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THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND POSTED IN THE TIME AND MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW.
[I. Call to Order]
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY OF THE POSTED BOARD AGENDA ITEMS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO ACADEMIC ACTION ITEMS.[Items II.A. - II.C.]
DR. ROLLO, WOULD YOU PROVIDE US MAYBE JUST INFORMATION ON ALL THREE, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE MOTION SEPARATELY, IF THAT'S OKAY? CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY.SO AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE NORMALLY TRY NOT TO BRING BUSINESS ITEMS TO YOU DURING MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR WORKSHOPS, BUT THIS IS SO THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN GO AHEAD AND START TEACHING OUR CHILDREN NEXT WEEK.
SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER APPROVING THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHING PERMITS.
ONE IS FOR CRYSTAL RIVERA TO TEACH COURSES AND CTE, HEALTH SCIENCE AND HUMAN SERVICES.
SHE HAS WORKED WITH MANY LOCAL SUPPORT AGENCIES TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
THE SECOND ONE IS FOR EMILY RAMIREZ TO TEACH CTE COURSES IN TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
SHE'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR OWN GRADUATES OF OUR WELDING PROGRAM, AND SHE HAS BEEN WELDING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS IN THE BUSINESS, AND WE'D LOVE FOR HER TO COME BACK AND TEACH OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AS A FORMER STUDENT, GROW YOUR OWN.
AND THEN OUR THIRD ONE IS FOR IRIS GREENE IN CTE COURSES IN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY.
SHE ACTUALLY HAS A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CYBER SECURITY AND INDUSTRY ASSURANCES, AND THREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION, AND SHE HAS SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN NETWORK SWITCHING OPERATIONS FOR THE US ARMY.
AND SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HURT FOR HER TO COME IN AND WORK WITH OUR KIDS IN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY.
TRUSTEES ANY QUESTIONS? I DO I HAVE ON A AND B ON BOTH OF THESE ANY OF THESE HAVE CREDENTIALS OR VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS? THEY HAVE SOME INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS, BUT THEY ARE NOT CERTIFIED AS TEACHERS.
RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT AS PERFECT WE'RE USING THE DOI.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE THESE MOTIONS SEPARATELY.
SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ISSUING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHING PERMIT TO CRYSTAL RIVERA TO TEACH CTE COURSES IN HEALTH SCIENCE AND HUMAN SERVICES, AS CERTIFIED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO MOVED.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ISSUING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHING PERMIT TO IRIS GREENE TO TEACH CTE COURSES IN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY, AS CERTIFIED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO MOVED.
MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THANK YOU. THAT'S OUR BUSINESS PORTION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR WORKSHOP.
[III.A. Secondary Master Scheduling/Staffing]
AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH MRS. RIEBER. PLEASE LEAD US THROUGH OUR FIRST ONE MISTY.GOOD MORNING. AND MAX FLORES AND CHRISTIE GILLESPIE ARE GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO BE A COMBO TEAM TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SECONDARY SCHEDULING AND STAFFING TIMELINES.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AROUND THIS.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO UPDATE SOME TIMELINES, SOME PIECES, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR CAMPUSES.
AND THEN ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE FIELD.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHY SCHEDULING MATTERS IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A MASTER SCHEDULE FOR A SECONDARY CAMPUS, SO A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR A HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD A MASTER SCHEDULE FOR KIDS.
AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND IN THIS BUSINESS FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME THE BOARD LOOKS VERY FANCY.
IN THE BEGINNING WORLD, THIS WAS DONE ON POST-IT NOTES.
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AND SO IT MADE FOR LOTS OF INEFFICIENCIES.SO IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE USED A SYSTEM CALLED TIMELY.
IT'S A PIECE OF SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED.
THAT PIECE OF SOFTWARE ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE DYNAMIC CHANGES, AND I WON'T STEAL CHRISTIE'S THUNDER TO LET HER TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW MANY DIFFERENT SCHEDULES SHE POTENTIALLY CREATED.
BUT THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS THAT A CAMPUS CAN MAKE MULTIPLE SCHEDULES, AND THEN THEY CAN EVALUATE FOR EFFICIENCIES OR INEFFICIENCIES, AND THAT'S BOTH FOR KIDS AND FOR TEACHER LOADS.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INEFFICIENCIES, FOR TEACHER LOADS, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AM I TEACHING THE SAME NUMBER OF KIDS ROUGHLY, THAT RICK IS TEACHING? SO IF I'M TEACHING 150 KIDS AND RICK IS TEACHING 30 KIDS, THAT'S AN INEFFICIENCY OR VICE VERSA.
SO HOW DO WE AVERAGE THAT OUT TO MAKE THAT WORK ACROSS TIME? AND HOW DO WE MAKE IT WORK ALSO WHERE AS MANY KIDS GET AS MANY OF THEIR CHOICES AS WHAT THEY WANT.
BUT WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES IN ELECTIVES? AND WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THEM INTO AS MANY ELECTIVES AS WE CAN THAT FIT INSIDE THE MASTER SCHEDULE.
SO IT'S LIKE A BIG JENGA BOARD.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, SCHEDULING MATTERS BECAUSE IT SAVES TIME, MONEY AND ENERGY.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE RIGHT SCHEDULE DICTATES IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL WHAT THE YEAR LOOKS LIKE.
IT DICTATES WHO LEARNS, WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE, WHO GETS TO BE IN THOSE CLASSES.
AND WE KNEW WE NEEDED A SPACE TO DO IT BETTER.
SO WE CREATED THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WE ARE PART OF THE PILOT ORIGINAL GROUP IN LUBBOCK ISD.
SO THE COMPANY LAUNCHED WITH US AS A PILOT.
WE WERE SEEKING A WAY TO DO SCHEDULES BETTER.
AND IN THAT CONVERSATION, WE NEEDED A TOOL.
WE NEEDED A WAY TO MAXIMIZE STUDENT ACCESS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD INEFFICIENCIES IN OUR SCHEDULE, NOT BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID, HEY, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THIS TEACHER HAD THIS MANY KIDS AND THIS TEACHER HAD THIS MANY KIDS. WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK IN THE SCHEDULE, SO WE NEEDED HELP IN ORDER TO DO THAT BETTER.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, WE HAVE 14 SCHOOLS THAT ARE USING THE TIMELY SOFTWARE TO BUILD THEIR SCHEDULES FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, NINE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. IT'S ON DEMAND TRAINING AND COACHING.
