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>> GOOD EVENING. AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
[I. CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING STATEMENT]
AT WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT A FORM 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 THIS 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 COMBINED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL CELL PHONES ARE TURNED OFF, OR TURN TO SILENT, OR VIBRATE MODE.
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, MOST OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD AT A 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 HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AT OUR WORK SESSION.
AGAIN, WE WELCOME YOU AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COST. [NOISE]
>> HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CADET MAJOR MOGONIA.
IN THIS BATTALIONS, WICHITA FALLS TILES COYOTE BATTALION, S3.
TO THE FAR LEFT OF ME IS CADET MAJOR COVARA.
SHE'S IN CHARGE OF GIVING OUR CADETS UNIFORMS AND KEEPING A RECORD TO IT.
TO THE LEFT, OF ME IS CADET CAPTAIN, CHASSIS.
SHE IS IN CHARGE OF OUR ARMS ROOM.
TO THE RIGHT OF ME IS CADET CAPTAIN CASTRO.
SHE'S IN CHARGE OF GIVING INFORMATION TO OUR CADETS AND KEEPING RECORD OF THEM.
TO THE FAR RIGHT OF ME IS SECOND LIEUTENANT LEHA, AND THIS IS OUR COLOR GUARD FOR TODAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US?
>> RIGHT NOW, CADET CAPTAIN CHASSIS AND CADET CAPTAIN CASTRO WILL BE PRESENTING A WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL DARROW TC BATTALION COIN.
>> THANK YOU [OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND]
>> CAN WE LET MR. THOMPSON SAY A WORD OF PRAYER.
>> FATHER I COME TO YOU WITH A HEAVY HEART TODAY AS WE WATCHED THE NEWS AND WE JUST SEE THE VIOLENCE THAT IS UNLEASHED ON SO MANY PEOPLE.
I PRAY PROTECTION, BUT I JUST PRAY YOUR HAND BE ON THIS, AND THAT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, YOU WILL REMOVE THIS VIOLENCE THAT'S HAPPENING.
MORE IMMEDIATE TO US, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU HAVE PROTECTION ON EACH AND EVERY CHILD THAT ATTENDS OUR SHOWS, THAT YOU PROTECT THEM FROM THE OUTSIDE HARMS, AND INSIDE FEARS THAT MAY BE HAPPENING HERE TODAY.
EACH ONE OF THEM, BROKE FACULTY AND OUR STAFF, AS THEY COME TO CLASSES AND INTO THE SCHOOLS AND CAMPUSES,
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THE ADMINISTRATORS AS THEY COME HERE, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM AND GUIDANCE ON WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO COUNCIL, AND HOW TO LEAD DURING THESE TIMES.FATHER, THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TODAY, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM, AND THAT WE BRING HONOR TO YOU.
>> PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT, AND WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN THE AGENDA THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO
[VI. REPORTS OR SPECIAL DISCUSSION ITEMS]
THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS WITH MRS. WOOD. [INAUDIBLE].>> HELLO MRS. WOOD [OVERLAPPING]
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY COINS TO GIVE SO I FELT A LITTLE BEHIND AND I'M A LITTLE SHORTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE, APPARENTLY. [LAUGHTER].
>> WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE.
>> OKAY, THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT.
I'LL COME BACK LATER. THIS IS JUST OUR APRIL BOARD THAT DAY.
WE'VE ALWAYS GOT LOTS OF COOL STUFF TO TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH US, I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO TELL EVERYBODY.
OKAY, SO AS FAR AS CTE OR THE GCEC THIS YEAR, WE ARE A LITTLE STEADY.
OUR 23-24 WHERE, DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT STAYS AVERAGE, DEPENDS ON WHAT TIME OF YEAR YOU TAKE THAT CENSUS DATE.
WE HAVE LITTLE OVER, A LITTLE UNDER 1,500 KIDS COMING TO GCEC EVERY DAY.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE AT THE HOME CAMPUSES.
WE STILL HAVE PRINCIPLES CLASSES OR FRESHMAN LEVEL, SO IS SOPHOMORE LEVEL AND THEN SOME ELECTIVES ON HOME CAMPUSES THAT ARE ALL INCORPORATED IN THAT CTE TYPE CATEGORY.
AS FAR AS CERTIFICATIONS LAST YEAR, WE HAD 413 STUDENTS RECEIVE RECOGNIZED IBC.
WHAT I MEAN BY "RECOGNIZED" IS WE HAVE IBCS WHICH IS INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS.
WE HAVE SOME THAT WE GIVE THAT ARE NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE.
WE GIVE STUDENTS FOOD HANDLERS CARD BECAUSE THEY CAN'T WORK IN A RESTAURANT WITHOUT IT.
ACCORDING TO THE STATE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY THINK IS NECESSARY FOR INDUSTRY.
WE JUST SMILE AND STILL GIVE IT ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S GOOD FOR KIDS.
SAME IS TRUE FOR OSHA AND WE GET HUNDREDS OF THOSE NOTIFICATIONS.
IF YOU WORK ON ANY JOB SITE IN THE COUNTRY, THEY TELL YOU "WITHOUT AN OSHA CERTIFICATION, YOU CAN'T WORK HERE".
WE DO HAVE CPR WE'RE ABOUT TO START.
WE HAVE LOTS OF CERTIFICATION THAT WE GIVE BECAUSE IT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ONE OF THE RECOGNIZED IBCS.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GIVING THEM JUST BECAUSE WE LACK THEM.THE WAY THAT IT WORKS FOR US, THEY KEEP CHANGING THE RULES.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE FOR TODAY [LAUGHTER] NEVER CHANGES OR RULES, RIGHT? WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT STUDENTS IN PROGRAMS, THAT THEY START AS A FRESHMAN.
IF THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND AS A SOPHOMORE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THEM THROUGH THAT SENIOR YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING COUNTS.
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE IN PATHWAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND THEY GET THE IVC THAT GOES ON WITH THAT PATHWAY.
SO WE'VE DONE A VERY INTENTIONAL WORK TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THOSE NUMBERS.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE STRUGGLING.
THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, WAS "WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE WHAT WE'RE DOING?" WE CAN RECAPTURE SOME FUNDING, WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR PROGRAMS WORK AS BEST AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
SOMETIMES HAVING FRESH EYES IS ALWAYS HELPFUL.
THEY MAY SEE WHAT WE SEE, BUT MAYBE THEY SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE WRITING IT, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE IT.
SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY CAME OUT WITH WERE THINGS THAT WE'D ALREADY THROWN AROUND AND DISCUSSED, BUT IT RE-ITERATED IT TO US THAT THESE ARE GOOD WAYS TO DO IT.
