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>> GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY CALL TO
[1.0 Call to Order]
ORDER THE COLD MEETING OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CERTIFY THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 551.041 SUBCHAPTER C, GOVERNMENT CODE AS AMENDED BY THE 73RD LEGISLATURE.PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MR. [INAUDIBLE]
TRUSTEE PLACE 1 NETO ROBINSON?
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 2, DR. LATANYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD, TRUSTEE PLACE 3, DR. MIA HALL.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 4 JUNE W. DAVIS.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 5 DARYL OR DAVIS II, TRUSTEE PLACE 6 GARY GRASSIA.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 7 CLICHE STEVENSON.
>> AND SUPERINTENDENT DR. MICHAEL MCFARLAND.
>> I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THE MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE BOARD ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AS A CELEBRATION OF ACHIEVEMENT.
REVIEW INFORMATION AND MAKE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF CROWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE TIME DESIGNATED FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
DECORUM AND COURTESY ARE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR COMMUNICATION DEVICES BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND YOUR INTERESTS AND CROWLEY ISD SCHOOLS.
THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 2.0.
[2.0 Celebrations / Board Points of Pride]
CELEBRATION BOARD POINTS OF PRIDE.TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE ANY? MS. ROBINSON.
>> MINE IS REGARDING SUMMER GRADUATION.
WE HAD NINE INSPIRATIONAL STUDENTS FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL WHO STARTED NEW CHAPTERS IN THEIR LIVES AFTER EARNING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AT THE SUMMER GRADUATION ON AUGUST 29TH.
CONGRATULATIONS GO OUT TO; [INAUDIBLE] SALVADOR MENDOZA, JORDAN CANLY, HANNAH CLINTON, WESLEY LUIZ, ISRAEL PARKER, [INAUDIBLE].
THEIR HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION PAID OFF. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU. SO MINE IS ABOUT MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY.
ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH, CISD WAS HONORED TO HOST PUBLIC EDUCATION LEADERS FOR THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCIES, TEXAS STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE.
THESE ADMINISTRATORS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, OBSERVING HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY, CROWLEY UNIFIED.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN LISTENING TO THE TEACHERS TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY INSTRUCTION.
ONE THING THEY SAID THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME IS THAT STUDENTS ARE BEGINNING TO BELIEVE THEY CAN ACHIEVE.
AND TO ME, THAT MEANS VOLUMES BECAUSE IF THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN ACHIEVE, THEN THEY CAN [APPLAUSE]
>> THE STAFF AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY IS REACHING OUT TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WITH TWO NEW PROBLEMS. MOMS IN SCHOOL SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS AND DAVID DADS WILL MEET DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO BEGIN BUILDING A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING, PLEASE CONTACT THE CAMPUS BECAUSE WE NEED YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> CROWLEY ISD IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH ITS TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY THAT WILL ALLOW THE UNIVERSITY TO PLAY ITS HOME FOOTBALL GAME AT THE CROWLEYISD MULTI-PURPOSE STADIUM FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS PARTNERSHIP INCLUDE ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS CAN ATTEND TEXAS GAMES FOR FREE, EXPOSURE TO PARTNERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP, AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ATHLETES.
WE APPRECIATE TEXAS WESLEYAN AND WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME THEM TO THE CISD FAMILY.
WE ARE ONE TEAM WITH ONE DREAM. [APPLAUSE]
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>> I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL RECENTLY RECEIVED WEEKLY HONORS FROM DAVID CAMPBELL'S TEXAS FOOTBALL.
HEAD COACH CARLOS LIME WAS NAMED 6A HEAD COACH OF THE WEEK AFTER THE EAGLES IMPRESSIVE 43-14 WIN OVER MANSFIELD, LAST FRIDAY.
DAVE CAMPBELL ALSO RECOGNIZED SCHOLAR ATHLETE MARCO SLATE AND MIGHTY EAGLE BAND MEMBER, PHILIP CARDOZA, WITH $250 SCHOLARSHIPS. WAY TO GO. [APPLAUSE]
>> THIS IS REGARDING THE FAITH-BASED LUNCHEON.
ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH, CROWLEY ISD HOSTED 28 GUESTS FROM 14 CHURCHES AND SEVEN GUESTS FROM FIVE ADDITIONAL FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS AT OUR ANNUAL FAITH-BASED PARTNERS LUNCHEON.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY, SO LEADERS HAD A CHANCE TO MEET PRINCIPALS, SHARE INFORMATION, AND GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. [APPLAUSE]
>> NUMBER 2 IS REGARDING MARY HARRIS ELEMENTARY.
THEY COLLABORATE WITH ADVANCES CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC THROUGH OUT THE WORLD, IS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND CONCERT SERIES IS EMBODIED IN ENDURING COMMITMENT TO ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.
AND IN THIS FEBRUARY OF NEW ARTISTS.
SO HAVING THEM IN MARY HARRIS ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH FOR THIS SPECIAL TREAT.
THEY PERFORM AND SHOW STUDENTS HOW MATH CAN BE USED IN MUSIC.
WE APPRECIATE THE CLIENT. [APPLAUSE]
>> FACULTY, WE ADMIT THAT WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE OUR TIME OF GRADUATION.
NINE INTER-REGIONAL STUDENTS BEING PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
>> YOU SAID THAT. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> BUT I DID WANT TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE OK MONTH THIS PAST WEEK AND WE DID A SMALL LITTLE SEGMENT OR WHATEVER.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE OK MONTH ELEMENTARY FOR WELCOMING ME IN AND THE KINDERGARTENERS THAT WE GOT TO PLAY WITH, WE DID SUE DOCS AFFIRMATIONS AND I GOT TO SING WITH THEM AND THEN IT WAS FANTASTIC.
[LAUGHTER] THE LITTLE KIDS KNOCKED IT OUT, SO I HAD A GREAT TIME.
THANK YOU, MS. NELSON, FOR HELPING ME, IT'S GREAT.
[APPLAUSE] THAT IS GOING TO BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 3.0,
[3.0 Superintendent Report]
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, DR. MCFARLAND.>> WELL, MR. VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, I GOT A COUPLE OF ITEMS I JUST LIKE TO SHARE AND REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHT.
REALLY WHEN WE STARTED THIS YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IDEA OF ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM AND I WAS ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES WHAT DOES ONE TEAM AND ONE DREAM MEAN.
WHAT I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IS THAT STARTING NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONDAY, I BELIEVE PERSONALLY WE'LL BE HAVING A VIRTUAL ONLINE SESSIONS WITH PARENTS AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON AND THEN AGAIN, I BELIEVE AT SIX O'CLOCK.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THE EVERY FIRST MONDAY?
>> KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS ONCE A MONTH ON MONDAYS.
WE'LL GET THE WORD OUT AND WE JUST WANT TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN A CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW REALLY WHAT OUR PARENTS AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANT FROM THEIR SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO TO SHARE WITH THEM WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM.
WHAT WE MEAN IS THAT WE WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS GET THE ABSOLUTE BEST IF THEY GET EXCELLENCE AND REALLY GET A CHANCE TO DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS.
LISTEN TO PARENTS TO TELL IT SO THEY CAN TELL US WHAT THAT MEANS SO THAT WE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
THAT'S COMING IN SO DEFINITELY STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
ALSO, I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM THEY HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB NOT ONLY WITH THE BOND PROJECT, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO DO AMAZING JOBS.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO UPLIFT OUR TEAM LED BY MR. KIRSCHNER AND THE WHOLE GROUP, DOUGLAS AND MIDDLETON AND ANDY AND MS. SMITH ALL OF YOU DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB BECAUSE THEY DO THE WORK THAT THEY DO, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY AND FORMING WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING.
I WANT TO REALLY POINT SOMETHING OUT TO YOU ALL THIS WEEK.
WE HAVE BEEN INTENTIONAL THIS YEAR
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ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR CAMPUS NEWSLETTERS ARE GOING OUT.I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS OF MARY HARRIS.
THEY'VE HAD OVER 3,000 VIEWS OF THEIR CAMPUS NEWSLETTER THIS YEAR, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
ACTUALLY, EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS WHERE MARY HARRIS HAS 3,000, OAKMAN HAS 1,894.
NOW A PARENT'S GOING IN, READ AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELS ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS BUT ALLEY HAS 667 VIEWS OF THEIR NEWSLETTERS.
THEN EVEN AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, CROWLEY NIGHT 1,326, AND THEN NORTH CROWLEY NIGHT 1378, AND THEN CROWLEY COLLEGIATE IS 1,000, SO WE ARE CLOSELY ENGAGING WITH PARENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE WANT TO BE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT SENDING PARENT COMMUNICATION ON A WEEKLY OR BI-WEEKLY BASIS AND THESE PRINCIPLES ARE REALLY RESPONDING ON OUR WEBSITE FOR PARENTS.
IF YOU CLICK ON THE LINK, THERE'S A SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTORY AND SOCIAL MEDIA NEWSLETTER DIRECTORY.
YOU CAN SEE OUR CAMPUS NEWSLETTERS, OUR CAMPUS SOCIAL MEDIA THERE.
THANK YOU DOUGLAS FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER AS WELL AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, SO I'M DEFINITELY PROUD OF THAT.
ALSO IN THE STUDENT SERVICES AREA, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT MR. VANCAMPIN, I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALL RECEIVE THE UPDATES THAT WE SEE IN ABOUT MEDICAL SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR IN OUR DISTRICT BUT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEDICAL SITUATIONS AS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME VERY INTENTIONAL FORESIGHT LAST YEAR, I THINK BOARDS YOU REMEMBER APPROVING A POLICY.
THE POLICY ALLOWED US TO HAVE MEDICINE ON CAMPUS IN CASE WE NEEDED IT AND WE NEEDED IT.
WE ARE DEFINITELY THANKFUL TO MR. VANCAMPIN FOR LOOKING FORWARD DOWN THE ROAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED EVEN BEFORE WE NEED IT AND THAT'S CRITICAL AND WE THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO ALWAYS BE DOING THAT.
AS IT RELATES TO SAFETY AND SECURITY, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND SO WE ARE COMPLETING WHAT'S CALLED A DISTRICT AUDIT REPORT, WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THIS REPORT.
IT'S ABOUT A 500 PAGE REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH OTHERS HAVE COMPLETED THE REPORT.
YOU ALL WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT REPORT EVERY YEAR TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE HAD ALL THE UNNECESSARY DRILLS, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY MITIGATION EFFORTS TO ENSURE SAFETY ON CAMPUS.
THEY'VE DONE IT AND COMPLETED THAT AND THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED THIS WEEK AS WELL.
ALSO IN OUR STUDENTS SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ONE THING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU ALL IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IMPACTING THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF OUR STUDENTS BUT WE'RE ALSO WILL BE IMPACTING OUR PARENTS.
I WANT TO JUST TAKE MR. MUHAMMAD FOR WORKING WITH TARRANT COUNTY WORKFORCE, I BELIEVE, IN HELPING US TO GET ADULT EDUCATION COURSES HERE IN CROWLEY ISD.
THAT'LL BE STARTING PRETTY SOON.
WE SIGNED AN MOU, IT'S ONLY FREE ADULT ED CLASSES FOR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE A CERTIFICATION, ACQUIRE THEIR HIGH-SCHOOL EQUIVALENT AND SO REALLY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIPE AS WELL.
THEN THE LAST ITEM, OUR TELERIK COUNTY FOOD BANK.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH TELERIK COUNTY FOOD BANK IN THE PAST, HAS BEEN A JACKET GARDEN.
THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE MOVED TO NORTH CROWLEY.
A LITTLE BIT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A WIN-WIN BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR STUDENTS BEING ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SO IT WAS JUST PERFECT TO BE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS SO NOW WE CAN LEVERAGE STUDENTS WHO ARE PART OF ALL THE CLUBS AND GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS THEY NEED ME TO SERVE AS OURS.
IT MAKES IT EASY FOR THEM TO GET IT AND WE STILL ABLE TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'LL BE STARTING, I BELIEVE, THE LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
[OVERLAPPING] STARTS TOMORROW? THE 20TH, NEXT WEEK.
BUT WE DO NEED VOLUNTEERS AND IT'D BE GREAT ON THEIR FIRST DAY.
WE CAN REALLY SHOW UP AND REALLY MAKE SURE IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING IT IN OVERCROWDED, SO WE KNOW WILL HAVE TRAFFIC WRAPPED AROUND THE BUILDING, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND WE DEFINITELY COULD USE ANY HELP TO HELP GET THAT GOING.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW ITEMS THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CLASSROOM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARENTS ARE ENGAGED, OUR STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IMPACTED IN A POSITIVE WAY.
THE LAST THING IS ACCOUNTABILITY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE WAS A MESSAGE SENT OUT TODAY FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND IT BASICALLY STATES THAT THEY WILL BE DELAYING THE ISSUANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS.
WE THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A TRANSPARENT SYSTEM AND SO WE DEFINITELY TIME FOR THE TA HAS DECIDED TO DO THAT.
WE'VE GOT TO STAY ENGAGED AND IN COMMUNICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THE SYSTEM THAT COMES OUT WHENEVER IT'S RELEASED IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
AGAIN BOARD THOSE ARE THE THINGS I HAVE FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR ALSO BEING FLEXIBLE TO MEET TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> GOT THE REPORT, I COMMENT A QUESTION.
KUDOS TO OFFLINE AND THE OTHER CAMPUS THAT HAD THE LARGE NUMBER OF PARENTS READING THE NEWSLETTER?
DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO ENGAGE HARRIS
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AT A LEVEL SO THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT OR WHAT IS THE SECRET SOURCE DO WE HAVE?I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THOSE CAMPUSES THAT ARE REALLY HAVING SOME GOOD FEEDBACK AND GOOD EXPERIENCES AND SO WE'LL BE SHARING THAT WITH OTHERS.
WE'LL BE ALLOWING PRINCIPALS WHERE IT'S REALLY PERFORMING TO SHARE WITH OTHER PRINCIPLES THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY'RE USING.
NOW, SOME PRINCIPLES ARE ACTUALLY USING A LOOM AND OTHER VIDEO MECHANISM TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE COULD TRACK BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> [INAUDIBLE] DRIVING COMMUNITY AND THEN JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR PARENTS ARE EDUCATED AND ESPECIALLY THEY'RE UNDER EDUCATED AND UNDEREMPLOYED AND THEY HAD THIS FEELS LIKE [INAUDIBLE] AGREE WEBCAM EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT YOU'RE IN YOUR EDUCATION ALSO PLUS OUR EDUCATION PIPELINE.
WE WILL DELAY OUR STUDY SESSION ITEMS SLIGHTLY UNTIL A LITTLE BIT LATER.
OUR NEXT AGENDA IS GOING TO BE 5.0 OPEN FORM AND NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM THIS EVENING SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.0 BECAUSE OF CONSENT AGENDA.
[6.0 Consent Agenda]
ITEM 6.1, APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA.ITEM 6.2, APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD FOR HF STEVENS, MIDDLE-SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT AND ELEMENTARY CAMPUS SECURITY FENCING, 6.3 REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR TWO PURCHASE OF TWO REFRIGERATED TRUCKS AND 6.4 RENEWAL OF CONTRACT FOR CARIES REMOVAL OF KITCHEN CLEAN UP SERVICES. IS THERE A MOTION?
>> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 6.3
>> THAT'S WITH MS. DAVIS. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> [INAUDIBLE]. YES, WE CAN DO IT ON THE COMPUTER.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, AND WHICH BRINGS US TO 7.1.
[7.0 Future Action Item(s)]
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA AND NO ACTION IS NEEDED.WHICH BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 7.2 SENATE BILL 9 CURRICULUM.
MS. TRINA LANE WOULD PRESENT THIS ITEM [INAUDIBLE] MR. VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE MS. LANE HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. MS. LANE.
GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT GRASSIA, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCFARLAND.
THIS SENATE BILL 9 CURRICULUM PRESENTATION ALIGNS WITH OUR GOALS 1, 2 AND 3.
SENATE BILL 9 CURRICULUM REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO OFFER CURRICULUM TO STUDENTS IN THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY, FAMILY VIOLENCE, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY DATING VIOLENCE, SECONDARY ONLY, AND SEX TRAFFICKING.
OUR DISTRICT MET WITH OUR SHACK GROUP ON AUGUST 24, AND WE HAD A GROUP OF PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LOOK OVER THIS CURRICULUM THAT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
IT WAS ADOPTED THE MONIQUE BURR FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN.
THEY HAVE NBFC, CHILD SAFETY MATTERS IS A COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS K THROUGH FIVE, AND THEY HAVE A TEEN SAFETY MATTERS THAT'S ALSO AGE APPROPRIATE FOR NINTH THROUGH 12TH AND SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS.
IT COVERS BULLYING, CYBERBULLYING, AND ALL TYPES OF ABUSE, INCLUDING RELATIONSHIP ABUSE, DIGITAL DANGEROUS, AND EXPLOITATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
WITH THE WOMEN'S CENTER, THEY PROVIDE THE OPT-IN LETTER THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
THIS IS A MANDATORY TRAINING, BUT PARENTS DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPT IN, NOT OPT OUT, WHICH MEANS THAT WITHIN 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION, COUNSELORS WILL ISSUE THE LETTERS OUT AND PARENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
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TO OPT IN TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS BE PROVIDED THIS TRAINING CURRICULUM.IF THEY OPT OUT OR IF THEY DON'T RETURN THE LETTER TO OPT IN, THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE INTERNET SAFETY PRESENTATIONS THAT STUDENTS WILL BE OFFERED SO THEY WON'T FEEL SLIGHTED IN CASE THEIR PARENTS OPT OUT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE VIDEO FOR STUDENTS THAT OPT OUT AND DON'T RETURN, HOW LONG [INAUDIBLE] AND WHAT IS COVERED? I KNOW THAT IT'S YOU MEAN THE ONE IF THEY OPT IN.
IF THEY DON'T RETURN THE OPT-IN LETTER.
