[I. Call to Order]
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THE TIME AND MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE PEARCE MEADOWS, THE DIRECTOR OF CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP, SOUTH PLAINS, TO OPEN THE MEETING WITH THE PRAYER AND LEAD THE AUDIENCE IN THE PLEDGES TO THE AMERICAN AND TEXAS FLAGS.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR LUBBOCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ROLLO. LORD, SPECIFICALLY AS SHE IS LEADING THIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST GUIDE HER HAND.
LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH HER IN THIS MEETING.
YOU'D BE WITH HER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
LORD, AS SHE'S MEETING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST USE HER IN A MIGHTY WAY TO SHAPE LUBBOCK AND DRAW SO MANY KIDS AND FAMILIES HERE THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN HERE TO JUST HAVE JUST SUCH AN AMAZING, SUCCESSFUL LIFE AND JUST CONTRIBUTE BACK INTO LUBBOCK.
PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST PROTECT THEM AND KEEP THEM AND GUIDE THEM AS WELL.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
WE PRAY FOR THE PRINCIPALS THERE AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
PRAY THAT AS THEY ARE MAKING DECISIONS, LORD, THAT ARE AFFECTING ALL OF THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHERE WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST HELP THEM IN THEIR COMMUNICATION OR GIVE THEM HEALTH WISDOM.
LORD, HELPING THEM TO REMEMBER THEIR PURPOSE AND WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WHERE WE PRAY FOR THESE TEACHERS, LORD, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THEM.
LORD, WE LIFT UP THE STUDENTS TO YOU.
PRAY THAT THEY WOULD BE DISCIPLINED IN THEIR STUDIES, LORD, THAT THEY WOULD GET ALONG WITH THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS, THAT THEY WOULD BE OBEDIENT TO THEIR TEACHERS, LORD, AND ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR ENDEAVORS.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR THE PARENTS.
WE PRAY FOR THIS BOARD MEETING.
PRAY THAT IT WOULD JUST BE HONORING AND GLORIFYING TO YOU.
LORD, AND WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERYONE THAT'S HERE AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING.
WE PRAY THAT YOU'D GUIDE THEIR WORDS AND GUIDE THE DISCUSSION.
LORD, WE PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME, AMEN.
PIERCE. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY FOR OPENING US IN THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
[II. Recognition]
SO, KIM CALLISON, PLEASE COME TO THE.SORRY. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS MORNING, WE HAVE 16 LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED AS NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLARS IN THE 2024 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
THIS WAS RELEASED IN LATE SEPTEMBER.
THESE STUDENTS ARE RECOGNIZED ON THE BASIS OF A NATIONALLY APPLIED SELECTION INDEX SCORE THAT MAY VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AND IS JUST BELOW THE LEVEL REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPANTS TO BE NAMED SEMIFINALISTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES, ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT CONTINUE IN THE COMPETITION FOR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS, SOME OF THESE STUDENTS DO BECOME CANDIDATES FOR SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS SPONSORED BY CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESSES.
SO THIS YEAR, OUR NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLARS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
FIRST, FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE TYRUS ROGERS.
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FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING IS ANNA CARRUTHERS.UNABLE TO BE HERE WAS TALON HAWK.
UNABLE TO BE HERE WAS JAMIE KIM.
UNABLE TO BE HERE WAS ETHAN MINH.
FROM MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE WYATT BO.
UNABLE TO BE HERE, ELENA LUCERO, AND SAMUEL MILLS.
TAKE A GROUP PHOTO WITH THE PRINCIPALS.
DO YOU WANT TO DO ONE AT A TIME OR YOU WANT THEM ALL? OKAY.
SO AS WE RECOGNIZE THE COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM SCHOLARS, THIS IS A GROUP OF 65 LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS WHO WERE RECENTLY SELECTED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND NAMED AMONG THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM SCHOLARS BY THE COLLEGE BOARD.
IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE, STUDENTS MUST HAVE A 3.5 GPA OR HIGHER, IDENTIFY AS AFRICAN AMERICAN OR BLACK, HISPANIC AMERICAN OR LATINX INDIGENOUS. ATTEND SCHOOL IN A RURAL AREA OR SMALL TOWN OR NEW THIS YEAR A FIRST GEN COLLEGE STUDENT.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY MUST MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS.
TAKE THE PSAT NMSQ2 IN THE FALL OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.
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EXCUSE ME 'T', NOT '2' AND SCORE IN THE TOP 10% OF THE STATE, OR EARN A THREE OR HIGHER ON TWO OR MORE AP EXAMS BY THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.STUDENTS CAN INCLUDE THE ACADEMIC HONORS ON COLLEGE AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS, AND COLLEGES AROUND THE COUNTRY ALSO USE THE LIST OF HONOREES TO IDENTIFY HIGH POTENTIAL STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS.
SO AS WE GET STARTED TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
WE NEED TO BRING THE PARENTS IN.
WE'RE GOING TO HOLD JUST A MINUTE AND LET THEIR PARENTS COME INSIDE.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE FOR YOU OUR COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM SCHOLARS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
TO GET US STARTED. WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE].
SHE'S GOT THREE UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY IS ELIZABETH [INAUDIBLE].
CONGRATULATIONS. TYRUS ROGERS.
FROM ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE ADAM CASTRO.
SO CORONADO AND ESTACADO, IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME ON UP.
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ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE LUBBOCK HIGH.WE FIRST HAVE AUBREY ALVARADO.
UNABLE TO ALSO BE HERE TODAY WAS SUKHI BHAKTA.
JILLIAN GALLONA. CADEN GARCIA. ISRAEL GARCIA.
UNABLE TO BE HERE CAROLINA HERNANDEZ-ACOSTA.
HELP ME GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOLARS AND THEIR PARENTS.
THANK YOU, AND LET'S COME UP AND TAKE THEIR PICTURE.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, COME BACK OVER HERE.
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ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT GROUP OF COLLEGE BOARD SCHOLARS ARE FROM MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.WILLIAM-CANTWELL. PATRICK DEARY. EMERY GARCIA.
LUCAS RODRIGUEZ, AND FRANK ZARAGOZA.
HELP ME CONGRATULATE THESE MONTEREY SCHOLARS AND THEIR PARENTS.
OUR LAST GROUP OF SCHOLARS ARE FROM TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS.
THEY ARE ALL CURRENTLY ON A COLLEGE TRIP AS PART OF THEIR FOUNDATION.
SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'M GOING TO READ THEIR NAMES.
WE HAVE MADELINE ADAME, JC BAXTER, ASHLYN BUNNELL, ELLA CHRISTIANSEN, ANAYA CORTEZ, TIMBER DARLING, MICHAEL DAWUDU, JEWELL DUNN, NORA ISLAM, CAMILLE LAURENT, AMARIS MARTINEZ, MARLENE MARTINEZ, NYA MCDONALD, JENNIFER MERCADO.
AMARACHI UCHI EBO AND JADA WISE PAGET.
IF YOU WOULD HELP ME CONGRATULATE THEM.
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH QUALITY ASSESSMENT RELIES ON THE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE OF TEXAS EDUCATORS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.TEA INVITES TEXAS EDUCATORS TO GRADE LEVEL AND CONTENT SPECIFIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS EACH YEAR TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STATE A SSESSMENTS. EDUCATORS COLLABORATE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE POTENTIAL ITEMS FOR THOSE ASSESSMENTS.
THESE EDUCATORS REVIEWED AND REVISED TEST QUESTIONS.
DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE FUN AND JUDGE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF ITEMS, ITEM CONTENT, AND DIFFICULTY, AS WELL AS GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STATE ASSESSMENTS.
FIRST OFF, BUT NOT HERE THIS MORNING IS TOYA ALLISON AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
STACEY STEPHENSON IN ENGLISH TWO.
THANK YOU, AND TRICIA STEVENS IN FIFTH GRADE MATH.
LET'S GIVE THEM ONE FINAL ROUND.
THANK YOU. AWESOME. LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE APPLAUSE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.
SHE'S ON A MISSION. [CHUCKLING] THAT'S A COMMITTED TEACHER. YEAH.
GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, I'M GOING TO READ THIS ITEM IN SPANISH.
LUBBOCK ISD CUSTODIAN CLAUDIA ROMERO DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO HER PROFESSION WHEN SHE PROVIDED VITAL, LIFE SAVING TECHNIQUE TO HELP A STUDENT DURING LUNCH PERIOD AT RUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ROMERO SPRUNG INTO ACTION WHEN SHE SAW A STUDENT CHOKING.
SHE PERFORMED THREE ABDOMINAL THRUSTS AND SUCCESSFULLY DISLODGED THE PIECE OF CELERY.
THE STUDENT WAS CHOKING ON DUE TO HER QUICK ACTION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE HELP ME RECOGNIZE CLAUDIA ROMERO.
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I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK AND THANK TROY TALLEY AND MARK VINSON WITH SODEXO THAT ARE HERE, AND ROB NANZ, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND PLANNING.CONGRATULATIONS, CLAUDIA, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ATTENDING TO OUR KIDS AND HELPING SAVE LIVES.
I WILL INVITE KEN CASAREZ, OUR CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, TO RECOGNIZE DR.
KATHY ROLLO FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS ALL IN FOR STUDENTS AWARD RECIPIENT.
THANK YOU, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT.
IT IS MY HONOR THIS MORNING TO RECOGNIZE DR.
KATHY ROLLO AS THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS NATIONAL AWARD WINNER.
LUBBOCK ISD SUPERINTENDENT DR.
SHE WAS HONORED AT A RECOGNITION CEREMONY IN DALLAS IN SEPTEMBER.
DURING THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR, 3351 LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS RECEIVED INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT THROUGH OVER 154,000 HOURS OF SERVICE.
THE ALL IN FOR STUDENTS AWARD, CREATED IN 2007, HONORS THE EXEMPLARY DEDICATION OF CIS STAFF, EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND CIS ALUM WHO GO ALL IN FOR STUDENTS, EMPOWERING THEM TO STAY IN SCHOOL, GRADUATE, AND GO ON FOR BRIGHTER FUTURES.
WITH ME AS WELL IS WE HAVE OUR CEO FOR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, KENNA WEST, AND AGAIN, THIS RECOGNITION IS BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT NOT ONLY MISS WEST RECEIVED FROM COUNTLESS EMPLOYEES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SENT IN MANY LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND VIDEOS OF SUPPORT IN RECOGNITION OF DR.
[III. Trustee Comments]
I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR TRUSTEE COMMENTS.ANYBODY WANT TO START? I'M HAPPY TO. IT'S USUALLY RYAN.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MISS ROMERO.