HERE'S SOME AREAS THAT THEY'VE HIT ON.
WE'RE GOING TO CAPTURE SOME CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSES IN EIGHTH GRADE, SEPARATING THEM INTO SEMESTER CLASSES.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM CTE CLASSES, WHICH MEANS THAT WE GENERATE THOSE FOR FUNDING.
THAT ALLOWS US TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT EIGHTH GRADE CLASSES, AND WE NEED TO GENERATE SOME WEIGHTED FUNDING FOR THAT.
MOST OF THE WEIGHTED FUNDING IN SOME OF THE CLASSES WAS 1.35, AND SO IT DOES GENERATE QUITE A BIT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 800 KIDS, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SOME OF OUR TECH APPS, OR WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE OUR TECH APPS EIGHTH GRADE WITH A CLASS.
WE ALREADY HAVE PRINCIPLES OF AB.
WE'RE ALREADY DOING A SIMILAR CLASS, WE MIGHT AS WELL BRING IT DOWN.
THAT ONE'S WORTH FUNDING, THE OTHER ONE'S NOT.
AND THEN YOU RECAPTURE THAT, GROW THAT PROGRAM UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LIMIT OUR NON-CREDIT COURSE OFFERINGS TO SENIORS, SUCH AS LATE ARRIVAL, OR LEASE OFFICE AID, PREVIOUSLY THEY'VE HAD TWO.
THEY'RE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE TWO, THEY'LL HAVE ONE.
HOPEFULLY THAT'LL KEEP SOME OF OUR KIDS IN THOSE SENIOR LEVEL PROGRAMS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO TAKE CLASSES INSTEAD OF JUST GO OR SLEEPING.
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THEY SUB ONE OPTION, BUT NOT QUITE AS MUCH SO THEY CAN MAYBE BE ENCOURAGED TO STAY A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHICH IS ALSO FUNDING THE MORE CLASSES ARE IN.AND THOSE ARE WORTH THE MOST FUND LIKE SENIOR CLASSES ARE WORTH THE HIGHEST RATINGS.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CAPTURE A FEW PATHWAYS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN CONSIDERED CTE BEFORE.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THEM, SO THEY'RE NOT NEW PROGRAMS. BUT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD KIDS IN THEM AND THEY'VE NOT BEEN CAPTURING FUNDING, LIKE OUR ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAM, WE HAVE LOTS OF KIDS THAT DO ATHLETIC TRAINING.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM ON A PATHWAY SO WE CAN GENERATE FUNDING ON THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM, MAYBE AGAIN, TWEAK IT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
YEAR BOOK, JOURNALISM, SAME THING.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE PROGRAM, BUT WE'VE NEVER CAPTURED THEM FOR FUNDING.
AND SO WE WERE GOING TO FIT THEM IN A PATHWAY.
AGAIN, IT GIVES THEM A COUPLE MORE ADVANTAGES.
BUT IT ALSO GENERATES FUNDING.
THEN THE LAST ONE IN THERE, DID I SAY THAT ALREADY? YES I DID.
WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO CAPTURE WHAT WE ALREADY DO, DO IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND HELP WHAT WE HAVE. [NOISE] ONE OF THOSE SECOND LAST THING IS THE [INAUDIBLE] FOR SENIOR CLASSES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN GPA CHASERS FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS, WHICH JUST GREAT, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO GO FOR THE TOP 10, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT OF DUAL CREDIT, BUT WHEN THEY GET TO SENIOR YEAR, THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA ROOM IN THEIR SCHEDULE, AND SO NOW THAT WE MAKE THEM NOT HAVE QUITE AS MANY SPACES IN THEIR SCHEDULE RELIABLE WHERE THEY ATTAIN.
SO IF ARE INTERESTED LIKE, I'M GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR ENGINEERING, THEY'VE NOT BEEN IN A PATHWAY THROUGH THEN THAT THEY A REALLY HIGH ACHIEVER.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS OPEN IT UP, SO IF THEY ARE A HIGH ACHIEVER, THEY ALREADY SAID THAT'S MY NATURE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SEE HOW IT GOES AND LEFT THEM IN THOSE, SO WE CAN HELP GET THOSE KIDS AND CAPTURE THOSE KIDS BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY SHOWN TO US THEY HAVE THE ACADEMIC APTITUDE TO JUMP IN AT A LATER DATE TO SET OF HAVING TO START FROM SCRATCH.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD FOURTH-YEAR ENGLISH.
WE TRIED BUSINESS ENGLISH THIS YEAR, I THINK IT'S GOING REALLY WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING FOR FINANCIAL MATH, WHICH AGAIN ARE WEIGHTED FUNDING, SO THEY'RE WORTH A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DOLLAR-WISE.
AGAIN, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
WE'RE NOT REVAMPING EVERYTHING, RELIGION AND CULTURAL [INAUDIBLE].
SO THAT'S WHAT OUR AUDIT SHOWED US.
THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE CURRENTLY ALREADY DO.
WE HAVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
I HAD 16 MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK.
I LOVE OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT MAKE ME TIRED, BUT I DO LOVE THEM, BECAUSE [LAUGHTER] ALL OF OUR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN EVERY HOUR.
BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE, THEY GIVE US GREAT IDEAS, GREAT THINGS TO TWEAK, GREAT FEEDBACK FOR TEACHERS, AND HONESTLY THEY ARE ALREADY PART OF OUR PROGRAM, SO THOSE WERE GREAT.
I CAN DO AN ENDORSEMENT, WHICH IS OUR EIGHTH GRADERS.
I JUST FINISHED BORROWERS TODAY, SO NOW EVERY EIGHTH GRADERS HAD WITH THEIR OPTIONS ARE IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND THEN THEY'LL COME TO THE CEC THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE CHAOS, COME ON BY [LAUGHTER].
WE HAVE THREE DAYS OF EIGHT VERY TOURS, AND SO EACH EACH SCHOOL BRINGS ALL OF THEIR EIGHTH GRADERS AT ONE TERM, AND THEY ROTATE THROUGH THE CENTER 26 TIMES.
>> I LIKE CHAOS. YOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES, IS THAT LIKE YOU HAVE A NURSING ADVISORS? [OVERLAPPING]
>> YES MUM, WE HAVE A HEALTH CARE, WE HAVE AN AUTOMOTIVE, WE HAVE MARKETING, WE'VE GOT ARCHITECTURE.
WE HAVE ONE FOR EVERY MAJOR CATEGORIES.