APPROXIMATELY IS 45 MINUTES AND SO IT WILL JUST DEAL WITH CYBER INTERNET SAFETY.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY OUT OF THE CURRICULUM, BUT IT'S NOTHING THAT WE HAVE TO GET AN APPROVAL FOR BECAUSE IT'S JUST INTERNET SAFETY AND THE DANGERS OF GOING ONLINE AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
COULD THIS BE DONE AT SCHOOL? YES, MA'AM. THIS WILL BE DONE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND WE WILL SCHEDULE IT THROUGH A COMMON CLASS ACCORDING TO WHATEVER THE PRINCIPAL OF THAT SCHOOL APPROVES. YOU'RE WELCOME.
[INAUDIBLE] YES. WE BROUGHT THE CURRICULUM TO OUR SHACK MEETING WITH MS. VANCAMPIN PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE A PART OF THAT SHACK COMMITTEE.
WE HAD SOMEONE FROM THE WOMEN'S CENTER COME, MICHELE DAVAR, AND SHE PRESENTED THE CURRICULUM AND INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO WHAT THE STUDENTS WOULD BE GIVEN.
IS THAT A REQUIREMENT FOR [INAUDIBLE].
YES, MA'AM. IT IS A REQUIREMENT.
IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE TAKE IT TO SHACK FIRST AND THEN WE BRING TO THE BOARD ONE CHECK, APPROVES THAT CURRICULUM AND THEN WE GO BEFORE YOU-ALL FOR FUTURE ACTION ITEMS. AND THE VIDEO THAT [INAUDIBLE] NO. THE MONIQUE BAR FOUNDATION, WHICH IS NORTHWEST ISD, IS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT THEY'VE APPROVED THE CURRICULUM FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
SO AS LOCAL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE AREA, WHOEVER THE WOMEN'S CENTER WORKS WITH, THAT'S THE CURRICULUM THAT THEY USE.
EVERYTHING IS PROVIDED [OVERLAPPING].
EVERYTHING IS PROVIDED FROM THEM, INCLUDING THE OPT-IN LETTERS.
I'M LOOKING HERE, AND SEX TRAFFICKING IS ONLY FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS YES, MA'AM.
THEN CHILD ABUSE INCLUDES ELEMENTARY.
WOULD SOMETHING LIKE SEX TRAFFICKING BE COVERED IN THE CHAPTER OF THIS PART OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
I'M ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE I SAW SOMETHING TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SEX TRAFFICKING AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOU PROBABLY SAW IT.
BUT A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL AND HE REALIZED THAT SOMEBODY WAS FOLLOWING HIM.
AT 10-YEARS OLD, HE HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO NOT PANIC.
HE WENT INTO A STORE AND WHISPER IT TO THE CLERK, PRETEND YOU ARE MY MOTHER.
THEN THE CLERK GAP BETWEEN THE KID AND THE PERPETRATOR, THEY STOOD AT THE DOOR.
SHE NEVER LEFT, BUT SHE WAS HANGING OUT THERE AT THE DOOR, I GUESS, IN HOPES THAT HE WOULD COME BACK AT.
WAS THAT GOING TO BE SEX TRAFFICKING.
WHO KNOWS HOW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.
BUT I'M JUST THINKING THAT FOR ELEMENTARY AGED KIDS, WILL SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES BE COVERED? AT THIS TIME, THAT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE CHILD ABUSE BECAUSE THEY MAKE IT AGE APPROPRIATE AND THE CURRICULUM WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS ARE ABLE TO APPROVE CERTAIN THINGS, SO THAT MIGHT BE A CONVERSATION THAT PARENTS HAVE WITH THEM.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOLS OVERWHELMINGLY GET SOMETHING FROM THE PARENTS, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOMETHING THAT'S AGE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO VIEW AS IT RELATES TO THAT STRANGER DANGER.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT OFTEN COUNSELORS MAKE GO OVER LESSONS WITH.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY COVER SEX TRAFFICKING, BUT JUST THE DANGERS OF BEING SAFE IN
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RUNNING IF YOU SEE A STRANGER AND NOT GOING WITH ANYONE YOU DON'T KNOW.BUT WHEN SPEAKING WITH SEX TRAFFICKING SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE COVERED, THAT PARTICULAR CURRICULUM WON'T COVER THAT AREA, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT JUST IN GOOD CHARACTER BUILDING LESSONS, IT CAN BE COVERED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YES, MA'AM.
[INAUDIBLE] IT'S ABOUT THE TRAINING.
JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MISS [INAUDIBLE] IS ALREADY SAYING IS THAT IF IT'S ALL BASED ON THE TIPS THAT ARE COVERED ARE WRITTEN INTO THE LAW.
JUST AS SHE WAS SAYING, YOU'VE COVERED IT BEAUTIFULLY WITH THE SAFETY AND AWARENESS BECAUSE THAT'S THE TRAINING THAT WE GIVE THE PEOPLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR ENVIRONMENT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT A SAFE ENVIRONMENTS VERSUS WHEN THEY FEEL, WHEN THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.
WHEN THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE, WHAT DO THEY DO? WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? IT'S VERY MUCH BUILT AROUND THAT.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT SEX TRAFFICKING LINGO, AND ALL THAT GOES IN THERE.
THEY DEFINITELY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU'RE PLAYING ROADBLOCKS AND SOMEBODY TRIES TO FRIEND YOU, THAT YOU DON'T KNOW AND THEY'RE SAYING THINGS TO YOU.
NOT FROM PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THEY TALK ABOUT.
NOW THEY ARE AGE-APPROPRIATE, AND THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION MAYBE [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T KNOW, PARTICULARLY, I KNOW THAT WE HAD AN AGENCY LAST YEAR TO COME SPEAK ABOUT THE SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE AREA.
AND THEY PROVIDE A SAFE HOUSE FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED SOMEWHERE TO GO FOR 24 HOURS WHILE THEY PROVIDE SAFETY.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EXACT AMOUNT.
I HAVE NO QUESTION I KNOW AS EDUCATED FROM A MANDATORY REPORTER.
SO THE ELEMENTARY [INAUDIBLE].
>> PART OF THE TRAINING, AS YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH PLAY IT SAFE.
FOR YEARS, THE SCHOOLS BEFORE THIS MANDATE, WE HAVE PLAY IT SAFE.
OFTEN THE COUNSELING OFFICE SAW AN UPRISE IN REFERRALS AND WE EXPECTED IT.
THAT'S PART OF THE COUNSELORS TRAINING THAT THEY KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT'S FRESH ON A STUDENT'S MIND AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH IF ABUSE OCCURRED OR DIDN'T OR IF THEY HEAR FRIEND TALKING.
WE'RE READY AND PREPARED TO TAKE THOSE REFERRALS FROM STUDENTS AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE REFERRAL TO CPS IF NECESSARY OR DELVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE STUDENT.
>> MAKES SURE THAT THE FIRST-PERSON [INAUDIBLE].
>> I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, IN REGARDS TO PARENTS, YOU SAID THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPTION FOR THEIR CHILD TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE VIDEO OR ONLINE.
>> AS FAR AS THE TRAINING THAT THE CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE ASKING ABOUT FOR FUTURE ACTION ITEMS, THEY DO.
IF WE DON'T RECEIVE AN OPT IN LETTER, WHICH IS BASICALLY THEM SAYING, I AGREE THAT TRINA WILL BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, THEN WE WILL NOT GIVE THAT PRESENTATION OR SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE STUDENT.
THEY WILL HAVE A SECONDARY TRAINING THAT THIS HAPPENED THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT WE CAN AVOID THE STUDENT NOT FEELING AS IF THEY'VE BEEN LEFT OUT OR SPITE IT.
THAT IS NOT REQUIRED THAT WE HAVE OPT IN LIGHTER FOR THAT ONE.
>> WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS, WHAT IF THE PARENT DOESN'T WANT YOU? HOW WOULD WE ADDRESS THAT?
>> BECAUSE IT'S AN AREA IN WHICH IT DOESN'T REQUIRE JUST LIKE OTHER CHARACTER BUILDING LESSONS AS TO GET PARENT PERMISSION FOR THAT LESSON THERE IS NOT A PROCESS, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT ONE IN PLACE IF YOU ALL FEEL THAT IT'S NECESSARY.
>> WELL, I WAS JUST ASKING IF YOU HAD A PLAN ALREADY FOR IF THEY DIDN'T WANT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE BUT WHAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT SUPPORT FROM THE PARENT TO ALLOW THEIR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER ONE, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
BUT I MEAN, OF COURSE, WE WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OUR PARENTS AND TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN PARTICIPATE SO THAT THEY CAN GAIN KNOWLEDGE FOR THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
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THE PLAN WAS THE ALTERNATIVE CURRICULUM THAT WOULD BE JUST GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION ABOUT INTERNET.
WE DON'T HAVE ONE FOR PARENTS TO OPT IN OR OPT OUT IF THE SECONDARY PLAN CAME ABOUT.
>> LAST QUESTION, WILL THE PARENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU'VE GOT TO PERSUADE A PARENT TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN HAVE IS IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARENT TO REVIEW THE VIDEO FIRST?
>> THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARENT TO REVIEW THE CURRICULUM ONLINE AND THERE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LIKE A PARENT WORKSHOP WHERE THE WOMEN'S CENTER WILL COME IN AND OFFER THAT TO PARENTS TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRICULUM?
>> ONE LAST THING I'M GLAD YOU HAVE AN OPTION OPT IN OR OPT OUT.
MAYBE THAT WILL SATISFY THE PARENTS THAT DON'T WANT THAT FOR THEIR CHILD AND THEY WON'T APPLY TO MAKE A DECISION ON EVERY BET.
THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION AT THEIR CHILD SO I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THINKING SLOW. THIS IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 7.3, STADIUM NAMING RIGHTS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
MR. FISHER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. DR. MCFARLAND?
>> MR. VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.
MR. FISHER IS HERE PREPARED TO PRESENT ITEM 7.3, MR. FISHER.
>> THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND. GOOD EVENING, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO OUR STADIUM NAMING RIGHTS, REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.
BOARD AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A LONG TIME.
WE FINALLY CLEARED SOME OF THE HURDLES RELATED TO THIS ITEM, AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO ADVERTISE THIS RFP IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.
BOARD, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASIONS.
THERE ARE 19 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENTS WITH PROSPER BEING ONE OF THOSE IN THE DFW AREA.
WE LOOKED AT PROSPERS AGREEMENT AND MODELED OUR AGREEMENT VERY MUCH AFTER PROSPER.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT AN UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MAXIMIZING POSSIBLE REVENUE STREAMS IN OUR DISTRICT.
THIS IS ONE OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS OUTSTANDING FACILITY THAT IS A REPRESENTATION OF EXCELLENCE IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF OUR FACILITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE WERE IN A BOND PROGRAM IS HOW WILL THE FACILITIES IMPACT THE GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET GOING FORWARD.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A REVENUE STREAM WITH OUR MULTI-PURPOSE STADIUM.
TEXAS WESLEYAN HAS ALSO DR. HALL, YOU MENTIONED THEM IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS.
TEXAS WESLEYAN HAS ALSO BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL TO US.
THE PARTNERSHIP, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM USING OUR STADIUM FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THEY'VE ALSO BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN INTRODUCING US TO POTENTIAL SUITORS FOR THE NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.
CISD WILL BE ASKING FOR WE'VE OFFERED OPTIONS IN THIS RFP PROPOSAL.
WE WOULD LIKE A 10-YEAR AGREEMENT AT THE PER ANNUM AMOUNT OF $250,000 PER YEAR, WHICH ULTIMATELY AGGREGATES TO 2.5 MILLION OVER THE TERM.
OR A SEVEN-YEAR AGREEMENT FOR $300,000 PER YEAR, WHICH WILL BE 2.1 MILLION OVER THE TERM, OR A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT AT $330,000 PER YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT $1.63 MILLION OVER THE TIME.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO BOARD IS JUST SHOWING YOU SOME PICTURES EXCUSE ME.
IF I COULD OF WHERE SOME OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE LOGOS MIGHT BE ON OUR MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS COMPLEX.
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YOU'LL SEE THE CANOPIES HERE.THIS IS THE COMMUNITY ROOM, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE TURF AREA, WHICH IS RIGHT UNDER THE SCHOOL BOARD, IF YOU WILL.
THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
WILL DISPLAY THE SPONSOR'S NAME ON THE VIDEO BOARD SO WE CAN RUN, WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN ANY COMMERCIALS THAT THEY MIGHT PRESENT TO US, ALL ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE GAME.
THAT'LL GIVE THEM A GOOD COVERAGE WITH OUR ATTENDEES AND ALSO YOU'LL SEE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED ON THE CANOPIES, BOTH ON THE THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND ON THE VISITOR INSURANCE.
WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE CANOPIES ARE AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR THE LOGO AND OR NAME OF THE POTENTIAL SUITOR FOR OUR NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.
THEN THIS IS THE VISITORS SIDE, IF YOU WILL, OF OUR FANTASTIC STADIUM.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION BOARD.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN THOSE NOW.
>> YES SO SOMEONE PRESENT A NAME IT'S A ONE ENTITY OR MULTIPLE [INAUDIBLE]
>> I RECEIVED IT. OUR PREFERENCES THAT IT IS ONE SPONSOR.
>> MR. FISHER. MY QUESTION IS, ARE THESE AMOUNTS NEGOTIABLE? LET'S SAY WE HAVE WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF WE HAVE COMPETING BIDS.
SOMEONE COMES IN, COMPANY A, SAYS, I WANT TO DO THE TEN YEAR, 250,000 A YEAR.
WE HAVE COMPANY B, THAT WANT'S TO DO THE SAME THING.
ARE WE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE TO SAY, OKAY COMPANY B IS WILLING TO 10 YEARS AT $250,000 OR ARE WE SIMPLY SELECTING ONE COMPANY OUT OF HOWEVER MANY WE HAVE AT A CERTAIN RATE, LIKE HOW IS THIS ELECTION PROCESS GO?
>> IT WILL BE BASED ON THE STATUTE, SECTION 43, BUT IN STATE CODE, BUT ACTUALLY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH POTENTIAL SUITORS, IF YOU WILL.
THANK YOU. WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ABSOLUTELY.
YOU PRESENTED THE LOCALS ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME. ARE THERE OPTIONS? LIKE THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT PICTURES.
IS IT GOING TO BE A ROUND STADIUM [INAUDIBLE]
>> THOSE WERE THE EXACT LOCATION THAT WE'RE OFFERING.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A, B, OR C.
>> MR. FISHER I WANT YOU TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS AND THEN I WANT TO DRAW DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE NAMING OF THE FACILITY, THE NAMING OF THE FIELD, THE NAMING OF THE COMMUNITY ROOM, NAMING OF THE PRESS BUT UNLIKE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, SO TALK TO US FIRST ABOUT JUST HOW YOU GOT THOSE NUMBERS AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM.
>> WE DID A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH ON WHAT THE MARKET RATES WERE FOR A FIELD NAMING RIGHTS.
WE FIRST STARTED WITH TYLER ISD, WE WENT TO PROSPER KATIE, I BELIEVE IT WAS AND SO WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO A NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT AND WE BELIEVE THAT OUR FACILITY HAVING APPROXIMATELY 8,000 STADIUM SEATS AND WHEN WE ADD ON THE FIELD, WE CAN ACTUALLY GET ALMOST UP TO 13,000 SEATS.
WE BELIEVE THAT OUR STADIUM REALLY IS DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER STADIUMS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD KNEW THIS.
WE HAVE THE LARGEST K-12 SCOREBOARD IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IT ALSO HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF CLARITY.
AS YOU GUYS SEE, OUR FANS ENJOYING THOSE GAMES EVERY GAME WHEN THE CAM COMES ON THE PEOPLE IN THE STANDS.
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DR. MCFARLAND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.WE MODELED AFTER EXISTING STADIUM AGREEMENTS AND CAME UP WITH THESE FIGURES.
>> THEN ALSO BOARD I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU IN SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE WE PUT TOGETHER A POLICY FOR ACTUAL NAMING OF FACILITY.
THIS IS DIFFERENT. ALTHOUGH WE CALL IT A NAMING RIGHTS THIS IS REALLY MORE SPONSORSHIP.
WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO WHERE YOU ALL WILL PULL A COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
WE SUBMIT NAMES AND WE CAN ACTUALLY NAME IT.
BUT THERE'S NO FUNDING NECESSARY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BUT THE FUNDING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
>> THAT'S CORRECT DR. MCFARLAND.
>> I THINK WHEN WE ARE IN OUR RFP WILL BE CLEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT MAY BE WHATEVER DISTRICT AS A SPONSOR BUT WE STILL MAY NAME THE FIELDS SOMETHING OR WHATEVER.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT [OVERLAPPING] YES.
WE ACTUALLY MODIFY THAT POLICY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 TO INCLUDE THE NAMING OF A DONOR, IF YOU WILL FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
>> DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE DIGITAL BANNER ACROSS DO THEY ALSO GET, I GUESS, ADVERTISING ON THAT AS WELL?
>> THAT IS AN ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. YES, SIR.
>> NOW AND ALSO ARE WE LOOKING TO EXPAND INTO THAT PLATFORM AS WELL FOR IT? I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. IT MAY BE THERE BUT ADVERTISING WITH THAT INITIAL BANNER THROUGH LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS ANOTHER AREA OF OPPORTUNITY.
>> I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN IT CAME OUT.
I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT ASSESSMENT AND I'LL BRING IT TO FRUITION.
AND I'M ALSO VERY GRATEFUL THAT PIP HAS A GREAT REPUTATION MAINTAINING ITS FACILITY, AND THEREFORE YOU CAN'T TELL A DIFFERENCE THERE WHERE IT DOESN'T TAKE SUCH GREAT CARE OF.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS IN TRYING TO CREATE A SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT I STAY [INAUDIBLE]
>> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T AFFORD TO GO OUT ON THIS BED.
SO THERE'S LIKE MAYBE A THREE-HOUR.
>> ABSOLUTELY. JUST THE STATEMENT.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION. WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING?
>> OCTOBER 6 WILL BE THE CLOSING DATE, I BELIEVE IT IS.
>> INTERESTS THAT WERE COMPETENT WITHIN THREE WEEKS.
>> THE NORMAL TIME FOR A POSTING OF AN ADVERTISEMENT IS 10 DAYS, IF YOU WILL AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A MARKET FOR IT OUT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO CAST OUR NET FAR AND WIDE AND WE'RE GOING TO HOPE AND BELIEVE THAT TRUSTEE ROBINSON SAID THAT A GREAT NAME WITHOUT HOPE AND BELIEVE THAT WILL MATERIALIZED.
