[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, I NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER OF THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ON THIS MONDAY, DECEMBER THE 9TH, 2024, AT 6:00 PM. I ALSO CONFIRM THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, AND THAT THIS MEETING WAS POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
AGAIN, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT. WE'LL TRY TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING. WE NEED TO GO BACK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THEREFORE, WE WILL BEGIN OUR REGULAR MEETING. WE WILL START OFF TONIGHT WITH THE INVOCATION BY REVEREND STANLEY VASQUEZ. VASQUEZ. IS THAT HOW YOU SAY IT? YES. AND FROM PASTOR MUNDO CHURCH. CORRECT? AND THEN THE PLEASURE OF FOLLOWING HIM, WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY STUDENTS FROM SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IF YOU'LL ALL IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND JOIN IN, PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
FAMILY. PROVERBS THREE FIVE SAYS, TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING AND ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATH STRAIGHT. LORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU TODAY AS WE GATHER TOGETHER AS FAMILY TO WORK WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THE DISTRICT, THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. LORD, WE PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM, LORD, OVER ALL THE EDUCATORS, THE BOARD MEMBERS, EVERYONE INVOLVED IN OUR DISTRICT. LORD, OUR CHILDREN, WE PRAY FOR PROTECTION. WE PRAY, LORD, FOR YOUR HAND TO BE UPON THEM. LORD, TO GIVE THEM WISDOM. WE PRAY, LORD, AS DECISIONS ARE MADE. LORD BY THE BOARD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM YOUR WISDOM, YOUR PROTECTION, YOUR AUTHORITY, YOUR UNDERSTANDING, YOUR KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY MAY PERFORM THEIR WORK THAT YOU HAVE CALLED THEM TO DO IN THIS GREAT CITY. I PRAY BLESSINGS, LORD, AS YOU SAID, THE BOOK OF NUMBERS, BLESS MY CHILDREN THIS WAY. MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. MAY THE LORD KEEP YOU. MAY THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU. MAY THE LORD BE GRACIOUS TO YOU, AND MAY THE LORD GIVE YOU PEACE. I PRAY TODAY IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. SO.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
YOU. YOU CAN TAKE THAT OUT OF THERE SO THEY CAN HAND IT. YEAH. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. MY NAME IS AUSTIN, AND I'M IN SECOND GRADE. OKAY. MY NAME IS LONDON AND I'M IN SECOND GRADE. MY NAME IS AMAYA AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE. MY NAME IS LUCY AND I'M IN FIRST GRADE. MY NAME IS LYNN. AND I'M IN KINDERGARTEN. MY NAME IS NAOMI AND I AM IN FIRST GRADE. MY NAME IS KENNEDY AND I'M IN FIRST GRADE. MY NAME IS VIVIANA, AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE. MY NAME IS ELIJAH. I'M IN, AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. STUDENTS. MISS BENNETT. THANK YOU. WE'LL GET. THEY'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE MEETING IF THEY WISHED. YEAH. NEXT ITEM. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR
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TEAM OF EIGHT MOMENT. AND I BELIEVE MR. KABUL, YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT? ACTUALLY, I DID. ROBERT AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY AND[00:05:05]
SPEAK TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS. AND IT WAS A IT WAS A THRILL. YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A TREAT TO SEE THESE KIDS. HOW SMART THEY ARE. AND THE QUESTIONS THEY ASKED. AND YOU CAN'T STOP IT TO THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF PARENTS IN THAT SCHOOL THAT REALLY WORK WITH THE TEACHERS AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN OVER THERE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL, ALL OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD STRIVE FOR. AND I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION IT. THIS IS THIS IS THE SEASON TO TALK ABOUT THE KINDNESS AND THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. AND TO PIGGYBACK, THEY DID ASK US SOME PRETTY GOOD QUESTIONS, AND THEY ASKED MR. KABUL HOW OLD HE WAS, AND HE TOLD THEM AND THEY ASKED ME. I TOLD HIM I WAS 29. SHE GOES, SO? SO THEY'RE ASKING SOME HARD QUESTIONS. WE DON'T WANT TO ANSWER ON THAT PART. BUT ANYWAY, ANYWAY, IT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU KEVIN. MISS COLLIER. I HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. SOME OF US WENT TO GO DO FRIENDSGIVING. THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST FANTASTIC UNSEEN WORKERS WHO ARE THE FIRST AND THE LAST. AND A LOT OF OUR KIDS GET TO SEE DURING THE DAY AT SCHOOL. THEY ARE LIKE WALKING LOVE IN HUMAN FORM. SO I JUST WANTED TO DROP A MOMENT AND SAY, TOTALLY APPRECIATE IT. ALSO HEARD FROM MY MIDDLE SON TODAY THAT VANGUARD'S E-SPORTS TEAM MADE STATE SO HE'S WATCHING ON FACEBOOK. THAT'S ALL I'M DOING. SO YEAH, THAT'S IT. MISS HORNSBY. YEAH, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO THE POTEET GIVING DAY RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. THEY WENT ALL OVER THE CITY. THEY IN ABOUT 5 OR 600 KIDS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. THEY WENT TO SHARING LIFE. THEY WORKED AT THE POLICE STATIONS. I WATCHED THEM GIVE OUT TURKEYS AND FOOD. YES. AND SO THEY REALLY ALL WENT TO ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND SO THEY REALLY, REALLY DID WHAT WE WANT OUR KIDS TO DO IS TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO IT WAS A GREAT DAY. IT WAS A FUN DAY TO WATCH THEM. AND THEY LOVED IT.THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT. SO IT WAS GOOD TO WATCH. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING AND MISS SMITH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN ON THIS. I GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL THE OTHER DAY TO ATTEND AN EVENT THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY LANA JACKSON, DEAN OF STUDENTS AT VANGUARD. WORKING WITH GIRLS, INC. AND THEY HAD A GUEST SPEAKER THERE THAT WAS GOLD MEDALIST TARA DAVIS WOODALL AND HER HUSBAND, HUNTER, AND IT WAS A TWO HOUR SESSION. THE AND SOME BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS THERE, THEY THEY HAD PANEL DISCUSSIONS. THE GIRLS WERE ASKING ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS. THERE WERE ABOUT 200 OF OUR ATHLETES FROM THE FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS THERE, PLUS SOME OF THE GIRLS FROM VANGUARD. GREAT MESSAGING FOR THE GIRLS THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY WANT AND PROMPT, YOU KNOW, KEEP THEIR GOALS IN MIND. ALWAYS WORK TOWARDS SUCCESS. MISS SMITH, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON THAT ONE? NO, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY. I GOT GOOSEBUMPS THINKING ABOUT THE GIRLS IN THAT ROOM HEARING TARA'S STORY. IF ANY OF YOU WATCHED THE OLYMPICS, SHE WAS THE DARLING. HER AND HER HUSBAND. HE'S A QUADRIPLEGIC. I MEAN, A DOUBLE AMPUTEE. SO HE'S A GOLD MEDALIST IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. AND SHE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO GIVE UP TRACK WHEN SHE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HOW HER LIFE'S JOURNEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH DIFFERENT. IT WAS JUST REALLY INSPIRING. AND I THINK THANKFUL TO YOU, MR. STEWART, THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO BE THERE. IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM AND VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND A GREAT MESSAGE. AND THE YOUNG LADIES HAD A BALL DURING THAT SESSION. MISTER RIVERA OR DOCTOR RIVERA? SORRY. IT'S FINE. THANK YOU. MISTER.
MISTER PRESIDENT. THE OTHER MEETING I WENT, DOCTOR, YOU WENT. I KNOW THEY GAVE YOU AN HONORARY DOCTORATE IN THE LAST MEETING, BUT IT'S OKAY. I JUST I DIDN'T WANT TONIGHT TO GO WITHOUT US. MENTIONING OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE TEXAS WAY, WHICH IS BASICALLY ON THREE PILLARS. RESPECT FOR OTHERS, CONTROL OF SELF AND SPIRIT OF COMPETITION AND ALTHOUGH OUR STUDENTS REPRESENTED US REALLY WELL THIS PAST SEASON IN TERMS OF FOOTBALL, I WANT TO PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE THE WEST MESQUITE WRANGLERS. UNDER THE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF COACH JACKSON. THEY WENT TOO DEEP INTO THE PLAYOFFS AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB REPRESENTING MESQUITE AND HAD UNDEFEATED REGULAR SEASON ONE TWO. WELL, ONE PLAYOFF GAME AND THEY LOST TO MIDLOTHIAN IN THE SECOND PLAY IN THE SECOND ROUND. BUT WE WERE SO PROUD AND
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I KNOW SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WENT TO THE WENT TO THE GAMES WITH ME AS WE SUPPORTED THE WEST MESQUITE WRANGLERS AND WE ARE SO, SO PROUD. I DID NOT WANT THAT TO GO BY. THANK YOU.[III. STUDENT AND STAFF GUESTS]
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE EXCITED AND VERY HONORED TO WELCOME THE POTEET HIGH SCHOOL VARIETY CHOIR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. MIKE MITCHELL, WASHINGTON. THEY'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT'S MEETING OFF ON A FESTIVE NOTE WITH THE SELECTION OF HOLIDAY SONGS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A WARM WELCOME TO THE POTEET HIGH SCHOOL VARIETY CHOIR. MR. WASHINGTON. FLOOR IS YOURS.MR. MR. I'M GOING TO DO A SOUND TEST REAL QUICK.
VERY GOOD. TELL ME. WHEN YOU SKIP. YEAH. I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD. I'M SORRY. I WAS THINKING YOU WERE SAYING, HOW DO YOU DO THIS? SO. YEAH, WE CAN G. OKAY. PERFECT. YES. SORRY FOR THE MESS AND ALL THAT. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. IS THIS THE RIGHT SHOW CHOIR? WE'RE MISSING A COUPLE MEMBERS TONIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO USE MICROPHONES, BUT NOT REALLY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO. THAT'S HOW THEY SING NORMALLY. SO THE CHOREOGRAPHY IS WITH MICROPHONES, BUT WE DON'T HOLD THEM. SO DON'T BE FOOLED INTO THINKING ABOUT. THE FIRST ONE BEING A CHRISTMAS BABY. PLEASE COME HOME. THANK YOU. SOUND IS NICE. GRACE. NICE CHRISTMAS BABY. PLEASE COME HOM. SO IS YOURS. COMING DOWN. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO PEOPLE AROUND.
BABY, PLEASE COME HOME. INSIDE THE CHURCH. OUTSIDE CHRISTMAS SONG. JESUS, WHAT A HAPPY SOUND.
BABY, PLEASE COME HOME DANCING IN THE HALLS. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE CHRISTMAS AT HOME. CUZ I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE HERE. AND ALL THE FUN WE HAD I SEE THE PRETTY LIGHTS ON THE TREE I'M WATCHING IT SHINE. YOU SHOULD BE HERE WITH ME. WHEN HE LEAVES. COME ON SINGING TECHNO. IT'S NOT
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LIKE CHRISTMAS AT ALL. CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE HERE. AND ALL THE FUN WE HAD LAST YEAR.THERE WAS A DAY I WOKE. I KNOW THAT THIS YEAR IS CHRISTMAS DAY. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE C C C C C. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LORD BABY PLEASE DON'T SMILE BABY PLEASE COME. HONEY BABY PLEASE DON'T HURT ME. PLEASE COME HOME. SANDBOX.
