Feb 17, 2026 Regular Board Meeting

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FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026. THIS MEETING OF THE KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING BRENDA ADAMS, SECRETARY MARVIN RAINWATER, BOARD MEMBER OLIVER MINTZ, BOARD MEMBER TINA CAPITO, BOARD MEMBER RODNEY GILCHRIST, BOARD MEMBER. AND ME, BRETT WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER. ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING IS VICE PRESIDENT SUSAN JONES. FOR THE RECORD, A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND IS PRESENT. A RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT A LATER DATE. WE'RE ALSO STREAMING THIS MEETING ON OUR CABLE CHANNEL 17 AND ON THE DISTRICT'S WEB PAGE. AS A REMINDER, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC FORUM MUST SUBMIT THEIR SIGN UP SHEET AT

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FORCING THE READING OF THE BIBLE. AND I'LL ASK YOU WHICH VERSION OF IT. OR OTHER RELIGIOUS TEXTS IN A NON ACADEMIC COURSE SETTING IS FORCING THE GOVERNMENT'S VERSION OF RELIGION UPON THE CHILDREN. IF I WANT MY CHILDREN TO BE EDUCATED, INDOCTRINATED OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCED TO A RELIGION, I WILL DO IT. NOT THEIR TEACHERS, NOT THEIR INSTRUCTORS, AND ABSOLUTELY NOT THE STATE OF TEXAS. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE WILL MARIE NIEVES. WELCOME. HI. OKAY. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT

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YOUTH ATHLETIC CODE STATES, AND IT CARRIES THE FORCE OF THE RULE AND EMPHASIZES PLAYING WITH FAIRNESS AND SPORTSMANSHIP AND COACHING WITHOUT UNETHICAL TACTICS THAT DETRACT FROM EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT HAPPENS IN ATHLETICS IS NOT JUST ABOUT WINNING, IT'S PART OF THEIR EDUCATION. SO MY REQUEST TONIGHT, IT'S NOT ABOUT A SINGLE SITUATION, BUT IT'S ABOUT A DISTRICT WIDE CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY BECAUSE CONSISTENCY IS WHAT PROTECTS STUDENTS. I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER PLACING COACH LANGUAGE STANDARDS AND SPORTSMANSHIP EXPECTATIONS ON A FUTURE AGENDA, WITH CLEAR DISTRICT DIRECTION ON THREE THINGS. THREE THINGS. FIRST, PLAIN WRITTEN STANDARD THAT PROHIBITS PROHIBITS, PROFANE, DEGRADING, HUMILIATING, OR ANY SLURS TOWARDS ATHLETIC, ATHLETIC ATHLETES OR STUDENTS AT PRACTICES, GYMS, GAMES, BUSSES, LOCKER ROOMS AT ANY SANCTIONED SCHOOL EVENT. STUDENTS DESERVE BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SAFETY, AND THAT SHOULD BE A NON-NEGOTIABLE EXPECTATION ACROSS EVERY CAMPUS AND EVERY PROGRAM. SECOND, TRAINING AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT MATCHES THE STANDARD ANNUAL REQUIRED TRAINING FOR ALL COACHES ON PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION, SPORTSMANSHIP AND STUDENT CENTER COACHING.

THIRD, TRANSPARENCY FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS A CLEAR REPORTING PATHWAY THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND. THE HANDBOOK ALREADY DESCRIBES A PROBLEM SOLVING CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION AND APPEAL IN ATHLETICS, AND I'M SIMPLY ASKING THE BOARD THAT THE DISTRICT MAKE THE STANDARDS AND REPORTING PROCESS EQUALLY CLEAR WHEN IT COMES TO COACH LANGUAGE AND CONDUCT. STUDENTS WILL REMEMBER HOW ADULTS SPOKE TO THEM LONG AFTER THEY FORGET THE SCORE. AND IF YOU ONLY HAVE WRITTEN POLICY WITHOUT ENFORCING IT, THEN IT ONLY IS A SUGGESTION. WE SHOULD NEVER REQUIRE A CHILD TO TOLERATE DISRESPECT, HUMILIATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL ATHLETICS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S ROLE IN SETTING THE TONE FOR THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DAVID SANTIAGO ORTIZ. WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU. SO BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO TO TO BEGIN WITH A SHORT PRAYER. LORD, PLEASE GIVE ME THE WISDOM AND THE COURAGE AND THE PEACE AS I SPEAK FOR OUR CHILDREN. AMEN. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS DAVID SANTIAGO AND I'M A PARENT IN KISD. I'M HERE AS A DAD. I CARE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS SAFETY, NOT ONLY BODIES, BUT ABOUT FEELINGS AND MENTAL HEALTH. HERE I'M TO TALK ABOUT A DISTRICT WIDE, WIDE PROBLEM, HOW COACHES TALK TO STUDENTS, AND HOW WE PROTECT STUDENT ATHLETES. SCHOOL SPORTS SHOULD HELP KIDS GROW. SPORTS SHOULD SHOULD TEACH TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE AND CONFIDENCE. THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WHEN COACHES LEAD WITH RESPECT. WHEN A COACH USE MEANS INSULTING AND SHAMEFUL WORDS, IT CAN HURT STUDENTS. IT CAN MAKE THEM FEEL SCARED, NERVOUS, OR EMBARRASSED.

SOME KIDS STOP TRYING. SOME KIDS STOP LOVING THE SPORT. THEY THEY SO MUCH PRACTICE. AND WHEN ADULTS ACT LIKE DISRESPECT IS NORMAL, KIDS LEARN TO ACCEPT IT. THAT IS NOT OKAY IN KISD AND IN NOWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY. KISD HAS RULES TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE. YOU EXPECT GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP. TEXAS EDUCATOR'S RULES SAY ADULTS MUST ACT PROFESSIONALLY WITH KIDS. THESE RULES SHOULD BE FOLLOWED EVERYWHERE. HERE IS WHAT I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO DO. FIRST, MAKE A CLEAR RULE AND ENFORCE IT THAT COACHES CANNOT USE PROFANITY, INSULT, HUMILIATING WORDS, OR GENDER BASED. FLIRT WITH STUDENTS AND PRACTICE GAMES, TRAVELS, OR OTHER SCHOOL EVENTS. STUDENTS DESERVE RESPECT. SECOND, REQUIRE TRAINING EVERY YEAR FOR COACHES

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CONDUCT SPORTSMANSHIP AND ADULT STUDENT ATHLETE EMOTIONAL SAFETY. KIDS SHOULD LEAVE SCHOOL SPORTS FEELING STRONGER, NOT SCARED, ASHAMED OR STRESSED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR SB, SB 11. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOW OUR KIDS A SAFE SPACE SO THEY CAN PRACTICE THEIR THEIR BELIEFS, THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEF. I CAN ATTEST AS A PARENT, AS A CHRISTIAN PARENT, THAT MY KIDS ARE ARE WELL MANNERED, ARE WELL BEHAVED BECAUSE WE ALLOW THEM TO READ THE BIBLE AND WE ALLOW THEM TO PRAY ANYWHERE THEY THEY THEY CAN, THEY CAN, AND THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED A TIME TO DO IT AT SCHOOL TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE CHARINA BULLET. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS CHARINA BLUNT. I TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, SPEAKING UP FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T SPEAK FOR OURSELVES, THEIR KIDS, OUR CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT AND I WILL NOT STAND SILENT WHILE THEY ARE BEING HURT. TONIGHT, I'M SHARING A GENERAL POLICY CONCERN ABOUT HOW COACHES AND TEACHERS ACT TOWARDS COACHES USE AND HOW WE PROTECT STUDENTS ATHLETES EMOTIONAL SAFETY. ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, COACHES HAVE REAL POWER OVER STUDENTS. IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT PLAYING TIME, IT ALSO AFFECTS STUDENTS CONFIDENCE, MOTIVATION AND WHETHER THEY WANT TO RETURN OR FEEL SAFE ON THE FIELD, WHETHER IT'S IN THE FIELD OR THE GYM. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE. WORDS FROM ADULTS MATTER. WHEN STUDENTS ARE TALKED TO IN A WAY THAT IS MEAN, HUMILIATING, OR THREATENING, IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM STRONGER. IT CREATES FEAR AND SHAME, AND IT TEACHES KIDS THAT DISRESPECT IS NORMAL. SOME STUDENTS STOP TRYING, SOME STUDENTS STOP SPEAKING UP. SOME STUDENTS STOP LOVING THE SPORT. THAT IS REAL HARM. THAT IS NOT WHAT SCHOOL SPORTS IS, SHOULD BE OR THAT WE WANT IT TO BE. KSD HAS RULES TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND KEEP SCHOOLS SAFE. TEXAS EDUCATORS ALSO HAVE ATHLETIC RULES THAT SAY STUDENTS MUST BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY, AND THAT ADULTS SHOULD NOT HARM A STUDENT'S WELL BEING.

SO MY REQUEST IS SIMPLE. I'M ASKING THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT'S EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR AND THE SAME FOR EVERY CAMPUS, AND AN ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT IN EVERY ATHLETIC PROGRAM. I'M ALSO ASKING FOR CLEAR STEPS FOR FAMILIES PARENTS. STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO REPORT CONCERNS. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU REPORT IS MADE, AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO GET A RESPONSE, AND HOW THE DISTRICT WILL STOP THIS PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. WHEN COMMUNICATION BREAKS DOWN AND FAMILIES FEEL IGNORED AND PROBLEMS GROW IN SILENCE. SO TONIGHT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO PLACE THIS ITEM ON FUTURE AGENDAS, COACH LANGUAGE, STANDARDS, SPORTSMANSHIP, EXPECTATIONS, STUDENT ATHLETE, EMOTIONAL SAFETY. I'M ASKING FOR DISTRICT WIDE TRAINING FOR COACHES AND EASY REPORT PROCESS, CONSISTENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS WITH FAMILIES WHEN DECISIONS AFFECT STUDENTS SAFETY AND SUPERVISION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SHOW SUPPORT. AS A CHRISTIAN MOTHER. I HAVE HAD MY KIDS IN KISD AND THEY WERE SHAMED FOR BRINGING A BIBLE TO SCHOOL. AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK FREELY, AND NOT TO BE ASHAMED TO BE A CHRISTIAN, OR TO SHOW LOVE FOR THE GOD. THAT'S DONE SO MUCH FOR US AND OUR FAMILY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE ANDRE STINSON. WELCOME, YOUNG MAN. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANDRE STINSON. I AM A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT WILLOW SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR DAVIS AND THE KISD BOARD FOR TAKING TIME TO LISTEN TO ME SPEAK ABOUT MY EDUCATION AND THE COMMUNION IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM AT MY CAMPUS. THE REASON I LIKE COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM WITH ME IS BECAUSE IN THE IN COMMUNITIES, IN SCHOOLS, SHE HELPS US WITH OUR SCIENCE, MATH AND SPELLING. WE HAVE COMPETITION WITH OUR CLASSMATES TO MAKE US STRONGER

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WHEN I GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WENT TO PLAY SPORTS. I KNOW I MUST HAVE GOOD GRADES. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ZOE ENDER. HEY, MR. HARPER, WOULD YOU LET'S. HE GOT IT. CAN WE. CAN WE HAVE HER MAYBE STEP TO THE SIDE SO SHE COULD SET THE MICROPHONE ON IT SO WE CAN SEE HER? YEAH, WE CAN SET IT ON THAT EDGE. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. WELCOME. MY NAME IS ZOE ENDER. AM I A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT WILLOW SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KILLEEN, TEXAS? THANK YOU, DOCTOR DAVIS AT THE KISD BOARD FOR TAKING TIME TO LISTEN TO ME SPEAK ABOUT MY EDUCATION AND THE COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL PROGRAM AT MY CAMPUS. SCHOOL IS GREAT, AND I LIKE THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL PROGRAM BECAUSE I LEARN MORE ALMOST EVERY DAY IN SCHOOL.

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL IS A GOOD PROGRAM BECAUSE IT GIVES MORE EDUCATION, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL. MAKES ME INTERESTED IN COMING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE I'M LEARNING MORE THAN WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE TEACHING IN ONE SUBJECT FOR EVERY LESSON. THANK YOU. KALYSHA HUDGENS. MR. HARPER, WILL YOU MOVE THAT MICROPHONE? DID I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECTLY? YES.

WELCOME. HELLO, MY NAME IS KALYSHA HUTCHINS, AND TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL KEEPS ME ENGAGED IN. OH, WAIT, MY NAME IS KEISHA HUTCHINSON. I AM FROM WILLOW SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL KEEPS ME ENGAGED IN SCHOOL. AND IT CAN MAKE SCHOOL FUN FOR A PERSON WHO DOESN'T REALLY LIKE SCHOOL. AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL ALSO TEACHES ME A LOT, AND IT CAN MAKE MY GRADES HIGHER, AND IT ENCOURAGES ME TO BE GOOD IN SCHOOL. WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. KIMBERLY TORRES.

WELCOME. HI. HI. MY NAME IS KIMBERLY TORRES, AND I'M IN THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT WILLOW SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. AND THE. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS AND THIS KILLEEN BOARD, FOR TAKING TIME TO LISTEN TO ME SPEAK ABOUT MY EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROGRAM AT MY CAMPUS. I ENJOY IN SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE TIME TO WORK ON MY CLASSWORK AND LEARN WHAT IS GIVEN. AT TIMES WE ARE GIVEN TOO MUCH WORK TOO QUICKLY, WHICH DOESN'T GIVE US TIME TO LEARN EVERYTHING. I WANT TO BE GREAT IN SCHOOL SO THAT I CAN GET MY SO I CAN GO TO COLLEGE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MISS CINNAMON'S. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM AT CINNAMON'S PROGRAM. FIRST, IT HELPS ME STAY IN SCHOOL BY HELPING ME SPELL. SECOND, IT HELPS ME GET STRONGER IN MATH. THIRD, IT THE PROGRAM HELPS ME STAY IN SCHOOL BY HELPING ME WITH SCIENCE FOR IT. THE SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM HELPS ME PRACTICE READING MORE. FIFTH, THE PROGRAM HELPED ME BECAUSE MISS CINNAMON IS AVAILABLE FOR US. MISS CINNAMON'S QUIZZES ON THE ACADEMIES AND WE RECEIVED PRIZES FOR OUR LEARNING. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MARLEY PERRY, MARLEY J. PERRY. MY APOLOGIES.

