May 13, 2024 Board Meeting

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[I. CALL TO ORDER ]

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR MAY. UH UH, BOARD MEETING. WE WILL STAND FOR INVOCATION FROM DO, UH, REVEREND DOUGLAS HART. UH, IS THAT RIGHT? HART HARL OK FROM THE MESQUITE FAMILY CATHEDRAL CHURCH, AND OUR PLEDGE WILL BE BY MACKIE ELEMENTARY. SO IF YOU WILL STAY IN PLACE FATHER, WE WORSHIP YOU THIS AFTERNOON. LORD, WE THANK YOU AND PRAISE THE LORD GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR MESQUITE. ISD WE ASK YOU, LORD, IF YOUR BLESSING AND ANOINTING OVER THIS MEETING TONIGHT FATHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THESE CHILDREN FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, LORD JESUS FOR THE GREATEST ASSET WE HAVE IS OUR CHILDREN. AND WE ASK YOUR FATHER LORD IS THIS SCHOOL YEAR COMES TO AN END. FATHER YOU'RE BLESSED, PROTECT OVERSHADOW THEM AS ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS AS WELL. AND FATHER WOULD GIVE YOU THE PRAISE BECAUSE LORD, THERE IS NO GOD LIKE YOU WHO IS HIGH AND LIFTED UP AND WORTHY TO BE PRAISED, AND WE ASK YOU THIS AFTERNOON TO BLESS THESE PROCEEDINGS, TRAVEL IMMER AND PROTECTION ON ALL AS THEY GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES, AND WE GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND ALL THE THINGS AND ALL THE GLORY FOR THIS, WE ASK IN JESUS SWEET NAME AND GOD'S CHILDREN, SAID. THANK YOU, SIR. OK? I OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLAN TO BE TO THEE UNDER GOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GIVE US YOUR NAME. THAT'S WHO YOU ARE.

TELL HIM YOUR NAME AND WHAT GRADE YOU'RE IN. CESAR. IT'S OK, LOUD. SEE. AND YOU'RE WHAT GRADE SECOND GRADE, OK AND FROM MAIA, RIGHT? MILA. SECOND GRADE. FROM MACKIE. ALL RIGHT. MACKIE. LOUIS FOURTH GRADE. MACKIE. THANK YOU. CARA CAROLINA, SECOND GRADE. AND MATTHEW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I

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[II. Board Moment]

[III. STUDENT AND STAFF GUESTS]

GOOD EVENING BOARD. DOCTOR RIVERA AND CABINET. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE DAPHNE STACEY AS MESQUITE ISD STAR PER FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, YOU WILL FIND NO ONE MORE DESERVING THAN HER DUE TO HER DEDICATION TO HER STUDENTS, HER COLLEAGUES AND HER PURSUIT TO IMPROVE HER TEACHING CRAFT. MISS STACY IS AN ADVOCATE FOR HER STUDENTS. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, YOU WILL FIND HER WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH HER STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM TO ENSURE THAT THEY REACH THEIR FULL AND UTMOST POTENTIAL. SHE IS CARING AND THOUGHTFUL. LOOKING OUT FOR THE WHOLE PERSON . MISS STACY HAS SERVED ON THE DISTRICT ME A BOARD AND HAS BEEN BEAZLEY'S EMMY, A LIAISON FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THROUGH HER RECRUIT, RECRUITMENT AND MARKETING. WE HAVE DOUBLED, MAYBE TRIPLED OUR ME A MEMBERSHIP AT BEASLEY THE PAST FEW YEARS. MISS STACY HAS ALSO ORGANICALLY BECOME THE RESIDENT PARAPROFESSIONAL AMBASSADOR, UH, SHE TAKES OUR NEW PAIRS UNDER HER GUIDANCE AND SHOWS THEM THE ROPES OF BEASLEY. NOT ONLY DOES DAPHNE POUR INTO OTHERS, SHE POURS INTO HERSELF THROUGH BEING A LIFELONG LEARNER. SHE PARTICIPATES IN DISTRICT PAID FOR KNOWLEDGE CLASSES EVERY SEMESTER TO HONE HER CRAFT AND BUILD HER TOOLBOX FOR WORKING WITH STUDENTS. SHE HAS UTILIZED PROJECTS FROM HER CLASSES TO CREATE WHOLE SCHOOL INITIATIVES AND SHARES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR OTHER PARA PROFESSIONALS. MISS STACY IS AN AMAZING ASSET TO HER STUDENTS, HER COLLEAGUES AND OUR CAMPUS. SHE MAKES US BETTER.

STACEY. AND TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING 12 STUDENTS WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS FROM OUR SIX HIGH SCHOOLS. THESE STUDENTS EXEMPLIFIED HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE AND DEDICATION DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE PRO PROUD THAT THEY REPRESENT MOSQUITO SD. SO I'M GONNA ASK EACH OF THEIR PRINCIPALS TO COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE THEIR STAR STUDENTS. UM, FROM POT HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH PRINCIPAL KELLY WONG. GOOD EVENING. I'M VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE VALEDICTORIAN FOR POTEET HIGH SCHOOL. CHRIS ROLLINS. CHRIS WANNA COME ON OUT? CHRIS IS PARENTS NAME IS REBECCA FARRER AND CHRIS WALL AND SENIOR CHRIS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN FOOTBALL TRACK SENIOR LEADERS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY UIL SCIENCE DISTRICT CHAMPION CHEMISTRY FOR THREE YEARS. GOTTA TAKE A PICTURE. CLA GO CREDIT, PLATINUM AND A P CAPSTONE DIPLOMA. HE PLANS TO T HANG ON. NOT YET, BABE. HE'S REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. HE PLANS TO ATTEND UT AUSTIN, WHERE HE WILL BE STUDYING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND MINOR IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, VALEDICTORIAN CHRIS ROLLINS. OK? I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE HIROSHI DAVID AS OUR POCH HIGH SCHOOL SOLICITOR. HIROSHI'S PARENTS ARE ROBERT AND SHERRI DAVID. HE WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN AND REUBEN WITH CHRIS ROLLINS. HE IS INVOLVED IN VARSITY ORCHESTRA. UM HE WAS ALSO CORE IN VARSITY ORCHESTRA. HE'S THE HISTORIAN OF STUDENT COUNCIL CO PRESIDENT OF STUDENT COUNCIL, PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY VICE PRESIDENT OF SENIOR LEADERS, EMERGING LEADERS , ACADEMIC CATH. HE'S RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE DALLAS

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JAY HAS RECEIVED THE TOP 10% SCHOLARSHIP FROM UTD AND IS ALSO WAITING TO HEAR FROM OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS. JAY IS HERE WITH HIS FATHER, FRANCISCO LOPEZ. HIS MOTHER, JOSEFINA LOPEZ, AND HIS SISTER, PRISCILLA LOPEZ, OUR SALUTATORIAN J LOPEZ. AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME PRINCIPAL TJ REED FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT GOOD EVENING. IT'S MY

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ADDITIONALLY HE HAS BEEN PART OF THE UIL NUMBER AND SINCE TEAM FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. JOSE IS CURRENTLY PLANNING TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN MECHANICAL OR AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, DALLAS OR ARLINGTON. HE HAS RECEIVED UT ARLINGTON'S PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD AND DISTINGUISHED FRESHMEN AWARD. ALSO THE TOP 10% SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR UT DALLAS. JOSE IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, JOSE MARISOL AND HIS SIBLINGS JOCELYN AND JULES COO. THAT IS. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE SALVATOR AND WHO IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE DUE TO REASONS BEYOND HIS CONTROL. FIDEL RAMIREZ JUNIOR FIDEL HAS BEEN A PART OF ORCHESTRA, A QUIZ ROBOTICS, UIO ACADEMICS AND NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR THREE YEARS, FIDEL WILL BE ATTENDING DALLAS COLLEGE TO COMPLETE HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF HIS ASSOCIATES. DEGREE FIDEL PLANS TO TRANSFER TO TEXAS A AND M ENGINEERING ACADEMY VIA THE CHEVRON PROGRAM WITH A FOCUS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. HE HAS RECEIVED A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO TEXAS A AND M CHEVRON ENGINEERING PROGRAM. AND HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTEND THAT FULLY. FIDEL AS I'VE STATED, IS NOT HERE, BUT HE HAS HIS PARENTS AS FIDEL MARIA RAMIREZ AND HIS THREE SIBLINGS DANIEL YESENIA AND JAVIER RAMIREZ. OK? AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME DOCTOR JORDAN SIMMONS, PRINCIPAL AT WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. GOOD EVENING. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE, UH B VICTORIAN IN WEST MUSKET HIGH SCHOOL, ADRIAN SAANA IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE HAS BEEN AN HONORS GRADUATE, A B HONOR ROLL ALL FOUR YEARS. A MEMBER OF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MU ALFA THETA AND A P SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION AND A DECCA STATE QUALIFIER. IN THE FALL, HE PLANS TO ATTEND STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND MAJOR IN ENGINEERING WITH A FOCUS IN ARCHITECTURE HE'S RECEIVED OVER $2 MILLION IN, UM, SCHOLARSHIPS, INCLUDING THE GATES SCHOLARSHIP, MEANING MONEY WILL NEVER BE AN ISSUE AS LONG AS HE WANTS TO LEARN. HIS FAMILY MEMBERS OR HIS MOM. ARIANA HIS DAD, FELIPE, HIS BROTHERS ALONZO AND ISAAC AND SAMUEL. THE SALUTATORIAN IN WEST MUSKET HIGH SCHOOL IS EDWIN CASTRO. EDWIN IS THE HONORS GRAD . HE WAS A B ON A ROLL ALL FOUR YEARS. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MU ALPHA THETA AND A P SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION. HE WAS AN EMERGING LEADER WITH THREE YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS SECOND PLACE IN DISTRICT UIL NUMBER SINCE A 2023 DISTRICT CHESS CHAMPION, AND HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT HE TOOK ALL THE A P CLASSES BECAUSE HE WANTED TO FLEX ON EVERYBODY. HIS COLLEGE PLANS ARE TO ATTEND BROWN UNIVERSITY AND WANT TO MAJOR IN ASTROPHYSICS. HIS FAMILY OR HIS MOM. FABIOLA AND HIS DAD, RONALD.

