Nov 13, 2023 Board Meeting

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD. AND WELCOME TO OUR MEETING . IT IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE 13TH AT 601. THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOSQUITO SD BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS CALLED TO ORDER. A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE TIME AND THE MANNER BY LAW. AT THIS TIME, OUR

[II. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

YEAH. COULDN'T. CLARICE. THAT'S TRUE. MY PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO BE HARSH WORDS FOR WHICH IS CHANCE. ONE MISSION. YEAH JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I ACTUALLY AGENTS TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. WHO YOU ARE.

INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. GUYS HAVEN WESTERN. I'M IN FOURTH GRADE. MADISON CHARLES AND IN SECOND GRADE. I AM JASPER NAIVE AND FOURTH GRADE. WE'RE NADA. FOR LIKE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH WEST, SECOND GRADE, ALRIGHT. GUYS ARE AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL

[IV. BOARD/PTA MOMENT]

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THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND IT WAS A GREAT REPORT. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND FIND IT ON THE ABC NEWS. AND IT'S A GREAT LITTLE REPORT AND I THINK ONCE THE EXTENDED VERSION COME OUT OKAY, BUT IT WAS GREAT AND PROUD OF THE EDUCATORS AND REPRESENTING MESQUITE. THEY DID A GREAT JOB FOR US. IT WAS WELL DONE AND WELL, SAID DR RIVERA. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT HE WAS PART OF IT? I THINK I'M GONNA BUY YOU A SOURCE ON THAT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MISS REES AND DR BLACKWELL BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE STORY WAS ABOUT THEM AND ABOUT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT OH, OUR TEACHERS IN MESQUITE AND EVERYTHING THEY WENT THROUGH DURING THE PANDEMIC, EVERYTHING THAT WE DID TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT QUALITY STAFF THIS YEAR. WE ALL KNOW THE STATS AND SO TOGETHER WITH THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND THE TEACHERS AND ME A WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A DENT AND WITH THESE TWO PROGRAMS E TIP AND PACE. WE'RE NOT ONLY ABLE TO RETAIN TEACHERS AND REWARD THE GREAT TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF PARAPROFESSIONALS AND DOUBLE YOUR SALARY IN ONE YEAR. VERY WELL DONE THERE. YES. IS ANYONE HERE FROM A COUNCIL OF CHEETAHS? OKAY? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY. YEAH, MR CARBO. OKAY WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOMEONE IN THE SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING. UM I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE THINGS WE COULD OFFER OUR STUDENTS. UM WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SCHOOLS, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS MONTH AGO TO SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE. HMM AND, UH, MR BINGHAM SPOKE ABOUT CROSS ELEMENTARY WHERE WE DID THE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION AS WELL. AND WE HAD THE REQUIRED KIDS AND ALL THAT THING TO US. UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE ACCREDITATION VISITS.

I WENT TO RUTHERFORD AND GALLOWAY, WHERE THEY HAVE SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS THERE. WHICH THAT'S WHAT MAKES TWO SCHOOLS PROSPER AND SO EFFECTIVE . WE MAY BE A PROPERTY POOR DISTRICT AND WE HAVE TO COMPETE WITH THOSE DISTRICTS AROUND US THAT ARE THAT ARE BETTER OFF. UM ECONOMIC WISE, HOWEVER, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY WITH ISRAEL COLLEGE THAT GIVES US BENEFITS LIKE THE NATATORIUM THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S A SERVICE THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO OUR KIDS. UM THE ACTIVITIES THAT ALL THE KIDS HAVE. I WENT TO RANGE FLOYD VANGUARD. UM THESE KIDS ARE PART OF THOSE EXERCISES . THEY THEY ENJOY IT. THEY'RE HAVING SO MUCH FUN IN OUR SCHOOLS NOW THAT NOW I KNOW WHY OUR SCHOOLS ARE SO ENGAGED AND IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING THEM THE EMPOWERMENT TO BE ENGAGED AND ENJOY IT. SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF RHETORIC ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOT BEING WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE. AND I'M GLAD TO TELL BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE ACTUALLY YOU'RE WRONG. YOU JUST HAVE TO COME TO THE SCHOOLS AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. YOU HAVE TO BE PART OF IT TO REALLY ENJOY THE REAL PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE BECAUSE IT'S AROUND THE STATE. MANY SCHOOLS ARE DOING THIS, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THOUGHT, UM, CONTINUE TO ASK OUR PARENTS TO KEEP WORKING WITH THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEIR TEACHERS AND YOU KNOW, LET'S LET'S LET'S KEEP THE ESCAPE BEING MESQUITA. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOR FOUR YEARS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OH YOU BET YOU BET. THANK YOU. MISS JOB. ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR STUDENT

[V. STUDENT AND STAFF GUESTS]

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THEY CAN GO OUT THERE. EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS TEACH NEW PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHY I THINK AS TEACHERS WERE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE CREATING WATCH EM LEARNERS.

THANK YOU. WE READ THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU, MICHAEL, WHEREAS THE MOSQUITO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES SEEKS TO HONOR OUTSTANDING CLASSROOM TEACHERS WHO ARE NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS TO RECEIVE THE DISTRICTS HAS TOWARD. AND WHEREAS THE ABDOMEN MOSQUITOES THE APPLE CORE CONSIST OF EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS TO RECEIVE THIS DISTRICT HAS RECOGNITION. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OFFICIALLY WELCOMES MICHAEL THAT'S DEFINING INTO THE MOSQUITOES. THE APPLE CORN THIS 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023. CONGRATULATIONS. APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

HMM. GOOD EVENING BOARD. I'D LIKE TO START AND THANK YOU. THE BOARD FOR HONORING US TEACHERS REGULARLY LIKE THIS ADMINISTRATORS KELLY AND RITA CHRISTINA BARRINGTON FOR SUPPORTING ME AND MY STAFF AND GUIDING OUR CAMPUSES. MY CURRENT BEASLEY STAFF FOR THE HONOR AND ALL MY PREVIOUS BEASLEY FAMILY WHO MAY HAVE MOVED ON IN THE DISTRICT OR MOVED ON ELSEWHERE FOR ALL THE TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER. MY STUDENTS WHO CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM ME AND TEACH ME EVERY DAY. MY PRIOR DISTRICTS AND COWORKERS FOR DRIVING ME TO BE THE BEST THAT I CAN HEAR IN MUSKOGEE, MY FAMILY, JILL AND MY DAUGHTER, MAGGIE, EVERYDAY SUPPORTING ME MY UPS AND DOWNS. MY IN LAWS, WANDA TOM AND THE HEART BREAKS DOWN IN HOUSTON FOR WELCOMING INTO THEIR FAMILY AND MY PARENTS, DAVE AND TEENA FOR SUPPORTING ME AND RAISING ME TO DO MY BEST, EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD. AND MY SISTERS FOR PUTTING UP FOR ME FOR MANY YEARS. THANK YOU. MICHAEL DO YOU HAVE FAMILY HEAVENS STAND THAT ARE HERE. VERY GOOD. AH! THANK YOU. OUR SECOND IN DIGNITY THIS EVENING IS MISS CHRISTINE SIDHU. AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER. HI I THINK THAT MRS SIDDHU IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR APPLE CORE TEACHER BECAUSE SHE IS KIND OF LIKE THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL.

SHE'S ALWAYS BRINGING STUDENTS TOGETHER. REGARDLESS OF THE SENIOR PICTURES OF WE'RE DOING JUST A GAME OR IF I SEE HER JUST AROUND. SHE HAS HER KIDS OUT JUST SHOOTING ALL TYPES OF THINGS WE HAVE GROWN AROUND ON THE CAMPUS, ADDING THE DISTRICT SO I JUST CONSIDERED TO BE A HEARTBEAT AT THE SCHOOL. MRS SIDHU, WELCOME TO THE COLD PART OF APPLE CORE TEACHERS. YOU DEFINITELY DESERVE IT. TEACHING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T ONLY TEACH OUR CONTENT, BUT WE TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO BE PEOPLE AND SHOW EMPATHY AND KINDNESS AND LOVE. AND IF I CAN JUST BE A SMALL PART AND LIKE THE GROWTH OF STUDENTS, THEN THAT'S APPROPRIATE. I DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED. WHAT'S YOUR I DON'T DROP IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO READ THE PROCLAMATION TO WHERE IS THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEE SEEKS TO HONOR OUTSTANDING CLASSROOM TEACHERS WHO DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP INNOVATION AND DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS OF MOSQUITOES STEEP END WHEREAS THE MOSQUITOES TO APPLE CORE CONSISTS OF EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS TO RECEIVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S HIGHEST RECOGNITION, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OFFICIALLY WELCOMES CHRISTINE, TO WHO THINK OF THE MESQUITE SD APPLE CORE ON THIS 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER. 2023. THANK YOU. NO.

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EVERY YEAR. THEY PUSHED ME TO BE THE BEST ME. AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST POWERFUL THING ABOUT TEACHING IS KNOWING THAT YOU ARE INVESTING IN THESE WONDERFUL HUMANS. AND IF YOU ALLOW THEM THEY'LL ALSO INVEST IN YOU, AND THAT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY FIRST PRINCIPLE, MR BRUCE PARKINS. HE HIRED ME STRAIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE WHEN I HAD NO EXPERIENCE, BUT HE SAW SOMETHING IN ME. AND HERE I AM. NINE YEARS LATER AT THE SAME SCHOOL. NOW WITH MISS PRINCIPAL DEIDRE BROWN, WHO BELIEVED IN ME ENOUGH TO PUT MY NAME OUT THERE FOR THIS AWARD. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUOUSLY BELIEVING IN MY JOURNALISM PROGRAM AND FOR WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTING MY STUDENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO CELEBRATE ME TODAY. MY WONDERFUL STUDENTS. I LOVE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY INSPIRATIONAL COWORKERS. I FEEL SO HONORED TO WORK ALONGSIDE SUCH GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO MY FRIENDS. THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY SISTERS. I LOVE YOU ALL. AND FINALLY TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. YEAH NO, IT WAS THERE SO MUCH INTRODUCES HIS HERE FOR YOU. YEAH.

YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD. YEAH. EACH MONTH. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR BEST PARENT PROFESSIONALS IN THE DISTRICT, AND THIS MONTH IS NO EXCEPTION. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR JORDAN'S SIMMONS FORWARD ITS INTEREST DEUCE US TO HIS STAR PAIR OF THE MONTH. MISS JACOB S S. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE PERSON THAT REALLY RUNS WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL.

GINGER BASSES. WHAT WE SAY IS THE HEARTBEAT OF WEST MUSKY. BUT IF YOU ASK GINGER, SHE WILL TELL YOU THAT SHE HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED SEVEN PRINCIPLES IN HER TIME HERE AT WEST AND TAYLOR MORRIS. PEOPLE ON HER ON CAMPUS, DESCRIBED AS A CONFIDANT, A COUNSELOR, A MENTOR, THERAPIST, LISTENING EAR SHOULDER TO CRY ON THE MONEY, LADY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FRIEND. SHE MAKES ALL OF US LAUGH. SHE ALWAYS HAS A FUNNY QUIP. AND THAT WAS BETTER THAN ANYONE THE TIMING FOR EACH SEASON SERVANT LEADER AND NOBODY IS MORE DESERVING OF THIS AWARD. THANK YOU.