WHAT THAT MEANS IN AN OVERARCHING APPROACH IS YOU DUMP IN ALL THE TEACHERS, ALL THE KIDS, AND ALL THEIR CHOICE REQUESTS INTO A PIECE OF SOFTWARE.
AND THEN IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, INSTEAD OF HAVING IT ON A BOARD, YOU START MANIPULATING.
SO EACH TIME I MOVE THIRD PERIOD RLA OVER HERE TO A DIFFERENT TEACHER, THEN THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM GOES BLOOP AND FIXES SO THAT EVERYBODY IS IN THE RIGHT COURSE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE BUILT AN A MASTER SCHEDULE.
I COULD TRY A B MASTER SCHEDULE AND SEE IF THAT FITS BETTER.
AND WE DO THINGS LIKE AN OPTIMIZER WHERE WE RUN IT AND SEE HOW MANY KIDS GOT THEIR CHOICES.
AND OUR GOAL IS THAT WE GET ABOVE 95%.
THAT IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST DEADLINES WE HAVE EVER MADE.
TYPICALLY, THAT DATE IS IN LATE JULY.
SOMETIMES THAT DATE IS THE NIGHT BEFORE OPEN HOUSE.
AND SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THAT FAR AND ADVANCED.
AND 99% OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEIR CORE CORE REQUESTS WERE FULFILLED.
THE ONLY STUDENTS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THE REQUESTS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU REQUESTED TWO ELECTIVES THAT ARE ONLY OFFERED ONE TIME AND BASED UPON CIRCUMSTANCES, MAYBE THEY CAN ONLY BE OFFERED AT THE SAME TIME OR YOU AREN'T YOU CAN'T BE IN BOTH OF THOSE ELECTIVES.
SO THEN WE COUNSEL WITH PARENTS AND KIDS TO PICK THE NEXT THING.
IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, 72% OF THEM WERE COMPLETE BY MAY 10TH.
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THEY ARE 100% COMPLETE TODAY, BUT WE STILL HAD TO GET ATC SCHEDULING SOME SPED SCHEDULING, AND THEN SOME HAND SCHEDULING FOR SOME UNIQUE ELECTIVES THAT REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS.
THE PURPOSE BEHIND THIS IS THAT IT HELPS US WITH THE PUZZLE.
IT HELPS US MAKE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT FOR KIDS FOR WHAT THEY NEED.
AND THEN THE ONBOARDING HAS MADE IT WHERE WHETHER THIS IS YOUR LOVE LANGUAGE OR NOT, YOU ACTUALLY CAN BE A REALLY GOOD SCHEDULER BECAUSE IT'S SO SIMPLE. IT DOESN'T SET THAT UP AS A BARRIER FOR PEOPLE WHO THAT'S NOT THEIR GIFT.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPTIMIZATION, EACH CAMPUS, WHEN THEY COMPLETE WHAT THEY THINK IS THEIR SCHEDULE, THEY RUN WHAT IS CALLED AN OPTIMIZER. AND WHAT THE SOFTWARE DOES IS IT SPITS OUT AND SAYS, OKAY, MISTY, YOU RAN AN OPTIMIZER YOU HAVE 17 KIDS THAT THEIR SCHEDULES AREN'T WORKING.
AND YOU HAVE THIS ONE TEACHER THAT THIS ISN'T WORKING OVER HERE.
IF YOU RUN AN ADDITIONAL SCHEDULE AND IT GETS WORSE, THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO A PREVIOUS VERSION AND DOUBLE CHECK WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE FITTING THE NEEDS OF KIDS.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT LOVE TO RUN THE OPTIMIZER A LOT.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT WERE ABLE TO DO IT VERY QUICKLY.
AND THEY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WELL.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ALSO WE HAD SOME THAT RAN VERY SHORT AND SOME THAT WE NEEDED TO RUN MORE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK.
ALL RIGHT. I AM GOING TO LET MISS GILLESPIE SHARE WITH YOU HER EXPERIENCE.
OKAY. WELL, I WILL START WITH IT IS NOT MY GIFT SCHEDULING, I DON'T THINK.
AND THEN ESPECIALLY JUST LEARNING HOW THAT WORKS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SOMETHING THAT WAS NEW TO ME.
BUT THEN I ALSO THINK COMING IN WITH AND THEN HAVING THE YEAR AT CAVAZOS OF KNOWING SOME THINGS THAT WORKED THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN THE SCHEDULE AND I ALSO DIDN'T GIVE DIDN'T STOP WITH THE SCHEDULE UNTIL WE HAD THOSE THINGS.
AND SO I DON'T THINK WE GOT TO OPTION G EVERY TIME YOU RUN IT, IT'S ANOTHER LETTER IN THE ALPHABET.
AND SHE WOULD MAKE IT THE HAND SCHEDULE OPTION.
AND AND THEN WE, I WOULD SCHEDULE ANOTHER ZOOM CALL AND SAY, CAN I GET 15 MORE MINUTES? LIKE, WHAT IF WE DID THIS AND WE'D RUN IT AGAIN, AND THEN THAT WOULD BECOME OUR HAND SCHEDULE OPTION.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST IT'S BEING ABLE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE IN OUR SCHEDULE AND THEN THE TIME SAVER OF BEING ABLE TO RUN THE OPTIMIZER AND GET A RESPONSE FAIRLY QUICKLY ALLOWED ME TO KNOW IF IT WAS POSSIBLE OR IF IT WASN'T, BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T, THEN I NEEDED TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE THAT I COULD DO, BUT ALSO ALLOWED ME TO BE INNOVATIVE WITH IT.
AND IF I HAD AN IDEA OF SOMETHING OR MY TEAM HAD AN IDEA OF SOMETHING, IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY IT OUT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE REALLY WANTED TO KNOWING SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO STAFFING WISE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE MAXIMIZING OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT CLASS PERIODS, DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR LUNCH TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE IN CLASSROOMS WITH INSTRUCTION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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DO YOU HAVE AT CAVAZOS? SORRY, I HAVEN'T LEARNED APPROXIMATELY 400.DID YOU FIND THAT TO BE MORE INSTRUMENTAL FOR YOU GUYS? YES, DEFINITELY.