AND HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE FIRST VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN FIRM DOCTOR VERLAND. VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL IS PRINCIPAL CLINT ELSASSER. GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST VALEDICTORIAN OF DOCTOR DAVID BRULAND HIGH SCHOOL, JACOB TORRES. JACOB. JACOB HAS MAINTAINED A 4.0 GPA. FOR ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. HE HAS TAKEN 13 A P CLASSES AND IS CONSIDERED AN A P SCHOLAR IN HONORS AND RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION AWARD. HE HAS TAKEN TWO SEMESTERS OF DUAL CREDIT. JACOB IS THE QUEST BRIDGE FINALIST. HE IS A PYTHON CER CERTIFIED ENTRY PROGRAMMER AND HAS EARNED HIS INVENTOR CERTIFICATION. HE HAS COMPETED FOR THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION UIL. ACADEMICS AND E-SPORTS. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, HIGH SCHOOL AEROSPACE SCHOLARS AND DUNGEONS AND

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UM AND TONIGHT HE IS WITH ELOISE PEREZ, HIS MOTHER AND MIGUEL TORRES, HIS FATHER.

AND TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST SALUTATORIAN ANGEL DE LA FUENTES TREVISO. YOU GOT YOUR. AND I AND I DID ASK, AND IT'S ANGEL. NOT ON HILL. UH ANGEL HAS MAINTAINED A 4.0 GPA. FOR ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. HE HAS TAKEN 11 A P CLASSES AND IS CONSIDERED AN A P SCHOLAR AND HONORS. HE HAS TAKEN FOUR SEMESTERS OF DUAL CREDIT. HE IS THE VANGUARD STUDENT COUNCIL CO-FOUNDER AND HAS SERVED AS BOTH PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. HE IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ARCHERY TEAM CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE CLUB. UH UH. TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATE, UH, COMPETITOR, A MEMBER OF THE EMERGING LEADERS AND NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND A VARSITY ON THE OVER QUEST E-SPORTS TEAM. HIS COLLEGE PLANS ARE TO GO TO RICE ON A FULL RIDE AND MAJOR IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE PLANS TO WORK IN THE NEUROTECHNOLOGY. HE HAS EARNED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS. UH AND TONIGHT HE IS WITH HIS MOTHER, FRANCISCA DE LA FUENTE.

MHM. OK WE'RE GONNA SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT HERE AND WE HAVE TWO VIDEOS TO PLAY. I'M SORRY.

ONE VIDEO THAT SHOWCASES M I SDS UIL ONE PLA ONE ACT PLAY WINNERS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS. THE FOLLOWING STUDENT COUNCILS WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY RECORD OF LEADERSHIP SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES THAT IMPROVE THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. FIRST IS NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL THAT WERE THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING SWEEPSTAKES COUNCIL BY THE NORTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT STUDENT COUNCILS AND NATIONAL GOLD COUNCIL OF EXCELLENCE BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS, AND THEIR SPONSOR IS KRISTEN HAYWOOD.

OK? WHAT. WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A SWEEPSTAKES COUNCIL AND OUTSTANDING COUNCIL FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS AND NATIONAL GOLD COUNCIL OF EXCELLENCE FOR 2024. AND THEIR SPONSORS ARE STEPHANIE, BRUCE DODSON AND KAYLEE DAVIS. RIGHT? AND POTEET HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL HAS BEEN

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AND NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNSELING SERVICES DIRECTOR CHRISTY DAVIS TO COME FORWARD AND RECOGNIZE M I SDS, COUNSELOR OF COUNCILORS OF THE YEAR AND THE CREST AWARD WINNERS.

THEREBY STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF, UM FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING BEST CARE ANYWHERE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF NOMINATIONS THAT WE GO THROUGH, AND IT'S EXTREMELY HEARTWARMING TO SEE UM THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID ABOUT THESE SERVANT HEARTED COUNSELORS. SO OUR ELEMENTARY COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR IS JACKIE ORR.

JACKIE JACKIE HAS BEEN A MESQUITE ISD FOR 12 YEARS AND IS THE COUNSELOR AT GALLOWAY ELEMENTARY. OUR SECONDARY COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR IS ELIZABETH BAKER.

THESE HUMBLE PEOPLE LOVE ALL OF THE CELEBRATION. UH ELIZABETH HASN'T BEEN IN MESQUITE ISD FOR 14 YEARS, AND SHE'S THE LEAD COUNSELOR AT VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL. OUR NEXT SPECIAL AWARD IS FOR THE TEXAS SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION SECONDARY COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A MESQUITE ISD NOMINATION BROUGHT HOME THIS TOP AWARD AT THE STATE LEVEL. UM AND IT WAS ACTUALLY LAST YEAR'S SECONDARY COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR. FOR US, IT IS RICK BENAVIDES.

RICK HAS BEEN IN MESQUITE IT FOR 24 YEARS, AND HE IS THE INTERVENTION COUNSELOR AT NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. SO OUR LAST AWARD IS THE CREST AWARD, WHICH STANDS FOR COUNSELORS REINFORCING EX EXCELLENCE IN TEXAS FOR STUDENTS IN TEXAS. THE CREST AWARD RECOGNIZES SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS ACROSS TEXAS THAT DEMONSTRATE AND CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A CAMPUS TEAM AND PROGRAMS BASED ON THE TEXAS MODEL FOR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS ENDORSED BY TE, A CREST AWARD WINNERS ARE SELECTED EACH YEAR BY THE TEXAS SCHOOL COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION. AND IT MEANS THAT A SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM IS OPERATING AT BEST PRACTICE, SERVING ITS STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. FOR OUR CAMPUSES WHO WENT THROUGH THE EXTENSIVE APPLICATION PROCESS. THEY EVALUATE EVERY FACET OF THE PROGRAM, AND THEY ARE IN THIS HIGHEST DESIGNATION IN THE STATE. UM IT'S NOT JUST AN HONOR , BUT A MEANS TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, UM, AND DEMONSTRATE HOW WE SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS IN SCHOOL. AND SO I'M SO PROUD OF THESE RECIPIENTS. UM, WHY THEY MAKE THEIR WAY UP HERE. WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO TO PLAY HIGHLIGHTING EVERY CAMPUS THAT WON THIS YEAR. THE IT. A LOT.

THAT.

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THERE. I'M NOT GONNA KNOW WHEN IT'S DONE. MUSIC. AND SO IN CASE YOU WERE COUNTING THE FIRST YEAR 11 SCHOOL, UH, POTI, ONE CREST IN 2020. IT WAS 36 CAMPUSES THIS YEAR THAT RECEIVED THE CREST AWARD. UM AND SO I ALSO WANNA THANK AMANDA. UH, KA, OUR ELEMENTARY COUNSELING COORDINATOR. SHE PERSONALLY COACHED MANY OF THOSE APPLICANTS THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY WERE DESERVING OF. SO THANK YOU TO AMANDA CARROLL AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. MOSQUITO SD IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOL NURSES OF THE YEAR AND HERE TO INTRODUCE THEM AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS AWARD IS DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES MACY MELTON. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR RIVERA. GOOD EVENING BOARD. UM IT IS MY HONOR TO, UM RECOGNIZE THREE NURSES THIS EVENING. I'M SORRY. I NEED TO BE LOUDER. NO ONE HAS EVER TOLD ME THAT BEFORE. DID YOU HEAR THAT, BOSS? UM IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THREE WONDERFUL NURSES IN OUR DISTRICT THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SEEING, LET'S GO AND HAVE THEM UP SHERRY SUTTON AT MCDONALD MIDDLE SCHOOL. EBONY RUDOLPH. AT GRAY ELEMENTARY. THESE ARE OUR ROOKIE SCHOOL NURSES OF THE YEAR. THIS IS THEIR FIRST YEAR WITH US. AND THESE TWO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.

THEY THEY'VE, REALLY, UM MADE SCHOOL NURSING A PART OF THEIR WHY WHY THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT WHY THEY HAVE BECOME NURSES, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME THIS YEAR, AND IT SHOWED IN THE WORK THAT THEY DID IN THE LOVE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL NURSE OF THE YEAR ROBIN HEARST SHE IS OUR SPED NURSE AT OXY ELEMENTARY. SHE'S BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR 17 YEARS. OK, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE.

AND OUR LAST RECOGNITION OF THE EVENING IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER. UM AND THIS MONTH, IT IS DENTA QUEST. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO ABOUT THEM. THIS MEANT WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE INQUEST AS OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR THIS MONTH . SUCH A QUEST HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP IN TEACHING AND EDUCATING OUR PARENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTATIVE DENTAL HEALTH CARE HAS PROVIDED CLASSES AT OUR PARENT ENGAGEMENT CENTER, WHERE THEY TEACH PARENTS HOW TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FLOSSING, BRUSHING YOUR TEETH DAILY. WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT GENT QUEZ WAS ABLE TO DONATE $4000 TO PROVIDE A WELLNESS EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE MESQUITE COMMUNITY. AT THIS EVENT, WE HAD FREE DENTAL SCREENINGS, FREE VISION SCREENINGS AND LOTS OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON COMMUNITY RESOURCES AVAILABLE BY OUR CITY.

IN ADDITION, EVERY CHILD THAT WAS IN ATTENDANCE WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE A FREE GIFT, THANKS TO DENT QUEST. WE ALSO HAD LOTS OF FUN, CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO ENJOY.

THANK YOU. D QUEST FOR BEING OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE HEALTHY TIPS TO MAINTAIN A BEAUTIFUL SMILE.