>> HOW DO YOU VIEW THAT INFORMATION OUT SO THAT [INAUDIBLE]
>> SO WE WILL FORWARD THIS INFORMATION DEFINITELY THROUGH THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM BUT ALSO SEVERAL TRADE MAGAZINES AND NATIONALLY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT OUT THERE.
WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME CONTEXTS WITH LOCAL HOSPITALS WILL FORWARD IT DIRECTLY TO SOME OF THEM.
IT'LL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE OF COURSE.
THERE'S A NICE VIDEO THAT WE HAVE THAT DOESN'T FLY OVER AND IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY NICE.
IT REALLY SHOWS THE IMPACT OF THIS STADIUM AND WHAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE FOR A POTENTIAL SILVER.
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>> IN ADDITION, THERE'S A CATEGORY OF BUSINESSES THAT ENGAGE IN THIS KIND OF OPPORTUNITY SO WE'LL BE SENDING IT DIRECTLY.
WE WILL LOOK AT THE STADIUMS THAT HAVE NAMING RIGHTS ALREADY.
WE KNOW AS HOSPITALS, BANKS, CAR DEALERSHIPS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN SOME KIND OF SOMETIMES TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNICATION INSTITUTIONS SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND DIRECTLY TO THEM AS WELL BECAUSE IF THEY IF THEIR NAME SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE IN THEIR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DO IT HERE TOO.
BUT WE'LL BE AGGRESSIVE AND REALLY TRY TO DO THAT AND SO WHAT WE THINK AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS BY OCTOBER 6, WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF ABUSE THAT WE RECEIVE.
BUT IF WE DON'T WE CAN EXTEND AND CONTINUE TO EXTEND UNTIL WE GOT WHAT WE WANTED.
ALSO, I DEFINITELY WOULD BE LISTENING FOR THE BOARD FOR REALLY DIRECTION ON PUTTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO HELP US TO WALK THROUGH THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY ONLY LOOK AT THE TOP BIDDER.
I MEAN, THE QUESTION IS WHAT NAME DO WE WANT TO BE ON OUR FACILITY THAT INDICATES AND SUPPORTS WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING SO WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL OF THAT AS WELL.
>> WE DO SOMETHING SEPARATE [INAUDIBLE] SO THAT IS PART OF CISD STATE SO NAME RIGHT NOW OR JUST STAY WHATEVER WE DO SUBSEQUENT TO THAT.
THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NAMING RIGHTS OR SPONSORSHIPS ON THOSE FACILITIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY AND WE'RE CALLING IT NAMING RIGHTS I THINK WE POSTED IT AS WE SAID STADIUM NAMING RIGHTS.
SO WE HAVE TO DIFFERENTIATE. WE SAY STADIUM.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.
WE ALSO COULD HAVE NAMING RIGHTS, LIKE I MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY ROOM, THE FIELD AND ALL THOSE ARE SEPARATE, BUT WE HAVE TO ENTER NEGOTIATIONS AND IN THE POSTS WE WILL BE CLEAR.
THIS DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM NAMING FOR REACHING OUT TO ANOTHER COMPANY OR LOWER.
NORMALLY IT'S, YOU CAN'T COMPETE.
YOU CAN'T REACH OUT TO THE INDUSTRY THAT'S IN COMPETITION BUT IT COULD BE A HOSPITAL FOR THE STADIUM AND A CAR DEALERSHIP FOR THE COMMUNITY ROOM OR WHATEVER.
>> WELL, THIS IS A POSSIBLE, I'M SORRY, THIS IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM AND WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE NAMING RIGHTS.
THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 4.1, FINANCE 103.
[4.0 Study Session]
MR. FISHER WILL PRESENT.>> MR. VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.
WE ARE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT TONIGHT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT FINANCE.
A 103, MR. FISHER WILL GO IN DETAIL, JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR FINANCES AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
I'LL LET HIM GO THROUGH ALL THE OBJECTIVES BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY IS THAT IT'S A WORK SESSION AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO JUST REALLY TAKE OUR TIME, WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE WELCOME YOU TO STOP US, ASK QUESTIONS AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXPLAINING THIS IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN PROCESS.
WE DEFINITELY THANKFUL FOR THIS TIME, MR. FISHER.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN, DR. MCFARLAND AND AGAIN, MR. VICE PRESIDENT AND DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO PASS OUT. I HAVE A HANDOUT.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE SLIDES, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE EASIER FOR YOU TO READ SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON SOME OF THE CHARTS AND GRAPHS IF YOU HAVE THOSE HANDOUTS.
BOARD IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO COME BEFORE YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE FINANCE COMPONENT OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING NOW, DR. MCFARLAND HAS REALLY CHARGED US WITH ENGAGING IN ONE OF THE BEST PRACTICES OF FINANCE AND THAT IS PREPARING A LONG RANGE PLAN.
MOST OF THE TIME BOARD, WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THE FINANCES ON A VERY NEAR-TERM BASIS WE ARE APPROVING THE BUDGET, IF YOU WILL.
ALTHOUGH THE BUDGET HAS SOME LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS, BUT WE'RE APPROVING THE BUDGET AND IT IS SIMPLY A ONE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT, IF YOU WILL.
BUT DR. MCFARLAND HAS CHARGED US WITH BEGINNING TO WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLAN.
WE'LL BEGIN TO SEE THROUGH THAT LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN HOW SOME OF THOSE IMPACTFUL DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE SPECIFICALLY IN THIS LAST BUDGET CYCLE.
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WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LIVABLE WAGE FOR OUR PAIR OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.I'M TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASE FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE VERY COMPETITIVE IN TARRANT COUNTY.
WE RELIED ON THE STATE LEGISLATOR LEGISLATURE.
WE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE SOME ITEMS THERE. BUT IT'S OKAY.
WE STILL HOPE, WE KEEP HOPE ALIVE.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN COMPETITIVE AS AN ORGANIZATION.
BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO ANTHONY, JAMIE, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN THE EFFORT OF TIME.
I LIKED THIS RELAXED SETTING OR MORE RELAXED SETTING, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THESE THINGS BACK AND FORTH AND DIALOGUE.
I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
AS DR. MCFARLAND SAID, PLEASE STOP US AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE WILL WE WILL ATTEMPT TO FRAME MY RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
I BEGIN ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CISD FINANCE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE MANAGE THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES.
I BELIEVE IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES US THAT BASELINE, IF YOU WILL.
BOARD, YOU'VE HEARD, MS. ADRIAN AND I WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO REVENUE GENERATORS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS AGAIN, I'LL GIVE THEM A, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE ARE ESTIMATING, FOR INSTANCE, THE TAX COLLECTIONS.
OUR TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE REALLY BEEN REALIZED THAT ABOUT 99% ON OUR ANNUAL BASIS.
WE WILL REALLY BE CONSERVATIVE IN THAT AND MAYBE SAY THAT WE ONLY ARE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE 96%.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF BEING CONSERVATIVE IN ESTIMATING THE REVENUES IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE ALSO VERY AGGRESSIVE IN IDENTIFYING THE EXPENSE DRIVERS IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THAT AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE AVERAGE SALARY PERHAPS OF A TEACHER.
WE'VE BUDGETED AT THAT AVERAGE SALARY AT PERHAPS MAYBE THE 15-YEAR MARK AS OPPOSED TO THE FIRST-YEAR MARK.
WHAT WE KNOW IS MANY OF OUR TEACHERS COME IN AT THE FIRST YEAR SALARY, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS ATTEMPTED TO BUDGET, AGAIN, BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE TO BUDGET AT MAYBE THE MIDPOINT, IF YOU WILL.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE METHODS THAT ALLOW US TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH THE REVENUES AND THEN AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR EXPERIENCED DRIVERS.
WE HAVE A BUDGET MODEL THAT WE CALL IT STUDENT-CENTRIC.
BOARD WE PRESENTED TO YOU THE MODEL WHERE WE HAD THE TARGET.
FUNCTION 11 IS INSTRUCTION THAT IS INSIDE THE TARGET, THAT IS THE CENTER OF THE TARGET.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, IS THAT OUR BUDGET OR OUR STUDENT IN CLASSROOM CENTRIC BUDGET MODEL REALLY FOCUSES ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT CENTER IS PROTECTED.
FUNCTION 11 BOARD, YOU ALL, APPROVED THE BUDGET BY FUND AND FUNCTION, THAT FUNCTION 11 IS A PROTECTED SPACE.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO DECREASE BUDGET, IT WILL COME FROM OUTSIDE THAT CENTER OF OUR TARGET.
WHAT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT IS CONNECTING OUR EXPENSE DRIVERS TO OUR REVENUE GENERATORS.
YOU'LL SEE HERE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND HOW ENROLLMENT REALLY IMPACTS BOTH SIDES OF THE LEDGER, IF YOU WILL.
ENROLLMENT CAN BE AN EXPENSE DRIVER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO STAFF ON ENROLLMENT.
BUT IT CAN ALSO BE A REVENUE GENERATOR BECAUSE ULTIMATELY ENROLLMENT IT BECOMES AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OR ADA, SO STATE AID FROM THE STATE.
BOARD, YOU ALSO HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PROTECT OUR FUND BALANCE.
BOARD YOU'VE HAD A VERY CLEAR DIRECTIVE TO US THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE FOR OUR FUND BALANCE TO REMAIN IN THE AREA OF 18% THROUGH 20-25% OF OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND EXPENDITURES.
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THE FUND BALANCE.
THE LAST THING ON OUR FINANCIAL BIG SIX IS MAKING SURE THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING FUND BALANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CURRENT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF THEIR TAXES, AND THEIR INVESTMENTS IF EXCUSE ME, IN OUR DISTRICT IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
THERE'S A THERE'S A BALANCE THERE.
WE'VE MADE DECISIONS OUR BOARD AS AS YOU KNOW TO
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UTILIZE SOME OF THE FUND BALANCE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.WE MADE SOME DECISIONS TO UTILIZE A FUND BALANCE TO CONTINUE TO BE A VERY COMPETITIVE ORGANIZATION IN LIEU OF PARTICULARLY THIS MOST RECENTLY, THE LACK OF ACTION BY THE STATE LEGISLATOR.
BOARD YOU HAVE JUST BEFORE WE GO ON, LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR BIG SIX.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR POINTS OF CLARIFICATION THAT YOU HAVE A RELATIVE TO OUR BIG SIX FOR FINANCE? THANK YOU SIR. TONIGHT, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS JUST GO OVER THE OBJECTIVES OF OUR SESSION TONIGHT.
DEFINITELY, WE WANT THERE TO BE DIALOGUE, DISCOURSE.
BUT BORDER AGAIN, WE ARE PREPARING TO LAUNCH AN EFFORT TO CREATE A FIVE-YEAR LONG-RANGE PLAN.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS PREPARED WITH THE BASELINE KNOWLEDGE TO GUIDE US THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
TONIGHT, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THE ADAGE THAT SAYS THERE'S NO GREATER INDICATOR OF THE FUTURE THEN MAYBE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR PROCESS AND WE'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE'D LIKE YOU TO ENGAGE WITH US TONIGHT IN THAT PROCESS.
IS WE REVIEW THE 10-YEAR FINANCIAL TRENDS.
WE'LL EVEN HAVE DR. MCFARLAND AND ACTIVITY FOR THE BOARD TO ENGAGE JUST AS WE DO AND MAKING PROJECTIONS.
GET READY FOR THAT BOARD. BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL REVIEW THE 10-YEAR FINANCIAL TRENDS.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT, AND I'VE INDICATED THAT ON YOUR HANDOUT, THOSE TRENDS, THOSE VERY IMPORTANT KEY INDICATORS, IF YOU WILL.
THERE ARE MORE, BUT THESE ARE REALLY THE MOST SALIENT POINTS, IF YOU WILL, RELATIVE TO THE FINANCE AND THE BUDGET.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT FUND BALANCE.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE 10 YEAR TREND OF FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS AN INDICATOR OF OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, WHICH AS I DISCUSSED EARLIER, ARE INEXPENSIVE DRIVER BUT ALSO ULTIMATELY END UP BEING A REVENUE DRIVER AS WELL IN ADA.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEIR ADAS RIGHT THERE.
ADA AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE PROJECTIONS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TAX RATE AND THE HISTORY OF OUR TAX RATE HERE IN CROWLEY ISD OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.
THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT REVENUE ESTIMATES AND EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES.
THE NEXT THING WE'D LIKE TO DO IS REALLY JUST WALK YOU THROUGH AGAIN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE ORGANIZATION.
WE'LL REVIEW OUR RECENT FIRST RATING, THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY SYSTEM OF TEXAS FIRST RATING.
WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT IN A FORMAL WAY, A FORMAL MANNER, PROBABLY IN OCTOBER.
BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT RATING, WHAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE.
THEN WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE STADIUM NAMING RIGHTS, OUR ATTEMPT TO MAXIMIZE EXISTING REVENUE STREAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL DO IS TALK ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE, BOARD, WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL PROPERTIES THAT WE HOLD.
BUT WE'VE ENGAGED IN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE WOULD USE THE 56 ACRES, OR PERHAPS ON HULU ENROLLED FOR THIS NEW BOND ISSUANCE.
MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER CAMPUS TO GO STRATEGICALLY IN THAT LOCATION.
AS YOU KNOW BOARD, THERE ARE SEVERAL HOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE SPROUTING UP AROUND THAT.
IT MAY BE STRATEGICALLY INTELLIGENT, IF YOU WILL, TO PLACE A CAMPUS THERE AT THAT SITE. YES, SIR.
>> SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM WORKS TO GENERATE GRANTS.
WHERE IS THAT REFLECTED HERE IN THESE TOP SIX? IS THAT MAYBE A REVENUE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY GRANTS TYPICALLY RECEIVED RAPIDLY HERE, SO WE CAN PLAN FOR THOSE OR [INAUDIBLE]?
>> WITH THE GRANTS, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY BUDGET FOR BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET.
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THAT'S ALWAYS AFTER THE FACT.WE REALLY TRIED TO STICK TO 199 IN THIS PRESENTATION OF THE GENERAL FUND.
>> NAPOLEON IS A REVENUE-GENERATING DIVISION.
>> AS WE MOVE ON TO REVENUE GENERATORS, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO INDICATE HERE WAS THE REVENUE PER STUDENT.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? AS A PARENT OR A STAKEHOLDER IN OUR DISTRICT, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH DOES THIS DISTRICT HAVE AND HOW MUCH DOES IT ALLOCATE ON A PER STUDENT BASIS TO EDUCATE MY STUDENT.
IF WE WERE SHAREHOLDERS IN A PUBLIC CORPORATION, WE WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT EARNINGS PER SHARE.
THIS IS SYNONYMOUS OR ANALOGOUS TO THAT AS WELL.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THE TREND, IF YOU WILL, ON OUR REVENUE PER STUDENT CALCULATION.
THIS IS BOARD, THIS IS SIMPLY THE REVENUE FOR THE IDENTIFIED YEARS DIVIDED BY THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
THIS IS ALL GENERAL FUND AS WELL.
OUR REVENUE PER STUDENT IS MUCH HIGHER, I SHOULD SAY, IF WE INCLUDE THE GRANT FUNDS THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVES.
>> MR. FISHER AND LOOKING AT THAT CHART AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO GO OVER, BUT 20/21, YOU'RE AT 10-4 AT 21/22 YEARS AT 10-1 AND NOW IT'S NOW DROPPED TO 9700.
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT DRIVE THAT NUMBER?
>> WHAT YOU ALSO SEE WHEN WE GO TO ENROLLMENT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE MANY MORE STUDENTS.
THAT IS A FACTOR IN THAT AS WELL. I'M SORRY.
NO, YOU'RE RIGHT ON IT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YOU ALSO GOING TO SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS, IF YOUR ATTENDANCE RATE DIDN'T ALSO INCREASE, THEN THE MORE STUDENTS MAY NOT GENERATE MORE REVENUE.
WHAT THEY WILL DO IS GENERATE MORE EXPENSE.
BUT BUT YEAH, YOU'LL SEE THAT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE.
>> THEY ARE NOT. BOARD, AND ALSO, IN MY HASTE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE NUMBERS REPRESENTATIVE IN ANY OF THE COLUMNS IN 2022, 23 ARE UNAUDITED.
ALL OF THEM ARE UNAUDITED AS WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW.
IF SO, NOW AS WE TURN THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE AGAIN OUR CISD ENROLLMENT.
HERE YOU SEE THE DUALITY, IF YOU WILL, OF THAT ENROLLMENT AS DR. MCFARLAND ALLUDED TO EARLIER, AS A REVENUE DRIVER AND AN EXPENSE DRIVER.
YOU'LL SEE THE GROWTH IN OUR ENROLLMENT.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT OF 23, 24 AT APPROXIMATELY 17,805 STUDENTS.
NOW THAT NUMBER DOES INCLUDE SOME PENDING APPLICATIONS, BUT WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT GROWTH.
YOU'LL SEE HERE A LITTLE BIT LATER AND I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF, BUT DEFINITELY IT IS IN KEEPING WITH WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHER PROJECTED, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH MODEL. DOCTOR.
>> WE WILL GIVE YOU A SECOND JUST TO LOOK AT THE TREND AND THINK ABOUT THE SLIDE BEFORE.
AS WE INCREASE THE FISHING, I HAD A CONVERSATION THAT'S EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS CHART AND HE HAD IT AS AN EXPENSE DRIVER AND I HAD IT AS A REVENUE GENERATOR.
IT'S ACTUALLY BOTH. BUT HE'S LOOKING AT PAYMENT IS GOING TO COST US MONEY AND I'M LIKE WE MAKING MONEY.
IT'S LESS THAN OKAY. WE WILL MEET IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT'S WHY WE GOT THE LITTLE DASH IN THERE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER THING IS AS IT RELATES TO THE 23/24, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 800 STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THAT APPENDING AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT NUMBER IS GOING UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
I KNOW HE'LL GET TO THIS, BUT AS WE'RE BUDGETING, THAT'S THE NUMBER WE GOT TO BLEND IT ON.
EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT WE WON'T HAVE 100% ATTENDANCE.
WHICH IS WHY WE WERE ADVOCATING WITH THE LEGISLATORS TO SAY WE DIDN'T GET FULL OF FUNDING ON ENROLLMENT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WAS DRIVING THAT EXPENSE.
