Jul 30, 2026 Regular Board Meeting

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

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

MR. DARYL R DAVIS. THE SECOND PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE FOUR MISS JUNE W DAVIS.

PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE FIVE MISS CC WATKINS PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE SIX. MR. GARY GRASSIA PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE SEVEN.

MISS KELICIA STEVENSON. PRESENT. AND. SUPERINTENDENT.

DOCTOR MICHAEL. MCFARLAND. PRESENT. THANK YOU.

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 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 FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CROWLEY ISD SCHOOLS.

AT THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS.

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ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS, DOCTOR MCFARLAND, TONIGHT WE HAVE A SMALL TWIST TO OUR HEARTBEAT TEAM AWARD AS WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTNER WITH CROWLEY ISD AS VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US FULFILL OUR MISSION OF PROVIDING EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SO THAT ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

THEIR COMMITMENT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF GOAL TWO OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ENGAGED COMMUNITY.

BUT BEFORE I HAVE THEM COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO BE RECOGNIZED, LET'S WATCH THIS BRIEF VIDEO.

COMING RIGHT UP. OUR GOAL IS, IS THAT THE CHILDREN CHOOSE THEIR OWN BOOK AND THAT IT'S A FUN BOOK.

IT'S NOT A BOOK THAT YOU HAVE TO READ TO LEARN TO ANSWER A QUESTION ON A TEST.

IT'S A BOOK THAT'S FUN TO READ. YOU CAN EXPECT GREAT THINGS TO COME ABOUT FROM THE BOOK VENDING MACHINE.

OUR STUDENTS TRULY EXCITED. I LIKE HOW YOU GET WHATEVER BOOK YOU WANT, AND I LIKE HOW YOU GET TO TAKE IT HOME.

YOU GET TO CHOOSE IT. AND THERE ARE COLORFUL BOOKS.

WE GET TO READ THEM AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME. I THINK THE LEARN TO LOVE TO READ COMMITTEE, THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

THE REAL REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY IS TO TELL YOU THREE AND TO LEARN TO LOVE THE ROUTINE THAT YOU ALL ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF CROWLEY ISD.

YOU'RE WINNING THE HEARTBEAT AWARD BECAUSE OF ALL THAT YOU DO FOR CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SO LET'S HEAR IT. YOU ALL ARE DOING SO MUCH WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND IT'S FOCUSED ON LITERACY.

AND SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU'RE MAKING A TRUE IMPACT.

WE SEE NOT ONLY VENDING MACHINES, BUT WE GO TO ALL THESE EVENTS. AND YOU WERE THERE HANDING OUT FREE BOOKS, GETTING BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF KIDS. AND SO IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY IN THE CLASSROOMS, BUT ACROSS CAMPUSES, IN OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

I AM SO GLAD THAT THE COMMITTEE IS WINNING THIS HEARTBEAT AWARD.

THERE IS NO ONE MORE DESERVING. THEY REALLY GET WHAT LITERACY SHOULD BE, AND THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT DEVELOPING THE LOVE OF READING IN A CHILD WILL PUT THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH FOREVER AND MAKE THEM A LIFELONG READER, LIFELONG LEARNER.

WHEN I CAME TO CROWLEY ISD, I FELT LIKE I HAD MET MY FAIRY GODMOTHERS.

REALLY? THIS COMMITTEE OF WOMEN HAVE WORKED SO HARD TOGETHER AND THEY ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME.

THEY ALL EITHER HAVE BACKGROUNDS IN EDUCATION, OR THEY HAVE RAISED CHILDREN IN CROWLEY ISD AND KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF

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AND THEY REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT PUTTING BOOKS IN CHILDREN'S HANDS WILL REACH THAT GOAL.

LEARN TO LOVE TO READ. INITIATIVE IS WITH THE ONE GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERY CHILD IN CROWLEY ISD HAS BOOKS IN THEIR HOMES THAT THEY CAN READ. AND WE'VE GONE ABOUT THAT THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE BOOK VENDING MACHINES ARE THERE FOR THE TEACHERS TO AWARD THEIR STUDENTS WITH A TOKEN THAT THEY CAN GO GET A FREE BOOK. THE GOAL IS THAT EVERY CHILD IN THE SCHOOL GETS A BOOK.

THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO GET THEIR TOKEN AND PUT IT IN.

AND PART OF THAT IS JUST THAT EXERCISE OF, LOOK, THERE'S A BOOK FALLING.

YOU KNOW, AND THE ALWAYS YOU GET THE IT'S LIKE THE CANDY MACHINE.

AND THE QUESTION I GET TO KEEP IT. THAT'S THE BEST.

ONE THING THAT I THINK I LOVE THE MOST IS WATCHING THEM AT THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE, LOOKING AT ALL THE BOOKS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE A CHOICE, WHICH IS GREAT, AND THEN WATCHING THE BOOK COME DOWN AND THEN JUST TAKING IT AND HOLDING IT AGAINST THEIR CHEST, IT'S REALLY SWEET TO WATCH THEM. AND EVEN IF IT'S A BOOK THAT WE KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO READ YET, THEY HAVE A BOOK. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY WHEN THEY SEE THE MACHINE IS WHAT DOES IT COST? AND THEY'RE ALWAYS SURPRISED WHEN WE SAY IT DOESN'T COST YOU ANYTHING, IT'S FREE.

I LOVE THAT IT'S AN INSTRUMENTAL TOOL THAT HELPS MOTIVATE THE STUDENTS.

IT'S THERE, RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING, LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST COME IN, THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE.

SO THE KIDS KNOW IT'S THERE. THEY SEE IT EVERY DAY IN PASSING.

I LOVE HAVING THAT BECAUSE IT'S CONSTANTLY BUILDING THAT HUNGER AND THAT DESIRE AND STUDENTS.

SO HERE AT CMA, THE BOOK VENDING MACHINE HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY FOR OUR CHILDREN AS THEY STOP TO DISCUSS THE VENDING MACHINE AND GET EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GET A TOKEN. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER BOOKS BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.

HE KNOCKED THE TROLL INTO THE RIVER. SPLASH. OH, NO.

MY FAVORITE THING THAT I DO IN THE WHOLE WORLD IS TO ACTUALLY GO INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND READ TO PRE-K AND KINDERGARTNERS, AND THEY ALL SIT AND THEY'RE QUIET AND BEAUTIFULLY BEHAVED, AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE MESMERIZED BY A BOOK.

AND EVEN THOUGH MY CHILDREN ARE GROWN, I FEEL THAT I NEED TO GIVE BACK TO PUBLIC EDUCATION BECAUSE IT DID DO SUCH A GREAT JOB MAKING MY KIDS WHO THEY ARE.

I DON'T THINK WE COULD PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO WHAT THEY DO FOR US, AND THE AMOUNT OF FREE TIME AND THEIR RETIREMENT TIME AND THEIR DOWNTIME AND THEIR WEEKENDS AND THEIR EVENINGS AND ALL OF THAT. FOR US, THEY ARE WILLING TO COME TO ANYTHING WE ASK OF THEM.

FAMILY NIGHTS, BOOK, THE STADIUM ALL OF THESE EVENTS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE CROWLEY ISD STUDENT SUCCESS.

AND THEY LOVE OUR STUDENTS JUST LIKE THEY LOVE THEIR OWN WHEN THEY WERE COMING UP THROUGH CROWLEY.

AND THEY'RE IRREPLACEABLE. THEY'RE IRREPLACEABLE.

THANK YOU FOR LOOK. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MISS BONNIE BARKSDALE AND HER TEAM TO COME UP.

AWESOME. MISS BARKSDALE, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOUR YOUR TEAM HERE.

AND MIKE IS YOURS. I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED THE MIC, BUT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WATCHING OUR VIDEO. IT IS VERY EXCITING.

WHAT WE DO, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE AN ADD ON.

THIS WEEK WE MOVED THE MACHINE THAT WAS AT MARY HARRIS BECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNED FOR AN ALL AGE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS TO JACKIE CARDIN AND PUT A NEW MACHINE AT MARY HARRIS.

THE MACHINE THAT WAS AT MARY HARRIS. YOU COULDN'T PUT AS MANY PICTURE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD BOOKS IN.

AND SO WE MOVED ONE THERE THAT WE CAN FILL UP WITH THE AGE APPROPRIATE PRE-K THROUGH SECOND,

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SO. AND KIM AND I HAVE BEEN BUSY FILLING MACHINES THIS WEEK.

SO WE HAVE EVEN MORE THAN THE VIDEO SHOWS. SO THESE ARE THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME.

WE HAVE A COMMITTEE. THIS IS PART OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

JANET IS OUR WONDERFUL AND SHE SAYS SHE'S AN EMPLOYEE, BUT SHE HELPS US ALL THE TIME.

AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS SCHOOL TIME WHEN SHE'S HELPING US.

AND SAM WILDE, KIM SPRINGSTEAD, BETTY LEWIS AND JUNE DAVIS, WHO IS PART OF OUR COMMITTEE AND AN INSTRUMENTAL PART OF HELPING US AND HELPING US FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET INTEGRATED IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

HOLLY ANDERSON IS ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE WHO SHE COULDN'T BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT SHE DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT PRINCIPALS AND HELPING THEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THE MACHINES AND THE OTHER LITERACY THINGS THAT WE DO ON CAMPUS. THAT'S AWESOME.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE SEE THESE, THIS CREW ALL THE TIME.

WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE VIDEO, WE TALKED ABOUT BATTLE OF THE BOOKS, WE TALKED ABOUT BOOK, THE STADIUM.

SO THEY'VE BECOME A FIXTURE OF THE DISTRICT. AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE THINGS YOU DO.

I KNOW AS A KID, ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES WAS BOOK FAIR DAY.

LIKE I REMEMBER GETTING THOSE BOOKS. AND SO I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE NOW TO HAVE THIS BIG MACHINE. YOU PUT THE GOLD COIN IN.

IT'S LIKE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WILLY WONKA IN A WAY, LIKE THE WAY THEY GET THEIR BOOKS LIKE THAT.

AND SO IT'S A REALLY COOL THING. HOW CAN WE GET COMMUNITY FAMILY MEMBERS? HOW CAN WE HELP SUPPORT YOUR TEAM? SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE, OF COURSE, OUR TYPICAL DONATION AVENUES WHERE YOU CAN JUST, PEOPLE CAN SEND US MONEY.

WE DO HAVE A DONATE PORTION OF OUR WEBSITE AND OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT.

NOW WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE ARE ROLLING OUT STARTING THIS MONTH AND WE'RE THE PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

I HOPE IT'S UP OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT IT IS FOCUSED ON THE VENDING MACHINES.

WE'RE ASKING OUR PROGRAM IS IF WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES, WE HAVE ONE FAMILY THAT SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO DONATE A VENDING MACHINE, BUT FOR A $7,500 DONATION, YOU CAN PUT A VENDING MACHINE, YOU CAN HELP US CHOOSE WHICH SCHOOL, AND WE'LL PUT A BIG PLAQUE AND BANNER THAT SAYS WHATEVER BUSINESS OR FAMILY DONATED THAT MACHINE.

WE ALSO, IT COSTS ABOUT $2,500 A YEAR TO FILL THOSE MACHINES.

THE FOUNDATION HAS TOLD SCHOOLS, WE'LL FILL THEM FOR TWO YEARS, AS LONG AS WE HAVE FUNDS, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS TO HELP THEM DETERMINE THEN HOW THEY WOULD FILL THEIR MACHINES.

NOW, IF WE HAVE FUNDS, WE'LL KEEP FILLING THOSE MACHINES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW HOW DOLLARS AND NONPROFITS GO.

BUT SO WE ALSO CAN TAKE DONATIONS FOR $2,500 FOR BOOKS.

AND WE CAN ALSO PUT A PLAQUE UP THAT SOMEONE'S DONATED A YEAR'S WORTH OF BOOKS TO GO IN THE BOOK VENDING MACHINE.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL TAKE $25 IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GIVE US AND BUY ONE BOOK AND PUT IT IN THE MACHINE.

BUT FOR THOSE LARGER DONATIONS, WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE FOLKS AT SOME OF THE SPORTING EVENTS AND IN DIFFERENT WAYS, JUST TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO US.

SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY HAVE HEARD THIS STORY WHEN YOU SAID BOOK FAIR.

IT MADE ME THINK WE HAD ONE OF OUR FIRST BOOK FAIRS.

WE HAD HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HELPING US, THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY KIDS.

THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN THERE WHO WAS I THINK HE WAS A SENIOR, WASN'T HE? AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE HAD GONE TO BOOK FAIRS HIS ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR AND HAD NEVER HAD MONEY TO BUY A BOOK.

HE HAD NEVER LEFT THE BOOK FAIR WITH A BOOK. AND WE JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, TAKE WHATEVER YOU.

AND HE LEFT WITH A COUPLE OF BOOKS. BUT HE WAS SO EXCITED.

HE WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M SURE HE DOESN'T HAVE LOTS OF BOOKS AT HOME, EVEN AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT HE GOT TO TAKE HOME A FREE BOOK AND HE WAS SO EXCITED.

YOU KNOW, HE SAID, THIS IS SO COOL. THERE WON'T BE KIDS LIKE ME THAT NEVER GET TO LEAVE WITH A BOOK.

AND THAT'S KIND OF OUR GOAL, IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS DO GET TOKENS TO EARN THEIR BOOKS, BUT EVERY CHILD IN THE SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO GET AT LEAST ONE TOKEN DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND THE TOKENS ARE NOT GIVEN JUST FOR THE PERSON THAT HAS THE HIGHEST READING ABILITIES OR THE HIGHEST MATH SCORES THEY'RE GIVEN FOR THINGS THAT ARE SPECIAL TO THAT CHILD. SO IT'S, IT'S IS SOME WORK FOR THE TEACHERS AND WE NEED TO SAY THANK YOU.

HALEY PENNINGTON ALSO HELPS US A LOT TO HELP PLAN HOW THE TOKENS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT AT

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JUNE CAN TELL YOU, WE HAVE A GREAT TIME. SO YEAH, WE DO.

IT'S FUN. AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE IMPACT YOU GUYS MAKE, NOT JUST IN OUR SCHOOLS BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S A TRUE LEGACY. YOU GUYS ARE LEAVING.

BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. TRUSTEE. JUNE. DAVIS. OH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ROBINSON.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, WHEN DID WHEN DID WE START THE FOUNDATION IN THE DISTRICT? BONNIE. SO THE ACTUAL CROWLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION PROBABLY HAS BEEN AROUND.

IT INITIALLY STARTED, I WANT TO SAY 20 YEARS AGO.

I GOT INVOLVED PROBABLY 18 YEARS AGO. WE THEN, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, DID SOME REBRANDING, AND THE CHISHOLM TRAIL EDUCATION FOUNDATION BEGAN SERVING CROWLEY ISD 15 YEARS AGO.

OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO GET IT STARTED AND TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT NEEDED TO LOOK LIKE THE GUIDELINES AND, AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT THEN I WANT TO THANK YOU, BONNIE, BECAUSE YOU CAME ON BOARD, LIKE YOU SAID 18 YEARS AGO AND.

AGREED TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION.

AND AT THAT TIME YOU HAD STUDENTS IN SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.

I WILL ACTUALLY TELL YOU, SUE CROUCH INFORMED ME I WAS THE PRESIDENT.

OKAY. SHE SAID, I'M RESIGNING. AND BONNIE BARKSDALE IS THE NEW PRESIDENT.

OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I GUESS I AGREED BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAY NO.

YEAH, BUT YOU HAD STUDENTS IN SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME.

AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED YOUR STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED AND GONE ON AND YOU'RE STILL HERE PROMOTING THIS CAUSE AND, AND PUSHING IT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT'S HARD WORK THAT YOU DO AND IT'S APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU BONNIE.

THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A COMMENT. JUST WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO, IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES ALSO FOR ME, WHEN WE WOULD HAVE BOOK FAIRS AND BEING IN A FAMILY OF TEN, WE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE MONEY TO BUY THE BOOKS.

SO I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF EACH OF YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO RECEIVE THOSE BOOKS.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF THESE MACHINES BEING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M GOING TO DONATE NOW BECAUSE OF THIS. BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR TO CROWLEY ISD ONE OTHER ONE OTHER QUESTION. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE USED TO HAVE DONATION CAPABILITIES THROUGH PAYROLL. IS THAT STILL AVAILABLE OR DID WE STOP DOING THAT? WE DID STOP DOING THAT BECAUSE IT THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT FROM SOME STAFF WAS MORE NEGATIVE THAN POSITIVE. OKAY. AND NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IF WE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO THAT AGAIN, I'M SURE LEON WOULD BE VERY WILLING FOR US TO DO THAT AGAIN.

AND IT REALLY, HONESTLY IS NOT THAT HARD OF SOMETHING TO DO.

IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A POSITIVE LOOK. OKAY.

WE KEPT GETTING COMPARED TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIDN'T HAVE A POSITIVE LOOK THAT DID PAYROLL DEDUCTION AND.

OKAY. OKAY. IT JUST FELT WEIRD. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR IMPORTING LITERACY. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM

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FIVE. 1.074 EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL.

THE BOARD WILL WILL RETURN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE ARE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:21 P.M..

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 6:58 P.M.. WE ARE NOW AT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE DARRELL DAVIS AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS.

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

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE ARE TO CONSIDERATIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS.

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IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND NICKI MCGILL FOR THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AS RECOMMENDED.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. OKAY. PLEASE MOVE TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE A SHORT RECESS AND TRANSITION TO OUR BOARD TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING.

ALRIGHT, SO BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO OUR TO OUR WORK WORKSHOP STYLE SEATING, AND WE WILL BRING YOUR CHAIRS DOWN TO THE WORK STOP.

EXCUSE ME TO THE WORKSHOP AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TEAM OF EIGHT WORKSHOP.

AND THIS WORKSHOP, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT REVISING OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FEW CASE STUDIES AT THE END TO HELP US TO MOVE FROM THE THEORY IN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT TO THE ACTUAL PRACTICE IN A DAILY BASIS.

SO IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AROUND OUR CODE OF CONDUCT SO WE CAN RECESS, AS BOARD PRESIDENT MENTIONED, AND WE'LL BRING OUR CHAIRS DOWN TO TO THE TABLE.

ARE WE'RE READY? OKAY. THIS IS GOOD. WE ARE BACK FROM RECESS AND WE WILL NOW REVIEW AT AGENDA ITEM

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DOCTOR MCFARLAND TRUSTEE TRUSTEE JONES, TRUSTEE T JONES AND SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR ROB BOSTICK WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, I'M DEFINITELY EXCITED TONIGHT TO ENGAGE IN JUST SOME DIALOG, A CONVERSATION, AND LEARNING AROUND OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND OUR CASE STUDIES.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO JUST REALLY SIT BACK AND LEARN, DISCUSS, SHARE, AND COME TO SOME GENERAL UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT WHO WE WANT TO BE AS A BOARD AND HOW WE WANT TO OPERATE AS A TEAM. I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I HAVE TWO OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS WHO ARE ALSO OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING LEADERS, BOTH AS ONE AS FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, MR. ROBERT BOSTICK, I THINK 13 YEAR SUPERINTENDENT.

I BELIEVE IN STAFFORD. THEN ALSO MR. TAJI JONES, WHO I BELIEVE IS A MASTER TRUSTEE WITH WITH TASB, BUT ALSO TRUSTEE CURRENTLY IN LANCASTER. SO I ASKED THEM TO COME AND JUST SHARE WITH US.

I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND HEAR BOTH FROM A BOARD BOARD MEMBERS PERSPECTIVE AND SUPERINTENDENTS PERSPECTIVE, AND LET US HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. BOSTICK AND MR. JONES TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO STAND UP AND BE A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY.

SHOULD I TAKE THIS? GOOD. YOU GOT THAT? YEAH.

YOU GO AHEAD. YEAH I KNOW IF THEY REPORTED. THEY USED TO TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE.

WE'RE RECORDING THIS. ALRIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BEFORE WE GET STARTED HERE IS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE I'VE GOT PAPER IN MY HAND, BUT I DIDN'T ASK DOCTOR MCFARLAND TO DO IS BEFORE WE GOT UP AND DID THIS.

YOU KNOW, AS A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, WE MANY OF US GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS AND DO BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, DOING TEAM OF EIGHT. AND WE'VE DONE THEM FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST DYNAMIC ONE THAT WE HAVE EVER DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR DYNAMIC SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYONE THAT'S SET UP LIKE THIS.

SO WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BREAK THIS INTO TWO PARTS.

THE FIRST PART IS REALLY TRYING TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ EVERY ONE OF THE OPERATING PROCEDURES IN THAT BIG OLD BOOK,

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BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I MIGHT ASK TY TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING MAN. I'M LIKE, I'M THE NINTH MEMBER OF THE TEAM ALMOST.

YEAH. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU GUYS AND ALSO GO THROUGH YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND JUST TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO PUSH YOU GUYS FORWARD AS YOU NAVIGATE THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

I DO WANT TO OPEN WITH ONE THING. CROWLEY ISD PROVIDES OUR STUDENTS WITH EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SO THAT ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

AND THAT IS YOUR MISSION STATEMENT. SO AS WE BEGIN TO NAVIGATE TONIGHT, OUR MAIN FOCUS WILL BE LOOKING AT YOU GUYS, LOOKING AT YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND ENSURING THAT THOSE PROCEDURES ARE ALLOWING YOU GUYS TO FOCUS ON THE MISSION OF THE DISTRICT.

SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE, YOU MAY IDENTIFY, I DON'T LIKE THIS OR THIS IS GREAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME DIFFERENT NUANCES THROUGH POLICY AND ALSO RELATING YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO YOUR POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALIGNED.

AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CASE STUDIES THAT WE'LL RUN THROUGH JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS SOME REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES FOR US, GOING THROUGH BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, IF THEY'RE TRULY ALIGNED THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE AND HOW YOU GUYS WOULD RESPOND IN THESE VARIOUS SCENARIOS.

AND AGAIN, YEAH. TAJI JONES LANCASTER ISD TRUSTEE 15 YEARS LEADERSHIP TASB 2014.

MASTER. TRUSTEE NASBE. GOVERNANCE CHAIR. TASB COMMISSION CHAIR.

DAD OF TWO KIDS. I'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION 54 YEARS.

ALMOST 55. YEAH, YEAH. I TAUGHT MY MOTHER TO BE A MOTHER.

MY UNCLES TO BE UNCLES. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TEACHING A LONG TIME, SO.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BOSTON. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN TONIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.

I KNOW WE'RE BEING RECORDED, TOO, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME SERIOUS BUSINESS TONIGHT. ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES I TOLD YOU ABOUT IS CALLED BEING EXPERT ON PAGE.

SO THE FIRST THING I NEED YOU TO DO IS THAT BIG OLD BINDER.

YOU GOT CLOSE THAT THING UP BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED IT.

CLOSE IT UP. SO JUST JUST DON'T THROW IT AWAY.

DO NOT THROW IT AWAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MCFARLAND.

YEAH I NEED IT YET. YEAH YEAH. EXPERT ON A PAGE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO NOT HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING.

SO THE GOAL IS I'M GOING TO PUT A TIMER ON. I'M GOING TO ASK TY TO PUT A TIMER ON MAYBE FIVE MINUTES, MAYBE EIGHT MINUTES. AND YOUR JOB IS TO BECOME THE EXPERT ON THE.

YOU CAN COUNT ON FOR PAGES OR FIVE PAGES YOU HAVE.

BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU REPORT OUT ON WHAT YOUR FIVE PAGES ARE.

GO AHEAD. WE'RE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS TO MR.. YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING SO YOU CAN JUST SAY WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? OH.

WE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE. SHE WAS OFF TASK. WE WE HAVE A DISCIPLINE PROBLEM ON THE SIDE.

LET'S DO SOME PROXIMITY CONTROL. SO IN EXPERT ON A PAGE YOU REALLY EXPERT ON SEVERAL PAGES THE 4 OR 5 PAGES IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. EVERYBODY ELSE DOESN'T HAVE TO KNOW IT. THEY JUST HAVE TO LISTEN. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR PAGES, THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS ON THAT LITTLE PLASTIC BAGGIE IN FRONT OF YOU.

IT HAD A NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR AND NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER SEVEN. AND NUMBER EIGHT, YOU WILL GO IN THAT ORDER.

SO IF YOU'RE NUMBER ONE WHO'S NUMBER ONE SHE'S GOING TO BE I'M NUMBER ONE AND YOU WILL BE NUMBER ONE.

YOU WILL BE THE FIRST EXPERT. NO ONE IS GOING TO KNOW MORE THAN YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S IN PACKET NUMBER ONE.

WHO'S NUMBER TWO? NUMBER TWO IS MISS JUNE. NOBODY KNOWS MORE THAN SHE DOES ABOUT NUMBER TWO.

AND NUMBER THREE. ALL THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT.

NUMBER FOUR. ALRIGHT. NUMBER FIVE. ALRIGHT, DOC.

NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER SEVEN. AND FINALLY NUMBER EIGHT.

AND HE PROBABLY DOESN'T LIKE THAT. I'M GOING TO PUT HIM AT EIGHT.

BUT IT'S A REAL GOOD REASON BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TIE INTO OUR SCENARIOS WHICH WILL TIE US BACK INTO INTO TIE.

UNLIKE I HAVE TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE. SO EVERYTHING I'M TELLING YOU TO DO, I READ ALL 38, 37 PAGES OF WHAT YOU HAD AND HIGHLIGHTED THEM ALL.

BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A NERD. I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT I USED TO BE THE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR IN DENTON ISD.

SO I DO A LOT OF INTERESTING STUFF, BUT THIS IS A FUN WAY TO GET IT DONE.

WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE ABOUT BEING AN EXPERT AND BEING ABLE TO SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU KNOW AND YOU KNOW.

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DO YOU GUYS LIKE, SOUND AS YOU'RE DOING YOUR READING AND STUDYING? OKAY. BECAUSE THE FIVE MINUTES WILL BE A LITTLE JAMES BROWN.

SO WHEN JAMES GOES OFF. THEN YOU GUYS WILL BE READY.

IF YOU NEED MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU.

I'LL DO A CHECK IN AT FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE IF IT NEEDS MORE, WE'LL BE THUMBS UP.

WE CAN TURN IT DOWN. OKAY. OKAY. GOT YOU. GUYS.

I DO. YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE? ALL RIGHT. INTRODUCE YOU TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, INTRODUCING YOU TO AJ GENT.

MUST MOVE, DJ BOY. I SEE.

YOU ALL OVER THERE. YOU ARE THE EXPERT. RIGHT ON.

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THUMBS UP IF YOU NEED MORE TIME. NEED MORE TIME? OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER TWO MINUTES.

AND WHAT THAT COULD BE AT LEAST THREE MINUTES.

I'LL MAKE SOME MORE. SORRY. OKAY. ONE. MORE.

YEAH, WE GOT SOME. OH, YEAH. YEAH, WE HAD SEVEN PEOPLE DOING THAT.

SO WE'VE BEEN OVER THREE MINUTES AND. I THINK THIS IS.

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THEY'LL NEVER BE READY. NUMBER ONE. ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE GET INTO NUMBER ONE, I WANT YOU TO JUST THINK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH PROBABLY A LITTLE REFLECTION ACTIVITY JUST RIGHT AFTER THIS BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE SCENARIOS.

I WANT YOU TO JUST KIND OF THINK THROUGH, ALRIGHT, WE'RE A TEAM THAT WAS A BIG OLD GIANT BOOK.

WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO THIS WHILE I WAS AT WORK? AND NUMBER TWO.

AND YOU'RE THE EXPERT ON YOUR PART, BUT IT TAKES EVERYBODY TO COME UP WITH THIS ENTIRE BOOK BECAUSE ALL OF YOU TOGETHER, YOU NOW HAVE THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES BECAUSE EACH OF YOU IS AN EXPERT IN SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU JUST GOT THROUGH READING IT.

THAT'S ALL YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING, TAKING NOTES.

NOBODY KNOWS MORE THAN YOU DO ABOUT YOUR ONE PARTICULAR ITEM OR YOUR ONE SET OF ITEMS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE AND GIVE US A SUMMARY ON WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT, NUMBER ONE. ALL RIGHT. HEY, LET ME MOVE OUT THE WAY.

YOU ARE ON THE STAGE. YOU'RE ON STAGE. COME ON.

DOC. OKAY. I'M COMING. YES, YES. YES, PLEASE.

HI, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, EVERYONE! OKAY, SO THIS IS REALLY FITTING BECAUSE I'M THE NEWEST BOARD MEMBER.

SO I WAS NUMBER ONE. AND THESE ARE THE BOARD ROLES FOR WHEN YOU GET STARTED.

SO BASICALLY I WROTE SOME STUFF DOWN SO I CAN STAY ON TASK BECAUSE I'M LONG WINDED.

OKAY, SO TEAMWORK, THE GROUP AS A WHOLE IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS, RIGHT? SO WE ARE A TEAM. THERE IS NO ONE BIGGER THAN THE OTHER.

OUR JOB IS TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU CAN, LEGAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU STUDY AND KIND OF TRY AS HARD BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE GOT A BIG BOOK, BUT TRY TO UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS.

PRODUCTIVE ACTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS MUST KNOW HOW TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN COMPLEX SITUATIONS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS.

BOARD MEMBERS MUST MONITOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND CONDITION IN WHICH STUDENTS LEARN AND ACHIEVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK PRETTY MUCH BASED OFF THE INFORMATION THAT I READ, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT STUDENT CENTEREDNESS.

IF YOU TAKE THE TIME BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD GOING INTO MY SECOND YEAR.

IF YOU TAKE THE TIME, LITTLE BY LITTLE, TO UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS AND KEEP THE STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF THE FOCUS,

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IT'S US AGAINST THE PROBLEM. SO IF WE STAY ON TASK WITH WHAT'S IN THIS PORTION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS EFFECTIVELY.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YOU CAN TELL YOU I GOT LIKE MY KIDS, THEY'RE NOT REALLY YOUNG, BUT NOW THEY'RE OLD. MY DAUGHTER'S AN ATTORNEY, SO SHE'S NOT REALLY THAT YOUNG, BUT THEY ALWAYS THE SAME AGE YOU THINK THEY ARE.

ALRIGHT, MISS JUNE, ARE YOU NUMBER TWO? THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU DO IT WHEREVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. OKAY.

OKAY, SO MY FIRST TOPIC IS CONSENT AGENDA, AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE THE ITEMS TO BE PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND WE HAVE IT NOW GROUPED BY CATEGORIES. AND SO WE JUST VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A WHOLE.

EXECUTIVE SESSION. ONLY THOSE ITEMS POSTED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND THE REAL BIG ONE IS WHAT'S SAID IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND IT MUST REMAIN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND I HAVE A QUESTION I WANT TO COME BACK TO AT THE END OF THAT FOR ME.

THE BOARD MAY NOT CONDUCT CLOSED MEETINGS BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.

AND I THINK WE JUST WENT THROUGH THAT BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE SOME MEETINGS, BUT FORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK HAD ANYTHING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION EMPLOYEE OR CITIZEN COMPLAINT TO INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PRACTICE WITH THIS BECAUSE WE DO GET COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE LISTEN TO UNDERSTAND, BUT THEN REFER THEM TO DOCTOR MCFARLAND.

NOT GET INTO DETAILS ABOUT OTHER PERSONNEL THEY SHOULD CONTACT, BUT CONTACT DOCTOR MCFARLAND AND HE WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE.

AND THERE'S A TIMELINE IF IT'S RECEIVED BEFORE WEDNESDAY, THE RESPONSE WILL BE PROVIDED THE NEXT WEEK IN THE UPDATE EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT EFFECTIVE BOARD'S WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO HIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THERE IS A PROCESS FOR HIRING, AND THE BOARD HAS TO DECIDE THE METHOD THEY'RE GOING TO USE IN ORDER TO HIRE IDENTIFY CANDIDATES. AND SOME OF US ON THE BOARD HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS BEFORE.

AND ANYWAY YOU REVIEW RESUMES AND IDENTIFY THE CANDIDATES FOR THE INTERVIEW AND THEN OF COURSE EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT. IT SHOULD ALIGN WITH BOARD PRIORITIES AND INCORPORATE APPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMES AND CLEAR OBJECTIVES WITH RUBRIC AND WHEN WE HAVE TRANSITIONS, IT'S INEVITABLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS FROM TIME TO TIME.

BUT NEW MEMBERS JOIN US FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO BOARD MEMBER REPLACEMENT FIRST OF ALL, THE, IF A MEMBER IS GOING TO LEAVE, THEY SHOULD GIVE NOTICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS AS TO REPLACING THE MEMBER THAT LEFT, LEAVING THE POST VACANT OR HAVING AN ELECTION TO REPLACE THEM.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE HORIZON LIKE BONDS BOUNDARIES AND YOU HAVE A MEMBER MISSING, THE BOARD MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO HAVE A FULL BOARD GOING INTO THIS, OR IF WE WANT TO LIMP THROUGH WITH A MISSING BOARD MEMBER AND RUN THE RISK OF HAVING A TIE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BOARD OFFICER ELECTIONS SAME MONTH. IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED THE SAME MONTH AS THE RETURNING TRUSTEE TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE. AND AT A MINIMUM, IN TERMS OF OFFICERS, WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY.

IF A MEMBER WANTS TO HAVE THEIR NAME REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION, THEY MAY DO THAT.

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IT IS WE ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE SO MUCH TRAINING EACH YEAR AND WE GET THAT BY ATTENDING CONFERENCES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T TELL US HOW LONG TO TAKE, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

NO, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ONE OF MY EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE ANY RULE ABOUT RECORDINGS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RECORD ANYTHING UNTIL YOU HAVE THAT OFFICIAL AGENDA.

RIGHT ON. IT SHOULD BE RECORDED IN VIDEO OR AUDIO.

YOU CAN CHECK WITH YOUR ATTORNEY, BUT IN MY CAREER OR TELEPHONE RECORDING, NO RECORDING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ONE THING I THINK ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS IF YOU IN, IN OUR BOOK, LIKE IF YOU TELL US KIND OF WHAT PAGE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SPEAKING FROM, THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG IN THE BOOK.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE TO THE PAGE THREE OUT OF THE FIRST SECTION.

WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. NO. NO SURPRISES AND NO GOTCHA.

JUST SO FROM WHAT IT MEANS FROM AND THIS IS REALLY FOR BOTH, BOTH THE ADMINISTRATION, THE TEAM THAT'S HERE BEHIND, BUT ALSO FOR YOU ALL. SO FOR US, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NO, NO SURPRISES, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SURPRISE YOU OR HAVE YOU TO HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T, YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON.

AND SO REALLY TWO THINGS ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SURPRISE YOU ON, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE YOU BE SURPRISED AND FIND OUT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ON OUR CAMPUS OR IN THE DISTRICT BY JUST GOING IN THE WALMART.

LIKE YOU SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE DISTRICT, THEN WE SHOULD LET YOU KNOW BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE COMES UP TO YOU.

THE CHALLENGE OFTENTIMES IS WITH CELL PHONES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU MAY KNOW SOMETHING BEFORE WE DO, BUT IF WE KNOW IT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING OUR.

WE'RE MAKING OUR COMMITMENT IS TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT IT IS THAT WE KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO THE BOARD, THOUGH, AS IT RELATES TO THE BOARD MEETING, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO FUTURE ACTION IS THAT GIVES US A CHANCE TO PUT THE ITEM OUT THERE, LET YOU KNOW THAT, HEY, THIS ITEM IS, IS, IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED AND YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND ALL THAT. SO THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED WHEN WE NEED TO NEED TO TAKE ACTION.

NO, GOTCHA FOR US MEANS THAT IF WE'RE MAKING A PRESENTATION AND WE AND AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER AT THE PODIUM, THEN WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO LET YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU. NOW, IF YOU TOLD US ABOUT THE QUESTION ALREADY, WE'VE HAD AMPLE TIME TO, TO, TO, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IT'S NOT GOTCHA. IT'S JUST WE'RE NOT UNPREPARED. BUT SO ANYWAY, THAT THAT I JUST WANTED TO PULL THOSE TWO OUT BECAUSE THOSE TWO THINGS ARE SOMETHING THAT WAS THAT WAS ACTUALLY FROM A PRIOR PRIOR EXPERIENCE THAT BECAME AN ISSUE NOT HERE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH FUTURE ACTION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. ONE THING THAT TRUSTEE DAVIS ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT THE OFFICERS, IT SAID AT A MINIMUM, AND WE HAD ALL THOSE LISTED.

SO IS THAT I THOUGHT THE MINIMUM WAS JUST PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT.

I'M SORRY. PRESIDENT. VICE PRESIDENT. SECRETARY.

RIGHT. THE OPERATING PROCEDURE THAT HAD 2 OR 3.

WELL, I THINK I THINK WE ADDED THAT OTHER ONE.

WE USED TO JUST HAVE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT.

SECRETARY. RIGHT. SO BUT THEN IT WOULDN'T BE AT A MINIMUM ANYMORE.

IT WOULD BE JUST WHAT WE PREFER. BUT THE MINIMUM IS STILL IS BY LAW IS JUST TWO, RIGHT.

IT'S TWO BY LAW. REALLY? IT'S JUST THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY.

YEAH. SO DO WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR LANGUAGE, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

AT MINIMUM, THOSE TWO. BUT OUR CURRENT. OUR CURRENT OFFICER.

YES. OR IS THAT UNDERSTOOD? BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR OPERATING GUIDELINES.

AND IF WE SAY AT A MINIMUM OF THREE OR WHATEVER, THEN THAT'S OKAY.

SO I DON'T KNOW. SO WE'RE WE'RE REALLY THIS IS REALLY ON PAGE NINE, I BELIEVE.

AND SO I THINK THAT IN ANYTHING THAT'S IN RED, THOSE ARE JUST POSSIBILITIES.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S IN WRITING. THAT MEANS WE FOUND IT IN OTHER DISTRICTS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED. WE COULD ADD IT TO OUR.

BUT THEN THESE ARE YOUR THESE THESE ARE YOUR, YOUR POLICIES.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO SAY OUR CURRENT MEMBERS ARE THAT WE COULD JUST SAY THAT OR IF IT'S JUST UP TO YOU ALL,

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SO IF, IF, IF IT'S THE WILL TO SAY TO LIST JUST THE CURRENT ONES, WE CAN DO THAT.

OR IF IT'S A WILL TO SAY WE WANT TO DO THE MINIMUM, WE CAN DO THAT.

YEAH. ON THE FRONT OF IT, IT SHOULD SAY DRAFT, I THINK.

AND THE OTHER PART IS WHEN YOU WENT AND GOT IS I SAY SOME POSITIVE PRESUPPOSITIONS.

YOU HIRED THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE JOB. AND IF NOT, THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FROM ATTENDANCE EVALUATION, THEN THEIR EVALUATION OF THEIR CENTRAL OFFICE PEOPLE.

SO I USED TO SAY TO TRUSTEES ALL THE TIME, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY THEY'RE DOING IT, MAKE SURE YOU PUT THAT ON YOUR EVALUATION AT THE END.

IF YOU'RE NOT COMMUNICATING, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM? WHY? AND THEN THE POSITIVE PRESUPPOSITION IS IF YOU HIRED THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE JOB, WHEN YOU GET SURPRISED BY WHAT HE'S SAYING IS JUST AS TYPICAL, WE DID THAT IN STAFFORD TOO, WHICH IS, OH, NO, YOU GET A WEEKLY COMMUNICATION THAT COMES OUT EVERY WEEK.

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OVER AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT AT H-E-B, YOU GOT A TEXT THAT SENT IT OUT TO ME AND WE HAD I HAD THE MAYOR AT THE CITY COUNCIL ON MY PHONE. EVERYBODY GOT IT. AND IF WE MISS SOMETHING? IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSITIVE PRESUPPOSITION, THE SUPERINTENDENT ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T AUTOMATICALLY SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO. NO, NO WE'RE NOT. WE NEED TO ALL BE ON ONE TEAM.

ONE OF THE PRIMARY POINTS INSIDE OF YOUR BOOK IS THAT WE'RE ONE TEAM, ONE TEAM, ONE MISSION.

SO YES, THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY WHO TRIES TO HIT HIT US ON THE TEAM, ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE POSITIVE PRESUPPOSITION YOU'RE PROPOSING.

YOU ALREADY GUESSED IT. NO, THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT.

YOU'RE CORRECT. THEY DON'T PLAN TO. NO ONE IN HERE.

I HAVEN'T PULLED THEIR POCKETBOOKS. BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THEY THEY ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO OUT YOU EITHER.

BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION.

THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. YEAH. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TWO, TWO THINGS.

ONE, ON THE TRANSITION. WHEN YOU GUYS GET NEW BOARD MEMBERS IN.

DO THEY GET A COPY OF YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES? I GOT SO MUCH STUFF. OKAY, SO I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE ITEM THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO ANYBODY WHO'S POTENTIALLY THINKING ABOUT RUNNING, BECAUSE THIS GIVES THEM THE BLUEPRINT OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO OPERATE ONCE THEY GET INTO THE SEAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M RECOMMENDING EVERYBODY IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF YOUR CANDIDATE PACKET.

IS THE OPERATING PROCEDURE. SO NOW WHEN THEY GET IN HERE, THEY KNOW SOME OF THE NUANCES OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE WHEN THEY GET AT THE DAIS.

ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, NO, I JUST THINK SO. IN THE IN THE PACKET YOU SAY PUT MAKE IT A PART OF THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF YOURS IS ONLINE, IT COULD BE A LINK BECAUSE THIS IS JUST PRETTY MUCH POLICY AND THEN SOME NUANCES THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR YOURSELVES.

A LOT OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, ESPECIALLY AROUND BOARD MEETINGS, THAT'S ALL IN POLICY. SO OF COURSE, WHO WANTS TO READ THE POLICY? SO YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF SYNTHESIZING IT AND PUT IT INTO A 38 PAGE DOCUMENT VERSUS A 3000 PAGE DOCUMENT.

SO THESE ARE THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT ARE ALLOWING YOU GUYS TO OPERATE ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR A DAILY BASIS.

WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP, AS WE GET THROUGH HERE, YOU'RE ON A CAMPUS AS A PARENT, THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE.

YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULDN'T GO TALK TO PRINCIPALS.

YOU SHOULDN'T GO DO THIS UNLESS IT'S ABOUT YOUR STUDENT. BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER ALL THE TIME. REGARDLESS, I'M COMING AS A PARENT, THEY STILL SEE YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER.

OKAY. SO ANYBODY WHO'S RUNNING, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT.

AND AGAIN, THIS GIVES THEM THE IDEA TO SAY, WELL, I CAN'T DO THAT.

AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME SCENARIOS LATER ON IN THE NEXT WEEK.

BRING UP SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO THEM.

GOOD POINTS. ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, NO. SO IF IF THEY READ THIS INFORMATION.

THEY COULD USE THAT IN THEIR CAMPAIGN. RIGHT? WELL, YEAH, THIS IS JUST IT'S NOTHING MAJOR IN HERE THOUGH.

I KNOW, BUT YEAH, JUST TO SAY LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAID GOING TO THE CAMPUS, YOU KNOW OR JUST PULL ANYTHING OUT OF HERE, JUST SEEM REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE.

