Aug 27, 2026 Regular Board Meeting

NOW, THAT'S THE WAY. THAT'S THE WAY. I WANT ALL OF YOU ALL TO WALK INTO A ROOM LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. YOU BELONG HERE.

THIS IS YOUR HOUSE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY, MY FATHER, MY COUSIN, MY BEST FRIEND FOR ALL BEING HERE.

IF IT WASN'T FOR Y' ALL MOTIVATING ME, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. SO I GIVE Y' ALL MY THANKS, AND I ALSO HAVE DEEP RESPECT FOR CLASS OF 2026, FOR PUSHING IT THROUGH, MAKING IT HERE TODAY, AND THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT.

I WANT TO PAUSE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I KNOW YOU. I KNOW YOU'LL SHARE IT, TOO. COME ON.

COME ON.

I SAW IT ON YOU. YOU READY? I THOUGHT HE'S GONNA STEP UP.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, HEY, I JUST WANT TO JUST. JUST WRAP UP BY JUST SAYING THANK YOU ALL FOR. FOR YOUR MODEL.

LIKE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE TO GET HERE. PEOPLE SAY ALL THE TIME. I HEARD THIS QUOTE THAT SAYS WHAT. WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON'T GET YOU THERE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T APPLY FOR YOU. WHAT APPLIES? YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IT TOOK IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET RIGHT HERE TODAY. YOU DIDN'T GIVE UP. YOU DIDN'T QUIT. YOU BELIEVED IN YOURSELF WHEN THE ODDS WERE AGAINST YOU. YOU RELIED ON YOUR PARENTS, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR OTHERS, YOU HERE. AND WHAT GOT YOU HERE WILL GET YOU THERE. AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST DREAM BIG AND JUST

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PURSUE YOUR DREAMS AND KNOW THAT WE'RE BEHIND YOU. WHEN WE SAY CRYOLISD, WE ARE REALLY SPEAKING ABOUT YOU. IN OUR DISTRICT, WE SAY WE ACT LIKE A FAMILY AND WE WORK LIKE A TEAM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE PLAN TO DO ALONG YOUR WAY. SO IF YOU NEED US, DEFINITELY REACH OUT.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. WE'RE SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU, PARENTS AND FAMILY, FOR JUST ALLOWING US TO WORK WITH THEM. WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM. AND WE GIVE THEM BACK TO YOU AS GRADUATES. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THE CLASS OF 2026.

ALL RIGHT, FAMILIES, JOIN US AGAIN IN CELEBRATING THE CLASS, IF YOU WILL. SEE, THE GRADUATES WILL STAND NOW AND WALK OUT.

AND THEN, FAMILIES, AFTER THEY'VE EXITED, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE. OH, MY APOLOGIES, MR. BLADE. PAUSE.

WE ALMOST SKIPPED A VERY IMPORTANT PART. THANK YOU. YOU ALL ARE NOW OFFICIALLY GRADUATES. AND DR. LAYNE HAS SOME VERY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOU. DR. LAYNE.

THANK YOU, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN IN CONGRATULATIONS TO CISD SUMMER GRADUATES OF CLASS OF 2026. ALL RIGHT, GRADUATES, THE TIME IS HERE.

YOU ALMOST FORGOT. TURN YOUR TASSELS FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT INDICATES? INDICATES THAT YOU GRADUATED.

CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. THE GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 2026, PLEASE STAND AS OUR GRADUATES EXIT.

THANK YOU AGAIN, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL POST.

WE'LL DO A QUICK RECESS

[2.0 Call to Order]

TO SET UP FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTION 551.041, SUBCHAPTER C, GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED BY THE 73RD LEGISLATURE, PURSUANT TO A PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MR. KIRCHNER.

GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEE PLACE 1.

DR. NEDRA ROBINSON.

LATONYA WOODSON MAYFIELD.

TRUSTEE PLACE 2. DR.

TRUSTEE PLACE 3. MR. DARYL R. DAVIS II.

TRUSTEE PLACE 4. MS. JUNE W.

DAVIS.

TRUSTEE PLACE 5. MS. CC WATKINS.

TRUSTEE PLACE 6. MR. GARY GRASSIA. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE 7. MS. KELICIA STEVENSON.

OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES THIS EVENING. FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE CHANNING BROWN.

NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

ALAN TRAN.

AND CROWLEY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, WE HAVE DAMI ADEBIYI.

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 RALEIGH 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, OUR COMMUNICATION DEVICES, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CROWLEY ISD SCHOOLS AT THIS TIME. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 3.0.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AT THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND WHILE CADET COLONEL MORALES AND THE CROWLEY ISD CORPS OF CADETS PRESENTS THE COLORS.

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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.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

[4.0 Celebrations / Board Points of Pride]

THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 4.0, CELEBRATIONS AND BOARD POINTS OF PRIDE. I WILL START WITH TRUSTEE WATKINS.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN CROWLEY ISD IS A RED CARPET WELCOME AT EVERY CAMPUS. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FAITH BASED AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR MAKING TIME TO CLAP, TO CHEER AND TO CELEBRATE AS OUR STUDENTS STARTED THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS.

OKAY, SO MY POINT OF PRIDE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM STUDENT VOICE MATTERS IN CROWLEY ISD AND EARLIER THIS MONTH, STUDENT LEADERS GATHERED FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, CROWLEY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AND THE BILL R. JOHNSON CTE CENTER AS MEMBERS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LEADERSHIP TEAM. THEIR INSIGHT, IDEAS AND LEADERSHIP WILL HELP SHAPE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

DISTRICT.

BY ENSURING STUDENTS HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, WE ARE BUILDING A STRONGER CROWLEY ISD TOGETHER.

I HAVE THE NEXT ONE. WE LOVE WHEN OUR COMMUNITY GIVES BACK TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, BUT IT IS EVEN MORE SPECIAL WHEN IT'S COMING FROM A FORMER STUDENT. WE WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI, KIMORAM PIMTON AND THE KEEP PUSHING LLC FOR GENEROUSLY DONATING SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO HIS FORMER SCHOOLS, J.

HARGRAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

GOOD LUCK THIS SEASON WITH TCU FOOTBALL. WE'LL BE CHEERING ON NUMBER 88 ALL SEASON. TRUSTEE GRASSIA .

MORE THAN 350 NEW TEACHERS AND STAFF RECEIVED A RED CARPET WELCOME DURING OUR NEW PROFESSIONALS ORIENTATION IN JULY AND IT WAS HOSTED AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

FOR MORE THAN THREE.

I'M SORRY.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, CAMPUS LEADERS, FUTURE READY AMBASSADORS AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION STAFF LINE THE ENTRANCE WITH SIGNS, POM POMS AND PLENTY OF APPLAUSE TO CELEBRATE THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF CROWLEY ISD FAMILY.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE IMPACT YOU'LL MAKE IN OUR CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THANKS, TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS THIS WEEK IN CROWLEY ISD LEADERS JOINED CITY AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TODAY FOR THE TEXAS FOOTBALL DREAM COMMUNITY LEGACY GATHERING FEATURING CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNUS, COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE AND TWO TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION, GARY REASON. HE IS A PROUD EAGLE ON A MISSION TO STRENGTHEN THE CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS TEXAS. AND THAT'S THE DEFINITION, DEFINITIONS, DEFINITION OF EXCELLENCE EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL HEAD

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FOOTBALL COACH CARLOS LYNN, WHO WAS RECENTLY NAMED PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION.

THIS IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR AND A REFLECTION OF COACH LYNN'S LEADERSHIP, COMMITMENT TO HIS PROFESSION AND DEDICATION TO HELPING COACHES AND STUDENT ATHLETES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

COACH LYNN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS. WELL DESERVED, HONORABLE CROWLEY ISD IS PROUD OF YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE ON COACHES AND STUDENTS ALL ACROSS TEXAS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. AND TRUSTEE MAYFIELD WILL CLOSE US OUT.

EVERY SCHOOL YEAR IS SPECIAL, BUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR MARKS AN INCREDIBLE RUN OF 43 YEARS OF DEDICATION TO BEST RACE ELEMENTARY BY OUR VERY OWN COACH CROCKER. IS COACH CROCKER IN THE ROOM? OKAY.

COACH CROCKER STARTED WORKING AT BEST RACE WHEN IT WAS LOCATED AT 512 PEACH STREET AND FOR 43 YEARS SHE HAS POURED HER HEART INTO GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF. MR. JOHNSON, A CURRENT TEACHER AT BEST RACE, HAD COACH CROCKER AS HIS TEACHER WHEN HE WAS A BEST RACE THIRD GRADER AND NOW COACH CROCKER'S OWN GRANDCHILD IS A FIRST GRADER AT BEST RACE. SO PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING COACH CROCKER FOR HER YEARS OF DEDICATION TO BEST RACE AND TO CROWLEY ISD.

[5.0 Board President Reviews Open-Forum Regulations / Open Forum]

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN CROWLEY ISD. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS 5.0 OPEN FORUM PER BED LOCAL THE BOARD SHALL ALLOT 30 MINUTES TO HEAR FROM PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO MAKE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD. IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN FORUM, YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE BY COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING THE ELECTRONIC FORM ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS AND INDICATE THE TOPIC YOU WILL ADDRESS.

THE ELECTRONIC FORM IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.CROWLEYISDTX.ORG OPEN FORUM FOR INDIVIDUALS UNABLE TO SIGN UP WITH THE ELECTRONIC FORM. A PAPER COPY OF THIS FORM IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE CROWLEY ISD CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING. WHEN CALLED, SPEAKERS SHALL STATE THEIR NAME. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE THEY ARE REGISTERED TO SPEAK.

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

TO SPEAK. ONLY ONE PERSON MAY SPEAK AT A TIME. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WILL SIGNAL THE REMAINING TIME. UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TIME LIMIT, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO TO STOP SPEAKING AND CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS. GROUPS CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE SHALL APPOINT ONE PERSON TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS BEFORE THE BOARD. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING SPECIFIC NAMES WHILE MAKING COMMENTS AND PLEASE FACE THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE DAIS WHILE MAKING COMMENTS PER BE LOCAL THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. IF AFTER ONE IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTION, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. THANK YOU, MR. KIRCHNER, WHO IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT.

PRESIDENT ROBINSON. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING, MS. TINA WHITE.

GOOD EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR TIME. FIRST OF ALL, I GOT A LITTLE EXCITED THINKING I GET 30 MINUTES AND THEN RELIEVED THAT I ONLY GET THREE.

I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD FOR THE JOHNSON COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. WE ARE LOCATED IN JOHNSON COUNTY. WE'RE THE ENTITY. OUR STAFF IS THE ENTITY THAT CALCULATES THE APPRAISED PROPERTY VALUES ACROSS JOHNSON COUNTY. YOU'RE ONE OF THE TAXING ENTITIES. IT'S WHY I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING. A LETTER WAS SENT TO DR. MCFARLAND WHICH I'M SURE WILL BE SHARED WITH YOU OR HAS BEEN SHARED WITH YOU. WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE TAXING ENTITIES FOR A PROPERTY PURCHASE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO OUR FACILITY IN CLEBURNE, IT'S QUITE OLD. IT'S NOT ADA COMPLIANT. EMPLOYEES HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THINGS LIKE ASBESTOS. SO WE'VE STARTED LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT FACILITY. IT'S NOT LARGE ENOUGH. WE RENT PARKING BECAUSE THERE'S INADEQUATE PARKING. WE RENT

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SPACE IN A CONFERENCE CENTER TO HAVE OUR BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SPACE IN OUR EXISTING FACILITY. SO THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO YOU IS SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL. IT'S A PURCHASE. I DO WANT TO SAY WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OPTIONS. COULD WE REMODEL WHERE WE ARE? COULD WE BUY AN EXISTING BUILDING? COULD WE BUY LAND AND BUILD A BUILDING ON IT? WE'VE EVALUATED THOSE PROPOSALS. BUYING LAND AND BUILDING IS REALLY EXPENSIVE. GOD'S NOT MAKING MORE DIRT. LAND IS SUPER EXPENSIVE IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

SO AS THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO GROW, WE'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE THE BUILDING'S NOT ADEQUATE FOR WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WE FOUND A BUILDING. WE MADE AN OFFER 20% BELOW THE APPRAISED VALUE. SO WE MADE A. AN OFFER AT 6.5 MILLION. WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO ISSUE BONDS. WE'RE PROPOSING TO GET A BANK LOAN AND PAY IT OVER 15 TO 20 YEARS. WE'RE BEING VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A COST PASSED ON TO TAXPAYERS, TO THE TAXING ENTITIES. THE LETTER HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THE PARTICULARS OF THE BUILDING. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. OUR CHIEF APPRAISER, MITCH FAST, IS HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE TIME YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION. WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT DECISION. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF HAVING THE BUILDING INSPECTED, LOOKING AT WORK THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE DONE. WE'VE ALREADY SECURED A PROMISE FROM A BANK TO LOAN THE MONEY IF WE GET APPROVAL. WE HAVE AN OFFER, RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR SOMEONE TO BUY THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN CURRENTLY, WHICH THEY WILL JUST DEMOLISH AND USE AS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT. SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE CROSSING ALL OF THE T'S AND DOTTING THE I'S. I JUST WANTED TO BE PROACTIVE AND ADDRESS YOU THIS EVENING AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEMS 6.1 STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE PROGRAM.

[6.0 Student School Board Trustee Program]

MR. KIRCHNER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

MCFARLAND, WE ARE EXCITED THAT IT'S AUGUST AND OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES ARE BACK AFTER A SUMMER VACATION. AS YOU ALL SHARED IN YOUR CELEBRATIONS EARLIER, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SUMMER BREAK, OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES WERE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME GETTING READY. TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE NEW STUDENT TRUSTEES WHO ARE JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT THEY'RE NOT NEW FACES.

THESE ARE VERY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED STUDENTS. AND ONE OF THEM'S EVEN SPOKEN AT OPEN FORUM BEFORE. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THAT GROUP ON THIS NEXT SLIDE. YOU'LL SEE THE NAMES THAT PICTURE.

SORRY, MR. ELLIS. IS OF OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S LEADERSHIP TEAM. SO TWO GROUPS THAT COME TOGETHER TO PROVIDE STUDENT VOICE AND PERSPECTIVE FOR DISTRICT LEADERS AND THE BOARD.

AND THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU.

THE NAMES OF OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES REPRESENT OUR THREE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TONIGHT IS CONTINUE SHARING THEIR THREE CS, THEIR CAMPUS CELEBRATIONS, CAMPUS EVENTS, AND ALSO SOME CONSIDERATIONS WITH POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO THINK THROUGH. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES. OUR FIRST TRUSTEE THIS EVENING IS MR. CHANEY BROWN FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. MR. BROWN, TAKE IT AWAY.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. KIRCHNER. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? MOVE THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT. IS THAT BETTER? OKAY, MUCH BETTER.

BUT HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? GREAT. LOVE TO HEAR IT. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, CONSIDERATION AND.

OH, MAN.

SORRY. WELL, LET'S GET STARTED.

START OFF WITH OUR CS CELEBRATION.

THIS ONE BETTER? YEP.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS BETTER.

ALL RIGHT.

START OFF WITH OUR CELEBRATIONS. OH, PROBABLY NOT.

OH, GOD.

OH.

LET'S TRY TO MOVE ON TO OUR CELEBRATIONS.

OR NOT.

I'M NOT SURE.

OKAY, WELL, I CAN PROJECT.

THAT ALSO WORKS AS WELL.

SORRY, I'M JUST PROJECTING AS PART OF COMPETITION, SOMETHING I'VE HAD TO PREVIOUSLY DO AS WELL.

LET'S START OFF WITH OUR CELEBRATIONS. ONE OF OUR CLOSEST ONES.

MEET THE EAGLE.

IT'S A TRADITION THAT CROWLEY ISD HANDLES ANNUALLY AND IT INTRODUCES ALL OF OUR.

OH, EVEN BETTER. SOMETHING THAT CROWLEY ISD HOLDS ANNUALLY WHERE WE INTRODUCE ALL OF OUR BIGGEST THINGS PART OF OUR STUDENT BODY.

WE SEE CLUBS, SPORTS, AND A LIST OF. SOME OF THESE SPORTS INCLUDE FOOTBALL, FLAG FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, SOCCER, WRESTLING, TRACK AND FIELD, CROSS COUNTRY, CHEER BAND, AND OUR VERY OWN TALONETTES.

IT'S AMAZING TO SEE EVERYBODY COME OUT AND WE WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE YOUR GUYS FACES THERE.

AND TO CONTINUE, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CHS. I BELIEVE THESE ARE AS WELL YES, MORE CELEBRATIONS. ONE THING THAT CHS HAS HAD RECENTLY WAS OUR CONCLUSION ON BEING ABLE TO SORT OUT OUR HOMECOMING THEME WHICH WILL BE RIO.

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OF YOUR FACES THERE AT HOMECOMING AND TO MOVE ON, WE'RE HERE AT OUR CAMPUS EVENTS. HERE AT OUR CAMPUS EVENTS WE HAVE A REOCCURRING DRESS UP WEEK.

HOWDY WEEK. IT IS AMAZING AND WE'RE HOPING TO SEE YOU GUYS PARTICIPATE MORE. ON MONDAY WE HAVE COUNTRY VERSUS COUNTRY CLUB. YOU'RE EITHER A FARMER OR MAYBE YOU'RE PREPPY WITH A PINK POLO. AND THEN OVER AT TUESDAY WE THEN HAVE RODEO ROUNDUP. THINK OF IT LIKE YOUR WESTERN THEMED TWIN DAY.

MAYBE A COPS AND A ROBBER. OR MAYBE YOU'RE AN OUTLAW ON A HORSE. OR MAYBE SOMEONE'S THERE BY THEMSELVES WITH A BIT OF A BANDANA AND MAYBE A STICK HORSE TOO. GIDDY UP. AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY WE HAVE PURPLE ON THE PRAIRIE. PURPLE ON THE PRAIRIE IS GOING TO BE A NEW THING THAT WE'RE STARTING STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT OVER AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S A TRADITION THAT I MYSELF AND AS WELL AS MANY OF MY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN WANTING TO START A NEW TRADEMARK, SORRY, DRESS UP DAY FOR OUR STUDENTS. PURPLE ON THE PRAIRIE. WE'RE GOING TO WEAR ALL OF OUR CROWLEY MERCH AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT WE LOVE THE COLOR PURPLE.

AND THURSDAY WILL BE BOOTS AND BLING. THIS WAS ONE PROPOSED BY A VERY BEAUTIFUL OFFICER OF OURS, HARLEY WATKINS. SHE ACTUALLY HELPED COME UP WITH THIS IDEA AND BOTH MYSELF AND OUR ADVISOR, MS. K LOVED IT.

AND WE HAVE IT IN FOR THURSDAY AS WELL AS OUR VERY FIRST HOME FOOTBALL GAME FOR THE CROWLEY EAGLES OVER HERE AT THE CIC MULTI COMPLEX STADIUM. AND THEN FOR FRIDAY, OUR FARM FRESH FRIDAY WHERE YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DRESS UP AS BARNYARD ANIMALS AND WE WILL COME IN AND SHOW OUR SPIRIT.

ACTUALLY, I MYSELF HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT DRESSING UP AS A COW.

IT'S AMAZING. AND NOW TO MOVE ON TO MY FINAL POINT OF OUR THREE CS, OUR CONSIDERATIONS. NOW THIS WAS SOMETHING I TOOK UPON MYSELF AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU GUYS TO A COOL NEW PRODUCT I LIKE TO CALL CONNECT. CONNECT IS ONE OF IS ACTUALLY AN ACRONYM AND IT'S ACTUALLY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I FORGOT THE ACRONYM.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A STUDENT THING OF ME. I APOLOGIZE.

