Feb 12, 2024 Board Meeting

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SEE. I CALL THIS MEETING, UH OF THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

LET'S PLEASE, UM, BOW AHEAD AND SPRAY IT TOGETHER. UM, DEAR FATHER. WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO FOR US. I BELIEVE THAT GOD, THAT EVERYBODY IS HERE TODAY OR TONIGHT ARE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY YOU. FOR SUCH A TIME LIKE THIS. SO TONIGHT WITH GOD, WE HUMBLY SEEK YOUR PRESENCE AND GUIDANCE. GWYNETH WITH WISDOM AND HELP US PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY. AND THE WELL BEING OF OUR STUDENT ABOVE ALL ELSE. STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD FEELS SECURED AND PROTECTED WITH OUR SCHOOL. WE ASKED FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO NURTURING AND EDUCATING OUR STUDENT. HELP THIS BOARD TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND MEASURE AND SAFEGUARD THEIR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING. ALLOWING THEM TO FULFILL THEIR VITAL ROLES AND CONFIDENCE AND PEACE OF MIND. LORD. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE EDUCATION PROCESS. GOT US IN FOSTERING AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL BOARD. MADE PARENTS FEEL EMPOWERED AND VALUED PARTNERS IN THEIR CHILD EDUCATION, CONTRIBUTING TO, UH, A SUPPORTIVE AND REACHING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. BLESS OUR DISCUSSION TODAY WITH INSIGHT AND EMPATHY. MAY EVERY DECISION WE MAKE BE ROOTED IN COMPASSION AND DRIVEN BY COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR GUIDANCE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR KIDS, OUR PARENTS. NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT FOR ALL THE TIME TO COME. WE PRAY YOU AND ASK ALL THIS. IN THE MINING NAME OF HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN AMEN.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. UH, OUR PLEDGE IS FROM CROSS ELEMENTARY. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

RIGHT HERE, SWEETHEART. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT THERE. THE MICROPHONE. THE MICROPHONE THERE YOU GO. RIGHT? HEY. BY PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TEXAS FOR NO IP ALLEGIANCE TO THE FACT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, PANDE, ISS AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TAXES ON STAY UNDER GOD ON INDIVISIBLE. YAY! THANK YOU SO MUCH. INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE, MISS? YEAH HIS PRICE? YES. LET HIM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. PUT THAT WAY. REMAIN IN YOUR GRADE AND I AM IN THIRD

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[II. BOARD/PTA MOMENT]

IT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN M IC . WE DID IT, WE FIXED IT. THE CITY MOSQUITO IS GOING TO MAINTAIN IT IN EASTFIELD GAVE US THE POOL AND THE PROPERTY SO IT IS A HUGE THING BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, AND IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE AND WE HAD DIVERS THERE THAT DURING THE WE CUT THE RIBBON, AND DURING THAT THE DIVERS DIVED IN, AND OUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY PRACTICING THERE, SO IT'S AN INDOOR THE COOL PART ABOUT IT, AND I'LL LET YOU ALL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE COOL PART ABOUT IT, THE ROOF OPENS UP. AND THE AND THE SIDES COME UP, AND THEN IT'S BAD WEATHER. IT ALL SHUTS DOWN AGAIN . ISN'T THAT COOL? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AN AUDITORIUM IN THIS DISTRICT FOR 27 YEARS THAT I KNOW OF, UM AND WE FINALLY GOT THIS DONE, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. I THINK CODY TOLD ME WE'RE GONNA HOST OUR FIRST DISTRICT. UH, SWIM MEET IN SEPTEMBER HERE AT THE IN OUR OWN AUDITORIUM, WHICH WILL BE A GREAT DAY FOR MESQUITE. SO LOTS TO CELEBRATE. WHAT DO YOU THINK, MR CARBO FOR YOU? NO, I ENJOYED IT AND I. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT JUST TO SEE THE KIDS HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY COULD REALLY PRACTICE REALLY PRACTICE AND CALL THEIR OWN. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE PARTNERSHIP. IT IS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. THERE'LL BE LESSONS THERE. THERE'LL BE TIMES FOR THEM TO SWIM, TOO. SO GOOD FOR US. OF COURSE, EASTFIELD. I MEAN DALLAS COLLEGE, NOT EASTFIELD. DALLAS COLLEGE WILL BE USING IT ALSO. SO ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY, SIR? YES, MA'AM. MADAM PRESIDENT . I'M JUST HAPPY THE KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE ELEMENTS IN THE WINTER, TRYING TO COME OUT THAT POOL IN THE COLD WEATHER AND THEN JUMP IT IN INTO WARM WATER. NOW IT'S A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. AND UM, I'M EXCITED THAT THAT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS IN MESQUITE. YEAH SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. THAT ACHIEVEMENT HERE IN THE STATE. UH PTA. I ASKED THEY DIDN'T. I

[III. STUDENT AND STAFF GUESTS]

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WHO. IT. OK? I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STAND IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU TODAY. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY, TERRY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE COME OUT TO WITNESS ME RECEIVE THIS AWARD, ALSO TO THE ONES WHO CAN MAKE IT. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE A SUPPORTIVE HUSBAND AND A WONDERFUL MOTHER WHO IS THERE WHEN I NEED HER THE MOST. I HAVE BEEN TEACHING FOR NINE YEARS IN MESQUITE D AT TERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I HAVE SEEN MYSELF GROW SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THIS YEAR. I'M GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. MISS FINCH. MISS FINCH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME PEOPLE? YEAH INTRODUCE YOUR HUSBAND AND YOUR FAMILY, OK? YES, I HAVE MY TERRY FAMILY. CAN MY TERRY FAMILY STAND UP? AND MY FORMER TERRY FAMILY, FORMER PERRY FAMILY. I ALSO HAVE A FORMER STUDENT. OH, OK. AND THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE MY FRIENDS STAND UP. AND ALL OF MY FAMILY, ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT INDUCTEE FOR THE EVENING IS DIXIE SMITH FROM PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRST GRADE TEACHER WITH 18 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE ALL HERE IN THE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MESQUITE. AND HERE'S A VIDEO ABOUT HER. DIXIE SMITH IS AN OUTSTANDING TEACHER. I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN HER FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF MY PRINCIPAL SHIP. SHE IS SO KIND, CARING, LOVING, SUPPORTIVE. SHE DOES EVERYTHING WITH A SMILE. SHE'S BEEN AT PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR 18 YEARS, ALL 18 YEARS OF HER CAREER AND AGAIN, I'M SO THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HER AS OUR APPLE CORE TEACHER AT PORTER . WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT ABOUT TEACHING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT I FEEL IS BUILDING LASTING LIFELONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF MY STUDENTS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MODEL FOR THEM HOW TO BEHAVE, SO THEY HAVE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL OF HOW YOU SHOULD TALK TO ONE ANOTHER, THE WORDS THAT YOU SHOULD BE USING HOW TO MOVE YOUR BODY ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND ASPECTS THAT A GOOD POSITIVE PERSON SHOULD BE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BRING JOY TO THEIR LIVES. I LOVE THAT ABOUT TEACHING. AND I HOPE ALL MY STUDENTS PAST AND PRESENT FEEL MY LOVE AND THAT THEY FEEL SAFE IN MY CLASSROOM. AND, UM THEY ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE A FAMILY AND HERE WE ARE GONNA GREET EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT. OK? WHEREAS THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES SEEKS TO HONOR OUTSTANDING CLASSROOM TEACHERS WHO DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP INNOVATION AND DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS OF MOSQUITO SD. AND WHEREAS THE MESQUITE I SEE APPLE CORES CONSIST OF EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS. NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS TO RECEIVE THE SCHOOL

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UM BUT SHE DOES SO MUCH FOR OUR CAMPUS. SHE COULD DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING SHE WANTED TO, AND I'M BLESSED THAT SHE CHOOSES TO BE PART OF OUR SUPER FAMILY EACH AND EVERY DAY. SO, MAYA, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER OF THE MONTH AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A VIDEO TO INTRODUCE THE CITY OF MESQUITE AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WITH US. AND WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE CITY OF MESQUITE AS OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER. LEAD IS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GROWING AS A CIVIC LEADER. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. WE HOPE TO INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOP A PIPELINE OF DIVERSE LEADERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF MESQUITE FOR PARTNERING WITH US AND HELPING US ESTABLISH THIS PROGRAM. WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS. FIRST WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT SHOWCASES THE STUDENTS WHO WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE PRINCIPLES ART AWARD. PRINCIPALS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO THE STUDENT WHOSE ARTWORK SPEAKS TO THEIR CAMPUSES PRINCIPAL EACH YEAR, THE ART TEACHERS ON EVERY MIT CAMPUS CURATE A GALLERY OF STUDENT WORK FOR THIS AWARD. FROM THIS ELECTION, THEIR CAMPUS

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FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS KIS MIAR TME, A ALL STATE CHOIR MEMBER, AND HER SPONSOR IS KIMBER RODRIGUEZ. 00 SORRY SPONSOR TONIGHT IS CALEB WHITS. I DIDN'T SEE THAT THEY WERE TOGETHER. FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS ERICA MARTINEZ TME, A ALLSTATE CHOIR MEMBER. AND HER. HER SPONSOR IS RYAN FAULKNER. AND THEY. NEXT FROM NORTH MOSQUITOES. GLA ANDREWS TME, A ALLSTATE CHOIR MEMBER. EXCUSE ME.