SO THIS WAY THEY CAN SPECIFICALLY TELL ME, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN THE INDUSTRY? WHAT KIND OF CERTIFICATIONS ARE YOU LIVING FOR? DO YOU HAVE SOME OPENINGS IN INTERNSHIPS FOR PRACTICUMS? AND SO THOSE ARE HOW CAN YOU BE A GUEST SPEAKER? COME DO SOME CLINICS FOR OUR KIDS AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET ALL THAT FROM.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS OUR FEBRUARY CTE APPRECIATION MONTH, AND WE HAVE NO GOING OUT.
SO IF YOU EVER HAVE PEOPLE OR PARENTS, YOU'RE LIKE, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THEY DO.
BRING INTO THE OPEN HOUSE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN OUR TEACHERS AND OUR KIDS ARE THERE, AND THEY CAN SHOW OFF WHAT WE HAVE.
SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I PULLED OFF FACEBOOK.
IF YOU'RE NOT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, YOU ARE MISSING OUT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT RATING OF THINGS HAPPENS THIS EASY.
I'M UNDERWROTE RANDOM THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE CEC SOMETIMES, SO I WALKED DOWN THE HALL AND I'M LIKE, OH HOW DID YOU KNOW I DID THAT.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> ARE WE GOING TO SPEND ALL DAY?
>> I KNOW. IT'S FROM NOVEMBER 9TH.
IT'S FROM 12:00-5:00. IT'S A FUNDRAISER.
YES. I KNOW I PUT THAT ON THERE JUST FOR FUN.
OUR CASE ON LOTS OF EVENTS THEY DO FOR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AS PARTNERSHIPS, COSMETOLOGY HAS BEEN CRAZY.
THEY'D BEEN DOING THE DAY OF THE DEAD, AND I ALWAYS SAY IT WRONG.
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SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IN SPANISH.BUT THEY DO THE FACE PAINTING, AND SO THEY JUST PUT THE ART WORK TO PRACTICE.
OMEGAS MAKEUP ARTIST COMES IN AND TEACHES THEM ALL OF IT, THEY GO OUT IN THE EVENING ON A SATURDAY, AND THEY DO IT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY CAN GET THE COSMETOLOGY HOURS FOR IT, BUT IT'S YET ANOTHER EVENT FOR THEM TO PRACTICE WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING BUT STILL THE COMMUNITY ASSET.
>> I WILL JUST SAY WEIGHTED FUNDING BECAUSE IT GO ONLY TO THE CEC PROGRAM.
I MEAN, DO WE SECTION AT ALL IN MINUTES? IT'S SECTIONED BY GROUP LIKE COSMETOLOGY. HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
>> I'M GOING TO TACKLE THAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> WEIGHTED FUNDING ALL COMES TOGETHER.
THEY TELL YOU JUST LIKE, SPECIAL AID FUNDS AND OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS, YOU HAVE AN ALLOTMENT.
WHEN WE GET WEIGHTED FUNDING, WE GENERATE SO MUCH.
IT'S BEEN UP TO 58% AND LOWER, RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 55% HAS TO BE SPENT ON SPECIFICALLY DIRECT CTE INSTRUCTION.
THE DISTRICT HAS TO PULL THAT BACK INTO CTE SO THAT USUALLY MOST OF IT, I'LL BE HONEST, GOES TO INSTRUCTION.
FOR TEACHERS THAT HAS THE BULK OF IT, BUT THEN THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO BUY SUPPLIES BECAUSE CTE IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO RUN THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF.
WITH A LOT OF STUFF, IT'S A LOT MORE COSTLY, AND SOMETIMES OUR CLASS MEMBERS CAN'T PACK A CLASS LIKE AN ENGLISH CLASS IN THE WELDING SHOP.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG? [LAUGHTER] AND SO THAT FUNDING DOES COME BACK.
WE DON'T SPLIT IT AMONGST HOW MUCH THEY GENERATE.
WHAT WE DO, IS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO SEE WHO NEEDS WHAT, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS WHAT THEY NEED.
>> SO I'VE GOT TOTAL AMOUNT 55% GOING TOWARDS INSTRUCTION AND 45%, GOES TO SPECIFIC NEEDS, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?
>> 55% GOES BACK TO CTE, THE REST OF IT GOES TO THE DISTRICT, AND THEY SEE IT FIT.
BUT ALL THE 55% GOES BACK TO CTE, TO FUND ALL THE COSTS FOR OUR PROGRAMS. EVERYTHING ELSE GOES BACK IN THE DISTRICT TO FUND ALL THE DISTRICT NEEDS.
>> CORRECT, YOU HAVE TO DO 55%, AS MANDATED.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. JONES?
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY IF HE CAN'T DO A PHENOMENAL JOB OUT THERE.
I HAD CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES.
>> [OVERLAPPING]. THAT'S WHAT I CALL PEOPLE LIKE WHATEVER MY [OVERLAPPING] EDUCATION [LAUGHTER].
>> I'M TELLING YOU. IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AND YOU HAVE ABOUT 1,400 STUDENTS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
THEN WE HAVE OTHER CTE CLASSES ON ALL CAMPUSES.
STILL THOSE FRESHMEN, SOME SOFTWARE LEVEL CLASSES WHERE WE HAVE CTE TEACHERS THAT STILL TEACH.
THERE ARE STILL CTE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AS EASY AND HONESTLY, THERE'S OUR FOUNDATION TEACHERS ARE THE ONES WHO EITHER GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN THOSE PATHWAYS, OR STEERING THEM FROM BEING IN PATHWAYS.
WE WANT THEM TO KEEP THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR FOUNDATION BUILDERS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [OVERLAPPING]
>> SOME OF THE SENIORS MAY BE COMPLAINING NEXT YEAR.
YOU'LL HEAR COMPLAINS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY CAN COME TO SCHOOL LATE, AND THEN THEY CAN LEAVE EARLY, BUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THAT OPTION AWAY, THEY'LL GET TO CHOOSE EITHER A WAR.
IF YOU GIVE A SENIOR THE OPTION TO COME TO SCHOOL LATE AND LEAVE EARLY TO, FOREVER SENIORS ARE GOING TO DO THAT.
IN OUR VAST MAJORITY, WE HAVE LIKE 200 THAT ARE DOING THAT AND SO IT ABSOLUTELY PUTS A BURDEN ON OUR PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY AT THE SENIOR LEVEL, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE OF THOSE AWAY.
>> THEY CAN CHOOSE AT THIS POINT ME AND JUST PLAY.
THEREFORE, YOU SAYING YOU WILL SEE MORE SENIORS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EITHER EARLY OR LATE AT THE CEC.
>> RIGHT NOW THEY CAN TAKE TWO CLASS PERIODS.