BUT MORE OR LESS CONNECT IS A PROJECT THAT I WANTED TO START THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO FIX ONE OF OUR ISSUES. ONE THING I FEEL LIKE THAT WE CAN DO BETTER ON AS A DISTRICT, BOTH AS STAFF AND STUDENT ALIKE, IS BEING ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE FEEL LIKE NEED TO BE TOUCHED UP UPON. SOME OF OUR MORE NICHE GROUPS THAT HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH EXPOSURE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO BE SEEN. SO ONE CONSIDERATION I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS, AS WELL AS MYSELF, IS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIGN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WITH ABOUT TWO TO THREE PROGRAMS OF STUDY OVER AT THE CTE AND HAVE YOU GUYS SORT OF IN A PARTNERSHIP. ONE SIMILAR EXAMPLE THAT I'VE HAD IS WITH OUR VERY OWN DR. DUVALL, WHO'S IN THE BUILDING. AND AS I SPOKE AT OPEN FORUM, BEFORE THEY GET MOCK TRIAL TO BE COMING TO A CLASS, IT'S BEEN VERY GREAT PARTNERING WITH THEM, SEEING A LOT MORE ACTIVITY, ENGAGEMENT. WHAT I BROUGHT WITH YOU GUYS WILL BE SORT OF A MINI SURVEY THAT ME AND DR. GUA WILL REVISE A LITTLE MORE. IF I COULD GET UP AND SHOW YOU GUYS. WHAT YOU GUYS WILL SEE, THERE WILL BE A SMALL LITTLE SURVEY BASED ON WHAT I COULD GATHER OF SOME OF THE MAJOR PROGRAMS OF STUDY OVER AT THE CTE CENTER. YOU GUYS WILL CIRCLE ABOUT TWO TO THREE, YOUR TOP THREE CHOICES, AND THEN FROM THERE WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET YOU GUYS INVOLVED.

CONSIDER IT A WAY TO ENTER IN LITTLE WORK BANTER.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS BETTER THAN BIOMEDICAL. NO, IT'S NOT.

MAYBE IT IS.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO GET YOU GUYS WELL IMMERSED WITHIN OUR CULTURE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING MORE PATROL ON THE GROUND AS WELL.

TRUSTEE BROWN, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND CIRCLE THEIR TOP THREE RIGHT NOW, TODAY? IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE. I MEAN, THIS IS UP TO YOU GUYS. WHICH ONES ARE YOU GUYS LIKE TO DO THAT BOARD OR COSMETOLOGY? AND BARBERING IS NOT ON HERE, SO I'M GOING TO PENCIL THAT IN.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE UNDER.

I KNOW I USE THE GENERAL NAMES UNDER THERE. I DIDN'T USE LIKE THE VERY SPECIFIC NAMES. I KNOW FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM, IT'S UNDER THE GENERIC NAME BECAUSE I KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE HAS LIKE THIS.

YEAH, YEAH.

I HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT THE NAME OF IT WAS, BUT I KNOW I USE THE GENERIC NAMES AND EACH ONE HAS LIKE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE OWN SUBSECTION. LIKE, I KNOW FOR STEM, THE. THERE'S ARCHITECTURE, AVIATION, ENGINEERING, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THAT KIND OF JUST TO SIMPLIFY IT, I KIND OF PUT IT DOWN TO THE GENERIC NAMES BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS TO STUDY AT CTE AND THERE'S A LOT TO COVER, SO IT'D BE EASIER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GIVE YOUR CHOICES OF BITE SIZED PIECES. I'M A BIT CURIOUS AS I SEE YOU GUYS, CIRCLES.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SHARE THEIR TOP THREE CHOICES? SURE, IF YOU COULD GIVE IT TO US, TRUSTEE STEVENSON.

SO I HAVE ART, AUDIO, VIDEO, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION.

AND THEN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH. AND THEN HEALTH, SCIENCE.

GOOD CHOICES. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SHARE? OH, TRUSTEE MAYFIELD.

GLADLY. THE FIRST CHOICE FOR ME IS BUSINESS, MARKETING AND FINANCE. THE SECOND CHOICE IS LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE. I MAY FLIP THOSE. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A LAWYER.

LAW SCHOOL. I KID MYSELF.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE THAT NUMBER ONE.

AND THEN NUMBER THREE IS ARTS, AUDIO, VIDEO, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMS. ABSOLUTELY. ANYBODY ELSE? OH, TRUSTEE DAVIS.

THANK YOU, SIR. SO IN ORDER OF APPEAL FOR ME, TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS.

NUMBER ONE, HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM.

NUMBER TWO. AND NUMBER THREE,

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BUSINESS, MARKETING AND FINANCE.

BUSINESSMAN, TRUSTEE DAVIS AS WELL.

AND MINE, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, HUMAN SERVICES, LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE.

TRUSTEE WATKINS.

NUMBER ONE IS COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING. NUMBER TWO, BUSINESS, MARKETING AND FINANCE. AND NUMBER THREE, HOSPITALITY, HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM.

OH, OKAY.

GOTTA GO WITH THOSE. EXCEPT FOR THE COSMETOLOGY, I'M NOT REALLY INTO THAT.

BUT THE AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES, ALONG WITH BUSINESS, MARKETING AND FINANCE AND HOSPITALITY.

SUPERINTENDENT MCFARLAYNE.

SO I HAD EDUCATION AND TRAINING, BUSINESS, MARKETING AND FINANCE AND LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE.

PRESIDENT ROBINSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE? HEY.

ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION, BUSINESS MARKETING AND FINANCE AND LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR SHARING SO MUCH. WE'LL TOUCH UP A LITTLE MORE AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, BOARD, IF YOU'LL PASS, PASS THE SEATS IN TO ME, THEN I'LL. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THEM TO.

ACTUALLY, WE'LL PASS IN THE MONTH.

HOW THOUGH? THANK YOU ALL. THIS BRINGS US TO STUDENT TRUSTEE, THE OTHER STUDENT TRUSTEE, ALAN TRAN.

OKAY, GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, I'M NOT AS EXTRAVAGANT AS MY TRUSTEE, MR. BROWN OVER HERE.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, THAT DOESN'T MAKE OUR CHEMISTRY ANY WORSE. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOARD HERE, I REPRESENT THE NCHS. AND FOR OUR FIRST CELEBRATION, I'D LIKE TO BRING OUT THE LAW AND LEGAL STUDENTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS IMAGE HERE, OUR LAW AND LEGAL STUDENTS, ANIYAH LEE, ANDREW MCMILLAN, ALAN CHUAN, AND MY FELLOW TRUSTEE HERE, CHANNING BROWN.

WE ALL PARTICIPATED IN AN INTERNSHIP OVER THE SUMMER OVER THE L. CLIFFORD DAVIS LEGAL FOUNDATION IN WHICH WE SPENT A WEEK IN THROUGHOUT JUST BEING INFORMED BY NUMEROUS ATTORNEYS ACROSS THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. WE GOT TO MEET NUMEROUS NOTABLE FIGURES SUCH AS ONE OF THE ATTORNEY BOARDS OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND WE ALSO GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION.

IN THIS COMPETITION, THESE FOLLOWING STUDENTS, LEE ANDREW MCMILLAN, ALAN TRAN AND CHANNING BROWN, WE WERE ALL ABLE TO ACHIEVE FIRST PLACE RESULTS IN BOTH THE DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION SIDE OF THE COURTROOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT I AND CHANNING WORKED AS A TEAM ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE AND WE PUT UNANIMOUS FIRST PLACE VOTES ACROSS ALL EVALUATORS. I'LL SAY THAT. AS SUPERINTENDENT MCFARLAND SAID, PRIDE AS A FAMILY AND WORK LIKE A TEAM. I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE ESPECIALLY FOR IN HERE IN CROWLEY ISD. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP MEET THE PANTHERS CELEBRATION. MUCH LIKE MEET THE EQUALS OUR STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER ON. I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST LAST WEDNESDAY. YES, CORRECT. WHERE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ATHLETES ORGANIZATIONS ALL CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE OUR UNITY AS NCHS STUDENTS. WE GOT TO CELEBRATE THROUGH. WE GOT RECOGNITION FROM THE FOOTBALL TEAM, THE BASKETBALL TEAM, CHEERLEADERS AND COLOR GUARD ALL ALIKE. NEXT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO BRING UP OUR KEY CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS. KEY CLUB, A NOTABLE STUDENT ORGANIZATION HERE IN NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL WAS RECENTLY GRANTED $1,500 BY THE CARTER BLOOD CARE FOUNDATION. THIS WAS DUE TO OUR EXEMPLARY WORK LAST YEAR IN OUR BLOOD DRIVE RESULTS AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, LIKE I SAID, FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS THROUGH THIS FOUNDATION ALONG WITH THIS KEY CLUB AND THE KIWANIS ORGANIZATION HAS AWARDED BOTH I, ALAN TRAN AND MYSELF, ANGIE MCMILLAN, THE PERSON SECOND ON TO THE LEFT WERE AWARDED $3,000 EACH AND A TOTAL OF $6,000 TOTAL. NEXT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP OUR NCHS CAMPUS EVENTS. THESE BOTH REGARD THE EVENTS TOMORROW. THESE INCLUDE SENIOR BREAKFAST IN WHICH OUR SENIOR CLASS OF 2027 WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN UNITY AND TAKE OUR PANORAMIC PHOTO THAT WE DO EACH AND EVERY YEAR. NEXT, I'D ALSO BRING OUT OUR STATE WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM GOING AGAINST THE ALITO GOING AGAINST THE ALITO FOOTBALL

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TEAM. ALSO TOMORROW ON AUGUST 28TH AT 7PM WE HOPE TO BRING OUR WORK OUR WAY TO ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND BRING BACK OUR LOSS BEAUTIFUL DEVASTATING LOSS LAST YEAR.

WELL, OTHER THAN THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES FROM SUPERINTENDENT MCFARLAND I'D BE WILLING TO ANSWER.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT FOR ME.

TRUSTEE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT ROBINSON.

JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. SO YOU GOT $1,500 FOR THE BLOOD DRIVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD YOU COLLECTED? YES, MA'. AM. WE HAD A TOTAL OF AROUND 500 PLUS STUDENTS DONATE BLOOD LAST YEAR THROUGHOUT ALL FOUR OF OUR KEY CLUB BLOOD DRIVES.

WOW, THAT'S GREAT. OKAY.

AND SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IS THERE AN EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH DOING A DRIVE LIKE THAT? WELL, THAT'S REALLY UP TO OUR SPONSOR, DR. SE. HE'S A PROFESSOR OVER AT NORTH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. HE LIKES TO SET THEM UP FOR US. AND WE DO A TOTAL OF FOUR EACH YEAR.

HE HAS SET DATES IN WHICH HE WORKS WITH THE CARTER BLOOD FOUNDATION AND HE WORKS WITH HIGHER UPS OVER THERE IN WHICH HE SIGNS UP NORTH CROWLEY TO DO THESE BLOOD DRIVES.

AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT 1500 PRIZE MONEY YOU GOT WOULD GO BACK THEN TO SUPPORT. TO CONTINUE SUPPORT THE BLOOD DRIVE.

AND.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS AN EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, HOW IS IT PAID? AND COULD THAT PRIZE MONEY GO BACK TO SUPPORT FUTURE DRIVE? WE WORK MORE ON A WAY OF DONATION. RIGHT. SO THESE STUDENTS COME IN AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY EXPECTING ANYTHING BUT A ACCORD OR A THANK YOU.

RIGHT. SO MANY STUDENTS COME IN EXPECTING A CORD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TO DONATE TWICE EACH YEAR. AND WE DON'T REALLY WORK ON A WAY OF TRYING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS. WE REALLY WANT TO JUST GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. US AT NCHS, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GIVE BLOOD AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND I DIDN'T MEAN GIVING BACK TO THE STUDENTS WHO DONATE. I MEAN JUST GIVING BACK TO. TO THE BLOOD DRIVE ITSELF IF THERE IS AN EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

YES, MA'. AM. NOT THAT I KNOW OF FOR NOW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, TRUSTEE WATKINS.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUYS, ON WINNING FIRST PLACE AT THE CLIFFORD L. DAVIS COMPETITION.

I KNOW I'VE CHANGED THE NAME OF IT, BUT. AND YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW ABOUT IT? OKAY.

BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE COME.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE NEXT YEAR.

YES. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY US AT THE LEGAL SIDE OF NCHS AND CROWLEY AND BRJ IN GENERAL, WE DON'T TRY TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT ALL THE TIME.

WE HAVE NOTABLE VICTORIES. AND US AT MOCK TRIAL CHANNING CAN ATTEST TO THIS. WE HAVE MADE STATE OVER THE PAST DECADE.

YES. AND WE GO TO THE CAPITOL EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND TO COMPETE TO BE BETTER. AND JUST HERE AT OUR INTERNSHIP, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO BE POSTED ON THE CROWLEY PAGE. OTHER THAN THAT, I ASK THAT WE JUST DO BE RECOGNIZED.

YES, BUT WE DON'T BE PUT UNDER A LIGHT OF. OH, THAT'S ALAN RIGHT THERE IN THE HALLWAYS. OH, THAT'S CHANNING RIGHT THERE IN THE HALLWAYS. OH, I NEED TO GET THEIR SIGNATURE AUTOGRAPH.

WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A FOUNDATION AND RECOGNIZED FOR OUR.

FOR OUR WINNERS. LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR SUCCESS AND NOT SO MUCH AS TO BE RECOGNIZED IN AN EGOTISTICAL KIND OF WAY.

GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE TRAN. LET ME SAY THIS, THOUGH. TRUSTEE CC IS LOUD ABOUT VICTORIES, AND SO I'M PROUD OF YOU GUYS AND I'LL JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT.

AND I LOVE HOW NOBLE AND HUMBLE YOU ARE, BUT WHEN I SEE YOU, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE A BIG DEAL STILL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ALSO TO FLAUNT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE YOU, TRUSTEE WATKINS, ME AND ANAYA LEE WERE TOP THREE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN THROW THAT OUT THERE.

WELL, DR. MCFARLAND, WHO'S.

OH, NOT DR. MCFARLAND. DR.

LAYNE. OH, I'M SURE HE JUST.

OH, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.

HE ALSO SAID THE SAME THING.

HE WAS LIKE, OH, WHY DIDN'T I HEAR ABOUT THIS? AND WHY DON'T I KNOW MORE ABOUT IT? BUT I ASSURE YOU, WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE BACKGROUND. WE'RE ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING. AND CHANNING HERE, HE ALSO ESTABLISHED A MOCK TRIAL CLASS RECENTLY. SO I'M SURE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE FROM OUR LEGAL SIDES AND OUR LEGAL STUDIES, A PART OF THE CTE AND CHS. AND CHS SIDES OF THE CROWLEY ISD. AND YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE FROM US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

TRUSTEE TRAN.

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YES. TRUSTEE ROBINS.

SO THE L. CLIFFORD DAVIS OFFERS THE YOUTH PROGRAM EVERY SUMMER.

SO IT'S EVERY SUMMER IN JUNE.

SO IT HAPPENS. YES.

LOOK FOR THE FLYERS BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT EVERY SUMMER IN JUNE. AND I THINK THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MAYBE IN APRIL.

APRIL AROUND THERE. AND ONLY JUNIORS AND SENIORS ARE ALLOWED.

YES. WAS THIS YEAR THE FIRST YEAR THAT CROWLEY HAS PARTICIPATED OR YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE PAST? I'M NOT TOO SURE. IT WAS OUR FIRST TIMES, AT LEAST, AND IT WAS AROUND, I BELIEVE, A TOTAL OF FIVE OR NO, SIX.

SIX CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS AND FOUR OF WHICH WERE ABLE TO PLACE. AND THERE WERE SCHOOLS FROM ALL OVER TARRANT COUNTY THAT WERE ABLE TO COMPETE AND JUST WORK THEIR WAY UP.

JUST RIGHT QUICK. I WANT.

JUNIOR TRUSTEE TRAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU ARE WISE BEYOND YOUR YEARS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TO NOT WANT TO HAVE SPOTLIGHT ALL THE TIME, BUT RATHER DO THE WORK. SO THANK YOU AND YOUR GROUP FOR HAVING THAT ATTITUDE.

I BELIEVE IT COMES FROM MY BROTHER. I'M NOT TOO SURE IF MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM. HIS NAME IS REMY TRAN. HE WAS A SALUTATORIAN IN THE CLASS OF 2022. HE IS VERY, VERY HUMBLE AND I LIKE TO TAKE THAT UP. I LIKE TO TAKE THAT TRAIT FROM HIM.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, SO WE'LL HEAR FROM THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, DAMI ADEBIYI.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. SORRY.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

MCFARLAND. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AS A STUDENT TRUSTEE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, SO MY VOICE MIGHT BE A LITTLE SHAKY, BUT I AM DAMI ADEBIYI REPRESENTING FOR CCA CROWLEY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY STUDENT TRUSTEE FOR TONIGHT. AND I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE DOING WELL TODAY.

AND JUST TO START WITH OUR CCA CELEBRATION, WE HAD OUR FIRST SENIOR SUNRISE. IT WAS ON THE 14TH SO THE WEEK OF WHEN SCHOOL STARTED.

STUDENTS SENIORS WERE ABLE TO COME TO OUR PARKING LOT.

THE AVID COUNCIL GOT THEM BREAKFAST SUCH AS PASTRIES.

AND WE DID DO FUN EVENTS SUCH AS PAINTING USING THEIR PUTTING YOUR HAND FINGER PUTTING PAINT IN THEIR FINGERS AND THEN LIKE SIGNATURE ON A BIG BOARD. AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUR NAMES AND THE DAY JUST TO HAVE A MEMORABLE SENIOR SUNRISE. AND I REALLY LIKED IT AND I AND I KNOW OTHER SENIORS ALSO ENJOYED IT AS WELL. AND THEN WE DO HAVE CCA'S CAMPUS EVENTS. FIRST WE HAVE PAINT THE PARKING LOT. IT'S ALSO ANOTHER FUNDRAISER FOR OUR AVID COUNCIL FOR OUR SENIOR TRIP. SO THIS ONLY APPLIES TO SENIORS AND JUNIORS ONLY.

THEY WILL IT'S FOR THE PARKING LOT. SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PAINT THEIR PARKING LOT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PURCHASE A PARKING PASS TO GIVE TO THE AVID COUNCIL.

SO THAT'S FOR OUR FUNDRAISER.

THEN WE HAVE THE ALL PROS DAD WHICH IS ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD AT 7:30. THE ALL PROS DAD IS A PROGRAM WHERE NOT ONLY FATHERS BUT MALE FIGURES, THEY GET TO CONNECT WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND JUST TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP LIKE STRONG RELATIONSHIP WHILE DOING FUN ACTIVITIES AND HAVING NICE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. IF ANY QUESTION. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU HAVE ANY CONSIDERATIONS AT THE MOMENT? NO, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR NO CONSIDERATIONS. SO ARE THERE ANY TRUST QUESTIONS FOR TRUSTEE? YES.

QUESTION.

SO THE ALL PRO DADS, DID YOU GET TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PARTICIPATED IN THAT THIS YEAR? I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST ONE FOR THIS YEAR. I HAVEN'T REALLY ATTENDED BUT I DO PLAN MAYBE FOR MAYBE THE FIRST ONE OR THE SECOND BUT THIS IS THE FIRST.

BUT IF I DO FIND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED BECAUSE I DID HAVE SOME FRIENDS FROM LAST SEMESTER, LAST YEAR WHO DID PARTICIPANTS SAY I COULD GET THAT INFORMATION AND GIVE IT OUT TO YOU.

SO WITH THE ALL PRO DADS, DO THE STUDENTS GET TO COME AS WELL? YES, IT'S THE STUDENTS AND THE DADS. THEY HAVE FUN ACTIVITIES AND THEY DO HAVE SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS. AND IT'S. IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT THEIR DAD. IT COULD ALSO BE AN UNCLE, A NEIGHBOR OF THEM. JUST REPRESENT AS A FATHER FIGURE.

MCFARLAND? SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK AND KIND OF STAMP, STAMP AN ITEM. AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR MISSION IN THE DISTRICT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY EMPHASIZE IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THESE STUDENTS RECEIVED THIS SUMMER ACTUALLY CAME AS A RESULT OF AN INTERACTION WITH A COMMUNITY MEMBER. THE COMMUNITY MEMBER STOPPED ME AND MENTIONED THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I GAVE IT TO DR. DUVALL. SO

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DR.

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THANK YOU, DR. DUVALL, FOR ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THROUGH.

AND THEN AS A RESULT, THESE STUDENTS BENEFITED. SO ANYTIME WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE BRING IDEAS.

DEFINITELY GRAB THOSE IDEAS BECAUSE IT ENDS UP BEING EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, DR.