AGAIN FROM NORTH MESQUITE. EMILIANO PALOMO, NOR I'M SORRY, ALL STATE CHOIR MEMBER. SO.

MOVING ON TO OUR BAND STUDENTS. THIS IS ISAIAH FABIAN TME, A ALLSTATE BAND MEMBER WITH THE SPONSOR, SCOTT REEVES.

AND ROBERT WOMACK, NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. TME, A ALL STATE BAND MEMBER.

NEXT FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE JOHN HOLMES, THE FOURTH TME, A ALL STATE CHOIR MEMBER. ALSO FROM WEST. WE HAVE CAMDEN, MILES TME, A ALL STATE BAND MEMBER, AND HIS SPONSORS ARE JENNIFER BORDERS AND DAN DUDNEY.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ACADEMICS FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS OUR UIL POLICY DEBATE TEAM WHO ARE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND STATE QUALIFIERS. THEIR SPONSOR IS NAOMI BELL. THE OK? OK? GOT IT. PERFECT. YEAH. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

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MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I ASK THAT WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK SO THAT WE CAN BRING IN TEST TEST. HERE WE GO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IF YOU TAKE YOUR SEATS, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN RECOGNIZING OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR FROM EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. EXCEPT FOR THIS FIRST ONE. THIS IS MICHAEL BELL FROM RUGAL ELEMENTARY.

OK? FROM AUER ELEMENTARY. THIS IS ESTHER KIRSCH. FROM AUSTIN ELEMENTARY, LAURIE BEARDEN.

FROM BEASLEY ELEMENTARY, MELINDA SNYDER.

JONATHAN ELSIE FROM FLORENCE BLACK ELEMENTARY.

COURTNEY BENNETT, CANADA ELEMENTARY THANK YOU SO MUCH. YESENIA PEREZ, FLORENCE ELEMENTARY. VICTORIA ELLIS FLOYD ELEMENTARY. CHRISTINA SANCHEZ GALLOWAY ELEMENTARY.

TAYLOR LONG GENTRY ELEMENTARY. MARK GUTTING GRAY ELEMENTARY. ANA ORTIZ, HAND BE ELEMENTARY.

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NYDIA MARQUEZ MACKIE ELEMENTARY.

REBECCA SMITH MACKENZIE ELEMENTARY. DIANA GOMEZ VALENCIA MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY OK? FREDERICKA PETERKIN MOSS ELEMENTARY. CINDY SMITH MOTLEY ELEMENTARY.

REBECCA CHISENHALL PONG ELEMENTARY. ROCHELLE'S TRIPOLI, PORTER ELEMENTARY. CAITLIN SMITH PRICE ELEMENTARY.

JUSTIN BRIDGES RANGE ELEMENTARY. NO. JOSE MENDIOLA, CORTEZ RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY.

SHANDA MONTALVO CER ELEMENTARY. LINDY ROLAND SHAN'S ELEMENTARY. JENNIFER ORTIZ SHAW ELEMENTARY OK?

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ASHLEY GOENS TIC SINGER ELEMENTARY. CLAUDIA PULTE FROM TOSH ELEMENTARY.

JAMES GLICK FROM AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. BRANDY NEWTON BARRY MIDDLE SCHOOL. DAVID PEACOCK, FRASIER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

LISA MOKRY KIMBROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. CASSANDRA EVANS MCDONALD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

JASMINE JACOB FROM AC NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SAVANNAH, DIEBOLD FROM VANS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. DOCTOR JEFFREY STONE FROM WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. CARMEN COVAL FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS. MM. DE VITRA DUBERRY FROM THE LEARNING CENTER.

JUAN CHAVEZ FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. ANGELA JOHNSON FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. TOUCHDOWNS FROM POET HIGH SCHOOL.

ALISSA BOYETTE WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. CAITLIN CORDER FROM MESQUITE

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RIGHT? MADAM PRESIDENT. WE MAY I REQUEST ANOTHER BREAK SO TH WE WILL RESUME OUR MEETING AT 719. OK? WE ARE NOW READY TO, UH ATTEND TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION? OK UH, WELL, MR

[IV. CONSENT AGENDA]

[V. REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT]

YES. IN ONE MOMENT UNLESS ANYBODY WANTS TO SEPARATE THE ITEMS. OK SO WE HAVE, UH, AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR? YES. YES. AND AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. YOU'VE GOTTEN THE, UH, BIOS, UH, AHEAD OF TIME. AND SO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. YES THIS IS BINGHAM AND SECOND BY UH YES. MR EVER.

OK? UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I POST SAME SIGN MOTION CARRY. ALL RIGHT NOW WE INTRODUCE OK, MADAM PRESIDENT, SO I'M GONNA CALL, UM TO THE LECTERN DOCTOR GREEN FIELDS, WHICH INTRODUCED OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, DR. KELLY LE LEGBA, OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WHILE I'M READING HER BIO DOCTOR LLLL. I'M GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON THAT ONE. PLEASE COME FORWARD. THE DOCTOR KELLY LA LOBA EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FROM WILEY UNIVERSITY FOR BEFORE PURSUING ADVANCED STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, WHERE SHE OBTAINED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AND A PHD IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, ALONG WITH PRINCIPAL AND SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFICATIONS. HER BACKGROUND INCLUDES ROLES AS TEACHER, PRINCIPAL CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER , EXECUTIVE ZONE DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP.

UPON RELOCATING TO TEXAS. SHE JOINED BIG ROCK EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS A CONSULTANT, SHOWCASING HER EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. MOST RECENTLY IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING AT CROWLEY, ISD. DOCTOR LEPE HAS SHAPED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY PROTOCOLS FACILITATED DISTRICT WIDE PROFESSIONAL. DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS AND HAS LED STRUGGLING SCHOOLS TO REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENTS, DRIVEN BY HER DEDICATION TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE HER TO YOU THIS EVENING. WELL, GOOD NIGHT. FOR IT IS A PLEASURE TO MEET ALL OF YOU. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING THIS AWESOME TEAM. AND UM, JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I WANNA THANK MY HUSBAND ALPHA LA LUVA. WHO'S HERE TO SUPPORT ME TONIGHT? MY WONDERFUL FAMILY AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM SO EAGER TO SERVE MESQUITE ISD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OK, OK. NEXT. YES, MISS JOE, READ THE NEXT BIO. OK IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MISS BRITNEY TAYLOR. YOU STAND UP. AND YOU KNOW BRITNEY JAN WAS COMPLETED A SEVEN YEARS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, SHE BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER AT WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE ALSO SERVED

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MOTION CARRIED. NOT USED TO THE BANGING THIS THING. OH, WELL. IT'S FALLEN APART, TOO. OK UH, OUR NEXT IS, UH, AN ACTION ITEM. UH THE TERMINATION OF THE TERM EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT OF RICARDO PALO. MOVE TO APPROVE OK, SECOND ONE OF US. OK, THERE'S BY, MR HUH? I'M SORRY. YES. UH HUH. MR EVERETT, THE SECOND BUT MISS COLLIER OK? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

SAY, I. I DON'T POST SAME TIME. MOTION CARRIED. OK, UH. IS THERE ANYTHING? MY PERSONNEL? I DON'T BELIEVE SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OK, WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS REPORT. THAT'S MISS JO. MHM MHM.

SHE SAID. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING REALLY COOL HAPPENING WITH THIS REPORT. A GOOD ENDING? YES, OK. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED MY EFFECTIVENESS REPORT FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE MARKETING EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN PURSUING FOR THE PAST. UH OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE CREATED A COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING PLAN BACK IN 2021 WITH THREE OBJECTIVES, WHICH WE KIND OF REFER TO AS THE ABC S, WHICH ARE AWARENESS BRANDING AND CLIENT EXPERIENCE. AND SO I'M GONNA GO OVER SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE LATELY AND GIVE YOU A PEEK AT WHAT WE'LL BEGIN DOING SOON. BEFORE I GO INTO OUR BRANDING. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A BAG OF GOODIES AT EACH OF YOUR SEATS OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN OK. UM AND THAT WAS, UH, BRILLIANT TO SAVE TIME.