WELCOME. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARY J. PERRY. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARLEY J. PERRY FROM WILLOW

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I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH. I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO CONFRONT BACK, HOW TO CONFRONT FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS AND DECIMALS INTO FRACTIONS. I HAVE LEARNED HOW EARTH'S TECTONIC PLATES SHIFT AND CAUSE RAPID CHANGES LIKE EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES AND MOUNTAINS. I ALSO LEARNED HOW I'VE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT ANALYZING TEXT DETAILS TO IDENTIFY TEXT FEATURES, AUTHOR'S PURPOSE, AND MAKING ALL SORTS OF CONNECTIONS TO EVERY STORY WE READ. AND I HAVE TWO AMAZING TEACHERS THAT HELPED MAKE THAT HAPPEN. MISS TATE AND MISS JOHNSON HELPED ME HELP ME MAKE ALL ALL ACHIEVE ALL EIGHT HONOR ROLL LAST SEMESTER, CONTINUING WITH THE SAME GOAL THIS SEMESTER. I ALSO HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES OF MY AMAZING BLUEJAY FAMILY. EVEN ON TOUGH DAYS, MY TEACHERS AND OTHER ADULTS IN THE BUILDING LIKE OUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR, MISS FRICKERS, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE SPECIALIST MISS CINNAMON, MY PRINCIPAL, MISS STEWART, ARE OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MISS DWYER, ALONG WITH OUR CIC. MY MOMMY, SYLVIE PERRY, SOON TO BE DOCTOR SYLVIE PERRY, ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR EMOTIONS AND LEARN HOW TO WORK THROUGH THE THINGS TOGETHER. THE CONNECTIONS WITH MY TEACHERS, MY FRIENDS AND OTHER ADULTS AT WILLOW SPRINGS IS WHAT I WILL MISS THE MOST AS I LEAVE AND GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL ESPECIALLY. I ESPECIALLY ENJOY WHEN MISS CINNAMON PULLS US FOR FUN ACTIVITIES AND TEACHES US ABOUT IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS. ONE THING I THINK WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE NEXT YEAR IS WORKING ON THE NO GUN POLICY. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE CHEWING GUM IS SUCH A DISTRACTION AND IT IS QUITE ANNOYING WHEN PEOPLE ARE WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO WORK, HAVING TO HEAR PEOPLE SMACK THEM SO WE COULD GET SOME POSTERS TO PUT ALL AROUND THE SCHOOL THAT SAYS ABSOLUTELY NO GUM CHEWING, THAT'D BE GREAT. THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. AS WE HAVE NO ONE, NO ONE

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OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE HERE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE AND ABOUT PRAYER, AND ABOUT HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, AND HOW WE'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO, AS A BOARD AND AS A PEOPLE, TRY TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR EACH OF OUR STUDENTS, HELP US, FATHER, MAKE THESE DECISIONS. AND WE'VE HAD SO MANY DIFFICULT TIMES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE LOST SOME CHILDREN AND WE'VE HAD SOME HORRIBLE EVENTS HAPPEN. BUT WE KNOW ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOUR BLESSING AND YOUR ARMS AROUND US ARE THERE. WE ASK THAT WE RELY ON THEM AND PRAY FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR STRENGTH. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. OKAY, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AMEN. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. GOOD JOB. COMING TO YOU WITH A RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT A LATER DATE. WE'RE ALSO STREAMING THIS MEETING ON OUR CABLE CHANNEL 17 AND ON THE DISTRICT'S WEB PAGE. WE'LL NOW

[3. Honors and Recognition]

OKAY. TO BEGIN, WE ARE THRILLED TO RECOGNIZE AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF THEATER STUDENTS WHO COMPETED AT THE TEXAS THESPIAN STATE FESTIVAL AND QUALIFIED FOR THE NATIONAL THESPIS COMPETITION THIS SUMMER. IN ADDITION TO THEIR NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, KISD STUDENTS EARN MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS AND 268 COLLEGE CALLBACKS. ONE STUDENT RECEIVED A DISNEY CALLBACK, TWO EARNED ALL STATE COMPANY MEMBERSHIP HONORS, AND ONE EARNED A STATE THESPIAN OFFICE. WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE SHINING EXAMPLES OF KISD EXCELLENCE WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT, STARTING WITH CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL. LET'S CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER, AVA MORGAN. RILEY URECHE. ANAYA. CHAMBERLAIN. CHAVEZ. DODSON.

ALEXANDRA. MADERA. AMI. MELTON, HADASSAH. MOON, ZACHARY. RAPINE, CAITLIN. DOOLEY, KIONI HARRELL, AND SATURN. BALDI.

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HAVE. LOOK AT YOU. ALRIGHT. Y'ALL, ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ELLISON HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE TATIANA WHITE, CAMELIA, OLIVIA'S TAVIN, JUSTIN MAGES, AND SASHA LAUDERDALE. LET'S SHOW THEM SOME APPRECIATION.

OVER THERE, I DON'T SEE BRENDA.

NEXT, WE'RE BRINGING KILLEEN HIGH SCHOOL. SHOEMAKER HIGH SCHOOL AND HARKER HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL. FROM KILLEEN, WE HAVE LYLE SANTIAGO, SHOEMAKER ADELINA GABRIEL, AND HARKER HEIGHTS. WE HAVE CHARLOTTE UK'S.

RISING. DALTON.

CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE SAMANTHA DUNAWAY, THEATER DIRECTOR OF CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WAS NAMED THE TEXAS THESPIAN GOLDEN APPLE AWARD BY THE EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION. THIS THIS IS MISS DUNAWAY'S 15TH YEAR IN EDUCATION, AND HER DEDICATION TO STUDENT GROWTH IS CLEAR IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES. THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP, STUDENTS EXPERIENCE RIGOROUS, EQUITABLE, AND INSPIRING THEATRICAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT PREPARE THEM FOR SUCCESS BOTH ON AND OFF THE STAGE. WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF MISS DUNAWAY AND GRATEFUL FOR THE EXCELLENT SHE BRINGS TO CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL AND TO THE KILLEEN ISD DEPARTMENT. FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT. YES YOU ARE. I GOTTA GET MINE TO.

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I KNOW.

TONIGHT WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK AND CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ACROSS KILLEEN ISD. OUR COUNSELORS SUPPORT STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY, HELPING THEM SET GOALS, STAY ON TRACK, AND NAVIGATE CHALLENGES WITH CONFIDENCE. THEY ARE OFTEN THE FIRST TO LISTEN, THE FIRST TO RESPOND, AND THE STEADY PRESENCE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES COUNT ON EVERY DAY. TO ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CARE, GUIDANCE, AND HOPE YOU BRING TO OUR CAMPUSES.

WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR FOR COUNSELING, ACADEMIC ADVISING AND PLANNING, CHERISE HAMPTON, HERE TONIGHT TO ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION. AND SHANNON IS WITH HER. AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE'RE RECOGNIZING NINE KISD CAMPUSES WHO RECENTLY EARNED STATEWIDE RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOL COUNSELING, HIGHLIGHTING THE DISTRICT'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUPPORT AND WELL-BEING COUNSELING TEAMS FROM IDUMA HOBBY, EASTERN HILLS GATEWAY, LIBERTY HILL, ELLISON, HARKER HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL, SHOEMAKER. THEY ALL RECEIVED THE 20 2425 CREST AWARD. CREST IS COUNSELORS REINFORCING EXCELLENCE FOR STUDENTS IN TEXAS. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED STRONG IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM THAT IS COMMITTED TO KILLEEN ISD SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS. LET'S CELEBRATE IDUMA SCHOOL, TIFFANY JACKSON, CHRIS SALITA FORTES, AND MEGAN GILBERT.

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THANKS. CONGRATULATIONS. FROM EASTERN HILLS. WE HAVE EBONY KEYS, SHELBY BOLES, AND SHANTEL HORNER. ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD.

FROM GREAT. OH, SORRY. FROM GATEWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE ANTIONE FRANKLIN AND MARLENE ADAMS. THANK YOU. THANKS. GOOD. OKAY. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. COME ON. THERE YOU GO. GOOD.

THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. FROM LIBERTY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE BETHANY SMITH, CYNTHIA BAILEY AND ADRIANA SHAW. WHO? FROM ELLISON HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE ROSALYN DECATUR, CASSANDRA HODGE, ALICIA SMITH, DOUGLAS.

SARAH NOTE. BOOM. AMBER PETERSON, AMY PICO AND SHATILA BROOKS. HERE WE GO.

NO ONE EVER GREETS ME. TODD DOES. WE GO BACK THE WAY? WHAT ARE WE DOING? GREAT. SO THIS ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. FROM GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE ELSIE

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FROM HARKER HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE MARIA GARCIA, LAURA HOUSE, MARIA JACKSON, WARREN KOSINSKI, LAURA LITTLEJOHN, WENDY PERRY, DARLENE PRICE AND DEIDRE PICKETT.

CONGRATULATIONS. FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, SHOEMAKER HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE SANDRA, KYLE, KENDRICK KEYES, TAWANA CHANCELLOR, ALEXANDRIA HALL, BERNADETTE HICKS, MIRIAM HODGE CUMMINGS AND AND NICOLA JONES.

ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CAMPUSES FOR OUR FINAL RECOGNITION. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LIBERTY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR CYNTHIA BAILEY, WHO IS NAMED THE 2025 ROZENE FLEMING, TEXAS MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, AN HONOR PRESENTED BY THE TEXAS SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION.

Y'ALL, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR CYNTHIA. MISS BAILEY IS RECOGNIZED FOR STUDENT CENTERED SUPPORT THAT ADVANCES LIBERTY HILL'S ACADEMIC MISSION WHILE RESPONDING TO STUDENTS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS. THIS YEAR, WHEN THE CAMPUS UNEXPECTEDLY LOST, THE STAFF MEMBER RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE MID-SUMMER, BAILEY STEPPED IN AND REDESIGNED THE SCHEDULE TO BETTER ALIGN WITH STUDENT NEEDS AND INSTRUCTIONAL PRIORITIES.

SHE HAS ALSO EXPANDED SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS THROUGH SMALL GROUPS FOCUSED ON SELF-ESTEEM AND PEER CONNECTION. SHE HELPED CREATE A QUIETER LUNCH OPTION FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED IT, AND CONNECTED FAMILIES TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER. MISS BAILEY ALSO SERVES AS A MENTOR TO NEW COUNSELORS AND A LEADER AMONG HER PEERS. SHE ORGANIZES THE CAMPUS STUDENT AMBASSADOR CLUB, SERVES ON THE DISTRICT CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, AND HELPED BRING TEXAS A&M YOUTH AWARE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM TO CAMPUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME. AWESOME JOB. SIR. THIS CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S HONORS AND RECOGNITION.

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[4. Public Forum (6PM)]

THANK YOU.

JOSEPH BAEZ FROM HARKER HEIGHTS KISD COMMUNITY. ON TODAY'S AGENDA YOU WILL FIND SECTION SIX WHICH IS ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. ACTION ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION. SIX IS CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATION OF A 2025 2026 TEXAS PARTNERSHIP OPERATING PARTNER.

HOWEVER, THE ACTION ITEM WOULD NOT BE FOR CONSIDERATION BUT FOR A VOTE BY THE ISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN 1882 PARTNERSHIP WITH THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS AS THE OPERATING PARTNER FOR MAIN AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. BY THE WAY, CONSIDERATION IS NOT THE SAME AS A VOTE BY VOTE DECIDES THE OUTCOME. CONSIDERATION IS THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING A MEASURE ALLOWING FOR DISCUSSION AND REFINING IT, WHICH COMES BEFORE A VOTE. SO WHY AREN'T THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT BEING STRAIGHTFORWARD AND MAKING IT KNOWN THAT THE BOARD WILL BE VOTING AND NOT CONSIDERING? THE FACT IS THAT I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT DO ALL THE COMMUNITY AN HONEST ANSWER AS TO WHY THE RUSH OF THE VOTE THEY ARE? THEY OWE US AN HONEST ANSWER BECAUSE THIS VOTE WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AFFECT THE KISD STAFF, PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND MAIN AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, NOT JUST FOR ONE YEAR OR 2025 2026, WHICH THE YEARS ARE NOT EVEN ACCURATE AS STATED IN THE AGENDA DOCUMENT. BUT THE CONTRACT WILL IMPACT AND AFFECT HISD FOR THREE YEARS BECAUSE THIS VOTE IS FOR A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, 2026 TO 2029 AND NOT FOR ONE YEAR CONTRACT, AS THE 2025 2026 LEADS US TO BELIEVE.

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD THAT THIS EVENING'S ACTION IS FOR A VOTE AND NOT A CONSIDERATION. REFERENCE SLIDE SIX OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA SIX D POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS TITLED TEXAS PARTNERSHIP CHARTER AUTHORIZING TIMELINE. AND THE TIMELINE HAS TODAY'S DATE FOR BOARD APPROVAL FOR OPERATING PARTNER FEBRUARY 17TH. BUT WHY FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026, WHICH IS ONE WEEK EARLIER THAN THE DATE INDICATED? NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE IN THE KISD MAIN AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TURNAROUND PLAN? REFERENCE PAGES 27 AND 28. ON PAGE 27 UNDER DATE. UNDER DATE THE BOARD APPROVED OR WILL VOTE ON APPROVING PARTNERSHIP. IT STATES. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL VOTE ON APPROVING A PARTNERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026. ON PAGE 28 UNDER. PLEASE DESCRIBE THE PROPOSAL. APPROVE OPERATING PARTNERS TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL TURNAROUND. IT STATES IN FEBRUARY, THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL BRING FORWARD A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP RECOMMENDATION AND HOST A PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 10TH, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RECOMMENDED PARTNERS TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY. ON FEBRUARY 24TH, THE BOARD WILL VOTE TO APPROVE OR DENY EACH APPLICATION AND TO ENTER INTO PERFORMANCE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE APPROVED PARTNERS. THIS YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF BY VISITING KISD WEBSITE AND DOWNLOADING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TURNAROUND PLAN.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WHY IS THE DISTRICT RUSHING TO VOTE FOR TODAY, FEBRUARY 17TH AND NOT NEXT WEEK, FEBRUARY 24TH? KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT COMMUNITY.

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[5. Consent Agenda]

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY TRUSTEES THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS.