[IV. CONSENT AGENDA]

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[V. REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT]

UM ANOTHER, UH, HUGE POSITIVE RESPONSE WAS ACTUALLY FROM THE CUSTODIAL STAFF AND THE LUNCH STAFF. UM, A LOT OF THEM LOVE TO SEE THEIR SMILES IN THE MORNING OR DURING LUNCH AND JUST SAYING, HEY, HAVE A GOOD DAY. UM JUST A SIMPLE THINGS THAT REALLY HELP STUDENTS WANT TO BE AT SCHOOL AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED IN OUR INSTITUTIONS. UM ANOTHER HUGE THING WAS SR OS OF THE STUDENTS REALLY LOVED INTERACTING AND KNOWING THAT HEY, THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TO KEEP US SAFE. UM AND TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER THING THAT THESE STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT WAS SECURE SECURITY. A HUGE ISSUE AMONG OUR , UH THE PATTERN WAS SECURITY. UM A LOT OF THE STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT OTHER STUDENTS BRINGING, UM, WEAPONS. UH SOME VAPES AND OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ON CAMPUS. A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY REPORTED THAT DESPITE THE BACKPACKS AND CLEAR BACKPACKS, IT HASN'T REALLY HELPED. AND IT'S ACTUALLY GONE A BIT UP MORE. UM SO THAT'S A BIG ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP TO YOU AND ANOTHER BIG ISSUE WAS FIGHTING. THERE'S A LOT OF FIGHTING IN MY SKEETER PATTERN OF JUST IN THE HALLWAYS OR EVEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, BUT STILL ON SCHOOL PROPERTY OF INCIDENTS OF EVEN BULLYING, SOMETIMES THAT LEAD TO BIGGER FIGHTS AND CONFLICT. SO A COUPLE OF IDEAS THAT US AS A GROUP FROM MESQUITE CAME UP TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES ARE TO TIP NOW. GRANTED THERE ARE ALREADY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED TEXT AIP, UH, INCLUDING MINE, HOWEVER. IT ISN'T REALLY ENCOURAGED AT ALL. UM IN MY BEGINNING OF MY FRESHMAN YEAR, I HEARD IT ONCE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A QR CODE. YOU CAN SCAN IF ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY SAY SOMETHING. UM BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT EVER SINCE

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WE'VE HAD A BIG INCREASE ON TECHNOLOGICAL DISPLACEMENT AND NOT ENOUGH TEACHER ENGAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENTS. UM A LOT OF STUDENTS. WHEN WE INTERACTED WITH THEM. THEY GAVE US FEEDBACK THAT WAS MORE TOWARDS THEIR SPECIALS AND MORE TOWARDS FAVORING HANDS ON ACTIVITIES OVER MORE LEARNING ACTIVITIES. WHICH IS COMMON WITH YOUNGER CHILDREN. BUT WE'D ALSO GET FEEDBACK, SAYING THAT THEIR TEACHER WOULD PUT A VIDEO IN FRONT OF THEM AND EXPECT THEM TO KEEP UP. AND THIS WASN'T REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE TO HEAR. UM AND SO WE CHOSE THIS AS A CONCERN BECAUSE WE FEEL THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TEACHER ENGAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO LEARNING BECAUSE OF, UM COVID-19, UM AND WE THINK WITH THINGS KIND OF DYING DOWN MORE, IT WOULD BE

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UNFORTUNATELY OUR OTHER TEAM MEMBERS COULD NOT ATTEND. SO WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THEM AS WELL. WE WANT TO START OFF FIRST WITH SOME OF THE STRENGTHS THAT WE FOUND, UH, IN OUR FEEDER PATTERNS AND IN OUR INDIVIDUAL WEST ME HIGH SCHOOL, UH, STAFF AND STAFF, INCLUDING TEACHERS, JANITORS AND COUNSELORS ARE HIGHLY VALUED IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. IT WAS A VERY CONSISTENT PATTERN THAT WE SAW WHEN WE SENT OUT SURVEYS TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FEEDER PATTERNS . THEY EXPRESS THAT THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE AUTHENTICITY AND THE CONNECTIONS THAT THEY MADE WITH THE ADULTS THAT THEY FOUND AT THEIR SCHOOLS. ANOTHER STRENGTH THAT WE FOUND IS THAT STUDENTS ARE ARE ENJOYING THE EXTRACURRICULARS, THE CLUBS AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON IN SCHOOL AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. STUDENTS DO NOT ENJOY ONLINE LEARNING. THEY DO NOT ENJOY THE CHROMEBOOK USE, WHICH WAS DISPLAYED WITH THEIR ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE EXTRACURRICULARS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN. UM CONCERNS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD WAS OUR STUDENTS NOT ONLY WANT, BUT THEY NEED MORE SUPPORT AND FREEDOM. DRESS CODE, ESPECIALLY, UM MANY STUDENTS FEEL AS THOUGH DRESS CODE IS NO LONGER UH, NECESSARY. UM CLAIMING THAT THEY'RE WASTING, UH, MONEY ON CLOTHING THAT THEY ONLY WEAR DURING SCHOOL AND WOULD SOON OUTGROW ADMINISTRATION OFTEN INTERFERES WITH STUDENTS LEARNING TAKING LEARNING TIME TO CRACK DOWN ON MINOR DRISCOLL. INTERACTIONS UM, AND OUR EMPHASIS ARE ON ACADEMICS. UM, DESPITE THE LOW INCOME BACKGROUND, MANY WEST ME STUDENTS COME FROM WEST MUSK IS THE TOP SCORING SCORE IN STAR AND A P TESTING OF ALL THE MESQUITE SCHOOLS. HOWEVER ALMOST EQUALLY, WE HAVE SEEN THE DEATHS , ARRESTS, OVERDOSE OF WEST MESQUITE STUDENTS AND FEEDER STUDENTS. UM I PERSONALLY I'VE THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT I'VE MET AND INTERACTED WITH WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY WHO HAVE GONE TO JAIL WHO ARE ON MILLION DOLLAR BONDS? AS OF RIGHT NOW, JUST AS MUCH AS, UH, PEOPLE I'VE MET THAT ARE ALSO IVY LEAGUE PEOPLE WHO WILL ATTEND IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS THAT ARE FROM WEST. UM PHONE POLICIES AS WELL. UM IN MANY THE SCHOOL STUDENTS AREN'T ALLOWED TO USE PHONES DURING LUNCH, AND IF TAKEN UP, THEY HAVE TO BE AN ABSURD AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET THEIR PHONES BACK. THANK YOU. TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE PAST WHEN IT COMES TO DRESS CODE, THERE HAS BEEN A SURVEY SENT OUT TO PARENTS IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH DRESS CODE. AND I DO THINK THAT THIS WE THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. HOWEVER WE ALSO DO BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE AWARENESS SPREAD AND MORE INCLUSIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF SURVEYS AS MANY, UH PARENTS IN OUR IN MESQUITE, OUR SPANISH SPEAKING NOT VERY WITHIN SCHOOLS. SO PERHAPS, UM, PROVIDING MORE AWARENESS TO STUDENTS TO LET THEIR PARENTS KNOW ABOUT DRESS CODE SURVEY, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD HELP TO, UH REMOVE ANY RESPONSE BIAS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE HAPPENING WITHIN THESE SURVEYS. UH,

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HELLO, EVERYBODY. WE ARE PO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND START OFF. WE'RE JUST GONNA INTRODUCE OURSELVES. SAY IT IN THE MICROPHONE. GO. THERE YOU GO. I'M CALEB KOEKI. I'M AMY VASQUEZ. I'M CHRIS CORTEZ, AND WE HAVE TWO MISSING MEMBERS TO COLSON AND SOPHIA SCO, WHO ALSO HELPED THE SALVADOR PRESENTATION. THANKS. OUR TOPIC TODAY WAS SCHOOL SPIRIT AND STUDENT INVOLVEMENT. SO TO TALK ABOUT OUR STRENGTHS IS AMY. UM THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS POSITIVE THINGS I COULD SAY ABOUT POTI. BUT TODAY I'M GONNA FOCUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEND OFFS. UM THIS STRENGTH WITH THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE ALLOWED TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT PO T LIKE WE HAVE A PIT INSTAGRAM PAGE AND OR WE HAVE MULTIPLE SOCIAL SOCIAL MEDIAS ARE PRETTY, BUT IT'S ALL IT'S USED TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE GOOD ACHIEVEMENTS THAT HAPPEN AND WE'RE FOR THE SEND OFFS. WE'RE ALLOWED TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL. AND WE ALL CELEBRATE THEM. ALL THE WHOLE SCHOOL GOES AND CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO STAY LIKE SWIM TEAM E-SPORTS AND TRACK AND WITH THESE PICTURES HERE WE SEE ON THE LEFT. UM OUR ATHLETIC BOOK CLUB GOT RECOGNIZED ON THE NEWS. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. UM THIS THIS IS A FLYOVER ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT THAT WAS POSTED AS WELL. AND THEN THIS IS OUR MOSQUITO T PAGE THAT WE HAVE ON INSTAGRAM. OK? SO SOMETHING WE NOTICED WHEN WE WERE SELECTED FOR THIS COMMITTEE. THE FIVE STUDENTS IS SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON IS THE AMOUNT OF EXTRACURRICULARS WE ARE ACTIVE IN AT POSED HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE ALL GREAT REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT'S JUST THE ONE THING WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON, SO SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT WAS THE CONCERNS OF YOUNGER STUDENTS AND OTHER STUDENTS AT POST HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT THEIR STUDENT INVOLVEMENT. SO WHEN WE WERE GOING DOWN TO, UM, ASK OUR FEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND FEEDER MIDDLE SCHOOLS QUESTIONS WE DID A RANDOM SAMPLE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL OF THE CURRENT EIGHTH GRADERS, AND THEN THE CURRENT FIFTH GRADERS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO SEE JUST HOW THEY WERE FEELING ABOUT THEIR STUDENT INVOLVEMENT. SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE GRAPH THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OVER THERE. THAT'S THE RANDOM SAMPLE WE HAD. WE SURVEYED EIGHT STUDENTS ON RANDOM QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE FEELING AT KIMBER MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THAT QUESTION ALONE IS JUST ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE SCHOOL SPIRIT AT KIMBER MIDDLE SCHOOL. ONLY ONE KID THERE OUT OF THE RANDOM SAMPLE SAID THAT THEY FELT SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL SPIRIT AND THAT PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THEIR SCHOOL. SO THE FIRST TOPIC WAS ABOUT STUDENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO, UM THE WHAT THEY WERE WANTING TO DO. ANOTHER SITUATION WE HAVE WITH THESE CONCERNS IS THE OVERALL LACK OF INVOLVEMENT FOR THESE ACTIVITIES . UM COMING INTO POTE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO KEEP SOME OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS UP AND ALIVE. UM FOR EXAMPLE, I'M PART OF THE ACADEMICS CLO AT MY SCHOOL, AND THIS YEAR WE ONLY HAD SEVEN MEMBERS AND TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COUNT THAT WE HAD 60 PEOPLE COMPETING. UM ORCHESTRA ALONE HAS ALSO BEEN

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THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE ARE TOLD WHEN WE ARE AT A HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT EVERYTHING IS GONNA FIT INTO YOUR SCHEDULE, WHICH IS TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. WE HAVE EIGHT PERIODS IN A DAY.

SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES INVOLVE BEING DOUBLE BLOCKED. SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES TAKE UP MOST OF THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE, BUT THERE IS SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD WORK AROUND IT. SOMETIMES STUDENTS JUST INSTANTLY GIVE UP SO WE ENCOURAGE COUNSELORS TO PUSH THE STUDENTS TO BEING LIKE.

HEY THIS MIGHT NOT WORK THIS YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? AT SOME POINT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS AS THIS. WHAT YOU ARE WANTING. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TOPICS, IS BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER STUDENTS TO GAMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES REVOLVING THE SCHOOL. UM THIS YEAR AT POTI. WE ACTUALLY DID START UM, TRANSFERRING STUDENTS TO HOME GAMES, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT. WE'RE JUST HOPING WE CAN FURTHER THAT OUT TO SOME OF THE AWAY GAMES IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THAT WAY, EVEN IF IT'S A HOME OR AWAY GAME, THE PO T FOOTBALL TEAM BASKETBALL TEAM AND ALL THEM STILL WANT THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE AT PT. AND THEN OUR LAST TOPIC IS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A SHOW OFF NIGHT OR JUST SOMETHING WE ARE ABLE TO DO TO SHOW THE UNDERCLASSMEN, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT POST HIGH SCHOOL IS A SAFE PLACE FOR THEIR EXTRACURRICULARS, AS SOME THINGS THAT WERE KNOWN FOR AND THAT THIS IS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO JOIN.

EVEN IF THEY THINK IT'S NOT GONNA FIT IN THEIR SCHEDULE. WE CAN SHOW THEM HOW DIFFERENT WE ALL ARE AND HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIT EVERYTHING INTO OUR SCHEDULES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. BORN IN HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT YES. GOOD EVENING. BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE'RE HAVING, ISN'T IT? UM MY NAME IS JACOB HAMMETT. AND I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ONE AND ONLY JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR THEATER PATTERNS JAGS FOR LIFE. UH, JOHN HORNE HIGH SCHOOL ARE KEY PRINCIPALS IDEALS FALL UNDER THE ACRONYM OF ROAR. THE POINT OF STRETCHING THE WORD IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE FOUR RS BEING ROLL, RESPONSIBILITY, RELATIONSHIP AND RESPECT. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR SCHOOL TAKES CONNECTIONS VERY SERIOUSLY. WHETHER IT'S STUDENT TO STUDENT TEACHER TO TEACHER OR STUDENT TO TEACHER AND OUR SURVEY WE SENT OUT TO OUR FEEDER MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. THESE BEING TERRY BARRY AND WOODY. WE ASKED SEVENTH TO EIGHTH GRADERS. WHAT THEY FELT LIKE WERE THE STRENGTHS OF THEIR SCHOOLS OR IN SIMPLER TERMS WHAT THEY LIKED OR LOOKED FORWARD TO IN COMING TO SCHOOL. THE THREE MOST PREVALENT RESPONSES WERE FRIENDSHIPS, EXTRACURRICULARS AND THEIR TEACHERS SLASH STAFF. LIKE HORNS ROAR ACRONYM. WE ALSO DECIDE TO GIVE THESE STRENGTHS AN ACRONYM BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WORKS AND BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS, IT CAN BE BENEFICIAL TO HIGHLIGHT AND BUILD OFF OF THOSE STRANDS. THE ACRONYM WE DECIDED TO USE WOULD BE F, WHICH IN ALL HONESTY SEEMS A BIT INCOMPLETE, BUT TRUST ME, REMEMBER IT AND WE'LL TOUCH BACK ON THAT SHORTLY. IN THE SAME SURVEY WE SENT TO OUR FEEDER PATTERNS. WE ASK STUDENTS WHAT WE MOST SOME CONCERNS THEY HAD ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL OR THE FUTURE OF THEIR SCHOOLING. AND SURPRISINGLY OUT OF THE THREE MOST ABUNDANT RESPONSES. THREE MOST ABUNDANT RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED TWO OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH THE FUTURE OR THE ACT OF MOVING TO HIGH SCHOOL. WHERE THE TOPICS BEING FEELING, UNDERPREPARED POSSIBLE STRUGGLE OR THE FEAR OF FAILURE AND THEN LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST SAFETY AND FEELING SAFE AT SCHOOL WITH A FAIR MARGIN OF STUDENTS, EVEN MENTIONING SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OR STORIES THEY HAVE HEARD FROM NOT ONLY THEIR CAMPUS, BUT JOHN HORN AS WELL. SO WITH THESE CONCERNS IN MIND, WE DECIDE TO PROPOSE AN ACTIVITY FAIR, DAVE, OR FIELD TRIP FOR EIGHTH GRADERS. AT JOHN HORNE HIGH SCHOOL. KEEP KEEP PART THERE. IT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THEIR FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH TOUCHING BACK ON THAT ALL HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS MESQUITE DO AN ORIENTATION NIGHT, WHICH THAT'S GREAT, BUT ONE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT MOST STUDENTS WITH A MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT RIDING THE BUS HOME. THEY DON'T HAVE RIDES.

THEY CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL AFTER THEY CAN'T GO TO THE ORIENTATION I AFTER SCHOOL OR ON THE WEEKENDS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEONE TO TRANSPORT THEM THERE, AND SO BY DOING IT DURING THE DAY, IT ENSURES THAT MORE OF OUR POPULATION OUR STUDENT POPULATION CAN ATTEND THESE EVENTS AND SEE THESE OPPORTUNITIES. MORE UM MORE POSITIVES ABOUT THIS WOULD BE INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO ALL CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS CAMPUS. IT INFORMS STUDENTS ABOUT HORN CULTURE AND PRIDE. IT TAKES AWAY THE NEED FOR FEEDER PATTERNS TO TOURS, WHICH ARE

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THIS IS OUR STRENGTH HERE AT VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL. ONE BIG THING WE HAVE IS A LOT OF SCHOOL SPIRIT. WHETHER IT'S OUR TURKEY TO OR A DIFFERENT FESTIVAL. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND SHOW UP. WE HAVE A ALMOST EVERY PROGRAM WILL CREATE A TEAM FOR TRICK ATTORNEY OR A BOOTH FOR OUR OUR DIFFERENT FESTIVALS. SO EVEN SPEND A LOT OF THEIR OWN MONEY, UH, CREATING THESE PHENOMENAL PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ATTEND TO. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF CERTIFICATIONS.

ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN OUR VARIOUS CT PROGRAMS. UH, INCLUDING HEALTH SCIENCE. OR COMPUTER SCIENCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. UH, ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, ROBOTICS. THEY ALL HAVE A LOT OF REAL WORLD, UH, EXPERIENCES ALONG WITH CERTIFICATIONS THAT CAN HELP GET THEM A JOB. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF INDUSTRY BASED, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND CLUBS. ANOTHER THING WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGH ACADEMICS. WHETHER IT'S AC CMR SCORE CURRENTLY FOR OUR SENIORS.

IT, SAYS 89, BUT IT WENT UP. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO TO 95% WHICH IS ACTUALLY A ON THE SCALE OR JUST HEY, YEAH. OUR CCMR SCORE FOR JUNIORS CURRENTLY WITHOUT THE ICE. UH, IV, CS OR OUR OUR CERTIFICATIONS. UH, HE'S CURRENTLY 57% WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD WITHOUT YOUR CERTIFICATIONS . UH, THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF WHAT OUR CCMR IS, ARE ALSO CONSIST OF CONSIST IN THE HIGHEST STAR SCORES IN ALL AREAS, INCLUDING HIGHEST IN THE DISTRICT. UH WELL, OUR FIRST IT ALSO BEING OUR FIRST YEAR WE RECEIVED SIX OF THE SEVEN POSSIBLE DISTINCTIONS FOR STAR SCORES. WE ALSO HAVE THE ONLY NATIONAL MERIT COMMITTED SCHOLAR IN THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTIAN. TO A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE. WE ARE PRETTY GOOD WHEN IT COMES TO NOT JUST OUR SCHOOL SPIRIT, BUT OUR OUR CERTIFICATIONS AND OUR ACADEMICS. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW TO THE CONCERNS, SO VANGUARD COMPETES IN VARIOUS EVENTS SUCH AS FFR, CJ, RT, C, JOSA, VEX AND BP A SO EACH OF THESE EVENTS NEEDS TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR COMPETITIONS. HOWEVER VANGUARD IS A NEW SCHOOL AND WE DON'T HAVE TINY BUSTLES SORRY. SHUTTLE BUSES THAT OTHER SCHOOLS MAY HAVE, SUCH AS PO T. THE WHITE SHUTTLE BUSES PARKED OUT FRONT TO TAKE US TO OUR VARIOUS, UH, COMPETITIONS THAT ARE SORRY IF THAT'S MY NEED. OK SO THE POSSIBLE SOLUTION THAT WE CAME UP WITH AS A TEAM WAS THAT VANGUARD SHOULD BE GRANTED, UM THE FUNDS OR JUST JUST GENERALLY A SHUTTLE BUS TO HAVE AND THIS WOULD HELP? UM, MAKE OUR TRANSPORTATION MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE CLUBS TO GET TO THEIR EVENTS AND IN CASE OF ANY LATE, UM, CHANGES OR ANY EMERGENCIES THAT NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO, IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR OUR CLUBS TO GET FROM AT LEAST ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. DOCTOR UH, THE VERY, UM, I KNOW YOU WANNA COMMENT ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THESE ARE AWESOME KIDS, AND THEY BOUGHT SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS, BUT THEY HAVE POWER THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR FEEDER PATTERNS. UH YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MEAN, WHEN I SAID THAT DOCTOR FIELDS AND I SPENT, UM A LOT OF TIME WITH THESE YOUNG YOUNG ADULTS. UM WE DID.

AND WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED. AND THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT MOSQUITO SD HAS TO OFFER IN THE QUALITY OF KIDS THAT WE SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE LIKE TO THINK SOMETIMES OF SOME OF OUR OLDER GENERATIONS THAT THE FUTURE IS IN JEOPARDY, RIGHT? AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT BECAUSE THESE STUDENTS ARE GONNA TAKE WELL CARE GREAT CARE OF THE WORLD IN THE FUTURE, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, AND SOME OF THE AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MADE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING INTO TO SEE WHICH ONES WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT NEXT YEAR.

