Oct 29, 2020 Regular Board Meeting

[1.0 Call to Order ]

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GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY ORDER THE OCTOBER 29, 2020 REGULAR MEETING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.

AND THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES CAN CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 551.041 AND 551.045 OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

PURSUANT THE PUBLIC KNOWS OF THIS MEETING AND ALLOWED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ISSUANCE A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF [INAUDIBLE] DUE TO THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC AND CLOSURES.

I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. [INAUDIBLE]? YES.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING OUR MEETING THIS EVENING, WHICH IS ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO JOIN BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.

WE HAVE IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO THIS EVENING.

I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BE PATIENT AS WE CONDUCT OUR MEETING IN THIS FORMAT.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR DEVICES ARE MUTED.

IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, PLEASE SEND A TEXT MESSAGE OR E-MAIL TO MR. KIRCHNER. AT THIS TIME, COULD YOU PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[3.0 Oath of Office ]

DR. MCFARLAND? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TONIGHT THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO SWEARING IN OUR POLICE CHIEF, CHIEF LA'SHAI MASTON.

I WILL ALSO INTRODUCE COMMISSIONER ROY CHARLES BROOKS.

WE'RE ALSO THANKFUL FOR COMMISSIONER BROOKS PRESENT WITH US TONIGHT, BUT ALSO THANKFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

COMMISSIONER BROOKS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE.

AND ALSO, POLICE CHIEF THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, COMMISSIONER BROOKS? THANK YOU, DR. MCFARLAND.

TO MADAM PRESIDENT HALL, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

MICHAEL MCFARLAND, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO THIS TO TAKE PART IN THIS IMPORTANT EVENT. ON BEHALF OF THE TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND IN PARTICULAR PRECINCT ONE, IT IS MY HONOR TO LEAD THIS OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE CHIEF OF THE NEWLY FORMED CROWLEY ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT, MR. LE'SHAI MASTON.

OUR COMMUNITY VALUES THE WORK OF THE CROWLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE KNOW THAT SAFE AND SECURE SCHOOLS ARE A CRUCIAL PART OF STUDENT SUCCESS.

CHIEF MASTON.

PLEASE RECITE YOUR OATH OF OFFICE.

I, LE'SHAI MASON, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CROWLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WILL DO TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND FURTHERMORE, I SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO UPHOLD THE MISSION, VALUES AND GOALS OF THE CROWLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HELP ALL STUDENTS THRIVE BY ENSURING A SAFE, SECURE AND NURTURING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

SO HELP ME GOD. THANK YOU, CHIEF MASTON.

AND NOW, PLEASE RECITE THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE LAW

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ON MY ARM. I WOULD NEVER BETRAY MY INTEGRITY, MY CHARACTER OR THE PUBLIC TRUST.

I WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE COURAGE TO HOLD MYSELF AND OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ACTIONS.

I WILL ALWAYS MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS AND UPHOLD THE VALUES OF MY COMMUNITY AND THE AGENCY I SERVE.

PRESIDENT HALL, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT MCFARLAND.

IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT I, AS A PROUD SUPPORTER AND ADVOCATE OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF CROWLEY ISD, OFFICIALLY INTRODUCE CHIEF LE'SHAI MASTON.

[APPLAUSE] CHIEF, WOULD YOU HAVE A WORD? I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE CITIZENS OF CROWLEY, THE STUDENTS, THE BOARD.

AND THE ADMINISTRATION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

ALONG WITH ME IS MY WIFE, MYOSHA MASTON.

WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO [INAUDIBLE].

[LAUGHTER] WELCOME.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] CHIEF, I HAVE A BLUE BOW TIE [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU SO MUCH [INAUDIBLE] AND THANK YOU

[4.0 Public Hearing ]

AGENDA ITEM 4.1 PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS SCHOOL FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS. MS. STACEY ADRIAN WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM, DR.

MCFARLAND? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE DEFINITELY ALL EXCITED TO REPORT ON OUR FIRST REPORT. WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK OF OUR ENTIRE TEAM, BUT SPECIFICALLY OUR FINANCE TEAM. MISS STACEY ADRIAN OUR CFO HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AS EVIDENT IN THIS FIRST REPORT.

MS. ADRIAN? THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND, MS. HALL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TONIGHT, IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FIRST REPORT.

EVERY DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT, AND THE PUBLIC MUST BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THAT REPORT.

SO TONIGHT, CISD IS PRESENTING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OUR 19/20 SCHOOL FIRST RATING BASED ON THE FISCAL YEAR OF 18/19 DATA.

THE CISD DISTRICT'S SCORE IS A 90, OUR DISTRICT RATING THEN IS AN A AND SUPERIOR.

CISD SCORED YES ON THE FIRST FOUR INDICATORS, THE AUDIT WAS SUBMITTED TO TEA BY NOVEMBER 27TH. WE HAD AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PAYMENT TERMS OF ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS, AND WE MADE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO TRS, TWC AND IRS.

CISD SCORED 10 POINTS ON INDICATOR SHOWING THE FOLLOWING, THAT OUR CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES WERE SUFFICIENT.

THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES WERE EQUAL OR EXCEEDED EXPENDITURES.

THE DEBT SERVICE RATIO WAS SUFFICIENT.

WE DID NOT HAVE A 15 PERCENT DECLINE IN STUDENTS TO STAFF RATIO OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

WE DID NOT HAVE MORE THAN A THREE PERCENT VARIANCE BETWEEN PEIMS AND THE CAFR.

WE WERE FREE OF INSTANCES OF MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE AN ADJUSTED REPAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR ANY OVERALL ALLOCATIONS OF THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM.

CISD DID RECEIVE AN EIGHT ON INDICATOR NUMBER SIX, THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND IN THE GENERAL FUND SUFFICIENT TO COVER OPERATING EXPENDITURES, OUR MATHEMATICAL BREAKDOWN IS 84.4302.

WE NEED TO SCORE AT LEAST A 90 ON THAT SCORE.

LAST YEAR, WE DID RECEIVE TEN POINTS ON THIS INDICATOR.

SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE CAN REGAIN THOSE TWO POINTS AND GET BACK UP TO A TEN.

CISD RECEIVED A FOUR ON INDICATOR NUMBER EIGHT, WAS OUR LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT LONG TERM SOLVENCY?

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WE NEED TO GET IT TO 0.8.

WE CONSISTENTLY SCORE FOUR ON THIS INDICATOR.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE WE CAN RECOVER AND SCORE MORE POINTS ON THAT INDICATOR. CISD RECEIVED AN EIGHT ON INDICATOR NUMBER 11, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO, OUR RATIO IS 0.0945.

WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE AN EIGHT ON THIS, BUT WE CONSTANTLY ARE REVIEWING OUR CODING AND TRYING TO BRING THAT UP TO THE 0.0855.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE FIRST REPORT FOR NOW IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S OPEN FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION. IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ATTENDEES? IF SO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND REQUEST TO SPEAK.

THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FROM OUR MEETING ATTENDEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? JUST A COMMENT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THE SUPERIOR RATING, WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT.

SO THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU. IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

THANK YOU MS. BENTON. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? MR. KIRCHNER, ARE THEY ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR ATTENDEES? NO, MA'AM. OK, WELL, IS THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU MS. ADRIAN. WITH THERE BEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. THIS MOVES US TO AGENDA ITEM 6.0, BOARD CELEBRATION.

[6.0 Board Celebrations ]

WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WORK REALLY HARD WITH US THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR DURING LAST SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE DECIDED TONIGHT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.

MR. KIRCHNER WILL BE BRINGING THIS ITEM.

[INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] , I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY OVERALL WHAT AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB THE STAFF, THE ADMINISTRATORS, EVEN THE STUDENTS HAVE DONE UP TO THIS POINT.

I CAN [INAUDIBLE] WHEN I TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS OPERATING SO SMOOTHLY.

THE COMMUNICATION IS AWESOME.

I MEAN, THE TEACHERS AND THOSE WHO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO QUESTIONS, TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED.

AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU WITH THE GREATEST APPRECIATION TO THE ENTIRE CISD COMMUNITY. AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, THE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE PANDEMIC AND JUST BEING ABLE TO FLEX THE [INAUDIBLE] WHEN WE NEED TO. AND IT'S JUST REMARKABLE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE CISD COMMUNITY, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL.

THANK YOU DR.

[INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE] ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OK. THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD CELEBRATIONS AND BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 7.0 BOARD REPORTS.

[7.0 Board Report(s) ]

WE KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS ATTEND THIS VIRTUAL CONFERENCE, VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT STILL A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION TO SHARE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SPACE AVAILABLE ON THIS AGENDA FOR ANYONE TO WANT TO SHARE THEIR LEARNINGS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE CONFERENCE.

SO THIS AGENDA ITEM IS HERE IN CASE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION ON THE

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I DID ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THE CONFERENCE WAS GREAT.

THERE WERE A LOT OF VERY, VERY INTERESTING SESSIONS.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS ENTITLED USING A CULTURAL [INAUDIBLE] APPROACH TO HELP STUDENTS ADVANCE. AND IT WAS LEAD BY MIKKI TAYLOR, WHO IS THE EDITOR OF ESSENCE MAGAZINE AND IS NOW THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF A MENTORING PROGRAM, NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT. IT IS A RESEARCH BASED MENTORING MODEL TO HELP STUDENTS TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES BY USING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BY SEEDING RESILIENCE IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS.

THE PROGRAM UTILIZES GROUP, THE GROUP MENTORING MODEL TO INCLUDE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT COMPONENT CALLED THE RISING UNIVERSITY FOR PARENTS AND WITH THIS MODEL, THEY LET THE STUDENTS. TALK TO THE PARENTS AND TELL THEM ABOUT WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT.

THEY BEGIN THE EACH SESSION WITH WHAT THEY CALL WELLNESS MENTORING CIRCLES, WHICH CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S SAFE TO SHARE, AND THEY BEGAN BY SINGING, LET THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN. THEY BELIEVE THAT ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL MEASURING CIRCLE ARE NUMBER ONE.

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TALKING.

NUMBER TWO, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATED.

NUMBER THREE, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED.

NUMBER FOUR, YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL SAFE.

AND NUMBER FIVE, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEY HAVE SEVEN COVENANTS.

NUMBER ONE, COMMITTED LISTENING.

NUMBER TWO, NO PUT DOWNS.

NUMBER THREE, I STATEMENT.

NUMBER FOUR, STEP UP, STEP BACK.

NUMBER FIVE, RIGHT TO PASS. NUMBER SIX, CONFIDENTIALITY.

AND NUMBER SEVEN, ESTABLISH CONSEQUENCE.

THEY BEGAN BY ASKING THE STUDENTS HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES AND HOW DO PEOPLE SEE THEM AND THEN THEY MOVE TO HELP THEM CREATE THEIR SHARED VISION OF SUCCESS.

THE GOAL IS FOR THEM TO EMERGE FROM THE ENVIRONMENT STRENGTHENED, NOT BROKEN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE EDUCATIONAL INEQUITY TRANSLATES TO SOCIO ECONOMIC INEQUITY.

THEY REFERENCED A BOOK, A NEW WAY FORWARD HEALING WAS HURTING BLACK AMERICA.

AND IN THE BOOK, THERE IS A PLEDGE TO RESCUE OUR YOUTH BY DR.

MAYA ANGELOU. THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU NOW.

YOUNG WOMEN, YOUNG MEN OF COLOR, WE ADD OUR VOICES TO THE VOICES OF YOUR ANCESTORS WHO SPEAK TO YOU OVER ANCIENT SEAS AND ACROSS IMPOSSIBLE MOUNTAIN TOPS.

