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          SEE. I CALL THIS MEETING, UH OF THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO 
          [I. CALL TO ORDER]
ORDER LET US THE RECORDS SHOW THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND THAT THE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS. ACT ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551. THIS BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS. THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. UH, 551074 AND 551075. THERE WILL BE . NO UH, DISCUSS THERE WILL BE DISCUSSIONS, BUT NO ACTION TAKEN SO WE'LL BE BACK. HM? GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. WE ARE NOW RECONVENE IN OUR MEETING . AND UH, WELCOME BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT WONDERFUL MEETING TODAY WE GET TO MEET A LOT OF REALLY MEET PEOPLE TODAY, SO I'M EXCITED IF YOU WILL STAND TODAY, AND, UH, FOR OUR INVOCATION IN OUR FLAG, AND IT'S BY MR EDISON SENATE. FROM SEA LIFE CHURCH, SIR. GOOD EVENING. 
          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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GRADE. I MAY AND I'M THE FIRST GRADE AWESOME. I'M JACOB AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE. AND THE IN NINE P. I'M KELLY AND I'M IN FIRST GRADE. I MEAN, I KNEW AND I IN FOURTH GRADE. I'M JASMINE AND I'M IN FIRST GRADE. ON MY LAND, AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WE WERE AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, BROTHER. THANK YOU. GUYS FROM CROSS ELEMENTARY 
          [II. BOARD/PTA MOMENT]
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. OK NOW IT'S TIME FOR OUR BOARD MOMENT. UH, IS, UH, PT A HERE TODAY. NO, WE HAVEN'T HEARD. OK WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS BORED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS GUESS WHAT WE DID IN IC. I'M SO PROUD OF US. OUR ATORIUM IS NOW FOR THE P. IT'S NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR OUR STUDENTS TO PRACTICE ET CETERA. UH, WE WERE AT THE CEREMONY LAST FRIDAY. MR CARBO AND MR BINGHAM, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND, UM YOU NEED TO GO SEE IT. IT'S REALLY AMAZING. 
          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]
DON'T THINK THEY'RE HERE. SO OK, IT'S TIME. THIS JOKE FOR OUR APPLE CORE. WELL, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST MEMBERS OF OUR CAPITAL. BO FIRST IS JACQUELINE FROM TERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, TEACHES EIGHTH GRADE ADVANCED ALGEBRA WITH NINE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE C IC, AND WE HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO TO INTRODUCE T INTO YOU SEE ME? M HAS A PASSION FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING. HER LOVE THAT SHE SHOWS FOR HER KIDS ON A DAILY BASIS IS ADMIRABLE TRENCHES DESIRES FOR STUDENT GROWTH SURPASSES HER OWN CLASSROOM. MISS FINCH IS A TEAM PLAYER OFTEN TUTORING ANY STUDENTS IN NEED OF MAP SUPPORT. SHE TEACHES ALGEBRA, BUT SHE LENDS HER KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE TO 7TH AND 8TH. GRADE MATH PL CS, WHERE HER ORGANIZATION THOROUGH QUESTIONING AND FOLLOW THROUGH OUR VALUES. MISS FINCH IS A ONE OF A KIND TEACHER AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL SHE DOES ALL OF THIS GREAT WORK AT TERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL. MISS FINCH. WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. EDUCATION IN ITS IMPORTANT TO ME , BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE OUR FUTURE EDUCATION RUNS ALL THROUGH MY FAMILY, MY GREAT 
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GRANDMOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY MOTHER WERE ALL EDUCATORS. SO EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE TEACHER THAT I DIDN'T HAVE GROWING UP. SO EVERY DAY I COME TO WORK, TRYING TO HAVE THAT MINDSET TO BE THE TEACHER THAT I DIDN'T HAVE AND MAKE SURE ALL THESE STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M GONNA READ A PROCLAMATION TO YOU. WHEREAS THE MOSQUITO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEE SEEKS TO HONOR OUTSTANDING CLASSROOM TEACHERS WHO DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP. INNOVATION AND DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS OF MOSQUITOES, STATE AND WHEREAS THE MOSQUITOES THE APPLE CORE CONSISTS OF EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS. TO RECEIVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S HIGHEST RECOGNITION, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. THAT THE BOARD OFFICIALLY WELCOMES JACQUELINE FINCH TO THE MOSQUITO STICK APPLE CORE ON THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY. 2024 CONGRATULATIONS AND. 
