEY DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.

NEXT SLID. THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE FROM A CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE UP HERE.

ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOLKS THAT WE HAD ON THE COMMITTEE.

BUT LET'S GET DOWN TO WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. NEXT SLIDE.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO BRING THE CULMINATION OF THEIR WORK TO THE BOARD IN THE FORM OF A PROPOSED BOND PACKAGE.

INSTEAD OF ME STANDING UP HERE TELLING YOU ABOUT IT, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE COMMITTEE TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE SIX SPEAKERS, WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS, ROSE JONES AND ETHAN HUNT.

THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK FIRST.

THEN DENISE TURNER, DR. LIZ PINON, MIKE LEACH AND COUNCILMAN JESSE JOHNSON ARE GOING TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.

ROSE. [APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD EVENING.

I'M A SOPHOMORE AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, AND FROM THE VERY START OF BEING IN THIS COMMITTEE IT IMMEDIATELY FELT LIKE FAMILY.

MY TABLE MATES, JUST THE WHOLE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

I LEARNED MORE ABOUT MONEY AND FINANCES THAN I THOUGHT I EVER WOULD.

[LAUGHTER] I LEARNED HOW BOND PACKAGES ARE FORMED AND EVERY SINGLE COMPONENT THAT GOES INTO IT.

I ALSO LEARNED ABOUT ALL THE CURRENT NEEDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NEEDED AT CAMPUSES AND FUTURE NEEDS.

BEING A STUDENT ON THIS COMMITTEE WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.

I FELT IT HELPED MY TABLE MATES AND THOSE AROUND ME FUEL AND TRULY SEE WHAT BEING A STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT IS LIKE ON THE DAILY.

I FEEL THIS BOND WILL BENEFIT EVERY SINGLE AGE THAT COMES INTO OUR DISTRICT.

NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, ALSO STAFF AND PARENTS.

I HAVE TRULY ENJOYED EVERY SECOND OF BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE.

I'M SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS I MADE AND ALL THE ADULTS I LOOK UP TO AS MENTORS. [APPLAUSE]

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>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN [NOISE].

I AM ETHAN HUNT AND A SOPHOMORE IN ALSO CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AS A STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT AND ON THIS BOARD, I SEE HOPE AND A POSSIBILITY IN THIS QUORAM.

NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'LL BE MONEY WE CAN PUT INTO A BUILDING OR TO HELP PAY WITH TEACHERS FOR PLAYGROUND BUT BECAUSE STUDENTS WILL HAVE A POSSIBILITY, AND AN OPTION.

THEY WILL HAVE A FUTURE GUARANTEED BY THE BOARD.

ON THIS BOARD THERE WAS TEAMWORK WHICH HELPED TO CREATE THIS, HELPED TO DESIGN AND MOTIVATE TO CREATE AND FORM THIS PACKAGE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL.

THIS BOND, WILL AID ISSUES THAT WE SEE NOW AND THE FUTURE THAT I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT YET.

BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT CAN BE FIXED WITH THIS BOARD AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER IT.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]

>> HI, MY NAME IS DENISE TURNER.

I WANT TO SAY I THINK IS SOMEWHAT UNFAIR THAT I HAD TO FOLLOW BOTH ROWS AND ETHAN.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THEY ARE A TESTAMENT TO ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT WAS A JOY TO BE A TABLE MATE WITH ROSE AND JUST TO HEAR HER THOUGHTS AND TO RECEIVE HER INPUT.

WHAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON TODAY IS REALLY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE CHARGED TO DO AS A COMMITTEE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD ECHOED THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE MEETING WAS ACT LIKE A FAMILY, WORK LIKE A TEAM.

WE WERE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER'S TIME AND OPINIONS.

WE WERE COLLABORATIVE, WE CHALLENGED OURSELVES TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE COLLECTIVE.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF ALL THE DISTRICTS STUDENTS SO THAT ALL STUDENTS THRIVE TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE.

WE WERE DILIGENT AND LOOKING AT EVERY UNIT AND FOCUSING ON THE BIG PICTURE.

WE REPRESENTED THE PRIORITIES AND EXPECTATIONS AND VALUES OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THIS COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED AS YOU SAW EARLIER, OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND MANY, MANY MORE.

IT WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED GROUP OF RESOURCES FOCUSED ON ONE COMMON GOAL.

WE USED FACTS AND DATA TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

WE WERE FURNISHED WITH AN ORDINATE AMOUNT OF DATA, INCLUDING HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, VISUAL CONTENT THAT WAS CRITICAL IN OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

WE STRIVED FOR EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY OF FACILITIES.

WE DEVELOPED SHORT AND LONG TERM GOALS.

FOR ME, MY HISTORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOCUSED ON CORE COMPETENCIES THAT RESONATE NOT ONLY IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, BUT ALSO IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE.

WE DID THAT.

WE FOCUSED ON CORE COMPETENCIES LIKE PRIORITY SETTING, DEALING WITH AMBIGUOUS SITUATIONS, TIME MANAGEMENT.

ALL OF THESE THINGS WERE PARAMOUNT IN OUR PROCESS.

WE ESTABLISHED A PRIORITY RATING SYSTEM OF 1, 2 OR 3 FOR EACH PROJECT JUST BASED ON OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT ALONE.

IN OUR FIRST MEETING, WE WERE FOCUSED ON PROCESS, TIMELINE, VISION, AND GOALS.

IT'S LIKE THE RULE OF SEVEN.

WE WERE INSTRUCTED AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MEETING WHAT OUR PURPOSE WAS AND WHAT THAT END GOAL WAS, INCLUDING WE HAD GROUND RULES.

ONE SPEAKER AT A TIME, RESPECT FOR THE SPEAKER, LISTEN TO THE INTENT TO LEARN AND TO CONTRIBUTE AND TO ENGAGE.

THIS WAS A WONDERFUL REMINDER OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO STAY FOCUSED ON AND THE OBJECTIONS.

EVERY MEETING WAS ORCHESTRATED FLAWLESSLY.

WE RECEIVED AN AGENDA AND THE APPROPRIATE TOOLS FOR THE MEETING TO ENSURE WE WERE PRODUCTIVE.

YOU KNOW CHOCOLATE ON THE TABLE WAS A NICE LITTLE ADDED BONUS, BY THE WAY.

THE OTHER THING THAT I REALLY LIKED WAS THE GRADIENT OF DECISION MAKING MODEL, THAT WAS PRETTY OUTSTANDING BECAUSE IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HONEST WITH OUR VOTE.

WE HAD EIGHT DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM, FROM ENDORSEMENT, TO AGREEMENT WITH RESERVATION, STAIN OR BLOCK.

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WE REVIEWED THE 2007 BOND AND WE WERE PROVIDED WITH AN ENTIRE SUMMARY OF THE VARIOUS PHASES, THE THREE PHASES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US.

WE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE 101, AND YES, IT IS COMPLICATED.

I COME FROM A FINANCE BACKGROUND AND I SAID, YEAH, THIS IS COMPLICATED.

BUT WHAT WE LEARNED WERE THERE ARE TWO FACTORS THAT DRIVE SCHOOL FINANCE, STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND PROPERTY VALUES.

WE RECEIVED THE ENROLLMENT GROWTH IN OUR PACKET, PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH TAX RATES AND FUNDING.

LASTLY, WE FOCUSED ON IN OUR SECOND MEETING, THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT.

THIS REALLY OPENED OUR EYES TO THE ANTICIPATED GROWTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

FURTHERMORE, WHAT WE EXPECT IN TERMS OF HOUSING GROWTH IS SIGNIFICANT.

WE ALSO TOURED THE FACILITIES.

WE TOURED SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND THIS WAS ENLIGHTENING.

SOME OF THE AMENITIES IN THE SCHOOLS NEED AN UPGRADE AND SOME OF THEM NEEDED SOME REPAIR.

