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>> GOOD EVENING. AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD,
[I. CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING STATEMENT]
I'D LIKE TO THANK DR. GRIFFITH FOR [INAUDIBLE].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 FORM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT AND THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE TIME AND IN THE MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS MEETING IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT IS HELD IN PUBLIC AND NOT STRICTLY A 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 THIS MEETING.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL YOUR CELL PHONES ARE TURNED TO OFF OR SILENT OR VIBRATE MODE.
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, IF NOT ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD AT THE WORK SESSION.
ACCORDINGLY, MANY OF THESE ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED AND VOTED UPON BY THE BOARD WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS, SINCE MOST OF OUR QUESTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AT THE SESSIONS.
AGAIN, WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS MEETING AND WE THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
I'D ASK THAT YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS.
ORDER ARMS, FOWARD FACE FORWARD MARCH, CENTER FACE.
>> MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M CADET COLONEL MCKINSEY FROM WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL AND I WILL BE GRADUATING THIS YEAR.
TO MY LEFT IS CADET CAPTAIN DONALDSON.
>> I'M CADET CAPTAIN DONALDSONS, I'LL BE GRADUATING FROM LEXI HIGH SCHOOL.
>> TO MY RIGHT IS CADET SECOND LIEUTENANT WOOD JOSEPH.
>> I'M SECOND LIEUTENANT WOOD JOSEPH, I WILL BE GOING TO MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> LEFT FACE, FORWARD MARCH. [APPLAUSE]
>> AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, I ASK THAT YOU JOIN MR. LUKER IN AN INVOCATION.
>> FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EVENING AND WE ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR EACH PERSON THAT'S HERE.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE CHILDREN OF WHICH TO ALL THE ISD AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE CHILDREN AND WE JUST PRAY THAT WE'LL DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS DISTRICT.
WITH THIS, LORD, HELP US TO CONTINUE TO SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE IN EVERYTHING THAT WE SAY AND IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
FATHER, AGAIN, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENCE OF EVERY PARENT THAT'S HERE AND EVERY STUDENT THAT'S HERE AND ALL OF THE FACULTY AND STAFF THAT ARE HERE.
WE JUST CONTINUE, LORD, TO GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND ALL THE GLORY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
>> GO TO MOVE RIGHT ON TO PRESENTATIONS,
[IV. PRESENTATIONS]
WHICH I KNOW IS THE MAIN TOPIC FOR MANY OF YOU.>> EVERY JANUARY IS, AS YOU KNOW, BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH AND SO WE HONOR THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE ON THE LOCAL BOARD.
THE THEME THIS YEAR HAS BEEN LOCALLY ELECTED, COMMUNITY CONNECTED.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR THE STAFF AND EACH OF YOU HAS DEDICATED VERY LONG HOURS TO SET THE GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT.
YOU SET THE TONE AND THE TEMPO AND DETERMINE THE RESOURCES AND THE BUDGET NECESSARY TO GET THE JOB DONE.
YOU DO THIS WITHOUT MUCH APPRECIATION, THAT THANKLESS JOB.
YOU MAINLY HEAR MORE CONCERNS, MORE GROWS, THE GLOWS AS THEY SAY.
BUT THIS IS JUST THE DAY TO SAY THANK YOU, WE SUPPORT YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, ALL OF OUR STAFF.
THE DEPUTY ADVICE COMMUNITY IS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND
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PASSION FOR IMPROVING THE DISTRICT AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AT LARGE.THERE'S NO GREATER CALLING THAN EDUCATION SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD, I KNOW YOU LOVE THAT, AND RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AND REMAIN STANDING UP FOR A GROUP PHOTO.
>> THANK YOU, PLEASE LET US NOW.
>> I KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, PRESIDENT, YOU'RE FIRST. KATHERINE MCGREGOR. [APPLAUSE]
>> YOU'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR PARENTS. [LAUGHTER]
>> VICE PRESIDENT, MARK LUKERT.
[APPLAUSE] OUR SECRETARY, SHE'S OUT WHEN WE GET AND THAT'S SANDY CAMP.
[APPLAUSE] BOARD MEMBER, SUSAN GRISEL.
[APPLAUSE] BOARD MEMBER, DALE HARVEY. [APPLAUSE] HELLO.
>> BOARD MEMBER, JIM JOHNSON. [APPLAUSE]
>> BOARD MEMBER, DIANN SCROGGINS. [APPLAUSE]
>> MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT SIDE UP.
>> LOOK THIS WAY. ARE YOU READY? ONE, TWO, THREE.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I THANK ALL OF US FOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> ALSO IN REGARDS TO APPRECIATION IT'S ALSO LAST WEEK THEY HAD A DAY.
IT WAS AN OFFICER APPRECIATION DAY.
IT WAS DURING A BOARD MEETING THAT WE GOT OUT.
WE STARTED THE MEETING AT AT NOON BUT WE WANTED THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO BE INTRODUCED TO OUR OFFICERS.
WE'VE GOT A UPGRADED STAFF, OF COURSE, THROUGH HB3.
WE HAD TO HAVE MULTIPLE OFFICERS THAT WE HIRED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ONE OFFICER FOR EVERY CAMPUS AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE OUR OFFICERS, AND MANY OF THEM ARE HERE.
AS YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WE'VE GOT A NEW POLICE CHIEF, ANTHONY SMITH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED LONG ABOUT BEFORE HE WAS HIRED IS THE NEED TO COMPLETELY REVAMP THE WFICPD.
THAT MEANT CULTURALLY HOW THE PUBLIC VIEW OUR PD, HOW OUR STAFF VIEW THEM, ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE YOU DON'T EVEN NOTICE THEM BUT THEY'RE THERE WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED TO BE THERE FOR A SAFETY ISSUE.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AND CHIEF SMITH HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB LEADING THIS DEPARTMENT IN EVERY WAY.
FROM THE LOOK, FROM HOW THEY LOOK, FROM A MILITARISTIC LOOK TO A MORE COMMUNITY POLICING LOOK, ADVOCATING HARD FOR HIS OFFICERS TO ENSURE THEY HAD BETTER UNIFORMS, BETTER POLICE CARS, WHICH YOU'VE MOST GRACIOUSLY APPROVED, EQUIPMENT, NON-LETHAL EQUIPMENT AND HAVE THAT BEFORE.
JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF OPTIONS TO HAVE OUR POLICE FORCE BE FIRST CLASS.
FIRST, TO DO THAT AND INTRODUCE ALL HIS OFFICERS.
THE FIRST ONE WE WOULD RECOGNIZE IS POLICE CHIEF, ANTHONY SMITH.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE MET OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR, JOHN STERN.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE HIM AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR TEAM AND DAY IN AND DAY OUT HE'S MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE SAFE.
LET'S PUT OUR HANDS FOR JOHN SMITH. [APPLAUSE]
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>> SERGEANT LOUIS [INAUDIBLE]. [APPLAUSE]
>> OFFICER LANCE BROMLEY. [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] OFFICER LUCY CAVAZOS [APPLAUSE].
OFFICER JOSE GONZALES [APPLAUSE].
LIEUTENANT DONNY JOHNS [APPLAUSE].
OFFICER JAMES [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE].
OFFICER BRIAN MASTERSON [APPLAUSE].
OFFICER SAMANTHA MUNCY [APPLAUSE].
OFFICER JOHN PHILLIPS [APPLAUSE].
OFFICER DANNY [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE].
>> WE'VE GOT ONE THAT HAD A FLIGHT DELAY OUT ON VACATION, A COUPLE MORE FAMILY OBLIGATIONS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE TRY TO INSTILL IN OUR GUYS IS FAMILY IS EVERYTHING.
WE UNDERSTAND THEY CAN'T BE HERE, BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR US AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND IT'S A PLEASURE SERVING THE COMMUNITY [INAUDIBLE].
>> [OVERLAPPING] AS THEY LINED UP FOR THE PICTURE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
OUR KIDS' SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER 1 PRIORITY AND WE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE THE FRONT LINE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, CHIEF SMITH, FOR BRINGING US UP TO GRADE.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS.
WE'VE KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME, SOME OF YOU, AND SOME SHORT TIME.
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND OUR PARENTS ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU.
>> EVERYBODY LET'S LOOK THIS WAY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC ALL STATE FOOTBALL.
WE HAVE MR. FREEMAN TO VISIT WITH US ABOUT THIS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS UP A LITTLE.
IF YOU GUYS THINK YOU'RE SEEING DOUBLE IN THE FIRST GROUP FROM OHIO, YOU ARE. YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT IT.
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE OUR ACADEMIC ALL STATE FROM OUR FALL SPORTS, THAT'S FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL.
WE HAVE OUR COACHES AND KIDS HERE FROM WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL, HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL, AND RIDER.
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THEIR COACHES WILL INTRODUCE THEM.I'M GOING TO PULL DOUBLE DUTY SINCE THE VERY FIRST ONE IS PART OF MY DOUBLE DUTY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL, COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL STATE.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH KYLER BOONE, WHO WAS NOMINATED AND RECEIVED FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL STATE [APPLAUSE].
HE IS GOING TO TEXAS A&M TO STUDY ENGINEERING.
KYLER, INTRODUCE THEM TO YOUR PARENTS.
SHE'S HERE WITH ME TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE]
>> THEY LOOK EXACTLY ALIKE, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE, TWO SEPARATE HERE.
WE HAVE IVORY KELLY, HONORABLE MENTION TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].
IVORY HAS INFORMED ME HE'S GOING TO TEXAS STATE TO STUDY ENGINEERING [APPLAUSE].
[INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE IVY KELLY, HIS IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHER [APPLAUSE].
D, AS WE REFER TO HIM, IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, BUT REALLY HE WANTS A FALLBACK PLAN TO TAKE CARE OF IVORY IN CASE HE DOESN'T MAKE IT IN ENGINEERING.
YOU GUYS INTRODUCE THE GUESTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE WITH.
>> WE BROUGHT OUR GRANDMA, ANNA MARTINEZ [APPLAUSE].
>> THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL.
HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE UP NEXT AFTER US.
IF YOU GUYS CAN SCOOT TO THE CENTER JUST A LITTLE BIT AND OPEN UP YOUR CERTIFICATES.
>> SO WE KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU IS [INAUDIBLE].
>> SCOOT THIS WAY JUST A LITTLE.
>> THAT'S GREAT. 1, 2, 3. [APPLAUSE]
>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC ALL-STARS FOR FOOTBALL. COACH.
>> YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING GUYS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
ON BEHALF OF HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL, WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU GUYS TO FIVE OF OUR KIDDOS WHO HAVE EXEMPLIFIED THE PRIORITIES OF A STUDENT ATHLETE ACADEMICALLY.
THEY ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO PLAY BALL AT THE NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE THEY TOOK CARE OF THIS IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP CORY WINFIELD JUNIOR [APPLAUSE]. NEXT WE HAVE MATTHEW BALDERAS. HE WAS SECOND-TEAM ALL-STARS.
[APPLAUSE] THEN WE HAVE REGINALD DENT, SECOND-TEAM ALL-STARS.
[APPLAUSE] ADRIAN LEVIERE SECOND TEAM.
[APPLAUSE] AND THEN SAMUEL WORTHY JUNIOR HONORABLE MENTION.
[APPLAUSE] JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON SOME OF THESE GUYS.
THEY COME FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS.
WE'VE GOT A FUTURE DOCTOR UP HERE, WE'VE GOT A FUTURE REAL ESTATE PERSON UP HERE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER GUYS THAT WANT TO INVEST IN BUSINESS IN SOME OF THEIR MAJORS.
SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO PLAY FOOTBALL, AND THEY'VE GOT NUMEROUS OFFERS.
THAT WAS ALL DUE TO THE STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT'S OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND ALSO AT THE COMMUNITY.
THESE GUYS EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A STUDENT-ATHLETE.
GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE].
>> COACH, COULD WE MEET HERE ANYBODY THEY HAVE WITH THEM?
>> GUYS, GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM OUT.
WE'LL START RIGHT HERE AND JUST WORK THAT WAY.
WHO CAME TO SUPPORT YOU? WHO PUTS UP WITH YOU? [LAUGHTER]. WHO GETS YOU TO SCHOOL?
