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[I. Call to Order]
ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO.AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND POSTED IN THE TIME AND MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW.
AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING MEETING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RECOGNITIONS, STUDENT RECOGNITIONS THAT WE WILL BE DOING THIS MORNING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO USE THAT QR CODE TO SCAN FOR YOUR STUDENTS PICTURES.
OKAY. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PARENTS, A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS.
THEY'LL TAKE THE PICTURES AND YOU CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE.
AND IF YOU, YOU FEEL WELCOME AS WE DISMISS AND ALL STUDENTS ARE RECOGNIZED TO TAKE PICTURES OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY INDIVIDUALLY FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL PREFERENCE IF YOU WOULD LIKE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
[II. Recognition]
I LIKE TO INVITE COACH MACK MEEKS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, TO THE PODIUM.GOOD MORNING, PASTOR STUBBLEFIELD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DOCTOR ROLLO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR STATE QUALIFIED QUALIFIERS.
TODAY. WE BRING YOU WRESTLING AND WE HAD A GREAT WRESTLING SEASON THIS YEAR.
AND WE HAD BROUGHT HOME SOME HARDWARE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING THESE, THESE KIDS TODAY.
SO WE'LL START WITH ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL BOYS 10TH GRADER CASH ORTA.
CASH WAS 33 AND 17 OVERALL WAS ONE AND TWO AT STATE.
NEXT IS JUNIOR CONNOR TREVINO.
CONNOR WAS 47 AND FOUR OVERALL.
HE WAS FIVE AND ONE AT STATE, AND HE BROUGHT HOME THE BRONZE MEDAL IN THE FIVE A BOYS.
THESE TWO GUYS ARE COACHED BY PIERRE LEONARD, ESTACADO, HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WRESTLING COACH.
THERE HE IS ON THE MOVE. COME ON, WE'RE GOING.
WHAT ABOUT YOU ON THAT SIDE? COME ON.
FROM THE LUBBOCK HIGH BOYS TEAM SENIOR REECE DANIEL.
REESE WAS 33 AND 16 OVERALL, AND AND HE WAS 0-2 AT STATE COMPETITION.
NEXT IS SENIOR STATE CHAMPION KEEGAN DAVIS.
NEXT THE SOPHOMORE FERNANDO DIOCESE.
FERNANDO WAS FIFTH PLACE AT REGION AND HE WAS A STATE ALTERNATE.
NEXT IS NINTH GRADER JACKSON RUSSELL.
THERE YOU GO. JACKSON WAS 20 AND FIVE OVERALL, AND HE WAS ONE AND TWO AT STATE.
LUBBOCK HIGH GIRLS, PLEASE WELCOME JUNIOR STATE CHAMPION MADISON PENA.
MADISON WAS 38 AND TWO OVERALL.
NEXT IS SOPHOMORE MARIELA PRIETO.
YEAH, I GOT HIM DOWN. GOT HIM DOWN HERE.
SHE WAS FIFTH PLACE AT REGION.
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NEXT IS SENIOR CHARISMA RAMOS.CHRIS WAS 36 AND EIGHT OVERALL AND FOUR AND ONE IN STATE, AND EARNED THE BRONZE MEDALIST. I'M GONNA BACK UP, GET A LUBBOCK HIGH BOYS THAT I MISSED AND WHERE DID HE GO? THERE HE GOES RIGHT THERE, SOPHOMORE A.J.
RAMOS. AJ WAS 40 AND TEN, HE WAS TWO AND TWO AT THE STATE COMPETITION.
THE LUBBOCK HIGH BOYS AND GIRLS ARE COACHED BY RICHARD LEAL AND CASEY GILCHRIST. YEAH.
IN THE BACK. MAKE SURE IT FEELS.
Y'ALL IN THE FRONT. MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE BIG SMILES.
OKAY. WE HAVE TWO STATE QUALIFIERS FROM MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
I DON'T THINK OUR GIRL COMPETITORS HERE TODAY, FROM MONTEREY BOYS, JUNIOR GAVIN GUARDIOLA.
HE WAS 29 AND 12 OVERALL, HE'S ONE AND TWO AT STATE.
GAVIN WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL ISSUE.
HE'S HOME RECOVERING FROM THAT TODAY, SO I'D STILL LIKE TO RECOGNIZE GAVIN.
AND FROM THE MONTEREY GIRLS PROGRAM SENIOR DONNA RODRIGUEZ.
SHE WAS 38-13 OVERALL, SHE WAS ONE AND TWO AT STATE.
REPRESENTING MONTEREY AS GIRLS COACH BECKY ARROYOS IS HERE AND REPRESENTING THE BOYS SIDE JUDGE THRASH, MHS ATHLETIC COORDINATOR HERE SOMEWHERE REPRESENTING ON THE BOYS SIDE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WRESTLERS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE OF GOD.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAY AND WATCH THESE.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR RECOGNITION OF PTA REFLECTIONS, STATE QUALIFIERS, RIGHT? OKAY, THERE YOU ARE. I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE.
THANK YOU. PRESIDENT STUBBLEFIELD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DOCTOR ROLLO, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS SO EXCITING TO HAVE SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES HERE THIS MORNING.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENT QUALIFIERS FOR THE STATE CONTEST FOR PTA REFLECTIONS WITH THE THEME I AM HOPEFUL BECAUSE STUDENTS SUBMITTED ENTRIES IN FILM PRODUCTION, DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY, VISUAL ARTS, LITERATURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE LUBBOCK ISD COUNCIL OF PTAS FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE 2024 PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST.
REFLECTIONS HAS BEEN A STAPLE ARTS PROGRAM IN MANY SCHOOLS FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL PTAS, MILLIONS OF STUDENTS HAVE FOUND A CREATIVE OUTLET IN THE AREAS OF DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY, FILM PRODUCTION, LITERATURE, MUSIC COMPOSITION, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND VISUAL ARTS.
WITH POSITIVE RECOGNITION AS THE FOCUS OF THIS PROGRAM, RATHER THAN COMPETITION, STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES CAN EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND HELP FINDING THEIR OWN VOICE AND TELLING THEIR UNIQUE STORY.
SO. AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE STUDENTS FROM MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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SO FIRST WE HAVE KASH HAMILTON.OH I'M SORRY. I'M OUT OF ORDER.
I'M SORRY I GOT HIM OUT OF ORDER.
CALLIE CUNNINGHAM SHOULD BE FIRST, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S A PICTURE RIGHT HERE BUD.
AND NEXT FOR MILLER, WE HAVE MORGAN.
RANCOURT. AVERY RUSSWURM, AND CORA SMITH.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THE REST OF THE MILLER STUDENTS TO COME BACK.
THANK. NEXT WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM ROSCOE WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ANDY MURFEE WARD AND BAILEY SNEED.
NEXT WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM RAMIREZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OLIVIA GOMEZ.
WE ALSO HAVE JACKSON HERON AND JANE POOLE.
STAY RIGHT HERE. THE PRINCIPAL AT RAMIREZ IS MELISSA HERNANDEZ.
MELISSA, COME ON UP FOR A PICTURE.
YOU WANT TO HOLD YOUR PICTURES? GOT A LITTLE ENTRY. THAT'S GOOD.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE TOGETHER.
OH. I'M SORRY. WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE FIRST.
SORRY, SORRY. WE WERE DISTRACTED BY THE CUTENESS.
OH, YEAH. THEY HAVE THEIR PICTURES.
NEXT WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM EVANS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAVE WHITNEY HAMILTON AND BRAYLEN MCKINNEY RICHARDSON.
THE PRINCIPAL AT EVANS MIDDLE SCHOOL IS JUSTIN NEWMAN.
MR. NEWMAN, IF YOU'LL COME UP FOR A PICTURE, TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE OKAY.
HE'S RIGHT OUT IN THE HALLWAY TOO.
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ALL RIGHT.NEXT WE HAVE HUTCHINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE SAMANTHA CUNNINGHAM.
THERE'S MR. STEWART. THE PRINCIPAL AT HUTCHINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS MICHAEL STEWART.
MR. STEWART IS COMING UP FOR A PICTURE.
CONGRATULATIONS. JUST STAY RIGHT HERE FOR JUST ONE SECOND.
MISS LONGORIA FROM TALKINGTON IS COMING UP FOR A PICTURE.
ALL RIGHT. AND ONE MORE THING.
AND OUR LUBBOCK ISD COUNCIL OF PTA PRESIDENT KATIE TOWNLEY.
SO THANK YOU TO THOSE FOLKS FOR VOLUNTEERING AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS IN LUBBOCK ISD.
THANK YOU, MRS. GREG. ALL RIGHT.
WE WANT TO GIVE THOSE PARENTS TIME TO TRANSITION SO WE CAN GET THE OTHER SET OF PARENTS IN.
MRS. OKAY, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT READY FOR OUR NEXT SECTION OF RECOGNITIONS.
GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT STUBBLEFIELD AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR ROLLO.
BUT HISTORY DAY IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A THEME.
OUR FIRST GROUP TO RECOGNIZE IS THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION.
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THE ELEMENTARY COMPETITION IS ONLY IN ITS SECOND YEAR AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT LAST YEAR WE SWEPT SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE AT THE STATE COMPETITION. OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS CREATE A POSTER PROJECT WITH AN EMPHASIS THAT IS RELATED TO THEIR RESEARCH AND THEIR PRESENTATIONAL SKILLS.AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NINE STATE QUALIFIERS ACROSS SIX OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
SO WE WILL BEGIN FIRST WITH HARDWICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ACES, ALISON FIELDING WITH THE PROJECT THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC.
ACES TEACHERS ARE LORI HOLT AND CARRIE LOWE, AND HIS PRINCIPAL IS STACY STEWART. SO YOU GOT RIGHT THERE.
NEXT, FROM MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE ANNA DUARTE AND MICHAEL MORRIS.
FOR THEIR PROJECTS, PEARL HARBOR.
THEIR TEACHER IS KIM CRAYTON AND THEIR PRINCIPAL IS BECCA NAVARRO.
RIGHT HERE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE. OKAY IMAGINE.
THEY BOTH DID A PROJECT TOGETHER CALLED WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
THEIR TEACHER IS GLORIA RODRIGUEZ.
NEXT, FROM ROSCOE WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE HAVE FIFER LYLE.