BUT I WANTED TO SHOW SHOW YOU SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS. WE'VE DONE SOME OF THE PIECES WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAINTAIN THE BRAND INTEGRITY WITH OUR LOGO AND JUST THE LOOK OF EVERYTHING THAT WE GIVE OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENSURING THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT IMAGE OF OUR DISTRICT, SO I HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY THOSE WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN IS SOME OF OUR ATHLETIC BRANDING AND THIS HAS BEEN A VERY STRONG AREA OF FOCUS FOR US OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UM OUR ARTIST AARON HAS DONE SOME PHENOMENAL WORK. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, UM, KIND OF REVAMPED THE, UH , THE WEST MESQUITE AND HO HORN HIGH SCHOOL AND NORTH MESQUITE MASCOTS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THERE WERE NO, UM COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS. TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENTS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND GIVE THEM A UNIQUE UPDATED LOOK. AND THEN, UM, I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE POSTERS AND SIGNS THAT AARON CREATES. THAT REALLY FEATURES THE TEAM MEMBERS AND THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES. I'M SURE THAT'S A REAL POINT OF PRIDE FOR, UH EACH OF THE TEAMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. YOU'LL ALSO PROBABLY NOTICE SOME SPACE BRANDING AROUND THE DISTRICT AND THIS IS OUR PLEASURE TO COME IN. AND UM, GIVE A NEW LOOK TO, UH, MAYBE JUST A BLANK WALL AND A DEPARTMENT. UM I THINK IT JUST GIVES A WHOLE FEELING OF WHAT MOSQUITO IS ALL ABOUT. AND REALLY, UM PUT PUTS A SENSE OF PRIDE IN THAT BUILDING. SO HERE'S SOME OF OUR WORK THERE.

AND THESE ARE ALL CUSTOM MADE. I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH MY TEAM'S EFFORTS IN THE AREAS OF SOCIAL MEDIA LATELY, UM YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THESE THESE NUMBERS ON THE LEFT ARE FROM DECEMBER OF 22 VERSUS DECEMBER OF 23. AND UH, THIS IS A IS OUR INCREASE IN NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM , A 63.9% INCREASE IN ONE YEAR. WE HAD A 6.7 INCREASE OVER IN FACEBOOK AND FACEBOOK IS OUR OUR BIGGEST, UM, OUTLET FOR SOCIAL MEDIA. UM AND THEN REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF BRENDA GONZALEZ IN MY OFFICE. SHE REALLY LEADS UP OUR SPANISH LANGUAGE EFFORTS AND, UM. AND WE HAD A 79.2%

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HOMECOMING PROPOSAL AND, UM, REACHED OVER 800,000 ACCOUNTS WITH THAT, SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING OUR NAME OUT THERE AND GETTING THE GOOD NEWS OUT THERE. SO EARNED MEDIA SPEAKS TO MEDIA.

THAT IS NOT, UM, PAID FOR AND SO UM, THIS IS BASICALLY OUR NEWS COVERAGE. WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO NATIONAL NEWS STORIES THIS YEAR. UM Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE THAT THE PACKAGE THAT ABC NEWS DID ON THIS AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE COOL THING WAS. THIS IS ACTUALLY PRODUCED BY A FORMER STUDENT. UM AND. THIS STORY WAS NATIONAL. IT WENT, UM IT WAS ON THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. IT WAS ON THEIR, UH, ONLINE PRIME TIME NEWS SHOW AND IT WAS SHARED . I BELIEVE ON SEVERAL OUT OUTLETS ABC OUTLETS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I KNOW THAT DOCTOR RIVERA RECEIVED CALLS FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE HE KNOWS ALL OVER JUST CONGRATULATING US ON. HOW DID JOY IN THAT STORY? SO UM, IT IT WAS REALLY FUN TO DO. IT FEATURED TWO OF OUR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND IT UM AND IT AND IT HIGHLIGHTED TWO OF OUR PROGRAMS. E TIP. AND PACE IN OUR EFFORTS TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT TEACHERS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE PAVILIONS AGAIN ANOTHER BIG STORY, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD GOOD MORNING AMERICA COME OUT AND DO A LIVE SHOT FROM THE POT PAVILION. SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. SO SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY WHAT WE DO, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF IT IS ANECDOTAL AND JUST HAS TO DO WITH FEELINGS AND IMPRESSIONS. AND SO, BUT WE DID DO A SURVEY IN DECEMBER. OF OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES. AND I WAS I WAS REALLY, UM, EDIFIED BY THESE NUMBERS. UM I THINK THEY SHOW THE PRIDE IN OUR DISTRICT. AND UM, THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PROUD TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS GO TO SCHOOL HERE, SO THESE ARE GREAT GREAT CATEGORIES FROM BOTH STAFF AND OUR, UH, FAMILIES. OK? ONE OF THE BIG PROGRAMS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IS THE WHY MESQUITE INITIATIVE. AND THIS STARTED OUT AS AN IDEA TO, UM TRY TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM, PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHAT WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE HERE. AND SO WE WANTED TO TELL THEM WHY MESQUITE WELL, THAT KIND OF QUICKLY DEVELOPED INTO A FULL ON MARKETING CAMPAIGN CALLED EXCELLENCE HAPPENS HERE PLAYING ON OUR VISION AND OUR IN OUR, UM AND OUR TAGLINE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. SO UH, YOU WILL BEGIN SEEING SOME OF THESE IMAGES AROUND TOWN. UM THE TAGLINE FOR THIS CAMPAIGN IS MESQUITE SD IS YOUR CHOICE FOR EXCELLENCE. UM AN EXCELLENT HAPPENS HERE AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND COURSES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS SUCH AS WELDING, CULINARY ARTS, VET SCIENCE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT MAY NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MESQUITE. BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE HAD A KIND OF A SOFT LAUNCH FOR THIS PROGRAM IN, UM IN DECEMBER, AND WE TOOK CARE. I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MALL TRAFFIC AND ALL THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS OUT. WE HIRED THIS TRUCK TO GO OUT AND PUT OUR PUT THESE MESSAGES. THESE BUILT KIND OF

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UM AND I BELIEVE EMILY IS GOING TO CUE THE VIDEO. JUST WAY THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE OUR MOSQUITOES. THE COMMERCIAL AND, UH, WE HAVE BIG PLANS FOR THIS. UM WE CAN CUT IT UP. WE CAN USE IT IN ALL ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS. BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, UM, A REALLY NICE FEATHER ARCHES, SO ENJOY. MHM.

OH, YES. THERE YOU GO.

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SHE IS WONDERFUL. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS. SHE DOES IT. AND UH, SHE DOES IT WITH A SMILE, AND WE LOVE HER. UM AND THEN IN THE BACK, YOU CAN'T SEE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE CONTROL ROOM. BUT WE HAVE WE TO, TOO IS ONE OF OUR VIDEO PRODUCERS. WADE YOU KNOW, IS ALWAYS AT HER TAKING PICTURES AND EMILY RUSKIN, JOHN CAMPBELL. THEY MAKE THE THEY MAKE THAT THERE'S WAY. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN THE BACK. UM AND THEY, OF COURSE HELP ALL THE MAKE THE V. THE BOARD MEETINGS HAPPEN SO REALLY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE.

THERE'S YOUR THERE'S YOUR BUDDY RIGHT OVER THERE, TOO. OH AND READ. OH, MY GOSH, I'M SO SORRY.

YES AND REED YEAH, I WE HAVE, UM, BUT NO. REED IS FANTASTIC AND HANDLES ALL OF OUR EVENTS AND MAKES THE BOARD MEETING RUN SMOOTH AND ALL OF THAT, SO IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE AFTER THAT? I HAVE TO BRAG ON ON SANDRA AND HER TEAM, TOO, AT K UN BECAUSE THEY I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, BUT YOU KNOW, RECRUITMENT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK IT INTO YOUR SCHEDULE, AND THERE'S TRANSPORTATION AND WHAT KIND OF STUFF THEY ARE FULL FOR NEXT YEAR WITH A WAITING LIST, SO I'M VERY EXCITED, THOUGH.

