Oct 07, 2025 Board Workshop

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OCTOBER 7TH, 2025. THIS MEETING OF THE KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING SUSAN JONES, VICE PRESIDENT. BRENDA ADAMS, SECRETARY MARVIN RAINWATER, BOARD MEMBER OLIVER MINTZ, BOARD MEMBER TINA CAPUTO, BOARD MEMBER RODNEY GILCHRIST, BOARD MEMBER. AND ME, BRETT WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER. FOR THE RECORD, A QUORUM HAS BEEN

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THEY THINK IT'S CUTE. THE BULLIES HAVE FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO LAUGH WITH THE TEACHERS AND SAY HOW MY DAUGHTER'S A TATTLETALE, BUT THEY ALSO FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO HARASS HER. MY DAUGHTER WAS. I WAS CALLED LAST WEEK AND I GOT CALLED AGAIN FRIDAY. THIS MONDAY I WAS CALLED WEDNESDAY. THEY NEVER CALLED ME BACK. GOT CALLED MONDAY. MY DAUGHTER IS AN ES BECAUSE SHE SIMPLY ASKED THE KID TO PLEASE TELL THIS CHILD TO STOP BULLYING ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO

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REMEMBER WE LOOKED AT WHERE DO WE HAVE EMPLOYEES DRIVING TO US FROM. SO WE HAVE EMPLOYEES FROM THESE DISTRICTS. ONE EXCEPTION IS COPPERAS COVE. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET DATA FROM COPPERAS COVE. I GOT A LITTLE BIT TODAY. WE WANT TO ADD THEM TO THIS COMPARISON, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEIR INFORMATION GETS IN THE DATABASES THAT WE LOOK AT. SO LOOKING AT TEACHERS, WHICH IS OUR USUALLY OUR POINT OF EMPHASIS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHERE WE RANK LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THESE BLUE BARS HERE WHERE WE RANK ACCORDING TO OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS. AND YOU SEE, WE WERE NUMBER ONE WITH TEACHERS. AND WE PUT IN THAT NOTE THAT THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE $5,000 LONGEVITY. WE'RE LOOKING AT A TEACHER WITH TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE. THE REASON WE PICKED THAT IS BECAUSE THE AVERAGE TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT HAS ABOUT 9 OR 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DOTTED LINE OF THE BAR IS WITH OUR PAY RAISE THAT WE INSTITUTED, A TEACHER AT TEN YEARS WILL NOW BE AT 66,780. NOW YOU MIGHT SAY, HEY, I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A $10,000 RAISE. REMEMBER, THE RAISE OCCURRED OVER SOMEONE WITH NINE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND THIS YEAR THEY WOULD HAVE 5000 MORE OVER WHAT THEY MADE AT NINE. AND SO NOW THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE MAKING AT TEN. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS THAT CLEAR? THAT CAN BE KIND OF CONFUSING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH, WE THINK EVERYBODY ELSE WILL PROBABLY HAVE IMPLEMENTED THAT $5,000 RAISE. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WHEN WE GET EVERYBODY'S DATA, WHICH WE EXPECT TO GET BY JANUARY, WE'LL SEE THAT WE'RE STILL LEADING THE PACK, AS IT WERE. AND HOPEFULLY WITH OUR TEACHERS, THEY CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE THEY ARE COMPENSATED, AT LEAST IN OUR COMPARISON GROUP AT A AT THE TOP LEVEL. ANY QUESTIONS

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SO WE WE ISOLATED THEM OUT. THESE ARE DAILY RATES. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THE REASON WE WENT TO DAILY RATES IS BECAUSE FOLKS HAVE DIFFERENT CALENDARS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR.

SOME HAVE A FULL YEAR CALENDAR, SOME HAVE A PARTIAL YEAR. SO WE WANTED TO COMPARE LIKE WHAT ARE YOU MAKING IN A TYPICAL DAY? WHAT IS YOUR AVERAGE DAILY RATE. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE FOR ELEMENTARY. AND WE LOOKED AT THE PRINCIPALS IN OUR, YOU KNOW, AVERAGE ALL OUR PRINCIPALS UP AND COMPARED THEM TO WHAT WE SAW IN THE DATA AS THE AVERAGE PAY FOR IN THESE OTHER DISTRICTS. AND YOU CAN SEE WE WERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE SECOND HALF OF, OF DISTRICTS THERE. SO WE IMPLEMENTED THAT PAY RAISE THAT YOU WERE SO GRACIOUS TO ALLOW US TO, TO GO FORWARD WITH. AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE RAISED THAT AVERAGE PAY, AT LEAST THAT DAILY RATE, TO 451.97. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT COMPARES. YOU CAN SEE, THOUGH, THAT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY CATCH PFLUGERVILLE TEMPLE OR AUSTIN. SO THIS MIGHT BE ANOTHER AREA THAT WE NEED TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT WHEN WE WE COME TO BUDGET TIME IN THE SPRING. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL PAY? HERE'S MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE AGAIN WE WERE LAGGING THE PACK HERE. AND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE BROUGHT IT UP SOME. THAT PROBABLY PUTS US MID PACK NOW. BUT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW IF THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS INCREASE THEIR PAY AS WELL. SO WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK IN JANUARY TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. AND MIDDLE SCHOOL MIGHT BE AN AREA ALSO WHERE WE NEED TO REEXAMINE WHERE WE ARE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPRING BUDGETING CYCLE.

HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WERE A LITTLE BIT HEALTHIER THERE. WE DID BRING UP THAT PAY UP TO $601 A DAY, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT MAKES US MORE COMPETITIVE IN THAT AREA. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL SEE IN JANUARY WHERE WE'RE AT. MOVING ON TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. THIS LOOKS BETTER FOR US. WE DID. WE ADJUSTED THE AP PAY. WE PUT THEM IN THAT DIFFERENT PAY GRADE AND GAVE THEM A PRETTY HEALTHY RAISE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL HELP US HERE WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AGAIN. WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT DATA THAT WE PROBABLY WILL SEE IN JANUARY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY HEALTHY AS FAR AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER GROUPS. AND THEN THIS WILL HERE'S MIDDLE SCHOOL AGAIN.

THAT WAS A HEALTHY JUMP FOR US. SO HOPEFULLY THAT THAT GETS US INTO THAT LEAD PACK THERE FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WHEN COMPARING TO OUR OTHER DISTRICTS. AND HERE WE ARE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WHERE WE'D STILL BE LAGGING PFLUGERVILLE IN AUSTIN.

BUT WE NEED TO SEE WHAT EVERY OTHER DISTRICT DID. AGAIN, JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR LONGEVITY BONUS. THIS IS OUR BASE PAY. WITHOUT THAT LONGEVITY BONUS THROWN IN.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROFESSIONAL PAY RATE? QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? I'LL JUST SAY THAT I THINK IF YOU WANT TO RECRUIT THE THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO PAY BETTER THAN EVERYBODY AROUND YOU, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP LONGEVITY PAY, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS OFFER LONGEVITY PAY. SO A PRINCIPAL AT ANY OF THESE SCHOOLS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE CLOSE TO 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND POSSIBLY WITH KISD, AND THAT'S ABOUT 5000 TIMES THREE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER 15,000. I DON'T THINK IT'S 15,000. 5000 AT TEN YEARS IN THE DIVISION. 1175 OKAY, SO SO $12,000, WHICH IS NOT TOO BAD. JUST MAKE SURE WE STATE THAT SO THOSE AT HOME CAN HEAR.

SO 12 12,000 IS WHAT CHRISTINA CARTER'S MY COMPENSATION DIRECTOR. SHE'S HAS ALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT. AND YOU SAID 12,000 RIGHT UNDER 12 RIGHT UNDER 12. AND AGAIN THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THEY HAVE ALL THOSE YEARS WITH KILLEEN ISD, SOMEONE THAT'S COMING IN FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT WE WANT TO RECRUIT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT LONGEVITY BONUS.

OKAY, OKAY. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. NOW LET'S MOVE ON AND TALK ABOUT OUR NONEXEMPT PERSONNEL. THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT AND CONSIDER IN THE SPRING BUDGETING CYCLE, WHAT WE CAN DO HERE TO HELP US OUT. SO AGAIN, COMPARISON DISTRICTS ARE THERE

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OTHER JOB OPPORTUNITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT GET LISTED ON EXIT REPORTS. YES MA'AM. WE HAVE 350 TOTAL ROUGHLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO 20 ISN'T IT IS A IT'S A LARGE NUMBER BUT 52 CAMPUSES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ONE OR A HALF AN FTE CAMPUS. BUT IF YOU'RE INTERVIEWING WEEKLY WE ARE SPENDING MANPOWER. WE ARE HAVING TO CONSTANTLY INTERVIEW THESE POSITIONS WHEN IF WE WOULD PAY MORE, THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY SOLVE SOME OF THIS AS A PROBLEM. MANY OF THEM ALSO GET PROMOTED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. IT'S A GOOD RECRUITING GROUNDS FOR US. AND ON THE TEMPLE ISD QUESTION, I THINK THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE DATA THERE IS BECAUSE THEY OUTSOURCE CLEANING. SO MY INPUT ON THIS WOULD BE I HAVE A THING WITH WITH BEING CLEAN. AND I WOULD TELL YOU, I DON'T LOOK AT IT AS WHAT THE COMPARATIVE DISTRICTS ARE DOING. I TAKE THE APPROACH OF WHAT TYPE OF PERSON DO WE WANT TO RECRUIT TO DO THE WORK RIGHT. AND BASED ON THAT RATE OF PAY, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THE TYPE OF EMPLOYEE THAT YOU HAVE. AND BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE COMPETITION FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES AND THE JOBS THAT FALL IN THIS MARKET, THAT'S WHY I KIND OF FAVOR THAT $16 AN HOUR, YOU KNOW, BASELINE, SIR, FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. YEAH. SO NOW, MADAM CAPITO, YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION ABOUT FILL RATE. AND ADAM, LAST YEAR WE DID GET TO ABOUT A 93% AT ONE POINT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER. REMEMBER I TALKED ABOUT THAT

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BUT YOU HAVE TO LIKE EVERY DAY THERE'S CHURN. YEAH, EVERY DAY THERE'S CHURN. AND SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A SLIDE ON RETENTION RATES LATER ON. I'M JUST MORE CONCERNED OF HOW MUCH TIME IT'S TAKING OUR STAFF TO INTERVIEW THESE PEOPLE, THE TURNOVER RATE, HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING, RETRAINING PEOPLE, WHEN IF WE PAID MORE, WE WOULDN'T BE DOING ALL OF THIS.

CORRECT? OKAY. CORRECT. MR. HECKENBERG YES, SIR. I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT THAT AND WE'LL BRING YOU THIS ANALYSIS. BUT AND I AGREE WITH YOU, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PAY THOSE FOLKS MORE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE POINT OUT THAT IF WE RAISE THE FLOOR TO HYPOTHETICALLY, 1617, THE SECOND AND THIRD ORDER IMPACT IS EVERY POSITION ABOVE THOSE IS NOW GOING TO GET THE SAME BUMP TO MAINTAIN OUR STRATIFICATION BETWEEN LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, AS WE TEAR OUR FOLKS UP. SO IT'S NOT RAISING THE FLOOR TO 17. IT'S EVERY LAYER ABOVE THAT. MANAGEMENT IS GOING TO GET BUMPED UP. OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FOLKS BEING PAID LESS THAN THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING UNDERNEATH THEM, WHICH WILL CREATE SOME PROBLEMS. I JUST SEE IT SOMEDAY, HOPEFULLY SOON, BEFORE I'M LONG GONE. ANOTHER AREA THAT'S SIMILAR TO THIS IS OUR SCHOOL NUTRITION RATES. SAME KIND OF THING. WE DID MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENT, BUT WE'RE LAGGING OUR NEIGHBORS. SO YOU KNOW THESE THIS IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE A HIGH CHURN OF FOLKS. NOW THIS IS A UNIQUE JOB. AND THAT YOU TAKE THIS JOB AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WORK EIGHT HOURS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A 4 TO 6 HOUR A DAY JOB THAT WE GIVE YOU. SO THAT THAT KIND OF TELLS YOU IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF EMPLOYEE THAT YOU GET HERE.

SO BUT POINT MADE. THIS IS JUST FACTS. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS.

MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, MR. BAKER, IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU JUST STATED ABOUT THIS BEING A 46 HOUR JOB, DO ANY OF THESE CAFETERIA OR NUTRITIONAL WORKERS THEN ALSO PICK UP THINGS LIKE CUSTODIAL DUTY OR AIDES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, NOT IT'S REAL DIFFICULT TO DO THAT, TO MIX THOSE KIND OF ROLES, ESPECIALLY DURING THE TIME PERIOD IN WHICH THEY'RE WORKING, SO THAT THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO DO. OKAY. ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL IS, IS THAT ADDITIONAL MEAL THAT WE'RE STARTING TO PROVIDE IN THE EVENINGS OR THE DINNER MEAL THING IS GOING TO AFFECT THESE HOURS AND STUFF? NOW, I WOULD IMAGINE THE THE FOLKS WORKING FOR THAT AND SOMEBODY BEHIND ME. YEAH HE DOES. YEAH OKAY. I'M GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING IT. OKAY. YOU'RE POINTING OVER MY HEAD, SIR. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THIS STUFF GOES OVER MY HEAD, BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR BENEFITS. REMEMBER HERE WHAT? WE'RE WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TRACKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE MORE AWARE OF THE BENEFITS THEY HAVE. AND WE THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. WITH OUR BENEFITS FAIR. BUT WE HAD TWO PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR THAT WE SAW THAT EMPLOYEES WEREN'T USING, BUT THEY WERE THERE AND THEY WERE PROVIDED TO TO THEM. ONE WAS THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS FOLKS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. AND WE WANTED TO GET TO WHERE AT LEAST 15% OF OUR EMPLOYEES WERE USING THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE COLUMN IS 23, 24, 24, 25 IS THE RED COLUMN. AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE WE'RE APPROACHING OUR GOAL THERE. SO THAT'S THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE BECOMING AWARE OF THE PROGRAM. AND THEN WE HAVE A GOOD SIZABLE CHUNK OF FOLKS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

THE OTHER THING IS THE OTHER PROGRAM IS IN THE NEXT PART OF THE GRAPH IS THE REGION TEN RAMS FINANCIAL THE FIN PATH PROGRAM. AND THAT'S A RETIREMENT PLANNING AND GETTING A EITHER A 457 OR A403 PROGRAM. AND YOU CAN SEE WE WANTED TO GET TO WHERE AT LEAST 20% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE TAKING PART OF THAT IN THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD. YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ALREADY UP TO 17.84%. SO I HOPE THAT WE LOOK AT RAISING THAT GOAL AND GETTING MORE AND MORE FOLKS REALLY CONSCIOUS OF OF PLANNING FOR THEIR RETIREMENT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SORRY, MR. RAINWATER. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE CONTRIBUTE TO OUR EMPLOYEES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE, DOES THAT FIGURE IN HOW ATTRACTIVE OUR DISTRICT BECOMES, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S, I THINK TO A LARGE POINT, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT A TOTAL BENEFIT, A TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS INCLUDE HOW MUCH YOUR EMPLOYER IS CONTRIBUTING

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APPRECIATE YOU ANY TIME. SO LOOKING AT OUR NEXT GOAL, 2.2, WHICH IS STAFFING. AND WE WANT TO, THE BEST WAY TO RECRUIT IS TO RETAIN. SO WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT OUR RETENTION STRATEGIES. MISS COLE WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE PRINCIPALS LAST YEAR, AND MAKING SURE THAT RETENTION WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR THEIR MINDSET WHEN DEALING WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES.