HER PROJECT WAS THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE.
FIFER'S TEACHER IS KEEGAN RODRIGUEZ AND HER PRINCIPAL IS STACEY STEPHENS.
NEXT FROM RUSH ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE OLIVER GALLNER.
HIS PROJECT WAS CALLED THE SPACE RACE.
OLIVER'S TEACHER IS LAURA LEE TODD AND HIS PRINCIPAL IS CODY HAYNES.
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WILLIAMS CERTAINLY IS TO REPRESENT THEIR PROJECT, THE BLACK DEATH.THEIR TEACHER IS LAURA BORKOWSKI AND THEIR PRINCIPAL IS JC UNDERWOOD.
GOOD JOB. AS WE MOVE ON TO OUR SENIOR DIVISION, STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH IN ONE OF FIVE WAYS INCLUDING A TRADITIONAL EXHIBIT BOARD, AN ACADEMIC PAPER, A WEBSITE, A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY, OR A LIVE PERFORMANCE.
THE FOLLOWING SECONDARY STUDENTS ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE COMPETITION FROM ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'VE GOT QUITE A LIVELY GROUP OVER HERE.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH FRANCISCO CASTRO AND CADEN CHAMBERS ON THEIR PROJECT, THE CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS.
WE'LL COME BACK AND TAKE A PHOTO.
WE'VE GOT LOURDES CASTILLO, ROSE SALINAS AND ADINA GUTIERREZ ON THEIR PROJECT, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
WHAT? ROSE? NEXT FROM ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE DESIREE JONES WITH HER PROJECT ON TRAYVON MARTIN.
NEXT FROM ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE ZAVON RUSSELL WITH HIS PROJECT ON VACCINES.
AND FINALLY, FROM ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE MALLORY VILLALOBOS WITH HER PROJECT ON HIP HOP.
AND THE TEACHERS FROM ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL WERE TYSON WILSON AND JORDAN MCEWEN.
THEIR ACADEMIC DEAN IS AMY HIGGINS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL IS ANGELICA WILBANKS. RIGHT.
BECAUSE SHE'S TALKING. SCOOT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL ARE IN THE FRONT, MAKE SURE Y'ALL HAD THOSE BIG SMILES.
CAN YOU SEE THE GIRL BEHIND YOU? CONGRATULATIONS. AND
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THE NEXT GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IS OUR JUNIOR DIVISION MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPETITORS.WE'LL BEGIN WITH EVANS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAVE JADE COLLANTIS AND NATALIE OLIVARES WITH THEIR GROUP WEBSITE.
NEXT WE HAVE CLARK GAY AND JOEY SHANKLIN WITH THEIR GROUP EXHIBIT ON CORRIE TEN BOOM.
GOOD JOB. NEXT FROM EVANS MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE AVERY SPARKS AND ADDISON SPARKS DOING THEIR GROUP WEBSITE ON THE HOLOCAUST.
ALL RIGHT. AS WE PREPARE FOR A GROUP PHOTO.
THEIR PRINCIPAL IS JUSTIN NEWMAN.
OUR NEXT MIDDLE SCHOOL TO RECOGNIZE WILL BE HUTCHINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH HOLDEN MELENDEZ WITH AN INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY ON THE COMIC PROPAGANDA IN WORLD WAR TWO. WOW.
NEXT WE HAVE MATTIS NELIUS WITH AN INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT ON THE TREATY OF NEW ECHOTA.
RIGHT HERE. LOVE THAT BOW TIE.
NEXT WE HAVE MARCELLA WITH HER INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE ON POMPEII.
SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
FINALLY, I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE BACK FOR THEIR PHOTO AND THEIR TEACHER, LUCAS DIGNE'S AND PRINCIPAL MICHAEL STEWART.
CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB GUYS. THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT MIDDLE SCHOOL TO RECOGNIZE IS IRONS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH IRONS WITH CARSON BIBB FOR HIS INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE, THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.
IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE TOUGHER.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT FROM IRONS, WE HAVE CARSON COPELAND AND RYAN GONZALEZ FOR THEIR GROUP DOCUMENTARY, BUDDY HOLLY A MUSICAL TURNING POINT. RESULTS.
GOOD JOB. AND FINALLY, FROM IRONS MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE LANE RIDDLE FOR HER INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY, THE TRAGEDY OF ADAM WALSH.
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THE TEACHER FOR THESE STUDENTS IS GABRIEL MADRID.THEIR PRINCIPAL, OF COURSE, IS DOCTOR TOMMY DUNCAN.
AND NEXT FROM COMMANDER WILLIAM C MCCOOL ACADEMY, WE HAVE THOMAS DUNCAN FOR HIS INDIVIDUAL PAPER, THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM.
NEXT WE HAVE MADISON NEWMAN FOR HER INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE.
HOW THE 1920S REVOLUTIONIZED WILLIAMS. EXCUSE ME. HOW THE 1920S REVOLUTIONIZED WOMEN'S FASHION.
THAT'S GREAT. AND FINALLY, FROM COMMANDER WILLIAM C MCCOOL ACADEMY, WE HAVE CRESSIDA PHILIPPA WITH HER PAPER, THE INTRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF JOYO KANJI.
THESE STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT BY JOHN PETERSON AND THEIR PRINCIPAL IS CAROLYN WADLEY.
AND OUR FINAL STATE QUALIFIER FOR THE MORNING.
THIS IS ALLISON PHILLIPS FOR HER INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT, THE START OF WORLD WAR ONE.
CAN YOU? JOHN. JUST CAMPING OUT OVER HERE, GIRL.
ALISON'S TEACHER IS CRYSTAL CORTEZ AND HER PRINCIPAL IS DOCTOR TIFFANY LONGORIA.
GOOD JOB, YOU ARE, YOU ARE, YOU ARE.
WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE HISTORICAL RECOGNITIONS.
OKAY. GOOD. THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.
YEAH, Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO GO UP THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I NEVER SAY THAT.
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YES. THAT'S FINE.CONTINUING WITH OUR RECOGNITIONS AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANNE ARCHER, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE BYRON MARTIN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER, TO THE PODIUM FOR THE RECOGNITION OF OUR SKILLS USA STATE QUALIFIERS.
WE ONLY HAD 107 QUALIFIED TO GO ON TO STATE THIS YEAR.
BUT WE'RE NOT RECOGNIZING ALL 107 TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF THOSE.
BUT JUST IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, SKILLS USA IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO COMPETE NOT ONLY IN THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY SKILLS THAT THEY'RE LEARNING, BUT ALSO IN COMPETITIONS HAVING TO DO WITH LEADERSHIP, EMPLOYABILITY AND JUST OVERALL CITIZENSHIP.
SO IT IS A PROGRAM TRULY DEDICATED TO HELPING PROVIDE A WORKFORCE AFTER STUDENTS LEAVE OUR HOUSE.
SO WE'LL START OUT WITH OUR AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY STATE QUALIFIERS.
FIRST, WE HAVE VERONICA ACOSTA FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
RUDY CACERES FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
CHRISTOPHER FAULKNER FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
IAN MARSH FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
JAY STRIPLING FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
AND GRACE WRIGHT, ALSO FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
AAMJI MITCHELL FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
ALEJANDRO RANGEL ZEPEDA FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
SEAN REED FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL AND AIDEN WHITE FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
KIRIAN CASTILLO FROM MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
NATALIE CONTRERAS, MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
EMORY GARCIA MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
COLBY HEWITT, MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY.
DESTINY RAYMOND MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
TREY SHAW, MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
JOSHUA STEVENSON, MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'LL TAKE THIS PICTURE. ANAYA JONES, TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS.
AND DESTINY FLORES, TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS.
AND ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE STUDENTS ARE COACHED AND TAUGHT BY OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS, MR. MARIO GUERRERO AND MR. JAMES SALAZAR.
A LOT OF ADULTS FITTING IN, TOO.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL.
AND YOU CAN'T SEE ME YOU KNOW YEAH.
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YOU'RE THE FRONT.Y'ALL ARE IN THE FRONT OR MIDDLE ROAD.
YOU FLIPPED UP Y'ALL'S AWARDS.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT COVERING ANYBODY BEHIND YOU.
OKAY. OUR NEXT GROUP REPRESENTS STUDENTS FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
FIRST WE HAVE ISAIAH CASTILLO FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
XAVIER FLORES FROM ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL.
ISAIAH CARDILLO FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
DOC HOLLIDAY DAVIS FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
XAVIER MORALES FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
AND TANNER EPPLEY FROM MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THESE STUDENTS ARE COACHED AND TAUGHT BY THEIR TEACHER, MR. TREVOR HUST.
SHOWTIME. I KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK.
ALL RIGHT, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS FROM OUR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND HVAC PROGRAM.
FIRST WE HAVE JONAH DREXLER FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
STEPHEN DIAZ FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK WE'RE MISSING A FEW MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM.
NOLAN NICHOLSON FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
HUGO TORRES FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
HENRY WHITFIELD FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ETHAN TURNER FROM MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL TEACHERS.
MR. RICKY MARTINEZ AND MR. BLAKE COLLINS.
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MIC] SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT ALL THOSE RECOGNITIONS. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK WHILE WE GET SET FOR OUR WORKSHOP PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.SO WE'LL STAND IN RECESS FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
WE ARE BACK IN SESSION FROM THE RECESS THIS TIME, DOCTOR ROLLO.
AND I ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE ONE OF OUR OWN TONIGHT, OUR VERY OWN CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, MISTY RIEBER, IS BEING NAMED A WOMAN OF EXCELLENCE AT THE YWCA WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE BANQUET AND THE EDUCATION CATEGORY AND SHE IS VERY DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.
AND WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HER LEADING ACADEMICS IN LUBBOCK ISD.
TRUSTEES. ANY COMMENTS? GO AHEAD.
GOODNESS. I'LL LET YOU GUYS GO AHEAD.
AND, AND AGAIN, WE SAY THE SAME THING BECAUSE IT'S SO TRUE.
OUR KIDS WORK HARD, THEIR PARENTS GET UP, THEY HELP THEM.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
WHAT MORE CAN I SAY? WE'RE BLESSED AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY BLESSED BECAUSE THEY COME TO LISD.
