Feb 17, 2022 Board of Trustees

I CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF GRAND PRAIRIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[1. 5:30 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER]

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MS. ELLIS HAS THIS MEETING BEEN POSTED IN A LAWFUL AND TIMELY MANNER? YES MA'AM IT HAS. THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF

[2. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION]

THE SUPERINTENDENT, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT, WILL DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTERS PERSONNEL, REAL PROPERTY, STUDENT ISSUES AND OTHER MATTERS PROTECTED BY STATUTE AND CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT 7:00 P.M.

AND MAY TAKE ACTION AS A RESULT OF CLOSED SESSION.

WE ARE NOW IN CLOSE SESSION.

[3. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]

GALEN BLOOM WILL LEAD US IN A WORD OF PRAYER.

NO.

MR. JIMERSON I'M SORRY.

MS. CARRILLO. I WOULD LIKE TO EXCUSE MYSELF FOR A QUICK ONE OF MY CHILDREN HAS A PLAY TONIGHT, AT ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES, SO I'D LIKE TO EXCUSE MYSELF AND GO BE ATTENDANCE AND ROCK THEM ON. SO WISH Y'ALL A GREAT MEETING AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BRING HER FLOWERS.

I'LL DO IT. PHIL JIMERSON.

BRING ME FLOWERS. [LAUGHTER] MR. PHIL JIMERSON WILL LEAD US IN PRAYER.

LET'S BOW TOGETHER.

OUR FATHER, WE JUST PAUSE, AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE DIRECTION AND THE PROTECTION THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US. WE PRAY THAT YOU'D BE OVER THIS MEETING TODAY AND WE ASK ESPECIALLY FOR DIRECTION OVER THE TRUSTEES AS THEY DELIBERATE AND LOOK AFTER THE YOUNGSTERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THOSE THAT ARE REPRESENTED, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING.

FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO FORGIVE US WHEN WE LET YOU DOWN AND WE JUST SING YOUR PRAISES AND WE PRAY IN YOUR PRECIOUS SON'S NAME.

AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BURKE WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.

YES. OH.

WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THE GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REMOVE YOUR HATS.

YEAH. IS ROTC COMING.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THEM.

AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

GUARD PRESENTATION] THANK YOU.

YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE WOULD MOVE TO RECOGNITION OF SPECIAL GUESTS THE PRESENTER MR.

[6. RECOGNITION OF SPECIAL GUESTS]

MS. ELLIS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE COLOR GUARD THAT WAS WITH US THIS EVENING.

THAT WAS EUNIQUE FRAZIER, JAVIER TREJO, MORGAN GRANASON AND APRIL ZUNIGA.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM BEING WITH US AND BEING PART OF OUR CEREMONY TONIGHT.

AS WE GET STARTED THIS EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT HOW WE ARE HONORING PIONEERING EDUCATORS AS PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

EACH POSTER THAT YOU'VE SEEN UP HERE AT THESE TABLES REPRESENTS A PERSON WITH A FIRST

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SALLY MOORE, THE FIRST BLACK ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT [APPLAUSE].

SURE. RANDOLPH REED THE FIRST AND ONLY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT DALWORTH HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] DELMAS F.

MORTON, THE FIRST BLACK TEACHER AT ADAMS AFTER INTEGRATION.

[APPLAUSE] DEBORAH PRUITT, WHO WAS OUR FIRST BLACK BOARD MEMBER AND BOARD PRESIDENT.

[APPLAUSE] DR.

DAVID DANIELS, WHO WAS OUR FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL.

[APPLAUSE] AND, OF COURSE, DR.

VERN ALEXANDER, THE FIRST BLACK DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT [APPLAUSE].

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ART THAT WE HAVE OVER HERE ON THE WALL.

THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART PROJECT COMES TO US COURTESY OF TRAVIS WORLD LANGUAGE ACADEMY. THIS ART WAS A COLLABORATION OF PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS, AND IT WAS LED BY TRAVIS ART TEACHER JOHNNA PALMATIER.

THAT IS 17 FOOT LONG.

WE HAD TO MEASURE TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD FIT BETWEEN THE TWO COLUMNS OVER THERE, AND IT JUST BARELY FIT. BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ARTWORK AND WE WANTED TO BE A PART OF THE MEETING TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE] AND BOARD, BEFORE I MOVE ON, I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT NEXT MONTH, WE WILL COME TO YOU WITH A SPECIAL VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING THE WINNERS OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

DAY ESSAY CONTEST.

SO THAT'LL THAT'S A LITTLE PREVIEW FOR NEXT MONTH.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR ALLSTATE STUDENTS.

ALLSTATE IS THE HIGHEST HONOR A TEXAS MUSIC STUDENT CAN RECEIVE.

WE HAVE 11 GRAND PRAIRIE ISD STUDENTS WHO REPRESENT THE TOP TWO PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS IN OUR STATE.

THEY HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WHERE THEY PERFORM THIS PAST WEEKEND.

SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A SHORT PERFORMANCE A SHORT LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT A TASTE OF THEIR TALENT.

FROM SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE ALLSTATE SYMPHONIC BAND, WE HAVE ANGEL CANALIS. HIS DIRECTORS ARE MICHELLE ROSS, BILLY LAIRD AND ALAN CHRZANOWSKI.

AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF EXCERPT ON HIS CLARINET.

FANTASTIC. AND NOW FROM GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE ALLSTATE MARIACHI, MAURICIO MARTINEZ, HIS DIRECTOR, IS JUAN GARCIA, AND HE IS GOING TO PERFORM FOR US ON TRUMPET.

MAURICIO.

AND FINALLY, FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY AND THE ALL STATE CHOIR WE HAVE BAILEY BROOME, TRINITY ALEXANDER, CAYLIN LANGHAM, ALAN LOPEZ, REBECCA OLADEJO AND JAYDEN THOMPSON, THEIR DIRECTORS ARE JOEL DUARTE AND CANDICE MAUGHAN.

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[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TONIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT AND SOUTHWEST FOOD SERVICE EXCELLENCE FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND WORK IN THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S OCTOBER FARM FRESH CHALLENGE.

BY USING TEXAS AGRICULTURE THEY ARE SUPPORTING JOB GROWTH AND BUSINESS VIABILITY IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SFE AND GPISD CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES WERE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR KEEPING OUR YOUTH ENGAGED IN HOW HOMEGROWN FOOD KEEPS THEM HEALTHY.

THEY SENT ALONG.

VERY NICE CERTIFICATE TO PASS ON FOR THEIR THANKS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND A PIN THAT'S IN THIS BOX.

SO I'D LIKE TO BRING DOMENIK AND HIS CREW DOWN.

THERE HE IS? I WAS LIKE WHERE IS HE.

[APPLAUSE] THERE THEY ARE.

[APPLAUSE] AND I WOULD PROBABLY BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE PAT LEWIS AS WELL, SHE DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH SFE AND OUR CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION, COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SOCIAL STUDIES FACILITATOR, LANETTE AGUERO TO THE LECTERN, AS WELL AS MS. DORIS HILL REPRESENTING THE NEA LADIES.

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THE DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN AND POLICY [INAUDIBLE] OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN NATIVE STUDIES COURSE FOR THE TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

IT WILL BE A ONE YEAR PROJECT TOTALING FIFTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

WOW. THE SECOND INSTALLMENT WILL BE IN APRIL.

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO LANETTE AND ALSO TO [INAUDIBLE] FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] Y'ALL COME BACK WE'LL TAKE MORE.

READY. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

SPOTLIGHT, EXCUSE ME, BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE VIDEO, WE WANT TO POINT OUT GPISD'S OWN MEDAL COUNT.

THIS PAST WEEKEND, CTE STUDENTS COMPETED AT THE SKILLS USA DISTRICT SIX LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN WACO, AND THEY WON BIG.

GPISD BROUGHT HOME A TOTAL OF THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE MEDALS.

THAT'S OVER HALF OF THE 603 TOTAL MEDALS AWARDED.

GPISD WAS REPRESENTED BY HUNDREDS OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS SIX CAMPUSES.

MANY OF THESE STUDENTS WILL GO ON TO COMPETE AT THE STATE SKILLS USA CONFERENCE, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR ADVISORS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

[APPLAUSE] SO NOW PLEASE WATCH OUR VIDEO.

COME ALONG WITH ME AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT CTE ACROSS GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.

AS AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE YOUR OWN MOVIE.

WHAT LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT WITH THAT CREATING YOU? ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ENERGIES COMING TOGETHER TO HAVE AMAZING IDEAS.

