[I. CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING STATEMENT]
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>> AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED.
AT THAT FORM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT, THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND NOTICE THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE TIME IN THE MANNER THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE FULL ROOM, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT IS HELPING PUBLIC AND NOT MEETING OF THE PUBLIC.
ACCORDINGLY, YOU ARE WELCOME TO OBSERVE AND LISTEN TO OUR MEETING.
THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETINGS.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL CELL PHONES ARE TURNED OFF OR TURNED TO SILENT OR A [INAUDIBLE] MODE.
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, MOST IF NOT ALL OF OUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD DURING THE WORK SESSION.
ACCORDINGLY, MANY OF THESE ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED AND VOTED UPON BY THE BOARD WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, SINCE MOST OF OUR QUESTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AT THE PREVIOUS WORK SESSION.
AGAIN, WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR MEETING. THANK YOU.
NOW WILL YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS?
CENTER FACE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I AM CADET LIEUTENANT COLONEL MCKENZIE OF WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FOR 2023-24.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CAPTAIN ALLEN OF HIRSCHI.
>> HELLO. I AM CAPTAIN ALLEN OF HIRSCHI AND I AM THE S2 OF 2023-24.
>> I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CADET LIEUTENANT COLONEL WATERS, THE RIDER.
>> HELLO, I'M LIEUTENANT COLONEL WATERS OF S. H. RIDER HIGH SCHOOL, CURRENT BATTALION COMMANDER OF CLASS 2023 AND 2024. PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
>> REMAIN STANDING. MRS. ROUSSEAU WILL OFFER INTENTION.
>> THANK YOU, PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE THANK THEE SO VERY MUCH THAT WE CAN BE HERE TONIGHT AND WE ARE GRATEFUL AS THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND ALL THOSE THAT POUR THEIR HEARTS AND SOULS INTO THE CHILDREN OF OUR DISTRICT, WHEN WE ASK THESE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TONIGHT, THAT WE MAY BE WISE.
THAT WE CAN BE OPEN-MINDED AND LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE ISSUES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE SAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AMEN.
[IV. PRESENTATIONS]
THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION FOR THE ROAD TO COLLEGE.>> GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU EVERYBODY?
>> GIVE ME A SECOND, I NEED MY GLASSES. [LAUGHTER]
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU REGARDING THE [INAUDIBLE] OR COLLEGE SUMMER PROGRAM.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO DOCTOR LEE AND ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
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I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS THAT I WILL ASK THIS EVENING.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THE ROAD TO COLLEGE SUMMER PROGRAM IS PART OF THE CAFE ORGANIZATION.
THIS SUMMER WE HAVE 83 STUDENTS FROM THE DISTRICT.
RANGING FROM SIXTH GRADE TO HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE STUDENTS COMPLETED OUR SIX WEEKS RIGOROUS ACADEMIC CURRICULUM AT THE MSU DEALER BUILDING, WE HAVE THE ENTIRE 3RD FLOOR LOWER SOUTH.
MSU HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNER AND SO AS VERNON COLLEGE.
THESE STUDENTS FROM 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH GRADE, REVIEW THE STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES.
THEY WILL BE TAUGHT THIS ACADEMIC YEAR IN THE AREAS OF MATH AND ENGLISH.
AT THE HIGH-SCHOOL LEVEL, THE STUDENTS RANGE FROM 9TH -11TH GRADE.
IN LOWER HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS A STUDY AND PRACTICE FOR THE SAT EXAM.
ALL OF THESE STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM A WORK PROGRAM TO A PRE AND POST-TEST.
THESE INFORMATION HAD BEEN SHARED AND I WOULD REVIEW THE DATA WITH YOU.
HOWEVER, BEFORE I PROCEED INTO THAT, I WANT TO STRESS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
THIS IS MORE THAN AN ACADEMIC CURRICULUM.
IT'S ABOUT TEACHING LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL, AND MORAL VALUES TO THE NEXT-GENERATION THAT I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO BE WELL-TRAINED, WELL EDUCATED LEADERS OF THESE COMMUNITY.
ACADEMICS IS GREAT, BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS NEED TO COME ALONG AS WELL.
NOW WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WILL GO OVER THE DATA.
THE FIRST THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS YOUR SIXTH GRADE MATH.
WE HAD THESE STUDENTS AND THEY TOOK THEIR PRE AND POST-TEST.
AS YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS, 95% OF THE STUDENTS MADE PROGRAM 81% INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST.
THERE WAS A 27 POINT INCREASE BETWEEN PRE AND POST.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASK TO STRESS THAT WE ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE IS TO TAKE AT LEAST TWO ADVANCE CLASSES IN THE NEXT GRADE.
SEVENTH GRADE, THERE WERE 70 STUDENTS 14 STUDENTS TOOK THE PRE AND POST.
THEN THANK YOU TO THE ATTENTION OF ONE OUR CURRICULUM ADVISORS, THREE OF THOSE SEVENTH GRADERS WERE MOVED TO THE EIGHTH GRADE TO TAKE ALGEBRA BECAUSE THEY WERE WAY AHEAD.
SEVENTY-ONE PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS MADE PROGRESS, 10% INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST TESTS.
THERE WAS A FIVE-POINT INCREASE BETWEEN PRE AND POST IN THE SEVENTH GRADE MATH.
ALGEBRA FOR EIGHT GRADERS, THERE WERE 13 STUDENTS WITH PRE AND POST-TEST DATA PRESENTED FOR ALGEBRA, 100% OF THE STUDENTS MAKE PROGRESS.
MS. ARANDA WHO LED THE 8TH GRADERS IS HERE WITH US.
SHE TEACHES AT BARWISE AND THERE WAS A 23% INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST, NINE POINT INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST.
THIS IS ALGEBRA. THEN WE HAVE A GEOMETRY CLASS AS WELL.
THERE WERE 80 STUDENT IS TAKING THAT AND THERE WAS 100% OF STUDENT PROGRESS, 10% INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST AND THERE WAS A SIX-POINT INCREASE.
THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TOWARD HIGH SCHOOLS.
THE SAT MATH THAT WAS DONE BY DR. GUPTA, SHE'S A PROFESSOR AT THE MSU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
WE HAVE 24 STUDENTS WITH PRE AND POST DATA, 83% OF THEIR STUDENTS MADE PROGRESS, 11% INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST-TEST.
THERE WAS A 42 POINT INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST TEST IN THEIR SAT SCORE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM VAIN ABOUT IT AND I KNOW LOTS OF THEM WERE SAYING, "DON'T TAKE THE SAT." I AM A FIRM BELIEVER ON THAT.
SOME OF OUR STUDENTS COME IN GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT.
WE HAVE MRS. BURKHAM, WHO WAS YOUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT.
THE 90 STUDENTS TO THE PRE AND POST, 81% OF STUDENTS MADE PROGRESS, 32% INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST-TEST.
