Apr 07, 2026 Called Board Meeting

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

[ 1.0 Call to Order]

NEDRA ROBINSON. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE TWO DOCTOR LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD.

PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE THREE MR. MICHAEL LASZEK.

PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE FOUR MISS JUNE W. DAVIS.

PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE FIVE MISS C.C. WATKINS.

PRESENT TRUSTEE PLACE SIX MR. GARY GRASSIA. PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE SEVEN MISS KELICIA STEVENSON. PRESENT.

SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR MICHAEL MCFARLAND. PRESENT. AND OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES THIS EVENING FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN CTE.

WE HAVE TAMIYA PANELLE. PRESENT. FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

IN CTE. WE HAVE SHELBY GRAY. PRESENT. AND FROM CROWLEY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, WE HAVE EMMANUELLA [INAUDIBLE].

PRESENT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, STUDENT TRUSTEES.

HOW ARE YOU ALL? GOOD. AND YOU? GOOD, GOOD. 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.

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

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

THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 2.0 CELEBRATIONS AND BOARD POINTS OF PRIDE.

[2.0 Celebrations / Board Points of Pride]

AND WE ARE GOING TO START THIS EVENING WITH TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU PRESIDENT GRASSIA.

ENROLL TODAY. FAMILIES NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND RETURNING STUDENT REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN ONLINE FOR THE 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS INCLUDES ALL STUDENTS FROM PRE-K TO HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS TRANSFERS.

WITH OUR DISTRICT ENROLLMENT CLIMBING EVERY YEAR, WE'RE ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO SAVE THEIR SEATS AND HELP US PREPARE AND HIRE FOR OUR FAST GROWING DISTRICT.

IF YOU NEED HELP ENROLLING YOUR PRE-K OR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, CROWLEY ISD WILL HAVE A TEAM READY TO ASSIST YOU THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 A.M.

TO 1 P.M. AT THE BILL R JOHNSON CTE CENTER. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

[APPLAUSE] TRUSTEE ROBINSON.

CALLING ALL THE DRAGONS. DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY IS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE AND YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US ON SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH FOR A SPECIAL PROGRAM AS WE HONOR FIVE DECADES OF MEMORIES, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND COMMUNITY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THIS MILESTONE WITH EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN A PART OF THE DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY STORY.

[APPLAUSE] THAT'S GOING TO BRING ME TO ME, WHICH IS THE CISD JOB FAIR, APRIL THE 11TH. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE BEST TEACHERS AND LEADERS FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT.

CROWLEY ISD IS HOSTING AN ANNUAL JOB FAIR THIS SATURDAY, APRIL THE 11TH AT THE BILL R JOHNSON CTE CENTER.

JOIN US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OPEN POSITIONS AND EXPLORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN CROWLEY ISD.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT, ASK QUESTIONS AND DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN BECOME PART OF OUR TEAM OF EXCELLENCE.

VERY COOL. [APPLAUSE]PLEASE INFORM ANYONE WHO IS LOOKING FOR A JOB.

I'M GOING TO DO ONE MORE. THIS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I WAS HAVING BREAKFAST WITH MY FATHER IN LAW, AND HE WAS INFORMING ME THAT HE NEEDED A BREAK JOB.

SO TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD THE AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT COME DOWN AND DO AN AWESOME PRESENTATION.

SO I TOOK MY FATHER IN LAW OVER TO THE CTE CENTER AND THE AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT.

THE KIDS PULLED THE WHEELS. THE INSTRUCTOR TEACHER LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, WITH Y'ALL'S ASSESSMENT.

THEY SAID HE NEEDS A BRAKE JOB. WELL, MY FATHER IN LAW WAS GETTING QUOTES OF ABOUT $1,000 FOR ALL FOUR TIRES.

THEY QUOTED HIM ABOUT $350, AND THEY'LL HAVE IT DONE IN TWO DAYS WITH A PROFESSIONAL, AND THE STUDENTS GET TO DO A BRAKE JOB.

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THANK YOU. PRESIDENT GRASSIA. THE CMS BAND. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CMS SYMPHONIC BAND FOR EARNING THE HIGHEST AWARD OF SWEEPSTAKES AT THE UIL REGION COMPETITION IN CLEBURNE.

THIS MARKS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF THE CMS PANTHER BAND TO EARN SWEEPSTAKES AT THIS EVENT.

YOUR HARD WORK AND CONSISTENCY PAID OFF AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU.

[APPLAUSE] MR. LASZEK. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GRASSIA.

ABILITY GAMES. CROWLEY ISD'S SPECIAL EDUCATION MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AT AN AMAZING DAY OF DANCING AND PLAYING GAMES AT THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY GAMES LAST THURSDAY. THE EVENT WAS FILLED WITH MUSIC, FOOD AND FESTIVITIES AND HOSTED ON THE FIELD AT CROWLEY ISD MULTI-PURPOSE STADIUM. THE FUN CONTINUES AS THE ELEMENTARY SECTION OF THE ABILITY GAMES IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS FRIDAY.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF THAT HELPED MAKE THIS SPECIAL FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] TRUSTEE WATKINS. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT GRASSIA.

CROWLEY ISD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EARN VOLUNTEER HOURS LAST MONTH WHILE WORKING WITH PEERS AND KEEPING THE COMMUNITY CLEAN BY JOINING THE COWTOWN GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP.

OUR TEAM SPENT A FEW HOURS AT PATRICIA LEBLANC PARK NEAR OAKMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

[APPLAUSE] AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DOCTOR MAYFIELD. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GRASSIA.

HEY, STUDENTS, THIS IS FOR YOU. CROWLEY ISD IS HOSTING AN APRIL READING CHALLENGE FOR ALL STUDENTS.

READ AS MANY MINUTES AS YOU CAN USING THE OVERDRIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY THROUGH CLASS LINK.

YOUR READING TIME IS TRACKED AUTOMATICALLY AND YOU CAN CHECK YOUR LEADERBOARD RANKING ANY TIME.

EVERY STUDENT ALREADY HAS ACCESS. JUST SELECT BOOKS AT YOUR LEVEL AND START READING AT HOME OR AT SCHOOL.

AT THE SALON, SOMEWHERE AT WORK. IN THE BREAK ROOM.

PRIZES WILL GO TO THE TOP READERS IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, SO START READING.

CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD AND CLAIM YOUR SPOT AT THE TOP.

SO LEADERS IN THE ROOM. ALL OF YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR CLASSMATES TO JOIN IN ON THIS CHALLENGE.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO. WOO! [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU DOCTOR MAYFIELD.

THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 3.0 OPEN FORUM.

[3.0 Board President Review Open-Forum Regulations - Open Forum ]

IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN FORUM, YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE BY COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING THE ELECTRONIC FORM ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS AND INDICATE THE TOPIC YOU WILL ADDRESS. THE ELECTRONIC FORM IS AVAILABLE AT W W W.CROWLEY ISD TX.ORG FORWARD SLASH OPEN FORUM.

AND MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING.

WHEN CALLED, SPEAKERS SHALL STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS.

SPEAKERS SHALL BE CALLED IN ORDER THEY ARE REGISTERED TO SPEAK.

COPIES OF ANY DOCUMENTS FOR THE BOARD SHALL BE EMAILED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION TO SPEAK.

ONLY ONE PERSON MAY SPEAK AT A TIME. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WILL SIGNAL YOUR REMAINING TIME AND UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TIME LIMIT, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO STOP SPEAKING AND CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.

GROUPS CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE SHALL APPOINT ONE PERSON TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS BEFORE THE BOARD.

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING SPECIFIC NAMES WHILE MAKING COMMENTS, AND PLEASE FACE THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE DAIS WHILE MAKING COMMENTS.

PER BED LOCAL THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETINGS BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

IF AT LEAST ONE WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.

THANK YOU, MR. KIRCHNER, WHO IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT.

MR. CHANNING BROWN IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER.

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GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MAYFIELD AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR MCFARLAND.

MY NAME IS CHANNING BROWN. I LIVE AT 849 WYLIE STREET.

I AM THE RECENTLY ELECTED STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT OF CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT YOU SOON WILL BE LOOKING AT AFTER BEING PASSED OUT BY MR. KIRCHNER IS A CLASS PROPOSAL REGARDING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE LONG LEGAL PATHWAY AT BILL R JOHNSON CTE CENTER AND IS REFERRED TO AND CALLED AS A CTSO.

IN THIS PROPOSAL ITSELF, YOU WILL FIND A CLASS BUDGETING, A CLASS OVERVIEW, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON AN INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEACHERS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS ALIKE IN OUR ENTIRE COMPETITIVE HISTORY.

I HAVE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH THE PURPOSE OF WANTING TO MOVE WITH DIGNITY ON BEHALF OF BOTH MYSELF, MY TEAMMATES, MY CLASSMATES AND MY TEACHERS ALIKE.

THE CTSOS AND THE LAW AND LEGAL PATHWAY HAVE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING A WAY TO PRACTICE, TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT MANY OTHER SPORTS AND OTHER GROUPS SUCH AS BAND, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, MAYBE EVEN SOCCER ARE ABLE TO ATTAIN.

THE CTSOS IN THE LEGAL PATHWAY INCLUDE THINGS LIKE TPSA, WHICH INCLUDES SWAT, FINGERPRINT LIFTING AND OTHER FORMS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT MOCK TRIAL AND OTHER FORMS OF GOVERNMENT SUCH AS STATE AFFAIRS, LEGISLATIVE AND AS WELL AS CABINET MEETINGS.

ALL THESE THINGS ARE A BIT DIFFICULT TO ATTAIN AND TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE AT A HIGH LEVEL TO THINGS LIKE WORK, HOMEWORK, SCHOOL, AND EVEN RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND GATHERINGS LIKE CHURCH.

AND THE WAY I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD BE ABLE TO WORK AROUND THIS IS THROUGH YOU GUYS' SUPPORT, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS COME TO FRUITION AN ELECTIVE A CLASS LAW AND LEGAL FOR CROWLEY ISD.

NOW THIS. NOW I'M NOT UNREASONABLE. I BELIEVE THAT WITH EVERY PROPOSAL SHOULD COME PROOF OF I SAY SUBSTANCE, SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BACK UP WHAT OUR WORD IS. IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT. IF YOU COULD PASS IT OUT, MR. KIRCHNER, AT THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE OF THE PACKAGE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IS OUR FULL COMPETITIVE HISTORY. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE FROM OUR MOST RECENT YEAR IS WE COMPETED AT THE COUNTY COURT LEVEL, AND IN THAT WE RECEIVED AN AWARD CALLED THE PREMIER DELEGATION, WHICH MEANS THAT AS THE FOREFRONT OF CROWLEY ISD IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS, THE YMCA YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED US AS A PREMIER DELEGATION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WERE SEEN AS ONE OF THE BEST DELEGATIONS IN ALL OF TEXAS IN TERMS OF DECORUM, PROFESSIONALISM, AND THE WAY WE DISPLAY OUR DISTRICT.

WHAT YOU WILL ALSO SEE IS INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES FROM ONE OF OUR COMPETITORS, ANDREW MCMILLAN AS BEING ONE OF THE MOST LEADING TEAM CAPTAINS, AND HE ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD AND RECOGNITION FROM YMCA YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT.

WE WILL ALSO SEE IS A WHAT'S CALLED A DISTRICT COURT QUALIFICATION.

THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO QUALIFY ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. NOW, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE STATE COMPETITION EVERY TIME.

AND OUR ONE OBSTACLE, OUR ONE AND ONLY OBSTACLE, IS THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO PRACTICE, TO REFINE, TO HONE, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER SPORT CAN. AND I BELIEVE WITH YOUR GUYS' HELP, WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR THE WORLD.

I'M ASKING FOR THE PLATFORM FOR CHANGE, BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW YOU GUYS, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW ME. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU GUYS KNOW MOST.

AND JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CLUB, IT'S CTE IS JUST THE SAME.

NORTH CROWLEY, CROWLEY WE BELIEVE IN CROWLEY PRIDE UNIFIED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS ESTELLA GRIGGS.

MISS GRIGGS? NO. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE MISS GRIGGS IS HERE THIS EVENING.

SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPEN FORUM SPEAKERS. THANK YOU SIR.

THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 4.1. TALONETTES AND SILVER STARS DRILL TEAM AWARDS.

[4.0 Recognition ltem(s}]

MS. LOTTEN. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT MCFARLAND, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS WE CELEBRATE THE EXTRAORDINARY TALENT, DISCIPLINE AND ARTISTRY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL DANCE DEPARTMENTS. TONIGHT, WE HONOR THE DANCERS WHO RECENTLY GRACED THE STAGE AT MAJOR COMPETITIONS LIKE DANCELINE, CROWD PLEASERS AND VARIOUS REGIONAL INVITATIONALS.

