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>> I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF
[1.0 Call to Order]
THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 551.041 SUBCHAPTER C, GOVERNMENT CODE AS AMENDED BY THE 73RD LEGISLATURE, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MR. KIRSCHNER.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. TRUSTEE PLACE 1, DR. NEDRA ROBINSON.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 2, DR. LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 3, DR. MIA HALL.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 4, MISS JUNE W. DAVIS.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 5, MR. DARRYL R. DAVIS II.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 6, MR. GARY GRASSIA.
>> TRUSTEE PLACE 7, MISS KELICIA STEVENSON?
>> SUPERINTENDENT, DR. MICHAEL MCFARLAND.
>> STUDENT TRUSTEES, KENNEDY WYNN FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
>> I BELIEVE PRESENT. THANK YOU, SIR.
I BELIEVE MR. CHANCELLOR SLATER FROM CROWLEY CLEG IS ON HIS WAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. KIRSCHNER. I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THE MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE BOARD ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AS WE CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT, REVIEW INFORMATION, AND MAKE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF CROWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE TIME DESIGNATED FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
DECORUM AND COURTESY ARE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CROWLEY ISD SCHOOLS.
AT THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND WHILE THE CROWLEY ISD CORP OF CADETS PRESENTS THE COLORS.
>> SIR, CADET COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR GARRETT, REPRESENTING CISD, THE BATTALION.
HONOR UNIT WITH DISTINCTION, REQUESTING PERMISSION TO PRESENT THE COLORS.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> ONE STATE UNDER YOUR GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
>> YOU MAY BE SEATED. AGAIN, THANK YOU, CADET COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR GARRETT AND THE CROWLEY ISD CORP OF CADETS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3.0,
[3.0 Celebrations / Board Points of Pride ]
CELEBRATIONS AND POINTS OF PRIDE.I WILL START TO MY LEFT TONIGHT.
DOCTOR WOODSON-MAYFIELD, WE'LL START WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAVIS, AND GREETINGS TO EVERYONE PRESENT.
ON TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH, DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY CELEBRATED THE GRAND OPENING OF ITS NEW ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND WITH A SPECIAL RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.
JOINED BY DISTRICT OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE POSTEL CONSTRUCTION GROUP, THE DRAGONS MARK THIS EXCITING MILESTONE TOGETHER.
WE ARE THRILLED THAT ALL OUR STUDENTS NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THIS INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGING PLAY SPACE.
LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND AND APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] WE KNOW THEY'LL HAVE A LOT OF FUN SO THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAVIS. I HAVE ONE.
ON THURSDAY, MARCH 13, CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, CROWLEY WELCOME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER ARTIST AND CROWLEY ISD ALUMNI, LEON BRIDGES, ALONG WITH LEGENDARY FOOTBALL COACH GARY PATTERSON AND HIS WIFE, KELSEA, AS THEY STOPPED BY TO CHECK OUT THE READY TO LEARN IN SCHOOL MARKET.
IT OPENED IN OCTOBER BY THE BIG GOOD FOOT WORTH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CROWLEY COUNTY, TERRAN AREA FOOD BANK.
BRIDGES AND PATTERSON'S ORGANIZATION, THE BIG GOOD, WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FOOD BANK TO BRING THE INCREDIBLE INCENTIVE TO LIFE.
THANK YOU TO THE BIG GOOD AND TO ALL THE PARTIES FOR BRINGING THE LIFE, CHANGING RESOURCES TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
>> FIRS VICE PRESIDENT GRASSIA.
>> GOOD EVENING, YOU ALL. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 1ST, CROWLEY EAGLES TOOK ONE FINAL NOSTALGIC WALK THROUGH THE HALLS AS WE PREPARE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE OLD AND WELCOME THE BRAND NEW CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
THE EVENT FEATURED PHIL TOURS, LED BY CURRENT STUDENTS, A MEMORY BOOTH WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARE THEIR FAVORITE MOMENTS IN A SILENT AUCTION FOR ARTWORK AND MEMORABILIA IN A YEAR BOOK ROOM FILLED WITH DECADES OF CROWLEY HISTORY.
WHILE WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, WE ALSO HONOR OUR PAST BECAUSE ONE THING IS CERTAIN.
ONCE AN EAGLE, ALWAYS AN EAGLE. [APPLAUSE]
>> SECOND VICE PRESIDENT HALL.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAVIS.
NORTH CROWLEY PANTHERS ARE SHOWCASING THEIR PRIDE THROUGH DEDICATED AFTER SCHOOL ELAR TUTORIALS WITH JUST FOUR SESSIONS AND 11 SCHOOL DAYS UNTIL STAR.
THEY WILL CONTINUE EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY THROUGH APRIL 15.
WE ARE ALWAYS TO SEE LEARNING IN ACTION.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAVIS.
THE PARKWAY SPRING CARNIVAL WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
ON THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH, FROM 5:00-6:30 PM, FAMILIES GATHERED FOR AN EVENING OF FOOD, FUN, AND FESTIVITIES.
VENDORS SUCH AS MMD, SWEET TREATS, MESSY MAMAS, HELP THEM DOGS, SAVE SITA, AND TAKAIA LA CABANA SERVED DELICIOUS FOOD WHILE A DJ KEPT THE ENERGY HIGH WITH GREAT MUSIC.
ENTRY WAS FREE, AND FAMILIES HAD THE CHANCE TO WIN EXCITING FESTIVE GIFT BASKETS.
CHILDREN ENJOYED INTERACTIVE GAMES, FACE PAINTING, AND BALLOON ART, MAKING IT A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO MADE THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT POSSIBLE. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAVIS.
WE ARE BEYOND PROUD OF THE RICHIE ALLEY CHOIR FOR WINNING THE UIL SWEEPSTAKES AWARD.
NOW THE UIL REGIONAL SWEEP-STAKE AWARD IS A PRESTIGIOUS ACHIEVEMENT THAT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO EARN.
THIS AWARD REPRESENTS SUPERIOR RATINGS ACROSS THE BOARD, SHOWCASING OUR STUDENTS DEDICATION, WAY TO BRING HOME THE HARDWARE. [APPLAUSE]
>> AWESOME. I WILL CONCLUDE WITH HIGHLIGHTING OUR STATE OF THE DISTRICT EVENT.
OUR CROWLEY PRIDE SHINED BRIGHTLY.
ON MONDAY, MARCH 10TH, THE CISD PRESENTED THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT.
WITH MORE THAN 200 GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE, THE CROWLEY FAMILY FILLED THE CARLETON UNIVERSITY FACILITY TO CAPACITY.
WHILE HEARING FROM ESTEEMED DIGNITARIES WAS A HIGHLIGHT, THE MOST MEANINGFUL MOMENTS CAME FROM OUR STUDENTS WHO SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES FIRSTHAND.
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS EXPRESS THEIR EXCITEMENT FOR STEM PROGRAMS WHILE SECONDARY CTE, OUR STUDENTS SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS BOTH ON STAGE AND IN THE LOBBY, WHERE OUR TALENTED CULINARY STUDENTS SERVED HORS D'OEUVRES.
THE EVENT ALSO FEATURED INSPIRING PERFORMANCES AND MUSICAL SELECTIONS, MAKING IT A TRUE CELEBRATION OF CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED.
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THE DISTRICT.
[APPLAUSE] IF YOU MISS THAT EVENT, I BELIEVE IT WILL BE PUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS HERE SOON.
YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE STATE OF CROWLEY ISD.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEES FOR THOSE CELEBRATIONS AND POINTS OF PRIDE.
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WE WILL MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 4.1,[4.0 Recognition Item(s)]
OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS, THE E-SPORTS CHAMPIONS, DOCTOR MCFARLAND.>> MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THESE RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.
WE HAVE THE FIRST RECOGNITION AS OUR E-SPORTS CHAMPION.
WE HAVE MR. BRADLEY PARKER HERE TONIGHT TO BRING FORWARD THIS ITEM. MR. PARKER.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DOCTOR MCFARLAND.
IT GIVES ME GREAT PRIDE TO AGAIN SHOWCASE ANOTHER CISD SUCCESS IN THE FORM OF CROWLEY ISD E-SPORTS.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE CASEY SMITH TO YOU.
HE'S A DIGITAL LEARNING SPECIALIST AND IS THE DRIVING FORCE THAT IS PROPELLING E-SPORTS FORWARD IN OUR DISTRICT.
HE HAS ORGANIZED HIS PROGRAM FROM THE GROUND UP AND MANAGES ITS APPLICATION AT THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND TWO NINTH GRADE CENTERS AND A CTE.
IT'S SUSTAINED GROWTH MEANS THAT MOST LIKELY BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, WE COULD BE FIELDING UP TO THREE SEPARATE TEAMS, ONE FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL INSTEAD OF ONE COMBINED GROUP. CASEY SMITH. [APPLAUSE]
>> SORRY, I GOT A LOT OF TROPHIES TO PUT UP HERE.
NEED MORE PEOPLE. GO TO NEED MORE SPACE HERE A LITTLE BIT, TOO.
GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DOCTOR MCFARLAND.
AT A BOARD MEETING LAST YEAR, WE CELEBRATED THE GROWING SUCCESS OF OUR NEW E-SPORTS PROGRAM.
I SAID BEFORE WE LEFT, WE'D BE BACK WITH MORE KIDS AND MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
E-SPORTS. IT'S COMPETITIVE VIDEO GAMING IN A TEAM ENVIRONMENT AND OPERATES MUCH THE SAME WAY UI ATHLETICS DOES.
WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT COMPETE IN SOLO AND TEAM BASED COMPETITIONS.
TEAM GAMES DEMAND CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING IN A FAST PACED ENVIRONMENT.
THESE SKILLS COUPLED WITH TEAMWORK AND PROBLEM SOLVING ARE CRITICAL FOR DEVELOPING OUR FUTURE READY LEARNERS, AND IN THEIR POST HIGH SCHOOL LIVES.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 60 STUDENTS WHO COMPETED IN E-SPORTS THIS YEAR.
WE COMPETE IN 11 GAMES IN THREE DIFFERENT LEAGUES.
EACH WITH THE FALL AND THE SPRING SEASON. THAT'S A LOT OF GAMES.
IN MAY, WE'LL BE TAKING 20 STUDENTS TO BAYLOR UNIVERSITY FOR THE UNDISPUTED STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, IN WHICH WE LOOK TO BRING HOME EVEN MORE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
IN THE FALL 2024 SEASON, OUR OVER WATCH TEAM WON THE VANTA STATE TOURNAMENT AND PLACED FIRST IN THE TEXAS LEAGUE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOTE THAT TO WIN THOSE, THOSE ARE BEST OF FIVE SERIES.
THIS TEAM ONLY DROPPED TWO MATCHES IN BOTH LEAGUES TOTAL.
I WOULD SAY THEY'RE PROBABLY TOP THREE IN THE NATION, IF NOT, UP THERE IN THE TOP.
THIS YEAR BY POPULAR REQUEST, WE ALSO ADDED MADDEN 25 AND NCA FOOTBALL AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AND PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE THREE NATIONAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONS IN THOSE GAMES AS WELL. WE'VE BEEN BUSY.
IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TO OUR FALL 2024 STATE NATIONAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONS.
FOR MADDEN, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE, WORKING ON A PAPER, JORDAN CONAWAY FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, AND AN NCA FOOTBALL MOUNTAIN DIVISION, WE HAVE JAE HENDERSON.
