C. PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR AND DISCUSS THE 2025 ANNUAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT – FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS REPORTS AND REQUIRED DISCLOSURES

[C. PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR AND DISCUSS THE 2025 ANNUAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT – FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS REPORTS AND REQUIRED DISCLOSURES]

TO HEAR AND DISCUSS COMMENTS ON THE 2025 ANNUAL FISCAL MANAGEMENT REPORT.

THE 1STQ OF TEXAS REPORTS AND REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.

DOCTOR GLENN, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KUNKEL, DOCTOR STINSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON TEXAS SCHOOL FIRST,. FIRST STANDS FOR THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS AND WAS ESTABLISHED FIRST IN 1999 AND AMENDED IN 2013.

THIS YEAR'S RATING IS BASED ON DATA FROM THE 23-24 FISCAL YEAR.

THE PURPOSE OF SCHOOL FIRST IS TO ASSESS AND EVALUATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPENLY REPORT THIS TO THE PUBLIC.

THE FIRST SYSTEM DOES ASSIGN A GRADE A LETTER GRADE TO SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE A, B, C, OR F, AND I AM PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU THAT BIRDVILLE ISD IS ONCE AGAIN BEEN AWARDED AN A OF SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT WITH A SCORE OF 96 OUT OF 100, JUST AS WE HAVE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL FIRST SYSTEM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND GIVE NOTICE OF THAT HEARING.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE TARRANT COUNTY COMMERCIAL RECORDER ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.

IN ADDITION, WE DO HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE THE FULL SCHOOL FIRST REPORT, AS WELL AS THE 5 ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

YOUR DEPARTMENT IS SO GOOD THAT WE SOMETIMES I THINK, TAKE FOR GRANTED WHAT YOU DO.

AND THERE'S A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT FAILED THE FIRST.

AND IT WAS A STARK REMINDER THAT THAT WE, WE ALMOST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

I DON'T TAKE YOU FOR GRANTED. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE WE GET AN A EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN ON HERE. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ME.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK. YOUR DEPARTMENT.

YEAH. THANKS. ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE ANYONE BESIDES THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THE 2025 FIRST REPORTS? AS THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK CONCERNING THIS ITEM, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL GO TO ITEM I OF OUR AGENDA.

[I. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD]

NOW, THE PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD. OUR BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION UPDATE.

SHARON MYLIUS FOUNDATION PRESIDENT. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PRESIDENT KUNKEL AND TRUSTEES FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.

AND DOCTOR STINSON AND CABINET. ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU GUYS.

AND THIS IS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY GET TO COME AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO OUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR.

SO, AS MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE MISSION OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS TO ENHANCE INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE OF THE BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT

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SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE HAVE ONE PRIMARY PROGRAM.

OUR BIG PROGRAM IS OUR INNOVATIVE TEACHING GRANTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SPEND THE MOST TIME TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE MADE SOME BIG CHANGES THIS YEAR.

WE ARE A 501 (C)3. WE ARE SEPARATE, BUT WE SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE ARE GOVERNED BY A VOLUNTEER BOARD.

WE'VE GOT SOME NEW MEMBERS ON THE BOARD THIS YEAR. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE SOME NAMES.

WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME AMY SWIFT. I KNOW, EVERYBODY PROBABLY KNOWS HER FROM THE PTA COUNCIL.

DOCTOR GREG BELL, HALTOM ALUM, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS.

AND THEN. MEGAN, WELCOME. YES. WELCOME TO THE JOB.

AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE ON THE BOARD, BUT WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

WELCOME, WELCOME. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE STILL HAVE OUR A LOT OF SUSTAINING MEMBERS THAT YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THE NAMES.

THIS IS OUR HISTORY. I THINK EVERYONE IS PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH IT.

WE WERE FOUNDED BACK IN 2001. IT WAS KIND OF THE BRAINCHILD OF DOCTOR GRIGGS.

USING A TRIPLE FREEPORT EXEMPTION ESTABLISHED OUR FOUNDATION.

AND WE DO HAVE STILL SOME OF THE OGS ARE STILL PART OF OUR GROUP, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO STILL HAVE THEM ASSOCIATED WITH US AND STILL GIVING US LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE. SINCE WE STARTED THIS YEAR, WE HAVE GIVEN OVER $2.4 MILLION DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THE EDUCATORS AND THE KIDS OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.[APPLAUSE] I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE A RECAP. SO THIS YEAR WE MADE SOME CHANGES.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE DECIDED THAT OUR APPLICATION WAS TOO MUCH.

TEACHERS HAVE SO MUCH TO DO, THEY DON'T NEED TO FILL OUT A 10 PAGE APPLICATION.

WE CONDENSED IT TO 1 PAGE, GOT ALL THE SALIENT INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED THANKS TO DOCTOR CLARK AND HER TEAM AND THEIR INPUT.

GOT IT ALL TOGETHER. GOT IT OUT THERE. WELL, WE DIDN'T DO SUCH A GREAT JOB BECAUSE WE CHANGED IT ON THE TEACHERS.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, EDUCATORS DO NOT LIKE THINGS TO BE CHANGED.

WE CHANGED OUR GRANT CYCLE. WE CHANGED OUR DEADLINES.

WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH OF A RESPONSE AS WE WANTED.

SO WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND WE SAID, OKAY, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT THERE? WELL, MARK THOMAS MADE A GIANT VIDEO OF ME AND PUT IT ON THE SCREEN AT CONVOCATION, AND I WAS 14FT TALL, GETTING PICTURES OF MYSELF, BUT. AND THEN DOCTOR STINSON AND HER TEAM WENT OUT THERE.

WE GOT THE WORD OUT, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY WE HAD GREAT RESPONSE AFTER THAT.

SO THIS YEAR I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO THROUGH THIS IS MY REPORT.

SO I GO THROUGH WE JUDGE ALL OF THESE GRANTS BLIND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE KNOWS SOMEONE THAT TEACHES AT A CAMPUS OR YOUR SISTER IN LAW KIDS ARE AT A CAMPUS OR SOMETHING. SO I TAKE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION OUT AND OUR PANEL JUDGES THEM BLIND.

I DO KNOW WHO WHO IS WHAT, BUT I DO NOT JUDGE.

ALL RIGHT. BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO THROUGH. IT IS AMAZING HOW EQUAL IT ALL TURNS OUT.

AND I'M SO PROUD OF OUR GROUP BECAUSE I CAN REALLY SAY THAT IT'S VERY, VERY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO BIAS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE APPLICATIONS. I WILL LIKE I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WE HAD SOME KIND OF STANDOUTS THIS YEAR, AND I KNOW I THINK SHE'S GONE, BUT MY GIRL MICHELL OVER AT HALTOM AND MY GIRL LIZ OVER AT NORTH RICHLAND, AND I CAN CALL THEM THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND, I'M A PRODUCT OF THE DISTRICT AND HAVE 5 LITTLE PRODUCTS OF THE DISTRICT.

AND GOD BLESS THOSE 2 WOMEN. THEY EITHER TAUGHT, COUNSELED, OR SUPERVISED MY 5 BOYS.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEY STILL ARE HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR THEIR LONGEVITY HERE.

BUT THEY REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. WE HAD SUCH GREAT APPLICATIONS.