THEY COULD, BUT IF, IF EVERY CANDIDATE GETS IT, THEY TO SEEM KNOWLEDGEABLE, RIGHT.

BUT IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO READ IT, IF HE READS IT OR NOT, DON'T.

SHAME ON YOU. GIVE ME AN EDGE. GIVE HIM AN EDGE.

YES. RIGHT. BECAUSE HE COULD. OKAY. BUT EVERYBODY HAS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO IT.

EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO IT. YEAH, I AIN'T GONNA READ IT ANYWAY.

BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO, I'M BETTER THAN YOU. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

OH, I'M GONNA BORROW YOU. MIKE. MIKE, WHAT WAS YOUR LAST PAGE, MISS DAVIS?

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DOCTOR ROBINSON HAS IT. SHE'S READY TO GO TO THREE.

OKAY. AND THIS IS THE PERFECT TRANSITION BECAUSE MINE IS NEW BOARD MEMBER TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

SO PERFECT SEGUE. IT'S PAGE 11. PAGE. START ON PAGE 11.

AND SO AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, THE FIRST 90 DAYS, YOU MUST ATTEND OPEN MEETINGS, ACT TRAINING AND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT TRAINING.

THEN THE FIRST 120 DAYS IS LOCAL DISTRICT ORIENTATION ORIENTATION AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

THOSE ARE ALL THREE HOURS. AND THEN THE TRAININGS THAT ARE IN COMMON WITH EXPERIENCE MEMBERS ARE EVALUATING AND IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES, TAKING SEXUAL ABUSE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN TRAINING, SCHOOL SAFETY, CYBER SECURITY, TEAM BUILDING. AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE TEN ADDITIONAL HOURS DURING THAT FIRST YEAR.

SO AGAIN, EXPERIENCED MEMBERS HAVE ALL OF THOSE SAME TRAININGS, BUT THEY HAVE TO TAKE FIVE ADDITIONAL HOURS.

SO IN THEIR SECOND YEAR, FIVE ADDITIONAL IN IN ADDITION TO THE MANDATORY TRAINING.

AND SO FOR EXPERIENCE, CYBERSECURITY TEAM BUILDING AND THE ADDITIONAL TRAININGS ARE ANNUALLY, BI ANNUALLY, YOU MUST HAVE THE SEXUAL ABUSE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN, THE UPDATES TO TEXAS EDUCATION CODE EVALUATING AND IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES AND SCHOOL SAFETY.

SO THAT'S EVERY TWO YEARS FOR TRAINING ON PAGE 12, OUR TRAVEL, TRAVEL AND PLANNING AND FUNDING FOR US IN OUR CURRENT GUIDELINE THAT SAYS THAT TRAVEL BUDGET IS ALLOCATED EVENLY TO EACH TRUSTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS MAY SECURE THEIR OWN TRAVEL AND BE REIMBURSED ONCE IT'S CONFIRMED IN THE PINK ON PAGE 13 IS WHAT WAS PULLED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS. LET ME SEE. THE DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BUDGETING AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR BOARD MEMBER TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING, ANY TRAINING THAT BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO ATTEND OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REVIEWED AND PLACED ON AN AGENDA. AND THE FULL BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER IT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD VOTE ON. THAT'S PAGE 13.

AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE IN PINK OR RED ARE OPTIONAL FOR US TO ADD IF WE WANTED TO ADD THOSE TO OUR POLICIES.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I POINT OUT TO YOUR WONDERFUL STAFF UP HERE IN THE DISTRICT FOUR.

WE HAVE AN AREA OVER HERE CALLED PARKING LOT, AND THEN THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ONE.

IF THERE HIGHLIGHTS THINGS WE DEFINITELY WANT.

WE MAY PUT THOSE UP THERE JUST SO WE REMEMBER WHAT'S BEING SAID.

BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE GOT IT RECORDED, A LOT OF IT, SOMETIMES WE FORGET IT.

WE NEED A COUPLE OF WAYS TO GET IT BECAUSE ONCE WE LEAVE THIS WORK, WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO YOU'VE DONE A WHOLE LOT. WE'VE GOT TO GET INPUT SO FAR.

BUT OTHER INPUT THAT WE NEED THAT COMES BACK ON THIS THIS PART THREE THAT.

DOCTOR ROBINSON. SO I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF I NEED A PARKING LOT OR WHAT, BUT YOU JUST SAY IT OUT LOUD.

OKAY. THEY'RE TRAINED. THEY KNOW THIS. THEY KNOW THIS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE GO TO HOUSTON COMING UP SOON.

IF I DRIVE MY CAR ACCORDING TO THIS NEW PINK POSSIBLE LAYER, WE COULD TAKE A DISTRICT CAR.

YES. SO I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PART. THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

I THINK IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WE GOT THAT FROM THAT WOULD CAUSE SET ASIDE FOR THAT.

BUT IF THERE THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN YOU RESERVE THE VEHICLE, IF WE HAVE THEM AVAILABLE AND WE DO HAVE VEHICLES.

AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE OR NOT. OKAY.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. WE DID THAT IN STEP TWO. WE HAD AN AVAILABLE TO DRIVE.

AND I'M CHECKING WITH MY TIME BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER A COUPLE, SHE WAS LOOKING AT ME LIKE, ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? I'M LIKE, YES. SO MONTALVO HAD NO WAY IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD TRUSTEES TO TAKE VEHICLES, AND IF TRUSTEES TAKE THE DISTRICT VEHICLE, THEN THERE'S NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR MILEAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH, BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER PUT MILES ON THE VEHICLE THAN MINE.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO YEAH, WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

MY QUESTION IS OH, SO THEY CAN REPLACE THAT. YES.

YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS, WELL, WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE

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AND FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. BUT SO IT HAS BEEN DONE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IF DISTRICT VEHICLES ARE USED THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE RIDE IN THAT THAT VEHICLE.

I DON'T KNOW, SAVE MONEY. BUT I THINK THAT HAS TO BE ABLE TO FINISH.

I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO MY. THE EXPERT IS STILL NEEDING TO DO HER EXPERT THING.

THANK YOU EXPERT. OKAY. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I WAS GETTING TO THAT.

BUT PART OF THE TRAVEL BUDGET. AGAIN, OUR POLICY SAYS DIVIDED EVERYONE RECEIVES THE SAME AMOUNT. THIS ONE IN PINK SAYS IS ALLOCATED ONE SEVEN DETERMINED ANNUALLY BY THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET.

SO I FELT LIKE THAT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE BECAUSE OURS JUST SAYS DIVIDE EQUALLY.

BUT IT DOESN'T SAY HOW OR WHY. LET ME THINK. OKAY.

SO IN ADDITION TO YOUR BUDGET, ANYTHING THAT IS ALLOCATED OUTSIDE OF YOUR PER DIEM, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU MUST GIVE IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR YOU REIMBURSE THEM.

THE OTHER THING IS ABOUT HOTELS. SO GETTING INTO TRAVEL, SO HOTELS, IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF 50 MILES, YOU ARE REIMBURSED. IF IT'S WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE DISTRICT, YOU ARE NOT REIMBURSED.

IT SAYS NO INCIDENTAL CHARGES WILL BE PAID BY THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S VALET BAR INTERNET ROOM SERVICE. SO THAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME.

WITHOUT A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD APPROVING THAT EXPENDITURE AND THEN TALKING ABOUT TRAVEL, IT SAYS WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE DISTRICT TRUSTEES ARE NOT REIMBURSED FOR USING THEIR VEHICLES EXCEEDING 30 MILES. THAT'S WHERE IT GETS INTO TRUSTEE WATKINS QUESTION.

IT SAYS TRUSTEES ARE REQUIRED TO REQUEST A DISTRICT OWNED VEHICLE THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR.

ACCORDING TO DISTRICT POLICY C AND B LOCAL, IF NO DISTRICT VEHICLE IS AVAILABLE, A TRUSTEE WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR MILEAGE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER INCLUDING IN OUR POLICY ARE NOT INCLUDING IN OUR POLICY.

IT SAYS RENTAL CARS ARE RESERVED ONLY FOR TRAVEL.

WHERE SHUTTLES ARE NOT PROVIDED AT AIRPORTS OR OTHER LOCATIONS.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE A BUS, CAB, UBER, LYFT, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT OR TO AND FROM THE CONFERENCE OR HOTEL, THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED. IF YOU USE THOSE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FOR SHOPPING, TO GO ON TOURING ACTIVITIES OR FOR LEISURE ACTIVITIES, NOT REIMBURSED, AIRFARE WILL BE REIMBURSED. OUR CHARGE TO THE DISTRICT CREDIT CARD, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THAT TICKET, IS THE TRUSTEES EXPENSE. IF YOU COUNCIL OR YOU DON'T USE IT, YOU MUST REIMBURSE THE DISTRICT FOR THAT UNUSED TICKET. AND SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTING. IF THE SO IF YOU RECEIVE A PER DIEM AND YOU USE EXPENSES BEYOND THAT, THAT IS UP TO THE TRUSTEE.

BUT IF YOU HAVE FUNDS STILL REMAINING THAT ARE UNUSED, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO RETURN THOSE WITHIN A CERTAIN SET OF TIME.

SO IT SAYS ALL TRAVEL RECEIPTS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE WITHIN 15 BUSINESS DAYS FOR REIMBURSEMENT REIMBURSEMENT, AND THE TRUSTEES MUST REIMBURSE THE DISTRICT FOR ANY UNUSED FUNDS OTHER THAN MEAL PER DIEM WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DISTRICT EVENT.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE PINK. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD OR NOT ADD.

SO THAT'S TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION. SO BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT SECTION, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT SECTION.

YES. TRUSTEE DAVIS. OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

VALET NOT REIMBURSED. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? CORRECT.

OKAY. THERE ARE SOME HOTELS THAT ONLY HAVE VALET, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. THAT MAY BE OUTDATED. SO. OH.

SO WE NEED TO WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE. YEAH I KNOW.

YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADD THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THE PARKING LOT.

SO THEY'LL ADD THAT. SO I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY GOT IT UP THERE. SHE'S GOING UP THERE RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS. OKAY.

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MY. WHAT WAS THIS? I HAVE IT HERE. IS THAT THREE THE TRAVEL WITHIN TO MAINTAIN A TRAVEL LOG WAS MENTIONED WAS THAT I DON'T REMEMBER IF THAT WAS IN RED OR IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MAY BE DATED.

NO, NO, NO. ON PAGE 12 UNDER TRAVEL PLANNING AND FUNDING FEE.

PULL IT TO IS MAINTAIN A TRAVEL LOG OF CASH EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS.

WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO THAT. NO. BUT IT'S IN OURS.

I KNOW, SO SINCE SINCE IT'S IN OUR. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO.

WE TAKE IT OUT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT. RIGHT. YEAH.

WE DEFINITELY RIGHT. YOUR PRACTICE NEEDS TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU HAVE IN WRITING.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE DOING THIS TODAY. SO THAT'S IT.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL FIX THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OR I'M SUGGESTING STRONGLY YOU FIX IT.

YES. OKAY. TRUSTEE EXPERT. CAN YOU LET US KNOW OR MAYBE WE CAN LOOK THROUGH HERE ABOUT I KNOW WE GO TO SAN ANTONIO A LOT. AUSTIN. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO.

AND A LOT OF TRAFFIC BUILD UP. IF WE TAKE THE EXPRESS OR TOLL.

IS IS IS THAT INCLUDED OR NOT? BECAUSE I KNOW OR WOULD HOW HOW DOES THAT WORK? I HAVEN'T YET. SO WE WE YOU MEAN THE COST OF IT? YES. LIKE IF WE HAVE TO DETOUR IN ORDER TO AVOID MAJOR BACKUPS, WHICH HAPPEN QUITE A BIT ON I-30 ALL THE TIME COMING TO SAN ANTONIO.

YEAH. SO ANY KIND, ANY EXPENSE THAT YOU INCUR AS A RESULT OF, OF GOING TO A CONFERENCE, THEN THAT IS REIMBURSEMENT.

OKAY. YEAH. ALL OF IT. ALL OF IT IS REALLY JUST A MATTER, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE GOING RIGHT UNTIL YOU GET TO IT.

AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT, HEY, I HAD A TOLL AND WE MOVE ON.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE GOOD TRAVEL LOG RIGHT NOW.

A LOT OF THESE, A COUPLE OF THE DISTRICTS I KNOW THAT WE'VE PULLED THIS FROM A A COUPLE OF THEM ACTUALLY TRAVELED ON FEDERAL GRANTS.

AND SO SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE BASED ON FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR US.

WE'RE NOT TRAVELING ON, ON FEDERAL GRANTS. WE ARE STRICTLY USING 199 FUNDS THAT WE CONTROL.

SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

I THINK IN HERE TOO, IT SAID PRESIDENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, DID IT SAY WHEN IT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEDIA, I THINK IN IN HERE, I SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO THE MEDIA.

WE HAVE. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S NOT MY THAT'S RIGHT A FRIEND.

NO, YOU YOU YOU, YOU WERE DOING A GREAT JOB TOO.

SO YOU SUMMARIZED THAT AND IT'S THE PRESIDENT OR MCFARLAND, WHICH IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

OKAY. DID IT SAY EITHER OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT I NEED TO DO IS SET THE PRESIDENT, BUT OKAY, YOU KNOW, SORRY. TRUSTEE DAVIS. OH, OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. WE COME BACK.

DO YOU LOVE THE EXPERT? SEE THE ACCOUNTABILITY HERE? BUT BETWEEN EACH OTHER, LIKE THIS IS MINE. THIS IS MINE.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. LAST PART. OKAY, WE'RE LEAVING TRAINING AND TRANSPORTATION AND MEALS.

OKAY. WE ARE GOING NOW TO BEING PART OF MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS.

SO LEADERSHIP TASB. 14 SO OUR POLICY JUST SAYS ALL CROWLEY ISD BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR LEADERSHIP TASKS.

BE THE COMPARISON DISTRICT GOES A LITTLE BIT FARTHER.

IT SAYS IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPLY, YOU NEED TO NOTIFY THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THEN THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER REQUESTING AN APPLICATION FOR THAT.

AND IF A BOARD MEMBER IS ACCEPTED, THEY SHOULD NOTIFY THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THEIR ACCEPTANCE.

TRUSTEES WHO ARE EITHER IN THEIR FIRST YEAR ARE UP FOR REELECTION ARE NOT ABLE TO APPLY FOR LEADERSHIP.

TASB IF YOU'RE A FIRST YEAR TRUSTEE OR UP FOR REELECTION BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIN OR NOT,

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SO THERE'S CUBES CUBE NAPSI TEXAS CAUCUS, A BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATOR, MOMS, WHICH IS MEXICAN AMERICAN, THE TEXAS ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

WE CAN EITHER BE IN ALL OF THEM, SOME OF THEM.

BUT THE DISTRICT WILL PAY FOR US AND IT WOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF OUR TRUSTEE BUDGET.

IF WE WANT TO ATTEND OR BE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT WILL COME FROM OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL BUDGET.

AND THEN IF WE ARE INVITED TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER AND IT'S A PAID SPEAKER EVENT, AND THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR US TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE, THEN ALL EXPENSES SHOULD BE REIMBURSED TO THE DISTRICT.

SO IF WE'RE PAID TO SPEAK SOMEWHERE, THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR US.

WHATEVER WE'RE PAID TO SPEAK, WE NEED TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK TO THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN WHEN WE ATTEND CONFERENCES, WHATEVER TRAINING WE RECEIVE, WE NEED TO COME BACK AT A SCHEDULED POSTED MEETING AND SHARE OUR TRAINING.

SO WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. WE HAVEN'T BEEN AS CONSISTENT AND THEN STAY INFORMED THE NEW POLICIES.

AND THAT IS IT. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

I'M HAVING USED THIS ALL DAY. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GUEST SPEAKER.

SO IF SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE GOING TO CUTE AND BROTHER DARRYL DAVIS TRUSTEE DAVIS IF HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK, BUT WE'RE ALREADY THERE AND IT'S PAID FOR.

WOULD HE STILL HAVE TO GIVE IF THEY GAVE HIM AN HONORARIUM OR SOME SORT OF PAYMENT, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE ALREADY GOING TO BE THERE AND IT'S PAID FOR? YES. OKAY. I WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. I HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

WHAT IS IS YOUR DISTRICT IN THAT? WE ARE WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS WHO ATTEND AND IT'S TYPICALLY IN REGION 11.

THEY DO A LOT OF THE MEETINGS IN REGION 11 AND NORTH REGION TEN.

I THINK THE FEE IS MAYBE $200 FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

RIGHT, RIGHT. WELL, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, SO THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S IN RED, WE ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. RIGHT. SO I KNOW WE HAVE NOT ATTENDED THAT IN FOREVER.

SO IF. BECAUSE I WAS PREVIOUSLY OKAY, OKAY, I RECEIVE THEIR EMAILS, I DON'T YEAH, I RECEIVED EMAILS.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN WE WOULD NEED TO DECIDE IF THAT'S A DISEASE WE WANT TO PAY.

LIKE. I'VE GONE IN THE PAST AND THEN I PARTICIPATE IN THEIR WEBINARS AND WE DON'T PAY ANNUALLY.

AND SO THERE'S SOMETIMES I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS AND THEY'LL SAY, YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER DISTRICT, SO YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE OR THEY GIVE A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS.

SOME YEARS THEY'LL LIST CROWLEY SOME YEARS OUR STUDENTS AREN'T AVAILABLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MEMBERS.

SO YEAH, IF I CAN ADD TO I KNOW CUBE IS A MEMBER DISTRICT ORGANIZATION, SO YOU CAN'T JOIN AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

IT HAS TO BE A DISTRICT. AND MOSBY IS THE SAME.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY YOU CAN JOIN AS A NO.

THEY STOP THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE A MEMBER ORGANIZATION AS WELL. SO IT'S THOSE TWO ARE DEFINITELY MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS.

AND IN MY DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR THOSE.

AND THEN THE OTHERS, WE CAN HAVE THEM TO PAY FOR IT.

BUT CUBE AND MOSS WILL COME OUT OF THE DISTRICT BUDGET, NOT THE BOARD MEMBER'S BUDGET JUST BECAUSE IT'S A DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP.

AND THE DISTRICT ALSO BENEFITS FROM BEING A PART OF THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GOT CONSTRUCTION HOWEVER YOU WANT TO. BUT THEN THE OTHER ONES, THE BOARD CHOSE TO SELECT SOME OF THOSE AND EVERYBODY SAY, YOU CAN DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY.

AND ALSO FROM, FROM OUR FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT, WE, WE ALWAYS PAY FOR NSBA.

AND THEN ALSO, WHICH IS NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AND THEN ALSO THE TASB.

SO THEY'RE NOT LISTED HERE. THEY'RE PROBABLY, WE PROBABLY SHOULD LIST THEM BECAUSE WE ALREADY, WE, WE PAY FOR THOSE AUTOMATICALLY. THESE ARE JUST OTHERS THAT SOMETIMES WE GO TO, SOMETIMES WE DON'T, DEPENDING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO WE DON'T PAY FOR THESE EVERY YEAR. BUT LIKE IF YOU ALL SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PAY FOR THESE THREE EVERY YEAR, WE JUST SAY, THESE ARE THE THREE WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR. HERE ARE THE OTHERS YOU CAN CHOOSE TO USE YOUR BUDGET TO GO IF YOU LIKE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE FEE? BECAUSE I THINK TEXAS CAUCUS OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS, NOT BLACK SCHOOL.

YEAH. BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS, NO SCHOOL BOARD.

IT'S $50 OR 50, $50 PER INDIVIDUAL. I THINK IT'S 500 FOR A DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES SUPERINTENDENT AND ADMINISTRATION.

SO CAN WE DO A COST BREAKDOWN FOR EACH OF THOSE AND SEE.

[01:20:09]

I JUST HAVE ONE. SO YOU SAID THAT WE WE WE COULD JOIN CUBE AS A DISTRICT.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL THINGS AS A DISTRICT, AS TRUSTEES THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OR, OR CLASSES AND STUFF. OKAY, SO LIKE AT NSBA WHEN WE GO TO NSBA, I BELIEVE IT'S IN CHICAGO THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE. AND SO AT NSBA CUBE IS ACTUALLY A PART OF NSBA.

SO CUBE WILL HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S DINNERS OR WHETHER IT'S LUNCH SPEAKERS OR WHATEVER.

THEN IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER OF CUBE, YOU DON'T GO, YOU DON'T GO.

SO WE GOT TO EVERYBODY BE A MEMBER. NSBA. AND IF THE BOARD COLLECTIVELY SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP FOR CUBE ALSO, THEN WE CAN PAY FOR THAT AS WELL COLLECTIVELY.

OR IF YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL SAID, HEY, I WANT TO GO TO THIS SESSION OR THIS GROUP, THEN YOU COULD ACTUALLY USE YOUR BUDGET.

AND THE WAY WE DO OUR BUDGET IS WE ACTUALLY DIVIDE IT BY ONE SEVEN.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE'RE DIVIDED BY ONE SEVEN.

AND THAT WAY EACH BOARD MEMBER, YOU'LL KNOW YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR BASED ON THE CONFERENCES THAT WE HAVE, HAVE, HAVE, HAVE IDENTIFIED. AND WE ALSO OFFICIALLY NORMALLY LOOKS AT THE BUDGET FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND WE ROLL THE BUDGET FORWARD AT THAT SAME RATE OR AT A LITTLE BIT MORE, DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS. IF THERE'S A BUDGET REDUCTION, THEN WE WOULD REDUCE THE BUDGET AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT OUR BUDGET IS GOING FORWARD.

OKAY. YEAH. GOOD QUESTIONS. ONE QUESTION. SO DO WE NEED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL REVISIT OUR MEMBERSHIPS MAYBE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CUBE AND NOBODY ATTENDS THEIR CONFERENCES. NOBODY, YOU KNOW? YEAH. SO I, I THINK MAYBE THERE SHOULD ALSO BE SOME LANGUAGE JUST TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT IT EVERY SO OFTEN SO THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE DO HAVE A QUESTION.