WE WANT TO ENHANCE OUR RECRUITING FOR FULLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS. WE KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AS A BOARD. WE KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE ACROSS THE STATE, BUT WE WANT FULLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN FRONT OF OUR, OUR, OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN WE WANT TO LOOK AT SPECIAL EDUCATION BECAUSE THAT IS JUST A THAT IS A CHALLENGE ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO FIND FOLKS TO THAT ARE CERTIFIED TO MAN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. SO LOOKING AT HOW WE DID LAST YEAR AND OUR RETENTION RATES, YOU CAN SEE WITH TEACHERS WE RETAIN AND THIS IS HOW WE FIGURED THIS. WE LOOKED AT BEGINNING OF SCHOOL LAST YEAR, 2425 LOOKED AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR, 2526 HOW MANY OF THOSE TEACHERS THAT WERE WITH US ON THE FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION LAST YEAR WERE WITH US THE FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION THIS YEAR? AND WE LOOK AT THAT. WE RETAINED ABOUT 83% OF OUR TEACHERS, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD.

OUR GOAL IS 85%. WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO AT LEAST 85% OF OUR TEACHERS. THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. BUT WE'RE THERE. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE STATE, BUT WE CAN'T IMPROVE AIDS. WE'RE STRUGGLING 76%. SAME KIND OF METHODOLOGY. SOME OF THOSE AIDS, THOUGH, WENT TO OTHER POSITIONS. SOME OF THOSE AIDS BECAME TEACHER APPRENTICES AND GOT IN OUR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM. SO THAT THAT WAS A SMALL BIT. BUT WE NEED TO WORK ON RETAINING OUR AIDS, LOOKING AT TRAINING, LOOKING AT PAY, LOOKING AT THE, THE THE CHALLENGES OF THOSE POSITIONS, THE TO HOLD ON TO THOSE AIDS AND SEE THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE WANT TO SEE THERE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO 85% OF OUR AIDS AS WELL. ADMINISTRATORS TOO. WE TOOK SOME HITS THERE, SO WE HELD ON TO 75% OF THEM. AND HERE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE DEANS OF INSTRUCTION. OUR CAMPUS ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS. AND THAT IS A SMALLER GROUP. SO THAT MIGHT VARY YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON CONDITIONS. BUT AGAIN, OUR OVERALL GOAL IS 85% OF RETENTION THERE. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THOSE RATES? MR. GILCHRIST? MR. BAKER, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ARE WE TRACKING IF THEY'RE LEAVING A PROFESSION OR THEY'RE JUST LEAVING OUR DISTRICT? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DO. EXIT SURVEYS.

YEAH. THE PROBLEM WITH OUR EXIT SURVEY IS GETTING PARTICIPATION TO TAKE THE EXIT SURVEY. SO I THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT IS THAT I KEEP THINKING ABOUT AND CHALLENGING MY STAFF TO GET BETTER RATES THERE. BUT YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO GET I NEED TO IMPROVE ON. I'M JUST I'M I'M INTERESTED IN JUST DISCOVERING IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY JUST LEAVING TEACHING OR, YOU KNOW, THE PROFESSION OF EDUCATION OR THEY JUST MOVE TO ANOTHER DISTRICT OR WHATEVER.

WELL, YOU KNOW, GETTING PAID, CERTAIN TEACHERS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO MOVE ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE. THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE WHERE WITH THE MILITARY WE HAVE THAT. WE KNOW THEY GET THEY GET STATIONED IN OTHER AREAS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO 100%, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME THAT THAT GET PROMOTED, YOU KNOW, AND YOU WANT THAT. YOU WANT THEM TO GO INTO ADMINISTRATION. SO YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET TO A TO A 100%. BUT WE THINK 85% IS A GOOD GOAL. HERE'S OH DID YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS OKAY. SO HERE'S LOOKING AT SOME OTHER. THESE ARE SOME NONEXEMPT POSITIONS THAT WE'RE WE'RE WE WANT TO LOOK AT. FIRST OF ALL LET'S CELEBRATE WITH BUS DRIVERS 87% HOLDING ONTO OUR BUS DRIVERS. WHEN I CAME HERE, BUS DRIVER, THAT WAS A REAL PROBLEM. AND WE HAD A LOT MORE VACANCIES THAN WE DO NOW. SO THAT'S A SHOUT OUT TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE REALLY WORKED WITH US TO IMPROVE THEIR RECRUITING AND RETENTION PROGRAM, AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY THRILLED WITH WHAT OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNER, DOCTOR RYLES AND NOW MR. WILSON HAS DONE. THEY'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB THERE. SO WE'RE PROUD OF THEM. LOOKING AT CUSTODIAN AND SCHOOL NUTRITION, WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT THEIR PAY RATES.

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WHY ARE YOU STAYING? WHAT WHAT MAKES IT GOOD TO STAY HERE AND THEN BUILD ON THAT. SO THERE'S THERE'S TWO APPROACHES WE NEED TO TAKE THERE. AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT A POINT OF EMPHASIS THIS YEAR TO LOOK AT THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT DATA. ONE OF THE STRATEGIES WE'VE PUT IN AND WITH THE GRACE OF THE BOARD, WAS YOU ALLOWED US TO EXAMINE SS FOR BRINGING IN SUBS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE STRESSORS THAT'S PUT ON FOLKS IS WHEN YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE AND THERE'S A LOT OF ABSENCES AND YOU GET ASKED BASICALLY TO TAKE ON AN EXTRA CLASS OR TO DO EXTRA DUTY AS AN AIDE. AND SO WHEN THOSE SUBS DON'T COME IN, THAT ADDS PRESSURE. SO WE REALLY WANT TO IMPROVE OUR FILL RATES WITH SUBS. AND WE PARTNERED WITH SS AND THEY'VE COME IN. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE. SO THE GREEN LINE WAS TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE SS CAME IN. THE BLUE LINE IS LAST YEAR. AND THEN THE RED LINE IS THIS YEAR.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHEN THEY JUST STARTED LAST YEAR THEY REALLY DIDN'T IMPROVE. THIS IS TEACHER ONLY DATA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING HERE. YOU CAN SEE WE REALLY IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT MUCH OF AN IMPROVEMENT. WE WORKED WITH SS THROUGH THE YEAR. THEY RECRUITED A LOT MORE FOLKS INTO THEIR SUB POOL. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S PAYING OFF. NOW. IS IT A CROSS EVERY CAMPUS? NO. WE STILL HAVE SOME CAMPUS HOTSPOTS WHERE WE NEED IT TO BE BETTER.

BUT OVERALL THE FILL RATES FOR SUBS IS LOOKING GOOD. THIS IS TEACHER DATA. AND THEN THIS IS OVERALL WHEN YOU DO AGE SECRETARIES AND TEACHERS YOU CAN SEE THAT IMPROVEMENT. AND SO WE THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING US TO EXPLORE THIS THIS SOLUTION. AND WE HOPE THE IMPROVEMENT CONTINUES. ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT HAVING CERTIFIED TEACHERS IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS BOARD. AND THE DISTRICT AND THE STAFF HERE AND CERTAINLY MY GOAL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A GOAL. WE WANT TO HAVE LESS THAN 7% OF ALL TEACHERS HIRED THROUGH THE DISTRICT OF INTERVENTION INNOVATION EXCEPTION. SO WE WANT TO KEEP DECREASING THE NUMBER OF NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE TEACHING IN OUR COURSES. WE KNOW THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE REMEMBERED THIS FROM YOUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, HAS TOLD US NEXT YEAR WE CANNOT HAVE THESE NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN OUR MATH AND READING COURSES K THROUGH FIVE, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE CAN'T HAVE NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN ALL OUR CORE SUBJECTS K THROUGH 12. SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DECREASE THIS POPULATION OF TEACHERS AND WE NEED TO GET THOSE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE LOVE, THAT HAVE TAUGHT FOR US FOR MANY YEARS WHO ARE STILL NOT CERTIFIED. WE NEED TO GET THEM CERTIFIED. SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO DO THAT. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE REGION 12. WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR OUR ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS, AND WE'VE GIVEN THEM SOME FEEDBACK TO HELP US OUT WITH THESE NON CERTIFIED FOLKS. GET THEM SOME MORE. THE REAL HURDLE TO CROSS IS PASSING THOSE TESTS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHERE SO MANY OF THOSE UNCERTIFIED FOLKS REALLY FALL IS THEY GET TO THAT TEST AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO PASS THAT CERTIFICATION TEST. SO WE'VE ASKED FOR A LOT MORE HELP AND TEST PREPARATION. WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT HELP. BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR NUMBERS ARE IMPROVING. WHEN WE STARTED THIS GOAL IN SEPTEMBER 24TH, WE WERE AT 14%. CURRENTLY WE'RE DOWN TO 10%. AND THAT'S A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD WITH OUR PARTNERS TO GET THAT PERCENTAGE DOWN. I CAN TELL YOU THE STATE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT. THE STATE HAS MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGES OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THEIR CLASSROOM, SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? MOVING ON. THIS IS AN AREA OF CHALLENGE. WHAT YOU SEE ON THESE GRAPHS ON THE ON YOUR LEFT IS TEACHERS AND ON YOUR RIGHT IS AIDS. THIS IS OUR SPECIAL ED STAFFING RATES. HOW MANY SPECIAL ED POSITIONS ARE FILLED? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE FILLED? OUR GOAL WAS TO GET TO 90% WHERE WE'RE NOT ON TRACK AS YET. WE'RE IN THE 80S. WE'RE THIS YEAR. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE DOWN TO 81%. AS YOU CAN SEE. THAT'S THAT ORANGE COLUMN IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, 84 AND 81. SO AND WE GOT TO A HIGH IN MAY OF 24. AND WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK UP TO THAT 90% LEVEL. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME

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I HOPE WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU, I CAN BRING YOU BACK SOME BETTER NEWS ON ON THIS PARTICULAR KEY. KEY STRATEGIC ACTION. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? MR. WHITEWATER? SO YOU SEEM I QUIT COUNTING ON THE BOARD, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME YOU'RE TRENDING UP IN VIRTUALLY EVERY DEPARTMENT BASED ON ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID. AND I THINK I CONGRATULATE YOU AND THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. BUT I THINK THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS IN THE BUILDING PRINCIPALS AND THE STAFFS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. AND AND CONGRATULATIONS. IF WE COULD JUST SPREAD THE WEALTH AND KEEP THOSE TRENDS MOVING UPWARD BECAUSE REALLY PREVIOUSLY, WELL, THEY WEREN'T SO GOOD. SO NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRENDS ARE ALWAYS MOVING UP IN YOUR DATA.

SO THANKS FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU, MR. WALL. WELL, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AREA THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON. AND I KNOW WITH OUR GROWING SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION, WE WE NEED TO KEEP THIS IN OUR FOREFRONT OF THESE STAFFING RATES BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE THE BEST CURRICULUM IN THE WORLD IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO IMPLEMENT IT. IT'S ALL THAT GOES FOR NOT. SO WE NEED PEOPLE. MADAM, I'M GOING TO LET MR. BAKER'S QUESTION. HAVE WE DONE ANY ANALYSIS ON WHY THESE NUMBERS ARE DECLINING? IS IT PROGRAMS, IS IT LEADERSHIP? IS IT YOU KNOW, IT'S CASELOADS. WHAT'S THE ANALYSIS? I CAN TAKE YOU TO A JOB FAIR, MR. MINSON.