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>> WHERE IS OUR ATTENDANCE RIGHT NOW?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE HAVE ADA IN HERE IN A SECOND.
YOU'LL SEE THE CHART. IT IS ACTUALLY NOT.
WHEN WE SAY ATTENDANCE RATE, WE'RE NORMALLY IN A MARKET IN HIS DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE PULLING ATTENDANCE RATE AND NORMALLY AS A PERCENTAGE IS WHAT THEY USE.
BUT FROM A FINANCE STANDPOINT, WE ACTUALLY USED THE ACTUAL NUMBER.
HE'LL GET MAIN TALKS ABOUT AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
IT'S A CALCULATED NUMBER THAT WE CAN HAVE.
WE'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A SECOND.
AGAIN, TO DR. MCFARLAND'S POINT JUST A SECOND AGO.
THE WAY I WAS LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT AND THE WAY DR. MCFARLAND WAS LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT.
IF YOU'LL SEE IT HERE, THERE'S A NARRATIVE THAT SPEAKS TO THAT AS WELL.
BUT STAFFING AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL IS DRIVEN BY OUR PROJECTED STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
STAFFING OBVIOUSLY IS AN EXPENSE.
BUT OUR DEMOGRAPHER REPORTS ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO THIS PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A SAMPLE OF OUR DEMOGRAPHER REPORTS HERE IN A SECOND.
BUT ALSO CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO CAMPUS CAPACITY AND OTHER PROGRAM OFFERINGS.
THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES ARE ALSO TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS DR. MCFARLAND AND HIS ACADEMIC STAFF ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO STAFF A CAMPUS, BUT ALSO HOW TO ROUTE AND DIRECT STUDENTS BASED ON THE CAPACITY OF A PARTICULAR CAMPUS.
>> MR. FISHER, I DID HAVE A QUESTION, SAW THE REVENUE ON THIS DRIVER, IS THAT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR NUMBERS AND THERE IS THE 2016 729.
IS THAT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? IS THAT WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE?
>> THAT WAS ACTUALLY A SNAPSHOT DATA FOR 2022/23.
>> ALL THE NUMBERS BEFORE 23/24, ARE SNAPSHOT NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN AUDITED, SO THEY'RE ALL ACTUAL NUMBERS.
BUT NOW 23/24, THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CHANGE?
>> NOW I AM ON THE PAGE THAT SAYS CISD ENROLLMENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. THIS IS OUR DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT.
>> FISHER, LET'S GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO JUST REVIEW THAT.
I KNOW YOU ALL SEEN THAT, BUT JUST TAKE A SECOND TO REVIEW THIS AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM.
BOARD, IT MAY BE GOOD IF YOU WERE TO TURN BACK TO THE CISD ENROLLMENT, THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT SHEET, AND JUST BEND IT DOWN AND LAY IT UP AGAINST THE PROJECTION.
THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHER TELLS US, AND THIS IS WHAT ACTUALLY USED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT JUMP OUT AT YOU?
ONE THING I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO IT, BUT, ONE THING THAT MAKES SCHOOL FINANCE SO DIFFICULT IS THAT WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TEN YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WAS PREDICTED TO HAPPEN.
THEN WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY TELL THE STATE WHAT WE THINK OUR REVENUE WOULD BE, OR WHAT WE THINK OUR ENROLLMENT WILL BE TWO YEARS AHEAD OF TIME.
THAT'S WHY UNDERSTANDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE SO CRITICAL.
>> ABSOLUTELY. DR. MCFARLAND, I ALWAYS MAKE A JOKE ABOUT MY ATTENDANCE PROJECTION.
ONE THING I KNOW IS I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE WRONG.
BECAUSE I'M MAKING THAT PREDICTION TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE.
I'M LOOKING AT IT AND MAKING IT TO DR. MCFARLAND BASED UPON TRENDS IN THE DISTRICT.
IN ANY EVENT, WHAT YOU SEE THAT IT'S CLEARLY EVIDENT RIGHT HERE AS TRUSTEE ROBINSON POINTED OUT IS THAT WE ARE ALREADY ON THE HIGH-GROWTH SIDE, THE AGGRESSIVE MODEL, IF YOU WILL.
IT REALLY LINES UP WITH WHAT WE WERE TELLING OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT GROWTH.
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IT'S NOT COMING, IT'S HERE.ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE PREPARE FOR THAT AS STAFFING FOR THAT GROWTH.
>> MR. FISHER, THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE ON THE AGGRESSIVE SIDE, BUT WE'VE ALREADY MATCHED OUR 2025 MEDIAN NUMBERS.
WE'VE ALREADY MATCHED THAT. WE'VE EXCEEDED THAT NUMBER, THE 17755.
EVEN FOR THE 25-YEAR, WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THAT ONE.
>> THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE, MR. GRASSIA, SO NOW KNOWING THAT, WE HAVE THE STAFF ACCORDING TO THAT.
OTHERWISE, WE HAVE CLASSES THAT ARE OVERFLOWING BECAUSE WE DON'T.
YOU ALL SEE THE RELATIONSHIP IT'S A CYCLE.
IT TAKES REALLY VERY DILIGENTLY AND IT CAN'T METHODICALLY GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN JANUARY? WE DON'T KNOW.
ANYWAY, IT CREATES IT, IT DEFINITELY IS A CHALLENGE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE LOOKING.
ACTUALLY, FISHER AND I DISAGREED ON THIS WHEN HE WENT OUT ON THIS SIDE.
BUT I WAS LIKE, WE NEED A 10-YEAR PLAN AND HE LIKE MEN, WE REALLY NEED A FIVE-YEAR PLAN BECAUSE WE CAN'T LOOK TEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE.
TEN YEARS OLD THINKING AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE'RE SAYING, FIVE YEARS, LET'S PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION TO WHERE AT LEAST FOR FIVE YEARS WILL BE SOLID.
THAT'S WHAT REALLY THE GOAL TONIGHT IS ABOUT DOING THAT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. IF WE SEND THE STATE PROJECTIONS TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE, IN 2022 WE PROJECT FOR 2024 AND OUR PROJECTIONS WAS LOWER THAT THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE, WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
>> GREAT QUESTION. LET ME RESTATE YOUR QUESTION TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT AND THE OFFICIAL YOU JUMP IN AND ANSWER.
IF WE SEND A STATE A LOWER NUMBER THERE WOULD ACTUALLY SHOWS UP, THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO US AS FAR AS REVENUE IS CONCERNED? IT'S REALLY A CASH FLOW DECISION AT THAT POINT, AND WHAT THAT REQUIRES IS WE WILL BE LIMITED ON OUR AVAILABLE CASH FLOW TO PAY THOSE TEACHERS THAT WE KNEW WE HAD TO HIRE.
IT BECOMES ONE OF THOSE A CATCH-22 IF YOU WILL AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNEW, CAN?
>> I THINK THE MISSING THING MAY NOT EVEN BE A HIGHLIGHT IS IT HOW THE FUNDING IS GIVEN? WE'RE GETTING FUNDING TWO YEARS OUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT BASICALLY BEGIN TO LOWER THE NUMBER WE'RE NOT GETTING ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'RE ENTITLED TO BE OPERATING ON THAT MONEY RIGHT NOW SO WE'LL HAVE MORE MONEY LATER BUT WE'LL STILL BE PLAYING CATCH UP BECAUSE WE WERE OPERATING ON LESS MONEY.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT [OVERLAPPING] THOUGH YOU SAID IT RIGHT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS AND SO IF WE TELL THEM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS, AND YOU WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE, WE WANT TO UNDERESTIMATE.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO ESTIMATE TOO MUCH THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS IN ORDER TO HIRE THE RIGHT TEACHERS AND SO YOU HAVE LARGE CLASSES AND ALL THAT.
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT MONEY BACK AT THE END OF THE YEAR BUT IT'S AFTER THE FACT AND SO YOU MAY END UP GETTING MONEY INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE BUT THAT NUMBER 6 PRINCIPLE SAYS WE GOT TO SPEND MONEY TODAY FOR KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL TODAY SO IN OUR EFFORT TO BE CONSERVATIVE WE HAVE TO BE ALSO RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT WE DON'T WANT CLASSES WITH 35 KIDS IN THEM, SO WE MAY HAVE TO SEND THEM A HIGHER NUMBER.
THEY PAY US MORE AND THEN SELL UP ON THE OTHER HAND BECAUSE IF WE SEND THEM A LOW NUMBER AND WE END UP HAVING A HIGHER NUMBER THEY'RE GOING TO SEND US MORE MONEY BUT IT'S AFTER THE FACT.
IF WE SEND THEM A HIGH NUMBER HERE'S A CHALLENGE.
WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT DISTRICTS HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS WHAT HAPPENS IS IN SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN THE DFW AREA DURING THE 2008 TIME PERIOD WHEN WE HAD THE ECONOMY BOTTOM FALL OUT THEY PROJECTED A HIGHER NUMBERS SO THE STATES SENT THEM THE MONEY FOR THE HIGHER NUMBER.
THE KIDS DIDN'T SHOW UP AND SO WHAT THE STATE DID WAS THE NEXT YEAR, THE STATE TOOK THE MONEY BACK WHICH MEANT NOW THEY HAD A BUDGET DEFICIT BECAUSE THEY HAD THESE PEOPLE HIRED AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEM.
WE ARE ALWAYS VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT BEING AGGRESSIVE BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BECAUSE CERTAIN WAY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION DR [INAUDIBLE] HOW DOES THAT AFFECT US WHEN TRAVEL SCHOOLS MOVING GIVEN EXAMPLE BECAUSE AS A SCHOOL THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE STUDENTS WAS GOING OPEN NEXT YEAR, SO HOW DOES IT AFFECT THIS?
>> THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY BECAUSE THE DEMOGRAPHER ACTUALLY CONSIDERS THE CHARTERS IN THE AREA AND HE HAS A WAY OF PREDICTING WHAT PERCENT OF YOUR STUDENTS ARE NEW AND WHAT PERCENT OF NEW HOMES AND NEW PEOPLE IN THE AREA OR
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EVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE RESIDENTS THAT INTENT OUR DISTRICT THEY WILL LEAVE GOING TO CHARTER.HE CONSIDERS ALL OF THAT WHEN HE GIVE US THESE NUMBERS.
>>YOU OKAY? CAN I MOVE ON DR. [INAUDIBLE]?
>> THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY SHOWS A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION IF YOU WILL OF WHAT WE ALL CAN AGREE ON AS A REVENUE GENERATOR, THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, IS EVERYBODY LOOKING AT THAT, EVERYBODY'S OKAY? WHAT YOU'LL SEE.
>> GIVEN AT THIS THIS BROUGHT TOWARDS BOARD. WHAT DID YOU SAY? I HEARD YOU SAY, WOW MR. MR. DAVIS WHAT DID YOU SEE?
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 3,000 KIDS ANY GIVEN DAY OUT OF SCHOOL AND SO WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ENROLLMENT IN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S PER DAY AMOUNT IS BUT THAT IN AND OF ITSELF LOOKS IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE POTENTIALLY DON'T RECEIVE BECAUSE WE'RE FUNDED ON ATTENDANCE VERSUS ENROLLMENT AND IT'S NOT THE SAME KIDS EVERY DAY SO WE STILL HAVE TO PREPARE FOR ALMOST 18,000 STUDENTS EVEN THOUGH LESS THAN 15,000 OF THEM ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I'M JUST THINKING THAT IT CREATES A MAJOR STRAIN ON THE DISTRICT FINANCES BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF 18,000 STUDENTS ALMOST.
BUT THE STATE ONLY PAID US FOR LESS THAN 15,000 POSSIBLY, SO JUST MAJOR DEFICIT OH PARENTS ACTUALLY [LAUGHTER].
>> ABSOLUTELY AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2020 AND 2021 AND YOU SEE OF COURSE WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020 AND SO YOU SEE SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND WE'RE STILL RECOVERING.
THE THING IS YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR REVENUE CHART IN A SECOND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY HELD US HARMLESS IN 2020 AND 2021?
>> NOT IN 2022, THEY DID 2020 AND 2021 SO ALTHOUGH YOU WILL SEE THE DROP IN ATTENDANCE.
YOU WON'T SEE THE DROP IN REVENUE BECAUSE THEY HELD US HARMLESS.
LIKE ALL WHAT 44 OTHER STATES DID.
INSTEAD OF 44 OTHER STATES IN THE NATION HOLDS HARMLESS AND THEY ON PAYING BASED ON ENROLLMENT AND NOT ON ATTENDANCE BUT WE ARE ONE OF THE SIX THAT DON'T DO THAT.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS FISHES SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, I'M SORRY [OVERLAPPING] I'M SORRY.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO DO ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION COMING UP ABOUT EDUCATION.
IS EVERYBODY ATTENDANCE VERSUS ENROLLMENT A PART OF THAT REALLY JUST ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE AND THE GOVERNANCE AND PROJECTS
>> I THINK IT IS ON THE AGENDA OF THE GROUP THAT'S SUPPORTIVE OF OUR POSITION.
I THINK IT'D BE PUSHED AS A BARGAINING CHIP, I DO BELIEFS I HAVE HEARD THEY DID IS STILL ON THE TABLE.
>> LOOKING AT THIS FROM ANOTHER PROSPECTIVE UNTIL WE GET TO ACTUAL ENROLLMENT VERSES ATTENDANCE, DO WE HAVE ANY CAMPUSES THAT ARE DOING WELL WITH ATTENDANCE?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I KNOW DR. WRIGHT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ONE AS AS REALLY A PRIORITY ONE AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL CAMPUSES THAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE IS WE WILL BRING BACK AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WILL BRING UP BACK A REPORT THAT'LL SHOW YOU THAT I THINK 15 OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE OVER 95% RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF VERY INTENTIONAL EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING MADE SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING BACK A FULL ACCOUNT OF REPORTS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT ATTENDANCE LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD.
YES, WE HAVE MADE IT AS REALLY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY WE CAN INCREASE REVENUE IS WHEN ATTENDANCE, TAX RATE ALL THAT OTHER STUFF THAT BALANCES OUT ATTENDANCE IS REALLY THE KEY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
>> I HOPE THAT INSTITUTIONALIZE ACROSS THE DISTRICT
>> AFFIDAVIT, AN ATTENDANCE IS THE THING THAT WE KNOW MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY, REALLY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER.
WE MISS DAY OF TALKING ABOUT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EVERYTHING THAT WORKS AGAINST US BECAUSE THE PARENT HAS THE CHOICE OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY SIT IN THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL.
SO IT'S ALMOST AS IF WE'RE THE WAY OUR SYSTEM IS SET UP AND WHAT THE STATE IS SAYING, OUR PRIORITIES ARE WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER.
>> ONE THING, FOR ME, IS AN ENGAGED PARENT.
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IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO SEND THEIR CHILD.THAT'S WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW, WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE DOING ON SOME CAMPUSES THAT ARE ENGAGING PARENTS? AND I WOULD IMAGINE THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE COMING TO SCHOOL MORE FREQUENTLY THAN OTHERS.
FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
>> YES. DR. MCFARLAND, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF DAILY ATTENDANCE, BUT ALSO JUST WANTED TO JUST SPEAK UP AND JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE KID BEING IN SCHOOL FOR THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
IT'S ABOUT LEARNING, AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE.
BUT TONIGHT THE CONTEXT OF THIS DISCUSSION IS FINANCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, ATTENDANCE VERSUS ENROLLMENT.
SEVERAL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PROCESSING AHEAD, AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, AGAIN, IS THIS DISPARITY BETWEEN ACTUAL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
BOARDS, YOU'VE, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT POINT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO BE MADE, TRUSTEE DAVIS, IT'S $35 PER DAY? YES, SIR. [LAUGHTER]
>> YES, SIR. ONE PERCENTAGE POINT IS ABOUT $1 MILLION.
SO IF WE INCREASE THE ATTENDANCE RATE IS ABOUT ONE MILLION DOLLARS, APPROXIMATE?
>> THAT'S ONE DOLLAR PER STUDENT.
>> AT A MINIMUM. AT A MINIMUM IS $35 PER STUDENT, AND THAT'S SIMPLY TAKING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT DIVIDED BY THE 174 INSTRUCTIONAL DAY.
REALLY JUST TO LET YOU KNOW IN CONTEXTS WHERE WE DO THE ATTENDANCE REPORT WE'LL PUT IT IN EVEN IN MORE CONTEXTS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, LAST YEAR, WE ENDED THE YEAR RIGHT AROUND THE 90% ATTENDANCE RATE.
WE HAD BEEN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, AROUND 95 TO 96%, SO RIGHT NOW, EVEN TODAY WE ARE AS A DISTRICT WHERE IT'S 94.8.
THAT NUMBER IS GOING UP. THAT'S IMPORTANT IF THE KIDS, TEENS TO TRACK THAT WAY, THEN IT'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON US.
WE'RE MONITORING THAT, SO THIS TIME OF YEAR IS NORMALLY PRETTY HIGH.
THEN WHEN THEY GET AROUND NOVEMBER, IT DIPS.
IT COMES BACK UP IN JANUARY, BUT THEN IF IT GETS TO THE SPRING, IT DIPS.
COURSE MAY, IT GETS PRETTY LOW AS WELL.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE LOOKING AT OKAY, THE TIME OF THE YEAR AND THEN SEE IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE.
WE ALSO HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT A LOT OF IT DEALS WITH CODY.
A LOT OF IT IS WITH OUR TEAMS CODING AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING ATTENDANCE, AND THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT OFTENTIMES, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE AN ATHLETIC EVENT AND STUDENTS ABOUT OR OUT-OF-SCHOOL IS IN A LARGE NUMBER OF KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.
IF WE DON'T CALL IT HIM RIGHT, WE COULD MARK CHEERLEADER BAND, FOOTBALL TEAM AS ABSENT WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRESS, SO WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THE ACCOUNTING RIGHT AND WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT IS HIGH IT AND HER TEAM IS DOING THAT.
DR. WRIGHT AND SEVERAL OTHERS ARE WORKING ON THAT.
WE FEEL WE HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON IT THAN WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
>> IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT [INAUDIBLE]
>> IT COULD BE MORE BECAUSE WE GET A WEIGHTED FUNDING FOR THOSE.