THE CONFERENCE IS ONE THING FOR EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THEY HAVE.

ARE THERE OTHER BENEFITS A LOT THAT IT'S SO LIKE A LOT.

YEAH. RIGHT. FOR EACH ONE. THE WHOLE PACKAGE? THAT'S RIGHT. SO SOME HAVE TRAININGS AND THEY'RE VIRTUAL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT ALSO WITH CUBE WITH BECOMING A MEMBER, YOU GET ONE FREE REGISTRATION TO THEIR CONFERENCE.

SO THAT OFFSETS PART OF THE COST. WE ALSO HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND ALSO VIRTUAL TRAINING AS SHE'S REFERRING TO I TERMED OUT OF MY, I WAS ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR A WHILE, BUT I TERMED OUT.

SO, BUT YEAH, AND THEN THEY SENT OUT SEVERAL ARTICLES AS IT RELATES TO FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT IMPACTS PUBLIC EDUCATION, THAT THEY ASK FOR YOUR VOICE AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE INPUT.

SO THAT'S ALSO VALUABLE. AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF TALK TO OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES TO GET THOSE ITEMS ADDRESSED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

YEAH. BECAUSE NSBA, THEY HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE PIECE THAT IS RIGHT BEFORE NSBE ITSELF IS NORMALLY IN FEBRUARY, YOU CAN GO TO THAT AND YOU GET TEXAS TRUSTEES FROM ALL OVER, AND THEY DO THE LEGISLATIVE PIECE, AND THEN THEY GO UP ON THE HILL. AND I USED TO DO THAT WITH DENTON ALL THE TIME.

SO YEAH. SO THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER BENEFITS.

AND THE SCHOLARSHIP. YES. THERE'S SO MANY SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN DENTON AS THE DEPUTY, THEY AND I WOULD GO WITH TRUSTEES. THEY HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP.

LIKE WHENEVER YOU GO TO THE NORTH TEXAS NORTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, YOU COULD COME AND YOU GET TO THEY HAVE LIKE A.

IT'S NOT A RAFFLE, BUT YOU PUT YOUR TICKET IN THE LITTLE BOWL AND THEY PULL IT AND YOU CAN GET A SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOUR NAME.

AND NORMALLY ONE OF THE VENDORS IS SOMEBODY THAT'S PAID FOR IT. THEY DO THE SAME THING IN HOUSTON TOO.

AND SO ONE THING WE CAN DO BOARD, IS WE CAN ACTUALLY LIST OUT THE BENEFITS OF EACH ONE OF THE GROUPS.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN COLLECTIVELY LOOK AT THE BENEFITS AND SAY, YOU'RE THE ONES WE ALL WANT TO DO.

THESE OTHERS YOU CAN DO ON FACEBOOK. WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE WE BEFORE WE MAKE IT.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO EXPERT NUMBER FOUR.

ALRIGHT. TRUSTEE. OKAY, SO I AM PICKING UP. I HAVE PAGE 14 IN THE IN YOUR BOOK STARTING ON SCHOOL VISIT GUIDELINES AND JUST TO GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF JUST KIND OF WHAT MANY OF THE SECTIONS THAT I'M GOING TO COVER IS ULTIMATELY DEALING WITH A LOT OF IT IS PERCEPTION OF OUR ROLES.

AND I THINK TY G SAID IT EARLIER TO EVERYBODY IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY,

[01:25:04]

SO SCHOOL VISIT GUIDELINES, WHICH IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.

NUMBER ONE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A VISIT TO A SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS ALREADY A PUBLIC EVENT OR SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL IS DOING THAT WE'RE JUST ATTENDING, IT'S ALWAYS IMPERATIVE TO CONTACT DOCTOR MCFARLAND, THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO LET HIM KNOW THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO TO MAKE THAT VISIT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW ALL SECURITY GUIDELINES WHEN WE GO ON TO A CAMPUS BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE THINKING THAT WE GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE CAN CIRCUMVENT CAMPUS PROCEDURES AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING AS TRUSTEES, WE FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES.

AND THERE ARE SOME BREAKDOWNS AS YOU SEE AS IT PERTAINS TO HOW WE SHOULD CONDUCT OURSELVES WHEN WE GO ON SCHOOL VISITS, OF COURSE, CHECK IN WITH THE PRINCIPAL FIRST.

AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO VISIT, PARTICULARLY SAY, YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL.

AS A PARENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXPRESSING THAT WE'RE ACTING AS PARENTS, NOT NECESSARILY AS BOARD MEMBERS, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT PERCEPTION PIECE THAT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO SEE US AS TRUSTEES, EVEN WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE SHOWING UP TO HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH OUR CHILD'S TEACHER.

AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET KIND OF THE, THE, THE TONE FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO INTERACT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

ALSO WE SHOULD NEVER EXPECT OR REQUEST EXTRAORDINARY CONSIDERATIONS FOR OUR OWN CHILDREN BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT OPERATING IN OUR CAPACITY AS TRUSTEES, WE'RE OPERATING AS PARENTS.

AND SO BASICALLY DON'T TRY TO USE OUR TITLES TO GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR OUR OWN CHILDREN.

AND THEN OF COURSE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE FOLLOW ALL SAFETY GUIDELINES.

SO I'LL PAUSE JUST A MOMENT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SCHOOL VISITS.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SCHOOL VISIT. WELL, I'LL SHARE MY EXPERIENCE.

SO NOT ONLY AM I A TRUSTEE A PARENT, BUT I'M ALSO AN EDUCATOR.

SO PEOPLE KNOW ME FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT LANES.

I DID HAVE AN INCIDENT ONE YEAR, MY FIRST YEAR WHERE MY FRIEND, WHO WAS AN AP AT THE TIME, INVITED ME TO HIS CAMPUS TO JUST MEET WITH HIM.

SO HE WAS RUNNING LATE TO A MEETING. THE PRINCIPAL PULLED ME INTO A MEETING WITH OTHER ADMINISTRATORS, AND I WAS SITTING THERE LIKE, WHY AM I IN HERE? BUT I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE SAID, I'M COMING. WELL, HE KNEW WHO I WAS MEETING.

THEY WERE JUST RUNNING LATE. BUT I SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME.

BUT I WAS NOT THINKING THIS WAS A BIG DEAL, BECAUSE I WAS COMING UP THERE TO MEET WITH SOMEONE.

THEY INVITED ME. I WASN'T GOING ON. JUST. I'M JUST GOING TO COME IN TO THE SCHOOL.

BUT IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING THAT IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE.

I GUESS IT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING. THE OTHER THING IS, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT NOT USING YOUR STATUS.

SOMETIMES TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS THINK THEY'RE BEING HELPFUL BY SAYING, OH, YOU GOT A TRUSTEE'S CHILD IN YOUR CLASSROOM OR YOU HAVE TRUSTEE ROBINSON DON'T DO THAT TO ME. I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE ELSE FEELS, BUT I JUST WANT MY CHILD TO BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S.

SO DO NOT IDENTIFY THEM AS A TRUSTEE'S CHILD.

SO I HAVEN'T SAID THAT, BUT CAN THAT BE NOTATED? LIKE DON'T GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO CHILDREN ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, HER MOM IS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU KNOW, THIS DON'T DO THAT. SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU CAN PUT THAT IN BECAUSE AGAIN, SINCE THESE ARE YOUR OPERATING PROCEDURES IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL BELIEVE THAT IS TRUSTEE.

BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT. WE'VE GOT PERSPECTIVE. SO PART OF TONIGHT IS PERSPECTIVES.

YOU'VE GOT OUTSIDE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUTSIDE YOUNG TRUSTEE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A MINUTE.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS IS. SO YOU COULD BE JUST STUNNING.

BEAUTIFUL. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS PERCEPTIONS FROM THE STAFF ON WHAT THEY THINK.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PERCEPTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? THIS IS MY CHILD, RIGHT? THIS IS MY CHILD. RIGHT.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO BRING THAT OUT. SO HOW DO I MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVEN THE STAFF, BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN READ THIS BOOK, EVERYBODY HAS PUBLIC PUBLIC RECORD.

YOU CAN READ IT. YEAH. BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THAT WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR OPERATING PROCEDURES. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE SO FOR ADMINISTRATION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW, HEY, MY KID IS HERE AND JUST SHARE WHAT THE PRINCIPAL DON'T, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THIS STUDENT. BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT'S NOT ANYTHING FOR THE BOARD.

[01:30:03]

NO ONE ELSE IS ABLE TO WALK AROUND WITH THEIR HOODIE, THEIR HOOD ON.

I'M AN EDUCATOR. I JUST KNOW THAT'S POLICY. SO DON'T LET HIM LIKE, OH, HE'S FINE.

NO, HE IS NOT FINE. WHATEVER THE EXPECTATION IS FOR ANYBODY ELSE'S CHILD, MY CHILD NEEDS TO HAVE THAT SAME EXPECTATION.

SO I THINK I'LL PUSH BACK AND ARGUE A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, NO TRUSTEES CAN HAVE THAT IN THERE, THAT OUR KIDS ARE JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE'S. YOU CAN WRITE THAT IN A WAY THAT SAYS, IF YOU HAVE A CHILD ON CAMPUS, MY CHILD IS LIKE ANY OTHER CHILD IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S IT. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE IT. BUT SO MY QUESTION, HOW DO HOW DO WE HOLD HOW IS STAFF EXPECTED TO KNOW THAT AND OPERATE BY THAT WHEN THIS IS THE BOARD'S OPERATING GUIDELINE.

SO HERE'S THE WAY I LOOK AT THAT. HERE'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

BY THE WAY. ARM WRESTLE IN A MINUTE, MAN. ALRIGHT.

SO THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'VE SEEN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THAT BECAUSE WILL SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS GO OVER IF THEY'RE OUT THERE IN A ROOM AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S TRUSTEE SUCH AND SUCH AS SUN OVER THERE.

AND THEN IF THERE'S A NEW ADMINISTRATOR OR TEACHER OR SUBSTITUTE WHO DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR CHILD, AND THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY REACT, HAVE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO READ YOUR OPERATING GUYS? NO. BUT IF WE KNOW IF WE KNOW WHAT THE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE, THEN MAYBE WE CAN HELP CORRECT IT, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO PART OF THIS ROLE BECAUSE THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO NOT JUST PUT THE RULES DOWN.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO WHAT ACTUALLY HELP HOLD EACH OTHER.

THAT'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE, RIGHT? YEAH, I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT WE'LL LET THEM.

BUT SO I WORK FOR THE STATE FOR YEARS, MANY YEARS WITH THE STATE, I COULD LOOK AT MY OWN CASE, BEFORE I BEGAN MY FRIEND, I HAD TO GO TO MY THOUGHTS, TO MY FRIENDS.

AND WHEN THAT BOSS WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THE MANAGER AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CASE? IN OUR SITUATION, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE DID HAVE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT, THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THAT MCFARLAND AND ALLOW HIM TO GO TO THE PRINCIPAL OF THAT CAMPUS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH THE TEACHER OR WHATEVER TO COMMUNICATE THAT BECAUSE THEN YOU THEN YOU'RE TAKING A BACK SEAT AND THEN THINKING THAT, HEY, I HAVE TO GIVE HER A SPECIAL TREATMENT BECAUSE HER CHILD IS IN THIS CHILD IS WHAT I THINK I LIKE ABOUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE'RE NOT GOING AND PASSING IT OVER AND SAYING IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S JOB, AND THEN IT'S IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S THING.

WE'RE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SO EVEN IF WE DON'T DECIDE TODAY WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE, IT COULD BE SOMETHING IN YOUR PARKING LOT.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS SOME KIND OF NOTATION, BECAUSE IF IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO NOT ONLY SAY.

AND THEN YOU BROUGHT UP ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT'S DIFFERENT, A PARALLEL, BUT BACKS UP KIND OF WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S A CHALLENGE SOMEWHERE THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T, I, I DOUBT THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON WHO'S HAD THAT COME UP WHERE SOMEBODY MADE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT WAS YOUR CHILD.

AND THEN YOU USED A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, I COULDN'T DO MY OWN CASES.

SO WE NEED TO NOTE SOMETHING SOMEWHERE INSTEAD OF NOT SAY ANYTHING.

I JUST WANT TO COMMEND TRUSTEE ROBINSON FOR BRINGING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE I. NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY. I MEAN, IF I'M A TRUSTEE, I WANT MY CHILD TO HAVE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE WAY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE.

I WANT THEM INCOGNITO. YOU DON'T KNOW. SO SO FOR YOU TO BRING THAT OUT AND NOT WANT THAT SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR YOUR DAUGHTER. I THINK IT'S COMMENDABLE BECAUSE IT IS COMMENDABLE, AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO ADD, BECAUSE I DO HAVE A DAUGHTER IN THE DISTRICT AND I WANT HER TO JUST BE TREATED AS A STUDENT.

BUT I DON'T WANT HER TO ALSO BE, JUST FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS PICKED ON OR OVERLOOKED BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE THE, I'VE KIND OF EXPERIENCED THE FLIP SIDE AND I DON'T WANT A REPRESENTATIVE TO GO IN THERE FOR ME BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW MY DAUGHTER, EVEN IF WE ARE A TEAM OF EIGHT.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF LIKE ON MY HEART.

I'VE ACTUALLY HAD ANXIETY STARTING THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO MY CHILD.

I LOVE ALL 17,000 OF OUR KIDS, BUT IT JUST KIND OF SEEMS LIKE I'VE ALREADY DONE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I WAS WHO I WAS BEFORE I BECAME A TRUSTEE.

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AND ACTUALLY SHE'S A GOOD STUDENT. SHE'S DOING WHAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO DO. SO AS A PARENT, YEAH, LIKE I'M SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. I DON'T EXPECT FOR HER TO BE PUT ON A PEDESTAL, NOR DO I EXPECT FOR HER TO BE PUT UNDERNEATH ONE, EITHER BECAUSE HER MOTHER IS A TRUSTEE OR BECAUSE SHE IS AN AMBITIOUS CHILD.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST SPEAKING FREELY KIND OF EXPERIENCE.

LAST YEAR, IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE PUNISHED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE SHE WENT AFTER HER GOALS, AND I'VE HAD TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, AND IT MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE I DID HAVE TO SAY, HEY, I'M NOT COMING IN HERE AS A TRUSTEE.

I'M COMING IN AS A PARENT. BUT STILL, IT SEEMS TO BE THAT WAY BECAUSE I STILL HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE I'M HER PARENT.

SO AND THAT'S WHERE THAT PART COMES IN. WHEN I TALKED ABOUT DOCTOR MCFARLAND, BECAUSE THAT WAY HE'S ACTUALLY BEING A MEDIATOR BECAUSE I HEARD I WAS IN A TRAINING AND THEY SAID, YOU ARE ALWAYS A BOARD MEMBER NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.

GROCERY STORE, THE LAUNDROMAT ANYWHERE IN PUBLIC.

THEY STILL SEE YOU AS A TRUSTEE. AND IF YOU'RE COMING UP THERE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR CHILD AS A TEACHER OR AN ADMINISTRATOR, I'M STILL GOING TO LOOK AT YOU AS A TRUSTEE BECAUSE I CAN'T.

I KNOW YOU'RE THE PARENT, BUT THEY STILL LOOK AT YOU LIKE A TRUSTEE.

SO I WAS SAYING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT DOCTOR LIKE FATHER, EVEN IF IT'S SOMEONE IN THE DISTRICT THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE THE ADVOCATE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOUR CHILD HAS BEEN MISTREATED, THAT WHAT I OH, GO AHEAD.

WELL, NO, I THINK I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE IF. EFFORT IS MADE TO NOT LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THAT IS YOUR CHILD.

THEN HOW IS THAT? WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF HER BEING MISTREATED BECAUSE OF YOU? I MEAN, IF SO, THEN GOING OFF OF LAST YEAR, EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH ALREADY KNOWS THAT WE'RE TRUSTEES.

MY DAUGHTER HAS MY EXACT FACE COPY AND PASTE.

MY DAUGHTER'S BEEN ON TV WITH ME SEVERAL TIMES.

SO IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT I DO, I'M A PROUD PARENT, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM.

WE POST OUR KIDS. PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE EVEN IF YOU SAY, DON'T BROADCAST THAT I AM.

THEY KNOW. AND SO I'M FINE WITH THEM KNOWING I EXPECT MY DAUGHTER TO FOLLOW THE RULES.

I'M A FAIR PARENT. I DISCIPLINE HER WHEN NEEDED.

BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. DOCTOR MCFARLAND ACTUALLY HAS BEEN A MEDIATOR FOR ME IN THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING I WOULDN'T EXPECT FOR TRUSTEE DAVIS, NOR WOULD I WANT HER TO TO GO ON MY BEHALF, YOU KNOW, TO SPEAK FOR ME. I DO THINK THAT DOCTOR MCFARLAND WOULD BE A GOOD ONE.

AND WE DO NEED THE PARKING LOT, THIS ONE, BUT I JUST HAVE HAD ANXIETY, JUST BEING HONEST AS A TRUSTEE IN THIS AREA WHERE PARKING LOT AND KEEP IT MOVING. GO AHEAD, KEEP GOING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M VERY FORTUNATE.

BOTH OF MY KIDS CAME THROUGH, BUT THERE WAS NO TIME THAT I EVER FELT THAT THE TEACHERS.

THEY THEY HAD THIS PEDESTAL FOR MY CHILDREN. WHEN WE HAD PARENT TEACHER MEETINGS, IT WAS TELLING ME LIKE, IT IS WHAT MY CHILD NEEDS TO DO. AND HERE'S WHAT THEY DID.

IT WAS IT. IT WAS JUST NORMAL. SO I THINK SOME OF THE HONEST.

IT'S ON US, SOME SACRIFICES WE MAKE. MY DAUGHTER KNOWS THAT THERE WERE SOME SACRIFICES THAT I, I COULDN'T DO ON HER BEHALF, THAT SHE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, DO ON HER OWN.

BUT SHE WAS ALSO TOLD AND AND SHE KNEW THEY DIDN'T GO BRAGGING THAT MY MOM IS ON THE BOARD.

THEY DIDN'T GO TELLING TEACHERS THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE.

NONE OF THAT. SHE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN OLD SCHOOL IN TROUBLE FOR DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THEY NEVER CROSSED THAT BOUNDARY. SO I NEVER HAD I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WHEN SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT GETTING TREATED. WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

OKAY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THIS SITUATION? SO.

RIGHT. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP AND AND THAT BE CLEAR BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMED LIKE AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, YOU TURN MY MIC ON AGAIN. MY DAUGHTER DON'T RUN AROUND LIKE SHE THE QUEEN OF CROWLEY.

BEFORE I RAN, I TALKED WITH MY FAMILY ABOUT THIS AND SHE IS GREAT AT ADVOCATING FOR HERSELF.

THERE ARE SOME TIMES AS A PARENT, BECAUSE WE ALL ARE PARENTS WHERE YOU HAVE TO STEP IN FOR YOUR CHILD AND SPEAK UP FOR THEM.

OKAY, SO WE DON'T DO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITHOUT ME GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

I HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING LAST YEAR WITH ONE TEACHER.

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I AGREE, AND I LIKE THE IDEA FOR SOMETHING TO BE PUT IN PLACE.

OKAY. WHICH IS TO GO TO. AND THAT'S OKAY. I KNOW, BUT OKAY, SO THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, MY DAUGHTER WAS IN SECOND GRADE. SO A SECOND GRADER IS NOT GOING AROUND SAYING, MY MOM IS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. HER TEACHER, YOU KNOW JAIRO'S MOM IS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. JAIRO'S MOM IS THIS.

AND IT KEPT COMING OUT. MY DAUGHTER IS THE ONE WHO INFORMED ME AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHY IS SHE DOING THIS IN CLASS? THEN AGAIN, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WITH MY SON AND ADMINISTRATOR TOLD ME, OH, I TOLD THE TEACHERS, I GAVE THEM A HEADS UP. YOU HAVE A BOARD MEMBER'S CHILD IN YOUR CLASS.

DON'T GIVE THEM A HEADS UP. I DON'T WANT ANY HEADS UP.

DON'T DON'T PUT THEM ON NOTICE. THEY ARE LIKE EVERY OTHER CHILD IN THE SCHOOL.

THAT'S MY THING. SAME THING WITH HER BEING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I I JUST DON'T WANT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OR MISTREATMENT.

THERE ARE EVERY OTHER CHILD WHO I AM. I KNOW SHE'S MY CHILDREN ARE A PART OF ME, BUT THIS IS A SEPARATE CAPACITY.

AND SO THERE'S, I DON'T EVEN GO TO CONFERENCES.

I HAVEN'T I DON'T RESPOND TO EMAILS. I DON'T DO A LOT OF THINGS BECAUSE I'M A SINGLE PARENT.

I DON'T HAVE A SPOUSE TO SEND AND ADVOCATE ON MY BEHALF.

AND SO WEARING THESE HATS AND I YEAH, IT'S FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES A LOT.

SO, SO I JUST WANT TO JUST KIND OF BRING IT. SO WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT OUR, AT OUR BOARD CODE OF CONDUCT OR OPERATING PROCEDURES, WHAT THIS IS DESIGNED TO DO IS REALLY TO PROTECT US AS A TEAM.

AND SO MY ROLE, THE WAY I SEE MY ROLE IS AS A PART OF THIS TEAM, I NEED TO, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT YOU.

RIGHT. FROM MY VANTAGE POINT. AND SO IF THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT'S OCCURRING WITH YOUR CHILD, I THINK THE, THE FIRST THING IS, AND YOU ALL HAVE DONE THIS, ALL OF YOU'VE DONE THIS AT SOME POINT SAID, HEY, I'M, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO STOP BEING A PARENT.

