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[A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum]
KELLER BOARDROOM.WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE THIS MORNING AND ANYBODY WATCHING ONLINE.
THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.
ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
ALL RIGHT. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC FORUM.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS.
[C. DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT GOALS (Part 1 of 2)]
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO BY DEPARTMENT.EACH CABINET IS GOING TO PRESENT.
AND SO TEAM YOU DO HAVE AN AGENDA OR YOU HAVE THE SCHEDULE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME JUST SOME INFORMAL OVERVIEW.
AND I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH CNI AND MRS MARIVEL SEDILLO COMING ON UP.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT KICKING THIS OFF.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION THIS YEAR WE PLAN TO ENGINEER EXCELLENCE BY CREATING AND MONITORING SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT. OUR GOAL ONE IS TO REALLY FOCUS ON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, WHICH REALLY MEANS PEOPLE IMPROVEMENT.
AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME COACHING AND LEADING OUR DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICERS TO NARROW THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR PRINCIPLES TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT NOTHING CHANGES.
WE WE DO SCHOOL EVERY DAY BY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DESIGNING AND DELIVERING INSTRUCTION.
WE'RE ASSESSING FOR LEARNING AND OF LEARNING.
WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY IN THE RIGHT WAY.
WE'RE CREATING AN ENVIRONMENTS, CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BY ALSO YOU KNOW, TAKING PART IN SOME BOOK STUDIES.
SO WE HAVE STARTED DOING THAT THIS SUMMER WHEN WE'VE WE HIRED SEVERAL NEW PRINCIPALS.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR NEW PRINCIPALS NEED TO FOCUS ON INSTRUCTION.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT.
AND THEN OUR OTHER FOCUS TO HELP SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IS TO REFRAME HOW WE PROVIDE IELTS SO THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK TO REALLY HONE IN ON THE ESSENTIAL ACTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE EFFECTIVE AND THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING THE STUDENT OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT.
DURING OUR ILT MEETINGS WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND THAT IS PROVIDING OUR PRINCIPALS WITH AN ABBREVIATED, JUST IN TIME TRAINING THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE GETTING TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTION AND TO REALLY MONITOR THE CURRICULUM THAT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TEACHING SO THAT IT'S IT'S FRONT LOADED, THEY'RE PREVIEWING THE CONTENT TO REALLY BUILD THAT LEADERSHIP EFFICACY TO HAVE THOSE SO WHEN THEY'RE IN CLASSROOMS OBSERVING, THEY CAN HAVE SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FOR OUR TEACHERS.
THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW TEACHERS.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY TO HELP FOCUS AND TIGHTEN THAT THAT WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND SO HERE AGAIN, THE CNI TEAM AS WELL AS THE THE DA WILL ALSO BE TAKING PART IN ANOTHER BOOK STUDY TO REALLY HELP US FOCUS ON CONCEPT BASED INSTRUCTION AND TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, STRENGTHEN OUR KNOWLEDGE SO THAT WE CAN THEN PASS THAT KNOWLEDGE ON TO OUR PRINCIPALS.
THE LAST GOAL FOR CNI, AND THIS ONE IS REALLY DEAR TO MY HEART, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A DECLINE IN K THROUGH TWO MATH SCORES.
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THAT IS SOMETHING THE DISTRICT HAS NOT HAD.AND SO I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE TEACH MATH.
I DON'T WANT TO BE OVERLY AMBITIOUS.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME AT THE END OF THE YEAR, HOW DID WE DO IN MATH? AND I KNOW I'VE GOT ONE YEAR TO PROVE ALL THE THINGS, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PART IN MAKING SURE THAT WE DEVELOP A PLAN, A VISION FOR THE DISTRICT TO LIVE FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, TO REALLY KIND OF A LONG TERM VISION.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR MATH.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT OUR SEVENTH GRADE SCORES, AND I KNOW THAT REALLY STANDS OUT.
BUT IT'S NOT A SEVENTH GRADE PROBLEM.
MY STRETCH GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS AGAIN, TO INCREASE OUR MEETS AND MASTERS PERFORMANCE LEVELS BY 3%.
THANK YOU, MR. DILL. I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT TO SEE WHAT QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE.
I'M SURE AS WE PROCESS THIS, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I THINK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT CTE AND CMR, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHANGE IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WITH THAT.
SO ARE YOU NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT ONE OF YOUR TOP PRIORITIES? ESPECIALLY? I KNOW WE DID WELL WITH OUR CTE PROGRAM THIS TIME AROUND, BUT WITH THINGS SUNSETTING AND SO ON, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING FOR US TO CONTINUE IN THAT IN THAT WAY.
SO MAYBE THERE'S ROOM FOR INCLUSION IN THAT BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT K THROUGH TWO MAP SCORES, WHICH IS GREAT, AND STRENGTHENING SOME OF OUR STAR SCORES BY 3%, YOU KNOW, CMR IS SO SUCH AN IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL PIECE TO ALL OF THIS AND TO THE QUASI ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
SO WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN? ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ON THEIR ON THEIR THEY'RE TAKING THEIR LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO COURSES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE WITHIN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK AND MONITOR IT'S STILL IMPORTANT.
BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY WRITTEN, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DEFINITELY TRACK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY INCLUDE IT IN OUR GOALS, OUR FOCUS AREAS, IN OUR GOALS.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION THAT AND PUT IT IN THE FOREFRONT.
I'M GLAD YOU ADDRESSED THE MATH SIX THROUGH SEVEN.
RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING FOR OVER A DECADE.
THAT WE'VE SEEN THOSE SCORES AND THE IMPACT AND I KNOW THAT WILL BE CHANGING SOMEWHAT.
RIGHT. AND ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF STRETCH OUR DEPARTMENTS ON IS COMMUNICATION.
COMMUNICATION IS A HUGE PIECE.
AS WE KNOW, WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH COMMUNICATING PRE-K.
THERE'S SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE TO STRETCH A BIT AND MAKE COMMUNICATION ONE OF THEIR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE FOR SO LONG, AND THIS IS EVEN BEFORE BEFORE YOU, WHEN I WAS A TEACHER IN THIS DISTRICT.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS RIGHT AND WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE.
AND I THINK BY HAVING COMMUNICATION AS A GOAL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE AND BEING VERY INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC ABOUT PUSHING INFORMATION AND OUT, WHETHER ITS PROGRAM CHANGES, WHETHER IT'S PRE-K OR OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE VERY HELPFUL FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OVER HERE TO MY LEFT.
THANKS, MR. CITY, I APPRECIATE IT.
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YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE, FOR ME, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT YOUR GOALS, I'M NOT REALLY LABELING THEM.WE'VE GOT TO YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE OUR PRIMARY GOAL FOR EDUCATING KIDS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE WE STAY, YOU KNOW, ON TRACK TO DO THAT.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I DO LIKE THE, THE THE COACHING AND THE LEAD NEW PRINCIPALS.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS DOCUMENT EXISTS.
I WAS AN EDUCATOR, BUT LIKE, IS THERE LIKE A LIST OF WHAT YOUR PRINCIPAL AS A PRINCIPAL, THIS IS THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS IF YOU'RE AN AP. THIS IS A LIST OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
LIKE IS THERE SOME SORT OF PLAYBOOK FOR PRINCIPALS LIKE, I MEAN, THAT WE PROVIDE THEM? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S SUCH A FLUID THING WITH, WITH EDUCATORS AND PRINCIPALS AND APS, BUT IS THERE SOME SORT OF LIKE ROADMAP LIKE THESE ARE THE 20 THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO ON A YEARLY BASIS? I'M JUST ASKING, LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE MET A LOT OF PRINCIPAL CHANGES.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ALL HAD EXACTLY THE THE TOOLS IN THEIR BOX TO SAY, OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO BE A GREAT FIRST YEAR AP OR GREAT FIRST YEAR PRINCIPAL, I DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE OUR CAMPUS SIZE.
LOTS OF PROMOTIONS, LOTS OF PEOPLE MOVING AROUND.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO GIVE SOMEONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TO LEAD A CAMPUS OR BE AN AP, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS ON THE FRONT SIDE WITH SOME KIND OF A PLAYBOOK FOR THEM TO, TO LEAD.
WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES MAYBE THAT DON'T DO SO GOOD.
SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE OLIVE BRANCH STRETCH GOAL JUST BECOMES A REGULAR GOAL.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO WORK ON GROWING THOSE CAMPUSES THAT ARE BELOW OUR PERFORMANCE BY THE 3%.
SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE LAID OUT HERE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I, I AGREE WITH MR. OROSCO ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION.
LIKE, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US LIKE TO BE SURPRISED.
I THINK NO ONE LIKES TO BE SURPRISED WITH STUFF.
SO ON THE FRONT SIDE OF IT JUST I THINK IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN THE BACK.
I APPRECIATE THE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK.
AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON STREAMLINING OUR PRE-K PROCESS.
IT'S NOT JUST OUR PRE-K PROCESS AS YOU MENTIONED.
SO WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE A FOCUS IN ALL OF THIS.
AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, HOPE TO GET BETTER EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
GIFTS ARE ALWAYS NICE SURPRISES.
BUT ANYWAYS MR. SEIBEL. THANK YOU, MR. DIO, FOR ALL THIS. I MEAN, THIS IS THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO IN EDUCATING STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE PREPARED FOR LIFE OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT.
I MY BLANKET QUESTION, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TRY TO SUMMARIZE 23,000, 24,000 STUDENTS AND HOW DO WE SHOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GROWING THEM THE WAY WE SHOULD? AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ASSESSMENT SCORES ARE THE EASY WAY TO DO IT.
AND IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN MEASURE THAT AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR GOALS.
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT OUR STATE.
ASSESSMENT SCORES AND TESTS ARE FLAWED.
THEY'RE NOT PERFECT MEASURES, MAP TESTS, EVEN IN THOSE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANT EVALUATIONS.
AND THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE PERFECT MEASURE.
WE SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY IN OUR CLASSROOMS. AND HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SHOW THAT TO EVERYBODY ELSE? THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION, AND I KNOW THAT WE SOMETIMES DON'T ALWAYS TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD.
THAT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IN THE PAST.
WE DID SEND OUT OUR SURVEYS LAST YEAR IN THE FALL AND THEN AGAIN IN THE SPRING.
IN ADDITION TO THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AS YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING YOU KNOW FALLS ON ACADEMICS.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE READY.
AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR TO ENTER THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
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AND SO AND AGAIN, GETTING KIDS READY FOR LIFE.AND SO I DON'T HAVE A SOMETHING THAT I CAN GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW TO SAY, THIS IS THE TOOL, THIS IS THE MEASURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD.
BUT I KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS, EVERY SINGLE TEACHER IS ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR WRIGHT'S PHILOSOPHY AND VISION, IT SHOULDN'T ALWAYS BE ABOUT STAR.
IT SHOULD BE ABOUT ALL THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN SEE THAT KIDS ARE ACTUALLY GROWING AND DEVELOPING.
BUT SO MUCH OF IT IS IS BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND CLUBS.
CLUB PARTICIPATION, EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETICS.
AND SO I'LL HAVE TO I'LL HAVE TO PONDER THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
ALL RIGHT, MISS PETRI, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS SADIO, FOR PRESENTING TO US TODAY.
YOU KNOW, EVERY PHONE CALL, EVERY QUESTION TO COME IN THROUGH, YOU KNOW.
SO SOME I THINK THE PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION WILL SAVE YOUR TEAM TO HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND MAYBE MAYBE IT'S A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER THAT LIVES ON THE ON YOUR CNI WEBSITE AND HAS TIPS AND TRICKS ABOUT HOW TO ACCESS TEAMS, HOW TO SET UP ALERTS FOR WHEN YOUR KID YOU KNOW, MAKES BELOW AN 85, OR IS TARDY OR IS ABSENT.
I TRAIN PARENTS HOW TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT AN EASY WAY FOR THEM TO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. WE'VE GOT SCHOOLOGY, YOU GOT SCHOOL LINKS.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
THE FRONT LINES. I MEAN, WE WE KNOW BECAUSE WE HELP APPROVE THOSE PROCUREMENTS.
BUT I THINK GETTING THOSE RESOURCES KIND OF AN EASY, QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR PARENTS TO LIKE, HOW DO I SIGN UP? HOW DO I LOOK AT MY KID'S KIDS GRADES? WHAT? SCHOOLOGY. WHAT SCHOOL LINKS? I THINK WE'LL SAVE YOUR TEAM A LOT OF TIME AND HEADACHE.
THERE'S JUST LOOKING AT THE A TO Z PAGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF I'M NEW TO HAYS C-I-S-D AND I CARE ABOUT ACADEMICS AND I'M JUST GOING IN WITH THAT LENS AND I'M TRYING TO NAVIGATE, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR SOME THINGS ON THE WEBSITE.
WE JUST KIND OF NEED TO HELP MAKE THEM EASIER, STREAMLINE THEM.
ALSO, WE HAVE A ZILLION CHOICES FOR CHILDREN COME TIME TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES.
WHAT QUESTIONS? WHAT CLASSES SHOULD I TAKE? ANYWAY, JUST MAKING THOSE THINGS EASIER TO NAVIGATE.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.
I, THEY HAD THIS GREAT PROGRAM THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT IN SEVENTH GRADE.
AND HERE I AM TODAY GRADUATING IN THE, YOU KNOW, FIRE ACADEMY OR WHATEVER IT IS.
YEAH, I LOVE THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT.
MR. FLORES, THANKS FOR JUST FIRST OF ALL, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVEN A LOT OF SUPPORT TO TEACHERS.
RIGHT. AND THEY HAVE TO EXECUTE THE LESSON.
AND IT'S NOT DELIVERED EFFECTIVELY.
BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON GOAL NUMBER THREE.
AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW STAR OF COURSE ISN'T EVERYTHING.
IT DOESN'T MEASURE A KID'S INTELLIGENCE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ASSESSED ON OUR STAR DATA BY THE STATE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE BREAKDOWN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.
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IS THAT WOULD THAT BE A FAIR ASSESSMENT? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.AND SO, SO AS I'M, AS I'M ASKING THIS IS THERE I KNOW READING IS A BIG THING, RIGHT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE ON GRADE LEVEL.
AND A LOT OF THE STAR QUESTIONS ON MATH, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE TEST, ARE OUR WORD QUESTIONS OR WORD PROBLEMS? SO IS THERE A UNIFORMITY AT ALL? AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, BUT THE SAME WAY COACHES GO INTO FEEDER PATTERNS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PLAYBOOK FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL.
IS THAT TAKING PLACE AT THE AT THE AT THE GROUND LEVEL FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL? IS THERE A UNIFORMITY IN ACADEMIC LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE USING FOR TEACHERS? IS THERE ANY TYPE OF UNIFORMITY IN THAT? I KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL POLICY, BUT IS THERE A UNIFORMITY IN ACADEMIC LANGUAGE AS KIDS PROCEED FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL? NOT AT THE NOT AT THE MOMENT.
IT IS JUST BEEN PIECEMEALED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I WAS HOPING AT LEAST K8 TO HELP WITH THAT COMMON ACADEMIC VOCABULARY.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME EFFORTS TO DO THAT JUST AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
WE KNOW THAT NUMERICAL FLUENCY HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
NOT EVERYONE UTILIZING LIKE, FANTASTIC.
WE'VE GOT A FEW INCONSISTENCIES THAT I THINK ARE ALSO HURTING OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE LEAVING ELEMENTARY IN THE MIDDLE WHEN KIDS DON'T HAVE THE COMPUTATION SKILLS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT AUTOMATICITY.
IT'S HARDER TO DO HIGHER LEVEL MATH.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN.
SO THE ANSWER IS NO, NOT AT THE TIME.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
K12, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF MATHEMATICS.
YES. AND AGAIN, THE WORD PROBLEMS. IF A KID DOESN'T KNOW WHAT AN EQUIVALENT EXPRESSION IS, HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO FIGURE OUT A MATH PROBLEM? RIGHT? SO THAT ACADEMIC LANGUAGE IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING YOUR BEST TO CREATE THAT, THAT UNIFORMITY.
ALSO OUR TEACHERS AND LET ME ASK YOU, ARE THEY TAKING THE ASSESSMENTS BEFORE THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR UNIT PLANS? ARE THEY ACTUALLY TAKING THE RECENT STAR MATH ASSESSMENT SO THEY CAN GET TO FIGURE OUT, HEY, I KNOW I GOT TO TEACH THIS.
IF I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS, HOW IS IT GOING TO BE FOR MY KIDS? ARE THEY TAKING THOSE ASSESSMENTS BEFORE THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING THEIR UPPIES OR UNIT PLANS? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
I KNOW THAT I DID THAT AS A CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW WHAT THE END TARGET.
I KNOW THAT IT HAPPENS ON SOME CAMPUSES FOR CERTAIN SUBJECTS.
I CANNOT STAND UP HERE AND TELL YOU THAT EVERY SINGLE TEACHER HAS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO PLAN MORE EFFECTIVELY.
AND I KNOW TRUSTEE OROSCO ALWAYS MENTIONS BEST PRACTICES, RIGHT? WHAT IS ONE TEACHER DOING IN ONE SCHOOL THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING? WHETHER IT BE IN MATH OR CTE.
LIKE, WHAT CAN WE TAKE FROM THAT TEACHER? SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE SUCCEEDING, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY PERFORMING WELL, TAKE THAT PRACTICE AND MAYBE UTILIZE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
READ ON. MATH. THAT'S LIKE AN AREA WE WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON.
BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO AND BEING PROACTIVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN, IN THIS DISTRICT IS GROWING WITHIN, AND WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE GET THEM TO WHERE THEY THEY WORK SO HARD TO GET, AND THEN WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING THEM ONCE THEY GET THERE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE THAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ON.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I LOVE THAT MRS OROSCO BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, THE CTE AND CMR ALSO ADVISING, WE KNOW THAT ADVISING, HEARING FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD PANEL KIDS THAT WE LACK AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM THE INFORMATION, ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SOME STUDENTS DON'T HAVE PARENTS THAT GO AND LOOK FOR THE INFORMATION AND GO AND FIND IT.
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A LOT OF STUDENTS DON'T HAVE THAT.AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE THOSE PEOPLE FOR THEM, AND WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN SETTINGS TO WHERE IT IS.
THEY CAN THEY CAN GET IT, WHETHER IT'S ON CAMPUS OR AT A FAIR OR WHATEVER.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND FOCUS ON ADVISING.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE WITHIN YOUR GOALS, AS YOU ADD, IF WITH THE CTE AND CMR IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON ADVISING AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
I MEAN, A LOT OF THEM, WE WANT THEM TO TAKE THE CLASSES THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE.
THAT'S MOVES ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
ALSO, I LOVE THAT MR. FLORES FOCUSED ON MATH.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO BRING UP IS HOW WE FOCUS ON K THROUGH 12.
BUT HEY, YOU HAVE TO KEEP MOVING ON AND YOU'RE STILL GETTING PASSED TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A FOCUS ON HOW WE ADDRESS K THROUGH 12 MATH AS A WHOLE.
BUT ALSO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THOSE MEASURABLES ARE AND HOW WE MEET THEM.
AND THEN I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR NOW.
I WILL LIKELY HAVE MORE LATER, BUT THANK YOU.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S IT'S BEEN A HARD TIME IN EDUCATION AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR CNI DEPARTMENT WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. BUT WE ARE A DISTRICT THAT PIVOTS AND WE PIVOT REALLY WELL AND WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
SO I'LL THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THE COMMUNICATION PIECE, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE COMMUNICATION.
I THINK THAT WHEN COMMUNICATION FAILS, EVERYTHING FAILS.
AND IT IT CAN JUST FIX EVERYTHING OR PREVENT EVERYTHING.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A FOCUS ON, ON ON MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING NOT JUST WITH OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, BUT OUR CAMPUS STAFF ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.
SO I WOULD LIKE BUT THAT'S NOT JUST AT, AT THE CNI LEVEL.
THAT'S EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
MR.. THANK YOU FOR GOING FIRST.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHOICE ON THAT, BUT YES, I KNOW YOU GET A CHANCE TO SET THAT TONE.
I WANT TO HEAR PERIODICALLY HOW THE BOOK STUDIES ARE GOING.
I KNOW AS YOU'RE INVESTING IN OUR DOWS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE PAYOFF? AND SO I WOULD JUST APPRECIATE JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM TIME TO TIME, LET ME KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TEAM. NEXT, WE WANT TO WELCOME OUR CTO, ALAN DYER, COMING UP FOR TECHNOLOGY.
GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT VELA DOCTOR WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT FOR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
OUR FIRST GOAL IS THE DISTRICT WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE.
THIS IS A $2.1 MILLION PROJECT AND USING E-RATE CATEGORY TWO FUNDS, THE HAYS C-I-S-D WAS ABLE TO GET $1.7 MILLION FROM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FREE.
SO WE'RE PAYING 20% FOR THE HARDWARE.
WE HAVE ALL THE BASIC ACCESS POINTS COMPLETED THIS SUMMER, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE IN DIFFICULT LOCATIONS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO COMPLETE. AND THEN THERE'S TUNING WITHIN THE DIFFERENT CHANNELS.
SO THE WIRELESS AND COMPLETING ALL THE OUTSIDE WIRELESS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS.
SO THAT CONTINUES AND IT IS IN PROCESS AND WILL FINISH THAT THIS YEAR.
OUR SECOND GOAL IS A DISTRICT WIDE REPLACEMENT OF NETWORK SWITCHES.
THESE SWITCHES WERE PUT IN IN 2015 2016.
THE NETWORK SWITCHES ARE REALLY THE FOUNDATION THAT CONNECT EVERYTHING EVEN THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS, SECURITY CAMERAS, EVERYTHING THAT CONNECTS.
IT'S EVERYTHING CONNECTS TO THE NETWORK.
THAT PROJECT WILL BE 5.3 MILLION.
IT'S ON THE 2025 BOND WE'VE ALREADY PRESENTED AT THE BOC COMMITTEE.
IT IS IN THE TECHNOLOGY BOND FOR 2025.
WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION.
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE USE WHEN THEY LOG INTO THEIR BANKS AND WHEN YOUR INITIAL ACCOUNT, IF IT'S COMPROMISED, YOU WOULD GET WHEN SOMEBODY TRIES TO LOG IN, YOU WOULD SEE IT ON YOUR PHONE THAT SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO LOG IN.
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SO THAT'S WHEN YOU GET THE NUMBERS ON YOUR PHONE FOR A SECOND.CODE ADMINISTRATION IS ALREADY USING MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION.
TRANSPORTATION. ALL THE TEACHERS DURING THE INITIAL BACK TO SCHOOL PROCESS WERE GIVEN DOCUMENTATION.
WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE DO IT BY THEMSELVES.
IN SEPTEMBER. WE'RE GOING TO FORCE THERE.
WE WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE IDENTIFY TALENT AT AN EARLY STAGE.
WE SEE POTENTIAL IN PEOPLE, GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED.
WE GIVE THEM SMALLER PROJECTS.
AS THEY ACCOMPLISH THOSE, WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND WE GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT TO SUCCEED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE ESPECIALLY MINDFUL OF THE HAYS CISD IS UNDER ATTACK.
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TIME EACH DAY.
SO CYBER SECURITY, WE NEVER SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
JUST RECENTLY WE'VE SEEN THAT IN ADDITION TO ORGANIZED CRIME, THERE ARE NOW NATION STATES, COUNTRIES THAT ARE JOINING IN ON THE RANSOMWARE ATTACKS. AND FOR SOME REASON, THEY THINK SCHOOLS ARE AN ATTRACTIVE TARGET.
SO WE'RE AWARE OF THAT AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STOP THEM.
AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES, WE'RE TRYING TO SECURE FUNDING WITH ALTERNATE MEANS.
SO WE LEVERAGE E-RATE AND BONDS TO TRY AND CONTINUE TO FUND ANY NEW PURCHASES OF HARDWARE.
ALL RIGHT, MISTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M LOOKING FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, MISTER CYBER, JUST REAL QUICK.
AND WE CAN MAKE IT EASY, LITTLE HARDER, LITTLE HARDER, LITTLE HARDER.
SO WE USUALLY START OUT EVERY YEAR EASY.
SO WHEN YOU DO CLICK ON THE WRONG LINK IT WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY YOU MADE A MISTAKE.
WE ALSO ON THE HELP DESK WEB PAGE MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
WE DON'T KNOW PEOPLE'S PASSWORDS.
WE JUST WE KNOW EVERYBODY'S ACCOUNTS.
SO WE JUST CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD, SET IT TO READ CHANGE ON YOUR NEXT LOGIN.
SO NEVER EVER WHEREVER EVER, WHETHER IN YOUR HAYS CISD OR ANYWHERE, EVER.
GIVE OUT YOUR LOGIN AND PASSWORD.
NO MATTER WHAT ORGANIZATION YOU'RE WORKING WITH, THEY KNOW YOUR LOGIN.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OVER TO MY LEFT. ALL RIGHT.
MR. EVANS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, THIS THIS THE TECHNOLOGY FOR ME.
LIKE I'M COMPUTER STUPID, RIGHT? SO I WILL JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND.
ON THE STRETCH GOALS WITH FUNDING.
YOU KNOW, I HATE TO I HATE TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A STRETCH GOAL FOR YOU ALL I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE LIGHT OF EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD WITH, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY AND CYBER ATTACKS, I THINK FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE MORE ADVANCED AS A DISTRICT WITH HOW WE PROCESS INFORMATION, HOW WE'RE MOVING IT ACROSS THE DISTRICT INSTANTANEOUSLY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I JUST THINK THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, HELP BRIDGE THE GAP WITH COMMUNICATION FASTER FROM MR. DEPARTMENT OR FROM HR OR FROM MAX JUST TO GET IT OUT.
I MEAN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I THINK THIS BOARD'S PRETTY OPEN TO TO SUPPORTING YOU ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING CLEAR WITH WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE FUNDING SHOULD BE AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO KEEP THIS WHOLE THING RUNNING AT ONE TIME.
SO WE AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.
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AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S FROM THOSE COMPANIES.THEY WANT TO CONTROL OUR DATA.
THEY SAY, HEY, WE CAN DO THE UPGRADES EASIER.
BUT WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING TOO IS WE'RE EXTENDING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE CLOUD.
WE'RE CREATING HOLES WHERE THE BAD PEOPLE CAN HIT US MORE.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE CONNECTING, HOW ARE WE CONNECTING? ARE WE GETTING THE PROPER ENCRYPTION SO THAT NOBODY CAN, IF THEY GET A HOLD OF OUR DATA, INTERPRET OUR DATA.
MR. FLORES, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EARLY THIS MORNING.
FIRST OF ALL, LIKE, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR FOR THOSE OF US WHO WENT TO SCHOOL, GRADE SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, THE 80S OR 90S OR EVEN BEFORE, WE KNOW THAT SCHOOL LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT, THAT EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS ON IS ONLINE NOW.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF TEXTBOOKS THAT THEY'RE DISTRIBUTING.
SO WHEN THE WI-FI GOES DOWN ON A SCHOOL, TECHNOLOGY IS NOT WORKING.
ARE YOU GOING EVERY YEAR TO OTHER CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCES WHERE YOU CAN LEARN NEW THINGS, WHERE YOU CAN LEARN WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING IN ORDER TO SECURE THEIR SYSTEMS? IS THERE IS THERE A TRAINING THAT YOU GO TO EVERY YEAR? ARE WE IS A DISTRICT HELPING TO ACCOMMODATE YOU ON THAT? WE HAVE VERY LIMITED TRAINING FUNDS AND FUNDS FOR CONFERENCES, BUT WE ATTENDED THE TEXAS EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY LEADERS CONFERENCE, THE EXTREME NETWORKING CONFERENCE, AND WE SENT OUR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO ONE CONFERENCE.
DURING THE CONFERENCE, WE ESPECIALLY SEEK OUT OTHER DISTRICTS.
PFLUGERVILLE ISD IS EXTREMELY GOOD AT TECHNOLOGY.
WE ARE ONE OF THE LEADERS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR THAT.
NO, I LOVE I LOVE THE CONFIDENCE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THE WORLD IS CHANGING.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
AND AS FAR AS THE FUNDING, I AGREE WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH BYRON, AS FAR AS ARE THERE GRANTS, ADDITIONAL GRANTS THAT WE CAN WE CAN GET EITHER FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR FROM, FROM OTHER PARTIES TO, TO HELP FUND THIS.
WE ARE SEEKING GRANTS AT EVERY CHANCE WE GET.
IN ADDITION TO THE EMAIL, THEY THEY PORT SCAN EVERYTHING THAT WE OFFER ON THE INTERNET.
THEY LET'S SAY WE USE EDGE EUPHORIA AND WE OFFER THAT THROUGH THE INTERNET.
THEY'LL KNOW WHICH PORTS, TCP, IP PORTS TO ATTACK US ON AND THEN COME IN.
AND IN SOME CASES, WE'RE DEPENDENT ON THE PEOPLE THAT DEVELOPED, SAY, THE EUPHORIA SOFTWARE TO MAKE SURE THEY'VE DONE THE PROPER SECURITY, BECAUSE THEY'LL ACTUALLY GO INTO THE WEB SERVERS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY SECURITY FLAWS.
SO WHENEVER THEY SAY THERE'S AN UPDATE OUT THERE DUE TO A SECURITY PROBLEM.
MISS PETRI. HI, MR. DEWAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THIS.
YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING PROACTIVE AGAINST ALL OF THESE BAD ACTORS.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF OUR, OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, ARE THESE MICROPHONES AND SPEAKER SYSTEMS AND CAFETERIAS AND GYMS AND STADIUMS. AND WE'VE WE'VE BEEN TO SOME RECENT EVENTS AT THE STADIUM AND THE GYM WHERE THEY'RE BRINGING IN PORTABLE SOUND SYSTEMS. SO I KNOW WE WE MAY HAVE A BOND COMING UP SOON.
IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE SOUND SYSTEMS AT THE CAFETERIA DIDN'T WORK.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AS A GOAL THAT ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS, EVERYWHERE WE GO, WORK.
WE INVESTED A TON OF MONEY AT THAT STADIUM ON A SOUND SYSTEM.
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AND WHEN WE GO TO RED AND BLUE, I KNOW IT'S ON THE AWAY SIDE AND THERE'S SOME ANTENNA ISSUES OR SOMETHING.AND AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND AS A TAXPAYER, I'M FRUSTRATED.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S SOME EMPHASIS OR CARING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AS WE GO AROUND THAT A LOT OF TIMES, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, A STAFF MEMBER'S FIRST IMPRESSION IS JUST MY COMPUTER WORK.
DOES MY COMPUTER WORK? GREAT? BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT'S WHY CAN'T I HEAR THE PRINCIPAL TALKING AT THIS PEP RALLY OR WHATEVER? SO SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US CARE ABOUT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THOSE THINGS COST A LOT OF MONEY, AND I GET IT.
SO MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THE FBC NEEDS TO CONSIDER.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A FUTURE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT SO THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY MAYBE AS A, AS A STRETCH GOAL AS WELL.
DOCTOR WRIGHT AND I MET AND DISCUSSED THE SOUND SYSTEMS. WE HAVE AN INITIAL ITEM ON THIS PARTICULAR BOND, AND IT'S FOR SOUND SYSTEM REPAIR AND SOME REPLACEMENTS WE DIDN'T GET.
WE DIDN'T PUT IN FOR ALL THE FUNDING FOR ALL THE SOUND SYSTEMS. YET WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP THE BOND AT A REASONABLE LEVEL.
BUT SO THAT IS THE FIRST PASS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER MORE MONEY IN THE FOLLOW UP BOND THE NEXT TIME AROUND.
BUT OUR GOAL COMING OUT AFTER MEETING WITH DOCTOR RIGHT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON SOME SOUND SYSTEMS AT THIS TIME.
AND WE DID IDENTIFY A PROBLEM AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
MICAH AND JAMES RODRIGUEZ FOUND A PROBLEM AND CORRECTED IT.
SO AND THAT WAS AT THE SHELDON STADIUM.
I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE EVENT YOU WENT TO TWO WEEKS AGO.
YEAH, THIS WAS JUST LAST WEEK.
THEY FOUND A PROBLEM AND CORRECTED.
IT WAS THE SAME LAST YEAR TOO, AND WE ALREADY HAD THE NEWS.
SO IT'S LIKE TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
SO I THINK THIS YEAR IS WHY THEY BROUGHT OUT THE PORTABLE SYSTEM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE SYSTEMS COST A LOT OF MONEY.
WE PUT THEM IN SCHOOLS AND THEN NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO USE THEM.
AND THEN THEY GET JACKED UP AND THEN THEY JUST BECOME UNUSABLE.
YEAH. OR YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WAX OVER THE INPUTS ALL OVER THE GYM FLOORS.
AND SO THEN YOU CAN'T EVER USE THE INPUTS ON THE GYM FLOORS.
AND SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE TRAINING OF CUSTODIAL STAFF, OF, YOU KNOW, COACHES WHO ARE USING THE EQUIPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT.
WE CAN'T JUST LOCK IT ALL AWAY EITHER AND HAVE ONE PERSON ON THE CAMPUS HAVE A KEY.
THAT'S NOT AN OPTION EITHER, WHICH IS SOMETIMES WHAT WE DO.
SO SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.
I KNOW THERE IS AND, AND, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ON IT AND WE'LL GET IT FIGURED OUT.
WE WE LIKE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED.
YES, WE LIKE TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS. WE. IT'S TIME FOR ME TO WAKE UP.
HANG ON. WE JUST. WE NEED THE FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE TASK.
SO IT'S IF WE'RE GIVEN PROPER FUNDING, YES, WE WILL SOLVE THIS ISSUE.
PERFECT. YES. EXECUTION I KNOW IS IS THE KEY.
YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS ON IT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTED.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK IS AND I MEANT TO BRING THIS UP WHEN MRS. SEDILLO WAS ALSO PRESENTING.
BUT THIS KIND OF GOES FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS DO QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS KIND OF INFO SHEETS.
AND SAME THING WITH TECHNOLOGY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO CYBER TRAINING.
AND SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE PUSH OUT TO EMPLOYEES? NOT REQUIRED. BUT HERE'S A TRAINING VIDEO ON CYBERSECURITY.
OH, WE WE DO HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE WEB PAGE.
BUT WE CAN START AND WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME EMAILS THAT GO TO THE DISTRICT, BUT WE CAN START MORE.
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IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AND THINK ABOUT.I MEAN, I KNOW THAT I AM EVEN YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I HAVE THAT COME AND WORK IN OUR AT MY LAW FIRM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE I LIKE TO THINK OUR KIDS ARE ALL SMARTER THAN US WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY, BUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO STEAL AND DO ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS, THEY OUTSMART ALL OF US, BUT JUST OFFERING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS FOR THAT TO BE AT THE FINGERTIPS OF STAFF SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE.
AND THEN I LOVE THAT SHE TOUCHED ON THE SOUND SYSTEMS. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT LIST LOOKS LIKE OF AN INVENTORY OF SOUND SYSTEMS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S IT'S IT IT TOOK IT TAKES AWAY FROM AN EVENT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S SUCH A HUGE EVENT.
AND WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING MRS. SALAZAR HAVING TO WALK AROUND AND FIND A SPOT WHERE YOU COULD, YOU CAN HEAR HER, AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
AND THEN I THINK THAT THAT'S IT.
I HAVE THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES I'LL GET CRAZY EMAILS AND YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU DO AND HANDLE THEM.
OR WE GET EMAILS FROM VANESSA THAT SAYS SHE'S, YOU KNOW, UP TO SOMETHING.
NOW, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
SO KNOW THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY.
SO YOU DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO GET THAT.
THEN YOU LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE WANT YOU FUNDING FOR PROPER TRAINING FOR FUNDING IT.
I'M SORRY, PROPER FUNDING FOR TRAINING AT THIS TIME.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
ALL RIGHT, MR. DEWAR. THANK YOU.
YES. FOR THE OVERVIEW, I DO WANT TO CALL OUT A FEW THINGS.
I CAN'T QUITE SAY THAT WE WERE THE BEST.
WHAT? I WANT TO HONE IN ON THE ON THE RECRUITING AND RETENTION.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, THAT'S OKAY.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHAT ARE THE GOALS TO EITHER MAINTAIN OR EVEN LOWER THAT.
SO JUST TAKING A LOOK AT PROBABLY YOUR GOALS, WHICH ARE VERY, VERY GREAT.
YOU KNOW SOME LOFTY NUMBERS THERE.
OR THE NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT BYRON SAID, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH TO YOU KNOW, THEN THEN WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND FOR SOME OF THOSE? AND SO IF WE JUST ADD THOSE PIECES IN THERE, I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE JUST DEFINED TIMELINES.
GREAT. WE HAVE BEEN RETAINING OVER 90% OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF THE LAST TIME SOMEBODY LEFT OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE GAVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED AND MOVE FORWARD.
BUT WE WILL GET THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD SAY WE'RE AT LEAST 90 TO 95% RETENTION EMPLOYEES.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND I KNOW THE CHARACTER IS A BIG THING.
SO SO I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOU BEING THE LEAD IN OUR IT, OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
I'M SORRY. WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, MR. DEWAR. MISS OROSCO, NO, YOU CAN'T SNEAK AWAY FROM ME.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I KNOW YOU TAKE OUR FUNDING VERY SERIOUSLY, AS WE ALL DO, YOU KNOW, BUT A BUDGET AMENDMENT CAN ALWAYS COME FORWARD IF YOU NEED SOME TYPE OF EXPERTISE.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT. LIKE MISS RUNKLE MENTIONED THAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.
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SO DON'T FEEL SUPER LIMITED.TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD TO US.
PHASE TWO WE'RE STARTING TO REPLACE MORE SYSTEMS THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.
THERE'S SOME AT BARTON THAT ARE IN THAT CATEGORY.
THANK YOU AGAIN MR.. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE ARE MOVING ON TO HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND WE HAVE OUR CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER, CHRISTINA CORSON, COMING UP.
MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.
DOCTOR WRIGHT IN HCISD HUMAN RESOURCES.
WE BELIEVE THAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT SERVICE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, THEY'RE BETTER ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE STUDENTS WE SERVE.
AND SO THIS IS THE LENS THAT WE USE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SYSTEMS, OUR TOOLS, OUR PEOPLE AND OUR INTENTIONS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AT THE END OF EVERY ACTION OR THE RESULT OF NON-ACTION, THERE IS A STUDENT THAT IS IMPACTED.
SO I WANTED TO JUST SHARE THAT.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MY STAFF WHO HELPED TO DEVELOP THESE GOALS.
THESE GOALS ARE A REFLECTION OF THE PRIORITIES OF MY TEAM.