HALTOM MIDDLE HALTOM HIGH NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE.

THEY REALLY, REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO 2 GRANTS THAT REALLY, REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART. WE WERE ABLE TO DO A DISTRICT GRANT TO THE CTE DIVISION DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE ROBOTICS SUPPLIES TO KIDS. NOW, THAT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A BASIC THING, BUT THAT THESE KIDS THAT WE KNOW THAT PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS SCORE OUTSTANDING IN STEM. BECAUSE OF THIS ACTIVITY, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE PARTS.

THAT'S NOT INNOVATIVE, BUT IT IS. CAN I SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT? MY DAUGHTER IS AT NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE ANOTHER ONE THAT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART. AND I NEVER EVER SAY THIS.

BUT I DID SAY THIS TO THIS PRINCIPAL. I HAVE A I HAVE A TEACHER AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT RAN AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR READING ON HER OWN DIME. IT WASN'T A BIG GRANT REQUEST.

AND WHEN I READ THAT, I SAID, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS, I WILL GET THIS APPROVED.

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AND THEY APPROVED IT. IT WAS GREAT AND WE'RE SO HAPPY.

IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT IT AFFECTS A LOT OF KIDS.

SHE DOES THAT ON HER OWN TIME. WE'RE ALSO DOING A SATURDAY SCIENCE EVENT FOR 1 OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THOSE TEACHERS ARE DOING THIS ON THEIR OWN TIME, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR THOSE KIDS.

I MEAN, I COULD GO ON AND ON. I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS MY PASSION FOR WHAT WE DO AND FOR THIS DISTRICT AND FOR THESE KIDS.

BUT YOU GUYS HAVE GOT SOME AMAZING EDUCATORS, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT.

BUT TO HEAR IT FROM SOMEBODY OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING IN, YOU GUYS HAVE GOT SOME AMAZING PEOPLE.

SO THERE'S OUR GRAND TOTAL $2.412 MILLION SINCE WE STARTED.

AND THIS YEAR WE GAVE OVER $150,000 IN THIS GRANT CYCLE.

WE ALSO GAVE AN ADDITIONAL SPECIAL GRANT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR ABOUT $25,000 FOR AUTISM PROGRAM.

SO THIS I'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE DID TO SIMPLIFY OUR PROCESS, WE ALSO INCREASED OUR GRANTS.

SO INDIVIDUAL GRANTS INCREASED TO INCREASE TO $5,000 AND THE CAMPUS STUDENT DEPARTMENT GRANTS INCREASE TO 10.

MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. WE GOT 52 GRANT APPLICATIONS TOTALING $269,000.

THEY WEREN'T ALL ELIGIBLE. WE'VE GOT SOME CREATIVE PEOPLE TO OKAY, YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM FOR TRYING.

IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS A GOOD TRY. GOOD TRY. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS ELIGIBLE, EVERYTHING THAT WAS ELIGIBLE EXCEPT FOR $5,000.

AND IT WAS REAL BORDERLINE ON THAT ONE. NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO GIVE $200,000, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE'RE GOING TO GIVE $250,000.

WE ALSO DO SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS. WE SUPPORT OUR ANNUAL TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, WE DO THE CAMPUS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, AND THEN WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR PTAS AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST SOME PICTURES ABOUT THE FUN THINGS THAT I GET TO GO OUT AND DO. SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LIKES TO SEE US COME. AND SO WE'RE GIVING SOMETHING AWAY. I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH THIS BECAUSE I WANT YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE OF THIS.

WE REALLY DID A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT OUR FOUNDATION AND HOW WE COULD BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT BEYOND JUST WHAT WE DO.

BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT, WE'VE HAD VERY, VERY JUDICIOUS INVESTMENT AND OVERSIGHT.

AND SO WE WE'VE BEEN VERY WE'VE BENEFITED. BUT WE NEED TO GIVE SOME OF THAT BACK.

SO THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JORDAN ELIZABETH HARRIS FOUNDATION, WHICH IS A SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION FOUNDATION THAT FOUNDED BY TOM AND ELLEN HARRIS, GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE AND GOOD FRIENDS, THE DISTRICT, LOCAL FOLKS.

WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM CALLED PEER HELPERS PLUS.

AND WHAT THIS IS, IS PEER TO PEER FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS.

AND IT'S A LOT LIKE HOPE SQUAD. I THINK YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH HOPE SQUAD.

THIS IS LIKE HOPE SQUAD 2. SO NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE THE PEER TO PEER COUNSELING PIECE OF IT, IT ALSO PROVIDES A PORTAL FOR PARENTAL SUPPORT, EDUCATOR SUPPORT, AND ALLOWS REAL TIME MONITORING OF SITUATIONS AND QUICK, QUICK INTERVENTION. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE IN EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR $69,000.

IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY FOR A LOT OF KIDS. HOPEFULLY IT GOES WELL.

IMPLEMENTING THERE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPAND IT TO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

BUT THIS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR SCOPE OF WORK AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT, AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO RESPOND TO THEM.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU GUYS.

SHARON, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN. THE BISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ALWAYS WANT TO BE 100% IN OUR DONATIONS EACH YEAR TO THE FOUNDATION.

SO I HAVE AN ENVELOPE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT MEANS SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] I GUESS IF I WERE PROPER, I WOULD HAVE WALKED AROUND AND. BUT OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR 2ND PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

DOCTOR CLARK, THE PERFORMANCE DATA AND HOUSE BILL 3 DISTRICT LEVEL BOARD GOALS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KUNKEL. WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE 2025 STATE ASSESSMENT DATA, ALONG WITH OUR TELPAS STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA AND OUR AP STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA.

LAST TIME THAT BRIAN CAME FORWARD TO DO A PRESENTATION, HE SAID, I DID MOST OF IT FOR HIM.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH MORE OTHER THAN TO SAY BRIAN, TAKE IT AWAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KUNKEL.

DOCTOR STINSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THIS EVENING, AS DOCTOR CLARK HAS SHARED, I'M GOING TO BE SHARING OUR 24-25 STATE ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE

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AND HOUSE BILL 3 BOARD GOAL UPDATES. SO THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE STAAR TEST THE ONLINE TEST IS PROVIDED FOR ALL STUDENTS GRADES 3 THROUGH 8, IN RLA, MATH, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL STUDIES. AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPLETE ALGEBRA 1, BIOLOGY, ENGLISH 1, ENGLISH 2, AND US HISTORY AND OF COURSE, ASSESSMENTS. AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE THE MOST SEVERE COGNITIVE DISABILITIES PARTICIPATE IN STAAR ALT 2. NOW THE TEXAS STATUS. GOODNESS. I'M SORRY.

TELPAS. GRADES K THROUGH 12. ALL STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED IN THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, ASSESSED IN 4 LANGUAGE DOMAINS READING, WRITING, LISTENING AND SPEAKING.

IT IS AN ONLINE ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 2 THROUGH 12, AND IT IS HOLISTIC FOR STUDENTS GRADES K THROUGH 1, AND ADDITIONALLY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN TELPAS ALT FOR SEVERE DISABILITIES.

SO WHAT I'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU TONIGHT IS A 1 PAGE REVIEW OF OUR ASSESSMENT RESULTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, OUR RLA PERFORMANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE AND REGION.

LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU'LL SEE OUR MATH RESULTS.

OUR AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE AND REGION.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT OUR ALGEBRA RESULTS.

THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN BOTH THE STATE AND THE REGION IN ALL 3 PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN SOCIAL STUDIES, OUR APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE, BUT FELL JUST SHORT IN MEETS AND MASTERS FOR 8TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES, SHOWING A CONTINUED AREA OF GROWTH.

HOWEVER, LOOKING AT US HISTORY, EOC RESULTS ARE OUR KIDS ARE DOING FANTASTIC IN US HISTORY.

SITTING AT 96% APPROACHING GRADE LEVEL, 75% MEETING GRADE LEVEL, 44% MASTERING GRADE LEVEL.

LOOKING AT THE TOP RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE OUR TELPAS RESULTS.

K-2 STUDENTS. WE HAD JUST OVER 1300 STUDENTS IN K 1 AND 2 THAT WERE ASSESSED.

35% OF OUR STUDENTS ADVANCED 1 OR MORE PROFICIENCY LEVELS IN K 1 AND 2.

AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE JUST OVER 4100, 3 THROUGH 12 STUDENTS 40% OF OUR STUDENTS SCORED ADVANCED AND 28% OF THOSE STUDENTS ADVANCED IN AT LEAST 1 PROFICIENCY LEVEL.

LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE OUR AP PERFORMANCE BY SCORE FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS.

WHAT I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND IS OFTENTIMES STUDENTS THAT SCORE 3 OR HIGHER.

MANY COLLEGES ACCEPT THAT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT.

AND IN 2025 LAST YEAR WAS PRETTY OUTSTANDING WITH 62% OF OUR AP ASSESSMENTS SCORING A 3 OR HIGHER.

THIS YEAR IT'S MOVED UP 4% TO 66% TOTALING 1748 ASSESSMENTS AT 3 OR HIGHER. OKAY. MOVING ON TO A REVIEW OF OUR HOUSE BILL 3 BOARD GOALS.

IN REGARDS TO EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY, 48% WAS SET FOR OUR TARGET BASED ON RESULTS FROM 2024.

HOWEVER, WE SURPASSED THAT GOAL. ACTUAL RESULTS OF 52% OF OUR 3RD GRADE STUDENTS MEETING GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE.

SO MOVING FORWARD, OUR 3RD GRADE STUDENTS SCORING MEETS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE WILL INCREASE FROM 52% TO 64% BY JUNE 2029, WHICH WILL MEET AND EXCEED THE STATE'S LONG TERM GOAL OF 73% 5 YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

SO, REVIEWING OUR MATH GOALS OUR ORIGINAL GOAL FOR 2025 WAS FOR 44% OF OUR STUDENTS IN 3RD GRADE TO BE MEETING GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE.

WE AGAIN SURPASSED THAT AT 47% MEETING GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY.

SO OUR HOUSE BILL 3 BOARD GOAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THAT 40.

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WE WILL EXCUSE ME. THE PERCENT OF 3RD GRADE STUDENTS SCORING MEETS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE WILL INCREASE FROM 47% TO 65% BY JUNE OF 2029. AND MOVING INTO OUR CCMR BOARD GOALS, OUR ORIGINAL GOAL FOR 2025 WAS FOR 62%. OUR ACTUAL WAS 59%, JUST SHORT OF THAT TARGET.

SO OUR GOALS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES MEETING CCMR CRITERIA WILL INCREASE FROM 59% TO 83% BY AUGUST OF 2029. AND WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS THERE ARE A TON OF SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT WE ARE ALREADY SEEING IMPROVEMENT IN THAT.

SO? WELL, ON OUR WAY. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO SHARE HOW WE ARE CONNECTING THE DATA TO TO WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR OR, EXCUSE ME, LAST MONTH IN THE AUGUST MEETING OUR TARGETED ACTION PLAN IS REALLY GUIDING WHAT WE ARE DOING. IT'S FOCUSED ON CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION, ASSESSMENT, PROGRESS MONITORING AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

WE HAVE PROVIDED INDIVIDUALIZED PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES TO KNOW EXACTLY THE TARGETS THAT OUR SUB POPS NEED TO REACH IN BOTH READING AND IN MATH. AND AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING WITH AND MEETING WITH CAMPUS LEADERS QUARTERLY TO REVIEW AND REFLECT ON PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING AND ACHIEVING THESE GOALS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE MAYBE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE 3RD GRADE SLIDES REAL QUICK? REFERENCE THE AP SCORES. SO JUST A KUDOS. YOU'RE SAYING IN 2025 2 OUT OF EVERY 3 BIRDVILLE STUDENTS THAT TOOK THE AP EXAM SCORED A 3 OR HIGHER.

YES, SIR. THAT'S FANTASTIC. THAT'S AWESOME. SO SHOUT OUT TO OUR AP TEACHERS.

WE'RE CRUSHING IT THERE. A LITTLE BIT MORE FORWARD ON THE 3RD GRADE STUFF.

CAN I DISCERN ON THE I MEAN, I THOSE NUMBERS I KNOW WHAT OUR GOALS ARE AND WHAT THE ACTUALS ARE AND MAYBE IT'S GOOD, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, 47% AND 53% AND ALL.

THAT'S NOT A VERY HIGH BAR. DO THOSE NUMBERS BREAK ALONG SOCIOECONOMIC LINES? IS THAT WHY THOSE NUMBERS IN MY MIND ARE SO LOW? I WOULD SAY IT DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY COULD PLAY INTO THAT.

BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE LOWER.

I MEAN, ACROSS THE STATE, YOU'RE FOR 3RD GRADE LITERACY SPECIFICALLY.

THE STATE'S LONG TERM TARGET. I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE NOT TOO FAR OFF OF WHERE THE STATE IS.

AND WITH THE LONG TERM TARGET BEING 73% AND THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE HAVE HAD WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE OVERLY CRITICAL, BUT BECAUSE I'M PROBABLY OUT OF MY LEAGUE AND OUT OF MY DEPTH HERE.

BUT IF THE STATE SAYS THE LONG TERM GOAL IS 73 TO ME, AND I GUESS THE VISION THAT I HAVE FOR BIRDVILLE ISD IS THAT WE'D BE 8 TO 10% ABOVE EVEN WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES, LIKE IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO SHOOT FOR THE MINIMUM. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE CHALLENGES IN THIS DISTRICT THAT A LOT OF, ESPECIALLY BOUTIQUE DISTRICTS, DON'T HAVE. AND I WOULD THINK SOCIOECONOMICS PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN IT.

SO I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AT SOME POINT IS SOME DATA MINING ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THESE.

I'D JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER OF WHY WE'RE HAPPY IN THE 60S.

SURE, BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL. NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT BRIAN ALLUDED TO THERE ARE CAMPUSES THAT ABSOLUTELY WOULD MEET THAT AND EXCEED THAT. SO, BUT THIS THIS REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE.

SO SOME OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON SOME OF THE CAMPUSES THAT YOU'VE ALLUDED TO OF COURSE, PULL THAT AVERAGE DOWN.

BUT I AGREE, WE, WE ABSOLUTELY WANT OUR KIDS READING ON GRADE LEVEL.