I THINK WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOWING HOW SCHEDULING HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WITH HAVING TO MOVE THINGS AROUND REALLY BY HAND THE TIME SAVER FOR SURE, BUT I CAN SEE WHERE YOU WOULD GET TO A POINT OF, OR IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA AND YOU DON'T SEE IT WORKING YOU WOULD JUST GO BACK TO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY HELPED US AT CAVAZOS IS BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME NEW IDEAS AND HAVING THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO HELP THAT TO HAPPEN.
INSTEAD OF GETTING FRUSTRATED WITH IT AND THINKING, WELL, AND ALL THE TIME THAT IT CAN TAKE NOT JUST GOING BACK TO, WELL, LET'S JUST DO WHAT WE WERE DOING, BUT PUSHING UNTIL KNOWING WE HAVE THIS RESOURCE, BEING ABLE TO PUSH UNTIL WE GET THERE, INSTEAD OF, I THINK I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT I WAS DOING.
YOU JUST MENTIONED IT. THE TIME SAVER AND THE FRUSTRATION.
YES. YOU DIDN'T NEED ADDED FRUSTRATION IF THAT WAS THE CASE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY ON THAT.
GOOD JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
BUT WHAT WAS BRILLIANT IS HER COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS USED HER LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND THEN DUPLICATED SOME OF HER SCHEDULING OPTIONS BECAUSE THEY COULD GO IN AND SAY, WELL, CAVAZOS TRIED THIS.
I COULD TRY SOME OF THE SAME THINGS TOO.
AND SO IT'S GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVE.
AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE OTHER THING THAT WE APPRECIATED IS THE STORY OF MCKENZIE.
SO NIKKI BEATTIE WAS HIRED IN MAY TO COME IN.
SHE ACTUALLY GOT ACCESS TO THE SCHEDULING PROCESS TWO DAYS BEFORE WHAT WE CALL PENCILS DOWN.
PENCILS DOWN IS WHEN WE'RE DONE IN THIS SOFTWARE PROCESS AND WE FLIP OVER TO TIMELY, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GIVE HER AN EXTENSION SHE COULD HAVE HAD AS LONG AS SHE NEEDED, BUT BECAUSE SHE CAME IN KNOWING WHAT SHE WANTED, WE WERE ABLE TO RUN SEVEN PERIOD DAY VERSUS EIGHT PERIOD DAY, TWO LUNCHES VERSUS THREE LUNCHES.
AND NIKKI BEING A LEARNER FROM CHRISTIE PROBABLY HAD AS MANY DIFFERENT SCHEDULES AS SHE DID.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME COMPARISONS TO SAY, WHICH ONE OF THESE GIVES YOUR KIDS THE BEST OPTIONS? WHICH ONE OF THESE GIVES YOUR KIDS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ALL THE CLASSES THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE TEACHER IN THE SCHEDULE AND MAKE IT WORK. AND YOU CAN SEE BASED UPON HER NUMBERS, SHE WENT WITH AN EIGHT PERIOD THREE LUNCH DAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME THINGS SHE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR KIDS, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM MORE OPPORTUNITY, MORE OPTION, AND MORE INTERVENTION AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT HER CAMPUS AND THEIR SCORES, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT VERY QUICKLY WITH A ZOOM CALL THAT LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEN MAKE THE SWITCH.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NEAT TO SEE THAT WE'RE NOT BOXING PEOPLE IN.
WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THEM SOME MORE CREATIVITY.
SO THIS IS HER OPTIMIZER AND YOU CAN SEE THE SEVEN PERIOD TWO LUNCH OPTIMIZER WHEN SHE FLIPPED TO THE EIGHT PERIOD DAY, IT STARTED REALLY LOW, AND CHRISTIE REFERENCED THIS IN OLD TIMES WHEN WE DID THIS BY HAND, THAT SENSE OF FRUSTRATION, YOU WOULD HAVE SAID, OKAY, I'M DONE, WE CAN'T DO IT, LET'S JUST GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY. BUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS REBUILD RECRAFT RETHINK.
BUT IT ALLOWS YOU TO START TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN WITHOUT GETTING STUCK.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PROCESS.
AND SHE WAS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WITH THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WITH CHRISTIE.
YES, MA'AM. AND THEN BECAME THE PRINCIPAL AT MCKENZIE.
YES, YES. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MAX TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BUDGET AND STAFFING.
GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT BRIDGES AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SO THE COST OF TIME WILL YOU SEE UP THERE IS $165,000.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT THAT ALSO COMES WITH ONE ON ONE COACHING FOR PRINCIPALS.
THAT'S VERY VALUABLE TO THEM BECAUSE CHRISTIE WAS ABLE TO TALK TO THAT PERSON WITHOUT THE WITHOUT THE HR GUY IN THERE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ALWAYS AWESOME. AND TIMELY'S.
COACHES DO VERY THEY DO A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB OF TAKING THEIR IDEAS AND PUTTING IT DOWN WITH THE FTES, THE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ALLOTTED TO THAT CAMPUS AND MAKING IT WORK.
SO WANT TO JUST ADD THAT IN THERE IN 2022-23 WHEN WE KICKED THIS OFF, WE WE DID WE HAD 37 POSITIONS
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THAT WEREN'T RE I GUESS THEY STAYED VACANT AND WE CLOSED THEM AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE DIDN'T.NO ONE WAS ASKED TO WALK AWAY.
WE JUST THROUGH ATTRITION WE ABSORBED THOSE 37 POSITIONS.
THAT WAS SCARY. THEN WHEN 24-25 WE, WE FOUND 47 OTHER POSITIONS.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS A LOT.
THESE ARE ALL FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GENERAL FUNDED POSITIONS.
THESE DO NOT INCLUDE ESSER OR TITLE POSITIONS, BUT WITH TIMELY THAT NUMBER IS HIGH 47.
BUT WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO ENSURE THAT EVEN WITH THOSE CUTS, WHEN WE LOOKED AT A SCHEDULE, THERE WAS STILL A 26 TO 1 RATIO WHEN WE ALLOTTED STAFFING FOR THE CAMPUSES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEE INSIDE THEIR SCHEDULES TO SEE THAT IT WOULD WORK.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF CHRISTIE WAS GIVEN AND THREE ENGLISH TEACHERS AND WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE SHE CAN'T STAFF ANYTHING BUT TO A 40 TO 1 RATIO, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO JUSTIFY ADDING A POSITION OR MOVING SOMETHING AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE 40 KIDS IN ONE CLASSROOM.
AND IF YOU'VE IF YOU'VE KIND OF GONE OVER YOUR RATIO THAT THAT WAS ALLOTTED.