THEY CAN EITHER COME TWO GRADES LATE, OR LEAVE TWO GRADES EARLY, EARLY ONE AND ONE, WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT TO ONE, AND SO THEY CAN STILL COME UP VERY LATE OR LEAVE VERY EARLY.
THEY JUST CAN'T DO THAT IN AN OFFICE, SAY THEY'RE DOWN TO ONE NON-CREDIT CLASS.
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP DRIVE 100%.
I'LL MAKE THEM STAY IN SENIOR CLASS, NO, YOU CAN'T MAKE ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING, EVEN IF IT'S A GOOD FOR THEM.
BUT WHAT IT DOES, IS IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM AS BIG OF OPTIONS.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL DROP A CLASS, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A FILLER CLASS.
THEY HAVE TO DO BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY TAKE TWO AND DROP A THREE HERE IN CLASS.
WHAT I'M HOPING IS THEY DO ONE LATE ARRIVAL.
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THEY SAW THE ROOM FOR THEIR CEC CLASS OR THEIR SENIOR LEVEL PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY STAY ALIVE, AND CLASSES HAVE DUAL CREDIT, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE GETTING COLLEGE CREDIT AND HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT AT THE SAME TIME.I EITHER LEARNED ENGINEERING IS GIVING OUR STUDENTS CREDIT BECAUSE IF THEY'RE CERTIFIED IN SOLID-WORKS, AND SO I LEARNED THAT AN ADVISORY BOARD CLASS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO, THEY'RE ALREADY CERTIFIED.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR SENIORS BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S A WASTE. WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR PART, [NOISE].
>> IT'D BE INTERESTING NEXT YEAR TO SEE HOW THAT [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M VERY CURIOUS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL FIX THEM STAYING, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF IT WILL HAPPEN.
>> AND ON YOUR WEIGHTED FUNDING [NOISE] TO ONE CLASS, IT SHOWS UP THE CEC FOR ONE CLASS.
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THAT 1.35?
>> THE LOWEST IS 1.1, LACTOSE INTRO IS 1.3 AND THEN 1.55.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT LEVEL THEY'RE IN, AND THEN WHETHER THEY'RE COMPLETE, THEY FINISHED ALL THEIR PATHWAYS OR NOT.
WHEN IT SAYS ONE, THAT'S 6,000.
I WAS LIKE 160 IS 1.55, SO IT'S THE 6,000 PLUS 3,000 IF IT'S ONE POINT, THAT'S HOW IT WAITS IT. THEY'RE JUST WORTH [OVERLAPPING].
>> EVEN IF THEY COME JUST FOR ONE CLASS?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THAT ONE CLASS IS WEIGHTED DEPENDING ON WHICH LEVEL IT IS TO [OVERLAPPING].
>> BUT IF THAT COULD BE 1.55, THEN IT WOULD BE 6,000 AND WE GET 9,000 PER STUDENT FOR WHAT? JUST FOR THAT ONE CLASS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
>> YEAH, IT DOESN'T ALL ACQUAINT.
THERE'S A FORMULA YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT IT DOES GIVE US MORE, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THAT ONE CLASS, AND THEY GET MORE MONEY JUST FOR SIMPLY BEING IN THAT ONE CLASS VERSUS JUST EITHER NOT ARRIVING [LAUGHTER] OR TAKING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WEIGHTED.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO RECAPTURE ALL THIS STUFF WE ALREADY HAVE AND ADD THE LITTLE WEIGHT TO IT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING ALL OUR FUNDING THAT WE CAN, TO HAVE MORE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
>> THEREFORE, WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER PROGRAMS.
>> THAT'S IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE OUR SUPERINTENDENT. DR. LAKE.
[VII. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
>> THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS TO COVER.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL TOUCH ON THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT WE ALWAYS START WITH OUR ENROLLMENT AND ARE IN PLAY SO I KNOW MY EYES ARE GOOD, BUT THEY'RE NOT THAT GOOD.
THAT'S IT. THAT'S OUR ENROLLMENT AS OF FRIDAY.
WE'RE STILL HOVERING AROUND THE 12TH NINE MARKING AND THAT'S OUR ADA OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS 94.64%.
THAT'S BEEN SLIDE IN THE LAST MONTH, AT LEAST EVERY SINGLE WEEK, IT'S GOING DOWN BY 0.05%, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE, AND AS THE WINTER MONTHS KICK IN AND IT GETS COLDER AND FLU SEASON, YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING THAT GO DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
BUT WE'RE HOPING TO BE AT 94%.
PRE-COVID DAYS WE'RE 96 AND 97 WASN'T UNHEARD OF, BUT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, 94S AND 93S AND ALL OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF.
WE NEED TO GET KIDS TO SCHOOL, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TEETH TO HOLD THEM THERE EITHER, SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT ENGAGING AND GET THEM TO SCHOOL. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
OF COURSE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS ANYWAY.
I MEAN, EVERY BOARD MEETING WE TALK ABOUT IT.
THE SPECIAL SESSION HAS KICKED OFF.
WE'RE IN OUR SECOND WEEK AND LIKE I WAS TALKING WITH MR. JOHNSON EARLIER, GOVERNOR ABBOT HAS SAID WE'RE GOING TO GET VOUCHERS THE EASY WAY OR THE HARD WAY, AND IF YOU DON'T VOTE THE WAY I WANT YOU TO VOTE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION AND IF THAT ONE DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE'LL GO TO THE VOTERS, AND WHAT HE MEANS BY THAT IS, ANYONE THAT'S IN DISAGREEMENT WILL HAVE SOMEBODY RUNNING AGAINST HIM IN A PRIMARY.
A LOT OF POLITICS ARE INVOLVED IN THAT.
LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEY HAVE TO ADMIT EVERY SINGLE CHILD.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THEY ARE.
THEY GET FAPE, THEY GET A FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THERE'S THIS IDEA ABOUT PARENT CHOICE, BUT EVERY PARENT DOESN'T GET TO CHOOSE PRIVATE SCHOOL, EVEN IF YOU GAVE THEM THE VOUCHER, BECAUSE I MEAN, $100 TO A POOR FAMILY IS GROCERIES, LET ALONE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VOUCHER OF 8,000 OR WHATEVER PRIVATE SCHOOL IS AND TRANSPORTATION AND ALL THAT.
IT'S NOT A CHOICE FOR EVERY FAMILY.
IT'S A CHOICE FOR SOME FAMILIES, BUT NOT EVERY CHILD.
I'M SIMPLY BEEN ADAMANT THAT WE'RE NOT SCARED OF COMPETITION. WE HAVE IT NOW.