REGULATIONS MHM MHM.

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR REPLAY TALK THIS MONTH, AND WE HAD A VIDEO TELL THE STORY AS WELL. THIS MONTH. WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HONOR COMMUNITY LIFE. CHURCHES ARE FEATURED REPLAY TALK COMMUNITY PARTNER THIS SUMMER COMMUNITY LIFE CHURCH HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL SERVE WEEK WHERE SOME GROUPS FROM THE CHURCH ADOPTED THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES ON OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. SERVE IS AN EVENT THAT COMMUNITY LIFE CHURCH DOES EVERY YEAR WHERE WE SET ONE WEEK ASIDE WHERE WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT ATTEND OUR CHURCH TO GROUP UP AND THEIR COMMUNITY GROUPS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, FAMILY OR COWORKERS TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. SEE A NEED AND FELONY BY USING THEIR GOD GIVEN GIFTS AND TALENTS.

THESE FAMILIES HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT ONE WEEK COMMITMENT, AND NOW THEY ARE REGULARLY CHECKING IN ON THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY STAY STOCKED AND IN GOOD CONDITION. WE GO AS A FAMILY ON FRIDAYS TO SEE IF THE BOOKS NEED TO BE CLEAN, SORTED.

RANGE WAS A LITTLE BIT NEGLECTED . IT NEEDED SOME LOVE AND CARE. IT ACTUALLY LENDS IT TO WHERE PEOPLE WILL NATURALLY START DOING IT ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT BEING PROMPTED BY A ONE WEEK OF

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OKAY? ARE PLUMBERS HERE THIS EVENING? ALRIGHT, NICE DEEP PLUMBING GROUP. OKAY Y'ALL COME FORWARD. YOU'VE GOT TO GET RECOGNIZED. I'M GOING TO TELL A STORY ABOUT THEM. SO LAST MONTH, A GROUP OF MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DISCOVERED A FRIGHTENED PUPPY INSIDE A STORM DRAIN BY THE TENNIS COURTS. BUT DESPITE THEIR EFFORTS TO ASSIST THE DOG, IT REFUSED TO COME OUT OF THE TUNNEL. OFFICER BOBBY DOGS. THE BACK THE CAMPUS X S. R O ASKED THE STUDENTS TO RETURN TO CLASS AND ASSURED THEM HE WOULD HANDLE THE SITUATION WHILE WAITING FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. SD PLUMBERS CHRIS COLE ONE CRUISE, ZACH MCKEITHEN, MARK MILLIGAN AND READY LIMES DROVE BY AND REGGIE THE DRIVER ASKED IF EVERYTHING WAS OK, OFFICER TONKS, VAT EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM, AND THE CREW IMMEDIATELY CALLED IN THEIR THINNEST MEMBERS. TO ENTER THE TUNNEL AND RESCUE THE PUP. I DON'T KNOW. IF YOU ALL SAW THAT TUNNEL, IT WAS PRETTY NARROW. SO AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THEY SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED THE PUPPY , SO WE WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HEROIC EFFORTS THAT NIGHT.

THE PUPPY DID GET A HOME. BY THE WAY, YES, IT WAS LOST, AND IT GOT BACK TO ITS HOME. SO ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT NOW WE HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS, STARTING WITH STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENTS. THIS IS DANYA FERIA FROM VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL.

STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL IS ELIZABETH SAUCEDO, AND THE SPONSOR IS ZACH IMAGER AND KRISTEN HAYWOOD.

ALRIGHT FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE AIDEN SLICKSTER SPONSOR, STEPHANIE BRUCE BRUCE DODSON. ALRIGHT FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE JOCELYN MATAMOROS AND HER SPONSOR IS AARON VANSICKLE.

FROM PROTEIN HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE SOPHIA S. KUITO AND ROSHI DAVID. AND THEIR SPONSORS, MICHELLE GRIFFIN.

ALRIGHT FROM A C NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS JAMES GEARY AND SPONSOR IS TASHA REESE.

MOVING ON TO NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY PRESIDENTS. WE HAVE HEAVEN. ESPARZA FROM AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL SPONSOR IS ELISA MORRIS. PERSONALLY. MHM. FROM MACDONALD MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS

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FROM THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS VICENTE ALONZO AND HIS SPONSOR, VANESSA GUTERRES . FROM KIMBROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. PRINCESS PATTERSON AND HER SPONSOR, JENNIFER MILLER.

NOW TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL, NATIONAL HONOR. SOCIETY PRESIDENTS. THIS IS CARLA RAMIREZ FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY PRESIDENT KAYLA ELLIS SPONSOR IS STACY THOMAS.

FROM VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL, ARABELLA ADAMS. FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. JAZEERA TORRES SPONSORS MANDY MCLEAN AND JONI HUTCHISON . FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL, HALLE BURKETT AND HER SPONSOR, ELIZABETH ROSE. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT STUDENT RECEIVED. THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM COMMENDED HONORS ON THE PS 80 NM S Q T AND SCORED IN THE TOP 3% IN THE NATION. THIS IS CHRISTIAN SITO FROM VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL.

MOVING ON TO ATHLETICS. THIS IS THE TENNIS TEAM FROM PETITE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE DISTRICT 1258 DISTRICT CHAMPS AND AREA QUALIFIERS AND THEIR COACHES, DR PHIL GORDON.

NEXT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FROM PETITE AND THE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FROM PETITE, THEIR REGIONAL QUALIFIERS AND THEIR COACHES ARE SHAYLA PRINCE AND JEFF HOMES.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TENNIS TEAM FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WERE BY DISTRICT

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NEXT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, 1258 DISTRICT CHAMPS AND AREA QUALIFIERS AND THE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM. THEY WERE ALSO AREA QUALIFIERS AND THEIR COACH, KAMIL WARD. YEAH. ADAM HAS HIS OWN RECOGNITION. HE WAS THE BOY'S DISTRICT 12 5, A CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPION, ADAM PUENTES. OF LATE.

YES. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, AND NOW WE HAVE THE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM AND THE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WERE REGIONAL QUALIFIERS IN THEIR COACHES, GREG HUNTER. CONFUSE A PART OF YOU THAT SHE WASN'T. ALSO WITH THE TEAM IS TELLING TAYLAN LINK. I'M SORRY, TAYLOR. TAYLAN LEAK. SHE IS THE GIRLS DISTRICT 12 5, A CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPION AS WELL. I HATE TO SAY THAT ONE AND THAT CERTAIN THINGS. IT WAS ME. IT'S GOOD.

ALL RIGHT NOW WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TENNIS TEAM FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY WERE BY DISTRICT QUALIFIERS THIS YEAR AND LINDA HOW IT IS THEIR COACH.

NOW WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL BAND WHO RECEIVED A SEVERE SUPERIOR DIVISION RATING AT THE U I L REGION MARCHING BAND CONTEST DIRECTED BY TOD BURKE.

AND NEXT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL BAND, WHO ALSO EARNED A SUPERIOR DIVISION RATING AT EL REGIONAL MARCHING BAND CONTEST DIRECTED BY LANCE LISOVSKY. OKAY.

FROM PETITE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS THE BAND MEMBERS OF THE BAND, AND THEY ALSO EARNED A SUPERIOR DIVISION RATING AT REGIONAL MARCHING BAND CONTEST DIRECTED BY TOUCHDOWNS. BELIEVE. I BELIEVE THEY ALSO GOT BACK FROM A TRIP TO THE STATE FINALS AS WELL.

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AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, IS THE BAND FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL WHO ALSO EARNED A SUPERIOR DIVISION RATING. THE L. REGIONAL MARCHING BAND CONTEST DIRECTED BY JENNIFER BORDERS.

AT THIS TIME, LET'S TAKE LIKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK SO HE CAN GO OUT.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RESUME OUR MEETING. IF WE CAN PLEASE. I'M GONNA DO THE CONSENT AGENDA. OH YEAH. THAT'S BREAKING SERGEANT MARK. REGULAR ORDER IN THE COURTROOM. MR GILBERT? NOT YET.

NOT YET. PASSING OUT STUFF. YES, HE IS. THANKSGIVING IS THANKSGIVING. GOD NO. THIS IS THE TAX OFFICE. ALRIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT. POLITICAL ADVERTISING. YES AT THIS POINT

[VI. CONSENT AGENDA]

APPROVED OKAY. IS THERE A SIX SECOND? UH IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT IN TIME? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. SAME SIGNS. MOTION CARRIED, ALL RIGHT. AND UM, IS THERE ONE HERE FOR OUR AUDIENCE? OKAY THANK YOU. ALSO REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT NOW, BUT WHAT I'M

[XI. BUSINESS]

