[1.0 Call to Order]
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>> GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE CALLED MEETING OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 551.041 SUBCHAPTER C, GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED BY THE 73RD LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING AND DECORUM IS PRESENT.
I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MR. KIRCHNER.
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TRUSTEE PLACE 1, NEDRA ROBINSON.
TRUSTEE PLACE 2. DR. LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 3, DR. MIA HALL.
TRUSTEE PLACE 4, JUNE W. DAVIS,.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 5, DARRYL R. DAVIS II.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 6, GARY GRASSIA,.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 7, KELICIA STEVENSON.
>> SUPERINTENDENT DR. MICHAEL MCFARLAND, PRESENT.
I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THE MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE BOARD ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE'RE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AS WE CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT, REVIEW INFORMATION AND MAKE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED 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 AND EFFECTIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELLPHONES OR COMMUNICATION DEVICES BEFORE WE BEGIN THESE PROCEEDINGS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CROWLEY ISD SCHOOLS.
OUR FIRST ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 2.0.
[2.0 Celebrations / Board Points of Pride]
WE HAVE CELEBRATIONS AND BOARD POINTS OF PRIDE.THIS IS WHEN THE TRUSTEES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR CELEBRATIONS RELATED TO OUR DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OR WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST?
WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY TO CHIEF LE'SHAI MASTON AND THE ENTIRE TEAM OF OFFICERS WHO SERVE ON THE CROWLEY ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.
WE HONOR AND APPRECIATE YOU [APPLAUSE].
ALSO DURING THE HOLIDAYS, CROWLEY STUDENTS WERE SHINING BRIGHT.
OUR SUE CROUCH KNIGHTS HELD A SHOE DRIVE DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
THEY PARTNERED WITH THE NONPROFIT SOLES 4 SOLES AND DONATED 131 PAIRS OF SHOES IN DECEMBER.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED TO HELP TURN SHOES INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
WE ARE ON A TEAM WITH ONE DRINK.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE STEVENSON. IS THERE ANOTHER VOLUNTEER?
>> CONGRATULATIONS. GO OUT TO H. F. STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIXTH GRADERS EMMA REYNA, AND SOPHIA MOLINA, WHO WON FIRST PLACE IN THE FORT WORTH CIVIC ORCHESTRA HOLIDAY CAROL WRITING COMPETITION.
THEIR COMPOSITION, THE WINTER TRADITIONS, WAS PERFORMED BY AN ORCHESTRA AND THE TEXAS BOYS CHOIR ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16.
WE ARE CROWLEY PROUD OF YOU TOO, [APPLAUSE] AND I HAVE A SECOND POINT OF PRIDE.
OFTENTIMES, WE AS TRUSTEES RECEIVE VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS, AND PARENTS, AND STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR DISTRICT.
OFTENTIMES THEY ARE USUALLY A REFLECTION OF A PROBLEM.
[NOISE] WE RECEIVED A LETTER OF COMMENDATION FOR ONE OF OUR AMAZING STAFF MEMBERS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND THE LETTER WAS ACTUALLY PENNED BY PASTOR TOMMY TURNER, THE STUDENT PASTOR AT THE FOUNTAINS FELLOWSHIP CHURCH IN CROWLEY.
IF I CAN, I JUST WANT TO READ AN EXCERPT AND IT SAYS, IN THIS TAPESTRY OF CARING EFFORTS, ONE SHINING EXAMPLE THAT IS TRULY TOUCH MY HEART, IS THE MENTORING CONFERENCE LED BY DR. JOHNSON.
INSTEAD OF AN EXAMPLE, I FIND IT TO BE THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE DISTRICT'S COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IT IS NOT MY INTENTION TO OVERSHADOW OTHER COMMENDABLE EFFORTS, BUT RATHER, TO BRING TO LIGHT THE EXCEPTIONAL IMPACT OF DR. JOHNSON'S WORK.
DURING A BRIEF FEW HOURS, DR. JOHNSON AND HIS TEAM ORCHESTRATED A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE THAT ELEVATED THE STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR FOR A GROUP OF H. F. STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS.
THE SESSIONS ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PROPER SPEECH AND HUMILITY NOT ONLY PROMISE
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POSITIVE CLASSROOM DYNAMICS BUT ALSO EQUIPPED THESE STUDENTS WITH ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS BEYOND THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.WHAT UNFOLDED DURING THOSE FEW HOURS WAS NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE.
THE LETTER GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE AMAZING WORK THAT DR. ANTHONY JOHNSON IS DOING.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS APROPOS FOR US TO CELEBRATE HIS EFFORTS IN THE MENTORING CONFERENCE THAT HE FACILITATED AT H. F. STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
DR. JOHNSON, ALL SIX TO YOUR GOOD BROTHER KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. [APPLAUSE]
HE VOLUNTEERED AND SPOKE TO SOME STUDENTS WITHIN ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN FORT WORTH, JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA, THOSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
HE VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME AND SPOKE TO THEM AND GOT RAVE REVIEWS BY PARENTS, THE SPONSORS, AND THE STUDENTS.
HE'S DOING GREAT WORK ALL THE WAY AROUND.
>> ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, STUDENTS FROM POYNTER MADE US PROUD BY SPREADING HOLIDAY CHEER TO THE RESIDENTS AT THE CROWLEY NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER.
MRS. GAINES AND OUR AMAZING STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SHOWING THAT CROWLEY CARES ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY EXAMPLE, BUT I LOVE TO SEE OUR STUDENTS GIVING BACK AND THINKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
SO I AM VERY PROUD OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL FOR THIS EFFORT.
>> I'LL SHARE UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO.
THIS IS RELATED TO CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WE WERE EXCITED SEE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2024 AS THEY RECEIVED ON THE SPOT ACCEPTANCE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, TO ATTEND TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
APPROXIMATELY 20 CHS SENIORS PARTICIPATED IN THE RAM APP EVENT AND RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE NEXT STOP, OF COURSE, IS GRADUATION 2024 IN MAY.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF A APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE] THAT'S HUGE, AND WE APPRECIATE TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE 12TH, THE CROWLEY ISD FINANCE TEAM PROUDLY HOST THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS OF DALLAS, FORT WORTH.
THIS DIVERSE GROUP OF CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VOTER APPROVED BOND PROJECTS PLANNED ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AND HOW THEY CAN JOIN US IN DELIVERING ON THE DREAM.
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT IN CROWLEY ISD?
>> YES, IT DOES. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU TRUSTEE GRASSIA, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? TRUSTEE DAVIS.
>> DR. MAYFIELD. DID WE TALK ABOUT THE JOURNEY FAIR YET?
>> I WILL. THANK YOU. OUR WINTER JOB FAIR FOR TEACHERS AND HEALTH CLINIC AIDS WAS HELD MONDAY, JANUARY 8TH, ON CROWLEY PRIDE DRIVE.
THE 43 ATTENDEES HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT FACE TO FACE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR CROWLEY ISD CAMPUSES.
TWELVE POTENTIAL HIRES ARE IN THE PIPELINE TO JOIN US AS WE CONTINUE TO ACT LIKE A FAMILY AND WORK LIKE A TEAM IN 2024. [APPLAUSE]
THAT CONCLUDES OUR CELEBRATIONS AND BOARD POINTS OF PRIDE.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. AT THIS TIME,
[3.0 Superintendent Report]
WE'RE AT AGENDA ITEM 3.0 FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. DR. MCFARLAND.>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU ALL AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD 2024 CALENDAR YEAR.
ALSO, I WANTED TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT AS WE'RE ENTERING INTO JANUARY, WE KNOW THAT MONDAY IS REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY.
WE KNOW THAT DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND ALSO MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE'LL BEGIN TO LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GREAT HEROES IN OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
ONE THING THAT I WANTED JUST TO SHARE BRIEFLY IS WHAT I'VE COMMITTED TO DOING IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT OUR MISSION IN THE DISTRICT.
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OUR MISSION IN CROWLEY ISD IS THAT WE PROVIDE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WITH EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SO THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MISSION AS I WAS LISTENING TO, AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO A SERIES OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S SPEECHES.
BUT ONE THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME THAT I WANT TO LIFT UP TODAY IT'S TITLED, WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S BLUEPRINT? I ENCOURAGE BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S ON YOUTUBE, TO PULL IT UP.
JUST LOOK AT IT, LISTEN TO IT.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THE WORK THAT WE'RE ENGAGED IN, AND THE MISSION OF OUR DISTRICT.
A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS THAT HE LIFTED IN THAT SPEECH, HE TALKED ABOUT THIS CONCEPT OF SOME BODINESS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS REACHING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, IT STARTS WITH THEM UNDERSTANDING THEIR VALUE.
WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS TO MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT UNDERSTAND THE VALUE THAT THEY HAVE AS AN INDIVIDUAL, AND THE VALUE THAT THEY HAVE AND THE ABILITY THEY HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE.
THAT IDEA OF SOME BODINESS, AND YOU'LL HEAR US TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL BE DOING VIDEOS AND WE REALLY WILL SPEND THE NEXT TWO MONTHS REALLY TRYING TO BRING ALIVE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WE OFTENTIMES HEAR IN SPEECHES.
BUT THE FIRST ONE IS SOME BODINESS AND VALUE.
THE OTHER THING HE TALKED ABOUT WAS SERVICE. IT WAS REALLY THREE.
IT WAS THE VALUE OF SOME BODINESS, SERVICE, AND THEN RESPONSIBILITY.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SERVICE, WHAT HE WAS SPEAKING OF IS THAT WE ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE GREAT, TO BE LEADERS.
IT'S NATURAL FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO BE THE DRUM MAJOR.
BUT WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT WE ALL CAN BE GREAT BECAUSE WE ALL CAN SERVE.
WHAT I TRANSLATED THAT INTO FOR US AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IN THE DISTRICT, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT JUST TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS CAN PASS STAR, NOT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND ALGEBRA AND SCIENCE AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF SERVICE.
WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS MAKING SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT SERVICE IS AS IMPORTANT TO US AS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY GO HAND IN HAND.
THEN THE THIRD THING IS JUST RESPONSIBILITY.
THE REALITY IS THAT IT'S NATURAL FOR US TO TEACH STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL SO THAT THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR LIFE.
BUT WHAT WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY.
DEFINITELY, I'M EXCITED JUST ABOUT REALLY DIVING IN AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN OPERATIONALIZE AND BRING TO FRUITION THE VISION THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY BOARD, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR TIME, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR IDEAS TO MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR STUDENTS IN CROWLEY ISD AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I LIFT IT UP.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AFFIRM YOU, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 2024 SCHOOL YEAR.
NOW, MR. KIRCHNER, WON'T YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT, MR. KIRCHNER, JUST ABOUT THE BOND.
I KNOW WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND SO I WANT THIS TO BE A PART OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BOND A LITTLE BIT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
LOOKING AT TONIGHT'S AGENDA, YOU SEE A LOT OF EXCITING REPORTS AND ACTION ITEMS ON THERE RELATED TO OUR BOND PROJECTS, AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN CROWLEY ISD THAT YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED ON, THAT YOU'LL VOTE ON IN THE DAYS, AND WEEKS, AND MONTHS AHEAD.
WE WANTED TO PUT THAT JUST ON A ONE PAGE GRAPHIC JUST TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY AN IDEA, AND WE WANT TO POST THIS ON OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU FIRST OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR BOND ELECTION, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WAS A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE, OF COURSE, HAD THAT SUCCESSFUL ELECTION IN 2023.
PRIOR TO THAT, AND NEVER SINCE THAT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROJECT PLANNING GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND THAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED WITH.
CHECK OUT WHAT HAPPENS OVER THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS BECAUSE OF THAT VOTER APPROVED BOND.
2024, THIS DEPUPY FALL, WE ARE, OF COURSE, ARE GOING TO BE OPENING UP OUR NEWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY NUMBER 16 AND THE CARRIS DEVELOPMENT.
NOW, OF COURSE, THAT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PREVIOUS BOND, BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST NEW SCHOOL THAT PEOPLE SEE OPENING IN CROWLEY ISD SINCE JUNE W. DAVIS ELEMENTARY.
THE OTHER THING WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED IS THE SECURITY FENCING AT ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUNDS AT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT.
SAFETY AND SECURITY WAS A TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR VOTERS, AND SO WE'RE DELIVERING ON THAT.
A MAJOR PROJECT THAT YOU'VE ALSO VOTED ON IS THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AT HF. STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR FACILITIES ARE MAINTAINED AND THAT OUR TAXPAYERS AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE PROUD OF THEM.
THAT ALSO MEANS THERE'S GOING TO BE FACILITY AND SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
ONE THING WE MADE SURE DURING OUR BOND ELECTIONS, WE LET PEOPLE KNOW EVERY STUDENT IN EVERY SCHOOL WAS GOING TO BE BENEFITING FROM THIS, AND THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE HAPPENING ALL FOUR YEARS.
AS THOSE COME UP AND YOU VOTE ON THEM, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO CALL THOSE OUT AND INCLUDE THEM ON THOSE LISTS SO PEOPLE SEE.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ELEMENTARY NUMBER 17 OPENING.
THAT'S THE SCHOOL THAT'S RIGHT OVER BY RICHARD ALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE BRIDGES DEVELOPMENT AND LAND THAT THE DISTRICT ALREADY OWNED.
THOSE OTHER DISTRICT WIDE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE UNDERWAY.
GOING AHEAD TO 2026, IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG YEAR WITH PHASE ONE OF THE NEW TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEX OPENING RIGHT
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HERE BETWEEN THIS BUILDING AND OUR MULTIPURPOSE STADIUM.ALSO SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT EXPANSIONS AND RENOVATIONS AT DEER CREEK, SYCAMORE, MEADOWCREEK, CROWLEY NINTH GRADE, NORTH CROWLEY NINTH GRADE, AND NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
THEN IN 2027, THE MUCH ANTICIPATED NEW CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE SCHEDULED TO OPEN RIGHT IN THE HEART OF CROWLEY, ALONG WITH NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 5.
ALSO THAT INCLUSIVE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER, THERE'S PART OF PROPOSITION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CROWLEY.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT.
THEN ALSO, PHASE 2 WITH THE INDOOR TRACK WOULD BE SCHEDULED TO OPEN THERE IN 2027.
ALL THAT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR VOTERS.
THEY SAW THE NEED, THEY BELIEVE IN OUR STUDENTS.
THEY LOVE OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR EDUCATORS HERE AND THEY MADE THAT INVESTMENT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO DELIVER ON THAT.
TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIG PICTURE.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHY SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
TYPICALLY, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAKES TWO YEARS TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT.
A MIDDLE SCHOOL IS RIGHT AT ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND A HIGH SCHOOL IS A LARGE PROJECT, SO THAT'S FOUR YEARS.
THAT EXPLAINS THE 2027 SCHEDULED OPENING FOR CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
WHEN ALL THIS IS GOING ON, WE WANT TO LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING SIGNS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE.
THIS IS NOT CROWLEY'S, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THEY SEE CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS AND RENOVATIONS, THAT THESE ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE THEIR BOND DOLLARS AT WORK.
EACH PROJECT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED THERE EXPLAINING WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
BUT ALSO WHAT WE REALLY LIKED ABOUT THIS EXAMPLE IS IT SHOWS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT WAS MADE AND ALSO THE JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT.
THE ARCHITECTS AND THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS WHO ARE HELPING MAKE IT POSSIBLE AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO ARE LEADING THE WAY.
NOT ONLY AT OUR NEW SCHOOLS, BUT EVEN ON OUR NEW FENCING FOR THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, ROOFS, THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE BOND.
YOU'LL SEE THESE SIGNS AT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND ALSO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SOON TO COME.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY TONIGHT AND ASK GREAT QUESTIONS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT OUR TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER.
WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE SIGNAGE.
THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AGAINST A FENCE AREA, SO ARE WE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS LIKE PACKAGING?
>> GREAT QUESTION. SOME PLACES YOU MAY SEE A BANNER ON A CHAIN LINK FENCE ON THE OUTSIDE OF A JOB SITE.
SOME PLACES YOU MAY SEE A SIGN PUT IN THE GROUND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN OUR STADIUM WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED, YOU SAW THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WANT TO JUST BE AS VISIBLE AS POSSIBLE IN AS MANY OF THEM AS WE NEED JUST TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHY THESE PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING.
GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AND THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THE OVERVIEW.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM
[5.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item(s)]
5.1 THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN DIVE RIGHT INTO CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. 5.1 IS THE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER FIVE, AND INDOOR OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD FACILITY. DR. MCFARLAND.>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS.
WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A QUESTION AND ANSWERS AS YOU SEE THEM OR AS THEY COME UP.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR FOLKS SITTING HERE WITH MICROPHONES READY TO RESPOND, AND SO DEFINITELY INVITE THOSE.
THIS ITEM DEALS WITH, OF COURSE, THE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD, AND MR. REAVES IS PREPARED TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM. MR. REAVES.
>> THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE BEHIND THIS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM IS TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES US TO HAVE A DELIVERY METHOD SELECTED BEFORE WE CAN ADVERTISE FOR A PROJECT.
WITH THAT IN MIND, ALONG WITH WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING FOR THIS PROJECT, THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD THAT WE'VE USED FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IT WITH ELEMENTARY 16, ELEMENTARY 17, AND CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK METHOD.
IT IS A METHOD THAT TRANSFERS THE RISK OF THE PROJECT TO THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND NOT THE OWNER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF THIS CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD BECAUSE IT HAS A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THAT PRICE, AND IF THERE'S ANY FLUCTUATION IN MATERIALS OR WHATEVER THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, THAT'S NOT ON THE OWNER,
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THAT'S ON THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.ANOTHER THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THEY CAN SERVE AS A CONSULTANT.
THEY CAN PROVIDE INPUT FOR VALUE ENGINEERING ON ITEMS. WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, PROBABLY ON EVERY PROJECT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THEIR INPUT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH DESIGN, BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT MAY NOT WORK OR WHAT ABOUT APPROACHING IT THIS WAY.
VERY HELPFUL DURING DESIGN FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
WHAT THIS IS JUST THE EVALUATION PROCESS WE GO THROUGH EACH TIME WE SEND OUT AN RFQ/RFP, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS.
STEP 1 IS TYPICALLY REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE CALL STEP 1 FOR THE RFQ.
THESE ARE THE FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES.
COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THEIR SUBMISSIONS AND WE'LL GRADE OUT EACH CATEGORY AND EACH INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEM AS WE GO THROUGH CALCULATED AND THE TOTAL OF A STEP 1 CALCULATION IS 60 POINTS OF THE 100 MAXIMUM POINTS.
WHEN WE GO TO STEP 2, THIS IS THE GENERAL CONDITION WHICH IS THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS FEES, SITE MANAGEMENT FEES, AND THEN WE DO THE INTERVIEW FOR THOSE THAT ARE SELECTED.
WHEN WE DO A TWO-STEP PROCESS, WE CAN SELECT UP TO FIVE BIDDERS FROM STEP 1 TO GO TO STEP 2 AND BE INTERVIEWED.
DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, ALL THE INTERVIEWS THE COMMITTEE WILL GET BACK TOGETHER AND WE'LL GRADE OUT ALL OF THESE ITEMS. THE FINANCE GRADES OUT ITSELF, THEN WE GET A TOTAL SCORE AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION.
WITH THAT BOARD, THAT IS THE REASON WE USE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK METHOD.
THIS IS THE METHOD WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU MR. REAVES. TRUSTEE STEVENSON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> [NOISE] YOU SAID THIS IS THE METHOD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE.
>> BACK WHEN WE DID THE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD PRESENTATION, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THERE'S SIX METHODS THAT'S ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THERE'S COMPETITIVE BIDDING, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AGENT, THERE'S COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL, WHICH WE ARE USING FOR BOTH THE FENCING AND THE ROOF PROJECTS.
THERE'S DESIGN BUILD, AND THERE'S JOB ORDER CONTRACTING.
>> WHEN YOU SAY COMMITTEE, I'M SORRY.