I HONESTLY LIKE DIGITAL ART AND MEDIA ARTS THE MOST.

YOU GET TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE EXPRESS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GROW UP.

I LOVE CTE AND I LOVE WHAT IT DOES.

IT'S JUST AN EXCITING TIME TO BE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

THE BASIC USE OF TOOLS, IF THEY GO INTO ELECTRICAL, CARPENTRY, MASONRY, WHATEVER.

THEY'LL HAVE A FOUNDATION TO GET STARTED ON.

I ENJOY COMING IN HERE EVERY DAY BECAUSE I LIKE PARTICIPATING AND BUILDING STUFF.

WE TEACH HOW TO OWN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

I TEACH THESE STUDENTS THE THE BUSINESS SIDE OF ANY TRADE THAT'S GOING ON.

BUT I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE AND ORGANIZE AND KEEP A BUSINESS GOING.

AND I THINK IN THE FUTURE, FROM LEARNING ABOUT THIS, I MIGHT MAKE A BUSINESS ON MY OWN.

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WHEN I LEARNED DUBISKI OFFERED AN AVIATION PROGRAM, I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT'S WHERE I WANTED TO GO. AND NEXT YEAR, I'LL BE ATTENDING STANFORD UNIVERSITY FOR THEIR AEROSPACE PROGRAM. WHAT SETS OUR PATHWAY APART WAS THAT WE PARTNERED WITH A LOT OF INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS TO GET OUR STUDENTS REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE.

WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON PREPARING STUDENTS FOR AN EVER CHANGING, EVER GROWING WORKFORCE.

GRAND PRAIRIE ISD CTE IS MOVING EDUCATION FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE] OK. THE GPISD COUNSELING SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS COMING OFF OF NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR APPRECIATION WEEK, FEBRUARY 7TH THROUGH THE 11TH.

THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS BETTER TOGETHER.

THIS WEEK WAS FILLED WITH ACTIVITIES, PHOTO CHALLENGES AND INSTAGRAM TAKEOVERS, WITH THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK COMING AT LAST WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHERE THE GROUP WAS PRESENTED WITH A PROCLAMATION SIGNED BY MAYOR JENSEN.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE COUNSELING TEAM AT YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT WON A LONE STAR GOLD AWARD AND DELMAS F.

MORTON ELEMENTARY AND JACQUELYN SOLIS FOR EACH BRINGING HOME A LONE STAR BRONZE AWARD, ALL FROM THIS YEAR'S LONE STAR STATE SCHOOL COUNSELORS CONFERENCE.

SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING THEM FORWARD, BUT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS COME OUT.

[APPLAUSE] YEAH. I LOVE IT WHEN THE COUNSELORS COME.

FIRST RESPONDERS.

OK, FINALLY, THIS EVENING, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR A VERY SPECIAL EMPLOYEE. EACH YEAR, THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION TEPSA SELECTS ONE PRINCIPAL FROM EACH OF THE 20 REGIONS IN THE STATE AS A REGIONAL TEPSAN OF THE YEAR. THIS IS A PEER BASED AWARD THAT RECOGNIZES PRINCIPALS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO STUDENT LEARNING, AS EVIDENCED BY EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE ASSOCIATION.

SO IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE ALISHA CRUMLEY, PRINCIPAL OF GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY, AS THIS YEAR'S REGION 10 TEPSAN OF THE YEAR.

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[APPLAUSE] MADAM PRESIDENT, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AT EVERY LEVEL IN GPISD.

WITH THAT, I TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BUCHMEYER.

I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MICHELLE MADDEN, PRESIDENT OF OUR GRAND PRAIRIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . [APPLAUSE]. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE OPEN FORUM FOR AGENDA ITEMS. AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CITIZENS REGARDING AN AGENDA ITEM, SO WE

[8. ACTION AS A RESULT OF CLOSED SESSION]

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHAPTER 21 ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS FOR 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR, AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION? MADAM PRESIDENT.

YES, SIR. SO MOVED.

SECOND.

OK. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. TERRY BROOKS. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. ESPINOSA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NO.

MOTION CARRIES 6 0.

OK. [APPLAUSE] WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE AN UPDATE OF CURRENT

[9. SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE]

MS. ELLIS WILL PRESENT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

CURRENT DISTRICT EVENTS.

THEN I GO TO STUDENT DATA AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS.

SO I'M GOING TO START TODAY WITH THESE PICTURES.

SO IT'S NO SECRET THAT WE HAD A TERRIBLE WEATHER EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. BUT I HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO CUSTODIAL MANAGER CHRISTINA HERNANDEZ.

CHRISTINA CAME IN ON SUNDAY AND REALIZED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MANY OF OUR BUILDINGS, IT WAS DANGEROUS. THERE WAS ICE, THERE WAS SNOW.

THERE WAS ALL OF THE THINGS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY AND JUST WOULD HAVE NOT CREATED A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

WE HAD MANY EMPLOYEES THAT CAME IN TO GET THIS DONE.

THEY WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THE MORNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SAFE SCHOOL OPENING ON MONDAY MORNING.

SO TO CUSTODIAL MANAGER CHRISTINA HERNANDEZ AND HER TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. [APPLAUSE] ANOTHER GREAT THING THIS PAST WEEK WE GOT NEWS FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.

EACH YEAR, THEY IDENTIFY SOME SPECIFIC SCHOOLS TO BE NOMINATED AS NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR, 13 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, 13 ACROSS TEXAS WERE NOMINATED TO BE AN EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMANCE CAMPUS GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND THIS IS JUST A FUN PICTURE.

ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I HOPE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING KNOW THAT WE ARE BACK IN GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

AND THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS I COULD HAVE PULLED ANY PICTURE, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE PLAYS THAT TOOK PLACE AT SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT HAD STUDENTS FROM AGE THREE THROUGH 12TH GRADE, AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, GREAT JOB AS OUR ALL OF OUR PRODUCTIONS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

THIRD GRADE NOT AGE THREE, 3RD GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.

NOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

IN GRAND PRAIRIE WE DO SOMETHING WHERE WE TAKE OUR NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS AND WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ASSESSED IN READING, WRITING, LISTENING AND SPEAKING AT THE

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SO WHAT THIS DATA, WE HAD A TOTAL OF SIX HUNDRED AND FIVE STUDENTS WHO WERE EITHER IN ONE WAY OR TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE CLASS THAT SAT FOR THE TEST.

OF THOSE 605, FIFTY EIGHT PERCENT OF THEM RECEIVED HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH CREDIT.

ALL RIGHT. THIRTY FIVE PERCENT OF THEM RECEIVED SPANISH 1 SPANISH 2 AND SPANISH 3.

[APPLAUSE] SO THEY'RE IN THE FIFTH GRADE I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE DO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR WRITING AND WE DO THEIR ARD DEVELOPMENTAL READING ASSESSMENTS.

THIS SLIDE IS BASICALLY TO LET YOU KNOW THE GROWTH.

SO IS IT A STRUGGLE? IT IS A STRUGGLE, A STRUGGLE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IT'S A STRUGGLE FOR OUR STAFF, BUT WE ARE SEEING GROWTH.

SO WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ON OUR WRITING SAMPLES AGAIN, OUR WRITING SAMPLES ARE EVALUATED BASED ON A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL THAT THAT IS PROVIDED TO OUR TEACHERS FOR SCORING.

SO WE WENT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR FROM 55 TO 71 PERCENT. AND ON OUR READING, WHICH WE ALL KNOW READING IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE GATEWAY FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO OUR CONCENTRATION THIS YEAR IS GROWTH, GETTING BACK WHAT STUDENTS HAVE LOST.

AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE GROWTH IN OUR READING ASSESSMENTS AS WELL FROM OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, 39 PERCENT TO 44 PERCENT.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MOVING ON, THIS IS OUR QUARTER 2 ASSESSMENTS.

WE GIVE THIS THREE TIMES A YEAR AT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY AND FOUR TIMES A YEAR IN SECONDARY.

AND SO YOU SEE HERE, WHEN WE DO OUR ASSESSMENTS, WE CALIBRATE THEM AS THOUGH THEY WERE A STAAR TEST. THEY ARE DIFFICULT TESTS.

THEY ARE TESTED OVER CURRENT NINE WEEKS SE'S AND ANY PRIOR SE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TAUGHT. AND ESPECIALLY IF WE SAW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT INTENTIONALLY NEEDED TO BE RETAUGHT, IT'S THERE AS WELL.

SO ELEMENTARY ASSESSES READING, MATH AND SCIENCE.