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GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR RIVERA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING AND GIVING US JUST A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. UM LAST FALL, THE DALLAS COUNTY TAX OFFICE CAME BEFORE THE BOARD, UM, IN ORDER TO COLLECT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, BOTH CURRENT AND DELINQUENT AND THEN BECAME THE TRANSITION PROCESS. AND SO IT TOOK A FEW MONTHS FOR THAT ALL TO COME TOGETHER. BUT ON APRIL 1ST, WE DID GO LIVE. AND SO NOW YOU TAXPAYERS RECEIVE ONE. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT THAT HAS THEIR CITY SCHOOL AND COUNTY TAXES ON ONE STATEMENT, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUBLICATION AND INFORMATION OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON HOW THEY COME FORWARD AND PAY THEIR TAXES BOTH FROM THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. SO TONIGHT WE JUST REALLY WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS WITH, UM ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY MADE THIS HAPPEN. SO THE SAMPLES WE WANNA GIVE YOU YOUR OWN ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE SHE WAS THE HISTORIAN. OH, MY GOSH. SHE WAS THE HISTORIAN. SHE HAD TO SEARCH AND SEEK AND FIND RECORDS FROM WAY BACK LIKE 19 SEVENTIES AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

UH, MR PRADO AND ALSO MISS CHAPPELLE. THEY THEY WERE ALSO HAD TO DO THEIR PART TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE HAD A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM THE CITY THAT THAT STEPPED FORWARD. WE HAD TWO LADIES COME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THEM AS WELL. AND I'M GONNA LET ED SHARE. UM, THE OTHER SENSE. GOOD EVENING, I. I NOTICED WHEN, UH, GILBERTO SAID WE'RE GONNA GET A REPORT ABOUT TAXES. HALF THE ROOM LEFT, AND SO I DID NOT TAKE PERSONAL OFFENSE TO THAT, BUT, UH, I NOTICED A LOT OF FOLKS GOT OUT OF THE WAY. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA JUST CONGRATULATE ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT CAME UP AND SPOKE, UM, THEY THEY HAVE SUCH A GREAT PRESENCE ABOUT HIM. UH I LOVE HEARING THEIR COMMENTS AND ENTHUSIASM. AND UH, LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT, SAID I. I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN OUR FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY, AND I KNOW THE YOUTH OF TODAY HAVE A LOT OF OBSTACLES, BUT I, FOR ONE BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB IN THE FUTURE AND MY FUTURE AND MY RETIREMENT DEPENDS ON THEM. SO GO KIDS. UM WE WANTED JUST TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE TEAM THAT HAD HELPED IN THIS EFFORT. AND LAST WEEK WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE CITY OF MESQUITE RECOGNIZE THE CITY FOLKS, UH BY NAME, UM, AND THEN, THIS EVENING, OF COURSE, RECOGNIZED IN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, FOLKS THAT HELPED US AT THE COUNTY TAX OFFICE. WE HAD A MR JOHN AMES. THE TAXES ARE COLLECTOR, HIS CHIEF DE DEPUTY, PEGGY MCCORMICK , UH, CHRISTINA BENEDICT, AMBER, WHITE, ASHLEY, RICHARD ROSA ROMERO AND DIANE WYNN. THIS WAS ALL PART OF THE TEAM WE MET WITH THIS TEAM OR COMPONENTS OF THE TEAM, UH, ON A WEEKLY BASIS AS THIS TRANSITION WAS GOING THROUGH BOTH AT THE LINEBARGER FIRM, THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THAT COURSE REACHING OUT TO THE ISD WHEN WE NEEDED THEIR HELP AS WELL. UM, THIS WAS A WEEKLY UPDATE TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION HAPPEN. UH, WE ALSO HAD TWO FOLKS WITH THE APPRAISAL AND COLLECTION TECHNOLOGIES AT THE COUNTY. UH, TWE THAI AND CARLOS RINCON. THEY WERE, UH, ALSO INVOLVED. UM WE ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE MARK GOLD, WHO IS WITH SPINDLE MEDIA SPINDLE MEDIA PROVIDED THE SOFTWARE FOR THE, UH, CITY TAX COLLECTION SERVICES . AND ALTHOUGH THE CITY AND THE SCORE NOW GOING INTO THE COUNTY, THEY WERE A BIG PART OF KIND OF TYING IN TO LOOSE ENDS, UM AND HELPING THE CITY GATHER SOME DATA AND INFORMATION. SO WE WANNA RECOGNIZE SPINDLE MEDIA AND, OF COURSE, UH, RECOGNIZE GARY GRIMES AND MARY GRIMES. UH

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IT'LL HAVE THE COUNTY, THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL TAXES ALL INCLUDED AND THEN REACH OUT TO OUR LAW FIRM. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, UM, WE'RE ON THE, UH UH UM OR WE HAVE AN OFFICE HERE LOCALLY AS WELL. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US. AND OVERALL, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING THE PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF IT, AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHERWISE WE'LL GET OUT OF THE WAY. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, MADAM PRESIDENT BEFORE THEY LEAVE. I KNOW, UM THEY'VE BEEN VERY MODEST. BUT UM, ED AND, UM, MARY SUE, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP, AND NOT ONLY HAVE YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE TAX COLLECTION FOR US IN TERMS AND DEALING WITH IT. UH BUT YOU'VE BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE IN THE PROCESS, AND WE'VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT THROUGH THAT. SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THIS JOB. IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK TO AUDIENCE TODAY? OK THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR. PERSONNEL, ALL RIGHT? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. BUT WE'RE GLAD THEY'RE HERE. YEAH. GO, SIR. YES, MADAM PRESIDENT.

SO YOU HAVE, UM, ON THE AGENDA, A LIST OF POSITIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ADMINISTRATION. UM YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE BIOS AND AT THE CANDIDATES AND, UM THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I WILL PREFER TO ENTERTAIN, UM, THE GROUP AS A WHOLE UNLESS ANYONE WANTS TO PULL AN INDIVIDUAL POSITION. NO THIS IS AN ACTION. ADAM I NEED A I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WRITTEN. MR ROSE IS IN OUR SECOND. UH, MR CARBO. ALL RIGHT. UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ALL THOSE PROOFS. THEY ARE ALL THOSE POSTS. SAME SIDE. GUESS WHAT MOTION CARRIED.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S SO NOW WE'RE GONNA MEET WHO WE JUST APPROVED, RIGHT? SO THEY GOT APPROVED, SO I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, DOCTOR, KAREN MORRIS IS GONNA INTRODUCE HER CANDIDATE. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I AM HONORED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY TEACHING AND LEARNING HERE AT ESQUIRE ISD MATT CAIN. GOODNESS. MATT CAIN IS A PRODUCT OF MOSQUITO SD HAVING ATTENDED PANG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BARRY BARRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HE GRADUATED FROM HORN HIGH SCHOOL. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, MATT EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE STATION AND THAT'S OK AND THEN RECEIVED HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE. MATT WAS AN EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER FOR FIVE YEARS BEFORE BECOMING A SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH. HE THEN SERVED AS A SECONDARY SCIENCE FACILITATOR SUPPORTING THROUGH SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE ACROSS ALL MOSQUITOES, T MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS AFTER TWO YEARS IN THE SECONDARY SCIENCE FACILITATOR ROLE HE WAS HIRED AS THE K 12 SCIENCE COORDINATOR, THE POSITION IN WHICH HE CURRENTLY SERVES MATT CAIN. EVERYBODY. DOCTOR RIVERA AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WANNA START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING AND THANKING GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND I DON'T MEAN THAT AS A CLICHE, I. I AM DEEPLY AND SINCERELY GRATEFUL TO HIM. I BELIEVE THAT EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM GOD IN THIS OPPORTUNITY IS CERTAINLY A GOOD GIFT. I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO WORK WITH EXCELLENCE, KNOWING THAT MY WORK IS ULTIMATELY UNDER GOD. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THIS NEW ROLE. I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO EACH OF YOU. THE WAY THIS BOARD BELIEVES IN AND ADVOCATES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND

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TEACHERS NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME AND I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER TEAM. I WANNA THANK MY MOM AND DAD WHO HAVE MODELED A PASSION FOR EDUCATION FOR ME TOGETHER. THEY HAVE. COM UH, COMBINED 63 YEARS OF SERVICE IN MESQUITE ISD. AND TO MY WIFE, COURTNEY, WHO'S BEEN OUT THERE WITH OUR CHILDREN. UH, FOR A WHILE NOW, UH, SHE'S THE REAL TROOPER. UH, YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT AND RESPECT MEANS MORE TO ME THAN I COULD EVER COMMUNICATE. TO MY TWO CHILDREN, LEWIS AND EZRA. WELL TONIGHT IS DEFINITELY AN HONOR. MY GREATEST HONOR IN LIFE IS BEING YOUR DAD.

AND I LOVE THE THREE OF YOU MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW. AND FINALLY AND THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TONIGHT. FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM OUR STUDENTS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS IN THE QUI DY TY. EACH OF YOU ARE THE INSPIRATION AND THE HOPE THAT KEEPS ALL OF US COMING BACK DAY AFTER DAY AND AS THE MESQUITE PROMISE SAYS, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY BEEN VERIFIED TONIGHT. YOUR DIGNITY IS A GIVEN. YOU WERE MADE TO EXCEL. YOU BELONG HERE AND YOU ARE A DIFFERENCE MAKER. NOW I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAYS AHEAD AND THE WORK THAT WE WILL DO THAT ALIGNS WITH THE MISSION OF MESQUITE ID TO DEVELOP AN INSPIRING AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT EDUCATES AND STUDENTS TO PURSUE EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND NEXT WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, AND I BELIEVE, UH, JENNIFER MORRIS IS GONNA INTRODUCE HER. NEWLY HIRED PERSON. GOOD EVENING. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE JOY AND DELIGHT TO INTRODUCE THE NEW DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING JENNIFER HEISER. SHE IS CURRENTLY SERVING HER HEART OUT AS OUR COORDINATOR FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND MOSQUITO SD. SHE OVERSEES THE ADMINISTRATION OF SEVERAL OF OUR TEACHER PIPELINE PROGRAMS, WHILE ALSO CONDUCTING DATA ANALYSIS AND LEADING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ALL ACROSS OUR DISTRICT WITH ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS, JENNIFER BRINGS MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE, HAVING PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT FOURTH GRADE EIGHTH GRADE HIGH SCHOOL MATH AND COLLEGE ECONOMICS. SHE IS ALSO SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH FOR NEW TEACHERS AT JOHN HORNE HIGH SCHOOL. JENNIFER'S COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EVIDENT IN HER EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, WHICH INCLUDES BEING ONE OF THE VERY FIRST FOUNDING MEMBERS OF OUR E TIP. UH, PROGRAM, SHE HAS SERVED AS A PARTICIPANT AND AS AN INSTRUCTOR . SHE'S ALSO SERVED AS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND FACILITATOR FOR THE NEW TEACHER ACADEMY AND MIST. JENNIFER IS A GRADUATE OF TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY WITH BOTH HER BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S. AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED FOR HER WORK IN THIS ROLL AHEAD. THANK YOU. DOCTOR RIVERA AND THE BOARD. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY. I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, JUST AS MR KANE SAID . THE EXCELLENT WAY THAT YOU LEAD AND LOOK OUT FOR EVERYONE.