REFRESH MY MEMORY, IS THIS THE COMMITTEE THAT CAME BEFORE US A FEW MONTHS AGO?
>> NO, MA'AM. THIS IS A SELECTION COMMITTEE OF EIGHT ADMINISTRATORS, SOME FROM FINANCE, SOME FROM STUDENT SERVICES, AND JUST VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED.
>> DR. MAYFIELD. [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST A COMMENT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. REAVES FOR THE TRANSPARENCY THAT THIS PROVIDES AND PRESENTING IT TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR. REAVES, THANK YOU.
MY QUESTION IS I KNOW WHEN CMAR WHEN THEY ARE BIDDING ON THE PROJECT AND THEY ARE GIVING US THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
I'M SURE THERE IS SOME INFLATION THAT HAPPENS WITH THAT JUST TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T GO OVER THAT AMOUNT.
MAYBE INFLATING MATERIALS BY FIVE OR 6% OR WHAT HAVE YOU, JUST BECAUSE LUMBER DOESN'T COST TODAY WHAT IT COSTS A YEAR AGO.
ARE THERE INCENTIVES FOR THE CMAR TO COME IN UNDER BUDGET AND ON TIME? I KNOW IN SOME CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE TO ENSURE THAT THEY COME IN UNDER BUDGET AND ON TIME.
IT JUST CROSSED MY MIND TODAY TO ASK WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN PROCESS.
>> WELL, SIR, THERE'S NOT ANY INCENTIVES BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT, BUT WHAT WE HAVE, I THINK, IS BEST USED FOR THE INFLATION PIECE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO.
FOR A BIG PROJECT, YOU WILL HAVE BOTH A CONTRACTOR'S CONTINGENCY,
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AN OWNER'S CONTINGENCY, AND A DESIGN CONTINGENCY.TYPICALLY, THOSE WILL TAKE CARE OF ANY INFLATION THAT YOU SEE OVER THE COURSE.
WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS DELIVERED WITH THIS METHOD, WE'VE ALWAYS DELIVERED UNDER THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE'LL TAKE THAT DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT AND BE ABLE TO DO OTHER WORK IN THE DISTRICT.
THE EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF BEST IS WHEN WE WERE DOING CTE WITH THE AVIATION BUILDING.
WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE COMING UNDER ABOUT $2.5 MILLION, AND THAT'S WHAT HELPED BUILD BOTH THE GARDEN THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE AND THE AVIATION BUILDING.
BUT CONTRACTUALLY, THERE'S NOT ANY INCENTIVE SPELLED OUT. YES, SIR.
>> I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
>> HEARING THAT DISCUSSION AND HEARING YOU SAY, MR. REAVES, THAT THE INCENTIVE IS FOR THEM TO GET FUTURE JOBS IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO THINK THEY WOULD TRY TO COME IN UNDER BUDGET AND CUT CORNERS AND SUBSTANDARD WORK.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT WITH THEM COMING IN UNDER BUDGET GIVES US CONFIDENCE IN GOING TO THEM THE NEXT TIME.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD OR COMMENTS? OH, YES, GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE DAVIS. NO WORRIES.
>> YOU SAID WE CAN TAKE UP TO FIVE FROM STEP 1 OF THE PROCESS?
>> HOW MANY SUBMISSIONS DO WE NORMALLY GET FOR THESE RFPS.
>> OF LATE, WE'VE NOT REACHED THE NUMBER OF FIVE.
THE MOST HAS BEEN THREE OF LATE.
>> IS THAT BECAUSE LOCAL COMPANIES DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY? ARE THE JOB SIZES TOO LARGE? ARE THEY NOT LUCRATIVE ENOUGH? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS KEEPING THE NUMBER RELATIVELY LOW?
>> YES, SIR. I THINK IT'S A COLLECTION OF ALL OF THAT AND THE AMOUNT OF BONDS THAT WERE APPROVED BOTH IN MAY AND IN NOVEMBER HERE IN NORTH TEXAS.
>> IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO GO AROUND?
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR COMMENTS.
HEARING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AT RISK DELIVERY METHOD OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 5.
SOMETHING HAPPENED. NUMBER 5, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD FACILITY.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE STEVENSON.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRASSIA.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. REAVES AND YOUR TEAM AND THANK YOU BOARD.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO FUTURE ACTION ITEMS.
[6.0 Future Action Item(s)]
WE'RE AT AGENDA ITEM 6.1, THE REZONING OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONE BOUNDARIES. DR. MCFARLAND.>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, THIS NEXT ITEM IS ONE THAT I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HIGH INTEREST.
ANYTIME WE HAVE TO GO ABOUT REZONING SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES THAT CREATES DEFINITELY INTEREST FROM MY PARENTS AND FROM MY COMMUNITY.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT REALLY THOUGH, IS JUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALLY START WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATE.
OUR DEMOGRAPHER IS HERE TO SHARE OUR DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATE SO YOU'LL KNOW ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THOSE THAT ARE COMING, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, WITHIN OUR ATTENDANCE ZONES.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE CAPACITY OF OUR BUILDINGS AT ALL.
THEN WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IS THERE'S REALLY TWO WAYS FOR US TO ADDRESS THE GROWTH, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING OUR BOND.
ONE IS THROUGH BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS, AND TWO IS THROUGH REDRAWING OUR BOUNDARY LINES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE.
YOU'LL HEAR BOTH OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TONIGHT.
BUT TONIGHT AGAIN, IT'S JUST A REPORT.
THIS IS A WORKSHOP, AND THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS, AND SO WE WANT YOU TO STOP, ASK US QUESTIONS, AND WE WILL JUST WALK THROUGH OUR DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATE, AND REALLY JUST HOPEFULLY BUILD OUR AWARENESS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR REZONING AND WE'LL SHARE ALL THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU AS WELL.
WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHERS UPDATE.
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WE HAVE MR. ALEXANDER HERE TO SHARE THE DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATE FOR THE DISTRICT. MR. ALEXANDER.>> BOARD OF TRUSTEES. GOOD EVENING.
I LIKE DR. MARLIN MENTIONED, I HAVE OUR LATEST DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATE FOR THE DISTRICT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
LET'S BEGIN BY LOOKING AT THE MORE RECENT HISTORICAL ENROLLMENT TRENDS.
PRESENTED HERE ARE THE FALL SNAPSHOT NUMBERS.
THE OFFICIAL NUMBER DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR IS 16971.
THAT WAS THE DISTRICT ENROLLMENT AS OF OCTOBER 27.
YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE CHART THAT THE RATE OF GROWTH REALLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE IN 2018, THESE LAST FIVE YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ENROLLMENT IS UP 7.8%.
THAT'S A NET INCREASE OF OVER 1,200 STUDENTS.
IT'S NEARLY DOUBLE THE RATE THAT WE SAW FROM THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
NOW IF YOU LOOK BACK 10 YEARS, THE DISTRICT ENROLLMENT IS UP OVER 1,900 STUDENTS.
INCREASE IN DISTRICT ENROLLMENT OVER THE LAST DECADE.
HERE ARE THE YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE YOUR PERCENTAGE GROWTH ON THE TOP, YOUR NUMERIC CHANGE ON THE BOTTOM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS GROWN IN ENROLLMENT EIGHT OUT OF THE LAST 10 YEARS.
PAST YEAR, THE NET GROWTH IS 193, THAT'S A 1.2% GROWTH NUMBER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RATE YOU INCLUDE THE PANDEMIC PERIOD, THE DISTRICT IS AVERAGED 1.5% ANNUAL GROWTH.
IT IS INTERESTING WHEN YOU EXCLUDE THAT YEAR WHEN MOST DISTRICTS DID LOSE 2-4% THE DISTRICT IS GROWING AT ABOUT 2.5%.
AS YOU'LL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH, THAT'S MORE OF WHERE WE THINK THE DISTRICT IS HEADED.
AND CONTINUING ON THAT TWO TO 2.5% GROWTH RATE.
NOW IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS BY ATTENDANCE LEVEL WITHIN THE DISTRICT NUMBERS.
THIS FALL, THE DISTRICT HAS RECORD HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, ENROLLMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT HAS NOW SURPASSED 5,400 TOTAL STUDENTS.
WHEN YOU LOOK, ANOTHER REALLY ENCOURAGING NUMBER IS TO SEE THE RECORD NUMBER AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
THAT IS A RECORD HIGH, AND IT ACTUALLY SURPASSES THE HIGH THAT WAS SET BACK IN 2010.
YOU SEE THE PRE K NUMBERS INCREASE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE K THROUGH FIVE NUMBERS GROWING AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THE DISTRICT TOWARDS THAT OVER 2% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE.
NOW, THE SLIDE HERE SHOWS YOU THE ANNUAL NUMBERS BY GRADE FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.
I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE RECORD ENROLLMENT TOTALS FOR EACH GRADE FOR THE LAST 15 YEAR PERIOD.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF GROWTH WAVES, IN PARTICULAR, ONE THAT BEGAN BACK IN THAT 2010 TIME FRAME.
THOSE STUDENTS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE AGED UP AND REALLY ARE PRODUCING THE RECORD HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT THAT WE SEE TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE NINTH GRADE AND 11TH GRADE ARE AT RECORD HIGHS.
LAST YEAR, TENTH GRADE AT A RECORD HIGH AS WELL.
THAT'S WHERE THAT GROWTH WAVE HAS AGED UP.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER INITIALLY BEHIND THAT.
BUT WHAT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING IS YOU SEE ANOTHER GROWTH WAVE FORMING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LARGE PRE K CLASSES.
AND THEN NOW THE 1,139 THIS YEAR THAT IT COME IN AT KINDERGARTEN, THAT'S A RECORD HIGH.
YOU ALSO SEE A RECORD HIGH IN THIRD GRADE AT 1194. YES, MA'AM.
>> SORRY. I MEANT TO ASK THIS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT THE 1.2 DID WE ANTICIPATE THAT CHANGE TO BE HIGHER WHEN WE DID THIS STUDY PREVIOUSLY?
>> THAT IS FOLLOWING MORE OF OUR LOWER GROWTH PATH.
>> WE'VE BEEN IN THAT ONE TO 1.5 ON OUR LOW, 22.5 IN OUR MODERATE, AND THREE ON OUR HIGH.
I'LL ADDRESS THAT MORE HERE COMING UP.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS ENCOURAGING IS THAT YOU ARE CONTINUING TO SEE ELEMENTARY GROWTH, WHICH A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE NOT SEEING, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PRODUCING NEW HOMES.
WE ARE SEEING AROUND THE STATE, MANY DISTRICTS SEE ABNORMALLY LOW KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS.
WHAT'S GREAT IS THAT YOU ALL ARE SEEING THE FASTEST GROWTH DISTRICTS AROUND THE AREA ARE SEEING, WHICH IS STRONG KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS.
NOW, THE MAIN DRIVER OF THIS HERE.
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>> CAN YOU GO BACK FOR A SECOND? GIVE US A SECOND. JUST LOOK HERE AND IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.
>> YEAH. THIS QUESTION ACTUALLY MAY NOT BE FOR MR. ALEXANDER, DR. MCFARLANE MAY BE MORE FOR YOU OR STAFF TO ANSWER.
BUT I'M NOTICING, AND THESE ARE THIS IS A LOT OF NUMBERS, BUT IN HIGH SCHOOL, I'M SEEING A DECREASE FROM ONE GRADE LEVEL TO THE NEXT.
IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WHEN WE LOOK AT 2021 NINTH GRADERS, THAT LOOKS LIKE A RECORD YEAR, 1538.
BUT THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE STUDENTS, THOSE WOULD BE TENTH GRADERS.
IN 2022, WE SEE THERE'S A DECREASE.
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE TREND EACH YEAR.
HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE LOSING STUDENTS EACH YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WHAT'S IN THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IS THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, OF COURSE, THEY DON'T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THEY GAIN CREDIT.
ALTHOUGH LIKE YOU SEE A NUMBER THAT'S 1538.
YOU WILL HAVE STUDENTS IN THERE THAT HAVE ONE CREDIT FEWER THAN WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A NINTH GRADER.
THEY SHOULD BE A TENTH GRADER, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY COUNTED IN THE NINTH GRADE NUMBERS, BUT THEY ACTUALLY, IN A YEAR OR SUMMER, COULD ACTUALLY GET CAUGHT BACK UP.
THAT NUMBER GOES TO ANOTHER GRADE, YOU SEE 1,500 BUT REALLY WE HAVE ABOUT 1,100 STUDENTS, SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 1,100 STUDENTS PER GRADE LEVEL IN THE DISTRICT.
YOU SEE THE 1,500 IS THE NINTH GRADE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY REPEATING NINTH GRADERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN ANOTHER CLASS BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CREDITS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> IT DOES, BUT WHEN THOSE NUMBERS EVEN OUT, AT SOME POINT, IF THESE STUDENTS ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO SAY MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH CREDITS TO TRANSITION FROM NINTH GRADE TO TENTH GRADE.
BUT AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO GRADUATION, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE DISTRICT DOING THINGS TO HELP THEM REGAIN THOSE CREDITS, WHETHER IT BE SUMMER OR SATURDAYS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
AT SOME POINT, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD LEVEL OUT.
BUT I GUESS I'M JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE I SEE THIS CONTINUAL TREND DOWN AS FAR AS EACH GRADE.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER STUDENTS AND SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SHARED, BUT I'M ALSO LIKE, DO WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OUT EACH YEAR? ARE THEY DROPPING OUT? ARE WE TRACKING THESE STUDENTS? BECAUSE LET'S SAY AT LEAST 100 STUDENTS EACH YEAR THAT WE'RE LOSING.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
>> YES. WITH THE NEW CCMR AND THE OTHER INDICATORS THEY ARE TRACKING, LIKE WHEN A STUDENT ENTERS THE NINTH GRADE AND WHERE THEY ARE FOUR YEARS LATER.
THE CHALLENGE IS THOUGH, OFTENTIMES WE'LL HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN MOFFITT.
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO REMIND ME, BUT I THINK IT'S TO BE A NINTH GRADER IS ABOUT HOW MANY CREDITS IS IT TO BE A NINTH GRADER? SIX CREDITS.
>> HOW WOULD HAPPEN IS I COULD HAVE A KID WITH FIVE CREDITS.
THAT SHOULD BE A SOPHOMORE, BUT HE'S ACTUALLY CLASSIFIED AS A FRESHMAN.
I COULD GO TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL AND MAYBE I GET ONE CREDIT, AND THEN I MAY GET ALL MY CREDITS IN THE NEXT YEAR I STARTED THE YEAR, I'LL CLASSIFIED AS A NINTH GRADER, BUT I END OF THE YEAR CLASSIFIED AS A 11TH GRADER.
ONE THING TO LOOK AT THOUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES, YOU'LL SEE THE LAB SINCE 19, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE 1,100 WHICH IS REALLY WHERE YOU SHOULD BE.
WHAT WE SHOULD BE, BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE DO HAVE KIDS LEAVE, ADDITION KEYS, COME BACK AND FORTH.
THAT IS A PHENOMENON AS WELL, BUT WE DO TRACK IT IN THE GRADUATION RATE AND IN CCMR. DR. MCFARLANE, CAN I ADD. YES. MR. DAVIS.
>> TO EXPAND ON WHAT DR. MCFARLAND WAS SAYING? YES. NINTH GRADE DOES HAVE REPEAT STUDENTS, AND THAT IS IN TENTH GRADE CAN ALSO BE LOWER IN SOME SENSE.
SO THOSE KIDS COULD MOVE UP DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND NINTH GRADE IS AN ENTRY POINT FROM PRIVATE CHARTER K THROUGH EIGHT.
THEY COME BACK TO PUBLIC FOR EXTRA CURRICULAR.
THAT'S OFTEN WHY YOU'LL SEE HIGHER NUMBERS IN NINTH AND TENTH GRADE.
BUT IT IS NORMAL FOR EACH SURVIVAL RATE OF 11TH AND 12TH GRADE TO DECLINE.
TYPICALLY IN TENTH AND 11TH GRADE, YOUR FASTEST GROWTH DISTRICTS WILL KEEP, WRITE ABOUT A ONE RATIO OF MEANING EVERYONE MOVES FORWARD, BUT MOST DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE LOSE 5-6% PER GRADE EACH YEAR.
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THAT'S A CERTAIN DEPENDS ON OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE DISTRICT, YOU'VE GOT KIDS TURNING 17 AND LEAVING TO GO TO WORK, IT VARIES.WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE IS WHERE YOU'RE SEEING SURVIVAL SURVIVAL RATES THAT DROP UNDER 90% WHERE YOU COULD HAVE LOSS THAT BASICALLY NEGATES ALL THE GROWTH THAT YOU'RE GETTING AT ELEMENTARY.
THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU ALL ARE NOT SEEING THAT AND YOU WOULD IMPROVE THOSE NUMBERS UP.
I DON'T HAVE A MEMORIZING, I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE SURVIVAL RATES, BUT THEY'RE OVER 90% OF YOUR STUDENTS IN TENTH GRADE ARE MOVING TO 11TH AND THEN AND SO ON.
AND SO AS LONG AS YOU ALL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT RETENTION, IT STRENGTHENS YOUR GROWTH RATE GOING FORWARD.
>> YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT, BECAUSE I MEAN, WHAT WE SEE IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVELS EACH YEAR, IT'S GOING UP.
>> BUT WHEN WE GET INTO HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S GOING DOWN.
FOR ME, THAT JUST IMMEDIATELY WAS CAUSE FOR CONCERN, JUST NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THOSE STUDENTS.
YOU'RE RIGHT, WE WOULDN'T WANT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL TO NEGATE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE OTHER GRADE LEVELS.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, MR. ALEXANDER.
>> LET'S MOVE ON AND LOOK AT THE GROWTH DRIVER OF ALL OF THIS ENROLLMENT GROWTH, AND IT'S BEEN THE DFW HOUSING MARKET.
IT'S BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A VOLATILE YEAR.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH, THINK ABOUT WHERE WE WERE IN THE FALL OF '22 WHEN MORTGAGE RATES HAD CLIMBED OVER 3%.
WE MOVED OUT OF THAT THREE TO 4% MORTGAGE RATE ENVIRONMENT ON A 30-YEAR MORTGAGE UP INTO TO THE 7% RANGE SO HERE'S THE BIG CHANGE.
THIS CHANGE IN MORTGAGE RATE ENVIRONMENT HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSING INDUSTRY.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE RATE DID CLIMB TO NEAR 8% IN THE FALL.
WHAT'S ENCOURAGING THOUGH IS HERE IN EARLY 2024, THE NUMBER'S BACK INTO THE MID SIX RANGE.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS FOR YOU ALL IS THAT THE RATE CLIMBING UP INTO THE SEVEN RANGE HAS MADE A LOT OF THE EXISTING HOMES, THE PRE-OWNED MARKETS.
IT'S MADE THE AFFORDABILITY OF THOSE HOMES WHICH REQUIRE MOST BUYERS TO PAY THE FULL RATE.
IT'S MADE OUT OF THEIR REACH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SO THAT'S WHY IF YOU LOOK THERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE CHART, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL SALES HAVE BEEN DECLINING SINCE THE RATES HAVE CLIMBED UP INTO THIS HIGHER ENVIRONMENT.
HERE IN THE DISTRICT, WE LOOK AT THE PRE-OWNED SALES PER YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THE CHART THERE ON THE LEFT.
SO THE 12-MONTH PERIOD THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER SHOWS A DIP IN TOTAL NUMBER OF SALES OF PRE-OWNED HOMES.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN THE DISTRICT MIRRORS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN DFW OVERALL.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY DISTRICT THAT I WORK WITH THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE CHART ON THE LEFT LOOKS THE SAME.
WE'RE SEEING THAT THE SALE OF EXISTING HOMES WITHIN THE DISTRICT HAS SLOWED DOWN OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, DOWN INTO THE SLOWEST RATES WE'VE SEEN IN 5-10 YEARS FOR A LOT OF DISTRICTS.
WHAT IT MEANS IS SOME OF THAT COULD BE IMPACTING THE RATE OF GROWTH.
