[1.0 Call to Order] [00:00:05] GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTION 551.041 SUBCHAPTER C, GOVERNMENT CODE AS AMENDED BY THE 73RD LEGISLATURE, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING, AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I REQUEST A OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MR. HANDY. GOOD EVENING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. TRUSTEE PLACE 01, DR. NEDRA ROBINSON. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE 2, DR. LATANYA WOODSON MAYFIELD. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE 3, MR. DARRYL R. DAVIS II. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE 4, MISS JUNE W. DAVIS. PRE- TRUSTEE PLACE 5, MISS CECE WATKINS. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE 6, MR. GARY GRACIA. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE 7, MISS KALISHA STEVENSON. PRESENT. SUPERINTENDENT. MICHAEL MCFARLAND. PRESENT. WE HAVE OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES WITH US THIS EVENING. FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE MISS AVA COLE, WHO I BELIEVE IS ON HER WAY AS SHE SPEAKS. FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, MISS ANAYA LEE. PRESENT. FROM CROWLEY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, MISS RILEY LASEK. PRESENT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. HI, AVA. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HANDY. I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. THE MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE BOARD ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AS WE CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT, REVIEW INFORMATION, AND MAKE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF CROWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE TIME DESIGNATED FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. DECORUM AND COURTESY ARE IMPORTANT ELE- ELEMENTS IN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR COMMUNICATION DEVICES BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CROWLEY ISD SCHOOLS. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM, UM, 2.0, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AT THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND WHILE CADET COLONEL ENRIQUE MORALES AND THE CROWLEY ISD CORPS OF CADETS PRESENTS THIS COLORS. MA'AM, CADET COLONEL MORALES, REPRESENTING THE CISD PANTHER BATTALION, HONOR UNIT WITH DISTINCTION, REQUESTING PERMISSION TO PRESENT THE COLORS. PERMISSION GRANTED. THANK YOU, MA'AM. FOUR, MARCH. LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT. COLLAR, HALT, LEFT FACE. PRESENT COLORS. FREEZE THAT COLOR! 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 THE NAME OF TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ORDER! ORDER! COLLARS! RIGHT FACE! FORWARD! MARCH! LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT. WE ARE NOW [5.0 Recognition Item(s)] AT OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS. UM, AGENDA 5.1, GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL TEAMS. MR. WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCQUALLY, STUDENT TRUSTEES. ABOUT THIS TIME, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, A YOUNG LADY APPROACHED ME [00:05:01] ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF STARTING A FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM AT EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. SHE INFORMED ME THAT THE DALLAS COWBOYS ORGANIZATION WAS, UH, LOOKING TO FUND HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS. THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS HER EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING FLAG FOOTBALL TO CROWN ISD. AS WE CONTINUED TO TALK, I SAID TO MYSELF, THIS BECOMES A REALITY. I KNOW WHO I WANT TO LEAD THIS PROGRAM. DO I NEED TO START OVER? YES, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCFARLANE, STUDENT TRUSTEES. LIKE I WAS SAYING, ABOUT THIS TIME TWO YEARS AGO, A YOUNG LADY APPROACHED ME ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF STARTING A FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM FOR, UH, EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. SHE INFORMED ME THE DALLAS COWBOYS ORGANIZATION WAS LOOKING FOR TO FUND HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS. THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS HER EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FLAG FOOTBALL COMING TO CROWLEY ISD. AS SHE CONTINUED TO TALK, I SAID TO MYSELF, IF THIS BECOMES A REALITY, I KNOW WHO I WANT TO LEAD THIS PROGRAM. AFTER WE MET WITH THE COWBOYS ORGANIZATION AND DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FLAG FOOTBALL, I ASKED MISS, UH, ANGELICA GRAYSON TO COORDINATE THE TEAMS IN OUR DISTRICT. SHE TOOK THIS ASSIGNMENT WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM, LOOKING FOR COACHES, RECRUITING STUDENTS IN THE HALLWAYS, SETTING UP TRYOUTS, PRACTICES, CAMPS, AND GAME LOGISTICS. SHE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE FORMATION OF THE TEAMS AT BOTH CAMPUSES AND TO ME. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING COACH GRAYSON UP TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT INTO OUR FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAM HERE IN CROWLEY ISD. COACH GRAYSON. I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAS TO STEP UP HERE WITH A, UH, FAIRLY SHORT, BUT BIG IN NATURE. SO, AS MR. WILLIAMS HAD SAID, MY NAME IS ANGELICA GRAYSON. I'M, UH, MY FULL-TIME JOB IS AN ADAPTIVE PE TEACHER, SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAVE A BAD DAY WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT I DO HAVE MY DAYS, BUT WHEN I DO SEE THEM, MY DAY GETS BRIGHTENED UP EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I'M A BIT EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AND, UM, I'M A PRODUCT, A PRODUCT OF CROWLEY ISD. I GRADUATED IN 2001 FROM NORTH CROWLEY. I'M ONE OF THE FEW CLASSES WHO GOT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN GOING TO CROWLEY AND NORTH CROWLEY, AND I, I HAPPENED TO LUCK UP AND, AND LETTER AT CROWLEY AND NORTH CROWLEY IN ONE IN TRACK, ONE IN VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO I SAY THAT WITH PRIDE, AND I SAY THAT WITH MY CHEST STICKING OUT. SO I STARTED MY TEACHING YEARS HERE IN CROWLEY ISD, SO I, BEFORE I EVEN GET TO THE FLAG FOOTBALL PART, I GOT TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE FOUNDATION WHERE I COME FROM, WHICH I SPEAK SO HIGHLY OF. SO, UM, I WORKED MOST OF MY YEARS AT SUMMER CREEK AS A PE COORDINATOR AND HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, DID MANY SPORTS. I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALES, AND AS OF NOW, THE ONLY FEMALE WHO HAS COACHED FOOTBALL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WHO ALSO BECAME UNDEFEATED WITH 16 WINS. UM, SO YOU CAN CLAP THAT ONE UP RIGHT THERE. TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO COACH AND NOT JUST BE LOOKED AT AS A FEMALE IN A SPORT MEANT SO MUCH MORE TO ME. SO TO WORK WITH THOSE COACHES AND TO WORK WITH THE, UH, CURRENT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT THE TIME, MR. LINCOLN, TOLD ME TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT, AND THEY GAVE ME THE TRUST TO DO WHAT I DID, AND I WAS ABLE TO DO IT WITH THE SUPPORT. A LOT OF THE TIMES THESE LADIES DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT, AND TO HAVE THEM HERE TODAY MEANS SO MUCH. AND I HAD NO INTENTION OF TEARING UP BECAUSE I TELL YOU AGAIN BECAUSE IT MEANS SO MUCH. I HAVE A LOT OF PASSION FOR THIS SPORT AND FOR THE LADIES THAT PLAY THIS GAME BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. AS I GOT OLDER, I BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST COACHES. I LEFT EDUCATION, DIDN'T THINK I WAS COMING BACK, BUT I'M HERE TODAY. I LEFT EDUCATION TO BE THE FIRST FLAG FOOTBALL COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. MARY IN LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. I COACHED 2 YEARS, BUILT THE PROGRAM FROM GROUND UP, FROM THE FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL. I TOOK LADIES WHO DID NOT KNOW FOOTBALL AND MADE THEM INTO ATHLETES AND BECAME FOOTBALL PLAYERS. FROM THERE, I HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO B- TO BECOME THE MANAGER OF FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT, AND I WORKED WITH THE LOS ANGELES CHARGERS. I GAINED A TON OF EXPERIENCE. I GAINED A TON OF, UH, CORPORATE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AS WELL, WHICH IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM EDUCATION. IN EDUCATION, MANY PEOPLE ARE MUCH NICER THAN THEY ARE IN THE CORPORATE SPACE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, BECAUSE I'M SO USED TO GREETING PEOPLE AND SAYING HELLO, AND SO I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE CORPORATE SPACE. SO COMING FROM THE LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AND LANDING BACK AT HOME WHERE I'M FROM MEANT SO MUCH FOR ME AND A GREAT DEAL. I'M NOT IN THE COACHING CAPACITY, BUT I'M IN ADAPTIVE PE ROLE. I CAN STILL BRING FLAG FOOTBALL TO THE YOUTH, AND I CAN STILL BRING, UM, FLAG FOOTBALL TO THE, TO OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WHERE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, [00:10:01] AND THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT SPACE, THAT PLACE, AND JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL SECURE. THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT I BRING TO THESE LADIES, AND, UH, WHEN THEY COME TO ME ABOUT THE LITTLE MINOR STUFF, AND I SEE SO MUCH OF A BIGGER PICTURE. I'M THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE THE COACHES THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW TO HELP HAVE STARTED THIS PROGRAM. WE BEGAN IN 2025, AND LOOKING FOR COACHES WAS NOT AN EASY FEAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY FOR EVERYBODY TO SAY, HEY, I'LL DO IT. SO I HAD TO FIND COACHES WHO WERE WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK, UM, FOR, FOR A FEW PENNIES TO A DOLLAR. SO WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS HELPING US FUND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, HELPED OUT SO GREATLY BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE JUST NEED THE SPACE AND THE PLACE. AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE SPACE AND THE PLACE, NOW I CAN SPEAK WITH MORE CONFIDENCE NOW THAT MY T- MY I'M, I'M MORE LEVEL HELD AND HE- HEADED NOW. TO HAVE THESE COACHES HERE MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, AND I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, BUT THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, SOME OF THE COACHES HERE. I'M STARTING WITH NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE, UM, HEAD COACH LETICIA TILLMAN. SHE'S ALSO A FORMER MIL- MILITARY FROM THE ARMY, SO, UM, SHE BRINGS THAT, THAT, THAT ARMY FEEL, THAT DISCIPLINE, UM, TO OUR ORGANIZATION. WE ALSO HAVE ASSISTANT