SECONDARY ASSESS READING, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.

AND THERE'S IF WE WERE CALIBRATING TO A STAAR SCORE, THAT'S OUR SECOND QUARTER ASSESSMENTS . BOARD OF TRUSTEES YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE.

ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PART CALLED WE'LL GET YOU THERE.

I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE DATA IS THERE.

WE HAVE FIFTY TWO REGULAR ROUTES, THIRTY SIX SPECIAL EDUCATION ROUTES, PRE-K ROUTES AND WE EVEN HAVE MIDDAY ROUTES, MCKINNEY–VENTO AND CTE INTERNSHIPS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

IT'S AMAZING IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERSONNEL, WE HAVE FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE EXTRACURRICULAR TRIPS.

I SIMPLY WANT TO SHOW THAT NUMBER FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT STUDENTS SAFELY TRANSPORTED DAILY.

IT IS A HUGE ENDEAVOR, AND EVEN THOUGH AND I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY SAW YOU'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, STAFFING HAS BEEN SHORT EVERYWHERE, BUT I'VE SEEN IN THE MORNING NEWS DISTRICTS THAT ARE SAYING ROUTES ARE RUNNING LATE.

ROUTES WERE RUNNING LATE. OUR ROUTERS, OUR MECHANICS, ANYONE WHO HAD A CDL AND WAS QUALIFIED OR THEY WERE IN THOSE BUSSES.

AND IF YOU WEREN'T QUALIFIED, YOU WERE ON THERE AS A MONITOR.

AND TYPICALLY, WE MISS ABOUT 10 BUS DRIVERS A DAY.

BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL SAFELY AND WE'RE STILL GETTING THERE ON TIME.

AND I APPRECIATE OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

[APPLAUSE] AND ANOTHER PICTURE AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. NOW FOR OUR PROGRAM DATA.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN PRESENT IT BETTER THAN I CAN.

A LOT OF TIMES I'LL TELL YOU THAT AS A MATTER OF FACT.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CTE PERSONNEL AND THE BEST STUDENTS IN OUR CTE PROGRAM TO UPDATE YOU ON PROGRAMING AND CTE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT ELLIS AND BOARD TRUSTEES.

WE ARE HONORED TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR DATA TONIGHT.

THE STUDENTS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH ALREADY, BUT I BROUGHT TWO ADDITIONAL STUDENTS ALONG WITH ME TO SHARE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT ELLIS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS EMMA POPE AND I AM IN THE HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM.

GRAND PRAIRIE ISD CTE IS COMMITTED TO PREPARING AND GROWING OUR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

SO FAR, WE HAVE OBTAINED THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHT 21ST CENTURY SKILL AND INDUSTRY BASED STUDENT CERTIFICATIONS.

WE'VE PRODUCED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY CTSO STATE QUALIFIERS AND HAVE HAD SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY STUDENT INTERNS WITH 84 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY BUSINESS PARTNERS.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENT ELLIS AND BOARD TRUSTEE.

MY NAME IS SANJEEV MARGABANDHU, AND I AM IN THE ENGINEERING PROGRAM.

FOR OVER A DECADE, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN GRAND PRAIRIE HAS BEEN A TRAILBLAZER.

BUT WE KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO GROW AND IMPROVE.

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AS MS. DOUGLAS HAS STATED, FEBRUARY IS CTE MONTH.

YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A CTE CALENDAR AS YOU'RE ENJOYING YOUR SPECIAL TREAT FROM BISTRO 161 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE YOUR CTE HIGHLIGHTER TO INDICATE ANY ACTIVITY YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND DURING THE REST OF THE MONTH.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] THAT'S GREAT. IN CLOSING, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CTE ADVISORY BOARD, CTE ACTION TEAM, CTE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS FOR THE SUPPORT IN BEING HERE TONIGHT.

BUT MOST OF ALL, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR PASSION, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE, YOU SHOW UP.

YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD JOB [APPLAUSE].

I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THANK YOU TO THE ADVISORY BOARD.

YOU DO SO MUCH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEY COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND DID I UNDERSTAND MR. BUCHMEYER CORRECT THAT AT THE STATE COMPETITION, WE WON HALF OF THE MEDALS ACROSS THE STATE. YES.

I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SAID AGAIN.

[APPLAUSE] AMAZING. GREAT JOB.

THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT.

THANK YOU, MS. ELLIS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[10. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

MADAM PRESIDENT.

YES, SIR. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION, MR. BROOKS, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

MS. LYLES. DO WE HAVE IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

MOTION CARRIES 6 0.

[11. PUBLIC HEARING]

MELISSA STEGER, CHIEF DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS OPERATOR.

DR. STEGER.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CARRILLO, MS. ELLIS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU ALL KNOW THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR.

ANY TIME WE GET TO TALK ABOUT DATA.

ANNUALLY TEA PRODUCES THE TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT, BUT NOTHING I CAN PRESENT STANDS OR HOLDS A CANDLE TO THE EXCELLENCE AND THE PERFORMANCE REPORTING THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS EVENING.

IN YOUR PACKETS YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THE DISTRICT REPORT AND A COPY OF THE TAPR REPORT FOR EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES, YOU MAY HAVE COMBED THROUGH ALL NINE HUNDRED AND I THINK IT WAS 36 PAGES THIS YEAR, BUT WE WANTED TO TO OFFER THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO SHARE SOME OF THE INFORMATION.

JUST A SMALL TIDBIT OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS IN THE TAPR HEARING, EXCUSE ME, IN THE TAPR REPORT. IN THE TAPR REPORT, THERE ARE MULTIPLE SECTIONS AND MULTIPLE PIECES OF DATA, AND WHAT IS TYPICALLY ONE OF THE LARGEST SECTIONS IS THE STAAR DATA THAT'S IN THERE.

BUT IF YOU'LL RECALL WE PRESENTED SOME OF OUR PRELIMINARY STAAR DATA BACK IN JUNE, AND THE ONE THING THAT WE HONED IN ON IS DURING THE YEAR 2020-2021 WAS WHAT WE'RE CALLING, WHAT WE'RE PROCLAIMING IS THE YEAR THE ASTERISK BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TEST WITH US TO COMPARE OUR PERFORMANCE TO THE STATE.

IT'S NOT EQUITABLE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR BUILDINGS ALL YEAR.

AND SO REFLECTING ON THAT DATA WITH ANY KIND OF A COMPARISON TO PRIOR YEAR'S COMPARISON TO THE STATE NORMALLY MAKES SENSE.

BUT IN THIS ONE INSTANCE, IT REALLY DOESN'T.

BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT DOES MAKE SENSE TO LOOK AT COMPARISONS, TO LOOK AT TRENDS, TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE.

AND SO THE NEXT SECTION THAT THE TAPR REPORT MOVES INTO IS OUR GRADUATION RATES, AND IT ALWAYS EXCITES ME TO LOOK AT THESE SECTIONS AND TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHING. SO ONE THING THAT I WANT TO REMIND YOU IS BECAUSE OF THE REPORTING CYCLES,

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AND SO THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT TEA HAS PUBLISHED IS THE CLASS OF 2020.

BUT WE LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION WITH OUR STUDENTS IS NOT JUST THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN NINE OUT OF 10 OF OUR STUDENTS THAT START NINTH GRADE GRADUATE WITHIN FOUR YEARS.

BUT WE LOOK AT THE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING AFFORDED FOR OUR DISTRICTS AND FOR OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND HOW THOSE NEEDS ARE BEING MET IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER. AND SO THIS SHOWS A MULTI-YEAR TREND.

BUT IF YOU JUST COMPARE WHERE GRAND PRAIRIE ISD IS COMPARED TO THE STATE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CLASS OF 2020, NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE A HIGHER GRADUATION RATE THAN THE STATE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING AFFORDED MORE EQUITABLY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE ARE EXCELLING ACROSS THE STATE.

EXCUSE ME MORE SO THAN THAN THE STATE.

BUT IN GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, SIMPLY GETTING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA IN THE HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS IS NOT ENOUGH.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY OF THEIR LIVES.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LAYING A SOLID FOUNDATION BEFORE THEY LEAVE US.

SO WE DON'T JUST LOOK AT, ARE WE GETTING THEM GRADUATED? BUT ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GRADUATING WITH THAT SOLID FOUNDATION? SO ANOTHER PIECE OF DATA THAT, TEA REPORTS, IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR GRADUATES ARE GRADUATING WITH AN ADVANCED DIPLOMA? AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE MINIMUM STANDARD. IT USED TO BE THE MINIMUM PLAN.