[APPLAUSE] ALSO REPRESENTING NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
TAVIAN BROOKS, REPRESENTING NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL WAS OUR NCA FOOTBALL PACIFIC DIVISION CHAMPION. [APPLAUSE] > MR. SMITH, CAN YOU HAVE THEM STAND UP SO WE CAN JUST RECOGNIZE THEM WHEN YOU CALL THEIR NAMES, PLEASE?
[APPLAUSE] AVA WATCH TEAM IS ALSO FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH, COACHED BY CHRIS CHAVEZ.
THE TEAM CONSISTED OF TEAM CAPTAIN RICARDO GAGOS.
[APPLAUSE] WE ALSO HAVE ZACHARY PONTES AND COREY BOLSON WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY.
[APPLAUSE] I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT A COUPLE OF OUR PLAYERS, THEY ALSO PLAY PRO AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO COMPETING FOR THE SCHOOL.
THANK YOU. AS I LET OFF WITH THE START, SAVE US A SPOT.
WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT THE END OF MAY. [APPLAUSE]
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PARKER AND MR. SMITH.
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NOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THIS RECOGNITION, I OFFERED MY SERVICES.I SAID, I'M A BEAST AT MADDEN. YOU DIDN'T CALL.
I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE AGAIN, YOUNG MAN, IF YOU NEED, I GOT YOU.
MY 10-YEAR-OLD TELLS ME THAT DADDY KILLS IT.
BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
IF WE CAN, WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO JUST SHAKE YOU GENTLEMEN'S HANDS AND SAY, CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK PICTURE OF THE PARENTS OF THESE STUDENTS.
WOULD YOU ALL STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU AS WELL.
ARE THE PARENTS IN THE ROOM? ANY PARENTS IN THE ROOM? THERE YOU GO.
AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THOSE AMAZING STUDENTS, JOB WELL DONE.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 4.2: TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, DESIGNATED CROWLEY ISD EDUCATORS, DR. MCFARLAND.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM.
MISS ROE AND MISS BECKY BARTON WILL BE PRESENTING THESE ITEMS.
>> DR. MCFARLAND AND BOARD, AS MISS BARTON IS COMING UP TO THE FRONT, WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE A REALLY QUICK VIDEO WITH THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING TONIGHT. CHECK THIS OUT.
>> WE ARE HERE AT SCHOOLS ACROSS CROWLEY ISD TO SURPRISE OUR NEWEST TIA TEACHERS.
OUR TEACHERS HAVE WORKED SO HARD, AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THEIR REACTIONS. LET'S GO.
[NOISE]. YOUR TEACHER HAVE GOTTEN ALREADY CHOSEN AS A DEDICATED
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TEACHER, TIA IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE] [APPLAUSE].>> GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR. MCFARLAND.
MY NAME IS REBECCA BARTON, AND I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF SERVING AS THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT COORDINATOR.
THIS EVENING, I AM PLEASED TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, A PROGRAM DIRECTLY SUPPORTING GOAL 1, THRIVING STUDENTS, AND GOAL 3, EMPOWERED STAFF.
THE SUCCESS OF THIS INITIATIVE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE COMMUNICATIONS, FINANCE, HUMAN CAPITAL, PEIMS, AND CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TEAMS FOR THEIR INVALUABLE PARTNERSHIP.
I AM ALSO JOINED THIS EVENING BY CJ HILL, WHO WILL BE SUPPORTING TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
TIA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2019 AS A COMPONENT OF HOUSE BILL 3.
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF TIA IS TO RECRUIT, RETAIN, AND REWARD HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS, OFFERING PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION.
TEACHER DESIGNATIONS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO OUR DISTRICT AS A MEANS TO REWARD OUR MOST EFFECTIVE EDUCATORS.
THESE DESIGNATIONS CAN BE EARNED THROUGH TWO DISTINCT PATHWAYS.
FIRST, TEACHERS WHO ARE NATIONALLY BOARD-CERTIFIED ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A RECOGNIZED DESIGNATION.
SECOND, DISTRICTS MAY DESIGNATE TEACHERS THROUGH AN APPROVED LOCAL SYSTEM.
EACH DESIGNATION LEVEL IS ASSOCIATED WITH VARYING LEVELS OF INCENTIVE PAY.
THE CISD AVERAGE ALLOTMENT FOR A RECOGNIZED DESIGNATION IS APPROXIMATELY $4,700, AN EXEMPLARY DESIGNATION IS APPROXIMATELY 9,500, AND A MASTER'S DESIGNATION IS APPROXIMATELY $17,800.
DUE TO THE STRUCTURE OF TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, EARNING A DESIGNATION IS A CHALLENGING PROCESS.
ONCE AWARDED, A DESIGNATION REMAINS ON A TEACHER CERTIFICATE FOR FIVE YEARS.
THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY REQUIRES TWO KEY COMPONENTS FOR TEACHER DESIGNATIONS: TEACHER OBSERVATION AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
TEACHER OBSERVATION IS BASED ON THE T-TESS EVALUATION SYSTEM, WHILE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IS ASSESSED THROUGH STUDENT GROWTH OVER THE COURSE OF AN ACADEMIC YEAR.
DISTRICT APPROVAL TO DESIGNATE TEACHERS INVOLVES AN ANNUAL TWO-STEP REVIEW PROCESS WITH TEA.
THIS YEAR, THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF OUR DESIGNATION COMPONENTS WERE ONCE AGAIN CONFIRMED.
WE ACHIEVED 88 OUT OF POSSIBLE 96 POINTS AND RECEIVED A PERFECT SCORE IN TWO CRITICAL CHECKS.
THESE RESULTS DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR SYSTEM IS BOTH RELIABLE AND ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF OUR TEACHERS.
TO ENSURE THAT OUR SYSTEM REMAINS FAIR, TRANSPARENT, AND RELIABLE, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING TIA IN PHASES.
PHASES 1-3 IN CROWLEY ISD ARE OUTLINED HERE.
PHASE 1 MARKED THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR INAUGURAL COHORT, CONSISTING OF 29 TIA DESIGNATED TEACHERS ACROSS SEVEN ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE EXPANDED TO 25 CAMPUSES.
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO HAVE SOME OF THE BEST TEACHERS IN THE STATE SERVING OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR PHASE 3 DATA REFLECTS THIS EXCELLENCE.
THIS EVENING, WE ARE SO PLEASED TO CELEBRATE A TOTAL OF 63 NEWLY DESIGNATED TEACHERS.
OF THESE, 13 TEACHERS EARNED A RECOGNIZED DESIGNATION, 32 EARNED AN EXEMPLARY DESIGNATION, AND 18 ACHIEVED A MASTER'S LEVEL DESIGNATION.
THIS INCLUDES SEVEN TEACHERS WHO WERE DESIGNATED AT A LOWER LEVEL BUT IMPROVED THEIR PERFORMANCE TO EARN A HIGHER LEVEL DESIGNATION THIS YEAR.
PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS TONIGHT.
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CHRISTOPHER ADAMS, EXEMPLARY.TATIANA ESLY, EXEMPLARY [APPLAUSE].
CAMERON DENISE GRIFFITH, EXEMPLARY.
MARIETTA PEREZ GUTIERREZ, MASTER.
CARLOS ORTEGA, EXEMPLARY [APPLAUSE].
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NAYA ORTIZ, RECOGNIZED.SEAN PIERRE SIMONEGA, RECOGNIZED.[APPLAUSE].
CRYSTAL SOUTH, MASTER.[APPLAUSE].
YASUKO SWAN, EXEMPLARY [APPLAUSE].
TO CONTINUE OUR CELEBRATION THIS EVENING, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAM.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 122 TIA TEACHERS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
THIS NUMBER INCLUDES TEACHERS FROM PHASES 1-3, WHO WERE DESIGNATED THROUGH OUR LOCAL SYSTEM, AS WELL AS SIX TEACHERS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO JOIN OUR STAFF FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.
THESE EDUCATORS TRULY EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED IN THEIR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO OUR CROWLEY ISD FAMILY.
IN NOVEMBER, I WAS HONORED TO SERVE AS A PANELIST AT A REGION 11 TIA TRAINING IN RECOGNITION OF OUR DISTRICT'S SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF GROWTH MEASURES AND PROGRAM EXPANSIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, CROWLEY ISD IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR OF HOSTING A MONTHLY STATEWIDE NETWORK, THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL DESIGNATION SYSTEMS THAT WE FOUND FOR TIA LEADS, ESC LEADS, AND VENDORS SUPPORTING TIA, WHICH HAS GROWN TO NEARLY 600 PARTICIPANTS.
OVER THESE FIRST THREE YEARS, OUR SYSTEM HAS GENERATED APPROXIMATELY $2.6 MILLION IN ALLOTMENTS.
PHASE 4 OF OUR PLAN COMMENCED THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE ADDITION OF CROWLEY COLLEGE PREP.
ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COHORT OF TEACHERS, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF A FINE ARTS TEACHER THIS YEAR, ALL OF WHOM ARE PURSUING NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION.
PHASE 5 IS SET TO BEGIN IN THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'RE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAM, AND IF APPROVED, THE EXPANSION WILL INCLUDE BAYLOR ELEMENTARY,
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HIGH SCHOOL FUNCTIONAL ACADEMICS, AND THE ADDITION OF HONORS, PRE-AP, AND AP COURSES IN ELIGIBLE SUBJECT AREAS.OUR ONGOING FOCUS WILL BE TO MAINTAIN ENGAGEMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE NOT YET IN ELIGIBLE TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS.
THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF TIA REMAINS THE HIGHEST OF PRIORITIES: RECRUIT, REWARD, AND RETAIN THE BEST TEACHERS FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE IN CROWLEY ISD, ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, FOR HELPING US CELEBRATE, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS BARTON, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
THIS IS SUCH A PRIDEFUL MOMENT FOR OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.
IT'S JUST AMAZING, AS I WAS MEETING WITH SOME OF THEM AT THE CELEBRATION IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM, AND JUST TO HEAR THE STORIES OF HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THIS PROGRAM THAT ONE RECIPIENT JUST STARTED TEACHING TWO YEARS AGO, AND ANOTHER RECIPIENT STARTED AS A TEACHER IN RESIDENCE TWO YEARS AGO AND IS ALREADY A TIA DESIGNATED EDUCATOR.
IT IS JUST REALLY PHENOMENAL, THE STORIES THAT WERE PRESENT ON TONIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT THE 60-PLUS THAT WE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT ARE A PART OF A GROWING NUMBER OF EDUCATORS WHO ARE WANTING AND WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO BE SOME OF THE TOP TEACHERS IN THE STATE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO ALL THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT IN ORDER TO GET THESE TEACHERS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THAT ALLOTMENT.
I THINK IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE SAID, THANK YOU TO OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF WHO HAD TO CLEAN UP ALL OF THE CONFETTI THAT WAS OVER THESE BUILDINGS.
EVERY TIME I SAW ONE OF THOSE THINGS POP, I WAS LIKE, SOMEBODY HAS TO CLEAN THAT UP.
BUT THE CELEBRATION WAS CERTAINLY NECESSARY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. I'LL YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
I'LL START ON THIS SIDE. TRUSTEE DAVIS.
>> THANK YOU. PRESIDENT DAVIS.