CONGRATULATIONS 36 STUDENTS WHO WILL BE DOING THAT PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YES THAT WAS VERY GOOD. I TALKED TO A FRIEND AT CHRISTMAS. JUST TALKING ABOUT KUM. IN THIS. THIS HAS NO CONNECTION TO MISD. HE'S LIVED IN DESOTO HIS ENTIRE LIFE, AND HE SAID, I LISTEN TO KATE U EVERY DAY. HE SAYS. IT'S VERY RADIO STATION. NO CONNECTION. SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. OH, THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE. YES. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. OK NOW WE GO TO ADMINISTRATION. IT IS AN ACTION ITEM ADOPT ALL ORDERS RELATING TO THE MAY 4TH 2024 TRUSTEE ELECTION. IS THERE A MOTION. SO, MR BINGHAM, SECOND BY MR EVERETT. OH, NO. MR ROSS. OK, I DIDN'T HEAR ALL RIGHT. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER ACTION ITEM. THIS IS A BIG ACTION HERE. THE UH, APPROVAL OF THE 2425 SCHOOL CALENDAR. UH, IS THERE A MOTION.

OK, MR EVERETT. IS THERE A SECOND? MR CARBO. OH, YOU DIDN'T SEND ME. OH, YOU DID I MISS CARRIER OK, MISS CARRIER SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION, ALL RIGHT? AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS EARLIER, BUT I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT.

UM BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A VERY TOUGH EXERCISE. IT IS. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THE CALENDAR, AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR MY JOB. UM SEVERAL QUESTIONS CAME TO ME RELATED TO IN THE CALENDAR. WE HAVE FIVE WEEKS OFF TWO. I UNDERSTAND. IT'S CHRISTMAS ONE IS, UH, SPRING BREAK. WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT. UM BECAUSE IT'S THE WAY OF RELIEVING OUR KIDS FROM BRAIN ACTIVITY FOR A WEEK, AT LEAST, AFTER ALL THE TESTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND READY.

GETTING READY FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, IT REALLY . THE RACE THAT YES, IT'S RAIN BRAIN ACTIVITY ANYWAYS, THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT. YOU COULD CALL IT SCHOOL ACTIVITY. THAT'S PERFECT. UM THE OTHER QUESTIONS WERE LIKE FINISHING AFTER MEMORIAL DAY FOR ADDITIONAL

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WHAT IF WE HAD TO GIVE UP SOME HOLIDAYS? WHICH WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE UP AND THE FOUR DAY WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY WAS THE LEAST POPULAR OF ALL THE HOLIDAYS, BUT THEY STILL LIKE IT . SO UM, SO THAT WAS THE ONE THEY WANTED TO PUT, YOU KNOW TO VOTE OFF THE ISLAND IF WE HAD TO. UM WHEN WE START WE REALLY START WITH A BLANK SLATE AND WE PUT THE HOLIDAYS AND THE BREAKS IN FIRST AND THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE HAVE. UH, FIVE DAYS FOR FALL BREAK IS HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE THAT WAS NEW THIS YEAR. WE UH, PREVIOUSLY HAD TWO DAYS AND NOW IT'S A FULL WEEK AND THEN THESE ARE THE HOLIDAYS THAT WE TYPICALLY PUT IN THE CALENDAR AS WELL. UM PRESIDENT'S DAY USED TO BE A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT IS NOW A, UM, A HOLIDAY AND, UH, WE ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE GOOD FRIDAY AS A HOLIDAY JUST AS A TRADITION IN IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKES THAT. UM AND THEN WE ADDED JUNETEENTH A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AS WELL. SO THE RULES ARE REALLY THESE WE HAVE TO HAVE 100 AND 87 WORKDAY FOR 100 AND 8087 DAY EMPLOYEES, AND THAT INCLUDES MOST OF OUR TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO MEET THE STATE'S MINIMUM OF 75,600 MINUTES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE BEGIN AND START BUILDING THESE DATES IN YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE ADDED LA THIS YEAR. ON THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR, WE HAVE ADDED SIX HOLIDAYS. AND THE THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND THEM. I MADE A LIST. UM SIX MORE HOLIDAYS IN THE YEAR. THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S CALENDAR TO YOUR POINT WE PUT IT AND WHEN WE BUILT LAST YEAR'S CALENDAR, WE WERE REALLY USING THAT AS A RECRUITING AND RETENTION TOOL.

UM, THAT WAS OUR INTENT. UM AND REALLY MAKE IT, UH, A CALENDAR THAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE WANNA WORK HERE. SO WE PUT IN A LOT OF BREAKS. UM WE ALSO PUT IN GHOST DAYS AND, UM, THIS IS A REALLY KEY COMPONENT OF OUR CALENDAR BECAUSE THIS THE NEW CALENDAR FOR 2425 DOES NOT INCLUDE GHOST DAYS. AND HERE'S WHY LAST YEAR. WE PUT THESE IN WHERE WE ACTUALLY GAVE WORK CREDIT FIVE DAYS OF CREDIT TO OUR TEACHERS, CLASSROOM TEACHERS, UM, TO ACCOUNT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. MOST OF OUR 187 DAY. EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT TEACHERS CAME BACK TO WORK ON JULY 24TH A WEEK EARLIER THAN OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND SO. THERE IS SOME RESENTMENT.

I'M JUST GONNA ASK SOME RESENTMENT FROM SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT THAT. UM SO THIS WAS A PILOT PROGRAM AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE GOT FROM OUR SURVEY. WELL BEFORE I GET TO THAT, I WILL TELL YOU THE FIRST WORK DAY FOR 187 DAY EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR WAS JU JULY 24TH CLASSROOM TEACHERS STARTED ON JULY 31ST. AND FOR NEXT YEAR ALL OF OUR 187 DAY EMPLOYEES

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ANOTHER BIG QUESTION. WE GET A LOT. WHY DO SCHOOLS START ON A WEDNESDAY? YOU SAW THE RESULTS ARE MOST OF OUR STAFF DOES NOT LIKE TO START SCHOOL ON A MONDAY. UM AND HERE'S THE RESULTS THAT WE GOT SURPRISINGLY , OUR PARENTS DID LIKE THE IDEA OF STARTING ON A MONDAY, HOWEVER. 34% SAID. THEY NOT START ON A MONDAY, SO THEY THEY'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE MAP ON THAT ONE. BUT OUR OUR EMPLOYEES DEFINITELY PREFER TO WEDNESDAY START. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. MANY EMPLOYEES DON'T LIVE IN MESQUITE. WHY DON'T WE LINE OUR BRAKES WITH OTHER DISTRICTS GET THIS QUESTION EVERY YEAR. WELL EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN CALENDAR AND THEY MAKE THEIR CALENDAR ACCORDING TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT'S THAT'S THEIR RIGHT . UM PEOPLE SAY OH, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN FOUR OR ROCKWALL OR WHATEVER. THIS IS HOW MANY REALLY LIVE IN THOSE OTHER PLACES. MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY LIVE IN MESQUITE, BALCH SPRINGS. UM DALLAS. ONLY UM, A VERY SMALL NUMBER ACTUALLY LIVE IN THESE OUT OUTLYING COMMUNITIES. AND ONLY 16% OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY HAVE STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN OTHER DISTRICTS. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S AS LARGE AND NOW IF IT IF IT IS YOUR FAMILY, AND THAT'S WHO'S AFFECTED. YEAH, THAT'S A BIG DEAL. UM BUT IT'S IT. THE NUMBERS WISE, IT IS, IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY THAT. UM AND I JUST THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS CALENDARS LOOK LIKE, AND THIS TABLE IT COMPARES ALL THE DATES FROM THESE THESE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. UM THE BLUE DATES ARE THE ONES THAT LINE UP WITH OUR CALENDAR. SO I THINK WE DID PRETTY GOOD THIS YEAR IN MAKING THE MATCH UP. UM YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT MOST OF THE DISTRICTS ARE STARTING RIGHT AROUND THE SAME DATE. RICHARDSON IS KIND OF THE OUTLIER THERE AND, UM GARLAND AND MOSQUITO ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT GO AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. BUT THE REASON WE GO AFTER MEMORIAL DAY IS BECAUSE, UM. NUMBER ONE WE HAD GHOST DAYS LAST YEAR. UM BUT NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE ADDED SIX DAYS, SIX HOLIDAYS TO THE CALENDAR. IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT TO FIT IN EVERY EVERY SCHOOL DAY, WHEN AND WORK DAY WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THAT MANY HOLIDAYS. UM ONE POPULAR IDEA. WHY CAN'T WE SCHOOL START AUGUST 7TH INSTEAD OF AUGUST 14TH.