>> MY MOM DID. SAM WORTHY AND TIFFANY DID.
>> WE GOT IN THE BACK MY MOM, MACKENZIE HOLLY, FLOYD HOLLY, AND MY LITTLE BROTHER, REGINALD.
>> I GOT MY DAD WITH ME, REGINALD DEMPSEY II.
>> I GOT MY MOM, LATOYA WINKFIELD.
>> HIS MOM. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE].
>> JUST SQUEEZE TOGETHER. [BACKGROUND] PERFECT. THIS WAY.
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[APPLAUSE].>> RIDER HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FOOTBALL.
>> HELLO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.
I HAVE THE EXTREME HONOR OF INTRODUCING SEVEN OF OUR ALL-STATE ACADEMIC ATHLETES.
SIX ARE HERE TONIGHT. ONE COULD NOT BE HERE, BUT I WILL INTRODUCE HER AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE GIRLS IS THAT THEY ARE WHAT I WOULD CALL THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE.
THESE GIRLS ARE TOP OF THEIR CLASS, INVOLVED WITH MANY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, OUR STUDENT COUNCIL, MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES AS WELL.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE COACHING THEM.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
WE HAVE GIRLS HERE THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE HAVE A TOP-OF-HER-CLASS NUMBER 1, OUR GIRLS AS WELL.
NO FURTHER ADO, I WILL INTRODUCE THEM.
WE HAVE CARLINE AYRES, [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND], SOPHIA CURRY, [APPLAUSE] LANEY ELLIOTT IS OUR SENIOR BUT COULD BE WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HER AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE] EMILY BUICK, LANEY WEN, [APPLAUSE] AND KINSLEY OLIVER, WHO IS NUMBER 1, [APPLAUSE] AND CADEN WARD.
CARLINE, LANEY WEN, AND SOPHIA WILL BE ATTENDING TEXAS TECH.
KINSLEY WAS AWARDED THE MCKNIGHT SCHOLARSHIP.
THEN EMILY WILL BE ATTENDING OU, AND THEN TEGAN WILL BE ATTENDING MIDWESTERN STATE.
>> LADIES, WHO'S NUMBER 1 IN YOUR CLASS?
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE WHO IS WITH YOU THIS EVENING?
>> I BROUGHT MY PARENTS, LEANNE AND PERRY CURRY.
>> MY MOM GINA AYRES AND MY DAD, CARTER AYRES.
>> I BROUGHT MY MOM, CHRISTIE. [APPLAUSE].
>> I BROUGHT MY PARENTS, JEREMY AND CRYSTAL OLIVER, AND MY LITTLE BROTHER COOPER.
>> I BROUGHT MY MOM AND DAD, AMY AND ARNOLD.
>> EVERYBODY STEP THREE STEPS THIS WAY.
>> AS COACH RANDALL COMES TO THE MIC AND THIS GROUP LEAVES BEFORE ALL THE PARENTS LEAVE, WE KNOW THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE PARENTS INVOLVED IN OUR STUDENTS' LIVES, AND WHAT GREAT KIDS YOU'RE RAISING AND WHAT GREAT FUTURES THEY HAVE AND THE COACHES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THIS.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. COACH BEN.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US. THIS YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE LAST YEAR FOR OUR THREE HIGH SCHOOLS.
ONE OF OUR THEMES AT RIDER THIS YEAR WAS LOBO, WHICH STOOD FOR LAST ONE BEST ONE.
WE REALLY DID HAVE A GREAT YEAR.
GOING ALONG WITH THAT THEME OF LOBO, WE HAD 12 STUDENT-ATHLETES MAKE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, WHICH IS THE MOST THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
THIS TRULY WAS THE BEST YEAR THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THESE GUYS.
ALL THESE GUYS ARE STUDS, [LAUGHTER] AND THEY'RE ALSO RIDICULOUS.
[LAUGHTER] YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THE THINGS THAT THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY LEAVE THIS PLACE.
WFISD AND THEIR PARENTS AND COACHES HAVE HELPED THEM BE GREAT, BUT THESE GUYS REALLY MADE SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES.
SO SECOND-TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, DREW HASTING, HE IS GOING TO [APPLAUSE] BE A PREACHER.
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[APPLAUSE] THEY CAN STAND UP.ABSOLUTELY. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] NEXT, BEN JOHNSON IS GOING TO DO PRE-LAW.
HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SCHOOL HE'S GOING TO GO TO YET.
HE'S SECOND-TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-STATE.
[APPLAUSE] HE'S EITHER GOING TO BE PRE-LAW OR BE A MOVIE STAR.
[LAUGHTER] IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY.
>> I'M HERE WITH MY MOTHER AND FATHER.
>> PLEASE STAND UP. [APPLAUSE]
>> CARSON HARRIS COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHY.
[LAUGHTER] I'M ACTUALLY SURPRISED WITH ALL THIS IF I'M BEING HONEST.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S MY JOKE. THAT'S A JOKE.
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP ANDRE VASILIOS.
HE GOING TO MIDWESTERN TO BE A NURSE.
[APPLAUSE] WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOUR PEOPLE?
>> ACTUALLY, I BROUGHT MY WHOLE FAMILY.
SO IF Y'ALL CAN STAND UP. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE].
>> TITUS BLAG, HE'S HONORABLE MENTION ALL-STATE.
HE COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. HE'S PLAYING SPORT.
TAYLOR'S ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AS WELL, HONORABLE MENTION, AND IS GOING INTO THE AIR FORCE.
COHEN HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.
HE'S EITHER GOING TO GO TO OU OR TEXAS TECH.
BEFORE HE COULD RUN A PONZI SCHEME, BE A MILLIONAIRE, OR STAY AT HOME WITH HIS MOM.
[LAUGHTER] HOW ABOUT YOU INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY?
>> I BROUGHT MY MOM AND MY DAD.
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE STEPHEN MARS.
>> STEPHEN MARS IS GOING TO TEXAS TECH WHERE HE WILL MAJOR IN PETROLEUM ENGINEERING.
[APPLAUSE] HE'S A LOT SMARTER THAN ALL OF US. [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC]
>> I BROUGHT MY MOM AND MY DAD.
>> NEXT UP TAMPA ROE, I'M GOING TO CALL ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION.
[APPLAUSE] HE'S GOING TO VERNON AND HE'S GOING TO BE A FIREFIGHTER.
>> I BROUGHT MY STEPMOM, KATIE, AND MY SISTER, REESE. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER].
>> NEXT UP IS MY GOOD FRIEND EVAN RIOS.
HE'S GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TECH AND HE WILL BE AN ACCOUNTANT.
>> MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER, HUNTER AND TRISHA HOOVER. [APPLAUSE].
>> KOBE ROBINSON COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE BILL TUGGLE, [LAUGHTER] OWEN TUGGLE.
>> OWEN IS GOING TO MAJOR IN BUSINESS AND HE'S EITHER GOING TO TEXAS TECH OR A&M TAKE. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> JASON AND TARA TUGGLE. [APPLAUSE]
>> THE BEST THING I CAN SAY ABOUT ALL THESE GUYS IS THEY WERE GREAT ATHLETES, BUT THEY'RE EVEN BETTER PEOPLE.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WE WANT REPRESENTING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR FOOTBALL TEAM.
>> ONE, 2, 3. [BACKGROUND] OKAY.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND]
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>> THE ROOM HAS QUIETED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE'RE REALLY SEEING GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WFISD, AND I HOPE THE FAMILIES SEE THAT TOO.
SOME OF THESE COACHES THAT YOU SAW TONIGHT ARE REALLY SOME OF OUR PRIME JOYS.
WE ARE REALLY THANKFUL FOR HOW THEY POUR INTO OUR KIDS AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.
IT'S WITH A GREAT PASSION THAT THEY WORK.
IT'S REALLY GREAT THING FOR WFISD AND FOR WICHITA FALLS COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE ANY.
DR. LEE, YOU ARE UP WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
[VI. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
>> THANK YOU, BOARD. WE'RE GOING FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT THIS MONTH.
I THOUGHT WHAT WE WOULD DO IS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST THE LAST 18 MONTHS WE'VE DONE INCREMENTS OF EVERY SIX MONTHS, WE DO A SIX MONTH REPORT, ONE YEAR REPORT, AND NOW I'VE BEEN HERE 18 MONTHS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO AN 18 MONTH REPORT AND THEN CLEAR IT OUT WITH TWO YEARS.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, A CUMULATIVE OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW THOUGH, THAT IS OUR ENROLLMENT, 12,815 AS OF TODAY.
OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS 93.72.
OUR ATTENDANCE FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S HOLDING.
WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH ABOUT 12,895 OR SO REALLY FROM THAT SENSE, ATTENDANCE IS HELL.
WE PROVE TO GO UP, OF COURSE, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT'S BEEN.
ADA HAS SLOWLY TRICKLED DOWN FROM THE START OF THE YEAR, ABOUT 0.05 EVERY WEEK.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT WE'RE AT 93.72 STILL IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT OF COURSE ALL THE COLD AND FLU AND ALL THAT IS GOING TO BE HIDDEN AS WELL.
EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF REVIEW OF A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE.
WE'LL START WITH FINANCE, MS. WHARTON FAVORITE TOPIC, AND SOME OF THE GLOWS THAT WE'VE TAKEN PLACE IS THAT AS WE KNOW OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, WE HAD A HUGE DEFICIT THAT WAS WIDELY REPORTED ON.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO REALLY CELEBRATE IS THE FACT THAT THAT DEFICIT IS GONE.
AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO THIS BOARD BALANCE THE BUDGET AND ADOPTED THAT FOR THE 23/24 YEAR.
IN A YEAR WHERE IT SEEMED TO BE THE THING TO DO TO PASS A DEFICIT BUDGET AND WAIT ON THE LEGISLATOR TO BAIL US OUT.
WELL, AS YOU SAW, THEY DIDN'T AND 30% OF DISTRICTS WERE SETTLED WITH A DEFICIT BUDGET THINKING THAT THE LEGISLATOR WAS GOING TO BAIL THEM OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT WORRY AT ALL TO STATE.
THANKS TO MS WHARTON AND HER TEAM, AND EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT.
FROM OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO OUR TEACHERS, EVERYBODY WATCHING WHAT THEY SPEND.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, THAT'S OUR RAINY DAY FUND.
IF SOMETHING DRASTIC HAPPENS, WE CAN GO IN LIKE WITH THE STORM THAT HAPPENED IN AUGUST, COSTS US A MILLION BUCKS.
IT'S UNEXPECTED, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS US.
WE HAD TO GO INTO THAT FUND BALANCE SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND GRAB A MILLION DOLLARS.
WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO GO AT AND GRAB 1.6 MILLION AND GIVE OUR TEACHERS, THIS BOARD A LITTLE NICE SMALL THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.
THAT'S NUMBER 3 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO OUT OF THAT FUND BALANCE BECAUSE OUR MONEY IS BUILDING UP A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS HUGE.
ABOUT COMPLETED THE TASBY SURVEY.
WE'VE STUCK WITH THOSE GUIDELINES, WHICH MEANS WE'RE TRYING TO RIGHT SIZE EVERY CAMPUS.
IF THERE'S TOO MANY TEACHERS ON THERE THROUGH ATTRITION WE JUST RIGHT SIZED IT. WE'RE DOING THAT.
THE TASBY SURVEY FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT IS ALMOST COMPLETE, MS. HARDAWAY IS LEADING THAT, DOING A GREAT JOB OF THAT.
WE'RE FIXING TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THEN A LOT OF DECISIONS WILL BE MADE, ESPECIALLY HOW WE STAFF MEMORIAL AND LEGACY.
THEN OF COURSE, A BIG GLOBE FINANCIALLY IS WE'RE STARTING TO REDUCE OUR FOOTPRINT A LITTLE BIT WITH BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE HAD.
AS YOU KNOW, REDUCED THE FOOTPRINT WITH NORTHWEST.
THAT WAS HEAD START, THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST MOVE IN THE VERY FIRST WEEK.
