Jul 24, 2025 Board Meetings

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GOOD MORNING. IT IS 7:01 A.M. A QUORUM IS PRESENT, AND THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND POSTED IN THE TIME AND MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW.

[I. Call to Order]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND PRAISE THIS MORNING. YOU ARE OUR LORD. YOU HAVE ALL THE AUTHORITY, POWER AND CONTROL IN OUR LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR WORLD.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAST GOODNESS AND BLESSING BOTH IN OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES, IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND UPON THE LUBBOCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S AN EXCITING TIME OF YEAR, AN EXCITING SEASON AS STUDENTS ARE REGISTERING, BANDS ARE REHEARSING, PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS ARE PREPARING, AND THIS BOARD IS LEADING.

I'M REMINDED OF THE GREAT OLD TESTAMENT LEADERS LIKE MOSES AND JOSHUA.

MOSES AS HE LED THE HEBREW PEOPLE ACROSS THE RED SEA ON DRY LAND.

MOSES AS HE LED THAT SAME GROUP INTO THE PROMISED LAND.

AND THEY FACE NEW CHALLENGES, OBSTACLES THAT MAYBE THEY HAD NEVER FACED BEFORE.

AND THAT MIGHT BE WHERE THIS BOARD OR TEACHERS OR ADMINISTRATORS IN NEW POSITIONS FIND THEMSELVES.

THIS MORNING IS NEW CHALLENGES AND NEW OBSTACLES.

YOUR ADVICE, YOUR GUIDANCE. IN FACT, YOUR COMMAND TO MOSES AND JOSHUA IS APPLICABLE TODAY AS WE REMEMBER THOSE WORDS.

TO NOT BE DISCOURAGED, NOT BE AFRAID, BUT TO BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.

THAT'S MY PRAYER FOR DISTRICT WIDE IN LUBBOCK THIS MORNING AND FOR THIS BOARD AS THEY PERHAPS FACE NEW CHALLENGES TODAY.

BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS. LORD, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD MAKE YOUR FACE SHINE UPON THE LUBBOCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

TODAY, UPON THESE CENTRAL OFFICE AND EACH CAMPUS TODAY.

POUR OUT YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS DISTRICT. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY.

AMEN. WE'LL PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE. AN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION WILL BE

[II. Executive Closed Session]

AND WE ARE ADJOURNED A CLOSED SESSION.

[III. Reconvene from Executive Closed Session]

DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION? WE DO. TRUSTEE RATLIFF I MOVE THAT WE HIRE SARA ALVAREZ AS THE PRINCIPAL OF CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. DOCTOR ROLLO, PRESIDENT BRIDGES

[IV. Trustee Comments]

I'VE BEEN A PROUD CHAMPION OF THIS DISTRICT, AND I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THE MISSION WE SHARE TO SERVE EVERY CHILD, EVERY DAY. AS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LUBBOCK ISD FAMILY AND ALSO AS A PROUD PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN, NOW YOUNG ADULTS WHO WERE PRODUCTS OF LUBBOCK ISD, ATTENDING RAMIREZ ELEMENTARY, IRONS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN BECOMING CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF OUR SCHOOLS TO IMPACT AND SHAPE LIVES.

FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, I'VE PROUDLY SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CENTENNIAL, A CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY I HOLD CLOSE TO MY HEART.

CENTENNIAL IS A PLACE I LOVE DEARLY. IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE FULL OF DEDICATED EDUCATORS, SUPPORTIVE FAMILIES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, INSPIRING STUDENTS THAT MOTIVATE ME DAILY.

I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK ALREADY UNDERWAY, AND TO HELP LEAD OUR CAMPUS FORWARD IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MISSION OF OUR DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING ME FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

AND I WANT TO THANK MY PARENTS, LILA AND SUE FLORES, FOR BEING HERE WITH ME THIS MORNING.

AND THEN THE TWO CHILDREN THAT I MENTIONED. ASHTON ALVAREZ, MY DAUGHTER, AND THEN MY SON, AIDEN. AND THEN I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF CENTENNIAL AND THE CORONADO FEEDER PATTERN.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THAT'S GREAT THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. IN REGARDS TO HIRING AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THAT FOR A FUTURE MEETING.

SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR TRUSTEE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

CONGRATULATIONS WE ARE SO EXCITED. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A HISTORY AT CENTENNIAL, AND YOU WILL BRING AND CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THIS YEAR AND WITH DOCTOR GILLESPIE. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.

AND WE LOVE THE GROWING OUR OWN. SO THAT'S TERRIFIC.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING US AS ESTEEMED. WE SEE YOU AS THE SAME THING [LAUGHTER].

AND SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOU DOING EVEN MORE GREATER THINGS.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS CUTE. CONGRATULATIONS. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN 24 YEARS.

THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF TIME. SO YOU DEFINITELY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND HAVE FAITH IN YOU NO PROBLEM.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A GOOD TEAM OUT THERE TOO. AND YOU HAD MR. GILLESPIE, DOCTOR GILLESPIE, SO GREAT THINGS ARE ALREADY HAPPENING.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO AND TO YOUR FAMILY.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR LETTING YOUR MOM DO WHAT SHE'S DOING TO AND BEING SO SUPPORTIVE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT.

SO GOD BLESS YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME.

GOOD TO SEE THAT WE'RE FORTIFYING THE DISTRICT WITH EXCELLENT CANDIDATES AND PEOPLE WITH LONG TRACK RECORDS AND JUST PROUD THAT YOU'RE PART OF OUR TEAM. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL DO GREAT.

YOU HAVE A CHEERING SQUAD HERE, SO THAT'S NICE.

SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TEAM BEHIND YOU AND AROUND YOU.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. BEST OF LUCK, DOCTOR ROLLO.

CONGRATULATIONS, SARA. I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY FOR YOU AND CENTENNIAL AND LUBBOCK ISD.

DAVIDA, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND POURING INTO SARA OVER MANY YEARS AS WELL.

AND DOCTOR GILLESPIE AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AT CENTENNIAL.

AMEN. NOW IT'S PICTURE TIME. SO WE'LL TAKE A SHORT RECESS SO YOU CAN COME UP AND GET PICTURES AND DO ALL THE FUN STUFF.

WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

OKAY. IT IS 7:44 A.M. AND WE ARE RECONVENED FROM OUR BREAK.

[V. Citizen Comments]

[VI. Consent Agenda]

CONSIDER BOARD APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING HELD JUNE 19TH, 2025.

THE BOARD TRAINING HELD JUNE 23RD, 2025, AND THE CALLED PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING HELD JUNE 26TH, 2025. DO WE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AS PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED? OKAY, HEARING NONE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS PRINTED.

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? NO? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. ITEM 7 ACADEMIC ACTION ITEMS.

[VII.A. Approval of Agreement and Participation in the Shared Services Arrangement with the Lubbock Regional Day School Program for the Deaf]

DOCTOR ROLLO THIS IS AN APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF.

AS YOU GUYS ARE WELL AWARE, LUBBOCK ISD IS THE FISCAL AGENT AND MEMBER DISTRICT OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES STUDENTS THROUGHOUT MANY COUNTIES ACROSS OUR REGION. AND THIS IS AN INCREASE IN THE ARRANGEMENT IN ORDER TO COVER THE COST OF THE PROGRAM.

SO, KAMI FINGER IS HERE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE ANSWERED REGARDING THIS ARRANGEMENT.

OH, OKAY SO MOVE MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

06, NO. 5 TO 0 [LAUGHTER]. SO SORRY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. APPROVAL OF THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH PLAINS COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION HEAD START DIVISION,

[VII.B. Approval of Cooperative Agreement with South Plains Community Action Association Head Start Division]

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QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SPCAA HEAD START DIVISION FOR THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO MOVED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH STARCARE SPECIALTY HEALTH SYSTEM.

[VII.C. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with StarCare Specialty Health System]

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH STARCARE SPECIALTY HEALTH SYSTEM.

THEY COLLABORATE WITH US TO PROVIDE STAFF TIME, RESOURCES, ACCESS TO PROMOTE SUPPORTIVE MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, FAMILY SERVICES, REFERRALS AND TREATMENT TO IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS MEETING PRIORITY OR TARGET POPULATION CRITERIA.

YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SO MOVED. SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MOU WITH STARCARE SPECIALTY HEALTH SYSTEM.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

[VII.D. Approval of Reappointment of StarCare Specialty Health System Board of Trustee]

YES, SO WE ARE A SPONSORING AGENCY, AND WE APPOINT THREE MEMBERS TO THE STARK CARE BOARD AND SUZANNA CISNEROS.

HER TERM EXPIRES ON AUGUST 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

AND SHE IS WILLING AND ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF HER TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM ON THE STARCARE BOARD.

OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE REAPPOINTING SUZANNA CISNEROS TO THE STARCARE SPECIALTY HEALTH SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE TWO-YEAR TERM INDICATED? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

[VII.E. Approval of TEA Corrective Action Plan Agreement]

DOCTOR ROLLO. YES, THIS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT.

THIS IS A TEA CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED BASED ON SOME DISCIPLINE DATA THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ALSO STUDENTS WHO ARE BELOW SECOND GRADE.

SO KAMI WENT OVER THIS IN DEPTH IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT, AND SHE'S HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE ANSWERED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TEA CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AGREEMENT? SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

[VII.F. Approval of Student Code of Conduct]

SO THIS STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT DOES HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

AGAIN, KAMI IS HERE IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE CHANGES.

BUT THIS REFLECTS SOME OF THE NEW LEGISLATION THAT HAS JUST BEEN PUT INTO PLACE.

WE ALSO TRAINED PRINCIPALS RECENTLY AND TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY IN OUR LEAD RETREAT.

BUT THIS DOES HAVE SOME CHANGES THAT ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WITH REGARD TO DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.

DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CELL PHONE POLICY, OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT.

IT HAS LANGUAGE AROUND THE CELL PHONE POLICY THAT IS INCLUDED, BUT THAT MATCHES WHAT WE ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU AND ALREADY SHARED WITH PARENTS.

SO THIS IS PART. IT IS. THAT IS ONE PART. OKAY.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER PARTS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO HOUSE BILL 6.

THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCIPLINE BILL THAT GIVES SOME GREATER LEEWAY AND LATITUDE TO ADMINISTRATORS AND TO TEACHERS.

SO ADDITIONAL THINGS IN THEIR TOOLBOX THAT MAKE SOME CHANGES FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE IN DISCIPLINE IN THE PAST.

AND WE ALREADY COMMUNICATED ALL THIS OUT TO OUR PARENTS, FAMILIES AND WHATNOT.

IT WOULD BE IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THAT ONCE YOU APPROVE, THEN IT BECOMES PUBLIC AND THEN THAT GOES OUT TO FAMILIES.

OKAY. BECAUSE THE MODEL. BECAUSE HOUSE BILL 6 WAS JUST PASSED AND THE MODEL HAS JUST COME OUT.

WE JUST GAVE TRAINING TO ADMINISTRATORS YESTERDAY.

AND SO THEY SHARE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THEN WITH FAMILIES AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL.

OKAY, GOOD. AND I WANT TO COMMEND BRIAN ELLYSON AND KAMI.

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NICE. THAT WAS REALLY EVIDENT IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT THEY'RE ON A DIME OF A TIMELINE.

JUST SUCH A SHORT TURNAROUND. YOU GUYS PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND THOUGHTFUL IN A GOOD COMMUNICATION PLAN.

SO I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT GOOD WORK. AND WHEN THE LEGISLATURE MAKES DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO TURN ON SO QUICKLY, IT PUTS US IN A BIND. AND YOU ALL REALLY STEPPED UP ON MANY, MANY AREAS.

SO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HAVING TO DO THIS, BUT YOU ALL REALLY GOT PUSHED OUT QUICKLY IN THE TRAINING.

SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

[VIII.A. Approval of Teacher and Administrator Appraisal Calendars, Procedures and List of Certified Appraisers for the 2025-2026 School Year]

YES, SO THIS IS ANOTHER ANNUAL ITEM THAT WE BRING TO YOU IN JULY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

IT IS REQUIRED THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE CALENDARS, PROCEDURES AND LIST OF CERTIFIED APPRAISERS FOR BOTH T-TESS, WHICH IS OUR TEACHER APPRAISAL SYSTEM. IT IS THE STATE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED.

AND THEN T-PESS, WHICH IS THE ADMINISTRATOR APPRAISAL SYSTEM.

AGAIN, THE STATE MODEL THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED AS A DISTRICT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST AS CERTIFIED APPRAISERS HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY TRAINED.

THANK YOU. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR APPRAISAL CALENDAR, PROCEDURES, AND LIST OF CERTIFIED APPRAISERS FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR? SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION CONCERNING COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS.

[VIII.B. Approval of Resolution Concerning Compliance with Certain Public School Safety and Security Requirements]

IT IS OUR INTENTION TO HAVE AN ARMED POLICE OFFICER, AS REQUIRED IN LAW AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS.

WE HAVE BUDGETED THAT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ONE FOR EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS.

BUT WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT TRYING TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

AND SO THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION SAYING THAT WE ARE IN GOOD FAITH TRYING TO MEET THE LETTER OF THIS LAW.

AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ON THEIR DAYS OFF ARE HELPING, AND WE'RE PAYING THEM TO COME IN AND HELP COVER THIS AS WELL.

WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SURE. ABSOLUTELY.

STEPPED UP THE CITY, THE SHERIFFS, ALL OF THEM.

AND I WANT TO THANK CHIEF TIJERINA FOR HIS EFFORTS.

FENOMENAL. TO CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE LUBBOCK ISD POLICE FORCE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK JUST TO COMMENT TO FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THERE WAS SUCH AN, WITH NOT THIS LAST SESSION, BUT THE SESSION BEFORE EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE ALL AT ONCE TRYING TO FIND CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICERS.

AND IT CREATED A HUGE DEMAND WITH A SUPPLY THAT WAS ALREADY LOW.