LIKE NOBODY CAN JUST STOP BEING A PARENT. RIGHT? BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH A SYSTEM, OR IF A KID FEELS WRONG OR THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S NOT AS IT SHOULD BE. AND YOU YOU TELL ME, THEN I CAN THEN RUN INTERFERENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD IS NOT MISTREATED, THAT YOU'RE NOT MISTREATED, OR THAT IT DOESN'T GET ALL OUT OF WHACK.

AND THEN AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE FOR NOTIFYING ME IS TO LET ME KNOW THIS IS GOING ON.

THEN I CAN SAY, HEY, LET, LET US HANDLE IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET LABELED AS THIS OR THAT OR WHATEVER.

AND WILL YOU JUST BEING A PARENT, THEN I'LL CALL, THEN I'LL TALK TO SOMEONE INTERNALLY AND SAY, THIS SITUATION HAPPENED. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING AND NOBODY.

AND THAT'S HOW WE REALLY IT'S YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT GIVING AWAY YOUR PARENT OR PARENTS AUTHORITY.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ALLOWING ME TO PROTECT THE TEAM BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU, YOU KNOW, IT COULD GET OFF RAILS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WALK THROUGH. I MEAN, I THINK WE WALK THROUGH IT. IT'S REALLY WE WRITE IT HERE, BUT THEN WE DO IT ONE SITUATION AT A TIME. WHEN IT SHOWS UP, WE WALK THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK JUST MAKING SURE IN YOUR POINT IT SAYS BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT REQUEST OR ACCEPT EXTRAORDINARY CONSIDERATION.

I THINK WE ALSO CAN SAY THAT THAT BOARD MEMBER CHILDREN WILL NOT BE, YOU KNOW, UNNECESSARILY SINGLED OUT OR PUNISHED.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THAT. AND THEN WHAT I DO, JUST LIKE WE SAID, NO GOTCHA, NO SURPRISES.

THERE'S A SIGN FOR THE FOR THE CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM. SO NOW I'M TALKING TO CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM AND SAY, HEY, NOT EVERYBODY HAS CHILDREN, BUT WE KNOW IF YOU DO HAVE A CHILD, THE PERSON THAT'S SUPERVISING THAT CAMPUS WILL SAY, MAKE SURE THAT THIS KID IS NOT SINGLED OUT OR, YOU KNOW, PUNISHED BECAUSE OF HER ASSOCIATION WITH IF IT IS WE KNOW IT, THEN WE DEAL WITH IT THAT'S HOW, IF YOU LET ME TO THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TRY TO FACILITATE A LITTLE BIT.

TRUSTEE DAVIS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KIND OF ROUND UP ANY ANY OTHER SUMMARIES FOR YOUR EXPERTISE? WE OBVIOUSLY SEE PEOPLE REALLY LIKE YOU. YOU GOT SOMETHING GOING? OH, I THINK I STILL HAVE 6 OR 7 MORE SECTIONS TO GO.

THAT WAS LITERALLY. KEEP IT MOVING, SIR. LET'S KEEP IT MOVING.

THERE YOU GO. I'M SORRY. YOU ALL WILL NEVER BRING ME BACK AGAIN.

BUT HE STOPPED US. YES, I DID. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO MY NEXT POINT NOW IS COMMUNICATIONS.

AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

ONE BEING OF COURSE WHAT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IS.

IT'S NOT ONLY WHAT YOU SAY OR IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT YOU SAY.

IT'S ACTUALLY WHAT PEOPLE HEAR AND WHAT THEY PERCEIVE.

AND SO AGAIN, GOING TO THE POINT THAT I MADE EARLIER, WE HAVE THE BURDEN OF PERCEPTION.

SO AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN.

BECAUSE WE SIT IN THIS CAPACITY, WE HAVE TO BEAR THE WEIGHT.

SOMETIMES THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS POSITION AND HELPING US, DOING THE EXTRA WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROJECTING THE RIGHT IMAGE, WE'RE SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS SO THAT THINGS ARE NOT MISINTERPRETED BASED ON THE SEAT IN WHICH WE ALL SIT.

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BASICALLY I'LL SUMMARIZE THIS BY SAYING WHEN WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT, SOMEONE CALLS YOU THAT KIND OF THING.

FIRST THING, OF COURSE, LISTEN, BECAUSE WE ARE ELECTED BY THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING RESPONSIVE TO THEM.

SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO LISTEN. NUMBER TWO, WE WANT TO VERIFY THAT THE PROPER CONTACT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE KNOW SITUATION HAPPENS COMMUNITY MEMBER, FAMILY MEMBER, FRIEND, WHATEVER.

THEY KNOW WE'RE ON THE BOARD. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO TO MY WHATEVER. THAT'S A THAT'S A TRUSTEE.

AND THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WAS A SITUATION.

THE CHILD'S TEACHER DOESN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A SITUATION. SO IN THOSE SITUATIONS, WHEN WE RECEIVE THE COMPLAINT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS FOLLOWED THE PROPER CHAIN OF COMMAND, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO IN JUST A SECOND.

THE THIRD THING WE WANT TO DO IS REALLY SET EXPECTATIONS, SET THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY, ULTIMATELY WE'RE GOING TO CALL DOCTOR MCFARLAND AND WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM THEN WORK THE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO RESOLVE THIS.

SO AGAIN, FOUR STEPS. LISTEN TO THE COMPLAINT OR THE FEEDBACK.

VERIFY THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS TAKEN THE NECESSARY STEPS TO, TO TRY TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION.

SET EXPECTATIONS OF OUR ENGAGEMENT OF THIS SITUATION.

AND THEN FOURTHLY, CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THAT'S ULTIMATELY HOW WE NEED TO HANDLE COMPLAINTS.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEFORE I MOVE ON. CHAIN OF COMMAND.

OKAY. WITH CHAIN OF COMMAND. BEFORE YOU GO ON ON THE HANDLING INFORMATION, I WOULD ADD WHEN THEY CALL YOU ASK THEM ARE THEY A REGISTERED VOTER? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU CAN LISTEN TO THEM WITH A DIFFERENT EAR. ELECTION IS COMING UP IN MAY.

NO. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WITH CHAIN OF COMMAND. ULTIMATELY THIS SECTION, I CAN SUM IT UP BY SAYING THE PERSON AT THE LOWEST LEVEL WHO IS CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM SHOULD RESOLVE IT.

SO THIS IS IF IT'S A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED IN A CHILD'S CLASSROOM.

DID THIS INDIVIDUAL TALK TO THE TEACHER? THE TEACHER THEN GOES TO THE PRINCIPAL.

PRINCIPAL THEN GOES ULTIMATELY TO CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.

AND THEN IT ULTIMATELY, IF NECESSARY, GETS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

BUT THE IDEAL SITUATION IS THAT IT'S RESOLVED AT THE LEVEL CLOSEST TO THE INCIDENT.

OKAY, SO THAT'S THE CHAIN OF COMMAND SECTION.

AND ALTHOUGH IT'S HERE, THIS IS JUST FOR OUR KNOWLEDGE, CORRECT.

BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF. WELL, YOU JUST MENTIONED THOSE FOUR STEPS AHEAD OF TIME.

CORRECT. BUT SO THAT WE DON'T GET INTO THE WEEDS AND GOING BACK AND FORTH AND HEARING LIKE WAY DOWN ABOUT A CERTAIN SITUATION, WE GIVE IT TO DOCTOR, WE MAKE ONE PHONE CALL, WE MAKE ONE PHONE CALL.

YEAH. OR TEXT LIKE I. RIGHT. AND YOU HANDLE IT.

YEAH. WE DON'T GO TO THE TEACHER AND THEN TALK.

NO. THIS IS FOR OUR KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAKEHOLDERS, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS. SO THIS IS MORE OF A REFERENCE PIECE FOR US JUST TO KNOW HOW WE AS A DISTRICT WANT THINGS TO HAPPEN.

OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE AND YOU SAID WE LISTEN.

OKAY, SO. HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WE HAVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION? YES. GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE. YEAH.

SO HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO KNOW? AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMEBODY THAT WE KNOW AND THEY WANT TO JUST TELL US EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO LISTEN BEFORE WE SAY, YEAH, WE ULTIMATELY NEED TO LISTEN THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND WE NEED JUST ENOUGH INFORMATION TO CALL DOCTOR MCFARLAND. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING. IF WE GET INTO THE WEEDS ON A PARTICULAR SITUATION, IF IT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD AS A GRIEVANCE OR WHAT HAVE YOU. NOW YOU HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU WERE IN THE SITUATION WAY TOO EARLY.

SO REALLY, I'M SORRY. AM I WRONG IN TELLING THEM THAT THOUGH? BECAUSE SOMETIMES I I'LL START, I'LL LISTEN, I'LL START. I'LL TELL THEM I'M GONNA STOP YOU. WE HAVE A SCENARIO THAT RESEMBLES THIS THAT YOU GUYS WILL GO INTO THIS IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. OKAY. SO BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

DON'T GET IN THE WEEDS, RIGHT? DON'T GET IN THE WHEAT.

I NEED JUST ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT I CAN TELL DOCTOR MCFARLAND THIS IS THE SITUATION.

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SO SO JUST WANT AND YOU ALL HAVE DONE LIKE THIS IS TO ME, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WE'VE EXCELLED AT, I BELIEVE, AS A BOARD IS WHEN THERE'S BEEN A PROBLEM, YOU ALL SHARE IT WITH ME.

AND THEN NORMALLY MISS MONTALVO GETS IT. WE LOOK AT IT AND IF IT'S SOMETHING STUDENT SERVICES OR WHATEVER, I'M IMMEDIATELY. I'M SHARING IT WITH SHARING IT WITH MY.

LIKE YOU SHARE IT WITH ME. MOFFITT HAS IT. HE'S ON IT.

HE'S WORKING. IF THERE'S SOME CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION OR WHATEVER I'M SHARING IT WITH. AND SO I GET IT.

YOU SEND IT IN EMAIL, I HAVE IT, I'M SHARING IT WITH THEM BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING DOWN IN THE WEEDS EITHER, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEACHER OR THE PRINCIPAL OR WHATEVER HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, THEY'LL START TO CALL ME AND THEN WE'LL LET THEM KNOW WE HAVE RECEIVED IT AND WE'RE WORKING IT THROUGH OUR PROCESS. AND SO ANYTIME YOU SEND TO US, AND THAT'S WHY I ALSO I THINK OF MOFFITT WITH THE STUDENT SERVICES, THEY CREATED A WITHIN OUR BOARD COMMUNICATION.

THE GOOD THING IS THERE'S A LINK AND YOU CAN GO ON THAT LINK AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR AND SEE ANY, ANY PROBLEM, ANY EMAIL OR WHATEVER THAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED TO US, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE ON THAT LINK AND WHAT AND WHETHER IT'S RESOLVED OR NOT.

WHAT, WHAT DO WE CALL THAT? DO YOU REMEMBER? OKAY.

YEAH. STUDENT SERVICES UPDATE. THE CHALLENGE IS IF YOU IF YOU TAKE IF YOU IF YOU TELL ME, IF YOU CALL AND TELL ME, I'M GOING TO RECORD IT DOWN AND I'M GOING TO GET IT TO HIM. IT'S ALWAYS MUCH BETTER IF SOMEBODY CALLS YOU WITH A PROBLEM AND TELL THEM TO EMAIL YOU OR EMAIL.

EMAIL. EMAIL. BECAUSE WHEN WE GET EMAIL, THEN WE GOT DOCUMENTATION IN THEIR WORDS OF WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

THAT IS THE BEST, YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, IS THAT HERE WE PROBABLY NEED TO ADD THAT THAT IF YOU CAN HAVE THEM REDUCE THEIR COMPLAINT TO AN EMAIL.

NOW WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE IS THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE. AND WE CAN START TO WHATEVER EMAIL THAT IS THE DEDICATED.

YEAH, YEAH. WHATEVER THAT IS. SO WE, SO WE PROBABLY COULD ADD A, LIKE JUST A EMAIL ONLINE OR LET'S, LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT IF FOR SOME KIND OF COMPLAINT EMAIL PORTAL OR SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM. I'M TRYING TO GET Y'ALL OUT OF HERE BEFORE 10:00.

I LOVE THAT YOU ALL ARE. PART OF THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AND YOU REALLY KNOW IT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MATTER OF FACT, I'M THINKING LIKE THE SCENARIOS WE, WE WE'RE MODIFYING ON THE MOMENT.

I'M LIKE, GOD, YOU'RE DOING THE SCENARIOS IN THE MOMENT.

COME ON, COME ON. TRUSTEE. OKAY. I'M LIKE, YOU'RE KILLING IT.

OKAY. SO MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND OTHER COMMUNICATION METHODS TAKE AWAY READER'S DIGEST VERSION.

THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS THE OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON.

WE. THE. THE BOARD. THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS THE OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BOARD.

THE OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DISTRICT IS THE CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

SO FOR US, WHEN WE'RE OPERATING IN OUR CAPACITY AS BOARD MEMBERS, IF THE MEDIA CALLS YOU FOR A QUOTE, I AS A TRUSTEE IF THEY CALL ME, I'M NOT GIVING A QUOTE.

I AM IMMEDIATELY TELLING THEM, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

I'M CALLING DOCTOR ROBINSON AND DOCTOR MCFARLAND TO SAY WE RECEIVED.

I RECEIVED THIS REQUEST FOR A QUOTE OR WHATEVER, BUT WE AS IN OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, LIKE WE DON'T RESPOND TO THE MEDIA THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE. DOCTOR ROBINSON MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU ARE OUR OFFICIAL BOARD SPOKESPERSON, BUT THE DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON IS DIFFERENT. LET ME BE SURE I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO IF SOMEBODY, A NEWSPAPER PERSON REACHES OUT TO ME FOR A STATEMENT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED. HOW, HOW DO I DETERMINE IF IT'S FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE OR FROM A DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE. WE CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE DON'T RESPOND AT ALL. AND THAT'S THE THING.

IT'S LIKE, I'M GOING TO WRITE TO DOCTOR MCFARLAND BECAUSE IF IT'S EVEN IF IT'S A.

BOARD. RIGHT, RIGHT. LASZEK. CROWLEY ISD. BECAUSE RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT IF THEY WANT SO IF THEY WANT. BOARD. PERSPECTIVE.

RIGHT. ONCE IT GETS ONCE THE INFORMATION GETS TO US AND THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM A BOARD MEMBER, WE ONLY HAVE ONE BOARD MEMBER THAT CAN SPEAK FOR THE BOARD, FOR THE BOARD. RIGHT. SO THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM US. THEY WANT TO WE.

YEAH, YEAH. YOU ALL SAY NO FOR SURE. AND THEN YOU SEND IT TO ME.

THEN THEY'LL ASK BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEY MAY TELL US WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATION. WE WANT TO TALK TO A BOARD MEMBER. RIGHT. AND THEN SHE WOULD BE THE

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BUT IN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I THINK IT HAPPENED, I KNOW IT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE BASICALLY KIRCHNER WOULD MEET WITH THEM, MEET WITH THE REPORTER TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NATURE OF IT IS AND ALL THAT.

THEN HE WOULD MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT. THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN, YEAH, I THINK IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. HAPPENED YEAH.

BECAUSE THEN YEAH, YEAH. THAT WAS YEAH. BUT THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH. ALSO UNDERSTANDING WE AS INDIVIDUALS, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF HOW WE, HOW WE PRESENT OURSELVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM DISCUSSING DISTRICT BUSINESS AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ON OUR PERSONAL ACCOUNTS BECAUSE AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, MEDIA AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, PROBABLY ALSO FOLLOWING OUR POSTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF, OF, OF WHAT WE RESPOND TO, WHAT WE COMMENT ON, EVEN IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPACE.

DOES THAT INCLUDE IMAGES? WHAT DO YOU MEAN AS FAR AS WHAT WE POST? BUT I WOULD I WOULD THINK SO. WE DON'T WE DON'T ADDRESS THAT IN THE POLICY.

SO EVEN SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, THE IF IT'S BACK AND FORTH, I KNOW SEVERAL YEARS AGO THIS CAME UP BACK AND FORTH DOWN A RABBIT HOLE, RIGHT WITH, YOU KNOW, OKAY, GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.

OH, SORRY. GRADUATION RATE. SO, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE BLAMING THE DISTRICT.

SO I GOT, I KIND OF GOT IT. IT'S TOO SOON. MISS STEVENSON TOO SOON.

BUT ANYWAY SO, SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, WE DID NOT NEED TO ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO HANDLE THIS.

YES. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT HAPPENED. I WAS TALKING ABOUT EVEN BEFORE YOU CAME ON THE BOARD, SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

YEAH, BUT OF COURSE, THIS DOESN'T RESTRICT US FROM SPEAKING IN MEETINGS OFFICIALLY AND, AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PERCEPTION AND EVERYTHING THAT WE SAY AS AN INDIVIDUAL COULD BE BELIEVED TO BE THE REFLECTION OF THE BOARD.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF WHAT WE AS AN INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE SAY, EVEN IN OUR, ON OUR PERSONAL PAGES AND THINGS, BECAUSE ANY STATEMENT FROM US COULD BE CONSTITUTED AS A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

TRUSTEE SO AND SO SAID. SO THAT'S THE PIECE ON MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, OTHER COMMUNICATION METHODS, ANY QUESTIONS? AND THAT'S EVEN WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW.

YES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE THINKING YOU'RE HELPING THEM WITH THE SITUATION AND IT'S ACTUALLY HURTING THE DISTRICT.

AND SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD. YOU CAN ALSO ADD, I'M NOT IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

I OPEN WITH THAT A LOT WHEN I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE NOT IN MY BOARD CAPACITY.

YOU'RE TALKING TO OAK CLIFF G. JONES AND THEN I GIVE IT TO THEM.

OH. RIGHT. THERE'S ALSO, AS YOU'LL SEE STILL ON PAGE 16, SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM COMPARISON DISTRICTS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW WE SHOULD RESPOND BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY GIVE THE SPECIFICS IN OUR POLICY OF HOW WE RESPOND. SO WE CAN MAYBE AT SOME POINT REVISIT THAT AS WELL AS HOW WE RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, TO I THINK DOCTOR ROBINSON, YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED HOW SOMETIMES THERE WILL BE A A, THERE WILL BE A EMAIL SENT AND THEY'VE COPIED ALL OF THE BOARD AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS LIKE HOW WE HOW WE PROCEED.

SO THERE ARE SOME SUGGESTED LANGUAGE THERE FOR US TO CONSIDER, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO KEEP MOVING AND WE WON'T HASH THAT OUT TODAY.

ALSO THERE IS A SECTION ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND THE USE OF DISTRICT RESOURCES.

OF COURSE, DISTRICT RESOURCES SHOULD BE USED FOR DISTRICT BUSINESS.

YES. WE SHOULD REFRAIN FROM, OF COURSE, THE PERSONAL USE OF, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE ALSO NOT UTILIZING.

AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT USE DISTRICT RESOURCES FOR CAMPAIGNS AND PERSONAL USES, YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF COURSE WE'VE GOT ACCESS TO THE DISTRICT EMAIL, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S REELECTION TIME. YOU CAN'T SEND YOUR CAMPAIGN INFORMATION, OF COURSE, IN YOUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T WE DON'T VIOLATE THOSE RULES.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? BEFORE I MOVE ON TO MEMBER TO MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS? NOPE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. SO OF COURSE, A MEMBER TO MEMBER COMMUNICATION TYPES OF COMMUNICATION.

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OF COURSE PERSONAL PHONE CALLS, TEXTS, EMAILS, THOSE TYPE THINGS.

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE ARE NEVER TO MEET OR TALK IN A GROUP LARGE ENOUGH TO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM UNLESS A PUBLIC MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED.

AND SO WE KNOW, OF COURSE, THOSE ARE CALLED WALKING QUORUM.

SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN OUR COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, SO BECAUSE IF SOMETHING COMES UP, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO BE GUILTY OF STIRRING THE POT BEFORE SOMETHING COMES UP FOR A VOTE BECAUSE WE'VE GONE AND WE'VE TALKED IN GROUPS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO DO YOU HAVE A SCENARIO ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I HAVE, YES.

YOU ALL ARE LIKE, I'M FIGURING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHANGING ON THE FLY.

I'M LIKE, WE HAVE ONE WHERE WE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED. YOU EVEN HAD CONVERSATIONS.

YEAH. DID WE HAVE A SCENARIO ON THAT? OKAY. KEEP GOING.

CAN I, CAN I KEEP MOVING? OKAY. SO THAT'S MEMBER TO MEMBER COMMUNICATION, HOW WE COMMUNICATE INDIVIDUALLY TO ONE ANOTHER AS A BOARD NOW.

MEMBER TWO STAFF COMMUNICATIONS. AND I THINK THIS GOES TO A EARLIER DISCUSSION THAT WE WERE HAVING, OF COURSE, BY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT THAT WE'RE NOT BLURRING THE LINES.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATING WITH STAFF, WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD, WITH THE THE BOARD, EXCUSE ME, THE SUPERINTENDENT WE ALWAYS COMMUNICATE OUR IDEAS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS TO DOCTOR MCFARLAND.

HE CAN WEIGH THEM AND OF COURSE DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION TO STAFF.

BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD NEVER GIVE DIRECT ORDERS OR SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE IN OUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THAT SUGGESTION AS A MANDATE.

SO WE SHOULD NEVER SPEAK DIRECTLY TO STAFF MEMBERS GIVING IDEAS AND ORDERS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON MEMBERS OF STAFF COMMUNICATIONS? AT A BROAD LEVEL NOT LIKE THAT. BUT WHEN WE ENGAGE WITH STAFF AT AN EVENT. OKAY. AND ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING WITH COURTESY AND DEALING WITH SACHSE? I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE DIRECT SCENARIOS WITH COURTESY.