I KNOW, SO GRADUATION IS APPROACHING GUYS.
BUT ANYWAYS, CONGRATULATIONS MISTY.
I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY SO THAT SO THE HISTORY PROJECTS HAVE NOT GONE TO STATE YET, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE NOT. SO.
SO THAT'S STILL TO COME. AND THEN THE SKILLS USA STILL.
SO WE WILL SEE SOME OF THESE KIDS BACK AGAIN.
THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE I'M SURE.
AND I AGREE WITH WHAT OF COURSE WITH WHAT LALA SAID THAT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, FROM ACADEMICS TO ATHLETICS TO CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, SECOND TO NONE. IT'S JUST IT'S AMAZING WHAT OUR KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS CAN CAN DO.
ALL OF THEM. I WOULD JUST ADD THE HOW MUCH PRIDE, HOW MUCH FUN IT IS FOR US TO SEE THE PRIDE, WHETHER IT'S A STATE CHAMP OR A SIX YEAR OLD HOLDING UP THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR PICTURE.
I MEAN, THE PRIDE IS THE SAME AND IT JUST IT GLOWS AND IT JUST THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
WHAT THE ELEMENTARY KIDDOS THERE WERE YOUNGER.
THEY WERE. OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TRUSTEES.
I SECOND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.
THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU. THIS TIME WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WORKSHOP PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
[III.A. Bilingual/ESL Program]
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE MRS. MARGARET DEL TORO, BILINGUAL ESL COORDINATOR, TO THE PODIUM FOR THE BILINGUAL ESL PROGRAM PRESENTATION.IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE NEED THEME MUSIC.
I WAS THINKING, MAN, I KNOW HOW TO REALLY CLEAR A ROOM.
GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
GOOD MORNING. SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME THIS MORNING.
THE BILINGUAL ESL COORDINATOR FOR LUBBOCK ISD.
AND IN DECEMBER, I, WE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR BILINGUAL ESL.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM EVALUATION I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
SO I WANT TO BEGIN WITH JUST LOOKING AT OUR BILINGUAL AND ESL NUMBERS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE CONTINUES TO RISE.
I KNOW THAT THE NUMBERS FROM 22 TO 23 TO THIS YEAR SHOWS AN INCREASE OF ONLY 80 STUDENTS.
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HOWEVER, THESE NUMBERS ARE AS OF SNAPSHOT DATE.AND SO WE HAVE RECEIVED MANY, MANY MORE STUDENTS FROM THAT TIME.
SO OUR NUMBERS FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE NEW TO THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN GROWING.
SO THE LAST NUMBER THAT I SAW AT THE END OF JANUARY, OUR DEPARTMENT HAD TESTED 200 MORE STUDENTS THAN THIS SAME THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. AND SO I'M GOING TO RUN BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR SPRING BREAK.
THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE TESTED AS OF TOMORROW.
SO I WILL EXPLAIN HOW WE'RE SERVING OUR NEWCOMERS ABOVE WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 1700 EMERGENT BILINGUALS IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART, SPANISH IS THE MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE BY STUDENTS.
AND OR OUR PARENTS, WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH DISTRICT PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR PARENTS IN SPANISH FOR OUR OTHER LANGUAGES THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE.
AND WE ALSO WORK WITH TEXAS TECH, OUR FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER OFFICES TO FIND SPEAKERS OF THAT PARTICULAR LANGUAGE WHO ARE WILLING TO INTERPRET INFORMATION FOR PARENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A DEVICE CALLED POCKET TALK WHERE WE IT HAS OVER 84 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ON IT THAT YOU CAN SPEAK INTO, AND THEN IT'LL TRANSLATE IT INTO WHATEVER LANGUAGE IS NEEDED FOR THE PARENT OR THE STUDENT.
WITH ESL BEING OUR BIGGEST POPULATION.
I'D LIKE TO START WITH JUST GIVING YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ESL PROGRAMS. THE FIRST PART IS OUR STUDENTS, WHEN THEY ENTER INTO LUBBOCK ISD, WE AT THE MOST OF THE TIME SERVE THEM AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS WHEN THEY'RE ESL.
AND WE'VE DONE AN ESL ADDENDUM IN COLLABORATION WITH HR THAT WAS STARTED LAST YEAR.
DISTRICT SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ALSO OFFER ESL ACADEMIES THAT HELP OUR TEACHERS PREPARE, AND THEN ALSO REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURES AND THEN SUPPORT AFTER THEY ARE CERTIFIED. AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, STUDENTS WHO ARE NEWCOMERS IN GRADES TWO THROUGH FIVE ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO ATTEND ONE OF OUR THREE NEWCOMER CAMPUSES, WHICH IS HONEY CENTENNIAL AND RAMIREZ.
AND SO EXCUSE ME WHEN THEY ARE NEW TO THE TO THE COUNTRY AND THEY FALL IN THOSE GRADES, WE REALIZE THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT BECAUSE THE ACADEMIC CONTENT IS MORE RIGOROUS.
SO WE ASK PARENTS THAT THEY LIKE TO BE PLACED AT ONE OF THOSE CAMPUSES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO JUST STAY AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS TO PROVIDE EXTRA LANGUAGE SUPPORTS TO THE NEWCOMERS AT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WHO CHOOSE TO STAY AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS, AS WELL AS TO OUR NEWCOMERS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE CURRENTLY FIVE ITINERANT TUTORS THAT WORK 19 HOURS A WEEK TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE NEW TO THE COUNTRY.
SO CURRENTLY WE THIS NUMBER SAYS 62.
BUT YESTERDAY IT ROSE TO IT WAS 74.
WOW. SO OUR NEWCOMERS TO DATE SHOWS 61 AT OUR ELEMENTARY AND 121 STUDENTS AT OUR SECONDARY.
WE ARE, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, CURRENTLY SEEING AN INCREASE IN NEWCOMERS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO SHOW IT, SAY THANK YOU TO OUR SECONDARY PRINCIPALS.
BECAUSE THEY ARE THEY HAVE WON AT LEAST ONE SESSION OF A NEWCOMER PERIOD WHERE TEACHERS FOCUS ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT BY USING A SPECIFIC CURRICULUM FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND THIS CAN BE WHEN DO I USE MR., MS., MRS..
YOU KNOW THOSE TWO, TWO AND TWO.
YOU KNOW THE THINGS THAT CAN BE CONFUSING FOR STUDENTS AS THEY'RE LEARNING LANGUAGE.
SO FOR EMERGENT BILINGUALS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING ESL SERVICES, THOSE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE CLASSROOM TEACHER WHO IS ESL CERTIFIED FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS.
FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT ESL CERTIFIED, WE HAD TO SUBMIT A WAIVER TO TIA AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
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COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.SO. THIS YEAR WE HAD 83 TEACHERS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE WAIVER.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 71 TEACHERS THAT WERE INCLUDED ON THAT WAIVER TO TEA.
OF THE 71 TEACHERS THAT WERE ON THE WAIVER LAST YEAR, 16 OF THOSE TEACHERS HAVE LEFT OUR DISTRICT.
AND THEN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
OUR TEACHERS THAT WERE ON THE WAIVER WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
WE DO HAVE OUR THREE CAMPUSES THAT ARE DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUSES.
AND SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY WANTED TO SAY HOW THAT PROCESS BLESS YOU, HOW THAT PROCESS IS DONE.
AND SO OUR TESTER, MISS CHRIS AMBRIZ, SHE ADMINISTERS A PRE LOSS, LOSS ASSESSMENT.
AFTER THAT THE RESULTS ARE SHARED AND EXPLAINED TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
OKAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM IS EXPLAINED TO THE PARENT.
IF THE CAMPUS THAT THEY ARE AT IS NOT ONE OF THE THREE DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUSES, THEN WE DO OFFER TO MOVE THEM TO A DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THOSE BILINGUAL SERVICES.
AND WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FROM THE HOME CAMPUS TO THEIR DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUS.
OKAY. OUR NON-EMERGENT BILINGUALS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT.
WE EXPLAINED TO THE PARENT WHAT THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF.
WE ALSO BY CHAPTER 89, SUBCHAPTER B RULES, WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE OUR PARENTS SIGN A CONTRACT.
JUST SAYING THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM.
AND THE LONGEVITY OF THE PROGRAM IS PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
AND SO HOW THEY CAN WORK WITH THEIR STUDENTS AT HOME.
AND SO WE HAVE THAT FOR OUR NON EMERGENT BILINGUALS THAT ARE IN A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
OH NO IT'S NOT. LASTLY, SORRY.
SECOND TO THE. LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR BILINGUAL ESL SUMMER SCHOOL.
AND SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR SUMMER SCHOOL IS TO FOCUS ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, BUT ALSO THE EFFECTIVE LINGUISTIC AND COGNITIVE NEEDS OF OUR EMERGENT BILINGUALS.
SO THEN INPUT OR WHAT I'M LEARNING ABOUT CAN TAKE PLACE MORE EASILY FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE, THEY HAVE TO BE RISING KINDERGARTEN AND RISING FIRST GRADE.
SO OUR SUMMER SCHOOL THIS YEAR FOR EBS WILL BE THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE FROM 8 TO 3.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 120 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
SO THAT'S THE WHOLE MONTH OF JUNE.
AND WE ARE WE ALSO ADMINISTER PRE AND POST ASSESSMENT TO KIND OF GAUGE LEARNING.
SO THIS IS SOME EMERGENT BILINGUAL SUMMER SCHOOL DATA FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE IN BILINGUAL WE'VE HAD 46 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE.
AND IN ESL WE HAVE HAD 21 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAM.
SO BEING HARWELL AND MCWHORTER, THEY HOST THEIR SUMMER SCHOOL.
HARWELL DOES US THE FAVOR OF HOSTING THE ESL SUMMER SCHOOL.
AND SOMETIMES IT IS HARD FOR PARENTS TO GET STUDENTS THERE.
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SO THESE ARE SOME OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS TAKING PLACE IN OUR HOW WE REACH OUT TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS.THE FIRST ONE IS OUR LATINO FAMILY LITERACY AND OUR ESL CLASSES.
AND WE START IN SEPTEMBER AND WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH APRIL 2ND TIMES A WEEK IN THE EVENING.
AND SO SHE GOES OVER WITH THEM.