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I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S STILL IN.I THINK THAT'S AMAZING FOR HER TO IMPACT A KID'S LIFE LIKE THAT, AND THANK YOU TO SODEXO.
IT'S KIND OF FITTING WE MET, I THINK, WHEN I WAS THE BOARD CHAIR FOR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, AND SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, NOT ONLY FOR THIS DISTRICT FOR, BUT FOR KIDS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND, AND YOUR IMPACT ON THE STATE AS WELL.
APPRECIATE YOU. GO AHEAD, JASON.
I WOULD MOSTLY ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE CURRY SAID.
I THINK WE HAD OVER 80 STUDENTS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TODAY.
I MEAN, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE EFFORT THAT THE STUDENTS PUT IN THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS.
I MEAN, EXACTLY WHAT TRUSTEE CURRY SAID AND BOTH TO MISS ROMERO AND TO DR.
ROLLO. THANK YOU BOTH FOR CARING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND ABOUT OUR DISTRICT.
WELL DONE. JUST WANT TO REITERATE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SAY THE VERY SAME THING.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STAFF AS WELL.
THAT HAS MADE THIS HAPPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AND ADMINISTRATION AS THE PRINCIPALS AND SO FORTH, AND CONGRATULATIONS, ESPECIALLY TO MRS. ROMERO AND TO KATHY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY TODAY.
SO THANKS TO GOD FOR SEÑORA ROMERO.
GOD BLESS HER. CONGRATS, KIDS.
IT'S SUCH A JOY TO SEE ALL OF THE STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS, AND TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY, AND IT WAS JUST HEARTWARMING TO SEE THE ONE WHO SAVED THE BABY'S LIFE.
I SAY THE BABY AND THANK YOU, DR.
THANK YOU MARY. I KNOW IT IS A LOT AND EXTRA EFFORT FOR PARENTS, AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY GONE TO GET THEIR KIDDOS HERE FOR THE RECOGNITION, BUT I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT A GREAT JOB OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM AND ADMINISTRATORS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
[IV.A. Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) Report]
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.IT IS 7:37 A.M, AND WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WILKINS, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TO THE PODIUM TO WALK US THROUGH THIS REPORT.
GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT BRIDGES, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
ROLLO. SO I AM HERE THIS MORNING TO PRESENT OUR FIRST RATING.
NOW KNOW THAT THIS IS A YEAR LAG.
THIS IS 22-23 INFORMATION, AND THE REASON IT'S A YEAR LAG IS DUE TO THE AUDIT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST RATING IS THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS.
IT WAS ORIGINATED BY SENATE BILL 875, IN THE 76TH LEGISLATURE IN 1999.
IT WAS CREATED TO HOLD DISTRICTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR QUALITY OF THEIR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SYSTEM IS TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FAIRLY, EVALUATE THINGS, AND OPENLY REPORT RESULTS.
THERE WERE THERE ARE 19 INDICATORS.
INDICATORS TEN AND 15 ARE NOT BEING SCORED.
IT IS AN A THROUGH F SYSTEM, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW THEY SCORE IT.
YOU DO HAVE THE TOP FOUR INDICATORS ONE THROUGH FOUR THAT ARE PASS/FAIL.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE VERY WORDY AND I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND READ THOSE TO YOU.
YOU HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU AND THEY JUST GO THROUGH THE INDICATORS.
ON THIS SLIDE YOU HAVE ONE THROUGH FOUR THAT ARE PASS FAIL.
THEN YOU HAVE NUMBER FIVE AT THE BOTTOM.
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YOU HAVE SIX THROUGH NINE HERE.SO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS RATED WITH THIS SYSTEM.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RATING.
TRUSTEES. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. DR. ROLLO, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO MAKE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD REGARDING THE SCHOOL FIRST REPORT? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
IT IS 7:41 A.M., AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
OKAY. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[V. Citizen Comments]
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THE PROVISIONS AND BOARD POLICY GOVERNING THE PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AS REFLECTED IN BED(LOCAL).THE AUDIENCE SHALL NOT ENTER INTO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THE MATTERS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD.
I WILL REMIND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT THE CITIZEN COMMENTS SECTION OF OUR BOARD MEETING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF LISTENING TO PATRONS, BUT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMENT OR DEBATE ON ISSUES THAT ARE NOT POSTED.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT ALLOWED, AS I CALL YOUR NAME.
IF YOU WOULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I WILL INVITE TRISTAN DEES TO THE PODIUM.
TRISTAN DEES? OKAY, NOT IN ATTENDANCE.
SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM SIX, FINANCIALS.
[VI.A. Approval of Budget Summary Report for the Month Ending August 31, 2024, Budget Amendments and Budget Transfers forthe Month of August 2024, Statement of Taxes Collected for the Month Ending August 31, 2024, and the Investment Report for thePeriod of August 1 through August 31, 2024]
ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.SO YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU YOU HAVE FINANCIALS ENDING AUGUST 31ST OF 2024.
WE ARE A MONTH BEHIND BECAUSE OF HOW BOARD MEETINGS ARE FALLING.
WE ARE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE WITH OUR BUDGET SUMMARY, AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR PERCENTAGES OF EXPENDITURE.
IF YOU WILL MOVE TO DEBT SERVICES.
FOOD SERVICE IS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THEN IF YOU FLIP TO THE BUDGET SUMMARY OF THE OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, IF YOU LOOK WE STILL HAVE ESSER ON THERE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IT IS OVERSPENT BY $1,200.
WE'RE JUST SHOWING YOU THAT WE DID SPEND ALL OF THE ESSER FUNDS THERE.
WE HAVE OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THE MAIN TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT CAME IN IS OUR NAVY JUNIOR ROTC REVENUES AND OUR TRS ON BEHALF.
SO THOSE ARE BEING BOOKED APPROPRIATELY.
WE HAVE FILED FOR OUR GRANTS AND EVERYTHING, AND WE'RE DOING WELL THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR INVESTMENTS, WE ARE DOING.
I'M SORRY, I SKIPPED A PAGE, OUR TAXES.
OUR TAX COLLECTION IS NOT VERY HIGH RIGHT NOW.
WHICH PEOPLE ARE NOT EXCITED TO PAY THEIR TAXES JUST YET.
SO I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIALS.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
[VII. Consent Agenda]
CONSIDER BOARD APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND WORKSHOP HELD SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2024, AND THE BOARD TEAM BUILDING MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.OKAY. HEARING NONE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS PRINTED.
OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
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OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT.[VIII.A. Approval of Class Size Waivers for 2024-2025 School Year]
ACADEMIC ACTION ITEMS. SO APPROVAL OF CLASS SIZE WAIVERS FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR.WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUEST A WAIVER TO GO OVER THAT AMOUNT IF NEEDED, AND SO THIS YEAR WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU 38 WAIVER REQUESTS. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE STAFFED ELEMENTARY PRETTY TIGHTLY.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER CLASS SIZE TEACHERS THAT WE COULD MOVE FROM ONE CAMPUS OR GRADE LEVEL TO ANOTHER TO HELP MAKE THIS WORK, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE MONITORING THESE CLASSROOMS. IN SOME CASES, WE'RE PROVIDING A TEACHING ASSISTANT TO HELP IF THEY'RE HAVING SOME STRUGGLES, BUT NO ONE IS OVER.
THE CLASS SIZE DOES NOT APPLY TO PE OR FINE ARTS CLASSES, SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT.
TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS? DR. ROLLO? ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLASS SIZE WAIVERS FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[VIII.B. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with Texas Tech University Center for Adolescent Resiliency]
DR. ROLLO. YES.SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND LUBBOCK ISD.
THIS MOU IS TO FORMALIZE THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTER FOR ADOLESCENT RESILIENCY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ADVOCACY PROJECT FOR STUDENTS, OR CAPS AND THE LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, WHICH IS AN OFFSPRING OF THE UNITED FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS DELIVERED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP THAT LUBBOCK ISD IS PROUD TO HAVE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2007.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOU WITH TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR ADOLESCENT RESILIENCY? SO MOVED. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[IX.A. Consideration and Acceptance of Donation for New Scoreboard at the Pete Ragus Aquatic Center]
DR. ROLLO. YES.WE ARE SO VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO YOU TODAY.
WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE SWIMMING AND DIVING PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER IN LUBBOCK ISD, BOTH FOR OUR LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS AND ALSO FOR OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE LUBBOCK SWIM CLUB, AND AS YOU GUYS WELL KNOW AND HAVE HEARD, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH OUR SCOREBOARD THERE.
WE HAD DONE EVERYTHING WE COULD TO KEEP IT GOING JUST AS LONG AS WE COULD, BUT WE ARE VERY, VERY HONORED AND HUMBLED THAT THE FAMILY OF RANDY AND SHERRY HOLLOWAY HAVE MADE AN EXTREMELY GENEROUS DONATION OF $125,000 TO UPGRADE THE SCORING AND TIMING EQUIPMENT AT THE PETE RAGUS AQUATIC CENTER.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL ENHANCE THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH ATHLETES AND SPECTATORS, SUPPORTING A VARIETY OF COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING UIL MEETS AND OTHER LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEETS.
LUBBOCK ISD SWIMMING AND DIVING PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO EXCEL, AND NUMEROUS ALL-AMERICAN AND ALL-STATE HONORS THANKS TO SUCH AS THIS FROM OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY. SO WE APPRECIATE THE HOLLOWAY'S COMMITMENT TO LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS AND OUR PROGRAM.
SO WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN THANKING THEM? ABSOLUTELY.
WITH THE HOLLOWAY FAMILY, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
YEAH, THE HOLLOWAY FAMILY, PLEASE COME FORWARD, AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH.
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TRUSTEES, WE DO NEED TO ACTUALLY DO THE FORMAL BUSINESS OF APPROVING THAT MOTION.SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF FUNDS FOR A NEW SCOREBOARD AT THE PETE RAGUS AQUATIC CENTER? SO MOVED. SECOND.
THIRD. [CHUCKLING] WE GOT A FULL SEVEN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[X.A. Approval of District Purchases]
OKAY, ITEM TEN ON OUR AGENDA IS PROCUREMENT.THAT'S A HARD WORD TO SAY, AND CONTRACTS, APPROVAL OF DISTRICT PURCHASES.
RICK RODRIGUEZ, PLEASE LEAD US THROUGH.
THANK YOU, MISS BRIDGES. SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.
THE FIRST ONE IS A PURCHASE FOR THE COLLEGE BOARD.
