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OF THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.
[I. CALL TO ORDER]
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 5510. AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TERRY ROY JUNIOR TO DO THE INVOCATION.THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU. AFTER THE INVOCATION.
WE'LL HAVE OUR KIDS FROM THE AUSTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DO THE PLEDGE.
AMEN. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE ASK YOU.
WE COME BEFORE YOU, HUMBLY THANKING YOU FOR THIS MEETING ON ON TONIGHT.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR PRINCIPALS, VICE PRINCIPALS, COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS.
WE ASK FOR PROTECTION, STRENGTH, WISDOM, FAVOR, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
ALL THESE BLESSINGS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOT FOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
GET UP. MY NAME IS JAMES. GRAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KIDS, AND WE WANT TO THANK DOCTOR ROYAL FOR BRINGING HIS KIDS IN.
THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO THE MOMENT OF EIGHT
[V. TEAM OF EIGHT MOMENT]
TEAM OF EIGHT MOMENT. DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE? WE HAVE SOME GREAT HIGH SCHOOL BANDS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW DOING STATE.THEY ARE THEY'RE THEY'RE ON THE WAY. THEY'RE LIKE REACHING FOR THEIR DREAMS. IT'S FANTASTIC. NORTH AND NORTH AND POTEET. YEAH.
SO GOOD LUCK Y'ALL. IF Y'ALL ARE WATCHING ONLINE, GO FOR IT. YEAH.
WHAT DID THEY FIND OUT? WHEN DO THEY FIND OUT? WELL, THEY'LL FIND OUT TONIGHT. MAYBE. HOPEFULLY WHILE WE'RE HERE. IF THEY MAKE IT TO THE FINALS TOMORROW.
I KNOW, SO WE'LL KNOW. HOPEFULLY BEFORE THIS MEETING ENDS, WE'LL FIND OUT.
COOL. GOOD. EXCELLENT. OKAY. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO THE STUDENT AND GUEST GUEST
[VI. STUDENT AND STAFF GUEST]
SECTION. MISS SMITH.WE'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF THE SUPPORT OF OUR AMAZING EDUCATORS.
OUR 1ST NOVEMBER HONOREE IS CHANDRA HOLLAND, MESQUITE ACADEMY.
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LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MAKES HER AN APPLE TEACHER.THE SOUND IS GREAT AT STRUCTURE AND PROVIDING ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SHE'S ALSO BIG ON MAKING SURE OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SEGMENT OF THE SCHOOL IS RUNNING WELL.
AND SHE HAS DIFFERENT POSITIVE ACTIVITIES THAT SHE'S WORKING ON THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
SO THE APPLE CORPS NOMINATION THAT SHE HAS RECEIVED IS WELL DESERVED.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS HOLLAND. SO TEACHING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY SAYS, THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE. PART OF THE REASON WHY I BECAME A TEACHER GOES BACK TO THOMAS MANN'S QUOTE THAT EDUCATION IS A GREAT EQUALIZER.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE CHILDREN OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE IF THEY WEREN'T AT SCHOOL AND EXPOSE THEM TO THE WORLD THROUGH LEARNING AND BOOKS AND THROUGH JUST TECHNOLOGY AND VARIOUS MEDIUMS, AND THROUGH OUR OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, AND HELPING KIDS TO GROW IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND IT BRINGS OUT A LIGHT IN ME AS I BRING OUT A LIGHT IN THE KIDS.
MISS HOLLAND, PLEASE COME FORWARD. WELCOME TO MESQUITE ISD, APPLE CORPS.
HE READ THIS PROCLAMATION. WHERE IS 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.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. OFTENTIMES WE DO THINGS AND WE KIND OF GO OVERLOOKED OR APPRECIATE IT, AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT THE DISTRICT TAKES THE TIME TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME TO TRY TO RECOGNIZE OUR EFFORTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND JUST MY ENTIRE EXPERIENCE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN PLEASANT.
AND I I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HONORED AND TO GET RECIPROCATION FOR THINGS THAT YOU YOU KNOW, YOU WORK HARD AND YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GREAT TO HAVE RECOGNITION, THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT HONOREE THIS EVENING INTO MESQUITE ISD APPLE CORPS IS WENDY SWANNER OF MOTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IF YOU'LL TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS, WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT MISS WARNER.
SHE'S A HARD WORKER, TEAM PLAYER. SHE'S AN ADVOCATE FOR HER STUDENTS.
SHE'S THE FIRST ONE HERE EVERY MORNING TO GREET STUDENTS AND I JUST LOVE WORKING WITH HER.
IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HER FOR 25 YEARS.
AND AGAIN, JUST CONGRATULATIONS, MISS WARNER.
WE'RE SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND SO PROUD OF YOU. AND YOU DESERVE THIS AWARD.
I LOVE WORKING WITH UNIQUE LEARNERS BECAUSE I GET TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES. THE GENERAL ED TEACHERS TRY TO BUILD ON THEIR CHALLENGES AND CELEBRATE THEIR STRENGTHS.
USE THAT AS A WAY TO GROW THEM EVERY DAY. I LIKE GETTING TO FOLLOW MY KIDS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, BUILDING ON THEIR GROWTH EVERY YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY MOVE ON TO SECONDARY, THEY LOVE LEARNING.
THEY'RE CONFIDENT AND THEY CAN SELF-ADVOCATE FOR WHAT THEY NEED.
CONGRATULATIONS. WHEN IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU.
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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 WENDY SWANNER INTO THE MESQUITE ISD APPLE CORPS ON THIS 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2025. FIVE. WENDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
BE CAREFUL WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'S HEAVY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR RIVERA, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
THIS IS TRULY THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'M SO HONORED TO BE CHOSEN AS AN APPLE CORE TEACHER.
THIS RECOGNITION MEANS A LOT TO ME, BUT IT REFLECTS SOMETHING BIGGER.
IT REPRESENTS THE HEART AND THE TEAMWORK OF EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.
THIS WORK IS NOT DONE ALONE. I AM SURROUNDED BY AN INCREDIBLE TEAM, TEACHERS, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE TONIGHT AND SOME WATCHING SUPPORT STAFF. I HAVE AMAZING PARENTS, PAST AND PRESENT, AND ADMINISTRATORS, MISS JUAREZ AND DOCTOR DEL AMOR, WHO SHARE THE SAME MISSION. AND THAT'S TO MAKE EVERY CHILD FEEL SEEN, VALUED AND CAPABLE OF GREATNESS.
I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR BEING THE GREATEST SCHOOL ON THE PLANET.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE, MISS HOLLAND, DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY HERE? IMMEDIATE FAMILY THAT YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE? YES.
I HAVE MOM, MY DAD AND MY MOM AND MY AUNT. OH, GOOD.
STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED, PLEASE. AND YOU HAVE YOUR MESQUITE.
MESQUITE ACADEMY FAMILY. I THINK YOU HAVE YOUR PRINCIPAL BACK THERE.
YEAH. MR. WILLIAM. GOOD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MISS WARNER. THE SAME. DO YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY HERE TONIGHT? STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. COME ON. THANK YOU. AND YOUR FAMILY IS HERE.
PRINCIPAL. OVER THERE. PRINCIPAL. GOOD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE LOVE THAT YOU ARE BOTH SUPPORTED SO WELL. THANK YOU.
NEXT THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS, RIGHT? MISS SMITH.
OKAY. EACH MONTH, ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING PARAPROFESSIONALS IS RECOGNIZED WITH THE STAR PAIR AWARD IN MR. IS EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH FIRST FINANCIAL GROUP OF AMERICA, OR FFG TO PROVIDE THE STAR PAIR A RECIPIENT WITH A GIFT CARD.
WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FFG HERE TONIGHT.
PRINCIPAL INGRID ENGLERT WILL NOW SHARE WHAT MAKES MISS MARTINEZ SO SPECIAL.
WHO? DOES MISS MARTINEZ NEED TO STAND THERE WITH YOU ALL OR.
GOOD EVENING. OUR AMAZING BOARD, DOCTOR RIVERA.
MISS MARTINEZ GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY SINGLE DAY IN HER ROLE AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL.
SHE IS THE KIND OF TEAMMATE EVER EVERY TEACHER DREAMS OF HAVING.
SHE SEES A NEED, AND SHE STEPS RIGHT IN. WHETHER SHE'S PULLING SMALL GROUPS FOR MATH INTERVENTION, SUPPORTING TRANSITIONS, OR CREATING BEAUTIFUL CLASS CLASSROOM AND HALLWAY DISPLAYS.
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SHE DOES IT ALL WITH CREATIVITY, CARE, AND A SMILE.HER IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING IS REMARKABLE.