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THOSE VOUCHERS EXIST RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S IN THE FORM OF IF THEY CAN TAKE THEIR $6,160 AND THEY CAN TAKE IT AND GO TO CITY VIEW, THEY CAN TAKE IT AND GO TO PARK, THEY TAKE IT AND GO TO HOLIDAY.THEY TAKE IT AND GO WHEREVER, BECAUSE IF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE ABIDING BY THE EXACT SAME RULES WE ARE.
THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO TAKE A SPECIAL ED KID THAT'S A 044 THAT'S SEVERELY DISABLED AND NONVERBAL OR AUTISTIC.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS AREN'T GOING TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THE KIDS THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT ALL THE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS, CONSTANT DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS, THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED KIDS.
NOW AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT. THEY'RE GOING TO SEND THEM BACK TO THE SCHOOL AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? WELL, LOUISIANA JUST GOT THE VOUCHERS.
NOW, THOSE KIDS CAME, THEY'RE CAUSING HAVOC, THEY'RE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED, THEY HAVE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS, THEY SEND THEM RIGHT BACK TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND WHAT THEY DID? THEY KEPT THE ALLOTMENT AND IT TOOK LOUISIANA TWO YEARS TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT HOLD ON.
WE GET THE KID BACK AND WE DON'T GET THE 6,160, SO THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM.
ALL OF THOSE ISSUES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND IF IT WAS ALL EQUAL, IF THEY HAVE TO TEST THEM, WHICH WAS NO STATE TESTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY LIKE STAR.
IF THEY HAD TO, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT LIKE WE DO WITH OUR FIRST REPORT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT. THEN WHAT TO RELEASE THAT TO THE PUBLIC? YOU DON'T HAVE TO RELEASE THROUGH THEIR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO RELEASE THEIR FINANCIAL OUTCOMES.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO RELEASE ANY OF THAT.
WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND WE DON'T MIND DOING THEM, BUT WE WANT FAIR COMPETITION.
WE'RE NOT SCARED OF COMPETITION, BUT WE ARE SCARED.
IF YOU'VE GOT A 75-YARD HEAD START, WE'RE RUNNING A 100-METER DASH OR 100-YARD DASH.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEIR TEACHERS DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED.
THERE'S ALL THESE STIPULATIONS PLACED ON US AND THEN THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM MONEY TO PRIVATE SCHOOL WE'RE NOT DOING THAT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THAT AND OF COURSE SOME AGREE OR SOME WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT EYE ON THOSE THINGS, AND WE NEVER WILL.
IF THE RULES WERE THE SAME, AGAIN, WE WOULD BE ALL FOR IT. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING.
CREATE A LEVEL AND FAIR COMPETITION FOR EVERY PARENT CAN GET THAT CHILD TO THAT SCHOOL.
RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THEN THE FUNDING ISSUE IS AGAIN, IT CAME BACK INTO WHERE ABBOT SAID HE DIDN'T EVEN PUT IT ON THIS SPECIAL SESSION AGENDA.
IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW BOARD MEMBERS, YOU CAN'T VOTE ON IT.
HE SAID THE ONLY WAY IS WHEN WE GO ON THAT AGENDA IS IF WE GET VOUCHER THROUGH, THE VOUCHERS GOES THROUGH, THEN HE'LL PUT TEACHER'S SALARY ON THE AGENDA.
YOU FIGURE 2019 WAS THE LAST TIME THAT TEACHERS HAD A SUBSTANTIAL RAISE AND THAT'S THE LAST TIME THAT THE ALLOTMENT WAS RAISED, $6,160 IN 2019 AND WHAT IS INFLATION DONE BY THAT POINT? IT'S ROSE ALMOST ABOUT 20%.
OUR TEACHERS ARE LIVING BASICALLY CHECK TO CHECK OF 2019 INFLATIONARY NUMBERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2023.
THEIR GROCERIES OR 20% HIGHER, THEIR GAS BILLS IS 20% OUT OF THE WATER IS.
ABBOT SAID, WELL, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
IF I GET MY VOUCHER BILL, AND WE'LL GET IT THE EASY WAY OR THE HARD WAY AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE HARD WAY FROM US ALL THE WAY TO THE POLLS.
LEGACY AND MEMORIAL, WE ANNOUNCED THE APS.
THAT WAS YESTERDAY OR FRIDAY I BELIEVE OR WHENEVER WE PUT IT UP, MAYBE TODAY, I CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP WITH DAYS, BUT THERE IT IS IN CASE YOU ALL DIDN'T SEE THAT THERE'S THIS LEGACY.
YOU SEE DR. FERRIS, DR. CUNNINGHAM, THERE'S DAVIS, MR. MIMS, AND MS. BAILEY WILL BE THE APS AT LEGACY AND THERE'S THE SECRETARY, JESSICA GARCIA.
WE PUT ONE AP ONE A DAY A WEEK HOWEVER ON FACEBOOK.
>> EACH DAY, PUT SOMEBODY ON THERE.
THEN BECAUSE OF THAT, I SAW PATRICK MOORE TODAY ON FACEBOOK.
THERE IS MEMORIALS SO THAT PATRICK MOORE, MISTY SPHERE, MICHAEL FORNEY, KIM STUPES AND THEN THE SECRETARY.
>> THAT IS THE MISTY SPHERE THAT WAS AT.
>> THAT WAS AT BURGESS IT CAME FROM BURNA? THAT'S RIGHT.
IT IS CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ALL.
SHE WAS AT BURGESS THEN WENT TO OLD HIGH.
ISN'T IT A PIAGE? SHE'S GONE DOWN.
YEAH. MOORES IS AT OLD HIGH NOW, SPHERES AT ALL HAVE FOREIGNERS THAT RIDERS STUDENTS AT HERSHEY.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD MIX OF HERSHEY.
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>> THERE ARE FOUR APS AT MEMORIAL AND FIVE AT LEGACY WHY THE DIFFERENCE.
>> AT LEGACY, YOU NOTICE FIVE, GOOD QUESTION.
THERE IS PROJECTED TO BE 1,900 STUDENTS AT LEGACY AND THERE IS PROJECTED TO BE 1,940 OR SO IN ABOUT 1,600 AT MEMORIAL.
IF WE'RE GOING BY THIS, YOU'LL KEEP HEARING THE TASB STAFFING MODEL.
WE'RE GOING BY THAT, WHICH IS A ONE-TO-SO-MANY RATIO.
THE NUMBERS DON'T CALL FOR A FIFTH AT MEMORIAL RIGHT NOW.
EVEN WHEN THEY DO, WE'LL ADD ONE.
BUT UNTIL THEN WE'RE STICKING WITH A STRUCTURED STAFFING MODEL.
