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>> GOOD MORNING. IT IS 7:00 AM.
[I. Call to Order]
A QUORUM IS PRESENT, AND THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND POSTED IN THE TIME AND MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW.I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JARID MCCOOL, THE SENIOR MINISTER AT WESTMONT CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO OPEN THE MEETING WITH A PRAYER AND LEAD THE AUDIENCE IN THE PLEDGES TO THE AMERICAN AND TEXAS FLAGS. JARID, THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE PRAY WITH ME. HOLY GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN TODAY, CONTINUING TO SEEK YOUR LEADING AND YOUR GUIDANCE WITH THANKSGIVING THAT CAN BE MET TOGETHER HERE IN THIS PLACE.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS AND WE SEEK YOUR WISDOM TO DISCERN THE PAST AND FOR WHAT IS AHEAD.
TO THIS END, LORD, WE HUMBLY CRY OUT TO YOU, FOR WISDOM, FOR DISCERNMENT, CERTAINLY FOR CLARITY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, OF COURSE, FOR FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY AND DECISIONS THAT CONTINUE TO BE MADE THAT AFFECT STUDENTS AND STAFF.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR CONTINUED ACADEMIC SUCCESS, FOR SAFETY, WELL-BEING OF ALL THE STUDENTS, THE PERFORMANCE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE, LORD, SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES FACING CHALLENGES.
WE PRAY FOR STRENGTH AND PATIENCE AND INSPIRATION FOR THE TEACHERS, FOR ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS, FOR UNITY AND COOPERATION AMONG ALL.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR CONSTRUCTIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD AND ALL THOSE CONCERNED.
WE PRAY FOR ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THE PARENTS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE PRAY FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, LORD, TO ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE CONTINUE TO FACE, BUT WE CONTINUE TO SEEK OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION FOR WISDOM FINANCIALLY TO BE FAITHFUL WITH FINANCES THAT ARE ENTRUSTED.
LORD TO SEE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY EVEN ARISE.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD RESTORE TO THE BOARD THE ENERGY AND THE ZEAL THAT CAUSED THEM TO GET INVOLVED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
LET IT BE A SACRIFICIAL FIRST FRUITS IN THEIR LIVES.
ULTIMATELY, LORD, WE PRAY THAT THE LEADERSHIP HERE WOULD PUT YOU IN THE PROPER PLACE, THAT THEY WOULD SUBMIT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, OR THAT THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS YOUR AUTHORITY THAT IS ABOVE ALL ELSE.
MAY YOUR TRUTH REIGN HERE IN THIS PLACE.
AS DECISIONS ARE MADE, LORD, MAY IT BE YOUR WILL THAT IS SOUGHT.
WE PRAYER ALL THESE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.
WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
>> THANK YOU, JARID. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND STARTING US OFF ON A POSITIVE NOTE THIS MORNING.
WE WILL START OUR MEETING TODAY WITH LOTS OF RECOGNITION.
[II. Recognition]
IT'S A GREAT TIME OF YEAR FOR US TO JUST DIVE RIGHT IN TO SOME OF THIS.WE'LL START WITH A RECOGNITION OF SKILLSUSA, STATE QUALIFIERS.
AMY BAKER, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, AMY IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TO START US OFF.
>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. ROLLO. IT'S SPRINGTIME.
WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE STUDENTS AND PARENTS HERE TODAY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THEIR SUCCESS.
THIS MORNING, WE WOULD LIKE TO START WITH SOME SUCCESS FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR CTE PROGRAMS. THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO ORGANIZATIONS, SKILLSUSA AND A NEW TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION.
BOTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STATE QUALIFIERS.
WE'D LIKE TO START THIS MORNING BY RECOGNIZING OUR STATE QUALIFIERS IN TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION.
LET'S START WITH WALTER VELASCO.
DON'T THINK COOPER IS HERE TODAY.
WHEN YOU'RE HIGH ACHIEVERS, YOU'RE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME. SOPHIA MORRIS.
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THOSE WERE OUR TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION WINNERS.IF WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH MR. YOUNG AND MR. WEST AND GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION.
NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTER OF SKILLSUSA.
THERE WERE OVER 100 LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE LEVEL AT SKILLSUSA THIS YEAR.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FEAT, BUT LUBBOCK HIGH HAS THEIR OWN SPECIFIC CHAPTER TO SKILLSUSA.
THOSE STUDENT QUALIFIERS ARE KELEN BROOKER, JADEN COLLINS, JOSHUA HODES, TYLER PICKARD , JOSEPH JOHNSON, HAYSON PACE, AND TRAVIS ROGERS.
AGAIN, THOSE STUDENTS ARE COACHED BY DR. CHRIS WEST AT LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE THIS MORNING, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL STATE SKILLSUSA QUALIFIERS.
WE MAY HAVE A STATE CHAMPION UP THERE, I THINK. THEY'RE GOING TO DO GREAT.
NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING SOME OF OUR STATE QUALIFIERS FROM THE BYRON MARTIN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER.
THIS MONTH IS GROUP 1, AND NEXT MONTH, YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER 65 STUDENTS.
WE ARE PROUD OF ALL OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE WILL START THIS MORNING IN OUR COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AREA.
THESE STUDENTS WERE COACHED BY JEANETTE DIAZ RAMIREZ.
WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS, JAMES ALBA IRVIN AND SEBASTIAN NAVAREZ.
THEIR COACH COULD NOT BE HERE THIS MORNING, BUT WE'D LOVE TO GET A GROUP PICTURE.
CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT SKILLSUSA CHAPTER IS OUR ELECTRICAL CHAPTER COACHED BY MR. BLAKE COLLINS.
OUR STATE QUALIFIERS ARE ADEN SPRADLING, BRADEN BOYLES, JADEN MENDEZ, AND GAGE BREMER.
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CONGRATULATIONS, MR. COLLINS, TO YOU AND ALL THE SUCCESS OF YOUR STUDENTS.ELECTRICAL, COULD WE TAKE A PICTURE? CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR HVAC STATE QUALIFIERS COACHED BY MR. RICKY MARTINEZ.
WE HAVE RICARDO GOLAREZ AND TEAGAN KING.
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. MARTEZ, TO YOUR STUDENTS IN THEIR STATE SUCCESS.
CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE KEEPING UP THE PACE HERE.
WE HAVE ONE STUDENT QUALIFIER TODAY IN OUR AUTOMOTIVE CATEGORY, KOBE HEWITT.
IS KOBE HERE THIS MORNING? WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE OUR NEXT TEAM IS COACHED BY BRENDA OLDEN, WHO ALSO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE NATALIA MENDEZ AND JACK SLOSS.
MRS. OLDEN WAS VERY SAD SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, SO SHE SAID CONGRATULATIONS.
THAT IS THE END OF OUR STATE LIST FOR SKILLSUSA TODAY.
[OVERLAPPING] WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP TO RECOGNIZE IN OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY TODAY.
THEY ARE COACHED BY MR. BRANDON GRACE AT THE ATC.
HE ALSO IS NOT HERE. HE'S AT A CYBERSECURITY TRAINING TODAY.
BUT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS STUDENTS STARTING WITH THOMAS MAX CAMPBELL.
CHRISTOPHER BROWN. ALEXANDER TOMOUCHE.
SOME OF THESE STUDENTS QUALIFIED IN MULTIPLE EVENTS.
WE HAVE TRISTAN GARNER, ADEN ROKUE, HAYDEN JOLLY, XAVIER BLACKWELL, CHRISTOPHER BROWN.
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>> MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS ANYONE HERE SINCE WE HAVE SOME DUPLICATES.
DID WE GET MCKENZIE GILBERT? [APPLAUSE] RYLAN [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] ZACHARY SNODGRASS.
[APPLAUSE] IS THERE ANYONE I MISSED FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WON IN MULTIPLE EVENTS? CONGRATULATIONS, IT TEAMS, COACHED BY MR. BRANDON GRACE. [APPLAUSE] THANKS.
IF WE COULD JUST GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL THE PARENTS OF THESE STUDENTS AS WELL.
>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ALONG. I'M GOING TO INVITE CESAR DE LEON.
HE'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, TO THE PODIUM, TO RECOGNIZE OUR YOUTH ART MONTH SPRING EXHIBITION ARTISTS. CESAR.
[LAUGHTER] FOLKS, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. ROLLO.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE FINE ARTS AND THE GREAT SUCCESSES WE'RE HAVING IN LUBBOCK ISD.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, MARCH IS ARTS EDUCATION MONTH, AND WE WERE PRETTY STOKED, PRETTY PROUD MAYOR MACK MCBRAYER AND THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE US A SPECIAL RECOGNITION, THIS PROCLAMATION ABOUT LUBBOCK ISD AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING FINE ARTS.
I'M GOING TO READ JUST A SHORT THING ABOUT IT.
"THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE GREAT CITY OF LUBBOCK HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH TO BE ARTS EDUCATION MONTH IN LUBBOCK, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THESE YOUNG ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS TO ENJOY THEIR WORK AT PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCE EVENTS, AND TO SUPPORT THE ARTS THIS MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR." IF WE CAN GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OF OUR PEOPLE [APPLAUSE] WE ARE SO VERY PROUD.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, I HAVE SOME SPECIAL FRIENDS I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO MEET.
THE ARTWORKS OF TWO LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS WERE SELECTED FOR EXHIBIT IN THE ANNUAL TAEA, TEXAS ARTS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SPRING EXHIBITION, AS PART OF THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION YOUTH ART MONTH CELEBRATION.
THE ANNUAL EXHIBIT SHOWCASES PRE-KINDER THROUGH 12TH GRADE WORKS OF ART FROM ACROSS THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH IS ABOUT 1% OF ALL THE STATE.
FEATURED STUDENTS ART IS DISPLAYED AT THE ABOVE BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH DOWN IN AUSTIN.
I HAVE TWO STUDENTS THAT I AM ABOUT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU.
THE STUDENTS WITH ARTWORK INCLUDED IN THE YOUTH ART MONTH EXHIBITION ARE ARABELLA PITCOCK FROM SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] ARABELLA'S TEACHER IS MS. TINA SALDANA. I DON'T KNOW IF MS. SALDANA'S HERE.
>> THEY WILL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.
OUR SECOND STUDENT IS CARLOS MARTINEZ FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] CARLOS' TEACHER IS MS. NATALIE LAWRENCE.
[APPLAUSE] TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, IF WE CAN COME TOGETHER, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
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[APPLAUSE] WONDERFUL. BOARD MEMBERS, NEXT WE'RE RECOGNIZING VISUAL ART SCHOLASTIC EVENTS, STATE QUALIFIERS.FIVE LUBBOCK ISD ART STUDENTS ADVANCE TO THE STATE COMPETITION IN THE 2025 TEXAS ART EDUCATION VISUAL ART SCHOLASTIC EVENT, VASE, WHICH RECOGNIZES EXEMPLARY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS BY PROVIDING ART STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE IN WHICH TO ACHIEVE MANY GREAT THINGS.
IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPETITIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND IT IS THE EQUIVALENT TO UIL ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS, AS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
THE LUBBOCK ISD VASE STATE QUALIFIERS AND THEIR TEACHERS ARE: FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE ARIANA ALANIS.
[APPLAUSE] ARIANA'S TEACHER IS MR. MATTHEW WRIGHT.
[APPLAUSE] FROM ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE MALINA PUENTE [APPLAUSE] WHO IS NOT HERE WITH US THIS MORNING, AND THE TEACHER IS MS. SHANNON WALTON.
FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE EVAN MARTIN, WHO HAS TWO STATE WORKS. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE SO VERY PROUD.
ADDITIONALLY FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE ZI HONG WEI [APPLAUSE] EVAN'S AND ZI HONG'S TEACHER IS MS. CINDY PENICK.
[APPLAUSE] FROM MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE VALERIA PEREZ.
[APPLAUSE] VALERIA'S TEACHER IS MR. LEO CAMACHO.
[APPLAUSE] NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A GROUP PICTURE.
[BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
[BACKGROUND] THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE ONE MORE RECOGNITION FOR FINE ARTS.
>> WE'LL LET OUR STUDENTS GET IN, AND ANY PARENTS THAT NEED TO GET IN CAN COME IN.
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NEXT UP IS OUR TEXAS THEATER SCHOLAR DISTINCTION AWARD RECIPIENTS.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRIDGES. NEXT IS THE TEXAS THEATER SCHOLAR DISTINCTION AWARD RECIPIENTS.
TWO LUBBOCK ISD FINE ART STUDENTS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR DEMONSTRATING HIGH ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN OVERALL COURSE WORK THROUGH THE TEXAS THEATER SCHOLAR DISTINCTION AWARD PROGRAM.
THE TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADER STUDENTS RECEIVING THIS DISTINCTION AWARD ARE MADISON ARMS [APPLAUSE] AND LEAH WHITE.
[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] YES, WE WILL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.
MS. HOOPER, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE TEACHER. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, RECOGNITION OF OUR TEXAS HISTORY DAY CONTEST STATE QUALIFIERS, ROBIN FULBRIGHT, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING. TAKE US AWAY.
>> THEY ASKED THAT I PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND SO THAT IF ANY PARENTS IN THE ROOM NEED TO GO CELEBRATE WITH THEIR CHILDREN THAT WERE JUST RECOGNIZED, YOU CAN, AND TO LET OTHER PARENTS COME IN.
GIVE IT A MINUTE. I WILL WAIT ON YOU.
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>> ISN'T A FULL HOUSE WONDERFUL?
>> [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I'M HERE TODAY TO HELP RECOGNIZE OUR TEXAS HISTORY DAY STATE CONTEST QUALIFIERS.
TWENTY LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS ADVANCED TO THE TEXAS HISTORY DAY STATE CONTEST AFTER STRONG PERFORMANCES AT THE REGIONAL TEXAS HISTORY DAY CONTEST THIS SPRING.