SOME OF OUR STUDENTS NEED EXTRA SUPPORT IN MATH, BUT WITH MISS MARTINEZ'S CONSISTENT SMALL GROUP SUPPORT AND HER TIRELESS INSTRUCTION IN FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS, THOSE SAME STUDENTS MAKE TREMENDOUS GROWTH, SOME EVEN MEETING OR EXCEEDING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.
MISS MARTINEZ'S KINDNESS AND CALM PRESENCE SET HER APART.
WITH OVER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT AND 28 YEARS IN EDUCATION HAVING TAUGHT IN MEXICO, MISS MARTINEZ HAS BEEN HAS SUPPORTED LEARNING FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE IN BOTH BILINGUAL AND MONOLINGUAL SETTINGS.
BEYOND INSTRUCTION, SHE'S DEEPLY ROOTED IN OUR HORTICULTURE, HELPING WITH CAMPUS EVENTS, DECORATIONS, AND CELEBRATIONS THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL A WELCOMING AND JOYFUL PLACE.
MISS MARTINEZ TRULY EMBODIES PORTER PRIDE THROUGH HER DEDICATION, HER CREATIVITY, AND HER HEART.
WE ARE SO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HER TONIGHT AS OUR STAR PARAPROFESSIONAL.
CONGRATULATIONS. WE'LL HAVE YOUR MOMENT.
ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. UP NEXT, WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE OUR NOVEMBER COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS.
ATMOS ENERGY RECENTLY DONATED $10,000 TO READ PLAY TALK IN SUPPORT OF THE LENA START PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF THREE TOOLS TO BUILD STRONG EARLY LANGUAGE HABITS.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL VIDEO TO SHOW YOU MORE ABOUT THIS AMAZING PARTNERSHIP.
THIS MONTH, WE ARE RECOGNIZING ATMOS ENERGY AS OUR FEATURED MESQUITE ISD COMMUNITY PARTNER.
OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, ATMOS ENERGY HAS MADE TWO LARGE DONATIONS TO MESQUITE ISD STUDENTS.
THEY MADE A $7,000 DONATION TO HELP SUPPORT A BOOK VENDING MACHINE AT MACKENZIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND RECENTLY THEY MADE A $10,000 DONATION TO SUPPORT A START ON OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THROUGH OUR FUELING, SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. ONE OF OUR PILLARS OF GIVING IS KIDS AND UNDER OUR KIDS PILLAR, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CHILDREN READING PROFICIENTLY BY THE THIRD GRADE AND HONESTLY, IT STARTS AT INFANCY.
THIS IS OPENING THE DOOR FOR THEM TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN BOOK THAT BELONGS TO THEM.
THOSE WORDS THAT ARE PICTURED IN THOSE BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE WORDS THAT BELONG TO THEM, WORDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TIED TO THEM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LIVES. WE'RE FOSTERING THE LOVE OF READING BY RECOGNIZING THEM FOR GOOD ATTENDANCE, GOOD BEHAVIOR, SHOWING OUR, YOU KNOW, CHARACTERISTICS FROM OUR HOUSES.
AND SO WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THE IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE. ATMOS ENERGY MESQUITE ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION PUT THAT GENEROUS DONATION IN OUR HANDS TO PURCHASE IT FOR THEM. AND SO THEY ARE LITERALLY JUST POURING IN TO THE LIVES OF OUR LEARNERS THAT WALK IN MACKENZIE ELEMENTARY.
THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS AT ATMOS ENERGY. ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE ACHIEVED EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS THIS FALL.
FIRST UP, THE POTEET HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM HERE WITH THEIR COACH, PHIL GORDON.
THEY FINISHED THE SEASON AS BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
SO WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS PIRATES.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, THE TENNIS TEAM FINISHED THEIR SEASON AS BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONS WITH THE SKEETERS AND THEIR COACH, LINDA HOGUE. WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS ON AN EXCELLENT SEASON.
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OKAY.COME ON STALLIONS. THEY'RE HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE TEAM WITH THEIR COACH HERNANDO LEDESMA.
ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE NORTH MESQUITE STALLIONS TENNIS TEAM.
FIRST UP FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE SENIOR ALEXA HARRIS.
SHE IS A REGIONAL QUALIFIER CROSS COUNTRY. CONGRATULATIONS.
SHE'S HERE WITH COACH SHAYLA PRINCE.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP FROM HAWTHORNE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE EMILY MORIN, SOPHOMORE. ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL REGIONAL QUALIFIER.
ALL RIGHT, EMILY, STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE YOUR TEAM IS GOING TO JOIN YOU.
THESE ARE SECOND PLACE IN DISTRICT 14. FIVE A THE HORN GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM.
ALSO REGIONAL QUALIFIERS. THEY'RE HERE WITH THEIR COACH, NICK WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANKS.
ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE JOSHUA MARQUEZ, A JUNIOR. HE WAS THE INDIVIDUAL REGIONAL QUALIFIER.
WEST MESQUITE. COME ON UP, JOSHUA.
OKAY, GOOD. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. ALSO FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL.
DON'T RUN OFF, JOSHUA, BUT GO. NO, YOU GO AHEAD.
EMMA NUNEZ. LOPEZ. SHE'S A FRESHMAN CROSS COUNTRY.
SHE WAS DISTRICT SILVER MEDALIST AND AN INDIVIDUAL REGIONAL QUALIFIER.
EMMA LOPEZ FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL.
OKAY. AND FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. DAYANARA RAVELO, A SENIOR.
ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL REGIONAL QUALIFIER FOR THE WRANGLERS.
COME ON UP. THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TEAM ARE HERE TODAY WITH COACH TIANA KING.
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YOUR WEST MESQUITE WRANGLERS BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM.A FRESHMAN INDIVIDUAL REGIONAL QUALIFIER. CONGRATULATIONS, ALISON.
DON'T RUN OFF, ALISON, IF YOU JUST STEP TO THE SIDE, WE HAVE LUIS, A INDIVIDUAL REGIONAL QUALIFIER.
OKAY. NOW ONE MORE FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL.
INDIVIDUAL. THIS IS JUNIOR JOSH. JOSH LOERA, DISTRICT SILVER MEDALIST, REGIONAL QUALIFIER, FOURTH PLACE AT REGIONALS, MAKING HIM A STATE QUALIFIER FOR YOUR STALLIONS.
AND WITH THESE SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES, THE REST OF THE TEAM.
THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT WITH THEIR COACH, TARA JERNIGAN.
ALL RIGHT. THIS CONCLUDES OUR STUDENT RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.
OKAY, HOLD ON. HOLD ON A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AFTER THIS.
WE'LL. DO WHAT? CONSENT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
OKAY. AT THIS POINT, LET ME JUST APPROVE. OR THE BOARD, PLEASE.
[VIII. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.UNLESS YOU WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM. SO MOVED. SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. SEWARD. SECOND BY MISS HORNSBY TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY.
WE WILL DO. WE HAVE THE AUDIENCE PORTION. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY, MISS SMITH? NOBODY. OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT. WE WILL TAKE. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOTHING TO SAY. OKAY, GOOD. WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
THEN FIRST ACTION IS UNDER PERSONNEL. ACTION ONE AND TWO ARE APPROVED.
[IX. REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT]
ADMINISTRATIVE TERM. CONTRACTS AND RESIGNATION IN NEW HIRES.YES. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION.
AND YOU RECEIVED THE INFORMATION. AND SO BEFORE MISS SMITH GOES ON WITH THE INTRODUCTION.
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I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. OKAY. BOARD.I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. TOUCH MY BUTTON. THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. SEWARD. A SECOND BY MISS COLLIER TO APPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE TERM CONTRACTS.
AP OF WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WHAT DID WE DO? ALL RIGHT, MISS SMITH, TELL THEM WHAT THEY JUST DID. IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, ANTHONY FONTANA.
MR. FONTANA. OH, THERE YOU ARE. BRINGS OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, INCLUDING MORE THAN TWO DECADES IN CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. HE SERVED AS PRINCIPAL AT BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN LEWISVILLE ISD AND NORTHWEST ISD, AND MOST RECENTLY AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS OPENED NEW CAMPUSES, LED INNOVATIVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING INITIATIVES, AND BEEN RECOGNIZED AS LEWISVILLE ISD'S SECONDARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. FONTANA EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION FROM TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, AND A MASTER OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
WELCOME TO MISD AND WILLIE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ANTHONY FONTANA.
WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO MESQUITE ISD AS AN AP.
OKAY. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BUSINESS SECTION.
MR. PRADO. PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DOCTOR RIVERA THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. TONIGHT WE HAVE SELENA FROM WILLY PEN.
SHE IS THE PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNER IN CHARGE WITH WILLY PEN AND LAUREN EATON ALSO HERE AS WELL.
KIMBERLY CHAPPELLE, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MISS ELLIS.
AND I DO WANT TO THANK MY THE MANAGER THAT DID ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING, LAUREN EATON.
