May 11, 2023 Called Board Meeting

[1.0 Call to Order]

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GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE CALLED MEETING OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 551.041, SUBCHAPTER C GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED BY THE 73RD LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

MR. KIRK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE]. I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

THE MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE BOARD ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AS WE CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT, REVIEW INFORMATION AND MAKE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF CROWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE TIME DESIGNATED FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THE QUORUM AND COURTESY ARE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR COMMUNICATION DEVICES BEFORE WE BEGIN FOR OUR PROCEEDINGS.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CROWLEY ISD SCHOOLS.

FOR AGENDA ITEM 2.0 BOARD CELEBRATIONS AT THIS TIME TRUSTEES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE CELEBRATIONS RELATED TO OUR

[2.0 Celebrations / Board Points of Pride]

I HAVE ONE. RICHARD ALLEN RAMS [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE STARS WITH CONFIDENCE. THEY STARTED SUPER STAR SATURDAY IN PREP FOR REVIEW.

[INAUDIBLE] THEMED DRESS UP DAYS. APRIL THE 25TH THEY WORE THEIR FAVORITE SWEATS. MAY 2ND TEAM JERSEYS. MAY 3RD WAS SUPERHERO SHIRT DAY. MAY 9TH THE RAMS WORE NEON. SHINE AND SPARKLES BECAUSE THEIR FUTURES ARE SO BRIGHT. GO RAMS! [APPLAUSE] OKAY TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU.

APRIL 29TH WAS A BIG DAY AT CROWLEY ISD.

OUR ANNUAL SPRING FAMILY FESTIVAL INCLUDED A STUDENT, TEACHER AND PARAPROFESSIONAL JOB FAIR.

DISABILITY RESOURCE FAIR, FREE KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION, EARLY VOTING AND A SCIENCE STEM FAIR.

FOOD GAMES AND MORE.

IT WAS A HUGE FAMILY EVENT AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE WHOLE TEAM WORKING TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT MADE THAT EVENT POSSIBLE.

WOO WOO! [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

THE END OF THE YEAR REQUIRES US TO WORK LIKE A TEAM HERE IN CROWLEY ISD, FROM STAAR TESTING TO SETTING UP FOR BIG EVENTS TO KEEPING OUR BUILDINGS COOL AND OUR STUDENTS HEALTHY AND WELL FED.

THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR AND SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK.

MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS EMPLOYEES.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

TEACHERS, YOU ARE AMAZING.

SCHOOL LUNCH HEROES YOU ROCK.

SCHOOL NURSES WE COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT YOU.

YOU PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR HERE IN CROWLEY ISD [APPLAUSE].

WELL, SPEAKING OF WORKING LIKE A TEAM, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT TODAY, EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE HAD A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR, AND OUR SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS AND RETIREES.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE CROWLEY ISD A GREAT PLACE TO BE.

AND YOU ARE ALL ALL STARS.

MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO SEE AN AMAZING GROUP PICTURE CREATED BY MATT HOOVER OF ALL OF THE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO CROWLEY ISD [APPLAUSE].

THE MONTH OF MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH CELEBRATES THE HISTORIES OF AMERICANS HAILING

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IN CROWLEY ISD WE ALWAYS SAY THIS DIVERSITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER AND WE CELEBRATE YOU AND THE RICHNESS OF THE CULTURE YOU SHARE WITH US.

SO PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THIS INCREDIBLE MONTH [APPLAUSE].

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WILL ROUND THIS OUT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CROWLEY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, SENIOR OSVALDO PROVENCIO. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ON CLAIMING THE 2023 VANTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES, SUPER SMASH BROTHERS ON MAY 7TH AT THE EA SPORTS STADIUM IN ARLINGTON BY WINNING THE TITLE, PROVENCIO, WHO WAS ONE OF THE EIGHT PLAYERS TO QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS AND BECOME THE FIRST STATE CHAMPION IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

NO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOARD.

[3.0 Superintendent Report]

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

AS WE ENTER INTO THIS LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PARENTS FOR ALLOWING US TO WORK WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE ALONGSIDE OF YOU AND WITH THIS GREAT ADMINISTRATION IN CROWLEY ISD.

IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME AND AMAZING SCHOOL YEAR UP TO THIS POINT, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

THERE'S A QUOTE THAT SAID THE EYES OF THE FUTURE ARE LOOKING BACK AT US AND THEY ARE HOPING AND PRAYING ON BENDED KNEES THAT WE WILL SEE BEYOND OUR TIME.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY TODAY IS THAT THE EYES OF THE FUTURE WERE LOOKING BACK AT US IN CROWLEY, AND THEY WERE HOPING AND PRAYING THAT WE COULD SEE BEYOND OUR TIME AND OUR COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY OF CROWLEY ISD.

THEY DID JUST THAT.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE VISION AND THE FORESIGHT WAS REALIZED THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAD ONE VISION AND THEY SPOKE WITH ONE VOICE.

EXCELLENCE FOR ALL.

THIS WEEKEND AS THEY ACTUALLY PASSED THE $1.04 BILLION BOND.

SO LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY [APPLAUSE].

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME UNIQUE THINGS THAT OCCURRED DURING THIS TIME.

AND I WANT TO REALLY PERSONALLY THANK THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY FOR JUST BEING JUST TIRELESSLY SUPPORTING CROWLEY ISD OPENING UP THE DOOR FOR CROWLEY ISD TO REALLY HEAR ABOUT OUR STORY. WE COLLECTIVELY COMPLETED OVER 300 PLUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS OVER 100 DAY PERIOD, AND WE TOOK EVERY AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY TO DO OUR NUMBER ONE RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WORK TOGETHER TO INFORM THEM, TO EDUCATE THEM.

AT THE END WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE WITH THE WITH Y'ALL'S HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE OUR COMMUNITY AND THE RESULTS WERE SIGNIFICANT.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY BOARD AND TO THE [INAUDIBLE] FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR ACTING LIKE A FAMILY AND WORKING LIKE A TEAM.

SO ON ANOTHER NOTE, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE HAVING TO DO THIS WAY TOO OFTEN, BUT WE DO NEED TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WERE IN THEIR IN THEIR LIVES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE TRAGEDY IN ALLEN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE SIMPLY HAVE TO DO MORE THAN CONTINUE TO PAUSE WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN.

WHAT WE KNOW IS, THOUGH, IN LIGHT OF THESE RECENT TRAGEDIES AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY AND SPECIFICALLY IN OUR STATE, WITHIN OUR STATE AND OUR REGION, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT OF THIS DISTRICT AND I KNOW THE BOARD FEELS THE SAME, THAT IT'S THAT IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO REFOCUS OUR EFFORTS AROUND SAFETY AND SECURITY AS WE PREPARE TO CLOSE OUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR AS WE HEAD INTO THE SUMMER.

I'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST REALLY TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS WITH OUR DISTRICT SAFETY TEAM.

AND BOY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STOP FOR A SECOND AND INTRODUCE OUR SAFETY TEAM.

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WE HAD THEM DO SEVERAL ASSESSMENTS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, SO I LIKE THEM TO JUST STAY IN SO I CAN INTRODUCE THEM.

DR. NOEL REID. MS. MS. FIELDS. MS. KRISTIN FIELDS AND MR. TYE CRAWFORD.

THESE ARE THREE OF OUR DISTRICT SAFETY ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE HELPING US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING ALL OF THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY THE COMMISSIONER AND ALSO BY THE GOVERNOR. ALSO, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, DR.

WRIGHT AND MS. KUNTSCHIK AND OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.

WE'VE BEEN ALL TOGETHER REVIEWING OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE PROCEDURES THAT IMPACT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

AS WE KNOW OUR MOST, OUR CAMPUSES WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES IS IMPORTANT.

BUT WE KNOW OUR SAFETY, OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES ARE CRITICAL TO MAKING SURE WE HAVE SAFE, SAFE SPACES.

WE ALSO PARTNERING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SMOOTH END TO WHAT HAS BEEN AN AWESOME AND SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND STAFF.

I AM REQUESTING YOUR SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAFETY AND SECURITY AND OUR MITIGATING MITIGATION PLANS WILL RESULT IN A STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF OUR SAFETY PROCEDURES.

SO PARENTS, WE ARE SENDING MESSAGES HOME TOMORROW WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT I WANT YOU TO HELP US TO ENCOURAGE YOUR STUDENTS TO KNOW THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF THESE PROCEDURES.

SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL START A STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF STUDENT ID BADGES.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUSES.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR STUDENTS OR TEACHERS OR PARENTS FOR EVERYONE TO REALLY REINFORCE THE NEED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OUR STUDENTS.

ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE THEIR ID BADGES VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES.

IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE STUDENTS WHO WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AND WHO'S WHO ARE NOT, WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND THOSE THAT ARE.

ALSO PARENTS WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO REMIND OUR STUDENTS REMIND YOUR STUDENTS OF THE NEED TO WEAR THESE BADGES ALL DAY AND TO PRESENT THEM TO ANY ADULT IN THE BUILDING THAT ASKS FOR THEM.

WE ASK THAT YOU ASK MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS KNOW TO PRESENT THEIR BADGES TO ANY ADULT ASKS.

STAFF I'M ALSO ASKING FOR ALL STAFF TO BE VISIBLE IN THE HALLWAYS AND TO BE ACTIVELY MONITORING THE CAMPUS AT ALL TIMES.

OUR STUDENTS WITHOUT BADGES WILL BE REQUIRED TO SECURE A TEMPORARY BADGE, AND THEY COULD BE ASSIGNED PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS FIRST THERE WILL BE A CORRECTION.