THE TEXAS HISTORY DAY STATE CONTEST IS IN ITS 45TH YEAR AND IS PRESENTED BY THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY TO COMPETE AT THE STATE CONTEST PLACED IN THE TOP 3% OF THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE TEXAS HISTORY DAY COMPETITION.
THE STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE TEXAS HISTORY DAY STATE CONTEST ARE FROM HUTCHINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALBA AMARO, MEADOW ANSEL, GRACE BOYLE, YET EARLBECK, FALLON LACKEY, MARCULI SOPA, CARALINKA SEROVIK, ALEX WOOD, AND LILY VANZANT.
[APPLAUSE] REPRESENTING MCCOOL ACADEMY.
FROM TALKINGTON, WE HAVE LILY BACCHUS, ASHLEY BUSTER, OLIVIA ESTREO, CHLOE LUNA, LILA PETERSON, BRITTIN SHEKEL, AND MARSHALL TAYLOR.
ALSO, REPRESENTING HUTCHINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE CARIOS AZIZ, THOMPSON DUNN,
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AND FREDERICK COSELINO.WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS WHO WILL COMPETE THE FIRST WEEKEND OF APRIL.
>> [INAUDIBLE] STOP [INAUDIBLE].
>> [INAUDIBLE] EVERYONE [INAUDIBLE].
>> IN THE FRONT ROW, I JUST WANT YOU TO SCOOT DOWN.
[INAUDIBLE] WE WERE ALL OUTSIDE.
>> THE CHILDREN ARE GETTING BIGGER.
>> WE PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE BREAK.
ALSO, IF WE NEED TO TURN THE ROOM A LITTLE BIT.
NEXT UP IS RECOGNITION OF SWIMMING AND DIVING STATE QUALIFIERS.
GIVE US A SECOND TO GET SET HERE, AND I'LL INVITE MIKE MEEKS TO MAKE HIS WAY FROM THE CROWD AT THE BACK TO COME UP AND GET READY WHEN WE CAN BEGIN.
>> [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE ALL SWIM PARENTS? GOOD?
>> PRESIDENT BRIDGES, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. ROLLO, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SPORT AND HONOR THE GAME.
TODAY, IT'S SWIM AND DIVE, WRESTLING, AND BASKETBALL.
IF YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A REGIONAL SWIM EVENT OR ANY SWIM EVENT AND INCLUDING ANY WRESTLING EVENT, WHETHER IT BE A LOCAL EVENT, A DISTRICT EVENT, OR A REGIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, OR YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, YOU WOULD HAVE WITNESSED A TRUE TESTAMENT OF COMMUNITY-BASED ATHLETICS.
THE GAME OR CONTEST HAS GIVEN MUCH TO THESE STUDENT ATHLETES, AND THE ATHLETES HAVE GIVEN MUCH TO THE GAME.
TODAY, WE'RE RECOGNIZING OUR ATHLETES WHO HAVE COMPETED AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHICH IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY. SWIMMING AND DIVING.
TWENTY LUBBOCK ISD ATHLETES QUALIFIED TO COMPETE AT THE 2025 TEXAS SWIMMING AND DIVING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FEBRUARY, HOSTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
WE'LL START WITH CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL, STATE QUALIFIER AVERI DUNCAN.
SHE WAS ALSO IN THE 200 FREE, WHERE SHE WAS 23RD PLACE.
SHE WAS IN THE 200 IM, 16TH PLACE, AND THE 500 FREE, 11TH PLACE.
SHE WAS IN THE 200 FREE,11TH PLACE, 100 FREE, 17TH PLACE.
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NEXT IS MEGAN KING.MEGAN WAS INTO ONE METER DIVING, WHERE HE FINISHED IN SEVENTH PLACE.
NEXT IS NICHOLAS WILLIAMS. HE WAS IN THE 100 BREAST STROKE WHERE HE FINISHED 20TH PLACE.
WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE OR WE WANT TO WAIT TO THE END?
>> [INAUDIBLE] TAKE A [INAUDIBLE].
>> [INAUDIBLE] SO SORRY ABOUT THAT [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER] STATE [INAUDIBLE]
>> [INAUDIBLE] SO PROUD OF Y'ALL.
>> NEXT UP FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL, STATE QUALIFIER, ABIGAIL ANDERSON.
ABIGAIL WAS 18TH PLACE IN THE 50 FREE, IN THE HUNDRED FREE, SHE WAS 13TH PLACE, THE 200 FREE RELAY, SIXTH PLACE, THE 400 RELAY FIFTH PLACE.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER CLAIRE CONRAD.
SHE WAS ON THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, WHICH WAS 11TH PLACE, THE 200 FREE RELAY, WHICH WAS SIXTH PLACE.
ZOEY WAS IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, THAT WAS 11TH PLACE IN THE 100 BUTTERFLY, WHERE SHE WAS 23RD PLACE.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER STACY DZYGUN.
SHE WAS IN THE 200 FREE RELAY, THAT WAS SIX PLACE, 400 FREE RELAY, FIFTH PLACE, 200 FREE 11TH PLACE, AND 100 FREE SEVENTH PLACE.
NEXT IS STATE MEDALIST EMERY FOX.
EMERY WAS A SILVER MEDALIST IN THE 200 IM, SHE WAS FIFTH PLACE IN THE 500 FREE, SHE WAS ON THE SIXTH PLACE 200 FREE RELAY, AND SHE WAS ON THE FIFTH PLACE 400 FREE RELAY.
NEXT IS STATE MEDALIST GUNNAR HANSEN.
GUNNAR WAS A SILVER MEDALIST IN 100 BREAST STROKE.
HE WAS 10TH PLACE IN 100 BUTTERFLY.
HE WAS ON THE 15TH PLACE 200 FREE RELAY, HE WAS IN THE NINTH PLACE, 400 FREE RELAY.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER SEBASTIAN IOPPOLO.
HE WAS ON A 200 FREE RELAY THAT WAS 15TH PLACE, IN THE NINTH PLACE 400 FREE RELAY.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER REED MULTER.
REED WAS 19TH PLACE IN THE ONE METER DIVING.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER SARAH POE.
SARAH WAS ON THE LEFT PLACE 200 MEDLEY RELAY.
SHE WAS 18TH IN THE 200 IM, SHE WAS ON THE FIFTH PLACE 400 RELAY, AND 10TH PLACE 100 BREASTSTROKE.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER REESE RAINS.
15TH PLACE IN THE 200 FREE RELAY, 11TH PLACE IN THE 100 BACK STROKE, AND HE WAS ON THE NINTH PLACE 400 FREE RELAY.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER GABRIELLA SIEBECKER.
21ST PLACE IN 100 BUTTERFLY AND 11TH PLACE IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER JACKSON SPALDING.
THE 15TH PLACE IN THE 50 FREE, 12TH PLACE IN 100 FREE, AND HE WAS ON THE 15TH PLACE 200 FREE RELAY, AND ON THE NINTH PLACE 400 FREE RELAY.
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>> [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]
>> SWIMMING DIVE STATE QUALIFIERS FROM MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
KENYON NAYA BRADFORD,21ST PLACE IN THE ONE METER DIVING.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER HALEY ROSARIO.
HAILEY WAS 23RD PLACE IN THE ONE METER DIVING.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER LILIAN WADE.
ALL THEIR COACHES ARE HERE TODAY.
OUR AQUATICS COORDINATOR MISSY HAYES, SWIM COACH, DAKOTA TIFER TELLER, DIVE COACH ELLISON KRITZ.
THE REST OF THE CREW IS ALSO HERE TODAY, CHRIS PINILIA, SARAH MATLOCK, ADAM MARICE, AND DERECK WHEELER.
>> YOU'RE NOT A FRESHMAN, JOHN.
>> EVERYBODY, ALL SWIM PICTURE.
>> STATE QUALIFYING WRESTLERS.
TWELVE LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR THE 2025 STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE BERRY CENTER IN [INAUDIBLE] ISD IN FEBRUARY.
THE LUBBOCK ISD STATE QUALIFYING WRESTLERS ARE FROM CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.
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THESE TWO HAD AN OUTSTANDING TOURNAMENT.FIRST UP A STATE QUALIFIER ZOE GOMEZ.
ZOE FINISHED THE SEASON 30 AND NINE.
SHE PLACED FOURTH AND SCORED 15 TOTAL TEAM POINTS FOR HER TEAM.
SHE WAS THE BRONZE MEDALIST AND SHE SCORED 19 1/2 TEAM POINTS FOR HER TEAM.
THEY ARE COACHED BY COREY NICHOLS.
HE IS HERE TODAY, AND THESE TWO GIRLS FINISHED 15TH PLACE OUT OF EVERYONE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH A TOTAL OF 34.5 POINTS.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT FROM ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL, STATE QUALIFIER, ORNA TREVINO.
ORNA FINISHED THE SEASON 30 AND FOUR.
HE PLACED FIFTH PLACE SCORING 12.5 TEAM POINTS FOR HIS TEAM.
HE WAS COACHED BY HEAD BOYS COACH, RUSH RAO.
COACH BRIAN MADRID IS HERE AS WELL ON THE GIRL'S SIDE.
FROM LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL STATE QUALIFIER, BO DAVIS.
BO FINISHED THE SEASON 16 AND SIX.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER ENRICKI DIOSIS.
ENRICKI WAS 37 AND EIGHT, AND HE SCORED TWO TEAM POINTS FOR HIS TEAM.
HE SCORED THREE TEAM POINTS FOR HIS TEAM.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER JOSIAH MADRANO. MY APOLOGIES.
HE SCORED THREE TEAM POINTS FOR HIS TEAM.
NEXT IS STATE QUALIFIER A. J. RAMOS.
A. J, WAS 30 AND SIX FOR THE SEASON, AND HE SCORED 4.5 TEAM POINTS FOR HIS TEAM.
NEXT IS STATE MEDALIST, JACKSON RUSSELL.
JACKSON WAS 31 AND FIVE AND HAD A GREAT WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, PLAYED SECOND EARNING THE SILVER MEDAL, AND HE SCORED 22 TEAM POINTS FOR THE LUBBOCK HIGH WESTERNERS.
MADISON WAS A RETURNING STATE CHAMPION AS A JUNIOR.
MADISON WAS 44 AND ONE THIS YEAR.
SHE PLAYED SECOND WITH THE SILVER MEDAL AND SCORED 23 TOTAL TEAM POINTS FOR HER TEAM, AND HAD A GREAT TOURNAMENT AS WELL.
ARIANA FINISHED THE SEASON AT 40 AND 12.
THIS GROUP WAS COACHED BY RICHARD LEAL AND CASEY GILCHRIST.
THE BOYS TEAM PLACED 14TH OVERALL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH 33 1/2 POINTS, AND THE GIRLS TEAM FINISHED IN 26TH PLACE WITH 23 POINTS.
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[APPLAUSE] NEXT FOR MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL STATE QUALIFIER, KEANDRA VILLAGRAN.WHAT WAS YOUR RECORD, KEANDRA? I HAVE 19, 19. I KNOW THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
WHAT WAS YOUR RECORD? 19 AND NINE.
SHE WAS COACHED BY HEAD GIRLS COACH, BECKY AROYOS.
>> I THINK IT WAS 19. [APPLAUSE]
>> DO WE HAVE PARENTS [INAUDIBLE].
>> HERE WE GO. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL. WHAT ABOUT THAT? FIRST OFF, ON BEHALF OF THIS TEAM, WE LEFT YOU A LITTLE PRIZE ON YOUR DESK THIS MORNING AS A REMEMBRANCE OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
I HOPE THAT THE TOKEN OF YOUR APPRECIATION WILL BE LONG LASTING MEMORIES.
THE 1981 TEAM WAS STILL TALKED ABOUT TODAY, AND SO WILL THIS TEAM THAT IS STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THE 1981 TEAM IS IN THE LUBBOCK ISD HALL OF HONOR.
WAS INDUCTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
LADIES, THERE WILL BE A DAY FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND BE INDUCTED IN THE LUBBOCK ISD HALL OF HONOR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DAY.
HERE WE GO. THE MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL LADY PLAINSMEN BASKETBALL TEAM WERE THE 2025 CLASS 5A DIVISION 2 STATE CHAMPIONS.
[APPLAUSE] A HISTORIC VICTORY, MARKING THE FIRST GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE TITLE FOR MONTEREY SINCE 1981.
LADY PLAINSMEN FINISHED THE YEAR AT 37 AND FIVE.
ON MARCH 1ST, 2025, LADY PLAINSMEN SECURED THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 64 35 VICTORY OVER LIBERTY HILL.
THE TEAM SENIOR GUARD LEAH CHAVEZ LED THE TEAM WITH 19 POINTS INCLUDING HER DISTINGUISHED HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH THE HIGHEST HONOR IN TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL AS THE STATE GAME MVP.
THE TEAM SUCCESS WAS FURTHER STRENGTHENED BY THE SCORING EFFORTS.
IF YOU WATCH THE GAME OR SAW THE GAME, YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT, THE SCORING EFFORTS OF THREE PLAYERS AND DOUBLE DIGITS, LEA, AMBROSIA COLE, AND ARI JOHNSON.
LUBBOCK ISD PROUDLY CELEBRATES THE 2025 MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL LADY PLAINSMEN BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEIR HISTORIC CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEIR EXEMPLARY DEMONSTRATION OF SPORTSMAN DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE.
IT WASN'T EASY. NO, IT WASN'T. IT WASN'T EASY.
PLEASE WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE THE TEAM MEMBERS TODAY.
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YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR STATE CHAMPION A LOT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO READ IT BEFORE EVERY ONE OF YOUR NAMES.IT'S LIKE A STARTING LINEUP, SO I'M GOING TO DO STARTING LINEUP.