AND AS MISTER PRADO INDICATED, KIMBERLY CHAPPELLE AND HER TEAM MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY MARY MARTINEZ, WHO DID ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING ON YOUR TEAM IT'S IT'S IT'S A IT'S VERY REFRESHING TO HAVE MANAGEMENT TEAM MEMBERS LIKE THE ONES YOU HAVE AT MESQUITE ISD WHERE IT'S IT'S QUITE A TASK TO AN UNDERTAKING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT THEY MAKE IT SEEM EFFORTLESS. SO WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE STARTED OUR OUR PLANNING AS EARLY AS MARCH AND WENT INTO APRIL MONTHS LOOKING AT OUR RISK ASSESSMENT AND DETERMINING WHAT HAS CHANGED AT THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST FROM A FINANCIAL REPORTING, BUT ALSO FROM A FEDERAL PROGRAMS PERSPECTIVE.
ONCE THE DISTRICT CLOSES ITS BOOKS AND WE START LOOKING AT THE SUBSTANTIVE TESTING, WE FOCUS ON VARIOUS AREAS, WHICH I'LL GET INTO HERE IN A MOMENT. THE SUBSTANTIVE TESTING HAPPENS ABOUT 45 TO 60 DAYS AFTER FISCAL YEAR AND AFTER JUNE 30TH, AROUND LATE AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER. AND WE KEEP TESTING THROUGH THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LIABILITIES. AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT, THAT, THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
ALL OF THIS IS REQUIRED TO ISSUE AN OPINION. AND THERE'S THREE TYPES OF OPINIONS THAT WE CAN ISSUE.
AND THEY WORSEN AS YOU MOVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
THIS INCLUDES THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, OTHER REGULATORS, AS WELL AS RATING AGENCIES AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS, ETC. THE AREAS OF FOCUS ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THE BIG FOUR ARE CRITICAL TO US PROCUREMENT, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, PAYROLL, HUMAN RESOURCES AND OF COURSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FEEDS.
ALL OF THESE AREAS IS REQUIRED BECAUSE WE FOCUS ON NOT ONLY THE FINANCIAL DATA TRANSMISSION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WHICH DRIVES YOUR STATE AID.
AND THEN WE SELECT FEDERAL PROGRAMS FOR TESTING EVERY YEAR.
THEY'RE NOT THE SAME. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF OUR RISK ASSESSMENT.
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AND THEN WE PERFORM SPECIFIC TESTS BASED ON THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OR THE OMB COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT THAT IS ISSUED EVERY YEAR IN THE AUGUST SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME, THE 45 TO 60 DAYS SUBSEQUENT TO JUNE 30TH, WE PERFORM OUR SUBSTANTIVE PROCEDURES.AND THERE THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT MAIN PROCEDURES THAT WE PERFORM.
AND THE ONES THAT GIVE US THE MOST COMFORT ARE CONFIRMATIONS WITH THIRD PARTIES OR THE THIRD PARTY REPORTS, CONFIRMATIONS FOR CASH, INVESTMENTS OR BONDS, ETC.
FOR YOUR STATE AID, FEDERAL FUNDING, ANYTHING THAT FLOWS TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
WE CAN DOWNLOAD THE TI PAYMENT REPORT, AS WELL AS THE SUMMARY OF FINANCES AND THOSE STATE AID PAYMENTS TO GAIN COMFORT ON THOSE REVENUES AND THE RECEIVABLES AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU SPENT MORE THAN 750,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS, IN FACT, YOU SPENT 62 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS.
THE THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE YELLOW BOOK.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO ISSUE A TO REFLECT THE OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE ARE ISSUING AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WITH NO INTERNAL CONTROL FINDINGS RELATED TO FINANCIAL REPORTING OR FINDINGS RELATED TO COMPLIANCE.
I KNOW IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE HAD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
THIS NEXT SLIDE IS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
COME DECEMBER MAYBE JANUARY MAYBE EVEN FEBRUARY, YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE REPORT OVER YOUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. WE DID OUR WORK, BUT THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET ALWAYS RELEASES ITS COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT EVERY YEAR.
SO WHEN WE ISSUE AN OPINION ON THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE TEST, WE HAVE TO REFER TO THIS DOCUMENT.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED MAY 2025. THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN HAS WORSENED THAT DELAY.
SO AND THE OMB WAS NOT CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL FEDERAL AGENCY, THEREFORE IT HASN'T BEEN ISSUED.
SO WE CAN'T RELEASE THAT. BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE REQUIREMENTS.
THIS YEAR, WE AUDITED TWO PROGRAMS, TITLE ONE PART A AND TITLE TWO PART A.
AND THEN GOING FORWARD, THE NORMAL LARGE PROGRAMS IDEA B AND CHILD NUTRITION WILL COME INTO ROTATION AGAIN, WHICH ARE THOSE LARGE PROGRAMS ARE REQUIRED TO BE TESTED EVERY THIRD YEAR.
THIS YEAR TITLE ONE WAS REQUIRED. A FEW REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS.
YOU SIGNED OUR ENGAGEMENT LETTER AROUND FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025.
AND IN THE SUMMER MONTHS WE ISSUED A LETTER. I THINK IT WAS DATED JULY 1ST, 2025, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE WERE ON SITE AND THAT THERE ARE RISKS THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN ANY AUDIT AND THEIR MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE AND REVENUE RECOGNITION.
BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES TO MITIGATE THOSE RISKS.
AS I NOTED EARLIER, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS OR DIFFICULTIES CONDUCTING OUR AUDIT.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS AN AUDIT, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISTRICT.
AND WE ASSERT THAT HERE TODAY THERE'S A NEW STANDARD THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED AND IS ONLY INCLUDED IN YOUR GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THAT WAS GASB NUMBER 101 OR COMPENSATED ABSENCES.
THE THE PREMISE OF THIS STANDARD IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU REPORTING WHAT IS DUE TO EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY SEPARATE OR RETIRE FROM THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO AN ESTIMATE IF EMPLOYEES WERE TO USE LEAVE AS TIME OFF.
IT APPLIED TO ALL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
YOU CAN YOU CAN CONTACT ANY OTHER FIRM. HOWEVER, IF WE DID HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AND YOU DID CONTACT OTHERS, WE'D BE REQUIRED TO TELL YOU THAT HERE TODAY.
AND WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED. WE CAN GET INTO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO ACTUAL.
THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE EVERY MONTH. BUT THESE ARE THE FINAL NUMBERS.
AS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2025. SO YOUR ACTUAL REVENUES TOTALED $434 MILLION AND YOU EXCEEDED YOUR BUDGET BY $3 MILLION. YOUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES OF $449 MILLION WERE UNDER BUDGET BY $5 MILLION.
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OVERALL YOUR FUND BALANCE DECREASED BY $13 MILLION IN THE LAST TWO SLIDES WILL DISSECT YOUR FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND DETERMINE IS IT A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IN COMPARISON TO YOUR EXPENDITURES.THIS WOULD SHOW THE TOTAL NET WORTH OF MESQUITE ISD.
AND WE'LL START WITH THE ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS, WHICH TOTALED $1.5 BILLION, WITH CASH AND INVESTMENTS TOTALING $247 MILLION. CAPITAL ASSETS, NET OF ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION, TOTALED $1 BILLION.
AND THEN YOU HAD RECEIVABLES TOTALING $58 MILLION.
THE BULK OF THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR STATE AID THAT'S PAID IN JULY AND AUGUST.
COMPENSATED ABSENCES, WHICH I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, TOTALED $5 MILLION.
AND YOU HAD MEDICAL INSURANCE LIABILITY 6 MILLION.
SO THIS YEAR, YOUR PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE LIABILITIES WERE 156 AND $103 MILLION.
TOMORROW YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WRITE A CHECK FOR THESE TWO LIABILITIES, BUT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE INTO TRS AT THE STATUTORILY DETERMINED RATES AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYEES. AND THEN THE STATE ALSO CONTRIBUTES ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT'S EMPLOYEES.
SO OVERALL, YOUR NET POSITION IS $275 MILLION.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND AND WE DISSECT THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU WERE RIGHT ON TARGET FOR YOUR LOCAL REVENUE WHICH THE BULK OF THAT WE'LL SEE HERE IN A BIT IS YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
YOUR BUDGET FOR STATE REVENUE IS 312. ACTUAL WAS $316 MILLION.
AND THEN YOUR FEDERAL REVENUE WAS BUDGETED AT 8 MILLION.
BUT IT CAME IN AT $7 MILLION. THE BULK OF THAT ARE TWO ITEMS. INDIRECT COST FOR YOUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT YOU RECRUIT IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN YOUR SHA'S CHARGE REVENUE THAT THAT HAS BEEN DWINDLING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE IN THE ORANGE SHADING, THE MAJORITY OF YOUR REVENUE IS FOR STATE AID MAKING UP $290 MILLION.