WE IDENTIFIED SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS, LOGISTICAL NEEDS, ETC.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, IT WAS CLEAR TO US THAT WE NEEDED TO SOLICIT MORE STAKEHOLDER INPUT FOR WHAT MORE THAN WHAT OUR COMMITTEE COULD AFFORD TO DO.

IT JUST WAS PRUDENT FOR US TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY.

MR. KIRSCHNER AND I HAD A CONVERSATION AND SAID, HEY, LISTEN LET'S PUT TOGETHER A SURVEY AND GET IT OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THIS EVERY DAY, WHICH WAS INCLUSIVE OF TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENTS ETC AND I THINK THE RESULTS WERE PRETTY AMAZING.

BUT I'M GOING TO BE QUIET NOW.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IT MEANT TO ME TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.

IT WAS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY AND THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE COMMITTEE BOARD WELL, AND OUR FINAL DECISION MAKING THAT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK [NOISE] ALL OF YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

>> MY NAME IS DR. RALICE DELHI OPINION AND I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.

I'LL TRY NOT TO CRY. YOU ALL KNOW I'M A CRYER.

I WAS VERY EXCITED.

I'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I'M CURRENTLY WORKING FOR A NON PROFIT THAT PROVIDES ANALYSIS AND GUIDANCE TO POLICYMAKERS, NATIONALLY WHILE ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES, EDUCATORS, AND STUDENTS ON SCHOOL POLICIES.

I ALSO JUST SPENT THE LAST SIX MONTHS WORKING ON A DRAFT FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THE NEW BILINGUAL SPECIAL ED CERTIFICATE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO ASPECT NEXT MONTH.

BUT MY MOST IMPORTANT JOB IS BEING A MUM OF GABRIEL, FELICITA, FRIDAH, AND SANTIAGO.

THAT'S WHAT RUNS MY HEART.

THAT'S ALL OVER MY VISION BOARD.

DR. MCFARLAND AND THEY ARE CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS THAT ATTEND NORTH CROWLEY AND DEER CREEK.

WE ALL WALKED IN HESITANTLY INTO MEETING NUMBER 4, I WORRIED ABOUT THIS HUGE TASK THAT WE WERE GOING TO UNDERTAKE.

BUT MADAM PRESIDENT LETONYA WOODSON MAYFIELD AND SUPERINTENDENT MCFARLAND, YOU QUICKLY PUT A SETTINGS.

YOU REMINDED US OF RY AND YOU REMINDED US TO ACT LIKE A FAMILY AND WORK AS A TEAM.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT OUR COMMITTEE REALLY DID DO THAT.

WE BEGAN BY DISCUSSING INITIAL SURVEY RESULTS THAT SHARED IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY USE THE FACILITIES.

BE OKAY ARCHITECTS, PARTNERS WITH CROWLEY ISD TO HELP DEVELOP THE FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

THEY SHARED WITH US ABOUT CISD SAFETY, GROWTH, CURRENT FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY.

WE WERE SHOWN AN INITIAL LIKE MOCK PALETTE VALID OF SCHOOL PRIORITIES BY LEVELS OF NEEDS.

MY BIGGEST AHA MOMENTS AT THAT MEETING WAS HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SCHOOL.

EVEN THE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED FROM 2018 TO WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE NOW [NOISE].

THAT THEY'D HEAVILY IN MY MIND AND I'M SURE MANY OF OUR OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS FELT THE SAME.

IN MEETING NUMBER 5, WE MET WITH THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR, HILLTOP SECURITIES CAME TO SHARE WITH US THEIR EXPERTISE ON BOMBED INFORMATION AND THEIR ANALYSIS.

PREVIOUS BONDS ARE DISCUSSED, WE DISCUSSED HOW CIZ TAX RATE IS A SECOND MOST AND IT HAD BEEN SINCE THE FISCAL YEAR OF 1993.

TRUST ME, WHEN I SHARED THAT, WE WERE ALLOWED TO ASK THE QUESTION, WE KNEW THE COMMUNITY WANTED US TO ASK.

IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING TO HAVE THE LEADERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT COULD GIVE US THE ANSWERS OF QUESTIONS THAT WE KNEW THAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD ALSO WANT TO KNOW.

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WE ALL KNEW WE WERE REPRESENTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR CHURCH FRIENDS, OUR TRUE FRIENDS.

WE WERE SHOULDERING A BIG RESPONSIBILITY OF ASKING THIS [NOISE] THREE QUESTIONS.

WE ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS IN THE MEETINGS ON OUR TABLES, IN THE PARKING LOT, AND EVEN LATER ON IN EMAILS.

MISS JUDY ALWAYS WAS A MASTER MEDIATOR AND SHE MADE SURE TO ANSWER ALL OUR QUESTIONS.

WE HAD THESE DEEP DISCUSSIONS AFTER ALL, WE HAD LEARNED IN THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS DURING OUR MARKET BOARD.

SOME CONCERNS ARE COMING UP IN REGARDS TO WHAT THESE PRIORITIES WOULD BE.

IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE RICH CONVERSATIONS THAT CISD HAD TO COME BACK VIA ZOOM TO PRESENT SOME ALTERNATIVES.

THAT'S WHERE I HAD THE BIGGEST ENLIGHTENING MOMENT, LIKE CROWLEY IS REALLY DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.

THEY WERE LISTENING TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WHAT WE FELT LIKE WERE POSSIBLE BIGGER PRIORITIES THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN ACCOUNT.

WE WERE HEARD MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, AND THAT IS HUGE.

I FELT LIKE CROWLEY ISD LISTENED.

IT HONESTLY WASN'T JUST ME SITTING ON A COMMITTEE AND IT WAS JUST A CHECKLIST.

YEAH, WE HAD THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE.

THEY HEARD ALL OUR VOICES AND THE ALTERNATIVES.

BUT IN MY CASE, I FELT LIKE THEY HEARD THIS CROWLEY ISD MUM WITH FOUR SPECIAL NEEDS LATINO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.

IT MADE ME VERY HAPPY FOR THE FUTURE THAT MY 10-YEAR OLD TRIPLETS STILL HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE TIME WHEN THE SCHOOLS AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF WHAT TIME AND ENERGY THAT WE ALL PUT IN THIS MEETING.

IT MADE FOR ME MEETING NUMBER 6 TO BE A LOT MORE SMOOTHER CONVERSATIONS AS WE VOTED AND HELPED IN CREATING THIS BOND PACKAGE WITH THE COAL VOICE, WE DID A SWAT ANALYSIS AND LASTLY, WE CELEBRATED, MANY DEDICATED HOURS BY MANY PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TOGETHER.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, ARE CHARGED.

AS A COMMITTEE HAPPENED DURING THESE SIX PLUS MEETINGS AS WE WERE ALL ABLE TO ACT LIKE A FAMILY AND WORK LIKE OUR TEAM FOR OUR FUTURE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. LEACH [APPLAUSE] [NOISE]

>> GOOD EVENING. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCFARLAND, MY NAME IS MIKE LEACH.

I'M A 2006 RETIREE FROM LAISD AFTER 29 YEARS AS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE HEARD WAS VERY INTERESTING AND ENLIGHTENING AND THE SAME TIME IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF YEARS I WAS SPENDING TIME IN THIS DISTRICT.

BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THE SLIDES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'S ALREADY BEEN TESTED ON, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT JUDY ROMANO, DR. MCFARLAND, AND KIRSCHNER, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB LEADING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HEARD DURING THIS PROCESS, VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY PRECISE, VERY FORMALLY, SO IT WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

I KNOW AS WELL AS THE OTHERS.

SOME OF THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ARE JUST HARD.

I'M SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT MADE UP THAT TOTAL COMMITTEE PROBABLY GET UP HERE AND SPEAK AS WELL AS ALL OF US.