NUMBER 2, 5-11 SENIOR POINT GUARD, CHAVEZ.
THESE ARE STATS FROM THE GAME, 19 POINTS IN THE GAME SEVEN REBOUNDS, 66 ONE BLOCK SHOT, TWO STEEL.
SHE WAS THE GAME MVP, AND SHE IS THE NUMBER 1 POINT SCORE IN MONTEREY HISTORY WITH 4,777 POINTS.
NEXT, THE STATE CHAMPION, NUMBER 3, 5'3'' SENIOR FORWARD, NATALIE SANCHEZ.
SHE'S A STATE CHAMPION TEAM MEMBER.
NEXT IS NUMBER 4, 5'4" SENIOR GUARD, GAMARI WILKERSON.
SHE HAD EIGHT POINTS, FOUR REBOUNDS, AND ONE STEEL.
NEXT IS NUMBER 10, 5'2" SOPHOMORE GUARD, ALEAH LENA.
SHE WAS A RESERVE GUARD AND STATE CHAMPION TEAM MEMBER.
NEXT IS NUMBER 11, 5'6" SENIOR FORWARD, CHLOE SARNA.
CHLOE HAD SIX POINTS, SIX REBOUNDS, FIVE ASSISTS, AND ONE STEEL.
NEXT IS NUMBER 12, 5'3" JUNIOR GUARD, DANIA WILKERSON.
>> AS YOU SEE, ZANIYAH WAS INJURED IN THE STATE SEMIFINAL GAME AND WAS UNABLE TO PLAY IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
SHE INJURED HERSELF AGAINST FRISCO MEMORIAL, AND IN THAT GAME, SHE HAD SIX POINTS, WERE BOTH TWO, THREE-POINTERS, AND SHE WASN'T ABLE TO PLAY IN THE GAME.
SHE'S AN OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER, AND I WAS REALLY STRESSED ABOUT HER NOT PLAYING IN THE GAME.
[LAUGHTER] WHETHER SHE KNEW IT OR NOT.
NEXT IS NUMBER 20, 5'5'', JUNIOR GUARD, EVA LONGORIA.
[APPLAUSE] SHE WAS THE RESERVE GUARD AND STATE CHAMPION TEAM MEMBER.
NEXT IS NUMBER 22, 5'5'', JUNIOR GUARD, AMBROSIA COLE.
AMBROSIA HAD 16 POINTS, 12 REBOUNDS, TWO ASSISTS, THREE STEALS.
SHE DIDN'T FINISH THE SEASON, SHE WAS ALREADY THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON, BUT SHE'S THE NUMBER 2 POINT SCORE IN MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY WITH 1,886 POINTS.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE THE NUMBER 1 AND NUMBER 2 PERSON IN SCHOOL HISTORY ON THE SAME COURT AT THE SAME TIME? [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS NUMBER 24, I'M SAYING 6'4'' [INAUDIBLE] 6'3'', BUT I'M SAYING 6'4'', JUNIOR CENTER ARI JOHNSON.
[APPLAUSE] SHE HAD AMAZING 12 POINTS, NINE REBOUNDS, AND FIVE BLOCK SHOTS.
[LAUGHTER] NEXT IS NUMBER 25, 6'1'', SENIOR CENTER, TRI’ONNA RICHARDSON.
[APPLAUSE] SHE WAS A RESERVE CENTER, AND SHE WAS A STATE CHAMPION TEAM MEMBER.
NEXT IS NUMBER 55, 5'2'', SENIOR GUARD JASMINE HOLLOWAY.
[APPLAUSE] SHE HAD THREE POINTS AND ONE REBOUND IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
NEXT IS MANAGER KENDYLL BELL [APPLAUSE] AND MANAGER DHAMARI WILKERSON.
[APPLAUSE] I BELIEVE THEIR COACHES ARE HERE, OUR TRAINER KYLER TEMPLETON IS NOT HERE, BUT OUR COACHES COURTNEY KELLY, JOHN BISHOP, SHALA TORRES, AND COACH JILL SCHNEIDER.
[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] STATE
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CHAMPIONS.>> ALTHOUGH AALIYAH IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER AS A MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN.
LUBBOCK ISD IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AALIYAH CHAVEZ FOR HER SELECTION TO THE 2025 MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN GAMES, ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HONORS IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.
AALIYAH WAS FROM MORE THAN 800 NOMINEES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO COMPETE IN THIS ELITE EVENT, WHICH SHOWCASES THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS NATIONWIDE.
AS A MEMBER OF THE GIRLS WEST TEAM, AALIYAH WILL REPRESENT MONTEREY AND LUBBOCK ISD ON A NATIONAL STAGE AT THE BARCLAYS CENTER IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK ON APRIL 1ST AT THE MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN GAMES.
TO COMMEMORATE THIS HONOR, AALIYAH WAS PRESENTED WITH THE MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN JERSEY RECENTLY DURING A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL.
THE JERSEY WILL REMAIN AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION FOR FUTURE STUDENT-ATHLETES.
I ALREADY MENTIONED, SHE FINISHES HER CAREER WITH 4,777 POINTS.
SHE WILL ANNOUNCE HER COLLEGE SIGNING ON MARCH 25TH.
ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT PLEASE CONGRATULATE THE NUMBER 1 RECRUIT CLASS OF 2025, TWO-TIME MAX PREPS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, 2025 [INAUDIBLE] GIRLS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND THE 2025 MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN AALIYAH CHAVEZ.
IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF THESE STUDENT-ATHLETES AND SMART KIDS AND ACADEMICS, AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
THANK YOU. AN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION
[III. Executive Closed Session]
WILL BE HELD UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.IT IS 8:08 AM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.
IT IS 8:56 AM AND WE ARE RECONVENED FROM EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION.
[IV. Reconvene from Executive Closed Session]
DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION? MS. LAWSON?>> I MOVE THAT WE RATIFY THE ASSIGNMENT OF MATTHEW BICKLEY AS THE PRINCIPAL OF PARSONS ELEMENTARY.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN? MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
>> DR. ROLLO, PRESIDENT BRIDGES, BOARD MEMBERS.
I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS, AND THE FAMILIES OF HODGES ELEMENTARY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TRUST THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO ME HERE A YEAR AGO TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT ALICE AND I STARTED AND TO REALLY SEE THEM THROUGH TO THE END.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING PARSONS TO CONTINUING THE WORK THAT THEY'VE STARTED AND REALLY BUILDING UP A COMMUNITY OF COLLEGE AND CAREER-READY STUDENTS.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE OF BEING A PART OF THE [INAUDIBLE] FEEDER FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING LUBBOCK ISD AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MONTEREY FEEDER AND BEING A PLAINSMAN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [LAUGHTER] OH, YEAH.
>> LET'S START OVER. [LAUGHTER] I WOULD BE REMISS [LAUGHTER] IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE BEING JOINED BY MY GIRLFRIEND, LIZZIE SOLIZANO, AND ALL OF HER SUPPORT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH ME AND BEING PATIENT WITH ME THROUGH [LAUGHTER]. [APPLAUSE].
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>> LIZZIE, GIVE HIM A LITTLE GRACE.
[LAUGHTER] I'M SURE HE'S A TAD BIT NERVOUS.
>> I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR TRUSTEE COMMENTS.
[V. Trustee Comments]
>> WELL, WE'RE ALL TAKING TURNS.
I THINK, BOY, THIS ONE MORE TIME.
WE ALL SAY THIS, BUT WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE FINE ARTS, WE'RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION., ATHLETICS.
I DID WEAR MY COLUMBIA BLUE, BUT IT'S ON MY PANT, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL STAND UP, BUT AS A FORMER PLAINSMAN, AND REMEMBERING WHEN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AT MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL WAS INTER MURALS WHEN I WAS A STUDENT THERE.
HOW AWESOME THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S ATHLETICS AND HAVE THESE LADY PLAINSMEN WHO HAVE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
LOTS OF EXCELLENCE ACROSS LUBBOCK ISD.
THAT'S WHY THIS DISTRICT IS WORTH INVESTING IN, INVESTING YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR TIME, AND YOUR MONEY, AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF LUBBOCK ISD AND THE GREAT WORK GOING ON.
>> I THINK, AGAIN, THIS MORNING, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THE RECOGNITIONS CAN BE LONG.
I THINK IT'S SO COOL THAT SO MANY KIDS GOT RECOGNIZED FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
HALF OF THEM I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IT MEANS OR WHAT YOU DO, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL THAT WE LITERALLY HAVE A PLACE, TO NANCY'S POINT, WHERE EVERY KID CAN PLUG IN AND FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST BEING A STUDENT.
I KNOW FOR ME IN MY EXPERIENCE, THAT WAS A HUGE DEAL, BEING PART OF SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE THAN MY FAMILY OR MYSELF OR WHATEVER.
TO THE TEACHERS AND THE COACHES WHO SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IT'S AMAZING.
THEN TO MR. BICKLEY, CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU WILL GET ACQUAINTED WITH MR. [INAUDIBLE].
IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING PLAINSMEN BLUE BY END OF DAY, I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT WILL BE A ROUGH START. [LAUGHTER].
>> THEN TO MR. MOODY, I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE, BUT IF YOU'RE LISTENING OR YOU READ THIS, HE'S A DEAR FRIEND, AND COULD NOT BE HAPPIER FOR HIM AND WHAT HE'S GOT AHEAD FOR HIM.
PUMP FOR YOU AND THE TEAM THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO TAKE OVER AS WELL FOR HIM IN THE CHALLENGE.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MATTHEW FOR THE WORK HE HAS DONE AT HODGES AND THE WORK THAT HE AND ALICE JIMENEZ DID FOR YEARS BEFORE SHE WENT TO BEAN.
WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO A FANTASTIC JOB AT PARSONS, AND WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE RECOGNIZED, JUST TO REITERATE THE POINT, THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERY CHILD IN LUBBOCK ISD TO EXCEL, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR TEACHERS AND COACHES WHO WORK WITH THESE STUDENTS DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
THEY TRULY MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE COURT AND IN ALL THE PLACES.
TO OUR PRINCIPALS WHO WERE HERE TODAY, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,
[VI. Citizen Comments]
WHICH IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS 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.
NO PRESENTATION SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES, AND A TIMER WILL GO OFF AT THE COMPLETION OF THREE MINUTES.
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, PLEASE? I'D LIKE TO INVITE KAREN ATHERTON TO THE PODIUM.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE J. C. GARRETT TO THE PODIUM.
THAT CONCLUDES CITIZEN COMMENTS, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS FINANCIALS.
[VII. Financials]
ITEM A, APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 2025, BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND BUDGET TRANSFERS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2025, STATEMENT OF TAXES COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 2025, AND THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, 2025. DR. WILKINS. THANK YOU.>> GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BRIDGES, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. ROLLO.
I'LL GO THROUGH THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY.
THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT'S CHANGED SINCE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THESE.
WE'RE ON PACE WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
WE SHOULD BE AT 58.3%, WE'RE AT 60.58, BUT A LOT OF THAT IS WITH FACILITIES, SO OBVIOUSLY, THAT SKEWS THAT PERCENTAGE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE ON TRACK WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
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IF YOU GO TO DEBT SERVICE, IF YOU LOOK AT DEBT SERVICE, WE STILL HAVE A HEFTY FUND BALANCE THERE, THAT IS GOOD.THAT WORKS IN OUR FAVOR WITH FUTURE PLANNING.
THEN YOU LOOK AT FOOD SERVICE.
FOOD SERVICE IS STILL DOING VERY WELL.
GREAT FUND BALANCE THERE AND DOING WELL ON THAT.
CAPITAL PROJECTS, THAT'S WRAPPING UP.
WE'RE DOWN TO JUST INTEREST NOW ON THAT, SO WE'RE WRAPPING UP A FEW LAST ITEMS. THEN NOTHING NEW ON THE BUDGET SUMMARY FOR THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS OR HEAD START.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, WE'RE RECOGNIZING A FEW THINGS LIKE INSURANCE REVENUE, LIBRARY REVENUE, FEW THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DID ADJUST THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT FOR SOME HVAC REPLACEMENT DOWN IN THE FACILITIES, SO WORKING ON THAT.
MOVING FORWARD, NO BIG BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN THE NEXT ONE.
THEN WE HAVE HEAD START, NOTHING NEW IN HEAD START.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TAX LEVY, I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE NUMBERS IN THE RED, THOSE ARE EXCESS NUMBERS.
IN OUR WORLD WHEN WE GO EXCESS ON THE REVENUE, THAT SHOWS THAT WE EXCEEDED OUR ESTIMATIONS ON OUR REVENUE ON THOSE AREAS, SO THAT'S GOOD.
THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY COLLECTING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, SO WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 50%, SO THAT'S REALLY NICE.
ON THE LAST PAGE, THE ONE THING I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS OUR PERCENT.
OUR INTEREST RATE IS DROPPING JUST A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY.
WE COULDN'T SUSTAIN A 6.5% RATE OF RETURN FOREVER AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE THAT.
WE'RE DOWN TO 5.3, WHICH IS STILL REALLY GOOD, BUT THAT IS SLOWLY TRICKLING BACK DOWN TO A NORMAL RATE, WHAT I WOULD CALL NORMAL AT SOME POINT.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 2025 FINANCIAL REPORTS AS PRESENTED?
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. [LAUGHTER]
[VIII. Consent Agenda]
>> CONSENT AGENDA. CONSIDER BOARD APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025.
THE REGULAR MEETING AND WORKSHOP HELD FEBRUARY 13TH, 2025.
THE BOARD TRAINING HELD FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025, AND THE REGULAR MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025. BUSY MONTH.