COME OUT OF THE SHADOW OF IRRATIONAL PREJUDICE, YOU OWE NO RACIAL DEBT TO HISTORY. THE BLOOD OF OUR BODIES AND THE PRAYERS OF OUR SOULS HAVE BOUGHT YOU A FUTURE FREE FROM SHAME AND BRIGHT BEYOND THE TELLING OF IT. WE PLEDGE OURSELVES AND OUR RESOURCES TO SEEK FOR YOU CLEAN AND WELL-FURNISHED SCHOOLS, SAFE AND NON-THREATENING STREETS, EMPLOYMENT WHICH MAKES USE OF YOUR TALENTS, BUT DOES NOT DEGRADE YOUR DIGNITY. YOU ARE THE BEST WE HAVE.

YOU ARE ALL WE HAVE. YOU ARE WHAT WE HAVE BECOME. WE PLEDGE YOU OUR WHOLE HEARTS FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.

AND AS I SAID THAT WAS WRITTEN BY DR. MAYA ANGELOU. SO MY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS, AND I'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT I BELIEVE IT EVEN MORE SO NOW, THAT WE MUST REACH STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND MOVE THEM TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US TRUSTEE DAVIS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS [INAUDIBLE].

THIS CONCLUDES AGENDA ITEM 7.0, WHICH MOVES US NOW TO OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS IN ITEM 8.1.

[8.0 Recognition Item(s) ]

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MR. KIRCHNER WILL REPORT ON THIS RECOGNITION ITEM [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HALL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

MCFARLAND. WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS WITH A GROUP OF CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

AND THIS ALIGNS WITH GOAL ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN MISSION 2025 FOR THRIVING STUDENTS.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENTER THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BY TAKING THE PSAT NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST EVERY YEAR.

AND IT'S AN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THAT HAS APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT SIX MILLION APPLICANTS EACH YEAR.

SO A LOT OF STUDENTS COMPETE, BUT ONLY A FEW ARE QUALIFIED FOR RECOGNITION.

AND CROWLEY ISD THIS YEAR IS VERY PROUD TO HAVE THREE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS RECOGNIZED IN THE 2020 NATIONAL MERIT PROGRAM.

AND DURING OUR HYBRID MEETINGS, THEY CAN'T BE WITH THE SAME PERSON, BUT THEY ARE JOINING US VIA ZOOM THIS EVENING AND WE HAVE THEIR PICTURES THERE TO SHARE ON THE SCREEN AS WELL.

SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING.

AS WE START WITH, OUR TWO STUDENTS HAVE BEEN NAMED TO THE NATIONAL MERIT HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM AND THEY ARE RACHEL BRIDGES AND ANGEL MADRIGAL FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. EACH YEAR, THIS NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM IDENTIFIES NEARLY 5000 OF THE HIGHEST SCORING STUDENTS OF HISPANIC OR LATINO HERITAGE.

RACHEL AND ANGEL ARE TWO OF THE TWO OF THOSE FIVE THOUSAND SELECTED FROM TWO OF THE FIVE THOUSAND SELECTED FROM OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND STUDENTS.

SO LET'S SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO RACHEL AND ANGEL.

RACHEL, ARE YOU THERE WITH US RIGHT NOW? CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? YES.

RACHEL, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR YOU AFTER GRADUATION, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AND YOUR GOALS? I PLAN TO ATTEND UT AUSTIN AND MAJOR IN EITHER ART OR ARCHITECTURE.

FANTASTIC. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE ANGEL WITH US.

ANGEL, TELL US ABOUT YOUR PLANS AND GOALS.

SO I PLAN TO ATTEND EITHER UT AUSTIN OR SMU AND I INTEND ON STUDYING BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

FANTASTIC. WELL, YOU TWO ARE OFF TO A GREAT START.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING US PROUD.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND YOUR TEACHERS FOR THIS WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER STUDENT TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.

SHE IS OUR OUR HERE.

NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS, ABBY VAN KEER FROM NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL. SEMIFINALISTS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST SCORING ENTRANTS IN THE ENTIRE NATION. ABBY IS IN A VERY SELECT GROUP OF STUDENTS NATIONWIDE REPRESENTING LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SELECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE NATIONAL MERIT COMPETITION.

SEMIFINALISTS WILL NOW FULFILL SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO ADVANCE TO THE FINALIST STANDING. WE'LL HEAR ABOUT LATER THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY'LL BE JUDGED ON THEIR ACADEMIC RECORD, TEST SCORES, OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION, THEIR ACTIVITIES, LEADERSHIP AND A STUDENT ESSAY.

SO LET'S PULL ABBY UP HERE REAL FAST AND TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS PLANNED FOR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. ABBY CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? YES, I AM PLANNING ON ATTENDING EITHER UT OR A&M FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERING.

UT OR A&M, TWO BIG RIVAL SCHOOLS.

ABBY, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING.

LET'S HEAR FOR ABBY AND HER FAMILY AND STAFF HAS HELPED HER GET TO THIS POINT.

CONGRATULATIONS, ABBY, ANGEL AND RACHEL.

WE WISH YOU COULD BE HERE IN PERSON SO WE COULD SHAKE YOUR HAND AND GIVE YOU A HIGH FIVE AND KNOW THAT WE'RE CHEERING FOR YOU AND WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.

SO GREAT JOB. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

MS. HALL? THANK YOU MR. KIRCHNER. [INAUDIBLE] ALRIGHT THAT BRINGS US TO OUR AGENDA ITEM 8.2 CISD HEARTBEAT TEAM AWARD. DR. MCFARLAND? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING FORWARD OUR CISD HEARTBEAT TEAM AWARD.

MR. KIRCHNER WILL BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION.

YES, EVERYONE, WE ARE VERY EXCITED AS DR.

MCFARLAND SAID TO RESUME OUR HEARTBEAT TEAM AWARD THIS MONTH, AND THIS ALIGNS WITH GOAL THREE AN EMPOWERED STAFF.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CROWLEY ISD HEARTBEAT TEAM RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES WHO DISPLAY HEART AS THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION.

AND THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALL THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TO ACTUALLY RESUME THE FORMAL PRESENTATION OF THE HEARTBEAT AWARD IN THIS MONTH'S LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING AND FACE MASKS.

BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE WE SURPRISED THIS MONTH'S RECIPIENTS AND WHAT IT IS THAT MADE HER THE HEARTBEAT OF CROWLEY ISD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

WATCH THIS VIDEO.

CROWLEY ISD HERE, BUT WE'RE HERE WITH THE HEARTBEAT COMMITTEE FOR ONE SPECIAL PERSON WHO'S WON OUR VERY FIRST HEARTBEAT AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, AND THAT IS TAMARA PARKER.

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SINCE MARCH, TAMARA HAS HELPED PROCESS AN INVENTORY, MORE THAN 11000 CHROMEBOOKS AND 1000 HOT SPOTS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT THEN HELP DISTRIBUTED TO CAMPUSES AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. TAMARA, WE KNOW YOU WORK LATE NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS AND YOU NEVER COMPLAINED, AND YOUR HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES HELPED MAKE THIS MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT A HUGE SUCCESS.

ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE IN THIS ROOM SAID THAT YOU ARE A BEACON OF POSITIVITY AND ANOTHER ONE SAID THAT YOUR DEDICATION TO CISD STUDENTS, COMBINED WITH YOUR ENERGY AND POSITIVITY, TRULY EMBODIES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE THE HEARTBEAT OF CROWLEY ISD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, TAMRA PARKER.

[APPLAUSE] WITH EVERYTHING THAT ALL THE CRAZINESS SINCE MARCH AND ALL THIS CAME OUT, SHE JUST HAS HAS BEEN THAT STEADY INFLUENCE IN THE BACKGROUND, WHO'S JUST HAS HER HEAD DOWN, GETTING HER JOB DONE AND NOT COMPLAINING AND KEEPING OTHER PEOPLE CALM AND TAMARA'S REALLY PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST UNLIKELY PEOPLE TO GET NOMINATED, I THINK, BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T INTERACT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE CAMPUSES, HARDLY ANY PEOPLE.

IT'S JUST THE PEOPLE IN TECHNOLOGY.

BUT EVERYONE HERE SEES THE CORE ROLE THAT SHE PLAYS AND EVERYTHING KIND OF HINGES ON HER, WHAT SHE DOES. AND SO IT'S ENCOURAGING FOR THE WHOLE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEE TAMRA GET A GET THE HEARTBEAT AWARD JUST BECAUSE SHE IS INTEGRAL TO WHAT WE DO HERE.

I'LL MAKE SURE SHE GETS THE 300 E.

I ENJOY MY JOB. I LOVE IT.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THESE STUDENTS HAVE DEVICES, WORKING DEVICES.

SO IT IS A LOT OF PRESSURE.

BUT I MEAN, AS A PARENT, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THESE DEVICES.

THAT'S WHAT DRIVES ME.

TO WANT TO GET THESE DONE AS FAST AND EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT'S MY DRIVE TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY. IN MARCH, WE WENT FROM, YOU KNOW, HAVING CHROMEBOOKS IN CARTS AT THE CAMPUSES, TRYING TO GET THOSE TO ONE PER HOUSEHOLD AND REALIZING THAT WE HAD WE HAD A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME BEFORE SCHOOL IS OVER.

WE HAD TO GET THOSE OUT, GET THOSE INTO THE HOUSEHOLDS.

ONCE SUMMER HIT AND WE REALIZED THAT THAT COVID WAS NOT GOING AWAY, THAT THIS IS A LONG TERM THING.

WE REALLY FELT THE NEED.

WE HAD TO TRANSITION FROM ONE PER HOUSEHOLD TO ONE PER STUDENT BECAUSE SO NOW YOU HAVE A FAMILY THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE STUDENTS AND THESE STUDENTS ARE TRYING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEIR TEACHER AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING CLASSES AT THE SAME TIME. WE REALLY HAD TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION TO EVERY STUDENT HAS THEIR OWN DEVICE AND THAT THAT DEVICE IS INTEGRAL TO EDUCATION.

I HAVE CURRENTLY FIVE CHILDREN IN CROWLEY ISD.

ONE IS 15, THREE TEN YEAR OLDS, ONE NINE YEAR OLD.

IT'S A MAJOR DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR DOING THE REMOTE LEARNING.

BACK IN SPRING, WE ONLY HAD TWO CHROMEBOOKS WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLER HAVING HER OWN AND THE FOUR LITTLE ONES JUST SHARING ONE CHROMEBOOK.

AND IT WAS JUST A STRUGGLE, A STRUGGLE EVERY DAY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OK, WHO HAS THE MOST WORK, WHO FINISHES FASTER, WHO TAKES UP THE MOST TIME? THIS YEAR, IT'S IS THEY'RE SO INDEPENDENT THAT THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN DEVICE.

THEY HAVE A CHARGING STATION AT THE HOUSE.

SO IN THE MORNINGS THEY GRAB THEIR SNACK, THEIR CHROMEBOOKS, NOTEBOOK, PAPERS AND THEY GO TO THEIR DESIGNATED AREA IN THE HOUSE.

SO IT'S HELPED A WHOLE LOT FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN DEVICE.

AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE FOR THEM THIS YEAR.

I JUST WANT TO THANK MS. PARKER FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.

HER HARD WORK HAS MADE A GREAT IMPACT IN MY FAMILY.

HANDS DOWN. YOU DESERVE THAT AWARD.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR IT FOR TAMRA PARKER [APPLAUSE].