BUT THOSE MOST PEOPLE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

FIRST SLIDE HERE IS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.

YOU SEE, THIS IS WHAT CAME OUT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT WE HAD.

I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF THEM, YOU GOT THEM IN FRONT OF YOU.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, PROBABLY THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS ONLY FROM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER SLIDES WHICH YOU'LL SEE HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES THAT WILL BREAK THIS DOWN JUST AS WHAT YOU HAVE HERE FOR THE ELEMENTARIES.

THIS IS COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ELEMENTARIES.

AS YOU SEE THAT THERE'S THREE NEW ELEMENTARIES ON THIS LIST RECOMMENDATION, THE DEER CREEK, MEADOWCREEK, AND SYCAMORE.

MOST OF THEIR WAS KITCHEN AND CAFETERIA RENOVATIONS AND PLAYGROUND RENOVATIONS.

THIS IS WHAT COMMITTEE FELT LIKE THEY FOUND THAT ELEMENTARY.

NEXT ONE, HERE IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

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THERE'S A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPOSED ON THIS ONE.

THE OTHER TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS MOST OF THAT WAS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GYMNASIUM AND THE CLASSROOM TO EACH ONE OF THE CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HF STEVENS.

THE NEXT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE COMMITTEE WERE THE HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE WAS RIGHT ONCE THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT SPRAYED CAMPUS.

NORTH CROWLEY 9TH GRADE CAMPUS AND NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

MOST OF THOSE WERE CLASSROOM. THAT NATURE.

LAST ONE, CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT.

I SAW THAT I FELT LIKE I WAS LOSING PART MY ARM OR PART OF MY BODY.

I MENTIONED I SPENT 29 YEARS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR ROLE, 18 OF THOSE ARE AN OFFICER AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT IT HAS SERVED A BUNCH OF KIDS OVER THE YEARS.

STUDENTS SERVING WELL.

NEXT ONE. THIS IS THE [NOISE] SCHOOL NEW FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

WILL READ EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT THERE'S THE EXTRACT TO BUILD AN ARCH FACILITIES, STUDENT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE DISTRICT-WIDE PROJECTS.

THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, NEW TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, MOST DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.

AND LAST ONE IS BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS A, B, C AND RESPECTFUL.

[NOISE]

>> SO MUCH MR. LEACH AND ALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE LAST MONTHS AND I THINK WE'VE SETTLED ON A REALLY GREAT PROPOSED BOND PLAN.

THREE PROPOSITIONS WERE FORMULATED WITH THE ADVICE OF DISTRICT COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT FINANCIAL ADVISOR, SO PROPOSITION A, BASICALLY IS NEW AND RENOVATIONS OF SCHOOLS, INCLUDING SAFETY AND SECURITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND LAND ACQUISITION.

IN PROPOSITION B, WE HAVE THE NEW TRACK AND FIELD FACILITIES AND INCLUSIVE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.

PROPOSITION C, WE HAD THE NEW PERFORMING ARTS AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING CENTER.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL BALLOT PROPOSITION LANGUAGE THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT FOR YOU TO REVIEW.

I WON'T READ THAT TO YOU, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED [NOISE] LIKE WHEN THE COMMUNITY COMES TO [NOISE] CALL THE ELECTION.

>> NEXT SLIDE.

>> THE COMMITTEE IS PROPOSING THAT THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES CALLS A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 6TH, 2023, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE 100 DAYS FROM TODAY.

EXCITING [NOISE] NEXT SLIDE.

SHOULD THE BOARD CALL AN ELECTION FOR MAY 6TH, WE HAVE SOME KEY DATES FOR YOU TO KEEP IN MIND.

VOTER REGISTRATION IS BETWEEN NOW AND IT ENDS ON APRIL 6TH FOR THIS ELECTION, AND THE EARLY VOTING DATE WILL BE APRIL 24-MAY 2ND TOWARDS MAY 6TH ELECTIONS.

NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COUNCILMAN JESSE TO BRING CLOSING REMARKS THAT TELLS THE STORY OF RY.

>> THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD DR. MCFARLAND.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE.

I HAD BEEN ASKED TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT JUST VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT, WHY AND HOW.

I'M A PREACHER, YOU'VE GOT THREE POINTS ONLY [LAUGHTER] WHAT, WHY AND HOW.

YOU NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

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JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

I WAS JUST MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, [LAUGHTER] I OPENED THE EMAIL FROM ANTHONY KIRSCHNER.

[LAUGHTER] HE SAYS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE AND YOU'VE BEEN RECOMMENDED, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? I THOUGHT, WELL, SURE, WHY NOT, I'LL BE GLAD TO DO THAT.

SO I LOOKED AT THE DATES AND THE FIRST LOOKED AT BILL JOHNSON, THE SAFETY THAT'S HOLDING THE DOOR AND GUESS WHAT, I WAS SO PLEASED AND HAPPY AND THRILLED, ANTHONY WAS OUT THERE HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN AND SAYING, COME ON IN.

[LAUGHTER] THEN SHE'S SITTING THERE SAYING [NOISE] SIGN UP RIGHT HERE, WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU MR. JOHNSON, SO I THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE WONDERFUL TO COME RIGHT OVER HERE.

WE'VE GOT SOME TABLES SET UP AND WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY'S NAME ON THEM, SO IF YOU FIND YOUR NAME, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE.

I'LL MEET ME IN AND I LOOK AND GUESS WHAT, AT THE TABLE AND I FELT MY NAME, AND I FOUND THE THICKEST NOTEBOOK [LAUGHTER] I'M POORLY OVER AND REALLY STARTING TO NEED TO GO HOME.

[LAUGHTER] THIS IS GOING TO BE TERRIBLE.

[LAUGHTER] BUT THE FIRST SESSION, I WAS HOOKED.

I WAS HOOKED BY THIS COMMUNITY.

I TOLD JUDY AFTERWARDS, IT'S NOT, WE ARE THE PATH OF THIS COMMUNITY.

REALLY WHY? WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE NEED THIS BOND ISSUE? WHY OVERLAP? WHY AND WHERE OVERLAP? WHEN WE TOOK OUR FACILITIES TOO.

WE HAD THE INFORMATION.

EVERY SINGLE FACILITY IS AT CAPACITY OR SO DANGEROUSLY CLOSE THAT WE CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER REPORT DECISION, WE'VE GOT 200, AND 300, AND 400 KIDS, STUDENTS, EXCUSE ME KIDS, THAT' A BAD TERM, THEY'RE STUDENTS, BUT WE CANNOT OPERATE WITH THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE.

THAT IS JUST IT.

I WAS HERE THE OTHER DAY, I GOT MY CAR AND I DROVE DOWN CROWLEY PRIDE, AND JUMPED ACROSS OR WENT ACROSS 731 ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK A COUPLE OF MINUTES STRAIGHT.

YOU KNOW THE JA HARGRAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JUST WEST OF JA HARGRAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOW MANY VACANT LOTS ARE THERE? HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF VACANT GROUND ARE WITHIN THROWING DISTANCE OF THAT ONE SCHOOL? IN THE CITY OF CROWLEY JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WE HAD A DEVELOPMENT START, IT'S JUST SMALL, I THINK IT'S 24 HOUSES.

EIGHT OF THEM ARE ALREADY BUILT.

EIGHT HOUSES ARE BUILT.

BY THE SUMMER TIME, IT WILL BE FULL.

WE ARE [LAUGHTER] JUST CLOSE TO BEING OUT OF IT.

OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE BEST.

YOU'RE ON THE BOARD. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN EVERY ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE RUN IN THE CITY.

IF YOU HAVEN'T YOU NEED TO GOING TODAY, OR TOMORROW, OR THE NEXT DAY.

YOU NEED TO GO SEE EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.