DO WE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AS PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED? HEARING NONE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS PRINTED. THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE SIGNED IN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING A POSTED BOARD AGENDA ITEM? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. ACADEMIC ACTION ITEMS.
[IX.A. Approval of Instructional Materials Adoption for Middle School Mathematics]
ITEM A, APPROVAL OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, ADOPTION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS, DR. ROLLO.>> YES. THIS IS AN EXCITING ITEM FOR US.
WE HAD A LARGE GROUP OF MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS, MATH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO SERVED ON A LOCAL ADOPTION COMMITTEE WHO REVIEWED ALL OF THE MATH CURRICULUM THAT WERE ELIGIBLE BASED ON TEA'S APPROVED LIST TO ADOPT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH CURRICULUM.
WE ARE BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TODAY.
MISTY, DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CURRICULUM OR THE PROCESS?
>> WE'RE JUST VERY EXCITED FOR THE PARTICIPATION THAT WE HAD FROM ALL OF THE MATH TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES.
TEACHING AND LEARNING DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB, LEADING A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THEY TOOK THEIR TIME, THEY STUDIED, AND THEY HAD OPPORTUNITY TO ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS, LOTS OF EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS EVERYTHING ON THE EMER LIST THAT THEY LOOKED AT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH IS THAT APPROVED LIST, AND WE'RE BRINGING YOU FORWARD THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH.
>> THE CURRICULUM WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TODAY IS STEMSCOPES AND IT'S NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $250,000, WHICH WILL BE PAID FOR OUT OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT.
>> SO THERE WAS COLLABORATION, CONSENSUS, AND REVIEWING AND COMING TO.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE STEMSCOPES FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ADOPTION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF DISTRICT PURCHASES, MR. RODRIGUEZ.
[X.A. Approval of District Purchases]
>> YES. GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BRIDGES, GOOD MORNING BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
JUST FOUR ITEMS TO BRING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.
THE FIRST ITEM THAT YOU SEE IS THE TECHNOLOGY FIREWALL PROTECTION.
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THIS IS OUR FIREWALL, WE USE CAMPUS FILTERS FROM THIS IN OUR NETWORK SECURITY SERVICES, SO PROTECTING US FROM BAD THINGS OUT THERE ON THE INTERNET.THE SECOND IS A PREEMPTIVE PURCHASE OF DELL MARKETING FOR 7,000 STUDENT CHROMEBOOKS TO MAINTAIN OUR ONE-TO-ONE PROGRAM.
THAT'LL BE COMING LATER ON, JUST SEEKING APPROVAL NOW.
THEN THE LAST TWO ITEMS ON HERE ARE CURRICULUM PURCHASES THAT COME FROM OUR IMA FUNDS.
SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST DID, YOU APPROVED THE CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE ELEMENTARY K-5 CURRICULUM FOR READING AND FOR MATH, AND SO WE'RE USING IMA FUNDS TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE.
BOTH OF THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT TO EXCEED NUMBERS, BUT JUST WANTING TO SEEK YOUR APPROVAL FOR THOSE PURCHASES THIS MORNING.
>> I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT PURCHASES AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ANY POSTING SIGN? MOTION CARRIES 5-0.
THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF DISTRICT CONTRACT RENEWALS.
[X.B. Approval of District Contract Renewals]
CONTINUE, MR. RODRIGUEZ PLEASE.>> THANK YOU, MISS BRIDGES. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON OUR CONTRACT RENEWALS.
OUR FIRST ONE IS OUR PROPERTY AND BOILER INSURANCE PREMIUM.
DURING A YEAR WHEN WE'VE HAD FINANCIAL QUESTIONS AND LOTS OF MAYBE NOT AS GOOD NEWS.
I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS FROM THE PROPERTY INSURANCE WORLD FOR US, WHERE WE ARE BRINGING YOU THIS NOT TO EXCEED THE NUMBER OF FIVE MILLION.
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
WE DISCUSSED THIS IN COMMITTEE THAT THIS PREMIUM IT WILL BE A LITTLE OVER A MILLION LESS THAN WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.
CHARLIE [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SOUTH CENTRAL REGION, WAS HERE THIS MORNING.
HE HAD TO CATCH A FLIGHT, SO HE HAS LEFT.
BUT WE STILL HAVE HERE, SCOTT RIDDLE, WHO'S THE AREA PRESIDENT FOR GALLAGHER.
THEY PARTNERED WITH LISA, LISA'S CRACK THE WHIP [LAUGHTER] AND KEPT THEM HONEST.
BUT THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING US COVERAGE THAT REALLY COVERS US AS A DISTRICT IN TERMS OF PROPERTY AND BOILER.
WE'RE JUST REALLY PLEASED, I WANT TO THANK CHARLIE AND SCOTT FOR THEIR HELP WITH THAT.
THE SECOND ITEM IS AUDIOLOGICAL SERVICES PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS TECH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER.
WE'RE USING REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEF PROGRAM, Y'ALL KNOW, WE HOUSE THAT PROGRAM HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AND SO IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
THEN OUR WEB HOSTING SERVICES APPTEGY, IT'S OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE AND OTHER MASS NOTIFICATIONS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THOSE.
>> DO I HAVE A COLLECTIVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT CONTRACT RENEWALS AS PRESENTED?
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES 5-0. THANK YOU.
[X.C. Approval of Construction Job Order Contracting Delivery Method and Delegation of Authority]
APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION JOB ORDER, CONTRACTING DELIVERY METHOD, AND DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, MR. RODRIGUEZ.>> YES, MA'AM, ONE FINAL ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.
STANDARD ITEM FOR REQUESTING DELEGATION FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AND DELIVERY METHOD FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACT.
WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO DR. ROLLO FOR CHOOSING CRITERIA, RELATIVE WAGE, RANKING, SELECTION, VALUATION BIDS, PROPOSALS, QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROCUREMENT CONSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR PROJECTS AT RUSH ELEMENTARY.
STARTING TO DO SOME OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AHEAD OF TIME, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START THAT PROCESS.
THIS IS JUST SEEKING THE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, THEN WE WILL BRING A PRICE FOR THOSE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR RUSH IN PREPARATION FOR THE TRANSITION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT.
>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR CHOOSING CRITERIA, RELATIVE WEIGHTS, RANKING, SELECTING AND EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS, AND APPROVAL OF THE USE OF CONSTRUCTION JOB ORDER AND CONTRACTING DELIVERY METHOD FOR THE PROJECT PRESENTED.
>> DIDN'T WANT TO RE-READ THAT.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE.
THANK YOU. THAT'S THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING CONCLUDED.
WE WILL TRANSITION TO WORKSHOP.
IF WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HUED UP.
WE'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DO THAT, AND WE WILL GET INTO WORKSHOP.
[XI.A. Leadership Development Pipeline]
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>> FIRST STEP, WE HAVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE.
>> WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THIS MORNING TO SHARE WITH YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS AS PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT GOAL IS TO A 2:1 BENCH OF READY LEADERS WHO ARE READY TO STEP INTO THE SPOT IN ORDER TO LEAD AT OUR CAMPUSES.
WE KNOW THAT THE NUMBER ONE IMPACT IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE TEACHERS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT HAVING A PRINCIPAL ON DECK AND READY TO GO INSPIRES TEACHERS TO STAY, TO WANT TO COME, AND TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TWO MINUTE UPDATES ON EACH PROJECT SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
FOR SOME FAST FACTS AROUND OUR PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP LEVELS, WHICH GIVES YOU CLARITY ABOUT PEOPLE'S ROLES.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK AROUND VACANCY PLANNING AND HIGH POTENTIAL, WHICH IS ABOUT HIRING AND DEVELOPING LEADERS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT STRUCTURAL ROLES, WHERE WE HAVE TEACHER LEADERS SERVING IN A 50% TEACHER, 50% INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY THAT OUR CAMPUS LEADERS HAVE IN THEIR CAMPUS LEADER PARTNERSHIP TO GROW OUR EXISTING LEADERS ON OUR CAMPUS.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH KEN.
>> AS WE BEGAN OUR JOURNEY, WORKING WITH OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION.
WE BEGAN WORKING WITH SMALL FOCUS GROUPS ALONG MY CO-LEADER ON THIS WORK STREAM WAS AARON GREG.
WE BEGAN TO MEET [NOISE] WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, APS, OTHER CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERSHIP, AND OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT TO HELP US FINALIZE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OUR DEFINITION AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IN THAT DEFINITION, WE BEGAN LOOKING AT HIGH-LEVEL CATEGORIES, DEVELOPING LEADERS, LOVING PEOPLE, AND VALUING DATA.
WE TOOK THOSE CATEGORIES AND WE BROKE THOSE DOWN INTO COMPETENCIES.
BUT WE BROKE THOSE DOWN INTO CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION AND THOSE COMPETENCIES WERE EMPOWERING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, GROWING, REFLECTING, SERVING WITH AWARENESS UNDER DEVELOPING LEADERS, UNDER LOVING PEOPLE, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATE SKILLFULLY AND EMBRACE COMMUNITY.
UNDER VALUING DATA, IT'S FOSTERING SHARED VISION, PLANNING STRATEGICALLY, AND CULTIVATING STUDENT SUCCESS.
WITHIN THOSE DIFFERENT COMPETENCIES, WE ACTUALLY BUILT IN COMPETENCY DESCRIPTIONS BECAUSE AS A WHOLE, WE WANTED TO TAKE OUR DEFINITION AND ESTABLISH VALUES THAT OUR DISTRICT HOLDS TRUE WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IF SURVEY WAS SHARED, WITH A LOT OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS SURVEYS WERE SENT OUT TO PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, TEACHER LEADERS, AND TEACHERS.
ABOUT HOW DOES THIS LEADERSHIP VALUE IN THIS DEFINITION, HOW DO THEY LIVE WITHIN THIS SETTING.
SURVEYS WERE SENT OUT EARLY IN THE FALL OF 2023 AND HERE RECENTLY TO OUR STAFF TO SEE AND ASK THEM THESE THREE QUESTIONS.
I UNDERSTAND HOW MY DISTRICT'S DEFINITION OF GREAT LEADERSHIP APPLIES TO MY ROLE.
I UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE MY DISTRICT LEADERSHIP DEFINITION TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND COACHING TO MY DIRECT REPORTS, AND MY DISTRICT HAS CLEARLY DEFINED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GREAT LEADERSHIP.
WITHIN THE METRICS, THEY'VE TAKEN THE AVERAGE OF THE SCORES, AND SO FROM 0-100, OF COURSE, THE HIGHER THE NUMBER, THE MORE THAT DEFINITION OR THAT UNDERSTANDING APPEALS TO THE MEMBERS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE AREAS.
WE FIND THAT AS WE WENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE WAS A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION AND HOW IT HOLDS TRUE TO THE WORK THAT WE DO.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUR PRINCIPALS.
THEY STARTED OUT FROM THE MID 60S, BUT HERE RECENTLY CLOSE TO THE SPRING, THEY SCORED A 84 OUT OF 100.
YOU CAN SEE THAT [NOISE] AS WE BEGAN TO BUILD OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION, BEGAN WORKING WITH PROFILES.
YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THAT METRIC THERE'S A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND CLARITY OF HOW OUR DEFINITION LEADS TO THE VALUES THAT OUR DISTRICT HOLDS.
ALONGSIDE, I KNOW THAT THE TEACHER'S IS FLAT THERE, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FILTERED DOWN JUST YET TO THE LEVEL OF OUR TEACHERS.
I WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER TO BETH, WHO WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE'VE BEEN BUILDING OUR PROFILES OF OUR LEADERSHIP LEVELS.
>> AS KEN MENTIONED, THE LEADERSHIP DEFINITION OR OUR VALUES.
IT IS THE BROAD DESCRIPTION OF LEADERSHIP ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
THE NEXT STEP WAS TO REFINE AND DEFINE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FOR A PRINCIPAL TO LEAD INTO THIS DEFINITION AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
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IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.THE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS REALLY DROVE THAT WORK AND WE WOULD BRING BACK DRAFTS TO THEM AND THEY WOULD HELP US WITH THAT PROCESS.
WE'VE ALSO DONE THAT WITH OUR TEACHER LEADERS THIS YEAR.
THEY HAVE HELPED US WITH THE TEACHER LEADER PROFILE AS WELL AS A TEACHER PROFILE.
WE'RE STILL REFINING THAT, WE'RE ON OUR FINAL DRAFT, THEY WILL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND GIVE US THEIR FINAL FEEDBACK.
BUT IT JUST REALLY CLARIFIES WHAT BEHAVIORS, WHAT THINGS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IN THEIR ACTIONS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION.
IT'S REALLY JUST PROVIDED CLARITY TO EVERYBODY IN THEIR OWN ROLE.
NEXT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CRYSTAL AND AMY.
>> GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE VACANCY PLANNING CYCLE.
IN THE PAST, WHEN WE WOULD BE AT ABOUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD KNOW THAT HERE COME PRINCIPAL VACANCIES AND SOMETIMES WE KNEW AND SOMETIMES THEY WERE A SURPRISE.
WE ARE WORKING ON BUILDING SYSTEMS WHERE WE CAN FORECAST THOSE VACANCIES 1-2 YEARS IN THE FUTURE, WITH THE GOAL FOR US TO HAVE TWO READY LEADERS FOR EVERY PRINCIPLE VACANCY THAT WE MAY BE HAVING IN THE FORECAST.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN THAT LEADERSHIP DEFINITION THAT IS THE BASE OF ALL OF OUR WORK AND THE COMPETENCIES THAT ARE THERE.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW TOOL THAT WE'VE USED WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS CALLED THE HAS IT NEEDS IT DOCUMENT.
IT LOOKS AT THE COMPETENCIES THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE, AND IT ALSO LOOKS AT THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BE A READY LEADER.