NOT THIS TIME, BUT IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT.

I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO ADDRESS MINE. YEAH.

OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. WAS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION? OH, OKAY. OKAY. MOVING TO BOARD MEMBER CONDUCT AND CULTURE ON PAGE.

17. ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND AS A BOARD IS THAT THE TONE THAT WE SET AS A BOARD AND HOW WE OPERATE THAT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.

SO IF THERE ARE UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST WITH THE TEAM OF EIGHT THAT IS GOING TO FILTER OUT TO THE REST OF THE THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE THE BURDEN OF PERCEPTION AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TONE AND THE TENOR OF OUR BOARD SPEAKS TO THE HEALTH AND THE STABILITY OF OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

IT BREAKS DOWN IN ITEM OR SECTION B, UNDERSTANDING THE TEAM OF EIGHT ROLE.

I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE BUT HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A BOARD MEMBER IS AND WHAT A BOARD MEMBER IS NOT.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AT YOUR OWN TIME TO CERTAINLY GO THROUGH THOSE TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S VERY CLEAR SO THAT WE ARE NOT WE'RE NOT OPERATING IN A CAPACITY THAT IS NOT SPECIFIED HERE IN OUR, IN OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES. MOVING ON TO SEE PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENT.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT WITH EIGHT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN THE ROOM, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO SEE DIFFERENTLY.

ULTIMATELY, WE DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THE SMALL THINGS.

WE KIND OF WANT TO ALWAYS KEEP THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING AS, AS, AS I ALWAYS SAY.

AND SOMETIMES THOSE NUANCES, THE DIFFERENT, THE SLIGHT DIFFERENT DIFFERENCE OF PERSPECTIVE CAUSES US TO MAJOR SOMETIMES ON THE MINOR, WE WANT TO ALWAYS KEEP WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT A PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

WE WANT TO KEEP THE OVERALL FOCUS IN VIEW. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT UNITY IS SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN GENUINELY DIFFERING DIFFERING POINTS OF VIEW.

SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE COME TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS A MATTER, TO VOTE ON A PARTICULAR MATTER, WE MAY SEE IT DIFFERENT DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL COURTESY ONE TOWARDS THE OTHER.

UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ONE OF A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

SO BE RESPECTFUL OF, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND VIEWPOINTS.

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SO EVEN IF YOU ARE A PART OF THE MINORITY OF THAT VOTE THAT ONCE THE VOTE IS TAKEN, THERE'S NOT TIME TO RELITIGATE THAT.

WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT ANY FURTHER BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS DECIDED AS AN ENTITY AND THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD BECOMES THE WILL OF THE ENTIRE BOARD.

AND YOU JUST HAVE TO OWN THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. FIVE. OKAY.

ALRIGHT. NO. WE'RE 30S. COUNT. COUNT. COUNT. COUNT DOWN.

WAS MINE ALSO INCLUDED ABUSE OF POWER AND PRODUCTIVE ACTIONS.

WAS THAT YOURS? OKAY, SO PART OF MINE WAS A CONTINUATION OF TRUSTEE DAVIS WITH THE ABUSE OF POWERS. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WHAT AN ABUSE OF POWER MEANS.

AND LIKE, IF WE GIVE ORDERS INSTEAD OF MAKING A REQUEST.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS HOW WE ENGAGE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY IT'S NOT WHAT, NOT WHAT YOU SAID, IT'S HOW YOU SAID IT. SO LET'S JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

THAT'S AN ABUSE OF POWER, TAKING OUR POSITION AS A PRIVILEGE AND USING IT AGAINST OR, YOU KNOW, AGAINST SOMEONE OR USING IT IN A, IN A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE OR REQUESTING SPECIAL FAVORS REPORTS OR STUDIES WITHOUT INFORMING OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

SO BASICALLY TO ME THAT JUST LOOKS LIKE HAVING A PERSONAL AGENDA AND NOT SHARING IT WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD SO THAT WE'RE ALL INFORMED ABOUT A CERTAIN ISSUE OR CONCERN ON PRODUCTIVE ACTIONS.

THERE ARE THREE MAIN AREAS FOR THE PRODUCTIVE ACTIONS.

IT'S WITH BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH WE'VE KIND OF DISCUSSED IN GENERAL WITH THE PREVIOUS REPORTS, WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH EACH OTHER, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL, INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE WORK TOGETHER.

AND I THINK THE SUMMARY FOR THIS WITH BOARD MEMBERS, WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF AND WITH PATRONS, WHICH I CONSIDER OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

THAT'S ULTIMATE AND IF WE JUST LEARN TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW OR TREAT EVERYONE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT REGARDLESS, LIKE TRUSTEE, DAVIS SAID. IF WE DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER, IF WE HAVE AN IDEA THAT WE WANT TO SHARE AND BRING TO DOCTOR MCFARLAND, ARE THE BOARD BEING OPEN TO CONSIDER THOSE.

BUT AGAIN, AT THE BASIS OF ITS DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

AND THEN BEING MINDFUL OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

THE NEXT SECTION TALKS ABOUT RESOLVING A CONFLICT.

SO IF THERE'S A CONFLICT THE INDUCTION INTO BOARD CULTURE, WHICH IS FOUNDATIONAL IT JUST TALKS ABOUT, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE BOARD TRAINING BY ATTENDING AS MUCH TRAINING AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE TRAININGS ARE REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TRAINING, INTERNAL BOARD MENTORING.

A NEW MEMBER MAY BE MENTORED BY AN EXISTING MEMBER WHO BASICALLY HELPS GUIDE THE NEW MEMBER WHO ANSWERS QUESTIONS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, A LISTENING EAR TO THIS PERSON GIVES FEEDBACK IF THEY HAVE A CONCERN OR IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION.

THEY THE PRESIDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN ALSO SERVE AS MENTORS, BUT REALLY EVERYONE ON THE BOARD CAN BE A MENTOR TO A NEW BOARD MEMBER, THE INTERNAL DISTRICT TRAINING, WHICH WE DO QUITE A BIT THANKS TO OUR WORKSHOPS.

I THINK THAT'S VERY KEY. ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW MEMBERS PROVIDING THE DISTRICT OVERVIEW BY DOCTOR MCFARLAND.

BUT WHAT IT DOESN'T SAY HERE IS SOME OF THE OTHER.

WELL, IT SAYS HERE ON THE DIFFERENT TOPICS, BUT WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOPS, THAT'S A LEARNING SESSION FOR US.

AND WE'RE GAINING A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE DISTRICT LIKE FINANCE, BUDGETS, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. I THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

OUR BI MONTHLY, I MEAN, OUR BI WEEKLY WORKSHOPS TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

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SO THE YEAR END REVIEW IS ALSO IMPORTANT. IT SAYS YEAR END REVIEW FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.

WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE FOR YOU AS A NEW YEAH, THAT AND, AND LOOK, LOOK HERE I SAID OPPORTUNITY.

BECAUSE THAT IS YEAH. SO I THINK THAT IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE NEW, WE USED TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME IN NEW HIRE ORIENTATION AFTER 90 DAYS.

WHAT'S BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT OBSERVATIONS HAVE YOU MADE? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, FOUND THAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER OR WE COULD IMPROVE ON WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE? SO THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT THEN ALSO FOR ANY OF US TO BE ABLE TO, TO SHARE JUST PERIODICALLY JUST WHAT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE ON THE BOARD DIALOG GUIDELINES, GUIDELINES FOR RAISING A CONCERN. AGAIN, IN THE RESPECTFUL MANNER CHOOSING THE ATMOSPHERE MEMBERS ARE WILLING TO LISTEN, STRIVE TO REMAIN NON-DEFENSIVE USING CALM NON INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE.

AND THEN WHAT I LIKE THIS THE LAST ONE, ALL MEMBERS STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS AVOIDING PERSONAL AGENDAS.

SO SETTING THE ATMOSPHERE WHEN WE GET READY TO CONVENE TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S AN OPEN FORUM OR CLOSED SESSION, HOW WE ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER AGAIN, SHOULD BE IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.

THERE ARE PROCEDURES THAT ARE LISTED BELOW THAT CAN HELP US THROUGH THE BOARD DIALOG.

WHERE THERE. IF WE NEED TO GET TO THE LEVEL WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE A FACILITATOR OR A MEDIATOR BOARD REVIEW.

THERE ARE STEPS AND LEVELS THAT ARE INVOLVED IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 20 IT'S REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THE ESCALATION PATH.

IF WE WANT TO ADDRESS A BOARD MEMBER FOR MISCONDUCT OR A CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SECTION IS REALLY GOING THROUGH WHERE YOU START WITH THE BOARD DIALOG, THEN YOU GO NEXT TO THE ASSISTED BOARD DIALOG BOARD OF REVIEW.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD AN INTERNAL REVIEW FOR INDIVIDUAL CONDUCT, BUT MAYBE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T MADE IT TO THAT LEVEL YET, BUT IT'S HERE FOR US IF WE NEED TO. BOARD SANCTIONS.

I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS CENSORSHIP AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND THEN THE LEGAL PROCESS THANKFULLY WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THESE LEVELS.

YEAH, WE'LL YEAH. SO ALL GOOD. AND GOING OVER TO PLANNING, IT'S JUST ANOTHER PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS BOARD MEMBERS IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, CYCLICAL. AND THE MAIN PARTS OF THIS, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE FOR SAKE OF TIME, BUT THE VISIONING AND GOAL SETTING, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REVIEWING THE CURRENT DISTRICT GOALS, THAT WE ARE ADOPTING THOSE GOALS, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH OTHER AREAS OF THE DISTRICT THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

AND THEN ALSO WE CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS. WE CAN, YOU KNOW, REVIEW AND REVISE AND BRING TO DOCTOR MCFARLAND IF WE NEED TO, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE AND THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING THOSE GOALS AND THE VISIONING PROCESS, REVIEWING THE VISION, BELIEF STATEMENTS AND GOALS.

I THINK TRUSTEE TY MENTIONED EARLIER, HE READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A VISION STATEMENT. WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL SLOGANS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.

SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE UP TO DATE ON, ON THE VISIONING PROCESS AS WELL, THE CALENDAR, ANNUAL PLANNING CALENDAR REVIEWING THE ANNUAL PLANNING CALENDAR.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE, I'LL SAY IN JUNE, THE JUNE.

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTS AN ORGANIZATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND ANY CHANGES, PROMOTIONS OF COORDINATORS AND ABOVE AND EXTERNAL NEW HIRES COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S EVERY JUNE, BUT WE'RE DOING IT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.

SO THE TEAM SELF-ASSESSMENT AUDIT, I THINK THIS MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY.

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SO I DID LABEL THIS ONE ALSO AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COMPLETE AN ANNUAL TEAM SELF-ASSESSMENT AUDIT OF BOARD EFFECTIVENESS.

SO THAT WE CAN TALK JUST LIKE WE WOULD LIKE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW BOARD MEMBER, BUT WHAT ARE OUR STRENGTHS? WHAT ARE OUR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY? WHAT ARE SOME PRIORITY AREAS FOR? OUR EDUCATION AND PRIORITY MEANS WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN OTHER THINGS AREN'T IMPORTANT AND THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THEM.

SO IT'S JUST REALLY RECOGNIZING THE ORDER AND THE ORDER OF WHAT WE SHOULD ACCOMPLISH.

AND THEN SAYS EVERY 6 TO 10 MONTHS. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GET ON THE BALL FOR EVALUATING OUR TEAM OR DOING A SELF-ASSESSMENT. AND THEN THE ANNUAL REPORT CONTINUING EDUCATION.

WE DO THAT THANKS TO MISS MONTALVO FOR KEEPING US UPDATED US ON THAT SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS.

AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR ETHICS FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS IS THE FINAL PAGE THAT I HAVE. AND THIS IS REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THE OATH AND THE OFFICER'S STATEMENT WHICH WE DO THIS WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BECOME BOARD MEMBERS WHEN WE BECOME OFFICERS AND THEN THE LETTER OF RECOMMITMENT THERE, I JUST HIGHLIGHTED ALL OF THESE. SO WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, PLEASE REVIEW THESE.

THESE ARE COMMITMENTS THAT WE SIGNED UP FOR. WE CAMPAIGNED FOR, WE WON ELECTIONS FOR, TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO JUST LOOK THROUGH THESE, FOLLOW THEM.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THOSE ALL INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IF YOU WILL, ON I BELIEVE IT'S PAGE 22.

YEAH. 22. IF YOU COULD READ THOSE INDIVIDUALLY AND HIGHLIGHT THOSE AND RECOMMIT TO THEM.

SO THAT'S IT. I DIDN'T DO 30S, BUT I, I, I, IT WAS PRETTY QUICK, I HOPE, AND NO PINK SESSION SECTIONS IN THIS. BUT YEAH, SO THIS IS ALL IT IS WHAT IT IS KIND OF.

DO WE STILL GET THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND.

WE HAVE IT. BUT THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE. WELL, THAT IS SOMETHING. IF. YEAH. OPPORTUNITY I NEED TO.

RIGHT. THAT NEED TO DO THAT. YEAH. YEAH. SO IT'LL BE THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR PRETTY MUCH BECAUSE YOU NEW BOARD.

YEAH. WHICH WOULD BE TIMELY THOUGH. MAYBE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I BELIEVE I'M NEXT. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO FAST BECAUSE I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.

I HAVE A HAIR APPOINTMENT. TONIGHT. OH, OKAY.

SO I HAVE ETHICAL, ETHICAL, ETHICAL STANDARDS.

AND ACTUALLY IT'S ABOUT MORAL COMPASS. SO FOR EVERYONE, YOUR MORAL COMPASS.

OKAY. SO SO NUMBER ONE, I, I PUT DOWN AND I TRY TO SIMPLIFY THESE, BUT TREAT OTHERS WITH THE WAY YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED.

SO IF YOU WANT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY, TREAT OTHERS IN THE SAME MANNER.

TRUSTWORTHY AND STEWARDSHIP. I PUT TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED.

WE HAVE A DUTY TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE DISTRICT FOR FOR DISTRICT POLICIES, PROGRAMS, PRIORITIES, AND PROGRAMS AND PROGRESS. ALSO, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY TO SEEK INVOLVEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BE INVOLVED AND TO COMMUNICATE OUR PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS.

DON'T MAKE PROMISES TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU CANNOT KEEP OR DON'T MAKE PROMISES TO ANYBODY THAT YOU, THAT YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP HONOR AND CONDUCT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MESS UP, WHEN WE DO WRONG. MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT.

ALSO BE TRUTHFUL ABOUT THINGS. I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AS IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, DON'T LIE ABOUT THINGS. DON'T BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST OTHERS ON THE BOARD, WHETHER IT'S ON THE BOARD, DOCTOR MCFARLAND OR THE DISTRICT. WE'LL ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, IF A BOARD MEMBER IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU HAVE MISCOMMUNICATION WITH ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.

DON'T ALWAYS THINK IT'S ILL WILL INTENT. AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

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DO WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS LOOKING.

SO HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE, BUT NOT ONLY JUST HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE, HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE CONSISTENTLY UPHOLD ALL LAWS, RULES, POLICIES AND GOVERNMENT PROCEDURES.

I MEAN, YEAH, PROCEDURES. SO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO ALONG THAT YOU'RE NOT BENDING, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE OR TO DO FAVORITISM FOR OTHER PEOPLE, COMMIT COMMITMENT TO SERVICE SERVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

AND I'M JUST SIMPLIFYING THESE BECAUSE Y'ALL CAN GO THROUGH ALL THESE AND READ, READ EVERY LAST ONE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A SIMPLE YES.

AND THEN ANOTHER ONE. ANOTHER ONE. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.

WE ARE A TEAM OF EIGHT, SO DON'T THINK SO HIGHLY OF YOURSELF THAT YOU KNOW, YOU FORGET ABOUT THE OTHERS ON THE TEAM.

TRUSTEE DAVIS SAID THIS EARLIER, EARLIER STUDENT CENTERED FOCUS.

AND I THINK MISS DAVIS. I GOT THIS FROM HER LONG TIME, A LONG, A LONG TIME AGO.

AND I KNOW TRUSTEE DAVIS ALSO SAYS THAT KEEP THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, THEN AND IT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE GETTING IN THE WEEDS OF, MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE THE CENTER OF THE FOCUS.

LEGAL PART OF THIS IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES OF THE LAW.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET OURSELVES IN TROUBLE. NOT ONLY IF WE'RE ACTING, YOU KNOW, ON OURSELVES.

MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS COMPLYING WITH THE LAWS CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

TRUSTEES WILL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 171, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH REQUIRES A MEMBER TO SUBSTANTIALLY SUBSTANTIALLY INTEREST IN A BUSINESS ENTITY. SO A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA AND THEY WILL GIVE TO YOUR CAMPAIGN OR THEY WILL GIVE TO YOUR BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SOMETIMES THESE SAME PEOPLE WILL DO BUSINESS WITH US WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US.

AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE BEING UPFRONT WITH THE DISTRICT THAT YOU HAVE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN INTEREST THAT YOU HAVE WITH THESE PEOPLE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DO I NEED TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE? CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YES. AND I THINK IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW, BUT IT'S ALSO FOR US AS WELL.

LIKE WE CAN'T USE OUR POSITION TO PROFIT OFF OF THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR OWN BUSINESS.

RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

SO THAT'S CHAPTER 171. MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT AND ALSO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNDER 176 AS WELL, NEPOTISM. SO DON'T TRY TO SEEK OUT POSITIONS FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PUT A BUG IN DOCTOR MCFARLAND'S EAR AND SAY, HEY, DOC, I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT NEEDS THE JOB OR I HAVE A SON THAT NEEDS A JOB.

CAN YOU FIND A POSITION FOR THEM? DON'T SEEK OUT POSITIONS FOR PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO ME ALL THE TIME ASKING ME ABOUT JOBS, AND I TELL THEM THE PROPER WAY TO GO ABOUT, HEY, CHECK THE WEBSITE, SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPENINGS, AND THEN ALSO REFER THEM TO, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT AND HOW TO GO ABOUT FINDING JOBS.

LET'S SEE. ACCEPTING GIFTS. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

AND I THINK TRUSTEE WATKINS GAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE ABOUT TRUSTEE DAVIS MAYBE AND NOT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS, BUT IF RIGHT ACROSS, RIGHT. ACCEPTING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WHEN YOU ACCEPT A GIFT FROM SOMEONE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, DO A VOTE FOR THAT PERSON OR VOTE, YOU KNOW, CONFLICT OF. IT'S STILL A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

AND THAT'S ALSO IN CHAPTER 176. LET'S SEE CONFIDENTIALITY.

AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALREADY. SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL.

WHENEVER WE HAVE CLOSED SESSIONS IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S CLOSED TO ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S NOT INSIDE THAT ROOM.

SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT USING YOUR CELL PHONES.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, BUT WE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT OURSELVES BECAUSE IF ANYBODY EVER ASKS FOR OPEN RECORDS ON YOUR PHONE BILL OR YOUR PHONE, YOU'RE GOING TO PROBABLY EXPOSE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE EXPOSED.

SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AND GOVERNING YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.

THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE BRING THINGS TO THE FOREFRONT

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BUT MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU DO COME, IF YOU DO HAVE TO BLOW THE WHISTLE ON SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THIS LAW PROTECTS YOU FROM HARASSMENTS OR SAY FOR INSTANCE, IF, IF IT'S SOMEONE'S JOB THEN THE LAW KIND OF HELPS PROTECT YOU IN THAT MANNER TO WHERE THEY'RE NOT HARASSING YOU OR AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? IT'S REALLY THE STAFF, THE STAFF. SO IF A STAFF MEMBER.

YEAH, THE ATTORNEY OVER THEIR ATTORNEY FOR WHICH ONE? FOR THE WHISTLEBLOWER? OH, YEAH. WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC QUESTION ON WHISTLEBLOWER? SO THE PROTECTION UNDER THE WHISTLE. SO IT'S THE CODE.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE GOVERNMENT CODE 554. WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE THIS IN BOARD POLICY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BASIC IDEA OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER ACT IS THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REPORT VIOLATIONS OF LAW.

RIGHT. AND WHEN THEY DO THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY REPORTING VIOLATION OF LAW, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, A GENERALIZED COMPLAINT. IT'S GOT TO BE A VIOLATION OF LAW, AND IT HAS TO BE AN APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.

AND UNDER BOARD POLICY, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT.

BECAUSE OF THE WHISTLE BLOWER ACT, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TIMELINES THAN YOU WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE FOR A GRIEVANCE.

SO NORMALLY WE LIKE TO TAKE A GRIEVANCE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, LOWEST LEVEL FIRST ON UP SO IT GETS TO THE BOARD, BUT WITH THE WHISTLE BLOWER ACT, BECAUSE THE STATUTE HAS MORE HAS TIGHTER DEADLINES, THAT WILL, IF IT COMES UP, MIGHT BE ELEVATED TO THE BOARD MORE QUICKLY.

AND, AND AGAIN, THE IDEA IS THAT THAT IF SOMEONE IS CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE REPORTED A VIOLATION OF LAW TO AN APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES, THAT THEY'RE BEING YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME KIND OF ADVERSE ACTION IS BEING TAKEN AGAINST THEM.

WE WANT TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW IT, THEN WE CAN AVOID A LAWSUIT BY DEALING WITH IT, MAKING SURE THAT THAT IF ANYTHING IS HAPPENING TO THAT EMPLOYEE, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY REPORT THAT THEY'RE MAKING AS A WHISTLE BLOWER.

SO YOU ALL Y'ALL HAVE THAT IN YOUR POLICY. THAT'S THAT'S ALL SPELLED OUT.

AND ONCE THAT COMES UP, IT'S USUALLY A GOOD IDEA TO GET LEGAL COUNSEL INVOLVED BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, DOCTOR MCFARLAND THE LAST TIME Y'ALL HAD ONE IT'S RARE THE DISTRICT SEE THESE.