BECAUSE IF WE START A WEEK EARLIER, WE CAN GET OUT A WEEK EARLIER, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. UM THAT WOULD RESULT IN FEWER THAN 187 WORK DAYS, OK? SO IF WE WANTED TO END THE SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. 187 DAY PERSONNEL WOULD HAVE TO REPORT ON JULY 25TH. PROBABLY NOT A REALLY POPULAR IDEA, AND THEN OR WE COULD REMOVE FOUR HOLIDAYS FROM THIS CALENDAR. SO THOSE WERE TWO OPTIONS. WE CHOSE TO GO A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. IT STILL ENDS BEFORE JUNE 1ST SO WHICH IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAME THROUGH THE MAIN DRIVER FOR SPRING BREAK IN THAT ATTACHED TO DALLAS COLLEGE IN IN BECAUSE WE HAVE DUAL CREDIT THROUGH DALLAS COLLEGE. UM WE LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME, UH, SPRING BREAK FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AS THE COLLEGE, SO IT JUST MAKES THINGS A LOT CLEANER AND EASIER. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE AS BOARD MEMBERS. I MEAN, WE'RE STOPPED AT KROGER OR ANYWHERE THEY SEE US IN ANY ACTIVITY OR MIZ EVENT, AND THEY ASK US THESE QUESTIONS, AND WE KNOW SOME OF THE ANSWER, BUT WE KNOW WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL REALM OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU GO THROUGH SO BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT AND MAKE US UNDERSTAND WHAT REALLY GOES INTO THE WHOLE PROCESS. I THINK IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL FOR NOT ONLY US, BUT EVERYBODY LISTENING, ESPECIALLY OUR OUR PATRONS. SO THANKS, MICHIGAN.

YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. AND UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, WE WERE WE ALREADY WE ALREADY HAVE A YEAH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, I OPPOSE SAME

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ADAM APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO PAY EMPLOYEES DURING SCHOOL CLOSURE. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

MR ROSE. IS THERE A SECOND TO HIS COLLIER? THE SECOND? UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WELL. NO, I'M NOT A VOTING MEMBER, BUT I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. UM I WANNA THANK YOU THIS BOARD FOR, UM, RECOGNIZING, UM, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, EVERYBODY THAT DIDN'T COME TO WORK THAT DAY WILL BE COVERED HERE. JUST SOME CLARITY BECAUSE I'VE HAD SOME EMAILS ABOUT THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, I OPPOSE SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIED. RIGHT UH, DISCUSSION, MR. DISTRICT WIDE INTRUDER DETECTION. AUDIT REPORT FINDINGS, SIR. Y'ALL GOT MR MOORE LAST WEEK, BUT YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME AGAIN THIS MONTH. UM WE DO HAVE? YEAH, IT'S TOO BAD. UM, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR INTRUDER AUDITS. UM, TE A IS STILL VISITING CAMPUSES. UM, WE ARE NEAR 75% OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE BEEN VISITED THIS YEAR. UM Y'ALL HEARD THIS SPIEL, UH, EVERY MONTH FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW, SO I THINK I'M GONNA START TAKING SOME TIME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME CELEBRATIONS WE HAVE WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY. BUT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WILLIE WILKINS , UM, STARTED WORKING HERE, UM, MID JANUARY, AND IT'S HE'S BEEN GREAT ADDITION. UM HE'S GOT CONTACTS. UM IN THE FBI. THE FBI IS ACTUALLY GONNA COME OUT AND DO SOME THREAT ASSESSMENT STUFF WITH OUR DISTRICT TO LOOK AT LOOK AT HOLES, THINGS THAT WE MIGHT COULD ADDRESS. UM JEFF HAS ATTENDED FE MA, UM AND HOMELAND SECURITY TRAINING. GET UH, INSTANT COMMAND. UM CERTIFICATIONS, AND THEY'VE ALSO ATTENDED THE STAY IN SAFE, UM, TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER. SCHOOL SAFETY RESPONSE TRAINING.

UM RECENTLY, SO A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE THERE. UM AND WE CONTINUE THAT WORK. AND THESE INTRUDER AUDITS ARE JUST PART OF IT. SO JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE THOSE THINGS WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR MORRIS. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, UM I REPORT FROM OUR EARLY LITERACY UPDATE. WELCOME. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND TO DR RIVERA FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON OUR EARLY LITERACY INITIATIVE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR DISTRICT FOCUSES FOR THE YEAR.

AIDA AND I ARE GONNA BE SHARING SOME DATA WITH YOU ALONG WITH OUR PLAN FOR FINISHING THE YEAR STRONG. I'M ANDREA BAILEY. I'M THE ELEMENTARY READING LANGUAGE ARTS COORDINATOR. GOOD EVENING.

I'M AN I. THIS IS THEO, BILINGUAL COORDINATOR. SO WE WANNA START OUT WITH SOME CELEBRATIONS. UH, THE FIRST IS TEACHERS ARE IMPLEMENTING SKILLS BASED SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION DAILY. CAMPUSES ARE REGULARLY ANALYZING, DISCUSSING AND RESPONDING TO EARLY LITERACY DATA. AND IN MANY AREAS WE HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED OUR ANNUAL GOALS AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP PUSHING. UM I THINK YOU'RE GONNA UNDERSTAND WHY THESE ARE CELEBRATIONS BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. SO WE WANTED TO START BY OUTLINING THE GOALS THAT WE, UH, PREVIOUSLY GAVE YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR YEAR. THE LAST, UM, BOARD REPORT, SO THE FIRST GOAL IS THAT EARLY LITERACY AND BI LITERACY WALK THROUGH DATA WILL SHOW 85% OF KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE TEACHERS ARE TEACHING THE REQUIRED MINUTES OF FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS EACH DAY. UM THIS IS ONE OF OUR LEVERS. IF YOU REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT LEVERS LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, AND THOSE ARE THE HIGH YIELD RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES THAT WE SHARED IN OUR REPORT. THOSE ARE, UM HELP US PRIORITIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES THAT HELP OUR STUDENTS BECOME READERS. WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED A WAY TO HELP MONITOR HOW ALL THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM, AND, UM SO OUR TEAMS THEY DESIGNED AN EARLY LITERACY CLASSROOM WALKTHROUGH FORM SO WE COULD MEASURE THOSE CLASSROOM PRACTICES IN ACTION. BUT WE ALSO WANTED OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA WHENEVER THEY NEEDED IT. ALL OF THIS DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN OUR CLASSROOM WALKTHROUGH FORM AND IT FEEDS A DATA WEBSITE THAT'S LIVE FOR EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES TO ACCESS WHENEVER THEY NEED TO. SO THIS

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THIS AREA. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRINCIPLES, THIS DATA AS WELL AND KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE WALKING IN BILINGUAL CLASSROOMS AS MUCH AS WE ARE IN MONOLINGUALS. HM? ALL RIGHT. SO DURING OUR, UM CLASSROOM VISITS, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO COLLECT DATA SPECIFIC TO OUR BILINGUAL CLASSROOMS. BILINGUAL TEACHERS ARE TO DISPLAY THE SIGN OUTSIDE THEIR CLASSROOMS TO HELP STUDENTS, STAFF AND VISITORS KNOW ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE OF THE DAY. AT THIS TIME, THE MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED THAT 92% OF THE OBSERVED INSTRUCTION MATCH THE POSTED LANGUAGE OF THE DAY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CELEBRATE EXPOSING STUDENTS TO TWO LANGUAGES. UH, FROM AN EARLY AGE ALLOWS THEM TO DEVELOP LANGUAGE AND LITERACY SKILLS SIMULTANEOUSLY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO GOAL NUMBER TWO. OUR SECOND GOAL IS USING UNIVERSAL SCREENER DATA. WE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE STUDENTS WHO ARE AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL BY 20% FROM BOY TO EO. I AND THEN GROWTH WILL BE MONITORED THROUGH THE YEAR USING REGULAR DATA COLLECTION CYCLES. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE LEVERS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. SO WHEN WE USE UNIVERSAL SCREENING DATA IT HELP TEACHERS KNOW WHICH STUDENTS HAVE INTERNALIZED OR MADE THOSE LITERACY SKILLS MORE AUTOMATIC, WHILE UNIVERSAL SCREENING DATA IS GOOD FOR OUR PURPOSES HERE TONIGHT, TEACHERS NEED MORE SPECIFIC DATA. SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC DATA A LITTLE LATER. FIRST I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE LANDED ON 20% LAST YEAR AFTER LOOKING AT TEXT, WHICH IS OUR UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL FOR KINDER. AND UH, AMIRA, WHICH IS OUR UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL FOR OUR FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE READERS. WE SAW THAT OUR STUDENTS GREW ABOUT 17% FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. AND SINCE THIS IS THE VERY FIRST YEAR THAT ALL OF OUR CURRICULAR MATERIALS ARE FULLY ALIGNED NOW TO THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING, AND SINCE OUR TEACHERS WERE LEARNING HOW TO TEACH SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION ALIGNED TO THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING, WE SET AN ATTAINABLE GOAL FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE. OUR HOPE WAS THAT WHEN WE SET AN ATTAINABLE GOAL AT 20% IT WOULD ALLOW OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO GROW BUT ALSO TO HAVE SOME SUCCESS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEN KNOWING IN THE FUTURE WITH THAT SUCCESS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SET MORE AGGRESSIVE GOALS. HERE IS OUR KINDERGARTEN MONOLINGUAL UNIVERSAL SCREENING DATA. NOW, REMEMBER, UNIVERSAL SCREENERS ARE THE ONES THAT SHOW HOW OUR STUDENTS HAVE AUTOMATIZED. THEY'VE GOT THAT THAT SKILL DOWN THERE TAKING IT, UM TO THE INDEPENDENT LEVEL, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR KINDERGARTENERS HAVE ALREADY MET OUR ANNUAL GOAL OF 20% IN EACH OF THE READING SKILLS, UH, ASSESSED ON OUR UNIVERSAL SCREENER. UM, THAT SPELLING DECODING LOOK AT DECODING 32% GROWTH THAT MIDDLE