GREAT READING STRATEGIES TO USE WITH THEIR STUDENTS AT HOME.
WE HAVE BOOKS THAT THEY USE YOU BORROW AND THEN BRING BACK.
WE ALSO TEACH THEM HOW TO LOOK AT GRADES IN TEAMS. WE TEACH THEM HOW MOST OF THEM DON'T KNOW REALLY HOW TO NAVIGATE A COMPUTER.
WE GO OVER THAT WITH THEM AND THEN WE.
THE LAST PART IS WE TEACH TEACH THEM SOME ESL OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS.
THIS YEAR, WHAT WE STARTED WAS WE REACHED OUT TO TEXAS TECH, A PROFESSOR THERE WHO HAS GRADUATE STUDENTS THAT COME FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES COLOMBIA COSTA RICA, HONDURAS.
AND SO THAT'S DOCTOR AMY AT TEXAS TECH THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH.
SO LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE JUST WITH OUR DIVISION MISSION STATEMENT.
THE MISSION OF THE LUBBOCK ISD BILINGUAL ESL DIVISION IS TO EMPOWER, ADVOCATE, AND SERVE EMERGENT BILINGUALS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SERVE THEM BY RESPECTING CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME THIS MORNING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER I DO, YES, MA'AM.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO WITH OUR STUDENTS.
AND THAT'S IN THE SUMMER, RIGHT? AND THAT'S IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TAKE EMERGENT SPANISH THAT THOSE KIDS THAT WANT TO.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? SURE. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
YES. SO STUDENTS THAT JUST WANT TO DO THE EMERGENT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PART, THE EMERGENT SPANISH.
THOSE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE WANTING TO TAKE SPANISH, OR THEIR PARENTS WANT THEM TO TAKE SPANISH.
TALKING ABOUT SPANISH IMMERSION.
OH, WHICH ONE? SPANISH IMMERSION? YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE. YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE.
AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID SPANISH EMERGENT I DIDN'T THINK.
AND AND BECAUSE SPANISH IMMERSION IS REALLY IT IS KIND OF THE FLIP SIDE OF OUR PROGRAM WHERE EMERGENT BILINGUALS, OUR, OUR ROLE IS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN LEARNING ENGLISH, WHEREAS IMMERSION SPANISH IMMERSION ARE ENGLISH SPEAKERS LEARNING SPANISH.
RIGHT. AND SO THEY DON'T FALL UNDER OUR UMBRELLA.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SPEAK TO THAT PROCESS JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT INVOLVED.
WHO DOES THAT PROCESS? SO IT'S AN IN MISTY'S HOUSE.
RIGHT. SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT KIDS ARE COMING FROM SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK.
SO THAT'S JUST GREAT, RIGHT? MY GRANDDAUGHTER TOOK THE ONE AT HARWELL.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I WISH YOU GUYS COULD HEAR HER SPEAK IT.
I JUST SHE OUT AND HER OLDER SISTER, SHE TOOK HER TEST HER FOR TECH AND SHE PASSED THEM WITH A'S.
THAT SAYS A LOT FOR A SIXTH GRADER.
AND THE PROGRAMS AT HARWELL, MCWHORTER AND BEANE ARE TWO WAYS.
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AND THAT IS, THOSE STUDENTS ARE I GUESS, RECRUITED EVERY BEING.AND WE CAN EXPLAIN TO THE PARENT WHAT DOES DUAL LANGUAGE REALLY MEAN? SO DOES HARWELL STILL PRACTICE THE GOMEZ AND GOMEZ? NO, MA'AM. THAT'S THAT WENT OUT PROBABLY ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO.
OKAY. AND MCWHORTER IS GOMEZ AND GOMEZ.
YES. BEANE IS A SIMULTANEOUS 5050 I THOUGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO, APPRECIATE IT.
DARN. SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THAT THAT GROW? WHAT IS IT WE CAN DO? I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S LACKING AND YOU KNOW THAT BETTER THAN I DO.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TEXAS TECH AS WELL AS TO HOW CAN WE RECRUIT STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THIS PROFESSION, ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY BILINGUAL? CERTIFICATION.
SURE. I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO GO BACK TO FAMILIES AND NOT NOT ENCOURAGING OR THEIR CHILDREN AS MUCH TO PARTICIPATE IN.
COLLEGE COURSES AND BECOMING CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
AND SO DO WHAT MR. SANCHEZ DID GO TO EL PASO, GOT WHERE HE GOT HIS STAFFROOM AT..
WE HAVE RECRUITED AT DIFFERENT PARTS.
AND I REALIZE IT'S ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I ACTUALLY CALLED UP SOME SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING TOO.
AND THAT'S WHY SANCHEZ WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AT HARWELL.
THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO WHAT'S THE TRACK LOOK LIKE FOR A STUDENT? SAY, WHO COMES SECONDARY? ARE THEY COMING FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT OR ARE THEY COMING? ARE THEY IMMIGRATING? LIKE WHAT? WHAT IS HOW ARE WE HELPING THEM? I GUESS GET TO SPEED WITH THE REST OF OUR STUDENTS.
WELL, OR ARE THEY ALREADY? OUR INCREASE IN STUDENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN ARE COMING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
AND SO WE'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE OF STUDENTS COMING FROM HONDURAS.
WE'VE SEEN HERE RECENTLY VENEZUELA.
IT TAKES BETWEEN 5 AND 10 YEARS TO DEVELOP ACADEMIC SKILLS.
AND THE THIRD WAY IS TEAMING UP WITH TEXAS TECH TO OFFER THOSE NIGHT CLASSES TO WHERE THEY CAN COME AND GAIN MORE KNOWLEDGE, EITHER IN THE CONTENT THAT THEY'RE NEEDING ASSISTANCE IN OR IN LEARNING ENGLISH.
SO THOSE ARE THREE WAYS WE HELP.
BUT LIKE ON AVERAGE, HOW FAR BEHIND ARE THESE STUDENTS COMING? I MEAN, ARE THEY IT JUST VARIES BY STUDENT.
IF THEY HAD THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN THEIR COUNTRY, THE TRANSITION IS VERY QUICK..
OKAY. JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE TO BUILD ON.
AND SO THEIR OPPORTUNITY WASN'T, WASN'T AS AFFORDABLE.
SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO WITH THOSE STUDENTS.
CHALLENGE. ARE THEY STILL REQUIRED TO MEET THE SAME STAAR STANDARDS? YES. THAT'S STUPID.
SO, MARGARET, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WHAT DOES THAT USUALLY LOOK LIKE? DO MOST TEND TO STAY OR MOST TRANSFER? WELL I'M GOING TO SPLIT, SPLIT THAT IF THAT'S OKAY, INTO THE TWO POPULATIONS.
SO MY ESL STUDENTS, THOSE WHO ARE NOT SPANISH SPEAKERS, TEND TO USUALLY STAY AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS.
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LANGUAGE STUDENTS.I WOULD SAY 90% OF THE TIME THEY MOVE THEIR STUDENT TO A DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUS.
OKAY. THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
SO WHEN YOU SAY MOST OF THEM ARE COMING FROM OUT OF THE COUNTRY, AND I KNOW WE SAID THAT WE DON'T OFFER BUSSING DURING SUMMER SCHOOL, ARE WE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION? BECAUSE THE ASSUMPTION THAT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT FAMILIARITY WITH NAVIGATING THIS CITY OR NAVIGATION THROUGH THE RESOURCES IN THIS CITY IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A CHALLENGE.
SO, LIKE, HOW MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE WELL TO THEIR CAMPUSES? THAT WE HAVE NEVER OFFERED BUSSING FOR THAT SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
TO DO SO WOULD BE AN AD AND IN BUDGET, A SUBSTANTIAL ONE.
WOULD IT BE WORTH THE CONVERSATION IF WE WOULD HAVE IF TRANSPORTATION IS AN ISSUE? HOW MANY OF THEM ARE CITING THAT TRANSPORTATION? DO WE DO A SURVEY THAT, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE SOMETHING THAT ARE HINDERING OUR STUDENTS HERE? AND NO, I HAVE NOT, JUST BECAUSE IT IS OPTIONAL AND SO MANY, MANY OF OUR PARENTS THAT EVEN LIVE CLOSE TO THE CAMPUS, THEY'LL BRING THEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THEY'RE GONE OR, YOU KNOW, IT JUST IT'S SUMMER.
AND SO WE'VE EVEN HAD PARENTS THAT HAVE CARPOOLED.
AND WHEN THEY HEAR IT'S OPTIONAL, ESPECIALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR PRE-K GOING INTO KINDER.
KINDER IS GOING INTO FIRST BABIES.
PARENTS WANT TO KEEP THEM AT HOME AND AND KEEP THEM CLOSE.
SO WE WE CAN WE CAN TAKE A SURVEY OF OUR PARENTS.
JUST A QUESTION. AND THEN THE MORE SPECIFIC SURVEY I WOULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IS DID WE DO AN EXIT SURVEY ON THE 16 THAT LEFT, THE 16 THAT WERE GIVEN THE THE WAIVER, THE 16.
SO ALL OF OUR STAFF DO AN EXIT SURVEY.
SO WE WE HAVEN'T DUG INTO THOSE SPECIFIC 16 STAFF BUT WE CERTAINLY COULD.
YEAH I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
RIGHT. JUST TO IF WE'RE IF WE NEED THOSE TEACHERS WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY DO.
RIGHT. AND THEY WERE GETTING SUPPORT AND PREPARATION TO TAKE THAT CERTIFICATION.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT ANYWHERE THAT YOU TEACH.
SO OKAY, YES, THEY JUST DIDN'T COMPLETE THE COURSE.
SO THEY WERE BEING ALLOWED TO TEACH.
OKAY. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY COULD TAKE WITH THEM ANYWAYS.
IT'S A WAIVER FOR THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT RIGHT.
AND THAT THAT WILL DEPEND ON IF I DON'T IF THEY MOVE TO A NEW DISTRICT.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE EBS, THEY WON'T BE INCLUDED IN THE WAIVER.
RATHER THAN THEM LEAVING AND THEN THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT.
I'D ALMOST BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY OBTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION.
