Aug 13, 2026 Called Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY CALL

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

TRUSTEE PLACE 1, DR. NEDRA ROBINSON.

PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE 2, DR. LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD.

TRUSTEE PLACE 3, MR. DARYL R.

DAVIS II.

PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE 4, MS. JUNE W.

DAVIS.

PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE 5, MS. CC WATKINS.

PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PLACE 6, MR. GARY GRASSIA.

TRUSTEE PLACE 7, MS. KELICIA STEVENSON.

PRESENT.

SUPERINTENDENT, DR. MICHAEL MCFARLAND.

PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I EXTEND A WARM

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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,

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SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WELCOME FIRST TO THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE DEFINITELY ARE OFF TO AN EXCITING START. THIS IS THE THIRD DAY, AND THINGS HAVE BEEN ROLLING RATHER SMOOTHLY, SO WE'RE EXCITED. AND TONIGHT WE ARE ALSO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BRING SOME VERY POSITIVE AND VERY REALLY INSPIRATIONAL TO ME AND TO OUR TEAM NEWS THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED. AND SO WHEN WE STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR OFF, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IDEA OF RISING TO THE NORTH STAR. AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT OUR VISION 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN DISCUSSED THE NORTH STAR FOR CROWLEY ISD AS HAVING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BY, EXCUSE ME, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS BY THE YEAR 2030 TO BE A'S OR B'S.

WELL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW TODAY THAT WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY. WE'VE MADE THE FIRST STEP TO GET TO WHERE WE'D LIKE TO BE. SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE FINANCE TEAM FOR SURE, BUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT ON ACHIEVING AN A IN OUR SCHOOL FINANCE RATING.

LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND.

WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THE A IN OUR SCHOOL FINANCE, OUR SCHOOL FIRST REPORT. THAT INDICATES STRONG FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND REALLY ADHERENCE TO FINANCIAL PRIORITIES, AND SO WE DEFINITELY ARE PROUD OF THAT. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR, CROWLEY ISD HAS ACHIEVED A B ACADEMIC RATING FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE EXCITED, AND THAT DESERVES A CELEBRATION. ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO AS WE GO, I'D LIKE TO JUST WALK THROUGH JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES, JUST SO, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY, ARE KIND OF AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, CROWLEY IS A B-RATED, B-RATED DISTRICT BASED ON THE DOMAINS AND THE ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. WE'RE MOST PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD A 11-POINT GAIN SINCE 2024. THAT'S IN A THREE-YEAR PERIOD, 11-POINT GAIN.

THAT IS PHENOMENAL, AND THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE WORK OF THE ENTIRE TEAM, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR CAMPUS LEADERS. AND SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IF YOU'RE A PRINCIPAL, A CAMPUS LEADER, OR A CENTRAL OFFICE LEADER, AND YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND YOUR PRESENCE.

ALL CAMPUS AND CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERS WERE DEFINITELY PART OF THIS.

ALSO, BOARD, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY BREAKS DOWN AT A HIGH LEVEL HOW THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IN TEXAS IS APPLIED. WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN SEVERAL AREAS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WE ALSO LOOK AT THE STUDENT PROGRESS.

THE STATE LOOKS AT THE STUDENT PROGRESS, RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, MEANING THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR DISTRICT IN COMPARISON TO OTHER LIKE DISTRICTS, CLOSING THE GAPS. THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS WITHIN OUR SUBGROUPS, AND THEN OVERALL SCORE. WHAT I'M PROUD OF IS THE FACT THAT ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL DOMAINS,

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IN THE AREA OF RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, YOU'LL SEE THE IMPROVEMENT RANGES FROM 9 TO 10 POINTS. IN THE AREA OF CLOSING THE GAPS, YOU'LL SEE THE IMPROVEMENT RANGES FROM 3 TO 11 POINTS. AND THEN AGAIN, IN OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY, THE IMPROVEMENT RANGES FROM 7 TO 11 POINTS.

THAT IS SIGNIFICANT, AND SO WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK. WE'RE PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S THE STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK, BUT THE TEACHERS, THE PRINCIPALS, THE CENTRAL OFFICE, WE JUST ARE DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE AND EXCITED TO SEE THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE BEING AFFIRMED IN THE RESULTS. THIS INDICATES PROGRESS. WE CELEBRATE PROGRESS, AND WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE UP TO THIS POINT.

JUST A COUPLE OTHER SLIDES AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP THIS PORTION. AGAIN, WE WANTED YOU TO SEE THE SLOPE OF THE LINE.

THAT'S IMPORTANT. OUR GOAL, OF COURSE, AS A NORTH STAR, IS TO GET TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES A OR B AND 90% AS A DISTRICT.

WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 80%, AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO GET THERE AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THE DOMAINS THAT WE SHARED, WE ALSO HAVE DISTINCTIONS. AND WE WANT TO DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISTINCTIONS, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE PERFORMING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WHEN COMPARED WITH LIKE GROUPS ACROSS THE STATE.

AND WHAT WE SEE IS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED 15 DISTINCTIONS THIS YEAR. REALLY REMARKABLE AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT AS WELL.

LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR COLLEGE, CAREER, MILITARY READINESS. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN ALIGNING OUR SYSTEMS, AND WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY AS A DISTRICT REACHED THE 96% FOR THIS ACCOUNTABILITY CYCLE. 96% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING COLLEGE CAREER, AND MILITARY READY. THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENS BY HAVING SYSTEMS, PROGRAMS, PRACTICES, AND OUTSTANDING PEOPLE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. SO DEFINITELY PROUD OF OUR CCMR READINESS INDICATOR FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT, AND SO AS WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WHAT I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU IS JUST THE OVERALL PICTURE.

AGAIN, THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS EXTREMELY COMPLEX, BUT THE THING I WANT TO SHOW YOU ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT THE LONGER STUDENTS STAY WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, THE BETTER THEY GET, TO THE POINT WHERE WHEN THEY GRADUATE, THEY ARE PREPARED TO GO OFF AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

YOU'LL SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN EVERY AREA FROM FOURTH GRADE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO SEE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR CROWLEY ISD. THE REALITY IS WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS OUR EARLY ELEMENTARY, THIRD, FOURTH GRADE. THAT'S GROUND ZERO FOR US GOING FORWARD. WE WILL HAVE A PLAN, HAVE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT AREA, BUT WE'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO UP TO THIS POINT. AND SO THE LAST COUPLE SLIDES, WE'LL SWITCH OVER AND WE WILL SHARE ONE SLIDE ON OUR BOARD GOALS. AS YOU KNOW, BOARD, YOU ALL SET GOALS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THESE GOALS. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE OR WHERE WE ARE IN RELATION TO THOSE GOALS.

AGAIN, GOAL ONE DEALS WITH FIFTH GRADE READING. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A STRONG LITERACY GOAL. AND WHAT WE DID, WE SET THESE TARGETS SO THAT IF WE MEET THESE TARGETS BY 2030, WE WILL BE IN THE TOP IN TARRANT COUNTY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR THE 2026, 2020, EXCUSE ME, THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HIT THAT TARGET EXACTLY. SO OUTSTANDING JOB WORKING IN LITERACY WITH FIFTH GRADE FOR OUR CAMPUSES. GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

OF COURSE WE ALSO SET A NUMERACY GOAL. WE SET A NUMERACY GOAL, AGAIN, BASED ON WHERE WE WERE AT THE TIME.

AND OUR GOAL WAS TO HIT THE 36%. YOU SEE THAT WE FAR EXCEEDED OUR NUMERACY GOAL.

AND A LOT OF THIS IS THAT, ACTUALLY ALL OF THIS IS DUE TO THE WORK THAT OCCURRED BOTH AT THE EIGHTH GRADE AND THEN ALSO AT OUR NINTH GRADE CAMPUSES AS WELL. ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND OUR NINTH GRADE CAMPUSES DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH ALGEBRA AND EIGHTH GRADE ALGEBRA. AND THEY DID, YOU KNOW, REALLY EXCEEDED THE GOAL BY LIKE 12 POINTS. AND SO THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WAS DONE AT THOSE CAMPUSES, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. CCMR, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CCMR RESULTS, ACTUALLY IT'S 95.7.

THAT'S 96 IN MY BOOK, AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY AT 96, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE ONE AREA, OR NOT THE ONE AREA, BUT THE AREA THAT WE FELL

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WE'LL TALK A LITTLE LATER ABOUT GROWTH AND HOW CRITICAL GROWTH IS. 74% OF OUR STUDENTS MET THEIR GROWTH GOALS. OUR TARGET WAS 76, SO THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUR GOAL AND BE ON TRACK FOR SUCCESS BY 2030. AGAIN, YOU ALL WERE VERY CLEAR THAT WE EXPECT, AT A MINIMUM, TO BE A B DISTRICT, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HIT THAT TARGET RIGHT ON THE MONEY. AND PEOPLE WORKED REALLY HARD, AND WE PRAYED A LOT, AND WE WORKED A LOT, AND WE PRAYED A LITTLE MORE, AND WE FOUND OUT YESTERDAY MORNING THAT WE WERE 80, AND SO WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THAT IS A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION FOR SURE.