LAMAR AND OF COURSE, HAROLD, THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE FARRIS, AND SO NOW DENVER IS OVER THERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, NEXT YEAR, KIRBY IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL REDUCE AND MERGE INTO HERSHEY, AND THE BOARD WILL DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THAT BUILDING ON THAT LAND, A LOT OF BLOWS THERE.
THAT'S JUST FIVE. WE COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT THAT WAS JUST FIVE TOP ONES.
OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE IMPROVE AND GROW AREAS.
WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR TEACHER AND STAFF PAY.
WE WANT TO BE THE MODEL FOR THAT.
HOW WE DO THAT IS WE WATCH OTHER AREAS THAT WE SPEND.
TALK ABOUT REDUCING THE FOOTPRINT BECAUSE 80% OF OUR BUDGET
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THAT THE BOARD ADOPTS GOES TO SALARIES. CAN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.IT LEAVES YOU 20% FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE GOT TO BE REAL COGNIZANT OF HOW WE SPEND THAT MONEY AND WHERE THAT MONEY IS ALLOCATED FOR.
WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK IN WAYS TO INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT THAT AND OF COURSE, TO INCREASE OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AND HOW MANY KIDS ARE COMING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
WE CAN LOOK AT WAYS INCENTIVIZE THAT WITH OUR FACULTY IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
IT'S GOOD TO JUST LOOK AT THAT ON THE SCREEN.
A THIRD OF OUR PRINCIPALS ARE NEW IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS, NEW TO THEIR CAMPUS.
THAT'S A BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, BURGESS, CEC'S.
BURGESS JUST TOOK THE JOB IN JANUARY.
FARRIS, DARDEN AND JEFFERSON SOUTHERN HILLS, KIRBY AND WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL.
ALL OF THOSE PRINCIPALS ARE IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE'S NINE NEW TO THEIR POSITION IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
STARTING WITH OUR CFO AND POLICE CHIEF AND HARDAWAY DIPPING A NEW POSITION.
JEFF HILL, SCOT HAFLEY, MS. NASH AND OUR NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND MS.COLE.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT IT'S NEVER THE BUILDINGS.
IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THEM THAT MAKE THE SCHOOL GREAT.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT THAT'S HOW MUCH HAS TAKEN PLACE, A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE TEAM, MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT SEATS, ON THE RIGHT BUS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT'S CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF AN ORGANIZATION.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PEOPLE IN THOSE SEATS DRIVING THEIR PARTICULAR TEAMS AND LEADING THEIR TEACHERS, WHICH IN TURN LEAVE THEIR STUDENTS, OF COURSE OUR FACILITIES QUICK LOOK AT THAT.
BIG LOW OBVIOUSLY IS MEMORIAL LEGACY ARE ON SCHEDULE AND WE ARE SCHEDULED WITH SOME FF&E FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT.
>> THAT'S NO JOKE. NO, THAT'S IT. THAT'S HUGE.
WE'VE SURVIVED ALL THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND ALL OF THESE HIDDEN THINGS THAT MAY COME UP AND ALL THE RUMOR MILLS.
BUT WE JUST KEPT PUSHING FORWARD AND THOSE DRIVEN BY TAKING TOURS, THEY ARE FIRST CLASS AND THEY ARE ON PACE TO OPEN UP BY 24/25.
ANOTHER BIG WIN WAS THE ABOVE GROUND ATHLETIC FACILITIES.
WHERE WE WERE SWEATING AT I WAS SWEATING AT, THAT IS COACH HALF THE SWEATING THAT STILL SWEATING IT FREE.
BUT EVERYBODY GOT TOGETHER AND GOT TOGETHER WITH OUR CFO.
WE JUST GOT IN THE ROOM AND WE JUST SAID, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? THAT NO IS NOT THE ANSWER.
WE FOUND SOME THINGS WE WORK IN THIS, INTEREST RATES ARE UP AND IT ALL WORKED OUT AND NOW WE'VE GOT HELIS.
THEY WERE OUT THERE ON THE FIELDS AND THE VOTING PUBLIC IS GOING TO GET WHAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO GET. THAT'S HUGE.
>> WE PROMISED TO NOT BREAK TRUST.
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE TO START DEVELOPING THAT FOR ALL OF OUR HEATING AND VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING, SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT WAIT UNTIL THEY BREAK TO REPLACE IT.
WE GOT AN IDEA. HERE'S HOW OLD THIS IS, HERE'S HOW OLD THESE ROOFS ARE, HERE'S HOW MANY MILES ARE ON THESE BUSES.
GET A PROACTIVE PLAN TO GET THESE THINGS REPLACED AND APPRECIATE THE BOARD ON ALWAYS UNDERSTANDING THAT AND HAVING TO SPEND A LITTLE MONEY NOW TO PREVENT SOME ISSUES LATER.
ALSO HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL MERGE OF LAMAR AND FARRIS.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE LINES OF PEOPLE LINED UP OUT THE DOOR, UPSET BECAUSE OF HOW OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR PRINCIPALS AND TO GIVE THE WHY BEHIND IT.
I KNOW YOU MAY BE NOT AT LAMAR, BUT LOOK WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.
INSTEAD, WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT YOU WERE IN SAME AS FARRIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENDANCE ZONE CHANGES TAKING PLACE.
WHILE WE'RE HERE, KEEP THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING WHICH IS ACADEMICS.
A HUGE ONE THAT, AS I CAME IN, WAS THE KIRBY TAKEOVER.
THAT OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THAT JUST AFFECTS [NOISE] THE ENTIRE CITY, WICHITA FALLS, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT.
MRS. BRIGG SENT ME A DOCUMENT THAT SAID, BOLD PLAN FOR KIRBY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING BACK AND FORTH WEEKS BEFORE THAT TIGHTENING UP AND THEN SHE SENT THAT PLAN AND THEN HER AND HER TEAM WENT OUT AND EXECUTED THE PLAN.
THEN THE DATA CAME IN AND I WAS ALMOST IN TEARS WHEN I GOT THAT CALL FROM MCGRATH AND HE SAID, KIRBY'S OUT OF IR YEAR 1, BUT WE MAY NOT GET THE RESULTS.
THAT GOES FOR SOUTHERN HILLS TOO.
THEY GOT OUT TOO AND DESERVE A LOT OF PRAISE AND ATTAGIRLS FROM AMANDA GARCIA, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT PREVENTED ANY TEA TAKEOVER.
I THINK THAT OUR TEAM THAT'S OVER THERE RIGHT NOW,
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A KIRBY IS DOING A GOOD JOB.WE FULLY EXPECT SOME GOOD THINGS TO THERE AFTER THIS YEAR AS WELL.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT LIKE I TOLD THE BOARD BEFORE, I GOT THAT TEXT FROM MCGRATH, AND IT SAID, THE COURTS ARE STILL BATTLING.
NOTHING NEW TO UPDATE THERE. ANY GOOD ACADEMICS, IS IT GOOD WITHOUT CURRICULUM? WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT CURRICULUM CALLED TEXAS AMPLIFY, THREE OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
TEXAS AMPLIFY WAS ORIGINALLY NOT IN TEXAS, IT WAS ON THE WEST COAST IN CALIFORNIA, IT WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CURRICULUM THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF RUMORS ON, HEY, DOES IT HAVE ELEMENTS OF DEI? ARE THEY TEACHING KIDS ABOUT THINGS? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THEY'RE NOT.
THAT CURRICULUM WAS PURCHASED BY TEXAS.
WHEN I SAY BY TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY BY THE TEA, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
THAT IS RUN BY MIKE MORATH, WHO ANSWERS TO THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, GOVERNOR ABBOTT.
THAT IS A PURELY TEXAS CURRICULUM.
IT IS ADOPTED BY THE TEX AND IT IS A GOOD CURRICULUM.
WHEN WE SAY, WELL, HOW GOOD? WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET SOME SOLID DATA FROM THAT, FROM TAKING THE STAR TESTS AND SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT THE TEACHERS SEEM TO LIKE IT.
IT IS RIGOROUS AND THE KIDS SEEM TO LIKE IT AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE EXACTLY THAT CONTROL GROUP VERSUS THE OTHER SCHOOLS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THROUGH A VERY GENEROUS DONATION OF 600,000 FOR THE MCCOY FOUNDATION, WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT FIVE MORE ELEMENTARIES WITH THAT CURRICULUM.
AT THE SAME TIME, THREE CAMPUSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING TEXAS AMPLIFY ARE GOING TO DO EUREKA MATH THIS NEXT YEAR SO WE'RE GOING INTO MATH.
READING FIRST, MATH SECOND, AND ALL THE WAY UP.
CAMPUS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN A BIG THING.
BUILDING THE CAPACITY IN OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR PRINCIPALS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS INTO LEARNING, OR JOHN WINK OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD CAPACITY IN OUR APS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUR FUTURE PRINCIPLES.
AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THAT LIST EARLIER, ALL OF THOSE WERE OUR APS, WE JUMPED RIGHT INTO THE PRINCIPAL ROLE.
THEN BUILD CAPACITY TO OUR PRINCIPALS BECAUSE THEY MAY BE DIRECTORS OR WHATEVER, IT MAY BE.
STRONG EMPHASIS ON THAT, AND OF COURSE, READING, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, WITH TEXAS AMPLIFY READING FOR GRADE 3.
WE'RE NOT JUST DOING TEXAS AMPLIFY WITH READING.
THERE'S OTHER CURRICULUMS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE UFLI, THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LITERACY INSTITUTE, WHERE WE DO THAT AT SEVERAL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND WITNESS THAT AND OBSERVE THAT AND TEACHING PHONICS TO OUR STUDENTS.
BECAUSE AMPLIFY DOESN'T REALLY HONE IN ON THE PHONICS PIECE, BUT THAT UFLI REALLY DOES A GOOD JOB.
SHEFFIELD IS NOT IN HERE, BUT DEBBIE DID GO THROUGH IT, HE WOULD PROBABLY ECHO THAT SENTIMENT, WHAT DOES A GREAT JOB OF BREAKING THE WORD APART.
THE PHONICS PIECE, THE KIDS WHERE WE GOT THEIR OWN LITTLE WHITEBOARD THEY'RE WRITING THINGS DOWN AND THEY'RE WRITING IN CURSIVE AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE] THAT'S TWO BIG PLUSES, PHONICS AND CURSIVES [INAUDIBLE].
JUST NOTICED IT DOING OUR FRIDAY VISITS AT JEFFERSON AND THEY WERE DOING, HAD TO LOVE THIS AND THEN FOUND OUT SOME MORE AND SOME MORE AND BEEN WATCHING IT AND SITTING IN THE CLASSROOMS AND WELL, THEY WERE EXCITED TO SHOW IT OFF.
WE'RE NOT JUST DOING TEXAS AMPLIFY, WE'RE DOING SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
I THINK TEACHERS WERE RESISTANT AT FIRST FROM A DIALOGUE WITH MISS.
DIPLY, BUT ONCE THEY GOT IN THERE AND REALLY NOTICED WHAT IT'S ABOUT, THEY BOUGHT INTO IT SO THAT'S GOOD.
THEN OF COURSE, SAFETY, AND I MENTIONED THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WHEN I WAS INTRODUCING THE OFFICERS, BUT JUST A COMPLETE CULTURE SHIFT THERE.
WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I SAID, RATE YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND SAFETY WAS AT THE BOTTOM.
WE KNEW WE NEEDED A COMPLETE [NOISE] FROM HOW OUR COMMUNITY PERCEIVED THEM TO HOW THEY LOOKED AND WHERE THEY HAD THESE HUGE 18 INCH BULLETPROOF VESTS ON THE OUTSIDE, THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO WAR.
WE WANTED A MORE PROFESSIONAL LOOK THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH KIDS, AND THEY WOULD COME UP AND TALK WITH YOU BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT THINGS.
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO FIND OUT THROUGH YOUR STUDENTS IN THE HALLWAY, YOU SHOULD TALK TO PEOPLE.