AND SO I THINK YOU HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB IN COVERING WITH GREAT PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT BY OUR POLICE FORCE WITH OTHER AGENCIES, AS YOU MENTIONED. SO I THINK IT'S DOING THE WE'RE DOING THE VERY BEST WE CAN AND PROVIDING A SECURE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORTS ON THAT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR POLICE FORCE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, SO.

AND ALWAYS ON THE RECRUITMENT TRAIL. YES. ALL RIGHT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION CONCERNING COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT'S CLAIM OF A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION AS OUTLINED IN THE RESOLUTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH LUBBOCK COUNTY THROUGH THE OFFICE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

[VIII.C. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with Lubbock County through the Office of Dispute Resolution]

MA'AM. GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT BRIDGES. MORNING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. WE'RE BRINGING THIS MOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING. AS YOU KNOW, WE WORK DILIGENTLY AT TRYING TO IMPROVE STUDENT ATTENDANCE.

BECAUSE BETTER ATTENDANCE EQUALS BETTER INSTRUCTION.

BETTER INSTRUCTION EQUALS BETTER RESULTS. AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

TIM ANDREWS, OUR. TIM ANDREWS AND HIS TEAM, OUR ATTENDANCE OFFICERS, HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS TRYING TO FIND BETTER WAYS,

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AND SO CURRENTLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

CURRENTLY, WHEN STUDENTS FALL INTO CATEGORIES THAT REQUIRE US TO THEN SEND THEM TO COURT FOR ATTENDANCE REASONS.

THAT'S OUR PROCESS GOES FROM US TO THE COURT SYSTEM.

TYPICALLY, THE COURT SYSTEM WILL THEN REFER THEM TO THE OFFICE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION, OR ODR.

YOU'LL HEAR ME REFER TO THAT AS ODR. WHAT WE'RE MOVING TO NOW IS, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO DO IS TO GO FROM US AND US REFER TO THE OFFICE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION TO ALLOW THE PARENTS TO HAVE A MEDIATOR, TO WORK WITH THEM, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN WE DO TO BETTER IMPROVE WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS, IT'S CAUSING THEM TO HAVE ATTENDANCE ISSUES.

AND THEN IF THOSE SITUATIONS DON'T RESULT IN BETTER ATTENDANCE, THEN THE COURT BECOMES STILL AN OPTION.

SO THE COURTS ARE STILL IN PLAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MEDIATE WITH THEM, WITH OUR PARENTS FIRST, TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, OTHER TYPES OF SOLUTIONS. AND SO WE APPRECIATE GENE VALENTINI, WHO'S HERE FROM ODR. HE'S OUR DIRECTOR BACK HERE.

THANK YOU GENE FOR BEING HERE. AND AGAIN, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK TIM AND HIS TEAM, THE ATTENDANCE OFFICERS AND ATTENDANCE CLERKS, WORKING DILIGENTLY TOWARDS TRYING TO FIND WHATEVER WAY WE CAN DO TO BETTER WORK WITH OUR PARENTS, UNDERSTANDING THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, MANY TIMES OUT OF THEIR CONTROL.

AND SO WHAT KINDS OF THINGS CAN WE DO? AND AGAIN, I THINK THE OFFICE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION WILL HELP US, INSTEAD OF DIRECTLY SENDING PARENTS TO COURT TO START WORKING THAT OUT.

SO I'D BE HAPPY TO EITHER MYSELF OR TIM IS HERE TO HELP US ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS QUITE A BIT AND SHORTEN, YOU KNOW, THE TIME IT TAKES TO.

AGREE. FOR ALL PARTIES TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. I THINK THE RESOLUTION THAT THE COURTS TYPICALLY AND I'M SPEAKING OFF THE CUFF, BUT I THINK IS EITHER FINES OR GO TO ODR. AND SO INSTEAD OF FINES BEING THE FIRST OPTION TO BE CONSIDERED, LET'S WORK WITH ODR FIRST AND SEE IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE.

THEY HAVE OTHER RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN PULL FROM.

AND SO HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND RESOLUTION AND NOT HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THEIR COURT SYSTEMS AT ALL FOR ATTENDANCE.

THEY ALSO DO THE TEEN COURT AS WELL, SO THERE'S A LOT THAT THAT ORGANIZATION DOES AS WELL, SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF IT. IT'S WORKED FOR OUR DISTRICT, SO.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE JUMPING ON BOARD TO DO THE SAME THING. MODELING FROM US.

CORRECT GENE? YEAH. YEAH. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE, GENE WE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT'S DOING THIS IN THE AREA, IS THAT CORRECT? IN MY KNOWLEDGE. DID YOU GO TO THE MIC? DON'T YOU. WHY DON'T YOU COME UP. YEAH. BASED ON WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO BE THE PATHFINDERS. THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER DISTRICT IN THE STATE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THE INITIAL INTERACTION LEVEL THAT WE'RE PLANNING.

RIGHT. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. MOST OF IT IS, AS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IS AT COURT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND BE AS PROACTIVE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [LAUGHTER] OKAY. NOT YET.

OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOU WITH LUBBOCK COUNTY THROUGH THE OFFICE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION? I SO MOVE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

HOLD ON. I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF. I'M ON THIS BOARD, SO I CAN'T VOTE.

BUT KNOW MY HEART IS THERE. SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M RECUSING.

OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR IT, BUT.

OKAY, SO I'M RECUSING FOR THOSE REASONS. OKAY, GUYS.

NOTING THAT TRUSTEE CHAVEZ IS RECUSED FROM THIS PARTICULAR MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0.

OKAY. APPROVAL OF THE REVISED 2025-2026 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE.

[VIII.D. Approval of Revised 2025-2026 Board Meeting Schedule]

SINCE THAT TIME, WE FOUND OUT THAT A LAW WAS PASSED IN THE PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE A BOARD MEETING DURING WORKING HOURS. TASB HAS ADVISED US THAT WORKING HOURS IS CONSIDERED 9 TO 5.

AND SO THIS REVISED SCHEDULE, WHICH WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES.

THE WORKSHOP MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT 7 A.M..

BUT THE REGULAR MEETINGS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO 5 P.M.

OUTSIDE OF WORKING HOURS. ARE ANY OF THESE SUBJECT TO CHANGE? IF WE CHANGE 1 WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK TO VOTE.

RIGHT. YES. OKAY. SO OUR AUGUST, AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, WILL STAY THE SAME.

BUT STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, YOU'LL SEE THE CHANGES IN TIMES.

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AND THE WORKSHOPS WILL BE AT WHAT TIME? WORKSHOPS ARE AT 7 A.M., BUT WE'LL NEED TO FINISH BY NINE BECAUSE THOSE ARE POSTED OPEN MEETINGS.

OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE NOT ON HERE, BUT THOSE ARE 7:30 TO 9 IN MOST CASES.

AND THEN REGULAR MEETINGS OR COMBINED WORKSHOP AND MEETINGS ARE ALL BEGINNING AT 5 P.M..

WORKS FOR ME. AND THE CONSENSUS WAS I KNEW WE'D HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT 5 - 05:30, BUT THE CONSENSUS WAS 5 WAS.

THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK I RECEIVED FROM YOU GUYS.

OKAY. COMMITTEE MEETING. THAT'S CORRECT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISED 2025-2026 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE? SO MOVED. YEAH. OKAY. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. OKAY. DESIGNATION OF BOARD DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS,

[VIII.E. Designation of Board Delegate and Alternate for the Texas Association of School Boards 2025 Delegate Assembly]

AND IT IS UP TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO NAME THEIR DELEGATE AND AN ALTERNATE FOR THE TASB CONFERENCE COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER.

THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT THE BOARD DELEGATE.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO DO IT THAT HASN'T DONE IT? YOU DID IT LAST YEAR, RIGHT? NO. I DID, I DID IT LAST YEAR.

OH, YOU DID OKAY. YES I DID. I MEAN, DOES IT HAVE TO BE SOMEONE HERE ON THE DAIS TODAY? [LAUGHTER] ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S NOT EVEN RIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T MIND DOING IT. I REALLY, I ACTUALLY LEARNED A LOT FROM IT.

OKAY, SO I DON'T MIND DOING IT. YEAH, I DID IT LAST YEAR. SO PLEASE. OKAY.

SO I'LL NOMINATE LALA CHAVEZ. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT TRUSTEE CHAVEZ AS THE BOARD DELEGATE FOR THE TASB 2025 DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE CHAVEZ. THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT THE BOARD ALTERNATE.

BETTER TO DO IT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. ALTERNATIVE? IF NOT. I WOULD PUT FORTH TRUSTEE WEDDIGE, MAYBE.

YES, HE HASN'T DONE IT. HE HAS. OH, DID HE? YES.

OKAY. YES. WASN'T HE YOUR ALTERNATE? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

WHO WAS YOUR ALTERNATE? I THOUGHT YOU WERE. NO, MA'AM, IT WAS JOHN.

JOHN. IT WAS JOHN. OKAY. YEAH. MARY ANN, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING AN ALTERNATE? I'M INTERESTED IN. YOU KNOW, I'M INTO LEARNING AND FINDING OUT.

I'M INTERESTED. OKAY. I WILL NOMINATE TRUSTEE CHAVEZ.

I'M TRUSTEE. I CAN ONLY BE AT ONE PLACE. YEAH.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT TRUSTEE LAWSON AS THE BOARD ALTERNATE FOR THE TASB 2025 DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. THREE AWARDS FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. YEAH, IT IS INTERESTING. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING LAST YEAR.

IT USED TO BE VOTE AND TOLD. WE DIDN'T LET NOBODY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER THAT BETH.

IT WAS AWFUL. YEAH. NO. IT WAS. IT'S ALL GOOD, IT IS INTERESTING.

IT WAS ON FUN. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[IX. Procurement and Contracts]

JUST WALK THROUGH THEM. BRIEFLY. AT A HIGH LEVEL.

FIRST ONE IS CONQUEST TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. WE ARE SWITCHING OUR MDR WHICH STANDS FOR MANAGED DETECTION AND RESPONSE SYSTEM. WE USED TO USE GRADIENT. WE'RE UPGRADING TO THIS NEW SOFTWARE.

BASICALLY, THIS IS MONITORING OUR NETWORK TRAFFIC, OUR ADVANCED THREAT DETECTION AND RAPID INCIDENT RESPONSE.

YOU GUYS MAY HAVE RECENTLY OR MAY RECENTLY RECALL SOME COMMUNICATION IN REGARDS TO CHANGING YOUR PASSWORD, WHICH. OH, OKAY. IS A SENSE OF FRUSTRATION FOR SOME OF US THAT LOG IN ALL THE TIME THAT WE GOT TO REMEMBER.

OH, IT'S NOT THAT PASSWORD. IT'S NOW THIS NEW PASSWORD. BUT THIS IS HELPING US.

THIS COMPANY ACTUALLY DID SOME, SOME HELP, SOME INTELLIGENT HELP ON THE IN THE INSIDE TO MAKE US PUSH THAT BUTTON.

SO JUST AS A MATTER OF CONSULTING. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE PLEASED TO MOVE TO THIS.

DAMON OUR, DAMON JACKSON, OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS UPGRADE.

THE NEXT ONE IS OUR TECH FELLOW ANNUAL ITEM THAT WE BRING TO YOU.

AS YOU RECALL, THIS IS OUR OUR TRAINING PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY IN PREPARING ADMINISTRATORS.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE ONE TECH FELLOW THIS YEAR. THAT'S THE THAT PURCHASE THERE.

AND WE'LL BE USING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCY CYCLE SEVEN GRANT FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT.

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AND SO THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH ARAMARK IN THE PAST.

AS A RESULT OF THE TDA AUDIT REQUIRED US TO MAKE THIS CHANGE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NEW TO US, BASICALLY. WE'RE PULLING THIS AWAY FROM ARAMARK AND AND AWARDING THESE COMPANIES THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVICE THIS. SO IT'S JUST CHANGING FUNDS FROM PAYING ARAMARK TO PAYING THESE FOLKS HERE, SO, I MEAN, YOU SEE THE USES THERE. THIS IS A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBERS.

IT COULD BE LESS THAN THIS THAT WE USE. KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE TDA FUNDS THAT THAT WILL BE USED FOR THIS, NOT GENERAL FUNDS. TO PAY FOR IT. THEN THE LAST ONE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS OUR ANNUAL GENERAL LIABILITY VEHICLE COMPREHENSIVE COLLISION COVERAGE WITH TASB. SLIGHT INCREASE HERE THAT YOU WILL NOTE FROM LAST YEAR.

ABOUT A $20,000 INCREASE. PARTIALLY THAT'S DUE TO THE NEW LEGISLATION IN REGARDS TO EMPLOYEE LIABILITY.

AND SO. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SOME CLAIM HISTORY WITH HILL [INAUDIBLE] FROM OUR VEHICLES THAT WE'VE HAD REPAIRED.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSED THAT SLIGHT INCREASE OF $20,000.

HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ON THE TECH FELLOWS, HOW MANY TEACHERS HAVE, BECAUSE THEY APPLY FOR THAT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A TECH FELLOW DO APPLY.

THEY GO THROUGH A SCREENING PROCESS WITH US AND THEN ALSO WITH TECH.

AND SO WE HAVE ONE THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS OUR EIGHTH YEAR.

PART OF THIS IS FUNDED BY A GRANT OKAY. THIS IS OUR EIGHTH YEAR TO BE.

THAT'S WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT ONE, OKAY. ISN'T THERE USUALLY MORE THAN ONE THAT APPLY.

WE'VE HAD UP TO THREE. YEAH. BUT WE HAVE SCALED THAT BACK TO ONE BASED ON THE GRANT.

OKAY. SO THAT WAS INTENTIONAL, THE ONE OKAY. THAT WAS MY CONCERN.

THE EMPLOYEE WILL HAVE A TEACHER SALARY, BUT WILL BE PAIRED WITH A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PRINCIPAL OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO GO THROUGH A YEAR LONG RESIDENCY, AND IT'S ACTUALLY TWO SUMMERS PLUS THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY GO, THEY DO THEIR COURSEWORK THROUGH TECH.