COACH HENRY BECOATS. UM, HE IS A MAN OF MANY JOBS, AND HE'S A, UH, OF A MAN WITH CHIVALRY, SO CHIVALRY STILL EXISTS. AND WE HAVE, UM, COACH KEENA GIBSON, WHO'S ALSO, UM, PART OF THE COACHING STAFF HE- UM, HERE AT, UM, NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. UM, HERE AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE HEAD COACH SARIK TURNER. HE, THIS IS HIS SECOND SEASON COMING IN, AND HE IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB WITH TEACHING THE LADIES FOOTBALL AND THEM UNDERSTANDING HIM AND HIM UNDERSTANDING THEM. UM, WE ALSO HAVE ONE OF OUR NEWEST COACHES. WE HAVE ASSISTANT COACH FRAN JUAN VALENTINE. SHE'S ALSO HERE AS WELL. SHE'S GOING TO BE NEW THIS SEASON COMING ON THE BOARD, AND WE ALSO HAVE, SHE'S VOLUNTEERING HER TIME, SO IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN YOU GET TO FIND SOMEBODY TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME. SO TIME IS SOMETHING YOU NEVER GET BACK, AND SO THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME, AND HER NAME IS CINDY JIMENEZ, AND SHE'S NEW TO THE SQUAD THIS YEAR. AND PERSON THAT'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE ALSO IS AN ASSOCIATE HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, IS LEGEND WRIGHT. UM, HE IS OUT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I'D LIKE TO ALSO HAVE THE CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS STAND UP. NORTH CROW- NORTH CROWLEY GIRLS STAND UP. SO, I DON'T SAY THIS ENOUGH, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP ON THE DAYS THAT YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT, BECAUSE IT'S HARD. TRUST ME, IT'S VERY HARD, AND THERE'S GONNA BE MANY TIMES IN LIFE THAT YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE GIVING UP, BUT WHEN YOU DO WAKE UP, YOU'RE ABOVE 6 FEET EVERY DAY, MAKE THAT DAY COUNT. AND THERE'S A THING THAT I LIKE TO SAY IS DON'T COUNT YOUR REPS, BUT MAKE YOUR REPS COUNT. SO MAKE YOUR DAYS COUNT LIKE YOU MAKE YOUR REPS COUNT. THANK YOU, LADIES. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. SO WITH THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE SPORT, UM, FROM THE, FROM THE PAST, THERE'S MANY, MANY COLLEGES THAT ARE STARTING FLAG FOOTBALL AND SCHOLARSHIPS. WE, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE HAD THREE THAT I KNOW OF WHO HAVE BEEN OFFERED SCHOLARSHIPS. THERE'S ONE YOUNG LADY THAT'S ON HER WAY RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE JUST ENDED FLAG FOOTBALL PRACTICE, UM, IN DALLAS. SHE'S AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND, UM, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET A, A FLAG FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP. SHE'S PART OF OUR FIRST SEASON FROM THE 2025 CLASS. AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE ON, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO TO A SHOWCASE SO THESE LADIES CAN GET IN FRONT OF COACHES, SO THEY CAN BE SEEN, SO THEY CAN SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS. AND SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN SO THESE LADIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SEEN AND TO BE HEARD. AND BECAUSE A LOT, LOT, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN FEMALES PLAYING FOOTBALL, BUT I BELIEVE IN ATHLETES PLAYING FOOTBALL. THERE, TO ME, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO GENDER TO THE SPORT BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN PLAY. AND WITH NORTH CROWLEY AND CROWLEY GOING HEAD TO HEAD FROM TIME TO TIME, UM, THEIR FIRST SEASON, CROWLEY ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE REGIONAL, UM, FINALS, FELL SHORT IN THE REGIONAL FINALS, BUT THE THING IS, THOSE GIRLS DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES, BUT I BELIEVED IN THEM ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY CAN WIN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T START WINNING UNTIL THE PLAYOFFS. AND SO THAT'S WHEN IT WAS A SHOCKER TO EVERYONE. UM, THAT FOLLOWING SEASON IN 2026, CROWLEY AND NORTH CROWLEY HEAD TO HEAD IN THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, AND IN THAT REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, NORTH CROWLEY PREV- PREVAILED, AND THAT'S HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, WITH THE REGIONAL, UM, PLAQUE THAT CAME FROM THE DALLAS COWBOYS. AND IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS TO FUND THIS SPORT, IT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO. SO IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, HOPEFULLY BY NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY TEXAS IS THE 25TH SPORT TO BE SANCTIONED WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THE LOCKER ROOMS AND THE UNIFORMS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR OTHER SPORTS GET, SUCH AS A VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, TRACK, TENNIS, SOCCER. SOON THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE SAME THINGS, AND THE COACHES WON'T GET PAID PENNIES OF A DOLLAR. BUT, UM, THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT FLAG FOOTBALL, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IT'S BECOME A LIFESTYLE OF MINE. THANK YOU. [00:15:07] THANK YOU, COACH GRAYSON, FOR SHARING YOUR PASSION. I WILL START TO MY LEFT. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE STEVENSON. HELLO, LADIES. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, MANY MOONS AGO, WELL, ACTUALLY 40 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR, UM, WE PLAY FLAG FOOTBALL WITH OUR JUNIORS AND SENIORS, AND THAT WAS THE EXCITING TIME THAT WE, AND I LOVED IT. AND SO I CARRIED THAT ON AS A YOUTH DIRECTOR. I WOULD GET THE GIRLS AT OUR CHURCH PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL, BUT I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR BEING ATHLETES, AND IT'S AN EXCITING SPORT, SO I APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT WE W- YOU GUYS WON A STATE. WHAT, WHAT WAS IT, CHAMPIONSHIP? REGIONAL. REGIONAL, REGIONAL. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU, AND I WISH YOU THE, THE VERY BEST. I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE THE SCHEDULE SO I CAN COME OUT AND SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD. CHRISTY WATKINS. UM, I DID WANT TO START OFF WITH THAT BECAUSE ON THE FIRST DAY, WAS IT, UM, MEET THE EAGLES, I MET THE COACH AND I SAID, PLEASE GIVE ME THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR ME OUT ON THE FIELD. I'LL BE LOUDER THAN EVERYBODY. UM, I AM SO PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COACHES, BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT TO SACRIFICE YOUR TIME TO BE THERE FOR CHILDREN, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE PASSION, IT TAKES A LOT, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT I DO IS FOR CHILDREN. CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES, ON THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN, THE HARD WORK, THE TEAMWORK. I AM SO PROUD OF EACH OF YOU, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR US TO GET OUR SCHEDULE AND CUSTOM FLAG FOOTBALL SHIRTS. THANK YOU. OKAY, UM, TO MY RIGHT. WELL, COACH GRAYSON, I WILL SAY I HAVE A, UM, 13-YEAR-OLD, AND SHE'S BEEN CHEERING FOR PROBABLY SINCE SHE WAS 7 YEARS OLD. SHE CHEERED WITH COACH TURNER'S DAUGHTER. UM, BUT SHE'S READY TO TRADE IN HER PALMS AND PICK UP A FOOTBALL. AND SO, AND SO HEARING YOUR PASSION TODAY AND THEN SEEING THESE TRAILBLAZERS HERE, I GUESS I WILL STILL BE ATTENDING FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, SO YOU'LL SEE ME OUT THERE NEXT YEAR. UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO AND POURING INTO OUR STUDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. I JUST I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING. THE ONE THING I BELIEVE IN IS IF YOU'RE TOO, IT'S A QUOTE BY RICH WILKERSON, IF YOU'RE TOO BIG TO SERVE, YOU'RE TOO SMALL TO LEAD. AND SO I LIVE BY THAT DAILY, AND THERE'S NO WAY I CAN BE A LEADER IF I CANNOT SERVE MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. NOW DO Y'ALL SEE WHY I CHOSE HER? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COACHES. I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU GIVE UP SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME AND AND ENERGY, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND TO THE, TO THE YOUNG LADIES, YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY PROUD OF YOU ALL. YOU ALL ALWAYS REPRESENT CROWLEY ISD WELL, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING AMBASSADORS FOR CROWLEY ISD AND, AND FOR YOU ALL'S SACRIFICE AS WELL. THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS BRINGS US TO OUR REPORT ITEMS, AGENDA ITEM 7.1, NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. OH, I'M SORRY. WE'RE GONNA COME... WE'RE GONNA SO IF THEY AND WE COULD JUST HAVE THEM COME AROUND SO WE CAN AT LEAST SHAKE THEIR HANDS AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, WE DEFINITELY DO THAT. THANK YOU. PROUD OF Y'ALL. ALL [00:20:02] RIGHT, HEY. ALL RIGHT. WE WANT TO SCOOT THE... NOW, HOW YOU EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT? UM, ON THIS SIDE, TRUSTEES. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. ALSO, PARENTS, UM, DO ANY OF YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TAKE A PICTURE? AND PARENTS, WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. YOU, YOU ALL CAN COME UP THIS WAY. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. [7.0 Report Item(s)] THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 7.1, NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND MRS. AGUIANO WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I BELIEVE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE PRESENTED AFTER STUDENTS, AND I, I, IT IS SUCH AN HONOR, AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF, UH, COACH GRAYSON AND THE GIRLS AND SO ON. AND, UH, I HEARD A WORD OVER AND OVER, UH, THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM ME AS WELL, AND THAT'S THE WORD OPPORTUNITY. SO AGAIN, GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT DR. ROBINSON, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT DR. MCFARLAND, STUDENT TRUSTEES. TONIGHT WE ARE PROUD TO HIGHLIGHT CROWLEY ISD'S HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION AS IT ALIGNS WITH VISION 2030, THRIVING STUDENTS, ENGAGED COMMUNITY, AND EMPOWERED STAFF. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR ANNUAL HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION. FROM SEPTEMBER THE 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER THE 15TH, CAMPUSES ACROSS CROWLEY ISD COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE RICH TRADITIONS, CULTURES, HISTORY, AND CONTRIBUTION OF HISPANIC AMERICANS. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS TOGETHER WE ARE MORE, OR UNIDOS SOMOS MÁS. IT REMINDS US THAT OUR DIVERSITY IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST STRENGTHS, AND THAT WHEN WE LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, WE BECOME STRONGER AS A DISTRICT, AS A COMMUNITY, REFLECTING ON THE VALUES OF FAMILY, RESILIENCE, CREATIVITY, FAITH, AND SERVICE. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, CAMPUSES ARE EN- ENGAGING STUDENTS IN MEANINGFUL LEARNING THAT CONNECT HISPANIC HERITAGE TO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS HIGHLIGHTING INFLUENTIAL HISPANIC LEADERS AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, LITERATURE CONNECTIONS THROUGH COLLECTION OF BOOKS CELEBRATING HISPANIC CULTURE AND HISTORY, CROSS-CURRICULAR LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT INTEGRATE HISPANIC CONTRIBUTIONS IN MATH, SCIENCE, LITERATURE, SPORTS, AND THE FINE ARTS. THESE EXPERIENCES HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY WHILE SUPPORTING ACADEMIC LEARNING ACROSS ALL CONTENT AREAS. STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE ALSO INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL HISPANIC HERITAGE ART CONTEST, WHICH PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO [00:25:01] EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY WHILE CELEBRATING CULTURAL IDENTITY AND PRIDE. THIS YEAR'S ART CONTEST INVITES STUDENTS TO INTERPRET THAT THEME, TOGETHER WE ARE MORE, THROUGH THEIR ARTWORK. FROM OUR YOUNGEST KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS TO OUR SENIORS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL SHOWCASE WHAT UNITY, FAMILY, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY MEANS TO THEM. THE COMMUNITY WILL THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE ARTWORK DURING A PUBLIC EXHIBITION ON OCTOBER 17TH AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THOSE INCREDIBLE TALENTS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE ALSO HAVE A DOOR DECORATING CONTEST. CAMPUSES ACROSS CROWLEY ISD ARE INVITED TO CREATE DISPLAYS THAT PROMOTE SCHOOL PRIDE AND CULTURAL APPRECIATION BY HIGHLIGHTING THE THEME, TOGETHER WE ARE MORE, UNIDOS SOMOS MÁS. IT'S ALWAYS INSPIRING TO SEE THE CREATIVITY AND SCHOOL SPIRIT DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT OUR CAMPUSES. FINALLY, WE COME TO THE QUIZBO, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, THAT WORD OPPORTUNITY, FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO ENGAGE IN ACADEMIC COMPETITION WHILE CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE QUIZBO. THE COMPETITION BRINGS TOGETHER STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT, DEMONSTRATING THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CURRENT EVENTS IN HISPANIC HISTORY. WE HAVE 3 DIVISIONS, ELEMENTARY ENGLISH, ELEMENTARY SPANISH, AND SECONDARY ENGLISH. THIS YEAR WE HAVE ADDED MANY NEW QUESTIONS, SO WE REALLY WANT OUR CAMPUSES TO GET TOGETHER WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND TO STUDY AND, AND BE PREPARED. CROWLEY ISD, YOU REMAIN COMMITTED TO CREATING EXPERIENCES THAT HONOR THE DIVERSE BACKGROUND OF OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, WHILE STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH CLASSROOM LEARNING, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT, AND ACADEMIC COMPETITION, OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION EXEMPLIFIES OUR COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING THRIVING STUDENTS, ENGAGED COMMUNITY, EMPOWERED STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THESE IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR SHARING, MISS AGUIANO. I'LL START TO MY RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, TO MY LEFT. OKAY, TRUSTEE STEVENSON. I'LL LET YOU LADIES GO FIRST, BUT THANK YOU. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENT. THIS YEAR I'M GONNA MISS IT, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO SEE EVERYTHING ON A VIDEO OR FACEBOOK, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS PUT ON A WONDERFUL EVENT EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE CULTURE AND THE CHILDREN'S PERFORMING, THE ARTS. SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS THRIVE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'RE AFFORDING OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WATKINS. I'LL JUST ECHO TRUSTEE STEVENSON. UM, LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST TIME COMING TO HISPANIC HERITAGE EVENTS, AND THE OPENING WAS AMAZING. UM, WE REALLY FELT AND EXPERIENCED YOUR CULTURE. TO SEE THE STUDENTS COME TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER SUCH AN AWESOME EVENT, IT WAS AMAZING, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR'S, UM, EVENT. SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. WELL, THANK YOU, AND I WILL SHARE THIS YEAR'S THEME IS GOING WITH THE NUMBER 15, SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, HONORING THE QUINCEANERA. SO YOU WILL HAVE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THEY WILL BE SHOWCASING THEIR QUINCEANERA DRESSES. THANK YOU. I JUST, I JUST HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE, UM, THE MONTH AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS? AND HISTORICALLY, THERE HAVE BEEN THE CAMPUSES TO, UH, HAVE THEIR OWN CELEBRATIONS, AND THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ARE INVITED, SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, STUDENT TRUSTEES, I INADVERTENTLY SKIPPED YOU ALL, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MISS AGUIANO? THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, OH, DR. MCFARLAND. SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO FIRST, UH, JUST THANK ALL OF THE, UH, ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE, WHO ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PUT THIS EVENT TOGETHER. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE SHOW UP ON SATURDAY, WE SEE A BIG MAJOR EVENT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT, LIKE, WORK, MONTHS AND MONTHS OF WORK, AND, UH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, VERY, UH, TIME CONSUMING, UH, EXTREMELY [00:30:01] LOGISTIC AND LOGISTICAL AND, AND JUST IT'S, IT TAKES A LOT. AND SO I KNOW, UH, KNOW WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE ENTIRE TEAM. IF YOU ALL COULD STAND, IF YOU'RE PART OF THE PUTTING TOGETHER THE THE THE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE BOWL, DEFINITELY WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU ON THAT. AND AND AND BOARD, I JUST WANT TO REALLY ALSO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THE COURAGE AND THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE THAT IN THIS CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE TO INSTEAD OF REDUCING AND NARROWING THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR CHILDREN, YOU'RE STILL COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING THE, THE CULTURE AND THE HERITAGE OF OUR, OF OUR, OF OUR STUDENTS. REALITY IS OUR GOALS, ONE OF OUR GOALS QUITE, QUITE EXPLICITLY SPEAKS TO HAVING THRIVING STUDENTS. THE REALITY IS WE HAVE EVENTS LIKE THIS SO THAT STUDENTS WILL KNOW, NUMBER ONE, OF WHO THEY ARE AND BE AWARE OF THE, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THEIR, OF THEIR ANCESTORS AND OTHERS, BUT NOT JUST FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS OR FOR ASIAN STUDENTS OR CAUCASIAN STUDENTS OR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. WE WANT ALL OF THEM TO KNOW THAT THEIR, THEIR ANCESTORS HAD A PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COUNTRY. SO THIS CELEBRATION GIVES US A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE THAT. THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING FACTS ABOUT THEMSELVES. THEY'LL BUILD AN AWARENESS OF OTHERS, AND REALLY IT, IT CREATES A SENSE OF BELONGING IN OUR DISTRICT WHEN WE CAN HAVE EVENTS LIKE THIS, EVEN IN THE SPACE OF POLITICAL, UH, THE POLITICAL SPACE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. WE STILL ARE, YOU STILL ARE AS A BOARD COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO SAY WE GO FORWARD WITH THESE KIND OF EVENTS. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THESE EVENTS DON'T HAPPEN IN MOST DISTRICTS IN THIS CLIMATE, BUT YOU'RE WILLING TO ALLOW US TO KEEP DOING IT, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AS MISS AGUILLANO SAID, UNI- UNIDOS SOMOS MÁS, TOGETHER WE ARE MORE. RIGHT. [6.0 Student School Board Trustee Program] OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 6.1, OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE PROGRAM, CELEBRATIONS, CAMPUS EVENTS, AND CONSIDERATIONS. I WILL START WITH YOU, UM, MISS AVA COLE FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. SORRY. UM, SO THE, THE FIRST CELEBRATION THAT WE HAVE IS, UM, WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR FIRST STARTED, WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH, UM, GETTING TRANSPORTATION BACK FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL TO PEACH STREET. PERSONALLY, ON MY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, I HAD TO WALK, AND I STILL GOT THERE BEFORE THE BUS. BUT TODAY I GOT THERE AT 4:14, AND SO THE BUS SITUATION HAS BEEN FIXED. AND THEN OUR LASTLY, UM, WE HAVE SOME CAMPUS EVENTS, WHICH IS MORE LIKE DISTRICT BECAUSE I'M, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE PARTICIPATING. NORTH CROWLEY C- CCA IS ALSO PARTICIPATING, BUT WE DO HAVE A YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT, UM, MONT TRIAL AND STATE AFFAIRS COMPETITION COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 14TH. YOU CAN SEE ME AND ANAYA THERE. UM, AND IT'S JUST SO, IT'S SHOWCASING SOME OF, UM, OUR LAW STUDENTS THAT GO TO THE CTE CENTER AND THEIR TALENTS, AND IT'S REALLY FUN. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. IT DEFINITELY ENCOURAGES US AND SHOWS YOUR SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, UH, PRESIDENT ROBINSON, DR. MCFARLANE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. FOR OUR FIRST NORTH CROWLEY CELEBRATION, UH, JKL, WHICH IS JUST KEEP LIVING, THEY SHOWED UP TO NORTH CROWLEY WITH SIGNS, AND THEY GREETED THEIR PEERS WITH WARM, WELCOMING ENERGY. STUDENTS LIT UP SMILES WALKING TO SCHOOL, AND IT SERVED- SERVED AS A GOOD REMINDER OF HOW POWERFUL KIND WORDS CAN BE. AND THE NEXT CELEBRATION, UM, ON GRANDPARENTS' DAY, WE HAD HI- HIGH SCHOOLERS EAT WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE, UM, FUN MEMORIES WITH THEIR HIGH SCHOOLERS. AND THE LAST CELEBRATION IS FOR NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY, UM, THROUGH STUDENT VOTER EMPOWERMENT CLUBS, NORTH CROWLEY HAD 30 PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE AT A VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE. AND FOR OUR CAMPUS EVENTS, UM, BOTH NORTH CROWLEY AND NORTH CROWLEY VOLLEYBALL AND NORTH CROWLEY FOOTBALL WILL TAKE ON, UM, CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. UM, NORTH CROWLEY VOLLEYBALL WILL PLAY AT 5:30 P.M. AT NORTH CROWLEY, AND THEN FOOTBALL WILL START AT 7 P.M. AT THE CROWLEY ISD STADIUM. AND FOR MY CONSIDERATION, I, UM, TALKED TO DR. LANE