          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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DISTRICT'S HIGHEST RECOGNITION. THEREFORE IT BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OFFICIALLY WELCOMES DIXIE SMITH. INTO THE MESQUITE ISD. OK? OKAY UM, WELL, I'M JUST GONNA TURN AROUND AND POINT. UM I WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND. UH, WHO'S SUPPORTED ME FOR 10 OF THOSE 18 YEARS? UM MY MOTHER IN LAW, MY SISTER AND MY LITTLE BOY. GOOD. UM. I COULD NOT DO THIS JOB WITHOUT FIRST AND FOREMOST GOD, UM IN MY FAMILY SUPPORT AND LOVE. UM LIKE I SAID , I'VE BEEN HERE FOR MY WHOLE 18 YEARS. UH, GOD SENT ME HERE THOSE 18 YEARS AGO AND, UM, EVERY YEAR, I'M REMINDED OF WHY HE KEEPS ME HERE. I LOVE THIS JOB. I LOVE THIS DISTRICT. I LOVE MY PORTER FAMILY. UM. YEAH, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL. AND I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU GUYS. MISS SMITH. IS THERE ANYONE THAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALLY, PRINCIPAL? YOU. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO OUR SCHOOL. UM SUCH A POSITIVE, WONDERFUL PERSON AND MAKES ME FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE. AND HAS HELPED ME GROW AND MY FRIENDS ARE COURS. UM OK? OUR NEXT HONOREE THIS EVENING IS ONE OF OUR PEER PROFESSIONALS EACH MONTH. WE RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR PEERS FOR ALL THAT THEY DO, AND THEIR ROLE ON ON OUR CAMPUSES AND OTHER FACILITIES. AND TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MS RENEE KERN, THE PRINCIPAL AT SEABORNE ELEMENTARY TO COME FORWARD AND TELL US ABOUT HER STAR PRA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MYRA MARTINEZ. MYRA IS OUR FRONT OFFICE. PER UM, SHE'S SERVED IN THAT POSITION FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. SHE IS OUR ONE WOMAN WELCOMING COMMITTEE. THERE ISN'T ANYONE THAT COMES THROUGH OUR OFFICE THAT ISN'T GREETED WITH A SMILE, A KIND WORD OR A HUG. I THINK I CALLED HER ONE TIME THE GRANDMA OF OUR CAMPUS, BUT SHE DIDN'T LIKE THAT TOO MUCH BECAUSE SHE'S TOO YOUNG. SO I HAD TO CALL HER THE COOL AUNT. 
          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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PRINCIPAL PERSONALLY CHOOSES THEIR FAVORITE PIECE. THE HONOR OF PRINCIPLES AWARD WINNER IS GIVEN TO THE ARTIST WHOSE WORK THEIR SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL HAS CHOSEN MESQUITE DYS D EXTENDS THEIR CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TALENTED ARTISTS. ALL RIGHT, AND CONTINUING WITH FINE ARTS. WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE SOME ALL STATE. UH, MEMBERS, UH, FIRST FROM POT HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE KELVIN CULBERSON. HE IS ATM E, A ALL STATE CHOIR MEMBER. ALSO FROM POIT IS ELIJAH GALMAN TME, A ALLSTATE CHOIR MEMBER. OK? AND FROM PETITE QUINET ISAIAH ROBINSON TME, A ALL STATE CHOIR MEMBER. AND THEIR SPONSOR IS MITCHELL WASHINGTON. ALL RIGHT. AND ALSO FROM PIT WE HAVE ISRAEL. GONZALEZ TME, A ALL STATE BAND MEMBER, AND HIS SPONSOR, TISH DOWNS. 
          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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YEAH. 
          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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JOCELYN HARPER, HENRY ELEMENTARY . LILIANA HERNANDEZ HODGES ELEMENTARY. GRAYSON, PASCAL KIMBALL ELEMENTARY NO. 
          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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SANA BROWN SMITH ELEMENTARY. LAKESHA SAINT L THOMPSON ELEMENTARY. 
          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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ACADEMY. AND OUR LAST TEACHER OF THE YEAR MERCY REYES FROM DR RULAND VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL. 
          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]
CARBO AND MISS KYER SECOND BY MISS KYER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE THE SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRY HEY. ALL RIGHT. UM, SIR. YOU ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE. YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HAVE, UM TWO 
          [V. REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT]
POSITIONS FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT. MM. I WILL. I, UM I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE BOTH DO THEM. 
          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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AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AND ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN AT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2023, MISS TAYLOR THAT OF SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS FROM ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY AND A PRINCIPAL CERTIFICATION FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY. SHE'S LEADING ASSISTANT, PRINCIPAL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. RIGHT THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF IN PERSONNEL. THE UH, CONTRACT RENEWAL IS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. UM DO I HEAR A MOTION LIKE A MOTION THE SUPER CONTRACT DISCUSSION EXECUTIVES THAT YES. UH, IS THERE OK? SECOND? ALL RIGHT, MR BINGHAM AND MR CARBO. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAME SIGN. 