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BROOKE FULLER WAS THE ENGAGEMENT PARTNER AND THEN TOM PETERSON IS OUR QUALITY CONTROL REVIEWER WHO DOES NOT COME ON SITE, BUT HE IS AN UNBIASED AH THIRD PARTY, A THIRD PARTNER THAT REVIEWS OR SECOND PARTNER. EXCUSE ME THAT REVIEWS THE FINAL PRODUCT BEFORE WE SUBMIT TO T A AND TO THE FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARINGHOUSE. THE AUDIT PROCESS BEGAN WITH PLANNING IN MARCH APRIL OF 2023 OF THIS YEAR, WE CAME ON SITE BEGAN TO LOOK AT INTERNAL CONTROLS FROM FEDERAL CONTROLS FINANCIAL REPORTING CONTROLS, ETCETERA, AND I HAVE AN ILLUSTRATION AS WELL THAT THAT GOES A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAIL. WE GAINED AN UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE CONTROLS TESTED THE KEY CONTROLS AFTER THE DISTRICT CLOSED ITS BOOKS. WE CAME BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2023 AND DID THE SUBSTANTIVE TESTING ALL IN AN EFFORT TO ISSUE OUR OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT WE FOCUSED ON WAS PAYROLL, NON PAYROLL PROCUREMENT , INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, FEDERAL SPECIFIC TESTS FOR THE MAJOR PROGRAMS. WE TESTED IDEA B AND YOUR EXTRA FUNDS AND THEN OTHER REVENUES SUCH AS YOUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM BECAUSE STATE AID DOES IS AN ESTIMATE BASED ON PROPERTY TAX INPUTS AS WELL. AS 88 OR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. WE DO PERFORM TEST WORK AROUND THAT AREA AND LOOK AT YOUR TEAM'S PROCEDURES AS WELL IN THE CONTROL SURROUNDING THAT WE DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON PAYROLL JUST BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF YOUR EXPENDITURES. AS FAR AS THE SUBSTANTIVE PROCEDURES ARE CONCERNED, WE LOOK AT WE START WITH ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES, FLUX AND RATIO ANALYSIS. WE DO PREDICTIVE TEST. THEN WE MOVE INTO VOUCHING IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT ACTUAL HARD COPIES OR LOOK AT ELEKTRONIK BANK RECORDS AS WELL. WE CONFIRM WITH YOUR THIRD PARTY SUCH AS BANKING INSTITUTIONS AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE BECAUSE ALL OF YOUR ALL OF YOUR FUNDING BUT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR FUNDING FOR STATE AID, AND SOME OF YOUR FEDERAL FUNDS COMES THROUGH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY WERE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THAT DIRECTLY FROM T A S WEBSITE AND CONFIRM THOSE LARGE PORTIONS OF YOUR OUR REVENUE FOR PROPERTY TAXES. WE GO THROUGH THE CITY OF MESQUITA IN USE THE COLLECTION REPORTS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO US. ALL OF THIS IS IN AN EFFORT TO ISSUE OUR OPINION, AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT YOU HAVE EARNED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. WE DID PERFORM OUR AUDIT, NOT JUST WITH GOVERNMENT GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, BUT ALSO GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS OR WHAT WE CALL THE YELLOW BOOK BECAUSE YOU DO SPEND MORE THAN $750,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS, AND HERE IN A MINUTE, WE'LL SEE THAT YOU SPENT 128 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTERNAL CONTROL FINDINGS RELATED TO FINANCIAL REPORTING OR ANY FINDINGS RELATED TO COMPLIANCE. THE OPINION OVER THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THIS IS A SEPARATE OPINION FROM THE OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SO THE UNMODIFIED OPINION IS INDICATING THAT ANY USERS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CAN RELY ON THE FIGURES PRESENTED. AND THEN THE SAME GOES FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. WE FOLLOW THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT THAT'S ISSUED EVERY YEAR. AND THAT DOCUMENT TELLS US WHAT WE HAVE TO TEST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS AS I INDICATED EARLIER WERE SPECIAL, ED AND THEN YOUR ESTHER. THE VARIOUS TRANCHES UNDER ESTHER ESTHER. ONE IS FULLY EXHAUSTED. AND YOU'RE SPENDING DOWN S OR TWO AND THREE AND SOME OF THE HOMELESS AND T CLASS FUNDINGS THAT WERE NEWER. LAST YEAR. YOU HAVE ALSO EARNED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OVER EACH OF THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. NOR DO WE HAVE ANY END. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INTERNAL CONTROL FINDINGS FOR EACH OF THE THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. WHEN WE MOVE INTO THE GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM YOUR GENERAL FUND . YOUR DEBT SERVICE YOUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. THESE ARE ON THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. IT PRESENTS ALL OF YOUR LONG LIVED ASSETS SUCH AS CAPITAL ASSETS AS WELL AS YOUR LONG TERM LIABILITIES. LIKE YOUR DEBT. IT PRESENTS THE NETWORK OF THE DISTRICT. THE TOTAL ASSETS WERE 1.4 BILLION, WITH CAPITAL ASSETS AT A LITTLE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN CASH AND INVESTMENTS MADE OF $348 MILLION. YOU HAVE DIFFERED OUTFLOWS THAT HAVE SEVERAL COMPONENTS RELATED TO PENSION AND OPEC AS WELL AS RE FUNDED DEBT LIABILITIES. TOTALLED $1.1 BILLION WITH BONDS AT 816 MILLION. THAT SHOULD BE MILLION NOT BILLION. YOUR NET PENSION LIABILITY WAS 140 MILLION. AND THE NET, OKAY? PAID LIABILITY WAS AT $75 MILLION. AND I INCLUDED TWO ASTERIX THERE BECAUSE THAT THOSE TWO LIABILITIES DO NOT REPRESENT A CASH LIABILITY. MISKITO SD IS

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JUST QUICKLY AND OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE NET PENSION LIABILITY HAS DONE AND YOU'LL SEE A VERY DRASTIC CHANGE FROM 20 TO FISCAL YEAR 22 IN FISCAL YEAR 23 2 REASONS THE DISCOUNT RATE WENT FROM 7.25 DOWN TO 7% ANYTIME THE DISCOUNT RATE OR THE INTEREST RATE CHANGES. THE INVERSE HAPPENS TO THAT LIABILITY, AND IF YOU ALSO RECALL IN 22. NOW ONE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THESE LIABILITIES ARE MEASURED AS OF AUGUST 31ST 2022 BECAUSE TRS HAS A YEAR END OF AUGUST 31ST SO WE CAN'T WAIT AROUND FOR THEM TO ISSUE WE WOULD NEVER BE ON TIME. SO WE'RE ALWAYS A YEAR BEHIND WITH THIS LIABILITY. I SEE ALL THAT, BECAUSE IN 22 THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS WERE DISMAL.

AND SO WITH THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS BEING SO POOR THAT LIABILITY ALSO SHOT UP. ON THE FLIP SIDE ON THE NET. OH PEB LIABILITY, YOU'LL SEE A DRASTIC DROP. I JUST SAID THAT INVESTMENT EARNINGS WERE TERRIBLE. THEY WERE, HOWEVER, THE DISCOUNT RATE WENT FROM 1.9% EXCUSE ME, 3.91% DOWN TO 1.91% WHICH MEANS THAT LIABILITY THE OPPOSITE. EXCUSE ME. IT WENT FROM 1.95% UP TO 3.91% THEREFORE , YOUR LIABILITY DROPPED. SO THE BIG CULPRIT FOR THIS DROP IS THE CHANGE IN THE DISCOUNT RATE, WHICH IS DISCLOSED IN YOUR NOTES FOR OPEN. AS FAR AS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE PENSION AND OPENED LIABILITIES WHEN WE MOVE OVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO ACTUAL THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO SCENE, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOUR ACTUAL RED REVENUES TOTALED $409 MILLION, AND THEY WERE MORE THAN THE FINAL BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY $7 MILLION. YOUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES OF $371 MILLION CAME UNDER BUDGET BY $6 MILLION, AND THEN YOU HAD OTHER FINANCING USES TRANSFERS OUT INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND OF SIX 18 MILLION OVERALL. STILL YOUR FUND BALANCE INCREASED BY $21 MILLION. WITH AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $139 MILLION SO WITHIN THAT YOU HAVE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF $110 MILLION OF THAT IF WE WERE TO COMPARE THAT TO YOUR EXPENDITURES THAT YOU SPENT IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT WOULD EQUATE TO 108 DAYS OR 30% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES, IN OTHER WORDS, IF ALL REVENUES WERE TO CEASE THAT FUND BALANCE, UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WOULD LAST ABOUT 108 DAYS. THE RECOMMENDED IS 90 DAYS OR 25% OF EXPENDITURES. AND THEN THE DANGER ZONE WITH THIS LEVEL OF EXPENDITURES WOULD BE 30 DAYS OR 12.5% SO YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT 30 MILLION AND YOU AREN'T ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. I ALSO INCLUDED THAT THE DISTRICT ASSIGNED $27 MILLION AND A GOOD SOMETHING TO NOTE AS WELL. WHEN TA ISSUES ITS FIRST RATING, THEY WILL COMBINE THE UNASSIGNED AND ASSIGNED FUN BALANCE FOR FIRST RATING PURPOSES TO DETERMINE THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT . SO ON TOP OF THE 110, YOU HAVE 27 MILLION, WHICH MAKES THE DISTRICT EVEN OR AS A RESULT, IT LOOKS EVEN HEALTHIER FOR FIRST RATING PURPOSES WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET TO ACTUAL, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS HERE WITH LOCAL REVENUE BEING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES CAME IN A LITTLE UNDER BY ABOUT 5 MILLION. YOUR STATE REVENUES WERE A LITTLE BIT UNDER AND THEN YOUR FEDERAL REVENUES EXCEEDED THE ACTUAL YOU'RE ACTUAL REVENUES EXCEEDED THE BUDGET BY $14 MILLION, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH YOUR INDIRECT COSTS AND SCHOOL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES OR SHARDS THAT THAT COMES TO THE DISTRICT ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE YOUR OTHER USES GOING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS WHEN WE LOOK AT GENERAL AT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOUR STATE AID MAKES UP 62% AND THERE'S ALWAYS AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROPERTY TAXES AND STATE AID. MORE PROPERTY TAXES YOU COLLECT THE LESS STATE AID AND VICE VERSA. YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THE $19 MILLION IN FEDERAL REVENUE MAKES

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THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES APPEARED ON THE GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BUT THE GATSBY. WANTS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO REPORT THESE COMMITMENTS TO PAY FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION ASSETS. SO IF YOU HAVE MULTI YEAR COMMITMENTS, THEY SAY, WHY DON'T YOU RECORD THAT AS A LIABILITY? THE SAME THING AS WE DID WITH LEASES, WHETHER OPERATING OR CAPITAL LEASES, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THIS INTANGIBLE ASSETS. SO THAT WAS NEW THIS YEAR. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN A LOT OF THINGS THAT DISTRICTS AND ALL GOVERNMENTS HAVE HAD TO DO SO AGAIN. KUDOS TO YOUR DISTRICT. UM TO WORK TO WORK THAT THEY WORK THROUGH THAT. THERE WERE NO DISAGREEMENTS OR DIFFICULTIES WITH MANAGEMENT. AND I DO THINK YOUR TEAM BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY QUICK TO RESPOND TO ALL OF OUR REQUEST. VERY ACCOMMODATING, AND SO WE JUST THANK THEM FOR HELPING US GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. THE LAST PIECE OF AUDIT EVIDENCE THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY WAS THE MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER. WHERE MR PRADO AND HIS TEAM INDICATED THAT THEY HAD NOT WITHHELD ANY INFORMATION FROM US TO PERFORM OUR AUDIT, AND THEY'VE DISCLOSED EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO KNOW. THE SECOND ITEM DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE FRIENDS AT OTHER AUDIT FIRMS. IT JUST MEANS THAT IF YOU START TO OPINION SHOP AND YOU DON'T AGREE WITH US, WE'D BE REQUIRED TO TELL THE BOARD THAT YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO OTHER FIRMS. ANY ISSUES THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, IF YOU ASK US TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, OUR RESPONSE IS NOT CONTINGENT ON YOU RETAINING THIS AS YOUR AUDITORS YOUR TEAM KNOWS, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE RISK AVERSE THAT OUR ANSWER WILL BE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. WHAT ABOUT THEM? AND I KNOW THEY APPRECIATE OUR STYLE AS WELL. FINALLY THE ESTIMATES THAT ARE INCLUDED AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE STATE AID BECAUSE OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE HAVE BEEN PENSION LIABILITIES. THOSE ARE DETERMINED BY A THIRD PARTY AND THEN YOUR ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS AS IT RELATES TO PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT AUDIT REPORT. I WAS THE FIRST THING I GO TO IS THE PAGE WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT UNMODIFIED, NO MATERIAL OR