WITH RESPECT TO THE 37 IN 22-23 AND THEN THE 47 IN 24-25, WHAT PERCENT BALLPARK WAS RELATED TO INEFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE SCHEDULE VERSUS ACTUAL ATTRITION OF STUDENTS? I MEAN, IS IT STRICTLY ALL INEFFICIENCIES WITH HOW WE WERE SCHEDULING CLASSES WHERE WE HAD TEN PEOPLE IN A CLASS? OR WAS IT WE LOST 300 STUDENTS FROM, YOU KNOW, MONTEREY? BOTH, I THINK THE THE DECLINING REALLY, THAT WAS HARD TO PREDICT.
WE HAVE A WE PREDICTED A LOT BETTER NOW, BUT THAT PROGRAMING I THINK THERE WERE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE, WE HAD THAT JUST WEREN'T STUDENT INTEREST ANYMORE AND WE WERE HOLDING ON.
WE TRIED SOME THINGS LIKE SPLITTING TEACHERS UP BETWEEN CAMPUSES.
YEAH, YEAH. AND WE LEARNED FROM IT.
AND WE HAD SOME EFFICIENCIES ON SPLITTING TEACHERS AND OTHER THINGS, BUT IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL.
THE BEAUTY OF THAT, THOUGH, IS THAT IT'S AUTOMATIC I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MANUALLY DO IT ANYMORE.
AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE DOWN AND WHICH SUBJECT AREA.
AND SO THAT'S NICE, IT WAS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
IT IS. AND IT'S NEAT BECAUSE I HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR SIDE.
SO IF A PRINCIPAL WERE TO CALL ME I GET ON THEIR SHEET AND LET'S TALK ABOUT ENGLISH.
LET'S LOOK AT IT. WE'RE IN THE TWO YEARS AGO YOU'D HAVE TO RUN THE SCHEDULE.
THEY GET A LITTLE PERCENTAGE ON THE SIDE.
SO THIS SYSTEM HAS REALLY HELPED US OUT A LOT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS OF STAFFING.
SO ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE 43 LESS, 47 LESS.
I'M SORRY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE. ARE YOU ABLE TO TO PLUG IN PARAMETERS SO YOU CAN SAY I WANT TO RUN THIS WITH NO CLASS LARGER THAN 26 STUDENTS? YES. OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST.
SO THE OVERALL AVERAGE IS ALWAYS A THERE'S A LITTLE TICKER ON THE ON THE TOP.
AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT RED OR STAY NEUTRAL.
IT'LL CHANGE COLORS IF YOU GO OVER THAT RATIO ALL TOGETHER EVEN AS A WHOLE GROUP.
SO ALL OF YOUR CLASSES MAY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FALLING IN PLACE.
BUT IF THERE'S A RATIO ISSUE, YEAH, IT'LL IT'LL CALL YOU OUT ON IT.
AND SO YOU CAN SET UNIQUE PARAMETERS BY CLASS BY CLASS.
SO IT'S OKAY BY COURSE CODE BY CLASS.
YOU CAN INCLUDE INCLUSION STUDENTS INCLUSION TEACHERS.
BECAUSE WE WERE A PILOT DISTRICT THEY'RE BUILDING IT TO OUR NEEDS.
AND THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY NEAT.
I WAS JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY ALERTS YOU IF IT'S OVER THAT THRESHOLD.
OKAY. GOOD. SO WE SAW THE THE THE COST OF THE PILOT ON THERE., IS THAT GOING TO GO UP OR DOWN IF WE CONTINUE WITH THAT? YEAH. AS OF RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE AN ENTRY LEVEL DISTRICT THE CEO HAS SAID THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN OUR COST.
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OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE ENTERING DO NOT PAY THAT COST.SO I DON'T KNOW FOR HOW MANY YEARS.
BUT FOR CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW AND FOR THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THAT WILL HOLD TRUE.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO WITH THIS FROM FROM RICK'S HEAD NODDING, I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS GAVE YOU A BETTER PICTURE OF YOUR STAFFING NEEDS MUCH EARLIER SO WE CAN MAKE HIRING DECISIONS A LOT EARLIER.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY NEXT SLIDE.
I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE HAD TO PUSH EVERYTHING.
WE PUSHED EVERYTHING EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO PUSH EVERYTHING EVEN A LITTLE EARLIER NEXT YEAR.
SO WHY WE NEED TO DO THAT IS THAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE THE PROCESS WE WERE USING WAS HOLDING US BACK, AND MAYBE THAT WAS CONTRIBUTING TO THE AUGUST HAND SCHEDULING THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
AND IF WE FOLLOW THIS TIMELINE, IT REALLY ALLOWS FOR EFFICIENCIES, HIRING STAFFING PLACEMENTS.
AND IT JUST IT REALLY HELPS, REALLY HELPS THE HR SIDE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
AND SO LET ME LET ME GO THROUGH THIS.
SO STUDENT TRANSFER WINDOW, YOU'LL SEE THE DATES THERE.
AND AS PARENTS, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS LIKE, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR ALREADY IN DECEMBER? WE HAVEN'T EVEN HIT OUR WINTER BREAK.
I AM I'M KIND OF STUCK ON THERE.
SO TIM ANDREWS OFFICE SHOUT OUT TO HIM THEY HAVE HELPED AND THEY ARE KEY IN MAKING SURE THAT I HAVE NUMBERS AND I CAN PREDICT THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION IN ORDER TO STAFF RIGHT.
COURSE REQUESTS. THOSE ARE DUE FEBRUARY 21ST, SO KIDS ARE PICKING A LITTLE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
BUT THAT REALLY ALLOWS US, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OUR CLASSES MAKING, IS THIS WHAT KIDS WANT OR DID DID WE RUN OUT OF THAT PROGRAM? DO WE IS THAT PROGRAM JUST RUN OUT? STAFFING MEETINGS. WE ARE SECONDARY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WILL ALWAYS GO FIRST JUST BECAUSE OF THE THE THE UNIQUENESS OF THEIR SCHEDULE.
SURPLUS COMMUNICATION THIS YEAR.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SURPLUS.
SO THAT CAUSED A LITTLE THAT CAUSED A LITTLE BUMP IN THE HIRING PROCESS.
SO WE WE TOLD OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE WE DID THIS.
WE DID NOT HAND OUT A PINK SLIP.