THIS IS THE ADVANCED--THIS IS FOR THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS. YOU SEE THE SCHOOLS LISTED THERE AND SO ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AP COURSES ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE AP EXAM THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURSE, AND THIS IS ALSO PART OF OUR TIA TEACHER CATEGORY FIVE DATA CAPTURE.
SO THIS IS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.
THE SECOND ITEM IS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
WE'VE BROUGHT THESE TYPES OF ITEMS TO YOU BEFORE WE'RE REQUIRED.
THIS ONE IS FOR THE SERVICE CENTER FOR THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FEE FOR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, AND THIS IS FOR TRINITY CHRISTIAN WITH TITLE FOUR FUNDS, EQUITABLE SERVICE FUNDING.
SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU IN JULY.
WHAT WAS APPROVED IN JULY? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT WAS A SIMILAR IT WAS A SIMILAR ITEM FOR CURRICULUM FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU. EQUITABLE FUNDING QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A COLLECTIVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT PURCHASES AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[X.B. Approval of Construction Job Order Contracting Delivery Method and Delegation of Authority]
RODRIGUEZ. YES.THANK YOU AGAIN. SO THIS IS A STANDARD ITEM THAT WE WOULD BRING TO YOU.
IT'S A STANDARD ITEM FOR DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO DR.
ROLLO FOR CHOOSING CRITERIA AND RELATIVE WEIGHTS, RANKING, SELECTION, EVALUATION OF BIDS, PROPOSALS OR QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROCUREMENT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. IT IS FOR THE SCOREBOARD THAT WE JUST ACCEPTED THE FUNDS FOR, AND SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL PIECES IN PLACE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT BOARD'S BEEN UP THERE FOR A WHILE, AND WHEN WE STARTED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S UP THERE, WE NEEDED TO DO SOME, SOME THINGS.
STILL A PROCESS TO FOLLOW, RIGHT? YES. IT'S A FORMAL PROCESS.
OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE APPROVE DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR CHOOSING CRITERIA, RELATIVE WEIGHTS, RANKING, SELECTING AND EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS AND APPROVAL OF THE USE OF THE CONSTRUCTION JOB ORDER CONTRACTING DELIVERY METHOD FOR THE PROJECT PRESENTED.
SO MOVED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. DISTRICT WIDE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT FINDINGS.
[XI. Districtwide Intruder Detection Audit Report Findings]
DR. ROLLO. YES.WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD THREE EXTERIOR DOOR FINDINGS AT THREE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
TWO OF THE DOORS WERE CLOSED BUT WERE NOT LOCKED, AND THEN ONE DOOR WAS PROPPED OPEN WITH A SHOE.
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OKAY. THANK YOU, DR. ROLLO FOR PROVIDING THE INFORMATION.ITEM 12 ON THE AGENDA IS A GRIEVANCE HEARING.
[XII.A. Level III Grievance Hearing of Daisey Braziel]
IT'S A LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE HEARING OF DAISY BRAZILE.THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE GRIEVANCE HEARING OF DAISY BRAZILE.
DR. ROLLO, HAS THERE BEEN A REQUEST FOR THE HEARING TO BE IN OPEN SESSION? NO. ALL RIGHT.
THE BOARD WILL CONVENE TO CLOSED SESSION TO HEAR THE LEVEL THREE COMPLAINT OF MRS.
[XIII. Executive Closed Session]
BRAZILE.[XIV. Reconvene from Executive Closed Session]
IT IS 10:24 A.M, AND WE ARE RECONVENED FROM EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION.DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION? HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE WORKSHOP AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR QUALITY ANALYSIS EXPERT.
[XV.A. Quality Seats Analysis]
KEN CASAREZ TO COME UP AND LEAD US THROUGH.KEN. THANK YOU, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
ROLLO. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL QUALITY SEATS ANALYSIS THAT WE PRESENT TO THE BOARD EACH YEAR, AND SO THE OBJECTIVES OF OUR QUALITY SEATS ANALYSIS THAT WE PRESENT A FEW KEY DATA POINTS THAT ARE RELATED TO ENROLLMENT, ACADEMICS AND SCHOOL CULTURE, DISCUSS POTENTIAL ACTIONS BASED ON OUR QSA DATA, AND THEN EXPLORE HOW BEST TO SHARE DATA WITH OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTEXT OF THE SYSTEM OF GREAT SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS IS THAT WE ARE PART OF A NETWORK OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THERE ARE 25 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE SYSTEM OF GREAT SCHOOLS THAT SERVE OVER 800,000 STUDENTS IN TOTAL, AND SO WE KIND OF ADHERE TO AN IDEA OR THINKING OR A PHILOSOPHY OF LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTAND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.
WE TAKE BOLD ACTION TO CREATE WHAT'S NEEDED BASED ON DATA AND FACTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FIND.
WE TRY TO EMPOWER OUR FAMILIES TO MAKE CHOICES THAT ARE BEST OPTIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEN WE WANT TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE AND EFFECTIVE CENTRAL OFFICE STRUCTURES SO THAT WE DO ALL THESE THINGS. EVERY CHILD WILL HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY, BEST FIT SCHOOLS FOR FAMILIES THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEED AND WANT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO PART OF THAT IS LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT ESSENTIAL ACTIONS OR LEVERS THAT ARE IN WITHIN OUR SYSTEM OF GREAT SCHOOLS, AND SO THE ACTION LEVER THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON TODAY IS LOOKING AT OUR NORTH STAR GOAL AND CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL SCHOOL PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH THE QUALITY SEATS ANALYSIS PART OF THAT ANNUAL PROCESS.
SO WHAT HAS THIS LOOKED LIKE IN OUR DISTRICT? IT'S AGAIN LOOKING AT OUR QUALITY SEATS ANALYSIS THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY, REVIEWING AND LOOKING AT OUR NORTH STAR GOAL, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN PLACE THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN OUR DISTRICT SO FAR, WHETHER IT'S BEEN OUR SCHOOL ACTION FUND, LOOKING AT TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT PRIORITIES, AND ALSO THROUGH LOOKING AT HOW THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE OTHER PARTNERS IN OUR DISTRICT TO HELP AT CAMPUS, CHEERING FOR SUPPORT.
SO THIS IS OUR SIX QUALITY SEATS ANALYSIS IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE AS A DISTRICT AND HOW DO WE PLAN TO GET THERE, AND HOW DOES HOW DO THOSE THINGS CONNECT? LOOKING AT OUR VISION, MISSION AND VISION, VALUE STATEMENTS, OUR NORTH STAR GOAL, OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION AND MEASURING IF WE ARE ON TRACK TOWARDS THESE GOALS, AND THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AT HOW WE PLAN TO GET THERE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FINDINGS, OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY IS THAT OUR ENROLLMENT DECLINES ARE NOW HITTING ALL OF OUR GRADE LEVELS AND ARE BECOMING UNSUSTAINABLE. ENROLLMENT DECLINES ARE MAINLY DUE TO FACTORS OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT'S CONTROL, BUT CHOICE PATTERNS EXACERBATE THE DECLINING SCHOOL AGE, POPULATION IMPACT ON PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND FEEDER PATTERNS.
SO AS A DISTRICT, WE'VE TAKEN BOLD ACTION.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT SOME INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS ALREADY, AND BUT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL LEAD TO SOME, HOPEFULLY SOME SIZABLE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS, AND DESPITE SOME ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, WE STILL CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL IN GENERAL, AND WE'LL SHOW THAT INFORMATION HERE SHORTLY, AND THEN ALSO WE LOOK AT OUR SMALL SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY ARE STRETCHING RESOURCES VERY THIN IN OUR DISTRICT, AND IT'S BECOMING HARDER TO OFFER OFFER THE QUALITY EXPERIENCE THAT SOME OF OUR LARGER SCHOOLS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO.
SO OVERALL, IN GENERAL, WE BEGAN OUR PROCESS AS A SYSTEM OF GREAT SCHOOLS.
WE STARTED OFF IN 2018 AND 19 WHERE 42% OF OUR STUDENTS WERE SEATING AT A OR B CAMPUSES.
THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM HAS CHANGED.
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THAT AGAIN, OUR OVERALL OUR OVERALL HIGH REACHING GOAL THERE IS 80%.THIS IS KIND OF A VISUAL THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE UPDATED TO SHOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR JOURNEY AND OUR QUALITY SEATS ANALYSIS AND OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS OUR NORTH STAR GOAL.
WE HAVE COMPLETED NINE DIFFERENT ACTIONS IN OUR DISTRICT SO FAR SINCE 2018 TO 19.
WE HAVE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR PROJECTION IN THAT PURPLE COLOR THERE IS AT 64%, AND THEN BASED ON INFORMATION THAT IS SHARED WITH YOU TODAY, INFORMATION THAT WE RESEARCH AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL LOOK AT ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO HELP US GET TO THAT, OUR TARGET OF THAT 80%.
THIS IS A LIST FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO THE DISTRICT.
AS FAR AS WHAT ACTIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE YEARS.
AT THAT TIME. WE'VE LOOKED AT WESTER ELEMENTARY COMMANDER WILLIAM C MCCOOL AGAIN, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE HAVE USED DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR SCHOOL ACTION FUND, WHETHER IT'S CREATING NEW SCHOOLS, BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS THROUGH BONDS LOOKING AT, AGRI STEM OPPORTUNITIES, DISTRICT-MANAGED RESTARTS, BLENDED LEARNING REDESIGNS.
SO AGAIN THESE ARE A LIST OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, AND THE ONE CURRENTLY THAT OUR DISTRICT IS WORKING THROUGH AT THIS TIME IS CAVAZOS MIDDLE SCHOOL, WORKING THROUGH THE LASSO BLENDED LEARNING GRANT, AND THIS IS A MAP TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE REPRESENTATION ALL THE STARS REPRESENT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT EAST, WEST AND NORTH AS WELL.
IF YOU LOOK AT WESTER ELEMENTARY, FOR EXAMPLE, BEFORE WE WERE INVOLVED WITH SCHOOL ACTION AND SAF FUNDS AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND THERE YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THAT TIME, WESTER WAS CONSIDERED AN F RATED CAMPUS.
IN 2023-2024, THEY'RE PROJECTED TO BE A B CAMPUS BASED ON ALL THE WORK THAT MISS HURST AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THEIR SCHOOL REDESIGN, MCCALL ACADEMY IS A BRAND NEW CAMPUS THAT WAS CREATED ONCE SMILEY WILSON WAS CLOSED AND ENROLLMENT BOUNDARIES SHIFTED, AND WE CREATED A MAGNET SCHOOL AND THAT IS PROJECTED TO BE A B.
