I.1. Recommendation for Mullendore Elementary to Become a Preparatory Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Academy [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]

[I.1. Recommendation for Mullendore Elementary to Become a Preparatory Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Academy [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

NEXT WE HAVE RECOMMENDATION FOR MULLENDORE ELEMENTARY TO BECOME A PREPARATORY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS ACADEMY. DR. CLARK.

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WELL, TO ADD ON TO WHAT ERIN HAS REPORTED, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT MULLENDORE ELEMENTARY.

IT'S LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ALL OUR NEW CONSTRUCTIONS, BUT WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOMMENDATION FOR MULLENDORE TO BE A PREPARATORY ACADEMY AND FOR STEM. SO WITH THAT, IT WOULD BE AN EMPHASIS ON ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. OF COURSE, STEM STANDS FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS.

AND SO WE ALSO WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT WE THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS WITH THEIR POLICY, WITH THE LEGAL POLICY THAT WE'VE ADOPTED AT THE NCA TO REQUIRE STANDARDIZED DRESS FOR THAT SCHOOL.

SO THAT IT REALLY HAS THAT ACADEMY FEEL AND LOOK THAT WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE IT BE A AVID CAMPUS AND TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE OF IT BECOMING A BILINGUAL SCHOOL BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A BILINGUAL ELEMENTARY BILINGUAL CAMPUS IN THE RICHMOND FEEDER PATTERN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, TO ADD ON TO WHAT ERIN REPORTED, TO REALLY ENCOURAGE OPEN ENROLLMENT AND DO SOME AGGRESSIVE MARKETING FOR THAT SCHOOL SO THAT WE CAN REALLY BUILD IT UP AS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.

WE HAVE A VISION FOR MULLENDORE AS A STEM PREPARATORY ACADEMY THAT WE ALIGNED THAT TO OUR PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE.

AND REALLY EMPHASIZE REAL WORLD PROJECT BASED LEARNING, DEVELOPING AN AWARENESS NOT ONLY FOR SCIENCE, BUT REALLY A FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW OUR STUDENTS CAN BE CARETAKERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT TO REALLY BUILD SOME STRONG PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATE WITH OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN HAVE A CONNECTION TO RICHLAND NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS A STEM ACADEMY, AND ALSO THE BECHTEL AND EVEN WEAVED INTO THAT FABRIC MENTORS FROM OUR BECHTEL USING OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT PART DR.

CLARK, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I WANTED TO TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE POINTS WITH THE THE COLLABORATION AND ALMOST MARRIAGE WITH THE BECHTEL AND BRINGING THE YOUNGER STUDENTS IN, THE OLDER STUDENTS IN WITH THE YOUNGER STUDENTS.

AND THEN AS DR. CLARK WILL WILL TALK ABOUT WEAVING THAT IN WITH OUR CORPORATE AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS.

WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY SPECIAL CAMPUS.

I AGREE, AND THEN THAT AND TO HAVE A REAL PATHWAY, THAT VERTICAL ALIGNMENT IS SO IMPORTANT SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A VISION OF WHAT THE FUTURE COULD BE. SO WE SEE THE PURPOSE THEN IS TO REALLY TO IGNITE A PASSION STARTING EARLY AND SO OUR KIDS CAN REALLY SEE WHAT STEM COULD DO IN TERMS OF THE CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN TECHNOLOGY.

WE SEE THAT EVEN WITH ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT AI AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THAT ARE THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE IN THEIR FUTURE AND THEN PROVIDE THOSE EXPERIENCES WITH A STRONG FOUNDATION.

TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, MATH AND SCIENCE ARE REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO THOSE KINDS OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

TO REALLY, WE'LL DESIGN CURRICULUM THAT'S PROJECT BASED AND A LOT OF COLLABORATIVE WORK.

THE SCHOOL REALLY HAS THAT FUNCTION BUILT INTO THE VERY FABRIC OF THE SCHOOL, THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

ALSO TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD THOSE SOFT SKILLS THAT INDUSTRY TELLS US THAT'S SO NECESSARY.

NOT ONLY DO YOU NEED THE TECHNICAL ASPECT, BUT YOU ALSO NEED THE SOFT SKILLS.

SO WE'LL WE'LL BUILD THAT INTO OUR CURRICULUM.

WE BELIEVE THAT FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DESIGN THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BUILT YOU KNOW, THE MAKERSPACE INTO THIS SCHOOL.

BUT THE REALLY SPECIAL THING IS OUTDOOR LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO REALLY HAVE HANDS ON EXPERIMENTS WITH PLANT LIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF SOIL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER.

AND WE'VE EVEN SEEN THAT PLAY OUT AS WE'VE LISTENED TO THE NEWS ABOUT LOS ANGELES AND HOW IMPORTANT WATER IS AND THE CONSERVATION OF THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE WONDERFUL SCIENCE LABS IN THIS SCHOOL WHERE OUR STUDENTS CAN REALLY HAVE THAT PROJECT BASED CHALLENGE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

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WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE AN INNOVATION LAB IN THIS SCHOOL SO THAT WE CAN TEACH CODING AND ROBOTICS, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER TYPES OF INNOVATION THAT THAT ALREADY MERIT AND THE STAFF HAVE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THAT JOURNEY SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUILDING STUFF INTO THEIR CURRICULUM THAT REPRESENTS THESE KINDS OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN, IF I MAY, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS LIKE DR.

CLARK IS SAYING THE STUDENTS FROM MULLENDORE SEVERAL YEARS AGO STARTED THE PROCESS OF THE RESEARCH AND COMPETITIONS THROUGH THE SERVICE CENTER. AND THAT SERVICE CENTER HAS A MASSIVE STEM WEEK, IF YOU WILL, AND COMPETITIONS AT MULLENDORE.

THE KIDDOS HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN PREPARATION FOR THAT.

AND MERRITT WE ALREADY HAVE A TEAM GOING THIS YEAR TOO, DON'T WE? AND THEN TO HAVE THE AVID, WHICH THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS THAT IT REALLY PREPARES THE STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS AND, AND ALSO THE REINFORCEMENT OF THEY CAN DO RIGOROUS COURSEWORK AND IT PROVIDES THAT FOUNDATION AND AND REALLY THROUGH LEARNING GREAT STUDY SKILLS, ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS, TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND AND THEN ALSO THE COMPETENCIES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, AND THE PARTNERSHIPS. AND WE ALREADY CAN ANNOUNCE THAT MERRITT'S HUSBAND, WHO WORKS AT NEWMAN, HE'S AN ENGINEER. WE ALREADY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP THERE.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON BUILDING OTHER PARTNERSHIPS.

AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE ONES WE HAVE ALSO CENERGISTIC IS WILLING TO DONATE SOME SUPPORT TO THIS CAMPUS AS WELL. SO THE PARTNERSHIPS AND GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO REALLY HAVE MENTORS TO COME IN TO TALK ABOUT CAREERS IN THE STEM FIELDS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR STUDENTS TO DO FIELD TRIPS AND HAVE THOSE KINDS OF EXPERIENCES. YEAH.

AND TO JUST TO TO ADD THE VALIDITY TO THAT SENATOR KELLY HANCOCK MADE A VISIT TO THE BECHTEL RECENTLY AND WALKED THROUGH AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH YOU KNOW, WITH THIS CAMPUS AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE AND HOW THE BUSINESSES THAT YOU SEE AND THEN THE OTHER CONTACTS THAT THEY HAVE CAN HELP COME IN AND, AND HELP MAKE BIRDVILLE EVEN EVEN BETTER AND GREATER THAN IT IS AND REALLY HELP US, ELEVATE OUR BECHTEL, WHICH WILL IN TURN ELEVATE MULLENDORE ELEMENTARY IN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO WE IF THE BOARD IS WILLING TO APPROVE THIS AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK, OF COURSE, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT WE KNOW THAT MARKETING IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN THAT AREA AND THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT IN TERMS OF TEACHER TRAINING THAT WE WILL NEED TO DO AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE BEEN REALLY BRAINSTORMING AND COMING UP WITH A ACTION PLAN SO THAT WE WOULD BE READY TO, TO LAUNCH INTO MAKING THIS A STEM CAMPUS AND REALLY BUILDING THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THAT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MR. TOLBERT, YOU'RE ALPHABETICALLY FIRST.

OKAY. SO NUMBER ONE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE VISION AND MAKING THIS A STEM CAMPUS AND THEN INTEGRATING THAT VERTICALLY ALL THE WAY UP TO BECHTEL AND DOWN THAT'S I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT. THAT'S VERY BRILLIANT, SO.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BURY IT, I DON'T WANT TO BURY ALL THE GREAT THINGS WITH THIS LITTLE MUNDANE QUESTION.

BUT BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO YOU GO TO SEMINARS AND THEY'RE LIKE UNIFORMS ARE THE GREATEST THINGS.

UNIFORMS ARE THE BADDEST, WORST THINGS. AND WHAT I FINALLY CAME DOWN TO, IT'S LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING IN LIFE, THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT, THERE'S SOME BAD THINGS ABOUT IT. RIGHT? AND SO YOU CAN MAKE ARGUMENTS FOR IT.

YOU MAKE AN ARGUMENT. I KIND OF GO WITH YOU, FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK SPECIAL, YOU FEEL SPECIAL.

AND I KIND OF FEEL THAT WAY. THE ONLY THING IS, I USED TO SHARE A THERMOSTAT WITH A GUY THAT THOUGHT 65 WAS PERFECT, AND, AND, AND I WOULD SNEAK IN HIS IN HIS OFFICE AND TURN IT UP TO 70, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PERFECT.

AND THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I HAVEN'T LIKED ABOUT UNIFORMS, IS THEY DON'T ALLOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE THAT ARE COMFORTABLE WITH DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES TO

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WEAR, LIKE A COAT OR A HOODIE OR SOMETHING, SO THAT THEY CAN BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH SOMEBODY.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THEY USUALLY SAY, NO, YOU'VE GOT TO WEAR THIS T SHIRT AND I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO PUT A HOODIE ON.

