[I. CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING STATEMENT] [00:00:07] GOOD EVENING. AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT, THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE TIME AND IN THE MANNER THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT IS HELD IN PUBLIC AND NOT A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC. ACCORDINGLY, YOU ARE WELCOME TO OBSERVE AND LISTEN TO OUR MEETING, BUT COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING. PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL CELL PHONES ARE TURNED OFF OR TURNED TO SILENT OR TO THE VIBRATE MODE. AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD AT A WORK SESSION. ACCORDINGLY, MANY OF THOSE ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED AND VOTED UPON BY THE BOARD WITH LITTLE DISCUSSION SINCE MOST OF OUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED AT OUR WORK SESSION. AGAIN, WE WELCOME YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING. PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR INVOCATION, PLEASE. SHALL WE PRAY? FATHER GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EVENING, LORD AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR EACH PERSON THAT'S HERE TONIGHT. FATHER, WE ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF THAT IS ALREADY BACK AT WORK AFTER THEIR SUMMER BREAK, AND WE JUST PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU'LL GIVE THEM THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE EXCITEMENT THAT THEY NEED TO GET THIS NEW YEAR STARTED. FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR WICHITA FALLS ISD AND PRAY THAT YOU'LL BLESS THEM. LORD, JUST CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND DIRECT THIS BOARD. HELP THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF OUR HEART BE PLEASING TO YOU, FATHER. WE JUST CONTINUE TO PRAISE YOU AND GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY. IT'S IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? [IV. PUBLIC COMMENT] NO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. [V. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT] OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE GOT ONE. YOU GOT IT. OKAY. PULLING IT UP. GIVE YOU A FEW UPDATES HERE. THANK YOU, VANESSA AND I PUT THAT PICTURE ON THERE FOR A REASON. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S ONE YEAR RIGHT AT THIS TIME. SO IT FLEW BY. A LOT HAPPENED THIS LAST YEAR, BUT HAD TO PUT A GREAT TEAM TOGETHER, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE AND MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS. STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT ONE YEAR LATER I'D SAY THAT WE'RE HEADED IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION THANKS TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEAM THAT WE HAVE. SO ONE YEAR LATER, IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR. SO APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE SHOWN IN ME AND MY TEAM. LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS; I'LL SAY THAT, TOO. OKAY, WE HAD A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. SOME THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING. NOTHING WITH THE TEACHER SALARIES. HOUSE BILL 100 AND ALL THE BILLS ALIKE. OF COURSE, THEY DID NOT GET PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE, BUT SOMETHING DID TAKE PLACE WAS THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WAS RAISED FROM 40,000 TO 100,000, AND THEN THERE'S THIS WORD CALLED TAX COMPRESSION THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, A WAY TO REDUCE THE TAXES OVERALL. [INAUDIBLE] WAS $12B IN TAX COMPRESSION THAT WAS PASSED, AND SO THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THOSE TWO THINGS, BUT AGAIN, NO ACTION ON TEACHER SALARIES , BUT YOU CAN BET THAT IN SEPTEMBER YOU'RE GOING TO START HEARING THE DRUMBEAT AGAIN ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE TIED TO VOUCHERS. SO STAY TUNED ON THAT. HE'S ALREADY SAID A SPECIAL SESSION OF SEPTEMBER IS COMING, BUT A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS AND SOME BUSINESS OWNERS ARE HAPPY BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TAX RELIEF FROM THAT REGARD. WE'VE GOT A STATE FFA PRESIDENT AND THAT IS AMAZING. ISAAC HAWKINS AT HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAD A WELCOME