CARMONA HARRISON COMBINING THREE SMALLER CAMPUSES, A C, BROWN ELEMENTARY, A C, AND THEN CAVAZOS EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A BRAND NEW ACTION AND ONGOING ACTION, WE HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEIR PROJECTED RATING IS TO BE A B THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
THEY HAVE HAD A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT SINCE 2019, BUT AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY'VE LOST BY READING THE BULLET POINTS HERE, BUT YOU ALSO CAN SEE THAT AGAIN, THROUGH STRONG LEADERSHIP, SOME ADDITIONAL MONIES THROUGH THE SCHOOL ACTION FUND AND THE BLENDED LEARNING GRANT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH EDUCATION ELEMENTS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THERE.
THE PROJECTION FOR CAVAZOS THIS THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS A B, AND SO THAT'S A 23 POINT INCREASE FROM 2022, AND THEN AGAIN, ADDITION TO SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS.
OTHERS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY SCHOOL ACTION FUNDS AND LOOKING AT CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT IRONS MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, IRONS RECEIVED QUITE A FEW STUDENTS AND AS ENROLLMENT BOUNDARIES CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE CLOSING OF SMILEY WILSON, WHEN WE LOOK AT JACKSON, GUADALUPE, AND WRIGHT, THOSE STUDENTS HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO A BRAND NEW BUILDING AT CARMONA HARRISON.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DUPRE COMMUNITY, WE DID CLOSE DUPRE ELEMENTARY, BUT A LOT OF THOSE STUDENTS TRANSITIONED OVER TO BROWN ELEMENTARY, AND THEN THAT BUILDING IS STILL CURRENTLY BEING USED.
IT'S BEING USED TO HOUSE PROGRAMS THAT WERE ONCE HOUSED AT MATTHEWS ARE NOW ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF DUPRE, AND THEN THAT BOTTOM FLOOR IS ACTUALLY HOUSING A IN-DISTRICT DAYCARE AT THAT SCHOOL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AND SHARED WITH YOU LAST MONTH AT THE BOARD MEETING WAS HOW WE'RE SCHOOL TIERING AND DIFFERENTIATING SUPPORTS FOR A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE WORKING THROUGH DIFFERENT ACTIONS OR EVEN WORKING THROUGH LOOKING AT THEIR OWN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS, AND SO WE HAVE WORKED AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WORKING THROUGH THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION, WE DO NOT WORK IN A SILO.
WE WORK ALONGSIDE OTHER PARTNERS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S OPERATIONS AND HELPING US TAKE THE MONIES THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO US BY THE STATE THROUGH DIFFERENT GRANTS, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH OUR ACADEMIC SIDE AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PROVIDE MORE SCHOOL SUPPORT.
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SO LAST MONTH, MISTY AND HER TEAM SHARED ALL THE DIFFERENT SUPPORTS.WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RUBRIC ABOUT HOW DO WE TIER OUR SCHOOLS.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL BECAUSE THAT WAS SHARED QUITE WELL LAST MONTH, BUT JUST TO KIND OF, AGAIN, AN UPDATE OF WORKING TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP AND KIND OF ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE CENTRAL OFFICE STRUCTURES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN PLACE IN THE PAST.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TIER THREE CAMPUSES FOR 2024-2025, THESE ARE THE CAMPUSES BASED ON THE RUBRIC AND THE TIERING THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT FOCUSING ON OUR TIER ONE AND TIER TWO CAMPUSES, BUT THESE ARE GETTING MORE DESIGNATED SUPPORT AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS YEAR, AND SO THE LIST OF CAMPUSES ARE THERE.
THOSE THAT HAVE AN ASTERISK HAVE ALSO GONE THROUGH SCHOOL ACTION IN THE PAST.
NEXT IS OUR ENROLLMENT, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT OVER TIME, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A SLIGHT REBOUND POST COVID, OUR DISTRICT HAS STILL CONTINUED TO DECLINE AT A, AT A PRETTY STEADY RATE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE A DECLINING ENROLLMENT AT LUBBOCK ISD, WE STILL SERVE ABOUT HALF OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR COUNTY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, IS THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE WE DOING OVERALL FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR STUDENTS, WE DO SERVE QUITE A FEW.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS REPRESENTATION NOT ONLY OF LUBBOCK ISD ENROLLMENT TO COMPARE IT TO THE COUNTY AND AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING A PRIVATE SCHOOL BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T AS PUBLIC.
I CAN PULL THESE NUMBERS OFF DIFFERENT PAPER REPORTS THAT TI PROVIDES, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS OUR ENROLLMENT IN RELATION TO OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. OUR OTHER COUNTY ISD'S THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN A 20 TO 30 MILE RADIUS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, AND ALSO WHERE OUR CHARTERS ARE AT IN COMPARISON AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN SEE AND READ AND LOOK AT THAT, THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT IN OUR DISTRICT AND HOW THAT'S AFFECTED OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE COUNTY AS WELL, AND THE CHARTERS HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR ENROLLMENT.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DRAWN FROM OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES TO ATTEND SOME OF THESE CHARTER CAMPUSES THAT ARE LOCATED EITHER IN OUR DISTRICT OR JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THE ONE THAT'S MOST NOTABLE, HARMONY HAS HAS INCREASED THEIR ENROLLMENT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE ALSO LOOK AT OUR NET GAINS, WE DO GAIN MORE STUDENTS FROM FRIENDSHIP AND COOPER THAN WE LOSE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS THAT GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, WE DO GAIN MORE STUDENTS FROM THOSE TWO DISTRICTS.
ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THAT SCHOOLS ARE IMPACTED DIFFERENTLY BY ENROLLMENT DECLINE.
SO IN THE ELEMENTARY SIDE YOU CAN SEE THAT WHILE SCHOOLS HAVE SOME SCHOOLS HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT, MOST OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES SHOW ENROLLMENT DECLINES, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TWO THAT HAVE DECLINED THE MOST, ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION HERE, IS HODGES AND OVERTON.
I HAVE SHOWN THE MOST CONCERN HERE.
A LOT OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE STAYED STEADY AND STRONG WHEN WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENT OVERALL, BUT IT'S OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HAD THIS FLUCTUATION WHEN IT COMES TO ENROLLMENT. SO AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE FACTORS BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT INFLUENCES, WE ARE SEEING DECLINING BIRTH RATES LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY THAT REDUCE THE SCHOOL AGE POPULATION IN THE CITY.
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS LARGELY OCCURRING OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, HOUSING INSTABILITY AND FAMILY MOBILITY LEADING TO SOME OF OUR FAMILIES LEAVING THE CITY AND OUR DISTRICT.
FACTORS THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE IS JUST LUBBOCK ISD IN GENERAL.
HOW WE CAN SHOWCASE OUR OPTIONS TO SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOOD QUALITY SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT PARENTS CAN CHOOSE TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO, AND THEN ALSO, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT EASING AND HAVING MORE EQUITABLE RESOURCES WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSING CHOICES WITHIN LUBBOCK ISD? SO THIS IS PULLED FROM THE LUBBOCK FROM THE US CENSUS, AND THIS IS A VISUAL TO SHOW YOU HOW OUR POPULATION TRENDS CAN LOOK AT POSSIBLE FUTURE DECLINES HERE IN THIS IN THE LAST 12 YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE 0 TO 4 AGE GROUP HAS DECLINED THE MOST, DROPPING 3.9% IN THE LAST 12 YEARS.
THE 65 OR AGE GROUP AND OLDER ACTUALLY HAVE GROWN THE MOST IN OUR COUNTY.
SO THERE'S SOME STABILITY THERE.
YOU SEE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR OLDER POPULATION, THERE IS A HEALTHY, NUMBER.
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 20 TO 34 POPULATION AGE POPULATION, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT TRANSLATING TO THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN OUR COUNTY.HERE YOU CAN SEE BIRTH RATES IN OUR COUNTY OVER IN OUR COUNTY, IN OUR DISTRICT AND HOW THAT FALLS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S WITHIN LUBBOCK ISD, YOU CAN SEE THE DECLINE THERE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT BIRTH RATES BY ZIP CODES.
THIS YOU CAN SEE THIS COUNTY MAP AND HOW IT'S COLORED.
EVERY COLOR HERE SHOWS A DECLINE EXCEPT FOR THAT IN KIND OF A DARK BLUE NEAR THE WOLFFARTH AREA, BUT YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THE DATA SHOWS THAT BIRTH RATES ARE NOT INCREASING IN OUR COUNTY AT ALL.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT MORE CLOSELY AND WITHIN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, IN THE CITY, IN OUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN AGAIN SEE THAT THERE ARE NO AREAS THAT SHOW ANY INCREASE IN BIRTH RATES IN THE ZIP CODE.
YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THE DECLINE IN SOME AREAS OVER 50% IN BIRTH RATES.
ALSO GOING ALONG WITH BIRTHRATES IS DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THIS HEAT MAP THAT A LOT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOUSING IS OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THERE ARE A FEW POCKETS HERE AND THERE WITHIN THIS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, BUT AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, AND THEN WHEN AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT FEEDER PATTERNS AND THE INCREASES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS, THESE PATTERNS HAVE SEEN DIFFERENT ENROLLMENT TRENDS.
THE LUBBOCK HIGH FEEDER SHOWS THE MOST STABLE, AND IT'S KIND OF GROWING MAINLY AT ELEMENTARY.
THE ESTACADO FEEDER DECLINES CONSIDERABLY IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, IT DOES GROW A BIT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOL, AND AGAIN, THAT'S A LOT TO ATTEST TO.
THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM THAT IS AT ESTACADO THAT HELPS TO INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL COMPARED TO THEIR FEEDER ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN AGAIN, JUST TO SHOW YOU THE IMPACT OF OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WHETHER THE BEST CASE SCENARIO OR WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT WAS PRESENTED BY PARK HILL JUST RECENTLY.
LOOKING AT NONACADEMIC FACTORS, WE LOOK AT TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE REPRESENTATION OF EXPERIENCE OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR APS, AND I INCLUDED APS AND PRINCIPALS, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AND WORKING WITH HOLDSWORTH AND DEVELOPING OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION AND OUR PROFILES OF DIFFERENT LEADERS, LEADERSHIP TYPES.
SO THIS IS FROM THE 2022-2023 TAPR REPORT.
SO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS LOOK OFF A LITTLE BIT IN COMPARISON TO WHAT'S GOING ON THIS YEAR, BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS THAT HAVE QUITE A FEW EXPERIENCE, QUITE A BIT OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT ELEMENTARY, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE, IT IS MUCH DIFFERENT.
