Aug 10, 2026 Board Meeting

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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OF THE BOARD, I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO TONIGHT'S MEETING. I NOW CALL THE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS MONDAY, AUGUST THE 10TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM ALSO CONFIRMED THAT A QUORUM OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT AND THAT THIS MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. WE WILL NOW RECESS TO THE VISION ROOM TO RECOGNIZE OUR SUMMER SCHOOL

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WE ARE GATHERED TO CELEBRATE IT. IT IS A CULMINATION OF 13 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EFFORT, PERSONAL GROWTH AND UNWAVERING DETERMINATION. TONIGHT'S CEREMONY IS NOT ONLY A TRIBUTE TO THE GRADUATES ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT ALSO A MOMENT OF PRIDE FOR THE FAMILIES, THE EDUCATORS, AND THE MENTORS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR JOURNEY.

IN KEEPING WITH THE DIGNITY OF THIS OCCASION, WE HAVE ASKED OUR GRADUATES TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF DECORUM. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE SAME OF OUR GUESTS ON THIS EVENING. THE USE OF AIR HORNS, NOISEMAKERS AND OTHER DISTRACTIONS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE, AS EACH GRADUATE DESERVES THE DISTINCT HONOR OF HAVING HIS OR HER NAME CLEARLY HEARD AND CELEBRATED. WE KINDLY ASK THAT YOU EXTEND THE SAME COURTESY TO EVERY STUDENT THAT YOU WOULD WISH FOR YOUR OWN. ADDITIONALLY, WE REQUEST THAT ALL MOBILE PHONES BE SILENT AT THIS TIME TO PRESERVE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS EVENT. AT THIS TIME, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU, THE MEMBERS OF THE MESQUITE ISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, WHO ARE SEATED TO MY LEFT, AND I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL ALL THE NAMES OF RED DOCTOR AND HILL RIVERA, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. MR. ROBERT SEWARD, SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT. MR. GREG EVERETT, SCHOOL BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.

MR. KEVIN KARBO, SCHOOL BOARD SECRETARY. OUR BOARD MEMBERS, MISS TIA COLLIER, MISS SUZANNE HALL, MISS CASSANDRA MORRIS, AND DOCTOR SUSAN WILLIAMS. WE ARE HONORED BY THEIR PRESENCE AND GRATEFUL FOR THEIR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND HAVE COMMITTED TO THAT. WE ARE HONORED BY THEIR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. WE ARE ALSO HONORED TO HAVE THE. IN ATTENDANCE THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS OF EACH OF OUR GRADUATING SENIORS AT THIS TIME. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN APPLAUSE FOR THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASS OF 2026. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AS THEY ENTER? YOU MAY BE SEATED. WELCOME. PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, GUESTS, AND OF COURSE, THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP CLASS OF 2026. YEAH. GIVE HIM A ROUND. COMMENCEMENT IS A

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ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT BE WITH YOU WHEN YOU ACHIEVE THOSE GRAND MILESTONES, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE PROUD OF YOU. THEY. WE WILL BELIEVE IN YOU AND THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU WERE CREATED FOR GREATNESS. GUEST. TODAY AS A PROUD SUPERINTENDENT. MESQUITE. VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONFERRED HERE IN A SECOND AND THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED GRADUATES OF MESQUITE ISD, OF ONE OF THE SIX HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE PROUDLY HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENT, GRADUATES. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS ACHIEVEMENT. WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME MR. LACEY, SUMMER SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. DOCTOR RIVERA, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. THESE CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION. SEATED BEFORE YOU, CLOTHED IN CAP AND GOWN, HAVE SATISFIED SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED THE COURSE OF STUDY PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THEREFORE DECLARE THEM GRADUATES OF MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND AS A SYMBOL OF THEIR CERTIFICATION, THEY WILL NOW PLACE THEIR TASSELS OF THEIR CAPS ON THE LEFT SIDE. DOCTOR RIVERA AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, I PROUDLY PRESENT TO YOU THE CLASS OF 2026.

MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. AARON JACOB SEDILLO. SALETTE CONTRERAS. BRIAN JAVIER VARGAS.

NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. LUIS. MARIO. ALVARADO. MOLINA. GABRIEL. OCHOA. DANIEL.

BELTRAN. WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. MANUEL. ARMANDO. OLIVARES. TOM. JUNIOR.

ESPERICUETA. GONZALEZ. HIGH SCHOOL. LAUREN. NICOLE. CURTIS.

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VANGUARD. HIGH. SCHOOL. MORELLI. YOSELIN TORRES.

AS WE CONCLUDE THIS EVENING'S COMMITMENT COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, I WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU, TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS, THE FRIENDS, THE EDUCATORS AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS FOR BEING HERE TO CELEBRATE THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION. YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEDICATION HAVE PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR GRADUATES. THIS CONCLUDES OUR 2026 SUMMER COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY. WE INVITE YOU TO REMAIN IN THIS ROOM TO TAKE PICTURES, ENJOY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE YOUR GRADUATES ACHIEVEMENTS. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 2026. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MESQUITE ISD WILL RECONVENE FROM RECESS TO OPEN MEETINGS AT 6:20 P.M. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING FROM OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE WE BEGIN, THOUGH, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'VE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE. MRS. SMITH IS OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AND SHE'S AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY THE REVEREND CHAD FLOWERS. HE'S THE PASTOR AT IMMANUEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. FOLLOWING HIM WILL BE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THAT WILL BE HELD BY POTEET HIGH SCHOOL JROTC CADET LIEUTENANT COLONEL GENESIS CALDERON, THE SPONSORS COLONEL RETIRED MARCUS WILDLY, REVEREND. YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGES IF YOU WISH TO. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR RIVERA. LET'S ALL BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY. LORD, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE'RE GATHERED FOR TONIGHT AND TO ALL THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR HOLDS. I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU TOUCH EVERY LEADER HERE TONIGHT AS WE WORK IN THIS GIFT OF EVERY OF EDUCATION, FOR EVERY TEACHER WHO INSPIRES, EVERY STUDENT WHO DREAMS. I PRAY GOD OVER THIS BOARD TONIGHT AND ALL THAT IS COVERED.

LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND FOR GUIDANCE. FOR CLARITY. I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU BLESS MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH SAFETY, WITH CREATIVITY, AND WITH THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION. I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU BLESS EVERY FAMILY THAT CALLS THIS CITY HOME, IN THIS SCHOOL THEIR CENTER OF EDUCATION AND ALL WE DO, WE GIVE YOU GLORY. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND HONORING OF THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER

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[II. TEAM OF EIGHT]

SO MY 35 PLUS YEARS OF EDUCATION I'M GOING TO KEEP OVER HERE AND JUST NEVER FORGET.

AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR US. WE LEARNED A LOT. THANKS. OH. SO I GOT TO GO TO MY MY FIRST BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR. I MADE THE MISTAKE. WELL, I SHOWED UP AT WEST FIRST AND THE LINE WAS RIDICULOUS. IT WAS LIKE ALL WHINED IN THE PARKING LOT, SO IT WAS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. BUT I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO GO. IT WAS. IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE THE TEAM, THE STAFF ADMIN, EVERYBODY HAD IT DOWN. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT THEY HAD IT DOWN. MISS PHIPPS WAS LIKE MOVING PEOPLE AROUND IN THE GYM WITH THE SHOES BRETT WAS LIKE, OR MR. PATTERSON WAS LIKE MOVING PEOPLE IN THE HALL, TELLING THEM WHERE TO GO. IT WAS SO SMOOTH FLOWING. THANKFULLY, DOCTOR PHILLIPS WAS THERE SO SHE COULD, LIKE, INTRODUCE ME TO EVERYBODY. SO IT WAS REALLY COOL. AND THE FAMILY WAS WERE SO HAPPY AND EXCITED. IT WAS REALLY NEAT. IT WAS HOT, BUT EVERYBODY WAS LIKE IN SUCH A GOOD MOOD. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE. LIKE MY FACE HURT FROM SMILING SO MUCH. IT WAS NEAT. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT MADE THAT POSSIBLE FOR OUR FAMILIES. I KNOW THAT THEY APPRECIATED IT. THANK YOU, MISS COLLIER. WE START SCHOOL TOMORROW AND THERE IS SO MUCH AMAZINGNESS THAT IS GOING DOWN. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED, ENGAGED, AND TALKING ABOUT FINANCES AND THINGS MAKES PEOPLE TWITCHY, RIGHT? IT MAKES YOU NERVOUS. IT MAKES YOU A LITTLE SCARED. BUT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THINGS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE STUFF WE NEED. OUR PEOPLE ARE AMAZING. I GOT TO SPEND TIME AT VANGUARD TODAY, AND ONCE AGAIN I WAS LIKE, OH, I LOVE THIS PLACE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK Y'ALL TO PARTNER WITH US TO DO THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. SO IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO STEP IN.

IF YOU'VE GOT TIME TO VOLUNTEER, DO IT. YOUR KIDS WILL LOVE IT. MY KIDS LOVE IT. WELL, MOST OF THEM LOVE IT. ONE OF THEM KIND OF LOOKS ME WITH THE EYEBROW UP, BUT IT'S LIKE THIS. EITHER WAY, IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL. I'LL WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I'VE GOT ONE AT HOME WHO'S SOAKING UP HIS LAST MINUTES OF SUMMER. SO I'M READY. I'M READY FOR IT. I'M EXCITED.

AND AS ALWAYS, LET'S DO THIS. THANK YOU, MISS COLLIER. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, ANYTHING? NOT. I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. ONE IS I WANT TO WISH DOCTOR RIVERA ALL THE BEST AT THE TO BE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR. INTERVIEWS COMING UP THE END OF NEXT WEEK. IS THAT CORRECT? WE KNOW YOU'LL DO GREAT. REPRESENT THIS DISTRICT WELL AS THE REGION SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR, WE WERE WITH YOU 100% OF THE WAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. KEVIN CARVEL SENIOR AND WANT TO THANK HIM AND FOR HIS APPRECIATE ALL HE'S DONE DURING HIS YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THIS BOARD. I KNOW HE'S BEEN BUSY WITH WORK IN ADDITION TO TRYING TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT. DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. MR. IF YOU COULD. WAIT. HE'S WAITING HERE. I DON'T KNOW.

IS HE NOT HERE? THERE HE IS. WE'D LIKE TO WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS NICE TOKEN OF AN APPRECIATION OF YOUR DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP. 2025 2026. ROBERT, CAN YOU TURN THIS WAY? SO WE TAKE A PICTURE RIGHT HERE. WELL, THIS RIGHT HERE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, ROBERT. HERE'S. MR. THE REST OF IT. WELL, MR. CARVER, THANK YOU FOR BABYSITTING ME FOR YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT WAS ACTUALLY A PLEASURE, AND I APPRECIATE

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[III. STUDENT AND STAFF GUESTS]

TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION. IT'S OUR AUGUST COMMUNITY PARTNER. BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB HAS PARTNERED WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL RECOGNIZE STUDENTS WHO REACH ATTENDANCE GOALS BY HOSTING MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS ON EACH ELEMENTARY CAMPUS. WE HAVE A SPECIAL VIDEO TO SHOW YOU MORE ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP. THIS MONTH'S COMMUNITY PARTNER IS GOING TO BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP. THEY ARE GOING TO HELP US AWARD STUDENTS IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE. BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB IS PROUD TO BE THE PRESENTING SPONSOR OF MESQUITE ISD'S ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE CHALLENGE.

WE'RE AWARDING THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION A GRANT FOR $22,500. THE FUNDS WILL GO TO SUPPORT THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, CAMPUS CELEBRATIONS AND STUDENT INCENTIVE PRIZES. BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB. WE ARE DRIVEN BY POWERFUL PURPOSE. WE TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILIES WHO DEPEND ON US, AND THAT PURPOSE IS COMING TO LIFE HERE IN MESQUITE.

WITH THIS EXCITING NEW PARTNERSHIP, WE'RE PROUD TO BE HERE AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO KICK OFF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB FOR PARTNERING WITH MESQUITE ISD.

AGAIN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB.

IS OUR AUDIENCE PORTION. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA?

[IV. CONSENT AGENDA]

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA YOU WISH TO PULL FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION? IF THERE ARE. IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CARBO AND A SECOND BY MRS. HAWK TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. WE

[V. REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT]

BOARD MEMBERS JUST LIKE LAST MONTH. JUST A LITTLE REMINDER THAT SINCE WE'RE IN THE SUMMER

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I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS IT TO OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATION OFFICER, MISS SMITH, TO MAKE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS. INDEED. THANK YOU, DOCTOR RIVERA. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A FEW OF OUR NEW ADMINISTRATORS. IF YOU'LL STAND WHERE YOU ARE, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BIO, AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY, DOCTOR CLAUDIA CALVO. DOCTOR CALVO IS BRINGING OVER TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE TO HER ROLE AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BEASLEY. PREVIOUSLY, DOCTOR CALVO SERVED IN CAMPUS LEADERSHIP ROLES IN DENTON ISD AND IRVING ISD. SHE ALSO SERVED AS AN ACADEMIC SPECIALIST, TEAM LEAD, LPAC LEAD AND DISTRICT CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT WRITER. IN 2021, SHE WAS NAMED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR BY THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION. IN REGION 11, DOCTOR CALVO EARNED A BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE FROM UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN. THESE. SAN ANDRÉS IN BOLIVIA, A MASTER'S OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON AND A DOCTOR OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.