AND THAT'S JUST NOT SOME PEOPLE ARE COLD NATURED AND SOME PEOPLE AREN'T.

WELL, I THINK MAYBE THE TERM UNIFORM IS IS REALLY MORE STRUCTURED A UNIFORM DRESS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE BECAUSE YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO LIKE JEANS OR KHAKIS WITH A SHIRT THAT OF YOUR SCHOOL COLOR AND, AND WHICH RIGHT HERE IT'S GREEN AND WHITE AND, AND THEN WE'VE LOOKED AT BACKPACKS AND HAVING A BACKPACK FOR EVERY STUDENT, A SCHOOL COLOR. AND WE WE'RE THINKING THAT A PATCH WOULD BE GOOD WITH THE YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD DESIGNATE THAT THIS IS A STEM CAMPUS.

SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF GIVING A UNIFORM LOOK. AND WE ARE AND WE DO HAVE SOME ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES ALREADY THAT HAVE WEST BIRDVILLE HAS A UNIFORM DRESS, ACADEMY AT CARRIE FRANCES HAS A UNIFORM DRESS.

BIRDVILLE ELEMENTARY DOES AS WELL. AND SO THEY'RE REAL FLEXIBLE WITH THAT.

AND, DR. CLARK, I THINK THE SPIRIT OF WHAT MR. TOLBERT IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, AS I, AS I SEE MY OWN HUSBAND WALK AROUND THE HOUSE IN A TOBOGGAN AND LONG SLEEVES.

I THINK THAT CERTAINLY WE CAN COME UP WITH A LONG SLEEVE OPTION AS WELL.

YEAH, THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE SHORT SLEEVE.

AND, AND AS WELL YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IN MY OPINION, THERE'S ONE WORD THAT SOLVES THE WHOLE ISSUE ABOUT UNIFORMS OR NOT.

AND THAT'S FURRIES, SO. WHAT? SORRY FURRIES. DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

ANYWAY MR. WOMBLE, YOU HAD A COMMENT. OKAY, MR. DILKS. TO DO THIS ACADEMY TECHNICAL A STEM ACADEMY TO DO IT WELL, HOW MANY MORE UNITS OF PERSONNEL WILL WE HAVE TO EMPLOY? JUST FOR SAKE OF MY KNOWLEDGE. WE WOULD INTEGRATE THE STEM INTO WITH OUR CORE CURRICULUM.

CURRICULUM AND I WOULD I WOULD ENVISION ONE FOR THE INNOVATION LAB.

BUT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS FOR STEM TO REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU WANT TO HAVE A STEM IN YOUR SCIENCE, IN YOUR MATH, IN YOUR LANGUAGE ARTS, IN YOUR SOCIAL STUDIES AND IT WOULD BE INTEGRATED.

AND THEN YOU BECAUSE YOU WANT IT TO PERMEATE THE ENTIRE CULTURE.

SO IT'S NOT A NECESSARILY A STANDALONE COURSE, IT'S INTEGRATED.

AND YOU WOULD HAVE THINGS LIKE PROJECT BASED LEARNING WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE A PROJECT OR AND THEY WOULD DO THE COMPETITIONS.

AND RIGHT NOW, FOR THE PAST 3 OR 4 YEARS YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS, YOU WANT IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT.

SO WE STARTED WITH THE BOOK OF THE SEMESTER, AND WE HAD A CAMPUS SERVICE PROJECT THAT WE DID, AND THEN EACH GRADE LEVEL WITH OUR WITH THE LITERATURE COMPONENT WE PURCHASED A BOOK FOR EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER.

OUR CUSTODIAN HAD THE BOOK, OUR NURSE, THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF, OUR CAFETERIA SUPPORT STAFF.

THAT WAY WE ALL HAD THE SAME VOCABULARY. WE WERE ALL A PART OF IT.

WE WERE WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT, AND AS THE KIDDOS WERE GOING THROUGH THE LUNCH LINE, THE LADIES HAD SOMETHING TO TALK WITH ALL THE CHILDREN ABOUT AND IT MADE THEM A PART OF THEIR LEARNING TOO. AND THAT'S HOW IT ALL BEGAN.

AND THEN FROM THAT IS WHERE THE SCIENCE PROJECTS CAME IN OF WHAT WE COULD DO.

AND THEN EACH GRADE LEVEL TOOK A PROJECT ON THEIR OWN.

AND THEN WE DID A CULMINATING ACTIVITY TOGETHER AS A WHOLE CAMPUS THAT WENT ALONG WITH WITH THE LITERATURE COMPONENT.

SO WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE, AND THEN WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT, BECAUSE THE KIDS JUST REALLY ENJOYED IT, AND THEY WERE LEARNING SO MUCH.

AND THE VOCABULARY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS JUST UNIVERSAL FROM FIFTH GRADE TO KINDERGARTEN AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY COULD HAVE TOGETHER.

AND THEN THREE YEARS AGO, WHEN WE DIDN'T REALLY NEED A TECHNOLOGY LAB, WE DIDN'T NEED A COMPUTER LAB ANYMORE, ALL OF OUR KIDS HAD A DEVICE THEN, AND THEY WERE ALL KEYBOARDING IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE CHANGED OUR COMPUTER LAB OVER TO GAINING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR STEM COMPONENT CAME IN. SO WE HAVE A THREE WE THROUGH GRANTS.

WE HAVE A 3D PRINTER. WE ALREADY HAVE SO MANY STEM PIECES THAT ARE ALREADY A PART OF THE CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY LEARNING.

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AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WHEN REGION 11 FIRST STARTED WITH THE STEM COMPETITIONS AND HAVING LIKE, OH, WE COULD DO THIS, OUR KIDS WILL OUTSHINE EVERYONE.

AND THEY DID. THEY TOOK OFF SO MUCH SO, THAT WE'VE BEEN INVITED BACK EVERY YEAR.

AND NOW THEY PRESENT AND IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE.

AND THAT'S WHERE THEIR SOFT SKILLS COME IN. AND THEY HAVE TO WRITE A SPEECH, AND THEY HAVE TO STAND UP AND SHARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN FRONT OF OTHERS.

AND IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM STAND UP IN FRONT OF PEOPLE THEY DON'T KNOW, PRESENT WHAT THEY'VE DONE, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND JUST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND WHAT THEY LOVE.

NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ALSO PUTTING IN SERVICE PROJECTS.

AND SO OUR KIDDOS HAVE NOW THEY GO OUT AND OUT AND THEY PICK UP TRASH AROUND THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE ARE AND WE SEPARATE AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, WHAT CAN WE RECYCLE? WHAT CAN'T BE RECYCLED? WHAT CAN WHAT FROM THE RECYCLE CAN BE USED TO BUILD SOMETHING ELSE OR CREATE NEW MATERIALS AND THINGS, AND THEN THEY SEE WHAT PROBLEMS ARE THERE AND TRY TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.

SO IT'S NOT ABOUT REINVENTING THE WHEEL, BUT MAYBE SOMETIMES TAKING WHAT WE HAVE AND HOW DO WE MAKE IT BETTER.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY NEAT TO SEE ALL THAT GROW.

SO FOR STEM TO REALLY WORK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PRINCIPAL AND A STAFF THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND SEE HOW HOW THEY CAN INTEGRATE IT WITHOUT WITHOUT IT BEING AN ADD ON. HOW MUCH EXTRA TRAINING WILL THESE TEACHERS BE REQUIRED TO? WELL, WE WE WOULD WANT TO TRAIN IN PROBLEM BASED THE PBL AND THEN IN ANY OF OUR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT WE WOULD ANY OF THE CURRICULUM UNITS WE WOULD TRAIN IN THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE FOR IT TO BE AN AVID SCHOOL, WE WOULD HAVE AVID TRAINING FOR THEM.

AND WE DO HAVE A TOOL KIT THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED FROM THE TEA, WHERE THEY HAVE CRITERIA ABOUT HOW YOU GO FROM YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF CREATING A REAL STEM CAMPUS.

SO WE WOULD WE WOULD JUST BUILD THAT INTO THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THEY DO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ALREADY SO ANY ANY NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE WE WOULD TRAIN ON THAT AND ANY OF THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO ADD TO THEIR ALREADY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WOULD BE CAMPUS BASED TRAINING THAT THEY WOULD DO ANYWAY.

SO IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE ALREADY REQUIRED TIME PERIOD.

WE WOULDN'T BE NO ADDITIONAL DAY'S, NO ADDITIONAL DAYS.

NO, BECAUSE WE THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THIS AND NOW WE JUST WANT TO DECLARE THIS AS A STEM CAMPUS AND AND ADD SOME ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS. WELL, I'M ALL FOR IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO.

WELL, THOSE ARE ALL GOOD QUESTIONS. WELL, I MAY HAVE SOME STUPID QUESTIONS.

OKAY, MR. WOMBLE. YEAH, I GET THAT BELL READY TO GO.

SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS, BECAUSE I'M JUST IGNORANT OF IT. ARE THESE TWO ARE THESE? IS IT PART AND PARCEL FROM ONE ANOTHER THAT WE STILL HAVE LIKE, FORGIVE MY LANGUAGE, BUT REGULAR CAMPUS AND THEN STEM CAMPUS? BECAUSE YOU SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT MARKETING IT HEAVILY AND OPEN ENROLLMENT AND TRYING TO GET KIDS TO COME TO THE STEM ACADEMY.

IN MY HEAD, I HEAR THAT YOU HAVE REGULAR GEN POP CLASSES AND THEN YOU HAVE STEM FOCUSED CLASSES.