WE DO HAVE ON THE SECONDARY SIDE, A LOT MORE TEACHERS WITH LESS THAN TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT REPRESENTED BY THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES THERE.
ONE THING WE DO HOPE WORKING WITH OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION AND OUR PROFILES IS BY BUILDING UP OUR LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, THAT HELPS TO HELP RETAIN MORE TEACHERS AND HELP GROW OUR TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT WE HAVE SO MANY THAT ARE INEXPERIENCED ON THE SECONDARY SIDE.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ADJUNCT TEACHERS? THAT INCLUDES WHAT'S IN THE TAPER REPORT.
SO THIS IS WHAT'S REPORTED TO TEA.
WHEN WE LOOK AT 34% OF OUR TEACHERS, ALMOST 35% OF OUR TEACHERS ARE DESIGNATED AS TIA.
MACKENZIE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TEACHERS THAT ARE QUALIFIED AS TIA AT 12.5%.
ROSCOE WILSON HAS THE HIGHEST AT 71.4%, BUT ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW THAT'S DISTRIBUTED, A LOT OF OUR LOWEST PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT ALSO HAVE THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF OUR TEACHERS TEACHING AT THOSE SCHOOLS.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF A TIA SUMMARY AT THIS CURRENT.
WE CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY THOSE THAT ARE RECOGNIZED, EXEMPLARY AND MASTERS, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY HELPED INCREASE TEACHER PAY FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE TEACHERS AT ALMOST $6.3 MILLION THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHEST ALLOTMENTS BY HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY THERE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT IT AS CHALLENGES FOR OUR DISTRICT, WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENT.
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THEY'VE HIT A SMALL SUBSET OF SCHOOLS AT MUCH HIGHER RATES THAN OTHERS, AND THEN AGAIN, THE TRANSFER BEHAVIOR EXACERBATES THESE INEQUITABLE IMPACTS ON THE POPULATION DECLINE.WE LOOK AT SCHOOL QUALITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MANY MIDDLE SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO SEE LOW STAAR PROFICIENCY RATES, WHICH I'LL SHARE SOME OF THOSE DOMAIN ONE SCORES THAT ARE THE PROJECTED SCORES HERE WITH YOU IN A MOMENT AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE AS WE HAVE SMALLER MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THAT STUDENT EXPERIENCE CANNOT BE AS RICH AS SOME OF OUR LARGER MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENT AGAIN, WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENT OVER TIME.
YOU CAN SEE THE DECLINES THAT I'VE SHARED WITH YOU ALREADY OVERALL, AND AS A DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE THOSE DECLINES AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE AS WELL, WHERE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT HAS DROPPED A LITTLE BIT MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THAN SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT ALSO BY GRADE LEVEL ENROLLMENT OVER TIME WITH SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.
THEY HAVE THESE DECLINES HAVE YET TO IMPACT SCHOOLS AT THIS TIME, BUT LIKELY WILL IN THE UPCOMING YEARS AS THESE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS START TO MATRICULATE INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE SHIFTS AGAIN, ARE NOT IMPACTING ALL SCHOOLS EQUITABLY.
SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF DECLINE AT A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION.
THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT RESIDE IN THESE BOUNDARIES, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RESIDING IN THOSE BOUNDARIES IS ALSO DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT 2018 AND 19, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS KIND OF A PEAK, BUT THOSE DECLINES WITHIN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN LIVING IN THOSE ATTENDANCE AREAS HAS ALSO DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY, WHERE YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THOSE THAT ARE LIVING IN THE SLAYTON AREA ARE THE SMALLEST POPULATION HERE IN LUBBOCK.
HUTCH IS THE ONLY CAMPUS THAT ACTUALLY HAS AN INCREASE OF INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS COMPARED TO OUR OTHER SCHOOLS, WHO LOSE STUDENTS TO OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL, OR CHOOSE TO GO OTHER OPTIONS, WHETHER IT'S A CHARTER SCHOOL OR ANOTHER OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE POPULATION TRENDS FROM THE LAST FEW YEARS HERE AS WELL.
EVEN THOUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, HUTCH, YOU CAN STILL SEE IT'S POSITIVE IN THE LAST YEAR, WITHIN THE 23-24, IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN IN YEARS PAST. ALSO, AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT INTER INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT MOVING FROM ONE SCHOOL AND CHOICING INTO ANOTHER SCHOOL, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF CHANGES THERE.
THIS IS THE LATEST DATA THAT WE'RE ABLE TO THAT THE PEIMS OFFICE WAS ABLE TO HELP US PULL, BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR PRELIMINARY ENROLLMENT HERE IN COMPARISON TO ZONE STUDENTS, INTRA-DISTRICT CHOICES AND INTER DISTRICT CHOICES THAT ARE ALL KIND OF STACKED UPON ONE ANOTHER.
AGAIN, HUTCH AND EVANS BEING THE TWO CAMPUSES THAT HAVE THE MOST TRANSFERS INTO THAT SCHOOL.
WE LOOK AT QUALITY, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PROJECTED STAAR SCORES AND OUR STAAR RESULTS.
AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT READING AND MATH WE LOOK AT ELA, FOR EXAMPLE, HALF OF OUR MIDDLE DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE MEETING GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE HITTING THAT MEETS LEVEL, WHICH IS REPRESENTED IN THAT DARK, THAT BLACK BAR GRAPH THERE.
THE DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL AVERAGE WENT UP SLIGHTLY IN READING, BUT DOWN IN MATH IN READING.
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MANY CAMPUSES SEE LESS THAN HALF OF THE STUDENTS MEETING THOSE GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS THAT I SHARED EARLIER, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THREE CAMPUSES, SPECIFICALLY DUNBAR, SLAYTON AND MCKENZIE, FEWER THAN 32% OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE APPROACHING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS IN READING, IN MATH.AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE CAMPUSES ARE BROKEN DOWN THERE THAT YOU CAN READ FOR YOURSELF, BUT SIX CAMPUSES ATKINS, CAVAZOS, DUNBAR, EVANS, IRON, MACKENZIE AND SLAYTON SEE FEWER THAN 45% OF THE STUDENTS APPROACHING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS IN MATH.
IT LIMITS EXTRACURRICULAR OFFERINGS.
THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT CAN BE PROVIDED ALSO IS LIMITED.
IT'S THERE'S A HIGHER COST ASSOCIATED THAT I KNOW MR. WILKINSON HAS SHARED ABOUT HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND SO, AGAIN, AS WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON MIDDLE SCHOOLS THIS FALL, WE WILL UNPACK THESE ISSUES FURTHER, INCLUDING ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AT OUR CAMPUSES AND AGAIN, OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS.
YOU CAN SEE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION HERE.
WHERE IS THAT DISTRIBUTED AMONGST OUR CAMPUSES? SLAYTON, BEING ONE OF OUR SMALLER CAMPUSES, HAS LESS COURSE OFFERINGS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR SIZE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT SCHOOL STAFFING.
I KNOW, AGAIN, DWAYNE SHARED THIS EARLIER AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT AGAIN, THE STAFFING BECOMES AN ISSUE AS WELL WHEN WE LOOK AT STAFFING RATIOS AND OUR SMALLER SCHOOLS SEEM TO HAVE A HIGHER STAFFING RATIO.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS BECAUSE THIS IS LAGGING DATA.
FACILITY. THAT CHURCH RIGHT THERE, THAT'S LAST YEAR? YEAH, THAT WAS LAST YEAR. YES, MA'AM.
OH I SEE. OKAY. YES, MA'AM, AND THEN WE LOOK AT OUR FACILITY UTILIZATION AND HOW THAT HOW THAT'S IMPACTING AGAIN, SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE SITTING AT HALF OCCUPANCY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FACILITY UTILIZATION, AND AGAIN NUMBER OF SEATS VERSUS NUMBER OF KIDS.
CORRECT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT VERY FEW OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE OPERATING AT 100% CAPACITY.
YES, MA'AM. WE LOOK AT SCHOOL FUNDING AND HOW THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT AS WELL.
AGAIN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR SMALLER SCHOOLS HAVE SOME OF THE MORE MORE IT'S MORE COSTLY TO OPERATE THOSE SMALLER BUILDINGS OVERALL, AND THEN AGAIN, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON SPORTS TEAMS STRUGGLING TO RECRUIT SUFFICIENT PLAYERS.
ARTS ENSEMBLE STRUGGLED TO ATTRACT A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, AND THEN AGAIN, FEWER STAFF MEANS FEWER COACHES, DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS, ALL OF THAT PLAYS INTO A ROLE IN TRYING TO OFFER AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO OUR POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS, WE KNOW THAT THE DATA HERE ONLY TELLS ONE PART OF THE STORY ABOUT HOW STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCE LUBBOCK ISD.
THESE MEETINGS WILL HELP US COMMUNICATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT NEXT STEPS FOR OUR DISTRICT.
WE ARE SENDING THIS OUT TO OUR FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE FAMILIES IN REGARDS TO HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT THE PROGRAMS GOING ON AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND WE CAN UTILIZE THIS DATA TO HELP US LOOK AND RESEARCH FOR BROADER RANGE OF SCHOOL OPTIONS, AS WELL AS FUNDING AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
I WAS GOING TO ASK HOW THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH OUR FUTURE FOCUS COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, WILL WE HAVE THAT DATA ALSO TO KIND OF SEE? YES, MA'AM.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE OUT THAT SURVEY AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.
OKAY, AND SO WE SHOULD WE'RE DOING IT THROUGH QUALTRICS.
SO THAT GIVES US REALLY INSTANT FEEDBACK AND DATA.
AS OF YESTERDAY WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 800 PEOPLE RESPOND TO THE SURVEY.
ABOUT 80% OF THEM WERE PARENTS.
HOW IS THAT SENT OUT, COMMUNICATED? WE'VE SHARED THAT THROUGH WE'VE HAD QR CODES CREATED SO THAT IF A FAMILY IS GOING TO THE SCHOOL AND THE VEGETABLE, THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE
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PHONE AND SCAN THAT CODE AND TAKE THE SURVEY.IT GOES TO EVERYBODY? YES, MA'AM.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE STUDENT NUMBER, STUDENT ID NUMBER.
THEY ACTUALLY DON'T. I TRIED TO SET IT UP SO THAT WE WANTED TO GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S A LOT BETTER.
OKAY. AS A PARENT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
GOOD, GOOD. SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT OUT THERE.