WE WE REASSIGNED ANY, ANY EMPLOYEE THAT WAS ESSER FUNDED.
SO THERE WAS A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE FOLKS THAT WE HAD TO WAIT.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE REALLY CAN'T BECAUSE WE ARE DOING SOMETHING.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ESSER FUNDED POSITIONS HAVE JOBS FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'S UNIQUE TO LAST YEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE ESSER THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S THAT'S HELPFUL IN, IN SPEEDING UP THAT HIRING PROCESS.
SURPLUS COMMUNICATION BY THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL ANYONE WHO IS SURPLUS, WHICH I'M HOPING WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN TO, LIKE, 4 OR 5 THIS NEXT YEAR. THEY'LL THEY'LL KNOW WHERE THEY'RE WHERE THEY'LL BE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT EASIER THAN 80 SOMETHING EMPLOYEES.
OUR TRANSFER WINDOW FOR EMPLOYEES, THAT OPENS UP THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD.
THAT'LL START ON APRIL 7TH, AND IT'LL GO TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
NOT THE YEAR, JUST THE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND HIRING, HIRING IS ALWAYS GOING ON.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME HIRING IS A LOT EASIER THAN OTHERS WHEN THEY'RE SINGLETONS AND UNIQUE POSITIONS.
WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO LIKE ANOTHER THIRD GRADE TEACHER.
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OUR ATHLETICS ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF THE COACHING AND THE CONTENT AREA FIT, WE HIRE WE DON'T WE DON'T HOLD.BUT AGAIN THIS YEAR WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE OF THE 47 POSITIONS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AND YOUR ESSER POSITION, IT JUST CAUSED A, I GUESS, A HIRING FREEZE STORM, IF YOU WILL.
AND I'LL STOP THERE BECAUSE I RAN OUT OF BULLET POINTS AND BLESS YOU.
AND I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE DATE WISE? HOW MUCH IS THIS BACKED UP DATE WISE FROM FROM OUR CURRENT YEAR? YOU SAY TWO MONTHS MAYBE.
YEAH. THAT THAT MARCH 28TH DATE IS ALMOST A MONTH AT THE BOTTOM.
YEAH. THAT'S ALMOST A MONTH BACKED UP.
SO IT SHOULD IT SHOULD GET US A LOT SOONER.
OKAY. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT ABOUT STUDENT TEACHERS AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE THOSE OFFERS TO THE ONES WHO'VE BEEN ON A CAMPUS.
AND THERE'S SO WITH THIS HELP US BECAUSE AND THEN WITH, WITH ADJUNCTS.
WOULD THIS HELP US IF YOU HAVE FEWER ADJUNCTS BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR VACANCIES EARLIER AND WE CAN SNAG CERTIFIED FOLKS EARLIER? YEAH, I YES, THE EARLIER YOU CAN GET OUT THERE.
AND I DO I THINK WE HAVE HIRED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ADJUNCTS THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THROUGH.
THE CAVEAT EXCUSE ME THE CAVEAT TO THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE A DECLINING ENROLLMENT DISTRICT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED POTENTIALLY AS MANY STAFF. EXCUSE ME.
WHICH THEN MAKES US AT THE MERCY OF THOSE THAT ARE CHOOSING TO LEAVE US.
RIGHT. SO IF YOU TAKE THOSE TWO WORLDS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED FEWER STAFF.
WE HAVE TO WAIT TO DECIDE TO TO FIND OUT FROM FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING THE DECISION.
I'M NOT COMING BACK FOR WHATEVER REASON, RIGHT.
I'M MOVING TO THE METROPLEX OR WHATEVER.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY OPEN US UP TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, NOW WE KNOW HOW MANY WE NEED TO HIRE BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT THAT THAT'S HELD BY THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE SITTING IN OUR POSITIONS. AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE HAVING TO TO DO A RIFF.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS THAT IS A CONCERN.
BUT THAT IS A LEVER THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT WE HAVE PULLED IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE WE INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO GOING AHEAD AND TURNING IN THEIR RESIGNATION OR RETIREMENT LETTERS IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING SO.
WE HAVE DONE THAT IN YEARS PAST.
WE REALLY DIDN'T SEE A HUGE NUMBER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WHEN WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
EXACTLY. WE CAN PLUG IN SURPLUS, WE CAN PLUG IN NEW HIRES.
THE BEAUTY ABOUT THE ADJUNCT, THOUGH, SOME OF THEM ARE GETTING CERTIFIED BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR PROCESS IF THEY WANT TO STAY ON BOARD, AND THAT'LL BRING THAT ADJUNCT NUMBER DOWN AS WELL, BECAUSE THEN THEY'LL BECOME TEACHERS.
MOST OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIRED, RIGHT.
THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT'S A GREAT THING.
AND THEY IT SEEMS THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A TEACHER, WHICH WAS OUR INTENTION.
SO BUT THEY WE HAVE BROUGHT IN A LOT OF RESOURCES, A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM TO TALK THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND EVEN ADDED SOME SECTIONS AT STRONG START THIS BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD THE SUPPORT THEY NEEDED TO GET CERTIFIED BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THANKS, MAX. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CHRISTIE A QUESTION.
SURE. IF POSSIBLE, AT THE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
BY THE WAY, SHE IS AN EXPERT AT SCHEDULING.
YOU'RE THE DE FACTO EXPERT NOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFFING AND HIRING AND PEOPLE TURNING IN RESIGNATIONS, WHAT WOULD THE WHAT ARE THE TEACHERS SAYING AT THE, YOU KNOW, AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL ABOUT THIS PROGRAM?
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ABOUT USING TIMELY.THEY DON'T KNOW THE LIKE THE SPECIFICS OF, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM.
AND I KNOW THEY'VE HEARD US USE THE WORD TIMELY AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW WE DO IT.
I WOULD, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO SAY WHEN WE RAN IT.
HERE'S WHAT ENDED UP BEING THE BEST OPTION FOR US WAS THE SEVEN PERIODS, TWO LUNCHES.
AND THEN I ALSO THINK BECAUSE IT WAS A TOUGH YEAR FOR SURPLUS AND FOR HIRING AND GETTING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT SPOTS IT HELPS TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THEM BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SOONER.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE WE HOLD OFF ON TELLING THE TEACHERS, LIKE WHERE WE ARE WITH MASTER SCHEDULE, BECAUSE IT CAN CHANGE SO MUCH AND WE'RE NOT CONFIDENT IN THE RESULT THAT WE HAVE.