WE'VE TAKEN THAT A STEP FURTHER AFTER WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND DID SOME REFINEMENT, AND WE HAVE NOW CREATED A READINESS ASSESSMENT TOOL.
ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS OVER THE LAST MONTH COMPLETED THAT TOOL FOR EACH ONE OF THEIR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO DRILL DOWN TO EACH ONE OF THOSE COMPETENCIES, DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE IT, IF THEY NEED IT, AND PROVIDE US WITH SOME EVIDENCE.
THAT GIVES US A GREAT IDEA OF WHO WE HAVE FOR OUR NEXT BATCH OF READY LEADERS.
THEN IT ALSO LETS US KNOW WHO WILL BE READY IN 1-2 YEARS OR 2-3 YEARS.
FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT AREN'T IN THAT READY NOW BATCH, THEN WE CAN GO IN AND DIG INTO THAT VERY SPECIFIC FEEDBACK THAT THE PRINCIPALS GAVE US IN ORDER TO HELP THEM DEVELOP STRETCH ACTIVITIES.
THOSE STRETCH ACTIVITIES CAN BE COMPLETED ON THE CAMPUS AND WITH OUR GROWTH AND HELP, THEY CAN COME IN AND BE READY TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE.
THEN THE NEXT PIECE OF THE VACANCY PLANNING CYCLE THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS ACTUALLY THE HIRING PROCESS OF THE PRINCIPALS.
THAT FIRST PIECE IS SOLICITING FEEDBACK WITH THE PRINCIPAL PROFILE THAT BETH REFERRED TO.
THEN OF COURSE, THE APPLICANT SUBMISSIONS, AND THEN AFTER THAT WILL BE THE PRE-SCREENING.
WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT GOES THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS AND SEE HOW THEIR EXPERIENCES ALIGN WITH THE PROFILE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THEN IT LEADS TO THE PERFORMANCE TASK THAT THEY WILL COMPLETE FOR US.
NEXT WILL BE A COMMITTEE INTERVIEW.
ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IN HERE, THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS THAT ANYONE THAT SITS ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERVIEW WILL GO THROUGH AN ANTI-BIAS TRAINING.
THAT'S A UNIQUE THING THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE THROUGH THIS VACANCY PLANNING CYCLE.
THE LAST THING IS THE FINAL INTERVIEWS WITH DR. ROLLO, AND SO WE'LL SUBMIT TWO CANDIDATES TO HER THAT SHE'S ABLE TO THEN GO THROUGH FINAL INTERVIEWS WITH.
THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT AS WE WORK TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR LEADERS IS THIS LAST PIECE WHERE ANYONE THAT WAS NOT SELECTED AS THE FINAL PRINCIPAL WILL BE GIVEN FEEDBACK BASED ON THEIR INTERVIEW BASED ON OUR CRITERIA THAT WE WERE USING.
IF IT'S SOMEONE FROM OUTSIDE, THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO USING PART OF THAT AS A GROWING TOOL FOR IN-DISTRICT PEOPLE THAT APPLY.
>> BETH AND I GET TO WORK WITH A HIGH POTENTIAL GROUP.
WE SEND OUT A APPLICATION TO ALL THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THEY DO ACTIVITY ON HOW THEY GROW ON THEIR CAMPUS.
THEY DO A VIDEO, AND THEN THROUGH THAT, THERE WAS FIVE OF US THAT GRADED THEM ON A RUBRIC AND WE TOOK THE TOP 10.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THESE TOP 10 ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THIS YEAR, AND THE MESSAGE WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT IS, WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON'T KEEP YOU HERE.
SO WHAT GOT YOU INTO THE PRINCIPAL SEAT WON'T KEEP YOU IN THE PRINCIPAL SEAT.
WHAT WE WORK WITH THEM ON ARE 70% OF WHAT THEY DO IS THEY DEVELOP A STRETCH ACTIVITY ON THEIR CAMPUS THAT ENCOMPASSES THE WAY A PRINCIPAL WOULD RUN IT.
THE PRINCIPAL OVERSEES THEM, BUT REALLY LETS THEM DO IT.
THEY HAVE TO DELEGATE, OVERSEE AND DO SOME CHANGE ACTIVITY ON THEIR CAMPUS.
20% OF THEIR WORK IS TRIAD COACHING, WHERE BETH AND I GO OUT AND SIT WITH THE CANDIDATE AND SIT WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE
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THREE OF US TO REFLECT AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE DOING ON THAT AND HOW THEY'RE GROWING.THEN 10%, THEY COME TO SIX DIFFERENT SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHERE WE'VE DEVELOPED DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT.
IT'S NOT TECHNICAL SKILLS BECAUSE WE HAVE A WAY OF TEACHING THEM THAT WHEN WE START, BUT IT'S LIKE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH UPSET PARENT, STAFF, PEOPLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT? IT TALKS ABOUT COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND HIRING PEOPLE.
IT TALKS ABOUT JUST VARIOUS THINGS THAT YOU AS A PRINCIPAL WOULD NEED TO KNOW, BUT OUR EXPERIENCES WE CAN HELP YOU WITH.
WE'VE HAD 10 OF THEM NEXT WEEK IN AFTER SPRING BREAK PRESENTING THEIR CAPSTONE PROJECTS TO THE CABINET.
THE CABINET, MISTY AND BETH AND I, WILL GRADE THEM ON A RUBRIC.
EVERYBODY ELSE ON CABINET WILL GIVE THEM A GLOW AND GROW, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL HELP THEM WITH THAT.
>> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE ALREADY FINISHED WITH OUR FIRST COHORT OF THIS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO LAUNCH OUR SECOND COHORT APPLICATION BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THIS GROUP, THEY WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE STARTED EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH THE SECOND COHORT THIS SUMMER SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY START AND LAUNCH THEIR PROJECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THIS IS DEVELOPING A COHORT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ASPIRING TO BECOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT IS A NEED THAT WE HAVE AS WELL, AND IT WILL FOLLOW THIS SAME MODEL.
THAT'LL BE COMING IN THE FALL.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
>> GOOD MORNING. TEACHER LEADERS ARE REALLY SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THIS LEADERSHIP WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM AND CLOSEST TO THE ACTUAL WORK WITH KIDS.
BUT OFTENTIMES OUR TEACHER LEADERS DO THIS ON TOP OF THEIR TEACHING DUTIES.
THEY'RE TEACHING A FULL DAY AND THEN THEY'RE TAKING ON THOSE LEADERSHIP ROLES AND DOING IT AFTER HOURS.
THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, THE STRUCTURED ROLE MODEL ALLOWS FOR BOTH.
IT ALLOWS FOR OUR VERY STRONGEST TEACHERS TO TEACH PART TIME, 50%.
THAT LEADERSHIP INVOLVES RELEASE FROM THEIR CLASS TO WORK IN PLCS, TO PROVIDE OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK, TO COACH OTHER TEACHERS TO SIT DOWN AND PLAN WITH TEACHERS AS NEEDED.
NEXT FALL, WE WILL BE PILOTING IN SIX CAMPUSES, MILLER ELEMENTARY, BEEN ELEMENTARY, CAVASOZ AND ATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND CORONADO AND MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOLS.
THE STRUCTURED TEACHER LEADER ROLE.
WHAT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT THIS ROLE AS WELL IS THAT THE TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE CLASSROOM 50% OF THE TIME, THEY'RE ALSO STILL ELIGIBLE FOR TIA.
THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BE THAT STRONG, WONDERFUL TEACHER, BUT ALSO PROVIDE THAT LEADERSHIP FOR OTHERS.
WE HAD AN OVERVIEW SESSION ON MARCH THE 10TH AND WE INVITED ANYONE THAT WAS INTERESTED, ANY TEACHER THAT WAS INTERESTED IN THIS TEACHER LEADER ROLE.
WE HAD OVER 70 PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE ZOOM MEETING BECAUSE THEY WERE INTERESTED IN IT.
WE WILL BE SENDING OUT THAT APPLICATION, IT'LL BE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND THE APPLICATION IS OPEN FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
THERE'LL BE INTERVIEWS AT BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE CAMPUS LEVEL, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THOSE IN PLACE HOPEFULLY BY THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
JUST SO YOU KNOW THESE PARTICULAR POSITIONS, IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON EACH CAMPUS.
THESE ARE FUNDED THROUGH THEIR EXISTING TITLE FUNDS.
THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ARE SHIFTING THEIR FUNDS AROUND TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST TO THEM.
IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON EACH CAMPUS.
IT'LL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH THEY ARE ABLE TO ALLOCATE FOR IT, AND THEN WHAT AREAS OF NEED THEY WANT THOSE TEACHER LEADERS TO REALLY FOCUS ON.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
GOING TO TURN IT OVER, I BELIEVE, TO JACI TO TALK ABOUT CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAMS.
>> KIM, QUICK QUESTION THOUGH.
HOW MANY OF THE TEACHER LEADER POSITIONS?
>> RIGHT NOW, THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ARE WORKING WITH THEIR BUDGETS TO DETERMINE HOW MANY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD.
WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION PROBABLY AT OUR NEXT UPDATE.
THEY'RE STILL PLAYING WITH IT A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M JACI UNDERWOOD, THE PRINCIPAL AT SMITH ELEMENTARY AND THE LONE BRAVE PRINCIPAL HERE WITH THIS GREAT GROUP.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TO TALK ABOUT THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND THE TEAMS THAT I'VE GOT TO BE A PART OF THIS YEAR AS WE'VE STARTED OUR FIRST COHORT IN CLP.
YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE I PLACED ON THERE WITH OUR GREAT LUBBOCK IST TEAM WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THIS SO FAR.
SMITH IS ONE OF SIX CAMPUSES WHO EMBARKED ON THIS JOURNEY.
WE APPLIED LAST YEAR IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND WE WERE SELECTED, AND I STARTED MY WORK IN JUNE AND WE HAD OUR FIRST SESSION IN JULY.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE VISUAL HERE OF THE POP JOURNEY.
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WE HAVE ALMOST FINISHED THAT BLUE SIDE OF THE CHART.JUST SOME OF MY BIG TAKEAWAYS, I ASKED MRS. DEE, I SAID, WELL, HOW LONG DO I GET TO TALK? I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FOREVER BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
BUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HAS REALLY HELPED ME AS A LEADER.
A TON OF WORK AND TIME HAS BEEN INVESTED IN HELPING REFINE THOSE LEADERSHIP SKILLS OF COACHING TEACHERS, WORKING AND BUILDING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEAMS, AND THEN JUST WORKING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE.
EXCELLENT PRACTITIONERS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES THAT WORK WITH US.
THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME HAS BEEN WORKING ON OUR PROBLEM OF PRACTICE AND REALLY DIGGING INTO THE DATA AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION.
IN MY GROUP, I GET TO WORK WITH A TEAM FROM CORPUS CHRISTI, A TEAM FROM EL PASO, AND SAGEN.
IT'S VERY DIVERSE, VERY DIFFERENT.
AT SMITH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON LOOKING AT OUR KIDS WHO AREN'T MEETING THEIR GROWTH MEASURE AND WHO AREN'T ALSO PERFORMING AT THE MEETS AND MASTER'S LEVEL.
REALLY SOME REFINED WORK OF WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE MATH, IDENTIFYING OUR STUDENTS, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING OUT ROOT CAUSES, WHAT'S IMPACTING THESE STUDENTS? WHY ARE WE NOT SEEING THAT GROWTH? WHAT ARE THE CAUSES? WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THAT? WE'VE STARTED OUR ACTION PLAN CYCLES.
WE'RE WORKING ON REALLY WORKING TO IMPROVE THAT INSTRUCTION FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
WE ARE ALMOST FINISHED WITH YEAR 1, AND THEN WE'LL START YEAR 2 IN THE SUMMER, AND THEN THAT TIME I'LL GET TO TAKE TWO ADDITIONAL TEACHERS WITH MY TEAM AND ALL SIX OF OUR SCHOOLS WILL.
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.
I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A COACH WHO MEETS WITH ME TWICE A MONTH, ONE-ON-ONE, IN A VIRTUAL SESSION, WHERE I GET TO TALK ABOUT MY PROBLEM OF PRACTICE, THE WORK I'M DOING ON MY CAMPUS, AND THEN JUST HOW I CAN GROW AND CONTINUE TO BENEFIT AS A CAMPUS LEADER.
IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE, AND I'M SO HONORED TO BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM.
I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S TRULY BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING IN MY EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY.
I STARTED WITH LUBBOCK ISD 22 YEARS AGO AS AN HOURLY EMPLOYEE, AND I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
I'VE HAD GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THIS HAS BEEN HANDS DOWN, WORLD CLASS, TOP OF THE NOTCH, AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO BE A PART.
>> THANK YOU, JACI. IN THE FAST AND FURIOUS, WHAT WE HOPE YOU SEE IS THAT 18 MONTHS AGO, WE CREATED A LEADERSHIP DEFINITION AS AN ENTIRE DISTRICT THAT SAID, WHAT DO WE BELIEVE IT MEANS IN LUBBOCK ISD TO LEAD.
FROM THAT WORK, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED.
ALL OF THIS WORK HAS TAKEN PLACE, AND WE ARE ALIGNING SYSTEMS AROUND THAT WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE MEET THAT GOAL OF HAVING TWO READY LEADERS TO FILL EVERY POSITION.
WE ARE INCREASING OUR TRAINING, OUR SUPPORT, OUR PROJECTION.
EVERY COMPONENT OF OUR WORK IS COMING TOGETHER AND IT COULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT ALL OF THESE INCREDIBLE PROJECT LEADS WHO HAVE POURED TIME AND ENERGY AND DEDICATION INTO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU QUANTIFY THIS, BUT I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE, AND JACI SINCE YOU SPOKE, USE YOUR CAMPUS.