THESE AWARDS ARE MORE THAN JUST TROPHIES. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A LOT OF THEM, THERE ARE A REFLECTION OF MONTHS OF GRUELING REHEARSALS, EARLY MORNING PRACTICES, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

AS WE RECOGNIZE THESE ACHIEVEMENTS, LET'S REMEMBER THE JOURNEY BEHIND EACH PERFORMANCE.

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AND SHE'S ASSISTED BY DESTINY BECKY, BUT SHE'S ACCOMPANIED BY HER CAPTAIN, LYRIC MCPHERSON.

STEP FORWARD LYRIC. THESE TWO WORK EXTREMELY HARD.

MISS EVANS HAS BEEN HERE. SHE'S A 19 YEAR EDUCATOR.

SHE'S BEEN IN CROWLEY ISD FOR NINE YEARS. OUR FIRST.

IF YOU WILL GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE, TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES.

BUT AT CROWD PLEASERS, WE HAD OFFICER AWARDS AND WE HAVE TEAM AWARDS.

AND IF YOU'VE NEVER ATTENDED THESE COMPETITIONS, IT'S A GYM FULL OF TEAMS, SOMETIMES 40 SOMETHING, 50 SOMETHING TEAMS, AND THE DANCERS GO OUT AND THEY PERFORM IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES AND VARIOUS LEVELS OF DANCE.

AND THAT TAKES THEM STUDYING LIKE TRUE FOUNDATION OF DANCE.

SO YOU SEE THEM ON THE, IN THE FOOTBALL GAMES AND THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE HIP SHAKE, BUT WE ALSO CAN TURN AROUND AND DO CONTEMPORARY AND HIP HOP AND MODERN AND BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT. SO OUR OFFICER AWARDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT FOR CROWLEY IS OUR FIRST OVERALL OFFICER HIP HOP IS THE, SO THEY ATTENDED TWO COMPETITIONS AND THIS WAS THE FIRST COMPETITION AND THEY RECEIVED THESE AWARDS.

THEY RECEIVED SECOND RUNNER UP FOR OFFICER CONTEMPORARY, SECOND RUNNER UP FOR OFFICER JAZZ.

CROWD PLEASER AWARD, WHICH WAS THERE OFFICER HIP HOP AND THE SECOND RUNNER UP FOR OFFICER GRAND CHAMPION.

THE TEAM AWARDS THEY TOOK HOME OFFICER OVERALL CLASS CLASSIC GRAND CHAMPION.

WHICH IS LIKE THE OVERALL. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU COMPETE IN ALL THESE CATEGORIES, THEY ARE DEEMED GRAND CHAMPION BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN FIRST PLACE.

SO FIRST PLACE IN OVERALL TEAM CONTEMPORARY FIRST PLACE IN OVERALL TEAM HIP HOP, FIRST PLACE RUNNER UP IN TEAM POM, CROWD PLEASER AWARD TEAM HIP HOP AND GRAND CHAMPION EXCEL TEAM.

LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND FOR THAT. [APPLAUSE] THAT WAS THE FIRST COMPETITION.

GO AHEAD AND SWITCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL COSTUMING AND HIP HOP.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CATEGORIES THAT THEY PARTICIPATE IN.

AND THEN THE SECOND CONTEST DANCE LINE USA COMPETITION, THEY RECEIVED THE RING OF CHAMPIONS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST EARNED SCORE OF EVERY TEAM IN EVERY IN ALL OF THE COMPETITION.

SO WE ARE REALLY DEALING WITH LIKE THE BEST OF THE BEST.

AND CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTS THAT FOR CROWLEY ISD.

SO SOME OF THE AWARDS THAT THEY RECEIVED FOR THE OFFICERS WERE PLATINUM SWEEPSTAKES, BEST IN CATEGORY FOR JAZZ, HIP HOP, CONTEMPORARY DANCE LINE, GOLD HIP HOP, WHICH, WHICH IS A TOP SCORE CHAMPION OFFICER, JAZZ CHAMPION, LEVEL FOUR OFFICER, HIP HOP AND CONTEMPORARY AND GRAND CHAMPION AND OFFICER.

AND FOR TEAMS THEY HAD PLATINUM SWEEPSTAKES, WHICH IS USUALLY LIKE THE HIGHEST RATE, YOU KNOW, RATING THAT YOU CAN GET. BEST IN CATEGORY TEMPORARY FOR PALM HIP HOP CHOREOGRAPHY.

AND MISS EVANS DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH CHOREOGRAPHY.

IT REALLY JUST CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF LIKE WHO OUR TEAM IS AND THAT RESONATES, AND IT JUST KIND OF SURPASSES SOME OF THE OTHER MOVEMENT THAT YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT THE OTHER TEAMS PRESENT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.

WE JUST WE'RE THE BEST. CHAMPION TEAM CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUE AWARD TEAM, CONTEMPORARY AND GRAND CHAMPION TEAM.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME SOLOISTS WHO RECEIVED THE TOP THREE TECHNIQUE CHALLENGE AND SOLO FINALIST, WHICH IS MS. LYRIC MCPHERSON. SO SHE WAS IN THE TOP SEVEN.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE YOU.

THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK AND IT'S YEAR ROUND.

YOU GUYS ARE I MEAN, WORKING IN EVERY I MEAN YOU'RE SERVING THE COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME.

BUT THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND YOU PARTICIPATE IN THESE CONTESTS AND BEAT EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. COME ON FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] IF YOU COULD COME UP OR.

AND THEN AFTER OUR CONGRATS. AND THEN NORTH CROWLEY THEY DO THE SAME AND SOMETIMES THEY EVEN COMPETE IN THE SAME COMPETITION.

NORTH CROWLEY'S TEAM IS DIRECTED BY MISS D'ANDRE BROCK.

STAND UP, MISS BROCK. SHE'S 14 YEARS HERE AT CROWLEY AND CROWLEY ISD, [APPLAUSE] AND SHE'S ASSISTED BY LAUREN MARIE VALADEZ AND HER CAPTAIN THIS YEAR IS JADEN

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AND THEY ALSO ATTENDED TWO CONTESTS. THEY WON OVERALL IN STATE CHAMPION CLASSIC TEAM.

AND I BELIEVE OUT OF 47 TEAMS THEY TOOK HOME FIRST PLACE.

AND SO WE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE EXCELLENT IN THE DANCE DEPARTMENT.

SO OUR OFFICER AWARDS A FIRST RUNNER UP FOR CONTEMPORARY FOR OPEN AND NOVELTY.

THEY RECEIVED THE JUDGES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTRY FOR CONTEMPORARY FIRST RUNNER UP IN THEIR CLASSIC X LARGE TEAM AND FIRST RUNNER UP FOR OVERALL CLASSIC DIVISION.

TEAM AWARDS FIRST PLACE, FIRST PLACE, FIRST PLACE OPEN IN HIP HOP AND MILITARY, AND THE JUDGES AWARD THEY RECEIVED FOR OPENING HIP HOP.

FIRST PLACE IN CLASSIC X LARGE TEAM AND FIRST PLACE IN OVERALL CLASSIC DIVISION.

SO IT'S A FIRST PLACE TAKEOVER. AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THEIR THEMED PIECES HIP HOP AND THEY JUST ALL, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT MOVEMENT STYLES AND IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH.

THE SECOND CONTEST WAS HTE DANCE STATE DANCE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION.

SAME FORMAT. OFFICERS TOOK HOME FIRST PLACE CONTEMPORARY.

FIRST PLACE IN NOVELTY. FIRST PLACE IN POM. I'M SORRY PROPS.

BEST IN CLASS NOVELTY. BEST IN CLASS PROP AND JUDGES AWARD FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND CHOREOGRAPHY.

SUPER SWEEPSTAKES. THAT MUST BE REALLY GOOD. [LAUGHTER] SUPER SWEEPSTAKES.

FIRST RUNNER UP MEDIUM OFFICER TEAM AND THEN THEIR TEAM AWARDS.

AGAIN FIRST PLACE, FIRST PLACE, FIRST PLACE MILITARY FOR THEIR LARGE TEAM AWARD.

THEIR FIRST PLACE OPEN FOR LARGE TEAM. FIRST PLACE OPEN FOR HIP HOP.

BEST IN CLASS OPEN. BEST IN CLASS. HIP HOP JUDGES AWARD FOR CHOREOGRAPHY, TECHNIQUE, PRESENTATION, ENTERTAINMENT AND PRECISION SUPER SWEEPSTAKES.

BEST OF THE DAY. SO THE JUDGES JUST SAID, OH, FORGET IT.

THEY ARE THE BEST. [LAUGHTER] AND SO WE HAVE A CONTINUE AWARD LIST IS ESPRIT DE CORPS.

IT'S LIKE THE SPIRIT OF PRIDE AND ENTHUSIASM.

AND SO THE TEAM PLACED THERE FIRST PLACE LARGE TEAM DIVISION AND FIRST RUNNER UP FOR GRAND CHAMPION TEAM.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. WHEN YOU GUYS GO OUT, YOU DO THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN ALL OF THESE STYLES, WHICH TAKES A LOT OF REHEARSAL, A LOT OF FOCUS A LOT OF OVERCOMING OF OTHER TEAMS WHO HAVE LONGER HISTORY WITH STUDYING. THEY MAY HAVE LIKE PRIVATE LESSONS AND MISS BROCK TAKES THE KIDS, BRINGS THEM IN, TEACHES THEM VERY QUICKLY AND TURNS THEM INTO THESE AMAZING DANCERS WITH THE HELP OF MISS JADEN.

SO WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.

COME ON FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR DOING THE ABSOLUTE WONDERFUL JOB IN OUR CONTESTS.

AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO COME AROUND.

LET'S TAKE A GROUP PICTURE. YOU WANT TO COME UP? ALRIGHT, LET'S START WITH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES. MR. GRASSIA. Y'ALL STAY UP ON THAT STEP WHERE YOU ARE.

YEAH.

MIC] PRINCIPAL LANE KEEPS YOU UP HERE. OH.

ALL RIGHT. WATKINS, I'M GOING TO. STEP UP. THERE YOU GO.

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ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND THANK YOU, MISS LOTTEN, FOR A GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DOCTOR ROBINSON? I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH THE TALONETTES'S AND SILVER STARS.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO COMPETES IN ALL STAR CHEER, SO I KNOW IT'S AN ALL DAY AFFAIR AND YOU ARE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING FROM THE MORNING TO AFTERNOON. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

AND I WILL SAY AS A TRUSTEE, IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THEIR SPRING SHOWCASE BECAUSE THEY BOTH HOST THEM IN APRIL AND MAY.

I DON'T KNOW. ARE YOU DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR? OKAY. YES. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THEY PERFORM IN CONTEMPORARY JAZZ, ALL THE THINGS HIP HOP GO TO THE SHOWCASE.

SO IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT AND MY DAUGHTER AND I JUST LOVE IT.

SO CONGRATS AGAIN. THANK YOU DOCTOR ROBINSON.

TRUSTEE DAVIS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GRASSIA. TRUSTEE ROBINSON TOUCHED ON ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, MISS LOTTEN. SO YOU MENTIONED JAZZ, CONTEMPORARY HIP HOP.

IT IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THOSE IS AT THESE CONTESTS.

DO WE? IS IT MIXED IN WITH WHAT WE SEE AT THE GAMES AND STUFF? THEY PERFORM? AND SO THAT'S WHY SHE MENTIONED THEIR SPRING CONCERT.

OKAY. BECAUSE THEY PERFORM SOME OF THOSE PIECES AT THEIR CONCERTS AS WELL.

OH, OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE WOVEN INTO WHAT I'M SEEING AND I DON'T RECOGNIZE IT.

NO FOOTBALL YOU GET DIFFERENT FLAVORS. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE JUST SO GOOD BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT THEY DO IS DIFFERENT.

AND SO THEY'RE LEARNING SO MANY DIFFERENT MOVEMENT STYLES.

OKAY. TO FIT YOU KNOW, THE VENUE AND WHERE THEY ARE IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE EVENT IS.

THAT'S AMAZING. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT SOMETHING HERE, IT SAID SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE WON WAS FOR MEDIUM TEAM AND SOME FOR LARGE TEAM. ARE WE A MEDIUM TEAM OR A LARGE TEAM? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? SO IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE GROUP.

AND SO WE COMPETED WITH ABOUT 43.

BUT WITH OUR OFFICERS, OUR OFFICER LINE WAS ONLY FIVE.

SO IT SIZED DOWN WITH THE OFFICER GROUP. OH, OKAY.

BECAUSE SOME TEAMS HAVE LIKE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT OFFICERS.

OH, OKAY. PEOPLE IN THEIR GROUP. AND SO THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LARGE OFFICER GROUP.

AND THEN SINCE WE ONLY HAVE FIVE, WE ARE CONSIDERED A MEDIUM OFFICER.

OH, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

TRUSTEE WATKINS. I WAS GOING TO SAY I WENT TO THE SPRING SHOW LAST YEAR, AND YOU GUYS DID AMAZING.