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THIRD ITEM CONTRACT FOR ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM GOOD EVENING AGAIN. OH WELL, I SAID THAT THREE TIMES . WE GOT HIS VERY CONSISTENT THIS ONE THING. UH YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS AND THE MOSQUITO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OUR TAX COLLECTIONS AS I'VE INFORMED YOU IN SOME FORM OF CAPACITY IS THAT THE CITY OF MESQUITE WE'RE NO LONGER BE PROVIDING THIS SERVICE FOR US. AND SO WE'RE ENGAGING IN A PARTNERSHIP OR WE'RE PROPOSING TO ENGAGE IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS COUNTY. AND FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE MR JOHN AMES, WHO WILL COME UP HERE AND PRESENT SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU, AND HE HAS OTHERS WITH HIM THAT HE MIGHT INTRODUCE. GOOD EVENING BOARD. I WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN WE GOT HERE TONIGHT. THE ROOM WAS FULL, AND I SAID THEY'RE ALL HERE TO HEAR ABOUT TAXES. IT'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL. AND THEN Y'ALL CLEARED IT OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THEY LAUGHED. I GET IT. I GET IT. IT WERE SO POPULAR. I'M JOHN INJURED DALLAS COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR WITH ME TONIGHT. I HAVE MISS PEGGY MCCORMICK, MY CHIEF DEPUTY EDWARD LOPEZ, ATTORNEY WITH THE LIMBURGER LAW FIRM, AND MS MARY SUE DANIEL, WHO'S YOUR LIAISON WITH LINEBARGER LAW FIRM, SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO VISIT WITH YOU TONIGHT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM WHEN THE CITY MESQUITE CAME TO US A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE CLOSING OUR TAX OFFICE. WE'D LIKE YOU TO SERVICE BOTH THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE SAID LET'S GET IT STARTED. SO IS THIS IS IT TO THE RIGHT? OKAY, PERFECT. SO DALLAS COUNTY COLLECTS FOR OVER 90 DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS WE COLLECT FOR FOUR COUNTYWIDE ENTITIES 23 CITIES, 10 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 50 SPECIAL REPUBLICAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS . AS SUCH, WE COLLECT AND THROUGH YOUR CONTRACT, AND THIS IS ALL IN YOUR CONTRACT. WE WILL COLLECT, CALCULATE THE NO NEW REVENUE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL.

RIGHT? UM ON YOUR BEHALF. WE PROVIDE PRINT READY TRUTH AND TAXATION DOCUMENTS. ALL THOSE READY FOR THE NEWSPAPER. AS YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IN TAXATION PROCESS IS VERY DIFFICULT IS A SHORT TIME FRAME, AND SO WE PROVIDE ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION TO YOU. WE MAY ONLY COLLECT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ONLINE ON BY MAIL AND OVER THE PHONE OR OVER THE COUNTER. WE MANAGED AND FACILITATE INSTALLMENT PAYMENT AGREEMENTS ON YOUR BEHALF AND WE APPLY TAX EXEMPTIONS AND VALUE

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VETERAN INSTALLMENT PAYMENT PLANS. WE OFFER HOMESTEAD PAYMENT PLANS, WHICH HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT THE LAST FEW YEARS. WHERE THROUGH COVID. UM WE ALSO DO INFORMAL PAYMENT PLANS WHERE YOU CAN BEGIN PAYING OCTOBER 1ST. ALWAYS REMIND MY CITIZENS PAY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN. WHEN THE WHEN, WHEN THE LOTTERY COME SEE US FIRST. PLEASE DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT. UM AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S FORMAL PAYMENT PLANS, AND THOSE ARE THE SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH OUR DELINQUENT COLLECTION FROM MINE BARTER. THESE ARE OUR LOCATIONS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. RIGHT THERE. IN THE CENTER, YOU'LL SEE THE NEWLY RENOVATED RECORDS BUILDING BUILDING WAS 101 YEARS OLD WHEN WE MOVED OUT OF IT FIVE YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY SEVEN YEARS AGO NOW THEY DID A FIVE YEAR RENOVATION. WE'VE BEEN BACK IN IT FOR TWO YEARS ON THE TOP.

THERE YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE A FACILITY IN NORTH DALLAS TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE ONE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND IN SOUTH DALLAS. AND VERY BOTTOM. THAT'S OUR OUT CLIFF LOCATION. TOP RIDERS ARE GARLAND LOCATION, AND THAT LAST ONE IS OUR MESQUITE LOCATION. NOW I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT BUILDING GOING THAT LOOKS LIKE THE CREAMIEST OLD BUILDING OF ALL OF THESE. IT IS, UH AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A COLOR PICTURE. I'M SAD TO SAY THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE MOVING TO A BRAND NEW FACILITY. SO DALLAS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MESQUITA THE LAND SWAP AND THEY'LL BE TAKING OVER OUR OLD FACILITY THERE. UM, AND WE ACTUALLY MOVING DOWN THE STREET RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIRE STATION, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FALL OF 2024. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BY THE WAY, EXTREMELY EXCITED SINCE TAKING OFFICE 15 YEARS AGO, WE BE THEIR RENOVATED AND ARE COMPLETELY REBUILT ALL THE TAX OFFICES IN DALLAS COUNTY , SO IT IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT ARE 2023 TAX STATEMENTS. WE MAIL OUT OVER 800,000 TAX STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTITIES AGAIN.

THAT'S ALL OF OUR CITIES AND SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT WE WORK WITH. UM MS MCCORMICK AND I AND SEVERAL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM ACTUALLY QC OUR PRINTERS RIGHT HERE IN TOWN. WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONTRACT WITH OUR PRINTING COMPANY IS HERE LOCALLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ON SITE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ACCURATE AND CORRECT BEFORE IT GETS MAILED OUT. WE HAVE A DEDICATED TAXPAYER RELATIONS AND CUSTOMER CARE CENTER OF THE LARGEST CALL CENTER IN ALL OF DALLAS COUNTY OVER 23 FULL TIME AND FOUR PART TIME REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH SPEAK ENGLISH AND SPANISH ARE THERE IN OUR CAR CENTER? THEY ANSWER CALLS RESOLVE INQUIRIES, BOTH RELATED TO PROPERTY TAXES AND MOTOR VEHICLES. THEY ALSO MAINTAIN AND UPDATE OUR TAX OFFICE WEBSITE. SPEAKING OF OUR WEBSITE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT WEBSITE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO 3 65 24 7. MHM ON THAT WEBSITE. THERE'S SOME KEY THINGS RIGHT AS YOU FIRST POP OPEN THAT WEBSITE.

THERE'S THE TWO THINGS THAT PEOPLE COME TO US MOST FOUR AND THAT IS THEIR GET THEIR VEHICLE REGISTERED AND TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, SO WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THAT RIGHT UP FRONT.

IN ADDITION, YOU'LL SEE IT SAYS THE SEA BRANCH WAIT TIMES. YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT BUTTON. AND YOU CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO THE TAX OFFICE FOR AND WHICH LOCATION? THOSE LOCATIONS WILL ACTUALLY TELL YOU WHAT THE WAIT TIME IS FOR REGISTRATION FOR A TITLE OR FOR A PROPERTY TAX PAYMENT. AND YOU MAY JUST DECIDE TO JUST DO IT ONLINE ANYWAY. WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ONE NEED TO DO. NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO REPORTING, I KNOW THIS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT. MR PRADO AND HIS TEAM. I'M GONNA PUT MY GLASSES ON. BECAUSE THIS LITTLE SCREEN RIGHT OUT FRONT.

HERE IS A LITTLE BIT SMALL. THE LARGEST REPORT YOU SEE ON HERE ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS. THIS IS A MONTHLY REPORT THAT COMES TO EVERY INTERESTING WE COLLECT FOR. YOU'LL SEE IT SIGNED AND NOTARIZED BY ME, AND IT BREAKS DOWN ALL THE COLLECTIONS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR YOU BOTH DELINQUENT. CURRENT BREAKS DOWN THE FEES THAT WERE PAID TO THE LAW FIRM. IT ALSO BREAKS DOWN THE I N S AND M AND A PORTION OF THOSE TAXES FOR YOU. IN ADDITION, WE GIVE VARIOUS REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE'LL DO A COURTESY INVOICE.

WE'LL GIVE DAILY REPORTS THAT COME TO THE ENTITY THAT SHOWS THEM HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE COLLECTED. WE DO THE TOP 10 REPORTS. WE DO THE LATTER CALCULATION REPORT. THERE'S MULTIPLE REPORTS AND THE REALLY NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS AFTER I TOOK OFFICE, WE DEVELOPED A

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ANY KIND OF NEWSLETTER ARTICLES THAT YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT. A PRESS RELEASE IN ANY KIND OF WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT ARE THE COSTS OF THESE SERVICES? THE COSTS ARE FAIRLY REASONABLE. IN FACT, MY COMMISSIONERS ALWAYS WONDER WHY DON'T CHARGE MORE THAN THIS. IT'S A DOLLAR 40 PER PARCEL. AND SO NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO MAIL THAT OUT, SAY, I HAVE TO MAIL A BILL OUT TO YOU, AND THEN SOMEBODY DOESN'T PAY AND HAVE TO MAIL DELINQUENT NOTICE IN THE PAINT HAD TO MAIL ANOTHER LINK. BUT THOSE DIDN'T CHARGE YOU FOR EVERY MAILING. ONE TIME A YEAR. WE CHARGED YOU A DOLLAR 40 PER PARCEL, AND SO IF YOU SEND US OVER 40 50,000 PARCELS MULTIPLY THAT OUT. WE'RE GONNA SEND MR PRATO A BILL AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COLLECT THAT COSTS IN THERE. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANY OUT OF COUNTY PARCELS, DO YOU? YOU'RE ALL WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY AND, OF COURSE, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. THOSE ARE FOR THE CITIES. AND SO YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE AND LINE BAR HAS GRACIOUSLY WAVED THE COST OF CONVERSION THEY DO ON THE SOFTWARE COMPANY THAT WE USE AC SYSTEM AND SO BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH US AND THERE ARE PARTNERS AND THEY'RE ALSO YOUR PARTNERS. THEY'VE WAIVED THAT COST OF CONVERSION FOR BOTH PARTIES. SO THANK YOU. LINEBARGER ALWAYS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PROMISED TO COME UP HERE TO YOUR TAX ASSESSOR AND NOT TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MOTOR VEHICLE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE OFFER IN THE OFFICES WILL BE COLLECTING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES AND SO AS THE SECOND LARGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE LINES LARGEST COUNTY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, WE REGISTER OVER 2.1 MILLION VEHICLES HERE RIGHT HERE IN DALLAS COUNTY. 10% OF ALL THE VEHICLES IN THE ROADS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE RIGHT HERE IN DALLAS COUNTY. I KNOW THAT EXPLAINED SOME OF THE TRAFFIC AROUND HERE, RIGHT? SO WE ALSO PROCESS 650,000 TITLE TRANSFER.