BUT THAT IS ALSO OFFSET BY ON BEHALF EXPENDITURE.
SO IT DOES NOT REPRESENT CASH. THE PROPERTY TAXES WERE $98 MILLION, OR 22% OF YOUR TOTAL REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER LOCAL REVENUE, WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT YOU WERE RIGHT ON TARGET FOR ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES NOT A LOT OF VARIANCE.
BUT IF WE DISSECT THE EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES, YOU'LL SEE THAT 62.8% OR $282 MILLION.
THE SECOND AND THIRD LARGEST CATEGORIES ARE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH SERVICES, ETC. TOTALED TOTALED $48 MILLION OR 10.7%.
ANY REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE? AND AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT ALSO WHAT'S THE GENERAL ADMIN IS 2.9%.
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AND YOU FALL IN LINE WITH THOSE DISTRICTS OF YOUR SIZE AND YOUR OPERATIONS, THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND BALANCE, YOU'LL SEE DISSECTED HERE, WHERE WE NOTED EARLIER THAT IT WAS $122 MILLION, WITH UNASSIGNED AT 105 MILLION AND ASSIGNED AT $16 MILLION FOR FIRST RATING PURPOSES T WILL TAKE THE ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED AND COMPARE THAT TO YOUR EXPENDITURES TO DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE THE REQUIRED AMOUNTS PER TO ISSUE THAT FIRST RATING.THAT IS, THAT IS A SIGNED EVERY SPRING FOR YOU.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS IN COMPARISON TO YOUR YOUR EXPENDITURES, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED EXPENDITURES ARE 27%. THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS AT LEAST 25% OR 90 DAYS.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT WHERE YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE ON THOSE PERCENTAGES.
REMEMBER THAT ASSIGN AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
ANY FUND BALANCE IS REALLY USED FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, NOT FOR RECURRING EXPENDITURES, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
SO OVERALL, YOU'RE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE FOR YOUR FUND BALANCE.
AND YOU SHOULD HOLD THAT MOVING FORWARD AS YOU EXPEND IN FUTURE YEARS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR. MR. PRADO? I ASSUME ON THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND FOR THE STATES PICKING UP 67% FROM ISD THAT THAT'S GOING TO GO UP THIS CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE OF THE COMPRESSION OF TAXES.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA HOW MUCH THAT IS? WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH NO STATE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION GOING UP THAT THE VOTERS JUST APPROVED.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME RECONCILIATION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
SO THE STATES PROVIDE MORE FOR OUR DISTRICT, LESS FROM LOCAL.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE AN ACCURATE STATEMENT. ALSO, ON THE FUND BALANCE WITH THE BUDGET DEFICIT WE GOT THIS YEAR, HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THIS FUND BALANCE AS OF THIS REPORT? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR THE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR? RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $18 MILLION.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. PRADO. I WANT TO THANK YOU.
YOU EMAILED US THE ENTIRE AUDIT LAST MONDAY, SO WE'VE HAD A WEEK TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAIL.
AND, SELENA, YOU KNOW, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE DETAIL THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR.
THIS YEAR AS WELL. YOU ALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I THINK THIS AUDIT CONFIRMS THE FACT THAT THAT OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE BEING MANAGED VERY WISELY BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND ALSO BY YOU, MR. PRADO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR OVERSIGHT.
APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY. WITH THAT NEXT WE'LL GO TO ITEM C WHICH IS THE EFFECTIVENESS REPORT.
THE REPORT ON PROFESSIONAL. OH THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
THANK YOU. BOY, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ANY COMMENTS OR SO? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE COULD GO TO ITEM C EFFECTIVENESS REPORT.
YEAH, OF COURSE I CAN. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A REPORT ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
SO DOCTOR RIVERA. YES. SO WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME JENNIFER.
AND SHE'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS REPORT.
YES I AM. GOOD EVENING. BOARD AND DOCTOR RIVERA AND CABINET MEMBERS.
WE HAVE BEEN BUSY AND I CAN'T WAIT TO DIVE INTO ALL OF THAT WORK WITH YOU.
BUT BEFORE I DO, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE WORK WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE FIRST.
SO I HAVE TO JUST QUICKLY INTRODUCE YOU TO MY TEAM.
THIS IS DIRECTOR JENNIFER HEISER, OUR COORDINATOR FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
THESE ARE OUR OUR TEACHING SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.
THEY SURPRISED ME TONIGHT BY COMING IN SUPPORT OF OUR WORK.
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THEY ARE SOME OF THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND DO SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS.AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND SO THEY'RE A FABULOUS PART OF OUR TEAM AS WELL, WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, CHRIS NEWMAN AND MELISSA DONOHOE. AND I HAVE TO PAUSE AND SAY THAT THESE TWO LADIES ARE MUCH MORE THAN ADMIN ASSISTANTS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE A PART OF EVERY PROGRAM AND PROJECT AND ANYTHING THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRICT, THEY ARE A HUGE PART OF MAKING IT COME TO LIFE.
THEY BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN OUR VISION AND THEY HELP US BRING IT TO LIFE AS WELL.
OUR VISION IS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED EVERY DAY TO ENSURING THAT ALL MISD STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND ARE SUCCESSFUL EVERY DAY BY EQUIPPING, EMPOWERING AND ENCOURAGING ALL OF OUR MISD STAFF MEMBERS BOTH IN THE CAMPUSES AND AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AND YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ARE JUST CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ARE NEW INITIATIVES, NEW PROJECTS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME GOAL PROGRESS ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS QUICKLY. WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY IMPLEMENTED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND INCREASED PARTICIPATION FOR ALL DISTRICT LEADERS, CAMPUS LEADERS, AND CAMPUS STAFF THROUGH LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY, STARTING LAST YEAR, REDESIGNED, IMPLEMENTED AND LED THE DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR. OUR DEPARTMENT NOW OVERSEES THAT WORK.
WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ALIGNMENT TO BOTH DEPARTMENT AND DISTRICT GOALS AND PRIORITIES, AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY HARD AT WORK IN THAT WORK, DOING WHATEVER IS NECESSARY, WHETHER IT'S DIRECTING TRAFFIC OUT ON THE ROAD OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE LEARNING HAPPENS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS ON THAT DAY.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT HAPPENS ON THOSE DISTRICT DAYS.
WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LED THE SUPPORT AND MANAGEMENT OF CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES.
WE HAVE CONTINUED THE WORK OF THE PACE PROGRAM, WHICH LIVES WITH OUR GREAT JENNIFER HEISER, BY ADDING A FOURTH COHORT. IN FACT, SHE JUST SENT OUT THE INVITATIONS FOR THE FIFTH COHORT THIS WEEK.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE ROBUST FIRST YEAR TEACHER SUPPORT, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT, THAT. WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO OVER 531 CURRENT SCHOLARS THAT ARE SERVING IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND ON OUR CAMPUSES. WE HAVE REDESIGNED THE ONLINE APPRAISAL SYSTEM, WHICH IS STRIVE AND EUPHORIA AND ALL PROCESSES FOR OUR CAMPUS STAFF.
EVALUATE EVALUATIONS WERE OUR NEXT STEP IS WORKING ON DISTRICT EVALUATIONS.
WE THIS IS ONE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, IS THAT WE ALWAYS TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THOSE THAT ARE IN OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR WORK. AND SO WE HAVE CELEBRATED MENTORS AND FIRST YEAR TEACHERS AND COLLEGE GRADUATES AND PACE TEACHERS.
LOTS OF CELEBRATIONS IN OUR DEPARTMENT. BEFORE I SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN OUR DEPARTMENT, I FELT LIKE IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF SOME NUMBERS AND SOME DATA THAT DRIVE THE WORK THAT WE DO, THE RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE AND REALLY INFORM WHAT WE HOW WE PROVIDE THE SUPPORT, THE RIGHT KIND OF SUPPORT TO OUR TEACHERS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PAINT A PICTURE JUST FOR A MINUTE BEFORE I TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, ABOUT SOME TEACHER INFORMATION AS OF TODAY IN MESQUITE ISD.
HERE'S SOME JUST ADDITIONAL INSIGHT TO OUR TEACHERS.
RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 145 FIRST YEAR TEACHERS, AND I'M GOING TO REFER TO MY NOTES BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL THE EXTRA NUMBERS THAT AREN'T ON THE SCREEN. THIS YEAR WE HAVE 145 FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.
THIS IS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF FIRST YEAR TEACHERS WE'VE HAD IN NINE YEARS.
SO LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT AROUND WHY THAT MIGHT BE.