THE LAST THING IS, CAN YOU GO BACK A SECOND SLIDE, PLEASE? THE LAST THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ALL ALSO IDENTIFIED, AND WE WERE REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY BASED ON HOUSE BILL 3, WAS AN EARLY LITERACY GOAL. WHAT HOUSE BILL 3 SAID IS THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHERE STUDENTS ARE WHEN THEY GET TO US IN THIRD GRADE. WE DID THAT, AND WHAT WE NOTICED IS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT GAPS FOR US AT THE THIRD-GRADE LEVEL. SO WE ARE LEANING IN. WE ARE, WE'RE INVESTING RESOURCES AT THAT LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TO ADDRESS THAT GOAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE FELL A LITTLE SHORT IN THOSE AREAS, BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO REALLY ADDRESS THAT AREA AS WELL. ALL RIGHT? AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT FINANCE. WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK OF OUR FINANCE TEAM AND OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE HAD TO ENGAGE IN BUDGET REDUCTIONS, AND REALLY THE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN REALLY TIGHT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK COLLECTIVELY TO MANAGE OUR FINANCES AND REALLY PRODUCE AN OUTSTANDING FINANCIAL REPORT. AND SO WE HAVE RECEIVED A 94 IN FINANCE, AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. SO AGAIN, BOARD, IT'S REALLY BEEN EXCITING FOR ME TO RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION ON THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL.

IT GIVES US MOTIVATION AND AFFIRMATION FOR THE WORK.

THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. BOARD, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE RISING TO THE NORTH STAR, AND WE'VE MADE ONE STEP IN A PROCESS THAT WILL HELP US TO GET THERE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR REPORT AND FOR THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE BY EVERYONE THROUGHOUT LAST SCHOOL YEAR. AND I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAD INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE SAID AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I'LL JUST SAY: TRUST THE PROCESS AND THE PEOPLE WE HIRED TO DO THEIR JOB. SO THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND, THE CENTRAL STAFF, CAMPUS STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS, BECAUSE REACHING THIS GOAL HAS SHOWN US THAT WE CAN DO HARD THINGS, AND WE DID.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE WORDS OF TRUSTEE DAVIS AND JUST REALLY CELEBRATE THIS MOMENT BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS EVERY SINGLE DAY TO DO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ALL DO ON OUR CAMPUSES. IT IS NOT EASY IN THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IN WHICH WE ARE EXISTING AND ALL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES EVERY SINGLE DAY IN OUR SCHOOLS.

BUT THIS IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON THAT NORTH STAR.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE CROWLEY ISD COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS A MOMENT FOR US TO CELEBRATE AS A UNIT BECAUSE WHEN EVERYONE DOES THEIR SMALL PART, NOBODY HAS TO DO A LOT. AND SO IT IS THE INTENTIONALITY THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE BRINGING, THAT OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, THAT OUR CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM ARE BRINGING EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT REALLY HAS MADE THIS POSSIBLE. AND I THINK IT CANNOT BE STATED ENOUGH THAT I AM PROUD OF THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP. DR. MCFARLAND, YOU DESERVE JUST AS MUCH CREDIT. YOU DESERVE JUST AS MANY ACCOLADES AND AS MANY KUDOS, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON DRIVING THE BUS, WE WON'T HEAD IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO HEAD. SO THANK YOU, DR.

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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, WHEN DR.

MCFARLAND CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW WHERE WE ARE NOW, I LITERALLY BURST INTO TEARS. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. THIS IS HARD WORK, AND IT'S HARD WORK, AND YOU GUYS DID IT. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM AND AN AMAZING COMMUNITY WHO SAW WHAT WE DID, AND WE TOOK ACCOUNTABILITY AS A TEAM.

WE SAW WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEEDED, AND WE SAID, OKAY, COME BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS, WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS. LET ME SAY HOW THE KIDS SAY IT: Y'ALL DID THAT. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. DR. MCFARLAND, KUDOS TO YOU. YOU ARE AN AMAZING LEADER. ONE OF OUR JOBS AS A SCHOOL BOARD IS TO MONITOR AND GOVERN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. YOU GUYS ROCK. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO SAY IT. YOU GUYS ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND I'M HONORED AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR. THANK YOU.

DR. MCFARLAND AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO COMMEMORATE THIS CELEBRATION TONIGHT WITH A PHOTO AND VIDEO OF THE BOARD CELEBRATING THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND SO OUR TEAM IS SET UP AND READY TO GO.

TRUSTEES ON THE SIDE, IF YOU HAVE POM POMS READY.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO TRUSTEES ARE GOING TO DO A SPECIAL SURPRISE ON OUR QUEUE. WE GOT ALL OF OUR CAMERAS ROLLING. WE'RE GOING TO CAPTURE AND COMMEMORATE THIS. ALL RIGHT, ON THE COUNT OF THREE.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CROWLEY ISD. UNIFIED.

AGAIN, BOARD, THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. WE ALL DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, WORKED EXTREMELY HARD. AND WE, BOARD AND ALSO COMMUNITY, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR PLAN IS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, DURING OUR WORKSHOP, TO SPEND SOME TIME DIVING IN TO OUR CAMPUS INDIVIDUAL REPORTS.

AND WE HAVE WAY MORE CELEBRATIONS TO GO. SO WE GOT A FEW TONIGHT. I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION, MAN, OUR TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THEY DID PHENOMENAL.

I KNOW, I SEE, I KNOW, I SEE, I KNOW MS. KUNSCHIK IS HERE. IS THERE ANY OTHER SECONDARY PRINCIPALS HERE? I WANT TO HOLD ON TO CATO BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO PULL HIM OUT. SO OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THE WAY THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WAS ADJUSTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, IT SHIFTED THE WEIGHT FROM THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES TO THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

AND DURING THAT TIME, WE HAD TO PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS: TO SEE WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE DONE AND WHERE THEY HAVE COME FROM.

WE ARE SITTING HERE TODAY WITH NORTH CROWLEY HAVING RECEIVED AN A IN CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP.

AND CROWLEY HIGH, BOTH NORTH CROWLEY AND CROWLEY HIGH BOTH RECEIVED A B. NORTH CROWLEY OVERALL HAD AN 89.333. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

CROWLEY HIGH AT 85, JUST A STRONG 85 AND 80S ACROSS THE BOARD.

WE ARE WINNING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ACADEMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CROWLEY ISD.

AND IT IS DEFINITELY SPECIAL. I SAW MR. CATO COME IN. WE TOLD THE PRINCIPALS IT WAS VOLUNTARY. HE WALKED IN THE DOOR. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A NORTH STAR, IT'S A PERSON THAT'S OUT FRONT. THE PERSON WHO LED THE CAMPUS WHO MADE THE MOST GROWTH IN CROWLEY ISD, OVER 19 POINTS, AT SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, MR. CATO, STAND UP.

AWESOME. SO WE'RE SO EXCITED.

WE'RE SO EXCITED WITH THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENED ALL ACROSS THE CAMPUSES, BUT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH OUR QUINNITE NETWORK HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. I SEE MR. PERRY BACK THERE AT CMS.

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AND SO, BOARD, I'LL JUST WRAP UP TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE RISING. WE'RE WORKING. WE'RE NOT AT THE END YET, BUT WE ARE RISING TO THAT NORTH STAR. THANK YOU.

AND THAT BRINGS ME

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MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR.

MCFARLAND. THIS RECOGNITION ALIGNS WITH GOAL 3 EMPOWERED STAFF. TONIGHT, WE'RE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE NEWEST ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE HELPING US CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE HERE IN CROWLEY ISD.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH INTRODUCING A COUPLE OF NEW PRINCIPALS WHO'VE ALREADY BEEN HARD AT WORK THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THEY WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND NEW DISTRICT-LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS.

SO DR. BERRY AND MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TEAM HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB FINDING THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST TO COME TO CROWLEY ISD. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU, LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND ANY FAMILY MEMBERS THEY HAVE WITH THEM.

SO UP FIRST, SHE HAS BEEN AT WORK SINCE JULY BECAUSE SHE'S THE PRINCIPAL OF A BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOL, SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL GINETTE PERALTA SUAREZ.

I THINK I SEE SOME OF YOUR CHILDREN HERE TONIGHT.

WILL YOU INTRODUCE THEM? YES. MY HUSBAND, JOEL SUAREZ, AND MY CHILDREN, LUCAS AND SAMANTHA SUAREZ.

ALL RIGHT.

THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF SIDNEY H. POYNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DR. STEFANI MORROW.

DR. MORROW, DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS HERE TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

FOR OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, WE'RE GOING TO START AT CROWLEY NINTH GRADE CAMPUS, MS. ALISHA COOKS.

WELCOME, MS. COOKS. DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT? THEY'RE WATCHING. WAVE FOR THAT CAMERA RIGHT UP THERE.

THAT'S IT.

WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT, AT SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, PROUD ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MS. AFRONIKA MCGILL.

MS. MCGILL, DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT? YES. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE DR. DEREK ODELUSI. WOO! FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT? I SEE YOUR PROUD PRINCIPAL HERE AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S WELCOME FROM GRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MS. OLGA LUMIS-LARA.

MS. LARA, DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS HERE TONIGHT? I DO. I HAVE A NEW CROWLEY ISD STUDENT AND FAMILY WATCHING STREAMING ONLINE.

WONDERFUL. WELCOME TO CROWLEY ISD FAMILY, DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S NEW AP, MS. BRITTANY ESCOBAR.

MISS ESCOBAR, TELL US WHO YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU TONIGHT.

I HAVE MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, STAFF, MY PRINCIPAL DISTRICT LEADERS THAT HAVE SEEN ME ON MY JOURNEY HERE.

AND SO...

ALL RIGHT, FROM DALLAS PARK

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MY MOM, MY LITTLE ONE WITH THE CARLY MONTESSORI ACADEMY SU. MY HUSBAND, MY FRIEND, MS. CARR IN THE BACK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

AND THEN MY AMAZING PRINCIPAL, MS. PRY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WELCOME.