AND THIS IS WHY WE DON'T NEED THE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS.
BUT IT HELPED IN BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM, FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT IN EXPLAINING IT TO THE TEACHERS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AS CONFIDENT IN IT OURSELVES.
NOT FOR THE NO. I WOULDN'T SAY FOR THE TEACHERS AT ALL.
YES. SO YOU SET IT UP LIKE WE DID THE SEVEN CLASS PERIODS TWO LUNCHES.
AND SO IT REALLY GIVES YOU THE TEACHERS NAMES DOWN THE SIDE.
AND THEN ONE TILE FOR EACH OF THEIR CLASS PERIODS.
I GUESS TO TO JASON'S POINT THE PREP.
SO, SO HOW MANY THAT IT YOU CAN SET THAT I THINK SO THAT YOU THAT'S REALLY UP TO I WOULD SAY LIKE AN ADMINISTRATOR CALL ON, LIKE IF YOU HAVE A MATH TEACHER THAT'S GOING TO TEACH MORE THAN ONE GRADE LEVEL AND WOULD END UP WITH TWO PREPS OR THREE PREPS OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT ENDS UP BEING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GO IN AND SET WHAT WE WANT THAT TO BE.
OKAY. SO YOU CAN LOOK YOU HAVE A WAY TO VIEW THAT SO YOU DON'T OVERLOAD.
GO, OH MY GOSH. THIS TEACHER IS PREPPING FOR FOUR DIFFERENT MATH RIGHT AT A SEVEN CLASS.
OKAY, YEAH, WE SET ALL OF THAT OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT WAS THANK YOU. VERY INFORMATIVE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MATT.
WE WILL TRANSITION. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR CHIEF, RAY MENDOZA.
[III.B. Lubbock ISD Police Department]
PLEASE COME UP AND TALK TO US ABOUT LISD POLICE AND HIS EVER GROWING POLICE DEPARTMENT.GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING.
SO I WAS INVITED UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO TO FILL IN SOME OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS ON SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THAT IS REQUIRED OF THE SCHOOL BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TELL YOU MY VISION.
AND MY VISION IS TO BE THE LEADER IN THIS PROFESSION.
AND I WANT TO BE THE LEADER I WANT TO BE THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY SEEKS TO, THAT EVERYBODY COMES TO.
AND SO FAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING SOUGHT OUT BY THE SMALLER DISTRICTS.
AND EVEN LPD SEEKS US OUT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO STAFFED THEIR SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE'RE THE ONES THAT THEY SOUGHT OUT FOR TO DO THE TRAINING FOR THEM.
AND SO OUR OFFICERS CAME IN IN JULY ON THEIR OFF TIME AND VOLUNTEERED.
BUT THEY GOT PAID THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, OFF DUTY BASES.
AND, AND WE TRAINED SEVERAL OF THOSE AGENCIES.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING ALONG JUST GREAT WITH THAT.
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I WANT TO POINT OUT TO THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I ENVISION WHEN WE SEE WE WEAR SO MANY HATS AS POLICE OFFICERS.FOR SOME REASON, THE SHINY BADGE IS WHAT ATTRACTED THE KID, MADE HIM CALM DOWN, AND HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOME RAPPORT WITH HIM, AND HE'S WALKING THEM DOWN THE HALL, BACK TO THE CLASSROOM. SO ONE MINUTE WE'RE DOING THIS, AND THE NEXT MINUTE WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO PUT HANDCUFFS ON SOMEBODY.
IT'S A BIG AREA THAT WE'RE COVERING THERE.
WE WANT THEM TO SEE THEM GO ON TO COLLEGE AND EVENTUALLY, MAYBE EVEN JOIN US.
OUR CORE VALUES, OF COURSE, SERVICE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR CAMPUS TEACHERS.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ALSO FOSTER THOSE WITH THE PARENTS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
WE SEND THOSE OFFICERS OUT THERE.
THIS IS OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE.
OF COURSE IT'S ME. I HAVE A DISPATCHER, AND I HAVE A SECRETARY.
AND THEN I HAVE THREE SERGEANTS WHO OVERSEE THE OPERATIONS, THE DAILY OPERATIONS ON OUR CAMPUSES.
EACH ONE OF THOSE SERGEANTS HAS NINE OFFICERS.
SO A TOTAL OF 29 SWORN OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHERE WE INCORPORATED LAST YEAR.
WE STARTED IT PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THAT.
HOWEVER, THIS RIGHT HERE DEFINES THE LINES AND HOW WE SPLIT THE DISTRICT UP.
AND THIS RIGHT HERE IS REALLY PROBABLY PAID THE MOST DIVIDENDS FOR US ASSIGNING A SERGEANT TO EACH ONE OF THOSE ZONES AND THEN CREATING WHAT WE CALL A SQUAD, THOSE SQUADS HAVE TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF THEIR AREAS.
IN OTHER WORDS YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN A CALL GOES OUT AND AN OFFICER IS TIED UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT, THAT WE CAN SEND A OFFICER FROM THAT SAME ZONE, AND THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP, THEY RESPOND TO THE CALLS BETTER BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN AREA.
WELL, WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON, THEY NOW TAKE OWNERSHIP.
THEY THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP IN THOSE AREAS.
SERGEANT TEJERINA HAS THE ZONE ONE, WHICH IS THE YELLOW AREA.
AND THEN SERGEANT ARELLANO HAS THE GRAY AREA, BUT WHICH IS SOUTH OR WEST OF UNIVERSITY AVENUE AND THEN NORTH OF 50TH. AND THEN SERGEANT GREEN HAS THE GREEN ZONE, AND THAT WAS DONE ON PURPOSE THERE.
SO BUT YOU CAN SEE THOSE WHEN THEY HAVE THE, THE OFFICERS AND THE UNITY THAT CREATES WHEN, YOU KNOW, RESPONDING TO CALLS AND TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THEIR AREAS IS WHAT'S BEEN THE BEST THING WE HAVE.
WE HAVE LESS TIMES THAT WE HAVE TO CALL OUT FOR AN OFFICER NEEDING A UNIT TO RESPOND.
WE KEPT HEARING THAT A LOT OR NOT, AND I DON'T.
I DIDN'T LIKE IT. WHY DO WE HAVE UNITS TO RESPOND? WE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD JUST BE ABLE TO SEND AN OFFICER.
WE WILL NEVER PULL AN OFFICER AT THE.
