Jul 27, 2023 Regular Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION

[1.0 Call to Order]

I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

MR. KIRK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

TRUSTEE PLACE ONE.

MR. ROBINSON PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE TWO DR.

LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE THREE.

DR. MIA HALL PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE 4TH JUNE W DAVIS TRUSTEE PLACE FIVE.

DARYL DAVIS THE SECOND.

PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE.

SIX. GARY GRASSIA.

PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE SEVEN.

LISA STEVENSON. PRESENT.

AND SUPERINTENDENT. DR.

MICHAEL MCFARLAND PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHRISTOPHER. 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 TO 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 DECORUM AND COURTESY ARE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS AND EFFECTIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

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

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

AT THIS TIME WE ARE AT AGENDA ITEM 2.0, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? NOW ON TO AGENDA ITEM 3.0, WHICH IS OUR CELEBRATIONS AND BOARD POINTS OF PRIDE.

[3.0 Celebrations / Board Points of Pride]

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL OUT OR ASK FOR ANY VOLUNTEERS.

TRUSTEE SEATS THIS WEEK.

NEW PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION.

I'M SORRY. NEW PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION KICKED OFF THIS WEEK WITH OVER 300 NEW TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS.

STAFF AND TEACHERS WILL ROTATE THROUGH SESSIONS WITH A RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM SAFETY AND SECURITY TO CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.

WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OUR NEW EMPLOYEES TO THE CROWLEY ISD FAMILY.

WE ARE HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, LET'S SEE.

ROBINSON CROWLEY A.D.

AND THE TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK ARE EXPANDING THIS PARTNERSHIP BEGINNING AUGUST 16TH.

MOBILE FOOD BANK WILL SERVE AS FAMILY TWICE EACH MONTH, EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU TO MRS. POLK AND HER TEAM FOR RUNNING THIS PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS, AND THANKS TO MR. MUHAMMAD FOR HIS ASSISTANCE AND HELPING TO FACILITATE THE EXPANSION.

ARE THEY HERE? PHONE.

SAM. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. TRUSTEE DAVIS. THE FORT WORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY.

OPEN THE BEAUTIFUL MACON LIBRARY BRANCH ON JULY 8TH, IN FRONT OF A LARGE CROWD OF MS..

LINCOLN'S FAMILY, FRIENDS, VALLEY ISD COLLEAGUES, LIBRARY OFFICIALS AND LOCAL DIGNITARIES.

CISD, WHO LOGGED THE MOST STUDENTS CISD STUDENTS WHO LOGGED THE MOST READING MINUTES IN APRIL, ALSO GOT TO HELP WITH THE CEREMONIAL RIBBON CUTTING.

CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE HOURS THAT SOME OF THE STUDENTS READ.

BUT IT WAS ENOUGH.

I MEAN, THE STUDENTS DID A LOT OF READING IN CROWLEY ISD SO THEY ARE TO BE COMMENDED.

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THANK YOU. DAVIS.

TRUSTEE. DAVIS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

SHOUT OUT TO DOCTOR SYLVIA VALENCIA.

MISS SHERRY RODRIGUEZ FROM HARGRAVE AND MISS KAYLA TIMONEY FROM MEADOWCREEK FOR REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT AT AN ALL EXPENSE PAID NATIONAL STEM TRAINING HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THIS WEEK.

IN ADDITION TO THE TRAINING, THE UNIVERSITY HAS AWARDED THE DISTRICT WITH SEVERAL GRANTS TO EXTEND THE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS AND CREATE SUMMER PROGRAMS. WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.

SO AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO THOSE LADIES IF YOU'RE HERE.

OUR. UM, I'LL GO NEXT OR GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD. BEFORE STUDENTS ARRIVE, OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF AND CAMPUS LEADERS SPENT TIME PREPARING FOR A GREAT YEAR.

WE WANT TO THANK OUR AMAZING CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, MISS ROE, AND ALL THE INTERNAL PRESENTERS WHO LED SESSIONS DURING THE PRINCIPAL'S RETREAT LAST WEEK. WE ARE ONE TEAM WITH ONE DREAM.

I DON'T KNOW IF MISS ROWE IS HERE.

I SAW HER EARLIER TODAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DR. HALL.

AND I'LL PERMITS.

SAY, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY GRANDPARENT MISS JACQUELINE JOHNSON SLUSHER WITH STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, INC.

SHE IS A FEARLESS SERVANT LEADER WHO SEEKS TO EMPOWER DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES.

SHE RECENTLY DONATED 70 BACKPACKS TO FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS AT MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING MS..

LUSHER FOR HER CONTINUED SUPPORT.

NOT TO. IF I COULD TAG ALONG TO ONE OF THE OTHER ONES, PLEASE.

SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS DR.

HALL MENTIONED FOR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP, AND IT WAS PRESENTED BY SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS LAST WEEK.

AND I HAVE ALL CONFIDENCE AND I BELIEVE THE LEADERSHIP TEAMS, BOTH AT CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION AND CAMPUS LEADERSHIP, WILL PROVIDE OUR TEACHERS THE SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION THEY NEED AND GIVE THEM THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO HELP OUR STUDENTS THRIVE IN THE COMING YEAR.

IT WAS SIMPLY AMAZING.

AND IF I MAY BORROW THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR, WE WILL REACH THE MOUNTAINTOP OF BEING THE BEST IN TARRANT COUNTY WITH THIS GROUP OF ADMINISTRATORS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP ON OUR CAMPUSES.

WE KNOW WHO WE ARE.

WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO, AND WE KNOW HOW TO GET THERE.

NOW LET'S GO AND DO THIS.

ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE GRASSIA AND I WILL ROUND THIS OUT.

HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING THIS EVENING? GOOD, GOOD. EXCELLENT.

EXCITED TO BE HERE. Y'ALL ARE AWESOME LOOKING.

ON MONDAY, JULY 17TH, THE NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL JROTC RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN HONOR UNIT WITH DISTINCTION FOR MAINTAINING AN EXCEPTIONAL HIGH STANDARDS OF TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE, AS EVIDENCED BY THE RESULTS OF THE JROTC PROGRAM OF ACCREDITATION AND UNIT REPORT FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2223.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE.

WE ARE CROWLEY PROUD OF YOU.

CONGRATS. WE LOVE OUR JROTC, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BOARD FOR SHARING THOSE CELEBRATIONS AND POINTS OF PRIDE.

DR. MCFARLAND YES, I HAVE ONE JUST CELEBRATION.

YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT BEING LIFELONG LEARNERS AND REALLY BEING MODELS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE HONOR AND RESPECT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BOARD PRESIDENT.

SHE JUST COMPLETED HER MBA FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR.

MCFARLAND. THAT IS A LIFELONG DREAM OF MINE.

SO I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION AND ALL OF US DEFINITELY LIFELONG LEARNERS.

SO MUCH TO LEARN AT THIS TIME.

SO WE'LL KEEP IT GOING.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO SHARE, WE'RE AT AGENDA ITEM 4.0, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

[4.0 Superintendent Report]

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AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE WE ARE DEFINITELY PLANNING FEVEROUSLY FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT I KNOW THAT ARE TOP OF MIND FOR YOU AS WELL AS FOR FOR ME AS SUPERINTENDENT.

THE FIRST ITEM JUST REALLY DEALS WITH SAFETY.

AND SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY SAFE, SMOOTH START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN A SAFE, SAFE SCHOOL YEAR GOING FORWARD.

THE KEY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, IS THAT SCHOOL SAFETY IS NOT ONLY ABOUT PREVENTING VIOLENCE, WEAPONS AND DRUGS, BUT ALSO ABOUT JUST CREATING THIS POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE, RESPECTED AND VALUED.

NOW, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CENTER ON SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, SCHOOL SAFETY IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, IMPROVED ATTENDANCE, IMPROVED GRADUATION RATE AND PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AS WELL.

ON THE OTHER HAND, STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCE BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND TRAUMA AT SCHOOL, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN A RISK OR REALLY POOR MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS WELL AS DROPPING OUT.

SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING ALL THIS INFORMATION INTO INTO CONSIDERATION AND HAVE SEVERAL TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING.

YOU'RE HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE TONIGHT ON KIND OF THE THINGS THAT THE TEAMS ARE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW.

BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

AND WE STARTED PUTTING IN PLACE LAST YEAR AND THEN WE ALSO ADDRESSED BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND THE EMOTIONAL SAFETY.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WE ARE ARE FOCUSED ON AND LOOKING AT FOR NEXT YEAR.

FIRST OF ALL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT REGULAR SAFETY ASSESSMENTS.

WE'RE INCREASING ACTUALLY THE NUMBER OF SAFETY ASSESSMENTS AND HAVE TAKEN OUR DISTRICT OF SAFETY ADMINISTRATORS AND REALLY DIVIDED OUR DISTRICT INTO THREE.

ACTUALLY, WE DIVIDED IT INTO REALLY THREE DIFFERENT ZONES.

AND SO WE'LL MAKE SURE ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT WE'RE ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE AND REALLY DOING OUR RISK MITIGATION EFFORTS.

ALSO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE BRINGING NEW TEACHERS BACK AND WE ALSO HAVING A PD FOR TEACHERS THAT ARE RETURNING.

AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON REALLY THE TRAINING AND THE RESOURCES FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS, OUR TEACHERS KNOW HOW TO REPORT, AND THEN ALSO HOW TO RESPOND TO INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE, BULLYING, HARASSMENT OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SAFETY SOMETHING THAT'S PARAMOUNT AND REALLY AT THE TOP OF MIND FOR ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD AT IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS ON OUR CAMPUSES THIS NEXT YEAR THAT WILL PROMOTE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, SUPPORTS CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.

SO WE ARE REALLY WORKING THROUGH THOSE THOSE ITEMS NOW.

AND SO OUR GOAL WITH WITH OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENT BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAD OUT THIS YEAR WITH THESE THINGS IN PLACE.

AND THEN AGAIN, OF COURSE, WE'RE REVIEWING SCHOOL DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES.

YOU'LL HEAR TONIGHT ABOUT OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT REFRESH AND JUST SOME OTHER CRISIS MANAGEMENT THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU, BOARD THAT WE ARE AS WE PREPARE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING REALLY CLEAR PROCEDURES AND WE WILL BE ENGAGING PARENTS IN A CONSISTENT BASIS.

I KNOW DURING THE DURING THE BOND ELECTION WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY A TIGHT STRATEGY OF ENGAGEMENT.

OUR GOAL IS TO LEARN WHAT IS TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THAT BOND ELECTION PROCESS ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND REALLY ENGAGE PARENTS IN THIS CONVERSATION AROUND SCHOOL SAFETY, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S EVERYBODY'S PRIORITY.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW OUR BOARD THAT YOU'LL HEAR SEVERAL REPORTS TONIGHT THAT ARE OUTCOMES.

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW, AT THE TOP LEVEL, WE ARE PRIORITIZING SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BOTH PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SAFETY.

IN ADDITION, I KNOW THE OTHER THING THAT'S TOP OF MIND IS THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE IN A IN A SITUATION RIGHT NOW WHERE HIRING AND AND EVERYONE IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE CLASSROOMS STAFFED WITH WITH HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS.

WE'RE PROUD TO REPORT THAT WE ARE AT ABOUT A 96%, ALMOST 97% NOW FILL RATE.

AND SO THAT IS EXTREMELY THAT IS VERY POSITIVE.

WE ARE WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON THE OWNER ON THE TRACK TO BE 100% BY REALLY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. TO THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TEAM.

THEY HAVE CONDUCTED SEVERAL WORKSHOPS EXCUSE ME, SEVERAL, SEVERAL JOB FAIRS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

WE HAD JOB FAIRS THIS WEEK FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS AS WELL.

PARAPROFESSIONAL RATE IS ALSO OVER 90.

SO WE FEEL REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE AND REALLY GOOD.

A LOT OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO YOUR DECISION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE COMPENSATED APPROPRIATELY.

YOUR DECISION TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM RATE FOR PARENTS IN THE IN THE DISTRICT TO $15 AN HOUR HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT.

PET OWNERS, ATTRACTING REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AND REWARDING THE ONES THAT WE THAT WE HAVE HERE.

SO I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU THAT CREDIT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE ARE WE'RE EXCITED.

SEVEN OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE 100% OF THE TEACHERS HIRING.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THIS RAISED SYCAMORE DEER CREEK.

JACKIE CARDEN ESSER. CROWLEY.

CROWLEY. MONTESSORI K WE KNOW THEY'RE 100% AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHERS ARE WILL BE THERE NEXT WEEK.

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AGAIN, THANK YOU TO, TO HR, TO DR.

BERRY, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.

WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE BOARD AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'LL BE ABLE TO START IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH A FULL STAFF AND EVERYBODY WILL BE RARING AND READY TO GO.

THANK YOU BOARD FOR ACTING LIKE A FAMILY, WORKING LIKE A TEAM.

AND SO AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO 2324, WE'LL BE ONE TEAM WITH ONE DREAM.

THANK YOU. WOO WOO! I LOVE THAT. 1993.

THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND.

THAT IS GREAT NEWS.

AND YES, WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL BE AT 100% PRETTY SOON, BUT 96% IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, DR.

BERRY, AND YOUR TEAM.

THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND ALSO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND SO WE WILL CELEBRATE AS WE PROGRESS.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

AT THIS TIME WE ARE AT OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS.

[5.0 Recognition Item(s)]

CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. MCFARLAND. SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, I LIKE TO JUST QUICKLY READ THIS THIS QUOTE TO YOU AND YOU WILL RECOGNIZE IT PRETTY QUICKLY IF YOU WANT TO BE IMPORTANT, WONDERFUL.

IF YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED, WONDERFUL.

IF YOU WANT TO BE GREAT, WONDERFUL.

BUT RECOGNIZE THAT HE WHO IS GREATEST AMONG YOU SHALL BE YOUR SERVANT.

THAT'S A NEW DEFINITION OF GREATNESS.

BY GIVING THAT DEFINITION OF GREATNESS, IT MEANS THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE GREAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN SERVE.

AND SO I STOPPED THERE TO SAY TO YOU, BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE HONOR BOARD FOR REGION 11.

THAT IS AN OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

YOUR SERVICE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AS A SERVANT LEADERS.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A HAND AND YOU GIVE YOURSELF A HAND AS WELL.

AND SO ALSO BOARD PRESIDENT, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE MR. RORY PEACOCK FROM REGION 11 TO ALSO PRESENT THE AWARD TO YOU AS WELL.

GOOD EVENING, DR. MCFARLAND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU TONIGHT IN CELEBRATION OF THE CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD.

AS YOU WELL KNOW, ACCORDING TO DR.

MCFARLAND JUST NOW, THIS BOARD HAS BEEN RECENTLY NAMED THE REGION 11 OUTSTANDING SCHOOL BOARD OF THE YEAR.

AND THAT IS NO SMALL FEAT.

THE SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IS EXTREMELY DETAILED AND OFTEN TAKES MONTHS TO PUT TOGETHER THE DATA POINTS AND THE EXTENSIVE DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO FULLY REPRESENT THE PHENOMENAL IMPACT THAT YOU ARE MAKING ON THIS SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY.

NOT SURPRISINGLY, CROWLEY I.

THESE APPLICATIONS FOR THIS AWARD WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

ONE THING YOU MAY NOT KNOW AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SHARE TONIGHT.

THE LOCAL SUPERINTENDENTS THAT MADE UP THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AGREED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THIS SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENT REGION 11 THIS YEAR AS OUR WINNER. IT IS OUR PREDICTION THAT THIS AWARD WILL GO ON IN SEPTEMBER AND TAKE THE STATE AWARD, AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE STAFF AT REGION 11.

I'M HONORED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HELP COMMEMORATE THIS RECOGNITION WITH A PLAQUE FROM REGION 11.

PROBLEM IS.

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THANK YOU, MR. PEACOCK AND REGION 11 FOR HONORING US TODAY.

WE DO BELIEVE IN SERVANT LEADERSHIP.

THAT'S THE THAT'S IN OUR DNA.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THIS WORK AND FEEL FULFILLED IN WHAT WE DO.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS AT THE END OF THE DAY.

BUT WE REALIZE THAT IT IS THE WHOLE CHILD THAT WE'RE SERVING, NOT JUST THE CHILD, BUT THE FAMILY, THOSE SIBLINGS, OUR COMMUNITIES, ALL OF US PLAY A PART IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND SO WE REALIZE THAT.

SO THE WORK THAT WE DO, AGAIN, IT IS GRATITUDE UPON GRATITUDE FOR BEING ABLE AND HONORED TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION.

AND YES, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GO ON TO STATE AND BE THE MODEL THAT WE HOPE TO BE FOR THE ENTIRE STATE, BUT ALSO FOR THE NATION. BUT I WILL ALLOW THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE SENTIMENTS AS WELL.

BUT I AM I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THIS HONOR.

THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALSO, AGENDA ITEM 5.2.

THE RECOGNITION IS BITTERSWEET, BY THE WAY, RECOGNITION OF RETIRING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER STACEY ADRIAN. DR.

MCFARLAND BLOUNT PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

WE HAVE MR. COUNCILMAN WHO WILL PRESENT THIS NEXT ITEM.

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

MCFARLAND. MADAM PRESIDENT, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS A VERY BITTER, SWEET, BITTERSWEET RECOGNITION.

IT DOES ALIGN WITH GOAL THREE EMPOWERED STAFF.

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL, I KNOW EVERYONE SHARES THE SAME THOUGHTS.

STACEY ADRIAN IS THE FACE OF SOMEONE WHO EMPOWERS STAFF AND THE WORK THAT SHE DOES.

MS.. ADRIAN, WOULD YOU JOIN US UP HERE AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE? SHE IS NO STRANGER TO THIS PODIUM IN THIS BOARDROOM FOR MANY YEARS, I BELIEVE 11 YEARS IN CROWLEY ISD MADE MANY, MANY FINANCIAL REPORTS, BUT WITH STACEY WAS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT NUMBERS.

IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE NUMBERS AND THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE STAFF THAT WAS SUPPORTING THEM.

AND I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR OTHERS WHEN I SAY THAT MS..

ADRIAN ALWAYS DID A WONDERFUL JOB MAKING THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF SCHOOL FINANCE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND MADE A LASTING IMPACT IN CROWLEY ISD. YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. AND AS YOU'LL SEE, WE'VE FILLED OUT THIS PLAQUE WITH ALL THE BADGES.

WE HAVE TEN COINS ON HERE.

WE FILLED UP AND THESE ARE ALL DONE UNDER THE STACEY ADRIAN'S TENURE HERE IN CROWLEY ISD.

WE HAD TO GET ANOTHER PLAQUE.

WE KNOW MORE WORDS ARE COMING.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE AND SO ON BEHALF OF ALL OF CROWLEY ISD, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MS..

ADRIAN, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

THANK YOU. AND THE FINANCE TEAM IS HERE.

IF YOU'RE ON THE FINANCE TEAM, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? RIGHT? I ALSO LIKE TO PRESENT THIS ADRIAN WITH OUR RETIREE PLAQUE.

IT'S A CRYSTAL BOOK.

IT SAYS, IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE CHILDREN OF CROWLEY.

MRS STACEY.

I THANK YOU. FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD.

BUT I DO WANT TO STAND HERE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING US IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

UM, OUR SKILL SET IS PUTS US IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE TRULY BELIEVE AND WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN OF CROWLEY ISD.

AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE VOLUNTEERED SINCE MY SON WAS IN KINDERGARTEN AT CREEK.

I DID DONUTS WITH DADS, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT.