I'M VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A DIVERSE, STRONG TEAM TO HELP STEER THIS SHIP, AND I'M PROUD TO SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK WITH YOU TODAY IN HAYS WE ARE A FAST GROWTH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE DOUBLE IN SIZE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE, THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS, THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT SYSTEMS AND THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT SUPPORT.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST GOAL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING HIRING, WORKFLOW EFFICIENCY.
AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN TIME IS MONEY AND, AND AND PEOPLE HAVE OPTIONS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE TO SECURE TOP TALENT.
SO IN DOING THE MOVE TO FRONT FRONTLINE.
THE DISTRICT IS BENEFITING A NUMBER OF WAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BETTER MANAGE OUR STAFFING AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES, BUT IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THAT EFFICIENCY. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THE FRONTLINE LAUNCH, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE BEING IN LABOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NO EPIDURAL.
WE JUST GOT TO GET THROUGH IT.
BUT WE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCURATE DATA, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS.
WELL, HOW MANY SECOND GRADE TEACHERS DO WE HAVE? AND FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND TELL YOU WHAT IS OUR TURNOVER RATE AT THIS CAMPUS? WHERE WHERE ARE THE VACANCIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW? YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND OUR OPERATIONS CENTER, WHICH WILL HELP US TO IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND TO BE STRATEGIC IN THE ACTIONS WE TAKE.
THAT IS ALSO TO REALLY MAXIMIZE FRONTLINE AS THE TOOL.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE TOOL THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING THAT RESOURCE.
SO LATER THIS FALL, AFTER WE'VE MIGRATED ALL 3500 STAFF TO FRONTLINE AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING PAID CORRECTLY AND ON TIME AND EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT INTO MOVING TO THE FRONTLINE, RECRUIT AND HIRE.
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HUMAN CAPITAL ANALYTICS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT FRONTLINE.I GOT A SNEAK PEEK AT THE HUMAN CAPITAL ANALYTICS JUST A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, AND I WAS DOWNRIGHT GIDDY AS WAS MY TEAM. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.
BUT THAT DOESN'T WORK UNTIL EVERYTHING IS BUILT.
AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHOW YOU.
NOW WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH THE DATA ENTRY AND MAKING SURE IT'S CLEAN DATA THAT'S GOING IN.
BUT TWO IT'S NOT JUST THE TOOLS.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING OUR PEOPLE APPROPRIATELY.
RIGHT. AND SO I KNOW THAT YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A STRATEGIC DISTRIBUTION OF CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT ASSIGNMENTS BY THE HR LEADERSHIP AT THAT TIME.
BUT WE'VE GROWN A LOT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUS.
IT MIGHT BE THE THE NEEDS OF THE CAMPUS.
IT MIGHT BE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK OF A DEPARTMENT.
IT MIGHT BE THE FAST GROWTH IN A PARTICULAR CAMPUS THAT MAY NOT BE OCCURRING AT ANOTHER CAMPUS.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT THE DATA PER CAMPUS OF JUST THE VOLUME OF WORK FOR OUR SPECIALISTS AND REDISTRIBUTING SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE MORE EQUITABLE AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT BURNING OUT OUR HR SPECIALISTS, AND WE'RE BEING MORE EFFICIENT IN SERVING OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS.
WE JUST HIRED A NEW HR SPECIALIST WHO BRINGS TEN YEARS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT HR EXPERIENCE.
SO I DO HAVE A COMPLETE TEAM RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOU KNOW, I'M OFTEN ASKED, HOW MANY DAYS DOES IT TAKE TO GET SOMEBODY HIRED? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET SOMEBODY ON BOARD? AND THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
IT'S ONE THAT I'VE ACTUALLY POSED TO FRONTLINE.
LIKE WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD? I DON'T MEAN IN THE WORLD.
WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL HOW FAST THEY GET INTO FINGERPRINTING.
WE CAN'T CONTROL HOW FAST DPS PROCESSES THE FINGER PRINTS, BUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE CAN CONTROL AND HOW CAN WE GET BETTER AT THAT? AND PART OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL ANALYTICS WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT EACH OF THE STEPS OF OUR PROCESS AND SEE WHERE THE LAGS ARE, TO SEE HOW WE CAN SHORTEN THAT TIME. AND I'M WAITING TO HEAR FROM FRONTLINE ABOUT LIKE, WHAT IS THAT INDUSTRY STANDARD IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE IN HIRING SOMEBODY SO WE CAN GET BETTER? I'D LIKE TO GET SOME BASELINE DATA IN OCTOBER WHEN EVERYBODY'S IN THE SYSTEM, LIKE, HOW HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE US NOW AND THEN? WHAT CAN WE DO TO REDUCE THAT TIME BY 10% FOR THE NEXT HIRING SEASON? THE SECOND GOAL REVAMP DISTRICT ONBOARDING.
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO TO SET PEOPLE UP FOR SUCCESS FROM THE GET GO.
AND I MEAN, NOT JUST LEADERS, BUT OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE BRINGING INTO THE DISTRICT OR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TAKEN ON THE CHALLENGE OF CROSS TRAINING INTO A NEW DEPARTMENT OR INTO A NEW AREA.
LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL? OUR DISTRICT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET A SECOND CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO REDEVELOP HOW WE ONBOARD OUR NEW HIRES.
IT'S A BLESSING TO BE IN THIS BUILDING.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE NEW HIRE ORIENTATION IN HERE, AND IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.
AND WHAT IS THE INFORMATION THEY REALLY WANT IN PERSON? SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REDEVELOPING THAT.
AND I DON'T MEAN JUST HOW YOU SIGN UP FOR BENEFITS OR, OR HOW YOU GET YOUR EMAIL, BUT WHAT IS HAYS CISD STAND FOR? LIKE WHAT DOES THE BOARD EXPECT OF US TO BE EMPLOYEE UNRIVALED FRIENDLY?
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WHY? SO WE CAN SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND PROVIDE OUTSTANDING OUTCOMES? WHAT ARE THOSE EXPECTATIONS? SO IT'S NOT JUST THE TOOLS, IT'S THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE'RE BRINGING THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND OUR EXPECTATIONS OF THEM, BUT ALSO TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS SHOULD BE OF US AS LEADERS AND AS A BOARD AND AS AN ADMINISTRATION.WE'D LIKE TO DEVELOP ONBOARDING FOR NEW LEADERS.
AMAZING JOB WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS, WORKING WITH ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND ASPIRING LEADERS.
ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE, I THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US, ESPECIALLY AFTER VISITING CAMPUSES AT THE START OF SCHOOL, VISITING WITH NEW PRINCIPALS AT THE START OF SCHOOL, AND HEARING, GOSH, I WASN'T SURE WHICH NEWSLETTER TOOL TO USE, AND I WASN'T QUITE SURE EXACTLY WHAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE IN A FIRST NEWSLETTER FROM A CAMPUS.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT FIRST WEEK? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO GET SOMEBODY HIRED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WHEN WE HAVE GROWTH? WHAT DO I NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT? IN TERMS OF SETTING STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES IN A WAY THAT I CAN HOLD THAT ACCOUNTABILITY THE REST OF THE YEAR? AND WHAT DOES LEADERSHIP LOOK LIKE AT THE LEVEL OF THERE'S A LEADER OF SELF, THERE'S A LEADER OF OTHERS, THERE'S A LEADER OF LEADERS, AND THEN THERE'S A LEADER OF ORG OR DEPARTMENT OR SUPERINTENDENT OVER AN ORGANIZATION.
AND AT EACH ONE OF THOSE LEVELS THERE ARE DIFFERENT SKILL SETS.
SO IN A, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BETTER PREPARE THEM AS THEY TRANSCEND AND AND EVOLVE INTO THOSE ROLES SO WE CAN PREPARE THEM SO THAT AND AND ALSO HOW CAN WE DEFINE SUCCESS FOR THEM? BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE NEW IN A ROLE, YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME AND YOU FEEL INCREDIBLY INADEQUATE, WHICH IS VERY DISCOURAGING WHEN YOU'RE TAKING ON WHEN YOU'RE TAKING ON A NEW ROLE.
YOUR FIRST WEEK, YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN YOUR PEOPLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN YOUR CAMPUS.
YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN YOUR DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
JUST THIS WEEK, ALSO KNOW YOU KNOW WHO ARE THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO TO REACH OUT FOR HELP, AND WHEN DO YOU REACH OUT TO THEM AND HOW DO YOU REACH OUT TO THEM? JUST THOSE KINDS OF SUPPORTS.
BUT ALSO DEVELOPING ONBOARDING FOR NEW LEADERS, REALLY TRYING TO HAVE THAT BY MAY, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW PRINCIPALS RIGHT NOW THAT NEED HELP RIGHT NOW. AND WE HAVE NEW LEADERS.
WE HAVE A NEW DEPARTMENT HEAD OF TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE A NEW CTE DIRECTOR.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW LEADERS.
WHAT CAN WE DO RIGHT NOW? AND SO WE'LL BE REACHING OUT WITH THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE TO SAY, WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU WISH YOU KNEW RIGHT NOW? THEN WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO, FOR EXAMPLE, PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO AND SAY, WHAT? WHAT DO YOU WISH THAT YOU KNEW THEN THAT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM NOW? AND OF COURSE, REACHING OUT TO DAS TO SAY, WHAT ARE THOSE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS? SO SUPER EXCITING.
WE WANT TO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S LEADERSHIP FOR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, FOR ASPIRING LEADERS, FOR FOR INSTRUCTIONAL, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF? HOW ARE WE TAPPING THE SHOULDERS OF CUSTODIANS TO GET READY TO BE SUPERVISORS? HOW ARE WE TAPPING OUR SECRETARIES TO LOOK AT COORDINATOR JOBS? AND EACH ONE OF US IN THIS POSITION HAS BEEN TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER BY SOMEBODY WHO SAW POTENTIAL IN US.
SO HOW CAN WE DO THAT FOR OUR STAFF? HERE'S THE THING.
IT'S A COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET.
THERE ARE OPTIONS IF WE DON'T INVEST IN SUPPORTING OUR NEW HIRES AND GROWING OUR STAFF, IT IS GOING TO BE HARDER FOR US TO STAFF THE FOR THE GROWTH THAT IS COMING, AND IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS.
SO THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE REGION FOR COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION.
YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING A STIPEND AUDIT.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT WITH MARY TORRES AT THE LEAD, AND WILL BE AIMING TO BRING THAT TO YOU IN MARCH TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT IT MEANS, WHO'S OVERSEEING IT AND WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE, AND WHAT DOES THE MARKET SAY THEY SHOULD BE.
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SO BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AND IN FRONTLINE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A TIGHTER ACCOUNTABILITY ON THOSE PIECES.SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT HOW DO WE EXPLORE THE COMPRESSION BETWEEN BANDS LIKE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT COMPRESSION WITHIN A BAND, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE COMPRESSION BETWEEN BANDS? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND THE THE CREATIVE THINGS WE'VE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE BOOST THEY NEED WHEN THEY'RE TRANSITIONING FROM HTML TO AN ADMINISTRATOR ROLE.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THE COMPRESSION? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO STUDY.
WHAT ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE? HEALTH INSURANCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN COST.
OUR DISTRICT AND OUR BOARD HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO PROVIDING THAT ZERO COST EMPLOYEE INSURANCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR SOME SORT OF CO-OP? AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD DOCTOR WRIGHT TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROVIDE THAT BETTER SUPPORT TO THEM SO THEY GET A BETTER VALUE FOR THE MONEY THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT? LIKE, HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE BEST VALUE FOR THEIR DOLLARS AND AND TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES? WE'VE ENTERED INTO THAT MOU WITH THE TEXAS HOUSING THE TEXAS WORKFORCE HOUSING FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE 20 UNITS AT THE CHLOE THAT ARE FILLED RIGHT NOW.
BUT WHAT ABOUT HOUSING? WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DOUBLING IN SIZE AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE? AND WE KNOW WHAT IT COSTS TO EVEN RENT AN APARTMENT HERE.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? SO WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL ACTUAL HOUSES, IN ADDITION TO THE APARTMENTS AND POTENTIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT EXPLORATION.
AND THEN FINALLY IMPROVING DIVERSITY IN OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP.
I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT GROWING CANDIDATE POOLS INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY IN OUR LEADERSHIP, BUT GROWING THE POOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POOLS OF CANDIDATES ARE DIVERSE, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HIRE THE BEST QUALIFIED FIDE CANDIDATE, WE'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEE DIVERSITY WHEN THERE ARE DIVERSE CANDIDATES TO CHOOSE FROM.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TAP THEM? DIVERSE TEACHERS AND OTHER ASPIRING LEADERS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, THE ASPIRING LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, THE NON-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES THAT WILL BE DEVELOPING.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT.
AND THEN PERSONALLY AND NOT LISTED HERE, I'M HOPING TO TAKE THE EXAM IN DECEMBER FOR THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FOR PROFESSIONAL HUMAN CAPITAL CERTIFICATION, THE CLA.
AND SO THAT'S A STRETCH GOAL FOR MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, I'M COMING FROM A COMMUNICATION BACKGROUND.
SO WORKING TOWARDS THIS NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN EDUCATION HR IS A STRETCH GOAL FOR ME.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GO WELL IN DECEMBER.
THANK YOU, MR. CARSON. I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY RIGHT FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, CHRISTINA, FOR COMING UP AND PRESENTING.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOCUSING ON RECRUITING AND HIRING AND MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CANDIDATE POOL, RIGHT? OF OF POTENTIAL PEOPLE THAT WE CAN HIRE THAT THAT WE'VE SEEN SHINE.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, AS AS IT EXISTS TODAY, IS THERE LIKE A ESSENTIALLY A LIST THAT YOU'RE KEEPING OF FOLKS TO KEEP AN EYE ON AND MAKE SURE, LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN WE HAVE THIS POSITION OPEN IN THE FUTURE, THIS PERSON COULD POTENTIALLY BE YOU KNOW, VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT.
YOU USUALLY KEEP A LIST LIKE THAT.
I KNOW WE WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN POSITIONS THAT THEY'VE SOUGHT.
HOWEVER, WE'RE KEEPING A WE'RE KEEPING THEM ON OUR RADAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FORMALIZED STRUCTURE OF TALENT NOTIFICATION THAT THAT HAS THAT IS SYSTEMIC AND NOT JUST ME CATCHING THOSE GREAT POTENTIAL HIRES FOR THE FUTURE, RIGHT? I HAVE A STACK OF OF APPLICATIONS AND RESUMES IN MY OFFICE OF PEOPLE THAT I WANT TO SEE ASCEND INTO LEADERSHIP, BUT I WE'VE GOT TO I'VE GOT TO REACH OUT TO CAMPUSES.
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I NEED TO REACH OUT TO DEPARTMENTS.I NEED TO REACH OUT TO SUPERVISORS TO SEE WHO ARE YOUR SUPERSTARS AND YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SOME SORT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THEM ABOUT LEADERSHIP, ABOUT COMMUNICATION, ABOUT ACTIVE LISTENING, ABOUT LEADING WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS, ABOUT PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AND TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF.
SO YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR BEST SELF EVERY DAY AND NOT SPILLING ON OTHER PEOPLE, RIGHT? YOU'RE LIFTING THEM UP INSTEAD OF SPILLING ON THEM LIKE THERE'S PD, THERE'S TRAINING WE CAN DO FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY TILL THEY'RE READY.
BUT WE DO NEED THAT FORMALIZED SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING IN THE WINGS, AND WHAT ARE THE AT BATS WE CAN GIVE THEM, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING FROM LEADER OF SELF TO LEADER OF OTHERS.
WELL, WHAT AT BATS CAN WE GIVE THEM TO PRACTICE LEADING OTHERS OR LEADING OTHERS? LEADING LEADERS? WHAT AT BATS CAN WE GIVE THIS PERSON, WHO MAY BE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, A CHANCE TO LEAD SOMETHING LARGER IN FRONT OF PRINCIPALS OR OTHER DEPARTMENT LEADERS? WHAT ARE THE AT BATS WE CAN GIVE THEM THAT THEY CAN POINT TO IN AN INTERVIEW AND SAY, YES, I'VE DONE THAT.
I HAVEN'T BEEN A SUCH AND SUCH BEFORE, BUT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THESE EXPERIENCES WHICH SHOWS THAT I'M READY FOR THE CHALLENGE OF BEING A LEADER AT THIS LEVEL BECAUSE IT REQUIRES X, Y, AND Z, AND I'M READY FOR THAT TO BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW WITH CONFIDENCE AND WITH SPECIFICITY OF WHY THEY'RE READY, WITH EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE CREATED BECAUSE WE WERE INTENTIONAL ABOUT GROWING THEM.
THAT'S THE VISION THAT WE HAVE.
ABSOLUTELY. AND THIS EVEN GOES ON.
I KNOW THE PRINCIPALS DO A LOT OF THE HIRING AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, RIGHT.
BUT EVEN FOR OUR CTE PROGRAMS, IF EVEN IF THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, RIGHT, ALL THAT EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OR SOMEBODY WHO HAS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, LIKE EVEN AT THE CTE LEVEL, RIGHT, GETTING THE MOST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS YOU KNOW, TO TO COME IN AND SERVE IN OUR CTE PROGRAM AND TEACH KIDS IS WORTH KIND OF JUST KEEPING TRACK, RIGHT, MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING YOU KNOW, QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND ALSO THE STIPENDS.
I KNOW THAT IT'S AN ALL HANDS ON DECK WHEN IT COMES TO MATH.
AND THIS TIES INTO CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AND THOSE ACADEMIC DEANS THAT MAYBE HAVE A, A MASTER'S IN DATA SCIENCE OR MATHEMATICS OR APPLIED MATHEMATICS REALLY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO LOOK AT OUR STIPENDS, PERHAPS TO SEE LIKE, ARE WE REALLY FOCUSING ON GETTING THE BEST PEOPLE IN MATH AT THOSE LEVELS THAT ARE NOT ONLY FANTASTIC TEACHERS, BUT HAVE AN EXTRA LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE IN MATHEMATICS? SO EVEN AT THE STIPEND LEVEL, I KNOW SOME DISTRICTS HAVE DONE SOME DIFFERENT THINGS AS FAR AS ATTRACTING YOU KNOW, THOSE QUALIFIED EXPERTS IN MATH, BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
AND THEN THE LAST THING, OF COURSE, IS COMMUNICATION.
RIGHT. I KNOW AS AS TRUSTEE RUNKLE SAID, THAT IS EVERYTHING.
AND THAT THAT CONTINUOUS CORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN HR AND CNI AND MAKING SURE WE'RE COLLABORATING AND DOING AND WE'RE ALL UNDER ONE BUILDING NOW, RIGHT? AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COLLABORATE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE BEST PEOPLE AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO KIND OF LIKE TO FOCUS ON THAT AND TO IMPROVE THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. I'VE MET WITH REBECCA ROJAS, WHO IS WHO MANAGES MISS CEDILLO'S CALENDAR, AND I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH HER ABOUT SETTING UP REGULAR, FREQUENT MEETINGS BETWEEN ME AND MISS SEDILLO SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE CNI DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF AIR SUPPORT, BUT ALSO FOR AIR TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CNI DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN KNOW BETTER HOW TO SUPPORT.
AND ALSO THE CNI DEPARTMENT AND MISS SEDILLO AND THE DOWS DIRECTLY SUPERVISING PRINCIPALS.
THEY HAVE THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE EMPLOYEE ISSUES THAT ARE THERE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT BY GETTING THOSE REGULAR MEETINGS GOING NOW THAT WE'RE HERE ALTERNATING BETWEEN CNI AND AIR FOR LOCATION AND THEN BRINGING IN OUR STAFF AS WE NEED TO, I THINK IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR US TO JUST HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON A REGULAR CADENCE OF WHAT EACH OTHER NEEDS.
THANK YOU AGAIN. I LOVE ALL YOUR GOALS AND RECRUITMENT ON REDUCING THE HIRING TIME BY 10%.
I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE.
I AM SO EXCITED THAT EVERYTHING IS GETTING CLOSER TO BEING IN PLACE FOR YOUR SOFTWARE AND HAVING EVERYTHING IN ONE SPOT. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN VERY PAINFUL WITH LOTS OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES ALONG THE WAY, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE REAL WELL AND JUST MANAGING ALL OF
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THE THINGS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN THROWN AT Y'ALL.SO GREAT JOB TO ALL OF YOUR TEAM FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK ON THAT.
I LOVE THAT YOU TOUCHED ON THE REVAMP OF ONBOARDING.
I KNOW THAT WHEN I HAD READ SOME OF THE SURVEYS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK OUT WAS THAT THERE WERE SOME NEW EMPLOYEES THAT DID STRUGGLE WITH KIND OF KNOWING, YOU KNOW, LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP OF WHO TO GO TO AND WHAT TO ACCESS AND HOW TO ACCESS IT.
SO HAVING THAT AVAILABLE, WHETHER THAT'S A DOCUMENT OR NOT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT STEP.
YOUR THE STIPEND AUDIT, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
I'M, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THAT IS.
BUT ALSO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE DOING THE STIPEND AUDITS AND THEN THE COMPRESSIONS AND ALL OF THAT, THAT THEY'RE LINING UP WITH OUR BUDGET TIMELINES, AND YOU GUYS ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT, ENSURING THAT THEY ALL LINE UP SO THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING ON ONE.
AND BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO BE MAKING SOME HARD DECISIONS ABOUT STIPENDS, AND THEN THESE EMPLOYEES FIND OUT ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE IT HAPPENS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE PUSHED UP OR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT ENSURING THAT THE COMMUNICATION HAPPENS EARLIER THAN LATER. AND WE'VE TOUCHED ON COMMUNICATION.
I THINK THAT YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM ALL OF US.
I THINK WE WE ALL WANT TO SEE COMMUNICATION BETTER ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THEN LASTLY, LET'S SEE, I HAD ONE MORE THING.
OKAY. SO CNI, I'M GLAD YOU TOUCHED ON THIS.
I WAS GOING TO MR. FLORES ALSO DID CNI AND HR.
BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU? NO, THAT THAT HASN'T OCCURRED, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS.
I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU DEAL WITH PEOPLE.
AND TO MRS. CARSON'S POINT WE SHE DOESN'T HR DOESN'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE THAT, BUT ALSO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, JUST LIKE YOU SAID OF YOU GUYS MEETING OFTEN.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND THERE'S SO MANY MOVING PARTS AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE MOVED AROUND.
SO I JUST I USE THAT AS A SUGGESTION.
BECAUSE YOU GUYS WORK SO CLOSELY WITH PEOPLE AND MOVING PARTS.
SHE'S MENTIONING ONBOARDING, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE AND I DID DISCUSS.
WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY IT AS A SPECIFIC GOAL, BUT IT IS A FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE INCREDIBLE COLLABORATION TO DEVELOP THE LEADERSHIP ONBOARDING.
AND IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMPLEMENTING WHAT IS BEING DONE IN HR.
I MEAN, IN CNI, WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE CAN LEARN FROM CNI TO DRAW INTO THAT, TO HAVE UNIFORMITY IN APPROACH, BUT ALSO THE SCHEDULING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE TIME OF THOSE STAFF WHO HAVE OTHER JOBS TO DO.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COORDINATED IN OUR EFFORTS TO DELIVER THAT.
BUT WE CAN FORMALIZE THAT GOAL AND SHARE THAT MORE SPECIFICALLY, AND ADD THAT TO EACH OF OUR GOALS.
SO YOU CAN APPEAR IN BOTH OF OUR DEPARTMENT GOALS.
AND SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT HELPING THE PRINCIPALS HAVE A BASELINE OF HIRING QUESTIONS, WHAT TO ASK, HOW TO GAUGE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT A FUTURE EMPLOYEE, WHETHER IT'S PERSONALITY IN THAT PARTICULAR POSITION, BUT HELPING GUIDE THEM, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR THEIR CAMPUS AS BEING ANOTHER PART OF A PIECE
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OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN HR AND CNI.WE DID IT AGAIN THIS YEAR THAT HAS THAT INFORMATION IN WRITTEN FORM.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING FACE TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW PRINCIPALS.
WE WERE ENCOURAGED TO KIND OF WAIT TILL SEPTEMBER SO THAT THEY COULD TAKE ON THE YEAR AND GET THINGS GOING AND HAVING THOSE IN-PERSON TRAININGS OF WHAT WE'VE SHARED, WE PROVIDED IT IN WRITING TO GIVE THEM A TOOL NOW UNTIL WE COULD GET TO THEM IN PERSON.
SO THAT WILL BE A REGULAR PART.
I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME THAT THOSE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS WERE REFRESHED AND THINGS CHANGE.
AND SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE DO NEED TO DO A REFRESH ON THOSE QUESTIONS.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION THAT GIVES US A GLIMPSE INTO THEIR ACTUAL SKILLS, BEYOND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK WELL IN AN INTERVIEW? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN ALSO JUST ON THE GROW THE CANDIDATE POOLS, ENSURING THAT OUR HIRING COMMITTEES.
THERE IS A BASELINE OF OF EXPECTATIONS OF HIRING COMMITTEES AND THE PARTIES THAT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THOSE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A GOOD VARIETY OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE CAMPUS OR THE DISTRICT THAT CAN HELP GUIDE THAT.
SO ANYWAYS, I JUST I THINK YOU GUYS JUST DO AN AMAZING JOB.
AND CNI AND HR, Y'ALL WORK SO GREAT.
Y'ALL'S TEAMS WORK GREAT TOGETHER, AND I KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE EVEN GREATER AS YOU CONTINUE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND AND THINGS CHANGE, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE MOVING PARTS OF PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND NEW PEOPLE COMING INTO THAT ROLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THEY CAN GET FROM BOTH DEPARTMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SEIBEL. THANK YOU, MISS CORSON.
I KNOW LAST YEAR WAS KIND OF A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND SO I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR THIS YEAR AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FIGURING OUT OUR PROCESSES AND MAKING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT FOR PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT'S VERY STRESSFUL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND MAKING SURE THAT STAFF MEMBERS ARE PLACED IN APPROPRIATE POSITIONS.
MY, MY ONE POINT I THINK I'LL MAKE ON THAT IS, YOU KNOW, REDUCING IT BY 10%.
I THINK ALLOWING FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THERE BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW A BASELINE YET.
AND SO JUST KEEPING THAT OPEN.
SO ONCE YOU SEE YOUR BASELINE, HOW YOU COMPARE WHERE THAT REALLY SHOULD BE.
BEING ABLE TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO MOVE THAT GOAL.
ONCE WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT DATA AND NOT SETTING A MARK FOR YOU, THAT'S UNREALISTIC IN THE END.
AND AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP HIRING THE BEST TEACHERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SO THE EARLIER AND THE BETTER OUR TIMELINES AND EFFICIENCIES ARE.
AND SO THE EARLIER WE CAN GET THAT BETTER FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES.
ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE, JUST A QUESTION ON THIS ONE.
HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES NEED FOR THEIR BENEFITS AND WHERE OUR BENEFITS ARE FALLING SHORT IN THEIR MINDS. I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL TOOL TO ASSESS WHAT THEY LIKE OR DON'T LIKE ABOUT THEIR INSURANCE.
AND EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE PAYMENT PLANS THAT COULD BE NEGOTIATED, SOME PEOPLE CAN'T FRONT THE INITIAL DEPOSIT TO GET IT GOING.
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AND THAT'S SAD.WE COMPENSATE OUR STAFF VERY WELL.
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES I BELIEVE COULD COULD DELIVER A BETTER VALUE IN SUCH A WAY THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER THEY CAN AFFORD THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS THIS YEAR, OR IF THEY SHOULD DELAY THAT PROCEDURE UNTIL MAYBE NEXT YEAR, OR WHEN THEIR FSA, THEIR FHA CARD IS FULL AGAIN.
RIGHT. LIKE EVERYBODY IN MY DEPARTMENT IS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN'T WAIT FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST BECAUSE THEY NEED NEW PRESCRIPTIONS AND NEW GLASSES. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S JUST WE ALL HAVE NEEDS AND AND WE HAVE VETERAN STAFF AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL WELL CARED FOR, FOR THE VALUE THAT THEY'RE PAYING.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON AN INSTRUMENT THAT WOULD MEASURE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT INSURANCE, I GLADLY WELCOME IT BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP INFORM WHAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR IN SOME SORT OF POTENTIAL CO-OP.
HAPPY TO I MEAN, THAT'S MY MY DAY JOB.
SO HAPPY TO OFFER ANY EXPERTISE I MAY HAVE IN THAT AREA GOING FORWARD.
AND THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS HEALTH CARE IS EXPENSIVE ACROSS THE BOARD.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE AN HSA PLAN.
WE DON'T FUND HSA FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW FILLING IN SOME OF THE GAP THERE.
PARTNERING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF HOSPITALS AND THINGS MOVING INTO THE AREA.
LOOKING TO REVAMP SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
BUT BUT YEAH, HAPPY TO DISCUSS THOSE.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR I THINK YOUR GOALS ARE GREAT.
I THINK THEY'RE IN LINE WITH WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AND, AND THINGS.
THANK YOU. WE'LL BE SURE TO GET YOU MISTER SEIBEL'S CONTACT INFORMATION AS WELL.
CHRISTINA. ONE ON THE HUMAN CAPITAL ANALYTICS.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME GOOD INFORMATION.
SO WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GENERATE A REPORT FOR US OR SHARE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT HOW LONG IT'S TAKING IN THAT PROCESS? WOULD THAT BE IN LIKE JANUARY THAT YOU'LL BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO US? I COULD, I'M SURE, PROVIDE THAT SOONER.
SURE. MAYBE IN THE SPRING ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE OFTEN HEAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT BEING IN THE QUEUE RIGHT THERE IN THE QUEUE, THEY'RE IN THE QUEUE AND IT'S TAKING 20 MONTHS, AND NOW I NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER JOB. I'M BEING SILLY ABOUT THE 20 MONTHS, BUT YOU GET ME.
NO. FOR SURE. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK.
THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO TALK TO, TALK ABOUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TOUCHING.
UPON SHARING DURING YOUR ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE, TALKING ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BOARD, RIGHT.
AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF OUR DISTRICT, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT NOT ONLY DO WE SHARE IT DURING THE ONBOARDING, BUT WHEN THEY ARE INITIALLY INTERVIEWING. THESE ARE THE NON-NEGOTIABLES.
WE ARE PROACTIVE. WE'RE EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY.
IF YOU'RE NOT THAT YOU DON'T BELONG IN OUR DISTRICT, JUST LIKE DOCTOR WRIGHT HAS SAID MANY A TIMES DURING DURING ORIENTATION, HEY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALL THIS NEGATIVITY AND ALL THIS, AND YOU'RE NOT A PROBLEM SOLVER.
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THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER DISTRICTS TO GO TO.SO IN THAT INITIAL PHASE THAT NEEDS TO BE PUSHED OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BRING TOXIC OR NEGATIVE EMPLOYEES TO OUR DISTRICT, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THAT ONE ROTTEN APPLE.
ABSOLUTELY. SO MAKE SURE WE'RE SHARING THAT PHILOSOPHY IN THE INITIAL PROCESS AND THEN REALLY INGRAINING IT DURING THE ONBOARDING ABOUT THE HAYS WAY.
THIS IS THE HAYS WAY WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BE THE NUMBER ONE EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND I WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR SURE. SO PLEASE JUST INCORPORATE IT INTO THAT INITIAL PIECE AND SHARING WITH YOUR STAFF.
ALSO, HR AND CNI SHOULD WORK IN TANDEM.
SO HISTORICALLY WHAT HAS OCCURRED IS HISTORICALLY, STAFFING WAS DONE THROUGH THE HR SIDE, AND THEN IT GOT MOVED OVER TO CNI TO DO STAFFING, AND THEN IT GOT MOVED OVER TO HR AND IT JUST KEPT GOING BACK AND FORTH.
SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT SHARED GOAL THAT MRS RUNKLE BROUGHT UP.
HAVING THAT SHARED GOAL NOT ONLY IN RELATED TO THE ONBOARDING PIECE BUT INTO STAFFING AND THE HIRING AND MAKING SURE WE KNOW ABOUT ANY MOVEMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS OR PEOPLE TO INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP.
THAT NEEDS TO BE DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS SHARED AND NO SURPRISES.
SO WORKING IN TANDEM IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT, RIGHT? SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE SETTING UP THOSE MEETINGS FOR YOU AND ME TO MEET AND WORKING FROM NOW.
START TALKING NOW ABOUT STAFFING.
WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE FOR THIS.
SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
AND I'M SO GLAD MR. HAS THE EXPERIENCE WITH HR THAT SHE'S ABLE TO CARRY THAT OVER AND REALLY WORK WITH THE HR DEPARTMENT ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS IN PLACE, RIGHT? THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I'D LIKE TO REASSURE YOU THAT CNI AND HR HAVE BEEN, AT LEAST WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE, WORKING TOGETHER ON STAFFING.
WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT STAFFING FOR CAMPUSES WITHOUT PARTNERING WITH MR. DIO, WHO WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE STAFFING PROCESS.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND IN THE STAFFING SHEETS THAT WE PRODUCE FOR PRINCIPALS.
SO WE ARE IN REGULAR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STAFFING FOR CAMPUSES, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH LEVELING, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO DO K FOUR CAPACITY OR WHETHER THIS IS A SITUATION THAT REALLY REQUIRES IT WOULDN'T BE INSTRUCTIONALLY SOUND.
SO THERE IS A GREAT BIT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN US ALREADY ON STAFFING.
I THINK WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY IS, IS JUST KNOWING BETTER WHERE THEIR VISION IS OR THEIR THEIR POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS FOR LEADERSHIP.
AND I THINK THAT KNOWING THAT HELPS US TO PLAN AND TO COMMUNICATE.
BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME GOOD STRUCTURES PUT INTO PLACE MOVING FORWARD TO, TO HELP US ALL TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE? SURE.
AND MAKING SURE TO MEMORIALIZE THAT.
SURE. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE CAN SAY IT.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T TRANSLATE, YOU KNOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.
SO MEMORIALIZING SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THAT COLLABORATION AND WORKING IN TANDEM COMES INTO PLAY AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF SUCCESS AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONBOARDING FOR NEW HIRES AND NEW LEADERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS AND ASPIRING LEADERS AND NON INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS AND SO ON, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO REALLY ADDRESS SOME OTHER AREAS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH DOCTOR WRIGHT ABOUT THE ONBOARDING OF, FOR EXAMPLE, CAFETERIA MONITORS AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE THERE FOR OUR CAFETERIA MONITORS AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE AND THEY UNDERSTAND WE DON'T TOUCH ANY KIDS.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T YELL INTO THE MICROPHONE AND AND SO ON.
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THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.SURE. BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE TOUCH EVERY CLASS OF EMPLOYEES.
YES. NOT JUST YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP.
ABSOLUTELY. MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THAT.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO MAYBE SO YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, NOT ONLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, LIKE WHERE MAX'S DEPARTMENT CAN WORK ON THAT, BUT WITH HR AND HAVING SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS TO LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES TO ONBOARDING OR HAVING THAT TRAINING, BECAUSE IT GOES UNDER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
FOR AN AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER CNI.
SO JUST SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT ON THAT ONE.
NOW COMPENSATION IS HUGE FOR US.
OUR BOARD HAS BEEN EXTREMELY GENEROUS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S BENEFITS, COMPENSATION POLICY THAT WILL HELP OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO I LOVE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT COMPRESSION.
FOR YEARS I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT COMPRESSION AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS COMPRESSION.
SO I AM GLAD THAT YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR MIND AND YOU WILL BE WORKING ON COMPRESSION.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND HOUSING PROVIDING THOSE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO NOT JUST APARTMENT RENTAL, BUT HOUSING BECAUSE OUR EMPLOYEES DO WANT TO HAVE A HOUSE AND PUT THE ROOTS IN HERE IN OUR HAYS COUNTY AND OUR DISTRICT.
SO I AM SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, JUST LIKE I TOLD CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION SHARED WITH THEM, I WOULD LIKE TO TIMELY COMMUNICATION TO BE ONE OF THOSE GOALS AS WELL.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE ARTICULATED THAT COMMUNICATION IS SO IMPORTANT, BUT TIMELY COMMUNICATION OF THE HIRING, OF SALARY, OF BENEFITS.
I KNOW THIS WAS A ONE OFF SITUATIONS THAT OCCURRED THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD TO SHUFFLE SOME THINGS.
BUT AGAIN, COMMUNICATION AND YOU HAVE A COMMUNICATION BACKGROUND.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT, IT WILL PAY OFF.
WE WON'T HAVE SO MUCH HEARTBURN OVER SO MANY THINGS WHEN YOU'RE PROACTIVE AND COMMUNICATE.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE IT AND IT'S MEMORIALIZED, IT'S IN WRITING, YOU WILL MAKE SURE TO MONITOR THAT.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THESE GOALS, MISS CORSON.
LET'S MONITORS MIGHT YELL BECAUSE THE SOUND SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK THAT WELL.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALL HAD SOME REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS THIS MORNING, BUT MISS CORSON, SO I WAS I WAS READING I WAS READING THIS YESTERDAY AND I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS IS MY PERSPECTIVE. LIKE AIR, LIKE YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE DISTRICT.
SO I LOOK AT IT FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSPECTIVE, PERSPECTIVE.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL.
AND THIS ISN'T JUST A COMMUNICATION ISSUE WITH CNI.
AND IT AND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WHERE YOU, I THINK WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY I WAS LIKE, I NEED A NEW TEACHER BY THIS CONTRACT.
THAT MEANS I HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE X AMOUNT OF DAYS AHEAD OF TIME TO DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN LIKE IF MAX NEEDS SOMEBODY, IT'S IT'S JUST A PROBLEM OF, WELL, I NEED SEVEN DAYS TO DO THIS.
AND THEN MAX IS LIKE, WELL, I NEED THIS PERSON ON THE GROUND OR WHATEVER.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT WITH THIS NEW ERP SYSTEM.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE JUST NOT SAYING IT'S JUST A CNI COMMUNICATION.
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IT'S AN ENTIRE DISTRICT COMMUNICATION WITH THIS IS HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME TO DO IT.AND SO THEN IF MAX IS LIKE, WELL, I NEED 20 PEOPLE BY NEXT TUESDAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, WELL, THAT'S SORRY, YOU CAN'T HAVE 20 PEOPLE NEXT TUESDAY BECAUSE I NEED THESE MANY DAYS TO ONBOARD THIS TYPE OF PERSON.
IT'S CUSTOMER SERVICE. SO EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE SHORT AND WE'RE HAVING TO ONBOARD PEOPLE QUICKLY, I DON'T WANT THEIR FIRST IMPRESSION OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO LOOK LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE NOT DOING IT PROPERLY.
THIS IS HOW LONG I NEED TO TO ONBOARD THIS CATEGORY OF PEOPLE BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH AN HR.