PLEASE HELP ME. WELCOME TO BEASLEY ELEMENTARY DOCTOR CLAUDIO CALVO. NEXT UP, HELP ME WELCOME OUR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT POTEET HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTOPHER LATSON. MR. LATSON IS RETURNING TO MESQUITE ISD AND POTEET PIRATES. HE BRINGING NEARLY 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION. HE'S PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ROLES IN FORT WORTH ISD, GALLUP-MCKINLEY COUNTY SCHOOLS AND ARLINGTON ISD. HE BEGAN HIS EDUCATION EDUCATION CAREER IN MESQUITE ISD IN 2007, WHERE HE SERVED AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, CASE MANAGER AND COACH FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. WELCOME HOME MR. MR. LATSON EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE AND A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY. WELCOME TO THE PIRATE FAMILY, CHRISTOPHER LATSON. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, JEREMY SANDERS. MR. SANDERS IS COMING OVER TO MESQUITE WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. HE SERVED IN THE DISTRICT FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS. MOST RECENTLY, HE WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER AT AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, PREVIOUSLY TEACHING ALGEBRA AND EIGHTH GRADE MATH AT AGNEW. MR. SANDERS EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS AND A MASTER OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FROM EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. WELCOME TO THE WEST SIDE, MR. SANDERS. NEXT UP OVER AT VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE A NEW ACADEMIC, DEAN VERLIN WEST. VERLIN WEST IS BRINGING NEARLY 30 YEARS IN EDUCATION, MOST RECENTLY SERVING AS ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL FOR COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN DESOTO ISD. PREVIOUSLY, SHE HELD A VARIETY OF CAMPUS LEADERSHIP ROLES, INCLUDING HOUSE PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL OF ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ADMINISTRATOR OF A DISTRICT DROPOUT RECOVERY PROGRAM, AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL EARLIER IN CAREER. EARLIER IN HER CAREER, SHE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN WACO ISD AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SHE BEGAN HER EDUCATIONAL CAREER IN LUBBOCK ISD AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER. MISS WEST EARNED HER BACHELOR'S OF ARTS IN ENGLISH AND A MASTER'S IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY. WELCOME TO VANGUARD, VERLIN WEST. AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. DWAYNE KING. HE'S GOING TO BE OUR NEW COORDINATOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY. MR. KING IS BRINGING MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE MESQUITE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JOINING OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM. THROUGHOUT HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER, MR. KING SERVED AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, DETECTIVE, FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR. HE ALSO SERVED AS SERVED AS A TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTOR, AND COMPLETED ADVANCED TRAINING IN SCHOOL BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THREAT

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IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING THAT MATTER? IF NOT, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE HEARING AND RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT CERTIFIED VALUES FOR THE TAX YEAR 2026. MR. PRADO. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SEWARD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, DOCTOR RIVERA.

CABINET BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE A CERTIFIED VALUES. AND I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE WHERE YOU'RE APPROVING. OF COURSE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT SETS OUR TAXABLE AND OUR APPRAISED VALUES. SO EVERY YEAR YOU GET A APPRAISAL VALUE. AND IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU OWN A HOME, YOU SHOULD GET ONE. AND AGAIN, IT PROVIDES THE DISTRICT WITH THE TAXABLE VALUE FOR US TO COLLECT OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX AND ALSO OUR BOND OR INS TAX RATES. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, YES, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS EARLY ON. WE PREDICTED THAT OUR TAXABLE VALUE WAS GOING TO INCREASE BY ABOUT 7%. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THAT NUMBER. WE PROGRESSIVELY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE GOT COLD FEET A LITTLE BIT, AND WE DOWNGRADED A LITTLE BIT, AND WE SAID IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN 3 AND 5% BECAUSE AGAIN, THE MARKET INDICATED THAT PROPERTY VALUES WERE NOT GROWING AS FAST AS WE ANTICIPATED. WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ENDED UP A LITTLE BIT OVER 6%. SO WE WERE RIGHT IN THE BALLPARK AS TO WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. ALSO TO NOTE TWO ITEMS. ONE IS THIS REPORT WE UTILIZED TO ENTER OUR PROPERTY VALUE STUDY THAT THE STATE USES FOR US, FOR THEM TO SET THE TAX RATE ON A YEARLY BASIS. SO ONCE WE GET THE CERTIFIED VALUES, WHICH WE DID RECEIVE ON TIME BEFORE JULY OR ON JULY 25TH, WE ENTER THE DATA INTO A MODULE IN THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TEAL, AND THEN THEY CALCULATE WHAT WE CALL OUR MAXIMUM TAX RATE. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE RECEIVED BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. AND THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT AND CONSIDERING FOR APPROVAL. MR. PRADO I DO HAVE A QUESTION. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. THE VALUE WENT UP, BUT AS A DISTRICT ON THE NO SIDE DO WE RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE. WE DO NOT, AS YOU WELL KNOW, OR IF YOU DIDN'T, THE WAY THE FINANCIAL FORMULAS WORK, WHAT WE HAVE BECOME AS DISTRICT IS REALLY TAX COLLECTORS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE STATE REALLY DETERMINES OUR FUNDING THROUGH VARIOUS FUNDING FORMULAS AND PROPERTY VALUES, MEANING WE ONLY EARN SO MUCH PER STUDENT. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BASIC ALLOTMENT. AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S A WEIGHTED ALLOTMENT BASED ON IF YOUR SPECIAL ED BILINGUAL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND THOSE ARE ALL INCORPORATED INTO A FORMULA DRIVEN, WHICH IS VERY COMPLICATED. BUT AGAIN, WE

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NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 2020 627 BUDGET. MR. PRADO THANK YOU, MR. SEWARD. AGAIN. SO YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I HAVE AN AMENDMENT WHEN YOU JUST APPROVED THE BUDGET, RIGHT? I WOULD BE. AND SO HERE'S THE EXPLANATION. SO WE'RE CLOSING LAST FISCAL YEAR. AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CLOSING THE YEAR, THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WE HAVEN'T YET RECEIVED CERTAIN EXPENSE ITEMS. AND SO WE GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE A PROCESS THAT DEPARTMENTS SUBMIT TO THE BUDGET OFFICE. WE EVALUATE WHETHER THEY'RE WORTHY OF CARRYING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT YEAR. IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE ITEMS. SO WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO ALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN, FOR EXAMPLE, GET THE BAND UNIFORMS FOR $183,000 THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED YET. AND SO YOU WILL SEE THREE ITEMS FINE ARTS, 183,000 TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS USUALLY AN AREA THAT WE CARRY FORWARD FUNDS FOR 330, APPROXIMATELY 331,000, AND THEN FOR THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT 206, FOR A TOTAL OF $721,217. AND THIS IS A YEARLY PROCESS THAT WE DO. BOARD MEMBERS. ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 2627 BUDGET YEAR. SECOND. SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CARDONA, SECOND BY MISS DOCTOR WILLIAMS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 2020 627 BUDGET. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. NAY. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADOPT AN ORDER SETTING THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE TO FUND THE 2020 627 BUDGET. MR. PRADO. YES. THANK YOU, MR. SEWER BOARD TRUSTEES, THE HEARING YOU OPENED EARLIER RELATED TO A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ONE IS ADOPTING THE TAX RATE, AND YOU PROBABLY ARE QUESTIONING WHY WE WOULD CONSIDER ADOPTING A TAX RATE IN AUGUST. AND I HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THAT. TYPICALLY YOU WOULD WE WILL ASK YOU IN SEPTEMBER. SO AGAIN THAT'S ONE ITEM. THE SECOND ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WOULD BE THE THE SECOND ITEM RELATED TO A POTENTIAL TO A POTENTIAL SETTING. THE A. SORRY, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE TITLE SO I WON'T MESS IT UP HERE. SETTING A ORDER TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE THROUGH A RATIFICATION. SO WITH THAT, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION RELATED TO A

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SO NAVIGATING DIFFICULT FINANCIAL REALITIES IS THE TITLE OF THE PRESENTATION. AND I THINK IT'S VERY OBVIOUS OF WHERE I'M HEADING TOWARDS THIS. YOU JUST APPROVED A BUDGET THAT IS BALANCED. WE THERE IS A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET. THERE WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT HAPPENED BY ALL OF THE DISTRICT TO GET TO WHERE WE WERE. AND SO AS YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE HEADING AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING, THERE'S A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS. AND SO I WOULD CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. THE SUPERINTENDENT WILLS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER MEMBER OF CABINET. BUT AGAIN, NAVIGATING DIFFICULT FINANCIAL REALITIES IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND SO AS WE BRING INFORMATION TO YOU, IT SHOULDN'T BE NEW INFORMATION. IT SHOULD BE JUST REHASHING WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT. SO HOW DID WE GET HERE? YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. ONE IS DECLINING STUDENT ENROLLMENT. THE DISTRICT, AT ONE POINT IN TIME BACK IN 2018, WE WERE CLOSE TO ALMOST 41000 STUDENTS. AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT NOW RISING OPERATING COST. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT? WE HAVE? WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT. AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, STATE FUNDING THAT HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH INFLATION. WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS FOREVER AGO, BUT IT ISN'T. AND NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAD INTO ANOTHER ONE IN JANUARY. DID WE RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING THAT WAS DISCRETIONARY TO THIS DISTRICT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ITEMS? AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY PRESCRIPTIVE. IT WAS VERY DESIGNATED FOR CERTAIN THINGS. AND SO THE ANSWER IS WE DID NOT.

SO HOW DID WE GET HERE? THESE ARE THREE COMPONENTS THAT REALLY HAVE PUT US IN A POSITION THAT WE'RE AT. HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF OF OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT. WE ONLY INCLUDED FOUR YEARS. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN 2022. THAT'S WHEN I GOT HERE. 38,356 STUDENTS. WE'RE CURRENTLY, OF COURSE, IN 2025, 36,650. WE WERE PROJECTING 36,000 FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO WHAT'S CAUSING THAT? YOU WILL SEE SOME ITEMS AT THE BOTTOM. DECLINING BIRTH RATES, AGING IN PLACE, HIGH INTEREST RATES WHERE THE SLOW HOUSING MARKET, IF YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE STILL GOING UP, BUT VERY SLOWLY. BUT OUR HOUSE IS SELLING WHATNOT IN THE SOUTH AND WHATNOT. VOUCHERS AND ONLINE SCHOOLS CONTRIBUTE TO THIS TREND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE THIS. OUR DEMOGRAPHER HAS PREDICTED THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL WE KIND OF HIT A LEVELING AND THEN MAYBE SLIGHTLY INCREASE FROM THAT.

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT RELATED TO RISING COSTS. IN 2022. WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $8.2 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION. WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING OVER 10.6 MILLION. NOW LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE. DO YOU THINK THE STATE FUNDS FULLY? OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS? THEY DO NOT BY FAR. PROPERTY AND AUTO INSURANCE, OVER 1.6 MILLION. I KNOW MY BOTH OF MINE WENT UP, SO I KNOW EVERYBODY'S IS GOING UP. BUT LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2022 AND 2025. TRES CONTRIBUTIONS. THAT IS FOR OUR RETIREMENT. THE

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HERE IS WHAT OUR REVENUE HAS BEEN. OF COURSE, IT INCREASED. AND THEN IN FY 2025, IT WENT DOWN TO 4.3, 1.4. WE'RE ANTICIPATING 437 FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THE BUDGET YOU JUST APPROVED RECENTLY. BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THAT INCREASE WAS ASSOCIATED TO VERY SPECIFIC ITEMS. WHILE OUR PAYROLL CONTINUES TO INCREASE THIS LAST YEAR, WE DID NOT GIVE A RAISE TO ANY EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT. BUT AGAIN, OUR PAYROLL COSTS CONTINUE TO GO UP. AND GUESS WHAT? IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE, WE'VE BEEN TAPPING INTO THE FUND BALANCE.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU, THE FUND BALANCE IS TO KEEP US AFLOAT AND THE LIGHT YEAR LIGHT MONTHS WHEN WE DON'T GET REVENUE, IT'S CASH IN THE BANK. BUT IT HELPS US NOT BORROW MONEY TO TO MEET OUR LIABILITIES. SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE IS PROBABLY YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT. AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE ELIMINATED OVER 400 POSITIONS. WE REDUCED EXPENDITURES BY MORE THAN $50 MILLION BOTH YEARS. HOW VERY DIFFICULT. ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE BOARD, TAKEN BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, TAKEN BY CABINET AND ALL THE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT.

ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING, STAFFING, REALIGNMENT, CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS, ELIMINATION OF VACANT POSITIONS, REDUCTIONS IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES DELAYED OR TRANSFER EQUIPMENT PURCHASES TO THE BOND WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND OTHER OPERATIONAL DEFICIENCIES. WE AS AN ADMINISTRATION HAVE TAKEN THE STEPS NECESSARY TO RIGHT SIZE THIS DISTRICT, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. HERE'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE CONTINUE. IN THE WAY WE ARE THIS YEAR. WE APPROVED A BALANCED BUDGET 2728 TAKING TWO TWO ITEMS WITH NO SALARY INCREASE AND PREDICTING JUST A SLIGHT 3% INCREASE IN COST ON THE NON PAYROLL SIDE IN 2728 AND IN 2829, WE'RE PREDICTING THAT WE WILL TAP 6 TO $10 MILLION EACH YEAR TO THE FUND BALANCE. IF WE DO NOTHING, OR GUESS WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO? CONTINUE CUTTING DEEPER, LOOKING AT PROGRAMS, LOOKING AT OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. AGAIN, THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE DONE IT. THE FIRST YEAR WE STAYED AWAY FROM CLASSROOMS. THE SECOND YEAR WE COULDN'T DO THAT. WHAT WILL BE NEXT IS A QUESTION. SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE TWO TAX RATES THAT WE CHARGE. ONE IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. THAT'S WHAT PAYS OUR SALARIES. THAT'S WHAT PAYS OPERATIONS, UTILITIES, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE INS INTEREST IN SINKING. AND THAT IS ONLY TO PAY WHAT WE BORROW. RIGHT. PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FOR ITEMS SUCH AS NEW CONSTRUCTION, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY, LAND AND BUSSES. HERE IS A SLIGHT HISTORY OF OUR TAX RATE IN 2026.

WAS THIS LAST YEAR FISCAL YEAR 2526. BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT IN 2019, WE WERE A $1.04 FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FOR THE AND $0.48 FOR THE INS FOR A TOTAL OF 152. OVER THE YEARS, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE HAS DECREASED, MOSTLY DUE TO TAX COMPRESSION FROM THE STATE. THEY WANT CITIZENS TO PAY LESS IN TAXES. AGAIN, WE DON'T BENEFIT FROM THE PROPERTY VALUES. AS WE STATED EARLIER, WE'RE COLLECTING BASED ON THE TAX RATE THAT THAT THE STATE TELLS US WE CAN CHARGE. ON THE INS SIDE, YOU WILL SEE, AS PROPERTY VALUES HAVE INCREASED FOR THE DISTRICT, WE WERE AT $0.48 BACK IN 2021, AND WE DECREASED IT TO $0.44 IN 2022

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THEN WE PASSED A $600 MILLION BOND IN 2025, AND WE SAID WE WOULD ONLY INCREASE THE TAX RATE BY $0.01 TO SUPPORT IT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN 2020, FISCAL YEAR 2526, WE INCREASED THE INS TO $0.41. BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THE TOTAL TAX RATE HAS DECREASED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT WE GET INTO RELATED TO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, AND THE PENNIES THAT WE HAVE TO CHARGE IN TERMS OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. SO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE A SET AMOUNT THAT THE STATE GIVES US, RIGHT. AND THE TAX RATE THAT THEY SET FOR US ABOVE THAT TAX RATE. THE DISTRICT HAS LOCAL AUTHORITY TO ADD PENNIES TO THE TAX RATE. SO BY BOARD ACTION. FIVE PENNIES. WHAT WE CONSIDER GOLD PENNIES.

YOU VOTE EVERY YEAR UNCONDITIONALLY. YOU SAY, YES, WE NEED THOSE FIVE PENNIES. WE.

WE CANNOT DO WITH THOSE FIVE PENNIES. AND THE BOARD APPROVES UNANIMOUSLY. AND THEREFORE WE ADDED TO THE 6969 COMPRESSION OR I'M SORRY, THE 6169 MINIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE THAT THE STATE TELLS US TO. WE ADD THIS ADDITIONAL FIVE PENNIES TO THE TAX RATE IN 2022, OUR CITIZENS APPROVED A VADER FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE GOLDEN PENNIES. AND WHY ARE THEY GOLD PENNIES? IT JUST MEANS THAT THEY YIELD MORE PER STUDENT PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

RELATED TO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT COPPER PENNIES. SO AGAIN, THE CITIZENS SAID, AND WE DIDN'T ASK FOR ALL THE PENNIES. WE ONLY ASKED FOR THREE PENNIES, THE GOLDEN PENNIES TO KEEP US AFLOAT FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND THAT IS WHAT THE TAXPAYERS APPROVED AND INCREASED OF. WE ALSO HAVE NINE COPPER PENNIES THAT WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT, LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR OUR TAXPAYERS TO CONSIDER, JUST LIKE THEY DID THE THREE GOLDEN PENNIES. WE HAVE NOT ASKED FOR ANY OF THE COPPER PENNIES. NOW, HERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAVE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRICTS AROUND US THAT HAVE ASKED THEIR TAXPAYERS TO TAP INTO ALL 17 PENNIES, AND THEY ALL HAVE BEEN COLLECTING ADDITIONAL PENNIES COMPARED TO MESQUITE ISD, WE ARE A 6969 AGAIN, FISCAL YEAR 2526. WHILE ALL THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN COLLECTING, STARTING WITH SONNY, WITH DESOTO, RICHARDSON, COPPELL AND DALLAS, THEY'VE BEEN COLLECTING EXTRA PENNIES SINCE BEFORE 2018. IN OTHER WORDS, THEIR STUDENTS ARE BENEFITING FROM THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN PROGRAMS, COMPENSATION ITEMS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO ADDRESS. THE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE ALSO TAPPED INTO THE FULL 17 PENNIES, SO THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON FOR YOU. NOW, IF YOU ASK ME, WHAT ARE THESE DISTRICTS HAVE TO DO WITH THIS? THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THEN I WILL ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. I WAS GOING TO SAVE IT FOR LATER, BUT I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE HERE. DO OUR STUDENTS DESERVE LESS? SO WHAT IS THE VADER A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION IS REQUIRED WHEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT INTENDS TO ASK VOTERS TO APPROVE A MODIFIED TAX RATE ABOVE WHAT THE STATE HAS SET. IT IS A LOCAL ELECTION THAT GIVES VOTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GRANT MESQUITE ISD THE AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE. WHY CALL A VADER NOW, WHEN BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, WHEN BUSINESSES PRICES GO UP, THEIR.

THEIR PRICES. OF COURSE, THEY CAN RAISE THE PRICES ON ITEMS, RIGHT? LAY OFF PEOPLE, SO ON AND SO FORTH. THE ONLY MECHANISM FOR US TO ADD ADDITIONAL REVENUE IS THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AN INCREASE IN REVENUE WILL HELP MITIGATE FUTURE BUDGET REDUCTIONS. YOU SAW THAT SLIDE. IF WE DO NOTHING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT DEEPER. OTHER ITEMS,

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TAX RATE WITHOUT A VADER WILL BE 1.862. BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY VALUES WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

THERE IS TAX COMPRESSION THEREFORE THAT IT WOULD BE LESS. AND THEN OUR 2026 TAX RATE WITH VADER WILL BE 11762 AGAIN, THE ESTIMATED IMPACT ON AN AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IS APPROXIMATELY $99 PER YEAR, BASED ON A HOME WITH A MARKET VALUE OF 250,000 AND $140,000. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

THIS, OF COURSE, WOULD NOT IMPACT OVER 65 AND DISABILITIES. SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE? THE BOARD SELECTED AN AUDITOR FOR EFFICIENCY AUDIT. WE POSTED ALL THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED FOR US TO BRING THIS TO YOU. WE RECEIVED OUR PRELIMINARY MC, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT. BEFORE WE BRING IT TO YOU AND OUR IT'S WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT. AND TODAY, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, ARE THOSE TWO ITEMS THAT WE STARTED THIS MEETING WITH SEPTEMBER 14TH. WE ANTICIPATE, OF COURSE, DEPENDING ON ON, ON THE OUTCOME AND EFFICIENCY AUDIT RESULTS BRINGING TO THE BOARD. NOVEMBER 3RD IS ELECTION DAY. AND IF THE VADER PASSES, AMEND THE BUDGET IN NOVEMBER.

NOVEMBER 9TH BOARD MEETING EITHER OR. IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE'LL ADOPT THE TAX RATE THAT THE STATE HAD TOLD US HAS DESIGNATED FOR US. AND WITH THAT, I. I'M FAIRLY PROBABLY SAID A LOT, BUT I'LL STOP NOW AND ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. SO BOARD MEMBERS WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT. HE PRESENTED FOR TWO ACTION ITEMS. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS EVERYTHING NOW AND THEN TAKE ACTION FOR EACH OF THOSE SEPARATELY. OKAY. SO THE BOARD BOARD MEMBERS OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. MISS COLLIER. CAN YOU PUT YOUR COMPARISON SLIDE BACK UP? I REALIZE I JUST JUMPED INTO THAT. SO I LOOK AT IT AND I THINK ABOUT MY YOUNGEST THAT'S ABOUT TO START SCHOOL TOMORROW. RIGHT. AND THEN YOUR QUESTION, DO OUR KIDS DESERVE LESS? LIKE MAKES MY NECK ITCH? THINKING ABOUT IT, LIKE, AS MOM, I'M LIKE, HOW DARE YOU ASK ME IF MY KID DESERVES LESS? LIKE, IT'S ALMOST INSULTING TO HEAR THAT. BUT THEN I LOOK AT IT AND I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND I'M LIKE, WHY WOULDN'T I ASK? LIKE, I KNOW WHAT MY KIDS NEED, AND IF I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THEN MAYBE IT'S TIME. THEN I THINK ABOUT THE SERVICES AND THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO GET CUT. AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, WHEN IT STARTED AT THE BEGINNING, AND I WAS HOT AND BOTHERED, I WAS NOT, I WAS NOT, I WAS ON A WHOLE ROLL WITH IT BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WE'RE PICKING OR CLEANING HOUSE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING. LIKE WE ARE EXPECTING THIS DAY TO HONOR THE PROMISE THAT THEY GAVE TO US.

AND THEN WE'RE STILL DOING THE JOB IN A REALLY, WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU MAKE MAKE SOMETHING WORK, WHEN YOU MAKE IT WORK, WE'LL JUST SAY IT THAT WAY. YOU'RE DOING THE JOB AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IT REALLY WELL, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU ARE EXPECTING TO USE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING, YOU'RE REALLY TRYING. BUT THEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M LIKE, THEY ASKED FOR THEIR PENNIES. THEY ASKED FOR THEIR PENNIES. THEY ASKED FOR THEIRS. IT PULLS AT MY HEART BE LIKE, IT'S TIME. IT'S TIME TO ASK. SO WHATEVER STEPS

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BUT JUST KNOW, YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND OUR ADMIN, THEY WORK SO HARD AND, AND AGAIN, THEY LOVE THIS DISTRICT. SO I APPRECIATE THIS US BEING ABLE TO SEE THIS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS NEXT. SO I AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU LADIES. I GOT TO BE ON THE STRATEGIC BUDGET COMMITTEE. AND DOCTOR RIVERA WAS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT NOT TOUCHING THE PROGRAMS, WHICH THANKFULLY THAT WORKED OUT. BUT IT'S NOT THAT'S NOT GOING TO LAST IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING RIGHT. AND OUR KIDS, OUR KIDS DEFINITELY DESERVE IT AND NEED IT. OUR TEACHERS DESERVE RAISES AND TO FEEL SECURE IN THEIR JOBS. SO I THINK FOR BOTH OF THOSE REASONS, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN'T AT LEAST BRING IT UP FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE ON. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MORRIS. I'LL CHIME IN. ONE OF MY FAVORITE WEEKS OF THE YEAR IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, BECAUSE I GET TO SEE FIRSTHAND JUST THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF TEACHERS THAT HAVE MOLDED AND SHAPED FUTURES AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVERY DAY. SO I REALLY SEE HOW THIS INCREASE IN FUNDS IS, ARE GOING TO BENEFIT OUR STAFF THAT ARE SO DESERVING.

AND WE SEE THAT EVERY DAY. BUT ALSO THESE ARE FUNDS THAT WE SEE THAT BENEFIT IN THE CLASSROOM. WE SEE THAT BENEFIT ON THE CAMPUS FOR OUR STUDENT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AS WELL.

SO I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT STAFF AND THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MESQUITE, AND WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO FULLY FUND THEM. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING THAT I FORGOT TO SAY, IF THAT'S OKAY. I WAS ALSO ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND AND I'VE EXPRESSED THIS TO DOCTOR RIVERA, BUT SOMETHING HE SAID IN THE MEETING THAT JUST HAS RESONATED WITH ME AND IT HASN'T LEFT ME. I THINK YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. HE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND HE SAID, WHEN I SEE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US AS FAR AS HAVING TO BE CUT, HE SAID, I DON'T SEE JOBS. HE SAID, I SEE FACES, THAT'S WHO I SEE. AND SO THAT JUST REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME AS FAR AS THIS IS WHAT THIS DISTRICT IS ALL ABOUT, FOR SUPERINTENDENT TO SIT THERE AND TRULY SAY, I SEE FACES, I DON'T SEE JOBS, I SEE FACES, AND I BELIEVE I BELIEVE HE MEANT EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THAT. MR. CAMPBELL. I'LL GO. I'LL LET.