THERE WAS A 12 POINT INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST TEST SCORE.
SEVENTH-GRADE READING [INAUDIBLE] 17 STUDENTS TO THE PRE AND POST, 88% MADE PROGRESS, 47% INCREASE AND 11 POINTS INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST.
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THE 8TH GRADE WAS LED BY MR. BLACKWELL.EIGHTEEN STUDENTS TOOK THE PRE AND POST-TEST DATA AND 89% OF STUDENTS MAKE PROGRESS, 16% BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST.
AVERAGE SCORE FOUR-POINT INCREASE.
THERE WERE AGAIN, 24 STUDENTS THAT TOOK THEIR PRE AND POST-TEST, 83% OF THE STUDENTS MADE PROGRESS, 21% INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST, AND NINE POINT INCREASE.
BEAR IN MIND THAT THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME THESE STUDENTS WERE DOING THAT.
THE SAT LANGUAGE, WE HAD A 68% OF THE STUDENTS THAT MAKE PROGRESS, 6% INCREASE BETWEEN THEIR PRE AND POST THREE POINT INCREASE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER.
I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE THE TIME.
THESE ARE THE COMMENTS OF THE TEACHERS THAT WERE AMAZING.
I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME BECAUSE ALL OF THESE TEACHERS WITH THEIR SECTION OF DR.
GUPTA ARE PART OF THE DISTRICT AND THERE IS A REASON THAT THEY KEEP COMING BACK WITH US IN THE SUMMER.
I TRULY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS AND SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONE WHO NEEDS THAT.
ALL I DO IS ORGANIZED AND ENSURE THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> CAN YOU RECOGNIZE THEM IF THEY'RE HERE?
>> OF COURSE. CAN YOU PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ONE OF OUR TEACHERS, I [INAUDIBLE] MRS. ARANDA, MS. BURKHAM THAT ARE HERE.
>> RAISE YOUR HANDS. [APPLAUSE]
>> THEY ALSO HELP US DOING OUR MONTE TUTORIALS AT VERNON COLLEGE.
>> HOW LONG IS YOUR ROAD TO COLLEGE SUMMER PROGRAM?
>> IT'S SIX WEEKS, IT'S THREE DAYS A WEEK.
>> TUESDAY, WEDNESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS FROM 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, BUT THE STUDENTS THEY START GETTING THERE AT 9:30, BECAUSE WE DO LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES, PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, AND THEY ALSO GET LUNCH AT THE MSU CAFETERIA.
>> THAT'S AWESOME, AND HOW ARE THE STUDENTS CHOSEN?
>> THE STUDENTS ARE CHOSEN, THEY HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS DURING THE YEAR, LIKE BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, THAT IS COURSE.
BUT ALSO THE PARENTS HAVE TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH US, SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO MISS.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME THERE IS VACATIONS AS YOU KNOW, AND THAT INTERFERES, SO I'M VERY BIG ON THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO BE THERE.
ACTUALLY, WE STARTED WITH 86 AND I HAVE TO DISMISS THREE, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE EXPECT FROM ANYONE.
IT'S A VERY DIVERSE GROUP, BUT THEY HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
>> AND HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN HELPING THIS SUMMER PROGRAM?
>> THE SUMMER PROGRAM SINCE 2014, AND WE STARTED WITH 20 STUDENTS, THE FIRST OFFICIAL YEAR AT VERNON COLLEGE, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE WE DID IT ON A CHURCH WITH 14 STUDENTS, MY WIFE AND I, AND SOME OF THAT STUDENTS ARE NOW IN COLLEGE, SO THAT WAS AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, AND I JUST WANTED TO FINISH BY SAYING, IT IS IMPORTANT, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE COST OF THE PROGRAM WAS ABOUT $45,000.
AND THE FUNDS WERE DONATED BY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE ROTARY CLUB AND I HAVE SOME OF THE MEMBERS RIGHT HERE, IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[APPLAUSE] SO IN THIS LAST ACADEMIC YEAR, WE SERVED 280 FAMILIES.
I DID THREE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THIS WAS DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEAR WHEN WE SERVED 355 FAMILIES, BUT THIS WAS DUE TO THE LACK OF FUNDS TO OFFER THE RTC SIX WEEK SESSIONS TO NEW FAMILIES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WE HAVE DONE IN PRIOR YEARS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH TERRIBLE TIME LAST YEAR, AND SO DID OUR COMMUNITY.
I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS YEAR WE CAN COUNT WITH ALL OF YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT AND WE HAVE DR. LEE, YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING.
ONCE AGAIN, OFFER THE ROAD TO COLLEGE SIX WEEK SESSIONS ARE THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT IS HUGE.
I STARTED FIFTH GRADE, BECAUSE DATA SHOWS THAT IF YOU DON'T DO CERTAIN THINGS TO YOUR STUDENTS BY SIXTH GRADE, THEIR CHANCES OF GOING THROUGH SECONDARY EDUCATION DIMINISHES, SO THAT IS WHY I'M HUGE AND IS VALUED IN FIFTH GRADE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL BE GLAD TO MEET WITH YOU.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, APPRECIATE IT.>> WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THE STUDENTS TO COME UP AND FACE AUDIENCE AND HAVE A PICTURE MADE AND MAYBE BRING THEIR TEACHERS?
>> WE'D LOVE TO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER]
>> BE CAREFUL, BE CAREFUL. [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HURT.
>> COME ON GUYS COME OVER TO THIS SIDE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> [BACKGROUND] LADIES FIRST, DROP THE BAG.
>> ALL RIGHT, IT IS NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[V. PUBLIC COMMENT]
[BACKGROUND] THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT OF THE MEETING PROVIDE CITIZENS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT ITEMS WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA.SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES EACH, IF THERE ARE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP FOR COMMENT, THAT CAN BE LOWERED.
BUT TONIGHT, WE WILL STAY WITH THE THREE, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, WE'LL STAY WITH THE THREE-MINUTE LIMIT.
WE WILL NOT DELIBERATE OR DEBATE ANY OF THE SUBJECTS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT WITH MS. FARMER.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME?
>> MS. [INAUDIBLE] FARMER, I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT I'M SO PROUD OF MR. ROBLES AND HIS WIFE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THESE STUDENTS.
I REALLY BELIEVED THAT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN THE PARTICIPANT IN ROAD TO COLLEGE COALITION THAT I ASSUME SO MANY STUDENTS CAN PROVE IT.
IT ALMOST BRINGS YOU TO TEARS WHAT THEY CAN PUT INTO A BOOK AND NOW THEY HAD HOPE.
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AND I LOVE SEEING THAT I'M A BIG STICKLER FOR EDUCATION.I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING, THE MORE I KNOW, THE MORE I CAN GIVE TO MY CHILDREN, AND I HAVE 11 GRANDS THAT HAVE COME IN TO THIS.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A FARMER, AND A FARMER, AND A FARMER, THEY'RE COMING.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WHAT THEY HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IS NOT JUST FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL AND GO INTO LOOK FOR A JOB, THAT SOMEBODY IS MOTIVATING THEM TO KNOW WHAT A FAFSA IS.