ABOUT REWARDING GOOD STUDENTS WITH, UM, MY, UM, FIRST, UH, PROPOSAL WAS TO INTRODUCE OFF-CAMPUS LUNCH TO STUDENTS WHO ARE DOING GOOD. HOWEVER, DR. LANE, UM, BROUGHT UP ACTUALLY HAVING, ALLOWING STUDENTS TO DOORDASH INSTEAD OF, UM, OFF-CAMPUS LUNCH BECAUSE IT WOULD BE [00:35:01] BETTER FOR SAFETY. SO ME AND DR. LANE ARE WORKING TO GET THAT IMPLEMENTED IN THE SCHOOL. THAT WAS TRUSTEE ANAYA LEE FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. HEY, UM, STUDENT TRUSTEE. UH. YES. DR. ROBINSON, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU SHARE HOW THE LUNCH DELIVERIES WILL WORK FOR, UM, I SEE THE TITLE, BUT IS THIS FOR STUDENTS? HOW DO YOU DETERMINE IF STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE THE LUNCH DELIVERIES, OR JUST TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS? YES, MA'AM. SO, DR. LANE, UM, WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM THAT WE'RE DOING CALLED MINGA, STUDENTS THAT HAVE ENOUGH POINTS, THEY WILL BE REWARDED FOR THAT, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, ORDER DOORDASH. ME AND HIM ARE STILL KIND OF WORKING THROUGH IT, BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT HE PROPOSED. SO IT WILL BE THROUGH OUR NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE CALLED MINGA. OKAY, SO IT'S A POINT SYSTEM. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, DR. ROBINSON, DR. MCFARLAND, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM, CCA HAS TWO CELEBRATIONS TO MENTION TODAY. CCA HAS RECENTLY HELD ITS FIRST OFFICIAL ALL PRO DAD MEETING HELD BY CAPTAIN MICHAEL LAZIC. THIS MEETING WAS ESPECIALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE OUR STUDENT SPEAKER, SAM MENSA, LED THE MEETING. UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING ALL PRO DAD AND CONNECTING THE BONDS BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS. FOR OUR SECOND CELEBRATION, CCA IS ALSO EXCITED FOR THE INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. AS WE KNOW, CONCESSIONS CAN GET PRETTY BUSY, SO WE ARE APPLAUDING OUR STUDENTS AT CCA WHO PUT IN THE WORK AND ARE SHOWING THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVING OTHERS, AS WELL AS SCHOOL SPIRIT. AND THEN, FOR OUR CAMPUS EVENTS, CCA'S FIRST BIG EVENT OF THE YEAR IS COMING UP. FALL FEST WILL BE HOSTED BY CCA STUCO, GIVING THE CHANCE, GIVING STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE THE SEASON. THIS WILL ALSO GIVE STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE STRESS OF EXAM SEASON AND EX- AND ENJOY SOME TIME TOGETHER BEFORE WE SEPARATE FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK. WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER FOR A FUN FALL CELEBRATION AND GET EVERYONE INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND THAT WAS STUDENT TRUSTEE RILEY LATSIK FROM CROWLEY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR OUR STUDENT TRUSTEES? OKAY, TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. UM, TRUSTEE LAZIK, YOU MENTIONED MENSA? MENSA, YES. YES. COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, WHAT IT IS? YES. SO IT IS ACTUALLY A NAME, THE LAST NAME OF OUR STUDENT, MR. SAM MENSA. HE WAS OUR STUDENT SPEAKER FOR OUR PAST ALL PRO DAD MEETING OVER THE TOPIC WISDOM. HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT AND TO LEAD ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND SPEAK FOR OUR STUDENTS. IS MENSA AN ORGANIZATION? NO, THAT IS SAM'S LAST NAME. OKAY, I'M MISSING SOMETHING. IT IS OKAY. I'M TIRED. IT'S ALL RIGHT. YES. YES. THAT'S HIS LAST NAME. OH, THAT'S HIS LAST NAME. YES, MR. SAM MENSA. OH, OKAY. BUT THERE IS, THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT. AND, AND I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A CONNECTION WITH THAT. RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE, NO. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO IS HE A, IS HE A STUDENT AT CCA? YES, SIR. A STUDENT, OKAY. AND THAT'S HIM, IS THIS HIM ON THE PICTURE? YES. OKAY. HE'S VERY EXCITED. ALL RIGHT. WE, WE'LL HAVE TO BRING HIM TO THE BOARD BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY AWESOME TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS LEADING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, FOR SURE. I'M SURE HE WOULD LOVE THAT. UM, TRUSTEE STEVENSON. I HAD A QUESTION, BUT I THINK, UH, TRUSTEE LEE, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THIS. TELL US ABOUT THE JUST KEEP LIVING CAMPAIGN. YES, SO JUST KEEP LIVING, UM, IT'S A FOUNDATION, I BELIEVE, UH, FOUNDED BY, UH, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, AND BASICALLY, WELL, I KNOW ONE OF THEIR, UM, EVENTS WAS THE, WERE THE SIGNS, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS AROUND THE SCHOOL THAT ARE JUST LIKE POSITIVE, UM, POSITIVE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS. IS THAT SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING AROUND THE CAMPUSES? BECAUSE I THINK I SAW THEM AT NORTH CROWLEY AND CROWLEY. IS THAT, WAS THAT WHAT THAT WAS BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? I, I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WATKINS. UM, HI LADIES. UM, AVA, I WANTED TO KNOW, OR TRUSTEE AVA COLE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE, WHERE IS THE, UH, YMCA EVENT LOCATED? DO YOU GUYS HAVE A LOCATION FOR IT? WE DO, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PULL IT UP. UM... OH, IT'S [00:40:01] AT, UH, CH- CHISHOLM. CHISHOLM. OH, OKAY. IT'S AT CHISHOLM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE. YES, UM, IF