THEY GET THEIR MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, THEIR PRINCIPAL CERTIFICATION.

AND SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GROW OUR OWN LEADERS.

ABSOLUTELY. THANKS FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THAT FOR OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO.

AND THIS YEAR'S TECH FELLOW. PROGRAM. IS KIM FOSTER, SHE HAS BEEN A TEACHER AT TALKINGTON, A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHER, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE PAIRED WITH RYAN RODRIQUEZ AT ATKINS FOR THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

WILL SHE BE THERE THE TWO YEARS OR. IT'S A ONE YEAR.

THE ONE, GOT YOU. SHE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

SHE'S ALREADY STARTED THIS SUMMER. SHE'LL GO THROUGH THIS YEAR AND THEN NEXT SUMMER.

OKAY. FOR THE COURSEWORK AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

THAT'S AWESOME. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM FOR OUR TEACHERS.

IT'S DEFINITELY AN EMBEDDED LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

SO I GUESS AS WE PINCH EVERY PENNY AND KIND OF LOOK FOR THINGS.

ALL THESE THINGS. I'M GOING TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND I WAS SCANNING THIS DOCUMENT.

RICK, SO IF YOU ANSWERED THIS PREVIOUSLY I APOLOGIZE.

BUT ON THE CONQUEST TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, IS THAT REPLACING A CURRENT SECURITY SYSTEM? CORRECT. YES, SIR. GRADIENT IS WHAT WE USED BEFORE, AND WE'RE SWITCHING TO THIS NEW SOFTWARE.

SO WE'RE NOT ADDING TO WE'RE REPLACING. OKAY.

COST, COST WISE. SIMILAR. RELATIVELY SIMILAR.

YEAH. SLIGHTLY INCREASED BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE BUT UPGRADED IN TERMS OF SECURITY AND SERVICES.

BASED ON WHAT. DAMIAN JACKSON. IT'S A MUCH BETTER PROGRAM.

THE QUALITY IS MUCH BETTER, AND IN TODAY'S CYBER SECURITY CONCERN ENVIRONMENT.

YEAH. DAMON HIGHLY RECOMMENDS THAT. WE ALL SEE WHAT HAPPENED AT UMC.

RIGHT. PREVENT THIS. ABSOLUTLY. RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND THEN ON THE FOOD SERVICE LOGISTICS, THAT'S OUTSIDE COMPANIES THAT THEY'RE CONTRACTING INSTEAD OF ARAMARK.

THAT'S CORRECT. IN LIEU OF. SO I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THE FUNDS THEN ARE JUST BEING INSTEAD OF BEING PAID TO ARAMARK, THEY'LL BE PAID TO THESE PROVIDERS. CORRECT. AND AGAIN, IT WAS AS A RESULT OF THE TDA AUDIT, THEY RECOMMENDED A, REQUIRED ACTUALLY NOT RECOMMENDED, REQUIRED THIS CHANGE, SO.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. DOES THAT NUMBER. OH. DOES THAT NUMBER CHANGE NOW THAT WE'RE GOING WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THEM AS FAR AS PAY THE $300,000, HAS IT BUMPED UP? SO, KEEP IN MIND THAT'S A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER, SO.

OKAY. WE DON'T KNOW. IT COULD BE 150,000. IT JUST DEPENDS.

AS YOU READ THE DESCRIPTION THERE, IF WE HAVE A FREEZER THAT GOES OUT.

YEP. WE CALL THESE FOLKS TO GO IN AND PULL OUR FOOD SO THAT IT DOESN'T GO BAD AND MOVE IT TO A GOOD FREEZER.

ARAMARK USED TO DO THAT FOR US. NOW WE CAN'T DO THAT.

SO WE'RE SWITCHING TO THESE COMPANIES. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY FREEZERS GO OUT, THEN THAT THAT PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS WOULDN'T BE CONSUMED.

WE WOULD JUST NOT SPEND IT. OKAY. SO THEY'RE NOT TO EXCEED.

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OKAY. IF WE SET 150 AND WE GO TO 160, WE GOT TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT WE WON'T EXCEED THIS NUMBER.

OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, RICK. ANYTHING ON THAT? I'M STILL LEARNING BUDGET CODES, BUT IS THIS FOOD SERVICE FUNDS THAT PAY FOR THAT? CORRECT, 245. OKAY. SO AND REMEMBER WE HAVE A SURPLUS OF THAT.

YEAH I REMEMBER THAT. SO WE'VE GOT PLENTY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE I KNEW IT ONE AND NONE.

SO COMING OUT OF FOOD SERVICE MONEY TO DO THAT WHERE WE'VE GOT, AGAIN IN JASON'S PENNY PINCHING.

YES. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE DOING TOO. AND SO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

IT SAYS ALLOWS FOR DAILY FOOD DELIVERIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SO WE MOVE FOOD AROUND, BUT THEY DON'T LET ARAMARK DO THAT.

I'LL, I CAN GET CLARIFICATION FROM THAT AS TO WHAT TYPE OF FOOD THAT WE'RE MOVING AROUND, IF IT'S MOVING FROM, IF IT'S COMMODITIES THAT WE'RE MOVING FROM THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE THIS OTHER SCHOOL NEEDS MORE HAMBURGER PATTIES OR WHATEVER, THAT KIND OF MOVEMENT. BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT COOKED FOOD.

OH, OKAY. LIKE CATERED FOOD. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

OKAY. OKAY. FROZEN FOOD. INVENTORY BASICALLY.

YEAH. IT'S INVENTORY. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT.

YES. OKAY. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT. INTERESTING.

YEP. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE A COLLECTIVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT CONTRACT, I'M SORRY, TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT PURCHASES AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. OKAY. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

NOW WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVAL OF DISTRICT CONTRACT RENEWALS, MR. RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.

CONTRACT RENEWALS. ONE IS, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS.

AND SO LONG DESCRIPTION THERE. BUT BOTTOM LINE, 25 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 9 MIDDLE SCHOOLS, 5 HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND THEN PRIORITY INTERVENTION ACADEMIES ALSO INCLUDED THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS.

Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR. AGAIN, VERY VALUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS PROGRAM AT THIS COMPANY.

AND SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BRING THAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS ANOTHER ANNUAL ITEM.

IT'S OUR PRINTING SERVICES, THE LEASE FOR THE PRINTING PRINTING EQUIPMENT.

AS YOU RECALL, WE WE'RE OUTSIDE THE THE REGULAR CONTRACT.

WE HAD A TWO YEAR EXTENSION. THIS IS YEAR TWO OF TWO OF THE EXTENSION.

SO IF WE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE UNDER THAT, WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK A YEAR FROM NOW AND ASK FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION, OR WE'LL GO OUT TO RFP FOR PRINTING SERVICES, AGAIN.

THE VALUE OF KEEPING THAT CURRENT CONTRACT, THE EQUIPMENT WAS STILL VERY GOOD.

SO IT REALLY WAS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WILL BE IN THAT SAME PLACE A YEAR FROM NOW.

IN TERMS OF THE EQUIPMENT. OH, I SEE. OKAY. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER, BUT THE COMMUNITY IS IN SCHOOL, SO THERE WAS SOME FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS PULLED BUT THEN PUT BACK, BUT THEN, SO DOES THAT IMPACT THAT? MOST OF THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH TITLE I, PART A, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FROZEN AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS ANOTHER PART OF TITLE MONEY THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE ACE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

THAT'S THE TITLE 4 THAT IS FROZEN RIGHT NOW. WE ARE HEARING THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED, BUT THEY HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY BEEN RELEASED YET.

BUT WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOUR APPROVAL SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR IT LATER.

BUT TITLE 1, PART A, WHICH IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS, HAS NOT BEEN FROZEN AT THIS TIME.

WE EXPLAINED TO OTHER FOLKS WHAT THE ACE PROGRAM IS.

ACE PROGRAM IS AN AFTER SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS WHERE THEY COME IN.

YOU CAN SEE THE CAMPUS IS LISTED. IT IS LCJJC, PIA, WE HAVE BROWN ELEMENTARY, MULTIPLE SCHOOLS. AND THIS PROVIDES AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMING FOR STUDENTS WITH TUTORING, WITH AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, UNTIL 6 P.M. THEY FEED CHILDREN.

IT IS A PROGRAM THAT A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES COUNT ON AFTER SCHOOL.

SO IF THAT MONEY IS NOT RELEASED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY IMPACTED BY THAT.

AND IT IS MUCH NEEDED, WE DEFINITELY NEED A, COMMUNITY IN SCHOOLS IS ACTUALLY STEPPING IN.

IS THE NUMBER ONE DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.

WE STARTED THAT PILOT PROGRAM, HOW LONG AGO? WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE ACE.

THE ACE IT'S A GRANT, THAT I BELIEVE WE'RE IN YEAR 2 OR 3.

3. 3. 4. 5. 5. 5, OH WOW. THANK YOU KEN. AND I WANT TO THANK KEN BECAUSE HIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CRUCIAL.

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BUT IT IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. WE HAVE ON SITE COORDINATORS WHO ARE AT THE SCHOOL.

THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, BUT THEY CAN DO THINGS FOR KIDS THAT ARE EMPLOYEES EITHER DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO OR CANNOT LEGALLY DO. THEY CAN TAKE KIDS FOR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS WITH PARENTS PERMISSION.

THEY CAN HELP THEM GET GLASSES. THEY PROVIDE TUTORING AND MENTORS.

THEY COORDINATE VOLUNTEERS ON CAMPUSES. THE ONSITE COORDINATORS ARE THERE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, AND THEN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM COORDINATORS ARE THERE AFTER SCHOOL.

FROM THE TIME SCHOOL THAT'S OUT UNTIL 6 P.M. THANK YOU, MR. CASAREZ, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S BEEN BENEFICIAL. I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE PARTICIPATED, I'VE ATTENDED AND TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND YES, WE NEED THIS PROGRAM BACK SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY.

YEAH. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNICATING THAT TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.

YES. WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK. OKAY.

WITH JODI? YES, I BELIEVE IN [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE THAT JUST THE ACE PROGRAM, NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, BUT ACE SERVES A THOUSAND STUDENTS. IS THAT CORRECT? AFTER SCHOOL. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL SAID.

700 TO 800. RIGHT. AND SO JUST THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THAT.

YES. ON FAMILIES AND ON CHILDREN. THAT ARE COUNTING ON THAT FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE.

THEY ARE. AND ENRICHMENT AND GIVING KIDS A VISION OF HOW THEIR LIFE CAN BE DIFFERENT.

AND IT'S A VERY POSITIVE THING. I WILL NEVER FORGET AT BROWN, THEY HAVE A GARDEN CLUB THAT'S COORDINATED BY THEIR ACE AFTER SCHOOL COORDINATOR.

AND THE CHILDREN WERE SHOWING ME THE CARROTS THEY HAD GROWN, AND TOMATOES.

AND THAT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP. YEAH.

LIFE SKILLS. YEAH. YES. OKAY. DO I HAVE A COLLECTIVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT CONTRACT RENEWALS AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. OKAY. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

APPROVAL OF DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION PURCHASES, MR. RODRIGUEZ. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MISS BRIDGES.

SO, ONE ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AS YOU RECALL, WE'RE MOVING THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE BATHROOM RENOVATIONS AT IRONS MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DELIVERY METHOD, AND NOW THIS IS THE ACTUAL COST FOR RENOVATING THOSE BATHROOMS. KEEP IN MIND, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN FACILITIES AND IN POST FACILITIES.

I DID HAD A HAVE A CONVERSATION. THIS THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT ALSO INCLUDES CONTINGENCY AS WE SOMETIMES DIG INTO BATHROOMS, ESPECIALLY WE WADE INTO THINGS THAT ARE NOT EXPECTED.

AND SO THESE FUNDS DO INCLUDE, THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT DOES INCLUDE SOME CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

IN THE EVENT THAT WE DISCOVER SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GO IN A LITTLE DEEPER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT MOVING IN. AND THEN IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THEN THOSE CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

WE DON'T SPEND THAT MONEY. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

YES, SIR. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HOPE FOR THAT.

YES. [LAUGHTER] WE CROSS OUR FINGERS EVERY TIME.

NOT JUST THIS TIME, BUT EVERY TIME. BUT THAT'S GOOD PLANNING.

BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT AT COMMITTEE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

YES, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION PURCHASES AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

[X. Workshop]

[X.A First Reading of TASB Policy Updates 124 and 125]

AND FIRST UP, AND WE'LL GIVE A FEW MOMENTS FOR SETTING UP.

WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE TASB POLICY UPDATES 124 AND 125.

AND SINCE WE HAD A BUSY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE'S PROBABLY QUITE A BIT.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY NOT FROM THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE YET.

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE YET. STILL WORKING ON THOSE.

YES. THAT WILL BE A BIG. WE HAVE THAT TO LOOK AT.

THAT'LL BE ONE. THAT'LL BE A ONE ITEM WORKSHOP.

YES. EXACTLY. 7 TO 9. EXACTLY. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY UPDATE 124.

AND WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT UPDATE 125. THESE ARE NOT FROM THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

TASB IS ROLLING THOSE OUT. THE PIECES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.

WE'RE GETTING AS ONE OFF PIECES. AND THEN THE BIG UPDATE WILL NOT ACTUALLY COME UNTIL OCTOBER.

SO THESE ARE WHAT THEY CALL CLEANUP UPDATES THAT ARE FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONS, OTHER EXECUTIVE ORDERS, OTHER PIECES, AND THEY'RE JUST DOING CLEANUP TO GET THEM THROUGH.

SO WE WILL BRING THESE. AND THEY HAVE BEEN PART OF YOUR SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE.

BUT WE WILL BRING THESE IN AUGUST FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AFTER WE'VE HAD FIRST READING IN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR FOR CLARIFICATION. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUT THESE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE EACH WEEK.

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SO WE'LL PUT THOSE EVERY WEEK ON FRIDAY IN YOUR SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE, OR THURSDAY.