SANDBOX. YOU. CAN. KEEP THE JINGLE. REINDEER. JINGLE JINGLE JINGLE JINGLE JINGLE JINGLE JINGLE. OH, YOU BETTER WATCH OU. YOU BETTER NOT CRY. YOU BETTER NOT POUT I'M TELLING YOU WHY.
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO CHURCH. THEY CAN MAKE IT. CHECKING IT TWICE. LET'S FIND OUT WHO'S NOT HERE. NICE. SANTA. SANTA'S COMING TO TOWN. HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING. HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE. HE KNOWS IF THEY'RE BAD OR GOOD. SO BE GOOD, FOR GOODNESS SAKE. OH, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. YOU BETTER NOT CRY. YOU BETTER NOT POUT. I'M TELLING YOU WHY. SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN. JING JING JING JING. OH BA DA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA DA BA DA BA DO DA DO DA DA BA DA DA DA DA DA. BA BA BA BA BA BA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA. BA DA DA.
DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA. HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING. HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE. HE KNOWS IF YOU'VE BEEN BAD OR GOOD. SO BE GOOD FOR GOODNESS SAKE. OH, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. YOU BETTER NOT CRY. BETTER NOT POUT. I'M TELLING YOU WHY. SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN. TO TOWN. SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN. DO YOU MEAN TO TOWN TO TOWN? YEAH.
OH, SANTA, TO COME AND MAKE YOUR MIND. IT'S CHRISTMAS AND HE'S GONE. COME ON, BABY, MINE. OH, SANTA. OH, SANTA. OH MY, OH, SANTA, IF YOU GET THIS LETTER, WON'T YOU HELP ME OUT? I KNOW YOU'RE KIND OF BUSY WITH YOUR ELVES RIGHT NOW, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO WHILE I SLEEP ON CHRISTMAS EVE, BUT IT'S AMAZING. AND I BET THAT YOU CAN BRING ME BACK MY BABY BECAUSE EVERY TIME I SEE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I THINK INSIDE. AND I JUST CAN'T BRING IT, I STARTED SHOPPING. WAIT, WAIT. OH, WHAT'S SO I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING BEHIND THIS
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CHRISTMAS. HI HO HO POSTED ON THE THINKING MIND IS CHRISTMAS AND THE TOWN IS COMING TO YOUR MIND. HO HO HO, SING A SONG FROM THE BABY. KINDNESS CHRISTMAS TIME I HEARD THAT IT'S REALLY GONNA SNOW. THIS YEAR. SO I COVER UP AND ANOTHER EIGHT REINDEER GET YOU SAFELY HERE. SO WHEN YOU SEE THEM UP, RIDE DOWN MY CHIMNEY. I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR. SO GOOD ON YOU. AND THEY CAN LIVE HERE BECAUSE CHRISTMAS IS HERE TO STAY THE SAME WITHOUT YOU. BABY.COME ON UP. LET ME HELP YOU SAY IT'S ON YOUR WAY HOME. DON'T SAY I CAN'T. MAKE MY MIND. COME ON, COME. BECAUSE I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE. THIS CHRISTMAS. AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS. I'M COMING IN. HI.
THIS SAYS HI. OH, SANTA. OH, SANTA. OH! STAND UP. OH! STAND UP. OH, STAND UP. OH! SANTA CLAUS, CAN YOU GIVE THIS LETTER? PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME WAIT FOR DECEMBER. I'LL BE KIND AND TELL THE DAY. SO I'M. ALL YOU SAY IS THAT I WON'T BE A LITTLE CARE IS DON'T TREAT US FALLING AWAY. OH WHAT I KNOW, SO GO HOME. THIS IS HOME. OH HO HO HO. SINCE YOU'RE COMING TO YOUR MIND. OH, MAKE YOUR MIND. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SO KIND TO ME I HOPE. YOU FIND MY SON IS ALL RIGHT WITH YOU. I HOPE ALL GOES WRONG. COME AND SEE ME COMING. THIS CHRISTMAS IS GOING TO BE FINE. ALL. RIGHT. AT CHRISTMAS IS GOING TO BE YOUR FINEST CHRISTMAS IN MY HOME. SINCE I'M GOING TO BE MY LIFE RIGHT? NOW. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SING ONE MORE FOR YOU, CAROL. THE BELLS.
ON. BELLS TO THE SAVIOR IS AWAY. CHRISTMAS IS HERE. AND YOU KNOW THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS A SONG. BRING IT HOME. THEY WANTED TO HEAR WORDS OF CHEER FROM EVERYWHERE. THEY LIVE IN HERE.
OH, HONEY, HOW CRAZY THE SOUND OF. PEOPLE SINGING SONGS OF THE CHEER. CHRISTMAS IS HERE. DING DING DING DONG DING. MANY, MANY PEOPLE COME AND GO. DEAR. ALL OF US WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS IS HERE. BRING ME A CHEER TO HOLD ME. DING DING DING DONG GOD IS SO FAITHFUL TO ME. FOR HE WANTS YOU TO HEAR WORDS OF GOOD CHEER FROM EVERYWHERE. FILLING THE AIR. OH, HOW CRAZY THE SOUNDS OF ANGELS. AND IT JUST WHILE PEOPLE SING SONGS OF THE CHEER CHRISTMAS DING LONG WAY TO BE VERY VERY LONG. DON'T KNOW HOW TO HONOR HIS HAND. ON THE EDGE OF THE TOWN. TO EVERY HOME.
GIVING DONG DING DONG LONG. COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL VARIETY CHOI. THANK YOU AGAIN. MAKING ARTISTRY
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AND PUTTING US ALL IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. AND. LET'S GIVE HIM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.THANK YOU. MISS SMITH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH SOME RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. EACH MONTH WE'RE HONORED TO PRESENT TWO NEW INDUCTEES INTO THE DISTRICT'S PRESTIGIOUS APPLE CORPS PROGRAM. THE APPLE CORPS AWARD IS MADE POSSIBLE BY A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MESQUITE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND CLAY COOLEY OF MESQUITE. SO WE'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR SUPPORTING OUR EXCELLENT TEACHERS. OUR 1ST DECEMBER DECEMBER APPLE CORPS HONOREE IS JOSE PADRON, A BLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. JOSE IS A THIRD GRADE BILINGUAL TEACHER WITH SEVEN YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE. ALL RIGHT, HERE IN MESQUITE ISD, IF YOU'LL PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS, WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT MR. PADRON. THERE IS NO ONE MORE DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION THAN MR. PADRON. HE IS NOT JUST A TEACHER. HE IS A MENTOR, A MOTIVATOR, AND A TRUE BELIEVER IN EVERY STUDENT'S POTENTIAL. WHAT SETS MR. PADRON APART THE MOST IS HIS COMPASSION FOR HIS STUDENTS. THUS BUILDING LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIPS. IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT I RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE MR. PADRON AS THE NEXT APPLE CORPS RECIPIENT FROM BLACK ELEMENTARY. CONGRATULATIONS! TEACHING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS YOU TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS, SO I WANT THEM TO BRING ALL THEIR PAST EXPERIENCES, THEIR CURRENT EXPERIENCES. I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IN THE JOYFUL MOMENTS, BUT ALSO THE HARD TIMES. YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BILINGUAL KIDS SEE SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS LIKE THEMSELVES, THAT DOES THE SAME THINGS THAT THEY DO, THAT THEY CELEBRATE THE SAME TRADITIONS. YOU'RE ABLE TO INSTILL THAT LOVE OF LEARNING THROUGH SOMEBODY, THAT THEY HAVE A CONNECTION WITH. THE APPLE CORPS HONOREE, JOSE PEDRO. THAT'S THE THIRD ONE. OKAY, SO 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 MESQUITE ISD, AND WHEREAS, THE MESQUITE ISD APPLE CORPS 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 JOSE PADRON INTO THE MESQUITE ISD, APPLE CORPS ON THIS NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER OF 2024. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I PROMISE THAT I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS ONE SHORT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY DEEPLY HUMBLED AND INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION. THIS ISN'T JUST A PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT. IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM SO MANY EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SHAPED MY EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY. I FIRST WANT TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE MESQUITE ISD BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR RIVERA. YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE CONTINUES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS SHARED VISION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS CAN TRULY THRIVE. TO MY CURRENT LEADERSHIP, MISS MCCOY. MISS FRANKLIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM, YOUR GUIDANCE, AND FOR ALWAYS BELIEVING IN ME. THE IMPACT THAT YOU'VE HAD ON ME, BOTH AS AN EDUCATOR AND AS A PERSON, CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. FOR MISS BANUELOS, WHO WAS MY FIRST ADMINISTRATOR BACK IN 2017 AND TOOK A CHANCE ON ME, TO ALL THE MENTORS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME ALONG THE WAY, YOU HAVE SHAPED HOW I APPROACH MY WORK, HOW I LEAD, HOW I ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES. I'M GRATEFUL FOR EACH ONE OF YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TOOLS, THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW TEACHERS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE BECOME MY CHOSEN FAMILY. YOU DON'T KNOW THIS. I AM FROM A SMALL TOWN IN PRESIDIO, TEXAS, ABOUT EIGHT HOURS AWAY. I MOVED HERE ON A WHIM EIGHT YEARS AGO. YOU ARE MY CONSTANT SOURCE OF SUPPORT.
WE'VE SHARED SO MUCH TOGETHER. LAUGHS, TEARS, LONG HOURS, TRIUMPHS AND FAILURES. THROUGH IT ALL, YOU'VE BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT, UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING MY BACK AND FOR LIFTING ME UP WHEN I MOST NEED IT. AND OF COURSE, I CAN'T FORGET TO THANK THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, MY PARENTS. THEY COULDN'T BE HERE
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TODAY, BUT I PROMISE YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO WATCH THIS VIDEO AT SOME POINT. MAMA, PAPA, NADA DE ESO PUEDE HACER POSIBLE SIN USTEDES SU SACRIFICIO SU ESFUERZO SU CONSTANTE.CONFIDENCE IN ME. LA VOZ SOBRE LA CUAL SE TIENE TODO LO LOGRADO. YOU KNOW, GROWING UP I WATCHED BOTH OF MY PARENTS IMMIGRANTS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND NEVER SETTLING FOR GOOD ENOUGH. YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS TAUGHT ME THAT HARD WORK ISN'T JUST ABOUT WHAT'S DOING WHAT'S EXPECTED, BUT GOING BEYOND WHAT IS ASKED OF YOU AND SHOWING UP FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE.