THERE'S NOT AS MUCH TURNOVER, BUT OVERALL YOU ALL CONTINUE TO SEE MORE OF A STRENGTHENING IN THE NEW HOME SIDE BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS BENEFITING FROM AN ECONOMY THAT CONTINUES TO BE VERY STRONG.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS FOR THE STATE IN TERMS OF JOB GROWTH HERE IN DFW GROWING OVER 178,000 JOBS THROUGH EARLY LAST FALL.
THESE NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
THE CHART ON THE RIGHT TALKS ABOUT NORMALIZATION, BUT WE'RE STILL ONE OF THE TOP, IF NOT THE LEADING, JOB MARKET IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS CONTINUES TO BRING PEOPLE TO DALLAS-FORT WORTH AND IT'S BRINGING PEOPLE TO CROWLEY ISD.
TYING IT BACK TO THE RATES, THE BUILDERS ARE ABLE TO USE INCENTIVE MONEY TO BUY THE RATES DOWN.
AS THE RATES ARE BACK INTO THE MID 60S, THEY'RE ABLE TO BUY THE MORTGAGE RATE DOWN INTO THE LOW FIVE'S, SOMETIMES INTO THE UPPER FOUR'S.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BENEFITING THE NEW HOME SIDE VERSUS WHEN A BUYER GOES TO LOOK AT AN EXISTING HOME AND THEY MAY BE LOOKING AT THAT FULL 7% OR HIGHER MORTGAGE RATE.
ALL OF THAT CONTINUES TO DRIVE THE NEW HOME MARKET, WHICH HERE IN THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN.
THESE ARE OUR QUARTERLY COUNTS FROM ALL OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND NOTE THAT WE COUNTED AT THE MOST STARTS SINCE 2002.
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IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2023, THAT WAS OVER 700 STARTS.YOU CAN SEE CLOSINGS HAVE BEEN THE LAST TWO QUARTERS, 444 IN THE SECOND, 469 MOVED INTO THE THIRD QUARTER.
THESE HAVE DRIVEN THE ANNUAL RATES UP FOR STARTS OVER 1,700 FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND 1,500 PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO NEW HOMES FOR THAT 12-MONTH PERIOD.
SO THAT'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE RECORD HIGH THAT WAS SET 20 YEARS AGO.
YOU CAN SEE 1,652 IS THE RECORD SO WE'RE HEADED THAT WAY.
DEVELOPERS CONTINUE TO ADD LOTS TO PRODUCE MORE LOTS TO FUEL THAT DEMAND.
YOU CAN SEE 2,000 NEW SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WERE PUT ON THE GROUND OVER THE LAST YEAR.
LET ME CLARIFY THAT WITHIN THESE NUMBERS, I DO INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY NEW HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT TO RENT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEVERAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO OFFER THAT TYPE OF HOUSING PRODUCTS.
WHETHER IT'S A CONDO UNIT THAT'S 1,500 SQUARE FEET, THAT'S FOR RENT.
BUT WE'RE INCLUDING THEM IN OUR NEW HOME NUMBERS AS OPPOSED TO INCLUDING THEM IN OUR MULTIFAMILY NUMBERS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE HOMES ARE BEING BUILT TODAY IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA, THE HEAT MAP SHOWS.
NOW REMEMBER WE HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THE ACTIVITY FOR DALLAS-FORT WORTH AND DIVIDED IT UP BY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT 9:00 TO 2:00 O'CLOCK FROM THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF DFW ALL THE WAY UP INTO THAT 380 CORRIDOR IN THE UPPER 75, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HEAT SPOT DOWN THERE THERE IN THE SOUTHWEST, THAT'S CROWLEY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT CROWLEY IS NOW A TOP 10 HOUSING MARKET HERE IN DFW AND MANY OF THE AREAS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF DFW HAVE STRUGGLED AS RATES HAVE INCREASED.
THEY'VE EXPERIENCED MORE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES IN AREAS LIKE WAXAHACHIE AND MIDLOTHIAN, FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT HERE IN CROWLEY, THE BUILDERS SEEM TO HAVE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE HOMES IN THAT 3-500 RANGE, WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO FUEL GROWTH HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
YOU CAN SEE CROWLEY, YOU CAN SEE EAGLE MOUNTAIN-SAGINAW ON THE FORT WORTH SIDE.
IN THE NUMBERS THE FASTEST GROWTH, AGAIN UP THERE NEAR EASTERN DENTON COUNTY AND UP IN COLLIN COUNTY.
BUT HERE IN THIS PART OF DFW, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING.
LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION AND FOCUS ON THE GROWTH OVERALL AND WHERE IT'S OCCURRING WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
HERE YOU CAN SEE ACTIVITY THROUGH THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER BY ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE ZONE.
THE VAST MAJORITY HAVE BEEN IN THE DAVIS ATTENDANCE ZONE.
ALMOST 900 STARTS AND 664 NEW HOMES MOVED INTO.
BUT YOU ALSO NOTE S. H. CROWLEY, HARGRAVE, DAVID WALKER, AND STARTS IN DALLAS PARK AS WELL.
AS YOU CAN SEE THAT MUCH OF THAT ACTIVITY IS ON THE WEST AND SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE DISTRICT FEEDING INTO SUMMER CREEK IN ALLIE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT THE MAJORITY THERE IN THE SUMMER CREEK ZONE, OVER 1,000 HOMES STARTED JUST IN THE SUMMER CREEK ATTENDANCE ZONE ALONE.
>> JUST SAY ONE QUICK QUESTION.
CAN YOU BACK UP ONE SLIDE? SO WHEN YOU SAY 664, THAT'S THE NUMBER OF HOUSES OR IS THAT ALL APARTMENTS?
>> THIS IS SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
CORRECT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, THAT IS WE'VE TRACKED THAT INDIVIDUAL LOT FROM THE TIME THAT THE FRAMING STARTS TO SOMEBODY LIVING IN THE HOUSE.
>> SO THERE COULD BE MORE THAN THAT IF WE'RE COUNTING LIKE THE COTTAGES.
>> THEY'RE IN THERE. WHEN THE COTTAGES THERE, ALL OF THE BUILT TO RENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE THAT SHEET.
>> IF IT'S NOT THERE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BILLS.
>> CORRECT. IF IT'S NOT ON THE CHART, THERE'S NO ACTIVITY.
>> MR. ALEXANDER, DO WE KNOW THE HOMES FOR RENT? I DON'T KNOW HOW NEW OF A PHENOMENON THAT IS LIKE OVERALL, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT IT'S NEW JUST COMPLETELY.
IS THERE ANY DATA AS FAR AS WHAT THE ATTRITION RATES
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ARE OR IS IT BECAUSE IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME? MAYBE PEOPLE STAY IN THEM LONGER COMPARED TO AN APARTMENT.>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE ANSWERS TO ALL THAT YET.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE ABOUT PROBABLY TWO YEARS ON THE INITIAL TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS PRODUCT TYPE.
MANY ARE MORE LIKE 18 MONTHS, BUT WHAT BASICALLY THEY'RE ARE ONE STORY APARTMENTS IN A LOT OF WAYS.
THE RENTERS FOR THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT HAVE BEEN, WELL, THE YIELDS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER AREAS HAVE BEEN MORE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM A LUXURY APARTMENT, MEANING 0.2 AND LOWER.
THEY'RE GOING AFTER RENTERS THAT DON'T WANT TO BE IN MORE OF A HIGH DENSITY SITUATION IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF APARTMENTS, THEY'RE GOING AFTER PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO MORTGAGE, THEY'RE GOING AFTER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO APARTMENT LIFE, THAT WANT TO HAVE PETS OR WANT TO HAVE WALKING SPACE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE RENTING THESE.
BUT WHAT'S FASCINATING IS TO SEE THEY'RE POPPING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF MAJOR TRADITIONAL FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS YOU'RE GOING AT, WHO'S THE RENTER, WHAT ARE THESE YIELDS? I CAN JUST TELL YOU INITIALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT MOST OF THE YIELDS ARE LOW.
BUT IT'S THE RENTERS ARE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE PLACING THE RENTS GENERALLY BELOW WHAT A MORTGAGE PAYMENT WOULD BE ON THE TYPICAL HOME IN THE DISTRICT.
I HEAR SOME OF THE BUILD TO RENTS CAN BE 3,500 A MONTH.
IT'S CRAZY, BUT GENERALLY THEY'RE TARGETING APARTMENT PEOPLE THAT WOULD NORMALLY RENT A TRADITIONAL APARTMENT.
THEY JUST WANT A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE FROM NORMAL.
THESE AREN'T LIKE LONG TERM LEASES, SO WE'RE NOT TALKING LIKE A FIVE YEAR LEASE.
>> MOST OF THEM ARE ANNUAL, SO A LOT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS ALTHOUGH GRANBURY ROAD AND A COUNTY MESA? I THINK THERE WAS A CLUSTER OF SMALLER HOMES RIGHT THERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FIRST YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND THEN DO YOU KNOW THEY'RE RIGHT?
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF WHAT SUBS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? BILL. WHICH ONE? ILLATILLTREL. THOSE ARE NEXT METRO.
ACTUALLY, THEY WERE THE FIRST BUILDER, ARIZONA BUILDER TO BRING THE BUILD TO RENT PRODUCT.
HERE THEY'VE BUILT IN PLANO AND MCKINNEY AND PROSPER AGAIN.
LOWER YIELDS, JUST A VARIOUS MIX OF RENTERS, EMPTY NESTERS, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, SINGLE PARENTS, ALL OF IT.
BUT I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT THE STUDENT YIELDS THAT WE'VE INITIALLY SEEN HAVE BEEN LOW THROUGH OUR GEO CODING.
JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER INITIAL NUMBERS OUT OF THAT ONE HAVE BEEN LOW AS WELL.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTIVITY, MOST OF IT IS FEEDING INTO NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL'S ATTENDANCE ZONE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS IN THE CROWLEY ZONE ARE STILL RIGHT ABOUT 500 HOMES A YEAR MOVING INTO THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, AS I'LL SHOW YOU HERE ON THE MAP.
BUT JUST INVENTORY WISE, KNOW THAT THERE'S 2,700 LOTS ON THE GROUND.
THERE'S 2,500 LOTS THAT ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT AS OF THIS FALL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT CHART THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.
IN PURPLE, YOU CAN SEE THE DEVELOPERS KEEPING 2,000-3,000 LOTS AT A TIME UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT.
THERE'S 15,000 LOTS ON PAPER THAT ARE NOT UNDER DEVELOPMENT YET.
WHEN YOU COMBINE EVERYTHING, IT'S 21,000 LOTS THAT ARE STILL IN THE PIPELINE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ALONE.
THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT ARE THE APARTMENTS.
THAT NUMBER AS OF THE FALL WAS ABOUT 2,500 WITH MORE EXPECTED DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH GETS BUILT, AS THE DISTRICT MOVES TO THE SOUTHWEST.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE THE CHISHOLM TRAIL CORRIDOR ON THE WESTERN SIDE, ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE SH CROWLEY ZONE 1187 CORRIDOR, AND THEN BEGINNING TO COME BACK AT THE 731, YOU'VE GOT THIS U SHAPED PATTERN OF GROWTH THROUGHOUT
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THE DISTRICT THAT'S FOCUSING IN ON THE DAVIS ATTENDANCE ZONE, THE SH CROWLEY THE BEST RACE.THEN YOU HAVE OTHERS LIKE DAVID WALKER THAT ARE BEGINNING TO EMERGE.
JUST STEP OUTSIDE HERE AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIRT THAT'S MOVING HERE AT HUNTER'S RIDGE.
I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PICTURES HERE QUICKLY, THAT THESE ARE FROM THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THIS FIRST ONE SHOWS LOT OF SPRINGS, ONE OF THE TOP SELLING NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE LAST DECADE.
YOU CAN SEE DOWN TO THE FINAL LITTLE SECTION OF LOTS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE DAVIS RIGHT THERE IN THE UPPER LEFT OF THE SCREEN.
NOW LOOK UPPER RIGHT OF THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S COMING.
NEW SUBDIVISIONS LIKE ROCKY CREEK CROSSING THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MCPHERSON, EAST OF OLD GRANBERRY.
THAT ONE WILL BE MORE OF LIKE WHAT YOU SAW, A LOT OF SPRINGS, BUT WHEN YOU MOVE OVER HERE INTO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CHISHOLM TRAIL RANCH, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THAT MIXED TYPE OF PRODUCT.
YOU'VE ALREADY GOT SOME OF THE HIGHER DENSITY THERE IN THE MIDDLE UNDERNEATH WHERE IT'S LABELED MCPHERSON BOULEVARD.
TO THE RIGHT OF THAT YOU'VE GOT NEW APARTMENTS.
THEN UP THROUGH THE SECTION YOU'VE GOT BUILT TO RENT, AND MORE APARTMENTS ALL COMING THROUGH THIS, ALL FEEDING INTO THE DAVIS ATTENDANCE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE UPPER LEFT, MORE OF THOSE APARTMENTS IN BUILT TO RENT SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE ARE ARE PLANNED THROUGH THIS AREA OF THE DISTRICT.
>> YOU KNOW MORE IF WE TALK ABOUT LE ENTRY 18, WILL THIS AREA HERE WHERE WE SEE DEVELOPED EVEN EVEN FURTHER DISTANCE, THAT'S PROBABLY SOUTH.
THAT AREA WILL BE A SORE IN THIS AREA, SO WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW A LITTLE FURTHER THAT LINE, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE WILL BE ONE OF THE AREA.
WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CROWLEY COUNTY.
>> AS YOU GO THROUGH THE SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE TREMENDOUS GROWTH THERE IN THE DAVIS ZONE, BUT A LOT OF ACTIVITY RIGHT AROUND SH CROWLEY ELEMENTARY, YOU CAN SEE THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS LIKE THE HORTON'S TERRA TRACE THAT'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT THERE IN THE HARGRAVE ZONE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE OVER THE LAST YEAR, JUST AMAZINGLY, HORTON HAS FILLED ALL OF THE LOTS THAT WERE LEFT HERE IN THE HARGRAVE ZONE THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RISING.
EVEN UP IN MEADOW CREEK, ADDITIONAL LOTS ARE COMING FOR SYCAMORE LANDING.
THEN AS YOU MOVE OUT HERE, RIGHT HERE AROUND DAVID WALKER, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THESE COTTAGES AT DEER CREEK AND THEN DEER CREEK MEADOWS.
HERE'S A PICTURE OF DEER CREEK MEADOWS AND HUNTER'S RIDGE.
HUNTER'S RIDGE, RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HF STEPHENS.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN.
BETWEEN THIS PHOTOGRAPH AND THIS PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VACANT LAND WHERE YOU DRIVE OUT THERE.
NOW IT'S ALL UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN YOU'LL SEE THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR WALKER, IT'S BASICALLY RELATED TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT HERE.
PICTURE FOR THE KARIS SUBDIVISION AND THE ELEMENTARY 16.
THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, QUITE A BIT MORE ACTIVITY WHEN YOU DRIVE OUT THERE TODAY.
THEN AGAIN AROUND SH CROWLEY, THIS IS A GOOD PHOTO.
YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE IN THE DISTANCE ALL OF THE SUBDIVISION IN NEW LOTS THAT ARE GETTING TO STREET STAGE, SO WHERE THEY CAN GET READY TO START THE NEW HOUSES.
YOU CAN IN THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS SH CROWLEY ELEMENTARY.
THEN MORE DEER CREEK HULEN TRAILS.
THEN WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THE BEST RACE ATTENDED ZONE, YOU CAN SEE IN MY HOMES, HAS TARRYTOWN UNDERWAY.
YOU CAN SEE BEST RACE THERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH.
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE BEST RACE CAMPUS IS THAT NEW PHASE OF CREEKSIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE SOUTH OF THE 1187.
THEN A NEW PROJECT THAT BRINGS A NEW TYPE OF PRODUCT INTO THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS A NEW FOR SALE MOBILE HOME. IT'S SOUTH OF 1187, BUT TO THE EAST OF THE TRAIL TOLLWAY.
IT IS ACTUALLY IN JUST THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BEST RACE ATTENDANCE ZONE.
THIS IS A NEW BUILDER, BRINGING IN SMALL BUILD NEW MOBILE HOME TYPE.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S TECHNICALLY CALLED MOBILE, IT'S THAT PRODUCT TYPE.
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TRADITIONAL MOBILE HOME LOOKING PRODUCT.AGAIN, MORE BUILDERS TRYING TO GET DOWN IN PRICE TO BRING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE TO AREAS OF CITY OF CROWLEY IN FORT WORTH.
>> IF YOU LOOK LET ME BACK UP HERE REAL QUICK.
SORRY. IF YOU SEE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE, IF YOU LOOK, I DON'T THINK IT WILL GO THAT FAR, BUT IT WILL.
ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS. [OVERLAPPING] [NOISE] EXCUSE ME.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE MIDDLE SECTION THERE IN THE MIDDLE SCREEN, THERE'S AN ORANGE DR.
MCFARLANE MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUST STAND THERE AND POINT TO THERE YOU GO.
ACTUALLY IT'S STRAIGHT DOWN, RIGHT THERE.
IT'S IN THAT FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER AT THE SH CROWLEY, THE TENDED ZONE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SOUTH OF 1187, BUT THERE ON THE EAST SIDE.
>> DO YOU BUILD MOBILE HOMES OR YOU BRING YOUR OWN?
>> WE'RE GOING TO SEE, THIS IS ANOTHER NEW TYPE OF PRODUCT COMING IN TO THE DISTRICT.
BUT ON THE MAP THERE, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE BLUE THOSE ARE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE PLATTED IN OUR FORECAST.
YOU CAN SEE HOW A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY WILL COME DOWN THE TOLLWAY.
DR. MCFARLANE TALKED ABOUT ELEMENTARY 18, BUT ELEMENTARY 17 IS IN SOUTH OF 1187 IN THE BRIDGES YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THE BUILDING THAT'S OCCURRING THERE IN YELLOW.
THOSE ARE YOUR ACTIVE SUBDIVISIONS.
THEN YOU'LL SEE UP THERE IN THE WALKER ZONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF CROWLEY ROAD, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S YELLOW, A LITTLE BIT OF ITS YELLOW, BUT THAT PURPLE ORANGE SECTION, THOSE ARE GETTING READY TO TURN ACTIVE HERE IN 2024.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 1,500 TO 1,800 CLOSINGS A YEAR OVER THESE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THIS IS STILL BEING CONSERVATIVE.
WHEN WAS LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, I WAS STILL THINKING THAT WE WOULD SEE INTEREST RATES THAT ARE OVER 7% BUT NOW WE'RE TURNING BACK TOWARDS 6% THAT COULD GIVE BUILDERS MORE INCENTIVE TO START MORE SPECS AND THAT WILL BRING MORE PEOPLE QUICKER.
BUT RIGHT NOW, EVEN AT THIS SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE PACE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 9,000 HOMES OCCUPIED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN 1,800 A YEAR AVERAGE.
WE COULD SEE THAT NUMBER ACCELERATE IN 2-3 YEARS, ESPECIALLY AS MORE BUILD TO RENT COME IN.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIAL OF 18,000 OR MORE NEW HOMES OCCUPIED OVER THE NEXT DECADE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE THINK THERE WILL BE ABOUT 3,000-3,200 OR SO APARTMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN AS WELL.
NOW WE LOOKED AT THE YIELDS, WE GEOCODED AGAIN, AND I WILL SAY THAT THE YIELDS HAVE BEEN HOLDING.
WE TALKED BACK A YEAR AGO ABOUT FOR THE LONG PERIOD, REALLY THESE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT A 0.4 YIELD ON SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WELL, WHEN WE DID THE ANALYSIS AGAIN, IT CONTINUES TO BE 0.4.
APARTMENTS CONTINUE TO BE ABOUT 0.2.
REMEMBER THAT, THAT YIELD ON 0.4 DOES MEAN THAT NOT EVERY HOUSEHOLD THAT MOVES IN IS ENROLLING THEIR STUDENT.
NORMAL YIELD FOR SINGLE FAMILY IN THE FASTER GROWTH AREAS IS CLOSER TO 0.6-0.7.