ANYTHING ELSE. YOU'RE EXPERIENCING. WE LOVE IT WHEN TECHNOLOGY DOESN'T QUITE WORK. PLEASE STAND BY.

I WAS GOING TO SAY I COULD SING A SONG, BUT YOU WOULD ALL BE SAD.

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. YES, YES. IT'S ALL OKAY.

YEAH.

AND IF WE CAN'T SHOW IT ON THE SCREEN, YOU GUYS HAVE HAD IT IN YOUR UPDATE? YES. YOU CAN JUST TALK THROUGH. YEAH. THAT'LL BE.

DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST. I'M HAPPY TO.

OKAY. SO THE FIRST ONE, I'M GOING TO CLICK JUST FOR GRINS SO I CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.

THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FISCAL MANAGEMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

FINANCIAL ETHICS, THIS IS CAA (LOCAL). THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN THIS IS THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING IT IS A SUPERINTENDENT DESIGNEE, IT SAYS IT'S THE SUPERINTENDENT. THAT'S THE ONLY UPDATE INSIDE THIS ONE.

IT'S JUST RENAMING LANGUAGE AND CLARIFICATION.

THE NEXT ONE IS CDA (LOCAL) ABOUT INVESTMENTS.

THIS AGAIN IS ALSO JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT SAYS THAT IT'S MONITORED QUARTERLY INSTEAD OF EXTENDING THAT MONITOR PATHWAY.

SO A LOT OF THESE ARE LANGUAGE CLEANUPS FROM THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER POLICY CHANGES OR PRACTICE ACROSS THE STATE.

THE NEXT ONE IS CY (LOCAL) ABOUT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND IT IS A LANGUAGE CLEANUP THAT SAYS THAT SHALL BE LIMITED TO DISTRICT RELATED PURPOSE.

SO IT'S ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THAT AN EMPLOYEE HAS, AND IT'S ABOUT DISTRICT RELATED THINGS.

THE NEXT ONE IS ON THE EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.

AGAIN, A CLEAN UP, SAYING THAT EMPLOYEES ARE PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING OR USING TOBACCO PRODUCTS, E-CIGARETTES OR ELECTRONIC VAPORIZING DEVICES WHILE THEY ARE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY OR IN A DISTRICT VEHICLE.

THIS IS ADDING THE EXTENSION TO HAVE E-CIGARETTES AND SOME NEW USING MORE MODERN LANGUAGE.

ISH. AND WHAT IT IS CALLED AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THE NEXT ONE IS EHB (LOCAL), WHICH IS ABOUT A CURRICULUM DESIGN AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE DYSLEXIA HANDBOOK. YOU ALL SAW THIS IN THE LAST UPDATE.

WE ALREADY PUT THIS ACROSS EVERYTHING, BUT THIS IS JUST ADDING IT INTO EHB SO THAT THE CROSS-REFERENCE OF CURRICULUM STANDARDS MATCH.

THE NEXT ONE IS EHBB ABOUT GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.

AND THIS IS THAT THE DISTRICT CREATES SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE THAT 100% OF THE STATE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED AND USED FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS, WHICH WE ALREADY DO. IT'S JUST MATCHING WHAT IS ALREADY REQUIRED.

FFG (LOCAL) IS ABOUT STUDENT WELFARE, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

THIS IS. THIS UPDATE SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN ORAL REPORT AND IN THAT ON YOUR PHONE CALL, YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME AND A PHONE NUMBER.

BUT IT'S HELD IN CONFIDENCE. AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LEGAL UPDATE IN THIS SESSION THAT SAID YOU HAD TO REPORT IN 24 HOURS INSTEAD OF 48.

POLICY WILL UPDATE SOON, BUT WE'VE ALREADY TRAINED OUR PEOPLE AND ALREADY UPDATED THAT, AND THEN POLICY WILL UPDATE IN OCTOBER TO MATCH THAT.

IT WAS 48 HOURS AND SO NOW IT'S CHANGED TO 24 HOURS.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. SO IF THEY DID NOT REPORT IT WITHIN THE 24 HOURS AND THEY WAITED AND DID IT 48, IT'S NOT. THAT'S NEW MOVING FORWARD, JUST THAT YOU NEED TO REPORT WITHIN 24 HOURS.

SO THEY'LL STILL PICK UP THE CASE EVEN IF THEY JUST DO IT.

YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. THEY JUST REDUCED OUR EXPECTATION ON THE TIMELINE.

YES, MA'AM. THE NEXT ONE IS GKA (LOCAL). THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

SO THIS TAKES THE SAME CONCEPT ABOUT SMOKING AND USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND E-CIGARETTES, AND SAYS IT'S ALSO TRUE FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TRUE FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY CANNOT SMOKE OR USE THOSE PRODUCTS ON OUR DISTRICT PROPERTY, IN A DISTRICT VEHICLE OR AT A SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITY.

AND WILL WE BE POSTING SIGNAGE? I DON'T REMEMBER SIGNAGE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECTIVE FOR SIGNAGE.

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INITIATIVE. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER SIGNAGE WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT DOES NOT HAVE SIGNAGE REQUIRED.

NOT THIS SPECIFIC. OKAY. THAT ONE IS 124 GOING ON 125 SEPARATE UPDATES. SO WE'LL BRING THEM BOTH TO YOU. IN AUGUST AT THAT AUGUST 14TH FOR WHAT YOU APPROVED THIS MORNING FOR THE CHANGE.

SO THE SAME THING IS TRUE. THIS ONE'S ALSO BEEN IN YOUR UPDATE, AND ALSO BEEN A PART OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN, AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUT IT IN. THE FIRST ONE IS BDAA (LOCAL).

THIS IS ABOUT OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS FOR DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD OFFICERS.

THIS SAYS THAT IF WE CREATE A NEW BOARD COMMITTEE IN THE FUTURE, THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE BOARD ACTION TO ESTABLISH THE COMMITTEE AND THEN TO ESTABLISH THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, THE PROCESS TO BE APPOINTED, THE TERMS, THE RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND THEN IT HAS TO BE FOR FACT FINDING, DELIBERATE AND ADVISORY IF YOU WERE TO CHANGE THOSE PROCEDURES.

OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS BDB (LOCAL). AND THIS IS ABOUT YOUR INTERNAL ORGANIZATION.

SO THEY ARE CHANGING THE LANGUAGE SO THAT IT SAYS BOARD COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS IN JUST A MINUTE.

THEY USED TO CALL THEM SPECIAL COMMITTEES, BUT NOW THEY'RE, THE STATE IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU USE THE WORD ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND HERE'S WHY THAT MATTERS. BECAUSE BDF (LOCAL) WILL ESTABLISH THAT IF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS DEVELOPED.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE TALKED ABOUT A DUAL LANGUAGE POTENTIAL COMMITTEE IN THE FUTURE, THAT IS AN ADVISORY THAT INCLUDES BOTH DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT IN ORDER TO CREATE, THAT REQUIRES BOARD ACTION AND THAT THAT BOARD ACTION HAS TO GIVE US A RANGE OR SPECIFICITY OF MEMBERS, A PROCESS OF APPOINTMENT, THE TERM OF HOW LONG THEY SERVE AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS.

SO THIS LOCAL UPDATE WOULD SAY ADVISORY COMMITTEES COME FROM YOU WHEN WE MESH DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP TO LOOK AT SOMETHING.

THE NEXT ONE IS EI (LOCAL). THIS IS ABOUT CREDIT IN HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ALREADY HAVE THIS IN OUR COURSE OFFERING BOOK THAT WHEN YOU TAKE TWO SEMESTERS OF A COURSE AND THEY AVERAGE TOGETHER TO PASS, WE DO PASSING AVERAGE. THIS IS FIXING EI (LOCAL) TO MATCH WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN IN PRACTICE AND BEEN A PART OF OUR COURSE OFFERING BOOK.

IT WAS FIXED IN ANOTHER PORTION OF POLICY AND THIS IS A CROSSOVER.

THE NEXT ONE IS FDE (LOCAL) ABOUT ADMISSIONS FOR SAFETY TRANSFERS, AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ADD THE WORD BULLYING AS INCLUSION. WE HAD ALREADY PUT THIS IN OUR PRACTICE IN OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

AGAIN, IT IS FIXING LOCAL POLICY TO MATCH LANGUAGE THAT WAS ALREADY IN LEGAL AND ALREADY IN PRACTICE.

SO JUST A CATCH TO MATCH EVERYTHING. THE LAST ONE IS FFAC (LOCAL) WELLNESS AND HEALTH SERVICES AND MEDICAL TREATMENT.

THIS ONE WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH TASB ON THE RECOMMENDATION.

IT TALKS ABOUT THAT IF YOU HAVE UNASSIGNED MEDICATION FOR RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.

SO THINK ABOUT AN ASTHMA INHALER. WHAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS AFTER IT HAS BEEN USED.

AND SO WE HAVE A NEW HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR AND WITH KAMI FINGER SUPPORT AND WITH PATTI'S SUPPORT, WE ARE WORKING ON WHAT THOSE PROCEDURES WOULD LOOK LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INFORMING PARENTS.

IT'S A STUDENT'S PRESCRIPTION THAT BELONGS TO THEM.

BUT THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR INFORMATION SHARING IF A KID USES THEIR OWN PRESCRIPTION? SO AND THAT IS IT FOR 125. ANY QUESTIONS FURTHER? AGAIN 126 WILL BE A VERY LARGE ONE. 126 WILL BE HUGE IN OCTOBER.

PROBABLY IT'S GOING TO COME IN PIECES. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE.

AND WHEN I SAY OCTOBER, WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE THREE PIECES THAT ARE COMING WITH SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN COMMITTEE.

AND SO WE'LL KEEP SEEING MORE AND MORE ALONG THE WAY.

SO WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE TO SHARE AS WE KEEP GOING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISTY. SO FAR.

[X.B. Leadership Pipeline Development]

YES, WE'RE EXCITED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. WE'RE SENDING THE PRESENTATIONS TO THE PRINTER SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A COPY IN FRONT OF YOU.

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MAYBE A COUPLE MINUTES. YEAH. LET'S LET'S PAUSE FOR A MINUTE. ABSOLUTELY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL PRESENTERS WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE LEADING DIFFERENT STRANDS OF THIS WORK IN OUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE WORKS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON PROGRESS AND AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

CONGRESSMAN HARRINGTON. SPECIFICALLY TO TALK ABOUT TIDAL FUNDING AND THE IMPACT THAT FREEZE HAS FOR LUBBOCK ISD. I WANT YOU TO.

AFTER THIS ABOUT THAT. AN IDEA FOR THAT. OKAY.

I'M STILL INTERESTED IN BEING WITH YOU. IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. WE LET YOU LET US. THANK YOU. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.

YEAH, WELL, I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT ASKED, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

YEAH, WE KIND OF ARE OFF A LITTLE BIT WITH TWO, TWO BODIES SHORT.

OH, YEAH. YEAH. OH. I'M SORRY.

OH, YES. YES, YES. MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW WERE IN FOR A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH, WELL, I'M GONNA TAKE A GRAB THAT TIME.

FOR ALL OF [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE WE JUST PRACTICED UP THIS PHRASE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO PLAY.

YEAH, I CAN. OH. OKAY, OKAY. IT'S JUST SOME THINGS THAT. YOU WOULD SEE THIS. WE GOING TO DO [INAUDIBLE] THIS SUMMER.

THIS SUMMER? YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, I THINK SHE SENT BOTH PRESENTATIONS TO THE SUMMER.

[INAUDIBLE]. IT'S ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

IT'S GOING TO BE JUST FINE. [LAUGHTER] OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

[INAUDIBLE] THERE YOU GO. OH, GOD.

I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU. YOU BET. YOU BET. [INAUDIBLE] YOU BET.

OH. THANK YOU RICK. OF COURSE. THANKS. THANK YOU SIR.

I RAISED MY CHILDREN OVER. DID YOU WANT. DID YOU WANT TO? THANK YOU, RICK. [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL. OKAY. THERE'S SOMETHING IN OUR FOLDER, BUT.

YEAH, IT'S NOT THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. ONE MORE MINUTE FOR TRUSTEE CHAVEZ TO.

[INAUDIBLE] SPEAK OFF, AND I'LL MAKE SURE LISA KNOWS AS WELL.

OKAY. YES, MA'AM. OH. [INAUDIBLE] THEY DON'T HAVE A.

IN THE BOX, OKAY. I'LL GO. I SAW THAT. DOCTOR THOMPSON WILL BE DOING SEVERAL INTERVIEWS.

GET AHEAD OF THE NARRATIVE. IT'S. YOU SUBMITTED AN AMAZING PROPOSAL, AND THEY'RE JUST BRINGING US OUT, AND SO THAT'S GOOD. TO KNOW. [INAUDIBLE] YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT EASY. IT'S NOT GREAT. YEAH.

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IT'S JUST MONEY. IT'S JUST MONEY. THANK GOODNESS THERE'S A BALANCE, BUT.

THEY'RE SOMEWHERE IN 750. YEAH. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IT'S AN IMPLANT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. COOL. OKAY. OH, YEAH, THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT. MRS. RIEBER, ARE YOU READY? YES, MA'AM.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU AN UPDATE.

WE DO A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON OUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE.

AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE TAKE TO GROW LEADERS INSIDE LUBBOCK ISD.

AND WHAT WE'RE MOST EXCITED TO SHARE IS, AS YOU LOOK AT THE UPDATES FROM ALL OF THESE INCREDIBLE PROJECT LEADERS AND WHAT THEIR TEAMS HAVE DONE, BUT THE INCREDIBLE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO PEOPLE WHO THINK, I WANT TO CHOOSE LUBBOCK ISD BECAUSE THEY GROW LEADERS, THEY GROW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN TO COME IN AS A TEACHER AND HAVE THAT CHANCE TO LEARN AND GROW AND TO BECOME.

AND WE GIVE THEM THE SUPPORTS AND THE SPACE, JUST LIKE YOU SAW TODAY.