OUR HEARTBEAT RECIPIENT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, MS. PARKER IS JOINING US BY ZOOM.

I KNOW A LOT OF THE TIMES YOU'RE BEHIND THE SCENE GOING THROUGH ELEVEN THOUSAND LAPTOPS.

YOU TOUCHED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM AND MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND HOT SPOTS.

BUT TONIGHT, YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR FROM AT LEAST ONE PARENT WHO JUST TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT YOU'VE MADE. WHAT DOES THIS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO SEE YOUR HARD WORK BENEFITING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES LIKE THAT? IT'S AMAZING.

AND I REALLY IT'S REALLY HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS HOW I FEEL GETTING THESE OUT TO THE STUDENTS. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S WORTH IT.

ABSOLUTELY. WELL, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THE HARD WORK IS WORTH IT BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE OUR STUDENTS THRIVING, OUR PARENTS FUNCTIONING DURING THIS NEW TIME OF VIRTUAL LEARNING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO TAMRA PARKER.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR MISS PARKER.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

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THANK YOU.

MS. HALL? [INAUDIBLE] AGENDA ITEM 8.3 TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS STAND UP FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNITIONS [INAUDIBLE] MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS.

SO NOW WE GET TO THE RECOGNITION THAT I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT EARLIER, DR.

[INAUDIBLE] LEWIS HAS DONE JUST A PHENOMENAL JOB [INAUDIBLE] PARTNERS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PARTNERS THAT ARE ONLINE TONIGHT TO RECEIVE THE RECOGNITION BUT I AM JUST SO THANKFUL FOR DR.

LEWIS THAT SHE AND HER TEAM.

SO TONIGHT DR.

LEWIS IS THE PERSON TO REPORT ON THE RECOGNITION THAT OUR PARTNERS HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT HALL, TRUSTEES AND DR.

MCFARLAND.

IN ALIGNMENT WILL GOAL TWO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES, THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB IS RECOGNIZING AND HONORING 16 FAITH BASED AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES IN VARIOUS WAYS.

TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE 8 FAITH BASED COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.

OUR STUDENT AND STAFF RECOGNITION MONTHLY WITH GIFTS [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL AS WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. TAKE HOME LUNCH SNACK PACKS [INAUDIBLE] FOR TEACHERS, STAFF MEMBERS AND ALSO PARENTS.

THEY HAVE ALLOWED THE DISTRICT TO UTILIZE THEIR FACILITIES TO HOST EVENTS, CONVOCATION NIGHT OF THE STARS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT THEIR FACILITIES, SUPPORT OUR [INAUDIBLE]. THEY ALSO DO WEEKLY BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER SCHOOL TUTORIALS FOR READ TO WIN. THEY DO A HOST OF, THEY HAVE HOSTED THE SNAP APPRECIATION AND LUNCHES.

THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF HERE IN CROWLEY ISD.

MR. KIRCHNER? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, DR.

LEWIS. SO THANK YOU FOR NOMINATING THESE FAITH BASED PARTNERS FOR THE TASB STAND UP FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNITION.

WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM ONLINE TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH THE LIST OF [INAUDIBLE].

JUST CALLING TO FOLLOW UP WITH TO GET AN EPA OR A SPECIFIC TIME.

WE WILL RUN THROUGH THIS REAL FAST.

PARTNERS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU'LL WAVE, SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHO WE'RE RECOGNIZING THIS EVENING, STARTING WITH FROM FORT WORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PASTORS STEVE FULTS.

FORT WORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SERVED OAKMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN A VARIETY OF WAYS MONTHLY. THERE'S A STUDENT AND TEACHER OF THE MONTH AND THEY'RE RECOGNIZED WITH GIFTS AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

AND EVERY WEEK STUDENTS ARE TRANSFERRED TO THEIR CHURCH FOR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.

AND FORT WORTH PRESBYTERIAN IS AN ACTIVE SUPPORTER IN THE CAMPUSES BLUE ZONE ACTIVITIES.

PASTOR STEVE FULTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OAKMONT AND ALL OF CROWLEY ISD.

FROM THE FOUNTAINS FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, WE HAVE KASHI WALLACE.

FOUNTAINS FELLOWSHIP SERVES SEVERAL CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BY PROVIDING SNACKS AND WEEKLY TUTORIALS.

AND THOSE WEEKLY TAKE HOME SNACK PACKS ARE A HUGE HIT.

SO THANK YOU. FOUNTAINS FELLOWSHIP AND MS. WALLACE.

FROM GREAT COMMISSION BAPTIST CHURCH, THE TEAM AND LED BY PASTOR DR.

DOUGLAS BROWN. GREAT COMMISSION BAPTIST CHURCH PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ALL TWENTY FIVE CROWLEY ISD CAMPUSES. WE HAVE A STUDENT TEACHER OF THE MONTH RECOGNIZED BY GREAT COMMISSION AND THEY HAVE A GIFT BASKET THEY PROVIDE AT PARKWAY ELEMENTARY.

VOLUNTEERS ARE TRYING TO TUTOR FIRST GRADERS FOR THE READ TO WIN PROGRAM AT 8 CISD CAMPUSES THAT DR. LEWIS MENTIONED.

AND EVERY YEAR WHEN THINGS ARE NORMAL AT NO CHARGE GREAT COMMISSION OPENS THEIR DOORS TO CROWLEY ISD FOR OUR STAFF CONVOCATION.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING BACK THERE WHEN WE CAN SAFELY DO SO.

SO THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUGLAS BROWN.

MR. HOWARD AND THE ENTIRE TEAM THERE AT GREAT COMMISSION BAPTIST CHURCH.

FROM HALLMARK BAPTIST CHURCH, WE HAVE PASTOR JOHN HALEY.

HALLMARK SERVES CROWLEY ISD FAMILY, STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

THEY PROVIDE TURKEYS FOR OVER FIVE HUNDRED TEACHERS, STAFF, BUS DRIVERS AND CAFETERIA WORKERS EVERY THANKSGIVING AND EACH MONTH THEY SUPPORT THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION AT 4 CISD CAMPUSES WITH GIFTS AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE ONE ON ONE TUTORIALS FOR FIRST GRADERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR HALEY AND THE TEAM THERE AT HALLMARK.

FROM LIFE.CHURCH. WE HAVE PASTOR MATT VANDERTOL AND JESSICA [INAUDIBLE] IS WITH US THIS EVENING. HI, JESSICA. LIFE.CHURCH HAS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS TO THE CROWLEY ISD FAMILY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THEY PROVIDE VOLUNTEER TUTORS FOR READING DURING AND AFTER SCHOOL, AND THEY ALSO OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR OUR NIGHT OF THE STARS STAFF RECOGNITION EVENT THERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE TEAM AT LIFE.CHURCH.

FROM LIFE INSPIRATION COMMUNITY CHURCH, WE HAVE PASTOR ROBERT SWEET.

PASTOR SWEET, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR SUPPORT SERVING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

EACH MONTH THERE'S A STUDENT TEACHER OF THE MONTH IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH GIFTS AND MORE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

THEY ALSO SUPPORT OUR ALL PRO DADS AT ALL TWENTY FIVE CROWLEY ISD CAMPUSES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR SWEET.

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A VERY FAMILIAR FACE ON A LOT OF CROWLEY ISD COMMITTEES AND EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HOSTING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

AT THE LORD'S HOUSE, THEY ALSO ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE ALL PRO DADS PROGRAM FOR ALL TWENTY FIVE CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT AND THEY SUPPORT WEEKLY BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL READING TUTORIALS. AND LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST FROM THE TURNING POINT CHURCH, WHERE PASTOR JEFF WICKWIRE AND PASTOR RAY BALDWIN.

TURNING POINT SERVES POYNTER ELEMENTARY BY PROVIDING AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AT THE BEACH CLUB. AND THIS PROGRAM SERVES MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY STUDENTS AT NO CHARGE, PROVIDING RESOURCES AND MATERIALS FOR ALL OF THEM.

AND THEY'VE ALSO SHOWN SUPPORT TO THE STAFF THERE BY HOSTING A STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON. SO DR.

LEWIS HELPED GET THESE FAITH BASED PARTNERS CONNECTED WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND CROWLEY ISD AND THIS EVENING WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEM, TO LET THEM KNOW WE APPRECIATE THEM. AND THEN ALL OF THE STATE RECOGNIZES THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW PART OF OUR STAND UP FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL RECOGNITION PROGRAM WITH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR FAITH-BASED PARTNERS AND THANK YOU TO MS. LEWIS. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] MS. HALL? [INAUDIBLE] WELL, THANK YOU FROM [INAUDIBLE] TO OUR PARTNERS FOR [INAUDIBLE] VERY CONNECTED FAMILY, AND WE KNOW THAT THE OUTCOME THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. MR. KIRCHNER AND DR. MCFARLAND, [INAUDIBLE] I PROBABLY WANT TO REVISIT [INAUDIBLE] THE HEARTBEAT AWARD. WE ASK FOR GRACE IN ALL OF THIS AND SO THAT [INAUDIBLE], ALSO PERSONALLY VERY GRATEFUL FOR [INAUDIBLE] THEY CAN. [INAUDIBLE] BUT I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE [INAUDIBLE] CONVERSATION WITH MY SON THIS WEEKEND. WHO SAID HE WAS SPEAKING TO A [INAUDIBLE] AND SHE SAID WELL THAT'S MY LIFE [INAUDIBLE]. AND SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS TREMENDOUS [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THAT NOW IS OUR OPEN-FORUM, AGENDA ITEM 9.0.

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

IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE AT OPEN-FORUM, YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE, BY COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING [INAUDIBLE] ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS. [INAUDIBLE].

THE [INAUDIBLE] CARD IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.CROWLEYISD.ORG/OPENFORUM.

WHEN CALLED SPEAKERS [INAUDIBLE] THEY'RE NAME AND ADDRESS.

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

[INAUDIBLE] DOCUMENTS TO THE BOARD AT [INAUDIBLE] AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION TO SPEAK.

ONLY ONE PERSON MAY SPEAK AT A TIME.

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP [INAUDIBLE] THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WILL SIGNAL YOUR REMAINING TIME.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO STOP SPEAKING AND CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.

[INAUDIBLE] BEFORE THE BOARD.

THANK YOU.

MR. KIRCHNER, WHO IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT? PRESIDENT HALL, OUR FIRST AND ONLY SPEAKER

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HELLO, MY NAME IS SHAVON BANKS DAVIS.

MY ADDRESS IS EIGHT TWO ZERO [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE, CROWLEY TEXAS, 76036.

MS. HALL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

MCFARLAND, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I'M A CERTIFIED TEXAS EDUCATOR AND THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MAROON NINE COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT ORGANIZATION.

OUR ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO CREATING OUT OF SCHOOL TIME ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH.

OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, VIRTUAL HANGOUT 101, IS CONTRACTED WITH FORT WORTH ISD, FORT WORTH AFTERSCHOOL, [INAUDIBLE] YOUTH ENRICHMENT AND YMCA PROVIDING DAILY VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS BASED ON TOPICS SUCH AS SOCIAL AWARENESS, CREATIVE WRITING, COPING SKILLS, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, AND SMALL GROUP MENTORING.

LAST SUMMER, WE HOSTED A TWO WEEK VIRTUAL YOUTH ENRICHMENT SUMMIT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER SIXTY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR PEERS AND LEARN VARIOUS LIFE SKILLS TAUGHT BY COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALS. OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, DECREASE JUVENILE CRIME AND ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE A SOLID PLAN AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND OR JUVENILE DETENTION.