GREG WILL BE LAST. BUT I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING THAT MISS COLLIER SAID. MAYBE IT IS TIME. IT IS TIME WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE'VE LET THE OTHER DISTRICTS GET AHEAD OF US BY NOT ACTING BEFORE. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS I WANT TO ASSURE EVERYONE IS WE'VE BEEN VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL THESE YEARS, AND WE'VE BEEN HOLDING ON TO THAT RESPONSIBILITY. OUR TAXPAYERS ARE REALIZING THAT WE'VE HELD ON AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING US BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE REALLY TRY TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AHEAD OF US, YOU KNOW, ANY RELIEF? MAYBE THERE IS, MAYBE THERE'S NOT, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AND THEY START THINKING PRO PUBLIC EDUCATION

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WE'RE CONCENTRATING IN THE 5 MILLION THAT GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION. AND AS A DISTRICT, AND OF COURSE, YOU ALL KNOW I'M PART OF THE LOCAL AS WELL AS THE STATE DISCUSSIONS WITH TASB. SO SO WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS NOT AFFECTING JUST MESQUITE. THIS IS AFFECTING THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, MR. CARVILLE. MR. EVERETT, WELL, IN IN 2022, LIKE MR. PRADO SAID, WE WE WENT TO THE VOTERS AND ASKED FOR THE THREE GOLDEN ENRICHMENT PENNIES, AND WE RECEIVED THOSE. THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO. WE COULD HAVE GONE FOR ADDITIONAL COPPER PENNIES AT THAT TIME. BUT ANTICIPATING THAT OUR LEGISLATURE WOULD DO SOMETHING FOR OUR FUNDING, ANTICIPATING THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT, WE WERE HOPING FOR SOMETHING THAT DID NOT PAN OUT. SINCE 2019, INFLATION HAS INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY 20%, AND WE'RE NOT IN THIS BOAT ALONE. GILBERT, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THE UTILITY INCREASES AND FUEL INCREASES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DEAL WITH, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT.

AND WE DID ADOPT A DEFICIT BUDGET THIS PAST YEAR, AS DID ABOUT 65% OF OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. BUT WE HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING AS AS A BOARD, NOT ALL ALL OF US, BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION FOR THE BETTER PART OF EIGHT MONTHS, I GUESS. AND SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD, THE FOUR OF US THAT HAVE BEEN ON HERE, AND THEN THE THREE NEW LADIES HAVE TAKEN LIGHTLY SINCE 2019. THE MAINTENANCE OPERATION RATES HAVE BEEN REDUCED THROUGH THE CALCULATION OF THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE. AND THOUGH PROPERTY VALUES HAVE INCREASED, THE RATE HAS BEEN COMPRESSED OR REDUCED AS A RESULT OF THE FUNDING FORMULAS. AND GILBERT, IF YOU WOULD TAKE 30S TO EXPLAIN THE FUNDING FORMULAS, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IT'D PROBABLY TAKE IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 30 YEARS TO EXPLAIN IT. LET ME SEE WHERE I'LL START. YEAH, WELL, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, AND AND THIS IS MY OPINION, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS BROKEN. AND WE WE MADE TRIPS TO THE LEGISLATURE DOWN TO AUSTIN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, ANTICIPATING THAT THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING. AND THE INCREASE THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS PALTRY AND STILL IS. AND THAT'S A MESSAGE THAT OUR GOVERNOR NEEDS TO HEAR. BUT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES REGARDING A VADER VOTER APPROVAL, TAX RATE, ELECTION. AND A SUCCESSFUL VADER WILL BENEFIT EVERY STUDENT IN MESQUITE ISD. IT WILL HELP INCREASE SALARIES AND NOT ONLY TEACHERS, BUT ALL PERSONNEL. IN MESQUITE ISD, A SUCCESSFUL VADER WILL ENHANCE OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES. IT WILL HELP US MANAGE ANNUAL BUDGETS MOVING FORWARD, AND I BELIEVE IT WILL ALSO BE VIEWED VERY FAVORABLY BY THE BOND RATING ANALYST IN THE FUTURE. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER $150 MILLION OF NEW MONEY THAT WE WILL BE SELLING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND WE SURE DON'T WANT ANOTHER BOND RATING DOWNGRADE, BUT THAT COULD RESULT IN REDUCED RATES THAT WE MAY HAVE TO PAY ON FUTURE BOND SALES AND POTENTIALLY ANY MORE REFUNDING. BUT AS KEVIN SAID, THIS DISTRICT HAS EARNED A REPUTATION OF SPENDING WISELY. FISCAL GOOD SOUND, PRUDENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND WE HAVE A PROVEN RECORD OF THAT. YOU CAN LOOK AT THE FIRST RATING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND SEE THAT, BUT IN JUST A MINUTE, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE. BUT OUR VOTERS

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WE WILL NOT COME TO YOU IF THIS WAS NOT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION. THAT ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES WE NEED TO VENTURE ON. SO YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS HERE FROM ALL SEVEN TRUSTEES IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. JUST LOOK AT THE SCREEN. WE HAVEN'T CALLED FOR IT YET, COUNSELOR. DO OUR KIDS DESERVE LESS? I JUST HAD A CHILD GRADUATE THIS LAST YEAR FROM MESQUITE ISD, AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE TO LOWER THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR THE YEARS TO COME. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE FROM MESQUITE ISD. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT, MR. PRESIDENT. WELL, SAID, DOCTOR RIVERA, BOARD MEMBERS, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND ENGAGEMENT IN THIS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MATTER BEFORE THIS BOARD AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR OUR STUDENTS. WITH THAT SAID, IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU WANT TO ADD, MR. PRADO, BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION ON THE TAX RATE? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. AND LIKE I SAID, THANK YOU TO ALL THE GROUPS. CABINET SUPERINTENDENT, FOR PUTTING THIS FOR YOU TO SEE THIS. AND NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, WELL SIMPLIFIED SO ALL OF US CAN UNDERSTAND IT AND THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND IT. WITH THAT SAID, BOARD MEMBERS, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MR. ABBOTT, ONE THING I WAS GOING TO ADD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN OTHER DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVING TO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY, HAVE EVEN HAD TO CUT DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. THEY'VE CLOSED CAMPUSES, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF VOLATILITY AS A RESULT OF THAT. ONE THING THAT DOCTOR RIVERA AND HIS STAFF, ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE, IS TO HELP US PREVENT DOING THAT. AND WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING HAVING TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. BUT, MR. SEWARD, MAY I? YES, YOU MAY I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1 AND 17.6 $0.02, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY AN 11.68% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. EVERETT AND A SECOND BY MR. CARVEL TO MOVE THAT MOVE, THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1 POINT SEVEN, 17.6 $0.02, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY AN 11.68% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? BOARD MEMBERS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. NAY. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION OR DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2026. SECOND. I'M A THIRD. IS IT ON NOVEMBER 3RD? I SAID NOVEMBER 3RD. DID YOU SAY THIRD? I WAS GOING TO CORRECT IT. LOOK.

CORRECT IT. YEAH. CORRECT. SAY IT AGAIN. I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION OR MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS MORRIS AND MISS AND SECOND BY MR. CARVEL TO APPROVE MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026.

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THANK YOU. BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT SEWER DOCTOR RIVERA AND CABINET. THE FIRST PROJECT AFTER FIRST PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PACKAGE ONE, WHICH IS SMITH, THOMPSON AND PIRRUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AFTER THOROUGHLY REVIEWING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROPOSALS FOR MESQUITE ISD. MULTIPLE PROJECTS. NUMBER 2026-3. PACKAGE ONE. THE SMITH, THOMPSON AND PIRRUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WERE RELEASED ON JUNE 16TH 26 AND PARTICIPATING IN THE CMR EVALUATION SCORING WORKSHOP CONDUCTED WITH MISD CONSTRUCTION SERVICES MISD PURCHASING AND WRA ARCHITECTS ON JULY 7TH, 2026, OUR TEAM RESPECTFULLY SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SMITH, THOMPSON AND PIRRUNG SCHOOLS. ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS AS PART OF THE MESQUITE AS THE 2025 BOND PROGRAM, THE DISTRICT RECEIVED SEVEN QUALIFIED RESPONSES. OF THE 15 FIRMS NOTIFIED FOR THIS PACKAGE, THE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOCUSED ON THE FOLLOWING AREAS ONE. THE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING THE QUALIFICATIONS AS A SOPHOMORE AND THE EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE NORTH TEXAS EDUCATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MARKET. TWO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE OWNER'S NEEDS, INCLUDING STAFF CAPACITY TO MEET THE SCHEDULE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE OVERALL FINANCIAL STABILITY. AND NUMBER THREE, COST CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING PRE-CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTOR FEES, COST ESTIMATING CAPABILITIES AND CONTINGENCY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND FOUR MISCELLANEOUS FACTORS, INCLUDING REFERENCES FOR BOTH OWNERS AND ARCHITECTS, LITIGATION HISTORY AND SAFETY RECORD BASED ON INFORMATION PRESENTED AND REVIEWED ON JULY 7TH, 2026, THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THAT MESQUITE ISD AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE MESQUITE ISD MULTIPLE PROJECTS PACKAGE ONE. SMITH, THOMPSON AND PIRRUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. TWO JACKSON CONSTRUCTION AS THE FIRM PROVIDING THE BEST EVALUATED OFFER TO THE DISTRICT AND DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT. IN THE EVENT THE CONTRACT CANNOT BE NEGOTIATED, THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE CAN NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE NEXT RANKED PROPOSER. THANK YOU, MR. POOLE. I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU. THE ESTIMATED COST IS THAT OVER OR UNDER WHAT WE HAD IN THE INITIAL PRELIMINARY NUMBERS? IT'S IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S AT THE THE THE THE RECOMMENDED COST 49 MILLION. OKAY. WHICH THESE ARE THE, THE STORM SHELTER SCHOOLS.

BOARD MEMBERS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE WRA PROJECT 26 PACKAGE ONE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY MR. KAVAL TO AWARD THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE WRW PROJECT 2026-3 PACKAGE ONE FOR SMITH AND THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. A 2025 BOND PROJECT TO JACKSON CONSTRUCTION, CORRECT? YES, SIR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MEMBERS THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION

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BUT IT'S JUST NOW GOT TO THE POINT. AND IT'S A SMALLER PROJECT THAT WE COULD USE THEM AS HAS. WE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE. ROLAND. YES, SIR. WE ARE HAS WORKED ON SIMILAR PROJECTS, SCOPES WITH GLIDDEN IN OTHER DISTRICTS. OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO AWARD THE.

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK TO GLIDDEN INDUSTRIES FOR PROJECT 2026-3, PACKAGE TWO. GALLOWAY, HODGES AND RUBLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, WHICH IS PART OF THE 2025 BOND.

SECOND, DID YOU MEAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR? CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. GENERAL CONTRACTOR. GOT IT. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. EVERETT AND A SECOND BY MISS MORRIS TO AWARD THE AWARD. GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR WRA PROJECT 2026-3, PACKAGE TWO FOR GALLOWAY, HODGES AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. ANOTHER 2025 BOND PROJECT BOND PROJECT TO GIBSON INDUSTRIES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE AN AWARD OF GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION CENTER ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS. ANOTHER 2025 BOND PROJECT, MR. POOLE. OKAY, NOW WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS ONE MORE TIME. AFTER THOROUGHLY REVIEWING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROPOSALS FOR

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AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN EFFECTIVENESS REPORTS. THE FIRST IS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. MR. ELLSASSER. REAL QUICK. TAKE YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO DO THAT? WE COULD STAY TILL ABOUT 1245. NO. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, BOARD DOCTOR RIVERA FOR HAVING ME.

TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE CTE EFFECTIVENESS REPORT FOR LAST YEAR. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CTE TEAM BACK HERE. THE THREE. AND WE HAVE TWO OTHER MEMBERS. THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB LAST YEAR. IT WAS I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS STRETCHING FOR EVERYONE, WITH ME BEING KIND OF PART TIME AND TWO ROLES. THEY REALLY CARRIED A LOT OF THE WEIGHT OF WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR FOR CTE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THEIR HARD WORK, EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR, AND WE MADE THEM A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE AND THEY WERE THEY WERE AWESOME. SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE FOR EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR. AND A LOT OF THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE CTE TEAM OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID THIS YEAR. SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR STUDENTS GET INTO, AND IT IS A STRATEGIC TOOL TO EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH VALUABLE SKILLS, STRENGTHENS THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY MEETING WORKFORCE DEMANDS, AND BUILDS A MORE CONNECTED AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY FOR OUR FAMILIES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY IS IT'S OUR JOB TO GET KIDS JOBS, AND SO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SKILLS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND WE DO ALIGN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WITH WORKFORCE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC NEEDS, AND WE CREATE PATHWAYS FOR SUCCESS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL ONCE THEY'VE GRADUATED. AND SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO. WHO IS CTE? WE SERVE 11,722 CTE STUDENTS. THAT IS 231 FACULTY MEMBERS ON 17 CAMPUSES IN THE 2526 YEARS. OUR TEACHERS COME FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS. SOME OF THEM ARE TRADITIONALLY TRAINED TEACHERS THAT TEACH OUR CTE COURSES, AND WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF THOSE THAT ALSO COME FROM INDUSTRY, AND THEY BRING THEIR INDUSTRY EXPERTISE TO OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY ON OUR DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS. AND SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO FOR US IN THERE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE ON THE

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HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO DO THAT. AND SO THEY'RE HIRING OUTSIDE OF THE STATE. AND SO THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY KIND OF BUILD THAT UP AND GET INTO THAT. I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A FILMING HAPPENING AROUND THESE PARTS PRETTY SOON, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AND SO YOU KIND OF SEE THAT COMING UNDERNEATH OUR UMBRELLA WITH THAT. WE ALSO DID HAVE TWO OTHER PROGRAMS AT POTEET HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE LAUNCHING THE ELECTRONICS PROGRAM THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS REALLY WORKING WITH OUR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTORS.

IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN DALLAS COLLEGE, AND THESE WILL BE DEFINITELY LUCRATIVE CAREERS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN WE STARTED THE HVAC STUDENT HVAC PROGRAM AT HORN HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE STARTED, WE'RE ACTUALLY PARTNERING WITH DALLAS COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN'T. SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO GO IN AND SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD THESE LABS. WE CAN USE DALLAS COLLEGE TO DO SOME OF THAT. AND SO WE'VE REALLY JUST BEEN KIND OF EXPANDING THAT. LIKE I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE HVAC PROGRAM THIS YEAR IS KIND OF LIKE A PROOF OF CONCEPT. SO IF WE CAN GET THE PROOF OF CONCEPT, I'D REALLY LIKE TO EXPAND THE SKILLED TRADES ON ALL OF OUR ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. OUR WELDING PROGRAM IS BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. WE ONLY HAVE THAT AT THREE OF OUR LOCATIONS. ONE OF THE HUGE REASONS OF THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HANDS ON SKILLED TRADES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN, AND WE REALLY HAVE TO EXPAND THAT. DALLAS COLLEGE IS A GREAT WAY OF DOING THAT. I'VE LOOKED, YOU KNOW, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, WE GOT HVAC HERE. I'VE TALKED TO DALLAS COLLEGE ABOUT AVIATION, BRINGING BACK LOGISTICS, WHICH IS A HUGE HUB, ESPECIALLY HERE IN OUR AREA AND NETWORKING, LOOKING AT USING OTHER CAMPUSES LIKE CEDAR VALLEY AND STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY AREN'T VERY FAR AWAY. 20 MINUTE DRIVE FROM HORN VANGUARD AND WEST MESQUITE. SO AS WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, WE REALLY WANT TO LEVERAGE THAT, THAT RELATIONSHIP THERE WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, OUR STUDENTS HAVE EARNED A VARIETY OF WHAT WE CALL INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS. THAT MEANS THAT THAT IS A CERTIFICATION THAT A STUDENT CAN GET IN HIGH SCHOOL. THAT LEADS TO A CAREER WHEN THEY GRADUATE. AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE THAT WE PROVIDE IN CTE. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT SLIDE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE SOME ON THE JOB TRAINING, SOME OJT. IF YOU COME FROM A SKILLED TRADE, WE GO BACK JUST REALLY SOME OF THE ON THE JOB TRAINING OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, DUAL CREDIT OFFERINGS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COLLEGE. AND THEN WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR INTERNSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESS PARTNERS. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. THESE ARE THE INDUSTRIAL BASED CERTIFICATIONS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER THIS THIS PAST YEAR, WE, OUR STUDENTS EARNED 4390 FOR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.

THAT IS UP 7% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WHICH WAS 41, JUST A LITTLE OVER 4100 OF THOSE. SO SOME CHANGES HERE. YOU HEARD WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, DECLINING STUDENT POPULATION. WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF AT THAT THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW OF THAT 4300, ALMOST 4400 CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE CAN GIVE.

NOW, THIS IS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT EARN. SO THIS ISN'T JUST SENIORS. SO THIS IS TOTAL AMOUNT GIVEN. BUT OUR NINTH GRADE COHORT WORTH POINTING OUT NOW IS THE STATE

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AND SO THINK ABOUT OUR STAR TEST WHERE WE HAVE MASTERS MEETS AND APPROACHES. WELL, THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING WITH OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS. SO THEY'RE OFFERING THREE TIERS. IT'S A TIER ONE OR TIER TWO AND TIER THREE. A TIER ONE WOULD EQUAL TO OUR MASTERS. OKAY. TIER TWO IS MEETS AND TIER THREE WOULD BE APPROACHES. AND SO THAT'S SO THAT'S HOW THE STATE FOR THAT NINTH GRADE ACCOUNTABILITY IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT NOW WHEN OUR STUDENTS EARN THOSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE KIND OF GOT IT. SO I, I THINK WE ONLY HAVE ONE IBC THAT WOULD BE A TIER THREE. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE IBCS THAT WE GIVE ARE IN THAT TIER TWO, TIER ONE AREA. SO THAT KIND OF HELPS US OUT WITH THAT. AND SO, SO THOSE ARE OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN OUT. WE'VE ALSO STUDENTS HAVE ALSO EARNED 1639 DUAL CREDIT HOURS THROUGH CTE. SO THAT IS OUR EARLY LEARNING, TEACHING AND TRAINING, OUR FIRE PROGRAM AND OUR AUTOMOTIVE. THIS NEXT YEAR, THEY'LL EARN SOME THROUGH OUR HVAC PROGRAM.

SO OUR STUDENTS IN HVAC PROGRAM WILL GET 18 HOURS OF COLLEGE CREDIT AND A LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATION BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE THIS YEAR. AND WE HAVE A COHORT OF 18 OF THOSE STUDENTS FROM HORN HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AGAIN, GOING BACK TO IF WE EXPAND THAT, JUST THE, THE, THE CONTINUING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE GIVING TO STUDENTS, LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT. YOU CAN SEE THERE I HAD TWO PAGES OF THEM. SO I TOOK OFF ONE OF THE PAGES BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D READ ALL OF THEM. THIS IS NOT ALL OF THEM.

WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER, BUT WE DID INCREASE OUR PARTNERSHIPS THIS YEAR BY 47%. OKAY, 47% ALMOST. YEAH, ALMOST DOUBLED THAT. AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THAT. AND SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT HERE. IT IS ONE THING TO SAY THAT, HEY, WE HAVE A BUSINESS PARTNER, COULD BE WE EMAILED THEM OR THAT, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO DIVE INTO WHAT OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS ARE ENGAGING IN OUR STUDENTS. AND SO ONE OF THE, THERE'S THREE WAYS THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS. AND, AND, AND YOU'LL SEE IN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, CTE PUT THIS IN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BECAUSE IF I'M GOING TO PREACH THE GOSPEL ABOUT BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS, I NEED TO HOLD MYSELF AND OUR TEAM ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR ENGAGEMENT IN THREE WAYS.

NUMBER ONE IS ON CAMPUS EXPERIENCES. AND SO THAT IS, DID WE INVITE A BUSINESS PARTNER INTO OUR CLASSROOMS TO GIVE LIKE A LECTURE OR WORK ON A PROGRAM OR SOME SORT OF INTERACTION WHERE THEY'RE SEEING OUR KIDS OR STUDENTS ARE INTERACTING WITH THEM IN SOME WAY. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. IT COULD BE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE ON CAMPUS ENGAGEMENTS WITH OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS. THE SECOND ONE THAT WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE IS TO IS HOW MANY TIMES ARE STUDENTS GOING OFF CAMPUS TO GO VISIT A BUSINESS PARTNER? AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WE DO MANUFACTURING DAY, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF EVERY OCTOBER, AND WE GET ALL OF WE GET A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE SENIORS, AND WE SEND THEM OUT TO LOCAL MANUFACTURERS AND THEY CAN SEE WHAT OUR LOCAL MANUFACTURERS ARE PRODUCING HERE. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS AROUND. AND SO IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT NOT ALL MANUFACTURING, IT IS NOT DARK AND DIRTY ANYMORE. IT IS HIGH TECH AND IT IS ADVANCED. YOU SEE ROBOTIC ARMS, YOU SEE CLEAN SPACES, AND IT IS A LUCRATIVE CAREER. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, BUT THERE'S OVER 450 LOCAL MANUFACTURERS WITHIN A TEN MILE RADIUS OF MESQUITE ISD, AND THEY ARE ALL LOOKING FOR WORKERS. AND SO IT IS A HIGH DEMAND, HIGH WAGE JOB THAT OUR STUDENTS GET TO PARTICIPATE OR HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. AND IT'S EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURING, MAKING OUR BARBECUES TO SOME OF THESE HIGH TECH. WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT WE WORK WITH THAT MAKES A, A BILLION DRINKING BOTTLES A YEAR FOR GATORADE, PEPSI, AND IT IS HIGH TECH. AND SO OUR STUDENTS GET TO PARTICIPATE AND SEE THOSE THINGS. AND THEN A LOT OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS WE ENTERED IN. I KNOW DOCTOR RIVERA IS AWARE OF THE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH DALLAS COLLEGE. THEY HAVE NINE DIFFERENT

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THEY GIVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS. SOMETIMES THESE PLACES, THEY'LL HIRE STUDENTS RIGHT OFF OF THE COMPETITION FLOOR BECAUSE THEY'RE THAT GOOD. AND SO AGAIN, THESE ARE WELL WORTH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND OUR STUDENTS TO, TO GET SOME OF THESE. AND THEN THEY'RE

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AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF THAT FROM THE VERY START. I GUESS WE'LL KEEP GOING.

OUR ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS WE DID A CAREER CONNECTION OPPORTUNITY FAIR THAT WE DID HERE AT THE PDC. AND WHAT WE HAD IS WE INVITED A NUMBER OF OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO COME IN. AND THE GOAL WAS THAT TO GET OUR STUDENTS JOBS AGAIN, OUR JOB IS TO GET STUDENTS JOBS. THEN WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO DO THAT. SO WE BUST OVER 300 STUDENTS FROM ALL THE CAMPUSES OVER TO THE PDC. WE HAD BOOTHS SET UP AND STUDENTS WERE GIVEN JOB OFFERS. THEY GOT TO THEY HAD RESUMES. THEY GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN LIVE INTERVIEWS. THE CTE TEAM DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB AT PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE DONE IT HERE AND THEY JUST DID A HEARD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE THINGS FROM THE EMPLOYERS. I THINK A LOT OF THEM WERE SURPRISED THAT OUR STUDENTS INTERVIEWED AS WELL. THEY WERE ARTICULATE WHEN THEY TALKED. AND SO I'M LOOKING REALLY EXCITED, EXPANDING THAT AND AND HAVING MORE COMPANIES COME AND HIRE OUR STUDENTS, HIRE OUR STUDENTS ON THAT DAY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT FOR THIS YEAR. THE SECOND ANNUAL CAREER FAIR THERE. WE ALSO DID CAMP EXCEL.

AND I KNOW IN OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, A COUPLE OF THE MEMBERS GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND SO WHAT IS CTE HAVE TO DO WITH CAMP EXCEL? WELL, IT'S A EARLY EXPOSURE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT MESQUITE ISD OFFERS. THERE WERE 371 CAMPERS THAT CAME FROM 32 DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. WE ADDED SOME NEW CAMPS THIS YEAR.

GRAPHIC DESIGN, STOP MOTION FILM FIREFIGHTING. AND IF YOU I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WERE THERE DURING THAT DAY, BUT THEY HAD A FIREFIGHTER FLOATING AROUND AND THEN LANDED ON TOP OF IT. AND SO THE STUDENTS GOT TO SEE THAT THE EMT AND COSMETOLOGY. AND SO IT IS BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND A WAY TO EXPAND THAT FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT WE YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT REALLY IS THE EARLIER OUR STUDENTS CAN GET EXPOSED TO WHAT CAREER PATHWAYS WE HAVE, THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE IT TO THEM. AND THAT IS AN EXCELLENT WAY AND A FUN WAY TO EXPOSE THEM TO ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN MESQUITE ISD. LAST YEAR, CTE ALSO DID GET THE CTE DISTRICT OF DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION FROM SEATAC LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MESQUITE ISD HAS EARNED THIS AWARD SINCE IT STARTED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, SO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD TO RECEIVE THAT HONOR LAST YEAR.