AFTER THAT, IT COULD BE A PLACEMENT IN DETENTION LEADING TO ISS AND POTENTIALLY SUSPENSION.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS IF THEY HAVE BADGES ON.

THANK YOU, PARENTS, FOR HELPING US TO TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND HELPING US TO ENFORCE THAT.

ALSO IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HALLS ARE CLEAR AND THAT STUDENTS ARE IN AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION, WE'LL BE CONDUCTING RANDOM HALL SWEEPS THROUGHOUT OUR BUILDINGS AFTER THE TARDY BELL.

STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT IN CLASS DURING DURING CLASS TIME COULD BE SUBJECTED, SUBJECTED TO IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT, TO DETENTION THAT COULD LEAD TO IN SCHOOL OR IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. IT'S CRITICAL.

IT'S CRITICAL THAT THESE STUDENTS REALIZE THAT SCHOOL IS NOT OVER.

AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO BE IN CLASS LEARNING AND NOT WANDERING THE HALLS, DOING SO REDUCES THE RISK FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES.

SO PARENTS AND STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'LL NOTICE MORE VISIBILITY INSIDE THE BUILDING, OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING LUNCH.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH HELPING US TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS STEP UP AND VOLUNTEER WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR BUILDINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO LET US KNOW WHEN STUDENTS ARE IN THE COMMUNITIES.

WE NEED MORE.

IT'S ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES SO WE APPRECIATE THAT HELP.

PARENTS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING US WITH MONITORING, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CAMPUS PRINCIPAL OR CONTACT YOUR CAMPUS PRINCIPAL.

WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE CAN GET YOU SCANNED IN AND GET YOU CLEARED, BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED YOUR HELP AND YOUR ASSISTANCE.

IF YOU CAN'T GET YOUR CAMPUS PRINCIPAL OR MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE A STUDENT WHO'S AT A SCHOOL, YOU CAN CONTACT OUR STUDENT SERVICES OFFICE AND WE WILL GET YOU CONNECTED TO A CAMPUS AND WE WILL WELCOME FOLKS TO COME IN, PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LUNCH.

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR BOTH BUS DUTY AFTER SCHOOL OR BEFORE SCHOOL, OR JUST PROVIDE SUPPORT OUTSIDE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

PARENTS AND STUDENTS. YOU COULD ALSO YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE MODIFICATIONS IN ENTRANCE PROCEDURES TO THE CAMPUSES FOR STUDENTS WHO ARRIVE AFTER SCHOOL, WHO ARRIVE AT SCHOOL AFTER 9:00.

WE WILL ASSIGN SPECIFIC ENTRY ZONES FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY WHO ARE LATE.

SO IF YOU'RE LATE, PLEASE EXPECT TO BE DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR ENTRANCE WHERE YOU'LL BE INSTRUCTED ON HOW TO PROCEED.

WE'LL ALSO BE INCREASING OUR USE OF METAL DETECTORS, HAND WANDS AND CANINE SEARCHES IN AN EFFORT TO BE PROACTIVE IN ENSURING THAT OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IS

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THANK YOU CROWLEY ISD FOR ALWAYS, ALWAYS ACTING LIKE A FAMILY AND WORKING LIKE A TEAM.

TOGETHER, WE CAN ENSURE A SMOOTH ENDING TO A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND. AND I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING ALL OF US VIEW SAFETY AND SECURITY AS A TOP PRIORITY IN THE DISTRICT, AND MANY OF US AS PARENTS FEEL THE SAME WAY.

SO I KNOW THAT OUR ECHOED THE SAME SENTIMENTS FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ENDING THIS YEAR POSITIVELY AND SAFELY SO THAT WE CAN ALL ENJOY THE SUMMER BREAK.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE EFFORT.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE EXTRA STEPS AND KEEPING US ALL SAFE.

AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[4.0 Report Item(s)]

AND IT IS FINE ARTS.

DR. MCFARLAND.

MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAM TONIGHT TO SHOWCASE OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAM.

WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE MR. STAN SWANN, OUR CHIEF OF STUDENT SERVICES, ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR FINE ARTS.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE SO THANKFUL AND PROUD OF MR. SWANN AND HIS SERVICE OVER 32 YEARS, I BELIEVE, TO [INAUDIBLE] EDUCATION AND HE HAS PROVIDED GREAT LEADERSHIP.

MR. SWANN WILL BE RETIRING, SO I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND I SAY RETIRE.

I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SO HE'LL BE YOU'LL STILL SEE HIM AROUND.

BUT HE IS RETIRING AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO LET'S GIVE MR. SWANN A HAND [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

MCFARLAND.

AS A PRELUDE TO THE FINE ARTS UPDATE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOLS BAND SHOW CHOIR.

[INAUDIBLE] FEELING GOOD.

[SINGING]

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APPROPRIATE FEELING GOOD.

OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE FINE PERFORMING ARTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH HOW MANY STUDENTS WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENROLLED [INAUDIBLE].

AS YOU CAN TELL, WE STARTED WITH SOMEWHERE AROUND 15,157 STUDENTS ENROLLED.

AT THAT TIME, WE HAD ABOUT 11,760 STUDENTS IN FINE PERFORMING ARTS.

LET'S MOVE FORWARD FAST.

LET'S LOOK AT THE FIFTH MARKING PERIOD.

WE HAD 16,958 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CROWLEY ISD AT THAT TIME.

AS YOU KNOW, GUYS, WE HAVE 12,570 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FINE ARTS.

[INAUDIBLE].

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. STUDENT PARTICIPATION AGAIN IS 12,570 STUDENTS.

NOW THAT IS 74.12%.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE ALWAYS TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO IDENTIFY FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.

THIS YEAR, OUR GOAL WAS TO HIT 10% OF AN INCREASE IN FINE PERFORMING ARTS.

IF YOU LOOK BELOW, YOU'LL SEE WE ACTUALLY GOT VERY, VERY CLOSE, 8.33%.

RAW NUMBERS, GUYS. THAT'S REALLY 967 STUDENTS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOT ONLY DO WE REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENT PERFORMERS, BUT WE ALSO THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO ACTUALLY SIT IN THE CHAIRS TO LEAD THAT PARTICULAR GROUP OF STUDENTS. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ART, BAND, CHEER, CHOIR, DANCE, ELEMENTARY MUSIC, HONOR CHOIR, MARIACHI, THEATER, AND ELEMENTARY UIL A PLUS ACADEMICS.

LAST SATURDAY, ON MAY THE 6TH, IF YOU HAD ANY TIME, I DID SEE A COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THERE.

CERTAINLY DR. MCFARLAND WAS THERE.

KELICIA STEVENSON WAS THERE. MISS DAVIS WAS THERE.

WE HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND 756 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING K-5 AT THAT ACADEMICS EVENT [APPLAUSE].

IF YOU FILL THE SEAT IN ANY OF THOSE CHAIRS.

ART, BAND, CHEER, CHOIR, DANCE, ELEMENTARY MUSIC, ART, ART, ET CETERA PLEASE STAND [APPLAUSE].

I'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE REMAIN STANDING.

SHARON THOMPSON. [APPLAUSE] 43 YEARS. WOW.

[INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY LEAGUE MUSIC TEACHER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN THE PERSON CULTIVATED MOST OF OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS.

SHE GOES TO CAMPUSES.

SHE PROVIDES SUPPORT.

SHE PROVIDES PROVIDES EXPERIENCE.

SHE PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE PRINCIPALS AND TO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN TERMS OF EVALUATIONS.

SHE'S THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HELPS THIS WHOLE THING GROW.

YEAH, THAT'S IT [APPLAUSE].

CISD FINE ARTS OFFERINGS.

[INAUDIBLE] MARIACHI.

AND ALSO ON THE 13TH OR THE 17TH, THERE'S GOING TO BE MY ACCLAIMED FINE ARTS CAMP.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE KIDS THERE AS WELL.

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CHEER CHOIR. DANCE THEATER.

HIGH SCHOOL ART BAND.

CHEER. CAR DANCE THEORY.

UIL ACADEMICS. THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE THE CULMINATION OF THESE TABLES RIGHT HERE.

IT'S PHENOMENAL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

IF YOU GUYS CAN RECALL WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF TRYING TO USHER THE HORNED FROGS TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

MYSELF, GREG [INAUDIBLE], HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MR. BROWN, YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PHOTO RIGHT THERE.

MR. DANFORTH, COULD YOU STAND UP, MR. DANFORTH, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] ON THAT PARTICULAR MORNING TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PARTICULAR TEAM KNEW HOW MUCH PURPLE MEANT TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, MR. DANFORTH. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU, GUYS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHEN YOU THINK IN TERMS OF MARCHING BANDS AND PRIDE, WE ALWAYS THINK CERTAINLY OF NORTH CROWLEY MIGHTY PANTHER BAND.

WE THINK OF THE MIGHTY EAGLE BAND.

THESE GUYS DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB EVERY SINGLE YEAR TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT ROUND.

I ALWAYS WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MR. SEWELL. MR. DAKOTA, MR. SAMPLE, MR. SAMPLE, STAND IF YOU'RE HERE [APPLAUSE].

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

NOW, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT JIVING IN JAZZ JAZZ MUSIC, I ALWAYS THINK IN TERMS OF LET ME GET IN CONTACT, CERTAINLY WITH DR.

MAYFIELD, BECAUSE I KNOW HER HUSBAND REALLY LIKES JAZZ AND HE KNOWS I LOVE JAZZ.

BONEY JAMES WAS ACTUALLY IN TOWN LAST WEEK.

I MISSED IT, BUT I WANTED TO BE THERE.

BUT I WAS ACTUALLY AT A WATCH PARTY ALSO THANKING YOU, LORD, FOR DOING THE THINGS YOU DID OVER THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT PROMPT [INAUDIBLE].