          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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INCREASE IN THE GROWTH OF OUR SPAN SPANISH LANGUAGE FACEBOOK GROUP SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE. UM AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE OUR INFLUENCE PER MONTH. UM WE ARE REACHING. THAT IS AN AVERAGE PER MONTH OF THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS THAT WE ARE REACHING WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. ON FACEBOOK. SOME OF OUR TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR. I WANTED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, BRING THOSE TO YOUR ATTENTION. UM THE PAVILIONS WERE, UM BIG, BIG HIT BOTH IN THE LOCAL MEDIA AND, UM, AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND YOU'LL NOTICE UP HERE, UM, ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE IT SAYS ORGANIC. THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT ANY KIND OF BOOSTING OR ADVERTISING. IT WAS JUST WORD OF MOUTH AND PEOPLE GETTING EXCITED AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION ON THEIR OWN ACCOUNTS, SO 385,000 ACCOUNTS WERE REACHED WITH THAT PARTICULAR POST. UM THIS IS WHAT WE CALL UM SOCIAL MEDIA GOLD. AND SO THIS WAS WHENEVER YOU GOT A PUPPY AND PEOPLE BEING HEROIC, I MEAN, IT'S A IT'S A GREAT STORY. SO THIS HAD A LOT OF A LOT OF SHARES AS WELL. WELL UM, THIS WAS WHEN OUR PLUMBING CREW RESCUED THE PUPPY IN FRONT OF MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE DRAIN. AND THEN WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO FEATURE ONE OF OUR TEACHERS WHO WAS RECOGNIZED BY LOCAL NEWS STATION. FOR HER OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THAT WAS ALSO VERY POPULAR POST. UM INSTAGRAM REELS IS AN AREA THAT WE HAVE REALLY BEEN EXPANDING IN AS WELL. AND UH, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS ONE. IT'S KIND OF COVERED UP WITH THE HEART THERE. BUT THIS PARTICULAR POSE THIS THIS REEL FROM VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL. UH, THEY HAD A QUINCEANERA FASHION SHOW, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A FANTASTIC IDEA, BUT THEY ACTUALLY REACHED 1.4 MILLION ACCOUNTS WITH THAT PARTICULAR VIDEO, SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER BIG ONE WAS THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL. 
          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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MOBILE BILLBOARDS. IF YOU WILL, AND DRIVE AROUND TOWN AND SHOW PEOPLE WHAT WE'VE GOT IN, UM SO YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM THIS, UM, THERE . WE ONLY DID SIX DRIVING SESSIONS DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, BUT UM, HAD ACCESS TO OVER 100 AND 85,000 PEOPLE. AND OUR INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS IS SO MORE ACTIVITY OVER THOSE FEW DAYS, SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN. WE HOPE TO DO MORE OF THIS AS WELL. SO COMING SOON. UM WE PLAN WE ARE WORKING ON A CAMPUS AND DISTRICT DIGITAL SIGNING SIGNAGE. UM INITIATIVE THAT, UH, WILL UTILIZE THE TELEVISION SCREENS THAT ARE ALREADY AT THE CAMPUSES, HOPING TO REPLACE THE PAPER SIGNS THAT SOMETIMES CAN GET VERY CLUTTERED . UM SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS. UM SO WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON SOME VIDEOS, VIDEO TESTIMONIALS OF MADE IN MESQUITE, WHO ARE OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE GONE ON TO GRADUATE AND DO GREAT THINGS. AND ALSO, UM, OUR CURRENT STUDENT STAFF WHO WE PUT UNDER THE HEADLINE OF ME TO EXCEL. AND THEY'RE FEATURING THEM AS WELL. UM WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW RESIDENT PACKET AND WITH ALL OF THE BUILDING GOING ON IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR OUR DISTRICT, WE WANT TO CREATE RESOURCES FOR, UM, OUR REALTORS AND OUR BUILDERS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEIR CLIENTS IN MESQUITE. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A NEW BADGING SYSTEM THAT FEATURES THE MESQUITE PROMISE. WE'VE DONE A LOT WITH LADONNA'S DEPARTMENT DOCTOR COLEY'S DEPARTMENT IN IN PROMOTING THE PROMISE AND, UM, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THERE. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE BILLBOARDS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE, UM, FEATURING OUR VET SCIENCE PROGRAM. AND THEN THESE ARE SOME POTENTIAL THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. UM SO MAYBE BILLBOARDS SOME MORE. UM UH, VE VEHICLE WRAPS. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF VEHICLES IN THIS DISTRICT. WHY NOT USE THEM TO ADVERTISE? YOU KNOW, UM, AND THIS IS REALLY KIND OF KEYING IN ON A. WE HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF ADVERTISING YET. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF MARKETING A LOT OF A LOT OF, UH, PR, BUT NOT A LOT OF ADVERTISING. SO UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAY BE DOING IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. AND THEN OUR CLIENT EXPERIENCE. FINALLY THE PLANNING EXPERIENCE. THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. UM WE REALLY ROLLED THIS OUT AT PERALA BACK IN, UH, JULY AND WHERE WE HAD A WEEK LONG CONFERENCE FOR OUR PARENTS, AND WE, UM, HAD SEVERAL SESSIONS FOR THEM ON CUSTOMER SERVICE. OFTEN THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE FIRST IMPRESSION WITH OUR CLIENTS. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM. UM THE WE WILL HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT LATER THIS YEAR AS WELL. UM WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A CERTIFIED CLIENT EXPERIENCE COACH CERTIFICATION AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS. WE OFFERED THIS UP AT ONE OF THE ME A MEETINGS WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR AND, UH AND HAD VOLUNTEERS. WHO SAID YEAH, I WANNA I WANNA BE A CERTIFIED COACH IN HOW TO BE A GREAT CLIENT EXPERIENCE PERSON. AND THESE ARE OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS. THEY'RE DOING THIS ON THEIR OWN TIME THROUGH GOOGLE CLASSROOM LED BY SABRINA SMITH SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO, UM CREATE. THIS IS VERY MUCH IN THE WORKS. OUR TASK FORCE AND CLIENT EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A PILOT PROGRAM WITH 10 CAMPUSES, WHO WILL CREATE THEIR OWN ACTION PLANS TO SPECIFICALLY TARGET CLIENT EXPERIENCE, UH, AREAS ON THEIR CAMPUS, SO AND OUR GOAL IS TO THE PREMIER DISTRICT TO EXEMPLIFY AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY CLIENT EVERY TIME SO THAT'S WHAT'S WORKING IN. AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING LATELY I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THIS NEXT PART. 
          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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ALL RIGHT. THAT IS WONDERFUL. YEAH, I LOVE IT. THANK YOU. SO IT ALWAYS MAKES ME TEAR UP WHEN I SEE IT, SO I'M JUST SO PROUD OF WHAT WE OFFER, AND SO, UM, IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FEW OF MY TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE. UM, WE HAVE OUR KIT EOM TEAM IN THE BACK. AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND IF Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW KATE UM WILL CELEBRATE ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR THIS FALL. WOW. WE HAVE SABRINA SMITH, WHO'S OUR MARKETING GURU HERE IN THE BACK? THAT'S HER PASSION, AND I JUST LET HER DO IT. UM BRENDA GONZALES, OUR BILINGUAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR. SHE UM HAS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE FANTASTIC, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UM, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT SHE'S BROUGHT TO OUR TEAM, SO AND THEN, OF COURSE, WENDY MY ASSISTANT. SHE IS JUST LIKE THE GLUE THAT HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          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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HOLIDAYS. NOW MY QUESTIONS ARE. WHAT'S YOUR FOR? I GUESS TO EDUCATE US IN THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE. WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA USED TO COMPLETE THIS CALENDAR? AND HOW COULD THE PUBLIC REALLY PROVIDE SOME INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS? OK I'M I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED. I ACTUALLY PREPARED, UM, A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO KIND OF ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I SAW THEM MYSELF IN THE COMMENTS, AND THEY WERE SAYING QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, SO BUT LET ME SAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AND GIVE US INPUT. YOU KNOW, WE DO. I'M THE SURVEY QUEEN. EVERYBODY MAKES FUN OF ME BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE TO SURVEY THINGS, BUT, UM, WE DID A CALENDAR SURVEY. UM IN THE FALL BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN WORKING ON THIS THIS PARTICULAR CALENDAR, AND, UM, WE HAD PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD PARTICIPATION. BUT YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY GIVES US THEIR THOUGHTS. AND SO, UM, IF YOU WANNA BE A PART OF THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, COME