AND AGAIN, I WILL JUST GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO THE CTE TEAM. THEY DID ALL THE WORK. THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENED. AND JUST EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID ON THAT. AND SO AGAIN, JUST GIVE THEM ALL THE CREDIT FOR GETTING THAT DISTINCTION. OTHER THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT LABOR MARKET DATA, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT UP THERE. AND IF YOU READ DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT DOES SAY DATA PROJECTIONS FROM THE 2020 2030. AND SO WHEN WE FILL OUT OUR FEDERAL FUNDING AND GRANTS AND STUFF, WE HAVE TO USE THIS LABOR MARKET DATA FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. BUT I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE DO KNOW THAT THIS LABOR MARKET DATA IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF WHERE THE ECONOMY IS NOW. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY PUSHING IN

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IT'S NOT CHECKING THE BOX. IT IS CHANGING LIVES. AND SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT ON THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS UTILIZE INNOVATIVE WAYS TO RECRUIT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. ONE THING THAT WE DID DO THIS YEAR IS WE DID ADD PRINCIPALS CLASSES. AND WHEN I SAY PRINCIPALS CLASSES, THAT'S THE BEGINNING CLASS THAT A STUDENT WOULD TAKE IN A CTE PATHWAY. WE WE OFFER THAT NOW IN EIGHTH GRADE. AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THAT. ONE, WHEN WE LOOK AT CMR, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE WAYS ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET THROUGH CTE PROGRAM AND SOMETIMES ATHLETICS AND BANDS.

IT DOESN'T OPEN UP A SCHEDULE, BUT IF WE DO THAT AT THE EIGHTH GRADE LEVEL, THEN WE'VE KIND OF OPENED THEIR SCHEDULE UP A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME A COMPLETER, THEY CAN GET THEIR IBC AND THEY CAN DO BAND OR THEY CAN DO THEIR SPORT. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE, WE ADDED, I THINK WE WE HAVE SIX TOTAL. A

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FEEDBACK THAT I GOT FROM A LOT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WAS OUR STUDENTS NEED STUFF TO DO. AND SO THAT IS ONE PROGRAM THAT WE DID ADD AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. AND WITH THAT, THAT ENDS MY EFFECTIVENESS REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS? I WAS GOING TO ASK CLARIFICATION. DID YOU SAY YOU WERE PLANNING ON ADDING AVIATION? WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT IT. WE'RE WE'RE WE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT DALLAS COLLEGE HAS TO OFFER, AND THEN HOW CAN WE PARTNER WITH THEM TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE? SO I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE ADDING IT.

WE'RE EXPLORING IT. YEAH, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE MESQUITE AIRPORT, ALL THE THINGS. RIGHT? SO BUT THOSE ARE ALSO EXPENSIVE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.

THANK YOU, MR. COLLIER. I LOVE HOW THIS PROGRAM, I'M GOING TO CALL IT A PROGRAM. UMBRELLA GIVES OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS, LIKE IN A WAY THAT IT LITERALLY CHANGES LIVES. I'VE BEEN TO SO MANY DEALERS BECAUSE I WORK WITH AUTO DEALERS WHO BRAG ON OUR KIDS, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE NEED MORE OF THEM. WE NEED THEM EARLIER, FASTER, AND THEY WILL LITERALLY STOP YOU WHEN YOU COME IN THE DOOR AND GO, YOU'RE THAT'S COOL. I'M LIKE, WELL, KIND OF. BUT THEN THEY'LL EXPLAIN IT AND THEY'LL BE LIKE, THEY'RE AMAZING. THEY ARE. AND THEY'RE TEACHING PEOPLE. THEY ARE COMING IN AND THEY'RE SHOWING AND THEY'RE SHOWING US OFF IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.

I'M LIKE, OKAY, OKAY. BUT THEY'RE ALSO TEENAGERS. AND YOU'RE LIKE, YES, YES, IT IS FANTASTIC. SO OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS AND THE WAYS TO DO THAT AND TO GET THE FAMILIES TO REALIZE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS THEY'RE NOT LOSING ANYTHING BY PARTICIPATING IN CTE. THAT WAS A BATTLE THAT HAD TO BE FOUGHT FOR A LONG TIME, THAT IF KIDS WENT INTO THESE PROGRAMS, THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE MISSING OUT ON OTHER EXPERIENCES, THAT THIS IS A TRUE ADDED VALUE. SO HIGH FIVE Y'ALL FROM HERE. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU COVERED A LOT, AND I SEE YOU HAVE A LONG TERM VISION FOR CTE. SO WHAT ARE YOU MOST HOPEFUL ABOUT AS CTE GROWS, AS WELL AS WHAT CONCERNS DO YOU SEE IN THE CURRENT MODEL? WHAT AM I HOPEFUL ABOUT? THE KIDS? YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IN MESQUITE ISD, I HAVE SEEN A CURIOSITY AND THEY WANT TO DO THINGS. I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION LAST WEEK WITH TWO STUDENTS AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, I ALREADY STARTED THIS BUSINESS. HOW CAN I DO WHAT I'M DOING HERE AND EXPAND WHAT I'M DOING? AND SO I THINK JUST TO SEE THE INNOVATION THAT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE. SO THAT GIVES ME HOPE. THEY'RE SEEING THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO THE MORE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, THE MORE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT. AGAIN, I'M ALWAYS SAYING MY JOB IS TO GET YOU A JOB. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, AND HAVING THOSE LITTLE CONVERSATIONS ON THE SIDE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT GIVES ME A LOT OF HOPE. IT GIVES ME A LOT OF HOPE THAT WE HAVE THAT OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, WHEN I HAVE CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT WITH COMPANIES AND INDUSTRIES, THEY'RE LIKE, WE WANT YOUR KIDS WHEN THEY HIRE OUR KIDS. I, I GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT SAYS, MAN, THEY WERE A LOT BETTER THAN I EXPECTED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT GIVES ME HOPE. SO THAT IT'S ALMOST PROOF OF CONCEPT, RIGHT? LIKE WE'VE DONE IT A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S WORKED. SO I THINK WE CAN DO A WHOLE LOT MORE. AND SO, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPEFUL FOR. CONCERNS. I HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS. A LOT OF THEM A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST HOW CAN WE OPEN UP THE SYSTEM TO REALLY GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE ACCESS THAT THEY NEED? AND, AND THAT'S ON BOTH SPECTRUMS. YOU KNOW, I GET

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GREAT REPORT. VERY GOOD REPORT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO IN THE CTE PROGRAM. I KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS WHEN YOU'RE EXPANDING TO THE OTHER CAMPUSES BECAUSE VANGUARD WAS BUILT FOR THIS. YEAH. BUT AS YOU'RE EXPANDING TO THE OTHER CAMPUSES, ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT TO GET OVER THIS 38% THRESHOLD? IS THAT A TRICK QUESTION? THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED. I MEAN, WHEN WE START LOOKING AT SCHEDULES AND OPPORTUNITIES, I MEAN, IT IS YOU JUST GOT A REPORT FROM MR. PRADO ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT AS A DISTRICT. RIGHT? SO STAFFING IS A CONCERN AND YOU JUST CAN'T.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THIS NEW PROGRAM. WELL, YOU HAVE TO STAFF IT. YOUR STUDENTS HAVE TO HAVE ROOMS IN THEIR SCHEDULES. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? AND THEN YOU HAVE OUR STUDENTS AT THE COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES. THEY'RE BEING PULLED IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OH, WE'RE GOING TO DO X, Y, AND Z, AND IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP THIS THING. BUT THERE ARE SOME CONSTRAINTS THAT LIVE THERE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S STAFFING AGAIN, IT'S FINANCES. IT'S SPREADING OUR TEACHERS SO THIN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOUR CTE TEACHER AND I'LL JUST MYSELF, I TAUGHT SEVEN PREPS WHEN I WAS A CTE TEACHER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A REALITY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S A TOUGH ASK TO PUT ON TEACHERS. SO IT'S THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO THINK THROUGH WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE EXPANDING TO ALL THE OTHER CAMPUSES, IT'S NEEDED. YES. IS IT GOING TO BE EASY? NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT REPORT. APPRECIATE IT. DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS REPORT LIBRARY SERVICES. EMMA MCDONALD.

COME ON DOWN. I ALWAYS GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN I STAND UP HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

I STAND IN FRONT OF PEOPLE ALL THE TIME AND TALK ALL THE TIME. BUT THE MOMENT I GET UP HERE.

OH WELL, RIGHT. WE'LL POWER THROUGH. YEAH. THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR RIVERA, MR. SEWARD AND BOARD MEMBERS. TONIGHT I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE WORK OF LIBRARY SERVICES AND CAMPUS LIBRARIANS. THE LIBRARY SERVICES VISION AND MISSION IS TO ELEVATE LEARNING FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE. ADVANCING THE ABILITY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND THINK CRITICALLY.

OUR TEAM CONSISTS OF 52 SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, SUPERVISED JOINTLY WITH PRINCIPALS AND THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES. OUR DISTRICT LIBRARY SERVICES TEAM INCLUDES THE DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, LIBRARY SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, AND A TWO PERSON PROCESSING TEAM. CAMPUS LIBRARIANS IN MESQUITE ARE CERTIFIED TEACHERS WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE, AS WELL AS SCHOOL LIBRARIAN CERTIFICATION, AND THEY SERVE FOUR ROLES IN SUPPORT OF THE LEARNING COMMUNITY, INSTRUCTIONAL PARTNER, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, CAMPUS LEADER AND INFORMATION SPECIALIST, LIBRARIAN. SUPPORT INSTRUCTION THROUGH ON THE CAMPUS THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH TEACHERS WITHIN THREE PILLARS OF THE LIBRARY INSTRUCTION.

PERSONALIZED AND SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING INQUIRY INSTRUCTION, WHICH WE THINK OF AS RESEARCH

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OUR ENGAGEMENT FOR LITTLE READERS GREW 63% THIS LAST YEAR, WITH PARENTS AND TODDLERS ATTENDING VARIOUS CAMPUS EVENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SECOND, YOU SEE HERE OUR TOPAZ CAFE.

THIS IS IN ITS THIRD YEAR AFTER BEING INTRODUCED BY TWO OF OUR SECONDARY LIBRARIANS, AND IT'S HOSTED IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE LIBRARIANS AND OUR ELL TEACHERS. THIS PROGRAM GREW 20%, WITH SEVEN LIBRARIANS AT NEW CAMPUSES IMPLEMENTING IT THIS PAST YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH PICTURES THERE IS THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL LIBRARIANS WHO HAVE CHALLENGED THEMSELVES TO INCORPORATE MORE STEM AND STEAM CONTENT INTO THEIR LESSONS THROUGH CODING, ROBOTICS, PODCASTING, AND HYDROPONIC GARDENS. WE NOW HAVE SEVEN CAMPUS LIBRARIES WITH A HYDROPONICS GARDEN, FIVE ELEMENTARY AND TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES. THESE ARE USED TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE SCIENCE OF GARDENING AND THE FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IN GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD. AS YOU CAN SEE IN ONE OF THESE PICTURES, THE STUDENTS GREW THE LETTUCE AND THEN AT THEIR BATTLE OF THE BOOKS TEAM MEETING, THEY MADE THEMSELVES SALADS FROM THE LETTUCE THAT THEY HAD GROWN. SO THEY REALLY ENJOYED THAT. ONE OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS IS TO GROW LIBRARIANS AS INSTRUCTIONAL PARTNERS. WITH DEEPER CURRICULUM KNOWLEDGE. WE CAN SEE THE RESULT OF THIS IN THE OVERALL 15% GROWTH IN OUR COLLABORATIONS. IN PARTICULAR, THE CURRICULUM CONNECTED TYPES OF COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION GREW THE MOST. SO COORDINATION INCLUDES A CLEAR ALIGNMENT OF LEARNING GOALS. INTEGRATION IS TRUE. CO-TEACHING, CO-PLANNING AND CO-TEACHING. THESE GREW 25 AND 29% AND GROWTH ACCELERATED EACH GRADING PERIOD. OUR LIBRARIANS ALSO LOGGED OVER 2000 COACHING THROUGH COLLABORATION INTERACTIONS FOCUSED ON ENSURING RIGOR AND ALIGNMENT IN LESSONS PROVIDED THROUGH THE LIBRARY. WE BELIEVE THAT BY INTENTIONALLY NAMING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLLABORATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THEN PROVIDING SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ON HOW LIBRARIANS CAN COLLABORATE AT THESE TWO DEEPER LEVELS HAS REALLY RESULTED IN THIS CONSISTENT GROWTH. THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, WE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED PLE WITH LIBRARIANS ON IDEAS FOR COLLABORATING WITH MATH, SCIENCE, ELL AND CTE

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THIS YEAR, WE'RE INCORPORATING A QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK TOOL TO HELP US BETTER MEASURE STUDENT LEARNING. AFTER THESE COLLABORATIVE LESSONS IN THE LIBRARY THIS YEAR, WE ALSO ASKED LIBRARIANS TO INDICATE ONE OR MORE ATTRIBUTES IN THE PROFILE OF A LEARNER CONNECTED TO OR IMPACTED BY THEIR LESSON. YOU CAN SEE THAT EMPOWERED LEARNER AND CRITICAL THINKER WERE HIGHLY SUPPORTED LESSONS IN THE LIBRARY. THIS IS EXACTLY OUR MISSION. ADVANCING STUDENTS ABILITIES TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND THINK CRITICALLY. HOWEVER, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT LIBRARIANS PROVIDE LESSONS IN THE LIBRARY THAT SUPPORT ALL SIX ATTRIBUTES IN OUR PROFILE OF A LEARNER. THESE LESSONS SPANNED ALL THREE PILLARS OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION, WITH OVER 3000 PERSONALIZED AND SELF-DIRECTED LESSONS OVER 2000 TRANSFORMATIVE, ENRICHING, AND OVER 800 INQUIRY LESSONS, WE RECEIVED 87 DIFFERENT BADGE NOMINATIONS THIS YEAR.