UM, BY THE SECOND YEAR I WAS TREASURER ALREADY, SO.

BUT THEN WHEN CARDIN OPENED, I WAS THE FIRST PTA PRESIDENT AT CARDIN TOO, SO I HELD MANY PTA OFFICES.

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UM, IT'S IN MY BLOOD.

WHAT CAN I SAY? I HAVE NOT BEEN IN YOUR SEATS, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN.

RIGHT. BUT I THINK YOU AND REALLY APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION.

I THANK YOU. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? GATES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MS..

ADRIAN THAT FOR THE BRIEF TIME THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE AND THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU, IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A JOY.

TO MR. KIRSHNER'S POINT EARLIER, YOU HAVE MADE WHAT IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE IN SCHOOL FINANCE PALATABLE TO SOMEONE WHO IS STILL A NEOPHYTE AS IT PERTAINS TO MY SERVICE ON THIS BOARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR ENDURING THE THOUSANDS OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE LOBBED YOUR WAY, BUT ALWAYS WILLINGLY ANSWERING, PROVIDING INFORMATION, BUT ALSO ALWAYS DOING IT WITH A SMILE.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU CERTAINLY WILL BE MISSED.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE GO AHEAD, MISS ADRIAN.

I JUST WANTED TO ECHO TRUSTEE DAVIS SENTIMENT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T LIKE ALL OF THIS HULLABALOO AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR RETIREMENT, BUT YOU DEFINITELY ARE MORE THAN DESERVING.

AND TO TRUSTEE DAVIS'S POINT, WHEN I GOT TO MY SCHOOL FINANCE CLASS IN MY DOCTORAL PROGRAM, I HAD A LITTLE EDGE ON THE REST OF THE STUDENTS BECAUSE I HAD STACEY ADRIAN AS OUR CFO.

AND SO YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT.

AND ANTHONY'S QUOTE OF THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF SCHOOL FINANCE, YOU DID MAKE IT SO SIMPLE.

AND I ALWAYS FELT VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR DECISION MAKING AS A BOARD AND AS A TRUSTEE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE MANY CAPACITIES THAT YOU SERVE AND CROWLEY ISD FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE WITH US AND WITH ME.

AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

I'M SO SUPER JEALOUS.

YOU KNOW, Y'ALL, I'M LIVING A RETIREMENT, SO PLEASE ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND WE'LL SEE YOU OUT ON THE STREETS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

OKAY, MISS AVERY, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS TOLD YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO BUDGETING, BECAUSE SCHOOL FINANCE IS A BEAST.

BUT YOU KEPT US LEGAL.

YOU KEPT US SOLVENT, AND WE RECEIVED CONSISTENT FAVORABLE REPORTING ON THE FIRST REPORT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE AS HAS BEEN STATED, IT'S NOT EASY.

I KNOW YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME UNPOPULAR DECISIONS REGARDING BUDGET DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT I THINK FOR ME, THOSE TEMPORARY DISSATISFACTIONS WITH YOUR, UM, DECISIONS ON THE BUDGET OUTWEIGH ANY TEMPORARY, UH, UH, DECISIONS YOU MAY HAVE MADE.

I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU.

UM, I WILL MISS YOU.

AND I HAVE ONE COMMENT.

I THINK WHEN YOU STARTED AS CFO, YOUR HAIR WAS DARKER.

OKAY. IT PROVES MY POINT THAT SCHOOL FINANCE IS A BEAST, BUT ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND ENJOY YOUR FAMILY.

YOU WILL BE MISSED.

THANK YOU. THE SEGMENT, I CAN'T SEE YOU.

SO I'M SPEECHLESS BECAUSE WHENEVER I SEE YOU, YOU BRING SO MUCH JOY INTO THE ROOM JUST BY YOUR SMILE AND JUST YOU WALKING INTO THE ROOM.

I WANT TO SAY THIS.

IN 1997, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SMALL BUDGET FOR SCHOOL.

I'M TALKING SMALL, ONLY MY DIVISION.

SO WITH YOU COMING IN WITH A SMILE, THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS IN ORDER.

BECAUSE DOING A SMALL BUDGET, I NEVER HAD THAT SMILE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE GREATLY, GREATLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT HERE IN CROWLEY ISD AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE MISSED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, I ECHO EVERYONE AS WELL.

YOU WILL BE MISSED. AND THE SMILE IS SO INFECTIOUS, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE GIGGLE ALSO BEHIND THAT SMILE.

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AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU THIS, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO A SEVENTH YEAR, BEING ON THE BOARD.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, HAVING THREE DEGREES THAT ARE ALL PEOPLE RELATED, HUMAN RESOURCES RELATED.

AND TO TAKE A CLASS LIKE ACCOUNTING AND AN MBA PROGRAM WITH NO PREVIOUS BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, IT WAS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I GOT THROUGH THAT CLASS. I TELL YOU, I AGONIZED THROUGH THAT EXCEL.

I AGONIZED THROUGH.

I CAN'T STAND IT.

BUT. MR. KIRCHNER SAID IT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW HOW TO EDUCATE US WITH THE MOST COMPLEX INFORMATION AND MAKE IT SIMPLE TO DIGEST.

MAKE IT SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS OF MY GROWTH ON THIS BOARD AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS RELATED TO FINANCE. I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER.

IT'S NOT MY FAVORITE, I WILL ADMIT, BUT I DO FEEL SO MUCH BETTER AND MORE CONFIDENT IN THAT AREA ON THOSE RELATED AREAS TO FINANCE.

SO THANK YOU.

WE WILL MISS YOU, BUT NOT BECAUSE OF JUST THAT, BECAUSE OF THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE.

AND THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU, SO YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.

IF WE DON'T SEE YOU, WE WILL WONDER WHAT YOU'RE DOING OVER IN SUNNY THE BACKYARD OR WITH THE GRANDKIDS AND ALL OF THAT.

SO ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.

THANK YOU. MR. YES, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY YOU WILL TRULY BE MISSED.

AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

SO ENJOY.

THANK YOU. I KNOW THIS.

ADRIAN AHLMAN BOXSET.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT YOU TRULY WILL BE MISSED.

I LOVE AT THE END OF OUR MEETINGS BEFORE WE WENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WALKING DOWN, SPEAKING TO YOU, YOUR SMILE, YOUR GIGGLE, ALL OF THAT WAS TRULY INFECTIOUS. UM, AND I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ARE.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT OUR KIDS A LITTLE LEAGUE AND YOURS WERE IN BLUE RAIDER AT ONE POINT, SO I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY, YOU'VE BEEN ESTABLISHED.

SO OUTSIDE OF JUST HERE, KNOWING YOU AS A PERSON IS DOING GREAT, YOU MISS YOU WILL TRULY MISS YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR SPIRIT. YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DR. MCFARLAND. SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.

AND MISS. MISS ADRIAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR THE LEADERSHIP.

I KNOW WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, ONE OF THE FIRST DECISIONS WE HAD TO MAKE WAS TO HIRE A CFO.

SHE WAS ALREADY HERE, BUT SHE WAS THE CFO.

AND SO IT WAS AN EASY DECISION.

IT WAS AN EASY DECISION I MADE.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BEST ONES.

YOU'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE DEFINITELY MADE CRITICAL DECISIONS.

YOU HELPED US WITH REALLY CRITICAL THINGS.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE A TENDENCY OF ONCE THEY LEAVE, TO SHOW BACK UP.

AND SO WE WELCOME YOU BACK.

I HAVE YOUR NUMBER AND AND YOUR ADDRESS IS IN THE SYSTEM, SO DON'T MOVE.

WE WILL BE CALLING. THANK YOU, MISS ADRIAN.

ENJOY YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US THAT THOSE THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR SENTIMENTS TO MISS ADRIAN.

SHE MEANS A LOT TO THE DISTRICT AND TO US PERSONALLY AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE OUR REPORT ITEMS AND WE'RE ON AGENDA ITEM 6.1, WHICH IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BOND ISSUANCE TEAM.

[6.0 Report Item(s)]

AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO TO GO FORWARD WITH OUR BOND ELECTION AND THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A TEAM THAT'S BEHIND THE SCENES THAT ACTUALLY IS HELPING US TO OPERATIONALIZE AND TO REALLY IMPLEMENT THIS BOND PROGRAM.

AND SO WHAT WE THOUGHT TONIGHT THAT WE WOULD DO IS BRING THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE SO YOU CAN SEE THE REPRESENTATIVES, YOU HEAR FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES.

AND SO EXCITED TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

MR. FISHER WILL LEAD US IN AN INTRODUCTION OF THE TEAM THAT WILL LEAD OUR BOND PROGRAM THIS DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT.

DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TONIGHT IS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION IN CROWLEY ISD.

DR. MCFARLAND ALLUDED TO THE DREAM TEAM, OUR BOND ISSUANCE TEAM FOR SERIES 2023.

AND SO WHAT I'LL DO IS JUST GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM INDIVIDUALLY AND LET THEM COME UP AND KIND OF TELL YOU WHAT THEIR ROLES ARE IN

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TO TAKE A PICTURE? YES.

ALL RIGHT. SO OUR TEAM SELECTION PROCESS REALLY BEGAN WITH IDENTIFICATION OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE GROUPS.

WE ASSESSED THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR EXPERIENCE BOTH WORKING WITH CROWLEY ISD AND THEIR GENERAL EXPERIENCE IN K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE ASSESSED MINORITY PARTICIPATION SPECIFICALLY AT THE OWNERSHIP LEVEL AND ALSO AT THE PARTNERSHIP LEVEL.

WE CONDUCTED FIRM INTERVIEWS AND WE SETTLED ON THIS TEAM.

THIS IS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE, MANY, MANY YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL BOND TRANSACTIONS AND I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS SAYING I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE LARGEST BOND OFFERING THAT WILL BE MADE BY A MINORITY FIRM.

IS THAT CORRECT? IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO NOW WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO INTRODUCE EACH INDIVIDUAL GROUP.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROLES AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THOSE ROLES ARE, WE HAVE ON OUR TEAM A FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR REALLY IDENTIFIES AND ANALYZES FINANCIAL FINANCING SOLUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES FOR THE FUNDING OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WE HAVE A CO BOND COUNSEL THAT REALLY DRAFT BOARD BOND RESOLUTIONS AND VENTURES, LOAN AGREEMENTS AND OTHER BONDING BOND FINANCE DOCUMENTS.

OUR SENIOR MANAGER ACTS AS THE UNDERWRITER, MANAGES THE PRICING PROCESS, ASSISTS IN DETERMINING ACTUALLY THE PRICING AND THE TIMING TO SELL THE BONDS ON THE MARKET. THEN WE ALSO HAVE THREE CO MANAGERS WHO ALSO SERVE AS UNDERWRITERS AND THEY SHARE IN MANAGING THE RISK OF THE UNDERWRITING OF THE ISSUE WITH THE SENIOR MANAGER.

AND SO I'LL GO FORWARD AND I'LL INTRODUCE EACH OF THESE GROUPS TO YOU GUYS NOW.

SO OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR IS HILLTOP SECURITIES.

THIS IS AN OLD COMPANY, RIGHT? THIS IS A COMPANY THAT'S BEEN AROUND AND HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.

THEIR PARTNER IS MR. JEFF ROBERTS. HE STANDS IN THE IN THE IN THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL OFFICER OR FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

JEFF, GIVE US A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF YOUR ROLE IN THIS PROCESS.

THANK YOU, MR. FISHER.

MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

MCFARLAND JEFF ROBERTS WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.

HOPEFULLY YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ME AS A FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

WE WERE KIND OF INVOLVED FROM THE FROM THE START, FROM PUTTING THE PLAN TOGETHER FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, KIND OF HELPING EDUCATE FOLKS ON ON HOW THE WHOLE PROCESS WORKS AND THEN ULTIMATELY STRUCTURING THE SALE OF THE ISSUANCE, THIS ISSUANCE AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE ISSUANCES AS WELL TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO LIVE UP TO THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF TAX RATE IMPACT, BUT AS WELL AS LIVE UP TO THE COMMUNITY TERMS OF TIMING OF OF PROJECTS BEING STARTED AND OPEN SO THAT THE KIDS CAN CAN BE IN SCHOOLS WHENEVER WHEN YOU'RE WANTING TO GET THEM IN THERE.

SO SO REALLY WE KIND OF I DON'T WANT TO SAY HOLD, BUT WE KIND OF HELP THE DISTRICT ALONG FROM START OF THE PROCESS THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS.

AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE DISTRICT'S FABULOUS UNDERWRITING TEAM AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT THE TAXPAYERS OF THE DISTRICT GET THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE IN THE MARKETS.

WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CO BOND COUNSEL.

NOW, THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE IS A GENTLEMAN THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

HE'S THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM MCCALL PARKHURST AND HORTON.

UH, CHRIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN BOND COUNSEL SINCE ABOUT 2013, BUT HE ACTUALLY WORKS FOR A FIRM THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN AROUND CROWLEY FOR 50 YEARS.

THEY ACTUALLY WERE OUR FIRST BOND COUNSEL ON OUR FIRST BOND ISSUE IN 1966.

WOW. CHRIS, STEP FORWARD AND EXPLAIN YOUR ROLE IN THIS PROCESS.

HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

BASICALLY, I HELPED THE DISTRICT WORK THROUGH THE WHOLE ELECTION PROCESS, MAKE SURE WE HAD THE RIGHT PROJECTS AND THE RIGHT PROPOSITIONS AND COMPLIED WITH STATE LAW SO THAT WE WOULDN'T RUN INTO ANY HICCUPS DOWN THE ROAD.

AND THEN I TAPERED ALL THE NOTICES AND ALL EVERYTHING THERE.

AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE BOND, I DRAFTED THE BOND ORDER THAT YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY TONIGHT AND ALL THE OTHER LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

I'M GOING TO WORK WITH WEST ASSOCIATES TO MAKE SURE THEY ALL ARE PERFECT.

SEND THEM DOWN TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, GET THEM APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THEN IT'LL BE INCONTESTABLE AND START SPENDING THE MONEY ON THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

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THEY ARE WELL KNOWN IN OUR REGION.

THEY'VE SUPPORTED AND COUNSELED SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

ATTORNEY PROBABLY PWEASE. THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND, PRESIDENT MAYFIELD, MEMBERS TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS NICOLE COLLIER.

I AM HERE WITH OUR PUBLIC FINANCE LEADER OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

I AM ON HER TEAM.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO BRING TANYA TAPIA UP.

AND BRIAN KING IS ALSO ON OUR TEAM.

HE'S HANDING OUT THE INFORMATION.

BUT I WANT TO BRING TANYA TAPIA, BECAUSE SHE'S THE HEAD OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

WE'RE SO HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT.

WE'RE LOOKING CHRIS HAS ALREADY KIND OF LAID OUT EXACTLY WHAT BOND COUNSEL DOES.

WE'LL BE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIM TO ASSIST THE DISTRICT WITH BASICALLY PAPER THE DEAL.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S ALL LEGAL AND TIDY SO THAT WHEN YOU SPEND THAT MONEY, YOU WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT GOING FORWARD.

UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO DO THAT.

NICOLE IS ON MY TEAM ALONG WITH OUR NEWEST BABY LAWYER, YOUNG ASSOCIATE BRIAN KING.

WE ARE HERE TO SERVE, SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE DISTRICT IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN AS YOUR BOND COUNSEL.

AND WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. AWESOME.

THANK YOU, GUYS. ASSOCIATES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT A DREAM TEAM.

SENIOR MANAGER SIEBERT WILLIAMS. AND SHANE. AND I'LL ASK NICOLE CONNOLLY TO PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND INTRODUCE HER TEAM.

THANK YOU, MR. FISHER.

DR. MCFARLAND CARLIN.

MADAM CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW EXCITED WE ARE TO BE LEADING THE SYNDICATE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING YOUR MARQUEE TRANSACTION TO THE MARKET.

424 MILLION BOND ISSUANCE, THE LARGEST TEXAS K-12 ISSUE BY AND LED BY A MINORITY WOMAN OWNED FIRM.

AND SO WE WE WE ARE ELATED TO SERVE THE DISTRICT IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT WAY.

WE WILL FIND THE RIGHT INVESTORS.

OUR JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT YOU RECEIVE THE LOWEST, THE LOWEST COST OF BORROWING FOR THIS IMPORTANT TRANSACTION SO YOU CAN MAXIMIZE RESOURCES FOR YOUR STUDENTS.

WE KNOW HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO SORT OF MODERNIZE YOUR FACILITIES AND BRING TECHNOLOGY TO STUDENTS AND SO THAT THEY CAN BE INSPIRED AND SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE IN THEMSELVES.

AND SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT AND WE'LL BE GOING OUT ISSUING THAT 424 MILLION.

BUT WE I COULDN'T DO IT ALONE.

I'M JOINED BY A GREAT TEAM AND WE ARE TYPIFIED WE ARE TYPIFIED BY OUR EXCELLENCE AND OUR WORK ETHIC IN THE MARKETPLACES.

AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE I'M JOINED HERE TONIGHT BY OUR PRINCIPAL OWNER, PRINCIPAL OWNERS, THE HONORABLE MR. HENRY CISNEROS, HONORABLE MR. BILL THOMPSON AND LEVI DAVIS, WHO RUNS OUR OUR DALLAS OFFICE, AND THEN KEITH RICHARDS.

HE'S OUR HEAD OF TEXAS HERE.

SO YOU'LL BE JOINING MANY OF OUR CLIENTS WHO'VE BEEN WELL SERVED BY SIEBERT WILLIAMS SHANK.

AND WE WE EXPECT TO SORT OF DELIVER THE BEST RESULTS FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. AND SO NOW WE'RE BRINGING IN OUR CULT MANAGERS.

RIGHT? AND WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT MR. CLARENCE GREER, REPRESENTING RBC CAPITAL MARKETS.

GOOD EVENING. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. FISHER. MADAM PRESIDENT, DR.

MCFARLAND, THIS IS REALLY AN UNPRECEDENTED EVENT, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE A PART OF IT.

YOU SELECTED A GREAT SYNDICATE LED BY SIEBERT.

EXCELLENT FIRM. RBC IS A ROYAL BANK OF CANADA CAPITAL MARKETS, AND I AM A MANAGING DIRECTOR WITH RBC.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 26 YEARS.

I COME OUT OF FLORIDA A&M, STARTED FROM FINANCIAL ANALYST ALL THE WAY TO MANAGING DIRECTOR.

IT'S A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY.

I'M A SHAREHOLDER, NOT A MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER, BUT I AM A SHAREHOLDER.

UH, AND AND I'M JOINED HERE TONIGHT WITH CLAYTON WALTON, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF RBC.

AND SO AT THE JOB OF THE CO-MANAGER IS TO WORK HAND IN GLOVE WITH THE OTHER SYNDICATE MEMBERS LED BY SIEBERT.

SHE ALSO LOOKED AT GETTING, UH, INSTITUTIONAL AND RETAIL ORDERS.

WE HAVE A VAST NETWORK.

WE HAVE GLOBAL FIRM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE LOCAL OFFICES HERE IN FORT WORTH.

SO WE'LL BE APPROACHING SOME OF YOUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT VOTED FOR YOUR BONDS AND TRY TO CONVERT THOSE STAKEHOLDERS INTO INVESTORS, BONDHOLDERS.

AND SO AND AS SIEBERT ECHOED, WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU THE LOWEST COST OF FUNDS, WORKING WITH YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO DISTINGUISH DOING ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOUR

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE AS.

SO, SO BORED.

YOU SEE ME, UH, KIND OF, UH, BLUSHING AND SMILING.