I'M JEALOUS BECAUSE I MISSED THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I LIKE TO BRAG TOO.

SO I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE AUDIENCE. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW HOW THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS HAVE THE POSTERS WITH THE PICTURES? WE HAVE THOSE WITH THE TALONETTES AND THE SILVER STARS, RIGHT? YES. AM I MAKING THAT UP? IS THAT A RUMOR? IN THE SCHOOLS? OKAY, BUT I NEED ONE. I WOULD LIKE ONE WITH AN AUTOGRAPH OF ALL THE GIRLS I WANT.

OF THE TEAM? YES, OF THE TEAM. THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS SIGNED THEIRS.

Y'ALL NEED ONE, TOO. Y'ALL ARE, YOU KNOW, AWARD WINNING.

SO I AM REQUESTING, AND I'M SURE THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANT THEIRS TOO.

EVEN IF WE CAN'T DO IT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE YET, WE WOULD LIKE AUTOGRAPHED PICTURES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE WATKINS. TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

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SO I AM REALLY PROUD OF YOU. BOTH OF YOU. I ALSO LIKE TO SAY WITH JASMINE, I REMEMBER I MEAN, JADEN, HER OTHER SISTER IS JASMINE, I REMEMBER WHEN JADEN WAS BORN AND TO BLINK AND SHE'S A SENIOR NOW.

OH MY GOD, YOU ARE AMAZING ON THE FIELD. AND I REALLY I STILL HAVE THIS VISION OF HER RUNNING AROUND THE CHURCH, JUST RUNNING AROUND. NOW SHE'S DANCING. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE TEAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

DOCTOR MAYFIELD. YES, I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT THE OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE SAID.

YES, I WOULD LIKE A TEAM POSTER FOR EACH SCHOOL AS WELL.

BUT SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, I KNOW THESE YOUNG LADIES PUT IN A LOT OF WORK.

IT'S DISCIPLINE 6 A.M. 6:30 A.M. MORNINGS IN THEIR HEARTS.

SO THAT'S WHY I CALL THEM LEADERS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT TAKES LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO STAY THAT DISCIPLINED AND BE EXAMPLES AROUND THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES. I HAVE VIDEO OF JADEN IN MY LIVING ROOM DANCING WITH MY JAYDEN WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE GIRLS.

SO I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS BORN AS WELL. THEY GREW UP DANCING, SO I KNEW IT WAS IN HER HEART.

BUT TO SEE THESE YOUNG LADIES, BOTH OF YOU DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND I JUST LIKE THAT YOU, AS I MENTIONED DURING THE BASKETBALL CELEBRATION, YOUR LEADERS ON THE COURT, ON THE FIELD, YOUR LEADERS IN THE CLASSROOM AS WELL.

AND I JUST WISH BOTH TEAMS, BOTH SCHOOLS TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON YOUR INCREDIBLE WINS AND JUST KEEP IT GOING, COACHES.

KEEP IT GOING. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MAYFIELD. [APPLAUSE] TRUSTEE LASZEK.

FIRST OFF, OF COURSE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TALONETTES AND THE SILVER STARS.

AND I HAVE TO ASK, WHEN IS THE DATE OF THE SHOWCASE? USUALLY YOURS IS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. AND THE LAST WEEK IN APRIL. YEAH.

APRIL 25TH. I KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

GREAT JOB. DOCTOR MCFARLAND. SO, MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE ONE SMALL DEVIATION.

NORMALLY WE DON'T AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE, WE DON'T RESPOND DURING OPEN COMMENT WHEN THERE'S AN OPEN, OPEN FORUM SPEECH OR OPEN FORUM FORUM QUESTION.

BUT TONIGHT I WANT TO NOT NECESSARILY ADDRESS WHAT MR. BROWNING PRESENTED EARLIER. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT HE HAD THE COURAGE TO DO IT.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU.

FOR SURE. [APPLAUSE] WE HAD A CHANCE DURING OUR BOARDWALK TO WALK INTO THE ACTUALLY, THE MOCK TRIAL, I THINK PREPARATION. AND HE WAS AWESOME. HE WAS OUTSTANDING.

AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY PROUD OF YOU. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR REQUEST.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LIFT THAT UP THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THRIVING STUDENTS IN CROWLEY ISD, YOU'VE SEEN EXAMPLES OF THOSE STUDENTS TONIGHT, BOTH WITH OUR TALONETTES, SILVER STARS AND ALSO WITH MR. CHANNING. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MCFARLAND.

THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 5.1 STUDENT CELEBRATION CAMPUS EVENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS.

[5.0 Student School Board Trustee Program]

AND TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE STUDENTS HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR THREE C'S.

THESE ARE THEIR CAMPUS CELEBRATIONS, CAMPUS EVENTS, AND ALSO SOME CONSIDERATIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD.

AND TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO VETERANS WHO ARE RETURNING AND ONE NEW STUDENT THAT NEW STUDENT IS TAMIYA PANELLE FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND RETURNING.

WE HAVE EMMANUELLA AMADOR FROM CCA AND SHELBY GRAY FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE'S ALSO REPRESENTING CTE THIS EVENING WITH A REPORT FROM THE CTE CENTER.

SO WE WILL START WITH MISS SHELBY GRAY. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF AND GUESTS.

MY NAME IS SHELBY GRAY. LIKE MR. KIRCHNER JUST SAID, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM CROWLEY AND BRJ.

OKAY, FIRST WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SOME CTE CELEBRATIONS.

AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH MISS PRICE, SHE TOLD ME THAT WE'RE ENTERING OUR IBC SEASON AND SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE THAT SOME STUDENTS ARE RETURNING SOME VERY FAVORABLE RESULTS. SHE TOLD ME THAT CTE WAS A POWERHOUSE FOR PRODUCING STUDENTS THAT ARE CERTIFIED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDORSEMENT PATHWAYS.

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IT WAS EXCITING TO HEAR HER SAY THAT. ADDITIONALLY, SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON DEVELOPING MORE INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS FOR PRACTICUM STUDENTS. I REMEMBER WE HAD A CONVERSATION NOT TOO LONG AGO AND SHE TOLD ME OR I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT I FELT LIKE SOME PRACTICUM STUDENTS WEREN'T REALLY ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR FULL TALENT AND SKILL SET THAT THEY'RE LEARNING AT BRJ WITH THE PRACTICE OR WITH THE INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US NOW.

AND SHE TOLD US THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON EXPANDING THAT FOR US.

AND I THINK SOME WILL GO IN EFFECT TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ALSO THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE INCREASE FOR THE 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL. SHE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EXCELLING IN SOME CTSOS.

LIKE MR. BROWNING SAID, IT'S SUPER EXCITING TO SEE THE LAW AND ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS ADVANCED TO STATE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPETITIONS.

SO SUPER EXCITING. OKAY. AND THEN NEXT UP, I HAVE SEVERAL CELEBRATIONS FOR NORTH CROWLEY.

AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD A STRONG TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE STUDENT VOICES ARE CONTINUING TO GROW AND DEVELOP.

RECENTLY OUR STUDENTS HAVE DEVELOPED OUR OWN.

I WANT TO SAY NEWSPAPER OUTLET. SO A BUNCH OF STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER AND STARTED ESTABLISHING A NEWSPAPER TO REALLY PUT ON BOARD ALL OF THE SPOTLIGHTS AND ESSENTIALLY BASICALLY ALL OF THE EVENTS GOING ON ON CAMPUS, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS WERE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON ON CAMPUS AND WEREN'T REALLY AWARE. SO THEY TOOK INITIATIVE TO START THIS NEW PRACTICE, AND IT WAS SUPER EXCITING TO SEE THEM BE SUCCESSFUL ON THIS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROUD TO BE TIED AS THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL IN TARRANT COUNTY WITH KELLER.

THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS REFLECT THE HARD WORK, TALENT, AND DETERMINATION OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY. SO SUPER EXCITING. OKAY. BEYOND ACADEMICS, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO LEAD AND SERVE CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY. ON MARCH 28TH, STUDENT LEADERS, PANTHER AMBASSADORS AND STUDENT INFLUENCERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE [INAUDIBLE] CONFERENCE.

THROUGH THERE, WE MENTORED YOUNGER ASPIRING STUDENT LEADERS.

WE HAD A ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION WITH THEM ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ACTIVE LEADER INSIDE THEIR SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS.

AND WE GAVE THEM SOME TIPS ON HOW TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS LEADERS.

SO IT WAS SUPER EXCITING TO DO THAT AS WELL.

OKAY, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AMONG THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ADMINISTRATORS, MY NAME IS TAMIYA PANELLE. I WILL BE REPRESENTING CROWLEY AND TELLING YOU THEIR CELEBRATIONS. STUDENT AND STAFF CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN VISIBLY GETTING BETTER FOLLOWING THE WEEK AFTER COMING BACK FROM SPRING BREAK, I'VE SEEN STUDENTS FOLLOWING MORE RULES WITHOUT A FIGHT, AND EXPECTATIONS LIKE WEARING IDS HAS BEEN VERY MUCH BETTER.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE HALLWAYS NO ONE IS BEING DISRESPECTFUL ANYMORE.

TEACHERS HAVE ACTUALLY LIKE THEIR ATTITUDES HAVE GOTTEN BETTER AND MORE POSITIVE.

IF THEY STOP YOU TO CONFRONT YOU ABOUT SOMETHING, IT'S NOT IN A RUDE WAY.

IT'S IN A VERY CALM ATTITUDE AND IT'S EASIER TO FOLLOW.

TALKING TO MRS. [INAUDIBLE] LAST WEEK, SHE'S SORRY.

SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE'S HAD MEETINGS WITH SECURITY ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS EVERY MORNING TO BE PROACTIVE AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN HELP STUDENTS WITH. THERE'S ALSO BEEN A NEW GOLF CART OUTSIDE TO CHECK SECURITY OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO CLASSES IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BUILDING AND AT THE FIELD HOUSE.

I ALSO SEE THIS AS A CELEBRATION BECAUSE USUALLY CROWLEY IS VERY ROWDY IN THE HALLWAYS, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM RECENTLY.

I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT INSIDE CHECKING IN HAS BEEN VERY, VERY CALM.

WE GIVE THEM OUR BACKPACKS, LET THEM SEE IT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE SCANNERS. AND WE'VE JUST BEEN DOING EVERYTHING.

WE'VE BASICALLY BEEN SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR.

I KNOW A FEW OF MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE NORMS AS IF IT'S A NORMAL THING TO DO, AND THEY DON'T FUSS ABOUT IT AT ALL.

AND THAT WAS MY CELEBRATION. CAMPUS EVENTS. LAST WEEK WE HAD STUDENT COUNCIL CAMPAIGNS.

IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE. AND LUNCHES WE'VE WATCHED PEOPLE CAMPAIGN IN PERSON AT HOME, ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY'VE POSTED FLIERS. THEY'VE TOLD FRIENDS. THEY'VE SENT THEM AROUND.

I'VE PERSONALLY HELPED MY FRIENDS. JENNY BROWN WAS ONE OF THEM.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK. IT WAS VERY CREATIVE.

IT WAS HAND DRAWN OR IT WAS DIGITALLY CREATED.

IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. LAST WEEK DURING VOTING ON THAT.

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WE GAVE OUR IDS TO MISS KENNEDY AND WE VOTED ON PAPER WITHOUT ANY STRUGGLES, WITHOUT ANY LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CAMPAIGNING WERE VERY PERSUASIVE, BUT IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS THREATENED.

AND IT WAS JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE. I GOT TO LEARN SO MANY PEOPLE'S NEW PERSONALITIES AND I GOT TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.

I WENT AROUND SCHOOL AND I LIKE CAMPAIGNED FOR PEOPLE THAT I HAVE NEVER MET PRIOR TO THAT WEEK, BUT THEY WERE SO INTRIGUING TO ME. ANOTHER CONSIDERATION I HAVE OR A SOLUTION FOR TONIGHT IS FINE ART SPOTLIGHTS. I FEEL LIKE MY SCHOOL HIGHLY FOCUSES ON ATHLETICS IN OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENTS.

CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL HAS AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED FINE ARTS COMMUNITY MADE UP OF CHOIR, BAND, THEATER, DANCE, AND ART STUDENTS WHO CONSISTENTLY, ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS.

I KNOW THAT MY CHOIR GROUP DOES NOT GET THE REPRESENTATION THAT WE DESERVE.

WE GET MANY WINS. WE DO PERFORMANCES, BUT IT'S VERY MUCH NOT REALLY TALKED ABOUT ON ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THEY MIGHT MENTION US, BUT IT'S VERY BRIEF AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED MORE DESCRIPTIONS AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE REALLY DO.

WE NEED PEOPLE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DO IT, WHEN WE DO IT.

BUT THAT NEVER REALLY HAPPENS. SOCIAL MEDIA, I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD SHOW US MORE.