SUBMITTED BY PRINCIPALS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND TEACHERS RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT THEIR LIBRARIAN HAS ON THE CAMPUS. OVERALL, WE SEE LIBRARIANS FILLING NEEDS ON THE CAMPUS IN EVERY ROLE THEY SERVE, FROM INSTRUCTIONAL PARTNER TO CAMPUS LEADER. THESE SMALL STORIES SHARED WITH US INDICATE THAT CAMPUS LIBRARIANS IN MESQUITE DO FAR MORE THAN THE TRADITIONAL PERCEPTION OF CHECKING OUT BOOKS AND READING ALOUD. THEY CREATE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, SUPPORT THEIR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS IN BUILDING A POSITIVE CULTURE, AND PUT THEIR TEACHING CREDENTIALS TO USE IN COLLABORATING AND TEACHING LESSONS. EACH OF OUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR WERE MET WITH MEASURABLE EVIDENCE FROM THE LIBRARIAN QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORTS. OUR FOCUS ON GROWING LIBRARIANS AS CAMPUS LEADERS HAS RESULTED IN LIBRARIANS SERVING IN MULTIPLE LEADERSHIP ROLES AT BOTH THE CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEVEL, AND 91% OF CAMPUS LIBRARIANS SET GOALS DIRECTLY TIED TO A CAMPUS IDENTIFIED NEED, AS PRESENTED EARLIER, WE ALSO SAW GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF COLLABORATIONS WITH TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHEST TWO LEVELS OF COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION, AS WELL AS OVER 2000 COACHING. THROUGH COLLABORATION INTERACTIONS. WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE LITTLE READERS PROGRAM AND THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT ARE SPONSORED BY LIBRARIANS. WHEN LOOKING AT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THAT THERE WAS A DECLINE IN BOTH BOOK CHECKOUTS AND VISITS TO THE LIBRARY. THIS COULD HAVE SEVERAL CAUSES, INCLUDING THE CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, LIMITS ON STUDENT VISITS AND CHECKOUTS DUE TO INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTE CONCERNS, AND STUDENTS ACCESSING BOOKS THROUGH OUR DATABASES SUCH AS TUMBLEBOOKS AND LIGHTBOX, WHICH ARE NOT COUNTED AS BOOK CIRCULATIONS.

BUT THEY'RE STILL READING. THIS DECLINE IN CIRCULATION IS ALSO CONCERNING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS GAIN FLUENCY IN READING AND UNDERSTANDING TEXTS WHEN THEY READ FREQUENTLY, AND WHEN THEY READ MATERIALS THAT ARE INTERESTING AND MOTIVATING TO THEM. STUDENTS NEED ACCESS TO BOOKS THEY CHOOSE BASED ON THEIR INTERESTS AND TIME. THEN, TO ENJOY READING THOSE BOOKS.

BEYOND TEACHING THE SKILLS OF READING, THIS IS HOW WE GROW READERS AND LITERACY. OTHER CHALLENGES WE FACE INCLUDE THE CONTINUING WORKLOAD OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE READER ACT, SB 13 LEGISLATION, AND THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE PROVIDING NEW AND RELEVANT PRINT AND DIGITAL BOOKS AND DATABASES IN THE FACE OF OUR ONGOING BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS. AS ALWAYS, WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUR PRIORITIES OF ONE INSTRUCTION SUPPORTING

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STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES MAKE ADVANCE THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND THINK CRITICALLY TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT PRIORITIES AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS KEEPING OUR STUDENTS AS OUR NUMBER ONE FOCUS. THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. YOU'VE KIND OF REINVENTED THE ROLE OF A LIBRARIAN. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING EVEN FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE TWO LIBRARIES. THE ONE IN GRASS IS STILL VERY ACTIVE. MOVING. THE ONE ON OATES ROAD IS HAS SEEN A LITTLE DECLINE IN PARTICIPATION OF CITIZENS. BUT YOU HAVE KIND OF WIDENED YOUR SWIM LANE AND GONE INTO NEW PROJECTS. HENCE YOU HAVE NEW ROLES. YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT AND STILL CONCENTRATING ON LITERACY, WHICH FOR DECADES HAS BEEN THE ROLE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SO I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING NOW AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING. I THINK IT'S A NEW DIRECTION AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY PRODUCTIVE FOR OUR KIDS. THANK YOU EMMA. THANK YOU, MR. CARVILLE. APPRECIATE THAT, MR. ABBOTT. EMMA, ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY, WE HAVE A FAMILY FRIEND THAT'S A LIBRARIAN AT PORTER AND GOODNER. AND SO FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WILL INVITE MY WIFE AND ME AS LONG AS WE CAN BRING OUR LITTLE WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER TO COME AND READ TO THE STUDENTS. AND LOUIS HASN'T BEAT ANYONE, NOR HAS HE READ ANY BOOKS. BUT I'M AMAZED AT. AND AND MISS ENGLERT, SHE'S RETIRED NOW, BUT SHE AND MISS GRADY ALWAYS KNEW WHEN WE WERE COMING I WOULD ALWAYS CALL DOCTOR VERNON OR DOCTOR RIVERA AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, I'M GOING TO PORTER TO READ THE STUDENTS. BUT MY WIFE AND I WERE ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT ANNE HAS WITH THOSE STUDENTS. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY HUNDRED STUDENTS ARE THE ENROLLMENT AT PORTER, BUT ANNE SEEMED TO KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BY NAME. AND SO THAT SAYS A LOT REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE THAT THESE LIBRARIANS DEVELOP WITH THESE STUDENTS AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON, ON THEIR LEARNING. ABSOLUTELY, YES. OUR LIBRARIANS ARE VERY DEDICATED TO THEIR STUDENTS AND TO THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER THAT WE DO TAKE ON MORE THAN WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE PERCEPTION IS A LIBRARIAN CHECKS OUT BOOKS AND THEY READ, BUT A LIBRARIAN DOES SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. WE ARE ABOUT ACCESS. WE'RE ABOUT HELPING STUDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS, AND WE'RE ABOUT SUPPORTING TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN ROLE AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARIAN ROLE. IT'S IT'S ALL ABOUT ACCESS TO, TO BOOKS, BUT TO RESOURCES, TO SIGNING UP TO VOTE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS. PUBLIC LIBRARIANS HELP ADULTS WITH FURTHERING THEIR SKILLS, THEIR CAREER SKILLS. BUT IN THE SCHOOL, OUR OUR OTHER ONE IS BEING THAT INSTRUCTIONAL PARTNER, SUPPORTING TEACHERS AND BEING THAT THAT VOICE, THAT PERSON THAT CAN COACH THEM FROM THE SIDE RATHER THAN FROM THE TOP DOWN. AND, AND, AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS THEY'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THEY DO. Y'ALL HAVE WOVEN THE LIBRARIES ARE WOVEN INTO THE DNA OF THE SCHOOLS. SO LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMING UP NEXT? OH MY GOODNESS. GOSH, EVERYTHING I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS SUPER INSPIRED BY CLINT'S, BY CLINT'S PRESENTATION BECAUSE AS HE WAS TALKING, I WAS THINKING, OH, OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GO. AND NOW THERE ARE NEIGHBORS. I'M SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THE LSTC WITH US. AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEEING A LOT OF ME BECAUSE I'M ALREADY EXCITED ABOUT WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HIS VISION FOR BRINGING CTE INTO THE ELEMENTARY. AND OUR LIBRARIANS HAVE STARTED THAT. WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO KEEP THAT GOING AND TO HELP THAT GROW? WE SUPPORT CMR, SO WE HAVE A COLLECTION OF CMR BOOKS, BOOKS ABOUT CAREERS AND

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IT'S AN ACTION ITEM TO SELECT AND APPROVE, DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE TO THE 2026 DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. I WILL JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. AND THEN I THINK MR. CARVER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. I HAD CHECKED WITH EVERYBODY TO SEE WHO WAS INTERESTED, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO AT TASK, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS KEVIN, IS TO HAVE DELEGATES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, AND ALTERNATES USUALLY ARE NEW FOLKS THAT WILL GO AND SIT WITH THEM AND GET SOME EXPERIENCE DOWN THE LINE. TASB HAS CHANGED THE PROCESS THIS YEAR THAT THE ALTERNATES WILL SIT WITH THE DELEGATES. THEY'LL STILL ONLY GET THE ONE CARD TO VOTE ON, BUT THEY'LL GET TO COLLABORATE ON THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO BE MADE. AND LUCKILY, WE STILL HAVE ONE DIRECTOR, KEVIN, SINCE HE'S A TASB DIRECTOR, AUTOMATICALLY IS A DELEGATE. SO WE GET TWO DELEGATES AND AN ALTERNATE WITH THAT. MR. CABELL. YEAH, ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WE WILL SEE. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR DELEGATES AND OUR DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE IS THAT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY HAS ALWAYS TRADITIONALLY BEEN ON A SATURDAY. WE'RE DOING THAT ON A FRIDAY THIS YEAR. SO YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT IT'LL BE A DAY EARLIER. WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT. THIS THIS IS A GREAT A GREAT EVENT. SO WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO MOVE THAT WE NOMINATE TIA COLLIER AS DELEGATE AND CASSANDRA MORRIS AS THE ALTERNATE FOR MESQUITE ISD IN OUR 2026 DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, BY MR. EVERETT TO APPROVE TIA AS OUR DELEGATE AND MORRIS AS OUR ALTERNATE TO THE 2026 DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. NEXT ITEM ON THE UNDER ADMINISTRATION ACTION ITEM TO ENDORSE A NOMINATED CANDIDATE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGION TEN, POSITION D. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, IN THE BOARD BOOK, THERE ARE EIGHT CANDIDATES WHO'VE BEEN NOMINATED BY THEIR DISTRICTS TO SERVE IN THAT POSITION. THE SEAT IS BEING CURRENTLY HELD BY MR. KEVIN CARVEL SENIOR, WHO IS NOT SEEKING REELECTION. IN YOUR BOARD BOOK, I ALSO INCLUDED ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND ON THE CURRENT REGION TEN DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE DIRECTORS ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS, AS WELL AS SNAPSHOT OF THE EIGHT NOMINEES. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, MR. CARVER AND I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MOST OF THESE CANDIDATES OVER THE YEARS, AND OBSERVED THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN BOTH THE WHILE WE WILL ENDORSE ONE CANDIDATE TONIGHT. BUT AS BOARD MOVES FORWARD, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL NOMINEES WILL STILL GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH THE MEMBER SERVICES COMMITTEE AT TASB IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. UNLESS A CANDIDATE RECEIVES 41 ENDORSEMENTS FROM OUR REGION, FROM THE 81 ACTIVE REGION, TEN DISTRICTS, THE COMMITTEE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH ITS OWN NOMINEE OR NOMINEES. ANY CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES AT LEAST 21 ENDORSEMENTS FROM REGION TEN WILL AUTOMATICALLY APPEAR ON THE BALLOT. SO I BELIEVE, MR. CARVEL, YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YES, ACTUALLY, AND I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH TASB. WE DON'T HAVE A CANDIDATE IN REGION TEN THAT HAS MORE THAN SEVEN VOTES OR DISTRICT SUPPORTING THEM. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I DO KNOW THE CANDIDATES. AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, LIKE MR. SEWARD SAID, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO TALK TO THEM AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION, AND IN TALKING TO THE CANDIDATES, I ACTUALLY WANT TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE CALLED HARVEY OSAKA, WHO IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH HIM. THREE YEARS AGO, HE RAN AGAINST ME AND AND THIS GUY IS SO DECENT. HE CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME, HEY, LISTEN, I WANT TO LEARN HOW THE PROCESS WORKS AND ALL THIS. I'M GOING TO RUN AGAINST YOU. I SAID, SURE, WHY NOT? RIGHT. BUT WE HAVE TO TALK BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS. AND IF YOU DON'T WIN, YOU HAVE TO BE COMMITTED. SO YOU COULD STAY IN

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SO WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HARVEY OSAKA AS A MEMBER OR CANDIDATE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGION TEN, POSITION D. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. BY MR. MORRIS TO ENDORSE FRANCISCO JAVIER HOW DO YOU SAY HIS LAST NAME? OSAKA. OSAKA. HE GOES BY HARVEY. YES HE DOES FOR FOR THE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGION TEN POSITION D ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. OH ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I I THOSE OPPOSED.