SO ANYTIME YOU BUY A VEHICLE, WHETHER IT BE AT A DEALERSHIP OR AN INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL SALE, THAT TITLE TRANSFER COMES THROUGH THE TAX OFFICE. AND, OF COURSE, WE PROVIDE DISABLED PLACARDS. FOR MANY CITIZENS, THAT MEAN THAT'S THE TEAM. I HAVE 287 EMPLOYEES, SO I BELIEVE THE CITY MESQUITE HAD THREE EMPLOYEES IN THEIR TAX OFFICE. SO, UH, FOR A LITTLE BIT LESS MONEY THAN YOU'RE PROBABLY PAYING. NOW YOU GET AN ADDITIONAL 284 EMPLOYEES AT YOUR SERVICE. ABSOLUTELY YES, SIR. I'M I KNEW THERE WAS A QUESTION COMING. MR FIRST COMMENT, SO YOU'RE TO BLAME. FOR RE REGISTERING ALL THESE VEHICLES. YOU COULD NOT REGISTER AND WE WON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM. IS THAT RIGHT? PROBABLY GET A TICKET, BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S UP TO YOU, SIR. COMPLETELY EMPTY. YOU DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE TO. YES I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I HAD A BUNCH ACTUALLY HAD ASKED MR PRADO A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS IN OUR VIETNAM ANSWERS. WONDERFUL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE I KNOW YOUR STAFF LOOKS AT AND WE LOOK AT WHEN WE START PREPARING OUR BUDGET NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DATA. SURELY THEY

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WHATEVER QUESTIONS THEY HAVE, THEY'LL FIND THAT THEY PROBABLY GET MORE COMMUNICATION FROM US, AND THEY REALLY WANT, UM, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THEY'LL GET IN A ROLE IN A RHYTHM OF WHERE TO GO. LOOK AT THE FOR THE REPORTS. IF THEY'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US, ANYTIME WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE SYSTEM THANK YOU. I HAVE. YEAH WHAT WOULD BE THE DOWNSIDE AND DOWNSIDE OF THE JOINT TAX OFFICE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS WITH THE CITY OF MESQUITE? I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW CITY OF MOSQUITO INITIATED THIS REQUEST. CORRECT WHAT CHALLENGES DO YOU ANTICIPATE? YEAH NONE WHATSOEVER TO BE WITH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE COLLECT FOR OVER 90 DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. SINCE TAKING OFFICE 15 YEARS AGO, WE PROBABLY BROUGHT 20 DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS ON BOARD, SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VERY USED TO DOING. WE'RE VERY ACCUSTOMED TO DOING. YOU CAN CERTAINLY STAY WITH THE CITY OF MESQUITE, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A TAX OFFICE ANYMORE, SO NO, NO, NOT GOING TO. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT.

I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, THOUGH IN IN DALLAS COUNTY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES THAT HAVE A JOINT TAX ON OFFICE LIKE WE HAVE THE LAST STANDING JOINT TAX OFFICE. IN FACT, I WAS THE TAX ASSESSOR OF ONE OF THOSE JOINT TAX OFFICES. I WAS SOLO CITY AND SCHOOL TAX ASSESSOR. FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS BEFORE I BECAME THE DALLAS COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR STANLEYVILLE USED TO HAVE A JOINT OFFICE. WE TOOK THAT ONE OVER CARPAL USED TO HAVE A JOINT OFFICE. WE TOOK THAT ONE OVER. THERE ARE NO MORE JOINT OFFICES. IN FACT, AFTER ALL THOSE CASES THE SCHOOL TAX ALL THIS. THE CITY WAS THE ONE WHO COLLECTED AND CHOSE TO GIVE UP THE COLLECTION. SO THE SCHOOL HAD, YOU KNOW, HAD TO GO TO LIVE. ABSOLUTELY AND, IN FACT, WITH THE CARPAL JOINT TAX OFFICE THE CITY SAID. WE DON'T WANT TO COLLECT FOR THE SCHOOL ANYMORE. SO I SAID, WELL, Y'ALL COME ON OVER HERE. AND THEY SAID NO, NO. YOU JUST TAKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SNOW KIND. SO WE TOOK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A YEAR LATER WE GOT ONE OF THESE. CAN WE COME OVER TO ME? SAID YEAH. COME ON OUR SO WE BROUGHT HIM OVER ABOUT A YEAR LATER. IT'S BETTER TO DO IT TOGETHER FOR SURE. AFTER WE BRING ON THE CITY OF MOSQUITO AND MOSQUITO, I SEE THERE WILL ONLY BE ABOUT FIVE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS LEFT IN DALLAS COUNTY THAT STILL MAY KNOW OF. A LOCAL TAX OFFICE, AND THERE'S NO JOINT ANY OF THAT. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.

IT'S WONDERFUL HOW TO FACE AND A NAME TO THAT CHURCH. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WRITING HAPPY TO TAKE ANY CHECKS BACK IF YOU HAVE ONE FOR ME TONIGHT, YEAH, MR PRADO. THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE WILL ACTUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING PEOPLE SAY TO ME ALL THE TIME. WHY DO WE WRITE THE TEXT TO JONAH AIMS? WHY DO WE HAVE TO MAKE IT TO YOU? WELL, THERE'S TWO REASONS NUMBER ONE IS I HAVE PERSONAL LIABILITY OVER ALL THE FUNDS I COLLECT UNTIL THE TIME IS I TRANSFORM TO THEY BELONG TO AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT THE MONEY THAT WE COLLECT TODAY WILL BE BALANCED TOMORROW MORNING AND BE WIRED OUT BY END OF DAY TOMORROW, SO WE FLIPPED MONEY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY NAME RIGHT? I NEED IT IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, NOT A MAIN BANK ACCOUNT. AND OF COURSE, THE SECOND REASON IS I'M ELECTED. I NEED YOU TO REMEMBER MY NAME.

THEY DO. ABSOLUTELY MR. LOPEZ, PLEASE DO. I JUST WANTED TO I'VE WORKED WITH JOHN THE WHOLE TIME THAT HE'S BEEN TEST ASSESSOR COLLECTOR MICROPHONE. I THOUGHT MY VOICE WOULD CARRY, UH, PEOPLE WATCHING. ABSOLUTELY I'VE WORKED WITH MR AMES THE WHOLE TIME HE HAS BEEN THE TAX EZER COLLECTOR.

I'M IN MEETINGS AT DALLAS COUNTY ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CLIENTS THAT LINE BARGOR REPRESENTS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, GRIMES LINEBARGER . WE HAVE OUR OFFICE DOWN THE STREET ON MAIN STREET. WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE OUR PRESENCE HERE. FOR THE CITIZENS OF MESQUITE IN TERMS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY COULD COME TO OUR OFFICE AT ANY TIME. GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT DELINQUENT TAXES OR JUST TAXES. IN GENERAL, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HELP THEM SO

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AH LEFT DO WE HAVE IT? DO WE KNOW WAY WE DON'T NEED THIS RIGHT HERE. THERE'S AN ACTION AT HIM. OKAY OKAY. ALRIGHT GO TO OUR EFFECTIVENESS REPORTS, MR STANTON. NOTHING IMPERSONAL. MM

[IX. EFFECTIVENESS REPORT]

FOR EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS IN THAT REPORT, BUT TONIGHT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE THREE OF OUR BIGGEST PROGRAMS ALL AROUND ONE OF OUR BIG ROCKS, WHICH IS TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM MY AMAZING TEAM JENNIFER MORRIS AND JENNIFER HEUSER TONIGHT AS THEY SPEAK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS, AND SO I'M GONNA INTRODUCE JENNIFER HEUSER, OUR COORDINATOR. HOWDY HMM. YEAH. WE ARE WORKING TO FAN THE FLAME OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MOSQUITO VSD THROUGH MANY PATHWAYS OF FILLING THE TEACHER POP LINE. THE EXCITEMENT AND INTEREST AT THE METHOD, A MEETING ABOUT THE PATHWAYS OF MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND HELPING THEM TO TAKE ON THE MEANINGFUL AND CHALLENGING ROLE OF TEACHING AND MISS. HE DI ASTI WAS TANGIBLE LAST WEEK. PATIENT STRUCTURES FILLED TEACHING VACANCIES DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT TEACHER DOES WHILE COMPLETING THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES WITH THE GUIDANCE AND THEN EXPERIENCED PACE TRAINER DR SUSAN WILLIAMS, OUR PARTNERSHIP DIRECTOR BETWEEN TEXAS A AND M COMMERCE, AND THIS YOU GUYS D TRAINS AND COURREGES CHALLENGES AND LEADS OUR LARGEST GROUP OF TEACHER RESIDENTS, AND OF ALL THE UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES OF BECOMING A TEACHER, RIMOUSKI DI ASTI, YOU MIGHT JUST FIND YOURSELF IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND ABC NEWS NO. YOU MAY RECALL APPROVING A PROGRAM CALLED PARA TWO TEACHER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE HAVE BRANDED THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH TEACH WORTHY AND INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY TO HELP PARAPROFESSIONALS STILL TEACHING VACANCIES WHILE EARNING THEIR BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND CERTIFICATIONS. PACE PATHWAYS ADVANCING TO CERTIFIED EDUCATORS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 58 PACE INSTRUCTORS FILLING VACANCIES BETWEEN THE TWO COHORTS AT 36 CAMPUSES COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF GRADES AND CONTENTS AS SHOWN IN THE DATA. THAT THE EXPERIENCE THESE PHENOMENAL HUMANS BRING TO THEIR ROLE AS TEACHERS SHOWS THAT THEY ARE DOING THEIR VERY BEST IN EVERY ASPECT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING. AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO CELEBRATE OUR FIRST TO INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR WORK IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT TRANSITION THEIR TITLE FROM PACE INSTRUCTOR TO TEACHER REALLY SO EXCITING. ANOTHER PATHWAY TO FILL THE PAPUAN WITH EXCELLENT TEACHERS IS A REBRANDING OF OUR LONGSTANDING TRADITION OF TEACHER CANDIDATES, TRAINING TEACHER CANDIDATES AS TEAM TRAINING AND EMPLOYING EDUCATION MAJORS IN MESQUITE. I S D T E A IS WORKING TO DESIGNATE THE UNIQUENESS OF THE YEAR ONE TRAINING PROGRAM. OF THE TEACHER , RESIDENCY, AND STUDENT TEACHERS ARE ALSO VALUABLE COMPONENT OF OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE MOST UNIVERSITIES ONLY HAVE ONE SEMESTER OF THE ON THE JOB

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BUT WHEN WE SEE TEACHERS STAYING NEW TEACHERS STAYING AND MAKE IT MAKING IT, THAT'S A BIG DEAL, AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS LAYER OF SUPPORT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THOSE.