YEAH, WE AGREE WITH YOU, MATT. AND THEN ALSO I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OUR WE WERE REALLY REALLY PUSHED OURSELVES TO INCREASE BY 5 PERCENTAGE POINTS EACH YEAR.

AND SO WE WANT THAT TO INCREASE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS. SORRY, I NEED MY GLASSES.

FIRST OF ALL, BRIAN, I THINK YOU COULD HAVE A 2ND CAREER AS AN ANNOUNCER.

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YOUR VOICE, IT'S VERY POWERFUL. I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANTED.

I WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW, AND I KNOW I SAY THIS EACH TIME BRIAN STEPS UP HERE, BUT HE DOES AMAZING WORK AND TALK ABOUT DATA MINING. HE REALLY, AT SOME POINT, I WANT YOU TO COME AND ANY OF YOU TO SIT DOWN WITH BRIAN AND SEE THE DATA NOTEBOOKS. JUST PICK A CAMPUS. HE PUTS TOGETHER DATA NOTEBOOKS PER CAMPUS.

IT'S REALLY A DATA DISSERTATION PER CAMPUS, ISN'T IT? DOCTOR CLARK, IT'S AMAZING WORK SO THAT THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL CAN GO DO THE WORK.

AND BRIAN, DOES BRIAN AND HIS TEAM HANDLE THE BACK END OF THAT? AND IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLE. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER WORKED WITH SOMEONE IN 35 YEARS OF DOING THIS THAT DOES THE WORK TO THE DETAIL THAT BRIAN DOES. AND SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU DO AND FOR PUSHING US THE WAY YOU PUSH US AND AND TEACHING US.

IN FACT, THIS IS SO COMPLICATED. AND BRIAN HIMSELF HAS LEARNED IT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND BECOME OUR TEACHER WITH THIS.

AND SO THANK YOU, BRIAN, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US.

THANK YOU. YEAH. AND YEAH, YOU MUST DO REALLY GOOD WORK.

BECAUSE IF YOU SAID THAT TO DOCTOR CLARK FOR REAL, AND YOU'RE STILL HERE TODAY, SHE.

SHE REALLY RESPECTS YOU. I WOULDN'T SAY THAT TO HER.

SO NO AND I DON'T KNOW BUT I LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, THE HALF FULL, HALF, HALF EMPTY TYPE APPROACH, BUT IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S YOU LOOK AT THE MATH, THE ALGEBRA, THE BIOLOGY, THE SCIENCE AND US HISTORY, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S MATH AND SCIENCE.

LOOKS LIKE. I MEAN, AM I GATHERING FROM THIS MATH AND SCIENCE? WE'RE REALLY DOING VERY, VERY WELL. DOING REALLY WELL.

AND THEN US HISTORY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM. I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF LANGUAGE BASED. AND THEN BUT THEN THE LANGUAGE BASED WHERE WE HAVE SO MANY MAYBE BILINGUAL EMERGENT STUDENTS, THAT'S THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE WE WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES AND SOME, SOME THINGS TO DO. RIGHT? I MEAN, IS THAT KIND OF A TAKEAWAY? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SUMMARY OF EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND THEN ALSO MR. WOMBLE, I'M WITH YOU. WE MAY NOT LIKE THE PERCENTAGES, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGES ACROSS THE REGION AND THE STATE, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. AND IN MOST CASES, WE'RE BEATING THOSE PERCENTAGES.

YEAH. AND AND LET ME SOFTEN THE BLOW OF WHAT I SAID A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PROBABLY REALITIES AND SOME DATA MINING I'D LIKE TO SEE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THESE CHARTS HERE AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE 6 THROUGH 8 AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS AND WHERE WE'RE OUTPERFORMING.

I MEAN, CLEARLY WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AFTER 3RD GRADE THAT WE'RE WE'RE ON THE UPSWING, RIGHT? SO I DON'T MEAN TO BE ALL DOOM AND GLOOM. I HOPE I DIDN'T COME OFF THAT WAY. I'M JUST INTERESTED.

NO, YOU DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T. AND ACTUALLY, YOU JUST MADE A GREAT POINT. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT COME AS EMERGENT BILINGUAL TO US. AND SO IT IS OUR JOB BY 3RD GRADE TO HOPEFULLY GET THEM TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN READ AND TEST IN BOTH LANGUAGES.

AND SO WHATEVER THOSE MAY BE. AND SO THAT'S WHEN YOU START SEEING THAT SUCCESS RATE CLIMB.

YEAH. GREAT POINT. COOL. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

BY THE TIME YOU GET THEM UP TO HIGH SCHOOL, I KNOW OF 2 VALEDICTORIANS FROM HALTOM THAT STARTED BIRDVILLE NOT SPEAKING A WORD OF ENGLISH, 1 OF THEM IN ABOUT 3RD GRADE, AND THE OTHER ONE BEGAN IN 7TH GRADE, AND THEY BECAME VALEDICTORIANS BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATED. OH. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OUR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT NUMBERS.

THIS WILL JUST HAVE DOLLAR SIGNS IN FRONT OF THEM.

[J.1. Revenue Update [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

THE REVENUE UPDATE KATIE BOWMAN. THANK YOU, MR. KUNKEL. WE WILL. THIS IS BASICALLY A PLACEHOLDER.

EVERY OCTOBER WE BRING YOU A REVENUE UPDATE. IT'S REQUIRED WITH OUR SCHOOLS FIRST, THAT DOCTOR GLENN JUST COVERED WE HAVE TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF ACTUAL REVENUE. WE HAVE TO ESTIMATE THAT IN OCTOBER EACH YEAR.

SO IT USUALLY TAKES A FEW MONTHS FOR ALL OF OUR SPECIAL PROGRAM INFORMATION AND THE INFORMATION FROM OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR TO GET THOSE REVENUE NUMBERS CORRECT, OR AT LEAST CLOSER THAN WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH.

IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED WITH OUR FALL TEAM SUBMISSION.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WAS COMING NEXT MONTH.

OKAY. OUR DOCTOR CLARK, OUR LOCAL TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION AND TURNAROUND PLAN

[J.2. 2025-26 Local and Targeted Improvement Plan Development and Implementation and Turnaround Plan Development [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

DEVELOPMENT. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE TEAM OF 8 TRAINING WHERE WE HAD MS. [INAUDIBLE] AND DOCTOR ALLISON MATNEY EXPLAINING THE TIP AND THE TA PROCESS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THEY

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SHARED WITH US THE DISCUSSION, THE INFORMATION DISCUSSION ITEM IN YOUR BOARD MATERIALS REALLY DETAILS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPING THE PLANS, HOSTING PUBLIC MEETINGS AT EACH CAMPUS, AND CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDED IN THE TIMELINE LEADING UP TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER THE 2ND 2025.

WE'RE ALSO CONDUCTING WE HAVE ONLINE PROCESS FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS TO THE VARIOUS PRINCIPALS AND CAMPUSES SO THAT THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO INCLUDED AND GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOLD THAT INTO ANY OF THE PLANS.

AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS AT THAT CAROUSEL MEETING, THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN WE'LL TURN AROUND AND HAVE AN INFORMATION ACTION ITEM AT THE OCTOBER 23RD BOARD MEETING SO THAT WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO SUBMIT THE PLANS, IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD TO MEET THAT TEA DEADLINE, NOVEMBER THE 14TH.

AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE YOU A LINK TO ALL THE PLANS, WHICH WILL BE IN YOUR BOARD, PACKET MATERIALS IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW THOSE PLANS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE ALSO PROVIDED YOU WITH A CHART IN YOUR BOARD MATERIALS IDENTIFYING THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AS WELL AS THE 1 CAMPUS REQUIRED TO DEVELOP THE TURNAROUND PLAN.

AND OF THE 10 CAMPUSES, 6 ARE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A TIP DUE TO RECEIVING A LASSO FUNDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR OUR NEW MATH MATERIALS, OUR RESOURCES.

WHILE 2 CAMPUSES ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO THE TIP AND THE TAP PLANS WILL BE FORMALLY PRESENTED DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER THE 2ND.

THEN WE'LL HAVE THE DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM AT THE OCTOBER 23RD SO THAT WE CAN MEET THAT NOVEMBER 14TH DEADLINE. I TOO WOULD LIKE TO TO BRAG ON BRIAN AND HIS STAFF.

TISH AND DOCTOR[INAUDIBLE]. THEY HAVE REALLY WORKED TREMENDOUSLY HARD ON THE TIP AND THE TAP AND THE DIP AND THE SIP. WE ARE PLANNED OUT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE MET WITH PRINCIPALS.

WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS AT THE CAMPUSES. WE HAD EXCELLENT TURNOUT AT SEVERAL OF THE CAMPUSES WHERE PARENTS HAVE BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PLANS AND HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK.

BUT WE HAVE ALSO MET WITH OUR TEA. DOCTOR STINSON HAS MET WITH WE HAD TEAMS CALL WITH OUR TEA CONSULTANT AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT DOCTOR STINSON HAS DONE TO DEVELOP WHAT WE'RE CALLING A DISTRICT SUPPORT TEAM THAT SHE'S NAMED THAT OUR TEA CONSULTANT HAS REALLY WORKED WITH US AND SAID THAT BRIAN KIND OF PINPOINTED HER TO ALRIGHT, IF WE TURN THIS IN TODAY, WOULD IT BE IN COMPLIANCE? WOULD WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS? AND SHE REALLY GAVE US THE THUMBS UP THAT THAT OUR PLANS LOOK REALLY GOOD AND THAT WE'RE WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT ONCE SUBMITTED, THEY'RE GOING TO PASS THE TEA PROTOCOLS FOR LOOKING AT THE PLANS AND LAND ON THE COMMISSIONER'S DESK SO THAT HE WILL APPROVE IT.

FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD ON THIS? WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE INFORMATION DURING OUR 2 MEETINGS IN OCTOBER.

AND THEN OUR SEP PLANS. DOCTOR CLARK. DO YOU HAVE FURTHER WORDS TO SAY ABOUT THAT? OKAY. JUST SIMPLY THAT YOU HAVE THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW.

[J.3. 2025-26 Campus Improvement Plans [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

AGAIN OUR PRINCIPALS ALIGN THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS TO THIS NOTEBOOK THAT DOCTOR STINSON HAS MENTIONED WHERE BRIAN HAS CALCULATED EACH CAMPUS TARGETS BASED UPON WHERE THEY

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THEIR DATA WAS IN RELATION TO MEETING IMPROVED TARGETS FOR ALL OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS THAT YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS AND THAT THEY ALSO ALIGN WITH OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AND WE ARE VERY SERIOUSLY SERIOUS ABOUT THESE PLANS.

INCLUDING THE THE TYPES OF STRATEGIES THAT WE KNOW THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION BOARD? MOVING TO ITEM K. 4 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD RECENTLY ATTENDED THE THE ANNUAL BOARD CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON.

[K. txEDCON25 BOARD CONFERENCE RECAP]

AND WE'LL HAVE SHORT RECAPS OF THE SESSIONS THEY ATTENDED FROM 3 THIS TIME.

AND WE'LL HAVE 1 MORE IN OCTOBER. SO SHORT RECAP FROM EACH OF US.

KRIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? I GUESS I WILL.

I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH A CONFESSION. BRENDA TOLD US THAT WE WERE DOING THIS.

REMINDED US THAT THAT WE WERE. I WAS DOING THIS TONIGHT.

AND THEN I WENT AND LEFT MY NOTES AT HOME. IF YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER, WHEN RICHARD DOES IT, YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU DIDN'T LET ME FINISH. OKAY.

I'M SORRY. THANKFULLY, I HAVE 5 CHILDREN, SO.

OH, OKAY. I CALLED ONE OF THEM UP AND SAID, WILL YOU TAKE PICTURES OF MY NOTES FOR ME AND SEND THEM TO ME? SO MY MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER SENT THEM TO ME. SO I DID ATTEND, I BELIEVE IT WAS 8 SESSIONS.

A COUPLE OF THOSE WERE THE SAME AS RICHARD AND JOE WAS IN THEM TOGETHER WITH THE 2 OF THEM.

SO I'LL LET JOE ESPECIALLY TALK ON MAHMOUD. THAT ONE, I THINK IS MORE YOUR LINE ANYWAY.

MORE ALONG YOUR SKILL SET. BUT I A COUPLE OF THEM I WENT TO ONE WAS LEADERSHIP AND LESSONS FROM SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION AND DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

THIS ONE WAS TAUGHT BY LEWISVILLE ISD. AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE 5 HIGH SCHOOLS, 5 FEEDER PATTERNS.

AND THEY HAD TO CLOSE 5 ELEMENTARIES BECAUSE OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT WHICH THANKFULLY THANK GOD WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE HAD TO DO CONSOLIDATION. AND POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE WE'LL DO MORE.

SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO GO AND TRY TO LEARN SOME THINGS ON HOW WE COULD IMPROVE OUR PROCESS.

WE'VE CONSOLIDATED, YOU KNOW, 2, 4 SCHOOLS INTO 2 ALREADY.

AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. AND AFTER LEAVING THE MEETING, I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. WE'RE DOING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE DOING. THEY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, TRANSPARENCY, BEING COMPLETELY OPEN ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.

1 THING THEY DID THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IS THEY DID, AS A FULL BOARD, GO ON LISTENING TOURS WHERE THEY WOULD MEET, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FEEDER PATTERNS, ANYBODY WITHIN THE FEEDER PATTERN WOULD MEET THEM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY WOULD JUST LISTEN.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. KIND OF LIKE PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE.

YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD SIT AS A BOARD AND JUST LISTEN TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS SAYING AND THEN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ON, LIKE A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION ONLINE.

BUT IT WAS REALLY, LIKE I SAID, COMMUNITY TRANSPARENCY AND JUST LISTENING.

AND I THINK WE DO THOSE THINGS VERY WELL WITH OUR BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BOND FORMATION COMMITTEES, ETC.. WENT TO ANOTHER 1. DO SCHOOL FACILITIES IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT? WHY WHAT YOU DO AFFECTS CLASSROOM SUCCESS. HE TALKED ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT FACILITIES IMPACT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

THE ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST WAS WITH OUR CTE AND THE TRADES THE WORKFORCE TRENDS SPECIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'VE GOT OUR OUR BCTAL, WE'VE GOT OUR AG PROGRAM, WHICH IS DIDN'T I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY IT WAS OUR WE HAVE THE 5TH LARGEST AG PROGRAM IN THE STATE. THAT'S TO ME THAT IS AMAZING BECAUSE WE'RE A CITY, DISTRICT, INNER CITY, PART OF IT.