BUT THIS YEAR, WE ALSO HAVE 172ND YEAR TEACHERS THAT RETURNED TO TEACHING THIS YEAR IN MESQUITE ISD FOR A TOTAL OF 315 FIRST AND SECOND YEAR TEACHERS. NOW, TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT TO THAT NUMBER, THAT 315 FIRST AND SECOND YEAR TEACHERS IS 11% OF OUR TEACHING STAFF. OKAY, 11% OF OUR TEACHING STAFF ARE FIRST AND SECOND YEAR TEACHERS.
ONE NUMBER THAT REALLY STANDS OUT TO US, THAT IMPACTS THE SUPPORT AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE, IS THE FOLLOWING NUMBER. OUT OF THOSE 145 FIRST YEAR TEACHERS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 99 NON-CERTIFIED FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.
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NOW THERE ARE OTHER NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAT HAVE AT OTHER PLACES.BUT WITHIN OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHING GROUP THERE ARE 99 OUT OF 145.
SO IF WE DO THE MATH THAT IS 44 ELEMENTARY NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
THE 29 MIDDLE SCHOOL NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND 26 HIGH SCHOOL NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS. SO 70% OF OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS ARE NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS, WHICH HAS A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS TO THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED, THE SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE.
AND WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS WHEN WE ARE DESIGNING SUPPORT FOR OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHING STAFF WHERE WE HAVE SEEN SOME CHANGES IS USUALLY THOSE NUMBERS. THOSE NON-CERTIFIED NUMBERS ARE USUALLY HEAVIER IN OUR SECONDARY TEACHERS, FIRST YEAR TEACHERS. BUT THIS YEAR THERE ARE ABOUT HALF AND HALF.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 55 SECONDARY AND 44 ELEMENTARY.
SO THEY'RE RIGHT THERE TOGETHER, USUALLY OUR SECONDARY HAVE HIGHER NON-CERTIFIED NUMBERS.
NOW THESE ARE ALL TEACHERS THAT ARE IN PROGRAMS. THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR CERTIFICATION. WE HAVE NEW LEGISLATION AROUND CERTIFICATION.
SO WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD, ALONG WITH PERSONNEL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE ON TRACK TO DOING EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO TO GET CERTIFIED.
SO THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US THIS YEAR. THE NEXT PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT GOES INTO REALLY IMPACTING THE TYPE OF LEARNING THAT WE PROVIDE IS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR OVERALL TEACHING STAFF, THE AVERAGE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MISD TEACHING STAFF IS 11 YEARS.
11 YEARS IS THE AVERAGE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE.
OKAY. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE NEXT FEW NUMBERS.
AND SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK. I'LL SHOW I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE.
THE BREAKDOWN BY FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS UP UNTIL THE 20 YEAR MARK.
OKAY, SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOTICE THAT WE NOTICE RIGHT OFF THE BAT, RIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TELL YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT FIRST SET OF NUMBERS, THE ZERO THROUGH FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS, WE ACTUALLY THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN SITTING AT MORE OF A 50% OF OUR STAFF HAS FIVE OR LESS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
AND SO THAT IS 56% OF OUR TEACHING STAFF HAS TEN OR LESS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
NOW, THIS IS NOT A TREND THAT IS UNIQUE TO JUST US.
THIS IS A TREND NATIONWIDE AND IN THE STATE THAT WE ARE SEEING ACROSS EDUCATION.
AND THAT THAT THAT IS DOWN FROM THAT ZERO THROUGH FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S DOWN FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. AND WE THINK THERE'S SOME REASONS FOR THAT THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. I WANTED YOU TO SEE THESE NUMBERS SO THAT YOU HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHO WE'RE SERVING. AND I ALSO WANT TO PAUSE AND SAY THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS PRIORITIZED SUPPORTING FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.
AND SO WE TAKE THIS WORK VERY SERIOUSLY. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE VERY ROBUST SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT NEW TEACHERS, BOTH AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL AND AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
AND WE WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT WORK.
ONE THING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, THESE ARE SOME BRIGHT SPOTS FOR US IN THIS WORK.
IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THAT FIRST BULLET WE AVERAGE BEFORE THIS YEAR TO 2023, 2022 AND ABOVE.
BEFORE THAT, WE AVERAGED 60 TO 70% RETENTION RATES FOR OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE NOW.
THIS IS REALLY EXCITING FOR ME AND MY TEAM. WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE UP IN 20, 23 TO 79%, AND THIS YEAR WE RETAINED 83% OF OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.
THAT IS NO SMALL THING AND THAT IS WAY ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.
IT'S IT'S REALLY A GREAT NUMBER AND I'M REALLY EXCITED WHEN I LOOK AT THAT.
IF YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE SECOND BULLET, THIS IS ONE THAT KIND OF GETS LOST.
THIS INFORMATION KIND OF GETS LOST IN THE DATA.
BUT IT'S A BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY TO OUR CAMPUSES WHO FEEL THIS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.
WHEN WE HAVE TO HIRE TEACHERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND THEY JUMP ON THAT MOVING TRAIN OF TEACHING, THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET THE SAME SUPPORT AND START.
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BUT WE WORK REALLY HARD PROVIDING MID-YEAR HIRE SUPPORT STRATEGICALLY TO THOSE TEACHERS AND THE LAST TWO YEARS.LAST YEAR, 87% OF THOSE MIDYEAR HIRES CAME BACK TO MESQUITE ISD.
THAT'S A BIG DEAL THAT THEY CAME IN AND. THE BEST, THEY'RE THE ABSOLUTE BEST.
I TAKE THEM EVERYWHERE. I TAKE THEM EVERYWHERE.
TO COME IN AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND START IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION AS A FIRST YEAR TEACHER.
THAT'S A REALLY HARD START. AND WE WERE SEEING THE LOSS OF TEACHERS THAT WERE STARTING THAT WAY.
AND SO AGAIN, WE DID VERY TARGETED SUPPORT FOR THOSE TEACHERS.
AND WE'RE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THOSE RATES INCREASE OVER THE YEARS.
WE THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT REASONS WHY THESE NUMBERS LOOK THE WAY THAT THEY DO.
AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ONE OF THOSE THAT WE THINK HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL.
AND THAT'S THIS GROUP RIGHT HERE, OUR TEACHER SUPPORT SPECIALIST.
WHENEVER WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
PEOPLE ARE JUST AMAZED THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN PLACE FOR OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.
AND THIS IS THE THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE MOST QUESTIONS ABOUT.
WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT THIS SUPPORT IS THAT THEIR ROLE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SUPPORT OF NEW TEACHERS.
THEY ARE PART TIME EMPLOYEES THAT WORK 17 HOURS A WEEK.
SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THREE YEARS AGO WE STARTED WITH 80.
THAT MEANS THEY ALL HAVE A VERY FULL CASELOAD OF SUPPORT.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, NONE OF THEM TAKE IT LIGHTLY.
MY PSW PAID FOR ME TO GET MY CERTIFICATION TEST DONE.
MY TS BROUGHT ME LUNCH AND MADE ME EAT IT WHILE I TOOK.
SHE TOOK CARE OF THE KIDS. MY TS MADE ME GET OUT OF THE CAR AND GO INTO WORK TODAY.
MY TS SHOWED UP WHEN I WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN.
THEY ARE TEACHING ALL OF THE WONDERFUL FUNDAMENTAL THINGS OF BEING A TEACHER, WHILE ALSO JUST SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH WHAT IS A VERY UNIQUE YEAR AND YOUR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS YOUR FIRST YEAR OF TEACHING? THEY SHOW UP IN A MILLION WAYS. AND I JUST I WISH YOU COULD HEAR OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS TALK ABOUT HOW INSTRUMENTAL THIS SUPPORT HAS BEEN FOR THEM, NOT ONLY STAYING IN MESQUITE, BUT STAYING IN THE PROFESSION.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THESE NUMBERS, I FEEL LIKE, ARE A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THE THREE YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE IN MESQUITE ISD.
DOCTOR CUMMINGS LEADS THIS GROUP. SHE TAKES CARE OF THEM.
AND I'M SUPER, SUPER THANKFUL FOR THEM. SO THEY ARE THEY ARE A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO.
AND LIKE I SAID, Y'ALL, JENNIFER HEISER IS LIVING AND BREATHING THIS WORK.
SHE HAS BEEN FOR FOUR YEARS. THREE YEARS. THIS THIS IS FOURTH YEAR, RIGHT? AND SHE CAN TELL YOU ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF ALL OF THE WAYS THIS WORK HAS GROWN.
SHE HAS BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING, GROWING THIS WORK, CREATING THIS WORK.
AND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST PACE.
AND SHE'S TRYING TO FIND ALL THE WAYS TO TO MAKE THAT PATH HAPPEN FOR THEM.
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YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PACE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN.MOST OF THEM LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, HAVE KIDS WHO GO TO OUR SCHOOLS.