WE'LL ALWAYS LEAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL COVERED.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO ADD OR CHANGE BECAUSE SOMEBODY CALLED IN SICK OR TOOK A DAY OFF.
BUT IF EVERYBODY'S HERE, THEN THAT'S WHAT THE ROSTER LOOKS LIKE.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE DEFINITION.
SO WE'RE OFTEN CALLED SROS OR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
THAT'S TECHNICALLY NOT CORRECT.
WE ARE SCHOOL BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO IT'S A BROAD TERM BECAUSE IT'S EVER EVOLVING.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO ADAPT AND DO IT.
BUT THE VISION AND THE MISSION STAY THE SAME.
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BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO AND WHAT'S PROHIBITED, THEN THOSE THINGS CONTINUE TO CHANGE.AGAIN SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER VERSUS A SCHOOL BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I TECHNICALLY STARTED WITH LUBBOCK ISD IN 1999 AS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T ME.
I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING ON MY DAYS OFF AT THE SCHOOL AS A AS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A SCHOOL.
WELL, THAT'S NOT THAT'S INCORRECT.
SCHOOL BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT IS IS ACTUALLY A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.
THEY WE WE ARE COMMISSIONED BY THE BY THE OR WE'RE I'M LICENSED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT I'M ACTUALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE DISTRICT. THE OFF DUTY OFFICERS THAT ARE WORKING ON THE CAMPUSES ARE NEITHER SBLE OR OR SRO.
THEY ARE JUST TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES WORKING FOR US AS ARMED SECURITY.
YEAH. HOWEVER, I MEAN, I GET WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE THAT IT'S ALMOST, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THERE.
WE'RE BUT BASICALLY THEY HAVE WE HAVE TO HAVE AN OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS OR A ARMED PERSON.
AND THE SECURITY OFFICER IS DESCRIBED AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER OR A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, A COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICER EMPLOYED AS SECURITY, WHICH WE HAVE 32 OF THOSE THAT GIVE US A DAY OFF OR HERE AND THERE TO WORK.
ONE OF OUR PARTICULAR CAMPUSES OR A SCHOOL MARSHAL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYER GUARDIAN, MIND YOU, WHO HAS COMPLETED THE SCHOOL SAFETY TRAINING PROVIDED BY A QUALIFIED HANDGUN INSTRUCTOR AND CERTIFIED IN SCHOOL SAFETY AND CARRIES A HANDGUN ON THEIR PERSON ON SCHOOL PREMISES IN ACCORDANCE WITH WRITTEN REGULATIONS AND SO FORTH.
AND JUST AN FYI, BOTH OPTIONS FOUR AND FIVE WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE IN OUR BOARD POLICY.
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO HAVE AN OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS.
OF COURSE, THIS DOES NOT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT WE WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL SUPERVISORS.
THE SPAN OF CONTROL FOR A SUPERVISOR SHOULD BE ABOUT SIX.
AT SEVEN WE'RE OVER AND WE'RE PUSHING THE LIMITS.
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THREE SERGEANTS WITH NON NON OFFICERS UNDERNEATH THEM.
WE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY HAVE ABSENCES.
WE HAVE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TAKE DAYS OFF.
THEY HAVE FAMILIES GOT WEDDINGS.
THEY NEED TIME. AND SO THAT DOESN'T COVER THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE ARRESTS UNFORTUNATELY.
SO WE HAVE TO CALL A TRANSPORT UNIT.
AND EITHER EITHER THE SERGEANT TRANSPORTS THEM, OR WE HAVE TO CALL AN OFFICER FROM ANOTHER, ANOTHER CAMPUS TO COME DO THE ACTUAL TRANSPORT SO THE OFFICER CAN STAY AND WRITE HIS REPORT AND DO HIS INVESTIGATION, COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION.
YOU CAN KNOW THAT THE AQUATIC CENTER IS NOT ON THEIR CENTRAL OFFICE, IS NOT ON THEIR REACH.
IT'S A TEA NUMBERED SCHOOL, I BELIEVE.
NO. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT ON THERE.
AND, OF COURSE, JJAEP AND JJC.
BUT WE DO HAVE WE DO COVER THOSE CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SCHOOL MARSHAL AND A GUARDIAN.
SO A SCHOOL MARSHAL IS A LICENSED AND CERTIFIED BY TCOLE.
AND AFTER COMPLETING THE TRAINING PROGRAM THEY THEY CAN CARRY ON ON OUR CAMPUSES, BUT THEY ARE A A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES OR AN ARMED SUBJECT.
THEY CAN THEY CAN RESPOND TO THOSE AND DETAIN THEM.
BUT EVENTUALLY, WE'RE ONE OF THE ONES THAT CAN MAKE THE ACTUAL ARREST.
THERE IS SOME THINGS ABOUT THE TEXAS SCHOOL BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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IF IT HAPPENS ON CAMPUS, THEY CANNOT AND WE CANNOT.SO WE DO HAVE SOME PROHIBITIONS ON THERE AS FAR AS CITATIONS.
WE CAN ISSUE TRAFFIC CITATIONS FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS ON OUR CAMPUS.
IT ALSO PROHIBITS FROM ASSIGNING OFFICERS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T PROHIBIT US FROM CASUAL CONTACT OR INFORMAL CONTACT WITH THE STUDENTS.
WE CAN STILL HEY, BUDDY, WHAT'S UP? YOU KNOW, AND IF THEY WANT TO TALK TO US, THEY CAN.
THEY JUST CAN'T ASSIGN US TO BE THAT PERSON ON A DAILY BASIS.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF US, OF COURSE, IS THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.
THE OTHER THING, THIS IS THE BIG QUESTION I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF IT.
DELTA EIGHT IS IS IS IS A IS A THC PRODUCT THAT'S LESS THAN 0.03% OF THC.
RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S CAUGHT UP IN THE IN THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE IT ALL STARTED WITH THIS THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ILLEGAL, BUT IT WAS ALREADY BEING MADE.
AND SO THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE COURTHOUSE, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE WERE ALREADY SELLING IT.
AND AND SO THEY HAD BOUGHT A BUNCH OF PRODUCT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GOING TO IT'S GOING TO HINDER THE BUSINESS.
SO IT'S CAUGHT UP IN THE LEGAL PROCESS.
IT WILL TEST POSITIVE FOR THC, BUT WE HAVE NO WAY OF DETERMINING WHAT PERCENTAGE IT IS.