OUR PROGRAMS ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL BY EXPOSING STUDENTS TO STEM, FINE ARTS AND LIFE SKILLS PROGRAMING. WE FEEL THAT THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

HOWEVER, WE FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE IN NEED OF CONSISTENT MENTORSHIP AND GUIDANCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO EMAIL A PROPOSAL WHICH DETAILS OUR PROGRAM AND POSSIBLY SCHEDULE A MEETING TO DISCUSS A PARTNERSHIP WITH CROWLEY ISD FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHIEF MASTON.

AND I HOPE THAT WE AS WELL CAN JOIN FORCES WITH KEEPING OUR CROWLEY YOUTH SAFE AND ENGAGED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE ARE NO OTHER [INAUDIBLE].

I WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 10.1 BOARD ACTION MANAGEMENT REPORT.

[10.0 Report Item(s) ]

[INAUDIBLE] DECIDED TO BRING THIS REPORT FORWARD.

[INAUDIBLE] WILL BE REPORTING ON THIS ITEM.

MS. [INAUDIBLE]? GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT HALL, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT DR.

MCFARLAND.

THIS EVENING, I HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ACTION ITEM MANAGEMENT REPORT. THIS PRESENTATION ALIGNS WITH GOAL ONE, TWO AND THREE.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS REPORT IS TO PRESENT A COMPILATION OF ACTION ITEMS WITH BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR DISTRICT THAT WERE BOARD APPROVED IN THE 2019/20 ACADEMIC YEAR AND THOSE TO DATE IN 2020/21.

ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT WILL ALSO INDICATE HOW EACH ACTION ITEM HAS ALIGNED TO THE GOALS OF OUR DISTRICT. SO TO BE CLEAR ON HOW WE PREPARED THIS REPORT, WE SIMPLY PULLED ALL BOARD APPROVED ACTION ITEMS. EXPENDITURES OF REVENUES FROM ESB ARE ELECTRONICS SCHOOL BOARD SYSTEM AND PRODUCED A HIGH LEVEL REPRESENTATION OF THE MONIES ALLOTTED TO EACH GOAL.

I WILL BE PRESENTING THAT HIGH LEVEL VIEW IN THE FIRST EIGHT SLIDES.

THE REMAINING FORTY SIX SLIDES ARE THERE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND DEEPER NAVIGATION.

IN YOUR NAVIGATION OF THE FORTY SIX SLIDES, YOU WILL NOTE THAT EACH SLIDE HOUSES A DESIGNATION OF EXPENDITURES AND OR REVENUE, AN EXPLANATION OF ALLOTMENT, THE FUNDING SOURCE, A STATEMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE DISTRICT TO THE DISTRICT EXCUSE ME, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION DATE AND AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE.

THE DISTRICT IS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE PACKAGED THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY AS WE VIEW IT AS A CELEBRATION OF THE COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE OF YOU, OUR GOVERNING BOARD, IN DETERMINING THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT AND APPROVING THE ACTIONS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT, CHANGE AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN OUR IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO LET'S JOURNEY INTO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

HERE YOU WILL SEE A TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE WITHOUT GOAL DESIGNATION FOR EXPENSES AND REVENUE. THE BOARD APPROVED, AS INVESTMENT TO OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY, A TOTAL FIGURE OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE DOLLARS.

OUR REVENUE, WHICH HOUSED MOSTLY OUR GRANTS AND DONATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, WAS A TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE.

NOW LET'S DIVVY THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE INTO GOAL DESIGNATION.

IN GOAL ONE THRIVING STUDENTS, THE DISTRICT INVESTED FORTY THREE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND

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THE REVENUE RECEIVED WAS OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS, WHICH IS ONCE AGAIN MOSTLY THROUGH GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIPS.

IN GOAL TWO ENGAGE COMMUNITY, THE DISTRICT INVESTED SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS.

THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ADDRESS GOALS FROM OUR PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN IN TWENTY NINETEEN, WHICH INCLUDED FIVE GOALS.

AS WE KNOW, OUR CURRENT PLAN INCLUDES THREE GOALS.

SO GOAL FOUR WORKFORCE FROM OUR PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS, INDICATES THE DISTRICT MADE A GRAND INVESTMENT IN STAFF COMPENSATION OF FOUR MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DOLLARS.

THE SECOND GOAL FROM OUR PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS IS THAT OF GOAL FIVE RESOURCES.

WHERE THE DISTRICT INVESTED NINETY SIX MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO IN CLOSING TODAY, I SHARE WITH YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES AS ALIGNED TO OUR DISTRICT GOALS THAT OCCURRED IN TWENTY NINETEEN, TWENTY AND THOSE TO DATE. THIS SLIDE INDICATES A CULMINATION OF DOLLAR FIGURES AS ALIGNED TO THE GOALS PRESENTED TO YOU THAT WERE INVESTED ON OUR STUDENTS, COMMUNITY AND WORKFORCE AND RESOURCES. MOREOVER, ON THIS FINAL SLIDE, WE ALSO DISPLAY THE IMAGES OF OUR ESTEEMED BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHO HAVE MADE THIS ALL POSSIBLE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

AS I STATED IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO PACKAGE THIS PRESENTATION IN CELEBRATION OF THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION OF EACH OF OUR HONORABLE TRUSTEES IN MAKING THE NECESSARY DECISIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE ACTION MANAGEMENT REPORT ITEM.

I AM GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. [INAUDIBLE]. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? WELL WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MS. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PREPARING THIS INFORMATION, VERY VALUABLE TO KNOW [INAUDIBLE].

THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 10.2.

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.

P-TECH UPDATE. DR. MCFARLAND? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO BRING YOU JUST AN UPDATE OF OUR CTE PROGRAM, OUR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM . [INAUDIBLE] OFFERS ARE.

ALSO [INAUDIBLE] OFFERINGS WILL BE.

AGAIN WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF A P-TECH.

SO TO GIVE YOU [INAUDIBLE] UPDATE, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR P-TECH [INAUDIBLE].

MS. DUVALL WILL REPORT ON THE THIS ITEM.

MS. DUVALL? GOOD EVENING, DR.

MCFARLAND, MS. HALL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU.

AND THIS ITEM DOES ALIGN WITH GOAL ONE THRIVING STUDENTS.

OUR CURRENT CTE PROGRAMS OF STUDY THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WE'RE OFFERING TWENTY SEVEN, TWENTY SEVEN DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR STUDENTS AND WE DO HAVE DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES IN TWO OF THOSE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, YOU WILL SEE SOME PROPOSED ADDITIONS AND CHANGES FOR TWENTY TWENTY ONE, TWENTY TWO, WHICH INCLUDE ADDING NURSING SCIENCE TO OUR HEALTH SCIENCE PATHWAY, ADDING A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF STUDY.

THOSE ARE BASED ON STUDENT INTEREST AND AS WELL AS INDUSTRY DATA IN OUR AREA.

WE ALSO ARE GOING TO PROPOSE ADDING AVIATION MAINTENANCE AS PART OF THE NEW P-TECH CAMPUS. AND CURRENTLY, WE'RE WORKING ON AN ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE STEM+ ELEMENTARY INITIATIVE, WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING CODING AND ALIGNING THAT WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL COMPUTER SCIENCE SO STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO START LEARNING CODING IN ELEMENTARY, GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND BE READY FOR EMPLOYMENT.

WE WILL ALSO PROPOSE TO RENAME THE AERIAL ROBOTICS OR DRONE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OF STUDY TO UAV/UAS, WHICH IS UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND SYSTEMS. THIS IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN INDUSTRY AND EMERGING IN HIGHER ED SO THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT.

THOUGH FOR P-TECH, AS YOU KNOW, P-TECH IS A FORM OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR A FUNDING FOR A PLANNING YEAR, A GRANT.

AND SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PLANNING YEAR GRANT.

WE ARE PROPOSING THAT OUR P-TECH ACADEMY FOCUS ON THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY

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OUR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS WITH INTERLINK AND DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES IN THE AREA AND SEEING THE DEMAND FOR THOSE, OUR APPLICATION IS DUE IN FEBRUARY TO ACTUALLY BEGIN THE P-TECH ACADEMY IN THE FALL OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE WITH A COHORT OF NINTH GRADE STUDENTS AND YOU SEE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE DIFFERENT PARTNERS AS PART OF THE PLANNING YEAR.

WE DO HAVE A LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT'S COMPRISED OF ISD PERSONNEL, HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS, AS WELL AS INDUSTRY.

AND WE'VE LISTED SOME OF THOSE HERE.

AND THAT GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS TO PLAN THAT P-TECH ACADEMY IN THE FALL. PART OF THAT PLANNING IS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OUTCOMES WILL STUDENTS LEAVE THAT P-TECH ACADEMY WITH? AND THOSE WILL INCLUDE EITHER AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE, A LEVEL ONE OR LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATE.

LEVEL ONE OR LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATE IS A BUNDLING OF CERTAIN COLLEGE COURSES THAT LEAD TOWARD AN OUTCOME OR AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER RECENTLY CLOSE TO THE CTE CENTER, YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED THAT THERE IS AN AVIATION HANGAR THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

DR. PORTER AND MR. REEVES HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WORKING ON THAT.

PART OF THAT CONSTRUCTION IS WE DO HAVE TO RECEIVE ACCREDITATION FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.

SO WE'VE BEGUN THAT EARLY PROCESS WITH WORKING WITH THE FAA TO GET THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY CERTIFIED.

SO AS FAR AS OUR PARTNERSHIP UPDATES, AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, WE BROUGHT FORWARD A TUITION VALUE EXCHANGE WITH TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE WHERE TUITION WAS BEING WAIVED FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THIS FALL WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT CLASSES THROUGH TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE AND THE VALUE EXCHANGE FOR THE AMOUNT OF TUITION IS EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY SIX DOLLARS FOR THE FULL.

WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THAT DOES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE AND EXPLORING A FUTURE PARTNERSHIP FOR DIESEL MECHANICS PROGRAM.

TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR DIESEL MECHANICS. AND WE'RE BEGINNING WITH LOOKING AT ALLOWING THEM TO USE OUR SPACE AT CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THAT PROGRAM, BRING THEIR EQUIPMENT IN AND BEGINNING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE FOR CROWLEY ISD STUDENTS.

WE'RE IN OUR SECOND YEAR OF A PERKINS RESERVE GRANT, AND THAT GRANT IS FOCUSED ON UAV/UAS AND WE'RE INCORPORATING THAT IN MULTIPLE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.

FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE IN ENGINEERING ARE LEARNING HOW TO DESIGN DRONES.

THOSE WHO ARE IN I.T.

ARE WORKING ON PROGRAMING THOSE DRONES.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING IT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THINGS SUCH AS BUILDING SEARCHES AND AG.

THEY'RE USING IT. WE'RE SEEING IT IN CONSTRUCTION AND SO FORTH.

SO WE'RE IN OUR SECOND YEAR.

WE DO SHARE THAT PARTICULAR GRANT WITH 10 OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND THAT'S BEEN A GREAT COLLABORATION NOT ONLY WITH INDUSTRY, BUT FOR OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS ON THE CONTENT.

SO FOR OUR CURRENT CTE ENROLLMENT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE UP THIS YEAR BY A LITTLE OVER THREE HUNDRED STUDENTS.

WE'RE UP ALSO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

WHILE WE'RE UP AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE'RE STILL DOWN FROM WHERE WE WERE TWO YEARS AGO AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR ACTION ITEMS, IS TO WORK ON THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ENSURE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EARLY START TO A CAREER PATHWAY.

AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT THIS IS OUR DUAL CREDIT ENROLLMENT, AND LIKE I STATED PREVIOUSLY WITH DUAL CREDIT, WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE ARTICULATED WITH TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE, AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE FIFTY NINE STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY IN THOSE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, RECEIVE SUGGESTIONS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. DUVALL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? MS. DUVALL COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE AVIATION HANGAR?

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OK, I BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS THE AVIATION HANGAR.

YES, AND SO THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY IS LARGE ENOUGH.

IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE DIFFERENT ENGINES OF DIFFERENT SIZES FOR THE AVIATION MAINTENANCE.

THE GOAL OF THE AVIATION MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS FOR STUDENTS TO BE CERTIFIED IN POWER PLANTS AND AIRFRAME.

THAT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND BECOME EMPLOYED AS AN AVIATION MECHANIC.

AND SO PART OF THAT IS YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE QUITE A FEW LARGE ENGINES THAT ARE FOR AIRPLANES AS WELL AS THERE IS SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY HAVE AIRPLANES THAT STUDENTS COULD WORK ON.

THE HANGAR ITSELF CONTAINS THAT LAB SPACE THAT ALSO CONTAINS CLASSROOM SPACE.

IT'S BEING DESIGNED AS A VERY FLEXIBLE AREA SO THAT YOU CAN OPEN MAKE IT A VERY LARGE FACILITY OR YOU COULD CLOSE OFF SECTIONS JUST FOR INSTRUCTION.

OK, AND I KNOW WE HAD AN AVIATION PROGRAM BACK IN THE SUMMER . THAT STUDENTS COULD PARTICIPATE IN. IS AVIATION MAINTENANCE, THE ONLY AREA WE'RE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW? THE MAINTENANCE? SO WITH WITH AVIATION, OR AEROSPACE, I SHOULD SAY, WE DO HAVE THAT EMBEDDED IN OTHER PROGRAMS AND OUR PROJECT LEAD THE WAY.

WE HAVE AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS. THAT'S PART OF THE AEROSPACE.

SO WE'RE SEEING IT EMBEDDED IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR THE EARLY FOR THE P-TECH ACADEMY, IT IS FOCUSED ON AVIATION MAINTENANCE.

LOGISTICS, WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION, THERE WILL BE SOME AVIATION IN THAT, AND THEN THE UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, WHICH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT BELL IS GOING AND UBER AIR AND SO FORTH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YES, I WOULD JUST OFFER THIS DR.

[INAUDIBLE], I ATTENDED AN OVERVIEW WORKSHOP WITH P-TECH.

DR.

PORTER, DURING WHICH PROBABLY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND I WAS AWE INSPIRED BY THAT PRESENTATION AND THEN I FOLLOWED IT UP, I WAS ATTENDING A DIVERSITY WORKSHOP THAT WAS HOSTED BY AN ORGANIZATION THAT IBM WAS PRESENTING AND PARTNERED WITH THE P-TECH PROGRAM.

AND IT WAS IT WAS AMAZING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THAT THEY WERE INVESTING TIME AND DOLLARS INTO THE SCHOOLS TO TEACH THESE STUDENTS SPECIFIC SKILLS WHERE THEY COULD APPLY [INAUDIBLE] TO IBM IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO LAUNCHING THAT PROGRAM AND WORKING WITH DR.

PORTER. SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOR PRESENTING THE INFORMATION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO DR.

[INAUDIBLE]. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

MS. DUVALL, DO YOU MIND ELABORATING ON [INAUDIBLE] DUAL ENROLLMENT PORTION AND HOW THOSE PROGRAMS CORRELATE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

ABSOLUTELY SAID THEY'RE SEPARATE PROGRAMS, SO WITH AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, THE STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET AN ENGINE TECHNICIAN ANALYSIS LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATION FROM TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE, AS WELL AS THEY'RE GETTING AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION IN ASC, SIX DIFFERENT AREAS, BRAKES, ELECTRICITY AND SO FORTH.

FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST YEAR AND THOSE STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK TOWARD AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? GREAT IF THERE AREN'T ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING MS. DUVALL. THANK YOU.

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MAYFIELD. [INAUDIBLE] MS. ROBINSON? YES. THANK YOU, DR.

WOODSON-MAYFIELD? YES. THANK YOU, MS. HALL? YES. THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS? YES. THANK YOU, MR. RAY? YES.

THANK YOU, MR. GRASSIA? YES.

THANK YOU AND MS. BENTON? YES. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS NOW BRINGS US TO CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION

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DR. MCFARLAND. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MS. ADRIAN AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] ON THIS ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

MS. ADRIAN? THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND, MS. HALL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

EVERY YEAR, CHARTER SCHOOLS, SERVICE CENTERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE TO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE REPORT AUDITED BY INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.

THE RESULTING FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE REPORT MUST THEN BE SUBMITTED TO TEA.

SO WE DO THAT.

WE ENGAGED WITH WEAVER AGAIN THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE BEN COHEN AND JACKIE GONZALEZ FROM WEAVER WITH US TONIGHT TO PRESENT A QUICK POWERPOINT AND LET YOU KNOW HOW WE DID FOR THE 19/20 SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, STACEY.

MS. HALL, DR.

MCFARLAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

AS STACEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH JUST A QUICK POWERPOINT.

I WILL INTRODUCE KIND OF WHAT WE'LL GO THROUGH AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BEN COHEN AND LET HIM GET A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE NUMBERS.

WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START THE PRESENTATION.

SO FIRST, I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE MYSELF.

YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? AGAIN, I'M JACKIE GONZALEZ, I DO SERVE AS YOUR ENGAGEMENT PARTNER.

I'VE BEEN WITH BOTH IN PUBLIC ACCOUNTING AND WITH WEAVER FOR OVER 16 YEARS.

MY PRACTICE EMPHASIS IS, OF COURSE, IN GOVERNMENT.

I AUDIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CITIES AND ALL KINDS OF MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, AS WELL AS NOT FOR PROFIT ENTITIES.

AND I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT BEN COHEN, WHO IS OUR SENIOR MANAGER, AND HE SERVED AS THE MANAGER ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT FOR A FEW YEARS, HE HAS OVER 11 YEARS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE. AND ALL OF HIS TIME IS ALSO DEDICATED TO OUR GOVERNMENT AND NOT FOR PROFIT, NOT FOR PROFIT SERVICES GROUP.

AND SO BEFORE HE BEGINS, AND GOES OVER THE RESULTS.

I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVICE YOUR AUDITORS AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW DIFFICULT OF A YEAR IT'S BEEN AND HOW CHALLENGING IT'S BEEN.

AND WE DID CONDUCT OUR AUDIT ALMOST ENTIRELY REMOTELY.

WE DID VISIT STACEY A FEW TIMES, BUT REALLY MOSTLY REMOTE.

SO THAT TOOK A LOT ON YOUR STAFF'S PART.

AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION.

AND I THINK YOU WILL BE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT THEM AND TO BE HERE TODAY.

BEN, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE RESULTS.

THANKS, JACKIE. IF YOU WOULD, TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GIVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL KIND OF READER'S DIGEST OF THE AUDIT RESULTS AND NUMBERS, BUT FEEL FREE TO ASK A QUESTION OR ANY QUESTIONS ANY TIME OR AT THE END.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER OR STACEY WOULD OR JACKIE.

SO BUT ANYWAYS, I LIKE TO JUST GO OVER THE AUDIT RESULTS, IF YOU WILL.

WE'LL START OUT WITH JUST THE OPINION LETTER, AND THAT'S ON PAGE THREE.

AND YOU DON'T NEED A FLIP.

DON'T SWITCH SIDES YET.

ONCE YOU DON'T NEED TO FLIP THROUGH THE CAFR IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST LOOK AT THE POWERPOINT, BUT IF YOU IN FRONT OF YOU BUT BASICALLY I'M GOING TO GO OVER BIG ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY PAGE CAFR.

SO THE FIRST THE FIRST LETTER I'D GO OVER IS THE AUDIT RESULTS.

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SO WHAT YOU SEE IN A CAFR IS FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS AND REPORTED BASED OFF OF GAAP, A GENERAL ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPALS.

WE ALSO DID A REPORT OVER THEIR INTERNAL CONTROLS AND WE FOUND NO FINDINGS THERE OR AN INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WITH THAT, WE ALSO HAD TO DO A SINGLE AUDIT, YOU'LL GET OF A LOT OF MONEY, MAINLY FUNNEL, BUT THE FUNNEL THROUGH TEA, WHICH COMES FROM THE FEDERAL, AND THAT TRIGGERS A SINGLE AUDIT.

SO WE, IT'S AN EXTRA AUDIT WHERE WE TEST MAJOR PROGRAMS. WE HAD TO TEST THREE MAJOR PROGRAMS. ONE, WE TEST SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THEN CARES ACT AS PART OF THAT MONEY THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THEN CHILD ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S PART OF OUR NUTRITION.

IT'S NOT PART OF THE CHILD NUTRITION CLUSTER, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S PART OF A MEAL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TO PERFORM TESTS ON THESE MAJOR PROGRAMS. AND PART OF THAT IS JUST GOING OVER ALL THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.

AND WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

THAT'S A GOOD OPINION.

THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE FREE OF NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE, MEANS YOU WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOR THOSE MAJOR PROGRAMS. WE HAD NO COMPLIANCE FINDINGS.

WE HAD NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.

AND WE JUST HAD ONE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY.

IT WAS OVER YOUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

READ MORE ABOUT IT TOWARDS THE BACK, STACEY HANDLED IT VERY WELL.

SHE CAUGHT THAT SHE FOUND THAT THE DISTRICT WAS NOT, DID NOT DID NOT SPEND ENOUGH LOCAL AND STATE RESOURCES FOR SPECIAL ED BEFORE THEY WERE REIMBURSED MORE FUNDING BY THE TEA AND STACEY HANDLED IT WELL AND WAS ABLE TO WRITE AN ADJUSTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN PAY THAT.

NEXT SLIDE. AND I'M GOING TO GO TO THE MORE FUN AREA THAT WAS JUST LETTERS.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS, THIS IS PROBABLY REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE HAD A VERY STABLE YEAR, YOUR ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. THIS IS JUST A GENERAL FUND WHERE YOU MAINLY DO YOUR OPERATIONS.

YOU HAD THIRTY NINE MILLION OUT AT THIRTY NINE MILLION.

THIRTY SEVEN MILLION IS UNASSIGNED AND ONE POINT FIVE MILLION IS ASSIGNED JUST CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS AND CONTRACTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AUDITORS DO AND WHAT A LOT WHAT STACY DOES AND AND WHAT DR.

MCFARLAND [INAUDIBLE] FUND, BALANCING YOUR GENERAL FUND AND COMPARE THAT TO YOUR EXPENDITURES. AND IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT IT JUST LETS US KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE TO CARRY FORWARD IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WITH THAT, THERE'S THIRTY NINE MILLION IN YOUR ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR A GENERAL FUND. YOU HAD ROUGHLY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE MILLION IN EXPENDITURES IN 2020.

THAT'S ROUGHLY THAT MEANS THAT YOU ROUGHLY HAVE TWENTY SIX PERCENT ENDING FUND BALANCE.

WELL TWENTY, TWENTY SIX PERCENT OF YOUR EXPENDITURES IS IN YOUR FUND BALANCE.

SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS YOU'VE GOT ABOUT THREE MONTHS OF CURRENT EXPENDITURE SITTING IN YOUR FUND BALANCE. THAT'S A VERY THAT'S THE HOLY GRAIL OF FUND BALANCE.