NOW IT'S THE FOUNDATION PLAN, AND THEN WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EARN ENDORSEMENTS. THEY CAN EARN ONE OR MULTIPLE ENDORSEMENTS OR A DISTINGUISHED LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT. AND SO IN THE CLASS OF 2020, WE HAD 93 PERCENT OF OUR GRADUATES GRADUATE WITH AN ENDORSEMENT OR THAT DISTINGUISHED LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT.

SO WE ARE NOT MAKING.

WE ARE ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT WALKING AWAY WITH SIMPLY THAT MINIMUM STANDARD, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING THAT PATHWAY FOR THEM MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN THE LAST MOST CLUSTER OF BARS ON THIS CHART REPRESENTS WHERE WE WERE WITH CLASS OF 2019. SO WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THOSE STUDENTS.

AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE MINIMIZATION OF THOSE PERFORMANCE GAPS AMONG THOSE STUDENT GROUPS SHOWS THAT THAT WE'RE ENSURING THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHERE THAT FAIR, WHERE WE FAIR RELATIVE TO THE STATE.

OUR GRADUATION RATE WAS ONE.

THERE WAS ONE PERCENTAGE POINT DIFFERENCE.

WE WERE ONE POINT AHEAD, IF YOU WILL, OF THE STATE ON OUR GRADUATION RATE.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE ADVANCED DIPLOMAS, THERE'S A FIVE PERCENTAGE POINT GAP, WE ARE CLEARLY LAYING A MORE SOLID FOUNDATION IN GRAND PRAIRIE ISD THAN THE REST OF THE STATE.

WE'VE KNOWN THAT WE'RE TRAILBLAZERS.

SOMEONE SAID EARLIER THAT OUR CTE PROGRAM HAS BEEN TRAILBLAZING.

WE'RE TRAILBLAZING ACROSS THE BOARD, MAKING SURE THAT THAT FOUNDATION IS SOLID MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR STUDENTS.

BUT AN ENDORSEMENT AND A DISTINGUISHED LEVEL ACHIEVEMENT ALONE IS STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FOUNDATION IS EVEN MORE STRONG, THAT THAT FOUNDATION IS EVEN MORE SOLID.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING, MEETING COLLEGE READINESS INDICATORS.

WE ARE AT 47 PERCENT OF OUR GRADUATES.

WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

WE'RE WORKING TO GET THAT UP.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THE INCREASE OVER THE CLASS OF 2019 AND HOW WE ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND PART OF THAT COLLEGE READINESS INDICATOR.

LET ME BACK UP. EXCUSE ME, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING A COLLEGE READY GRADUATE, THERE ARE FOUR CRITERIA UNDER WHICH THE STUDENTS FALL.

THIS IS MEETING THE TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE CRITERIA, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY MEETING A BENCHMARK SCORE ON THE SAT, THE ACT OR THE TSI ASSESSMENT.

ANOTHER WAY IS THE STUDENTS SCORE THREE OR HIGHER ON AN AP EXAM, WHICH EARNS THEM COLLEGE CREDIT. ALSO EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT VIA DUAL CREDIT OR ONRAMPS DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES IS ANOTHER WAY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, EARNING AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IS HOW.

AND SO WE'RE OPENING THOSE DOORS AND CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IF WE HONE IN SPECIFICALLY ON OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT THROUGH DUAL CREDIT OR ONRAMPS WE HAD IN CLASS OF 2019 21 PERCENT, APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EVERY FIVE STUDENTS WERE LEAVING WITH A COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT WITH COLLEGE HOURS ON IT, YOU FAST FORWARD TO THE CLASS OF 2020 AND IT'S MORE THAN ONE IN EVERY THREE STUDENTS WHO ARE

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JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS THIRTY FOUR 33.5 ROUNDS UP TO THIRTY FOUR. YOU LOOK AT THE STATES PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS SITTING AT 26 PERCENT AND THEN LOOKING AT AMONG OUR STUDENT GROUPS THOSE GAPS.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE CREATING MORE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET MORE OF OUR STUDENTS IN THOSE ADVANCED COURSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THOSE DUAL CREDIT.

BUT AGAIN, COMPARING WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STATE WE ARE DEFINITELY CLOSING THE GAP MUCH FASTER. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT DR.

ALEXANDER AND DR.

HERRON WOULD NOT LET ME WALK OUT OF THE ROOM.

I DIDN'T PUT IT ON A SLIDE TO POINT OUT, BUT I WILL SAY 16 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS EARNED THOSE DUAL CREDIT OR DUAL ENROLLMENT HOURS VIA OUR ONRAMPS PROGRAM, WHICH IS A DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

WE HAVE 16 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS.

ALL THAT TO SAY, ONE IN SIX OF OUR GRADUATES ARE WALKING OUT OF HERE WITH A TRANSCRIPT FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS THAT HAS COLLEGE HOURS ON IT.

ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S OK. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S OK. I DON'T KNOW IF DR.

IT'S ALL IN THE SYSTEM.

HEARTS, BUT IT'S A GREAT THING WE'RE DOING DOESN'T MATTER, WE DO HAVE VERY PROUD ALUM IN THE AUDIENCE.

YEAR IS WHEN WE GET TO CELEBRATE OUR GRADUATES, BUT WE DON'T CELEBRATE THEIR ENDING OF THEIR JOURNEY WITH US. WE'RE CELEBRATING THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JOURNEY AND CLEARLY OUTLINING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE AFFORDED THAT WE'VE HELPED MAKE POSSIBLE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TO CELEBRATE THEIR TENACITY AND THEIR ENDURANCE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MOVING FORWARD. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE TAPR REPORT. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT JOB, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING 2020 2021 TAPR REPORT.

ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT MAY COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

OK. ALL RIGHT.

NO ONE COMES FORWARD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE ACTION AGENDA ITEM A, DISTRICT-WIDE BIPOLAR

[12.A. District-Wide Bipolar Ionization Installation Contract]

THE PRESENTER MR. JOEL FALCON, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.

WE SKIPPED AROUND.

THERE IT IS. IT WAS BURIED.

PRESIDENT CARRILLO, TRUSTEES, MS. SUPERINTENDENT ELLIS, GOOD EVENING.

THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BOARD A PROJECT UPDATE ON THE SAFETY AND HEALTH COMPONENT OF THE ESSER 3 OF THE ESSER 3 GRANT, SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY UPGRADES.

AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THIS WHOLE SYSTEM THIS WHOLE PROGRAM IS THE SCOPE OF WORK IS IN THREE PHASES.

AND EACH PHASE.

THANK YOU. EACH PHASE WAS VETTED BY OUR M&O DEPARTMENT, OUR HVAC TEAM AND OUR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, OUR ENGINEER, OUR MECHANICAL ENGINEER OF RECORD, A CONSULTING GROUP.

SO IT WAS AND THEN OF COURSE, EVERYTHING WAS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY OUR BUSINESS OFFICE AND OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

SO THANKS FOR EVERYBODY, ALL TEAM MEMBERS THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN.

SO THE FIRST PHASE OF WORK IS GOING TO BE OUR THERMOSTAT CONTROLS, AND THERE YOU CAN SEE A TIMELINE OF WHAT WE WENT THROUGH.

BUT FIRST, LET ME JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THERMOSTAT CONTROLS.

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SO AS YOU SEE HERE ON OCTOBER 18TH, PURCHASING REQUESTED QUOTES FROM OUR VENDORS, THE 21ST, WE ONLY HAD ONE BID RESPONSE SERVICES WERE PROCURED THROUGH OUR BUY BOARD PURCHASING CO-OP.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DTERMINED WHEN WE GOT INTO THIS IS THAT WE COULD PROBABLY DO THIS IN HOUSE RATHER THAN HAVE A CONTRACTOR DO THE WORK.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SAVING SOME DOLLARS THERE.

THE WORK IS, AS I SAID, IS GOING TO BE DONE IN HOUSE.

ON 1-10 OF 2022 WE DID HIRE ONE HVAC CONTROL WITH ESSER FUNDS, NOT WITH GENERAL FUNDS.

AND THEN ON 11-11-2021, THE BOARD APPROVED THE INSTALLATION OF THE UNITS.

PHASE TWO. WE'VE GOT BIPOLAR IONIZATION.

THIS IS MAKING HEADLINES IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS.

THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY AN OLD TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S BEEN USED MANY FOR MANY DECADES IN HOSPITALS, IN RESEARCH AREAS, AT DOCTOR'S OFFICES FOR THOSE YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO HAVE CLEANER ENVIRONMENTS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FOR CLASSROOM AND REALLY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN EVERY OFFICE.