YOU WENT LAST YEAR, IT'S SAME SPOT. BUT OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS YEAR, BUT ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IF, UM, IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME OR, UH, MR. POTTS AT CTE OR MISS HARRIS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND I DO WANT TO SAY, WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASK QUESTIONS OR SHARE COMMENTS, AND IF I DON'T SEE YOU, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND, AND I WILL MAKE SURE TO CALL ON YOU. JUST ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, I KNOW, UH, MISS, UH, TRUSTEE COLE MENTIONED THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE, AND MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE REALLY, UH, HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES EARLY WITH TRANSPORTATION. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE ENTIRE TEAM, UH, MISS KUNCIC AND THE OTHER, AND THE OTHER TEAMS WHO WORK AT THE SECONDARY. UH, WE KNOW THAT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AT CROWLEY HIGH AND THE CONSTRUCTION ON JUST THE ROADS IN BETWEEN CROWLEY HIGH AND NORTH CROWLEY, THAT WAS REALLY A CHALLENGE. IT HAS BEEN, IT IS MUCH, MUCH IMPROVED AT THIS POINT. BUT ALSO, BOARD, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IN OCTOBER WE'LL BE HAVING ADDITIONAL, UM, TRAFFIC REDIRECTION BECAUSE WE'LL BE MOVING AT CROWLEY HIGH, WE'LL BE MOVING INTO THE ACADEMIC WING. AND SO THAT WILL CAUSE US TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE A DRAFT OF THAT PA- OF THAT PATTERN RIGHT NOW, AND SO WE'LL START TO SHARE THAT WITH PARENTS AND SHARE THAT WITH STUDENTS, BUT THE NEXT MONTH, TRAVEL AND TRAFFIC AT CROWLEY HIGH STARTING IN OCTOBER, WE WILL, IT'LL BE ANOTHER CHANGE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PATIENT WITH US. THANK YOU ALL FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. AND THAT STARTS WHEN STUDENTS RETURN FROM FALL BREAK? YES, IT- IT- IT'LL, IT'LL START THERE. WE'LL START SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH PARENTS, UH, IN OCT- OCTOBER 1ST, BUT IT WILL BE LIKE OCTOBER THE 12TH OR 13TH OR SO IS WHEN WE'LL ACTUALLY PUT IT IN PLACE. [8.0 Executive Session] THANK YOU. OKAY, UM, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE TO EJ- EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE BOARD WILL NOW AS- ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY. THE BOARD WILL, WILL RETURN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE ARE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:42 P.M. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 8:30 P.M. WE ARE NOW [9.0 Consent Agenda] AT THE CONSENT AGENDA. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE DARRELL DAVIS. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND BY TRUSTEE GRACIA. UM, ALL IN FAVOR? NO. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THAT [10.0 Consideration and Possible Action Item (s)] BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 10, UM, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. SENATE BILL 12, ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS. MRS. BATISTE WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT DR. ROBINSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DR. MCFARLAND. UH, TEXAS SENATE BILL 12, ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE, IS SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR, AND BASICALLY IT WAS PUT INTO PLAY DURING THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO THE CERTIFICATION IS DUE, WHICH IS A FORM THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TO TEA BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND THE BOARD MUST VOTE UPON IT AND APPROVE IT BY MAJORITY. UH, THE COPY OF THE ACTUAL FORM IS IN YOUR BOARD BOOK, AND BASICALLY WHAT THE, UM, THE CERTIFICATION IS STATING IS IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE RELEVANT BOARD POLICIES. THERE WERE A SERIES OF BOARD POLICIES THAT HAD TO BE ADOPTED, AND YOU ALL TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS QUICKLY AND AND DID IT WELL LAST FALL. AND SO IN NOVEMBER, WE LOOKED AT RELEVANT BOARD POLICIES, UM, AS FAR AS THE SUPER, WHICH WAS BG, BGA LEGAL, BJ, BJCF LOCAL, BT LEGAL, CJ LEGAL AND CJ LOCAL, CMD LEGAL, DF LEGAL, DG LEGAL, DH LEGAL, AND EMB, UH, LEGAL, AND ALL OF THOSE WERE, UM, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY YOU ON NOVEMBER 12TH OF 2025, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CJ LEGAL AND CJ LOCAL, WHICH WAS A JOB ADOPTED. UH, MR. HANNA, YOU GO TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ON JANUARY 19TH OF 2026. SO [00:45:03] WITH THE ADOPTION OF ALL OF THOSE POLICIES THAT MADE US COMPLIANT WITH SENATE BILL 12, THE, UH, THE CERTIFICATION. SO TONIGHT WE'RE JUST COMING BEFORE YOU TO GIVE DR. MCFARLAND THE AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT THE ACTUAL CERTIFICATION TO TEA. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. UM, THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM. IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SENATE BILL CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAW STATEMENT AS PRESENTED. TRUSTEE WHITSON MAY- DR. WHITSON MAYFIELD MADE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SECOND BY TRUSTEE GRACIA. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR. OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:33 P.M. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.