DUVALL, FOR FINISHING. ALSO THANK YOU, DR. LAYNE, FOR JUST LEADING AND BEING A PART OF THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR CELEBRATIONS AND CAMPUS EVENTS WITH US THAT WILL BRING.

SORRY, MADAM PRESIDENT, ONE MORE THING. THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT VOTER REGISTRATION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ALL ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING. THANK YOU, MOFFITT, FOR GETTING THIS INFORMATION.

WE, OUR STUDENTS DO HAVE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGNS ONGOING.

WE'LL HAVE VOTER REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITIES AT ALL FOOTBALL GAMES. BUT SEPTEMBER 15TH IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY AT ALL HIGH SCHOOLS. ALSO ON THE 25TH, THE CROWLEY HIGH AND NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. AGAIN, THE FORT WORTH ALPHAS AND THE MTTP AND THE SVEC, WHICH IS THE STUDENT VOTERS EDUCATION GROUP, THEY'LL BE ON THE 25TH. CAMPUS EVENTS WILL OCCUR WITH VOTER REGISTRATION ON THE 28TH AT CCA AND BRJ, ON THE 29TH AT CROWLEY HIGH, AND ON THE 30TH AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH. WE BELIEVE THAT VOTING AND BEING ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN ADVOCACY IS CRITICAL TO OUR STUDENTS. AND SO FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WE'LL BE DOING SOMETHING AT ALL OF OUR SPACES. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW OUR STUDENTS ARE LEADING THE WAY. THANK YOU.

I DO.

OH, I'M SORRY, TRUSTEE. I'M SORRY, DR. MCFARLAND. SO YOU SAID AT ALL THE FOOTBALL GAMES. DO THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY IN OTHER SPORTING EVENTS LIKE VOLLEYBALL, ALL THE OTHER SPORTS? I WILL. LET ME CHECK ON THAT. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL GROUPS THAT HAVE RESERVED TABLES FOR FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT I'LL CHECK WITH THE FOR THE OTHER GAME, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

I HAD A QUESTION AS WELL.

WHEN DO STUDENTS HAVE TO BE 18 BY TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION? BECAUSE I THINK THE DEADLINE IS IT OCTOBER 7TH.

TO REGISTER IS TO REGISTER.

AND WHEN IS THEIR BIRTHDAY?

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OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU ALL.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 7.1, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT TRANSFERS AND CAMP CLASSROOM LEVELING UPDATE.

MRS. BATISTE WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. ROBINSON, DR.

MCFARLAND AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT ENROLLMENT AND LEVELING UPDATES. AND THIS IS OUR THRIVING STUDENTS. IN 2025, 2026. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATE OF SEPTEMBER OF AUGUST 26TH. SO THIS DATA IS BASED ON AUGUST 26TH OF 2025, 2026, WE HAD 16,783 STUDENTS ENROLLED. I'M SORRY, AUGUST 26TH OF 2025. AND THEN ON AUGUST 20TH, 26, 2026, WE HAD SIXTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN STUDENTS ENROLLED. AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, THE BLUE OR BLACK COLOR IS OUR 2526 DATA AND THE YELLOWISH GOLD IS OUR 2627 DATA. SO YOU CAN HAVE A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON. SO AS OF AUGUST 26, WE ARE DOWN BY 60 STUDENTS FROM LAST YEAR AND WANTED TO DEFINITELY GIVE YOU A SIDE BY SIDE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE HAD SOME GROWTH IN CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS THIS YEAR AND WHERE WE MAY HAVE HAD SOME DECLINE. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIRD GRADE.

WELL, PRE KINDERGARTEN WE WERE UP IN STUDENTS RIGHT NOW AS OF AUGUST 26TH, THIRD GRADE WERE UP BY STUDENTS AS WELL. AND THEN SOMETHING REALLY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY EXCITING, BUT IT'S A GOOD TREND IS WE SAW SOME GROWTH IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS AND IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE SEEN SOME DECLINE. SO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIXTH GRADE WE WERE UP IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR.

AND EIGHTH GRADE WE'RE UP IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR.

AND THEN OUR 10TH GRADERS WE ARE ALSO UP IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR. AND I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DATA THAT

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YOU SEE HERE.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS I DO WHEN I LOOK AT. FIRST AND SECOND GRADE. SO WE HAVE AND TELL ME IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, BUT WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF STUDENTS IN FIRST AND SECOND GRADE. AM I READING THAT RIGHT? IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE.

THE OPPOSITE.

IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE.

OKAY, SO THEN IN THIRD GRADE. I MAY HAVE ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION IN THIRD GRADE. THEN WHEN WE HAVE A. TELL ME ABOUT THIRD GRADE ACCORDING TO THIS CHART AND WHAT IS WHAT IT SAYS IN.

OKAY, SO IN 2025, 2026, WE HAD 01,128 THIRD GRADERS ON THAT SAME DATE LAST YEAR OR SIMILAR DATE LAST YEAR. AND THIS YEAR WE ARE UP. AND THAT NUMBER IS 01,171. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A FEW MORE STUDENTS.

SO THIRD GRADE IS A TESTED GRADE.

YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS. AND THE IMPACT DATA LIKE THAT HAS ON OUR THIRD GRADE SCORE.

WE GOT. BECAUSE WE HAVE A SOLUTION FURTHER DOWN IN THIS PRESENTATION.

IS NEGATIVE.

NOT YET.

OH, OKAY.

OKAY. BUT YOU WANT TO FINISH YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

OKAY, I'LL KEEP GOING.

REMEMBER YOUR QUESTION WHEN WE GET TO THE LEVELING PART.

ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD? YOU, YOU MAY.

YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE HAVE WAITING TO GO IN THESE GRADE LEVELS? DO WE HAVE THAT COUPLE MORE SLIDES? YES.

OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE MOVE ON? OKAY. NO, NO, NO. ASK YOUR QUESTIONS NOW.

OKAY, SO OUR ENROLLMENT BY LEVEL, AGAIN, BREAKING DOWN THE SECONDARY TO THE ELEMENTARY. WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS OUR ELEMENTARY NUMBERS ARE CURRENTLY DOWN BY 130 STUDENTS.

BUT OUR SECONDARY NUMBERS, 6, 07, 8, 9, 10, 11TH, 12TH GRADE WERE UP BY 64 STUDENTS COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

PENDING APPLICATIONS. AGAIN, THE DECLINE IN PENDING APPLICATIONS IS NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE APPLYING TO COME TO CROWLEY ISD. IT'S BECAUSE MS. HYATT AND HER PHENOMENAL TEAM OF REGISTRARS AND OTHER CENTRAL OFFICE SUPPORT PEOPLE ARE PROCESSING THOSE APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS AS THOROUGHLY AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT JUST TO DO A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON, AND I KNOW IN PREVIOUS YEARS SOMETIMES YOU ALL MAY HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS OR TEXT MESSAGES LIKE, HEY, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. I APPLIED. WELL, AGAIN, IT HAS DROPPED CONSIDERABLY.

AND THAT MAY BE WHY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TAPPED ABOUT WAIT TIME.

SO PENDING APPLICATIONS BY GRADE LEVEL. AND AS DISCUSSED AT OUR PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING THE WEEK BEFORE LAST, IT IS OUR YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS THAT TEND TO BE BOTTLED.

NEXT. SO PRE K3 AND PRE K4 ARE THE ONES THAT WE TEND TO HAVE MORE WEIGHT FOR BECAUSE THE DOCUMENTS AND OTHER PENDING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT MS. HYATT EXPLAINED LAST TIME. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON AS FAR AS 2025, 26 AND 2026, 27. SO THESE ARE THE PENDING APPLICATIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO GO ON.

AGAIN, PENDING APPLICATIONS BY GRADE LEVEL COMPARED TO 2025, 26, AND 26 27, 308 FOR 2026, 2027 ON THE ELEMENTARY AND 96 FOR THE SECONDARY. AND JUST SO YOU CAN SEE A SIDE BY SIDE AS FAR AS ENROLLMENT AND PENDING APPLICATIONS GO. SO ONE WAY TO LOOK AT THAT IS, IF ALL 404 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED BY MONDAY, THEY HAD ALL THEIR DOCUMENTS, THEN OUR 16,717 NUMBER WOULD INCREASE BY THOSE 404 STUDENTS. AND I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR ENROLLMENT BEFORE WE MOVE ON

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TO OUR LEVELING PROCESS.

SO WITH THE 404 STUDENTS THAT WERE WAITING FOR APPLICATIONS, IS THERE A TIME THAT. A DEADLINE FOR THEM? NO, MA'AM.

JUST WHENEVER THEY HAVE THEIR DOCUMENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO BECOME WELCOMED IN THE CROWLEY ISD. WE HAVE A SEAT FOR THEM. IT MAY NOT BE THE SEAT THEY WANT AT THE CAMPUS THEY WANT, BUT WE HAVE A SEAT FOR THEM.

YOU'RE WELCOME, TRUSTEE DARYL.

MS. BATISTE, I'M CURIOUS, A FEW SLIDES BACK, WE SHOWED KIND OF THE CURRENT NUMBERS PER GRADE LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, WHICH.

THAT'S A LOT OF GRAPHS AND A LOT OF NUMBERS.

BUT WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS DO WE. DO WE TRACK THE STUDENTS AS THEY NAVIGATE THROUGH THE DISTRICT? FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GRADE LEVEL IN A VACUUM YEAR OVER YEAR.

BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE TREND. DID 98% OF OUR SECOND GRADERS BECOME THIRD GRADERS? SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND MORE OF RETENTION. BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING, WE HAVE A LOT OF PENDING APPLICATIONS, PEOPLE TRANSFERRING IN. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW OPEN IS THE BACK DOOR, IF THAT. IF MY QUESTION MAKES SENSE. SO DO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO OUR RETENTION OF STUDENTS? ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE TRACK STUDENTS BY COHORTS, AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT LEAVER INFORMATION SO WE KNOW THOSE STUDENTS WHO'VE LEFT, AND SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM. WE CAN KEEP THEM IN THE LOOP. AND THAT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT DR. MCFARLAND IS ROLLING OUT THIS YEAR BECAUSE IF YOU LEFT, WE WANT TO KNOW WHY. AND SO WE WILL BE COLLECTING DATA ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BUT YES, WE TRACK THEM BY COHORT. WE CAN GO YEAR OVER YEAR. AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT IN THE.

IN THE FUTURE ENROLLMENT UPDATE, WE CAN LET YOU KNOW OUR RETENTION.

AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION.

SO ALL OF THE PENDING APPLICATIONS, ALL OF THESE ARE NEW TRANSFERS TO THE DISTRICT. SO THESE ARE NOT STUDENTS THAT JUST DIDN'T RE. ENROLL IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THESE ARE NEW TO CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS.

I'LL HAVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT BECAUSE THEY COULD BE SOME THERE. THERE COULD BE SOME PENDING REGISTRATION ROADBLOCKS, TOO.

AND TO TAKE THAT TO ANOTHER LEVEL, THE LEVERS.

WE KNOW WHERE THEY GO.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

SO THAT. THAT INFORMS THE INFORMATION THAT. THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO.

SO, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO TRUSTEE DAVIS, ONE THING THAT WE'LL DO IS. SO WHAT I HEAR, WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT RETENTION. AND ALSO THERE'S REPORTS THAT WE CAN.

DR. MCFARLAND.

WE CAN. WE KNOW WHERE STUDENTS ARE WHEN STUDENTS LEAVE US, LIKE WHAT SCHOOLS THEY'RE GOING TO. AND THEN WE ALSO KNOW WHERE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM. AND THAT'S A REPORT THAT WE GET AS WELL.

AND MS. BATISTE SPOKE EARLIER, AS WE KNOW WITH. WITH THE.

WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF VOUCHERS AND OTHER THINGS, THEN WHEN STUDENTS LEAVE US, WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. WE HAVE THEIR INFORMATION IF THEY'VE BEEN ENROLLED IN OUR DISTRICT. AND SO WE ARE.

WILL BE IMMEDIATELY STARTING AN INITIATIVE TO REALLY LET STUDENTS KNOW THAT WE NEED. WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO RETURN. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, STRATEGICALLY RECRUITING STUDENTS THAT LEAVE, BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO KNOW REALLY WHY THEY'RE LEAVING AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN FOLLOW UP. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BRING AN ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENT REPORT. WE KNOW THAT ALSO, AS WE GET, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WEEK OR SO, THEN THINGS WILL SETTLE DOWN BOTH IN OUR DISTRICT AND IN OTHER DISTRICTS. I THINK A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT ARE ON. A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ON THE WAITING LIST, THEY'RE ON THE LIST BECAUSE THERE'S SOME DOCUMENTS, SOME PAPERWORK THAT'S NOT BEEN FINALIZED YET.

SO WE'LL START TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK THROUGH, SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE TO PARENTS AT THAT POINT.

BUT WE'LL. WE'LL HOPE WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU AN ENROLLMENT REPORT BACK FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.

EXCUSE ME, THE NEXT THREE BOARD MEETINGS.

SO FOR. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAIT LIST, WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS WHILE THEY'RE ON THE WAIT LIST? SO THEY'RE NOT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL.

THEY'RE NOT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, PERIOD.

NO, THERE MAY BE SOME AT ANOTHER DISTRICT IF IT'S OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER. AND A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS WILL LET THEM STAY IN THEIR HOME DISTRICT. AND THEN ONCE THEY GET APPROVAL, THEY CAN STILL COME FORWARD TO CROWLEY ISD.

SO THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY STUDENTS IN THE CISD.

ATTENDANCE AREA? NOT ALWAYS, NO. OKAY.

SO DO WE HAVE A LIST OR IS THERE A LIST TO SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL? I MEAN THE, TO THE,

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WITH THE BOWSTERS, I GUESS.

YES, THERE IS A LIST THAT, THAT LIST IS, IS WHEN THEY LEAVE US, THEY HAVE TO TELL US WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

AND SO THEN ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY GET TO THAT LOCATION, THEN THAT LOCATION WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT US FOR RECORDS AND ALL THAT. SO IT'S A PROCESS. BUT THERE IS A LIST THAT WE KNOW NORMALLY, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO LEFT LAST YEAR AND WHERE THEY WENT LAST YEAR. THE STUDENTS WHO ARE LEAVING RIGHT NOW. IT'S KIND OF GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO THERE MAY BE A LAG BETWEEN US KNOWING LIKE EXACTLY NOW, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND IT OUT.

SO WHEN WILL WE KNOW THAT THE DOLLARS FOLLOW THE STUDENTS? WHEN WILL WE KNOW THAT? SO THERE'S A SNAPSHOT DATE AND I THINK IT'S IN OCTOBER.

BAPTISTE, THERE'S THE LAST FRIDAY OF OCTOBER. YEAH, BY THEN. AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS ALTHOUGH THESE STUDENTS ARE LEAVING OR COMING NOW, OCTOBER IS WHEN THE SNAPSHOT DATE. SO IF A STUDENT LEAVES, STAYS AWAY PAST OCTOBER, WHEREVER SCHOOL THEY ATTENDED OR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE FUNDING OF THE, OF THE, OF THE VOUCHER, THOSE THINGS ARE DISPERSED, THE MONIES ARE DISPERSED. ONCE THEY COME BACK TO US, THE QUESTION THAT WE ALL HAVE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS, SO WHEN THEY COME BACK, I MEAN, THAT'S A NATURAL QUESTION.

NOBODY'S ANSWERED IT AT THIS POINT, BUT.

SO I DON'T EXPECT AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.

BUT HOW REALISTIC IS IT FOR US TO BELIEVE THAT THAT TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR VOUCHER SENT SOME KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL? NO QUESTION, NO RESPONSE NEEDED? WELL, I WON'T RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THAT QUESTION, BUT I WILL JUST SHARE. THE DATA SAYS THAT THERE'S ABOUT BETWEEN 75 AND 80% OF THE STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE VOUCHERS WERE ALREADY IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT'S REALLY, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S WHAT THE DATA IS SHOWING RIGHT NOW. SO QUESTION IS, HOW MANY WILL LOSE? INITIALLY WE WERE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 300 STUDENTS.

OF COURSE WE'RE DOWN 67. SO YOU KNOW, IF THAT TREND REMAINS THEN, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE A GOOD THING FOR US. BUT AGAIN, WE PREPARED, WE BUDGETED FOR A LOSS OF ABOUT 300 STUDENTS IS WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR.

YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

THAT'S THE POINT.

SO THE NEXT PROCESS, ONCE WE KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE AT EACH GRADE LEVEL, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADHERE TO AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE AS THE REQUIRED LAW GOES WITH THE CLASS SIZE RATIO. AND SO ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE 1 TO 22 IN GRADES PRE K THROUGH 4 BECOMES A TOP INITIATIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND ESPECIALLY OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. AND SO WE HAVE A GREAT COMMITTEE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WE LOOK AT THE DATA EVERY EVENING STARTING THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL.

SCHOOL. AND SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAND BECAUSE THEY SOMETIMES THEY ACT LIKE THEY ARE SHY, BUT IF THEY'RE HERE, I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO STAND BECAUSE THEY PUT IN SOME HARD WORK AND MAKE SOME REALLY STRONG CONSIDERATIONS.

SO MYSELF, RUBY BAPTISTE, AND THEN WE HAVE DR. SHEMEKA MILLNER. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO STAND. AND THEN DR. PAMELA BERRY. BOTH ARE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS. THE PHENOMENAL MR. ANTHONY KIRCHNER, OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATION OFFICER. DR.

ANNA ROE, OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER. MS. MARIA ANGUIANO, OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE PHENOMENAL CARA HYATT, THE STUDENT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DIRECTOR.

KIMBERLY SHERFIELD, HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, AND DR. ROSLYN BELL, HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.

SO AGAIN, WE COULDN'T DO THE GREAT WORK THAT WE DO WITHOUT THEM. SO. THE LEVELING PROCESS, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETIMES HARD BECAUSE WE, DR. MCFARLAND HAS CHARGED US FOR SEVERAL YEARS, I WANT TO SAY DECADES, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG I'VE BEEN KNOWING THEM IN THIS, IN THIS PARTICULAR SEAT.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE FAMILIES AND WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE STUDENTS. SO WE LOOK AT WHERE DO WE HAVE A POSSIBLE SURPLUS OF TEACHERS TO HELP IN GRADE LEVELS WHERE WE'RE HEAVY WITH STUDENTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, MS. DAVIS, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THIRD GRADE THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF THOSE GREAT LEVELS OF LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, WE NEED SOME MORE TEACHERS AT A FEW CAMPUSES. AND SOME OF THOSE CAMPUSES WERE DALLAS PARK, JUNE DAVIS, BAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE CROWLEY SIDE. AND THERE WAS ONE MORE BEST RACE. THEY NEEDED A FEW MORE TEACHERS IN THE THIRD GRADE AND KINDERGARTEN, SO THOSE WERE A COUPLE OF OUR HEAVIER GRADES. SO WE BEGIN THE SECOND DAY OF THE SCHOOL, ONCE ROSTERS ARE CLEARED, BY

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DROPPING STUDENTS WHO DIDN'T RETURN SO WE CAN SEE WHO'S REALLY HERE AND WHO WE HAVE ROOM FOR. OUR NUMBERS ARE REVIEWED DAILY BY THE CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS THAT I SHARED WITH YOU IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. WE THEN BEGIN BALANCING THE CLASS SIZES TO THE 22 RATIO, BECAUSE THAT'S THE GOAL AND WE REALLY TRY VERY HARD TO STICK TO THAT. AND WE BEGIN BY MOVING TEACHERS DURING THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF SCHOOL SO YOU'RE NOT THERE TOO LONG IF YOU'RE A TEACHER AND YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU HAVE TO MOVE. HOPEFULLY IT'S ALL BEEN COMMUNICATED. AND OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM, THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH HELPING PACK UP THOSE CLASSROOMS AND GETTING THAT TEACHER SET UP AT THEIR NEW CAMPUS. JUNE W.

DAVIS WAS ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE WE NEEDED A FEW MORE TEACHERS. I THINK I MAY HAVE SAID THAT ALREADY CLOSING CAMPUS GRADE LEVELS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL BEGINS ACTUALLY THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL. SO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE SOMETIMES ALREADY KNOW THAT, OKAY, THIS GRADE LEVEL IS AT CAPACITY AT THIS CAMPUS.