IT COULD SHOW OUR PERFORMANCES. IT COULD SHOW OUR REHEARSALS, IT COULD SHOW OUR DIRECTORS AND WHAT THEY TEACH US.

IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A CLASS, AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

THAT ALSO GOES FOR THEATER. I'M NOT IN THAT PROGRAM, BUT I'VE SEEN THEM DO THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. I'VE BEEN TO TWO OF THEIR PLAYS THIS YEAR.

AND IT'S AMAZING. IT'S AWESOME, BUT I NEVER REALLY HEAR ABOUT THEM EITHER.

THEY'RE ALWAYS SKIPPED OVER. DANCE YOU JUST SAW THEM TONIGHT.

BUT I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTED. WE SHOULDN'T JUST BE MENTIONED WHEN WE HAVE A WIN. WE SHOULD BE MENTIONED ALL THE TIME.

IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT IS RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S ALL. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, STAFF AND ADMIN.

SOME CELEBRATIONS THAT WE HAVE AT CCA IS THAT MARCH 27TH AT I BELIEVE EIGHT SEVEN, WE HOSTED A UNITY TALENT SHOW, WHICH WE HAD THE RADIO 97.9 COME DOWN, SUPPORT OUR KIDS THROUGHOUT.

WE HAD MANY DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.

I THINK THE MAIN ONES I TOOK IS NORTH CROWLEY, CCA, AND ALSO CROWLEY.

I THINK THERE WERE SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLS, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW.

BUT I TRULY SAW ALL THE TALENT IN THE KIDS, FROM THE SINGING TO THE DANCING.

I WAS REALLY AMAZED BY IT SINCE I WAS LIKE, WE NORMALLY DON'T HEAR THESE VOICES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND WE NORMALLY FOCUS ON THE SPORTS, BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE TO SEE ALL THESE CHILDREN, LIKE, WHO HAVE PRACTICED, PUT THEIR HARD TIME INTO THE SINGING, THE DANCING, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE.

ANOTHER THING IS THAT 59% OF OUR 76 SENIORS ARE ON TRACK TO EARN THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM TCC.

I BELIEVE IN MAY AND THEN OUR ALSO WITH OUR CCA SENIORS, THEY HAVE RAISED OVER $68 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE WITH OUR SENIORS, THREE SENIOR SEMIFINALISTS, DELL'S SCHOLARS, WHICH THAT IS WOWING TO SEE. FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENTS FRIDAY THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH, OUR SENIORS ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR SENIOR FORMAL BANQUETS, WHICH PRETTY MUCH IS LIKE KIND OF LIKE A DANCE FOR THEM TO CELEBRATE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE DONE.

AND THEN ALSO ARE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH FROM 6:30 TO 8, WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE.

WE WILL BE HAVING OUR TEXAS GOVERNMENT EXPO, WHICH I WILL ALSO BE TAKING PART IN, WHICH IT'S A LONG PROCESS OF OUR STUDENTS FOCUSING ON PROBLEMS THAT THEY SEE ON A DAILY DAY TO DAY THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A CHANGE AND THEN ALSO SPEAK OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO CAN VOTE, GO OUT AND HELP US. AND ALSO IN THESE BIG SEATS TO UNDERSTAND OUR RESEARCH, SEE OUR POINTS OF VIEWS AS CHILDREN AND TO TAKE IT IN AND MAYBE EVEN SHARE IT OUT WITH OTHERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STUDENT TRUSTEES. GREAT INFORMATION.

BOARD DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? LET'S START DOWN TO MY RIGHT.

TRUSTEE DAVIS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GRASSIA. THANK YOU STUDENTS FOR THE VERY INFORMATIVE REPORTS.

SO I'M GOING TO START WITH CTE. AND YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF YOU GOT TOGETHER AND YOU'RE DOING A NEWSPAPER NOW.

OH, THAT WAS AT NORTH CROWLEY, BUT YES MA'AM.

SOME STUDENTS HAVE A STUDENT LED INITIATIVE WHERE THEY WANTED TO START INFORMING STUDENTS OF CAMPUS EVENTS ACTIVITIES AND JUST BASICALLY SPOTLIGHT THINGS HAPPENING ON CAMPUS,

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SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INSTAGRAM PAGE AND THEY PUBLISH THINGS ON THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.

YES, MA'AM. AND THEN YOU PROVIDE A LINK. YES, MA'AM.

ANNOUNCE A LINK OR IT'S LIKE A QR CODE POSTED AROUND THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN. YES, MA'AM. THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS IT THAT WAY.

THAT'S GREAT. OKAY, NOW I HOPE I GET THIS ONE RIGHT.

OKAY. DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU HAVE HAD A REDUCTION IN FIGHTS AT YOUR SCHOOL? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. COULD YOU. WHEN DID? I THINK YOU SAID A TIME PERIOD.

THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK. IT HASN'T BEEN TOO MUCH COMMOTION IN THE HALLWAYS.

IT'S BEEN VERY IT'S BEEN VERY CALM, ACTUALLY.

SURPRISINGLY. PEOPLE ARE GETTING BETTER WITH HALL PASSES TO LET TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING.

AND WE'VE BEEN KEEPING IT CLEAR. OH, OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. AND THEN CCA, SO YOU SAID SOMETHING, YOU SAID 58% OF STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK TO GET THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND YOU MAY NOT A 59%.

I'M SORRY. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT DO YOU? IS THAT 59% OF ALL SENIORS OR WHAT? WHEN YOU SAY ALL SENIORS, DO YOU MEAN LIKE ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES COMBINED OR.

NO, JUST YOUR CAMPUS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO THAT'S 59% ON YOUR CAMPUS.

YES, MA'AM. THAT ARE ON TRACK TO GET ASSOCIATES.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DAVIS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE WATKINS I FORGET WHICH ONE OF YOU SAID IT, BUT YOU'LL KNOW ONCE I ASK. WHAT DAY AND WHAT TIME IS THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT EXPO? NO, IT SAID TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH. AND WHERE WELL, YOU KIND OF SAID IT'S ALL DAY, BUT WHERE.

IT'S FIRST OF ALL, IT'S AT 6:30 P.M. TO EIGHT ON THE CCA SIDE.

SO WHEN YOU ENTER THROUGH OUR SIDE, IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT I JUST DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON THE DELL SCHOLAR AND THAT WE HAVE THREE POTENTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS, AND IT'S A PROGRAM FROM OBVIOUSLY THE DELL FAMILY AND MICHAEL AND SUSAN DELL AND THE PROGRAM AWARDS 500 STUDENTS, $20,000 TO HELP COVER TUITION, HOUSING AND OTHER ESSENTIAL EXPENSES. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT GO, GO KIDS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, TRUSTEES.

[6.0 Consent Agenda ]

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND BY DOCTOR ROBINSON.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, MOVE TO VOTE.

AND THE MOTION PASSES. OKAY.

AND THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 7.1.

[7.0 Future Action Item(s}]

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MR. KIRCHNER WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM. MR. KIRCHNER.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR MCFARLAND. TRUSTEES. THERE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK YOU'LL SEE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUTURE ACTION ITEM TWO GRANTS THAT DOCTOR POLK AND THE GRANTS AND TRANSFORMATION TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. THE FIRST IS THE LEARNING ACCELERATION SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES, BETTER KNOWN AS LASO. THAT GRANT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO CROWLEY ISD MULTIPLE TIMES.

THIS IS FOR SERIES FOUR. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT THE INTERACTIVE ONLINE LEARNING GRANT CYCLE THREE.

AND SO THOSE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR POSSIBLE ACTION AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.

WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE IN ADVANCE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LET US KNOW.

THANK YOU SIR. IT'S GOING TO BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 8.1.

[8.0 Report Item(s}]

DOCTOR MCFARLAND. MR. PRESIDENT BOARD MEMBERS.

DOCTOR ANNA ROE, THE NEW DOCTOR, ANNA ROE. LET'S GIVE HER A HAND.

DOCTOR ROE DEFENDED HER DISSERTATION TODAY. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY PROUD OF THAT WORK.

WE WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TONIGHT ABOARD JUST BRINGING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE ARE FROM AN ACADEMIC STANDPOINT ON OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

AND SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH OUR CURRENT RESULTS AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK US QUESTIONS. SO DOCTOR ROE IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

DOCTOR ROE. BOARD PRESIDENT GRASSIA, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR MCFARLAND.

TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO REVIEW OUR SPRING DATA.

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A TEAM BEHIND THE WORK.

THESE RESULTS AND THE SYSTEMS. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

IT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE AND IT'S A DISTRICT WIDE EFFORT.

BEHIND THE SCENES, THERE'S A TEAM THAT PLANS AND ANALYZES AND COACHES AND ADJUSTS AND SHOWS UP EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR OUR CAMPUSES.

THIS WORK IS COMPLEX. IT REQUIRES PRECISION, COLLABORATION AND CONSTANT ADJUSTMENT, AND THIS TEAM SHOWS UP CONSISTENTLY AND RELENTLESSLY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, OUR TEAM, WE INTRODUCED A THEME AND IT WAS MISSION CONTROL AND WE CHOSE THAT THEME INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE MISSION CONTROL IS NOT THE SPOTLIGHT, IT'S NOT THE LAUNCH.

IT'S THE TEAM BEHIND THE SCENES MONITORING EVERY SIGNAL, ANTICIPATING EVERY CHALLENGE, AND MAKING REAL TIME DECISIONS TO MAKE SURE THE MISSION STAYS ON TRACK. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS TEAM DOES FOR OUR DISTRICT.

RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S PERFECT TIMING. YOU HAVE NASA WITH ARTEMIS TWO IN SPACE AND THAT FIRST CREWED MISSION TO ORBIT THE MOON IN OVER 50 YEARS, AND THEY'RE BREAKING RECORDS. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SET OUT TO DO AS A DISTRICT.

SO WHILE THE WORLD WATCHES THE ASTRONAUTS, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, THAT SUCCESS ALSO DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE IN MISSION CONTROL.

EVERY DATA POINT MATTERS, EVERY ADJUSTMENT MATTERS.

EVERY DECISION MATTERS. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR GUESSWORK.

THAT SAME LEVEL OF INTENTIONALITY IS WHAT DRIVES WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WHAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE.

SO JUST LIKE MISSION CONTROL, WE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE END TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

WE RESPOND IN REAL TIME. AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SHARE NOT JUST DATA, BUT A STORY OF A SYSTEM THAT'S ACTIVELY MONITORED, ADJUSTED, AND IMPROVED EVERY SINGLE DAY AND CELEBRATE A TEAM WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO ENSURE THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE READY, THAT WHEN THEY LAUNCH, THEY ARE READY. BECAUSE SUCCESS IS NEVER ABOUT THE MOMENT OF LAUNCH.

IT'S NEVER JUST ABOUT THAT MOMENT OF LAUNCH. IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ALSO MADE SURE THAT THE MISSION STAYED ON COURSE LONG BEFORE ANYONE WAS WATCHING.

PLEASE HELP ME CELEBRATE THE MEMBERS OF THESE INCREDIBLE DEPARTMENTS AND THE OFFICE OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

WILL YOU ALL STAND. [APPLAUSE] YOU'LL GET TO ROTATE AND MEET SOME OF THESE INCREDIBLE LEADERS LATER ON DURING OUR WORKSHOP, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CELEBRATE THE WORK THAT EACH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR DEPARTMENTS DISTRICT WIDE TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN.

SO TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW DATA. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE BOARD GOALS SET BY VISION 2030,

[10.0 Vision 2030]

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE AN OVERVIEW AT THIS LEVEL OF OUR DISTRICT DATA, A BIG OVERVIEW KIND OF WIDE PICTURE BIRD'S EYE

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AND THEN WE WILL DIVE INTO A WORKSHOP WHERE YOU'LL ROTATE WITH OUR CONTENT TEAMS AND BE ABLE TO DIVE INTO GRADE LEVEL AND CONTENT DATA TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS AND TO GET INTO THE WORK.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH VISION 2030. DR. MCFARLAND, I KNOW YOU AND THE BOARD WORK VERY HARD TO REALLY ENSURE THAT WE ARE THE TOP DISTRICT IN OUR AREA. AND SO BOARD WE'RE GOING TO PASS YOU OUT A, A DOCUMENT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE.

THIS DOCUMENT CAPTURES OUR LITERACY GOALS, NUMERACY GOALS AND THE OTHER GOALS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO ACHIEVE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HIT THESE TARGETS.

THE GOAL WAS THAT WE WOULD BY 2030 BE ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN TARRANT COUNTY.

AND SO WHAT WE DID JUST AS A REVIEW, WE IDENTIFIED FIVE DISTRICTS THAT SHARE SOME DEMOGRAPHIC SIMILARITY TO CROWLEY ISD, WHETHER IT'S A DEMOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY, WHETHER IT'S DIVERSITY, WHETHER IT WAS ECONOMIC DIVERSITY, THERE WAS SOME FACTOR WITH THOSE FIVE DISTRICTS THAT WE SAID, HEY, THESE ARE GOOD.