THIS IS LIKE THE HALL OF FAME FOR ME, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT I ASPIRE TO BE LIKE.

AND SO ALSO, LET ME BRING IN ANOTHER CO-MANAGER, DR.

ALFRED REYES, REPRESENTING STEVENS TONIGHT.

DR. GRAY. THANK YOU, MR. FISHER. MADAM PRESIDENT AND DR.

MCCALL AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS ALFRED GRAY. SOME OF YOU, MAY I KNOW MISS DAVIS WILL RECOGNIZE ME AS RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT FROM DUNCANVILLE ISD.

BUT FOR THE LAST LITTLE MORE THAN THREE YEARS, I'VE SERVED STEPHENS, INC.

AS AN INVESTMENT BANKER WORKING IN PUBLIC FINANCE.

AND IT'S A GREAT JOB TO HAVE AFTER I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SITTING IN THAT CHAIR OUT THERE, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WE ARE PROUD, AS STEPHENS TO HAVE SERVED THE CROWLEY ISD THE LAST THREE UNDERWRITINGS YOU HAD, INCLUDING LEADING THE UNDERWRITING THAT WHEN YOU GOT THE NATATORIUM PROJECT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RYAN FAMILY YMCA.

THAT WAS GREAT. AND I APPRECIATE MR. KERSHNER FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THAT AWESOME VIDEO YOUR TEAM PRODUCED AS PART OF OUR ADVERTISING.

FOR THAT, WE ARE EXCITED, I CAN TELL YOU, I'M SURPRISED Y'ALL EVEN HEAR ME SCREAMING FROM DALLAS.

WHEN I SAW THE LIST OF THE UNDERWRITING TEAM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED AS WELL THAT WE WERE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.

I'VE WORKED SO WELL THESE PAST FEW YEARS WITH NICOLE CONNELLY AND HER TEAM AT SIEBERT, WITH THE TEAM AT J.P.

MORGAN AND WITH THE TEAM AT RBC.

AND WE ARE LIKE THEY SAID, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE STEPHENS IS A PRIVATELY OWNED FIRM, BEEN OWNED BY THE STEPHENS FAMILY SINCE 1933.

SO WE'RE CELEBRATING 90 YEARS OF CAPITALIZING ON INDEPENDENCE.

I LOVE THE FACT THEY ALLOW ME TO GIVE BACK TO OUR CLIENT DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IDEA OF SERVING THE CROWLEY COMMUNITY AND HELPING THIS TEAM TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER THE BEST POSSIBLE FINANCING WE CAN.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT WITH YOU NOW AND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. AND SO OUR LAST LEG IS BEING RUN BY JP MORGAN.

AND TONIGHT WE DON'T HAVE MR. FLOWERS HERE WITH US. HE HAD A PRIOR COMMITMENT AND COULDN'T BE HERE.

AND WE HAVE MR. BILL BARNES HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. FISHER. MADAM PRESIDENT, DR.

MCFARLAND BEHALF OF JP MORGAN.

AS A CO MANAGER, WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT THE TRANSACTION.

AS CLARA SAID, I DON'T HAVE AS MANY SHARES AS CLARENCE, BUT I'M PROBABLY THE YOUNGEST ON THE TEAM.

BUT I'M JUST AS INVOLVED WITH THE PROCESS.

I'M A VICE PRESIDENT AT JP MORGAN.

I ACTUALLY STARTED MY CAREER WITH MS..

CONNOLLY AS AN INTERN AND I WORKED ON AUSTIN ISD WHEN SHE WAS UP IN NEW YORK.

SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SITTING IN NEW YORK, GETTING TO KNOW OUR UNDERWRITING DESK, GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO OUT AND PITCH AND SELL YOUR BONDS TO INVESTORS. AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO MOVE BACK DOWN TO TEXAS, AND I'M A NATIVE TEXAN, AND THESE FINANCINGS ARE IMPORTANT.

AS A KID THAT WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN HENDERSON, TEXAS, WE GOT PLENTY OF FACILITIES IN SUCH A SMALL TOWN, LIKE AN INDOOR FACILITY THAT HELPED US GO TO A STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND BACK THEN, 50 DEGREES TO ME WAS VERY COLD WEATHER.

BUT BUT IT WAS IT WAS VERY COLD AND IT MADE A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU GET INTO THOSE DEEP PLAYOFF RUNS.

SO FINANCINGS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, INSIDE THE CLASSROOM ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

I HOLD DEAR TO MY HEART. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS TRANSACTION AND WORKING ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE FINANCE GROUP.

OH, AWESOME. THANK YOU.

SO, DR.

MAYFIELD, YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT DIVERSITY BEING A SUPERPOWER.

THIS IS THE EMBODIMENT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I AM SO PROUD TO BE A GUARDIAN AND AN AMBASSADOR OF OUR CROWLEY BRAND IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS.

UH, REALLY, REALLY, UH, MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S LIVES.

THIS IS AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN THOSE NOW.

NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M JUST IN AWE.

SO I AM EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU, MR. FISHER. DR. MCFARLAND, WHOEVER HAD A HAND IN PUTTING THIS TEAM TOGETHER.

ANYTIME YOU SAY DREAM TEAM, I REMEMBER HEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS IN 1984 WITH THE OLYMPICS.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DREAM TEAM OR THE LAKERS? WAS IT THE LAKERS? WAS IT. I'M GIVING MY AGE.

HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS MAKES ME SO PROUD.

THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, ALL OF ALL OF WHAT YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY BRING TO THIS TEAM.

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SO I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU AND WORKING WITH US.

AND AS YOU HAVE HEARD THROUGHOUT, WE WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM MISS ADRIAN.

WE EXPECT TO LEARN FROM YOU TOO.

SO AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR TRANSACTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST KNOW THAT THIS THESE ARE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US.

AND WE JUST WE'RE THANKFUL TO BE ON THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU.

BUT AGAIN, I'M IN AWE AND GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR DISTRICT AND ONE OTHER.

CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH YOU ALL? OH, AND THERE IS A QUESTION.

SO WE'LL WE'LL I HAVE A COMMENT.

I'LL MAKE IT. OKAY. I WAS THINKING ALSO I WAS LIKE, THIS IS A DREAM TEAM.

I WAS IN AWE AS EVERYONE WAS COMING FORWARD.

AND THIS MADE ME A LITTLE SELF-SERVING.

BUT I'M THINKING OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE BUSINESS PROGRAM, STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, EXPOSURE, EXTENSIVE INTERNSHIPS.

YOU'RE JUST GOING INTO THE CLASSROOM.

SO I'M JUST THINKING OF POSSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN STUDENTS HERE AT CISD ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE BOND.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING.

TRUSTEE. ROBINSON. WHAT A GREAT SEGUE.

YES. MISS CONLEY IS GOING TO BRING TO YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE TRADING FLOOR RIGHT HERE TO CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL.

THINGS THAT WE LOVE.

I'M A PERSON AT HEART.

I WILL ALWAYS BE PROFOUNDLY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY A CHAMPION FOR PUB ED.

I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC AND WE NEED THE RESOURCES AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN DO IN INSPIRING AND CREATING A FUTURE FOR THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE. SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A FIRM IS DOING THE BOND ONE ON ONES WITH STUDENTS.

WE'VE WORKED WITH SPRING GUYS RECENTLY TO BRING THEM THEIR MOST IMPRESSIVE STUDENTS, THOSE IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS, THOSE ON BUSINESS TRACKS.

AND WE DID A BOND ONE ON ONE.

WE RECORDED THE TRANSACTION, WE TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL MARKETS.

WE MADE AN EDUCATION DAY ABOUT CIVIC DUTY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO VOTE IN ELECTION.

AND WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT COST ESTIMATE ESTIMATIONS AND SPREADSHEETS AND DEBT MARKETS AND IPOS AND ALL THE FUN.

AND WE MADE IT FUN AND INSPIRING AND ENGAGING.

AND I LOOKED AT THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME AND I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, I SWEAR I SAW A LITTLE WELL OF A TEAR, RIGHT? BECAUSE STUDENTS WERE SO EXCITED.

THEY GOT TO SEE THEMSELVES IN US.

AND, YOU KNOW, I BOND PROGRAMS HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS THREE FOLD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO INSPIRE YOUR HUMAN YOUR FUTURE HUMAN CAPITAL IN WAYS AND THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN THE DISTRICT'S WORK, THAT IS A THAT IS A PROFOUND STATEMENT. AND AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, I MEAN, SEEING IS BELIEVING.

AND SO WHEN YOU SEE A WOMAN, A BLACK WOMAN LIKE ME LEADING A TRANSACTION, A $420 MILLION BOND, ALMOST HALF $1 BILLION BOND, TRACKS THAT TRANSACTION.

AND WORKING WITH INVESTORS AND BRINGING THESE RESOURCES TO BEAR IN THE MARKET.

THE YOUNG WOMEN, I HAVE TO SAY, THEY ASKED ME TONS OF QUESTIONS, RIGHT.

AND THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD NEVER CONTEMPLATED, CAREERS THEY HAD NEVER CONTEMPLATED.

AND SO THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUE ADD THAT WE BRING TO THIS TRANSACTION OUTSIDE OF OUR EXPERTISE AND OUR FINANCIAL ACUMEN.

WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU AND BE A PARTNER WITH YOU THROUGH THE LONG HAUL.

AND WE KNOW THAT MEANS PARTNERING WITH YOU AND PARTNERING WITH YOUR COMMUNITIES AND THESE IMPORTANT WAYS AND SHOWING OUR WORK AND DEMONSTRATING THE KIND OF EXCELLENCE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN EVERY STUDENT. SO WE'RE HONORED TO DO THAT AND WE'LL BE RECORDING YOUR TRANSACTION AND WE'LL BE SETTING UP THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE.

OH, I LOVE IT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS.

WANTED TO TAKE A PICTURE. HAVE YOU HAD A DREAM TEAM GO BEHIND THE BOARD OF THE DAVIS? PERFECT.

THE.

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NOW, CAN I GET.

WE HAVE THE DREAM TEAM SHIPPED THIS.

FOR SURE. YES.

THREE LADIES.

THAT'S RIGHT. YES.

THANK YOU. DR.

HALL. DAVIS.

I. ALL RIGHT.

SO SO DID THE TEAM.

AS YOU ARE, AS YOU ARE RETURNING TEAM? I JUST HAVE 111 KIND OF MESSAGE I WANT TO LEAVE WITH YOU AND AND SO TEAM THE DREAM TEAM THAT JUST LEFT.

I'M HERE. I LIKE YOU ALL TO PULL YOUR PHONES OUT, IF YOU WILL.

JUST JUST BRIEFLY, WE'LL DO THIS.

IT'S GOING TO BE QUICK. BUT I WANT TO MAKE A POINT.

I LIKE YOU TO PULL YOUR PHONES OUT AND PULL A PICTURE OF A CHILD UP IN YOUR PHONE, A CHILD THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.

AND SO I WANT YOU WHAT WE'RE TELLING YOU TO DO IS THAT AS YOU ARE CARRYING OUT THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT, CARRY OUT THE BUSINESS AS IF YOU ARE YOU ARE CARRYING THE BUSINESS OUT FOR THE CHILD THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

BECAUSE WHEN WE WORK IN OUR DISTRICT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD THAT WE SERVE GET THE ABSOLUTE BEST, THAT WE GET EXCELLENCE.

OUR BRAND IN CHRIST IS EXCELLENCE.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK REALLY HARD AND WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU'LL BE WORKING REALLY HARD, TOO, ON OUR BEHALF TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAXIMIZE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU ALL DREAM TEAM.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. FISHER AND DR.

MCFARLAND. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6.2.

THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT UPDATE AN OVERVIEW ON PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

DR. MCFARLAND MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT RECORD.

THIS NEXT RECOGNITION AND REPORT.

WE ALL HAVE MR. WILLIAMS, WHO WILL BE SHARING THE ATHLETICS UPDATE, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS WESLEYAN.

MR. WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANCE TO UPDATE YOU ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY TO HOST THEIR HOME FOOTBALL GAME FOR THE NEXT TWO TWO SEASONS.

OUR RENTAL AGREEMENT WAS FINALIZED A FEW DAYS AGO, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN SETTING UP THE LOGISTICS FOR THE GAME DAY EXPERIENCE.

OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONDUCT TOURS OF THE FACILITY WITH TEXAS WESLEYAN COACHING STAFF, ADMINISTRATION, FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, ALUMNI BOOSTERS AND POTENTIAL SPONSORS.

THEY WERE ALL IMPRESSED WITH THE UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES OUR STATE STADIUM HAS TO OFFER THE EXCITEMENT.

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE NEXT SIX HOME GAMES FOR THESE SIX HOME GAMES THAT WILL BE HELD AT RSD MULTIPURPOSE STADIUM.

WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE GREAT ATMOSPHERE OUR VENUE WILL BRING TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND OUR CROWLEY ISD COMMUNITY.

KICKOFF TIMES WILL BE COMMUNICATED AT A LATER DATE.

HOW DOES CROWLEY ISD BENEFIT? CROWLEY ISD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PARTNERSHIP IN MANY WAYS, WHICH INCLUDE HALL CROWLEY ISD STAFF AND STUDENTS CAN ATTEND T.W.U GAMES FREE WITH THE RSD ID, WE CAN GAIN CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO MORE PARTNERSHIPS AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

WE GAIN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST MORE EVENTS THROUGH THESE ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ATHLETES WILL BE INCREASED AND THEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CITY

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AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP BOTH JO JO PRUD'HOMME, THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH OF THE TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY RAMS, TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR UPCOMING PARTNERSHIP. MADAM PRESIDENT, DR.

MCFARLAND, REGION 11 AWARD WINNING BOARD OF THE YEAR.

PROBLEM I HAVE WITH ME PAUL DUCKWORTH, WHO IS OUR ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH.

HE'LL BE A DOCTOR THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

ACTUALLY, IN DECEMBER. YOU'LL GET YOUR YOUR YOUR PHD.

TIM ROLLS IS WITH ME.

HE'S ALSO THE UNOFFICIAL MAYOR OF FORT WORTH.

KNOWS EVERYBODY THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

AND WE'LL BRING A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY PEOPLE AND SPONSORSHIPS AS HE ALWAYS HAS TO OUR PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW THIS ALL STARTED WITH AN EMAIL.

WE WERE LOOKING FOR A BETTER SITUATION FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR PROGRAM, FOR OUR UNIVERSITY, AND I KNEW THIS STADIUM WAS GOING UP.

I TALKED TO COACH GATES.

I HAD TALKED TO COACH ALLEN AT THE TIME.

I TALKED TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

AND I WAS ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER HERE.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOW, I'M BEYOND BLOWN AWAY.

I'M YOU TALK ABOUT DREAM TEAM, YOU TALK ABOUT IMPRESSED.

I AM INCREDIBLY HUMBLED IN YOUR PRESENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN YOUR FACILITY, PARTNER WITH YOU, WORK WITH YOUR STUDENTS, WORK WITH YOU TO COME TO OUR GAMES. I MEAN, FOR US, THE ANTE JUST WENT UP TREMENDOUSLY, KNOWING THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO OUR GAMES AND THE CALIBER OF OF OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHEN YOU SAY VISION, WHEN YOU SAY DREAM, WHEN YOU SAY THOSE THINGS, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THOSE THINGS.

THE CROWD HAS TEETH IN IT.

THEY HAVE INVESTMENT IN IT.

THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT IS JUST IT JUST IS AMAZING TO ME.

BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PARTNERSHIP.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT MR. WILLIAMS AND MR. FISHER, YOU TALK ABOUT REALLY, REALLY COMMUNICATING YOUR VISION TO REALLY BRING OUT AND LAY OUT WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON.

IT JUST I WAS SOLD.

I JUST THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE FOR ME.

WE HAD TALKED TO 3 OR 4 OTHER FACILITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AFTER A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND ONE TOUR OF YOUR FACILITY, I WAS DONE.

I WAS LIKE, WELL, WE NEED TO GO TALK TO.

I SAID, NO, NO, WE YOU GO TALK ABOUT IT.

NO, I'M DONE.

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF THE HOSPITALITY, THE COMMUNICATION, THE VISION AND THE MOST EXCITING PART ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING IS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

WITH YOUR DREAM TEAM, WITH WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

THE FOUNDATION IS SO SOLID HERE.

I'M JUST I'M HUMBLED TO EVEN BE A PART OF IT.

WE ARE GOING TO REALLY PUT SOMETHING IN FRONT OF Y'ALL THAT I THINK ALL OF US ARE GOING TO BE PROUD OF.

WE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO CRY.

THANK YOU.

AS THIS PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BENEFIT CROWLEY ISD IN THE FUTURE.

AT THIS TIME I'M AVAILABLE TO TAKE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. BOARD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? YES, I HAVE A COMMENT. I AM JUST EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN GOING TO THE GAMES OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME.

SO I'M EXCITED AND CRAZY.

THANK YOU. GREAT JOB, MR. WILLIAMS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO TO TO BRING THIS PARTNERSHIP TO FRUITION.

AS A PERSON WHO LOVES ALL THINGS CROWLEY ISD, ALSO AS A PERSON WHO ATTENDED TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, I AM DOUBLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

AND AND I THINK THAT IT WILL BE SO IMPACTFUL FOR OUR ATHLETES TO SEE WHAT IT MEANS TO PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL, BUT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN A IN A IN A SPACE THAT JUST SHOWS THEM HOW MUCH WE BELIEVE IN THEM AND HOW MUCH WE'VE INVESTED INTO THEM. SO FOR THEM TO JUST BE ABLE TO COME HOME TO THEIR STADIUM, BUT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IT MEANS TO PLAY ON THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL, I THINK IS GOING TO HAVE JUST SUCH A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.

AND SO THANK YOU TO TO OUR TEAM AT TEXAS WESLEYAN.

NOW, I HAVE TO ADMIT, COACH, IT WAS HARD TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BECAUSE THAT RING KEPT JUST KIND OF CATCHING MY EYE IN MY ATTENTION.

YOU KNOW, YOU HOLD THAT FOR YOU IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO HOLD IT.

BUT BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP.

AND I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR BOTH OF OUR OUR INSTITUTIONS.

DO YOU WANT TO I JUST WANTED TO SAY I THINK I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE DR.

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I KNOW THAT THE BOARD WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID REPEATEDLY CHALLENGED CROWLEY ISD TO UM, THE INITIATE AND DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A VERY STRONG, UM, LOCAL COMMUNITY.

AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AS TRUSTEE DAVIS HAS SAID AND OTHERS HAVE ECHOED, BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OUR DISTRICT AND ALSO TO OUR STUDENTS.

UM, COACH, I DON'T KNOW YOU PERSONALLY, BUT I FEEL LIKE I CAN I CAN FEEL YOUR SPIRIT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR APPRECIATION AND RESPECT FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AND FOR CROWLEY ISD.

AND AS FAR AS WHAT OUR BRAND IS.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AND I'M VERY EXCITED WHERE HE IS GOING AND JUST HOW THIS ALL IS SHAPING UP.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR NEGOTIATING THIS AND JUST ALL THAT IT MEANS TO US.

THANK YOU. AWESOME.

GREAT JOB, MR. WILLIAMS. AND ALSO, JUST LIKE DR.

HALL SAID, I THINK PARTNERSHIP, IT'S VERY INSPIRATIONAL, ACTUALLY.

UM, IT MEANS A LOT.