TO HELP THEM PLAN THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION, TO HELP THEM LEARN THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE, TO MENTOR, THERE ARE SO MANY MENTORS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK UP A PHONE AND LET SOMEBODY KNOW.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE COMMUNITY, IT IS A FAMILY OF EDUCATORS FROM MOMS TO DADS TO AUNTS TO UNCLES TO GRANDMAS.
THESE KIDS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A BETTER EDUCATION AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO PROUD OF CAFE CON LECHE I'M PROUD OF MR. ROBLES I'M PROUD OF ALL THE TEACHERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE THE SUPPORT OF WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
TAKE A LOOK AT IT, LOVE IT LIKE WE DO.
>> I WROTE IT DOWN SO I WOULDN'T GO RANDOMLY.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH BURKHAM.
I TEACH SIXTH GRADE ENGLISH AT BARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE ROAD TO COLLEGE PROGRAM, I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE INCLUDED IN A SUMMER ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
MANY STUDENTS THAT I TAUGHT THIS SUMMER, I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH EACH CHILD DEVELOPS OVER THE SIX-WEEK SUMMER DOUBLED THEIR GROWTH, SHOWN DURING THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.
THE STUDENTS DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS, DISCIPLINE, STUDY HABITS, ALSO RESPECT FOR GENDER, I GUESS, LIKE HE ENSURES THAT THE MEN BECOME GENTLEMEN, SO I REALLY LIKED THAT, AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS ON THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR LEARNING, THEY HAVE A WHOLE FAMILY CHEERING THEM ON.
I ALSO HAD MANY STUDENTS SAD WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS COMING TO AN END, BECAUSE THEY WOULD SHARE THAT THEY KNEW THEY WERE GETTING ONE HOT MEAL EVERYDAY HERE IN ROAD TO COLLEGE.
ROAD TO COLLEGE ALSO BENEFITS STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE THEY KNOW MR. ROBLES HOLDS THEM TO HIGH STANDARDS AND THAT WE CAN CALL ON HIM AND THE MENTORS FOR SUPPORT IN ENSURING OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
IN CONCLUSION, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE ROAD TO COLLEGE PROGRAM BE SUPPORTED BY WFISD.
WE BENEFIT NOT ONLY THEIR GROWTH ACADEMICALLY, BUT THEY ARE TRULY BEING PREPARED TO BE LIFELONG LEARNERS AND PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS TASHIA STEVENSON.
I HAVE TWO KIDS IN DILLARD COLLEGE PROGRAM.
ONE IS, THIS YEAR, HE'S A SOPHOMORE.
HE'S BEEN IN THIS SINCE FIFTH GRADE, AND THEN I HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] SHE'S BEEN IN IT SINCE FIFTH GRADE.
I WILL SAY DILLARD COLLEGE PROGRAM HAS REALLY BEEN A BLESSING.
THE REASON WHY I SAY NOT ONLY FOR MY KIDS, BUT FOR ME, BECAUSE I'M GOING BACK TO SCHOOL FOR EDUCATION.
THIS SUMMER, DURING THE DILLARD COLLEGE SUMMER PROGRAM WHILE KIDS WAS THERE, I WAS THERE.
HE HAS SOME OF THE MENTORS TO HER BECAUSE I WAS STRUGGLING IN COLLEGE ALGEBRA, SO I WAS LIKE, I NEED TO GET IT.
I PAYED FOR IT FOR IT NOT TO PASS THIS CLASS, SO I WAS STRESSED, BUT THEY SAID DON'T STRESS, JUST COME IN. WE GOT YOU.
I WAS LIKE, LORD, I PRAY [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE IT'S STRESSFUL BEING A PARENT BUT ALSO HAVING TO RAISE KIDS.
WITH THIS PROGRAM IS A FAMILY.
IF ONE IS DOWN HERE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE THERE SO WE COULD GET THEM UP, SO I FEEL LIKE THIS PROGRAM IS BENEFICIAL FOR OUR KIDS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY JUST ADVANCE.
THE KNOWLEDGE THEY GET FROM THIS PROGRAM IS SO AWESOME.
I JUST FEEL IF WE THINK THE D PROGRAM AND GET ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE CAN I FEEL LIKE IT CAN EVEN BE BIGGER THAN WHAT IT IS NOW.
THAT'S JUST MY WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
THANK YOU, MR. ALICE BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM, THE PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS.
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[LAUGHTER] I WANT TO SAY THIS.WHEN OUR STATE SENATORS OR US SENATORS CAN LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM, YOU SEE THE VALUE OF THIS.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN APPRECIATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT HE OFFER IS DISCIPLINE AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, WHICH I THINK WE ALL KNOW IS A VERY KEY FOR EDUCATION.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS A BUDGET STRUGGLE.
BUT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT TO HELP US GROW AND GET OUT OF WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT.
WHAT AMAZED ME ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY THE KIDS LEARN FROM THAT.
THEY ARE RESPECTFUL AND THEY LOVED HIM.
I WENT TO A GRADUATION, AND THESE KIDS STOOD IN THE LINE SAYING YES, SIR, AND STANDING THE BACK STREAM, AND THEN AFTER IT WAS ALL DONE, THEY ALL HUGGED HIM.
THEN I SAW THESE PARENTS WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD GO TO COLLEGE. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
>> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ROAD TO COLLEGE, BUT IT IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
[LAUGHTER] I DO HAVE KIDS THAT GO THROUGH IT.
FIRST, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT.
I KNOW YOU VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.
MY NAME IS MEGHAN FLORES, AND I TEACH EIGHTH GRADE ENGLISH [INAUDIBLE] SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT LAST YEAR I WROTE AN EMAIL ADDRESSING OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND FORMER BOARD MEMBERS, SO YOU HAVE A CHANGED FACES, REGARDING THE POLICY, THE TEACHERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO COVER THEIR TATTOOS.
I GOT REALLY AMAZING RESPONSE, QUICK RESPONSES FROM A COUPLE OF YOU.
WITH THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR COMES NEW BEGINNINGS AND GOALS FOR GROWTH AND PROGRESS.
I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES MADE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO I EXPRESS MY FEELINGS AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH NEW MOTIVATION AND HOPE TO SEE CHANGE.
YOU MAY HAVE HAD TIME TO READ MY EMAIL AND SOME MAY HAVE SEEN IT COME THROUGH AND NOT HAD TIME, BUT IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE AND LET'S BE HONEST, I TEACH ENGLISH, AND I CAN GET CARRIED AWAY WITH WORDS.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE RESPONSES I DID RECEIVE WITH THE INFORMATION NEEDED ON HOW TO ADDRESS YOU IN PERSON.