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AFTER WE GOT OFF THE BUS ON THE FACILITY TOUR, I SAW DR. MCFARLAND, AND HE'LL TESTIFY, I TOLD HIM IT'S GOING TO BE A BILLION DOLLARS.

A BILLION DOLLARS TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FIGURES FOR AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

WE DID NOT HAVE ANY DOLLAR FIGURES BUT I SAID $1 BILLION.

OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO.

NOW, HEAVEN FORBID, THE TIME-BREAK WE GOT MOVING THAT TRUCK, WOULD NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL HIRE A COACH FROM MOBEETIE, TEXAS, WITH A LOSING RECORD? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WHY? BECAUSE NORTH CROWLEY BELIEVES WHAT? WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BEST BASKETBALL COACH THAT EVER LIVED AND WOULD SPEND THE MONEY. WE DO.

NOW, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TODAY AND OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE, THAT ARE COMING FROM MOBEETIE WITH THAT COACH.

[LAUGHTER] THERE'S TOO MUCH VACANT LAND FOR US TO SAY NOTHING.

WE WERE SERIOUS IN THAT FACILITIES COMMITTEE.

WE DID HAVE DISAGREEMENTS AT EVERY TIME.

WE DIDN'T ALWAYS SAY, YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S THE BEST IDEA, AND THEN SOMEBODY SAY, NO.

I'M NOT THE BEST IDEA, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

WE WE'RE LIKE A FAMILY.

WE WROTE TO YOU, AND OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AND NOW, IS THAT YOU APPROVE THE BOND ISSUE AS IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED.

WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DO WAS LEAVE UP TO YOUR CHALLENGE.

WHY WE HAVE TO DO IT IS BECAUSE OF EVERY STUDENT THAT'S HERE AND EVERY STUDENT THAT WILL COME.

NOW, YOU GET TO BE THE HOW.

YOU ARE THE HOW.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? I DON'T ENVY YOUR DECISION.

[LAUGHTER] I'M SAYING THIS.

YOU SAID WHAT, LOOK AT THAT GUY HIS TAXES ARE FROZEN.

[LAUGHTER].

MY TAXES ARE FROZEN BUT MY HEART HAS BEEN IN CROWLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE DECEMBER THE 3RD,1968 AND I'M GOING TO HELP 705 AND FIRST DRIVE.

I'M GOING TO BE HERE AND EVEN IF MY TAX WERE FROZEN, I'M PAYING.

[LAUGHTER] ANYTHING FOR THAT I CAN DO TO THE FUTURE OF THIS SCHOOL, FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING RIGHT NOW.

I'M SAYING TO YOU, THE BOARD, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT.

SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO SAY, I'LL MOVE RECOMMENDATION AT 1.7 [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THERE ISN'T GOING BE AN AWARD THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT FOR ELECTION THIS TIME.

[LAUGHTER] TAKE COURAGE BOARD.

LET'S DO IT NOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE].

>> THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION AND AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THIS CROWLEY FAMILY.

[02:30:03]

IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I JUST WANTED A QUICK COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE.

WE ARE NOT A PART OF THE MEETINGS ALL THE TIME.

WE DO KNOW YOUR EXPERTISE FROM MEETING YOU BUT IT IS NICE TO HEAR THE VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HEAR YOUR VOICES AND UNDERSTAND THEIR HEARTS AS WELL.

IT TRULY WAS EVIDENT TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MR. GARCIA, THEN MS. DAVIES.

>> ACTUALLY I WANTED TO SEE IF WHOEVER WORKED ON THIS COMMITTEE, WHETHER IT'S ONE TIME OR WHATEVER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE THING, CAN EVERYONE STAND UP IF YOU WORKED ON THIS COMMITTEE AT ALL? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW BILLS.

MR. JOHNSON MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT TAXES? CAN THAT BE ADDRESSED PLEASE? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN TERMS OF CITIZENS TAXES?

>> THIS BOND PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE PRESENTING WILL NOT RESULT IN A TAX RATE INCREASE.

THIS BOND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE BOND, WE CAN FIND THIS BOND WITHOUT THE DISTRICT RAISING THE TAX RATE.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, AS PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES, THE AMOUNT YOU PAY AS TAX MAY INCREASE, BUT THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE PASS THE BOND ARE NOT.

PASSING THIS BOND WILL NOT IMPACT THE TAX RATE SET BY THE DISTRICT.

>> I JUST WANTED TO HEAR THE COMMENT.

OFTEN SITTING UP HERE WE TAKE IN SO MUCH INFORMATION, IT'S HARD TO JUST WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND WHAT ALL YOU WANT TO SAY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH AND YOU WANT TO JUST DISTILL INFORMATION.

THE PROCESS THAT YOU REVEALED TONIGHT THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION, FOR ME, I APPRECIATE IT GREATLY.

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT WAS SO REPRESENTATIVE OF WHO WE ARE AS CROWLEY ISD.

WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR DISTRICT, AND OUR SUPERPOWER BEING OUR STRENGTH.

THAT WAS REPRESENTED IN THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, EVEN DOWN TO THE MEMBERS TONIGHT WHO SPOKE.

I LOVE THE DIVERSITY OF NOT JUST THE DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT JUST ALSO THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND EVEN THE VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES THAT THEY BROUGHT.

BEING A CAREER PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATOR, I HAVE MY LITTLE DIFFERENT CERTIFICATES, THAT'S MY MAIN SCORE.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE EXPENSE BONDS AS A TAXPAYER WHEN YOUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, AND YOU LEARN ABOUT THEM WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THESE CLASSES.

YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW HOW IT ALL COMES TO FRUITION AND TONIGHT, I THINK YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, UNVEILING THAT ROAD FOR NOT ONLY US AS BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AS COUNCIL SAID, IT'S AN OUR DECISION, BUT I FEEL YOU GAVE US ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED TO FEEL THAT WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE TONIGHT, THAT WE MADE AN INFORMED ONE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN WHATEVER BOND THAT I PASS, THANK YOU.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY.

FIRST I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS, FOR THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT TAXES BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OUR DECISION ON WHAT IT MEANS TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY, EVEN THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE CHILDREN THAT ATTEND CROWLEY ISD SCHOOLS.

I THINK WE STILL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONSIDER THEM, SO THANK YOU.

THAT WAS ONE QUESTION THAT I DON'T HAVE TO ASK, BUT I DO HAVE SEVERAL.

NUMBER 1, I NOTICED THAT ON ONE OF THE SLIDES THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE TO REMOVE ABOUT 8.8 MILLION DOLLARS.

I THINK THAT IT WAS FOR SHORT-TERM TECHNOLOGY,

[02:35:04]

I THINK AND I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF ME, SO FORGIVE ME IF I'M BUTCHERING THAT.

CAN I JUST GET SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHY THAT WAS REMOVED?

>> THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY APPROVED THE 8.895 AND THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM IS THE ONE THAT TOOK IT OUT, AND I'M GOING TO GET DR. MCFARLAND, YOU CAN GO OVER THAT.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER DAVIS, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE LOOKED AT THE KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WERE PURCHASING.

WHAT WE DECIDED IS THAT ANYWHERE THERE WERE DEVICES, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE PRUDENT FOR US TO FIND A DIFFERENT WAY OF FINANCING THE DEVICE.

WE LOOKED AT DEVICES, WE REMOVED DEVICES BECAUSE ANYTHING WE PUT IN THIS BOND COULD HAVE A 20-30 YEAR PAYBACK.

BUT WE THOUGHT THERE WAS A DIFFERENT WAY TO GET TO THOSE.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU, BECAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN, OF COURSE, THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING FOR 20 YEARS FOR A DEVICE THAT WE ONLY USE FOR ABOUT THREE TO FOUR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY, DR. MCFARLAND.