THEY WERE PARAS AT SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT NOW HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE, BECAUSE THEY WENT THROUGH THE PACE PROGRAM AND THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO BECOMING CERTIFIED TEACHERS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, THE NON CERTIFIED MEANS THAT'S THE GROUP THAT HAS GOTTEN THEIR COLLEGE DEGREE.
AND MOST OF THAT GROUP WILL BE CERTIFIED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
JEN CAN TELL YOU STORY AFTER STORY OF HOW LIFE CHANGING THIS HAS BEEN FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IT'S NOT JUST CHANGED THEIR TRAJECTORY, BUT THE TRAJECTORY FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK. WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED THAT WORK.
A LOT OF THAT WORK, WE ARE JUST GETTING OFF THE GROUND, AND JEN'S WORKING REALLY HARD ON PUBLICITY AND MAKING SURE WE ARE COMMUNICATING TO ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO GET THEM PLUGGED INTO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GAVE YOU ALL OF THE RIGHT UPDATES.
SO JEN IS WORKING WITH DOCTOR HAMMETT ON THAT HB TWO LASSO FOR PREP ALLOTMENT, RIGHT? I KNOW THEY HAVE SPENT HOURS WORKING ON EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT SO THAT WE CAN PURSUE ALL THAT IS OUT THERE.
AND I KNOW JENNIFER IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH DOCTOR RIVERA AND DOCTOR FIELDS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, REALLY MAKING SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN BY THE DECEMBER DUE DATE TO PURSUE THE ALLOTMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LEGISLATION.
JEN CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE WORK FOR PATHWAYS, BUT WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE TO US THROUGH THAT. AND SHE IS IN THE WORK OF THAT.
BUT JUST AGAIN, TO REMIND YOU, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 83 TOTAL PACE TEACHERS THAT ARE SERVING IN OUR CLASSROOMS 36 THAT HAVE HAVE GRADUATED COLLEGE. AND ONE THING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS NOW THAT THE WORD IS OUT ABOUT OUR PATHWAYS PROGRAMS, THIS HAS BECOME A GREAT, JUST RECRUITMENT TOOL.
WE HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE WANTING TO COME TO MESQUITE ISD BECAUSE THEY HEAR ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THERE ARE TO BECOME A TEACHER, AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR JOBS HERE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THEM GETTING PLUGGED INTO ALL OF THESE OPTIONS FOR THEM.
ONE OF OUR FINAL BRIGHT SPOTS I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AGAIN IS HOW WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE NEW DESIGN OF OUR SIX DISTRICT PL DAYS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN OUR CALENDAR FOR THE DISTRICT. IT IS LIKE CONFERENCE, LIKE MEGA CONFERENCE EVERY TIME WE HAVE A DISTRICT PLAY.
THEY ARE OUR DISTRICT PLAYS HAPPEN AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
ALL OF OUR PARAS, ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PARAS ARE NOW INVOLVED IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS.
AND SO THEY COME TO ALL OF THESE SESSIONS AS WELL.
AGAIN, HUNDREDS OF SESSIONS, LOTS OF LOCATIONS, LOTS OF LEARNING.
BEING LED BY DISTRICT AND CAMPUS STAFF. TEACHERS ARE LEADING LEARNING.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING UNFOLD IN OUR SIX, OUR SIX DISTRICT DAYS.
NOW, JUST TO WRAP UP AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
AND JUST I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE TO YOU, BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU, IN A NUTSHELL, SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THE QUALITY AND THE IMPACT OF ALL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT IS PROVIDED IN MESQUITE ISD.
WE'RE WORKING HARD TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BLUEPRINT THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE IN DESIGNING GOOD PLANS, THAT WE WILL TRAIN PEOPLE HOW TO LEAD GREAT PEOPLE THAT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE AND REALLY IMPACT STUDENT SUCCESS.
WE'RE WORKING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ALIGNED TO PEOPLE'S THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR ROLE, AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER REALLY LINKING THE LEARNING TO OUR DISTRICT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND OUR DISTRICT LEARNING FRAMEWORK.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS COMING BACK AND COLLABORATING WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS TO ALIGN THE WORK, THEN PRIORITIZING WHAT ARE OUR STRATEGIC DISTRICT GOALS AND THE DOCUMENTED AREAS OF NEED.
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AND ALL OF THAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, SUSTAIN THAT NEW TEACHER SUCCESS.WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR NEW TEACHER SUPPORT AND HOW CAN WE REFINE IT, MAKE IT BETTER, AND MAKE IT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEW TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
AND THAT IS REALLY OUR T TESTS, OUR EVALUATIONS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THAT AREA, BUT ALSO ANY RESOURCES THAT THAT TEACHERS OR STAFF MEMBERS NEED, THAT EVERYTHING IS AVAILABLE AND ALIGNED TO WHAT THEY NEED AND WHEN THEY NEED IT.
SO A LOT IS HAPPENING AND WE WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE SEE ALL THE WORK THAT IS AHEAD.
WE LOOK AT ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE, THE HUNDREDS OF SESSIONS AND BOOK STUDIES AND TRAININGS AND RESOURCES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED, AND ALL OF IT COMES BACK TO FOR US EVERY DAY WE COME BACK AND WE SHOW UP IN ORDER TO EQUIP, EMPOWER AND ENCOURAGE THESE 2835 STAFF MEMBERS THAT STAND IN FRONT OF THESE, 36,650 STUDENTS OF MISD. AND WE DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY.
AGAIN, WE KNOW HOW LUCKY WE ARE. NOT EVERY DISTRICT HAS THE KIND OF SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. BEFORE WE LEAVE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ME OR JENNIFER OR MY TEAM CAN ANSWER, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT.
YOU SAID YOU VOLUNTEERED TO DO STUFF. YOU DIRECT TRAFFIC AND ALL THAT OUT THERE.
WELL, YOU HAVE ANOTHER VOLUNTEER. HE'S VERY GOOD AT IT.
OKAY, DOCTOR RIVERA, I'VE SEEN HIM IN ACTION AT ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I'M GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THAT DOWN RIGHT FOR NEXT IN FEBRUARY. WE'LL BE WE'LL BE SIGNING HIM UP FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? OF COURSE. SO IMPORTANT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH BECAUSE IT SETS THE STAGE FOR GOOD LEARNING.
WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE HERE FOR KIDS. WE ARE.
AND IT MEANS IT MEANS A LOT TO US. WELL THANK YOU MEANS A LOT TO US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH YES.
THE GRADUATIONS. WE LOVE THE PACE. GRADUATIONS, WATCHING THE COMMENTS, THE FACES, HOW EXCITED THE EXCITEMENT OF THE FAMILIES AND THOSE STUDENTS OF ALL AGES. YEAH, LOTS OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON, LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING OUT THERE.
BUT SHE DID A GREAT JOB DOWN THERE EXPLAINING THE MESQUITE STORY AND THE SUCCESS WE'RE HAVING.
THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES. YEAH, A LOT OF PLACES THAT THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN MESQUITE, AND WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE WORK THAT, AGAIN, THAT YOU GUYS ALLOW US TO DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS MORRIS.
ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING. WHY IS IT THAT THIS LEFT SIDE OF MINE IS SO HEAVY WITH PERSONNEL? WHERE? THE OTHER SIDE. THESE ARE THE MIRACLE WORKERS RIGHT HERE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU LADIES. THANK YOU. AND, GENTLEMEN, FOR EVERYTHING.
OKAY. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO ITEM D, WHICH IS INSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE A REPORT ON BILINGUAL AND ESL DISTRICT EVALUATION REPORT.
I BELIEVE MR. PORTILLO, MISS CATALINA PORTILLO.
MY NAME IS CATALINA PORTILLO AND I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF BILINGUAL AND ESL SERVICES.
THIS EVENING, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE ANNUAL BILINGUAL AND ESL PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT BILINGUAL OR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.
GIVE ME ONE MINUTE. DO WE HAVE THE CLICKER SOMEWHERE? DO YOU KNOW? YEAH, I THINK SO. I'M SORRY. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
OKAY, SO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT BILINGUAL OR ESL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS MUST CONDUCT AN ANNUAL EVALUATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.
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THE. THE DATA WILL INCLUDE BOTH THE ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION GROWTH OF EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS RECLASSIFICATION NUMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT PROVIDED TO MESQUITE ISD STAFF TO ENHANCE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND ENSURE THE BEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR AMAZING STUDENTS.THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES A POWERFUL SET OF DATA.
THE INFORMATION PROVES HUGE BILINGUAL SUCCESS.
IT ALSO SHOWS IMPORTANT AREAS OF GROWTH FOR ESL.
ESL STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED SOLID PROGRESS, NARROWING THE GAP IN MATH BY SEVEN, WITH 67%.