THE TEACHERS RECEIVE THE ALLOTMENT, BUT THE STUDENTS ARE THE REAL BENEFICIARIES, AND THAT'S WHAT I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR. ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS. DR. ROBINSON.
>> I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD.
WHEN I SAW THIS PRESENTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS STUDY CONDUCTED IN DALLAS ISD IN THE 90S.
IT SAID THAT WHEN A STUDENT HAS THREE EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN A ROW, THEY SEE DRAMATIC ACADEMIC GROWTH.
JUST SEEING THAT AND SEEING THE CAMPUSES THAT HAD MULTIPLE TEACHERS BECAUSE I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH ALL 77 SLIDES IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO WHAT THEY PUT IN.
I'LL JUST SHARE SOMETHING REALLY BRIEFLY.
MY DAUGHTER'S CAMPUS, DEER CREEK, HAD 10 TEACHERS RECEIVE TIA AND FOUR OF THE 10 TAUGHT HER.
MISS LUNA TAUGHT HER A1, MISS FLOREN SECOND GRADE, MISS CAMINERO, THIRD GRADE.
SHE WASN'T HERE TONIGHT, BUT THE CAMPUS TEACHER OF THE YEAR, CURRENTLY, MISS HOGAN, TAUGHT HER FOURTH GRADE, AND THEN MR. SANTIANN TAUGHT HER FIFTH GRADE.
THINKING ABOUT THAT STUDY, THREE EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, WHEN YOU HAVE K-5, AND ALL THE FIVE WERE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT, THAT REALLY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND POUR INTO STUDENTS.
IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE PRINCIPALS IN MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE SELECTING EFFECTIVE CANDIDATES, THAT YOU'RE PUTTING THEM IN GRADE LEVELS WHERE THEIR STRENGTHS ARE, AND ON THE SUBJECT AREAS WHERE THEY CAN BE STRONG AND THEY CAN GROW STUDENTS.
AS TRUSTEE DAVIS SAYS, IT TAKES EVERYONE, BUT I THINK OF THAT SCRIPTURE, SOME PLANT AND SOME WATER, BUT GOD GETS TO INCREASE.
THE INCREASE COMES TO OUR STUDENTS.
THE INCREASE IS THE FINANCIAL AWARD FOR THEM, AND THE INCREASE IS OUR DISTRICT BENEFITING FROM IT.
THEN THE GOOD GROUND IS THE CAMPUSES AND MAKING SURE THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FERTILE AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GROW TEACHERS AND GROW STUDENTS.
I AM BEYOND EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND I CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR.
YOU GOT TO SAY A WORD IN HERE? DOCTOR HALL.
>> I DON'T EVEN WANT TO FOLLOW IT. IT WAS SO GOOD.
MY COLLEAGUES, THEY REALLY CAPTURED ALL OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, WHICH ALSO BASICALLY EXEMPLIFIES THEIR TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF EDUCATION AS A WHOLE.
I WILL JUST ALSO EMPHASIZE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THESE HIGH-PERFORMING TEACHERS ON OUR CAMPUSES AND WHAT
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IT MEANS TO THE TEACHERS THAT SERVE AROUND THEM.NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TEACHERS POURING INTO OUR STUDENTS AND HELPING THEM GROW, WHICH THIS IS ALL ABOUT STUDENT GROWTH, WE ALSO HAVE OTHER TEACHERS WHO ARE ABLE TO EMULATE THEM AND WHO THEY'RE ABLE TO MENTOR TO HELP THEM GROW AS WELL.
WE ALWAYS SAY GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE IN CROWLEY ISD, AND THIS IS JUST A MANIFESTATION OF ALL OF THE COLLECTIVE WORK, AND SO I APPLAUD THEIR EFFORTS.
I'M EXCITED FOR OUR STUDENTS' GROWTH AND I'M EXCITED FOR A WHOLE LOT OF EXCELLENCE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, DR. HALL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, TRUSTEES? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MISS BARTON, AS WELL. DR. MCFARLAND.
>> AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MISS BARTON AND TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.
BUT ALSO BOARD, JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, WE HAVE 1,300 CLASSROOM TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT.
RIGHT NOW, WITH THIS NUMBER TONIGHT, OVER 11% OF OUR TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AT SOME TIA STATUS, WHICH MEANS THAT THESE TEACHERS ARE MAKING WELL OVER $80,000 AND IN SOME CASES OVER $100,000.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING EVEN MORE, BUT I'M GLAD THAT THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY COMPENSATES TEACHERS FOR WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.
THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR APPROVING THIS INITIATIVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE TEACHERS.
WHAT I LOVE IS, WE ARE BUILDING A CULTURE.
THIS IS BECOMING THE WAY OF LIFE IN CROWLEY ISD.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE PROGRAM,
[5.0 Student School Board Trustee Program ]
AGENDA ITEM 5.1: INTRODUCTIONS AND UPDATES FROM OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES. DOCTOR MCFARLAND.>> MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. KIRSCHENER WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM. MR. KIRSCHENER.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR. MCFARLAND, OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES ALIGNED WITH ALL FOUR GOALS OF VISION 2030, BUT ESPECIALLY OUR ENGAGED COMMUNITY, ARE THRIVING STUDENTS; THEY BRING A VALUABLE VOICE TO ALL OUR MEETINGS.
THEY'RE ON THE SCREEN. YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THIS YEAR'S TRUSTEES WHO WE'VE HEARD FROM THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'LL HEAR FROM MORE AS THE SCHOOL YEAR CONTINUES.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE HONOR OF HEARING FROM KENNEDY NGUYEN FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
HE'S A SENIOR THERE. THEN FROM CROWLEY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, WE HAVE CHANCELLOR SLATER, WHO'S ALSO A SENIOR.
TONIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHARING THEIR THREE CS FROM THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR CELEBRATIONS, THEIR CAMPUS EVENTS, AND THEN A COUPLE OF CONSIDERATIONS AND SOLUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, MR. WYNN.
THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME HERE TONIGHT.
HE DOES NOT KNOW I'M DOING THIS, BUT I HAVE A CELEBRATION ABOUT MR. WYNN.
WE JUST FOUND OUT YESTERDAY HE WAS DOWN WITH SVEC, THE STUDENT VOTER EMPOWERMENT CLUB, DOING SOME WORK, AND HE FOUND OUT HE HAS RECEIVED A FULL RIDE TO NYU.
[APPLAUSE] [NOISE]. HE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS TONIGHT.
HE JUST FOUND OUT YESTERDAY. WE JUST HAD TO CELEBRATE GOOD NEWS.
HE WANTS TO DOUBLE MAJOR IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.
BUT HE'S ALSO STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM A FEW OTHER SCHOOLS.
TOMORROW, APPARENTLY, IS THE DAY ALL THE IVS ANNOUNCED THEIR ACCEPTANCES AND SCHOLARSHIPS, AND HE'S WAITING TO HEAR FROM PRINCETON, HARVARD, AND YALE, TOMORROW.
I ASKED HIM TO SEND US AN UPDATE.
YOU SAID, PRINCETON IS YOUR FIRST CHOICE RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL FIND OUT AND WE'LL SHARE THE GOOD NEWS WITH EVERYONE IN THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO KENNEDY AND CHANCELLOR FOR TONIGHT'S THREE CS.
>> FOR OUR CHS CELEBRATIONS, THE POWERIFTING TEAM AT THEIR STATE MEETING, THEY DID REALLY GREAT.
WE HAD TWO PEOPLE PLACED, ONE IN THE LOWER HALF AND ONE ON THE UPPER HALF.
ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE JONATHAN BLAKE.
FOR THE TRACK TEAM, THEY WON THE MALACHI RACES RELAYS.
ON THE RIGHT, WE HAVE MADISON SANFORD, THAT ALSO WON.
THEN FOR OUR UPCOMING CHS EVENTS, THIS SATURDAY AT BURLESON HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE A INDOOR DRUMLINE COMPETITION AT 4:13 PM.
YOU WILL SEE ME THERE BECAUSE I'LL BE PERFORMING THERE.
ALSO ON MARCH 29 IS OUR COLOR GUARD PRE-CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL AT 9:30 AM.
WE HAVE TWO ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS.
ON MARCH 28, WHICH IS TOMORROW, OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE TEAM, WHO HAVE BEEN PLACING AND PRACTICING EVERY SINGLE COMPETITION, WILL BE COMPETING TO SEE IF THEY ADVANCE THE STATE TOMORROW.
ON SATURDAY WILL BE ACADEMICS, AND I'LL BE ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
YOU WILL SEE ME EVERYWHERE, AND THAT IS AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
FOR OUR CONSIDERATIONS AND SOLUTIONS, AS YOU KNOW,
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THE CHS HAS A NEW CONSTRUCTION STARTING AROUND, AND THERE'S BEEN CHALLENGES, AND LOGISTICALLY, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO ENTER THE SCHOOL AND ALL THAT.AND OUR WAY TO COUNTERACT THAT IS TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR STUDENT COUNCIL AND OUR CAMPUS LEADER TO DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES AND COMMUNICATE STRATEGIES TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTIONS AND ENSURE SMOOTH AND SAFE TRAVELS.
THANK YOU. I WILL PAUSE BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO YOU, TRUSTEE SLATER.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR TRUSTEE WYNN? TRUSTEE DAVIS?
>> YES. THE LAST ONE, THE CONSTRUCTION AND COLLABORATION, YOU SAID YOU WANT TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES WITH LEADERSHIP.
CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT PROBLEMS YOU'RE HAVING NOW OR WHAT ISSUES YOU'RE HAVING NOW?
>> CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] HALL, AND THE ONLY WAY IS WHERE THE GARBAGE DUMPSTERS ARE.
WE HAVE TO ENTER THROUGH THERE, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET TO THE [INAUDIBLE] HALL AND ONE WAY OUT.
WHEN WE LEAVE THAT WE LEAVE THAT AREA, BOTH DOORS ARE LOCKED, AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET BACK IN IS WITH THE BADGE, OR YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL A STUDENT TO OPEN THE DOORS FOR US TO GO BACK IN.
THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE LOCKED OUT IN THAT AREA.
NEAR THE CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN WHERE THE AUTO SHOP IS, THE OLD AUTO SHOP, AND TO THE [INAUDIBLE] HALL.
BEING STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT INCLUDES A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT IN THE OPEN, AND THEN IF THEY'RE WAITING FOR A TEACHER OR A STUDENT TO LET THEM BACK INTO THE SCHOOL, THEY'LL BE LATE TO THEIR CLASS AND THEREFORE LOSING VALUABLE INSTRUCTION TIME.
>> DON'T BE NERVOUS. I HAVE A SERIOUS QUESTION THOUGH.
>> SO I ACTUALLY, FOR OUR DRUM LINE SHOW THIS YEAR, IT'S CALLED BREATHE.
I PLAY SYNTHESIZER AND THEN I SWITCHED TO MARIMBA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOW.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR TRUSTEE WYNN? DR. MCFARLAND.
>> MR. PRESIDENT AND ALSO A TRUSTEE WYNN.
THANK YOU FOR DEFINITELY BRINGING THAT UP, AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE IDENTIFIED UNTIL YOU BROUGHT IT UP. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I JUST GOT A MESSAGE FROM CHIEF MASSON AND I KNOW MISS KONCHIK AND DOCTOR RILE WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW TO TALK THROUGH POSSIBILITIES.