AND SO WE HAVE THE OVERFLOW BUS ALREADY LINED UP. AND WE BEGAN TRANSPORTING STUDENTS WHO NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER CAMPUS BECAUSE WE'RE AT CAPACITY OR OVER CAPACITY TO THE NEW CAMPUS. AND I'LL PAUSE RIGHT THERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ELEMENTARY PROCESS.

I HAVE A QUESTION. LOOKING AT THE COHORT DATA. SO THIRD GRADE IS UP THIS YEAR. SO IN SECOND GRADE, WERE THEY LARGE LAST YEAR? AND YOU JUST KNEW? MAYBE LOOKING AT IT IN MAY OR JUNE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST BECAUSE THIS COHORT IS LARGER GOING INTO THE THIRD GRADE. AND SO PRINCIPALS WERE ALREADY LOOKING AT STAFFING FOR THEIR CAMPUSES BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED.

YES, MA', AM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND DR. BERRY MAY SHARE SOME OF THAT IN HER PRESENTATION IN A MOMENT. BUT EVERY SPRING WE START LOOKING AT STAFFING GUIDELINES FOR EACH CAMPUS AND WE USE ENROLLMENT DATA AND WE USE THOSE COHORTS, THE ONES WHO ARE ROLLING UP TO PROJECT HOW MANY TEACHERS WE MAY NEED. BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE ARE A DESTINATION DISTRICT, ONE OF VERY FEW IN THE STATE.

AND SO IT'S ALL. IT ALWAYS FEELS GOOD. IT ALWAYS FEELS VERY GOOD TO SAY THAT WE MAY PROJECT FOR A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT A STUDENT AMOUNT. I SAID DOLLAR A STUDENT AMOUNT TO BE THERE. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NEW HOMES, WE HAVE NEW APARTMENTS. AND SO WE GET SURPRISED.

ANY TRUSTEE. STEVENSON.

SO I LOVE, I THINK A FEW YEARS AGO YOU BROUGHT THE BOARD IN TO KIND OF SHOW US.

I LOVE THAT IDEA.

BUT ANYWAY, SO WITH THE NEW HOMES AND EVERYTHING THAT ARE COMING IN, WHERE IS THE BIGGEST. I KNOW YOU SAID. JUNE DAVIS, DALLAS PARK AND BEST RACE, ARE THEY ALL AT CAPACITY OR THEY'RE NEAR CAPACITY.

RIGHT.

CAPACITY IS DALLAS PARK.

THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH CLOSED ACROSS THE BOARD. JUNE DAVIS HAS SOME OPENING RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THAT'S INTERESTING.

SUE CROUCH HAS SOME OPENING RIGHT NOW. OAKMONT IS CLOSED ACROSS THE BOARD. JACKIE CARDEN IN THE UPPER GRADE LEVELS IS CLOSED ACROSS THE BOARD. AND MARY HARRIS DOES HAVE SOME OPENINGS.

SO THAT'S THAT NORTHWEST SIDE.

AND THEN ON THE CROWLEY SIDE, I LEFT OFF BAYLOR. BAYLOR ELEMENTARY HAS SOME CLOSING ACROSS THE BOARD. BEST RACE HAS A COUPLE OF GRADE LEVELS. AND THEN S.H. CROWLEY RIGHT NOW NOW LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

IN THE PAST, S.H. CROWLEY HAS BEEN VERY, VERY TIGHT FOR US.

OUR MASAI CLOSEST TO 35. WE HAVE SEATS AT PARKWAY. WE DO HAVE SOME SEATS AT DAVID L.

WALKER, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. WE HAVE VERY FEW SEATS AT MEADOW CREEK. AND WE HAVE SOME SEATS AT SYCAMORE AND HARGRAVE. IT HAS SOME ROOM AS WELL. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER. TRUSTEE WATKINS, JUST FOR CLARITY, SO YOU SAID THAT THE STUDENTS FIND OUT ON THE DAY OF, LIKE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL OR THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL THAT WE'RE FULL AND THEN THEY'RE BUSED TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.

SO LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT. IF A PARENT DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SPRING OR THEY'RE NEW TO THE DISTRICT AND I COME UP TO CAMPUS. WATKINS, TO GET ENROLLED. WE DON'T EVEN SEAT YOU IF WE DON'T HAVE A SEAT FOR YOU. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE CALL AND WE LOOK AROUND. WHERE DO WE HAVE A SEAT TO PUT YOU? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT EMOTIONAL, I WON'T SAY OUTBURST,

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BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT EMOTIONAL TYPE OF TIE. OUR OCCURRENCE HAPPEN AT A CAMPUS. SO WE DON'T EVEN SEE A CHILD. WE BASICALLY MOVE THEM, BUT WITHOUT SEATING THEM.

OKAY, WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND ALSO I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY GOOD WITH THE CLARITY THAT WE STILL TRY TO FIND A PLACE FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO GO. SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

WHAT DOES TRANSPORTATION LOOK LIKE WHEN WE MOVE? I MEAN, DO THEY GO IN THAT AREA? SO I'LL GIVE THE HARDEST CASE SCENARIO. IF YOU ALREADY RIDE A BUS TO SCHOOL, AND I'M GONNA USE MARY HARRIS, IF YOU RIDE A BUS TO MARY HARRIS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STOP, YOU'LL STILL RIDE THAT BUS TO MARY HARRIS. BUT THEN WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED AN OVERFLOW BUS OR SHUTTLE. AND THEN THE SHUTTLE BUS WILL THEN TAKE YOU FROM MARY HARRIS HARRIS TO, LET'S SAY SYCAMORE AND VICE VERSA, PICK YOU UP IN THE EVENING FROM SYCAMORE, BRING YOU BACK TO MARY HARRIS, AND THEN YOU TAKE YOUR BUS BACK HOME.

THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE OVERFLOW AND WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION VERSUS I WANT MY CHILD TO JUST GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL AND WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. AM I CORRECT? SO DURING THE TRANSFER PROCESS, WHICH WE HAD TWO WINDOWS THIS YEAR, AND SO IF YOU SELF SELECT TO GO TO A SCHOOL OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE APPROVED OF A SCHOOL OUTSIDE YOUR ZONE, AS THE PARENT, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO TAKE YOUR STUDENT TO AND FROM THAT CAMPUS.

THANK YOU. SO. AND I MAY BE GETTING WAY DOWN THE ROAD, BUT BASED ON KIND OF HOW YOU TALKED ABOUT WHERE MANY OF THE SCHOOLS ARE IN RELATION TO BEING IN CAPACITY, IS THIS AN INDICATION THAT WE NEED TO READJUST ATTENDANCE ZONES MAYBE TO DEAL WITH THE CAPACITY ISSUE? AND AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN DOWN THE LINE, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF. IF WE'RE HAVING THESE ISSUES ALREADY. AT THE START OF SCHOOL, WE STILL HAVE STUDENTS THAT TRANSFER IN, AND TO HAVE A STUDENT FIVE MILES AWAY FROM THEIR HOME IS NOT CONVENIENT. BUT MAYBE WITH SOME REALIGNING OF THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES THAT SOME OF THIS COULD KIND OF LEVEL OUT NATURALLY.

TRUSTEE DAVIS THAT'S DEFINITELY. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WHEN WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE HAVING MASSIVE NUMBERS OF TRANSFERS, THEN IT DOES SPEAK TO THE NEED TO ADJUST OUR ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES. WE WILL ACTUALLY START THAT PROCESS THIS, THIS FALL FOR.

FOR SEVERAL REASONS. NUMBER ONE, FOR THE REASON YOU MENTIONED, BUT ALSO WITH US HAVING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FIVE, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DECIDE TO. TO DO WITH THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDRAW THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY LINES FOR SURE. AND SO WE MAY DECIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT. THAT THE ELEMENTARIES IN THAT AREA IF, ARE AT CAPACITY. AND MAYBE WE NEED A K5 OR K6 OR K7 OR SOME OTHER KIND OF CONFIGURATION.

BUT WE'LL START THOSE CONVERSATIONS THIS SUMMER.

BUT YOU. YOU ARE CORRECT. WHEN WE HAVE CLOSURES LIKE WE HAVE EARLY, THEN WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGE. WE ALSO, TO YOUR POINT, TRUSTEE WATKINS, WE ALSO, TRUSTEE ROBINSON. WE ALSO GET OUR DEMOGRAPHERS STUDY, THE DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT WE GET EVERY QUARTER. SO IT LETS US KNOW HOW MANY HOMES ARE BEING BUILT, HOW MANY APARTMENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE OPEN DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, AND THEN HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED TO BE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT GRADE LEVEL THOSE STUDENTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE. SO WE TAKE OUR CURRENT DATA FROM THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WE ROLL IT FORWARD. IN ADDITION, WE LOOK AT OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND WE ROLL THAT FORWARD. AND THEN DR. BERRY CREATES THE STAFFING GUIDELINES. WE SIT DOWN WITH PRINCIPALS, TELL THEM HOW MANY TEACHERS THEY HAVE, AND THEN WE GET TO THIS POINT AND THEY SHOW UP AND WE SEE WE NEED MORE TEACHERS OR FEWER TEACHERS OR TEACHERS NEED TO BE AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

SO IT IS A VERY BIG RUBIK'S CUBE. AND YOU DID NOT SEE MY NAME ON THE LIST BECAUSE THEY WANT ME NOT TO MESS IT UP. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN THAT ROOM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OTHER QUESTIONS. ONE, WHAT TIME WOULD A STUDENT HAVE TO TAKE THEIR FIRST BUS TO GET TO THE CAMPUS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE TO THEN HAVE TO TAKE THE OVERFLOW BUS TO? I MEAN, I'M THINKING JUST ABOUT THAT.

AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO SAY BURDEN, BUT.

BUT THAT IS A LOT FOR THE STUDENT, PARTICULARLY IN OUR ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVELS TO. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE GOT THE TRINITY METRO TRANSFER SYSTEM GOING HERE, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR STUDENTS TO STILL BE AT THEIR ASSIGNED CAMPUS ON TIME. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HEARING, CHA CHING,

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CHA CHING, CHA CHING, CHA CHING. BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ADDITIONAL ROUTES COME WITH THE PRICE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS TONIGHT, BUT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE OVERFLOW PROCESS. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO, THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. I'M PUNTING THAT BALL TO MR. FISHER SITTING BACK THERE. SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT.

THERE IS AN ECONOMIC COST, A NICE ONE WITH OVERFLOWS. SO IT'S NOT OUR GO TO. BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO BE AS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S WHY IN SOME CASES WE'RE NOT JUST OVERFLOWING ONE OR TWO. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A CLASS SIZE. WHEN WE GET TO WAIVERS IN THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WHEN YOU ALL HAVE TO APPROVE CLASS SIZE WAIVERS, THAT'S PART OF THAT CONSIDERATION. CAN THE TEACHER TAKE ON ONE EXTRA STUDENT OR TWO EXTRA STUDENTS THAN THE 22? BECAUSE THEN THAT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE COST. BUT THERE IS A COST AND WE'LL GET THE DOLLAR AMOUNT TO YOU, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND AS FAR AS THE TIME, THEY DO HAVE TO GET UP EARLIER. AND THEN SOMETIMES THEY OFTEN. BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME TIME AS THEIR NORMAL ROUTE.

BUT SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT ARRIVE TO SCHOOL A LITTLE LATER, BUT THEY STILL GET THEIR BREAKFAST AND OTHER THINGS. AS FAR AS NUTRITION GOES, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELEMENTARY AND THE 22 TO 1 RATIO, BUT BEYOND FOURTH GRADE, THERE'S NOT A 22 TO 1 RATIO.

SO WHAT IS IT LOOKING LIKE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL? SO, MR. ELLIS, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

IN FIFTH GRADE WE GO TO 26, GETTING THEM READY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SO AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, WE GO BY SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS.

THEY'RE BEING MADE DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF SCHOOL AND THEN UPON COMPLETION OF THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR, THE SECTION LEVELING BEGINS BY THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO ENSURE THAT THE SECTIONS ARE BALANCED. AND IF THEY NEED TO REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL FTE, THEY OFTEN DO THAT AS WELL.

BOTH PROCESSES ARE ONGOING PROCESSES. THEY DON'T STOP BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND THE SECONDARY. THE ONLY THING WITH ELEMENTARY IS WE DON'T MOVE TEACHERS AFTER THESE FIRST 10 DAYS OF SCHOOL. AND SO, BUT IF WE NEED TO, IF WE HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS THAT COME IN, BOTH SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY, WE MAKE THE REQUEST TO DR.

MCFARLAND THROUGH HR FOR AN ADDITIONAL FTE. AND DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, DR. ROBERTS? YES.

THANK YOU. AND SO I TOOK A LITTLE. I DIDN'T BRING THE BOARD IN THIS YEAR.

BUT THAT THE IMAGE, THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU SEE THE HANDWRITING ON, THAT'S OUR BOARD. THOSE ARE THE LITTLE NOTES AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE LOOK AT. I WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE BRAINCHILD OF DR. MCFARLAND AND WE'VE LEARNED IT THROUGH THE YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON AT EACH CAMPUS EACH DAY BEFORE WE MAKE THE MOVES AND WE MAKE NOTES. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE IMAGE, THE NEXT IMAGE THAT'S TYPED OUT, THIS IS WHAT THE PEIMS DEPARTMENT WITH MS. KARA HYATT AND HER TEAM, THEY THEN MAKE IT DIGITALLY.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GO THROUGH AND THEY LOOK AT. AND THIS WAS PROBABLY THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE YEAR THAT WAS THERE.

AND SO ANYTHING THAT WAS IN RED, THAT MEANS I CAN'T SEAT ANY KIDS THERE. AND THAT'S HOW MANY KIDS WERE OVER BY. IF IT'S A DOUBLE DIGIT THAT WE WERE OVER BY, WE WOULD BE REQUESTING, WE WILL REQUEST AN FTE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, IF YOU LOOK AT MARY HARRIS IN THAT FIFTH GRADE WHEN THEY WERE OVER BY 11, THAT'S A PERFECT SCENARIO FOR US TO SAY, LET'S NOT OVERFLOW ANY MORE STUDENTS.

LET'S TAKE THIS REQUEST TO HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND DR. MCFARLAND AND ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL FTE. SO ANYTIME YOU SEE DOUBLE D DIGITS, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.

BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE GRADE LEVELS HAVE ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FIVE TEACHERS.

SO IF WE GET MORE THAN EACH TEACHER HAVING MORE THAN TWO STUDENTS OVER THE 22, THAT'S WHEN WE WILL COMMUNICATE THOSE NEEDS. AND DR. MCFARLAND IS ALWAYS GREAT, EVEN IN APRIL AND MARCH. IF WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING THERE, LET'S GET IT THERE. WELL, THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION THE NEXT TIME I COME UP TO TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT.

PRESIDENT ROBINSON, I HAVE A COMMENT. I JUST, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS

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COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION.

BUT THE OTHER, THE COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE IS THESE ARE MOVING TARGETS CONSTANTLY. AND IT TAKES STRATEGY, IT TAKES DATA TO INFORM WHAT MOVES YOU NEED TO MAKE BECAUSE THEY ARE MOVING TARGETS. RIGHT? YES.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CREATING A SYSTEM TO TRACK ALL OF THIS SO THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THIS MOVING TARGET. SO THANK YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

ABSOLUTELY. TEAM. AND IT STARTS EVEN AT THE CAMPUS, FROM THE TEACHER TO THE ATTENDANCE CLERK, TO THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, TO THE REGISTRARS, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. WHEN WE DON'T SEE SOME NUMBERS FLOWING IN AT A CERTAIN TIME, PICKING UP AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE GET THESE NUMBERS IN? BECAUSE IT DOES DRILL DOWN TO THE NUMBERS AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DECISION BECAUSE THERE'S SOME VARIABLES THAT ALWAYS COME INTO PLAY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH HUMAN BEINGS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE CONSIDERED WITH JUST LOOKING AT NUMBERS.

BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AND THE TEAM DOES AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 7.2, HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT STAFFING REPORT. AND DR. PAM BERRY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, AND DR. MCFARLAND. TONIGHT I AM HERE TO UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT'S BEGINNING OF YEAR STAFFING REPORTS. THIS PRESENTATION WILL ALIGN TO GOAL ONE, THRIVING STUDENTS, AND GOAL THREE, EMPOWERED STAFF. AS WE REVIEW STAFFING, I WANT TO BEGIN BY CONNECTING OUR WORK DIRECTLY TO A CHART THAT I HOPE YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL BIG SIX. TWO AREAS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ARE THOSE FIRST TWO AREAS OF OUR CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO TO REVENUE GENERATORS, WHICH ARE DRIVEN LARGELY BY WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, STUDENT ENROLLMENT. AND THE OTHER AREA IS OUR AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO EXPENSE DRIVERS WITH PERSONNEL REPRESENTING OUR LARGEST INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA. SO EVERYTHING WE DO IN STAFFING IS FOCUSED ON REALLY MAINTAINING A STRONG ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THOSE TWO FACTORS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHILE ALSO BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE HOW OUR STAFFING STRATEGIES SUPPORT BOTH RESPONSIBLE REVENUE PLANNING AND DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT OF PERSONNEL INVESTMENTS. SO THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN ENROLLMENT, STAFFING AND THE FINANCIAL BIG SIX. IF YOU LOOK AT CURRENT DATA NATIONWIDE OVER THE PAST SIX TO EIGHT YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS WHERE STUDENT ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE.

FOR MANY DISTRICTS, HOWEVER, STAFFING CONTINUES TO INCREASE. SO WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO LOOK AT HOW THIS CHART IMPACTS OUR GENERATION, OUR GENERATOR DRIVERS, AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT STAFFING DECISIONS ARE ALIGNED TO ENROLLMENT. A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT MS. BATISTIA TALKED THROUGH IN HER PRESENTATION. IF YOU'LL NOTICE THIS SLIDE IT ILLUSTRATES A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN ENROLLMENT, STAFFING AND THE FINANCIAL BIG SIX. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOP GREEN LINE, THAT WILL SHOW YOU AND IT BEGINS IN 2016, THE DATA THAT WAS REFLECTED ACTUALLY JUST PRINTED THIS AS OF YESTERDAY THROUGH THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, SHOWS WHERE THAT ENROLLMENT, OR I'M SORRY, THE GRAY LINE IS THE ENROLLMENT, STUDENT ENROLLMENT DATA. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT SITS WITHIN THOSE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND YOU CAN ALSO NOTICE WHERE THAT GREEN LINE SHOWS THAT THAT IS OUR PERSONNEL DATA. AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS, IF THOSE LINES ARE SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

AND THAT SHOWS THAT WE'VE BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURING THAT THE REVENUE GENERATOR, WHICH IS OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT, IS REALLY ALIGNED TO OUR EXPENDITURES THROUGH PERSONNEL. SO YOU CAN NOTICE AS WE PROGRESSED OVER THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY 2021, 2122, YOU SEE WHERE THAT GAP BEGINS TO WIDEN. AND SO THAT TELLS US AND SHOWS US WHERE THERE IS A LARGER GAP BETWEEN THE MONEY THAT WE ARE GENERATING THROUGH STUDENT

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ENROLLMENT AS WELL AS THE MONEY THAT WE ARE EXPENDING THROUGH PERSONNEL. AND SO AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT IN ABOUT 2122, WE BELIEVE THAT'S ABOUT THAT COVID TIME WHERE WE REALLY BEGIN TO INVEST IN PERSONNEL AND SPENDING OUR DOLLARS THERE YOU WILL SEE HOW THAT GAP WIDENS AND CONTINUES TO WIDEN, WIDEN. AND AS WE BEGIN TO THEN FLATTEN OUT, YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT IN , THOSE TWO LINES BEGIN TO GET CLOSER. AND THAT IS IN ONE REGARD, OUR EFFORTS INTO STRATEGIC STAFFING, THE LEVELING PROCESS. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THERE TO REALLY WORK HARD TO GET THAT GAP BACK A LITTLE CLOSER TO EACH OTHER. AS YOU STOWED IN 2425, OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND OUR EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL BEGIN TO THE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO ARE SMALLER.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO STAY AS WE BEGIN TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT STAFFING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH PERSONNEL DECISIONS. SO AGAIN, AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THAT, WE'RE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE A STRONG CERTIFIED TEACHER FILL RATE.