BUT SAW THAT THE CALCULATION YOU USE THEM WOULD ASSUME 100% ATTENDANCE RATE.
PROBABLY MORE 5-6 MILLION AS WELL AS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IS YOU DON'T REALIZE.
>> I'M JUST THINKING FROM STANDPOINT OF WE WERE FUNDED.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I SEE. WE'RE JUST SAYING IT'S BECAUSE WE WERE INCURRING 100% OF THE EXPENSE.
.>> AS WE MOVE FORWARD, DR. MCFARLAND TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS AROUND ATTENDANCE PROJECTIONS EARLIER, AND SO IN DECEMBER OF DOC TOLD ME IS THAT THE ODD YEARS OF EVEN YEARS, I KNOW WE PRESENT THIS TWO-YEAR ESTIMATE TO TEA FOR THE ENSUING BIENNIAL.
TEA USES THOSE ATTENDANCE PROJECTIONS TO DEVELOP WHAT THEY CALL THE LEGISLATIVE PLANNING ESTIMATE AND THE AGGREGATE OF ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THOSE ATTENDANCE PROJECTIONS TO TEA BECOMES
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THE LEGISLATIVE PLANNING ESTIMATE THAT IS SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD AS BUDGET FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.IT IS WHAT WE CALL THE DPE, THE DISTRICT PLANNING ESTIMATE.
THAT NUMBER, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT ON THE SUMMARY OF FINANCE.
THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY WHAT THE DISTRICT IS EARNING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE LEGISLATIVE PLANNING ESTIMATE IS WHAT THE DISTRICT IS BUDGETED FOR BY THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD, TEA AND THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD, AND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING PAID ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THERE'S A SETTLE UP OR THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO SETUPS.
ONE IS IN NOVEMBER AND IN THE EVENT IN THE SCENARIO THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE THE DISTRICT HAS OVER PROJECTED, IF YOU WILL, THAT WILL BEGIN TO BE ACETYL-COA BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER OF THE ENSUING YEAR FOR A RECOUPMENT, IF YOU WILL, OF THE OVERPAYING.
>> BOARD, SO WE'RE AT A DECISION POINT AND SO THIS IS AN ACTIVITY THAT I WANT YOU TO ENGAGE WITH US JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE DO THIS.
IF YOU WILL, FLIP BACK TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS, ON THE DEMOGRAPHERS PROJECTIONS AND THEN THAT SHEET BACK SO YOU CAN SEE THE YOU CAN SEE THE TREND THERE.
AND THEN LOOK AT ATTENDANCE VERSUS ENROLLMENT THAT CHART.
USING THAT DATA, WHAT I WHAT I LIKE TO KNOW IS IF YOU HAD THE PROJECT, THE THE DISTRICT PAYMENT ESTIMATE, WHICH IS THE ADA NUMBER THAT WE GIVE TO THE STATE TO BE PAID OFF OF.
IF YOU HAD TO PROJECT THAT USING THESE THESE THESE DATA POINTS, WHAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE NUMBER THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD KEEP YOU IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROGRAMS OF THE DISTRICT WOULD ALSO NOT BE TOO FAR AHEAD.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING? [BACKGROUND] SO YOUTUBE TALK.
SO THE YOUNG AND COME UP WITH A NUMBER LIKE WHAT NUMBER WOULD YOU TELL THE STATE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS BASED ON THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE.
AND THIS IS GOING BE THE WHATEVER NUMBER YOU TELL HIM, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY YOU ON IT AND IT WAS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ALL, BUT WILL WE EXIT?
DON'T LOOK AT THAT SHEET. ASSUME THAT YOU'RE PROJECTING FOR 23-24.
>> I WILL GIVE YOU A ONE MORE MINUTE.
GIVEN AN ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, YOU ARE GIVEN A NUMBER THAT YOU WANT THE STATE TO PAY ANYMORE.
IT'S CALLED A DISTRICT PAYMENT SO WHAT YOU TRYING TO
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GIVE IS A NUMBER TO THE STATE UNTIL THEY PAY YOU.>> LET'S FLIP OVER TO A FILM OVER TWO PAGES AND THAT'S THE PROCESS.
BUT WHAT WE DO, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR THROUGH THIS.
WE LOOK AT REJECTIONS, WE LOOK AT ATTENDANCE RATE, AND WE START HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, DO WE HAVE CHARTERS THAT WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR, AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE, WHAT'S THE ECONOMY LOOK LIKE? IS IT REASONABLE TO THINK THIS COULD BE MORE OR LESS? TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
>> AGAIN, THE LEGISLATIVE PLANNING ESTIMATE IS WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO USE TO PAY US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE DPE IS WHAT WE'VE EARNED AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE PLANNING ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 14996 AND ON THE DPE SIDE YOU SEE 15095.
AGAIN, ATTEMPTING TO BE CONSERVATIVE, BUT A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE 17,800 STUDENTS IN OUR FACILITIES.
>> IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO WHERE EVERYBODY WAS IN GOOD PLACES.
BUT WHAT WE DID WAS WE GAVE 155.
IT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL. WE LOOKED AT OUR ATTENDANCE RATE.
>> NOW HERE'S THE DEAL. HERE'S A CAVEAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS IN THE CHART.
WE USE 95% ATTENDANCE RATE BUT WHAT DID I SAY ITINERARY ACTUALLY WAS? IT WAS 90%. THERE'S A GAP, SO WE TOLD THEM WE BUDGETED BASED ON 95% BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HELD HARMLESS IN THE PAST AND NOT AT ALL.
WELL, WHAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE WAS THAT OUR ATTENDANCE WOULD NOT RECOVER TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS YOU'LL SEE A DROP IN REVENUE BECAUSE WE PROJECTED 95%.
WE PROJECTED 15,000, WHATEVER, IT ENDED UP BEING 148 AND SO YOU'LL SEE A DROP IN REVENUE BECAUSE OF THAT.
ACTUALLY, WE SUBMITTED IT IN DECEMBER.
YOU ALWAYS SUBMIT THE LEGISLATIVE PAYMENT ESTIMATE THE DECEMBER BEFORE THE SESSION STARTS.
THAT'S RIGHT, SO WE SUBMITTED IT IN DECEMBER AND THE SESSION STARTED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. IS THAT RIGHT? WE HAD TO SUBMIT IT TWO YEARS OUT.
WE SUBMITTED. THIS ACTUALLY WAS SUBMITTED IN DECEMBER 21.
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THIS HAD TO BE SUBMITTED TO YOU. IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED.>> IT'S OBVIOUS. IF THIS IS BEHIND, WE HAD MORE SAVINGS LAST YEAR SO WE NEED PAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO PAY US THIS COMING YEAR.
WHEN WE GAVE THE ESTIMATE, I THINK IT WAS 2021 AND I BELIEVE WE GAVE THE ESTIMATE FOR 2022 AND 2023 IS WHAT WE DID AND SO WE WERE IN 2021, WE GAVE THE ESTIMATE FOR 2022 AND 2023, SO THEN THAT WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IS THE DROP IN THE 2022, 2023 ATTENDANCE RATE.
>> SO THIS DECEMBER IS GOING TO BE GONE AGAIN.
>> ABSOLUTE RIGHT AND THEY PAY US AFTER THE FACT, BUT CORRECT.
WELL, THEY PAY US BEFORE THE BACK AND THEY TAKE IT BACK IF WE LOSE.
>> THE COMPLEXITY OF SCHOOL FINANCE. BOARD, I'LL MOVE ON TO OUR TOTAL TAX RATE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AGAIN, WE TOUTED DURING OUR BOND PRESENTATIONS THAT THERE WILL BE NO TAX RATE INCREASE.
AND SO YOU SEE AS EVIDENCED BY THE CHART HERE, THAT OUR TAX RATE HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST 4-5 YEARS.
BOARD, YOU SEE WHAT WE JUST ADOPTED AS OUR TAX RATE FOR 2024, WE ACTUALLY PUT IT ON THIS CHART, 2023-2024 AT 1.2575.
THEN MOVING TO THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE COMPONENT PARTS OF OUR TAX RATE, THE M&O AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, I DON'T HAVE THE '23-'24 ON HERE, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE M&O TAX RATE DECREASING AND THE I&S OR INTEREST AND SINKING FUNDS REMAINING CONSTANT AT $0.50.
JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S EDIFICATION, THE 2023-2024 M&O TAX RATE IS 0.7575.
>> MR. FISHER CAN YOU EXPLAIN ON THAT LAST CHART, THE SIGNIFICANT DROP AND HOW WE GOT TO THAT? BUT I GUESS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DROP THAT AS MUCH AS WE DID?
>> BOARD, THIS IS REALLY A FUNCTION OF WHAT WE CALL THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE.
AND SO THE STATE HAS A CALCULATION THAT SAYS, YOU HAVE A STATE CALCULATION AND A LOCAL CALCULATION AND THEY WORK IN PARALLEL, IF YOU WILL.
THE WAY THAT THE STATE FORMULAS SAYS IS YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE THE CALCULATION THAT PRODUCES THE LOWER TAX RATE.
AND SO BECAUSE OUR ASSESSED VALUATIONS, OUR PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN OUR FOOTPRINT, THE STATE REQUIRES US TO LEVY A TAX THAT IS MUCH LOWER THAN IT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN.
AND SO I WAS WAITING ON SOMEBODY TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE M&O TAX RATE FROM 2022-2023 OF 0.9429, I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND THE M&O TAX RATE FOR 2023-2024 AT 0.7575.
SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE LEVIED.
NOW AGAIN, OUR PROPERTY VALUES HAVE INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 12 BILLION, IF YOU WILL.
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THIS IS PART OF THE STATE'S INTENT TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX FOR RESIDENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.>> SO THE TRUSTEE GRACIA'S COMMENT THE STATE HAS ARTICULATED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD US HARMLESS FOR THE DIFFERENCE.
AND SO AGAIN, WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT WILL BE REALIZED BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS EVERY TWO YEARS, THERE WAS A LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHEREBY WHICH THAT PREVIOUS AGREEMENT MAY BE A NO.
LET ME SEE HERE, WHERE I`M NEXT.
WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS JUST SIMPLY CAPTURE THE LONG TERM.
THIS IS AGAIN, GENERAL FUND 199, THE REVENUE TREND.
AGAIN, OUR 2022-2023 NUMBERS ARE UNAUDITED.
THIS IS WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU, BOARD, AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN OUR RECONCILIATION AND OUR ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE YEAR CLOSE OUT WOULD BE.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE, BOARD, IS A 10-YEAR TREND OF OUR HISTORICAL EXPENDITURES EVERY YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2022-2023 IS AUDITED, 2022-2023 IS UNAUDITED.
AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS GROWING.
WE HAVE TO STAFF BASED UPON ENROLLMENT, NOT ADA.
UNDERSTANDING THEIR PERSONNEL IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE INCREASE IN OUR EXPENDITURES, YOU WILL SEE THE RISING TIDE, IF YOU WILL, OF EXPENDITURES THERE.
THE NEXT PAGE ALSO IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT.
AGAIN, OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GROWING AND OUR STUDENT GROWTH IS GROWING SO WE'VE GOT A SLIGHT INCREASE, IF YOU WILL, IN EXPENDITURES POSTED.
THIS NUMBER IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, AS I SAID.
AS A PARENT, AS A STAKEHOLDER, I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH IS MY SCHOOL DISTRICT ALLOCATING FOR EACH OF MY KIDS.
HOW MUCH ARE THEY ABLE TO ALLOCATE FOR MY KID? THIS IS AGAIN, ANALOGOUS TO EARNINGS PER SHARE.
DOCTOR, DO YOU WANT TO STOP HERE? I ALLUDED TO THE IMPACT OF PERSONNEL ON OUR BUDGET, IF YOU WILL, ANYWHERE FROM 80-85% OF OUR BUDGET IS PERSONNEL COSTS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR TARGET GOAL FOR OUR OVERALL BUDGET IS BETWEEN 80-85% AND OUR TEACHING STAFFING SALARIES, AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, JUST BUDGET BASELINE, APPROXIMATELY 74,000, COUNSELOR STAFFING SALARY, APPROXIMATELY 85,000.
AGAIN, THIS IS FULLY LOADED WITH BENEFITS.
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFING SALARY AT ABOUT 95,000.
IN THIS BUDGET DO WE TAKE CONTROL OF [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE ENCOUNTER IN THE FIVE YEARS?
>> ABSOLUTELY. EVEN IF WE'RE NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND THESE.
THESE NUMBERS WILL BE DIFFERENT WHEN WE LOOK AT LONG RANGE BUDGET, FOR SURE.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHY IN ONE OR TWO YEARS WE OFFER TO DO A BONUS RATHER THAN A RAISE BECAUSE IT WILL BE RE-OCCURRING AND REAPPEAR TO THE BUDGET WHEN [INAUDIBLE].
>> NOW, MOVING ON, WE TALK ABOUT A KEY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TOO, AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE STAFFING GUIDELINES.
BASED UPON THE ENROLLMENT AT A CAMPUS OR THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF A CHILD AT A CAMPUS, WE HAVE A ACTUAL GUIDELINE, I WANT TO CALL IT FORMULA, BUT WE HAVE A GUIDELINE, IF YOU WILL,
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A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE ALLOCATE HUMAN RESOURCES AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES.DR. MCFARLAND IS PASSING THOSE OUT NOW.
[NOISE] THIS IS THE PRIDE OF OUR HR TEAM.
[BACKGROUND] [NOISE] WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
I KNOW OFTENTIMES YOU'RE ASKED ABOUT MAYBE CLASS SIZE, OR YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHEN WE ADD A COUNSELOR AND WHEN WE ADD A SECRETARY OR REALLY ANY POSITION? ONE OF OUR PRINCIPLES OF OUR BIG SIX IS TO CONNECT EXPENSE DRIVERS WITH REVENUE-GENERATORS, SO WHAT THIS DOCUMENT DOES IS IT CONNECTS EVERY PERSONNEL TO A STUDENT, AND SO JUST TURN IT OVER.
IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 9, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE JUST JUMPING INTO HIGH SCHOOL FOR SINCE THAT WAS PAYS THAT CAME OPEN.
LOOKING AT OUR CTE CLASSES, THEN THE RATIO WE HAVE IS 28-1, YOU SEE.
BASICALLY, WE BUDGET IF THEY HAVE 28 KIDS AT THE CLASS, THEY HAVE A CTE TEACHER.
IF THEY HAVE MORE THAN THAT, THEN WE MAY INCREASE THE NUMBERS OR DECREASE BASED ON IT.
BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST A GUIDE THAT WE USE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP A HANDLE ON PERSONNEL.
BECAUSE AS HE MENTIONED, IF THAT'S 85% OF OUR BUDGET, WE CAN CUT EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT WE DON'T TOUCH PERSONALITY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DENT AND SO THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE MANAGE THE BUDGET EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING.
IN PROBABLY MAY, ONCE WE START THE BUDGETING PROCESS, WE ROLL THE NUMBERS UP FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY SLOT THOSE NUMBERS INTO THE GRAY LEVELS INTO THE CAMPUSES.
THEN AT THAT POINT WE ALLOCATE STAFF TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ON THAT CAMPUS, AND THEY BEGIN TO HIRE BASED ON THAT NUMBER, BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS AND SO THIS IS ONE WAY WE KEEP THINGS TIGHT.
WHAT I'VE SEEN IS WHEN DISTRICTS HAVE GOTTEN IN TROUBLE, IT'S ABOUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND THEN PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THERE ARE REAL ISSUES, ARE REAL CHALLENGES ON THE CAMPUS.
A PRINCIPLE COULD ASK, HEY, I NEED AN ADDITIONAL AID, OR I NEED AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER, I NEED AN ADDITIONAL HERE, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'S JUST REALLY ONE PERSON TO THEM.
BUT IF YOU DO THAT 10 TIMES, IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT, THAT'S $700,000.
IT'S REALLY HAVING A WAY OF SAYING, HERE ARE THE NUMBERS AND THE NUMBERS JUSTIFY IT.
EVEN THERE ARE SOME CASES WHERE THE NUMBERS JUSTIFY IT, AND WE STILL CAN'T MAKE THAT MOVE YET.
WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT'S ACTUALLY A 1,020 TODAY, IS HOW MANY KIDS THERE.
IF YOU SEE ON OUR CHART, IT SAYS THAT AT OVER 1000, THEN YOU ADD ON ADDITIONAL COUNSELING.
WELL, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT INSTEAD OF 1,020, THE NUMBERS ARE 1,000 AND IF WE DO THAT THERE, THEN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE COUNSELOR FROM, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? IT'S A GUIDE. WE USE IT AS GUIDE AND WE LOOK AT IT, AND SO WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, THERE MAY BE A NEED THERE, BUT WE ARE SLOW TO ADDRESS THAT NEED UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT ALL THE NEEDS ARE ACROSS THE BOARD.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE APPLY THE GUIDELINES.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION, IT JUST GOES BACK TO THE CONVERSATION YOU WERE HAVING AT ANOTHER MEETING.
FOR THAT REASON, THAT'S WHY WE MAY WANT TO SUPPORT OTHER PROGRAMS AND IMPLEMENT SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT THAT TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER EVERYTHING AND THAT ONLY LEAVES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY LEFT TO DO ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO.
AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD SET NUMBERS FROM THE STATE.
BUT AT THE ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT AT THE ELEMENTARY THERE'S REQUIREMENTS.
IF WE GO OVER NUMBERS THAT ARE REQUIRED FROM A K4, THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE TO DO WAIVERS.
WE MAY HAVE A SITUATION, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT.
WE SHIFT FROM STAFFING GUIDELINES AS ONE WAY OF MANAGING A BUDGET AND THEN THE NEXT TOOL, I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE IS THE LEVELING PROCESS.
I THINK THAT HE'S TALKED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT JUST OUR LEVELING PROCESS.
THAT'S THE SECOND WAY THAT ONCE WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO CAMPUSES THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE AVERAGES AND ALL THAT.
BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THERE COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE PROJECTED X NUMBER OF KIDS AT THIS CAMPUS, AND ACTUALLY THE STUDENTS DON'T SHOW UP.