WE WILL INVITE YOU, AS WELL AS A STUDENT COUNCIL INTO THAT MEETING.
BUT WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOU, BUT I MEAN, IT IS A REAL SITUATION BOARD.
AS YOU ALL KNOW AFTER RETURNING FROM SPRING BREAK IS WHEN WE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED THE NEW TRAFFIC FLOW AND STUDENT PATH AND SO WE'LL BE FINDING OUT THINGS AS WE GO AND AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT OUT, WE'LL ADDRESS IT.
BUT THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WYNN FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
>> FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH SOME CELEBRATIONS.
WE HAVE FOUR DELL SCHOLARS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE DELL SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE HAVE JUSTIN VARNER-QUILES, DESTINEE CALTON, ISIS DE DIOS, AND LAYLA MEDINA.
I'D LIKE TO FIRST CONGRATULATE THEM ON HAVING THAT DELL SCHOLARSHIP AND APPLY FOR IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IN CONTINUATION, WE HAVE HAD NINE SENIORS EARN MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND ONE SPECIFIC SENIOR, JAZMINE GRIMALDO HAS EARNED OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIP, FOR A CCA SENIOR GRAND TOTAL OF $32 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIP.
>> TO PAIR WITH THIS, WE HAVE 72 SENIORS WHO HAVE COMBINED FOR A TOTAL OF 690 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES.
A COUPLE OF CAMPUS EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IS OUR SENIOR GALA FORMAL WHICH IS CCA'S OWN TWIST ON A PROM.
SINCE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INTIMATE SINCE WE'RE A MORE INTIMATE CAMPUS, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER OF A POPULATION.
WE LIKE TO HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE GET TOGETHER WHICH PEOPLE FROM CROWLEY ISD SO NORTH CROWLEY AND CROWLEY,
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WHO KNOW SOMEONE AT CCA CAN ALSO COME WITH THEM AS A DATE OR AS ESCORT.WE HAVE OUR CCA DECISION NIGHT WHICH IS MAY 6TH, WHICH I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN TO SEE WHAT COLLEGE I'LL BE GOING TO.
OUR SPANISH CLUB FAMILY FIESTA, WHICH IS MAY 8TH, AND THEN OUR TCC GRADUATION, WHICH IS MAY 17TH WHICH I WILL ALSO BE A PART OF.
ON THERE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN, WHAT IS IT CONSIDERATIONS? BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO STRESS AGAIN ON WHAT I WENT INTO LAST TIME WHICH IS HAVING A CAMPUS LIAISON A NORTH CROWLEY AND CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS WHERE SOME STUDENTS HAVE GONE OVER TO EITHER CAMPUS WHEN THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT LIKE A PEP RALLY OR A SENIOR COOKOUT OR ANYTHING WITHIN THOSE TYPES OF RANGES TO WHERE THEY MISS ABSENCES, BUT THEY ALSO DON'T GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR HOME CAMPUS WHICH IS A BUMMER BECAUSE FOR ME, I'M A SENIOR I'M ENJOYING MY SENIOR YEAR, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE STILL INCLUDED AS A NORTH CROWLEY STUDENT SINCE I DO PLAY BASEBALL THERE AND I SUPPORT THE TEAM REALLY HARD, BUT IT'S HARD TO FEEL MORE OR LESS INCLUDED INSIDE OF THAT HOME CAMPUS INNOCENCE WHEN YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR ALL THE STUDENTS.
PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU.
BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING CCA?
>> DOCTOR MCFARLAND. YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, AND BOARD MEMBERS, I'LL ASK MISS KONCHIK TO MEET WITH YOU, MR. SLATER TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT THE LIAISON ISSUE.
SO WE HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
>> THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU FOR WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'VE LIFTED IN THIS SPACE FOR US TO CONSIDER, AS WELL AS CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS FROM BOTH OF YOUR CAMPUSES WHO ARE DOING PHENOMENAL THINGS.
MAN, THAT $32 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS IS PHENOMENAL, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 6.1,
[6.0 Report Item(s)]
NOW UNDER OUR REPORT ITEMS, THE CHISHOLM TRAIL EDUCATION LEARN TO LOVE TO READ INITIATIVE. DOCTOR MCFARLAND.>> MR. PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.
MR. KIRSCHENER WILL BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT ITEM AND INTRODUCE THE CHISHOLM TRAIL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WHO WILL CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR MCFARLAND, MR. PRESIDENT, AND BOARD MEMBERS, THE CHISHOLM TRAIL EDUCATION FOUNDATION DOES PHENOMENAL THINGS ACROSS CROWLEY ISD.
WE'RE ALWAYS THRILLED TO HAVE PRESIDENT BARKSDALE HERE WHO'S A FORMER CROWLEY PARENT, STILL SERVING HER COMMUNITY.
I THINK SHE READS AT ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. SHE'S AN ATTORNEY.
SHE SERVES ON OUR FOUNDATION BOARD, AND TONIGHT, THEY ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE A NEW INITIATIVE THAT'S GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER IN CROWLEY ISD.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRESIDENT BONNIE BARKSDALE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR BRAND NEW INITIATIVE.
WE ARE STARTING A PROGRAM CALLED LEARNING TO LOVE TO READ.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A LITERARY FOCUS, BUT IT'S DESIGNED WITH THE GOAL TO PUT A BOOK IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN CROWLEY ISD AND BEYOND, IF WE CAN.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL COMMITTEE.
I SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND I AM JOINED BY FIVE WOMEN THAT I AM JUST DELIGHTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO, KIM SPRINGSTEAD, HOLLY ANDERSON, OUR OWN JUNE DAVIS.
JANE COKINA SERVES ON THIS COMMITTEE AND EBMY MCCAIN.
AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE, WE WANT EVERY CHILD IN CROWLEY ISD TO HAVE A BOOK THAT IS IN THEIR HOUSE THAT THEY CALL THEIR OWN, AND MORE THAN ONE BOOK, IF POSSIBLE, BUT WE'LL START WITH ONE.
WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH OUR NEW INITIATIVE AT THE APRIL 12TH, PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE EACH CHILD THAT COMES TO THE ROUND UP, WHETHER THEY ARE PRE-K OR KINDERGARTEN AGE OR A SIBLING OR A FRIEND OR A COUSIN OR JUST A TAG ALONG, WHOEVER COMES, THEY GET A BOOK.
THE PLAN WILL BE TO ACTUALLY TRY TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES WITH EACH CHILD.
WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE COMING AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE TIME TO READ A COUPLE OF PAGES WITH THEM AND THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR GRANDPARENTS OR WHOMEVER HAS BROUGHT THEM TO THE ROUNDUP.
SHOW THEM THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.
THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN TO READ AND LOVE IT.
WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT UP BY PUTTING A BOOK VENDING MACHINE.
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IT'S JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.IT'S A VENDING MACHINE, YOU PUT A TOKEN IN IT, YOU CHOOSE A BOOK, AND YOU GET A BOOK OUT OF THE VENDING MACHINE.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT ONE OF THOSE AT BAYLOR ELEMENTARY.
WE'RE GOING TO STOCK IT WITH BOOKS.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL WHEN THE PRINCIPAL IS APPOINTED TO DETERMINE WHAT INCENTIVES THE KIDS WILL HAVE TO GET TO EARN A TOKEN.
I DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET, BUT IT WILL BE A PROGRAM WHERE KIDS CAN GET BOOKS.
DEPENDING ON HOW THAT PROGRAM WORKS, WE WANT TO TRY TO PUT VENDING MACHINES IN OTHER SCHOOLS.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRYING AT ONE SCHOOL TO START WITH BECAUSE CLEARLY YOU PUT IT THERE, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IT STOCKED.
SOMEBODY ALSO HAS TO KEEP THE PROGRAM GROWING.
WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON THOSE POINTS AND WORK THROUGH HOW IT WILL BE A CONTINUING EFFORT ON THE CAMPUSES AS WE PUT THEM ON THERE.
WE ARE ALSO PLANNING TO HAVE A SUMMER SCHOOL READING CHALLENGE.
THIS IS WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE OF THE DETAILS YET, BUT AS THE PLANS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL EVOLVE, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM, AGAIN, PUTTING A BOOK IN THE HANDS OF THE STUDENTS AT SUMMER SCHOOL, A BOOK THEY CAN TAKE HOME, BUT THEN ENCOURAGE THEM TO READ MORE THAN ONE BOOK AS THEY'RE AT SUMMER SCHOOL AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS THAT IS A DISTRICT PROJECT THAT I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
OUR GOAL IS TO FOR THOSE KIDS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN BATTLE OF THE BOOKS, THEY GET TO READ THE BOOKS, BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET TO TAKE THEM HOME WITH THEM.
I'VE HEARD OF AT LEAST TWO KIDS WHO DO BATTLE OF THE BOOKS, AND THEY'VE TOLD THE TEACHER, WE DON'T HAVE A BOOK AT HOME.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A BOOK TO TAKE HOME.
EVERY KID GETS A BOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK YOU, DO YOU HAVE BOOKS AT YOUR HOUSE? EVERY KID THAT DOES BATTLE OF THE BOOKS WILL GET A BOOK.
THEN FINALLY, WE'RE EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING AGE APPROPRIATE AUTHORS INTO THE CAMPUSES.
IT USED TO BE A THING THAT WE WOULD HAVE AUTHORS THAT WROTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOOKS, MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE BOOKS, THEY'D COME, THEY'D MEET WITH EACH CLASS IN THE LIBRARY.
THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR BOOK, THEY'D TELL THEM HOW THEY WROTE THEIR BOOK, THE PUBLISHING PROCESS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, I THINK SINCE THAT'S BEEN A ROUTINE THING, NOT JUST IN CROWLEY SCHOOLS, BUT IN MOST OF THE SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.
WE'RE EXPLORING BRINGING THAT BACK.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE IN SOME INSTANCES.
THERE'S COST INVOLVED, THERE'S DIFFERENT LOGISTICS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON TRYING TO AGAIN BRING ONE AUTHOR STARTING IN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
TO SEVERAL CAMPUSES AND THEN BROADEN FROM THERE.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PROGRAM.
IT'S FOCUSED ON LITERACY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS IS SO IMPORTANT.
BUT IT ALSO GIVES US A CHANCE TO REACH OUT AND BENEFIT.
WE'RE HOPING ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL EVENTUALLY AND THEN EVERY CHILD IN CROWLEY ISD.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU ALL WILL BE EXCITED WITH US AND PARTNER WITH US.
WE'D LOVE YOUR INPUT IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, THOUGHTS, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO IT.
LET ME KNOW. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE NOW.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BARKSDALE.
DR. LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD?
>> YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS BARKSDALE.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE THESE WONDERFUL IDEAS AND I LOVE.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RECEIVE BOOKS? ARE YOU GOING TO DO A BOOK DRIVE? WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT?
>> WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO BE VERY SELECTIVE, AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE.
BOOKS ARE MAYBE NOT AS MUCH, BUT IN THE PAST, HAVE BEEN AN EXTREMELY HOT TOPIC FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
WE'RE GOING TO FOR THE MOST PART, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS INITIATIVE, BUY NEW BOOKS.
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SCHOLASTIC.
JANE KNOCHENHAUER IS ON OUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE SHE LOVES BOOKS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE SHE'S OUR CONDUIT TO MAKING SURE THAT THE BOOKS WE ARE HANDING OUT GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY.