MY PURPOSE FOR SPEAKING IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS TO ADDRESS THIS POLICY.
I KNOW THIS IS A HOT TOPIC AND MANY HAVE FORMED OPINIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT TATTOOS SHOULD BE VISIBLE IN THE WORKPLACE.
I WAS ONCE TOLD THAT WHILE I MAY NOT AGREE WITH SOMEONE, I SHOULD SAY WITH THEIR WORDS FOR JUST A MINUTE BEFORE I DECIDE TO DISLIKE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
I'M ASKING THAT YOU SIT WITH MY WORDS FOR JUST A MINUTE BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH OR AT LEAST UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
I TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, AND I'M A MOTHER.
I'M USED TO PEOPLE DISLIKING MY IDEAS.
WELL, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE DRESSED APPROPRIATELY FOR THE JOB WE PERFORM.
I ACTUALLY PREFERRED TO DRESS UP FOR WORK.
I FEEL AS THOUGH OUR TATTOOS ARE NOT INAPPROPRIATE, BUT INSTEAD MAKE US RELATABLE TO OUR STUDENTS.
GIVE US A CHANCE TO BUILD RAPPORT WITH THEM AND ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE WANT TO GIVE US PERMISSION TO TEACH THEM? YES, I SAID GIVE US PERMISSION TO TEACH THEM.
I COMMUNICATED WITH DR. LEE ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR AS WELL, AND HE STATED, HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ME QUOTING YOU.
I DON'T THINK THEY INTERFERE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT AT ALL, IN FACT, THEY COULD ACTUALLY HELP BUILD RELATIONSHIPS [NOISE] WITH OUR STUDENTS.
ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE IS MY STUDENTS ALWAYS LEAVE ME KNOWING MORE THAN THEY DID WHEN THEY SET FOOT IN MY CLASSROOM.
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT OUR TATTOOS SHOWING, DO NOT SHOW US A NEGATIVE LIGHT AS A ROLE MODEL FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I DO NOT FEEL THAT MY TATTOOS MAKE ME ANY LESS OF A ROLE MODEL.
BEING A ROLE MODEL HAS MORE TO DO WITH CHARACTER AND WHO YOU ARE US A PERSON, NOT WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.
SOME OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMINALS WERE WELL-DRESSED WITH NOT TATTOOS INSIDE, YET THEY ARE NOT ROLE MODELS.
FOR MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, MY STUDENTS PAY LESS ATTENTION TO MY TATTOOS WHEN THEY ARE NOT COVERED, THEN WHEN THEY DO WHEN THEY ARE COVERED.
ON THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL, WE DID AN ACTIVITY WHERE THEY HAD TO MAKE INFERENCES ABOUT ME BASED ON THINGS THEY CAN SEE AROUND MY ROOM BY LOOKING AT ME, MY ITUNES PLAYLIST, THINGS ON MY DESK AND PICTURES ON MY BULLETIN BOARD.
BASED ON MY TATTOOS, MY STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO INFER THAT I AM RELIGIOUS, MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY, AND I AM SENTIMENTAL [INAUDIBLE] I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH WORDS FOR PLAY RIGHT AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.
[NOISE] PROGRESS IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT CHANGE, AND THOSE WHO CANNOT CHANGE THEIR MINDS, THEY DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
[NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] I THINK THEY REALLY MIGHT NOT COVER UPS. THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS NAOMI PETERSON, AND I KNOW SHE'S 2023 GRADUATE IN WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL.
[LAUGHTER] ACTUALLY THIS MORNING AT 8:00 AM.
I JUST MOVED INTO MHU [INAUDIBLE]
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[LAUGHTER] JUST TODAY IT WAS JUST SUCH AN EXPERIENCE AND THEN IT WAS JUST A BIG STEPPING STONE IN MY LIFE.I NEVER WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE WITH THAT, IF NOT [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM.
I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATED IN CAFE CON LECHE EVENTS SINCE THE SIXTH GRADE.
THAT'S ALMOST 7 LONG AND TIRING YEARS THAT ACTUALLY GOES BY FASTER, MAY NOT FEEL, THE KIDS.
[INAUDIBLE] BUT NONETHELESS, BEING IN THIS PROGRAM FOR SO LONG HAS SHOWN ME THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ATTAINING EDUCATION AND HOW TO ACHIEVE IT.
IT SHOWING ME HOW TO MAKE CHALLENGING YET ATTAINABLE GOALS FOR MYSELF, AND I HAVE THE CAPABILITIES AND INTUITION.
I'VE ALSO BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PAST SUMMER PROGRAM AS A MENTOR FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS.
THIS EXPERIENCE, ALLOWING ME TO SHARE MY OWN ADOLESCENT WISDOM, MASTER THE QUALITIES IT TAKES TO BE A RESPECTIVE LEADER, AND MAKE STRONG BONDS WITH PEOPLE I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT IF NOT GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY.
EVEN BEYOND BEING AMAZING MENTORSHIP AND TUTORING SESSIONS THAT MR. WILLIS AND THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES, THIS PROGRAM HAS GIVEN ME THE ASSETS AND CONNECTIONS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF BECOMING AN OFFICIAL [INAUDIBLE] MEMBER.
BUT SINCE, I WISH I WILL BE DOUBLE MAJORING IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY WITH A MINOR IN VOCAL PERFORMANCE OUTSIDE OF LEARNING THE VALUE OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS.
MR. OBLAS PERSONALLY HAS INSTILLED THE NEED VARIOUS LIFE SKILLS, RANGING FROM ACCEPTING MY OWN RESPONSIBILITIES, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BEING INVOLVED IN MY OWN COMMUNITY, AND THE TRUE MEANING OF WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE HERD OF A FAMILY LARGER THAN YOU KNOW.
THIS PROGRAM OR ORGANIZATION HAS ENDLESS BENEFITS FOR ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY FORGE OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NETWORKING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFT SKILLS, BUT IT ALSO TEACHES INVALUABLE LIFE LESSONS FOR ALL AGES AND TRULY SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING COMMITTED TO ONCE EDUCATION JOURNEY.
ESPECIALLY IF THAT COMMITMENT PROVES TO BE CHALLENGING AND STIMULATING FOR THAT AND LISTEN, AND FOR EVERY GLOWING IN MIND.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND FOR COMING OUT.
>> HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL BARFIELD.
I WENT TO HIRSCHI HIGH SCHOOL FOR ALL FOUR YEARS.
I GRADUATED FROM HIRSCHI AS THE TIME LATER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I 100% THANK YOU.
[LAUGHTER] YOU SAYING THAT I AM ALWAYS BE POSTMASTER. THEY WENT ASHORE.
BOTH OF MY GIRLS ARE AT THE ROAD TO COLLEGE PROGRAM.
MY OLDEST STARTED WHEN SHE WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AND MY OTHER ONES STARTED IT JUST THIS PAST YEAR.
THEY BOTH WERE IN SUMMER PROGRAM.