YOU JUST SEE IT'S DRIED UP. IT'S OUR OUR ACROSS THE STATE. IT'S. OUR UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT PREPARING TEACHERS. AND WE HAVE TO DO MY FEELING BEING HERE FOR TWO YEARS. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I REALLY LOVE BEING HERE AND CLEAN, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE ARE SO GEOGRAPHICALLY FAR FROM A MAJOR COLLEGE INSTITUTION, AND WE HAVE SO LIKE, LET'S SAY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OR THE BIG TEACHING COLLEGES, TEXAS STATE, WE'RE SO FAR AWAY FROM THOSE INSTITUTIONS, AND THEY HAVE SO MANY CHOICES OF WHERE TO GO THAT WE HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. AND REALLY, I THINK IT'S GOT TO BE GROW YOUR OWN AND GROW YOUR OWN IS A LONG TERM SOLUTION. WE'VE DONE SOME SHORT TERM THINGS. AND AS FAR AS THOSE VISITING INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS, BUT THAT'S A SHORT TERM FIX. WE HAVE TO DO GROW YOUR OWN. WE HAVE TO SELL PEOPLE ON IT, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR GROW YOUR OWN PRODUCES SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, SIR. SO LET ME JUST PRESS YOU ON IT A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. GOOD. SO IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW AT 81% FILL ON AIDS AND 84% ON TEACHERS. WHY IF THE IF THE ISSUE IS DISTANCE, PROXIMITY, FLOW FROM A TEACHING INSTITUTION, THEN WHY AREN'T WHY ARE WE ARE WE NOT SEEING THE SAME RATES IN OTHER FIELDS? LIKE WHY I DON'T WHAT I'M WHAT I'M REALLY TRYING TO DRILL INTO IS SPECIAL ED IS INDEED SPECIAL. THERE'S SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS. IT TAKES A TRULY SPECIAL TYPE OF PERSON TO DO IT. LIKE, WHY ARE WE LOWER HERE THAN IN OTHER? I THINK IN OTHER AREAS I HAVE MORE OPTIONS AS FAR AS PIPELINES, RIGHT? LIKE I CAN DO A PERMIT TEACHER AND THEN GET THEM CERTIFIED IN, SAY, ENGLISH. A LOT EASIER THAN I CAN DO THAT. I CAN'T DO THAT WITH A SPECIAL ED. I DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION. THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED RIGHT AWAY. I, I THINK YOU'RE I'M GLAD YOU'RE PRESSING ME BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING ME THINK IN MY HEAD. I DO NEED TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPER TO GIVE YOU A MORE COMPLETE ANSWER. BUT THAT'S MY HYPOTHESIS RIGHT OFF THE TOP. OKAY, MADAM CAPITO, I WANT TO KIND OF FIRST SAY SOMETHING TO YOU, THOUGH I

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THAT IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE. I JUST WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE IT. I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO YOU. PRESIDENT WILLIAMS 2.3 TRAINING AND COACHING DID WANT TO PUT UP HERE ABOUT OUR TALENT

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AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT WE'VE RUN THAT ACADEMY SO OFTEN, AND WE'VE UP TO 72 GRADUATES SINCE JUNE, AND WE WILL BE RUNNING MORE CLASSES THROUGH THE YEAR. OUR POLICE ACADEMY, WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. THAT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE TO OUR ISD, AND WE HAVE 21 CADETS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AND HAVE BECOME POLICE OFFICERS. AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. OUR CHILD NUTRITION HAS A MANAGER AND TRAINING PROGRAM. AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALSO SUPER PROUD OF OUR BUS DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM. THAT HAS REALLY HELPED US CREATE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE CDL DRIVERS AND REMAIN GOOD BUS DRIVERS FOR US. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PIPELINES? SECRETARY ADAMS? MR. BAKER, IF YOU'LL GO BACK TO THE SLIDE BEFORE, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TEACHER RESIDENT PROGRAM, I THINK LAST YEAR WE MAY HAVE HAD FOUR MAYBE FIVE. WE HAD WE STARTED WITH FOUR. I THINK WE LOST ONE. AND SO AND WE'RE DOWN TO TWO NOW.

WE HAVE NOW LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE WHO ARE NOW OUR EMPLOYEES. THE PROGRAM WORKED. THEY ARE ALL THREE OF THEM ARE TEACHERS AT IRA CROSS. THIS YEAR. WE HAVE TWO TEACHER RESIDENTS THERE AT NOLANVILLE ELEMENTARY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM COMPLETING THEIR RESIDENCY AND PASSING THEIR TESTS AND BECOMING EMPLOYEES. REMEMBER, PART OF THE DEAL IS IF YOU GET TO RESIDENCY WITH US, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH US FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AFTERWARDS. YOU DON'T GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM AND GO BE A TEACHER AT ANOTHER DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE TO STAY IN KILLEEN. SO THAT'S PART OF THAT GROUP. THE REASON I WAS ASKING IS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT BECAME OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SPOKEN TO THEM ALREADY, BUT THERE WERE CONCERNS. I KNOW IT'S A BABY PROGRAM. WE'RE STILL BUILDING IT. THERE WERE CONCERNS WITHIN THE PROGRAM, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE FOLLOWING THOSE.

YEAH, WE WERE THE ONES THAT ARE THERE EVERY DAY. THERE ARE EMPLOYEES. YES. AND SO THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS THAT GOT TO ME ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. AND I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO IT RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU ARE FOLLOWING UP ON I AM FOLLOWING THAT. WE KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. BUT PART OF THAT PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD, IS YOU HAVE REGULAR GOVERNANCE MEETINGS WITH THE INSTITUTION. SO THOSE THOSE KINDS OF PROBLEMS DON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND YOU ADDRESS THEM RIGHT AWAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. OKAY. SO WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR ONBOARDING PROCEDURES. AND SO THIS YEAR WE'VE DONE OUR FIRST SURVEY OF OUR OF OUR NEW STAFF THAT WENT THROUGH OUR ONBOARDING PROCESS. OUR GOAL IS HERE IS THAT WHEN WE GET YOU GO THROUGH ONBOARDING AT KILLEEN ISD, I GET 90% OF YOU TELLING ME THIS IS A GREAT WE HAD A GREAT, A GOOD A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH ONBOARDING. SO THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR RUNNING THE SURVEY. THE RED WOULD BE THE THEY DISAGREED. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD. EXPERIENCE. GREEN WOULD BE NEUTRAL. SO WE DON'T WANT RED OR GREEN THERE. WE WANT A BLUE LINE THERE. WE WANT STRONGLY AGREE THAT IT WAS A REALLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE SOME RESULTS FROM FIVE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO THE 90 ANYWHERE. WE GOT ABOVE 80 IN 2 AREAS. WE HAD ONE AREA THAT WAS BELOW 70%. AFTER COMPLETING ONBOARDING, I FELT PREPARED AND CONNECTED TO THE DISTRICT'S CULTURE, VALUES AND GOALS. SO WE NEED TO LOOK OBVIOUSLY AT THAT AREA AND TALK ABOUT ASSURING THAT THAT UP. BUT THE LAST TWO AREAS THAT WE SAW WERE, WELL, IN THE 70S. SO WE WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENT HERE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND WE'VE SHARED THE RESULTS WITH OUR PARTNERS IN LEARNING SERVICES, WHO WE DO ONBOARDING ACTIVITIES WITH. AND WE'LL DEVELOP SOME PLANS SO THAT THIS IS A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR NEW EMPLOYEES. WE ALSO NEED OUR

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SO WE NEED TO WORK ON THE RESPONSIVENESS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT SURVEY. SO WE GET SOME COMPLETE RESULTS. BUT IT IS A FIRST STEP AND WE HOPE TO MONITOR OUR EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR TRAININGS IN A SIMILAR FASHION. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? QUESTIONS FOR MR. BECKER. THANK YOU SIR. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING YOU BACK MORE DATA NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELL, I'LL MOVE TO ITEM B, WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF YOUNG ENGAGED SCHOLARS. YES. PROGRAM EVALUATION IN 2025 2026 OVERVIEW DOCTOR JOE CREIGHTON. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILLIAMS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR DAVIS, DOCTOR OSBORNE, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU THIS EVENING ABOUT THE YES PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR AFTER WE RECEIVED OUR PHILANTHROPIC DONATION. WE RECEIVED THE DONATION FROM THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST. AND THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND WAS TO PROVIDE ANNUAL EARNINGS THAT WOULD ALLOW FLEXIBLE SPENDING OPTIONS TO BENEFIT KISD STUDENTS. THE FUNDS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES. THE FIRST CATEGORY WAS FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, AND THEN THE SECOND CATEGORY WAS FOR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS. SO THE INTEREST FROM THE DONATION WAS ALLOCATED TO IMPLEMENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF SELECT ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS. THESE PROGRAMS OFFERED ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT, MENTORSHIP, AND RESOURCES TO HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY. SO THE FIRST LAYER OF SUPPORT WAS THE YES PROGRAM.

YES STANDS FOR YOUNG ENGAGED SCHOLARS, AND IT SUPPORTED THIRD GRADERS AND SEVENTH GRADERS WHO SCORED BETWEEN THE 31ST AND 49TH PERCENTILE ON THEIR MATH ASSESSMENT. AND FOR THOSE SEVENTH GRADERS WHO DID NOT PASS READING STAR WHEN THEY WERE IN SIXTH GRADE, THERE WAS AN APPLICATION PROCESS, AND WE PLANNED FOR COHORTS OF 30 FOR OUR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS AND FOR OUR SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AS WELL. OUR THEME REALLY FOCUSED ON INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION. I KNOW WHEN I CAME AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE PROPOSAL, WE MENTIONED THAT WE KNEW WE COULD NOT HAVE STUDENTS WHO WERE STRUGGLING WITH READING, ATTEND A PROGRAM ON SATURDAY AND READ ALL DAY THAT THEY WERE IN THE PROGRAM. SO WE COMBINED READING WITH STEM, SO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH. AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED THE ARTS. SO STUDENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ARTS PORTION TO SELECT THEIR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CHOICE ABOUT WHICH ART THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN. THEY COULD BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ORCHESTRA. THEY COULD DO VISUAL ART, OR THEY COULD DO THEATER ART AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO LEARNING ABOUT READING, THE LESSONS WERE VARIED AND REALLY FOCUSED ON PROJECT BASED LEARNING. WE USED ACHIEVE 3000, WHICH IS AN ONLINE SUPPLEMENTAL LITERACY PROGRAM THAT FOCUSED ON NONFICTION TEXT. WE ALSO USED DRONES. THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN VIDEO GAME DESIGN IN ADDITION TO ROBOTICS. AND WE INCLUDED HERE ON THE SCHEDULE SO THAT YOU WOULD KNOW IT WAS A FULL DAY OF LEARNING FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE STEM PORTION WITH THE READING INTEGRATION WAS IN THE MORNING FROM 8 TO 12. THEY RECEIVED LUNCH AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON THEY HAD THE FINE ARTS STRAND. ACCORDING TO THE OPTION THAT THEY SELECTED WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM. OUR STAFF CONSISTED OF KISD TEACHERS WHO APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. SO WE HAD TWO THIRD GRADE TEACHERS FOR READING, ONE SEVENTH GRADE, WE HAD TWO THIRD GRADE STEM TEACHERS AND ONE SEVENTH GRADE.

IN ADDITION TO SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE IN THE CNI DEPARTMENT THAT WENT TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND THEN FOR THE ARTS PORTION, WE HAD OUR KISD TEACHERS WHO PROVIDED SUPPORT

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AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS COME FROM A BACKGROUND WHERE THEY ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PSAT NMSQT. THEY ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO KNOW WHAT COLLEGE IS AND WHAT ADVANTAGES IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE FOR THEM.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACADEMIC POTENTIAL WHO DON'T HAVE THAT FOUNDATION AT HOME. BY HAVING THIS PROGRAM AT THIS SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM, AS DOCTOR CREIGHTON WAS SAYING, WE PROVIDE EQUITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THEM TO COME TO US.

WE ARE GOING TO FIND THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE. THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT.

THE PSAT NMSQT IS THE TEST THAT IDENTIFIES THOSE WHO ARE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS ARE GOING TO BE, BUT WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THAT TEST TO PREPARE THEM TO BE THE SCHOLAR. THAT PREPARATION NEEDS TO START WAY BACK IN THE EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADE. SO THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS, WE ARE GOING TO BE ADMINISTERING THE PSAT EIGHT NINE. AND THEN IN THE SPRING, WE'RE GOING TO ADMINISTER THE PSAT TEN TO A SELECT GROUP OF STUDENTS. THOSE STUDENTS WERE IDENTIFIED EITHER BECAUSE THEY WERE TOP ACADEMIC STUDENTS BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE SCORED ON STAR OR ACADEMICALLY ON THEIR MATH SCORES, OR BECAUSE THEY ARE AVID STUDENTS.

THESE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE THE PSAT EIGHT NINE. AND THEN IN THE SPRING, THE 10TH GRADERS ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE THE PSAT TEN. IN ADDITION TO THIS AUDIENCE, WE ALSO HAVE THE PSAT NMSQT, AND WE HAVE ENCOURAGED MANY MORE STUDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR THAT EXAM THIS YEAR THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR, BECAUSE WE ARE NOW PROMOTING THAT EXAM AS A GATEWAY AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 300 700 STUDENTS SIGN UP THIS YEAR. LAST WEEK, I SENT OUT A CALL OUT TO OVER 2000 STUDENTS. THIS YEAR WE HAVE ONE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS CHALLENGING THE PSAT NMSQT. SO WE HAVE ONE NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST. THE IDEA IS THAT BY PROVIDING THIS SUPPORT FROM THE TIME THEY START IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, WE ARE GOING TO BE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS TO ENTER INTO THAT COMPETITION BECAUSE THEY'LL BE READY AND IT WON'T EVEN BE A QUESTION. IT WILL BE, OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO TAKE THE PSAT NMSQT. ANOTHER BENEFIT OF TAKING THE PSAT EARLY IS THAT THE COLLEGE BOARD ALREADY PROVIDES A REPORT CALLED AP POTENTIAL, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS REPORT, BUT IT IS A GOLD MINE. SO WHAT THIS REPORT DOES IS BASED ON THE SCORES THAT THE STUDENTS ACHIEVE IN THE PSAT EIGHT NINE OR THE PSAT, IS THAT IT WILL TELL US WHICH STUDENTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SUCCEED IN ANY NUMBER OF AP COURSES. RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA BECAUSE THE STUDENTS DIDN'T TAKE THE TEST. SO WHEN WE GO IN TO RUN THE AP POTENTIAL, WE'RE GETTING DATA FOR OUR CURRENT SENIORS. THEY HAVE ALREADY SPENT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS SIGNING UP FOR AP COURSES. OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE PSAT EIGHT NINE. AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE SCORES BACK, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT REPORT AND LOOK BY STUDENT. AND IT WILL SAY BASED ON WHAT THEY SCORED ON THE PSAT EIGHT NINE, THIS STUDENT SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR DOING WELL IN AP CALCULUS. THIS STUDENT SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR DOING WELL IN AP ENGLISH. AND THEN WE CAN PROACTIVELY GO TO THOSE STUDENTS, SOME OF WHOM MAY ALREADY HAVE IN THEIR MIND.