IT IT SHOWS IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE ORGANIZATION. I AM AM SO HONORED TO BE WRAPPING UP MY OR STARTING MY 15TH YEAR HERE IN THE GSD, AND IT'S MY UNUSUAL PATTERN OR PATHWAY TO GET TO THIS POINT THAT I THINK REALLY GIVES ME A LOT OF EXTRA PASSION FOR THE PATHWAYS THAT I'M HELPING OTHERS BECOME TEACHERS HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. I HAVE TWO DEGREES FROM THE COLLEGE OF AG AT A AND M. I WAS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AT MARY KAY. AS JENNIFER SAID, I'VE TAUGHT A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS AND SOME VOLUNTEER WORK THAT I DO. AND I BELIEVE IN EDUCATION. AND I BELIEVE IN THE OPTIONS AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR Y'ALL SUPPORT IN PROVIDING THESE OPTIONS. I CAN'T. MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT MY FAMILY AND THE WAY THAT THEY HELP ME. THEY TEACH ME . UM THE LESSONS THAT I HAVE LEARNED AND MY CHILDREN ARE HERE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND ROSS.

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GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE NEW PRINCIPLE OF NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. MARISA RAMOS BAILEY. MARISA RAMOS BAILEY IS COMPLETED 27 YEARS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION. HER ED EDUCATIONAL CAREER HAS INCLUDED BEING A PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OBANION MIDDLE SCHOOL, ENGLISH TEACHER JOURNALISM TEACHER AND JV DRILL TEAM DIRECTOR AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL, ALL IN GARLAND ISD WHILE SERVING AS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL. THE CAMPUS WAS RECOGNIZED AND RANKED MULTIPLE YEARS BY US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT FOR BEST HIGH SCHOOLS IN 22. SHE BEGAN SERVING AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP IN CRANDALL. ISD MISS BAILEY RECEIVED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENGLISH MASTERS IN EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFICATION, ALL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR RIVERA. THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS PRINCIPAL AT NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. I AM OVERJOYED, OVERWHELMED AND SO EXCITED TO BE BACK AT A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS. I LOVE STUDENTS. I LOVE WORKING WITH STAFF AND I LOVE MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS AS THEY GO OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD ONCE THEY LEAVE OUR DOORS. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MY FAMILY THAT'S HERE THIS EVENING AS THEY ARE VERY VITAL PART OF MY SUPPORT SYSTEM. SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY DAUGHTER CAITLIN AND MY PARENTS, CHRIS AND FRED RAMOS, MY SISTER VANESSA O'DELL AND MY NIECE SCARLETT AND ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS WHO'S BEEN WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME, MISS LAURIE TURNER. I'M VERY EXCITED. THANK YOU. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE JOINED MESQUITE ISD. THERE'S A CLICHE, SAYING BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. EVERYONE I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HAS SHARED WITH ME. WHAT AN OUTSTANDING SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL IS WITH FANTASTIC STUDENTS AND A VERY DEDICATED AND CARING STAFF. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH AND BEING A PART OF THE FEEDER PATTERN. THAT'S NORTH SIDE PRIDE AND TO CONTINUE DOING ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. AND I LOOK SO FORWARD TO MEETING THE NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT OUR NEXT C BE INTRODUCED BY I BELIEVE IS DOCTOR CARB TO ARE YOU INTRODUCING THE NEXT? THE NEXT ONE? OK WE'LL MOVE YOUR L AND WE HAVE OUR COORDINATOR FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. HELLO EVERYONE. I AM SUPER EXCITED TO, UH, INTRODUCE THIS CANDIDATE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. THIS YOUNG LADY HAS DREAMED ABOUT THIS JOB AND YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE'S DREAMING ABOUT BEING A SPECIAL ED COORDINATOR, WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO HEATHER BEATTY, AN ALUMNI OF POET HIGH SCHOOL, HOLDS A BACHELOR'S IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON . SHE BEGAN HER 13 YEAR CAREER IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN IN MOSQUITOES. D AT NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE TAUGHT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER SOFTBALL COACH BEFORE RETURNING TO PIT THERE. SHE TAUGHT SPECIAL EDUCATION COACH SOFTBALL AND LATER SERVED AS BUSIER. FOR EIGHT YEARS. HEATHER EARNED HER MASTER'S AND SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK HEATHER AND WELCOME HER. UM OK, AND THEN WE HAVE A SERIES OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT, UH, MISS JOB IS

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CHARLES DENNIS SADLER IS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. WELCOME BACK TO YOU . CHARLES SADLER COMPLETED 22 YEARS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION. HIS CAREER BEGAN AS A TEACHER AND COACH AT VANS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE ALSO SERVED AS A TEACHER AND COACH AT BARRY AND TERRY MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND RED OAK HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER EIGHT YEARS AS A TEACHER AND COACH, HE'S TRANSITIONED TO THE ADMINISTRATION AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT AC NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2015, MR SADLER MOVED TO MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND ALSO SERVED AS THE ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL. 2022 MR SADLER TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY CLOSER TO HOME AND SERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE DAEP CAMPUS IN ENNIS ISD. MISTER SADLER EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM TEXAS A AND M COMMERCE AND A MASTER'S IN EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY. WELCOME BACK. AND NEXT IS CARLA JOSEPH, THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. CARLA JOSEPH HAS COMPLETED 10 YEARS IN EDUCATION. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AS 1/7 GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER IN DISD AND IS TAUGHT IN BOTH RICHARDSON AND FORNEY ISD. HER PREVIOUS ROLES INCLUDED LEAD AND MENTOR, TEACHER EDUCATIONAL COACH PROGRAM FACILITATOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN SHE HAS SERVED THE LAST TWO YEARS AS AN ESSENTIAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN DALLAS. ISD CARLA EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK AND HER MASTERS IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON. CONGRATULATIONS. OK, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK HERE SO EVERYBODY CAN GET THIS REPORT. OK, MR WASHINGTON. YOUR PAGE TO THE LECTERN, MR WASHINGTON. I. HE THREW YOU UNDER THE BUS. WHAT CAN I SAY? YEAH. BUT THIS THING I THREE.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, SCHOOL BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT RIVERA. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING TO SHARE THE DISCIPLINE OF FAITHS REPORT. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

HERE'S MY CLICKER. THANK YOU. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO? I WENT BLANK. HI THE REASON WE HAVE, WHAT DO WE DO? WE'RE HERE TO IDENTIFY DISCIPLINE PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT TO MANAGE THESE PROGRAMS, UM, AND TO IDENTIFY THE REASON WE HAVE THEM. I'LL START OVER. WELL, EXCUSE ME. I JUST GOT NERVOUS. I DON'T KNOW WHY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE MUST REMEMBER THE REASON WE HAVE DISCIPLINE PROGRAMS AND THAT IS TO PREVENT MISBEHAVIOR AND TO IMPROVE BEHAVIOR. AND TO KEEP STUDENTS IN CLASS TO RECEIVE QUALITY INSTRUCTION FROM OUR FROM OUR TEACHERS. NOW THE GOAL OF M I SDS DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. IT'S A COLLABORATIVELY WORK. WITH NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY TO DEVISE A PLAN TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR TO SUPPORT

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RELATIONAL PRACTICES. AND INTENSIVE SUPPORT FOR OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. NOW, PB IS LOOKS DIFFERENT ON EVERY CAMPUS. BUT A VARIETY OF THINGS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOCUS ON THE HEALTH SYSTEMS AND OUR HOUSE SYSTEMS THAT ARE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE PB IS WORK AS WELL. THEY CONTINUE TO THRIVE EACH YEAR WITH THAT POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, OUR SELF REGULATION SE REGULATION IS ANOTHER TOOL THAT OUR STUDENTS LEARN AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. THROUGH GUIDANCE LESSONS. COUNSELORS TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY WHEN THEIR EMOTIONS ARE DEREGULATED, OR IF THEY ARE BELOW ARE THEY LEADING TO LOSE CONTROL? NOW STAFF WORKS HARD TO FIND THE REASON BEHIND THE MISBEHAVIOR, WHICH IS PART OF THE DATA ANALYSIS. NOW AND FINALLY IN THE MISBEHAVIOR TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE ACTION IS TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION AND TO NOT JUST GIVE A PUNITIVE CONSEQUENCE. ONE THING WE DON'T WANNA DO IS TAKE AWAY THE DIGNITY OF OUR STUDENTS, AND WE TAKE AWAY THE DIGNITY OF OUR STUDENTS. THAT'S WHEN IT TURNS INTO JUST PUNITIVE ACTIONS, AND I DIDN'T IN HELPING TO RESTORE THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. NOW ROOT CAUSES ARE F ARE FOUNDATIONAL RELATIONAL PRACTICES AND RELATIONAL PROCESSES CENTER AROUND OPEN DIALOGUE, RESTORATIVE CIRCLES, RESPECT AGREEMENTS AND REPAIR AND HORN. RELATIONAL PRACTICES INCLUDE BOTH PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE MEASURES TO IMPROVE STUDENT BEHAVIOR. WELL, WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT? NOW SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK WAS CREATED . THE BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK CONSISTED OF PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, RESTORATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. NOW HALF OF THE MODEL FOCUSES ON PREVENTION. THE OTHER HALF FOCUSES ON REACTION AND THEN A QUARTER OF IT WILL FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY WHICH IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE ACCOUNTABILITY PART IDENTIFIES WHETHER WE ARE SUSPENDING KIDS AND THEY AND IT PERTAINS TO THE INFORMATION AND THE DATA THAT WE REPORT BACK TO TE, A IN THE END, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PLUGGED IN IN SCHOOL. AND OUR STUDENTS NEED TO BE INVOLVED. A BIG PART OF BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK INVOLVES ENGAGING STUDENTS AT SCHOOL. KIDS DON'T WANT TO. KIDS DON'T WANNA LET THEIR FRIENDS DOWN. THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THEY SHOW UP ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS IF THEY'RE INVOLVED IN AN ORGANIZATION, A CLUB OR ANY OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. SO MY KIDS JOINING OUR CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, IT FITS RIGHT INTO OUR BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK. THE MESQUITE PROMISE WAS DEVELOPED. FEW YEARS AGO.