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OR WE HAVE MORE IN THE FOURTH GRADE AT ANOTHER CAMPUS THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE HERE, SO BEING LEVELING COMES INTO PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING ASSIGNMENTS UNNECESSARILY.WHEN WE DO THAT AND THEN THE KIDS ARE AROUND, GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
IF A PARENT WANTS THEIR CHILD AT ONE SCHOOL AND THERE'S NO ROOM, DO WE TALK ABOUT WHY THEY CAN'T GO TO THAT SCHOOL? DO WE LET THE PARENT KNOW, OR DO WE JUST MOVE THE KID AND SAY THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO GO? I DON'T KNOW WHAT DO WE DO AT THAT INSTANCE? NO, I DO UNDERSTAND IT AND I KNOW BETSY AND MS. HYDE.
THEY DEAL WITH IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BETSY'S WHAT YOU COME UP WITH JUST ADDRESS, HOW WE DEAL WITH THE LEVELING PROCESS, SPECIFICALLY, WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED? WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT PARENT COMMUNICATION, SO IT'S UPFRONT. WE EXPLAIN THAT.
LET'S SAY YOU GO TO A CAMPUS, AND IT'S CLOSED AT THEIR GRADE LEVEL.
THEY BASICALLY LET THE PARENT KNOW RIGHT AND THERE IT'S CLOSED AT THAT GRADE LEVEL.
HOWEVER, THIS IS THE NEAREST CAMPUS THAT HAS AN AVAILABLE SEAT. WE'LL LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE SIBLINGS, SO THEN WE LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD TO SEE, CAN WE PLACE ALL THE SIBLINGS? THAT'S WHERE IT GETS HARD BECAUSE WE ARE AT SEVERAL SITUATIONS WHERE WE CANNOT PLACE AN ENTIRE FAMILY, AND THEN LET SOLUTION WE DID REALLY WELL WITHOUT HAVING TO UNSEAT STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT'S HEARTBREAKING.
YOU ENROLLED IN VEGAS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY WERE THE LAST TWO IN ROW AND THEREFORE, YOU'RE THE FIRST TO GO.
WELL, WE HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THE 221 RATIO.
WE DID REALLY WELL WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THAT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT IF WE DID, WE BASICALLY COMMUNICATE TO THE PARENT UPFRONT BECAUSE THEY WERE THE LAST IN ROW THERE THEY'RE THE FIRST TO GET OVERFLOW.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL AN OVERFLOW.
A DISTRICT MANDATED TRANSFER TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.
THAT'S EASY. WE DO A DISTRICT MANDATED TRANSFER.
HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN A PARENT INITIATED? BASICALLY, WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE IF THEY WERE CURRENTLY GOING TO DAVIS.
THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO CAME IN THAT WANTED TO TRANSFER TO DAVIS? YES.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO DAVIS, THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GO, CORRECT? IF YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR PAPERWORK IN ON TIME, YES. [OVERLAPPING] WE'LL GET IN YOUR PAPERWORK IN ON TIME.
IF YOU MOVED IN LATE, AFTER WE ARE ALREADY AT 22 THEN THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE OTHER SCENARIO WHERE [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.
NOW, WE MOVE ON TO THE FINANCIAL PRODUCT.
[INAUDIBLE] I HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS TO SHARE.
OUR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS REPORT FOR 2022-23, CISD HAS RECEIVED, AGAIN A RATING OF A.
LAST YEAR BOARD WE HAD A B RATING, SO WE HAVE IMPROVED [APPLAUSE] TO A RATING OF A.
IT IS ALSO CALLED SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT.
IT IS THE HIGHEST RATING THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE ON THE FIRST RATING.
BOARD, AGAIN, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A VERY FORMAL PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE IT'S IN OCTOBER, SO WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL AS IT RELATES TO EACH OF THE 20 INDICATORS ON THE FIRST RAY.
NOW, LET'S TALK FINANCIAL HEALTH AS IT RELATES TO OUR FUND BALANCE.
BOARD, WHAT WE'VE DONE AGAIN HERE IS TO PRESENT A GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION, IF YOU WILL, OF THE FUND BALANCE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR FUND BALANCE UNAUDITED.
WE ARE PROJECTING OUR FUND BALANCE TO BE APPROXIMATELY $41 MILLION IN 2022-23.
WHAT WAS EXPENDITURE THEN? IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, TRUSTEE DAVIS, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT IT IS APPROXIMATELY 24% OF THE GENERAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES FOR 2022-23.
DID WE PROJECT IT TO BE ABOUT 17% THIS YEAR? RIGHT AT 18? THAT'S CORRECT, 23-24.
IF NOTHING HAPPENS IN THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
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WHAT IF NOTHING HAPPENS IN THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION? WE'VE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN, IS WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS FOR FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOING FORWARD? YOU'VE HEARD ME ALLUDE TO MAXIMIZING THE EXISTING REVENUE STREAMS THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS.
YOU'VE ASTUTELY IDENTIFIED IMPROVING OUR ATTENDANCE, OUR ADA IS ONE OF THOSE EXISTING REVENUE STREAMS. BUT ALSO, THERE ARE OTHERS, THE CCMR, COLLEGE AND CAREER, AND MILITARY READINESS.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR DISTRICT TO MAXIMIZE EXISTING REVENUE STREAMS. WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, BUT TONIGHT WE'LL TALK ABOUT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR MAXIMIZING THE EXISTING REVENUE STREAMS AND WHAT WE CALL AN 1882 PARTNERSHIP.
>> BOND. YOU MAY REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OVER 1882 PARTNERSHIP.
BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP AND I KNOW OFFICIAL PROBABLY GO INTO DETAIL IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
BUT ACTUALLY IF YOU FLIP OVER TWO SLIDES, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS, AND SO WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO, IS BRING THIS TO YOU FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION, BUT I KNOW THE 1882 PARTNERSHIPS, WHEN IT ORIGINALLY CAME OUT, THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
ONE WAS A DISTRICT CREATED CHARTER THAT WAS LED WITH A LOCAL NON-PROFIT.
BASICALLY, A LOCAL NON-PROFIT COULD BE CREATED OR A LOCAL NON-PROFIT IF EXISTED, COULD GO FORWARD AND MAKE A PROPOSAL TO THE DISTRICT TO ACTUALLY RUN SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOLS.
THAT WAS ONE WAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, WE WERE LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE AND THE STATE SENATE BILL 1882.
THE STATE MADE THIS OPTION AVAILABLE THAT IF YOU DECIDE TO GO TO AN 1882 PARTNERSHIP, YOU WOULD HAVE A REPRIEVE ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TWO YEARS, AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL BE FUNNELED TO THAT PARTNERSHIP.
THEY ALSO WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THAT TIME, A DISTRICT WORKING WITH A CHARTER, WHATEVER CHARTER MANAGEMENT OPERATION.
THEN THE THIRD OPTION WAS REALLY A DISTRICT WORKING WITH A HIRED PARTNER.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON'T SEE A REALISTIC PARTNERSHIP WITH A CHARTER MANAGEMENT OPERATION AS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US AT THIS POINT.
BUT I DO SEE WITH A STARTING A RELATIONSHIP WITH TEXAS WESLEYAN, TEXAS WESLEYAN HAS A PRETTY STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WITH FORT WORTH ISD, AND SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS START TO INVESTIGATE CANDIDATE SPECIFICS OF THAT PARTNERSHIP TO SEE IF WE CREATE 1882 PARTNERSHIPS WITH TEXAS WESLEYAN FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WOULD THAT ALLOW US TO GET MORE FUNDING, AND WHAT WOULD BE THE SPECIFICS RELATIVE TO THAT.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TONIGHT, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WHAT THE POTENTIAL REVENUE WOULD BE WITH 1882 PARTNERSHIP.
THAT'S ONE AVENUE THAT WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT.
THE OTHER AVENUE IS LOOKING AT SOME EITHER ESTABLISHED NON-PROFIT THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, OR POSSIBLY WORKING LOCALLY WITH RETIRED EDUCATORS AND OTHERS TO CREATE A NON-PROFIT THAT WE COULD THEN A CHARTER WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ACCESS THE STATE FUNDING.
BASICALLY, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT 1882 SENATE BILL GIVES US SOME OPTIONS, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO START TO INVESTIGATE THOSE OPTIONS WITH SOME DETAIL AND BRING BACK TO YOU TO START THAT CONVERSATION.
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED [INAUDIBLE]
>> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT.
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WE HAVEN'T GONE DEEP INTO IT, BUT WE KNOW THAT TAKES US TO WASTELAND IS PARTNERSHIP AND DR. WILLIAMS, HE'S NOT HERE BY THE WAY, I KNOW I'VE SOME DATA ON THEIR SCHOOLS THAT TAKES HIS WEST, AND I DID REALIZE THE ACTUAL GREAT LEVEL THAT HE IS, SO ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO THAT LONG VIEWS AND ANOTHER ONE AS WELL, SO WE'RE IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES.MY CHARGE WAS, WHERE'S THE POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED REVENUE? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY FURTHER THAN JUST SAYING, LET'S CONSIDER THAT.
>> THE PARTNERSHIP WITH WESTLAND BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] AND I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF FOCUSING ON MIDDLE SCHOOL, BECAUSE I SEE THAT AS OUR GREATEST NEED RIGHT NOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS THEY DO, NO WHAT THEY DO, BUT TO ACTUALLY TALK WITH SOME MIDDLE, THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
>> FOR ME, [INAUDIBLE] PARTNERSHIP AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS THOSE HIGHLY RELATIONSHIP WITH ME AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DO HAVE TO IMPROVE OUR ADA.
WE ARE WELL BELOW, IF I'M CORRECT, THEY AVERAGE AND WE'RE NOT BELOW THE STANDARD THAT THEY NEED.
BUT I THINK THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
I THINK ALSO THE CCMR, WITH THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE INTO OUR PROGRAMMING INDUSTRY, I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A LOW HANGING FRUITS WITH OLIG CAR AND ON [INAUDIBLE].
BUT I DO THINK THAT THE ADA AND THE CCMR ARE FROM VERY BIG REWARDING OPPORTUNITIES.
I THINK THE STRATEGY ISN'T EVEN FASTER [INAUDIBLE].
>> WHAT IS THE EXPECTED TIME [INAUDIBLE]
>> I DEFINITELY WOULDN'T SAY THAT.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING TONIGHT IS THIS, WE'D LIKE TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY TO SEE WHETHER THIS MAKES ANY SENSE.
WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHETHER IT MAKES ANY SENSE OR NOT, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S AN OPTION OUT THERE.
AND SO REALLY IF THE STATE HAS THE SESSION AND ADDRESSES IT, THIS MAY NOT BE AS ATTRACTED TO US RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF THE STATE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING AND THE REVENUE CONTINUES TO GO IN THE DIRECTION IT'S GOING, THEN THIS COULD BE AN OPTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ONE RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, OTHER THAN WE KNOW IT'S A POSSIBILITY.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO JUST ADD AT THE HIGH LEVEL ON 1882 POSSIBILITIES ARE, FISHER?
>> YES, SIR. I'D JUST LIKE TO DIRECT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE COST-BENEFIT PAGE.
YOU'LL SEE THE PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS.
THERE'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL FUNDING ESTIMATE.
JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE, THE BOARD, IF YOU WILL, AN IDEA AS TO WHAT THE UNIVERSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S ABOUT $1,500 PER ADA THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GAIN TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE UTILIZED PREVIOUS YEAR'S ADA DATA AT THOSE CAMPUSES THAT YOU SEE ON THAT PAGE, ALL OF OUR FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WE'VE APPROXIMATED THAT AT ABOUT $3.2 MILLION PER ANNUM AND ABOUT A FIVE-YEAR TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY $16 MILLION.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM AT THOSE CAMPUSES.
>> WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THESE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO THE AMOUNT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK.
IT WOULD BASICALLY BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH ABM OR DURHAM OR THERE ARE MORE.
IT WILL BE BASICALLY A CONSULTING OR CONTRACTING AGREEMENT.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS WESTERN FOR AN AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WE'LL RETAIN OWNERSHIP AND AUTHORITY, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE METRICS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET, AND SO THERE'S A LOT TO BE INVESTIGATED AND THEN WORKED OUT.
CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CONSIDER ANY AUTHORIZING RELATIONSHIP.
ONCE WE BEGIN TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS,
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THE NEXT STEP FOR US WOULD BE TO BRING YOU BACK, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING AND WE NEED A POLICY IN PLACE.RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT.
BASICALLY, IF WE ARE GOING TO DO IT, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE BY DECEMBER TO HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
DR. MCFARLAND, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN THOSE QUESTIONS NOW.
EVEN IF DO WE ENTERTAIN IT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS WESTERN, SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
>> IT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF NOW IN THIS AREA.
BUT WHEN WE GET MORE INFORMATION, THEN IT MAYBE IT'S TARLETON, AND IT COULD BE TCU, COULD BE PAUL QUINN, COULD BE OTHERS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, TEXAS WESTERN IS THE ONE THAT WE KNOW THAT FORREST ISD IS A PART OF.
ON A PERCENT BASIS, HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS IT?
>> EACH PERCENTAGE IS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
THE WAY THAT I GET TO THAT DR. HALL IS 6160 [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S ONE WAY.
YES, MA'AM. THE WAY THAT I WAS ABOUT TO COMMUNICATE WAS, I TAKE THE 6160 MULTIPLY IT TIMES 0.01 AND MULTIPLY THIS BY 17,000 STUDENTS.
I THINK IT'S APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION.
>> IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? IT'S SUFFICIENT. THAT WAS AMAZING.
THANK YOU. I'VE LEARNED A LOT.
>> AND THAT WILL BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 4.2, COLLEGE CAREER.
IF WE CAN TAKE A QUICK FIVE-MINUTE BREAK, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
IT IS 08:14 CURRENTLY, SO WE WILL BE BACK AT ABOUT 08:20.
THANKS, MRS. DAVID. WE'RE BACK.
IT IS 08:21, AND THAT'LL BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 4.2, COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.
>> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE MS. LANE HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM ON THE COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. MS. LANE.
>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION ON OUR COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS.
AND WITHOUT TAKING ANY CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THIS FAR, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HERE AT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
SO DR. WRIGHT, MS. CONESHA, DR. DUVALL, MS. ROE, ANYONE THAT'S HERE STILL, YOU ALL COULD JUST STAND AND BE ACKNOWLEDGED, AND I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO AS DR. HALL I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER, JUST INTENTIONALITY AS IT RELATES TO CCMR, AND SO HOPEFULLY THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS PROACTIVELY PUT INTO PLACE.
FIRST, THE PURPOSE OF CAREER COLLEGE MILITARY READINESS IS ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE AFTER GRADUATION.
IT IS MADE UP OF CURRICULUM RESOURCES, PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, AND HELP STUDENTS TO HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO ENTER COLLEGE AND THE WORKFORCE AND BEGIN A CAREER.
THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT CCMR TEAM HERE AT CISD IS TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES BY PROMOTING COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS WITH CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS.
SO OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT ONLY GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A LIVABLE WAGE AND A CAREER THAT WILL SUSTAIN THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FUTURES.
AS IT RELATES TO STATE ACCOUNTABILITY, CCMR CHANGES FROM 2017 TO 2022.
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IF 60% OF GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL WERE FOUND TO ACHIEVE CCMR, AND LET'S FOCUS ON THE PERCENTAGE OF 60%, THE SCHOOL GOT A SCORE OF 90, WHICH EARNED AN A FROM TEA.SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS UNDER THE SAME RULES, THE SAME CCMR ACHIEVEMENT RATE WILL NOT ONLY EARN A 67 BUT THAT EQUATES A GRADE OF D. WHY IS THIS NUMBER IMPORTANT? BECAUSE NOW IN ORDER TO EARN AN A FOR CCMR INDICATORS, WE MUST MEET 88% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES MUST ACHIEVE CCMR, A 47% HIKE IN THE GRADING STANDARDS.
>> HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, MS. LANE.
AND BOARD, THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR AREAS OF CONTENTION WITH THE LAWSUIT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS DELAY.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS NUMBER WILL CHANGE.
BASICALLY, THE GOAL BY 2038 IS FOR US TO BE AT THIS LEVEL, BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY APPLYING THE 2038 GOAL TODAY.
AND SO THIS IS, WHEN I SAY TODAY, IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED LAST YEAR.
SO THIS IS A KEY AREA OF CONTENTION, AND BASICALLY, AS LANE JUST MENTIONED, THIS IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING HIGH SCHOOLS ALL ACROSS THE STATE, BUT ESPECIALLY HERE IN OUR DISTRICT AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR? IN YOUR BINDER, I DON'T HAVE THE FULL POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, BUT THIS FACT GUIDE SHEET, IT JUST SHARES ABOUT INFORMATION IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN MEET OUR CCMR INDICATORS.
SO I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT AND NAME EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE.
THESE ARE THE MANY WAYS THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN EARN CCMR INDICATOR.
>> LET'S GIVE THEM A SECOND TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE, MR. GOMEZ, THAT SHE [INAUDIBLE].
>> I HAD A QUESTION SO IS THIS EATING [INAUDIBLE].
>> IN ORDER TO MEET THEIR CCMR INDICATOR? YES, MA'AM.
ANYTIME THROUGHOUT THEIR OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE DO AIM TO FOCUS ON THE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP US WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT IT MAKES THEM MORE CAREER AND COLLEGE READY ONCE THEY LEAVE SCHOOL.
>> ONE OTHER QUESTION. COMING AS FRESHMEN, IS THERE A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY TAKE ONE OF THE CLASSES [INAUDIBLE] OR IS IT INTO THEIR PLANS?
>> IT'S REQUIRED IN 9TH GRADES THAT THEY SELECT AN ENDORSEMENT AND A PROGRAM OF STUDY AND THAT'S DONE USUALLY IN THE 8TH GRADE.
WHEN THEY CHOOSE THEIR PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE CLASSES THAT THEY WILL ENROLL IN AND CTE OR IF THEY ARE ENROLLED IN CCA, THE COLLISION ACADEMY WHERE THEY CAN EARN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT CCMR CAN BE MET.
BUT YES, THAT'S A MANDATE THAT EVERY STUDENT MUST SELECT AN ENDORSEMENT AND HAVE A FOUR-YEAR PLAN.
WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER WHERE WE DO START ADVISEMENT AS EARLY AS SIXTH GRADE TO GIVE THEM EXPOSURE TO BE PREPARED.