DOES THAT WORK OR ARE YOU ARE YOU MINGLING CO MINGLING THESE THINGS? WE'RE INTEGRATING IT AND AND THEN WE AND THEN WE WOULD WE DO WANT TO BUILD THIS INNOVATION LAB AND WHAT THE WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS CAMPUS DIFFERENT. NOT EVERY ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES HAS, WOULD HAVE, HAS CODING AND ROBOTICS AND AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY JUST DON'T WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE OVER AT BIRDVILLE WHERE THEY HAVE THEATER ARTS, THEY HAVE DANCE, THEY HAVE THE THE VISUAL ARTS.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE AT EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

GOTCHA. SO ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SAY INTEREST IS HIGH AND IT SHOULD BE HIGH FOR STEM, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.

IS THERE AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM TO WHERE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ZONED FOR MULLENDORE THAT COME IN AND DO THAT, AND THEN SOME OF THE KIDDOS THAT DON'T PULL THEIR WEIGHT IN IT.

IS THERE A SYSTEM TO WHERE THEY GO BACK TO THEIR HOME CAMPUSES, AND IT OPENS UP SPACES FOR OTHER KIDS TO ENROLL? I MEAN, IS THERE AN ACCOUNTABILITY HERE THAT IT'S BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND THAT THE STEM EDUCATION IS? YES, SIR. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WITH OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS REGARDLESS.

SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT ATTENDANCE, GRADES, CONDUCT CITIZENSHIP, PARTICIPATION, THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

THE DIFFERENCE IS, IN THE PAST, IT WAS AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WE LOOKED AT IT TO DETERMINE NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S NO LONGER THAT WAY. SO NOW WE LOOK AT IT CONSTANTLY AND WE COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILIES ALL THE TIME ABOUT IT.

YEAH. I JUST I THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME PROGRAM, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO PONTIFICATE REAL QUICK THAT A I LOVE THE OUTDOOR STUFF AND THE SOIL STUFF AND THE CONNECTION WITH FFA. I WAS NEVER IN FFA, BUT I LOVE THE FFA PROGRAM.

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AND I THINK YOU GET THESE KIDS PLUGGED IN EARLY AND IT DRIVES MEMBERSHIP IN FFA AND IT DOES TEACH VALUABLE AGRICULTURAL LESSONS TO THE KIDS.

AND I'D SAY THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS CODING. JUST AS A KIND OF AN OFFSHOOT OF THIS, I HAVE A PETROLEUM ENGINEERING SON AT A&M WHO HE HAD TO TAKE CODING BECAUSE HE'S PETROLEUM ENGINEERING. BUT MY DAUGHTER IS AT THE MAYS BUSINESS SCHOOL AT A&M, AND THEY MADE HER TAKE A CODING CLASS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S UBIQUITOUS NOW, RIGHT? AND SO THE SOONER YOU CAN GET THESE KIDS EXPOSED TO SOME SORT OF SORT OF CODING.

SO THAT TYPE OF STUFF IS VERY VALUABLE. I THINK IT'S, THIS IS PRETTY AWESOME THAT WE'RE PURSUING THIS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS SOME ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IN PLACE AND IT'S BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY. AND IT'S IT'S A POSITIVE NET POSITIVE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING OF BEING THERE AT THAT CAMPUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I'M SATISFIED THAT, OKAY, FANTASTIC. AND THIS INTEGRATES WITH NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE, WHICH IS ALREADY STEM? YES. AND THE TWO PRINCIPALS ARE ALREADY TALKING TOGETHER.

AND WE SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR THOSE TEACHERS TO HAVE THAT VERTICAL ALIGNMENT AS WELL AND DO TRAINING TOGETHER TOO.

YEAH, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PIECE OF THIS. THERE'S THERE ARE SO MANY PIECES OF IT THAT I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT, BUT THE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT FROM THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTO NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, INTO THE BECHTEL AND AS WELL AS THE OTHER COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT THAT'S GOING THAT'S AN AMAZING PROCESS FOR A CHILD TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH.

AND THEY'RE JUST, WE'RE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT AT THIS POINT, IF YOU CHOOSE TO, TO ALLOW THIS TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HUNDREDS OF KIDS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER ATHLETES IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE SAME IDEA HERE.

IF YOU START STEM IN ELEMENTARY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER AT STEM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN THEY GET THERE. SO A GREAT WAY.

ABSOLUTELY A GREAT WAY TO LIFT NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE AND AND KEEP GOING FORWARD.

SO AND AND ONE THING I DID MENTION IS THAT MERRITT, I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY PURCHASED DRONES TOO OKAY.

SO OUR KINDERGARTEN HAVE ALREADY STARTED CODING AND THEY HAVE LITTLE ROBOTS THEY CAN TAKE ALL AROUND.

AND IT'S REALLY NEAT HOW THEY CAN DO THAT. AND OUR HOPE IS THAT BY THE TIME THEY DO GET IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GRADUATE WITH AN ENDORSEMENT SO THAT WHEN THEY DO GET [INAUDIBLE] THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ALREADY BE A STEP AHEAD OF THE GAME.

THANK YOU, MR. KUNKEL. I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION AS WELL.

WELL, MY FIRST COMMENT, I THINK IT WAS, GOSH, 95- 96, IT GOES BACK THAT FAR WHEN CARRIE THOMAS BECAME AN ACADEMY, AND I THINK THEY WERE THE FIRST SCHOOL TO REQUIRE UNIFORM DRESS.

AND I HAD KIDS THERE, IN FACT, IT WAS THE YEAR I WAS PTA PRESIDENT THERE, AND I WAS I WAS A LITTLE NEGATIVE TOWARDS THE UNIFORMS SAYING, THIS IS GOING TO COST US FAMILIES MORE MONEY.

BUT WHEN THAT YEAR WAS OVER, I THINK IT COST US LESS MONEY BECAUSE YOU CAN REWEAR THINGS A LITTLE MORE OFTEN THAN YOU TEND TO REWEAR THINGS THAT ARE NOT UNIFORMS. PLUS THAT SCHOOL, AND I THINK EVERY SCHOOL SINCE HAS HAD THIS PROGRAM WHEN YOU OUTWEAR WHEN YOU OUTGROW THE UNIFORMS, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM BACK TO THE SCHOOL SO SOMEBODY ELSE CAN USE THEM.

AND I ASSUME THAT Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT AS WELL TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE ECONOMIC.

ISN'T THAT INTEGRATED WITH CLOTHES CONNECTION? ELEMENTARY. WE ALREADY HAVE WHAT THREE. THREE.

SO THIS WILL BE A FOUR. SO AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL I GUESS COVERS A LOT OF THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COVER 100% OF THE NEEDS. I KNOW THAT'S A BIG COMPONENT.

FOR EXAMPLE, AT WEST BIRDVILLE THEY HAVE A PRETTY HEALTHY CLOTHES CLOSET.

AND EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, IF ONCE, YOU OUTGROW A SHIRT, YOU TURN IT IN, COME GET A LARGER SIZE IF YOU IF THAT'S A NEED FOR YOU.

AND SO WE DO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE KIDDOS.

BUT I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF A STEM CAMPUS. I HAVE A MY OLDEST GRANDCHILD IS IN FIRST GRADE IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND IT'S A STEM CAMPUS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL THERE THAT SHE GOES TO.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE PROJECTS THAT SHE DOES AS A FIRST GRADER TO TAKE TO SCHOOL THESE PROJECTS ABOUT HOW THE, YOU KNOW, IN SCIENCE, HOW THESE PLANTS GROW AND THINGS THAT SHE'S DRAWN AND CUT OUT AND THINGS.

PROJECTS THAT I THINK I DID IN LIKE SIXTH OR SEVENTH GRADE.

SHE'S DOING AS A FIRST GRADER. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

THIS THIS WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS THERE. I THINK SO.

OKAY. OKAY. THIS SIDE'S DOMINATED. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OVER ON THIS SIDE? I AGREE.

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I THINK IT'S GREAT. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. I HAVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AND IT'S WONDERFUL.

I THINK LEARNING AT AN EARLY AGE HELPS IMPROVE THEIR MINDSET.

YEAH. UNTIL THEY GRADUATE AND THEN THEY BECOME VERY PRODUCTIVE AND VERY PROSPEROUS CITIZENS.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING ONE STEP AHEAD. WELL IT'S IT'S I THINK IT'S EXCITING.

AND THE BUILDING IS JUST BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S GOING AND IT'S JUST I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE A MAGNET TO DRAW PEOPLE TO THAT SCHOOL. MR. DAVIS . TO FEED OFF WHAT KELVIN SAID AND MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE BUDGETING TIME IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER LOOKING AT MAYBE ONE NEW POSITION FOR THAT, FOR INNOVATIVE LEARNING. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. WHAT ABOUT THE.

I'VE BEEN TEACHING THIRD GRADE THIS WAY FOR 15 YEARS.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE CHANGING. DO YOU HAVE THAT PROBLEM? IF SO, HOW DO YOU HANDLE IT? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I DON'T, I THINK TODAY'S TEACHERS KNOW THAT WE'RE CHANGING SO RAPIDLY. AND EVEN FROM THE STATE, THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE STATE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A NEW MATH PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT, ADOPT.

WE THIS THIS YEAR MAKES THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED NEW SCIENCE MATERIALS.

SO OUR TEACHERS ARE ADAPTED TO CHANGE. AND THEY THEY REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EDUCATING STUDENTS FOR A FUTURE THAT JOBS AREN'T. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE JOBS YET.

AND AND YOU HEAR ABOUT ALL THE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE HEARD ON THE NEWS THAT THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW AI FACILITY IN AMARILLO THAT'S GOING TO THAT TEXAS IS GOING TO BE EMPLOYING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR THESE NEW FACILITIES. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.

I HALF A MILLION IS THAT, I DON'T KNOW, ABILENE.

IT'S IT'S. I THOUGHT IT WAS IN AMARILLO. IT'S IT'S ABILENE.

OKAY. I KNOW THEY'RE OUT WEST. WELL, YOU KNOW, TO ALSO TO TO ANSWER RICHARD'S QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF HAVING A DISTRICT THAT HAS 19 ELEMENTARIES.