THEY WANTED TO BE MORE APPROACHABLE AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
MORE OFFICERS, THE POLICE CAR FLEET GOT THAT DISPATCHER NOW THAT YOU CAN CALL IN AND SHE DISPATCHES IT OUT TO THE OFFICER SO LOTS HAPPENED IN SAFETY, SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANYTHING? [BACKGROUND]
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I WOULD LIKE TO BEAT IT. I LOVE IT.I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS, FOR THE BOARD TO COMMENT ON THE LAST 18 MONTHS WHERE YOU SEE IT WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE HEADED, AND ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR PLACES YOU WANT US TO EVALUATE AND MOVE FORWARD.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I'LL JUST SAY THE LEADERSHIP HAS REALLY DONE WELL.
I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND I THINK WE HAVE HAPPY SCHOOLS AND HAPPY KIDS AND PARENTS, AND EVEN THOUGH WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FILTERING OF OLD TIME RIDERS, I THINK THEY'RE STILL GETTING ON BOARD BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING GREAT THINGS HAPPENING INSIDE THE SCHOOL WE HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I THINK YOUR LEADERSHIP IS OBVIOUS.
IT SHOWS THE COMFORT LEVEL OF THE STAFF WHEN YOU INTERACT WITH THEM AND I LIKE THAT.
I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE SECURITY BECAUSE SECURITY IS SO IMPORTANT NOW FOR ALL OF US.
WE DON'T WANT CHILDREN CAN'T LEARN THAT THEY ARE FAILED.
IF THEY HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS THAT THEY CAN TALK WITH LIKE YOU SAY, THEN THEY FEEL GOOD.
OF COURSE I'M IMPRESSED AND YOU WOULD KNOW THIS, YOU KNOW ME A LITTLE BIT THAT HIS TEAM OF STAFF IS DIVERSE AND SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THAT AREA AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'M VERY HAPPY WITH DR. LEE AND HIS EFFORTS AND HIS ABILITY TO WALK THROUGH A NUMBER OF VERY SENSITIVE ISSUES AND KEEP HIS COOL AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I WOULD DO.
BUT I'M ADMIRING FOR WHAT HE HAS IN HIS TEMPERAMENT AND THE WAY HE APPROACHES THE ISSUES. I'M VERY HAPPY.
I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND ECHO EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
ALSO THERE'S PROBABLY THINGS WE'VE MISSED AND I HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND TEACHERS AND STAFF AND PARENTS KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO US AND THAT WE WILL LISTEN TO THAT.
IF WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING, PLEASE LET US KNOW, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY CHANGE WHAT WE KNOW.
I HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THIS IS A BOARD THAT WE CARE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
I'LL SAY ONE MORE THING. I THINK THIS IS HUGE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT HAPPEN IN A LONG TIME.
THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THE CAMPUSES WEEKLY IS PHENOMENAL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET IT ALL DONE, BUT IT IS MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE ON MOST CAMPUS.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO SAY MY APPRECIATION TO THE WEEKS AND THE MONTHS.
HAPPY THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.
MY PERSPECTIVE IS I'M VERY HAPPY YOU WOULD GIVE US AN 18 MONTH REAR VIEW MIRROR OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING BACK AND CRITICIZING, BUT WE'RE LOOKING BACK TO SAY WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
MOST APPRECIATIVE OF YOU BEING SENSITIVE TO OUR CURRICULUM ISSUES.
I KNOW, I DO THANK MY FELLOW TRUSTEES.
THINK THIRD GRADERS READING IS A REAL BENCHMARK FOR US.
WE WANT EVERY KID IN THIS DISTRICT TO BE A READER AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE WANT PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED.
WE JUST PLEAD WITH PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED WITH YOUR CHILDREN IN OUR DISTRICT. WE WANT THAT.
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT WHEN DR. LEE CAME AND INTERVIEWED FOR THE JOB AFTER THE FIRST INTERVIEW, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THAT GUY SCARES ME TO DEATH.
HE IS GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.
BUT WHEN HE DID COME IN, I THINK DR. LEE HAD A REAL SENSE OF PERSONNEL AND VISION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
I DON'T MEAN TO BE TOO FLATTERING, BUT I THINK YOU HAD REALLY GREAT JUDGMENT ON YOUR TEAM AND APPRECIATE THAT.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS TEAM THAT IS LEADING US.
SUSAN SAID WE WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S AN AREA WE'RE MISSING.
WE'RE ON THE TEAM AND THE TEAM IS TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS.
YOU WATCH. THIS IS GOING TO TURN AROUND AND WICHITA FALLS MUCH SOONER THAN LATER IS GOING TO BECOME A DESTINATION DISTRICT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS AND IT'S ALL ABOUT EDUCATING OUR KIDS.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE.
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I THINK YOU'RE ALL GREAT TEAM MEMBERS.I'M THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS. ONE IS THE PURCHASE OF INTERACTIVE FLAT PANELS AND ONE IS THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER MEETING WHICH MRS. CAMP, THE SECRETARY, SAID, WE'RE FINE.THIS IS FOR ACTION, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON AND MR. LUKER.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. IT PASSES 6:0.
[VIII. FINANCIAL SERVICES]
PURCHASE OF THE HERSHEY ROOF OF RESTORATION.LET'S HOPE WE HAVE A LOT OF NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU AND YOUR TEAM TOO.
[OVERLAPPING] THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD THE HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL ROOF RESTORATION PROJECT TO TREMCO CPG IN THE AMOUNT OF $899,910.63 AS SUBMITTED BY LEAH HORTON, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNIE LEE, SUPERINTEND SCHOOLS.
THE HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL ROOF IS IN NEED OF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.
AFTER CONSIDERATION, CHRIS PAYNE IS RECOMMENDING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THE GOGUARD, RESTORATION ROOF CODING WITH TRIM CODE.
THIS IS BUDGETED IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE $338,000 IN THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET ROOFING ACCOUNT THAT WE HAD SAVED FROM THE RIDER PROJECT, THAT WILL PAY FOR THIS AS WELL AS WE'RE GOING TO USE $562,000 OF THE INSURANCE ACV MONEY THAT COMES IN, SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO PULL FROM YOUR FUND BALANCE, IT WILL BE PAID FOR OUT OF DOD FUNDS.
WE HAVE SO SCOTT KINGSTON FROM TREMCO HERE WHO IS WANTING TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT. COME OVER.
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A PARENT THAT JUST FORGOT TO LEAVE.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO PASS THESE AROUND WITH YOU.
THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES AN OVERVIEW AND SYNOPSIS OF THE RESTORATION AND THE BENEFITS OF IT.
>> WE FIRST DISCUSSED THE DAMAGE AT HERSHEY ON THE ROOF THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE EXTENT LOCATION WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
>> THERE IS A [INAUDIBLE] PAGES FROM THE [INAUDIBLE].
>> BUT JUST KIND OF A BROAD OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE DAMAGE IS, WHAT THIS WILL DO.
>> YES, I AM. SO THE ROOF ANALYSIS, WHAT YOU HAVE, COVERS ALL 16 ROOFS AND THAT INCLUDES THE GYM.
>> AT HERSHEY. THAT INCLUDES THE GYM WHICH IS A DIFFERENT BUILDING.
IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF OF 1, 2, I BELIEVE IT'S 14, 15, OR THE ROOF THAT'S GOING TO BE COVERED UNDER INSURANCE THAT WAS BLOWN OFF BY [INAUDIBLE].
WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE ROOFS WHEN WE ARE INSPECTIONS, WE LOOK AT THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY AND WHERE THEY ARE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION.
THIS ROOF EVEN MORE SO THAN RIDER, THESE ROOFS ON THIS BUILDING ARE FARTHER ALONG IN THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY.
I WOULD SAY, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE SCOPE OF WORK, THERE'S A LOT MORE TLC THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED ON THIS SCHOOL THAN AT RIDER AS FAR AS BASE FLASHINGS OR PUNCTURES, A LOT OF STANDING WATER THAT WE NEED TO BUILD IN, CRICKETS AND SADDLES TO GET THAT WATER MOVING TOWARDS DRAINS AND GUTTERS.
OVERALL, TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, IT'S DEFINITELY FURTHER ALONG IN ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY AND TIME TO TAKE ACTION AND AVOID THAT COST OF AVOIDANCE THAT SOMETIMES SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO OR ANY ENTITY CAN DO, WHERE YOU GET IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE IN TOTAL TEAR OFF AT 2 1/2 TIMES THE PRICE.
THERE'S A TON OF PICTURES IN THAT BOOK [OVERLAPPING] FOR YOU.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S PLACES THAT I'M STICKING MY HANDS INTO THE ROOF, EXPANSION JOINTS, BASE FLASHINGS.
THE FEEL OF THE ROOF, THERE'S SOME [INAUDIBLE] INSULATION ALREADY VERIFIED, BUT I'LL DO A SECONDARY VERIFICATION POOL, [INAUDIBLE] THAT WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY BEYOND LIFE EXPECTANCY AND NOW'S THE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF IT BEFORE IT GETS ANY WORSE AND IT CAN'T BE RESTORED.
>> ON THIS FIVE, ARE YOU REPLACING ROOF 1, 2, 8, 14, AND 15, OR THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED?
>> EVERYTHING UP THERE EXCEPT 1, 2, MY EYES ARE [INAUDIBLE].
>> YEAH. THE ONCE CROSSED OUT, WE ARE NOT DOING BECAUSE THEY'RE IN BETTER SHAPE.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY SIT IN RELATION
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TO THE SUN AND THE [INAUDIBLE] AND SHAPE PROVIDED TO THEM.THE SUN IS THE BIG KILLER OF OUR ROOF.
>> DO YOU THINK ALL OF OUR ROOF ON HERSHEY ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE OR HAVE WE REPLACED THEM OVER TIME?
>> ALL THOSE ROOFS ARE THE SAME AGE.
THE EPDM ROOFS COULD BE RECOVERS, BUT ALL OF YOUR MODBIT, WHICH IS YOUR GRAY ROOFS THERE.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT MODBIT MEAN.
>> MODIFIED BITUMEN ARE THE GRAY ROOFS THAT YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE, THEY'RE GRANULATED LIKE A SHINGLE.
>> THREE-FEET WIDE ROLES, THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THE SAME AGE.
>> WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT HOW? ANY IDEA?
>> IF I HAD TO GUESS, I WOULD SAY 25 YEARS.
>> TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. I'M PRETTY SURE CHRIS AND I SPOKE ABOUT THAT, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER.
ARE YOU GOING TO DO ROOFS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, AND 16, AND THE GYM?
>> THAT'S GOING TO COST APPROXIMATELY.
>> EIGHT NINETY-NINE AND SOME CHANGE.
>> YES, MA'AM. SO EVERY ROOF UP THERE EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT ARE CROSSED OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THEY ARE STILL HAVING LIFE LEFT AND NOT MAYBE BE RESTORED RIGHT NOW.
>> HOW LONG WILL THOSE ROOFS LAST?
>> I'D SAY YOU GOT AT LEAST ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
>> NO. I'M COMING AT THE NEW ROOF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON.
>> THE NEW ROOF SYSTEM? I'M SORRY.
>> WE SELL THESE RESTORATIONS AND THE PERFORMANCE IS MET THAT THEY'RE RESTORABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING.
IT COMES WITH A 12-YEAR MDL MANUFACTURING WARRANTY.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG WE KEEP OUR BUILDING FOR US? [LAUGHTER]
>> [OVERLAPPING] AFTER THE 12-YEAR LEAK WARRANTY, 24-HOUR LEAK RESPONSE, INSPECTIONS A YEAR, 2, 5, AND 10, IT'S RENEWABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING, AND THAT BEFORE THE END OF THE 12TH YEAR, YOU REAPPLY THE TOP COAT, WHICH I ACTUALLY READ A NUMBER ON THERE, THAT WAS INCORRECT, IT'S NORMALLY 20-25% OF THE INITIAL COST OF THE PROJECT, JUST TO RE-APPLY ONLY THE TOP COAT THAT EXTENDED ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS.
THAT BROCHURE I HANDED OUT WHERE WE SAY NEVER HAVING TO BUY A ROOF AGAIN WITH THE LITTLE GIRL LOOKING UP AT THE SCHOOL, THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THESE SYSTEMS.
>> SO THAT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD EXPENSE AT THAT POINT, ISN'T IT?
>> DEPENDING ON WHAT PRICING LOOKS LIKE 12 YEARS FROM NOW.