SO THE ONLY THING I'LL ASK IS THAT YOU BRING THE BOOKSTORE CLOSE TO US SO THAT WE CAN PACK A LOAD UP ON OUR GEAR SO WE CAN REPRESENT WHEN YOU ALL PLAY AGAINST ONE OF THOSE TEAMS, BECAUSE WE WILL BE THERE AND WE APPRECIATE THIS PARTNERSHIP WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

AND AS TRUSTEE DAVIS SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO JUST ECHOING THEIR SENTIMENTS.

BUT I AM READY TO GET A T SHIRT, SWEATSHIRT, WHATEVER IT IS, A FLAG, IF I MAY HOLD IT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AND THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT. HAVING HAD NO ONE SIGN UP TO BRING WORDS FOR THE BOARD FOR THE OPEN FORUM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[8.0 Consent Agenda ]

8.2 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MAY 25TH, 2023 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES IN THE JUNE 8TH, 2023 CALLED BOARD MEETING MINUTES 8.3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

8.4 THE APPROVAL OF DISTRICT OF RENOVATION PLAN AND 8.5 THE RATIFICATION OF PLAN SUMMER PROGRAMING EXPENDITURES.

SO BOARD AT THIS TIME.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

NO QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT.

TYPICALLY, I'M NOT ONE THAT IS BIG ON RATIFICATIONS, BUT THIS IS ONE THAT I AM PROUD OF BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT WE SERVE MORE CHILDREN THAN WE EVEN ANTICIPATED IN OUR SUMMER PROGRAM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND JUST KIND OF LIFT THAT IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT THAT ALTHOUGH WE SET ONE GOAL, WE EXCEEDED THAT GOAL AND OUR STUDENTS WERE MADE BETTER AS A RESULT OF IT. SO I AM HAPPY TO TO MAKE A MOTION WHEN IT'S TIME TO APPROVE THIS, EVEN THOUGH I'M USUALLY NOT ONE THAT IS IN FAVOR OF RATIFICATION. AWESOME.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DAVIS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DR.

HALL. MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS.

OH. OH, IT DID COME UP.

OH, DID IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, THEN THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WE DO HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS.

[9.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item (s)]

THE STEERING COMMITTEE REPORTS TO THE BOARD AND THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR 2023 2024.

DR. MCFARLAND. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING FORWARD THE NEXT ITEM AND WE HAVE MS..

BUCHHOLZ HERE TO SHARE THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR.

MCFARLAND I'VE TO YOU TONIGHT.

THE FINAL REPORT FOR THE STUDENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS COMMITTEE.

IT SPEAKS TO ALL THREE DISTRICT GOALS.

NUMBER ONE, THRIVING STUDENTS, NUMBER TWO, ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND THREE EMPOWERED STAFF.

THIS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED AS PART OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK AROUND OUR STUDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

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WE USE A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEM UPGRADES.

WE DIVIDED THAT STEERING COMMITTEE INTO THREE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WERE FORMED AROUND RELATED TOPICS AND NEXUS ONE, TWO AND THREE WERE.

IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME UP UNTIL JULY TO IMPROVE OUR CURRENT STUDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO BRING TO YOU TONIGHT THE OUTCOMES OF OUR STUDENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS COMMITTEE.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES AROUND OUR DRESS CODE, AND FROM A RESTORATIVE STANDPOINT, WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING CLEAR BACKPACKS FOR GRADE SIX THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN JUST A SECOND.

WE WILL BE HAVING OUR ANTI-BULLYING, OUR DISTRICT WIDE INITIATIVE THAT WILL BE STUDENT LED, AND WE WILL LAUNCH THAT IN OCTOBER.

WE HAVE INCREASED OUR COMMUNICATION AROUND OUR BULLYING INVESTIGATIONS TO KEEP PARENTS EDUCATED AND INFORMED ABOUT BULLYING AND THE OUTCOMES OF THAT PROCESS.

WE WILL BE PILOTING THREE CAMPUSES IN THE FALL FOR PEER MEDIATION ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE HIGH SCHOOL, AND ONE ELEMENTARY AS A CONFLICT RESOLUTION STRATEGY. ALL SIX THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS AND SECONDARY WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR ID BADGES, AND OUR SECONDARY OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO WALK THROUGH METAL DETECTORS AND GO THROUGH BAG SEARCHES AT THEIR ENTRY AT SPECIFIC TIMES.

AND THEN WE HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED OUR BULLYING INVESTIGATION PROCESS AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE ON OUR CAMPUSES.

AT THIS TIME, I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS? YES, TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

I SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE BACKPACKS, CLEAR BACKPACKS THIS YEAR.

SO IS THERE A TIME FRAME? BECAUSE I KNOW SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO START IN TWO WEEKS.

YES, MA'AM. SO I WILL BE DOING THE DRESS CODE UPDATE.

AND JUST TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC TO THE CLEAR BACKPACKS, HOWEVER, WE WILL GIVE PARENTS WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE GIVE PARENTS UP UNTIL THE TUESDAY AFTER LABOR DAY TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CLEAR BACKPACKS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ID BADGE.

I KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS CAN GET A TEMPORARY BADGE IF THEY HAPPEN TO MISPLACE THEIRS AT HOME, WHAT HAVE YOU.

IS THERE GOING TO BE KIND OF A SET OF EXPECTATIONS OF HOW MANY DAYS, SUBSEQUENT DAYS OR CONSECUTIVE DAYS, RATHER, THAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO HAVE A TEMPORARY BADGE BEFORE WE REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A REGULAR BADGE? SURE. SO THAT IS A DECISION THAT'S MADE THROUGH THE PROCEDURES AT EACH CAMPUS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST VARIES FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.

WHAT THEIR PRINCIPAL AND HIS ADMINISTRATIVE HIS OR HER ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM PUTS IN PLACE.

BUT THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO HAVE EITHER THEIR HARD COPY OR A TEMPORARY.

CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME CLARITY? PROVIDE MORE CLARITY REGARDING THE RESTORATIVE NATURE OF YOUR DRESS CODE ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES? SURE. UM, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF DRESS CODE AND SO WE DON'T WANT IT TO START AS A PUNITIVE APPROACH.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE IN DRESS CODE.

WE WILL BE HAVING SOME GOALS AND REALLY DOING A POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM SOME MOTIVATION TO BE IN DRESS CODE.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO START OUT WITH JUST SITTING IN TIGHTS.

WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE IT A MORE POSITIVE INTERVENTIONS AND INCENTIVIZING AN ADHERENCE TO THE DRESS CODE.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE SINCE THIS NOT NECESSARILY MAY BE A CHANGE, BUT MORE LIKE AN ENFORCEMENT OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE.

ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES DURING THESE ORIENTATIONS THAT STUDENTS COME TO, OR ARE THESE GOING TO BE PRESENTED? OR IS THIS DAY ONE OF SCHOOL THAT YOU LEARN? HOW ARE WE INFORMING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES? YES, MA'AM. WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING A PARENT AND STUDENT VIRTUAL MEETINGS AS SOON AS THIS BILL PASSES TONIGHT.

WE'VE GOT PLANS TO DO THAT NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN EACH CAMPUS ALSO HAS PLANS IN THEIR OPENING OF THE SCHOOL TO ORIENT THEIR STUDENTS TO ALL OF THEIR BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS ON OUR CAMPUS, INCLUDING JESSICA.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

I MAY COME IN A COMMENT.

MADAM PRESIDENT, UM, SO KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON TRUSTEE DAVIS'S QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO LIKE THE ID, AND THAT WOULD JUST BE AN EXAMPLE AND NOT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES OF THE DISTRICT, BUT THE CONSISTENCY ON WHAT AND HOW WE DO THE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARDS TO IDS AND THINGS OF THAT MATTER THROUGHOUT OUR CAMPUSES FOR ME IS IMPORTANT SO THAT WE DON'T PERPETUATE ANY INEQUITIES OR HAVE THIS, HOW WOULD YOU SAY DISPROPORTIONATE DISCIPLINE IN SOME AREAS AND OTHERS

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BUT WE DO HEAR, HEAR YOU ALL AND UNDERSTAND THE FACT IS THAT WE CAN STANDARDIZE THINGS AND MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ACROSS GRADE LEVELS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS LIKE AT THE BOTH HIGH SCHOOL, BOTH NINTH GRADE CENTERS AND ALL THAT.

THEN WE COULD DEFINITELY ADDRESS IT AND ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS. NO PROBLEM.

SO WHAT ARE WE DO AND I KNOW SOMETIMES PARENTS MAY SAY THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BOUGHT BACKPACKS AND SO FORTH.

SO WHAT DO WE DO IN AN INSTANCE WHERE A PARENT CANNOT PROVIDE THE BACKPACK BY SEPTEMBER? I MEAN, ARE THERE ANY RESOURCES WE CAN CONNECT PARENTS TO? UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IS I'M SORRY.

SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS STARTING TOMORROW.

WE'LL BE CONTACTING ALL OF THE RETAILERS HERE IN THE AREA.

WHEN I SAY ALL BEING LIKE THE WALMARTS AND SAM'S THE BIG THE BIG RETAILERS, WHEN PARENTS GO TO SCHOOL SHOPPING, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE STOCKS OF CLEAR BACKPACKS.

BUT IN ADDITION, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO BE LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WHAT WE ASK THEM TO DO IS TO HAVE CLEAR BACKPACKS AS A AS A DRIVE. THEY CALL US OFTEN AND SAY WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES WE NEED.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO GET TO TO HELP US TO CREATE, BASICALLY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, PROBABLY NOT BACKPACK CLOSETS, BUT BASICALLY STASHES OF BACKPACKS ON EVERY CAMPUS.

AND SO IT MAY BE ALSO UNIFORMS AS WELL.

BUT WE'LL WE'LL BASICALLY HAVE A STASH ON CAMPUSES THAT WILL HAVE FOR STUDENTS AGAIN.

SO. THANK YOU.

BEEN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS.

AT THIS, IT IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

SO IS THERE A MOTION? ARE WE JUST MOVE ON TO THAT? THERE WON'T BE A I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE GOING TO PROVIDE A SYNOPSIS OF THE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT OR ARE WE JUST WORKING ON THE.

TONIGHT. THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT REALLY HAS NOT CHANGED.

WE JUST KIND OF CAME OUT OF LISTENING SESSION OF THE ACADEMY HAS NOT SENT US ALL OF THE UPDATES.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT WILL BE ROLLING OVER.

AND AS THOSE CHANGES COME FROM, WE WILL MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN SEPTEMBER AS AN ADDENDUM.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO, OKAY, SO WE ARE VOTING TONIGHT TO APPROVE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS AS AND THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD.

THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY. UM, I THINK THERE WAS YOU KNOW, I DID RECEIVE A COMMENT FROM A CONSTITUENT WITH REGARDS TO HEADDRESS AND THE DRESS AND THE DRESS CODE AND HAVING TO PROVIDE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY STIPULATIONS OR JUSTIFICATION.

MAYBE THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE WORD.

UM, AND SO JUST TO KNOW THAT THAT LANDED WITH SOMEONE JUST IN HOW IT LANDED.

JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK FOR THAT COMMUNITY FUTURE CONSIDERATION.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THE DRESS CODE WILL BE NEXT.

AND SO THAT IS AN ITEM THAT WE'LL ADDRESS TO KIND OF TRY TO GET SOME MORE CLARITY ON ON HEAD COVERINGS AT THE NEXT ON THE NEXT ITEM.

BUT WE WILL WE'LL CHECK BACK.

ALL RIGHT. AND GO AHEAD.

PRESS YOUR ANSWER, IS IT NOT? YES, IT IS.

TO TRUSTEE STEVENSON'S POINT ABOUT REGARDING THE CLEAR BACKPACKS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CIRCULATING ON SOME FACEBOOK GROUPS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND SO MY ASK IS WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS REGARDING DRESS CODE AND BACKPACKS AND DIFFERENT THINGS COMING UP, IF WE COULD DO THAT AT THE END OF MAY OR BEGINNING OF JUNE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PARENTS ARE ALREADY MADE, THEIR SCHOOL PURCHASES WERE TWO WEEKS AWAY.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GIVING TIME TO SEPTEMBER.

BUT FOR PARENTS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN, UM, THAT MAY BE AN ISSUE.

SO ANY CHANGES THAT WE MAKE, WE MAKE THEM FAIRLY SO THAT DURING THE SUMMER PEOPLE CAN PLAN IN ADVANCE AND.

AND I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION, JUST ON THE BACKPACK THING AGAIN.

BUT FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, FINE ARTS, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT BAGS AND THINGS THAT THEY CARRY AROUND THAT ARE

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IS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR WHAT BAGS ARE ACCEPTABLE OR NOT, OR IS ANY PARTY CHANGES COMING FOR THEM AS WELL? SO IN THE CONVERSATIONS, WHAT WE DECIDED IS THAT IF THERE IS A IF YOU CAN'T IF THERE'S A BAG THAT STUDENTS HAVE THAT IS NOT CLEAR OR NOT SEE THROUGH, THEN IT IS SUBJECT TO SEARCH.

AND SO, AGAIN, IF SOMETIMES WE KNOW WHAT STUDENTS HAVE EQUIPMENT PACKAGES AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BAGS FOR BASKETBALL OR FOOTBALL OR WHATEVER, THEN IF IT'S A BAG THAT WE CAN'T SEE AND IT'S A BAG THAT'S REQUIRED, THEN IT'S SUBJECT TO SEARCH.

IF A STUDENT HAS A PURSE THAT MAY BE EXTREMELY LARGE, THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF A BACKPACK.

IF WE CAN'T SEE IN IT, THEN WE CAN'T SEARCH IT.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE AGAIN, WE'LL START MAKING THESE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS STARTING NEXT WEEK AND REALLY COMMUNICATING THAT, THAT THAT CLEARLY.

BUT WE ARE WE'RE REQUESTING AND ACTUALLY WANTING TO ENFORCE THAT.

WE HAVE CLEAR SEE THROUGH BACKPACKS.

AND IF NOT THAT, THEN WE ARE YOUR BAG IS SUBJECT TO BE SEARCHED AND.

I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR FEMALE STUDENTS.

SO YOU HAVE, UM, CLEAR BACKPACK.

UM, IT'S FEMININE PRODUCTS.

UM, ARE THEY ABLE TO PLACE THOSE IN THE SMALL BAG? IS THEIR, UM, DESIGNATION ON THE DIMENSIONS OF THE BAG THAT THEY CAN PLACE IN THEIR BACKPACK SO THAT THEIR, UM, PRIVACY IS NOT EXPOSED? YES, MA'AM. YOU'LL SEE MORE SPECIFICITY WHEN WE GET TO THE DRESS CODE PRESENTATION.

BUT YES, THERE IS A STATEMENT IN THE DRESS CODE THAT SAYS THAT THEY CAN CARRY A SMALL NON SLEEPING BAG INSIDE OF THEIR BACKPACK, AND THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

SO THEY CAN ALSO HAVE THEIR PURSE, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CLEAR, BUT IT IS SUBJECT TO SEARCH AT ANY TIME.

SO, YES, MA'AM, WE DEFINITELY CONSIDER THAT.

OKAY. SO BACKPACKS ARE PART OF STUDENT DRESS CODE.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THIS IS JUST A CODE OF CONDUCT.

YEAH, I HAVE A I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

UM, THAT'S MCFARLAND.

WOULD YOU SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SIZE IS TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL OR A BIG PURSE.

IF IT'S TOO BIG, WE CAN SEARCH IT OR I DON'T KNOW.

I'M JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO STANDARDIZE THAT BECAUSE AS I MAY THINK, A BAG IS TOO BIG AND DESERVES TO BE SEARCHED, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE MAY NOT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IF IT'S A IF IT'S NOT SEE THROUGH, IF IT'S NOT CLEAR.

RIGHT. SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.

THIS IS A PURSE THAT'S PROBABLY NORMAL SIZE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIGGER.

BUT, MS.. ATTORNEY, CALL YOUR HOTEL CLERK PERSONALLY.

YEAH, THAT'S LIKE THAT'S. IT'S TOO BIG.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO PERSIAN FAMILY OUT HERE.

WE SAY WE NOT KNOW THIS ONE.

WE COULD SEARCH THIS ONE AS WELL.

WE COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT'S NOT SEE THROUGH.

COULD BE COULD BE BATISTE.

HOLD YOUR PURSE UP. SEE? BUT THAT'S A SMALL THAT'S A SMALL PURSE.

BUT IT'S BUT IT'S IT'S NOT SEE THROUGH.

SO WE SEARCH THAT ONE TOO.

WE COULD. YES. OKAY.

SO SO LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WHY THE THE REASON WHAT WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS TO TO.

DETER. THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD.

THINKING WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DETER, UH.

YOU KNOW, DETER ANY KIND OF WEAPONS OR ANY KIND OF GUNS, WEAPONS OR ANY KIND OF INSTRUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED AND BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE SCHOOL.

AND SO IF THERE'S A PURSE WITH THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

BUT WE DO WANT TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEARCH THAT PURSE.

IF WE IF WE THINK THERE'S A THERE'S A CHILD AND WE CAN'T SEE IT, IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO AT&T OR GOING TO ANY EVENT.

WE KNOW NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR, CLEAR, CLEAR BACKPACK OR CLEAR PERSON ON THE ON TO TAKE IT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AGAIN, ON THE STUDENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS, THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE 2023 2024 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE DAVIS.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

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AGENDA ITEM 9.2 STUDENT DRESS CODES FOR 2023.

2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

DR. MCBATH. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MS..

MCCOMBS IS HERE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM PRESIDENT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR. MCFARLAND, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE STUDENT DRESS CODES FOR 2324, WHICH SPEAKS TO ALL THREE STRATEGIC GOALS GETTING STUDENTS ENGAGED, COMMUNITY AND EMPOWERED STAFF. WITH THE COMMITTEE WORKING ON THIS DRESS CODE, WE STARTED WITH OUR WHY WANT TO DEFINE AND CLARIFY OUR PHILOSOPHY? SO WE BELIEVE THAT ALL STUDENTS K THROUGH 12 SHOULD DRESS IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER FOR THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

AND THE PURPOSE OF OUR DRESS CODE IS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY, LIMIT SOCIAL DISTRACTIONS AND OF COURSE HELP GUIDE AND PREPARE OUR STUDENTS, SPECIFICALLY OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS, FOR POST-SECONDARY AND WORK WORKFORCE EXPECTATIONS IN RELATION TO ATTIRE.

IN THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL REMAIN IN STANDARDIZED DRESS, WHICH IS A FLEXIBLE SELECTION OF CLOTHING.

SO THAT WILL BE OUR PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE DRESS CODE WILL BE STANDARDIZED.

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE HAVING THEIR CLEAR BACKPACKS, BUT THEY WILL STILL BE IN STANDARDIZED DRESS AND HIGH SCHOOL WILL FOLLOW A TRADITIONAL DRESS CODE WITH REGULATIONS AS TO WHAT IS ALLOWABLE AND WHAT IS NOT ALLOWABLE.

AND AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY, LIMIT DISTRACTIONS AND TO PREPARE THEM FOR CAREER READINESS AS IT RELATES TO WORKFORCE ATTIRE EXPECTATIONS.

SO THE TRADITIONAL DRESS CODE IS A SET OF STANDARDS, BUT IT DOES STILL ALLOW FOR FREEDOM OF INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION.

SO THE UPDATES FOR OUR DRESS CODE FOR THIS YEAR REALLY SPEAKS TO ENFORCEMENT.

THE ONLY CHANGE TO DRESS CODE IS THE CLEAR BACKPACKS.