THE DELIVERY METHOD WE USED, YOU CAN SEE ON 12-13-2021 WAS THE COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL, OR CSP, FOR 2,500 UNITS DISTRICT-WIDE.

AND I JUST WANT TO FOOTNOTE THIS THAT EARLIER IN IN THE FALL, WE HAD DONE AN ASSESSMENT OF JUST HOW MANY WE HAD AND WE CAME UP WITH 2,800.

SO THE DIFFERENCE IS WE HAD A DUPLICATION OF SOME SCHOOLS, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, WE ALSO HAD HOUSTON, AND THOSE ARE DUPLICATIONS.

SO WHEN WE CLEANED ALL THAT UP, WE CAME OUT WITH 2,500 UNITS.

SO THAT'S THE NUMBER YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON THE ACTION ITEM THAT FOLLOWS THIS PRESENTATION. JANUARY 18TH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE RECEIVED FOUR VENDORS.

WE RECEIVED BID SUBMISSIONS FROM FOUR VENDORS AND THEN ON 1-24-2022 PURCHASING REQUESTED THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER FROM THE FOUR VENDORS BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH CLOSE PRICING.

AND THAT'S THE THING YOU WANT WHEN YOU HAVE A CSP, YOU WANT TO GET THAT COMPETITIVE PRICING, WHICH WE GOT.

ON 1-27-2022 WE RECEIVED THE FINAL BIDS AND THEN THOSE WERE OPEN AND THEN THEY WERE FORWARDED TO OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE, OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE, COMPRISED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND OUR ENGINEER OF RECORD.

AND THEN THEY MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO MYSELF AND THEN WE FORWARDED ON TO PURCHASING.

AND THEN WE'RE UP TO THIS DATE WHERE WE HAVE THIS FOR BOARD APPROVAL THIS EVENING.

BEFORE I GO TO PHASE THREE, LET ME JUST ALSO SAY THAT AGAIN, I SAID I WOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BIPOLAR ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES AND IT'S A COUPLE OF SLIDES OVER.

BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE BIPOLAR IS IT IS TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY.

IT'S NOT A DISINFECTANT.

OK. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MISNOMER THERE.

THIS IS TO PURIFY THE AIR IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR OFFICES, COMMON AREAS AND JUST ABOUT EVERY LOCATION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO FOOTNOTE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT. OUR SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE THAT DOES INCLUDE DISINFECTANT IS WITH OUR WONDERFUL CUSTODIAL TEAM. YOU KNOW, THEY WILL COME BEHIND IN THE EVENINGS AND THEY WILL WIPE DOWN ALL THE HIGHLY TOUCHED AREAS WITH DISINFECTANT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADDING DEFENSE LINES.

SO ALONG WITH THAT, AND WE DO ALSO ELECTROSTATIC MISTING.

SO WE HAVE ELECTROSTATIC MISTING AND WE HAVE THE DISINFECTING WHERE THE CUSTODIAN'S WIPE DOWN. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING BPI.

PHASE THREE IS HVAC REPLACEMENT.

THIS YOU CAN SEE THERE.

THERE'S ALSO THE DELIVERY METHOD WAS COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL CSP AND WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS TRUMAN, ADAMS, CROCKETT AND THE ALEXANDER BUILDING.

AND THE REASON AND THE HOW WE CAME UP WITH THESE SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE A MASTER SCHEDULE OF LISTS, ALL THE CAMPUSES BY [INAUDIBLE] CAMPUSES, HVAC EQUIPMENT BY YEAR, BY TYPE.

AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE INSTALLATION TOOK PLACE AT THESE CAMPUSES BETWEEN 92 AND 99. SO THIS WAS AN EASY AND EASY CHOICE.

TYPICALLY, YOU WANT TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, YOU WANT TO HAVE HVAC SYSTEMS HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS REPLACED EVERY 25 YEARS, AND THAT'S IF YOU HAVE A ROBUST PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

YOU CAN SEE ON 118, WE HAD TWO VENDORS RESPOND WITH THEIR BID SUBMITTALS AND THEN AGAIN

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AND THEN WE SUBMITTED IT TO PURCHASING TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD THIS EVENING.

SO WHAT IS BIPOLAR IONIZATION? BIPOLAR IONIZATION, THE UNITS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING ARE BASICALLY, YOU CAN BASICALLY HOLD THEM IN YOUR PALM.

THEY'RE REALLY SMALL UNITS AND THEY'LL BE INSTALLED IN EVERY HVAC UNIT OR AT LEAST THE 2,500 THAT DO NOT HAVE THEM.

WHAT THEY DO IS THEY EMIT IONS INTO THE CLASSROOM.

YOU CAN'T FEEL THEM. YOU CAN'T SEE THEM.

YOU CAN'T SMELL THEM. BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY WILL WORK.

THEY WILL GO AFTER PARTICULATES.

THEY WILL GO AFTER COVID 19.

THEY DUST JUST ABOUT ANY, ANY LIKE I SAID ANY PATHOGENS, ANY PARTICULATES IN THE CLASSROOM. THEY WILL GO IN TURN THROUGH OUR RETURN AIR SYSTEM AND THEN THEY WILL GO TO OUR FILTRATION SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE CAPTURED.

AND AGAIN, THAT JUST CREATES A SMOOTHER AIRFLOW IN THE CLASSROOMS, WHETHER IT'S HEAT OR AIR. HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S INDEPENDENT TESTING THAT CONFIRMS KILL RATE.

I SHOULD HAVE USED SUCCESS RATE.

I'M SORRY.

KILL RATE IS AS HIGH AS 99.9 PERCENT FOR A VARIETY OF PATHOGENS.

MOLD SPORES, INCLUDING COVID 19.

BOARD IN YOUR BOARD PACKETS OR AT YOUR DESKS WE DID PROVIDE SOME LABORATORY TESTING RESULTS OF A NUMBER OF PATHOGENS, PARTICULATES AND THE MAJORITY ARE IN THE 99 PERCENTILE RANGE, WHICH IS VERY, VERY HIGH.

ONE THING I THINK THE COACHES WILL APPRECIATE IS THAT IT ALSO GOES AFTER ODORS AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, OR VOCS, ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU FIND OUTDOORS INDOORS.

ANYTHING FROM VEHICLE EMISSIONS TO FRAGRANCES TO AEROSOLS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND IT WILL TURN THEM ALL INTO GASES AND IT'LL TRAVEL THROUGH THE SAME SYSTEM AS THE PATHOGENS.

AND LASTLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT ENERGY SAVINGS.

WHEN INDOOR AIR IS CLEAN AND REDIRECTED, IT REQUIRES LESS OUTSIDE AIR THAT HAS TO ENTER INTO THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.

CDC GIVES A REQUIREMENT OF SO MUCH OUTSIDE AIR THAT HAS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THEIR SYSTEM. BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS ON A SUMMER DAY OR IN THE SPRING, IT CAN CREATE A REAL HUMID ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT'S NOT VERY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT VERY CONDUCIVE FOR LEARNING. AND THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF A HVAC UNIT.

A LOT OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR UNITS ARE ON ROOF, SO WE REFER TO THEM AS ROOFTOP UNITS.

AND THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY CAN BE REMOVED IS BY HOISTING THROUGH WITH A CRANE OR BY SOMETIMES BY HELICOPTER.

BUT THIS IS JUST IT WAS DONE THIS PAST YEAR AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

MADAM PRESIDENT.

YES, MR. FALCON, FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL DATA THAT YOU GAVE US THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A WEEK TO LOOK OVER AND DIGEST.

THAT DEFINITELY HAS HELPED KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO DO.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY DISTRICTS AROUND THE METROPLEX OR CAN YOU GIVE AN ESTIMATE OF OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THIS RIGHT NOW FOR THIS PURPOSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR TO INCREASE AIR QUALITY? YES, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUITE A FEW MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX. AND SO WE'RE JUST USING ONE.

SO I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THEM.

AND THEY HAVE THEY'RE WORKING WITH 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED OR THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THEM OR THEY'RE INSTALLING THEM.

I'VE SPOKE WITH MY PEER, ONE OF MY PEERS AT ARLINGTON ISD, AND THEY STARTED INTRODUCING THEM IN 2017 WITH THEIR BOND PROGRAMS. SO ALL RENOVATED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AND NEW BUILDINGS, WERE GOING TO GET THE BPI AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT WE DID A TEST AT GARNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE GOT A CALL. THERE WERE SOME ISSUES, SO WE THOUGHT, WELL LET'S TRY THIS AS A TEST SCHOOL, AND IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.