ALONG WHEN WE ASK, AND SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY AND CORPORATE YOUR THOUGHTS? UM I AM REALLY PROUD THAT WHEN WE BUILT THIS CALENDAR , WE FOLLOWED THE RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY. UM IT REALLY DOES LINE UP WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE OPINIONS IN THERE. AND IN ALMOST EVERY INSTANCE UM I. I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SAY THIS IS THIS IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN ON POLICY. ALL OF THESE GROUPS HAVE INPUT INTO THE CALENDAR PROCESS. AND UM, THERE I JUST GO ONE BY ONE, AND THEY THEY ALL HAVE THEIR INPUT. WE ALL MEET AND THEY GIVE ME UH, THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEN I TRIED TO AS WELL AS I CAN TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE CALENDAR. UM THESE ARE SOME OF THE GENERAL FEELINGS FROM OUR SURVEY. UM THEY THEY PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THE FREQUENT BREAKS THAT THAT IS. THAT IS A BIG DEAL . UM OVER 80% OF OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF GRADED THE CLA THE CALENDAR THIS PARTICULAR CALENDAR WITH I'M SORRY. THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR, NOT THE NEW ONE. THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR WITH EITHER AN A OR A B AND THE AND NEXT YEAR'S IS VERY SIMILAR, UM, THE WEEK LONG FALL BREAK, WHICH THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE'D EVER DONE THAT THAT WAS A HUGE, HUGE SELLER. PEOPLE LOVE THAT AS WELL. UM STAFF ONCE DID NOT START ON A MONDAY. THEY THINK IT'S EASIER TO KIND OF EASE BACK INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR. UM AND EVERYONE WANTS TO END BY MEMORIAL DAY. UM NOW I ASKED. 
          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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WILL START ON AUGUST. 1ST IF YOU APPROVE THIS CALENDAR, SO A WEEK LATER. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO GHOST DAYS, THOUGH WE LOOKED AT OUR SURVEY RESULTS. THIS IS A CAMPUS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE THE ONES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE RECEIVED FOR THE MOST PART THE GHOST DAYS. 33% DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE. SO PROBABLY NOT A GREAT RECRUITING TOOL AND ONLY IN ABOUT A THIRD SAID THEY SHOULD ONLY ABOUT A THIRD SAID THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE CALENDARS. SO EVEN THE ONES WHO GOT THEM WERE WERE NOT PARTICULARLY MOTIVATED BY THEM. AND THAT WAS REALLY WHAT WE WERE GOING FOR, UM AND THEN IT GETS A LITTLE BIT WORSE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, 40% HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE, AND ONLY 25% OF ALL EMPLOYEES SAID THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED. SO WE'RE LISTENING TO OUR PEOPLE AND GHOST DAYS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CALENDAR FOR 2425. UM. 
          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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SIGN. MOTION CARRIED, ALL RIGHT. YEAH YOU GOT A NEW NEW SCHOOL CALENDAR DOCTOR, OK, UH, ACTION. 
          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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GRAPH OUTLINES SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED FROM THOSE CLASSROOM VISITS CURRENTLY, YOU SEE, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 2000 CLASSROOM WALKS, WHICH IS REALLY AWESOME. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YOU CAN SEE THAT 89% OF THE OBSERVED, UM, LITERACY INSTRUCTION HAS MATCHED THE POSTED SCHEDULE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. AND I KNOW THAT MAYBE THAT SOUNDS. WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? BUT THIS MEANS THAT LITERACY IS HAPPENING DAILY, ACCORDING TO THE MINUTES ALLOTTED FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL, UM, TIME, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT AND WE'RE SURPASSING OUR EO I GOAL BY 4% WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN STEADY SINCE ABOUT MID OCTOBER. YEAH YOU, UH, MAY BE WONDERING WHY THERE ARE SO MANY MORE CLASSROOM WALKS IN OUR MONOLINGUAL CLASSROOM VERSUS OUR BILINGUAL ONES. GIVEN THAT WE ONLY HAVE THREE BILINGUAL INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, UM, DISTRICT WIDE THE NUMBER OF LEARNING WALKS IN BILINGUAL CLASSROOMS CAN'T UNFORTUNATELY BE COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF WALKS IN MODERN LINGUAL CLASSROOMS. THERE'S LIMITATION OF BILINGUAL STAFFING HAS HINDERED OUR OUR ABILITY TO OFFER COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT. 