ONE OF MY GIRLS AND I WON'T SAY WHO BECAUSE THEY'D BE HIGHLY EMBARRASSED, HAS IMPROVED THEIR SCORE 49 POINTS.
IN THEIR ENGLISH SHE WAS NOT GOOD AT IT. SHE WANT HELP.
SHE WAS EMBARRASSED BY IT, BUT SHE IMPROVED A LOT.
MY OTHER DAUGHTER, SHE WENT FROM A 63-100 IN ENGLISH.
SHE IMPROVED DRASTICALLY AND SHE'S VERY SMART AND SHE TAKES ALL ADVANCE CLASSES.
SHE IS DOING REALLY GOOD IN IT AND SHE'S ONLY IMPROVED SINCE BEING IN THE ROAD TO COLLEGE PROGRAM.
THEY'VE DONE A LOT FOR THEM AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
MY GIRLS ARE VOLUNTEERS AND PUT OUT THE FLAGS ON ANY HOLIDAY.
THEY ALSO VOLUNTARY PICK THEM UP.
BUT NOT ONLY DO THEY VOLUNTEER, SO DO MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, NOW WE ARE BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE ROAD TO COLLEGE PROGRAM HAS DONE A DRASTIC CHANGE IN OUR FAMILY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MORE INVOLVED IN OUR GIRLS LIVES.
A LOT OF US FOCUS JUST ON WORK.
BUT NOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON OUR GIRLS AND THEIR EDUCATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WISHED WAS OFFERED TO ME WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AT HIRSCHI.
SOMETHING THAT I COULD'VE GOTTEN THROUGH COLLEGE WITH BECAUSE I DID NOT GO TO COLLEGE.
I WENT FOR ONE YEAR TO KEMU UNIVERSITY.
I DID DROP OUT AND I STAY HOME AND RAISE MY GIRLS.
THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MY TIME EASIER.
TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S COMPLETELY SUPPORTED ME IN APPLYING FOR COLLEGES BUT ALSO LEARNING MORE IF THINGS THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH.
I AM A LITTLE EMBARRASSED, BUT ALSO PROUD TO SAY THAT IN MY SENIOR YEAR IS WHEN I FINALLY GOT THE HANG OF ENGLISH, AND AFTER THAT, I EXCELLED IN ANYTHING ENGLISH.
I ALWAYS MAKE SURE MY GIRLS USE PROPER GRAMMAR.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I STICK TO.
BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I TRULY BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM AND I AM HOPING THAT YOU
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COMPLETELY AND 100% BACK THEM BECAUSE I COMPLETELY AND 100% BACK THEM.>> MR. MASON, I'M MISPRONOUNCING.
>> [LAUGHTER] HI, MY NAME'S SIZZLER MASON I'M A GRADUATE FROM WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1997.
I JUST LIKE TO START WITH THANKING YOU ALL FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING.
I THANK MR. ROBLES AND ALL THE PARENTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND THE ROTARY CLUB.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SINCE MY CHILDREN STARTED THIS PROGRAM, THEY FLOURISHED BECAUSE I THINK THEY WERE AT TIME OF STRUGGLING, JUST TAKEN BASIC CLASSES.
MR. ROBLES WOULD ALWAYS SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM MORE.
HE ASSIGNED THEM MENTORS, TUTORS.
[NOISE] THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY STARTED TO TAKE ALL THE ADVANCED CLASSES.
HE SAID I'D RATHER MAKE A C IN ADVANCE CLASSES THAN D OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST IN REGULAR CLASSES, BUT I'VE SEEN THEM GROW.
MY SON, HE'S A SOPHOMORE IN WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S TAKEN ALL ADVANCED CLASSES RIGHT NOW.
MY DAUGHTERS AT BARWISE AND SEVENTH GRADE, AND SHE'S DOING THE SAME.
THEY ARE STUDENT ATHLETES SO THEY GET TIRED AND THEY WANT TO GIVE UP AT TIMES AND I TELL THEM, HEY, WE NEED TO CALL YOUR MENTOR OR IF YOU'RE HAVING ISSUES AND COME MR. ROBLES AND MR. ROBLES HAS OUR BACK 100%.
ALSO THE CHILDREN LIKE SHE WAS SAYING, THEY HELP COME WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE ROTARY CLUB.
MR. ROBLES SAYS, WE ARE FAMILY AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW.
I'M JUST EXCITED FOR THE PROGRAM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM GROW, NOT ONLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ALSO ON SECONDARY. THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST COMMENTS COMES FROM MR. MCREYNOLDS
>> THANKS FOR YOUR TIMECOUNCIL [INAUDIBLE].
MY EXPERIENCE WITH CAFE CON LECHE OR THE ROAD TO COLLEGE PROGRAM.
MY DAUGHTER VINA, WAS IN THE FIFTH GRADE AT SCOTLAND PARK ELEMENTARY WHEN SHE BROUGHT HOME AND OUTSTANDING THAT BOTH SHE AND WE, AS HER PARENTS, WERE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE.
SHE BECAUSE NOT ONLY WERE HER GRADES GREAT, BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS AN ALL AROUND GREAT KID.
BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM WITHOUT OUR HELP AND SUPPORT.
AS A PARENT HEARING THAT YOUR CHILD WAS CHOSEN FOR ROAD TO COLLEGE PROGRAM AT ALL WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT THE NAME WAS STILL A PROUD MOMENT IN AND OF ITSELF.
WE WANT OUR KIDS TO REACH FOR THE STARS, I CAN GO THE DISTANCE AND WE TELL THEM THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR A 10-11 YEAR OLD TO SEE THAT.
THEY GUESS THAT'S TRUE AND YES, I'M WORKING FOR MY FUTURE SELF EVEN NOW.
THEN THEY MET MR. ROBLES AND HIS MENTORS.
HIS AMAZING HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGE KIDS THAT HAD BEEN IN THE PROGRAM SINCE THEY TOO ARE IN GRADE SCHOOL.
THEY ACKNOWLEDGE AND PRAISE OUR KIDS FOR BEING THE TOP OF THEIR CLASSES AND BEING GOOD KIDS AND SAID TO THEM THAT IF YOU CAN DO IT NOW, YOU'RE ALL READY COLLEGE BOUND.
WE ARE GOING TO HELP YOU GET ALL THE WAY THERE.
HOW COULD THEY HELP? BY BEING WITH THEM AND SUPPORTING THEM EVERY SINGLE YEAR FROM FIFTH GRADE UNTIL THEY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT TO COLLEGE.
FOR SOME WHO EVEN RETURN FROM COLLEGE, IF THEY WERE CLOSE TO HOME.
WHEN THEY GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WOULD GET THE CHANCE TO HELP KIDS LIKE THEM THAT THEY WERE JUST LIKE THEM NOW.
IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN YEARS OF DEDICATION TO OUR KIDS THROUGH MENTORING AND TUTORING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING, SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS, AND THEN JUST PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF RIGHT NOW.