SO AGAIN, AS WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE PERSONNEL THAT IS MATCHING THAT, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE CLASSROOM, YOU'LL NOTE THAT OUR FIELD RATE IS STILL REMAINING. I BELIEVE OUR DISTRICT FILL RATE IS 97.8%.

99% OF OUR ELEMENTARY CLASSES ARE FILLED WITH CERTIFIED TEACHERS. WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN WITH A COUPLE OF SPECIAL ED POSITIONS IN ELEMENTARY. OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEL RATE IS AT 98% WHERE YOU WILL SEE THAT AGAIN, OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE A BUSINESS OPENING AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPANISH OPENING AND AGAIN A COUPLE SPECIAL EDUCATION POSITIONS AND THE SAME TO BE TRUE AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. YOU CAN SEE THE FILL RATES THERE. SO WHILE AGAIN VACANCIES REMAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING WHILE WE BALANCE HOW THAT EQUATES TO OUR ENROLLMENT AS WELL.

DEFINITELY HAPPY TO SEE THESE RATES AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO ESPECIALLY IN THOSE HARD TO FILL AREAS.

ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYED THIS YEAR IN THESE AREAS THAT ALTHOUGH I'M REPORTING THEM AS VACANCIES IN MOST OF THESE CLASSROOMS, WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS.

WHETHER THAT'S A LONG TERM SUB, WE EVEN HAVE SOME CENTRAL OFFICE INDIVIDUALS. WE'VE MONITORED OUR, WE'VE MONITORED OUR CERTIFICATION AREAS. SO IN MANY OF THESE AREAS YOU MIGHT FIND THAT WE ARE OUT TEACHING CLASSES, YOU MAY FIND THAT THERE'S A LONG TERM SUB THAT WE'VE ALREADY SECURED AND WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS TO TRY TO GET THEM CERTIFIED OR IN MANY CASES ESPECIALLY IN OUR SPECIAL ED SITUATIONS WHERE WE ARE PUSHING IN SOME OF OUR CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDERS.

AGAIN OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE QUALITY INDIVIDUALS IN THESE SEATS AS THEY WORK THROUGH THEIR CERTIFICATION AREAS AS WELL. AND SO SOME OF THE ONGOING AGAIN OPPORTUNITIES. RECOGNIZING THAT MANY OF OUR HARD TO FILL SPACES, FOR EXAMPLE JUST YESTERDAY OR TUESDAY, SORRY WE HAD A SPECIAL ED JOB FAIR, WE HAD OVER 23 INDIVIDUALS ATTEND. WE FILLED FIVE OF THOSE SPECIAL SPOTS ON JOBS ON THE SPOT AND WE'VE PULLED IN A FEW OTHERS AND REALLY WORKING WITH THEM ON CERTIFICATION AREAS AS WE WORK THROUGH. WE KNOW THAT THE TEACHER AND RESIDENTS OPPORTUNITY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THESE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS. SO REALLY WORKING TO TRY TO PUSH THEM THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR PARTNERS AT ECAP ITEACH TEXAS TEACHERS OF TOMORROW TO GET THEM INTO A CERTIFIED SPACE AND BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE LAST FEW SPOTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT. AGAIN AN AREA OF CELEBRATION FOR US.

I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSION EVEN LAST BOARD MEETING REGARDING JUST TEACHER AND RESIDENTS AND SO JUST WANTED TO DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE. THE CAMPUSES HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO RECRUIT AND LOOK FOR CERTIFIED TEACHERS, GET THEM IN EARLY. WE START THIS PROCESS RIGHT AFTER STAFFING WHICH HAPPENS A LITTLE BIT AFTER SPRING BREAK. AND SO

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YOU'LL SEE THAT A REDUCTION OF CORE TEACHERS AND RESIDENTS.

THEY'RE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR WE HAD 39 TEACHER IN RESIDENCE, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE NOT FULLY CERTIFIED, BUT THEY MAY BE ENROLLED IN A STATE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. THIS YEAR WE HAVE 19 AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL YOU'LL SEE 24. THIS YEAR WE HAVE 18. AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR THEY HAD 27. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT REDUCTION TO 19. AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WHAT THAT TELLS US IS THAT WE NOW HAVE MORE CERTIFIED CORE TEACHERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CORE. AND THE NUMBERS LOOK A LITTLE SIMILAR IN OUR ELECTIVE COURSES.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE LAST YEAR THAT WE CAN HAVE TEACHER AND RESIDENTS IN THE CORE AREAS. SO WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED OUR TIME AND ATTENTION ON TRYING TO REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW, TODAY, CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THOSE AREAS.

QUICK QUESTION.

DID SOME OF THOSE. THE REDUCTION BECAUSE THEY FINISHED THEIR CERTIFICATION.

THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT HAVE FINISHED THEIR CERTIFICATIONS AND. OR DURING THE PROCESS OF FINISHING, THEY HAVE AT LEAST RECEIVED WHAT WE CALL THE STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY, WHICH MEANS THEY JUST HAVE TO TAKE THEIR FINAL PPR TEST OR SOME. SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. SO I CAN'T GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS. AND OUR HOPE AND PLAN IS, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, PROBABLY ABOUT DECEMBER, TO BRING IN THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE COMPLETED A PROGRAM FOR US AND HAVE MAYBE A LITTLE MINI GRADUATION TYPE PRESENTATION FOR THEM. SO WE ALWAYS ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT WHEN THEY'RE SENDING US EMAILS OVER THE HOLIDAY SAYING, I GOT IT, I'M DONE FOR THEM AS WELL.

AND THEY'RE STAYING IN CROWLEY.

THE MAJORITY STAY IN CROWLEY.

UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN IN OUR TIR PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR GROW YOUR OWN, THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC MEANS IN WHICH WE COULD WRITE THEM INTO YOU MUST STAY.

BUT THE MAJORITY. YES, MA'.

AM. DO WE INVEST A LOT IN THEM THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT.

THEIR PRINCIPALS WALK AND GUIDE THEM THROUGH. SO THE MAJORITY DO STAY WITH THEIR CAMPUSES.

OKAY. OKAY, THANK YOU.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU DO CELEBRATIONS FOR THEM. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATED AND THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'LL STAY SOME MORE, A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

YES. AND I'LL GET THE EXACT RETENTION DATA FOR YOU, BUT I DO KNOW THE MAJORITY.

AND AGAIN, AS YOU NOTICE, WE, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATE AND APPLAUD THOSE ARROWS THAT WERE GOING DOWN, MEANING THAT WE'RE REDUCING TEACHERS AND PUTTING CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. WE ALSO APPLAUD THESE ARROWS THAT ARE GOING UP. THIS IS OUR STAFF THAT HAS RECEIVED THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT DESIGNATION AND IS A GREAT RECRUITING TOOL FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS WELL AS FOR THEM. IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE WORK THAT THE STAFF DOES WITH DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY OF THESE TEACHERS. THESE ARE THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE SHOWN GREAT GROWTH WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO THEY TEST THEIR KIDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR A BASELINE AND THEY CAN RECEIVE THE TIA DESIGNATIONS THAT YOU ALL GET TO CELEBRATE TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR BASED UPON HOW THEY ARE GROWING KIDS. AND SO THESE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY FROM WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED OUR TIA PROGRAM IN 2122. AND YOU CAN SEE JUST THE GREAT GROWTH THAT HAPPENED. SO THE CATEGORY THAT IS ELIGIBLE TEACHERS JUST MEANS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION, WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHO COULD QUALIFY, WHAT GRADE LEVELS, WHAT CONTENT AREAS. SO WE STARTED WITH 123 STAFF MEMBERS.

LAST YEAR THERE WERE 630 STAFF THAT WERE ELIGIBLE. WE STARTED WITH JUST SEVEN CAMPUSES IN CERTAIN CONTENT AREAS. NOW 25 OF OUR CAMPUSES AGAIN CAN HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE AND BECOME A DESIGNATED TEACHER. AND AS YOU SEE, IN 2122 WE HAD 29 DESIGNATED TEACHERS THAT ARE SHOWING GREAT GROWTH FOR THEIR STUDENTS. LAST YEAR WE HAD 167. AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING NUMBERS FOR 26, 27.

AND I BELIEVE THAT SUBMISSION CANNOT HAPPEN UNTIL OCTOBER AND THEN THEY FIND OUT DESIGNATIONS LATER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, EXCITED

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ABOUT THE GROWTH. AGAIN, THIS MEANS FOR US THAT WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE DOING AMAZING WORK, GROWING KIDS, GROWING OUR KIDS, SITTING IN OUR SEATS EVERY DAY SO EXCITED ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS. AND THEN AGAIN, JUST CONNECTING THAT BACK TO OUR FINANCIAL BIG SIDS.

THERE ARE ALLOTMENTS THAT ARE GENERATED THROUGH THIS. AND YOU NOTICE WHEN WE STARTED THIS, THERE IS $382,000. AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING IN ABOUT 2.8.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT GOES BACK TO, TO THE BENEFIT TO THE STAFF MEMBER. AND THEN JUST OUR FINAL. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, DR. ROBINSON.

DR. BERRY, I KNOW WE HAD NEW STAFF COME IN IN JULY. HOW MANY OF THE NEW STAFF WERE TIA TEACHERS? I HAD THAT NUMBER. I KNOW IT WAS RIGHT AT 13 OR 14. AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU AS WELL.

WELL, AND SO, YES, OVER THE SUMMER BY GRADE LEVEL, AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER SIX AT THE ELEMENTARY, SEVEN AT THE MIDDLE, AND I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY GET THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL AS THE NUMBERS THAT WE BROUGHT IN.

AND THEY MAY SPEAK TO THAT IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION. I'M NOT FOR SURE. NO, THEY WILL NOT.

BUT THE NUMBERS WE ALSO BROUGHT IN JUST TO PUSH INTO OUR BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS.

ALL RIGHT. AND OUR LAST AREA IS JUST STAFF OPTIMIZATION. AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THAT GAP BETWEEN STAFF, STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND PERSONNEL ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TOGETHER. WE WENT INTO A PERIOD OF TIME THIS YEAR REALLY LOOKING AT OPTIMIZATION, OF COURSE, ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BUT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO STAFF OPTIMIZATION. USE THAT JUST TO EVALUATE EVERY POSITION IN THE DISTRICT. AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HEARD FROM MS. BATISTE, THERE WAS A NEED FOR THAT TO LEVEL MOVE TEACHERS. RATHER THAN ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER, COULD WE TRANSITION SOMEONE SOMEWHERE ELSE? IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID END OF YEAR VACANCY CLOSURES. SO AS WE CLOSE OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, IF THERE WERE CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM MEMBERS OR STAFF AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL THAT WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO, WE COULD PROBABLY REVIEW THAT AND PAUSE AND LOOK TO SEE HOW WE MAY FEEL THAT DIFFERENTLY. INTERNALLY, WE CLOSED THE VACANCIES FOR REVIEW. ALSO MANY CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS SPECIFIC TO PERSONNEL, SINCE THAT'S ONE OF OUR LARGEST AREAS OF FOCUS.

BUT ALSO ALL OF CENTRAL OFFICE WAS REALLY ASKED TO GO WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND SEE WHERE THERE MAY BE OTHER RESOURCES, TRAVEL EXPENDITURES AND SO ON THAT YOU COULD OFFER AS A REDUCTION. ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STAFFING GUIDELINES, THE 1 TO 22 RATIO. WE DO HAVE STANDARD STAFFING GUIDELINES AT EVERY LEVEL, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EVERY CLASSROOM POSITION, OUR SPECIAL SERVICES POSITION.

SO WE REALLY WENT BACK AND AUDITED TO ENSURE THOSE WERE STILL ALIGNED TO STATE EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT WE KNOW ARE BEST PRACTICES AS WELL.

AND SO WE WENT INTO THAT PERIOD OF STAFFING GETTING VERY, VERY TIGHT WITH CAMPUSES ON YOU HAVE THIS MANY STUDENTS, IT SHOULD TAKE YOU THIS MANY TEACHERS IN ORDER TO DO SO.

ANOTHER AREA THAT WE DID WAS A REDUCTION OF DEPARTMENT CHAIR RELEASE PERIODS. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS HAVE WORKED VERY HARD WITH CAMPUSES TO REALLY JUST LOOK AT WHERE COULD YOU ALSO ENSURE THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME REDUCTIONS.

AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS MAY HAVE BEEN USED TO HAVING A CONFERENCE PERIOD, A PLC PERIOD AND A PLANNING PERIOD. AND THEY MAY HAVE GIVEN UP ONE OF THOSE PERIODS TO KEEP AN ADDITIONAL SECTION AND NOT REQUIRE US TO ADD A FTE AT THE CAMPUS. AND THEN OUR AMAZING CAMPUSES. I TRIED TO PUT THAT BULLET AT THE BOTTOM AND HIDE IT JUST A LITTLE.

BUT WE DID ASK CAMPUSES TO REALLY LOOK INTERNALLY TO SEE WHERE NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD STAFFING, YOUR NUMBERS ARE IN WHERE PRETTY SET. WHERE ARE TWO PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS THAT YOU COULD SAY, I COULD STILL RUN MY MASTER SCHEDULE WITHOUT HAVING SIX OF THIS TEACHER OR FIVE OF THIS TEACHER. AND SO THEY WERE VERY GRACIOUS AND VERY WILLING, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO TO GO IN AND WORK WITH THEIR TEAMS TO OFFER REDUCTIONS. AND THEN AGAIN, JUST THE CLASS LEVELING

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PROCESS THAT MS. BATISTE TALKED ABOUT WAS NOT NECESSARILY A COST SAVINGS, BUT IT DID REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FTES THAT THEY TYPICALLY START REQUESTING ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND SO IF ALL OF THAT HOLDS STEADY. AND WE DON'T ADD BACK STAFF. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL CHANGE. PERSONNEL ALONE, SAVINGS OF A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. I'M DEFINITELY OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS.

DR. BERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. SO CAN WE GO BACK TO THE GRAPH THAT YOU HAD? I THINK I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. WAS THE GREEN AND THE GRAY? YEAH. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS GRAPH AGAIN? I KNOW THE. THE GRAY LINE IS THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

CORRECT.

BUT THE GREEN LINE IS NOT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

NOW, THAT IS JUST OUR PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES. SO HOW MUCH WE ARE SPENDING IN PERSONNEL, THAT'S OUR EXPENSE DRIVER.

GOTCHA.

AND THEN THAT STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS OUR REVENUE GENERATOR.

OKAY. OKAY. HAVE WE CONSIDERED, AND I KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT THERE WERE COVID DOLLARS THAT BASICALLY ALLOWED US TO BEEF UP OUR STAFFING AND THAT KIND OF THING FROM A.

TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEEDED TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE COVID LOSS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

HAVE WE CONSIDERED, LIKE, WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF THAT IS? BECAUSE WE. WHEN THOSE DOLLARS WENT AWAY, I KNOW WE HAD TO LITERALLY CUT JUST. THOSE POSITIONS WERE JUST GONE AWAY.

BUT THOSE EMPLOYEES WERE PROVIDING A SERVICE AND A RESOURCE. THEY WERE ANSWERING A QUESTION ON OUR CAMPUSES. THEY WERE FILLING A NEED THAT EXISTED WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO HAVE WE, NOW THAT WE'RE SEVERAL YEARS PAST THAT, HAVE WE CONSIDERED WHAT WE ULTIMATELY LOST FROM A VALUE STANDPOINT, NOT NECESSARILY THE MONEY, BUT FROM WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUSES? ABSOLUTELY. SO AGAIN, ONE OF AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE OUR TDSI. SO AT THE END OF EACH YEAR AND EVEN THIS YEAR, WE'VE GONE INTO KIND OF THE SAME PROCESS OF REALLY EVALUATING THOSE POSITIONS. SO WITH OUR TDSIS, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THOSE COVID YEARS, WE KIND OF HAD TWO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. SO WE HAD OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT SIDE OF THINGS, AND THEN WE KIND OF HAD OUR, I DON'T KNOW, INTERVENTIONISTS, I BELIEVE, AS WELL. SO THOSE.

AS WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE'VE LOST, AS YOU SAID, HALF OF THOSE. HOW CAN WE BRING THAT BACK IN? AND NOW IT'S ONE POSITION WHICH IS OUR, YOU KNOW, THEY DO TEACHER DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO DOING STUDENT INTERVENTIONS IN ONE POSITION WHERE WE USED TO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS DO THAT. AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS FOR US, CONTINUING TO LOOK BY DEPARTMENT, EVEN FROM CENTRAL OFFICE TO CAMPUS LEVEL, TO SEE, HERE'S THE POSITION, HERE'S THE SERVICE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE PROVIDING. AND DO WE HAVE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DOING SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD ALSO DO THIS. SO THAT DEFINITELY IS ONGOING. IT'S A CONSTANT DISCUSSION AMONGST COUNCIL, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE DISSOLVED POSITIONS, IF YOU WILL, AND HAVE THEM MERGED THEM INTO ONE PERSON.

OKAY, THANK YOU. AND I'M SORRY, DOCTOR. OKAY. AND MY SECOND QUESTION, IF WE CAN GO FORWARD TO THE TEACHER AND RESIDENT CERTIFICATION, ONE MORE. IT HAS ALL THE SYMBOLS OF THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS. YEAH.

SO, OKAY, I KNOW THAT WE HAD TO ELIMINATE THE TEACHER IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, WHICH I WANT TO GO ON RECORD SAYING I DID NOT AGREE WITH, BUT I'M NOT A STATE LAWMAKER, SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW OF LAND. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN? BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS STILL CONFUSION AT TIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE THE TEACHER IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS WHO ARE STILL IN OUR CLASSROOMS. AND SO I THINK THERE'S A DISCONNECT IN KIND OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT JUST SO OUR STAKEHOLDERS CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS? BECAUSE THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CALIBER OF PROFESSIONALS WE HAVE IN OUR CLASSROOMS AS A RESULT

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OF US HAVING TO FOLLOW THE STATE MANDATE.

CORRECT.

SO WE A FEW YEARS AGO KIND OF DEVELOPED OUR OWN TEACHER IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM. AND SO THE REQUIREMENTS WERE ALIGNED MUCH TO WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE STILL GOING TO BE WHEN WE TRANSITION TO THE STATE BASED TEACHER IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM OR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAMS IS WHAT THEY'LL PUT THAT UNDER. AND SO IN ESSENCE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVE IN OUR TEACHER AND RESIDENCE PROGRAM THAT WE PILOTED A FEW YEARS BACK DO HAVE TO HAVE A CERTIFICATION AND A DEGREE.

THEY ARE PROBABLY JUST ENROLLED AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION SIDE OF THINGS. SO I'M SORRY, THEY HAVE A DEGREE WORKING ON A CERTIFICATION IN A VERY SPECIFIC PROGRAM.

OUR PROGRAMS ARE OPEN TO WHO YOU MAY WORK WITH. I THINK THE TRANSITION WILL BE WE WILL STILL HAVE A VERSION OF A TEACHER IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM EVEN AFTER 26, 27 THROUGH THE 2930 SCHOOL YEAR. IT WILL BE STATE MANDATED. SO IT WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THIS IN TERMS OF THE PERSON WILL STILL HAVE TO HAVE A DEGREE. THEY WILL JUST HAVE TO BE IN AN APPROVED RESIDENCE PROGRAM. AND I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED IF THESE WILL FALL IN THAT CATEGORY. BUT IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS JUST MANDATED AND THE PERSON WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH TEA'S APPROVED PROGRAMS, BUT IT WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR.

SO IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT EVEN WHEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, THEY'RE STILL QUALIFIED TO BE THERE WHILE WORKING TO GET THE CERTIFICATION, WE'RE NOT JUST PUTTING WHOSOEVER WILL IN OUR CLASSROOMS. ABSOLUTELY.

BUT WE HAVE QUALITY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LEADING OUR STUDENTS IN INSTRUCTION.

ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, THEY HAVE A DEGREE. THEY JUST WENT AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE. THEY DID NOT GET A TRADITIONAL DEGREE IN EDUCATION, BUT THEY LIKELY HAVE A DEGREE IN A FIELD THAT IS GOING TO SUPPORT WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE TEACHING. AND NOW THEY NEED THE TEACHER CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS HOW THE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS LIKE ETECH I TEACH HOW THEY MEET THEM, WHERE THEY ARE.