>> WELL, I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS 25% OF THE ORIGINAL COST.
>> TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL COST.
CORRECT. TO PUT THE TOP COAT BACK ON AND EXTEND THAT WARRANT FOR ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE A VALUE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT IT TURNS TO 19, AND THEN IT CAN TURN TO 26, AND TO 33.
>> THIS WAS MADE OUT A FEW YEARS AGO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND NO ONE WOULD TAKE IT BECAUSE IT WAS A COMPLETE REMOVAL AND IT WAS VERY COSTLY ON OUR PART.
THIS SYSTEM HERE ALLOWS US TO DO AT A LESSER COST AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY DO IT AND SEEMS LIKE IT'S A GOOD SITUATION FOR OUR KIDS.
>> YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE RIDER PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
>> YES, MA'AM. IT CAME ABOUT LATE YESTERDAY THAT I WAS GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT, SO IF I CAN TAKE A FEW MINUTES JUST TO TELL YOU THE BACKGROUND OF WHO I AM AND WHAT WE DO.
I WORK AS A FIELD CONSULTANT FOR TREMCO.
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIS AND WITH WICHITA FALLS ISD STARTED PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO.
WE STARTED DOING A LOT OF REPAIRS AROUND SCHOOLS.
PRESS BOX IS A BIG ISSUE, SO IT WAS TOO WET TO RESTORE WITH A WARRANTY SYSTEM, BUT WE DID [INAUDIBLE] COAT IT.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S BEEN WATERTIGHT SINCE WE DID IT.
CHRIS HAS LET ME SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN HIS OFFICE.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING OVER ALL OF THIS.
RIDER, HERSHEY, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I'D BE REMISS NOT TO THANK CHRIS AS WELL AND HIS RIGHT MAN HAND, JIMMY, FOR THE TIME THEY SPENT WITH ME.
THEY DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, THEY SEEM TO CARE, THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM.
HE DOES A GOOD JOB AND HE'S GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.
TREMCO, TO GIVE YOU A QUICK STORY OF THE TREMCO-WTI RELATIONSHIP.
YOU SEE TREMCO AND WTI ON THE BROCHURES, THE HANDOUTS.
TREMCO IS A MANUFACTURER, HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 100 YEARS, DEFINITELY NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANY TIME SOON.
MAKES THIS VERY UNIQUE IN THIS INDUSTRY IN THAT WE'RE THE ONLY COMPANY THAT PROVIDES EVERYTHING [INAUDIBLE] ALL IN ONE.
FROM THE TIME I DO THE INSPECTION, CHRIS HAS MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, IT'S OUR MATERIALS ON THE ROOF, I WRITE THE SPECIFICATIONS, SCOPE OF WORK, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF THE WARRANTY.
ONE HANDSHAKE. I'M ONE CELL NUMBER HE HAS TO CALL.
THAT'S A BIG BENEFIT THAT WE OFFER.
THE OTHER IS A MANUFACTURER WARRANTY WHICH IS HUGE STANDARD WARRANTY ON A JOB LIKE THIS FROM A CONTRACTOR.
THE CONTRACTOR WILL COVER LEAKS FOR APPROXIMATELY 2-5 YEARS.
NORMALLY, TWO YEARS ON HIS CRAFTSMANSHIP AND THEN IT'S ON THE MANUFACTURER FOR SAY THE NEXT 12.
YOU GET A LEAK, YOU CALL THE CONTRACTOR.
MOST TIMES WE'LL COME OUT AND SAY, IT'S NOT CRAFTSMANSHIP RELATED, THERE'S NO DETAILS THAT WEREN'T DONE IN THE SPECIFICATION, CALL THE MANUFACTURER.
MANUFACTURER, YOU CALL THEM, THEY COME OUT THERE'S NO PRODUCT DEFECTS AND THAT'S JUST A FINGER-POINTING CONTEST.
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AS A MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, IN THIS CASE, IT'S ALL UNDER ONE, SO WE COVER EVERYTHING, LABOR, MATERIAL, OUTSIDE OF AN ACTIVE GUIDE, WHICH CERTAINLY COMES WITH INSURANCE ISSUE [INAUDIBLE] COVERAGE.ANOTHER GREAT VALUE THAT I THINK WE BRING TO OUR PROJECTS.
WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. OBVIOUSLY, RIDER WHICH YOU ALL APPROVED.
THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY KICKING OFF TOMORROW.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO START LAST WEEK OR BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, OBVIOUSLY, TEMPERATURES WOULDN'T ALLOW IT, SO WE'LL BE POWER WASHING TOMORROW TO START GETTING THAT ROOF PREPPED, ALL THE MATERIAL IS AT THE WAREHOUSE READY TO GO.
>> ARE YOU DOING THIS SYSTEM AT RIDER?
>> SAME SYSTEM. BOTH THESE SCHOOL'S ROOFS HAD MODIFIED BITUMEN, THE GRANULATED THREE-FOOT ROLLS AND ALSO EPDM WHICH IS A RUBBER SHEET.
SAME ROOFS, SAME SYSTEM WAS SPECIFIED FOR THAT REASON.
>> MOPPED ON ROOF, IS THIS A ROAD ROOF?, IS THIS A RUBBER ROOF? WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?
>> [OVERLAPPING] WE CALL IT A LIQUID-APPLIED OR FLUID-APPLIED ROOFING SYSTEM, SO IT'S A POLYURETHANE.
WHAT WE DO IS AFTER DOING ALL OUR NECESSARY REPAIRS, WE TREAT ALL THE SEAMS, LAPS, PENETRATIONS, CURVES, FLASHINGS WITH THE GEOGARD BASE COAT, REINFORCE WITH SOMETHING CALLED [INAUDIBLE] THAT STRENGTHENS THAT BASE COAT.
PRIME AREAS THAT NEED TO BE PRIVATE ARE PRIMED AFTER WE MAKE THE REPAIRS, PUT DOWN THE BASE COAT AT TWO GALLONS PER SQUARE.
ONCE THAT SETS UP, WE PUT IT ON THE TOP COAT AT ONE GALLON PER SQUARE, AND IT'LL END UP BEING A BEAUTIFUL, SHINY, WHITE SURFACE, SAVE ON THEIR ENERGY BILLS, LOWERS THE ROOFTOP TEMPERATURE ABOUT 35 DEGREES.
TENSILE TEAR STRENGTH, PUNCTURE STRENGTH IS ALL VERY HIGH, MUCH HIGHER THAN SAY, A SINGLE [INAUDIBLE] WHITE TPO OR PVC SHEET.
THEY GO UP ON A LOT OF THESE ROOFS.
WE'LL GO ON WITH SQUEEGEES, ROLLERS, SOME OF THE DETAILS WILL BE DONE WITH ROLLERS AND BRUSHES.
>> NO TEAR OFF. WE'RE AVOIDING HAVING TO TEAR OFF AND GO BACK WITH COVERED INSULATION.
THOSE ROOFS ARE SO BUSY, ESPECIALLY AT HERSHEY WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONDUIT GAS LINES, IT WOULD BE A LOGISTICAL HAVE TO LIFT ALL THAT. =
>> SO WILL YOU JUST COVER THOSE CONDUITS OR ROLL UNDER THEM?
>> WE GO UNDERNEATH THEM. SO THE SLEEPERS THAT HOLD UP THOSE ACTIVE SUPPORTS, WE JUST MOVE THEM IN SECTIONS AS WE'RE DOING THE ROOF.
>> DOES IT PROVIDE A LOT OF NEW WEIGHT TO THAT ROOF?
AT THREE GALLONS PER SQUARE, WE DON'T NEED TO DO A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS.
ANOTHER BEAUTY OF DOING THIS FLUID-APPLIED SYSTEM IS IT DOESN'T CHANGE THAT WEIGHT [INAUDIBLE] VERY MUCH.
>> I LIVE IN TEXAS, ARGYLE ACTUALLY.
>> WE HAVE 11 REPS IN TEXAS, BUT WE'RE BASED OUT OF OUR CORPORATE, AND OUR MANUFACTURING FACILITY IS IN CORSICANA, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE IN OHIO. YES.
>> STRUCTURALLY AT HERSHEY, THE CEILING TO SUPPORT, IS THERE ANY STRUCTURAL ISSUE?
>> YEAH. THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE TO DO A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS IS OBVIOUSLY ON A TOTAL TEAR OFF.
PUTTING BACK A NEW ROOF, WE HAVE TO GET AN ARCHITECTURAL STAMP, AN ENGINEER TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE SUPPORT AND A DECK WHERE WE CAN PUT OUT, WE RESTORE A GRAVEL ROOF AND WE TAKE OFF GRAVEL, PUT OUR RESTORATION SYSTEM DOWN TO PUT A NEW GRAVEL BACK.
WE NEED TO GET AN ENGINEER TO LOOK AT IT.
WHEN WE'RE PUTTING BACK THREE GALLONS PER SQUARE FLUID, IT'S NOT ADDING ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT.
>> WHERE I WAS GOING. SO OFTENTIMES THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS WILL GO IN AND PAVE A STREET, AND THEN TWO MONTHS LATER THEY'RE DIGGING IT UP BECAUSE THERE'S A WATER ISSUE OR ELECTRICAL LINE OR SOMETHING.
MY QUESTION IS, WE'RE ABOUT TO SPEND $900,000 ON THIS, DO WE KNOW THAT WHAT IT'S GOING ON IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND?
>> I GOT A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT NOW.
I'VE CUT CORES ON THESE ROOFS DOWN TO THE DECK.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO TO CHECK THE ROOF COMPOSITION SO THAT YOUR CURRENT ROOF IS RESTORABLE.
WE ALSO CUT OUT ANY WET INSULATION THAT CAN'T GET ENCAPSULATED IN THIS ROOF SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WILL CAUSE COMPENSATION OR IT CAUSE A REACTION WITH THE PRODUCT ABOVE.
THAT'S WHY WE DO THE INFRARED SCAN, THAT'S WHY WE CUT THE CORES DOWN TO THE DECK IS FOR THOSE REASONS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> TO GET A [INAUDIBLE] WARRANTY, THE AMOUNT OF DUE DILIGENCE WE HAVE TO DO IS PRETTY HEFTY, AT TIMES A HEADACHE, BUT THAT'S WHY [INAUDIBLE] WARRANTIES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO CUT CORES, SOMETIMES WE DO WIND UPLIFT TESTS ON A RECOVER.
IN THIS CASE, WE DO INFRARED SCAN, CUT CORES, AND JUST LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE TO GET A SPEC APPROVED TO GET THAT WARRANTY ISSUE.
>> YOU'RE AN ARGYLE GUY, SO I ASSUME YOU SELL THIS IN THE METROPLEX.
>> DONE A LOT OF THEM IN THIS AREA HERE, PRIMARILY WITH K THROUGH 12.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME FIVE METROPLEX SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE USING THE SYSTEM?
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>> THE SYSTEM RIGHT HERE, [INAUDIBLE] ISD, THERE'S A PROJECT THAT I'VE DONE RECENTLY, WE ACTUALLY DID ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT ROOFS THERE.
I WILL POINT ISD, THE SYSTEM HENRIETTA ISD, WE DID 100,000 SQUARE FEET FLUID AT HENRIETTA, CHICO, ACTUALLY THE CITY OF CHICO.
WE DID A JOB THERE WITH THIS SYSTEM.
JOGGING MY BRAIN. I'VE GOT A LIST OF REFERENCE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] ANY FORT WORTH.
>> IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH? A LOT OF MY COWORKERS, I'M TRYING TO THINK DOWN [OVERLAPPING] IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.
DID SOME JOBS IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
>> [OVERLAPPING] CEDAR HILL, YOU'VE BEEN TO.
I'M IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS APART FROM THIS POSITION, AND IT'S IN WORKING WITH COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, WE HEAR SOMEBODY GOES IN AND DOES A RUBBER ROOF AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU HEAR, OH MY GOSH, Y'ALL DID A RUBBER ROOF? WHEN YOU DO A MOP JOB WHEN YOU TOP IT WITH AN ASS OR SOMETHING., AND OH, Y'ALL DID THAT? IT'S EVERYTHING YOU DO, IT TURNS OUT, THEN THEY COME BACK AND SAY, OH MY GOSH, HOW STUPID WERE WE ALL TO TAKE THAT APPROACH.