AND IF IT'S NOT YOUR DESIRE TO TO BE A FOCUSED TEM TEACHER, THERE ARE OPTIONS AND YOU CAN MOVE TO A DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY.

AND IF YOU'RE AT ANOTHER ELEMENTARY AND YOU HAVE A BURNING DESIRE TO TEACH WITH A STEM FOCUS, THEN YOU CAN CERTAINLY APPLY TO TEACH AT MULLENDORE.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EVEN SEEING THAT THROUGH OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS AS WELL.

ON THE STUDENT SIDE, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS CAMPUS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SAVE THEIR SEAT, YOU KNOW, SAVE YOUR SEAT AT MULLENDORE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING QUICKLY. AND THE PHONE CALLS WE'RE GETTING AND, AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE WANTING TO MOVE IN BECAUSE OF THIS YOU KNOW, THIS THIS INTEREST IS, IS BIG. SO AND TO ADD ON TO THAT, YOU HAVE NOT HAD ANY STAFF TURNOVER.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING REALLY INTEGRATING STEM FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND A VERY STABLE STAFF WITH NO TURNOVER. THEY WANT TO MOVE INTO A NEW CAMPUS.

AND THEY LIKE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. YOU BET. IT'S A GREAT FACILITY.

BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT MR. TOLBERT BROUGHT UP. WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS MANY TIMES.

THREE ALREADY. AND I'M NOT SURE IN OUR TENURE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REQUIRED IT.

I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF PARENT INPUT. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS.

OH MY GOSH, IT'S GOING TO COST MORE, ALL THIS AND THAT.

USED TO BE I DON'T KNOW, STILL JCPENNEY'S WAS A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD BUY THEM AT REASONABLE PRICES.

IS JCPENNEY STILL AROUND? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE.

WELL, SOME OF THEM GO AWAY. GO AWAY. YOU KNOW, SOME WILL GO AWAY PRETTY QUICKLY. I'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT IF YOU HAVE A UNIFORM, GUESS WHO YOU BUY IT FROM? YOU BUY IT FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOL ONLY, THOSE KIND OF DEALS.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO SOME HOMEWORK AND RESEARCH.

HERE ARE THE PLACES THESE ARE AVAILABLE. AND ALSO YOU MIGHT FIND OUT SOME SPONSORSHIPS MIGHT HAPPEN FROM YOUR BUSINESS PARTNERS YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ON BOARD. BECAUSE THAT FIRST YEAR OR TWO, UNTIL YOU BUILD UP A NEW USED CLOSET.

YEAH, IT MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE. RICHARD, I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHY THEY'RE DOING THE PATCHES AND BACKPACKS IS ALL GOING TO BE SPONSORED BY CERTAIN COMPANIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. SO YEAH, I'M ALL FOR IT. SO BE CAUTIOUS WITH THAT.

OKAY. IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD EDUCATION TOOL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL YOUR PARENTS AND JUST MAKE A LOT OF WORK ON MR. THOMAS AND HIS STAFF OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO THEM.

I DON'T WANT ANY KIDS SAY, OH, I CAN'T GO THERE.

I CAN'T GO AFFORD TO GO BUY UNIFORMS. THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY THAT WE GET THAT DONE, WHERE IT'S AFFORDABLE,

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WHERE IT'S REASONABLE, WHERE IT'S NOT A GREAT BURDEN UPON MOM DOESN'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO WEST SIDE OF FORT WORTH TO BUY IT.

AND YOU, YOU SAID A KEY WORD WHICH IS AFFORDABLE AND REASONABLE, TWO KEY WORDS.

AND SIMPLISTIC, BUT YET HAVE A FEEL AND A AND A LOOK THAT SETS YOU APART.

AND SO YOU CAN YOU CAN BE VERY REASONABLE WITH WHAT YOU DO.

I DO ACADEMY FOR AT WEST BIRDVILLE AND I SEE THE KIDS THERE, ONE MALE IN A WHITE SHIRT, ONE MALE IN A BLUE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THAT OR WHAT THE COLORS ARE, I FORGET. BUT A LOT OF COATS ON LATELY WHEN WE SEE THEM.

SO BUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE PARENTS IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL.

YOU REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. IT'S GREAT AND WONDERFUL, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GREAT FINANCIAL BURDEN UPON YOU FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

WE ACTUALLY DID A SURVEY WITH OUR PARENTS WHEN OUR SCHOOL WAS MOVING TO A TEMPORARY LOCATION, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE HOPING FOR WERE UNIFORMS TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR THEM.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT WITH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO WEAR EACH DAY.

AND THEN WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DOLLAR GENERAL WITH THE STORES THAT ARE AROUND THE AREA WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SOLID COLOR SHIRTS AND THINGS AND LITERALLY BE ABLE TO ORDER CERTAIN COLORS AND WHAT THEY COST GOOD, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH US ON THAT AS WELL.

SO GOOD. WE WILL ALSO REACH OUT FOR A PARTNERSHIP WITH WALMART.

AND AND THAT'S A VERY COMMON REQUEST THAT THEY DO FOR MANY COMMUNITIES.

AND WITH A SOLID SHIRT; GREEN, WHITE, THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY EASY.

YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? IT'S NOT A GREAT START [INAUDIBLE] EXCITING TO OPEN UP MULLENDORE AND SAY, HERE WE ARE. I DO HAVE ONE, I GUESS COMMENT MYSELF.

YOU MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING AS WELL, MAKING IT A BILINGUAL CAMPUS.

MY CONCERN WOULD BE LET'S NOT DISTRACT FROM THE STEM BY DOING THAT.

I MEAN, IF WE HAVE STEM GOING WELL AND SWITCHING IT TO BILINGUAL WILL, I DON'T KNOW, DEADEN THAT, MUDDY IT. LET'S NOT, MAYBE RETHINK THAT. I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD RETHINK THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING I... THE STEM SOUNDS GREAT. SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE REALLY SPECIAL.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT. OKAY.

JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I LOVE IT. THAT'S THE MOST INTERACTION WE'VE HAD FROM THE BOARD IN A LONG TIME, ISN'T IT? ALL RIGHT, DR. CLARK, I THINK YOU'RE UP AGAIN 2025-26 MATH OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES,

[I.2. 2025-26 Math Open Education Resources Transition Plan [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

TRANSITION PLAN. WELL, I'M GOING TO CALL MARYCRUZ UP HERE FOR HER TO REALLY GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

BUT IN NEXT MONTH, WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IN ADOPTING THE TEXAS DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, FOR WE FOR OUR WELL, THIS MONTH, WE HAVE IT FOR OUR MATERIALS FOR DISCUSSION ACTION ON OUR OER MATERIALS FOR MATHEMATICS. SO NOW WE LEARN THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN IN ORDER FOR US TO ADOPT THE TEXAS MATERIALS. SO MARYCRUZ IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPONENTS OF THAT PLAN WITH YOU.

SO IT'S NOT AS EXCITING AS OPENING UP A STEM CAMPUS, BUT THE MATH MATERIALS WILL BE PART OF OUR STEM ACADEMY, HOPEFULLY AT MULLENDORE. SO, RECENTLY TEXAS EDUCATION CODE WAS UPDATED IN RESPONSE TO DISTRICTS IMPLEMENTING OER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS OR OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES.

AND SO WHAT THE UPDATE WAS REALLY ASKING DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN APPROVED TRANSITION PLAN, A WELL-DEVELOPED TRANSITION PLAN THAT COULD BE REQUESTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND THEREFORE FUNDING BEING TIED TO THIS TRANSITION PLAN.

SO TODAY I'M PRESENTING TO YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN.

THESE ARE THE MAIN CATEGORIES THAT THE STATE HAS REQUESTED THAT WE INCLUDE IN OUR PLAN.

I WILL ALSO ADD THAT JUST TODAY, BECAUSE I THINK THE STATE LIKES TO KEEP US ON OUR TOES, THEY HAVE PROVIDED A NEW TEMPLATE FOR DISTRICTS TO UTILIZE, AND SO WE WILL BE TRANSFERRING THIS INFORMATION ONTO THE TEMPLATE PROVIDED BY THE STATE TODAY.

SO OUR PLAN INCLUDES COMMUNICATION A COMMUNICATION PROCESS.

THINKING ABOUT PRINTING MATERIALS, MASTER SCHEDULES FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY CAMPUSES, THE EXPECTATIONS FOR STAKEHOLDERS IN IMPLEMENTING AND FOLLOWING WHAT'S CALLED THE INTERNALIZATION PROCESS, MAINTENANCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL FLEXIBILITY, AND THEN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS.

THIS IS OUR VISION FOR MATHEMATICS IN BIRDVILLE ISD, AND IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE STUDENT,

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FOR STUDENTS. SO TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS, WE ACTUALLY BEGAN THIS PROCESS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD BACK IN OCTOBER, SHARING WITH YOU THE VISION AND GOALS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW MATH MATERIALS AND UPDATE ON HOUSE BILL 1605 AND HOW THAT CREATED A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR US TO ADOPT NEW MATERIALS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE SELECTION OF HIGH QUALITY, THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SPECIFICALLY FOR MATH.

AND THEN OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS VERY LENGTHY PLAN.

AND SO WHEN WE DO THAT IT REALLY IT THIS IS I THINK THIS IS A COMPONENT FROM THE STATE THAT IS YIELDING US REALLY GREAT RESULTS BECAUSE IT'S MAKING US STOP AND PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE STAKEHOLDER, FROM LEADERSHIP TO TEACHERS TO SUPPORT STAFF AND THEN TO OUR PARENTS AS WELL.

AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PRINTING MATERIALS WE HAVE A OBVIOUSLY A PLAN ON HOW WE WILL UTILIZE THE ALLOTMENT AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING. OUR HQIM PLAN AND THAT INCLUDES THE GRANT THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR, WE WILL KNOW IN FEBRUARY IF THAT WAS APPROVED OR NOT.