SO YOU SAID WE HAD 19 STUDENTS, I MEAN 19 TEACHERS ALREADY IN THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, CORRECT? I THINK THAT WAS THE NUMBER I WROTE DOWN WHEN YOU WERE TALKING.

YES, THANK YOU.

CAN WE, I THINK THE SLIDE RIGHT BEFORE THIS.

WELL, THAT'S OKAY IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT. BUT MY QUESTION IS HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM? IS IT SELF GUIDED OR IS IT A TIME FRAME THAT THEY HAVE TO FINISH? YES, THE MAJORITY ARE SELF GUIDED. SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TEACHING EVERY DAY, STAYING LATE FOR STUDENT SUPPORT AND NOW THEY'RE GOING HOME AND TRYING TO DO ONLINE MODULES. MANY TIMES THE PROGRAMS WILL HAVE HAVE FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS WITH THEM. WE TRY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT ABOUT ONCE A MONTH WHERE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM COMES IN JUST TO GIVE THEM SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. AND SOMETIMES IT IS JUST TIME TO WORK ON YOUR MODULES AND ARE PREPARED TO TEST. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN WITHIN ONE TO TWO YEARS, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR THEY ARE ALONG.

BUT PRIOR TO THIS, WE DID HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN YEAR THREE RECOGNIZING THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO MANAGE SCHOOL, HOME, FAMILY AND ALL OF THE THINGS.

SO BETWEEN TWO AND THREE YEARS IS WHAT IT'S BEEN TAKING THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE SEEN.

SO THERE'S 19 ELEMENTARY.

IS THIS THE NUMBERS 19 ELEMENTARY, 18 IN MIDDLE AND THEN 19 IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE OUR CORE TEACHERS IN RESIDENTS. AND THEN SO THE GOAL AGAIN IS THAT IN THE 27, 28 SCHOOL LIKE THERE, WE CANNOT HAVE THAT IN OUR CORE AREAS. WE'LL STILL HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE ELECTIVES.

THANK YOU, MA'. AM.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DR.

MCFARLAND? I JUST WANT TO GO BACK AND KIND OF STAMP SOMETHING.

TRUSTEE DAVIS SAID HE ASKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY CALLS OR REALLY THE COST RELATIVE TO WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DO AS IT RELATES TO SCHOOL FINANCE AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT GREEN SLIDE? THE SLIDE

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WITH THE GREEN AND THE BLACK LINE? I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS, JUST BOARD MEMBER, SO WE CAN JUST PUT IT IN CONTEXT. WHAT WE KNOW IS IN ORDER TO TRANSFORM WALKER HARGRAVE MEADOW CREEK, WITH ATSI, WITH THE ADDITIONAL DAYS AND THE STIPENDS FOR TEACHERS AND ALL THAT, IT COST US ABOUT 500,000 PER CAMPUS. REALLY? ACTUALLY IT WAS LIKE 575 PER CAMPUS IS WHAT IT COSTS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ARE ALLOCATED. IT COSTS THAT MUCH TO BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THE GAP FOR THE SCHOOL DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND GET THEM TO PERFORM AT HIGH LEVELS. SO AS YOU REMEMBER, WE STARTED THAT AROUND FROM 2019. THE GRANT FOR ADSEE AND ACE ACTUALLY LASTED FOR THREE YEARS. AND SO IF YOU DO THE MATH, FOR THREE YEARS, THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT. AT 1.7 PER CAMPUS THAT MONEY WAS REMOVED.

THE TA BASICALLY GAVE THE MONEY TO START. THE MONEY NOW IS REMOVED. AND SO YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN, THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICES, MAINTAIN THE ADDITIONAL TIME, MAINTAIN THE STIPENDS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. AND WE SIMPLY COULD NOT AFFORD TO MAINTAIN AN ADDITIONAL 1.7 FOR THREE CAMPUSES ON TOP OF THE OTHER WORK. THEN OF COURSE THE PANDEMIC HIT AND OF COURSE WE RECEIVED ESSER FUNDS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO, WHEN YOU SAW THE LINE GO UP, WHEN YOU SEE THE LINE AROUND 2021, 2022, 2021, I THINK WE CAME BACK FROM BEING VIRTUAL.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE WHAT'S CALLED, WHAT WE CALL OUR SEL SPECIALISTS ON EVERY CAMPUS.

WE HAD TWO ON EVERY CAMPUS. SO TWO TIMES 29, THAT'S 30. I MEAN, WELL, NOT 30.

BUT ANYWAY, Y' ALL GOT IT, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. SO IT'S A LOT 58. RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. RIGHT. IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES WHATEVER THE FT IS. SO YOU SEE THAT NUMBER, OF COURSE AGAIN, WHEN THE ESSAY FUNDS RUN OUT, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO REDUCE THAT. SO WE, WE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I GUESS IN 2020, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET REDUCTION PROCESS, WE HAD TO REDUCE ABOUT $12 MILLION OUT OF FROM PERSONNEL. AND SO YOU SEE THE GREEN LINE AGAIN GO BACK IN ALIGNMENT. AND THEN QUITE FRANKLY, WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WITH NO REAL NEW MONEY, BEING HONEST, WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE. YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE THIS YEAR. WE'LL HAVE TO START WITH A VERY AGGRESSIVE BUDGET REDUCTION IN LTE'S IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR BUDGET FOR THE FUTURE, TO PUT OURSELVES BACK INTO A SOLID FOUNDATION.

BECAUSE EVERYWHERE YOU SEE THE GREEN LINE ABOVE THE BROWN LINE OR THE BLACK LINE IS AN AREA WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING TO GO INTO FUND BALANCE TO BASICALLY FUND AND PROVIDE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED. SO ANYWAY, WE SHARE THIS TONIGHT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, BOARD, WE'LL START HAVING TOUGH CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING, BUT WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.

AND SO THE RESOURCES ARE CRITICAL FOR US TO GET DONE.

WE NEED TO GET DONE IN THE DISTRICT.

ALL RIGHT, QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 7.3, THE 1882 PARTNERSHIP UPDATE. DR. POLK AND DR.

STAPINSKI WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

MCFARLAND. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION ALIGNS WITH GOAL ONE, THRIVING STUDENTS AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT CROWLEY ISDS JOURNEY WITH SENATE BILL 1882. THE IMPACT THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS HAD HAD ON OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. SENATE BILL 1882 AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATOR ALLOWS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH IT WITH FOUR, WHICH COULD BE A NONPROFIT ENTITY, IHE WHICH STANDS FOR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR A CHARTER SCHOOL OR A GOVERNMENT ENTITY.

THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION, CROWLEY ISD ESTABLISHED AN INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH CROWLEY WITH PAUL QUINN COLLEGE. THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS ALLOWED TO EXPAND ACCESS TO RESEARCH BASED PRACTICES, INNOVATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. BOARD, IF YOU WILL, JOURNEY WITH ME THROUGH OUR SB 1882 SENATE BILL THAT WAS APPROVED FOR CROWLEY ISD STARTING IN 2122, OUR INNOVATION TEAM BEGAN TO LOOK AT WHAT IS AN 1882 AND WE TOOK A TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT TEXAS TO SEE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE CAMPUSES. IN 2223, WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT WHAT COULD THIS LOOK LIKE FOR CROWLEY ISD. THAT IS WHEN WE DETERMINED THAT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WERE UNDERFUNDED AND WE NEEDED TO FOCUS ON MATH AND WE NEEDED TO REDESIGN WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE LOOK LIKE FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND SO WE LOOKED AND WE

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SEARCHED FOR PHILANTHROPY DOLLARS. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE. SO WE CAME BACK WITH OUR PLAN OF MAYBE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

BOARD.

IN 2324, YOU ALL APPROVED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CROWLEY ISD TO EVEN TAKE OWNERSHIP OR TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AUTHORIZING PARTNERSHIP BY APPROVING THE APPROVED LOCAL AUTHORIZING POLICIES. THAT SAME YEAR. A LITTLE BIT LATER, WE PUT OUT A CALL FOR PROPOSALS WHICH ALLOWED ANYONE IN THE AREA OR OUTSIDE OF THE STATE TO APPLY FOR THAT CALL TO PARTNER WITH CROWLEY ISD. OUR PARTNER WAS SELECTED THAT SAME YEAR AND WE SELECTED PAUL QUINN COLLEGE THE NEXT YEAR. , WE HAD A WHOLE YEAR TO PLAN WITH PAUL QUINN AND THEN LATER ON THAT YEAR, BOARD YOU APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED THE ACTUAL CONTRACT THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS YEAR. THIS PAST YEAR, FAR 2526 WAS OUR FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION AND WE ARE SO THRILLED ABOUT THAT IMPLEMENTATION.

TO WALK US THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, I WOULD LIKE TO REINTRODUCE TO YOU DR. CAMCEA STAPINSKI, WHO IS THE NEW ASSISTANT CHIEF OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP WITH THE QUINN KNIGHT SCHOOL NETWORK.

DR.

STAPINSKI.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE, GUYS.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE. Y' ALL GOT IT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR.

MCFARLAND. TODAY I WANT TO SHARE HOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD THE 1882 MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AROUND FOUR MAJOR AREAS, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN, ACADEMICS, STUDENT FIELD EXPERIENCES, SEL, AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE THAT GOES BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL DAY. WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED, EXPOSED TO MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, SUPPORTED SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, AND SURROUNDED BY FAMILIES WHO ARE INFORMED AND ENGAGED. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, I'LL HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, THE RESULTS WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE, AND HOW WE ARE EXPANDING THIS WORK FOR THE 2627. THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE IS THAT WE ARE NOT STARTING OVER.

WE ARE BUILDING ON WHAT WE WORK, WHAT HAS WORKED, AND WE ARE REFINING WHERE NEEDED, AND WE ARE ALSO TAKING THE NEXT STEP. THE 1882 MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE PROVIDES THE WHAT FOR STUDENTS STRONG ACADEMICS, MEANINGFUL FIELD EXPERIENCES, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND AUTHENTIC PARENT ENGAGEMENT.

ENGAGEMENT.

THE CROWLEY ISD FOUR PILLARS PROVIDE THE HOW BY ENSURING WE ARE PROTECTED THAT WE HAVE PROTECTED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, ALIGNED RESOURCES, STRONG TEACHER CAPACITY, AND RELEVANT RELATIONSHIPS IN PLACE. WHEN THESE SYSTEMS WORK TOGETHER, WE MOVE BEYOND OFFERING ISOLATED PROGRAMS AND CREATE COMPREHENSIVE, INTENTIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCES. EACH PILLAR STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER THE 1882 EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE CONSISTENTLY AND EQUITABLY ACROSS CAMPUSES. ULTIMATELY, BOTH FRAMEWORKS POINT TOWARD THE SAME OUTCOME, INCREASING STUDENT LEARNING WHILE DEVELOPING STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGAGED, CONNECTED, AND PREPARED FOR WHAT COMES NEXT. THE 1882 MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE PROVIDES MY APOLOGIES ACROSS MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN, WE ARE SEEING MEANINGFUL ACADEMIC GROWTH FROM 25 TO 26.

COLLECTIVELY, THESE RESULTS DEMONSTRATE STRONG MOMENTUM WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING WHERE CONTINUED TARGETED SUPPORT CAN ACCELERATE PROGRESS. WHAT IS ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGING IS THAT EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL DEMONSTRATED FORWARD MOVEMENT, REINFORCING THAT OUR COLLECTIVE FOCUS ON TEACHING AND LEARNING IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE. OUR NEXT STEP IS TO MOVE BEYOND SIMPLY CELEBRATING THE GAINS AND EXAMINE THE PRACTICES AND THE SYSTEMS SUPPORTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS GROWTH. BY IDENTIFYING WHAT IS WORKING AND RESPONDING STRATEGICALLY TO AREAS OF NEED, WE CAN ENSURE THAT IMPROVEMENT IS NOT TEMPORARY BUT BECOMES SUSTAINED ACADEMIC SUCCESS. ULTIMATELY, OUR EXPECTATION IS CONTINUED GROWTH FOR EVERY CAMPUS AND INCREASED ACHIEVEMENT FOR EVERY STUDENT. THE 2026 STAAR RESULTS DEMONSTRATE STRONG OVERALL GROWTH ACROSS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST TAKE A. TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THAT THERE. WITH NEARLY EVERY TESTED AREA SHOWING IMPROVEMENT FROM 25. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GAIN WAS IN 7TH GRADE RLA WHICH INCREASED BY 6 PERCENTAGE POINTS, FOLLOWED BY 6TH GRADE MATH WITH A 4 POINT INCREASE. THESE RESULTS REFLECT CONTINUED PROGRESS GROWING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE CONTENT AREAS.

OUR ACADEMIC FOCUS CENTERED ON INCREASING RIGOR WHILE ENSURING STUDENTS HAD THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IN 2425, CISD IMPLEMENTED DOUBLE BLOCK MATH IN SIXTH GRADE AND EXPANDED THAT SAME STRATEGY TO SEVENTH GRADE IN THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE

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INTENTIONALLY ACCELERATED SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS BY HAVING THEM TAKE THE GRADE EIGHT MATH STAR ASSESSMENT, RAISING EXPECTATIONS AND PROVIDING STUDENT ACCESS TO MORE RIGOROUS MATHEMATICS EARLIER. AS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ON OUR NEXT SLIDE, OUR SEVENTH GRADERS ARE OUTPERFORMING THE SPEAKER STATE.

TO STRENGTHEN IMPLEMENTATION, WE ALSO HIRED A DESIGNATED ACADEMIC ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PROVIDING ANOTHER LAYER OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, PROGRESS MONITORING AND ACCOUNTABILITY. FOR 2627, WE ARE EXPANDING DOUBLE BLOCK MATH THROUGH 8TH GRADE AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO ALGEBRA 1. THE GOAL IS NOT SIMPLY ACCELERATION FOR ACCELERATION'S SAKE. IT IS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE READY FOR ADVANCED COURSEWORK HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHILE STUDENTS NEEDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT RECEIVE TARGETED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. IT GOES BACK TO OUR FOUR PILLARS.

INCREASED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BASED ON OUR PAST INCREASED.

MY APOLOGIES. BASED ON OUR PAST ACADEMIC DATA.

PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN MATHEMATICS WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE WILL MEET OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GOALS.

BECAUSE OF OUR PLAN, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

AS WE ALL KNOW, THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE GATEWAY TO COLLEGE READINESS AND ADVANCED ACADEMICS IS THROUGH ALGEBRA 1. WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY AND EXPOSURE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING THE DESIGNATED ACADEMIC SYSTEM PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE AND ADDING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THE MADS SUMMIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TNI ON AUGUST 29TH. THIS IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING BOTH STUDENT AND ADULT CAPACITY.

YES, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, STUDENTS WHO WERE IN SEVENTH GRADE WHO TOOK EIGHTH GRADE MATH, IF THEY DID NOT MEET ON THE START AS 8TH GRADERS THIS YEAR, DO THEY CONTINUE TO ALGEBRA 1? ARE THEY RETAKING 8TH GRADE MATH? I JUST WANT TO KNOW.

YES, MA'AM.

IN THE PRE ALGEBRA CLASSROOM.

AND SO YES, THEY WILL DEFINITELY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETAKE THAT AND REGAIN SOME OF THOSE SKILLS THAT THEY MISSED FROM THE FIRST TIME.

THIS SLIDE GIVES US AN IMPORTANT LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF OUR ACADEMIC ACCELERATION STRATEGY. RATHER THAN LOOKING AT THE TRADITIONAL SEVENTH GRADE MEASURE, THIS GRAPH ASKS A DIFFERENT QUESTION. HOW ARE OUR SEVENTH GRADERS PERFORMING WHEN THEY ARE CHALLENGED WITH EIGHTH GRADE LEVEL MATHEMATICS.

THE RESULTS ARE ENCOURAGING.

SEVERAL OF OUR CAMPUSES DEMONSTRATED SIGNIFICANT YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH. WHAT THIS TELLS US IS THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN RESPOND TO HIGHER EXPECTATIONS WHEN WE INTENTIONALLY PROVIDE THE INSTRUCTION TIME AND SUPPORT NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR BOTH ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH CAREFULLY. THE GOAL IS NOT TO SIMPLY PLACE STUDENTS IN ADVANCED COURSEWORK. IT IS TO ENSURE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL ONCE THEY GET THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS.

DR. SPENCE, CAN YOU GO BACK FOR A SECOND? YES.

SO LET'S. I WANT US TO LOOK CLOSER AT THIS GRAPH.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAY LINE THAT REPRESENTS THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE STATE THAT WERE TAKING THE EIGHTH GRADE MATH, AND IF YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, WHEN GIVEN THE RIGHT CONDITION ARE PERFORMING, YOU KNOW, BETTER THAN THE STATE IN SEVENTH GRADE. THESE ARE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS.

YES, SIR.

WHO ARE TAKING EIGHTH GRADE MATH. THE ACCELERATION THAT YOU ALL. YOU REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. YOU ALL APPROVED IT TWO YEARS AGO. AND SO THAT'S JUST. WE WANTED TO PULL THAT OUT JUST TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT THE STRATEGIC APPROACH WE'RE TAKING IS DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY HAVING AN IMPACT THERE. YES, SIR.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH LAST YEAR WAS TO MAKE LEARNING MORE TANGIBLE FOR OUR STUDENTS. OUR FIELD EXPERIENCES WERE DESIGNED TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO COLLEGE LEADERSHIP, TECHNOLOGY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT. PAUL QUINDAY GAVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE A COLLEGE CAMPUS.

THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE HELPS STUDENTS TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE. THE NEW YORK SUMMIT EXPANDED THEIR EXPOSURE EVEN FURTHER AND ALLOWED STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE LEARNING IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. WE ALSO INTRODUCED AI SUMMER PROGRAMMING WHICH GAVE STUDENTS ACCESS TO EMERGING TECHNOLOGY. AND OUR SHARK TANK ENTREPRENEURIAL SHOWCASE ALLOWS STUDENTS TO MOVE FROM BEING CONSUMERS OF INFORMATION TO CREATORS, PRESENTERS AND PROBLEM SOLVERS.

THESE EXPERIENCES MATTER BECAUSE STUDENTS OFTEN NEED TO SEE POSSIBILITIES BEFORE THEY CAN BEGIN TO IMAGINE THEMSELVES IN THOSE SPACES.

JUST FOR A SECOND, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT ON. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE SHARK TANK ENTERPRISE, THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAT WAS SO AMAZING FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE. THEY HAD SO MANY IDEAS OF HOW TO PLAN A BUSINESS, HOW TO CARRY OUT THE BUSINESS. IT WAS JUST AMAZING JUST TO WATCH THEM AND TO PRESENT BEFORE. I THINK PAUL QUINN LEADERSHIP TEAM WAS

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THERE AND THEY WERE PRESENTING THEIR IDEAS AND HOW THEY WOULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR HIS ENTREPRENEURSHIP. I WISH WE COULD GET SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS BACK BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS. WE HAD ONE YOUNG LADY THAT TALKED ABOUT IT WAS A READING MATERIAL THAT SHE DEVELOPED A WEBSITE AND HOW TO GET KIDS ENGAGED IN READING. AND IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL. SO I WISH WE COULD GET SOME OF THOSE KIDS BACK THIS YEAR JUST TO COME AND PRESENT TO US AND SHOW US WHAT THEY DID.

THEY DID.

ABSOLUTELY. JUST ANOTHER POINT.

WE ALSO HAVE THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PLACID NOW AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL, FOR ALL FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER POINT OF PRIDE FOR US AS WELL AS IT RELATES TO CONTINUING THAT PART.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE NEW YORK SUMMIT AND THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

HAVE WE SPOKEN ON THAT BOARD MEETING? BECAUSE WE TOOK ABOUT. WE SENT ABOUT 50 MIDDLE SCHOOLERS TO NEW YORK TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES FROM THAT. I HAD A LITTLE ONE WHO WENT TOO, SO I WOULD LOVE TO JUST HEAR THE OUTCOMES OF THAT TRIP.

YES. WELL, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE NEW YORK SUMMIT, ALL THE STUDENTS. FOR SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY EVER WRITTEN IN A PLAYNE. RIGHT.