WHEN WE DO THE FORECAST, WE'RE BASING A LOT OF IT ON THAT 0.4 YIELD FOR THE MODERATE SCENARIO.
BUT WHAT WE SEE IS THAT, REMEMBER BACK TO THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU REMOVE THE COVID YEAR AND LOOK AT THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, SINCE THE 2017 '18 SCHOOL YEAR, YOU'RE REALLY AT ABOUT 2.5% GROWTH RATE, LOOKING AT 1,800 HOMES A YEAR.
GENERALLY IT'S 0.4 IT KEEPS YOU ON THAT PATH.
THAT'S WHAT'S REFLECTED IN THE BLUE LINE.
NOW IF WE SEE SOME CHANGES THAT SLOW THINGS DOWN, IT'S AN INTERESTING YEAR.
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OBVIOUSLY, LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING MACRO-ECONOMICALLY, POTENTIALLY, IN AN ELECTION YEAR.MAYBE IF WE STAY IN THAT 1.5% LINE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GREEN.
BUT WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO GAIN MOMENTUM, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU ALL ARE FORMING THAT NEW GROWTH RATE IN THE YOUNGER GRADES, AND THAT WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE GROWTH, AND THAT'S GOING TO PUT PRESSURE ON CAPACITY LEVELS.
NOW, I KNOW MR. KIRSHNER SHARED WHAT THE BOND PROJECTS ARE, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU CURRENTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THE MODERATE SCENARIO VERSUS CAPACITY.
FIRST THING, LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE, WHICH ARE THE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBERS.
CURRENTLY ENROLLMENTS AT 92% OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.
IT IS PROJECTED TO GROW RIGHT UP, NEAR 100% IN TIME.
IN 2026, YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THAT WILL BE ADDED AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
THEN IN 2027, THE REBUILD OF CROWLEY HIGH ADDS ADDITIONAL SPACE THAT WILL BRING THAT CAPACITY UTILIZATION NUMBER BACK DOWN INTO THE 70-80% RANGE.
THEN THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE CAPACITY TO ABSORB GROWTH MOVING FORWARD AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
ONE OF THE KEY AREAS OF FOCUS THOUGH HERE IN THE NEAR TERM, IS ELEMENTARY.
YOU CAN SEE IF THE DISTRICT AVERAGE TO 2.5% ANNUAL GROWTH, WE'RE AT 88% TODAY.
YOU ADD KARIS IN AN ADDITIONAL 480 SEATS NEXT YEAR.
THAT DROPS CAPACITY TO 85% BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE OVER THE NEXT 2-3 THREE YEARS, THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE BACK TO FULL CAPACITY AND THEN EXCEED CAPACITY HERE IN 5-6 YEARS.
THAT IS WHERE I WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT.
IT LOOKS SOMEWHAT OKAY FOR YOU ALL OVERALL FOR ELEMENTARY, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT GROWTH THAT I'VE SHOWED YOU, ESPECIALLY IN THAT U-SHAPED GEOGRAPHY THAT HIT 3-4 PARTICULAR SCHOOLS HERE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
NUMBER 1, LED BY DAVIS, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALREADY AT 115% CAPACITY, AND THEY'RE PROJECTED TO GROW OVER 200% OF CAPACITY OVER THESE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH THAT'S COMING IN SH CROWLEY, THE ORANGE LINE.
IT WILL ALSO GROW FROM JUST UNDER 100% TODAY, OVER 200% WITH THE GROWTH OUT HERE AROUND DAVID WALKER.
IT WILL ALSO EXCEED CAPACITY IN BESS RACE AS WELL.
THEN AS YOU MOVE FURTHER OUT IN TIME, YOU COULD HAVE OTHERS IF WE SEE SOME ADDITIONAL LAND IN HARGRAVE.
BUT THE MAIN FOCUS HERE, I THINK THE PRIORITY FOR YOU ALL IS TO, SO YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THE OVERCROWDING SITUATIONS AT DAVIS SH CROWLEY, DAVID WALKER IN BESS RACE.
>> THIS BELLS IN. QUESTION, SO THIS IS IF WE DON'T DO.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BEYOND THE KARIS SCHOOL?
>> RIGHT AND WE DID NO REZONING.
>> THIS IS WHAT OUR SITUATION WOULD BE IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
>> I HAVE ADDITIONAL NUMBERS IN HERE FOR Y'ALL TO SEE.
>> HOLD FOR A SECOND. LET'S GO BACK ONE SLIDE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT THIS SLIDE.
IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT ANY QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT THIS SLIDE, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
HOW WE USE THIS SLIDE, HOW YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, IS WHEN YOU HIT 80% OR HIGHER, THEN WE NEED TO EITHER START MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT BUILDING CAPACITY OR REZONING.
YOU SEE THE REASON WHY WE ARE ADDRESSING ELEMENTARY.
YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE THERE, THE REASON WHY WE'RE ADDRESSING MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2027.
YOU FOLLOW LINE, YOU SEE WHEN THEY HIT 80.
ANYWAY, THIS IS JUST TO SHOW LONG TERM WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM A UTILIZATION STANDPOINT.
>> I JUST HAD A QUESTION REGARDING WHAT IS THE NEW CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S COMING IN ON ELAN, HAVE WE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THEY HAVE A NEW SCHOOL OPENING UP, THAT WE MAY LOSE SOME STUDENTS?
>> THAT'S THE ONE RIGHT NEXT TO MARY HARRIS.
>> HARMONY, YEAH. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE SOME IMPACT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT BEING ABLE TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MARY HARRIS TO POSSIBLY ADDRESS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THAT SURE.
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>> DR. MCFARLANE, YOU WERE SAYING THIS IS THE REASON TO LOOKING AT CURRENT CAPACITY, LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT THIS TOO IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED TO REZONE.
>> I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THOSE HOT GROWTH AREAS, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ALLEVIATED BECAUSE OF REZONING, BECAUSE AREN'T SOME OF THOSE CAMPUSES CLOSE TOGETHER?
>> ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT REZONING, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IS AS WE'RE DRAWING THE BOUNDARY LINES, WE ARE DRAWING THE LINES AGAIN, LOOKING AT WHAT IMPACT IS HAVING ON THOSE HIGH NEED CAMPUSES VERSUS THOSE CAMPUS WHERE THERE'S SPACE.
THE IDEA IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT BY REDRAWING THE BOUNDARY LINES THIS YEAR, THAT WILL ACTUALLY PROBABLY HOLD FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE.
BECAUSE WE'RE REDRAWING THE BOUNDARY LINE THIS YEAR WILL BE TO ADDRESS KARIS.
BUT ALSO THE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE OPENING UP ELEMENTARY 17.
WHEN WE REDRAW THE BOUNDARY LINES, OUR PLANS WILL BE TO ACTUALLY DO IT ONE TIME TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE.
IT'S A PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME, BUT I THINK THREE YEARS IS GOING TO BE ADEQUATE FOR US.
I KNOW THAT IT'S EXACT SCIENCE AND YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO THIS PARTICULAR STREET TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE NUMBERS IN ACCEPTABLE RANGES.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT STUDENTS WILL HAVE A FURTHER COMMUTE TO SCHOOL IN SOME CASES.
JUST DEPENDING UPON WHERE THEY LIVE, HOW WE DRAW THOSE LINES, HOW FAR THEY HAVE TO GO TO THEIR NEW SCHOOL.
THEN DO WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION POTENTIALLY INCREASE TRANSPORTATION COSTS? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT IS IT? OUTSIDE OF TWO MILES, STUDENTS ARE THEN ENTITLED TO TRANSPORTATION SO NOW WE'VE GOT TO FACTOR IN ALL OF THESE THINGS AS WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, THE TRANSPORTATION, EVERYONE'S AROUND THE TABLE, WE'LL COME UP WITH SOME SCENARIOS THEN WE'LL COST OUT THE SCENARIO TO MAKE SURE IT MAKES SENSE FOR US, AS WELL AS LOOK AT PROS AND CONS OF IT.
>> THAT'S FAMILIES IMPACTED AS WELL WITH SIBLINGS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE DID IT BEFORE, WE HAD TO ALSO ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT YOU MAY HAVE A FAMILY THAT'S BEEN IN THE CAMPUS AND WOULD LIKE TO STAY THERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT SIBLING PREFERENCE BUT ALSO IF STUDENTS WERE IN THE CAMPUS ALREADY, WE GAVE THEM PREFERENCE IF THEY DECIDED TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIFICS THAT WE WORK OUT.
OUR GOAL IS GOING TO BE TO MINIMIZE CHANGE FOR THE PARENT AND THE STUDENT AS WE'RE DOING THIS.
IN THE END, MINIMIZE CHANGE FOR TEACHERS, IN THE END LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION.
BUT IT WILL BE A PROCESS THAT WE'LL WALK THROUGH BETWEEN NOW AND PROBABLY THE BOARD MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION FOR ME, I THINK.
>> NO PROBLEM. THIS IS WHY WE DO IT.
[LAUGHTER] WE HAVE DAVIS, I CAN'T TELL WHAT ELSE THAT IS, BEST RACE ARE AT 115% CAPACITY, AT 106% RESPECTIVELY.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENT EXPERIENCE?
THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY WHAT IT WOULD BE, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
>> 2320 IS WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
[OVERLAPPING] DAVIS AND BEST RAYS ARE CURRENTLY OVER FUNCTIONAL.
>> THEY'RE OVER FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.
BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, WE HAVE A STUDENTS AND PORTABLES.
>> THE CHALLENGE IS WE HAVE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.
>> TRUSTEE DAVIS, THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IS THE BEST NUMBER TO WORK AT BUT IT'S 90% OF THE MAX CAPACITY.
THERE IS STILL ROOM TO MAX OUT A FACILITY, AND THAT'S JUST TEA JUST SAYS DO IT 22 TO ONE FOR ELEMENTARY ON PER GRADE.
BUT THE FUNCTIONAL HELPS KEEP YOU BUFFER YOU FROM DOING JUST THAT. YES, SIR.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE NUMBERS HERE THAT BASICALLY YOUR TWO CLASSROOMS OVER AT THAT NUMBER CURRENTLY FOR BEST RACE, MAYBE FOUR FOR DAVIS.
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>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS. KEEP GOING, JAMIE.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL NUMBERS IN HERE FOR EACH CAMPUS.
YOU CAN SEE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE FOR ALL THREE TO 437 TODAY, WITH THE ADDITIONAL GROWTH OUT HERE IS PROJECTED TO DOUBLE IN SIZE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
BUT THEN YOU SEE THE NEXT GROUP THAT ARE KIND OF RIGHT ABOUT 100% AND GENERALLY EXPECTED TO STAY NEAR THEIR FULL CAPACITY.
THEN I HAVE A LIST HERE OF THE CAMPUSES THAT CAN PROVIDE RELIEF THROUGH REZONING. YES, MA'AM.
>> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GO BACK? I SAW -46 BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE -46 OR -13?
>> THEY'RE OVER THAT 707 FUNCTIONAL NUMBER BY 46 STUDENTS.
SO YOU SEE THE GREEN LINE THERE WHERE WE HAVE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.
THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF DEER CREEK AT 707 AND SO THEIR CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS 753.
>> BUT THERE'S STILL 100 [INAUDIBLE].
>> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WORKING SPEAK, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ARE ASKING, SO WHEN THEY GET THE CAPACITY, WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY DO WITH THE STUDENTS? THAT'S WHEN THE OVERFLOW PROCESS STARTS.
WE HAVE TO CAP OFF AT THAT GRADE LEVEL AND THOSE STUDENTS GO TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.
WE DON'T JUST BE ADDING MORE AND MORE STUDENTS TO THE SCENE.
THEN THAT INCREASES YOUR TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND OTHER FACTORS.
>> WHICH GOES BACK TO THE EXPERIENCE QUESTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE DON'T WANT.
A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS.
>> BUT I GENERALLY THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION FOR WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU AND I JUST THE PRIORITIES ARE TO YOU ARE NEEDING TO ADDRESS THE EXTREME GROWTH THAT'S PARTICULARLY CONCENTRATED IN THESE FOUR ATTENDANCE ZONES HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
>> YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT CAMPUSES THAT PROVIDED THE RELIEF.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE DALLAS PARK, 473 ENROLLMENT BUT THEY HAVE CAPACITY OF 653 SO THERE ARE ROUGHLY 200 SEATS AVAILABLE TO HELP A SCHOOL LIKE DAVIS BY MOVING THE BOUNDARY LINES.
SAME THING WITH, IF YOU LOOK AT SUE CROUCH.
THEY'RE AT 423 AND THEY HAVE A 663.
BOTH OF THOSE CAMPUSES COULD HELP POTENTIAL RELIEVE THE OVERCROWDING IN DAVIS THROUGH REZONING.
>> ONE OTHER QUESTION, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS.
[NOISE] WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE BOUNDARY LINES, ARE WE MORE FOCUSED ON ELEMENTARY LEVEL OR WE FOCUS IT ALSO ON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
>> RIGHT NOW OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ACTUALLY ELEMENTARY.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW IN 2027 WE HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 5.
WE'LL HAVE TO BE DRAWING BOUNDARY LINES TO ADDRESS MIDDLE SCHOOLS BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS EFFORT THIS YEAR IS REALLY ON ELEMENTARY.
>> WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS? WAS IT JUST THREE YEARS AGO OR FOUR YEARS AGO?
>> THE BIG RESTRUCTURING AND RESIGNING.
THAT'S WHEN WE GOT RID OF INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS, THE FIFTH GRADE TO ELEMENTARY AND SIXTH GRADE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS THE 2018.
THEN WE DID SOME MINOR BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS IN '22.
>> WE DREW THE BOUNDARIES IN 2018.
THE YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC WAS THE FIRST YEAR THEY WERE DOING.
>> IT GOES TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT A THREE-YEAR?
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OR DR. MCFARLAND?
>> I'LL WAIT FOR THE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE ACTUAL RESOLVING PROCESS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
>> NOW MR. KIRSCHNER WILL TALK US THROUGH OR SHARE WITH US THE REZONING PROCESS AND WHAT WE'RE THINKING AS IT RELATES TO THAT SO THAT YOU ALL CAN UNDERSTAND AND EVEN PROVIDE US INPUT, I DON'T KNOW. MR. KIRSCHNER.
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MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, LIKE WE JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS RECENTLY WITH A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED AND WHAT WORKS WELL WITH ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY IN GETTING THEIR INPUT AND FEEDBACK, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING CONSTANTLY THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE LIKE WE DISCUSSED, THIS DOES IMPACT FAMILIES AND WE DO WANT TO MINIMIZE CHANGE FOR THOSE FAMILIES.UP ON THE SCREEN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT, JUST A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR REZONING ROAD MAP, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THAT STARTS TONIGHT HERE IN JANUARY, WITH STUDYING THE NUMBERS AND LOOKING AT OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT MR. ALEXANDER JUST SHARED WITH US, ALSO THOSE SCHOOL CAPACITIES THAT YOU HAVE NOW IN FRONT OF YOU, AND WE WILL BE DEVELOPING DRAFTS ABOUT WHAT POTENTIAL ATTENDANCE ZONE BOUNDARY CHANGES COULD LOOK LIKE.
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED AROUND THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE AT HIGHER CAPACITY NOW, AND THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MORE SPACE TO ABSORB STUDENTS.
RIGHT NOW THERE IN JANUARY THOSE THREE THINGS WE'RE STUDYING.
IN FEBRUARY IS WHEN WE WILL WANT TO GET INPUT.
THAT INCLUDES STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT WE LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT IT CONTINUES ALL TRUE.
WE GET OUR MOST ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVITY WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD ZOOM MEETINGS.
WE'LL STILL DO THINGS IN PERSON AT CAMPUSES, BUT WE GET THE MOST PARENTS DURING ZOOM MEETINGS AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT EVENINGS ARE GREAT, BUT WE'VE ALSO LEARNED MIDDAY TO LUNCHTIME IS GOOD FOR OTHER FAMILIES SO DOING THOSE TO GET THEIR INPUT.
ALSO A SURVEY ABOUT WHAT THESE CHANGES MEAN TO THEM AND WHAT THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS.
THAT'LL BE HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY.
THEN OUR GOAL WOULD BE AT OUR FEBRUARY 29TH BOARD MEETING TO HAVE BOARD ACTION ON THE NEW ATTENDANCE ZONE BOUNDARIES FOR '24/'25.
ONCE THOSE ARE APPROVED, MARCH IS WHEN WE BEGIN OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN, AND THAT WOULD RUN THROUGHOUT THE SPRING SEMESTER AND THROUGH THE SUMMER BUT REALLY NOTIFYING PARENTS PREFERABLY BEFORE SPRING BREAK WHAT THEIR IMPACT IS.
THAT'S NOT JUST WITH EMAILS AND CALL-OUTS ARE SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL THINGS WE DO BUT LAST TIME WE DID THIS, WE LEARNED THAT LETTERS HOME REALLY HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE MAKING SURE PARENTS KNEW THAT THEY WERE NOW GOING TO BE LIVING IN A DIFFERENT ATTENDANCE ZONE AND IF THEY'D LIKE TO STAY IN THAT CURRENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR THAT.
ALSO, WE WANT TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR OUR CAMPUS BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE ON THE FRONT LINES.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO GET THE QUESTIONS OR THE CONCERNS AND SO MAKING SURE OUR PRINCIPALS AND FRONT OFFICES UNDERSTAND THE WHY BEHIND THIS AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
THAT'S JUST A HIGH-LEVEL LOOK, SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM OUR PREVIOUS REZONING PROCESSES, AND WE'D LIKE TO CARRY THOSE THROUGH.
ANY OTHER INPUT OR SUGGESTIONS, OR IDEAS YOU HAVE, WE'D BE GLAD TO TAKE THOSE AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> I HAVE A VERY QUICK QUESTION.
THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED PARENTS.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY, AND YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED STUDENTS, AND IF YOU DID, I'M SORRY I MISSED IT BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, ESPECIALLY AS WE START LOOKING INTO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL REZONING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE YEARS AHEAD, BUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THAT AND THE WHY AND I THINK GOING TO THE SCHOOL AND HAVING MEETINGS, LETTING THEM KNOW.
I THINK OUR STUDENTS, THEY SEE THE GROWTH HAPPENING AROUND.
I THINK THEY SAW THE BOND SIGNS AND THEY HEARD ABOUT THAT.
I THINK INVOLVING THEM IN THE PROCESS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
THEY CAN SEE THE WHY BEHIND IT.
THAT'S A GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. GREAT IDEA.
>> ON THE SAME LINE AS WHAT MADAM PRESIDENT SAID I WAS THINKING MORE SO HAVING OPEN HOUSE OR ORIENTATION AT THE CAMPUSES SO FAMILY CAN COME IN AND MEET THE PRINCIPAL AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
>> ABSOLUTELY. LAST TIME WE DID THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DID RESTRUCTURING WITH MOVING AWAY FROM INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS, THE LETTERS ACTUALLY COME FROM THE NEW PRINCIPAL INVITING THEM TO COME CHECK OUT THE CAMPUS REALLY BEFORE SUMMER BREAK GETS UNDERWAY SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE AT LEAST A FEEL FOR WHO THE PRINCIPAL IS AND WHAT THAT NEW SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE.
>> MR. KIRSCHNER, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN THE INPUT SESSION, BUT I THINK ALSO MAYBE BECAUSE THAT'S PRE-DECISION BEING MADE AS FAR AS WHAT THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE GOING TO BE WILL THERE BE ANOTHER SAY IN-PERSON OPTION LIKE A TOWN HALL OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE ONCE THE DECISION IS MADE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE INFORMING EVERYONE OF WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I THINK THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE SOME MECHANISM FOR FEEDBACK BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT CHANGE LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE FRUSTRATING.
I THINK THERE PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE A FORM AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WISEST TO DO, BUT AN IN-PERSON OPTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ONCE THE DECISION IS MADE, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE EVEN GREATER, THIS IS WHY WE MADE THIS PARTICULAR DECISION AND THAT KIND OF THING VERSUS JUST SENDING THEM A LETTER AND
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NOTIFYING THEM THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN I THINK THERE NEEDS TO POSSIBLY BE SOME OVERCOMMUNICATION AS FAR AS HOW WE GOT TO THAT DECISION AS WELL AFTER THE FACT.>> REALLY SPECIFICALLY THE FOUR CAMPUSES WE MENTIONED, THEY WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND THERE ARE SOME CAMPUSES THAT WON'T BE IMPACTED AT ALL.