SO WE'RE NOT SAYING YES TO PEOPLE YOUR CONTRACTS ALREADY STARTED.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT YOU KNOW.
AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST A COMMUNICATION ISSUE WITH ONE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK IT'S A COMMUNICATION ISSUE WITH ALL OF US BEING MORE COMMUNICATIVE WITH YOU ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND MORE ON A TIMELY BASIS, AND THEN YOUR FEEDBACK TO THEM ON HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO THINGS LIKE FINGERPRINTING IS FINGERPRINTING.
I KNOW WE HAVE SPACE TO DO THAT.
IS THAT IT'S HERE NOW, RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE STILL DOING IT HERE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO SET IT OUT.
OKAY. ANYWAY, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
I APPRECIATE IT. AND I THINK IT'S JUST A HUMAN CAPITAL.
IT'S A HUMAN CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUE, TOO.
SO WE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE WE THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WITH AN HR.
ALL RIGHT. MISS CORSON, JUST A COUPLE THINGS TO TAG ON.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HEARD SOME GREAT THINGS FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE SMART APPROACH TO YOUR GOALS.
TO MISTER SEIBEL'S POINT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE REALISTIC.
I DO LIKE AIR KENNY COLLABORATING.
BUT MR. YOU SAID INCLUDE EVERYBODY.
SO THANK YOU FOR FOR TAKING THAT EVEN FURTHER.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD, I MEAN, TO THESE DASHBOARDS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW OUR HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE AN EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY ORGANIZATION AND YEAH STIPENDS.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED. YES, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WE HAVE THE INTEREST AT HEART, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU LED WELL, MISS CARSON, SAYING THAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT SERVICE, AND WE WANT TO SERVE THOSE THAT ARE SERVING OUR STUDENTS. SO SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT APPROACH.
I APPRECIATE THAT LENS VERY MUCH.
WELL TEAM THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY.
OF COURSE. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S FLEXIBILITY.
I KNOW THAT WE SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT OFF OF WHAT WE PROJECTED, AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FRET.
WE ARE RIGHT WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK.
AND WE WILL COME BACK ON THE DAIS HERE IN TEN MINUTES.
AND BY THE WAY, WE MIGHT HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WHEN WE COME BACK.
[Additional Item]
DA DA.[01:45:51]
NEGRA LA QUIERO VER AQUI CON SU REBOZO DE LA GENTE CON MI.LA QUIERO VER AQUI CON SU REBOZO DE SEDA EL.
AND YOU OUGHT TO DO IT ON THE.
ON THE STEP. RIGHT UP THERE ON THE STEP OR THE.
OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT IN THE BACKGROUND? YEAH. AND THEN, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.
OKAY. THEY WANT YOU TO DO IT AGAIN SO THAT WE GOT MORE PEOPLE THAN THEY COULD COME TO.
NEGLEY VOLIN MR. SANCHEZ VOLANDO NEGRITA DE MIS OJOS DE ROLANDO A TODOS HINES SI, PERO NO LES PIRATES CUANDO ASI DEVICES A MI.
NEGRA LA QUIERO VER AQUI CON SU REBOZO DESDE EL TÉRMINO.
CUANDO ESTA NEGRA LA QUIERO VER AQUI CON SU REBOZO DE SARA EL.
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ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE ARE BACK FROM OUR LITTLE TEN MINUTE BREAK.I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE TOOK AN EXTENDED BREAK BECAUSE AS AS WE'RE SETTING GOALS, AS WE'RE SETTING, YOU KNOW, LATER ON WITH OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TEAM BUILDING, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO THANK MISS GLORIA FOR HELPING ME ORGANIZE THIS, BUT WE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS, AND SO WE WERE JUST GRACED WITH THE PRESENCE OF OUR LEHMAN MARIACHI GROUP WHO CAME IN HERE.
AND AND THEN THE ENTIRE STAFF CAME DOWN HERE AS IF WE WERE GOING TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING.
IT WAS LIKE, LET'S GO SEE WHAT LEHMAN MARIACHI IS DOING.
SO THANK YOU, LEHMAN MARIACHI.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME ADDITIONAL SURPRISES PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF OUR EVENT TODAY.
OUR MEETING. SO, SO, YES, I'M GLAD THAT EVERYBODY IS ENERGIZED AND JUST A REMINDER OF WHY WE'RE HERE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE STUDENT.
SO SO AGAIN WELCOME WELCOME BACK.
ALL RIGHT TEAM WE ARE WE ARE BACKING UP ABOUT AN HOUR.
[C. DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT GOALS (Part 2 of 2)]
AND WE'RE GOING TO NOW GET INTO FINANCE.AND SO OUR CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER MR. RANDY ROWE, IS GOING TO COME UP AND GIVE US GIVE US HIS GOALS.
THANK YOU. WAIT, THOSE AREN'T MY GOALS.
THEY SAY BUDGET ON THERE. I'M JUST SAYING.
WE CAN GO INTO THE BORING REALM OF FINANCE.
I BROKE MY GOALS UP INTO FIVE AREAS, AND WE'LL JUST GO INTO IT.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING TO DO THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS EXPAND ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
I KNOW WE STARTED THAT LAST YEAR, ALBEIT LATE IN THE YEAR.
AND MY GOAL ON THAT IS FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO ASK FOR FEEDBACK, ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
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I MEAN, THAT LAST YEAR THE BUDGET PROCESS WAS KIND OF ARDUOUS.AND, YOU KNOW, MISERY LOVES COMPANY.
SO THE MORE OF US THAT LOOK AT IT THE BETTER.
AS WE KNOW, 87% OF OUR BUDGET IS PERSONNEL RELATED.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT POSITIONS ARE FILLED, WHAT POSITIONS ARE VACANT, WHAT POSITIONS WE HAVE IN TOTAL SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY BUDGET FOR THOSE. AND THEN LASTLY, ON THE BUDGET IS LOOKING TO GET THE ASBO AWARD FOR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
IT'S SIMILAR TO OUR GFOA AWARD THAT WE GET FOR OUR ANNUAL AUDIT.
AND CURRENTLY I'VE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF VENDORS THAT DEAL WITH SOFTWARE IN HELPING PRESENT THE BUDGET INFORMATION IN GRAPHIC YOU KNOW, GRAPHICS AND TABLES AND CHARTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN USE. AND I THINK THEY EVEN HAVE LIKE A CHECKLIST THAT YOU CAN GO DOWN TO MAKE SURE YOUR INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN A FORMAT THAT WOULD, WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ASBO ACHIEVEMENT.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM.
WE'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THROUGH ISSUES.
BUT WE ARE PAYING VENDORS AND WE ARE PAYING EMPLOYEES.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FINE TUNE A LOT OF THE THINGS.
AND I THINK, AS KRISTINA MENTIONED EARLIER IN HER GOALS, SOME OF THE STUFF RIGHT NOW IS GEARED TOWARD AIR AND GETTING THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THE FOLKS IN FOR FOR SEPTEMBER GOING FORWARD.
MY THIRD GOAL UPDATE FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT THIS PAST YEAR, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEEDED TO GO OUT FOR TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN OUR FUNDING AND OUR TAX REVENUE WE NEEDED TO PUT TOGETHER A CASH FLOW ANALYSIS.
SO I DUSTED OFF A SPREADSHEET I HAD FROM ABOUT 5 OR 10 YEARS AGO AND KIND OF TWEAKED IT FOR, FOR OUR CURRENT SITUATION AND WHAT I WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT IT AND I WAS THINKING, MAN, THIS THIS WOULD MAKE A GOOD ADDITION IN OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO KIND OF SHOW WHERE CASH IS COMING FROM AND THE TIMING OF WHEN IT GOES OUT AND COMES IN.
THIS WAS SOMETHING I DID AT A PREVIOUS DISTRICT.
SO I DO HAVE KIND OF THE GROUNDWORK TEMPLATE SET UP TO DO THAT.
I JUST NEED TO TO KIND OF DUST IT OFF FOR CURRENT LAW.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE SOMETHING WE CAN USE WHEN PLANNING FUTURE BONDS.
ALTHOUGH DUSTY, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, DOES PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD AT LEAST MODEL OUT OURSELVES, WHEREAS DUSTY ONLY GOES A CERTAIN CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS INTO THE FUTURE ON GROWTH.
WE CAN TAKE THIS OUT 30, 40 YEARS TO MATCH UP WITH OUR BOND PAYMENTS.
ALSO LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A A MODEL.
I KNOW THIS WAS DOCTOR WRIGHT.
MAX AND I HAVE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, BUT JUST TRYING TO COME UP WITH A STANDARD MODEL OF WHAT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE TO OPEN A CAMPUS, WHETHER IT'S AN ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, SO THAT WE COULD SEE WHAT KIND OF OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE GOING TO BE ADDED.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PRESENTED AT THE BOARD THIS PAST MONDAY, OR AT LEAST YOU ALL GOT TO SEE IT, AND I THINK I ANSWERED QUESTIONS RELATED TO IT WAS THE INSURANCE.
SO OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE GOING TO INCREASE WHEN YOU ADD BUILDINGS.
SO IF WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO TIE ALL THAT TOGETHER AND AT LEAST HAVE A MODEL TO LOOK AT, THEN WE CAN HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE GOING TO INCREASE BASED ON ADDING A ADDING A BUILDING OR A CAMPUS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I KIND OF LOOKED AT I'VE GOT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT I'VE GOT BOOKMARKED, AND I LOOK AT THEM OCCASIONALLY JUST TO SEE KIND OF WHAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR WEBSITES. AND SOME OF, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.
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AND I CAME ACROSS A SCHOOL DISTRICT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT HAD A KIND OF LIKE A FINANCIAL FACT LISTING, WHICH I DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.WHEN I DO OUR FIRST REPORT, I HAVE SOME FINANCIAL TERMS AT THE BACK SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE AND UNDERSTAND, LIKE A LAYMAN'S TERM OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WHAT IS AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OR WHAT IS ADA, WHAT IS WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE TERMS THAT SOMETIMES GET THROWN AROUND LOOSELY, THAT MAYBE THE LAYPERSON DOESN'T UNDERSTAND, BUT THEN ALSO LIKE WHAT'S OUR PER PENNY YIELD? WHAT IS TIER ONE? WHAT IS TIER TWO? YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE THE EXCESS REVENUE THAT WE HAD TO THE CHOICE THAT WE HAD TO HAVE TO ADOPT AT THE UPCOMING BOARD MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? YOU KNOW, LIKE TRUSTEE SEIBEL HAD ASKED THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO A RECAPTURE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS JUST MAYBE HAVING LIKE A FINANCIAL FACTS OUT THERE SO THAT WHETHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKED THE BOARD, WHETHER IT'S, IT'S THINGS THAT I GET ASKED OR ANY OF US, WE COULD HAVE KIND OF MAYBE LIKE A LITTLE CHEAT SHEET TO, TO REFER TO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
AND ESPECIALLY COMING INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP TRAINING.
AND PURCHASING THAT IS A REALLY GOOD IN PUTTING TOGETHER SLIDE PRESENTATIONS.
AND AND WE'VE BASICALLY GIVEN HIM ALL OF OUR IDEAS AND THOUGHTS.
AND HE'S PUT TOGETHER SLIDE PRESENTATIONS ON OUR ERP SYSTEM THAT ARE CONSISTENT SO THAT, LIKE THE ONES I GIVE ON HOW TO READ A CHART OF ACCOUNTS OR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE GIVES ON HOW TO RECEIPT ITEMS OR WHATNOT ARE IN THE SAME FORMAT AND IN STYLE AND EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD, AND HE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE TO TO FINE TUNE THOSE SO THAT THE CAMPUSES WILL HAVE INFORMATION TO RELY ON WHEN THEY ARE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THEIR THEIR NEW PROCESSES IN THE SYSTEM.
WE'RE ALSO WANTING TO POST THESE TRAINING MATERIALS ON THE WEBSITE.
WHETHER IT'S FINANCE, WHETHER IT'S HR TO JUST KIND OF HAVE A ONE STOP SHOP IF SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY OR IDEALLY, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, TO TALK ONE ON ONE WITH EVERYBODY.
BUT IN THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO, TO DO THE LEGWORK THEMSELVES, THEY CAN REACH OUT OR TO THE WEBSITE, CLICK ON A LINK AND MAYBE FIND THE INFORMATION THEMSELVES TO, TO SELF-EDUCATE ON HOW TO HOW TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THIS YEAR THAT I WAS KIND OF WANTING TO DO IS, IS MYSELF AND SOME OF MY STAFF MAYBE MAKE FREQUENT MEETINGS OUT TO THE CAMPUSES JUST TO KIND OF GO IN AND SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE YOUR WHAT ARE YOUR PAIN POINTS? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO? I KNOW THAT I SAT DOWN WITH AN INDIVIDUAL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
THEY HAD SAID, HEY, I CAN'T I DON'T SEE THE ACCOUNT YOU'RE SAYING I SHOULD SEE OR I'M NOT SEEING, YOU KNOW, AND I'M WALKING THROUGH, THROUGH THE THROUGH IT WITH THEM OVER THE PHONE. AND THEN I FINALLY SAID, HEY, CAN YOU JUST CAN YOU COME UP TO MY OFFICE AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT? THEY CAME UP, I LOGGED ON AS THEM SO THAT I COULD MANEUVER AROUND UNDER THEIR SIGN ON, AND THEN COME TO FIND OUT, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE JUST NEEDED TO ADD TO THEM, AND IT WAS SECURITY RELATED.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEIR ISSUES, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SET UP A NEW SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO BLANK IT OUT OR, YOU KNOW, MASK, PUT OUT THOSE THOSE SECURITIES FOR, FOR THE DIFFERENT JOB TYPES.
AND SO I CAN SEE EVERYTHING FOR THE MOST PART IN THE SYSTEM.
BUT BEING ABLE TO, TO TO BE THERE ONE ON ONE AND SEEING WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND CAMPUS VISITS IS JUST TO GO OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR TERRITORY WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND JUST KIND OF SAY, HEY, HOW YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU DOING? DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO GO OVER? AND THEN MY LAST GOAL WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A GOAL FOR AS LONG AS I'M WITH THIS DISTRICT IS BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I HAD A LOT OF FOLKS IN MY DEPARTMENT THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY TRAINED IN THEIR JOBS, THEY DID THEIR JOBS AND THEY DID IT WELL, BUT THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE DOING BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
THEY WERE NEVER REALLY TOLD, THIS IS WHY YOU DO IT.
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SO CURRENTLY, OF THE 22 FOLKS IN MY AREA, I HAVE NINE OF THEM THAT HAVE TASBO CERTIFICATION THAT HAS HAPPENED WITHIN THE PAST 3 TO 4 YEARS.AND THEN I GUESS MY LAST GOAL IS THAT IT'S NOT UP THERE.
OKAY, GOOD. BECAUSE I GUESS I DIDN'T WANT TO STRETCH GOAL.
WRIGHT WAS OKAY. YEAH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STRETCH GOAL.
AND I'M LIKE, MAN, NO, NO STRETCH GOAL.
IT'S LIKE, WHAT IS A STRETCH GOAL? SO I EVEN GOOGLED LIKE, WHAT'S A STRETCH GOAL? IS THERE SOMETHING I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING? AND SO ANYWAY, MY STRETCH GOAL IS NOT WORK RELATED.
BUT I JUST HAD MY ANNUAL PHYSICAL YESTERDAY.
AND IF YOU HADN'T NOTICED, UP TO NOW, I'M FAT.
SO MY STRETCH GOAL IS TO LOSE 50 POUNDS BY JULY 31ST.
AND IT'S LIKE, DOC, I WANT A SECOND OPINION.
AND THAT'S THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
MR. RAO, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY, SIR.
FINANCIALLY, FINANCIALLY AND PERSONALLY.
THERE WE GO. OH, YEAH. I'M GOING TO LOOK LEFT.
FOR ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL SEE MRS OROSCO.
AND THEN I'LL GET MR. SIMMONS.
WELL, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY JOIN OUR SCHOOL BOARD WALKING GROUP ON SUNDAYS.
WE'RE WALKING EVERY SUNDAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A STRETCH GOAL AS WELL.
AND IT'S GOOD FOR TEAM BUILDING.
SO COME JOIN US. I'LL SEND YOU A CALENDAR INVITE.
I LOVE THAT YOU INCLUDED THAT IN THE TRANSMITTAL SHEET.
GREAT IDEA. I LOVE IT, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
FINANCIAL FACTS ON THE WEBSITE I AM ALL ABOUT DASHBOARDS.
AND SO A DASHBOARD REGARDING FINANCIAL FACTS IS AWESOME AND SO HELPFUL.
MAKING SURE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SINCE THE TAX RESOLUTION THAT WE THE TAX RATE RESOLUTION WILL DO NEXT WEEK IS VERY MISLEADING.
THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF THAT.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT WASN'T A GOAL LAST YEAR, BUT YOU DID A FINANCE TOWN HALL, RIGHT? YOU DID THAT TOWN HALL MEETING.
YOU AND DOCTOR WRIGHT DID AN AMAZING JOB FACILITATING THAT.
THE FIRST EVER IN THE HISTORY OF HAYS CISD.
RIGHT. SO MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT IT HERE AS A GOAL, BUT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THAT IS AN ANNUAL LITTLE THING, RIGHT? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SHARED OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB BREAKING IT DOWN, MAKING IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION FINANCE IS NOT AN EASY THING.
AND YOU MADE IT RELATABLE AND EASY.
AND AS NERVOUS AS YOU WERE TO BE SPEAKING AT THIS HUGE EVENT, YOU DID FANTASTIC.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I LOVE.
IT'S THE TOWN HALL. I KNOW COVERED THAT.
BUT, LIKE, I MEAN, WE GO TO SLY AND WE HAVE TRAINING ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME ABOUT, WELL, HOW DOES THE MONEY WORK? AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, IT'S GIANT MATH PROBLEM.
JUST THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAST GROWTH AND WE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE HOW THE TAXES WORK.
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AND JUST BECAUSE WE COLLECT A LOT OF PROPERTY TAXES DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE GET TO KEEP IT ALL.I LOVE I LOVE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SIDE OF YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM GOING TO CAMPUSES AND JUST SAYING, HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH? A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE MIGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHO TO ASK FOR HELP WITH OR SEND AN EMAIL.
THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE.
LAST THING, I DON'T THINK IT'S CALLED A STRETCH GOAL.
I THINK IT'S CALLED THE SKINNY GOAL.
SO FOR YOU, WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT A SKINNY GOAL.
EVERYONE ELSE WE COULD CALL IT A STRETCH GOAL.
SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE THESE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SIDE OF EDUCATING OUR PARENTS AND THEN GIVING OUR STAFF MEMBERS THE ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESS DIRECTLY TO YOUR TEAM TO I THINK IT'S GREAT.
SO THANK YOU, MR. FLORES. YEAH.
THANK YOU. RANDY, JUST JUST SOME JUST SOME REALLY COMMENTARY.
I MEAN, PLEASE KEEP KEEP US UPDATED ON HOW THAT'S GOING AS WE GO ALONG.
THAT WHERE WE COULD SEE WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM.
YOU KNOW, JUST KEEPING THE BOARD AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES AWARE.
AND ALSO REGARDING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING IN JANUARY YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEW BALANCE OF POWER THAT MIGHT AFFECT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE GET FUNDED OR NOT. BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE.
AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO PREPARE FOR POLITICAL GRIDLOCK.
I LOVE THAT, AND I'M GLAD THAT TRUSTEE OROSCO BROUGHT UP THOSE THAT TOWN HALL THAT YOU DID.
AND I THINK I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT IT SHOULD BE ANNUAL.
I THINK THIS WAS LAST SEPTEMBER WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
I THINK IT WAS FANTASTIC AND, YOU KNOW, LIVE STREAMING IT.
AND ALSO AND I MISSED THE TRAINING PART REALLY JUST GETTING WITH OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR BOOKKEEPERS, OUR ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEY'RE RUNNING EFFICIENTLY AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
BUT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SUPER VALUABLE TO THIS DISTRICT.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE.
YES. THANK YOU, MR. RAO. I LOVE THAT DOCTOR WRIGHT THAT YOU GUYS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE IN THE KNOW AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AS WE GO ALONG THROUGH THE PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BECAUSE THINGS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND WE'LL WE'LL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH FUNDING SOON ENOUGH.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I LOVE THAT YOU TOUCHED ON THE CAMPUS AND THE DEPARTMENT STAFF.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO YOU KIND OF, LIKE, DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT, THOUGH, AND BE MORE INTENTFUL OF OR MORE OF A SCHEDULE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH CAMPUS.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT BOOKKEEPERS A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY'RE NOT.
THAT'S NOT THEY DEFINITELY NEED TRAINING IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN CAMPUSES ARE GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THESE LARGE AMOUNTS TO SPEND, LIKE, THEY NEED GUIDANCE, THEY NEED HELP, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME OVERSIGHT ON THAT.
SO BEING REALLY INTENTFUL ON MAKING SURE THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL IS REALLY MEETING AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED, THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE TRAINING THAT THEY NEED AND THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE PAY A LOT OF VENDORS IN THIS DISTRICT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE, YOU KNOW, QUICK ON, ON TURNAROUND OF PAYMENTS TO, TO VENDORS.
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THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.
JUST LIKE WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF AN ANNUAL TOWN HALL.
I THINK THAT THAT WAS AMAZING.
IT WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION IN A IN A WAY THAT WAS NOT CONFUSING OR THROWN AT YOU WHERE YOU FELT COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED WALKING OUT OF THERE. I LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE COULD DO THAT SOMETHING ANNUAL.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO TURN THAT INTO A CAMPAIGN EVENT FOR SOME PEOPLE EITHER.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO THE DASHBOARD OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE TO GO AND HOW THE MONEY FLOWS.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ASKED IN THE PAST AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS A LONG, LONG TERM STRETCH GOAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE SEEN ME ASK ABOUT THE PAY OF EMPLOYEES AND HOW THEY'RE PAID AND WHEN THEY'RE PAID.
AND SO I KNOW AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER DISTRICTS DO THIS.
I IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE RESEARCHED THAT, THAT PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH.
ON ON HOW WE HOW WE LOOK AT THAT LONG TERM AND HOW WE GET TO THAT.
MAYBE THAT'S A PHASED OUT PROCESS.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PUT THAT IN, IN THEIR, IN THEIR, IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE AND KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THE STATE'S GOING TO DO FOR US.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO DO FOR US.
BUT INFLATION CONTINUES TO RISE AND IT CONTINUES TO GET HARDER AND HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE.
AND AND IT'S HARD TO STRETCH A DOLLAR.
AND, AND MAYBE WE LOOK AT WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS DO AND HOW THEY DO IT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT RANDY, LIKE, YOUR TEAM IS PHENOMENAL.
YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO PUT RECORDS AND BRING AWARDS TO OUR DISTRICT WITH FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, AND YOU DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
HEY, MR. ROWE YOU ROLLED OUT A HUGE SYSTEM, AND YOU WERE THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THAT BIG ERP.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE ENDEAVOR.
YOU DID IT. AND CAN WE OFFICIALLY SAY DEATH TO MUNIS AROUND HERE? R.I.P.. OH, YES.
OKAY. I LIKE TO DO THAT WHEN I SUNSET, AS THEY CALL IT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO REMIND PEOPLE WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE.
NOW WE'RE ON TO FRONTLINE OR WHATEVER OUR NEW ERP.
AND I KNOW THERE WERE BUMPS. I KNOW THERE WERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES IT AFFECTED ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT IN OUR IN OUR DISTRICT.
IT'S TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS HARD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT WHAT A PAIN IN THE BUTT MUNIS HAS BEEN SINCE PRETTY MUCH WE GOT IT.
SO WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THIS HAS CHANGED AND AND NEW.
AND WE ARE GOING TO NOT HEAR ONE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE INVESTMENT WE MADE IN OUR NEW ERP, RIGHT? WE PROBABLY WILL, BUT YES, I KNOW WE WILL.
THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO TO INTERRUPT AND JUST SAY IT'S IT'S NOT JUST ME.
IT'S OUR MIS DEPARTMENT, OUR HR DEPARTMENT, THE FINANCE.
AND I HAD SEVEN PEOPLE VOLUNTEER TO JUST SIT DOWN.
WE CLOSED OUR DOORS AND WE STARTED CRUNCHING AND ADDING THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDED.
SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE THE THOUGHT, BUT IT'S IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.
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WELL, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE RECOGNIZED ALL THOSE PEOPLE.IT FEELS LIKE WE DID THAT VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
SOMETIMES THESE THESE ROLLOUTS CAN TAKE 2 OR 3 YEARS, RIGHT? SO I FEEL LIKE WE DID IT IN 12 MONTHS OR SOMETHING PRETTY QUICK.
I MEAN, I KIND OF IF WE JUST WE JUST HAD A HOUSE BUILT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND I THINK THE WAY THEY BUILD HOUSES NOW IS AKIN TO THE WAY YOU DO YOUR ERP SYSTEM.
THE HOUSE IS THERE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE WARRANTY ITEMS THAT HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IRONING OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS AND GET SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN THERE.
SO WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, IN THE FINANCE AREA EVERYTHING IS CYCLICAL.
WE DEAL WITH BUDGET AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR.
YOU DEAL WITH W-2S AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO THOSE THINGS AS THEY COME UP WILL STILL BE TRAINED ON THOSE AND LEARN HOW TO DO THAT.
BUT IT'S REALLY AN ENTIRE BUSINESS CYCLE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I CAN STAND UP HERE, HOPEFULLY NEXT JULY AND TELL YOU WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING SQUARED UP, BUT IT'S IT'S A CONTINUING PROCESS.
OKAY. WELL, THANKS FOR LEADING THE CHARGE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT.
AND AS, AS I KNOW IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.
AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT PLAYED A PART IN GETTING THAT DONE.
RALPH. SORRY. I'M HAD TO STEP OUT FOR A MINUTE, BUT I JUST WANT TO ECHO EVERYBODY JUST TO REITERATE HOW THANKFUL WE ARE FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYBODY, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS IS A AN ENTIRE TEAM EFFORT FOR EVERYBODY.
WE TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND OUR FINANCING.
AND AND THEN ALSO EVERYBODY IN EVERY DEPARTMENT UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW AND JUST BUCKLING UP AND GETTING BACK TO WORK, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALL MAKING SACRIFICES.
AND AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY GOING THROUGH THAT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT WE HAVE SOME HELP FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
AND AND SO FOR US, AS WE LOOK TO START BUDGETING FOR NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS OF THINKING ABOUT IS WHAT KIND OF SCENARIO TESTING ARE WE DOING FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THE STATE DOES THIS, THEN THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.
THE STATE DOESN'T DO THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.
AND STILL TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS OUR GOALS OF OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LINE OUT HERE.
BUT BUT OVERALL JUST APPRECIATIVE OF OF YOUR TEAM'S EFFORT AND AND TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IT'S ALL OF OUR MONEY AND WE ALL LIVE HERE.
IT'S WE WE WRITE THAT CHECK EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
I KNOW A LOT HAS BEEN COVERED, BUT DEFINITELY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, A THROWBACK AND A THANK YOU TO FORMER PRESIDENT MR. MCMANUS ON THAT.
SO YES, I KNOW THAT WE'VE CHARGED OUR SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED TO HAVE SPOKEN VERY WELL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST I APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY, BOTH.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE.
APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY GOALS, AND WE'RE BRINGING UP CHIEF JERRY SKROCKI. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
ENJOYING SITTING IN YOUR CHAIRS? ALL RIGHT. SO I WANTED TO START OUT AND REALLY EXPLAIN THAT MANY OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY GOALS ARE REALLY DRIVEN BY WHAT THE LEGISLATOR DOES, LEGISLATURE DOES.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE OUR OWN GOALS HERE IN SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT WE TRY TO DO.
BUT KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT LEGISLATIVELY THOSE ARE OFTENTIMES GOING TO BE OUR PRIORITIES.
AND THOSE CAN CHANGE AT ANY POINT DEPENDING ON WHAT DUE DATES OR THINGS THAT COME ACROSS OUR DESK.
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IN REGARDS IN RESPONSE TO AUDITS.AND THE FIRST ONE REALLY DEALS WITH OUR NOTIFICATIONS PROCESS.
RIGHT? THAT IS, ANY TIME OUR CAMPUSES HAVE ANY KIND OF AN EMERGENCY, HOW DO WE MANAGE TO GET ALL OF OUR STAFF ON THE SAME PAGE AND ALL DOING THE EXACT SAME THINGS, GETTING THAT NOTIFICATION TO THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER? AND AS WE WELL KNOW, ONE OF MY GOALS LAST YEAR WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SYSTEM, NAVIGATE 360.
WITH THAT, WE HAD SOME ISSUES SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR VENDOR, BUT WE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH OUR STAFF.
WE HAD ISSUES WITH BUY IN, WE HAD ISSUES WITH USE AND TRAINING, AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS REALLY CAUSED RESISTANCE FROM OUR STAFF TO MANAGE TO USE THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONALLY THE WAY IT NEEDED TO BE.
WE WORKED VERY HARD THIS SUMMER.
BOTH NAVIGATE 360 MY TEAM AS WELL AS OUR PHENOMENAL IT TEAM.
SO THAT BEING SAID, WHAT OUR GOAL HAS BEEN AND WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR, I'M PROUD TO SAY, IS WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY GET EVERY BIT OF THE SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING ON THE BACK END, WHICH IS REALLY MAPPING COMPUTERS TO DESKTOPS AND ROOM NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
EVERYBODY WANTS SCREENSHOTS, RIGHT? I WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK UP AND IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE SCREENSHOT OF WHAT I HAVE ON MY PHONE, WHICH WE DID.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I'LL GET PEOPLE WHO CALL ME AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO DO THIS? AND MY FIRST QUESTION TYPICALLY WILL BE, DID YOU LOOK AT THE TRAINING MATERIALS? AND I GET, WELL, NO.
LET'S LOOK AT THE TRAINING MATERIALS AND THEN GIVE ME A CALL BACK IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT'S PROVING VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR US.
SO NAVIGATE REALLY, REALLY THOROUGHLY WITH US TO MANAGE THAT.
BUT OUR GOAL IS AND IT'S A VERY GRANDIOSE GOAL.
I WANT TO SEE 100% OF COMPLIANCE BY OUR CAMPUS STAFF THAT THEY ARE CHECKING IN AND THEY ARE UTILIZING THIS SYSTEM, WHETHER THAT IS ON THEIR DESKTOP SYSTEM OR THEIR PERSONAL DEVICE.
MY PEOPLE IS I DON'T WANT THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO TRACK MY LOCATION AND JUST SIMPLY TRAINING THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT TRACKING YOUR LOCATION UNLESS THERE'S AN EMERGENCY AND AN ACTIVATION OCCURS.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHEN YOU WANT US TO TRACK YOUR LOCATION.
AND SO WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAMS, AS WELL AS MY TEAM AND OUR SRO PARTNERS, OUR FIRE AND EMS AND POLICE RESPONDERS. AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE WE'RE REALLY HEADING TOWARDS REACHING THIS PARTICULAR GOAL IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
I FEEL THAT I FEEL IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE SECOND ONE IS REALLY DEALING WITH A LOT OF REQUESTS THAT CAME IN FROM CAMPUS STAFF.
IT'S DRINKING WATER FROM A FIRE HOSE OFTENTIMES.
SO I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. SAVOY AND HIS STAFF.
WE HAVE A LOGIN AREA ON OUR WEB PAGE, RIGHT.
YOU LOG IN AND AS AN EMPLOYEE YOU GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SO RIGHT NOW WE RESORT TO GOOGLE.
WE USE GOOGLE SHEETS, WE USE GOOGLE SHARE DRIVES.
WE USE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE WHICH ARE VERY NICE YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT.
BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS REALLY PUT IT IN A ONE STOP SHOP.
THIS IS INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN NAVIGATE 360.
SO WE HAVE LOTS OF FOLDERS AND LOTS OF AVAILABILITY FOR THE MOST RECENT UP TO DATE INFORMATION.
BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS FORMULATE THAT INTO A WEB BASED PLATFORM WITH OUR NEW WEBSITE.
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SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS YOU WOULD LOG IN AND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE AVAILABLE THERE.ADDITIONALLY, WHAT WE WOULD ALSO DO IN MAKING OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PAGE MUCH MORE ROBUST IF YOU HIT THE WEB PAGE TODAY OR LATER TODAY, PROBABLY, OR TOMORROW, I'VE ASKED MISS ROSSBACH TO ADD A SECTION OF SOME INTEL INFORMATION THAT WE GOT IN REGARDS TO A TARGET FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE OF. AND SO WHAT OUR GOAL IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PAGE IS NEVER IDLE, THAT IT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING AVAILABLE TO OUR PARENTS, OUR FACULTY, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, IF THEY HIT THAT PAGE THAT THEY'RE SEEING THAT SAME INFORMATION.
SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO MANAGE THAT PIECE.
WE'VE REALLY STARTED THAT PROCESS.
AND YOU'LL SEE ON OUR CURRENT WEBSITE WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO THROW SOME OF THOSE NUGGETS OUT THERE.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON THAT AS WE GO.
AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS, IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FUNCTIONALITY WITHIN SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THAT REALLY GOES BACK TO ALSO WORKING WITH DOCTOR DAWSON.
HE'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT I HAVE FACE TIME IN FRONT OF OUR TEAMS. OUR CAMPUSES ARE REALLY GETTING SQUARED AWAY WITH THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR PARTNERS IN AND PUSHING TOWARDS EXACTLY WHAT'S UP THERE TRAINING, COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, TRANSPARENCY.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE SHARE WITH OTHER CAMPUSES THAT WORK FOR US? AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE THAT, HEY, THIS IS WE'VE TRIED IT.
LET'S TRY AND LOOK AT ADDITIONAL OPTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST A SECOND, I'D REALLY LIKE TO READ AN EMAIL TO YOU THAT I GOT THIS MORNING.
AND THIS EMAIL WAS REALLY SIGNIFICANT TO ME AND WAS AN MOMENT THAT WE ARE TURNING THE TIDE.
WE HAD OUR FIRST LOCKDOWN DRILL WITH OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMES.
WE HAD NAVIGATE THREE 60 ACTIVATED.
WE HAD EVERYBODY DOING THINGS.
AND I'M GOING TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR CAMPUS THAT DID IT.
IT'S OUR NEW PRINCIPAL OVER AT TOBIAS.
IT'S MISS ENGLISH. SO SHE TOOK THE TIME TO SEND ME AN EMAIL.
BECAUSE THEY WERE THE CAMPUS IN QUESTION, AND SHE SAID GOOD EVENING.
JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM SUPPORTING TOBIAS.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK FROM YOUR TEAM.
WHICH IS FOR OUR ADMIN AND TEACHERS.
I SAW A HUGE SHIFT IN OUR STAFF THINKING TODAY DURING THE LOCKDOWN DRILL.
WE DRILL WITH A PURPOSE RATHER THAN JUST DRILLING TO MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS.
TWO YEARS AGO, NOT HAVING SPECIFIED TIME FOR THE DRILL WOULD HAVE SENT STAFF INTO A PANIC.
THEY WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY REARRANGED SCHEDULES AND TRIED TO MAKE EVERYTHING IN PERFECT CONDITION.
THE RESULT IS WE ARE NOW BETTER ABLE TO KEEP KIDS SAFER.
I AM SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THE TEAM AND THE SUPPORT TO HELP OUR EXPLORERS SAFE.
STAY SAFE. A HUGE THANK YOU TO SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM PRINCIPAL MELISSA ENGLISH.
AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THAT'S A DIRECT REFLECTION ON YOU.
AND THAT'S A DIRECT REFLECTION ON OUR CAMPUS TEAMS. TO HEAR A PRINCIPAL.
I GAVE I'M GIVING MYSELF GOOSES, LIKE, LEGIT.
IT'S IT'S IT'S A IT'S A PROUD MAMA MOMENT.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING HAYS C-I-S-D.
KIDS, FIRST, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND SECURITY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
JERRY'S HUMAN. WHO KNEW? THAT BEING SAID, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING, AND IT IS THAT KIND OF TESTIMONY THAT I HOPE TO IMPLEMENT AND JUST HAVE GRAVITATED TO OUR ENTIRE HAYS C-I-S-D FAMILY.
AND THEN THERE'S THAT LONG TERM GOAL IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE I THINK.
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THAT IS THE CONTINUING GOAL THAT COMES WITH OUR BOND ADDITIONS, WITH OUR GRANT ALLOCATIONS.BUT WHAT I WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW IS WE ARE MAKING HUGE STRIDES TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT OUR CAMPUS PERIMETERS ARE SAFE, THAT WE HAVE ROBUST FENCING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MAKING OUR CAMPUSES VERY INVITING.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES ENHANCEMENTS IN CAMERAS, PROXY CARD ACCESS, KEY ACCESS.
AND SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT THIS SUMMER TO START TOWARDS THAT PATH.
I CAN'T THANK MAX AND HIS TEAM FOR JUST THE SHEER DEDICATION TO SEEING MY VISION, INCLUDING SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THESE MEETINGS, TAKING OVER PROJECTS WHEN NECESSARY, AND REALLY JUST JUST GETTING IT.
BUT IT HAS BEEN JUST PHENOMENAL.
IT AND AND THE INVOLVEMENT AND I I LEFT A PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION AND CAME TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHAT? IT'S JUST LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER.
NOT GOING TO LIE. Y'ALL HAVE A LOT OF ACRONYMS. I THOUGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD A LOT.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, IS WHAT I DID JOIN WAS A LEGIT FAMILY.
WE WE CERTAINLY MAY NOT ALWAYS SEE IT THE SAME WAY.
THAT WILL BE MY END OF MY REPORT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF SKROCKI.
JERRY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, ALL OF US ON THIS DAIS, DOCTOR.
WITH WITH BUILDING FACILITIES.
I MEAN, BUT REALLY, OUR CAMPUS LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, AND OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN A IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS, RIGHT? IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, IT TAKES A TEACHER MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.
AN ADMINISTRATOR, A JANITOR, ANYBODY THERE THAT CAN.
RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT PUTTING THIS ON THEIR PERSONAL DEVICES.
AND AND AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS DONE AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL WHEN TEACHERS ARE HIRED.
BUT TO ME, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHEN A TEACHER IS HIRED IS LIKE, HEY, AS MR. OROZCO SAID, WE HAVE A PHILOSOPHY HERE IN HAYS CISD.
ARE YOU WILLING TO NOT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO FORCE SOMEBODY TO DOWNLOAD THIS, BUT ARE YOU WILLING TO BUY INTO THIS PHILOSOPHY? BECAUSE PART OF THAT IS KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE, AND THAT INCLUDES DOWNLOADING THIS APP.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S ASKED DURING THAT INTERVIEW.
RIGHT? BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE I MEAN, WE'RE NOT BIG BROTHER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT TRACKING FOLKS AS THEY GO TO THE STORE AND GO ABOUT THEIR DAYS.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOCUSING ON THAT.