AND THEN OUR PROCESS FOR PRINTING MATERIALS. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT ON MAKING SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE SAME DISTRIBUTION PROCESSES AND THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AS WELL.

I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT THERE IS SUCH A BENEFIT.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE A TEN YEAR OLD SON AND A LOT OF THE WORK THAT HE DOES IS ON CANVAS.

AND SO A LOT OF HIS TIME IS SPENT INTERFACING, AND HE'S A DYSLEXIC STUDENT, AND THERE'S SUCH BENEFIT TO HIM HAVING PRINTED MATERIALS IN FRONT OF HIM BECAUSE IT HELPS US PROCESS OUR LEARNING.

AND SO I OFTEN REQUEST THAT THE TEACHERS AT HOME PRINTED MATERIALS.

SO I DO SEE THIS AS A GREAT BENEFIT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER SCHEDULES. SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH CAMPUS LEADERS ACTUALLY IN THIS COMING MONTH, AND TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING MASTER SCHEDULES FOR OUR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS THAT ALLOW THE TIME AND SPACE FOR PLCS TO COME TOGETHER AND THAT WE CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT TEACHERS THROUGH THIS INTERNALIZATION PROCESS.

AND SO IF I COULD JUST EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, THE SHIFT IS IN THE PLC, WE FOCUS A LOT ON DISCUSSING HOW STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING.

WHAT DO WE WANT THEM TO DO? WHAT ARE OUR GOALS FOR OUR KIDS.

AND SO THIS SHIFT IN THE INTERNALIZATION PROCESS IS THAT PLC WORKING TOWARDS WHAT DOES INSTRUCTION LOOK LIKE.

HOW DOES WHAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE TRANSLATE INTO THE CLASSROOM? AND SO THERE THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROTOCOLS FOR THAT THAT AS A CNI TEAM WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING IN AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT TEACHING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR COACHES AND OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THE INTERNALIZATION PROCESS.

SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASTER SCHEDULE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ALLOW THAT TIME AND SPACE FOR OUR TEACHERS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY.

AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE INTERNALIZATION PROCESS FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS, STARTING WITH OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS.

FOR OUR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE MATERIALS AND HELP THEM WITH TOOLS ON HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR KIDS AT HOME THROUGH THE THROUGH THE LEARNING OF MATH.

AND SO FOR OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THEM ALREADY.

THEY ACTUALLY EVEN ENGAGED IN SOME MODEL LESSONS WHICH WAS REALLY INTERESTING FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO ALGEBRA.

AND THEN AGAIN, CREATING TIME AND SPACE FOR PLCS, AND THEN THE TEACHERS MAIN RESPONSIBILITY AND THE EXPECTATION FOR THE TEACHERS THAT THEY STUDY, THAT THEY INTERNALIZE AND THAT THEY IMPLEMENT THE CURRICULUM THROUGH OBVIOUSLY, THROUGH SUPPORT SYSTEMS. THE MAINTENANCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL FLEXIBILITY ENSURES THAT WE CREATE AN INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL THAT ALLOWS FOR RESPONSIVE TEACHING.

AND SO WHILE THE CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LESSONS AND WITH A PACING GUIDE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADHERE TO THE CURRICULUM.

BUT WE ALSO CREATE AN INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL THAT ALLOWS FOR THE TEACHER TO BE RESPONSIVE TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS.

AND OF COURSE, THAT WE USE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS CONSISTENTLY AND CONTINUOUSLY TO MONITOR STUDENT UNDERSTANDING AND TO ADJUST INSTRUCTION BASED ON DATA.

OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. SO BASED ON FEEDBACK SINCE WE STARTED IN OCTOBER, THE FEEDBACK FROM TEACHER LEADERS, FROM CAMPUS LEADERS WAS WE WANT TRAINING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR TEACHERS.

WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AUGUST TO BEGIN TRAINING ON THESE NEW THESE NEW REALLY RESEARCH BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES.

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AND SO COMING UP THIS FEBRUARY 14TH DURING DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, ALL OUR TEACHERS OF MATH WILL ENGAGE IN THAT FIRST FOUNDATIONAL PIECE, WHICH IS THE TRAINING ON RESEARCH BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES.

AND OVER THE SUMMER, WE'VE ALREADY CONTRACTED FOR MATH ACADEMIES.

AND WE'LL START TRAINING TEACHERS WHO WANT TO BE EARLY ADOPTERS ON THE UNIT AND LESSON INTERNALIZATION PROCESS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'LL USE OUR DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS IN THE FALL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE TRAINING TO ALL OUR TEACHERS.

YES, MA'AM. DO YOU THINK IT WOULD PLEASE MR. KUNKEL, TO KNOW THAT THE SPRING TRAINING IS REFERRED TO AS RBIS? EITHER RBIS OR RBIS. WE DID HAVE A WHOLE BASEBALL THEME FOR RBIS TRAINING.

ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS MR. KUNKEL HAS ONE. FOR PLCS, DO YOU DISCUSS PI? [LAUGHTER] SHOULD HAVE FIGURED. ONLY SERIOUS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

MR. TOLBERT. JUST JUST JUST SO THAT IT DOESN'T FLY OVER EVERYBODY'S HEAD FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE STATE HAS HAS SAID YOU WILL USE THIS MATH OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES.

AND SO THEY SAY THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD USE. THEN THEY SAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

AND THEN THEY SAY HERE'S A TEMPLATE FOR EXACTLY HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT.

AND WE SPEND ALL THIS ADMINISTRATIVE TIME. [INAUDIBLE] BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE WOULDN'T NEED YOU IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THESE THINGS WE WERE TRYING TO REQUIRE, BECAUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE TO. HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

HERE'S WHAT HERE'S THE PLAN YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT.

AND HERE'S EXACTLY THE TEMPLATE THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

YEAH. VOUCHERS ARE JUST GOING TO GIVE MONEY TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IT. NONE OF THIS. NONE OF IT.

BUT FOR SOMEHOW THIS IS GOOD FOR EDUCATION. BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED WHEN YOU'RE GIVEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL. SPECIFICALLY $16,600.

YEAH, $1 BILLION FOR $1 BILLION FOR $60,000 STUDENTS, WHICH IS $10,000 MORE THAN WE GET PER STUDENT.

BUT ANYWAY, THERE YOU GO. YES. AND $1 BILLION BEING DOUBLE WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, JUST AS AN ASIDE. RIGHT. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT WHEN, WHEN WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE, WE KEEP TRYING TO SAY, I DON'T THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB AT ALL OF TELLING PEOPLE, NO, IT'S BECAUSE YOU KEEP MICROMANAGING EVERYTHING AND YOU MAKE US HAVE ALL THESE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD, AND WE HAVE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU OR ELSE WE GET IN TROUBLE. YOU'RE CREATING THE PROBLEM, AND THEN YOU BLAME US FOR COMPLYING WITH IT. IT'S SO FRUSTRATING.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT. I'LL JUST SAY YES, SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT. I GUESS DR. CLARK AGAIN PROPOSED 2025-26 INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR.

[I.3. Proposed 2025-26 Instructional Calendar [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

IT IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR. AND SO BECAUSE IT'S INSTRUCTION I GET TO TALK OR START IT OFF AND SKIP AND I DO WORK WITH A LARGE COMMITTEE, AND WE SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CO-CHAIRING THE COMMITTEE.

AND HE LOOKS AT IT FROM ONE LENS, GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE.

AND I LOOK AT IT THROUGH A LENS OF, OF TRYING TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT'S UNINTERRUPTED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE; THAT WE ADDRESS THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NEEDS OF OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE, AS YOU HEARD, WE DO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT, AND THEN THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE HOLIDAYS AND THE BREAKS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, SO THAT WE ARE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW, WORK IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT THEIR CHILDREN MAY GO TO ANOTHER DISTRICT.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE ARE IN SYNC WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS TCC, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR WE HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS WHO TAKE DUAL CREDIT AND WHEN THEY ARE OUT FOR SPRING BREAK, AND IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH WHEN WE'RE OUT FOR SPRING BREAK, WELL, THAT PUTS A HARDSHIP AND A BURDEN ON OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN DUAL CREDIT.

AS WELL AS IT'S NICE WHEN WE END THE SEMESTER AT AT IN DECEMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DO THE SAME. SO IT'S A LOT TO CONSIDER.

AGAIN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF DETAILS AND, AND JUMP IN HOOPS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THIS WORKS.

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SO WITH THAT HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 187 DAYS FOR OUR TEACHERS A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT FOR STUDENTS 75,600 MINUTES.

SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU'D THINK IT USED TO BE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN LONG WHEN I STARTED IN 1980 IN TEXAS.

YOU DID THEM ALL THE SAME, IT'S 187, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COUNT MINUTES.

THEN YOU HAD TWO TWO BAD WEATHER, MAKE UP DAYS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND TEACHER WORK DAYS, STAFF AND STUDENT HOLIDAYS. WE WANT TO END THE SEMESTER IN DECEMBER, AND THEN WE WANT TO HAVE THE SPRING BREAK WHEN EVERYONE ELSE DOES AND THAT'S IN MARCH, SKIP WILL GO OVER THE CALENDAR WITH YOU, AND MEMORIAL DAY, EVERYBODY WANTS TO END SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AFTER MEMORIAL DAY.

AND THEN GRADUATION IS ALWAYS THE BOOKEND. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE SET THOSE DATES IN ADVANCE AND YEARS IN ADVANCE. YES. SO MAY 22ND. IS THIS COMING? YOU KNOW, 2026.

AS DR. CLARK MENTIONED IT'S A COMMITTEE, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF CO-SHARING THAT WITH DR.

CLARK. BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK ROW PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN US BUILDING THIS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TEACHERS, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE DISTRICT.

SO IT'S A COMMITTEE OF OVER 50 PEOPLE THAT GIVE INPUT TO BUILD THE CALENDAR.

AND THEN WE POST IT FOR FEEDBACK FOR A FOR A WEEK THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO GET FEEDBACK TO SEE IF WE NEED TO FINE TUNE.