          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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OF THE YEAR, UM, ALREADY AND THEN OUR BLENDING PHONES IS 21% GROWTH. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. WE'RE ABSOLUTELY ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE OUR EO I GOAL. SO LET'S LOOK AT OUR FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE READERS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT UNIVERSAL SCREENER. NOW AMIRA IS A UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL THAT INCLUDES ISOLATED SKILLS, SO IT MEASURES ISOLATED SKILLS, BUT IT ALSO, UH, MEASURES READING. GRADE LEVEL TEXT WITH FLUENCY, SO UNIVERSAL SCREENERS AGAIN ARE DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE, UM, SKILLS AT THE AUTOMATICITY, UH, LEVEL SO THIS DATA TELLS ME THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING RIGHT? THEY'RE GROWING, BUT THEY'RE NOT YET APPLYING THOSE SKILLS TO READING FLUENTLY ON THEIR OWN. WHEN WE LOOK AT COMPREHENSION, IT'S VERY MUCH THE SAME. THIS DATA ALIGNS WITH THE DATA ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO DECODE A PIECE OF TEXT READ WITH SOME FLUENCY BEFORE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THEM TAKE THAT TO THE COMPREHENSION LEVEL AND AS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN READING, FLUENCY AND INCREASES, WE'RE GONNA EXPECT TO SEE THAT ALSO INCREASE IN FLU IN, UH, COMPREHENSION AS WELL. OK SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC SKILLS. I WANTED TO REMIND YOU FIRST, BEFORE WE GET INTO THOSE SPECIFIC SKILLS THAT READING SKILLS BUILD ON ONE ANOTHER, AND STUDENTS MUST DEVELOP PREVIOUS SKILLS. UM, THOSE ONES AT THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, FULLY TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE GAPS IN THE FUTURE. GAPS IN THESE SKILLS ARE INTERESTING BECAUSE THE BRAIN MIGHT FIGURE OUT HOW TO OVERCOME A GAP FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT EVENTUALLY. FOR MAYBE EVEN SIXTH GRADE. THEY SHOW UP AND THEY HINDER COMPREHENSION. BREAKDOWNS IN COMPREHENSION ARE OFTEN ACTUALLY DECODING SKILL GAPS. SO A FEW SLIDES AGO, I TOLD YOU THAT ONE OF OUR LEVERS WAS TO UNDERSTAND STUDENT NEEDS THROUGH THE USE OF DIAGNOSTIC DATA. DIAGNOSTIC DATA GIVES THE TEACHER INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL READING SKILLS IN THE GRAPHIC ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN SEE THOSE INDIVIDUAL READING SKILLS THAT BUILD ON ONE ANOTHER. INFORMATION AT THAT SKILL LEVEL. ALLOWS THE TEACHER TO FILL IN SPECIFIC GAPS THAT A STUDENT HAS AND USING DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS IS SOMETHING WE HAD TO TEACH OUR TEACHERS HOW TO DO THIS YEAR. THEY'VE NEVER HAD TO DO THAT BEFORE THEY SO WE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. WE ALSO HAD TO TEACH THEM HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS DURING SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY THAN THEY'RE USED TO DOING. THE LAST SENTENCE OF OUR GOAL. SAYS THAT WE WOULD HAVE REGULAR DATA COLLECTION CYCLES, SO WE GAVE OUR TEACHERS A CALENDAR SO THAT WE COULD ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WAS DISCUSSING THE PROGRESS OF OUR EARLY LEARNERS MORE THAN JUST THREE TIMES A YEAR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR TEACHERS LEARN HOW TO DO THIS YEAR AND I HOPE YOU'RE HEARING JUST HOW MANY THINGS OUR TEACHERS HAVE LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS YEAR, AND NOT ONLY HAVE THEY LEARNED HOW TO DO THOSE THINGS THIS YEAR, THEY ARE LAMENTING THOSE THINGS. AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT CONTEXT. AS WE MOVE INTO THIS NEXT FEW SLIDES OF DATA. SO HERE'S OUR KINDERGARTEN MONOLINGUAL DIAGNOSTIC DATA. 
          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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SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING 20% BETTER THAN THEY DID ON THOSE SAME SKILLS ON A SIMILAR ASSESSMENT AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, SO IT'S REALLY PROMISING THE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING. AND FINALLY, HERE'S OUR SECOND GRADE MONOLITH , MONOLINGUAL DIAGNOSTIC DATA. 
          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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IS THE STRONGER OR THE STRONGEST PREDICTOR OF READING SUCCESS IN SPANISH AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS, WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND MANIPULATE INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. AS ANDREA MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS READING SKILLS BUILD ON EACH OTHER, AND STUDENTS MUST DEVELOP PREVIOUS SKILLS FULLY TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE GAPS. THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL SHOW COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE BEGINNING AND MIDDLE OF YOUR DATA. THAT WAS COLLECTED THROUGHOUT, UM, OUR NEW ASSESSMENT TOOL, WHICH IS MF. ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN SEE, UM THREE DIFFERENT GRAPHS. THESE ARE M. PLUS, UM, OUR NEW ASSESSMENT TOOL BEING USED TO MEASURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPANISH READING SKILLS OF EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS IN BILINGUAL CLASSROOMS IN GRADES KINDER THROUGH THIRD GRADE. THE PLATFORM, UH, MEASURES AND STRENGTHENS THE SPANISH FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS THAT ALL STUDENTS NEED TO BECOME CONFIDENT READERS. ON THE SCREEN . THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT GRAPHS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          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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BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE THOSE WHO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING PROFICIENCY IN TWO LANGUAGES. 