CAN WE JUST DRILL DOWN BRIEFLY ON THE INCLUSIVE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER? BECAUSE I THINK I KNOW THE COMMITTEE IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THESE FACILITIES AND THESE AMENITIES THAT I HAD BEEN PRESENTED ARE.

BUT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT MAY NOT BE IN-PERSON OR DIDN'T ATTEND ANY MEETINGS, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS BOND IS COVERING.

THE INCLUSIVE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER, AS WELL AS THE INNOVATIVE LEARNING CENTER, IF WE CAN JUST BRIEFLY GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS.

>> YOU BET. I WISH WE HAD THE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU.

THEY WERE AMAZING. WE'LL GET YOU THOSE.

>> ABSOLUTELY. BOARD MEMBER DAVIS AND BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT WE DID WAS, ONCE WE GOT TO THIS POINT, THE POINT TO WHERE WE WERE NEAR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOND PACKAGES, WE WERE NOT AT THE COMPLETION DATE YET, BUT WE WERE NEAR THAT POINT.

WE BEGAN TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT POPULATION OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT ARE WE CURRENTLY NOT DIRECTLY AND INTENTIONALLY ADDRESSING? WE HAD SEVERAL OF PARENTS OR OUR COMMITTEE AND DISSEMBLED SEVERAL SITUATION THAT WILL COME UP OVER MY TIME HERE, WHERE WE HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER FROM PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, THAT IT'S ONE THING TO MAKE OUR FACILITIES ASSESSABLE, AND IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING TO BUILD A FACILITY DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

THAT'S WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO WITH THIS OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER, BUT THIS IS A LEARNING CENTER, IT'S A COURSE OUTDOORS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEARNING STATIONS, AS WELL AS RECREATION STATIONS DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

EITHER STUDENTS IN WHEELCHAIR, STUDENTS THAT MAY BE RESTRICTED IN SOME OTHER WAY, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEARNING STATIONS WHERE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING NUMBERS AND SOUNDS AND MATH AND OTHER THINGS, BUT IT'S OUTDOORS.

IT'S ALL PLAYGROUND SETTING, BUT IT'S DESIGNED SPECIFIC FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

THIS IS ONE THAT AFTER INVESTIGATING IT, WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A NEED IN OUR DISTRICT.

IT COULD BE ALSO A DRAW TO OUR DISTRICT AS WELL.

THAT'S THE BEST INCLUSIVE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER.

THE INNOVATIVE LEARNING CENTER IS A PART OF THE NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD INITIALLY WHEN WE PRESENTED THE PROPOSAL WE ACTUALLY STARTED ON WOMEN IN ADMINISTRATION.

WE STARTED OFF WITH THE IDEA OF ONLY HAVING A PERFORMING FINE ARTS CENTER.

THE COMMITTEE WAS CLEAR IN THAT IF WE ONLY HAVE A PERFORMING FINE ARTS CENTER, IT'S ONLY USED WHEN WE'RE DOING PERFORMANCES AND FOR THE REST OF THE TIME IS SITTING THERE VACANT.

WHAT WE DID WAS WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING AND DECIDED THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY CREATE THE CLASSROOMS ON THIS SIDE, THEN THESE CLASSROOMS WOULD ALLOW US TO USE THIS FACILITY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND ALSO STILL HAVE THIS PERFORMING FINE ARTS CENTER TO BE USED WHEN PERFORMANCES OCCUR.

IT'S A BETTER USE OF THE FACILITY.

IT CALLS US TO INCREASE THE CLASSES THERE ON THAT SIDE.

WE CALL IT THE INNOVATIVE LEARNING CENTER BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LEAVE IT AS FLEXIBLE FOR US TO HAVE SOME MORE BRAINSTORMING AND PLANNING.

THERE ARE SEVERAL P-TECH OPPORTUNITIES.

WHAT P-TECH STANDS FOR IS THAT IT'S P-TECHS ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO END UP WITH A FREE CERTIFICATION ON COLLEGE CREDIT.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS WITH ACHIEVING OR RECEIVING ANOTHER GRANT WHICH IS AN INNOVATIVE GRANT, WE DESIGN WHAT THE PROGRAM IS,

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AND WE COULD DECIDE TO PLACE IT THERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THE FINE ARTS, P-TECH CENTER.

IT ALSO COULD BE A COMPUTER DESIGN P-TECH CENTER.

THE OPPORTUNITY'S GOTTEN OUT THERE.

IT'S STILL OUT THERE FOR US TO BE DISCUSSING, BUT WE KNOW WE NEEDED THE SPACE, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE VIEW AS A WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT THE FINE ARTS CENTER WILL BE USED DURING THE DAY AS WELL AS FOR JOINT PRODUCTION.

>> THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND.

ALSO AGAIN TO THE COMMITTEE, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR LABOR OF LOVE.

NOT ONLY WAS THIS HARD WORK, BUT THIS WAS ALSO HARD WORK AND SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE PREPARED AND ARE RECOMMENDING TO US.

I'LL JUST SAY IN MY FINAL WORD, COUNCILMEN, I'M FEELING REAL COURAGEOUS TONIGHT.

[LAUGHTER] [NOISE] > LUCKILY I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

THE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER THAT YOU MENTIONED DR. MCFARLAND, WILL IT BE AVAILABLE AFTER HOURS, [NOISE] OR WHAT IS THAT LOOK LIKE?

>> YES. DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, SCHOOL HOURS, IT WILL BE RESTRICTED FOR SCHOOL USE.

BUT THEN AFTER THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND TO THE FAMILY WHO DESIRED IT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? STUDENT BOARD? YES.

>> FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVE HOW YOU SHOWED JUST THE WHOLE PROCESS TO GETTING RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING THE CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT THAT YOU PRESENTED.

IS THE PLAN TO BUILD THIS NEW FACILITY ON THE GROUNDS OF THE CURRENT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL OR GO TO A TOTALLY SEPARATE PIECE OF LAND?

>> THE PLAN IS TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE NEW CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SAME SITE.

WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF PROPERTY BETWEEN THE NEW BAND HALL AND THE PARKING LOT THAT IS BEHIND THE CROWLEY HIGH, AND THE NINTH GRADE CENTER.

WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE, BOTH IN A PARKING LOT IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO SCHOOLS, EXIT BUILD BEHIND THE CURRENT CROWLEY HIGH CONTINUING THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS GOING TO THE CURRENT CROWLEY HIGH.

THEN ONCE WE GET THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED AND WE CAN THEN TRANSITION STUDENTS TO THAT FACILITY, AND THEN WE'LL CREATE SOME DRIVE-UP TO THE FRONT.

IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE ON THE SAME SITE, JUST MOVED BACK.

>> THANK YOU BOARD FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR COMMENTS.

THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, MR. CARSON?

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WILL LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'D BE TAKING ACTION ON TONIGHT.

>> YES.

>> AS YOU SEE THERE ON YOUR AGENDA THIS IS ITEM 11.2 AND TONIGHT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS TAKING ACTION ON THE ORDER TO CALL THE BOND ELECTION IN THE DISTRICT ON MAY 6, 2023.

LITTLE EARLIER THIS EVENING, YOU TOOK ACTION ON AN ORDER FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION.

YOU'LL SEE IT THERE IN YOUR BOARD PACKETS.

WE HAVE OUR BOARD COUNCIL HERE, MR. CHRIS NETTLES THAT HELPED DRAFT THAT LANGUAGE.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, MR. JEFF ROBERT, WHO ALSO WAS A PART OF THE PRESENTATIONS TO THE GROUP.