SO THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN IS HOW LONG, I THINK YOU SAID THIS WAS 100-YEAR OLD COMPANY?
>> YEAH, [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 100 YEARS AS A MANUFACTURER, MANUFACTURING THE MATERIALS, AND LABOR GROUP APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS [INAUDIBLE].
>> BUT THIS ROOF HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 100 YEARS.
>> THIS ROOF SYSTEM? APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS, THIS ACTUAL ROOF SYSTEM.
>> YEAH. [OVERLAPPING] THE TRENDS OF THE INDUSTRY.
FLUID APPLIED SYSTEMS REALLY STARTED ABOUT THAT TIME, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT WE'VE MANUFACTURED AND MODIFIED BACHMAN ROOFS, BUILT UP ROOFS, WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE ROCK THAT GOES ON BACK ON TOP, SINGLE PLIES, WHICH WE TRY NOT TO LEAN ON IN AREAS WITH HIGH WINDS OR HANDLE PRONE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS FACTORS THAT COME IN THERE, BUT IT'S A PROVEN SYSTEM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT [INAUDIBLE] STAND BEHIND AS LONG AS WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
>> SO WE HAVE A 12-YEAR WARRANTY?
>> TWELVE, AND THEN THE OPTION TO STOP OR TO GET AN EXTRA SEVEN FOR THE RENEWABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THAT BUILDING.
>> RENEWABLE. FOR THE LIFE OF THAT BUILDING.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING THERE.
[OVERLAPPING] WE WON'T BE AROUND.
>> THE BUILDING. MRS. WATNER [PHONETIC], YOU'RE HERE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THIS.
>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DID VERIFY WITH THAT AS WELL, OUR INSURANCE WILL COVER THIS.
YES, WE'VE SEEN OTHER DISTRICTS WITH THIS KIND OF ROOF.
>> SCOTT, YOU HAVE TO GO, YOU'VE ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER? I KNOW I PROBABLY DID MORE TALKING THAN ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
>> DO YOU-ALL WANT TO ASK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> MRS. HORTON IS ASKING FOR ACTION TONIGHT.
MRS. HORTON MAKES US A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR A MILLION DOLLARS.
>> BUT SHE CAME UP WITH THE MONEY.
AND WHERE DID WE COME UP WITH THE MONEY AGAIN?
>> SO WE BUDGETED ROUGHLY $900,000 IN THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR ROOFS AND USED ABOUT 550, $600,000 FOR THE RIDER ROOF USING THIS SYSTEM.
SO THERE'S ABOUT $340,000 LEFT IN THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET ROOFING AND THEN THE ACD FROM HAROLD, WHICH IS THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS THAT WE'VE GOT.
>> I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF HERSHEY ROOF RESTORATION.
>> MOTION BEEN MADE BY MR. LUKER AND SECONDED BY MRS. SCROGGINS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MRS. HORTON OR ANYBODY ELSE?
>> YEAH. THIS IS THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF JUST THE LOGISTICS OF THAT.
SO THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS, HAVE WE RECEIVED THAT FROM HAROLD YET?
>> NOT YET. WE'VE NOT, BUT WE, WITH DR. LEE'S PERMISSION, HAD BUDGETED A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN EXCESS AND JUST INDIRECT COSTS AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PULL FROM FIRST, BUT IT WILL BE REIMBURSED BY THE ACV.
>> WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS?
[OVERLAPPING] WASN'T IT 3.2 MILLION.
>> 3.2 MILLION SOMETHING AND CHANGE, YES.
>> WHEN ACH SHOWS UP, WHAT ACCOUNT IS IT CREDITED TO? FACILITY?
>> WELL, IT WILL GO INTO A REVENUE ACCOUNT THAT IS SPECIFIED JUST FOR THE ACTUAL CASH VALUE, ACV.
AND FROM THERE, IT'LL GO INTO BUDGET BASED UPON WHAT WAS NEEDED, WE SPEND IT ON.
SO THE DEMOLITION THAT YOU APPROVED,
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WE'LL MOVE MONEY AND PUT IT INTO THAT EXPENSE ACCOUNT.SO WE WILL RECORD IT SEPARATELY.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT HAD TO GO BECAUSE WE GOT IT FROM THE INSURANCE OF THE BUILDING.
IF IT HAD TO GO AND STAY IN A BUILDING RELATED.
>> IN THE FUNCTION WE'VE MET NOW, THEY'D HAVE TO DO THAT.
>> THE INSURANCE IS PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, SO IT WILL GO.
IT HAS TO GO INTO A REVENUE ACCOUNT, BUT IT'LL BE SPECIFIED AS THE ACV FROM THE INSURANCE.
>> ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. JOHNSON?
>> ANYBODY ELSE? IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO HAVE [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THIS ROOF RESTORATION FOR APPROXIMATELY $900,000 THAT WILL BE PAID FOR AS MRS. HORTON HAS DESCRIBED, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
BY THE WAY, GOOD JOB BACK THERE. THANK YOU, SCOTT.
>> MRS. HORTON, YOU'RE UP FOR POLICE VEHICLES.
>> IT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF EIGHT USED VEHICLES TOTALING $136,560 FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] POLICE DEPARTMENT PROCURED ON RFP 2324-15-0-24 AS SUBMITTED BY LEE WORN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEASE SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS.
THIS PURCHASE WILL BE PAID WITH BUDGETED SECURITY FUNDS.
IT'S OVER $100,000, SO IT REQUIRES YOUR APPROVAL.
WE DID THE RFP BACK IN THE SUMMER AND WE DID THE RFP UP TO 16 VEHICLES.
SO WE PURCHASED EIGHT BACK IN AUGUST 2023, AND THESE ARE THE REMAINING EIGHT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THIS REQUEST?
>>I MOVE THAT WE THINK [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU, MR. SCROGGINS. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU, MRS. BRIZEL [PHONETIC].
NOW WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> CAN THESE VEHICLES BE MAINTAINED AT THE CDC?
>> CDC DOES SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE WORK SINCE RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE A AUTO MECHANIC CORRECT AT THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT YES, WE SEND SEVERAL VEHICLES OVER THERE.
>> ONCE WE HIRE A MAINTENANCE FULL TIME, OUR LAST ONE QUIT, HE WOULD ALSO BE IN CHARGE OF KEEPING UP WITH THEM.
>> BECAUSE OF OIL CHANGES AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
>> OIL CHANGES, REPAIRS TO THE ENGINE, EVERYTHING.
>> SO TELL ME, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? WE HAVE HOW MANY OFFICERS THAT NEED CARS AND WE HAVE HOW MANY CARS, ARE WE GETTING RID OF SOME CARS?
>> WE'RE GETTING RID OF ALL THE CROWN VICS.
THIS WILL ELIMINATE ALL CROWN VICS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE 1970 ONES?
>> YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THE GOAL.
>> IT'S LIKE A LIFE [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING]
T>> AFTER WE GOT THE FIRST SET, CHIEF SMITH HAD ACTUALLY SENT ME A COUPLE OF TEXT MESSAGES OF OUR OFFICERS THAT GREATLY APPRECIATED THE NEW VEHICLES, THEY WERE RUNNING GREAT FOR THEM.
ALL OF THESE WILL ALREADY COME WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND THE LOT LARGE, ALL WE HAD TO DO IS [INAUDIBLE] THE ACCOUNTS ON THE SIDE.
THERE'S ONE TRUCK IN THERE, THERE'S SEVEN FORD EXPLORERS THAT ARE [INAUDIBLE], SO ALL OF OUR FLEET WILL MATCH.
THE CHEVY SILVERADO, THAT IS FOR SOME OF THE OFFICERS TO TAKE BARRICADES AND EQUIPMENT AND LOAD THAT IN THERE AND MOVE IT AROUND, LIKE FOR GRADUATION OR WHATNOT.
>> THIS SAYS THAT IT'S FROM BUDGETED SECURITY FUNDS?
>> SO THIS IS CURRENTLY IN CHIEF SMITH'S BUDGET?
>> SO THIS WILL NOT BE COMING FROM FUND BALANCE? ><> CORRECT.
>> MOVING OUR SECURITY DEPARTMENT RIGHT ALONG, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. 6-0.
>> ARE WE GOING TO SELL THOSE OLD CARS?
>> YOU CAN PUT IT IN A PARADE, I THINK.
[LAUGHTER] I THINK YOU'RE UP NEXT,
[IX. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION]
SO HERE WE GO.WE HAVE AMANDA GONZALEZ, THE COORDINATOR OF THE EMERGENT BILINGUALISM DEPARTMENT.
[BACKGROUND] WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHERE YOU OFFICE AND WHAT YOU DO?
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS AMANDA GONZALEZ, AND I AM THE COORDINATOR FOR THE EMERGENT BILINGUALISM DEPARTMENT, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE BILINGUAL [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAMS WE HAVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
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I AM HOUSED HERE AT THE EDUCATION CENTER IN ROOM 307.AND CARMEN GONZALEZ IS ALSO WITHIN OUR OFFICE AND SHE HELPS WITH TRANSLATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS AND IT'S JUST HER IN OUR OFFICE.
I JUST GOT A LITTLE POWERPOINT JUST TO GO OVER OUR PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE A BILINGUAL PROGRAM HERE IN WFISD, WHICH IS SPANISH, AND IT IS HOUSED AT THESE FIVE CAMPUSES.
WE HAVE THE TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL [INAUDIBLE] MODEL AT SOUTHERN HILLS, WHICH HAS PRE K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
AND ACTUALLY, WITH THE MERGER OF LAMAR CLOSING, MANY OF THE STUDENTS WENT TO SOUTHERN HILLS AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE A BILINGUAL ENROLLMENT OF 176 STUDENTS THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE SCOTLAND PARK, THE PRE K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, ALSO HAS THE BILINGUAL MODEL THERE, AND THERE ARE 128 STUDENTS.
ZUNDY IS OUR BIGGEST CAMPUS RIGHT NOW, AND THEY HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 190 STUDENTS.
THAT CAMPUS HAS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
SO MANY OF THEIR KIDDOS AND STUDENTS THAT GO TO SCHOOL ARE IN BROOK VILLAGE OR HAYNES HEAD START.
SO THE PRE K BILINGUAL CLASSES, WE HAVE TWO AT BROOK VILLAGE, AND THEY HAVE 39 STUDENTS THERE WITH TWO CLASSES.
THEN LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE THREE YEAR OLD HEAD START AT BROOK VILLAGE, BUT WE DID LOSE A FEW BILINGUAL TEACHERS.
THERE ARE SOME BILINGUAL KIDDOS IN THE THREE YEAR OLDS AT BROOK VILLAGE THAT WILL GO INTO FOUR YEAR OLD PRE K NEXT YEAR.
WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A BILINGUAL TEACHER AT THE HAYNES HEAD START, SO THERE IS ONE BILINGUAL PROGRAM THERE.
MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL PROBABLY GO TO SCOTLAND PARK, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS.
SO WE HAVE QUANTITY OF STUDENTS.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF IT ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE], BUT THIS MAINLY IS THE INSTRUCTION THAT'S DELIVERED BY ALL BILINGUAL TEACHER AND THE GOAL OF THE TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IS FOR STUDENTS TO USE THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE AS A RESOURCE.
THEY GET A FOUNDATION IN THEIR HOME LANGUAGE, WHICH IS SPANISH.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT COMPLETE SPANISH.
THEY COME WITH BROKEN LANGUAGE.
THEY KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF ENGLISH AND SPANISH, SO WE GIVE THEM THOSE SKILLS IN BOTH LANGUAGES.
WE ALSO HAVE ESL PROGRAM MODELS IN WFISD.
WE HAVE THE ESL CONTENT BASED, WHICH ARE SERVED STUDENTS WHO ARE ESL, WHICH USUALLY ARE LANGUAGES OTHER THAN SPANISH OR SOMETIMES PARENTS THAT THEIR STUDENTS SPEAK SPANISH OPT TO GO WITH THE ESL AT THEIR CAMPUS.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHERE THEY LIVE AS WELL.