AND OUR FINAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TONIGHT FROM SUE CROUCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MR. MICHAEL HARRIS.

MR. HARRIS, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT? MY LOVELY WIFE, TYLER HARRIS.

SHE'S HERE WITH ME. AND I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO WORK WITH IN THE DISTRICT IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM. WELCOME.

SO BOARD, THOSE ARE OUR CAMPUS LEVEL MEMBERS. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS WHO'VE ALREADY BEEN HARD AT WORK APPROVED TO JOIN OUR TEAM OVER THE SUMMER.

UP FIRST, OUR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, NURSE TRACY JAMES. NURSE JAMES, ANYONE INTRODUCE TONIGHT? WELCOME TO CROWLEY ISD.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, HE'S ALREADY BEEN HELPING BEHIND THE SCENES AT MANY BOARD MEETINGS, MR. MARK HIATT.

MR. HIATT, I KNOW YOU'RE HARD AT WORK. THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY BACK AT HOME.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

LET'S ONCE AGAIN WELCOME OUR OUR NEW ADMINISTRATORS TO THE CROWLEY FAMILY AND OUR BOARD WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU. SO, PRINCIPAL PERALTA, IF YOU'LL GO UP AND LEAD THE WAY WITH HANDSHAKES AND FIST BUMPS.

BEFORE EVERYBODY LEAVES, SO DR. LAYNE, CAN YOU COME ON UP? BEFORE EVERYBODY LEAVES, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SLIGHT DEVIATION IN A SECOND, ALRIGHT? SO BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WE HAVE COOKIES, CAKES, PUNCH, AND ALL THAT. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR NEW EMPLOYEES TO OUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE RAN THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS EARLIER AND I WAS NOT GOING TO DO THIS TONIGHT BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT RIGHT? I NEED TO RECOGNIZE FOLKS WHO REALLY, REALLY DID SOME GREAT WORK AND SO I'M GOING TO CALL YOU ALL UP AND I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE TEAM, I MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE BOARD SO EVERYBODY WILL GET THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU DESERVE SO DR. LAYNE COME ON UP, EVERYBODY KNOWS DR. LAYNE.

DR. LAYNE, ANYONE ELSE? SO, DR. LAYNE AND ANYONE ELSE CONNECTED TO NORTH CROWLEY, IF YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE, COME ON UP. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO.

Y'ALL COME ON UP. ALL RIGHT.

PHENOMENAL JOB. JUST DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. MADE GREAT LEADERSHIP. YOU KNOW, I THINK, DR. LAYNE, I THINK YOU ARE A MAGNET FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS.

ABSOLUTELY. HE HAS TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. I THINK HE WAS CONNECTED TO THE PRIOR ONE, TOO, RIGHT? YEAH. AND NOW WE GOT ACADEMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL. MAN, WE'RE PROUD OF YOUR WORK, PROUD OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. DEFINITELY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AS WELL AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH, FOR SURE. ALSO, I KNOW THAT WE HAD MS. WARFIELD, DR. WARFIELD, I BELIEVE I SAW DR. WARFIELD IN THE BACK, AND ALSO I SAW BELL, DR. BELL, Y'ALL COME ON UP, DR. WARFIELD AND BELL.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WITH US HAVING A NINTH GRADE AND THE AWARDS

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AT CROWLEY HIGH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY SCORED AN 85 OVERALL ON THE PERFORMANCE.

DR. BELL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST STAND UP? I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE YOU AS WELL. DR.

WARFIELD, I BELIEVE DR.

WARFIELD WAS IN HERE EARLIER, SO SHE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

MS. KUNSCHIK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. ALSO, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MR. MR. PERRY, COME ON UP, MR. PERRY.

MR. PERRY WAS NEW TO THE DISTRICT LAST YEAR.

MR. PERRY CAME IN TO CMS AND HE KICKED THE DOOR DOWN WITH A 10 POINT GAME.

MR. PERRY, WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN CMS AND WE KNOW WHERE WE'LL END UP BEING FOR SURE. OF COURSE, I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT MR. CATO, HE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AT SUMMER CREEK, AND WE EXPECT THE BEST IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

AND SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CENTRAL OFFICE.

OFTENTIMES, YOU DON'T SEE HOW HARD PEOPLE WORK IN THE BACKGROUND TO TRY TO SERVE AND SUPPORT. WE SEE THE RESULTS, BUT WE DON'T SEE ALL THE SERVICE SUPPORT. SO CENTRAL OFFICE, YOU WOULD STAND UP, PLEASE. I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS.

WHAT PART YOU PLAYED IN, SO CENTRAL OFFICE, IF YOU PLEASE STAND.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL START, AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

REMAIN STANDING. MR. FISHER, I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS MR. FISHER.

SO MR. FISHER, I BELIEVE YOU HAD SOME TEAMMATES HERE EARLIER. I KNOW I SAW A COUPLE.

ANY FINANCE TEAM HERE? OKAY, ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU JUST TELL THEM I TRIED TO RECOGNIZE THEM, BUT THEY LEFT. ALL RIGHT. I AM TRYING TO KEEP FROM BEING IN TROUBLE TOMORROW, RIGHT? OKAY, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ALSO HAVE DR., EXCUSE ME. MS. BATISTE. SHE'S OUR DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF AND JUST BASICALLY DOES A GREAT JOB OF JUST FACILITATING THE WORK.

WE HAVE DR. DUVALL. DR.

DUVALL, OF COURSE, HAS A CTE PROGRAM AND MANY OF OUR OTHER OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS THAT ARE PREPARING KIDS FOR COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU DR. DUVALL FOR SURE.

WE ALSO HAVE MS. FLORES WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTENDANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING CLASS, THAT WE'RE INCENTIVIZING THEM, THAT WE HAVE MONITORING IN PLACE. THANK YOU BECAUSE HERE'S THE REALITY, IF THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LEARN AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYONE DOES.

DR. LEWIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL.

I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. LEWIS AND WHAT SHE DOES ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO WE HAVE MS. ANGUIANO. IF YOU'LL STAND, OH, YOU ARE STANDING THERE.

ENTIRE BILINGUAL DEPARTMENT THAT SERVES AND SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS.

RECEIVING BILINGUAL SERVICES AND THE MORE WE CAN SUPPORT AND SERVE AND MEET THEIR NEEDS, THE BETTER THIS DISTRICT WILL BE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A PART OF THIS TEAM. YOU ARE CRITICAL.

STUDENT SERVICES, ANY STUDENT SERVICES I SEE, MR. MOFFITT, EVERYBODY KNOWS MR. MOFFITT.

OTHER STUDENT SERVICE TEAM MEMBERS, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU.

WE HAVE DR. SCOTT IN OUR SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT. WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE HAVE DR. STAPINSKI. ALL RIGHT, HR IS BACK. I KNOW I SHOULDN'T START DOING THIS. I WON'T FORGET SOMEBODY, BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT, SO, SHERIFF HILL, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU. THE REALITY IS, IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM, STUDENTS WON'T GET WHAT THEY NEED. SO, THANK YOU IN THE HR DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

DR. STAPINSKI HAS BEEN LEADING SCHOOLS IN THE PAST. THIS YEAR, SHE'LL BE LEADING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS, AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD. SHE'S GOING TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING.

WE ALSO HAVE MS. NORFLIS, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. SHE PROVIDES SUPPORT AND SERVICE IN THAT AREA AND DIRECTION, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS TO COME IN THAT AREA FOR SURE.

WE HAVE DR. CARR.

DR. CARR IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY, SO WE APPRECIATE HER WORK AND WE SEE THE EVIDENCE OF IT OUTSTANDING. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, DR. CARR.

OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, WE HAVE DR. ANNA ROE, AND SHE'S OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER,

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JUST PASS BY HERE AT 9 O'CLOCK, YOU'LL SEE HER STILL HERE. SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE HOW HARD YOU WORK, DR. ROE, FOR SURE. DR. MILLNER, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HER ON THE TEAM.

SHE'S PROVIDED OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP. ABSOLUTELY.

MR. C.J. HILL, WHO PROVIDES US WITH DATA, WITH ANALYSIS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, THE UNDERSTANDING OF AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

HE IS THAT GURU THAT WE LEAN ON AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AS WELL.

WE ALSO HAVE DR. POLK WHO DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB, OF COURSE, WITH FINDING RESOURCES AND REALLY MANAGING OUR TRANSFORMATION. SO THANK YOU, DR. POLK, FOR WHAT YOU DO.

DR. GRANT PROVIDED OUTSTANDING GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP.

BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US, WHEN WE WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH CCMR, TO HIRE AN EXPERT, AND WE SEE THE RESULTS. WE'VE GONE FROM THE LOW 60S WITH CCMR TO 98 THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. YEAH, IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. IT TAKES LEADERSHIP, AND I APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL.

AND THEN AGAIN, I MENTIONED WE HAVE MS. KUNSCHIK, WHO IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY, DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. WE SEE THE RESULTS. THINGS DON'T JUST HAPPEN. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING REALLY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES, AND SO I DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, FOR SURE.

WE HAVE ALSO, WE HAVE THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

BARISH, DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT.

AND YOU MET A NEW MEMBER, MR. HIATT, WHO'S WITH TECHNOLOGY.

FOR SURE, WE'RE DEFINITELY PROUD OF THAT. AND, I'M SORRY, ALRIGHT, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL, I GOT IT, I'M GOING TO COME BACK AROUND.

SO WE HAVE MS. HYATT. SO SOME OF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PEIMS, THAT'S OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

WELL I GOT SOME HELP IN HERE.