NUMBERS I WISH THAT I COULD TELL YOU ALL THE STORIES AND ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM NEW TEACHERS WHO ARE SAYING MISS MORRIS. I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT. I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FROM RTS S WOULD HAVE TURNED IN MY RESIGNATION. I WOULD HAVE WALKED OUT THE DOOR AND HANDED IN MY KEYS. NOT ONLY ARE THEY PROVIDING GREAT CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND JUST KNOWING THAT SOMEONE'S IN THEIR CORNER. THAT WANTS TO SEE THEM BE SUCCESSFUL AND SO HEARING LOTS OF GREAT THINGS FROM OUR TEACHERS, BUT ALSO FROM OUR CAMPUS STAFF. OUR CAMPUS LEADERS ARE MENTORS. JUST REALLY ON REPEAT. THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO DO WITH THE T S S S. AND IT HAS HELPED REALLY KIND OF SPREAD OUT THE SUPPORT AND THE TIME THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEND TOGETHER AND SO

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AS RELATED TO OUR TEACHERS AND TO MEASURE HOW THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF GROWING STUDENTS. WE WANT TO LOOK AT AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS DR TIM NEUVILLE IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST DISTRICT DISTRICT SCHOLARS AND HE HAS BEEN GATHERING SOME DATA FOR US ON THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE ENOUGH EAT IT. SCHOLARS TO MEASURE PREDICTED GROWTH ACCORDING TO AND THEN THE ACTUAL RESULTING GROWTH THAT STUDENTS HAVE HAVE SHOWN SO IN 2223 ARE TEACHERS, UM ALL IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAD ENOUGH TEACHERS TO HAVE A SAMPLE AND TO MEASURE THIS DATA IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE AREAS. THEY SHOWED MORE GROWTH THAN EXPECTED. AND SO, THE STATE PREDICTS, BASED ON HOW A STUDENT DID BEFORE HOW THEY'LL WHETHER WHETHER THEY'LL HOW THEY'LL DO ON THE NEXT ONE, AND ALL OF IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS. ON THE AVERAGE, OUR STUDENTS OUTPERFORMED WHAT THE STATE HAD PREDICTED FOR THEM IN OUR E TIPS , SCHOLARS CLASSROOMS, SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT. AND WE KNEW IT. WE KNEW IT WAS IMPROVING PRACTICE, BUT NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DATA TO SUPPORT THAT AS WELL WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES, SO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM AND FOR BEING OUR CHEERLEADERS ALL THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WOULD NOT BE HERE. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS DISTRICT . WE 30 YEARS THEN I KNOW THAT THIS IS THIS DISTRICT HAS ALWAYS COMMITTED TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. ALL OF YOUR, UM ENCOURAGEMENT. AND YOU'RE SAYING YES TO EVERYTHING WE WANT TO DO. YOU DO YOU TEND TO SAY YES. SO THAT'S NICE. THAT'S NICE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF US THAT WE CAN ANSWER. WHICH ARE SECRET RELATIVE. OKAY WHAT'S THE TO SOME REGIONAL MEETINGS WITH OTHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PEOPLE AND JENNIFER MORRIS OVER HERE? I MEAN, SHE'LL BE IN THE SHE STOPPED GOING TO THE NEW TEACHER GROUP BECAUSE THEY

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THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. VERY WELL DONE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ASSESSMENT AND CAN ABILITY AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. WE KNOW THAT THINGS CHANGE AND WE'RE STILL NOT DONE LOOKING AT LAST YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MUDDLE THROUGH A LOT OF WHAT I HAVE TO PRESENT WITH TO YOU YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN FROM DR FIELDS IN SEPTEMBER. BUT I'VE ADDED IN SOME THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED SINCE THEN, AND THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE STATE SO WE'LL GET STARTED. FIRST OF ALL, THESE ARE THE TOPICS THAT WILL COVER. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT THE STAR REFRESH AND HOW THE TEST WAS RECONFIGURED AND HAVE THAT IMPACT ALONG WITH SOME TREND DATA AND SEE CMR AND COMPARISON WITH OUR FIVE YEAR MEATS AND MASTERS. THEN WE'LL LOOK AT DISTRICT AND STATE COMPARISONS. AND THEN WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS IN THE AREAS OF NEED. SO THE FIRST THING THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE BIGGEST IMPACT WE'VE SEEN IS THE REDESIGN OF THE STAR TEST AND THE INCLUSION OF WRITING SO PRIOR TO 2023 STUDENTS WERE ONLY ASSESSED BY THE STATE AND FOURTH GRADE, SEVENTH GRADE AND ON THE ENGLISH ONE AND TWO EXAMS. THAT HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY AND THEY ARE DOING SHORT, CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSES AND MULTIPART QUESTIONS WRITING IN READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE. THE BIGGEST IMPACT THAT WE'VE SEEN IS ON THAT EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE, WHICH I'M GOING TO CALL EC ARE GOING FORWARD, OKAY? AND SO THAT IS A LONGER WHAT WE YOU KNOW, WE GREW UP THINKING IS THE FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY. THAT'S WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN TO WRITE. THAT IS NOT HOW THEY ARE ASSESSED WITH THIS LATEST CONFIGURATION OF WRITING, SO I'LL TALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO IF YOU'LL JOIN ME KIND OF ON A DEEP DIVE FOR JUST A MINUTE, WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE WEEDS. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND. HOW THIS PART OF THE R L A TEST IS SCORED AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY. SO FIRST THINGS STUDENTS, THEY READ A PASSAGE AND THEY RESPOND TO A PROMPT THEY'RE ASKED TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING PRIOR TO 2023. THE KINDS OF QUESTION THEY WOULD SEE WAS TELL US ABOUT A TIME WHEN YOU OVERCAME AN OBSTACLE AND HOW THAT MADE YOU FEEL OR WHO WAS A HERO IN YOUR LIFE AND WHY AND SO VERY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. WHAT THEY WROTE TO THAT IS NOT THE CASE ANYMORE. THEY READ A PASSAGE. THEY'RE ASKED TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING BASED ON THE PASSAGE AND THEN SHARE THEIR IDEAS. SO THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS IS TWO DIFFERENT READERS READ THE ESSAY AND SQUIRT FROM 0 TO 5 FOR A TOTAL OF 10 POINTS.

HERE'S WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THREE POINTS OF THAT FIVE COMES FROM THE ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR IDEAS, SO IF THEY CAN'T ADDRESS THE PROMPT OR DON'T WRITE A GOOD THESIS, THE STATE LIKES TO CALL IT A CONTROLLING IDEA. A GOOD STATEMENT WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROMPT AND CAN EXPLAIN IT, THEY'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE. THAT CAN SCORE FROM 0 TO 3 ON THIS PART, THE OTHER TWO POINTS COME FROM CONVENTIONS, THE GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION, SPELLING AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, THAT'S A THAT'S A RETHINK FOR OUR TEACHERS. THEY'RE USED TO GETTING THE COMMON IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND SPELLING ALL THE WORDS CORRECTLY. THAT IS SECONDARY.

NOW THE THOUGHTS THAT THEY PUT ON PAPER THE WAY THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROMPT AND HOW THEY EXPLAIN AND EXPAND. THEIR IDEA IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS. AND THIS WAS THE BIG LEARNING THAT WE HAD.

STUDENTS DON'T GET AT LEAST ONE POINT OUT OF THAT THREE. THEY DON'T GET TWO POINTS FOR CONVENTION THAT GET ZERO. SO IF THEY WRITE 10 WONDERFUL SENTENCES THAT DON'T ADDRESS THE PROMPT THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TOPIC, AND THERE'S NOT A COME OUT OF PLACE OR MISSPELLED WORD. THEY'RE GOING TO GET ZERO. AND THAT WAS A HARD THING FOR. OKAY SO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD THING, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TOWARDS HOW STUDENTS EXPRESS THEMSELVES HOW THEY UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, BREAK IT DOWN AND PROVIDE THAT EVIDENCE IN THEIR WRITING IS WHAT'S KEY AND SPELLING AND COMMAS IMPORTANT, BUT SECONDARY AT THIS POINT, YES. SO HOW MANY STUDENTS. IN THE STATE WILL TAKE THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF TEST. MM HMM. PEOPLE REVIEWING THIS. WELL LIVE PEOPLE OR PEOPLE OR IS THIS COMPUTER GENERATED? WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE HEARD GOING FORWARD IS 25% MAYBE GRADED BY COMPUTER. THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR, BUT THIS LAST ROUND WERE GRADED BY LIVE PEOPLE. TWO DIFFERENT READERS, READ STUDENTS WRITINGS AND SCORED THEM IN AS LONG AS THEIR SCORES WERE WITHIN A POINT OF EACH OTHER THAN THOSE WERE STOOD, WERE ADDED TOGETHER TO

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WHEN THEY'RE ALL ADDRESSING THE SAME PROMPT. BUT THEY DO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC GROUP OF I DIDN'T WANT TO BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF A ZERO TO A THREE, BUT THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS TO LOOK FOR. I WOULD AGREE. YES GOOD THING. UH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS SITTING IN HERE, ISN'T IT? YOU'RE IN ALL OF THIS AND TEACHING AND LEARNING TO. THAT'S RIGHT. AMEN.

SO IN THE PAST MOST STUDENTS GOT SOME PARTIAL CREDIT. THEY WROTE SOMETHING THEY GOT, YOU KNOW, LIMITED RESPONSE. IT WAS LOATHED BUT DEVELOPED, SO THERE WERE LOTS OF WAYS THEY COULD GET A FEW POINTS. BUT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THEY GET A ZERO JUST BECAUSE THEY GET A ZERO DOESN'T MEAN THEY WROTE NOTHING. IN SOME CASES. THAT'S TRUE, BUT A LOT OF CASES THEY JUST DIDN'T ADDRESS THE PROMPT. SO HERE'S WHAT A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IF THEY ONLY WROTE A SENTENCE, EVEN IF IT WAS A WELL UNDERSTOOD SENTENCE, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT AND THERE'S NO REAL DEVELOP. PAYMENT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE ONE OF THREE POINTS, WHICH MEANS THEY WON'T GET THE TWO EITHER. UM, THE SECOND ONE WRITING FROM PERSONAL OPINION OR SUMMARY. THAT'S HOW WE TRAIN THEM THE LAST DECADE, RIGHT FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, TELL HOW YOU FEEL. THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE FEELINGS UNLESS THAT'S THE QUESTION, AND THAT'S NOT USUALLY THE QUESTION. IF THEY COPY THE PROMPTER TEXT, WHICH A LOT OF OUR KIDS DID. THEY RESTATED THE QUESTION, BUT THEY DIDN'T ANSWER IT OR THEY TOOK TEXT EVIDENCE. BUT IT WASN'T CONNECTED TO ANYTHING. SO WE SAW A LOT OF THAT AND THEN JUST NOT RESPONDING TO THE PROMPT AT ALL.

I ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS AND YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT. YOU CAN WRITE 10 GREAT SENTENCES, BUT IF IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PROMPT, THEY DON'T GET ANY CREDIT. FOR THAT, SO WE SAW A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT GOT ZEROS, AND THAT WAS NOT UNIQUE TO MOSQUITO ESTATE. THAT'S THAT WAS A STATEWIDE THING, WHICH WE WILL LOOK AT. THERE WERE ALL IN THIS. IT IS A CHANGE AND IT'S A CHANGE THAT AT LEAST I FEEL LIKE I KIND OF CAME IN LATE TO THE PARTY, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE KNEW A YEAR AGO.