AS WE ARE NAMING NEW PRINCIPALS AND WE ARE GIVING PEOPLE THAT INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

SO IF YOU WILL TURN TO SLIDE TWO, YOU SEE A SLIDE THAT LOOKS BUSY, THAT HAS A BLUE CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE THAT SAYS DISTRICT GOAL IS 2 TO 1 RATIO OF READY LEADERS. OUR GROUP TODAY IS GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU EACH ONE OF THESE PATHWAYS.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES EACH.

TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE GROWTH THAT YOU CAN SEE.

IF YOU'LL LOOK AT SLIDE THREE, IT GIVES YOU A DEFINITION OF WHAT THOSE PATHWAYS ARE.

SO AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION.

WE TALK ABOUT OUR LEADER LEVELS, WHICH IS HOW WE DEFINE THOSE ROLES AND GROW PEOPLE.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT VACANCY PLANNING AND WHAT WE DO IN HIRING AND DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT STRUCTURAL ROLES. YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT OUR 50/50 TEACHER LEADERS, AND THEN THAT CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PARTNERSHIP, WHERE OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS GO TO THE HOLDSWORTH CAMPUS AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. THE THING WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT, THOUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE THREE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP PATHWAYS, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WHEN YOU ENTER THE PROFESSION AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER AND YOU ARE PART OF THE LUBBOCK ISD FAMILY, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A TEACHER LEADER, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, A PRINCIPAL, AND OR A CENTRAL OFFICE LEADER.

AND THAT IS DESIGNED WITH GROWTH OPPORTUNITY, WITH ACCESS, WITH ENCOURAGEMENT, WITH SUPPORT.

AND ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE UNDERNEATH WITH THE BULLETS ARE THINGS THAT THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME LEAD.

THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH INTENTIONALITY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT DESIRE TO GROW AS A LEADER AND HAVE THAT INTEREST, THAT WE'RE MEETING THEIR NEEDS AND SUPPORTING THEM ALONG THE WAY. SO I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KEN, WHO'S GOING TO KICK IT OFF WITH OUR LEADERSHIP VALUES.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. AS WE GO THROUGH, AS MISTY MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH OUR LEADERSHIP VALUE AND DEFINITION FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND SO REALLY THE FOCUS FOR OUR LEADERSHIP VALUE IS JUST TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN OUR DISTRICT'S VISION FOR LEADERSHIP AND HOW IT'S EXPERIENCED, UNDERSTOOD BY TEACHERS FOCUSING ON THESE TWO STATEMENTS.

01, I UNDERSTAND HOW MY DISTRICT'S DEFINITION OF GREAT LEADERSHIP APPLIES TO MY ROLE, AND 2, MY DISTRICT HAS CLEARLY DEFINED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GREAT LEADERSHIP.

SO OUR FOCUS IS TO HAVE A CENTRAL LANDING PAGE FOR ALL OF OUR TOOLKIT MATERIALS.

SO WE'LL HAVE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, AND WE'LL HAVE PRESENTATION TEMPLATES, VIDEO CLIPS, BRANDED VISUALS THAT WILL BE ACCESSED BY OUR CAMPUS LEADERS.

AND SO IN THIS CENTRALIZED HUB, WE WILL SUPPORT AND HAVE ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE NEEDED AND NECESSARY FOR OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO SHARE WITH THEIR STAFF.

SO WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT RUNNING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO THAT OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THIS INFORMATION. AND SO AS WE BEGIN TO DEVELOP OUR PLAN OF ROLLING THIS INFORMATION OUT TO OUR TEACHERS SO THAT IT REALLY FOCUSES IN IN OUR TEACHERS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED IN DOING A SURVEY AMONGST ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF IN THE DISTRICT IS OUR OUR CAMPUS LEADERS WHETHER THEY'RE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND TEACHER LEADERS HAD A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION. IT'S THAT OUR TEACHERS STILL HAD AN UNDERSTANDING, BUT NOT A DEPTH OF CLARITY THAT OUR OTHER ADMINISTRATORS DID.

SO THAT IS THE INTENTION OF PUTTING PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT SO OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS CAN REALLY FOCUS ON DIFFERENT PARTS AND ASPECTS OF OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION THROUGHOUT

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SO WE'LL LOOK AT HOW WE DEVELOP LEADERS. SO SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER WE WILL LOOK AT EMPOWERING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY AS ONE OF OUR CORE COMPETENCIES OF OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION GROW AND REFLECT AND SERVE IN AWARENESS.

AND THERE WILL BE A FOCUS ACTIVITY TIED TO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT COMPETENCIES AS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF OUR PILLARS.

OUR SECOND PILLAR LOVING PEOPLE. AND BETWEEN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATE SKILLFULLY AND THEN EMBRACING COMMUNITY.

AND THEN OUR FINAL PILLAR OF VALUE DATA. THROUGH MARCH AND MAY, WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON FOSTERING SHARED VISION, PLANNING STRATEGICALLY AND CULTIVATING STUDENT SUCCESS.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO ROLL OUT MORE DEPTH WITH OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION TO ALL OF OUR STAFF.

I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO BETH. THANK YOU. KEN.

GOOD MORNING. THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE LEADER LEVELS SLIDE.

AND THIS WORK IS REALLY DESIGNED TO DEVELOP OUR PRINCIPALS OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHER LEADERS.

SO YOU CAN SEE MAYBE ON YOUR ON YOUR PRINTOUT WE HAVE JUST A QUICK PICTURE OF THE PROFILES.

SO WE TOOK THE LEADERSHIP DEFINITION, OUR VALUES THAT KEN TALKED ABOUT.

AND WE DRILLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO BE A PRINCIPAL IN OUR DISTRICT BASED ON OUR LEADERSHIP VALUES.

SAME FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER LEADERS.

AND THOSE GROUPS HELPED US DEVELOP AND REFINE THOSE PROFILES.

SO THIS YEAR, OUR FOCUS BASED ON THESE GROUPS, FEEDBACK IS TO FOCUS IN ON A FEW SKILLS TO HELP THEM GROW WITHIN THIS PROFILE.

SO OUR PRINCIPLES ARE GOING TO WORK ON EMPOWERING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, WHICH IS UNDER DEVELOP LEADERS.

AND THIS IS GOING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DISTRIBUTE LEADERSHIP ACROSS THEIR CAMPUS, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP RETAIN THAT TOP TALENT.

WE'RE GIVING THEM LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO HELP OUR PRINCIPALS TO HOLD INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH THAT WORK.

THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO WORK ON THE ABILITY TO PLAN STRATEGICALLY.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND HANDLING IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM TASKS.

OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ARE GOING TO WORK ON TWO SKILLS.

THE FIRST ONE IS PLANNING STRATEGICALLY AS WELL, WORKING ON DETAILED CALENDARS SO THAT THEY CAN PRIORITIZE INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORTING THAT WORK ON THEIR CAMPUS. AND THEN SECONDLY, EMPOWERING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, GIVING THEM SKILLS IN COACHING OTHER CAMPUS LEADERS AT THEIR SCHOOL.

ALL. AND THEN FINALLY THE TEACHER LEADERS THEY'RE GOING TO WE MEET WITH THEM FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON ONE SKILL EACH TIME WE MEET WITH THEM.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS PLANNING STRATEGICALLY. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A THEME HERE.

TIME MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR TEACHER LEADERS WHO ARE TEACHING FULL TIME IN THE CLASSROOM AND ARE ALSO SERVING IN AN ABOVE AND BEYOND ROLE, AND THEN COMMUNICATING SKILLFULLY, GIVING THEM SOME TIPS ABOUT HOW TO ADJUST YOUR COMMUNICATION STYLE BASED ON THE GROUP THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING WITH STUDENTS OR PARENTS, OR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

THIRD WOULD BE EMPOWERING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY.

HOW TO USE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS.

AND THEN FINALLY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. HOW TO BUILD THOSE TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PEERS SO THAT THEY CAN THEN PROVIDE THEM WITH FEEDBACK TO HELP THEIR PEERS GROW AND IMPROVE. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT OUR TEACHER LEADERS HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TITLE TWO FUNDS BEING FROZEN.

OVER 95% OF OUR TEACHER LEADERS HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO CONTINUE, REGARDLESS IF THEY WILL RECEIVE A STIPEND.

SO JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE INCREDIBLE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT AND THAT ARE GROWING AND SERVING AS LEADERS.

RIGHT. AND NEXT, CRYSTAL. AND IT'S CRYSTAL'S BIRTHDAY, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CRYSTAL.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS SLIDE EIGHT.

SO I SHOULD SAY VACANCY PLANNING CYCLE. IN THE PACKET YOU HAVE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED. DOCTOR STEVENS AND I HAVE WORKED ON THIS WORK STREAM.

AND AS YOU SEE THE PRINCIPAL PROFILE THERE, ONE OF THE EXCITING PIECES AS WE'VE GONE AND HIRED NEW PRINCIPALS IS WE'VE TAKEN THIS OUT AND GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM THE CAMPUS STAFF AND THEN ALSO THE COMMUNITY THAT THE CAMPUS SERVES THERE AND WHAT THEY LOOK FOR,

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AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND HIRE THEM. SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE OUR DISTRICT GOAL OF 2 TO 1, WHICH WAS ALREADY MENTIONED I CAN SAY IN ALMOST EVERY POSITION AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, WE HAVE HAD THAT 2 TO 1 RATIO. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

SO THE NEXT THING YOU'LL SEE IS A GRAPH. TO THE SIDE.

IT'S NOT COMPLETELY FINISHED BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A 25-26 DATA FULLY IN THERE YET.

BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

IS LOOKING AT PAST VACANCIES. AND THEN ALSO MOVING FORWARD, OUR CURRENT VACANCIES.

AND THEN WHAT WE PROJECT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

SO AS WE COME BACK FOR THE NEXT QUARTER, YOU'LL SEE A GRAPH THAT'S MORE FULLY UPDATED.

BUT JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHAT WHAT YOU COULD BE EXPECTING TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.

THE DOTTED LINE IS THE PROJECTION, AND THE SOLID LINE IS THE ACTUAL. YES, MA'AM. YES. YES. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. NEXT PART OF THE VACANCY PLANNING CYCLE.

SO JUST A REMINDER. THIS WORK IS NOT ABOUT SELECTING A FUTURE PRINCIPAL, BUT IT'S RATHER ABOUT TALKING ABOUT OUR POOL OF TALENT, OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE READY.

BUT WE HAVE TALENT TALKS BEGINNING OF YEAR, MIDDLE OF YEAR AND END OF YEAR.

AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE CANDIDATES.

AT THE STRETCH ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

AND THEN ALSO LIKE WHAT AREAS OF GROWTH THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON.

SO AS WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS, WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT STRENGTHENING OUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE AND TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, WITH THIS LEADER, BE POTENTIALLY READY IN A YEAR.

TWO YEARS. SIX MONTHS. SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT SELECTING THE PRINCIPAL, BUT MORE ABOUT TALKING ABOUT OUR INTERNAL CANDIDATES AND THAT PIPELINE WE HAVE THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP PIPELINE, SO. AND THEN UP NEXT, I THINK IS AMY.

GOOD MORNING. SO AS CRYSTAL SHARED WITH YOU, WE HAVE REVAMPED OUR HIRING PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WE STARTED THAT WORK LAST FALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH HOLDSWORTH, AND WE HAVE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THAT PROCESS. THE ONE THAT WE'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU THIS MORNING IS THE INCREASED VOICE WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

SO WE HAVE GONE BACK TO OUR FACE TO FACE CAMPUS MEETINGS ONCE A PRINCIPAL VACANCY HAS BEEN POSTED.

WE HOLD MEETINGS ON THE CAMPUS, ONE WITH TEACHERS AND THEN ONE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THEY LOOK AT THAT PROFILE AND THEY HELP US DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE CAMPUS THAT HELPS US NARROW DOWN OUR CANDIDATE FIELD.

AND THEN WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A NEW STEP IN OUR PROCESS, WHICH WE'RE CALLING THE COMMUNITY INTERVIEW.

AND THAT COMMUNITY INTERVIEW IS COMPRISED OF TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NEITHER MYSELF OR JACK.

AND SO WE DO A PRESCREENING INTERVIEW WITH EACH OF OUR CANDIDATES THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD FIT FOR THAT CAMPUS.

NOW, ONCE WE FIND THE PERFECT PRINCIPAL, WE MOVE ON TO OUR ONBOARDING PIECE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON YOUR NEXT PAGE. AND SO WE STARTED THE ONBOARDING WORK THIS PAST SPRING. AND WE ARE WORKING ON A 70/20/10 MODEL.

70% OF OUR LEARNING WILL BE HAPPENING ON THE JOB.

20% WILL BE A PART OF OUR NEW MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT JACK IS GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT IN JUST A SECOND, AND 10% OF THAT WILL BE FORMALIZED CLASSROOM LEARNING.

OUR 70% STARTS THE MINUTE THAT THEY ARE NAMED.

SO THIS MORNING, AFTER YOU GUYS SELECTED SARA ALVAREZ, AN EMAIL IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT TO ALL DEPARTMENTS AT CENTRAL OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION AND THAT SHE HAS ACCESS TO ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE NEEDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL RIGHT AWAY.

SHE WILL THEN BEGIN WORK ON A 90 DAY ENTRY PLAN, WHERE SHE WILL LOOK AT THE SUCCESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES ON THE CAMPUS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE. AND SHE WILL ALSO USE THAT PRINCIPAL PROFILE THAT THE COMMUNITY DETERMINED TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING AND ALIGN WITH THE NEEDS OF THAT CAMPUS SO THAT THAT PRINCIPAL CAN HAVE SOME IMMEDIATE SUCCESSES.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THEN THE NEXT THING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO ROLL OUT, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ROLLED IT OUT TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, IS OUR YEAR AT A GLANCE CHECKLIST. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEEDED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S ACTUALLY 34 PAGES LONG.

AND SO IT IS A MONTHLY. IT'S A WEEKLY, MONTHLY, DAILY LOOK FOR PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED.