BACK. SOME OF YOU WERE THERE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A PICTURE OF ISAAC AND JUST SO PROUD OF HIM AND JUST A TESTIMONY TO WHAT THE POWER OF A TEACHER CAN DO AND EXPERIENCES CAN DO, AND NOW HE GETS TO BE THE FACE OF FFA AND REPRESENT WICHITA FALLS AND HIS FAMILY AND HIS COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF HIM, AND I EMAILED MISS THOMAS AND SAID WE GOT TO GET HIM IN CONVOCATION BECAUSE OUR WHOLE THEME IS WFISD HAS TALENT, THERE IS TALENT, RIGHT? AND SO WE ARE SUPER, I MEAN, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH HOW EXCITED WE WERE TO WELCOME HIM BACK, AND HE WAS ALMOST IN TEARS WHEN HE SEEN US ALL AROUND THE CORNER. BIG, HUGE CROWD. BEEN GETTING THIS QUESTION A LOT. WELL, WHEN IS THE DATES? AND IT'S GOT THE SUBSTANTIAL DATES OF COMPLETION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WHEN STUDENTS ARE GOING TO WALK THE HALLS, BUT WHEN CAN WE GET KEYS AND START MOVING FF&E CAN WE GET ACCESS TO THE BUILDING? WELL, THERE'S THE DATES. [00:05:01] AS FOR THE COMMUNITY, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU KNOW IT, BUT MEMORIAL IS FEBRUARY 19TH, 2024 AND LEGACY'S IN MAY, AND WE'RE ON SCHEDULE AND WE'RE ON BUDGET, AND THAT COOL PICTURE RIGHT THERE IS. YES, THAT IS A HELICOPTER CARRYING AN AIR CONDITIONER UNIT TO THE TOP OF THE MEMORIAL DID THAT. I WANTED TO KIND OF ONE UP LEGACY AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT AGAIN IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, I THINK THEY SAID. SO THAT IS A SIGHT TO SEE. [INAUDIBLE] AIR CONDITIONING UNITS SITTING THEM ON TOP OF THERE. SO IT'S COMING ALONG NICELY. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MURALS AND THERE'S SOME PROOFS I WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PROOFS THAT ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO BE IN THE TWO SCHOOLS. IT'S GOING TO BE A BLEND OF OLD AND NEW AND THE IDEA OF POSSIBLY HAVING AN AUCTION FOR THE MEMORABILIA BECAUSE THERE IS JUST THOUSANDS, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, PIECES OF MEMORABILIA FROM WAY BACK A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, THE TENNIS TROPHIES, THE FOOTBALL, YOU NAME IT, THE LETTERMAN JACKETS, AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL OF THAT AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED AND HOW IS IT GOING TO BE CATALOGED? AND SO AN AUCTIONEER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. MR. THOMAS HAS GOT SOME INFORMATION. [INAUDIBLE]. SO IF THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS, I GOT SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME MORE PICTURES, KIND OF WHAT WE SAID, A BLEND OF OLD AND NEW AS YOU ENTER THE BUILDINGS AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ON THE ELEVATOR SHAFTS, THE ATHLETIC WINGS OR SOME OF THESE PICTURES, THEY'RE ALL IN BLACK AND WHITE. ANYBODY RECOGNIZE THAT? IT'S EVEN BEFORE MY TIME? [CHUCKLING] YEAH, THAT'S THE 1886, I THINK WAS THE DATE. THE CABIN IS WHAT IT WAS CALLED. THAT IS A NEAT PICTURE. THE HERSHEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS THERE. THE NEW, AND THEN OF COURSE, PROJECT BACK TO SCHOOL IS COMING CAN SEE ALL THE STUDENTS AT BURGESS, SCOTLAND PARK, BOOKER T AND [INAUDIBLE], THEIR SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND BACKPACKS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AT THEIR SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WFISD FOUNDATION. THAT'S A PICTURE FROM LAST YEAR THAT IS A GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM TO BENEFIT OUR KIDS, TO GET THEM THE SUPPLIES THEY NEED TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND THEIR BACKPACKS. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS THE YMCA PARTNERSHIP, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PARENTS WERE VERY LEERY ABOUT WHEN WE WERE DOING THE TRANSFERS WAS THE AFTER SCHOOL CARE, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT THEM TO BE LATCHKEY KIDS. SO WE PARTNERED WITH THE YMCA AND THOSE FIVE ELEMENTARIES, AND OUR GOAL AND OUR EXPECTATION IS GOING TO BE TO AT LEAST DOUBLE THAT NEXT YEAR, BUT THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW WELL THEY DO THIS YEAR, BUT BOOKER T, WASHINGTON, CUNNINGHAM, FAIN, FRANKLIN AND JEFFERSON, ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTARIES ARE GOING TO HAVE AFTER SCHOOL CARE BY THE YMCA ON-SITE AT THOSE CAMPUSES. SO THE Y IS GOING TO COME. WE'VE GIVEN THEM ACCESS TO THE GYM AND IT AIN'T JUST A SIT AND GET AND BABYSIT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES WITH LEARNING, FEEDING THEM SOME SNACKS AND THEN RELEASING THEM. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND AGAIN, WE HOPE THAT IT'S A SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP THAT WE CAN BUILD UPON IN THE FUTURE. PRINCIPALS REPORTED BACK TODAY. VACATION'S OVER, [INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE] ALL THE PRINCIPALS. WE HAD A PURCHASING WORKSHOP. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT ABOUT HOW DO YOU DO PO'S? WHAT DOES THIS LOOK? EVERYTHING FROM PURCHASING AND EVERYBODY WAS AT TODAY BRIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING, STARTING NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONDAY BEGINS OUR LEADERSHIP WEEK AND THAT WILL BE AT MSU AT THE DILLARD BUILDING, AND WE'LL HAVE A FULL WEEK THERE OF ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. REGION NINE HAS A SPEAKER ON MONDAY. WE ALL KICK OFF WITH SOME BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON WEDNESDAY, SO JOHN [INAUDIBLE] WILL BE THERE TO GIVE SOME INSIGHT AND SOME INSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND THEN AUGUST 11TH IS CONVOCATION. THE NEXT WEEK. ON WEDNESDAY IS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. SO VACATION IS OVER WITH, RIGHT? WHAT TIME DOES CONVOCATION START? 8 A.M. SO, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'RE INVITED. SO WE [INAUDIBLE] YOUR CALENDAR, AND IT'S AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, CONCERNS? I HAVE A COMMENT. BACK TO THE MEMORABILIA [INAUDIBLE] I WAS AT A THE REASON I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO THE HOUSING THINGS BECAUSE THERE WAS A FUNCTION I HAD TO GO TO AND THERE WAS A GUY THERE AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE MEMORABILIA THAT WE HAVE. HE SAID, YOU ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE DONATING SOME OF THAT TO THE WICHITA FALLS MUSEUM, WICHITA COUNTY, WICHITA COUNTY MUSEUM, AND SO THAT IT WOULD [00:10:02] BE THERE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THAT OR NOT, BUT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO HONOR THOSE SCHOOLS FOR AS LONG AS THE MUSEUMS ARE. DR. LEE AND I ALSO TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY CREATING THREE KIND OF BOARD NOMINATED OR SUGGESTED COMMITTEES, ONE FOR EACH OF THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WOULD HAVE VARIOUS AGED PEOPLE FOR MANY YEARS THAT MIGHT THAT PARTICIPATED IN MANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD KNOW THE PLAYERS, WOULD KNOW WHAT WAS MOST MEMORABLE AT THE TIME. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD DECIDE ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] FOOTBALL IN 1990. YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR THAT, BUT OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DO. SO DON'T START CALLING US YET, PLEASE, BUT IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE UP HERE AND YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, THAT MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE A WAY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY THE RIGHT THINGS AND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE KNOW ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND THEN EACH SCHOOL, AM I CORRECT? EACH SCHOOL WILL HAVE KIND OF A HALL OF FAME REPRESENTING THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO WE'D HAVE TWO SEPARATE GROUPS AND CREATE A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT'S APPROPRIATELY REMEMBERED. YEAH, THERE'LL BE MEMORABILIA AS YOU ENTER AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY STILL LEFT TO HAVE AN OPTION. GOING TO BE A LOT. MY I SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT THAT. SURE. ISAAC HAWKINS JR. FROM HERSHEY, GRADUATED LAST YEAR, AND I HAPPENED TO BE DOWN THERE WITH A FEW OTHER PEOPLE , AND HE WAS ONE OF 12 THAT WERE NOMINATED ACROSS THE STATE. HE WAS FROM OUR AREA. HE GAVE A SPEECH. HE NEVER HESITATED. HE NEVER MISSED A WORD. IT WAS SO WELL THOUGHT OUT AND WELL PLANNED AND WELL REPRESENTED, AND THE NEXT DAY WHEN HE WAS ANNOUNCED THE WINNER, I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO FAINT ON STAGE. I MEAN, HE WAS SO SURPRISED AND SO EXCITED, AND THEN HE