BUT OUR JAZZ ENSEMBLES ARE PHENOMENAL.

PHENOMENAL. TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE ENTIRE GROUP PERFORM, CERTAINLY AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

SO IF YOU EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, MR. DANFORTH, THE GUY WITH THE WHITE HAIR WITH HIS BACK TO US, HE DID A GREAT JOB.

[INAUDIBLE] NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

NOW, I WOULD BE REMISS IN NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE THAT ACTUALLY HAS A WONDERFUL JAZZ BAND, TOO.

MR. SAMPLE AGAIN, THERE WAS A COMPILATION THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED BETWEEN HE CERTAINLY AND MRS. GILLIS AS YOU SAW, THEIR MEN'S SHOW CHOIR NOW PERFORM.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB THERE.

IT WAS A FUNDRAISER.

I WAS THERE. WE ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO TALK [INAUDIBLE] THERE AS WELL.

AND SO WE ALSO THANK THAT GROUP FOR FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE PEOPLE MESMERIZED AND ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS, I HEARD MR. DAVIS SPEAK ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A COMPILATION OF PERCUSSION INSTRUCTORS WHO HAVE A VISION.

THOSE GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO GO TO GROVE CITY.

THERE THEY DID VERY, VERY WELL.

AS YOU BEGIN TO MOVE UP INTO DIFFERENT CLASSES, WE STILL DIDN'T SEE A LULL IN THEIR PERFORMANCE.

AND SO, AGAIN, UM, MR. DANFORTH.

I APPRECIATE [INAUDIBLE].

CERTAINLY SOME OF THE GUIDANCE OF CHRIS DUNNING AND ALSO MR. CHRISTOPHER SAMPLE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

LOOK AT THAT WONDERFUL [INAUDIBLE].

ANYTIME WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE CONCERT SIGHT READING, I'M ALWAYS ENAMORED BY THAT BECAUSE I ALWAYS HEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REHEARSE.

WE CAN'T DO IT.

ALL RIGHT. I HEAR THE SAME THING.

SO FROM A MYRIAD OF INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE, IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, YOU LOOK ON THE TOP.

YOU ALSO SEE KATELYN COX IN HER GROUP THERE.

THESE GUYS ACTUALLY SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS.

OKAY. SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE CERTAINLY IN POSITIONS TO DO GREAT THINGS IN CROWLEY ISD, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THOSE PEOPLE THERE.

IF YOU LOOK IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE MISS COX AGAIN.

THAT IS HER JAZZ BAND, OKAY? THAT'S JAZZ UNDER THE STARS FOR THE CITY OF CROWLEY.

SO THEY PERFORM ON MANY OCCASIONS TO DO GREAT THINGS.

NEXT SLIDE. A VISION OF DR.

MCFARLAND SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

SWANN? YES, SIR.

I WANT A MARIACHI BAND.

YES, SIR. WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

LO AND BEHOLD, THERE IS ACTUALLY A TRIP DOWN TO TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.

DR. BERRY WENT DOWN THERE.

SHE WAS TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOME RANDOM TEACHERS.

SHE RAN ACROSS A PERSON NAMED ARIANA JEFFERSON WHO ACTUALLY HAD A RELATIVE HERE IN TOWN.

MRS. JEFFERSON, CAN YOU STAND? MRS. JEFFERSON [APPLAUSE]. FIRST YEAR, SOMEONE THAT REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A MARK FOR CROWLEY ISD.

WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THAT PARTICULAR GROUP PERFORM AT OUR FAMILY FESTIVAL AND THAT THAT GROUP PERFORMED HERE EVEN ON FIRST FRIDAY FOR OUR STAFF HERE AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE.

THANKS TO DR. MCFARLAND VISION AGAIN AND ALSO HR AND EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] SO GREAT THINGS [INADUIBLE].

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UH, MR. GRAHAM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

CERTAINLY. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEAN INTO MULTIPLE THINGS CERTAINLY CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, ALONG WITH PARTICIPATING IN OTHER INDIVIDUALS AT OTHER CAMPUSES AND BEING THE ACCOMPANIST. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO THERE [APPLAUSE].

NEXT SLIDE. OH, LOOK AT HERE.

WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GO TO GRANBURY CONCERT SIGHT READING.

RIGHT. AGAIN, WE ACTUALLY HAD [INAUDIBLE].

GREAT WORK, GREAT JOB.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE AND GREAT MUSICIANS HERE IN TOWN.

NEXT SLIDE. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALSO ON ITS WAY UP.

WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING PEOPLE GROW EVERY SINGLE DAY.

KIDS GROW, NUMBERS GROW.

INITIALLY, MRS. BEVERLY HEATH WAS ACTUALLY OVER THE PIANO LAB AT JUNE DAVIS ELEMENTARY.

SHE ACTUALLY MOVED UP NOW TO HF STEVENS.

LAST YEAR, THEY HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND 36 OR SO KIDS ENROLL IN THAT PARTICULAR GROUP THERE.

AS WE LOOKED AT THE TALLIES RECENTLY, THEY HAVE NOW 80 STUDENTS.

SO LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD LOOK LIKE AS THOSE KIDS GROW UP.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

NEXT SLIDE. [INAUDIBLE] WHO REMEMBERS HOW COLD IT WAS IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE HAD THE SNOW SNOW TOGETHER? AT THE END OF THAT WEEK, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A COMPETITION IN SALINA, TEXAS.

MR. SWANN, CAN WE GO? MR. BROWN, CAN WE GO? LET'S TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT THERE.

THEY WENT [INAUDIBLE] CHAMPIONS.

WOW. NEXT SLIDE.

IF YOU HAD ANY OPPORTUNITY.

I KNOW WOODSON-MAYFIELD DID BECAUSE SHE SAID, MR. SWANN, IS IT OKAY IF I SIT IN THE FRONT ROW? I SAID, YES, MA'AM. PLEASE SIT WHEREVER YOU WANT TO SIT.

PLEASE DO. OKAY.

THE WIZARD OF OZ.

WIZARD OF OZ. OKAY.

THE RENDITION. ALSO THE WIZ.

THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED DURING THIS PARTICULAR PIECE RIGHT HERE THAT WAS DONE BY NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL'S DANCE PROGRAM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MISS BRAUN. PLEASE STAND [APPLAUSE].

JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE TABLE IS ALL DEDICATED TO MISS BRAUN.

THIS IS THIS IS ONE EVENT.

ONE EVENT. OKAY. SO THERE'S A MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT YOU ALREADY HAD PLACED [INAUDIBLE] . NEXT SLIDE. NOW, WE DON'T JUST THINK IN TERMS OF OF HIGH SCHOOL, WE THINK IN TERMS OF VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT.

HEY, THIS IS CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY ALSO PERFORM.

[INAUDIBLE] HEY, THEY'RE THERE AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT OUR YOUNGER CHILDREN, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED AND ALSO OUR HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO THINKING IN TERMS OF [INAUDIBLE].

NEXT SLIDE. NOW, [INAUDIBLE] FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER.

IT WAS A GREAT TIME.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A GROUP DOWN THERE FROM HF STEVENS.

IF YOU LOOK IN THE MIDDLE, YOU'LL SEE SOMEONE THAT'S IN THERE, ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THERE.

WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT PIECE RIGHT THERE.

AND MANY OF THE KIDS WHO I SPOKE WITH [INAUDIBLE] SHE SAID, MR. SWANN, ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS [INAUDIBLE].

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CELEBRATION.

NEXT SLIDE. THEATER SOMETHING CLOSE TO MY HEART.

52 PIECE SET PYLONS, EIGHT FOOT, FOUR FOOT DOOR WINDOWS UNITS, ALL TYPES OF THINGS.

FRENCH DOOR UNITS. I LOVE THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE BROUGHT HOME THAT TROPHY, WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS IN THE TECHNICAL BOOTH. SOUND LIGHTING.

OKAY, HONORABLE MENTION IN TERMS OF ACTING.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO.

HISTORICALLY, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A FULL COLLABORATION WITH ART IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THE SCENE DESIGN.

AND MANY TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS, WE'VE HAD THAT CERTAINLY WITH [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE STAND [APPLAUSE].

NEXT SLIDE. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ONLY JUST RESIDE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

WE THINK IN TERMS OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEIR THEATER GROUPS.

LAST WEEK OR SO, WE ACTUALLY HAD A COMPILATION.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY THREE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO SEE WHO WAS THE BEST GROUP OF STUDENTS, BEST TROUPE AND [INAUDIBLE] ACTUALLY WON THAT.

SO CMS IS DOING VERY, VERY WELL ALSO IN THEIR FINE ARTS.

AND SO GUYS, IT'S ALL OVER THE DISTRICT.

IT'S SPRINKLED. NEXT SLIDE, VOSS.

SOME PEOPLE CALL IT VEX.

THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE CERTAINLY THAT WE ALSO NEED TO PAY HOMAGE TO.

AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE MRS. RUSSELL MRS. [INAUDIBLE]. THOSE GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE DONE SOME GREAT WORK THERE.

I KNOW SHE'S JUST HERE, BUT REMEMBER, SHE ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO TRAVEL ALSO DOWN TO AUSTIN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT KID HAD EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED.

AND YOU WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THE ACTUAL PIECE OF WORK.

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STUDENTS A 10TH GRADE STUDENT, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ALL THE WAY TO STATE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AGAIN, THAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THAT'S THE YOUNG MAN THERE. WONDERFUL THINGS.

SO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

YOU'RE ALWAYS RAISING YOUR HAND WHEN WE CERTAINLY NEED TO SEE KIDS ACTUALLY MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

WE'RE LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SERVICE AND SUPPORTS AND SUPPLIES.