THESE ARE DISTRICTS WE NEED TO BENCHMARK, BENCHMARK OURSELVES AGAINST.

WE THEN REVIEWED THE RATE OF GROWTH AND THE RATE OF CHANGE OF EACH DISTRICT OVER THE LAST 5 TO 7 YEARS, AND WE TOOK THE RATE OF GROWTH AND CHANGE FROM THAT DISTRICT, FROM THE TOP PERFORMING DISTRICT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND WE ACTUALLY FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FIVE. AND SO WE IDENTIFIED THE AREA OR THE RATE WHERE THAT THE TOP PERFORMING DISTRICT WOULD BE IN 2030 IF THEY CONTINUE TO GROW AT THE RATE THAT THEY GREW BEFORE.

WE THEN LOOKED AT OUR GROWTH RATE AND WE HAD, WE FIGURED OUT WHAT OUR GROWTH RATE WOULD HAVE TO BE IN ORDER FOR US TO BECOME THE TOP PERFORMING DISTRICT IN 2030. AND WE MOVED FROM WE STARTED WITH THE END WITH 2030, AND WE WALKED BACKWARDS FROM 2030, 2039, EXCUSE ME, 2029, 28, 27, AND 26. AND SO WHAT YOU HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY ON THIS DOCUMENT, YOU HAVE THE GOALS FOR 2026 AND FOR NUMERACY.

AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT THE THIRD GRADE MATH. FIFTH GRADE MATH.

EIGHTH GRADE MATH. AND THEN ALGEBRA. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE WE LOOKED AT THE LITERACY GOAL FOR 2026.

YOU'LL SEE THIRD GRADE READING, FIFTH GRADE READING, AND THEN EIGHTH GRADE READING. AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW THAT WHAT THESE GOALS REPRESENT, THAT IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE HITTING THESE TARGETS, THAT WILL COMMUNICATE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO BE THE TOP PERFORMING DISTRICT OR ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMING DISTRICTS OF OUR COHORT BY 2030.

SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THESE GOALS. IT'S IMPORTANT.

I KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU DON'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR GOALS.

YOU FALL TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR SYSTEMS. AND SO WHAT ROE HAS BEEN BEEN REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT DOING IS PUTTING IN SYSTEMS AND HELPING US PUT IN SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE WE REACH THOSE GOALS. BUT THESE ARE THE GOALS. THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU REPRESENT THE GOALS THAT ARE OUR DRIVERS FOR THE 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THOSE GOALS.

OH, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF. SO WE WILL GET THAT FOR YOU.

AND WE HAVE PRINTOUTS FOR THESE AS WELL. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE LITERACY GOAL THAT DOCTOR MCFARLAND WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT THESE ARE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FIRST ONE BY LOOKING AT THAT THIRD GRADE READING GOAL.

IF YOU KIND OF TAKE THE THIRD GRADE READING AND WE CAN GO ACROSS AND LOOK AT THIS DATA.

WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 38% MEETS AND THAT STAAR 2025 IN QUARTER THREE, WHICH WE TESTED IN EARLY FEBRUARY FOR THIS BENCHMARK. SO OUR SPRING BENCHMARK WAS FEBRUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY FOR QUARTER THREE FOR READING LANGUAGE ARTS.

OUR THIRD GRADERS WERE HIT 32% AT THE MEETS LEVEL.

AND THE GOAL THAT WAS SET FOR THIS, THIS GOAL TO BE THAT TOP IN TARRANT COUNTY WAS THIS YEAR HITTING THAT 44% GOAL.

NOW WHILE WE LOOK AT THAT GAP IN THAT, YOU KNOW THAT 12% PERCENTAGE GAP.

WHAT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO MEET THAT 2026 GOAL.

THAT COLUMN WILL SHOW YOU THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

SO WE WOULD NEED 94 STUDENTS TO HIT THAT GOAL OF 44%.

AND THAT AVERAGES TO ABOUT SIX STUDENTS PER CAMPUS IN THIRD GRADE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGES OVERALL, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE GAP.

BUT PROVIDING CONTEXT OF SAYING IF WE WANT TO HIT THAT GOAL, BEING INTENTIONAL AS WE GUIDE,

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IF YOU FOLLOW THAT DOWN AS WELL. YES. QUESTION.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WOULD THE 94 STUDENTS, IF WE MAKE THAT 94 WITHIN A FEW CAMPUSES, WOULD WE MEET OUR GOAL? YES, MA'AM.

AND MISS STEVENSON, GREAT POINT TOO. AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

DOCTOR [INAUDIBLE], WE KIND OF LOOK AT DATA 94 OVERALL, WE AVERAGED ABOUT SIX PER CAMPUS FOR ELEMENTARY.

BUT YOU COULD HAVE 11 ON ONE CAMPUS AND FIVE.

YOU KNOW, YOU COULD EVEN THAT OUT. WE JUST AVERAGED PER CAMPUS SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REALLY MAKE A REALISTIC AND PUT THAT IN CONTEXT OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE 94 THIRD GRADERS. IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY BE SIX PER CAMPUS.

AND I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO PROBABLY TELL US THIS LATER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT? I'M SURE YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO WITH THAT. AND WE CAN WE CAN DISCUSS THAT NOW OR WE CAN DO THAT IN BREAKOUT GROUPS WHEN THE READING LANGUAGE ARTS TEAM. CAN YOU ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN? SO I WAS ASKING HOW WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST 94 STUDENTS TO MEET THAT GOAL? YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. AND ACTUALLY WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THAT NOW.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GAP MAPS, WE TALKED ABOUT GAP MAPS, EARLIER.

SO EVERY CAMPUS ONCE WE GOT THIS DATA, EVERY CAMPUS KNOWS KIND OF HOW MANY STUDENTS AWAY THEY ARE FROM THE GOAL, YOU KNOW, RIGHT. IF I'M ON ONE CAMPUS, I MAY ONLY HAVE ONE STUDENT, ANOTHER CAMPUS MAY HAVE 11. SO WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY STUDENTS AWAY WE ARE FROM REACHING THAT GOAL ON THAT CAMPUS. AND THEN ON THAT CAMPUS, EITHER INTERVENTIONS ARE PROVIDED BY BY STAFF MEMBERS ON THE CAMPUS OR CENTRAL OFFICE.

FOLKS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO GO AND WORK THERE. SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. AND ACTUALLY, THE OTHER QUESTION, THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION IS.

THIS ACTUALLY REPRESENTS. SO WE TOOK THE TEST FEBRUARY 1ST OF MARCH.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE WERE THEN. SO THAT WAS SIX MONTHS AWAY.

AND SO WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS BETWEEN FEBRUARY, MARCH AND THE TIME WE TAKE THE TEST, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK, IS WHICH HAS BEEN ABOUT A MONTH, WE KNOW THAT WE HAD A MONTH TO GET SIX STUDENTS OVER.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY DILIGENTLY AT THAT.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE MEETING, THE GOALS.

IS IT MEETS, ARE WE DOING APPROACHES MEETS MASTERS LIKE MEET 44%, MEET GRADE LEVEL? OR IS IT MEETING GROWTH GOALS? LIKE WHAT TYPE OF GOALS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? YES, MA'AM. THESE ARE, THESE ARE JUST THAT MEETS CATEGORY.

YES. AND SPECIFICALLY OUR SCHOOL DEPENDENT STUDENT GROUP.

AND I WILL LET IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SLIDE.

EACH OF THEM FOLLOW. SO THE THIRD GRADE, HOW WE FOLLOW THAT ACROSS.

THIRD GRADE AS WELL. AND EIGHTH GRADE AS WELL. TRUSTEE DAVIS.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT GRASSIA. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS CHART AND AGGRESSIVE.

BUT BECAUSE WE ARE BEING SO INTENTIONAL NOW THAT WHEN THESE THIRD GRADERS GET TO FIFTH GRADE, WE WON'T HAVE THOSE CONCERNS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY OUR GOAL.

AND BUILDING UP EARLY CHILDHOOD IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE ARE FOCUSED ON. RIGHT? OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. YES. SO THIS IS OUR LITERACY GOAL.

WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NUMERACY GOAL. IT FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN AGAIN THESE ARE OUR VISION 2030 STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

YOU'LL SEE THIRD GRADE MATH. FIFTH GRADE MATH.

EIGHTH GRADE MATH AS WELL AS ALGEBRA. FOLLOWING YOUR SAME PATTERN ACROSS.

AND WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR LAST ACHIEVEMENT BOARD GOAL, WHICH WOULD BE OUR OVERALL LETTER GRADE THERE THE GOAL FIVE. AND YOU'LL FOLLOW THIS ACROSS AS WELL.

AND YOU'LL GO FROM STAAR 25 TO WHERE WE WERE IN THE FALL, AT THE FALL BENCHMARK INTO THE SPRING BENCHMARK AGAIN HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY.

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DOCTOR ROE? YES, SIR. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT FIRST NUMBER, THE STAAR OF 25 AND IT'S AT 73, AND THEN YOU COME BACK FOR YOUR NEW YEAR, WHAT DO YOU ALL SHOOT FOR ON OBVIOUSLY THE SUMMER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS THAT DON'T RETAIN THE INFORMATION AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO WHAT DO YOU ALL OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO START WHERE YOU ENDED, BUT REALISTICALLY, WHAT'S THE NUMBER? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. REALISTICALLY WE WANT TO BE WHERE WE ENDED OR HIGHER.

RIGHT? I MEAN THAT WOULD BE A GOAL. BUT WE DO KNOW YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE, YOU CAN SEE THAT FALL TO SPRING IS THAT FIVE POINT JUMP AND WE GREW ANOTHER FOUR POINTS FROM THAT SPRING INTO STAAR AS AN OVERALL DISTRICT RATING. AND SO YOUR QUESTION WITH THE NUMBERS WE WANT TO BE AT OR ABOVE WHERE WE ENDED THE LAST YEAR.

BUT IT'S, PRETTY MUCH NOT FEASIBLE TO START THE FALL HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU ENDED WITH.

CORRECT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE REASON I THINK THAT DOCTOR MCFARLAND IS SO ADAMANT ON MAKING SURE THAT THE KIDS DO SOMETHING DURING THE SUMMER, WHETHER IT'S READING OR IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A NUMBER THAT Y'ALL KNOW MORE THAN TWO POINTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU TRIED TO SHOOT FOR. SO, SO IN THAT, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, GOOD QUESTION.

AND YOU REALLY BRING OUT A GREAT POINT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PHENOMENON CALLED SUMMER SLIDE, BASICALLY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU SEE SO MANY DISTRICTS AND SO MANY PEOPLE INVESTED IN SUMMER SCHOOL.

IT'S ALSO THE REASON WHY ADSY WAS CREATED, QUITE FRANKLY, WAS TO TRY TO EXTEND THE AMOUNT OF TIME STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND SO WE ARE, AS WE'VE SEEN, AS WE'VE MOVED TO ADSY, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL DAYS AND WE'VE STARTED ADDING SCHOOL, ADDING SCHOOL DAYS IN JULY AND AUGUST, WE'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENT, WITH PERFORMANCE WHEN WE'VE HAD TO GO AWAY FROM IT.

WE'VE SEEN REGRESSION, QUITE FRANKLY. AND THAT WAS A CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING TODAY WITH TEA WE KNOW WHAT WORKS.

WHAT WORKS IS HAVING STUDENTS IN SCHOOL MORE DAYS WITH MORE RESOURCES AND ALL THAT.

SO BUT DO YOU SEE A DROP? AND THE OTHER THING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS NUMBER, YOU'RE.

WE'LL TALK IN A SECOND ABOUT APPLES TO ORANGES AND ORANGES TO ORANGES AND THEN ACORN TO SEEDS.

AND WE'LL TELL YOU, THEY'LL, SHARE WHAT THAT MEANS.

BUT REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE HAVING, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT ARE MOVING.

AND SO YOU START WITH THE NEXT GROUP OF STUDENTS.

YOU START WHEREVER THE GAPS ARE AND YOU KIND OF GO FORWARD WITH THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE SAW IN THE QUARTER ONE OF FALL 2025.

PROBABLY THE MOST ENCOURAGING, IF YOU CAN SAY ENCOURAGING NUMBERS, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK AND SEE, LIKE WHEN WE WANT TO, WHEN WE SEE OURSELVES, WE WANT TO ALWAYS SEE OURSELVES WELL ABOVE THE GOAL.

BUT THAT'S NOT REALISTIC ALL THE TIME. WHAT WE CAN THINK, THOUGH, IS WHAT WE CAN CELEBRATE OR BE AT LEAST A MILDLY POSITIVE ABOUT IS THAT LAST YEAR, DURING THIS TIME, WE WERE ABOUT FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS, 5 TO 6 PERCENTAGE POINTS LOWER THAN WHERE WE ENDED UP.

AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 74. AND SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE FOCUS AND MAKE THE SAME KIND OF GROWTH AGAIN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HIT THE 80, THE 79, 80, 81 AREA.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ARE WE'RE HOPING FOR. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

SO SINCE WE ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE NEW GROUP COMING IN, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING TO PREPARE THE STUDENTS BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT GRADE? LIKE, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SENDING HOME OVER THE SUMMER OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING WHEN THEY IMMEDIATELY GET INTO THE NEXT GRADE PREPARING THEM FOR THE TEST? THAT IS WE ARE PLANNING AND PREPARING AND ATTEMPTING TO DO THAT, TO GO BACK AND REVISIT SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WHERE KIDS STRUGGLE ON. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY WE CONTINUE TO DO. DOCTOR ROBINSON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT GRASSIA. OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT DOCTOR MCFARLAND WAS SAYING AND TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

SO THE 69% IS STUDENTS COMING INTO THE NEW GRADE.

SO 73% IS WHERE THE STUDENTS IN THAT GRADE LEVEL LEAPT UP.

SO THEY ARE ALREADY LIKE, WHAT, THREE, FOUR MONTHS OF INSTRUCTION.

RIGHT. FOR LIKE FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS THERE.

RIGHT. AND SO NOW WE SEE BEING SIX WEEKS OUT FROM THE ACTUAL TEST BEING ONE PERCENTAGE POINT ABOVE.

SO TO YOUR POINT, BY THE TIME NEXT WEEK COMES, THEY SHOULD BE AT THEIR GOAL.

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ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT THAT NEXT IS SOMETHING THAT DOCTOR MCFARLAND CHARGED US WITH IS GROWING STUDENTS 15 MONTHS AND 12 MONTHS.

SO BASICALLY WE WANT TO GROW THEM A YEAR OVER A YEAR AND IN A YEAR'S TIME.

AND TO CATCH UP WITH THAT GROWTH. INTENTIONALLY YOU HEARD IN THE FALL THE GAP MAPS AND SETTING GOALS AND STUDENTS HAVE BEEN GOAL SETTING.

AND SO WE HAVE BOTH DISTRICT AND CAMPUS TOOLS WHERE WE CAN SEE WHERE STUDENTS ARE AND INTENTIONALLY MEET THEIR NEEDS THROUGH INTERVENTIONS.

EACH CAMPUS HAS CAMPUS PLANS AND CAMPUS ACTION PLANS THAT ARE STUDENT SPECIFIC AND YOU'LL SEE STUDENT SPECIFIC GOALS.

AND I KNOW YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THAT WORK WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHEN THEY WERE IN HERE, AS WELL AS MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.

AND SO SPECIFICALLY GOAL SETTING WITH STUDENTS AND UNDERSTANDING AND ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY FROM THE STUDENTS TO OUR FAMILIES, TO OUR TEACHERS, KNOW EXACTLY WHERE STUDENTS NEED TO GROW.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID SET SOME INSTRUCTIONAL PRIORITIES AND STAYED VERY TIGHT TO THOSE.

ONE WAS DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION AND ENSURE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST THESE TWO DATA POINTS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'RE MONITORING AND ADJUSTING PROGRESS AS NEEDED.

LOOKING AT THAT CURRICULUM REFRESH AND ENSURING THAT OUR RESOURCES ARE ALIGNED AND THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.

AND THEN OUR PRACTICE BASED PLCS IN WHICH YOU SAW SO REALLY HOLDING TIGHT TO THOSE SYSTEMIC CHANGES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM. AND JUST, ONE OTHER THING. I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF LIFT UP WITH VISION 2030 GOALS.

THESE ARE GOALS THAT TAKE US BEYOND THE B, BUT TO THE TOP OF TARRANT COUNTY.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A STRETCH HERE. OUTSIDE OF THE OVERALL LETTER GRADE GOALS, ALL THESE OTHER NUMBERS ARE BASED ON BEING THE TOP.

AND SO WE ARE, WE'RE CLOSING IT, CLOSING THAT GAP PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESULTS FOR SURE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION. SO THOSE THOSE VISION 2030 JUST AS DOCTOR MCFARLAND SAID, THAT PUSHES US TO WHERE WE KNOW WE WANT TO BE AND WE KNOW WE CAN BE.

THIS YEAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU HAVE FOCUSED, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON THAT ROAD TO A, B, AND EVERY SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED IS REALLY SET CONSISTENTLY ON THESE GOALS. AND THAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.

AGAIN, WITH THOSE GAP MAPS THAT YOU THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH, WITH GOAL SETTING, WITH EACH CAMPUS, WITH STUDENTS AND THAT WORK FROM THE CAMPUS LEVEL TO THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE ARE ON THE ROAD TO A B, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM THOSE VISION 2030 GOALS, WHICH GETS US TO BE THE TOP IN THE AREA TO NOW COMING TO OUR NEXT DATA OVERVIEW, WHICH IS GETTING THAT ROAD TO A B.

WE KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL YEAR GETTING TO THAT B AND THIS INTENTIONAL ALIGNMENT THAT WE'LL DISCUSS REALLY HITS THESE GOALS BEING CONSISTENT AND FOCUSED AND IT MOVES US FROM WHERE WE ARE TO WHERE WE'RE COMMITTED TO BE.

SO TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO WALK THROUGH USING THREE LENSES.

WHEN WE LOOK AT DATA DR. MCFARLAND ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER, LOOKING AT APPLES, LOOKING AT ORANGES AND LOOKING AT ACORNS.

SO STAY WITH ME HERE. EACH OF THESE EACH OF THESE DATA LENSES WILL TELL US SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND TOGETHER THEY GIVE US THE FULL PICTURE. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO USE ONE DATA POINT TO, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUOUSLY LOOK AT DATA TO SEE WHERE ARE WE TRENDING, WHERE DO WE NEED TO INVEST OUR TIME AND OUR SUPPORT? SO BEFORE WE BEGIN, A QUICK NOTE ON HOW TO READ THIS NEXT DATA.

THIS IS OUR ROAD TO B DATA. GREEN MEANS WE'RE ON TRACK.

YELLOW MEANS WE'RE ON WATCH. AND IF YOU SEE RED, THAT'S OFF TRACK.

AND THAT MEANS WE'VE HAD SUPPORT AND A SENSE OF URGENCY IN THAT AREA.

AND IT HELPS US QUICKLY IDENTIFY NOT JUST PERFORMANCE BUT OUR TRENDS AS WELL.

IT ALSO BOARD, IT ALSO SIGNALS TO US AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE EITHER MORE SUPPORT, MORE DIRECT SUPPORT OR JUST KIND OF OBSERVATION.

SO THAT IS REALLY, IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT WHERE THE CAMPUS IS PERFORMING, IT'S ALSO ABOUT WHERE WE ARE PERFORMING AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL.

ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS FIRST DATA SLIDE IS WHAT WE CALL APPLES TO APPLES.

SO HERE WE'RE COMPARING THE SAME GROUP OF STUDENTS WITHIN THE SAME YEAR.

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AGAIN THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ASSESSMENT WE TAKE. WE TAKE ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BUT HERE YOU'LL SEE THIS WAS OUR FALL BENCHMARK WHICH IS TAKEN IN NOVEMBER.

SO STUDENTS HAVE HAD ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS OF INSTRUCTION WHEN THEY COME INTO NOVEMBER.

AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, TO THAT EARLY WEEK IN MARCH, THAT IS WHAT WE CALL OUR SPRING BENCHMARK.

SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO MAJOR ASSESSMENTS THAT WE REALLY TRACK ALONG WITH, AGAIN, OUR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BUT THIS IS APPLES TO APPLES. IT'S WHAT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR MOST DIRECT MEASURE OF GROWTH.

THIS IS WORK IN ACTION. AND SO THIS AGAIN IS THE SAME STUDENTS FROM NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY AND MARCH. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO LOOK HERE.

TRUSTEE DAVIS. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION A QUESTION.

SO APPROACHES IS AT THE BEGINNING OF TRYING TO GET THE STUDENTS TO WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE.

IS THERE ANYTHING BELOW APPROACHES THAT WOULD BE DID NOT MEETS.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE THAT APPROACH. OH DID NOT MEET.

SO DID NOT MEET THE STANDARD. OKAY. THERE'S A HIGH DID NOT MEET AND A LOW DID NOT MEET.

OKAY. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT DID NOT MEET ON HERE.

NO, MA'AM. OKAY, OKAY. BUT ONCE YOU HIT APPROACHES IS WHERE APPROACHES IS BASICALLY A PASS OF THE TEST THAT MEETS IS PREDICTING FUTURE READINESS.

AND AGAIN, THAT MASTERS IS BEYOND. DOCTOR ROE, DID YOU YOU ONLY HAD GREEN FOR THIS.

FOR THIS ONE? YOU ONLY HAD THE GREEN COLOR. WE ABSOLUTELY DO.

THAT'S CONGRATULATIONS. WE DO WE DO THIS KEY TAKEAWAY IS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING MORE TODAY THAN THEY WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THAT REFLECTS THAT WORK HAPPENING DAILY IN CLASSROOMS. SO OUR NEXT. OH. REALLY QUICK DOCTOR ROE, STUDENT TRUSTEES, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. AND JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION TO THE NUMBERS REPRESENT WHERE THEY WERE IN COMPARISON TO THE PRIOR SCORE.

SO PLUS THREE IS UP FROM NOVEMBER. IS THAT. THANK YOU.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS NOT THE PERCENTAGE. THAT IS THE INCREASE FROM YES, YES.

THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S THE INCREASE. TRUSTEE DAVIS ARE YOU? SO OKAY. SO THE PLUS 3% BEFORE WERE YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO MOVING MORE STUDENTS INTO APPROACHES, MOVING MORE STUDENTS INTO THAT MEETS MOVING MORE STUDENTS INTO THAT MASTER'S CATEGORY.

SO REALLY PROGRESSING THIS ONE OVER YEAR. SO YOU'VE SEEN THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND THE GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND I KNOW YOU SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT HOW OFTEN IS THIS SHARED WITH TEACHERS TO AND TO CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THESE THINGS? OH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR LEADERSHIP TEAMS ARE AMAZING.

YOU HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE DIVING INTO THE DATA AS SOON AS THE STUDENTS SUBMIT AND YOU HAVE CAMPUSES THAT ARE CELEBRATING THE GROWTH OF NOT OF STUDENTS, BUT ALSO TEACHERS.

AND SO THAT IS THAT IS COMMON ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES.

AGAIN CELEBRATING STUDENTS, BUT ALSO CELEBRATING TEACHERS FOR THAT GROWTH.

A LOT OF OUR, CAMPUSES HAVE DATA MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS TO REALLY REVIEW THIS DATA AND CELEBRATE THE WINS AND ADDRESS AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. ABSOLUTELY. AND ALL OF THEM DO ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE AFTER WE TAKE THE ASSESSMENT, THE PRINCIPALS AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAMS ON THE CAMPUS, THEY'RE MEETING WITH TEACHERS TO DEVELOP THEIR GROWTH GOALS.

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AND SO WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR CAMPUS PERFORMANCE REVIEW.

SO AFTER THE FALL BENCHMARK, WE SIT DOWN AND WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND WITH THE CENTRAL OFFICE.

AND WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE SEE. THEY'RE TELLING US WHAT THEY SEE, AND WE LOOK FOR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES, AREAS TO HIGHLIGHT.

WE SEE TEACHERS THAT ARE DOING REALLY WELL. THEN WE ACTUALLY CAN LEVERAGE THOSE TEACHERS TO HELP WORK WITH OTHER TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT AND ALL THAT.

SO IT'S A PROCESS THAT REALLY TWICE A YEAR WE ARE LEANING IN.

BUT THE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ARE LEANING IN ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO OUR NEXT VIEW. SO THIS IS THREE DATA VIEWS.

OUR NEXT VIEW IS WHAT WE CALL ORANGES TO APPLES.

SO HERE WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY TO A DIFFERENT GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT TOOK THAT TEST LAST YEAR BUT AT THE SAME TIME. SO LET ME GO BACK AND SAY THIS IS NOT THE SAME GROUP OF STUDENTS, BUT IT IS RELATIONAL. IT'S THE SAME TIME EACH YEAR.

SO THE THIRD, SAY THIRD GRADE TOOK THE TEST IN FEBRUARY.

THIS WOULD BE COMPARED TO HOW THIRD GRADERS THAT ARE NOW IN FOURTH GRADE TESTED LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S NOT THAT'S WHY IT'S ORANGES TO APPLES.

IT REALLY JUST IT'S NOT THE SAME STUDENTS, BUT IT GIVES US AN IDEA HOW OUR SYSTEM IS IMPROVING.

SO IT'S RELATIONAL. IT'S SAME TIME OF YEAR, SAME GRADE LEVEL, BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT GROUP OF STUDENTS.

IT'S JUST ONE ADDITIONAL WAY TO LOOK AT A SYSTEM.

SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL US? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF STUDENTS. SO WHERE DO WE NEED TO HELP THE GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN? I SEE THAT THEY PERFORMED AT THE SAME LEVEL BASICALLY WHEN THEY WERE IN THE THIRD GRADE.

SO, SO I THINK WHAT SO WHAT IT'S TELLING US, MISS STEVENSON, IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S STUDENTS, THIS YEAR'S THIRD GRADERS, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S THIRD GRADERS, IT GIVES US AN INDICATION IF WE'RE ON TRACK, OFF TRACK IN RELATION TO THE END GOAL. SO IT'S REALLY JUST ANOTHER DATA POINT TO GIVE US INFORMATION.

BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, THOUGH, I MEAN, YOU STILL ASK A VALID QUESTION.

THIS INFORMATION DOESN'T REALLY TELL US WHERE WE NEED TO INTERVENE.

THE OTHER INFORMATION YOU'LL GET HERE IN A SECOND WILL TELL US THAT.

BUT THIS GIVES US LIKE, OKAY, HOW ARE WE DOING IN RELATION TO HOW WE WERE DOING THIS TIME LAST YEAR? OKAY. THAT'S WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK DOCTOR ROE, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IF THE SYSTEM IS WORKING.

YES, MA'AM. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD TELL US.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. IT'S REALLY ARE WE GETTING BETTER AS A DISTRICT OVER TIME? AGAIN, THERE'S A LITTLE NUANCE THERE AND THE GROUPS THAT YOU'RE COMPARING, BUT THAT'S JUST JUST ONE DATA POINT IS BECAUSE WE WANT THAT RELATIONAL DATA OF SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT. BECAUSE IF THIS WERE NEGATIVE NUMBERS ON HERE, THAT WOULD TELL A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. LIKE IF WE LOOK AT IF WE LOOK AT SOCIAL STUDIES, THAT TELLS US THAT, HEY, WE HAVE SOME STAGNATION THERE. SO WE NEED TO LEAN IN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND TO FIND OUT REALLY, OKAY, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH SOCIAL STUDIES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, WHETHER IT'S INSTRUCTION OR CURRICULUM OR SUPPORTS, BUT IT GIVES US AN INDICATION THAT, HEY, WE NEED TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THERE. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOCIAL STUDIES.

IS IT JUST EIGHTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES? ARE YOU INCLUDING THE HISTORY PLC ALSO, IT'S BOTH EIGHTH GRADE AND 11TH GRADE U.S.

HISTORY. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THAT'S WHY YOU CAN LOOK AT DATA.

BUT DATA DOESN'T REALLY TELL YOU. IT LEADS YOU TO MORE QUESTIONS, QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, WE'RE SHOWING YOU MATH OVERALL OR READING OVERALL OR SCIENCE OVERALL.

WELL, YOU MAY LOOK AT SEVENTH GRADE MATH AND SEE ONE STORY, BUT YOU MAY LOOK AT EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND SEE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY.

AND IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT GRADE LEVEL, WHAT CAMPUS, WHAT CLASSROOM, WHAT GROUP OF STUDENTS? BUT AT THIS LEVEL, WE JUST ARE SHOWING OVERALL.

OKAY, HERE'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. BUT IT IS OFTENTIMES MASKED.

THE REAL, REAL DEAL IS OFTENTIMES MASKED AT THIS LEVEL WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS DATA.

AND WHEN YOU GO TO BREAKOUT SESSIONS, YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT GRADE LEVEL AND CONTENT AND GET A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THIS AND BREAK DOWN THIS DISTRICT OVERVIEW.

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SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE PLANTED ACORNS.

THOSE WERE OUR GOALS. AND JUST LIKE AN OAK TREE, GROWTH DOES NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

IT HAPPENS OVER TIME THROUGH CONSISTENCY AND STRONG ROOTS AND THE RIGHT CONDITIONS.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS US HOW FAR THOSE ACORNS HAVE GROWN AND HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO BECOMING THAT FULL GROWN OAK TREE. I WANT TO GO BACK AND SAY, JUST A REMINDER THAT SPRING BENCHMARK WAS TAKEN IN FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH.

SO A LOT OF THE WORK TO ADDRESS THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE.

THIS IS ALREADY HAPPENING. AND THIS SLIDE DIFFERS FROM THE FIRST TWO SLIDES.

THE FIRST TWO SLIDES END WITH THAT SPRING BENCHMARK.

THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS US WHERE WE NEED TO GO. THAT HAD SHOWED US PROGRESS OF WHAT WE HAD MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN RELATION TO LAST YEAR.

THIS SHOWS FROM THAT FEBRUARY ASSESSMENT IN EARLY MARCH TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

THESE ARE THE DATA POINTS. AND THIS HELPS DRIVE OUR SUPPORT, OUR SENSE OF URGENCY WHERE TO ACCELERATE EXTEND LEARNING. AND IT MEANS GROWTH IS STILL IN PROCESS.

NOW WE HAVE MORE CONTEXT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY.

AND YOU MAY ANSWER IT, BUT THIS SLIDE COMES FROM MAYBE THE FIRST ONE THAT SAID WE NEEDED SIX STUDENTS ON EACH CAMPUS. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS INFORMATION COMES FROM.

THAT IS PART OF THIS INFORMATION. BUT THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY STUDENTS PER CAMPUS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MEET THOSE GOALS. SO SOMETIMES THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE A LITTLE ABSTRACT.

THIS WILL DIVE INTO PER CAMPUS IF WE MOVED 30 STUDENTS AND APPROACHES 23 AT EACH CAMPUS AND MEETS AND 14% OF MASTERS, WE WOULD MEET THAT GOAL OF A B IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

AND SO LET'S TAKE. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, WHEN WE GO TO THE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH BREAKTHROUGH SESSIONS, EXCUSE ME, BREAKOUT SESSIONS FOR EACH SUBJECT AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO DEEPER. BUT JUST FOR OUR CONVERSATION, LET'S JUST TAKE MATH FOR EXAMPLE.

AND IF WE LOOK AT WE SAY 23 STUDENTS PER AT A CAMPUS THAT MUST MEET THE MEETS LEVEL IN ORDER TO HIT THE GOAL.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THAT ON AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, LET'S USE THAT ONE.

WE HAVE THIRD GRADE, FOURTH GRADE, AND FIFTH GRADE. SO WE HAVE THREE GRADE LEVELS. AND YOU NORMALLY HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 3 TEACHERS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL.

AND SO THEN YOU REALLY START TO THINK ABOUT, OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE 23 IS A LARGE NUMBER, BUT YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT TWO, THREE, MAYBE FOUR, FOUR STUDENTS PER TEACHER TO IN ORDER TO REACH THAT GOAL.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US WITH OUR GAP MAPS, TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY STUDENTS IN EVERY CLASS DO WE NEED TO MOVE IN ORDER TO GET THERE.

SO YES.

IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS, THE 14 STUDENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IS THAT AT ANY GRADE LEVEL TO BECOME TO REACH OUR KEY.

IS THAT SO? ELEMENTARY MATH. THEY TEST THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH.

SO IT WOULD BE ANY OF THOSE GRADE LEVELS? ANY OF THOSE GRADE LEVELS.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. SO THEY COULD ALL COME FROM ONE GRADE LEVEL, BUT THEY COULD ALSO COME FROM ALL THREE.

GREAT QUESTION. TRUSTEE ROBINSON. I HAVE A QUESTION.

NOW I'LL BE TRANSPARENT. SO MY DAUGHTER SCORED MASTER'S FIFTH GRADE MASTER'S SIXTH GRADE.

SHE TOOK THE SPRING BENCHMARK AND GOT DID NOT MEET.

SO ME AS A FORMER DATA ANALYST, I'M LIKE, GIRL, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

SO I REACHED OUT TO THE TEACHER TO SEE, OKAY, WHAT HAPPENED IN LANGUAGE ARTS BECAUSE MASTER'S STUDENTS HAVE TO STAY MASTER'S.

AND IN HER SEVENTH GRADE MIND, SHE'S LIKE, THE BENCHMARK IS NOT A BENCHMARK.

LIKE THIS IS GAME TIME. AND SO AS A PARENT, I CONTACTED THE TEACHER AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT AREAS SHE NEEDS TO WORK ON? WHAT HAPPENED? MY DAUGHTER IS LIKE, WELL, THE TESTING ENVIRONMENT, IT WAS TOO NOISY AND I COULDN'T CONCENTRATE IN ON HER CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE. SHE GOT A TEN OUT OF TEN.

SO THE TEACHER WAS LIKE, ONCE I PUT THAT IN, IT MOVED HER UP TO APPROACHES.

SO SHE DOES KNOW SOMETHING. SO IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT SHE WAS TESTING IN.

BUT I WILL STILL GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARDS WHERE SHE SHOWED THAT SHE WAS SCORING LOW.

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SO WHEN WE WANT TO MOVE STUDENTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, IS THAT INTERVENTION IN THE CLASSROOM? IS THAT SMALL GROUP AFTER SCHOOL BECAUSE I MADE THE CONNECTION.

BUT HOW ARE TEACHERS OR STAFF REACHING OUT TO PARENTS AND SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE YOUR STUDENT IS.

THIS IS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE TO SAY, OKAY, I NEED THESE 30 KIDS.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND I THINK EACH CAMPUS HAS, YOU KNOW, THE DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN A PRIORITY.

AND SO THOSE GOAL SETTING MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH STUDENTS AND WITH TEACHERS.

AND WE ARE EXPANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, TO FAMILIES AND ENSURING THAT FAMILIES ARE CONNECTED TO THE GOAL.

I KNOW MULTIPLE CAMPUSES HAVE HAD DATA TALKS AND SO KIND OF MOVING THAT WAY.

IN ADDITION, I THINK YOU BRING UP A REALLY GREAT POINT BECAUSE UTILIZING PARENTS WHERE AS WE'VE GOTTEN PARENTS, WHERE WE NOW HAVE THE DATA TEAM HAS DISCUSSED BEING ABLE TO MERGE SOME OF THESE SCORES AND BEING ABLE TO SEND THESE DIRECTLY TO OUR FAMILIES.

SO WE WOULD NOT JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN THAT WITH REPORT CARDS AND PROGRESS REPORTS.

BUT ALSO DOING THAT WITH BENCHMARK SCORES AND WITH ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ASSESSMENT DATA AND BEING ABLE TO PUSH THAT OUT.

SO IT COMES STRAIGHT TO YOU IN ADDITION TO STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS ON ASSESSMENT SCORES.

THIS IS JUST A COMMENT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD PARENTS OF STUDENTS SAY THIS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING NOW, THIS HAS BEEN OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THEY WOULD SAY, OH, IT'S JUST BENCHMARK.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP STUDENTS AND PARENTS UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS, IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE STAAR, YOU KNOW, MAKE WE WANT TO SEE WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE.

SO HOW WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT PARENTS UNDERSTAND AND STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO DO YOUR BEST ON THESE TESTS AND NOT JUST SAY, OH, IT'S JUST BENCHMARK. I LIKE THAT REFLECTION.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW CAMPUSES THERE'S THEY HAVE INCENTIVES, YOU KNOW, FOR COMING TO SCHOOL ON THOSE DAYS FOR GIVING YOUR BEST EFFORT.

AND THAT HAS HAPPENED. IT LEADS ME TO AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT TO POUR INTO THAT AS WELL.

AND SO I LOVE THOSE POINTS OF HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT ALSO FROM OUR LEVEL AND NOT RELY ON THE CAMPUS TO DO ALL OF THAT WORK AND REALLY PARTNER WITH THEM BECAUSE THAT IS THAT'S OUR SUPPORT. SO I LOVE THAT POINT.

I WAS STARTING TO SAY, OH, SORRY. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT GRASSIA.

I WAS GOING TO SAY WITH MY DAUGHTER, SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND NEITHER DID I TILL I BECAME A TRUSTEE, THAT SHE NEEDS TO DO HER BEST ON HER BENCHMARKS.

BUT WHAT I TOLD HER AFTER WE HAD THAT ONE BREAKOUT SESSION WAS HARDLY THE REASON WHY THEY PULLED YOU OUT OF CLASS FOR EXTRA TUTORING, YOU HAVE TO DO EXTRA WORK IS BECAUSE YOU PLAYED AROUND ON YOUR BENCHMARK, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNEW YOU WAS GOING TO PASS THE REAL ONE, AND THAT WAS WHAT MADE THE LIGHT BULB. THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE EXTRA WORK TO DO BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO MAYBE WE COULD KIND OF SPREAD THE WORD TO THE STUDENTS ON LIKE, HEY, YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY OR ELSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO EXTRA THINGS.

AND THEN SHE WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY. SO THAT KIND OF FIXED OUR PROBLEM.

BUT DEFINITELY, A GOOD POINT THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCENTIVIZE IT.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR SURE. I WOULD SAY AFTER WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, JAIRO WAS LIKE HARLEY BECAUSE SHE SAID, MOM, THIS OLD LADY CAME AND GOT ME AND THEY WERE GOING OVER FOURTH GRADE STUFF.