THIS AWARD ISN'T JUST MINE, IT'S A REFLECTION OF ALL THE PEOPLE, ALL THE COMMUNITY OF EDUCATORS, LEADERS, MENTORS, FAMILY, LOVED ONES WHO HAVE BEEN THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR YOUR BELIEF IN ME, YOUR SUPPORT, AND FOR BEING PART OF THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT APPLE CORPS HONOREE THIS EVENING IS ALYSSA NAVARRETE OF KIMBALL ELEMENTARY. ALYSSA IS A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER WITH SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE RIGHT HERE IN MESQUITE ISD. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MAKES MISS NAVARRETE AN APPLE CORPS TEACHER. IT IS A PRIVILEGE THAT I GET TO SPEAK ABOUT A GREAT EDUCATOR, MISS ALYSSA NAVARETTE, AS SHE JOINS MESQUITE ISD'S APPLE CORPS. SHE TRULY EMBODIES OUR MIGHTY KIMBALL VISION AND LEAVES A LASTING IMPACT ON EVERY LIFE SHE TOUCHES. HER CLASSROOM IS A PLACE OF GROWTH, EMPOWERMENT, AND DISCOVERY WHERE STUDENTS ARE NOT ONLY MEETING EXPECTATIONS, BUT OFTEN SURPASSING THEM. YOU MAKE US ALL BETTER AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO CELEBRATE YOU TODAY. I BELIEVE TEACHING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN THE CLASSROOM AND FOSTER A LOVE FOR LEARNING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE CLASS, ESPECIALLY AS AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER, I FEEL LIKE I CAN HELP MY STUDENTS DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE THEY NEED TO SUCCEED AND REALLY LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR THEIR FUTURE. I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH MY STUDENTS, BECAUSE OUR ENVIRONMENT HAS GROWN TO BE A PLACE WHERE THERE IS TRUST, ROOM FOR GROWTH, AND A SPACE TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES BY GUIDING AND ENCOURAGING STUDENTS, WE ARE ABLE TO SPARK CURIOSITY IN THEIR LEARNING AND CREATE LIFELONG LEARNERS WHO ARE PREPARED TO FACE CHALLENGES AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. HOWEVER, IT. AND THIS IS DOUBLY EXCITING FOR ME. NOT ONLY DID YOU SURVIVE MY YOUNGEST, BUT YOU HELPED SHAPE HER INTO THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY SHE IS TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT PROCLAMATION. 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 MESQUITE ISD. AND WHEREAS, THE MESQUITE ISD, APPLE CORPS 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 ALYSSA NAVARETTE INTO THE MESQUITE ISD, APPLE CORPS ON THIS NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER 2024. THANK YOU SO MUC.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. Y'ALL BEAR WITH ME. THIS IS MY WORST FEAR EVER.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR RIVERA AND THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION. IT TRULY IS AN HONOR. I MOVED TO MESQUITE ISD WHEN I WAS IN THIRD GRADE, AND IT WAS HERE WHERE I FIRST DISCOVERED MY PASSION FOR TEACHING ALL THROUGHOUT MY YEARS, FROM GENTRY ELEMENTARY TO AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, I HAD TEACHERS WHO INSPIRED, CHALLENGED, AND MOTIVATED ME DAILY. WHEN I GRADUATED COLLEGE, I KNEW I WANTED TO COME BACK AND TEACH IN THE SAME DISTRICT WITH THE TEACHERS. THAT HELPED SHAPE ME INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY. I WANT TO TAKE A I WANT TO TAKE TIME TO THANK ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS THAT I'VE HAD A PRIVILEGE WORKING UNDER. MR. PERROTTI TOOK A CHANCE ON ME AT MOSS MY FIRST YEAR TEACHING. I LEARNED A LOT UNDER HIS GUIDANCE. MR. SHEFFIELD GAVE ME A LOT OF TOUGH LOVE AND REALLY GUIDED ME THROUGHOUT MY FIRST FIVE YEARS AT KIMBALL. SHE SAW SOMETHING IN ME THAT I NEVER SAW IN MYSELF, AND I THANK HER FOR FORCING ME TO STEP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AT TIMES THAT I WAS SCARED TO MISS MITCHELL, WHO IS HERE TODAY. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR TRUSTING ME TO TRY NEW THINGS IN MY CLASSROOM, EVEN WHEN MY IDEAS HAVE SOUNDED CRAZY AT TIMES. SHE'S BEEN A VERY GREAT MENTOR TO ME THE LAST TWO YEARS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY KIMBALL FAMILY. I MAY BE BIASED, BUT I REALLY DO
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WORK AT THE BEST SCHOOL IN MESQUITE ISD, HENCE WHY I HAVEN'T LEFT. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALWAYS BELIEVING IN ME. I'M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF MY FORMER AND CURRENT STUDENTS. YOUR CURIOSITY, DEDICATION, AND GROWTH HAVE INSPIRED ME EVERY STEP ALONG MY WAY. LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY WHO ARE HERE TODAY. MY MOM, MY DAD, MY SISTER, MY BROTHER, AND MY BEST FRIEND. YOU HAVE ALL SEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD DAYS THAT COME WITH HAVING A TEACHER IN YOUR LIFE. FROM THE CONSTANT NIGHTS OF SEEING ME WORKING ON MY COMPUTER, LATE NIGHTS, THE WEEKENDS SPENT TRANSFORMING MY CLASS FOR STAR REVIEW TO EVEN SENDING MONEY TO HELP FUND THINGS FOR MY CLASS AND MY STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE THE CONSTANT SUPPORT YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN ME. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THIS RECOGNITION. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. TODD. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND, MISS. YEAH. MR. PADRON, YOU HAVE FAMILY HERE TODAY WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.OKAY. MY BEST FRIEND HERE, MY CHOSEN FAMILY IS HERE. OKAY. WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT. ALSO, ANY OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS FROM BLACK ELEMENTARY HERE? WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. MR. NAVARRETTE, SAME THING IS YOUR FAMILY HERE? WE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. AS WELL AS YOUR KIMBALL FAMILY, IF THERE'S ANY HERE, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. CONGRATULATIONS. MISS SMITH AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST RECOGNIZE THE MAIDEN MESQUITE GRADUATE ALUMNI HERE NEXT UP, WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUTSTANDING PARAPROFESSIONAL OF THE MONTH WITH THE STAR PAIR AWARD. THIS YEAR, WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE FIRST FINANCIAL GROUP OF AMERICA PARTNERING WITH US TO PROVIDE THE STAR PAIR RECIPIENT A $50 GIFT CARD. I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR FFG REPRESENTATIVE TO JOIN OUR DECEMBER STAR PARA TIANA LOCHNER, AS WELL AS TASHA ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL MOLLY JOHNSON, WHO'S GOING TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT MAKES MISS LOCHNER A STAR PARA.
WAIT, LET ME REPHRASE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING TEAM MEMBERS TONIGHT, TIANA LOCHNER, AS SHE RECEIVES THIS WELL-DESERVED AWARD. TIANA IS THE EMBODIMENT OF DEDICATION, COMPASSION, AND PROFESSIONALISM IN HER ROLE AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL, SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING ONE ON ONE ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS, COLLABORATING WITH TEACHERS TO ENSURE LESSONS RUN SMOOTHLY OR SIMPLY BEING A STEADY SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND POSITIVITY, TIANA CONSISTENTLY MAKES A LASTING IMPACT ON EVERYONE SHE WORKS WITH. WHAT TRULY SETS HER APART, THOUGH, IS HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS. SHE SEES THEIR POTENTIAL. SHE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR SUCCESS, AND SHE CELEBRATES THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AS IF THEY WERE HER OWN. HER KINDNESS AND PATIENCE CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, VALUED AND MOTIVATED TO THRIVE. TIANA, YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR HEART, YOUR DEDICATION INSPIRE ALL OF US AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR TASHA FAMILY. ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AT TASHA ELEMENTARY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS INCREDIBLE RECOGNITION. YOU DESERVE IT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I KNOW, BUT I JUST DROVE DOWN HERE. ARE THEY HERE? YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN, SOME OF THEM. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE OUR DECEMBER COMMUNITY PARTNER. WE THANK THEM FOR SUPPORTING MESQUITE ISD AND THE MESQUITE COMMUNITY. THE PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE HAS JOINED FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TO OFFER FREE FAMILY. FAMILY ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS TO OVER 200 MESQUITE ISD FAMILIES. WE HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW YOU MORE ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP THIS MONTH. WE ARE HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE. THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH MESQUITE ISD TO OFFER FREE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS TO MISD FAMILIES. WITH THIS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP, FAMILIES UP TO EIGHT WERE ABLE TO COME BY THE MUSEUM AND EXPLORE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT. I LIKE THE DINOSAUR EXHIBIT, AND I LIKE PRETENDING LIKE I'M A SCIENTIST. IT'S SO SCARY I EVER BEEN IN THE EARTHQUAKE AND. WE LOVE THE
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PEROT. WE'VE BEEN COMING SINCE SHE WAS PROBABLY 1 OR 2. AND NO MATTER WHAT AGE THEY ARE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW FOR THEM TO DO OR EXPERIENCE AT AN OLDER AGE. WE MAKE YOU WATER.MISSY GOES TO THE IRAQI MUSEO DE LA CIENCIA, TECNOLOGIA ENCANTAN LOS PUEBLOS DE TECNOLOGIA DE MUCHAS GRACIAS COMO POR LA UNIVERSIDAD. GRACIAS. THANK YOU. PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR PARTNERING UP WITH MESQUITE ISD FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW ADVENTURES WE WILL HOST THIS YEAR.
TAKE A QUICK PHOTO WITH AGAIN, THAT'S THE PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES. YOU'RE GIVING OVER 200 OF OUR MESQUITE ISD FAMILIES. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A PORTION, RECOGNIZE SOME STUDENTS THIS EVENING. FIRST, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO TO PLAY FOR YOU THAT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE-ACT PLAY WINNERS. THESE STUDENTS PERFORMED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL IN PLACE OR WERE NAMED TO ALL STAR CAST IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE A HAND TO THOSE YOUNG CREATIVES. IN MESQUITE I SEE WE BELIEVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENCE MAKERS. AND TONIGHT WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING ON LEADERSHIP ROLES THIS YEAR IN STUDENT COUNCIL, NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY AND NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. PRESIDENTS. THESE ARE OUR PRESIDENTS. FIRST WE HAVE VIRGINIA VALERIA WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE'S THE NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY PRESIDENT WITH SPONSOR MELINDA VANESSA FRANCESCA. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE JOHANN BENITEZ AC NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY PRESIDENT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE SAMANTHA WADE, THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY PRESIDENT WITH SPONSOR STACY THOMAS. OKAY. THOSE ARE WE GOING TO 30? YES. OKAY. LET'S D. OKAY. MOVING ON TO OUR FINE ARTS
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AND FINE ARTS. FINE ARTS RECOGNITIONS. WE HAVE SOME MORE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME VERY TALENTED ARTISTS AND WINNERS OF OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CARD DESIGN CONTEST. THIS CONTEST WAS OPEN TO ALL SECONDARY STUDENTS, AND THESE THREE WERE CHOSEN AS HAVING THE BEST DESIGNS. EACH WINNER IS GOING TO RECEIVE A SET OF TWO ORNAMENTS THAT WERE CUSTOM MADE DISPLAYING THEIR WINNING DESIGN. OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ART. IT'S CHRISTIAN REYES, THE FIRST PLACE WINNER, AND FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL IN SECOND PLACE. IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE MIA ESCALANTE, 11TH GRADER FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL. ART. HER ART TEACHER IS JENNIFER GIBRALTAR POTEET, PIRATE. THERE YOU SEE THE ARTWORK. OKAY. AND OUR THIRD PLACE WINNER, KAREN GARCIA. SHE'S A SIXTH GRADER AT WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU CAN SEE HER ART ON THE SCREEN. HER ART TEACHER IS RENEE MURFITT.CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. AND. CONGRATULATIONS. STICKING WITH SOME CREATIVE, MORE ARTISTRY HERE IN THE DISTRICT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO TWO OF OUR DRILL AND DANCE TEAMS THAT PERFORMED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. OUR MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY ALL STAR DRILL TEAM PARTICIPATED IN THE 2024 DFW TDA DRILL TEAM DANCE FIELD ASSESSMENT AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH. THEY RECEIVED A DIVISION TWO RATING. SO THESE ARE YOUR THESE ARE YOUR MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY ALL STAR DRILL TEAM. THEIR SPONSOR IS LINDSAY HALL. THAT SAME THING.