JUST SOMEONE TOLD ME JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO EARLIER TODAY, RATHER THAT THEY COULD TELL A DIFFERENCE IN THE ODOR. IT JUST THE ODOR WASN'T THERE.

SO I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT.

AND I ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ONCE WE GET THROUGH WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION, THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO WE BE WILL BE WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING TWO ION DETECTORS SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO TEST THE LEVEL OF OZONE AND IONS IN THE CLASSROOM.

OKAY, PERFECT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY NEXT

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THEY ARE. WE CHANGED THAT ROTATION UP ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE WENT FROM TWICE A YEAR TO THREE TIMES A YEAR. OK.

SO IT'S SUPPLEMENTAL. IT'S JUST GOING TO INCREASE THE AIR QUALITY.

PERFECT. AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A MISCONCEPTION AND YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE USED ON FOR SURFACE DISINFECTION.

AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AGAIN THAT THIS AND YOU CAN CONFIRM THIS, THAT THIS IS FOR INCREASED AIR QUALITY.

WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE ALL OF OUR GREAT CUSTODIAL STAFF COME THROUGH AND DO ALL THE DISINFECTING THAT THEY NORMALLY DO ON TOP OF THIS.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES MA'AM.

AND ALL OF THIS IS BEING PAID OUT OF ESSER FUNDS, NOT LOCAL FUNDS, CORRECT? YES. OK.

AND THOSE JUST TO GO ON RECORD, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THOSE ESSER FUNDS AND WHAT THEY'RE BEING SPENT ON OR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, UNDER OUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN GO THERE, THERE'S AN ESSER 3 LINK.

IT GIVES YOU ALL THE INFORMATION THERE, INCLUDING THIS WHAT WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT, THAT'S ON THERE. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME AND ARE CURIOUS, THAT'S WHERE TO GO. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND WAY TO GO.

THANK YOU, MR. FALCON, I HAVE A QUESTION.

YOU DID SAY THAT WE'RE GOING FROM 28 TO 25.

IS THAT CORRECT BECAUSE OF DUPLICATION? YES, MA'AM. OK.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

MS. PRESIDENT. YES, I WOULD.

I'M JUST REALLY CURIOUS.

AND IF I MISSED IT, I APOLOGIZE.

I KNOW YOU'RE INSTALLING THESE ON EXISTING UNITS, RIGHT? ARE THEY? WHERE DO WE INSTALL THESE THINGS? IS THIS GOING ON THE UNIT? IS THIS IN THE DUCTING? IS IT? IT CAN GO IN EITHER LOCATION.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN THE DUCT.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN THE DUCT AND ON THE DOWNWARD SLOPE.

SO IT WILL BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

BUT YES, SIR, IT'LL BE.

IT'LL BE ON THE DUCT. OKAY? AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEM YET BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE BOARD APPROVES AND HAVE TO GET A PURCHASE ORDER AND NOTICE TO PROCEED THAT WILL GO OUT TO THE CONTRACTORS. BUT ONCE WE DO THAT, WE CAN START WORKING WITH THEM AND START MOBILIZING.

AND I WILL TELL THE BOARD THAT IN THIS CLIMATE OF UNCERTAINTY WITH DELIVERIES AND LOGISTICS, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT AT THE MERCY OF THE MANUFACTURER AND ALSO OF THE SHIPPING COMPANIES. SO WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN GET WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE BPI UNITS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO MUCH SMALLER AND THEY'RE MORE READILY AVAILABLE.

I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THOSE SOONER THAN THE HVAC REPLACEMENTS THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING FOR THIS SUMMER, BUT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

AND THOSE UNITS CAN BE INSTALLED WITH LITTLE TO NO DISRUPTION TO THE CLASSROOM, CORRECT, IF YOU WERE TO GET THOSE AND IT WAS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WELL, YES. NOT THE HVAC, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BPI.

YEAH. WELL, THEY CAN, BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO, IT'S STILL A PROCESS AND WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH WHAT MS. DREW IS DOING WITH HER TEAM.

AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS, BUT WE'LL BE WORKING.

IF WE CAN GET THE UNITS IN WE WANT TO REALLY RUN A TIGHT SCHEDULE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET IT ALL DONE THIS SUMMER. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT OR NOT.

IT'LL PROBABLY SPILL INTO THIS FALL.

BUT IF THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL JUST GO TO EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS.

SO THAT WAY WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DON'T STAY.

WE DON'T OR WE AREN'T INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T INTERRUPT INSTRUCTION IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A TURNKEY PROJECT.

SO THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE WORKING AND WE'LL BE MANAGING THAT PROCESS.

AND I THINK IT'S GREAT. I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE MORE LAYER OF PROTECTION THAT WE CAN OFFER OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

[INAUDIBLE] MR. FALCON, QUICK QUESTION. WHAT IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY ON THE BPI UNITS? AND WHAT IS THE COST FROM MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT ON THOSE? THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO 10 YEARS AND THE COST RANGES FROM $300 TO $500 DOLLARS A UNIT. IT JUST DEPENDS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT SIZED UNITS IN THE DISTRICT, SO IT'S NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

HMM.

MADAM PRESIDENT.

YES, SIR. SO MOVED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A A MOTION MR. TERRY BROOKS AND WE HAVE A SECOND MR. BRYAN PARRA. NO BURKE DID SECOND.

BURKE, DID YOU SECOND? IT WAS A TIE I THINK, BUT I'LL TAKE IT.

OK. GO TO THE RUNNER.

AND IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? OK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

MOTION PASSES 6 0.

MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I JUST SAY ONE MORE THING? I PROMISE I'LL GET OUT OF HERE. BUT ONE THING I MENTIONED AT THE STAKEHOLDERS MEETING IS

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TWENTY THREE PERCENT OF THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED TALKING TO PEERS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, THEY GOT EITHER ZERO PERCENT OR JUST VERY LITTLE.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR THAT.

AND THANKS FOR IT, THUMBS UP.

THANK YOU DON'T GO MR. FALCON

[12.B. HVAC Replacement Contract]

I THINK HE DID AS I MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, WE DO HAVE A HVAC REPLACEMENT AT FOUR CAMPUSES AND THE CAMPUSES ARE IN YOUR PACKET.

IT IS ADAMS, CROCKETT, TRUMAN AND ALEXANDER, THE ALEXANDER BUILDING.

WE'RE ASKING THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ACTION ITEM 5 MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT DOLLARS.

AND WE AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE DATE ATTACHED TO THIS LIKE WE NORMALLY WOULD LIKE FOR THE PURPOSES I JUST MENTIONED.

SO WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT ONCE IT IS APPROVED, WE WILL COORDINATE WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

OKAY. MADAM PRESIDENT.

OH SORRY. YES, SIR. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING BRYAN? NO JUST GOING MR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF YOU'D ALLOW IT.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION. HAVEN'T MADE THE MOTION YET.

MAN I'VE GOT TO MAKE A MOTION.

MR. HALL.

[LAUGHTER] SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BOARD? AGAIN, I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE M&O DEPARTMENT ARE DOING IT'S A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

MOTION PASSES 6 0.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ACTION ITEM C OUT OF STATE TRAVEL FOR GRAND PRAIRIE FINE ARTS

[Items 12C - 12E]

SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION.

NO. EMILY TOOK MY POWER BUT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

[LAUGHTER] I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, MR. ESPINOSA.

I'M SORRY.

C, D, E.

C, D AND E. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEMS C,D, AND E.

SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A SECOND.

MOTION MS. LILES SECOND MR. HALL.

DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. OK, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO.

THE MOTION CARRIES 6 0. WE'RE GOING TO ACTION ITEM 12H POLICY UPDATES PRESENTER DR.

[12.H. Policy Updates]

[INAUDIBLE] YOUR POINT. YES.

MADAM PRESIDENT, THERE'S NO ACTION TONIGHT ON ITEM F OR G SO YOU'RE CORRECT THAT TAKES US TO ITEM [INAUDIBLE]. OK.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE ABOUT THE POLICY UPDATES THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT. MADAM PRESIDENT.

YES MS. LILES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POLICY UPDATE AS PRESENTED.

OK. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY UPDATES AS PRESENTED.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OK, MR. HALL. MS. LILES MADE THE MOTION MR. HALL THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST TO CONFIRM IT IS ON THE NAMING FACILITIES REVISION.