BUT IN THOSE CAMPUSES WHERE WE KNOW THERE'LL BE IMPACT, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GO THERE TO SEE AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
YEAH, WE DEFINITELY RECEIVE THAT SO WE'LL ADD THAT.
>> IS THAT IT FOR THE REZONING ONE-PAGER? GOOD STUFF.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MR. KIRSCHNER.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> I THINK THAT'S ALL. WELL, IT'S ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING YOU SOME DRAFTS OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THEN WE DO FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR ACTION BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, BUT WE GOT TIME TO REALLY DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, SO WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT.
>> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE HAVING MR. ALEXANDER COME AND PRESENT BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS SO RICH AND IT'S OPTIMISM FOR US AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND IT JUST ALLOWS US TO PLAN AHEAD.
WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT AND BEING SO VISUALLY FOR ME, AESTHETICALLY SPEAKING THAT THE PICTURES AND THE GRAPHS AND EVERYTHING, IT HELPS ME TO UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU. LOTS OF NUMBERS, YES, BUT GOOD INFORMATION SHARED. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS, OR QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK? THAT WAS THE FUTURE ACTION ITEM AND JUST LIKE DR. MCFARLAND SAID, WE ARE EXPECTING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LATER THIS MONTH SO WE WILL REVISIT THIS TOPIC AT THAT TIME.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF REPORT ITEMS AS WE MOVE ALONG THE AGENDA.
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WE'RE AT AGENDA ITEM 7.1 WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES. DR. MCFARLAND.>> MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, AS WE MENTIONED, THERE ARE REALLY TWO WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE CAPACITY ISSUES.
ONE IS REZONING, WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT IT AND THE NEXT ONE IS TO BUILD.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET A GOOD PICTURE OF HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THESE FUTURE CHALLENGES.
WE HAVE MR. RES PREPARED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR BUILDING PROJECTS CURRENTLY AND THEN ALSO THOSE THAT ARE TO COME.
>> THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE 2023 BOND PROJECTS, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR ELEMENTARY 16.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS RENDERING THE COLOR CHOICE THAT WE CHOSE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE STONE AND THAT TYPE OF BRICK BUT WHEN YOU SEE THIS IN PERSON, IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS WHEN YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF IT.
THIS COMBINATION THAT WAS CHOSEN IS REALLY GOOD.
GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THIS.
THEY WILL FINISH UP ALL THE MASONRY BRICKWORK TOMORROW.
THEY'RE ON THE BACK SIDE OVER THE LAST NORTH CLASSROOM WING BY THE GYMNASIUM.
THIS RIGHT HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SHOWED YOU GUYS THIS, BUT THIS IS THE AMPHITHEATER THAT IS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CHOIR ROOM.
THAT DOOR YOU SEE BEHIND THAT BENCH THAT IS THE MUSIC ROOM, AND THAT WAS SET UP TO WHERE THEY CAN EXIT RIGHT OUT OF THAT AND HAVE THEIR PERFORMANCE THERE AT THAT LAMP THEATER.
WE'VE ADDED THAT AWNING AND SOME FANS [NOISE] AND SEATING AREA FOR THE PARENTS.
FOR A QUICK CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, WHAT'S COMPLETE IS THE ROOFING, THE SITE PAVING, AND ALL OF OUR UNITS HAVE BEEN SET AS OF LAST WEEK.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ALL THE MEP, STORE FRONT GLASS, ALL THE WINDOWS ARE IN, THAT'S THE BIG AREAS LIKE THE MAIN ENTRANCE CAFETERIA AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP HERE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
THEN THEY'RE STARTING TAKING BED AND SOME TILING.
YOU CAN SEE WE'LL BE INSTALLING THE KITCHEN COOL FREEZER NEXT WEEK.
BEFORE I GO TO 17, I'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CURRENT ELEMENTARY 16.
>> I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THIS ON ACCESSIBILITY.
ARE WE WORKING WITH A SMALL COMMITTEE OF PARENTS OR ANY TYPE OF
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COMMITTEE JUST TO ADD TO THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE 16, 17 IN OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.I KNOW IT'S PART OF THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT.
BUT THE INPUT OF OUR PARENTS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT? IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER? IS IT TOO LATE BASED ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECTS?
>> TO SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFICALLY, FOR ELEMENTARY 16, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'RE NOT JUST MEETING THE MINIMUM ACCESSIBILITY STANDARD ON THIS.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE EAST, DO YOU SEE THAT LABYRINTH THAT'S OUT THERE? I MADE SURE THAT WE MADE THAT PATHWAY FULLY ACCESSIBLE.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE WEST SIDE WHERE THE PLAYGROUND AND THE PHASE 2 CLASSROOM WING WOULD BE, WE HAVE PLANTERS THAT ARE OUT AND THEY'RE IN THE SET UP OF LIKE A TRIANGLE.
ALL OF THAT'S ACCESSIBLE SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO EVERY PLANNER, AND THERE'S TWO ON THAT SIDE AND I BELIEVE ONE ON THE EAST SIDE.
CONCERNING THE PLAYGROUND UNIT, I REACHED OUT TO MS. BATISTE AND HAD HER SELECT A GROUP OF HER STAFF TO HELP ME WITH THIS.
WE STARTED WITH A BASE DESIGN AND WE DESIGNED THIS THING TO WHERE IT'S ACCESSIBLE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
IT'S A FANTASTIC UNIT THAT'S GOING TO GO HERE AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE STANDARD AS WE WOULD GO BACK AT EACH CAMPUS AND BRING THEM UP TO THAT STANDARD.
BUT YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE TO MEET BEING ABOVE WHAT'S JUST MINIMUM REQUIRED.
>> APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> IN RELATIONS TO THAT, WHAT ABOUT THE DOORS OPENING? DO WE HAVE LIKE WHEN YOU GO IN SOME HOSPITALS THEY HAVE A PUSH BUTTON ON THE WALL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE MAKE IT ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS TO THAT?
>> WE HAVEN'T INCORPORATED ANY OF THE PUSH BUTTON.
I KNOW WHAT SYSTEM YOU'RE SPEAKING OF, BUT YES, ALL PATHWAYS AND DOORS MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
>> HAVE WE GAVE ANY THOUGHT TO DOING ANY OF THOSE?
>> I DON'T THINK WE'VE LOOKED AT.
NOW WE DID HAVE AT THE CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN WE WERE DOING SOME RENOVATIONS THERE, BASED ON SOME TEA REQUIREMENTS.
WE WENT BACK AND ADDED A FEW OF THOSE ITEMS TO HELP BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT AT THE TIME IT WAS BUILT, THE WAY THAT REST ROOM WAS SET UP, IT REQUIRED IT.
BUT WE'VE NOT DONE IT SINCE THAT POINT.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE BECAUSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND OUT THE DOORS INDEPENDENTLY.
>> YOU'RE PROBABLY SPEAKING OF THE INTERNAL DOORS, NOT THE EXTERNAL DOORS.
>> WELL, I KNOW THERE'S A SECURITY ISSUE WITH THE OUTSIDE DOORS, BUT MAYBE ON THE INSIDE.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT'S THAT.
>> MOVING ON TO ELEMENTARY 17.
THIS IS STANDING IN THE LIBRARY LOOKING OUT TOWARD THE MAIN DRIVE AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
THIS IS I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THE LOWER LEVEL WITH THE LEARNING STAIRS THERE.
SAME AREA OVER TO THE LEFT WHERE YOU SEE THAT DISPLAY.
THERE'S TWO MAJOR SPACE ROOMS THERE IN THE STORE FRONT GLASS THAT YOU SEE ON THE FAR END WOULD BE FROM THE CORRIDOR YOU COULD LOOK OVER INTO THE LIBRARY.
I WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL AS WE GO THROUGH CERTAIN PROJECTS REQUIRE CERTAIN THINGS PRIOR TO BEFORE WE EVEN GET IN DESIGN.
WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH DESIGN, SOMETIMES THE SITE DICTATES IT, SOMETIMES THE MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY WILL DICTATE IT.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME IDEAS OF JUST WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FROM A SCHEDULING AND TIME LINE STANDPOINT.
ELEMENTARY 17 IS IN THE COUNTY.
THERE'S NO FORT WORTH PROPERTY THAT'S ANYWHERE NEAR IT.
THERE'S NO METHOD FOR US TO BE ANNEXED AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
THE CLOSEST FROM THAT PROPERTY IS THE BILL R. JOHNSON CTE CENTER.
WHAT WE DO, SINCE THAT SUBDIVISION IS SUPPLIED WITH FOR UTILITIES, WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR THE UTILITY PIECE,
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AND ONCE WE GET OUT OF THE GROUND, NOW WE'RE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF TERRAN COUNTY.WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SUBMITTED THE PLAN FOR RECORDING.
ONCE WE GET THE COMMISSIONER COURT TO APPROVE IT, THEN WE'LL FILE IT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A FILE PLAN AND THEN WE CAN APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT.
THAT'S THE STEPS THAT WE TAKE, AND THAT'S ON EVERY PROJECT.
THE ONLY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE TO DO, HAMPTON ROAD IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE, SO THAT'S WHERE THE MAIN ENTRANCE FACES THE WEST.
THE ONLY THING WE'D HAVE TO DO IS INCLUDE A RIGHT TURN DECELERATION LANE INTO THE CAMPUS.
WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON 17?
>> WHEN YOU SAID, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, DOES THE CITY HAVE OTHER ROAD CONSIDERATIONS OR PROJECTS?
>> WELL, SINCE THIS IS COUNTY, THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT.
BUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS WHAT CITY OF FORT WORTH WOULD REQUIRE THE FULL SPAN OF YOUR PROPERTY.
THAT'S THE LIMITS OF YOUR ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
THEIR TIMING OF WEATHER, THAT WAS THE ONLY STRETCH THAT WAS COMPLETE, AND WHEN THEY ADDED TO IT, THAT'S WORKING OFF THEIR TIME LINE AND THEIR BONDS FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> OH, GOOD. KEEP GOING. I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT.
>> I'M GOING TO STOP ON EVERY PROJECT. [LAUGHTER]
>> BOARD I'M GOING IN THE ORDER OF OUR PACKAGES.
ELEMENTARY 17 IS ONE, CROWLEY HIGH TWO, AND SO ON.
YOU'LL SEE THEM IN THAT ORDER.
THERE ARE TWO SITE PLANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL WITH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
ONE IS THE VACATION OF HAVING THE CITY OF CROWLEY TO VACATE EAGLE DRIVE AND MOVE IT, AS YOU SEE, TO THE FAR WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
[NOISE] WHAT WE WOULD DO IS TO VACATE THAT.
AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE WHERE THAT ROUNDABOUT IS, THAT'S WHERE A MAIN AND EAGLE CURRENTLY STOP THERE'S A THREE WAY STOP THERE.
WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS CONTINUE MAIN STREET ON TO THE NEW EAGLE.
WHAT EAGLE DRIVE WOULD DO IS GO FROM WHAT THE CITY OF CROWLEY CALLS BEING STREET, BUT BY THE TIME WE TOUCH THAT ROAD, IT'S CITY OF FORT WORTH IN CLEVELAND, CROWLEY.
FROM THAT ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO LONGHORN TRAIL, IT WOULD CONNECT THOSE TWO ROADS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER THAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING WHAT I'M [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M NOT EITHER. [OVERLAPPING] I'M CONFUSED.
MY QUESTION IS, YOU SAID HAVE THE CITY OF CROWLEY VACATE SOMETHING, AND I THINK THAT'S MY CONFUSION.
>> MAIN STREET IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS OFF.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE STREET THAT TURN PULLS THROUGH THE CASES.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. THE HASHED LINES ARE WHERE EAGLE CURRENTLY IS.
>> LET ME BACK UP AND JUST TELL YOU HOW THIS GOT STARTED.
WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO LAY OUT, I TALKED TO DR. MCFARLIN ABOUT ME JUST REQUESTING TO THE CITY TO GIVE US THIS STREET, BECAUSE THAT'S A PUBLIC STREET RUNNING THROUGH A CAMPUS, AND WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO PLANT THAT WHOLE PROPERTY AS ONE LOT WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC ROADS RUNNING THROUGH IT.
WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT TEAM, WITH TINO PARKING CIVIL, AND WITH VOK ARCHITECTS, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE COULD TAKE TO THE CITY AS A PROPOSAL TO BE ABLE TO EVEN GET THEIR ATTENTION OF THINKING ABOUT AGREEING TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
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BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR THEM.EVERY CITY HAS A MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO THAT PLAN TO GET THEM TO MOVE THIS ROAD.
WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
WE'VE HAD ONE AND WE WENT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND JUST PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AFTER HAVING PREVIOUS MEETINGS WITH THE CITY STAFF.
WE WANTED TO SHOW THE COUNCIL AND JUST TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND LET THAT GET THE BALL ROLLING AND GET STARTED ON THIS.
WE'VE HAD THAT MEETING AND WE'VE MET AGAIN WITH CITY STAFF, AND SO WE'RE WORKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN LAY THIS OUT, HOW WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THEIR MASTER THOUGHFARE PLAN AND STILL ALSO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED ON THIS SITE.
THE IDEA WAS TO EXTEND BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CURRENT BASEBALL/SOFTBALL FIELD.
SO WE WERE GOING TO EXTEND MAINE ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST AND PUT THE NEW EAGLE, WHICH IS WHAT THAT'S THE NEW EAGLE THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE ON THE FAR LEFT, AND EXTEND MAINE ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THAT.
SO THAT ROAD WOULD TOUCH LONGHORN TRAIL, WHICH IS WHAT CTE IS ON, AND THAT BACK ROAD, THAT CLEVER CROWLEY ROAD THAT'S BACK THERE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THOSE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, CLEVELAND, CROWLEY, IT ENDS AT SOMETHING [OVERLAPPING] YES. THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY WHERE TO THE NORTH IT'S MCCART AND TO THE SOUTH IT'S EAGLE.
THE CITY OF CROWLEY MATCHED THEIR THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH ON THAT MCCART WHERE IT'S A FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED, THERE'S NO MEDIAN THAT RUNS RIGHT HEADING DOWN TOWARD FROM ROSEMARY RIDGE TO S. H. CROWLEY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE CITY OF CROWLEY HAS IN THEIR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO EXTEND THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO WHAT THEY'RE NOW CALLING BEVERLY.
I STILL CALL IT BUSINESS 1187, BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT TO EXTEND THE FOUR LANES.
SO THAT WILL COME RIGHT THROUGH.
OKAY. WHAT IS NOW DIVIDING THE MAIN CAMPUS AND THE [OVERLAPPING].
IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AND WE'RE DOING A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, DOING TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THEM.
THEY'VE REQUESTED THAT. THEY'RE HIRING A THIRD PARTY CIVIL ENGINEER TO REVIEW OVER THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING HERE, AND THEN THEY'LL PROVIDE BACK COMMENTS, AND WE'LL WORK BACK AND FORTH TO TRY TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WHERE WE CAN GET THEM TO AGREE TO AMEND THE MTP, WHICH HAS TO HAPPEN FIRST, AND THEN THE TIMING OF HOW WE WOULD CONSTRUCT ALL THIS BEFORE WE COMPLETELY ABANDONED EAGLE DRIVE.
DOES THAT MAKES SENSE? SO THE WHITE BUILDING HERE, IS THIS THE HIGH SCHOOL ON THIS SIDE OR? LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS LAYOUT.
LET'S START RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU'RE AT, JAMIE.
LET'S START RIGHT THERE. THAT'S THE AUDITORIUM.
YOU WOULD GO DOWN INTO EXISTING FINE ARTS.
TO THE LEFT OF THAT OR WEST OF THAT IS ADMIN.
GOING DOWN SOUTH, THAT'S THE CAFETERIA.
THEN ALL OF THAT ON THE SOUTH END IS A THREE-STORY ACADEMIC WING.
THEN WHEN YOU GO UP TO THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE WHERE THE CURSOR IS, THAT WILL BE THE STORM SHELTER.
THERE'LL BE TWO GYMNASIUMS AND A SPACE FOR CHEER IN THAT AREA.
RIGHT AS YOU GET TO THE COURTYARD TO THE RIGHT, YES, AND THEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
COME ON DOWN A LITTLE BIT. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE COURTYARD IS.
THE VERY EDGE OF THAT PART WILL BE THE ART CLASSROOMS AND CERAMICS AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS RIGHT OUT TO THE COURTYARD.
THE ARENA IS RIGHT UP ONE MORE, RIGHT THERE.
THAT WOULD BE THE NEW BASKETBALL ARENA, BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL.
THAT IS THE BUILDING STRUCTURE THAT IS NEW.
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FOR YOU TO KNOW HOW THE EXISTING IS SITTING, WHERE THE ADMIN BLOCK IS AT, YEAH, RIGHT THERE, THAT IS CURRENTLY WHERE THE SOUTH GYMNASIUM IS, IS IT SITS ON THE SIDE.IF THAT HELPS YOU FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD POSITION THIS AND HOW WE'VE GOT TO WORK.
I WAS IN THE PHASING MEETING TODAY FOR THIS CAMPUS, AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THIS IS A DIFFICULT, VERY COMPLEX PROJECT, AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND PHASE IT TO WHERE WHEN YOU TAKE A PART OF THE EXISTING, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO RIGHT AND YOU WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH TO WHERE WHEN YOU GET TO FALL OF '27, THE LAST THING YOU'RE OPENING IS THE AUDITORIUM AND THE ARENA IN THAT NORTHERN PART.
SO THERE'S A LOT WE'VE STILL GOT TO WORK THROUGH AND HOW WE PHASE THAT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU, THIS THING WRAPS AROUND.
YOU SEE HOW THE COURTYARD IS IN THE MIDDLE.
YEAH, RIGHT THERE. THIS WHOLE BUILDING WRAPS AROUND THAT, AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO TO CONNECT THE ACADEMIC WING TO THE AREA WHERE THE GYMNASIUMS AND THE BASKETBALL ARENA WAS, WE'LL HAVE A WALK SPACE THERE THAT THEY CAN CONNECT FROM THE SECOND LEVEL OR WHATEVER FROM THE ACADEMIC WING, AND NOT HAVE TO GO ASIDE IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE NINTH GRADE CAMPUS? IS THIS THE NINTH GRADE BLOCK? YES, MA'AM. THAT IS THE NINTH GRADE.
WILL THERE BE SOMETHING SHOWING LIKE A PATHWAY OR COVER? YES, MA'AM. YOU CAN SEE IT, IT'S RIGHT THERE. THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS THE WALKWAY THAT CUTS THROUGH THE PARKING LOT THAT GETS TO THEM, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A STUDENT ENTRANCE RIGHT THERE AT THE ACADEMIC WING.
THAT ENTRANCE WILL BE A SECURE ENTRANCE, JUST LIKE THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS AT THE FRONT.
THEN WHAT YOU HAVE OVER HERE RIGHT BY THE PRACTICE FIELD, THAT'S THE FIELD HOUSE IN THE EXPANSION RIGHT THERE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE PRACTICE FIELD HERE, THEN THE MAIN JV FIELD AND ANOTHER PRACTICE IN TRACK AND FIELD STUFF.
WE'RE RELOCATING THE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL TO MAKE ALL THIS WORK AND WE'RE ALSO PUTTING THEM IN THE POSITION THAT'S RECOMMENDED MOST WHEN YOU BUILD ONE, AND THAT IS THAT IT FACES NORTHEAST.
THE TENNIS COURTS? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST THING WE'LL DO.
WHERE THE TENNIS COURTS ARE AT NOW, THEY'RE UP THERE IN THE ACADEMIC WING AREA, AND WE WOULD LOCATE THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EXISTING INDOOR FACILITY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE INDOOR THEN? WELL, NO, THE TENNIS COURTS WOULD JUST GO SOUTH OF WHERE THAT INDOOR CURRENTLY IS.