I'D BE INTERESTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE STAFF AT PRESTON SMITH TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT'S CHANGED ON THE CAMPUS.
I KNOW FOR JACI, IT'S BEEN IMPACTFUL, AND I LOVE THAT YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT MAKES US FEEL GOOD ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT.
I WANT TO KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PRACTICE, WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THE CAMPUS.
[OVERLAPPING] WELL, HEARING FROM YOU IS GREAT, BUT ALSO HEARING FROM THE STAFF BECAUSE PERCEPTIONS, REALITY, AS WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, AND SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DO THEY SEE? WHAT ARE THEY EXPERIENCING?
>> I'LL TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE WHOLE YEAR ONE HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON MY AMAZING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CHELSEA HOGAN, SHE'S MY TEAMMATE.
BUT WE HAVE COME BACK AND STARTED WORKING ON THINGS.
HOLDSWORTH PHILOSOPHY IS YOU'VE GOT TO GO SLOW TO GO FAST, WHICH IS VERY HARD FOR ME. I'LL BE HONEST.
WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF THE WHOLE FIRST SEMESTER REALLY ON THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT TEACHERS IN YET.
WE'VE STARTED WORKING WITH MY TWO MATH TEACHERS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER TEACHERS THAT SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS THIS SEMESTER.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT JUST THE OVERALL LEARNING BECAUSE MY COACH WHO WORKS WITH ME DID A STAKEHOLDER SURVEY AND SHE INTERVIEWED A LOT OF MY TEACHERS AND TALKED TO THEM JUST ABOUT, WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE SEEING? WHAT ARE THE CHANGES YOU'RE SEEING? MY PERSONAL LEADERSHIP GOAL THAT I'M WORKING ON THROUGH
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HOLDSWORTH IS TO GROW AND EMPOWER OTHER LEADERS ON MY CAMPUS.I LOVE GROWING PEOPLE, BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT.
SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW I AND CHELSEA HAVE GONE BACK AND THE THINGS WE'RE LEARNING, HOW WE'VE TURNED THAT AROUND TO THEM, HOW WE'RE PUSHING SOME OF OUR TEACHER LEADERS AND STRETCHING OUR TEACHER LEADERS.
RIGHT NOW, I WOULD TELL YOU MY TEACHER LEADERS ARE PROBABLY THE ONES WHO'VE HAD THE CLOSEST CONTACT, AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE A TON OF TEACHERS THAT ARE IMPACTED JUST IN NEW IDEAS AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT THINGS. DID I ANSWER WELL?
>> ABSOLUTELY. IN MAY, WE WILL HAVE RESULTS OF WHAT THEY CALL THE 360 SURVEY ASSESSMENT AND THE FOCUS GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED OVER THE LAST MONTH.
THOSE ARE BY PROJECT AND BY INDICATOR, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A BREAKOUT BY TEACHERS, TEACHER LEADERS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND PRINCIPALS.
THAT IS BEING COMPILED BY THEIR STATISTICIANS RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN HAVE THE SHORT OVERVIEW THAT WILL BE A FEW PAGES OR YOU CAN HAVE THE EXTENSIVE REPORT THAT IS A COUPLE HUNDRED PAGES.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE ALL OF THAT.
WE'LL USE THAT DATA TO THEN BUILD OUR SYSTEMS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND EVALUATE AT EACH LEVEL WHERE WE NEED TO PUT MORE INTENTIONAL FOCUS OR WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE SOME GROWTH.
>> CAN YOU SHARE JUST A LITTLE SNIPPET OF THAT DATA THAT WE GAVE THAT SURVEY AND CONDUCTED THE FOCUS GROUPS IN THE FALL OF 2023, AND SO THEY JUST COMPLETED A SECOND ROUND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPARE AND SEE WHERE WE'VE GROWN?
>> WE'LL CONTINUE SURVEY THROUGHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP SO THAT WE CAN LOOK FOR GROWTH CHALLENGES.
>> VERY QUICKLY. YOU CAN ANSWER THIS IN MAY WHEN YOU BRING BACK.
BECAUSE IN OUR 10 MONTHS, THIS IS NEW, ALL THE HOLES WORTH.
BRING THIS BACK, BUT I'M INTERESTED, HOW MANY PRINCIPLES HAVE WE PLACED AS A RESULT OF THIS TRAINING OF GROW TWO FOR ONE VACANCIES.
ARE WE ALREADY STARTING TO DO THAT?
>> OUR HIGH POTENTIAL GROUP THAT ARE THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST COHORT.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY STILL WORKING IN THE PROCESS.
SINCE WE'RE JUST IN THAT SEASON NOW OF WHAT THE SECOND SOUNDS LIKE, WE HAVE NOT FINISHED THE FIRST COHORT YET.
>> WE'RE JUST APPROACHING SEEING THE FRUIT OF THAT LABOR?
>> YES. WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THE SYSTEMS AROUND IT, BUT WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN TO IMPLEMENT THOSE.
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED. THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> WE HAVE SIX CAMPUSES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
BUT APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR 15 MORE, AM I SAYING THE RIGHT NUMBER CAMMY, 15 MORE CAMPUSES THAT ARE APPLYING TO BE A PART OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'LL HAVE EVEN MORE SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
>> NOT REALLY A QUESTION, MORE OF A COMMENT, JUST AS YOU GUYS GET UP THERE AND TALK ABOUT THIS, I THINK ABOUT MY OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER WHERE I WENT FROM DOING ONE THING THAT I COMPARE TO AND IT'S NOT NEAR AS HARD.
BUT COMPARED TO BEING A TEACHER TO GOING TO BEING IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION, AND THERE WASN'T REALLY A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THAT.
I'D SAY THE LEARNING CURVE FOR ME PERSONALLY WAS PRETTY STEEP.
JACI, SURE, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT IN YOUR CAREER, BUT GOING FROM BEING A TEACHER TO BEING A PRINCIPAL AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT, PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, BEING PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO THAT THERE IS.
EVERY TIME YOU ALL GET UP AND TALK ABOUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BUY INTO THIS.
I'M A HUGE STRUCTURE GUY AS A PERSON WHO'S NOT NATURALLY ORGANIZED.
ALL THE QUALITATIVE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT ARE JUST THINGS I THINK YOU HAVE TO LEARN OVER TIME.
BUT BUT HAVING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES TO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW TO DEVELOP LEADERS, I THINK IS GREAT.
GLAD YOU'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THAT MAKES ME EXCITED ABOUT IT, TOO.
>> WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THIS WORK ABOUT THOSE TRANSITIONS TO POSITIONS AND HOW YOU REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE CHANGES THAT YOU MAKE IN BOTH HOW YOU SPEND YOUR TIME AND THE SKILL SET THAT YOU NEED TO ADJUST AND HOW YOU SEE YOUR PERSONAL IDENTITY, WHAT YOU VALUE AS LEADER.
THERE'S SHIFTS IN EACH ONE OF THOSE TRANSITIONS.
WE'VE REFLECTED A LOT THROUGH OUR OWN JOURNEYS IN THOSE SHIFTS, BUT THAT'S REALLY BUILDING SYSTEMS AROUND THOSE SHIFTS BUT IS NEEDED, HAVE BEEN POWERFUL FOR US.
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>> WELL, WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO THE NEXT ITEM, I HAVE TO LEAVE, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I'M GOING TO HAND THE GAVEL OVER TO TRUSTEE CURRY TO FINISH OUT THE MEETING, SO THANK YOU, THERE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE MRS. FINGER UP NEXT.
>> HI. VERY INFORMATION FOR STARTERS.
>> [BACKGROUND]. GOOD MORNING.
[XI.B. Results Driven Accountability]
>> THEN THERE WERE FOUR. [LAUGHTER]
>> BUT NOTICE EVERYBODY CLOSE TO JOHN IS LEAVING. [LAUGHTER]
>> IF YOU NEED ANY SUPPORT WITH THAT, LET ME KNOW.
>> THIS IS YOUR ANNUAL LUBBOCK ISD SCHOOL SUPPORT AND SPECIAL SERVICES STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO RESULTS DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY.
THREE PROGRAMS ARE MEASURED UNDER RESULTS DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS, THEY ARE; BILINGUAL EDUCATION, OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS, THAT'S FOSTER HOMELESS AND MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.
OUR FEDERAL AND STATE EDUCATION DETERMINATION LEVELS LAST YEAR, WHERE FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION NEEDS ASSISTANCE, OSP NEEDS ASSISTANCE OR NEEDS INTERVENTION, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION MEETS REQUIREMENT.
THIS YEAR, BILINGUAL EDUCATION IMPROVED ONE CATEGORY, OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS IMPROVED ONE CATEGORY, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION WENT TO NEEDS ASSISTANCE.
WE ALSO HAVE A REPORT THAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO KEEP UP WITH AT LEAST FOR NOW ON SIGNIFICANT DISPROPORTIONALITY.
THERE ARE 98 INDICATORS TO BE 100% COMPLIANT, AND WE WERE FOUND TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH TWO CATEGORIES THAT WE'LL MONITOR FOR YEAR 1.
THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY THERE.
OUR FEDERALLY REQUIRED ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE PERFORMANCE PLAN COMPLIANCE INDICATORS UNDER SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE WERE FOUND TO BE COMPLIANT IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS.
WHEN IT RELATES TO VALID RELIABLE AND TIMELY DATA, WE WERE FOUND TO BE COMPLIANCE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THERE, AS IT RELATES TO STATUS OF UNCORRECTED NON-COMPLIANCE, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH TEA COMPLAINTS.
WE WERE FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE THERE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND FOR ALL FINANCIAL AUDITS AS IT RELATES TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE WERE FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THERE.
OUR THEME THIS YEAR, BY THE WAY, IS CALLED TO BE COURAGEOUS, SO YOU'RE GETTING A HERO THEME POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
AS A RESULT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION BEING RANKED A DL2 OR A DETERMINATION LEVEL TWO, WE WERE ASKED BY TEA TO CREATE A STRATEGIC SUPPORT PLAN AROUND THAT, OF WHICH WE HAVE.
WE MEET WITH THEM QUARTERLY TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON OUR GOALS AND HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING.
BUT OVERALL, FOR THE PROGRAM AREAS, WE HAD GREAT RESULTS FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION, GRADES 3-8, MATH ABOVE STATE PERCENT, FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE CATEGORIZED AS ESL, GRADES 3-8 READING WAS ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE, FOR EBS OR EMERGENT BILINGUALS.
THOSE THAT ARE EXITED FROM THAT SERVICE, GRADES 3-8 SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE IN ALL CONTENT AREAS.
OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE EMERGENT BILINGUAL FOR STAR, AND OF COURSE, THEIR PASSING RATE WELL ABOVE STATE AVERAGE IN ALGEBRA I, BIOLOGY, AND US HISTORY.
MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN GRADUATION RATE FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION AT 2% INCREASE.
FOR OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS, OUR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS CONTINUE TO DO VERY WELL, GRADES 3-8, ABOVE STATE AVERAGE IN ALL CONTENT AREAS, MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN GRADES 3-8 FOR ALL THREE GROUPS AND ABOVE STATE STANDARD AND RLA.
ALSO FOR OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
THIS IS FOSTER, HOMELESS AND MILITARY CONNECTED.
WE'RE ABOVE STATE STANDARD IN US HISTORY, 91%, ABOVE STATE STANDARD IN BIOLOGY, ABOVE STATE STANDARD IN ENGLISH I AND II, AND WE HAD A MARKED INCREASE IN THIS PARTICULAR GROUP BY 2.6% INCREASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR CAMPUSES WHO'VE WORKED VERY HARD IN TRACKING OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE BOTH HOMELESS AND RECEIVING FOSTER CARE SERVICES, ENSURING THAT THEY ARE GRADUATING AND STAYING IN SCHOOL.
FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION YEAR AFTER EXIT, WE'RE WELL ABOVE THE STATE STANDARD IN GRADES 3-8 MATH READING AND SCIENCE.
THOSE ARE OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND THEN BEEN DISMISSED.
FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING DYSLEXIA SERVICES, OUR RLA PASSING RATE EXCEEDS THE STATE BY 6.4%.
OUR END OF COURSE PASSING RATE FOR ALGEBRA 1, BIOLOGY, AND US HISTORY ALSO EXCEEDED THE STATE STANDARD.
OUR GRADUATION RATE FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES REMAINS AT A PERFORMANCE LEVEL I, WHICH IS GOOD.
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OUR DROPOUT RATE REMAINS AT A PERFORMANCE LEVEL I.OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ACCESSING THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT OR GENERAL EDUCATION WHO ARE AGES 3-5 ALSO REMAIN AT A PERFORMANCE LEVEL I, AND THAT SOMETIMES IS DIFFICULT TO DO.
OUR STAAR ALT 2 PASSING RATE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. THEIR AVERAGE IS 95% AT A LEVEL II SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, SO WE ARE HAPPY THERE.
THE AREAS ACROSS THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER IN THE DEPARTMENT, ACROSS ALL OF THESE SUBGROUPS ARE OUR ATTENDANCE RATE, OR DROPOUT RATE FOR HOMELESS AND BILINGUAL.
ACHIEVEMENT FOR READING IN MATH, THREE THROUGH EIGHT SPECIAL EDUCATION.
BILINGUAL EDUCATION, 3-8 SCIENCE IS A FOCUS.
ALL PROGRAMS, ENGLISH I AND II FOR 9TH AND 10TH GRADE, AND THEN DISCIPLINARY REMOVALS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR AREAS THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN OUR STRATEGIC SUPPORT PLAN WITH STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES.