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REMEMBER THOSE VERY SPECIFIC SKILLS? UM YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE SURPASSED OUR EOY GOAL OF 20% GROWTH ON THESE SKILLS IN KINDERGARTEN, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FOR BOTH OF THESE SKILLS, LETTER SOUNDS AND DECODING CV C WORDS. WE DID ASSESS THIS LAST YEAR IN IN A ON A SIMILAR ASSESSMENT. AND OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING 13% BETTER THIS YEAR AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. YES THEN THEY DID LAST YEAR AT MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FIRST GRADE MONOLINGUAL DIAGNOSTIC DATA, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE ALREADY SURPASSED OUR EOY GOAL OF 20% GROWTH ON BOTH OF THESE SKILLS. WELL TWO OF THE, UH, SKILLS EXCEPT FOR THAT LAST SKILL, WHICH IS VAL CONSONANT SILENT E WORDS. UM SO IT'S REALLY A REALLY GREAT UM, THAT VERY FIRST OR THOSE FIRST TWO SKILLS. WE DID ASSESS SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR LAST YEAR, AND YOU CAN

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UM THAT'S GONNA LEAD OUR STUDENTS TO THAT FLUENT READING IN THIRD GRADE ON, WE'RE ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE OUR ANNUAL GOAL OF 20% GROWTH ON VAL CONSONANT, E AND ADVANCED VOWELS, AND NEITHER OF THESE SKILLS WAS ASSESSED LAST YEAR. IT'S THEIR NEW TO OUR ASSESSMENT THIS YEAR.

UM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE ON TRACK ON BOTH OF THOSE RIGHT. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO AIDA FOR GOLD NUMBER THREE AND GOALS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR. ALL RIGHT, UM, IN OUR BILINGUAL DEPARTMENT. OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BECOME B LITERATE OR PROFICIENT LISTENER, SPEAKERS, READERS AND WRITERS IN BOTH LANGUAGES ENGLISH AND SPANISH. WITH THAT IN MIND, GOAL NUMBER THREE READS USING SURVEY DATA WE WILL BILINGUAL AND ESL TEACHERS, UNDERSTANDING OF BI LITERACY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION BY 100% FROM BEGINNING TO END OF THE YEAR.

TEACHERS WILL BE SURVEYED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR ABOUT EMERGING BILINGUAL SPECIFIC INFORMATION. THIS GOAL ALIGNS WITH OUR DEPARTMENT'S MISSION ON GROWING TEACHERS, UNDERSTANDING OF BI LITERACY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION TO MEASURE THIS WE CREATED AND SHARED A SURVEY WITH OUR TEACHERS OF EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS TO GATHER THEIR IN, UM, INSIGHTS ON THESE, UH SPECIFIC TOPICS. DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER, THE BILINGUAL ESL DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS THROUGH ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT , INCLUDING THE VISIT OF DOCTOR SANDRA MERCURY AND DOCTOR VIVIAN PRATT TO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS IN THE AREAS OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND BI LITERACY. WE'VE BEEN ALSO ABLE TO OFFER SUPPORT THROUGH CURRICULUM BY PROVIDING BILINGUAL TEACHERS WITH SCRIPTED CROSS LINGUISTIC LESSONS. AND ALSO WITH THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND STRUCTURES TO EMPOWER THEM MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. IN ANALYZING THE SURVEY DATA, WE SOUGHT TO UNCOVER INSIGHTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF BI LITERACY AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT BILINGUAL STUDENTS. THE QUANTITATIVE DATA GATHERED INDICATES THAT 95.9% OF TEACHERS OF EB STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING ON B LITERACY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES. 93.9% OF TEACHERS CONSIDER THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSIONS HAVE EFFECTIVELY SUPPORTED THEIR BI LITERACY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION INSTRUCTION. 89.8% OF TEACHERS BELIEVE THAT BY LITERACY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES HAVE CHANGED THE WAY THEY TEACH. AND 93.9% OF TEACHERS AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT BI LITERACY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION INSTRUCTION HAVE HELPED STUDENTS INCREASE THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE SURVEY. UM WERE QUALITATIVE. THEY PROVIDED ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO THE QUANTITATIVE FINDINGS BY HIGHLIGHTING TEACHERS FAMILIARITY WITH THE DUAL LANGUAGE, ONE WAY PROGRAM AND THE 5050 MODEL. PERCEPTION OF BI LITERACY AND THEIR FEELINGS TOWARDS THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN CURRICULUM. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE NOW, WITH GOAL NUMBER FOUR. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO INCREASE THE READING PERFORMANCE OF BILINGUAL STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE BY THE END OF 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS INCREASE WOULD MEAN THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY READING AT A CERTAIN LEVEL WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS TO A SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER LEVEL BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AFTER DATA ANALYSIS FROM LAST YEAR BENCHMARKS AND ALL OTHER IN, UM, ASSESSMENT TOOLS THAT ANDREA MENTIONED BEFORE WE CAME INTO THE CONCLUSION THAT 30% WAS THE TARGET PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR FOR OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS. TONIGHT I WILL BE DISCUSSING THE ASSESSMENT SCORES AND PERFORMANCE OF EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS IN THE AREA OF EARLY BI LITERACY. BOTH PYRAMIDS ON YOUR SCREEN SHOW THE DIFFERENT, UM, COMPONENTS THAT LEAD TO FLUENT READING IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. EACH OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE PYRAMID ARE ASSESSED WITH M CLASS. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE IS THE ROLE OF SALIFICATION, WHICH

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THIS PA, UH, GRAPHS SHOW THE COMPOSITE M CLASS LECTURA SCORES AT EACH OF THE GREAT LEVELS.

KINDER THROUGH SECOND GRADE. THESE UM COMPOSITE SCORES ARE COMBINATIONS OF MULTIPLE MEASURES. THAT PROVIDE THE BEST OVERALL ESTIMATE OF THE STUDENTS , EARLY LITERACY SKILLS AND OR READING PROFICIENCY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE SCORES SHOW THAT OUR STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH SECOND GRADE HAVE SHOWN GROWTH FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE MID TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. AT THIS TIME , I WOULD LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH MORE GRADE LEVEL SPECIFIC DATA. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CANDOR AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. COMPOSITE SCORES ARE COMBINATIONS OF MULTIPLE MEASURES. HERE YOU CAN SEE DATA FROM TWO VERY IMPORTANT MEASURES. EVEN THOUGH COMPOSITE SCORES FOR OUR KINDERGARTEN BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE SHOWING GROWTH. WE NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO TWO VERY IMPORTANT MEASURES PHONOLOGICAL AND, UH, AWARENESS AND LETTER SOUNDS.

BIOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND LETTER SENSE ARE CLOSELY RELATED COMPONENTS OF EARLY LITERACY DEVELOPMENT. BEFORE CHILDREN CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LETTERS AND SOUNDS, THEY MUST FIRST DEVELOP PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS. IN 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. WE ASSESSED EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS ON ONLY ON LETTER SOUNDS, WHICH SEEM TO BE A GOOD PRACTICE.