IN SEVENTH GRADE, READING REMAINED STEADY WITH 65%, BUT MATH SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT CAN DECLINE, WHICH WAS 25%, DEMONSTRATING A CLEAR NEED FOR FOCUS, INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT IN BOTH GENERAL ED AND SHELTER INSTRUCTION FOR ESL STUDENTS, WITH THE RESULTS IN EIGHTH GRADE, EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN THE PERFORMANCE ACROSS READING, MATH AND SCIENCE AROUND 70%. SOCIAL STUDIES WITH 44% REMAINS AN AREA FOR GROWTH, ESPECIALLY FOR ESL STUDENTS.
ENGLISH ONE PERFORMANCE SHOWS THAT 60% OF ALL STUDENTS AND 54% OF ESL STUDENTS PERFORM AT GRADE LEVEL, INDICATING A MODEST GAP FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS.
10TH GRADE ENGLISH TWO SCORES IMPROVED, WITH 69% OF ALL STUDENTS AND 63% OF STUDENTS OF ESL STUDENTS REACHING THE GOAL, SUGGESTING GROWTH ACROSS GRADE LEVELS WHEN WHEN IT COMES TO MATH AND SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT, ALGEBRA ONE RESULTS ARE STRONG, WITH 82% OF ALL NINTH GRADERS AND 83% OF ESL STUDENTS PASSING.
SIMILARLY, BIOLOGY PERFORMANCE IS HIGH, WITH 89% OF ALL STUDENTS AND 88% OF STUDENTS OF ESL STUDENTS MEETING EXPECTATIONS, REFLECTING CONSISTENT ACHIEVEMENT IN STEM SUBJECTS.
US HISTORY SCORES ARE PARTICULARLY SOLID, WITH 93% OF ALL 10TH GRADERS AND 91% OF ESL STUDENTS MEETING EXPECTATIONS, DEMONSTRATING GREAT PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES AND MINIMAL DISPARITY FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS.
MOVING TO LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, WE NEED TO ANALYZE THE TWO DOMAIN CLUSTERS INDIVIDUALLY LISTENING AND READING SKILLS SHOW A STRONG GROWTH ACROSS GRADES AND WITH AN ADVANCED AND ADVANCED HEIGHT ACHIEVEMENT RISING FROM 14% IN KINDERGARTEN TO 70% IN FIFTH GRADE.
READING ALSO IMPROVES STEADILY UP THROUGH MORE GRADUALLY, WITH ADVANCED HEIGHT ACHIEVEMENT INCREASING FROM 5% IN KINDERGARTEN TO 66% IN FIFTH GRADE. WHEN IT COMES TO SPEAKING AND WRITING, WE WE SEE THAT SPEAKING PROFICIENCY SHOWS CONSISTENT GROWTH, MOVING FROM 11% ADVANCED AND ADVANCED HEIGHT IN KINDERGARTEN TO 49% IN FIFTH GRADE.
WRITING STARTS SLOWER, WITH ONLY 3% ADVANCED AND ADVANCED HEIGHT IN KINDERGARTEN, BUT IMPROVES TO 48% BY FIFTH GRADE, INDICATING A STEADY SKILL DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME.
A SPECIFIC RECLASSIFICATION CRITERIA IS SET BY T.E.A.
FOR STUDENTS TO BE CONSIDERED ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
WHEN LOOKING AT OUR PERFORMANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 2425 AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
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SHOWING INCREASE IN STUDENT READINESS FOR MAINSTREAM INSTRUCTION AS THEY ADVANCE.MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWS THE HIGHEST RECLASSIFICATION IN SEVENTH GRADE, WITH 127 STUDENTS, INDICATING A PEAK IN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY GROWTH DURING EARLY MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS.
HIGH SCHOOL RECLASSIFICATION PEAKS IN NINTH GRADE 95 STUDENTS AND DECLINES IN LATER GRADES, SUGGESTING MORE STUDENTS COMPLETE RECLASSIFICATION BY THE START OF HIGH SCHOOL.
MONITOR STUDENTS. IN OTHER WORDS, FORMER EMERGING BILINGUALS CONSISTENTLY OUTPERFORMED THE GENERAL STUDENT POPULATION ACROSS ALL GRADES AND ASSESSMENTS. I CONSIDER THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE THE BEST AND MOST ACCURATE SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT.
THESE STUDENTS ACHIEVE NEAR-PERFECT SCORES IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT AND EOC ASSESSMENTS, DEMONSTRATING SUSTAINED SUCCESS AFTER EXITING THE LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
NOTICE THE MONOLINGUAL SCORES RANGE FROM 57% TO 78%, WHILE FORMER IB SCORES RANGE FROM 97% TO 100%. MONITOR FIRST AND SECOND YEAR STUDENTS, OR FORMER EMERGING BILINGUALS, CONSISTENTLY SCORE BETWEEN 93% AND 100% ACROSS GRADE LEVELS AND ASSESSMENT, EXCELLING IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT AND EOC ALGEBRA ONE.
THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT DIP IS IN SEVENTH GRADE, WHERE MONITOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS SCORED 66% AND MONITOR SECOND YEAR STUDENTS SCORED 45%, STILL HIGHER THAN THE 24% OF THE GENERAL THE GENERAL EDUCATION POPULATION.
OVERALL, THESE STUDENTS PERFORM EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AFTER EXITING THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM.
OOPS. TEXAS HAS FACED A SHORTAGE OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THIS CHALLENGE DIRECTLY AFFECTS BILINGUAL AND ESL INSTRUCTION AS WELL. TO ENSURE STUDENTS RECEIVE ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT, OUR DISTRICT HAS IMPLEMENTED BILINGUAL EXCEPTIONS AND ESL WAIVERS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. DURING THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, THESE MEASURES ALLOWED US TO SERVE 541 STUDENTS IN SPANISH BILINGUAL PROGRAMS, WITH 24 TEACHERS AND 484 STUDENTS IN ESL PROGRAMS WITH 35 TEACHERS THAT ARE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. SPECIFICALLY, WHAT JENNIFER WAS DESCRIBING BEFORE TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT CERTIFIED YET IT.
WHILE SOME STAFF TRANSITIONS OCCURRED AND CERTAIN TEACHERS LEFT THE DISTRICT AT THE END OF THE OF LAST YEAR, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO TO MAINTAINING EQUITABLE INSTRUCTION AND ACTIVELY RECRUITING AND DEVELOPING CERTIFIED EDUCATORS TO MAINTAIN PROGRAM QUALITY.
EACH MONTH FOCUSED ON KEY AREAS FROM NEW HIRE AND COMPLIANCE TRAININGS IN JULY TO CURRICULUM LIKE LIKE LITERACY AND ASSESSMENT WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ALL DESIGNED TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTION AND PROMOTE STUDENT SUCCESS.
WITH THIS SLIDE, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT.
IT PROVIDES A STRONG SUMMARY OF THE EFFORTS OUR DEPARTMENT HAS LED AND REMAINS COMMITTED TO SUSTAINING, IN SUPPORT OF OUR DISTRICT'S MISSION AND OUR STUDENTS SUCCESS.
I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND DEDICATION.
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EMERGING BILINGUAL PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE REALLY STRONG, IS IT BECAUSE OF THE LITERACY SKILLS THEY GAINED WHILE THEY WERE IN? ABSOLUTELY. I DO BELIEVE SO. VERY POWERFUL PROGRAM.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PORTILLO.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CERTIFY A NOD? CERTIFIED TEACHER, ONE THAT JUST CAME TO THE DISTRICT.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATION? I BELIEVE THEY LEFT ALREADY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SPECIALISTS IN THE PROGRAM.
THOSE. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THOSE PAYS TEACHERS HAVE ALREADY ACCUMULATED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS, A COLLEGE HOURS. SO THE PERIOD THAT THEY SPEND IN THE PROGRAM, I BELIEVE IT VARIES.
I'M NOT A SPECIALIST, I'M NOT THE EXPERT IN THE AREA.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT DEPENDING ON ON WHAT THEY BRING WITH THEM, THEN THE PATH WILL WILL VARY.
WELL, I APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, DOCTOR RIVERA.
DO YOU? YES, SIR. IT DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS ON THE PATHWAY, RESIDENCE, PACE AND NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM ARE ALL DIFFERENT DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE. FOR EXAMPLE, MISS PORTILLO IS REFERENCING TEACHERS, PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT GO TO THE PACE PROGRAM.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY COLLEGE CREDITS THEY HAVE BECAUSE THEY GOT TO HAVE 50 AND THEY MUST COMPLETE THE MODULES, AND THE MODULES ARE SELF-PACED. IT TAKES SOME LONGER THAN OTHERS.
IF THEY GET AFTER IT, THEY CAN FINISH IN 6 TO 8 MONTHS, BUT IF THEY DON'T, THEY CAN TAKE UP TO A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, AND THEN IT PROGRESSES UNTIL THEY FINISH THEIR DEGREE.