WE HAVE SIX IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, ONE ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING. AND VICE

[6. Action Items for Consideration]

WHEREAS ARTS EDUCATION, DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, ART, AND VISUAL ART IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE LEARNING PROCESS AND DEVELOP STUDENT CREATIVITY, COMMUNICATION AND CREATIVE CRITICAL THINKING ABILITIES. AND. WHEREAS, WHEREAS ARTS EDUCATION IS PART OF A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION AND A POWERFUL TOOL TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF THE WHOLE CHILD AND. WHEREAS ARTS. WHEREAS ARTS EDUCATION PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT. OF THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS IN STUDENTS AND. WHEREAS, ARTS EDUCATION GIVES STUDENTS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING OF SENSITIVITY FOR CULTURAL VALUES AND BELIEFS AND. WHEREAS RESEARCH INDICATES THAT STUDENTS WITH MORE ARTS EDUCATION HAVE HIGHER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACROSS THE CURRICULUM, ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOL AND. WHEREAS, OUR STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE NECESSITY OF INCLUDING ARTS EXPERIENCE AND ALL STUDENTS AS EDUCATION, DEVELOPING THE NEED FOR ARTS RICH SCHOOLS AND. WHEREAS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH. YOUTH ART MONTH, DANCE IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH AND THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH ARE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE ONGOING PROCESS OF ARTS EDUCATION, MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH ARTS AND OTHER AREAS OF STUDY, AND BRING A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS IN EDUCATION. NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HEREBY RESOLVE THAT MARCH

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BUT HE'S REALLY NOT ABSENT. BUT HE'S NOT AT THE DIE. SO IT'LL BE A502 VOTE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. KEEP DOING A GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. YES OKAY. SO LET'S LET'S RECALIBRATE HERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SHOW OF HANDS. WE HAVE SIX IN FAVOR. NONE IN OPPOSITION, ONE ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING. AND VICE PRESIDENT SUSAN JOHNSON, THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO BE CONSIDERATION OF RENEWAL OF A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION FOR HOUSE BILL THREE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER REQUIREMENT. MR. HECKENBERG, WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD. AS YOU AS STATED, I BRING FORTH A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE A GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION FOR HOUSE BILL THREE. THE ARMED SERVICE OFFICER REQUIREMENT. TEXAS EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES AT LEAST ONE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER PRESENT AT EACH CAMPUS DURING SCHOOL HOURS. HOWEVER, THE SCHOOL BOARD MAY CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO CLAIM A GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION TO THIS REQUIREMENT DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING OR LACK OF PERSONNEL WHO QUALIFY TO SERVE AS A SECURITY OFFICER, AS DESCRIBED IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO DECLARE GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION FOR HOUSE BILL THREE QUESTIONS FOR MR. HECKENBERG. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. TRUSTEE GILCHRIST. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO DECLARE GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION FOR TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37 .081 FOR ARMED SECURITY OFFICER REQUIRED AS PRESENTED. MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST MAY MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT ON THIS. CAN WE GET A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION. LET ME GET A SECOND. THEN I'LL OPEN IT FOR COMMENTS. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE GILCHRIST. WE HAVE A SECOND BY SECRETARY ADAMS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE MINTS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND MR. MR. I JUST WANT TO BE I THINK JUST FOR THE THE LISTENING PUBLIC ON THIS. TO BE CLEAR THIS IS A REQUIREMENT AND WE ARE PURSUANT TO IT TAKING STEPS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT OUR SCHOOLS. THIS IS NOT A A WAIVER OF ANY SAFETY REQUIREMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY TRUSTEE GILCHRIST, A SECOND BY SECRETARY ADAMS WITH NO FURTHER DIALOG. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SHOW OF HANDS. WE HAVE SIX IN FAVOR. NONE IN OPPOSITION, ONE ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING. AND VICE PRESIDENT SUSAN JONES, 601. THANK YOU. MR. WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM C, CONSIDERATION OF SENATE BILL 11, DAILY PRAYER TIME AND READING OF THE BIBLE OR OTHER RELIGIOUS TEXTS. MR. HARPER THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR DAVIS, THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED SENATE BILL 11, WHICH REQUIRES THAT EACH SCHOOL BOARD IN TEXAS TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON WHETHER TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION REGARDING A PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS. IF A SCHOOL BOARD DECIDES TO ADOPT SUCH A RESOLUTION, THE PROVISIONS SET OUT IN SECTION 25.083 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS. THE DISTRICT POLICY MUST PROHIBIT A STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT FROM PARTICIPATING IN A DAILY PRAYER PERIOD, UNLESS THE EMPLOYEE OR STUDENT'S PARENT SUBMITS A SIGNED CONSENT FORM ACKNOWLEDGING THAT PARTICIPATION IS BY CHOICE. SECONDLY, THE PARTICIPANT HAS NO OBJECTION. AND THIRD, THE PARTICIPANT EXPRESSLY WAIVES HIS OR HER RIGHT TO BRING A LEGAL CLAIM UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, INCLUDING A CLAIM ON A VIOLATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. THE DISTRICT POLICY MUST ALSO ENSURE THAT PRAYER AND RELIGIOUS READING IS NOT

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THE ADMINISTRATION BRINGS THIS FORWARD BECAUSE WE NEED A RECORD VOTE. QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. MR. HARPER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET CLARIFICATION, CLARIFICATION FOR THE THE PUBLIC. IF THE BOARD WAS TO OPT TO APPROVE, MAKE SURE I'M USING THE RIGHT TO APPROVE THIS. TO ALLOW THIS, ANY STUDENT THAT PARTICIPATES WOULD HAVE TO. I KNOW YOU STATED THIS, BUT I WANT TO STATE IT AGAIN. THEY WOULD HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER WHICH WOULD BE SIGNED BY THEIR PARENT GUARDIAN FOR FOR THE STUDENTS, YES, IT'D BE SIGNED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, OR THE EMPLOYEE WOULD SIGN THEIR SIGN A WAIVER. AND THEN FOR EMPLOYEES, THE EMPLOYEES WOULD SIGN THE WAIVER. AND THEN IN DOING SO, THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT PARTICULAR GROUP TO HAVE A DESIGNATED AREA THAT WOULD BE ISOLATED AWAY FROM ANYONE ELSE BEING ABLE TO HEAR IT, WHO IS NOT SIGNED A WAIVER, WHETHER IT'S A KID OR AN ADULT. AND THEN THEY COULD HAVE A TIME OF RELIGIOUS PRAYER, MEDITATION IN A DEFINED AREA WITHIN THE SCHOOL DURING NON INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, BEFORE SCHOOL OR AFTER SCHOOL. THAT IS CORRECT. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. IF THE BOARD WAS TO GO THAT ROUTE AND THERE ARE TEN STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO DO THIS, AND THERE IS NO ADULT WHO HAS SIGNED OR AGREED TO DO IT, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT AS IT RELATES TO TO ANY OTHER GATHERING TO THINK ABOUT IF OUR CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, WE NEED TO HAVE SPONSORS FOR, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, AS IT RELATES TO SAFETY AND THE GATHERING, MAKING SURE FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE STUDENTS GATHERING, WE CERTAINLY WANT AN ADULT TO BE PRESENT AT SUCH A MEETING. MR. HARPER, YOU STATED THAT CURRENTLY STUDENTS CAN PRAY, BUT CURRENTLY, IF A GROUP OF STUDENTS WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND PRAY, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT AND THE CONFINES OF AN AREA THAT WOULD BE SECLUDED FROM ANYONE ELSE INTERRUPTING OR HARASSING DETERRING THEM FROM DOING IT.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE WOULD NOT BE A DEFINED SPACE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. SO IN DOING, IF THIS WOULD BE THE CHOICE OF THIS BOARD, WE WOULD NOT BE FORCING ANY STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN PRAYER. CORRECT? CORRECT. THEY WOULD HAVE TO SIGN A CONSENT AND BE WILLINGLY PARTICIPATING IN IT, OR THEIR PARENT OR GUARDIAN WOULD SIGN THAT CONSENT FOR THE STUDENT.

AND IT COULD BE ANY RELIGION, CORRECT? IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE RELIGIONS, PENTECOSTAL, CATHOLIC OR WHATEVER, HOW WOULD WE HANDLE THAT? WOULD THEY ALL HAVE SEPARATE AREAS OR INDIVIDUAL AREAS? THE LAW DOES NOT SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THAT. IT'S VAGUE ON THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE LEFT TO THE POLICY THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD EVENTUALLY. THIS RESOLUTION IS, AS YOU SEE IT, LISTED THERE, SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING EVERY CAMPUS OF KILLEEN ISD TO PROVIDE A PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING OF THE BIBLE OR OTHER RELIGIOUS TEXTS AS PROVIDED BY THE EDUCATION CODE, SO THAT POLICY WOULD NEED TO SPEAK TO HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE. THE THE ACTUAL TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, SECTION 25.0823 DOES NOT SPEAK TO WHETHER THAT'S ONE PLACE OR MANY AT BOARD. COUNSEL COULD SAY COULD SPEAK AS WELL. BUT

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MY HUMBLE OPINION. THIS IS SIMPLY AN ATTEMPT BY. OUR LEGISLATORS IN AUSTIN TO PUT SCHOOL BOARDS IN A POSITION WHERE THEY ARE FORCED. LET ME REPHRASE THAT. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN A POSITION WHERE THEY ARE FORCED TO SAY I AM FOR ENSHRINING A CHILD'S RIGHT TO PRAY IN SCHOOL, OR I AM AGAINST A CHILD'S RIGHT TO PRAY IN SCHOOL. AND I SUBMIT TO YOU ALL, AND I SUBMIT TO ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING, IS THAT'S A COMPLETE CANARD. IT IS HOGWASH. THE FIRST AMENDMENT ENSHRINES OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION. BUT IT'S ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE, PREVENTING AN ESTABLISHMENT, A STATE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION. IT IS MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT TODAY, AS WE SIT HERE AND THE FOLKS THAT CAME UP IN PUBLIC FORUM, I THINK I AGREE WITH WITH MOST ALL OF THEM. BUT THE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, TODAY, AS WE SIT HERE, OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRAY ANY PLACE THEY WANT, ANYWHERE. IT CAN'T DISRUPT CLASS. THEY CAN PRAY BEFORE A TEST. THEY CAN PRAY BEFORE A FOOTBALL GAME. THEY CAN SAY IT UNDER THEIR BREATH. THEY CAN SIT IN THE CORNER OF THE CAFETERIA AND HAVE BIBLE STUDY WITH THOSE WHO CHOSE CHOOSE TO DO IT. THERE IS NOT ONE THING, NOR SHOULD THERE BE ANYTHING THAT INFRINGES UPON A STUDENT'S. RIGHT NOW, THE LEGISLATORS IN AUSTIN ARE TRYING TO PUT SCHOOL BOARDS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO SAY WE ARE FOR OR AGAINST IT. WHAT I AM FOR IS THE MAXIMUM ABILITY OF EVERY PERSON IN THIS NATION TO EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN THE MANNER AND TIME AND PLACE THAT THEY SEE FIT. WE ARE ATTEMPTING HERE TO PUT CONSTRAINTS ON THAT. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THEM PRAY IN A ROOM AT A CERTAIN TIME WHEN THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT. NOW THERE'S I HAVEN'T THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR ON THE BOARD. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS COME UP AS AN ISSUE. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYBODY BEING DENIED THE RIGHT TO PRAY IN THE MANNER AND TIME IN WHICH THEY SEE FIT. AND SHOULD THIS BOARD VOTE TO IMPLEMENT THIS, WE ARE DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE THAT OUR BRILLIANT LEADERS IN AUSTIN ARE TRYING TO PUT US IN THE POSITION OF. I SAID THAT POORLY, BUT IT IS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE IDEA TO DO THIS. IT INFRINGES UPON CHILDREN'S AND STAFF MEMBERS RIGHT TO PRAY, AND WE SHOULD STEER FAR AWAY FROM THIS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE GILCHRIST REAL BRIEFLY AS AS A MAN OF PRAYER, I'M ALWAYS FOR PRAYER. MY RELIGIOUS TEXT REMINDS ME THAT MEN OUGHT ALWAYS TO PRAY AND TO PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. SO FORMALIZING PRAYER, IN MY OPINION, WOULD WOULD CAUSE US TO INFRINGE UPON THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS TO EXERCISE THEIR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, TO PRAY AS THEY CHOOSE. AND THE GOD THAT I SERVE DOESN'T FORCE US TO DO ANYTHING. HE ALLOWS US TO DO AND TO EXERCISE FREEDOMS. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A FREEDOM THAT WE NEED TO TO MAINTAIN. SO WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL YIELD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE RAINWATER, I PRAY BECAUSE I NEED TO PRAY A LOT AND I LOVE THE LORD. SO I COULD NEVER DO ANYTHING BETTER. TO STOP. EXCUSE ME. STOP TO STOP A KID FROM PRAYING ANYWHERE THEY WANT. AND IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY TO BE PUT IN A CORNER, AS ALL I JUST DESCRIBED ABOUT KIND OF A HORRIBLE THING. I MEAN, HOW COULD WE VOTE TO RESTRICT ANY KID PRAYING ANYTIME ABOUT ANYTHING? BUT I THINK FOR SOME REASONS THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND

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SUPPORT FORMALIZING SOMETHING AND SAYING, YOU CAN ONLY PRAY RIGHT HERE BECAUSE PRAYER IS EVERYWHERE. SO I WOULD NOT BE IN SUPPORT OF A GOVERNMENT REQUIRED STATE REQUIREMENT, I SHOULD SAY, TO VIOLATE THE RIGHT FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO PRAY WHENEVER THEY CHOOSE TO, JUST LIKE I DO. MADAM CAPITO, I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN SAY ANYTHING BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY SAID, BUT I TOO AM VERY MUCH WANTING TO GIVE EVERY STUDENT AND STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY AT THEIR LEISURE WHEN THEY FEEL IT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND I FEEL LIKE AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WE WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE NOT ONLY TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT TO OUR STAFF AND PUTTING REQUIREMENTS ON WHERE THEY CAN DO IT. WHO HAS TO SUPERVISE WHAT FAITH, ALL THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT COULD COME OUT OF THAT REALLY CREATES MORE OF, I THINK, A DISRUPTION VERSUS WHY WOULD YOU BREAK SOMETHING THAT'S NOT BROKEN WHEN IT'S HAPPENING EVERY DAY, AND OUR CHILDREN AND STAFF ARE ABLE TO FREELY DO IT. AND SO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE SAYS, AND I'M GLAD TO BE ON THIS BOARD WITH PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT. TRUSTEE GILCHRIST, I WOULD JUST ADD THIS, THAT WE NEED TO, AS A BOARD AND AS A DISTRICT, ENSURE THAT WE. FOLLOW AND EXERCISE GUIDANCE THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT BEING A FREE. IT WOULDN'T BE A BREEZE. IT WOULD NOT BE OFFENSIVE FOR PEOPLE TO PRAY THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING HARASSED. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, IT SOUNDED LIKE TODAY, EARLIER IN THE PUBLIC FORUM, THAT SOME PARENTS WERE FEELING LIKE THEIR KIDS WERE BEING HARASSED. THAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED IF THAT IS THE CASE. SO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE ALREADY TO DEAL WITH THAT, WE JUST NEED TO BE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED SO IT CAN BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD.

MADAM SECRETARY, ONE MORE THING. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FAMILIES OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ALREADY, AS THE FIRST TEACHERS OF OUR STUDENTS, FIND THE IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND DEVELOPMENT. THEY PRAY AT HOME AND THEY SHARE WITH THEIR CHILDREN. WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO PRAY. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO CARE. THEIR RELIGIOUS TEXTS. THEY HAVE A RIGHT AND SHOULD NOT BE RIDICULED, SHOULD NOT BE HARASSED BECAUSE THEY CARRY A BIBLE OR A TEXT. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS HEAR US LOUD AND CLEARLY, THAT WE WILL NOT SUPPORT THAT KIND OF NEGATIVE HARASSMENT TOWARDS STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO EXERCISE THEIR FAITH AND THEIR BELIEF IN THE WAY THEY CHOOSE TO. SO I COMMEND THE FAMILIES CONTINUE AS PEOPLE OF FAITH. WE BELIEVE THAT PRAYER IN SCHOOL HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE THERE, AND IT'S WHAT HELPS US MAKE IT THROUGH. IT GIVES KIDS HOPE. IT GIVES

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MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A NONTRADITIONAL MOTION.

ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE KILLEEN ISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLACES THE HIGHEST VALUE ON THE STUDENTS AND STAFF'S FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION, AND THAT THE BOARD DOES NOT WISH TO INFRINGE UPON OR LIMIT ANY FREEDOM TO PRAY AS THEIR FAITH AND TRADITION DICTATES THE VERY RIGHT THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF ENJOY. TODAY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DECLINED TO ADOPT FORMAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT PRAYER AS CONTEMPLATED BY SENATE BILL 11 AS WRITTEN, WHICH LIMITS OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF AND STUDENT PRAYER. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MINTS, A SECOND BY SECRETARY ADAMS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SHOW OF HANDS? WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR. THOSE OPPOSED? WE HAVE ONE OPPOSED. WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION, ONE ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING. AND VICE PRESIDENT SUSAN JONES, MR. MENSAH'S MOTION PASSES BY 511 VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL NOW GO TO D, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATION OF A 2025 2026 PARTNERSHIP OPERATING PARTNER. WELCOME, DOCTOR OSBORNE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, LAST TUESDAY, ON BEHALF OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT, I PRESENTED THE RECOMMENDATION THAT KILLEEN ISD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS AS OPERATING PARTNER FOR MANOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. TONIGHT, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU ACCEPT OUR RECOMMENDATION AND IN DOING SO, APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PERFORMANCE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS. FOLLOWING YOUR APPROVAL, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL COMPLETE SEVERAL KEY ACTIVITIES TO FINALIZE OUR PARTNERSHIP AS LISTED ON THE SLIDE DECK ABOVE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. TRUSTEE RAINWATER. THANKS, BISHOP. HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW? I MEAN, YOU PRESENTED A RIGOROUS. REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS. THE ONLY PUBLIC SCHOOL, BY THE WAY. I MEAN, THE ONLY CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT'S RECOGNIZED BY T THE DOES THIS. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE YOU'VE SUBMITTED SOME AND CREATED WITH YOUR COMMITTEE SOME VERY RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS. I WANT TO KNOW

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THIS IS ONLY ONE STEP IN A VERY FORMAL AND CONTINUOUS PROCESS. WHEN WE MOVE INTO THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS. THAT'S STEP ONE TO FORMALIZE HOW WE WILL HOLD THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE. WITHIN THAT PROCESS, WE'LL IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS. THE FIRST IS THE PRE-OPENING CHECKLIST. THAT IS A LIST OF EXPECTATIONS FOR THEM TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR CAMPUS AND US TO PERMIT OR AUTHORIZE THEM TO OPEN. THAT IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A THREE YEAR PROCESS OF MONITORING ONE OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS I'M BEGINNING TO WORK THROUGH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COHORT THAT I'M A PART OF, IS CALLED A CAMPUS EVALUATION FRAMEWORK. THAT CAMPUS EVALUATION FRAMEWORK WILL GO INTO THE CONTRACT. WE WILL IDENTIFY THE ACADEMIC GOALS, THE FINANCIAL GOALS, AND THE OPERATIONAL GOALS THAT WE EXPECT TO BE MET YEAR OVER YEAR. IN ADDITION TO OUTLINING THOSE GOALS, WE WILL AGREE UPON HOW WE WILL MONITOR THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, DATA COLLECTIONS AND SUBMISSIONS FROM THIRD FUTURE SITE VISITS FROM OUR EXPERTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND OUR ANNUAL EVALUATION PROCESS. SO WHILE THIS HAS BEEN A MONTH OVER MONTH PROCESS TO COME AND TALK ABOUT JOINING THIS PARTNERSHIP, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING UPDATES AND HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE THOROUGH DATA BASED UPDATES ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE MEETING THE AGREED UPON STANDARDS WITHIN THE CONTRACT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I JUST WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT LEVERAGE WE HAVE AGAINST THESE FOLKS. IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING THESE REQUIREMENTS. GREAT QUESTION AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO OUTLINING THOSE EXPECTED GOALS AND ACADEMICS, FINANCE AND OPERATIONS, IF WE GO OUT ON A SITE VISIT OR THROUGH A DATA COLLECTION AND IT IS NOT ALIGNED, THERE IS AN INTERVENTION PROCESS THAT'S FOUR STEPS. THE NOTICE OF CONCERN TO THE PARTNER, A NOTICE OF EXPECTATIONS BEING BREACHED, PROBATION, AND THEN A NOTICE OF NON-RENEWAL. SO THERE IS AN INTERVENTION PROCESS. AND OVER THE COURSE, I'VE HOPED TO EXPLAIN THAT WE ARE REALLY MOVING INTO AN OVERSIGHT POSITION. AND THAT IS MANAGED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE CAMPUSES OR WE COLLECT DATA ON THEIR BEHALF, AND THEN IF THEY ARE NOT MEETING THAT STANDARD WITHIN THE CONTRACT AND THE GOALS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND AUTHORIZERS THE BOARD TO INTERVENE AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THAT. BUT INTERVENTION AT THE LEVEL OF PROBATION OR BEYOND COULD ALLOW US TO NOT RENEW OUR CONTRACT WITH THE PARTNER. THEN WHERE WOULD WE GO? THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO. THAT IS A QUESTION I CAN ASK AS FAR AS FOLLOW UP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE SUBMITTING IS THE 1882 BENEFITS. SO A POINT OF CLARIFICATION WOULD BE ONCE THOSE BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED TO US, WHICH WILL APPLY ON MARCH THE 31ST, IF THERE IS A BREACH IN OUR CONTRACT AND WE'VE DOCUMENTED IT, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT OUR BENEFITS? THAT'S A QUESTION I'M ABLE TO ASK TO. SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR A, SAY, MONEY DAMAGES, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE WRONG TERM JOY. BUT WE COULD WITHHOLD SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE WERE GIVEN THEM. IF THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE ASK. WELL, THE BENEFITS ARE SEPARATE.

SO. WELL, THE I MEAN, THE THE MONIES WHICH WERE BENEFITS IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING USES BECAUSE WITH WHATEVER WE DETERMINE, WE ARE RESPONSE AS FAR AS INTERVENTION IS DETERMINED BY WHAT WE PUT IN THE CONTRACT. OKAY. SO I HOPE YOU I HOPE WE PUT THAT IN.

WHO'S WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT? WE'RE WORKING WITH WALSH GALLEGOS FOR OUR CONTRACT, SIR.

OH GOOD. I HOPE WE INCLUDE MONEY DAMAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NOTED TRUSTEE GILCHRIST.

YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT CAN YOU GO UP ONE SLIDE AND GO OVER THE TIMELINE AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY. JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, OKAY. FOR THE

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PARTNERSHIP. WHAT THAT MEANT FOR US AS A DISTRICT IS TO BECOME AN AUTHORIZER OF A CHARTER WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, IN ORDER TO BECOME AN AUTHORIZER. WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL STEPS IN THE FALL THAT INCLUDED A BOARD POLICY UPDATE, DEVELOPING A MISSION AND VISION, CONDUCTING A FORMAL CALL FOR QUALITY SCHOOLS THAT WENT OUT IN EARLY DECEMBER. WE CLOSED THAT CALL FOR QUALITY SCHOOLS THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE TIMELINE THAT IS THERE WHEN OUR APPLICATIONS WERE DUE, WHEN WE CLOSED THAT CALL FOR QUALITY SCHOOLS, OUR NEXT STEP WAS TO BEGIN TO EVALUATE THE APPLICATIONS. WE RECEIVED JUST ONE APPLICATION FROM THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS. A TEAM OF FIVE EVALUATORS WERE TRAINED AND REVIEWED THAT 13 ATTACHMENT APPLICATION FROM THIRD FUTURE. WE HAD FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE WHETHER THEY WERE MEETS, PARTIALLY MEETS, OR DID NOT MEET IN FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS, WHICH WAS ACADEMICS, FINANCE, GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS. AND THEIR EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS. WITH OUR FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THERE ON THE THIRD BULLET TO CONDUCT A CAPACITY INTERVIEW. WE TOOK A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS TO ASK OUR FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, AND WE ALSO REQUESTED ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION FROM THIRD FUTURE. AND THEN, BASED ON THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE OF OUR 82 SUCCESS CRITERIA, WE ARE COMFORTABLE COMING FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS AS OUR OPERATING PARTNER. THAT BRINGS US TO LAST TUESDAY, THE 10TH, WHEN THIRD FUTURE WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON THEIR OWN BEHALF. AND I MADE THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT. IF WE MOVE FORWARD OR THE BOARD AT THE BOARD'S PLEASURE MOVES FORWARD WITH APPROVAL OF THE OPERATING PARTNER, WE WILL BEGIN PERFORMANCE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THIRD FUTURES COUNCIL, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH WALSH GALLEGOS AS OUR COUNCIL FOR OUR PERFORMANCE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. OUR HOPE WOULD BE TO HAVE A DRAFT CONTRACT BY MARCH THE 4TH AND BRING IT FOR THE BOARD APPROVAL ON MARCH THE 10TH. IF, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE HAVE NOT TEASED ALL THOSE IMPORTANT DETAILS OUT THOROUGHLY AND TO THE LETTER OF WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO ENSURE IS HAPPENING FOR OUR PERFORMANCE CONTRACT, WE WILL BRING IT ON MARCH THE 24TH WITH THE PERFORMANCE CONTRACT THAT WILL INCLUDE THE PRE-OPENING CHECKLIST, THAT EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR OUR PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OUR STANDARDS FOR HOW WE WILL MONITOR THE PARTNERSHIP. I WILL SUBMIT THAT IN OUR 1882 BENEFITS APPLICATION BY MARCH 31ST. THAT IS THE LAST APPLICATION DATE FOR TI. AND OF ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE OCTOBER, THE 1882 BENEFITS APPLICATION PROCESS IS THE ONLY THING MANAGED BY TI. WE ARE PURSUING THE 1882 BENEFITS FOR TWO PRIMARY REASONS. THE FIRST IS THE FINANCIAL ADDED VALUE PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT. IT RANGES FROM 1000 TO $1300. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT FOR OUR SCENARIO WITH MAYNARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE WOULD BE GRANTED A TWO YEAR ACCOUNTABILITY PAUSE. ANY QUESTIONS SIR? NO THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. DOCTOR OSBORN, I APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK THROUGH THAT. EVEN THOUGH OUR AGENDA DOCUMENT SAYS CONSIDERATION, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS IN THIS MOMENT SINCE THE FALL OF 2025. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MANDATED.

IT'S A MANDATE FROM THE STATE THAT WE ADDRESS THE DEFICIT, THE INSTRUCTIONAL DEFICIT AND LEARNING AT MAYNARD MIDDLE SCHOOL. IF WE HAD OTHER OPTIONS, WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW WE WOULD CHOOSE THEM. THIS IS THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. AND WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. WE THIS WORK HAS BEEN WITH US. A WHOLE TEAM BEHIND YOU THAT HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS COMMUNITY, PEOPLE, INPUT. AND SO I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT SLIDE THAT HAD THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS CHARTER PARTNERSHIP. AND

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I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DO THIS. YES. AND SO I WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE REMINDED OF WHY WE'RE HERE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING FROM OCTOBER, WE'VE SLEPT MANY DAYS SINCE THEN. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KEEP IT BEFORE US THAT TI IS EXPECTING US TO ADDRESS THE EPIDEMIC IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND WE HAVE TO DO THIS. THANK YOU, MR. RAINWATER. DOCTOR OSBORN, DO YOU? I ASK THAT WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE THE THE SCHOOL ORGANIZATION WAS HERE, I ASKED HIM ABOUT SOME OTHER FUNDING GRANTS WHICH MAY BE AVAILABLE. AND THEN HE MENTIONED A GRANT, BUT HE SAID THAT FUNDING WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. DO YOU RECALL THAT? YES, THAT IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT THAT WE DID NOT APPLY FOR, BECAUSE YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT IN PLACE BEFORE THE GRANT PERIOD ENDS. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO START THIS PROCESS EARLIER TO BE WITHIN THE TIMELINE OF THE ACTUAL GRANT THAT THE STATE OFFERS FOR CHARTER PARTNERSHIPS. HOW CAN YOU I MEAN, IT'S NOT YOUR QUESTION. WE WE STARTED AS QUICKLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. YES, SIR. WE GOT INFORMATION LATE FROM THE AGENCY. WE STARTED TO DO WHAT THE AGENCY REQUIRED US TO DO. AND NOW THEY'RE TELLING US WE'RE NOT THAT GRANTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO US. ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS FOR US TO TO WORK ON TO GET THE GRANT? HOW MUCH MONEY IS IT? YOU KNOW, I'M UNCERTAIN ABOUT OKAY, THAT'S I DON'T THAT'S AND THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THE APPLICATION, THE $500,000, AND THAT WAS THE AMOUNT I HEARD. IS THAT CORRECT FOR THE 1882 BENEFITS? 1300 PER KID. IT'S ABOUT 1000 TO 1300 PER KID. IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT THEY SET THE CHARTER ADA AMOUNT FOR. HE SAID 95%. WOULD THAT.

WELL THAT THAT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. SO WE GET A PER PUPIL ALLOTMENT AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE CHARTER SCHOOL PUBLIC, I'M SORRY, THE CHARTER SCHOOL PER PUPIL ALLOTMENT IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, OF COURSE. SO WHEN WE GET BENEFITS AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL, THEY WILL MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT 1000 TO $1300 IS PER PER STUDENT. BUT THAT AMOUNT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. WE JUST KNOW THEY'LL MAKE UP THE GAP IN WHAT STANDARD ADA FOR A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL IS COMPARED TO A CHARTER. TO ENSURE THAT THE CHARTER THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH GETS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IF THEY WERE A STANDALONE SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF KISD. SO I'M THINKING AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CHARTER SCHOOL IS GOING TO GET THE $1,300. THAT IS CORRECT. IT IS COMPLETELY INTENDED TO BE A PASS THROUGH. SO THAT ALLOTMENT THAT WE RECEIVE, WHETHER IT BE 1000, LET'S SAY IT'S 1000, IT WILL PASS THROUGH THROUGH KISD TO THE THIRD PARTY ENTITY. SO IN REALITY, SINCE WE'RE LOSING THAT ADA, OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE'RE FUNDED BY ADA IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT AMOUNT. WE WILL PAY THE CHARTER ENTITY TO RUN THAT SCHOOL. ESSENTIALLY, THE ADA FOR MAYNOR WILL GO TO THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS. SO THAT MONEY'S GOING TO COME OUT OF OUR, OUR, OUR MONEY'S CAST, THESE MONIES. THAT'S CORRECT.

HOWEVER, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM WE WOULDN'T BE RUNNING. SO BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, WE ARE PAYING THEM TO RUN THE SCHOOL ESSENTIALLY. YES, MA'AM. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE STILL LOSING MONEY. WE'RE STILL PAYING THEM.