AND THEY CAN PERSONALIZE THAT FOR EACH OF THEIR CAMPUSES.

BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT OUR NEW PRINCIPALS HAVE THAT SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A LONG RANGE AND A SHORT RANGE VIEW OF WHAT'S COMING SO THAT THEY CAN BE PREPARED.

SO THE MENTOR PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AS A, TO MATCH NEW PRINCIPALS WITH EFFECTIVE MENTOR PRINCIPALS.

SO SELECT PRINCIPALS APPLIED AS MENTORS. THEY WERE PROVIDED WITH TRAINING.

THEN THEY WERE MATCHED WITH A NEWLY APPOINTED PRINCIPAL TO MEET MONTHLY FACE TO FACE, TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND JUST GO THROUGH LIFE AS A PRINCIPAL.

EPPS WILL CONTINUE TO MEET AS A TRIAD PERIODICALLY.

THE THREE OF US THE PRINCIPAL, THE NEW PRINCIPAL, THE MENTOR PRINCIPAL AND THE EPP TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GIVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AFTER THAT. AND OUR LAST PIECE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE 10% ON THE JOB LEARNING, OR THE 10% CLASSROOM LEARNING.

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HOW DO YOU RUN TEAMS? HOW DO YOU WORK THROUGH PAYROLL, HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE TRAVEL? SO THEY HAD EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED SO THAT THEY COULD GET STARTED. WE HELD AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN JULY AND THAT WORKED WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS. WE WILL HAVE ONGOING MONTHLY TRAININGS FOR OUR PRINCIPLES THAT WILL HAVE TIMELY TOPICS OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO KNOW AT THOSE TIMES.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED OUR SECOND YEAR PRINCIPALS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS LAST YEAR. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT THEY MAY HAVE MISSED IN ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE'VE GOT THAT COVERED FOR THEM, TOO. THANK YOU GUYS. I THINK. [INAUDIBLE] SO, THE NEXT THING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW WE ARE PREPARING ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, CURRENT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS TO STEP INTO THE PRINCIPALSHIP ROLE.

AND SO OUR PATHWAY TO THAT IS CALLED THE PRINCIPALSHIP.

THESE ARE HIGH POTENTIAL LEADERS. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE JACK ALONGSIDE US TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT THIS YEAR.

BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A RECAP OF LAST YEAR.

WE HAD TEN ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.

LAST YEAR FOR MOVED INTO A PRINCIPAL ROLE, TWO MOVED INTO NEW CAMPUSES AND NEW ROLES, AND THEN FOUR OF THEM ARE CONTINUING TO GROW AT THEIR CURRENT CAMPUS, AND WE ARE BRINGING THEM IN TO GIVE THEM SOME CONTINUED LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THEIR NORMAL DUTIES, HAVING THEM CO-LEAD OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PLCS, AND ALSO PARTICIPATING IN A RESIDENCY PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN GO AND POTENTIALLY LEAD IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND SEE SOME DIFFERENT, HAVE SOME DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES BESIDES JUST THEIR CURRENT CAMPUS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO GROW THEM EVEN THOUGH THEIR COHORT IS OFFICIALLY COMPLETED.

AND THEN WE ARE LAUNCHING COHORT TWO. WE HAVE OUR FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING THIS COMING MONDAY, AND WE WILL HAVE EIGHT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS PARTICIPATING.

TWO OF THEM ARE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, TWO ARE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, THREE ARE AT HIGH SCHOOL, AND ACTUALLY ONE IS NOT AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

THEY'RE SERVING HERE AT CENTRAL OFFICE, BUT THEY HAVE A DESIRE TO MOVE INTO CAMPUS LEADERSHIP.

AND SO THEY'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.

WE'LL HAVE EIGHT SESSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WHICH INCLUDE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, STRATEGIC PLANNING, DELEGATION, SYSTEMS, THINKING, COMMUNICATION, HIRING WILL WORK ON SOME TECHNICAL SKILLS AS WELL, AND THEN PREPARATION FOR INTERVIEWS AS VACANCIES COME OPEN IN THE SPRING.

AND I'M GOING TO LET JACK TALK ABOUT OUR 360 REPORT AND OUR TRIAD WORK.

SO EACH OF THE EACH OF THE HIGH POTENTIAL CANDIDATES HAVE DONE A SELF-REFLECTION, ALONG WITH 2 OR 3 OTHER PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEM PROFESSIONALLY, WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR IDEAS OF CHALLENGES AND SUCCESS STORIES ON THESE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.

SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE USING THE SAME TRIAD MODEL.

SO IT'S THE PRINCIPAL, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN BETH OR MYSELF.

AND WE ARE CURRENTLY MEETING WITH THOSE WITH THOSE HIGH POTENTIAL CANDIDATES GOING OVER AND JUST REFLECTING ON THE SURVEY.

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS? WHERE ARE WE SUPER SUCCESSFUL AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO GROW AND DEVELOP? AND THE HOPE OF USING THIS MODEL IS THAT BY COMING OUT OF THIS MEETING MONTHLY FACE TO FACE AND ALLOWING THESE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES TO DEVELOP ON THEIR CAMPUS AND TO CREATE GOALS FOR THEMSELVES THAT WILL STRETCH THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE BUILDING PRINCIPAL AND THE SCHOOL ITSELF. AND THE CULMINATION OF THAT IS THEY WILL PRESENT A CAPSTONE PROJECT, ACTUALLY TO CABINET TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WORKED ON, WHAT THEIR PROBLEM OF PRACTICE WAS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

THAT REALLY GETS THEM TO THINK AT THE PRINCIPAL LEVEL, NOT JUST WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, BUT TRY TO SIMULATE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE TO WORK AS A PRINCIPAL.

SO THEY WILL PRESENT THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO US IN THE SPRING.

AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR IS CALLED THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALSHIP.

AND THIS PROGRAM WILL BE OPEN TO ALL TEACHERS, ALL STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED JUST TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER AT THE NEXT LEVEL, WHETHER THAT IS MOVING INTO ONE OF THE 50/50 ROLES THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT, OR MOVING INTO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALSHIP. AND WE'LL HAVE FIVE SESSIONS THAT WILL OFFER OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR JUST ABOUT WHAT IS THE AP ROLE? TIME MANAGEMENT. THERE'S THAT THAT WORD AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING, SCHOOL CULTURE AND THEN AGAIN, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

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IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE IN THE FUTURE? AND THEN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WE'LL HAVE FOR OUR HIGH POTENTIAL CURRENT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IS TO HELP FACILITATE THIS LEARNING, SO THAT THAT STAFF CAN HEAR FROM CURRENT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ABOUT WHAT THE JOB ACTUALLY IS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO LAUNCH THAT THIS FALL.

GOOD MORNING. STRUCTURED ROLES, AS YOU'VE HEARD MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, IS THE 50/50 MODEL OF HAVING TEACHERS SERVE AS 50% TEACHER AND 50% INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.

AND ROBIN FULBRIGHT, MISTY, RICK AND I HAVE ALL LED THIS WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR, WHERE WE'VE MET MONTHLY WITH OUR COHORT ONE, YOU CAN SEE THOSE SIX CAMPUSES LISTED BEING MILLER, ATKINS, CAVAZOS, CORONADO, AND MONTEREY.

WE MET WITH THE PRINCIPALS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND REALLY BEGAN DEVELOPING WHAT THEIR MODEL COULD LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON EACH CAMPUS.

SO THIS SUMMER, WE GOT TO DO THE BEST OF THE WORK, AND THAT IS TO BEGIN WORKING WITH THOSE 16 50/50 TEACHERS.

THEY CAME IN THIS SUMMER, IN JUNE, AND MET WITH ROBIN AND I AND OUR HOLDSWORTH PARTNERS, AND REALLY BEGAN DIGGING INTO JUST THINKING OF THEMSELVES AS A LEADER. UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE SHIFT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IN TERMS OF THEIR TIME, THEIR SKILL APPLICATION AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY MOVING INTO THIS NEW ROLE.

SO WE SPENT THREE DAYS. THE FIRST DAY WAS SELF.

THE SECOND DAY WAS REALLY ABOUT HOW DO YOU WORK WITH OTHERS AND LEAD OTHERS.

AND THEN THE THIRD DAY WAS FOCUSED ON TEAMS BECAUSE OF COURSE, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH TEAMS OF TEACHERS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE COACHING ON THE CAMPUS.

THEN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WILL HAVE DAY FOUR AND DAY FIVE OF THE TRAINING WITH THESE LEAD TEACHER LEADERS.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOCUSED MORE ON THE PRACTICAL SKILLS OF WHAT THEIR SCHEDULE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT TOOLS ARE THEY GOING TO USE TO KEEP UP WITH COACHING THE DIFFERENT TEACHERS ON THEIR CAMPUS, HOW WILL THEY WORK WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATORS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAMS. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT WORK. THEN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY.

AND THAT TIME WILL BE SPENT ON THEIR CAMPUSES KIND OF WORKING THROUGH WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT WORKING AS A 50/50 LEADER ON THE CAMPUS AND PROVIDING THEM SUPPORT. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COHORT ONE.

WE'VE KIND OF USED THE LAST YEAR TO BUILD THE BUILD THE PLANE AND NOW IT'S LAUNCHING.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE ALSO INTRODUCED IT LEAD YESTERDAY.

KIND OF GAVE A LITTLE CARROT OUT THERE TO START THINKING ABOUT COHORT TWO AND WHAT CAMPUSES WILL BE COMING ON BOARD NEXT YEAR.

SO THIS COMING YEAR WE'LL KIND OF HAVE A COMBINATION OF CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ADMINISTRATORS IN COHORT ONE, WORKING WITH THOSE TEACHERS LEADERS, AND THEN BEGINNING THE PROCESS WITH ANOTHER SET OF PRINCIPLES.

LOOKING FORWARD AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KAMI WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAMS? GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THIS LAST PART IS THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, OR A PARTNERSHIP WITH HOLDSWORTH.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CAMPUSES TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TWO YEARS WORTH OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AT THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER. AND SO OUR FIRST COHORT, AS YOU CAN SEE IS, YOU CAN'T ON YOUR PRESENTATION.

I'M TRYING TO GO TO THE MONITOR. OKAY. CORONADO, HUTCH, EVANS, MCWHORTER, WILLIAMS AND SMITH.

THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED THEIR JOURNEY AT THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER.

AND HAVE GONE THROUGH A YEAR'S WORTH OF LEARNING.

THIS NEXT YEAR, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO PARTICIPATE WITH A TEAM.

THE FIRST YEAR FOCUSES ON JUST THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL PLUS ONE.

THE PLUS ONE IS TYPICALLY AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OR AN ACADEMIC DEAN, AND TOGETHER THEY BEGIN WORKING ON WHAT THEY CALL A PROBLEM OF PRACTICE.

OUR NEXT TWO COHORTS THAT APPLIED, AND WE HAD SUCH EXCITEMENT THAT HOLDSWORTH ALLOWED US TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL CAMPUS TO OUR TOTAL THAT ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND, BUT YOU CAN SEE 4.2 AND 4.3.

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SO MONTEREY, ATKINS, PARSONS, MILLER AND THE ATC WHICH IS PROBABLY THE ONLY TECHNOLOGY, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER THAT IS PARTICIPATING SO FAR IN THIS WORK ACROSS THE STATE.

BEAN, IRONS, MACKENZIE, TALKINGTON, WHITESIDE, BAYLESS, WHEELOCK, HARDWICK, HONEY, WOLFFARTH AND CARMONA AND ALL ARE VERY EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE. SO WE HAVE 22 TOTAL CAMPUSES THAT ARE GETTING TO PARTICIPATE.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT. 22 PRINCIPALS, 22 PLUS ONES.

AND THEN THEIR SECOND YEAR, THEIR TEAM GETS TO ATTEND AS WELL.

AND SO 88 LEADERS AT THE END OF THIS JOURNEY WILL HAVE BEEN IMMERSED IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE HOLDSWORTH WORK WHICH WILL BE QUITE SUBSTANTIAL AND INFLUENTIAL ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

JUST AS A, JUST SO THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WHEN THEY GO TO THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER, THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE FROM CAMPUSES IN DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS CITY, SEGUIN, CORPUS CHRISTI, EL PASO AND LOS FRESNO'S.

THOSE ARE THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THIS WORK WITH.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THEM. THEY'RE HAVING A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH OTHER LEADERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.

AND SO I'M VERY COMPARABLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE AND CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO WITH THAT, THEY ATTEND FIRST AND THEY DEVELOP A PROBLEM OF PRACTICE.

SO BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PLUS ONE, THEY DEVELOP A PROBLEM OF PRACTICE ON THEIR CAMPUS THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO WORK ON OVER THE COURSE OF THE TWO YEARS. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS IS OUR 4.1 COHORT ON YOUR SLIDE THAT THAT PROCESS FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO. SO THEY START WITH THE PROBLEM STATEMENT.

THEY GO THROUGH ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, AND THEY LOOK AT IDEAS THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE CHANGE ON THEIR CAMPUS.

AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF PLANNING AND ACTING AND DOING AND GOING THROUGH THAT CYCLE OF ENSURING THAT THAT PROBLEM OF PRACTICE BECOMES SOMETHING THAT IS SOLVABLE AND ACTIONABLE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE TIME, THEY FINALIZE THEIR GOAL, THEY RUN SIX DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT CYCLES TO ANALYZE AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON TRACK, AND THEN THEY REFLECT AND DEVELOP A CAPSTONE PROJECT AT THE END OF THEIR TIME WITH THEIR FULL TEAM.

AND SO IT IS A GREAT PROCESS TO GO BY WHICH THEY CAN REPLICATE IN FUTURE.

THEY CAN USE THIS PROCESS IN THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANNING ETC..

THE LAST THING THAT IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL IS THEY ARE ASSIGNED AN EXECUTIVE COACH.