SO I WANT TO KIND OF GO OVER A LITTLE BIT JUST WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO WE EXPECT OUR STUDENTS TO BE IN DRESS CODE BEGINNING THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

SO AGAIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION WHICH YOU'LL HEAR JUST A SECOND WITH THE CLEAR BACKPACKS, ANY DRESS CODE VIOLATION WILL BE HANDLED WITH THE RESTORATIVE APPROACH FROM AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL. ANY SPECIAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS ATHLETICS WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR THOSE PROGRAM STUDENTS WITH AN EXPECTATION OF THEIR DRESS CODE FOR THE GYM OR ON THE BAND FIELD OR IN THE DANCE WORLD. AND ANY DEVIATION FROM A DRESS CODE CAN BE APPROVED BY A PRINCIPAL.

SO YOUR QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT HEAD DRESS, THERE IS A STATEMENT THAT SAYS ANY EXCEPTION TO THE DRESS CODE THAT PROTECTS RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS OR MITIGATES ANY HEALTH CONDITIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL.

SO WE DO WILL ALLOW FOR ANY TYPE OF HEAD COVERINGS THAT ARE RELIGIOUS IN NATURE OR CULTURAL IN NATURE.

THEY CAN GET THAT APPROVED FROM OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPAL ON OUR COMMITTEE WITH THE DRESS CODE.

THE BIGGEST THING, LIKE WE SAID, WE HAD A GREAT DRESS CODE ALREADY IN PLACE.

WE JUST MADE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE CLEAR, CLEAR ABOUT OUR ENFORCEMENT POLICIES.

SO SOME OF THOSE HOT TOPICS WERE ID BADGES, HEAD COVERINGS.

AND SO IF YOU NOTICE THE PICTURES HERE, REALLY JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE NOT WEARING HEAD COVERINGS IN THE BUILDING THAT HAS A POTENTIAL TO SHIELD THEIR FACE.

SO LIKE HOODIES AND HATS OR LOW WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AGAIN, MAINTAIN OUR SAFETY.

AND THEN FOR FOOTWEAR, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE SHOES HAVE PROTECTS, CLOSES THE TOE AND PROTECTS THE HEEL AGAIN TO MAINTAIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

SHIRTS WAS ANOTHER TOPIC.

SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ALL APPROPRIATE BODY PARTS ARE COVERED, MEASURED BACK AND THE ENTIRE CROWN OF THE SHOULDER.

AND WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO WEAR THAT, THEIR CAMPUS SWAG SO THEY CAN WEAR THEIR SCHOOL T SHIRTS, EVEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARIES, THEY CAN ALWAYS WEAR THEIR SCHOOL SPIRIT T SHIRT WITH THEIR DRESS SHIRTS BOTTOMS AND THE CLEAR BACKPACK POLICY SECONDARY STUDENTS GRADES SIX THROUGH 12TH MAY CARRY CPU THAT CAN BE CLEAR OR MESH BACKPACKS INSIDE THE BUILDING.

WE JUST SAID PURSES ARE TOO SMALL.

HANDBAGS THAT ARE NOT SEE THROUGH.

THEY ARE ALLOWED BUT ARE SUBJECT TO SEARCH AND THEN FAMILIES WILL HAVE UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE 5TH TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENT OF CLEAR SEE THROUGH BACKPACKS IF REPORTED TONIGHT. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE STUDENT DRESS CODE AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY SO HAVE.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION WITH THE WHEN A STUDENT VIOLATES, I GUESS, A DRESS CODE, ANY ONE OF THEM, WHAT WHAT IS OUR PROCEDURE? WHAT WHAT HAPPENS? OUR GOAL IS TO GET THEM BACK IN DRESS CODE.

SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE ON CAMPUS THAT WILL HAVE, LIKE I SAID, ACCESS TO DRESS CODE ATTIRE THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THEM IN DRESS CODE.

A LOT OF TIMES OUR KIDS ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN CHANGE INTO OR THEY CAN GET IT FROM A FRIEND.

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AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TELL THEM THAT EVERY DAY IF NECESSARY UNTIL THEY GET TIRED OF TELLING THEM.

BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO CORRECT THE DRESS CODE, REINFORCE THEM AND PROVIDE THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE.

WE HAVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES LIKE COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDES DRESS CODE TOPS.

WE HAVE OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL SPIRIT SHIRTS IF NECESSARY.

SO OUR GOAL IS, AGAIN, RESTORATIVE GET THEM IN DRESS CODE AND BACK INTO CLASS.

BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY BE ENFORCING EXPECTATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN THE DAY.

ANY QUESTION? YEAH.

SO ARE THE STUDENTS ALLOWED TO WEAR THE PULLOVERS BUT NOT JUST TO HAVE THEM ON? OKAY. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, INSTEAD OF THE GRAY AREA WITH THE PURSES ARE SMALL AND CAN WE DO LIKE ATHLETIC GAMES WHERE YOU ACTUALLY PROVIDE DIMENSIONS, BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW, IF YOUR PURSE IS 16 BY 16 OR SMALLER, THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

IF NOT, RING IT.

OKAY. INSTEAD OF SAYING SO LIKE THE FOUR BY FIVE.

BY SIX BY FIVE. WHAT WE SEE AT THE STADIUM IS.

MA'AM? YES. QUESTION FROM MADAM PRESIDENT.

THIS BOOK, WHOSE JOB IS IT TO ENFORCE THE DRESS CODE? BECAUSE I HEAR AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THEORY, I THINK FOR ME, I'M STRUGGLING JUST WITH A LOT OF AMBIGUITY.

UM, AND WHEN IT'S VERY AMBIGUOUS, IT'S LEFT OPEN TO INTERPRETATION.

UM, AND I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT OUR DESIRE TO ENFORCE, NOT REALLY MANIFESTING ITSELF BECAUSE EVERYTHING JUST SEEMS REALLY AMBIGUOUS AND THAT MAY JUST BE ME.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I'M A VERY BLACK AND WHITE PERSON.

UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE, UM, MY COLLEAGUE TRUSTEE ROBINSON FOR SAYING, CAN WE, YOU KNOW, JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST GIVE THE DIMENSIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN THERE IS A LOT OF AMBIGUITY AND, AND NOT AS MUCH DEFINITION, I THINK THAT IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO, TO, TO MONITOR OR OR TO TO ENSURE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BEING ENFORCED.

SO, UM, I KNOW WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIT THE MARK BECAUSE WE CAST A VERY WIDE NET AND THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF AMBIGUITY WITH IT IN TERMS OF THE CLEAR BACKPACKS OR JUST IN THE DRESS CODE IN GENERAL, I'M SAYING IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, EVEN ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS LEFT KIND OF TO, UM, THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR AND, YOU KNOW, SO IF, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FROM CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION GOES TO THAT CAMPUS OF, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR CAMPUS MAY NOT BE OPERATING LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAMPUS A HERE AND HOW CAN YOU REALLY HOLD SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE WHEN IT'S LEFT OPEN TO THEIR INTERPRETATION OF HOW THEY DO OR WHAT THEY DO? SO FOR ME, I JUST I LIKE THINGS WHEN THEY'RE KIND OF CLEARLY, UM, STATED THIS IS WHAT OUR EXPECTATION IS.

THIS IS WHAT ENFORCEMENT LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THOUGH WE KNOW IT'S EVERYBODY'S JOB, SOME PEOPLE CAN JUST KIND OF SEE IT AS THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S RESPONSIBILITY.

EXACTLY. SO THE PRINCIPALS, WHEN THEY MET WITH THEIR RETREAT, THEY WORKED ON THEIR CAMPUS MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SO THAT WAS PART OF IT.

THEY'RE PROACTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES.

SO THEY LINED OUT THE ROLES, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT? SO THAT WAS THE PART OF IT.

IN ADDITION, THE ACTUAL DRESS CODE, THE WAY THAT IT'S LAID OUT, IT IS VERY SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT IS ALLOWABLE AND WHAT IS NOT ALLOWABLE.

THE PREVIOUS DRESS CODE HAD A VERY LARGE SECTION OF UNALLOWABLE ITEMS. FOOTWEAR WAS NOT IN A SPECIFIC.

SO IN THE CURRENT DRESS, THE NEW DRESS CODE WE PROPOSED, EACH ARTICLE OF CLOTHING HAS THEIR OWN SECTION AND IT TELLS WHAT CAN BE WORN.

IT'S LIKE TWO BULLETS AND THEN IT ALSO GOES.

AND WE TOOK ALL OF THAT UNALLOWABLE BIG PARAGRAPH AND WE PUT IT WITH EACH CATEGORY THAT SAYS, NO, THIS, THIS AND THIS, NO, THIS ISN'T THIS.

SO IT'S VERY CLEAR AS TO WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT WEAR.

SO THAT I THINK, WILL BRING SOME CLARITY TO IT.

I THINK I COULD SAY 100% OF THE PRINCIPALS HAVE A PLAN OF ENFORCEMENT IN TERMS OF EXPECTING TEACHERS TO BE AT THEIR DOORS ADDRESSING IT, PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAYS, HALL MONITORS. SO THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED BEGINNING THEIR PROCESS OF SPINNING THEM OUT.

WE START THAT ON JUNE, JULY 28TH, AND WE'LL MEET AGAIN AUGUST THE 7TH TO ASSURE THAT UP.

SO WE DO HAVE A CLEAR PLAN ON EACH CAMPUS OF ENFORCEMENT.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

SORRY TO KEEP BEATING ON THIS, BUT HOW ARE WE GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO PARENTS? I MEAN, WHAT AVENUE ARE WE USING TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO PARENTS TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS ACCEPTABLE, THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE? DO WE HAVE ANY VIDEOS TO SHOW OR WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHATEVER IS OUT TO PARENTS.

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WE ALSO, THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, ARE WORKING ON ALL OF OUR MARKETING TOOLS.

WE'LL PUBLICIZE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, FACEBOOK, AS WELL AS INSTAGRAM.

UM, AND THEN WE WILL BE SENDING THOSE FLIERS TO CAMPUSES TO POST ON THEIR PAGES AND PUT IN THEIR NEWSLETTERS TO THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND FAMILIES.

THANK YOU. I THINK I WANTED TO CLARIFY MY UNDERSTANDING OF SOMETHING THAT TRUSTEE ROBINSON SUGGESTED AND ALSO WITH DR.

MCFARLAND SAID, AND WHAT I BELIEVE I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT SOMETHING.

UM, STUDENT BAPTIZED PERSONS AND THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING SACRED, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT REALLY I THINK I THINK SOMEWHERE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION OR I FEEL LIKE I GOT CONFUSED WITH REGARDS TO A SIZE OF AN ARTICLE OR A PURSE OR A BAG.

UM, MAKING IT OPEN SEASON FOR YOU TO BE SERVED.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I, THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT CLEARLY, THAT IT'S NOT A MATTER OF THE SIZE OF YOUR BAG, THE SIZE OF YOUR PURSE THAT MAKES YOU SUBJECT TO SEARCH.

STUDENTS ARE SUBJECT TO SEARCH AT ANY TIME WHEN WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE BAG OR THE PURSE, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

AND SO THE DIMENSION PIECE WOULD NOT EXCLUDE A PERSON FROM BEING SEARCHED BECAUSE THERE PURSE OR BAG OR WHATEVER FELT FELL WITHIN THOSE DIMENSIONS.

CORRECT. OKAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT AND KIND OF CLEARED UP SOME CONFUSION WITH REGARDS TO THAT.

SO THE DIMENSION WOULD JUST WOULD CERTAIN DIMENSIONS, WHAT WOULD THE DIMENSIONS DO? SO IT IS THE VERB HERE ARE ALLOWED BUT SUBJECT TO SEARCH UPON ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN SAYING AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

THE STUDENT COMES AND SAYS, I THINK SO.

AND SO MAY HAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR PURSE OR BACKPACK OR WHATEVER.

OF COURSE THERE'S THE SEARCH.

BUT THIS VERBIAGE HERE MAKES IT SEEM LIKE PURSES AND OTHER SMALL HANDBAGS.

YOU ENTER A CAMPUS, YOU.

MAY BE PLACED ASIDE TO BE SEARCHED.

SO THAT'S WHY I SAID WE DO DIMENSIONS.

OKAY. SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

AND I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION WITH REGARDS TO SCHOOLS DON'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE SAME CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARDS WITH REGARD TO SEARCHES. I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION ON THAT AS WELL.

UM, WITH THE SEARCH, BECAUSE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AFTER A CERTAIN TIME THEY ARE SUBJECT TO GOING THROUGH METAL DETECTORS AND SEARCH TABLES.

IF THEY JUST HAVE THEIR CLEAR BACKPACK AND WE CAN SEE THROUGH IT, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT.

BUT IF THEY HAVE SO WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A BAG THAT'S NOT CLEAR, THEN THEY ARE SUBJECT TO GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN ANY TIME WE FIND A REASONABLE BELIEF THAT THERE'S A REASON TO SEARCH, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE ALLOWED TO SEARCH AS WELL.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT MAKES SENSE.

I JUST DON'T THINK I LIKE THE VERBIAGE.

OKAY. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I'M WHICH I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY DR.

HALL, WHAT SHE JUST SAID.

MY QUESTION OR COMMENT WOULD BE AGAIN RELATED TO WHAT HAPPENS IF I VIOLATE AS A STUDENT? DO I KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE? I LIKE THE WHY IN THE BEGINNING.

SO WE WANT TO SHARE WITH OUR STUDENTS WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.

PARENTS, STUDENTS.

UM, BUT SHOULD THEY VIOLATE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT AND I'M THINKING OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, WHO WE ARE LEAVING TO HELP ENFORCE, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD A STUDENT JUST SAY NO OR REFUSE OR, YOU KNOW, NOT WANT TO GO TO THE OFFICE TO BE TOLD TO GET INTO DRESS CODE? DO WE HAVE THOSE CLEAR, UM, GUIDELINES? WHAT WILL HAPPEN SHOULD ANYONE VIOLATE ANY OF THESE? SO, MADAM PRESIDENT AND ALSO BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, ON THE CAMPUSES, ALL THE PRINCIPALS, BASICALLY, WE DO HAVE THE CLEAR GUIDELINES.

THE CHALLENGE FOR US IS ACTUALLY ENFORCEMENT.

AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS REALLY JUST TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ENFORCING.

SO, YES, THERE IS A VERY CLEAR THERE'LL BE VERY CLEAR THINGS AND STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IF A STUDENT CONSISTENTLY VIOLATES IT.

SO SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOME CASES WE TRY TO GET THE KID BACK IN DRESS CODE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IF THE KID REFUSES TO TO GET A DRESS CODE, THEN THE FIRST THING IS TO TRY TO CALL THE PARENT OR THE PARENT TO COME UP AND HELP US TO GET THE KID IN DRESS CODE.

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WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS SUSPEND A STUDENT.

BUT WHAT WE WANT, WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO ALSO TOLERATE IS STUDENTS NOT BEING IN DRESS CODE OR STUDENTS NOT FOLLOWING THOSE PROCEDURES.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET THE IS TO GET THE BEHAVIOR CORRECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE.

AND IF IT MEANS WE CAN SEND THIS TO TO TO TO TO THE STUDENT, TO THE UNIFORM CLOSET OR WHATEVER TO GET GET IT CORRECTED.

WE DO THAT. IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, THEN THE NEXT STEP IS, OF COURSE, SOME KIND OF DETENTION.

THE NEXT STEP COULD BE A PLACEMENT IS.

BUT BUT ALLISON, SUSPENSION IS THE LAST OPTION FOR US.

AND THAT'S REALLY NOT NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR A DRESS CODE VIOLATION.

BUT ON EVERY CAMPUS THERE IS A WHAT WE'LL HAVE IS WE'LL HAVE A CLEAR ENFORCEMENT PLAN FOR THAT.

THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THAT.

I KNOW WE HAVE BOTH HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HERE, I BELIEVE.

AND SO IF WE WANT TO WELL, WHAT I WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK THROUGH THE PLAN AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU LATER.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS JUST TO APPROVE THE THE, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENT DRESS CODE, JUST THE CODE AND WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING PEOPLE TO DO, WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING STUDENTS TO DRESS. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE CONSEQUENCES AND ALL THAT, AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AND THEN SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT CONSEQUENCES WILL HAPPEN WHEN STUDENTS VIOLATE THIS.

THAT'S THE EGGS. I'M SORRY.

SO THIS THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CONSEQUENCES, BUT I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

SO WE'RE REQUIRING CLEAR BACKPACKS.

BUT IF A STUDENT HAS.

A PURSE. THAT'S NOT CLEAR.

SO ARE CLEAR BACKPACKS REQUIRED AND NO PERSONS OR CLEAR BACKPACKS AND A PURSE.

AND IF WE DECIDE TO SEARCH THE PURSE, WE CAN.

I'M JUST. I'M JUST SO CONFUSED.

YEAH. SO WE CAN WE CAN SEARCH ANY ANY BAG THAT THEY BRING IN.

BUT WE BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT LET'S JUST TAKE BASKETBALL, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT JUMPS JUMPS OUT BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THE BASKETBALL BAGS, WHICH HAVE THE SHOES OR PRACTICE EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT, MOST OF THE TIME, THAT'S NOT A CLEAR BAG.

THAT'S NOT A CLEAR BAG, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THEM TO TO BE IN THAT PREPARE FOR PRACTICE.

OR IF I'M A STUDENT AND I HAVE A TRUMPET, SO I HAVE A TRUMPET CASE, I CAN'T SEE INSIDE OF IT, BUT I COULD TRANSPORT A WEAPON INSIDE OF MY TRUMPET TRUMPET CASE.

SO IF YOU HAVE A CLOSED CASE, I CAN'T SEE INSIDE, THEN YOU HAVE TO OPEN IT UP.

AND WE ASKED YOU IF YOU BRING A PURSE.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE KNOW THAT PURSES ARE ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT THERE IS A ROLE FOR PERSONS THAT ARE NOT SEE THROUGH.

IF YOU HAVE THOSE THAT ARE NOT SEE THROUGH, THEN WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IF YOU BRING IT, YOU COULD BE IT COULD BE SUBJECT TO SEARCH.

THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HAVE IF THERE'S A BACKPACK AND IT'S IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR.

BUT IF IT'S NOT A BACKPACK, IF IT'S A PURSE WITH PERSONAL ITEMS IN IT, THEN WE NEED TO WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SEARCHED REGARDLESS OF SIZE.

YES. DID YOU SAY REGARDLESS OF SIZE, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, ABSOLUTELY.

IT COULD BE SEARCHED AND THAT COULD HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.

BETSEY STEVENSON. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WHEN WILL THIS GO INTO EFFECT? THIS IS THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT.

IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THIS WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT THE FIRST THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

OKAY. SO BEING THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND PARENTS CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY THE NECESSARY CLOTHES.

ARE WE WE HAVE AN AVENUE ALREADY IN PLACE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID ABOUT THE CLOTHES CLOSET.

SO. CORRECT. SO CLOTHING DIDN'T CHANGE.

JUST MAKE THERE IS NO CLOTHING ITEMS HAVE CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR. OKAY. YEAH.

THE ONLY AS WE MENTIONED, THE ONLY CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR AND FROM THE LAST FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS.

THE ONLY CHANGES IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE.

AND WE ARE.

WE'VE NOT HAD CLEAR BACKPACKS IN THE PAST.

THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE THING WE'VE ALLOWED STUDENTS TO WEAR, HOODIES AND ALL THAT.

AND WE SAID IN OUR IN OUR POLICY, WE SAID THAT YOU COULDN'T WEAR THEM IN SCHOOLS, BUT WE ALLOW KIDS TO WEAR IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND SO THAT WAS THE CONFUSION, QUITE FRANKLY, IS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS WE COULD ALWAYS SEARCH THE BAGS, BUT WE'VE NEVER REQUIRED CLEAR BACKPACKS.

SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING NOW IS IF WE'RE REQUIRING CLEAR BACKPACKS, WE ALSO ARE SAYING WE ALSO ARE SAYING WE'LL USE METAL DETECTORS.

AND SO WE PILOT METAL DETECTORS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, SPECIFICALLY AT NORTH CROWLEY LAST YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE NOW MOVING TO REQUIRE METAL DETECTORS OR TO USE METAL DETECTORS AT NINTH GRADE ON UP.

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AND OUR GOAL IS AFTER WE DO THIS TONIGHT AND WE'VE ALREADY MADE A VIDEO THAT'LL BE COMING OUT AS SOON AS THIS MEETING'S OVER WITH.

AND SO OUR PLAN IS TO CONSTANTLY EDUCATE AND HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS EVERY CAMPUS WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR PARENT MEETING.

WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASED SECURITY EVERY CAMPUS WE'LL WE TALKING ABOUT THE THE ENFORCEMENT.

AND SO WHAT WE WANT WE WANT PARENTS TO TO KNOW AND HEAR IS THAT WE WANT KIDS IN DRESS CODE.

AND WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN DRESS CODE, THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONSEQUENCE.

AND SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AT THIS LEVEL, QUITE FRANKLY, IS WHEN WE TRY TO ENFORCE IT IN THE PAST AND THEN PARENTS ARE CONCERNED OR IT BECOMES A PUSHBACK AND THEN IT CREATES A SITUATION ON THE CAMPUS TO WHERE WHY AM I ENFORCING IT IF EVERYBODY'S NOT A PART OF IT? SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THIS DRESS CODE.

WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE CLEAR BACKPACKS.

WE HAVE TO DO METAL DETECTORS, AND WE'RE GOING TO ALL BE DOING IT AND ALL MAKING IT IMPORTANT.

WELL, I'M ALL FOR ENFORCING IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARENTS HAVE AN AVENUE TO SEE THIS INFORMATION.

I MEAN, I LIKE TO THANK YOU.

DR. MCFARLAND SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A VIDEO AND SO FORTH.

BUT I THINK THE MORE WE EDUCATE OUR PARENTS, THE BETTER THEY ARE SUPPORTING US.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

I HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

OKAY. BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, DR.

MCFARLAND. SO THE PURSES, SMALL HANDBAGS, COULD WE ADD ATHLETIC BAGS, REUSABLE INSTRUMENTS FOR SOMETHING SO IT DOESN'T SEEM GENDER SPECIFIC? UM, SO WE ADD IN OTHER BAGS THAT STUDENTS MAY CARRY OR OTHER CASES THAT ARE NOT CLEAR.

SO WE'RE NOT TARGETING A SPECIFIC GENDER? ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

GREAT QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHERS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE 2023 2024 DRESS CODE AS PRESENTED? THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. GRASSIA.

IS THERE A SECOND? OH, RIGHT. AS AMENDED WITH.

IF WE WANT TO CALL THOSE OUT WE CAN WITH THE CHANGE TO THE VERBIAGE WITH AS IT RELATES TO WHAT ITS POTENTIAL SEARCH ITEM.

SO NONE CLEAR I DON'T KNOW.

SO MISS ROBERTS DID YOU SAID PURSES AND BAGS, ATHLETIC BAGS, THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ANYTHING THAT'S SO NON CLEAR BAGS JUST MAKE IT NON-GENDER SPECIFIC. OKAY.

TRUSTEE. GRASSIA. CAN YOU REPEAT THE MOTION? SURE. I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE 2023 2024 STUDENT DRESS CODES AS AMENDED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JESSE.

GRASSIA, IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

FOR THE LIFERS.

THE THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, BOARD. AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE AT AGENDA ITEM 9.3.

THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF PARAMETERS ORDER AUTHORIZING UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS SERIES 2023 AND THEN DELEGATING AUTHORITY FOR THE SALE OF DELIVERY OF SUCH BONDS.

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

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO MOVING FORWARD TO ACCESSING THE FUNDS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ENTRUSTED US WITH.

WE HAVE MR. FISHER HERE TO PRESENT THIS NEXT ITEM.

MR. FISHER. THANK YOU AGAIN, DR.

MCFARLAND. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM PRESIDENT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THE PARAMETERS ORDER IS THE DOCUMENT THAT REALLY CONVEYS AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SALE OF THE BONDS.

WE USE THE TERM PARAMETERS BECAUSE IT GIVES PARAMETERS ON THE ISSUE AMOUNT AND ALSO THE INTEREST RATE LIMITS.

I WILL ASK OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER, MR. JEFF ROBERTS, TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE DOCUMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. FISHER.

MADAM PRESIDENT, DR. MCFARLAND, BOARD MEMBERS, WHO ARE YOU? STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ELECTION.

I REMEMBER THAT THE NIGHT YOU CALLED THE ELECTION.

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WE STEPPED DOWN MAKING MOTION AND DOING IT ENTHUSIASTICALLY.

AND IT'S EXCITING THAT IT DID WITH WITH BEING SUCCESSFUL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

I GO TO A LOT OF BOARD MEETINGS AND I THINK I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, I'VE COME TO A LOT OF BOARD MEETINGS HERE.

CROWLEY THAT YOU GUYS ALWAYS BRING THE THE ENERGY, THE EXCITEMENT, THE ENTHUSIASM.

SO THE, THE RECOGNITION AND READING 11 BOARD OF THE YEARS IS IS WELL DESERVED AS WELL.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THIS LAST MONDAY WAS A PRETTY ANXIOUS TIME FOR ME AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR INDUSTRY AND REALLY FOR CROWLEY ISD, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BECAUSE THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION HAD STARTED, SENATE BILL TWO WAS FILED AND IT INCLUDED THE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 40,000 TO 100,000.

AND INITIALLY IT SAID THEY WOULD ONLY HOLD BOND ISSUES HARMLESS THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 2022.

AND SO ULTIMATELY I THOUGHT, GOSH, THEY'RE TAKING A LOT OF TAXABLE VALUE AWAY FROM US.

YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WHEN EARLY FALL LAST YEAR, AND THE WORRY WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER FOR US TO ISSUE BONDS.

WELL, THANKFULLY WITHIN A WEEK, NOT ONLY DID THEY SAY THAT THEY WOULD HOLD HARMLESS BONDS ISSUED BY SEPTEMBER 1ST 23, THEY WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY THEY WOULD HOLD HARMLESS ALL AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PAST ELECTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 23.

SO THE FANTASTIC NEWS IS THAT YOUR ENTIRE AUTHORIZATION WILL BE HELD HARMLESS WITH THE STATE PAYMENT AS THOUGH YOUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WOULD REMAIN AT 40,000. SO THE BENEFIT IS, IS THAT THE TAXPAYERS GET THE BENEFIT OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND THE DISTRICT GETS THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLD HARMLESS FROM THE STATE.

SO FANTASTIC TIMING, A BIG WEIGHT OFF OUR SHOULDERS.

AND SO IT'S FULL SPEED AHEAD.

SO AS I GO THROUGH, UH, WE GO ONE MORE AS I GO THROUGH THIS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BUT I'M GOING TO START WITH WITH INTEREST RATES.

I KNOW THAT RATES HAVE COME UP, ESPECIALLY ON THE SHORT END OF THE YIELD CURVE RECENTLY.

THE FED MADE YESTERDAY THEY DID RAISE RATES ANOTHER 25 BASIS POINTS.

IT DID IMPACT INTEREST RATES A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WHAT THIS GRAPH IS THAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT WHAT'S CALLED THE BOND BUYER INDEX.

IT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF WHERE LONG TERM TAX EXEMPT RATES ARE.

IT COMES OUT EVERY THURSDAY AND IT CAME OUT THIS AFTERNOON.

IT DOESN'T REFLECT ON HERE, BUT IT CAME OUT THREE 60 YOU CAN SEE LAST WEEK IT WAS A 357 THERE IN RED.

IF YOU LOOK OVER AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE, I KIND OF CALL THOSE THE COVID RATES.

THOSE ARE PROBABLY RATES THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET BACK TO UNLESS SOMETHING LIKE ANOTHER PANDEMIC HITS.

SO ALL IN ALL, WHAT I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THAT IF YOU COMPARE THE CURRENT VBI RATE OF 360 TO THE 15 YEAR AVERAGE, THE TEN YEAR AVERAGE, WE'RE KIND OF WE'RE STILL ON THE LINE WITH THAT. SO WE'RE NOT AT THE LOWEST LEVELS, BUT WE'RE STILL A PRETTY ATTRACTIVE LEVEL WITH REGARD TO INTEREST RATES.

AND IN THE BLUE, WE JUST SHOWED WHAT THE THE INDEX HAD DONE FOR THE LAST YEAR.

IF WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THIS IS KIND OF A SUMMARY.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO ISSUE THESE BONDS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

ONE, WE HAD TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING LEGISLATIVELY, BUT TWO, WE WANTED TO TO GET YOUR CERTIFIED VALUES.

WE RECEIVED THOSE CERTIFIED VALUES TUESDAY.

THIS WEEK YOU GREW ANOTHER 20%, WHICH IS FANTASTIC AND WHICH IS ALLOWING US TO ISSUE THE $450 MILLION OF AUTHORIZATION.

INITIALLY, OUR PLAN WAS TO ISSUE LESS, BUT WE WEREN'T PROJECTING 20% GROWTH.

SO THE BECAUSE YOU GREW THAT MUCH, WE HAVE THAT CAPACITY AND WE'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE.

I FEEL LIKE IN OUR ASSUMPTIONS GOING FORWARD, THE GREEN LINE THERE SHOWS WHAT THE PROJECTED IRS TAX RATE WILL BE JUST AFTER THIS ISSUANCE.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT DROPS OFF QUITE A BIT, WHICH WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ISSUE MORE BONDS EACH YEAR AS WE GET YOUR VALUE VALUES IN.

SO WE MIGHT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ISSUE THESE BONDS EVEN QUICKER THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED BECAUSE YOU'VE GROWN MORE THAN WE EXPECTED AND BECAUSE OF THAT THAT HOLD HARMLESS THAT THE STATE IS GIVING US.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO MR. FISHER HAD MENTIONED THE PARAMETER ORDER.

THIS KIND OF OUTLINES IT'S ALLOWABLE UNDER 1371.

THE GOVERNMENT CODE. YOU WOULD DELEGATE FINAL PRICING AUTHORITY TO DR.

MCFARLAND AND MR. FISHER THE PARAMETERS THAT ARE INCLUDED UNDER THE THIRD BULLET THERE, AND THEN THE DELEGATED PRICING OFFICERS CAN ONLY APPROVE ISSUANCE IF THE PARAMETERS ARE MET.

NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THE PARAMETERS ARE INCLUDED.

AGAIN, DR. MCFARLAND OR MR. FISHER, 450 MILLION, YOU HEARD THIS COMMONLY MENTIONED 424 MILLION EARLIER, AND SHE WAS CORRECT.

SO YOU WILL GET $450 MILLION DELIVERED TO THE DISTRICT.

ALL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ISSUES ARE PRICED WITH WHAT'S CALLED A PREMIUM.

SO I PUT A MARKET SCALE IN THERE TO LOOK LIKE IT'D BE ABOUT 424, 425 MILLION PRINCIPAL, BUT YOU WILL GET THE FULL FUNDS DELIVERED TO THE DISTRICT ON AUGUST 23RD.

THE FINAL MATURITY DATE IS ABOUT 8.53.

I DID SKIP MAXIMUM INTEREST RATES, 550.

WE PUT THAT IN THERE JUST FOR FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE IT IS A VOLATILE MARKET.

IF I HAD TO GUESS RIGHT NOW, YOU'D PROBABLY BE AROUND 450.

THE PRICE A WEEK FROM TODAY AND AGAIN WITH FUNDS DELIVERED IN AUGUST.

AUGUST 23RD NEXT MONTH.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE'VE GOT KIND OF A CALENDAR OF EVENTS.

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THE DISTRICT HAS A DOUBLE A THREE RATING WITH MOODY'S AND A DOUBLE A MINUS RATING WITH FITCH, WHICH IS FANTASTIC TO BE IN THAT CATEGORY AND HELPS OUR INTEREST RATE.

ANOTHER THING THAT'S GONE OUR WAY IS THAT THE COVERAGE RATIO FOR THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE WAS INCREASED.

SO WE DO HAVE THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE, WHICH IS GOING TO GIVE US THE TRIPLE A RATING ON THE BOND ISSUE AS WELL.

SO WE'LL HAVE TRIPLE A TSF WITH THREE DOUBLE A MINUS RATINGS AS UNDERLYING RATINGS.

AND WE'VE JUST GOT KIND OF A CALENDAR OF EVENTS SHOWING WHAT WE'VE DONE UP TO THIS POINT AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO DO WITH REGARD TO PRICING THE BONDS AND HAVING THE FUNDS DELIVERED TO THE DISTRICT FOR THE EXCITING PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE ON.

I KNOW. I FLEW THROUGH THAT INFORMATION.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR IT OR ANY COMMENTS.

AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE A JOKE ABOUT CLEAR BACKPACKS FOR LEVY, BUT.

NO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE PROGRESS.

BUT THANK YOU ALSO FOR BEING A PART OF THE DREAM TEAM.

AND THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

DOO DOO DOO. THAT WAS.

THAT WAS. AND ARE WE DONE WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE PRESENTATION? OKAY, SO NOW IT IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

SO GO BACK TO HERE.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE.

ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE PARAMETERS ORDER AUTHORIZING UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS SERIES 2023 AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY FOR THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF SUCH BONDS AS PRESENTED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

GRASSIA. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE STEVENSON, MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR. FISHER. AND THANK YOU ALSO, MR. ROBERT. AGENDA ITEM 9.5.

THIS IS THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR OPERATION OF SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS.

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

THIS IS A ITEM THAT WILL WE, I BELIEVE, HELP US TO SERVE A PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH WITH HEALTH SERVICES.

SO WE HAVE THIS VANCAMPEN HERE TO SHARE THIS ITEM.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.

BOARD. DR.

MCFARLAND. IT IS REALLY A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH HUGUELY, WITH A SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER WHICH MEETS ALL THREE OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS THRIVING STUDENTS, ENGAGED, COMMUNITY EMPOWERED STAFF.

AND TO DR.

HALL'S POINT EARLIER ABOUT BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER IS NOT ANYTHING THAT'S NEW TO CARLISLE ISD.

WE WERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DPS FOR 14 YEARS HERE IN CROWLEY, WHERE THEY SERVED OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR MEDICAL HOME.

UNFORTUNATELY, UM, IN THE SPRING OF 2020, JBS CLOSED MOST OF THEIR SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS, WITH CROWLEY BEING ONE OF THOSE DUE TO COVID AND THE DEMANDS THAT IT TOOK TO KEEP ANY CLINIC OPEN.

AND SO, UM, BUT IN THAT CLINIC SERVED UM, SEVERAL HUNDRED, CLOSE TO 1100 OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SO AS THEIR MEDICAL HOME.

BUT WE ARE NOW SO GRATEFUL TO BE, UM, PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PARTNERS WITH TEXAS HUGUELY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES. AND I HAVE HERE, UM, MISS ASHLEY MIDDLEBUSH, WHO IS THE ONE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PRACTICE OPERATIONS FOR TMA.

AND I JUST WANTED TO INVITE HER AS AN OPPORTUNITY IN JUST A SECOND TO, TO BE ABLE TO JUST TELL US WHAT HER HEART, HER PASSION AND THE VISION THAT HUGUELY HAS THAT, UM, CONNECTS WITH OUR VISION HERE IN CROWLEY ISD UM, THE NEXT SLIDE THE BENEFITS OF A SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER.

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WELL-CHILD EXAMS. IT SERVES AS A MEDICAL HOME FOR MINOR ILLNESSES OR INJURIES PHYSICALS.

IT ADDRESSES OBSTACLES TO HEALTH CARE, SUCH AS MAYBE A STUDENT DOESN'T HAVE A MEDICAL HOME AND THEY NEED A REFERRAL TO A SPECIALIST.

YOU KNOW, THIS COULD PROVIDE THAT.

IT ALSO PROMOTES HEALTH EQUITY BY REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES.

UM, IT BROADENS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AS OUR CENTER WILL SERVE NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS BUT THEIR FAMILIES.

IT CAN SERVE THE STAFF, THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY, OUR WHOLE FAMILY.

SO, UM, AND IN ALL OF THIS, OF COURSE, IT IMPROVES OUR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, UM, BY HAVING THAT QUICK ACCESS TO CARE.

UM, ALSO WHAT I FORGOT TO MENTION ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT AND THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY SOMEONE AND FORGIVE ME, I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT THIS TOO WOULD BE AN EXTENSION FOR OUR CTE TO BE ABLE TO COME IN WITH OUR HEALTH SCIENCE STUDENTS TO RUN ROTATIONS.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY LEARN IN THEIR MEDICAL FIELD, NOT JUST THE BACK OFFICE WHERE THEY'RE GETTING INJECTIONS AND LABS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT ALSO THE FRONT OFFICE PART WHERE THEY ARE DEALING WITH PATIENTS AND INSURANCE AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF BILLING THINGS.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LEARN BOTH SETS OF THAT.

AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY WRITTEN INTO OUR MOU FOR THE CTE, FOR TMA TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF THEIR CLIENTS.

SO AND THIS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL.

BUT WITH NO FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ASHLEY.

HI. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.

ON BEHALF OF TEXAS HEALTH HEWGLEY AND TEXAS HEALTH MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE CAC AND ULTIMATELY SERVE THE CROWLEY COMMUNITY.

WE PLAN ON OPENING THE TEXAS HEALTH HEWGLEY HALL CARE CLINIC IN AUGUST.

STAFFING THIS CLINIC ON THE EVERMAN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS IN THE MOBILE UNIT LOCATED THERE.

OH, PERFECT. I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE. ALL RIGHT.

I JUST MOVED HERE, BY THE WAY, SO I.

WE WILL PROVIDE QUALITY CARE FOR OUR CROWLEY COMMUNITY THROUGH EASY ACCESSIBILITY ON THIS CAMPUS.

OUR MISSION IS TO EXTEND THE HEALING MINISTRY OF CHRIST, AND I SEE NO BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN BY SUPPORTING OUR FUTURE.

AND THAT'S OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES.

SORRY, I GET CHOKED UP. I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD STARTING KINDERGARTEN IN TWO WEEKS AND I'M JUST LOSING MY MIND ALREADY.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PARTNERSHIP THROUGH FUTURE EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WHEN I MET MISTY, I JUST KNEW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.

WE'RE THE BIG HOSPITAL JUST ACROSS THE WAY, AND I SAW THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN.

SO I REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN ALL SO MUCH TONIGHT.

I'LL GET TO THE NEXT.

I PROMISE THIS TIME.

THIS IS THE MORE COMMON QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

SHE HAD THE STREET RIGHT THERE IN THE PARK.

I KNOW THE STREET. THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

IT'S THE STREET. AWESOME.

WHAT WILL THE HOURS BE FOR THE.

SO WE ARE PLANNING ON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, INITIALLY 8 TO 5.

I DO KNOW THAT THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST WITH BACK TO SCHOOL, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THINGS MOVING QUITE QUICKLY.

TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO BE READY FOR BACK TO SCHOOL IF ANYONE'S MISSING IMMUNIZATIONS, A PHYSICAL WE KNOW WITH COVID, THE DEMANDS FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO KEEP UP MIGHT HAVE FALLEN SHORT.