CORRECT? PARDON.

IT IS ON THE NAMING REVISIONS, CORRECT? YES. YES.

YES, IT IS. OK.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. IT WAS A BID POLICY UPDATE.

THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING ON THERE.

CORRECT. THAT'S RIGHT. OK.

WE HAVE SEVERAL POLICIES THAT ARE BEING APPROVED TONIGHT THAT WERE IN OUR PACKET.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION. MS. LILES, I BELIEVE, MADE THAT MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I DID I SECONDED IT.

OK. MR. HALL.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED NO.

THE MOTION PASSES 6 0. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ACTION ITEM I RESOLUTION FOR PAY DURING

[12.I. Resolution for Pay During Emergency Weather Closure]

PRESENTER MS. LINDA ELLIS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION TO PAY DURING THE EMERGENCY WEATHER CLOSURE FEBRUARY 3RD AND 4TH.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MADAM.

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YOU GOT IT, MAN. IT'S ALL YOU.

THAT'S A TIE I THINK. I'D LIKE TO SO MOVED.

OK. [LAUGHTER] SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE MR., ESPINOSA DID YOU DO THE MOTION? I BELIEVE YOU DID. NO.

BURKE DID THE MOTION. I SECONDED.

ALL RIGHTY. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY, GLORIA, IT'S MOVED AND IT'S SECONDED.

OK. WE HAVE MOVED.

WE HAVE SUBMITTED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR PAY DURING EMERGENCY WEATHER CLOSURE. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE? I JUST I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT CAME OUT DURING THAT ICE STORM TO DO THE WORK THAT WAS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE OUR FACILITIES WERE WORKING AND IN PLACE, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF CAME BACK SAFELY.

SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. NO.

MOTION CARRIES, SO WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ACTION ITEM J EMPLOYEE CONTRACTS PRESENTER MS. ELLIS. MADAM PRESIDENT, THERE'S NO ACTION ON ITEM J.

OR ITEM K. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. LET ME SEE.

WE HAVE AN INFORMATION, RIGHT?

[13. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS]

PRESENTER IS GARY CHAPMAN, OUR CHIEF OF HUMAN CAPITAL.

THANK YOU, LOUIS. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CARRILLO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT ELLIS, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC, WHICH IS OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLAN FOR 22-23 CO-PRESENTING WITH ME TONIGHT.

I'D LIKE SOME OF YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, LET ME INTRODUCE MS. SHELLEY WHITE, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN CAPITAL.

LET'S SEE. YEAH.

YOU KNOW, WE FIND OURSELVES IN SORT OF A NEW WORLD AND IN THAT HUMAN CAPITAL SPACE FOR ATTRACTING AND RETAINING THE QUALITY TALENT THAT WE NEED FOR ALL POSITIONS.

SPECIFICALLY WITH TEACHERS, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE COLLEGES AND TEACHER EDUCATION, OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN 2010 AND 2019, THE NUMBER OF EDUCATION GRADUATES ENROLLING REDUCED BY TWENTY FOUR PERCENT.

THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE THE PERCEPTION OF TEACHING AS AN UNDESIRABLE CAREER. AND YOU NOTICE THOSE DATES THAT WAS PRE-PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND WITHIN THE CURRENT TEACHER WORKFORCE.

APPROXIMATELY TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT SURVEYED HAVE CONSIDERED LEAVING EDUCATION, TAKING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OR EVEN RETIRING.

FRONTLINE EDUCATION IN THE IN THE FALL.

JUST THIS PAST FALL SURVEYED ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS 50 STATES AND OVER 800 SCHOOL DISTRICTS RESPONDED.

SEVENTY THREE PERCENT OF THE LARGE AND SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE MID-SIZED DISTRICT ALL HAD GREATER THAN NORMAL TEACHER SHORTAGES.

THOSE SHORTAGES WITHIN THAT SEVENTY ONE PERCENT FALL INTO VERY FAMILIAR AREAS TO US SPECIAL EDUCATION, SECONDARY MATH AND SCIENCE.

THOSE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, CRITICAL SHORTAGE AREAS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEN SUBSTITUTES WAS ON THAT LIST.

AND HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THAT.

OF COURSE, WE WOULD ALSO ADD BILINGUAL TO THAT LIST BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF THIS BOARD IN YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STAFF.

WE CAN HIGHLIGHT SOME POSITIVES AS WHERE WE STAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR 21-22.

WE STARTED THE YEAR IN THE TOP SEVEN OF TEACHER PAY ACROSS THE BENCHMARK YEARS.

THE AVERAGE TEACHER PAY WAS JUST RIGHT UNDER SIXTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE HAD SEVENTY SEVEN PERCENT RETENTION RATE WITH OUR TEACHERS AND WE'VE INCREASED OUR TEACHING AND STAFF DIVERSITY FIFTY FIVE PERCENT AND SIXTY FIVE PERCENT, RESPECTIVELY.

WHAT WE WEREN'T HAPPY WITH IS THAT WE DID START THE YEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND WE HAD TO HIRE 300 NEW HIRES, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WASN'T ENOUGH TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES, BUT WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE OF THOSE NEW HIRES FIFTY SEVEN PERCENT OF THOSE HAD AT LEAST SOME EXPERIENCE.

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SO WE KNOW WE HAVE PROBLEMS AND WE KNOW KIND OF WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.

BUT THEIR CHALLENGES STILL AHEAD FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, BOTH NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE VERY BEST? WELL, ONE THING WE KNOW WE HAVE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND WE HAVE TO STAY AHEAD OF OUR COMPETITION AND STAY OUTSIDE OF THAT TRADITIONAL BOX SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR REACH AND OUR IMPACT.

IF WE TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, AND WE ARE FINALIZING A CAREERS LANDING PAGE WHERE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES CAN COME TO THE WEBSITE AND DO THEIR SEARCHING AND FIND THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE OFFERED IN GRAND PRAIRIE BENEFITS AND ATTRACTIONS THAT WOULD ENTICE THEM TO COME AND WORK FOR OUR DISTRICT.

WE ARE WORKING WITH AREA UNIVERSITIES TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE ISD THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND FORMATS, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS, AND WE'VE EXPANDED OUR CAREER FAIR SCHEDULING.

WE'VE GONE VIRTUAL WE'RE IN-PERSON WE'RE ON THE SPOT.

WE'RE INTERACTIVE WE'RE EVERYTHING IN THAT REGARD.

AND WE HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE DIGITAL RECRUITING TOOLS LIKE THE CAREERS PAGE, THE DIGITAL AND OTHER PRINT MEDIA.

AND NOW MS. SHELLEY ISS GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES. OK.

AS. YOU KNOW, RECRUITING WORK IS NO LONGER A SEASONAL EVENT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE IN THE YEAR ROUND BUSINESS OF DOING.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE IT A CONSTANT EFFORT.

WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR RECRUITMENT TEAM TO INCLUDE ACROSS DEPARTMENTAL AND CAMPUS BASED TEAM.

IT'S, THEY'RE A THINK TANK, THEY ARE A TASK FORCE, AND THEY ARE COMPRISED OF SOME OF THE GREATEST MINDS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.

AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE WHO ARE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED, PLEASE.

WE ARE LEVERAGING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON CAREER FAIRS WITH MS. CHAPMAN MENTIONED WE ARE INTENTIONAL AND BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT TARGETING DIVERSE POPULATIONS. WE ARE CONNECTING WITH UNIVERSITIES WITH LARGER LATINO AND BLACK STUDENT POPULATIONS. WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS FOR POSTINGS AND CAREER FAIR ADVERTISING, SUCH AS HANDSHAKE AND INDEED, WE HAVE CONTACTS WITH OVER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY UNIVERSITIES BECAUSE OF HANDSHAKE AND MOST UNIVERSITIES UTILIZE THAT PLATFORM AS THEIR RECRUITMENT PLATFORM AND CAREER LANDING PAGE FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND ALUMNI.

SOME OTHER STRATEGIES INCLUDE INCREASED MARKETING, BRANDING AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE LEADING UP TO JOB FAIRS AND UNIVERSITY TABLE VISITS.

JUST YESTERDAY, I VISITED THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

ARLINGTON HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUS, AS WELL AS MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH THE CAREER SERVICES PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

THEY WERE VERY WELCOMING AND THEY WERE ALL ENGAGED IN COMING OVER TO THE TABLE, AND I FELT A LOT OF LOVE AND THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE OUR PARTNER IN THIS ENDEAVOR.