AND THE SECOND THING IS I LOVE THE ONE STOP SHOP FOR FOR ALL THINGS SAFETY.
WE ALL LOVE GOOGLE DRIVE AND WE ALL PROBABLY USE IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA ALSO.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN LESSON LEARNED WITH RESPONSE.
RIGHT. RAPID RESPONSE IN AN EVENT WHICH, WHICH HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND I'M SURE YOU DID IMPLEMENT THIS, RIGHT.
LIKE WHAT CHANGES COULD BE MADE? WHAT COULD WE IMPROVE ON? YOU KNOW, DURING THAT TIME AND I ASSUME THAT YOU MADE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, HOW CAN WE BETTER RESPOND TO THE EVENTS OF THE FUTURE? YES, SIR. YES. AND AND THE LAST THING AGAIN.
I'M. I'M REALLY I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE LONG TERM STRETCH GOAL AND MAKING SURE OUR TECHNOLOGY IS UP TO DATE ACCESS CARDS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE THAT. BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD IS IT'S JUST REALLY THE BUY IN THING.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT.
AND I TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
FOR OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'VE KNOW, LIKE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS.
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AND TO YOUR POINT, SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS FAVORABLE AMONGST EVERYBODY, BUT YOU STILL DO NOT WAVER.AND SOMETIMES NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO SEE THAT SIDE OF YOU.
BUT MANY OF US THAT WORK SO INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO YOU DO.
AND WE KNOW WHAT THESE KIDS AND THIS STAFF MEANS TO YOU.
SO WHILE I DON'T LIKE TO SEE YOU CRY IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THAT SIDE OF YOU, TOO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE YOU ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT DRIVEN.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO DO IS PROTECT OUR KIDS AND PROTECT OUR STAFF.
AND SO IT'S JUST YOU ARE HUMAN AND WE KNOW THAT.
AND AND IT'S GOOD FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE THAT TOO, WHEN? BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU MAY COME IN THERE AND YOU'RE DRILLING DOWN WHAT'S HAPPENING OR SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED AND THEY'RE JUST SEEING THAT SIDE OF YOU, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER SIDE OF YOU.
AND I JUST I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO TO SEE THAT AND HEAR THAT.
SO I DON'T LIKE SEEING YOU CRY, BUT YOU MADE ME CRY.
I ALSO I LOVE THAT YOU TAKE SUCH AN INITIATIVE WITH THE CAMPUS MONITORS.
AND YOU'VE YOU'VE REALLY DONE THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOME INPUT AND INSIGHT AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
I DO I WANT TO SAY LIKE I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU KIND OF LIKE WHAT I SAID WITH THE SHARED GOAL WITH CNI AND HR, WITH THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND SAFETY AND SECURITY.
WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE WE ARE HAVING WE'RE IN A VERY GROWING DISTRICT.
YOU GUYS KNOW THIS. WE'RE ALL WE'RE BUILDING THINGS.
BUT YOU GUYS DO REAL WELL OF OF REACHING OUT TO CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, BUT ALSO JUST CONTINUING THAT AND WORKING TOGETHER AS A, AS A, AS A GROUP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE AS, AS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT US, THAT WE'RE WE'RE HAVING A PLACE AT THE TABLE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
BECAUSE I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, IT'S JUST GOING TO GET MORE TRICKIER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ALSO I ATTENDED A FENTANYL PRESENTATION WITH MRS OROSCO THIS WEEK.
IT WAS OUR FIRST FENTANYL PRESENTATION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR OUR INCOMING SIXTH GRADERS.
WE CONTINUE TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON FENTANYL AT OUR CAMPUS LEVELS.
AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR CONTINUING THAT.
ARE WE UPDATING THAT ON OUR ON OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY SITE WITH THE CURRENT? THERE'S A LOT OF UPDATED STATISTIC INFORMATION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE SAME INFORMATION OR IF THAT'S UPDATED INFORMATION OF WHAT WE MAYBE SHARED LAST YEAR WITH STUDENTS.
SO HE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A ROLLOUT ON IT YET.
OH, OKAY. PERFECT. I NOTICED SOME THINGS AS I WAS AT THIS RECENT PRESENTATION, THAT THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENT STATISTICS THAT WERE THROWN OUT, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE WERE COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
BUT WE DO SUCH A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM FOR THAT AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY GOALS AS IT RELATES TO, TO TO THAT? WHEN IT COMES TO THE DRUGS THAT WE'RE SEEING ON CAMPUS OR THE MAYBE SOME OF THE HEIGHTENED BEHAVIOR THAT WE'RE SEEING AT CAMPUS SO SPECIFICALLY FROM MY DEPARTMENT, NOT AS AS MUCH.
I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE MORE OF THAT THROUGH DOCTOR DAWSON.
OUR SROS WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.
RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO CRIMINALIZE EVERY ISSUE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
ET CETERA. SO WE REALLY RELY ON OUR CAMPUS SRO TEAM TO DO THE EDUCATION AND THE OUTREACH PIECE, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY VISIT WITH OUR SUPERVISORY SIDE OF THINGS AND REALLY ASK THEM TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN MAYBE THAT PRESENTATION PIECE SO I CAN I CAN REACH OUT TO SERGEANT
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TORRES AND LIEUTENANT TREAT.YEAH. AND I LOVE THAT AT THOSE PRESENTATIONS, THEY REALLY THEY BRING OUT THE SRO, AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS KNOW WHO THEIR SRO IS AND THAT THEY CAN GO TO THEIR SRO FOR EVERYTHING AND JUST TO TALK.
AND SO ANYWAYS, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE WE'RE WE'RE RELAYING ALL OF THE CURRENT AND NEW INFORMATION THAT CONTINUES TO SURPRISE ALL OF US.
I MEAN, I LEARNED YESTERDAY FROM JANELLE THAT IN CORPUS CHRISTI THEY ARE PUTTING LIQUID FENTANYL AND VAPE PENS. THAT IS SCARY.
WE FIND VAPE PENS ALL THE TIME IN THIS DISTRICT ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED THAT INFORMATION LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
I MEAN, THAT VIDEO IS STILL CONTINUALLY SHARED THAT THAT THAT HAPPENED AT CAMINO REAL.
I THINK YOU'RE AMAZING AND YOUR TEAM IS PHENOMENAL.
AND KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND AND THESE ARE SOME GREAT GOALS.
YOU HAVE WON AND YOU YOU CARE ABOUT KIDS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND SAY WHEN THINGS ARE HARD AND BELIEVE ME, I'M SURE THEY ARE.
BUT YOU ALSO DID 30 YEARS, YOU KNOW, GOING AFTER CHILD PREDATORS.
SO I SUSPECT THAT WAS A LOT HARDER THAN WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH HERE.
BUT BUT THERE'S POLITICS, THERE'S EGOS, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND CAMPUSES AND EVERYONE SORT OF WANTS TO RUN THEIR OWN CAMPUS THE WAY THEY WANT TO RUN IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW DOCTOR WRIGHT DEALS WITH SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS BEING HIS QUOTE UNQUOTE BOSS.
BUT THAT'S THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR ADAPTING AND ASSIMILATING TO ITS HIERARCHY, BUT NOT AS DEFINED AS PROBABLY LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE. RIGHT.
AND I KNOW THAT IT HAS TO HAVE BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU AND TELL YOU GREAT JOB.
AND ON THOSE HARD DAYS WHEN YOU REALLY ARE MAD AT PEOPLE OR THEY'RE BEING, YOU KNOW, DEFIANT JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH, THAT YOU REMEMBER THE KIDS, YOU REMEMBER THAT EMAIL, WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO? BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT MORE FANS THAN THAN PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO DEFY YOU.
I'M A WORK IN PROGRESS EVERY DAY, MA'AM.
I JUST ASKED MY HUSBAND, MR. OROSCO. THANKS.
YEAH, JERRY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT YOU 100%.
WE HAVE SAID THAT THAT WE SUPPORT THIS DEPARTMENT, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF COME FIRST, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE CHALLENGES OUT THERE, BUT WE 100% SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS.
AND PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE IT, MIGHT NOT LIKE THE TONE OR WHATEVER.
I CARE ABOUT KIDS AND SO DO YOU.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S 100% IMPORTANT TO US.
SO DON'T YOU FRET ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MAYBE INCLUDED IN THIS GOALS.
WHILE WE CANNOT WE KNOW THERE'S A SHORTAGE.
WE KNOW WE HAVE A WAIVER AND WE ARE COMPLIANT.
RIGHT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THERE TO BE SOMETHING IN HERE IN YOUR GOALS.
OR MAYBE THAT IS A FOCUS AREA THAT WE CAN INCLUDE IN OUR GOALS.
WE CAN INCLUDE IT THERE AS WELL.
BUT I LIKE I LIKE THINGS TO BE ALIGNED.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUGGESTING THAT SOMETHING BE IN WRITING IN REGARDS TO THAT.
AND AGAIN WE UNDERSTAND THE SHORTAGE.
WE UNDERSTAND NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, WE UNDERSTAND THE POLITICS.
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BUT JUST HOW ARE WE MOVING THE NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AND PROCESS.
SO I WAS TOLD I COULD ONLY PUT THREE GOALS.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO LET ME PUT FOUR THEN I WILL GLADLY ADD IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TELLING YOU THAT.
HANG ON A MINUTE. THEY WANTED BECAUSE WE HAVE TEN MINUTES.
WHERE ARE WE AT? I DON'T KNOW WHOSE IDEA WAS TEN MINUTES, BUT THAT'S NEVER REAL.
LOOK AT RANDY ROWE WITH HIS SIX GOALS HERE.
SO. NO, MA'AM, NO MA'AM, NO, MA'AM.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET ME COMMENT ON THAT FOR SURE.
AND WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT WE HAVE I HAVE MET WITH LIEUTENANT TREAT.
WE NOW ENGAGE IN AND THEY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS COMMITTED TO SENDING ME A WEEKLY REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE STATUS WISE WITH THAT PIECE OF IT. THE COUNTY HAS BUDGETED FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE OFFICERS.
WE ABSOLUTELY DO STRUGGLE WITH THAT BECAUSE OF OF ALL THE CATASTROPHIC SHORTAGES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS EXPERIENCING, AND WE'RE IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITION IN THAT WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRANSITION OF OF OF NEW LEADERSHIP AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING SOME LAG WITH THAT.
BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, I JUST DON'T I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M HITTING THAT.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO HIT A GOAL THAT IS IS REALLY CONTROLLED BY AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE NOW IN LIMBO UNTIL THAT AGENCY CAN STAFF BASED ON OUR REQUEST.
SO THEY'VE COMMITTED TO THAT AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, I WILL TELL YOU, I AGREE WITH THEM THAT PATROL RESPONSE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
RIGHT? BECAUSE IF WE CAN STOP, YOU KNOW, THE ROBBERY AT THE SAC AND PAC.
WELL, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT.
AND IMPLY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SAC AND PAC ROBBERY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STOPPING THAT BEFORE IT DOES AFFECT OUR SCHOOLS.
SO, YES, IT IS A REOCCURRING GOAL, AND WE WILL.
ABSOLUTELY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REGULARLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK IT'S DROPPED OFF MY RADAR.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, I WILL DEFINITELY ADD IT THERE.
AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THE INTENT BEHIND LIMITING IT TO THREE GOALS, I THINK THAT IS VERY CRITICAL AND IT CAN BE WORDED AS SUCH.
THIS IS NOT A ONE YEAR GOAL, RIGHT? THIS IS A REOCCURRING, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE FOREFRONT.
I'LL JUST MAKE A REALLY LONG YES, THAT IS REALLY A MY WORDY SLIDES.
IT IS A HUGE DEAL THAT IS LIKE THE NUMBER ONE THING.
YES, MA'AM. AND RANDY WAS A CHEATER.
SO YOU GET TO BE A CHEATER TOO AND INCLUDE THAT ON THERE AND TALK ABOUT THAT REOCCURRING GOAL.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE PLAN TO MOVE THE NEEDLE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
BUT WHAT CAN WE CONTROL? SO IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE IT IN HERE.
RIGHT. SAFETY IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MISS RUNKLE OR MR. FLORES THAT SAID IT ABOUT WHEN WE'RE ONBOARDING PEOPLE OR EVEN HIRING PEOPLE, THIS IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE, A NON-NEGOTIABLE.
THIS IS A BOARD GOAL EVERY YEAR.
YES. BE PART OF THE ORIENTATION FOR THE ONBOARDING PRESENTATION AND EVEN BEFORE ONBOARDING.
SO WE TALKED TO CHRISTINA. YOU WEREN'T IN HERE I TALKED TO CHRISTINA ABOUT SHARING THE PHILOSOPHY BEFORE YOU EVEN HIRE THEM WHEN THEY COME FOR AN INTERVIEW, WHEN THEY COME AND APPROACH OUR TABLE AND SAY, OH, I'M INTERESTED IN HAYS CISD.
WELL, THESE ARE THE NON-NEGOTIABLES THAT WE HAVE HERE.
WE ARE EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY AND THE PHILOSOPHY SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT.
AND IF YOU CANNOT BUY INTO IT, GOODBYE.
YES, MA'AM. SO MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE EMPOWERED TO SET THAT MESSAGE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
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AND THE THIRD THING, JUST SHOUT OUT TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING AMAZING WORK AND BEING RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR THE CAMPAIGNS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN REGARDS TO FENTANYL SAFETY.STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL, AND SO ON.
WE'RE LEADING THE EFFORTS IN SAFETY BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND THAT'S WHY WE SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS, BECAUSE ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
AND YOU HAVE PROVED YOURSELF TIME AND TIME AGAIN OF GETTING IT DONE.
THANK YOU MA'AM. MR. SEVERANCE. THANK YOU, MR. CROCKETT. OKAY, SO EVERYONE'S SAYING AWESOME THINGS I LOVE.
I MUST SAY THINGS FROM, LIKE, A CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSPECTIVE, AND I.
THAT'S LIKE MY GENERAL THEME FOR THE DAY.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE WHY, LIKE, WELL, WHY IS THIS BLOCKED OFF? WHY IS THE TRAFFIC PATTERN THIS WAY.
LIKE, SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW THE WHY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I WANT TO JUST APPLAUD YOU FOR FOR DOING THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HARD YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS ARE SAFE, PERIOD.
I ALSO ENJOY YOUR NEWSLETTERS.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE FUN FACT IN THERE LIKE SO.
THAT'S ALWAYS I ALWAYS GO TO THAT.
I'M ALSO STILL A LITTLE BIT TERRIFIED OF YOU.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU SHOWED SOME EMOTION TODAY, I STILL A LITTLE BIT FEARFUL.
BUT I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD THAT YOU ARE LEADING THIS EFFORT FOR US TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR THEN COMING OUT NOW WITH THE ABILITY TO JUST STAY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE WHY BEHIND WE'RE DOING SO THEN PARENTS AND STAFF UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND IT.
APPRECIATE IT. MR. SEIBEL. THANK YOU, MR. HOCKEY, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR KIDS AND KEEPING THEM SAFE.
I I CAN'T EVEN EMPATHIZE WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU DO IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.
WE DEAL WITH EDUCATION WHERE WE MAKE A 97% ON SOMETHING.
WE'RE LIKE, NAILED IT, CRUSHED IT.
SO YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB, BUT I'M GLAD YOU ARE HERE TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU DO A VERY GOOD JOB AT THAT.
AND THE ONLY THING I HAD COMMENT WAS ON ALL THE GOALS.
THESE ARE GREAT. I LIKE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE SENDING MY KID TO SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY.
MY KIDS, I HAVE TWO GOOD ABOUT BOTH OF THEM, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE IS GOOD THAT DAY OR NOT.
I KNOW OUR CAMPUSES ARE VERY SECURE.
I KNOW WHERE OUR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AS BEST THEY CAN.
INTERNAL THREATS ARE ALWAYS YOU KNOW, THE OTHER CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE CONTINUING TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR DRUG ABUSE? IT'S JUST A CONSTANT ISSUE.
OUR FENTANYL APPROACH HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN THERE.
YOU KNOW, PERCEPTION, COMMUNITY WISE ON OTHER THINGS IS MAYBE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO JUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE ALL WE CAN TO TO MAKING SURE BOTH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL THREATS ARE MITIGATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING AGAIN, WE STARTED OFF WITH WITH EXCELLENT CURRICULUM GOALS.
TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE THE LATEST AND GREATEST HUMAN RESOURCES.
WE GOT, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY AND ATTRITION RATES ARE LOW.
FINANCE. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OPERATIONS COMMUNICATION AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
IF WE ARE NOT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THEN NONE OF THAT.
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS IN ANY OF THOSE.
SO I WANT TO ECHO THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN HEARING, THAT WE ALL THAT WE ALL SUBSCRIBE TO, WE ALL, YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT THE BEST TECHNOLOGY, WE DO WANT THE BEST AIR AND THE LOWEST ATTRITION, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT SEND OUR KIDS TO OUR CAMPUSES EVERY DAY.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR LEADING THAT.
YES. TO STAFF OR POTENTIAL STAFF.
YOU KNOW, I LOOK HERE IN THIS BOARD ROOM AND I SEE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS RIGHT THERE.
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AND SO THAT'S THE MESSAGE WE'RE SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID ANY OF THIS EVER HAPPEN, BUT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND WE'VE WE'VE SHOWN YOU HOW TO HOW TO DO THESE THINGS AND WHO TO CONTACT IN THE EVENT THAT THAT X, Y, AND Z WERE TO HAPPEN.AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THIS BOARD AND SO WE'LL KEEP THE CHARGE MOVING FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT TEAM WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PRESSING ON.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON INTO OPERATIONS.
JUST TO GET STARTED, REMEMBER, I THINK I SAID THIS LAST YEAR AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN MOMENT, BUT I REPRESENT OVER 500 EMPLOYEES AND SIX DISTINCT DEPARTMENTS, AND WE LITERALLY HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE RESTROOM TO THE BOARDROOM AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING.
AND I DEFINITELY HAVE MORE THAN THREE GOALS BECAUSE I'VE GOT SIX DEPARTMENTS.
WE WANT TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER BOND PROJECTS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE SOME COME IN OVER BUDGET AND SOME COME IN OVER UNDER BUDGET.
AND BUT WE COME IN OVER OVERALL WE COME IN UNDER BUDGET.
BUT WE GOT RID OF THOSE LAST WEEKEND.
YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S ALL GOOD.
THE NEXT ONE IS PLANNED FOR MAY 2025.
BOND. AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME IN THIS ROOM IS GIVE Y'ALL MORE TIME ON ON THE BOND PLAN.
LIKE LAST, I THINK THE 20 23 BOND, WE I THINK WE TURNED IT OVER TO Y'ALL IN LIKE, JANUARY.
AND THEN YOU HAD TO MAKE A DECISION IN FEBRUARY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN NOVEMBER FOR A FEBRUARY DECISION.
HOST INCLUSIVE DESIGN EVENTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR PLANNING.
THAT IS IN TRAVIS COUNTY, CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT.
I'M LEARNING THINGS EVERY DAY ABOUT THAT.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ONE AND DEVELOP BOND SUPPORT DETAILS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN ALL OF THESE.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH TRYING TO MOVE THINGS FROM THE BUDGET TO THE INS BUDGET.
SO WE WANT TO TRY TO CAPTURE THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT'S THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE SUCCESSION PLANNING.
WE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED FOR THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FIRST ROUND AND DIDN'T HIRE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST HIRE TO HIRE.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND FIND THE RIGHT PERSON.
THAT IS THAT I THINK IT'S A HELPFUL THING, BUT IT DOES TAKE SOME EFFORT TO MAINTAIN IT.
IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN BY ITSELF.
IMPLEMENT PROCEDURE FOR DRIVERS, CHILDREN TO RIDE THE BUS.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FISHER FIRM TO TRY TO GET LANGUAGE ON WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND I THINK JUST KIND OF FUNNY STORY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE A VERY GOOD ATTORNEY, A GOOD A GOOD SHOT BECAUSE YOU READ WHAT THEY SAY AND IT'S LIKE, ARE Y'ALL FOR THIS OR AGAINST THIS? I CAN'T REALLY TELL, BUT I THINK YOU'RE FOR IT.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THAT'S NOTHING NEW.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION FROM THE SEAT BELT PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
OKAY. SO MOVING ON INTO CUSTODIAL SERVICES.
AND I JUST SAW YESENIA WALK BY.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THIS JUST GIVES US A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURE.
SO WE HAVE LEAD CUSTODIANS AND HEAD CUSTODIANS, AND NOW WE HAVE THE SENIOR HEAD CUSTODIAN CONCEPT, WHERE WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, WHERE SOMEONE CAN A SENIOR HEAD CUSTODIAN CAN HELP US WITH THAT MANAGEMENT SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR BEACON HILL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO CREATE A CUSTODIAL COORDINATOR.
YOU KNOW, ARGUABLY ESTHER TAVARES HAS BEEN DOING THAT FOR TEN YEARS.
AND NOW NOW SHE'S GETTING GETTING PAID FOR IT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT ABM CONTRACT AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN'T GET PEOPLE, WE CAN'T GET PEOPLE.
AND SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO A CONTRACTOR.
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WHAT THAT MEANS IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR CUSTODIAL EQUIPMENT.WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE CYCLE OF CYCLE REPLACEMENTS.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY THE ROOF.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VLC AND PBK ARCHITECTS THAT WE HAVEN'T ASSIGNED YET.
AND WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, OUR DATA IS IN A SPREADSHEET.
IT'S ACCURATE, BUT IT'S NOT REAL PRETTY.
AND A DEVELOPS BOND SUPPORT, DETAILS AND MAINTENANCE.
WHAT I THINK THAT MEANS IS A BETTER ATTIC STOCK.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS THERE.
MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE MEP AND LIFE SAFETY REPLACEMENT CYCLES AND AGAIN, MAYBE PLUG IN AND ARCHITECT FOR THAT TO HELP US KIND OF TELL THAT STORY. CONTINUE THE SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR BEACON HILL ON THE MEP COORDINATOR.
I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT HAS ACCEPTED THAT POSITION.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND GIVE ALBERT A LITTLE RELIEF IN HIS SHOP.
MAINTAIN CYCLE REPLACEMENT PLANS.
I THINK I ACTUALLY TYPED THAT TWICE.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ATTIC STOCK AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES AS FAR AS BOND SUPPORT DETAILS.
YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR, YOU KNOW, AC COMES TO MIND.
YOU GET A, YOU KNOW, A ONE YEAR COMPRESSOR WARRANTY.
YOU KNOW, IF WE BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, MAYBE WE GET A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY.
SO WE'RE KIND OF WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT.
DEVELOP CIVIL REPLACEMENT CYCLES.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND OUR GROUNDS COORDINATOR.
WE THINK WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT LEADER AT THIS POINT AND DEVELOP A BOND, SUPPORT DETAILS.
AND THEN THE LONG RANGE GOAL DEVELOP THE STAFFING LEVELS TO HANDLE FUTURE GROWTH.
SO THERE'S MY THERE'S MY DEPARTMENT.
ALL RIGHT. MR. CLEAVER I'M LOOKING LEFT TEAM IS OROSCO.
THANKS, MAX. I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, HOW MANY VACANCIES DO YOU HAVE? OVERALL, YOU SAID YOU HAVE 500 EMPLOYEES UNDER YOU.
YES, MA'AM. HOW MANY VACANCIES? I DO NOT KNOW, I CAN I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU, THOUGH.
OKAY. FANTASTIC. I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT TREND LOOKS LIKE.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN STAFFING FOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION AND SO ON.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF CREATIVE IDEAS IN ORDER TO KIND OF RECRUIT PEOPLE TO THESE DEPARTMENTS.
THAT IS GREAT TO KIND OF BE CREATIVE AND LOOK AT THAT.
SO YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING SOME INFORMATION ON THAT SINCE IT IS YOUR STRETCH GOAL AND SEEING HAVING AN ACTUAL TANGIBLE ATTACHED TO THAT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING STAFFING LEVELS TO HANDLE FUTURE GROWTH IS GREAT, BUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE STAFFING LEVELS TO HANDLE WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS IMPORTANT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
GREAT. YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF UNDER YOU, MAX, SO I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SUPPORT WITH MR. NATE OVER THERE AND ALL YOUR PROJECT MANAGERS THAT CAN ASSIST YOU BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
THANK YOU, MR. SEIBEL. YES, THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER, FOR ALL YOU DO.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT UNDER YOUR BELT THERE.
I JUST REAL QUICK, YOU MENTIONED HIGH SCHOOL FOR AND ITS LOCATION POTENTIALLY.
MR. SEVERANCE MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES BEING AHEAD COMMUNICATION CURVE.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHY? THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY AMAZING SCHOOL SITE FOR US IN THE FUTURE AHEAD OF IT, EVEN BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE THAT BOND PRESENTATION, I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY. ON THAT OVERALL.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THERE'S A LOT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND SO JUST AGAIN, COMMUNICATION ON ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS IS JUST EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF CAMPUS LEVEL TRYING TO SEND THINGS OUT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW WEBSITE AND HOW THINGS WILL BE IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT IN THAT REGARD.
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CAMPUS LEVEL. BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW, WE'RE BASICALLY DOING SOMETHING ON EVERY CAMPUS.AND SO IT'S JUST WE CAN JUST SAY, HERE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS, HERE ARE ALL OUR CAMPUSES AND PROJECTS GOING ON AT EACH CAMPUS, AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO A BOND FIRST AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, MAY MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AT EACH CAMPUS.
IN THAT REGARD, BUT OVERALL GREAT GOALS.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A LOT TO A LOT TO TAKE ON.
THANK YOU, MR. SEVERANCE. MR. CLEAVER. THANK YOU.
WE ARE. WE ARE DOING IT AS FAST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WELL, WHAT HOW ARE PROJECTS GOING? BUT I THINK FOR THE FOR FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE BOARD, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE MORE OF A FROM YOUR SIDE TO US UPDATES ON HOW PROJECTS ARE GOING.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO PROJECT DATES THAT ARE GOING TO GO OVER BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION IS HARD, RIGHT? THERE'S VARIABLES THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL.
THERE'S THINGS YOU CAN'T CONTROL.
BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD GET SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK DIRECTIONALLY FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT TO US AND MAYBE TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PROJECTS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE BEHIND, IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN EARLY.
I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO DOCTOR WRIGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT POSSIBLY SOME, SOME WAYFINDING.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S FINISHED.
AND THIS IS THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE.
SIMILARLY, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, OVER AT LEHMAN, WE'RE DOING THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL NEW FINE ARTS CENTER.
SO IT JUST MAYBE IF THERE'S A WAY TO INCORPORATE OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAMS TO KIND OF KIND OF LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW BASED ON SIGNAGE AT THE CAMPUS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING WOULD BE JUST KIND OF NICE TO FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
WHAT'S THE TRAFFIC? WELL, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THIS TRAFFIC.
THIS IS HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOR FOR DOING THOSE PROJECTS SO QUICKLY.
I THINK IT'S ALSO IT'S BEEN CRITICALLY AWESOME THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, THROUGH SOME BOND DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS TO, TO BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP MANAGE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS FOR YOU.
ABSOLUTELY. I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF THAT.
YOU'RE GIVEN THAT NOW TO NATE.
GOOD JOB NATE. YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING.
SO I THINK JUST GOING FORWARD FOR ME, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I THINK I'D JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
YEAH. SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
THAT'S WHY WE CAN DO IT, IS BECAUSE WE DESIGN IN BOND A AND EXECUTE AND BOND B.
OKAY. I LOVE THAT YOU SAID SUCCESSION PLANNING.
I THINK WE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB WHEN WE HIRED CASSANDRA BEYER AND I.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
ALLAN DEWAR IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE.
WELL, LET'S LET'S PUT HIM IN CHARGE.
SO I DO THINK THAT'S AWESOME THAT WE DO THAT.
LAW FIRMS ARE TERRIBLE AT THIS.
I MEAN, SO I, I WORK IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE DON'T DO THIS VERY WELL AND IT CREATES A WHOLE IT CREATES A PROBLEM WHEN FOLKS LEAVE AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO START ALL OVER.
AND THE THE COST OF THAT IS REMARKABLE.
YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, TURN THROUGH 2 OR 3 PEOPLE BEFORE YOU GET IT RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, YOU HIRE SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE ANYWAY.
SO I REALLY THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF, OF CARING ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK WE CAN LEARN FROM IT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
IN TERMS OF OF THE DOCUMENT DASHBOARD THING, I HAD TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GOING TO WORK ON ONE, AND I DID I DON'T WANT IT TO BE SO DETAILED AND GRANULAR AND MORPH INTO SOMETHING THAT THIS TEAM IS GOING TO JUST WEAR YOUR TEAM OUT ABOUT ALL THE, THE
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MICROMANAGING DETAILS THAT WE COULD PUT IN SAID SPREADSHEET.BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOUR TEAM SO THAT WE DON'T ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS.
SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
AND I'VE GOT THINGS ON HERE TEAM, JUST SO YOU KNOW THE, THE CAMPUS, THE STATUS, THE OVERVIEW OF THE WORK BEING DONE, THE YEAR WE BONDED IT, THE GMP, THE DATE WE APPROVED THE DD, PSD AND CDS, WHO'S THE EMR DATE STARTED AND ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE.
AND IF YOU THINK YOU NEED MORE THAN THAT, YOU PROBABLY DON'T, BECAUSE I'M SURE NATE HAS A SPREADSHEET THAT YOU CAN HAVE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY ENOUGH SINCE WE DO HAVE $10 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS GOING AROUND THE DISTRICT, AND IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER ALL OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND SO IF WE DID THIS IN A GOOGLE DOC TEAM, DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD BE ENOUGH? KIND OF THE LITTLE COLUMNS THAT I SAID, MISS ROSCOE'S GOT A QUESTION.
BUT FOR ME, THIS IS KIND OF ALL I FIND MYSELF GOING BACK AND LOOKING FOR MAYBE, MAYBE A LINK TO THE THE BOND BROCHURE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT IN HERE OR I CAN JUST DROP THEM ALL IN BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
SO IF YOU KNOW THE DATE, IT WAS BOND, THE YEAR IT WAS BONDED.
YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES THOSE ARE HARD TO FIND.
BUT IF YOU HAVE OTHER SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT COLUMNS WE CAN ADD.
BUT I'M TRYING NOT TO MAKE THIS ANOTHER FULL TIME JOB FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION FOLKS.
AWESOME. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S ALL INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
MAX JUST START OUT STARTING OFF WITH JUST AN ANECDOTAL PIECE.
ME AND TRUSTEE RUNKLE AND MR. STEVENS WENT DOWN TO LEHMAN TO SEE THE CAMPUS, AND WE WALKED INTO THE NEW MARIACHI ROOMS AND TO SEE THAT JUST MR. FIGUEROA'S FACE LIGHT UP AT THE MARIACHI ROOMS. AND HOW GREAT THEY LOOKED, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT DONE.
LIKE, I MEAN, THIS BOND JUST PASSED IN MAY OF 2023.
AND THIS PROPOSITION AND THE QUICK TURNAROUND THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, AND I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME DELAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE LEHMAN BASEBALL FIELDS, BUT WITHIN A YEAR, I MEAN, THOSE KIDS WERE PLAYING ON THAT FIELD.
AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE BONDED, WE BUILD IT LIKE QUICKLY.
AND I KNOW NATE'S WORKED REALLY HARD.
HE'S BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO YOUR TEAM, WHICH IS EXTENSIVE.
I APPRECIATE FOCUSING ON THE TIMELY DELIVERY OF THE BOND PLANNING WORKSHEET RIGHT TO NOVEMBER.
JUST REALLY JUST YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON IN CHARGE AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S RUNNING EFFICIENTLY.
AND I LOVE THE MR. SEVERANCE BROUGHT IT UP, AND I THINK I HEARD FORMER PRESIDENT MCMANUS BRING THIS UP A WHILE BACK OF HAVING, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, A SIGN WITH THE PICTURE OF WHAT'S BEING BUILT, YOU KNOW, AND AND I AGREE WITH NOT MAKING IT TOO EXTENSIVE OR WORDY, BUT JUST LIKE, OH, WOW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT IN A FEW MONTHS.
SO I LOVE THAT, THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE.
AGES LIKE TWO THROUGH SIX, YOU KNOW, NON ENROLLED STUDENTS.
AND THEN WE'RE TALKING INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, CAR SEATS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO INFANTS.
I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT.
BUT AGAIN, MAX, I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE.
JOHNNY, I AM PROUD OF YOU ON THAT ONE.
BUT PEOPLE STUDENTS WANT TO SEE IT.
YOU BROUGHT UP CORE CONSTRUCTION, AND I JUST WANT TO THROW THIS OUT.
FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE ALL YOUR GOALS.
I THINK THEY'RE GREAT. YOU BROUGHT UP CORE CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE HAVE ARCHITECTURAL AT AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, OUR CTE PROGRAMS. AND THE OTHER DAY I AM SCROLLING THROUGH FACEBOOK AND I SEE THAT CORE CONSTRUCTION IS WORKING WITH JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR
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ARCHITECTURAL CLASSES, AND THEY ARE BRINGING THEM IN ON THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THAT IN HUCKABEE.WHILE WE HAVE ALL OF THIS NUISANCE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
THERE'S A LOT OF LEARNING THINGS HERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE NOT ONLY JUST BUILDING THINGS FOR US, BUT THEY ARE EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN ALONG THE WAY.
AND THOSE ARE PARTNERS THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH IN OUR DISTRICT.
THEY'RE KIND OF DOING THEIR OWN SUCCESSION PLANNING, AREN'T THEY? WELL, HEY, I LOVE IT.
I SAW THAT AND I WAS LIKE THAT GOLDEN.
AND AND SO THAT WAS THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
SO SMART TAG I THINK THAT WE ALL KNOW I'M A CHAMPION FOR SMART TAG.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS NEW APP AND I THINK IT'S FABULOUS.
WHEN BRYSON RODE THE BUS THE FIRST TIME AFTER, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE, AND I WAS SENDING TEXT MESSAGES OF SCREENSHOTS OF EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THE PROCESS OF IT. SO, I MEAN, AS AS THINGS START TO WORK ITSELF OUT AND PEOPLE GET SETTLED AND THINGS GET TURNED ON AND WHATNOT, THEN IT'LL ALL IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
THERE'S JUST SOME, SOME HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY.
AND I JUST WANT TO THROW THIS OUT THAT WE, WE TRY TO DO ALL THIS THROUGH COVID TOO.
SO THE IMPLEMENT PROCEDURE FOR DRIVERS, CHILDREN TO RIDE THE BUS.
SO I SAW THIS ON FACEBOOK THE OTHER DAY, LIKE THERE WAS A PARENT THAT POSTED ON THE KYLE BUDA MOMS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A JOB, BUT IT NEEDED TO BE A JOB WHERE THEY COULD HAVE THEIR TWO YEAR OLD.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, REALLY? AND I WAS READING THAT GOING, WAIT, WE CAN PUT TWO YEAR OLDS ON THE BUS, LIKE, OKAY, LIKE, SO I'M GLAD YOU TOUCHED ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT RECRUITMENT TOOL AND THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
AND YOUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF IS ALREADY ON IT AND THEY'RE ALREADY RECRUITING.
SO ON YOUR YOUR ABM CONTRACTS, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, I KNOW YOU'RE STILL.
ARE YOU ONLY WORKING WITH JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL? WITH ABM STILL? YES, MA'AM. AT THIS TIME, THEY OCCASIONALLY HELP US AT OTHER CAMPUSES WHEN WE WHEN WE NEED HELP.
BUT AS FAR AS CONTRACTED, THAT'S THEIR ONLY AT JOHNSON.
OKAY. BECAUSE I JUST I KNOW THAT ONE OF OUR OTHER CAMPUSES AND MCCORMICK HAS BEEN ONE OF THEM.
THEY'VE STRUGGLED WITH CUSTODIAN AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HELPED THEM.
IF IT'S TOO MUCH FOR OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF ON YOUR MAINTENANCE, RECYCLE, PLANT, RECYCLE, RECYCLE, MAINTENANCE, CYCLE REPLACEMENT PLANS, YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE MOSTLY FOR ROOF.
DOES THAT. ALSO YOU'RE ALSO HAVE THAT INCLUDED FOR FLOORING AND HVAC RIGHT.
WE HAVE HVAC AND WE HAVE ROOF AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE FLOORING.
OKAY. SO THEN MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN PUT IN ONE OF YOUR STRETCH GOALS.
THEY CAN HELP US SORT OF WITH THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE AND WITH THE GRAPHICS AND EVERYTHING ON IT.
YOU GUYS DO A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE.
CAMPUSES COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR TEAMS AS THINGS COME UP.
BECAUSE WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE LOTS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ON CAMPUS.
AND AS THERE'S MOVING PARTS, WE MAY NEED TO PIVOT WITH WALKWAYS OR DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
THERE'S BEEN A HUGE TURN WITH FBE OK.
AND TRYING TO, TO, TO BUILD A MORE STRONGER UNIT.
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ONE OF THE. I WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S ON TIME.AND IF IT'S NOT, WHY NOT? AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTED DATE? FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY AUGUST 1ST.
RIGHT. THAT WAS THE DATE CERTAIN.
THAT'S THE DATE WE WERE GIVEN.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S NOT.
WELL, THAT'S NOT COMMUNICATED TO US.
SO WE WERE GIVEN THE PROJECT AND THE DROP DATE, BUT WE WERE NEVER TOLD THAT THAT CHANGED, RIGHT? SO THEN WE STARTED RECEIVING QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF LIKE, HEY, WE CAN'T GET IN UNTIL WEDNESDAY BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT.
THEY HAD SAID AUGUST 1ST, YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T KNOW THAT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CARE ABOUT.
AND ARE WE ON SCHEDULE? CHECK OFF SCHEDULE.
YOU KNOW, AND HERE'S A NEW DATE, THE REVISED DATE OF WHEN IT WILL BE ONLINE.
I MEAN I THINK THAT WOULD BE PERFECT DASHBOARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN KNOW, RIGHT? OH, I'M GOING TO GO. AND LIKE MR. SEIBEL SAID, I REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING THOSE PROJECTS FOR THAT CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN HAVE IT IN TWO AREAS.
IT'S EASY TO HOUSE IN TWO AREAS, BUT I'M GOING TO WALLACE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET IN OR OH, I AM HERE AT CULLEN.
THEY SAID AUGUST 1ST, BUT OH THE SCHEDULE NOW HAS CHANGED.
THERE'S A REVISED DROP DATE FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, MAKING SURE ON THE DATES AND OF COURSE ON BUDGET OR OVER OR UNDER BUDGET, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE COME UNDER BUDGET AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS OUR TAX DOLLARS.