NOW ABOUT HOW THIS WAS REDESIGNED AND HOW IT WOULD BE SCORED. IT FEELS LIKE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME. MAYBE AFTER WE GOT GOING I SEES. YES I SEE JENNIFER NODDING THAT IF WE HAD KNOWN THIS TIME LAST YEAR HOW WE WERE GOING TO BE EVALUATED. WE COULD HAVE ADDRESSED THAT GOING FORWARD. SO WHAT WE KNOW NOW, AND WE'VE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES ALREADY TO ADDRESS SITUATIONS.

SO IT'S THE SAME ALL OVER THE STATE, RIGHT? YES OKAY. HMM. YEAH. NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE GOTCHA. IS THERE JUST LEFT? IT FEELS LIKE SO THEN I WANT TO SHOW YOU JUST THOSE 10 POINTS.

HOW IT IMPACTS THE OVERALL SCORE OF THE ARLA TEST, SO YOU'LL SEE THERE. THAT'S THE WEIGHT OF THAT ONE QUESTION. IN ELEMENTARY. THERE'S ONLY 52 POSSIBLE POINTS ON THE TEST AND 10 OF THOSE COME FROM THAT ONE ESSAY, AND YOU DIDN'T WRITE CORRECTLY. SO YOU GOT ZERO. THAT'S 19% OF THE OVERALL SCORE. AND LET'S NOT FORGET WE BESIDES EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED, WE ALSO HAVE THE SHORT CONSTRUCTED AND THE MULTI PART QUESTIONS THAT ARE IN ARLA SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES, ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SHOW UP IN EVERY GRADE LEVEL EVERY YEAR, BUT THE CCR WILL BE THERE EVERY YEAR, AND THAT'S THE VALUE THAT IT HAS. SO I WANTED YOU TO SEE HOW AM I SD AND REGION TENDED. THESE ARE THE PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS THAT GOT NO CREDIT FOR THEIR EC ARE AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU, IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING. THEY JUST DIDN'T ADDRESS THE PROMPT THE WAY THE STATE EXPECTED SO I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR A MOMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE LOWER GRADE LEVELS WERE THE LOWEST AND AS THEY GOT OLDER. THE NUMBERS GOT BETTER, BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING YOU KNOW 29% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT GOT NO CREDIT ON WHATEVER THEY WROTE , AND I READ A LOT OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS WROTE, AND SOME OF THEM PROBABLY MY FAVORITE TYPED. MY KEYBOARD IS BROKEN. AND MY THOUGHT IS WHAT YOU TYPED. MY KEYBOARD IS BROKEN, SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT SO OTHER STUDENTS. OTHER STUDENTS WROTE SEVERAL SENTENCES AND THEY WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE. THEY WROTE LIKE A BOOK REPORT. THEY SUMMARIZE WHAT THEY READ, BUT THEY DIDN'T ADDRESS THE PROMPT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE KNOW THE WORK IS AND WHAT WE'VE SAID IS. IT'S HARD TO HELP THE STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR WRITING. THEY HAVE TO WRITE A LITTLE BIT. THEY HAVE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK. THEY HAVE TO REFINE THEIR WORK, AND IT'S A PROCESS BUT IT'S NO DIFFERENT

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EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM. WE NEED STAR STUDENTS THINKING ABOUT THEIR RIDING AND DOING MORE WRITING. A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY IN ALL SUBJECTS. THAT'S STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE. DO WELL. OTHER DISTRICTS. INCLUDE. A LITTLE OF THIS BEFORE THE TEST OR. WAS THAT DURING LAST, OKAY? SO I SEE LIKE HE'LL SEE TO 29% THAT 71% THEN THEY GOT AT LEAST A ONE GOOD, AT LEAST A 15 THAT AROUND THE STANDARD 1% OF OUR STUDENTS GOT SOMETHING GOT SOMETHING, AND THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T GET A ONE BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE SUPPORTED SO THEY PROBABLY GOT A TWO WOULD BE THE LOWEST BUT YEAH, WE HAD. THE IMPACT THAT WE THE IMPACT REALLY IS ON GETTING NO POINTS AND SO STUDENTS WHO EARNED THAT THING REALLY, WE'RE IN A IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO PASS THE TEST AT ALL, AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO HIT THE MASTERS LEVEL. WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR, NOT JUST APPROACHES, BUT WE NEED TO GET THEM TO MEET FOR MASTERS. LET ME STOP HERE, DO YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT READING OR THE EC ARE THE REDESIGN. BEFORE I MOVE INTO SOME OTHER CHANGES THAT TO ME WAS THE MOST IMPACTFUL THAT I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SEEING, BUT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT THE TASK IS A LOT OF TIMES. IT'S JUST I NOW KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE TO THE GAME, AND WE KNOW HOW TO HELP OUR STUDENTS GET WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. SO WE MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S THE CRUX OF IT. WE DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE RULES BACK THEN HAD WE KNOWN THAT WE COULD HAVE HAD EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO START GETTING THEM TO THAT POINT AND WRITE A LITTLE A LOT. YES SO IT'S A MATTER OF THE GAME. THEY'RE PLAYING DOWN IN AUSTIN. CORRECT BUT THE THING TOO IN THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THAT'S WHAT THESE TESTING THEREFORE, THAT WERE WE'RE GIVING. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF OUR KIDS ARE LOOKING AT A PARAGRAPH AND UNDERSTANDING AND SEE THEY COULD REALLY TRANSLATE THAT INTO A THOUGHT OBJECTIVE IS OR WHATEVER. SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. AND IF WE CORRECT THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY. I DON'T THINK THIS IS A BAD WAY TO ASSESS THE STUDENT. WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EARLY ENOUGH THAT WE CAN PREPARE. MAKE IT BETTER, RIGHT? RIGHT EXACTLY RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS. OKAY? I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING. OKAY? OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS THEN AND LOOK AT ANOTHER THING THAT'S CHANGED FOR SO DOMAIN THREE. AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY PORTION OR LOOKING AT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH AND READING AND MATH. ALONG WITH CCM. OUR GRADUATION RATES. HOW ARE EMERGENT BILINGUALS ARE PERFORMING UNTIL PASS AND FROM 22 TO 23, YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS ON THOSE TWO. AREAS THE BIGGEST CHANGES FROM 14 GROUPS SO EVERY INDIVIDUAL RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP PLUS BED LEFT ALL DIVIDED OUT. NOW THERE'S JUST FOUR GROUPS WERE LOOKING AT ALL STUDENTS, SO IT'S THE WHOLE CAMPUS. IT'S EACH CAMPUSES LOWEST TO PERFORMING RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUPS SO THAT CAN VARY FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. AND THEN WHAT'S CALLED THE HIGH FOCUS GROUP, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF YOUR SPED STUDENTS, YOUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND YOU'RE HIGHLY MOBILE, WHICH ARE YOU'RE HOMELESS. YOU'RE FOSTER IN YOUR MILITARY CONNECTED, SO THOSE ARE ALL GROUPED TOGETHER. AND BEFORE IT WAS YES OR NO, YOU HIT THE TARGET OR YOU DIDN'T. NOW YOU CAN GET CLOSE TO THE TARGET, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR YOU MOVE THEM FORWARD. YOU CAN GET UP TO FOUR POINTS. WHICH IS A CHANGE THE OTHER BIG CHANGES. THE GROUP SIZE WENT DOWN FROM 25 TO 10. SO AS LONG AS YOU HAVE AT LEAST 10 STUDENTS, THAT GROUP CAN COUNT IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY. OKAY? CCM ARE IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE'VE SEEN A BIG IMPACT.

WE KNOW THE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS. THERE'S A CAP PUT ON THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SUNSET. BUT THE BIGGER CHANGE REALLY IS THE CUT POINTS WENT FROM A 62 TO BE IN A SCHOOL IN THAT AREA TO AN 88. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG JUMP, AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE SEEING A LOT OF SCHOOLS WERE FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAXIMIZE THOSE POINTS. GET STUDENTS ALL THEIR CCM ARE AND YOU KNOW ALL THE WAYS THEY DO. THAT S A T A C T A P DUAL CREDIT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, ETC. THERE'S PLENTY OF WAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN SHOW THAT THEY ARE CCM ARE READY AND WE'RE WORKING TO MAXIMIZE THOSE AS WELL AND YOU CAN SEE EVEN THE IMPACT OF THEM HITS ALL THREE DOMAINS. SEYMOUR WILL BE IN EACH OF THOSE THREE AREAS. OKAY SO THIS IS A LOT LET ME

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THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAD TO HIT TO HIT A B C OR D. THAT SECOND MIDDLE COLUMN IS WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE THEY SAW SCORES AND SAW HOW LOW SOME SCHOOLS WERE PERFORMING. SO COLUMN THREE WHICH SAYS 2223 B. THAT'S WHERE WE'VE LANDED. SO IF YOU NOTICE AN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY DID LOWER THE CUT POINT. FROM 85 TO 80. WE'RE 76 TO 71. HIGH SCHOOL STAYED RELATIVELY THE SAME, THOUGH. AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN ON THAT SECOND PORTION OF THE BOTTOM THE WAY THAT TRANSLATES IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM LEFT WHERE YOU'VE GOT ELEMENTARY RATING DISTRIBUTIONS HAD THEY LEFT THE CUP POINTS WHERE THEY HAD THEM. 40% OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN TEXAS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN F SCHOOL. THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THERE THAT RED 40 ABOVE THAT 19% WOULD HAVE BEEN A D SCHOOL. SO THE LAST COLUMN IN THAT SECTION SHOWS WHERE WE REALLY ARE. SO 15% ARE THE F SCHOOLS AGAIN PREDICTED IF THAT EVER COMES TO PASS, THAT'S WHERE, UM THAT'S WHERE SCHOOLS WILL END. AND THEN THAT 21% SO REALLY WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY COMPRESSED THAT NUMBER.

AND IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY ADD A WHOLE LOT MORE TO THE TOP, BUT IT MADE A BIGGER SET OF SEAS AND THESE BUT THAT'S WHERE IF IT COMES TO PASS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, SO THERE WAS A BIT OF COMPROMISE. AFTER SEEING HOW SCHOOLS WERE PERFORMING OVERALL. THE OTHER ONE IS DOMAIN. THREE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, FOR A ZOMBIE'S, THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE. BUT THEY DID CHANGE THE DNC TO LESSEN THAN TOTAL NUMBER. IF WE EVER GET THOSE RATINGS AS WELL, I WILL SAY THAT ON THE 16TH WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING. I SAID, WE DISTRICTS WILL BE GIVEN ACCESS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE ANY SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT MEET THE STANDARD FOR DOMAIN THREE AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS THE BOTTOM 5% OF SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE IN THAT SCHOOL TYPE, SO ELEMENTARY'S ACROSS THE STATE. IF YOU'RE IN THE BOTTOM 5% THEN YOU'LL FALL UNDER FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY, COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT. AND, UM SO WHAT? WE'LL KNOW THAT ON THE 16TH, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING THE CASE FOR ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS.