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SO WHAT? THE STATE SAYS WE HAVE AN EPIDEMIC IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE GOT TO ADDRESS. OR YOU RUN THE RISK OF THERE BEING A CONSERVATOR APPOINTED OR POTENTIAL TO TAKEOVER. THE 1882 IS AN OPTION THAT'S MADE BECAUSE THERE'S ACE, THERE'S LASSO. THOSE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE AS A DISTRICT COULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED ON OUR OWN. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO THE 1882 OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE NOW THOUGH WE TONIGHT MAY WE'RE CONSIDERING IF THIS THING, EVEN IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS TO SAY MOVE FORWARD, THIS STILL DOESN'T COMPLETE BAKING THE CAKE BECAUSE YOU COULD COME BACK CORRECT WITH THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT THAT THIS BOARD COULD VOTE DOWN BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY DON'T AGREE WITH IT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT WOULD BE THE CONTRACT WE'D BE BRINGING FORWARD ON MARCH THE 10TH OR 24TH, DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY WE MOVE THROUGH THE NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS. AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING MANOR MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR, LIKE WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY DONE SINCE ITS INCEPTION. CORRECT. WE WOULD CONTINUE PER USUAL, SIR. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT IT IS NOT A DONE DEAL. WE ARE CONSIDERING AUTHORIZING DOCTOR DAVIS AND HIS TEAM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GRANULAR NEGOTIATIONS. YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE VETTING PROCESS, AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING, HERE'S THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEGOTIATE WITH, BUT IT IS STILL THE CAKE IS NOT BAKED. THAT IS CORRECT, DOCTOR DAVIS. YES. AND THEN THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND IS, YES, IT'S A DIFFERENT METHOD. BUT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT IS HIGHER THAN A C. THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT ANOTHER METHOD OF EDUCATION MAY LOOK LIKE FOR OUR FOR OUR KIDS. AND IT MAY SHED LIGHT ON A FORMAT OF INSTRUCTION THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR KIDS IN FUTURE YEARS. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS A EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THAT SYSTEM SO THEY CAN LEARN TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. THAT'S CORRECT. IT IS A NONTRADITIONAL MODEL IN WHICH KIDS HAVE SEEN SUCCESS PREVIOUSLY. BUT MR. RAINWATER, THANK YOU. I KNOW I'VE SAID SOME THINGS THAT MAY BE HARSH, AND I DON'T I DON'T INTEND TO BE. I JUST HAVE THESE QUESTIONS. BUT IN REALITY. TO ME, A BIG PLUS OF THIS IS IT KEEPS THE AGENCY. I WON'T GET ANY MORE OUT OF OUR HAIR FOR TWO YEARS, AND THE LAST THING WE NEED IN KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OUR DEAR FRIENDS FROM AUSTIN COMING DOWN HERE AND TRYING TO HELP US OUT AGAIN. SO. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I DON'T EVER LIKE TO BE PUT IN A CORNER BY ANYONE. BUT IF IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR KIDS, IT'S THE PRESIDENT, BOARD PRESIDENT SAID. IF IT'S GOING TO KEEP THE AGENCY AWAY FROM US AND SAVE US COUNTLESS NIGHTMARES IN DEALING WITH THE AGENCY. ALTHOUGH I DO THINK THEIR BARK IS A LOT WORSE THAN THEIR BITE. BUT I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I THINK THAT PART, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN ITS TOTALITY TO TO SEE AND TO UNDERSTAND.

AND JUST TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK. I'M NOT PICKING ON YOU. I DON'T FEEL THAT WAY, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR AND AND JUST THE LAST THING I DO WANT TO SAY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAME LOOKING FOR US. MEANING TO. I MEAN, WE KIND OF RAN TO THEM WITH OUR SCORES. AND I'LL BE HONEST, I'M JUST SAYING THEY'RE NOT CHASING DOWN A AND B DISTRICTS. AND AND SO WE'VE KIND OF GOT OURSELVES IN THIS PICKLE AND WE'VE GOT TO, TO WORK OUR WAY OUT OF IT. AND I'M, I'M AS CONFIDENT AS YOU CAN BE IN THIS SITUATION. YOU GOT TO MAKE THE BEST OF A OF A BAD SITUATION. BUT WE DO HAVE TO WE GOTTA OWN OUR WE HAVE TO OWN WHO WE ARE. AND THAT IS AS T EPIDEMIC IN THE SYSTEM BASED ON THE SCORES. AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS TO NOT JUST HERE BUT EVERYWHERE TO BE FOCUSED IN. BECAUSE IF T.A. DOES COME, IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DELIVER ON WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. AND IF WE DELIVER, THEY'LL LEAVE US ALONE IF WE WANT TO CALL IT MESSING WITH US. I CALL IT ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S STATE OF TEXAS. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. AND WE'RE ALL HELD ACCOUNTABLE. AND KIDS ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO COME THROUGH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. WE GOT TO DO OUR BEST TO EDUCATE THEM. AND BEING ALL C'S AND SOME D'S AND F'S, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S RUNNING AROUND LOOKING TO PUT THEIR KID

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SORRY, MY CONSPIRACY INNER VOICE STARTED TALKING AGAIN. HOWEVER, I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE TWO GREAT OPPORTUNITIES HERE. A IT'S TO GET THE KIDS MAIN OR MIDDLE SCHOOL A BETTER EDUCATION, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE DO. SECONDLY, I HOPE THAT WE ARE STEALING PROLIFICALLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT SCHOOL? BECAUSE IF THEY'RE MOVING A YEAR AND A HALF OR YEAR, 1.7 YEARS IN 1 IN 1 YEAR, LIKE WE OUGHT TO HAVE, LIKE THAT SHOULD BE SHIFT WORK, WATCHING WHAT THEY DO AND STEALING IT. SO I HOPE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND AS WE WATCH HOW THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING, EVERYBODY GETS OUT THERE BIG CHIEF TABLETS IN THEIR STUBBY PENCILS AND STARTS MAKING SOME NOTES ON THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THIS STUFF CROSS LEVELED INTO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, OTHER SCHOOLS AND OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE DO BUSINESS. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? IT'S AN ACTION ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIRD FUTURE SCHOOL AS THE TEXAS PARTNERSHIP 2026 2029 OPERATING PARTNER FOR MAYNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY ADAMS. I THINK I SAW YOUR WE HAVE A SECOND BY TRUSTEE GILCHRIST.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SHOW OF HANDS. WE HAVE SIX IN FAVOR. NONE IN OPPOSITION, ONE ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING. AND VICE PRESIDENT SUSAN JONES.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR OSBORNE, FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK. THANK YOU TRUSTEES. WE'LL NOW GO TO AGENDA ITEM E, CONSIDERATION OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31ST, 2025. WELCOME, MISS CALLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WANT TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTION? MR. DANA IS HERE TONIGHT. HE HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU IN PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. MR. LEGG IS A PARTNER WITH LOTT, VERNON AND COMPANY, AND HE AND HIS TEAM PERFORMED OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE AUDIT THIS YEAR.

AGAIN FOR THE FOR THE AUDIENCE WANT TO POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INTERNAL AUDIT, WHICH TYPICALLY LOOKS AT PROCESSES AND AND EFFICIENCY. THIS IS THE FINANCIAL AUDIT WHICH LOOKS AT OUR FINANCIALS. AND ARE THEY REASONABLE AND CAN BE RELIED ON TO MAKE DECISIONS.

AND SO THE OTHER THING I WANT TO DO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MR. LEGG, MELANIE JONES IS HERE TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK HER. SHE COORDINATED THIS PROCESS, BUT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A TEAM EFFORT. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT THAT HAD A PART OF THIS, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PIECE. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. LEE.

THANK YOU. WELCOME, MR. LEONARD. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR KING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M NOT USED TO BEING HERE ON A FEBRUARY NIGHT, SO LET ME ALLUDE TO THAT FOR A SECOND.

THERE'S A FEW SETBACKS IN REPORTING THIS YEAR. OMB COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT, WHICH GOVERNS ALL OF YOUR FEDERAL ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING AS IT RELATES TO FEDERAL FUNDS. IT USUALLY COMES OUT BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND APRIL OF ANY GIVEN YEAR. THIS YEAR, IT DID NOT COME OUT UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING. SO THAT PUT ALL DISTRICTS AND ALL FEDERAL AUDITS KIND OF AT BAY. THAT COUPLED COUPLED WITH A LITTLE TURNOVER IN YOUR FEDERAL REPORTING STAFF, HAS US ASSISTING YOU IN GETTING THIS. AFR COMPLETED. SO WHERE WE'RE

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A FEW OF THESE SIGNIFICANT DECREASES INDICATORS. NUMBER TWO ARE YOUR YOUR CASH AND INVESTMENTS AT LARGE. THEY'RE DOWN 21.5 MILLION FROM FROM PREVIOUS YEAR. YOU'LL SEE THAT RESULTS OF THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE P AND L. AND ALSO AS WE LOOK DOWN TO SEE THAT THE LIABILITIES HAVE HAVE SERIOUSLY DECREASED, PAYING OFF THOSE LIABILITIES. INDICATOR NUMBER THREE, DUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTS, 26.1 MILLION IS DOWN 9 MILLION. REALLY THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN THAT IS YOUR ESSER THREE FUND. YOU KNOW WE HAD ESSER COVID FUNDS IN THE PAST. WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. AND SO THAT IS DOWN 15 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR. JUST NOT HAVING THAT FUND. AND THEN INDICATOR NUMBER FOUR DUE TO OTHER DUE FROM OTHER FUNDS IS DOWN 25 MILLION. AGAIN THAT'S JUST A TIMING ISSUE. YOU'LL SEE A CORRESPONDING DECREASE IN THE LIABILITY IN A SECOND INDICATOR. NUMBER FIVE IS YOUR TOTAL LIABILITIES 43.2 MILLION, WHICH IS DOWN 41.3 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR. INDICATOR NUMBER SIX IS YOUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE RIGHT AT $10 MILLION, WHICH IS DOWN 13.6 MILLION. ESSER THREE HAD 6.8 MILLION LAST YEAR. AND SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT IS DOWN ABOUT 3 MILLION JUST JUST DUE TO ACTIVITY. THERE'S LESS ACTIVITY IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT FUND. AND THEN AGAIN INDICATOR NUMBER SEVEN. THAT'S OUR DUE FROM OTHER FUNDS. THAT'S THE CORRESPONDING $25 MILLION DECREASE THAT WE SAW WITH THE ASSET. INDICATOR. NUMBER EIGHT IS YOUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE FOR THE DISTRICT. RIGHT. AT 315 MILLION, DOWN 13.5 MILLION OR 4.1% FROM LAST YEAR. IF YOU PEEK OVER TO PAGE THREE, THIRD NUMBER FROM THE BOTTOM ON THE GENERAL FUND, I HAVE INDICATOR NUMBER NINE. THAT IS YOUR UNRESTRICTED UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS YOUR RESERVE 158 MILLION. IT REPRESENTS ABOUT 50% OF YOUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE AND ALSO 3.9 MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES. SO IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH WITH THE ADVISEMENT OF HAVING 3 TO 6 MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES IN THERE. AND IT'S ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR DISTRICT POLICY OF NOT HAVING LESS THAN THREE MONTHS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BALANCE SHEET? SIDE QUESTIONS. IF YOU FLIP A COUPLE OF PAGES TO SEVEN AND EIGHT, WE WILL LOOK AT THE INCOME STATEMENT, REVENUES AND EXPENSES. AND LOOK AT THAT DECREASE OF FUND BALANCE OF 13.5 MILLION. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE GENERAL FUND JUST TO JUST TO IDENTIFY WHERE WHERE THAT DEFICIT IS. YOU CAN SEE IN THE GENERAL FUND THE FIRST COLUMN THERE, THIRD NUMBER FROM THE BOTTOM. YOUR GENERAL FUND HAD A SURPLUS OF 11.8 MILLION. SO IT'S NOT THE GENERAL FUND IS WHERE THAT DEFICIT CAME FROM. 11.8 MILLION IS ABOUT 2.4% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES. THEN WHEN YOU LOOK OVER TO THE THIRD COLUMN, YOUR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT FUND, IT DOES HAVE A DEFICIT OF 17.5 MILLION. AND THAT FUND IS TOTALLY FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

SO IT'S IT'S NORMAL FOR THAT TO HAVE A DEFICIT. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING BEING TRANSFERRED TO THAT FUND. AND YOU ARE SIMPLY SPENDING THE MONIES THAT ARE STILL LEFT IN THAT FUND. THEN TO THE NEXT PAGE UNDER OTHER FUNDS, YOU HAVE A DEFICIT THERE OF ABOUT 7.8 MILLION. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS YOUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM. IT HAS A DEFICIT OF ABOUT 12 MILLION.

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SO YOU'RE JUST SPENDING FUNDS THAT YOU HAD ALREADY IN THE ACCOUNT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE TOTAL COLUMN INDICATOR NUMBER ONE UP THERE. YOUR TOTAL TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES 607.8 MILLION. THAT IS DOWN 43.3 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR. TWO INCREASES. YOU HAVE INDICATOR NUMBER TWO IS YOUR LOCAL REVENUE AT 132 MILLION IS UP 5 MILLION, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE PROPERTY TAX BEING UP OVER $6 MILLION FROM PREVIOUS YEAR.

STATE PROGRAM REVENUE INDICATOR NUMBER THREE, AT 343.2 MILLION, IS UP 13.9 MILLION. AGAIN, YOUR ALLOTMENT IS UP. YOUR ALLOTMENT IS UP ABOUT 14 14.2 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR. AND THEN THE DECREASE COMES IN THE FEDERAL PROGRAM REVENUE INDICATOR NUMBER FOUR 132.2 MILLION. IT IS DOWN 62.2 MILLION. IMPACT AID WAS DOWN 13.1 OVER LAST YEAR. AGAIN ESSER THREE WE DIDN'T HAVE WHICH WAS 43.6 MILLION. AND THEN CLEAN SCHOOL BUS REBATE WAS 3.8 MILLION LAST YEAR. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT THIS YEAR. TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE DISTRICT INDICATOR NUMBER FIVE 619 MILLION, DOWN 51 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR. RIGHT ABOVE THAT YOUR INDICATOR NUMBER SIX, YOUR CAPITAL OUTLAY. YOUR CONSTRUCTION COST IS AT JUST UNDER 10 MILLION IS DOWN 26 MILLION. THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT THAT I MENTIONED, THERE'S LESS ACTIVITY. IT'S DOWN ABOUT 18 MILLION. AND THEN YOU STILL HAD A PROP A BOND CONSTRUCTION COST LAST YEAR OF ABOUT 7.2 THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THIS YEAR. AND THEN OVERALL, FROM A FUN PERSPECTIVE, YOUR THE REST OF YOUR DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES IS IS IS ESSER THREE AGAIN 43.6 MILLION IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THEN YOU DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN CHILD NUTRITION, JUST UNDER 12 MILLION DUE TO THE OVEREXPENDITURE OF THAT CASH THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM LAST YEAR, MAINLY IN EQUIPMENT AND CAPITAL PROJECTS. INDICATOR NUMBER SEVEN, YOUR TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES AND USES -2.2 MILLION. I'LL REMIND THE BOARD THAT IS THE RESULTS OF THAT TRANSFER THAT YOU DID FROM FUND 496 TO THE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND. AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT TRANSFER OUT. AND THE INDICATOR NUMBER EIGHT, THAT IS OUR 4.1% DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INCOME STATEMENT? YES. MISS BRAMLETT, HELP ME PLEASE. SO IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT OUR TOTAL DECREASES IN REVENUE IS 327 MILLION? YOUR YOUR TOTAL DECREASES IN REVENUE COMING INTO KISD MONIES COMING. KNOW YOU YOU'RE 43.3 MILLION DOWN 43.43 43.3. AND WHERE WAS THAT? I'M SORRY I MISSED IT. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS IS ESSER THREE. SO ESSER THREE LAST YEAR RIGHT AT 43.6. THAT IS THE THE MAJORITY OF THE CULPRIT OF THAT DECREASE IN REVENUE. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT COVID PROGRAM ANYMORE. AND CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE DECREASED OUR EXPENDITURES IN THIS AUDIT FINDINGS. IS THAT FAIR QUESTION? FAIR QUESTION. EASILY 51. IN TOTAL 43.6 MILLION OF OBVIOUSLY IS THE ESSER SIDE. AND THEN ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT, OTHER PROJECTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT WAS DOWN ABOUT 26 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR. AND THEN YOU HAD AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 11 MILLION IN THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM. GREAT. SO 43.6 DECREASE IN OUR MONEY'S COMING IN. WHAT'S THAT? 43.6 MILLION IN DECREASE OF FUNDINGS COMING COMING INTO US. YES. AND WE HAVE CUT IN OUR BUDGET APPROXIMATELY 26. 26 ON THE CAPITAL OUTLAY. CAPITAL OUTLAY CONSTRUCTION. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. IF IT'S A QUESTION OR JUST KIND OF A COMMENT IS WE JUST FINISHED AN ACTION ITEM AND VOTING ON THE 1882. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT OR HOW WILL THAT I GUESS MAYBE JUST A COMMENT. I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR

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I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I ALSO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A SUPER CLEAN BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE OVERHEAD COSTS AND SOME OTHER STUFF THAT WE, WE ABSORB OR PAY FOR. SO I JUST, I JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER POINT OF IT JUST MAY BE A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX NEXT YEAR AS WE, AS WE KIND OF WORK, WORK THROUGH THAT. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BACK TO YOU, MR. LEGG. THE FEDERAL SIDE OF IT, WE ALLUDED TO THE OMB COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT BEING LATE. I DO HAVE THE FEDERAL AUDIT SECTION. IT'S LABELED THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. IF YOU FLIP TO PAGE SIX OF THAT, I HAVE THE SUMMARY OF RESULTS. AND AGAIN, OUR FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT IS COMPLETE ONCE ONCE THE STATISTICAL SECTION AND THE AFR IS COMPLETED, I CAN DATE THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS ONE HAS TO BE DATED AT THE SAME AS THE AFR.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAGE SIX, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF OUR FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT TESTING ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE DEAL WITH THE INTERNAL CONTROLS AS IT RELATES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IT IS AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION WITH NO NONCOMPLIANCE. FOUR, FIVE AND SIX DEAL WITH THE FEDERAL AWARDS AS ARE REQUIRED TO BE TESTED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT IS ALSO UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN. OPINION WITH NO AUDIT FINDINGS. ITEM SEVEN IDENTIFIES THE PROGRAMS REQUIRED TO BE TESTED AS MAJOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THE FIRST ONE THERE YOUR YOUR YOUR PASS THROUGH FROM TO THE SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE MONEY THAT IS YOUR TITLE TWO MONEY FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THAT LINGO. AND THEN OF COURSE THE ONE DOWN THERE BELOW THAT IS THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM. THOSE ARE REQUIRED TO BE TESTED AS MAJOR FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WHEN YOU FLIP THE PAGE, ITEM NUMBER NINE, ALL OF THIS GOES INTO THE DATA COLLECTION FORM AS IT RELATES TO YOUR FEDERAL FUNDS AND THE TESTING INVOLVED. AND AS AS IT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT DATABASE. BECAUSE YOU HAD A CLEAN AUDIT LAST YEAR AND A CLEAN, SINGLE AUDIT THIS YEAR, YOU DO QUALIFY AS A LOW RISK AUDITEE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT GETTING FUTURE GRANTS.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL ADD, AND I KNOW I DO THIS EVERY YEAR, IT'S KIND OF A THREE HEADED MONSTER FOR YOUR FOR YOUR FEDERAL FUNDS. AND ON ANY GIVEN YEAR I HAVE TO DO EITHER CHILD NUTRITION, TITLE ONE OR SPECIAL ED. SO I KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE NEXT YEAR. AND SO BASED ON WHERE YOU'RE AT AND WHAT WE'VE AUDITED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, SPECIAL ED WILL BE ON THE TABLE FOR NEXT YEAR. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT ALTHOUGH SPECIAL ED IS THE SMALLEST PROGRAM OUT OF THE THREE HEADED MONSTER, IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT TO MEET COMPLIANCE ON WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THAT. SO SPECIAL ED WILL BE A MAJOR PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT ACT QUESTIONS? MR. YES. MR. MITTS, I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, BUT WERE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH, ANY OF THE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR THAT KIND OF THAT NEXT LEVEL DOWN? NO, NOT ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES. SO WHEN WE HAD THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING, I WENT THROUGH SOME COMMENTS. THOSE ARE NOT TO THE LEVEL OF BRINGING INTO THAT FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT OR REGULAR AUDIT. IT'S JUST A SLIGHT BREAKDOWNS IN CONTROL THAT Y'ALL CAN IMPROVE SO THAT THEY DON'T BECOME FINDINGS. AND THOSE WERE KIND OF CORRECTED IN STRIDE. OR YOU NOTIFIED THE TEAM OF THEM. YES. WHEN WHEN YOU FOUND THEM. YES. THANK YOU. MR. RAINWATER.

YES, SIR. I CAN'T ANSWER THIS. YOU MIGHT GET SOME HELP FROM OUR FRIEND, BUT NOT TO IMPLY YOU COULDN'T ANSWER IT. BUT WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT ALL OUR FEDERAL FUNDS HAVEN'T REACHED US YET. IN THEIR FORTHCOMING. WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO PAY OFF OR GIVE US. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE MIGHT HAVE FORTHCOMING FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT WE'RE DUE AT THIS POINT? I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING THAT'S RECORDED ON THE RECEIVABLES AT THIS POINT. NO, NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE. WE DON'T OH I'M SORRY, WE'RE NOT WE'RE ROLLING RIGHT INTO NUMBER SEVEN. UNLESS SOMEONE SAYS THEY NEED TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS TO GO TO MEN'S OR

[7. Planning for Strategic Prioritization ]

BUT REALLY, THIS IS I WAS LISTENING TO YOU MEETING. YOU HAVE A LOT OF BIG THINGS IN FRONT OF YOU. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, IF YOU'LL GO TO MY DECK, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING TRANSFORMATIONAL GOVERNANCE, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER. FIRST OF ALL, THIS SESSION WILL NOT LAST LONG. WE'LL BE OUT OF HERE AND PROBABLY LESS THAN AN HOUR, AND WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF HERE WITH SOME DELIVERABLES. SO FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUE, MY MENTOR, DOCTOR MOSES DID TOOK YOU THROUGH TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO THREAD EVERYTHING TOGETHER. MY BOARD MEMBER BEN MACKEY AND ANDREW KIM, MY BUSINESS PARTNER, WALKED YOU THROUGH LONE STAR GOVERNANCE.

AND THEN I'M HERE TO DO WHAT WE CALL STRATEGIC PRIORITIZATION. AND IT WILL YOU WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND THEN I'M GOING TO DO ONE ACTIVITY TO WARM US UP FOR THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN THIS SETTING SINCE IT'S LATE AND WE CAN STILL GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED EARLY IN MY CAREER THAT IF EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT, NOTHING'S IMPORTANT, THAT YOU CANNOT BOIL THE OCEAN. AND I HEARD MANY THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT THAT ARE PRETTY HEAVY. PLUS I'VE ALSO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ALSO KNOW I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF OF CONDENSING YOUR VISION. A VISION IS WHERE YOU WANT TO GO IN THE FUTURE STATE. AND YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT ABOUT YOUR AGENDA ITEMS TODAY. YOUR MISSION IS YOUR PURPOSE. AND YOU'RE VERY CLEAR THAT YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH WHERE YOUR PERFORMANCE IS. YOU SPENT TWO DAYS THINKING AND PROCESSING LONE STAR GOVERNANCE SO THAT YOU CAN ORGANIZE YOUR SYSTEMS TO GET THE RESULTS THAT YOU WANT, AND YOUR STUDENTS DESERVE.

WELL, I'M ALSO GOING TO TELL YOU THAT JUST LOOKING AND I KNOW THAT YOU GOT THE THE SCORECARD AND THEN YOU GOT FOUR THINGS THERE AND YOU GOT YOUR SPECIAL ED STRAT PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN YOU GOT YOUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND YOU GOT GUARDS AND GOALS AND GUARDRAILS. AND THEN SO THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. SO, SO HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU BITE AN ELEPHANT. HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT. ONE BITE AT A TIME. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN. SO THAT WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BUY IN THESE SOLUTIONS. WE WANT YOU TO ACTUALLY OWN THEM. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FINISH WITH TONIGHT. WE'LL HAVE SOME DELIVERABLES TONIGHT. SOME OF IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG IT TAKES US AND SOME OF IT I MAY NEED TO CONFER WITH YOUR SENIOR STAFF AND YOUR SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE WE'LL IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS TO GET DONE. BUT BEFORE THAT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THAT ONE SINCE WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME. BUT I WANT YOU TO INDIVIDUALLY BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. SUPERINTENDENT THE TEAM OF EIGHT MINUS ONE. TONIGHT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL LEADER YOU'VE EVER KNOWN. THIS COULD BE YOUR MOM. THIS COULD BE YOUR PASTOR. THIS COULD BE YOUR SPECIAL ED CHILD. THIS COULD BE JOHN FK. THIS COULD BE MARTIN LUTHER KING. THIS COULD BE A COLLEAGUE OF YOURS THAT YOU

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OKAY. WRITE DOWN AS MANY AS YOU CAN. NOW START LOOKING AT THEM BECAUSE SOMEONE'S GOING TO PICK YOUR WORD. SO ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE ME A WORD OR TWO AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO STEAL YOUR WORD, I PROMISE YOU. ALRIGHT. DIANA HAS BEEN AMAZING. SHE'S HELPED ME SET UP FOR THIS EVENING AND SO SHE'S GOING TO ACTUALLY RECORD YOUR WORDS, YOUR ADJECTIVES UP HERE ON THE SPREADSHEET AS WE GO. AND I'M GOING TO ASK BOARD MEMBER PETER TO START FIRST, ONE WORD THAT DESCRIBES THAT INSPIRATIONAL LEADER THAT YOU THOUGHT OF. IMPACTFUL, OKAY, NEXT TRUSTEE.

DIPLOMATIC. ALRIGHT. NEXT COLLABORATOR. LET'S STOP RIGHT THERE. MAKE SURE THAT WE GET CAUGHT UP. DOCTOR KING TRANSFORMATIONAL FIRM TRUSTEE DRIVEN. REVEREND. POWELL COMPETENT. OKAY. WE GOT SEVEN WORDS UP THERE. WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS. NOW. LET'S GO BACK. LET'S GO BACK AGAIN. TRUSTEE GILCHRIST, ANOTHER WORD. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AROUND ONE MORE TIME. WHAT'S FAITHFUL. NEXT QUESTION. NEXT CHRISTINE SMART CONSISTENT.

OKAY. VISIONARY. JUST JUST HUMBLE. AND THEN WE'LL GET THE LAST ONE WHEN WE GET WITH OUR TRUSTEE OKAY. ALRIGHT. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS TRIANGLE. I'VE LIVED BY TWO TRIANGLES.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE SUCCESS TRIANGLE. I DIDN'T LEARN TILL MY THIRD SUPERINTENDENCY RIGHT HERE. THE STUDENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TRIANGLE. AT THE TOP OF THE TRIANGLE IS THE SCHOOL BOARD. BECAUSE YOU'RE MY BOSSES AND YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS. AT THIS CORNER OF THE TRIANGLE IS THE STAFF. HE CANNOT DO ANY WORK WITHOUT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. AND AT THE OTHER CORNER OF THE TRIANGLE IS THE COMMUNITY. SO NOW YOU'VE GOT THIS TRIANGLE RIGHT HERE.

IF YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS, IF YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS, YOU GET ALL PARTS OF THE TRIANGLE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IF THE BOARD LOVES YOU AND THE STAFF LOVES YOU, BUT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T, THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE YOUR BOARD AND AND SAME THING SO PURPOSEFULLY. MY WHOLE CAREER, WEDNESDAYS AND MONDAYS WERE STAFF DAYS, THURSDAYS WERE BOARD DAYS, TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS WERE COMMUNITY DAYS.

AND I WORKED THAT ENTIRE TRIANGLE TRYING TO MOVE US ALL FORWARD. THIS IS THE SECOND TRIANGLE I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE LAST WORD, TRUSTEE. WE NEED YOUR SECOND WORD. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US YOUR SECOND WORD, THE SAME QUESTION. YEAH. IS DO YOU HAVE A SECOND WORD OR YOU CAN PASS. WE'VE GOT ENOUGH WORDS UP THERE. KIND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO NOW I'M GOING TO ARGUE ABOUT A DIFFERENT TRIANGLE. THIS IS ANOTHER TRIANGLE ABOUT LEADERS LEADERS AND BOARD MEMBERS OR LEADERS. YOU ASK PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR YOU FOR A JOB WHERE YOU GET PAID NOTHING AND YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF ISSUES AND YOU ARE A LEADER. THE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE LEADER BY DEFINITION, BUT LEADERS HAVE ANOTHER TRIANGLE. AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT AT THE BASE OF THIS TRIANGLE IS THE IS THE WORD KNOWLEDGE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE KNOWLEDGE, YOU CANNOT BE IN A GOOD LAWYER IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE LAW. KNOWLEDGE IS REQUIRED, BUT NOT ENOUGH. WE ALL KNOW THAT. GREAT MATH TEACHER IN YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT MATH. THEY'RE NOT A LEADER BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT TRANSFER THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THE STUDENTS. SO MY ARGUMENT IS THAT KNOWLEDGE. I THINK COVEY HAD IT WRONG. HE TALKED ABOUT IT'S ALL ABOUT LEADING PEOPLE. WELL, IF YOU CAN'T MANAGE THINGS, YOU CAN'T LEAD PEOPLE. SO IT'S IT'S A PREREQUISITE. SO THAT'S AT THE BASE. ANOTHER ONE THAT THE OTHER IS THE S IS THE SKILLS. NOW A LEADER HAS SKILLS TO TAKE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE TO TRANSFER TO OTHER PEOPLE. WHEN I CAME BACK TO DALLAS FROM GEORGIA, WE HAD 46 F SCHOOLS. WE WERE DOWN TO FOUR WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SKILLS TO GET

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AND WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE FACING THAT YOU DESCRIBED TONIGHT AND THAT I SAW YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, YOU NEED THE LEADER. TWO LEADERS NEED TO STEP UP IN THIS COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO LET'S JUST TAKE YOUR WORDS AND I WANT YOU TO BLURT IT OUT. AND THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER BECAUSE I'VE JUST ARGUED, BY THE WAY, BACK TO THE KNOWLEDGE PIECE. THERE'S TWO TYPES OF TRUST. TECHNICAL TRUST. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S INTERPERSONAL TRUST. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT THE OTHER ONE IS TECHNICAL TRUST. LIKE ONE OF YOUR TRUSTEES WAS ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH TECHNICAL TRUST DO WE HAVE IN THIS PROVIDER. THAT'S WE'RE GIVING THE SCHOOL OFF TO SEE A TECHNICAL TRUST IS I GIVE YOU AN ASSIGNMENT AND YOU DELIVER ON IT. IF I GIVE YOU AN ASSIGNMENT, YOU DON'T DELIVER ON IT. WHAT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? I'M GOING TO HESITATE ABOUT GIVING THAT ASSIGNMENT TO YOU AGAIN. SEE? SO THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD UP THAT TECHNICAL TRUST. SO YOUR ANSWER IS EITHER SKILL, KNOWLEDGE OR ATTITUDE. LET'S GO UP TO YOUR WORDS. LET'S GO TO THE FIRST WORD. FIRST WORD I THINK SAYS IMPACTFUL. IS THAT A KNOWLEDGE SKILL OR ATTITUDE? BLURT IT OUT. YES. SKILL OKAY. DIPLOMAT. DIPLOMATIC. THAT'S AN ATTITUDE. JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU ALWAYS DO IT. YOU KNOW THAT GUY ON THAT BALL TEAM WHO HEY, I CAN BE DIPLOMATIC, BUT I WANT THE BALL. I WANT TO SCORE, OKAY? COLLABORATOR. ATTITUDE. YEAH, IT'S A SKILL, BUT YOU DON'T. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO COLLABORATE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO. TRANSFORMATIONAL. FIRM. ATTITUDE DRIVEN. OKAY, WAIT. WE CAN FINISH THIS. BUT IT'S ALL IT ALL COMES BACK. I'VE DONE THIS ACTIVITY FOR SINCE 1990.