AND BECAUSE THE DEADLINES ARE DIFFERENT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DEAL WITH IT QUICKLY.

AND ALSO BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE DEALING WITH SOMETHING SERIOUS. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF SOMEONE HAS REPORTED A VIOLATION OF LAW, I CAN THINK OF ONE IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT WHERE IT INVOLVED REPORTS TO THE FBI.

SO, I MEAN, IT WAS A SERIOUS DEAL THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON WAS BEING PROTECTED.

OKAY. ALSO THE F PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. JUST MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THESE RETENTION POLICIES THAT YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES AND LAWS. A LOT OF THIS THAT WE HAVE HERE ALSO THE POLICY ACTIVITY AND ENGINEERING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE READING POLICY ON THAT AND NOT JUST TAKING IT UPON YOURSELF TO MAKE YOUR OWN POLICY.

PRETTY MUCH. AND THEN THIS RESEARCH, I WASN'T SURE WHAT I NEED TO DO ON THAT ONE.

SHE TALKED ABOUT THE RESEARCH ON HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOL.

IT LISTS AN IOIO SCHOOL. IS THAT JUST AN EXAMPLE? OKAY. EXAMPLES. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

OKAY, GOOD. WELL I'M DONE. YES. REAL QUICK ON THE LAST BULLET ON PUBLIC INFORMATION.

TRUSTEE SHOULD RETAIN DISTRICT RELATED RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISTRICT'S RECORDS.

RETENTION POLICY. RETENTION POLICY. SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE ANYTHING THAT WE GET, LIKE WHEN WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE BOARD. YEAH. YEAH. SO YOU ARE. YEAH.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY LIKE OLD, OLD DOCUMENTS THAT COULD BE PERSONNEL DOCUMENTS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS, THEN YEAH, IF YOU BRING THEM BACK TO US, YOU SHOULD. WE'LL DESTROY THEM IN THE IN THE WAY THAT THEY NEED NEED TO BE DESTROYED.

ANYTHING WE HAVE IN CLOSED SESSION. THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS WANT YOU TO KEEP ANYTHING THAT'S IN CLOSED SESSION.

YOU LEAVE IT THERE. THEN WE COME AND WE CAN DISPOSE OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION, HAVE EMPLOYEE INFORMATION ON IT AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT.

SO JUST IN CASE YOU HAPPEN TO TAKE A FOLDER HOME, THEN MAKE SURE THAT YOU EITHER DISPOSE OF IT OR WELL ACTUALLY GIVE IT BACK TO THE DISTRICT. LET THEM DISPOSE OF THE THE OTHER AREA WHERE THIS COMES UP.

I KNOW THAT I THINK Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT, JUST TO REMIND YOU, IS WITH OUR, OUR LAPTOPS, CELL PHONES, OUR DEVICES, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS ONE REASON WHY BEST PRACTICE IS TO ONLY CONDUCT DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS AND BUSINESS ON YOUR DISTRICT DEVICE.

BECAUSE ONCE YOU START USING A PERSONAL DEVICE.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAN ARISE IS ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW YOU HAVE RECORDS THERE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE DISTRICT'S RETENTION POLICIES.

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KEEP THAT WALL BETWEEN PERSONAL DEVICES AND PUBLIC.

SO JUST FOR CLARITY, HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO BOARD COMMUNICATION? BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE COMMUNICATED TO US KIND OF IN REAL TIME, SAY VIA TEXT MESSAGE VERSUS EMAIL.

SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO BECAUSE THAT'S ON OUR PERSONAL DEVICE, WE DON'T HAVE DISTRICT CELL PHONE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE USING PERSONAL DEVICES FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS.

NOW, A LOT OF THINGS WE GET VIA EMAIL, BUT SOME THINGS LIKE IN REAL TIME, IT MAY BE A QUICK UPDATE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

SO HOW DOES THAT FACTOR INTO. BUT I DO BELIEVE I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY I DO BELIEVE THAT SOMETIMES THEY SOMETHING CAME UP ONCE BEFORE WHERE IF IT'S ON, IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'RE EXCHANGING INFORMATION, YOU'RE ON DISTRICT TIME OR YOU'RE ON BOARD TIME.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE AT YOUR HOME, THAT'S YOUR OWN PERSONAL TIME.

BUT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IF IF DOCTOR MCFARLAND SEND YOU A MESSAGE ABOUT A SITUATION DEALING WITH SCHOOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HE'S HERE. HE'S HERE ON DISTRICT TIME, BUT YOU'RE NOT.

SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY TAKE HIS RECORDS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL IN HIS RECORDS.

THEY CAN'T GET YOURS. RIGHT. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I THINK I THINK IT HAS SOME I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THERE WAS A CASE IN 2023 FROM THE AUSTIN COURT OF APPEALS THAT THERE WAS A PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT THAT THAT REQUIRED TEACHERS IN A DISTRICT.

I MEAN, LOTS OF TEACHERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR CELL PHONES AND PULL INFORMATION THAT WAS POTENTIALLY RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUEST.

AND BECAUSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TASB WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CASE, THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE FUND FILED AN AMICUS BRIEF TRYING TO GET THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT TO TAKE THE CASE AND REVERSE IT. AND THEY DENIED REVIEW WHICH MEANS THAT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THE THIRD COURT'S OPINION. YOU KNOW, THE THIRD COURT IS NOT BINDING WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE OVER AUSTIN.

WE'RE A DIFFERENT JURISDICTION, BUT THAT IS OUT THERE.

AND WHEN THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT DENIED REVIEW, ONE OF THE JUSTICES WROTE A CONCURRENCE IN THE DENIAL OF REVIEW AND MENTIONED THAT THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. TO GO TO YOUR QUESTION, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY OPENING UP YOUR PERSONAL DEVICES TO THIS KIND OF INVASIVE PUBLIC SEARCH.

IS THAT REALLY WHAT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT WAS INTENDED TO DO? AND YET THAT IS BALANCED AGAINST THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT? THE ONE THING THAT HE SAID IS WE COULD AVOID THIS PROBLEM IF SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD JUST BUY WORK PHONES FOR ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

YEAH. WHICH WOULD BE DURING BUDGET SHORTFALLS IF HE WOULD TESTIFY THE NEXT TIME THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION, THAT WOULD BE. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.

BUT ALL OF THAT TO SAY, THERE IS NOT A CLEAR ANSWER, BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS.

AND BECAUSE OF THOSE CONCERNS, THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF. AND I WOULD JUST SAY MY LEGAL ADVICE IS ALWAYS, AS MUCH AS YOU ARE ABLE, TRY TO KEEP ALL ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO BEING A TRUSTEE ON YOUR TRUSTEE DEVICES AND ON ANY PUBLIC FACING COMMUNICATIONS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. THERE ARE SOME SIMILAR ISSUES THAT APPLY AS FAR AS WHETHER YOU'VE CREATED A FIRST AMENDMENT PUBLIC FORUM THAT THE US SUPREME COURT RULED ON A FEW YEARS AGO IN A CASE CALLED LINK. AND THERE THE KEY IS MAKE IT CLEAR IN ANY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, WHETHER YOU'RE ACTING AS A TRUSTEE OR INDIVIDUALLY.

AND I MEAN, I THINK FOR Y'ALL THE ANSWER IS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS MAKE IT CLEAR YOU'RE ACTING INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT AS A TRUSTEE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT KIRCHNER THAT'S HANDLING COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. RIGHT. I THINK ONE OF THE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I NEED TO DIG IN A LITTLE DEEPER MR. DAVIS, IS BECAUSE I KNOW I COMMUNICATE THROUGH TEXT MESSAGE TO YOU ALL ON YOUR PHONE.

AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WE AS WE'RE SENDING EMAILS, WE ALSO SEND EMAILS TO, YOU KNOW, YOUR PERSONAL EMAILS WHERE YOU'RE AS WELL AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY. AND SO THE QUESTION IS, IF WE ARE SENDING BUSINESS OR DISTRICT BUSINESS TO A PERSONAL EMAIL, COULD THAT OPEN UP YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL TO BE, YOU KNOW, A PART OF AN OPEN RECORD? SO LET ME JUST KIND OF INVESTIGATE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC WHEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR OPEN RECORDS.

SO IF IT'S SOMETHING PERTAINING, SAY FOR INSTANCE, I WANT INFORMATION ON WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHATEVER INFORMATION OR WHATEVER SOURCE YOU USE, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PULL FROM,

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YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO THAT.

YEAH. AND WELL, THEY HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC. YEAH.

FROM TIME FRAME TO WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY'RE ASKING.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF AND I KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE IN A PUBLIC MEETING, LIKE WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC MEETING.

IF SAY, HEY, I WANT RECORDS FOR WHAT HAPPENED TODAY AT THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, DID ANYONE MAKE ANY PHONE CALLS? DID ANYONE MAKE ANY TEXT MESSAGES? YOU KNOW, THEY CAN DO A SPECIFIC TIME AND SAY, I WANT EVERYBODY'S RECORDS.

AND THAT HAS HAPPENED. HAS IT NOT? I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN.

SO. WELL, WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL. ANOTHER THING THAT THEY'VE TOLD US IN TRAINING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER YOU ARE ON A GROUP THREAD, DON'T RESPOND BACK IN THAT GROUP THREAD. SO THAT WILL HELP US.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SOMEBODY JUST SAID IF IF WE'RE HAVING A MEETING AND I'M TEXTING ON MY PHONE, THEY CAN COME BACK AND ASK FOR, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I JUST PULLED UP. IT SAYS CHAPTER 55 APPLIES TO INVESTIGATING FILES, EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, PERSONAL RECORDS, SCHOOL BOARD RECORDS ARE REQUIRED BY AGENCY LIKE EDLER, WHO I WORK FOR.

YEAH, THEY THEY CAN ASK FOR THOSE RECORDS. WELL, AND I WILL SAY Y'ALL HAVE EARLIER IN HERE I SAW I REALLY LIKE THE POLICY THAT Y'ALL HAVE THAT SAYS YOU SHOULDN'T BE TEXTING DURING A MEETING.

ABSOLUTELY. AND WHAT Y'ALL PUT IN YOUR POLICY THAT I THINK IS REALLY GOOD IS THAT NOT ONLY DOES IT, YOU KNOW, IS IT OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE MEETING AND FOR OTHERS? BUT I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE DEALT WITH IN T INVESTIGATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUEST REQUESTS FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE SAW THAT TECH C DOING AT THE MEETING. AND AND THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE TO EITHER HAVE TO SAY, OH, WELL, THE TRUSTEE WAS TEXTING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH DISTRICT BUSINESS. SO WHY WERE YOU DOING THAT DURING A MEETING? OR POTENTIALLY YOU'VE OPENED YOURSELF UP TO HAVING TO PRODUCE THOSE.

EXCELLENT. SABLAN. YES. GOOD EVENING Y'ALL. I HAD LONE STAR GOVERNANCE AND THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE IS A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL DEVELOPED AND COACHED BY TEA FOR GOVERNING TEAMS. THE BOARD IS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT CHOSE TO FOCUS INTENSIVELY ON A SINGLE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES. THE BOARDS DON'T HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN LSG.

WE DO. WE HAVE. WE HAVE. BUT WE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE CURRENT OR NOT.

WE HAVE 1 IN 1 OUT, RIGHT? WE HAVE WE HAVE ONE.

WE DO SOME OF THE PRACTICES, BUT WE'RE NOT LIKE FULL LLLG.

I WAS LIKE, YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION. YEAH.

THERE ARE FIVE PILLARS. FIRST ONE IS VISION AND GOALS.

SECOND ONE IS SYSTEM AND PROCESSES. THIRD ONE IS PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

FOURTH IS ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT. AND THE FIFTH ONE IS SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK.

THE VISION AND GOALS. THE BOARD ADOPTS 3 TO 5 SPECIFIC STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS WITH 1 TO 3 1 TO 3 MEASURABLE GOALS RATHER THAN A LONG UNDIFFERENTIATED LIST OF PRIORITIES.

SECOND ONE, THE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES. THE BOARD ADOPTS A MULTI YEAR MONITORING CALENDAR SPECIFICALLY FOR MONTHS THE YEAR THE BOARD REVIEWS PROCESS OF EACH GOLD REVIEWS CONSTRAINTS AND CONDUCTS THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION, PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE BOARD REVIEWS EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS TOWARDS ITS ADAPTIVE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

THE FOURTH ONE, THE ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT. THE BOARD COMMUNICATES ITS GOALS AND PROGRESS TO THE COMMUNITY IN A CONSISTENT, UNIFIED VOICE CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 61 DESIGNATION OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT AS A SPOKESPERSON. AND THE LAST, THE SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK, THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT FUNCTION AS A SINGLE GOVERNING TEAM WITH THE SAME SUPPORT.

NO SURPRISES, NO GOTCHA DISCIPLINE DESCRIBES IN SECTION ONE OR I'M SORRY, SECTION 2-C, SO THAT THE GOVERNANCE WORK IS PROTECTED FROM THE BEING DERAILED BY INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL AGENDAS.

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IN THOSE PRACTICES THE LSG PRACTICE, YOU HAVE THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS AND GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EXISTING GUIDELINES PRACTICE, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT GOALS, VISION AND BELIEF STATEMENTS, WRITTEN REPORTS ON ACHIEVEMENT AND STANDARDS, WHICH YOU'LL FIND THAT IN SECTION NINE DOT B DOT ONE.

YES MA'AM. I'M ON. WELL, MINE SAYS 28. 28 YES, MA'AM.

I'M SORRY. I'M, I HAVE 30S I'M GOING AS FAST AS.

30S, RIGHT. I DIDN'T GIVE YOU A NUMBER, BUT I'LL GO.

HEY, 30S TIME. THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS GONE THROUGH A LOT? WHOLE LOT. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TOUCH ON. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT FRAMEWORK AND THE FRAMEWORK IS T, SO WE ALL HAVE TO EMBRACE THAT FRAMEWORK. I THINK IT CHANGED IN 2014 AND WE HAD TEN TAKING IT DOWN TO FIVE, BUT IT'S THE SAME ONE. AND THEN THEY BROUGHT IN.

SO WITHIN YOUR BOARD OPERATION PROCEDURES, I HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT I SHARE WITH THEM AND I TURNED AROUND TO YOU GUYS CAN GET THIS AS WELL, WHICH ALIGNS EVERY COMPONENT OF YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE POLICY.

SO NOW YOU KNOW WHICH ONE OF THOSE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH POLICY, WHICH ONE THAT THE BOARD THEMSELVES IS ACTUALLY KIND OF CREATE AND DEVELOP FOR YOURSELF.

I'LL ALSO TRY AND GET ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT THAT HAS ALL THE POLICIES THAT HAVE SHALL WITHIN THOSE.

SO THEREFORE, NOW YOU GUYS KNOW WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THESE.

THERE'S NO WAVERING ABOUT IT. SO YOU MIGHT GET YOUR HANDS UP.

SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER DOCUMENT YOU GUYS WOULD GET AS YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE AND CREATE THESE DOCUMENTS THAT EMBODIES EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO EMBODY.

OKAY. UP HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT A SCENARIO. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL TEN OF THESE.

SO THERE ARE THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE WEEKEND TEXT READ KIND OF TALKS ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON EARLIER.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT. I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE THE SCENARIOS IN YOUR BINDERS, BUT YOU GUYS A GROUP UP IN THE TWO PAIRS UP READ THROUGH THAT SCENARIO.

AND THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS WITHIN THIS QR CODE, WHICH YOU GUYS KIND OF TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES AND JUST SUBMIT THAT INITIAL RESPONSES TO THOSE QUESTIONS. YOU WANT US TO BRING OUT OUR PHONE? YES. YOU GOT YOUR PHONE? WE GOT YOUR PHONE.

AND YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE CAPTURED BY ME. AND I WILL BE THE FIRST ONE.

ON FRIDAY EVENING, THE TRUSTEE RECEIVED A TEXT FROM A CONCERNED PARENT ALLEGING THAT A WELL-LIKED HIGH SCHOOL COACH USED INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE WITH STUDENTS AT PRACTICE. THE TRUSTEE WORRY THE STORY WILL BREAK BEFORE MONDAY'S BOARD MEETING AND WANTING COLLEAGUES TO BE PREPARED FOR A SUMMARY OF THE ALLEGATION, WITH PARENTS NAME REDACTED.

THE OTHER SIX TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT, AND A SINGLE GROUP TEXT ADDING, WE SHOULD BE READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THIS MONDAY WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO. TRUSTEES HAVE REPLIED, ALL WITH THEIR OWN REASON.

OWN REACTIONS, ONE SUGGESTING THAT COACH BE SUSPENDED IMMEDIATELY TO BE SAFE.

THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHO WAS NOT ON THE THREAD, LEARNS ABOUT IT SATURDAY MORNING FROM A TRUSTEE WHO FORWARDED IT TO HER OUT OF COURTESY.

BY THEN, A PARENT FACEBOOK GROUP ALREADY HAS A PARTIAL AND ACCURATE VERSION OF THE STORY CIRCULATING IN.

A LOCAL NEWS REPORTER HAS CALLED THE DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE ASKING WHETHER THE COACH HAS BEEN PLACED ON LEAVE.

YEAH. SO WHAT WE'LL DO, WHAT WE'LL DO IS HAVE YOU GUYS TAKE IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT PHONE CONCERNS.

I NOTICED THAT OVER HERE. YEAH YEAH YEAH. LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

I'M GOING TO I'LL PUT THE QUESTIONS UP HERE. YOU GUYS HAVE THE QUESTIONS? YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. FROM THE QR CODE. JUST PULL THOSE QUESTIONS UP.

I NEED TO ACCESS. YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH. OH, OKAY. OKAY. DURING THE SECOND TIME.

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YES, THE FIRST ONE. JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.

YEAH. OR PUT YOUR PHONE UP OR PUT YOUR CAMERA UP.

AND. LET'S JUST LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT LET'S JUST TALK.

LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT IT. YEAH. ALRIGHT. AND SO LET'S JUST KIND OF HIT SOME OF THOSE MAJOR QUESTIONS THAT I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE BIG CHIEF TABLET.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. OKAY. HAVE YOU DECIDED ONE OF THE THINGS DO YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? NO, I THINK I HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO PASS IT ON TO DOCTOR MCFARLAND BECAUSE I HAVE THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY MAKES A PLAN.

OKAY. AND SO ACCORDING TO OUR GUIDELINES, I THINK OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

RIGHT. OKAY. AND HE WAS INCLUDED. BUT WE GOTTA LISTEN FIRST.

I SAID, I HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. SO MY QUESTION, BUT SHE WAS GIVING MORE THAN SHE ANSWERED IT.

AND THEY GAVE A LITTLE MORE. OKAY. SO SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS.

SO THIS WEEKEND TEXT. SO WHAT ARE THE AND AND THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE TEXT.

SO WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES WITH THIS.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? FORUM. RIGHT. WHAT MAKES IT A FORUM? BUT YEAH. YEAH. SO RIGHT THERE ALREADY YOU YOU GOT AN ISSUE RIGHT? BUT YOU SAID YOU GOT ENOUGH INFORMATION NO MATTER WHAT TO BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN'T HANDLE IT AS A BOARD MEMBER.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS DO YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO IS EVERYBODY NEEDS THAT YOU WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

HAVE THEY BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS? NO. AND THEN THREE THERE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW SOMETIMES.

AND THIS IS KIND OF A QUESTION. IS THERE A REAL RIGHT ANSWER ON THIS? THERE'S A REAL NOT DO NOT DO. RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT.

I AGREE WITH THAT. WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S IT SAY? DO NOT ENGAGE WITH OTHER TRUSTEES ABOUT BUSINESS THAT PERTAINS TO THE DISTRICT GOT SCRATCHED OFF RIGHT THERE. BUT I GOT THE QUESTIONS UP HERE. SO YOU GUYS CAN GO THROUGH QUESTIONS UP HERE ON YOUR SCREEN.

YES. LET'S GO TO THE SECOND ONE IS HERE. WHAT WOULD NO SURPRISE IS IT LOOK LIKE HERE FOR BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT GIVEN THE ALLEGATIONS SURFACED OUTSIDE BUSINESS HOURS? I FEEL LIKE WE ALL GOT THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE PERSON WHO SHARED THE MESSAGE.

BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL ME AND YOU KNOW WHAT A QUORUM LOOKED LIKE, THEN WHY INVOLVE ME NOW? I'M, YOU KNOW, I GOT I'M LOOKING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING.

SO EVERYBODY, THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD PRESIDENT, BESIDES THE PERSON WHO SHARED IT, SHE GOT EVERYBODY RIGHT.

AND SO IF, IF THIS HAPPENED, LET'S ASSUME THIS REALLY HAPPENED.

SO BY THE TIME IT GETS TO ME, WELL, BECAUSE NEWS REPORTERS HAVE CALLED KIRCHNER ABOUT THIS SITUATION, RIGHT. IT'S BEEN TEXT NEWS REPORTER HAS A TEXT HE HAS WHO'S COMMUNICATED WITH THE TEXT.

NOW, ONE OF YOU ALL SENT IT TO ME. AND NOW CHRIS AND I, WE'RE TALKING AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS.

ONE IS WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GATHER THE REAL INFORMATION WE WANT TO KNOW.

SO WE WE IMMEDIATELY TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL AND SAY, WE NEED YOU TO PULL A COACH IN.

WE NEED YOU TO INVESTIGATE TO SEE WHETHER ANY OF THIS ACTUALLY REALLY HAPPENED OR NOT.

RIGHT. SO THEN THE PRINCIPAL IS PULLING IN KIDS OR OTHER COACHES.