WE HAVE SPACE ENOUGH THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS BEFORE I SHOW YOU IF WE'RE UNABLE TO GET EAGLE DRIVE VACATED AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE.
THIS IS WITH EAGLE DRIVE STAYING THERE, AND SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE BUILDING OR THE PARKING AND THE CIRCULATION AROUND IT.
IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OF THE PARKING.
I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT THE PARKING SOUTH OF THE ACADEMIC WING, THAT'S ALL STUDENT PARKING.
SO THEY'LL COME THROUGH FROM THE SOUTH END AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR OWN IN AND OUT ENTRANCE AND EXIT OUT OF THEIR PARKING AREA.
BUT THE ONLY CHANGE IS THAT WE MOVED THE TURF FIELD OVER AND PUT THE TWO FIELDS TOGETHER.
YOU HAVE ALL THREE FIELDS TOGETHER AND DID THE LONG JUMP, TRIPLE JUMP, AND DISCUS OVER ON THAT SIDE.
BECAUSE THAT HASHED LINE IS WHAT WE CALL A SETBACK, EVERY CITY REQUIRES FOR A BUILDING STRUCTURE TO BE SET BACK OFF ROAD TO A CERTAIN DISTANCE, AND THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ONE?
>> MR. REAVES, WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS FIELD COMPARED TO WHAT IT IS NOW?
WE'RE AT 250 AND SOME CHANGE. WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THE HIGH [OVERLAPPING].
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>> TWO FIFTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET?
>> YES, SIR. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE MID TO HIGH 60S.
BOY, I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS PLAN, BUT VOK IS A LITTLE BIT MORE GRAPHIC, AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND TO GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IF YOU LOOK, YOU SEE THE FRONT PAGE AND NOTICE THE TWO PARTS OF THE BUILDING.
THE ONE TO YOUR LEFT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PAGE, IS THAT THE AUDITORIUM.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK WITH THE DESIGNS THERE.
THEN ALSO WE'LL SEE THE GYM ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I WANT YOU TO SEE FLIP THROUGH A COUPLE OF PAGES.
THEN ALSO THE COURT YARD, THAT R. J, THE COURT YARD THAT WE HAVE, A RJ, WILL BE VERY SIMILAR.
THE COURTYARD HERE WILL MIRROR THAT COURTYARD AT RJ.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD FEATURE OF RJ THAT WE GOT A LOT OF USE OUT OF.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE AUDITORIUM.
THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING.
IF YOU FLIP ALL THE WAY BACK, I THINK IT'S ABOUT FIVE PAGES BACK, 3, 4, 5, 6 PAGES.
IT HAS A PURPLE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE INSIDE OF THE AUDITORIUM WILL LOOK LIKE THERE.
WE'LL HAVE THE ORCHESTRA HIDDEN, AND JUST REALLY STATE OF THE ART THERE. IT'LL BE REALLY NICE.
>> WHAT WILL BE THE SEATING CAPACITY?
>> THE SEATING CAPACITY IS [OVERLAPPING].
>> 1,200, I THINK. IS THAT RIGHT?
>> WHAT'S THE SEATING CAPACITY NOW FOR THAT? NO WORRIES. IS IT BIGGER, SMALLER?
>> ANY QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT THAT? I'LL GO TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF PAGES.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE THE LOBBY PART OF IT.
SO WILL THIS BE, I GUESS, ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT? I KNOW THE FINE ARTS FACILITY DIDN'T PASS IN THE BOND, SO ARE WE ENHANCING WHAT IS CURRENTLY AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL FOR UNIVERSAL USE OR IS THIS MORE JUST ISOLATED TO CHS?
>> WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING IT SO THAT WE CAN USE IT ACROSS THE BOARD, AT ANY PROGRAM, AT ANY SCHOOL.
WHEN WE LOOK AT NORTH CROWLEY, THEIR FACILITY IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY NEW AND SO WE'RE JUST BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE COMPETITIONS AND PERFORMANCE IN BOTH PLACES.
THE OTHER THING YOU JUST LOOK AT THE NEXT TWO PAGES, YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE FOYER WILL LOOK LIKE.
WHEN I SAW IT, I WAS LIKE, YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE NICE.
IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE NICE AND TOP OF THE LINE.
>> MR. REAVES, THERE WAS A POND OVER HERE.
IS THERE MARK NOW FOR SMALL BELT BACK? [LAUGHTER].
>> NO, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
CAN YOU PULL THAT? SO THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED.
YOU CAN SEE UP IN THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER, THERE'S A SMALL DETENTION POND JUST NORTH OF THE SOFTBALL FIELD.
THAT'S JUST A DETENTION POND. IT'LL JUST HOLD IT.
IT'S LIKE WHAT WE HAVE OUT HERE AT NORTH OF THE STADIUM.
THE ONE DOWN AT THE SOUTHEAST END.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITE LIKE THIS, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO BE EFFICIENT AND BE ABLE TO, WHETHER IT'S GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS OR WHATEVER IT IS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS, WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR OWN WELLS IN THIS RETENTION POND, LET IT IRRIGATE THE WHOLE SITE.
WE WON'T USE CITY WATER FOR THIS.
ONE THING THAT THIS WILL DO IS, IT'LL TAKE CARE FOR IT.
THAT BEING AN ISSUE, WE'LL CONTROL OUR OWN WATER.
BUT WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO SET IT UP TO WHERE NOW.
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AT HIGH SCHOOL UIL COMPETITION, THERE'S BASS FISHING TEAMS AT A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE AROUND US THAT SETS US UP TO DO EXACTLY THAT FOR THIS POND, AS WE'LL CALL IT, TO MAKE IT DEEP ENOUGH TO PUT THE ROUTE STRUCTURE IN IT AND THEN PUT LARGE-MOUTH BASS AND OTHER FISH IN THERE.>> YOU PAY FOR IT, YOU'VE BEEN GOOD. [LAUGHTER].
>> LET'S LOOK AT NORTH CROWLEY.
I KNOW SOME OF THESE YOU HAVE SEEN, BUT I'VE GOT ONE OR TWO IN HERE THAT MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T.
BUT I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON HOW WE'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO DOUBLE THE PARKING OUT IN FRONT, WHICH IS VERY MUCH NEEDED AT THAT CAMPUS.
THERE'S A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT HOW THAT CANOPY WILL ACROSS FROM THE A WING TO THE B WING, AND WHAT WE'LL DO THAT MAIN ENTRANCE TO GIVE IT A LOT OF VOLUME AND ADD ALL THAT STORE FRONT IN, BECAUSE THAT'S STILL THE LIBRARY AREA THAT'S UP ON THE UPPER FLOOR.
THEN ALSO OVER THE B WING, THAT'S WHERE THE CLASSROOM ADDITION IS GOING TO BE.
THE B WING IS TO THE RIGHT, A WING IS TO THE LEFT, AND WE'LL JUST MATCH UP WHAT THE A WING LOOKS AT.
WE'LL BRING THAT B WING OUT TO MATCH UP WHAT'S ON THE A, AND WE'LL BE ADDING, I BELIEVE IT'S 18 CLASSROOMS, INCREASING CAPACITY BY 500 OR MORE.
THIS IS THE EXPANDED CAFETERIA.
ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY NEEDED HERE WAS BEING ABLE TO GET IT TO WHERE IT COULD HAVE A CAPACITY OF 800 FOR A LUNCH PERIOD, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT, IT'S IN THE LOW FIVE OR SIX, I'M THINKING.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THIS QUITE A BIT.
BUT WHAT YOU SEE UP AT THE TOP IS, WE'LL PUT IN THAT SECOND FLOOR THAT CORRIDOR THERE WILL BE ALL GLASS WHERE YOU CAN LOOK DOWN INTO THE CAFETERIA.
THEN JUST ACROSS FROM IT IS LOOKING INTO WHAT WE'LL CALL THE LIBRARY OR STUDENT UNION.
I KNOW THAT THAT TERM IS ALSO USED.
YES, RIGHT THERE. THAT'S THE ENTRANCE INTO THE LIBRARY.
THEN ALSO WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THIS CAFETERIA IS WE'LL STORE FRONT IN BETWEEN THOSE COLUMNS SO THAT IT CAN HELP WITH SOUND AND HELP WITH LUNCH PERIOD TRAFFIC FLOW.
>> I'M SORRY. I KNOW CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE THE CAFETERIA IS ALSO USED FOR PERFORMANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA SEATING.
DOES IT TAKE AWAY FROM THAT PURPOSE?
>> WELL, CURRENTLY, THE STAGE THAT'S THERE, THERE ARE I BELIEVE TWO OFFICES THAT WE'VE HAD TO FRAME IN, TWO OFFICES FOR STAFF AND FOR OTHER USE FOR THE CAMPUS.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USING THAT STAGE, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE REMOVING.
THAT'S REALLY WE'RE GAINING THAT EXTRA SEATING CAPACITY.
YES. HERE'S A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SCOPE OF WORK THERE.
SO WE'RE NOT ONLY TOUCHING THE MAIN BUILDING, WE'RE ALSO REPLACING THE DUGOUTS AND ADDING PRESS BOXES AT THE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL FACILITIES, REPLACING THE FOOTBALL PRESS BOX.
WE'LL LOOK AT FENCING THAT MEETING WITH CHIEF MASON TOMORROW TO DISCUSS HOW WE NEED TO FENCE A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, AND THAT'S REALLY AT BOTH CAMPUSES AND WHAT'S THE BEST APPROACH.
WE'LL WORK THROUGH WHAT THE NEEDS ARE THERE.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITIONAL PARKING AND AN ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR THE LIBRARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPACES.
THEN EVERY CAMPUS WE TOUCH, WE TRY TO DO AS MANY FINISHED UPGRADES AS WE CAN.
THE NUMBER ONE THING IS GETTING THAT CARPET OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, THAT REALLY HELPS WITH AIR QUALITY, AND THEN JUST WORKING THROUGH DIFFERENT AREAS THAT HAVE ORIGINAL FINISH AND NEED TO BE UPGRADED.
I'LL STOP THERE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NORTH CROWLEY HIGH.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THAT I KNOW SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE WERE LOOKING AT AN ENERGY COMPANY PUTTING IN SOLAR PANELS IN THAT FIELD THAT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED AT ALL, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF RAIN THINGS.
ARE WE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THAT FIELD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
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SOLAR OR ANYTHING ELSE?>> WE'VE NOT HAD THE DISCUSSION OF DOING A SOLAR ARRAY LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW YEARS BACK WITH THAT COMPANY.
I KNOW THAT COMPANY, I DON'T BELIEVE IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE, BUT WE HAVEN'T MOVED PAST WHAT WE DID WITH CTE WITH THE SOLAR ON THE CANOPIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THE DISCUSSION OF HAVING A FIELD OF SOLAR PANELS.
>> IS THAT FIELD STILL NOT GOING TO BE UTILIZED FOR REALLY ANYTHING? I KNOW THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THE 18 ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS, BUT [OVERLAPPING].
>> YEAH. IT'S THE FIELD TO THE EAST?
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARKING WHERE THE BAND IS AT?
>> NOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO PLANS FOR THAT FIELD.
>> THEN THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT ARE WE LOOKING AT BETTER LIGHTING FOR THE PLAYING FIELD?
ALL THAT LIGHTING IS BEING REPLACED.
>> ALSO AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
[INAUDIBLE] RIGHT BEHIND THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS' BUILDING, BECAUSE I NOTICED IT'S STILL DARK BACK THERE AT NIGHT TIME.
ARE THEY PUTTING ANY LIGHTING UP THERE, BEHIND?
>> ACTUALLY THE A FIELD HOUSE THERE.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIELD HOUSE?
>> WELL, I CAN'T [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHEN YOU COME AROUND THE BACK BUILDING, BEFORE YOU GET TO THE END WHERE THE BASKETBALL GYM IS, [INAUDIBLE].
>> ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOOP?
>> YES, MA'AM. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WASN'T THAT ISSUE.
THAT THE SIDE LIGHTING WAS ALL UPGRADED.
INADEQUATE IN LED LIGHTING, BUT ALSO THE INTERIOR.
WE NEED TO GET SOME OF THOSE OLD T12 FLUORESCENT BULBS OUT AND UPGRADE TO LED LIGHTING.
>> MR. [INAUDIBLE], WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE THAT FOR CHS AS WELL?
>> CHS IS GETTING A WHOLE NEW FACILITY, JUNE.
>> NO. WE DON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE UNTIL.
>> ANY CAMPUS THAT WE TOUCH AND WE'RE DOING FINISHES, WE'LL ADDRESS THE HVAC, WE'LL ADDRESS THE LED LIGHTING.
WE'LL MAKE SURE FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT THAT WE'RE UPGRADING, NOT JUST FINISHES, BUT ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE DOING SEVERAL ADDITIONS THERE.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE CLASSROOM AND COLLABORATIVE ADDITION, ALONG WITH THE COURTYARD.
THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THOSE PORTABLE UNITS ARE.
WE WILL BE REMOVING THOSE PORTABLE UNITS AND MAKING ROOM FOR THEM TO BE IN THE BUILDING, ALONG WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS. THEN THERE'S ALSO OFFICES FOR THE SROS IN THAT IN THAT NEW ADDITION.
THE PHOTO ON THE RIDE IS THE CAFETERIA.
WE'RE EXPANDING IT BOTH DIRECTIONS.
WE'RE REMOVING THE STAGE AND GAINING THAT SPACE.
WE'RE ALSO COMING OUT TOWARD THE FRONT DRIVE AND GAINING A LITTLE SPACE ALSO.
THAT'LL INCREASE THEIR CITY CAPACITY QUITE A BIT.
THEN JUST THE SCOPE OF WORK, ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONS, WE'RE REPLACING THE FINISHES IN FLOORING AND RESTROOMS, AND FIXTURES AND PARTITIONS.
LIGHTING WILL ALSO BE A PART OF THAT.
THE LOCKER ROOM AND WEIGHT ROOM WILL BE EXPANDED LARGE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE SIZE OF THE PROGRAM THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
I'VE WORKED WITH COACH GATES ON THAT.
FENCING THE COURTYARD. ALSO WE'LL LOOK AT HOW THAT CAMPUS FITS IN WITH WHAT FENCING WE WOULD DO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WHAT THAT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.
>> I THOUGHT YOU SAID CLASSROOM AND COLLABORATION ADDITION.
>> OKAY. I MISSED THAT. THANK YOU.
>> I KEEP GOING THE WRONG WAY. IT IS THAT ON THE LEFT.
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ALL OF THAT IS THE COLLAB AND SIX CLASSROOM ADDITION.>> IT'LL BE THREE DOWNSTAIRS, THREE UPSTAIRS.
>> I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THIS, BUT YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING IN WORDS.
WHAT ABOUT RENOVATION OF THE GYM FOR THE [INAUDIBLE].
HEARD THERE'S SOME RENOVATION GOING ON WITH BLEACHERS.
>> WE WERE GOING TO TOUCH THE BLEACHERS AND THE SOUND SYSTEM, AND THAT'S ALL THAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED.
>> IS THIS A PART OF THIS PROJECT?
>> YES, MA'AM. PACKAGE 3 IS NORTH CROWLEY AND NORTH CROWLEY NINTH.
WHAT I'LL BE DOING AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, THE 25TH, I'LL BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD THE RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD FOR THIS PACKAGE, PACKAGE 3, PACKAGE 5, WHICH IS CROWLEY NINTH, DEER CREEK SYCAMORE OR MEDICREEK, THAT'S PACKAGED TOGETHER.
THEN THE TWO CSP AWARDS FOR THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AND THE FENCING FOR THE ELEMENTARIES.
THERE'LL BE FOUR THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL SELECT AND I'LL BRING IT TO YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
PACKAGE 4 IS THE INDOOR OUTDOOR TRACK.
WE'VE DARKENED UP WHERE YOU SEE THE OUTDOOR TRACK FACILITY.
THE PARKING THAT IS TO THE EAST OF IT, THAT WILL SERVE TWO PURPOSES.
THAT WILL HELP WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE STADIUM, FOR THE HOME SIDE, AND ALSO SERVE AS THE PARKING FOR THE OUTDOOR AND INDOOR TRACK FACILITY.
JUST TO THE NORTH OF IT, THAT IS THE BUILDING, THAT'S WHERE THE INDOOR WOULD SIT.
IT'S JUST ADJACENT TO RUNNING EAST WEST FOR WHERE THE OUTDOOR FACILITY IS.
THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LITTLE PARKING AROUND IT.
ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT OF THE HASH LINED AREA UP THERE, THAT IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE HAVE THAT NORTH DETENTION POND SITTING.
BUT WE WILL HAVE TO RELOCATE THAT TO THE DASHED LINE AREA THAT YOU SEE JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST. OTHER WAY.
KEEP GOING UP. YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
WHAT THAT LINED AREA IS, THAT'S REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT'S LITTLE WORK AREA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THERE.
THERE'S A, TEN FOOT, 120 INCH LINE THAT IS COMING DOWN THAT EASEMENT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW BIG THAT AREA IS.
MR. FISHER, DO YOU RECALL WHAT?
>> WE MET WITH TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT OUT THERE IN OUR CIVIL TO DISCUSS.
THERE'S SEVERAL YEARS OUT FROM WHEN THEY'LL BE THERE SO WE'VE GOT TIME TO RELOCATE IT.
BUT WE DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT PROPERTY HAD BEEN SOLD TO THEM FROM A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
WHEN THEY DROVE BY AND SAW THE DETENTION POND THERE, THEN THEY REACHED OUT TO MR. FISHER AND SAID, "HEY, LET'S TALK." I THINK THAT'S IT. ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, HOW THIS IS LAID OUT OR SITUATED?
>> I HAD A QUESTION. THE PLAYGROUND, [INAUDIBLE] ON THE SAME SIDE IN THE PLAYGROUND?
>> NO, MA'AM. NONE OF THAT'S BEEN DECIDED YET, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CROWLEY HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN PUTTING THAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND BY CENTENNIAL PARK, AND THEY'VE ASKED US IF WE HAD ANY INTEREST IN POSSIBLY PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT THERE AT THAT LOCATION.
I WANTED AGAIN TO SHOW YOU SOME QUICK TIME LINES FROM OUR CIVIL SIDE OF THIS, HOW WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE STUDIES, TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES, ALL THOSE THINGS AND THEN REPLAT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S IN TWO PLATS.
ALL WE DID IS PLAT THE LOWER 95 ACRES TO PUT THE STADIUM AND ADMIN ON.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK IN THE UPPER 95, WHICH IS WHERE THIS WOULD GO. PACKAGE 5.
THIS IS CROWLEY 9, SYCAMORE, DEER CREEK MEADOWCREEK OUTSIDE OF THE CAFETERIA EXPANSION, THAT CROWLEY 9TH WE'LL MAINLY BE DOING FINISH UPGRADES.
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AS YOU SEE, WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME HVAC IN LIGHTING REPLACEMENT.WITH THE THREE ELEMENTARIES, OUR FOCUS WAS THEIR PARENT LOOP, THEIR DROP OFF PICK UP AREAS.
THEY HAVE VERY LIMITED SPACE, AND SO WE'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THAT.
ALSO AT THESE CAMPUSES, INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THEIR COOLER FREEZER, AND THEN UPGRADE THE FINISHES AND REPLACE SOME OF THE HVAC.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IT WOULD BE FROM THE LEFT SIDE FIRST.
YES. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HANGING CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, AND BRINGING A PARENT LOOP THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING AND ENCOMPASSES RIGHT THROUGH THAT PARKING AREA AND BACK ON BEARD STREET, AND THEN OUT BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE A FEW BUSES THAT SERVE THAT FACILITY, WE CAN MOVE THE BUSES TO THE FRONT LOOP, AND NOW WE'VE INCREASED ALL THE QUEUING CAPACITY TO HELP GET IT OFF OF BOTH COUNTRY MANOR AND BEARD STREET, A DISMISSAL.
IT'S PRETTY CROWDED THERE. SAME THING WITH DEER CREEK.