THOSE THINGS DO NOT HAVE [INAUDIBLE].

NEXT SLIDE. ACADEMIC UIL HERE WE ALWAYS THINK IN TERMS [INAUDIBLE] CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL DOES CERTAINLY THE SAME TYPES OF THINGS.

OUR KIDS ALWAYS COME BACK WITH SOME TYPE OF METAL.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

SAME THING HERE.

MAKING IT INTO STATE OR IN REGIONS.

ALMOST GETTING THE STATE IN PROS.

IN HIGH SCHOOL, I ACTUALLY SANG A SONG CALLED THE VAGABOND BY VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. I HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO STATE AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE KIDS AND I SAID, I DID THAT 40 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR.

BUT I ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO GO TO STATE.

AND FROM THERE IT REALLY CATAPULTED ME [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH FINE PERFORMING ARTS.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE AND AGAIN, LAST WEEK YOU SAW ALL THOSE KIDS AT THE UIL A PLUS ACADEMICS.

GREAT THING. THANK YOU, DR.

CROWLEY, FOR BEING HERE AND ACTUALLY SPEAKING LETTING US KNOW WHAT THIS ALL IS ABOUT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T THINK IN TERMS OF THAT PARTICULAR THING.

THAT DAY KIND OF CATAPULTS US ALSO [INAUDIBLE] AND WE CONSIDER THAT AN INSTRUMENT AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. AND PARTNERSHIPS.

WHEN WE THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN FAT TUESDAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PERSON HERE FROM LOUISIANA, MR. MCHUGH. MR. MCHUGH ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE DISTRICT DURING A TOUR OF DUTY FOR HIS BOSS, MR. DUNNING. HEY, THIS IS A PART OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

MR. MCHUGH, COULD YOU PLEASE STAND? [APPLAUSE] SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, CERTAINLY AS A TEAM, CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFY, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK JUST BEHIND ME AND SEE EVERYONE'S [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS BOARD OR COMMENTS? SWANN, THE GROUP THAT JUST PERFORMED, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT GROUP AGAIN? IT'S A NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL MEN'S SHOW CHOIR.

OKAY. AND IS ARE THERE OTHER MEMBERS? AND THAT'S ALL. THEY COULD BE HERE TONIGHT? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THEIR OTHER MEMBERS.

BUT ACTUALLY THAT IS PART OF A MIXED CHOIR.

AS YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR GROUP ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO GRANBURY WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WON SWEEPSTAKES.

SO JUST SOME WONDERFUL THINGS THOSE GUYS HAVE DONE.

OKAY. OKAY.

NOW, MY COMMENT JUST IN ATTENDING DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR STUDENTS SING, ACT, DANCE.

ONE THING THAT I THINK IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT AT EACH LEVEL, STARTING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WHETHER THEY'RE SINGING, DANCING, WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE DOING, THERE ARE TECHNIQUES THAT GO ALONG WITH SINGING AND NOT JUST OPENING YOUR MOUTH AND WHATEVER COMES OUT OR OR DANCING AND NOT.

THERE ARE TECHNIQUES THAT GO AT THAT STUDENTS CAN LEARN AT EACH LEVEL.

AND I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TEACH OUR STUDENTS THE TECHNIQUES.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE SPRING SHOW AT HF STEVENS AND THAT IS THE ONE THING I NOTICED.

I CANNOT REMEMBER THE INSTRUCTOR'S NAME, BUT THE STUDENTS WERE DANCING AND THEY WERE AND NOT THAT I'M A DANCER, BUT I KNOW TECHNIQUE WHEN I SEE IT.

AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY EXHIBITING DANCE TECHNIQUES INSTEAD AGAIN OF WHATEVER.

SO I JUST THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WHEN AT EACH LEVEL THAT WE HONE THOSE TECHNIQUES AND THOSE SKILLS AT EACH LEVEL, JUST LIKE OUR ACADEMICS, SO THAT WHEN THEY GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL, THEY BUILD ON WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW.

SO THANK YOU.

VICTORIA HACKNEY THAT'S THE INSTRUCTOR.

VICTORIA [INAUDIBLE].

I ALSO HAD A COMMENT.

YES, GREAT JOB ALL AROUND CROWLEY ISD.

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AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP.

AND I JUST WANT LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU [APPLAUSE].

I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT TOO, REGARDING THE LEADERSHIP.

I, I CONSIDER MYSELF A THESPIAN AND I TRY TO SING.

MY HUSBAND MAY NOT THINK SO, BUT I DO JAZZ, YOU KNOW? UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AND I LOVE ALL OF IT.

FINE ARTS. I'M A HUGE FAN OF FINE ARTS.

AND ONE THING THAT STICKS OUT TO ME IS HOW INCREDIBLY TALENTED OUR STUDENTS ARE IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.

BUT THE DEDICATION AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY PERFORM OR WHEN THEY PRESENT THEIR ART OR WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY GO TO THEIR TEACHERS, THEY GO TO THEIR COACHES, THEY GO TO THEIR INSTRUCTORS, AND THEY LOOK FOR THAT VALIDATION.

AND I THINK THAT LEADERSHIP SPEAKS VOLUMES BECAUSE, YES, THEY'RE TALENTED, BUT THEY ALSO LOOK TO THEIR LEADERS FOR GUIDANCE AND THAT SUPPORT.

AND WE HAVE SOME AWESOME, AWESOME LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND THEN SEEING ALL OF THE TALENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THIS IS A CULMINATION OF ALL OF THIS.

BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK, IS THIS JUST FROM THIS YEAR OR IS THIS FROM SEVERAL YEARS OR, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR? THIS YEAR ALONE? THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

JUST JUST PHENOMENAL.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOU.

THIS IS LIKE BITTERSWEET, OBVIOUSLY, BUT ALSO TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

I FORGET THE NUMBER OF SERVICE UNTIL DR.

MCFARLAND REMINDED US.

AND SO IT'S EVIDENT AND THE OUTCOME OF WHAT WE SEE AND WE LIKE DR.

MCFARLAND SAID THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

THE BEST IS YET TO COME, BUT IT'S A PROUD MOMENT TODAY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LEADERS.

THANK YOU, STUDENTS, IF THEY'RE LISTENING IN, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF WHAT YOU DO FOR THE DISTRICT.

LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING FIRST TO YOU, MR. SWANN I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS DISTRICT, AND ESPECIALLY THE FINE ARTS AND ALL THREE OF MY GIRLS GOING THROUGH BAND.

WE GOT TO SEE EACH OTHER A LOT ON SATURDAYS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BUT I ALWAYS ENJOYED FINE ARTS AND MISS RUSSELL AND I WERE TALKING AND SHE SAID, YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ART TEACHERS.

AND NOT ONLY DO I REMEMBER MR. PALMER AT GREENBRIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT I ALSO REMEMBER MISS BENNETT AT WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND THOSE TWO PEOPLE WERE JUST OBVIOUSLY MAKE ME WHO I AM TODAY.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MY MY BAND TEACHERS AT SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL, Y'ALL ARE A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, Y'ALL REALLY ARE.

AND IT'S TOUGH, BUT Y'ALL ALWAYS HAVE A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.

YOU ALWAYS WORK HARD FOR OUR KIDS AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

SO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

I KNOW I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE MY COLLEAGUE DARYL IS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT WOULD MEAN I WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T [LAUGHTER].

WAIT MY TURN. SO TO GARY'S POINT AND ALSO FOR LA TONYA.

I'M SORRY, [INAUDIBLE].

I'M OUT OF PRACTICE. I MISSED THE MEETING.

I GOT TO REHEARSE.

AND I WAS ALSO A THESPIAN, RIGHT, GROWING UP.

AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT MY THEATER TEACHERS WERE THE PEOPLE WHO MADE HIGH SCHOOL ALL THAT IT WAS. I MET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE.

I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF, AND IT GAVE ME SOME COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD.

AND SO THE WORK THAT YOU DO HAS TREMENDOUS IMPACT.

AND BEING IN EDUCATION WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT CORE TEACHERS AND ELECTIVE TEACHERS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THAT FINE ARTS PROGRAM REALLY DOES HELP OUR STUDENTS FIND THEIR PATH. AND TO YOU, STAN, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A WELCOMING FACE FOR ME WHEN I JOINED THIS BOARD,

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AND YOU ALWAYS WORK HARD AND YOU'RE ALWAYS POSITIVE AND YOU'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING AND YOU'RE ALWAYS JUST VERY HUMBLE ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF YOUR TEAM AND YOUR STUDENTS.

SO TO YOU, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU'RE REACHING THE FINISH LINE FOR I'M CHASING YOU.

I HOPE TO RETIRE ONE DAY MYSELF, AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO CROWLEY.

THANK YOU FOR THE LEGACY THAT YOU'VE LED AND THAT YOU'LL LEAVE.

YOU WON'T BE A STRANGER BECAUSE WE NEVER LET ANYBODY GO.

BUT WE KNOW THERE'S A COMMITTEE SOMEWHERE FOR YOU [LAUGHTER].

BUT I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, MY FRIEND.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL AS WELL.

AND OUR STUDENTS [APPLAUSE]. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE REBELLIOUS AND NOT SAY ANYTHING JUST BECAUSE DR.

HALL CALLED ME OUT BUT.

BUT NO, SERIOUSLY.

THIS IS REALLY ENCOURAGING AND INSPIRING TO ME.

AS I WAS AN ACTOR, I WASN'T AS REFINED AS THESE TWO LADIES AS THESPIANS [LAUGHTER].