AND EVERY TIME. YES, YOU NEED SOME KNOWLEDGE AND IT NEEDS SOME SKILLS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS THE ATTITUDE. THAT IS THE ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING. SO THESE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE FACING RIGHT NOW, DO YOU TAKE IT ON WITH AN ATTITUDE OF, YES, THE ABUNDANCE MENTALITY, WE'RE GOING TO WHIP THIS THING OR THE DEFICIT MENTALITY, THIS IS OVERWHELMING, OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS? SO. I WOULD ARGUE THAT TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS YOU GO TO THE NEXT STEPS OF THE ACTIVITY. SO WHAT IS THE ATTITUDE THAT THE KILLEEN ISD IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO BE FACING? LET'S GO BACK TO THE DECK.

ALRIGHT. LET'S GO. NEXT SLIDE. ALRIGHT. NEXT SLIDE. ONE MORE AND ONE MORE AND ONE MORE. OKAY.

HERE IT IS. HERE'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME DELIVERABLES. I WANT EACH TRUSTEE IN SIX WORDS OR LESS TO WRITE DOWN SIX WORDS OR LESS PER TOPIC. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CHALLENGES OR THREATS THAT KILLEEN ISD MUST OVERCOME IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS? AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY I SAY 18 MONTHS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'VE NEVER HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN. A STRATEGIC PLAN IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN. HOW MANY OF US KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW? YOUR WONDERFUL BASE HERE WAS FORT HOOD, THEN IT WAS FORT CAVAZOS. NOW IT'S FORT HOOD IN FIVE YEARS. WHAT? WHO KNOWS WHAT THE NAME IS GOING TO BE? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN BUSINESS AND AND PERSONALLY IN BUSINESS AND IN YOUR CHURCH, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 18 MONTHS FROM NOW? RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT A CRITICAL PERIOD. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALMOST NOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SPRING BREAK. WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING 18 MONTHS FROM NOW, NEXT FALL. AND EVERY QUARTER YOU PIERCE THE NEXT QUARTER THINGS THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DO CHANGE, BECAUSE NOW YOUR SON'S GETTING MARRIED. SO THAT'S GOING TO YOU GET NEW DATA. I HAVE LEARNED THIS SINCE 1995 WHEN I STUDIED TOM PETERS, WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING, REST IN PEACE. AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO GEORGIA, THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA BUSINESS SCHOOL CONVINCED ME AND OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS THAT THIS IS CALLED STRATEGIC THINKING. SO STRATEGY IS IMPORTANT. FIVE YEARS IS NOT IMPORTANT. 18 MONTHS IS IMPORTANT. GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION SOMETIME.

SO THINGS KEEP CHANGING. SO I WANT YOU TO WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS IN SIX WORDS OR LESS.

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WITH THIS. YEAH, I CAN'T STAND IN ONE PLACE. BY THE WAY, WHEN I RETIRED, MY WIFE SAID, YOU NEED FIVE FRIENDS. I SAID, ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD. SHE GOES, NO, YOU NEED A FRIEND FOR MONDAY, A FRIEND FOR TUESDAY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M IN KILLEEN TUESDAY NIGHT. FOR SOME FRIENDS, THAT'S THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE. I'M HERE AND SHE'S IN FLORIDA WITH HER GOLF GIRLFRIENDS. HOW ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT. TRUSTEE GILCHRIST, SIX WORDS. ACADEMIC APATHY OF LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. WOW. ACADEMIC APATHY OF LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. THAT'S VERY POWERFUL. YOU ARE. YOU'RE A PREACHER. YOU KNOW HOW TO SAY WORDS IN SIX WORDS, BUT USUALLY A LOT MORE THAN SIX WORDS. TRUSTEE. RAINWATER. ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

STUDENT TEACHER SUCCESS. OKAY. ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE. WHICH IMPACTS STUDENT TEACHER SUCCESS. TRUSTEE. WILLIAMS. SAY IT AGAIN. ECONOMIC ACADEMIC STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

SUPERINTENDENT. READING AND MATH. ALRIGHT. TRUSTEE ADAMS, IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDDLE. IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDDLE. LET ME TELL YOU, WE TURN ALL THOSE SCHOOLS AROUND IN DALLAS. DON'T FEEL BADLY. MY LAST FRONTIER WAS MIDDLE SCHOOLS. IN FACT, I HAD TO COME UP WITH A PROJECT CALLED AIM ACHIEVING IN THE MIDDLE. AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHY ARE WE? OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WERE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF TECH AND OTHER THINGS AND CAREER INSTITUTES AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY WERE COMMUNITIES, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THE PARENTS LEFT BECAUSE NOW MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL WITH KID IN THAT HOOD OR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. THEY REALLY LOVE KIDS, AND SOME SECONDARY TEACHERS LOVE THE SUBJECTS. AND SO THEN YOU HAVE ALL THAT HITTING AT THE SAME TIME AND HORMONES AND ALL THAT. SO BUT IT BUT THERE ARE NO EXCUSES. WE FOUND A WAY TO DO IT. BUT IT WAS TOUGH AND IT WAS OUR LAST FRONTIER TRUSTEE MINTS. OPTIMIZATION. OPTIMIZATION IMPACT EIGHT 1882 ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE. OH WAIT, WAIT, THAT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS.

LET'S GO WITH THAT OPTIMIZATION. LET'S FIRST. BUT YOU GET ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE. SO SAY SOME OF THE OTHER ONES STEVE I CAN COMBINE A COUPLE OF THEM. OPTIMIZATION OKAY. IMPACT AID OKAY. LET'S COME BACK. THAT'S THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT. LET'S COME BACK. YOU GET ANOTHER SHOT OKAY. TRUSTEE. THESE ARE MY WORDS I KNOW. BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT TOPICS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO THE TRUST THE PROCESS OKAY HERE WE GO I'M GOING TO STEAL FROM DOCTOR CREIGHTON. SORRY. IMPROVED TIER ONE INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OKAY.

IMPROVES TIER ONE INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WE STILL WANT TO USE IMPACT DATA.

DO YOU WANT TO GO WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S A PRIORITY. THESE ARE MY WORDS I MEAN YOU OKAY LET'S PUT IT BACK DATE AND LET'S GO. NEXT ONE. NEXT. YES, MA'AM. BUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST. BUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST. LITERACY AND NUMERACY IN THE EARLY GRADES.

OKAY. SAY IT AGAIN, DOCTOR DAVIS. LITERACY. LITERACY AT THE EARLY GRADES, PRE-K THROUGH TWO. PRESIDENT WILLIAMS, CAN IT BE SOMEWHAT DUPLICATE? YOU PUT YOUR IDEAS UP THERE AS A STEP

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ALL RIGHT. FUNDING CUTS, BUDGET SHORTAGE. OKAY. THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. NOW HERE'S THE SECOND STEP. WE DON'T USE JUDGMENT. WE'LL GO THROUGH AND WE'LL SEE IF EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THOSE WORDS MEAN. BECAUSE I MADE YOU COME DOWN TO SIX WORDS.

NOW YOU CAN ELABORATE. LET'S GO BACK UP TO THE TOP. LET'S GO TO A. ACADEMIC APATHY OF LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. THAT IS VERY CLEAR. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HE MEANS? OKAY. ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE WHICH IMPACTS STUDENT TEACHER SUCCESS. TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT, SIR. I JUST THINK I JUST THINK TEACHERS AREN'T GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH WITH ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES THAT DON'T SUPPORT THE CLASSROOM TEACHER AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND A KIND OF A CHASM BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND WHAT OCCURS IN THE BUILDING AND HOW OUR TEACHERS. OKAY, SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EXCELLENCE GETS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, HEY, I APPRECIATE EXCELLENCE. I KNOW WHAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT MEANS, MATH AND READING. I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDDLE. OPTIMIZATION. YEP, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HE MEANS BY OPTIMIZATION? OKAY, WE HAVE BUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST. I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT. OH, THAT WAS YOURS. YEAH. TELL US WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT. SO I THINK THAT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE, THERE'S A BREACH OF TRUST. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUILDING FROM THE INSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION. OUT. TRUST. TWO WAY TRUST. OKAY. I'VE NEVER WORKED IN IMPACT AID DISTRICT. TELL ME WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THIS DISTRICT. SO WE GET ABOUT $50 MILLION A YEAR, ABOUT 10% OF OUR BUDGET FROM FEDERAL FUNDING, WHICH COMES WHICH IS IN THE FORM OF IMPACT AID PAID TO DISTRICTS THAT SERVE MILITARY, TRIBAL COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T GET THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PROPERTY TAXES. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT HELPS ME.

LITERACY AT THE EARLY GRADES, THIRD GRADE ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHER PERFORMANCE. TELL ME WHAT. WHO SAID TEACHER PERFORMANCE IS THAT? I THINK I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT IT'S JUST WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY TEACHER PERFORMANCE? OKAY. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE PRINCIPAL HAS A BIG IMPACT ON THE ACHIEVEMENT ON THE CAMPUS, BUT THE TEACHER HAS THE MOST.

AND SO THERE'S NO DOUBT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I'M SURPRISED. AND THAT WAS PRETTY. I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BECAUSE MR. KIM'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HIM IN THE NEWS TOMORROW. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP THE DISTRICT OPEN. AND AND I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT YOUR FINANCES, EVEN THOUGH YOU DIPPED A LITTLE BIT IN YOUR FUND BALANCE, THAT THAT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE. IT ONLY CAME UP ONCE, I DO. I'VE DONE THIS ABOUT TEN TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, AND EVERY OTHER DISTRICT IS FACING HUGE PROBLEMS WITH FINANCES. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU WERE ALLUDING TO ABOUT YOUR REVENUE AND HOW YOU KNOW THE STATE HAD A LOT OF MONEY THIS YEAR. WE JUST DIDN'T GET MUCH OF IT, YOU KNOW? SO, BUT YOU NEED TO BE PROUD OF YOURSELF AT THIS, IS THAT YOUR HOUSE IS NOT ON FIRE FINANCIALLY. LIKE MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT YOU YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TOP OF MIND. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO STAY UP THERE. AND I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR STAFF SO THAT NOTHING THAT GOT PUT UP THERE GETS IGNORED. HOWEVER. STRATEGY. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES. WHEN I CAME BACK TO DALLAS AND WE HAD 46 SCHOOLS, NOBODY GOT A RAISE IN DALLAS EXCEPT OUR BEST TEACHERS. WE HAPPEN TO KNOW WHO THEY WERE BECAUSE WE WERE STACKING UP MONEY FOR OUR

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AND SO WHAT WE DID, WE STACKED UP HOW WE WERE GOING TO FUND THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE THE BIGGEST BET FOR US TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ACADEMICALLY. AND AND IT'S NOT. AND SINCE YOU'RE NOT IN DIRE STRAITS FINANCIALLY, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DO STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT. THAT'S WHERE YOU QUIT FUNDING THINGS THAT DON'T WORK. AND I ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE, WHERE DO THE BEST TEACHERS COME FROM? DO THEY COME FROM WACO, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY? DO THEY COME FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS? DO THEY COME FROM CONCORDIA? AND THE ANSWER IS NO. THEY COME FROM APRIL. THE TEACHERS YOU HIRE IN APRIL ARE GREAT. ANY TEACHER YOU HIRE IN AUGUST AIN'T NOBODY ELSE WANTED. AND YOU HIRED THEM. AND THEN YOU GO SPLIT UP A CLASS AND NOW IT COST YOU ALL THAT MONEY. BUT IF YOU DO A CLASS SIZE WAIVER AND YOU GIVE THAT OTHER TEACHER ANOTHER $5,000 TO HAVE 25 KIDS, NOW YOU DON'T BREAK UP. YOU DON'T TAKE 12 KIDS AND PUT THEM WITH THE LONG TERM SUB. THAT'S BEING STRATEGIC. AND THEN YOU GET A CLASS SIZE WAIVER AND THEN YOU START STACKING THAT MONEY UP TO FUND YOUR STRATEGY. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ABOUT, WHAT YOU PICK AND HOW YOU RESOURCE IT, SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR ORGANIZATION. AND THAT'S WHY BEN IS WORKING WITH YOU ABOUT PRIORITIZATION.

SO THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. NOW, ONLY THE AUTHORS OF THE INITIATIVES OF THE IDEAS CAN AGREE TO COMBINE. BUT TO YOUR POINT, IF YOU LEAVE THEM ALL UP THERE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO DILUTE THE VOTE BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET TO VOTE ON ALL OF THEM. YOU ONLY GET TO VOTE ON A FEW OF THEM. I'M GOING TO FORCE YOU TO BE DISCIPLINED. YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT AND ALL. ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE VOICE? BUT IT'D BE LIKE TO ME, THERE'S A HIGH COMBINATION BETWEEN THIRD GRADE ACHIEVEMENT, LITERACY AT EARLY GRADES AND THEN ALSO READING. DID I SEE READING AND READING AND MATH? D TWO OF THEM ARE YOURS SO YOU CAN COMBINE THEM. OKAY, SO HE'S COMBINING.

SO LET'S TAKE LET'S TAKE JUST TAKE OUT D JUST BLANK OUT D YEAH. YOU DON'T GET TO VOTE ON D. PUT IT A DIFFERENT COLOR. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S PERFECT. WE FORGOT ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S NOW EMBEDDED INTO K. NO NO INTO. HE SAID LITERACY AND NUMERACY ADD NUMERACY TO J BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT MORE WHAT WAS HIS ORIGINAL TENT. BUT NOW YOU SAID THIRD GRADE ACHIEVEMENT. SO WHY DID YOU JUST SAY THIRD GRADE ACHIEVEMENT? YEAH. IF YOU LEARN TO READ YOU CAN READ TO LEARN. IF YOU DON'T. KNOW, YOU TELL A THIRD GRADE YOUNG MAN TO READ OUT LOUD HE CAN'T READ. WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO? HE'S GOING TO THROW A CHAIR. AND NOW YOU'RE BEING YOU'RE DISCIPLINING. SO BUT YOU JUST SAID READING. YOU CAN EITHER COMBINE THOSE TWO OKAY. SO INCLUDING NO YOU ALREADY GOT. SO LET'S TAKE OUT K. SO J. ALL RIGHT I JUST TAKE OUT K. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NOW DO ANY OTHER ONES OR ANY OTHER ONES SIMILAR. OR DOES ANYONE ELSE NEED EXPLAINING ON ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS. I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY CLEAR. OKAY, HERE'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS. EVERYBODY GETS CAUGHT. WELL, BUT HE HAS TO AGREE TO THAT. WELL, I AGREE TO THAT. BUT YOU WANT TO PUT HERE'S WHAT HE DID WITH HIS. OH OKAY.