OKAY SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME SOME DATA. NOW. I WILL SAY THIS IS STUFF YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE. DIDN'T REALLY ADD A WHOLE LOT TO THIS. SO IF I MOVE TOO QUICKLY, YOU CAN SLOW ME DOWN. BUT I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD IT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO HEAR IT ALL AGAIN. THE FIRST THING ARE THE PERCENT OF OUR SENIORS WHO MET THE CMR BY ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR AND WHAT THAT MEANS. IS THAT LAST COLUMN 2023. WE'VE CALCULATED THAT WITH SOME TOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT'S NOT RELEASED YET BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT'S A LAGGING INDICATOR. SO BUT WHAT I WANTED YOU TO SEE WAS THE PROGRESSION OF OUR STUDENTS FROM 2018 THROUGH 2023. WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IF THE CUT POINT STATUS 60 FOR AN A ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WOULD BE A SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF CCM, OR SO WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO JUST TO HIT THAT TARGET AGAIN. I OFTEN THINK OF THE OLYMPICS. I'M GONNA DIGRESS A BIT. 1976 90, A COMPANY CHASE SCORED. ALL THOSE TINS FLEW THE SCALE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WHAT DO THEY END UP DOING? RESTRUCTURED THE WHOLE WAY THAT SCORING IS DONE NOW, BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE HITTING A 10, AND THAT'S NOT OKAY, SO IT'S A VERY SIMILAR FEELING RIGHT? WE YEAH, WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO BE PERFECT. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RESTRUCTURE AT ALL SO SHOWING MY AGE, TOO, RIGHT? OKAY SO THESE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES. HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THAT MIDDLE YELLOW BAR. THAT WAS THE YEAR AFTER COVID. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE KIND OF A BEE SHAPE ? WE WERE UP HERE. COVID HIT US. WE'RE BOUNCING BACK PRIMARILY, THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE. THAT'S THE SHAPE. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS MATH SCORES MEETS. AND THESE REALLY ARE WHAT WE'RE CALLING APPLES TO APPLES, MEANING THE TEST DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE. THERE WASN'T INCLUSION OF WRITING THAT IMPACTED MATH, SO THOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IT'S A FAIR COMPARISON TO LOOK AT 2022 TO 2023 IN TERMS OF MATH, AND THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO MET STANDARD THE NEXT ONE. I'M GOING TO TALK A BIT ABOUT SEVENTH GRADE JUST TO REMIND YOU WHY THE

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THE LAST BAR WITH THE INCLUSION OF WRITING. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DID SEE A DIP IN THOSE AREAS BUT ALSO A BOUNCE BACK FROM WHERE WE WERE, SO WE'RE KIND OF STILL WANTING TO SEE WHERE WE WERE COVID HIT AND WE'RE BOUNCING BACK. ON MASTERS, THOUGH THIS IS WHERE THAT WRITING REALLY HITS US. SO FOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH ONE AND TWO. IF THE STUDENT GOT NO CREDIT FOR THE ER, THEY GOT A ZERO. THEY HAD TO GET EVERY OTHER QUESTION, RIGHT? TO GET MASTERS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY SEE THE IMPACT OF STUDENTS NOT PERFORMING ON WRITING. SO EVEN IF WE CAN GET THEM FROM A ZERO TO A TWO AND THEN TO A FOUR THEN WE'LL BE MOVING THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT THAT THAT GETTING ZERO ON THAT WAS REALLY IMPACTFUL IN THAT AREA. FOR SCIENCE. YOU KNOW, WE ONLY TEST THREE AREAS GRADE 58 AND BIOLOGY . AND THERE WAS A BIT OF INCLUSION IN WRITING. UM AGAIN. WE'RE SEEING THAT BOUNCE BACK FOR THE BIOLOGY SECTION. THIS IS MEATS AND THEN IN MASTERS. AND THEN SOCIAL STUDIES. GRADE. EIGHT AND U. S HISTORY. IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT HISTORY IS A WRITING TEST OR IT'S READING AS WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THAT IN THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN MASTERS WHERE WE ARE FOR THE FIVE YEARS. RIGHT SO THE NEXT SET THESE ARE MY STEVE VERSUS THE STATE IN APPROACHES, MEATS AND MASTERS AND WE PUT APPROACHES ON THERE. WE DON'T WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT APPROACH IS JUST MEANS YOU DIDN'T REALLY PASS, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE YOU TEST AGAIN. BUT IT'S NOT CONSIDERED PASSING. IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY. WE DON'T GET CREDIT FOR APPROACHES. WE NEED KIDS THAT MEETS AND MASTERS SO, BUT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT THOSE ARE STUDENTS THAT AT LEAST DON'T HAVE TO RETEST FOR THAT YEAR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. SO THIS IS MATH IN MY CITY VERSUS THE STATE IN THOSE TWO AREAS OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED HISPANIC BECAUSE THOSE ARE PRETTY FAIR COMPARISON. AND IF IT'S GREEN, THE NUMBER IS THE PERCENTAGE. WE WERE ABOVE THE STATE. THE RED IS THE PERCENTAGE WHERE WE WERE BELOW AND AGAIN SEVENTH GRADE MATH, NOT A SURPRISE. BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE PULL OUT THOSE WHO CAN GO ON TO EIGHTH GRADE CURRICULUM, SO LOTS OF THINGS TO CELEBRATE IN THE MATH AREA. IN TERMS OF READING. IT'S KIND OF THE REVERSE. WE'VE GOT SOME THAT WERE ON PAR AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, YOU KNOW 12 3% BELOW THE STATE READING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE, AND IT'S ONE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON. SOME BRIGHT SPOTS IN ENGLISH TO THERE, BUT BY AND LARGE, WE'RE NOT HITTING THE STATE AREAS WHILE WE MAY HAVE PERFORMED BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE'RE STILL LAGGING BEHIND THE STATE IN SOME RESPECTS FOR THOSE TWO CATEGORIES. FOR SCIENCE. THE ONLY AREA WHERE WE WERE NOT ABOVE THE STATE WAS FIFTH GRADE MASTERS. AND THEN FOR SOCIAL STUDIES BREAD AGAIN BECAUSE I WANT YOU ALL TO THINK OF THIS. THIS IS A READING TEST. THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENT THEY HAVE TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS. THEY HAVE TO KNOW, CAUSE AND EFFECT. THEY HAVE TO APPLY A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL TASKS TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTIONS. IT'S NOT JUST FAMOUS PEOPLE, PLACES AND DATES. SO HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON AND AGAIN. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BUT WE DON'T EVEN WAIT FOR THE STATE TO TELL US ANYTHING ON THE 31ST ABOUT CUT POINTS. WE'VE GOT THINGS IN THE WORKS, I WOULD SAY, PROBABLY BEEN WORKING SINCE EARLY LAST SPRING. UH DEFINITELY INTO THE SUMMER AND SO THE FORECOURT AREAS, THE CONTENT COORDINATORS ARE WORKING THROUGH WITH A LOT OF STRATEGIES, PARTICULARLY ADDRESSING WRITING

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SO WHERE WE ARE NOW IS WE FINALLY HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL FOR 2023 5 MONTHS AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDED ITS OFFICIAL UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THE WORK CAMPUSES HAVE REFINED THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. SOME CAMPUSES HAVE CREATED THEIR TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLANS BECAUSE WE SAW AREAS OF NEED WE ALSO HAVE HAD SUPPORT THROUGH REGION 10, BOTH THEM COMING HERE , AND US TAKING LEADERSHIP TEAM IS THERE AND THEN WITH OUR NEW POSITION WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL DOCTOR GRUBBS HAS WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH A HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS ALL JUST TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE. WHERE WE NEED IT TO BE. AND THEN MORE DATA IS COMING TOMORROW WE'LL GET A DATA FILE. THAT'S HOW THEY CALCULATED WHAT THEY DID. AND THEN, ON THE THURSDAY THE 16TH THEY'LL BE RELEASING, IF ANY SCHOOLS OR COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THEM TO TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY DOING THE WORK. SO WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER FOR, YOU KNOW, IT IS A LOT. WE ARE IN AN ERA THAT RULES ARE CHANGING ALL THE TIME, AND I KNOW THERE'S A BIG EFFORT TO MAKE PUBLIC EDUCATION LOOK BAD, AND THAT'S WHY THEY CHANGED THE RULES. AND THEN AFTER WE'VE DONE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, THEN THEY TELL US HOW THESE ARE THE ROOMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD GRASP. RIGHT NOW, WHAT HAS TO BE DONE, AND I COMMEND HIM FOR THAT. BECAUSE YOU'RE GRABBING THAT YOU'RE JUST ATTACKING THE PROBLEM. FIND SOLUTIONS. YOU'RE FINDING SOLUTIONS AND YOU'RE WORKING IT OUT. AND TO BE HONEST , SOME OF THE RESULTS I'VE SEEN TONIGHT. REALLY? NOT THAT BAD, CONSIDERING THAT FACT. I THINK WE'RE GOING ON THE RIGHT PATH AND WE'RE FINDING OUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO BE IN A BETTER PLACE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT , AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR THINKING SO FAR AHEAD. I WILL SAY I CAN BE HAPPY WITH SOME OF THIS, BUT I'M NEVER SATISFIED. OF COURSE NOT UNTIL WE'RE AT 100% ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYONE. SO YOU'RE DOING GOOD. THANK YOU. NEXT YEAR NEXT SPRING . DON'T WORRY. WE HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR HAMID TO ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. DOCTOR HAYMAN. YEAH SO, YEAH, I GUESS WE NEED INCLUDE FEEL SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS.

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OH DR FIELDS IS GOING TO DO THAT ONE. OKAY COOL. WE'RE JUST CHANGING IT UP A LOT OF IT EACH SPRING OR CAMPUS IN DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAMS COME TOGETHER TO ANALYZE ALL SORTS OF DATA AROUND CAMPUS PERFORMANCE CAMPUS PERCEPTIONS, AND THEY IDENTIFIED THEIR GREATEST NEEDS, DRAFT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THEIR CAMPUS AND OUR DISTRICT AND THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY YOU HAVE IN THE AH, ONLINE BOARD HAND, UH, BOARD BOOK, YOU HAVE THE CAMPUS IN DISTRICT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND ACCORDING TO BOARD POLICY, BQ, IT REQUIRES THAT THE BOARD APPROVED ALL CAMPUS AND DISTRICT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES. ONLINE AND IN BOARD BOOK. YEAH. SECOND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DESTRUCTION ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SAY? AYE SUPPOSE THE SAME SONG. MOTION CARRIED RIGHT? YOU'RE BACK. THANK YOU. DOCTOR FEELS. SO THIS PART IS THEIR HOUSE BILL. THREE BOARD GOALS THAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO APPROVE, AS YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TO ADOPT GOALS. FIVE YEARS OUT. THAT'S THIRD GRADE READING, MATH AND SEE CMR. SO WHAT? WE LOOKED AT OUR. WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW INCREMENTAL GROWTH ACROSS THOSE AREAS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND THEN CAMPUSES WILL USE THAT INFORMATION TO GUIDE THEIR OWN GOALS, AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. SO THIS FIRST SLIDE ARE YOUR THIRD GRADE READING SO FROM 2022 THROUGH 2028. WE'RE LOOKING AT 2%

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OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 836.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.