THE ESL CERTIFIED TEACHER IS ACTUALLY HELPING THEM WITH STRATEGIES FROM PRE K THROUGH SECOND GRADE.
THE ESL PULL OUT PROGRAM ARE THE ESL STUDENTS WHERE THEY HAVE AN ESL CERTIFIED TEACHER AND LANGUAGE ARTS CONTENT AREA.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET TEACHERS WHO ARE CERTIFIED.
IT'S EVEN HARDER TO GET THEM ESL CERTIFIED, SO WE TRY.
AND BY TEA SAYS, MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE HAVE THEM ESL CERTIFIED IN LANGUAGE ARTS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, SO THAT IS WHY IT'S CALLED PULL OUT.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF NEW STUDENTS, SO A LOT OF THE TEACHERS, OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO HELP SUPPORT THEM WITH STRATEGIES, TRAININGS AT REGION 9, TRAININGS FOR [INAUDIBLE] TO HELP THEM WITH STRATEGIES, AND TO HELP THE STUDENTS THAT ARE NEWCOMERS AND MAYBE NOT EVEN KNOW ANY ENGLISH.
>> DOES SHEPHERD HAVE A LOT OF ESL CONTENT?
>> [OVERLAPPING] YES. YES, AND IN A DIFFERENT SLIDE.
THEY'RE A CAMPUS THAT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH SIXTH GRADE.
THEY HAVE THE PRE-K THROUGH SIXTH GRADE.
SO WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM THERE.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES SAYS WHAT CONTENT MADE SENSE, WHICH I EXPLAINED IT ALREADY.
THE ESL TEACHER IN PRE-K THROUGH SECOND GIVES THOSE STRATEGIES IN ALL THE CONTENT AREAS.
A LOT OF THAT IS GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, PICTURES, THINGS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER IS THE ONE THAT'S TYPICALLY ESL CERTIFIED.
THIS NEXT SLIDE JUST GIVES AN IDEA OF HOW OUR PROGRAM HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS,
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AND IT'S STILL GROWING.I FAILED TO MENTION FOR THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM, WE STARTED THAT WITH PRE-K IN 2017, '18 YEAR.
WE STARTED WITH PRE-K AND ADDED A GRADE LEVEL EVERY YEAR.
LAST YEAR WAS THE YEAR THE FIFTH GRADE WAS ADDED ON AND WE'RE COMPLETE AND BILINGUAL.
RIGHT HERE JUST SHOWS THAT OUR COUNT AS A SNAPSHOT WAS 1,574 STUDENTS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HAS GROWN SINCE 2021.
WE HAVE ABOUT 940 IN THE ESL PROGRAM, 550 IN THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM, AND ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE PROGRAM OR OTHER THINGS ARE DENIAL.
IF THERE IS A STUDENT WHO'S WITH A TEACHER THAT'S NOT ESL CERTIFIED, WE DO HAVE TO REPORT THAT TO TEA, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THOSE SKILLS.
IF YOU NOTICED FROM '22, '23 WE HAD A HIGHER NUMBER.
OUR ESL, OUR TEACHERS, WE WORKED WITH REGION 9, AND TEA HAS A PROGRAM FOR THEM TO TAKE THE ESL CERTIFICATION TEST.
WE HAD QUITE A FEW TEACHERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND THE DISTRICT REIMBURSES THEM FOR TAKING THE TEST TO BECOME ESL-CERTIFIED.
>> I'M PROBABLY THE LEAST QUALIFIED ON THIS.
WILL YOU EXPLAIN WHAT LEP/ED STANDS FOR?
>> THOSE ARE JUST ACRONYMS THAT THE STATE USED.
THEY'VE USED LEP WHICH IS LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY STUDENT.
THEY'VE BEEN CHANGING TERMS. YOU HEAR ELL, YOU HEAR EL.
NOW IT'S EB, WHICH IS EMERGENT BILINGUAL.
THEY ARE COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS TO INCLUDE EVERYONE.
>> EMERGENT BILINGUAL MEANS WHAT?
>> A STUDENT THAT IS LEARNING A LANGUAGE, WHICH CAN BE ANY LANGUAGE.
IT CAN ALSO BE JUST THREE-YEAR-OLDS LEARNING ENGLISH PERIOD.
REALLY, ANY CHILD IS AN EMERGENT BILINGUALLY STUDENT.
>> ANY CHILD IS AN EMERGENT BILINGUAL CHILD?
>> YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> HOWEVER, FOR THE TEA, EMERGENT BILINGUAL, I DIDN'T PUT IN A WHOLE LOT OF SLIDES, SO I WASN'T SURE HOW MUCH TIME I HAD.
BUT TO QUALIFY TO BECOME EMERGENT BILINGUAL, ALL STUDENTS HAVE TO FILL OUT A HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY UPON ENTRY AT SCHOOL.
THE QUESTION, ANY LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN IN THE HOME OR BY THE CHILD OR BY THE FAMILY IS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, WE, BY LAW, TEST THEM WITH A LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST.
ONCE THEY TAKE THAT TEST, AND IF THEY ARE LIMITED, THEN WE, BY LAW, PUT THEM IN THE BILINGUAL OR [OVERLAPPING].
IF THEY'RE LIMITED ON ENGLISH, [OVERLAPPING] THEN THEY GO INTO THAT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. THEN WE DO HAVE STUDENTS WHO COME IN FROM PRE-K, HEAD START KINDERGARTEN, BUT WE ARE GETTING KIDS EVERY DAY.
AFTER JANUARY, WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS MOVE IN.
THEY'RE COMING FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, DIFFERENT STATES.
IT'S JUST ALWAYS STUDENTS COMING THAT SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH.
>> ARE THOSE STUDENTS COUNTED IN OUR TOTAL NUMBER? BECAUSE OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IS NOT GOING UP, BUT YOU SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS COME IN.
I TALKED TO SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY, HE CALLED AND WANTED TO HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD A CHILD AND ANOTHER PERSON FROM HONDURAS, CHILD SPOKE NO ENGLISH.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO.
IF WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF THOSE KIDS COME IN, ARE WE ACTUALLY LOSING MORE KIDS BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS ARE NOT GROWING BUT NOT DROPPING?
>> YEAH. WE'RE HAVING SOME IN THIS PROGRAM.
THEN WE'LL LOSE SOME IN THIS CAMPUS.
>> HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU THINK WE HAVE? LOTS OF NEW [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR ENROLLMENT.
>> NO. SHE'S SAYING THAT WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH THAT MOVED IN.
IT SHOULD INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT.
>> IT SHOULD BE INCREASING OUR ENROLLMENT.
IF WE'RE NOT LOSING, WE'RE [OVERLAPPING].
>> SOME KIDS MOVE IN, SOME KIDS MOVE OUT CONSTANTLY.
>> I WILL SAY THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ZUNDY ELEMENTARY, SINCE WE CAME BACK FROM THE BREAK, HAS 10 STUDENTS.
THEY ARE NOT IN THIS COUNT YET BECAUSE WE DO HAVE 20 CALENDAR DAYS TO GET THE WHOLE PROCESS.
>> YOU HAVE 10 NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS WHO SHOWED UP ON THE DOORSTEP IN JANUARY.
>> YES. THAT'S JUST ONE CAMPUS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL AT SCOTLAND PARK.
WE ARE FULL AT CAPACITY IN THIRD GRADE AT BOTH SCOTLAND PARK AND AT SOUTHERN HILLS.
WE WILL IN THE FUTURE BE LOOKING FOR MORE BILINGUAL TEACHERS AND TRYING TO EXPAND THOSE CLASSES TO HAVE ROOM FOR THEM BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS THEY COULD BE AT ANY CAMPUS.
BUT WE DO OPERATE AT THOSE CAMPUSES AND WE'RE HOPING
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THAT PARENTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM AND GET THEM THERE.SOMETIMES TRANSPORTATION IS A PROBLEM.
>> WHAT HAPPENS FOR THESE CHILDREN THAT WE HEAR ON THE NEWS THAT ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD? HEAR THEM FROM SENEGAL, FROM CHINA, FROM CUBA.
HOW DO WE ADDRESS THOSE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES?
>> WELL, AND THAT IS WHAT THE BEAUTY OF THE ESL-CERTIFIED TEACHERS PROGRAM.
WE CAN'T KNOW EVERY LANGUAGE, BUT WE CAN GIVE THEM SKILLS ON HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH.
THERE'S A WHOLE [OVERLAPPING].
>> EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH THEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW FRENCH OR YOU DON'T KNOW [OVERLAPPING].
I KNOW AT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ESL TEACHER DEVOTED JUST FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO IT IS A PROBLEM FOR ANY STUDENT WHEN THEY COME.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER WHEN THEY'RE YOUNGER BECAUSE IN PRE-K KINDERGARTEN, THE TEACHERS HAVE PICTURES, THEY HAVE CONTEXT CLUES, THEY USE ALL OF THESE SCAFFOLDING THINGS.
WHEN THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL OR A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT WHO COMES IN, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE SAME STATE ASSESSMENTS AS EVERYONE ELSE, AND THEY COUNT.
IT'S A REALLY HARD THING, AND IT'S NOT JUST [NOISE] WICHITA FALLS WITH THAT PROBLEM, IT'S ACROSS TEXAS AND THE COUNTRY.
OUR TEACHERS DO WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP THEM. YES.
>> THERE ARE DIFFERENT DIALECTS ALSO IN SPANISH.
WE HAVE TO TRY AND RETEACH SPANISH TO A CERTAIN STANDARD FOR CERTAIN UNDERSTANDABLE DIALOGUE.
IT'S COMMON THROUGHOUT THAT SECTION OF SPANISH.
>> WITH OUR STAR ASSESSMENT, OUR BILINGUAL STUDENTS OR EVEN NEWCOMERS CAN TAKE THAT TEST IN SPANISH, BUT IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL FIFTH GRADE.
THAT'S WHY OUR BILINGUAL AND ESL PROGRAMS TRY TO USE AS MANY THINGS TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS LEARN THAT LANGUAGE BECAUSE WHEN THEY HIT SIXTH GRADE, IT'S ALL ENGLISH AND SO THEY HAVE TO JUST DO THEIR BEST TO BE EMERGENT.
>> DO WE GET ANY ACCOMMODATION FROM TEA FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILDREN THAT COME TO OUR DISTRICT ONE YEAR FOR THAT START TEST THAT SAME YEAR THAT ARE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING?
>> NO. THERE'S SOMETHING SHE SAID.
ONCE THEY REACH THAT GRADE, THERE'S NONE. IT'S GOOD LUCK.
>> DO THE BEST YOU CAN. [OVERLAPPING] THEY COUNT TOWARDS YOUR APPROACH'S MAIN MASTERS JUST LIKE ANY SCHOOL.
>> SORRY TO TAKE YOU OUT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S OKAY. NO. THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS AND THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE TRY TO HELP OUR KIDS ACHIEVE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL JUST LIKE ANY OTHER STUDENT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS [NOISE] LEARN ENGLISH REALLY QUICKLY.
>> WOULD I ADD THE COLUMN ON THE FAR RIGHT, '23, '24? ADD ALL THOSE NUMBERS TO SHOW THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IN OUR DISTRICT, OR IS IT GREATER THAN THAT?
>> THEY COULD BE GREATER THAN THAT BECAUSE NOT ALL STUDENTS WHO SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES ARE IDENTIFIED AS ESL [OVERLAPPING].
>> SO THIS IS ONLY WHAT, SPANISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS?
>> NO, THIS IS ALL STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR THE ESL PROGRAM, OR BILINGUAL PROGRAM, WHICH THEY CAN SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
SOMETIMES WE GET STUDENTS WHO COME INTO PRE-K KINDERGARTEN.
WHENEVER THEY COME, THEY MIGHT JUST BE LACKING IN LANGUAGE PERIOD.
THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW EVEN THEIR HOME LANGUAGE.
SOME STUDENTS DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THEIR PARENTS ARE SAYING BECAUSE THEN THEY GET INTO SCHOOL AND LEARN ENGLISH THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO CONNECT THOSE LANGUAGES.
WE TRY REALLY HARD TO GIVE THEM FOUNDATION AND THE SKILLS TO READ IN ENGLISH.