FIRST TIME THEY HAD EVER GOTTEN INTO A SUBWAY. LORD, I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE SUBWAY, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO THINGS THAT THEY NORMALLY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE EXPOSED TO. THEY HAD A WHOLE LOT OF FIRSTS. A WHOLE LOT OF FIRSTS. AS SOMEBODY WHO ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN I WAS YOUNGER TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS, I JUST APPRECIATE AND APPLAUD THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

BUT JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND A LOT OF FIRST. THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, THE BIG THING ABOUT THAT WAS BUILDING KIDS TO BE COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT.

RIGHT. GETTING THEM TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES AND GETTING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE A PART OF THE SCHOOL CULTURE. SO THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LEARNED IN THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING THOSE THINGS AS WE MOVE INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE A PARENT TEACHER NIGHT THAT'S COMING UP. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE TO LEAD THOSE PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES. RIGHT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING, OUR STUDENT AMBASSADORS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO WENT TO THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, WE'RE WANTING THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP TRAIN UP THE OTHER STUDENTS ON WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE AND SOUND LIKE. SO JUST CONTINUING TO GIVE THEM VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. ONE MORE THING WITH THAT IS WE'VE ALSO BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. MOHAMED ABOUT HOW CAN WE CONNECT THEM TO THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ON OUR.

ON OUR BOARD OR SOME OF OUR SFC STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN FIND THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES AFTER DOING IT THERE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL PROJECTION FOR THEM TO GO INTO HIGH SCHOOL AND DO SOME OF THE SAME THINGS AS THEY'VE BEEN LEADING UP TO THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT. I LIKE THE CONNECTION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLERS BECAUSE WHEN DID WE HAVE THE LAST BE? IS THAT FEBRUARY OR MARCH? SO NORTH CROWLEY HAD PANTHER AMBASSADORS WHO WERE THERE AND THEY HAD THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. AND SO MY DAUGHTER WAS IN ONE OF THE COHORT GROUPS AND WE WERE IN THE MALL ONE DAY AND SHE WAS, I THINK, WALKING PAST FINISH LINE OR ONE OF THOSE SHOE STORES. AND SO ONE, THE GUY'S LIKE, I KNOW YOU. YOU WERE IN MY GROUP. HE WAS A PANTHER AMBASSADOR. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S A GREAT CONNECTION.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHERE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS CAN SEE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND KNOW THEM OUTSIDE OF THAT SERVICE.

BUT SEE, OH, THIS IS AN AMBASSADOR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO AND REACH BACK AND, YOU KNOW, PULL UP AND I THINK, DO THE EAGLES HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT? I'M NOT SURE, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY, YES. OH, SURE.

SO SUMMER INSTITUTE. THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD IT AND IT WAS AT THE BRJ CENTER. THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING TO DEFINITELY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AT PAUL QUINN SO THEY CAN GET A FEEL FOR THE SCHOOL, GET A FEEL FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE AND WORKING ON THE CAMPUS. WE ARE ALSO BRINGING BACK AI SUMMER PROGRAMMING AND THE SHARK TANK ENTREPRENEUR SHOWCASE FOR A SECOND YEAR. THE FACT THAT THESE ARE PROGRAMS, THESE PROGRAMS ARE RETURNING IS INTENTIONAL. WE WANT TO MOVE FROM ISOLATED EVENTS TO SUSTAINABLE EXPERIENCES THAT BECOME A PART OF THE IDENTITY OF THE 1882 MIDDLE SCHOOL MODEL. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE, THAT MORE TO COME IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN EXPAND STUDENTS EXPOSURE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO DEFINITELY LOOKING TO HAVE SOME MORE OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT STUDENTS

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PERFORM BETTER WHEN THEY FEEL CONNECTED, SO SUPPORTED AND KNOWN BY THE ADULTS AROUND THEM.

LAST YEAR, OUR SEO AND LEADERSHIP WORK INCLUDE. I'M SORRY, MY APOLOGIES. THE LAST YEAR, OUR SEL LEADERSHIP WORK INCLUDED MENTORING, PROGRAMMING AND STUDENT AMBASSADORS. THESE EFFORTS GAVE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH ADULTS, DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND STRENGTHEN THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING ON CAMPUS.

FOR 26, 27, WE ARE MAKING AND TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH MENTORING PROGRAM 20 AND STUDENT AMBASSADOR 2.0 TO REPRESENT MORE INTENTIONAL AND STRUCTURED APPROACH FOR THOSE SUPPORTS. WE ARE ALSO INTRODUCING COUNSELOR LUNCH BUNCH, GIVING STUDENTS AN INFORMAL SMALL GROUP OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH COUNSELORS AND PEERS.

COUNSELOR CHECK AND CONNECT WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER PROACTIVE LAYER OF SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NEED SOMEONE CONSISTENTLY MONITORING HOW THEY ARE DOING ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

GUIDANCE LESSONS WILL REINFORCE THE THIS WORK ACROSS THE BROADER STUDENT POPULATION.

ULTIMATELY, WE WANT EVERY STUDENT TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL CONNECTION TO BOTH AN ADULT AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY. OUR FINAL AREA IS PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THE 1882 MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL IF FAMILIES ARE ONLY HEARING FROM US WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM. LAST YEAR WE ESTABLISHED INITIATIVES SUCH AS PTO ROUNDUP AND YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ALL PRO DADS. THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HELP CREATE ADDITIONAL ENTRY POINTS FOR FAMILIES TO CONNECT WITH THE SCHOOL. FOR 2627. WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS WHILE EXPANDING OUR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY THROUGH CURRICULUM NIGHTS AND ACCESS. MONTHLY ACCESS IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH CONSISTENT PRACTICAL INFORMATION AROUND SIX IMPORTANT ATTENDANCE, COUNSELING SERVICES, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, ENGAGEMENT FOR FAMILIES, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND STUDENT VOICE.

THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A PREDICTABLE COMMUNICATION RATHER THAN ISOLATED COMMUNICATION. FAMILIES SHOULD KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR INFORMATION, UNDERSTAND THEIR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING, KNOW WHAT SUPPORTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. WHEN ACADEMICS, STUDENT EXPERIENCES, SEL AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT WORK TOGETHER, WE CREATE A MUCH STRONGER AND MORE COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DR.

TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS.

THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT JOB DR. POLK, DR. STAPINSKI. THIS IS REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT WE ARE CREATING A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND JUST LOOKING BACK WHEN YOU SHOW THAT ROADMAP. DR. POLK, I REMEMBER TRUSTEE DAVIS AND I BOTH WORKED ON THAT COMMITTEE AND TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT PARTNER WAS THE RIGHT FIT FOR CROWLEY ISD AND WE HAD SOME GREAT OPTIONS.

BUT I'LL GO OUT ON A LIMB AND SAY I THINK WE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE KWINITE NETWORK AND THE INTENTIONALITY THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO CROWLEY ISD WAS EXACTLY WHAT OUR EXPECTATION WAS VERSUS BRINGING A PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE DOING IN ONE AREA AND JUST SUPERIMPOSING IT HERE IN THE CROWLEY ISD BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL JUST KUDOS AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THE INTENTIONALITY THAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THIS PART PARTNERSHIP AND THIS REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY AND SO JUST A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED. I THINK WE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE.

WE HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES SO BOARD IF YOU WILL. REMEMBER, I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH A LITTLE JOURNEY AGAIN ABOUT THE FUNDING ASPECT. ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS WITH A 182 IS THAT WE RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON THAT FIRST LINE UP HERE WHERE IT SAYS PROJECTED FUNDING. THAT IS THE FUNDING THAT WE ANTICIPATED BEFORE WE EVEN BEGAN OUR PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WILL RECEIVE. THE LINE AFTER THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT THE ACTUAL FUNDS @CROWNLEY ISD HAS RECEIVED. I WANT YOU TO TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENTIATION WITH CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE GRANT RULES WHEN WE APPLIED AND WE WOULD STILL RECEIVE MONEY.

WE DIDN'T RECEIVE AS MUCH MONEY AS WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE. SO THAT GAVE CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL A LITTLE DIFFERENTIATION OF WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VERY END, THE TOTAL DIFFERENCE, CROWLEY ISD AND THE PARTNERSHIP STILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL $860,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.

DR. POLK, I HAD.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO WHERE DOES THAT, WHERE DOES

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THAT MONEY GO TO? I MEAN WHAT DOES IT GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS? DOES IT GO INTO OUR TEACHERS? HIRING THE TEACHERS? WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? SO, SO THIS, THIS TOTAL AMOUNT ACTUALLY IS WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP RECEIVES. SO THAT'S. THE PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE THE QUINNITE NETWORK AND CROWLEY ISD. THERE'S A CROWLEY ISD PORTION AND THAT PORTION GOES INTO OUR 199 FUND. OUR GENERAL FUND WHICH COULD BE USED IN CLASSROOM APPLIES MOSTLY.

199 IS GOING TO BE CLASSROOM.

AND, AND AGAIN WITH, WITH THESE CAMPUSES THERE IS SOME STIPENDS THAT WE ALSO ARE. ARE APPLYING TO PAY ADDITIONAL STIPEND FOR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT POSITIONS ON.

AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION WHERE YOU SEE SAF STANDS FOR SCHOOL ACTION FUND GRANT AND THE CSP IS A CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANT.

THAT IS A ONE YEAR GRANT FOR A STARTUP PROGRAM. THAT MEANS THAT WE ONLY RECEIVE THAT GRANT FOR 2526. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL SEE WHAT THE PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE FOR 2627. HOW MUCH FUNDING WE ARE ANTICIPATING ON GENERATING FOR 2026 27.

IT'S A LITTLE LESS BECAUSE WE WON'T RECEIVE THOSE GRANTS.

CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL RECEIVE A $250,000 SCHOOL ACTION GRANT THAT WILL END THIS YEAR. BUT WE WILL STILL GET ABOUT $5.2 MILLION TO SUPPORT THAT 18A2 PARTNERSHIP.

IS THIS OVER AND ABOVE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OR IS THAT INCLUDING JUST THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE GENERATING? THAT'S THE TOTAL MONEY.

BUT I AM GOING TO PHONE A FRIEND.

MR. FISHER. GOOD EVENING BOARD TRUSTEE DAVIS.

THAT DOES.

IT'S INCLUSIVE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE THERE'S FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS FOR WE SAW HOW WELL 1882 WAS PART OF WORKING WITH CROWLEY ISD. SO OUR INNOVATION COMMITTEE IS EXCITED TO SEE WHAT OTHER POSSIBILITIES MAY THERE BE FOR CROWLEY ISD.

MAYBE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY, MAYBE ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL, MAYBE GLOBAL PREP P TECH.

WE DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNER THAT WE HAVE HAD AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO COME. AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE TO COMMENT AGAIN. I AM LOVING ALL OF THIS AND, AND JUST TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT THAT THE CHILDREN HAVE. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING WATCHING THEM GROW AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE DAVIS HELPED TO BRING THIS ROADMAP TO THE BOARD. BUT I'M LOVING EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU LADIES.

THAT'S MY PARTNER ALSO.

THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE I THINK DR. SMITH FROM THE QUINITE NETWORK IN IF YOU'RE STAND DR. SMITH DEFINITELY WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP, APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FOR SURE. ALSO BOARD. IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THE, ON YOUR, ON YOUR DAIS YOU SHOULD HAVE A NOTEBOOK AND IT SAYS CROWLEY ISD 2026 DATA REPORT. I JUST WANT TO POINT TO YOU WHAT'S IN HERE. WE SHARE WITH YOU JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND AS WE KNOW NEXT.

YEAH YEAH. AS WE KNOW AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WE'LL HAVE A WORKSHOP WHERE WE'LL GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.

BUT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PACKET AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE OF COURSE. I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU, JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN IT. IF YOU LOOK AT LET'S LOOK AT THE RICHARD ALLEY PAGE AND ALL THE PAGES ARE JUST THE SAME. BUT I WANT TO JUST WANT YOU TO JUST SEE WHAT THIS IS ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT. WE WILL AT OUR DATA RETREAT WE WILL HAVE WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH CAMPUS AND GO IN DETAIL WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CAMPUSES.

BUT IF YOU START OFF AT THE NUMBER ONE, YOU'LL SEE THE OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY SUMMARY THAT JUST SHOWS YOU WHERE THEY'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AGAIN, THAT'S THE SAME FOR EVERY CAMPUS. NUMBER TWO IS THE DOMAIN PERFORMANCE. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE MEASURED BASED ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT GROWTH, RELATIVE PERFORMANCE AND CLOSING THE GAPS. FOR US IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHAT THE TREND IS BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THESE DOMAINS INDICATE A DIFFERENT POSSIBLE TARGET THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT. ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER THREE, THAT'S THE THREE YEAR TREND OF APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS. AGAIN, WE LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION, MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO AT THAT CAMPUS AND EVEN AT OTHER CAMPUS BASED ON THAT. AND IF YOU'LL JUST FLIP OVER TO THE BACK AS WE TRIED TO MAKE THIS AS, LIKE I SAID, AS COMPREHENSIVE BUT ALSO AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE ON THE BACK WHAT WE'VE DONE.

AND I BELIEVE DR. MILLNER PUT THESE GROUPS TOGETHER, BUT THESE ARE OUR HIGH, OUR SCHOOL DEPENDENT GROUP, SCHOOL DEPENDENT SPECIAL ED AND EMERGENT BILINGUAL. LOT OF INFORMATION.

BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST LOOK OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT HAND

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COLUMN THAT SAYS TREND SUMMARY, HOW WE WOULD USE THIS, WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS CAMPUS.

THIS IS ALLI. WE WILL LOOK AT THIS CAMPUS AND IMMEDIATELY WE LOOK AT THE GREEN, THE YELLOW, THE BLUE, BUT THE RED IS WHAT DRAWS OUR ATTENTION. SO ALTHOUGH THIS CAMPUS IS PERFORMING, WHAT WE SEE IS OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL IN MULTIPLE AREAS, THERE'S AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US. SO AT ALLY WE WILL HAVE A STRATEGY THAT'S VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE IMPACT OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS AS WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL OTHER STUDENTS. EVERY CAMPUS THERE'S A BREAKDOWN LIKE THIS. WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR, WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR DATA DISCUSSION ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, I BELIEVE WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE OUR TIME AND WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE CAMPUSES.

BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE, SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOLS TONIGHT, I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE THE COMPLETE DATA PACKET. THIS IS THE COMPLETE DATA PACKET FOR US THAT WE USE. AND THEN WHEN WE GO, WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP, WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO LAY INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND REALLY GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK US QUESTIONS AND GIVE US IDEAS ABOUT WHERE WE HEAD FROM THERE.

RIGHT.

TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS, THANK YOU.

JUST A COMMENT OR IT MAY BE TURNED INTO A QUESTION.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND I HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT. THE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU DESEGREGATE THE DATA AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT TRENDS AND PICK OUT THOSE WORTH NOTING, THOSE WORTH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE OKAY, SO I GUESS THERE'S DATA GATHERING AND THEN THERE'S DATA GATHERING. SO.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE WAY TO GATHER DATA. SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT WE EMPLOY MULTIPLE WAYS OF GATHERING DATA. AM I CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO HEAR TO ACHIEVE, TO ACCOMPLISH. IT DEPENDS ON THAT WILL DETERMINE THE DATA THAT WE USE IN ORDER TO MAKE DECISIONS.

I HAVE A COMMENT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE DATA THIS WAY FOR EACH CAMPUS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SEPTEMBER

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MEETING. THANK YOU. THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE ARE NOW AT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS MOVE TO VOTE. WE'LL VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS. OKAY, WE'LL VOTE FOR BY SHOW OF HAND. ALL

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IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES.

WE ARE UP TO CONSIDERATIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. AGENDA ITEM 9.1, APPROVAL OF THE 2026, 27 BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND PUBLIC SIGNING OF A LETTER OF RECOMMITMENT. DR. MCFARLAND WILL COMMIT. WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, THE NEXT NOTEBOOK THAT YOU HAVE.

IT'S AT YOUR.

AT YOUR DESK IS THE TEAM OF EIGHT AND IT'S OUR. REALLY OUR BOARD. IT SAYS RISING TO THE NORTH STAR TEAM OF EIGHT COVER. AND IT REALLY DEALS WITH OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WE ACTUALLY TAKE.

WE ACTUALLY UPDATED THE. WE UPDATED THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU PROVIDED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. AND SO THE BOARD. THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE NOW PRESENTED TO YOU AS. AS YOU.

WITH THE.

WITH THE ADDITIONS ADDED. I WANT TO FLIP TO IT. MS. MONTAVA, YOU MAY HAVE

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TO HELP ME, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT WE ADDED. I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAGE, I BELIEVE PAGE 10 WE ADDED IN THE. NO, THE VICE PRESIDENT SECTION. I THINK WE ADDED THAT ONE IN. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THERE BEFORE.

THERE WAS ONE DEALING WITH.

THERE'S ONE DEALER DEALING WITH NEW MEMBER, NEW MEMBER REFLECTIONS. AND SO WE ADDED THAT IN THERE AS WELL. THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRAVEL. WE ACTUALLY MADE THE MODIFICATIONS FOR THE TRAVEL AS WELL. AND I'M NOT SURE IS IT ANY. IS IT ANY THAT ARE MISSING MONTAVO THAT YOU REMEMBER? VERY MINOR.

ON PAGE 21, I KNOW WE. WE ACTUALLY ADDED. WE ADDED THE F.

ALL RIGHT.

THE YEAR END REVIEW FOR THE NEW BOARD MEMBER. I KNOW THAT WAS A REQUEST. WE ALSO CLEANED UP THE SECTION ON TEAM SELF ASSESSMENT. WE ACTUALLY ADDED A TEAM SELF ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY. BY SEPTEMBER BY THE SEPTEMBER CALL MEETING.

SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT WAS THAT BEFORE WE STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE TEAM SELF ASSESSMENT DONE AS A BOARD THAT WE WOULD ALSO THEN HAVE A BOARD SELF EVALUATION AND THE NEW MEMBER, IF A NEW MEMBER WAS ON THE BOARD, THE NEW MEMBER WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE EXPERIENCES OF A NEW MEMBER SO WE CAN IMPROVE ORIENTATION PROCESS AS WELL. WE ALSO WITH THE COUNT, WITH THE ANNUAL PLANNING CALENDAR. WE TALKED ABOUT ADOPTING AN ANNUAL PLANNING CALENDAR IN JULY ALONG WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.

ACTUALLY, THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART WAS LISTED TO BE PROVIDED IN JUNE. JULY IS A MORE REALISTIC TIMELINE FOR US. SO WE MADE THAT MODIFICATION. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I THINK MOST OF THE OTHER CHANGES WERE MINOR IN NATURE. AND SO WE ARE PRESENTING THIS TO TONIGHT, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR YOU ALL'S APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE REVISION FROM THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT CAME BACK. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THE. REGARDING THE.

OKAY, SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE 2026, 2027. NO, I'M ON A DIFFERENT ONE. AS PRESENTED. THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS. ANY DISCUSSION HERE? OKAY. WEB PAGE? NO, PAGE SIX. OKAY. PAGE SIX.

UNDER G. GOOD. THAT'S A GOOD CATCH, TRUSTEE WATKINS. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE WANTED THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE ANYWAY. SO THAT SHOULD BE 2520. IT SAYS 2526. IT SHOULD BE 2627. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. WE, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION WAS BEFORE HOW. WHAT REPRESENTS 70% ATTENDANCE? AND SO I THINK WE IDENTIFIED SEVEN ABSENT, SEVEN OR MORE ABSENCES WOULD REPRESENT MORE THAN 70%.

PRESIDENT ROBINSON, HAVE A QUESTION? YES.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS FOR OFFICIAL CALLED AND REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OTHER MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? BECAUSE THAT MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. GOOD POINT.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS THAT WE HAD OR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE USE THAT AS THE NUMBER OF BOARD, AS A NORMAL NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS. AND SO REALLY, REALISTICALLY TO IMPLEMENT THIS, WE SHOULD BASE IT ON CALLED AND SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

SO WE HAVE SPECIAL, SPECIAL REASONS WHY WE HAVE TO CALL BOARD MEETINGS.

MY.