YEAH, BECAUSE I WONDER IF THE VAST MAJORITY, MUCH LIKE OUR OUR ADJUNCT PROGRAM, WHERE WE GOT PEOPLE WHO WORK ALL YEAR AND DON'T THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO GET CERTIFIED. AND I WONDER IF THAT'S THE SAME.
ONCE THEY GET CERTIFIED, WE THE DISTRICT REIMBURSES THEM FOR THE COST OF THEIR CERTIFICATION.
SO THEY GET THEIR TEACHER PAY LIKE EVERY OTHER TEACHER.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, A $5,000 STIPEND.
ONCE THEY ARE FULLY BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED AND THEY'RE TEACHING IN A BILINGUAL COURSE.
SO OUT OF ALL THE TEACHERS YOU WERE REFERRING TO THAT HAVE THAT ARE HERE NOW, DID ANY OF THEM GET CERTIFIED ON THE WAIVER? YEAH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK THEM UP.
AND I JUST GO TO S-PEC AND LOOK LOOK UP THEIR CERTIFICATIONS ON S-PEC TO SEE IF ESL IS ON THERE.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, ESL, THE CERTIFICATION DOES NOT COME WITH ANY ADDITIONAL STIPEND.
NO, SIR. IT SEEMS TEXAS HAS OVERAGE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.
YES, ESL AND TEXAS HAS OVER A MILLION EMERGENT BILINGUALS ACROSS THE STATE.
WE HAVE SURPASSED CALIFORNIA, AND SO IT WOULD BEHOOVE ANY EDUCATOR TO USE THOSE BEST STRATEGIES.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS RIGHT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? ESL, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKELY TO GET A KIDDO.
CORRECT. THAT'S WHY. YEAH. SO IT'S VERY STANDARD.
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BUT IT'S A BASE NOT A, NOT A WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE.YEAH. AND JUST FOR MY PERSONAL BENEFIT, FOR CLARITY, FOR ME, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CERTIFICATE AND WAIVER, WHAT IS IT? THE THE WAIVER IS WHAT THE STATE ASKS US.
HOW MANY EMERGENT BILINGUALS ARE NOT BEING SERVED BY ESL CERTIFIED TEACHER.
LET ME MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION.
IT'S A READING LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER.
SO MY MY CAMPUSES THAT ARE DEPARTMENTALIZED AND THEY HAVE AN EMERGENT BILINGUAL.
IF THE TEACHER IS CERTIFIED, THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE WAIVER.
THE CERTIFICATE BELONGS TO THE EMPLOYEE.
ARE WE SEEING ANY TYPE OF FEDERAL FUNDING SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM? I MEAN IT'S IT'S NOT I MEAN THERE'S GROWTH THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.
AND I'M GUESSING NO, JUST MY WELL, BUT WE DO FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.
YES WE DO. WE THE SUMMER SCHOOL THAT THEY DO REIMBURSE US PER UNIT THAT WE HAVE TAKING PLACE OVER THE SUMMER. SO USUALLY WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS THAT ARE THREE CAMPUSES THAT TEACH SUMMER SCHOOL.
SO WE ARE REIMBURSED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE AN ALLOTMENT.
WELL, SO THEY SHOULD HAVE DIFFERENT PAY INCREASING AT THE SIZE TO MATCH THE [INAUDIBLE] I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S MAYBE EVEN SOME GRANTS OUT THERE. THAT BEING, I THINK LUBBOCK ISD IS A DISTRICT THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED CONTINUALLY.
RIGHT? SO IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR DR.
SOBERANIS TO WORK ON THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO BE DIGGING INTO THAT.
AND AND CURRENTLY I AM LOOKING AT A GRANT THAT'S HOPEFULLY CAN HELP OUR NEWCOMERS, BUT JUST NEED TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER TO SEE WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE.
GREAT. KATHY I'D BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE ESL LANGUAGE OR THE ESL NUMBERS FOR OUR PARTNERS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST, IF THAT'S A PUBLIC NUMBER, I JUST THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING.
IT IS FOR STUDENTS OR CERTIFICATION.
STUDENTS. STUDENTS, STUDENTS, THAT IS THAT IS PART OF THEIR TAPER.
YEAH, WE CAN GET IT OFF THE TAPR REPORT ON A FRIDAY OR SOMETHING IF Y'ALL CAN BE.
I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE THE DIFFERENCE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHY? THEY'RE LEAVING. MARGARET, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
WELL, SHE EASED UP AND THEN EASED BACK.
[III.B. Results Driven Accountability]
ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU.GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I DID NOT HAVE A WALK UP SONG, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
BUT IF YOU DID, YEAH, WHAT WOULD IT BE? OH MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOUR HUSBAND PICK A WALK UP SONG.
TO ME THAT'S THE QUESTION IN THE FIRST SLIDE.
I'M GOING TO NEED SOME PROCESSING ON THAT ONE.
I JUST DON'T SEE THE COUNTRY OR EMINEM AND IT'S EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
SO I GOT A GUY THAT CAN SING YOU, ENINEM.
AND IT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE THAT SONG THAT WHY HE DOES IT, BUT HE CAN SING IT.
IT WAS SOMETHING I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO.
THIS IS YOUR ANNUAL RESULTS DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE.
RESULTS DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY IS ALL ABOUT GROWTH.
AND SO THIS IS YOUR QUOTE FOR THE DAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR DAY IS ALL ABOUT.
SO YOU HAVE THREE PROGRAMS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT MONITORS, ONE OF WHICH ARE ELOQUENT MARGARET DEL TORO GAVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION ON ALREADY TODAY. BUT YOU HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION, EMERGENT BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND UNDER OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS
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OR OSP, YEAH YOU KNOW, ME IS WHAT WE TELL THE PRINCIPALS.NEVER MIND. OUR FOSTER, HOMELESS AND MILITARY CONNECTED.
THIS IS A DISTRICT SUMMARY OF THOSE THREE PROGRAMS BY PERFORMANCE LEVEL.
SO EVERY PROGRAM HAS INDICATORS THAT ARE SCORED WITH A PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF ZERO ONE 2 OR 3 ZERO IS YOU'RE THE GOLDEN CHILD. ONE IS YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT.
TWO IS YOU HAVE WORK TO DO, AND THREE IS YOU NEED TO MAKE CHANGES PRETTY IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO WITH BILINGUAL ESL, WE SCORED NINE INDICATORS UNDER A01 INDICATOR, UNDER A21 INDICATOR UNDER A THREE AND 19 OF THE INDICATORS WERE REPORT ONLY AND THEN OSP 50122 TWOS AND ONE THREE AND THEN TWO WERE REPORT ONLY AND THEN SPECIAL EDUCATION 12 WERE ZEROS.
WE HAD TWO THAT WERE ONES, FIVE THAT WERE TWOS.
ONE THAT WAS IN AN A OR A SPECIAL ANALYSIS AND THEN TEN REPORT ONLY.
SO THEY TAKE ALL THE PLS FOR ALL OF THOSE INDICATORS.
AND THEY PUT THEM TOGETHER IN SO MANY THREES, TWOS AND ONES EQUAL A DETERMINATION LEVEL.
SO SPECIAL EDUCATION WAS A TWO LAST YEAR.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CELEBRATING AND SCREAMING THAT WENT DOWN IN OUR OFFICES FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE STRATEGIC SUPPORT PLANS OR MEET WITH TEA ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.
EMERGENT BILINGUAL IS A LEVEL TWO.
THEY WERE A LEVEL TWO LAST YEAR.
WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE TO MEET WITH TEA.
SO IF THEY EVER NEED IT WE'RE ABLE TO TELL THEM WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND THEN OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS WENT FROM A TWO TO A THREE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY WHY IN JUST A SECOND.
SO UNDER SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE'LL START THERE.
THERE'S THREE DOMAINS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, POST-SECONDARY READINESS AND DISPROPORTIONATE ANALYSIS.
AND THE INDICATORS ARE BROKEN UP UNDER THOSE THREE CATEGORIES.
AND SO WE WERE APPEAL ZERO ON THAT.
OUR ALGEBRA ONE STUDENTS INCREASED FROM 53.6% TO 73.
AND TO GIVES US A PAT ON THE BACK.
OUR GRADUATION RATE IMPROVED FROM 75 TO 79%, AND OUR DROPOUT RATE IS AT A 2.9%.
OUR CHALLENGES ARE GRADES THROUGH THREE EIGHT SOCIAL STUDIES, GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT, SCIENCE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT, MATH AND TOTAL DISCIPLINARY REMOVALS CONTINUES TO BE AN AREA THAT WE WORK ON.
THIS IS THE DISPROPORTIONATE ANALYSIS REPORT.
WE HAVE FIVE AREAS OF CONCERN.
BUT THEY ARE TWO OR MORE RACES AND STUDENTS WHO ARE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT A CALCULATION WHERE THE NUMERATOR AND THE DENOMINATOR ARE LOW.
AND SO THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT, THAT'S CALCULATED FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AND AUTISM, ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT, WE HAD TWO OF FOUR STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDENTS WITH AUTISM.
AND THAT HIT IN THE DISPROPORTIONATE AREA ASIAN AND AUTISM, THE SAME NATIVE INDIAN AND ISS REPORT ONLY BUT DID NOT MEET THE MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT.
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EDUCATION. IF YOU'RE AT A I'M SORRY, 2.5 OR ABOVE, FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU HAVE TO SET ASIDE 15% OF YOUR IDEA-B FUNDS.AND LUBBOCK ISD, THAT'S ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.
THERE ARE DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS WHO DO.
BUT ALL IN ALL OF 98 INDICATORS, WE DID NOT SHOW UP TO BE SD ONE YEAR ONE IN ANY OF THE 98 CATEGORIES. I'M SORRY.
YEAH, RIGHT. WHAT WE DO WANT YOU TO KNOW IS, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THE STATE DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO HAVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT REPORTED TO THEM, WE DO HAVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THAT TEAM MEETS AND LOOKS AT DISTRICT GOALS, PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
AND THEN THEY CREATE ACTION AND STRATEGY AROUND THOSE.
THEY ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE RDA REPORT.
SO WHERE I SAY WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH TOTAL DISCIPLINARY REMOVALS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS REPORT AND SEE WHAT ACTUAL ACTION AND STRATEGY IS TAKEN AROUND THAT.