HAD TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE PRETTY SHORTLY AFTER THAT AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE MEETING, AND HE DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB, AND HE IS REALLY GETTING READY TO STEP INTO AN ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER STATE OFFICERS FROM WICHITA FALLS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A PRESIDENT, BUT HE IS GETTING READY TO STEP INTO A REAL LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE. SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR HIM. YEAH, THERE'S ONE YEARS ON HOLD AT TARLETON. THEN I HAD A QUESTION FROM MR. JOHNSON REGARDING STAAR. WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF IDEA OR A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATES ON STAAR. HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST SOME RAW SCORES THAT DON'T REALLY TELL US A WHOLE LOT, BUT HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING SINCE THE LAST UPDATE? [INAUDIBLE] NO, THEY'RE STILL PROJECTING END OF SEPTEMBER FOR OFFICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY. WE MAY GET A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT INTO STUDENTS' SCORES. [INAUDIBLE] SO WE'RE HOPING THAT BY THE END OF AUGUST AT LEAST, MAYBE THEY'LL RELEASE IT TO US BEFORE THEY RELEASE IT TO THE COMMUNITY AND PARENTS. SO THAT WAY IT'LL GIVE US AN IDEA ON OUR IMPROVEMENT REQUIRED CAMPUSES. SO WE'RE NOT HESITATING. WE'RE STARTING ROLLING OUT YOU'RE ROLLING OUT A NEW CURRICULUM IN SOME SCHOOLS FOR A NEW READING PROGRAM TO TEST THAT OUT. SO WE'RE PRESSING AHEAD. THAT'S RIGHT. MORE AND MORE IMPROVEMENT AS WE GO, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CURRICULUM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS [INAUDIBLE] I'VE MET IN THAT REGARD FOR READING CURRICULUM, NOT JUST AT THE ELEMENTARY, BUT WE WANT THE SYSTEM WIDE. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST ROLLING OUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS UP NEXT, AND MRS. [VI. CONSENT AGENDA] CAMP IS OUT OF TOWN, BUT HAS TOLD ME THAT SHE HAS LOOKED AT OUR MINUTES AND ALL LOOKED WELL, AND THAT WAS, I BELIEVE, THE ONLY THING ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA WERE THE MINUTES FROM JUNE MEETING. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. MR. LUKERT MADE THE MOTION, AND MRS. SCROGGINS SECONDED, AND SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE MINUTES? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. SO THE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. SO MRS. HORTON CAN'T GET AWAY FROM US. THIS IS FOR ACTION NEEDED TONIGHT. [VII.A. Region 9 Education Service Center Contract for 2023-2024] GOOD EVENING. ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPTS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24 BETWEEN REGION NINE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER IN WICHITA FALLS ISD, FOR A TOTAL OF $263,158.71 [00:15:05] ESTIMATED BY LEAH HORTON CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND IS RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND CONTRACTS THAT EXCEED 100,000 REQUIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVAL. THESE ARE ANNUAL CONTRACTS THAT WE GO IN WITH REGION NINE AND THEY ARE BUDGETED. IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THIS REGION NINE CONTRACT? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT. THANK YOU, MRS. GRISEL, AND NOW ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR AND MAYBE ESPECIALLY FOR MAYBE SOME NEWER BOARD MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CONTRACT FOR. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE THE CURRENT COMING YEAR? YES, SIR. SO [INAUDIBLE]. WE WENT THROUGH AND SAID, DO YOU REALLY NEED THIS? WE STARTED KIND OF CROSSING AND THERE WAS ONE THAT I SPECIFICALLY FROM THIS [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE TOOK OFF WAS LIKE $9,000 BECAUSE WE WEREN'T USING IT. SO IF WE WEREN'T USING IT AND THE LEADERS DIDN'T NEED IT, WE JUST TOOK IT OUT, AND REGION NINE WILL HELP US SOMETIMES WITH TRAINING OF OUR STAFF OR WITH HELPING US ON CAMPUSES OR IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND SO IT'S KIND OF A BLANKET RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THEM, BUT WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT EVERY YEAR. DO THEY HELP US WITH THAT? CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS. DO WE PAY THEM ANYTHING, OR IS THAT ALL SEPARATE? YEAH, TITLE MONEY THAT WOULD BE OUT OF 199. WE EXPECT HELP WITH OUR READING CURRICULUM AS WE ROLL IT OUT THROUGH REGION NINE. THEY'RE HELPING AS WE SPEAK. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE IF YOU WOULD SCROLL UP, VANESSA. LIKE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CO-OP RIGHT THERE. THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE. THEY DO A LOT OF PD WITH OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS. THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON OUR CAMPUSES. WE SPEND SOME TIME THERE QUITE A BIT. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. MANY, MANY, MANY HOURS OF TRAININGS. I HAVE A LOT OF PERSONNEL THAT ALL HAVE COME FROM SCHOOLS FOR THE MOST PART, AND IT'S CERTAINLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE IN-HOUSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT IS EDUPHORIA DATA DESEGREGATION TOOL? EUPHORIA IS OUR WE DO OUR HELP DESK TICKETS THROUGH IT. THERE'S DATA. IT'S OUR DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. IT TRACKS STUDENT ASSESSMENT DATA. IT TRACKS OUR TICKETS FOR WAREHOUSE OR MAINTENANCE FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IT HAS OUR TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EVALUATION SYSTEM. IT'S OUR BIG TOOL. WE USE IT A LOT. THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH AN EASIER NAME. YEAH. [CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT. JUST AGGRAVATION. NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. SHALL WE CALL FOR THE VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE REGION NINE CONTRACT AS BEEN PRESENTED BY MISS HORTON PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. SO IT PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE SHORTEST YOU'VE BEEN UP THERE IN A WHILE. HUMAN RESOURCES? THERE SHE IS, MISS HARDAWAY. [VIII. HUMAN RESOURCES] HOW IS EVERYBODY THIS EVENING? GOOD. GOOD. IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PROPOSED APPLICANT POOL LIST SUBMITTED BY DAYNA HARDAWAY, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND AS RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE, SUPERINTENDENT AND WE HAVE THE ADDENDUM HERE BEFORE US, BUT HE HAS IT HERE ON YOUR TABLE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY IT'S MULTIPLE PAGES. YES, IT IS. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. MAKING PROGRESS [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. MOTION MADE BY MR. LUKERT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. HARVEY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MS. HARDAWAY? TUESDAY'S MEETING WE WERE AT 46 OPEN TEACHER POSITIONS? CORRECT. ANY UPDATE TO THAT? WELL, WE ARE COUNTING WE ARE DOWN MORE AND MORE, AND SO I THINK THERE ARE TEN THAT I HIRED TODAY. SO WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 36 OR SO, WHICH IS DOABLE, AND WE'RE WORKING AND I HAVE 2 OR 3 CALLS OUT THAT PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO JUST WAIT ABOUT THINK ABOUT IT AND PRAY ABOUT IT [INAUDIBLE] , AND SO THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT ARE JUST THINKING THINGS OVER AND [INAUDIBLE] THINGS OVER, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO GET EVERYTHING FILLED AND COMPLETED, AND THEN I HAVE CALLS OUT TO THE PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE VACANCIES AND WE ARE MAKING PLANS AND PREPARATIONS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE CLASSROOMS READY TO GO WHEN SCHOOL STARTS. [00:20:06] IF THEY'RE NOT A CERTIFIED TEACHER, AT LEAST A CERTIFIED SUBSTITUTE OR A BODY FOR THEIR OWN, MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT SO THAT THERE'S NO CLASSROOMS THAT A PARENT AND STUDENT WALK INTO AND THERE'S NOT A PLACE AVAILABLE TO PREPARE. HOW'S OUR SUPERINTENDENT--OH, NOT SUPERINTENDENT. [CHUCKLING] I'M THINKING YOU'LL HAVE TO BE IN THAT ROOM. HOW ABOUT SUBSTITUTE TRAINING? WHEN IS THAT? WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT. TODAY WAS OUR THIRD ONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER, AND SO I'M KIND OF STEALING FROM MY SUBSTITUTE POOL BECAUSE AS PEOPLE COME THROUGH AND THEY ARE THEY HAVE A FOUR YEAR DEGREE, THEN I AM THEN CALLING THEM AND HAVING THEM COME IN AND MEETING WITH THEM AND TELLING THEM ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM INTO THE CLASSROOM WITH THE TEACHERS. SO WE HAD, I BELIEVE, LIKE 30 OR 40 TODAY THAT CAME TO THE TRAINING, AND SO WE'RE GROWING IT, BUT I'M KIND OF STEALING FROM IT A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TEACHERS OR GET PEOPLE WITH ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION, AND IF SOMEONE HEARD ABOUT IT TONIGHT AND WANTED TO BE TRAINED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE, IS THERE STILL OPPORTUNITY? OH, YES, YES, YES, YES. WE'RE DOING THEM PROBABLY EVERY TWO WEEKS UPSTAIRS TRAINING. SO THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO CALL HUMAN RESOURCES APPLICATION, AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AND SET UP A TIME FOR THEM TO COME TO THE TRAINING THAT WORKS WITH THEIR SCHEDULE. GOOD. WELL, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THEM. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO THERE'S A MOTION TO ACCEPT MRS. HARDAWAY'S APPLICANT POOL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME VOTE. SO IT PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU, MRS. HARDAWAY. YOU'RE SO WELCOME. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE HAVE A DISCUSSION, AND WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ABOUT MOVING A BOARD MEETING FROM AUGUST [IX.A. Discuss and Take Action Regarding Moving Board Meeting Date from August 21st to August 22nd at 6:00 pm] 20TH 1ST TO AUGUST 22ND. YEAH, THAT'S ME. ON THAT BOARD MEETING DATE MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, ABBY, IS GOING TO STEPHEN F AUSTIN AND SHE MOVES IN THAT DAY, AND SO KIND OF LIKE TO BE THERE FOR THAT AND MOVE HER IN AND WOULD DO A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PUSH THE MEETING ONE DAY FORWARD ON TUESDAY SO THAT I COULD DO BOTH. SO THAT WOULD BE WE MEET TUESDAY NIGHT ON THAT DAY INSTEAD OF MONDAY NIGHT. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY ON THAT. DOES ANYONE HAVE I DON'T THINK IT CALLS FOR ACTION, DOES IT? BUT IS EVERYONE GOOD WITH THAT? YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE YOU. OF COURSE. SO, YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] NOT EVERYBODY [INAUDIBLE] EXCITED. [IX.B. Closed Session] SO NOW THE BOARD WILL GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE FOLLOWING MANNER MATTERS. ONE IS PERSONNEL MATTERS, INCLUDING THE APPOINTMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND/OR COMPENSATION OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074 AND TWO TO DELIBERATE THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIAL OCCASION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072 FINAL VOTES, IF ANY, WILL BE MADE IN OPEN SESSION AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:23. WE'RE NOW ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION. THERE IS [INAUDIBLE]. ALL RIGHT. [IX.C. Open Session] WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. IT'S NOW 7:55, AND WE ARE HERE TO TAKE A VOTE REGARDING THE WFISD POLICE DEPARTMENT ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE POLICY AND PROCEDURE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXCEPT APPROVED WFISD RIFLE POLICY/PROCEDURE SECOND READING AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. HARVEY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE HAVE HEARD THE READING TWICE, AND SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WITH NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. SO IT PASSES SIX ZERO. THEN WE'D ALSO NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON ACTION REGARDING THE WFISD POLICE DEPARTMENT RIFLE POLICY PROCEDURE, OR DID WE JUST DO THAT ONE? SO NOW WE NEED TO DO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE. I MOVE THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE WFISD PD ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE [00:25:02] POLICY/PROCEDURES SECOND READING AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MRS. SCROGGINS. SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AFTER THE SECOND READING? WITH NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. PASSES 6-0. NOW, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. I'LL MAKE IT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND IS THERE A SECOND? MR. LUEKRT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN IT PASSES 6-0. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.