THAT'S HOW ALL OF THEM BE STAFF COUNSELORS, APS, COACHES, TEACHERS.
>> WAS THIS MOSTLY DIRECTED ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED AT THEIR SCHOOL TO STAFF THEIR AP?
>> YOU BET. NOW THEY GOT TO PICK THEIR TOP TWO.
>> DR. BLAIR COULDN'T TAKE MS. KENNY STOPPED TWO AND VICE VERSA.
THEN IT WAS EVERYBODY ELSE WAS IN THE PIE AND THEY INTERVIEWED AND THEN THEY SELECTED WITH REPRESENTATION, MAKING SURE THAT OLD HIGH WAS REPRESENTED AT ONE SCHOOL THAT RIDER WASN'T AT HERSHEY.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ALL THREE SCHOOLS ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS ONE AND OF COURSE IN THE OTHER ONES AS WELL.
THAT SPIRIT COMMITTEES, THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON.
THAT'S A PICTURE OF FRIDAY'S SPIRIT COMMITTEE.
THAT'S A LEGACY THERE, THAT GO INTO THE SCHOOL DAY TO DAY WITH THE TRADITIONS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS TODAY WAS MEMORIALS.
I GOT TO GO OVER THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, JUST HEAR THE CONVERSATION AND THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT GETTING OVER THERE.
THEY START FROM THE GROUND LEVEL LIKE WHAT DOES EVERYTHING LOOK LIKE? EVERYTHING. [BACKGROUND] THEY HAD SOME WONDERFUL IDEAS.
MS. THOMAS WAS UP THIS HEARING.
WHAT ABOUT THE OFFICERS? IF YOU'RE AN OFFICER OF THIS, WHAT CAN WE JUST HAVE EVERYBODY THAT'S AN OFFICER STANDING.
THINGS YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT, THAT THEY HAD SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
OF COURSE, HAD A LOT OF CAMPUS VISITS.
THANK YOU-ALL TO ADD A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS TOUR WITH ME LAST TIME.
IF YOU WANT TO GO ON A CAMPUS VISIT WITH HIM, PLEASE BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU INSIDE AND LET YOU STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN.
IT'S REALLY FASCINATING TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON. THAT WAS THAT VEIN.
LAST WEEK WITH THE KINDNESS SQUAD, I LIKE NOW, THAT WAS GREAT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED YOUR EIGHT-WEEK SURVEY THAT I SENT YOU IN YOUR FRIDAY FOCUS, PLEASE COMPLETE THAT.
I THINK I'VE GOT IT FROM THREE OR FOUR OF YOU.
JUST WANT TO KNOW SOME FEEDBACK THERE.
OF COURSE I SENT HOME A HOMESCHOOL, SURVEYS ARE COLLECTED SOME DATA THAT EVERY KID THAT WAS WITH US LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE AND WENT INTO HOMESCHOOL THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR.
I'VE PULLED THAT PAIN TODAY. I THINK IT WAS AROUND 250 AND SEND THEM A SURVEY.
I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WE GET MORE AND MORE.
I DON'T HAVE A TON. THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE MAYBE 15, 20 RESPONSE RUN.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW, YOU WERE HERE LAST YEAR YEAR BEFORE YOU GO HOMESCHOOL. GOOD DATE OF THE HALF.
I'VE GOTTEN SOME GOOD STUFF IN THERE.
I'LL SHARE THAT WITH THEM WHEN WE HAVE IT.
PRINCIPLE FOR A DAY IS COMING UP WEDNESDAY AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS GO INTO EACH CAMPUS AND FOLLOW OUR PRINCIPLE AROUND FOR ITSELF FOR THE WHOLE DAY OR HALF A DAY BECAUSE THEN WE'D MEET AT THE CEC AT 11:30.
WE HAVE A LUNCH AND THEN IT'S REALLY COOL AFTER THAT IS WE HAVE A REFLECTION TIME.
WHAT DID YOU LIE? WHAT DID YOU SEE? WHAT DO YOU NOTICE? GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AND YOU HEAR FROM EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY MEMBER, THAT'S THE PRINCIPLE FOR TODAY THAT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME.
I'M STILL LOOKING FOR ONE BOARD MEMBER.
FEEL CALM AND OPEN US UP AT 11:30.
THANK YOU SO ON AND SO FORTH ARE A COUPLE OF YOU CAN COME.
THAT'S WHERE IT WILL BE. IF YOU'LL REACH OUT TO ME AFTER THE BOARD MEETING, WE GOT TO ORGANIZE THAT.
HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF YOU THERE TO WELCOME THEM ALL.
THEY GET A GREAT SENSE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A PRINCIPAL AND IT'S NOT AS EASY AS YOU THING [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S ALL I GOT.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS?
>> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS [INAUDIBLE]? WE APPRECIATE IT. THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK I GET THOSE.
THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR FACEBOOK POSTS ON THE LIVE INTERVIEWS YOU'VE DONE WITH STUDENTS.
WE JUST APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THAT IS HOW IT HELPS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[VIII. CONSENT AGENDA]
I'M SORRY TO SAY I WAS NOT AT THE LAST MEETING.[00:35:03]
THERE ARE FOUR THINGS ON THIS THE DEC LOCAL REVISIONS, A CONSOLIDATION OF CAMPUSES, CLOSURE OF CAMPUSES IN MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.I GUESS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ANY MORE THAN THAT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> UNDER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
I START CLOSURE OF CAMPUSES WE'RE VOTING TO CLOSE HAROLD FOR THE YEAR, BUT NOT NECESSARILY PERMANENT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING DO WITH THAT BUILDING YOU THIS MORE AND MORE, DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ONCE WE GET THE WE TALKED ABOUT ACTUAL CASH VALUE AND WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE.
>> I'M GOING TO SAY THAT NO, ACTUALLY, THE NARROW WERE REAL.
I RECOMMEND CLOSURE YET. WE ONLY OFFICIAL.
>> HE TOOK THAT OFF ANYMORE. HE SAID IT'S ON HERE, BUT DON'T.
>> THERE'S ONLY [INAUDIBLE] ON THE ACTUAL CASH VALUE FIRST. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE GOT TO GET IT. NOW, WHAT WE'RE READY TO DEAL [OVERLAPPING] ONCE WE HEAR FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
>> I'VE CHECKED ON THAT AFTER YOU AND I TALKED AND IT SHOULD BE ANYTIME THIS WEEK.
WE THINK THAT AROUND 2.5 MILLION BUT WE'RE NOT POSITIVE ON THAT YET UNTIL WE GET THAT AND WE'LL KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO REBUILD MINUS DEPRECIATION.