ABSOLUTELY. I WANT TO GET INTO AP, BUT SOME STUDENTS THAT THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN A CONSIDERATION. AND NOW WE ARE RECRUITING THEM NOT ONLY THROUGH THIS REPORT, BUT ALSO THROUGH OUR TEACHERS, OUR COUNSELORS, AND IT BECOMES A CHILD FIND SITUATION FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND ENCOURAGING THE PARENTS. YOUR STUDENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DO WELL IN THESE COURSES. THERE'S ALSO A SECRET OPPORTUNITY HERE BECAUSE WE IN FACT HAVE SOME

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AND WE WANT KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOING TO CTC IN HIGH SCHOOL IS WHAT THEY NEED. ABSOLUTELY. I AGREE 100% WITH YOU. AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ACTUALLY AT A PREVIOUS MEETING WHERE WE ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW ARE WE DETERMINING WHAT COURSES OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO TAKE? THIS IS ONE PLATFORM THAT WE CAN USE NOT ONLY TO GUIDE OUR STUDENTS INTO. HERE'S AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN BE MOST SUCCESSFUL, BUT ALSO IN HELPING THEM KNOW WELL THIS THIS MIGHT BE A DIFFICULT AREA FOR YOU. SO LET'S SHORE UP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN BY GIVING YOU THIS SUPPORT. SO YES, DEFINITELY, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT FOR THIS IS AWESOME. SO THANK YOU. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED AP CLASSES AND DUAL CREDIT CLASSES. THE QUESTION I'VE ALWAYS HAD IS HOW DO WE QUALIFY THE CHILDREN, THE STUDENTS, BEFORE THEY SIGN UP FOR THESE CLASSES? THE COUNSELORS, THE TEACHERS, WHOMEVER ARE PUTTING THEM IN THERE? AND AT WHAT COST IS IT TO THE DISTRICT WHEN THESE STUDENTS FAIL THOSE COURSES? SO STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, IF WE HAVE A MEASURING STICK TO USE SUCH AS THIS PROGRAM, AND WE'RE NOT PLACING STUDENTS IN SUBJECT MATTER CLASSES, THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A TOTAL DISCRIMINATING PROCESS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES KIDS JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA HELP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S LIKE, IF YOU WANT TO GO CTC, YOU HAVE TO TAKE WHAT'S AT TSA TEST OR SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE OUT THERE. SO THERE'S TESTING IS REQUIREMENT.

AND SO I DO LIKE THE PROGRAM. AND AGAIN WITH MISS CAPITO SAYS EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL HAS A 60% ASSOCIATE DEGREE GRADUATION RATE, WHICH IS NOT THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUSH 75% OUT OF THAT SCHOOL, IF NOT MORE. SO MAYBE WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE SCREEN THESE, THESE APPLICANTS A LITTLE BIT BETTER OPPOSED TO JUST WRITING A COUPLE ESSAY AND GETTING SELECTED TO GO OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. LAST CALLER, MR. RAINWATER.

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WE ARE NOT GOING TO. WE ARE NOT GOING TO SCREEN A STUDENT OUT OF AP. COURSE. THIS WON'T BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. YES, SIR. WHAT? THE IDEA IS. FOR EXAMPLE, MY STUDENT WHO'S ENROLLED IN THE AP CALCULUS RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH AP POTENTIAL INDICATED THAT MIGHT NOT BE STRONG AREA FOR HIM, IS THAT NOW WE HAVE THE DATA. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT EXTRA SUPPORT. WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO KEEP A KID OUT OF AP. I WANT EVERY STUDENT TO MAKE THAT CHALLENGE. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE SPOT ON, AND REALLY, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD EXPECT FROM AN ELLISON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, I HAD A GREAT PRINCIPAL. OH, WHAT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM C WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF BILINGUAL AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAM. ANNUAL REVIEW MISS LOPEZ. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT WILLIAMS. THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR DAVIS. SO TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE OUR ANNUAL REPORT BASED OFF CHAPTER 89. SO WE'LL HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BILINGUAL AND ESL PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT. JUST AN OVERVIEW. WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH DEMOGRAPHICS PROGRAM OVERVIEW PERFORMANCE AND RECLASSIFICATIONS CERTIFICATIONS WAIVERS EXCEPTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE SEAL OF BILITERACY. SO FIRST WE ALWAYS LIKE TO LOVE TO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT KISD SERVES DIVERSITY.

WE SERVE OVER 89 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT AFTER ENGLISH, THESE ARE OUR TOP FIVE HIGHEST LANGUAGES BEING SERVED ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WE HAVE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT. YOU'LL SEE THAT FRENCH HAS KIND OF APPROACHED OUR TOP FIVE, WHERE PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE NOT EVEN OUR TOP TEN. SO THAT'S BEEN A HUGE INFLUX OF A LANGUAGE BEING SERVED IN OUR DISTRICT. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AS WE LOOK AT HOW TO SERVE THESE STUDENTS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER, WE FALL REALLY UNDER TWO UMBRELLAS. SO THE FIRST UMBRELLA IS OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM. AND IN OUR DISTRICT, WE'RE CURRENTLY SERVING TWO TYPES OF BILINGUAL PROGRAMS. THE FIRST ONE YOU'LL SEE HERE IS OUR DUAL LANGUAGE ONE WAY. WE'RE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING THAT IN PRE-K THROUGH SECOND. SO THAT'S THE PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'RE PHASING IN. AND THE GOAL OF THAT PROGRAM IS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THAT PROGRAM TO ATTAIN BILINGUALISM AND BY LITERACY. SO WANTING THEM TO BE VERY FLUENT IN BOTH OF THE LANGUAGES OF ENGLISH AND OUR BILINGUAL IN SPANISH. AND SO WE HAVE A LANGUAGE MODEL THAT KIND OF PROGRESSES OVER THE YEARS WITH THEM. WE LOOK AT THEIR LEARNING CONTENT BASED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE NOT DOING A TRANSLATION. WE'RE TEACHING THEM THE CONTENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS WELL. SO THEY'RE IN EMBEDDED IN WITH THAT. IN OUR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, WE HAVE OUR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL LATE EXIT PROGRAM, AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON PHASING OUT. AND THE REASON IS THAT PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS ACQUIRE FULL PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH. THAT WAS THE PRIMARY GOAL FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT INSTRUCTION CURRENTLY IS PRIMARILY IN ENGLISH. THEY'RE ALL THEIR CONTENT IS DELIVERED IN ENGLISH WITH SOME SPANISH LANGUAGE SUPPORTS. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND SO WHEN YOU GO IN THOSE CLASSROOMS MOST OFTEN YOU'LL SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH. AND DEPENDING ON THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF OUR STUDENTS, THEN THE TEACHER CAN EMBED SOME SUPPORTS THAT ATTACHES THAT PRIMARY LANGUAGE TO HELP SUPPORT THEM. THE OTHER LANGUAGE PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER ACROSS OUR DISTRICT IS ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE OR ESL. THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES. IT SERVES OUR PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS, AND IN THIS PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY IN ENGLISH. AND THE GOAL AGAIN IS TO ATTAIN FULL PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH. SO THEY'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL CONTENT AREAS ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN ENGLISH. SO WE TALK ABOUT IT IS IN ENGLISH, BUT WE DO PROVIDE CONTENT LANGUAGE SUPPORTS IN THAT INSTRUCTION.

WE TALK THROUGH HOW TO HELP THE STUDENTS BECOME COMFORTABLE AND GAIN THAT COMPETENCY IN USING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITHIN ALL OF THEIR CONTENT AREAS. SO I WANT TO KIND OF DRAW ATTENTION

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AND SO ABOUT 38% OF OUR STUDENTS DID PROGRESS AT LEAST ONE PROFICIENCY LEVEL. ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU'LL SEE OUR THIRD THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE STUDENTS.

ABOUT 32% OF THOSE STUDENTS DID PROGRESS AT LEAST ONE PROFICIENCY LEVEL AS MEASURED THROUGH TELEPASS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART OF IT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR STAR READING RESULTS. AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO LOOK AT STAR READING BECAUSE OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MONITORING STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM TO EXIT OUR LANGUAGE SUPPORT PROGRAMS. WE LOOK AT TELEPASS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. AND THEN WE LOOK AT THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THE STAR READING TEST. SO OUR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO IF THEY'RE IN THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM, THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE STAR IN EITHER ENGLISH OR SPANISH. AND THAT DECISION IS USUALLY MADE BASED OFF OF THE STUDENT'S STRONGEST LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE PERFORMANCE IN.

SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE STUDENTS THAT COME IN IN THIRD GRADE. THAT MAY BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'RE EXPOSED TO CONTENT IN ENGLISH, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION TO PROVIDE THAT TEST IN SPANISH. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT WE'VE KIND OF OUTLINED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT TESTED IN EACH OF THOSE LANGUAGES. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE WE ALSO ARE COMPARING OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN ESL. AND AGAIN OUR ESL CAN BE SPANISH SPEAKERS. IF THE PARENTS DID NOT WANT THEM IN A BILINGUAL PROGRAM, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER LANGUAGES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE SPANISH DATA FROM SIXTH GRADE ON UP BECAUSE IT'S NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE. AND AS WE LOOK THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE THE COMPARISON OF OUR DATA AS WE LOOK THROUGH. NOW, AS WE TAKE THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A CONVERSATION OF THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT TAKES FIVE TO 3 TO 5 YEARS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BECOME MORE PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH. AND OUR STUDENTS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THEIR FIRST YEAR BEING EXPOSED TO ENGLISH CONTENT, THEY ARE STILL TAKING THE TEST. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING HERE AT THOSE MEASUREMENTS. MADAM CAPITO, PLEASE FORGIVE ME BECAUSE I DO NOT RECALL WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING LAST YEAR WHERE THE SCORE RAISED, SO A LOT MORE OF OUR KIDS WERE NOT GOING TO QUALIFY, OR THERE WAS SOMETHING WHERE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MONITOR KIDS BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER WERE GETTING WHAT WAS THAT? SO LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S COMING UP IN OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE. OH I'M SORRY. NO YOU'RE FINE. THEN WE'LL TALK THROUGH OUR RECLASSIFICATION. AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO EXIT.

AND SO WE WENT FROM CHANGING FROM LOOKING AT EACH DOMAIN. THEY HAD TO HAVE ADVANCED HIGH IN EACH ONE TO AN ADVANCED COMPOSITE SCORE OF ADVANCED HIGH INSTEAD. SO IT DID MAKE IT WHERE THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ATTAIN THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AND WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THAT RECLASSIFYING. I'LL LET YOU GET TO YOUR NEXT SLIDE. MY QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION ON IT, BUT ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO TO YOUR QUESTION HERE, WE LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE RECLASSIFIED. AND SO AS YOU ALLUDED TO. SO THE YEAR 2023 TIA DID CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS.

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WE ALSO LOOK AT THE NEED TO PASS THE STAR TEST. IF THEY'RE NOT A STAR, THEN WE LOOK AT HOW THEY PERFORM ON A NORM REFERENCE TEST CALLED IOWA, AND WE LOOK AT THEN ALSO AT OUR TEACHER'S RUBRIC WHO, YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY PERFORMED. AND SO THEY KIND OF GIVE THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THE STUDENT IS DEPENDENT ON LANGUAGE SUPPORTS OR NOT. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE IN 23, 24 WE HAD A LARGE JUMP, BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO START LOOKING AT STUDENTS WHO HAD THE ADVANCED HIGH COMPOSITE SCORE ON TELEPASS. AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION. THEN WE ALSO STARTED FOCUSING ON A LOT ON HELPING SUPPORT AND EXPOSING STUDENTS TO THE STRUCTURE OF THAT TEST. THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS WE TALK ABOUT SPEAKING AS AN AREA THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS DON'T WANT TO PERFORM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SPEAK AND ARE RECORDED, AND SO THAT SEEMS TO BE AN AREA WHERE STUDENTS ARE NOT VERY COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.

AND SO WE'VE WORKED THIS PAST YEAR ON HELPING SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE AREAS. AND SO YOU'LL SEE WE DID HAVE ANOTHER INCREASE SO THAT THIS PAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD 411 STUDENTS THAT MET THE RECLASSIFICATION CRITERIA. SO THEN THE KIDS IN 20 2324 DID THOSE SAME KIDDOS. DID THEY PASS THE STAR TEST? LIKE DID THEY DO OKAY WITHOUT HAVING THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS? BECAUSE ONCE THEY GOT RECLASSIFIED, THEY BECAME MONITORING? IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO ONCE THEY EXIT, WE DO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEM. AND I DID NOT PULL THAT DATA HERE. AND I WISH I WOULD HAVE BECAUSE IT REALLY WOULD HAVE SHOWN A LOT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS, WELL, WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT ONCE THEY BECOME MONITOR STUDENTS, THAT THEY ARE OFTEN OUTSCORING THE REST OF THE STUDENTS. AND SO I WANT TO SAY OUR THIRD GRADE READING LAST YEAR, OUR M1'S, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ON FIRST YEAR MONITOR, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS LIKE 81%. AND I CAN GIVE THAT TO YOU GUYS LATER IF YOU WANT TO. BUT WE DO HAVE WE DO. WE ARE ABLE TO MONITOR THOSE STUDENTS SEPARATELY AS FAR AS HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING. I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THEY WERE DOING OKAY BECAUSE ALL SUDDEN THEY LOST SERVICES AND HAD TO BECOME INDEPENDENT. WITH THE T.A. CHANGING THE REQUIREMENT. VALID QUESTION. AND LIKE I SAID, WE DO MONITOR THEM THROUGH THE YEAR. SO WE KIND OF SEE HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING IF WE ARE, IF WE DO FIND THAT THE STUDENT IS SHOWING A REGRESSION LINGUISTIC REGRESSION, THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT DO WE NEED TO PULL THEM BACK IN AND PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTS AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE CELEBRATING BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL, THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS. AND SO IN CELEBRATIONS YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE HAD 100 OF OUR THERE WERE EITHER CURRENTLY EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS OR THEY HAD MET RECLASSIFICATION. SO WE HAD 100 OF THOSE THAT EARNED CTE CERTIFICATIONS LAST YEAR, 103 THAT WERE IN AP OR DUAL DUAL CREDIT COURSES, 105 THAT WERE IN GIFTED AND TALENTED. SO MISS RODAN WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR. AND SO THAT WAS AN IB STUDENT AS WELL.

TWO NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED. WE TALK ABOUT 21 AP SCHOLARS. YOU CAN SEE THERE AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AP SCHOLARS WITH HONOR WITH DISTINCTION AND 22 THAT EARNED COLLEGE BOARD RECOGNITION. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ALSO CELEBRATE THOSE SUCCESSES FOR THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL. WE ALSO ARE REPORTING ON EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, THIS IS US TALKING ABOUT TIA SAYS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE EMERGENT BILINGUALS THAT ARE ACTIVE AT THE PARENTS, ARE WANTING THEM TO BE IN. PROGRAMS ARE BEING PROVIDED THOSE SERVICES BY A TEACHER WHO HAS THEIR ESL CERTIFICATIONS. IF THEY DO NOT, THEN WE APPLY FOR A WAIVER FROM TIA. SO LAST YEAR WE HAD 87 TEACHERS THAT WE APPLIED FOR A WAIVER, WHICH LEFT US WITH 91 CLASSES THAT WERE ON AN ESL WAIVER. AS A DISTRICT, WE WORK AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ATTAINING THAT CERTIFICATION. SO WE HOST FACE TO FACE ESL CERTIFICATION STUDY SESSIONS.