BUT I WAS AN ACTOR AND AND A MUSICIAN AND DRUM MAJOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND I AM JUST TREMENDOUSLY ENCOURAGED AND REALLY JUST BLESSED TO SEE HOW WE PRIORITIZE THE FINE ARTS HERE IN CROWLEY ISD.

USUALLY WHEN THERE ARE BUDGET CUTS IN EDUCATION, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT BEGINS TO TO SUFFER ARE YOUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A DISSERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS WHEN SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS BEGIN TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE WERE WE ARE PROCREATORS.

IT IS IN OUR HUMAN NATURE TO CREATE AND TO PROCREATE AND THE ARTS GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

AND SO NO MATTER NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF ART OR ABILITIES THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS AS IT PERTAINS TO FINE ARTS, I THINK THAT IS JUST AN INNATE PART OF WHO WE ARE.

AND SO WE CONTINUE, I THINK, TO DO WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS BY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND TO BE CREATIVE AGAIN, WHICH IS A PART OF OUR HUMAN NATURE. SO JUST AS A DISTRICT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE PRIDE IN.

TO YOU, MR. SWANN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT LEADERSHIP, UH, OR, OR THE CULTURE OF A TEAM IS A REFLECTION OF THE LEADER.

AND WHAT WE SEE JUST MANIFESTED HERE, I BELIEVE, IS, IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS, AND CERTAINLY WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL, NOT JUST FOR BRINGING YOUR CREATIVE NATURE TO CROWLEY ISD, BUT ALSO SUBMITTING THAT TO A GREAT LEADER. AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE AS A DISTRICT SHOULD TAKE SO MUCH PRIDE IN, JUST BECAUSE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND I BELIEVE THIS HELPS THEM BE ALL THAT GOD CREATED THEM TO BE.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOUR TEAM. AND THIS IS CERTAINLY A DEMONSTRATION OF CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED [APPLAUSE].

SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST LIKE TO AGAIN JUST THANK ALL THE FINE ARTS INSTRUCTORS FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, ALL THE NUMBERS OF HOURS THAT YOU SPEND. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE AND WE SEE THE END PRODUCT THAT YOU DO THE WORK.

AND SO WE RECOGNIZE IT.

AND I PASS BY HALL CROWLEY OFTEN AND SEE THE LIGHTS ON IN THE PARKING LOT.

AND I KNOW THERE ARE KIDS AT WORK, SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR FOR THE EXTRA.

ALSO WANT TO JUST, JUST ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PROPOSITION C.

WE CAME UP SHORT.

WE CAME UP SHORT A FEW VOTES.

AND, YOU KNOW, MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME THAT IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, YOU'LL FIND A WAY.

AND IF IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, YOU'LL FIND AN EXCUSE.

AND SO WHAT I'M TELLING THE FINE ARTS INSTRUCTORS THAT I'LL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH A COUPLE OF THE DIRECTORS, AND THEN I'LL MEET WITH ALL OF THE FINE ARTS INSTRUCTORS THE WEEK AFTER THAT.

AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL KIND OF IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY WHAT OUR FACILITY NEEDS ARE.

AND THE REALITY IS WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING SEVEN NEW BUILDINGS, AND SO WE GET A CHANCE TO DESIGN WHAT IS IN THOSE SEVEN NEW BUILDINGS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SPACES IN THOSE BUILDINGS WHERE WE GET THE BEST FINE ARTS OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENT TO PERFORM IN.

THAT'S MY COMMITMENT TO OUR KIDS DESERVE THE BEST.

AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE IT IS IT IS IMPORTANT TO US.

I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT AS WELL [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SWANN.

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MR. KIRCHNER HAS INSTRUCTIONS FOR US.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. SO TRUSTEES, IF YOU ALL WOULD STAND UP IN YOUR SPOTS AND ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS AND INSTRUCTORS ANYONE FINE ARTS TEAM, IF YOU ALL COME UP, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF GATHER AROUND THE TROPHIES AND GET [INAUDIBLE].

MIC] CROWLEY PRIDE. UNIFIED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE LIKE TO SHAKE YOUR HANDS, Y'ALL.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT AGENDA ITEM 4.2.

THE SUMMER LEARNING PREVIEW DR.

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

AS WE KNOW, SUMMER WILL BE HERE IN TWO WEEKS.

AND SO WE ARE WE ARE DEFINITELY PREPARED.

WE HAVE A TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON SUMMER FOR QUITE A WHILE AND WE HAVE MR. JOSHUA DUNN HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

MR. DUNN. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.

DR. MCFARLAND AND BOARD MEMBERS.

AS DR. MCFARLAND MENTIONED, MY NAME IS JOSHUA DUNN.

I AM THE K-12 SOCIAL STUDIES COORDINATOR AND THE SUMMER SCHOOL COORDINATOR FOR THIS SUMMER.

SO MY GOAL TONIGHT IS TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS AND HOW IT ALIGNS WITH GOALS ONE DRIVING STUDENTS.

WE HAVE THREE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES FOR OUR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS. ACCELERATE, ENRICH AND EXTEND.

WE KNOW THAT RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION, NOT JUST REMEDIATION, INCREASES THEIR ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY.

WE HAVE DESIGNED THESE PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE THESE THREE OBJECTIVES ANY STUDENTS ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE.

STARTING OFF WITH OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS, WE HAVE SEVERAL CAMPS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-5.

THE FIRST OF OUR PRIMARY SUMMER CAMPS IS TARGETED TO STUDENTS IN 1ST AND 2ND GRADE WITH THE GREATEST ACADEMIC NEEDS.

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THE OTHER ELEMENTARY CAMP THAT WILL BE OFFERED IS OUR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE READING AND MATH CAMP.

THESE WILL BE WEEK LONG COURSE OR WEEK LONG PROGRAMS TO HELP STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE GREATEST ACADEMIC NEEDS AND WILL ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE MODES OF LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY.

SO WITH SPECIALS AND ENRICHMENT ROTATIONS EMBEDDED INTO THEIR INSTRUCTION.

THE CAMPUSES THAT HOUSE THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS ARE STRATEGICALLY SELECTED SO THAT THE MAIN CAMPUS FEEDER PATTERN.

THE CAMPUSES WILL BE DEER CREEK, JACKIE CARDEN, JUNE DAVIS, AND SYCAMORE.

THIS WAY THE PROXIMITY ALLOWS EASE FOR PARENTS AND FOR OUR BUS ROUTES.

CONTINUING ONTO OUR ESL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE HOUSED AT PARKWAY ELEMENTARY.

THE FIRST PROGRAM WILL BE OUR PRIMARY ESL BILINGUAL CAMP WORKING WITH PK-2ND GRADE STUDENTS.

THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW TO RECEIVE 120 HOURS OF SUMMER ENRICHMENT AND WILL BE ATTENDING ALL THREE WEEKS IN JUNE.

THE OTHER CAMP THAT WE HAVE IS OUR ESL OR IS OUR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE BILINGUAL READING AND MATH CAMPS.

THESE WILL BE ONE WEEK PROGRAMS MIRRORING THE OTHER ELEMENTARY LEARNING CAMPS THAT WE HAVE FOCUSING ON STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST ACADEMIC NEEDS AND PROVIDING MULTIPLE MODES OF LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY.

MOVING ON TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS, THESE THESE CAMPS WILL BE FOCUSED ON READING AND MATH STUDENTS WHO ALSO NEED WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE GREATEST ACADEMIC NEEDS.

SO THESE CAMPS WILL AGAIN FEATURE MULTIPLE MODES OF LEARNING AS WELL AS TOURNAMENTS AND COMPETITIONS TWICE PER DAY TO HELP ENCOURAGE ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.

MUCH LIKE OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS WILL BE HOUSED ONE PER FEEDER OR PATTERN.

SUMMER CREEK AND RICHARD ALLIE WILL SERVE AS OUR TWO MAIN CAMPUSES FOR THESE PROGRAMS. OUR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY AND ORIGINAL CREDIT PROGRAM WILL OFFER STUDENTS IN OUR 9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADES AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE CREDITS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO GRADUATE.

THIS PROGRAM WILL RUN ALL FOUR WEEKS IN JUNE AND USE THE EDGENUITY CREDIT RECOVERY SOFTWARE THAT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH A FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE WITH BOTH VIRTUAL AND LIVE INSTRUCTION AS NEEDED.

AS WE MOVE INTO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT HELP SERVE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

THE FIRST BEING A SPECIAL ED INTENSIVE, A THREE WEEK PROGRAM FOCUSED ON STUDENTS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM RIGOROUS AND DEMANDING PERIOD OF ACADEMIC INTERVENTION DURING THE SUMMER. OUR OTHER PROGRAM WILL BE THE SPED EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR, A TWO WEEK PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OR IEP.

OVER AT BRJ CTE CENTER WE'LL BE OFFERING SIX PROGRAMS THAT WILL SERVE A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENTS.

THE FIRST BEING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE SUMMER PROGRAM, WHICH WILL SERVE GRADES 6-8.

SO IN A ONE WEEK PROGRAM TO HELP EXPLORE CTE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.

WE ARE EXPANDING THE TSI PREP PROGRAM TO TWO WEEKS THIS YEAR TO HELP PREPARE STUDENTS TO PASS THE TSI ASSESSMENT.

OUR GATE CAMP WILL BE A ONE WEEK PROGRAM FOCUSING ON VARIOUS STEM RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.

OUR ALGEBRA READINESS PROGRAM WILL BE A TWO WEEK PROGRAM FOR PREPARING RISING 8TH GRADERS FOR ALGEBRA ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE UNDER DR.

DUVALL AND WILL BE GRANT FUNDED.