YES, OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHERE WE HAVE TO MANAGE ALL OF OUR STUDENT DATA AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT STUDENTS. THAT WAY WE CAN DO THE NECESSARY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. WE CAN'T HAVE A CLASS. WE CANNOT SCHEDULE A CLASS. WE CAN'T SCHEDULE A BUILDING. WE CAN'T RUN A BUS ROUTE. WE CAN'T FIND WHERE STUDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE UNLESS WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RECORDS. SHE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB IN PEIMS, WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES, AND WE DEPEND ON HER.

DR. WARFIELD, I SEE DR.

WARFIELD IS BACK IN. WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU, DR.

WARFIELD, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AT CROWLEY HIGH AND ALSO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AT CENTRAL OFFICE THERE. GREAT JOB. AND THEN, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THEY'RE ALWAYS BEHIND CAMERA.

NONE OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WE DO IN CROWLEY ISD WOULD BE SEEN OR HEARD OR READ ABOUT IF NOT FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. WE GOT MR. KIRCHNER. WE HAVE JAIME HANDY. WE ALSO HAVE MS. MEGAN MIDDLETON.

SHE IS AWESOME. ANY VIDEO, ANYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT CROWLEY ISD, IT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THESE THREE PEOPLE, ALSO MS. SMITH, SOMEBODY TOUCHED THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE IT BE WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE. AND SO I'M SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL TO HAVE, SEE, OKAY, Y'ALL GONNA LET ME, ALRIGHT, SO THANK Y'ALL FOR HELPING.

ALRIGHT, SO SHE'S GONNA KEEP ME RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, NO, AGAIN, THANK ALL OF YOU, AGAIN, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ROLLING IN THIS DISTRICT IS MS. MONTALVO, AND SHE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB. YES, INDEED.

AND THEN THE LAST GROUP IS A GROUP THAT YOU DON'T, YOU NEVER LOOK FOR UNTIL YOU NEED THEM. AND THEN WHEN YOU NEED THEM, YOU LOOK FOR THEM QUICKLY, RIGHT? YOU WANT THEM TO SHOW UP AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY. THEY ARE CRITICAL TO THE WORK.

APPRECIATE YOU, CHIEF. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY, WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN, PEOPLE CALL THE SUPERINTENDENT A NAME.

THE REALITY IS, I DON'T DESERVE THAT. AND WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN, PEOPLE CALL THE SUPERINTENDENT A NAME. I DON'T DESERVE THAT EITHER. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW AND SEE ALL OF YOU ALL FOR SURE, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF THE WORK.

AND JUST ONE LAST THING. YOU KNOW THEY GIVE DISTINCTIONS IN THE DISTRICT FOR HOW WELL YOU PERFORM AND ALL THAT. AND WE HAVE ONE CAMPUS THAT HAS REALLY KICKED THE DOOR DOWN, IS WHAT I SAY. AND THAT'S OAKMONT'S PRINCIPAL THAT'S NOW THE PRINCIPAL OF NORTH CROWLEY NINTH GRADE CAMPUS. I SEE HER RIGHT HERE, MS. CABREA BUNDY. FIVE DISTINCTIONS. SHE DID A GREAT JOB, AND I KNOW SHE'LL DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK

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I JUST COULD NOT SIT WITHOUT DOING IT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR EACH ONE OF YOU BECAUSE WE DO WHAT WE DO BECAUSE YOU ALL SET A VISION FOR US TO BE BETTER.

AND THAT IS OUR GOAL. WE'RE HEADED IN THAT WAY, IN THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND, FOR STEWARDING THE SHIP. SO YOU, YOU DESERVE THE PRAISE AS WELL. THANK YOU. WE CAN'T STOP CELEBRATING HERE, SO WE ARE GOING TO COME DOWN AND CELEBRATE WITH YOU ALL, AND WE'LL BE BACK AT 7 O' CLOCK AFTER A BRIEF RECESS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR TEAM MEMBERS. WE ARE

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MRS. BATISTE WILL PRESENT THIS REPORT.

GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. ROBINSON, DR. MCFARLAND AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR ENROLLMENT UPDATES FOR THIS FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. AND SO THIS WILL BE GOING TOWARDS OUR THRIVING STUDENTS GOAL. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN 25-26.

AROUND THE SAME TIME WE HAD 16,287 STUDENTS ENROLLED.

AND AS OF TODAY, AT 4 P.M., WE HAVE 16,133 STUDENTS ENROLLED.

AND THAT'S A SLIGHT DECREASE OF 154 STUDENTS AS FAR AS OUR ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT GOES. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE VARIANCE IS.

IN 25-26 WE HAD 7590 STUDENTS ENROLLED AROUND THE SAME TIME. AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE 7407 STUDENTS ENROLLED. SECONDARY IN 25-26, AROUND THE SAME TIME WE HAD 08,697 STUDENTS ENROLLED. AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF 29 STUDENTS. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 8,726 STUDENTS.

EVERY YEAR YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT PENDING APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS HERE.

WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH DECREASING IN DEMAND FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BE A PART OF OUR GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO LAST YEAR AROUND THE SAME TIME WE HAD 137 PENDING APPLICATIONS. THIS YEAR WE'RE DOWN TO 717. AND THAT WAS MS. HYATT AND HER TEAM AND THE PHENOMENAL REGISTRARS AND ATTENDANCE PEOPLE. THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND COUNSELORS WITH WORKING THOSE DOWN. SO WE'RE DOWN BY 320 APPLICATIONS.

AND, AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE OF LACK OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INTO THE DISTRICT. IT'S JUST BASED THAT WE, IT'S BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE WORKED THOSE DOWN. SO WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE PENDING APPLICATIONS, I DEFINITELY WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS DATA BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A STORY OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE COME BACK AT NEXT BOARD MEETING WITH NUMBERS EXCEEDING LAST YEAR OR RIGHT AT LAST YEAR AROUND THE SAME TIME. SO WITH OUR PENDING APPLICATIONS IN ELEMENTARY WE HAVE 483 PENDING APPLICATIONS. AND WITH OUR SECONDARIES INCLUDING MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE 234 APPLICATIONS. IF YOU NOTICE, THE LARGEST GROUPS WITH THE PENDING APPLICATIONS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEWEST TO EDUCATION AND IT'S OUR PRE K3 AND PRE K4 STUDENTS. MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE MISSING THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND WE WORK DILIGENTLY WITH THOSE FAMILIES TO GET THEM THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU THAT THEY NEED. AND THEN YOU LOOK AND SEE THE NEXT HIGHEST GROUP IS THE KINDERGARTNERS WITH 54.

AGAIN, MANY OF THEM, FIRST TIME COMING TO SCHOOL, NEED DOCUMENTS. THEN FIRST GRADE WITH 33, SECOND WITH 31, THIRD 22, 29, FOURTH 24 AND FIFTH 13. THE GREAT NEWS ABOUT THE LOWER GRADE LEVELS IS WITH THE NEW SHIFT THAT WE'VE MADE WITH MARY HARRIS, WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF SEATS TO ACCOMMODATE THE PRE K3 AND PRE K4 IF THEY WANT TO COME. NOT ALL PRE K4S GET UNIVERSAL FREE PRE K. SO AS YOU ALL MAY GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT COME TO YOU LIKE I APPLIED FOR PRE K4. WELL, IT'S BASED ON QUALIFICATION AND IF YOU DON'T QUALIFY, WE DO HAVE TUITION BASED SEATS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE DOING REALLY WELL WITH THEIR PENDING APPLICATION NUMBERS. AND OUR HIGHEST GRADE LEVEL IS THE 10TH WITH 45 PENDING APPLICATIONS AND 11TH WITH 41. AND THIS INCLUDES THE ENROLLMENT UPDATE AS

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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE AT THIS TIME? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE.

OKAY. TRUSTEE WHISTLEMAKER, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ROBINSON.

THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION. DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHY STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS THAT WE EXPECTED TO COME BACK, WHY THEY MAY NOT BE HERE? DO WE REACH OUT TO THEM OR SURVEY? IS THERE A WAY, WHAT THEIR REASON? WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT ONCE THEY GET SETTLED INTO THE YEAR TO SEE WHO ACTUALLY EXITED THE DISTRICT. IT MAY JUST BE NATURAL ATTRITION. THE OTHER THING IS IT'S NOT DATE BY DATE.

SO THAT INFORMATION LAST YEAR COULD HAVE BEEN ALMOST, YOU KNOW, FIVE DAYS INTO SCHOOL.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT FIVE DAYS INTO SCHOOL. SO WE AND A LOT OF PARENTS MAY NOT ACTUALLY BRING THEIR KIDS BACK TILL MONDAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE LOST A LOT OF STUDENTS. BUT DR.

MCFARLAND, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.

I'D LIKE YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, JUST BRIEFLY, ABOUT THE LEVELING PROCESS.

AND THEN ALSO NO-SHOWS AND HOW WE ADDRESS STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THE ROSTER AND THEN OTHER STUDENTS WHO DON'T SHOW UP.

THAT MAY GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBERS. OKAY. SO THE HIGH SCHOOL NO-SHOWS ACTUALLY OCCURRED TODAY. SO WHAT MS. HYATT AND HER TEAM DO IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, BECAUSE THAT'S THE LARGEST POPULATION WITH NO-SHOWS, THEY GIVE IT A COUPLE OF DAYS TO SEE IF THESE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO COME OR IF THEY ENROLL INTO ANOTHER DISTRICT. SO WE LEFT THEM ON THE TEACHER ROSTERS AND THE CAMPUS ROSTERS FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER, AND THEN WE GO AND WHAT'S CALLED NO-SHOW, MEANING THAT WE DROP THEM OFF SO WE CAN GET TRUE, ACCURATE COUNTS. SO WITH THAT LIST OF NO-SHOWS, WE CAN THEN GO INTO EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, TRUSTEE MAYFIELD, TO SEE WHERE DID THIS STUDENT SHOW UP. NOW WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S CALLED TREX, THE TEXAS RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TO SEE WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY LANDED IN. WE ARE ALSO, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A COMPETITIVE MARKET NOW, WE HAVE TO COMPETE FOR STUDENTS AND ATTRACT THEM.

WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TASK FORCE THAT'S UNDERNEATH MY DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE DR. MCFARLAND HAS ALWAYS HAD INNOVATIVE THOUGHTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME INTENTIONAL RECRUITING TO TRY TO GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS BACK WITH SOME OF OUR TOP DISTRICT LEADERS LEADING THAT. SO JUST BECAUSE THEY SAY BYE TO US, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONE. AND THEN, SO THE CLASSROOM LEVELING PROCESS, EVERY DAY FOR, WE STARTED YESTERDAY. WE DIDN'T MEET AGAIN TODAY BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE BIT STABLE, BUT A GROUP OF DISTRICT LEADERS, WE ALL MEET TOGETHER TO LOOK AT OUR ELEMENTARY COUNTS. ONE OF THE REASONS WE LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY COUNTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT EXCEEDING THE 22-TO-1 RATIO, AND IF WE ARE, WE'RE NOT GOING TOO HIGH ABOVE THAT 22-TO-1 RATIO FOR K-4. AND THEN WE LOOK AT ANY STAFF, THAT WE MAY HAVE TOO MANY STAFF MEMBERS AT A GRADE LEVEL, AND STUDENTS THAT, WE HAVE A VACANCY, OR WE MAY NEED ANOTHER TEACHER SOMEWHERE, AND SO WE LOOK AT MAKING THOSE TEACHER MOVES AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TEAM AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNICATION OCCURS QUICKLY WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL.

ALSO, BOARD, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, AS WE ARE DAY THREE, YOU MAY HAVE, WE MAY HAVE, WILL HAVE SOME CLASSES THAT ARE LARGER THAN WHAT THEY WILL END UP BEING. I KNOW I WAS ON A COUPLE CAMPUSES TODAY, AND WE HAVE SOME PRETTY LARGE PRE-K NUMBERS. AGAIN, SHE'S MENTIONING THE LEVELING PROCESS. HOW WE ADDRESS THAT IS BY SENDING TEACHERS OR ADDING COURSES, ADDING SECTIONS, AND ALL THAT. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

BUT I KNOW THAT IF PARENTS ARE CONCERNED, WHAT WE SIMPLY SAY IS GIVE US, THIS IS A PRIORITY.

WE'RE MEETING EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THEY'RE MEETING EVERY DAY. AND SO AS SOON AS WE GET AN IDEA OF WHERE WE NEED A TEACHER OR WHERE WE NEED TO TRANSFER STUDENTS, WE'LL MAKE THAT MOVE. AND SO I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE BEING MADE PROBABLY TOMORROW AND THEN QUITE A FEW MORE NEXT WEEK.

THANK YOU.

YES, THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING STUDENTS, STUDENTS THAT ARE ON THE WAITING LIST THAT HAVE INFORMATION TO BRING IN. IS THERE A WAY, OR WHAT HAVE WE DONE

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IT IS LISTED ON THE WEBSITE.

IN ADDITION TO, THERE ARE SEVERAL HANDOUTS THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE AT CAMPUSES AND WHEN THEY GO INTO SKYWARD. THE INTERESTING THING IS, I KNOW MS. HYATT IS HERE, AND I'M GLAD SHE IS HERE. MS. HYATT, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU. SHE AND HER TEAM, THEY WORK PHENOMENAL.

WE DID A COUPLE OF ENROLLMENT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THIS YEAR TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MITIGATE THE AMOUNT OF PENDING APPLICATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND JUST WITNESSING KIND OF SOME OF THE BARRIERS.

WE COULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT FROM TRAINING, MORE TRAINING THE PARENTS OF WHAT THEY ACTUALLY NEED AND HOW TO USE THE COMPUTER. BECAUSE MANY OF THEM WANT TO USE THEIR PHONE TO GIVE US IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND CAN'T NECESSARILY DO IT. AND MANY OF THEM DON'T REMEMBER THEIR PASSWORDS. SO IT'S DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY. THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE, BUT IT'S IN THE DIGITAL WORLD, AND THERE ARE STILL MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GROUNDED DIGITALLY.

SO SOME OF OUR PEOPLE PARENT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE CAN DEFINITELY START PUSHING A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTRATION IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND GETTING THOSE PARENTS READY.

BUT WE DID HAVE MORE IN PERSON SESSIONS THIS YEAR THAN PREVIOUS YEARS AND THEY WERE THE BRAINCHILD OF MS. HYATT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THE LAST QUESTION IS, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR PARENTS TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU? WHAT ARE THEY NEEDING? LIKE, IS IT SHOT RECORDS, BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THE BIGGEST BARRIER, AND I'LL LET MS. HYATT COME UP AS WELL, BUT THE BIGGEST BARRIER, REALLY NOT THE SHOT RECORDS, BECAUSE WE'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THE SHOT RECORDS, IT'S THINGS LIKE BIRTH CERTIFICATES, LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT SAY THAT YOU, PROOF OF RESIDENCY, BIG ONE. MS. HYATT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD? SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES ARE THE PROOF OF RESIDENCY.

AND THEN WITH PRE K, THE QUALIFYING DOCUMENTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE SEVEN WAYS THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR FREE PRE K, BUT THOSE WAYS HAVE VERY SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, TO QUALIFY THIS WAY, YOU MUST HAVE THIS DOCUMENT.

AND SO IT'S A LOT OF GUIDANCE OF THE PARENTS THAT WAY. THE REGISTRARS, THEY LOOK AT THE APPLICATION, THEY SAY, OH, THIS APPLICATION STILL NEEDS XYZ. THEY REACH OUT TO THE PARENT, SEND AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT I STILL NEED FROM YOU. HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT IT.

WE ALSO MADE A CHANGE THIS YEAR TO THE APPLICATION.

IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE HAD DOCUMENTS BEING...

THEY WERE OPTIONAL, WHETHER OR NOT TO SUBMIT THEM WITH THE APPLICATION.

WE ACTUALLY MADE IT REQUIRED THIS YEAR, AND I ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF BEING SO MUCH FURTHER.

PARENTS GOT THE DOCUMENTS TO US FASTER, SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'VE SEEN SUCH A HUGE DROP IN HOW MANY WE STILL HAVE PENDING. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS.

THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT ROBINSON, SO THIS QUESTION, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LABOR-INTENSIVE, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS IN A WHILE, SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT UP FRONT, BUT IT USED TO BE SIBLINGS OF STUDENTS ATTACHED TO, LIKE, A THIRD GRADER, AND IT WOULD LIST THE YOUNGER SIBLINGS THAT THEY HAVE AND THE OLDER ONES TOO, BUT THE YOUNGER ONES, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE PARENTS OF STUDENTS THAT WE KNOW HAVE KIDS COMING UP TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO START DOING THIS, BUT HOW LABOR INTENSIVE WOULD THAT BE? WOULD THAT BE LABOR INTENSIVE? SO THE ONES THAT YOU CAN SEE, SEE IN SKYWARD ARE ALREADY ENROLLED WITH US. AND WE DO NOT DENY STUDENTS ENTRY IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE RETURNING STUDENT REGISTRATION. SO WE DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES AND SAY, HEY, RETURNING STUDENT REGISTRATION, GET US AN UPDATED PROOF OF RESIDENCY.

BUT THOSE ONES THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THERE ARE ALREADY ENROLLED WITH US.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

DIDN'T IT USED TO BE THAT THE YOUNGER ONES THAT WERE NOT IN SCHOOL WERE STILL LISTED? SOMEWHERE I'M REMEMBERING THAT.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A PREVIOUS SYSTEM. YEAH.

OKAY. OKAY. AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS THE TUITION FOR PRE-K 3 AND PRE-K 4, IS IT

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IT'S MUCH LESS. SO IT'S REALLY TO A PARENT'S ADVANTAGE TO EVEN PAY THE TUITION BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PAYING CHILD CARE, WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE.

OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS BE SURE AND LET THE REALTORS KNOW WE ARE A B DISTRICT.

IT IS TIERED BASED ON INCOME.

OKAY. YES. OKAY. OKAY.

MS. DAVIS. REALTORS AND HOAS AND OTHER GROUPS, THEY ALL NEED TO KNOW. YES.

YEAH. YEAH.

TRUSTEE WATKINS? I THINK THIS QUESTION IS FOR MS. HYATT. I'M NOT SURE.

BUT I WANTED TO KNOW, DID YOU GUYS FIND THAT MORE PARENTS SHOWED UP FOR THE IN-PERSON REGISTRATION ENROLLMENT EVENTS? WAS IT BENEFICIAL, AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE? OH, ABSOLUTELY. WE DID IT THROUGH PARENT SQUARE SO THAT THEY COULD RSVP. AND ANTHONY'S LIKE, HEY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE GOT 500 RSVPS.

AND I'M LIKE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SHOW.

THEY ALL SHOWED UP AT ONCE 30 MINUTES BEFORE WE WERE GONNA OPEN, SO.

WOW.

IT WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL AND VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE PARENTS, AND WE GOT REALLY GOOD REVIEWS OF IT.