THEY'RE GETTING INFORMATION AND WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATION WITH YOU TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE IS ANYBODY ELSE? YOU KNOW? AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE TO MAKE SURE BOARD, PLEASE DON'T RESPOND, ALLOW US TO FORMULATE OUR RESPONSE.

SO THEN WE'RE TALKING TO THE PRINCIPAL. ONCE THE PRINCIPAL GETS THE INFORMATION, PROBABLY THE PRINCIPAL, THE PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR THEN COMES WITH KIRCHNER AND MYSELF. WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. ONCE WE GET THE FACTS, THEN WE CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH THE MEDIA BECAUSE THIS IS OUT THERE NOW.

SO ONCE WE GET THE FACTS, WE THEN SAY, HERE ARE THE FACTS.

THIS IS A PERSONNEL ISSUE. IF IT'S A PERSONNEL ISSUE NOW WE'VE TALKED TO HR.

SO HR NOW IS INVOLVED AND THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE MOVE.

AND SO THE REASON WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU NOT TO SAY ANYTHING.

IF YOU SAID YEAH, THE COACH DID IT AND DA DA DA.

NOW YOU JUST OPEN UP. YOU JUST VIOLATED THE EMPLOYEES DO DUE PROCESS, RIGHT? IF YOU SHARE SOMETHING WITH THE WITH THE COMMUNITY NOW IT'S JUST NOW YOU PUT THE DISTRICT ON,

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EASIEST THING, YOU SEND IT TO ME AND THEN DON'T RESPOND.

AND THEN WE START TO WORK, RIGHT? WHICH IS WHAT YOU SAID.

YES. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THERE IS THE PERSON WHO SENT THE TEXT MESSAGE.

WILL THE BOARD SANCTION THAT PERSON? NOW THAT THAT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM.

SO NOW THE DISTRICT IS USING EXCESS TIME TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, WHICH THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO DO.

RIGHT. AND THEY'RE USING AN ATTORNEY WHO'S GOT TO COMB THROUGH THIS STUFF AS WELL, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING TO EXPERIENCE.

SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT COLLECTIVELY AS IT'S GOING TO BE A SLAP ON THE WRIST.

WILL IT BE A PUBLIC SANCTION? THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

IT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE THAT'LL BE DONE PUBLICLY, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

WHO ARE YOU GOING TO SANCTION? THE ONE WHO SENT THE TEXT MESSAGE THAT STARTED IT? YES. SO THE ONES THAT BOUGHT INTO IT. THOSE TWO WHO ALSO RESPONDED.

THEY ADDRESSED AS WELL. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO IDENTIFY WHAT LEVEL, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT, BUT IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. SO THAT BECOMES A INDIVIDUAL ACT.

IT'S GOING TO COST THE DISTRICT A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE TIME THAT YOU'RE A CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION, IF YOU GO TO ADDRESS AND RESEARCH THIS, WHICH IS THEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THE MISSION STATEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED AND ITS IMPACT ON OUTCOME. OH, NO, I DIDN'T KNOW. WE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.

OH YEAH. WE CAN GO TO ANOTHER SCENARIO. OKAY.

YEAH. ANOTHER CASE. LET'S GO TO THE THE PARENT.

I KNOW WE HAD TWO PARENTS IN HERE. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE CASE NUMBER FOR THE CLASSROOM VISIT.

IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, BUT IT STILL ALIGNS YOU GUYS KIND OF GOING THROUGH THAT NOW ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? STOP AT THREE. THE LANDSCAPE CONTRACT.

THIS IS ABOUT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YEAH.

SO THAT'S CASE THREE, THE LANDSCAPE CONTRACT.

THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS AWARDING A THREE YEAR, $1.4 MILLION GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT TO A COMPANY 33, THE SECOND LOWEST FIVE DAYS, BUT SCORED HIGHEST ON THE DISTRICT'S QUALITATIVE CRITERIA.

EQUIPMENT STAFFING REFERENCES. A TRUSTEE RECOGNIZES THE OWNER'S NAME.

HE IS HER HUSBAND'S FIRST COUSIN, HUSBAND, COUSIN.

COUSIN, COUSIN. HE IS HER HUSBAND'S FIRST COUSIN, WHOM SHE HAS MET AT A FAMILY GATHERING A HANDFUL OF TIMES BUT HAS NO FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP. SHE DID NOT SERVE ON THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND DOES NOT PLAN TO VOTE ON ROUTINE CONTRACT NOTIFICATIONS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY APPROVED ON A CONSENT AGENDA.

SHE IS NOT SURE WHETHER THIS RELATIONSHIP NEEDS TO BE DISCLOSED AT ALL, SINCE IT FALLS OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE HOUSEHOLD AND WORRIES THAT RAISING IT WILL LOOK LIKE SHE IS DRAWING ATTENTION TO A CONNECTION NO ONE ELSE WOULD HAVE NOTICED.

OR ALTERNATIVELY, THAT STAYING SILENT COULD LOOK FAR WORSE IF IT COMES OUT LATER.

AND HERE ARE THE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS HERE. DOES IT MATTER THAT SHE IS NOT ON THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND DOES NOT PLAN TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM? SHE SHOULD STILL DISCLOSE THE RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE IT'S LIKE MARRIAGE AND WE HAVE THE SECOND DEGREE.

YEAH YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN PULL IT OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. OKAY. OKAY. NEXT QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE COST OF DISCLOSING WHEN IT MAY NOT LEGALLY BE REQUIRED VERSUS THE COST OF STAYING SILENT IN RELATION TO THE PUBLIC LAB? BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET INTO THIS MEDIA THING THAT SHE ALREADY KNEW WHO WAS WASN'T ME OR ALL THE CONVERSATIONS.

SHE HAD $1.4 MILLION, RIGHT? AND SHE GOT A PART OF THAT.

YEAH. YOU WANT TO AVOID ALL THAT? SO IT'S GOING TO DAMAGE THE CREDIBILITY OF THE BOARD.

AND THAT ONE TRUSTEE FOR SURE. THIS ELECTION SEASON.

WELL, AND NOT ONLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL PROBABLY UPDATE IN HERE AS WELL, BUT THERE WAS A STATUTE PASSED LAST SESSION THAT A LOT OF THESE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, IF IT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BEFORE YOU COULD DISCLOSE IT, AND JUST AS LONG AS YOU DISCLOSE IT, IT, YOU KNOW, AND ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD UNDER A NEW STATUTE, THE VENDOR CAN BE LIABLE FOR CRIMINAL PENALTIES IF

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SO IT'S NOT JUST POLITICAL FOR Y'ALL. IT'S NOT JUST I MEAN, THIS COULD ACTUALLY RESULT IN POTENTIAL CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR THE VENDOR UNDER THIS NEW ORDER, WHICH JUST PASSED. AND I THINK IT'S CHAPTER 11 OF THE EDUCATION.

I HAVE A QUESTION. SO I, A VOTE IS COMING UP ABOUT SELECTING A VENDOR. I. KNOW THIS VENDOR AND I HAVE BEEN PALLING AROUND WITH THIS VENDOR AND FAVORS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO ME BY THIS VENDOR AND IT'S COMING UP FOR A VOTE. I RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE, BUT SEVERAL OF MY BOARD MEMBERS KNOW. HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS VOTE.

AND SO IT PASSES, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT WITHOUT ME VOTING, IT PASSES.

BUT AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT, RIGHT? WELL, THERE MAY BE OTHER ISSUES TO DISCUSS, BUT WHEN YOU SAY FAVORS HAVE BEEN EXCHANGED, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE NEW LAW IS IF IF A VENDOR HAS GIVEN A BOARD MEMBER MORE THAN $250 WORTH OF.

I FORGET HOW IT'S PHRASED, BUT LIKE JUST $250.

SO I MEAN, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S, I MEAN, TAKES YOU AND YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER TO A NICE DINNER.

I MEAN, THAT COULD EASILY GET OVER $250 THEN, THEN AT THAT POINT IT'S A CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR THE VENDOR TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE DISTRICT. SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL FAVORS, THAT'S WHERE YOU MIGHT NEED TO GET LEGAL COUNSEL INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VENDOR ISN'T POTENTIALLY ENGAGING IN A CRIMINAL ACT.

IF THE FAVORS HAVE TO DO WITH JUST, YOU KNOW.

NON-MONETARY. I MEAN, I'LL THROW THAT OUT TO DOCTOR MCFARLAND THE REST OF Y'ALL ON THE ISSUES THAT YOU MIGHT GET INVOLVED WITH THERE.

AND, AND WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE DONE, I THINK WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR POLICY SAYS IS THAT THE PERSON WHO'S AWARE OF THE CONFLICT, THEY MUST BE, THEY MUST REALLY REPORT TO US. THEY NORMALLY WOULD REPORT TO OUR OFFICE AND FILL OUT A FORM.

THERE'S A, THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM THAT YOU SIGN THAT WE KEEP ON FILE IN ADDITION TO RECUSING AND ALL THAT, BECAUSE YOU GOTTA EXPOSE, IF THERE'S A CONFLICT, YOU GOTTA DISCLOSE SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT CONFLICT IS.

IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THAT CREATES A PROBLEM.

SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN THAT THAT'S BEEN DONE AND BEEN OTHER TIMES WHEN IT WHEN IT HASN'T BEEN DONE, THAT IS THAT'S THAT'S THE BACKUP. DISCLOSE THE MOST IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK I WAS I WAS JUST. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GATHERING AIR ON THE SIDE OF DISCLOSURE AS OPPOSED TO DISCLOSURE.

IF IN DOUBT, LET IT OUT. RIGHT. YEAH. SO CAN I, CAN I JUST ASK FOR CLARITY? SO DAVID, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE THE AMOUNT IS $250.

SO. SO IF A VENDOR TAKES MY FIANCE AND I OUT TO DINNER AND IT CROSSES THE $250, I CAN'T VOTE ON THAT.

I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THAT OR I HAVE TO DISCLOSE IT.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS, DISCLOSE IT.

BUT UNDER THE NEW LAW, NOT ONLY WOULD IT HAVE TO BE DISCLOSED, BUT THE VENDOR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE DISTRICT? GOTCHA. OKAY. NOW THERE IS A THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A CURRENT VENDOR AND A VENDOR THAT IS THAT IS PURSUING A CONTRACT WITH THE DISTRICT. SO WHEN WE GO TO CONFERENCES AND AND WE ALREADY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VENDOR THAT'S DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE NOT DOING IT TO GAIN BUSINESS AND ALL THAT.

IF THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO GAIN BUSINESS WITH THE DISTRICT.

NOW THAT COULD BE PERCEIVED AS AS A CONFLICT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WELL, BUT STILL THERE ARE THERE ARE CERTAIN ISSUES WHERE WE MAY HAVE AN ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP OR ESTABLISHED VENDOR, BUT NEW PROJECTS COME. AND SO DOES THAT DO ANYTHING FOR US OR DOES THAT THEN PUT US

[03:00:04]

YEAH. AND I, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN, BUT MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. WHEN WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT RFP AND WE HAD REMEMBER WE STATED THAT, HEY, WE HAVE IT.

WE HAVE AN RFP OUT NOW. RFP IS OUT, AND SO THERE SHOULD BE NO CONTACT FROM ANY ANYONE WHO IS RESPONDING TO THAT RFP OR RFQ OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO WE NORMALLY WOULD LET YOU ALL KNOW WE WE HAD A BIG DEAL ABOUT THIS AT THE BOARD MEETING.

SO WE WIN, THE RFP IS POSTED AND GOES OUT. THEN THERE'S NO CONTACT EVEN IF THEY ARE CURRENT.

SO IF THERE'S A CURRENT VENDOR, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S THE ONLY TIME IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH THE WITH THE DISCLOSURE.

WHEN YOU ARE AT CONFERENCES OR AT CONFERENCES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOLKS THAT YOU ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING YOU OUT OR DOING OTHER THINGS AT CONFERENCES.

BUT DURING THOSE TIMES IS THE ONLY TIME THAT.

THEY DISCLOSE IT. AND LET'S GET BECAUSE IT IS A NEW STATUTE, AND I THINK THERE'S STILL QUESTIONS TO BE WORKED OUT.

SO THAT'S ONE WE PROBABLY NEED TO BRING BRING FORWARD AND LOOK AT THAT.

YEAH. BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE THAT I'VE TALKED TO DOCTOR MCFARLAND ABOUT IT YET. AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.

AND SO JUST BE AWARE OF IT. AND AND THIS IS NOT USED TO BE THE RULE.

I MEAN, IT USED TO GENERALLY BE THE RULE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT AS LONG AS YOU WERE GOING TO DINNER WITH SOMEBODY, THEN THEN IT WAS IT WAS THERE WAS A SOCIAL HOST EXCEPTION IS WHAT WE CALLED IT.

RIGHT. AND, AND SO THAT USED TO BE THE LAW THAT WE SAID, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

IF YOU'RE AT CONFERENCES AND YOU'RE GOING OUT, AS LONG AS SOMEONE'S NOT HANDING YOU A LOT OF BILLS AND SAYING, GO HAVE A GOOD DINNER AS LONG AS THEY'RE GOING WITH YOU. BUT WITH THE NEW STATUTE, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, OKAY, EVEN FOR EXISTING VENDORS. SO LIKE I SAY, JUST IF THERE'S IF ANY DOUBT, LET DOCTOR MCFARLAND KNOWS AND HE CAN REACH OUT IF HE NEEDS TO. RIGHT.

SO I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. IT SAYS HOW MANY BOARD PRESIDENT HAMMEL CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE.

TRUSTEE IS FLAG CONNECTION. I THINK WE KIND OF ADDRESSED THAT AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY PULL IT, PULL THAT ITEM AND SET IT OUT, SET IT ASIDE FOR A VOTE, AND GIVE THE PERSON WHO HAS A CONFLICT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO VERBALLY RECUSE HIMSELF.

OKAY. WELL, FOLKS, I KNOW WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF QUALITY TIME AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY ATTENTIVE.

I APPRECIATE THAT DOCTOR MCFARLAND NEVER BRING THESE PEOPLE BACK, BUT I WILL TAKE LET'S GIVE YOU SOME GOOD BLOWS THAT WERE REAL BLOWS YOU WENT THROUGH. YOU ARE NOW TRUE EXPERTS ON THE PAGE.

I AM SURE THAT YOU WENT THROUGH ALL 38 PAGES OF THAT.

I'M SURE I'M NOT GUESSING. WE KNOW, IN FACT, EACH OF YOU ARE EXPERTS ON IT.

THERE'S NO GUESSING. YOU DIDN'T TOUCH ON OTHER GLOVES.

YOU ACTUALLY GOT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS IN THERE AND APPLY IT FOR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DO.

SO YOU CAN SAY, YEAH, I REALLY KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, FEELS LIKE, AND SOUNDS LIKE IN CISD.

AND THEN FINALLY AT THE END, YOU FOUND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU KIND OF NEED TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER ON, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT THAT PARKING LOT IS FOR.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET ABOUT IT. EVEN IF YOU EVEN IF YOU SAY, WELL, HEY, DOCTOR, DOCTOR MCFARLAND, WE NEED TO HAVE THEM COME BACK. WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON THESE PARTS BECAUSE WE PROBABLY JUST WOULD HAVE TO CHUNK DIFFERENT ONES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THOSE AND FOLLOW UP, BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE REALLY GOOD WORK TO HAVE ALL THIS.

FINISHED. YEAH. AND JUST ANOTHER PART. I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE DONE SOME OF MY SESSIONS.

I DO THE READ THE THREE R'S, WHICH IS RELATE AND REFLECT.

AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TONIGHT FOR EMBRACING YOUR WHAT I SEE YOU GETTING A LITTLE DAB OF POLICY IN THERE.

AND OF COURSE WITH THE LEGAL BEING, THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US SOME GUIDANCE THAT BE RELATED, WHAT CAPACITY YOU HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS.

HAD A LITTLE BANTER. AND THEN OF COURSE, REFLECTION IS HOW CAN WE LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE TONIGHT AND THEN IMPROVE UPON THAT? SO PART OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL BE PROVIDING AGAIN WILL BE LINKS TO THE POLICY AS IT RELATES TO YOUR CURRENT OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT ARE BEFORE YOU, AND ALSO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN RED.

SO YOU HAVE POLICY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY I'VE DONE AT ANOTHER DISTRICT WAS TAKING WHAT I PRAY FOR.

THOSE ARE THE FOUR CORNERSTONES TO ROLL UP WITH TRUSTEE, THE BOARD MEETING, THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING THEREAFTER PROCESSES AND THEN COMMUNICATIONS. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THESE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, YOU WILL HAVE THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

AND SOME OF THESE WILL OVERLAP. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE ROLE OF A TRUSTEE AND COMMUNICATION, YOU MAY HAVE SOME OF THE SAME OPERATING PROCEDURES IN BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

[03:05:03]

YES IT IS. YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THEN THOSE SCENARIOS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THAT QR CODE, I'LL SEND YOU A LINK TO HAVE A GOOD ACTIVITY THAT YOU GUYS DO THROUGHOUT. AND THEN I CAN KIND OF PROVIDE YOU WITH A WORD CLUSTER AS YOU GUYS THROW OUT YOUR RESPONSE AND YOU'LL SEE EVERYBODY'S THINKING, HAVE YOU NOTICED YOU GET IN THERE? THERE'S NO, IT'S GOING TO BE ANONYMOUS.

SO I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S NO EMAILS, THERE'S NO NAME TAGS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT YOUR INFORMATION IN THERE, IT'S YOURS.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET IT BACK TO MCFARLAND AND PRESIDENT ROBINSON, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF WORK ON THROUGHOUT OTHER SESSIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S FACILITATION FOR SURE.

SURE. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. AND AS THEY MENTIONED, BOARD, WE DID GET A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE BOOK.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE NOTES AND THOSE THINGS THAT THAT YOU YOU ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED TONIGHT WE'LL BRING BACK A DRAFT COPY.

GET EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE DRAFT.

IF THERE ARE ITEMS IN THERE THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON TO GET CONSENSUS ON, WE'LL BRING THAT AS WELL. SO PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS, WE'LL BE REVISITING BITS AND PIECES OF OUR CODE OF CONDUCT THAT MAY STILL BE IN CONFLICT OR STILL NEED CLARIFICATION.

WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT. IN ADDITION, I HAD A CHANCE TO TO MEET WITH BOARD PRESIDENT IN THE BACK OF YOUR IN YOUR BACK OF HER NOTEBOOK.

AND THESE ARE. THIS NOTEBOOK IS ONE THAT YOU'LL, YOU COULD TAKE HOME AND, AND KEEP AT HOME AND WE'LL HAVE ONE OF THESE, WE'LL HAVE A BOARD CODE OF CONDUCT AT YOUR, AT YOUR, AT THE DAIS, EVERY, EVERY BOARD MEETING, JUST IN CASE THERE'S A CONFLICT. WE KNOW WHAT TO DO AND ALL THAT.

SO YOU WILL HAVE ONE ONE UP HERE FOR YOU. BUT THIS IS FOR YOU.

THIS IS ONE FOR YOU TO KEEP AT HOME. AT THE BACK OF THE NOTEBOOK BEHIND THE LAST TAB, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE 20 CASE STUDIES FOR YEAR ROUND GOVERNANCE TRAINING.

SO WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS DURING OUR WORKSHOPS, WHEN WE HAVE THE BOARD WORKSHOPS, WE INTEND TO MAYBE GRAB 2 OR 3 CASES EVERY EVERY QUARTER. JUST TALK THROUGH SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT KIND OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ALL THAT.

SO I KNOW 20 IS A BIT COMPREHENSIVE. SO WHAT I DID WAS JUST MODIFY IT BASED ON, I FEEL LIKE THE TIMELINE OF THE YEAR.

SO THE FIRST SET YOU'LL SEE LIKE THEY'RE ALL BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THINGS TRUSTEES, VISITING CAMPUSES, EMAILS FROM PARENTS, PAGE FOUR IN THE BACK AT THE VERY BACK.

THE LAST YEAH. LAST TAB. SO YOU'LL SEE THE GOVERNANCE FOCUS IS ON GOVERNING FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES AND PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

SO TALKING ABOUT FAILING CAMPUSES DATA OR YEAH, THE DATA DASHBOARD AND BUDGETS, ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THE FALL, MORE OF THE TEAM OF EIGHT THINGS AND SUPERINTENDENT RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE WE EVALUATE IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. SO THAT PART THEN WE COME BACK IN THE SPRING CRISIS, GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE STUDENT BEHAVIOR GETS KIND OF HEATED IN THE SPRING, AND THEY COME BACK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

SO TALKING ABOUT CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THERE AND THEN CLOSING OUT THE YEAR AGAIN, REVIEWING THE END OF YEAR FINANCE BOARD CULTURE, WHAT'S WORKED WELL DURING THE YEAR AND THE MORE OF THE REFLECTION PIECE.

SO KIND DIVIDED UP BASED ON WHERE THINGS WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. WELL BOARD THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE MADAM.

THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR FOR BRINGING THE FACILITATION TONIGHT.

DEFINITELY ENJOYED IT. TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. FORMER SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR BOSTIC AND TRUSTEE T JONES.

T OAK CLIFF. G JONES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

I ENJOYED IT. IT WAS A VERY THOROUGH PROCESS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD BEFORE WE CLOSE? I JUST SUPERB. PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WE'VE WE'VE HAD.

SO I APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT, THE INTERACTION AND JUST BEING PATIENT WITH US SO WE CAN GET THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS.

AND THEN TO OUR STAFF WHO HAVE STAYED WITH US THIS EVENING AND BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THE INFORMATION FOR US.

SO THANK YOU ALL AS WELL. IT'S GREAT, GREAT, GREAT.

AND WE ALL LEAVE. Y'ALL TAKE A PICTURE WITH US, PLEASE. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY. Y'ALL COME UP HERE AND JOIN US. OKAY. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE YOU, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:51 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.