AND WITH THAT, SO WE HAVE SOMEONE COME AND WE PROVIDE THAT TRAINING FOR THEM. BUT WE ALSO ONCE A TEACHER PASSES THAT CERTIFICATION, WE REIMBURSE THE COST OF THE TEST. WE REIMBURSE THE COST TO PUT THAT ON THEIR CERTIFICATION. AND WE ALSO COMPENSATE THEM FOR STUDY HOURS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT DURING THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD 34 TEACHERS THAT CAPITALIZED ON THOSE STUDY SESSIONS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD 20 TEACHERS THAT CAPITALIZED ON THAT REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS FROM OUR DISTRICT. WE ALSO ARE CHARGED WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WE FOCUS A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON SUPPORTING THOSE TEACHERS WHO ARE ON WAIVERS. SO THEY'RE NOT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION. SO WE PROVIDE THEM NOT ONLY TRAINING ON HOW TO TAKE THE TEST, BUT WE ALSO

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SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS ARE PREPARED TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND WE ALSO HAVE SESSIONS THAT WE WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO HELP ENGAGE THEM ON HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS AND HOW THE COMMUNITY PROVIDES SUPPORTS AS WELL. SO WE ALSO WANT TO BRING FORWARD A FUTURE CONSIDERATION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. IT IS CALLED THE SEAL OF BILITERACY. NOW THIS IS A PERFORMANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND IT'S BEEN OFFERED IN TEXAS SINCE 2013. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKING THROUGH ALLOWING THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO THIS ONE IS ALLOWING A STUDENT TO EARN ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND BEING BILINGUAL AND BILITERATE. SO WE CALL IT THE SEAL OF BILITERACY.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE WE'VE OUTLINED THAT PROCESS. AND IT IS STARTED LOOKING AT NUMBERS AS FAR AS HOW STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO QUALIFY. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR COUNSELING DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF GET ALL OF THESE WORKED THROUGH. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOWING THEY'RE DEMONSTRATING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. THEY HAVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CREDITS. AND SO THEY'RE MEETING THESE CRITERIA. AND THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CELEBRATION THAT THEY GET TO ACTUALLY HAVE ON THEIR TRANSCRIPTS. AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS YEAR. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CELEBRATION GOING ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. QUESTIONS. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, MR. MINTZ. SO HOPING YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS. WHENEVER I READ THESE SLIDES, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHERE WE CAN APPLY RESOURCES TO PROBLEMS. SO IF I GO BACK AND I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE, I THINK IT'S PAGE 66, THE DISTRICT STAAR READING TABLE. YES, SIR I CAN'T MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF THAT OKAY. I MEAN THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW THIRD GRADE. IT'S 11% BELOW NEXT IT'S 5%. THEN IT'S 14%, THEN IT'S 20%, 20% 16. AND THEN CONJUNCTION READ WITH THE NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE CONSIDERING. THERE'S LIKE AN EXPONENTIAL CURVE OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING ENGLISH PROFICIENT. I NONE OF THAT LIKE GELS FOR ME. SO CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE ME SOME TREND ANALYSIS ON THAT AND TELL ME WHERE WE AS A BOARD NEED TO DECIDE AND WHERE WE CAN APPLY SOME EXTRA HELP TO FIX THE PROBLEM? THAT'S GREAT. I'M GLAD YOU'RE ASKING THAT. I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON INCREASING IS HAVING OUR TEACHERS CERTIFIED ON HOW TO WORK WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING WITH THESE LANGUAGES BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS DATA, WE ARE ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CONTENT THAT WE'RE MEASURING THEM ON. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING ABLE TO REFLECT HOW WELL THEY'RE PERFORMING. LIKE I SAID LOOKING AT BOTH. SO YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE MEETING THAT RECLASSIFICATION. AND SO IT'S JUST A LONG TIME SINCE SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IN OUR CLASSES FOR A LONG TIME. A LOT OF THOSE WERE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND SO THEY'VE PROBABLY BEEN IN THE PROGRAM SINCE PRE-K. AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH HELPING THEM REALLY DEMONSTRATE WHAT THEIR POTENTIALS ARE. WHEN WE LOOK HERE AT OUR STAR READING, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING TO REALLY FOCUS ON HOW THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO MASTER THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITHIN THAT CONTENT AREA. SO THE SCORES HERE WERE ON LOOKING AT MET, NOT NECESSARILY APPROACHES. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR RECLASSIFICATION, THE STATE DOES LOOK AT APPROACHES AS THE MEASURING TO BEING ABLE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECLASSIFY. WE'RE HERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT MET. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING I GUESS I'M I'M AGAIN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HELP ME TO HELP YOU. RIGHT. SO WHERE DO WE NEED TO. RIGHT. SO WE SAID, LOOK, SEVENTH GRADE I'M SPEAKING IN IN BROAD BRUSH STROKES. YOU KNOW, SEVENTH GRADE, WE WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL PROBLEM. WE HAVE SEVENTH GRADE READING PROBLEM. OKAY. THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN I CAN HANG A BUDGET ITEM ON THAT. I'M KIND OF ASKING YOU THAT SAME QUESTION. SO WHERE CAN WE BEST ASSIST HERE. BECAUSE INFORMATION BRIEFINGS DON'T DO ME A HECK OF A LOT OF GOOD UNLESS YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. NO, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIG MOVES THAT THE BOARD DID HELP US WITH WAS WE STARTED WITH HAVING ESL TEACHERS IN OUR

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WE'RE LOOKING ALSO AT SUPPORTING JUST THE TRAINING. SO I THINK IT'S HARD FOR ME TO REALLY KIND OF. WHAT EXACTLY TO BUDGET WISE SAY. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF BUILDING THE CURRICULUM, WORKING WITH THEM ON ACROSS THE DISTRICT. ALL THE CURRICULUM NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTING EMERGENT BILINGUAL. SO WE TALK ABOUT LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE HAS REQUIRED FOR US TO HAVE IN PLACE IN CLASSROOMS. AND THAT'S BASICALLY DICTATING HOW DO STUDENTS USE THE LANGUAGE TO ACCESS THE CONTENT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONSISTENTLY ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE TALK THROUGH. AND SO A LOT OF IT IS TRAINING. I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST PART RIGHT NOW IS TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION FROM THE TEACHERS ON HOW TO SUPPORT THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT COMES DOWN TO THE TEACHING ASPECT OF IT AND SUPPORTING THEM AS WELL. SO I THINK I THINK I HEARD THREE THINGS TRAINING, WHETHER THAT'S ON CAMPUS OR GETTING OUR ESL TEACHERS. AND I'M ACKNOWLEDGE I'M USING THAT TERM IMPROPERLY. DEEPER, I HEAR ALIGNING CURRICULUM AROUND ALIGNING CURRICULUMS BETTER. AND THEN I HEAR A STAFFING MODEL CHANGE. RIGHT. SO THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS LET'S BRING THIS BACK INTO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION ON LATER. I THINK, WITH THE OH, GO AHEAD, DOCTOR OSBORNE. YOU ARE CORRECT, MR. MANSON. IF I COULD STAMP THAT A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY, THE FIRST THING YOU OUTLINED WAS STAFFING, AND THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO THE EXPANSION OF OUR ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM. YOU SEE THAT INTEGRATED INTO OPTIMIZATION THROUGH THE SCENARIO THAT SAYS WE WOULD EXPAND BILINGUAL PROGRAMING AT WILLOW SPRINGS, THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND FROM PRE-K TO TO THEN THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE WHILE RELIEVING TREMOR. SO THAT WOULD BE STAFFING THERE. THE SECOND ONE IS TRAINING AND PD. IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US BRING A CALENDAR WITH EXPANDED PD DAYS TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON DAYS THAT STUDENTS AREN'T AT CAMPUS, BUT NOT AFTER HOURS BEFORE SCHOOL OR ON THE WEEKENDS. SO THAT CALENDAR THAT'S FORTHCOMING WOULD BE AN AREA OF BOARD SUPPORT. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WOULD BE THE NEED TO, AS MISS LOPEZ ALLUDED TO, EXPAND OUR CURRICULUM. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXPANDING THE CURRICULUM, IT REQUIRES OUR PROFESSIONALS TO WRITE CURRICULUM. WHAT THAT COST FOR THE DEPARTMENT DURING THE SUMMERS IS TO THE TUNE OF $200,000, TO MAKE SURE OUR UNIT FOCUS DOCUMENTS INCLUDE TEAKS AND UNPACKING THE STANDARDS AND ENSURING THAT TESTS AND THE TEST QUESTIONS FROM THE STAR REPLICATED. BUT INTEGRATING THE NEEDS OF EMERGING BILINGUALS AS WELL AS SPECIAL PROGRAMS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ACCOMMODATIONS BEING BUILT INTO OUR CURRICULUM, WOULD BE ANOTHER LAYER OF CURRICULUM WRITING. SO IT WOULD BE FUNDING CURRICULUM WRITING. SO STAFFING THROUGH OUR SCENARIO FOR WILLOW SPRINGS, THE PD CALENDAR, WHICH YOU WILL SEE IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN A FUTURE BUDGET ITEM THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE THAT CURRICULUM IS WRITTEN IN RELATION TO SERVING EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS. AND, MISS LOPEZ, I REALIZE I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT WITH THESE QUESTIONS, BUT THE REASON I'M ASKING FOR THEM IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR EVERY TIME THIS IS THIS IS DATA.

I DON'T NEED DATA, I NEED INFORMATION. SO I'M TRYING TO KIND OF GET US THERE. SO THANK YOU. MADAM CAPITO, CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS TO THE KIDS WHEN THEY GO FROM FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE? THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. LIKE, SO IF IF THEY HAVE BEEN ON A BILINGUAL PROGRAM AS A FIFTH GRADER, DAY ONE OF SIXTH GRADE, THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY IN AN ESL PROGRAM. OR THEY'RE BEING SERVED BY A TEACHER ON A WAIVER. BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT HAVE AN ESL CERTIFICATION. SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD TO THE THREE THINGS THAT MR. MINCE MENTIONED AND ASKED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO ENCOURAGE OUR GEN ED TEACHERS TO PURSUE ESL CERTIFICATIONS, BECAUSE BY PURSUING AN ESL CERTIFICATION, I LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO

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AND WE WE DO WANT TO CELEBRATE TEACHERS TOO, BECAUSE LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN OUR UNIT. OUR UNIT FOCUS DOCUMENTS FOR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT THE LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE IS WITH THE STUDENT, IN ADDITION TO THE LEARNING TARGET AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, SO THAT THE STUDENT KNOWS HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE CONTENT THROUGH THE FOUR DOMAINS THAT THEY'LL BE TESTED ON ON. SO WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. WE JUST NEED MORE SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL SHOW US WHAT THEY KNOW AND NOT BE. CHALLENGED BY THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONVEY, THAT THEY ACTUALLY KNOW THE CONTENT. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, SO IN REGARDS TO ESL CERTIFICATIONS. I FORGET SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT YEARS PAST, BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE REQUIRING ALL OF OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE ESL CERTIFICATIONS. IS THAT A LEAP TOO FAR? IS THAT I MEAN, IF WE HIRE A NEW TEACHER INTO KISD, DO THEY HAVE ESL CERTIFICATIONS? NO, MA'AM. THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT. WHILE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS MANY TEACHERS AS POSSIBLE HAVING ESL CERTIFICATION, WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH SHORTAGES IN CERTIFICATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD. SO I THINK TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL LAYER WOULD PREVENT US FROM BEING ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE GEN ED CONTENT IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM GET THEIR ESL CERTIFICATION TO BE MORE EQUIPPED. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE ESL TEACHER AND THE ADDITIONAL TEACHER. SO MY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE INTEGRATE CORPORATE INCORPORATE THOSE TEACHERS INTO THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY CAN TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES, MODEL APPROACHES? DO WE HAVE THAT? DO YOU SEE THAT MEATINESS OF IT AS DO WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THAT'S GOING ON AS WELL? I THINK WE SEE SOME EVIDENCE OF THAT. SO TYPICALLY YOUR ESL TEACHER IS A TEACHER. SO THEY

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SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY FLOODING THAT SUPPORT IN THERE AS WELL AND MAKING IT APPLICABLE TO THEM SO THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO PROCESS, BUT WE HELP THEM PROCESS THROUGH IT AND BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT RIGHT AWAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? DOCTOR DAVIS? YEAH. DOCTOR OSBORNE OR DOCTOR CLAYTON, REMIND ME THAT OUR LAST MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT, MISS LAYLA, WE MENTIONED WE TALKED THROUGH A FEW. IF YOU WANT TO TALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT AGAIN, I KNOW WE GOT TO BE WHEN WE GO BACK AND WE TALK ABOUT ESL CERTIFICATION. SO WE HAVE SOME THOUGHTS THERE. BUT GO AHEAD CHAIR. WE HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS AROUND HOW WE MIGHT INCENTIVIZE OR SHIFT OUR REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO ESL. WE MET WITH LIZ TAYLOR, A CURRICULUM EXPERT FROM THE HOUSTON AREA WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE TEAM RELATED TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES.

ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT SHE PUT FORWARD THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN HER PREVIOUS DISTRICT WAS INTEGRATING THE ESL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT INTO THE TIA APPLICATION. WE ARE UPCOMING INTO AN APPLICATION YEAR. OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE A TIA COMMITTEE THAT WE TAKE THESE TYPE OF IDEAS TO TO FULLY FORM THAT APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE LEVELS THAT YOU COULD BE AT FOR TIA. AND IN THE EXAMPLE SHE PROVIDED FOR US, TIA AT THE HIGHER LEVELS REQUIRED FOR THAT TEACHER TO BE CERTIFIED IN ESL AS WELL AS THEIR REGULAR CONTENT AREA REQUIREMENTS, THAT'S STILL UNDER EXPLORATION, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO PUT IT OUT ON THE TABLE AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENSURING OUR BEST TEACHERS ARE SERVING OUR MOST HIGH NEED STUDENTS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM D WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS FIRST RATING REPORT AND PUBLIC HEARING. MISS VADEN, JUST AS A REMINDER THOUGH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK PERTAINING TO THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS FIRST RATING REPORT SHOULD BE SUBMITTING THEIR SIGN UP SHEET AT THIS TIME, AND ALL THE COMMENTS MUST BE RELATED TO THE FIRST RATING. BUT FIRST, OUR PRESENTATION FOR MISS FADEN.

WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU. AS YOU SAID, WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR ANNUAL FIRST RATING.

FIRST STANDS FOR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS. THIS IS A MEASUREMENT THAT STARTED APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS AGO, A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS AGO, AND THE PURPOSE IS TO ASSESS THE ASSESS THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, TO EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS, AND TO MEASURE AND REPORT THE EXTENT TO WHICH RESOURCES ARE USED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES. PRELIMINARY RATINGS WERE RELEASED ON AUGUST THE 5TH AND BECAME FINAL AFTER 31 DAYS. THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING HAD TO BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST TEN DAYS, BUT NOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT WAS DONE ON SEPTEMBER THE 21ST. DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE 2425 RATING IS ACTUALLY BASED ON FISCAL YEAR 2324 AUDITED DATA, SO NOT THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE JUST FINISHED, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, THERE ARE 21 INDICATORS AND FIVE DISCLOSURES THAT MAKE UP THIS REPORT. THE INDICATORS ARE ALL DESIGNED TO BE ANSWERED YES. THE FIRST FIVE INDICATORS ARE CONSIDERED CRITICAL INDICATORS. THEY ARE SIMPLY YES NO ANSWERS. AND IF ANY OF THOSE ARE NO ANSWER, YOU AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE AN F RATING. INDICATOR. SIX THROUGH 15 ARE CONSIDERED SOLVENCY INDICATORS AND MEASURE THE FINANCIAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE DISTRICT. AND THEN INDICATOR 16 THROUGH 21 ARE FINANCIAL COMPETENCY INDICATORS, AND THOSE RELATE TO THE QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THE REPORT ITSELF THIS ARE

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THERE ARE SEVEN, WHAT THEY CALL SEALING INDICATORS. SO WHERE ARE WE TO ANSWER NO TO ANY OF THESE INDICATORS? YOU WOULD NOT NECESSARILY RECEIVE AN F, BUT THERE WOULD BE A MAXIMUM SCORE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE. AND YOU SEE THOSE MAXIMUM POINTS THAT ARE THERE.

AND SO WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE THE HUNDRED POINTS OUT OF 100 POSSIBLE POINTS. SO WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT RATING. SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED. IT'S DEFINITELY A DISTRICT WIDE INITIATIVE THAT GOES INTO THIS, AND TO COMPLETING ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND MAKING THE DECISIONS. THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. AND YOU SEE THOSE THAT ARE THERE. REIMBURSEMENTS RECEIVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE BOARD. ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR REPORT IS INFORMATION ABOUT REIMBURSEMENTS OR PAY PAID ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, SUCH AS TABLES FOR FOR BANQUETS OR ACTIVITIES. WE'RE REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT. THERE'S OUTSIDE COMPENSATION OR FEE RECEIVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GIFTS BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE BOARD OR ANY BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.

AND THEN THE LAST REQUIRED DISCLOSURES, THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT'S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. AND SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER CONSTITUTES OUR FIRST RATING FOR THE YEAR. QUESTIONS. OKAY. MINE MISS VADEN, IS NUMBER TEN. THE 10% VARIANCE OF THE. HOW DOES IT READ. AVERAGE LESS THAN 10% VARIANCE. WHEN COMPARING OUR BUDGET REVENUES TO OUR ACTUAL REVENUES FOR THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, WHERE DO WE FALL ON THAT? DO WE TEND TO

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SUPERINTENDENT PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING. THAT CAME THAT CAME IN FROM DOCTOR FAYE AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT ENTITY WAS. OKAY. JUST REPORTED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THAT'S SO THAT'S STANDARD OR WHAT IT NORMALLY I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S FAIRLY STANDARD. OFTENTIMES SUPERINTENDENTS GET YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW THERE MAY BE AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR SOMEWHERE PERIODICALLY. MAYBE WITH ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER OR SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, DO SOME WORK WITH THEM. SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON. AGAIN, IT'S IT'S CERTAINLY ALLOWED. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE DISCLOSED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. RAINWATER? SOMETIME WHEN YOU HAVE TIME, COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT. NOT TONIGHT, BUT ABOUT THE $5 MILLION INCREASE BY HOUSE COST BY HOUSE BILL TWO. I WILL THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS VADEN? OKAY. SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK PERTAINING TO THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS FIRST RATING REPORT, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SUBMITTED YOUR SIGN UP SHEET. I'M GOING TO LOOK TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO THE FIRST RATING REPORT. DO WE SATISFY THE MISS BACON? YES, SIR. OKAY. WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM E. FIRST ITEM E, WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE PERIODS ENDING AUGUST 31ST, 2025. MISS BACON OKAY, WE HAVE THE LAST INVESTMENT REPORT FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 25. THIS IS THE FOURTH QUARTER AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND WITH POLICY CDA LOCAL OVERALL BALANCES HAVE DECREASED BY AROUND 92 MILLION AT YEAR END. I'M GOING TO SAY A LOT OF THAT IS RELATED TO PROJECTS. TYPICALLY OVER THE SUMMER, THERE'S SOME BIGGER PROJECTS THAT TAKE PLACE AND GET FUNDED, AS WELL AS JUST YEAR END ACTIVITY. THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAYS TO MATURITY IS CURRENTLY AT 139 DAYS, WHICH HAS INCREASED 56 DAYS SINCE THE LAST QUARTER. THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD IS FLAT AT 4.11%, WHICH IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE SECURITIES THAT WE MEASURE AGAINST. INTEREST FOR THE QUARTER WAS 3.6 MILLION. THE PAGE BEHIND THIS ONE LISTS ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENTS BY FUND AND BY TYPE, AND THEN THE REMAINING SCHEDULES IN THIS PACKET ARE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THOSE ITEMS AND OR CALCULATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE FRONT PAGE OF THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.

AND THEN IF WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT. THIS IS JUST A COUPLE OF PAGES.

THIS COMPARES THE FIRST ITEM AT THE TOP IF YOU WILL KEEP GOING DOWN. IS THERE NOT PAGES BEHIND THAT SHOULD BE NO. ALL RIGHT. IT'S IN IT'S IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. THERE ARE EACH QUARTER INFORMATION FROM EACH QUARTER OF THE INVESTMENT REPORTS, LOOKING OVERALL AT THE INTEREST

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IT'S A TIMING THING. THE DIP IN THE RATES, WELL, NOT SO MUCH THE RATE. IT'S JUST THE YEAH, THERE YOU GO. THE VALUE. THAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR FOR THIS QUARTER. IT'S THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER. THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE OVER THE SUMMER THERE ARE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT WE SPEND FUNDS TOWARD. I'M GOING TO SAY MR. RICH HAS A LOT OF THOSE FUNDS.

I KNOW THIS YEAR WE SPENT QUITE A BIT ON SECURITY TYPE PURCHASES, POLICE PURCHASES, ETCETERA. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THAT BALANCE FOR THAT LAST QUARTER. AND SO AND THAT'S ONE. SO IT'S MORE OF A CADENCE. BUT THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL CADENCE CORRECT. CORRECT OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING BEFORE WE. INVESTMENT REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES, ARE THERE ANY ISSUES WITH PLACING THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, CONSENT AGENDA IS GRANTED. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW GO TO F, WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF A RESOLUTION FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF BOARD POLICY. CDA LOCAL OTHER REVENUES INVESTMENTS AS THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POLICY AUTHORIZED TO ENGAGE IN INVESTMENT TRANSACTION INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS WITH KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. MISS VADEN. ARE WE ON CD? A LOCAL REVIEW? YOU'RE SCARING ME WITH THAT. PAUSE. F IS THAT WHO'S RIGHT? AM I WRONG OR ARE YOU A LITTLE BIT. OKAY, I'M READING THE SCRIPT, BUT I'M GOING TO LET'S SEE HERE. BUT I APPROVE THE SCRIPT, SO I'M GOING TO OWN WHATEVER'S ON IT.

WRONG. YES WE ARE. I'M SORRY I FLIP THIS OVER. SO HOLD ON ONE SECOND, MR. BIDEN. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND THE WHOLE DISTRICT AGAIN ON RECEIVING 100% ON OUR FIRST READING. IT'S A PROCESS THAT'S OR A PATTERN THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND I APPLAUD EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKED HARD ON THAT AND CONTINUE TO HOLD THE STANDARD HIGH. SO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE REST OF THE STAFF, I SAY KUDOS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IT'S VERY MUCH A TEAM EFFORT. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S NOT JUST THE FINANCE AREA, THE BUSINESS SERVICE AREA, BUT THERE ARE INDICATORS THAT THAT CROSS DEPARTMENTS. SO IT REALLY IS A TEAM EFFORT. BUT THANK YOU. OKAY. DID I READ THE. DID I READ THE CAPTION WRONG I DID. OKAY WELL I'M GOING TO GO AWAY FROM THIS AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO THIS ONE, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF BOARD POLICY. CDA LOCAL OTHER REVENUES INVESTMENTS AS THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POLICY.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE SAVE. I NOTICED THAT PAUSE, THOUGH. I LOOKED AND I WAS LIKE, WHY DOES SHE HAVE THAT PAUSE OVER THERE? THANK YOU. I HAVE THEM IN ORDER. THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT REQUIRES AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POLICIES AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT POLICY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CDA LEGAL REQUIRES IS THAT THAT POLICY BE WRITTEN, AND WE HAVE THAT BEFORE US TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING SOME CHANGES TO THIS POLICY. AND YOU SEE THOSE LISTED HERE REALLY KIND OF TWO CHANGES. ONE, WE WANT TO AMEND THE APPROVED INVESTMENT INTEREST INSTRUMENTS. WE WANT TO REMOVE THE STUDENT LOAN

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AND SO WE WANT TO REMOVE THAT. AND THEN WE WANT TO ADD THE FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION. THIS IS AN DOES ALIGN WITH OUR POLICY, AND IT IS AN INVESTMENT OF THE US OR ONE OF ITS AGENCIES. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE WE WANT TO DO IS ALSO ADD COMMERCIAL PAPER.

THE REASON WE WANT TO DO THIS, THIS IS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH ONE OF OUR LOCAL INVESTMENT POOLS AT THE END OF THE YEAR AS A SEPARATE INVESTMENT. AND SO WE WANT TO ADD THAT AS AN APPROVED INSTRUMENT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO DO IS CHANGE THE LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY USED FOR MONITORING OUR MARKET VALUE. CURRENTLY, THE POLICY MENTIONS BY NAME TREASURY DESKTOP. AND SO THAT WILL BE WE WANT TO MAKE THAT A GENERIC NAME. THAT SOFTWARE IS, AS WE'RE TOLD, NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTED GOING FURTHER. AND SO WE WILL NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT AND HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THAT. BUT AT THIS POINT, WE WANT TO MOVE THE SPECIFIC SPECIFICITY OF AN EXACT NAME OF THE SOFTWARE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. MR. MACE AND I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE. SO WE'RE ADDING THE COMMERCIAL PAPER BECAUSE WE CAN OR WE JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOW AVAILABLE. IT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE TO US. CORRECT. OKAY. SO IT WILL ALLOW IT. THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN WE WILL INVEST IN THAT. IT WILL JUST ALLOW US TO IF WE CHOOSE TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? THE REQUEST IS FOR THIS TO BE PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT? JUST VOTING. YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA? ABSOLUTELY.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME BRIEF IT AGAIN. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE OKAY. SO WE'LL PLACE THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO G. WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF RESOLUTION FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF QUALIFIED BROKERS, DEALERS AUTHORIZED TO ENGAGE IN INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS WITH KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER REQUIREMENT OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT IS THAT THE BOARD ANNUALLY APPROVED THE LIST OF BROKERS WITH WHOM THE DISTRICT IS ALLOWED TO PURCHASE DIRECT SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS. WE HAVE SIX BROKERS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT. THERE ARE FIVE THAT ARE CONTINUING. AND THEN THERE IS ONE ADDITIONAL LISTED WITHIN THE RESOLUTION. THIS IS WITH PMA SECURITIES OR TEXAS CLASS. AND THIS IS THE ENTITY THAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD PURCHASE THE COMMERCIAL PAPER FROM. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO ADD THEM QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. MY ONE COMMENT WAS GOING TO BE JUST HOW DO WE VET THE FOLKS? BUT FIVE ARE RETURNING. SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE PRETTY RELIABLE AND THEN THE OTHER ONES CONNECTED TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM. SO I GUESS THERE'S AND WE ALREADY HAVE FUNDS WITH THEM, SO WE HAVE A HISTORY WITH THEM. THANK YOU. ANY ISSUES WITH THIS BEING PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO H WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF CORPORATE PURCHASING MANAGEMENT FEES REPORT FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2024 2025. MISS FADEN, THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ENTER INTO A PURCHASING CONTRACT VALUED AT 25,000 OR MORE, OR UNDER ANY COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM AUTHORIZED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, TO INCLUDE A REPORT ANNUALLY OF MANAGEMENT FEE AND OR THE PURPOSE OF EACH FEE. UNDER THE CONTRACT. THE AMOUNT, PURPOSE, AND DISPOSITION OF ANY FEE MUST BE PRESENTED IN A WRITTEN REPORT AND SUBMITTED ANNUALLY IN AN OPEN MEETING. AND SO HERE WE ARE TONIGHT. THE LIST IS INCLUDED AND YOU SEE IT UP ON YOUR SCREEN AS WELL. ALL OF THESE CO-OPS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN DO NOT HAVE A FEE OTHER THAN THE TWO AT THE WELL. THERE WERE AT THE BOTTOM THE TWO LISTED ON THE SIDE. THERE ARE TWO THAT HAVE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES. AND YOU SEE THOSE ONE IS $100 FEE. STATE OF TEXAS CO-OP PURCHASING PROGRAM AND $150 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR CENTRAL TEXAS PURCHASING ALLIANCE. QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT. WE'RE ALL GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS VADEN. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO I. HERE'S WHERE THE MEETING MAY COME TO A CRAWL, AS ADAM IS KNOWN TO HIJACK THE MEETING. I'M JUST JOKING. I'M DISCUSSION OF THE SELECTION OF AN ENGINEER AND COMMISSIONING AGENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, HVAC LIFE CYCLE REPLACEMENT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THANK YOU SIR. SO BASED ON WORK ORDER