SO IN SUMMARY, THOUGH, SOME OF OUR SOLUTIONS AND SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE AREAS OF ACADEMICS OR THAT OUR RESOURCE PROGRAM TRAINING IN V MATH AND ALEX MATH INSTRUCTION, ALEX MATH IS AROUND THAT ALGEBRA AREA.
WE PROVIDE STRENGTH BASED TRAINING TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
WE HAVE SECONDARY PARAEDUCATOR TRAINING AND IN-CLASS SUPPORT MODELS AND EVIDENCE BASED INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CAMPUS REGARDING SPED PLACEMENTS AND DAEPS, WITH OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AND OUR STUDENT BEHAVIOR SUPPORT DIVISION ON A REGULAR BASIS.
TO LOOK AT BILINGUAL ESL AND EMERGENT BILINGUAL.
BUT EBS YEARS YEAR AFTER RECLASSIFICATION ARE DOING WELL IN ACHIEVEMENT STAR ALL GRADE LEVELS.
THERE ARE PERFORMANCE LEVEL ZERO, WHICH IS A HUGE KUDO EB STAR EOC.
ALL CONTENTS ARE A PL ZERO, ENGLISH ONE AND TWO, THEY WENT FROM 48.1 TO 55% AND MET REQUIRED IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS HUGE.
ENGLISH ONE AND TWO WE STRUGGLE WITH ACROSS THE BOARD.
GRADUATION RATE ALSO IMPROVED FROM 72.9 TO A 77%.
OUR CHALLENGES ARE TELPAS READING BEGINNING PROFICIENCY.
AND THOSE ARE THOSE STUDENTS COMING IN WHO ARE LANGUAGE ENGLISH PROFICIENT AND NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THAT READING BEGINNING PROFICIENCY. THE RATE THERE IS 5.4%.
SCORED BEGINNING WE HAD 105 OUT OF 925 TESTED.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF TESTED AND SCORED A PL TWO.
OUR DROP OUT RATE WAS 30 OUT OF 540 STUDENTS WITH A PL THREE.
ANOTHER COMMONALITY IS THE DROP OUT RATE ACROSS PROGRAMS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
AND THEN IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA WE'RE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO ARE BOTH BILINGUAL, BUT ALSO WHO MAY BE A STUDENT WITH DYSLEXIA TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A DYSLEXIA PROGRAM TO THOSE STUDENTS.
AND THESE ARE THE SIMILAR SOLUTIONS AND SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT THAT MARGARET REPORTED TO YOU EARLIER.
FROM THE ESL ACADEMY TO WALKTHROUGHS TO FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES TRAINING TO PARENT EDUCATION, THAT'S INCLUDING THOSE LITERACY NIGHTS TO MONITORING THE CAMPUSES AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO SPECIFIC SUBGROUPS.
SO SPECIFICALLY STUDENTS WHO ARE EB AND AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT ETC..
SAME THING, THOSE THREE DOMAINS WITH A LOWER NUMBER OF INDICATORS.
AND SO OUR OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS, THOSE THREE CATEGORIES HOMELESS, FOSTER AND MILITARY.
OUR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS DO VERY WELL IN LUBBOCK ISD AND SCORE HIGH.
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OUR FOSTER THEN ARE NEXT.IT IS OUR HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WE HAVE THE MOST WORK TO DO.
SO OUR STRENGTHS, THOUGH ARE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT.
READING AND SCIENCE COMBINED FOR THOSE THREE POPULATIONS PL ZERO, EOC, ALL CONTENTS PL ZERO.
BUT OUR CHALLENGES WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN BY SUBGROUP ARE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT.
MATH FOR HOMELESS AND FOSTER, GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT, SOCIAL STUDIES FOR HOMELESS AND FOSTER.
AND THEN OUR DROPOUT RATE WHICH IS 34 STUDENTS OUT OF 548, WE'RE AT A 6.2 RATE AS A DISTRICT, WHICH GIVES US A PL 3. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 1.8 TO BE A PL ZERO, WHICH IS A CHALLENGE FOR US WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN BY CAMPUS.
SOME CAMPUSES HAVE ONE KID THAT DROPPED OUT.
ONE CAMPUS HAS TWO, ONE HAS THREE, ONE HAS FOUR.
YOU DON'T REALLY SEE MORE THAN FOUR STUDENTS DROPPING OUT IN THE HOMELESS CATEGORY PER EVERY CAMPUS.
IS THAT A CHALLENGE ACROSS THE STATE? I MEAN, IS THAT IS THIS TYPICAL OR? SO THERE'S 1271 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS STATE.
AND WE'RE A THREE IN THIS AREA.
SO WE HAVE WORK, WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
I THINK THAT, WELL, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS I COULD SAY.
SOME DISTRICTS MAY CODE DIFFERENTLY THAN WE CODE.
WE CODE VERY TRANSPARENTLY AND TRULY FOR WHAT WE DO, WE REPORT ACCURATELY.
AND YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH HOW YOU REPORT DROPOUTS AND YOU HAVE TO IF WE HAVE A STUDENT COME IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND THEY LEAVE AND GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, WE ARE DINGED FOR THAT.
IF WE CAN'T CAPTURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STUDENT AND IF THEY DID NOT ENROLL IN A SCHOOL.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF OUR NUMBERS INCLUDE THAT KIND OF PROFILE.
WE'VE MET WITH EVERY CAMPUS WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED AT A PL 2 OR 3 THAT GIVE US THE OVERALL DEAL, THREE AND LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY'RE USING.
WE HAVE A PROPOSED DISTRICT WIDE STRATEGY THAT'S GOING TO AST NEXT WEEK THAT WOULD ASK ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES BEFORE THEY DROP A STUDENT, THEY HAVE TO CONTACT A SOCIAL WORKER.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE RUN THE GAMUT WITH ALL THE POSSIBLE SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND COMMUNICATION TO SEE THAT WE EITHER GET THE STUDENT BACK OR THAT WE CODE THEM CORRECTLY BEFORE WE CODE THEM.
SO THAT'S A POSSIBLE SOLUTION.
THEN THE PRINCIPAL HAS THOSE ON THEIR DESK.
OUR CAMPUSES ALL HAVE PROCESSES BY WHICH THEY USE THEIR HOMELESS LIAISONS AD NAUSEUM, TO MAKE CALLS, TO TALK TO FAMILIES, TO WORK WITH OUR DISTRICT SOCIAL WORKERS, OF WHICH WE HAVE FOUR WE WE ALSO HAVE SOME TEMPS PAID OUT OF ESSER THAT HAVE HELPED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO TRY TO SHORE THIS UP.
BUT IT IS A, IT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THOSE TEMPS IS OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED THEM.
SO THEY'RE THERE AND EZRA'S GOING TO BE GONE.
WILL THAT BE ENOUGH? IT WILL, IT WILL..
IT WILL HAVE TO BE. IT WILL HAVE TO BE ENOUGH.
WE WITH THE WITH THE SYSTEM OF CALLING THE SOCIAL WORKER AND US REALLY WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE NOT COUNTED AS A DROPOUT OR THAT WE'RE CODING THEM CORRECTLY.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHORE IT UP.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GET TO A ZERO.
WE REALLY JUST NEED TO GET TO A ONE.
AND SO THAT'S THE GOAL IN WHICH THAT WE'VE SET.
SO AND THE PERCENTAGE BY WHICH WE HAVE REPORTED TO TEA THAT WILL INCREASE TO AS WELL.
CAMI, WOULD YOU SHARE WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF HOMELESS.
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SO THEY'RE LIVING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AND DOUBLED UP IN THEIR HOME.THAT COULD BE A FRIEND. THAT COULD BE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT'S CONSIDERED TEMPORARY.
THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN SHELTER THOSE WHO ARE NOT SHELTERED, ARE ALSO CONSIDERED HOMELESS.
AND WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE NUMBERS IF YOU EVER WANTED TO SEE THEM.
AND SO WE PROVIDE THROUGH MCKINNEY-VENTO, WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO THOSE STUDENTS.
THOSE STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY ON THEIR SCHOOL OF ORIGIN.
WE WORK WITH ALL KINDS OF AGENCIES ACROSS LUBBOCK.
WE JUST ATTENDED A SUMMIT YESTERDAY WITH A CONSORTIUM OF AGENCIES CALLED THE ECHO SUMMIT.
WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCESSING ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN AND ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO WHAT WOULD BE A FUTURE DATABASE TO HELP INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT LUBBOCK COUNTY WOULD BE RECEIVING FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.
AND SO I KIND OF EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE.
BUT WE ARE CREATING A LIKE A HOMELESS PANTRY OF SORTS WHERE WE ARE CONSTANTLY MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE UNIFORMS, ACCESS TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, BACKPACKS, FOOD.
I THINK YOU ALL SAW AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR WE DO A SCHOOL, A DISTRICT WIDE SEND OUT A FOOD BOXES AND SUPPLIES TO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION BEFORE BREAKS.
WE DO THAT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
WE DO THAT BEFORE SPRING BREAK.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF EFFORTS THAT WE'RE MAKING TO SURE, OUR STUDENTS HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET.
THANK YOU. SO THESE ARE ALL OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE USING.
THAT'S NOT UP THERE, BUT THAT'S OH, THERE WE GO.
EXCEPT I WAS LIKE, OH, I GUESS I'M LIKE, NEED TO WORK ON THE THE EYES UNDERNEATH THE EYES.
DISTRICT WIDE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM PRIOR TO DROPPING A STUDENT CAMPUS SPECIFIC SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING CODING, MONITORING, DISTRICT WIDE HOMELESS LIAISON, TRAINING OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION AND A STABLE ENROLLMENT SITUATION.
AND THEN WE'LL KEEP GROWING AND IMPROVING AS WE GO.
SO THE DROPOUT ISSUE IS A CONCERN.
AND THAT'S THE AREA WHERE IT SHOWS IMPROVEMENT ON BOTH OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS.
ESL, EBS AND WITH THE HOMELESS, ARE WE TRACKING AT WHAT GRADE AND OR WHAT AGE? ABSOLUTELY. WE COULD GET YOU.
WE HAVE VERY FEW AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
VERY FEW. USUALLY THAT'S THE ONE.
ONE KID. AND THEN YOU SEE IT SPIKE UP HIGHER TO 3 OR 4 KIDS AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE FOR A TOTAL OF 34 STUDENTS WHO HAVE DROPPED OUT.