I KNOW MR. MCMANUS AND MR. SEVERANCE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
HAVING THOSE SIGNS OF COMPLETION DATE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THE COST ASSOCIATED.
THIS IS WHERE YOUR, YOU KNOW, MONEY IS GOING.
I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT VISION.
MR. CLEAVER. YOU'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT.
YOU HAVING. AGAIN, JUST A GREAT SPAN OF DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEES.
AND THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR LEADING IN THESE AREAS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND POWER THROUGH.
AND I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF GET A HEAD NOD.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BRING UP OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, MR. SAVOY. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT WRIGHT, I AM THRILLED TO HAVE THIS HOUR AND 15 MINUTES WITH YOU THIS MORNING TO PRESENT OUR GOALS.
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. SO, YES, THEY'RE UP ON THE SCREEN.
I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH HERE.
BASICALLY, WE BROKE OUR GOALS UP INTO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
AND THE FIRST TWO ON THE SCREEN, COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
WE HAVE SOME DEDICATIONS COMING UP THAT WE HAVE LISTED OUT.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SPACED OUT THROUGH THE YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A BOND FOR THE SPRING.
SO WE'LL BE DOING ALL OF THE BOTH THE ELECTION SIDE OF THE HOUSE ON IT, AND ALSO THE INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY A BOND BOTH IN PRINT AND ON THE WEB.
THIS FALL WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT REZONING.
AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE FIRST THING OUT OF THE GATE WITH WITH THE INFORMATION IN SEPTEMBER ON, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TAKE THE NEW PROCESS AND JOT OUT A TIMELINE WITH THINGS ON THAT FOR YOU AND PRESENT THAT TO GET THAT PROCESS ROLLING IN THE SPRING, WE'LL BE DOING COLORS AND MASCOT FOR RAMAGE ELEMENTARY, OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS.
I THINK IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE LONGER THAN THEY HAD ANTICIPATED.
WE DON'T HAVE THE KEYS YET TO.
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LAYOUT AND ALL OF THAT.BUT ONCE WE GET THAT, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF WORK PROBABLY TO DO.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL ACTUALLY MAKE THIS THING GO ONLINE.
PROBABLY THE EARLIEST WOULD BE MIDDLE TO LATE SEMESTER.
SO IT MAY MAKE MORE SENSE TO JUST ROLL IT OUT FOR JANUARY 1ST.
WE'RE GOING TO STILL HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO, YOU KNOW, HOW TO WORK THE SITE.
SO PHASE TWO WOULD BE BUILDING TOWARD THE LAUNCH.
BUT THE INFORMATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE CARRIED OVER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THROUGH THAT.
AND I THINK WE'RE AT 14 TO 17,000 SUB PAGES.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME SOME THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE THE SEAT BELT PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
IN FACT, I'M WORKING WITH THE MEDIA OUTLET TODAY ON AN UPDATE ON THAT.
WE HAD A LOT OF COVERAGE GETTING BACK TO SCHOOL ON THE SEAT BELT BUDDY CAMPAIGN.
SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE, OBVIOUSLY, WITH FIGHTING FENTANYL.
WE DO HAVE SOME NEW POSTERS THAT ARE BASICALLY DONE.
THAT WE'RE ROLLING ON THE BOTTOM OF THOSE.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO DROP THE LAST ONE.
PROBABLY WE'RE GOING TO PLAY THAT BY EAR.
THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON SOME THINGS.
AND HOW. BY BY ERIC'S REQUEST.
THAT'LL DEPEND ON SOME THINGS.
SO IT MAY BE INSTEAD OF 2025, IT MAY BE A 26 THING.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE DO.
I GUESS YOU CAN COUNT THAT I, I DIDN'T READ THE INSTRUCTIONS, BUT THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR ME.
I DIDN'T REALLY PUT A FORMAL STRETCH GOAL, BECAUSE I KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS A STRETCH FOR ME TO DO GOALS ANYWAY, BUT WE WE WE PUT THIS DOWN HERE. THIS IS THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LIST OF ALL THE THINGS WE DO ALL YEAR LONG THAT SORT OF KEEP US BUSY AND ON THE RUN, AND WE JUST WILL CONTINUE OUR EXCELLENCE IN THESE ESSENTIAL DUTIES THAT WE PERFORM AT, AT A HIGH STANDARD FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TELL YOU.
I'VE GOT ANOTHER BOOKLET I'D LIKE TO HAND OUT.
I'M JUST KIDDING. ALL RIGHT, MR. SAVOY, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE SUCCINCT VERSION.
WAS IT? VERY GOOD. THERE WE GO.
BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE JUST FOCUSING ON THE BOND OF 2025, JUST REALLY GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC ON WHY THESE BONDS ARE NECESSARY.
I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PUSH BACK ON SOME OF THE NEEDS AND ASK WHY.
I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO REALLY SELL THESE BONDS FROM THE DISTRICT, AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT? OF WHAT THEY'RE VOTING. LET ME STOP YOU RIGHT THERE.
I'M SORRY. WE CANNOT SELL THE BOND.
WELL, OKAY, I KNOW. YEAH, WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
YES. LET ME REVAMP THAT STATEMENT.
PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR THE BOND.
BUT JUST. AND ALSO THE REVAMPED PROCESS ON ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL ZONING.
I KNOW THAT WE VOTED ON THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
AND YOU KNOW JUST HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK, THOUGH.
WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO FIND OUT.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TODAY IS FIVE MONTHS SINCE THE TRAGEDY THAT THAT OCCURRED AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING JUST REALLY STAYING ON TOP OF BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT SEAT BELT PLAN AND ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE FAMILIES AND THE STAFF AT TOM GREEN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
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THAT. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.AND I THINK THAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH COMMUNICATION.
BUT BUT I LOVE ALL THESE GOALS.
AND AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING TODAY.
SO THE WEBSITE TRANSITION, I KNOW WE'VE GOT LOTS OF TRANSITIONS GOING ON WITH PROGRAMS AND SOFTWARES AND YOUR TEAM, I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING ONCE IT'S ALL ROLLED OUT AND IT'S ALL DONE.
IT'S ONE THING I WILL I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO KNOWING THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS DISTRICT, THEY ARE ALWAYS WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT.
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.
IF YOU HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT AREN'T LETTING YOU IN ON THE KNOW.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY THAT IS LISTENING KNOWS THAT TIM SAVOY IS THE MAN AND SO IS HIS DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
BUT YOU THE MOST RECENT RIBBON CUTTING WITH MR. CULLEN, I MEAN, THAT IS AN UNDERTAKING AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU.
I THINK THESE GOALS ARE ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS FOR FENTANYL.
THERE WAS SOME UPDATED STATISTIC INFORMATION, SO JUST KIND OF SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
TIM. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM, FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.
YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO TO SHINE.
THANK YOU. AND JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, WE STILL DO HAVE OUR FENTANYL PAGE THAT'S UP THERE.
THAT'S KIND OF CAPTURED THE CAMPAIGN AS WE'VE GONE ALONG.
SO THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND IT'LL HAVE RESOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DO NEED TO GO THROUGH AND UPDATE THOSE.
AND THEN YEAH, IT CONTINUES TO REMAIN A DANGER.
SO I HESITATE TO SAY IT, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT SEEMS LIKE THE MESSAGE IS GETTING THROUGH.
AND WE KNEW THAT FROM THE EARLY END BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD WE HAD A SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER OVERDOSES WHERE WE HAD TO USE NARCAN ON CAMPUS LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THE FIRST YEAR. AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DEATHS OF CURRENT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR SYSTEM.
COMING UP ON ABOUT TEN MONTHS NOW, WHICH HAS BEEN THE LARGEST GAP IN THAT.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT WHERE WE WERE, I'M REAL PLEASED.
AND I KNOW THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE WORK ON THIS FRONT TO DO, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OPENING OF THE THE FACILITY IN SAN MARCOS WHERE WE CAN DIRECT KIDS WHO ARE COME FORWARD OR ARE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR PARENTS OR SOMEBODY THAT HAVE AN ACTUAL TRUE ADDICTION THAT IS AN INTENSIVE TREATMENT TO UNDERTAKE.
THAT'S A BIG THING. SO IT'S A IT'S A MESSAGING, IT'S A RESOURCES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO IT KIND OF RUNS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM.
AND AND WE COMMITTED AT DAY ONE THAT WE WERE WE WERE GOING TO KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING.
AND THAT STILL STAYS IMPORTANT ON OUR LIST.
MR. PETREA. TIM, GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS.
I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS TODAY.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE ROOM THE WHOLE DAY.
WELL AND I MEAN, I THINK OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WE GET SO USED TO YOUR STYLE AND APPROACH AND PROACTIVE MANNER THAT WE JUST EXPECT EVERYONE ELSE TO BE A COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL.
BUT YOU, YOU TRULY ARE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.
YOU ARE AN EXTREMELY WELL GIFTED WRITER.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE AI TO BE AMAZING AT WRITING, WHICH I THINK LOOKS TO MY WRITING.AND IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, DURING A CRISIS, YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE THE BEST.
YOU YOU'VE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB.
ANYTIME WE'VE HAD A CRISIS AND WE'VE LOST STUDENTS AND AND WE'VE HAD TO BE VERY OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS, WHETHER IT'S A SEAT BELT PLAN OR A FENTANYL CAMPAIGN.
WE WANT TO GET IN FRONT AND AND EITHER MAKE IT RIGHT OR OR EDUCATE FOLKS.
AND SO WE, WE, WE NEED TO CLONE YOU AND PUT YOU IN EVERY DEPARTMENT SO THAT EVERYONE COMMUNICATES AS WELL AS YOU DO. AND I KNOW THAT'S HARD, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN CABINET.
AND AS TO THE EXTENT DOCTOR WRIGHT CAN SAY, DO IT TIM'S WAY.
I'M ACTUALLY COMING UP ON ABOUT 25 YEARS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT YES, THE BEST WAY TO DO EVERYTHING IS WITH TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY, EVEN ON THE TOUGH SUBJECTS, BUT ESPECIALLY ON THE TOUGH SUBJECTS, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW.
YES, I CAN DO THAT, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE I JUST DECIDE TO DO IT.
THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE OF AN ORGANIZATION.
AND I'VE BEEN IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT PHILOSOPHY.
SO I THANK YOU AS A BOARD FOR HAVING THAT PHILOSOPHY AND DOCTOR WRIGHT FOR HAVING THAT PHILOSOPHY, BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS US TO PRACTICE THAT APPROACH BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN UNDER LEADERSHIP STRUCTURES IN OTHER PLACES THAT DON'T IN THIS DISTRICT, YOU HAVE BEEN HAMSTRUNG FROM HAVING THAT APPROACH. SO I YES, I WE WILL TAKE SOME CREDIT.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THAT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF BETWEEN YOUR COMMUNICATION STYLE AND APPROACH AND DOCTOR WRIGHT'S PHILOSOPHY OF, YES, WE ARE GOING TO WE ARE GOING TO SAY WHAT'S WHAT IN OUR TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
AND NOW WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO BASH US ON FACEBOOK OR THERE'S SOME BIG THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.
OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR BUS DRIVERS, FORMER EMPLOYEES, WE DON'T HAVE TO JUMP IN IT.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, ARE WE GOING TO GET OUR HEAD BASHED IN TODAY? DO WE GET INTO THIS? WHAT DO WE DO? BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WE DON'T I DON'T I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY ON YOUR TEAM HAVING TO TROLL EVERY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO ANYMORE BECAUSE THE TIDE HAS TURNED AND IT MAY TURN AGAIN ONE DAY.
YOU KNOW, THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS.
BUT THERE IS A TRUST OF THIS BOARD, I THINK, BY AND LARGE.
AND THE DISTRICT AND YOU SPECIFICALLY AS A PERSON.
I THINK YOU JUST SIGN YOUR EMAILS NOW, TIM.
WELL, THAT'S BEING STRATEGICALLY FOLKS.
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M KIND OF NO, I WANTED TO BRAG ON YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY, SINCE MOSES IS HERE, I THINK DAVID WAS HERE EARLIER.
HARVEST. EVERY. EVERY LINDA, THE WHOLE TEAM.
AND I LOVE YOUR ELIZABETH AND ELIZABETH.
OH, YES. ELIZABETH. SORRY, SORRY, SORRY.
YES. YOUR HOMEGROWN HAYS I'M A BIG FAN OF, AS MOSES KNOWS.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME I WALK BY, I NOMINATE SOMEBODY ELSE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THIS IS A FEATURE WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN OUR DISTRICT, WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, GRADUATED FROM HERE, AND IS NOW TEACHING OR WORKING IN OUR IN OUR DISTRICT. AND I THINK IT'S IT ENDS UP BEING A RECRUITMENT TOOL, A RETENTION TOOL FOR, FOR HR.
IT'S JUST ALWAYS SUCH A FEEL GOOD STORY.
AND I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE SEEING THOSE RIBBON CUTTINGS.
I DON'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE HAD THE TURNOUT, THE TEARS, THE JOY, THE STORY, THE NEWS COVERAGE.
IF WE HAD NAMED THAT SCHOOL ANTHEM.
AND I DON'T THINK HE EVEN REMEMBERS NOW WHY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I THINK NAMING IT AFTER A BELOVED TEACHER.
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LET'S DO THAT MORE.WE MISS YOUR COMMITTEE RUNNING SKILLS.
I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN THOSE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SOON, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME REZONING COMMITTEE.
NO, I'M JUST JOKING. NO, I BELIEVE YOU'RE OUT OF THAT BUSINESS.
IT'S FINE. ALL GOOD POLICY SWITCH.
Y'ALL ARE THE REZONING COMMITTEE.
ANYWAY, I JUST I WANT TO JUST TO BRAG ON YOU, YOUR MEDIA RELATIONS SKILLS.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO SAY MORE THAN THAT.
AND THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
TIM, YOUR TEAM AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE AMAZING.
YOU REALLY ARE, LIKE THE SHINING STAR IN OUR DISTRICT.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. NOTHING IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF DOCTOR, RIGHT.
BECAUSE WE WE'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE BEFORE THE DAY AND YOU WERE VERY LIMITED.
BUT NOW YOU CAN SAY WHAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO WHAT'S WHAT.
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
YOU'RE AMAZING. I'VE SEEN YOU IN ACTION IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
YOU DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AT COMMUNICATION.
SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THAT.
I WILL SAY I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RIBBON CUTTING.
YOU HAD A KANGAROO FOR YOU AND A REAL KANGAROO, BUT NOT A CUB.
I WAS PERSONALLY SECRETLY HOPING THAT CAPYBARAS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MASCOT.
AND IN THAT CASE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO CUTE.
I ACTUALLY HAD LINED UP, LIKE, A WHOLE.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUPER CUTESY AND DEMURE.
WE ARE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU PROMOTE OUR DISTRICT.
AND YOU PROMOTE DOCTOR WRIGHT.
THAT IS PRETTY AWESOME FOR THE GREAT THINGS.
THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SEE MORE OF IS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION PAGES.
SO WE CAN DO FAQS ALL THE TIME.
AND I'M JOKING. FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW, WE STILL HAVE THAT PAGE.
I THINK SOMEWHERE ON THE OLD INTERNET PROBABLY IS THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION.
YES. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE ANSWER WAS.
WE HAVE SCHEDULED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE CLOTHES CLOSET IN 2047.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
YOU'RE AMAZING, MR. SEIBEL. YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO YOUR TEAM AS WELL.
I MEAN, SETTING THE BAR COMMUNICATION WISE ACROSS THE BOARD.
JUST WE IN THIS DISTRICT, I THINK IT'S REALLY EASY WHEN WE KNOW WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS. IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR US TO OWN WHAT WE DO WELL, AND AT THE SAME TIME, OWN WHEN WE MESS UP BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
AND SO THAT WAS NO PUN INTENDED.
BUT BUT WE'RE GOING TO OWN OUR PERFECTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO OWN OUR IMPERFECTIONS.
AND SO JUST THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND OH, WHAT IF THEY AT THE END OF THE DAY AND WE HAVE THE PHILOSOPHY, DON'T BE THE GOVERNMENT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT MOST GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES GET THAT.
I'M NOT PICKING ON ANY CITIES, NECESSARILY.
I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT WE'RE ALL HUMAN.
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THE QUESTION ISN'T HOW DO YOU KEEP IT OUT OF THE NEWS? THE QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND I THINK THAT THAT PHILOSOPHY HAS THIS IS WHAT WE DO.LIKE WE CAN SUPPORT WHAT WE DO.
WE CAN ANSWER FOR WHEN THINGS GO WRONG.
BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF DOING THE RIGHT THING EVERY DAY.
RIGHT. MR. SAVOY. I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS AS WELL.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ECHO THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONIES ARE CLASSY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
AND, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE EVENTS THAT THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM PUT, PUT FORTH.
SEE THE GUYS AND THE GALS EVERYWHERE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR BEING EVERYWHERE, BEING OUR PHOTO NINJAS THAT JUST POP OUT OF NOWHERE.
I WAS LIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE JUST COME OUT OF THE SKY.
ANYWAYS THE WEBSITE AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'LL GET THE KEYS TO THAT.
WHO'S WHO'S GOING TO HELP WITH THAT? WELL, WE'RE THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF LOOK FOR MORE ON THAT DURING BUDGET SEASON.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT KIND OF HOW WE STRUCTURE IT.
WE'RE IN THE EARLY THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT.
BUT AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THIS THIS SETUP GOES, BUT FOR CALENDARING THINGS FOR CAMPUSES, IT MIGHT BE SUCH THAT IT FEEDS IN FROM A CALENDAR THAT'S ALREADY BEEN KEPT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE IT LESS WORK, TO BE MORE UPDATED.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES, IT'S NOT THE FIRST JOB OF THE PERSON DOING IT.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME STIPENDS IN THERE SO THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT KIND OF COMBINING THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO A LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT STIPENDS AND MAYBE USING THAT TO OFFSET A SECOND POSITION.
THAT'S ALWAYS THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT GROWTH AREA OR ONE OF THEM.
BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT CURATES THE WEBSITE, THE WHOLE THING FOR CAMPUSES AND ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW, AND WE COULD GET SOMEBODY TO, TO TRAIN AND WORK UNDER UNDER HER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORK IT WOULD BE, LIKE, IF WE WERE TO JUST GET IF YOU WOULD JUST SEND IT TO THIS PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THAT PERSON WOULD JUST ALL DAY LONG UPDATE PAGES AND CAMPUS STUFF, I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT ONCE WE KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
AND AND THEN AND THAT'LL BE A, THAT'LL BE PART OF THIS ROLLOUT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
BUT THAT IS, THAT IS ON THE RADAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR WRIGHT YOURSELF, MRS OROSCO TOBIAS AND ME, WE GOT TO BE AT THE EVENT HERE.
IT WAS A WEEK AGO, AND I GOT TO SEE THE 25 TIPS.
YES. A PARODY OF THE GAME SHOW.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT TIM AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, FROM PROFESSIONALISM, FROM EXPERIENCE, FROM TRANSPARENCY, ESPECIALLY IN A CRISIS OR IN THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS.
AND I WALKED AWAY FROM THAT LEARNING A LOT AND NOT JUST LEARNING, BUT KNOWING THAT YOU GUYS WALK.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT, WHICH PREDATES EVEN MYSELF ON THE, ON THIS BOARD, BUT AT THE FOREFRONT OF JUST COMMUNICATING THE TOUGH ISSUES FIGHTING FENTANYL AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHILE IT'S A CRISIS, I'M GLAD THAT WE THAT WE'RE IN THE FRONT AND WE, WE WE LEAD FROM THE FRONT ON THAT. DOCTOR, DOCTOR.
RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR STUFF THAT THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER.
SO AGAIN, JUST GREAT, GREAT KUDOS AND EFFORTS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
ALL RIGHT. TEAM, WE UNLESS I SEE ANY OPPOSITION, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LET DOCTOR WRIGHT GET HIS WEIGHT. I DON'T THINK BYRON SAID NICE THINGS ABOUT ME.
WAIT. I DON'T THINK BYRON SAID NICE THINGS ABOUT ME YET.
I DON'T THINK BYRON SAID NICE THINGS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD. WE'LL TAKE OUR.
WE'LL TAKE OUR BREAK. LET'S BE BACK ON THE DAIS AT 12.
YEAH, WE'LL GO EAT. THAT'S FINE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR BREAK. WE'LL BE BACK ON THE DAIS AT 1230.
AT 1230. I THINK WE CAN TAKE OUR TEAM PICTURE REAL QUICK AND THEN GO EAT.
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WE'LL BE BACK ON THE DAIS AT 1230.THANK YOU. YES, YES, BEFORE WE EAT.
TESTING. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION AT 12:43 P.M.
FROM OUR LUNCH BREAK. I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK THANK YOU AND A SHOUT OUT TO OUR JOHNSON JAGUAR CHEERLEADERS AND OUR JOHNSON JAGUAR SENIOR ROSETTES, WHO WERE HERE TO AGAIN BRING SOME ENERGY.
AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE JUST A GREAT SURPRISE FOR US TO SEE JUST SOME STUDENTS IN ACTION.
SO GREAT JOB TO THEM. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
AND SO IT'S CLICHE, BUT BUT WE MEAN IT.
SO TEAM, WE'RE BACK SHUFFLING AROUND.
SO WE ARE NOW BACK ON OUR, OUR GOAL SETTINGS FROM OUR DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR WRIGHT TO PRESENT HIS GOALS.
SO DOCTOR WRIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND AND ONE OF YOU MENTIONED COMING OUT OF LUNCH THAT YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT TAKING A NAP.
WELL, AFTER YOU GOT TO SEE THE DANCE AND THE CHEER.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I FEEL ENERGIZED ALL OVER AGAIN.
AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME TO NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, YOU HEARD ME SAY THAT, AND YOU SAW THE THE VIDEO THAT I SHOWED OF THE OF THE RELAY WHERE THE UNITED STATES BEAT JAMAICA IN THE FOUR BY 100 RELAY AND BECAUSE IT WAS AN OLYMPIC YEAR.
BUT THE, THE REASON THAT I SHOWED THAT WAS BECAUSE I WANTED EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME LANE, AND WE ALL HAVE TO PASS THE BATON TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THE FINISH LINE SO THAT WE COMPLETE THE CYCLE FROM THEORY ALL THE WAY INTO ACTION, INTO PRACTICE.
AND, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE FOCUS DISTRICT WIDE THIS YEAR.
WE IN THE PAST HAVE HAD PEOPLE THAT WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, NOT IN MY LANE.
BUT THEN AT THAT POINT THEY JUST LET THE BATON DROP.
THEY DIDN'T PASS IT TO SOMEONE ELSE THAT COULD CONNECT TO THE NEXT PERSON.
AND SO THE THEME THIS YEAR IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DROP THE BATON.
AND I AND I TITLED IT HAYS CISD FAMILY AND WE ARE A FAMILY.
BUT THE LARGER THAT WE GET, THE MORE OF A FAMILY THAT WE HAVE TO BECOME, AND WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT UNITES US RATHER THAN WHAT DIVIDES US AND AND THE ACHIEVEMENT AND THE SKILL CREATION AMONGST EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR KIDS IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
AND AND SO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS A FAMILY MEMBER.
AND, AND AND YOU GUYS START THE TREND AND Y'ALL EXUDE FAMILY.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT MY JOB AS A SUPERINTENDENT IS AKIN TO BEING AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
I HAVE EVERYTHING ON THE RADAR.
AND SO LET'S START WITH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOW NUMBER, AND IT IS, AND I'D LIKE TO GET MORE, BUT YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ABOUT 22% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE EMERGENT BILINGUAL, AND ABOUT 20% ARE SPECIAL NEEDS.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, WE ARE CLOSING GAPS.
BUT LOOK HOW MANY OF OUR KIDS ARE GRADUATING WITH A CMR INDICATOR.
AND TAKING ALL SORTS OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND COMING AWAY WITH INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE GET KIDS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
AND SO LIKE I MENTIONED, WITH READING THIS THIS YEAR, I WANT TO FOCUS ON MATH ALIGNMENT.
AND I TALKED TO MARTY VELA ABOUT THIS, AND SHE ALLUDED TO IT IN HER GOALS.
I'M TIRED OF OF WHATEVER WE WERE DOING BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORKING.
AND SO I TOLD HER TO, TO REPLICATE WHAT WE DID WITH OUR READING PROGRAM ON THE MATH SIDE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING WHAT THE RESULTS OF THAT WILL LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO MARTY MENTIONED THE INTENDED VERSUS IMPLEMENTED CURRICULUM.
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WELL, WE HAVE THE INTENDED CURRICULUM.THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE AREN'T TEACHING WHAT IS INTENDED AND WHAT WE'VE ASKED TO BE TAUGHT.
AND SO I'M GOING TO USE AN ANALOGY.
A FEW YEARS AGO, MISSY AND I, TO START, DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO EAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO WE STARTED ORDERING HOME CHEF AND HOME CHEF SENDS THE KIT.
AND IF YOU FOLLOW IT, IT NOT ONLY LOOKS LIKE THAT, BUT IT TASTES INCREDIBLE.
AND I HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS, AND WHEN THEY COME AND TRY TO HELP ME COOK, SOMETIMES THEY'LL GO, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T I DON'T LIKE GOUDA CHEESE OR I DON'T LIKE THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH US IN THE AREA OF MATH.
SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S MY FOCUS.
THE OTHER PIECE IS WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON STUDENT ADVISING.
WE OFFER SO MANY FABULOUS PATHWAYS, BUT MAYBE 30% OF THE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND AND SO YOU GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN TO OUR BOARD AND STUDENT ADVISORY PANEL, YOU KNOW, AND ASKING THEM THE WAY THEY FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT PATHWAYS ARE OFFERED NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN IS FROM ONE OF THEIR HER CLASSMATES AND THEY.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING FROM FIFTH GRADE ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH OUR ADVISING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR OPTIONS WITH OCC, OUR OPTIONS WITH UT, OUR OPTIONS WITH WITHIN CTE.
AND WE I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL IN TODAY'S IN TODAY'S WORLD.
AND THE NEXT THING WE'LL CONTINUE IS OUR 100% HAYS INITIATIVE, WHERE WE WANT TO CONNECT EVERY SINGLE KID WITH AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY OR A CLUB SO THAT THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES, AND THEY ARE TIED TO A GROUP WHERE THEY HAVE A BUILT IN PEER NETWORK AND ALSO AN ADULT ADVISOR. I THINK WE, WE GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK THROUGH THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAN WE DO ANY KIND OF OTHER SEO PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
THEN WITH GROWTH, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE DEMOGRAPHER'S REPORT AND WE'RE FEELING IT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THE DEMOGRAPHER SAID WE'D BE AT 24, 607 I THINK THIS YEAR.
AND WE'LL WE'LL GET THERE AT LEAST.
AND I THINK WE'LL SUPERSEDE THAT.
THEN THE NEXT ONE I KNOW MARTY TALKED ABOUT IT, CHRISTINA TALKED ABOUT IT.
BUT I ASK THAT THEY INCLUDE ONBOARDING IN THEIR GOALS.
AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO GROW OUR OWN WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT ANOTHER DEPARTMENT IS DOING SOMETHING.
SO WHAT I'VE ASKED THEM TO DO IS CODIFY A TEMPLATE.
LET'S USE IT SO THAT WE HAVE A CHECKLIST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED IN ALL AIR PROTOCOL, ALL FINANCE PROTOCOL, ALL WORK ORDER PROTOCOL AND KNOW WHO TO CONTACT.
LET'S HAVE ALL THE THINGS WHERE THEY HAVE ALL THE LINKS IN ONE PLACE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL ASSIGN THEM A MENTOR AND GET THEM A COACH SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, THE COACHING PIECE IS HUGE.
I DON'T THINK I'VE TOLD YOU THIS, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE A LEADER IN MY DISTRICT, I GOT OFFERED FREE COACHING THROUGH FRANKLINCOVEY AND I'VE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT AND I LOVE IT. I MEAN, THIS IS MY 21ST YEAR TO BE A SUPERINTENDENT, AND THERE ARE SO MANY NEW THINGS THAT I CAN LEARN.
AND SO, LIKE, IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S NON-JUDGMENTAL AND YOU CAN JUST POUR YOUR SOUL OUT TO THEM, AND THEN YOU TELL THEM WHAT PROBLEMS, AND THEN YOU CREATE ACTION PLANS. AND IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR ME.
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AND WE DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT THEY KNOW ANYTHING.AND SO NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO HAVE ASPIRING LEADERS ACADEMIES FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL SIDE, WE WANT TO HAVE ASPIRING LEADERS IN TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL AND CHILD NUTRITION, ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE FLATTERING THAN SOMEBODY COMING AND APPROACHING YOU AND SAYING, HEY, LOOK, WE BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE SKILL SET AND YOU CAN ADVANCE IN OUR SYSTEM BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE MORE APT TO STICK WITH US.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WE WANT TO BE THE MOST EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY DISTRICT, AND WE ARE AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GAIN TRUST. BUT PEOPLE ALSO NEED A CAREER PATHWAY THAT THEY CAN BUY INTO.
THE STATE AVERAGE IS AROUND 18%.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING.
BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO BETTER AT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THEN OUR LEGISLATIVE FOCUS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS WORKING ON, ON PRESENTING OR COMING UP WITH A LIST TO PRESENT TO YOU FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, THE ONLY ONE THAT I KEEP COMING BACK TO IS JUST INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
LET'S LET'S TAKE CARE OF INFLATION AND LET'S LET'S GIVE MONEY TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE REST OF IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I MEAN, ALL THE LITTLE I MEAN, SO I THINK IF WE CAN GET ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO PROVIDE MORE MONEY TO DEAL WITH INFLATION.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE TRACTION THAN IF WE START HAVING 15 OR 20 DIFFERENT GOALS THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO TO WORK ON, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS TO CONNECT THE WORK.
FINALLY, WE'RE GETTING OUR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND THIS.
AND SO WE HAVE CREATED I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
SO SHE HAS CREATED A TEMPLATE, AND EACH OF THE DA HAS EACH CAMPUS AND WHAT THE WORK IS.
WITHIN THAT, SHE'S GOING TO CHECK ON, ON A ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE WORK IS, IS CONNECTED AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A FINE LINE.
WE DON'T EVER WANT TO BE MICROMANAGERS.
WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE FREEDOM, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK IS HAPPENING, AND WE JUST CAN'T ASSUME THAT ANYTHING IS HAPPENING OR THAT ANYBODY KNOWS ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND WE HAVE TO TRAIN PEOPLE UP.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON CONNECTING EVERYTHING.
AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, Y'ALL BROUGHT IT UP.
BUT COMMUNICATION IS IS NUMBER ONE ACROSS THE BOARD.
I TOLD EVERYBODY 3 TO 5 GOALS WITH ONE STRETCH.
AND SOME OF THEM INTERPRETED THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN I GAVE SOME EXCEPTIONS, LIKE FOR MAX TO HAVE MORE BECAUSE HE HAS MORE DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO I COULDN'T ADD ALL OF THEM.
BUT OBVIOUSLY COMMUNICATION IS ALWAYS NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE IF EVERYBODY'S NOT ON THE SAME PAGE AND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, THEN AS HUMAN BEINGS WE TEND TO ALWAYS ASSUME THE WORST THAT NOTHING'S HAPPENING OR THAT SOMETHING BAD IS HAPPENING.
AND SO WE HAVE TO TELL OUR OWN STORY AND WE HAVE TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE OUR OWN MEDIA OUTLET.
AND OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE TRUST AND INSPIRE BOOK.
THAT IS OUR BOOK STUDY FOR THE YEAR, AND IT'S BY COVEY AS WELL.
AND IT'S ABOUT EMPOWERING, GROWING AND AND TRAINING LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S THE BOOK STUDY WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE STRETCH GOAL IS TO BECOME AN A DISTRICT BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26.
SO NOT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR.
WE'D ALREADY BE IN A BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE AT AN 87.
AND THAT'S THAT'S BEEN OUR GOAL.
AND AND IT'S JUST DISHEARTENING THAT WE GOT SO CLOSE.
BUT THEN THEY THEY MOVED THE GOALPOST ON US.
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SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW.THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING A GREAT TEAM AND FOR SUPPORTING THESE GOALS AND HELPING US MOVE FORWARD.
SO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. DOCTOR. RIGHT OVER TO MY LEFT MR. SEIBEL. THANK YOU DOCTOR.
I THINK WE HAVE JUST AGAIN REITERATE AGAIN.
AGAIN A FANTASTIC STAFF FROM THE GROUND LEVEL ALL THE WAY UP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT TEAM OF EIGHT AND IT'S ALMOST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY A TEAM OF 15 SOMEWHAT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND BUILDING EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO THERE'S NOBODY'S WORKING IN A SILO.
AND SO BUT IT'S JUST OBVIOUS THAT ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO JUST WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO KEEP STRENGTHENING THAT BOND BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS THERE.
SO I'LL FOCUS IN ON MATH BECAUSE THAT'S MY BACKGROUND.
AND, AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT. AND JUST TO BE QUITE FRANK.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN OUR HOUSEHOLD, LIKE WE, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURED THINGS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WITH MY GIRLS AND HOW WE TALK ABOUT MATH AND THINGS WE DON'T SAY, CAN'T OR SAY NOT YET. OR, YOU KNOW, I LOVE MATH BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT ALGEBRA OR GEOMETRY OR TRIGONOMETRY CALCULUS.
IT'S THE FACT OF, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING A TOOLBOX OF INFORMATION.
AND HOW DO YOU USE THOSE TOOLS TO SOLVE A PROBLEM? YOU CAN USE A HAMMER, YOU CAN USE A SCREWDRIVER.
AND SO TO ME, THAT'S WHAT MATH IS ALL ABOUT.
SO THE POINT THERE IS HOW HOW DO WE HELP OUR PARENTS WITH RESOURCES TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE POINTS OF FRUSTRATION AT HOME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, HAS A MATH DEGREE OR TAUGHT MATH BEFORE TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS.
AND SO IT'S HARD FOR A LOT OF PARENTS BECAUSE THERE'S NO TEXTBOOK FOR THEM TO KIND OF LEAN ON.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE DO PUT OUT THERE.
BUT I THINK IT'S STILL FRUSTRATING FOR PARENTS BECAUSE MATH TODAY LOOKS DIFFERENT TO THEM.
EVEN THOUGH I TRY TO STRESS IT'S NOT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO HELPING PARENTS NAVIGATE THAT WITH RESOURCES AND THEN GIVING BETTER COMMUNICATION TOOLS FOR PARENTS ABOUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE MATH AT HOME AND TALKING ABOUT IT.
HOW DO WE IDENTIFY MATH OPPORTUNITIES AT HOME WHEN WE'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR WHATEVER, TO KIND OF JUST HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO JUST IMPLEMENT IT INTO OUR DAILY LIFE. BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S IT.
YEAH. TO TO YOUR POINT, WE WE'VE TALKED TO OUR PRINCIPALS ABOUT WHEN THEY HAVE ASSEMBLIES TALKING TO THEIR, THEIR PARENTS ABOUT PLEASE DON'T SAY BECAUSE I WASN'T GOOD AT MATH. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOOD AT MATH.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK THAT CYCLE.
BUT ALSO WE FOUND THAT WE HAVE HAVE GIVEN LESS AND LESS HOMEWORK THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND AND SO OUR COMPUTATION IS IS REALLY LACKING.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE HOMEWORK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO BACK TO SOME OF THE BASICS ON THAT.
AND BUT BUT COMPUTATION SKILLS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE BASICS AND POINTED IT OUT EARLIER TOO, IS LIKE HAVING THOSE BASIC COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS AND HOW MUCH THAT JUST OPENS A DOOR A LITTLE BIT LATER AS THEY GO THROUGH THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON HIGHER ORDER MATH SKILLS, THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT, OH, YEAH, WHAT'S EIGHT TIMES SEVEN AGAIN? YOU KNOW, AND SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT THEY JUST KNOW.
AND SO I APPLAUD THAT THAT TO ME WHEN I WAS TEACHING MY HOMEWORK WAS PRACTICING THOSE BASIC LEVEL SKILLS, NOT WORKING ON THE HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH WORKING ON BECAUSE THEY CAN'T THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THERE TO HELP WITH THAT.
SO, ROSCOE, YES, JEFF AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT HOMEWORK.
GET US TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S ALL WITH BALANCE, RIGHT? WE DON'T LIKE A LOT OF HOMEWORK.
THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE HELPFUL.
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THE FLUENCY PIECE OF THAT.RIGHT. WHAT CAN WE SAY? WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO THAT EVERYTHING WAS A MESS.
AND AS I TRAVEL THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU ARE BY FAR THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND BEING COMMITTED TO 2031.
ON THAT NOTE, I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR GOALS, RIGHT.
AND AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOUR GOALS, YOU HAVE A MILLION GOALS.
SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST LIKE YOUR FOCUS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON THAT FRONT BURNER.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS YOUR GROWTH THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 2025 BOND.
EDUCATE STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE BOND TALK TOURS.
BUT I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO STRETCH A LITTLE BIT.
RIGHT. BECAUSE I DON'T JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT BONDS, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ACADEMICS.
WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE BECAUSE WHAT DID YOU DO LAST TIME, LIKE 72 VISITS SO THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE ACADEMICS AS WELL.
IT'S GREAT TO EDUCATE ON THE BOND WE NEED TO DO THAT.
BUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE ACADEMICS AND THAT CORRELATION IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE GET SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACADEMICS AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM.
SO LET'S, YOU KNOW, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING 100 VISITS, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT TIME TO SHARE ABOUT OUR ACADEMICS, WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND HOW IT IS RELATED TO ACCOUNTABILITY.
BUT WHAT WE OFFER, WHAT WE DO AND HOW THEY CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE RESOURCES.
LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT. WE HAVE ALL THESE PATHWAYS, BUT ONLY LIKE 30% UNDERSTAND.
SO GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE AND YOU ARE SO GREAT AT SPEAKING AND CONNECTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY POWERFUL.
SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY RIGHT NOW.
I'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE TO SAY AT THE END OF THIS.
THANK YOU, MR. SEVERANCE. YES.
THANKS, DOCTOR. RIGHT I DIDN'T I'VE ONLY KNOWN YOU.
I'M A BOARD OF CAREER ONLY SUPERINTENDENT.
RIGHT. SO. BUT FOR ME, I APPRECIATE ON THE GOALS THAT YOU'VE SET OUT.
YOU'VE SET STUDENT GOALS, COMMUNITY GOALS AND STAFF.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION PIECE, PEACE, THAT KIND OF TYING ALL THAT TOGETHER.
AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT IN MY PERSONAL LIFE AND MY BUSINESS LIFE AND THEN NOW IN MY BOARD LIFE, I CALL IT LIKE EVERYTHING THAT I DO WITH MY, MY WIFE, MY FAMILY, MY, MY, WHERE I WORK AND THEN WITH YOU ALL IS KIND OF LIKE I LOOK AT IT LIKE A BIG HEART, RIGHT? SO IF YOU START AT THE TOP, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SET OUT TO DO.
YOUR GOALS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HEART.
BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU START HERE AND THEN YOU KIND OF YOU START TO GET WAY OUT TO THE SIDE.
AND THEN WITH REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION, I THINK THEN THAT HEART COMES DOWN CLOSER.
BOOM. TO THE POINT TO WHERE YOU FINISH THE GOAL.
SO I REALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT COMMUNICATION TO TIE THOSE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF DISCONNECT, NOT INTENTIONALLY, MAYBE AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF WORKING IN SILOS AND JUST THE STRESS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT BY THE COMMUNICATION PIECE IS REALLY GOING TO HELP, I BELIEVE, BRING ALL THIS STUFF TO TO, TO, TO, TO TO TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO BE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
I APPRECIATE FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THIS, SO I'M KIND OF SPOILED I GUESS.
SO. SO IN 2031 WE'LL WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT DOWN THE ROAD.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU, DOCTOR WRIGHT.
MISS PETRIE, MY TURN ALREADY? YES. I LOVE A LOT OF THIS.
AND I MEAN, YOU'RE BASICALLY THE ONLY SUPERINTENDENT I'VE WORKED WITH.
I MEAN, WE HAD SOME INTERIMS. OBVIOUSLY, THE GREAT DOCTOR, ANNE DIXON SERVED AS OUR INTERIM.
SHE'S. SHE'S SETS THE BAR REALLY HIGH.
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SO. AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU BROUGHT TO US WAS PHONICS.AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS MATH THING, IT ALMOST REMINDS ME OF THAT.
AND SO I JUST IS THERE A PROGRAM OUT THERE? I MEAN, OF COURSE, WE NOW HAVE READING ACADEMIES AND THINGS WE HAVE TO DO, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE WE'RE FILLING THE HOLES OF, OF, YOU KNOW, READING AND TEACHING, READING AND GETTING BETTER AT THAT.
SO ARE THERE SOME PROGRAMS THAT THOUGHTS YOU ALREADY HAVE AROUND WHAT WE CAN DO AT K TO TWO FOR MATH EDUCATION? THAT'S WHAT DEREK AND MARTY VELA ARE RESEARCHING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BRING PRODUCTS FORWARD, BUT THEY'VE BEEN FILLING IN THE GAPS WITH STEM SCOPES, SCOPES AND AND THEN THEY DID, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT BUT THOSE AREN'T THAT'S THE PROBLEM THOUGH, IS WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING INDIVIDUALLY BASED ON NEEDS AT THE CAMPUS.
AND AND SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TIE IT ALL TOGETHER.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A DISTRICT WIDE SYSTEM.
YEAH. AND I'VE SEEN THE STEM SCOPES IN ACTION.
SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THAT.
THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT THE STUDENT, ADVISING AND REITERATING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE LIKE YOU SAID, THE KIDS FIND OUT FROM EACH OTHER AT BEST, SO WE CAN DO BETTER THERE.
I ALSO THE ONBOARDING THING THAT WE.
BUT WHAT YOU SAID IS I ALSO WANT TO CREATE LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES FOR CUSTODIAL AND FOR MAINTENANCE AND FOR GROUNDSKEEPER, BECAUSE THAT IS AND THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS THAT END UP BEING THE LEAD CUSTODIAN THAT MAY HAVE NEVER MANAGED A PERSON OR HAVE ANY HR EXPERIENCE IN THEIR LIFE.
I THINK THAT IS SHOULDN'T EVEN BE A STRETCH GOAL.
IT SHOULD BE. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
SO THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE WORKING ON, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT KIND OF WHAT MATH PROGRAMS OR CURRICULUM, WE THINK IS GOING TO SERVE US BEST.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR WRIGHT. AND I LOVE THAT YOU'RE LASER FOCUSED ON ON ON MATH, RIGHT.
RIGHT. EVEN EVEN THOUGH WE CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES LIKE, WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR WEAKEST LINK.
RIGHT? AND BEING LASER FOCUSED ON MATH AND REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON WHAT IS DIFFICULT YOU KNOW, WE COULD FOCUS AND KEEP WORKING ON THINGS THAT WE'RE GOOD AT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE LACKING THAT KIND OF KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT, RIGHT? SO I APPRECIATE YOUR LASER FOCUS ON THAT.
AND NOT BEING SATISFIED WITH THAT 8.6 AND BRINGING THAT DOWN TO SIX OR EVEN EVEN BELOW.
ALSO YOU KNOW THAT TRUST BUT VERIFY.
I THINK THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU THERE IS SUCH THING AS ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY.
RIGHT? BUT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, BALANCING THAT OUT WITH SUPPORT, RIGHT.
GIVING THOSE TEACHERS SUPPORT WHEN THEY NEED IT, BUT REALLY HOLDING FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE.
AND THAT GOES BACK TO CREATING SOME KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF UNIFORMITY IN THE DISTRICT WITH ACADEMIC LANGUAGE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AT OUR CAMPUSES AS FAR AS THAT, THOSE MATH PROGRAMS. AND I APPRECIATE YOU HOLDING HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR BECOMING AN A DISTRICT BY 2026.
RIGHT. YOU SET THE BAR HIGH, AND BY THAT TIME WE COULD GET THERE.
WE JUST GOT TO FIRST ENVISION IT.
I LOVE HOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE TAKING A GROWTH COACHING CLASS.
AND THAT'S THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU.
AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
AND WE'RE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
ALL RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE. DOCTOR, RIGHT? NO QUESTIONS. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT YOU AND YOUR TEAM IS THAT YOU LISTEN AND THAT SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE BRING THINGS TO IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE, BUT YOU LISTEN TO THEM AND YOU HEAR THEIR OTHER APPROACHES TO THINGS, AND SOMETIMES YOU'LL ACTUALLY CHANGE THE WAY IN COURSE, THE WAY YOU DO THINGS AND THE WAY WE DO THINGS AS A DISTRICT.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IS TO BE A GREAT LISTENER.
AND, AND YOU DEFINITELY DO THAT.
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AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM SHARES THAT WITH YOU.SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT PERSON.
I SHARE IN THE SAME SENTIMENT THAT YOU CANNOT LEAVE UNTIL 2031.
I THINK THAT'S WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER GRADUATES.
IS THAT TRUE? OKAY, WELL, MINE GRADUATES BEFORE THAT, SO I THINK WE'RE OKAY.
BUT NO, I THAT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE JUST SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO YOU.
AND JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I LOVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE MATH ALIGNMENT.
I THINK THAT THAT IS A HUGE THING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.
BUT YOUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PRIORITIES AND GOALS ARE YOU'RE HITTING THEM RIGHT ON.
WE SHOULD BE IN A DISTRICT ALREADY.
AND BASED OFF OF WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE DONE, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE ACE STUDENTS AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE A WE ARE IN A DISTRICT, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
I JUST KNOW IT. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, I APPRECIATE YOU.
I'M NOT PROMOTING A BUSINESS, BUT IT SAYS EYECARE AND OPTICAL AND IT JUST IT REMINDS ME THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE VISION, RIGHT? RIGHT. AND IF THERE'S NO VISION, IF THERE'S NO GOAL THAT WE'RE AFTER, THEN WE'RE JUST WANDERING AIMLESSLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING AT THE HELM OF THAT.
EVEN TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE CHALLENGE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE THE BEST VISION POSSIBLE FOR THIS DISTRICT, FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FOR SAFETY, FOR SECURITY COMMUNICATION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY AND BEYOND.
I KNOW SEVERAL OF THE CHIEFS HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY THEY HAD INPUT FROM THEIR TEAMS AND TEAM.
THEN THE BETTER WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE.
RIGHT. THE BETTER STUDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
AND SO JUST JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT, DOCTOR.
RIGHT. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE FOCUS.
JUST REMIND ME. DOES THAT DOES THAT INCLUDE THINGS THAT WE'RE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO FROM A SECURITY ASPECT.
AND THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME GRANTS.
I KNOW THAT THAT JERRY AND HER TEAM ARE WORKING ON, BUT BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE IF WE WERE TO BE RIGHTLY FUNDED, DOES THAT INCLUDE PLANS FOR THAT AREA? WHAT WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THEY DO IS PUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE SAFETY GRANTS, ALL THROUGH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
THAT WAY WE CAN USE IT AS WE SEE FIT.
AND IT'S NOT TIED TO CERTAIN THINGS, BECAUSE SINCE WE'RE FAST GROWTH, WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF BUILDING SOME OF OUR SAFETY SECURITY ITEMS IN INTO OUR BONDS, BUT WE COULD THEN USE THE MONEY TO GIVE COST OF LIVING INCREASES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO FLEXIBILITY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, SCRATCH WHERE IT ITCHES BASICALLY.
AND AND THEN WE KNOW THAT WE ARE PROJECTED AT 25,000, ALMOST 200, 25,200 STUDENTS, GIVE OR TAKE.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, SO THE GOAL TO BECOME AN A DISTRICT BY THE END OF 2026.
BUT GUESS WHAT? THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER ITERATIONS THAT WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
AND SO HOW CAN WE BE STRATEGIC WITH WITH WHAT WE, WHAT WE VOTE ON WITH WHAT WE DECIDE? HOW CAN WE BE STRATEGIC WITH GETTING THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, IF YOU WILL, ON THE THINGS THAT WE DO INVEST.
SO I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE US IN THOSE AREAS.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
SO. ALL RIGHT TEAM, SO WE ARE GOING TO JUST DO A QUICK RESET.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO A LESS FORMAL SETUP.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUT HERE. WE'RE GOING TO JUST TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
JOHNSON WAS REPRESENTED WITH THE CHAIR AND THE SENIOR ROSETTES.
HAYS SENDS THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT TO US AS WELL.
THEY WERE ABLE TO SEND SOME PROPS.
SO PLEASE KNOW THAT THE POMPOMS THAT ARE THERE, THOSE ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN.
THOSE ARE JUST FOR THOSE ARE JUST FOR THE SPIRIT.
SO SO WE KNOW THAT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL IS ALSO REPRESENTED TODAY AS WELL.
BUT LET'S JUST TAKE A REAL QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK TO RESET.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WELCOME BACK.
[E. REQUIRED BOARD TRAINING: BBD TEAM BUILDING]
SO WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TEAM BUILDING.AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE JODY DURAN HERE.
[04:30:03]
SO JODY, I'LL LET YOU I'LL LET YOU DO THE INTRODUCTION.AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MA'AM.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK BEHIND HERE.
MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ME.
LET ME GIVE YOU JUST THE 32ND PITCH ON WHO I AM.
I AM A LIFELONG EDUCATOR, PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATOR, 31 YEARS, RETIRED IN 2022.
MY HUSBAND IS ALSO A LIFELONG EDUCATOR AND SO SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW HIM.
HE IS A FORMER RECOVERING, WE SAY RECOVERING SUPERINTENDENT.
YOU'LL GET THERE ONE DAY, DOCTOR.
RIGHT WHERE YOU RECOVER FROM THIS 2031 IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
YOU'LL BE WORKING FOR FREE BY THEN, I'M PRETTY SURE.
SO. SO WE'VE SPENT OUR LIFE WORKING IN, IN TEXAS, IN TEXAS, PUBLIC EDUCATION.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE MY HEART IS.
I WANT TO GUSH JUST A LITTLE BIT.
JUST BEING HERE TODAY, THE ENERGY THAT IS HERE, THE COLLABORATION WITH YOU ALL AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM IT DOES MY HEART GOOD TO SEE THIS THIS KIND OF WORK HAPPENING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS DOESN'T GET HIGHLIGHTED ENOUGH.
WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THE NEGATIVE OR, YOU KNOW, THAT NARRATIVE OUT THERE.
WE GET CAUGHT IN THE THE POLITICAL FORAYS OF, YOU KNOW WHATEVER WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT BUT HERE WE ARE AND I'M SEEING AND LIVING FIRSTHAND WHY WE DO THIS WORK.
AND AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE KIDS IN.
I HONESTLY BEING OUT OF THE SCHOOLS THAT'S WHAT I MISS THE MOST.
SO I ALSO WANT TO GUSH A LITTLE BIT ON MISS BARBARA OVER HERE.
ALL OF THIS DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN MIRACULOUSLY.
AND SO EVERYTHING I SEND TO HER, SHE DOESN'T JUST DO IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN A VERY SHORT TIME ABOUT BARBARA.
AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING SO ACCOMMODATING TO ME AND HELPING ME AND GIVE HER A RAISE.
SHE REALLY IS AMAZING. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH PRESIDENT PRESENT VELA.
AND SO HE, HE KIND OF WARNED ME ABOUT YOU ALL AND SAID, THIS IS A GREAT TEAM.
I'M WATCHING IT IN LIVING COLOR.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME, ME GUSH A LITTLE BIT.
LET ME LET ME NOW JUST SORT OF MANAGE EXPECTATIONS BEFORE WE REALLY GET STARTED.
SO I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF SLIDES WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH.
I WANT THIS TO BE REALLY AS INFORMAL AS POSSIBLE.
I WANT US TO TALK WITH ONE ANOTHER.
IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST SITTING AND LISTENING AND AND GETTING.
IT'S. IT'S ABOUT GROWING TOGETHER AND AND TALKING WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO I HOPE I ENCOURAGE YOU IF I, IF I SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE, SAY AMEN.
IF IF I SAY SOMETHING THAT MAYBE ROCKS YOU OFF YOUR SEAT A LITTLE BIT OR STEPS ON YOUR TOES.
I WANT YOU TO SAY THAT HURT MY TOE.
SO YOU PROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR A WHOLE LOT OF NEW STUFF FROM ME.
YOU MIGHT HEAR IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, OR YOU MIGHT SEE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, A LOT OF THIS IS JUST NOT NEW INFORMATION.
AND THAT IS THAT IS THE KIDS, AS YOU ALL HAVE SAID.
OKAY, I GOT TO GET FOCUSED HERE.
ALL RIGHT. I GET EXCITED AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF THIS WILL WORK.
I MAY HAVE KILLED THE BATTERY ON THIS.
IS BARBARA. YOU NEED NEW BATTERIES.
[04:35:05]
I DID. OH, THERE IT IS.WELL, I. I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT ME PROBABLY LONGER THAN 30S.
I SAID I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU MY 32ND PITCH.
BUT I WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU.
I KIND OF HAVE A SENSE OF YOUR SOUL AND YOUR SPIRIT AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.
BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS WHY DID YOU RUN FOR THE BOARD IN THE FIRST PLACE? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE BOARD? AND ONCE YOU GOT ON THE BOARD, WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST? SO I'M GOING TO LET YOU THINK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A SECOND.
AND I'M GOING TO WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST.
WE PROBABLY SHOULD START WITH THE LONGEST SERVING BOARD MEMBER.
NO. WELL, TO KEEP IT ORDERLY, I THINK BECAUSE WE MAY GET.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH MR. SEIBOLD AND WE'LL JUST WORK OUR WAY AROUND THAT WAY.
I'VE BEEN OUT OF EDUCATION 12 YEARS OR SO NOW, BUT I'M A CURRENT ACTUARY, WHICH IS TONS OF FUN.
SO I'VE BEEN SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR.
I'M THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER AT FOUR MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.
WHAT HAS SURPRISED ME THE MOST? I WILL, I MEAN, I KNEW GOING INTO THIS, I KNEW A LOT OF BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE RUNNING.
AND SERVING IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, BUT I THINK JUST SURPRISED ME THE MOST IS JUST HOW TRULY GENUINE AND SINGULARLY FOCUSED WE ALL ARE ON THE STUDENT OUTCOME APPROACH AND HOW MUCH WE REALLY DO TRULY CARE ABOUT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO I'M THE LONGEST SERVING BOARD MEMBER.
I WAS A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT FOR 11 YEARS.
AS A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT FOR 11 YEARS.
AND ALSO UNION PRESIDENT HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS.
AND AT THAT POINT, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY TEACHER VOICE ON ANY OF OUR BOARD.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A TEACHER VOICE.
SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO RUN, BECAUSE MEREDITH KELLER CALLED ME ONE DAY AND SAID, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY? YOU SHOULD RUN TODAY.
GO SIGN UP. AND I DID SO, SO GREAT THAT I DID DO THAT.
I HAVE SERVED AS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY.
HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THIS SIDE.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T TRULY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT WE EXPERIENCE AND THE THINGS WE CANNOT SAY AND THINGS WE CANNOT SHARE. SO THAT HAS SURPRISED ME THE MOST HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
HI, I'M MY NAME IS BYRON SEVERANCE.
REALLY? BECAUSE THE TIMING WORKED OUT.
THE LADY THAT I WAS RUNNING TO REPLACE, SHE WAS RETIRING.
AND SO I WAS LIKE, THAT'S HOW I GOT TO BE WHERE I'M AT TODAY.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD IS PRETTY UNIQUE, RIGHT? NOT ALL BOARDS ARE LIKE THIS, RIGHT? BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WHAT'S SURPRISING IS WHAT YOU HEAR OR WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT MAYBE NOT THIS BOARD, BUT JUST THE BOARD, THE SCHOOLS AND WHATEVER IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE CAMPUSES, IN THE SCHOOLS, WITHIN THE DYNAMICS OF THIS TEAM IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT PEOPLE MAY PERCEIVE THAT TO BE OUTSIDE OF THIS.
AND SO EDUCATING THEM OF HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ALIGNED, WE'RE ALL STUDENT FOCUSED.
WE'RE YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR SINGULAR GOAL, RIGHT? I THINK HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS SURPRISING AFTER I GOT ON THE BOARD NOW FOR A COUPLE YEARS, I'M LIKE, OH, WE ALL REALLY DO CARE ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF KIDS.
OH, OKAY. IT'S NOT JUST WHAT SOME NARRATIVE THAT'S OUT THERE TELLING YOU.
SO THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME.
SERVED IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO SIGNED UP AND RAN UNOPPOSED.
I GUESS I SCARED EVERYBODY OFF, LIKE, OH, MY GOD, IT'S ROWE VELA RUNNING FOR THE BOARD.
[04:40:02]
I'M JUST KIDDING. I JUST I JUST WON MY FIRST REELECTION, SO I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD NOW FOR FOUR YEARS.YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL COME UP LIKE, OH, YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER.
YOU CAN DO THIS. I'M LIKE, WELL, REALLY? NO, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A TEAM.
AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO MORE AUTHORITY THAN ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS BOARD.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS VERY EYE OPENING, AND IT JUST REMAINS FUNDAMENTAL.
SO I'VE BEEN A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT FOR 19 YEARS AND WAS A PTA MOM FOR A LOT OF THOSE YEARS.
ENDED UP HAVING THREE PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT THAT YEAR WAS IN 2017.
SO IT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN I RAN, WHICH IS CRAZY.
AND I RAN BECAUSE THE THE BOARD STANDS ABOUT TWO BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, I FELT LIKE WERE OFF MISSION. I MOVED OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY IN 2011 TO GO TO RURAL NORTH TEXAS FOR TO MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED UP THERE TO HELP PLANT A CHURCH.
AND WHEN WE CAME BACK IN 2015, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE DISTRICT THAT WE HAD LEFT.
WE GOT TO GET WE GOT TO GET NEW LEADERSHIP.
WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WHATEVER. HE WAS GONE BY AND WITH A YEAR LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT.
AND SO WE THEN STARTED THE I DIDN'T I'M NOT ON ANY NDA.
I MEAN, I COULD JUST THE, THE, THE MORALE IN THE, THE, THE EMPLOYEE MORALE WAS DOWN.
PEOPLE DIDN'T TRUST OUR BOARD OR OUR SUPERINTENDENT OR OUR DISTRICT IN GENERAL, OUR COMMUNITY.
EVERYTHING WAS JUST SORT OF SPIRALING.
I FELT LIKE, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL SEE.
SO THAT'S WHY I RAN AND AND I'M GLAD I DID.
AND THEN WHAT HAS SURPRISED ME THE MOST? OKAY, SO I WORK FOR A LAW FIRM, AND I HAVE YOU KNOW, I COULD PROBABLY PLAY A LAWYER ON TV, ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE A LAW DEGREE.
AND THE VOLUME OF RULES AND REGULATIONS AND POLICIES, STATUTES, SBO.
I WAS READY TO READ THEM ALL AND BE READY.
AND LAUGHABLY, I THINK I ASKED MEREDITH KELLER, CAN YOU PLEASE POINT ME TO THE BOOK THAT I JUST LIKE? I DIDN'T SEE THE BINDER OF POLICIES, AND SHE WAS LIKE, BAHAHAHAHA THAT COULD FILL THE ROOM.
SO THAT WAS THE THE, THE, THE, THE VOLUME OF RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN THE SCHOOL BUSINESS WAS MORE SHOCKING TO ME THAN PROBABLY ANYTHING ELSE.
AND I STILL DON'T KNOW IT ALL.
RUNKLE. I JUST GOT REELECTED, SO I'M GOING INTO MY SECOND TERM.
ONE THAT ALREADY GRADUATED IN THE DISTRICT.
I RAN. I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I HAD SET OUT TO DO.
I WAS A PART OF COMMITTEES AND A PART OF FB, OK AND DIFFERENT THINGS INVOLVED WITH MY CHILDREN.
AND THEN EVERYBODY I MET, MERIDETH KELLER.
I WONDER IF SHE'S LISTENING RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT ENCOURAGED ME TO.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAD SET OUT TO DO, AND I'M GLAD I DID, BECAUSE WHEN I GOT ON THIS BOARD AND I GOT TO KNOW EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD EVERYONE IS SO STUDENT FOCUSED.
AND WHAT IS IN THE WELL, WHAT'S WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENT AND THE STAFF? AND THAT IS WHAT I THAT'S WHY I RAN AGAIN.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I, I RAN AGAIN.
[04:45:03]
WHAT HAS SURPRISED ME? I'M SURPRISED EVERY DAY, LIKE, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SURPRISES ME EVERY DAY, BUT IT.I WAS GOING TO TOUCH ON EXACTLY WHAT MRS. OROSCO TOUCHED ON OR.
SORRY, ESPERANZA, WE'RE IN A CALM SETTING HERE.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW.
THERE WERE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT THAT SHOULD BE A CERTAIN WAY.
AND WHY DOES IT TAKE SO HARD JUST TO GET IT DONE? WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PROCESSES AND POLICIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW A QUICK A QUICK CHANGE.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST IS I BECAME I GREW AN UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY AS A PARENT. IT, IT I UNDERSTOOD IT MORE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHY I CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THIS BOARD.
WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S KIND OF LIKE IN YOUR WORKPLACE, YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW UP TO WORK AND BE MISERABLE AND WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH. I DO NOT FEEL BAD EVER AND NOT EVER WANT TO SHOW UP WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS LIKE WE DO GOOD WORK, WE DO GOOD THINGS.
AND AND WE HAVE A GREAT SUPERINTENDENT THAT THAT THAT IS THE SAME WAY.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT CONTINUES TO DRIVE US.
SO THAT'S WHY I DID, AND THAT'S WHY I CONTINUE.
AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE A COHESIVE BOARD.
AND WE MAINTAIN THAT THEN THIS IS, THIS IS THE BEST BOARD EVER.
ANYWHERE. STATE OF TEXAS UNITED STATES, YOU NAME IT.
THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS THE BEST BOARD.
SO IF JEFF WOULD BE A BABY, I'D BE A KINDERGARTNER.
WHY DON'T I RUN MY FIRST JOB TEACHING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WAS AT TEXAS STATE.
AS A TA. I TAUGHT A SEMESTER OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
RIGHT. BUT ONE THING I NOTICED WAS, LIKE, KIDS WERE COMING INTO COLLEGE JUST UNPREPARED.
SO WHY DID I RUN? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SERVE.
I THOUGHT I HAD SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE.
I TOOK THE BATON FROM A GREAT TRUSTEE AS WELL.
AND SO I ONE THING THAT I IT'S UNIQUE.
I'M HOPEFULLY GOING TO END UP IN AN ISD AROUND HERE.
I CAN'T TEACH IN HAYS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT SOMEWHERE CLOSE, MAYBE CARMEL COUNTY? I DON'T KNOW, BUT BUT WHAT IS SURPRISED ME IS THE CHALLENGES.
AND BUT EVERY TIME I GO TO AN SLI, EVERY TIME I, YOU KNOW, I LISTEN TO ESPERANZA GIVE YOU KNOW, TEACHINGS AT SLI, I LEARN HOW THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING IN REGARDS TO FUNDING, IT JUST KEEPS ON ADDING ON AND ADDING ON EVERY YEAR WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
YOU KNOW, IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE'RE NOT BEING PROPERLY FUNDED OR GIVEN THE PROPER RESOURCES.
SO THOSE CHALLENGES KEEP ADDING UP.
WE'RE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ALL RIGHT. SO I AM GOING TO PAIR YOU ALL UP.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A QUICK ACTIVITY.
PUT MY PHONE AWAY I'M GOING TO TIME YOU ALL I'LL PULL IT OUT.
IT'S CALLED THE BACK TO BACK DRAWING.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS BACK TO BACK DRAWING?
[04:50:04]
I DON'T HAVE TO EVEN TELL YOU, DO I? YOU ALL ARE NODDING. I'M GOING TO PAIR YOU UP.YOU'RE GOING TO PUT YOUR CHAIRS BACK TO BACK.
ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO HAVE A PICTURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DESCRIBE TO THE OTHER PERSON WHO IS GOING TO DRAW IT. ARE YOU WITH ME? ONE PERSON IS GOING.
I HAVE A I HAVE A STACK OF PICTURES.
I'M GOING TO GIVE ONE OF THE TWO PEOPLE A PICTURE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE THE OTHER PERSON A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER.
THE PERSON WITH THE PICTURE AND YOU ALL ARE BACK TO BACK.
YOU HAVE TO DESCRIBE, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU.
I'M GOING TO SAY WE'LL START WITH THREE MINUTES.
I'LL SEE HOW WELL YOU ALL DO IN THREE MINUTES.
USUALLY THIS SHOULD TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE UP SOME TIME HERE.
YOU HAVE TO DESCRIBE IT AND LET THAT PERSON DRAW IT.
AND AT THE END OF OUR TIME, I'LL SAY, STOP.
LET'S SAY YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S DRAWING THE PICTURE.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TURN BACK TO BACK RIGHT NOW.
ONE, DO NOT SHOW YOUR PICTURE.
OH, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT ELSE? IT COULD HAVE BEEN. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. I'M GIVING YOU A MINUTE TO LOOK AT YOUR AND GET AND STRATEGIZE HERE AND STRATEGY.
OKAY. READY? I'LL DO MY STOPWATCH.
WHICH ONE IS IT? IT'S THE TIMER.
WITH YOU. OKAY. THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE MORE VOLUME.
[04:56:16]
HELLO? HELLO. I DON'T THINK THIS ONE WORKS.DOES THIS WORK? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME ON THIS ONE? YOU HAVE 46 SECONDS LEFT.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS WORKING.
OUR TIME IS UP, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE MOST ACCURATE DRAWING COMPARED TO YOUR PICTURE.
THAT'S WHAT I GOT. IT'S IN THE AIR.
SPECIFIC DRAWING OF WHAT TO DRAW.
[05:00:02]
OH, HOW DID YOU.BECAUSE INITIALLY YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE CROSS.
YOU HAD THIS. YEAH, HE TOLD ME AT THE END HE GOES, OKAY, NOW YOU HAVE A CROSS IN THE MIDDLE.
NO, NO, I HAD TO DRAW LINES FIRST.
NO, HE HAD ME DRAW LINES, BUT HE MADE SURE I WASN'T TOUCHING.
LIKE HE SAID, DRAW A LINE FROM THE APEX TO THE BOTTOM BUT DON'T TOUCH.
BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. I HEARD LEFT TO BOTTOM.
SO I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE TRACING THE INSIDE OR SOMETHING.
AND THEN AND THEN HE TOLD ME TO DRAW AN S-CURVE.
AND THEN I MESSED UP THESE BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT I DID.
SO I DON'T KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE SAID IN A BOW TIE.
WHY CAN'T YOU SAY A BOW TIE? IT'S NOT A KITE.
YEAH. YOU JUST CAN'T SAY KITE.
WE GOT BETTER AS WE WENT ALONG.
YEAH. SHE WAS READY TO EMBARRASS US.
ROWE. I FELT LIKE I MADE HER LAUGH.
THEY MADE HER LAUGH. AND THEN SHE'S LIKE.
I'M HERE FOR THAT. I'M HERE FOR THE JOKES.
OKAY. AND SO WHAT WAS YOUR DESCRIPTION? SOMEBODY TOOK SOME LIBERTIES ON THE AIRPLANE.
HE SAID HE COULD NOT DRAW AND HE CAN DRAW.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S LIKE A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPARED TO AMERICAN AIRLINES.
SO HELP ME WITH THE COPILOT RIGHT THERE, TOO.
HE DID WRIGHT HAYS CISD WHERE I'M AT.
I SAID I LIKE BLUE AND I SAID I LIKE RED.
WHAT ELSE? YOU BUY A TICKET AND IT CARRIES.
YOU BUY A TICKET AND IT CARRIES A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME STRUCTURE, BUT YOU GOT THE GIST OF IT HAS WINGS.
I STARTED DRAWING A BIRD, AND THEN I JUST KIND OF HAD TO.
ARE YOU CHOOSING. I THINK WE'RE DONE HERE.
MINE WAS. FOCUSED ON FOR TEAM SERVICE. SERVICE? WELL, YOU HAD TWO WORDS. WHAT WAS THE OTHER WORD FOR WHAT MAKES YOU ALL A SUCCESSFUL TEAM? AND WHAT MAKES YOU WHAT MAKES THIS ORGANIZATION THRIVE AS A SOCIETY? I SAID, FOR TEAM, I SAID HUMILITY, AND THEN FOR SUCCESS, I SAID FOCUS.
EVERY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE INCREDIBLY DRIVEN.
TENORIO. OKAY, I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE I'M THINKING OF A QUOTE FROM THE GREAT SHOW SPACE FORCE ON NETFLIX, WHICH IS I NEED YOU TO DO MY BEST BECAUSE YOUR BEST IS TERRIBLE.
SO. THAT'S STEVE CARELL FOR YOU.
BUT IF WE ARE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
[05:10:56]
E.[05:12:08]
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE.WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
JODI, CAN I ADD SOMETHING? YES. AND MOST OF THESE BOARD MEMBERS DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE OF WORKING IN A TOXIC BOARD.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ IT, IT PLAYS A HUGE PART IN MY RANKING.
AND WHILE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DIDN'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT PAIN AND SUFFERING.
SO THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S WHERE MY LENS COMES FROM.
BUT COMING FROM A TOXIC BOARD TO TWO ON OUR BOARD NOW.
YOU KNOW, AND IT TOOK SO MUCH WORK TO GET THERE.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, YOU CANNOT MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM.
[05:15:01]
YOU.FOR. I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO COUNT, WE WANT TO COUNT UP, BUT ONLY ONE.
CHRISTIAN. HAS THAT BEEN GOING ON? YEAH. I MEAN, ESPERANZA'S MY MY MOM.
YEAH. SO SHE TAKES GOOD CARE OF ME.
YEAH. NO, I MEAN, THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT START AT THE BEGINNING OF WHAT'S THE LEARNING CURVE FOR THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE TOLD ME THIS IN CAMPAIGNING AND RUNNING FOR THIS POSITION, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I AM ONE VOTE.
SO I DON'T REALLY MATTER INDIVIDUALLY.
COLLECTIVELY WE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
AND SO AND ONCE THOSE VOTES ARE DONE, WE, I THINK TAKE TO HEART THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF OUR VOTE IS FOUR TO 3 OR 7 ZERO, IT DOESN'T MATTER. AND GOING FORWARD THAT'S OUR POSITION.
WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS PER MONTH.
AND SO WE HAVE THE ONE MEETING WHERE IT'S THE WORKSHOP.
WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA, SUBMIT QUESTIONS AND HAVE DISCUSSION FROM THE DAIS.
AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING IS THE BUSINESS MEETING WHERE WE ACTUALLY VOTE.
AND SO WE'VE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM, SOMEBODY WHO'S COMING FROM THE BUSINESS ASPECT.
AND SO REALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEAK EVERYBODY'S LANGUAGE OR AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY A BIG REASON WHY MOST OF OUR VOTES ARE SEVEN ZERO.
WE'RE DOING FORMAL RECOGNITION OR WHAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE OFTEN.
IS ALL THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO OUR HOMEWORK.
BUT IF WE ASK EVERY SINGLE QUESTION THAT WE ASK PUBLICLY, THAT WOULD CALL FOR A VERY LONG MEETING.
SO DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND THEN OUR ADMINISTRATION DOING AN AMAZING JOB AT PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY KNOW AND ANTICIPATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRESIDENT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT, REALLY HELPS OUR VOTES TO BE LIKE, OH, YEAH, I MEAN, WE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND ASKED EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S WHY OUR VOTES MIGHT BE SIX 1 OR 7 ZERO MOST OF THE TIME.
SO IT WORKS OUT VERY NICELY, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.
WHO'S NEXT? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY LIKE WE AS A BOARD.
AND AND THAT'S WHAT I AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE TOUCHING ON IT NOW BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GET TO HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, IS THAT WE ARE ALL VERY DIFFERENT, THAT WHILE WE'RE ALL VERY DRIVEN AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOALS AND WE'RE ALL STUDENT FOCUSED, WE ALL HAVE VERY MUCH DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
BUT, I MEAN, WE ARE A COHESIVE BOARD, AND WE DO KNOW THAT WE'RE ONLY AS GREAT AS WE ARE TOGETHER.
AND SO I GET SO FRUSTRATED WHEN I HEAR THE COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE JUST VOTE SEVEN AND ZERO, AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THEY ALWAYS VOTE, NOT KNOWING THE BACK END OF IT AND KNOWING THAT IT TAKES A LOT TO GET THERE.
AND SO ANYWAYS, I THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GOT A MASTER'S IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.
I'VE BEEN A GOVERNMENT GEEK FOR ALL MY LIFE.
BUT UNTIL I GOT ON THE BOARD, LIKE WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE ARGUMENTS.
WE RESPECTFULLY HAVE OUR DISCUSSIONS.
WE FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES TO A, T AND MR. MCMANUS AND MR. VELA LIKE, WE'RE REALLY DISCIPLINED AND THAT'S WHY I USE THAT WORD ON THE DAIS.
WE'RE VERY RESPECTFUL, BUT IN THE END WE COME TO A CONSENSUS AND THAT'S WHY WE VOTE, YOU KNOW, 70A LOT BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE DON'T BICKER AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ARGUMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE GOOD, FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT, GREAT STAFF.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS WORKED VERY WELL FOR US.
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AND I THINK THAT BOILS DOWN TO TRUST.AND WE IT STARTS WITH THAT AGENDA SETTING WITH THE PRESIDENT.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE CARE ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT THAT CARE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND THAT'S HOW I WAS TRAINED.
I KNOW THAT'S HOW I WAS TRAINED.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO TRUST OUR, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND, AND DOCTOR WRIGHT.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE 7.0 BOILS DOWN TO TRUST AND NOT.
BUT WE VERIFY THAT'S THAT TRUST BUT VERIFY.
I KNOW DOCTOR WRIGHT WAS GOING TO HOPEFULLY SAY SOME SIMILAR WORDS.
YEAH. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THAT GOES IN PRIOR TO FORMULATING AN AGENDA.
AND SO I MEET WITH THE WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
AND IF I KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS NOW HAVING WORKED WITH THIS BOARD FOR A LONG TIME AND AND IF THEY DON'T SATISFY MY CURIOSITY AND IF THEY DON'T THEY DON'T CHECK ALL THE BOXES, IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO AGENDA SETTING.
AND OR IF I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH DECISION, I'LL, I'LL ASK, CAN WE FORM A COMMITTEE OF THREE BOARD MEMBERS AND THEN LET'S LET'S FLESH IT OUT AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE THINK THAT WILL WORK, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WASTE PEOPLE'S TIME AND I WANT US I WANT US TO FOCUS ON, ON ON SOLUTIONS.
AND, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE I, I DON'T GIVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION, BECAUSE THAT LEADS TO MISTRUST. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT UNTIL THEY'RE READY, THEY DON'T GO.
AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE BEHIND THE SCENES.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT MAKING SAUSAGE.
AND AND IT YOU KNOW, I MAY HAVE A CHIEF THAT BRINGS ME AN ITEM AND THEY WANT IT ON THIS MONTH, AND IT MAY BE THREE MONTHS BEFORE IT MAKES IT BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T DO ALL THEIR HOMEWORK OR I KNEW THEY WEREN'T GOING TO SATISFY ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE ASKED.
NECESSARILY FOR THEM AND FOR US.
AND I'M GOING TO ADD, I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONES WHO HAS VOTED NO, PROBABLY ON THE MOST ITEMS. SO I'M LIKE THE ONE THAT HAS VOTED NO BUT NEVER BLINDSIDED MY SUPERINTENDENT.
RIGHT. SO I ALWAYS HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BEFOREHAND, WHICH PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW.
THEY MIGHT THINK, WOW, SHE JUST VOTED NO.
YOU KNOW OR WHATEVER. BUT DOCTOR RIGHT.
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I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH AND I WILL SUPPORT THE BODY CORPORATE AFTERWARDS AND MAKING SURE NOT TO TAKE THOSE NO'S AS A PERSONAL ATTACK AND HE DOESN'T.BUT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL, MAKING SURE THEY DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY.
THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'VE DONE MY DUE DILIGENCE.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT.
WHILE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS OUT THE RESULTS OF THE TEAM TRUSTEE.
HEY, JODIE. FOR ME, IT WAS REALLY JUST REFLECTING.
ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT STAND OUT THAT THAT WOULD WOULD CHIP AWAY AT TRUST? ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT, IF NOT ADDRESSED PROPERLY THAT COULD, COULD LINGER OR WE COULD HARBOR GRUDGES TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER? SO JUST JUST REALLY TRYING TO CHEW ON EACH QUESTION AND THINK OF ANY EXAMPLES.
LOOKING AT BELIEVABILITY QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFERENTIALS THERE IN SOME OF THOSE.
I ALWAYS LIKE THESE SURVEYS BECAUSE I'M HARDLY EVER A STRONGLY AGREE OR STRONGLY DISAGREE PERSON, AND WHICH IS WHY I ALWAYS HATE THOSE SURVEYS AFTER YOU GO PLACES LIKE, WELL, IF I DON'T GET READY TO TEN, THEN I DON'T GET, YOU KNOW, PAID FOR THIS JOB OR WHATEVER.
AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND LIKE A NINE OR WHATEVER.