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QUESTIONS FOR MR. RICH. ANY ISSUES WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL PLACE IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL NOW GO TO J, WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF SELECTION OF ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. POOL. MR. RICH. THANK YOU SIR. WE DON'T DO THIS OFTEN BUT ABOUT EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO OUR EXISTING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES POOL, WHICH INCLUDES OUR AGREEMENTS WITH MANY ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING FIRMS, EXPIRED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. ON AUGUST 10TH, WE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO FIRMS WHO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES SO THAT THEY CAN BE INCLUDED IN A NEW POOL, AND WE RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM OVER 45 ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING FIRMS AND GRADED THOSE PROPOSALS. THE ATTACHED TABULATION OF SERVICES LISTS THE FIRMS THAT WE RECOMMEND TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES POOL, AND WHAT THIS MEANS. THIS DOESN'T COMMIT ANY COSTS TO ANY PROJECTS. THIS IS THESE ARE FIRMS THAT WILL EXECUTE WHAT WE CALL BASE AGREEMENTS. STANDARD AGREEMENTS WITH THAT DON'T HAVE ANY PROJECTS, SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, SO THAT WHEN WE DO SELECT ONE FOR A PROJECT, WE COME BACK WITH A TASK REQUEST THAT INCLUDES THAT PROJECT SPECIFIC INFORMATION, THE TIMELINE, THE BUDGET AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF APPROVED, THE CONTRACT DATES FOR THIS WILL BEGIN EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR AND WILL END SEPTEMBER 30TH OF NEXT YEAR, 2026. AND WE'LL INCLUDE OPTIONS FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS. SO IT COULD BE GOOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2030. AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION IS TO PLACE THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL OF THE POOL. QUESTIONS FOR MR. RICH. CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY ISSUES. ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU, MR. RICH. HAVE A GOOD ONE. WE'LL NOW GO TO K WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF 2020. ADAM LEFT THE MICROPHONE ON WHICH IS GIVING US THAT FEEDBACK. I'M LIKE A LIKE A PASTOR UP THERE TAPPING HIS EAR AND SOUND IS BAD. OKAY. IS DISCUSSION OF 2025 2026 COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES. WELCOME, MISS RUDOLPH. HI. THANK YOU. I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN COMMUNICATIONS. DOCTOR DAVIS ASKED ME TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, AND SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT NARROWED TO THAT. BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS ALL NIGHT LONG, SO JUST LET ME KNOW. GREAT. WE WON'T DO THAT TONIGHT. BUT MAYBE ANOTHER TIME. OKAY. SO LET ME START BY SHARING SOME OF THE SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO BRAND AND IDENTITY, WE MANAGE THE THE LOGOS AND THE WORDMARKS THE MASCOT DESIGNS FOR ALL 52 CAMPUSES AS WELL AS FOR THE DISTRICT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE THE ED FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP OUT AN ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM AT THE STADIUM. WE RUN BASICALLY OUR OWN INTERNAL NEWS BUREAU WITH WRITING STORIES AND TAKING PHOTOS OF ALL THE HAPPENINGS ON WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WE ALSO OVERSEE WHAT WE CURRENTLY CALL THE KISD PRIDE TEAM. THE PRIDE TEAM ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH CAMPUS THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING OUT THIS PROGRAM OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO HELP US TELL THE CAMPUS LEVEL STORIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND SO THAT'S OVERSEEING ABOUT 55 STAFF MEMBERS WHO HELP US WITH

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EXTERNALLY, WE GET ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS IS EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. WE OVERSEE THAT TODAY. WE WENT OUT AND GOT TO VISIT CAMPUSES DOING STEEL AWARDS, WHICH WAS A BLAST. WE OVERSEE THINGS EVEN LIKE FLIER DISTRIBUTIONS. WE GET SO MANY REQUESTS OF FLIERS THAT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE WANTING TO PUSH OUT TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, SO WE OVERSEE THAT. WE DO EVENT PLANNING, WHICH ARE THINGS LIKE THE DEDICATION CEREMONIES, THE BUILDING OPENINGS, CONVOCATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. LET'S SEE WEBSITE AND OUR MOBILE APP.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. WE OVERSEE SOCIAL MEDIA. WE RUN THE VIDEO BOARDS AT THE STADIUMS, AND WE DO LIVE STREAMING OF DISTRICT EVENTS. SO IT'S A WIDE RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES. LET ME JUMP NEXT INTO SHARING WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR 2526 COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. THIS IS THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT'S NEW FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. WE'VE NEVER OPERATED WITH OUR OWN SPECIFIC COMMUNICATION PLAN. SO THIS IS WHERE WE LAID OUT BASED ON THE SCORECARD THAT GUIDES THE DISTRICT WORK. THIS IS KIND OF OUR CASCADING SCORECARD OF WHAT'S GOING TO GUIDE THE WORK THAT WE DO. AND SO FOR PRIORITIES FOR OUR TEAM, AMPLIFYING STUDENT SUCCESS. AND THAT INCLUDES PROVIDING FAMILIES WITH INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF THEIR STUDENT, AS WELL AS CELEBRATING ALL THE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING. WE ALSO FOCUS ON CELEBRATING OUR STAFF. THIS IS RECOGNIZING THEIR VARIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CELEBRATED FOR THOSE THINGS, BUT ALSO HELPING TO FOSTER A DISTRICT CULTURE OF APPRECIATION AND UNITY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. THE THIRD ONE ON THERE IS DEEPEN PUBLIC TRUST. OUR FOCUS IS TIMELY, ACCURATE, PROACTIVE AND CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION, AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO GET A BETTER TRACK RECORD OF THAT AND ALSO FOCUS ON TWO WAY COMMUNICATION SO THAT WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK BOTH WAYS. AND THEN THE FOURTH ONE ON THERE OF ELEVATING THE DISTRICT'S BRAND WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING COMMON LANGUAGE ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT'S INCORPORATING OUR MISSION AND VALUES, AND THEN SEEKING WAYS TO HELP POSITION KISD AS A LEADER IN EDUCATION. SO JUMPING INTO SOME MORE OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, WE LAUNCHED OUR NEW DISTRICT WEBSITE IN JULY. IT WAS DESIGNED WITH THE USER EXPERIENCE IN MIND, WITH CLEANER NAVIGATION AND TO BE MOBILE FRIENDLY. ANOTHER BENEFIT THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED, KIND OF ON THE BACK END, IS THAT IT CONSOLIDATED. WE HAD MULTIPLE SYSTEMS THAT THE BACK END USER WOULD HAVE TO LOG INTO TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE WEBSITE. NOW IT'S ALL CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE SYSTEM, WHICH IS HELPFUL. AND I'VE FAILED TO MENTION ON THE WEBSITE SIDE OF THINGS, WE ALSO WORK WITH CAMPUS TECHNOLOGISTS.

SO THERE'S ABOUT 60 OF THEM THAT OUR TEAM COLLABORATES WITH TO HELP MAKE SURE THE CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT PAGES ARE UPDATED AS WELL. ANOTHER FEATURE OF OUR NEW WEBSITE THAT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IS THE AI CHAT BOT THAT'S ON THE PAGE. THIS IS ALLOWING US TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THESE OTHER COMMUNICATION GOALS, SO WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS, WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE, SO WE CAN WATCH FOR TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT. AND THAT IN TURN, IS ALLOWING US TO IMPROVE OUR RESPONSES AND BE FLEXIBLE AND ADJUST BASED ON THAT INFORMATION. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AS WE WERE PREPARING A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATION GOING OUT FOR BACK TO SCHOOL TWO, TWO WAYS WE WERE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY USE THIS IS WE WERE ABLE TO SEE WHAT PARENTS WERE ASKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LINKS WERE EMBEDDED IN OUR NEWSLETTERS THAT WE SEND OUT. SO WE KNEW THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR THAT INFORMATION.

SO WE MADE SURE IT WAS IN THERE. AND THEN ANOTHER WAY WAS WE NOTICED STAFF QUESTIONS THAT WERE BEING ASKED ABOUT THE DUTY CALENDAR, ABOUT PAYROLL, ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WERE ON THEIR MIND. SO WHEN WE SAW THAT COMING IN THROUGH THE WEBSITE, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER AN

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SKIMMABLE MICRO CONTENT THAT THAT FAMILIES CAN DIGEST AND LINK OUT TO MORE INFORMATION IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IN THAT TOPIC. SO TWICE A MONTH WE SEND THOSE OUT. WE'VE ALSO STARTED THIS YEAR A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT CALLED FIRST THOUGHTS. WE STARTED THAT IN AUGUST, SO WE'VE HAD ABOUT THREE MONTHS UNDER OUR BELT. SO THAT COMES OUT MONTHLY. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE ARE STILL SENDING OUT OUR BOARD BRIEFS NEWSLETTER AFTER BOARD MEETINGS TO BE SURE TO INFORM STAFF AND FAMILIES ABOUT THE ACTION THAT'S HAPPENED AT BOARD MEETINGS. SO ROUGHLY, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING ROUGHLY ONCE A WEEK, RIGHT, FOR EMAILS A MONTH FROM THE DISTRICT WITH INFORMATION THAT'S RELEVANT TO FAMILIES. WE ALSO THIS SUMMER LAUNCHED A NEW MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO UTILIZE. IT DOES A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS THAT OUR OLD SYSTEM USED. THE BIGGEST, MAYBE TWO BIG DIFFERENCES THAT I WOULD SHARE IS THAT IT'S VERY MOBILE FRIENDLY, SO IT'S VERY EASY FOR OUR TEAM OR FOR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS OR THEIR DESIGNEES TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THIS FROM THEIR PHONE. AND THIS MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM ALLOWS THEM TO SEND EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES AND VOICE CALLS. IT'S ALSO CONNECTED TO THEIR CAMPUS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. SO FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM MOSTLY, I THINK. AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO POST TO THE DISTRICT MOBILE APP AND THEN TO THEIR CAMPUS WEBSITE, WHICH IS CALLED. THAT LITTLE SECTION ON THEIR WEBSITE IS CALLED LIVE FEED. SO ALL FROM ONE APP OR FROM THEIR DESKTOP, THEY CAN DO ALL OF THIS. SO BASICALLY IF THEY CAN FACEBOOK FROM THEIR PHONE, THEY CAN DO ALL OF THIS VERY QUICKLY AND EASILY. SO ONE ONE THING ABOUT THE LIVE FEED. SO THE CAMPUS IS BEING ABLE TO POST A VERY EASILY TO THEIR WEBSITE THAT WE LOVE ABOUT THAT IS THAT WE KNOW OUR WEBSITE IS OUR NUMBER ONE MARKETING TOOL. AND TO GIVE THE CAMPUS THE ABILITY TO EASILY AND QUICKLY SHOWCASE AND TELL THE STORY OF THEIR CAMPUS ON THAT PAGE IS VERY HELPFUL. AS PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY'RE CHECKING OUT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT CHANGE THAT IS HAPPENING IN COMMUNICATIONS IS OUR WORK TO PILOT THE PARENT TEACHER COMMUNICATION TOOL CALLED ROOMS. WE HEARD LAST SPRING AND OVER THE SUMMER FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR A ONE STOP SHOP FOR FOR PARENT TEACHER COMMUNICATION. SO AS WE HEARD

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THAT'S A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT WE KNOW CAN HELP US WITH INCREASING OUR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT BY USING A PLATFORM WHERE WE KNOW PEOPLE ALREADY ARE. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAP INTO THAT. JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES. IS OUR LIVE STREAM OF GRADUATIONS TAPPED INTO THIS THIS YEAR. AND WE SAW I'M NOT EXAGGERATING, LIKE A 4,000% INCREASE IN VIEWERSHIP OF OUR GRADUATIONS JUST BY GOING WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. AND THEN ALSO THIS YEAR FOR THE FREEDOM WALK, THE NINE OVER 11 CEREMONY, WE SAW A HUGE INCREASE IN VIEWERSHIP OF THAT BECAUSE WE LIVE STREAMED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THAT. YOU'RE ALSO PROBABLY AWARE THAT WE SWITCHED THE WAY WE LIVE STREAM OUR BOARD MEETINGS TO A COMPANY CALLED SWAGAT, WHICH REMOTELY LIVE STREAMS OUR BOARD MEETINGS AND ARCHIVES THEM ON THE WEBSITE. THAT'S HELPED TREMENDOUSLY JUST FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT. THE TIME INVOLVED THAT THAT IS FREED BACK UP FOR US TO UTILIZE IT IN THE DISTRICT, DOING COMMUNICATION WORK. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON LAUNCHING A PODCAST FEATURING DOCTOR DAVIS ALONGSIDE STAFF AND STUDENTS TO HELP SHARE TIMELY AND RELEVANT TOPICS. SO THIS TIES DIRECTLY BACK TO THE DEEPEN PUBLIC TRUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND AND SHARE INFORMATION DIRECTLY. YEAR TWO OF THE HEART OF GOLD AWARDS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE TRACKING THESE, BUT IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. SO WE LAUNCHED THIS LAST YEAR. WE HAVE THE STEEL AWARD, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT'S KIND OF TOP TIER AWARD, BUT WE ONLY WE ONLY AWARD A HANDFUL OF THOSE. AND SO IT'S A VERY, VERY EXCLUSIVE TO BE ABLE TO GET A STEEL AWARD.

SO THE HEART OF GOLD AWARD GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD IN OUR CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT STAFF THAT WE HAVE. SO IT'S AN ONLINE FORM, AND COLLEAGUES, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN NOMINATE SOMEBODY FOR A HEART OF GOLD AWARD. IT'S TIED TO OUR KISD LEADS THE WAY INITIATIVE AND THE THE TRAITS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO WE ARE PROCESSING ABOUT, I THINK, UPWARDS OF 100 AWARDS EACH MONTH. FOR THAT WE PROCESS IT, CREATE A CERTIFICATE, SORT THEM BY CAMPUSES, SEND THEM OUT, AND THE PRINCIPALS OR THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT WITH THEIR TEAM MEMBER AND CELEBRATE THEM. SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR WITH THE HEART OF GOLD. DOCTOR DAVIS IS SO KIND TO JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR WORK. SO WE CAME TO HIM AND SAID, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO PULL OUT MAYBE THE TOP 10 OR 15

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CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MR. MINTZ? TWO VERY BRIEF THINGS. DEEPENING PUBLIC TRUST, I BELIEVE, SHOULD BE YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. AND I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST, AS I WAS SITTING HERE, DOCTOR, LISTENING TO DOCTOR CREIGHTON SAY WE NEED EVERYBODY TO GET ESL CERTIFIED.

THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA. WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OR SOMEBODY ELSE THAT FOCUSES ON THIS. YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER TODAY.

DOCTOR DAVIS, INTERNAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS. THERE'S A TON OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT OR CHANGE GOING ON AND ABOUT TO BE GOING ON. WE'VE GOT TO DO WAY, WAY, WAY BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING IT DOWN TO THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? I WOULD SAY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BRANDING, I WAS ONCE TOLD YOUR BRAND IS WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS OF YOU AND THEN MARKETING IS WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO THINK OF. YOU. AND I WOULD SAY, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRUST, YOU KNOW, OF OUR DISTRICT. AND IN MANY CASES, I THINK I SHARED THIS WITH YOU WHEN I RETURNED FROM THE CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON. I HAD A CONSULTANT TELL ME ABOUT, HEY, THERE'S ALL THIS. I MEAN, LIKE, IT WAS DOOM AND GLOOM IN KILLEEN. AND I WAS LIKE, WE'RE NOT FINANCIALLY BROKE. I WAS LIKE, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FROM? AND I WAS LIKE, WE'RE BUILDING A NEW ADMIN BUILDING. AND THEY WERE ALMOST SURPRISED. AND WE TALKED ABOUT JUST GETTING OUR MESSAGE OUT THERE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE EASY THING TO DO IS TO TALK NEGATIVE ABOUT US. AND THAT APPEARS TO GENERATE LOTS OF CLICKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT I THINK WE CAN EVENTUALLY SUPPRESS THAT OUT. WE JUST GOT TO JUST STAY THE COURSE AND KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO, BECAUSE WE REALLY DOING SOME GOOD STUFF, BUT WE'RE JUST SO, SO BIG. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, SOME BAD THINGS THAT JUST HAPPEN. BUT JUST WHEN YOU'RE AS BIG AS WE ARE, OUR SMALL AMOUNT OF BAD THINGS ARE MAGNIFIED COMPARED TO EVERYBODY ELSE'S BAD THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SMALL. SO I WOULD JUST SAY TO YOUR TEAM, STAY THE COURSE, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND BUT MR. MINTZ IS SPOT ON WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THAT COMMUNICATIONS DURING CHANGE THAT IS SO, SO IMPORTANT. SO THEY DON'T THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BLINDSIDED. THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT THEY THINK BECAUSE THAT'S TOTALLY NOT THE TRUTH. SO BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO, MADAM SECRETARY. I MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED IT. KAREN, IN THE RESPONSIBILITIES, I WAS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE'RE STRENGTHENING THE MILITARY PARTNERSHIP AND CONNECTION. DO YOU HAVE THAT EMBEDDED IN HERE? IT'S NOT CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY, BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S IT'S PART OF THE ONGOING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THERE. ONE OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND I KNOW MR. HECKENBERG HAS TALKED EXTENSIVELY. I'VE REACHED OUT AND MADE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTACTS WITH HOUSING ON FORT HOOD, AND I'M DISTRIBUTING WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING INFORMATION AND JUST BUILDING ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. DO YOU THINK THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR BULLETS THAT WE EMPHASIZE? IT COULD BE FOR SURE. I GUESS I MIGHT PUT IT UNDER MARKETING CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE WE'RE WE COULD DO MORE DIRECT MARKETING WITH THEM. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, SO YEARS AGO I WAS AT THE KILLEEN AIRPORT AND THERE WAS A BIG FLIER OR THREAD THAT WAS SHOWING ADVERTISING KILLEEN ISD AND SEND YOUR KIDS TO KILLEEN ISD. AND AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE TO ME, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IS LIKE ADVERTISING, SOCIAL SECURITY, THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S HERE FOR THE CUSTOMERS.

IT'S HERE FOR THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS. BUT WHAT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE IS FOR EMPLOYEES. AND SO THE THE WEBSITE IS IMPORTANT. AND I THINK IF WE CAN GET NATIONAL

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TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING. THERE. NO OTHER AGENDA ITEM CAN BE THERE OF COURSE. AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER ON THAT SAME EVENING. NINE 3930 AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, IT'S A PRETTY SHORT AGENDAS AND THEN IT HEATS UP A LITTLE BIT ON OCTOBER 21ST. SO OCTOBER YOU CAN SEE WE'RE PRETTY BUSY THERE. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING WE ADDED ON OCTOBER 21ST THAT DISCUSSION REGION 12 TEAMS AUDIT PROPOSAL TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT JUST WANT TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. AND JUST A REMINDER. SO WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 20TH, 21ST AND 22ND. AND IT IS THREE DAYS IN A ROW. AND IT'S I KNOW IT'S BEFORE YOU. AND I THINK MISS WEAVER, WE'RE 5 P.M. START ON ALL THREE OF THOSE DAYS. SO THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT.

BUT I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME CONFLICTS. I KNOW WEDNESDAY THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES FOR SOME OF US, BUT JUST COMMUNICATE THOSE TO MYSELF OR DIANA SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL IN SYNC. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDAS? ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO TRUSTEE REMARKS. WE'LL START WITH MADAM CAPITO. I THINK I'M GOOD, MR. MINTZ, I THINK I'D LIKE JUST TO. THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT CAME UP HERE TONIGHT AND PRESENTED A LOT OF DATA THAT REFLECTS HOURS UPON HOURS UPON HOURS OF WORK. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, KAREN JUST CAME UP HERE AND PRESENTED. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. AND WE KIND OF GLOSSED OVER IT IN TEN MINUTES. MISS VADEN IS DOING A TON OF WORK WITH AND KEEPING US FINANCIALLY HEALTHY. THE THE EMERGING BILINGUAL AND ESL EDUCATION. THAT'S A MONSTER LIFT. THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE. SO WE SEE 2 OR 3 FACES, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ABOUT 2 OR 300 FACES BEHIND THEM. SO JUST LIKE TO SAY THANKS FOR ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE THAT ARE NOT SITTING HERE TODAY. AND THANKS TO THE FOLKS WHO COME UP HERE AND GET ROCKS THROWN AT THEM BY ME. SO HAVE A GOOD EVENING, MADAM SECRETARY. WELL, I WAS GOING TO ECHO EVERYTHING HE SAID, EXCEPT THE ROCK THROWING. BUT AGAIN A MILLION. THANKS, MR. GILCHRIST. I JUST WANT TO ECHO MR. MINTZ'S SENTIMENTS AND JUST I, I PERSONALLY THINK SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PICKING ON PEOPLE UP HERE, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU ALL DO AND WE DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR STAFF AND JUST OUR COMMUNITY. YOU ARE TRULY YOU'RE LIKE THE LIKE WE SAY IN THE ARMY, THE NCOS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE ARMY. I THINK THE DISTRICT STAFF IS THE BACKBONE OF THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RAINWATER. AS I SAID EARLIER, WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS AND KIDS AND THINGS, AND THEN I THINK ABOUT HOUSE BILL TWO, AN EXTRA $5 MILLION, YOU LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE SUCCESSES OF OUR STAFFS. BUT THEN IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE, WITH TEACHER SHORTAGES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION FOLKS THAT DON'T, YOU KNOW, CAN'T HIRE, AND ESL FOLKS THAT HAVE TO DO ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND TEACHERS WITH ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE LEFT OUT OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT, COUNSELORS AND PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH CURRICULUM AND PLC MEETINGS AND THE CONTINUOUS DEMANDS THAT ARE MADE ON ALL OUR STAFFS, CENTRAL

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IT'S A COMPLETE CHARTER SCHOOL, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THOSE ARE ALL NOW CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WINNING A GAME WHEN IT WHEN IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT WEAPON. AND I THINK WE NEED TO MARCH ON THAT. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS AS GOOD AS THE GUY NEXT TO YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS YOU'RE GOING TO BE STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF SOMEBODY ELSE. AND I JUST ADMIRE SO MUCH PEOPLE I'LL NEVER SEE OR WILL NEVER MEET FOR WORK THAT THAT WE'VE DONE. AND I JUST THINK THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED DAILY. WHEN WE COME TO THIS DAIS AND TRY TO GET A GRIP ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND JUST FOCUS ON THE GOOD THINGS AND THE THINGS THAT ARE MAKING OUR KIDS SUCCESSFUL AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE CHANGING LIVES. AND THAT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT TO ME AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO. THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. I JUST I SPENT SOME TIME UP IN DC WITH KALON AND AND WITH SCOTT WITH THE IMPACT AID COALITION BEGGING FOR MONEY. I'VE GOTTEN PRETTY GOOD AT IT.

I CAN'T SAY I'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SOME REGARDS. THEY DEFINITELY TOLD US THERE'D BE NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING. WE COULD JUST FORGET THAT. AND SENATOR THUNE IS IN CHARGE OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE THIS YEAR. AND HE'S A SOUTH DAKOTA MAN, AND HE BELIEVES IN THE INDIAN LANDS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HE MIGHT BELIEVE AND ARE IMPACTED MILITARY SCHOOLS.

SO ANYWAY, THERE'S NO MONEY OUT THERE. THEY'RE TELLING US. SO WE'RE JUST STANDING STILL. BUT WE DID GO FROM OFFICE TO OFFICE. AND AND I LOVE TO TELL EVERYBODY THAT KISD, WE AREN'T JUST EDUCATING KISD STUDENTS. WE'RE EDUCATING AMERICA'S STUDENTS. THEY COME FROM EAST AND WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THEY WILL GO BACK OUT NORTH AND WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. THEY DON'T OFTEN STAY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE ARE REALLY EDUCATING AMERICAN STUDENTS, AND WE MUST DO IT IN A BIPARTISAN MANNER. AND WE NEED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT ON FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND STAFFING OR FUNNELING THE MONEY BACK INTO OUR IMPACTED DISTRICTS SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE AMERICA'S CHILDREN. AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY CRUCIAL. AND EVERYBODY WHO WILL LISTEN TO ME, I GET ON MY MY SOAPBOX. I TRY TO GET A TALLER SOAPBOX EACH YEAR. AND WE CAN'T TAKE TOO MUCH TO THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GIVE THEM ANYTHING MORE THAN A $10 SOMETHING OR ANOTHER. SO THIS YEAR, IN THE GIFT STORE AT THE HOTEL, I WAS ABLE TO FIND FIVE WONDERFUL LITTLE STORYBOOKS THAT SAID A EDUCATING AMERICA'S CHILDREN MORE OR LESS. AND I BOUGHT EVERY ONE UP SO NONE OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS COULD GET ANY OF THEM BEFORE I COULD. AND AND WE TOOK THEM TO THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES. AND BUT THAT IS REALLY WHAT I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND. WE ARE EDUCATING AMERICA'S CHILDREN. SO TO THE STAFF, TO THE TEACHERS, TO EVERYBODY WHO IS OUT THERE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR IMPACT IS NATIONAL. IT'S NOT JUST HERE IN THE KILLEEN FOOTPRINT. AND I WANT THOSE KIDS TO GO OFF WHEREVER THEY'RE

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AND SO, YES, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY OF YOU GUYS TO GO WITH US WHEN WE GO IN MARCH BECAUSE THERE'LL BE ANOTHER CONFERENCE THEN. AND THEN I SPENT A WEEK ON VACATION IN NORTH CAROLINA.

I DID NOT GET TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINS LIKE I'D HOPED TO, BUT IT WAS A GOOD WEEK WITH FAMILY AND I AM BACK NOW WITH MY SLEEVES PULLED UP AND READY TO WORK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL TRY TO TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN BEING A GOOD LISTENER. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT I ECHO WHAT MR. MINTZ ARTICULATED, AS WELL AS MADAM SECRETARY, AS WELL AS MR. GILCHRIST, ABOUT THE STAFF AND HOW WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND I'M A BIG MUSIC GUY. AND STEPHANIE MILLS USED TO HAVE A SONG SAID, I FEEL GOOD, AND I CAN JUST TELL YOU, I JUST DO. I MEAN, I JUST DO. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, BUT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO DO THE WORK AND THE APPROACH THEY'RE TAKING TO IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'LL FOLLOW IT UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BILL PARCELLS WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, I THINK WE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS, BUT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM ON THE RIGHT SEAT. AND THEN WHEN YOU DO SOME GREAT THINGS, BILL PARCELLS WILL SAY, HEY, YOU'RE DOING SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO QUITE PUT A GOLD JACKET ON YOU YET. THAT MEANS PUTTING YOU IN THE HALL OF FAME, BUT IT MEANS KEEP WORKING. BUT LIKE I SAID, I FEEL REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION. IT'S NOT A PERFECT PLACE, BUT THERE IS NO PERFECT PLACE. BUT I THINK WE WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OCTOBER, YOU SEE BY MY LAPEL PIN BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. SOMETHING IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. EDUCATE YOURSELF ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO GO GET CHECKED UP BECAUSE IT IMPACTS SO MANY LIVES EVERY YEAR. AND SO BREAST CANCER AWARENESS FOR ALL THOSE OUT THERE FIGHTING, KEEP FIGHTING ALL THOSE HELPING THEM FIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DOCTOR DAVIS.

ANYTHING. YEAH. BLESS YOU. NOW, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY TO TO THE BOARD. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SENTIMENT. I THINK THAT SPEAKING FOR FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THE FOLKS OUT THERE, HOPEFULLY SOME OF OUR TEACHERS ARE LISTENING. I KNOW I'VE TALKED WITH A FEW TEACHERS OVER OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND THEY TUNE IN TO THE BOARD MEETING. SO I WOULD TELL THIS BOARD, THAT MEANS A GREAT DEAL SPREADING THAT SENTIMENT THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT, BECAUSE I KNOW THE FOLKS ARE OUT THERE WORKING HARD. I KNOW 99.9% COME EVERY DAY TO DO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BY CHILDREN. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER REMEMBER THAT. SO SO ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF, I JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT SENTIMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE REALLY HAPPY IN THIS ROOM, BUT SOME OF

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