NAY. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. I KNOW YOU KNOW HIM. SO I WAS LIKE, I WANT SOMEBODY NOW WE HAVE A REPORT THE LEADERSHIP ARCHITECTURE BLUEPRINT DOCTOR FIELDS. THIS WILL GET US OUT BY MIDNIGHT. RIGHT. I AM GOING TO TRY. OH GOODNESS. I WANT TO THANK THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO STUCK AROUND FOR THE FINAL PRESENTATION OF THE EVENING. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SEWARD. DOCTOR RIVERA, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I AM EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT A NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE EMBARKING ON WITH THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER. I KNOW THAT NAME IS VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU, BUT TO OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS HERE BEHIND ME, BUT ALSO THE ONES JOINING US ONLINE WHO MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK OF THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER.

THIS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO TEXAS PUBLIC EDUCATION, DEEPLY COMMITTED, AND ULTIMATELY THE SUPPORT OF TEXAS STUDENTS. AND THEY HAVE BUILT UP A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION. TO THAT END, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS FOR THE ULTIMATE ATTAINMENT OF STUDENT SUCCESS.

THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT WORK STREAMS THAT THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS. THE FIRST ONE IS BUILDING STRONGER SUPERINTENDENTS, SAYING THAT IS A KEY LEVER. THE SECOND ONE IS BUILDING STRONGER PRINCIPALS, AND THE FINAL PATHWAY THAT THEY'RE PURSUING IS REDESIGNING ROLES AND LEADERSHIP STRUCTURES IN SCHOOLS. AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN SOME UPCOMING SLIDES. BUT OUR OUR WORK WITH THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER IS NOT NEW. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST BEGINNING THIS YEAR.

IT ACTUALLY GOES BACK SEVEN YEARS. AND WE WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT ALSO CONSISTED OF A CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. SEVEN YEARS AGO, WE HAD A LOT OF CAMPUS LEADERS WHO WENT TO THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER AND LEARNED HOW TO LEAD EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. BUT WE ALSO HAD DISTRICT LEADERS THAT WENT TO THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION LEADING THROUGH OWNERSHIP BEGAN. IT'S ALSO WHERE WE BEGAN OUR WORK WITH OUR PIPELINE PROGRAMS, DEVELOPING FUTURE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND FUTURE PRINCIPALS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, JUST FOR THIS YEAR'S SUCCESS, WE HIRED SEVEN ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS FROM THE PIPELINE PROGRAM AND SEVEN PRINCIPALS FROM THE PIPELINE PROGRAM. SO THAT HAS CONTINUED TO BE A REALLY WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS. WE ALSO HAD A PARTICIPANT HERE ON OUR TEAM OF EIGHT IN THE SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, DOCTOR RIVERA AND HIS FIRST YEAR AS SUPERINTENDENT PARTICIPATED IN THAT. AND LOOK, HE'S REGION TEN SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR. SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE PROGRAM WORKS. I KNOW OBVIOUSLY HE BRINGS A LOT TO THE TABLE. IT WAS IT WAS A REALLY SUPPORTIVE PROGRAM FOR BRAND NEW SUPERINTENDENTS. AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED THAT WORK.

THEY ALSO HAVE AN ASPIRING SUPERINTENDENT ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN. I THINK BOTH DOCTOR RIVERA AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER HAS PROVIDED US THE BEST PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT WE HAVE HAD IN OUR ENTIRE CAREER.

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AND SO WITH THE HOLDSWORTH, THE HOLDSWORTH ORGANIZATION HAS DONE, THEY HAVE BUILT THE FOUNDATION OF THIS PROGRAM AND ALL OF THEIR OTHER PROGRAMS ON THE CONCEPT OF LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP. SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD US USE THAT PHRASE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IT'S BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERY LEADERSHIP ROLE HAS A DISTINCT LEVEL OF WORK, RANGING FROM BIG PICTURE VISION AND STRATEGY DOWN THROUGH PLANNING AND DESIGN TO THE DAILY TASKS OF EXECUTION. AND THE WHOLE CONCEPT IS ABOUT BEING DELIBERATE AT YOUR LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP WITH WHERE YOU SPEND YOUR TIME AND WHERE YOU SPEND YOUR ATTENTION, AND WHERE IT'S MOST VALUABLE AND SPECIFIC TO YOUR ROLE, AND TRUSTING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. WHEN WE OPERATE AT OUR LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP, IT ALIGNS US TO THE THINGS THAT ONLY WE CAN DO, NOT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING IN THE ORGANIZATION. AND THAT WAY, VISION AND STRATEGY STAY PROTECTED AND CLEAR DECISIONS MOVE MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND THEY DON'T GET BOTTLENECKED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS THAT MAYBE BELONG IN OTHER LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP, AND EMERGING LEADERS GET THE CHANCE TO GROW INTO NEW RESPONSIBILITIES. WHEN WE DON'T OPERATE AT THE RIGHT LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP, I THINK WE ALL CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. LEADERS GET PULLED INTO DAILY EXECUTION AND DAILY TASKS OUTSIDE THEIR LEVEL, THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY BELONG TO OTHER PEOPLE. VISION AND SYSTEMS CAN GO UNATTENDED. DECISIONS, BOTTLENECK. EMERGING LEADERS DON'T GET THE PRACTICE THAT THEY NEED, AND THE ORGANIZATION CAN SHIFT FROM BEING PROACTIVE TO REACTIVE.

AND SO THAT IS THE WHOLE BASELINE OF MUCH OF THE WORK THAT THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER PUTS OUT THERE. TO THE END OF THIS PROGRAM. THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A GRAPHIC, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE WORDS ON THIS SLIDE FOR YOU, BUT THEY'VE STARTED ARTICULATING WHAT DO THOSE LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING TEACHER SUPPORT? AND I'LL JUST START IN THE LEFT HAND COLUMN WHERE IT SAYS TEAM MEMBER, TEAM MEMBER. THAT'S THE TEACHER. THE TEACHER HAS CERTAIN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE CAMPUS WHEN IT COMES TO DELIVERING FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE TEAM MEMBER, OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE NOT THESE ARE NOT TITLES IN OUR ORGANIZATION. THESE ARE JUST LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP. THE TEAM MEMBER IS THE PERSON WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR COACHING AND DEVELOPING THE TEACHER. THE BRIDGE LEADER IS THE PERSON WHO IS OVERSEEING THOSE TEAM MEMBERS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE CLARITY ABOUT THEIR ROLE, THAT THEY'RE GROWN AND DEVELOPED AND SUPPORTED, THAT THE SYSTEM IS WORKING. THEY REMOVE BARRIERS. THEY MONITOR THE DATA TO ENSURE EFFECTIVENESS. AND BY THOSE THREE LEVELS, DOING THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. IT ALLOWS THE SCHOOL LEADER TO BE THE LEADER OF THE CAMPUS, TO CAST THE VISION, TO SET THE PRIORITIES, TO USE DATA, TO MONITOR PROGRESS, AND, OF COURSE, TO COACH AND DEVELOP BRIDGE LEADERS AND ESTABLISH PRIORITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF ON THE CAMPUS. THROUGH OUR VERY

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SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THAT 10% OF CAMPUSES, WHICH FOR OUR DISTRICT IS FIVE CAMPUSES, WILL BE SELECTED FOR WAVE ONE. THEY WILL SPEND TIME WORKING WITH HOLDSWORTH PERSONNEL AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT TEAM TO PLAN THIS YEAR. THAT'S ALL THIS YEAR IS, IS DEVELOPING THEIR PLAN, FIGURING OUT THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE, WHO THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE, WHO THEY WOULD SUPPORT ON THE CAMPUS, WHAT THE PRIORITIES WOULD BE, WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING THEM ABOUT, WHAT THE CAMPUS NEEDS ARE. AND THEN THE YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BEGIN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THEN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE WOULD IDENTIFY FIVE MORE CAMPUSES THAT WOULD BEGIN THE PLANNING. THEY'D SPEND A YEAR PLANNING AND THEN IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND THEN WAVE THREE IS 20% OF OUR CAMPUSES. SO FOR HOLDSWORTH, THAT'S TEN MORE CAMPUSES THAT WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS. WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH THEM, WE'RE LEARNING IT DEEPLY, WHICH ALLOWS US TO REPLICATE IT AT OTHER CAMPUSES. SO WE'RE NOT STOPPING WITH THIS 40 TO 50% OF CAMPUSES. WE WANT TO EXTEND THAT TO OTHER CAMPUSES AND POTENTIALLY CAN DO THIS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH WAVE TWO OR MAYBE WAVE THREE. AS WE'RE GOING ALONG IN THE WORK, AS WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE CONFIDENT IN BEING ABLE TO DO IT INDEPENDENTLY ALONGSIDE THE WORK THAT HOLDSWORTH IS DOING WITH OUR CAMPUSES. FOR PEOPLE IN OUR AUDIENCE AS WELL AS TRUSTEES. FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE USING THIS QR CODE, AND I DO REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THIS QR CODE TO GO WATCH THIS VIDEO. THERE IS A DISTRICT THAT STARTED HOLDSWORTH WHEN WE DID SEVEN YEARS AGO, LOCKHART ISD, THIS WAS THEIR VERY FIRST

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SO THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET A SNEAK PEEK OF LOCKHART ISD. AND OF COURSE, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'LL CONTINUE PROVIDING UPDATES TO THE TRUSTEES AS WE GO ALONG. BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND WHAT IT ULTIMATELY MEANS FOR THE INSTRUCTION IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND BENEFITS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS GREAT. YOU AND I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS, SO I'M JUST EXCITED THAT THIS PROCESS IS GOING FORWARD. I THINK THIS WILL HELP DEVELOP AN AWFUL LOT OF LEADERS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, FROM THE TEACHERS ON UP AND FOCUS ON KIDS. YES. MR. SEWARD, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHOLE LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP CONCEPT AND SCHOOL LEADERS, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP ARE THEY OPERATING AT? AND THE REALITY IS WHEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT OF ALIGNMENT, IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY.

I MEAN, IF THIS PERSON IS OPERATING OUT OF ALIGNMENT, THEN IT AFFECTS THIS PERSON WORKING NEXT TO THEM AND THIS PERSON WORKING NEXT TO THEM. AND SO THE MORE CLEAR WE CAN MAKE IT, WHAT EACH LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP IS AND WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO BE SPENDING THEIR TIME AND THEIR ATTENTION, THE MORE SEAMLESS THE WORK IS IN THE IN THE ORGANIZATION. SO COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. EXCITED TO COMMENT. AND A QUESTION. IS THERE A SWEET SPOT FOR THE NUMBER OF TEACHER LEADERS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED PER CAMPUS? THAT'S PART OF THE MATH THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN. WE THE CASELOAD HAS TO BE APPROPRIATE IF THEY'RE TEACHING HALF TIME AND WE WANT THEM REGULARLY COACHING TEACHERS, WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE'RE KEEPING IN MIND WHAT IS REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL FOR A CLASSROOM TEACHER TO TO TAKE ON AS A CASELOAD. AND SO THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT CAMPUSES, CAMPUS SIZE IS DETERMINING HOW MANY WOULD BE AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES. AND IT REALLY WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FACTORS ALONG THE LINES OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CAMPUS LEVEL OF NEED, THE STUDENT LEVEL OF NEED, THE TEACHER, THE NUMBER OF NEW TEACHERS, THE TEACHER TURNOVER ON A CAMPUS. SO ALL THOSE FACTORS ARE COMING INTO THE EQUATION. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, MAKING SURE THAT THE TEACHER LEADERS WHO ARE DOING THE COACHING HAVE A REASONABLE CASELOAD TO WHERE THEY CAN GET TO THOSE TEACHERS ON A REGULAR, CONSISTENT BASIS. AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WON'T BE COACHING.

OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS COULD SERVE AS TEAM LEADERS, OR THEY COULD SERVE AS BRIDGE LEADERS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUSES. SO YOU'LL HAVE YOUR TEACHER LEADERS, BUT YOU'LL ALSO HAVE APS TAKING ON SOME OF THAT LOAD AS WELL. YEAH. NOTHING ELSE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. NEXT ITEM. THERE ISN'T ANY ITEM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT BEFORE YOU I GAVE YOU THE CALENDAR, A TENTATIVE AGENDA AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEXT MONTH. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO IT TOMORROW MORNING, OPENING OF SCHOOL, PICK A SCHOOL AND GET THERE EARLY. YOU DON'T WANT TO GET THERE WHEN ALL THE PARENTS ARE GETTING THERE AND WELCOME THOSE KIDS TO THE SCHOOL. THAT'D BE GREAT. IT'D BE FANTASTIC IF YOU COULD MAKE TWO SCHOOLS, WHICH WOULD BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL AFTER ELEMENTARY, THAT'D BE GREAT TO. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO THANK YOU. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS AND NO OTHER BUSINESS AND NO OBJECTION. WE ARE

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