WE WILL HAVE THAT LINKED ON OUR WEBSITE AND LINKS TO THE DISTRICT WEBSITE THAT JUST SHOWS THE ACTUAL, THERE'S LIKE FOUR BULLET POINTS TO THE GENERAL POLICY OF HOW BOOKS ARE CHOSEN, AND THAT WILL BE OUR POLICY ALSO.
FOR THAT REASON, WE PROBABLY WILL NOT ACCEPT BOOK DONATIONS,
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ALTHOUGH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN THEM AWAY.WE'LL JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT THEY'RE REVIEWED AND THE GOAL IS TO PUT MOSTLY NEW BOOKS.
I CERTAINLY DON'T TURN AWAY DONATIONS, BUT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE REVIEWED, BUT THE DONATED BOOKS MAY BE HARDER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CURATE THE BOOKS, BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED, SOMEWHAT OF A PROCESS.
>> I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE BOOK MACHINE OR IN THE MACHINE.
HOW WOULD YOU REGULATE THAT FOR A STUDENT THAT'S MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT YET, BUT HOW DO YOU REGULATE THAT LIKE A FIRST GRADER GETTING A BOOK OR SELECTING A BOOK VERSUS A FIFTH GRADER?
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE DFW AREA THAT HAVE THESE VENDING MACHINES.
SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE HAVE MADE SOME PRETTY INTENSIVE STUDIES ON HOW THEY USE THEM, WHAT THEY DO, AND HOW THEY DO REGULATE THEM.
THE THOUGHT IS THAT THERE WILL BE SOMEONE IN MOST OF THESE SCHOOLS, IT'S A LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL.
SINCE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THOSE IN THE SCHOOLS IN CROWLEY, WE'LL IDENTIFY WHO THAT WILL BE AT BAYLOR, BUT THEN AS WE GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS, AND THAT PERSON WILL WORK WITH THE CHILDREN TO MAKE SURE THAT A FIRST GRADER IS USING THEIR TOKEN TO CHOOSE AGE APPROPRIATE BOOK.
THERE ARE SOME SIX YEAR OLDS THAT READ ON A FOURTH OR FIFTH GRADE LEVEL, BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT BOOK MAY NOT BE AS INTERESTING AS THEY THINK JUST BECAUSE OF THE COVER TO A SX-YEAR-OLD.
IT'S PART OF WORKING WITH EACH CAMPUS PRINCIPAL TO DETERMINE HOW WE DO THAT AT EACH CAMPUS.
>> THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SUMMER SCHOOL READING PROGRAM.
I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE CROWLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY OR THE FORT WORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ALSO, LOOKING AT INCENTIVES, MAYBE TEARING AND TALKING TO LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE MAINE EVENT, ALLEY CATS, BOWLING ALLEYS, AND SEEING IF THEY WOULD.
GIVE STUDENTS FREE PASSES IF YOU READ SO MANY BOOKS, YOU CAN COME HERE FOR A DAY. SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I USED TO WORK AT THE FORT WORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY IN MY EARLY 20S, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID IN THE SUMMER.
WE PARTNERED WITH SIX FLAGS AND OTHER PLACES AND WE WOULD GIVE OUT TICKETS TO STUDENTS STUDENTS.
BUT WHEN THEY READ AT CERTAIN LEVELS AND THEY WOULD GET TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BOOKS, THIS IS YOUR REWARD AND THEN YOU LEVEL UP.
>> THAT'S THE CONCEPT AND PARTNERING WITH THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES IS A GREAT IDEA.
I KNOW WITH THE CROWLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
COUPLE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN BOARD MEMBERS ON THE FOUNDATIONS BOARD IN THE PAST OR ON A COMMITTEE.
THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING US WITH THIS.
AS THE SUMMER SCHOOL PLANS DEVELOP, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MORE FURTHER DEVELOP HOW OUR PROGRAM IS GOING TO WORK.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING TODAY AND HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS ABOUT THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT IT WILL DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING REALLY FUN.
>> I HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS BEEN ASKED? MISS BARKSDALE.
I WAS WAITING TO SEE IF YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SAY ANYTHING, AND I SEE YOU'RE NOT.
WE WALKED INTO CAN THIS EVENING AND THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS SITTING IN THE OFFICE WAITING FOR THEIR PARENTS TO PICK THEM UP.
MISS BARKSDALE WALKED IN AND THEY WENT, BARBIE.
I ACTUALLY WANT TO KNOW WHY I DON'T WORK WITH THESE LITTLE BIDDY PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
INSTEAD OF WITH SOME OF THE LESS THAN DELIGHTFUL PEOPLE I DO EVERY DAY.
>> GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, AS YOU ARE AWARE, AND EVERYONE WHO SITS ON HER BOARD MAKES AS MUCH MONEY AS WE DO, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
IF ANY OF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HELP.
>> I KNOW MISS BARKSDALE WOULD LOVE SOME HELP.
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>> WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO MORE HELP.
I'M SURE THAT MANY OF YOU WILL BE AT PRE K KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP ON APRIL 12TH, BUT WE HAVE ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND JUST LOVE ON KIDS AND HELP THEM READ BOOKS IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME IN AND VISIT IN WHATEVER ROOM WE ARE ASSIGNED.
>> THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, TRUSTEES, STUDENT TRUSTEES. TRUSTEE SLATER?
FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, I KNOW IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER GETTING SOME STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL TO READ, ESPECIALLY AS A SENIOR, WE'RE GOING TO COLLEGE.
IT'S NOT REALLY OUR FIRST THING ON OUR MIND.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT AS A SENIOR OR AS A HIGH SCHOOL IN GENERAL, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD HELP IN GETTING BOOKS FOR YOU OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
SHE'S BEEN RETIRED A COUPLE OF YEARS, KIM.
KIM SPRINGS STEAD IS ON MY COMMITTEE.
I'M SURE THAT YOU STILL AS A SENIOR KNOW WHO THAT IS.
SHE IS VERY EAGER TO GET HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INVOLVED, BUT ALSO WE NEED SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S HARDER AS YOU POINT OUT WITH HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.
I KNOW YOU'RE A VERY BUSY PERSON, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I'D LOVE TO MEET YOU AT YOUR CAMPUS OR SOMETHING AND TALK WITH YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE HELP FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT WE WOULD ALSO LOVE TO HELP THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, TRUSTEES? PRESIDENT BARKSDALE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A THAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING PROGRAM.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THEORY.
>> ALL OF THE WINS THAT COME OUT AS A RESULT. THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM. THAT'S IN ORDER.
[APPLAUSE] WE'LL MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 6.2 2024 2025 MID YEAR BUDGET REVIEW. DR. MCFARLANE.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THE MID YEAR BUDGET REVIEW.
THIS WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR 24-25 BUDGET.
MR. FISHER WHO HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB AS OUR CFO, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING THIS REPORT. MR. FISHER.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR MCFARLANE.
I AM EXCITED TONIGHT TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR 24-25 BUDGET.
EACH MONTH, BOARD, AS YOU KNOW, WE SUBMIT TO YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF OUR DISTRICT, THE BOARD APPROVED FUNDS, THAT IS THE GENERAL FUND FUND 199, FUND 240, WHICH IS OUR CHILD NUTRITION FUND, AND OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, 599.
I AM HAPPY TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY THAT OUR REVENUES ARE OUTPACING OUR EXPENDITURES.
THAT WAS NOT THE CASE 12 MONTHS AGO.
AWESOME. WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. I'LL BEGIN MY DISCUSSION TONIGHT WITH THE REVIEW OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THE FINANCIAL BIG 6.
WHAT I HOPE TO DO IS TAKE A MOMENT TO REALLY SPEAK TO THESE FINANCIAL BIG 6 AND SHOW YOU THEM AN ACTION AS THEY HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES HAVE HELPED TO STEADY THE SHIP, AS WE, ALONG WITH OTHER TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE NAVIGATED SOME REALLY, REALLY TURBULENT AND ROUGH WATERS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES HAVE HELPED US KEEP THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING THROUGH THESE TURBULENT TIMES, AND WE STAND COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT WE PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE EXCELLENCE AND EDUCATION SO THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
AS WE WALK THROUGH TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I'LL WALK THROUGH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES QUICKLY.
THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO REVENUE GENERATORS, WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS HOW THOSE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES OF REVENUE FROM OUR REVENUE SOURCES, LOCAL PROPERTY VALUE, STATE ADA, AND THE FEDERAL AND MAC AND SHARS, HOW WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A REALLY CONSERVATIVE REVENUE POLICY, IF YOU WILL.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE OUR AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO EXPENSE DRIVERS AS WE HAVE TAKEN A REALLY AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO HOW WE BUDGET FOR AND ESTIMATE OUR PLANNED EXPENDITURES FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
WE'LL ALSO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT AND HOW WE HAVE TO REALLY BE REALLY AGGRESSIVE IN IDENTIFYING THOSE EXPENDITURES BECAUSE
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THE AUDITORS ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T EXCEED THE BUDGET BY FUNCTION.YOU'LL SEE THE FOCUS ON THE STUDENT CLASSROOM CENTRIC BUDGET MODEL.
YOU'LL SEE OUR FOCUS ON INVESTMENTS IN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE AND ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT IS A PART OF OUR RATIONAL BUDGET REDUCTION STRATEGY, YOU'LL SEE A CROSS EXAMINATION, IF YOU WILL, OF HOW WE PRIORITIZE FUNCTION 11, CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE, I'LL MAKE A BRIEF NOTE ABOUT IT, THE PROTECT THE FUND BALANCE FOR A RAINY DAY.
YOU'LL SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE AS WE ENDEAVOR TO IMPROVE FUND BALANCE, OUR FUND BALANCE POSITION EVERY YEAR.
LASTLY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CURRENT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF THE INVESTMENTS, AND WE MAXIMIZE THAT BY MAXIMIZING THE UTILIZATION OF OUR CURRENT YEAR RESOURCES TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE TO ALL STUDENTS.
BOARD, THIS WAS A SLIDE THAT OUR AUDITORS PRESENTED IN NOVEMBER.
I KNOW YOU GUYS REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO IT THEN, BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING IT BACK TO EVERYBODY'S REMEMBERS BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY GERMANE TO THE TOPIC THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
I'VE HIGHLIGHTED FOUR NUMBERS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
WE WON'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT REVENUES.
TONIGHT, WE'LL REALLY FOCUS ON EXPENDITURE BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SEE THESE TOOLS THAT WE USE TO MANAGE AND MONITOR THE BUDGET.
BUT ONE OF OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IS THAT OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES FALL WITHIN + OR -5% OF THE ACTUAL REVENUE AND OR EXPENDITURES.
I JUST WANTED TO JUST DIRECT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE TOP TWO NUMBERS.
THEY REPRESENT THE VARIANCE, IF YOU WILL, BASED ON THE ESTIMATES OF OUR REVENUE, THE PROJECTIONS, I SAY, OF OUR REVENUE AND OUR EXPENDITURES.
OUR FINANCE TEAM WORKS REALLY HARD TO TAKE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT INPUT VARIABLES AND MANAGE THIS BUDGET IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE STUDENTS ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS.