SO WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF MOTIONS IN PLACE QUITE QUICKLY TO BE READY FOR ULTIMATELY TO TURN OUT.

BUT FUTURE WOULD WE WE'D LIKE TO SEE A 7 TO 7 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND THEN POSSIBLY SATURDAY OFFICE HOURS BECAUSE AGAIN, 8 TO 5 TAKING TIME OFF TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY AND KIDS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.

WE KNOW THAT. SO IT'S SENDING THOSE HOURS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SOONER THAN LATER.

AND THEN WILL THIS INFORMATION BE PROVIDED? ORIENTATIONS AND PARENT MEETINGS AND THAT KIND OF THING? OKAY. YES, WE WILL.

WE WILL. WE'RE WORKING ON A BACKLIST FULL FIRE NOW WITH THEM.

AND AS SOON AS WE GET APPROVAL, THEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DISTRIBUTING THAT OUT TO ALL.

AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH THE CAMPUS NEWSLETTERS, LETTERS TO PARENTS, AND AS WE ARE CALLING FOR VACCINES.

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THANK YOU. ALSO, I'M SORRY.

DO YOU ALL PLAN ON OPENING A SECOND LOCATION SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTRICT? AS FAR AS. SO I ACTUALLY ALREADY SPOKE WITH MISSY THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO FURTHER INTO YOUR ATHLETICS, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE PHYSICIANS WHO ARE IN SPORTS MEDICINE WHO ARE QUITE PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING WITH STUDENTS IN SPORTS MEDICINE AROUND THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, SOCCER PROGRAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO YEAH, I MEAN, AS MANY CLINICS AS YOU WANT US TO HAVE, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.

MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.

SO IS IS THIS PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED MORE ON ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH SERVICES OR AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTH SERVICES, OR IS IT BOTH? AND, UM, IT, IT CAN SERVE AS BOTH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING TO DO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE APPLIED FOR A PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN THAT WE HAVE SOME OF OUR CLINIC AIDS, UM, EDUCATED IN HOW TO HELP FAMILIES NAVIGATE THE MEDICAID WEBSITE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM HELP FAMILIES SIGN UP FOR MEDICAID SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE REIMBURSEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, WE ARE A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND HEALING MINISTRY PROS.

WITH THAT, WE DO NOT TURN AWAY ANYONE FOR ANY REASON OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY OR INABILITY TO PAY.

SO ULTIMATELY SOMEONE WALKS IN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND WE DO NOT USE COLLECTIONS OR.

COLLECTORS TO SETTLE OUR FINANCES.

WE SIMPLY. NO, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO THANK MS..

VANCAMPEN FOR JUST ALWAYS BEING AGGRESSIVE ABOUT TRYING TO FIND NEEDS AND SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU FOR JUST SEEKING OUT THIS PARTNERSHIP, ACTUALLY DEVELOPING IT AND BRINGING IT FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT. YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. DR. MCFARLAND DID WE NEED? MADAM PRESIDENT, WE NEED TO VOTE.

OKAY. OKAY.

WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE MOU FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER WITH TEXAS HUGUELY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATES.

EXCUSE ME. AS PRESENTED.

I THINK JESSE DAVIS AND DR.

HALL, YOU SECONDED? YES, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, BOARD.

THANK YOU, MR. VANCAMPEN. AND I THINK MS..

ASHLEY, I WANT TO PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME RIGHT.

SMITH. SMITH. SMITH.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

DR. MCFARLAND.

OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO NOW TO 9.3.

OKAY. SO THIS ONE IS 9.4.

OKAY. SO 9.3.

THE REPEAL OF THE LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

DR. MCFARLAND. SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA INITIALLY TO JUST TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES. WE KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATORS HAVE TAKEN A LEGISLATORS HAVE TAKEN IT, TAKEN A REALLY AN ACTION THAT HAS KIND OF A LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

IT HAS NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES ON US AS IT RELATES TO AS IT RELATES TO REVENUE.

THEY THE EXTENSION OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION CREATES AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE FOR US.

AND SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT ANY ANY AND ALL OPTIONS THAT WE POSSIBLY HAD.

SO WE CURRENTLY ARE ONE OF THE ONLY DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, QUITE FRANKLY, THAT GRANT A LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

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AND SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MS..

COLLIER HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE FOUND OUT.

AND SO, MS..

CARTY, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND JUST KIND OF GIVE US A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE FOUND AS IT RELATES TO OUR POSSIBLE OPTIONS.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOUR INQUIRY ABOUT THE LOCAL OPTIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS VERY TIMELY BECAUSE WE DID JUST FINISH UP THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND AS DR.

MCFARLAND SAID, CROWLEY ISD IS ONE OF A FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS ENTIRE STATE THAT PROVIDES THE LOCAL OPTION HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

NOW, DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THIS LOCAL OPTION OPTIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INTERPLAYS WITH THE PASSAGE OF SB TWO AND THEN THE H.J.R. TWO ARE ONGOING AND IT'S REALLY DEPENDENT ON THE VOTERS APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THIS MEASURE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO NOVEMBER DURING THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION.

MY RECOMMENDATION AND MY MY VIEW WOULD BE THAT YOU MONITOR THE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE ONGOING ABOUT HOW THEY INTERPLAY AND INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THEN LOOK FOR A GUIDANCE THAT WILL BE ISSUED AT SOME POINT BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY OR THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER.

THAT'S THE BEST I HAVE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

AND ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

JUST CLARIFICATION ON WHEN YOU SAID THE MONITORING THE DISCUSSIONS, CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW.

YEAH. HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT THAT? YEAH. SO AS I STATED BEFORE, HOW THE LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THAT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO IT, BUT AS DR.

MCFARLAND SAID, IT COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT.

SO THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT COMPLETED THE DISCUSSION.

SO THAT'S NOT THE FINAL WORD.

THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO READDRESS THIS ISSUE.

WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION AND THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY MORE THAN LIKELY TO REEVALUATE THE IMPACT THAT YOUR LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WILL HAVE FOR YOUR FINANCES.

SO SO WOULD THAT MEAN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATORS OR WRITE IN OR VISIT THE STATE CAPITAL, MAKE APPEARANCES FOR ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS? ABSOLUTELY. IN FACT, I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE MORE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE, YOU KNOW, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AS WELL.

SO THAT SO ALL OF THE ONCE AGAIN, THE 18,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS LIVE FEED AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW ABOUT SAVING SOME MONEY FOR THEIR HOME AND WHAT THEY CAN DO.

THEY NEED TO BE GETTING ON THE PHONE AND CALLING DOWN TO AUSTIN AND AND LETTING THESE FINE PEOPLE IN AUSTIN KNOW THAT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAVE SOME MONEY ON THEIR ON THEIR HOUSE THAT KISD HAS PROVIDED FOR THEM.

WOULD THAT BE A CORRECT STATEMENT? THAT'S VALID. BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE THE DETRIMENT, TO THE DETRIMENT OF YOUR SAFETY AND THE STUDENT PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE.

OKAY. SO THE STATE, UNDER THE PASSAGE OF SB TWO AND THE H.J.R THAT PASSED THE LEGISLATURE THAT WILL GO TO THE VOTE BY THE VOTERS, THERE WILL BE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BY THE INCREASE OF THE EXEMPTION.

SO THEY WILL SEE A SAVINGS.

IT'S JUST THAT ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON HOW YOU PROVIDE THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AT THE LEGISLATURE.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR BUDGET.

WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE AND HAVE THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, INNOVATIVE PROGRAM IN PLACE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE HOW THAT LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION MAY INTERPLAY WITH SB TWO AND H.J.R.

TWO SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A NEGATIVE MATERIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND. WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OFFERING THIS.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST US TO OFFER THIS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

MS. DAVIS AND IT REALLY IS A QUESTION OF THE DAY.

SO FOR US, WE HAVE CALCULATED THAT THAT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THE 10% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION COST CROWLEY I'VE $5 MILLION PER YEAR.

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SO YOU HAVE A $10 MILLION SWING REALLY WITH THIS WITH THE LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WE HEAR.

AGAIN, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION MEANS SIMPLY THAT WE HAVE EXEMPTED THE VALUE THAT WE CAN COLLECT TAXES ON.

AND SO THAT VALUE COLLECTIVELY ENDS UP BEING ABOUT $5 MILLION AND THAT'S EVERY YEAR.

AND SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET IMPACT ON OUR THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET OVER TIME.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE INVESTIGATING THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR A LOCAL EMPLOYEE EXCUSE ME, FOR FOR A LOCAL HOMEOWNER, THE SAVINGS IS ABOUT $22 A MONTH FOR A LOCAL FOR A HOMEOWNER.

BUT THAT CALCULATES FOR US IN THE $5 MILLION THAT'S BASED ON.

THAT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THAT'S BASED ON THE VALUE OF A $300,000 HOME, WHICH IS ABOUT OUR AVERAGE NOW.

SO THE $300,000 HOME, THE THE THE HOMEOWNER WOULD SAVE RIGHT AROUND 260 OR SO, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 260 A YEAR.

BUT WHEN YOU CALCULATE ALL OF OUR VALUE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, IT ENDS UP BEING ABOUT $5 MILLION.

SO I HAD A QUESTION OR A COMMENT.

SO IF THE LEGISLATURE PASSES THIS BILL, HOMEOWNERS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS BILL, BUT THE DISTRICT WILL SUFFER FROM THIS BILL. CORRECT.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR TAX RATE.

WELL, ACTUALLY, OUR EXEMPTION THAT WE GIVE OUT, BECAUSE THEN THAT WILL BE IF THEY'RE GETTING MORE THROUGH THIS BILL, CORRECT? AM I CORRECT? YES.

MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE GETTING.

RIGHT. BUT IF WE DON'T GET THE TAX RATE EXEMPTION, THEN WE CAN STILL PROFIT WITH OUR WITH BEING ABLE TO GIVE RAISES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

IT'LL COME OUT OF HERE. YOUR MONEY, THOUGH.

RIGHT. BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M SAYING WE'RE NOT GIVING THE 10%.

WE GIVE AN EXTRA 10%.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO IF WE DID NOT GET THE EXTRA 10%, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY GET MORE RAISES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

RIGHT. I MEAN, I, I MEAN, I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD BECAUSE THE OWNER, THE THIS BILL WILL BENEFIT THEM TREMENDOUSLY.

HOW MUCH WOULD THEY SAY IF THIS BILL PASSES ON AVERAGE HOME THAT IS VALUED AT 300,000 ON AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IS GOING TO SEE OVER $680 UP TO $1,300. ANYTHING IN BETWEEN THERE A YEAR IN THE SAVINGS WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO THIS KIND OF TRICKLED IN ORDER WHAT WE'RE GIVING.

OH, YES. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY.

YES. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU START THE CONVERSATION NOW AND THEN CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH THE THE AGENCIES AND YOUR LEGISLATORS TO DISCUSS HOW THIS COULD IMPACT YOU, BECAUSE MAYBE THERE IS A MEASURE THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE IT'S EFFECTIVE.

AGAIN, THE VOTERS HAVE TO APPROVE IT ANYWAY, AND THAT COULD DO A WHOLE HARMLESS OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF PROVISION THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE YOU TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT, IMPACT. I HAVE.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. MY QUESTION IS, WHILE IT WOULD BENEFIT THE HOMEOWNER, UM, IT WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE.

THE EXEMPTION WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SCHOOL FUNDING.

CORRECT. UNLESS THE STATE OFFSETS THE PORTION, BECAUSE I KNOW THE STATE WAS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE 50, 50.

50% WAS SUPPOSED TO COME FROM STATE FUNDING, 50% FROM PROPERTY TAX.

THAT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.

AND WITH LOWERING THE MINNOW AND HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, YES, WE BENEFIT PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT SCHOOLS ULTIMATELY LOSE OUT.

CORRECT. WELL, LET ME CLARIFY.

OKAY. SO THE REGULAR TRADITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT THE STATE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THE STATE IS HAS PASSED AN SB TWO AND H.J.R.

TWO TWO IS INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 40,000 TO 100,000.

THERE IS ANOTHER PROVISION THAT THE STATE IS SUPPOSED TO USE THE SURPLUS.

WE HAD A $33 MILLION IN SURPLUS.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT $12.6 MILLION TO TRY TO IN PLACE TO OFFSET SO YOU DON'T LOSE ANY MONEY FROM THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

THERE IS NOTHING PUT IN PLACE FOR THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THOSE FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A LOCAL OPTIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

SO THE STATE IS BYPASSING THIS BILL AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVAL IS SAYING WE WILL HONOR THAT AND COVER YOUR DIFFERENCE BY BUYING DOWN, COMPRESSING YOUR RATE SO THAT WAY THE HOMEOWNERS TAXES ARE REDUCED.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING SIMILAR IN PLACE FOR THIS LOCAL OPTION.

AND REMEMBER, THE LOCAL OPTION WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN PLACE BY IN 1981 OR SO TO REDUCE THE STICKER SHOCK SHOCK OF HOME OWNERSHIP WITH THE PROPERTY TAXES.

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IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE VOTERS HAVE TO APPROVE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD CAN APPROVE? THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE BOARD.

BUT IT'S PRUDENT TO DO A WAIT AND SEE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL RAMIFICATIONS.

AGAIN, THERE'S STILL DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE ONGOING THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN OFFSET OR SOME TYPE OF PROVISION IN THERE THAT COULD ALLOW YOU TO REVISIT THIS. BUT HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS TODAY IS VERY IMPORTANT AND VITAL TO, YOU KNOW, ADD TO THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

SO THAT WAY IT'S ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.

AND THAT WAY THE VOTERS AND THE PEOPLE OF CROWLEY WILL WILL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, SOME IDEA ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT.

UM, KNOWING THAT THIS BOARD HAS THE.

KNOWING THAT THIS BOARD HOLDS THE AUTHORITY TO KEEP IT IN PLACE OR REPEAL IT.

UM, AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, I AM CERTAINLY AN ADVOCATE FOR US DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GENERATE THE REVENUE THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION TO OUR STUDENTS.

I JUST DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE OBLIGATION THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR TAXPAYERS.

SO BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR US TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR VOTERS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT ADDITIONAL 10% EXEMPTION, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED DURING OUR, YOU KNOW, EVERY PRESENTATION THAT WE MADE TO EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS ABOUT THIS BOND. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED.

AND SO I WANT US TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO JUST IMMEDIATELY MOVE AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE THAT CAN BE MISINTERPRETED.

SO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE CAN DO FROM A COMMUNITY OUTREACH STANDPOINT TO HEAR THE CONCERNS, THE OPINIONS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT JUST AS MUCH EFFORT INTO DOING THAT AS WE DID TO GET THE BOND PASSED, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I JUST I'M REALLY CONCERNED, UM, THAT THINGS COULD BE MISINTERPRETED AND IT COULD HAVE A LINGERING NEGATIVE IMPACT ON WHAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO DO IN THE FUTURE.

SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND WE HOLD THE AUTHORITY BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOUR HONOR, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST DO THAT IN A SILO, IF I MAY RESPOND.

I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN IS VERY VALID AND APPROPRIATE, BUT WHEN YOU WERE PROMOTING YOUR BOND, YOU'RE OPERATING UNDER THE FACTS AS YOU KNEW THEM, AS THEY WERE.

AND THERE WAS NO $100,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, RALLY THE TROOPS AROUND.

NOW, THERE'S $100,000 AND THERE'S NO I MEAN, IF YOUR HOME IS WORTH $120,000, YOU'RE ONLY TAXED ON 20%, $20,000.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT WASN'T A CORRECT.

YOU WERE RIGHT. THERE WAS $40,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

NOW THERE'S 100,000.

AND SO I THINK ABSOLUTELY HIGHLIGHTING THE DISTINCTION AS TO WHY YOU'RE TAKING THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION AS TO WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN IMPACT OR NOT, UM, CAN BE, YOU KNOW, EXPLAINED IN THAT MANNER.

AND I TOTALLY AGREE. I JUST, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO AGAIN DO IT IN A SILO.

I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

ABSOLUTELY. UM, AND I JUST WANT US TO JUST REALLY MAKE A VALIANT EFFORT TO HEAR THE CONCERNS OF OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE WE SAY IT'S 200 AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S $22 A MONTH.

WELL, THAT'S EASY FOR US TO NECESSARILY SAY, HEY, IT'S JUST $22 A MONTH, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW THAT $22 A MONTH AFFECTS, YOU KNOW, EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO I JUST AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO JUST KIND OF LIFT THAT POINT FOR US TO JUST DO THE OUTREACH TO TO HEAR THE

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SO MAYBE IT DOESN'T EVEN BECOME A MATTER OF CONTENTION OR AN ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CONTEMPLATE.

OKAY. I'M SORRY, JUST TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE TRUSTEE DAVIS THAT I AGREE WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH, UM, PROBABLY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT.

I DO AGREE WITH THAT. BUT I ALSO DO AGREE.

I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SMART DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE MONEY THAT WE WERE GETTING IN THE DISTRICT AND MONEY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IN THE DISTRICT. SO I THINK IT'S I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THE DECISION MAKING.

BUT I DO AGREE WITH THAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO JUST AGAIN, A POINT OF CLARITY FOR ME AND STRENGTHENED TONIGHT.

BASED ON WHAT MR. DAVIS SAID.

WELL, AND I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING THE $100,000 AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE $22 A MONTH, THEN IT'S A WASH, BASICALLY, ISN'T IT? WELL, SO THE, UM, LOCAL OPTIONS IS THE MONEY THAT YOU COULD HAVE HAD, BUT YOU DON'T GET BECAUSE.

NO. A WASH FOR THE TAXPAYER.

I'M SORRY. YOU MEAN FOR THE $100,000? OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING EXPLAINING IT THAT WAY, THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE THE, YOU KNOW, REDUCTION IN THE STICKER SHOCK.

RIGHT. THE STATE IS STEPPING UP AND OFFERING THIS $100,000 EXEMPTION AND THEY'RE GOING TO REIMBURSE YOU THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR IT.

SO THAT IS A THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT IT, TOO.

IT'S A WASH.

YOU KNOW, THAT THIS ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION MAY NOT BE AS VITAL OR AS RELEVANT TO THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

IT'S A TOUGH CONVERSATION.

I MEAN, WE'RE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, SO I UNDERSTAND.

BUT AT THE I DON'T KNOW, CURRENT LEGISLATION IS BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HIM.

BUT ON THE POLITICIANS, THAT'S PUSHING SOMETHING THAT I SAID THAT'S NOT GOING TO TIE OUR HANDS OR OBLIGATED TO NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR MIND OR WE'LL STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER CONTINUE THIS EXEMPTION OR REPEAL THIS EXEMPTION.

IS THERE IS THERE ANY LANGUAGE THAT IS GOING TO POSSIBLY PREVENT OUR PREROGATIVE? YES. SB TWO, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT ALREADY DID NOT.

I'M SO SORRY. AND SB TWO, THERE IS A PROVISION IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT WHATEVER YOUR IF YOU HAVE THE LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN PLACE FOR 2022, IT HAS TO STAY IN PLACE FOR FOUR YEARS.

WELL, NOT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN, THAT THE DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING.

CROWLEY IT IS NOT THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHILE THERE ARE ONLY A FEW THAT STILL OFFER THIS ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THERE ARE OTHERS.

AND THERE WERE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE FILED DURING THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS THAT WOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY NEEDED MORE TIME TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT.