THE RETINA WE'VE GOT HAROLD AND FERRIS AND WE'RE ROLLING ON AND THE STAFF LOVES IT THERE.
>> THE QUESTION IS, IS IT BEST TO REHAB HAROLD FOR MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE, OR IS IT BEST TO NOT REHAB IT TO DISPOSE OF THE PROPERTY?
>> THAT WILL BE A FUTURE DECISION.
>> [NOISE] MOTION TO BE JUST THE CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> ALSO THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR RIDERS.
>> THREE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> NO JUST CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AM I THE ONLY ONE CONFUSED? [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE A MOTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MOTION, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.
[IX. FINANCIAL SERVICES]
FINANCIAL SERVICES.>> MRS. HORTON, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
>> THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF AWARD RFP 2014 FOR THE PURCHASE OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONTROLS AND INSTALLATION AT BAR WAS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO FERGUSON BARRIERS FOR $296,574.60 HAS SUBMITTED ABOUT LATER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND RECOMMENDED BY DR. GUNNING, THE SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS.
THIS IS AN RFP WE DID BACK IN THE SPRING AND THIS IS REMAINING CAMPUS THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE.
WE JUST NEED YOUR APPROVAL SINCE IT'S OVER $100,000.
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] AND THIS IS TO DO WHAT? LIKE HVAC?
>> YES. PRETTY GOOD GOALS ARE STARTING.
FURNISHINGS PARISHES WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS?
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BID FOR A PURPOSE AND BEARISH ON [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU. MS. PARISH. [NOISE] ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> WE TALK ABOUT [OVERLAPPING]
>> ALL THOSE POSTS LIKE SINE PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU.
>> MRS. THOMAS. ACTION WILL BE NEEDED.
[X. COMMUNICATIONS]
>> I AM HERE TO ASK OUR APPROVAL AND TEA WAIVER APPLICATION FOR EXPEDITED AND GENERAL STATE WAIVER STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS TO APPROVE THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT WAIVER FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WE MOVE FORWARD WE WILL VOTE FOR THIS WAIVER OR PUT IT BEFORE YOU THE SAME TIME THAT WE APPROVE THE CALENDAR.
YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME AND SHORTLY FOR NEXT YEAR'S HAPPENED THERE, BUT THIS IS FOR THIS YEAR.
THE FLORIDA TRUSTEE IS AROUND ASKING YOU THAT THE WORD TRUSTEES APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR EXPEDITED AND GENERAL STATE WAIVERS
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FOR REDUCTION IN INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS FOR THE '23, '24 SCHOOL YEAR IN ORDER TO PROVIDE STAFF DEVELOPMENT AS PREPARED BY ME AND RECOMMENDED BY DR. LEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.TEA OFFERS A STAFF DEVELOPMENT MINUTES WAIVER THAT PROVIDES FOR A MAXIMUM OF 2,100 TOTAL LABOR MINUTES TO USE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR DISTRICTS THAT PROVIDE OPERATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES.
FOR THE '23, '24 SCHOOL CALENDAR, THE BOARD MUST APPROVE OF ADMINISTRATION SEEKING A WAIVER FROM TEA AND TEA APPROVING THE WAIVER FOR THE DISTRICT.
THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND ITS WAIVER ONCE AVAILABLE IN TEAL SHOULD BE APPLICABLE FOR ONE YEAR ONLY.
EACH DISTRICT MAY CHOOSE HOW TO APPLY IT OR APPROVE STAFF DEVELOPMENT MINUTES.
LABOR AT SCHOOLS MAY CHOOSE TO OFFER EARLY RELEASE, LATE START, ALL DAY STAFF DEVELOPMENT OR COMBINATION.
HOWEVER, THE TOTAL WAIVER MINUTES PERSPECTIVE ELEVATE SHALL NOT EXCEED 2,100 MINUTES PER YEAR.
IS WAIVER [INAUDIBLE] WOMAN IN PLACE OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION AND THEREFORE, THE WAIVER MINUTES ARE ONLY APPLICABLE TO STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED INSTEAD OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR EFFECTIVE WITH THE 2018, 2019 SCHOOL YEAR.
THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT MINUTES WAY OR MAY NOT BE USED PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION OR AFTER THE LAST DAY OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION.
ON STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS WHEN STUDENTS ARE IN ATTENDANCE PART OF THE DAY AND WORK RECEIVABLE, ADA FUNDING, THE DISTRICT OR OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL MUST PROVIDE AT LEAST 120 MINUTES OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION.
INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES ARE DEFINED AND THE [INAUDIBLE] AS THE PORTION OF THE SCHOOL DAY IN WHICH INSTRUCTION TAKES PLACE, ALONG WITH OTHER EXCEPTIONS.
IN ADDITION TO THE HUNDRED 120 MINUTES AS TO DESTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT WAIVER MINUTES OR 40 MEASURED LIKE ACTUAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT MINUTES PROVIDED.
>> THAT ACTION IS NEEDED ON THIS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT WAIVER APPLICATION?
>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY WAIVER APPLICATION.
THAT'S FOR EXPEDITED AND GENERAL STATE STACK DEVELOPMENT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> THIS WHY, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, IF WE WANTED TO DO HALF A DAY ON FRIDAYS TO WHERE THE TEACHERS WOULD HAVE STAFF DEVELOPMENT ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS, IS THAT WHY THIS IS SO [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE ALREADY HAVE THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS BUILT INTO THE CALENDAR.
I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE 1,200 MINUTES OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT BUILT INTO THE CALENDAR, SO WE ARE BELOW THE 2,100.
BUT THIS JUST ALLOWS FOR US TO COUNT THOSE MINUTES TOWARD THE STUDENTS, TWEET 75,600 MINUTES.
BUT WE HAD TO HAVE THE BOARD APPROVE IT TO SUBMIT IT TO THE TEA SO THAT THEY CAN APPROVE THOSE MINUTES BEING USED TOWARDS STUDENT INSTRUCTION.
>> THEN THIS IS JUST AN ANNUAL, I MEAN, WE SEE THIS EVERY YEAR?
>> YES. [LAUGHTER] ONCE WE APPROVE NEXT YEAR'S CALENDAR, THEN I'LL BE ASKING THE SAME THING PROBABLY NEXT MONTH.
>> THIS IS MAKE IT EASIER FOR TEACHERS, GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY, OR IT'S JUST [OVERLAPPING]?
>> WELL, YES. IT JUST ALLOWS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS WITHOUT STUDENTS LOSING THOSE MINUTES AND BECAUSE IT IS BENEFITING THE STUDENT'S INSTRUCTION.