AND IT AIDS ITSELF IN A IN ASSISTING WITH OUR BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK TO THE ESCAPE PROMISE HAS PROVIDED THE DISTRICT WITH AN AMAZING BOTTLE AND HOW TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE DIGNITY AT ALL TIMES. AND WITH THAT DIGNITY IT COMES WITH ENSURING OUR STUDENTS TO SELL.

BUT WHEN OUR STUDENTS IN SALE, IT BEGINS WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE CENTERED AROUND THAT, AND IT BEGINS WITH SUPPORT FROM US. WHEN STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THAT CREATIVITIES. THEY HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING AND ACT. IN ADDITION, IT PROVIDES A CHANNEL FOR REINFORCING THE LESSONS LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM. OFFERING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY THE SKILLS THEY LEARNED IN A REAL WORLD CONTEXT. BUT THE SELLING TAKES A VILLAGE AND PROVIDING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR. SUPPORT IS CRITICAL IN OUR STUDENTS DEVELOPMENT. OUR COUNSELORS ARE TRAINED IN REPAIRING HARM DUE TO TRAUMA AND SELF REGULATION. BY PROVIDING MULTI TIER SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT.

WE ARE MEETING THE STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM AND PROVIDING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. WE BELIEVE THAT ALL STUDENTS BELONG HERE. BUT AN ENSURING THAT WE KNOW THAT ALL STUDENTS BELONG HERE. IT BEGINS WITH COMMUNICATION. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT INVESTING. OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO KNOW THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN THEM. AND INVESTING IN STUDENTS THAT BEGINS WITH THE

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IT ALLOWS OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO USE DIGNITY AND IDENTIFYING WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS.

PANORAMA UH INCLUDES ATTENDANCE DATA. IT INCLUDES BEHAVIOR DATA. IT INCLUDES ACADEMIC DATA, SO WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT ONE PIECE OF THE STUDENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL COMPONENTS OF THE STUDENT WHEN WE'RE MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION. IN THESE METHODS OF REVIEWING, UM WHAT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY DOING TO IMPROVE WILL ENSURE THAT OUR DISCIPLINE DATA CONTINUES TO HAVE AN UPTAKE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PRESENTED WITH IN OUR DISTRICT AND PROVIDED AS A FORM OF SERVICES AND AS A FORM OF, UM SUPPORT. THAT DOES INCLUDE THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TO PROVIDE TODAY AT THIS TIME. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION THAT I CAN PROVIDE? AND I CANNOT . THEN IN THREE OF OUR, UH P SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS, THREE OF THE SCHOOL'S MEN, SOME ALTERCATIONS

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THEY DO DIRECT DEPOSIT EVERY FRIDAY. UH AND THE DISTRICT DETERMINES THE PAY RATES. SO WE DETERMINE WHAT OUR SUBS WILL BE PAID. BUT E SS SS TAKES OVER ALL OF THE PROCESSES IN THAT. AND

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THESE ARE, UM, THE DISTRICTS IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX WHO CURRENTLY HAVE PARTNERED WITH ESS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF DISTRICTS. UH, THAT WE RECOGNIZE IN THAT GROUP. AND THEN I WANNA GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF TRACK RECORDS OF SUCCESS WITH SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS, AND SO THE FIRST ONE YOU'LL SEE IS FRISCO ISD, UH, THEY HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

63,500 DAILY SUBSTITUTES REQUESTED ON AVERAGE OF 460. THEY HAVE AN ESS ON SITE TEAM LIKE OURS WOULD BE WITH THREE FTES. THEIR CURRENT FILL RATE IS 96. AND THEIR ACTIVE SUBSTITUTE POLL IS OVER 1700 INDIVIDUALS. DIDN'T ISD, I THINK WAS ONE OF THEIR EARLIEST, UH, PARTNERSHIPS IN TEXAS AND THEIR STUDENT ENROLLMENT. THERE IS 29,900. I HAVE DAILY SUBSTITUTES REQUESTED AVERAGING ABOUT 350. THEY HAVE AN ESS ON SITE TEAM AGAIN, LIKE OURS WOULD BE WITH THREE FTES.

AND THEN, CURRENTLY, THEIR FULL RATE IS AT 95% WITH AN ACTIVE SUBSTITUTE POOL OF OVER 1150.

UH, MEMBERS. NOW WE GO TO RICHARDSON ISD. I HAVE A STUDENT ENROLLMENT OF 39,500. DAILY SUBSTITUTES REQUESTED ON AVERAGE IS 200. THEY HAVE AN ON-SITE TEAM OF TWO FTES. THEY'RE FILL RATE IS 86% AND THEY HAVE AN ACTIVE SUB POLE OF OVER 900 PEOPLE. ME AND FISD IS THE LAST THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING. THEIR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS 35,200. THEY HAVE ON AVERAGE 250 SUBS REQUESTED. THEY HAVE AN ON SITE TEAM OF TWO FTES. THEIR CURRENT FILL RATE IS AT 88% AND THEY'RE ACTIVE SUBSTITUTE POOL CONSISTS OF OVER 800 PEOPLE. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LOVE TO ENTERTAIN OR UH, FRED AND JENNA. WE'D LOVE TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU LIKE. LET ME ASK YOU, DR HENSLEY . UH, THE SUBS WE CURRENTLY HAVE . THEY WILL ALL GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IF THEY WANT TO JOIN IN OTHERWISE, YES, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THAT THEIR TEAM WILL DO IS REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO ALL OF OUR CURRENT SUBS AND WORK ON ON BOARDING THEM INTO THIS SYSTEM. HERE. THE CONTRACT. WAS IT A ONE YEAR THREAD THAT WE CORRECT. OUR CONTRACTS ARE ONE YEAR WE HAVE TO EARN OUR KEEP EVERY YEAR. THE IS DEDICATED TO THIS DISTRICT. OR IS IT SPREAD ACROSS MULTIPLE DISTRICTS? THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION, SO THE ACTIVE SUB POOL WILL BE THE SUBSTITUTES THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO WORK IN MESQUITE ISD. WE DO HAVE A FEW THAT WILL CROSS UP, BUT WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY SEE IS THAT SUBSTITUTES ARE PRETTY LOYAL TO THE DISTRICT THAT THEY SERVICE. SO WHILE THERE MAY BE A HANDFUL THAT ARE CROSS DISTRICT SUBS, A GOOD MAJORITY OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE SOLELY DEDICATED TO WORKING IN MOSQUITOES DAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THE BIG SUCCESSES OF ESS IS RECRUITING NEW SUBS. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. S A VERY DIFFICULT THEY ARE TO GET SO, YES. UH, SO THIS IS AN ACTION, ADAM. SO Y'ALL ARE GUARANTEEING 96% YEAH, YEAH, I THINK THAT WE WILL EASE INTO THAT NUMBER. BUT THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE THE GOAL. IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE US. IT'S USUALLY A FEW YEARS, ISN'T IT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT OPTIMUM? TRADITIONALLY IT'S ABOUT A YEAR TO CYCLE THROUGH ALL OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT YOU CAN SEE, UM THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PRESENTED. SO FOR EXAMPLE, MANSFIELD WAS ON THERE. MANSFIELD WAS A NEW START FOR US THIS YEAR. UM, HERE TO DATE DATA IS IN THE EIGHTIES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST THREE MONTHS, THEY CONSISTENTLY BEEN SO YOU WILL SEE THAT INCREMENTAL INCREASE GOOD AT THE END OF THE I CAN SAY THOSE WHAT WE ARE PRAYING TODAY. IT. WE WILL GO WITH WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING TODAY. UM BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT ANNUALLY.

WHAT'S THE PROCESS? JUST SHORT ON AS FAR AS WHEN YOU HAVE A SUB THAT YOU NEED TO GET RID OF, YOU

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WE'LL WORK THAT IN HERE. SO GOOD EVENING. I'M BRIAN HIN. AND I'M THE, UH, INTERNAL AUDITOR FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 16 PLUS, UM MISD DECIDED IN ITS WISDOM I BELIEVE TO EMPLOY THE INTERNAL AUDITOR. TO SUPPORT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE PROCESSES HERE IN MESQUITE, ISD. AND I'VE BEEN SERVING THAT ROLE COMING UP ON SEVEN YEARS. UM IN OUR DC LEGAL POLICY WE INDICATE AND THIS IS A RELATIVELY STANDARD ACROSS PROBABLY THE UNITED STATES IF THE DISTRICT EMPLOYS AN INTERNAL AUDITOR, THAT THERE'LL BE AN INDEPENDENCE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE, UH THE WORK AND THE PROCESSES IN THE DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT THE INTERNAL AUDITOR WILL IMPORT IN FACT, REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD. UH, AS YOU WELL KNOW, I REPORT TO AN AUDIT COMMITTEE OF TWO, MR SEWARD, MR BINGHAM AND HAVE A, UH AND, UM THANK THEM FOR THEIR, UH, PARTNERSHIP FOR THE MANY YEARS AND THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP, I WOULD SAY. AUDITORS AUDITORS, AUDITORS, ONE AUDITOR IS THE SAME AS ANOTHER RIGHT WELL APART FROM BEING ALL NEAR SIGHTED. AND HAVING A FLOW CHART OF OUR VACATION PLANS TO BRANSON. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN AUDITORS, SO WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL AUDITOR AS THE STATE MANDATES FOR OUR FINANCIAL SO WE HAVE WHITLEY PENN THAT DOES THAT THEY ARE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT.