AS YOU ALL HAVE SEEN WITH DEER CREEK, IT'S ALSO VERY LIMITED AND CAN GET STACKED UP VERY QUICK.
WE WERE SHOWING THIS TO THE CITY, OF COURSE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPOKE OF.
THEY WERE EXCITED THAT WE WERE LOOKING TOWARD MAKING AN EFFORT TO GET VEHICLES OFF OF CROWLEY ROAD AND GET THEM QUEUING IN A DRIVE ON THE PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST PRETTY MUCH DOUBLING WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE TO THE NORTH WITH A PARENT LOOP AND ADDITIONAL PARKING, SO THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT ONE ISSUE.
IN THE FRONT, WE'LL ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING AND THEY ALSO USE THAT LOOP WHERE THE PRE K AND K ARE DROPPED OFF.
ON THE EAST SIDE AT THE BACK, WE'LL EXPAND THAT BUS LOOP RIGHT NOW.
THE BUSES COME WITH EVERYBODY ELSE OFF OF CROWLEY ROAD, RIGHT DOWN THE NORTH SIDE IN A SINGLE LANE.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS HAVE THEM ENTER IN AN EXIT OFF OF 1187 AND GET THAT GOOD SEPARATION FROM THE PARENTS AND THE BUSES, THAT WILL CERTAINLY HELP AND INCREASE THE PARKING AREA A LITTLE BIT.
THEN THE LAST ONE IS MEADOWCREEK, DOING THE [NOISE] SAME THING DOWN ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY, WILL COME OFF OF CLOVER GLEN.
GO ALONG WHERE THE FENCE IS AT THE PARK AND THEN BACK TO MEADOWCREEK DRIVE.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PACKAGE 5? PACKAGE 6 IS MIDDLE SCHOOL 5.
AGAIN, I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THE LOCATION, YOU CAN SEE NORTH CROWLEY UP AT THE TOP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
THE CITY IS STILL CALLING THIS SOUTH HUMER.
ONCE IT GETS DOWN TO A TWO LANE HEADING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT'S DIRECTLY NORTH OF THOSE DEER CREEK SUBDIVISION THERE.
AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE STEVE HAWKINS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
BUT THAT SHOULD BE OKAY TO JUST COUNT, PUT AND TO GIVE US SOME RELATIONSHIP HERE TO WHERE THAT PROPERTY LAYS OUT, HOW A MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD LAY OUT.
WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO WITH THIS, THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S NOT ANNEXED, BUT IT'S SURROUNDED BY PROPERTY THAT IS, SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PRE-ANNEXATION PROCESS.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH BEFORE WE CAN EVEN START MOVING DIRT HERE.
BUT WHAT THE CITY WILL REQUIRE IS TWO CONNECTIONS TO SOUTH HUMER, AND IT'S TWO MEANS OF ENTERING, AND EXITING.
WHEN YOU GO DIRECTLY SOUTH BELOW WHERE THE SCHOOL IS SITTING, THAT'S ALL FLOODPLAIN SO THAT CAN'T REALLY BE USED.
EVERYTHING TO THE WEST OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY, WE'VE JUST LEFT THAT OPEN FOR ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD NEED, FIELD OR WHATEVER, IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL 5, I'VE GIVEN YOU A TIMELINE OF JUST WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO GET US TO A FINAL PLAT BEFORE WE CAN APPLY FOR A PERMIT.
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AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE STEPS.IT'S ANNEXATION, ZONING, IT'S THE STUDIES THAT WE ALWAYS DO.
THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, THAT'S THE ROADWAYS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A CFA AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY LIKE WE DID OUT HERE FOR THE STADIUM, AND THEN YOUR DRAINAGE [INAUDIBLE]
>> THAT'S A COMMUNITY FACILITIES AGREEMENT.
ANYTIME WE WOULD SHARE ROAD WORK WITH CITY 4, WE'D DO THAT AGREEMENT.
THEN LASTLY, WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SECURITY FENCING THAT WE HAVE DIVIDED IN THREE PACKAGES.
SO IT MOVES AT THREE TIMES THE PACE.
SO WE HAVE A GROUP OF FOUR AND TWO GROUPS OF FIVE AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS TO BE BID OUT IN THESE PACKAGES.
>> SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE USE THAT EITHER A MERE STAR OR FORTRESS TAP ORNAMENTAL FENCING.
NOW WHAT'S NOT REQUIRED IS THE TOP ANTI INTRUSION PIECE.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE WHAT WE HAVE THERE AND MAINTAIN THAT SIX FOOT NORMAL FENCING BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS A SUPERVISED AREA.
WHEN STUDENTS GO OUT THERE'S THERE'S STAFF THERE.
SO TA IS NOT REQUIRING US TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER THAN THAT.
SO I'VE GOT TWO SLIDES, LAST TWO SLIDES OR TIME LINES, AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU LOOK AT THIS, SEE IF YOU HAD THE QUESTIONS.
THIS IS TYPICAL WITH ANY ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY.
THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE GO THROUGH, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
I WANTED YOU TO SEE ALL THE CODE REVIEWS THAT TAKE PLACE.
THERE'S 11 OR 12 UP THERE THAT WE HAVE TO MEET THOSE CODES OF THOSE ENTITIES.
WHEN WE SUBMIT TO A MUNICIPALITY, WE ALWAYS GET COMMENTS BACK.
SO SOMETIMES EVEN A SECOND ROUND OF COMMENTS, AND SO THIS IS MINIMAL.
IT COULD EXTEND DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, DEPENDING ON THE MUNICIPALITY AND THE REQUESTS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO WHAT I DID WITH THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION, YOU CAN SEE I'VE GOT THE RANGE FOR ELEMENTARY, FOR BOTH MIDDLE AND THEN HIGH.
IT GOES WITH THE TIMELINE MR. KIRSHNER PRESENTED EARLIER IN THE MEETING.
THEN JUST FOR THE CURRENT PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON, THAT GIVES YOU THE TIMELINE OF EACH PACKAGE, AND I'LL ANSWER YOU ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> COMPLETION DATES, YES, MA'AM.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, BOARD?
>> I DID HAVE A QUESTION. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY LATE ARRIVAL.
YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT WITH REGARDS TO, LIKE I KNOW YOU SAID THE SOFTBALL AND FOOTBALL.
SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL FIELDS YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING AT REDOING AT THE NEW CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
WILL THOSE FACILITIES NOW HAVE LIKE FILMING ABILITIES AND WIFI AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DEFICIENCY THAT WE HAD IN OUR CURRENT FIELDS.
>> OKAY. THEN WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WILL ALSO EQUIVOCATE FOR NORTH CROWLEY DESPITE THE FACT THEY'RE NOT GETTING NEW FIELDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT?
>> YES, MA'AM. I'VE REQUESTED THAT WHATEVER WE DO AT CROWLEY HIGH, THAT'S THE STANDARD WE'RE DOING FOR LAM.
>> TY DAVID, [OVERLAPPING] NOW I GET IT.
THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ADD THAT ON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FORWARD? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING OUR QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, OPTIMISM ALL AROUND, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND CONTINUING TO KEEP US POSTED ARE UPDATED ON THE PROGRESS.
WELL, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL REPORT,
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WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM 7.2; THE RESULTS OF THE FALL 2023 CLIMATE SURVEY OF PARENTS, STUDENTS AND STAFF. DR. MCFARLAND.>> MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD MEMBERS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR SETTING A VISION FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE INVOLVING PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND REALLY GETTING THEIR VOICE.
DURING THE FALL SEMESTER, CONDUCTED OUR STAKEHOLDER SURVEY.
THIS INFORMATION, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS OUR BASELINE YEAR.
THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DO REGULARLY, YEARLY, AND SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A WAY OF MONITORING WHERE WE ARE FROM A STAKEHOLDER'S PERSPECTIVE.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE MR. MOFFAT HERE TO TAKE US THROUGH OUR STAKEHOLDER SURVEY AND THEN ALSO SHARE WITH YOU OUR DASHBOARD THAT WE USE AS WELL TO MONITOR OUR DATA. MR. MOFFAT.
>> THANK YOU MR. MCFARLAND. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCFARLAND.
COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO SHARE RESULTS OF OUR FALL 2023 STAKEHOLDER SURVEY RESULTS.
THIS PRESENTATION ALIGNS WITH ALL THREE DISTRICT GOALS DRIVING STUDENTS, ENGAGED COMMUNITY, AND EMPOWERED STAFF.
ON OCTOBER THE 19TH, WE LAUNCHED THREE SURVEYS, ONE FOR STUDENTS, GRADES 3 THROUGH 12, ONE FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, AND THE OTHER FOR ALL CISD STAFF.
MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL USE THE SURVEY RESULTS AS BASELINE DATA IN OUR STRATEGIC AND CAMPUS PLANNING EFFORTS.
THESE RESULTS OF SURVEYS PROVIDE US WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, GOOD INFORMATION, USABLE INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, FOR THIS EVENING, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO FOCUS THIS PRESENTATION ON INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.
THERE'S THREE THEMES THAT THESE SURVEYS ARE COMPRISED OF, INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, STUDENT PERCEPTION, AND SAFETY, AND WE'LL BE COVERING THOSE AT A LATER DATE.
THE SAFETY THEME, AS WELL AS THE STUDENT PERCEPTION THEME.
I'LL BE GOING A LITTLE FURTHER IN DETAIL A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION IN SOME MORE DETAILS IN REGARDS TO THESE THINGS.
A FEW OF THE KEY COMPONENTS IN COLLECTING SOUND SURVEY DATA IS USING VARIOUS TYPES OF QUESTIONS, ALLOWING FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANONYMITY, AND DATA COLLECTION, ALONG WITH THE VARIOUS MODES OF DISTRIBUTION.
AS WE CAN SEE HERE, WE UTILIZED VARIOUS TYPES OF QUESTIONS.
WE'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN, VARIOUS MODES OF DISTRIBUTION, FROM QR CODES TO UNIQUE LINKS FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS JUST TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME VARIOUS MODES OF DISTRIBUTION.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GATHER PERTINENT AND GOOD SOUND INFORMATION.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR STAKEHOLDERS WERE CONFIDENT IN PROVIDING GOOD SOUND FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF THEIR THOUGHTS AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT CROWLEY ISD.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO DID IN ADDITION TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF QUESTIONS, WE UTILIZE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS.
OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS, AS YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES PROVIDE RICHER AND MORE DETAILED FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESPONDENTS, AND THEY ALSO IDENTIFY UNEXPECTED ISSUES AT MANY TIMES, ALLOW FOR THE NUANCES AND SPECIFICITY OF ALLOWING OPEN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RESPONDENTS TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS IN TERMS OF OUR SURVEY REQUESTS.
IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK HERE AT OUR SURVEY DESIGN, GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE REALLY, REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK BASED ON OUR DESIGN TO INFORM US AS A DISTRICT AND MOVING FORWARD AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
OUR RESPONDENTS, PARTICIPATION WAS REALLY STRONG.
YOU'LL LOOK IN TERMS OF STAFF.
WE HAD 1,308 RESPONDENTS IN TERMS OF STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN OUR SURVEYS, STUDENTS, 2,922 AND PARENTS, 1,239 AND SO SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD PARTICIPATION.
I'LL JUST PAUSE HERE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF OUR SURVEY DESIGN.
>> WE OPENED THE SURVEY ON THE19TH OCTOBER, AND IT RAN ORIGINALLY TO NOVEMBER 2ND AND WE LOOKED AT FEEDBACK AND WE EXTENDED A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE 20TH.
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AS I STATED EARLIER, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IN TERMS OF OUR THEMES. STUDENT PERCEPTION.IT'S BASICALLY THE PERCEIVED PERCEPTION BASED ON STUDENT EXPERIENCES FROM ALL RESPONDENT GROUPS.
WHEN I SAY ALL RESPONDENT GROUPS, I'M REFERRING TO PERCEPTION OF OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF STAFF PERCEPTION OF OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF PARENTS AND WHAT OUR STUDENTS BELIEVE BASED ON THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
THIS THEME INCLUDES FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN REGARD TO SCHOOL CONNECTED ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES AND THE RELEVANCY OF DATA INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.
THE SAFETIES THING IS SURROUNDS ALL SAFETY IN SCHOOL AND SCHOOL PRACTICES AND STAFF AND THEIR DAILY PRACTICES IN TERMS OF SAFETY.
DESCRIBE WHAT THAT IS AGAIN, BUT IT'S NOT JUST COMING FROM STUDENTS.
IT COULD BE FROM A PARENT ABOUT HOW THEIR STUDENT FEELS ABOUT [OVERLAPPING]
>> HOW PROCEEDING THE STUDENT FEEL, MA'AM.
>> OKAY. COULD THE TEACHERS PERCEPTION WEIGH IN THERE ANYWHERE?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. IF YOU'LL LOOK HERE, THIS OVERALL TOP BOX RATING, THIS IS A AGGREGATE SCORE ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES OF RESPONDING GROUP.
REALLY, WHAT THIS DATA SAYS, I'LL JUST TAKE STUDENT PERCEPTION OVERALL.
WHAT THIS SAYS OR WHAT THIS GRAPH REPRESENTS IS THE ALIGNMENT IN TERMS OF RESPONSES FROM ALL RESPONDENT GROUPS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WHETHER IT BE A POSITIVE RESPONSE OR A NEGATIVE RESPONSE, BUT IT SPEAKS TO HOW ALIGN THE RESPONSES FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS WORK.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THIS IS WHAT EACH OF THESE IS SOLID INPUT.
>> IF YOU COULD GIVE, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A QUESTION.
>> THERE'S A QUESTION ON THE SURVEY.
GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU MEAN THE ALIGNMENT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE VERBATIM, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST GIVEN LIKE [OVERLAPPING]
>> IF I SAID MY STUDENT FEELS WELCOME IN SCHOOL AND MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SAID STRONGLY DISAGREE OR 83% OF THE PEOPLE SAID THEY, THEY DISAGREE WITH THAT, IT WOULD SHOW UP AT THIS, THE RESULT WILL BE DISPLAYED.
HOWEVER, IF THE VICE VERSA STRONGLY AGREE IN TERMS OF MY STUDENT FEELS WELCOME, BUT WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT WHETHER IT WAS ON THE NEGATIVE END OF THE SPECTRUM OR THE POSITIVE INSTRUCTION, THE COMPOSITION OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS WERE 83% IN AGREEMENT.
IN WHICHEVER WAY THEY RESPONDED.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, YOU'RE FINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOUR HONOR.
AT THIS POINT OF PRESENTATION, I WANT TO JUST SPEAK TO OVERALL DATA AND THAT THIS DATA WAS PULLED DIRECTLY FROM OUR PLATFORM, WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE LATER, AND IT'S A SUMMARY.
WHAT THAT SUMMARY IS, IT PULLED TOGETHER FEEDBACK FROM ALL RESPONDENT GROUPS AND CREATED A SUMMARY.
THE DATA YOU'LL SEE HERE FROM OUR OVERALL GROUPS WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE FROM ALL RESPONDENT GROUPS.
IF YOU'LL LOOK HERE AT THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE YOU GO, AND FEEL WELCOME.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S IN THE 80, 38%.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP ONE, IN TERMS OF FIELD WEAPON, 38% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE STRONGLY AGREED.
IF YOU LOOK THERE, THE OTHER 40, AND I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE LESSON, 44% SOMEWHAT AGREED.
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE ANOTHER 12% THAT SAID THEY SOMEWHAT DISAGREE AND THEN 7% THAT COMPLETELY DISAGREE.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DATA, WE SAID 38, AND WHERE IS THAT?
>> EIGHTY TWO PERCENT OF OUR RESPONDENTS BELIEVE THAT THEY FELT WELCOME BY WOMEN.
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>> KEEP GOING. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET IT.
>> IF WE LOOK DOWN A LITTLE LOWER, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THIS DATA IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY.
IF WE LOOK AT MY CHILD OR MY STUDENT ENJOYS LEARNING, WE SEE AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THE FACT THAT WHAT IS THAT? SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF OUR RESPONDENTS BELIEVE THAT THE STUDENT ENJOYS LEARNING.
>> SO OVERALL IT'S A POSITIVE OR UNDER OVERALL STUDENT PERCEPTION, THIS IS A POSITIVE PICTURE?
>> FOR THE QUESTION THAT I JUST REFERENCED, MY STUDENT ENJOYS LEARNING, I WOULD SAY THAT'S AN ERROR.
>> NO, I'M SAYING LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY UNDER THIS CATEGORY OVERALL STUDENT PERCEPTION.
>> LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS, OVERALL AGGREGATE, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT, OVERALL, THE STUDENT PERCEPTION IS POSITIVE?
>> IT IS POSITIVE, YES, MA'AM.
>> OKAY. BECAUSE MORE THAN HALF A GREAT PERCENTAGE OF 80 SOMETHING PERCENT IS SOMEWHAT AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE TO A POSITIVE PERCEPTION ON THE PERCEPTION SIDE.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN THESE TERMS, IT'S KIND OF SOMEWHAT OF A BREAKOUT FOR EACH OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
THEY ALL RESPONDED DIFFERENTLY TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS, AND SO THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT RESPONDENTS AGREED AND THEY WERE REALLY POSITIVE.
BUT AS WE LOOK THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S STILL SOME AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY.
WE'RE GOING TO DRILL DOWN IN THE DATA A LITTLE LATER, BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SOME IMMEDIATE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT WE SEE THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO PLAN AND ADDRESS.
>> RIGHT. BUT BEFORE WE GO TO THE OTHERS, JUST ME LOOKING AT THIS UNDER OVERALL STUDENT PERCEPTION, THIS IS A POSITIVE [OVERLAPPING] OUTCOME?
>> OKAY. I THINK YOU HIT ON SOMETHING WITH THE QUESTION I ASKED EARLIER.
THIS IS NOT JUST STUDENTS [OVERLAPPING] RESPONDING?
>> BUT WE COULD SEE THAT DATA, IF WE ASKED FOR, IT WAS JUST NOT WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO, I MEAN, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, LIKE 82% WHICH MEANS ON AVERAGE.
BUT, IF WE WANTED TO SEE HOW STUDENTS ANSWERED THIS QUESTION VERSUS WE COULD JUST ASK YOU FOR THAT AND YOU COULD JUST [OVERLAPPING] PROVIDE THAT ANALYTIC, RIGHT?
>> BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING ALL GROUPS TOGETHER, BUT IF WE WANTED TO SEE IT BROKEN OUT, BUT THE CIRCLES THAT YOU PROVIDED GIVES US A GENERAL MEAN OF HOW THEY ALL RESPONDED, YES MA'AM THEORETICALLY, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE IT BY EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS AS WELL.
WHEN WE START WITH THE CAMPUS PLANNING, THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS WAS ABLE TO TAKE THAT AND THEN REALLY USE THAT AS PART OF THE PLANNING.
>> I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE EVEN JUST ELEMENTARY VERSUS SECONDARY, OR MIDDLE VERSUS HIGH VERSUS ELEMENTARY BECAUSE IT TENDS TO CHANGE OVER TIME, HOW WE LOVE SCHOOL.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SHARED IT, BUT WHAT WE'LL BE DOING, WE'LL BE PROVIDING [INAUDIBLE] INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL.
SO YOU'LL ALL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND LOOK AT IT AND DRAW DOWN, SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL SEE IN THE DATA AS WELL.
OVERALL INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.
IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK, I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SLIDE OR THIS DATA.
THIS GRAPH REPRESENTS OVERALL ON INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE AND BASED ON THIS FEEDBACK, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF AREAS OF IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT.
ONE QUESTION IS AROUND PROBLEM SOLVING.
THE OPPORTUNITY OUR KIDS HAVE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS RATHER THAN MEMORIZATION IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE OTHER IS AROUND OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK IN COLLABORATIVE GROUPS.
I KNOW BOTH OF THEM FALL RIGHT IN THAT RANGE OF 77 COLLECTIVELY, 77, 76, BUT IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON THIS DATA, OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. ANY QUESTION?
>> IS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A MISCONCEPTION FOR THE PARENTS?