WE ARE BELOW THAT 2,100 MAXIMUM.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
>> YOU ARE STILL SMILING. SHE IS SMILING OUT THERE.
>> THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT
[XI. HUMAN RESOURCES]
THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PROPOSED APPLICANT POOL ESTIMATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR OF [INAUDIBLE] AND IS RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S ONLY ONE APPLICANT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE FULLY STAFFED, EXCEPT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES, BUT ALL OF OUR GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM ARE FULLY STAFFED WITH CERTIFIED TEACHERS, SO WE HAVE LIMITED OPENINGS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, IT'S ALL POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY.
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS APPLICANT POOL?
>> I MOVE THAT WE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVE AND WE ACT TO THE POOL AS SUBMITTED.
[00:45:05]
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MRS. HARPER?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
BOARD MATTERS. I HOPE YOU ALL REALLY DON'T EXPECT ME TO READ THIS.
[XII. BOARD MATTERS]
[LAUGHTER]>> PLEASE DO NOT READ IT. [LAUGHTER]
>> THEY JUST BASICALLY CALLED OUT THE NUMBER OF HOURS EACH BOARD MEMBER HAS COMPLETED. DO YOU HAVE THAT ONE THERE?
>> I'M SURE WE DO. WELL, THESE ARE EXCEEDING, I'LL GIVE YOU OVERACHIEVERS, THEN NOW IT'S GONE.
[LAUGHTER] MARK LUKERT HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED TRAINING BY 12.5 ADDITIONAL HOURS.
SANDY CAMP, EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED TRAINING ABOUT SEVEN-AND-A-HALF ADDITIONAL HOURS.
SUSAN GRISEL AND JIM JOHNSON, EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED TRAINING BY FOUR ADDITIONAL HOURS, AND DIANN SCROGGINS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED TRAINING BY ONE ADDITIONAL HOUR.
THEREFORE, I THINK THAT MR. HARVEY AND I HAVE NOT COMPLETED ALL OF OUR TRAINING, BUT WE HAVE UNTIL TOMORROW.
>> I'LL TRAIN YOU, YOU TRAIN ME.
>> WE WILL GET RIGHT WITH THE WORLD [LAUGHTER] AND STAY ON THE LEGAL PATH. IS THAT GOOD?
>> SHOULD WE HAVE A TWO-HOUR BREAK IN BETWEEN SESSIONS? [LAUGHTER]
>> THEN WE ALSO HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY DR. LEE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION ABOUT OUR DISTRICT AND OUR POSITION ON VOUCHERS.
I THINK YOU ALL RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET.
BUT DO YOU NEED ME TO READ THIS?
>> THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGARDING VOUCHERS, EDUCATION, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, TAXPAYER SAVINGS GRANTS, AND OTHER MECHANISMS, THAT WILL REDUCE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.
WHEREAS ARTICLE 7, SECTION 1 OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, ESTABLISH AND MAKE SUITABLE PROVISIONS FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF PUBLIC PRE-SCHOOLS, WHEREAS TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXCEPT EVERY STUDENT, WHEREAS EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND OTHER VOUCHER SCHEMES, GIVE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, NOT PARENTS, THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
WHEREAS TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADHERE TO THE STATE-MANDATED ACADEMIC AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS, WHEREAS PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MEET THE SAME ACADEMIC STANDARDS AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THEY DO NOT REPORT TEST RESULTS, GRADUATION RATES, AND OTHER PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO THE PUBLIC.
WHEREAS SCHOOL CHOICE ALREADY EXISTS IN TEXAS VIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, INTER AND INTRA-DISTRICT TRANSFERS, HOME SCHOOLS, VIRTUAL SCHOOLS, AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
WHEREAS EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND SIMILAR VOUCHER SCHEMES ELIMINATE PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY OF SCHOOLS AND TAX DOLLARS.
WHEREAS USING TAX DOLLARS TO PAY FOR TUITION AT PRIVATE AND RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS WOULD GROW INTO A COSTLY ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS A TAXPAYER-FUNDED [NOISE] VOUCHER PROGRAM WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL SCHOOLS, HARMING MANY RURAL TEXAS COMMUNITIES.
POOR FAMILIES HAVE FEW, IF ANY, PRIVATE SCHOOL OPTIONS.
WHEREAS TEXAS PARENTS WHO ACCEPT A VOUCHER WOULD LOSE OUT ON A LONG LIST OF IMPORTANT PARENTAL RIGHTS, OUTLINED IN THE TEXAS STATE EDUCATION CODE AND IN FEDERAL LAW, ESPECIALLY PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES CALLS ON THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO REJECT ANY DIVERSION OF PUBLIC DOLLARS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES IN THE FORM OF EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND SIMILAR VOUCHER SCHEME.
THAT IS WHAT IS UP AND AN ACTION IS NEEDED TONIGHT.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION REGARDING ACCEPTING THIS RESOLUTION?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I MOVE THAT THE WFSID BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AGAINST VOUCHERS AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR DISTRICT TO STAND UP AND SAY WHAT IS CORRECT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE EDUCATION STATE OF TEXAS.
IT'S AN UNFAIR FIELD AS IS PROPOSED.
THIS WILL ADD CHILDREN THAT NEED THE MOST ATTENTION.
YOU'RE RIGHT, DR. LEE IN YOUR PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IN TWO OR THREE YEARS' TIME, IS THE STATE OF TEXAS JUST GOING TO GO, OH, MY GOODNESS,
[00:50:02]
WE HAD TO REVAMP THE WHOLE FUNDING SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THIS DECISION TROUBLE? [OVERLAPPING] THEY'RE NOT OUT ON THE STUDENT ATTENTION, OR ATTENDANCE CRITERIA.I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT THIS PRESENT ISSUE.
>> WELL, AND I THINK THAT IT'S SUCH AN UNLEVEL PLAYING FIELD BECAUSE THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS WON'T ACCEPT THE CHILDREN.
THAT THIS IS DESIGNED TO SUPPOSEDLY GET THEM TO A DIFFERENT EDUCATION FACILITY, BUT THEY WON'T BE ACCEPTED FOR EITHER GRADE LEVEL, BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, SPECIAL NEEDS.
>> BUT THEN THEY ALL WANT TO COME PLAY WITH US.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY SURE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? MR. NELSON.
NOW, WE'LL ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION.
THE BOARD WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074 TO DELIBERATE THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.
ONE PERSONNEL MATTERS INCLUDING THE APPOINTMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL, AND OR COMPENSATION OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND TWO, A TEAM OF EIGHT GOAL SETTING.
FINAL VOTE TO THANK WILL BE AN OPEN SESSION.
WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.