THE REVENUE, LOOK AT THE REVENUE BUDGET, IF YOU WILL, OUR BEGINNING AND FINAL BUDGETED REVENUE NUMBER WAS WITHIN 0.49% OF THE ACTUAL REVENUE THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED LAST YEAR.
I THINK WE REALLY WORKED HARD TO BE CLOSE TO THAT.
THEN ALSO, I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE IMPACT OF THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHERE WE HAVE TO OVER ESTIMATE EXPENDITURE SO WE ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT EXCEED A FUNCTIONAL ALLOTMENT, IF YOU WILL.
BUT LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE WITH OUR FINAL BUDGET, EVEN OUR BEGINNING, OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET.
LOOK AT HOW CLOSE WE WERE TO THE ACTUAL REVENUE AFTER ALL OF THAT TURBULENCE THAT EXISTED LAST YEAR AND STILL EXISTS TODAY.
THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW OUR FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES HAVE GUIDED US TO ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE ACTUAL EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY, IF YOU WILL, IN REVENUE FROM OUR ORIGINAL PROJECTIONS OF 8.2 MILLION DOLLAR REALLY DOWN TO ABOUT $2,000,000.
THAT PROPELLED US TO HAVE FUND BALANCING THE AMOUNT OF $35 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT 19% OF OUR EXPENDITURES FOR 2023-24.
JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, WE WANT TO BE AS PRECISE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE PRINCIPLES THAT WE FOLLOW AND THESE ARE THE TARGETS.
I THINK LAST YEAR, WE REALLY TRIED TO DO WELL IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I WANT TO JUST DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION VERY BRIEFLY TO TWO OF THE TOOLS THAT WE USE.
DR. MCFARLANE, HE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT HOW IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF MENTAL DEXTERITY, IF YOU WILL, TO OPERATE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE CURRENT YEAR, AND THE ENSUING YEAR.
WE IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WE DO THAT.
JUST VERY THANKFUL TO THE TEAM FOR ALL THAT THEY DO.
WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS JUST SHOW YOU TWO OF
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THE TOOLS THAT WE'VE USED FOR THE BUDGET REDUCTION STRATEGIES TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF CONCERN OR AREAS THAT NEED BUDGET ATTENTION.THE FIRST THING WE CALL HERE, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE BOARD APPROVES THE BUDGET BY FUNDING FUNCTION.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE JUST TO ORIENTATE EVERYBODY.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IN COLUMN B IS THE ACTUAL FUNCTION.
THAT IS THE CHART OF ACCOUNTS THAT THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY USES AT ALL OF OUR CISD CAMPUSES AND ALL CAMPUSES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN TEXAS ISD.
COLUMN B, COLUMN A IS REALLY JUST A DESCRIPTION BOARD SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND ANYONE ELSE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE FUNCTION REPRESENTS.
THE COLUMN 1S REPRESENT THE FIRST, THE BLUE COLUMN 1 REPRESENTS THE 2023-24 REVISED BUDGET, AND THE GREEN COLUMN 1 REPRESENTS THE 2024-25 BUDGET.
ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING IS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE COMPARABLE, ANOTHER IS PREDICTABLE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COMPARE FROM ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER YEAR OVER YEAR PERIOD OVER PERIOD, OUR EXPENDITURES SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND ARE THE TRENDS BEING SET? IF THERE ARE TRENDS BEING SET, WHAT ARE THEY? HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESSING THOSE TRENDS? WHAT YOU SEE IS THE REVISED BUDGET FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE REVISED BUDGET FROM THE CURRENT YEAR, AND IN COLUMN NUMBER 2, YOU SEE THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY FOR BOTH YEARS UP TO FEBRUARY 28.
IT'S A PERIODIC REVIEW, IF YOU WILL.
THEN YOU SEE IN COLUMN 3 OF BOTH OF THOSE CHARTS, YOU SEE THE FISCAL YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET.
THIS HELPS US TO IDENTIFY CONSISTENCY.
IT ALSO HELPS US TO IDENTIFY AS THERE'S FLUCTUATIONS AND VARIANCES.
IT HELPS US TO IDENTIFY WHERE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN REDUCTIONS, WHERE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN NEW INVESTMENTS MADE.
WHAT WE DO IS, WE LOOK HORIZONTALLY.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE ARROW, WE GO ACROSS THE PAGE BY FUNCTION AND LOOK TO SEE IF WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL FUNCTIONAL EXPENDITURES, IF YOU WILL, THAT ARE VERY CONSISTENT.
INSTRUCTION MAINTAINS OR CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN THING.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE DEVIATION AS IT RELATES TO INSTRUCTION.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME SHIFTS AND CHANGES.
WE'VE HAD TO MAKE BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN SEVERAL AREAS, SO THAT WILL ALL BE REFLECTED HERE.
THE OTHER THING I REALLY WANTED TO SPEAK TO, IS THE 67% IN THE FAR RIGHT CORNER.
THAT REALLY REPRESENTS AT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 67% INTO OUR SCHOOL YEAR AND INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
ONE OF THE OTHER COMPARISONS IS LOOKING AT THAT 67% AND THEN LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL BUDGET TO ACTUAL EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION, SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WE CAN COMPARE.
>> LET'S STOP FOR A SECOND. MR. FISHER, MR. PRESIDENT, IF IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROCESSING.
>> I THINK THAT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS SECOND TO NONE.
I MEAN, PARTICULARLY KNOWING WHAT OUR DISCUSSIONS WERE LIKE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AND US HAVING TO LOOK AT SOME WORST CASE SCENARIOS AND LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR, AFTER MAKING ALL OF THE DRASTIC CHANGES AND SPENDING FREEZES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THIS FEELS BETTER.
HOWEVER, I ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO MAKE THESE DRASTIC CHANGES AND IMPLEMENT THESE COST SAVING MEASURES AND EVERYTHING AS A RESULT OF THE LACK OF ACTION ON BEHALF OF OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR REVENUES CAME IN BETTER, WE HAVE TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO OUR REVENUES. THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG 6.
>> CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO OUR REVENUE GENERATORS,
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BUT WE ARE STILL BEARING THE LION'S SHARE OF THE BILL OF EDUCATING THE STUDENTS AND CROWLEY ISD.NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND, I MEAN, WE COULD FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS, BE OPERATING AT 2019 FUNDING LEVELS, WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
BUT IN THAT LIGHT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE AND FORGIVE ME IF I'M BEING PRESUMPTUOUS HERE.
BUT ONE OF THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE AS A DISTRICT AS A BOARD IN APPROVING THE BUDGET WAS THAT WE DID NOT GIVE PAY RAISES COMING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAD TO FREEZE SALARIES AND EVERYTHING RIGHT WHERE WE WERE.
WE USED TO PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING ONE OF THE USUALLY IN THE TOP TEN, IN NORTH TEXAS AS FAR AS SALARIES AND EVEN THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE MAKE IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WELL, IT IS NOT LOST ON ANY OF US THAT WHEN THE REPORT CAME OUT OR THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL YEAR, CROWLEY ISD WAS NO LONGER IN THE TOP 10, AND THAT IS NOBODY'S FAULT OTHER THAN THE INACTION OF OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
PLEASE KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THIS IN CRITICISM TO OUR LEADERSHIP.
I'M SAYING IT BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING TO DEAL WITH 2019 BUDGET ALLOTMENTS IN 2024, 2025.
MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE IN A PLACE WITH THE REDUCTIONS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT ARE WE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN BEGIN TO CONSIDER PAY INCREASES FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL AS INCREASING OUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR HEALTH CARE? I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO EITHER OR BOTH AND.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING, WELL, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO CONSIDER? FORGIVE ME FOR PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT DOC AND, MR. FISHER.
BUT I JUST I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND I'M JUST CURIOUS. THAT'S MY QUESTION.
>> AS YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR, WE PREPARED SCENARIOS FOR THE BOARD.
THOSE SCENARIOS WERE, YOU KNOW, BEST CASE, WORST CASE, MOST LIKELY CASE.
WE WILL PRESENT INFORMATION IN THOSE SCENARIOS TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT.
>> IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE IS WE REALLY REALLY STARTING IN JANUARY, PROBABLY THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY, MAYBE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY, WE BEGAN TO REALLY TIGHTLY SCRUTINIZE ANY BUDGET DISCRETIONARY EXPENSES THAT WE HAD BUDGETED ALREADY.
BUT MEANING WE HAD BUDGETED ABOUT 8 MILLION ME ABOUT 7 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO INCUR BETWEEN JANUARY AND THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE DID A SOFT FREEZE SLASH RESTRICTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PREPARE FOR BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE GONE A COUPLE OF YEARS WITHOUT COMPENSATION BEING ADDRESSED SPECIFICALLY.
THE REASON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WHAT THIS TELLS US FROM A FORECASTING STANDPOINT.
THIS TELLS US THAT CURRENTLY WE ARE TRACKING IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE WE WANTED TO FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH MEANS THAT IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND EVEN EVEN OVER-PERFORM, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS RAISES, HEALTH CARE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALL OF THOSE.
WE ARE PRIORITIZING THAT QUITE FRANKLY.
WE'RE PROBABLY TOO FAR AHEAD TO COMMIT RIGHT NOW.
>> BUT WE ARE PRIORITIZING IT AND WE I FULLY ANTICIPATE US BEING ABLE TO BRING A BUDGET TO THE BOARD THAT WOULD ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS FOR SURE.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE'VE DONE WHAT WE COULD WITH THE HERO PAY RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND WHATNOT.
AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK AND DOCTOR MCFARLAND, YOU AND I MEET ON A WEEKLY BASIS, THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT IS CONSISTENTLY TOP OF MIND.
AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THAT ALREADY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU ALL ARE GOING GOING TO COME UP WITH.
TRUSTEE IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, TRUSTEE STEVENSON?
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS REPORT TO US NOW.
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I THINK IT'S A GREAT JOB THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING GOOD CHOICES AND BUT I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE SECURITY AND MONITORING SERVICES.I SEE THAT WE MADE A CUT, BUT WHERE DID WE MAKE THE CUT AT AND HOW DID THAT AFFECT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM?
>> SOME OF THAT WAS IN OUR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES.
WE WERE ABLE TO SHIFT SOME OF THAT TO OUR BOND.
RAN THE LARGE PURCHASES THAT WE.
>> REALLY, JUST TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN BLUE, THAT WAS WHAT WE STARTED IT'S ACTUALLY AT 4 MILLION IS WHAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR WITH SECURITY MONEY AND SERVICES.
BUT WE ENDED AROUND 2.3 MILLION.
WE, OF COURSE, WAS AGGRESSIVE ON THOSE EXPENSES, AND WE ACTUALLY RECORDED ALL THOSE EXPENSES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO HIT OUR 199 ACCOUNT.
AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS WE ACQUIRE GRANTS, BOND FUNDING, OTHER THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO SHIFT SOME OF THAT, SO WE'RE MANAGING THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DID HAVE ONE MORE, MR. FISHER, I WANT TO YIELD. NO.
>> MY NEXT QUESTION, WE ALL SEE THE HEADLINES, WE ALL READ THE STORIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY SERVICES THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED DO WE KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT US HERE IN CROWLEY ISD?
>> WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME, NECESSARILY.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WE'VE GOT ABOUT 135 OR SO POSITIONS THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED AND WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PROVIDING SCENARIOS FOR IF THAT FUNDING IS IMPACTED.
WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK AND WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
UNCERTAINTY IS RAMPANT RIGHT NOW, FOR SURE.
>> I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THOSE SCENARIOS.
>> WE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, WE'RE HAVING TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXCELLENCE AND EDUCATION, EVEN WHEN OUR STATE AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT WORKING WITH US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, TRUSTEES, IF NOT, I'LL LET MR. FISHER PROCEED. MR. FISHER.
>> I HAD ONE MORE SLIDE AND THIS REALLY JUST SHOWS THE VERTICAL ASSESSMENT, IF YOU WILL, AND ANALYSIS BY FUNCTION.
REALLY JUST WANT TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT INSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN THING, IF YOU WILL.
OUR GREATEST INVESTMENT IS IN INSTRUCTION.
OUR SECOND GREATEST INVESTMENT IS IN THE FACILITIES THAT HOUSE THE INSTRUCTION.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, YOU CANNOT DIVORCE WHAT WE CALL THE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FROM THE BUILDING, THE PHYSICAL PLAN, AND WE HAVE EXCELLENT PHYSICAL PLANS.
THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR APPROVING OUR BONDS AND HAVING THE INVESTMENT, THE FUNDS TO INVEST, TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THOSE GREAT FACILITIES.
THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS JUST TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD HAD AN IDEA IN THIS EVEN TIME OF UNCERTAINTY, WHAT TO EXPECT.
WHAT DOCUMENTS, WHAT INFORMATION WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTED HERE IN THE UPCOMING DAYS.
THIS BOARD REALLY GIVES YOU AN IDEA.
IT'S FLUID FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, IT CAN CHANGE BASED ON YOUR DIRECTIONS, DOCTOR MCFARLAND, BUT WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS JUST HAVE A FORMAL A CALENDAR SO THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED HERE IN THE UPCOMING DAYS.
BOARD PRESIDENT DAVIS, YOU'LL SEE RIGHT THERE AT APRIL 24, THAT BEST CASE, WORST CASE, MOST LIKELY SCENARIO THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK.
>> ALSO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FISHER, DR. HALL.
>> MY QUESTION MAY BE PREMATURE, BUT I WAS WONDERING, I KNOW THAT COMPENSATION HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE, AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO RAISE OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO INSURANCE PREMIUMS BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE.
MY QUESTION IS, DO WE ALSO MAINTAIN MAYBE A LISTING OF I WANT TO SAY WISH LIST ITEMS, BUT IN THE CASES OF SURPLUSES, DO WE HAVE A LIST OF PRIORITIES OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD BACK INTO THE BUDGET, SHOULD WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SO THAT WHEN WE DO DO OUR WORST CASE BEST CASE TYPE THINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE ALL THINGS TO CONSIDER.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME CUTS AND OF COURSE, WE'VE PRIORITIZED ON FUNCTION 11, BUT DO WE MAINTAIN A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY USE SURPLUS FOR IN THE CASE,
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THAT THERE'S A MIRACLE AND WE HAVE A SURPLUS.>> ABSOLUTELY. WE ACTUALLY DO DO THAT, DR. HALL, SO WE DO HAVE A RUNNING LIST, IF YOU WILL, OF ITEMS THAT WE WILL ADDRESS IN THE EVENT, THAT THERE IS A SURPLUS.
>> YOU'RE IN YOUR FANCY FINANCE WORLD, DO ALL HAVE A NAME FOR THAT LIST? WE CALL IT A WISH LIST IN EDUCATION.
>> DOCTOR MCFARLAND. IT'S ACTUALLY DEFINITELY A GOOD QUESTION.
IT'S REALLY REALLY THERE ARE 22 LISTS.
AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE HAVE DISCRETIONARY REQUESTS THAT THE CAMPUSES SUBMIT, AND ALSO WE EVEN IN DEPARTMENTS, WE SUBMIT THOSE.
VERY SELDOM WILL YOU EVER GET EVERYTHING ON THAT ON YOUR REQUEST.
ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT GRANTED GOES INTO A DISCRETIONARY FORM.
IN ADDITION, OUR FINANCE AND FACILITY COMMITTEE, WE DID ACTUALLY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE CREATED A REPLACEMENT CYCLE, LIST, A LIST OF ITEMS, AND THESE ARE MORE BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT ARE NORMALLY OVER $20,000 THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE EITHER COULDN'T BUDGET FOR THAT YEAR, OR WE KNOW IT COULD BE A ROOF REPLACEMENT, IT COULD BE BAND UNIFORMS, IT COULD BE HELMETS, BUT THESE ARE LARGE TICKET ITEMS THAT BY ITSELF IS JUST WIPE OUT A DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS AFTER THE AUDIT IS COMPLETE IN JULY, ONCE WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE AUDIT AND REALLY JULY, MAYBE AUGUST IS WHEN WE GET REALLY FINAL NUMBERS, THEN WE BEGIN TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT LIST AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT NOW CAN WE ADDRESS? THAT'S WHY LAST YEAR AFTER THE AUDIT, WE SAID BECAUSE WE HAD TEACHER COMPENSATION UP THERE AT THE HIGHEST LIST.
BECAUSE OF HOW WE END OF THE YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND ADDRESS TEACHER COMPENSATION.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE ADDRESSED TUBES FOR THE BAND, WE ADDRESSED BAND UNIFORMS AND BASKETBALL UNIFORMS AND INQUIRY UNIFORMS. THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WE ADDRESS, BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT WE ADDRESS AFTER THE BUDGET WHEN WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE THE EXCESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES?
>> IT'S NOT MUCH A QUESTION, BUT IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS VERTICAL ANALYSIS CORRECTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS SPENT ON AND I'M JUST GOING TO CHARACTERIZE IT AS ADMINISTRATION ALL THE WORK THAT'S DONE.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY, THAT THAT IS A LOW AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S SPENT ON ADMINISTRATION?
>> TRUSTEE DAVIS ADMINISTRATION IS NOT NECESSARILY THE FOCUS IN CROWLEY ISD.
WE CONTINUED TO KEEP THOSE COSTS AND TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE COSTS AT A MINIMUM, IF YOU WOULD.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I THINK MAYBE I'M NOT EXPLAINING IT WELL, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES ON IN THIS DISTRICT BY ADMINISTRATION.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S SPENT IN THAT AREA.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THE CHART CORRECTLY TO SAY THAT?
>> YOU ARE, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM.
>> THAT'S JUST THE HIGHLIGHT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE BECAUSE A LOT OF WORK GOING ON, AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE PERFORMING MULTIPLE TASKS, BUT IT'S WORKING AND IT'S GETTING THE JOB DONE, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND SAY, THANK YOU.
>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. GREAT POINT.
AGAIN, MR. FISHER, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. GREAT JOB.
>> LAST YEAR, THIS TIME, THIS MEETING WAS TIGHT, BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME WORST CASE SCENARIOS, AND WE WERE HAVING TO MAKE SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS, AND YOU ALL PUT A PLAN IN PLACE, YOU EXECUTED THAT PLAN WITH PRECISION.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT, A LOT BETTER ACTUALLY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
BUT I WILL STILL SAY WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS BECAUSE THIS BUDGET REALIZATION, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW CAME AT GREAT EXPENSE BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME POSITIONS THAT WE HAD TO ELIMINATE.
I THINK TO TRUSTEE DAVIS' POINT.
WE HAD TO ELIMINATE SOME POSITIONS AND WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF CREATIVE THINGS JUST TO TRY TO MAKE THE BUDGET WORK.
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DR. MCFARLAND, KUDOS TO YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, MR. FISHER, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, BUT I WILL STILL SAY TO US AS TRUSTEES, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS TAXPAYERS IN THIS STATE, WE STILL NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE PROPERLY FUNDED.WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION TO OUR STUDENTS.
WE'LL KEEP DOING WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO DO KEEP MAKING THE CALLS, KEEP MAKING THE VISITS, KEEP SENDING THE EMAILS SO THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION CAN BE PROPERLY FUNDED IN OUR STATE.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, MR. FISHER.
>> WE WILL MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 9.0.
NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM, SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP RIGHT PAST THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TRUSTEES TO ADDRESS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO ROLL ALONG.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 9.1, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[9.0 Consent Agenda]
TRUSTEES, EVERYONE HAS THE CONSENT AGENDA IN YOUR BOARD BOOK, AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AT THIS TIME REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL ENTERTAIN THOSE AT THIS TIME.IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF THERE'S ONE.
>> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION, TRUSTEE DAVIS. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU, DR. WOODSON-MAYFIELD FOR THE SECOND.
HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY UNREADINESS? HEARING NONE, MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 9.2.
I WAS ABOUT TO GO THROUGH EVERY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AGAIN.
AGENDA ITEM 10.1 AND THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS.
[10.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item (s)]
SET DATE TO CANVAS BALLOT FOR MAY 3, 2025 SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE ELECTION. DR. MCFARLAND.>> MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MS. MONTALVO WILL BE ADDRESSING THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DAVIS, ESTEEMED TRUSTEES.
IN LINE WITH DISTRICT GOAL 2, ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
AS YOU KNOW, CISD WILL BE CONDUCTING A GENERAL ELECTION ON SATURDAY, MAY 3 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTING TRUSTEES FOR PLACES 5, 6 AND 7.
PER CISD BOARD POLICY BBB LEGAL AND ELECTION CODE 67.003, CANVASSING ELECTIONS IS AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT.
THEREFORE, THE BOARD MUST MEET TO CANVAS ELECTION RETURNS.
IN DOING SO, TWO BOARD MEMBERS CONSTITUTES QUORUM AND MUST BE PRESENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CANVASSING THE ELECTION RESULTS.
YOUR PACKET INCLUDED SCHEDULING GUIDELINES PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WHICH INDICATES THE EARLIEST DAY, THE FIRST DAY TO CANVAS ELECTIONS IS MAY 6, 2025, AND THE LAST DAY IS MAY 14 FOR CANVASSING THOSE ELECTION RESULTS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM? THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME IF THERE IS ONE.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO SET WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 AT 9:00 AM TO CANVAS BALLOTS FOR THE MAY 3, 2025, CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION, TRUSTEE GRASSIA, FOR THE SECOND, DR. HALL.
IS THERE ANY UNREADINESS? HEARING NONE, MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 10.2, CITY OF FORT WORTH FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT, RISINGER ROAD AND HEMPHILL ROAD. DR. MCFARLAND.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. FISHER WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM. MR. FISHER.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THIS ITEM IS SPECIFIC TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR INDOOR TRACK PROJECT BASED ON THE TRAFFIC STUDIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT AND HOW THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH REQUIRES THAT WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT,
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IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,356,127.50.OUR 2023 BOND FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PAY THIS.
AS YOU'LL SEE, THE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED WILL BE CONSTRUCTION PAVING, STORM DRAINAGE, AND STREET LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE WEST RISINGER ROAD BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CROWLEY ROAD AND EXTENDING EAST ALL THE WAY UP TO HEMPHILL.
THERE'S A DIAGRAM IN YOUR PACKET THAT SHOWS IT.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, AND THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IS REQUIRING THIS CONTRIBUTION.
[LAUGHTER] CHOOSE MY WORDS VERY CAREFULLY.