HONESTLY WE HAVE THE 5TH LARGEST AG BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS AT THE BCTAL.

WE COULD USE MORE SPACE FOR THAT AG PROGRAM. AND DO FACILITIES AFFECT THAT? DEFINITELY. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TAILOR IT, I HOPE.

EVEN INCREASE AND IMPROVE AND MAKE THOSE FACILITIES EVEN BETTER.

IRONICALLY, WHAT HE KIND OF CAME DOWN TO ON THAT WAS IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE AROUND.

SO I THINK WE'RE DOING GREAT THERE AND WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE OUR PEOPLE.

1 OTHER I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS LET ME SEE.

BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY TIES. I THINK THIS IS THE 1.

YES. BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY TIES, STRATEGIES TO GROW AND SUSTAIN ENROLLMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY THEY REALLY FOCUSED ON IN THIS ONE IS THAT WE SHOULD SELL THE FAMILY FEEL.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND WE'RE DOING MORE AND MORE.

AND I THINK WE, WE CONTINUE DOWN THAT LINE AND WE ARE THE DEMOGRAPHERS ARE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD BE DECLINING IN ENROLLMENT AND WE'RE NOT.

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IN FACT, WE'RE GOING UP A LITTLE. LITTLE BY LITTLE EACH YEAR. AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE FAMILY FEEL THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED AND ARE CONTINUING TO DO SO.

BUT HE ALSO SAID ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS INTERESTING. HE SAID, A SCHOOL IS A TOOL FOR LEARNING, NOT A PLACE TO HOUSE KIDS. I LIKE THAT A SCHOOL IS A TOOL FOR LEARNING.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. I HOPE PARENTS DON'T THINK OF A SCHOOL AS JUST A PLACE TO HOUSE THE KIDS, BUT AS A TOOL. AND WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING OUR NEW SCHOOLS, I THINK WE'RE KEEPING THAT IN MIND VERY CLOSELY, WHICH I LIKED A LOT. ANYWAY, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.

JOE. YES, I HAD A TON OF REALLY GOOD SESSIONS THERE.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS 1 OF THE BEST ONES I'VE EVER ATTENDED, ACTUALLY. REALLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ OR LISTEN TO KEVIN BROWN, HE'S A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER CALLED THE HERO EFFECT AND.

NOT OUR KEVIN BROWN. NO, BUT HE IS A HERO. BUT YEAH.

HE'S A HERO. AND THIS GUY'S A HERO. [LAUGHTER] NO, A FASCINATING STORY.

HIS KID IS HIGHLY AUTISTIC. THEY GO TO I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING, BUT THEY GO TO DISNEY WORLD.

THEY FIND OUT HIS KID REALLY ONLY WANTS TO HAVE APPLE PANCAKES.

THEY FIND OUT THEY DON'T HAVE APPLE PANCAKES.

AND THEN THE NEXT TIME THEY COME BACK, THE NEXT DAY, THE THE HEAD CHEF HAS GONE OUT AND BOUGHT APPLES AND BROUGHT THEM IN.

AND THEY SERVE APPLE, APPLE PANCAKES. AND SO EVERY DAY HIS HIS CHILD INSISTED THEY GO BACK TO THE SAME RESTAURANT.

BUT WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS HE JUST LIKE THAT PUT HIM ON A SPIN OF, WOW, HOW DO YOU INSTILL IN THAT CULTURE IN YOUR EMPLOYEES WHERE THEY'RE HERE? THE CHEF IS LIKE, HEY, IT'S NOT ON THE MENU.

WE DON'T HAVE APPLE PANCAKES. BUT SO SHE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO GO BUY APPLES.

AND NOW IT'S ON THE DISNEY MENU. BECAUSE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU GET THAT INTO YOUR CULTURE.

AND SO IT'S A REAL HE WAS A FUNNY AND A GOOD SPEAKER AND ALSO JUST REALLY MADE YOU THINK, YEAH, IT'S JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT. JUST LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THEM CAN TURN THINGS AROUND A LOT.

1 THING, EXCUSE ME, BUBBLE VOICE CAME IN. 1 THING I WANTED TO MENTION, AND IT WAS SORRY, IT WAS NOT HOT MOMENT FOR ME.

YOU YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO. WELL, OF COURSE I KNOW THAT. BUT I'LL HAVE PEOPLE.

ONE OF THE COURSES THAT KRIS WAS KIND OF REFERRING TO WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED? ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALL THE STUDENTS? PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS I'M TALKING ABOUT AND AND AND WE USED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS USED TO TRACK THE GROWTH OF THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE OF TEXAS.

AND THAT'S NOT TRUE ANYMORE. AND SO WHERE WHERE ARE THESE KIDS GOING? AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT AT 1.3 3 VIRTUAL SCHOOLS DISTRICTS HOUSED NEARLY EVERY ONE OF THE VIRTUAL STUDENTS I DIDN'T HAVE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BUT VIRTUAL SCHOOLS ARE GROWING STARTING TO TAKE MORE STUDENTS.

CHARTER SCHOOLS, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE LAST 10 YEARS HAVE BEEN A BIG EATER, IF YOU WILL, OF CHILDREN.

1 OTHER THING THAT THAT PEOPLE SAY TO ME AND I'VE NEVER KNOWN WHAT TO SAY, IS THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW, NEW PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO THOSE HOUSES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO Y'ALL MUST BE GROWING. AND THE IDEA IS, I'LL TELL YOU THE EXAMPLES SHE GAVE YOU.

PROBABLY GOING TO BE AHEAD OF ME BEFORE I CAN GET IT OUT. BUT SHE SAID REGENERATION DOES NOT REPLACE, DOES NOT GROW STUDENTS. IT SIMPLY REPLACES STUDENTS.

IN OTHER WORDS, LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE VACANT FIELD AND YOU PUT IN 2 HOUSES.

1 OF THOSE HOUSES HAS A STUDENT, ONE OF THEM DOESN'T.

YOU'VE JUST ADDED 1 STUDENT. YOU'VE ADDED TO TO IT.

HOWEVER, THAT FAST FORWARD 30 YEARS LATER AND THOSE 2 HOUSES SELL.

AND YES, 1 OF THE HOUSES IS REPLACED WITH A FAMILY WITH 1 STUDENT AND 1 IS NOT.

YOU DIDN'T GROW, YOU'RE JUST STAGNANT. AND SO THAT REALLY IS WHERE BIRDVILLE IS ON THAT.

AND SO THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP ME A LITTLE BIT, BE ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE BETTER ABOUT REGENERATION IS NOT ADDING.

IT'S JUST IT'S JUST SUBSTITUTING. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVING IN NEXT DOOR TO YOU WITH KIDS.