BUT IT'S A RIGOROUS CUT POINT.
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SUBGROUP.
IS THERE A OVERLAP? IS THERE LIKE SOME OF OUR, SAY, EB STUDENTS OR ESL STUDENTS THAT ARE ALSO HOMELESS? YES, SIR. THAT ARE IN THAT NUMBER? YES, SIR.
YEP. OR SPECIAL ED AND HOMELESS.
TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD JUST SAY TO TO BOTH OF YOU AND TO MARGARET, I MEAN, WHAT Y'ALL AND YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND TEAMS ARE DOING.
I MEAN, TEACHING IS HARD ENOUGH, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING WHAT Y'ALL DO.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT THOSE THAT GET FORGOTTEN.
YEAH. AND I'LL SAY WE'RE THERE ARE CONSTANT ONGOING CONVERSATIONS FROM OPERATE OPERATIONS TO ACADEMICS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE AROUND ALL OF THESE ISSUES ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE ALL CALLED TO THE WORK THAT WE DO.
IT SHOWS. I DO WONDER HOW MUCH OF THIS CONVERSATION AND THIS IS JUST I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PONTIFICATION OR WHAT, BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL WHEN IT COMES TO ADVOCACY FOR OUR HOMELESS KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY CAN'T GET A VOUCHER.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IS THERE A GROUP THAT ADVOCATES IN THE STATE WHERE THIS OUR DISTRICT IS A PART OF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECHO SUMMIT WILL HELP WITH THAT CONVERSATION.AND I'M JUST NOW DIPPING MY TOE INTO HOW THE AGENCIES WORK.
OKAY. FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.
BUT WE'RE JUST NOW LEARNING ABOUT THOSE PIECES, SO I CAN ANSWER THAT DEEPLY.
BUT WE WILL FIGURE OUT THAT THE OTHER THING I'LL TELL YOU IS WE APPLIED FOR THE ARP HOMELESS GRANT AND RECEIVED THAT THIS LAST, THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP US FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO COME, WHILE WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR WHAT WE CALL THE TEACHING GRANT WHICH IS FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.
SO WE'LL BE APPLYING FOR THAT AS WELL.
WELL, WE APPLAUD YOU FOR AS HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED, I APPLAUD YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CAMI, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL.
AND NOW FOR THE MOMENT, WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY WE CAN START OUR SPRING BREAK WITHOUT THIS UPDATE.
RIVETING IS MY FAVORITE WORD TO USE AROUND THE POLICY UPDATES.
YEAH, YEAH. SO MISTY REBER IS ALREADY AT THE PODIUM.
[III.C. TASB Policy Update 122]
SHE IS CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER.WOULD YOU READ IT WITH THE PROBABLY NOT POLICY UPDATE 122.
ABSOLUTELY. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS UPDATE.
THIS THIS IS FIRST BLUSH FOR FULL BOARD, IF YOU WILL.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS IN BOARD COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THERE ARE 21 PAGES IN THE SHORT VERSION OF LEGAL UPDATES.
I WANT TO ASSURE YOU, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT TODAY.
I'M GOING TO GROUP THEM TOGETHER FOR YOU INTO SEGMENTS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF THINK THROUGH.
IT'S THE LOCAL COMPONENTS AND HOW THEY LOOK AND TOUCH INSIDE THERE.
SO WE'LL TALK THROUGH THOSE IN BUCKETS.
SO THE FIRST BUCKET WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IS WHAT IS THE C K BUCKET.
AND ALL OF THE PIECES THAT CAME OUT OF HOUSE BILL THREE.
AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY AROUND VIOLENT ACTIVITIES.
THIS ALSO TALKS ABOUT PROVIDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAPS AND YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATION PLANS.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY HAD GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN OUR DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW THAT THE LAW SAYS THAT WE HAVE ONE AND WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THAT.
AS WE WORK TOWARD HIRING ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND WE HAVE THOSE READY TO GO, THE BOARD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT FUNDING TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER. IF YOU SO CHOSE.
WELL, THERE'S $15,000 PER CAMPUS, CORRECT? TO ME, THAT'S TO MEET ALL OF THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS IN HOUSE, CORRECT? YES. TO MEET EVERYTHING THAT IS LISTED UP HERE.
AND THAT FUNDING DOES NOT INCREASE IF YOU CHOSE TO INCREASE THAT.
SO THE NEXT BUNDLE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FITS UNDER HOUSE BILL 1605.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT KIND OF AS A GUIDELINE FOR THIS, FIRST OF ALL, TO UNDERSTAND THE AGENCY, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY IS STILL WORKING ON RULEMAKING AROUND 1605.
SO THERE ARE LEGAL COMPONENTS TO ADOPT.
THERE ARE ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL LOCAL COMPONENTS TO ADOPT LATER IN THE SPRING THAT TASB IS STILL WORKING ON, AND THE AGENCY IS STILL WORKING ON HOW WE DO SOME OF THESE THINGS.
SO THE LAW WAS CREATED, BUT THEN HOW DO WE MAKE IT WORK? SO THE BASE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE TRAINING THAT IS SPECIFIC TO 1605 FOR YOU ALL, BOTH IN COMMITTEE AND IN BOARD, TO TRY TO HELP CLARIFY THAT THROUGH WORKSHOPS.
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SO THE FIRST COMPONENT THAT HAD DOES NOT HAVE ANY RULE MAKING AROUND IT IS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN CREATE INTO THE CONTRACT SOME REGULATIONS OR CRITERIA BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND THE DISTRICT AROUND LESSON PLANNING.AT THIS TIME, THOUGH, THE LAW IS IN EFFECT, BUT THERE ARE NO RULE MAKING PROCEDURES AROUND IT.
SO THE AGENCY HAS SAID THERE'S ACTUALLY A WEBINAR ON FRIDAY BEFORE SPRING BREAK THAT WE'RE ATTENDING TO SEE IF THE AGENCY HAS SOME IDEAS, BUT IT'S THEIR INITIAL FIRST PASS AT WHAT MIGHT WORK IN THIS AREA.
THE NEXT BIG COMPONENT OF 1605 IS THE WAY THAT WE GET INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
SO THEY ARE CREATING WHAT IS CALLED THE IMRA PROCESS.
THE IMRA PROCESS IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REVIEW APPROVAL.
SO QUALITY IS DOES THE CURRICULUM YOU'RE GOING TO USE MATCH THE ESSAYS OR THE TEXTS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO TEACH? DOES IT MATCH SUITABILITY IS MORE ABOUT DOES IT FIT.
THIS IS MORE ABOUT COMMUNITY IDEAS.
DOES IT FIT IN WHAT YOU SEE IN MORE? THERE'S MORALITY PIECES, THERE ARE SUITABILITY FOR AGE LEVEL, AND THERE ARE RUBRICS FOR EVERY CONTENT AREA AND EVERY GRADE BAND THAT THE AGENCY IS CREATING.
THEN THOSE MATERIALS WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE STATE BOARD WILL USE THE RUBRICS TO VOTE ON IF THE MATERIALS BECOME AVAILABLE TO US AS DISTRICTS.
ALL OF THAT PROCESS WILL THEN IMPACT HOW MUCH MONEY WE GET TO BUY THOSE MATERIALS.
SO THE THE PROCESS IS JUST IN CREATION.
IT IS JUST BEING DEVELOPED AND JUST BEING ROLLED OUT.
SO NO MATERIALS HAVE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THE PASS THROUGH YET.
THERE'S A LOT TO BE LEARNED AROUND THE PROCESS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SHARING AS WE LEARN THINGS ABOUT THE PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU AROUND THE PROCESS.
SO WE'VE ALSO BEEN REASSURED BY OUR TASB ADVOCATES THAT AS MORE INFORMATION COMES OUT, OUR LOCAL POLICY ADOPTION WILL HAVE SOME OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE ALSO.
THE ACTUAL WORK PART OF IT WILL BE COMING LATER IN THE SPRING.
YES, SIR. WILL YOU GIVE A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF BULLET POINT ONE? I'M NOT SURE I FOLLOW LIKE WELL AND PROVIDING LESSON PLANS WHAT WE THINK.
WHAT THE LAW SAYS IS THAT IF YOU USE A CERTAIN TYPE OF CURRICULUM THAT IS DESIGNATED AND SANCTIONED BY THE STATE, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACT WITH TEACHERS AROUND THE TIME THAT THEY SPEND WORKING ON LESSON PLANS.
IF YOU USE SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THAT GUIDANCE, WHICH IS PART OF THIS RUBRIC AT THE BOTTOM, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDENDUM IN YOUR PERSONNEL CONTRACTS THAT ARE AROUND HOW MANY HOURS TEACHERS WORK ON LESSON PLANS OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR SCHOOL DAY.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE LAW WAS SO VAGUE, AGAIN A MYSTICISM.
AND OUR VERY FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SHARE WITH YOU IS FRIDAY.
AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ONCE WE KNOW.
THE GOAL OF BULLET POINT ONE FOR US TO ONLY USE STATE MANDATED OR STATE APPROVED MATERIALS, THE LAW WOULD APPEAR THAT WAY IN THE TIME REQUIREMENT. THE CONTRACT, IF WE WEREN'T USING STATE MANDATED, IT'S FOR A MINIMUM NUMBER OF HOURS.
IT'S NOT STATED IN THE LAW ITSELF.
IT JUST SAYS THAT THERE WILL BE GUIDANCE GIVEN IT'S NOT CLEAR YET.
AND TIMING IS INTERESTING THAT THE LEGAL SIDE OF IT IS BECAUSE THE LAW WAS IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST, THEN IT IMPACTS POLICY REVISION IS A LITTLE BIT IN A SPECIAL TIMING SPACE.
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THANK YOU. YEAH. WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUBRIC.YES, YES, THEY'RE ALREADY ON THOSE COMMITTEES AT THE STATE TABLE.
THERE WAS OPEN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO BE A PART OF THAT.
AND WE HAVE SENT THAT OUT TO BOTH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR COACHES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEES BECAUSE WE WANT OUR VOICE HEARD.
AND WE DID THAT AS PART OF ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT WE SERVE ON FOR THE STATE.