SO BASED ON YOU KNOW, RESEARCH SOMEONE WHO IS TRAINED TO COACH AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, WHO'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO CAN GIVE THEM FEEDBACK. AND NOT ONLY THEIR PROBLEM OF PRACTICE, BUT OTHER THINGS THAT MAY COME UP WHERE THEY NEED A THIRD-PARTY WELL-TRAINED COACH TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING CAMPUS WIDE.

AND SO ALL OF THEM COME BACK VERY EXCITED AND FEELING LIKE IT IS VERY VALUABLE, MEANINGFUL TO THE WORK AND SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN APPLY AND WORK TOWARDS THROUGHOUT THEIR THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

I ASK A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON. SO I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PRINCIPAL TRANSITIONS IN WHAT I LOOK AT AS, I LOOK AT THESE COHORTS. HOW DO THE NEW PRINCIPALS WHO DIDN'T START WITH THAT COHORT BUT THE REST OF THEIR TEAM DID, HOW DOES HOW DO THEY GET CAUGHT UP? SURE. SO MR. POWELL IS AN EXAMPLE THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING IN DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THEY FELT A VERY COMPREHENSIVE APPLICATION WHERE THEY'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THEIR STRENGTHS AND THEIR WEAKNESSES ON THEIR CAMPUS.

THEY'VE ALREADY WORKED TOWARDS IDENTIFYING SOME GOALS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO TAKING THAT AND HANDING THAT OVER TO LIKE A JUSTIN NEWMAN AND HIM PICKING THAT UP ALONG WITH THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND GOING WITH THAT INFORMATION INTO THEIR FIRST LEARNING, WHICH HAS ALREADY OCCURRED THIS SUMMER.

THEY JUST CONTINUE WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT. WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY CAN TAKE IT.

AND THEN. IN THAT CASE, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S WAS A LOT OF FEEDER PATTERN KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY COULD APPLY.

SURE. BUT THERE, THAT DOES PROVIDE A PROCESS TO CATCH THEM UP.

IT'S JUST LIKE, OH GOSH, WE'VE INVESTED, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO MAKE SURE.

UNFORTUNATELY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT HAPPENED. YEAH. THEY. ERIN MITCHELL WAS JUSTIN'S PLUS ONE.

YEAH. SO SHE'S BEEN AWARE OF THE PROCESS. SO EVANS IS SET TO.

SO THEY SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN A PART OF THAT OKAY. THAT'S GOOD OKAY, OKAY I WAS JUST LOOKING AT SEVERAL OF THESE AND GOING, OH GOSH. NO,

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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

AND THANKS FOR WORKING WITH US WITH TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

I HAVE TEN QUESTIONS. YES MA'AM. [LAUGHTER] I WANT TO COMMEND THESE PROJECT LEADERS.

THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND I HOPE YOU SEE A COMMON THEME OF BUILDING CAPACITY WITH LEADERSHIP IN LUBBOCK ISD.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE GETTING UPDATES AS IT GOES BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT'S PROGRESSING.

WE'LL DO THAT QUARTERLY FOR YOU. OKAY. THAT'LL WORK.

THAT'LL BE REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU. I HAVE A BASIC QUESTION.

HOW ARE THESE SCHOOLS SELECTED? FOR THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO WRITE A LARGE NUMBER OF ESSAYS, AND THEN THOSE APPLICATIONS HAVE A RUBRIC.

I MEAN, THERE'S A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT READ THOSE, AND THEN IF NEEDED, THERE'S AN INTERVIEW PROCESS AS WELL.

THANKS. HOW MANY DO YOU GUYS TAKE? THERE WAS 6 IN 1 COHORT.

7. AND THEN. OKAY. YEAH. YES. OKAY. YES. AND THAT WAS OUR ALLOTMENT THAT WE WERE GIVEN.

FOR NOW. THAT'S IT. ACTUALLY, THAT'S THE FULL GRANT.

YES. OKAY. YES, THE FULL GRANT. WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE FOUR YEARS.

OH, BECAUSE OF THE GRANT? BECAUSE IT'S A GRANT.

OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. BUT THE IDEA IS THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH, THAT YOU REACH THAT TIPPING POINT.

YOU HAVE ENOUGH LEADERSHIP TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT.

THAT THEN MAYBE WE CAN REPLICATE THE EXPERIENCES.

OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS THAT I SAW TO THIS WAS THE 50/50 TEAM.

YES. I THINK THAT THE TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM OTHERS.

YES. I THINK IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM. I'M CURIOUS HOW THE 16 WERE SELECTED IN THE 6.

SO THE 6 CAMPUSES THAT WE STARTED WITH IN COHORT ONE WERE CAMPUSES THAT WE KNEW HAD INCREDIBLE STABILITY, THAT HAD ALREADY MAYBE EXPERIMENTED WITH THE IDEA BEFORE, AND THE LEADER HAD CAPACITY TO TRY SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT.

THE TEACHERS, THOUGH, THAT WERE SELECTED, WENT THROUGH AN INFORMATION SESSION, AN APPLICATION SCREENING.

THEY DID AN APPLICATION. THEY HAD A SCREENING PROCESS THAT WAS DONE WITH CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERSHIP.

THEN THEY HAD A CAMPUS LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW WITH A RUBRIC THAT FOLLOWED.

AND IN BETWEEN THERE WAS PHONE INTERVIEWS THAT TOOK PLACE. IT WAS A VERY RIGOROUS MULTIPLE WEEKS ACTUALLY, INTO A MONTH PROCESS. THEN ONCE THEY WERE, AND WE HAD A LARGE PANEL THAT APPLIED.

THEN ONCE THEY WERE SELECTED, THEY GO THROUGH ONBOARDING AND TRAINING.

SO WE KNOW THAT COHORT ONE HAD TO BE RIGHT SO THAT WE COULD BUILD AND LEARN FROM THAT AS WE MOVE INTO COHORT TWO.

WE'LL ANNOUNCE OUR APPLICATION PROCESS FOR COHORT TWO NEXT MONTH.

AND IT WILL HAVE, FOR THE CAMPUS DECISION. IT WILL HAVE A WRITTEN APPLICATION, A SCREENING PROCESS, AN INTERVIEW PROCESS, AND A RUBRIC THAT FOLLOWS.

EVERYTHING GOES IN THAT SAME PATTERN. WE FOLLOW THE SAME SIZE 16 AND 6 OR WILL THE.

THE NUMBER 6. THE NUMBER OF COHORT CAMPUSES WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 6.

THE NUMBER OF TEACHER LEADERS FLUCTUATES DEPENDING ON THE CAMPUS AND THEIR RESOURCES IN TITLE I THAT THEY WANT TO ALLOCATE, SO THAT NUMBER 16 WILL FLUCTUATE. AND WE'RE HOPEFUL IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS PEOPLE KNOW MORE ABOUT IT AND FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

SO THIS IS FUNDED, BECAUSE 50% OF THE TEACHERS TIME IS NOT TEACHING CHILDREN.

AND SO PRINCIPALS PRIORITIZE THEIR TITLE FUNDING TO MAKE THIS WORK ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

MONTEREY AND CORONADO HAD ALREADY EXPERIMENTED WITH THAT.

SO THIS REALLY IS JUST CODIFYING THAT PROCESS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT THIS IS PRIORITIZED BY THE PRINCIPALS TO FUND OUT OF THEIR TITLE FUNDS, FOR THE MOST PART.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TWEAK ON THAT AT MILLER, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE AS LARGE OF A TITLE POOL, AND TEXAS TECH IS WORKING WITH US TO HELP PROVIDE SOME HIGHLY QUALIFIED STUDENT TEACHER SUPPORT TO HELP FREE UP THAT HALF TIME FOR THEIR ONE 50/50 TEACHER. AT THE TEACHER LEADERS.

THEY STILL, IF THEY'RE IN THIS PROGRAM, STILL QUALIFIED FOR THE TEACHER DEVELOPMENT.

WE WROTE IT INTENTIONALLY SO THAT THEIR 50% MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE SO THAT YOU CAN BE ON A CAMPUS, BE A TEACHER LEADER, AND STILL BE TIA ELIGIBLE.

MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY EARNED IT. YEAH. THEY MAINTAIN THAT ELIGIBILITY.

YEAH. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD. ABSOLUTELY.

WE DID THAT WITH INTENTIONALITY SO THAT THEY COULD BE THAT PERSON AND STILL REAP THAT BENEFIT.

YEAH. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU'D SAID. YES, MA'AM.

YEAH. THESE ARE 16 OF OUR MOST HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS WHO ARE NOW COACHING OTHER TEACHERS, BUT STILL MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM WITH STUDENTS, TOO.

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WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT SLOW ENOUGH THAT THE INTENTIONALITY AND THE SYSTEM, THE FOUNDATIONS, LAID REALLY WELL. THAT'S GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AGAIN, SUPER SHOUT OUT AND THANKS TO ALL OF OUR PROJECT LEADS.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS, SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL.

AND THEN I'LL FLIP THE SLIDES THAT YOU CAN'T SEE.

OKAY. YES. OKAY. LISA THOMPSON, PLEASE COME TALK TO US ABOUT HEALTH PLAN

[X.C. Health Plan Update]

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT OUR PLANNING FOR THE 2026 HEALTH PLAN.

A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. AND IF YOU GO TO.

THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. SLIDE TWO IS THE UPDATED INFORMATION.

AGAIN, THIS IS FAMILIAR TO YOU. WE PRESENT THIS WITH MORE DETAIL.

MONTH TO MONTH AT THE BOARD OPERATIONS MEETING.

OUR CLAIMS ARE TRENDING AROUND 11,200,000 FOR, THROUGH MAY OF THIS YEAR.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE A MAXIMUM CLAIMS LOSS RATIO OF UNDER 87%.

SO WE'RE AT 84.1% SO WE'RE HOPING WE STAY IN THAT AREA.

YOU CAN SEE IN PRIOR YEARS WE WERE HIGHER IN THAT.

AND THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS CAUSED US A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS FOR PREMIUMS AND DIFFERENT SETUP.

PAGE THREE OR SLIDE THREE IS COMPARING YEAR OVER YEAR.

HEALTH PLAN PROJECTS AND CURRENT FUND BALANCE.

THE YEAR END PLAN COSTS. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE GONE BACK TO 2023.

YOU CAN SEE EVERY YEAR THE PROJECTIONS, THE MAXIMUM AND WHERE WE FAIL AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2026.

AND THAT'S UPDATED THROUGH MAY/JUNE. SO MAXIMUM CLAIMS FOR 2026, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS 28,500,000. 24.7 AT MINIMUM CLAIMS. MOVING ON TO SLIDE FOUR.

WE'LL BE PRESENTING IN AUGUST OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FINAL BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE 2026 HEALTH PLAN.

YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE BID OUT WE'RE REQUIRED TO BID OUT THESE EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR THE CLINIC.

IT WAS. WE'RE FINISHING YEAR FIVE, SO WE BID THAT OUT.

BUT FOR THE MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND PRESCRIPTION, WE BID IT OUT LAST IN 22 FOR 23 HEALTH PLAN.

AND WE BID IT OUT EARLY AS PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE YOU KNOW, DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT ON COSTS AND FEES AND COVERAGE.

FOR THE BOARD, YOU'LL CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE ZERO COPAY CLINICS, THE DENTAL PLAN, THE MEDICAL PLAN, AND THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN.

YOU'RE AWARE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND AGAIN, THOSE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.

WE DID SUCCESSFULLY ISSUE BEST AND FINAL OFFER LETTERS, AND HAD THOSE RESPONSES IN WHICH WE WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE FEES QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY, AS I REPORTED AT THE LAST BOARD OPERATIONS MEETING.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE. ON SLIDE FIVE ARE THE PROJECTIONS WE DID SEND OUT AT THE BOARD OPERATIONS DIRECTION LAST WEEK, THE 17TH, THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BID OUT OF THE OF THE HEALTH PLAN, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED PREMIUMS TO ALL EMPLOYEES AS, AS I MENTIONED, AS DIRECTED.

WITH THAT BEING SAID THE PREMIUM, WITH THE PREMIUM INCREASE, THE OTHER ONE HALF THAT WAS DEFERRED LAST YEAR TO BE PROPOSED FOR 2026. IT WOULD LEAVE US BASICALLY FLAT RIGHT NOW WITH PROPOSED DIRECTIONS.

THAT'S BETTER THAN LAST TIME. IT WAS CLOSE TO A MILLION LAST TIME.

SO WE'RE ENCOURAGED. WE HOPE CERTAINLY, MOSTLY THAT OUR EMPLOYEES IN THERE.

OUR FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN HEALTHY, BUT WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

BUT SO FLAT IS IS CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING. AND THEN IF WE WENT TO THAT MAXIMUM CLAIMS, IF WE HAD MORE SERIOUS CLAIMS IN 2026, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER DEFICIT OF 3.5 MILLION.

SO WITH THE PROPOSED PREMIUM OF THE OTHER ONE HALF, AS DISCUSSED LAST YEAR, WE'RE HOPING THAT WOULD LEAD US AS A AS FLAT.

THAT'S WITH THE PLAN AS IT IS NOW, NOT AN INCREASE IN DEDUCTIBLES, NOT AN INCREASE IN OUT-OF-POCKET MAX OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT JUST WOULD BE THE CHANGE IN PREMIUMS. THAT'S ALSO WITH MAINTAINING OUR EXTRA THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THAT'S THE ZERO CO-PAY CLINICS, THE ZERO CO-PAY PRESCRIPTIONS,

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ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL PLANS THAT WE DO AS A CARVE OUT OR EXTRA ASIDE.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE 2025 PREMIUMS AT THE TOP AND THE 2026 PREMIUMS. AGAIN, NO OTHER CHANGES. I'M SORRY. PROPOSED CHANGES.

PROPOSED CHANGES. YES. I'M SO SORRY. PROPOSED CHANGES 2026 PLAN COMPONENTS.