THAT'S AWESOME. I WONDERED BECAUSE I DID RECEIVE THE PARENTSQUARE MESSAGE, AND I THINK THAT'S AWESOME BECAUSE A LOT OF PARENTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO ENROLL THEIR STUDENTS. SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS. GREAT JOB.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO GET OUR KIDS READY AND BACK INTO SCHOOL. AND ALSO IT SHOWS SOMETHING WE'RE DOING RIGHT HERE IN CROWLEY ISD FOR US NOT TO LOSE AS MANY STUDENTS THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DID. THANK YOU

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THIS BRINGS US TO CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. AGENDA ITEM 7.1, DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

DR. MCFARLAND WILL PRESENT THIS. SO, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, MS. MONTALVO WILL BRING TO YOU A FOLDER, AND IN THAT FOLDER YOU'LL HAVE A DRAFT OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES WITH EDITS MADE FROM OUR BOARD WORKSHOP.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE WORKSHOP. I BELIEVE IT WAS REALLY ENGAGING. AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME AREAS.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS TO JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE DOCUMENT AT A HIGH LEVEL AND JUST IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT WE ADDED IN OR THAT WE REMOVED.

AND THEN AFTER WE DO THAT, BOARD PRESIDENT, IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD, WE CAN TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT. IF NOT, WE CAN, THIS COULD BE POSSIBLE ACTION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. I'D JUST LIKE TO WALK THROUGH AND POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCES. SO IF YOU WILL TURN TO PAGE 7, THE ITEMS IN PAGE 1 THROUGH 6 ARE PRETTY MUCH STANDARD. HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON PAGE 07, EXCUSE ME, PAGE 6, SIX WE TALKED ABOUT MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND A COUPLE BULLETS WE JUST TALKED, WE REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF BRING TO ATTENTION YOUR ATTENTION.

THE LAST TWO BULLETS WERE ADDED FROM OTHER DOCUMENTS. IT'S JUST SPEAKING OF THE USE OF CELL PHONES AND HOW WE MANAGE THOSE DURING OUR BOARD MEETING. ALSO THE COMMUNICATION, PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WERE IN THE OTHER DOCUMENTS. IF YOU LOOK DOWN TO AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE SIX, ARE Y'ALL WITH ME? ALL RIGHT, PAGE SIX, IF YOU LOOK AT BOARD MEETING ATTENDANCE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, EVERYONE IS EXTREMELY BUSY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRESENT WHEN YOU'RE AVAILABLE.

WE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE HERE IN PERSON, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE CONFLICTS. AND SO BY PUTTING THIS CLAUSE IN, IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE EVEN IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. SO THIS GIVES A BOARD A VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE OPTION.

AGAIN, IF YOU SEE THESE BULLETS, THEY REALLY SPEAK TO THE GOAL BEING THAT YOU'RE HERE AT LEAST 70% OF THE TIME AND IT'S YOUR PRESENT AT BOARD MEETINGS. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT PRESENT OR IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT AND YOU STILL WANT TO BE A PART

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BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SET UP THE ZOOM OR SET UP THAT VIRTUAL OPTION. SO AS SOON AS YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW.

WE'LL GET IT SET UP. AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BOARD MEETING AND CARRY OUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. LET ME STOP THERE BEFORE WE GO TO THE OTHER PAGES AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THAT IS NEW AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ADDED.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING ATTENDANCE? SO THERE WAS ONE THING, THERE WAS ONE LINE THAT WAS LEFT OUT WHICH REALLY WAS SPEAKING OF NOTIFYING THE BOARD PRESIDENT, MYSELF, OR MS. MONTALVO ABOUT YOUR ATTENDANCE OR NOT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S IN HERE EXPLICITLY, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, SO WE'LL ADD THAT TO THIS DOCUMENT. IT'S ON PAGE SEVEN? IT'S AT THE TOP, OKAY.

SEPARATE BULLETS. SO HE SENT ME, DR. MCFARLAND SENT ME AN UPDATED ONE EARLIER THIS WEEK.

SO IT HAS FOUR BULLETS. THIS ONE HAS THREE. SO I WAS ASKING IF IT WAS MERGED WITH THAT ONE OR SEPARATE.

YEAH. I THINK IT'S MERGED WITH THAT NOTE, WITH THE SECOND.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO ON ON PAGE SEVEN. I'M SORRY I THINK MAYFIELD HAS QUESTIONS.

YES. DR. MCFARLAND, PRESIDENT ROBINSON JUST ON G, THE BOARD MEETING ATTENDANCE. DO I KNOW, WE DISCUSSED IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE SAID THAT WE WOULD ADD IT TO THE PROCEDURES BUT WHAT ABOUT JUST STATEMENTS OF CONFIDENTIALITY OR FOR INSTANCE IF YOU'RE VIRTUAL, YOU KNOW. ESPECIALLY, IF YOU'RE VIRTUAL IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WE PROBABLY NEED TO ADD LANGUAGE THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES, YOU KNOW, BEING IN A CLOSED SESSION EVEN VIRTUALLY ABSOLUTELY, IT DOES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE SEVEN UNDER CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE SECOND BULLET. YES, I SEE IT. SO NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. SO WITH THIS ITEM, IT SAYS THAT BECAUSE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THAT ATTENDANCE IN CLOSED SESSION IS ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED VIRTUALLY. BASED ON THE CODE.

THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE JUST BECAUSE, WELL, WE UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR THAT. YES, AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT. SO THAT'S ALREADY, WE JUST ADDED THAT IN AS A PART OF IT. QUICK QUESTION. I HAVE MY GLASSES AND I WAS TRYING TO LISTEN TO YOU, BUT BACK TO THE ATTENDANCE AND 70%.

YES.

DOES THAT 70, DOES VIRTUAL, ATTENDING VIRTUALLY ADD IN, I CAN'T READ IT.

70% IN PERSON? YES. OKAY, SO THEN IF A PERSON ATTENDS VIRTUALLY AND DON'T MEET THE 70% THRESHOLD, IT DOESN'T MATTER, RIGHT? SO THEY MUST MEET THE 70% THRESHOLD IN PERSON? OKAY, IT HAS TO BE IN PERSON. FOR 70%. AND EVEN THOUGH I ATTEND SOME VIRTUALS, IT DOESN'T MATTER? THAT DOESN'T COUNT. OKAY. OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND IN THIS BULLET, THE REPERCUSSIONS ARE SIMPLY THAT THEY WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO THE TRAINING FUNDS FOR WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON THROUGH JUST A FEW MORE.

ON PAGE 9, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD OFFICERS. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE, WE HAVE JUST THE MINIMUM BOARD OFFICERS. THERE'S SOMETIMES AS A BOARD, YOU MAY DECIDE TO ADD ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE COULD ADD THEM IN AS WE NEED THEM.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE LISTED THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, AND THERE ARE OTHER POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE, BUT THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY

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BUT WE LISTED THE MINIMUM POSITIONS. IF WE WANT TO ADD TO THEM WE CAN. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD TO IT.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO IF YOU GO ON TO FLIP ON OVER TO PAGE 12, OF COURSE, AS YOU REMEMBER, AS WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OTHER CODES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, THERE'S VARIOUS CODES THAT WERE PUT IN OR REGULATIONS THAT WERE PUT IN BY BOARDS BASED ON THINGS THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING.

BUT FOR US, TRAVEL, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE TRAVEL AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WE PRETTY MUCH MAINTAINED OUR CURRENT TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS. AND SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING TO TRAVEL WITH, WE'VE MAINTAINED THOSE. THE ONE THING THAT I DID IDENTIFY, AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'VE DONE IT LATELY, BUT JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, WE DIVIDE THE BUDGET OF THE BOARD INTO SEVEN.

SO, EACH ONE OF YOU WILL HAVE ONE-SEVENTH OF THE BUDGET, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN WE USE THAT BUDGET TO PURSUE CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU MAY DECIDE, AS LONG AS THERE'S A BUDGET AVAILABLE. WHEN WE HAVE BUDGET REDUCTIONS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THEN WE ALSO REDUCE THE BOARD'S BUDGET BY THAT SAME PERCENT, AND WE MANAGE IT THAT WAY.

AND SO IN YEARS WHERE WE'VE HAD BUDGET CUTS ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ELECTED TO EITHER GO TO STATE CONFERENCES ONLY OR GO TO ONE NATIONAL CONFERENCE. SO WE'RE REVIEWING THAT NOW, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE ONE SEVEN OF THE BUDGET, AND MS. MONTALVO WILL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL IN THE WEEKLY UPDATE.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION UNDER C, TRAVEL PLANNING AND FUNDING.

THE FOURTH BULLET POINT SAID BOARD MEMBERS MAY SECURE THEIR OWN TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS AND BEING REIMBURSED ONCE IT'S CONFIRMED. THEN WHEN YOU GO TO NUMBER THREE, THE TOP OF PAGE 13, THE SECOND BULLET, THE FIRST LINE SAYS TRUSTEES ARE REQUIRED TO REQUISITION A DISTRICT-OWNED VEHICLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW.

ARE WE SECURING OUR OWN TRAVEL OR ARE WE USING A DISTRICT-OWNED VEHICLE? THAT ACTUALLY IS ONE. THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. I BELIEVE THE PROCESS THAT WE CURRENTLY USE, WE WANT TO FOLLOW THAT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S AN OVERSIGHT, SO THAT'S A BULLET THAT I'LL TAKE OUT, AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS WE HAVE. IF THERE IS A DISTRICT VEHICLE AVAILABLE, YOU CAN ALWAYS REQUEST A VEHICLE IF THERE'S AVAILABLE IN LIEU OF BEING REIMBURSED.