WELL, GIVEN HOW WELL THEY LISTEN TO THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR HOW THIS COMES.
YES, SIR. YES, SIR. WE CAN'T EITHER.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO REPORT IN THE FUTURE.
MR. IS THAT THAT ALLOTMENT FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CURRENTLY, IS THAT JUST BLANKET OR WHAT? SO ACTUALLY THERE'S A FORMULA THAT IS USED IN THE PAST THAT IS PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT FORMULA.
AND SO THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION RENEWED THAT FORMULA TO THE HISTORICAL RATE.
AND I HAVE A CHART I CAN SHOW YOU.
BUT WHAT THIS LAW IS ABOUT IS THAT THERE IS AN ADDITION.
SO THERE WILL BE AN ADDITION THAT WILL NOT COME IN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT WILL BE WHAT PEOPLE ARE REFERRING TO AS THE 4020 SPLIT.
SO YOU GET $40 IF YOU USE THE CURRICULUM THAT THE MADE IT THROUGH SBO AND AS PART OF THE QUALITY AND SUITABILITY RUBRIC APPROVED PROCESS, BUT YOU GET AN EXTRA $20 ON TOP OF THAT $40 PER STUDENT IF YOU USE THE STATE DESIGNATED, WHAT WILL BE CALLED IT'S IT'S GOT A NAME AND I JUST LOST IT.
SORRY, BUT IT WILL BE THE STATE CURRICULUM, ONE FOR YEAR ONE OF THAT CURRICULUM.
SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE FUNDING OR IS THAT JUST TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW? NO, IT'S TO INCREASE FUNDING THE STATE TO INCREASE INCENTIVIZING USING STATE AS LONG AS.
AND IT'S IT'S A BUT THERE ARE SOME THERE'S A LOT OF IF THEN NUANCE IN THE CHARTS THAT THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO WIN IN A LOT OF PLACES ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE THE $40 ARE ANYTHING OFF THE LIST, WHICH IS TYPICALLY IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE ADOPTED MATERIALS, WE'VE ALREADY PICKED OFF OF THE LIST.
THEY CONNECT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THEY FIT. SO THAT'S AN AUTOMATIC $40.
IT'S THE $20 OFF OF THE OTHER THAT WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AROUND.
BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AROUND THAT.
WE LEARN QUITE A BIT. LAST WEEK AT A SESSION WE WERE INVITED TO THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ONE EQUALLY I DON'T I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO PICK MY ADJECTIVES ANYMORE.
SO THIS IS ABOUT HOUSE BILL 900, THIS IS ESG.
AND SO THIS IS ABOUT LIBRARY STANDARDS.
SO LET ME KIND OF TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PORTIONS OF ESG.
THERE IS ESG LEGAL THAT WILL BE A PART OF OUR MARCH ADOPTION THAT SIMPLY SAYS WE MUST CREATE A POLICY THAT CONNECTS TO TSLAC, THAT IS THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION THAT HAS RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR HOW OUR LIBRARIANS PICK BOOKS.
WE'RE IN A GREAT PLACE IN THIS.
WE ALREADY HAVE USED THE TSLAC GUIDELINES.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALREADY CONNECTS TO WHAT WE DO.
THE OTHER PORTIONS OF HOUSE BILL 900 SAY THAT VENDORS HAVE TO CREATE A SYSTEM TO REVIEW LIBRARY BOOKS THAT IS UNDER COURT EVALUATION RIGHT NOW, AND SO IS AT A STANDSTILL.
SO WHAT TASBIH IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE ADOPT THE 900 LEGAL PORTION THAT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A LOCAL POLICY THAT USES.
SLACK GUIDELINES, AND THAT WE ARE ADOPTING THE PORTION THAT SAYS THE VENDORS WILL DO THEIR PART.
WE DON'T CONTROL THE COURT SYSTEM.
WE WAIT TO DO THE LOCAL PORTIONS OF EFG UNTIL THE SPRING TO SEE IF ANY OF THOSE COMPONENTS COME A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN THE COURT SYSTEM.
I AGREE WITH YOU MR. CURRY, BUT THAT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS WE LOOK TOWARD WRITING OUR VERIFICATION OF BEING A PART OF THOSE TSLAC GUIDELINES.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE LEGAL COMPONENT OF HOUSE BILL 900.
THEN THE LOCAL COMPONENT OF HOUSE BILL 900 WOULD COME LATER IN THE SPRING.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE HB THAT HAS BOTH A LEGAL AND A LOCAL COMPONENT.
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THIS IS OUR DYSLEXIA SCREENING.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING INSIDE LUBBOCK ISD.
WE'VE ALREADY COMPLIED WITH ALL OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TESTING STUDENTS AS PART OF THE DYSLEXIA SCREENING PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON THOSE GUIDELINES.
THIS ONE IS AROUND TECHNOLOGY AND CYBER SECURITY.
IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A FILTER OR A BLOCK FOR PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL INSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT CHECK. WE ALREADY DO AND HAVE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PROMOTE CYBER SECURITY AND ONLINE SAFETY.
AND THAT IS ALREADY A PART OF WHAT WE DO INSIDE OF OUR SYSTEM.
SO THESE FOR US WERE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
THESE ARE AROUND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM ON THIS CONNECTS ALSO TO HOUSE BILL 3908 AND EHAA LEGAL.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND PREVENTION RELATED TO FENTANYL ABUSE.
YOU ALREADY CHARGED SHAC TO WORK ON DEVELOPING THAT PROGRAM, AND THEIR GOAL IS TO BRING YOU BACK THEIR PROPOSAL IN APRIL, SHOWING WHAT THEY WILL DO FOR THE STUDENT SIDE OF WHAT WE DO FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
IS THERE A REASON WHY THAT COMMITTEE IS STILL CONTEMPLATING? AND WE'RE IN APRIL? YES, SIR. THEY HAVE HAD SOME MANY PRESENTATIONS COME IN AND BROUGHT TO THEM.
AND IN THIS AREA, WE HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION.
AND OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY HAVE SEEN SO FAR, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS WITH ACCURACY IN SOME OF THOSE AND BEST PRACTICE AND RESEARCH BASED TACTICS.
WHEN WE TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT DRUG INTERVENTION, SPECIFICALLY AROUND FENTANYL ABUSE.
SO IT THEY MEET ONE TIME A MONTH.
I MEAN, WE'RE ONE OF THE LAST SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PRESENT ANYTHING.
AND ON SOME LEVEL, I GUESS I'D LOVE TO REVIEW WHEN WE TURNED OVER THE REINS.
KATHY AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS TO SHAC BECAUSE AS A BOARD, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, AND IT IS THAT WE'RE THE LAST ONE OUT OF THE GATE JUST. AND I WOULD SHARE WE'RE NOT I WOULD NOT SAY WE'RE THE LAST OUT OF THE GATE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD CHAD CURRY SPEAK TO SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENT GROUPS.
WE HAVE. ONE OF THE THINGS, THOUGH, THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, THOUGH, IN THAT PROCESS, IS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SHAQ THAT THE LETTER OF THE LAW CAN BE MET WITH A PRESENTATION.
THE LETTER OF THE LAW CAN BE MET WITH A LARGE AUDITORIUM.
ONE PRESENTATION, YOU HAVE CHECKED THE BOX AND YOU MOVE ON.
SHAQ IS REALLY TRYING TO APPROACH THIS IN AN EDUCATIONAL MODEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING MORE THAN A THAN A ONE AND DONE FOR A LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT, THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HAS IMPACT, THAT IS NOT JUST A A QUICK FEAR TACTIC, BECAUSE WHAT THEY ARE SHOWING IS THAT STUDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY EITHER CONSIDERING OR USING THAT, THAT ONE AND DONE FEAR TACTIC ACTUALLY DOES NOT MAKE AN IMPACT. AND SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO HAVE BETTER EDUCATION AND BETTER CIRCLE AROUND THAT.
SO THAT'S REALLY BEEN THE APPROACH OF SHAQ.
SO BUT I DO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS ON THAT.
AND WE VISITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
IS DOCTOR KAMINSKI BACK ON THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL.
HE IS NOT CURRENTLY SERVING ON SHAQ.
BUT WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT STARTED A PROGRAM RIGHT IN REGARD.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE.
THAT IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE THAN WHAT THIS IS.
AND THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC BUT I BUT I DO HEAR YOUR CONCERN.
JAMIE. THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT WE CONSIDERED IS BEING STOOD UP AT THE NEXT SHAC.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE FINAL DECISION.
I JUST WANTED TO. YEAH. IT JUST.
YEAH. IT'S ON TASK TO MAKE IT IN APRIL AND IT HASN'T BEEN A THE GOAL HAS NOT BEEN TO DELAY BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN A LONG RANGE PLAN THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED, THAT IS EDUCATIONAL AND IS INTENSIVE OVER TIME.
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SO JUST A DIFFERENT APPROACH.AND THEN OUR LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS FL LOCAL.
FL LOCAL IS HOW WE SHARE OUR DIRECTORY INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.
AT ERIN GREGG, WE ALREADY WERE UP FOR AN FL LOCAL REVIEW, BUT ERIN GREGG WENT TO AN OPEN RECORDS SEMINAR AND TRAINING, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO OUR FL LOCAL.
FL LOCAL IS HOW WE PROTECT OUR STUDENTS, WHERE WE'RE NOT SHARING THEIR INFORMATION PUBLICLY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT GIVING THEIR INFORMATION OUT WHEN IT IS INAPPROPRIATE.
SO SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES AND OUR TASB REP HAS ALREADY APPROVED.
THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE MORE DISCRETION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE SHARING STUDENTS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT BOTH THEIR NAME AND HOME ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT JUST IN THE SENSE OF WHAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE HAPPENING.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FROM MAYBE SOME COMPETING ENTITIES THAT OUR CURRENT POLICY DOES NOT RESTRICT US FROM SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
AND SO THE UPDATE WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT RESTRICTION.
TRUSTEES. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.
MISTY, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR.
ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'LL BE AN UPDATE TOMORROW.
TRUSTEES, WE DO NOT HAVE A NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DOCTOR ROLLO, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I DO NOT THANK, YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM WHO PRESENTED TODAY.
YEAH. EVERYBODY HAS A HAPPY SPRING BREAK.
AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.