          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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PRACTICE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF IMPROVEMENT. AND THEN ZERO MEANS THAT THE BEST PRACTICE APPLIES, BUT IT WASN'T OBSERVED IN THAT SITUATION. ONE MEANS THAT THE BEST PRACTICE WAS OBSERVED AND THAT IT WAS APPLIED WELL. WHEN I LOOK AT THAT CLASSROOM WALKTHROUGH DATA USING DECODABLE TEXTS CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF OUR LOWEST OBSERVED SMALL GROUP PRACTICES. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATORS AND EARLY LITERACY, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES TO BETTER SUPPORT THE REGULAR USE OF DECODABLE TEXTS. MOVING FORWARD. UM UH, OUR CLASSROOM AFTER WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR, UH, OUR STUDENTS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT YET APPLYING TO READING CONNECTED TEXT, UM, THE FLUENT READING, UM, BEING ABLE TO USE DECODABLE READERS OR READING DECODABLE TEXTS? UM, DURING SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT'S GONNA HELP SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR IS INTENTIONALLY LOOKING AT CLASSROOM. UM THAT HAPPENING IN CLASSROOMS WHEN WE WALK IN, UM TEACHERS, HELPING STUDENTS AND, UM STUDENTS READING THOSE DECODABLE TEXTS AS WELL AS SHARING SOME VIDEOS OF OUR VERY BEST TEACHERS USING DECODABLE TEXTS. UM I SHARED THE CLASSROOM WALK GRAPHS WITH YOU. I'M KEEPING OUR SOUND WALLS UP TO DATE. WE'RE GONNA BE AGAIN. WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH OUR COACHES ON HOW TO COACH AND SUPPORT SOUND WALL SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR NEWEST TEACHERS AND THEN NEXT, CONSIDERING THE GROWTH THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH JUST ONE SEMESTER OF IMPLEMENTATION, WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO REFINE THE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES FROM THE FALL. WE UM, WE WANNA CONTINUE SPECIFIC TEACHER COACHING AND GROWING OUR EARLY LITERACY, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH LITERACY AND BI LITERACY. AND THEN FINALLY TO ENSURE TIGHTER COLLABORATION AMONG LITERACY AND BI LITERACY WORK MOVING FORWARD, THE COORDINATOR OF BI BI LITERACY, UM WE'RE GONNA MOVE HER TO THE SAME BUILDING AS THE READING LANGUAGE ARTS COORDINATOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? I. YEAH SO MUCH. THESE WALKTHROUGHS ARE VERY TIME CONSUMING. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH AND I LOVE. TO BILINGUAL WORLD, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I WORKED IN THAT THAT SETTING FOR MANY YEARS AND, UH, I REALLY APPLAUD YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ARE YOU HAVING LIKE THIS? I THINK HE DID CONCEPT BECAUSE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW THE SPECIFIC ME THAT THING. IT'S VERY SPECIFIC, AND I THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR NEW TEACHERS COMING IN. UM THE GRAPHS TELL YOU A GOOD STORY AND TELLS YOU WHAT TO WORK ON. BECAUSE IF YOU SEE ANY FLUCTUATION, YOU COULD FOLLOW THAT PATH, SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD . I THINK THIS IS EXCELLENT WORK. THANK YOU FOR SENDING TO OUR POPULATION. IT IS C IS BO. PERCENTAGE OF THEIR STUDENTS. 35 35% LET STUDENTS AT THIS TIME. DISTRICT WIDE. A DATA DRIVEN WAY THAT YOU ARE TARGETING PROGRAMS AND LIKE ACTUAL CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES IS AWESOME. JUST LIKE YES. SEND OVER YOUR CHEERLEADING FOR JUST READING IT. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO SO TRUSTEES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY NOTICE IN THE DATA IS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE MADE THIS OUR GOAL. IN A PRIORITY FOR OUR DISTRICT IS WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT THERE. THEY'RE SHOWING A LOT OF GROWTH. 