>> WHATS THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION AND THE LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATION?
>> THERE ARE VARIOUS INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE SUCH AS MAYBE HEALTH SCIENCE, COSMETOLOGY, BARBERING BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE THE LEVEL 1, AND 2 CERTIFICATES, YOU EARN THOSE VARIOUS CERTIFICATES AT CERTAIN POINTS THROUGHOUT TENURE IN SCHOOL.
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YOU CAN ACTUALLY EARN THAT CERTIFICATE.LEVEL 1 CAN BE AS EARNED AS EARLY IN SOME PROGRAMS AT THE END OF NINTH GRADE.
THE CERTIFICATION AND I WILL DEFER TO THE EXPERT THEIR.
>> INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION IS ONE SUCH AS MEDICAL ASSISTANT, PHARMACY TECH, ASE FOR AUTOMOTIVE.
THEN A LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2, IS ACTUALLY A BUNDLING OF COLLEGE CLASSES.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF YOU'RE GIVING AN ASSOCIATE IN LOGISTICS.
ALONG THE WAY, YOU COULD [INAUDIBLE] TO GET A LEVEL 1 IN WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT.
>> THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROGRAMMED.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION, I THINK. WOULD ONE OF THESE EARN MORE POINTS THAN ANOTHER? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GO TO OUTCOME BONUS BASE FUNDING AND IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT CLEARER THERE.
IN ORDER TO MEET THE CCMR INDICATOR, YOU GET A POINT FOR STUDENTS.
BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE GETTING ANY OF THESE AREAS WILL HELP YOU MEET THE CCMR INDICATOR.
HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO GET MORE POINTS OR MORE FUNDING, YOU HAVE TO DO TSI AND ONE OF THESE OTHER AREAS.
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT TSI IS?
>> TSI, AN SAT. TSI IS WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR YOU TO ENTER INTO COLLEGE.
THE COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS IN ORDER FOR YOU TO ENROLL INTO SCHOOL AND NOT BE IN DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES, TSI IS REQUIRED.
IT'S ALSO REQUIRED FOR DUAL CREDIT COURSES CORE LIKE MATH, ENGLISH, HISTORY.
IN ORDER TO GET INTO THOSE COURSES, YOU MUST PASS THE TSI WITH THE MINIMUM SCORE.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS IN ORDER TO GET INTO THE COLLEGE.
THEN THE SAT ACT HAVE THE MINIMUM SCORES YOU HAVE TOO, THAT DOES TAKE THE PLACE OF THE TSI.
YOU HAVE TO PASS TSI IN ORDER TO TAKE THE ENGLISHES OR THE MATHS, HISTORIES.
BUT FOR THE DUAL CREDIT COURSES THAT ARE NOT CORE, YES, MA'AM, YOU CAN.
PART OF THIS INTENTIONALITY WAS MAKING SURE THAT OUR CCMR HAD ALIGNMENT AT THE CENTER THERE, THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AND SURROUNDED THERE.
OF COURSE, WITHOUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WE COULDN'T GET THIS DONE.
OF COURSE, CTE, WE HAVE ROTC MILITARY SPED DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OUR SPED STUDENTS ARE IMPORTANT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS RECEIVE THE SERVICES AND THE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, OR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALL STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT ARE GIVEN, AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY.
TCU, OUR COLLEGE ADVISING CORE, ADVANCED ACADEMICS, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAT, ACT AND TSIA, AND OUR CCMR, T3 ADVISORS, WHICH IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH A TARRANT COUNTY 2, AND 3.
IN YOUR BINDER YOU'LL FIND, AND YOU CAN PERUSE THAT DOCUMENT AT YOUR LEISURE OR NOW, CCMR QUICK GUIDE.
WITH THIS GUIDE, IT CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT THE INTENTIONALITY WITH OUR DISTRICT AS IT RELATES TO CCMR. EACH OF THESE AREAS IN WHICH OUR STUDENTS CAN MAXIMIZE CCMR OR MEET THE CCMR INDICATOR, WE HAVE INTENTIONAL ROLES THAT WE HAVE MAPPED OUT AND THOSE OWNERS AND CHAMPIONS OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A BIG PUSH AND IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE EXPERTS IN THAT AREA ARE DEDICATED AND WE START AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND WE EXTEND OUT TO THE CAMPUS TO SUPPORT AND SERVE THOSE CAMPUSES AND STUDENTS TO GET THE MAXIMIZED OPPORTUNITIES AS IT RELATES TO CCMR.
>> QUESTION. ASSUMING YOU HAVE AN 80% GRADUATION RATE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SECONDARY CREDENTIALS BY AGE 24, WHAT DATABASES ARE YOU LOOKING AT TO DETERMINE THAT THE STUDENTS COMPILED THE IT? IS THIS FOR CROWLEY ISD PER SE?
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WHAT DATABASE ARE YOU USING TO TRACK IT?>> YES. ACTUALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT EMS, WHICH IS ECONOMIC MOBILITY SYSTEMS, AND THEY HAVE OTHER DISTRICTS SURROUNDING TEXAS THAT THEY SUPPORT, AND THEY WILL GET OUR DATA.
THEY'RE TRACKING OUR DATA AND WILL CREATE SCHOOL REPORT CARDS AND LIVE DATA THAT UPLOADS FROM SKYWARD AS OFTEN AS WE NEED.
BASED UPON THAT INFORMATION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE RESULTS, WILL MONITOR AND ADJUST ON THE SPOT TO DETERMINE HOW DO WE HELP OUR STUDENTS REACH THESE GOALS?
TEXAS REQUIRES THAT THE ADULTS BE CAREER AND COLLEGE READY AND SO A PART OF THAT IS SUPPORTING THAT SAME GOAL BY 80% OF OUR GRADUATES BY THE 2030 DATE, THEY'RE PROFICIENT AND EFFICIENTLY ABLE TO GO OUT AND GET A CAREER THAT HAS A LIVABLE WAGE, THEY'RE EMPLOYABLE, OR THEY HAVE THE CERTIFICATIONS OR THE COLLEGE EDUCATION NEEDED TO MEET THE GOAL THAT THE STATE HAS PUT IN PLACE FOR 60 BY 30?
>> BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, MS. DAVIDSON.
TA GIVES US A GRADUATION RATE AMONG LAWYERS DIDN'T LOSE THEIR FIVE-YEAR GRADUATION RATE AND SIX-YEAR GRADUATION.
THEY GIVE US THE RATE. WITH LANGUAGE, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A SYSTEM SO THEY COULD TRACK OUR HOME TO KNOW THE KIND OF WORLD WE ALL LIVE IN.
>> ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION. DO WE FUNDING FOR THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND WHAT IS THAT CALLED?
>> YEAH. SHE'S A PATIENT WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] BASED FUNDING, IS WHAT THEY NEEDED.
TWO THINGS WE GET FUNDING FOR TAS GRADUATE [INAUDIBLE].
WE ALSO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHICH WE DIDN'T MENTION EARLIER, BUT WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN SPECIAL AID, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STUDENTS GETTING TALENT, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STUDENTS WHO'RE IN CTE.
WHAT WE GAVE YOU ALL WAS JUST THE OVERALL BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL WAYS OFFICIAL BASED ON THE PROGRAMS.
>> AS I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT OUR T3 CCMR ADVISING FRAMEWORK, IT'S FOR POST-SECONDARY ADVISEMENT, POST-SECONDARY ASSESSMENT, AND POST-SECONDARY PLANNING.
T3 SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS AGAIN, NOT ONLY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL BUT BEYOND IN COLLEGE OR CAREER MILITARY.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW EXACTLY OUR ROADMAP HERE IN CROWLEY AS IT RELATES TO CCMR. THE MIDDLE-SCHOOL CCMR WILL WORK WITH THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AND PROGRAM OF STUDY ADVISEMENT, CTE COUNSELING TO PROVIDE A SEAMLESS PATHWAY FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE STARTING, AS I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, IN SIXTH GRADE, AND REALLY GIVING STUDENTS EXPOSURE AND PREPARING THEM FOR THE CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS THEY'LL MAKE FURTHER ON IN THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AS WELL AS GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR HIGH SCHOOL CCMR WILL WORK WITH THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, ADVANCED ACADEMIC CTE, T3, AND COLLEGE ADVISING COURSE.
STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ALLOW OUR SCHOLARS TO BENEFIT FROM THE CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY CROWLEY ISD.
WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE MAKING SURE AGAIN, THAT PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS ARE WELL AWARE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
THROUGH PERSISTENCE COACHING, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ALL DISTRICTS DO, BUT WE'RE VERY INTENTIONAL BECAUSE MANY OF OUR SCHOLARS WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR CCMR WILL SAY THEY ARE READY FOR THE CAREER, AND READY FOR THE OBSTACLES OUT THERE, BUT IN ORDER TO ENSURE OUR SCHOLARS HAVE ALL OF THE BENEFITS OF SUCCESS WHEN THEY GET OUT THERE IN EITHER THE WORKFORCE OR COLLEGE, WE HAVE ADDED THE T3 AND THE CCMR, LED BY DR. JOHNSON IN OUR DISTRICT.
HIM AND HIS TEAM, THEY WILL SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS THEY GO INTO COLLEGES, MAKING SURE IF THEY HAVE ENROLLMENT ISSUES, IF THEY HAVE FINANCIAL AID ISSUES, BEING A SECOND SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF THEIR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOLARS DO HAVE SUCCESS AND ONCE ENROLLING IN COLLEGE, THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE AND GRADUATE OR THE CAREER OR MILITARY, WHICHEVER THEY CHOOSE.
ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT THE ONES THAT WE ARE AWARE THAT NEED THAT SUPPORT WHERE WE'VE EXTENDED IT TO THEM OR WE'RE EXTENDING IT TO THEM.
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YOU ALL ASKED EARLIER ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THIS SLIDE TALKS TO ACCOUNTABILITY VERSUS OUTCOME BONUS FUNDS.AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, ALL THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT WE CAN MEET THE CCMR ACCOUNTABILITY, BECAUSE IT'S 40 PERCENT OF OUR DOMAIN ONE AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
THAT'S THE CHART ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE GREEN CHART.
IT TALKS ABOUT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO ACTUALLY TO RECEIVE THE CCMR OUTCOME BONUS FUNDING.
TO NOTE, IN ORDER TO DO THIS, TSI CRITERIA MUST BE MET AND THAT MEANS EITHER AN APPROPRIATE SCORE ON THE SAT, ACT ARE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TSI FOR ENGLISH AND MATH OR ANY COMBINATION OF SAT, ACT ALONG WITH THE ENGLISH OR MATH TSI.
IF A STUDENT IS SUCCESSFUL ON THAT TASK THAN IF THEY ENROLL IN HIGHER INSTITUTION OF EDUCATION, THE FOLLOWING GRADUATION, WE GET OUTCOME BONUS FUNDS.
THEY EARN AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, WHICH WE KNOW WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CCA ACADEMY HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE STUDENTS LEAVE THERE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
IN ORDER TO TAKE THOSE COURSES, THEY HAVE TO BE TSI COMPLETE.
THOSE STUDENTS ARE OUTCOME BONUS FUNDING SOURCES.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY MEET THE TSI AND THEY EARN IBC OR LEVEL 1,2 CERTIFICATE.
ENLIST IN THE ARMY NOT JUST TAKE THE ASPECT, BUT ENLIST IN THE ARMY.
WE WILL SEE OUTCOME BONUS FUNDING FOR THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL.
>> IF YOU SEE THOSE BONUSES [INAUDIBLE].
>> THE FUNDING GOES DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT.
55% OF THAT FUNDING MUST GO BACK TO CCMR AS IT RELATES TO ANY TYPE OF SUPPORTS TO INCREASE THE CCMR NUMBERS OR TO SUPPORT MORE SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS.
THE OTHER 45% WILL GO TO CCMR, BUT MAYBE IN STAFFING MAY BE IN OTHER AREAS OF THE DISTRICT OR DR. MCFARLAND, MR. FISHER FONT DEEM NECESSARY.
>> IS THIS INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH PARENTS [INAUDIBLE] ENSURING HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M ASKING ME FOR SOME PARENTS WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO THE SEASON CCMR BUT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE JUST SAY NICHE.
BUT YOU CAN BE [INAUDIBLE] REQUIREMENTS.
>> MOST OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE DISSEMINATE TO PARENTS ARE VIA ADVISEMENT TO THE STUDENTS WHEN COUNSELORS ARE BIAS [NOISE] EACH YEAR.
THEN FOR EIGHTH GRADE, WE HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT NIGHT AND WE SHARE CELEBRATE AND BASICALLY MAKE IT LIKE A SATURDAY NIGHT AT EACH OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY'VE COMMITTED TO A PROGRAM OF STUDY.
AT THAT TIME THROUGH OTHER PARENT NIGHTS PRIOR TO THE ENDORSEMENT NIGHT IN SEVENTH GRADE, EIGHTH GRADE, PARENTS ARE GIVEN THE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE OPPORTUNITIES.
>> [INAUDIBLE] GONE THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
BUSINESS ASSOCIATE PROGRAM [INAUDIBLE] TO PUT HIM IN ANY COURSE, THE TCC THAT MATCHES THE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY IF HE'S ALREADY TCC STUDENT [INAUDIBLE] IN ENGLISH THREE AND IN ATSI.
THAT WASN'T SHARED WITH ME BECAUSE IN THIS NINCHE I KNOW THE INFORMATION OTHER PARENTS ARE NOT AWARE OF THAT.
>> I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW STUDENTS GET THE BATHROOM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MAKE A DECISION AND THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW VISIBLE IS IT FOR THEM TO ALWAYS COMPLETE THE ARTICULATION OF NECESSARY COURSES BEING THE CTE CENTER IN ONE PLACE, STUDENTS MAYBE HERE, SCHEDULING CONFLICTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
DO OUR KIDS EVER LSA COURSE JUST BECAUSE OF CONFLICTS THAT HAPPENED THERE?
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>> YES. [LAUGHTER] DEFINITELY THERE, THERE ARE CONFLICTS THAT OCCUR IN SO WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS MINIMIZE THOSE AND THEN ADDRESS THEM WHEN THEY OCCUR.
THERE'S THERE'S SOME REALITIES OF AS IT RELATES TO SCHEDULING AND AS IT RELATES TO WHAT THEY CAN TAKE ON THE HOME CAMPUS VERSUS THE CTE BUILDING.
>> THAT'S IT. THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THIS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THE CHALLENGING, IS THERE A LOT OF VARIABLES AND MAKING IT WORK EXACTLY PERFECT.
>> NEXT SLIDE, WE TALK ABOUT OUR OUTCOMES.
HOW DO WE GET OUR GRADUATING SENIORS YEAR AFTER YEAR WILL NOT ONLY INCREASE POSITIVE BRAND RECOGNITION FOR CROWLEY ISD AND DFW, BUT PAST THE POSSIBILITY OF EARNING HOUSE BILL FIVE OUTCOME BONUS FUNDING.
FOR ANY STUDENT THAT IS EQUAL THIS CCMR MED, 5,000 FOR EACH GRADUATE.
THAT MEANS ANY GRADUATE THAT AS TSI COMPLETE, AS WELL AS ACHIEVED SOME OTHER AREAS THAT I REFERENCED IN MY PRIOR SLIDE.
IF THEY'RE NOT ICO DISK, WE GET $3,000 FOR EACH GRADUATE.
IF THEY ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION, CCMR MED, THEY RECEIVE $5,000 FOR ICO DISK AND TOO LOW, THEY RECEIVE $5,000 FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION IN $2,000 ADDITIONAL FOR ICO THIS SPIRIT THESE ARE [OVERLAPPING] I'M SORRY.
>> IT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE LINGO.
>> I'M SORRY, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE.
THIS IS OPPORTUNITIES, AS DR. HALL ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THOSE OUTCOME BONUS FUNDING, THAT'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TO POUR BACK INTO OUR FUND BALANCE WITH INTENTIONALITY.
THAT DOESN'T JUST CREATE FINANCIAL GAIN FOR OUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO CREATES OPPORTUNITIES AGAIN FOR OUR STUDENTS.
BECAUSE THE MORE OF THESE INDICATORS THAT THEY MEET, THE MORE COMPETENT WE CAN KNOW THAT THEY'RE PREPARED FOR CAREER COLLEGE MILITARY READINESS ONCE THEY LEAVE OUR SCHOOLS.
>> HOW DO WE COMPARE OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US. [INAUDIBLE]
>> WHAT WE START, WE'VE DONE REALLY WELL WITH THE STANDARD THAT WAS PUT FORTH PRIOR TO THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING, WHAT WE'RE BASED UPON NOW WHERE A AS IT RELATES TO OUR CCMR. HOWEVER, WITH THE CHANGE POSSIBLY COMING WITH THE 88 PERCENT THAT DR. MCFARLAND ALLUDED TO, THEN MANY DISTRICTS ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO BE THE SAME BOAT AS WE ARE IN TERMS OF MANY AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.
>> THIS IS ONE THAT IS AS SOON AS THE RESULTS ARE RELEASED, WE WILL DEFINITELY PUT OURSELVES IN CONTEXTS BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE, TO KNOW HOW WE GET BETTER.
AS SOON AS THIS IS RELEASED, WILL HAVE A BETTER INDICATION OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
THE INTENT IS FOR US TO BE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE STUDENTS HAVE CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY LEAVE US.
IT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT THE INTENT IS RIGHT.
WE THINK IT'S EVENTUALLY ONCE WE GET THE SYSTEM DOWN.
AS SHE MENTIONED DASHBOARD THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN.
THIS DASHBOARD WILL HELP US TO TRACK INTO NO, THE ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS THAT ARE SPEED AND TO KNOW WHO'S ALREADY CCMR, MEET AND THEN WHO DO WE STILL HAVE LEFTOVER TO WORK WITH? WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW, WE FIND OUT ABOUT THAT AFTER THE FACT WITH US TRACKING IT, WE CAN BE ABLE TO DETERMINE AS THEY GO THROUGH OUR SYSTEM WHOSE MET AND WHO'S NOT.
>> WE'VE BEEN DOING ENDORSEMENT NIGHT.
THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR HERE IN CROWLEY AND I CAN SAY FOR CERTAIN IT'S BEEN DONE EVERY YEAR.