YOU CAN JUST READ RIGHT OFF THE BAT OKAY. THEY LOOK LIKE WAITING FOR A KICK LINE. THANK YOU LADIES. WE ALSO HAVE THE POTEET VARSITY BELLES HERE THIS EVENING. THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE 2024 DFW TDA DRILL TEAM DANCE FIELD ASSESSMENT AT BIRDVILLE. THEY RECEIVED A DIVISION ONE RATING, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATING AWARDED. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THE VARSITY BELLES AND THEIR SPONSOR, NICOLE MOISAN. READY TO LEARN TO LEAN ATHLETIC. OKAY, SO I JUST READ THESE. YES. MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE IT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE HAD SINGING. WE'VE HAD OUR DANCERS.
WE'VE HAD ARTISTS. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SOME TALENTED STUDENT ATHLETES.
TONIGHT WE HAVE NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, SECOND PLACE IN DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY AND REGIONAL QUALIFIER. THAT'S KAITLYN LEEK. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? TALON. TALON LEEK. NEXT UP WE HAVE ABIGAIL ORTEGA NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL THIRD PLACE IN DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY AND A REGIONAL QUALIFIER. SO NEXT UP WE HAVE EMILY ORTEGA. NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL PLACED IN THE DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY MEET AND IS A REGIONAL QUALIFIER. SORRY GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM THIRD OF REPRESENTATIVES OKAY. AND NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND REGIONAL QUALIFIERS. AND THIS IS THEIR COACH GREG HUNTER. GIVE IT UP.
FOR. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE JOSHUA LUERA NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL PLACED FIRST IN DISTRICT
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CROSS COUNTRY AND IS A REGIONAL QUALIFIER. EIGHTH PLACE. THEY TOOK IT OUT. NEXT UP WE HAVE ANDREW CARVALHO NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE PLACED HE PLACED EIGHTH IN DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY MEET, MAKING HIM A REGIONAL QUALIFIER. MR. STEVE FOOTBALL TEAM COACH STEVEN JOHNSON. SORRY. NEXT UP WE HAVE THE 2024 WEST MESQUITE WRANGLER. THEY WERE UNDEFEATED IN REGULAR SEASON, ENDED THEIR SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 11 AND ONE. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1995 THESE GUYS PLACED DISTRICT CHAMPIONS. CORRECT. OUTSTANDING. SEASON. AND WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAM HERE THIS EVENING WITH COACH STEVEN JACKSON. THANK. YOU.COACH. CONGRATULATIONS. EXCELLENT SEASON. HASHTAG WINNING HAPPENS HERE. THIS CONCLUDES OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.
THAT IS A YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WANT TO LEAVE. AND IF YOU WANT TO STAY, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU NOW, RECONVENE FROM OUR BREAK.
OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE QUORUM HERE TONIGHT. I TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER. I FORGOT TO PUT IN THE RECORD THAT MR. BINGHAM WAS HERE EARLIER, BUT STARTED FEELING ILL AND WENT HOME. HOPE HE GETS WELL AND ALL THAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF THAT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR AUDIENCE PORTION. FOR THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA? THERE BEING NONE,
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WE WILL CLOSE THAT PART OF OUR AUDIENCE SECTION. NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU WISH TO PULL OR DISCUSS AND VOTE ON SEPARATELY? THERE BEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE MR. EVERETT. SECOND, AND MR. CARVILLE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. EVERETT AND A SECOND BY MR. CARVILLE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THERE BEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I THOSE OPPOSED, NAY, MOTION PASSES. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS REPORTS OF THE[V. REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT]
SUPERINTENDENT. FIRST AREA IS PERSONNEL. WE HAVE A REPORT ON RESIGNATIONS AND NEW HIRES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE BEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE, AWARD AND ENTER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THIRD PARTY ON SITE CLINIC AND PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 2025. DASH 001. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S DOCTOR HENSLEY OR MR. PRADO. THAT'S ACTUALLY THAT'S ACTUALLY MINE. MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME PUT DOWN MR. DOCTOR RIVERA HERE. YES, THIS THIS ITEM WE WE'RE ASKING PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE MESQUITE EMPLOYEE HEALTH CENTER AND SO THIS ITEM, AS YOU SEE IT IN YOUR PACKET, WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE FLEXIBILITY TO ENTER INTO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. AND IF APPROVED, TO FACILITATE A TRANSITION FROM MESQUITE ISD, OPERATED TO TPA OPERATED AND THE AND THE COMPANY IS IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKET BOARD[00:55:02]
MEMBERS QUESTIONS SO MOVED. OH I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF MY QUESTIONS ARE PRELIMINARY OR NOT, BUT WILL THE CLINIC OR THE PHARMACY SERVE ONLY THE CITY OF MESQUITE AND MESQUITE ISD EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS? YES, SIR. MR. EVERETT, WE'VE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MESQUITE AND IS CURRENTLY WE ONLY SERVE DEPENDENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF BOTH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE THAT WILL CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE UPCOMING YEAR. OKAY. WILL ONCE WE ENTER THE CONTRACT WITH THIS COMPANY, WILL THE CITY HAVE TO APPROVE THEIR SIDE OF IT OR HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IN OUR CONSENT? WELL, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO SINCE WE OWN THE BUILDING IN WHICH OUR NEW AND THEIR NEW HEALTH CENTER IS, THIS WILL SUFFICE. YES. OKAY. THEY JUST HAVE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT AND IT GOES INTO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY. AND SO MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, DO WE KNOW WHO WILL ACTUALLY EMPLOY THE MEDICAL STAFF LIKE THE DOCTOR? THE PA, THE NURSES, THE TECHNICIANS, THOSE THOSE DIFFERENT POSITIONS? WILL THEY BE EMPLOYED BY THIS NEW COMPANY? YES, SIR. ALL. ALL EMPLOYEES, UNLESS NEGOTIATED OTHERWISE IN A CONTRACT I UNDERSTAND WILL BE THIRD PARTY EMPLOYEES. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DETERMINE THOSE ON A, ON A ONE EMPLOYEE AT A TIME BASIS. AND THERE AGAIN MY, MY QUESTIONS MAY BE PRELIMINARY. DO WE KNOW HOW LONG A PERIOD OF TIME WE'RE EXPECTING THE CONTRACT TO BE. SO OUR CONTRACT AND I BELIEVE IT'S A YEAR CONTRACT AND THEN UP THROUGH EXTENSION AFTER THAT. OKAY. YEAH. WHEN WE TOURED IT SEVERAL OF US WERE ABLE TO TOUR THIS FACILITY BACK. WHAT WAS IT, 6 OR 8 MONTHS AGO. AND I CAN'T IMAGINE A, A CLINIC OR A FACILITY ANY MORE. STATE OF THE ART THAN THIS WILL BE. IT SHOULD BE A REALLY A GOOD TOOL FOR US TO RECRUIT EMPLOYEES, NOT ONLY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT FOR THE CITY OF MESQUITE AS WELL.AND I WILL BE REMISS FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING, WHY DOES THE DISTRICT VENTURE IN THESE WATER? WE'VE HAD A VERY STABLE PHYSICIAN THAT WAS MANAGING THE HEALTH CENTER FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND WE EXPERIENCED SOME TURNOVER, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO STAFF AND PROVIDE THE HIGH QUALITY OF CARE THAT WE WANT OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF MESQUITE EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE EXPLORED SEVERAL OPTIONS LANDING US HERE TODAY. OKAY. CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY THIS COMPANY? BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST ONE OPTION THAT WAS PRESENTED. WHY THIS GROUP? YES, MISS KELLER, WE WENT THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS AND THE COMMITTEE SCORED ACCORDINGL.
AND WHEN THEY REACHED THE FINAL BEST OFFER, THE COMMITTEE SCORED IT THIS WAY. AND THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY ENDED UP ON TOP. COOL BEANS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. ROSE. SECOND. MR. HORNSBY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. ROSE AND A SECOND BY MISS HORNSBY TO APPROVE THE AWARD. AND ENTER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THIRD PARTY ON SITE CLINIC AND PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 2025. DASH 001. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES AND WE WILL INTRODUCE ANOTHER. I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE. OKAY. SO AFTER YOUR VOTE, PRESIDENT SEWARD, DOCTOR RIVERA, MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NEW COMPANY, WHICH IS CARE ATC. AND SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO AUSTIN ZELLNER. HE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR CARE. ATC. AND ALSO WITH HIM IS BRIAN KIRSCH. AND BRIAN IS THE AREA OPERATIONS DIRECTOR FOR CARE. ATC AND BRIAN ACTUALLY WILL BE OUR ON THE DAILY CONSULTANT REPRESENTATIVE, THAT KIND OF THING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO HERE THEY ARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HENSLEY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR RIVERA, FOR HAVING US. I JUST WANT TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES AS KIND OF A INTRODUCE OURSELVES, GET TO KNOW YOU TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRICT AND ALSO THE CITY GOING FORWARD. SO I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES JUST KIND OF TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT US. FIRST OFF, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS
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BROADCAST 61,000W ON THE RADIO STATION. I'VE NEVER I'M FEELING ELECTRIC. SO WE'LL JUST WE'LL TRY TO KEEP UPBEAT AND HIGH TEMPO FOR THIS AND GET THROUGH IT. DO I DO THE SLIDES? I APOLOGIZE THERE WE GO. OKAY SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY. SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING EMPLOYER SPONSORED PRIMARY CARE GOING BACK SINCE 1998. SO WE HAVE OVER 2526 YEARS OF DOING THIS FOR OUR CLIENT PARTNERS NATIONWIDE. WE HAVE ABOUT 160 CLIENTS, 160 PLUS CLIENTS AND MAJORITY OF THEM ARE PUBLIC SECTOR ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WE MANAGE APPROXIMATELY 160 CLINICS NATIONWIDE IN 30 STATES. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME. THE MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENT PARTNERS ARE PUBLIC SECTOR, SO THAT'S SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MUNICIPALITIES, POLICE AND FIRE GROUPS, COUNTIES, ETC. SO WE HAVE A LONG STANDING EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND WORKING WITH GROUPS OF YOUR SIZE AND SCOPE. LET'S SEE HERE. SO JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF OUR CLIENTELE NATIONWIDE. SO REALLY ANY INDUSTRY YOU CAN THINK OF IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ABOUT 55% OF OUR CLIENTELE ARE PUBLIC SECTOR.SO THAT'S MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND THEN IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA, WE HAVE THE CITIES OF GARLAND, CARROLLTON, IRVING, AND A FEW OTHERS. AND BRIAN, OF COURSE, HERE IS ON OUR OPERATIONS TEAM, SO HE MANAGES A FEW OF THOSE AS WELL. BUT HE IS USED TO THE, YOU KNOW, DEMANDS AND NEEDS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO STEP INTO THIS ROLE WITH WITH MUCH EXPERIENCE TO OFFER. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M USUALLY I'M GIVING THIS PRESENTATION TO GROUPS THAT ARE CONSIDERING A CLINIC. YOU ALL ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME WITH HAVING THE CLINIC ALREADY IN PLACE FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND THEN THE RECENT UPGRADES TO THE NEW FACILITY. SO I'M ADDING A WORD TO THIS. WE EXIST TO TAKE THE FRUSTRATION OUT OF HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION, SO WE WANT TO DO THAT FOR YOU. WE WANT WE WANT TO TAKE THE WEIGHT OF ADMINISTERING THE CLINIC OFF OF YOUR SHOULDERS AND REALLY KIND OF HELP TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, MAINLY IN THE AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT, TARGETED ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, AND GETTING THE PEOPLE INTO THE CLINIC. THAT REALLY NEED TO BE IN THE CLINIC. AND THAT, OF COURSE, APPLIES TO SPOUSES AND DEPENDENTS AS WELL. SO REALLY, OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL, AND YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR ME, HEAR ME SAY THIS A FEW TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES IS WE ARE ALL ABOUT THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASE. APPROXIMATELY 86% OF ANY GIVEN HEALTH PLANS COSTS ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHRONIC DISEASE, MAINLY THE CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS THAT COME FROM CHRONIC DISEASE. YOUR STROKES, HEART ATTACKS, DVTS CANCERS. ET CETERA. ET CETERA.