THEY'VE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE DISTRICT ON THAT ORDER OF ELECTION YOU SEE THERE IN YOUR DOCUMENTS AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO ASK OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, MR. ROBERTS, TO COME FORWARD AND JUST SHARE WITH MR. ROBERTS ANY INSIGHT OR ANY INFORMATION YOU THINK WOULD ADD CLARITY TO THE BOARD BEFORE THEY TAKE THE STARTING OF OUR FINANCIAL POSITION AND OUR ABILITY TO AFFORD IT.

>> PRESENT BOARD MEMBERS, MAYBE EXPAND ON THE TAX RATE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PRESENTED DURING THE MINI PRESENTATION WAS AS YOU SIT THERE AND YOU SEE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE $0.50 TAX RATES.

HOW CAN WE AFFORD TO DO ANYTHING MUCH LESS A BILLION-DOLLAR ELECTION? THERE ARE REALLY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT.

IN MY OPINION, BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND ONE IS IT, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE'RE PAYING OFF OVER $10 MILLION OF DEBT EARLY FEBRUARY 15TH.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE GOT BUILT INTO YOUR CURRENT STRUCTURE, IS A VERY LARGE DROP-OFF PAYMENT.

AND SO THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE DISTRICTS IS PROJECTED, SEEING THE DEMOGRAPHER'S REPORTS.

[02:45:02]

OBVIOUSLY, IF THOSE NEW HOMES ARE BUILT, THAT'S GOING TO ADD A NEW VALUED ROLE AND NEW STUDENTS HERE.

IF YOU GET THOSE HOMES, WE'VE GOT SOME ASCII BUILDING, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.

THE INCREASE IN THE TAX BASE WILL ALLOW YOU TO BORROW MONEY THROUGH BONDS FOR NEW PROJECTS AND FACILITIES.

WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THE DISTRICT CAN CERTAINLY AFFORD THE BILLION-PLUS DOLLAR ELECTION THAT YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING AND KEEP IT AT THAT BUSINESS TAX RATE.

AND IF FOR WHATEVER REASON THE GROWTH DOES NOT COME TO FRUITION AT THE PACE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING.

WE WOULD JUST SLOW DOWN THE ISSUANCE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CERTAINTY WITH WHAT WE ISSUE EVERY YEAR.

EACH YEAR AT THE END OF JULY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE DISTRICT'S CERTIFIED VALUE FROM THE PARENT APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO KNOW HOW MUCH CAPACITY WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO ABOVE THAT LEVEL.

WE'RE GOING TO STAY AT THAT LEVEL OF ISSUE.

HOPEFULLY, IT'S AN AMOUNT THAT CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES OR INSTRUCTION PROJECTIONS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS.

IF THE GROWTH IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER, MAYBE THAT MEANS THE STUDENTS HAD TO COME IN AS QUICKLY AND MAYBE WE ISSUED OVER AN EXTRA YEAR TWO.

WE DO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE ASSUMPTIONS WE'VE USED.

WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.

CASHFLOW NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THOSE.

I THINK THAT FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE OR A U-SHAPED TO DEAL WITH. ANYTHING ELSE?

>> SORRY, THAT BRINGS UP A QUESTION FOR ME.

IF THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND THAT IS CONTINGENT UPON FUTURE GROWTH, DO WE HAVE AN INTERIM PLAN, DR. MCFARLAND, OR THE NEED FOR FACILITIES WHEN THE NEED ARISES AND THE TIME THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO CONSTRUCT THOSE FACILITIES? BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE'RE WAITING ON HOMES TO BE BUILT OR THAT TAX REVENUE, THAT CREATES THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL CAMPUS.

IT'S TAKING WHAT, SIXTEEN MONTHS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW FACILITY AT THE ALARMING RATE OF ABOUT $5 MILLION RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS OUR INTERIM PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE FACILITIES AVAILABLE WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON ADDITIONAL GROWTH?

>> FROM DAVIS, THE WAY THE BOND IS STRUCTURED, WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH JEFF, AND ALSO WILL BE OKAY.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED THE PROJECTS TO START AT A PARTICULAR TIME.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS LOOKED AT THE GROWTH.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED BY 2009, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE FULL NEED TO BE A BUILDING.

[INAUDIBLE] EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T APPROVED FOR THE BOND, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN MAY, WE STILL HAVE A CALENDAR.

WILL WE STAY IN THE BUILDING OF THOSE? IT GROWS SLOWLY, THEN WE WILL JUST ADJUST OUR TIME.

>> TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE. SOMETHING THAT WE WENT OVER WITH THE COMMITTEE WAS WHEN A COMMUNITY PASSES A BOND ELECTION, A $1.7 BILLION BOND RELATED TO THE DISTRICT IS NOT $1.17 BILLION OF DEBT.

YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE THAT AMOUNT.

AND SO WE'RE PROJECTING THAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE ISSUED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.

AND EACH YEAR YOU'RE PAYING OFF A LOT OF PRINCIPLES ON YOUR EXISTING BOND AS WELL AS THE NEW BONDS THAT WILL ISSUE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMMEDIATELY INCREASE THE DEBT ON THE DISTRICTS.

THE DISTRICT'S TAXPAYERS BY 1.17 BILLION.

THAT WILL BE OVER A FIVE OR SIX YEARS PERIOD.

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. ARE YOU DONE?

>> GO AHEAD.

>> JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT TRIGGERED A QUESTION FOR ME.

AND JUST IN TERMS THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND, WE CAN BORROW MONEY THAT WE CAN PAY BACK. THEY'RE SAFE [INAUDIBLE]

>> YES, MA'AM. YOUR QUESTION IS, EACH TIME YOU DO A BOND ISSUANCE OR SELL BONDS FROM YOUR AUTHORIZATION, WHICH IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE ELECTION THAT WOULD PASS, I HAVE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S 50 CENTS.

AND I HAVE TO SHOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT THE DISTRICT CAN AFFORD TO PAY THE DISTRICT'S DEBT SERVICE WITH 50 CENTS.

THEY WON'T RELEASE THE FUNDS FROM THAT BOND ISSUANCE TO THE DISTRICT UNTIL THEY SEE THAT [INAUDIBLE].

>> THAT REDUCES THE RISK FOR US?

>> YES, MA'AM. WORKING WITH A LOT OF DISTRICTS HAS TO HAVE SOME DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS WITH SUPERINTENDENTS AND BOARDS IN THE EVENT THAT MAYBE A WEEKEND ISSUE, WE WANT TO ISSUE MORE.

[02:50:01]

WE'RE CONSTRAINED BY THAT TEST AND THAT'S WHERE WE GO.

>> ONE OR TWO MORE, PLEASE. DR. MCFARLAND, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE SCHEDULE OF WHEN THESE FACILITIES ARE TO BE BUILT IN THE PROPOSAL, FOR INSTANCE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 17, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 55 MILLION, BUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 18 WAS ABOUT $61 MILLION.

>> YES MA'AM.

THAT IS REFLECTING THE POTENTIAL COST INCREASE OF CONSTRUCTING THAT FACILITY AT THAT TIME. CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT BUT INFLATION IS THAT'S THE FACT THAT WE-, OKAY. GREAT. LAST QUESTION.

THE DISTRICT'S CREDIT RATING IS.

>> SIR.

>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR CREDIT RATING? BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW CREDIT RATINGS WORK AS INDIVIDUALS.

THAT GIVES US THE POTENTIAL FOR BORROWING MONEY.

OUR CREDIT RATING IS A REFLECTION OF BASICALLY HOW WELL WE PAY OUR BILLS, WHICH IS WHAT OUR CREDIT RATINGS AS INDIVIDUALS ARE.

CAN YOU TELL US PROBABLY ISD'S CREDIT RATING?

>> YES, IF YOU'RE AT A DOUBLE THREE WITH MOODY'S, WHICH IS BEING IN THAT DOUBLE A CATEGORY IS WONDERFUL.