IN ADDITION TO OUR STRATEGIC SUPPORT PLAN, WE ASK OUR CAMPUSES WHO ARE LISTED HERE THAT HAVE A PERFORMANCE LEVEL III OR IV THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVERALL DETERMINATION LEVEL FOR RESULTS-DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY TO PUT TOGETHER A CAMPUS PLAN.
THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR THEIR TARGET IMPROVEMENT PLAN BASED ON WHERE THEY HAD PERFORMANCE LEVEL INDICATORS AGAIN, HAD THREE OR FOUR.
FOR DISCIPLINE, WE ASK THAT IF THERE ARE A TWO, THEY ALSO LOOK AT THEIR DISCIPLINE STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES.
THEY DO THAT BY TRYING TO SEEK A HIGHER PERFORMANCE LEVEL SCORE BY LOOKING AT WHERE THEY FALL IN THEIR RANGES.
THEY DO THAT FOR BOTH OF THOSE AREAS, AND THEN WE MAKE SURE THAT'S TIED INTO OUR STRATEGIC SUPPORT PLAN WHEN WE'RE MEETING WITH TEA.
STEPS FOR CAMPUSES TO TAKE IS TO DO A STUDENT LEVEL DATA REVIEW, GO THROUGH A FIVE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, DETERMINE WHAT THEY CAN CONTROL, WRITE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE AREA, COME UP WITH ONE OR TWO MEASURABLE ACTIVITIES AND MONITOR AND REPORT.
ON TOP OF THAT, OUR DEPARTMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR STATE SAYS OR OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE WRITE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR TO ADDRESS AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND GROW.
A COUPLE OF QUOTES THERE AT THE END.
THIS WAS ALSO A PRESENTATION FOR MY OWN STAFF.
I LEAVE YOU WITH RESULTS DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> I WANT TO THANK CAMMY AND HER TEAM FOR THEIR RELENTLESS AND PASSIONATE MONITORING AND DEDICATION TO ENSURING THAT ALL KIDS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS RESULTS-DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ABSOLUTELY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
>> I KNOW THAT I'VE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR TEAM KEEPS UP WITH THIS STUFF. IT BLOWS MY MIND.
KUDOS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND YOURSELF.
BUT I ALSO THINK IN THE WAY YOU PRESENT AND HOLD YOURSELF AND HOLD YOUR TEAM ACCOUNTABLE, THERE'S NO QUESTION AS TO WHY YOU WERE ASKED TO SPEAK LAST WEEK OR WEEK BEFORE IN AUSTIN.
THEN AFTER I'M DONE WITH MY SYNOPSIS, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, FOR THOSE LISTENING, I'VE HEARD A LOT, ESPECIALLY LATELY.
I THINK YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES AS PART OF THE HB3 HEARING WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE OVERHEAD, THAT IF WE FOCUSED MORE ON TEACHERS AND PRIORITIZE TEACHERS, AND I DON'T DISAGREE THAT TEACHERS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.
THEY'RE THE ONES MAKING IT BIG. BUT IT'S DATA LIKE THIS THAT REQUIRES SO MANY PEOPLE.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE JUST WANT TO DO IT, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
I LOVE THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM IN OUR DISTRICT VALUES IT, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TRACK ALL OF THIS STUFF AND THAT CAN'T BE A TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER METHOD TO SHOW FOLKS PEOPLE AREN'T HIRED TYPICALLY TO WASTE HOURS AND TIME.
IT'S TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOTS OF OTHER REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE NO SAY SO OVER.
I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THE FACT THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THAT'S NOT MY GOAL, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT FOLKS WHO NEVER SEE REAL DATA LOVE TO THROW ROCKS AT WHAT'S BEING DONE.
AGAIN, AND I THINK OUR TEACHERS ARE MOST IMPORTANT.
THAT'S NOT A DIG THERE, BUT IT JUST FRUSTRATED ME WHEN I HEARD THAT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS THAT SAID THAT, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S DISINGENUOUS.
THERE MAY BE DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING THAT.
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WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT LUXURY DURING MY TIME.BUT THEN IS THERE IF YOU'RE ALLOWED TO OR ABLE TO, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY OUR SPED DETERMINATION LEVEL DROPPED?
>> LAST YEAR, THERE WERE REPORT ONLY CATEGORIES IN THE AREA OF DISCIPLINE, AND SO ISS, OSS, DAP PLACEMENTS WERE REPORT ONLY.
THOSE WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE REPORT.
WE MET REQUIREMENT LAST YEAR AS MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS MET REQUIREMENT LAST YEAR.
THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S REPORT.
EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS AND THE NATION ARE STRUGGLING AS IT RELATES TO STUDENT BEHAVIOR.
ON THE DISCIPLINE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WE HAVE A TEXAS EDUCATION CODE THAT ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE DISCIPLINE MEASURES, LIKE IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION, AND DAP PLACEMENT AS APPROPRIATE.
IN THE CALCULATION UNDER RDA, THEY DON'T JUST INCLUDE DISCRETIONARY, THEY ALSO INCLUDE MANDATORY.
WE ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PLACEMENTS THAT INVOLVE DRUGS, WEAPONS, SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, AND THAT IS CALCULATED IN OUR RESULTS.
IF YOU TOOK THOSE MEASURES OUT OF OUR REPORT, LUBBOCK ISD WOULD BE MEETS REQUIREMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THE REPORT, THE 98 INDICATOR REPORT, WHICH WE CAN MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT THAT REPORT MAY BE GOING AWAY.
WE HIT OVER IDENTIFICATION FOR AUTISM AND ASIAN AND OVER IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS WHO ARE BLACK AND BEING PLACED IN OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
THOSE ARE ALSO TWO CATEGORIES THAT COUNTED AGAINST US IN OUR OVERALL DETERMINATION LEVEL.
WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE INDICATORS THAT TRULY MEASURE IF WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS AND WHAT'S RIGHT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION, ALL OF THOSE INDICATORS ARE ZEROS AND ONES, WHICH WOULD KEEP US AT MEETS REQUIREMENTS.
THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN OUR ADVISORY PANEL TO TEA.
WE'VE BROUGHT IT UP EVERY YEAR, YEAR TO YEAR ABOUT MAKING SURE THE INDICATORS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ARE, LIKE YOU SAID, MR. CURRY, VALUABLE AND MEANINGFUL TO THE REAL WORK THAT WE DO AND NOT AN UNNECESSARY WASTE OF TIME.
PLEASE STRIKE THAT FROM THE RECORD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU, RYAN, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I COME FROM A TEACHING BACKGROUND, AND I MEAN MY MIND IS JUST BEING EXPANDED WITH WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND HOW YOU ALL DO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MRS. LAWSON.
>> I THINK TO EXPAND BRIEFLY ON MR. CURRY'S COMMENTS.
ONE OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES WAS INTERVIEWED LAST NIGHT ABOUT ESAS, AND THE FACT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY STRINGS ATTACHED TO HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVING ESA FUNDS.
I AM PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND WE DO SUCH A GREAT JOB, AND WE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR PUBLIC MONEY SPENT IN OUR SCHOOLS.
IT'S NOT OUR MONEY, IT BELONGS TO THE TAXPAYERS, AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
I HOPE THERE'S A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
>> YES. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR STUDENTS WHO END UP ACTUALLY NOT ACCESSING EDUCATION IN THE HOME, WHO INSTEAD ARE LEFT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO ENTER INTO A HIGHER LEVEL OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ANOTHER CONVERSATION AS IT RELATES TO HOME SCHOOL.
>> FOLKS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH HOME SCHOOL, AND WE TAKE THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. NOT REFERENCING THOSE ASSOCIATIONS OR THOSE THAT ARE DOING GREAT JOBS.
I'M REFERENCING SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
>> I REALLY LIKE THAT SUCCINCT PRESENTATION.
>> ALSO WE WOULD BE SO SUCCINCT.
>> NO, I'M NOT EITHER. YOU'RE FINE.
CASAREZ. IF THIS WASN'T RECORDED, I MAY HAVE SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> IT'S OKAY. I'VE BEEN CALLED A LOT WORSE.
>> I WAS GOING TO USE SOME OF THOSE THAT I'VE HEARD OVER TIME.
>> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[XI.C. School Consolidation Decision Framework]
TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING SO FAR IN OUR SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION FRAMEWORK.OUR OBJECTIVE TODAY AND TO TALK ABOUT IS TO BUILD A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF PURPOSE OF GOALS AND DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK OF POTENTIAL SCHOOL FUTURE CONSOLIDATIONS, EXPLORE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THESE DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORKS,
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AND THEN ALSO REVIEW POTENTIAL DECISION-MAKING CRITERIA TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT ON OUR SYSTEM.AS A DISTRICT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO OUR LONE STAR GOAL, OUR MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES, BECAUSE IN THE END, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCES FOR EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY.
IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE ACHIEVE THESE GOALS IN LIGHT OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT AS A DISTRICT, WE REVIEW SCHOOL LEVEL SUSTAINABILITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND TAKE BOLD ACTION WHEN NEEDED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY AS A SYSTEM WHILE OFFERING EVERY STUDENT THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THEY DESERVE.
SOME OF THE LESSONS THAT WE'VE LEARNED IN PHASE 1 OF OUR CONSOLIDATION WORK IS THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE CRITERIA THAT IS CHOSEN TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY VOICE IS HEARD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
AGAIN, MAKING SURE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CHALLENGES OF MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT CAN THREATEN THE SYSTEM'S LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
THE GOALS OF CREATING THIS DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK IS AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING GREATER TRANSPARENCY FOR THE COMMUNITY, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING A FRAMEWORK THAT'S EQUITABLE, LISTENING TO RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISIONS, ENSURING THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR SYSTEM, AND THEN SUPPORTING YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS IN MAKING THESE CHALLENGING DECISIONS.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT FRAMEWORKS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, THERE WEREN'T A LOT OUT THERE.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OUT THERE THAT ARE PUBLIC.
ONE, THAT THE STATE IS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO'S FRAMEWORK, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS IN LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT'S LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA.
IT'S VERY VAGUE, DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTEXT TO IT.
IT'S JUST SOME DECISIONS AND SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AS THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS WHEN LOOKING AT SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SAN ANTONIO'S FRAMEWORK, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST.
THERE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT THEIR THREE AREAS OF CRITERIA LOOKING AT VALUES, THEIR PRIMARY CRITERIA, CONTEXTUAL CRITERIA.
BUT THEN THEY ALSO BUILT A FRAMEWORK, AND WHAT YOU SEE IN RED IS ACTUALLY COMMUNITY INPUT.
THEY BUILT THIS FRAMEWORK, AND THEN AS THEY WENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GATHER FEEDBACK, THEY'VE ADDED TO THIS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE ABOUT WHAT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE NEEDING WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT HIGH SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOODS, THE STAFFING, EVEN LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND WHAT THAT THRESHOLD WOULD BE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT THRESHOLD CUTOFFS FOR IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CAMPUS OF 400 OR LESS OR A HIGH SCHOOL, THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT THEY WENT AND GATHERED.
THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS FRONT AND CENTER WITHIN THEIR OWN-
>> A WEBSITE. YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN TYPE IN GOOGLE SEARCH AND YOU CAN FIND THIS PRETTY EASILY.
WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD FIT US AS A DISTRICT.
WE CAN LOOK AT A WHOLE WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE CAN LOOK AT THINGS THAT ARE LESS PRESCRIPTIVE AND THINGS THAT ARE MORE PRESCRIPTIVE.
WE CAN THINK ABOUT A VISION STATEMENT, GENERALITY OF WHAT DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM, OR WE CAN LOOK AT A DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE KEY COMPONENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY NEEDED IN ORDER TO HELP US MAKE A BETTER DECISION? WE CAN LOOK AT ENROLLMENT FACILITY, THE CONDITIONS OF THE FACILITIES.
THEN THAT WILL HELP US MAKE A FINAL DECISION, OR WE CAN SAY HAVE A VERY STRICT CRITERIA SAY AT THIS CERTAIN NUMBER, WE WILL DO THIS IF WE HAVE A CAMPUS OF LESS THAN 250 STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
THEN AGAIN, WE CAN BRING FORTH A LIST OF CONSIDERATIONS AND BUILD A RUBRIC BASED ON ALL OF THE DECISION-MAKING FACTORS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT'S BEST FOR OUR DISTRICT.
WE LOOK AT THE RATIONALE FOR THE FRAMEWORK TYPE.
AGAIN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE SIGNIFICANT ACTION TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES FACING OUR DISTRICT.
LOOKING AT OUR UNIQUE GEOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH LUBBOCK IS FLAT, WE HAVE SOME VERY UNIQUE GEOGRAPHICAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, WHETHER IT'S STRUCTURES THAT ARE BUILT GEOGRAPHICALLY OR EVEN WITH INTERNALLY LIKE A ROADWAY OR INTERSTATE.
ALSO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OPENNESS TO COMMUNITY VOICE AND FEEDBACK.
WE LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL FOR A FRAMEWORK OVERVIEW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE GOALS OF THE OVERALL PROCESS THAT WILL GUIDE OUR DECISION-MAKING.
LOOK AT QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OR METRICS THAT WILL IDENTIFY SCHOOLS FOR POTENTIAL CONSOLIDATION IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN A QUALITATIVE COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WILL INFORM OUR ULTIMATE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
SOME OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE A ROBUST STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEATER, AND CHOIR, ORCHESTRA AND HAVE THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE OUR DISTRICT UNIQUE IN OUR AREA.
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
MAKING SURE THERE'S EQUAL ACCESS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, THAT IS COMMUNITY CENTERED AND THAT WE ARE
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TRANSPARENT IN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE PUSH FORWARD.SOME OF OUR PROPOSED METRICS IS TO LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS OVERALL ENROLLMENT.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT A NUMBER DETERMINED BY INPUT FROM BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY.