SO WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS THE EARLY, EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND PREVENTION. WE WILL SEE RUNNY NOSES AND SORE THROATS AND EAR INFECTIONS ALL DAY. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN MYSELF. AND SO WE USE THE HECK OUT OF CARE, ETC. BUT WHAT OUR REAL LASER FOCUS IS, IS TO IDENTIFY THAT CURRENT RISK AND EMERGING RISK POPULATION AND GET THEM INTO THE CLINIC BEFORE ANYTHING TURNS INTO THOSE CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS THAT CAN REALLY IMPACT YOUR HEALTH PLAN GOING FORWARD. OKAY, SO AS FAR AS OUR CAPABILITIES GO, SO WE OFFER COMPREHENSIVE AND ADVANCED PRIMARY CARE. AND THAT IS SAYING A LOT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REAL THINGS THAT MAKES OUR OUR GROUP UNIQUE IN THIS SPACE IS OUR PROVIDERS. SEE 2 TO 2.5 PATIENTS PER HOUR MAX. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP, BUILD RAPPORT WITH THE PROVIDERS. WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE THEM PLENTY OF TIME THAT EVEN IF A PATIENT COMES IN FOR AN ACUTE REASON, THERE'S ALWAYS THE TIME TO CIRCLE BACK TO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON. ON THE CHRONIC SIDE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ABOUT 50. IN OUR EXPERIENCE, WORKING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR IN THIS REGION, ABOUT 50 TO 60% OF YOUR POPULATION, ADULT POPULATION IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL EMERGING RISK. THOSE ARE YOUR PRE-DIABETICS PRE HYPERTENSIVES. THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING, OUTREACHING TO GET INTO THE CLINIC AND GET TAKEN CARE OF. AND BE PUT ON A PLAN SO COMPREHENSIVE ADVANCED PRIMARY CARE THAT OF COURSE INCLUDES LABS AND REALLY ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A PRIMARY CARE SETTING. WE ARE ALSO FULLY INTEGRATED, OF COURSE, WITH THE ON SITE PHARMACY, AND WE WILL BE ADMINISTERING AND MANAGING THE ON SITE PHARMACY AS WELL. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A COMPLETELY SYNERGIZED PART OF OUR OPERATION. WE ALSO OFFER FULL BREADTH AND DEPTH OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH. SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME OF THAT TO IN A LIMITED SCOPE RIGHT AWAY. BUT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GROW INTO THOSE SERVICES. IF YOU'D LIKE US TO TAKE ON ANY MORE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NEEDS FOR YOUR POPULATION, AS WELL AS
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GROWING INTO THOSE SERVICES, WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF ANCILLARY SERVICES THAT WE COULD LOOK AT POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, SUCH AS MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSICAL THERAPY, BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, HEALTH COACHING, WHICH IS USUALLY DIRECTED BY A REGISTERED DIETITIAN OR AN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST, ARE IN CARE COORDINATION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ALL OF THOSE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE FULLY INTEGRATED INTO OUR PRIMARY CARE SERVICES, AND THAT WE CAN OFFER AS WE GROW INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP IN THE YEARS AHEAD. I'M GOING TO HAND OFF TO BRIAN REAL QUICKLY TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, MAINLY ABOUT HOW WE DO CLIENT MANAGEMENT AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR IMPLEMENTATION OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU. WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY WHAT WE DO. ONE OF THE ASPECTS THAT WE BRING TO FROM OUR ORGANIZATION TO YOU IS HOW WE MANAGE THE ACCOUNT AND WE CALL IT THE TRIAD. AND IT'S REALLY THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTERACTION OR MANAGEMENT INTERACTION WITH YOU FROM A MEDICAL, FROM A REGIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR WHO OUR REGIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR LIVES IN FRISCO. SO HE IS LOCAL AND AVAILABLE TO CLIENT SUCCESS, ENSURING THAT WHAT WE PROMISE YOU, WE DELIVER ON AND THAT WE ARE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE DISTRICT AND WITH THE CITY. AND THEN AN ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT OR EXCUSE ME, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, WHICH IS ME ASSURING THAT EVERYTHING WITHIN THE FOUR WALLS OF THE HEALTH CENTER FUNCTION WELL, THAT WE HAVE A HAPPY CENTER, THAT WE HAVE A HAPPY STAFF, THAT WE HAVE GREAT OUTCOMES AND SURVEYS. I WAS HOPING TO GET A SLIDE OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER IN HERE, BUT IT DIDN'T COME IN HERE. WE LIVE LOCALLY, DEPENDING ON HOW 75 AND 635 ARE RUNNING THAT DAY. I LIVE UP IN ALLEN, SO I'M A VERY LOCAL LOCAL ENTITY AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY GRANDDAUGHTERS ON THE WAY OVER HERE TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TONIGHT. NEXT SLIDE I GUESS. WHERE DO I HIT. HERE WE GO. SO IMPLEMENTATION IS REALLY THE ESSENCE OF OUR SUCCESS. WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECENTLY HAVE A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE LOCALLY WITH ANOTHER LARGE MUNICIPALITY IN TERMS OF TRANSITIONING IN A SIMILAR SITUATION FROM WHERE THEY WERE RENTED TO WHERE THEY'VE ASKED US TO RUN IT. AND WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS. AM I ALLOWED TO SAY WHO WE DID THIS WITH? YEAH, ALL RIGHT. CITY OF GARLAND WENT REALLY WELL. WE'VE HAD AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAD A MEETING WITH KRISTEN TODAY ABOUT IN TERMS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. BUT ONCE WE GET THE APPROVAL AND WE WORK THROUGH THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE AGREEMENT AND EVERYTHING GOES FORWARD, WE WILL START SETTING UP AN INVITATION IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE. AND THERE WILL BE CERTAIN AREAS OF IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE HAVE TO HIT. AND IT'S A CADENCE THAT INVOLVES DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. DOCTOR HENSLEY AND OTHERS WHO WILL BE APPOINTED AS A PART OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION TO MAKE SURE WE HIT THOSE TARGET DATES, KIND OF WORKING BACKWARDS FROM A DATE THAT WE ARE TOLD THAT YOU WANT TO OPEN UP OR TRANSITION OVER TO OUR ORGANIZATION. THAT'S A VERY EXTENSIVE PROCESS, A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, BUT IT IT IN THE END, IT JUST ALLOWS FOR A GREATER TRANSITION. ANYTHING ELSE? EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM IS A CULTURE AUDIT REALLY THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULLY ALIGNED WITH THE DISTRICT'S GOALS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOTING. WE WANT TO, AS I SAID EARLIER, DRIVE ENGAGEMENT AND DO TARGETED OUTREACH TO THE POPULATION, ESPECIALLY THE ADULT POPULATION, TO GET THOSE, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT INTERMEDIATE RISK AND CURRENT RISK INTO THE CLINIC. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS WITH OUR IN HOUSE MARKETING STAFF AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE PIECES THAT ARE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR YOUR POPULATION. WE DO HAVE A VERY EXPERIENCED IMPLEMENTATION TEAM. ABOUT 65% OF OUR BUSINESS IS CLINIC TRANSITIONS, EITHER FROM SELF-ADMINISTRATION TO THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION, OR FROM VENDOR TO VENDOR. OVER THE OVER WE HAVE OVER 40 IMPLEMENTATIONS. IN FACT, IN JUST THE LAST 2.5 YEARS, AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BEING PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSITIONS. AND OF COURSE, CITY OF GARLAND WAS THE MOST RECENT.OKAY, SO AS FAR AS PATIENT EXPERIENCE, SO WHAT WE BOAST IS A PLATINUM PATIENT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT COMES TO THE CLINIC, WHETHER IT MEANS SOMEONE ON A SUPPORT STAFF OR ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE ALL THE WAY TO SUPERINTENDENT. SO PATIENT FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT, LIGHT, BRIGHT, SECURE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT WARM, WELCOMING TO THE HEALTH CENTER. ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS ARE TRAINED IN THE ART OF ACTIVE LISTENING. MINIMAL WAIT TIME, SAME DAY, NEXT DAY AVAILABILITY. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE PATIENTS BACK INTO THE ROOMS WITHIN FIVE MINUTES.
PUNCTUAL VISIT CLEAR LISTENING WILL INFORM PATIENT FOCUSED CARE. OUR AVERAGE IS ABOUT 30
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MINUTES FOR THOSE VISITS FOR THOSE VISITS. BUT OF COURSE WE WANT TO BE THE ONE STOP SHOP. SO EVERYTHING FROM THE PROVIDER TIME TO ANY NECESSARY LABS TO ANY MEDICATIONS IS ALL DONE.SINGLE SOURCE IN THE ONE LOCATION OF THE CLINIC. WE JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, REMOVE ANY BARRIER. BARRIER TO CARE. MOST PEOPLE SEE PRIMARY CARE AS A HASSLE AND WE WANT TO REMOVE ANY OF THOSE BARRIERS. SO PEOPLE WILL COME INTO THE CLINIC AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY AND THEN JUST KIND OF ONE FINAL SLIDE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ENGAGE PATIENTS AND MAKE IT AS EASY FOR THEM AS POSSIBLE IS WITH OUR MOBILE APP, CRITIQUE MOBILE APP. THIS IS, OF COURSE, ALSO REPLICATED ON THE PATIENT PORTAL, WHICH IS ONLINE, WHICH YOU CAN DO ON YOUR LAPTOP. BUT WITH OUR MOBILE APP, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT IT IS, EVEN IF YOU WAKE UP AT 3 A.M. OR ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN WAKES UP AT 3 A.M, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE CLINIC OPENS TO DO A PHONE CALL.