FOR TRAVEL. YOU CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. SO WE'LL TAKE THAT.

I'LL JUST PUT AN X ON THAT SECOND BULLET, AND WE WILL REMOVE THAT.

YES, SO WITH THAT, WITH THE BULLET THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT UNDER C, THE FOURTH BULLET IS THAT, ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT BY CAR TRAVEL, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AIRFARE IN CASE THERE'S AN OUT-OF-STATE BECAUSE IT SAYS ANY TYPE OF TRAVEL. BECAUSE IT LATER IT DOES TALK ABOUT AIRLINE TICKETS ADJUSTING THE COST IF WE MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS, BUT I THINK SECURING, BECAUSE WE'VE MET, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE. SO, THAT'S, SO ARE YOU SAYING THIS IS NEW THAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT THAT WE MAY SECURE? WELL, I KNOW MRS. MONTALVO, YOU USUALLY SECURE TRAVEL FOR US, BUT I GUESS IF WE WANTED TO GET A RENTAL CAR OR BOOK AN AIRLINE TICKET, I DON'T KNOW. I WANT IT JUST THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT.

RIGHT. THE INTENTION WAS NOT TO CHANGE. I DIDN'T HEAR A DESIRE TO CHANGE OUR CURRENT TRAVEL PROCESS. AND SO THIS BULLET IS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE. OKAY.

NOW. OKAY, SO IF YOU GO BACK TO PAGE 12, OKAY, NOW I SEE.

SO YOU MAY, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE, IF YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO SECURE YOUR OWN TRAVEL, YOU CAN DO THAT. THAT'S NOT REQUIRED. IF THE DISTRICT IS PAYING FOR IT, THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TRAVEL AGENTS OR BENEFITS THAT WE CAN GET. HOWEVER, YOU MAY HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OR OTHER PLANS, AND SO THAT IS ALLOWABLE FOR YOU TO DO THAT AND THEN BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. SO IF YOU CAN SECURE THE TRAVEL, AND I'LL JUST SAY AN AIRLINE TICKET, FOR A CERTAIN RATE,

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SO YOU HAVE, AND SO IF IT IS WITHIN YOUR BUDGET THAT YOU'VE BEEN ALLOCATED AND IT'S APPROVED, THEN YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. BUT IT WILL COME OFF OF THE MONEY. OKAY.

BUT ALSO, IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE GSA GOVERNMENT REIMBURSEMENT RATE. SO WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THAT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SECURE YOUR OWN TRAVEL.

OKAY.

SO MEANING OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET ARE YOU SAYING, AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TRUSTEE DAVIS'S QUESTION, ARE YOU SAYING OUTSIDE OF EVEN THE BUDGET ARE YOU SAYING I WANT TO CALL A... NO, NO, NO.

LET ME SEE.

LET ME START OVER. SO IF THE DISTRICT CAN GET THE AIRLINE FLIGHT AT A CERTAIN RATE, HELP ME MR. FISHER, IF THE DISTRICT CAN GET A FLIGHT AT...

I'LL JUST SAY 200 BUT I SAY I WANT TO SECURE MY OWN FLIGHT AND GOING MY WAY OR THROUGH MY TRAVEL AGENT. AGENT IS 275 DOLLARS. HOW DOES THAT SQUARE WITH BUDGET? BUT THEN DR.

MCFARLAND SAID IT WOULD COME OUT OF MY ALLOTMENT WHICH IS LIKE, OKAY, BUT THEN TRUSTEE STEVENSON SAID WITHIN WHAT? IT'S HERE ON PAGE 13, THE GSA GOVERNMENT REIMBURSEMENT RATE. SO THERE IS A RATE THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH YOU CAN GO UP TO, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE ALLOTTED. YES. SO BOTH OF YOU ALL ARE CORRECT. AND SO HOW IS THIS DEALT WITH IN PRACTICE, MR. FISHER? SORRY ABOUT THAT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. IN PRACTICE, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, SPECIFICALLY WITH LODGING, IS TO KEEP THE BOARD WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE GSA RATE. WE WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT WE UNDERSTAND, BOARD, YOU AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, YOU HAVE SPECIFIC PLANS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN YOUR LIVES. SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU LATITUDE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE SPECIFICALLY WITH LODGING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING WITHIN THAT GOVERNMENT, THAT GSA RATE.

THAT'S WHERE I WAS TRYING TO GET TO, IS HOW CAN, YOU KNOW, IF I GO OVER MY ALLOTMENT OR WHATEVER, HOW THAT WOULD BE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WITH THE 70%.

JUST TO PUT A NUMBER ON IT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU COULD ONLY MISS THREE MEETINGS IN PERSON? YOU KNOW VIRTUALLY, LIKE, HOW MANY IS THAT, HOW MANY MEETINGS IS THAT? SO LET US IDENTIFY. WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY HOW MANY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. RIGHT. INCLUDING WORKSHOPS. RIGHT. SO THAT NUMBER IS, RIGHT ONE AND LET ME LET ME GET AN ACTUAL. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO, YEAH.

WE'LL LOOK AT LIKE A REGULAR YEAR WITH NORMAL AND WE MAY LOOK LIKE LAST YEAR SEE HOW MANY BOARD MEETINGS AND THEN WE CAN SAY OKAY YOU ARE ABLE TO MISS FIVE BOARD MEETINGS BASED ON A NORMAL YEAR YEAH, JUST A NUMBER OUT THERE, BUT YEAH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ONE IS LEADERSHIP. D IS LEADERSHIP TASB, AND MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT LEADERSHIP TASB IS. MOST OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT, BUT LEADERSHIP TASB IS A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD. THERE IS A COST TO THAT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY GOOD, AND IT PREPARES YOU AS A TRUSTEE TO BECOME A MASTER TRUSTEE.

AND SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

THERE IS A COST, SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE, AND THERE'S A TIME COMMITMENT AND APPLICATION IN THE WHOLE PROCESS. AND SO IF YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER DECIDE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR LEADERSHIP TASB AND YOUR TIME ALLOWS THAT, THEN THE PRACTICE IS TO NOTIFY THE BOARD PRESIDENT, MYSELF, AND THEN THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT ACTUALLY BE A PART OF YOUR ONE-SEVENTH BUDGET. THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND BECAUSE WE WANT BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE MASTER TRUSTEES PROVIDED YOU HAVE THE TIME TO COMMIT TO THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DO. WE ALSO, IN THIS POLICY, THOUGH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO LET US KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU APPLY BECAUSE WE NEED A BUDGET FOR IT IN CASE. BECAUSE YOU MAY GET IT ACCEPTED, YOU MAY NOT. WE OUGHT TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR IT IN CASE YOU DO.

THE NEXT SECTION DEALS

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IF YOU FLIP TO PAGE 15.

REALLY JUST THE ONE THING, THIS PROCESS SPEAKS TO HOW COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS ARE PRESENTED TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE ONCE YOU RECEIVE THEM ON BOARD. IN ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS, THEY HAD A PORTAL. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A COMPLAINT PORTAL. BUT WHAT WE DID ASK IS IF YOU WOULD HAVE THEM REDUCE THE CONCERN TO WRITING, PARTICULARLY EMAIL. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS BRING YOU CONCERNS, YOU ASK THEM TO SHARE.

TO PUT IT IN AN EMAIL IN DETAIL AND HAVE THEM FORWARD IT TO MY OFFICE. THAT WAY WE CAN TRACK IT AND KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ALL WERE PROCESSING IT.

ONCE I GET THE EMAIL, AS I MENTIONED, I END UP SENDING IT TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT IT'S RELEVANT TO, AND WE BEGIN OUR PROCESS.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMPLAINANT TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE IT TO EMAIL SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO ADD.

IN THIS SECTION, THAT'S WHAT WAS ADDED. WHAT WAS REMOVED WAS A COMPLAINT PORTAL.

WE WANTED THAT EMAIL.

ALL RIGHT. THE OTHER THING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SPOKESPERSON, REALLY THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BOARD VERSUS THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BOARD IS THE BOARD PRESIDENT. HOWEVER, ANY REQUEST FOR ANY COMMUNICATION, EITHER FROM THE BOARD OR FROM THE DISTRICT, IT SHOULD GO THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, AND EITHER MR. KIRCHNER OR MYSELF WILL BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DISTRICT, UNLESS WE ASSIGN IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. IF THERE'S SOME, IF THERE'S A... REQUEST TO HEAR A COMMENT OR PERSPECTIVE FROM THE BOARD.

THE BOARD PRESIDENT, BASED ON THIS POLICY, IS OUR SPOKESPERSON. THE BOARD PRESIDENT CAN ALSO ASSIGN SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THAT IF NECESSARY. THE VICE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY, ACCORDING TO THIS, SPEAKS IF THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE BOARD PRESIDENT CAN, AS I SAID, DEFER ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THAT BOARD MEMBER CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, BUT ONLY IF THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS DEFERRED THAT.

DR. ROBINSON, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, WOULD THAT BE THE CHAIN OF COMMAND BEFORE ANY OTHER PERSON? YES, I BELIEVE SO. IF I'M NOT AVAILABLE, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, SECOND, AND THEN AVAILABLE TO ANY TRUSTEE. CAN WE ADD THAT, DR. MCFARLAND? YES.

THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION.

AND I GUESS, DR. ROBINSON, YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, WITH YOU BEING THE SPOKESPERSON? AS IN THE GENERAL, OR THE OPERATING GUIDELINES, I'M OKAY WITH KIRCHNER AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, BUT IF THERE'S EVER A TIME, LIKE, I GUESS, TRUSTEE WOODSON-MAYFIELD HAD TO SPEAK AT SOME POINT, THEN THAT WOULD BE ME OR ANOTHER DESIGNEE.