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WE HAVE SUCH A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT MR. ROBLES AND THE ROAD TO COLLEGE IS OFFERING BY PUTTING THIS PROGRAM IN ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THIS DISTRICT.HOW BLESSED WE WOULD ALL BE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN WHO WORK SO HARD, BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES THAT HE IS PROVIDING.
I CANNOT THINK OF ONE GOOD REASON WHY THIS PROGRAM SHOULD NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE IN OUR DISTRICT.
>> MY COMMENT IS VERY INSPIRATIONAL WHEN YOU APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HELP YOU MR. ROBLES TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR KIDS.
WHAT'S MOST INSPIRING TO ME IS TO SEE ALL THESE PARENTS HERE WHO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE THEIR KIDS AND WALKS WITH THE PROGRAM.
>> WE APPRECIATE. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[VI. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
SOMETIMES AT THIS POINT SOMETIMES YOU WORK ON THE CYBER, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE LIKE.YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAIL FROM TIBIA.
>> I'VE GOT A SHORT REPORT ABOUT FIRST FIVE DAYS OF SCHOOL, SO EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ONLY BEEN INTO FIVE DAYS, THIS IS WHAT BASICALLY WE'VE BEEN DOING.
LOTS OF ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES AND BASICALLY HIT EVERY CAMPUS.
THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IN ELEMENTARY, YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET THOSE ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE EARLY.
THINGS FROM HOW TO LINE UP AT THE DOOR, TO HOW TO GO TO THE RESTROOM, TO CLASSROOM, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GET IT DONE EARLY, YOU CAN NEVER TIGHTEN UP LATER, AND SO THAT'S TRUE.
IN MIDDLE-SCHOOL, YOU GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND TELL THEM WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS FORM A MECHANIC EARLY, SO I HAVE BEEN SEEING THAT AT ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARIES, AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE EVEN TOLD ALL THE PRINCIPALS AT THE ELEMENTARIES, DO NOT MOVE ON WITH CURRICULUM UNTIL YOU GET THIS DONE, AND THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ELSE BUT THIS.
BECAUSE THIS RIGHT HERE, IF YOU DON'T GET IT RIGHT, WILL COST YOU ALL YEAR LONG, SO THAT'S MAINLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS JUST GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF, IT'S SEEN A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF HICCUPS, OF COURSE, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WHEN YOU HAVE 13,000 STUDENTS, BUT OVERALL, IT'S BEEN A GOOD FIRST FIVE DAYS, IT REALLY HAS BEEN.
I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DISCIPLINE ISSUES, HAD THAT ISSUE WITH THE BUS THAT I TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT.
BUT OVERALL, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THAT 50 BUS ROUTES AND 13,000 KIDS YOU DID WELL.
SPEAKING OF ENROLLMENT, IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND.
WE STARTED THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE HAD 12,200 KIDS AND PANICKED A LITTLE BIT AND THEN I WAS WONDERING, WHERE DID ALL OF OUR STUDENTS GO? THEN THE NEXT, DAY 2, WE HAD 12,500 AT DAY 3, FRIDAY, WE HAD 12,600, AND WE'RE STILL MISSING 400 KIDS, WE ENDED THAT 13,000.
WE DIDN'T DO ENROLLMENT YESTERDAY NUMBERS I WAS CALLING MS. [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE], SHE SAID, OKAY WHERE'S OUR ENROLLMENT? WE FINALLY GOT THE UPDATED NUMBERS TODAY AND WE'VE GOT 13,235, SO WE'RE 235 UP FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.
>> IT'S ABOUT 15, AND I'VE BEEN MEMORIZING THAT TOO.
>> IT'S A THOUSAND KIDS BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY.
LET'S SEE, 600 KIDS STARTED SCHOOL TODAY.
>> [INAUDIBLE] FOR THEM? YEAH, THEY DIDN'T WANT THE HALF OF THE WEEK.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE KIDS BECAUSE I LOOKED AT HISTORICAL PATTERNS AFTER LABOR DAY.
[BACKGROUND] THAT'S WHERE OUR ENROLLMENT IS AS OF TODAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
>> HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO LAST YEAR?
>> WERE UP FROM LAST YEAR, WE ENDED THE YEAR 13,016, SO 200 KIDS.
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IT'S GOOD. WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL NERVOUS ABOUT THE FEEDER PATTERNS AND THE CLOSING OF THIS AND THAT AND THEN AROUND, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.SOME QUITE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT STAAR, IT HAS OUT THAT THE SCORE HAS BEEN RELEASED, WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF THIS AND A LOT OF THAT.
NOW, WE'VE GOT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE LETTER RATE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
WE KNOW EACH CAMPUS, HOW THEY SCORED ON A SPECIFIC MATH AND READING TEST AS IT RELATES TO A NUMBER, SO THEN 56% GET MEETS OR MASTERS, WE KNOW THAT.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT 61 MEANS, BECAUSE A 61 THIS YEAR, MAYBE LAST YEAR'S 55.
TEA CALLED ME AND SAID, JUST BECAUSE YOUR SCORE IS LET'S JUST SAY 70, AND THAT WOULD GENERALLY BE A C LAST YEAR, WELL, THIS YEAR 70 MAY BE LAST YEAR'S 60, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CUT SCORES RIGHT YET.
THEY'RE PREDICTING THAT EVERY DISTRICT WILL DECREASE BY ONE LETTER GRADE, SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERY CUT SCORE IS THE SAME THING? WE DON'T KNOW, AND THEN WE WON'T KNOW OFFICIALLY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 26TH.
THAT'S WHEN PARENTS GET THE LETTER, EVERY PARENT WILL GET IT ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, THAT'S WHEN THEY MAIL NOW.
NOW SCHOOLS ARE SUPPOSED TO GET THOSE BEFORE THEM, SO WE'RE HOPING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'LL KNOW AND THEN WE'LL REPORT OUT, BUT STILL THERE'S NOTHING, AND THAT WAS AS OF THURSDAY WHEN I CALL TEA AND REPORTED OUT TO YOU GUYS.
THIS IS DENVER, YOU KNOW WE HAD THAT MICROBURST HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT BEFORE COMPLICATION.
AT 9:30, MY PHONE RANG, IT'S MS. [INAUDIBLE], I KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHEN THE PHONE RING THAT LATE, AND THEN THAT'S THE BUILDING, YOU LOOK UP AND YOU SEE SKY, THAT'S A PROBLEM [LAUGHTER] INSIDE THE BUILDING.
THAT'S ONE WEIGHING, THAT'S ANOTHER PORTION OF IT, THERE'S SOME IN THE BACK AND THE BOARD WAS JUST COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
I THINK WE GOT SOME REPRESENTATIVES, DR. GRIFFITHS, WHO DO WE HAVE TODAY WITH [INAUDIBLE] TARGET?