HOWEVER THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING SAYS THAT PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS IS A SIGNIFICANT PREDICTOR OF PERFORMANCE ON WORD RECOGNITION IN SPANISH. WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO BE ON THE STRENGTH THAT A STUDENT HAS DEVELOPED IN HIS OR HER FIRST LANGUAGE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING 26% BETTER ON THE, UH, ON THAT SPECIFIC SKILL FROM BOY TWO MOY.

IN THE OTHER HAND, IT SEEMS TO BE A LOSS IN LETTER SOUNDS. THE ACTION PLAN IS TO WORK WITH ADMINISTRATOR EARLY LITERACY, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND BILINGUAL TEACHERS TO BETTER SUPPORT THEIR REGULAR USE OF DECODABLE TEXT AND INTENTIONALLY MONITOR PHONICS INSTRUCTION DURING WHOLE GROUP AND SMALL GROUPS. IN FIRST GRADE. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING ALSO AT SPECIFIC MEASURES, DECODING SYLLABLES AND READING WORDS. THESE TWO MEASURES SHOW GROWTH OF ON TRACK STUDENTS FROM BEGINNING TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL AS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE GROWTH FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR. WE WILL CONTINUE MONITORING THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERCENTAGES OF ON TRACK STUDENTS INCREASE FOR BOTH MEASURES. UM NOW MOVING ON TO SECOND GRADE FOR M CLASS ON YOUR SCREEN. WE'RE LOOKING NOW AT SECOND GRADE READING FLUENCY AND BASIC COMPREHENSION. WE CAN ALSO NOTICE GROWTH ON THE PERCENTAGES OF ON TRACK STUDENTS FROM BEGINNING TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENTS IF WE COMPARE THIS YEAR'S DATA TO LAST YEAR, WE CAN ALSO OBSERVE GROWTH AT THIS TIME OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AGAIN. WE WILL CONTINUE MONITORING THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THIS TREND CONTINUES. AS MENTIONED EARLIER.

OUR GOAL IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BECOME BI LITERATE. BEFORE WE LOOK INTO THE ENGLISH ASSESSMENT SCORES. LET'S BRIEFLY UNDERSTAND WHO OUR BILINGUAL EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE. EMERGENT

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ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THEY BRING UNIQUE LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS TO THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, WHICH CAN IMPACT THEIR LITERACY DEVELOPMENT. WITH THAT IN MIND AND FOR, UH, THE FIRST TIME. THE ASSESSMENTS WERE CONDUCTED IN BOTH LANGUAGES. TO, UH, CAPTURE THEIR FULL LITERACY CAPABILITIES. M PLUS DES IS THE NAME OF THE TOOL WE'RE USING TO MEASURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LITERACY OR READING SKILLS OF EMERGENT, UH, BILINGUAL STUDENTS IN BILINGUAL CLASSROOMS, GRADES KINDER THROUGH THIRD GRADE. ON THE SCREEN. THE MCL DEVILS COMPOSITE SCORES FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL. WE CAN SEE THAT PERCENTAGES OF ON TRACK EMERGENT BILINGUAL INCREASES FROM BEGINNING TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AT EACH GRADE LEVEL. THE DATA ALSO SHOWS A PROGRESSION FROM ONE GREAT LEVEL TO THE OTHER. AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR, UH, FROM EACH GRADE LEVEL. LET OUR NAMES DATA SHOWS THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF ON TRACK STUDENTS IS INCREASING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE, UH, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN AT RISK STUDENTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, PHONEMIC SEGMENTATION DATA SHOWS THAT WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS AT RISK AND LET STUDENTS ON TRACK. AS MENTIONED BEFORE. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC LITERACY SKILLS IN ENGLISH. IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN LOOKING AT THIS DATA THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE WILL ADVANCE AT DIFFERENT RATES THAN MONOLINGUAL STUDENTS OR STUDENTS WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH. OUR PLAN IS TO SUPPORT TEACHERS ON PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH CROSS LINGUISTIC CONNECTION STRATEGIES. UM THAT AID FIC AWARENESS DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING BILINGUAL PHONICS ACTIVITIES AND SOUND BLENDING EXERCISES. IN FIRST GRADE. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC MEASURES OF NONSENSE WORD FLUENCY AND WORD READING FLUENCY. THESE TWO MEASURES SHOW GROWTH OF ON TRACK STUDENTS FROM BEGINNING TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND FINALLY ON THE SCREEN. WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT SECOND GRADE SCORES FOR READING FLUENCY AND ORAL READING FLUENCY. WE NOTICED GROWTH ON THE PERCENTAGES OF ON TRACK STUDENTS FROM BEGINNING TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENTS IN THE WORD READING FLUENCY MEASURE. AS THE STUDENTS PROGRESS IN THE WORD READING FLUENCY. WE'RE HOPEFUL THIS WILL TRANSFER TO ORAL READING FLUENCY. AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. DATA SHOWS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED SUPPORT ON THE ORAL READING FLUENCY. IN CONCLUSION. THE EARLY LITERACY PERFORMANCE OF EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS REFLECT THEIR UNIQUE LINGUISTIC BACKGROUNDS.

WE WILL CONTINUE MONITORING THE PROCESS SUPPORTING TEACHERS THROUGH CURRICULUM, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, PL CS AND AMONG OTHERS. OK SO OF COURSE WE WANNA CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE AND THIS IS ONE AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THESE BEFORE. BUT THESE ARE SOUND WALLS. UM, THEY'RE ONE OF OUR REQUIRED CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT ELEMENTS, UM, THAT ARE IN EVERY KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A MONOLINGUAL AND A BILINGUAL VERSION. UM FOR OUR BAG, LITERACY STUDENT, OUR BI LITERATE STUDENTS AND WE'RE MEASURING THE USE OF THIS RESEARCH BASED CLASSROOM. IN OUR EARLY LITERACY WALKTHROUGH FORM. SO WE STARTED THE YEAR OUT STRONG WITH OUR SOUND WALLS. HOWEVER IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NOT MAINTAINING THIS TOOL DURING THE YEAR AND SO MY TEAM AND I ARE EXPLORING WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AS THEY USE SOUND WALLS EVERYDAY, SPECIFICALLY, OUR NEWEST PROFESSIONALS. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SKILL BASED SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. FIRST I WANNA ORIENT YOU TO THE GRAPH THE DATA IN THE GRAPH. SO THE LEGEND ON THE RIGHT GIVES YOU ALL THE BEST PRACTICES FOR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT WE MIGHT SEE WHEN WE WALK INTO A CLASSROOM. SOME OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES ONLY APPLY TO ONE LANGUAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, SYLLABLE MAPPING REALLY ONLY APPLIES TO SPANISH. OK THOSE NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM THAT YOU SEE MEANS NOT APPLICABLE. 0.5 MEANS THAT IT APPLIES BUT HOW THE TEACHER USED THE BEST

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THAT'S GONNA TAKE TIME. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE KINDER AND FIRST GRADE DATA STILL GONNA SHOW UP, IT'S ONLY GONNA SHOW UP AND MEASURED FOR US IN THE THIRD GRADE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE WERE SETTING. THIS IS OUR GOAL, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THE AT THE BILINGUAL AT THE BI LITERACY DATA RIGHT, SO LOOKING AT THE BI LITERACY AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECLINE RIGHT FROM BOY TO MOY, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROBABLY A LOT OF REASONS WHY WHY WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE? TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MONOLINGUAL GROWTH IN THE BI BI LITERATE GROWTH. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, UM PERHAPS THE SUPPORT THAT, UM TEACHERS NEED ON CAMPUS. UM AS FAR AS, UM INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES , SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION TO GET HOW MANY BY LITERATE COACHES. DO YOU HAVE? HOW MANY MONOLINGUAL

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IS THAT WHAT THAT TEST DATA SHOWED WHEN YOU BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THEY KIDS WERE TESTED IN IN ENGLISH IN ENGLISH. WHAT UH, DOCTOR RRA JUST SAID IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY DEVELOPING LANGUAGE BUT ALSO LITERACY SKILLS IN BOTH LANGUAGES IN BOTH LANGUAGES.

THAT IS WHY THAT'S WHY THERE IS A DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT FOR ENGLISH. THEN YOU SEE THIS. SHE HAS A DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT. SHE OVERSEES A DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT THAN AIDA DOES BECAUSE THE ASSESSMENT WE'RE USING FOR OUR BILINGUAL STUDENTS IS CROSS LINGUISTIC. IT'S GONNA TEST THOSE STUDENTS IN BOTH LANGUAGES AND THEN TELL OUR TEACHERS THE SPECIFIC SKILLS THEY CAN USE TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN BOTH LANGUAGES. SO WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT? THESE BOTH LADIES DIDN'T TELL YOU WAS THIS, UH, SMALL GROUP SKILLS INSTRUCTION. SO WHEN THESE WHEN THESE TEACHERS GIVE THESE DIAGNOSTIC TEST IT'LL TELL THEM EXACTLY WHAT THE STUDENT NEEDS AND THE CHART.