FINALLY, SOME OF OUR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE THE ELEMENTARY FINE ARTS CAMP, WHICH WILL BE A ONE WEEK PROGRAM AT SH CROWLEY, THE 21ST CENTURY PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE A FIVE WEEK PROGRAM AT MARY HARRIS THIS YEAR WITH A THEME OF GRAND SLAM.

STEM LITERACY, ART AND MATH, WHICH WILL FEATURE EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS, ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING AND CULMINATING IN A STUDENT SHOWCASE FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

THE SUMMER BRIDGES PROGRAM WILL BE AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM FOCUSING ON STUDENTS CLOSEST TO GRADUATION AND BE HELD AT THE CLC CENTER.

AND WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL FRESHMAN SUMMER ACADEMY, WHICH WILL BE OCCURRING IN LATE JULY AT THE BOTH OF OUR 9TH GRADE CAMPUSES.

ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO OUR HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENTS.

WE ARE DOING SO BY REDUCING CREDIT RECOVERY COSTS BY 75%, PROVIDING FREE BUS TRANSPORTATION TO ALL PROGRAMS, PROVIDE FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AT ALL PROGRAMS AND CAMPUSES ARE USING DATA FROM VARIOUS ASSESSMENTS TO HELP IDENTIFY AND TARGET STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST ACADEMIC NEEDS.

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WE HAVE MISS NYVA LEVINE [APPLAUSE].

AND THAT'S FOR OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS. FOR OUR BILINGUAL ESL PROGRAMS, WE HAVE MISS TERRION OR MR. TERRION LOCKRIDGE [APPLAUSE]. OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS WE HAD MS. QUENTELLA KNOX [APPLAUSE]. FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY AND ORIGINAL CREDIT PROGRAMS MR. JAREEM WILLIAMS AND MS. JESSICA PAYNE, WHO WERE NOT HERE THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS DR.

DANIELLE KNOX-JOHNSON [APPLAUSE].

AND FOR OUR BRJ CTE PROGRAMS MR. MARKEITH WEST [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT. SO AS YOU CAN TELL, WE HAVE A VERY BUSY MONTH OF JUNE AHEAD OF US.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE THESE PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THIS INCLUDES MY SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR THE FOR MY OVERVIEW FOR THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR THE SUMMER AND CROWLEY ISD.

I'M GOING TO NOW TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION. SO HAVE THE CHILDREN OR PARENTS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO CAMP THIS YEAR, OR IS IT OPEN TO WHICH CAMPUSES ARE OPEN TO ANYONE AND WHICH CAMPUSES ARE MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND? YES, MA'AM. SO THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE THERE.

THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING NOTIFIED THIS WEEK AND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WE KIND OF ROUND THAT OUT.

THE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM IS OPEN MORE WIDELY TO THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP AND ALL THOSE ARE ON THE CNI WEBSITE OR SORRY, CCISD WEBSITE.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THAT WAS MY COMMENT ACTUALLY ABOUT THE WEBSITE.

I USE SOCIAL MEDIA AS A SEDATIVE, AND SO LAST NIGHT I WAS I WAS TRYING TO TIRE MYSELF OUT AND I CAME ACROSS A COMMENT AND SOMEONE'S ASKING ABOUT SUMMER ENRICHMENT AND THEY WERE LIKE, WHERE DO YOU ALL FIND OUT ABOUT SUMMER ENRICHMENT? AND SOMEONE ANSWERED THAT FOR THEM.

AND IF THEY GO TO THE WEBSITE.

SO OF COURSE I WENT TO THE WEBSITE.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRODUCTIVITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND PROVIDING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION SO THAT OUR FAMILIES KNOW WHERE THINGS BEGIN, KNOW HOW TO GET ENROLLED, KNOW WHERE THE TRANSPORTATION MEALS AND ALL THOSE GREAT THINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE AT OUR OPEN FORUM.

AND SO I'LL ASK MR. KERSHNER IF WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR TONIGHT.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

MCFARLAND, WE DID HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGN UP.

MISS REGINA. JUSTICE.

MISS JUSTICE.

SHE'S HERE. THANK YOU, DR.

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YOU KNOW, I WAS TOLD A LONG TIME AGO THAT YOUR GIFT MAKES ROOM FOR YOU AND THAT PROMOTION COMES FROM ABOVE.

AND SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. NICHOLAS KEITH, IF YOU WILL STAND.

MR. KEITH, HE'S SURPRISED, I GUESS.

BUT I DON'T THINK I TOLD YOU THIS.

YOU COME ON UP THE SKI. SO.

A SECOND SURPRISE. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST REALLY JUST KIND OF JUST SHARE JUST A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT MR. KEITH. MISTER KEITH, MANY OF YOU KNOW, HAS RECEIVED A PROMOTION TO JOIN THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

HE'S JUST DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF EVER SINCE I'VE KNOWN HIM AND EVEN SPECIFICALLY WHILE HE'S BEEN HERE.

AND JUST A HE'S A GIFTED LEADER.

WE ALL KNOW THAT HE IS AN OBSESSIVE LEARNER.

ABSOLUTELY. WE ALL KNOW THAT AS WELL.

BUT BETTER THAN THAT, HE JUST HE'S A GREAT PERSON.

AND I JUST THANK YOU, KEITH, FOR JUST JUST GIVING YOUR TALENT TO A CROWD AND JUST FOR WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU AND JUST WE JUST WISH YOU NOTHING BUT, WELL, NOTHING BUT SUCCESS.

AND WE EXPECT MANY GRANTS COMING FROM TO.

MR. KEITH. I'M SORRY.

FEEL FREE TO HAVE WORDS.

SURPRISE. I FEEL LIKE I'VE LIVED MY LAST SIX YEARS UP AT THIS PODIUM IN THE ONE IN THE OLD.

IT SHOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW.

I JUST.

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SO. THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND. MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD.

I THINK IT'S 100% FAIR TO SAY THAT WHAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS, IS IT'S A RECOGNITION OF CROWLEY ISD BECAUSE WHEN THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY HAS MADE MULTIPLE VISITS TO SEE THE WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE RIGHT, TO SEE THE WORK THAT THE CAMPUS HAS DONE, TO SEE THE WORK THAT OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS HAVE DONE, THEY'VE SEEN OUR STUDENTS PERFORMANCE.

AND SO WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SCALE ACROSS THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION, IT'S ABOUT CROWLEY, LIKE IT'S ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND THAT'S ONLY POSSIBLE WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND JUST APPLAUD THAT 100% SUPPORTS VISION.

DR. MCFARLAND AND OUR VISION THAT ALL KIDS CAN ACHIEVE AND ALL KIDS CAN PERFORM AND THERE'S NO EXCUSES FOR IT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND FOR US, IT'S BEEN OUR INVESTMENT IN HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS AND HIGH QUALITY TRAINING.

THAT'S JUST A PART OF THAT STRATEGY.

AND NOW WE JUST GET TO DO IT AT SCALE FOR MORE FOLKS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE LEADERSHIP AND THE MENTORSHIP.

AND I WILL NEVER BE FAR AWAY FOR SURE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I'LL JUST SAY, TOO, AND I KNOW THE BOARD PROBABLY HAS COMMENTS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK YOU'RE THE BEST OF THE BEST EVERY TIME YOU SPEAK.

I ALWAYS WANT TO CALL MY MY EMPLOYER AND SAY, WHAT ABOUT THAT TOASTMASTERS CLASS? AND BECAUSE YOU PRESENT SO WELL BUT, BUT, BUT WHAT YOU PRESENT IS HIGH QUALITY AND REALLY LEARNING FROM YOU BEING A MODEL FOR THAT, IT'S EXEMPLARY.

SO IT'S NO WONDER THAT YOU WERE TAPPED FOR THIS ROLE AND WISH YOU THE BEST.

CONGRATULATIONS. I AM THANKFUL TO DR.

MCFARLAND FOR SAYING ABOUT THE GRANTS CONTINUE TO BE A CHEERLEADER FOR FOR CROWLEY ISD, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND RAISING US OR HELPING US TO GET TO THIS LEVEL OF SUCCESS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND BOARD.

FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

MR. KEITH, I HAD SHARED WITH YOU OFFLINE ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOUR WORK HERE IN CROWLEY ISD.

UM, IT HAS BEEN SECOND TO NONE.

UM, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THEN I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

SO WHEN TIA WAS COMING, THEY WERE LOOKING AT WHAT WE WERE DOING, BUT THEN THEY WERE ALSO LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING SO.

I MEAN, I WANT THEM TO COME.

INVITED DR.

MCFARLAND DEFENSE HE TELLS EVERY SITE IS YOU CAN TAKE THE IDEAS BUT NOT THE PEOPLE.

YEAH, VERY GOOD.

GO AHEAD. OH, I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO.

I SEE. NO. I KNOW WHERE THE BUTTON IS.

WOW, KEITH, I WASN'T.

I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THIS.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN.

WOW. SO MY COMMENTS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF AS WOODSON-MAYFIELD.

YOU KNOW, YOU AS A COLLEAGUE GIVE US YOU GIVE ME SO MUCH TO ASPIRE TO.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE WITH US.

AND AND I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT DR.

MCFARLAND SAID ABOUT YOU BEING, YOU KNOW, SO PROMINENT IN YOUR LEARNING.

BUT I KNEW THAT YOU WERE REALLY, REALLY SMART.

AND I KNEW THAT YOU WORKED HARD JUST BECAUSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE.

AND YOU ALWAYS SEEM SO COOL WHENEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING.

SO I FIGURED YOU JUST KNEW A LOT.

I'M SAD THAT YOU'RE LEAVING.

UM, BUT I'M PROUD OF YOU, TOO.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS NEXT CHAPTER AND OPPORTUNITY.