>> YES. BOARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS GREG FIELDS, I'M A BUSINESS REP FOR TARGET SOLUTIONS.
MYSELF AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE WE GOT THE CALL FRIDAY MORNING.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO GIVE PROPS TO DR. LINA'S STAFF.
WE DO LARGE LOSSES ALL ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THESE NEVER HAPPEN AT THE RIGHT TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S LIKE 125 DEGREES AND SIX DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL.
BUT PETER, BESSI, MR. FENG, THEY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ACCOMMODATING, TAKEN TIME FOR PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, WALKED THE PROPERTY WITH US.
IT TAKES A TRUE PARTNERSHIP TO WORKING AND MOVE THROUGH THIS, SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM VERY MUCH.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS SHARE WITH YOU ALL WHAT ARE SOME OF THE UPDATES OF WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE, SO WE GOT HERE FRIDAY ON AUGUST 11TH, AND PRIORITY NUMBER 1 WAS TAKING CARE OF HIRSCHI.
PART OF THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO MITIGATE THE WATER DAMAGE ON THE LIBRARY AND ALSO TAKE CARE OF, I BELIEVE, THE MEDIA ROOM WHICH WAS DOWN LOW.
WE ATTEMPTED THE ROOF, FINISHED IT UP ON SUNDAY, AUGUST THE 12TH.
AT DENVER ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, WE'VE GOT THE TIP ROOF TAKEN CARE OF LAST WEEKEND.
AS OF TODAY, WE'RE FINISHING GETTING THE FENCE INSTALLED ALL THE WAY AROUND TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY IN THE PREMISE.
WE'VE ALSO DONE A GREAT JOB ON GETTING THE TREE LANDSCAPING TAKEN CARE OF, SO IF YOU DID DRIVE BY IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, IT LOOKS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES NOW.
FARIS ELEMENTARY THAT TOOK OVER AS THE ALTERNATIVE CAMPUS WITH DENVER BEING DOWN, SO WE'RE ABLE TO CLEAN UP THE PLAYGROUND, GET A LOT OF THE LANDSCAPING, THE YARD MOWED, AND TAKE FURNITURE FROM OTHER CAMPUSES.
WE GET THAT PUT INTO PLACE, SO THOSE KIDS WOULD HAVE A FACILITY TO TAKE ON THE MEANWHILE.
LAMAR, THERE WAS A LARGE TREE THAT FELL THE ROOF, IT DID NOT DAMAGE THE ROOF, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT TREE TAKEN CARE OF.
THE BUS BARN, ALSO HAD SOME TREES, BROKEN ARMS, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO COME, AND AS A COMMITMENT FROM TARGET SOLUTIONS WE'RE HERE TO SEE THIS OUT AND GET YOU GUYS BACK UP TO WHERE BEFORE THIS BAD EVENT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 10TH.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH YOUR TIME, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO RELAY THEM TO PETER, BESSI OR CHRIS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE REGULAR PHONE CALLS, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE REPORTS AND FINDINGS.
THAT TASK WE DID WHEN WE WALKED ALL THE CAMPUSES WITH THEM LAST WEEK JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING ON TOP OF WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW, BUT VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE, NOT EXACT THE WAY WE WANTED IT TO BE, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS THING TO THE FINISH LINE.
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>> ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPORT.
>> JUST SOME UPCOMING DATES TO END, WE'RE GOING TO START GETTING ON EACH CAMPUS WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND SHOWCASING SOME THINGS THAT THEY HAVE GREAT GOING ON.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON WEDNESDAY, JUST CALL IT THREE WITH THE LEADERS AND WE'LL CATCH IN A THREE MINUTES, AND THEN WE'LL VIDEO IT, SEND IT OUT TO PARENTS.
WE'RE STARTING WITH WEST TOMORROW, SO YOU'LL GET TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
THE HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, COME JOIN US FOR THAT.
WE'LL START DOING CAMPUS VISITS WITH THE PRINCIPALS AS WELL, THAT BEGINS THIS FRIDAY.
I'LL VISIT WITH THREE OF THEM 30 MINUTES TO CHECK ON THEIR WANTS AND NEEDS, WE COULD GET INSIDE THREE CLASSROOMS FOR 10 MINUTES EACH TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEN YOU ALL HEARD THERE'S A GAME FRIDAY? [LAUGHTER]
>> A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ON THAT.
A LOT OF SECURITY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE.
THERE'S SOME LITTLE BIT OF THE GAMESMANSHIP HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND, THEN THE [INAUDIBLE] LITTLE ROLLING HOUSES AND TOILET PAPER AND RIBS AND ALL THAT LIKE FOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE GOT TO WATCH OUT AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE GAME, SOME OF THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE KICKING OFF. THAT'S WHAT I GOT.
>> I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE CAMPUSES, MEANS A LOT.
>> WE LEARN A LOT, WHEN YOU'RE ON CAMPUS.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
NEXT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR AGENDA, TO BE, SUCH AS MINUTES AND APPROVE THE ANGLE CATALOG BIDS, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EXTENSIVELY DURING OUR WORK SESSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OUR CONSENT AGENDA?
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
WELL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
YOU CAN JUST JUMP OFF WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME.
DON'T WAIT FOR ME TO CATCH UP WITH YOU.
>> [BACKGROUND] YOU'RE UP, MS. HORTON.
>> IT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT
[VIII. FINANCIAL SERVICES]
THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES SETS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE AT 0.7174 PER $100 VALUATION AND SETS THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT 0.424999, THE TAX YEAR 2023, AS SUBMITTED BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.A TAXING ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO PAY BOTH MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND DEBT SERVICE EXPENSES WITH PROPERTY TAXES UNLESS ADOPTED TO REGULATE TWO SEPARATE COMPONENTS, ONE TAX RATE FOR M&O, ONE TAX RATE FOR DEBT SERVICES, AND WE'RE PROPOSING OUR TAX RATE TO BE A TOTAL 1.142399, AND THAT IS A DECREASE OF ALMOST 15.5 CENTS AS COMPARED TO THE 2022 TAX RATE.
>> PARDON, MISS, THAT DOES CALL FOR ACTION?
>> YOU DO ACCEPT THIS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THIS AS INDICATED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU. NOW, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO COMMENT ABOUT HOW WE'RE HERE OR MAYBE THE TWO OF YOU CAN GET A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HOW WE GOT HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S BIG NEWS, 15.5% REDUCTION.
>> CERTAINLY A BIG GOOD NEWS TO THE TAXPAYERS OF WHICH.
>> AS PROPERTY VALUES AND THE APPRAISALS WENT UP, THE STATE STEPPED IN AND GAVE YOU $100,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, AND THEN FOR 40,000-100,000.
THEN THE STATE STEPS IN AND THEY LOWER OUR INITIAL TAX RATE, AND OURS WAS SET TO 0.6674, AND THAT WILL STAY ASSIGNED AND WE'LL NEED THE FIVE COPPER PENNIES THAT WE NEED TO ADD IN, SO THAT'S HOW WE CAN GET THE TOTAL OF 0.7174 FOR M&O.