THAT'S A SOLID PLACE TO BE, I THINK LAST YEAR AT TWENTY FOUR PERCENT OF EXPENDITURE.

SO YOU'RE JUST UNDER THREE MONTHS THIS YEAR.

YOU'RE JUST SO THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE.

SO THAT'S A FINANCE PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LOOK AT CITY CAFRS OR DISTRICT CAFRS LOOK AT. WE ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL.

WHAT WE CAN SEE THAT FURTHER ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAME IN AND HERE IT IS.

SO TYPICALLY THE BIGGEST AREA THAT WE LOOK AT AS AUDITORS AND A LOT OF WHAT STACY LOOKS AT IS YOUR [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN YOUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.

THING IS THAT THEY APPROVE A BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DISTRICT STAY UNDER BUDGET BY ABOUT EIGHT DOLLARS.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY OVER.

THEY ACTUALLY GOT MORE REVENUES THAN EXPECTED.

AND SO ABOUT THREE POINT THREE MILLION, WHICH GIVES US IN EXCESS OF ELEVEN [INAUDIBLE].

NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF OVER JUST A GENERAL HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR FUND BALANCE IS KIND OF SHOWING WHERE YOU WERE AT FROM 2016 TO 2020.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE SLOWLY GROWING, LIKE I SAID, AT THE TWENTY TWENTY YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU'VE GOT TWENTY SIX PERCENT OF YOUR EXPENDITURES SITTING IN FUND BALANCES.

A GOOD SPOT TO BE.

OBVIOUSLY YOUR EXPENDITURES INCREASED SINCE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, BUT YOUR [INAUDIBLE] ALSO INCREASE.

SO THAT'S JUST A GOOD SIGN THAT [INAUDIBLE] DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THERE.

NEXT SLIDE. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR ONE OF YOUR MAJOR FUND [INAUDIBLE], JUST YOU ALSO HAD YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND.

BUT THE BIGGEST, MAJOR FUND THAT YOU'LL FIND WITHIN THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS YOUR IS YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

AND BASICALLY, THIS IS WHERE YOU ISSUE WHERE YOU PUT A LOT OF YOUR UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS AND SPEND THAT DOWN TO DO YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND SO YOUR TOTAL CASH WAS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE MILLION.

BASICALLY ALL OF THAT IS BASICALLY RESTRICTED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WITH THIS YEAR, YOU ISSUED MORE NEW MONEY FOR MORE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

YOU GOT A LOT GOING ON.

DISTRICT IS GROWING, YOU GOT MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND NEW SCHOOLS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT AND NEW THINGS AND WE CAN SEE ON NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS BASICALLY A BREAKDOWN OF ALL YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, YOU CAN SEE THAT LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY YOUR BIGGEST.

WELL, THIS IS YOUR BIGGEST CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

YOU GOT THREE THAT ARE THAT ARE CARRYING ONWARD FROM LAST YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY, JUNE DAVIS WAS PUT INTO PLACE LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S NOT THAT ON THE SCHEDULE.

FOOTBALL STADIUM, NOT CONSTRUCTION, DIDN'T TOUCH GROUND AS OF JUNE 30TH.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER EXPENDITURES LIKE ARCHITECT EXPENDITURES AND ENGINEERING SERVICES THAT A LOT OF PREP WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE.

SO YOU SPENT ABOUT ROUGHLY SEVENTY FOUR MILLION FOR CAPITAL AND FOR CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS AND NEXT SLIDE AND.

I THINK THAT THAT'S ABOUT IT, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO TOUCH ON, YEAH, THAT'S BUT IT'S IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK RIGHT NOW.

WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A VERY NEAR FINAL DRAFT.

AND WE DON'T SUSPECT ANY CHANGES THAT ARE CERTAINLY THAT BETTER THAT ARE MATERIAL.

WE EXPECT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CAFR THAT WE ISSUED.

SO WE JUST LIKE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU AND FOR YOU TO APPROVE THE DRAFT SO THAT WE CAN ISSUE THE FINAL.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY POINTS OF DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE US TO ELABORATE ON? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? NO, BOTH OF YOU DID A FINE JOB, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M SORRY, DR.

MCFARLAND? MS. HALL, I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK.

THERE'S ONE SIDE I WANT TO GO BACK AND EMPHASIZE.

[INAUDIBLE] BREAKING UP AND SHARING [INAUDIBLE] IS IMPORTANT.

AND I WANT TO JUST KIND OF BRING SOME ATTENTION TO IT.

MR. KIRCHNER CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE WE HAVE SUMMARY DATA? THE NEXT SLIDE.

THAT ONE THERE.

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE [INAUDIBLE] AND ACTUALLY OUTPERFORMED THE BUDGET BY 11 MILLION DOLLARS.

AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S WORTHY OF NOTE.

ALSO, I THINK IT BROKE UP WHEN HE WAS SAYING, [INAUDIBLE], WHICH REPRESENTS A TWENTY SIX PERCENT, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST FUND BALANCE WE'VE HAD IN HISTORY.

AND WE'RE DEFINITELY PROUD OF THAT AND PROUD OF THE FUND BALANCE, PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD, ARE MAKING SACRIFICES AND DOING GOOD WORK. AND SO WE DEFINITELY ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR PRINCIPLES [INAUDIBLE] BRING SOME ATTENTION TO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE [INAUDIBLE].

WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU BRING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AND HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS DOING THEIR BEST EFFORT TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT.

ARE THERE, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? IF NOT THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU.

DR.

MAYFIELD, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE 2019 2020 ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU DR.

MAYFIELD, WE HAVE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE. DR.

ROBINSON? YES. THANK YOU, DR.

WOODSON-MAYFIELD? YES. THANK YOU. MS. HALL? YES. THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS? YES. THANK YOU, MR. RAY? YES. THANK YOU, MR. GRASSIA? YES, THANK YOU.

AND MS. BENTON? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM 12.2 A ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES. DR. MCFARLAND? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING THE [INAUDIBLE], HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT BUT REALLY TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY REWARD OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR EMPLOYEES.

I WAS DRIVING AROUND THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SAW THE SIGN HEROES WORK HERE.

AND SO ALSO KEPT DRIVING, I SAW THOSE SIGNS THAT SAY HEROES LIVE HERE.

AND SO THOSE LIVES NORMALLY INDICATE WHERE HEALTH CARE WORKERS LIVE OR WHERE THEY WORK AND THEY ARE HEROES.

SURE. BUT ALSO, I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF HEROES WORKING IN SCHOOLS EVERYDAY.

I HAVE SEEN SOME OUTSTANDING WORK OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO FROM OUR TEACHERS, FROM OUR NURSES, FROM OUR CUSTODIANS, FROM OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS AND FROM EVERYBODY ASSOCIATED.

BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO Y'ALL.

MS. ADRIAN WILL TAKE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND, MS. HALL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TONIGHT, I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU A QUICK POWERPOINT.

WE ARE CALLING THIS OUR ONE TIME HERO PAY.

JUST TO RECAP THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET REVIEW, IN JUNE, THE BOARD ADOPTED A BUDGET OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, INCLUDING THE USE OF FUND BALANCE OF SEVEN POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS. NO SALARY INCREASES WERE APPROVED AT THAT TIME DUE TO THE USE OF FUND BALANCE, BUT ALSO THE UNCERTAINTIES OF COVID-19.

BUT SINCE THEN, EACH DEPARTMENT IN THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE WAS ASKED TO REVIEW THEIR CURRENT BUDGET AND POSSIBLY REDUCE THEIR BUDGET TO HELP WITH SOME ONE TIME PAYMENTS FOR OUR HEROES, EVEN THOUGH WE STILL HAVE UNCERTAINTY.

WITH REGARDS TO COVID-19, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE RESULTS WITH YOU AT THIS POINT.

I'M SORRY, I'M ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE.

SO, OK, SO CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO SUPPORT THESE ONE TIME PAYMENTS.

WE ALL CUT OUR BUDGETS AND SAVED FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE'RE GOING TO USE COST AVOIDANCE IF WE TRY REALLY HARD NOT TO FILL SOME OF THE VACANT SPOTS WE HAVE OPEN TO POSSIBLY SAVE TWO MILLION DOLLARS, THEN THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE

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IF WE USE A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH PARAPROFESSIONAL AND EACH AUXILIARY EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE WILL COST ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IF WE ADVANCE EACH PARAPROFESSIONAL TWO PERCENT OF THEIR ANNUAL BASE SALARY, THAT COST WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT NINE MILLION DOLLARS, GIVING US TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF TWO POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO THIS EVENING.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THAT SINCE JUNE, WE OBVIOUSLY ADOPTED THE BUDGET AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CERTIFIED VALUES OR THE TAX RATE, YET SINCE THEN WE DO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.

SO I'M LOOKING AT A DECREASE TO THE FUND BALANCE OF FOUR POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS AT THIS POINT. IT'S REALLY EARLY IN THE YEAR, BUT WE ALREADY RECOVERED ALMOST THREE MILLION DOLLARS BASED ON THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS AND THE TAX RATE.

ACTUALLY, AFTER THE AUDIT THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED, OUR FUND BALANCES AT THIRTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS LIKE MR. COHEN ANNOUNCED.

IF WE ASSUME A FOUR POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT GOING INTO TODAY AND THEN ADD THE TWO POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION THAT IT WILL COST TO DO THIS ONE TIME PAYMENTS, THAT COULD. YEAH, COME TO A SIX POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR USE OF OUR FUND BALANCE, BUT EVEN IF THAT WAS TO HAPPEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND AGAIN, WE'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR BUDGETING EFFORTS THAT WOULD STILL LEAVE US WITH 32 MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH WOULD BE AT TWO POINT THREE EIGHT MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENDITURES AND BASICALLY 20 PERCENT WORTH OF OUR BUDGET.

SO WHAT DOES ONE TIME HERO PAY? WHAT HOW IS THAT DEFINED? WE ARE LOOKING AT A THOUSAND DOLLAR PAYMENTS FOR ALL FULL TIME PARAPROFESSIONALS AND AUXILIARY STAFF, TWO PERCENT OF ANNUAL BASE SALARY FOR ALL FULL TIME PROFESSIONALS.

HERO PAY WOULD BE DISPERSED ON NOVEMBER 24TH, WHICH IS THE TUESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND BLACK FRIDAY. AND ALL THOSE FUN DATES.

PART TIME EMPLOYEES WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WOULD RECEIVE PRORATED HERO PAY BASED ON THEIR FTE STATUS.

AND THE PAYMENTS, JUST TO NOTE, WILL NOT BE TRS ELIGIBLE, BUT WILL BE SUBJECT TO MEDICARE. THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS BASICALLY IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

EMPLOYEES MUST HAVE BEEN EMPLOYEES OF RECORD OF CISD AS OF TODAY AS THE APPROVAL PROCESS, AND THEN ALSO THEY MUST BE EMPLOYED WITH CISD ON THE DATE OF PAYMENT, WHICH WOULD BE NOVEMBER 24TH.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOW OUR HEROES HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM. I ANYWAY, I RECOMMEND THIS ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE ONE TIME HERO PAY AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU MS. ADRIAN. I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. TOTALLY DISARMING AND VERY APPROPRIATELY SO, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THE.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] SO THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ? THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF HERO PAY AS PRESENTED [INAUDIBLE].

ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES BY PRESENTED NOVEMBER 24,2020.

ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FULL TIME PARAPROFESSIONAL FULL TIME AUXILIARY STAFF.

2 PERCENT OF ANNUAL BASE SALARY FOR FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL PART TIME EMPLOYEES WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WILL RECEIVE PRORATED HERO PAY ON THEIR FTE STATUS AND TO BE ELIGIBLE, STAFF MUST BE EMPLOYED AS OF OCTOBER, 29, 2020 AND DATE OF PAYMENT NOVEMBER 24, 2020.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. DAVIS, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MS. BENTON. MOVE TO VOTE PLEASE. YES, MR.

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THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS? YES. THANK YOU, MR. RAY? YES. THANK YOU, MR. GRASSIA? YES.

THANK YOU, MS. BENTON? YES. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

BEFORE WE PROCEED TO THE NEXT ACTION ITEM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION DR.

MCFARLAND. DR.

MCFARLAND, DOES THE ONE TIME HERO PAY ALSO [INAUDIBLE] EMPLOYEES WITH US THROUGH CONTRACT [INAUDIBLE]. WELL, PRESIDENT, LET ME DO SOME INVESTIGATION AND CHECK TO SEE.

I KNOW NORMALLY WE WOULD NOT INCLUDE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE CONTRACT WORKERS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER. SO I WILL INVESTIGATE AND BRING SOMETHING BACK.

THANK VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND THIS NOW BRINGS US TO OUR AGENDA ITEM 12.3 HVAC AIR IONIZATION PROJECT. DR. MCFARLAND? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, AT THE LAST MEETING, I BELIEVE, [INAUDIBLE] POSSIBLE FUTURE ACTION ITEM CONCERNING THE IONIZATION.

WE HAVE MR. FISHER HERE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THEN ADD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR. FISHER? THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND.

GOOD EVENING MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS YOU GUYS WILL RECALL, THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO QUESTIONS POSED AT OUR LAST MEETING WITH REGARD TO THE BI-POLAR IONIZATION PROJECT.

AND TONIGHT, I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS.

BUT BEFORE I START THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MY GUESTS TONIGHT.

AGAIN, I HAVE MR. JEFFREY POSTEL, OWNER OF THE POSTEL GROUP, THE PROPOSED VENDOR FOR THIS PILOT.

I HAVE ALSO MR. GREG BURNETT, CEO OF DUST FREE, THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PROJECT OR THE PRODUCT.

AND I ASK THOSE GUYS TO JUMP IN IF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON WAS HOW THE DISTRICT WOULD EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PRODUCT AT OUR PILOT LOCATIONS.

AND BECAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IS RELATIVELY NEW AS IT RELATES TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE WANTED TO REACH OUT TO OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE ACTUALLY COMPLETED THESE TYPE PROJECTS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.

SO LOCALLY, WE REACHED OUT TO MESQUITE ISD, WHO'S RECENTLY INVESTED IN THE BI-POLAR IONIZATION TECHNOLOGY AND ALL OF THEIR CAMPUSES TO THE TOLL OF APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS, ACTUALLY SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION, I BELIEVE.

WE REACHED OUT TO THOSE GUYS TO SEE IF OUR PROPOSED EVALUATION METRICS WERE IN LINE WITH THEIRS. AND SURE ENOUGH, WE WERE PLEASED TO FIND THAT THEY'RE USING THE SAME METRICS TO EVALUATE THE PRODUCT EFFECTIVENESS THAT WE PROPOSE.

AND THOSE METRICS INCLUDE THE PRE INSTALLATION STUDENT ATTENDANCE, POST INSTALLATION STUDENT ATTENDANCE, AND THEN THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY REQUESTING INDOOR AIR QUALITY TESTS.

NOW, THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS POSED AND IT WAS RELATED TO THE ONGOING COST OF MAINTENANCE OF THE INSTALL PRODUCT.

AND SO IN YOUR BOARD PACKETS, WE'VE INCLUDED COST SCHEDULES THAT WERE PROVIDED BY MR. POSTEL AND HIS TEAM FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EQUIPMENT AT THE PILOT SITES, REALLY IN TWO YEAR INCREMENTS.

SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THE MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS IS APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS.

AND THEN THE FOUR YEAR COST IS APPROXIMATELY SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED THAT WE NEEDED TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND WITH YOU GUYS ON.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THOSE NOW.

THANK YOU MR. FISHER FOR BRINGING BACK THE INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD REQUESTED AT OUR LAST MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME FROM THE BOARD FOR MR. FISHER? ALL RIGHT, I THINK YOU ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

SO THANK YOU MR. FISHER, THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION, IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE HVAC AIR IONIZATION PILOT PROJECT AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MOVE TO VOTE PLEASE.

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WOODSON-MAYFIELD? YES. THANK YOU, MS. HALL? YES. THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS? YES. THANK YOU, MR. RAY? YES. THANK YOU, MR. GRASSIA? YES.

THANK YOU. MS. BENTON? YES. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS NOW BRINGS US TO OUR FUTURE ACTION ITEMS, AGENDA

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DR. MCFARLAND? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, THIS OFFICIAL ITEM CONCERNING DISTRICTWIDE LED LIGHTING. MR. FISHER? THANK YOU AGAIN, DR. MCFARLAND.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IN OUR EFFORT TO SEEK OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED ELECTRICAL UTILITY CONSUMPTION AND REALLY MORE SPECIFICALLY, LIGHTING UTILITY CONSUMPTION AS AN AREA OF POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR COST SAVINGS AND ULTIMATELY IMPROVED OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.

CURRENTLY, MANY OF OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES UTILIZE THE OLDER FLUORESCENT LIGHT TECHNOLOGY OR LIGHT BULBS FOR LIGHTING.

AND THOSE FLUORESCENT LIGHTS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE MORE KILOWATTS PER HOUR. THEY HAVE A HIGHER FAILURE RATE AND THEIR TYPICAL LIFE EXPECTANCY REALLY IS AROUND THREE YEARS, THREE POINT TWO YEARS.

AND SO, LED LIGHTING REPRESENTS A NEW, CLEANER, LESS EXPENSIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS A LONGER LIFESPAN THAN FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS.

I BELIEVE THE TYPICAL LIFE EXPECTANCY OF AN LED BULB IS AROUND 15 YEARS.

SO AS SUCH, WE ENTERTAINED A PROPOSAL FROM THE AKELA, AQUILA I'M SORRY, ENVIRONMENTAL TO REPLACE ALL DISTRICT FLUORESCENT LIGHTING WITH LED LIGHT BULBS AND BASED UPON AN ACTUAL, ANTHONY IF YOU'LL STAY RIGHT THERE.

BASED UPON AN ACTUAL AUDIT OF THE DISTRICT FACILITIES, THAT AQUILA HAS CALCULATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANNUAL SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT IN AN AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ANNUM.

AND SO UNDER THIS PROPOSED COST MUTUAL AGREEMENT, AQUILA WOULD REPLACE ALL OF THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTING AT OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES IN REALLY A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, APPROXIMATELY 45 TO 60 DAYS.

AND SO THE DISTRICT WOULD ACTUALLY BEGIN TO START REALIZING COST SAVINGS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE DISTRICT WOULD MAKE AN ANNUAL PAYMENT THROUGH A FINANCE MECHANISM THAT IS ARRANGED BY AQUILA IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

NOW, OUR INTENT IS THAT THE SAVINGS GENERATED FROM THE INSTALLATION OF THIS LED LIGHTING IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE THOUSAND BE CONTRACTUALLY GUARANTEED SO THAT THE ANNUAL AMOUNT, THE PAYMENT WOULD REALLY BE TRULY COST NEUTRAL.

NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR LEGAL ADVISORS AND THE AQUILA TEAM TO THAT END, AND WE WILL BRING A FINAL PROPOSAL BACK TO THE BOARD ONCE ALL OF OUR OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE VERBIAGE OF THE CONTRACT DOCUMENT.

NOW, BOARD WE'VE PROVIDED A Q&A DOCUMENT IN YOUR BOARD PACKETS IN ANTICIPATION OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HAD OR MAY HAVE.

BUT AT THIS POINT, MUCH OF THE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN YOUR PACKETS IS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALIZED.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE NATURE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS. BUT TONIGHT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO INTRODUCE TO THE BOARD AQUILA AND PROVIDE JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT SCOPE.

AND PLEASE LET ME ALSO INTRODUCE MY GUESTS, MR. JOHN SLEDGE, WHO SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT OF AQUILA.

MR. SLEDGE WILL BE HERE.

HEY, JOHN HOW ARE YOU? WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

YES, SIR. MR. SLEDGE WILL BE HERE TO ASSIST IN RESPONDING TO ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO, ANTHONY, IF YOU GO TO THE POWERPOINT.

SO WHO IS A AQUILA ENVIRONMENTAL? AQUILA, THE ROOTS IN DFW ACTUALLY GO BACK TO ACTUALLY 2005.

AND THIS BUSINESS WAS ACQUIRED BY MR. SLEDGE AND OTHER LOCAL FORT WORTH BUSINESSMEN IN 2015.

AND UPON THAT BUSINESS BEING ACQUIRED, THEY REBRANDED TO THE AQUILA ENVIRONMENTAL LABEL.

THEY RECAPITALIZE AND RESTAFF.

AND THEY REALLY DISCOVERED A DISTINCTIVE SPACE.

WE CALL IT LIGHTING AS A SERVICE IN THAT SPACE FOR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, TEXAS ISDS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

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IF YOU SEE THE WHITE SETTLEMENT.

THEY'VE DONE A SERVICE WITH WHITE SETTLEMENT, PLANO, GODLEY, MELISSA AND TCU.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHAT IS THIS LIGHTING AS A SERVICE? HOW DOES THAT REALLY APPLY TO SPECIFICALLY THE CISD? WELL, WE SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE CONTRACTUALLY GUARANTEED CAPITAL MUTUAL METHOD, REALLY TO CONVERT THE DISTRICT'S THIRTY THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY LIGHT FIXTURES WITH NINETY THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY TWO LAMPS TO LONG TO LONG LIFE LED SYSTEM, CONVERTING THOSE TO THE LONG LIFE LED SYSTEM.

AND, YOU KNOW.

AQUILA HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS PROJECT ALREADY.

THEY'VE REALLY DEVELOPED A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE ENTIRE CYCLE OF THIS PROJECT.

THEY'VE DONE A COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT AT THE TWENTY NINE FACILITIES.

THEY'VE DONE SOME SYSTEM DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION.

WE TALKED ABOUT PROCUREMENT, PROVIDING ACCESS TO A FUNDING MECHANISM THAT REQUIRES ZERO DOLLARS UPFRONT INVESTMENT BY THE CISD.

THEN AS THE DIRECT SOURCING OF THE PROCUREMENT OF THE BULBS, THEY'VE ARRANGED THAT.

THERE IS A REBATE PROCUREMENT.

ONCORE IS HAS RESERVED FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WILL BE REBATED TO THE DISTRICT UPON COMPLETION OF THE INSTALLATION PROJECT.

THE PROJECT INSTALLATION, ONE OF THE MAJOR IMPEDIMENTS TO THIS WORK ACTUALLY BEING DONE BY OUR INTERNAL CISD STAFF IS THE INTERNAL CAPACITY.

AT THIS POINT. WE'VE GOT THREE MASTER ELECTRICIANS ON STAFF AND WE REALLY MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS TO BEGIN CHANGING LIGHT BULBS AT OUR CAMPUSES.

BUT WE REALLY ONLY MADE PROGRESS AT ABOUT FIVE PERCENT OF THE CAMPUSES.