THAT'S WHERE WE'D LIKE TO BE IN, AT SOME POINT MAYBE WE CAN GET TO THE DOUBLE A TWO-LEVEL BUT A DOUBLE A THREE RATING IS THREE NOTCHES FROM AAA PERFECT RATING.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

IN MOST OF THE DISTRICTS THAT SEEMED MOST, THERE ARE SIX OR SEVEN DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ARE RATED AAA.

AND THE REASON THAT THEY ARE AAA IS MORE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL VALUE THAT THEY HAVE.

THEY HAVE A VERY DIVERSE TAX BASE WITH NOT ONLY RESIDENTIAL, AND COMMERCIAL, MAYBE EVEN SOME OIL AND GAS MINERALS AS WELL.

AUSTIN ISD, I BELIEVE THE AAA-RATED DISTRICT, RICHARDSON IS, PLATO IS, A LOT OF THAT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE VAST PROMOTION VALUE IS WITHIN A DISTRICT BEING IN THE DOUBLE A THREE CATEGORIES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET VERY COMPETITIVE RATES ON ALL OF YOUR BOND ISSUANCE THAT WE DO, WE'RE HOPEFUL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE READ THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE RIGHT NOW WAS AT CAPACITY.

THAT'S HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN MY CAREER.

AND THAT HAS BEEN RECTIFIED, IF YOU WILL, WITHIN ABOUT A FIVE TO SIX-MONTH PERIOD.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL BE RECTIFIED BY THE TIME WE GET TO A POSITION TO SELL BONDS FROM THIS ELECTION.

EVEN IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE, WE GET VERY COMPETITIVE RATES THAT MIGHT BE ABOUT FIFTEEN BASIS POINTS HIGHER THAN AAA RATED.

THAT'S STILL A VERY COMPETITIVE RATING THAT YOU RECEIVE.

BUT MY HOPE IS THAT THAT'S RECTIFIED BEFORE WE DECIDE TO SELL IT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS AND THE RESPONSES AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT DEFINITELY HELPS TO YOUR COURAGE, COMMENT, THAT CONFIDENCE LEVEL.

I THINK FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TOO, JUST THE EXPLANATION DOES HELP, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS, FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR COMMENTS.

AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM, SO BOARD, AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION?

>> COMMENT MOTION.

>> YES TRUSTEE HALL.

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION OF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ORDER TO CALL IT A BOND ELECTION IN CROWLEY ISD ON MAY 6TH 2023, I'LL SECOND

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR. HALL. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I SECOND.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

THIS TIME, MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMITTEE.

A JOB WELL DONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.

GO AHEAD, MR. KIRSCHNER.

>> I JUST WANT TO, FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MANY MEETINGS, LOTS OF HARD WORK, THANK YOU-ALL SO VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED YARD SIGNS, WINDOW DECALS.

THIS COMMITTEE DEMONSTRATES WHAT IT MEANS AT CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED.

PLEASE TAKE THOSE WITH YOU ON THE WAY OUT.

IF THERE'S NOT A MISTAKE ON BACKWARDS [INAUDIBLE] THEM FROM BOTTOM AND SUPPLEMENT THOSE THOSE TRUSTEES WE HAVE THEM FOR YOU AS WELL, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF THESE ARE GOING TO SEE THEM ALL ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY WINDOW DECALS FOR YOUR CARS.

THANK YOU-ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THESE WITH YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[02:55:02]

AWESOME. WE ARE NOW AT AGENDA ITEM 11.3.

IT'S ANOTHER POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY ELECTIONS ON MAY 6TH, 2023. DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. CARSON IS HERE TO ADDRESS HIS ITEM. CARSON.

>> THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND.

DR. WOODSON MAYFIELD, AND TRUSTEES.

THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED TO BOTH THE BOND ELECTION AND THE TRUSTEE ELECTION THAT YOU VOTED ON EARLIER TONIGHT.

THIS IS FOR US TO PARTNER WITH TARRANT COUNTY ELECTIONS FOR THOSE TO BE CONDUCTED BOTH FOR EARLY VOTING AND ON ELECTION DAY ON MAY 6TH.

11.3 IS FOR THE AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY ELECTIONS, AND 11.4 IS WITH THE CITY OF CROWLEY.

THE CITY OF CROWLEY IS WHO WE USED FOR OUR JOHNSON COUNTY VOTERS, AND WE'VE DONE THAT FOR MANY YEARS NOW.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER OF THOSE?

>> [OVERLAPPING] YES, MA'AM, JUST HAVE A VOTE.

>> PERTAINING TO AGENDA ITEM 11.3, IS THERE A MOTION?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE MAY 6TH, 2023, CROWLEY BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY ELECTION.

>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE ROBINSON. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECONDED BY TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO 11.4.

BOARD, IS THERE A MOTION?

>> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE MAY 6TH, 2023, CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A JOINT ELECTIONS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CROWLEY AS PRESENTED.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE DAVIS, IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I SECOND.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

WE DO HAVE SOME FUTURE ACTION ITEMS, AGENDA ITEM 12.1,

[12.0 Future Action Item(s)]

THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2023, 2024 SCHOOL CALENDARS. DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. KIRSCHNER WILL BE ADDRESSING HIS ITEM. KIRSCHNER.

>> THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

JUST TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THIS FUTURE ACTION ITEM WILL BE COMING NEXT MONTH FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE 23, 24 SCHOOL CALENDAR.

WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR DEWITT, THAT'S DISTRICT-WIDE EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL THAT HAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY CAMPUS.

ALSO, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE.

WE'RE ALSO RECEIVING INPUT FROM ALL OF OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ABOUT THE CURRENT CALENDAR, WHICH YOU SEE THERE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK.

ALSO WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING DISTRICTS AROUND US WHO'VE SOME HAVE APPROVED THEIR CALENDARS AND SOME HAVE NOT YET.

AS WE DEVELOPED THOSE, OUR MAIN GOAL IS INCREASING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BUT ALSO OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LONG-TERM PLANNING TIME FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFFING.

HEARD ABOUT IT, A RECENT WORKSHOP.

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IS STILL BEING WORKED ON AND IS TO BRING THAT BACK NEXT MONTH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROCESS?

>> I JUST WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION I FORGOT ON BEHALF OF MY EDUCATION COLLEAGUE, HE'S STAKEHOLDER.

THOUGH, A TICK BREATHS LIKE WILDFLOWER FIRE ABOUT FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK IN THE EDUCATION SPACE, I THINK IT STARTED IN PARIS, AND THAT IS GETTING CLOSER NOW TO TERRELL, AND SO SOMEONE WONDERING IF HE COULD POSSIBLY FIT THE CROWLEY ISD.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THE SPACE BECAUSE I RECEIVED SOME INQUIRIES ABOUT IT.

>> BOARD MEMBER HALL, I KNOW THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S GOING AROUND.

QUITE A FEW DISHES BY CONSIDERING THE FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK.

WE'RE JUST INVESTIGATING ALL OPTIONS, BUT WE HAVE NOT SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED A FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK.

WE HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON PERFORMANCE.

MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW YOU REDUCE DAYS AND INCREASE PERFORMANCE.

THIS, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'LL WORK.

I BELIEVE IT'S TOO EARLY FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT.

BUT I DO THINK ADDITIONAL DAYS AND ADDITIONAL EXTENDED THE YEAR, WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THAT WORKS.

OUR FOCUS IS REALLY ON TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXPAND ADDITIONAL DAYS.

WE HAVE NOT PUT TOGETHER A TEAM TO LOOK AT A FOUR-DAY WEEK, AND I DON'T FORESEE THAT HAPPENING IN THIS NEXT WEEKEND.

[03:00:04]

>> YOU HEARD IT HERE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

[BACKGROUND]

>> MR. KIRSCHNER.