>> IT COULD BE. WE WOULD DRILL DOWN AND IF WE LOOKED AT, BECAUSE THIS IS A COLLECTION OF STUDENT RESPONSES AS WELL AS TEACHER RESPONSE, AS WELL AS PARENT RESPONSES.
>> MR. [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING WITH CAMPUSES,
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AND THE PRINCIPAL WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW THAT, AND SO WE COULD ACTUALLY GO AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY COULD CALL GROUPS OF PARENTS TOGETHER AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT TO SEE IF THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT IT IS.YEAH. THIS GIVES US INFORMATION TO DIG DEEPER.
>> THEN A LITTLE LATER, FOR THE THEME OF INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, WE'LL LOOK AT EVERY GROUP BECAUSE THAT'LL BE OUR FOCUS FOR THE EVENING.
WE'LL LOOK AT INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS, FROM PARENTS, AS WELL AS STAFF.
OVERALL SAFETY BREAKDOWN GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
>> THE SECOND PART FOR THE SAFETY CONCERN, THE EXTRA PERCENTAGES ARE JUST MAYBE A TYPO OR DOES THAT MEAN [INAUDIBLE]?
[BACKGROUND] I DID SPEAK, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GLITCHES IN TERMS OF THE PLATFORM.
I SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE A LITTLE EARLIER AND SHE DID TEXT ME BACK AND TELL ME THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME THINGS.
SHE'S PUT A WORK ORDER IN TO ADDRESS THOSE BECAUSE A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT, SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
>> JUST TO UNDERSTAND, SO I WAS LOOKING AT WHERE THE BAR IS SET FOR WHERE WE NEED AN OPPORTUNITY.
>> ON THE PREVIOUS PAGES IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEWHERE AROUND 70 OR 80%?
>> LOOKING AT, FOR INSTANCE, THE FIRST ONE OR THE SECOND OR EVEN THE THIRD ONE, ARE ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES STAND BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL UNDER THE BAR OR HAS THE BAR CHANGED?
>> YES MA'AM. I WOULD SAY THEY ALL POTENTIALLY COULD BE, BUT IN DRILLING DOWN, I IDENTIFIED THAT ONE BEING THE LOWEST.
BUT AS WE DRILL DOWN AND SEPARATED OUT BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM EACH OF THE RESPONDENT GROUPS, THEY ALL MAY SHOW UP AS OPPORTUNITIES. YES, MA'AM.
ANY QUESTIONS? AS I STATED EARLIER, THIS EVENING, OUR FOCUS WILL BE IN TERMS OF THEMES, INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, NOW WE'RE PREPARING TO TRANSITION INTO THAT SECTION.
THIS SECTION WILL BE COMPRISED OF INSTRUCTIONAL FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES FROM STAFF, FROM STUDENTS, AND FROM PARENTS.
SOME TIME TO LOOK AT THIS ONE AND THEN LET'S DISCUSS.
IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE TOP RESPONSE, LET'S GO UP AT THE TOP.
GO BACK TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
THIS IS FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.
THE RESPONSE IS, MY TEACHERS HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR MY CHILD'S LEARNING.
IF WE LOOK HERE, WE HAVE WHAT? RIGHT AT 80, 89%, ALMOST 90% OF STUDENTS BELIEVE THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THE LEARNING, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS DATA, THERE ARE SOME AREAS FOR OPPORTUNITY.
MY CLASSROOM LEARNING INVOLVES PROBLEM SOLVING.
THAT ACTUALLY WAS AREA OPPORTUNITY FOR US, AND WE LOOKED AT THAT EARLIER IN THE COLLECTIVE DATA OR THE OVERALL SUMMARY.
THEN IT ALSO CAME OUT AMONG STUDENTS IN TERMS OF I WORK IN COLLABORATIVE GROUPS.
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BOTH OF THOSE ARE DEFINITELY AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US.ANY QUESTIONS? THIS TABLE OF GRAPH REPRESENTS STAFF INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES FEEDBACK.
>> LIKEWISE FOR THIS ONE, THIS ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THOSE RESPONDENT GROUPS?
>> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE COMPARED TO THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE.
THAT ALMOST MAKES THE ARGUMENT THAT INTENT DOESN'T EQUAL IMPACT.
>> BECAUSE STAFF IS SAYING, ONE THING, I MAKE IT CLEAR TO MY STUDENTS WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.
BUT THE STUDENTS AREN'T NECESSARILY OVERWHELMINGLY SAYING, YES, I KNOW WHAT I'M LEARNING EACH DAY.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECT.
THAT'S ME LOOKING AT THIS HIGH LEVEL.
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, TRUSTEE DAVIS.
THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO FLESH OUT IN TERMS OF MUCH OF THE FEEDBACK, IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTION COMES FROM JOHN HATTIE'S WORKBOOK SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE US SOME INSIGHT IN TERMS OF HOW TO IMPROVE.
BECAUSE OVERALL, IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE SAFETY STUDENT PERCEPTION AND FOR THE AREAS OF THINGS WILL BE BACK.
IT'S ABOUT IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS.
>> THEN THE QUESTION IS, THE 3% OF THE TEACHERS THAT AREN'T MAKING THEIR LESSONS CLEAR, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY NEED HELP OR, WHAT IS THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THEY'RE NOT PRESENTING A LESSON PLAN THAT'S CLEAR?
>> TRUSTEE GRASSIA, IF I LOOKED AT THAT, I WOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THE NUMBER OR DRILL DOWN THE DATA TO SEE HOW MANY NEW TEACHERS WE HAVE, OR THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THERE.
AS WE DRILL DOWN, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND WHAT THEY COULD BE TO MAKE SURE WE GO IN AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS A STAFF INSTRUCTION SUPPORT.
I HIGHLIGHTED ALL THREE OF THESE BASED ON THIS QUESTION.
MY SCHOOL HAS SUPPORTS IN PLACE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING.
IF YOU LOOK IT SPEAKS TO THE DATA THAT WAS PULLED WAS ACADEMIC SUPPORT, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND SUPPORT SOCIALLY.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS.
ACADEMICALLY, THEY'RE RIGHT AT 71%, EMOTIONALLY 64% AND SOCIALLY 63%.
DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITY FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR SUPPORT.
>> ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY WERE NOT MANDATORY FOR THE PARTICULAR RESPONDING GROUP BECAUSE I'M NOTICING FOR INSTANCE THERE WERE 952 THAT RESPONDED ON THE STAFF INSTRUCTIONAL FEEDBACK.
BUT THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, THE NUMBER GOES DOWN TO 918.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO ANSWER WHAT THEY WANTED ON THE SURVEY, NOT REQUIRED, ANSWER EVERYTHING.
>> [OVERLAPPING] IT'S TWOFOLD. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE SPECIFIC FOR SPECIFIC GROUPS.
HOWEVER, I THINK, AND I CAN JUST DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESPONDENTS TO OMIT RESPONSES TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE WHAT IT DID, IT SHOWED UP.
IT GAVE US A SURVEY DATA BACK IF THEY WERE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMPLETION.
BUT IT SHOWED US ALL THAT EVERYBODY DIDN'T COMPLETE BUT TOOK IT.
BECAUSE MAYBE I SHOWED A GROUP AND IT SAID 1,300 PEOPLE TOOK THIS SURVEY AND COMPLETED THE SURVEY.
BUT IT MAY HAVE SAID 1,409 PEOPLE TOOK IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE.
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IF THEY REACHED A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMPLETION, IT GAVE US THEIR SURVEY DATA.I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN THEY GOT TIRED OF READING THE QUESTIONS AND STUFF, SAY, I'M THROUGH. [LAUGHTER]
>> OR THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
>> YEAH. I KNOW BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN I TAKE A SURVEY, IF IT'S SO MANY QUESTIONS, I'M LIKE, I'M DONE.
>> JUST A QUESTION. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I FACILITATE CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS AND 13% OF THE TEACHERS SAID NO.
WHAT AM I TO ASSUME WITH THAT? IF THE TEACHER IS NOT FACILITATING THE DISCUSSION, AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK IN MY THINKING HERE?
>> YES YOU ARE. AGAIN, I COULD ASSUME, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DRILL OUT AND LOOK AT THAT AND SEE, BUT AGAIN IF THEY'RE NOT FACILITATING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS, IT'S PROBABLY NO LEARNING IS TAKING PLACE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION BASED ON AN ASSUMPTION.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.
>> SO BASED ON TRUSTEE DAVIS QUESTION AND THE ENTIRE POINT OF THIS IS INCREASING STUDENT OUTCOMES.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT 13% OF THE RESPONDENTS ARE NOT FACILITATING DISCUSSION OR, YOU KNOW WHEN I SAW HOW CAN WE USE JUST THAT REALIZATION TO DIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES IF WE DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS.
BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING IF I KNOW MR. SO AND SO ISN'T DOING X, Y, AND Z.
WE CAN ADDRESS THAT WITH COACHING THEORETICALLY.
>> TRUSTEE DAVIS ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IS WE CAN DRILL THIS DATA DOWN TO SCHOOL, AND WE CAN ALSO DRILL IT DOWN TO GRADE LEVEL.
GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SOME WAYS TO RESPOND BASED ON SCHOOL AND GRADE LEVEL.
>> I LIKE THAT IDEA BECAUSE IF YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY KNOWING WHO THE PEOPLE ARE THAT FILL OUT THE SURVEYS AND THEY WON'T FILL OUT THE SURVEYS, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN REALLY DOWN TO THE CAMPUSES RATHER THAN THE INDIVIDUALS.
>> I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO TAKE THIS, BUT I REALLY, AS YOU'LL SEE, I HIGHLIGHT THAT WITH A READ BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT AND JUST TALK THROUGH [NOISE] LEVEL.
WITH THIS, THIS GRAPH CAPTURES PARENT FEEDBACK IN REGARDS TO THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.
THIS QUESTION HERE, THERE WAS A 47% RESPONSE RATE IN TERMS OF CHILD'S TEACHER HAS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR MY CHILD'S LEARNING.
HOWEVER, ON THE CONTRARY, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, 89, ALMOST 90% OF THE STUDENTS BELIEVE THAT THE TEACHERS HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
RIGHT NOW DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND BASED ON THIS DATA, THAT THERE IS A DISCONNECT THAT WE NEED TO DRILL DOWN AND INVESTIGATE AND PUT SOME SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORTS IN PLACE. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AND WHILE I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE CONCERNING, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, HOPEFULLY THIS IS A GREAT TOOL THAT WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY TRUSTEE DAVIS AND DAVIS THOSE QUESTIONS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, AS YOU SAY, DRILL DOWN AND REALLY GET TO THE SOURCE OF THE DISCONNECT,
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I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THIS INFORMATION AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW YOUR OPINION ON THIS AS WELL, DR. MCFARLAND>> IT ABSOLUTELY IS SOME GREAT INFORMATION AND IT'S A LOT OF IT AND SO I THINK HE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A DASHBOARD IN A SECOND BUT OUR PLAN IS REALLY TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND REALLY DIVE IN AND GO DEEP AND THEN BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THE DATA TELLS US, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT AND THEN THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT BY OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHERE OUR PERCENTAGES WERE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE NEXT YEAR TO KNOW WHETHER WE MADE PROGRESS OR NOT OR WE NEED TO STILL CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.
GREAT INFORMATION IS INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE NOT COLLECTED IN THE PAST AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY HELP US IT GIVES US ANOTHER SET OF DATA POINTS TO LOOK AT.
>> YOU'RE ABOUT TO SHOW A DASHBOARD?
>> I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, WAS IT A THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT.
>> THE INSTRUMENT CAME FROM A THIRD PARTY.
>> SO IT IS QUALTRICS AND THEN WE QUALTRICS ALSO IS PARTNERS WITH ISOBAR WHO PROVIDES THE SUPPORT THROUGH QUALTRICS.
>> WHILE HE'S GETTING THAT READY, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE DID DO THIS THIS YEAR SO WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE AND SEE WHERE OUR PARENTS AND OUR STAFF, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR AS THE CHILDREN LEARNING SAFETY.
ALL THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING NEXT YEAR, LIKE DR. MCFARLAND SAYS, WHERE WE ARE AND HOPEFULLY WITH THIS DATA, THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION THE NEXT GO AROUND SO WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.
YES, MA'AM AND DEFINITELY, I BELIEVE TRUSTEE STEVENSON, AS WE LOOK AT PLANS AND A STAKEHOLDER SEE US ACTUALLY RESPOND TO THE DATA, THEY'LL BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT FUTURE PARTICIPATION I BELIEVE.
THIS IS OUR DASHBOARD AND ONCE DR. MCFARLAND WAS READY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT THIS DASHBOARD CAN BE PUBLIC AS WELL.
WE DECIDE OR DETERMINE, IDENTIFY THE WIDGETS THAT ARE PART OF THIS DASHBOARD THAT WE WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC BUT YOU ALL WILL HAVE, AGAIN, CREDENTIALS AND LOG, AND HAVE ACCESS TO EVERY ASPECT OR EVERY PART OF THIS DASHBOARD.
THIS PORTION HERE IS THE SUMMARY PORTION.
IT SPEAKS TO COLLECTIVELY, EVERY RESPONDENT GROUP, THEIR TOTAL RESPONSES, WHETHER IT BE PARENTS OR STAFF OR STUDENTS.
THIS IS THE EARLIER GRAPH I SHOWED YOU THERE IN TERMS OF AGREEMENT AMONGST OUR RESPONDENTS AND THEN THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT SCRAP, AS YOU MOVE THE MOUSE AROUND AND YOU GO IN AND EXPLORE, YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE ACTUAL NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES OF EACH OF THE PARTICIPANTS ON EACH OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND HOW THEY RESPONDED.
AGAIN, THIS IS DATA I SHOWED YOU AS A PART OF THE PRESENTATION BUT I JUST WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH AND LET YOU SEE WHAT THE PLATFORM LOOKS LIKE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS A PART OF WHAT'S HERE.
>> MR. MOFFETT, I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU A SCENARIO AND I WANT YOU TO PULL IT UP.
>> DEER CREEK. SO LET'S SEE WHAT THE PARENTS AT DEER CREEK THINK ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, THE CLIMATE OF THE SCHOOL, ALL THAT.
CAN YOU PULL UP DEER CREEK AND PARENT? AGAIN, AS SOON AS WE GET ALL, YOU KNOW THERE ARE A FEW GLITCHES THAT WE HAVE TO FIX BUT AS SOON AS WE GET THAT FIXED, I'LL SEND YOU ALL LINKS TO THIS.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND YOU CAN LOOK AND LOOK THROUGH IT, AND SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE, AND SEE IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADD.
>> IT WILL SOUND LIKE BEFORE. DID YOU SAY PARENTS?
>> YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THEY RESPONDED IN TERMS OF?
>> JUST PICK ONE, IT DON'T MATTER.
I JUST WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE. LET'S DO SAFETY.
>> AS HE'S DOING THAT BOARD, SO IF I'M THE PRINCIPAL ON THAT CAMPUS AND WE ARE CREATING CAMPUS PLANS, THEN I CAN HAVE REALLY CLEAR AND ACCESS TO QUICK DATA THAT I CAN USE TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT DO I NEED TO REALLY FOCUS MY ATTENTION ON AS IT RELATES
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TO PARENTS AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS IT RELATES TO THAT CAMPUS.>> I'M SORRY. IT REVERTED BACK TO ALL SCHOOLS ONCE I CHANGED.
>> WELL, JUST GO BEST RACE SINCE YOU'RE THERE. THAT'S FINE, YOU CAN GO THERE.
>> I FEEL MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL IS SAFE.
IF YOU LOOK THERE, WE HAVE 71% THAT STRONGLY AGREE, ANOTHER 14% THAT SOMEWHAT AGREES.
IT'S A TOTAL OF 85% OF THE RESPONDENTS OR PARENTS AGREE.
>> SORRY. QUESTION IS WERE THERE ANY AREAS WHERE THEY COULD MAKE COMMENTS?
>> YES, MA'AM. WE DO HAVE AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION SECTION AND IT'S HERE.
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT AS WELL. KEV, DO YOU MIND?
>> IF YOU LOOK HERE, [INAUDIBLE] STEVENSON, IT SAYS PARENT OPEN ENDED.
WE GO THERE, I'M GOING TO GO OFF.
HERE, IT ALLOWS US TO GO THROUGH AND SEE THE RESPONSES AND FEEDBACK FROM THE OPENING.
>> THE FIRST ONE IS AN EXAMPLE, SO THIS PARENT IS MENTIONING THAT KIDS DON'T HAVE AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS OR SPORTS PROGRAMS AT CROWLEY MONTESSORI.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, HEY, WE CAN JUMP ON TOP OF THAT REALLY QUICKLY AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MOVE ON.
THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS HERE, AND THIS IS UNFILTERED.
IT'S WHATEVER PARENT SAYS IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY GOOD, SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT.
WE'RE JUST LEAVING IT OPEN FOR AT LEAST GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
>> AS WE STATED EARLIER, THAT OPEN ENDED OPTION GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE NUANCES AND SPECIFICITY OF RESPONSES AND FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAKE HOLDERS.
>> WHAT IS THE NUMBER OFF TO THE LEFT, THE GREEN NUMBER OR RED NUMBER?
>> IT'S A REFERENCE TO A NET PROMOTER SCORE AND DON'T WANT TO GET TOO DATA INTO IT, BUT WHAT IT REPRESENTS, IT REPRESENTS THE RESPONDENTS THAT WERE COMPLETELY IN AGREEMENT MINUS THOSE THAT WERE IN DISAGREEMENT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> IT [INAUDIBLE] LIKE A DRIVER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
[NOISE] IT GIVES KEYWORDS THAT DRIVE A PARTICULAR.
>> YEAH, IT IS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TERMS, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS.
REALLY, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION.
WHAT WE THINK IT MEANS IS, IT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THAT PARENT, THAT PERSON, IT WOULD BE A PROMOTER OF THE DISTRICT.
>> OR DETRACTOR. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SPECIFICS OF HOW THEY FIGURED IT OUT, BECAUSE I THINK THEY TOOK HOW THEY RESPONDED AND SAID, OKAY, THIS IS SOMEBODY, HE'S GOING TO BE A PROMOTER OR DETRACTOR.
>> [BACKGROUND] ABOUT HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO COMPLETE THIS SURVEY?
>> FOR A PARENT, IT'S LIKE 40.
IT WOULD DIFFER DEPENDING ON THE GROUP.
THE STUDENT SURVEY IS A LOT SHORTER.
IT TAKES A SMALLER SEGMENT OF TIME TO COMPLETE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT'S GATHERED AS A PART OF THE PARENTS RESPONSE.
IF YOU LOOK BACK AT DESIGN, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 47 QUESTIONS, BUT IT WAS VARIED IN TERMS. MUCH OF THAT WAS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
THEY ONLY HAD TO DO IT ONCE IF THEY HAD MULTIPLE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE LONGER.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 20 MINUTES OR SO FOR THAT PARENT.
>> OKAY. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW WE COULD GET MAYBE MORE STUDENT PARTICIPATION.
IF THERE COULD BE SOME TIME CARVED OUT DURING THE DAY OR AT LUNCH, AND ONE OF THE SCHOOL CLUBS OR GROUPS SPONSOR IT AND COME TAKE THE SURVEY, COME TAKE THE SURVEY.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE RATHER QUICKLY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION.
>> YES, MA'AM. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.
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ANY QUESTIONS? AGAIN, I WANTED TO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH THE PLATFORM AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER, AND THEN AGAIN, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.BUT AT THIS POINT, THIS INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
HOWEVER, I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MOFFETT.
APPRECIATE THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE OVERVIEW AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED STUDIES ON THIS AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS OF WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LEARNING, THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM IT.
I WOULD ALSO ASK, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THEM HERE PRESENT, BUT UTILIZING OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES AND OUR STUDENT COUNCIL ON THOSE CAMPUSES TO TRUSTEE DAVIS' POINT, AND GETTING MORE PARTICIPATION.
BUT THIS IS IMPRESSIVE AND APPRECIATE THE REVIEW TODAY. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND ALSO.
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS AND NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:06 PM.
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.