YOU CAN HOP ON THE MOBILE APP AND GRAB AN A, AN APPOINTMENT SLOT. WE ALSO HAVE DIRECT MESSAGE PROVIDER, SO IF YOU DO HAVE THAT FOLLOW UP QUESTION THAT YOU FORGOT TO ASK, OR YOU HAVE A QUESTION PERHAPS ABOUT A MEDICATION, YOU CAN DO PROVIDER MESSAGING. AND USUALLY THEY RESPOND DEFINITELY WITHIN 24 HOURS, BUT USUALLY WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS FOR RESULTS. SO ONE THING THAT WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT AS WELL IS PERSONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS. THOSE ARE THAT'S THAT YEARLY KIND OF BIOMETRIC SCREENING BLOOD DRAW THAT HELPS US WITH THAT IDENTIFICATION OF ANY AT RISK MEMBERS. AND THEN ALSO WE PROVIDE THE PROVIDERS WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. SO EVEN IF SOMEONE DOES COME IN FOR AN ACUTE REASON, IF ANYTHING IS GOING ON ON THE CHRONIC SIDE, THAT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE FOR THE PROVIDER. SO FAR, RESULTS ARE OFFERED ON THE MOBILE APP. ONE REALLY NEAT THING ABOUT THE MOBILE APP HERE IS THERE ARE ABOUT 45 TO 50 LINE ITEMS ON THE BLOOD PANEL. A CUSTOMIZED PERSONALIZED VIDEO WILL POP UP BASED ON YOUR RESULTS. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF I WAS IN THE PRE-DIABETIC CATEGORY, I HAD MY FOR A FEW WEEKS AGO. IF I WAS IN THE PRE-DIABETIC CATEGORY, A VIDEO WOULD POP UP THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TOWARDS PRE-DIABETICS. IT'S ABOUT A 30 TO 60 SECOND VIDEO TALKS ABOUT WHAT PREDIABETES IS, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS IT, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO COME INTO THE CLINIC AND TALK TO THE PROVIDER ABOUT IT. IT'S OFFERED IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH. SO THERE ARE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF THOSE VIDEOS THAT POP UP. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR FOR RESULTS ON THE MOBILE APP OR THE PATIENT PORTAL, AND THEN OF COURSE, ACCESS TO HEALTH EDUCATION AND A NUMBER OF WELLNESS RESOURCES. SO THAT'S JUST ONE SMALL PIECE OF HOW WE TRY TO ENGAGE THE MEMBERS TO UTILIZE, UTILIZE THIS BENEFIT IN FULL. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR TODAY. I HOPE I HIT TIME OKAY. BUT I GOT TO SAY ONE MORE THING. YES, PLEASE. YOU HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS HEALTH CENTER OVER THERE TO YOUR POINT, MR. EVERETT, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH IT. IT'S ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20, 25 YEARS, AND IT'S ONE OF THE FINER LOOKING HEALTH CENTERS I'VE SEE. QUESTIONS. WHEN? WHEN ENTITIES TRANSITION TO Y'ALL, HOW LONG DO THEY STAY? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU ANSWER? HOW LONG DO THEY STAY LIKE GARLAND JUST CAME TO Y'ALL NOW LIKE THE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH YOU FOR A WHILE, DO THEY STAY OR DO THEY LIKE. THEY'RE FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN THEY LEAVE? OR HOW DOES IT.
YEAH. SO TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS AT THE VERY END OF OUR FINAL PRESENTATION A FEW WEEKS BACK, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LOOK TO ADD CLIENTS, WE LOOK TO ADD PARTNERS. AND SO TYPICALLY OUR CLIENTELE, WE'RE TALKING IN THE, YOU KNOW, TENS YEARS, I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF OUR PROCESSES, ESPECIALLY ON CLIENT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS, IS T, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND USUALLY THAT IS THOUGHT OUT IN QUARTERLY BUSINESS REVIEWS OR SEMI ANNUAL REVIEWS. WHERE WE GO THROUGH, HEY, THIS IS EXACTLY HOW WE'RE IMPACTING THE HEALTH PLAN. THESE ARE THE SPECIFIC WAYS THAT WE WANT TO GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT TWO QUARTERS OR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO TYPICALLY WE HAVE A GOOD LONGEVITY WITH WITH MOST OF OUR CLIENTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE PRIVATE, EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC SECTOR. YEAH. AND WHAT IS I ASK DOCTOR RIVERA, WHAT IS THE TYPICAL TIME PERIOD ON THE CONTRACT FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE? YES. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACTING MEETING SCHEDULED FOR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. WE DID PRICING GOING OUT THREE YEARS FOR MISD. WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IS THREE YEARS WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONS FOR EXTENSION. SO WHAT WE WERE GOING TO SUGGEST WAS A311 FOR THIS ARRANGEMENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND MUNICIPALITIES LIKE MESQUITE ISD AND THE CITY OF MESQUITE? CURRENTLY WE DO. AND I TALKED TO MY MANAGER ABOUT
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IT JUST THE OTHER DAY, SIMILAR IN TERMS OF SIZE. NO, JUST ONE ENTITY HAS IT WITH CITY AND SCHOOL. WE WERE LOOKING AT SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT I DON'T THINK IT CAME TO FRUITION. I USED TO BE ON THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOL ACCOUNT YEARS AGO UNTIL THEY SAID STAY IN TEXAS INSTEAD OF GOING TO FLORIDA ALL THE TIME. WE WERE LOOKING AT ADDING SOMETHING TO THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES INTO THAT HEALTH CENTER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN OFF THAT ACCOUNT. WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR PARTNERSHIPS. I THINK PARTNERSHIPS ARE GREAT AS LONG AS THE GOOD PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ONE YOU HAVE CURRENTLY WITH THE CITY HAS BEEN RUNNING WELL. NO REASON TO DISRUPT IT. WHAT I MAY BE THINKING OF IS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE SAINT LOUIS AREA THAT SHARE A NUMBER OF CLINICS. SO WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, FIVE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE IN THE SAINT LOUIS, GREATER SAINT LOUIS AREA AND THEY SHARE THREE CLINICS AT THIS TIME. WE'RE ABOUT TO BUILD OUT A FOURTH. THE ONE I WAS THINKING OF WAS CITY OF MEMPHIS. SO ANOTHER RECENT CLIENT THAT WE GOT RECENTLY WITH CITY OF MEMPHIS, THEY DO HAVE A NUMBER OF CLINICS AND WE ARE TALKING TO A COUPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO JOIN THOSE CLINICS AS WELL. BUT BRIAN BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.ACTUALLY, OUR LARGEST CLIENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH, I BELIEVE, 57,000 EMPLOYEES, ABOUT 57,000 EMPLOYEES. AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF CLINICS IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA THAT, OF COURSE, WE MANAGE AND ADMINISTER ALL OF THEM. YEAH, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF MESQUITE AND MESQUITE ISD IS UNIQUE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. YES, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS THAT WOULD BE EMPLOYED OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS FOR A GROUP? THIS SIZE? RIGHT. SO WE DID A FULL ANALYSIS WITH OUR OPERATIONS TEAM AND CLIENT MANAGEMENT TEAM AND MEDICAL TEAMS TO LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE CLINIC. AND SO WHAT WE CENTERED ON FOR THE RFP AND WHAT WE SUBMITTED WAS TO HAVE TWO PROVIDERS WITH A NUMBER OF SUPPORT STAFF. TYPICALLY OUR MODEL IS TWO SUPPORT STAFF PER PROVIDER, WHICH REALLY DOES ALLOW TO OPEN UP MORE PROVIDER TIME TO BE THAT MUCH MORE CENTRIC WITH THE PATIENTS. BUT WE WILL HAVE AN ARRAY OF MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, RECEPTIONISTS, CLINIC MANAGER IN PLACE AS WELL THAT WILL ALL SUPPORT THOSE PROVIDERS AND WHAT THEY DO. AND THEN OF COURSE, ON THE PHARMACY SIDE, LET'S SEE, I THINK WE WERE 1.5 PHARMACISTS AND TWO PHARMACY TECHNICIANS. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF COURSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED TOMORROW ON THE CALL AND WE WILL HAVE OUR OPERATIONS, CLINIC MANAGEMENT AND MEDICAL TEAMS ON BOARD, ALONG WITH DOCTOR HENSLEY AND HER TEAM TO KIND OF MAKE SOME FINAL CALLS ON THAT. WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF AVAILABLE VACANT SPACE IN THAT FACILITY AS WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW IN THE FUTURE IF THE CITY WOULD BE LOOKING FOR OCCUPANCY IN THAT OR IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT CARE ACT MAY, MAY HELP WITH AS WELL. CERTAINLY WE'D BE WE'D BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN ANY SUGGESTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS OF THAT NATURE. CERTAINLY. FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY GET CLOSE TO THIS THING, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T TYPICALLY LIKE, USE THE CLINIC, BUT WERE MAYBE THINKING ABOUT IT, AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM? BECAUSE THIS MIGHT BE A PERFECT TIME FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T NORMALLY GO TO THE CLINIC OR WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT IT.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? LIKE, YEAH, SO I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DO OPEN ENROLLMENT MEETINGS, BUT IT'S MY FAVORITE PART OF MY JOB. I'M SUPPOSED TO KICK IT OVER TO THE CLIENT MANAGEMENT TEAM, BUT I DO THEM WHENEVER I CAN. SO IN ANY GIVEN HEALTH PLAN, ADULT POPULATION, THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION OUT THERE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE ON THE HEALTH PLAN THAT YOU HAVE, OR THAT SOMEONE HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH PRIMARY CARE, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, IT'S TYPICALLY 60 TO 70% OF ADULTS ON ANY GIVEN HEALTH PLAN DO NOT HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH PRIMARY CARE.