THE DEBT SERVICE RATE IS THE RATE THAT IS CALCULATED BASED UPON ALL OF OUR BOND PAYMENTS, AND THAT RATE IS PRETTY MUCH JUST SET BASED UPON HOW MUCH WE OWE EACH YEAR FOR DEBT.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THAT?
>> THAT PRETTY MUCH EXPLAINS IT.
THE STATE, THEY CALL IT A TAX COMPRESSION.
THEY JUST KEEP COMPRESSING, COMPRESSING, COMPRESSING AND AS HOME VALUES GO UP, THE STATE COMES IN AND LOWERS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU,
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SO THERE'S ALWAYS THIS EQUILIBRIUM.>> THIS GOES WITH THE, NO-NEW REVENUES, THE NNR IS WHAT THE STATE REFERS TO IT AS.
THE APPRAISALS GO UP, WE DO NOT GET THE INCREASE IN THE DISTRICT.
>> EVEN THOUGH WE'VE SPENT MONEY ON NEW SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE STILL ABLE BECAUSE OF THIS TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MS. GROGAN'S MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS TAX RATE, SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
>>EXCUSE ME, WHEN DOES THAT GO INTO EFFECT?
>> IT'S GOING TO EFFECT FOR YOUR JANUARY 1.
>> THIS WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
>> HE WAS ASKING WHEN WOULD THAT GO INTO EFFECT, SO JUST IN JANUARY.
BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ELECTION FOR THAT IN NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.
WHICH OBVIOUSLY GOING TO PASS BUT THEY GOT TO WAIT UNTIL THAT AND THEN IT WOULD TO GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY.
>> BECAUSE THE TAXES ARE SET FOR THIS YEAR?
>> THIS WILL BE FOR NEXT YEAR.
DR. GRIFFITHS WE'RE HAPPY HAVE YOU, THIS IS AN ACTION NEEDED.
>> THIS IS THE ANNUAL RESOLUTION REGARDING EXTRA CURRICULAR STATUS OF 4H ORGANIZATIONS,
[IX. DISTRICT SERVICES AND OPERATIONS]
SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.THE REST OF THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT SANCTIONS OF THE ARCHER COUNTY, AND WICIHITA COUNTY, TEXAS 4H ORGANIZATIONS AS AN EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS THE ADJUNCT FACULTY AGREEMENTS ESTIMATED BY DR. PETER GRIFFITHS, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT, AND APPROVED BY DR. DONNY LEE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
AS YOU CAN READ THE EXPLANATION, THIS IS OUR YEARLY THING THAT WE DO WHEN KIDS GO ON FIELD TRIPS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS [INAUDIBLE], SO WE ASK OF YOU TO APPROVE IT.
>> I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION REGARDING EXTRACURRICULAR STATUS OF 4H ORGANIZATIONS.
>> MR. LUKERT HAS MADE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND?
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> SHE'S ALWAYS SMILING. [LAUGHTER]
>> THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. [LAUGHTER]
>> IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR
[X. HUMAN RESOURCES]
THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE FOLLOWING LIST OF APPRAISERS FOR WICHITA FALLS ISD AS SUBMITTED BY DAYNA HARDAWAY, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND IS RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.ALL APPRAISERS WILL BE T-TESS CERTIFIED FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> I GUESS WE'LL NEED A MOTION
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE WITH T-TESS APPRAISERS FOR '23-'24.
>> THANK YOU MS. SCROGGINS, SO JUST BRIEFLY, COULD YOU COMMENT FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF WHY WE NEED THESE APPRAISERS, THESE ARE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.
>> THE T-TESS IS THE EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR EDUCATORS AND EVERYBODY THAT IS IN GREEN, THEY ARE ABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE AEL AND THE T-TESS TRAINING THROUGH REGION 9 AND THEN PASS THE CERTIFICATION EXAM [NOISE] THROUGH THE TEXAS TEACHERS ORGANIZATION.
THEN THEY ARE CERTIFIED T-TESS APPRAISERS SO THEY CAN GO IN AND OBSERVE THEIR TEACHERS AND THEN GIVES THEM THEIR RATINGS AND THEIR DIMENSIONS, WHETHER IT'D MEAN COEFFICIENT, ACCOMPLISHED, DISTINGUISHED, NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, THOSE AREAS.
EVERYONE, AGAIN THAT IS IN GREEN IS ABLE TO DO T-TESS.
THE REASON WHY THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO MIGHT NOT BE ON CAMPUS BUT ARE HERE AT THE H CENTER, IS BECAUSE TEACHERS DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST A SECOND EVALUATION IF THEY ARE NOT PLEASED WITH OR HAPPY WITH THE FIRST EVALUATION.
THOSE OF US HERE AT THE EDUCATION CENTER ARE ABLE TO GO OUT ON A CAMPUS TO PREVENT ANY KIND OF BIAS THAT MIGHT BE BETWEEN A PRINCIPAL WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WHERE THEY ARE TO PROVIDE AN OUTSIDE EVALUATOR FOR THE CAMPUS LEVEL FOR ED TEACHERS.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MS. HARDAWAY?
>> HOW LONG DOES THIS LAST ONCE YOU GET RECERTIFIED, ISN'T IT LIKE YOU HAVE THREE YEARS OR?
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>> IT'S THREE YEARS, AND THAT'S THE FIRST IF YOU ARE CERTIFIED, YOU HAVE THREE YEARS.
IF YOU ARE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE RE-CERTIFICATION TESTS THREE YEARS IN A ROW, AND THEN YOU HAVE A THREE-YEAR REPRIEVE.
WE'RE ON DIFFERENT CYCLES ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
SOME OF US ARE NEEDING TO BE RECERTIFIED AND OTHERS OF US HAVE A TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WE'LL CALL FOR THE MOTION FOR CERTIFYING OUR APPRAISERS.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
>> I AM. NOW THE APPLICANT POOL'S LINE ISN'T AS LONG THIS TIME, BUT WE REALLY HAD TWO VACANCIES.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE WICHITA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PROPOSED APPLICANT POOL AS SUBMITTED BY DAYNA HARDAWAY, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND AS RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
>> WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION REGARDING THIS.
>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE APPLICANT POOL.
THE FIRST ONE ON THERE WAS IN MY CLASS BACK IN 1978 AS A STUDENT, AND NOW SHE'S GIVING HER [INAUDIBLE] ALREADY HERE TODAY.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
[XI. BOARD MATTERS]
NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.ONE, PERSONNEL MATTERS INCLUDING THE APPOINTMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL, AND OR COMPENSATION OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074.
FOR TWO, DISCUSSION OF PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072.
FINAL VOTES, IF ANY, WILL BE IN OPEN SESSION.
THE TIME NOW IS 7:02 AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED TO CLOSE SESSION.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.