MY INTERPRETATION WOULD BE THAT WOULD NOT BE A PART OF THIS 70%. THE 70% IS BASED ON THE CALENDAR THAT WE SEND TO YOU ALL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AND WE'LL. WE'LL MAKE THAT DATE CHANGE FOR SURE.

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OKAY. TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS, SINCE THERE'S A MODIFICATION REGARDING THE SCHOOL YEAR, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A, AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION TO INCLUDE CHANGING THE DATE TO THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND OKAY.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? OKAY.

HEARING NONE MOVE TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THE MOTION PASSES.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT DOCUMENT THAT WAS IN HERE. THE LETTER OF RECOMMITMENT IS THIS. WE.

WE'RE TAKING THIS NOTEBOOK HOME, I GUESS, TO DIGEST AND BECOME ONE WITH IT. RIGHT.

SO.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

SO THE LETTER OF COMMITMENT IS REALLY THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT NOW.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BUT IT'S. IT IS. IT IS A PART OF HERE. AND SO WITH THE LETTER OF COMMITMENT WHERE WE. WE ACTUALLY PASSED THE LETTER OF COMMITMENT OUT AT THE LAST. LAST BOARD MEETING. AND SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS. WE LIKE TO. I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SIGNED IT, BUT WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS READ IT AND THEN PUBLICLY, PUBLICLY READ IT AND THEN COLLECTIVELY SIGN.

BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT AND HAVE IT ON RECORD THAT WE ALL AGREEING TO THIS. TO THIS WAY OF. WAY OF OPERATING.

OKAY, SO I WILL READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AND THEN WE'LL ALL READ THE BULLETS COLLECTIVELY.

LETTER OF RECOMMITMENT FOR THE 2627 CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

IN THE INTEREST OF PROMOTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, PROVIDING A STATE, PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS AND MAKING SOUND FIDUCIARY DECISIONS. I UNDERSTAND MY ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER IS A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY AND WILL MAKE IT A PRIORITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS TEAM TO MOVE THE DISTRICT FORWARD.

AND LIKE THE OTHERS, I WILL SUPPORT THE MISSION, VISION, BOARD PRIORITIES AND GOALS OF THE DISTRICT. WILL OFFER MY EXPERTISE TO HELP ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT. WE'LL WORK WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM TO COMMUNICATE THE BOARD'S ROLE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'LL ATTEND MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND DISTRICT FUNCTIONS TO ENSURE I UNDERSTAND ALL CURRENT AFFAIRS.

WILL ALWAYS HOLD THE BETTERMENT OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD AS MY PRIORITY, INCLUDING DURING ALL PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSIONS AND VOTING MATTERS.

WILL NOT ABUSE MY POSITION AS A BOARD MEMBER BY USING PRIVILEGED INFORMATION.

INFORMATION TO AID AND ASSIST ANOTHER CAUSE OR ORGANIZATION.

WILL DECLARE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BE IT REAL POTENTIAL OR APPARENT, WHICH IS NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER BEING DISCUSSED IN MY PRESENCE DURING THE MEETING.

I FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND THAT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS WHERE A MEMBER MAKES A DECISION OR DOES NOT MOTIVATED BY OTHER OR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, THEN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT. WHERE A MEMBER LEARNS OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFIT WHICH MAY BE VALUABLE TO HIM OR HER PERSONALLY OR TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION OF WHICH HE OR SHE IS A MEMBER OF OR TO PERSONS KNOWN TO BE A MEMBER. WHERE THE MEMBER IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE AS RELATED TO THE BOARD PUTS HIS OR HER PERSONAL INTEREST AHEAD OF THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT.

I HAVE READ AND FULLY AGREED TO THIS LETTER OF RECOMMITMENT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING THE BOARD IN THIS ROLE. PLEASE SIGN.

WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO SIGN IT AGAIN ON A DIFFERENT SHEET? MINE IS DATED DIFFERENTLY.

IF YOU HAVE IT ALREADY DATED, THAT'S FINE, AS LONG AS IT'S SIGNED.

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THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 9.2. CROWLEY ISD 20, 26, 27 BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

DR. MCFARLAND.

ALL RIGHT, SO MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THIS DRAFT IN YOUR.

IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AS WELL. AND THESE NOTEBOOKS, AGAIN, THESE ARE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

YOU COULD. YOU COULD ACTUALLY LEAVE THESE NOTEBOOKS HERE OR YOU CAN TAKE THEM WITH YOU.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

WE KNOW.

WE BELIEVE WE GAVE YOU ONE LAST WEEK, BUT THIS IS THE FINAL COPY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S. WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS ON IT, SO. ALL RIGHT, GOING ON THE BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WHAT WE ASK YOU, BOARD, IS TO GIVE US, I BELIEVE, THREE CHOICES OF YOUR COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE.

AND SO WE ATTEMPTED TO. WE ATTEMPTED TO PUT EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEES YOU SELECTED.

IN SOME COMMITTEES, IF WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE, THEN OFTENTIMES IF THERE IS A CONFLICT, THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU MISS, THEN WE'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO HAVE A THIRD PERSON THERE.

OF COURSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN FOUR BOARD MEMBERS, NO MORE THAN THREE BOARD MEMBERS ON ANY ONE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE OFTENTIMES CONFLICTS WITH THAT. SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT POLICY COMMITTEE. THE NAMES THAT WE HAVE ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE WOULD BE TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS, TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS.

ALSO WITH FINANCE AND CAPITAL FACILITIES IS TRUSTEE GRASSIA .

ALSO WITH MENTAL HEALTH, WE HAVE TRUSTEE WATKINS AND TRUSTEE MAYFIELD WITH THE STUDENT VOICE. WITH TRUSTEE WATKINS, TRUSTEE MAYFIELD, TRUSTEE GRASSIA WITH PARENT ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE TRUSTEE STEVENSON, TRUSTEE WATKINS.

TRUSTEE MAYFIELD. ALTERNATIVE IS TRUSTEE GRASSIA. WITH SUPER EVALUATION IS TRUSTEE ROBINSON, TRUSTEE DAVIS, TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS, AND ALSO TRUSTEE STEVENSON WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITMENT COMMITTEE WILL BE TRUSTEE ROBINSON, TRUSTEE DAVIS. AND AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU SEE A COMMITTEE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON AND YOU'RE NOT ON A COMMITTEE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON OR YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANY KIND OF MODIFICATIONS, IF YOU'LL LET US KNOW THAT WE COULD ADD YOU.

BUT THESE ARE. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT. IF THERE'S ANY.

ANY ADDITION ANYONE LIKE TO ADD OR. WE ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE A SAFETY COMMITTEE.

WE. WE DO HAVE A SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT'S NOT ON THIS LIST. AND SO I KNOW THE MEMBERS OF THE SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WERE. WELL, WHO, WHO I THINK IT WAS ROBINSON AND DAVIS, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR.

BUT IF. WERE YOU ON THE SAFETY COMMITTEE? STEVENSON.

ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON THAT SAFETY COMMITTEE, IF YOU'LL, YOU'LL DEFINITELY LET ME KNOW, I'LL ADD YOU TO THAT. OKAY, SO WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT FOR THE SAFETY. ALL RIGHT, SO I HAD STEVENSON. I'LL ADD STEVENSON AND ROBINSON TO THE SAFETY COMMITTEE.

ACTUALLY.

WOULD YOU HAVE TO BE ON THERE? STEVENSON? I MEAN, ROBINSON. YEAH, YOU HAVE. YEAH, THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS TO BE ON THE SAFETY COMMITTEE, BUT YOU, BUT STEVENSON.

ALL RIGHT, SO THOSE ARE THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE HAVE UP TO THIS POINT. MADAM PRESIDENT AND I HAVE A QUESTION. DR. MCFARLAND.

I'M SORRY, I DO. SO I, I SEE ON THE CFAC COMMITTEE AND FINANCE, WE ONLY HAVE ONE TRUSTEE.

DO.

DO WE NEED MORE THAN ONE OR IS TRUSTEE GRASSIA . NOT THAT HE'S INSUFFICIENT, BUT JUST ONE TRUSTEE, IS THAT SUFFICIENT? WE ACTUALLY WOULD WOULD. WE DEFINITELY WOULD. WE DEFINITELY WOULD. WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL ONE BECAUSE THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITY, THERE MAY BE CONFLICTS, BUT WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER ON IT.

SO IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL DESIGN, IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT HAS DESIRE TO BE ON THERE, WE DEFINITELY WOULD. WOULD NEED ANOTHER.

THE FINANCE.

FINANCE AND CAPITAL FACILITIES. FINANCE.

I MEAN, I, I HAVE THREE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU DOWN, TRUSTEE DAVIS, AND WE'LL, WE'LL.

HAPPY TO SERVE. HAPPY TO SERVE.

THAT'LL BE THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE. WELL, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL, WILL PROBABLY START MEETING IN, IN THE LATTER PART OF THE FALL IN PREPARATION FOR BUDGET. SO THAT ONE IS. AND REALLY THE TIMES OF THESE MEETINGS, WHEN WE MEET SEPTEMBER 8TH, WE'LL HAVE KIND OF THE FREQUENCY OF THESE MEETINGS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF TALK TO THAT. IT'S PROBABLY THE 10TH. THE 8TH IS STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR SOME REASON, BUT I THINK IT'S. THE 10TH IS WHEN WE HAVE THE, THE SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP. IS THAT THE 10TH? 10TH.

OKAY. THE BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES WERE A POSSIBLE

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ACTION ITEMS AND SO WE ADDED THE SAFETY COMMITTEE. WE ALSO ADDED TRUSTEE DAVIS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY MORE ADDITIONS AND MODIFICATIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 27, 26, 27 CROWLEY ISD BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES WITH THE APPROVALS? I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTED BOARD OF MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEES.

CORRECT. I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT WORDING, BUT IS THAT CORRECT? I SECOND IT.

OKAY. THE MOTION WAS MOVED BY TRUSTEE STEVENSON. AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE WATKINS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THE MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 9.3.

APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS TO TO SERVE AS DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE TO THE 26TH TASA TASB TEXT ED CONVENTION. MR. KIRCHNER WILL PRESENT THIS.

YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH DURING THE STATEWIDE CONVENTION IN HOUSTON. SO AS WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, THAT YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT A DELEGATE FROM THIS BOARD AND AN ALTERNATE. AND SO THIS WILL BE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS OR MAKE NOMINATIONS.

I WILL GO OUT ON THE LIMB AND VOLUNTEER TO SERVE AS DELEGATE. DO I HAVE AN ALTERNATE? IS THERE ONE? OKAY, I CAN TEXT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THERE IS A MOTION THERE IN YOUR BOARD BOOKS TO READ FOR PRESIDENT ROBINSON TO BE THE DELEGATE, MR. GRASSIA TO BE THE ALTERNATE.

I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECT DR. ROBINSON TO SERVE AS A CROWLEY ISD OFFICIAL VOTING DELEGATE AND TRUSTEE GRASSIA TO SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE. THE 2026 PASSBY DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, TRUSTEE STEVENSON MADE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.

TRUSTEE WATKINS. SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

PLEASE MOVE TO VOTE BY RAISING YOUR HAND. ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES.

OKAY, NOW TO THE FUN PART.

AGENDA ITEM 9.4, CLASS OF 27 GRADUATION CEREMONIES. MR. KIRCHNER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

YES, TRUSTEES, EARLIER TONIGHT, WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR SUMMER GRADUATES RIGHT HERE IN A VERY INTIMATE CEREMONY.

BUT COME MAY OF 2027, WE'RE GONNA HAVE HUNDREDS OF GRADUATES, AND WE CANNOT WAIT.

BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER TONIGHT AS WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE VENUES DUE TO WEATHER CONCERNS AND OTHER ISSUES IN RECENT YEARS.

AND SO, AT THE BOARD'S REQUEST AND WITH INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE WENT AND LOOKED AT OTHER OPTIONS. SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT WE CONSIDERED IN LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS WERE LOCATION, SEATING, CAPACITY, COST, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALL THOSE ARE IMPORTANT, BUT AVAILABILITY. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW SPACES IN THE AREA THAT HOLD SIX A GRADUATION CEREMONIES. AND SO WE WANTED TO FIND ONE THAT WAS AVAILABLE.

AND SO, AFTER A LOT OF SEARCHING AND A LOT OF LOOKING AT CALENDARS AND BUDGET CRUNCHING, WE HAVE SECURED AN OFFER PENDING BOARD APPROVAL TONIGHT TO HOST THE 2027 GRADUATIONS AT DICKEY'S ARENA RIGHT HERE IN FORT WORTH ON MAY 23, 2027. SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE HOW THIS CHECKS THE BOXES THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. AND A POSSIBLE VENUE. IT DOES HOLD 8,900 GUESTS, SO VERY COMPARABLE TO OUR OWN MULTIPURPOSE STADIUM.

THE COST FOR A ONE DAY, TWO CEREMONY. SO TWO CEREMONIES ON THE SAME DAY. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS OF $70,000 BY DOING THOSE. AND SO SUNDAY, MAY 23RD IS ONE OF THE LAST DATES THEY HAD AVAILABLE THAT WORKED WITH CROWLEY ISD SCHOOL CALENDAR. AND SO THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE A 4, 4PM GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND AN 8PM CEREMONY FOR NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN UTILIZING DICKEY'S IN RECENT YEARS AND MORE ARE EVEN ADDING ON TO THEIR VENUE. BUT LATER ON IN MAY AND EVEN INTO JULY, THEY'RE HOSTING HIGH SCHOOL

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GRADUATIONS. SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET MAY 23RD TWO DAYS AFTER THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS VERY EXCITING FOR US. AND SO OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS. THEIR OTHER. YOU'LL SEE TCC HAS HELD THEIR GRADUATIONS THERE. AND SO THEY RUN A REALLY WELL OILED MACHINE TO HELP US HAVE TWO CEREMONIES IN ONE DAY. AND IF THERE ARE NOT ANY QUESTIONS, OUR PROPOSAL TONIGHT WOULD BE TO VOTE ON THIS CONTRACT WITH DICKEY'S ARENA. AND IF THIS IS APPROVED, MR. ELLIS, WE WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT TOMORROW AT THE GAME AND THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'LL HAVE CAP, CAPS, GOWNS AND COWTOWN WITH A GRADUATION CEREMONY AT DICKEY'S ARENA WITH THE INFORMATION THERE. SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE.

TRUSTEE WATKINS.

WHAT? YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I HAVE A COMMENT.

IT WASN'T ME, BUT I'M LIKE, I CAN MAKE A COMMENT.

THIS IS AMAZING. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND JUST DON'T DOING WHAT.

WHAT THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR.

MY HEART IS LITERALLY OVERJOYED. I'M EXCITED FOR CAPTAIN GOWNS IN COWTOWN.

OKAY, TRUSTEE STEVENSON, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO THIS IS NOT ALREADY A BUDGETED ITEM, CORRECT? WELL, GRADUATION. GREAT QUESTION. GRADUATION CEREMONIES ARE A BUDGETED ITEM BECAUSE THERE ARE EXPENSES THAT WE BUDGET EACH YEAR FOR THE CEREMONY THAT WE HOST HERE.

RENTALS, PERSONNEL. THE THINGS THAT IT TAKES TO DO AN EVENT HERE IN OUR STADIUM ARE BUDGETED EACH YEAR.

BUT THE STADIUM ITSELF, PURCHASING THE STADIUM FOR THAT DAY, IS THAT ALREADY BUDGETED INTO THE.

FOR OUR STADIUM? THE COST.

THE COST DIFFERENCE.

YEAH. SO THE COST. WE, WE.

EVEN WHEN WE HAVE GRADUATION HERE, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED HERE WITH, WITH HAVING IT AT DICKEY'S. THAT AMOUNT, THE COST AMOUNT IS WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE FOR GRADUATION.

OKAY, GOTCHA.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION.

TICKETS. WILL THERE BE TICKETS ALSO GIVEN OUT OR WHAT'S THE SITUATION WITH THE TICKETS? GREAT QUESTION. WE WILL WORK WITH DICKEY'S ON THAT. THEY HAVE, LIKE I SAID, A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR DISTRIBUTING THOSE AND THEN CHECKING THOSE AT THEIR GATES. AND THEN THE TICKET QUANTITY WILL BE BASED ON WHAT THAT FINAL NUMBER OF GRADUATES IS LOOKING LIKE PER HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO AS WE'RE GETTING A GRASP ON THOSE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE.

BUT WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE THAT 08,900 SEATING CAPACITY THAT DICKIES HAS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE AT OUR STADIUM.

OKAY, AND LAST QUESTION.

PARKING.

IS THAT INCLUDED OR WILL THAT BE PARKING, FREE PARKING FOR FAMILIES OR HOW IS THAT SO PARKING THAT'S NOT INCLUDED AND SO IT'S NOT FREE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OFF.

THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAUSE THAT WE, WE. THAT WE HAVE BY GOING THERE. SO PARKING WILL BE A COST. AND AT THIS POINT, THE PARKING IS NOT BUDGETED WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR RANGE.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT PARENTS WOULD HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF.

THANK YOU, WINSTON MAYFIELD.

JUST ALONG WITH THAT, JUST CONFIRMING THAT TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION, THOUGH, FOR OUR GRADUATES WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.

I KNOW THAT'S AN EXPENSE AS WELL, BUT THAT WILL. WILL THAT HAPPEN? YEAH. SO I THINK WHEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER WHETHER WE BUSK. BUS STUDENTS TO, TO THE DOWNTOWN OR NOT.

WE'VE DONE IT A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS. YES, WE HAD THOSE YEARS AT GLOBE LIFE AND THEN THE DRIVE IN AND, AND THEN CONVENTION CENTER, AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT WITH THE CAMPUSES TO SEE WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE IS. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT UTILIZING DICKEY'S ARENA.

AND THERE WAS. I THINK ONE OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS WAS THAT IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY BIGGER THAN OUR STADIUM AND IT IS NOT. AND WITH. WITH THAT REALIZATION, THERE STILL IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A TICKET SYSTEM IN PLACE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE A FREE FOR ALL. SO WE'RE NOT GAINING A LOT AS FAR AS SPACE, BUT WE ARE GAINING, YOU KNOW, FROM A COMFORT STANDPOINT. SO I DO THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS ARENA, THOUGH GREAT, IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE. SO FAMILIES ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ABOUT WHO ATTENDS GRADUATION, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. WITH OUR SCHOOLS BEING AS LARGE AS THEY ARE WITH SO MANY GRADUATES, OUR OPTIONS REALLY ARE LIMITED.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS EMPHASIZED SO THAT AS WE START CELEBRATING. WE CELEBRATE WITH REAL EXPECTATIONS.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO HABS, GOWNS AND COWTOWN. IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE USE OF DICKEY'S ARENA FOR THE CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2027 GRADUATION CEREMONIES ON SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2027.

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OKAY. TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS MADE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

TRUSTEE LATONYA WOODSON MAYFIELD. SECONDED. PLEASE SHOW YOUR HANDS. SO ALL IN FAVOR, VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS. OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM.

LOOK, WE HAVE A STUDENT TRUSTEE QUESTION.

OH, I'M SO SORRY. YES, TRUSTEE TRAN.

SO THIS IS A CONSIDERATION I THOUGHT OF THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING. I DIDN'T REALLY BRING IT UP EARLIER BECAUSE IT'S SO FAR IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT IS REGARDING GRADUATION.

THERE WAS A CONTROVERSY LAST YEAR. WELL, NOT A CONTROVERSY, BUT WHAT IT IS, IT WAS A DISCUSSION LAST YEAR ON WHETHER STUDENTS IN THE TOP 20 SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OR BY THEIR RANK. AND AS IT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE THEY WERE CONSIDERED IN THEIR ALPHABETICAL ORDER AS OPPOSED TO THEIR RANK. AND AS A STUDENT MYSELF, I BELIEVE THAT. NOT NECESSARILY THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD APPROVE ON THIS RIGHT AWAY, BUT JUST KEEP INTO CONSIDERATION AND WHAT I WANT TO SEE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ANNOUNCED ON THE TOP 20, AT LEAST BY THE RANK. AND I JUST LIKE YOU GUYS TO JUST PONDER ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE TRAN.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT'S CAMPUS SPECIFIC BECAUSE ONE CAMPUS LISTS THEM BY RANK AND ONE CAMPUS ALPHABETIZES. SO YOU'RE AT NORTH RALEIGH.