NOW, THOSE THAT DO, I ALWAYS SAY WE APPLAUD THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO REPLACE THAT. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU TASTE, YOU KNOW, TASTE THE HTC EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, SAY FOR AN ACUTE REASON AND IF YOU LIKE IT, THEN WE CAN MOVE EVERYTHING OVER TO CARE AGENCY, INCLUDING ANY CHRONIC CURRENT CONDITION MANAGEMENT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE CULTURAL AUDIT IS REALLY A BIG PART OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WHICH MARKETING PIECES, WHICH TYPES OF MEETINGS WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE TO REALLY ENGAGE THAT POPULATION THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY USE THE CLINIC, BUT SO MUCH OF IT IS ALSO WORD OF MOUTH. SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE ENCOUNTER WE VIEW WITH THAT FULL PLATINUM PATIENT EXPERIENCE, SO THAT THE WORD OF MOUTH DOES SPREAD. BRIAN. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT OPPORTUNITY? YEAH. SORRY, I'M JUST TALKING PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION. YES. ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF LIMITATION WOULD PROBABLY BE A BREAKOUT SESSION, JUST IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE BEST COMMUNICATE TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, WHETHER IT BE MAILERS? I'VE DONE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AT OPEN ENROLLMENT OR AT RISK MANAGEMENTS. WE'VE DONE TOWN HALL MEETINGS OVER THE LIKE. A LARGE ZOOM CALLS, AND
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THEN WE HAVE CUSTOMIZED MATERIALS THAT WE CAN SEND OUT EITHER HARD COPY INTRANET, TEXT MESSAGING, EMAIL. SO THERE'S AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH YOUR TEAM TO FIND OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT. AND THEN IT STARTS TO SPREAD SLOWLY. BUT SURELY. AND A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM OUR SURVEYS AS WELL. WE LOOK AT OUR SURVEYS, WE LOOK AT OUR SURVEY RESULTS AND WE SEE WHERE WE'RE HITTING IT AND WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS. AND IF WE GET A BAD SURVEY, I PERSONALLY FOLLOW UP ON IT AND I FIND OUT, WHAT ARE WE DOING, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE. SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO MANAGE THAT COMMUNICATION, ALWAYS GOING TO MANAGE THE OUTREACH TO SEE IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT. SO ON THAT NOTE, WE USE NET PROMOTER SCORE FOR ONGOING QUALITY CONTROL. ALL OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY EXPERIENCED THAT BEFORE. ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10, HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IN THIS CASE? CARRIE, TALK TO IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD SAY A FAMILY MEMBER OR COLLEAGUE BECAUSE OF COURSE, NOT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO CARRIE TO SEE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SO 0 TO 6 ZERO TO SIXES ARE DETRACTORS, SEVEN AND EIGHT ARE PASSIVES, NINES AND TENS ARE PROMOTERS, AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU GET YOUR YOUR NET PROMOTER SCORE. WE USUALLY HOVER IN THE LOW 90S, WHICH IS VERY, VERY GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, PATIENT FACING HEALTH CARE DELIVERY. BUT AGAIN, IF WE EVER GET A DETRACTING SCORE, WE ARE ALWAYS AND OUR TEAM ARE ALWAYS FOLLOWING UP ON THAT TO SEE WHERE WAS THE BREAKDOWN, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUC. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS A REPORT ON SPECIAL POPULATIONS BY MISS AMANDA CAROL. YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO CHRISTIE'S OFFICE AND GO PLAY WITH SOME FIDGETS. FINALLY. OKA.YEAH. AND MY HUSBAND'S IN THE AIR ON THE WAY TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. SO THAT'S WHY. BEAR WITH ME. ALL RIGHT. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND DOCTOR RIVERA. I'M AMANDA, CAROL, I AM THE 504 AND ELEMENTARY GUIDANCE COORDINATOR. AND I AM HERE WITH AN UPDATE ON THE STATE OF SECTION 504. WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT LAST YEAR ON SECTION 504, AND I'M EXCITED TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE IN THE WORLD OF 504. SO LET'S GET GOING. ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH 504, IT REQUIRES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROVIDE A FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO FAPE TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS ONE OR MORE MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES. IT'S REFERRED TO AS LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SO THAT THEY'RE SERVED AT THE SAME CAPACITY AS THOSE WITHOUT DISABILITIES. IT ALSO SERVES AS A PROTECTION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, ENSURING THAT THEY'RE NOT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND HAVE ACCESS TO ALL PROGRAMS AND ALL ACTIVITIES. SO WE SERVE STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES, HEALTH CONCERNS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD THROUGH SECTION 504, STUDENTS RECEIVE CLASSROOM AND CAMPUS ACCOMMODATIONS, TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS ON LOCAL AND STATE ASSESSMENTS. IN 2324, WE IDENTIFIED OVER 3500 504 STUDENTS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ATTACHED GRAPH, OUR HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF 504 STUDENTS ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS A CHANGE FROM 2223. WE USED TO HAVE ABOUT AN EVEN SPLIT OF ABOUT 33% IN EVERY LEVEL. IT CHANGED THIS PAST YEAR DUE TO THE SPECIALIZED DYSLEXIA INSTRUCTION SHIFTING OVER TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, WHICH NOW HAS DROPPED OUR ELEMENTARY PERCENTAGE QUITE A BIT IN 504. I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS THAT WE DO HAVE IN 504. SO FIRST, FOR OUR CHALLENGES, 504 IS A VERY LARGE UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT WE HAVE, MEANING THAT WE MUST PROVIDE SERVICES, ASSISTIVE DEVICES, EDUCATED AND EQUIPPED PERSONNEL, SOFTWARE TO MAINTAIN AND COMMUNICATE STUDENT NEEDS AND ACCOMMODATIONS AS NEEDED. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING TO CARRY OUT THESE REQUIREMENTS.
THEREFORE, WE MUST RELY ON THE LOCAL BUDGET TO MEET THESE NEEDS. IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN 504 STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES. AND THEN AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT UNFUNDED MANDATE, WE HAVE LITTLE IN THE WAY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE NEEDS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR ANY OF OUR STUDENTS, EVEN THOSE WITHOUT MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES. AND THERE'S A LACK OF GUIDANCE AND CLARITY FROM TO. AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN REGARDS TO 504. SO WE MUST PROVIDE SECTION 504 SERVICES. BUT LITTLE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO DISTRICTS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OTHER THAN IDENTIFYING STUDENTS,
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REEVALUATING ELIGIBLE STUDENTS EVERY THREE YEARS. THAT'S THE FEDERAL MANDATE AND PROVIDING ACCOMMODATIONS AS NEEDED. AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE RELY ON JUDGMENTS FROM COURT CASES AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO GUIDE OUR PRACTICES. AND THE LAST CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IS THAT WE HAVE AN INTERNAL POLICY HERE IN MESQUITE ISD TO EVALUATE EVERY STUDENT, EVERY YEAR, WHICH CAN BE TIME CONSUMING FOR OUR CASE MANAGERS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIME WHEN WE'RE MEETING, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT CHANGING ANY ACCOMMODATIONS. WE'VE REALLY SHORED UP OUR PROCESSES WHERE WHEN WE'RE MEETING, WE'VE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS BECAUSE THE FEDERAL MANDATE IS TO MEET EVERY THREE YEARS. WELL, NOW WE HAVE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD WHO ARE MEETING ON THESE STUDENTS. SO THEY'RE PREPPING FOR THREE YEARS, AND WE'RE MEETING ON THESE STUDENTS EVERY YEAR. AND IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING FOR OUR CASE MANAGERS AND SO ON TO THE CELEBRATIONS, WHICH ARE GREAT. IN MESQUITE ISD, WE'VE CHOSEN TO FOLLOW THE SAME TIMELINES AS SPED. SO THIS ENSURES THAT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES RECEIVE VERY PROMPT SERVICE WHEN THE NEEDS ARISE. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND OUR RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION PROCEDURES. WE LIKE TO ENSURE A SEAMLESS PROCESS FOR SERVICES WE DON'T WANT ANY LAPSE OF SERVICES. SO WHEN A STUDENT IS EXITING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THEY NEED TO COME TO 504, WE DON'T NEED WEEKS AND WEEKS BETWEEN THEM COMING TO THAT. WE DON'T NEED WEEKS OF THEY DON'T, THEY'RE COMING. THEY'RE LEAVING 504. WE WANT THEM TO IMMEDIATELY GO TO RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION. SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SEAMLESS PROCESS THERE. IN 2022, WE ADDED MY POSITION 504 COORDINATOR, WHICH IS ALSO SPLIT WITH THE ELEMENTARY GUIDANCE COORDINATOR AND WHILE IT'S NOT A FULLY DEDICATED POSITION, IT DOES ALLOW FOR CAMPUS SUPPORT AND FREQUENT AUDITS OF CAMPUSES, WHICH HAS HELPED TO STREAMLINE OUR PROCESS AND WHICH HAS ALSO HELPED WITH OCR THINGS. SO OCR IS GOING TO ALWAYS ASK TWO QUESTIONS. ONE, DID YOU HAVE A PROCESS AND TWO, WAS THE PROCESS FOLLOWED? AND WE CAN ANSWER BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS VERY WELL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PROCESS AND WE ARE FOLLOWING IT. SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING PROCESS AROUND AUDITING. IT HAS ALLOWED US TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS IS FOLLOWED. SO THAT IS WHAT MY POSITION HAS ALLOWED. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS OUR CASE MANAGER MODEL. AGAIN THIS WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2022 AS WELL. WE IMPLEMENTED WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL THE SHARE THE WEALTH MODEL. WHEREAS BEFORE THE LOAD OF SECTION 504 WAS SOLELY ON THE CAMPUS COUNSELOR, AND IT WAS A LOT OF PAPERWORK, A LOT FOR ONE COUNSELOR IN SECONDARY, ALL THE COUNSELORS TO MANAGE. SO AS THE NUMBER OF IDENTIFIED STUDENTS GREW, IT KIND OF BECAME UNMANAGEABLE FOR THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS TO HANDLE.SO WHAT WE WHAT WE DID IS WE IDENTIFIED STAFF IN EACH AREA THAT THEY'RE EXPERTS IN TO MANAGE THAT AREA. SO NURSES SERVE AS THE CASE MANAGERS FOR THE HEALTH, THE STUDENTS WITH HEALTH DISABILITIES COUNSELORS STILL SERVE, BUT THEY SERVE THOSE STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES. AND THEN VARIOUS LEADERS ON CAMPUS. ACADEMIC LEADERS SERVE THOSE STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC AND LEARNING DISABILITIES. SO EACH ONE IS HANDLING THEY'RE AN EXPERT IN THEIR AREA, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. SO WHEN WE'RE MEETING, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS, AND THEY REALLY KNOW THAT CONTENT AREA. AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR KIDS. IT ALSO TOOK THE TYPICAL CASELOAD OF 80 PLUS STUDENTS FOR ONE COUNSELOR. AND NOW EACH CASE MANAGER HAS 15 STUDENTS OR LESS FOR THEIR CASELOAD. SO IT'S VERY MANAGEABLE TO FOR A CASE MANAGE. WE ALSO EMPLOYED IN 2022 SUPPORT PERSONNEL. THESE ARE PART TIME RETIRED OR FORMER EDUCATORS WHO WORK FROM HOME. AND THEY HANDLE ALL THE PAPERWORK. THE PRE AND POST PAPERWORK. THERE IS A LOT OF PAPERWORK INVOLVED WITH 504, AS WE HEAR WITH A LOT OF THINGS, 504 SPECIAL EDUCATION, A LOT OF PAPERWORK. WE WANTED TO HELP EASE THAT BURDEN FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE ADDING SOMETHING IN LIKE THIS NEW CASE MANAGER MODEL, IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING TO HEAR YOU'RE GOING TO GET A NEW ROLE. WELL, WHEN WE CAN ALLEVIATE THAT AND SAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HANDLE THE PAPERWORK SIDE, WE ARE GOING TO HANDLE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE EXPERT. WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE PAPERWORK. WHAT THESE SUPPORT PERSONNEL HAVE DONE IS THEY WORK 18 HOURS A WEEK REMOTELY, AND THEY HAVE SAVED CAMPUS PERSONNEL 4943 HOURS, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 44 FULL TIME STAFF WHO WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK. SO WE'VE SAVED A LOT OF POSITIONS, A LOT OF MONEY. SO THAT'S ALSO GOOD LOVE THAT. LET'S LOOK REALLY QUICKLY AT THE DYSLEXIA CHANGES. SO I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE BOARD REPORT. AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAW THAT 504 SPED AND DYSLEXIA ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THAT. SO YOU'RE AWARE THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE DID BEGIN REFERRING STUDENTS FOR DYSLEXIA TESTING THROUGH SPED INSTEAD OF THROUGH 504. SO YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY SEE THE DRAMATIC REDUCTION THAT THIS HAS CAUSED IN OUR ELEMENTARY LEVEL. BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, ALL OF
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OUR SPECIALIZED DYSLEXIA INSTRUCTION WILL BE PROVIDED UNDER SPECIAL SPECIAL EDUCATION.WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS. SO BY THE END OF THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, EVERY STUDENT WHO'S RECEIVING SPECIALIZED DYSLEXIA INSTRUCTION SO MTA WRAP READING LAB, IT HAS TO BE PROVIDED UNDER SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THAT WILL STILL THAT WILL BE IN PLACE WHEN THIS WAS HAD, WAS IN PLACE THIS CHART WE HAD DONE THAT THROUGH KINDERGARTEN, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH. SO YOU CAN SEE FIFTH THROUGH 12TH WAS STILL RELATIVELY HIGH AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. THAT WILL GO DOWN ONE STUDENT, ONE STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SPECIALIZED DYSLEXIA INSTRUCTION. THEY WILL COME BACK MORE THAN LIKELY TO 504 FOR THEIR CLASSROOM. AND TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS. SO AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE OF WHAT OUR 504 NUMBERS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND THEY'LL STAY PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. AND I WOULD SAY PRETTY CONSISTENT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. AND I ANTICIPATE IT BEING AROUND 2800 TO 3000, GIVE OR TAKE. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH PROBABLY WHERE WE'LL STAY. SO LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO JUST TALK ABOUT. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. HERE ARE A FEW GOALS FOR OUR PROGRAM. WE, OF COURSE, WILL CONTINUE TO SET A HIGH STANDARD OF SERVICE TO OUR 504 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 504 IS A DIFFICULT SYSTEM TO NAVIGATE, AND OUR FAMILIES SHOULD BE ABLE TO RELY ON US TO NAVIGATE IT WITH THEM. WE WANT TO COME ALONGSIDE OUR FAMILIES, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE WITH THEM.