THEY HAVE AN IF THEN CHART THAT SAYS, IF THE STUDENT NEEDS THIS, DO THIS, SO IT'S VERY SPECIFIC WHEN WE USED TO DO GUIDED READING AT THE TABLE. THAT'S A VERY SUBJECTIVE WAY TO TEACH.

AND UNLESS YOU ARE A TEACHER WITH A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW A STUDENT LEARNS TO READ, YOU'RE GONNA SIT AT THAT, AND THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE UNLESS YOU'VE STUDIED IT FOR YEARS LIKE THESE TWO, AND WE WERE EXPECTING OUR TEACHERS TO SIT AT TABLES AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND THERE WE HAVE SOME THAT CAN BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN. AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING AT THE POINT RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED AND NOT JUST HAVING A TEACHER WHO'S JUST DOING THEIR BEST, AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED. SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS JUST THIS YEAR, SO IT'S THIS IS KKK TWO. SO IF YOU FOUND A KID THAT HAD THE GAP BECAUSE I REMEMBER HEARING THE DECODING THAT IT SHOWS UP LATER ON. WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU GO BACK AND RE SCAFFOLD LIKE THIS? YES. SO OUR TEACHERS USE AND ANYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE IF N CHART, UM, THAT HAS ALL OF THE LESSONS ATTACHED TO IT. AND THEN ON THE ON THEIR TOOL IT IT SHOW IT COMES UP LIKE IT. UM THE SYSTEM, UH, SUGGESTS LESSONS FOR TEACHERS. OURS IS A CREATED TOOL THAT HAS ALL OF THE SKILLS ON IT, SO ANYBODY HAS ACCESS TO A MOSQUITO SD, AND SO IF THEY NEED TO FILL IN A GAP FOR A PARTICULAR STUDENT, BUT THEY'RE A THIRD GRADE TEACHER. THEN THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE LESSONS AS WELL. UM SO IT IT IS A PLACE A WAY THAT THEY CAN FILL GAPS FOR STUDENTS. THAT WHAT WE CAN TRY TO DO IS FILL AS MANY GAPS AS POSSIBLE BEFORE STUDENTS LEAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WELL IN SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW? WITH TWO KIDS LISTENING TO HIM READ OR WHATEVER. HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THIS SYSTEM? BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT GUIDED READING DID. YEAH, SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO GUIDED GREEN, BUT IT FOCUSES MOSTLY ON PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS FIRST, AND EVERY DAY THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD IS VERY KEY, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE'S A SPECIFIC LESSON THAT THEY THEY, THE TEACHER. UM DOES WHAT THE STUDENTS THAT FOLLOWS. I DO WE DO. YOU DO SO THE TEACHER EXPLICITLY TEACHES THE STUDENT HOW TO DO THAT SKILL THEY PRACTICE. TOGETHER AND THEN

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BEING ABLE TO ATTRACT BILINGUAL COACHES. IS NOT A BUDGET ISSUE. IT'S A ACCESS TO WHERE THOSE PHONES. IT'S BOTH. UM YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO MY COLLEAGUES SUPERINTENDENTS ACROSS STATE.

EVERYBODY'S STRUGGLING FOR, UH, THE SAME POOL RIGHT? THE SAME POOL OF TEACHERS. SO BUT MR P COULD FIND THE MONEY IF WE COULD HAVE. LOOK LOOK AT HIS FACE. HE'S OUT, MR MR F IN A HARD SPOT RIGHT NOW, SO IF YOUR PARENT LIKE IF YOUR MOM OR DAD LIKE HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THIS WORK? SO UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO HELP TEACHERS UNDERSTAND. UM WE SEND HOME REPORTS FROM OUR ASSESSMENTS THAT GIVE VERY SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR TO THE T, UH TO THE PARENTS, UM, AND THEY WERE THEY WERE MORE PLAIN, UM, IN THE WAY THAT THEY SPEAK ABOUT THESE SKILLS. UM BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS A READING EXPERT. AND SO IT REALLY HELPS, UM, EXPLAIN TO PARENTS HOW THEY CAN, UM HELP THEIR KIDS WITH A PARTICULAR SKILL GAP THAT THEIR STUDENT HAS, BUT IT ALSO WE SEND HOME TO DECODABLE TEXT SO THAT THEY CAN PRACTICE READING THOSE DECODABLE TEXTS AT HOME LOVING THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. MHM. ALL RIGHT. YES LOTS OF HARD WORK. LOTS OF HARD WORK, YOU KNOW? YES, WE DID, AND THEN WE SHOULD MR PRADO IS HERE. HE'S. OH, GOOD EVENING. HERE. HERE I AM, UM PROFESSOR HORNSBY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT RIVERA. UH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THERE ARE THREE BUDGET AMENDMENTS TODAY. UM I WILL GO OVER EACH ONE OF THEM FAIRLY BRIEFLY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. UH THEY ARE THE THREE FUNDS THAT YOU NORMALLY APPROVE. THE FIRST ONE IS THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND. UH, THE AMENDMENT. UH, THAT WE ARE REQUESTING YOU TO CONSIDER, UH, ADDRESSES AN ITEM, UH, RELATED TO, UH, BRIEFLY WHAT WAS DISCUSSED JUST NOW, AND THAT IS THE EXPANSION OF PRE K. UH, FOR NEXT YEAR. UH, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE $400,000 UPFRONT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET ALL THE FURNITURE EQUIPMENT MATERIALS NECESSARY TO JUMP START THAT PROGRAM. UH, THERE WILL BE EXPANDING, UH, IN THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, AND THERE WILL BE A BUDGET LINE ITEM, OBVIOUSLY IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO ADDRESS THE PERSONNEL NEEDS, UH, THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THAT REQUEST . THE SECOND REQUEST IS ASSOCIATED WITH FINISHING OUT THE, UH, SECURITY INITIATIVE. WE MISSED AN ITEM IN THE FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND THAT IS RELATED TO THE DOOR CONTROL PROJECT FOR $257,500. SO THAT IS THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND AMENDMENT. THERE IS A FUNCTIONAL TRANSFER. UH, IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE FUND BALANCE IS JUST MOVING FROM FUNCTION 11 TO 13 TO MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS IN TERMS OF OUR EXPENSES. SO THAT IS THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND. I WILL MOVE ON TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. IF YOU RECALL BACK IN AUGUST, 14TH YOU APPROVED SOME PARAMETERS FOR US TO DO A REFUNDING. UH AND THEN WE HAVE COMPLETED THE REFUNDING, UH, FOR UH FOR, UM. THE 1003 VARIABLE BOND RATE SCHOOL BUILDING A LIMITED TAX TAX BOND. SO WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE TRANSACTION. WE CLOSED THE DEAL BY FEBRUARY, 1ST AND SO ALL, UH, THE TRANSACTION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT REFUNDING IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER APPROVING TODAY FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. IN THE FOOD SERVICE FUND. WE ARE ASKING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE REVENUE WE ARE SERVING, UH, MORE LUNCHES AND BREAKFAST, WHICH IS A GREAT THING. WE'RE FEEDING OUR KIDS. WE'RE ALSO GENERATING A SIGNIFICANT MORE DOLLARS TO THAT PROGRAM TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $5 MILLION. SO THAT IS A GOOD ISSUE TO HAVE, UM, AS WELL AS

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YOU WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT THE ADVOCACY THING? I NOTICED WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO SAY TO US? NO. WE JUST RECEIVED THE INFORMATION FROM TASBY ON THE, UH, ADVOCACIES THAT WERE VOTED ON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, FOR THE 2224. BUT THESE ARE GONNA CHANGE ANYWAYS, BECAUSE WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE GRASSROOTS MEETING, AND THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME OF THIS IS GONNA CHANGE. UH SOME STAY THE SAME FUTURE. WE'LL RECEIVE A BOOKLET LATER ON THIS. UM, THIS IS THE, UH THE PROCESS THAT WE USE. FOR OUR. OUR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY, THE PRIORITIES AND RESOLUTIONS AND TAD WE JUST WANTED US TO HAVE A MAP. HOW HOW IT WORKS. OK, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. YES YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. MISS JOB. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 842. THANK YOU.

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