SO THIS THE TALKS ON HOW THIS INTERACTS WITH SB TWO AND H.R.

TWO ARE ONGOING BECAUSE THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GET TEACHER PAY RAISES.

WE WANT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY PAY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO START THESE DISCUSSIONS NOW.

SO THAT WAY, IF AND WHEN THE LEGISLATION COMES UP, YOU'RE READY TO HAVE THAT BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT REALLY, THE CONVERSATION NOW ISN'T REALLY HOW WE FEEL ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO ISSUE THIS CONTINUE WITH THE EXEMPTION OR REPEAL OUR EXEMPTION.

REALLY, THE CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW IS ADVOCACY OR HOW THIS IS BEING PROPOSED, BECAUSE IF IT PASSES OUT AS WRITTEN CURRENTLY, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW WE FEEL ABOUT IT OR WHETHER WE FEEL IT OR NOT, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE TIED BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS EXEMPTION IN 2022.

RIGHT? AND SO RIGHT NOW, OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE MORE ABOUT ADVOCACY, RIGHT? AND FIGURING OUT HOW MUCH IT IS BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS ARE FLUID.

I MEAN, YOU ARE RIGHT NOW YOUR BUDGET.

YOU HAVE TO SET YOUR BUDGET WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO GET FROM THE STATE.

SO YOU'VE YOU'VE YOU'VE PROACTIVELY ACTED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HOPE OF BEING REIMBURSED, FULLY FUNDED, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH THIS EXACTLY HOW THIS LOCAL OPTIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS GOING TO IMPACT YOU IS FLUID BECAUSE IT COULD BE LESS THAN 5 MILLION OR IT COULD BE MORE, I DON'T

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YES. I MEAN, IT'S ANOTHER THING.

YES. WELL, THE STATE IS TIED.

SORRY. YOU DON'T HAVE LOCAL CONTROL IN THAT.

AND SO ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR MAIN REASONS FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION IS BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE HEARD WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SECOND SESSION. AND SO WE WANTED TO JUST KIND OF CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BECAUSE OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO HAVE SEVERAL IF WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE WHEN WE DID HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE A CHANGE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE OPEN FORUM, PUBLIC HEARINGS, ALL THAT INFORMATION.

WE'LL TAKE THE TIME TO REALLY COMMUNICATE ALL THE CHANNELS, AS YOU SAID, MR. DAVIS, ALL THE CHANNELS THAT WE USE TO COMMUNICATE THE ISSUE TO THE ISSUE ABOUT THE BOND TO THE COMMUNITY, WE WOULD DO THE SAME HERE.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT IT COSTS US.

AND SO AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN DETERMINE IF THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ALLOCATE, THAT ONCE WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT SURE, BUT WE'RE GATHERING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT.

BUT I WOULD ALSO CHALLENGE YOU AND YOUR TEAM AS YOU COLLECT THAT INFORMATION TO ALSO EDUCATE THE CONSTITUENTS.

I THINK CROWLEY EVEN THOUGH WELL, NO, THIS IS THE SAME MESSAGE ONE ONE WONDERING ONE TEAM.

I THINK IF HOMEOWNERS KNEW THE IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT, THE $5 MILLION THAT WE YOU KNOW WITH ALL AT STAKE.

BUT I THINK THAT THE ADVOCACY POINT IS NOT JUST OURS TO CARRY OUR BURDEN, BUT ALSO OUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.

SO I WOULD LIKE, IF WE COULD, TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT SO THAT THEY COULD BE CALLING THEIR LEGISLATORS AS WELL AND BE FULLY INFORMED.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE WE'RE NOW MOVING TO OUR FUTURE ACTION ITEMS AGENDA ITEM 10.1, WHICH ARE GRANT AWARDS.

[10.0 Future Action Item(s)]

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S EXCITING BECAUSE IT MEANS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN.

AND SO WE HAVE THIS PLAQUE HERE TO PRESENT THIS NEXT ITEM.

IT'S POKER. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

MCFARLAND. I AM SUPER EXCITED TONIGHT THAT OUR OUR GOALS ARE LINED UP WITH OUR PRESENTATION, ALL OF OUR BOARD GOALS ALIGNED WITH OUR PRESENTATION.

AND TONIGHT I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT A FEW OF MY GRANT AWARDS.

OUR FIRST GRANT AWARD TONIGHT WILL BE OUR 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER GRANT.

THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE GRANT.

THERE WAS 143 APPLICATIONS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ONLY 29 GRANTS WERE AWARDED AND TWO WITHIN THE REGION, 11 WHICH AND ONE WAS CROWLEY ISD.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE TEXAS ACE PROGRAM, THE 21ST CENTURY PROGRAM, MY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, AND OUR SUMMER PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE SMALL GROUP TUTORIALS ONE ON ONE INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR TEACHERS.

TIMES FOR TEACHER. FOR OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO GO VISIT DIFFERENT COLLEGES FOR COLLEGE, CAREER, MILITARY READINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN ALSO WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE EXPOSED TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENRICHMENT.

SO THIS SUMMER, OUR KIDS WERE ABLE TO DO SWIMMING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

THAT'S OUR 21ST CENTURY KIDS.

AND THEY ARE ALSO ABLE TO DO COOKING AND OUR ARRAY OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.

ONE OF OUR THINGS THAT WE ALSO LOVE TO DO IN OUR 21ST CENTURY PROGRAM IS PROVIDE PARENT AND FAMILY CLASSES, ALL OF OUR CENTERS, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGED WITH OUR FAMILIES AT ALL TIMES. AND ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE HANDS ON EXPERIENCES THAT WE PROVIDE AS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY LOVE IS MAKING SURE THAT KIDS ARE TRULY ENGAGED WITH USING THEIR HANDS. FOR OUR FIRST YEAR, WE WILL RECEIVE $1.9 MILLION APPROXIMATELY.

THIS IS A FIVE YEAR GRANT CYCLE AND OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS, CROWLEY, THEY WILL RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION FOR THIS GRANT.

WE WILL REVIEW IT AND.

REVIEWED ANNUALLY.

WE'VE BEEN BLESSED ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS GRANT SINCE 29, 2009, WHICH IS OUR FIRST GRANT CYCLE.

THIS WAS CYCLE SIX AND NOW WE'RE ENTERING INTO OUR CYCLE 12, WHICH IS OUR FOURTH TIME BEING ABLE TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR GRANT FOR CHRIST SCHEME.

AND OUR CURRENT SCHOOLS INCLUDE OUR SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE CYCLE SIX, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD THREE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON.

WE HAVE A TOTAL WITH THE GRANT.

YOU CAN ONLY INCLUDE TEN MAXIMUM SCHOOLS OR TEN SCHOOLS.

AND SO OUR SCHOOLS WERE CHOSEN BASED UPON SOCIO ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE STATUS DATA FOR THAT CRITERIA AND BASED UPON THE GRANT ELIGIBILITY OF WHAT CAMPUSES COULD APPLY FOR

[02:35:10]

WE HAVE THIS GRANT LAST YEAR AND WE'RE ALSO REDOING IT THIS YEAR.

THIS GRANT ALLOWS US TO DO IS IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT OUR CREATIVE WAYS TO PAY OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

SO THIS JUST GIVES US OPPORTUNITIES FOR DR.

BERRY'S DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT WAYS.

ON HOW WE CAN BE STRATEGIC ABOUT CREATIVE THINKING OF DIFFERENT TEACHERS.

AND OUR LAST GRANT FOR TONIGHT IS ADDITIONAL ANOTHER CONTINUATION GRANT.

AND IT'S OUR SCHOOL ACTION FUND GRANT, WHICH IS OUR COLLEGE PREP PROGRAM THAT IS CO-LOCATED AT POYNTER ELEMENTARY, AND IT WILL BE FOR A TWO YEAR GRANT PERIOD AND WE WILL RECEIVE $1 MILLION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE OUR COLLEGE PREP THERE AT BONAVENTURE.

AND IN TOTAL BOARD WE WILL RECEIVE A LITTLE BIT OVER $11 MILLION COMING TO CHRIST.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PHYSICIAN.

I JUST THINK YOU ROCK.

I MEAN, THAT IS SO AWESOME.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LAST ONE, AND I THINK IT WAS THE POINTER SCHOOL.

IS THAT FOR ELEMENTARY COLLEGE PREP? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

SERVING GRADES, KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE.

THAT IS SO AWESOME.

AND OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BENEFIT.

BUT THIS I REMEMBER WE TALKED THIS UP AND WE WERE SUPER EXCITED.

SO TO HAVE IT REALLY COME TO FRUITION, I JUST I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I'M THANKFUL FOR YOUR WORK, YOUR TEAM'S WORK AND ACCUMULATING ALL OF THESE GRANTS FOR OUR DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

BUT THAT SAME QUESTION, THAT SAME SLIDE, IS THAT $1 MILLION FOR A POINTER ONLY? YES, MA'AM. IT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE THE SCHOOL FOR THE COLLEGE PREP.

IN A WAY, THE GRANT IS DESIGN IS BASED UPON JUST THAT CAMPUS.

AND SO THAT CAMPUS WILL JUST RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS.

AND DID YOU SAY K ONE? YES, MA'AM. AND EACH YEAR WE WILL ADD A DIFFERENT GRADE LEVEL.

SO THIS YEAR WE'LL BE K ONE, NEXT YEAR WE WILL ADD SECOND GRADE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. COME.

ANYWAY, THIS IS WONDERFUL.

BUT I WANTED TO SAY THE 21ST CENTURY.

DO THEY HAVE AN OPTION TO DO BIKE TOURS THROUGH THE ART CENTERS OR PERFORMING ARTS? YES, MA'AM, THEY DO.

THEY DO. TEXAS BALLET AND DANCE STATED THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER AND FIELD TRIPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

YES. ROBINSON AND THEN DAVIS.

I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE COLLEGE READINESS.

MANY SUMMER COLLEGES OFFER SUMMER RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS LIKE LONG FOR STEM AND DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR FOR THE COLLEGE READINESS PORTION? YES. OKAY.

TO CLARIFY, THOUGH, DO YOU MEAN EXTERNALLY AT THE CAMPUSES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUTSIDE OF CISD? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.

SO DIFFERENT AREAS, SCHOOLS THAT HAVE JUST THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS WHERE STUDENTS CAN GO AND LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT ROBOTICS AND HEALTH CARE, UM, INSTEAD OF PARENTS PAYING MAYBE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE THERE IN THOSE PROGRAMS, THEY CAN SPEND A WEEK AT SMU OR PRAIRIE VIEW OR WHOEVER OFFERS THESE PROGRAMS. AND WHAT WE DO WITH DEEP PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE COLLEGES, WE BRING THEM HERE TO CROWLEY ISD TO BE ABLE TO EXPOSE MORE CHILDREN.

BUT YES. THANK YOU.

I WAS JUST GOING TO QUICKLY SAY, GREAT JOB, MS..

POLK. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST WITNESS HER MAGIC.

AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AT THE HELM AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATION.

SO I JUST WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU YOUR KUDOS IN THIS MOMENT TO SAY YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE AMAZING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRUSTEE TRUSTEE DAVIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF MODEST BECAUSE I KNOW I WALKED UP ON A FULL FLEDGE PRAYER SESSION AT THE PRINCIPAL EVENT AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU WERE WORKING DILIGENTLY, METICULOUSLY AND FRANTICALLY IN THAT BACK CORNER ON ANOTHER GRANT, SO I WISH YOU WELL ON THAT AS WELL.

AND YOU ARE AMAZING.

YOU CONTINUE TO OUTDO YOURSELF EVERY YEAR.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON THE WORK AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS YOU ALREADY HAVE AND WHAT YOU HAVE BECOME AS WELL.

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THANK YOU. UM, ONE ADDITIONAL FEATURE ACTION ITEM IS 10.2.

THE ENDORSEMENT OF CANDIDATE FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATED ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGION 11 POSITION C, DR.

MCFARLAND. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. KERSHNER IS PREPARED TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM FIRST.

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

MCFARLAND. AS YOU RECALL, AT OUR MEETING LAST MONTH, THE BOARD SELECTED TO NOMINATE TRUSTEE GERALD DAVIS THE SECOND FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AFTER THAT, TRUSTEE DAVIS GOT TO WORK, FILLING OUT THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK AND DOCUMENTS.

AND HE, AS YOU SEE NOW IN YOUR EXHIBITS, IS ONE OF THE CANDIDATES BEING CONSIDERED.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE DAVIS THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING CROWLEY.

SO THE NEXT STEP FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE IS TO ENDORSE CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD.

SO YOU WILL SEE FOR REGION 11 POSITION C, YOU WILL SEE TRUSTEE DAVIS'S NAME.

WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON AUGUST 17TH.

THE DEADLINE FOR US TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO TASB IS AUGUST 29TH.

AND SO YOU SEE ALL THE INFORMATION.

YOU SEE THE OTHER NAMES IN THERE ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW THAT WORKS.

BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS.

ANY COMMENTS? BOARD QUESTIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. TRUSTEE DAVIS.

YOU WILL REPRESENT THIS VERY WELL.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.

THANK YOU, MR. KERSHNER.

UM. OH, THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE FIVE AND 1.071 FOR THE PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE

[11.0 Executive Session]

551.074 FOR PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL AND A FORMATIVE REVIEW OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PERFORMANCE.

THE BOARD WILL RETURN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE ARE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:50 P.M..

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 10:22 P.M..

WE HAVE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS.

[12.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item(s)]

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND ALETHA DANIELS FOR THE POSITION OF ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

GRASSIA. OKAY, MOVE TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MRS. DANIELS. JAHDE ITEM 12.2 EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND DR.

CATHY TUCKER, THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CROWDER MIDDLE SCHOOL AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GRASSIA MOVED TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, DR.

TUCKER. WE HAVE TO.

YEAH. YEAH. SO WE HAVE 12.3.

AND IS THERE A MOTION FOR FOR BOTH PARTS OF 12.3? YES. MR. CARMICHAEL JONES, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND? I RECOMMEND CARMICHAEL JONES FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS RECOMMENDED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROBINSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ONE SECONDS.

MOVE TO VOTE BY, SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE WORDS WHILE YOU'RE HERE? NO. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US.

OKAY. UM, I HAVE ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND DESMOND HARRIS FOR THE ASSISTANT FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. ROBINSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. GRASSIA MOVED TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

ALL IN FAVOR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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12.4 EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR H.F.

STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND NEDRA ANDREWS FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL AS RECOMMENDED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROBINSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GRASSIA MOVE TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MISS ANDREWS.

WE'RE AT 12.5 EMPLOYMENT AS ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND SONIA FORTSON FOR THIS.

FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY.

AS RECOMMENDED. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE ROBINSON. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

GRASSIA MOVED TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MISS FORTSON.

MISS FORTSON.

ALL RIGHT. 12.6.

THIS IS FOR EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OAKMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND DR.

DALE GRASSIA LOUIS FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OAKMONT ELEMENTARY AS RECOMMENDED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GRASSIA MOVE TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR.

PSYCHO LEWIS.

12.7. THIS IS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT J.

HARGRAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND BERARDO MORENO FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HARGRAVE ELEMENTARY IS RECOMMENDED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GRASSIA MOVED TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

ALL IN FAVOR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. MORENO, FOR 12.8 FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CROWLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND KEIRSTEN BASILICA FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SCH CROWLEY ELEMENTARY AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GRASSIA MOVED TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

ALL IN FAVOR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MISS PASSALAQUA.

OKAY, BASILICA.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE DID 12.9 EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND LEON FISHER FOR THE POSITION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AS RECOMMENDED.

AND HE IS STANDING. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE DAVIS. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ANOTHER TWIN.

SECOND. UM, DR.

HALL AND TRUSTEE STEVENSON MOVED TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. FEEL FREE TO HAVE SOME WORDS, MR. FISHER. I AM OVERJOYED.

THIS ORGANIZATION MEANS A LOT TO ME.

WE LOVE YOU, FISH. WE LOVE YOU BACK.

WE'LL BE BACK. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, THE OTHER DAY I WAS IN MY OFFICE WITH.

DURING THE LANE NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS THE CFO AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT MICHAEL BROWN ATTENDED.

YOU ALL KNOW WHO MICHAEL BROWN IS.

HE WAS ON MY FOOTBALL TEAM.

AND ANOTHER KEY THAT WAS ON MY FOOTBALL TEAM.

NOW, MICHAEL BROWN WAS A WAS A KID THAT WOULD GET.

THEY GOT A LITTLE OUT OF LINE SOMETIMES, RIGHT? BUT THIS KID THAT I WAS TELLING DOCTOR MISS LANE ABOUT, HE WAS HE HAD A 23 ON THE ACT.

HE WAS AN ALL STATE WRESTLER.

HE LOOKED LIKE MIKE TYSON. AND I CALLED HIM MY SON.

HE WAS A VERY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER AS WELL.

AND I GOT WORD A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK SINCE I'VE BEEN IN CROWLEY THAT, UH, HE WASN'T DOING SO GOOD.

HE MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS BECAUSE SOME ADULTS MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

UM. IS IT IS, UH.

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I KNOW THIS KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO.

AND SO I GIVE YOU THAT LITTLE BRIEF SNIPPET BECAUSE THIS JOB MEANS MORE TO ME THAN THE JOB.

AND IT REALLY AND TRULY IS ABOUT MORE THAN BEING THE CFO.

IT'S ABOUT BEING AN EXAMPLE.

UM. AND DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

IT MEANS EVERYTHING. I APPRECIATE THE COMPLIMENTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, MR. FISHER. AWESOME.

WE'RE AT 12.10 EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS.

IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND GREGORY WILLIAMS FOR THE POSITION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DAVIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. TRUSTEE STEVENSON AND TRUSTEE GRASSIA.

THANK YOU. MOVE TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MR. WILLIAMS, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I WISH THE AGENDA ITEMS WERE SWITCHED SO I DON'T HAVE TO FIND THEM.

BUT I'M TRULY HUMBLED, UH, TRULY HUMBLED AND AND EXCITED TO, UH, LEAD THIS THIS DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW MY VISION AND WHAT WHAT I TRY AND STAND FOR.

I WANT TO, UH, BUILD CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMS HERE.

UH, I KNOW WHAT CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE, AND WE'RE GOING TO.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM THERE. UM, MY MY THING IS TO, TO HELP COACHES, HELP KIDS.

AND THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS.

BUILDING YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN.

THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FATHERS, GREAT MOTHERS, GREAT CITIZENS AND GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ACADEMICALLY SOUND.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT.

I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THERE YOU GO ON. I COULDN'T SEE EITHER ONE OF THEM SITTING OVER THERE, SO I DIDN'T ASK THEM TO STAND THERE.

THE WAY THIS ROBINSON HAS THIS.

OH, I UNDERSTAND.

SO IT'S NO SLIGHT AGAINST YOU GUYS.

IT'S JUST THAT I COULDN'T SEE YOU SITTING THERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE HERE.

OH, THEY FOLLOWED SUIT.

THEY STOOD UP? YES, THEY DID.

IT DID GOOD. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM, 12.11 EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR OUR ENERGY COORDINATOR.

IS THERE A MOTION? YES. I RECOMMEND ROBERT GREEN FOR THE POSITION OF ENERGY COORDINATOR AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. GRASSIA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

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

ALL IN FAVOR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANYONE FOR LETTING ME HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU GUYS WHAT I CAN DO FOR Y'ALL.

THANK YOU. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU, MR. GREEN.

CONGRATULATIONS. AWESOME.

GOOD. DR. MCFARLAND. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:33 P.M..

HAVE A GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

ALL RIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.