NOW IT'S UP TO PEOPLE TO, TO PROVIDE US THAT FEEDBACK, BUT THAT FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT FOR US NOT ONLY IN THROUGH OUR OFFICE LOOKING AT A FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO FOR THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE FUTURE FOCUS GROUPS.
CORRECT? CORRECT, AND THAT GOES THROUGH WHEN? AGAIN THROUGH THE END OF TOMORROW.
OKAY. THIS WEEK. I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK MY SON BECAUSE HE DIDN'T TELL ME, AND HE MAY HAVE GOTTEN IT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF HE DOESN'T GET IT, JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE SURE HE GETS IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT A QUESTION, KIM, BUT A COMMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU, AND Y'ALL'S ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, MAN, YOU GUYS ARE ROCK STARS.
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AND THE CREATIVE THINKING AND SPECIFICALLY THE GRANTS.
SO, MAN, HATS OFF TO EVERYONE IN YOUR IN YOUR GROUP, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE TALKED MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WITH SGS AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO ARE SUSTAINABILITY, AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO SET UP THINGS PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, WITH OUR BUDGET THAT WE CAN CONTINUE BEYOND JUST A QUICK, YOU KNOW, GOT FROM AN F TO A C OR FROM A C TO AN A, YOU KNOW, FOR THREE YEARS, AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO SOMETHING, AND SO I THINK FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SCHOOLS THAT MAY NOT HISTORICALLY HAVE DONE AS WELL AS WE'D LIKE THEM TO, I THINK THEY DESERVE SOMETHING THAT CAN CONTINUOUSLY TRACK TOWARDS A BETTER EDUCATION FOR THEIR KIDS.
YOU SEE WHERE WORCESTER WAS AT IN 2019/18 UNDER THE OLD STAAR, THEY WERE AT AN A AND THAT GOES TO THE STRONG LEADERSHIP OF OF MISS HURST THERE ALSO THE STRONG LEADERSHIP OF MISS WADLEY AT MCCALL BUT ALSO WORKING WITH OPERATIONS BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE TRYING TO PARTNER AND TRY TO, TO SUSTAIN AND MAKE OUR DOLLAR STRETCH A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SO WE'VE LEARNED THAT WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON OUR OPERATIONS SIDE TO HELP US SPEND THAT MONEY WISELY AND HELP IT LAST LONGER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SUSTAINABLE MODELS IN THE LONG RUN. REAL QUICK, I WANTED TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION.
SO THE ACE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS IS THAT THROUGH THE SGS FUNDS, OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT GRANT THROUGH MISS WINSTON? THAT IS THROUGH A DIFFERENT GRANT.
SO THAT IS THROUGH THE ANITA M LOWERY 21ST CENTURY GRANT.
SO THAT'S MORE OF A NATIONAL GRANT.
I THINK IT'S GOING WELL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS STAY AFTER SCHOOL SOME OVER 100 KIDS STAYING AFTER SCHOOL, TAKING, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS, AND WE'RE VERY, VERY WE ARE VERY UNIQUE AS A DISTRICT.
WE ARE THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT ALSO DOES TEXAS ACE AT NONTRADITIONAL CAMPUSES.
WE HAVE IT GOING ON AT PIA, LCJCC, JJAEP, AND ALSO AT DUPRE AND SO IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT TEA IS ACTUALLY LEARNING FROM US ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUSTAIN THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS IN NONTRADITIONAL SETTINGS.
I JUST WANTED THE REST OF YOU GUYS THAT HAVE NOT ATTENDED ANY OF THOSE.
PLEASE GO, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN INVITED, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU GO REACH OUT TO MISS WINSTON OR EVEN KEN WILL TELL YOU WHEN THEY GO, BUT THEY HAVE SOME REALLY AMAZING EVENTS FOR THESE KIDS THAT OTHERWISE WOULDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO AFTER SCHOOL EITHER.
OR EVEN JUST THE EVENTS THAT THEY'RE TAKING PLACE IN.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOGNITION.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THE PRESENTATIONS IN BOARD BOOK.
YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
[XV.B. Leadership Pipeline Development]
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I WILL INVITE KAMI FINGER, OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT AND SPECIAL SERVICES TO HELP US WITH LEARN ABOUT SOME LEADERSHIP PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT.GOOD MORNING. IT'S BEEN A FOUR HOUR MORNING FOR US.
[CHUCKLING] WE'LL GO QUICK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY [INAUDIBLE] BUT THAT AIN'T IT.
YOU'RE OKAY. DO YOU REMEMBER ZACH BRADY? YEAH. "PUT THE HAMMER DOWN." I LEARNED FROM THE BEST.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LUBBOCK ISD CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, IN LUBBOCK ISD WE BELIEVE AND VALUE OUR CAMPUS LEADERS.
IN DOING SO, LUBBOCK ISD ENGAGES IN RESEARCH BASED PRACTICES ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT DEVELOP LEADERS.
SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM BEHIND ME.
DID I SAY MIDDLE SCHOOL? DID I JUST MAKE MCWHORTER A MIDDLE SCHOOL? I DID, PORTER IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND.
YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS, AND THEN MICHAEL STEWART WITH HUTCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO, YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE ROLLED OUT OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION AND WE'VE ROLLED OUT OUR LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT APPLY TO CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND CAMPUS ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND SO IN DOING SO, WE HAVE THIS FRAMEWORK, AND PART OF THAT FRAMEWORK IS DEVELOPING LEADERS OF LEADERS, AND SO WE FIND WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK THAT A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE LEADER IS ONE WHO EMPOWERS PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, CONSISTENTLY EVALUATES ONE'S PRACTICE, LOOKS OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS, FOSTERS A SHARED VISION, TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND SO WITH THAT, 20 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS ARE CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN THIS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND SO OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF A COHORT WITH OTHER LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THOSE LEADERS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE STRONG LEADERS AND BEST IN THEIR PRACTICES.
SO THE FIRST COHORT FOR LUBBOCK ISD JOINS IN WITH CORPUS CHRISTI, DUNCANVILLE, EL PASO, LOS FRESNOS, SEGUIN, AND TEXAS CITY.
NICE. OUR SELECTION PROCESS AT THE CAMPUSES THAT GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OPPORTUNITY IS THAT EACH CAMPUS APPLIES THROUGH A LENGTHY APPLICATION PROCESS.
IN DOING SO, THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE A SELF-ASSESSMENT, AS IS THEIR PLUS ONE, AND THEN THERE IS A TEAM RESPONSE ALIGNED WITH THE PURPOSE AND THE MISSION OF THE CAMPUS.
THEN THERE IS A DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT REVIEWS THE APPLICATION AND THE SELF-ASSESSMENT.
THE PRINCIPAL HAS LED THE CAMPUS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR.
THE SCHOOL IS NOT AN URGENT TURNAROUND SCHOOL.
THE DISTRICT VIEWS THE PRINCIPAL AS A SOLID PERFORMER OR AS A HIGH POTENTIAL, AND THAT MEANS THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP, AND THEY'RE OPEN TO LEARNING AND REFINING THEIR PRACTICE.
THEY RECEIVE FEEDBACK WELL AND DEMONSTRATE GROWTH MINDSET.
THEY SHOW EVIDENCE OF LEADING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS, AND THAT'S EVIDENT IN THE VISION AND THE GOALS THAT THEY HAVE CREATED AND THE OUTCOMES THAT WE SEE FROM THE STUDENTS, AND SO THIS LAST YEAR, THE CAMPUSES THAT WERE SELECTED WERE SMITH, WILLIAMS, MCWHORTER, EVANS, HUTCH AND CORONADO.
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SO OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE ALREADY HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING.THEY'VE ATTENDED THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER IN JULY.
THE PRINCIPAL WENT FIRST AND BY THEMSELVES TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT THEY WOULD BE LEARNING AND ALL THAT ENCOMPASSES, AND THEN THE SECOND GO AROUND, THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR PLUS ONE WITH THEM AND CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING THERE AT THE HOLDSWORTH, AND THEN THEY'RE SLATED TO GO THIS MONTH ON THE 28TH TO CONTINUE THAT LEARNING, AND THAT'S THE CALENDAR PART OF SOME OF THE RESEARCH BASED PRACTICES THAT THEY HAVE ATTENDED THUS FAR IN SESSION ONE YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP PURPOSE, AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE COACHED AT A LEVEL IN WHICH THEY EVALUATE THEIR PURPOSE, THEIR CAMPUS MISSION, THEIR CAMPUS GOALS, AND HOW THEY LEAD ALL OF THEIR TEACHING AND LEARNING EFFORTS AND SO THEIR GOALS BY THE END OF THE SUMMER WERE THAT THEY WOULD EXPAND THEIR VISION ON WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEIR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE UNDERSERVED, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WE SEE ARE UNDERPERFORMING IN THE AREA OF MATH DEPENDING UPON THEIR UNDER.
I'M SORRY. THEY NEED TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AND BEGIN BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR EXECUTIVE COACH, WHO WILL HELP HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PROGRESS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE REGARDING THEIR OWN PERSONAL LEADERSHIP GOALS AND THE GOALS THAT THEY'VE SET.
A BLEND OF PERSONAL COACHING AND GROUP CAMARADERIE PRINCIPLES WILL BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO THEM, AND IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY AND CAPACITY TO LEAD FOR ESTABLISHING A DRAFT OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THEIR CAMPUS AND THEN THEIR OWN PERSONAL LEADERSHIP GOALS FOR THIS COMING YEAR, AND PLANS FOR STRENGTHENING AND EXECUTING THOSE GOALS.
I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF GOING THROUGH SOME OF THIS MY OWN SELF IN DEVELOPING PURPOSE TO IMPACT, AND A 3 TO 5 YEAR PLAN FOR HOW I CAN DEVELOP PERSONALLY, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE, AT A DEEPER LEVEL, WHAT I NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE MY OWN LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND HOW I CAN HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO THE TEAM THAT I SERVE.
SO I KNOW THAT OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS GREATLY.
SO COACHING TOPICS THAT CAN COME UP IN CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL AND THEIR COACHING INCLUDE WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES YOU'RE FACING? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM PRINCIPALS, SUPERVISORS, AND OTHER DISTRICTS SO THAT THEY CAN TALK ABOUT THEIR BEST PRACTICES AND EVEN TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR REPLICATION? AND THEN WHAT COLLABORATION WOULD BE HIGH LEVERAGE FOR THIS GROUP, AND SO I CANNOT SPEAK TO THIS AT A VERY DEEP LEVEL. MORE BETTER THAN THE PRINCIPAL SITTING BEHIND ME, AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THEM NEXT, AND SO I'LL HAVE JC UNDERWOOD WITH SMITH ELEMENTARY COME UP AND TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR FIRST SESSION.