ONCE THEY FINISH A DEGREE, THEN THEY CAN TAKE THE CERTIFICATION TEST.
ONCE THEY COMPLETE IT AND PASSED, I THINK IT'S A PRACTICE TEST.
THE RESIDENCE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THEIR DEGREE PLAN.
THAT'S THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN KEEP THEM. DID I GET EVERYTHING RIGHT, ANDREW? WE'RE DOWN TO YOUR HOUSE. OH, SO NOW THEY GOT MODIFIED TO A YEAR.
THERE YOU GO. LOOK AT THAT. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED DOCTOR HENLEY THE QUESTION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MISS PORTILLO. NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I WANT TO. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING INTO ITEM E ADMINISTRATION.
FIRST ITEM IS AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE CAMPUS AND DISTRICT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
MISS AUSTIN, YOU'RE ON. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
HELLO. SO THIS PROCESS IS NOT A NEW ONE. YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENT PLANS TONIGHT, ACTUALLY, FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
WE DETERMINE FROM THAT WHAT ARE THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES THAT WE NEED TO SET.
AND THEN WE DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT WORK HAPPENS THROUGHOUT APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY. WE REVIEW CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS QUARTERLY AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE NECESSARY.
WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING THIS EVENING ARE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
YOU KNOW WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT HOW WE GET THERE MIGHT BE ADJUSTED.
THE AND I HAVE A FEELING YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS GOAL AND OBJECTIVE.
YOU HAVE THEM, BUT I HAVE THEM LINKED HERE IF YOU NEED TO SEE THEM.
BUT THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. I WILL ALSO ADD THAT WE MIRROR THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK FOR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND THE EFFECTIVE DISTRICT FRAMEWORK FOR THE DISTRICT PLAN, WHICH IS THE MODEL THAT WE USE FOR LOTS OF THINGS.
CIP. SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU FIRST. YES IT IS.
UNDERSTOOD. YOU'VE HAD IT FOR ABOUT TEN DAYS, I'M SURE.
IF YOU'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT IT AND SEEN WHAT YOU NEED TO.
SO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND. SO THERE'S A MOTION BY MISS HORNSBY. SECOND BY MR. EVERETT TO APPROVE THE CAMPUS AND DISTRICT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
ANY QUESTIONS? CORRECTIONS? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. AYES HAVE IT. MOTION CARRIES.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SECOND ITEM IS APPROVED.THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. MISS AUSTIN, THE OTHER HALF OF THE IMPROVEMENT PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU.
SO THIS ONE I'LL SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON.
BECAUSE THESE DON'T COME UP EVERY YEAR. FIRST THINGS FIRST ARE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
SO WE HAVE CAMPUSES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, ALSO CALLED THE LIP.
THIS HAPPENS IF THEY MISS THREE TARGETS AND THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS FOR ONE STUDENT GROUP IN DOMAIN THREE, WHICH YOU MAY RECALL FROM LAST YEAR LAST MONTH.
SO IF WE HAVE CAMPUSES WHO'VE MISSED TARGETS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN THREE AREAS FOR ONE STUDENT GROUP, THEN THEY NEED TO DEVELOP A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
CAMPUSES ALSO THAT OBTAIN AN OVERALL D CAMPUS RATING ALSO NEED TO DEVELOP A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS PART OF THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND IF YOU SAW THE FULL PLAN, YOU WOULD SEE IT'S GOAL SIX, WHICH IS CALLED LOCALLY DEFINED NEEDS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT LIVES. I'VE WORKED WITH THE CAMPUSES THAT NEEDED TO DEVELOP ONE TO COME UP WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES BASED ON HOW THEIR STUDENT GROUP PERFORMED, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BACK ON TRACK TO HIT THE TARGETS FOR THIS YEAR SO THAT THAT LIP IS NOT A REQUIREMENT ANYMORE.
BUT IT'S NEVER A BAD IDEA TO HAVE PLANS IN PLACE.
AND IF YOU LIKE I SAID, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT THAT I SENT TO YOU, IT'S JUST I PULLED GOAL SIX WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN THERE FOR YOU TO APPROVE.
THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL SEE ARE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
THIS IS A STEP UP FROM A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THIS IS REQUIRED WHEN A CAMPUS IS IDENTIFIED AS COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT IN THAT SAME DOMAIN.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A SCHOOL THAT HAS A EVEN A D SCORE.
ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WE HAVE IS ACTUALLY A C CAMPUS THIS YEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR OVERALL DOMAIN THREE SCORE, THAT'S WHY THEY'VE HAD TO DEVELOP THEIR TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THAT.
IT'S A TWO YEAR PARTNERSHIP. SO EVEN NO MATTER HOW WELL A CAMPUS PERFORMS THIS YEAR, THEY'LL STAY UNDER THAT UMBRELLA FOR ONE MORE YEAR JUST TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE SOLID AND IN PLACE. SO WE'LL DO THAT WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THROUGH T AND REGION TEN WHEN WE DID THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WITH REGION TEN. SO THEY'VE COME OUT AND DONE A DIAGNOSTIC AT OUR CAMPUSES.
THEY'VE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY LOOKING AT ALL FACETS OF THE SCHOOL, LOOKING AT DROP OFF AND DISMISSAL MOVEMENT THROUGH THE HALLWAYS, CAFETERIA FOCUS GROUPS WITH TEACHERS AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM SAT IN ON PLCS AND THEN ALSO DID CLASSROOM WALKTHROUGHS AND TAKE ALL OF THAT DATA AND FROM THAT, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HIGHLIGHT AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO REALLY PINPOINT OUR EFFORTS.
SO FROM THAT, WE DEVELOPED THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE TIP PLAN AND PENDING APPROVAL, I'LL SUBMIT THOSE THEN STRAIGHT TO T THROUGH A PLATFORM THAT THEY HAVE THOSE WE ALSO MONITOR MONTHLY AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, BUT THEY WILL REPORT OUT QUARTERLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE PROGRESS THAT WE NEED.
AND IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED IT'S KIND OF A CLUNKY DOCUMENT.
IT'S A TEMPLATE THAT I GOT FROM T, AND I REALLY COULDN'T DO MUCH WITH IT OTHER THAN COLOR CODE IT.
SO YOU COULD EASILY SEE THAT THERE WERE THREE SCHOOLS LISTED.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ON THAT DOCUMENT, BUT AND IT TOOK A WHILE TO GATHER ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHERE THE WORK REALLY LIVES.
SO WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU NOW IS LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND TARGETED PLANS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
LORD, AGAIN THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? CORRECTIONS BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. AYES HAVE IT. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS AUSTIN. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE.
APPROVE VOTES FOR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU KNOW, MR. CABELL CURRENTLY SERVES ON THAT BOARD OF OF DIRECTORS FOR DALLAS APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
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I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM CONTINUE AS ONE BOARD MEMBER.SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BY CASTING ALL 40 OF ITS ALLOCATED VOTES TO MR. KEVIN CABELL SENIOR, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
I'M ON YOUR SIDE, SIR. THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. SEWARD, A SECOND BY MISS HORNSBY TO APPROVE THE VOTES FOR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. AYES HAVE IT. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTES. BOARD. THAT'S A VERY GOOD BOARD.
AND WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS FOR FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT I THINK IS GOING TO HELP US IN THE FUTURE, GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, THE POLITICS AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
MR. MORRIS'S APPROACHING. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT KABO.
TRUSTEES. DOCTOR RIVERA. THIS IS MY MONTHLY UPDATE.
WE HAVE HAD 18 INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THEY'RE RIGHT ON TIME WITH KEEPING, KEEPING PACE.
WE ACTUALLY HAD THREE TODAY THAT THEY PERFORMED.
SO I ANTICIPATE THOSE CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SEMESTER AND YEAR.
AND AS WE SAY EVERY MONTH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO REPORT TO YOU GUYS OR ANY ACTIONS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE, WE WOULD DO THAT WITH YOU ALL IN EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WE ARE NOT THERE. BUT JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE ONE HOUR AWAY FROM ANNOUNCING FINALS TONIGHT AT THE BAND MARCHING CONTEST, SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE THERE. ONE HOUR THEY'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT, SO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MORRIS. I HAVE A REPORT HERE THAT WILL TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. YEAH. AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO DISCUSS? NO. WELL, I DID HAVE ONE. I JUST HAD A I JUST PLEASE.
SOMEBODY JUST BUZZED ME FROM SAN ANTONIO. SOMEBODY FROM TASB WAS DOWN THERE WATCHING THE BANDS.
THEY HEARD OUR ONE OF OUR GROUPS AND SAID THEY DID GREAT.
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, MR. SEWARD. WITH THAT THANKSGIVING? YES. ALL OF YOU HAVE A GOOD THANKSGIVING. WE'LL SEE YOU IN DECEMBER.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.
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