WE DO EXPECT LOTS OF MANNA TO FALL FROM TEA HEAVENS, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU FOR LEAVING HUGE SHOES TO FILL.

AND WE'LL CALL YOU WHEN WE REACH THAT A.

SO CONGRATS..

COME BACK AND CELEBRATE ONE MORE, MR. JAMES BOND. I MEAN, MR. KEITH.

OH, WOW.

BECAUSE YOU ARE SO SMOOTH WITH EVERYTHING.

AND WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, I THOUGHT, OH, HE'S SO SWEET, HE'S SO KIND, AND HE'S JUST MR. JAMES BOND. BUT ANYWAY, I GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND, UM, I MEAN, THEY HAVE TAKEN ONE OF THE BEST FROM CROWLEY ISD, AND I KNOW YOU WILL DO WELL.

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AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND I'LL WRAP THIS ALL UP.

EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID.

I MEAN, YOU BRIEFLY, WE TALK AND THINK, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I JUST SAY EVERYONE IS BEING SO CONGRATULATORY AND I'M HAPPY FOR YOU, BUT I GOT AN ATTITUDE, SO I'LL JUST SAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HEATH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

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DR. MCFARLAND MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE HAD A SERIES OF FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

AND SO TONIGHT THIS REPORT IS JUST SIMPLY AN UPDATE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITHIN OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE RELATIVE TO THE COMPENSATION.

MR. BISHOP. THANK YOU.

DR. MCFARLAND. GOOD EVENING, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW, MR. BOND, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.

UM, TONIGHT IS DR.

MCFARLAND MENTIONED. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING.

A WONDERFUL WORK THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING.

WHAT WE KNOW IN CROWLEY I'VE IS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS DON'T SHOW UP ON THE BALANCE SHEET.

AND SO TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TALKING ABOUT COMPENSATION FOR SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS, OUR PEOPLE.

WE'LL LEAD OFF WITH OUR BIG SIX, OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CISD FINANCE, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN AS MANY TIMES BEFORE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THESE BECAUSE THESE PRINCIPLES HELP US TO MAKE AND LEAD US THROUGH ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE WITH REGARD TO THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES.

NUMBER ONE, WE TAKE A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO REVENUE GENERATION.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO ESTIMATE REVENUE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSERVATIVE.

WE JUST GOT OUR [INAUDIBLE] VALUATIONS BACK HERE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, PRELIMINARY, AND THEY CAME IN AT ABOUT $12.6 MILLION. WE TAKE AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO OUR EXPENSE DRIVERS, TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH OUR EXPENSE DRIVER.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE ESTIMATING WHAT OUR VACANT POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE BUDGETED AT? WE MAKE SURE THAT WE BUDGET THOSE POSITIONS AT A RATE WHERE WE MIGHT THINK WE HAVE INCOMING PEOPLE COMING IN TO FILL THOSE JOBS.

WE ARE A STUDENT CENTRIC STUDENT AND CLASSROOM CENTRIC BUDGET MANAGEMENT MODEL.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU'LL SEE A GRAPHIC HERE IN A SECOND, BUT WHAT WE USE IS THE INSIDE OF OUR TARGET.

WE USE A GRAPHIC THAT HAS A TARGET MS. DAVIS, THE INSIDE THE MIDDLE OF THAT TARGET IS FUNCTION 11 INSTRUCTIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL RELATED EXPENDITURES.

THAT IS OUR FOCUS.

WE CONNECT THE EXPENSE DRIVERS TO THE REVENUE GENERATORS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE ADDING EXPENSES, THERE ARE REVENUES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO COVER FOR THOSE EXPENSES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, EXCUSE ME, PROTECT OUR FUND BALANCE FOR A RAINY DAY.

OUR TARGETS ARE ABOUT THE FLOOR IS ABOUT 17%.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO PROTECT THAT FUND BALANCE.

BUT THERE'S A DELICATE LINE THERE BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS WE WANT THE CURRENT STUDENT AND THE TAXPAYERS TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS FROM THOSE INVESTMENTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR AS WELL.

AND SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT JUST BRIEFLY SOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATIONS.

AND I USE THAT WORD CONSIDERATIONS NOW, BUT REALLY, IN SOME RESPECTS, THERE'S SOME LEGISLATIVE UNCERTAINTY.

RIGHT? AND SO I WANTED TO WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE BILLS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW THAT IMPACT CROWLEY, OK AND ALL OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. HOUSE BILL ONE, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT INCREASING THE FUNDING FROM AN AVERAGE I'M SORRY, THE PER PUPIL FUNDING, THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, IF YOU WILL, FROM 61 TO 60 $6160 TO $6210.

AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE AN INFLATION ADJUSTING MECHANISM RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STUDIES THAT SAY THE INFLATION ADJUSTED BASIC ALLOTMENT SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE UPWARDS OF ABOUT

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BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY OR EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, I SHOULD SAY, IT ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A MECHANISM THAT ADJUSTS THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FOR INFLATION.

IT WILL TRANSFER OR TRANSITION, I SHOULD SAY, FROM ATTENDANCE BASE, AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE BASE TO AVERAGE ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND DR. MCFARLAND SHARED SOME INITIAL RUNS WITH US AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT CROWLEY ISED TO THE TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY $3.3 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

HOUSE BILL 1548.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, AND I USE THAT WORD UNCERTAINTY.

AGAIN, A $15,000 RAISE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL TEXAS TEACHERS, A 25% INCREASE FOR ALL OTHER SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.

HOUSE BILL 4340.

THIS IS RELATIVE TO THEY CALL IT EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

THERE'S ANOTHER TERM OUT THERE CALLED VOUCHERS FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE.

AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THERE'S A CAP ON THAT SPENDING AMOUNT.

SENATE BILL THREE WILL INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM $40,000 TO $70,000, AND SENIOR CITIZENS 65 AND OVER WOULD ACTUALLY GET AN ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION OF ONE.

THE LAST BILL I WANT TO JUST FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON IS THE SENATE BILL 1814.

AND THIS BILL WILL REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO SET THAT TAX RATE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO COMPONENTS OF OUR TAX RATE, NO INS, INS BEING THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE.

THIS WILL REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO SET THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT THE MINIMUM AMOUNT TO PAY ALL OF THEIR OUTSTANDING SCHEDULED DEBT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE, THEN. AND SO OUR BUDGET OBJECTIVE, OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT TEAM.

AND WHAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS THE BUDGET OBJECTIVE.

AND THAT BUDGET OBJECTIVE REALLY IS TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITIES, NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AT OUR SCHOOL, OUR CAMPUSES.

AND WHAT WE KNOW IS WHEN WE BUDGET THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE A JUNE 30TH YEAR END, WE ARE ACTUALLY ESTIMATING ALL OF THE PRIMARY, THE MAJOR INPUT VARIABLES, THE FINAL ASSESSED TAX VALUES.

WE DON'T REALLY GET THOSE UNTIL JULY.

WE WILL HAVE APPROVED THE BOARD.

BY THAT I MEAN THE BUDGET, THE TAX RATE.

WE WON'T SET THE TAX RATE UNTIL AUGUST.

WE WILL APPROVE THE BUDGET BY THIS.

AND OBVIOUSLY STUDENT ENROLLMENT, THAT IS A LESSON REALLY ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL OCTOBER.

AND IT'S DYNAMIC. IT CHANGES EVERY DAY.

RIGHT. AND SO THE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET EACH YEAR REALLY DOES IMPLY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DECISIONS MADE.

THERE'S BEEN A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS, SOME DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD, ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE DISTRICT, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGETING, OUR FUNDING ALIGNS WITH THE MISSION OF THE DISTRICT, THE VISION OR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, AND ULTIMATELY MEETS THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS. AND SO WE HAVE A GRAPHIC ON THIS NEXT PAGE.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET IN OUR DISTRICT.

NOT SHOWING UP ON A BALANCE SHEET COMES TO WORK EVERY DAY AT ABOUT SEVEN 730 AND LEAVES THE STACEY.

WE DON'T WE DON'T LEAVE UNTIL LATER ON IN THE EVENING.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT THAT ASSET IS OUR PEOPLE.

AND SO WE WANT TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE 2023, 2024 COMPENSATION TARGETS THAT ARE REALLY OF GREAT IMPORTANCE EVERY YEAR.

BUT SPECIFICALLY WE'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS INDEED THE COMPENSATION FOR SOME OF THE DISTRICT'S LOWER PAID EMPLOYEES.

AND SO RIGHT HERE AT THE AT THE CENTER OF THE TARGET, YOU SEE THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATING THE..

THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATING RAISING ALL OF OUR HOURLY PARAPROFESSIONALS AND AUXILIARY STAFF UP TO $15 AN HOUR. OKAY.

AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THERE IS GOING TO BE AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THAT RAISING TO $15 AN HOUR.

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WE WANT TO BE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF THAT AND HOW THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WHAT WE DO FINANCIALLY.

ALL RIGHT. AND THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING AND SEEKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPETING WITH THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TARRANT COUNTY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE PAID AND WE ARE THE TOP TEN.

WE ARE THE TOP TEN IN EVERY CATEGORY OF TENURE FOR TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE GET THERE, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS AND SOME AUXILIARY STAFF, THEY THEY'RE CURRENTLY EARNING WAGES AT A RATE OF ABOUT $12.19 PER HOUR TO $33 PER HOUR.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 273 EMPLOYEES THAT ACTUALLY EARN LESS THAN $15 AN HOUR.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CONTEMPLATED WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT WOULD HELP US TO RAISE THOSE SPECIFICALLY.

FIRST, THOSE 273 EMPLOYEES TO $15 AN HOUR.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS ESTIMATED A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $682,000 TO DO THAT.