BUT EVEN WHEN YOU WERE PRESENT AND YOU HAD TO SPEAK, YOU STILL RECEIVED THE INFORMATION FROM KIRCHNER, CORRECT? YES, HE WAS MY FIRST POINT OF CONTACT, ALWAYS. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNICATION MESSAGE WAS CLEAR, WAS ACCURATE, AND REFLECTED WHAT THE DISTRICT WANTED TO. OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS WHEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD COLLECTIVE. AS IT RELATES TO ADVOCACY AND YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHERS, THEN YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY TO ADVOCATE AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BUT NOT AS A CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UNLESS THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS DELEGATED THAT AUTHORITY.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW I THINK WE CAN FLIP THROUGH THE PAGES, PAGE 16 AND 17. THERE'S GOOD INFORMATION THERE, BUT MOST OF THOSE, ALL OF THE INFORMATION PRETTY MUCH WAS ALREADY A PART OF OUR CODE IN THE PAST. THE PROCESS ON PAGE 18, SECTION 8,

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THIS IS GOOD TO HAVE THIS IN HERE, BUT DEFINITELY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD TO HAVE. AND SO ANYWAY, IT'S HERE, THOUGH, JUST IN CASE.

AND SO IT GIVES US A GUIDE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

THE LAST SECTION IS PAGE 20, AND IT REALLY JUST TALKS ABOUT PLANNING. AND ONE THING I DEFINITELY WANTED TO LIFT UP IS, THERE IS A SECTION IN HERE DEALING WITH BOTH TEAM SELF-ASSESSMENT, SO THE SELF-ASSESSMENT OF THE BOARD AS A TEAM COLLECTIVE, AND THEN ALSO NEW MEMBER REVIEW FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. AND SO WE DEFINITELY, THAT'S NEW MEMBER REVIEW. I SPOKE TO TRUSTEE WATKINS, WHO WAS NEW LAST YEAR, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PRACTICE FOR US TO TALK TO THE NEW PERSON AND FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ONBOARDING PROCESS IS BETTER. SO WE'LL ADD THE NEW MEMBER REVIEW HERE. THE TEAM ASSESSMENT, THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT AS WELL TO HELP US CONTINUE TO GET BETTER. QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SECTION? YOU SEE THE OATH OF OFFICE STATEMENT, AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ALL TAKE. YOU ALL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE. AND THE NEXT SECTION, THERE WAS A LETTER OF RECOMMITMENT, AND I BELIEVE THAT IN YOUR PACKET, EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE A LETTER OF RECOMMITMENT. AND SO DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE YOU TO READ THAT LETTER OF RECOMMITMENT. WE TALK ABOUT SIGNING THIS EVERY YEAR.

IT JUST REMINDS US OF WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO.

AND SO WE WILL ASK YOU TO SIGN THAT AND TURN IT IN TO MS. MONTALVO. SO WE CAN HAVE THAT ON FILE. WE'LL LIKELY PLACE THIS SOMEWHERE HERE AT OUR DESK SO WE CAN JUST BE REMINDED OF WHAT WE COMMITTED TO DO AS A TEAM.

WHEN SAID WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, WHAT TIME FRAME? IS IT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? THIS SHOULD BE DONE AT THE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE IDENTIFIED HERE, AND I NEED TO ADD THAT IN, IT REALLY SHOULD BE DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. LIKE AT THE FIRST MEETING, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO AT THIS MEETING WOULD BE THE TIME THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I BELIEVE ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS ARE LISTED HERE THAT WERE THINGS THAT WE HAD AGREEMENT ON, NO MAJOR ISSUES OR AREAS OF CONCERN. THERE'S A COUPLE THAT WE ARE GETTING. WE'LL GET INFORMATION FROM ATTORNEY CAMPBELL, AN UPDATE. HE MENTIONED CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. WE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS NEW CODE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT. ALSO, THE AREA DEALING WITH GIFT ACCEPTANCE AND WHAT OCCURS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALSO CLEAR ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON THE APPROPRIATE SIDE.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, ON PAGE 23.

THERE'S A BULLET THAT JUST DEALS WITH POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND ELECTIONEERING, AND IT REALLY JUST SPEAKS TO THE USE OF DISTRICT EMAIL, LETTERHEAD, AND EQUIPMENT AS WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR CANDIDATES OR BALLOTS.

BASICALLY, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN USED, QUITE FRANKLY, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO, ELECTIONEERING. OFTENTIMES IT'S AROUND BOND, IT'S AROUND THE TIME YOU'RE PASSING A BOND AND DOING THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. BASICALLY THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT WE CAN'T USE DISTRICT RESOURCES FOR ANY KIND OF POLITICAL ADVERTISING.

QUESTION ABOUT THAT. OKAY. I THINK AN INCIDENT CAME UP MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. SO IF WE ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR OUR OWN ELECTION, CAN WE USE DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHS, DISTRICT VIDEOS, DISTRICT RESOURCES.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WHAT IS THAT ALSO INCLUDED IN THERE, THAT WE CANNOT DO THAT FOR OUR PERSONAL ELECTIONS AS WELL? SO IF DISTRICT RESOURCES WERE USED TO PRODUCE THE DOCUMENT OR THE VIDEO, THEN THAT CAN'T BE USED FOR ELECTIONEERING OR CAMPAIGNING OR CONVINCING PEOPLE TO VOTE. THEY CAN'T BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

YEAH, THAT'S PROHIBITED. AND ALSO, AS A CANDIDATE, YOU CANNOT SEND EMAILS TO STAFF DURING THE ELECTION TO ASK THEM TO VOTE FOR YOU.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE USING THAT.

THAT IS A DIRECT VIOLATION, USE OF THAT, ACCESS TO EMPLOYEES' ADDRESSES. IF YOU GOT IT ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THE

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ALL RIGHT, SO OUTSIDE OF THAT, BOARD, THAT WOULD COMPLETE REALLY OUR BOARD CODE OF CONDUCT. LIKE I SAID, IT WAS DEFINITELY A GREAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT SESSION OF US JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED AND ON THE SAME PAGE. AND, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THAT WHEN THE ELEPHANTS FIGHT, IT'S THE GRASS THAT SUFFERS.

AND WHEN BOARD MEMBERS ARE AND SUPERINTENDENT AND DISTRICT, WE'RE NOT TOGETHER, OUR CHILDREN SUFFER.

BUT WHEN WE ARE ALIGNED, WE CAN, WE CAN BUILD THE PYRAMIDS.

AND SO WE ARE, WE'RE EXCITED, AND THIS IS OUR BOARD CODE OF CONDUCT. AND I'LL JUST TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. WE'RE AVAILABLE TO TAKE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, OKAY TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT, OR WE COULD DELAY IT IF YOU NEED FURTHER, FURTHER DISCUSSION. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES. YES, PRESIDENT ROBINSON, IF WE VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, CAN WE JUST ADD WITH THOSE AGREED UPON CHANGES AND THEN THAT WAY? WITH ASSURANCE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TABLE IT? ABSOLUTELY.

OH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS VOTE JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHANGES. AND I THINK TO THE QUESTION THAT DR.

WOODSON-MAYFIELD WAS MAKING, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR US TO WAIT UNTIL THE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SOLIDIFIED SO THAT WE ARE VOTING ON IT IN ITS TRUEST FORM VERSUS ITS ASPIRATIONAL FORM. I AGREE.

THANK YOU. THAT'S HOW I FELT.

TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS. AND JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THE WORKSHOP.

WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS, WE TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO THIS DOCUMENT.

IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS, I CONTINUED TO THINK ABOUT IT, AND THE ONE THING THAT IT REMINDED ME OF IS THAT WE DO HAVE OPERATING GUIDELINES THAT WE NEED TO ADHERE TO, AND THAT WE EXPECT, WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR DR. MCFARLAND AND STAFF, AND I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE OUR BEST SELVES AND MODEL WHAT THAT BEHAVIOR LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE IT STARTS AT THE TOP. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM UNTIL OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING? THERE IS A MOTION BY TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS TO TABLE THE AGENDA ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND? MOVE TO VOTE BY SHOW HANDS.

IS THERE A MOTION BY SHOW HANDS TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL IS FULLY DEVELOPED. ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES.

[8.0 Future Action Item(s)]

THE FINANCE TEAM AND DR. POLK ARE WORKING HARD TO REVIEW THOSE. THEY'LL BE BRINGING INFORMATION BACK TO THE BOARD BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE. WE JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT ITEM. THERE'S INFORMATION ABOUT THE RFP, THE TIMELINE, THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED AT SPECIFIC CROWLEY ISD CAMPUSES, AND THE ESTIMATED COST USING GRANT FUNDS. AND SO DR. POLK AND MR. FISHER ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT FUTURE ACTION ITEM HAS TO DO WITH THE UPCOMING TASA/TASB CONVENTION IN HOUSTON. IT WILL BE HELD IN OCTOBER. AND AS

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THEY HAVE MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE TIMING OF THAT DELEGATE EVENT THAT ARE DESCRIBED THERE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK. AT NEXT BOARD MEETING LATER THIS MONTH, WE'LL NEED TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE ANY TRUSTEES WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING OR BEING APPOINTED TO BE DELEGATES AT THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

[9.0 Executive Session]

WE ARE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:50 P.M.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 8:55 P.M.

WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT...

OKAY. I THOUGHT I HAD TO WAIT TILL THE TIME CHANGE.

OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:55.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.