>> WITH THE FOUR-DAY DISTRICT OF INNOVATION, DO WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO? THAT AS WELL IF WE'RE CONSIDERING?

>> WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING FOUR DAYS [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] EARLIER AS WELL.

LET ME JUST BE CLEAR TODAY.

WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING A FOUR-DAY WORKDAY.

WE DID WEEKEND THIS TIME.

THERE'S BEEN NO DATA THAT SAYS THAT THE FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN NO DATA THAT SAYS IT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON IT.

THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH DATA OUT THERE YET FOR US TO MAKE THAT SWITCH.

WE'RE NOT TAKING IT OFF THE TABLE EVER, WE'RE JUST NOT PREPARED TO DO IT FOR THE 23-24'S WEEK.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 4.2, DEVELOPMENT OF CROWLEY ISD, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND POSITIONS. DR. MCFARLAND.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

EXCUSE ME, MR. VICE PRESIDENT [LAUGHTER] AND BOARD MEMBERS, THIS NEXT ITEM, THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, THIS ITEM IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM.

BUT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH REVISITED PER YEAR AND A SUITOR TO WEST TO BE DOWN IN AUSTIN ON FEBRUARY 21ST, I BELIEVE IT IS.

THE TASB LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE.

OUR GOAL IS TO GO DOWN, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE AND MEET PERSONALLY WITH OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE IN AUSTIN.

WE'LL BE SCHEDULING THOSE ON TIMES, WE'LL PLEASE GET WITH MS. MATAVO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOING.

THE DATE IS THAT CORRECT? THERE WERE 21ST.

THEY ACTUALLY THEN IT'S FEBRUARY 21ST.

WE'LL ACTUALLY BE GOING DOWN ON FEBRUARY 20TH.

WE WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO KNOW THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE WILL WITH THE POLICY COMMITTEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, WILL BE REVIEWING LEGISLATION THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE REALLY FIVE AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED INTERNALLY, THAT WILL BE FOCUSED ON, NUMBER 1, OF COURSE IS SCHOOL SAFETY.

NUMBER 2, HB 4545, WHICH DEALS WITH THE EXTENDED LEARNING AND ENSURING THAT FUNDING IS STILL APPLIED FOR THAT.

WE ALSO WILL BE ADVOCATING FROM A DISTRICT STANDPOINT.

WE LIKE US TO LOOK AT LEGISLATION DEALING WITH ENROLLMENT AND TRYING TO PUSH THE SEAT OF ADAS CALCULATED ON ENROLLMENT.

THAT'S BECAUSE OUR EXPENSES ARE ALL TIED TO ENROLLMENT.

BUT THE REVENUE THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE IS TIED TO ADA, WHICH IS THERE'S A GAP IN THOSE TWO.

WE WANT TO BRING THOSE MORE IN LINE.

ALSO THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, AS WE GET DOWN FURTHER INTO THE BAN OF PROCESS, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THAT THE BALLOT IS REQUIRED TO SAY THAT THE ACTION THAT WE'RE TAKING IS A TAX RATE INCREASE.

HOWEVER, THE BOND THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS NOT A TAX RATE INCREASE.

THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT ON YOUR TAX RATE AS A RESULT OF THE BOND.

BUT THERE'S LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW THAT FORCES US TO HAVE TO PUT THOSE IN THE LANGUAGE ON THE VALUE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO REALLY ADVOCATE TO GET THAT REMOVED, AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE AN IMPACT.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON.

IN THE END, OF COURSE, YOU HEARD OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM.

WE BELIEVE THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS AN ISSUE THAT WE ALL NEED TO ADDRESS.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WITH THE STATE HALVING THE AMOUNT OF SURPLUS THAT THEY HAVE TODAY, THAT'S PUTTING FONTS INTO MENTAL HEALTH IS AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS PUTTING FUNDS INTO POLICE IN SCHOOLS.

WE FEEL LIKE THERE IS A NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING, THEIR NEED FOR COUNSELING, THEIR NEED FOR OTHER PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AS WELL.

THOSE ARE FIVE AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, HOWEVER, WE'LL BRING THOSE AREAS TO THE BOARD COMMITTEE.

THE BOARD COMMITTEE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS I THE END BY THE TIME THAT YOU'RE READY TO GO ON THE 21ST, WILL HAVE VERY CLEAR AREAS THAT WE HAVE DECIDED ARE IMPORTANT TO US.

AGAIN BOARD WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY IN AUSTIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO MEET WITH ATTORNEY COLLIER AND THE OTHER COLLEAGUES DOWN IN AUSTIN TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF CROWLEY ISD.

>> THANK YOU. DR. MCFARLAND, BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I HAVE JUST A BRIEF COMMENT.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TASK B FORMAT WILL BE, BUT I JUST RECENTLY EARLIER THIS WEEK, AS A MATTER OF FACT,

[03:05:03]

WITHIN AUSTIN, ADVOCATING WITH ALPHA PHI ALPHA.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISHEARTENING, WAS THE INABILITY TO SPEAK WITH REPRESENTATIVES.

WHEN THERE ARE CONSTITUENTS FROM YOUR DISTRICT WHO'VE MADE THE TRIP TO THE STATE CAPITAL, I PROPOSE THAT YOU MAKE TIME TO SPEAK WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

WHAT I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SCHEDULE TIME SO THAT OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES WILL PRIORITIZE OUR BEING AT THE CAPITAL, AND NOT NECESSARILY TO SPEAK WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO LEGISLATIVE AIDES AND DEPUTIES AND THOSE TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS, I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

I WILL JUST ASK THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT TIME SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO MAKE DURING OUR TRIP TO AUSTIN.

>> THANK YOU. WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO

[13.0 Executive Session]

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, 551.076 SAFETY AND SECURITY, 551.072 PROPERTY, AND 551.074, 2023 GOAL SETTING AND THE FORMATIVE EVALUATION PROCESS.

THE BOARD WILL RETURN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE ARE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 09:25 P.M.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 10:56 P.M. WE HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS.

[15.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item (s)]

AGENDA ITEM 15.1, EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL LEARNING AND LIBRARY SERVICES. IS THERE A MOTION?

>> YES. I RECOMMEND REDLEY PARKER FOR THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL LEARNING AND LIBRARY SERVICES AS RECOMMENDED.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRASSIA, MOVE TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PARKER.

AGENDA ITEM 15.2, EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. IS THERE A MOTION?

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND CARLOS LANCE FOR THE POSITION OF VARSITY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AS RECOMMENDED.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS, IS THERE A SECOND?

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRASSIA, WE'LL DO THE VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE ALL IN FAVOR.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, COACH LYNN.

NEXT WE'LL HAVE AGENDA ITEM 15.3 EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NORTH CROWLEY NINTH GRADE CAMPUS. IS THERE A MOTION?

>> I RECOMMEND BETHANY KNIGHTON FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NORTH CROWLEY NINTH GRADE CAMPUS AS RECOMMENDED.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE ROBINSON. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

WE'LL DO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

CONGRATULATIONS, MS. KNIGHTON.

WE ALSO HAVE AGENDA ITEM 15.4, EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL.

PRINCIPAL AT CROWLEY ELEMENTARY COLLEGE-PREP. IS THERE A MOTION?

>> I RECOMMEND FELICIA TATE FOR THE POSITION OF PRINCIPAL AT CROWLEY ELEMENTARY COLLEGE-PREP AS RECOMMENDED.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE STEVENS. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRASSIA, WE'LL DO VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM 15.5, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT AND PERMANENT DRAINAGE FACILITY EASEMENT, CROWLEY ROAD AND NORTH CROWLEY CLAIBORNE ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. IS THERE A MOTION?

>> YES. I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT AND THE PERMANENT DRAINAGE FACILITY EASEMENT VIA BOARD RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRASSIA. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS, WE'LL DO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.