ALMOST AFTERNOON TO YOU ALL, AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS JANUARY, THE FIRST TIME THAT A PRINCIPAL MEETING THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO HEAR FROM THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN A PART OF LOOKING AT THE PRINCIPAL PROFILE AND THOSE THINGS, BUT IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO ME AS A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME REALLY DEEP LEARNING TO HELP ME IMPROVE.
I'VE BEEN AN ADMINISTRATOR, I THINK THIS IS 13 YEARS AND I'VE WORKED FOR AMAZING LEADERS, AND I'VE HAD GREAT MENTORS, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I HAVE TO LEARN AND A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP ME SO THAT I CAN BETTER SERVE MY CAMPUS AND MY DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO I WAS THRILLED FOR THIS.
SO WHEN WE STARTED KAMI TOLD YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE STARTED IN JULY.
IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO JUST START WORKING ON THOSE THINGS, AND THEN WE WENT IN SEPTEMBER WITH OUR PLUS ONE, CHELSEA HOGUE, IS MY AMAZING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND SHE'S MY PLUS ONE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE AGENDA OF WHAT WE WORKED ON WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER IN SEPTEMBER.
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A LOT OF TIME TO REALLY LEARN ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO DATA ANALYSIS AND HOW TO DIG IN AND HOW TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, AND AS KAMI MENTIONED, LOOKING AT ANY OF MY STUDENTS GROUPS IN THE AREA OF MATHEMATICS THAT WERE UNDERPERFORMING, AND REALLY THAT FOCUS, WE WORKED ALL ONE EVENING.WE COULDN'T STOP DURING DINNER OR THAT EVENING BECAUSE IT REALLY OPENED A LOT OF DOORS TO THINGS THAT WE HAD NEVER CONSIDERED BEFORE ON HOW TO TOUCH EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AT SMITH.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE ULTIMATELY CAME TO AS OUR PROBLEM OF PRACTICE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WORKING ON SOME ACTION TRIALS WITH TO IMPROVE THOSE OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND WE CAME UP WITH THREE.
WHEN WE CAME BACK TO LUBBOCK, WE PULLED OUR MATH TEACHERS.
DR. MCCALL JOINED US, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THE DATA WE HAD USED, WHAT WE HAD LOOKED AT, AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM OF PRACTICE THAT I ASKED FOR MY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, MY MATH TEACHERS, DR.
MCCALL TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK, AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARRIVED AT, AND IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING TO US BECAUSE WE DID NOT REALIZE WE WERE VERY FOCUSED ON OUR STUDENTS STAYING AT THOSE MEETS AND MASTERS LEVELS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, SINCE I GOT TO SMITH FOUR YEARS AGO, WE'VE BEEN HIGHLY FOCUSED ON, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW KIDS AND KEEP A REALLY HIGH EXPECTATION, BUT AS WE DUG INTO THE DATA, WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT MEETING THEIR GROWTH.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHO'S MEETING THEIR GROWTH AND WHO'S NOT, BECAUSE GROWTH IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE FOR EVERY KID, BECAUSE EVERY KID COMES IN AT A DIFFERENT PLACE, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS AND SKILLS, BUT WE REALIZED WE HAVE GOT TO GET THOSE KIDS TO THAT MEETS LEVEL OR THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MEET THEIR GROWTH.
SO WE'VE TRACKED THAT WE KNOW WHO THOSE KIDS ARE.
WE HAVE PICTURES AND WE'RE INTERVIEWING OUR STUDENTS.
WE'RE TALKING TO THEIR TEACHERS, WE'RE OBSERVING THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE READING RESEARCH TO REALLY HELP US START TRACKING THEM.
SO THIS IS MY PROBLEM OF PRACTICE FOR SMITH, AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE A FEW MORE TAKEAWAYS THAT I'VE HAD, REALLY IN CONNECTION TO THAT PRINCIPAL PROFILE AND HOW THAT'S HELPING ME AND MY LEADERSHIP TEAM AT MY CAMPUS.
THE HUGE IMPACT IN HELPING ME IN JULY, WHEN SCHOOL WASN'T IN SESSION YET, WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE A BUILDING FULL OF TEACHERS YET TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHO I WAS AS A LEADER, WHAT MY MISSION WAS, WHAT WHAT MY PURPOSE WAS, AND THEN KNOWING WHAT ARE GOING TO BE MY GOALS THAT I WORK ON THIS YEAR.
IT WAS REALLY DEEP, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT'S CHANGED ME ALREADY AS A LEADER, BUT ALSO AS A MOM AND A SPOUSE AND A FRIEND, JUST TO REALLY KNOW WHO I AM, WHAT MY VALUES ARE AND WHAT I'M ROOTED IN.
SO THAT'S A HUGE PART OF THAT.
DEVELOPING LEADERS IN THAT PROFILE.
ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, HELPING US REALLY LOOK AT OUR DATA IN A DIFFERENT WAY WITH SOME NEW IDEAS AND REALLY LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR KIDS HAS HELPED ME JUST TO HAVE A DIFFERENT LENS WHEN I'M VALUING ALL THOSE PIECES OF DATA, AND THEN FINALLY, KAMI SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE COACH. MY EXECUTIVE COACH WAS HERE FROM AUSTIN YESTERDAY.
SHE TEXTS ME, AND SHE IS A PERSON WHO I CAN TAKE THINGS THAT ARE JUST BOTHERING ME THAT ARE JUST EATING AT ME INSTEAD OF BEING ALONE TO TRY TO FIX THOSE BECAUSE OFTEN WHEN YOU'RE THE PRINCIPAL, YOU FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.
SHE IS THERE TO HELP ME, AND SHE NEVER GIVES ADVICE.
I KNOW I'VE GOT TO TELL HER WHAT I'M WORKING ON, AND THEN ALSO MY LEARNING FACILITATOR IN THE GROUP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE THAT I'M WORKING WITH ARE TRULY HELPING ME IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY. I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME BECCA NAVARRO NEXT.
WE ARE 69% AT RISK, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
WE HAVE BEEN A GROWTH CAMPUS, AND SO WE ARE ACHIEVEMENT RATINGS ARE MOVING UP.
WE WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT OUR RATINGS WEREN'T RELEASED THIS YEAR.
WE WANT THEM HITTING THOSE HIGH ACADEMIC LEVELS WITH MEETS AND MASTERS, AND SO BECAUSE OUR AT RISK POPULATION IS SO BIG, WE REALLY WANTED TO DIG IN TO SEE WHAT IS HINDERING THOSE KIDS FROM HITTING THE HIGH LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND SO WE BROUGHT WE WENT AND WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.
WE TOOK LOTS OF DATA WITH US TO HOLDSWORTH, AND WE REALLY DUG IN, AND THEN WE CAME WITH PROPOSALS TO OUR TEAM, AND SO WE HAD ALL OF OUR ADVISORY TEAM BE PART OF THAT, AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON OUR THIRD GRADE MATH AND REALLY DIG INTO THOSE AT RISK KIDS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WITH US OVER THE
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NEXT FEW YEARS BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DON'T ONLY WANT TO DIG IN AND SEE WHAT'S CAUSING THE ISSUES, WE WANT TO SEE WHAT STRATEGIES WE CAN PUT IN PLACE AND WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE.SO THAT WAY WE CAN ROLL IT OUT TO EVERYONE, AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING.
WE MY PLUS ONE IS MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL LAUREN HENDERSON, AND WE ARE BOTH DATA PEOPLE, AND SO WE'VE BEEN READY TO DIVE IN AND JUMP IN, AND THEY'VE BEEN MAKING US SLOW DOWN, AND SO BUT WE'RE EXCITED.
SO THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR PROBLEM OF PRACTICE, BUT JUST MY EXPERIENCE OVERALL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN MOST POWERFUL TO ME IS WHEN WE WENT AND JC TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, IS THEY DID A LOT OF WORK ON HELPING US FIND OUR PURPOSE AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WE GO INTO LEADERSHIP BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE GIFTINGS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO US, AND SO FOR ME, MY PURPOSE STATEMENT IS I PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER TO BRING DREAMS TO LIFE, AND SO IT HELPS ME STAND FIRM, AND, YOU KNOW, AS PRINCIPALS WE ARE ASKED TO DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST STRETCHED AND PULLED IN MANY WAYS, AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO LOSE YOUR FOOTING AS A LEADER, AND SO THROUGH THE PROCESS, I'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO STAND STRONG IN WHAT MY PURPOSE IS, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN ABLE TO HELP ME ENGAGE IN EACH OTHER'S STRENGTHS, AND IT WAS THIS ACTIVITY WAS INTENDED TO JUST BE FOR US AS LEADERS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS SO POWERFUL.
I TOOK IT BACK TO MY ENTIRE STAFF.
SO OUR ENTIRE STAFF DID THEIR PURPOSE STATEMENTS, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON IS JUST DISTRIBUTING LEADERSHIP, AND WE WANT PEOPLE STEPPING UP IN THEIR GIFTINGS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS THE LEADER, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF STRENGTH IN MY BUILDING, AND SO EVERYONE FOUND THEIR PURPOSE, BUT THEN THEY GOT TO TELL ME HOW THEY'RE GOING TO STEP UP AND USE IT.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO FOR THE TEAM? AND SO IT HAS BEEN SUCH A NEAT PROCESS BECAUSE LIKE, PEOPLE ARE JUST SHINING IN WAYS THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN DREAM, AND IT MY PERSONAL GOAL IS TO DISTRIBUTE LEADERSHIP, NOT TRYING TO HOLD ON TO EVERYTHING AND REALLY LET THEM STEP UP, AND SO IT'S BEEN SO NEAT, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW INITIATIVES ON MY CAMPUS THAT WERE NOT MY DOING.
IT'S THE TEACHERS, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP OF IT AND YOU KNOW, WITH EDUCATION, IT ALWAYS YOU HEAR THE MEDIA AND WHAT'S OUT IN THE WORLD, AND IT FEELS SO HOPELESS, BUT LIKE WHEN TEACHERS ARE GETTING TO DO THINGS THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THEY ARE GETTING TO HAVE A SAY IN THINGS LIKE IT BRINGS HOPE AND EXCITEMENT, AND SO IT'S JUST BEEN AN AMAZING PROCESS.
WE'VE DEVELOPED A LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE WHERE LIKE JUST WE'RE COACHING THEM.