AND WE ALWAYS GET GOOD FEEDBACK. AND WE ALSO ALSO TAKE NOTES ON FUTURE CALENDARS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, THE FIRST DAY FOR TEACHERS TO REPORT WOULD BE FRIDAY, AUGUST 1ST.

WE KNOW IT'S A FRIDAY, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY IT WORKS OUT.

WE HAVE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SLATED TO BE AUGUST 13TH, AND THEN LABOR DAY HOLIDAY ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, AND THEN THE 22ND WILL BE A STAFF DEVELOPMENT STUDENT HOLIDAY.

GIVES US TIME TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION FROM TESTING THAT WE RECEIVED AND MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN MOVING INTO THAT LITTLE 19TH SEPTEMBER 19TH IS A UIL CHECK DAY.

THAT'S SIX WEEKS INTO THE PERIOD WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, NO PASS, NO PLAY.

EVERY OTHER SIX, EVERY OTHER CHECKPOINT, UIL CHECKPOINT FALLS ON A DAY THAT THE GRADING PERIOD ENDS.

THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT SYNCHRONOUS WITH THE ENDING OF A GRADING PERIOD.

AND WE MOVE INTO OCTOBER AND WE HAVE A FOUR DAY HOLIDAY, EXCUSE ME, FOUR DAY WEEKEND STARTING IN THE 10TH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF OR OUR CAMPUS STAFF HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLEX OUT ON THE 13TH AFTER THAT 10TH, WHICH IS ANOTHER STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY.

EXCUSE ME, THAT'S A WORK DAY. AND THEN WE MOVE INTO NOVEMBER THE 3RD.

THIS IS ALWAYS A INTERESTING TIME. WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THIS MONTH BECAUSE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DATES LIKE THE ONE WE JUST HAD LAST NOVEMBER WHERE WE HAD A NATIONAL ELECTION. SO WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE 4TH.

WE HAD THE 3RD AND THE 4TH OFF. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING THE FOOT TRAFFIC AND THE UPCOMING IF THERE IS AN ELECTION AS FAR AS LOCAL.

SO WE HAVE THE 3RD AND THAT THAT DAY IS ALSO FOR FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

AND LET ME SKIP BACK. I'M SORRY. THE 10TH IS OUR ACTUAL PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE DAY.

WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK THAT THAT WORKED OUT FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS TO TAKE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT INFORMATION AGAIN, BACK IN THE TESTING AND THEN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

BACK IN NOVEMBER, WE HAVE A WEEK OFF FOR THANKSGIVING AND THEN MOVING TO DECEMBER, THE SEMESTER AS DR.

CLARK MENTIONED WILL END IN DECEMBER ON THE 18TH.

AND THE 19TH IS A WORKDAY FOR TEACHERS TO FINALIZE GRADES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND GET READY FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER.

WE'RE OFF FOR THE WINTER BREAK FOR TWO WEEKS AND THEN COME BACK IN JANUARY.

WE HAVE DR. KING DAY ON THE 19TH. AND THEN WE MOVE ON INTO ANOTHER POSSIBLE, EXCUSE ME, A FOUR DAY WEEKEND FOR STUDENTS IN FEBRUARY.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY ON THE 16TH FOR OUR STAFF TO FLEX OUT.

WE'RE ALLOWED BY BOARD POLICY, HAVE TWO FLEX DAYS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND ONE, THE FIRST ONE BEING OCTOBER 13TH. AND THEN MOVING INTO MARCH; SPRING BREAK, BUT RIGHT BEFORE THAT, ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL WORK DAY, EXCUSE ME, HALF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HALF TEACHER WORK DAY.

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STUDENTS ARE OFF. AND THEN MOVING INTO APRIL, OUR TWO BAD WEATHER DAYS THAT DR.

CLARK ALLUDED TO THAT WE HAVE TO DESIGNATE WOULD BE GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD.

AND THEN THE MONDAY AFTER EASTER, WHICH WOULD BE APRIL 6TH.

THEN WE GO TO THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS WOULD BE MAY 21ST.

GRADUATION AND THE LAST DAY FOR TEACHERS WOULD BE MAY 22ND.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR. WE'LL BUILD A 236 CALENDAR OFF OF THIS AFTER THE BOARD APPROVED.

EXCUSE ME ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES IT, HOPEFULLY IN IN FEBRUARY.

BUT THIS IS THE CALENDAR THAT WE PRESENT. IT EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM OF 75,600 MINUTES.

THAT'S WHERE WE GET THAT QUESTION OF WHY DO WE WHY DO WE DO WE CARRY SO MANY MINUTES? IT'S VERY ADVANTAGEOUS. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, UNDER DR.

STINSON'S LEADERSHIP AND THE AND OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE BACK ROW, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE TWO DAYS OFF AND NOT HAVE STUDENTS MAKE UP BECAUSE WE HAVE EXTRA MINUTES. AND THEN AGAIN, WITH THAT, THE FORESIGHT OF THAT OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH DR.

STINSON, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT AS A WORK. WE MADE THAT A WORK DAY FOR STAFF SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT UP.

THEY ACTUALLY HAD STAFF DEVELOPMENT ON THAT DAY, BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MINUTES, WE'D BE LOOKING AT HOW TO MAKE THE MINUTES UP.

THAT WOULD EITHER MEAN COMING IN ON SATURDAYS OR EXTENDING OUR WORK OR EXTENDING OUR SCHOOL DAY, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE EXTRA MINUTES. NOW, IT HAPPENED KIND OF EARLY THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE STILL GOT ABOUT THREE, THREE, TWO AND A HALF, TWO AND A HALF, THREE DAYS IN THE BANK. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN MAKE IT WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS ADVANTAGEOUS TO HAVE EXTRA MINUTES WHEN WE HAVE INCLEMENT WEATHER SO THAT WE CAN PRESERVE THE DAYS LIKE GOOD FRIDAY AND MONDAY, AND WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMITTEES THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS FAVORABLE .

AND THOSE EXTRA MINUTES ALSO HELPED DR. CLARK BECAUSE IF IT WAS UP TO DR.

CLARK WE'D BE IN SCHOOL EVERY DAY. AND SO WE FIND A MIDDLE GROUND BY DOING THIS MAKES HER HAPPY, MAKES EVERYONE HAPPY BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE A THOUSAND PIECE PUZZLE.

DIFFERENT VIEWS, THAT'S WHY IT TAKES SO MANY PEOPLE TO BUILD THIS CALENDAR.

AND WE LOOK FOR CONSENSUS, AND WE FIND THAT IT WORKS WELL FOR OUR DISTRICT.

BUT WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. MR. KUNKEL SO THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR STUDENTS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NINE MONTHS AND NINE DAYS.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THEORIES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT PERIODIC BREAKS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF HELPS LEARNING BE BETTER, RIGHT? ALSO IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL.

ATTENDANCE AS WELL. CORRECT. CORRECT. LEARNING COMES FIRST, BUT ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT AS WELL.

EVERY MONTH HAS AT LEAST TWO DAYS OFF FOR STUDENTS, SO THAT'S GOOD.

IT LOOKS LIKE MY MY MATH 19.4% OF DAYS ARE OFF.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL JUST OVER 80% OF THE DAYS STUDENTS ARE.

YES. I THINK THE PERIODIC BREAKS ARE IMPORTANT.

I THINK IT'S GOOD, A GOOD MENTAL BREAK IS GOOD FOR ANYONE.

YEAH. THERE ARE 169 DAYS FOR STUDENT ATTENDANCE.

OKAY. AND IT'S A GREAT POINT. WE'VE YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE'VE EXPERIMENTED WITH HALF DAYS ON FRIDAYS, ON WEDNESDAYS. FEEDBACK AT FIRST, IT'S LIKE FRIDAYS WASN'T GREAT FOR ATTENDANCE AND ALSO FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR FINE ARTS AND BAND, THEY HAD TO COME BACK. SO THAT WASN'T GREAT. WE WENT TO WEDNESDAYS, BUT THEN WE GOT FEEDBACK THAT A LOT OF OUR CAMPUSES WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT HALF DAY. SO LISTENING TO THE FEEDBACK WE JUST WENT BACK TO FULL DAYS.

IT'S A NICE TIME. NICE EXPERIMENT, BUT WE WEREN'T GETTING GREAT BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

I MEAN, WE'VE ALL BEEN IN JOBS AND I REMEMBER BACK IN SCHOOL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, GOSH, IT'S 4 OR 5 WEEKS TILL MY NEXT DAY OFF.

AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOL CALENDARS TODAY.

I MIGHT MENTION ONE THING, THERE'S ALWAYS AN IF, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE DATES FOR ALL THE ASSESSMENTS, THAT OF COURSE THAT COULD CAUSE US TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.

BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK IT WILL. I THINK THAT THIS CALENDAR IS PRETTY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW IN THE WAY THAT THEY'VE SCHEDULED ASSESSMENTS, SO I BELIEVE IT. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE STATE'S GOING TO DO AND ESPECIALLY DURING A LEGISLATIVE YEAR.

OKAY. MR. WOMBLE.

OUT I GET SWAMPED WITH EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS OR PEOPLE APPROACHING ME.

FELLOW TEACHERS. YES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY BROUGHT UP THIS TIME, I HAD A HANDFUL COME TO ME WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

AND THIS MAY BE UNOFFICIAL POLICY. IT MAY BE OFFICIAL POLICY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS WHO HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT,

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WHICH I LOVE. AND THEN, SO WHAT I'M GETTING TO IS MAY 22ND.

SO WHEN GRADUATION FALLS ON A FRIDAY SOME HAVE TOLD ME THAT SINCE THAT IS ONE OF THEIR 187 CONTRACT DAYS, THAT THEY HAVE TO BURN STATE OR PERSONAL LEAVE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND GRADUATION.

WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT OUR POLICY IS. I KNOW FOR SOMEONE THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO ME AND HER TWO HELLIONS THAT GRADUATED FROM BISD, HER PRINCIPAL LET HER GO AND COUNT THAT AS A WORK DAY BEING AT GRADUATION, I HOPE I DIDN'T GET THAT PRINCIPAL IN TROUBLE BY THAT.

BUT DO WE ALLOW FOR THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO TREAT OUR TEACHERS, AND I DON'T WANT OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE TO BURN PERSONAL OR STATE LEAVE, GO TO WATCH THEIR KID THAT'S IN BISD GRADUATE.

TO ME, THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A WORK DAY FOR THEM.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERMEATES OUR CULTURE, THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR TEACHERS AND THAT WE, OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE KIDS HERE. YEAH. I DON'T THINK ANY PRINCIPAL WOULD WORK WITH A TEACHER.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND THEN ACTUAL JUST TRYING TO BE TRYING TO BE A GOOD EMPLOYER, IF YOU WILL. SO THERE'S TRYING TO FIND THAT THAT MIX.

I EXPERIENCED THAT SAME THING A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN MY SON GRADUATED.

SO IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF WE CAN WORK THAT OUT BECAUSE TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS GIVE A LOT OF TIME THERE.

SO IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUNCH CLOCKS, BUT WE WANT TO WE WANT TO YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT KATIE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND SHE SHOULD. AND LOOK AT HOW WE, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE TIME.

BUT EVERYONE IS IN ON THE COMMITTEE AND EVERYONE IN LEADERSHIP WANTS TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE'RE EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT AND FAMILY FRIENDLY.

SO WE I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS WHAT WE USED TO DO AND HAVE IT.

AND IT WAS ON A SUNDAY. RIGHT. WE'RE PAYING STAFF AND THEN THAT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT.

SO JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE AGAIN, THAT THOUSAND PIECES TRYING TO GET THEM TO FIT.

BUT I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING A PROBLEM. AND IF AN EMPLOYEE WERE TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED AND WE WOULD COME TO AN AMICABLE SOLUTION VERY QUICKLY. AND I KNOW WE WOULD. AND I JUST WANTED TO VOICE IT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE I TOLD THEM I WOULD VOICE IT.

AND, BUT I GET THE BOX THAT WE'RE IN. I MEAN, YOU HAVE 187 CONTRACT DAYS AND YOU HAVE THIS CALENDAR AND YOU GOT TO GET THEM IN.

YES. I MEAN, I TOTALLY GET IT. AND SO IT MAKES IT HARD.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ALWAYS BEHOLDEN TO THE BLACK AND WHITE IN A BOOK.

I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR DR. STRICKLAND, DR. PERRY, MR. SIMMONS, THAT WORKING WITH THOSE PRINCIPALS I DON'T SEE THAT.

AND JUST HAVE THOSE PIECES. AS YOU GET THOSE, JUST ASK THEM WORK WITH THEIR PRINCIPALS.

BUT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THEY CAN CONTACT, THEY CAN DIRECTLY CONTACT THEM OR CONTACT ME.

THERE WON'T BE ANY RETRIBUTION. THERE WON'T BE. WE'LL WORK WITH THEM. WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE FEELING LIKE.

YEAH, EXACTLY. SO WE CAN WORK THAT OUT. IT'S A TWO HOUR SESSION, SO IT'S.

YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, MR. DAVIS. IF WE HAVE A GRADUATION THAT LASTS TWO HOURS, THAT'S A PROBLEM [LAUGHTER]. HE'S PUTTING TRAVEL TIME IN THERE.

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT GRADUATION WITHOUT TAKING OFF, BECAUSE, YEAH, WE TRY TO KEEP IT CONCISE, BUT NO, WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO FEEL THAT. SO PLEASE ASSURE THEM AND GIVE THEM OUR NUMBER.

MY NUMBER, ANY ONE OF THE THREE. AND WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. I APPRECIATE YOUR THE LARGE COMMITTEE ALMOST LIKE A BAPTIST CHURCH HAS.

IT'S A LARGE COMMITTEE TO TO TO STUDY IT. BUT AND YOU DO A DO A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU ASK ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

WHAT KIND OF RESPONSES DO WE GET? DOES MARK, DO YOU TRACK THAT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE DO SEND US EMAILS AND GIVE US SUGGESTIONS? IS IT TEN OR IS IT A THOUSAND? OH, MARK, WHAT WAS THE FINAL NUMBER? WHAT WAS IT? I'LL SAY I SENT IT TO YOU. I HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK AT THE THE FINAL COUNT.

AND IT'S LIKE. LOVE IT. GREAT. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE CATEGORIZE IT GREEN ARE LIKE ALL THE GREAT COMMENTS.

YELLOW IS LIKE, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A SPRING BREAK.

I'D LOVE TO HAVE A WEEK OFF IN OCTOBER. WE LOOK AT THAT, THEN WE LOOK AT THE RED.

AND THOSE ARE THE ONES LIKE, OKAY, WE MISSED THE DAY. DID WE MISCALCULATE? BUT WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, BUT WE ALSO KEEP IT AND HARNESS IT FOR NEXT YEAR TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

BUT NO ONE, IT'S A IT DEPENDS ON WHICH WAY THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT.

WE'VE GOT PARENTS ARE LOOKING AT IT ONE WAY. SO IT'S IT'S IT'S AS LONG AS WE HAVE A LOGICAL EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. WE JUST KNOW THAT EVERYONE'S NOT GOING TO BE THRILLED.

BUT WE'RE NOT JUST, OH, THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. WE TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND WHENEVER WE HAVE A QUESTION OR IF SOMEONE BRINGS SOMETHING UP ONCE WE EXPLAIN IT AND WE DID THAT IN TEA THE OTHER DAY, THEY SEEM TO BE OKAY, I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE'S THERE'S VERY LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM IN A CALENDAR WHEN THE PARAMETERS ARE 187 DAYS AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR

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STAFF WANTS TO PRESERVE A WEEK FOR THANKSGIVING AND A AND TWO WEEKS FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WINTER BREAK.

AND YOU WANT A SOLID WEEK FOR SPRING BREAK. YOU'RE DOWN TO 2 OR 3 DAYS THAT YOU'RE HAGGLING FOR.

SO THOSE MAJOR BREAKS SET PARAMETERS FOR THE CALENDAR THAT YOU REALLY WORK EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THAT.

WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT IS WHAT IS PROBABLY A VERY THANKLESS JOB.

I'M SURE MANY OF THOSE EMAILS ARE NEGATIVE, AND BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WHOLE COMMITTEE DOING THIS.

I CAN'T IMAGINE I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW SOMETIME HOW MANY MAN HOURS WE ACTUALLY PUT INTO THIS CALENDAR.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE STATE MANDATING MINUTES FOR STUDENTS AND DAYS FOR TEACHERS AND SO MANY OTHER MANDATES THAT COME DOWN FROM THEM. AND PROBABLY THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WE SPEND DOING THIS IS, TO ME, AN EXAMPLE OF AUSTIN MANDATING US INTO WASTEFUL SPENDING, ALMOST. SO BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME VERY MUCH.

AND THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK ROOM MAKE IT EXTREMELY EASY WITH THEIR EXPERTISE.

SO IT TAKES A IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO APPRECIATE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET IT DONE.

YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? NO, I WAS JUST THE MOST PAINFUL PART OF THE PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, DR. CLARK AND SKIP MAKING IT [INAUDIBLE]. I SEE IT ONE WAY.

THEY'RE KIND OF A LITTLE LIKE HER WAY TOO. THEY'RE KIND OF A LITTLE LIKE THE ODD COUPLE, AREN'T THEY? IT'S. IT'S DEFINITELY BROTHER SISTER. YEAH.

OH, YEAH. YEAH. WELL THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD THING WE LOVE EACH OTHER.

THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT.

[I.4. Property Management Services [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

NUMBER FOUR ON INFORMATION, DISCUSSION ITEMS, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, MRS. BOWMAN. YES, SIR. WE RELEASED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL, THEIR CONTRACT IS UP NEXT MONTH, SO WE HOPE TO BE BRINGING YOU BACK A RECOMMENDATION NEXT MONTH FOR A NEW PROPERTY MANAGER, COULD BE COLLIERS.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT BIDS WE GET IN AND HOW THOSE ARE EVALUATED.

SO JUST YOUR INFORMATION THIS WILL BE COMING NEXT MONTH.

DO WE KNOW HOW MANY COMPANIES PICKED UP PACKETS OR? I BELIEVE THEY WERE SENT OUT THIS WEEK THANK YOU. WOW, THAT WAS QUICK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS.

[J.1. Consider Personnel Items as Discussed in Closed Session]

NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER PERSONNEL ITEMS AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE PERSONNEL ITEMS, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR. STINSON HAS ACCEPTED FIVE RESIGNATIONS AND SEVEN RETIREMENTS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR THE PERSONNEL ITEMS? PRESIDENT DREES, I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL PERSONNEL ITEMS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND DISCUSS IN CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU, MR. DILKS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. KUNKEL. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AND OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. IT'S UNANIMOUS.

ALRIGHT. NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER ORDER FOR THE 2025 BOARD OF TRUSTEES GENERAL ELECTION FOR PLACE SIX AND SEVEN.

[J.2. Consider Order for the 2025 Board of Trustees General Election for Place 6 and 7 [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ORDER FOR A GENERAL TRUSTEE ELECTION FOR PLACES SIX AND SEVEN TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, 2025. THANK YOU, MR. SANDERS-WISE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. JOE TOLBERT UP FOR ELECTION. NO.

I'LL SECOND IT ANYWAY. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE MR. DAVIS A SECOND. IT WASN'T SMART ALECKY. ALL RIGHT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? JOE, YOU'RE GETTING PICKED ON BY TWO TRUSTEES.

ALRIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND OPPOSED? IT'S UNANIMOUS.

AND NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER THE KINDERGARTEN ALGEBRA ONE MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION.