UM, THE AVERAGE HOURLY RATE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES IS ABOUT $13.27 PER HOUR.

AND WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THAT AVERAGE HOURLY RATE OF WHAT WE DID WAS WE SAID, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO $15 AN HOUR? BECAUSE WHAT WE ALSO WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS OTHER EMPLOYEES FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT AN EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY AFFECTED.

AND SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $15 AN HOUR AND THE $13.27 AN HOUR IS APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATELY IS $1.73, WHICH IS ABOUT A 13%.

SO WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE EQUITY ADJUSTMENT IS THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE MAKING GREATER THAN $15 AN HOUR, WE ARE PROPOSING WE WILL BE CONTEMPLATING AND BRINGING BACK FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD PAY THOSE EMPLOYEES A 13% INCREASE ON THEIR HOURLY RATE.

WE'VE CALCULATED THAT COST TRUSTEE DAVIS TO BE ABOUT $1.2 MILLION, ABOUT 1.8, WELL, REALLY ABOUT 1.9 ALTOGETHER FOR BOTH SCENARIO A AND B.

ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM? SO I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE $15 AN HOUR.

ARE THEY ONLY PAID FROM AUGUST TO JUNE OR ARE THEY ON A SCHEDULE? SO IS THIS A 12 MONTH CONTRACT? GREAT QUESTION. TRUSTEE STEPHENSON.

MANY OF THE PROFESSIONALS HAVE DIFFERING CALENDARS.

SOME OF THEM HAVE 187 DAY CALENDARS, SOME HAVE 197 DAY CALENDARS.

AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER GROUP IS 217.

PAY TO GET YOUR PAYCHECKS.

THEY GET THEIR PAYCHECKS OVER TO OVER.

I HAVE. I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, GOING BACK TO THE STUDENT CLASSROOM CENTRIC BUDGET MODEL.

YES, MA'AM. THAT YOU MENTIONED.

UM, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN? YES, MA'AM. AND IF I DON'T TOUCH ALL THE POINTS YOU GAVE MRS DAVIS.

I KNOW YOU'RE TELLING ME, AND I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT BROUGHT UP ANOTHER QUESTION FOR ME.

SO. SO, MISS DAVIS, WHEN WE WHEN WE SAY A STUDENT CENTRIC CLASSROOM BUDGET OR A STUDENT CENTRIC BUDGET MODEL, WHAT WE SIMPLY MEAN IS THAT AS WE AS WE RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS OVER AND BEYOND WHAT OUR NORMAL, NORMAL BUDGET IS, WE SPEND THAT MONEY AS CLOSE TO THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE.

THE IDEA IS TO SPEND IT IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND THEN AS WE WE AS WE HAVE TO REDUCE FUNDS, WE REDUCE AS FAR AWAY FROM THE FROM THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE.

SO THAT GRAPHIC KIND OF CONTROLS WHERE WE LOOK WHEN WE WHEN WE RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE CUT WHEN WE WHEN WE WHEN WE RECEIVE A NEED.

OKAY. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK AND I MAY BE WRONG, BUT WE STARTED

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ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND WE ACTUALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT GRAPHIC, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET, WE COULD ACTUALLY TAKE THE NUMBERS AND ACTUALLY ASSIGN THEM TO TO THE DIFFERENT LEVELS ON THAT TARGET TO SHOW HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING IN THE CLASSROOM, HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING IN SUPPORT OF THE CLASSROOM AND HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON THE EXTERIOR SIDE, WHICH MAY NOT BE CONNECTED TO BLOUNT.

THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SAY, MR. FISHER, GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. AND TO THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM, UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE IS IS LIKE DRINKING THROUGH A FIRE HOSE. AND THERE ARE SO MANY MRS. ADRIAN'S LIKE I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY COMPONENTS TO, UM, TO SCHOOL FINANCE, PERIOD.

BUT WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS FINANCIALLY FOR 17,000 STUDENTS, I MEAN, IT JUST BECOMES EVEN MORE COMPLEX.

HOWEVER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, UM, LIVABLE WAGES AND FAIR COMPENSATION TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO YOU ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING.

IT IS A MAJOR MENTAL INVESTMENT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK IN LIGHT OF, UM, STATE FUNDING AND PROPERTY TAXES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THE VARIOUS REVENUE STREAMS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE VARIOUS EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE WHILE ALSO TRYING TO REMAIN FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AND KEEP A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IT REALLY IS, UM, A MAJOR INVESTMENT IN TIME AND BRAINPOWER AND EFFORT.

SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW PERSONALLY THAT I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE'VE MET OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

AND SO TO SEE THE PROPOSALS COME TOGETHER, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND REALLY ENCOURAGED JUST ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE POTENTIALLY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FOR THOSE WHO INVEST THEIR TIME AND THEIR TALENTS HERE IN CRANDALL ISD.

SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO.

THANK YOU, MR. FISHER. I DID DEFINITELY ECHO.

I DO ECHO TRUSTEE DAVIS SENTIMENTS.

AND THEN MY ONLY QUESTION.

I DID HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION JUST BECAUSE I KNOW AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE BLANKET EQUITY MOVE TO GET US TO THIS, TO GET US TO THE HOURLY WAGE AT THE $15 IN THE PROGRAM CAN COME UP.

SO I'M LOOKING ON THEIR THEIR SLIDES.

BUT THEN IS THIS PHASE ONE.

SO THEN WE START TO LOOK AT ARE THERE ANY OTHER CRITERIA THAT A PERSON'S SALARY CAN BE INCREASED AS A PARENT OR IS IT JUST BLANKET EVERYONE GET THIS AND THEN THERE'S NOT A PHASE TWO.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER LEVEL OF INCREASE.

SO SO THIS WILL BE PHASE ONE.

AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE THE PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE STUDENT CENTRIC, CLASSROOM CENTRIC MODEL, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING JUSTICE OR GIVING OUR SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT WE ARE COMPENSATING THEM APPROPRIATELY.

OKAY. SO THIS IS JUST BASED ON.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO WHEN WE SAY PHASE ONE, BECAUSE ONCE THIS HAPPENS, IT BECOMES A PART OF THEIR SALARY.

YES. RIGHT. SO THAT NEXT YEAR, IF THERE IS A RAISE GIVEN IT'S BASED ON THE RAISE THEY RECEIVE.

SO WHAT WHAT IS PHASE TWO GOING TO LOOK LIKE? SO, YEAH, NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO PHASE ONE WAS TO GET EVERYONE UP TO $15 AN HOUR.

PHASE TWO IS TO IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE HOW WE PAY THE THE, THE PARENTS BASED ON WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM VERSUS IN AN OFFICE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, SO WE WE HAVE IT.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE WILL PROBABLY BEGIN TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AFTER THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND SO IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL LOOK AT HOW WE DIFFERENTIATE.

RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST MOVING UP AND THE SAME SAME THE SAME PROCESS REALLY THAT WE USE, THAT WE'RE USING WITH TEACHERS AS WELL.

AND THE OTHER PART OF THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT THAT WE WILL WE STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT IS REALLY WE WANT TO GET PARA PARA RAISES, PARA

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THE NEXT THE NEXT IS TO LOOK AT TEACHER SALARIES AND THEN BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW WE COULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO TEACHER SALARIES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR BUDGET AND STILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REWARDING THEM.

SO THAT'S COMING NEXT.

AND BY THE TIME WE MAKE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION, YOU'LL HAVE BOTH WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR PARIS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ALL TOGETHER.

SO IT WOULD BE AN INSTRUCTIONAL PARA.

YES. VERSUS SOMETHING ELSE.

ABSOLUTELY. EXACTLY.

INSTRUCTIONAL PARA VERSUS NON INSTRUCTIONAL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. FISHER.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. AT THIS TIME.

[7.0 Executive Session]

SO AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARDS ATTORNEY.

551.074 TO DISCUSS BOARD DISTRICT GOALS AND SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION PROCESS AND INSTRUMENT PERSONNEL, EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF CONTRACTS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONTRACTS.

THE BOARD WILL RETURN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE ARE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:39 P.M..

[8.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item(s)]

WE HAVE SEVERAL CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. WE HAVE 8.2, WHICH IS THE EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL COACH.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND DEMARCUS JAMES FOR THE POSITION OF CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL COACH AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

MOVE TO VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS. COACH JAMES JUNE DIED ON 8.3.

UH, LET'S SEE.

THE APPROVAL OR THE EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER.

IS THERE A MOTION? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT.

WITH THE LEAVING OF OUR BELOVED MISTER KEITH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND ANNA ROVE FOR THE POSITION OF CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

MOVE TO VOTE. BY A SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATS.

WELCOME TO THE PODIUM. YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

MCFARLAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT IS THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE FAMILIES, THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY OF CROWLEY ISD.

I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT I GET TO COME EVERY SINGLE DAY AND BUILD ON THE LEGACY THAT YOU'VE CREATED.

MY COMMITMENT IS TO FOLLOW THE WORK OF THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE OF MR. KEITH AND THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK AND BUILD TO ENSURE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOR ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M SO EXCITED TO GET TO WORK.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW AT AGENDA ITEM 8.4, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONTRACTS.

IS THERE A MOTION I'VE RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE 2023 2024 PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

MOVE TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE CONGRATULATE ALL OF THOSE PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACTS FOR THE YEAR.

THE FINAL CONSIDERATION OR POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM IS 8.5 ANY.

MY GLASSES 8.5, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS.

[01:35:02]

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STEVENSON AND DR.

HALL MOVE TO VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL.

WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:48 P.M..

YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THEY DON'T.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.