ALRIGHT. THAT'S A GOOD NEGOTIATOR REVEREND. ALRIGHT. SO SO LET'S ADD HIM. LET'S ADD

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ALRIGHT. GOT TWO.

OKAY. H 15 IN 1 OF THOSE. YEAH. ON ON COLUMN C IF YOU GO TO H AND PUT A 15 IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE'S YOURS. IT'S TOO LATE. IT'S TOO LATE. I JUST NOTICED WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW 12 C. IT'S TOO LATE. I ALREADY GOT HIM. L TEN. IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S ALL GOING TO COME OUT IN THE WASH I GOTCHA, I GOTCHA, I GOTCHA. 8A8. I FIVE. BINGO, 15 H. E 12 NO NO NO YEAH YEAH. RIGHT THERE THERE YOU GO. HERE WE GO. E 12. ALRIGHT. YOU'RE. YEAH YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. BUT YEAH IT'S BETTER IF YOU PUT. SO WE'LL SEE. OKAY. GREAT. BECAUSE LIKE THIS WE CAN AS THE AUDITORS LEAVE. OH GOD. THERE'S SOMEBODY TO AUDIT MY NUMBERS B TEN. NOW THAT WAS B. NO. LET'S GO DOWN TO THAT. YOU PUT IT ON A. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. EIGHT A.

J FIVE. RIGHT. NEXT COLUMN THIS GOES HERE WE GO E 15 E. ALRIGHT J 12. L TEN. HH8I5. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. J 15. E 12. H TEN. B EIGHT. I FIVE. E 15. H 12 J TEN G8B5. H 15. L 12 E EIGHT I TEN

[02:40:47]

LET'S GO. LEAVE IT THERE. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.

OKAY. I'VE DONE I'VE DONE THIS SO MANY TIMES. AND WHAT'S REALLY TELLING ABOUT THIS? ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU PUT UP THERE THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT POINTS IS ABOUT INSTRUCTION. IT IS ABOUT INSTRUCTION. EVEN TEACHER PERFORMANCE IS ABOUT INSTRUCTION. AND I'M I'M GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU FOUR OF YOU, FOUR OF YOU SAID BUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST IS ONE OF YOUR PRIORITIES. SO I THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO BY HOW YOU FOCUS ON YOUR ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION. REMEMBER YOU YOUR GOAL IS TO BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN DESTINY. YOU SAID IT MANY TIMES TONIGHT. YOU DON'T WANT THE STATE TO BE IN REMOTE CONTROL OF YOUR DESTINY. ALMOST EVERY ONE OF YOU SAID IT IN SOME COMMENT. YOU GOTTA TAKE CHARGE OF THAT. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK ANDREW KIM ALREADY MET WITH SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE LAST FRIDAY ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT HE KNOWS THAT WE'VE BOTH BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MOVING THE NEEDLE. LET ME TELL YOU THIS. FIXING A BUDGET IS LINEAR. IT'S VERY PAINFUL, BUT IT'S LINEAR. FIXING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS NOT LINEAR. IT'S NOT LINEAR. BUT WHAT YOU CAN'T HAVE IS WHAT YOU STARTED WITH IS LOW

[02:45:04]

IT'S REALLY EASY TO GO FROM 45 TO 50. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST LOOKING TO MOVE THE NUMBERS. YOU NEED TO MOVE THE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S HOW YOU DO IT AND WHAT YOU DO. AND WHAT SYSTEMS DO YOU PUT IN PLACE FOR THE LONG HAUL? SO IF THIS 1882 PARTNERSHIPS BAILS YOU OUT? CONGRATULATIONS. BUT YOU STILL GOTTA THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM, AND YOU GOTTA BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN DESTINY. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE DECK. SO WHAT'S PAINFULLY OBVIOUS TO ME? AND IT'S ALREADY 830, SO I'M GONNA LET YOU GO SOON. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ACADEMICALLY, THERE'S SOME PROVEN RESEARCH ABOUT THE SYSTEMS THAT SIX HIGH POVERTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY HAD THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON, ON MOVING THE HIGH POVERTY STUDENTS. THE RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR. I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, AND YOU CAN SHARE IT BECAUSE YOU GOTTA FIX THE FLAT TIRE RIGHT NOW. BUT IF YOU ONLY FIX THE FLAT TIRE AND YOU DON'T FIX THE ENGINE, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET YOU OUT OF THE DITCH AND YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE NEXT STOP YOU NEED TO START LOOKING ABOUT. SO WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS? AND BEN IS STARTING TO WORK WITH YOU. SO THAT'S PART OF THE INGREDIENTS. AND BUT AND HOW DO YOU I, I NEVER REALIZED TILL I GOT INTO THIS VERY CLOSELY ABOUT THE PREDICTIVE ABILITY OF SOME OF THESE ASSESSMENTS. SO HOW DO YOU MANAGE PROGRESS AND THEN HOW DO YOU PIVOT IF SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING? THAT'S WHEN YOU GET MORE INFORMATION. NOW YOUR SON'S GETTING MARRIED. NOW, YOU KNOW YOU GOTTA SAVE MONEY FOR THAT WEDDING, YOU KNOW. SO YOU GET MORE DATA AND YOU SAY, OKAY, THAT DIDN'T WORK. OR NOW GOT SOME NEW INFORMATION. WE JUST HAD A BUNCH OF FAMILIES MOVE IN BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH, WITH WITH THE FORT, OR WE HAD A BUNCH OF FAMILIES LEAVE BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED. SO YOU ALWAYS CONSTANTLY EVALUATING WHERE YOU ARE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAN THAT'S WHAT WE CAN HELP YOU DO AND WE'LL HELP YOU DO. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY STRATEGIC THINKING. IT'S A ROLLING PERIOD. EVERY QUARTER YOU GET NEW INFORMATION 1882 WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL. BUT NOW LET'S HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK LONG TERM OR IT DIDN'T WORK. HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE? AND DO WE NEED TO CAN WE CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY? YOU'LL GET INFORMATION AND YOU'LL MAKE MISTAKES. I MADE MISTAKES AT FULL SPEED. BUT YOU KNOW WHY THE BOARD KEPT ME? BECAUSE I FIXED MY OWN MISTAKES. IF YOU DON'T FIX YOUR MISTAKES, THAT'S WORSE. AND NOT ADMITTING THAT YOU MADE MISTAKES. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU WITH. SO LET LET ME TAKE THIS INFORMATION BACK WITH BEN, WITH

[02:50:01]

THOSE WERE KIDS IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT, INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, AND MAGNET SCHOOLS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE GREAT IN SPITE OF US. MY BOYS WENT TO HARVARD AND PRINCETON BECAUSE THEY WERE IN AP, AND MY WIFE WAS READING TO THEM BEFORE THEY WERE BORN. THAT'S DALLAS.

WE HAVE 94% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, 58% ENGLISH LEARNER, AND WE HAVE GENERATIONAL POVERTY. I MEAN, THIS IS POVERTY IN THE HOOD. THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, SO AND WE NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR OUR DEMOGRAPHICS. BUT WHAT WE FIGURED OUT AND BY THE WAY, I'M EMBARRASSED TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN I WAS SUPERINTENDENT IN DALLAS IN OH NINE, ONLY 7% OF OUR STUDENTS HAD ANY KIND OF POST-SECONDARY CREDENTIAL SIX YEARS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. BUT WHEN I LEFT IN 22, 12% OF OUR KIDS HAD AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FOR FREE SIX YEARS BEFORE THE SIX YEAR CLOCK STARTS. THAT WAS PATHWAYS AND TECHNOLOGY P-TECH. THE ONLY COMPLAINT WE GOT ABOUT MAGNET SCHOOLS AND P-TECH WAS FROM THE REST OF THE KIDS. THEY SAID I DIDN'T GET IN P-TECH OR MAGNET SCHOOLS, SO WE CREATED FOR $30 MILLION FACILITIES CALLED CAREER INSTITUTES, WHERE STUDENTS WOULD LEARN IN CYBERSECURITY, MECHATRONICS, AVIATION, DUAL LANGUAGE, HVAC, GETTING INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS ON THEIR IPHONE, GREEN LIGHT. SO NOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO LOOK FOR THEIR DEGREES AND TRANSCRIPTS AND CERTIFICATIONS. SO WE FIGURED THAT OUT. BUT IT WAS IN NO PLAN. ONE OF MY BOARD MEMBERS WHO WE GOT COMPLAINTS FROM THESE KIDS THAT THEY DIDN'T GET INTO THESE OTHER PROGRAMS. WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR IT. AND SINCE THIS IS WHERE YOUR FOCUS IS ON THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM, DON'T WORRY ABOUT EVERY LITTLE DETAIL ON THE ON THE SCORECARD. SOMEONE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR TEAM AND WITH SUPPORT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE PUT TOGETHER QUICKLY AND WHERE CAN WE? AND YOU NEED SOME INSTANT WINS, TOO. YOU NEED SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT.

BUT BUT ALSO YOU NEED A COMPREHENSIVE LONG TERM PLAN. I'M SO HAPPY THAT I LEFT DALLAS FOUR YEARS AGO, AND THEY'RE STILL DOING GREAT BECAUSE WE SET UP. GOOD THINGS HAPPEN BY DESIGN, NOT BY ACCIDENT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN YOUR CONTROL. SO WE'RE WE'RE ABOUT TO SHUT IT DOWN, TURN IT BACK TO THE PRESIDENT. BUT ONE MORE TIME. SOMEONE AROUND YOU.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS AND WHAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT THIS IS.

THAT'S TRUE. ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE TURN IT BACK TO THE PRESIDENT AND ADJOURN, ANY ANY LIKES OR WONDERINGS, INCLUDING STAFF, THAT YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT NEXT STEPS OR ANYTHING, ANY CLARITY. WE'LL BE BRINGING SOME STUFF BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. BUT ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS, CONCERNS RIGHT NOW ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES? YES, I REALLY LIKE THAT WE WERE ALL SIMILAR ON THE SAME PAGE. ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY ON KINDNESS DAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW UNUSUAL THAT IS? AND AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'VE DONE THIS LIKE SIX TIMES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. I MEAN, FOUR MONTHS, THAT PARTICULAR ACTIVITY. AND THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ALIGNMENT HERE. SO THAT'S GREAT. ANY OTHER. YES, SIR. OUR QUESTION WAS FOR FOR MISS ADAMS ON THE THE STUDENTS IN THE MIDDLE. ARE WE TALKING MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR ARE MIDDLE OF OUR BELL CURVE AND PERFORMANCE ABOUT MOVING THEM AS WELL SO THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN STUDENTS BECAUSE IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE APPROACH

[02:55:02]

GREAT OBSERVATION. ANY OTHER OBSERVATIONS BEFORE I TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT? YES, MA'AM. WONDERING YOU ASKED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WONDERING. I'M WONDERING HOW THE TOP THREE THINGS THAT WE FOCUSED AND NARROWED OUR SIGHTS ON HOW IT IS GOING TO BE MARRIED TO THE SYSTEM SCORECARD, AND HOW DO WE KEEP OUR FOCUS? MY WONDERING IS IF THESE ARE THE MAIN THINGS IN 18 MONTHS. THESE ARE THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN THE DETAILS AND THE SMALL.

NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE SUCCESS. THEN WE HAVE TO KIND OF FIGURE, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE SCORECARD? YOU GOT TO GIVE UP SOME THINGS. YOU KNOW, I USED TO ASK MY SENIOR STAFF EVERY QUARTER, NO ONE QUARTER A YEAR. I ASKED THEM FIVE QUESTIONS. QUESTION NUMBER THREE IS WHAT RELATIONSHIPS HAVE YOU BUILT? ONE QUESTION WAS WHAT HAVE YOU ABANDONED? AND EDUCATORS CAN NEVER ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE WE DON'T GIVE UP ANYTHING AND WE TAKE THIS AND WE ADD THIS, AND THEN WE ADD THIS AND WE FUND IT. AND THEN WE WONDER WHY WE'RE SO TIRED. WELL, QUIT DOING THINGS THAT DON'T WORK. AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SCORECARD. DON'T GET LOST IN THE DETAILS.

FOCUS ON THE BIG STUFF ON THE BIG ROCKS. IF YOU TAKE CARE OF THE BIG ROCKS, THE SCORECARD WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF EVENTUALLY. BUT IF YOU IF YOU MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THESE THESE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED, YOU CAN YOU'LL GAIN MOMENTUM. IT'S THE FLYWHEEL EFFECT. SO DON'T MAJOR IN THE MINORS. THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE WORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE THREE BIG ROCKS. AND I THINK ACTION WILL START HAPPENING. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT OUR SCORECARD IS EMBEDDED WITH AT LEAST PROBABLY ALL THREE OF THESE. YEAH. AND WE JUST HAVE TO. YEAH. PICK THE LITTLE. YEAH. BECAUSE YOUR TEACHERS SHOULD MENTION YOUR SCORECARD AND, YOU KNOW, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOCUS FOCUS, FOCUS. IF EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT, NOTHING IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU TAKE CARE OF THESE THREE THINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, WOW, A LOT OF OTHER THINGS HAVE COME ALONG WITH IT. YOU WON'T BE HAVING A CONVERSATION NEXT YEAR ABOUT ANOTHER 1882 PARTNER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU FIX TIER ONE INSTRUCTION AND YOU GET GOOD QUALITY DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION, YOU WON'T BE DEALING WITH THE ANKLE BITERS. YOU'LL BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR KIDS COMPLAINING ABOUT NOW THAT THEY DIDN'T GET THIS GOOD STUFF? THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL BE THINKING ABOUT. BUT SO ANYWAY, MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR INDULGING AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU AND GET OUT OF HERE. HERE, DOCTOR HINOJOSA, I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU. I'M SURE ALL THE TRUSTEES DO, BUT I THINK THE KEY THING IS THAT IN LESS THAN 60 MINUTES, GIVE OR TAKE, YOU PUT ON A CLINIC OF HOW YOU CAN MOVE WITH URGENCY AND GET A CONSENSUS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR THIS GROUP MOVING FORWARD. NOT THAT IT THAT IT HAS TO BE WORKSHOP, WORKSHOP, WORKSHOP. YOU CAME IN HERE ON THE BACK END OF A MEETING AND SAID, YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU NEED TO GO IN THAT QUICKLY. AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU

[8. Discussion of Future Board Meeting Agendas and Trustee Remarks]

[03:00:03]

[2. Closed Session (Part 2 of 2)]

AND VICE PRESIDENT SUSAN JONES, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADJOURNED AT 9:26 P.M. ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.