>> [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] I ENJOY IT.
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AND THAT IS A GOOD POINT.ONE THING WITH T3 THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS REALLY START AT THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL WITH PARENTS AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE DECISIONS AS A SIXTH GRADE PARENT, THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT STUDENTS WHEN THEY GET TO THE NINTH GRADE IT ON THROUGH.
T3 IS THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF T3.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PARENT COMPACT.
THERE IS A COMPACT THEIR PARENTS SIGN EARLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTH GRADE YEAR STUDENTS SIDE AND IT'S COMPACT.
I BELIEVE THAT WITH A T3 SYSTEM ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER CHANGES WERE BAKING WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADVISING PARENTS AND STUDENTS ABOUT THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE SPEAKING OF AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY ENCOURAGED BECAUSE WE DO WANT THE STUDENTS TO HAVE A FOCUS, BUT SHOULD THERE BE SOMETHING TO HAPPEN WHERE STUDENTS, A STUDENT CAN COMPLETE THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY IS THE I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE ENDORSEMENT THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY ALLUDING TO.
>> THAT'S WHY EARLY EXPOSURE CAREER, INTERESTS, INVENTORIES THAT WE'RE GIVING STUDENTS TO HELP THEM REALLY NARROW DOWN AND HONE IN ON THEIR SKILL SET AND THEIR INTEREST LEVEL SO THAT WE GET THEM TO COMMIT EARLY ON.
OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHANGES.
MANY OF US HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE, BUT WE TRY TO REALLY ENCOURAGE THEM THROUGH THE INTERESTS, INVENTORY, AND EXPOSURE REALLY TO NOT ONLY SAY THIS HAS TO BE WHERE YOUR CAREER ENDS, BUT YOU CAN GET A SKILL SET TO HELP YOU HAVE A GOOD WAGE WHILE YOU'RE IN COLLEGE AND MAY HAVE A CERTIFICATION TO WORK SOMEWHERE YOU'RE MAKING ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE WHILE YOU'RE FINISHING YOUR COLLEGE DEGREE AND MAYBE SOMETHING YOU WANT.
WE DO ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY THE PATH SO THAT THEY CAN BE A COMPLETER.
IF FOR SOME REASON THEY WANT TO CHANGE, WE'RE ENCOURAGING THE COUNSELORS, SPECIFICALLY CTE COUNSELORS, AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE PARENT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE STUDENT SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THE BENEFITS LIE.
IF THE BENEFITS LIE FOR THEM TO CHANGE, THEN WE APPROVE THE CHANGE AND LOOK AT THE SEAMLESS TRANSITION TO WHATEVER THE NEXT PATH MIGHT BE.
>> YES, EXACTLY. WE DO KNOW THAT STUDENTS WILL CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
WITH ALL OF OUR CTE PROGRAMS OF STUDY, IF THEY HAVE THREE MORE CLASSES TO CONSIDER TO BE A COMPLETER, WE CAN POSE THIS SO THEY CAN ENTER EITHER IN MANDATORY OR INTENT FOR IT SO THEY COULDN'T SAY THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO WHEN THEY TRY IT OUT, THEN WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THEM.
>> YOU MENTIONED ABOUT PREPARING THEM TO DETERMINE WHAT CAREERS THEY WANT TO GO INTO.
ARE YOU BRINGING OUTSIDE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL FIELDS THAT THEY CAN GO INTO OR ARE YOU HAVING A CAREER THERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO HELP KIDS SIX THROUGH EIGHT?
IN THEIR SEVENTH GRADE CLASS YEAR, THEY TAKE A REQUIRED CLASS AT COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPLORATION AND AS PART OF THAT CLASS WHAT THEY DO IS THEY WILL RESEARCH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO JOB SHADOWING AND WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE, WE BRING IN GUEST SPEAKERS AND THEN WE CONTINUE BRINGING IN SPEAKERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE AND ALLOWING THEM TO JOB SHADOW.
THEY WILL CHOOSE THEIR TOP THREE AND BE ABLE TO SHADOW THOSE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AT THE CTE CENTER BEFORE THEY MAKE A CHOICE.
>> WE ALSO HAVE THE FIELD TRIPS THAT WE HAVE SET UP WHERE STUDENTS ARE BROUGHT OVER TO THE CTE CENTER SO THEY CAN TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND SEE THE STUDENTS IN ACTION AS WELL AS SOME STUDENTS VISITING THOSE ACTUAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS.
>> I HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION AND IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS AND IT MAY NOT. HERE IT GOES.
FOR THE INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION, THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO GO TO THE CTE CENTER,
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WHAT IS THE COMPLETION RATE FOR THOSE STUDENTS, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED AS COMPARE TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE CERTIFICATION? I ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THIS COULD ALSO BE GOING TO SOMETHING ELSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, BUT GOING FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER AND STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO DRIVE TO DO THAT, ARE THEY COMING TO CTE? IS THERE A HIGH ABSENTEE RATE THEN WHICH IS HURTING US ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND IS IT KEEPING THEM FROM COMPLETING A CERTIFICATION BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ATTENDING? IF ANY OF THAT MAKES SENSE. [LAUGHTER]>> YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE 32 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND SOME OF THOSE WERE FROM CAMPUS SUMMER AT THE RJ AND SO EVERY ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS OF STUDY HAS A CORRESPONDING, INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION.
THE SUCCESS RATE REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PROGRAM OF STUDY.
YOU'LL HAVE SOME OF YOUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY WHERE YOU MAY HAVE A 40% GET THE IBC ALL THE WAY UP TO, WE LOOK AT AUTOMOTIVE AND WE HAVE RIGHT AT 90%.
IT DEPENDS ON THE DIFFICULTY THAT I WILL SEE YOU IN THE COURSEWORK THAT GOES INTO IT.
AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE AT THE RJ, IT'S THE SAME ATTENDANCE RULES AS THE WHOLE CAMPUS.
THEY'RE TRACKING BACK AND FORTH TO MAKE SURE YES, THEY ACTUALLY MAKE IT THERE.
>> I WANTED TO GO JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DIRECTION ON THIS AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IS AT TCC.
SHE JUST COMPLETED HER TSI HIDDEN MATH, WHICH TOOK HER A VERY LONG TIME.
IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE A INCREDIBLE MOM BEHIND HER, SHE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ANY DISTRICT RECEIVES FUNDING AFTER THEY GRADUATE AND COMPLETE THE TSI.
MY STATEMENT, I GUESS AS A WHOLE IS THAT WITHOUT MY WIFE AND THE GREAT TEACHERS AT OKAMON DIAGNOSING HER WITH DYSLEXIA AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, SHE COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE SO MANY OTHER CHILDREN THAT GET FRUSTRATED WITH MATH OR READING OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND TAKE ONE OR TWO SEMESTERS OF COLLEGE AND THEN DROP OUT.
I GUESS HIS STATEMENT IS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY FOCUS EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE THERE'S A GOLDEN EGG AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR THESE KIDS THAT GRADUATE NOT ONLY FOR THE EDUCATION, BUT MONETARY FOR THE ISD AS WELL BUT FOR US TO REALLY FOCUS ON ANY CHILD THAT IS DYSLEXIC OR ANYTHING THAT NEED ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGHOUT, NOT ONLY THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, BUT WHENEVER SHE DOES GO OR THEY GO TO TCC OR ANYONE ELSE AND SHE IS ABLE TO GET ACCOMMODATIONS ONLY BECAUSE SHE HAD ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE HELP AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE.
>> CURRENTLY, WE DON'T OFFER A SPECIFIC CLASS FOR THAT.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT BOOT CAMPS THAT SCHOOLS HAVE HELD.
THAT IS A POINT OF INTENTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE MORE PREP, ESPECIALLY FOR THE TSIA BECAUSE IT'S AN INTERESTS TO COLLEGE AND SO WE ARE GOING TO GIVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS ON THOSE, AS WELL AS MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS TO TAKE THEM OR RETAKE THEM IN ORDER TO HAVE SUCCESS.
JUST TO SPEAK ON THE TASK THAT WE'VE COMPLETED AND NEXT STEPS AND DR. ROBINSON, I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT I JUST REITERATING ABOUT THE TSI.
THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF SCHOOL WE DID CTE AUDITS, WERE COMPLETED BY AUGUST 23RD, AND BASICALLY THOSE AUDITS WERE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE SPOKE ABOUT, THE MASTER SCHEDULING WASN'T,
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WE MINIMIZE THE CONFLICTS THERE SO THE STUDENTS STARTED A PROGRAM THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE THEIR PROGRAM AND ENROLLED IN THE NEXT COURSE OF SEQUENCE.CCMR JOURNEY MAP THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE THAT WE REFERENCED.
WE CREATED THAT WITH THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, THE CCMR T3 STUDENT EXPERIENCE, THE REGION 11 CCMR TO COACHING TRAINING, WHICH WE HAD TODAY, WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
WE BROUGHT IN THE REGION BECAUSE WE REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT OUR SYSTEMS, OUR IMPLEMENTATION, OUR DATA AS THEY SAW IT FROM THE REGION, OUR LOCAL REGION, AND WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, LEADERSHIP TEAM AND COUNSELORS IN A DISTRICT LEVEL TO REALLY SEE HOW WE CAN SERVE AS SUPPORT AND EACH CAMPUS HAVE A PLAN FOR CCMR SUCCESS.
MANY OF THEM APPRECIATE IT THAT TODAY JUST THE CONVERSATION AND COLLABORATION WE BROUGHT FROM THAT.
TEXAS ONCOURSE, WHICH IS ANOTHER RESOURCE IN WHICH YOU CAN RECEIVE TSI PREP INFORMATION AND SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE MORE INTO TEXAS ONCOURSE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AS I STATED JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, TSI PREP WITH MORE FREQUENT TESTING, BUT THE PREP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE CAN TEST, BUT IF WE'RE NOT PREPARING OUR STUDENTS, THEN WE DON'T WANT TO SET THEM UP FOR FAILURE SO WE WILL EMBED MORE PREP IN FOR THEIR SUCCESS AT THE END OF THAT.
>> JUST TO ADD TO THAT AND MAYBE ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED MS. ROBINSON, LIKE THE TEXAS ONCOURSE, I THINK IN THE TRAINING TODAY, I BELIEVE I'VE HEARD THEM MENTION THE FACT THAT IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS.
THAT PARENTS COULD ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO IT AND SO NEXT WEEK, ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WE'LL WANT A MEETING WITH PARENTS, WE'LL SHARE WITH THEM ON TEXAS ONCOURSE.
WE'LL SHARE WITH PARENTS ON HOW THEY CAN GO ONLINE, LOOK AT IT TO SEE THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE ON COURSE BASICALLY TO BECOME CCMR MET.
A LOT OF THIS IT'S JUST US DOING A BETTER JOB OF INFORMING THE PARENTS OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE REALLY DIRECTING OUR STUDENTS TOWARD THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
>> I'M THE PARENT THAT LOOKS AT THE COURSE GUIDE, HIGH SCHOOL GUIDE, WHATEVER, IS IT POSSIBLE TO EMBED SOME OF THESE AP COURSES AND INCLUDE SOMETHING WITH CCMR WOULD HAVE TAKEN A DUAL GRADE [INAUDIBLE] LEVEL ONE, WHATEVER IT IS.
I JUST KNOW FOR ME BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THE COURSE GUYS SO MUCH MORE PROACTIVE.
I FEAR MY SON IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION.
I KNOW WHO THE ADHESION BEDROOM THINGS SO I UNDERSTAND.
BUT IF I DIDN'T, THAT INFORMATION HAS NEVER COME AS A THING THAT I HAVEN'T HAD A CURRICULUM THAT YOU CAN ACCESS THIS SO FOR PARENTS WHO ARE NOT PRIVY TO THIS INFORMATION, WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE LAY OUT A SEQUENCE WHERE SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY EMBEDDED INSTEAD OF DEPENDING ON THE STUDENTS, THIS CLIP IS BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT YOU GOT TO LIVE 17 [INAUDIBLE]
>> AS WE THINK ABOUT LEAVING PARENT UNIVERSITIES IN THE FUTURE, REALLY HAVEN'T TIME TO REALLY WALK THROUGH AND SHOW OUR PARENTS HOW CCMR MATTERS.
I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT ALL THESE NEWSLETTERS.
THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT IN PARENT NEWSLETTER BECAUSE WE KNOW PARENTS ARE READING THEM ABOUT THIS.
THEY DIRECT THEM SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CCMR TONIGHT, QUITE FRANKLY, IS THAT THIS IS OUR PRIORITY FOR GOING FORWARD AND SO WE'LL BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT ALL THE OPTIONS AND THEN BUILD IN SUPPORTS AND THAT'S OUR POINTING IN AND SO WE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. IT WOULD BE BETTER WHEN THEY GET TO THAT IMPACT.
LIKE, DO I JUST NOT FINISHED MOST OF MY CERTIFICATION OR DO I TAKE THIS ELECTIVE THAT I WANT TO STICK WITH THAT I LIKE SO MUCH DO
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I STOP GOING OVER HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO WORK A PART-TIME JOB.THEY MADE LIFE DECISIONS, BUT THEY HAVE RIPPLING IMPLICATIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE AND GIVE OFF SO JUST THE EXPECTATION THAT INVOLVE PARENTS ON THOSE DECISION.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION AND THIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
IT MAY STILL BE IN PLACE AND MAY NOT.
BUT STUDENTS USE TO COME HOME WITH [OVERLAPPING] AND WORTH PLENTY OF COURSE PLAN YEAH [OVERLAPPING] AND THEY WON'T DONE THAT ANYMORE [LAUGHTER] BUT THE IDEA IS THE PARENT HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE STUDENT AND THE PARENT HAD TO SIGN THIS, SO IS ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN PLACE ANYMORE?
>> YES. DURING THE ADVISEMENT THAT IS ENCOURAGED TO ME, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COME BACK WITH A PARENT'S SIGNATURE, NOTING THAT THE PARENTS SOUGHT OR LOG ON TO SEE AN IMPROVED THEIR COURSES.
BUT TO JUST BE TRANSPARENT, MANY OF OUR PARENTS MAY OR MAY NOT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF INFORMING THEM THAT IT'S OUT THERE.
WE DO POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND DO CALL OUT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH THAT WE CAN BETTER IMPROVE IN THAT AREA SO THAT PARENTS ARE AWARE THAT THAT'S COMING HOME, AND ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN LOG IN AND SEE THEIR KIDS COURSES AND NEXT YEAR AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE IT BEFORE IT BECOMES A WHOLE SCHEDULE [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING]
>> ALL OF THIS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PARENT ENGAGEMENT, AND SO I THINK THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
A LOT OF THESE CONCERNS WOULD BE ADDRESSED.
BUT FIGURING THAT PIECE I THINK, IS WHERE THE KEY IS TO IMPROVE EVERYTHING IS GETTING PARENTS MORE ENGAGED.
>> I DO KNOW THAT WITH T3, THE SECOND YEAR PARTNERSHIP, THERE'S A NEW PARENT ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT THAT'S SPECIFIC TO ALL OF THESE THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF EVERYTHING, BUT THAT IS A BIG FOCUS PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH T3 THE SECOND YEAR.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, THIS YEAR WE ARE COMPLETING OUR COURSE GUIDE EARLIER, SO WE'LL HAVE IT COMPLETE BY ABOUT THE SECOND WEEK IN OCTOBER.
WE DID THAT INTENTIONALLY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A COURSE THAT COMPLETE AND ALL OF THESE OPTIONS READY BEFORE ENVIRONMENT BEGAN.
SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY INTENTIONAL IN THAT PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN BE INTENTIONAL AND BRING PARENTS OUT, AND HAVE EVERYTHING READY BEFORE WE MAKE DECISIONS.
>> I KNOW WE CHANGE OUR PROCESSES THIS YEAR WITH ALLOWANCE OF PARENTS TO HAVE FURTHER AWAY.
AND SO STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN DUAL CREDIT COURSES BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE SEMESTER.
SOME [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS GRADES.
I KNOW OF A FEW STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN DUAL CREDIT COURSES WHERE THEY'RE BELOW A TWO POINT WHERE THEY'RE STILL TAKING COURSES.
IS THERE A WAY TO STOP THAT IMPACT COLLEGE CAREER IN BEFORE THEY STEP [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] IN THE COLLEGE [INAUDIBLE]
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS YEAR WE DID THE FERPA JUST AS PART OF THE STANDARD REGISTRATION SO THAT ALL STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THAT ON FILE SO THAT THE INSTRUCTORS COULD COMMUNICATE WITH THE PARENTS BECAUSE THEY OPERATE UNDER THE COLLEGE STANDARDS WHERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITHOUT THAT PURPOSE SO THAT IS TAKE AWAY AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE IMPOSE SO THAT WE COULD MITIGATE SOME OF THAT DAMAGE AS WELL AS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] FOR FEEL [NOISE]
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[INAUDIBLE] I JUST FELL FOR THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE MY SON AND I PULL UP YOUR HANDS LEGACY FOR PARENTS WHO ARE NOT AWARE.THERE ARE PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT STUDENTS CANNOT FELL TO ENDURE [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE WE STOP THEM FROM TAKING [INAUDIBLE] AND WE'LL GIVE THEM TIME TO STEP AWAY AND THEN BRING IT BACK.
ONE THING THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR IS THE INTERVENTION PROCESS FOR DUAL CREDIT.
THAT WE HAVE EMBEDDED INSTRUCTORS THAT [NOISE] TEACH YOUR INDISTINCT FOR THE ISD.
TEACHERS THAT ARE CREDENTIALED BY CALI COLLEGE OR VIOLENT WAR COLLEGE.
AND THOSE TEACHERS HAVE OFFERED AN INTERVENTION AND TUTORIALS FOR STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO TAKE THEIR COLLEGE CAREER BEFORE THEY EVER GET THERE. WE HAVE TO STOP.
>> I WISHED I HAD WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE IT BUT IT SAVED ME $10,000 [LAUGHTER]
>> THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF YOU-ALL HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ONCE AGAIN, LEARN A LOT OF NEAT THINGS THAT I, THANK YOU VERY MUCH [BACKGROUND]
WE WILL END TONIGHT AT 9:10 PM. THANKS, JOHN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.