SO THE EXECUTIVE COACH, WHAT SHE'S DOING WITH ME, I'M TURNING AROUND AND DOING IT WITH MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND OUR COACHES, AND THEY'RE DOING IT WITH THE TEACHERS, AND SO IT'S JUST BEEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT JUST PUSHES DOWN AND TRICKLES DOWN TO EVERYONE, AND IN MY LAST COACHING SESSION ONE OF THE THINGS MY COACH SAID, JUST A QUOTE THAT I HAVE HUNG ON TO, IS JUST IF I'M HOLDING ON TO THINGS THAT OTHERS CAN DO, WHO IS DOING THE WORK THAT ONLY THE PRINCIPAL CAN DO AND SO IT REALLY HELPS ME HAVE GOOD CLARITY ABOUT VISION AND LOOKING AHEAD AND NOT GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE SMALL THINGS, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT I'M BEING A GOOD LEADER AND JUST MOVING US FORWARD AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR ME AND FOR OUR CAMPUS, AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU'RE AT-RISK PERCENTAGE WAS AGAIN? 69. 69.
YEAH. SO YOU SHOULD SEE THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
NOT A YEAR. I'M EXCITED, TOO, TO SEE THAT.
MY PURPOSE STATEMENT? YES. I PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER TO BRING DREAMS TO LIFE.
SO YES, I'M GOOD AT STRUCTURE AND I'M GOOD AT SEEING, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND TELL YOU HOW TO LAUNCH IT, AND SO IT'S BEEN NEAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE, A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS LIKE THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW, AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE, BUT THROUGH THIS, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF IT IS WHAT DO YOU DO FOR OTHERS? AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE ENCOURAGERS.
SOME OF THEM ARE VISIONARIES, AND SO THEY'VE GOTTEN TO SEE WHERE THEY FIT AND HOW THEY STEP UP AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NEAT BECAUSE EVEN OUR SUPPORT STAFF DID IT, AND LIKE, YOU SHOULD JUST SEE THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE STEPPING UP FOR EACH OTHER, AND IT'S EVEN SOMETIMES VERY SMALL WAYS, BUT MAN, IT'S MAKING A BIG IMPACT, AND SO YOU JUST IT'S BEEN SO NEAT BECAUSE THEY JUST STAND A LITTLE TALLER AND JUST LIKE THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN ADD, AND SO LIKE THEY ARE AMAZINGLY SKILLED AT INSTRUCTION AND KIDS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LIKE INVESTING IN EACH OTHER, AND SO IT'S JUST BEEN, IT'S BEEN IT'S JUST BEEN LIFE CHANGING.
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YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM.OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MICHAEL STEWART FROM HUTCH.
'MORNING, MICHAEL STEWART FROM HUTCH.
SO THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR STARTING AT HUTCH, AND SO I CAN JUST REALLY SAY DITTO WHAT THEY HAVE SAID TO REALLY SUM IT UP, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY REWARDING OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A NEW PRINCIPAL, YOU KNOW, NAVIGATING THE NEW THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH THE WITH THE LEADERSHIP POSITION. OFTEN WE FIND OURSELVES HOLDING ON TO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, AND SO BECCA'S QUOTE IS ONE THAT HAS RESONATED WITH ME AS WELL OF, HEY, IF I AM DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT I'M COMFORTABLE DOING, WHO IS DOING MY JOB? AND SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT I HAVE REALLY KIND OF HONED IN ON WITH MY LEADERSHIP TEAM AND TEACHER LEADERSHIP TEAM OF HOW DO I HOW DO I NAVIGATE AND DELEGATE THOSE THINGS TO Y TEAMS? AND SO WE HAVE STARTED OUR, OUR PROBLEM OF PRACTICE AS WELL AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT SOMETIMES AT HUTCH OR REALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DATA AND HUTCH IS THAT OUR ADVANCED STUDENTS CAN MASK SOME OF HOW OUR ON LEVEL STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING THAT OUT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING EQUITABLE SERVICE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AS YOU CAN KIND OF AS AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WANTED TO GO KIND OF BIGGER PICTURE, BUT THEY KEPT HOLDING US IN SAYING, HEY, YOU'VE GOT TO GO SMALLER, YOU'VE GOT TO GO SMALLER. SO WE REDUCED IT DOWN TO JUST OUR SIXTH GRADE MATH STUDENTS AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE THEM FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT OUR FEMALE STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR, TO GET TO A LOWER NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WILL BE REVIEWING, BUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SOME DISPARITY BETWEEN OUR MEETS STUDENTS AND OUR ON LEVEL CLASSES VERSUS OUR MEETS STUDENTS IN OUR ADVANCED LEVEL CLASSES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING EVERYBODY AND THEN JUST KIND OF GOING ON ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THROUGH THE PROCESS IS JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF TELLING YOUR STORY.
AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, BEING A NEW PRINCIPAL, IT'S I WILL TELL MY STORY TO MY STAFF AND TO AND TO FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT THEN OFTEN I'LL KIND OF LEAVE IT ALONE AND WON'T GO BACK TO IT, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR AS WELL, IS MAKING SURE THAT I'M CONTINUALLY TALKING ABOUT MY WHY, WHY WE ARE DOING THIS, AND IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE LEARNING.
IF THEY DON'T LEARN THE WAY THAT WE TEACH THEM, THEN WE NEED TO TEACH THEM THE WAY THAT THEY LEARN.
SO I'M JUST CONTINUALLY GOING BACK TO THAT BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO DO IS GO, MAN, HE'S DOING SOMETHING FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND WHERE THEY'RE FILLING IN THE STORY FOR ME, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AS THEY HAVE MENTIONED, THE, THE EXECUTIVE COACHING OUR ACTUALLY, JC AND I SHARE THE SAME COACH, AND SHE CAME THIS WEEK AND IT WAS JUST IT'S JUST ALWAYS REALLY A BLESSING AND A TIME TO SAY, HEY, TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE TO SPEAK IN CONFIDENCE WITH, OF, HEY, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO AND AGAIN, SHE DOESN'T GIVE ME THE ANSWERS, BUT SHE REALLY MAKES US WORK THROUGH IT AND TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE COME TO OUR CENTER OF COMES BACK TO OUR STORY AND TO OUR VALUES OF, HEY, WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GETTING THE BEST EDUCATION THAT THEY CAN, AND IF WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEN WE'RE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THINGS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CENTER IT, AND SO THAT'S REALLY I'M NOT AS ELOQUENT A SPEAKER AS THEY ARE.
SO AND I THINK YOU SAID [INAUDIBLE].
YES, ABSOLUTELY, AND SO WE DO GO BACK IN TWO WEEKS, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY AND THEN WE'RE TAKING OUR PROBLEM OF PRACTICE, AND REALLY WE'LL BE DIGGING INTO THE, INTO THE DATA THERE WITH OUR TEAM AT HOLDSWORTH.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT WE GO THROUGH IN HERE IS DATA, AND WE'RE KIND OF READING FROM SCRIPTS AND REGURGITATING INFORMATION, AND ALL THREE OF YOU, YOU KNOW, REALLY EXPANDED ON THINGS THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IN THIS PROGRAM IN YOUR OWN WAYS.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AND STAFFS AND CHALLENGES, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WORK IS REALLY FORCING YOU TO TAKE KIND OF AN INTROSPECTIVE LOOK AT YOURSELVES AT YOUR CAMPUSES AND, YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE SHARING THOSE THINGS WITH YOUR STAFF TO MAKE THEM BETTER AS WELL, AND IT'S A HUGE TIME COMMITMENT.
I'M SURE YOU ALREADY HAVE PLENTY TO DO.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW YOU'RE STARTING WITH YOU.
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SO YOU GET TO KIND OF CONTINUE AND SHARE YOUR ENTHUSIASM.YES. AT THE END OF THE WHOLE PROCESS, 21 CAMPUSES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO, AND SO IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, LEADERSHIP WILL ROLL OUT THE NEXT COHORT, COHORT TWO, AND SO I THINK UP TO EIGHT CAMPUSES WILL GO THIS NEXT GO AROUND ALSO.
THAT WILL BE ANOTHER TWO YEAR PROCESS, AND THEN THE LAST COHORT ANOTHER TWO YEARS, AND BY THE END 21 CAMPUSES WILL HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY IS OUR HOPE, AND SO AND YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB.
IS HAVE THE APPLICATIONS HAS THAT PROCESS ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR THE NEXT DATE.
SO JANUARY LEADERSHIP WILL PRESENT.
SO TO THE TO Y'ALL AS WELL AS YOUR YOUR OTHER PRINCIPALS THAT ARE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE TIME COMMITMENT THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN MUCH MORE REWARDING THAN YOU COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED, AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO TELL THE STORY TO THE OTHER PRINCIPALS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF HOW MUCH TIME DR.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL SHARE THE BENEFITS THAT YOU, YOUR STAFF AND ULTIMATELY YOUR STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING FROM THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW YOUR DAYS ARE ALREADY FILLED BEFORE ANYTHING LIKE THIS, AND I HOPE YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE SEEN AND HEARD YOU KNOW, ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN TO EXPERIENCE. YES, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN SHARING OUT, ALREADY SHARING ABOUT.
YEAH, I THINK IT WAS WORTH IT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO REITERATE WHAT I SAID A WHILE AGO.
MICHAEL, DID YOU SHARE? AND YOU MAY HAVE AND I MAY HAVE BEEN ZONED OUT HERE WHO YOUR PLUS ONE WAS.
SORRY. YES. DEBORAH GIBSON, SHE IS MY ACADEMIC DEAN.
SHE COMES FROM A MATH BACKGROUND OF ELEMENTARY MATH.
NICE. SO I LOVE THAT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
IS THAT ALL OF YOU GET TO SHARE THAT WITH SOMEONE.
A FUTURE LEADER, RIGHT? CAMPUS LEADER AS WELL, AND THAT IS.
YEAH. KEEPING IN MIND OUR GOAL WITH THIS IS TO CREATE A PIPELINE WHERE WE HAVE A BENCH TWO DEEP FOR EVERY POSITION THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT'S THIS IS THE START OF THAT, AND EVERY YEAR WE KEEP GROWING THAT.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SO IS THAT ALL THAT COSTS INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET WHEN THEY TAKE OTHER FOLKS TOO? YES. OH THAT'S GOOD.
YEP, AND SO RIGHT NOW, FOR TIME'S SAKE, THEY'RE TRAVELING VIA VIA PLANE.
MOST OF THE TIME, SOMETIMES THEY THEY CHOOSE TO DRIVE.
YEAH. SO THAT WE CAN TRANSPORT THEM ALL THERE.
THEY CAN WORK AND DO THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR PRESENTING TO US TODAY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.