WE UNDERSTAND A LOT IS ASKED EVERY DAY OF OUR CAMPUS STAFF, AND WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIND NEW WAYS TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD AND THE BURDEN OF THEIR PAPERWORK SO THAT THE QUALITY OF THEIR DIRECT SERVICE TO STUDENTS DOES NOT SUFFER. SO WE WOULD IDEALLY LIKE TO DO IS MOVE TO EVERY THREE YEAR MEETINGS AND AT PARENT REQUEST FOR REEVALUATIONS, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL MANDATE. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, NOW THAT WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS WHO ARE EXPERTS, WE USED TO MEET EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPERTS TALKING ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THESE STUDENTS. WELL, NOW WE DO. SO NOW THAT WE'RE MEETING EVERY YEAR, WE'RE REALIZING WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS EVERY YEAR. WE'VE ALREADY MET ON THAT, AND SO WE'RE REALIZING WE'RE JUST MEETING FOR MEETINGS SAKE AND NO ONE WANTS TO DO THAT, WHICH ACTUALLY, WITH THE IDEAL DECREASE IN MEETINGS, WE WOULD WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EMPLOY THE SUPPORT PERSONNEL, BUT AT A LOWER RATE BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T NEED AS MANY, WHICH YOU KNOW, ADDS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY BACK INTO THE BUDGET. AND THEN WE HOPE AT SOME POINT TO MAINTAIN FULL TIME 504 STAFF WHO CAN MANAGE ALL OF THE MEETINGS SO THAT WE CAN JUST HAVE SCHOOL PERSONNEL ATTEND MEETINGS AND ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS RATHER THAN BE CASE MANAGERS AT ALL.
THAT IS A WONDERFUL GOAL THAT WE HAVE ONE DAY, AND THEN WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD A FULL TIME 504 FACILITATOR. HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT WHEN WE ADDED THIS POSITION, THE 504 COORDINATOR WITH ELEMENTARY GUIDANCE COORDINATOR, WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW NECESSARILY HOW MUCH TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO DO TWO COORDINATOR POSITIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT TURNS OUT A LOT TO DO TO COORDINATOR POSITIONS. SO IDEALLY ONE DAY WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FACILITATOR. SO NOT A COORDINATOR. AND ANOTHER COORDINATOR, BUT A FACILITATOR WHO WOULD OVERSEE THE EMAILS, HELP WITH THE TRAININGS, THE QUESTIONS TO HELP WITH THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL. BECAUSE WHAT WE DID, WHAT WE HAVE REALIZED IS WE HAVE SAVED THE DISTRICT TIME AND MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO SOLVE ANY CONCERNS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL BEFORE IT ESCALATES TO OCR. SO WE HAVE HANDLED ALL OF THAT AT OUR LEVEL. AND WE NOW WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, WHEN I LOOK WHEN WE WHEN I FIRST STARTED, WE HAD A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS WHO WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE IN 504. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE 14. AND THEY ARE ALL MOVE IN STUDENTS TO OUR DISTRICT. SO IT'S REALLY PRETTY NEAT TO SEE THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR 504 PROGRAM SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR OUR 504 DISTRICT REPORT. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU MOVE, IF YOU MOVE TO ONE EVERY THREE YEARS, HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT YOU MAINTAIN A HIGH QUALITY OF SERVICE? SO WITH THIS CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE DO IS WE DO SOMETHING CALLED A SNAPSHOT. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF THIS SYSTEM. SO IF A STUDENT IS ALREADY PERFORMING REALLY WELL, WE'RE NOT MEETING ON THEM RIGHT THIS RIGHT RIGHT THIS SECOND. SO LET'S SAY A STUDENT IS NOT PERFORMING WELL. THEY THEY'RE REALLY STRUGGLING. MORE THAN LIKELY WE'D WANT TO MEET ON THEM ANYWAY. AND SO WE'RE NOT SAYING OH LET'S NOT EVER MEET ON THEM. IF A STUDENT'S GOING TO STAND OUT, THEY'RE FAILING A LOT OF CLASSES. THEY ARE AN ATTENDANCE CONCERN. THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTED. AS A STUDENT, WE'D PROBABLY WANT TO MEET ON ANYWAY.
WHAT THIS IS DOING IS IT WOULD SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE CONCERN RIGHT NOW. IF THERE'S ONE AREA THAT THEY'RE STANDING OUT IN, THEY'RE IN ATTENDANCE. CONCERN.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS REALLY GOOD. WHAT THIS DOES IS WE HAVE TO MEET ON THAT STUDENT WHEN REALLY WE COULD JUST TALK ABOUT ATTENDANCE RATHER THAN HOLD A WHOLE. 504 MEETING. SO WE'RE
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STILL WE'RE STILL GOING TO ENSURE THE BEST SERVICE WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A STUDENT AND ADDRESS ONE AREA RATHER THAN HAVE TO HOLD MEETING AFTER MEETING AFTER MEETING AND CHANGE NOTHING. WE WANT TO WE WANT TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE RATHER THAN JUST CONTINUE TO HOLD 504 MEETINGS. AFTER 504 MEETING, WE'VE REALIZED THAT WE'RE HOLDING A LOT OF MEETINGS AND NOTHING IS CHANGING. WE'RE NOT REFERRING TO SPED. WE'RE NOT. WE'RE JUST HAVING MEETINGS FOR MEETINGS SAKE, WHICH IS KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR ROLES. AND WE WANT TO BEST SERVE OUR KIDS, WHICH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALIZING. SO AND WE WERE TALKING TO SOME OTHER DISTRICTS. RICHARDSON DOES THE THREE YEAR MODEL AND YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE THERE'S SOME GROWING PAINS WITH THIS. BUT THEY I WAS TALKING TO SOME OF MY COUNSELOR FRIENDS. THEY'RE THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH IT. AND REALLY IT'S JUST ABOUT ORGANIZING IT. WELL WHERE YOU ARE JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON YOUR STUDENTS AND PARENT REQUESTS. WE ALWAYS ARE GOING TO LEND TO THE PARENT. SO PARENTS CAN ALWAYS REQUEST A MEETING, AND WE WANT TO LET PARENTS KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU AMANDA. GREAT REPORT.APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. BOARD MEMBERS NEXT UNDER ON THE AGENDA UNDER ADMINISTRATION IS AN ACTION ITEM TO ELECT A CANDIDATE TO THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU RECALL, DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH BOARD MEETING, WE COLLECTIVELY PASSED A RESOLUTION NOMINATING MR. KEVIN CABELL, SENIOR, AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DCAD IN RESPONSE TO THE NOMINATIONS, THE DCAD HAS DISTRIBUTED A LIST OF 15 NOMINATIONS TO ALL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDE MR. CARVILLE'S NAME. EACH TAXING UNIT GOVERNING BODY IS AUTHORIZED TO CAST VOTES AND SUBMIT ITS RESOLUTION TO THE DCAD CHIEF APPRAISER BY DECEMBER THE 15TH. FOR THE 2024 ELECTION, THE MESQUITE ISD TAXING UNIT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED 95 VOTES, WHICH MAY BE DISTRIBUTED TO ONE OR MULTIPLE CANDIDATES ON THE OFFICIAL DCAD BALLOT. BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEXT PIECE, I'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF THE VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT HAVE HAD MEETINGS SO FAR. 60% OF THE VOTES ARE IN.
OUT OF THE 5000 ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR ENTITIES, AND TOP FIVE VOTE GETTERS RIGHT NOW ARE DAN MICKEY OUT OF DALLAS ISD, PAULINE MEDRANO, OUR CURRENT COUNTY TAX TREASURER. MR. CABELL, IF HE GETS THESE, WILL BE IN THIRD PLACE. MR. WILLIAM PALMER IS IN FOURTH WITH HALF OF WHAT MR. CABELL WILL HAVE AND BRANT FRANKS OUT OF 60. A COUNCIL MEMBER THERE, IS CURRENTLY IN FIFTH. AND THEN IT DROPS DOWN AFTER THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, SECURING REPRESENTATION ON THE DCAD BOARD DIRECTORS WOULD PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE NOT ONLY FOR MESQUITE ISD, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY OF MESQUITE AND OUR BROADER TAXPAYER COMMUNITY. TO SUPPORT MR. CARVILLE'S CANDIDACY AND HELP ENSURE HE IS ELECTED AS ONE OF THE FIVE MEMBERS IN THE DISTRICT. I MEAN, FOR THAT BOARD. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE BOARD BOOK BY CASTING ALL 95 OF MESQUITE ISD VOTES IN FAVOR OF MR. KEVIN CABELL, SENIOR. SECOND. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE ALL 95 VOTES FOR MR. KEVIN CABELL, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. WOO HOO I THANK I THANK MR. CABELL. YOU WILL DO A GREAT JOB FOR MESQUITE ISD. THE CITY OF MESQUITE, AND FOR OUR TAXPAYERS. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND WE WON'T FIND OUT UNTIL AFTER THE 15TH ON WHO ACTUALLY THE FIVE ARE. AT THIS POINT, I WAS GOING TO SAY ONE OTHER THING. THERE'S ABOUT 2000 VOTES LEFT, AND SOME OF THEM WILL NOT MEET. BUT ONE OF THE BIG BIGGEST ONES THAT'S LEFT IS CITY OF DALLAS. THEY HAVE 905 VOTES, SO WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AT THIS POINT. THAT'S ALMOST HALF OF THE VOTES THAT ARE RIGHT. SO ANYWAY, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY DO. I'VE SENT LETTERS TO A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ASKING FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION FOR MR. CABELL. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THIS POINT. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW YOU'LL DO GREAT FOR US. KEVIN. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. I DID TALK TO SOMEBODY IN DALLAS, AND I REMINDED THEM THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE DALLAS COUNTY, BUT I'M A RETIREE FROM THE CITY, SO IT MAY BEHOOVE THEM TO SUPPORT ME TOO.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. I WANT TO THANK ALSO, THE CITY OF COPPELL GAVE ME ALL THEIR VOTES.
THEY SURE DID THAT WAS THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. YOU MEAN COPPELL ISD? OH NO, THE CAPELLA ISD.
YOU'RE RIGHT. IT WAS ANTHONY. ANTHONY DID. YES. YEAH. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS DO
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YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ON HAVING TO DO WITH THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR JANUARY'S MEETING, ALONG WITH THE UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE? HAS ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD AS FAR AS EVENTS, THE BIGGEST EVENT COMING UP IS OUR HOLIDAYS. I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. STUDENTS ESPECIALLY, BUT MAYBE EVEN MORE SO, OUR STAFF AND OUR EDUCATORS. THERE BEING ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, WE'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY IF WE DON'T SEE YOU AGAIN BEFORE THEN, HAVE THE MERRIEST AND HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS COMING UP. WE APPRECIATE WHAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU DO. EVERYBODY THAT STAYED TO THE VERY END. THANK YOU. WE'LL THANK YOU PERSONALLY AND COME TO THE NEXT MEETING. RIGHT. YEAH. THERE BEING NO OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IF NO, THEN WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.