IN OUR CASE, OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM IS SPANISH, AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN COMMUNICATE.
>> ON ANY GIVEN YEAR, WHAT DO YOU ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF, WHATEVER THE LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK, NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS ARE SITTING IN OUR TEACHERS' CLASSROOMS AND OUR TEACHERS ARE EXPECTED TO EDUCATE THEM IN ENGLISH WHEN THEY DON'T COMMUNICATE [OVERLAPPING].
I WILL SAY THAT, THANKFULLY, FOR OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAMS, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY TEND TO KNOW WHERE THE BILINGUAL PROGRAMS ARE.
THEY DO, IF THEY'RE SPANISH SPEAKING, GO THERE.
BUT THEIR ESL PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED AT EVERY CAMPUS IN ELEMENTARY.
WELL, ACTUALLY, EVERY CAMPUS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
IN JUNIOR HIGH, WE DO HAVE BILINGUAL TEACHERS WHO TAKE CLASSES FROM EIGHTH PERIOD.
I'M NOT SURE OF EVERY PERIOD, BUT THEY HAVE ESL STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE HELPING AT HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY JUST GO INTO THE CLASSROOM, BUT THAT NUMBER FLUCTUATES.
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IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THE PARENTS ARE MOVING.>> DO YOU THINK WE HAVE 10% OF OUR KIDS ARE IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE OR 5% OR 20%?
>> WELL, THE STUDENT POPULATION, I JUST LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, 11% WAS LAST YEAR, 11.3% WERE THE TOTAL, AND THEN THIS YEAR IT'S RISEN TO 12.3%.
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE A KID THAT COMES IN THAT DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH FROM KINDERGARTEN OR WHEN THEY COME IN? DO WE ALSO TEST THEM FOR SPECIAL ED OR DO WE STRICTLY JUST GO [OVERLAPPING]?
>> SOMETIMES IF WE KNOW THAT PARENTS HAVE AN IDEA, THEY WILL LET US KNOW UPON ENROLLMENT. BUT NO, WE DID NOT TEST RIGHT AWAY FOR SPECIAL ED.
REALLY AND TRULY FOR OUR LANGUAGE STUDENTS, WE TRY TO GIVE THEM AT LEAST 2-3 YEARS, BEFORE WE TRY TO TEST FOR SPECIAL ED UNLESS THERE IS A PARENT WHO CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT OR EVEN TEACHERS.
TEACHERS HAVE ALSO REFERRED STUDENTS FOR THAT, BUT WE TRY TO GET THEM THAT EXPOSURE, [NOISE] AND JUST TO SEE IF IT'S LANGUAGE FIRST.
>> LEGALLY, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT LANGUAGE.
[OVERLAPPING] GO AHEAD, SORRY.
>> WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE THAT, BUT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD TEACHERS, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD FACULTIES AT THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
SINCE THERE ARE NOT ESL PULL OUT TEACHERS ANYMORE AT THE CAMPUSES, WE DID PURCHASE ALEXIA ENGLISH PROGRAM.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT INTO AS MANY CLASSROOMS THAT CAN ALSO HELP.
IT'S A COMPUTER PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN ALSO LEARN SOME SKILLS THAT AND HELPS THE TEACHER OUT TOO AND THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM THEN.
LIKE I SAID, WE TRY TO GIVE STRATEGIES AND EVEN OUR CURRICULUM SPECIALIST, THEY'RE ALWAYS GIVING [NOISE] STRATEGIES AND WE EMBED THAT INTO THE CURRICULUM TOO LIKE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TELPAS ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS A STATE MANDATED TEST FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ESL, IDENTIFY EMERGENT BILINGUAL.
WE DO THE ELS IN THE CLASSROOM, WHICH ARE LANGUAGE STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM IN LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, AND WRITING.
THIS TEST DOES ASSESS THEM IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.
THE RATINGS FOR THEM ARE BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED, AND ADVANCED HIGH.
THE WAY A STUDENT EXITS FROM OUR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, AND WILL PUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE, IS THIS EMERGENT BILINGUAL ENGLISH LEARNER RECLASSIFICATION CHART.
BASICALLY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO EXIT OUT OF THIS.
THE STUDENT HAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ADVANCED HIGH IN ALL FOUR DOMAINS: ENGLISH, READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING.
THEY HAVE TO PASS THE START TEST.
THERE'S RECLASSIFICATION RUBRIC THAT SAYS, YES, THIS CHILD CAN DO COMPLETE ALL OF THEIR ASSIGNMENTS WITHOUT ANY LINGUISTIC SUPPORT.
SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ESL STUDENTS COULD NOT PASS THIS TEST. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS PROVIDE TELPAS PRACTICE SESSIONS.
I'VE BEEN OUT AT CAMPUSES TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM SECOND GRADE TO 12TH GRADE.
TELPASES KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE IS HOLISTIC.
THE TEACHER CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE SPEAKING AND LISTENING AND WRITING IN THE CLASSROOM AND GIVE THEIR RATINGS FROM THAT.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS GET HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIES OUT TO THOSE TEACHERS.
WE'VE UTILIZED OUR DISTRICT SEIDLITZ.
LOT OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE HAD THAT TRAINING.
THEY USE THAT WHICH INCORPORATES A LOT OF TURN AND TALK AND THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS CAN INCREASE THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SNIPPET OF THE TELPAS RESULTS FROM LAST YEAR.
MOST OF OUR STUDENTS, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT IN THE BEGINNING.
WE DO HAVE A LOT IN THE INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED AREA,
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WHICH IS THE SECOND AND THIRD LEVEL AND IT'S VERY HARD TO ACHIEVE THE ADVANCED HIGH.WE WORK HARD WITH THOSE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM TO USE THOSE STRATEGIES AND ALL THOSE FOUR DOMAINS SO THAT WE CAN RAISE THOSE.
EACH YEAR, A CHILD WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THEY INCREASE EACH YEAR IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
>> DON'T YOU FIND THAT WHEN YOU GET THE KIDS YOUNGER YOU CAN STILL GET THEM YOUNGER THEY CAN ADVANCE YOUNGER.
>> THEY'RE LIKE SPONGES WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG, THEY CAN REMEMBER A LOT.
THEN THIS IS JUST THEIR STAAR RESULTS AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF IT.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT AFTER LOOKING AT THE TELPAS REPORT, WHICH GIVES ALL OF THE RESULTS FOR ALL EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS, THAT FROM 21/22 SCHOOL YEAR TO 22/23 EVERY AREA DID INCREASE.
OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT STRATEGIES, WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.
I WILL SAY, I'M GOING TO GO BACK HERE.
ENGLISH 1 AND ENGLISH 2 TEND TO BE REALLY LOW.
THAT PROBABLY THOSE NEWCOMERS, AND I KNOW EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT NEWCOMERS, LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR THEM.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE SCORES, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT IS PRETTY LOW, BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO COME IF THEY'RE NEW OR IF THEY HAVE ANY LIMITED PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH, TO PASS THOSE TESTS, THEN YOU SEE AFTER A BIT A LITTLE HIGHER.
BIOLOGY. LET'S GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
WE HAVE OVER 40 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN OUR DISTRICT.
I TRIED TO WRITE AS MANY AS WE COULD.
TODAY, I SAW A HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY THAT IS A LANGUAGE I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
I KNOW WE'LL BE OUT TESTING THAT ONE, BUT THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE HAVE.
A LOT OF THOSE WE DO HAVE A LOT FROM THE SHEPHERD AIR FORCE BASE, BUT THEN WE DO HAVE SOME I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY COME, BUT THEY COME FROM EVERYWHERE.
THEY'RE NOT MILITARY CONNECTED.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE TRAININGS THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE DO WITH TEACHERS.
I'LL TRY TO TALK WITH THE PRINCIPALS TO SEE WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE TEACHERS ARE.
LAST YEAR WE WERE DOING THE BUILDING, ACADEMIC CONVERSATION SKILLS AT SEVERAL CAMPUSES.
WE ORDERED THE BOOKS AND GAVE THOSE TO THE TEACHERS SO THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE THOSE IN THE CLASSROOM.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW PICTURES OF OUR KIDS.
WE DO PROVIDE PARENT INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS.
THIS SPRING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING.
ALL OF THESE, WE TRY TO HAVE PARENTS COME AND GET INVOLVED.
THEN GIVE THEM A STRATEGY LIKE FOR READING OR MATH, THAT THEY CAN TAKE HOME AND HELP THEIR KIDS AT HOME.
THIS IS JUST HOW MANY BILINGUAL TEACHERS WE HAVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT MORE.
DOES HAVE TWO TEACHERS PER GRADE LEVEL, SOUTHERN HILLS, WE WOULD LIKE TO STACK THEM WITH HOPEFULLY ONE DAY, TWO AT EACH GRADE LEVEL THERE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST CAMPUSES WITH THE MERGER OF LAMAR.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF AS I HAVE SAID, OUR ESL TEACHERS, WE HAD 19 TEACHERS LAST YEAR GET ESL CERTIFIED.
WE DO HAVE TO REPORT TO THE STATE.
IF THERE IS A STUDENT WHO IS NOT IN THE ESL CERTIFIED TEACHERS CLASS, WE DO HAVE TO REPORT IT.
WE WERE GLAD TO GET THAT NUMBER DOWN.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 37 ESL TEACHER WAIVERS.
AS TO DATE, WE HAVE EIGHT TEACHERS THAT HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN ESL CERTIFIED THIS YEAR.
THAT IS IT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT, OUR PROGRAM IS BIG.
>> ONE OTHER COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC.
A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE BLESSED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WILL VOLUNTEER TO BE READERS.
IS IT A MESSAGE WE SHOULD PUT OUT TO THE SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO HELP US BE READERS, FOR KIDS WHO SPEAK ENGLISH AND SPANISH, THAT WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.
MAYBE SPANISH SPEAKING CHURCHES THAT WOULD WANT TO [OVERLAPPING] READ WITH OUR KIDS.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS OVER AT SCOTLAND PARK, SOUTHERN HILLS.
I KNOW I'VE PURCHASED BOOKS TO HELP PUT THAT IN THERE BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO DO SPEAK SPANISH.
BUT ANYTIME WE CAN GET MORE, WE WILL TAKE.
>> HERE OF COURSE. DO THEY OFFER ANY ENGLISH INSTRUCTION FOR PARENTS?
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>> WE DO NOT, AS A DISTRICT, OFFER THOSE CLASSES.
THEY USUALLY HAVE THAT, AND I DO GET THAT A LOT, SO I USUALLY KEEP THOSE DATES.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING PARENTS HAVE ASKED BEFORE.
I KNOW WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE PAST, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH PARTICIPATION WE'VE GOT OUT OF IT.
BUT WE DO TEAM WITH REGION 9 TO HELP OUR PARENTS.
WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW PARENTS.
[X. HUMAN RESOURCES]
>> MRS. HARDAWAY, THIS IS AN ACTION NEEDED ITEM FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.
OUR APPLICANT HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
>> WELL, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE THOUGH.
WE DIDN'T WANT THIS ONE TO GET AWAY FROM US.
IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD APPROVED PROPOSED OF APPLICANT POOL AS SUBMITTED BY DAYNA HARDAWAY, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND AS RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU [INAUDIBLE] HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH, AND WE DIDN'T WANT THIS ONE TO BE AWAY FROM US.
>> WELL, THIS WOULD ALSO BE A MATH TEACHER?
>> YES. WHICH IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS JUST A CONTRACT CHANGE.
WE HAD A YOUNG LADY WHO IS TEACHING AT KIRBY, WHO WENT OUT AND TEXT JOHNSON AND ASKED IF YOU COULD PLEASE COACH.
HE WAS EXCITED THAT SHE WANTED TO REACH OUT TO THE STUDENTS AT KIRBY.
THAT'S THE CONTRACT CHANGE THAT YOU HAVE ON THE SECOND.
>> WILL SHE BE A COACH THIS YEAR?
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THESE APPLICANTS?
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SOUNDS LIKE ALL GOOD NEWS.
>> THAT IS THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A CLOSED SECTION.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO ADJOURN AT 7:42 SAY AYE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] POSED AT THE 16TH. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.