THEY ARE A VENDOR. WE HAVE, UM, REVIEWED THEM AND HAD DIFFERENT EXTERNAL AUDITOR PROGRAMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I MYSELF AND EMPLOYEE OF MISD. AND I COME IN TO AUDIT AND WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIMARILY OUR FINANCIAL OPERATIONS. IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE FULL GAMUT OF INTERNAL AUDIT OPERATIONS IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOU SEE SOME THAT WILL BE, UH, INVOLVED IN VARIOUS VERY SPECIFIC AREAS OF, UH, FOR EXAMPLE. IT COMPLIANCE CONSTRUCTION. UH APPLY, UH, COMPLIANCE UM OR DALLAS ISD. THEY HAVE 20 PEOPLE, SOME THAT WORK SPECIFICALLY JUST WITH CERTAIN CAMPUSES. UM THAT THE STRUCTURE OF MY WORK IS LARGELY ON THE FINANCIAL ROLE. SO I'M IN THERE LOOKING AT, UH UH, MONEY, NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT STANDPOINT, FROM THE OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT AT THE CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENT LEVELS I AM BOUND BY AN AUDIT CHARTER, WHICH IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED EACH YEAR. IT BUILDS THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE INTERNAL AUDITOR ROLE, AND IT WANTS TO CARVE OUT SPECIFICALLY BASED ON THE, UH, INTERNAL AUDIT STANDARDS OF INDEPENDENCE, OBJECTIVITY AND SKILL. SO I HAVE TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THOSE IN THE AREAS THAT I, UH LOOK AT, AND IF I DON'T HAVE ANY ONE OF THOSE, THE RESULTS COULD POTENTIALLY BE COMPROMISED. SO WE WANT TO BE UM , MAKING SURE THAT I FOLLOW THOSE AND THE DO PROFESSIONAL CARE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS A SINGLE INTERNAL AUDITOR THAT I PARTNER VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR, UM OUR DIRECTORS, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURES. UH THE PROGRAMS CHANGE AS LEGISLATION CHANGES AS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, CHANGE AND PROCESSES CHANGE, SO I'M I'M OFTEN TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S WHAT THE LATEST TRENDS ARE AND HOW OUR, UH PROCESSES ARE ARE CHANGING. HERE'S OUR CURRENT INTERNAL AUDIT STRUCTURE. UH UH, IN TERMS OF WHO I REPORT TO, UH, MY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS AND GRANDDAUGHTERS ARE NOT LISTED HERE. BUT I DO REPORT TO THEM, UH, IN THE MIDDLE THERE, I REPORT TO OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, WITH A SOLID LINE. I HAVE A DOTTED LINE TO MR PRADO

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WHEN WE BRING IN A NEW LEADERSHIP OVER AN AREA WE WANT TO BE IN BE EMBEDDED WITH THAT PROCESS. AND THEN THE LIMITATIONS ON INTERNAL AUDITORS . CAPACITY TO DO EVERYTHING PRIORITIZE THOSE THE THEY'RE RANKED ON A GRID, AND THAT'S WHAT'S PRESENTED AS AN AUDIT PLAN. UH, HERE ON THE RIGHT IS THE BREAKDOWN ESSENTIALLY OF THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR ABOUT 55% OF MY TIME IS WORKING ON CAMPUS AUDITS, AND I DO A THIRD OF THE CAMPUSES EVERY YEAR. UM I DO DO SOME TOUCH POINTS ON MAJOR ITEMS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES, BUT THESE ARE ANYWHERE FROM A TWO DAY TO A TWO WEEK, UM, WORK WITH THE LEADERSHIP ON EACH CAMPUS TO GO. THROUGH UH AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE VERY SHORTLY OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 27% ABOUT BETWEEN 25 AND 30% OF MY TIME SPENT ON OTHER ITEMS. UH, WAREHOUSE AUDIENCE, PRE K PROGRAMS. BILINGUAL ESL AUDITS.

UM UM AD HOC REQUESTS COME FROM ALSO LEADERSHIP AND FROM THE BOARD. ON OCCASION. I DO SOME TRAINING AND CONSULTING ESPECIALLY WITH NEW A PS THAT ARE IN FIXED ASSET ROLES WHO HAVE VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE TO THAT I KIND OF PARTNER WITH THEM. SHOWING HOW WHAT MODELS? UH, IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ARE USED FOR THAT. OR FRAUD HOTLINE, WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON BRIEFLY TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF OUR TIME OPERATIONAL MIS, UH, RISK MANAGEMENT UPDATES. THIS IS KIND OF A BROAD ENTERPRISE RISK ASSESSMENT OF OUR DISTRICT AND THEN, UH, WORKING WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ADMINISTRATION TAKES THE RESIDUAL AMOUNT. VERY HIGH LEVEL OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT SAYS AGAIN. WE ARE NOT JUST A FINANCIAL RISK. WE HAVE OPERATIONAL RISKS CHANGES IN DEPARTMENT HEADS. WE HAVE CHANGES IN COMPLIANCE. SO ALL THESE THINGS NEED TO BE ASSESSED BY OUR LEADERS. AND I'VE CREATED A GRID. I DON'T MANAGE TO IT. I JUST REPORT ON IT AND ALL OUR DIRECTORS NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHEN THEY HAVE A PROCESS PROBLEM LACKING IN STAFF. LACKING IN FUNDING. THEY NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE RISKS. POTENTIALLY THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR AREAS ON THE RIGHT ARE THE DIFFERENT AREAS THEY MAY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, MOST SPECIFICALLY FINANCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL UM, THAT THEY MAY REVIEW JUST ON A HIGH LEVEL. WHAT IS AN INTERNAL AUDIT LOOK LIKE FOR A CAMPUS AUDIT HERE IN THE MAIN FOUR AREAS. FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, CASH HANDLING. ONE THING OUT OF COVID CASH IS DOWN IN ITS USE ON CAMPUS AS WE GO TO MORE ONLINE, WHICH HAS ITS OWN ISSUES. BUT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPER HANDLING OF THAT, ESPECIALLY AT THE CLUB LEVEL STUDENT ATTENDANCE. WE DO SOME SAMPLING SINCE A LOT OF OUR FUNDING IS BASED ON THAT. SO I PARTNER ON THE SKYWARD TEAM FIXED ASSET OVERSIGHT. WE HAVE INVENTORY WE HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT ON OUR CAMPUSES, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S PROPERLY MANAGED AND LOOKING AT GRANTS HANDLING OF GIFTS. PAYROLL SAMPLING FIELD TRIPS ARE ALSO UN VIEWED. SO SOME OF THE MOST RECENT THINGS JUST COMING OUT OF THOSE CAMPUS AUDITS. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SMALL CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFS AND TO BE EFFICIENT. WE SHOULD, BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND ON TEAM WITH ONE PERSON ON A CAMPUS DOES VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING FINANCIALLY. THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S A RED FLAG. IF WE CAN'T SEPARATE THOSE DUTIES IN TERMS OF CASH, HANDLING AND PAYMENTS WE NEED TO BUILD IN CONTROLS IF OUR ACCOUNTING TEAM IS ON THE BALL, AND THEN THEN WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. INVENTORY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 38,000 STUDENTS 38,000 CHROMEBOOKS OUT THERE. SO HOW DO WE MANAGE TO THAT? ALSO WHEN WE MAKE NEW PURCHASES INTO THE CAFETERIA, ARE WE MANAGING? UH THOSE ASSETS CLUB FUNDRAISING OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT. YOU SEE $1.8 MILLION OF CLUB MONEY WAS SITTING ON THOSE ACCOUNTS FOR THE OUR CAMPUSES AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, AND I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THE KIDS EARLIER TALKING ABOUT DOING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE IN MOST OF THESE CASES FOR THESE KIDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND USING SOME OF THOSE MONEY. THAT'S SOME OF THAT MONEY. AND

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UH, HERE IN OUR OPEN SESSION. UH, FIRST I WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE BACKGROUND. SO TASBY IS THE TEXAS ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS AND THAT CONDUCTED SYSTEMS REVIEW OF MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, SOME OF THE SERVICES AND OR DELIVERABLES INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF COMPETITIVE PAY POSITION IN THE LOCAL JOB MARKET AND RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS OF PAY STRUCTURES ALIGNED WITH MARKET RATES. SO AGAIN. WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH JUST A QUICK SUMMARY. OF WHAT? MR MACKLEMORE, UH, TALKED TO US ABOUT IN OUR,

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RECOMMENDATION THREE WAS PROVIDE ADJUSTMENTS TO ADDRESS MARKET DIFFERENCES AND MAINTAIN EQUITY AND SO AGAIN, THOSE WERE PART OF THE CALCULATIONS THAT WE ALL SAW AS FAR AS THE IMPACT TO THE OVERALL BUDGET. UM AND MR PRADO ALSO HAS THAT INCLUDED IN HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT HE'LL PRESENT TO YOU WHEN THAT TIME COMES. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO ANY OF THE TASBY PAY, STUDY OR RECOMMENDATIONS? THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THIS AFTERNOON.

CLARIFICATION MAYBE YES. JUST FOR THOSE THAT MAY STILL BE LISTENING. SO WHAT THIS MEANS, IF ALL THIS COMES TO FRUITION IS THAT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND. THIS IS A LOT OF THE TEACHER INCREASES WOULD BE SIMILAR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY ON A SET SCALE. YES, SIR. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AFTER THAT, WITH CONTRACTS OF PEOPLE ABOVE, TEACHER AND COUNSELOR ADMIN PEOPLE LIKE THAT EVERYONE'S PAY INCREASE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE IN RELATION TO THE NEW MIDPOINT THAT'LL BE SET BY TASBY . IT'LL BE BASED ON THE PAY GRADE THE MIDPOINT OF THE PAY GRADE THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDER. YES, SIR. SO THE EXAMPLE WOULD BE TWO PEOPLE WORKING ACROSS THE HALL FROM EACH OTHER WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THAT MAY BE MAKING A DIFFERENT SALARY FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE THAT'LL EVENTUALLY START TO CORRECT ITSELF AS WE BASE OFF THE MIDPOINT OF WHERE THEY ARE IN RELATION TO THE MIDPOINT.

YES, SIR. PROBLEMS. YES. THANK YOU ALL. YEAH. OK?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.