MY QUESTION IS THIS $1.3 MILLION THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUT INTO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, WAS THIS FACTORED INTO THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS? IT'S REALLY A SIMPLE QUESTION.
WAS IT FACTORED INTO THE CONSTRUCTION COST OR IS THIS ONE OF THOSE UNFORESEEN COSTS?
>> WE DIDN'T KNOW NECESSARILY THE EXACT COSTS INITIALLY, BUT WE HAD AN IDEA.
THIS IS COMMON, WHAT THEY CALL A COMMUNITY FACILITY ASSESSMENT. THIS IS COMMON.
WHEN STRUCTURES LIKE THIS ARE BUILT, THERE HAS TO BE A CONTRIBUTION.
>> I GET THAT PART AND I THINK WE MIGHT SHARE OPINIONS IN THIS.
WHAT WAS THE SHARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OR DO WE HAVE PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT WE BUILT THE STADIUM.
I GET IT. BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS COMING INTO THAT AREA AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THE CITY AND DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HAS THERE BEEN SOME TYPE OF COST SHARE WITH THAT $1.3 MILLION?
>> THERE WAS SOME VERY LARGE NUMBERS BEING THROWN AROUND IN THE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS, $20 MILLION, $25 MILLION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT IS WHAT WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND WAS THE TOTAL COST PERHAPS OF THE PROJECT.
>> I ONLY ASKED THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING OF THE AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO DOMINATE BUT I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING ON JUST THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE ALSO PUT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON RISINGER ROAD AS WELL.
I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY ARE WE SHARING BECAUSE RISINGER ROAD IS NEEDED AN EXPANSION BEFORE WE GOT A STADIUM.
>> WE DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU.
WE'VE BEEN IN NEGOTIATION WITH THEM AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT I BELIEVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RISINGER FOR THEIR TIMELINE AND WHEN WE NEED IT CREATES A CHALLENGE FOR US.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A LONG RANGE PLAN DESIGNED TO EXPAND RISINGER, BUT IT WILL BE WELL AFTER THE TIME WE NEED RISINGER EXPANDED IN ORDER FOR IT TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR US IS THAT IF WE CAN GET THE ROAD DESIGNED NOW ARE STARTED PRETTY QUICKLY, THEN BY THE TIME WE GET READY TO OPEN THE DOOR, THEN THE PROJECT CAN MOVE A LOT FASTER.
IF WE DON'T CONTRIBUTE NOW, THEN WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS THAT'S GOING TO PUSH THE DEVELOPMENT OF RISINGER DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH WILL CREATE AN ISSUE FOR US.
THERE'S A CONTRIBUTION THAT WE'D BE REQUIRED TO MAKE, BUT THIS WILL JUST GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE DESIGN FIRST AND SO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE CITY CAN MOVE ON.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT YOU SAID, AND BASED ON WHAT DOCTOR MCFARLAND SAID, DOES THAT THEN ALLOW US TO GET A REIMBURSEMENT AT SOME POINT?
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION SIMILAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT THEY WOULD REIMBURSE US, BUT I THINK QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPOSE IS I GET DOC'S POINT AND I GET THE TIMELINE.
BUT I WOULD SAY, IS THERE A WAY, IT'S NOT A REIMBURSEMENT.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY ATTENTIONALLY WHERE THE FUTURE DEVELOPERS ARE.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE CITY ARE ENTERING BOND DISCUSSIONS FOR A FUTURE BOND THEMSELVES.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN LONG DISCUSSED BEFORE THERE WERE ANY HOUSES, BEFORE THERE WERE ANY WALL BUILDINGS, BEFORE THERE WAS A STADIUM.
MAYBE WE NOT ABLE TO GET A REIMBURSEMENT, BUT COULD WE POSSIBLY OPEN DISCUSSION OR KEEP ON THE TABLE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO I DON'T KNOW,
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DO SOMETHING WITH REGARDS TO THE BOND THAT THEY ALSO HAVE COMING FORWARD, WHERE WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OF OUR BOND.THERE'S ALWAYS A FUTURE PLAN, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT WHEN WE CHANGE ZONING AND WE CHANGE PLANS, THEN WE HAVE TO ACCELERATE THAT NEED, AND I FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT BE BEARING THE BURDEN OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SPECULATION, BUT JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FUTURE DISCUSSION ON HOW WE CAN SHARE EXPENSES APPROPRIATELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THEIR BOND.
>> WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY, DR. HALL.
>> MORE EQUITABLY. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS. THOSE ARE THE WORDS.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT IS OUR TIMELINE IN STARING THE BUILDING PROCESS FOR THE TRACK IN THAT AREA?
>> MR. REAVES WILL COME UP AND GIVE US THAT TIMELINE.
>> WE HADN'T SEEN YOU IN A MINUTE, MR. REAVES. WELCOME BACK.
>> MS. STEVENSON, THE OPEN DATES, I'LL BACK UP FROM THAT, THE OPEN DATE FOR THE INDOOR IS THE SPRING OF 2027, AND THE OUTDOOR WOULD BE THE FALL OF '26.
WE'LL BE FINALIZING GMPS IN MAY AND IN JUNE, AND THEN WITHIN A MONTH AFTER THAT, THEY WILL START GRADING GROUNDWORK AND GET GOING ON CONSTRUCTION.
>> IS THE CITY OF FORT WORTH GOING OUT FOR A BOND THIS YEAR IN REGARDS TO?
>> 2026. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS A GOOD POINT. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THEY'RE GOING OUT FOR A BOND OR WILL LIKELY GO OUT FOR A BOND AND ASSUMING THAT THE BOND PASSES, IS '27.
THE DESIGN NORMALLY TAKES TWO YEARS, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT '28, '29.
OUR ISSUE WAS, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING. WE KNOW THAT.
WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE ASKING IS REASONABLE AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER PIECES OF PARCEL WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
I THINK THIS GIVES US A CHANCE TO ACCELERATE OUR PROJECT.
ALSO WE SAY THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CCA THAT'S ALSO BEING CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAVE A LOT GOING RIGHT HERE ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT WE'LL NEED IT BUILD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> ONE OTHER QUESTION. WILL THAT AMOUNT COVER THE ENTIRE PROJECT, OR IS THAT JUST TO GET IT STARTED?
>> THIS IS SIMPLY FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT SO IT'LL ALLOW THE DESIGN WORK TO BE GOING RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAY AS SOON AS THE BOND IS PASSED, IF IT'S PASSED, THEN THE WORK CAN BE STARTED.
WE'RE PUTTING A LITTLE SOMETHING ON IT FOR THE CITY TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE'RE BEARING THAT BURDEN OF AN INVESTMENT.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE DESIGN IS AN EXPANSION OF RISINGER? BECAUSE I REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO, IT WAS CLOSED, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE EXPANDED AND THEY JUST REPAVED IT AND NOT EXPANDED.
>> WE WASTED SOME EXCITEMENT ON THAT PROJECT.
I AGREE BECAUSE I WAS JUST LIKE, FINALLY.
>> BUT I DO THINK AS NEW BUSINESSES LOCATE ALONG ALONG RISINGER THEN, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO DEVELOP IN FRONT.
YOU MAY SEE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AS WE GO.
THAT'S WHY THE DEVELOPMENT YOU SAW FROM 35 UP TO HEMPHILL IS BECAUSE IF THE COMPANY MOVES IN AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO SOME THINGS THERE.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, TRUSTEES? WELL, THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.
AS WE GRIT OUR TEETH AND WE BREATHE DEEPLY, IS THERE A MOTION? ANYBODY? IS THERE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE CONTRIBUTION OF $1,356,127.50 FOR THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU, DR. WOODSON-MAYFIELD. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT GRASSIA.
IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY MORE UNREADINESS? HEARING NONE, EVERYBODY BREATHE THROUGH IT, AND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
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[LAUGHTER] THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 10.3, EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, CAMPUS PRINCIPAL. DR. MCFARLAND.
>> MR. PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] WE DO HAVE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A CHALLENGE THAT IS A GOOD CHALLENGE.
WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF REALLY HIGHLY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT.
BUT WITH THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WE HAVE, WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
WE PLAN TO BRING BACK RECOMMENDATION AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR THOSE THREE POSITIONS, BUT TONIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO OUR FUTURE ACTION ITEMS,
[11.0 Future Action Item(s)]
AGENDA ITEM 11.1, GRANT AWARDS, AGENDA ITEM 11.2, DISTRICT OF INNOVATION AMENDMENT, MONTESSORI TEACHER CERTIFICATION.AGENDA ITEM 11.3, REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL, INSTALLATION OF INTERACTIVE DISPLAY BOARDS, AS WELL AS AGENDA ITEM 11.4, AWARDING OF NAMING RIGHTS. DR. MCFARLAND.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE MR. KIRSCHENER TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS. MR. KIRSCHENER.
>> DR. MCFARLAND, MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, IN YOUR BOARD BOOKS YOU'LL SEE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THESE UPCOMING ACTION ITEMS, INCLUDING THE ACCEPTANCE OF TWO MORE GRANT AWARDS FROM MS. POLK AND THE TEAM THERE.
WE ALSO WILL BE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT AN AMENDMENT TO OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN.
THAT'S APPROVED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD BE INVOLVING MONTESSORI TEACHER CERTIFICATION FOR OUR EDUCATORS OVER AT THE VERY POPULAR CROWLEY MONTESSORI ACADEMY.
YOU'LL SEE SOME MORE INFORMATION THERE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON AN ITEM YOU APPROVED LAST MONTH, THESE INTERACTIVE DISPLAY BOARDS GOING INTO EVERY CLASSROOM IN CROWLEY ISD.
YOU APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THOSE, THIS WILL BE AN RFQ AND AN UPCOMING COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL FOR GETTING THOSE INSTALLED NOW AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES IN EVERY CLASSROOM.
THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MR. FISHER AND THE FINANCE TEAM, WITH OUR ATTORNEYS ARE WORKING ON THE AWARDING OF BANKING RIGHTS FOR THE MULTIPURPOSE STADIUM AND WE'LL BE BRINGING MORE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING.
ALL OF THOSE ADMINISTRATORS ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS YOU MIGHT HAVE TONIGHT, AND SO WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU, MR. KIRSCHENER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE STEVENSON?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. CONSIDERING WE JUST APPROVED ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN PAVEMENT OF THE ROAD, THE AWARD NAMING ENTITY. I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
>> NO. [LAUGHTER] WILL THEY BEAR SOME OF THE BURDEN OF THAT ROAD IN PUT IN? NO? THE AWARDING OF THE NAMING RIGHTS IS GOING TO COME WITH A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION.
I THINK TRUSTEE STEVENSON'S QUESTION IS, I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE, ARE THOSE RESTRICTED FUNDS OR COULD WE UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO OFFSET SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE 1.3 IF I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION CORRECTLY. THAT'S QUESTION.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THE DONOR IS GOING TO DESIGNATE THE FUNDS AT THIS POINT, BUT WE WILL SEE. YES, MA'AM.
>> THANK YOU. I KNOW THE CITIZENS OF CROWLEY ISD AND THE CITY OF FORTH WORTH WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT ROAD PAVED. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES ABOUT OUR FUTURE ACTION ITEMS? NO? WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO REPORTS FROM THOSE PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEMS AND OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
WELL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PROCEEDINGS FOR TONIGHT.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 7:54 PM. EVERYONE, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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