AND I SAID, WELL, THEY WERE GOING OVER FOURTH GRADE STUFF BECAUSE YOU GOT IT DID NOT MEET. AND SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OVER FOURTH GRADE STUFF, THEN YOU NEED TO PERFORM AT GRADE LEVEL WHERE YOU ARE. AND SO THAT INCENTIVIZED HER BECAUSE SHE SAID, I'M NOT GOING WITH THAT OLD LADY ANYMORE.

TALK TO MY TEACHER. I'M NOT GOING WITH HER. [LAUGHTER] AND SO, SO SO YES, SO IF YOU DO PUT THAT IN PLACE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PULLED OUT AND YOU'RE LIKE, THIS IS NOT MY GROUP THEN I THINK THAT INCENTIVIZES YOU TO SAY, OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE.

SO LET ME DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO. PRESIDENT GRASSIA.

YES MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS WHAT THEY THINK WHEN IT'S TIME FOR BENCHMARK.

I MEAN, DO YOU GUYS THINK IT'S SERIOUS OR WHAT DO YOU THINK? I BELIEVE THAT AT MY SCHOOL, AT LEAST AT CROWLEY, WE NEED TO BE MORE AWARE OF OUR TESTING DATES.

SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL LAST MINUTE. ACTUALLY, TODAY IN CLASS, I'VE BEEN AWARE OR I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE HISTORY STAAR TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY, I BELIEVE, ON THE 14TH. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL TODAY.

I FEEL LIKE WE NEED MORE TIME TO PREPARE AND TO MENTALLY KNOW.

OUR TEACHERS KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T TELL US. OR SOMETIMES EVEN THE TEACHERS DON'T KNOW.

AND ADMINISTRATION TELLS THEM LATE LIKE, OH, TOMORROW'S GOING TO BE A LOCKDOWN TESTING DAY.

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SO THAT CAN BE KIND OF STRESSFUL. AND LIKE ONE OF YOU SAID ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER'S IN THE NOISY ENVIRONMENT, THAT'S A PROBLEM TOO. THANK YOU. I DO KNOW FOR BENCHMARK, WE DON'T REALLY TAKE IT THAT SERIOUSLY SINCE IT'S LIKE KIND OF LABELED AS ONE OF THOSE LIKE, OH, IT'S JUST ONE SINGLE TEST BECAUSE I KNOW WHENEVER IT COMES TO LIKE BIGGER TESTS, LIKE STAAR TESTS AND ALL THAT, LIKE THEY STOP LEARNING AND LIKE, IT'S LIKE WE ALL HAVE TO START PREPPING AND EVERYTHING.

BUT I KNOW FOR BENCHMARKS RIGHT AFTER YOU FINISH THE BENCHMARK.

OH, LET'S GO BACK TO LEARNING. LET'S COME BACK TO THE SUBJECT.

AND AS SHE SAID, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE LIKE, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHEN THE BENCHMARK IS.

MOREOVER, IT'S JUST LIKE THE WEEK OF LIKE OR DAY BEFORE.

IT'S LIKE, OH, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THIS BENCHMARK.

AND SO STUDENTS ARE JUST LIKE SCRAMBLING TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND LIKE, OH, WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING TO BE ON HERE? OR THEY JUST HAVE LIKE SIMPLE CLASS GO THROUGHS OF LIKE, OH, LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THE ANSWERS OF LIKE THE PAST BENCHMARKS.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO FOR THIS BENCHMARK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S LIKE, WE REALLY CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST LOOKING OVER THE ANSWERS AND WE'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE ANSWERS.

SINCE WE'RE NOT LOOKING OVER THE ANSWERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN THIS THIS BENCHMARK THAT MAYBE OH, THIS IS WHERE WE GOT IT AND EVERYTHING. AND WE'RE NOT ON LIKE ASKING QUESTIONS BEING ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF, OH, HOW DID THIS ONE BETTER THIS THAN THIS ANSWER.

SO IT'S REALLY NOT TAKEN AS MUCH SERIOUSLY. AND I DO UNDERSTAND, LIKE, AND DO SEE IT FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW.

LIKE WE DON'T REALLY LOOK AT IT AT THE PARENTS POINT OF VIEW, MORE OF THE STUDENTS BEING TOLD LIKE, IT'S NOT REALLY THAT SERIOUS. IT'S MORE OF LIKE FOCUS ON THE STAAR, FOCUS ON OTHER ONES. AND ADDITIONALLY, I KNOW AT NORTH CROWLEY LIKE STUDENTS SHOWING UP TO TAKE THE TEST IS A BIG ISSUE. BUT I KNOW RECENTLY DOCTOR LANE AND A FEW OTHER COORDINATORS HAD COME UP WITH STAAR KICKBACKS.

SO THEY KIND OF LIKE BEGAN INCENTIVIZING, LIKE SHOWING UP AND DOING THOSE KICKBACKS.

IT WAS LIKE LITTLE BOOT CAMP WORKSHOPS, I WOULD ASSUME.

AND THEY KIND OF WORKED ON DEVELOPING THOSE SKILLS TO HELP PUSH STUDENTS TO DO THEIR VERY BEST ON BENCHMARKS AND STAAR TESTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR SO THAT ADMINISTRATION CAN BE READY AND KNOW WHAT INFORMATION TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CAMPUSES AND THE CAMPUS CAN BE READY TO INFORM YOU GUYS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. GREAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES. GREAT INFORMATION. SO WE WILL FOCUS ON UPCOMING DATES SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT IS HEADED OUR WAY.

WE DO BEGIN TESTING THIS MONTH. SO NEXT WEEK WE WILL BEGIN OUR STAAR BOTH END OF COURSE STATE ASSESSMENTS AND THEN OUR STAAR THREE THROUGH EIGHT AND THEN OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS TAKE OUR END OF COURSE EXAMS ALSO THE STAAR TEST.

SO THAT WILL HAPPEN THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL. IN MAY, WE'LL TAKE END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS.

SO THAT WILL BE ALL STUDENTS PRE-K TO 12. SO WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK NOT JUST STAAR DATA BUT ALSO LOOK AT THOSE SYSTEMS ALIGNED WITH OUR EARLIEST LEARNERS ALL THE WAY UP. IN JUNE, WE WILL BEGIN TO RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL STAAR RESULTS FOR STUDENTS.

AND THOSE ARE ALL PRELIMINARY THAT DO COME OUT AND THAT STUDENT RESULTS IN JUNE.

AND THEN BY AUGUST, WE SHOULD HAVE PRELIMINARY DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY AND CAMPUS RESULTS AND READINGS.

SO THAT IS UPCOMING. WHEN IT COMES TO TESTING, IF WE GO BACK TO THAT MISSION CONTROL ANALOGY, YOU HAVE NOW SEEN THE SYSTEMS LEVEL VIEW. WE'RE NOW GOING TO ZOOM IN AND YOU'LL HEAR DIRECTLY FROM CONTENT TEAMS. THEY WILL FOLLOW THAT SAME DATA PATTERN THAT WE DID WITH THE ROAD TO A B, WHERE YOU SEE THE APPLES TO APPLES, THE ORANGES TO APPLES, AND THEN THE ACORN TO THAT OAK TREE AND SEE WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

AND THEY'LL FOCUS ON WHAT THEY FOCUSED IN THIS YEAR.

WE'LL HAVE DATA CONVERSATIONS AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING MOVING FORWARD.

SO ULTIMATELY THESE SYSTEMS MATTER. BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THE IMPACT OF THE CLASSROOM IS WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR ROE. TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE ANY FINAL BEFORE WE BREAK OUT? YES, MA'AM. AND REALLY QUICK IS THERE IF WE CAN MAKE SURE TO PUT THOSE DATES IN THE NEWSPAPER.

THAT'D BE GREAT. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S PERFECT.

DOCTOR MCFARLAND. SO MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS.

SO THE NEXT, THE NEXT PORTION OF THIS BASICALLY BOARD MEETING WORKSHOP, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.

AND SO I'LL ALLOW YOU TO DIVIDE YOURSELF UP. AND SO WE HAVE THREE ROOMS.

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YES, WE'LL HAVE THIS BACK CORNER HERE WITH MATHEMATICS AND THIS OTHER CORNER BACK HERE WITH OUR READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS.

AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE BOARDROOM WE WILL HAVE SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.

ALRIGHT. AND SO WE'LL NEED TWO, TWO AND THREE.

SO YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR ROOM TO GO INTO. I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES.

WE'LL HAVE. YES, SIR. WE'LL DO 15 MINUTE ROTATIONS.

AND WE WANT THAT CONVERSATION, ALL THE QUESTIONS AND WE WILL GIVE THEM A MOMENT TO SET UP AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN.

YES. ALSO STUDENT TRUSTEES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO ANY ONE OF THE ROOMS, DEFINITELY FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.

ALRIGHT.

SO BOARD AS WE ARE RECONVENING IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE JUST THE WORKSHOP THAT WE JUST HAD OR COMMENTS.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. IT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE.

I LOVE THE WAY THAT Y'ALL DID THE NUMBERS OVER THE PERCENTAGES THIS TIME, BECAUSE IT HELPED ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE REALLY ARE.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND AS A PARENT, LIKE FOR REAL, THE EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN EACH ROOM IT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WATKINS. DOCTOR ROBINSON.

I'LL SAY THE SAME THING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I TRULY LOVE HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA THIS YEAR AND BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT WORKING THROUGH AND TALKING THROUGH IT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ROBINSON.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER? WHAT THEY JUST SAID. YES.

ALL OF IT WAS WONDERFUL. I REALLY LOVE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH WAS THE MATH GROUP BACK HERE.

OH, I LEARNED SO MUCH IN THE MATH GROUP, BUT I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND YOU'RE WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.

SO THAT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE STEVENSON. JUST DITTO. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO INTENTIONAL ABOUT YOUR EFFORTS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DAVIS. TRUSTEE MAYFIELD.

YES, I DITTO TIMES SIX SEVEN. JUST SAYING THANK YOU AGAIN.

I LIKE THAT IT WAS VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND THAT WE COULD HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION.

WE COULD UNDERSTAND. I ALSO LIKE AND APPRECIATED THE THEME FROM THE TRUSTEES, BUT ALSO THE PRESENTERS ACKNOWLEDGING HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN DO FOR OUR PARENTS TO GET OUR PARENTS INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN THEIR STUDENTS LEARNING.

SO I LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK AND WHAT WAS SHARED, WHAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE, BUT ALSO THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME WORK TO DO. SO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

TRUSTEE YES, AGAIN, DITTO FOR ME, AS I MENTIONED YOU KNOW, THIS IS STUDENT OUTCOMES AND YOU, ALL OF YOU ARE BEHIND IT. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN TO HAVE THE STUDENTS ACHIEVE THE DISTRICT'S GOALS AND THEIR OWN GOALS TOO.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ONE OTHER THING PRESIDENT GRASSIA, I LIKE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT YOU ARE LEANING IN, BUT WHEN ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE YOU'RE MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

SO THANK YOU ALL. DID A GREAT JOB. KUDOS. GOOD JOB.

DR. MCFARLAND DID YOU HAVE? I'M SORRY. NO. ABSOLUTELY NO.

NO PROBLEM. NO, I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE TEAM, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

I MEAN, I DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE HOW HARD YOU WORK.

I SEE IT EVERY DAY. I SEE IT AND I SEE IT WHEN WE GO ON THE CAMPUS.

WE HEAR IT WHEN WE TALK TO TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND ALL THAT.

BUT I'M JUST GLAD THAT THE BOARD WAS ABLE TO SEE IT TONIGHT.

AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT A COMMON WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN CROWLEY IS NOT NECESSARILY A COMMON WAY BOARDS AND DISTRICT PERSONNEL WORK TOGETHER, BUT IT'S BECAUSE YOU ALL, HAVE SET THE BAR AND SET THE TONE THAT WE ARE A TEAM.

AND SO WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE SHARING WITH YOU.

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WE'RE A TEAM. SHARE WITH WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING SO THAT WE CAN GET BETTER.

AND I THINK IT STARTS AT THIS TABLE, QUITE FRANKLY.

AND AS LONG AS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND KNOW THAT WE ALL ARE COLLECTIVELY WORKING AS A TEAM, THEN WE'LL GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. THERE ARE NO SILVER BULLETS. THE REALITY IS THERE ARE NO SILVER. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING REALLY HARD, AND IF YOU SEE PROGRESS, IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE THAT PROGRESS HAPPEN. AND IF YOU DON'T SEE PROGRESS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IN ORDER TO TRY TO BRING THAT TO FRUITION. THAT'S WHO WE ARE. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. SO I THANK YOU ALL AND DEFINITELY A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU SIR. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE DOCTOR ROWE.

[APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB Y'ALL. WELL, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING FORTH THIS BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 8:49 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.