LOOKING AT FACILITY UTILIZATION RATES, SAYING THAT IF WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S UNDER 70%, THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY TO LOOK AT FOR FUTURE CONSOLIDATIONS.
LOOK AT PER PUPIL SPENDING, IS IT ABOVE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE? TAKING A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THESE THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT CAMPUSES, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT IN THE FUTURE.
LET'S SAY THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, WE PLACE A METRIC OF 450 AS A METRIC OR THRESHOLD FOR ENROLLMENT.
THAT WOULD THAT COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
IF WE WERE TO TAKE A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIKE HONEY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HONEY ELEMENTARY, THEIR OVERALL ENROLLMENT FOR THIS YEAR WAS 425.
THAT MEANS UNDER THE 450 THRESHOLD.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FACILITY UTILIZATION, THEY'RE AT 114%.
THAT WOULD TAKE THEM OFF THE LIST.
THEY MAY HIT ONE THRESHOLD, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT ANOTHER THRESHOLD, ANOTHER LAYER, THAT WOULD TAKE THEM OFF THAT LIST.
THEN EVEN WE LOOKED AT THEIR PER PUPIL SPENDING, WHEN WE COMPARE THAT TO OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEY'RE BELOW THE DISTRICT AVERAGE.
THAT IN THE END THAT PARTICULAR ELEMENTARY WOULD NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF OR THE METRICS BECAUSE AGAIN, ONLY ONE THRESHOLD WAS MET OUT OF THE THREE.
WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT OTHER ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO ADD TO OUR METRICS.
WE CAN LOOK AT POTENTIAL CRITERIA, MAKING SURE THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A SCHOOL WITHIN THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN CAMPUSES, CERTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ONLY FEED INTO ONE HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE'S ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT FEEDS INTO A CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE OFFER OPTIONS FOR OUR FAMILIES SO THAT WE HAVE A CONTINUITY OF SERVICES.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF WE DO THAT, THAT LIMITS SOME OF OUR OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT MAKING SURE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS AND LOOK AT OUR GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES.
AGAIN, THE STRENGTH IS IT ALLOWS OUR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS QUALITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT AGAIN, AS A DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, IT LIMITS ACTIONS BECAUSE OF LIVITY OPTIONS THERE.
WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT SUFFICIENT FACILITY CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE ALL STUDENTS, MAKING SURE THAT AS WE MAKE CONSOLIDATIONS IN THE FUTURE, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT 30% OF OUR STUDENTS FROM THE SAME SCHOOL STAY TOGETHER, GOING INTO ANOTHER SCHOOL.
AGAIN, THE STRENGTH THERE IS IT PROVIDES CONTINUING FOR OUR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING.
BUT AGAIN, IT LIMITS OPTIONS FOR ACTIONS AND ALSO PLACES A HIGH BURDEN ON THE RECEIVING SCHOOL TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE STUDENTS COMING IN.
THEN ANOTHER CRITERIA WE CAN LOOK AT IS HIGHER ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
IT HELPS OUR FAMILIES FEEL THAT THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
BUT AGAIN, IT ALSO LIMITS OPTIONS FOR ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE.
SOME OTHER CONTEXTUAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT ARE THINGS SUCH AS PROGRAM OFFERINGS.
DOES THE SCHOOL HAVE A UNIQUE PROGRAM THAT IS SERVING STUDENTS AND IS NOT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE? WE CAN LOOK AT HISTORICAL CONTEXT THERE ABOUT WHAT ACTIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN A SCHOOL OR A COMMUNITY IN THE PAST AND HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED THAT AREA.
WE CAN LOOK AT FAMILY DEMAND AND LOOK AT TRANSFER DATA TO DETERMINE IF THE SCHOOL IS ATTRACTING PEOPLE INTO THAT SCHOOL BECAUSE WE ARE A DISTRICT OF CHOICE, AND THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MEASURE LOOKING AT TRANSFER BEHAVIOR.
DOES THE SCHOOL OFFER UNIQUE PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND CAN THESE BE MOVED? BECAUSE THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LOOKING AT SPECIAL PROGRAMS. THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY OF HIGH QUALITY OPTIONS.
ARE THERE NEARBY OPTIONS WITH EITHER SIMILAR PROGRAMMING OR LEADERSHIP CAPACITY TO SUPPORT NEW STUDENTS? IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY, WE LOOK AT THAT AREA, THAT'S THE ONLY FEEDER INTO ESTACADO HIGH SCHOOL.
WE COULD LOOK AT THEY COULD MAYBE MEETS A LOT OF METRICS, BUT WE LOOK AT THE CONTEXTUAL CONSIDERATION, IT MAY NOT BE A GOOD FIT FOR CONSOLIDATIONS BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
OR IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIKE RAMIREZ ELEMENTARY, WHICH HAS AN IB PROGRAM, AND THAT'S VERY UNIQUE AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING IT TO ANOTHER CAMPUS WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE.
THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT CAN ADD SOME LAYERS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE IN THE FUTURE.
WE CAN ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS.
MAKING SURE AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DO IN SAN ANTONIO IS THEY HAVE DATA SUMMARIES FOR EVERY SCHOOL.
THEY SHOW THE METRICS AND THEY'VE GOT IT SO THAT
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PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS CAN GO OUT THERE AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES, WHAT'S OUT THERE.EVEN THINGS LOOKING AT COST PER PUPIL, CLASSROOM SIZES, EVEN THE SIZE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER.
ALSO LOOKING AT EQUITABLE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT TRANSFER PRIORITY FOR IMPACTED FAMILIES, WHICH WE HAVE DONE AS A DISTRICT, MAKING SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE IMPACTED BY ANY SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS HAVE TRANSFER PRIORITY, LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE RECEIVING SCHOOLS AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT HAVE THE BOARD VOTE ON A SET OF DECISIONS VERSUS INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS TO ENSURE CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR FRAMEWORKS.
THEN AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IS COMMUNITY CENTERED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A TIMELINE THAT ALLOWS FOR INPUT AS WELL AS A TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
SOME POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS IS PUBLICLY DISCUSS A DRAFT COMING UP AT THE APRIL 3RD MEETING AND CONDUCT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRIOR TO A FORMAL ADOPTION IN THE FALL OF 2025.
THIS ALLOWS FOR SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK THAT CAN TAKE PLACE OVER THE FALL THROUGH SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE TO GATHER INPUT.
THIS DOES NOT CREATE A LONG PERIOD OF SCHOOL FOR SCHOOLS BEING MISIDENTIFIED FOR CONSOLIDATION.
THAT ALLOWS US TO REACH OUT TO MAYBE SOME OTHER SYSTEM OF GREAT SCHOOL AND NETWORKS, AND DISTRICTS LIKE SAN ANTONIO ON SOME OF THEIR FRAMEWORKS TO HELP DRAFT OUR OWN.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKED AT AS TRYING TO CONSIDER A FRAMEWORK THAT FITS OUR DISTRICT, AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
KEN. TO GET AN IDEA OF JUST LOOKING AT EXAMPLE.
IF WE'RE TO CREATE PRIMARY METRICS.
THOSE THREE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, OVERALL ENROLLMENT, THE FACILITIES UTILIZATION RATE AND THE FACILITIES PER PUPIL SPENDING.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT CRITERIA AND IDENTIFYING SCHOOLS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED FOR CONSOLIDATION.
THE IDEA HERE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS THAT IT WOULD BE IN AND CORRECT SCENARIO, CORRECT?
>> IF THE NUMBERS 450 ON STUDENT POPULATION, IF YOU'RE 275 STUDENTS, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
IF YOU'RE UNDER, LET'S CALL IT 70% UTILIZATION RATE, IF YOU'RE AT 50%, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
IF PER PUPIL SPENDING IS WHATEVER IT IS, $5,000, $6,000, AND YOU'RE AT $9,000 PER STUDENT.
THEN YOU'VE MET ALL THREE CRITERIA, YOU MIGHT START LOOKING AT THE CONTEXTUAL COMPONENTS OF THAT.
BUT IF YOU I THINK YOU USED HONEY AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GOT 425 STUDENTS.
BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT UTILIZATION, I THINK YOU SAID 114%.
>> YOU'RE DONE. AS FAR AS CONSIDERATION.
IF IT'S NOT AN AND, YOU DON'T MEET THOSE CRITERIA, THEN BASED ON THE WAY WE MIGHT BUILD THIS METRIC, THEN YOU WOULD BE KICKED OUT.
>> I KNOW THIS IS IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE THAT I'M NOT ON, SO I KNOW YOU'LL ALREADY DID SOME TALKING THE OTHER DAY, BUT SO I MAY BE REGURGITATING HERE.
BUT I THINK A FEW THINGS OF NOTE.
ONE, TO ME, THE BIG REASON TO HAVE THIS AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FALL AND WHAT NOT IS TO HAVE A STANDARD THAT THE COMMUNITY WE CAN HAVE AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN FOR OUR TEACHERS, FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT SOMETIMES DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I THINK THAT'S A BIG DEAL. ON THE HEELS OF THAT OR WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LOVE TO SEE AND I REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT GIVEN THE SUMMERS A SLOWER TIME, I'D LOVE TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THIS READY TO APPROVE OR DISCUSS THE VERY FIRST BOARD MEETING FOR THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE IN MY MIND, IF I WERE DRAFTING THIS BY MYSELF, I'D HAVE SOME TRAILING THREE YEAR OR TRAILING FIVE YEAR STATISTICS.
I DON'T THINK ONE YEAR SHOULD MAKE OR BREAK ANY SCHOOL BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S BEEN WEIRD THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES OR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO TAKE IT LIKE THAT, BUT THEN ALSO, I WOULD I WOULD ENVISION WHERE IT'S LIKE THERE'S A ONE YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU INFORM THE SCHOOL, YOU INFORM THE COMMUNITY, HEY, IF THESE NUMBERS MATCH THIS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE YOUR FINAL YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE CAMPUS.
BECAUSE WHAT I'VE HEARD AND I HEARD I STILL THINK WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO FOR DUPREE, BUT WHAT I HEARD SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WAS, THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE GAVE THEM A FAIR SHOT TO RECTIFY THEIR CAMPUS.
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THEIR PTA IS GETTING INVOLVED IN OTHER THINGS, WHICH I THINK IS WHETHER IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED OR NOT OR AT ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR ARGUMENT.BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET SOME DATA SOME INITIAL DATA OUT THERE TO START THE CONVERSATION.
BUT THEN I WOULD ALSO PREFACE TO ANYONE WHO EVER LISTENS AT THIS BECAUSE IT'LL BE A FUTURE BOARD.
IT MAY NOT BE THESE SEVEN PEOPLE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REALIZE IT'S A GUIDELINE.
THERE MAY COME A DAY WHERE THE GUIDELINES HAVE TO GET THROWN OUT OF THE WINDOW BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHATEVER.
IT'S STRICTLY A GUIDELINE TO BE USED, BUT THERE MAY BE A FUTURE BOARD THAT HAS TO MAKE A REALLY DIFFICULT DECISION THAT DOESN'T MATCH THE GUIDELINE.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE DOING THE WORK ON MONDAY AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE WHENEVER IT'S FINISHED, I HOPE SOONER THAN LATER THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME STUFF THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN FEEL, THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IS AT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK PART OF THAT IS JUST GATHERING SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS WELL BECAUSE AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH LUBBOCK IS GROWING AS A CITY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH THEIR SCHOOLS AND IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE IN OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH IS GREAT.
I THINK GETTING SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO HELP US DETERMINE WHAT IS THAT THRESHOLD THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH AS A COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THOSE THRESHOLDS COULD BE GIVES US A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE.
>> MR. CURRY, JUST TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SOONER THAN LATER.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON MONDAY AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOLS WHO WOULD FIT THE THREE CRITERIA THAT WE CAN LAID OUT, WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED OR WILL ADDRESS WITH THE POTENTIAL BOND.
WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT TO NOT HAVE TO NECESSARILY RUSH AND SPEND THE TIME WE NEED TO, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND GETTING SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT LONGER RUNWAY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE A QUICK DECISION FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR OR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
>> COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER MONDAY WAS A GREAT MEETING, AND I'M GLAD TO GET A RETEACH TODAY.
ALSO, I THINK THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND DIVING INTO THIS AFTERWARDS AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT CAME INTO DISCUSSION IN THE FALL AND THAT SHOCKED COMMUNITIES.
THIS REALLY PUT TO REST THAT A LOT OF THOSE, THEY WOULD NOT MEET TO JOHN'S POINT AND ALL THREE.
OR THERE'S SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
MAYBE IT'S AN IB CAMPUS, AND THAT PROGRAM CANNOT BE MOVED OR THE COST OF MOVING IT, OR THERE'S AN IB PROGRAM THAT INFLUENCES THE COST PER PUPIL BECAUSE IT'S A MORE EXPENSIVE PROGRAM.
THERE'S JUST ALL THOSE METRICS.
I THINK GIVING LOTS OF GOOD TIME, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT EXPECTATION OUT THERE.
BUT I LOVE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY THIS TWO WILL PUT TO REST SOME FEARS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T NEED TO BE THERE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
GREAT WORK. I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN MAKING HAPPENS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS NOT EASY TO FIND MODELS.
>> STILL AGAIN, BEING PART OF THE SGS NETWORK, AND OF COURSE, MANY OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SOME OF THE LEARNING LABS THAT WE PARTNER WITH ACROSS THE STATE.
THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS DOING SOME OTHER WORK MAYBE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE CAN GET SOME CONTEXT AND SOME INFORMATION ON TO HELP US DEVELOP OUR OWN METRICS.
>> DOCTOR RIO, DO WE HAVE NEED FOR NO.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING?
>> IT IS 10:12, AND THIS AM, EXCUSE ME.
THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.