AND YOU HAVE THE HANDOUT AT THE MEETING. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE ADDITIONAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS I JUST MENTIONED EARLIER. YOU CAN SEE THE WELLNESS PROGRAM. AND REMEMBER, THAT'S NOT THE FEE, THAT'S NOT THE TOTAL FEE FOR THE WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PAYING IAWELLNESS. THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT ARE THE WELLNESS CREDITS TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT'S ABOUT 1.2, 1.3 MILLION. SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 1.2 TO 1.3 MILLION THAT WE'RE REDUCING OUR EMPLOYEE´S HEALTH PREMIUMS, WHICH IS THE $50 PER MONTH FOR THOSE THAT PARTICIPATE.

AND THEN THE GYM REIMBURSEMENT, THE LIVING BETTER DIABETES, THE VACCINE, CO-PAY CLINICS, AS I MENTIONED, ZERO CO-PAY, ZERO CO-PAY PRESCRIPTIONS, AND THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

SLIDE EIGHT AND NINE ARE JUST OUR TIMELINE THAT WE PUBLISHED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, SHOWING THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE UPDATED INFORMATION TO OUR EMPLOYEES ACCORDINGLY. AND YOU'LL SEE THERE, IN AUGUST, WE'LL BRING FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE WORKSHOP.

AND THEN FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AS YOU DETERMINE APPROPRIATE IN AUGUST ON THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

I AM CONTINUING TO GO AHEAD AND SET UP MEETINGS WITH THE CAMPUSES IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING WITH ALL THE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT NOT ONLY BENEFITS AND PROPOSALS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON CURRENTLY, BUT ALSO PAYROLL. SO THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN OPEN ENROLLMENT USUALLY BEGINS 1ST OF AUGUST.

ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? NOT A QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT.

YOU HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. AND IF I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE 17TH OF THIS MONTH, THE PROPOSED PREMIUM INFORMATION WENT OUT? YES, MA'AM. I THINK THAT'S THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME WE'VE SENT THAT OUT THIS YEAR, GIVING EVERYBODY A HEADS UP OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

YES. AND THANK YOU, LISA. YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT WE GIVE PEOPLE PLENTY OF HEADS UP, BECAUSE THAT WAS A CRITICISM LAST YEAR. AND SO THANK YOU FOR A REALLY GOOD JOB COMMUNICATING.

I THINK WHEN PEOPLE CAN PLAN THEN THAT HELPS.

YES, YES. THANK YOU. YES. MY PLEASURE. AND THEY HAVE SHARED THAT WITH US.

WELL, THEY HAVE WITH ME. I'M SURE WITH YOU GUYS THAT THEY WERE EXCITED THAT THE COMMUNICATION WAS THERE, THE TRANSPARENCY WAS THERE. YES.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND BE EMPOWERED TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THEIR FAMILY.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NUMEROUS TIMES THAT HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ARE VERY PERSONAL, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN ONE'S LIFE.

SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION. WE'RE ALL HAVING TO DO THAT.

YEAH, I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU'RE IN BETWEEN A HARD ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

I KNOW THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE TO MAKE. I GET IT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. BOARD'S HARD DECISIONS, RIGHT? WELL, TRUE STORY. YES. YOUR WORK IS HARDER, I THINK.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'VE SHARED WITH US IN COMMITTEE THE COMPARISON TO OTHER DISTRICTS THAT.

YES, SIR. DRS PLANS, AND CAN YOU, WHEN WE CONSIDER THIS NEXT MONTH, DO WE HAVE THAT AND.

ABSOLUTELY. TO SHARE. WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT I WANT TO, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S POTENTIAL INCREASE HERE THAT WE STILL ARE OFFERING A VALUE BASED COMPARED TO OTHERS. YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

AND WE ALSO SENT, BY THE WAY, AND YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS.

WE, JUST FOR THE RECORD, ALSO SENT THAT OUT TO OUR EMPLOYEES A WHILE BACK.

BUT I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING THAT FORWARD. YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO THAT? YES, MA'AM.

YES, MA'AM. AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON TRAS ON OUR MOST RECENT ITERATION.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE OTHER LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE UPDATED THEIR PREMIUMS. I KNOW THEY'RE CONSIDERING THOSE AND WILL CONTINUE.

HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR COMPARISON BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.

HAPPY TO DO THAT. I´LL RESERVE MY BRAGGING ON YOU UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT.

YOU KNOW, I AM JUST. IT'S A TEAM. IT'S A TEAM.

THAT'S RIGHT. THE LAST THING I WANT TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON AND JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN COVENANT HEALTH AND BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD. I KNOW THAT'S ALL ON FRONT OF MINE FOR EVERYBODY.

AND I KNOW CERTAINLY YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED.

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AS A REMINDER, THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH LUBBOCK ISD'S HEALTH PLAN, PER SE, EXCEPT BLUE CROSS IS OUR PROVIDER, OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND OUR EMPLOYEES ENJOY THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO COVENANT OR GO TO UMC.

THAT'S BEEN A BIG THING, RIGHT? AND OUR SURVEYS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE A CHOICE ON WHERE THEY GO IN ALL OUR SURVEYS.

WE ARE STAYING VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN COMMUNICATING WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM COVENANT, I MET AGAIN LAST YESTERDAY, MEETING WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD THIS AFTERNOON ENCOURAGING BOTH TO COME TO THE TABLE.

I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE WORKING BACK AND FORTH ON THAT AND MAY HAVE AN UPDATE THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK.

THIS, AS A REMINDER, IMPACTS NOT ONLY LUBBOCK ISD, WHO HAS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, BUT IT'S ANYBODY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND CERTAINLY IN THIS AREA THAT HAS BLUE CROSS, BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS INSURANCE THAT MAY WANT TO GO TO A COVENANT OR COVENANT RELATED OR OWN FACILITY.

WE DID SEND OUT IN JUNE AND AGAIN LAST WEEK INFORMATION, MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO ALL OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT CARE COORDINATION WITH ALL THE KEY NUMBERS. BLUE CROSS, BLUE SHIELD, COVENANT, AS WELL AS OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

AND HOW TO HELP COORDINATE THAT CARE. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO SEND AN EMAIL SPECIFICALLY TO BASIC HMO PLAN MEMBERS WHO HAVE A COVENANT PROVIDER AS THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

SORRY, ALL THE P'S ARE GETTING. AND BECAUSE THAT IS A SPECIFIC IMPACT FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES, THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR HEALTH PLAN, TRYING TO HELP COORDINATE THAT CARE.

BECAUSE AN OUT OF NETWORK PRIMARY CARE CANNOT MAKE A REFERRAL FOR CARE IF THEY GO OUT OF NETWORK.

SO THE CONTRACT COULD GO OUT AS OF AUGUST 1ST.

I HAVE CALLS ON THE 30TH AND THE 31ST NEXT WEEK WITH THOSE PARTIES AND AGAIN CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO WORK TOGETHER ON THAT.

AND THEN JUST MAINLY DOING A LOT OF EDUCATION, PROVIDING RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND THERE IS A FORM THAT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN A SPECIFIC CARE SITUATION, AND USING A COVENANT PHYSICIAN, SUCH AS ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY OR HAVING CANCER TREATMENT OR SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT LIKE THAT, THERE IS A DOCUMENT THAT THEY CAN FILE, THEIR PHYSICIAN FILLS OUT FOR COORDINATION OF CARE.

SO WE'RE ASSISTING WITH THAT FROM OUR OFFICE.

CONTINUING JUST TO FOCUS. THOSE EMAILS WENT OUT LAST THURSDAY.

WE'VE HAD NO MORE THAN FIVE INQUIRIES OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT OR JUST ASKING, WHAT CAN I DO? BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO KIND OF TRACK THOSE TO SEE IF THAT KICKS UP AS TIME GOES ON.

AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE ANY DISRUPTION.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THAT CHOICE OF CARE.

SO WE'RE JUST CONTINUING ON. AND I PERSONALLY ENCOURAGED BOTH PARTIES AND HAVE CONTINUED TO ENCOURAGE BOTH PARTIES TO COME TO THE TABLE.

LISA, I KNOW THAT EMAIL HAS BEEN SENT OUT, BUT WE ALSO KNOW IT'S SUMMER AND A LOT OF EMPLOYEES WILL NOT BE CHECKING THEIR DISTRICT EMAIL.

SO IS THERE THE POTENTIAL OR MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THIS OF HAVING, LIKE A TEXT MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEES TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL INSURANCE, AND PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T SAY A LOT IN A TEXT MESSAGE, BUT JUST TO CALL PEOPLE'S ATTENTION OF CHECK YOUR EMAIL.

WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT PLAN ON SENDING SOMETHING OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FOLKS ARE BACK ON THE FIRST OR THE FOURTH OR RIGHT BEFORE THAT. I'LL BE ATTENDING NEW TEACHER´S SYMPOSIUM AND PROVIDING SOME INFORMATION NEXT FRIDAY.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT PARAPROFESSIONALS TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN EXPLORE THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT IDEA. JUST THINKING ABOUT.

SURE. MAKING SURE IN THIS NEXT WEEK THAT IF THEY HAVE A PRIMARY CARE THAT THEY NEED TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT BEFORE AUGUST.

I AM AWARE THAT LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT AND CARDS HAVE GONE OUT FROM BLUE CROSS, BLUE SHIELD AND FROM COVENANT TO EMPLOYEES.

YES, MA'AM.

AND TRYING TO HELP. PROBABLY MOST EMPLOYERS ARE NOT ACTUALLY BEING GOING THE EXTRA STEP TO HELP.

SO THANK YOU. TO TRY TO CONNECT WITH INFORMATION AND DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN, SO.

THANK YOU. IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO DO THAT. AND WE KNOW THAT IT´S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL EXPECT OF US TO. I WILL ALSO ADD, WE ASKED LISA TO, MISS THOMPSON TO DO A LITTLE BIT DIGGING IN TERMS OF RESEARCH OF HOW

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SO IT'S A BALANCE OF MAKING SURE WE EDUCATE THOSE 7% OF EMPLOYEES WITHOUT CREATING A MASS CHAOS OF WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES THAT AFFECT ME? AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A COVENANT DOCTOR OR WHATEVER.

I DON'T GET CARE FROM COVENANT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO CREATE MASS CONFUSION ABOUT THE HEALTH PLAN AND WHETHER IT'S A PROBLEM WITH OUR HEALTH PLAN OR NOT.

LISA HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF BEING VERY CLEAR AND PRECISE OF COMMUNICATING TO OUR PEOPLE, OUR HEALTH PLAN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR HEALTH PLAN, BUT RATHER TWO INDEPENDENT PARTIES THAT ARE TRYING TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

ONE OF THOSE PARTIES IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, AND SO I THINK SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF OF MAKING IT SIMPLE LANGUAGE, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS JARGON, THE INSURANCE JARGON CAN GET KIND OF LOST IN WORDS THAT, FRANKLY, I THINK SOME OF OUR PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW AND DON'T WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

THEY JUST WANT TO TEACH KIDS AND LOVE OUR KIDS. AND WE WANT THAT AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THAT. AND SO REFINING THAT COMMUNICATION, THAT TEXT MESSAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO SEND TO THAT 7% THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THE HMO FOLKS, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS AN UNPREDICTED EVENT THAT CAUSES THEM TO GO, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE WHEN THEY DO THAT.

SO LISA, AGAIN, THANKS FOR YOUR, MISS THOMPSON.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP WITH THAT AND WORK ON THAT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SCOPE THAN THAT 7%.

ONLY IN THAT OBVIOUSLY, IF THE PROVIDER IS A UMC PHYSICIANS PROVIDER, THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, THEY'RE GOING TO REFER TO UMC. BUT ALL THE INDEPENDENT PROVIDERS LIKE A DOCTOR SHANKLIN OR DOCTOR TRAN OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT IS GOING TO PAY FOR HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE, GOING TO REFER OUT. POTENTIALLY THOSE THINGS COULD BE REFERRED TO COVENANT, WHICH THEN IS GOING TO CAUSE SOME ADDITIONAL DELAYS IF SERVICES ARE NOT OFFERED BECAUSE OF THE PLAN. AND SO WHAT I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN HERE IS JASON RATLIFF´S OPINION, NOT COVENANT HEALTH'S OPINION. I'M A GLASS HALF FULL GUY.

I REALLY AM HOPEFUL WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS THING RESOLVED BY NEXT WEEK.

BUT ALSO BEHIND THE CURTAIN, MY OFFICE NEXT TO RIGHT NEXT TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTING, WHO IS THE PRIMARY NEGOTIATOR IN ALL OF THIS.

AND IN LUBBOCK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THERE ARE JUST MANY, MANY EMPLOYERS THAT HAVE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.

I KNOW OF TWO THAT HAVE WEEKLY CALLS WITH MISS LAUDERDALE.

AND LISA IS ONE OF THEM. AND SO FOR THAT, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW MUCH ABOVE AND BEYOND YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE OUR STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SURE. AND I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON. THANK YOU.

THE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER LIST COVENANT PROVIDER MEMBERS WERE 208 MEMBERS.

SO WE DID FOCUS ON THOSE 208, GIVING THEM AN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HMO AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO REALLY FOCUS DOWN AND GIVE EVERYBODY THE INFORMATION.

AND THEN VERY SPECIFICALLY THOSE THAT IT TRULY WILL IMPACT.

THOSE FOLKS THAT MAYBE NEED TO BE REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIST OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE OF THAT PCP SITUATION.

SO REFER THEM ALL TO US. WE WANT TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AND HAPPY TO HELP.

THANK YOU LISA. THAT'S VERY COMFORTING AND ASSURING.

OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHE? I WANT TO COMMEND LISA JUST ON HER DILIGENCE WITH NOT ONLY THIS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD COVENANT SITUATION, BUT THE INSURANCE PACKAGE THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU NEXT MONTH.

SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND HER RELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE HAS BUILT IN HER KNOWLEDGE BASE HAVE SERVED THIS DISTRICT VERY, VERY WELL. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, LISA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE WORKSHOP PORTION. I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION AGAIN, SO I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, SO NO CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT, AND IT IS 9:30 A.M., AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.