OKAY, SO THEREFORE WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT ENFORCING IT.
WE WILL RESPOND AND WE WILL TAKE THE THC VAPES THAT WE FIND OR THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS FIND.
WE'LL WRITE UP THE APPROPRIATE CRIME REPORT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH THESE THINGS.
IF IT'S GOT A LITHIUM BATTERY IN IT THE THE PROPERTY WILL NOT TAKE IT.
THE LUBBOCK POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT TAKE IT.
SO THEN THE CASE THAT, YOU KNOW, DISMISSES THE CASE.
SO WE'RE JUST NOT ENFORCING IT.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO WRITE UP AND WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT IT JUST SO THAT NOBODY GETS IN TROUBLE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND WE WORKED OUT WITH THE LUBBOCK POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE USED THEIR PROPERTY ROOM.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO DESTROY THEM IN A MANNER THAT'S APPROPRIATE AND AND LAWFUL AS WELL.
NOW THERE'S STILL DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES FROM THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS THE BEST WE'VE EVER BEEN EXPLAINED IN THE EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD THROUGH ANY CHIEF TO US.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
STEVE, WHAT WAS THE SIZE OF YOUR TEAM WHEN YOU JOINED US? WE HAVE 14 OFFICERS AND THERE'S 29 NOW 29 AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE BUDGETED THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN FILL THOSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND YEARS TO COME.
AND YOU KNOW, WE KEEP WE WE'RE KEEPING IT OPEN, THE POSITIONS OPEN.
YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO REDUCE OUR STANDARDS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS POSSIBLE.
I THINK THIS JOB IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT LOOKED AT BY SOME OF THE PUBLIC AS REAL POLICE OFFICERS.
BUT WE ARE A LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND WE HAVE ALL THE ARREST POWERS, EVERY POWER THAT LUBBOCK PD HAS, EVERY POWER THAT THE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS, WE HAVE I LOVE THE HIGH STANDARDS YOU PUT UP FOR YOUR GUYS.
YOU WANT TO BE THAT ROLE MODEL.
IT'S GOOD TO HEAR AND IT SHOWS.
ONE OTHER QUESTION I'VE SEEN ON THE NEWS REPORTS THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LPD HAVE MANY VACANT POSITIONS, AND OF COURSE, WITH 1000 1200 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL TRYING TO FIND TCOLE CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICERS AT THE SAME TIME HASN'T HELPED.
[00:55:01]
WHAT'S THE PIPELINE? IS IT LIKE THE TEACHING PIPELINE? THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY.IT IS. IT IS PRETTY DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE REALLY WORKING WITH SPAG AND SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE.
I'VE GONE INTO THEIR CAMPUSES NOW AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO RECRUIT WE'VE STARTED A PROCESS NOW WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPONSOR SOME OF THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO SPAG. THEY REQUIRE A SPONSORSHIP FROM AN AGENCY, AND BASICALLY ALL IT'S SAYING IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO AGREE TO TO MENTOR THEM.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THEM A JOB WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE DONE.
BUT I THINK OUR NAME IS GETTING OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT MORE WHERE IT NEEDS TO.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SMALLER AGENCIES AROUND LUBBOCK DON'T PAY AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE THEM AWAY FROM THEM AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE KIND OF THE THING.
AND UNDERSTAND THAT I'M PUTTING THOSE HIGH STANDARDS ON, ON OUR, ON THE HIRES.
AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I GET A LOT OF, A LOT OF GRIEF FROM SOME PEOPLE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WILLING TO TAKE THE CHANCE.
I'VE HAD SOME VERY RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH GREG STEVENS, WHO USED TO BE LPD POLICE CHIEF, AND NOW HE WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION? HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF TCOLE, WHICH IS THE GOVERNING BODY OVER THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL OVER TEXAS.
SO HE REACHED OUT, AND THERE IS A DEFINITE NEED FOR DISPATCHERS ACROSS THE STATE.
AND SO TALKING WITH AMY BAKER ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF ADDING THAT INTO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PATHWAY, WHERE STUDENTS CAN GRADUATE WITH CERTIFICATION TO BECOME A DISPATCHER, AND THEY COULD DO THAT UNTIL THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH TO GO INTO POLICE ACADEMY, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
VERY CONFIDENT TO KNOW ALL OF THAT.
CHIEF. DO WE HAVE ANY SRO STAFFING FROM THE CITY? I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.
THEY THEY THEY DO WORK WITH US, AND THEY DO GIVE US A DAY OFF WHEN, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE GUYS THAT ARE OFF, LIKE MONDAY, TUESDAYS OR TUESDAY, WEDNESDAYS, THEY'LL GIVE US 1 OR 2 OF THEIR DAYS OFF AND COME WORK WITH US.
IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, NAME THAT RIDE.
YEAH. SO BACK IN 1999, I WAS AN ARMED SECURITY.
OUR POLICE WITH LPD THEY DO ON THEIR BEATS.
THAT'S THEIR PATHWAY THAT THEY CIRCLE THROUGHOUT THEIR TIME.
THEY DO STOP IN ON CAMPUSES, BUT THEY'RE THE POLICE.
LPD IS NOT PAYING FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO BE ON OUR CAMPUSES.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, SCHOOL STARTING UP, I ALWAYS HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE DEPUTY CHIEFS, THE ONES WITH THE SUBSTATIONS, AND TOLD THEM, ASK THEM TO, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL STARTING THE FIRST DAYS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ALL AGREED THAT THEY WOULD SEND PATROLS AND BY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE TO MAKE THEMSELVES SEEN AROUND THE CAMPUS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO ONTO THE CAMPUS UNLESS THEY NEED TO.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE POLICE OFFICERS ON OUR CAMPUSES DURING THE DAY.
SO THOSE ARE ALL ON TOP OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE ALL DAY.
BUT IF WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO COVER THOSE THINGS.
AND SO HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF PARTNERING WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES TO GET THOSE OFFICERS TO COME IN, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE THE LPD OR LSO, LUBBOCK SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COME IN AND HELP US TO COVER ALL OF THE EVENTS, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY DURING THE SPRING, IT GETS IT GETS PRETTY CRAZY TRYING TO COVER ALL OF THE ALL OF THE NIGHT EVENTS.
THANK YOU CHIEF. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
[IV. Executive Closed Session]
IT IS 7:59 A.M.AND WE'RE ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.