BUT IT DIDN'T INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT HERE. AND I WILL TELL YOU, SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE STATE ARE FIGHTING, ARE FIGHTING WITH THE LOSS OF STUDENTS AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

AND THAT BROUGHT ON OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW HOW YOU HOW YOU COMBINE SCHOOLS AND HOW YOU, HOW YOU RIGHTSIZE AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

I'M GOING TO TALK VERY QUICKLY ABOUT OH, WENT TO LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

I'M JUST I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IF YOU IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED A FIREMAN GO BY AND OPEN UP ONE OF THOSE FIRE HYDRANTS AND THAT WATER JUST GUSHES OUT AND YOU'RE GLAD YOU'RE NOT STANDING IN FRONT OF IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD KNOCK YOU ACROSS THE STREET IF YOU WERE. THAT'S WHAT I FELT LIKE FOR AN HOUR, AS TASB WAS TRYING TO AS FAST AS THEY COULD GET IT OUT.

TELL US ABOUT ALL THE CHANGES. THEY SAID. THERE'S ABOUT 300 CODES.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THERE'S 300 CODES IN OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

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SKIP WOULD KNOW WHAT THAT IS. THEY SAID PROBABLY 1 AND A 1/2 OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE REWRITTEN AS A RESULT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION JUST CAME AND TASB SAID, WHICH YOU MAY KNOW OR MAY NOT KNOW. SAID IT'S GOING TO BE THE LARGEST REWRITE OF SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES EVER IN THE HISTORY OF TASB, AND THEY ARE WORKING NIGHT AND DAY TO TRY TO GET THEIR POLICIES OUT TO US.

IF YOU IF YOU'LL KNOW, THE POLICIES WENT INTO EFFECT.

WE STARTED SCHOOL IN AUGUST. POLICY STARTED IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST, AND WE DON'T HAVE DIRECTIONS ON MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WERE FORCED ON US.

AGAIN, YOU JUST WISH THERE WAS 1 OR 2 PEOPLE THAT CARED ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WOULD GIVE US SOME TIME TO BE ABLE TO PUT THESE POLICIES IN PLACE, WAIT FOR THE POLICIES TO BE GENERATED, AND ALLOW US TO PUT THEM IN PLACE.

SO THERE WOULDN'T BE SOME OF THESE SEISMIC CHANGES THAT UPSET THE SYSTEM UNNECESSARILY.

YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL NURSE ISSUE THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY, THAT WOULD HAVE ALL BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IF THEY JUST WOULD HAVE GIVEN US A YEAR TO ASSIMILATE THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO TO DO A GOOD PROJECT, GOOD, DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE, NEXT YEAR, MOST LIKELY IN ORDER TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD, YOU'RE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, YES, MY CHILD CAN HAVE A BAND AID. NO, THEY CAN'T HAVE A BAND AID.

YES, THEY CAN HAVE ASPIRIN. NO, THEY CAN'T HAVE ASPIRIN.

NOBODY WANTS TO FILL THOSE FORMS OUT. BUT HEY, YOU GOT TO DO IT OR THE NURSE IS GOING TO BE TIED.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. AND SO BEGGING PEOPLE NOW TO FILL OUT THOSE KIND OF FORMS, SHARON MYLIUS WAS SAYING EARLIER, PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO TEACHERS DIDN'T WANT TO FILL OUT A 10 PAGE FORM.

WHAT IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND YOU'VE GOT 5 KIDS, KRIS, AND YOU GOT AND YOU GOT TO FILL OUT, YOU GOT TO FILL OUT 10 PAGES OF, YES, I WANT THIS BOOK.

NO, I DON'T WANT THIS BOOK. YES, I WANT THIS BAND AID. NO, I DON'T WANT THIS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT ON PARENTS.

I FEEL SORRY FOR THE FOR FOR THE NURSES THAT AS A KID COMES IN AND THEY'RE BLEEDING.

THEY GOT TO GO TO THE COMPUTER AND THEY GOT TO GO, OKAY, THAT KID'S NAME IS OKAY.

THAT'S THEIR NAME WHERE THEY LET'S GO DOWN REFORM HERE.

ARE THEY ALLOWED TO HAVE ANTISEPTIC TO FOR THIS BLEED OKAY.

YEAH THEY DO. I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE LIFE WE'RE LIVING NOW.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FILL ALL THOSE OUT. [LAUGHTER] SO I'LL CONFESS.

SEE, THAT'S OUR PROBLEM RIGHT THERE. NO, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? AND THEN I DON'T WANT TO GET IN FOR A LOT OF REASONS.

I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO DETAILS, BUT. BUT KRIS AND I DID ATTEND A SESSION ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND RIGHTS IN SCHOOL.

FASCINATING SUBJECT. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT FOR DECADES AND DECADES, RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE, FREE EXERCISE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WAS JUDGED BY SOMETHING THAT THE COURTS CALLED THE LEMON TEST.

AND LEMON LIKE, LIKE LIKE THE SOUR THING THAT YOU EAT LEMON TEST.

WELL, THAT GOT SET ASIDE IN NOT TOO DISTANT PAST AND LEMON TEST IS NO LONGER AROUND.

AND SO ALL THESE RELIGIOUS AND FREE EXERCISE AND ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE CASES ARE KIND OF ALL GETTING DECIDED ANEW.

AND HE HAD HE HAD REFERRED TO MUHAMMAD. AND THAT WAS ONE WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD HAD ADOPTED A THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY HAD ENOUGH LGBTQ BOOKS IN THEIR LIBRARY. AND SO 1 OF THE BOOKS THEY INCLUDED WAS PUPPY PRIDE.

AND AND SOME PARENTS, FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS, FELT THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR CHILD EXPOSED AS IS IS THE APROPOS WORD. THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR CHILDREN EXPOSED TO A BOOK THAT THEY FELT LIKE GAVE HOSTILE PHILOSOPHIES THAT THAT THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH OR BELIEFS, I SHOULD SAY. AND SO IN THIS CASE, THE SUPREME COURT SAID, WE AGREE WITH YOU PARENTS.

WE THINK YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO OPT OUT OF YOUR YOUR CHILD BEING EXPOSED TO TO PRIDE PUPPY.

EVERYTHING IS UP IN THE AIR ON RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION AND FREEDOM OF FREEDOM, OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION.

BECAUSE LEMON'S GONE AWAY. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT, A LOT MORE OF THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, 1 OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOOD ABOUT PRECEDENT IS THAT WE HAVE BUMPER GUARDS, AND WE KNOW HOW TO ANSWER PEOPLE WHEN THEY ASK US QUESTIONS.

I'M NOT SAYING PRECEDENT IS ALWAYS CORRECT. SOMETIMES IT WAS WRONGLY DECIDED.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO CHANGE, BUT IT MAKES IT GETS US INTO SOME UNCHARTED TERRITORY.

WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE PRECEDENT. THAT MAY BE GOOD, MAY BE BAD, BUT AT LEAST WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE ANSWERS AT THIS POINT.

THANKS. THANKS, PRESIDENT. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

UPDATE 126 THAT WE'LL SEE SOMETIME IN THE 4TH QUARTER IS MAYBE 3000 PLUS PAGES LONG, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THANK GOD WE DON'T GET THOSE PRINTED AND DELIVERED TO US ANYMORE.

REAMS AND REAMS OF PAPER. YES. AND HALF OF OUR DISTRICT POLICIES.

I HAD THAT WRITTEN DOWN, JOE, WITH A SESSION THAT I ATTENDED WILL BE AFFECTED.