ANOTHER ADVANTAGEOUS COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT THAT AQUILA HAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IS THAT THEY CAN DO THIS WORK AT NIGHT SO IT WILL NOT DISRUPT CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.

AND THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A ONGOING MEASUREMENT AND VERIFICATION PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY REALIZES THE CONTRACTUALLY GUARANTEED SAVINGS. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU MR. FISHER. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THE TIME FRAME ABOUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO REPLACE THOSE LIGHT FIXTURES? ARE WE DOING IT IN A PHASE PROCESS [INAUDIBLE] IS IT A PHASE PROCESS OR IS THAT LIKE OVER A FEW DAYS? I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID THAT ALREADY.

I MAY NOT HAVE ARTICULATED IT CLEARLY, DR.

MAYFIELD. IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY FORTY FIVE TO 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.

WE COULD WE TALKED ABOUT MID-NOVEMBER.

IF WE STARTED IN MID-NOVEMBER, WE COULD POSSIBLY BE COMPLETE AT THE END OF DECEMBER.

OK, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'D LIKE TO SAY IF IT IS FINICALLY POSSIBLE OUR STUDENTS [INAUDIBLE]. SO.

LET'S DO IT.

ALRIGHT THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION AND MY [INAUDIBLE]. WHEN YOU CHANGE OUT THE LIGHTING FIXTURE, IS IT A [INAUDIBLE]? YOU KNOW MANY LIKE AND I AM SPEAKING FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

THEY CHANGED OUT ALL THE LIGHTS IN MY OFFICE AND I HAVE LIKE SO MUCH LIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF AND ALSO [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT WHO DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ENOUGH LIGHT ARE WE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS OR JUST REPLACING THE STATIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST WITHIN OUR FIXTURE? OUR PLAN IS TO CONVERT BULB TO BULB,

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SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THAT.

MR. FISHER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN I JUST FURTHER OPINE ON THAT? YES.

MS. HALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY PRUDENT QUESTION.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WITH LED CONVERSIONS, YOU DO HEAR THAT A LOT.

SO, AS MR. FISHER SAID, WE'RE REALLY REPLACING BULB FOR BULB INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR.

WE ARE REPLACING FIXTURE FOR FIXTURES OF THE LIGHTING APPARATUSES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING AND THE LIGHTS IN THE PARKING LOT OR EVEN THE GYMNASIUM LIGHTING THAT WILL BE FIXTURE FOR FIXTURE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE PRETTY MUCH EXCLUSIVELY WORK IN THE K THROUGH 12 AND UPPER ED SPACE.

AND SO THE SYSTEM IS HOMOGENEOUSLY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE ENVIRONMENTS, MEANING IT'S KIND OF I'M NOT GOING TO SAY A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, BUT IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE FEEL IS BEST IN CLASS IN TERMS OF LIGHT OUTPUT, OPTIMIZING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, IMPROVING WORK SAFETY, ALL WHILE STILL KEEPING IT SOMEWHAT COMFORTABLE.

SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE STANDING ON THE DECK OF A SPACE SHUTTLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY INTENSE LIGHTING.

AND YOU PROBABLY WILL PICK UP A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT OUTPUT TO WHAT YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED TO NOW. BUT IT'LL BE A SUBTLE, SUBTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE FEEDBACK WE'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN FROM TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS OR DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL.

THIS IS GREAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IN THE DARK WE REALLY WERE PRIOR TO THIS, BUT WE'VE NEVER REALLY HEARD THIS IS TOO BRIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOW UNCOMFORTABLE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, AND I GUESS THIS IS TOO [INAUDIBLE], BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF IT'S NOT LIKE A TRADITIONAL LIGHT BULB, LET'S MAKE IT BIGGER BY MY DEPARTMENT LIGHT, PARKING LOT LIGHT, YOU STILL HAVE TO USE A TRANSFORMER, WHICH IS STILL IT'S CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN A TRADITIONAL LIGHT BULB.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS.

AND JUST [INAUDIBLE].

MR. GRASSIA, I APOLOGIZE, I COULDN'T COMPLETELY HEAR THE QUESTION, BUT I THINK IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH TRANSFORMERS? YES, SIR, I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT IF IT'S NOT JUST STICKING IN A LIGHT BULB, THERE ARE TRANSFORMERS THAT YOU HAVE TO INSTALL AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK YES, SIR.

I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY APPLYING TO BALANCE.

AND YES, WE DO ADDRESS THE BALANCE PIECE INTERNALLY AND THEN EXTERIOR.

A FULLY INTEGRATED PICTURE HAS AN INTEGRATED BALANCE TO WHAT'S KNOWN AS A DRIVER.

AND SO THAT'S HOW THAT'S ADDRESSED OUTSIDE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST SAY FIRST, MY INITIAL REACTION WAS [INAUDIBLE].

I MEAN, LOOKING AT IT, IT'S.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GREAT PROPOSAL AT INTEREST RATE OF TWO PERCENT ON THE DEAL AND THE. BUT ULTIMATELY, WE ALL MAKING CROWLEY [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL DISTRICT, [INAUDIBLE]. THAT WE'RE ALL PART OF.

SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

I DO HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION MS. HALL. AND THIS IS FUTURE OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE FLEXIBLE.

WILL WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ADJUSTABLE LIGHTING IF NEEDED.

I KNOW I HEARD FEEDBACK FROM SOME TEACHERS AND SOME STUDENTS [INAUDIBLE] TOO BRIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE LEARNING.

AND SO THEY TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND [INAUDIBLE] LIGHTING OR NEEDED MORE LIGHTS AND LAMPS ARE BROUGHT IN. AND SO IS THEIR FLEXIBILITY WITH THE LIGHTING, IF NOT NOW.

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IN SHORT, YES, MA'AM, THERE MOST DEFINITELY IS.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, THIS IS THE FUTURE ACTION [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU MR. FISHER. THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 13.2.

87TH LEGISLATURE: CISD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

DR. MCFARLAND? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND SO DR.

KOHLER IS PREPARED TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM.

[INAUDIBLE] DR.

KOHLER? THANK YOU, DR.

MCFARLAND, MS. HALL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS DR.

MCFARLAND JUST STATED, THE 87TH LEGISLATURE IS ABOUT TO CONVENE.

THEY ACTUALLY CONVENE ON JANUARY THE 12TH 2021.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ARE REALLY TO FOCUS OUR DISTRICT EFFORTS PRIOR TO AND DURING THE SESSION AND ALSO GUIDE THE DISTRICT'S POSITION ON PUBLIC EDUCATION ISSUES THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

SO INCLUDED WITH YOUR EXHIBIT TONIGHT ARE TWO DOCUMENTS.

ONE IS [INAUDIBLE] POSITIONS AND PRIORITIES, AND THE OTHER IS AUSTIN ISD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. THOSE ARE APPROVED BY THEIR BOARD EARLIER THIS MONTH.

AND I THINK THOSE TWO TOGETHER GIVE US A PRETTY GOOD BROAD OVERVIEW OF MAJOR AREAS OF FOCUS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION DURING THIS SESSION.

AND THEY ACTUALLY BREAK THOSE UP INTO THE FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES YOU SEE THERE.

EDUCATION FUNDING IS GOING TO BE A REALLY BIG ISSUE COMING OUT OF LAST SESSION, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE HOUSE BILL THREE MANDATES THAT WERE OUT THERE.

ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

CERTAINLY COVID HAS IMPACTED WHAT WE DO WITH WITH STUDENT ASSESSMENT.

AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS OUT THERE ABOUT SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY.

OF COURSE, LOCAL CONTROL AND FLEXIBILITY, ALWAYS IMPORTANT IN THE SESSION.

AND THEN CHARTER SCHOOLS AND VOUCHERS.

SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU REVIEW THOSE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED AND SHARE FEEDBACK WITH DR. MCFARLAND ABOUT SPECIFIC ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE REFLECTED IN CROWLEY ISD DOCUMENT. OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR PRIORITIES HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A SAVE THE DATE FROM MR. KIRCHNER FOR A LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOP TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, AT ONE O'CLOCK. AND THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO PRESENT AND DISCUSS OUR PRIORITIES WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SO PLEASE CHECK YOUR CALENDARS.

LET DR. MCFARLAND'S OFFICE KNOW IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT WITH THIS DATE AND TIME.

AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CREATING THIS DOCUMENT AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT.

I KNOW THAT IT HAD A HUGE IMPACT IN THE LAST SESSION, AND WE SAW THAT MANY OF THE PRIORITIES THAT THE THAT THE DISTRICT ESTABLISHED AND WERE SHARED WITH OUR OFFICIALS ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH IN THE SESSION AND WERE ACTED UPON.

SO I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THE CISD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES? YES, THANK YOU.

DR. KOHLER, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER, FOR [INAUDIBLE] A LOT OF TAXPAYERS CERTAINLY REGARDING SCHOOL FUNDING ISSUES IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A BIG ISSUE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

BUT THE POINT THAT JUMPS OUT AT ME IS REFERRING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS [INAUDIBLE] IN AND AROUND OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT [INAUDIBLE].

SOME GOOD LANGUAGE REGARDING CHARTER SCHOOLS, BUT THERE'S ONE SECTION ON [INAUDIBLE] OPPOSING FURTHER EXPANSION OF [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOLS, INCLUDING INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES UNDER [INAUDIBLE] UNLESS CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME ACCOUNTABILITY.

[INAUDIBLE] INCLUDING SPECIAL EDUCATION, THOSE IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE BY

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SO THAT PIECE IS MISSING, [INAUDIBLE] ANY ADVOCACY FOR THIS [INAUDIBLE], SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION, I GUESS, THE CHARTER SCHOOL ISSUE. IT'S MUTE.

THANK YOU MS. BENTON. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? [INAUDIBLE] AND I WOULD SAY THAT HAVING A LEGISLATIVE POSITION OF HAVING OUR VOICE IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT MS. ROBINSON ALSO FEELS VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT.

SO I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE [INAUDIBLE] THE TOPIC AND INFORMATION THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORMULATE OUR POSITION AND [INAUDIBLE] AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF CROWLEY ISD AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT DR. KOHLER. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU. THIS NOW BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 13.3 CISD POLICE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL TO PURCHASE POLICE VEHICLES. DR. MCFARLAND? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE AN ITEMS THAT WERE PRESENTING TONIGHT, REALLY AS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HIRED THE POLICE CHIEF WILL BEGIN TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BUILDING OUR POLICE FORCE [INAUDIBLE] SO TONIGHT WILL BE REPORTING ON THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, POSSIBLE OTHER EQUIPMENT [INAUDIBLE]. MR FISHER? THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

MCFARLAND. IT IS EXTREMELY EXCITING TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGINNING TO TAKE PHYSICAL FORM.

FIRST THIS EVENING WITH THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF AND NOW WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THIS INITIAL PURCHASE OF FIVE POLICE VEHICLES AS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL AS YOU SEE IN YOUR BOARD PACKETS.

OUR INTENT IS TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE POLICE VEHICLE BID AS ADVERTISED BY THE TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED VEHICLES OFF OF THAT BID THAT MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR NEW CHIEF.

AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM, AS DR.

MCFARLAND SPOKE TO, AS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM OR AS AN ACTION ITEM AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU MR. FISHER. THIS IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OK, THANK YOU MR. FISHER. THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS CODE

[14.0 Executive Session ]

WE ARE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:55 PM.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT EIGHT TWENTY THREE P.M.

AND I BELIEVE THERE.

NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS TONIGHT WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BRING FORWARD BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:23PM.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.