          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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COACHES DO YOU HAVE? THERE ARE 34. SWEET MERCY. SO THAT WAS THE THING THAT I REMEMBER. SO AND I WANTED TO. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING THIS THERE'S GOT TO BE WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT. FOR THE EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS AS WE'RE COMING IN, ESPECIALLY OUR LITERACY NOW WE MADE A COMMITMENT. FOR THOSE COACHES AND THE PRE K TWO AND HOPEFULLY, WE'RE STICKING TO THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SOME SPOT CHECKING, BUT WE GOTTA MAKE THE SAME COMMITMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT MAYBE RECRUITMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT BRING THAT OUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO. UM AND. THE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE USING YOU'RE SEEING YOU'RE SEEING THE WORK SHOW UP IN BOTH CLASSROOMS, THOUGH THERE IS GROWTH ACROSS, BUT IT'S NOT AS FAST AS MHM AS FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY, BUT IT IS HAPPENING. GOING THE WAY YEAH. ITS CONCEPTION, SOMETIMES BY LI, YOU KNOW TO BE BI LITERATE. YOU HAVE TO BE YOU HAVE TO MASTER L ONE, THE FIRST LANGUAGE. SO THEN YOU CAN MASTER AN L TWO, WHICH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE, AND THAT'S A MISCONCEPTION. PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE THEN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO THE MECHANICS HAVE TO BE MASTERED IN THE L ONE. SO THEY CAN THEN TRANSFER TO THE L TWO. SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE. THEY'RE L. ONE IS NOT TOO FLUID, AND SO IT'S NOT ESTABLISHED AS FAR AS MASTERY. SO THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MASTER TWO LANGUAGES AT THE SAME TIME. 
          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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THE STUDENT APPLIES THAT SKILL AND THOSE ARE THE SKILLS THAT WE THAT ARE, UM, LEAD TO THE CONNECTED TEXT, AND THEN I'M DEPENDING ON THE DAY THAT EITHER , UM RE THEY THEIR WORK ON HANDWRITING, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. UM OR THEY APPLY THAT SKILL TO THE DECODABLE TEXT OR THEY WRITE ABOUT THE DECODABLE TEXT THAT THEY'VE READ. SO THERE THERE'S A THERE'S A WHOLE SYSTEM THAT THEY KIND OF FOLLOW, AND IT'S VERY STRUCTURED IN ART. ARE REALLY LIKING THAT STRUCTURED PIECE THAT'S HELP. IT'S HELPFUL. IT'S HELPING NEW TEACHERS. YEAH VERY MUCH SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          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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RECOGNIZING A GRANT FOR $944,000 FROM THE, UM, THE SUPPLY CHAIN ASSISTANCE. AND ACTUALLY, THAT HAS INCREASED, BUT I WILL RECOGNIZE IT AT ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT AND I BELIEVE HAS INCREASED TO $1.4 MILLION. SO WE RECOGNIZE THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AT A LATER TIME. UH IN THE FOOD SERVICE, UM, BUDGET. UH, YOU CANNOT EXCEED. UH, YOU CAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN TO SPEND DOWN, UH, THREE MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENSES TO KEEP THE NONPROFIT STATUS OF OUR FOOD PROGRAM. IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN'T REALLY GENERATE, UH AND HAVE A TON OF MONEY IN OUR FUND BALANCE, AND IT'S ONLY USED FOR FOOD SERVICES , SO WE HAVE SURPASSED THAT LIMIT, UH, TO THE TUNE OF A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS OR CURRENT FUND BALANCES. APPROXIMATELY. AUDITED $9.6 MILLION AND WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE ABOUT $7 MILLION IN THAT FUND, SO WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. UH, THERE'S A LIST OF ITEMS THAT THAT WE SHARE WITH YOU, UH, BUT IT INCLUDES SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET DONE IN OUR FOOD SERVICE CAFETERIA, SUCH AS REPLACEMENT OF, UH SOME EQUIPMENT, UH, TABLES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THAT IS THE THIRD PIECE THAT I'M ARE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER FOR TONIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. YEAH. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. IS THERE A MOTION MOBILE ONE. YES WE'RE DOING THEM ALL AT ONCE. YES SO, MR BINGHAM, IS THERE A SECOND, MR ROSE? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION GUYS? ANY QUESTIONS? YOU NEED TO ASK. IT. SO THE INITIAL ESTIMATES THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'LL NEED TO JUMP START. UH, THERE WILL BE OTHER LINE ITEMS WHEN WE APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR OR CONSIDER APPROVING THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. YES, MA'AM, AND THAT IS TO, UH FOR 16 CLASSROOMS. CORRECT. THIS IS ACTION, ADAM. ALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU. MR GARBO. 
          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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