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HALF OF OUR POLICIES? YES. I ATTENDED A FIELD TRIP FRIDAY MORNING TO FORT BEND ISD OUT IN SUGARLAND.

THEY HAVE A PRETTY NEW CTE CENTER IN 2018. THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING THIS NEW CTE CENTER AND CREWS UNEARTHED SKELETON REMAINS. SO THAT OBVIOUSLY DELAYED CONSTRUCTION AND MADE THE NEWS FOR MONTHS.

AND ULTIMATELY, THEY FOUND 95 SKELETON REMAINS IN THE GROUND THERE.

AND SO IT DELAYED THEM ABOUT A YEAR. THEY THEY TREATED IT VERY WELL.

WHEN YOU'RE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, YOU WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

AND I THINK THEY HAD AN HEB LESS THAN A MILE AWAY THAT FOUND SKELETAL REMAINS.

AND THEY JUST KIND OF BUILT AND WENT ON. WHEN YOU'RE A PRIVATE COMPANY, YOU CAN SAY, WE GOT TO MAKE MONEY OR SOMETHING.

BUT SO THEY REBURIED AND MADE A PUBLIC CEMETERY JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CTE BUILDING.

SO THEY HAVE THIS NEW CAREER TECHNOLOGY CENTER, AND IT'S REPOSITIONED JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT INSIDE THE CTE CENTER, THEY HAVE A HISTORY SECTION THAT TELLS ALL ABOUT THE STORY OF THE SUGAR LAND 95 LOTS AND LOTS OF THINGS ON YOUTUBE ON THIS. IF YOU WANT TO GO LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEWS STORIES.

BUT THEY, THEY, THEY WERE FROM A STATE CONVICT LEASE LABOR PROJECT, A CAMP FOR THE SUGAR MILLS AROUND THERE.

AND SO THEY WOULD GET PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMES TO COME AND WORK IN THE SUGAR MILLS.

AND IF THEY GOT SICK OR OLD OR SOMETHING, THEY JUST KIND OF BURIED THEM IN MASS GRAVES.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE BUILDING THEIR CAREER TECH CENTER.

AND SO A LOT OF HISTORY OF THAT IS IN THE CTE CENTER.

SO STUDENTS COME FROM ALL OVER. THIS IS A VERY, VERY LARGE DISTRICT DOWN THERE AND LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORY FROM 100, 150 YEARS AGO. VERY, VERY INTERESTING. THE CTE CENTER ITSELF WAS VERY MUCH LIKE ALL THE OTHER CTE CENTERS WE SEE, EXCEPT FOR THAT WHOLE WING OF A HISTORY SECTION THERE.

I ATTENDED THIS SESSION, KRIS, THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL FACILITIES IMPACTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

I THINK THEY OFFERED IT MORE THAN ONCE. I DON'T THINK WE WERE IN THE SAME SESSION.

BUT THE OVERALL IMPACT ON STUDENTS AND STAFFS, WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW FACILITY, WHEN YOU'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO DO THAT THEY REALLY STRESSED IT HELPS ATTENDANCE AND IT HELPS TEST SCORES AND IT HELPS THE RETENTION OF STAFF, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE STAFF, TEACHERS AND SO FORTH.

AND SPENDING A LITTLE MONEY ON FACILITIES, YOU KIND OF GET SOME OF THAT BACK ON THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.

CHARLES BUTT FOUNDATION DOES A TEACHERS POLL EACH YEAR AND THE IN THE 2025 TEACHER POLL.

I THINK IT WAS RELEASED 9 DAYS AGO. I THINK IT WAS TUESDAY LAST WEEK, BUT THEY GAVE US A QUICK SNAPSHOT JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE IT WAS GOING TO GET RELEASED.

AND A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND PRETTY COOL.

5 YEARS AGO IN 2020, ABOUT 40% OF TEACHERS WERE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFIED.

AND NOW IT'S A IT'S CLOSE TO 50% IN JUST 5 YEARS.

I THINK THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE WAS 49% IN THEIR TEACHER POLL.

SO IT'S REALLY HALF AND HALF ALTERNATIVE CERTIFIED VERSUS TRADITIONAL.

IS THAT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING? ARE WE SEEING NUMBERS THAT HIGH? IS IT REALLY IN THEIR POLLING, THEY FOUND THAT 3/4S OF TEACHERS WERE SAYING THAT THEY HAD SOME FEELINGS.

THEIR STUDENTS WERE BELOW EXPECTED GRADE LEVELS.

NOW THIS IS STATEWIDE AND SO FORTH. BUT WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE BELOW GRADE LEVELS.

BUT EVEN WITH THESE LEARNING GAPS, 60% OF TEACHERS HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY GET ADEQUATE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. THAT WAS ONLY 40% 5 YEARS AGO.

SO I THINK THE THE FEELING AMONG TEACHERS IN OUR STATE IS THAT MANY, MANY MORE OF THEM FEEL LIKE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO HELP THESE LEARNING GAPS NOW COMPARED TO 5 YEARS AGO.

SO THAT'S GOOD. I THINK THE EMPHASIS IS THERE STATEWIDE.

AND AS FAR AS TEACHERS CONSIDERING LEAVING EDUCATION 12% LESS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SO I THINK TEACHERS ARE KIND OF BEEN REBOUNDING A LITTLE BIT IN THE CLASSROOM.

TEACHERS AND MORE OF THEM ARE NOT CONSIDERING LEAVING.

COMPARED TO SOME PRIOR YEARS. BUT THAT TEACHERS POLL IS OUT THERE.

[01:15:03]

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL LOOK AT THAT OR NOT, BUT I PULLED IT DOWN TODAY AND STARTED READING IT AND IT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THERE.

SO I THINK I'LL STOP THERE AND WE WILL GO TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.

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

PERSONNEL ITEMS. AN ANNOUNCEMENT. DOCTOR STINSON HAS ACCEPTED 6 RESIGNATIONS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION REGARDING THE PERSONNEL ITEMS PRESENTED TO US? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL PERSONNEL ITEMS AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.

I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU KELVIN. THANK YOU. KRIS.

ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY RAISE HAND AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

OUR TASB PROPOSED UPDATE 125 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES THAT ARE MENTIONED THERE.

[L.2. Consider Texas Association of School Boards Proposed Policy Update 125, Affecting Local Policies Listed (Third Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD, REVISE LOCAL POLICIES BDAA, EI AND FDE AS RECOMMENDED BY TASB POLICY SERVICES AND UPDATE 125. THANK YOU JOE FOR MAKING THE MOTION.

BRENDA MADE THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

[L.3. Consider Birdville ISD Proposed Local Policy Update Affecting Policy Listed (Third Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

REGARDING BISD PROPOSED LOCAL POLICY UPDATES.

HEAR A MOTION. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD REVISE LOCAL POLICY FFAC AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. BRENDA SANDERS-WISE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECONDED KRIS DREES. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY RAISE YOUR HAND. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

ITEM 4. CONSIDER THE 25-26 DIP GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

[L.4. Consider the 2025-26 District Improvement Plan Goals and Objectives [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE 2025-26 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. THANK YOU. KRIS DREES SECONDED BY JOE TOLBERT.

ANY DISCUSSION? WE'RE MOVING RIGHT THROUGH THESE.

ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY THE RAISED HAND AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.