[J.3. Consider the Kindergarten-Algebra 1 Mathematics Instructional Materials Adoption [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

I'M SORRY. KINDERGARTEN TWO, ALGEBRA ONE MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ADOPTION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS STATE DEVELOPED CURRICULUM MATERIALS OERS FOR MATHEMATICS KINDERGARTEN ALGEBRA ONE. THANK YOU, MR. KUNKEL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? AND I SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? DISCUSSION. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. IT'S UNANIMOUS.

NUMBER FOUR CONSIDER CENERGISTIC LLC ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONTRACT RENEWAL.

[J.4. Consider Cenergistic LLC Energy Management Contract Renewal [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONTRACT RENEWAL EXTENSION FOR CENERGISTIC LLC FOR TWO YEARS AS PRESENTED.

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THANK YOU. MR. DAVIS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

OKAY. I'M SORRY, WAS THAT MR. DILKS? YES. OKAY.

QUESTION. YES. WHY JUST TWO YEARS? IS THERE A REASON? YES, SIR. WE ARE UTILIZING A BID FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT AND YOUR BID EXPIRES IN EXPIRES IN TWO YEARS, RATHER THAN GOING OUT FOR RFP AGAIN. OKAY, MISS FREEMAN'S HERE.

SHE CAN EXPLAIN MORE. DOESN'T, CENERGISTICS ALREADY WORK FOR US? I MEAN, WE'VE HAD. YES, SIR, BUT THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRED.

AND SO MISS FREEMAN, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD AND MAYBE JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THE BIDDING PROCESS I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS.

I UNDERSTAND WE'RE RIDING THE COATTAILS OF PFLUGERVILLE. YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

CENERGISTICS, THEIR CURRENT PROPOSAL WITH BIRDVILLE ISD EXPIRES.

SO THERE'S ONLY A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME THAT OUR CONTRACT IS VALID FOR, AND THEN WE HAVE TO START OVER.

SO INSTEAD OF STARTING OVER, BECAUSE WE'RE SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE GET, WE FOUND A CONTRACT THAT WE COULD PIGGYBACK OFF OF AND CONTINUE TO USE KIND OF OUR SAME CONTRACT STRUCTURE. AND SO PFLUGERVILLE HAD THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS CONTRACT OUT OF ALL THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE LOOKED AT. AND IT ONLY LOST TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS. SO.

OKAY. I MEAN, WE'RE VERY SATISFIED. THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY'VE SAVED US.

IS THERE A CLAUSE IN THIS NEW CONTRACT OR IS THIS AN EXTENSION OR A NEW CONTRACT? IS IT, WELL WE'RE PIGGYBACKING OFF, SO IT'S TECHNICALLY A NEW CONTRACT.

IS THAT CONTRACT HAVE ALLOWANCE FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS? IT DOES NOT BECAUSE WE'RE TIED TO THE END OF PFLUGERVILLES' CONTRACT.

SO BEFORE THAT ADOPTION SO TWO YEARS YOU'VE GOT TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.

WE CAN START ALL OVER AGAIN, OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF SOMEONE ELSE, INSTEAD OF GOING OUT FOR A FULL RFP AND HAVE TO ENTERTAIN ALL THE PROPOSALS AGAIN TO COME UP WITH A COMPANY.

WELL, YEAH. I MEAN, WE'RE VERY SATISFIED. EVERYTHING THEY'VE TOLD US SINCE 2015 HAS BEEN POSITIVE, POSITIVE, POSITIVE.

IT'S FINE. YEAH. I WAS LOOKING FOR A LONGER TERM BECAUSE AT FIRST IT WAS LIKE A 4 OR 5 YEAR.

YEAH, THEY TYPICALLY ARE 5 YEARS TOTAL IF YOU GO OUT FOR BID.

AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. IT KIND OF FALLS UNDER LIKE CONSULTING SERVICES. WE HAVE TO BID THOSE OUT. AND SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF RELOOK AT THIS EVERY 5 YEARS.

OKAY. DID YOU DID YOU FEEL LIKE IT WAS MORE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US FINANCIALLY TO GO WITH THE PIGGYBACK ON PFLUGERVILLE FOR TWO YEARS, RATHER THAN GO OUT FOR A NEW CONTRACT AND ASK AND ASK THEM TO BID FOR A 5 YEAR CONTRACT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. JUST DUE TO ALL OF THE OF THE TIME FRAMES AND THE TIMES TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AND WE KNEW WE WERE SATISFYING IT WAS GOING TO BE NOT ONLY QUICKER, BUT THEY ALSO WERE WILLING TO KIND OF MEET THOSE SAME KIND OF TIMEFRAMES AND COSTS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACT.

MAYBE THE TIME FRAME IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT THEY'VE ADDED TO THE COST SO IT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS TO STAY RATHER THAN COMPETED, IS HOW WE FELT.

THANK YOU. THEIR WEBSITE IS IMPRESSIVE AND I'M LOOKING AT YOUR WEBSITE THIS WEEK.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I WAS $28 BILLION OF UTILITY BILLINGS THAT YOU REVIEW, I GUESS NATIONWIDE OR MAYBE WORLDWIDE. AND YOU ALL CLAIM TO SAVE $7 BILLION FOR YOUR CLIENTS SO THAT THAT A 25% SAVINGS, I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE AND I ASSUME THAT WE'RE THERE OR EVEN GREATER THAN THAT.

Y'ALL AREN'T SMALL POTATOES. Y'ALL ARE Y'ALL ARE, Y'ALL ARE GIANTS IN THIS INDUSTRY.

AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE, EVEN THROUGH THIS LAST WINTER STORM.

YOUR SERVICE WAS IMPECCABLE. WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES WERE WARM AND AND THROUGH THAT STORM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WE FELT VERY COMFORTABLE AND KNEW WE WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. I THINK THERE ARE VERY FEW SERVICES OR CONSULTANTS WE PAY FOR THAT ARE CLEARLY PAY FOR THEMSELVES AS Y'ALL DO.

SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YEAH. MR. WOMBLE LAST AGAIN. YEAH I HAVE A DEVIL'S ADVOCATE QUESTION.

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I CAN SEE YOU'VE EXPLAINED WHY IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS TO US.

WHY WOULD IT BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO YOU GUYS TO LET US PIGGYBACK ON PFLUGERVILLE INSTEAD OF US NEGOTIATING A NEW FIVE YEAR CONTRACT? MIC] AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I HOPE YOU DIDN'T TAKE THAT AS ADVERSARIAL. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THIS CONTRACT WRANGLING.

YEAH, THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL CONTRACT TERMS ALLOWED IN THE CONTRACT, SO IT OFFICIALLY BECOMES DEAD.

SO OUR EXISTING CONTRACT DIED. AND TO START OVER AND TO LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND TAKE THE LENGTH OF TIME IT WOULD BE IT MADE MORE SENSE SINCE WE WERE REALLY NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING OTHER FIRMS TO UTILIZE A VEHICLE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE SEAMLESSLY FOR ADDITIONAL TIME. SO THOSE CUMBERSOME AUSTIN REGULATIONS.

RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I GUESS I NEED TO CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. IT'S UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT.

[K. CONSENT ITEMS]

NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED WITH ONE MOTION UNLESS THEY ARE REMOVED BY A TRUSTEE FOR DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION, THEN, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU MR. KUNKEL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. DILKS. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. IT'S UNANIMOUS. THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORTS TO THE BOARD ARE REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE BOARD FOR REVIEW.

[L. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT CONCERNING THESE ITEMS? JUST A...

MR. TOLBERT. YEAH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT AGAIN.

AN ADJOINING DISTRICT THAT THERE'S SOME CONCERNS AMONG THEIR CITIZENS.

AND I NOTICED A POST TODAY THAT ONE OF THE CITIZENS SAID, I SAW A REPORT FROM THIS CONSULTING GROUP THAT WAS THAT WAS IT WAS GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, HE SAID. WE LOOKED ON YOUR CHECK STATEMENTS AND COULDN'T FIND ANY PAYMENTS TO THOSE CONSULTING GROUPS, SO WE'RE WANTING TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU PAID THEM. THE POINT OF THAT BEING THAT WITH THIS PACKAGE IS WE PRESENT ALL THE CHECKS AND TO WHO IT'S PAID AND THE AMOUNT. SO IF A CITIZEN WANTS TO KNOW IF THEY WANT TO CHECK ON HOW MUCH WE PAID TO THIS PERSON, THAT THEY JUST GOT TO GO IN THERE AND THEY CAN THEY CAN SEE ALL OUR CHECKS. IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT WAY TO DO BUSINESS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, HEY, THEY DIDN'T PAY THE CONSULTANT OR IF THEY DID, HOW MUCH THEY WOULD HAVE PAID THE CONSULTANT.

THAT'S TRUE OF EVERYTHING WE DO DOWN TO GETTING GUM DROPS FOR THE FOR THE CAFETERIA.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS PUBLISHED IN THIS CHECKBOOK.

SO EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE DON'T WE DON'T SELL OR GIVE AWAY SUGAR GUM DROPS [LAUGHTER].

MAYBE YOU SHOULD. GOOD TO KNOW AND WE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ON THOSE BEFORE.

I THINK WE CUT A CHECK REFUNDING SOME MONEY FOR LUNCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMEBODY NAMED DAIQUIRI.

SOMEBODY THOUGHT WE WERE BUYING DAIQUIRIS FOR THE TEACHERS.

SO. NO, HER NAME WAS DAIQUIRI. AND, YEAH, WE'VE HAD COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THOSE BEFORE, SO. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

[M. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]

OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025 AT THE BISD PLAZA, AND OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE ON A THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025 HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM.

CLOSED SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 5:30 P.M., AND WE WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7 P.M..

AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? SO MOVED.

MRS. SANDERS-WISE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, MR. TOLBERT. AND ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.

IT'S UNANIMOUS. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT WHAT TIME IS IT, ANYWAY?

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08:44. 8:44.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jan 23, 2025 Regular Board Meetings

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