BUT LOOKING AT THIS BELIEVABILITY SECTION, IT'S, YOU KNOW, FUNNY TO ME JUST BECAUSE I'M LIKE LOOKING THROUGH WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS, EACH ONE OF THESE, YOU KNOW, AND I HONESTLY DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHERE I EVEN RATED MYSELF AS I WENT THROUGH IT NOW TO THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK OF CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, WE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE LIKE, YEAH, WE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE BEEN NOT HONEST, FULLY HONEST WITH EACH OTHER OR KEEPING THINGS CONFIDENTIAL OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS INSTANCES WITH ALL THIS.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO MY MIND IS WHAT'S REALISTIC.
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AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE HUMAN AFTER ALL.AND SO LIKE WHAT WHAT IS A, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS NORMAL LOOK LIKE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, ARE WE DOING IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, WITH OUR GOOD INTENTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH IT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, BEING UNREALISTIC IN THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 100% PERFECT ON ALL THESE ITEMS TO.
I MEAN, I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THIS.
OBVIOUSLY, I, YOU KNOW, THE OUTLIERS.
ON THE BELIEVABILITY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T EVER WANT ANYONE TO FEEL ANY OF THESE THINGS.
I DON'T EVER I DON'T EVER WANT ANYONE TO DISAGREE OR, OR TO EVEN BE NEUTRAL ABOUT SOMETHING.
AND I CERTAINLY I KNOW I'M A PERSON THAT I TALK A LOT ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
COMMUNICATION IS I SAY IT ALL THE TIME.
IT'S MY LOVE LANGUAGE. LIKE I LOVE TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH.
IF SOMETHING IS BOTHERING ME, YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW IT.
AND SO I JUST I WANT US ALL ON A TEAM TO FEEL LIKE WE CAN.
AND THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, CONFIDENTIAL.
SO THIS I GUESS THIS IS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO ME JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO I WANT I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS HERE BECAUSE IT IS IT DOES STICK OUT.
AND I KNOW YOU AND I GOT A CHANCE TO DEBRIEF A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY, BUT JUST FOR THE TEAM.
RIGHT. I MEAN, LET'S TAKE THAT ONE ABOUT THAT.
WE KEEP THINGS CONFIDENTIAL, RIGHT? I MEAN, FOUR OF US FROM THIS TEAM SAID THAT WE AGREE LIKE IT WASN'T EVEN A STRONGLY AGREE.
RIGHT. SO HALF OF US I MEAN OUTLIERS OR NOT, IT'S LIKE IS THERE IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT? YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ONE THAT STICKS OUT, RIGHT.
WE GET QUALITY RESULTS RIGHT UP IN THE ABILITIES QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, SIX OF US AGREE AND ONLY TWO STRONGLY AGREE, YOU KNOW.
AND IT'S LIKE I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, WE GOT TO BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES, RIGHT.
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES AND SAY WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE REGARDLESS.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT.
BUT I MEAN, IF WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HOLD YOU AND YOUR STAFF ACCOUNTABLE AND, YOU KNOW, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SCORES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AN A DISTRICT BY 2026 AND ALL THESE GREAT THINGS.
BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A BOARD TO TO LEAD THERE AS WELL.
AND SO IT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT IT TELLS ME.
AND SO WE'RE NOT AT SEVEN ZERO YET IS WHAT THIS TELLS ME ANYWAYS.
YEAH. NO, I'M KIND OF WITH COURTNEY AND RAUL.
LIKE, LIKE WHEN I LOOK AT THE RESULTS, LIKE, I ALWAYS LOOK AT MYSELF, LIKE, HOW COULD I GET BETTER? I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT THAT WE'RE ANYBODY'S JUDGMENTAL.
SO I ALWAYS SELF-REFLECT ON LIKE, HOW COULD I GET BETTER? HOW COULD I IMPROVE? BECAUSE IT TRULY MATTERS.
AND I THINK IT'S RESPECTING EVERYBODY'S OPINION ON THIS, ON THIS BOARD.
LIKE HOW EVERYBODY FEELS MATTERS.
SO I ALWAYS LOOK AT LIKE, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE? HOW CAN I IMPROVE GOING FORWARD? RIGHT. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S OPINION.
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BUT YEAH, I THINK THIS IS THIS IS GREAT TO HAVE.AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY SAY IT'S IT'S GOOD RESULTS, BUT WE ALWAYS WANT TO GET BETTER.
I HEARD TODAY IN CONVERSATION YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING OUR ROLE AS OVERSIGHT VERSUS MANAGEMENT. IN YOUR PACKET.
TASK I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT.
LIKE WHAT? WHAT MAKES SENSE HERE? DOES. DOES IT MAKE SENSE? ARE THERE THINGS IN THIS MODEL THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT? TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THIS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIC ROLE.
I UNDERSTAND THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT.
AND THEN FROM US TO HIM, THEN IT WORKS OUT THROUGH HIS ORGANIZATION DOWN TO THE CLASSROOM.
RIGHT. BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE GRAPH, THE OPERATIONAL ROLE, IF SOMETHING GOES BAD, THEN IT TYPICALLY IS BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD, LIKE THE COMMUNITY WILL GO BACK TO THE BOARD TO FIX WHATEVER HAPPENED DOWN AT THAT.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR US.
HOW DO WE CLOSE THE LOOP? SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS DOWN AT THE I CALL IT RETAIL BECAUSE I HAVE A RETAIL BACKGROUND.
DOCTOR RETAIL. HOW DO WE INFORM THE COMMUNITY THE PROPER PROCESS TO GET THAT CORRECTED WITHOUT COMING STRAIGHT TO US TO FIX WHATEVER ISSUE HAPPENS ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE THAT THEY DON'T LIKE OR SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THAT'S BEEN HARD FOR ME.
LIKE, HOW DO YOU PUSH THAT? HOW DO YOU PUSH THAT BACK TO THE TOP THROUGH THE PROPER CHAIN OF COMMAND, SO TO SPEAK? WITHOUT US, WE'RE NOT PROBLEM SOLVING.
WE'RE NOT FIXING YOUR INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOT TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, CHAIN OF COMMAND BEFORE IT GETS TO US.
WELL, WE'RE WE ARE USUALLY PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
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AND WE DO SEND IT UP RIGHT? TO CLOSE THAT LOOP.SO GETTING INTO THAT HABIT, AND I THINK WHEN YOU'RE NEW, YOU MIGHT NOT TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT.
YES. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU RAN, YOU SAID, I'M GOING TO SOLVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT'S NOT OUR JOB.
AND I THINK WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB WHEN IT IS AN EMAIL, AN EMAIL FORM.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER WHEN YOU GET THAT PHONE CALL AND REDIRECTING THAT.
YOU NEED TO GO TO YOUR PRINCIPAL OR YOU NEED TO GO HERE.
SO WE HAVE TO REALLY BE INTENTIONAL IN RETRAINING OURSELVES TO BE THAT BOARD MEMBER IN THEIR ROLE.
NO, I THINK ESPERANZA IS RIGHT.
LIKE, I KIND OF LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU'RE A CANDIDATE, YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION RIGHT OF SOMETHING GOING AND YOU THINK YOU DO, BUT THEN YOU GET IN THE ON THE ROLE AND YOU LEARN ALL THE NEW INFORMATION, AND NOW YOU FINALLY HAVE A GRASP ON, OKAY, THIS IS REALLY GOING ON.
AND COURTNEY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE PERCEPTION.
AND IT SAYS HERE, LIKE REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND INTERESTS.
SO YOU GOT TO REALLY, WITH ALL THE INFORMATION, MAKE THE BEST DECISION OR ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE LOUDEST VOICES AND THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ONLINE ARE NOT IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
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NOT.THAT'S WHAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME.
THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP THERE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU KIND OF STRADDLE BOTH.
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LOOK AT IT. IT'S THE LAST, LAST COUPLE OF PAGES IN YOUR PACKET.YEAH. HOW YOU KNOW YOU'VE LEFT THE STRATEGIC ROLE.
THE BOARD OR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER HAS LEFT THE STRATEGIC ROLE.
IS THERE A REASON THAT WE GOT DUPLICATES? ARE YOU JUST MAKE SURE.
RIGHT. YEAH. SO I WAS LIKE, I'M READING LIKE, OKAY, NO YOU'RE FINE.
I'M NOW TURNING INTO A CHIEF EDITOR.
I THINK WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER LONG ENOUGH NOW, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT? HALF A DAY.
ALERT YOUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT MAYBE WE'RE OUT OF THE OUT OF THE ROLE THAT WE SHOULD BE IN.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO GOVERNANCE.
YOU DO THESE THINGS? HAVE YOU ADOPTED AND ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER? WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU NOW.
HAVE YOU FORMALLY ADOPTED A SHARED VISION LOCALLY? YES. YOU HAVE, AND I I'LL TALK ABOUT.
OPERATE AS A UNIT. TO FINANCE AND. AND AGAIN, I HEARD TWO THINGS TODAY.
LACK THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO DO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO HOW DO YOU STRATEGICALLY PLAN THOSE DOLLARS? I ALSO HEARD FOR IN TERMS OF ADVOCACY DOCTOR WRIGHT IS RIGHT ON TARGET.
I THINK WE FOCUS SO MUCH ON ALL THE THINGS WE DON'T WANT THE LEGISLATURE TO DO.
WHAT DO WE WANT THEM TO DO? THERE'S ONE THING RIGHT NOW THAT THEY NEED TO DO, AND THAT IS FUND THE BASIC LAW.
SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GO FULL THROTTLE ON ON THAT? WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
SO TAKE TAKE A LOOK AT THE INVENTORY.
THAT FIRST COLUMN THESE ARE THE RESULTS.
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YEAH.I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION UNDER NUMBER FIVE, SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK UNDERSTAND AND ADHERES TO LAWS AND LOCAL POLICIES, AND RESPECTS A SUPERINTENDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO ENTER DIRECT EMPLOYEES AND DISTRICT AND CAMPUS MATTERS.
SO THAT ONE WAS A YELLOW NOT BY MUCH SEVEN ONE KIND OF THING, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, RIGHT? IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
IT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOVERNANCE, NOT MANAGEMENT.
AND I THINK THAT LIKE POPS OUT TO ME WE CAN ALL BE BETTER AT THIS.
I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE AT ONE POINT MAYBE STRADDLED THAT LINE OF GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT I HAVE AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION TO GETTING INTO THAT MANAGEMENT PIECE OR OVERSTEPPING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT CAN BE BY BY ITEMS WE REQUEST BY WORDS THAT WE SAY AND SO ON.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO LOOK AT.
AND SO THAT ENTIRE SECTION MAY BE JUST A GOOD REVISIT FOR US.
YOU KNOW, ON, ON, ON OUR ROLE IN THAT.
AND, OF COURSE, I MEAN, HAVING THE SYSTEMS AND PROCESS IN PLACE.
SORRY. OKAY, SO YOU BROUGHT UP SOME SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES, BUT I.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THEY SAY, I DON'T KNOW.
AND, AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES A GREAT JOB OF PRESENTING, YOU KNOW, DATA TO US AND, AND, AND THINGS FOR US TO MAKE DECISIONS.
I MEAN, WE SAY ALL THE TIME THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS BASED OFF OF DATA.
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I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T WANT TO POINT THAT OUT AND JUST SAY IT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE KNOWS IT WAS.I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I DO THINK THE ADMINISTRATION DOES A GREAT JOB OF OF PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION TO US, AND WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED OFF OF THAT, THAT INFORMATION AND THAT DATA.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S JUST ME POINTING THAT OUT.
YEAH, I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, SO IT'S.
WE'VE WE'VE DONE A FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, HAVEN'T DONE SUMMATIVE, YOU KNOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MEASURE PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
YEAH. SO THIS IS THE I DON'T KNOW, IS A PROBLEM WITH ME.
ON THERE. BUT YEAH, JUST BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN BEEN THROUGH TO SEE EXACTLY HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
IT'S JUST THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, SO I DON'T I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT.
AND SO I'LL BE HONEST AND SAY, WELL I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
SO BUT BUT I THINK THAT OVERALL I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS YEAR TO SEE EXACTLY HOW WE ARE MONITORING THOSE GOALS AND PROGRESSING TOWARDS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE I THINK YOU WILL KNOW ONCE IT'S HAPPENS.
BUT LOOKING PARTICULARLY AT THE ONES THAT ARE NO.
RIGHT. I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT.
I WILL SAY FOR THE SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK.
ONE, I'M THE ONE WHO'S PUT A NO ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE DO MOVE OUT OF OUR ROLE, AND WE DON'T DO THAT AS WELL AS WE COULD AND SHOULD.
SO I CAN SPEAK TO THAT ONE PERSONALLY THAT I RANKED IT AS A NO.
SO 5.4 AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND ADHERE TO THAT 100% OF THE TIME.
SO I THINK THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE HAVE A SOCIAL CONTRACT.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE TOOLS IN PLACE, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TO REALLY FOLLOW IT AND HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE WHEN WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT ROLE WITHOUT BEING WORRIED OR, EITHER, YOU KNOW, OH, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE UPSET WITH ME OR THEY'RE GOING TO REACT THIS WAY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BOARDS THAT WILL DO LITTLE THINGS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE LIKE, WHEN A BOARD MEMBER IS TALKING, THEY'LL HOLD UP A LITTLE HORSE SAYING LIKE, HEY, REMEMBER, THIS IS THE SIGN THAT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BEATING A DEAD HORSE, RIGHT? AND OR YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR ROLE SO THAT THOSE ARE DIFFERENT LITTLE THINGS WE CAN SIGNAL TO ALSO MAYBE EVEN JUST HOLDING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT AND BEING LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING.
I WAS JUST THINKING OUT IN MY BRAIN.
I WAS NOT OUT LOUD THINKING, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS IN OUR CLOSED SESSION ROOM.
WE NEED TO HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS STRATEGIC, TACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL.
BECAUSE WHEN WE DO GET OUT OF OUR ROLE IN CLOSED SESSION, WE CAN SAY, HEY, IS THIS REALLY STRATEGIC? THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
BECAUSE IF WE ARE AS STRONG AS WE COULD AND SHOULD AND ARE, LIKE JOHNNY SAID, IT GOES BACK TO YOUR WEAKEST PART OF YOUR ORGANIZATION OR YOUR TEAM.
SO YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO I'M JUST THINKING ALREADY LIKE, OH, VISUALS THAT WE CAN POINT TO.
SO I THINK THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN DO IT.
BUT FOR ME, LIKE, I JUST, I MEAN, LIKE, I REMEMBER EARLY ON STILL EVEN TODAY, LIKE I REMEMBER GETTING CALLS FROM ESPERANZA OR OTHER VANESSA, YOU KNOW, SOME COURSE CORRECTING ALONG THE WAY.
AND THAT'S OKAY, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M I'M NEW.
I DON'T I WANT TO BE THE SOLVER AND FIXER AND SOMETIMES I NEED AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
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LIKE, I, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT NOT LIKE IT.IT MIGHT HURT MY FEELINGS FOR A DAY, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE WRONG.
RIGHT. SO I THINK WE'VE ALL HAVE THAT ABILITY TO.
IF I CALL JEFF AND GO, HEY, JEFF, YO, YO, BRING IT BACK, YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE YOUR LANE.
HE'S LIKE, HE'S NOT GOING TO GET MAD ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, OUR HUMAN NATURE TAKES OVER AND WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, RIGHT? DO IT FASTER. I CAN DO IT FASTER.
AND WE JUST SAY, OKAY, THANKS FOR THE COACHING AND THEN MOVE ON.
SO. HEY, JODI, I THINK I HAVE A GOOD MICROCOSM OF AN EXAMPLE.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT MY MIND IS DOING, YOU KNOW? YEAH, WE HAVE SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT WE JUST COMPLETED.
SO I JUST I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE, AND THIS IS JUST A GOOD DISCUSSION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT MY MIND WAS STUCK BECAUSE YOU ASKED A QUESTION AND I'M LIKE, WAIT, I GOT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER.
WE DO PROGRESS MONITORED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
DOCTOR WRIGHT AND TEAM DO A WONDERFUL JOB OF PUTTING THAT IN OUR BOARD ANNUAL CALENDAR AND MAKING SURE, BECAUSE LIKE I TALKED TO BOARDS AND I TELL THEM BEFORE WE WOULD GET A BINDER AT THE END OF THE YEAR, RIGHT BEFORE SUPERINTENDENT EVAL THAT WEEK OF, HEY, LOOK THROUGH ALL THIS BINDER AND EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THAT USED TO BE THE CASE BEFORE.
YEP. SO WE ALSO HAVE A BOARD THAT IS AT EVERY.
WE GO TO EVERYTHING LIKE WE GO TO ALL THINGS.
WE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE VERY APPROACHABLE.
AND SO A LOT OF THE TIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CALL US OR EMAIL US BECAUSE THEY SEE US ALL THE PLACES AND THEY THINK THAT WE CAN FIX AND DO EVERYTHING RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND, AND INTO MISS IT INTO ESPERANZA'S POINT, WE ALL HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WEEDS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT BRINGS UP THE COMMUNICATION PIECE, TOO.
LIKE IF WE'RE COMMUNICATING IN A WAY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL ALL THE WAY DOWN, THEN THAT KIND OF FIXES A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T HAVING TO COME TO A BOARD MEMBER.
I MEAN, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO HELP, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE THE PERSON FIXING IT.
WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR CAREERS ALSO.
SO SO, BUT NO HAVING THAT CHAIN OF COMMAND.
BUT I THINK ALSO HAVING A PRESENCE, WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY ON EVERY, EVERY CAMPUS THAT PEOPLE JUST FEEL, FEEL LIKE, OH, I CAN CALL ESPERANZA OR BYRON OR WHOMEVER, AND, AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO FIX IT.
SO YEAH, NO, I LIKE THE ACCOUNTABILITY THING.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF I STEP OUT OF MY LANE, I EXPECT, YOU KNOW, SIX PHONE CALLS RIGHT IMMEDIATELY.
BUT I BUT BUT BUT YEAH, BUT BUT I, YOU KNOW I THINK WE'VE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AT THAT.
AND AND THAT'S GOOD. THAT JUST SHOWS A LEVEL OF TRUST.
I HAVE A COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CALL ME WEEKLY TO TELL ME ABOUT THESE ISSUES, BUT ALSO STAFF SOMETIMES THAT WILL APPROACH YOU AND EXPECT YOU TO TO FIX SOMETHING FROM FROM OUR LEVEL WHEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE IT IS.
I THINK IT'S IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE TEACHER? HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE PRINCIPAL? HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE DOW? RIGHT. SO JUST KNOWING OUR ROLE AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY HEARING THINGS AND EVEN THOUGH WE WANT TO GET IN THERE AND FIX THINGS, WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND KNOW THE DEFINITION OF
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A BOARD MEMBER. SO.AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A MENTOR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE UNOFFICIAL MENTORS TOO.
SO. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY AS BIG AS OUR DISTRICT IS, IS GETTING AND AND HAS BECOME.
AS A PTA MOM, I WAS REAL GOOD AT IT.
BUT AT THIS LEVEL, I JUST LEARNED EARLY ON.
WELL, ONE, THERE'S A LOT THERE'S USUALLY 3 OR 4 SIDES TO EVERY STORY.
CAN'T JUST BELIEVE ON FACE VALUE WHAT A PARENT TEACHER PRINCIPAL TELLS YOU.
BUT ALSO IT'S JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE.
AND I WAS WEARING MYSELF OUT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, FIX THINGS.
SO NOW, I MEAN, DOCTOR WRIGHT KNOWS I JUST, I JUST GIVE IT TO HIM.
AND IF HE CHOOSES TO DEAL WITH IT, GREAT.
AND HE ALSO TOLD ME EARLY ON, WHICH I LOVE THIS LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY ABOUT HIM, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT JOHNNY WAS SAYING, IS WHEN IT'S STAFF, I WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO FIX IT. I WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO BUILD THEIR LEADERSHIP CAPACITY, FAIL, LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES, AND IF YOU SWEEP IN AND FIX EVERYTHING FOR THEM, OR POINT OUT EVERY MISTAKE THAT THEY'VE MADE, THEN I'M NOT LETTING THEM, YOU KNOW, LEAD AND LEARN.
AND HE'S LIKE, WELL, LET LET TEN PARENTS EAT THEM ALIVE FIRST, AND THEN MAYBE THEY'LL JUST LEARN, YOU KNOW? AND I THOUGHT, OH, GOOD POINT.
NOT BASKETBALL. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE? WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? I. THINK AT THIS.
POINT YOU HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO NOW DESCRIBE THAT AS A PROCESS.
SO WHAT WAS THE PROCESS YOU USED TO DESCRIBE THE PROCESS TO BE EFFICIENT IN TOUCHING THIS? YEAH YOU DID, AND YOU GOT BETTER EACH TIME IT GOT BETTER.
BUT THEN THEN ROWE THERE WAS A POINT WHERE YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING AND YOU DID THIS.
WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO SAY? I WAS TRYING TO SAY WHAT WHAT BYRON WAS SAYING IS THAT LET'S JUST ALL GO TO THE BALL AND LET'S ALL TOUCH IT.
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SO IT'S LIKE, GO TO THE BALL.SO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S IF YOU IF YOU PROCESS IT ENOUGH, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
SO HERE'S THE THING. YOU TALKED ABOUT SYSTEMS. IN.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT AGAIN.
THIS WILL LOOK FAMILIAR TO SOME OF YOU BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS.
WE ANCHOR ON THIS AS A, AS A PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. SO AS YOU LOOK AT I HEARD EARLIER TODAY, I THINK IT'S A WAYS IN THERE.
I SHOULD HAVE PUT THESE IN ORDER.
IT'S. TIME TO OVERCOME. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU ALL WENT THROUGH.
WHAT STAGE DO YOU THINK THE DISTRICT IS IN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIRECTION THAT YOU ARE HEADED? IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOU.
ATTITUDES AND BUY IN THE ATTITUDES OF THE TIME.
I THINK IT VARIES DEPENDING IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PIECES OF THE ORGANIZATION.
I THINK ONE OF THE OVERARCHING THINGS FROM ALL OF US WAS LIKE JUST BETTER COMMUNICATION.
LIKE, I THINK WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT WE'RE NOT MAYBE COMMUNICATING.
SO IT WASN'T LIKE, I THINK YOUR GOALS ARE WRONG.
WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE JUST NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB MAYBE COMMUNICATING IT.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN STAGE THREE.
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MAYBE I WAS GOING TO SAY I ACTUALLY WENT TO YOUR US YOUR COURSE AT SLI WITH THE OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS.AND WHEN WE WERE IN IT, YOU TOUCHED ON THIS AS WELL.
AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO VANESSA THINKING, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT WE ARE AT A THREE.
BUT NO, I MEAN, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT IN OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
MEMBER I DON'T WANT TO BE PRINCIPAL.
[06:25:10]
WE GET STRATEGIC UPDATES THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE BOARD MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED.YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHEN CERTAIN SCORES ARE COMING IN.
SO I'LL PAUSE THERE AND SEE WHO ELSE WANTS TO ADD IN.
WELL, I THINK STRATEGY STARTS WITH A VISION AND MISSION AND GOALS.
I THINK WITHOUT THE VISION AND THE GOALS, THERE'S NO POINT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT AS YOUR AS YOUR ENDPOINT, YOUR ANCHOR.
SO THE BOARD IS GOING TO DEVELOP A.
SO. SO WHAT YOU HEARD THIS MORNING? I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK. I THOUGHT THEY WOULD STEP UP THEIR TIME.
SO EVERY EVERY, EVERY CHIEF HAS THEIR GOALS.
AND THEN EVERYTHING BECOMES SMART.
WE HAVE A CALENDAR OF REPORTS.
WE TIME IT BASED ON B O Y O Y O Y ASSESSMENTS AND WHATEVER ELSE WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE.
EVERYTHING BECOMES A SMART GOAL AND WE ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT.
SO WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY DOES SINK INTO ONE DOCUMENT.
AND THEN THAT THAT THAT THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT GOALS BECOME MY EVALUATION INSTRUMENT.
[06:30:02]
SO.[06:35:22]
WE HAVE THIS ONE. FOR YOU.GIVING THEM OTHER THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
[06:40:21]
ALL CONSIDER. HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT.BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE PRETTY SOLID.
I THINK YOU JUST VALIDATED YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND THAT WE KNOW.
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THAT VALIDATION AND A REMINDER, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVEN EXPERIENCED BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO HAVE THAT REMINDER AND JUST REFLECT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND CONTINUE TO GROW.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE HAD LIKE THAT.
YOU WERE HERE TO PRESENT TO US TODAY.
HEARING FROM ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT IS PRETTY AMAZING.
I DID ATTEND YOUR LIKE I SAID EARLIER, SLI COURSE AND IT WAS YOU ALL WERE PHENOMENAL.
I DO WANT TO SAY I ALMOST FORGOT TO WRITE SOMETHING HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL.
THAT'S ALL I NEED. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THAT.
OTHER THAN. THAT JUST ONE SORT OF REFLECTION OR ONE TAKEAWAY THAT IS ON ME THAT.
I NEED TO DO THAT. I NEED TO I JUST I JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE BOARD RIGHT NOW AND WHERE WE'RE AT. AND I LOVE THE JUST GOING OVER THE ROLES AGAIN.
RIGHT. AND WHAT WE DO AND THE 50,000 FOOT VIEW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I GOT.
PRIDE. I'M PRETTY PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT, AND I TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE DO AND ALL OF US DO.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S GOOD TO FEEL LIKE WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME TEAM.
I'M VERY I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT AND THIS BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS TEAM, AND HE'S TERRIBLE, SO HE'S TERRIBLE. YEAH.
I DON'T I'M NOT LIKE ESPERANZA.
I DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH OTHER BOARDS.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE PRETTY AWESOME.
SO IT'S VALIDATING TO HEAR THAT AN OUTSIDER HAS SPENT ALL DAY WITH US, THINKS THAT WE'RE DOING OKAY.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAD FUN TODAY, WHICH IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO ME, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
AND IT JUST WAS SO APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS OF OF GETTING THE KIDS HERE TO PUMP US UP.
JUST WHEN I WAS READY TO FALL ASLEEP.
[06:45:01]
NOT NOT REALLY.YOU KNOW, THE TAKEAWAY WAS, AGAIN, JUST A REFRESHING LOOK AT WHAT WE MOSTLY KNOW AS A BOARD WHAT WE MOSTLY KNOW AS A TEAM, AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE.
AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS JUST A GOOD, REFRESHING PERSPECTIVE.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
JUST THE AFFIRMATION OF THE GROWTH MINDSET THAT WE TRY TO HAVE.
YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH THE RESULTS LIKE ON THESE INVENTORIES LOOK REALLY GOOD AND THEY ARE YOU HEAR THE COLLECTIVE GROUP SAY THAT WE CAN STILL MOVE FORWARD. AND I LOVE THAT.
AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE WE TRY TO SEND TO OUR STUDENTS.
WE DON'T CARE WHERE YOU'RE WHERE YOU'RE AT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT.
SO I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT AFFIRMATION TOO.
SO YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP SAYING 2031, BUT AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS IT'S FUN AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE MISSION AND WE'RE AND WE'RE STAYING KEEPING THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING.
AND THAT'S WHAT ENERGIZES ME, TOO.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES MAKES IT FUN AND MAKES ME LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO WORK ALL THE TIME.
SO LONGER THAN 2031 IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, PEOPLE.
LIKE, I DON'T DO A LOT OF BOARD WORK LIKE ESPERANZA DOES.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IF THIS BOARD DOES GOOD WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE OUR LEADERSHIP WITH OUR DISTRICT DOES WORK, GOOD WORK TOGETHER, THEN I THINK THEN THE RESULTS FOR OUR DISTRICT ARE ALSO GOING TO BE BETTER.
YOU KNOW, ADMIN TEAM I THINK PRODUCES BETTER RESULTS.
AND I LIKE DOING THIS BECAUSE I DID HAVE FUN TODAY.
BUT I LIKE THE INVENTORY STUFF.
I LIKE BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH EVERYBODY WITHOUT WHO IT IS OR WHATEVER.
I JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT STUFF. SO I APPRECIATE THAT TODAY.
THANK YOU. BIG TAKEAWAY, WHICH I ALREADY KNEW, IS THAT WE'RE STRONGER TOGETHER, RIGHT? WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER WHEN WE ALL WORK IN UNISON FOR THAT SAME END GOAL, AND WE'RE LASER FOCUSED ON OUR TRUE NORTH, WE CAN GET SO MUCH DONE.
SO IF WE JUST STAY TRUE TO THAT AND AND JUST LIVE BY BEING STRONGER TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW, THIS FELT LIKE IT WENT REALLY FAST.
SO WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ENJOYED OURSELVES TODAY.
BUT I'LL SAY JUST TO BE, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS MORE DIRECT WITH TAKEAWAYS.
BUT I'M JUST GOING TO END WITH, YOU KNOW, I'M READY TO GO.
LET'S GO. I'M ON THE BOARD BECAUSE I WANT US TO BE THE BEST.
BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST STUDENTS AND THE BEST STAFF AND THE BEST COMMUNITY.
AND SO LET'S SHOW IT TO EVERYBODY IN OUR OUTCOMES.
AND TEAM, THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING, YOU KNOW, THAT.
I MEAN, WE WENT A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE NORMALLY DO, NOT NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT ANYBODY ELSE HAS DONE, BUT IT WAS JUST I WANTED TO TAKE A CHANCE THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME REPEAT INFORMATION, MAYBE FROM A DIFFERENT AND FRESH PERSPECTIVE, TO BE EFFECTIVE AND TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AS A TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR OUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THESE INVENTORIES.
THEY DEFINITELY HAVE TOLD A STORY.
AND I THINK THE WILLINGNESS IS THERE ON ALL OF OUR PARTS TO TO PULL TOGETHER EVEN EVEN MORE.
TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STRONGER TOGETHER.
OVERALL, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT DONE, BUT, JODI, WE DEFINITELY WILL BE IN TOUCH.
SO WE'LL DO SOME CHECK INS AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? SO OKAY.
[06:50:01]
SO ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION FROM OUR BREAK.
BUT DEFINITELY GREAT JOB TO JODY.
THANK YOU FOR HER EFFORTS TO LEAD US IN THAT TEAM BUILDING.
[F. BOARD REFERENCE DOCUMENTS]
BELIEFS, OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT, AND OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.TEAM, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME.
NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOUCH THOSE TONIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION.
YEAH, WE WILL NOT. WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.
WE WANT TO TOUCH THOSE TONIGHT.
SO. SO WHEN WILL WE BE WORKING ON THEM.
WE WILL. WE WILL LOOK TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER.
AND WE'LL GIVE SOME WE'LL GIVE SOME INSTRUCTION IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO THE NEXT THING I WANT TO LOOK AT AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM HERE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN SHIFTING ALL DAY, AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING AND IN AND OUT AND DOING YOUR YOUR DEPARTMENT OVERVIEWS AND ALL OF ALL OF YOUR GOALS.
WE'VE HAD TO RESET THE ROOM SEVERAL TIMES.
SO I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
TYPICALLY, OUR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT HAS READ THIS AT EACH MEETING.
JUST LOOKING FOR ANY INPUT ON ANYTHING THAT MAY NEED TO CHANGE OR THAT YOU WANT TO ADD OR TAKE AWAY.
I'LL LOOK TO MY LEFT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY IMMEDIATE THOUGHTS ON OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
YES, MA'AM. CAN YOU START ON THE RIGHT? I HAVEN'T HAD I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO DO MISSION RIGHT NOW, SO I'M NOT READY.
WELL, ANYBODY ELSE ON THE LEFT THAT MAY WANT TO START? MR. SEVERANCE, GO AHEAD, SIR.
IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM LIKE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
I DON'T HAVE JUST THROWING SOME WORDS OUT.
YEAH. THAT'S FINE. AND THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT.
WE'RE JUST WE'RE LOOKING FOR INPUT.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL SAYING THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE HAD AMPLE TIME.
OR MAYBE THIS HASN'T BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT TO NOBODY'S FAULT.
IT'S JUST HERE. HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO, MRS OROSCO. I SEE YOUR HAND RAISED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A LOT OF BOARDS ARE MOVING TO SIMPLIFYING THEIR MISSION STATEMENT TO JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS AND NOT SO LENGTHY.
MORE IN LINE WITH CORPORATIONS AND SO ON THAT HAVE A SHORTER MISSION STATEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN REALLY REMEMBER IT, INSTEAD OF IT BEING SO LENGTHY LIKE WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE IT.
BEFORE IN THE PAST. SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
MAYBE WE WON'T GET TO IT TONIGHT.
BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
I'M GOING TO COME OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT.
ALMOST MAKING IT MORE LIKE A TAGLINE THAT EVERYONE CAN REMEMBER.
I KNOW ON THE WEBSITE, WE JUST SAY CHANGING LIVES ONE STUDENT AT A TIME, AND I, I, I LOVE THAT.
AND SO IT SORT OF ENCOMPASSES ALL THE THINGS AND IT'S MAYBE WE, WE HAVE SOME MORE OF LIKE A TAGLINE, BUT YOU ALSO, YOU MIGHT WANT A TAGLINE ALONG WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT.
SO BUT KEEPING IT SHORT AND SWEET, I THINK IS IS A GOOD IDEA.
[06:55:02]
I'M JUST READING IT AGAIN.AND SO THAT WOULD THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF THINKING.
MR. FLORES, I REALLY LIKE THAT IDEA OF SIMPLIFYING IT.
I KNOW WE WANT TO FIT A LOT IN THERE.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT, BUT THOSE ARE COVERED RIGHT IN OUR IN OTHER AREAS.
I'M SORRY. I'M BEING TOLD TO MISS.
YES, SIR. MR. SAVOY, COME ON UP, SIR.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU IN A WHILE.
I THINK ONE OF THE EASIEST THINGS.
AND I HEAR WHAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU CAN TAKE THE MISSION OF OUT.
AND JUST LIKE IF YOU WERE GOING TO USE THIS EXACT ONE TO SHORTEN IT, YOU COULD IMMEDIATELY DO THAT BY SAYING, HEY, SEE, ISD EDUCATES VALUES AND NURTURES STUDENTS THROUGH YOU. MAKE IT AN ACTIVE SENTENCE BECAUSE EVERYONE'S GOING TO KNOW IT'S YOUR MISSION STATEMENT BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT IT WILL BE PRINTED UNDER THE BANNER MISSION STATEMENT. SO I THINK A LOT OF CORPORATE STUFF THAT I'VE SEEN TAKES THE MISSION OF OUT AND JUST HAS A YEAH, YEAH, OR YOU DON'T EVEN WILL JUST EDUCATES, NURTURES AND LOVES CHILDREN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WERE THE CHILDREN OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE STUDENTS TO US, BUT THEY'RE CHILDREN TO OUR OUR PARENTS.
MR. SAVOY AND GOOD INPUT FROM OTHERS.
LOOKS LIKE WE THE WILL OF THE BOARD.
YES. SO OKAY, WE'RE TRACKING SOME CHANGES.
SO CAN WE GET A DRAFT OF WHAT MISS PETRIE SAID IS OUR TAGLINE ALREADY? BECAUSE I THINK THAT MIGHT BE REALLY APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN WHAT? MR. SAVOY SAID. AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE TWO AS A JUMP OFF POINT.
MISS PETRIE, MR. SAVOY, CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE THE GENESIS, MAYBE OF THIS TAGLINE, THE CHANGING STUDENTS, ONE AT A TIME, ONE ONE LIFE AT A TIME, OR WHATEVER IT SAYS AND AND WHY WE WOULD OR WOULD NOT WANT TO USE THAT AS A JUMPING OFF POINT.
DO I HAVE TO SAY IT PUBLICLY? I'M JUST KIDDING. THAT TAGLINE CAME ABOUT WHEN WE WE NEEDED SOMETHING TO FIT ON OUR NEW WEBSITE, WHICH IS NOW BEING CONVERTED.
BUT AT THE TIME, AND I WANT TO SAY IT WAS AROUND 2014, 2015, 2016, AND THE LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME HAD SUGGESTED THAT TAGLINE.
AND SO IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO COME UP WITH.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT TAGLINE, GIVEN THAT'S TEN YEARS AGO.
I USE IT IN HASHTAGS ALL THE TIME IS CALLED INSPIRING EXCELLENCE, AND I LIKE THAT A LOT.
MR. DID I SEE YOUR HAND RAISED A MINUTE AGO? YEAH, JUST I MEAN, I THINK IT'S I MEAN, I'M ALL FOR SHORTENING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT. WHAT ARE WE ARE WE TYING OUR MISSION FOR? I MEAN, ALL OF US IS THE MISSION.
AND THEN IS ALL OF US THE VISION AND THEN ALL OF US IS THE BELIEFS.
WHY DO WE HAVE THREE? LIKE WHY? WHY ARE THERE THREE SEPARATE THINGS THAT WE DO? I MEAN HASHTAG MISSION IF WE WANT TO DO LIKE JUST A COUPLE KEY POINTS, BUT THEN WHAT'S GOING TO BE DRIVING ALL THREE OF THESE TOGETHER BASED ON WHAT GOALS WE COME UP WITH AS A YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING, DO WE HAVE THREE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE HAS? WE HAVE BELIEFS, VISIONS AND MISSIONS OR DO WE JUST NEED ONE AND THEN BELIEF STATEMENT OR WHAT? ARE WE REALLY? WHAT'S DRIVING US AS A AS A BOARD, AS A DISTRICT, AS A COMMUNITY? I THINK THE SHORTER IT IS AND THE MORE MEMORABLE IT IS, THE MORE PEOPLE WILL KNOW IT.
[07:00:01]
SURVEYS WITH THE MISSION.AND IF IT FITS ON A T SHIRT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE 100% HAYS KIND OF THING.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TO BE LONGER THAN THAT, BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND MAYBE YOU CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO MISSION STATEMENT.
IT ALSO BECOMES THE SO THE MISSION STATEMENT IS THE WHAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, THE THE VISION AND THE VALUES ARE THE ARE THE, THE HOW AND THE WHYS IF WE THINK OF IT IN THOSE TERMS. SO I SAW YOUR HAND RAISED.
YES. I WAS GOING TO SAY ALSO SOME CLARIFICATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE DISTINCTION IS BETWEEN THERE.
HOW ABOUT WE GET MR. SAVOY AND I DIDN'T.
THANKS, MISS PETRI, FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW HISTORICAL IT WAS.
SO THE THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
WE CAN GET MR. SAVOY TO COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR US TO LOOK AT.
BASED ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE KEY VALUES THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU WILL.
IF HE CAN DRAFT SOMETHING UP, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT HE CAN SHARE WITH US AND SHARE WITH THE BOARD FOR OUR NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE IN, LIKE WHAT ERIC JUST SAID. YOU COULD DO 100% HAYS 100% EXCELLENCE AS OUR MISSION.
ALL RIGHT. I'M COMING BACK OVER THIS WAY TO MISS PETRI.
WE DID HEAR ALSO TODAY THAT MR. SAVOY IS WORKING ON A NEW WEBSITE.
SO I THINK WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH, HE'S GOING TO NEED THAT TO BE.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THESE TO BE CONSISTENT.
IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF BEEN ODD TO ME THAT WE'VE HAD THIS THIS TAGLINE, WHICH I LOVE.
AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION, VISION AND BELIEFS.
OKAY, SO TEAM, WE HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS TO PONDER AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SOME INPUT.
I THINK MR. SAVOY HAS ALREADY GIVEN HIS INPUT.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY CHEW ON THESE.
AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE ANOTHER DISCUSSION POINT FOR US ON MONDAY.
OR TAKE ACTION WHATEVER WE FEEL IS APPROPRIATE AT THAT TIME.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON OUR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON OUR MISSION STATEMENT? LOOKING LEFT.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, LET'S GO ON TO OUR VISION STATEMENT.
ALL HAYS CISD LEARNERS AGAIN WE HAVE THE HANDOUT HERE.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO READ IT OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT WHAT'S MISSING OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR CHANGED? I'M LOOKING RIGHT.
AND I KNOW WE NEED A MINUTE OR TWO.
I THINK THIS ALSO NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED.
JUST TO PUT EVERYTHING IN ALIGNMENT.
MAYBE MR. SAVOY CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
AND SO JUST TO BE IN SYNC AND TO BE ALIGNED, MAYBE WE NEED TO DO A REFRESH ON THAT AS WELL.
OKAY. MR. SAVOY SAID HE LIKES THESE.
ANYBODY ELSE TO THE LEFT? OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE ON THE LEFT HAVE ANY INPUT RIGHT NOW.
ANY THOUGHTS? OKAY. COMING OVER TO THE RIGHT AGAIN.
I THINK THEY ARE BULLETED, LIKE OUR BELIEFS, BUT TO ME, THEY'RE DIFFERENT THAN THE BELIEFS.
I MEAN, THIS COULD BE A NARRATIVE FORM OR A MORE PARAGRAPH FORM, BUT I REALLY LIKE THAT WE IN A, YOU KNOW, STATE WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING FROM OUR DISTRICT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PRODUCE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED FOR LIFE AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP.
AND WE WE KIND OF AGONIZED OVER THIS LIST PREVIOUSLY.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL PRETTY PROUD OF IT.
COULD COULD BE SHORTER, MAYBE, BUT I STILL LIKE THESE.
THANK YOU, MISS PETRIE. ANYBODY ELSE OVER HERE TO THE RIGHT.
MISS OROSCO. I CAN LIVE WITH IT IF NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO LOOK AT THEM.
[07:05:03]
THAT'S FINE. I CAN LIVE WITH THEM.YEAH. THIS LIST SEEMS A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE.
I KNOW I'M ONE OF SEVEN, SO I DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING, I KNOW, I KNOW, WE HAD TO ADD THE CMR, THE COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS TO THIS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD MADE LAST YEAR, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.
YES, MA'AM. JUST ON THAT SECOND BULLET, IT JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT.
PREPARED FOR LIFE AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP.
LOOKS A LITTLE BIT WONKY, SO MAYBE THAT'S THE ONLY THING.
I REMEMBER LIFE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR MY LIFE.
ALL HAYS CISD LEARNERS WILL BE PREPARED FOR LIFE AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMED A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT IF EVERYBODY IS GOOD WITH IT, I DON'T KNOW.
MR. SEIBEL SHOULD JUST BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
AND THEN. MR. SEIBEL HAS SUGGESTED THAT WE DROP THE FIRST, WHAT, FOUR, FOUR WORDS OFF OF THAT BULLET POINT? BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
YOU. WILL BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, AS MR. SEIBELS INPUT. ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE, MR. SEIBOLD? OKAY. COMING OVER HERE TO MR. RUNKLE AND THEN MR. FLORES AFTER THAT.
YEAH, THAT IS THAT IS PRETTY SUBJECTIVE.
I MEAN, I THINK WE FOUGHT OVER THIS, NOT FOUGHT OVER IT, BUT WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WHEN WE DID THIS LAST TIME AND GOING, DO WE PUT CITIZENSHIP OR DO WE PUT TO BE A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN? AND WE ALL LANDED ON RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP? JUST BECAUSE IT IS SO SUBJECTIVE.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I'M GOOD WITH THE WAY IT IS.
MR. FLORES, I'M LIKE ESPERANZA.
I COULD LIVE WITH IT. BUT THE ONLY PART THAT PREPARED FOR LIFE IS SOMEWHAT VAGUE.
I THINK THE RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN BE A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN IS A GOOD.
THAT'S THAT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCISE.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.
JUST TO LIKE, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
BUT SHOULDN'T WE DO OUR OUR GOALS FIRST AND THEN COME BACK AND THEN DEFINE WHAT OUR MISSION VISION IS TO GET TO WHAT OUR GOALS ARE AS A DISTRICT? WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR GOALS NEXT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO FINISH THIS TODAY.
NO, SIR. WE'RE JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF IF IN THIS THIS VISION STATEMENT HAS ALL OR ALL OF OUR HAYS CSC LEARNERS WILL, WHATEVER THAT IS, BASED ON WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO SO MR. A GREAT QUESTION. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS AGAIN, IN ALL THE GOALS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US TODAY, WHEN WE START TO FORM OUR BOARD GOALS EVEN MORE, THE DOCTOR AND HIS STAFF WILL STILL GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ALIGNED WITH, IN ALIGNMENT WITH, WITH OUR BOARD GOALS.
SO WE SO THIS IS BY NO MEANS ARE NOBODY'S GOALS ARE GOING TO BE FINISHED TODAY.
YEAH, RIGHT. SO JUST JUST TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE YOU THAT CLARITY.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO.
SO OUR GOALS HAVE OVERARCHING GOALS HAVE BEEN THE SAME ALREADY.
[07:10:02]
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WANT TO WE WOULD TAKE THAT OVERARCHING GOAL AND CAN COMPLIMENT OUR VISION AND MISSION WITH THAT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THOSE FOCUS AREAS OF THE GOALS WOULD COMPLIMENT COMPLIMENT THE VISION AND MISSION, BECAUSE THAT DOES CHANGE A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN THAN THE OVERARCHING GOAL. ALL RIGHT, MR. SEVERANCE, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A CHANGE ON THE VISION STATEMENT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD, ALL HAYS CSC LEARNERS WILL BE INSTEAD OF SAYING HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER FOR COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY BE, SAY, WELL PREPARED FOR COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY.MAYBE. OKAY, WE'VE CAPTURED THAT SUGGESTION, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM WE WILL MOVE ON NEXT TO OUR BELIEFS.
WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, I PROMISE.
I KNOW LAST YEAR WE DID ADD TO THIS YEAH.
TEAM I AM LOOKING TO MY RIGHT.
WHAT STICKS OUT? WHAT'S MISSING? WHAT NEEDS TO BE WORDED DIFFERENTLY? MISS RUNKLE? OKAY, SHE'S STILL READING. MR. FLORES, YOU RAISED YOUR HAND.
COMING OVER HERE TO MY LEFT, MR. SEVERANCE. I JUST HAD ONE.
ONE. TELL ME IF IT'S IF IT'S THE SAME THING OR IF IT'S DIFFERENT.
WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SAYS SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY? I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT SAYS THE SAME THING.
BUT BEING VERY JUST IT'S OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF HAYS CISD, JUST NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO LOOK INTO MY LEFT.
I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT.
RATHER THAN SAYING SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS AN ENTIRE DISTRICT, I WOULD JUST SAY WE BELIEVE BEING A SUCCESSFUL DISTRICT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY. IF WE CAN CHANGE A SET OF SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO INDIVIDUALIZE.
I MEAN, YOU GOT BUSINESS PARTNERS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
SO WE BELIEVE TO BE WE BELIEVE SUCCESS AS A DISTRICT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY IS WHAT IS WHAT I'M IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING TO WHAT YOU SAID. I LIKE IT. I THINK IT SOUNDS GREAT.
OKAY. MISS OROSCO, OR EVEN WE BELIEVE STUDENT SUCCESS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, I THINK I LIKE THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE TAKING OFF THE DISTRICT PART? YEAH. SO STUDENT SUCCESS, WE BELIEVE.
I MEAN, I THINK THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE MANY TWEAKS TO THESE.
IT SAYS THAT WE DID PUT IN A LOT OF WORK ON THESE LAST YEAR.
[07:15:03]
AND SO AS I LOOK TO MY RIGHT, I'M GETTING SOME THUMBS UP THAT WE'RE PROBABLY ON THE RIGHT TRACK.MISS PETRIE, HOW DOES ANYBODY FEEL ABOUT MOVING UP AND BEING AN UNRIVALED EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY ORGANIZATION? I GUESS WE HAVE STUDENT STUDENTS.
I KNOW. I THINK WE MOVED IT UP LAST YEAR, SO MAYBE IT'S FINE WHERE IT'S AT.
AND THEN IF WE I MEAN, THIS JUST MIGHT BE WORDSMITHING AND THIS IS NOT MY DEPARTMENT.
SUCCESS IS DEPENDENT UPON STUDENT SUCCESS INCLUDES MAYBE WE PUT THOSE SUCCESS BUCKETS TOGETHER SO THEY READ SUCCESS, SUCCESS, SUCCESS IN SEQUENCE, NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER, BUT JUST PUT THEM, GROUP THEM TOGETHER.
WHERE MISS PETRI IS CAPTURING SOME INPUT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THESE WERE LISTED IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST YEAR.
SO THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT IF IT'S EASIER TO READ THEN THEN UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
OKAY. MISS PETRIE, DID I SEE YOUR HAND UP A MINUTE AGO? NO. OKAY.
LOOKING BACK OVER HERE TO MY LEFT.
OKAY. MISS OROSCO, I CAN LIVE WITH THAT.
THAT WAS THE THINKING BEHIND IT.
AND WE'RE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT THE WAY WE LAID IT OUT.
YEAH, I DO RECALL THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUDDLE ALL OF THOSE WORDS TOGETHER ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, ARE WE GOOD? I'M LOOKING OVER TO MY LEFT. I SEE A LITTLE CHATTER.
WE'RE GOOD. LOOKING RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT TEAM.
SO AGAIN IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES UP I WANT TO SAY WE CAN WE CAN GET THAT.
MISS GLORIA, CAN WE GET YOU ANY INPUT THAT WE MAY HAVE BY MONDAY? WE CAN AND WE CAN HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
EXCUSE ME. SO ANY INPUT ON OUR MISSION? VISION? VISION? EXCUSE ME. AND WE BELIEVE STATEMENTS WILL GET ANY ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY COME UP OVER THE WEEKEND TO MISS GLORIA.
AND THEN WE CAN AGAIN USE THOSE FOR OUR DISCUSSION FOR MONDAY FOR MONDAY'S MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, I HEAR SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT.
I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO MAKE IT AGAIN.
WE TALKED ABOUT BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND STAY WITH THE SAME SOCIAL CONTRACT UNTIL THEN AS WELL, AND INCLUDE THAT IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE REVIEW, OR DO WE WANT TO GO AND REVIEW SOCIAL CONTRACT RIGHT NOW? I'LL LOOK LEFT. JUST KIND OF I'M HERE NOW.
ALL RIGHT. SO TEAM, WE KNOW THIS VERY WELL.
THIS IS HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES AS A BOARD.
SO I AM LOOKING RIGHT FOR ANY INPUT OR ANY THOUGHTS.
MISS RUNKLE, THIS IS PRETTY SOLID.
I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. FLORES GAVE IT A THUMBS UP.
MISS PETREA IS STILL TYPING, AND THAT'S OKAY.
LOOKING LEFT. ALL RIGHT, MR. SEVERANCE. QUESTION.
SO REMIND ME WHEN WHEN THIS ACTUAL SOCIAL CONTRACT WAS WRITTEN.
BECAUSE WE WE'VE HAD THIS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, RIGHT? WE WE TOOK WE TOOK WE WE TOOK NUMBERS OFF OF IT, I THINK LAST YEAR.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DID A SOCIAL CONTRACT.
WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO IT, SOME OF THE WORDING.
YEAH. IS THIS THE SAME SOCIAL CONTRACT EXERCISE THAT YOU DO WITH, LIKE YOUR. OR IS THIS JUST A OUR ON BOARD VERSION OF THAT USUALLY.
WELL, BECAUSE WE JUST DID IT LAST YEAR.
WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE FULL FOUR QUESTIONS.
WE YEAH, COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY AGREE WITH IT.
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THEY WANTED TO CHANGE IT, JUST THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO DO THAT IF THEY WANTED TO.SO BUT I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT IT SAYS, I LIKE IT.
THANK YOU. MR.. MISS OROSCO, I LIKE THAT IDEA.
THANK YOU, BYRON, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THE FOUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE JOHNNY WASN'T HERE FOR THAT.
AND THEN JEFF DEFINITELY WASN'T A PART OF WHERE WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE FOUR QUESTIONS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME.
YOU KNOW, ABOUT AN HOUR ISH THAT IT TAKES.
COURTNEY, I DON'T REMEMBER IF YOU YOU WERE IN PART OF THE DISCUSSION EITHER.
SO MAYBE JUST TIME TO JUST REFRESH AND JUST GO OVER THOSE FOUR QUESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM.
THANK YOU, MR. SEVERANCE, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT IN SEPTEMBER.
SO TOO, BECAUSE 42.3% OF OUR BOARD HAS NOT TAKEN THE FOUR QUESTIONS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS TO A SEPTEMBER DISCUSSION, BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THE FOUR QUESTION EXERCISE AND THEN COME BACK AND COLLABORATE ON OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH WITH IT AS IT IS.
SO WE WOULDN'T WANT TO ADOPT IT WHEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IN SEPTEMBER.
SO I WOULD JUST REMOVE ADOPTING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT AS AN ACTION ITEM FOR AUGUST.
AND I WAS I WASN'T SAYING TO ADOPT THIS.
I WAS SAYING THAT WE WILL IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE AS IS UNTIL WE UNTIL WE MAKE A CHANGE.
YES. NO. BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON IT ON MONDAY.
OKAY TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR BOARD GOALS.
WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION INSTRUMENT HERE IN FRONT OF US.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE GOAL AT THE TOP OF EACH PAGE.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GOAL.
WE KNOW THAT WE JUST GOT THROUGH DOING DOCTOR WRIGHT'S SUMMATIVE EVALUATION.
SO THIS IS NOT NEW INFORMATION, BUT IT'S JUST A GOOD REFRESHER TO HAVE IN OUR HANDS.
WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY GOAL, OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS GOAL, OUR FINANCE GOAL.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE THE GOALS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
AGAIN, KNOWING THAT EACH ONE OF OUR GOALS THAT WE SET THERE IS A DOCTOR, RIGHT.
SOME OF THOSE OVERARCHING GOALS THAT AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE THE STRETCH GOAL IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AN A DISTRICT BY FISCAL YEAR 2026. RIGHT.
THAT IS TWO FISCAL YEARS IN THE MAKING.
SO LET'S JUST TAKE THAT FIRST ONE.
WE'LL JUST LOOK AT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GOAL FIRST.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
ANYTHING WE NEED TO ADD. IS THERE ANYTHING MISSING? YES, SIR. DOCTOR. RIGHT.
SO JODY MENTIONED ABOUT A STRATEGIC PROCESS.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW.
BARBARA JUST HAD IT ON THE SCREEN WHERE WE HAD ALL THE COLOR CODING AND AND SO.
OR IS THAT VANESSA? ALL RIGHT. WHOEVER'S DRIVING.
SO WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS WE'LL WE'LL HAVE THE SAME GOALS, AND THEN WE'LL TWEAK THEM.
AND WE'LL KEEP THEM FROM 3 TO 5 YEARS.
AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP THE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT WE HAVE AND THE YEAR THAT IT CORRESPONDS TO.
AND SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND, INSTEAD OF HAVING SOME THICK BOOK OR SOME CONSULTANT THAT COMES IN AND CREATES A $75,000 STRATEGIC PLAN, WE FIND THAT THIS IS MUCH MORE USEFUL.
AND IT'S A IT'S A SMALLER DOCUMENT WHICH IS HANDS ON.
AND THEN THIS THE PARTICULAR OVERARCHING GOAL.
THEN OUR CHIEFS WILL CREATE A FOCUS AREAS AND THE SMART GOALS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL PRESENT THOSE TO YOU BASED ON ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU GAVE.
EACH ONE OF THEM TODAY WILL ADD THOSE ITEMS INTO THE FOCUS AREA.
AND THEN YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE MORE, WHICH HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE INPUT ON IT.
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THIS IS HOW WE DO IT. WE ROLL IT IN AND THEN THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT GOALS ARE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THEN OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THANK YOU, DOCTOR WRIGHT.BUT WE HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.
SO THESE ARE THESE ARE THE START OF OUR NEW PLAN.
BECAUSE WE MOVED AWAY AFTER FIVE YEARS AND THEN WE STARTED WITH THIS PLAN.
SO I'M GOING TO LOOK LEFT MR. SEIBEL. CLARIFY POWER SKILLS EDUCATION FOR ME.
THE LAST CHARACTER AND POWER SKILLS EDUCATION.
STUDENT PERFORMANCE WILL BE EVALUATED.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE NAME THAT IT USED TO BE CALLED.
IT'S ALL OF THE THE SOFT SKILLS.
AND SO LAST YEAR WE CHANGED IT TO POWER SKILLS BECAUSE THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY THE NEW VERNACULAR.
ANYBODY ELSE ON MY LEFT? THINKING ABOUT IT. COMING OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT, MISS PETRIE.
I ALWAYS WANT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ABOUT THE EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT ON THESE, SO I WON'T.
BUT I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO BE AN A DISTRICT, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT WHAT JODY SAID TODAY.
DO WE WANT TO SET? DO WE WANT THIS TO BE MORE OF A AN EVERGREEN GOAL THE WAY IT IS? OR DO WE WANT TO SET A SPECIFIC GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE, YOU KNOW, GROWTH OR ADVANCED ACADEMICS BE SOMETHING? OR I'M LOOKING TO DOCTOR WRIGHT TO KIND OF GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE, BUT IF WE WANT TO REACH THAT A IN 2026, IS THERE A GOAL THAT YOU WANT TO SET IN 2025 SPECIFICALLY IN HERE, OR IS ARE YOU GOOD WITH THIS IS SOMEWHAT VAGUE.
THIS IS NOT EXACTLY A SMART GOAL.
THE THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS NOT A SMART GOAL.
ALL THE ONES IN THE EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT WILL BE SO WHAT WE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN ORDER TO GET TO AND TO BE AN A DISTRICT IN 2026 IS, IS TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROGRESS ENOUGH THROUGH OUR MEASURES FOR 24, 25, TO PUT US IN GOOD POSITION TO REACH THE A AND 2526. SO THAT WOULD GO DOWN IN OUR EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT.
AND SO WE'D HAVE IT AS A FOCUS AREA.
AND THEN DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. AND I'M JUST JUST TO FOLLOW UP, I MEAN, WE SAY INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT, AND IN MY MIND, ENRICHMENT MEANS ADVANCED ACADEMICS.
I HOPE OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO SPELL IT OUT, BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT OUR ADVANCED ACADEMICS COULD, YOU KNOW, USE SOME MORE LOVE AND ATTENTION. AND WE'RE BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE.
AND ADVANCED ACADEMICS IS KIND OF THE NEXT LEVEL.
IS THAT RIGHT ON THE GOAL SIDE.
JUST. YEAH. JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL TRACKING.
SO ALL RIGHT. MR. SEPARATES. OKAY, SO TRUSTEE PETREA CAN WE CAN WE SAY INCLUDING INTERVENTION AND AND JUST SAY ADVANCED ACADEMICS INSTEAD OF ENRICHMENT? SO THEN ON THE EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS THE BIG THING THAT THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SIDE. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANY WAY FOR US THROUGH OUR BEGINNING OF YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, END OF YEAR BENCHMARKS AND WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE FOR GROWTH? CAN WE PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE DOING, EVEN THOUGH WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT
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HAPPENS WITH THE GRID.I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HOW TO PUT SOME TEETH IN THAT.
AND THEN BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING TO USE A CONVERSION TOOL THROUGH LEAD FORWARD.
SO I MEAN, WE COULD PUT THE RAW DATA SCORES IN AND KEVIN COULD PROBABLY BREAK THAT OUT.
AND SO YOU'RE NOT RELYING ON WHAT, WHAT THE STATE'S GOING TO PUT OUT BECAUSE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE SOME GAINS IN SOME AREAS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK AND SAY, BOOM, HERE'S HERE'S THE WHAT WE DID.
I JUST WOULD LIKE THAT EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT FROM, YOU KNOW, CAMPUS LEVEL LEVEL. CAN WE GET MISS AUDIBLE ON THE MICROPHONE? YEAH. THANK YOU. I THINK AN AREA THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE IS REALLY LOOKING AT OUR UNIVERSAL DATA, BECAUSE WE USE THAT PRIMARILY TO DESIGNATE TEACHERS IN THE AREAS WHERE WE DON'T USE A STAR PROGRESS MEASURE.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
THAT'S OUTSIDE OF STAR, RIGHT? SO TEAM AND MR., THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION.
LET'S REMEMBER THAT WE YOU KNOW, DOCTOR, WE JUST HAD YOUR SUMMATIVE EVALUATION BACK IN JULY.
WE WON'T SET THE EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT.
RIGHT. YOU AND YOUR TEAM WILL DO THAT.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THE OVERARCHING GOAL TO SEE SOME SOME MORE STRETCH GOALS OR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THOSE CONVERSATION PIECES THAT WE HAD AS PART OF YOUR EVALUATION FOR THE 2024, 2025 SCHOOL YEAR? MRS OROSCO. OKAY, SO JUST GOING BACK TO THE OVERARCHING GOAL MAYBE AFTER STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, INSTEAD OF SAYING INCLUDING INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT, WE CAN SAY BY PROVIDING TARGETED INTERVENTIONS, ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVANCE ACADEMICS.
AND EXCEL OR ACCELERATING ADVANCED ACADEMICS.
THAT'S WHAT I SEE A LOT OF. HEAD NODS.
ANYTHING ELSE? NOT FOR THE OVERARCHING GOAL.
THANK YOU. LOOKING ONE MORE TIME.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY GOAL.
WAIT, ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT THE FOCUS AREAS.
BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE A SAY IN.
WE CAN BACK UP AND WE CAN GO AHEAD.
UNLESS YOU JUST WANT US TO DO THE OVERARCHING GOAL AND THEN GIVE YOU FEEDBACK ABOUT THE FOCUS AREAS.
MRS OROSCO. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
BUT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT FOCUS AREAS, BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, ONE THAT SAYS FOCUS AREA, PUBLIC HEARING ON TAPER, BLAH BLAH BLAH. LIKE I WOULD SUGGEST WE REMOVE THAT TAPER LAGS SO FAR BEHIND.
SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT WE HAVE THAT AS A FOCUS AREA.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO REDO THAT FOCUS AREA.
SO BUT IF YOU WANT US TO SUBMIT THE FOCUS AREA INPUT LATER I'M FINE WITH THAT.
IF YOU JUST WANT TO STICK WITH THE OVERARCHING GOALS.
KEEPING THAT IN MIND, I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY RIGHT AND SEE WHAT THE WILL OF THE BOARD IS.
YEAH. SO WE I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
WE WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME SAY IN THESE FOCUS AREAS.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT DOESN'T ISN'T REFERENCED HERE.
SO WHATEVER THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
YOU TELL US, BUT I FOR SURE THERE IS SOME INPUT THAT I HAVE ON THIS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE EVERYBODY'S TIME UP HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, BUT I STILL WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS.
SO WE CAN WE CAN FLESH SOME OF THAT OUT ON MONDAY.
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WE CAN ALSO SUBMIT COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE'S AT LEAST A FEW OF US THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD, VERY ROBUST DOCUMENT.
BUT WE WANT TO KEEP THE OVERARCHING GOALS AS THE FOCAL POINT FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S WHY WE TOOK NOTES TODAY.
SO LIKE YOU GUYS GAVE US FEEDBACK LIKE FOR FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO FOCUS WITH THE CHANGES WITH CTE AND CMR. WE GOT THAT DOWN.
FOCUS ON THE COMMUNICATION WITH PRE-K AND GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT SOONER.
I MEAN, SO LIKE WE TOOK NOTES, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU GUYS TO SUBMIT FOCUS AREAS BEYOND.
IF YOU DIDN'T SAY IT TODAY, WE CAPTURED WHAT YOU SAID DURING OUR DISCUSSION, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T SAY, SAY ONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU JUST SEND IT IN TO US AND WE'LL ADD IT.
OKAY. MISS OROSCO, SO YOU WANT US TO SUBMIT THOSE FOCUS AREAS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION AS A WHOLE GROUP ABOUT THEM, BECAUSE MY FOCUS AREA MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE CARES ABOUT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL IN LINE ALIGNED ABOUT THAT.
OKAY TEAM WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY GOAL.
AND AGAIN DOCTOR, I KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE EVALUATION WE GAVE SOME VERY SOME SOME VERY HIGH LEVEL EXPECTATIONS ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT.
I KNOW YOUR TEAM THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON THAT.
I WILL LOOK LEFT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY INPUT ON THE OVERARCHING GOAL AS OROSCO.
AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I MENTIONED WHEN WE SPOKE TODAY ABOUT HER GOALS AND INCORPORATING THE I KNOW WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE, BUT MOVING TOWARDS HAVING SROS AT EVERY CAMPUS.
YOU KNOW, PREPARING THAT PLAN.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT MAYBE COULD BE WRITTEN INTO THE OVERARCHING GOAL.
I KNOW IT CAN BE A FOCUS WITH AN EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT AS WELL.
SO, DOCTOR WRIGHT, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST ON THAT TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE OVERARCHING GOAL OR TO DO A FOCUS AREA ON IT? I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO A FOCUS AREA, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LINE UP THIS YEAR.
SO ONLY FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DID WE HAVE FOCUS AREA AND GOALS.
AND SO ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR OTHER PROGRAM PROGRAMMATIC AREAS WERE NOT ALIGNED WITH SMART GOALS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM ALL IN IN FOCUS AREAS WITH A GOAL, WITH THE EVIDENCE OF FOR THE EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT, AND THAT WILL BE READY FOR US TO REVIEW THIS WEEKEND FOR OUR MONDAY BOARD MEETING.
OKAY. SO THEN THIS AGENDA ITEM IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
SAME THING IS, IS SO WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A FOCUS AREA THAT YOU SUBMIT FOR EACH ONE OF THESE FOUR, FOUR GOALS, AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH THE CHIEFS TO CREATE THE EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT AND THE GOAL SIDE OF IT.
AND LIKE WE HAVE DONE BEFORE WHEN WE HAD TO ADOPT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION TOOL.
YES. SO SO MY PLAN IS, IS THAT IF YOU GUYS CAN ADOPT THE OVERARCHING GOALS AT MONDAY'S MEETING, THEN WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DEVELOP THE FOCUS AREAS AND THE ACCOMPANYING GOALS.
SINCE YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN ALL OUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM TODAY'S DAY.
AND SO INSTEAD OF ME SUBMITTING FOCUS AREAS THIS WEEKEND OR MONDAY, WAIT UNTIL I SEE THAT COMPLETED DRAFT AND THEN SAY, OH YEAH, THEY INCORPORATED THE STUFF WE SAID.
SO IT'S ALREADY THERE, RIGHT? SO WE SHOULD WAIT ON SUBMITTING THOSE FOCUS UNTIL WE SEE THAT DRAFT FORM IN SEPTEMBER, RIGHT?
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THAT'S FINE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SURE. THAT WOULD BE FINE.AND IF WHAT WHAT WE LISTED IS INCOMPLETE, THEN YOU CAN ADD TO IT IF THAT WORKS EASIER.
THANK YOU DOCTOR. MR. SEVERANCE AND THEN WHEN WE DID YOUR EVALUATION, WILL WE PROVIDE A FEEDBACK THERE I THINK DID WE GET A COPY OF THAT BACK? LIKE WHAT? WHAT WE HAD.
BUT MISS PETRIE TOOK NOTES, AND MISS PRESIDENT VELA DID SHARE THAT WITH DOCTOR WRIGHT, SO HE SHOULD BE INCORPORATING SOME OF THAT INTO THAT DOCUMENT.
BUT WE CANNOT HAVE A COPY OF THAT.
OKAY. MISS RUNKLE, I'M SORRY, I JUST WALKED OUT, SO I DON'T I MISSED A PART OF THAT.
I WAS GETTING A CALL FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO I NEEDED TO MAKE SURE BRYSON GOT ON THE BUS.
AND. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO ASK IS AS PRESIDENT, YOU WENT OVER IN DETAIL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ALL HAD AS A BOARD ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES TO BE ABLE TO USE.
AND THEN ONCE YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER, THEN WE CAN KIND OF GAUGE FROM THAT.
SO SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FINE.
THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE. RIGHT.
MR. FLORES, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HOW TO WORDSMITH THIS LATER, BUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT BUY IN FROM ALL OUR STAFF, RIGHT? BUT BUT YOU KNOW, THE NAVIGATION 360 APP.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE TOTALLY COMMITTED TO GETTING THAT APP.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORDSMITH THAT INTO OUR OVERARCHING GOAL.
WHETHER IT BE UNIVERSAL COMMITMENT OR WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, THAT BUY IN.
BUT JUST KIND OF PUTTING THAT IN WOULD BE GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD WORD THAT THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION THAT WE COULD SEE MR. FLORES. YEAH, GREAT. GREAT POINT. I KNOW THAT WE AS A BOARD, WE'VE EXPRESSED WE'VE EXPRESSED THAT WE WANT SOMETHING IN THE CULTURE.
RIGHT. ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE ONBOARDING NEW FOLKS.
WRIGHT AND THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH THE WITH THE TACTICS TO GET TO THOSE TO THOSE GOALS.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
NAVIGATE 360 WOULDN'T BE IN THE OVERARCHING GOAL.
THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD KIND OF ROLL DOWN.
WHAT IF WE DID ADD SOMETHING ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY BEING EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY AND HAVING SOME OWNERSHIP IN THE OVERARCHING GOAL? BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WOULD KIND OF COVER THAT PHILOSOPHY PART.
AND THAT'S REALLY MISSING HERE.
SO MY BRAIN IS A LITTLE BIT DEAD.
SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO YELL AT ME, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
MR. FLORES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
I THINK WE'VE CAPTURED THAT, MR. SEVERANCE. WE COULD GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, SAFETY AND SECURITY IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE VISION. LIKE THE BELIEF STATEMENT.
MISS OROSCO. I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME WORDING AS WE USED IN OUR BELIEFS.
LIKE MR. SEVERANCE WAS SAYING WHERE IT HAS THE WORDING OF SUCCESSION.
WHAT DO WE WRITE FOR THAT SUCCESS AND SUCCESS.
I LIKE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF STAKEHOLDERS.
I THINK THAT SEEMS MORE FOLKSY TO OUR TO US.
CAN WE SAY SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR DISTRICT COMMUNITY, RIGHT? OUR DISTRICT COMMUNITY.
EVERYBODY IS A COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR.
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CAN WE PUT DISTRICT IN FRONT OF COMMUNITY? YEAH. COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE.MR. SAVOY, ALSO SOMETIMES KNOWN AS MR. SAVORY. I WORRY THAT RESPONSIBILITY SORT OF ASSIGNS LIKE BLAME OR OR.
I RESPONSIBILITY IS IS LIKE BECAUSE WE ARE ENTRUSTED DURING THE DAY.
ARE WE? I DON'T KNOW, I, I'M JUST GETTING A WEIRD BRAIN FLOW HERE ON MY ON THE WORD RESPONSIBILITY.
DOESN'T THAT I SAID COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR? IT'S MORE OF A, IT'S MORE OF A THING YOU REACH TOWARD TO ACHIEVE.
IF YOU SAY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE ASSIGNING A TASK OUT.
IT'S MORE OF A OF A YOU GET THIS PART, YOU GET THAT PART.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE IS WE'RE SAYING, HEY, IT'S EVERYONE YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE WE'RE ADVOCATING IT BY SAYING RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE. CAN YOU SAY SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU COULD ALSO RIGHT CLICK ON ENDEAVOR AND SEE WHAT THEY SUGGEST FOR SYNONYMS. IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE THAT WORD, ALTHOUGH THEY, LIKE NASA, LIKED IT ENOUGH TO NAME A SPACE SHUTTLE THAT WHAT? NO. SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR.
IS A DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR.
PERIOD. NO JOINT VENTURE IS A PARTNERSHIP.
OKAY. I SAW A HAND OVER HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
MR. SYMBOL IS THE HAND THAT I SAW.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO 100% AGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO EVER THINK THAT WE WERE GOING TO SKIRT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN, IN THIS IF SOMETHING WERE TO GO WRONG BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.
YOU KNOW, IN THIS AND NOT PASS IT OFF.
SO I AGREE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO WATER DOWN THE RESPONSIBILITY.
WELL, IT'S EVERYBODY'S FAULT, RIGHT? KIND OF THING. BUT BUT I THE SENTIMENT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY HERE IS VERY TRUE.
LIKE IT DOES IT. IT CAN ALL BE ON US.
SO IT IS ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER.
BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN KIDS ARE ON OUR CAMPUSES, THEY ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY PAY FOR IT, THEY OWN IT, THEY VOTE TO HIRE YOU TO BE ON THE BOARD AND SO ON.
SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTS WITHIN IT, BUT IT IS A IT IS A COLLECTIVE.
COMMITMENT TO FUNDING THINGS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN FOR SECURITY AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT YES, THE RESPONSIBILITY IS KIND OF IS SOMETHING THAT'S OURS DURING THE DAY.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN THE BEGINNING AND IN BETWEEN.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE UP ON THE SCREEN.
THANK YOU, MISS PETRI, FOR BEING RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT.
I DON'T KNOW, JUST YOU'RE IN WORD, RIGHT? HIT RIGHT. RIGHT CLICK THE WORD ENDEAVOR AND GO, OH, YOU'RE IN TRACK CHANGES.
GIVE ME A MINUTE, GIVE ME A MINUTE.
AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE. OKAY.
EXCUSE ME EVERYBODY. HOLD ON. HOLD ON.
AS WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE THESAURUS WORD MRS, OROSCO ENDS UP CREATING A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND ENGAGING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND SAFEGUARDING OUR ENVIRONMENT.
SO I LIKE SAFEGUARDING BACKSLIDING ON THE WHOLE SHORT, BUT I LIKE SAFEGUARDING IT.
OH YES. SAFEGUARDING SCHOOLS IS OKAY.
I HAD A WORD, BUT IT LEFT BEFORE I COULD GET IT OUT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS ANYMORE.
I THINK WE'RE SAYING THAT WE WANT TO CREATE A SAFETY AND SECURITY CULTURE.
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OH. HOW ABOUT NO, I WAS GOING TO THE I WAS LISTENING OVER HERE.I HAD THE THOUGHT THAT IT WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH.
IT'S SAFETY AND SECURITY IS IMPERATIVE.
BUT THEN I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET THAT.
WE'RE MAKING A STATEMENT THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL PLAY A ROLE IN.
CREATING A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT IS MUTUALLY OWNED BY BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN THE FIRST SENTENCE, SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT THAT IN THE DOWN IN THE THIRD SENTENCE IS SAFE BECAUSE THE DISTRICT PARTNER, THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW.
HOW DO. WE AVOID RESPONSIBILITY.
YOU CAN SAY SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIRES EVERYONE.
I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE A SAFETY AND SECURITY PERSON OVER HERE.
WE HAVE. WHAT DO YOU THINK SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIRES? IT'S EVERYONE.
IT'S NOT EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY.
AS THE WHEELS ARE TURNING, I'M GOING TO GO BACK OVER HERE TO WHO'S HAND HAS BEEN UP FOR A MINUTE.
CAN WE? I SUGGEST THAT WE PONDER ON THIS OVER THE WEEKEND.
JERRY AND TIM AND GET BACK TO US ON CRAFTING.
THEY KNOW OUR THOUGHTS, SO TO GIVE THEM TIME AND NOT BE ON THE SPOT TO CRAFT A PERFECT SENTENCE, CAN I SUGGEST THAT WE LET THEM? I KNOW WE'RE TELLING THEM WHAT WE WANT TO CONVEY.
I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M BOOKED OUT ON PONDERING FOR THE WEEKEND.
THEY'RE COMING UP WITH A MISSION STATEMENT.
OH, MR. ROCKY, CAN WE GET YOU ON? GO AHEAD AND GET YOU ON. YEAH.
I'M SORRY. AND EVEN MORE AS I STEP AWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TO CONCUR.
I DO LIKE THAT IT IS A COMMITMENT.
THIS WAS JUST MY EFFORT TO GET MR. SAVOY OFF THE MIC.
NO. I ACTUALLY SAY ALL THE TIME, SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL OF US.
AND THAT I ALWAYS REFERENCE THAT MEANING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PARENTS, OUR NEIGHBORS, EVERYONE, ETC.
SO THAT IS MY MANTRA VERY REGULARLY.
MR. OROSCO HAD HER HAND UP STILL.
OKAY, TEAM, I THINK WE ARE AT A GOOD POINT ON THAT ONE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS GOAL.
A LITTLE BIT SHORTER GOAL HERE.
I AM GOING TO LOOK TO MY RIGHT.
SEEING LOTS OF THUMBS UP OKAY.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS GOAL IS PROBABLY GOING TO STAY.
EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT WILL CHANGE ON JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THESE.
RIGHT. WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS ON THOSE.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM WE ARE ON OUR FINANCE GOAL.
AND OBVIOUSLY SOME YEARS WILL NEED TO CHANGE ON THIS ONE.
REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 DEFICIT.
WORKING TOWARDS A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.
MR. SEVERANCE, DO WE NEED TO SAY ANYTHING HERE ABOUT REPLENISHING OUR FUND BALANCE AS A GOAL? I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE STATE, BUT IS THAT GOING TO BE A 2526 MAYBE GOAL? YEAH. WE'LL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU SIR. LOOKING OVER TO MY RIGHT.
WE HAVE SOME SOME GOOD STARTING POINTS FOR OUR BOARD GOALS FOR THE 2024, 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'VE HAD A LONG BUT PRODUCTIVE DAY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY RECAP OF REQUESTS FROM TODAY'S MEETING.
[G. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]
OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING? YES. THANK YOU.[07:55:01]
UNLESS THERE IS DISSENT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 5:03 P.M..I THOUGHT OF A GREAT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.