WE DO HAVE PUSH CARDS THAT WE PUT OUT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN TO PUT OUT THE PUSH CARDS AND ALSO DO THE VIRTUAL FLIERS SENDING THOSE OUT TO UNIVERSITIES, SENDING THEM TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE ALSO WITH THE CHAMBER. I'M NOT SURE, MICHELLE IS NOT NOT HERE ANYMORE, BUT SHE HELPED US OUT THE LAST TIME. WE WILL CONTINUE IN THOSE EFFORTS IN GETTING THE WORD OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR ACTION TEAM AND TASK FORCE AND JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE WITHIN DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE GOING OUT TO CONFERENCES, STATE AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS AND TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT THEM AND TELL THEM ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.

SO RECRUITING IS ONLY HALF OF THE PICTURE, WE ALSO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE CARE AND ATTENTION OF OUR MUCH NEEDED AND APPRECIATED CURRENT EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF.

WE ARE UTILIZING DATA COLLECTED FROM QUALTRICS SURVEYS TO GUIDE OUR WORK.

AND THIS INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT PROCESS THAT INCLUDES NEW TEACHER SURVEYS AND STAY SURVEYS.

THE FULL EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE IS HIGHER TO DATE TO END DATE TO RETIREMENT.

ALL OF THAT WHILE MANAGING AND CARING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THIS INCLUDES PARTNERING WITH

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WE'RE WORKING WITH TEXAS A&M COMMERCE.

TEXAS TECH, GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY AND UTA WITH THE CONCEPT OF GROWING OUR OWN, AND WE'RE WORKING TO ADD OTHER PARTNERS ALONG THE WAY.

WE ALL APPRECIATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPETITIVE SALARY AND BENEFITS PACKAGE AND EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, INCENTIVES AND RECOGNITION EVENTS WHICH YOU HAVE GRACIOUSLY BEEN IN SUPPORT OF IN THE PAST OF OUR HARDWORKING STAFF.

GPISD CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO MEET THE DFW MARKET DEMAND IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION IN ORDER TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITHIN AMONGST OUR PEERS.

SO QUOTING FROM INSIGHT EDUCATION, THIS IS WRITTEN IN 2020.

RECRUITING AND RETENTION IS YEAR ROUND, INVOLVES MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, IS DELIVERED WITH MULTIPLE CHANNELS AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS RELATIONSHIP DRIVEN.

SO WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION WITH A BLANK SLATE AND OUR RECRUITING TEAM, OUR TASK FORCE. WE ALSO HAVE OUR HUMAN CAPITAL TEAM AND MICHELLE UNDER MICHELLE'S DIRECTION, AND WE HAVE HAD REALLY A MULTI-LAYER APPROACH TO THIS WHOLE PROJECT IN THIS YEAR ROUND PROJECT, I SHOULD SAY.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING THIS A SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOR, AND WE WANT TO EXPAND AND EXPLORE WAYS AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND EXPLORE NEW WAYS TO REACH OUT.

AND IT DOES TAKE ALL OF US.

SO EACH OF US ARE FROM FROM YOU, TOWARD YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, THE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU LIVE AROUND, THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU LIVE AROUND.

ALL OF US ARE AMBASSADORS IN HELPING GROW THE QUALITY OF EMPLOYEES AND GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.

THERE'S A WEB ARTICLE I THINK SAID IT BEST.

IT'S CALLED THE VALUE OF BELONGING AT WORK.

AND IT SAID WHERE EMPLOYEES AND NEW HIRES ARE MADE TO FEEL WELCOME AND SUPPORTED.

THE RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT IS INCREASED ATTENDANCE, INCREASED JOB PERFORMANCE AND INCREASED RETENTION.

AND CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE HAVE ALL OF THAT, THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE ON OUR STUDENTS SUCCESS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THANK YOU, MISS CHAPMAN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I KNOW THAT MS. LILES AND MS. ELLIS AND I ATTENDED A MEETING [INAUDIBLE] YESTERDAY AND IT WAS YESTERDAY.

AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THE RETENTION, THE RETENTION AND THE FACT THAT THAT TEACHING USED TO BE SUCH A NOBLE PROFESSION.

WE NEED TO MAKE IT.

WE NEED TO MAKE THE THE NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT IT IS A NOBLE PROFESSION.

YES. MS. CHAPMAN, QUICK QUESTION. HAVE WE MADE ANY EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO TEXAS A&M TO SEE.

WHO DO WE NEED TO TALK TO TO OPEN UP THAT LINE? YOU NOTICE SHE DIDN'T SAY UT, BUT SHE DID SAY TEXAS TECH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

OF OUR BOARD AGENDA CALENDAR PRESENTED BY MS. ELLIS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

MONDAY IS A SCHOOL HOLIDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST.

I WANT TO REMIND PARENTS AND STAFF THAT WE HAVE AN EARLY RELEASE DATE MARCH THE 4TH AND SPRING BREAK IS COMING UP MARCH 14TH.

THAT'S IT. OKAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR OPEN FORUM FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS.

[14. OPEN FORUM FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

THE BOARD WILL CAREFULLY CONSIDER ANY CONCERNS THAT ARE EXPRESSED.

YOU WILL LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE KEEP PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS.

IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING A CONCERN COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE, SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBER OR SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, YOU NEED TO UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED AND BOARD POLICY.

DGBA LOCAL FNG LOCAL AND GF LOCAL.

EACH GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. HAVING STATED THAT, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

MS. DORIS HILL.

[01:25:09]

I REPRESENT GRAND PRAIRIE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO EMPHASIZE ENOUGH WHAT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN LIKE PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE HAS LOST SOMEONE THAT THEY LOVE AND A FAMILY MEMBER. I MYSELF HAVE LOST FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE LAST 10 MONTHS, INCLUDING MY DAD, IN JANUARY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS MEANT TAKING PERSONAL DAYS OFF, SPENDING TIME WITH PASSING FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEN ATTENDING SERVICES.

OUR BEREAVEMENT POLICY IS FOR THAT IS FOR A DEATH IN AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY NOT TO SEE FIVE DAYS PER OCCURRENCE.

THESE DAYS, FIVE DAYS ARE EMPLOYEE STATE DAYS.

SURELY THERE'S SOME WAY OTHER THAN TO HAVE EMPLOYEES USE THEIR STATE DAYS FOR A FAMILY DEATH. PROFESSIONALLY, THIS YEAR HAS ALSO BEEN THE HARDEST EVER.

SOME STUDENTS HAVE COME BACK WITH VERY LITTLE STUDENT EXPECTATIONS OR ACCOUNTABILITY, ATTENDANCE AND ASSIGNMENTS OR AT THEIR CONVENIENCE, AND THEY ARE SURE THEY WILL PASS AND GRADUATE. THE THREE CLASS DAY GRACE PERIOD FOR TURNING IN ASSIGNMENTS DISTRICT WIDE IS HARMING OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH BLOCK SCHEDULING THIS MEANS WHERE IT CAN BE TURNED IN UP TO A WEEK PAST THE DUE DATE.

IF THE STUDENT WAS ABSENT DUE TO COVID OR SOME OTHER REASON, THIS CAN MAKE THE ASSIGNMENT ELIGIBLE TO BE SUBMITTED ALMOST THREE WEEKS PAST THE DUE DATE.

CAN YOU EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE THE GRADING NIGHTMARE THIS CREATES FOR THE TEACHERS, NOT TO MENTION STUDENTS LOSING TRACK OF WHAT IS DUE AND WHEN IT'S DUE? I REALLY HOPE THAT THE THREE DAY GRACE PERIOD WILL FOR TURNING IN ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE REEVALUATED FOR NEXT YEAR.

ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY NEA FIFTY FIVE PERCENT OF TEACHERS SAID THAT THEY ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING NOT RETURNING NEXT YEAR. AS YOU JUST SAW, NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO TEACH FOR WHATEVER REASON.

I'M GOING TO GO PAST MY THREE MINUTES, I KNOW, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO READ WHAT I FINISHED WRITING. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A REALLY, REALLY TOUGH YEAR UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM FOR A DAY OR THREE OR MORE TO KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE IT'S SO WONDERFUL.

COME TO THE BOARD MEETINGS AND SEE ALL THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHERS THAT I'M SCARED OF AND I GET SO WORRIED ABOUT. WE'VE GOT TO RAISE OUR EXPECTATIONS.

AS A MOM, MYSELF AND A PARENT AND MOST OF ALL AS A TEACHER, I WANT THE VERY, VERY BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND I KNOW YOU DO TOO.

BUT WE HAVE GOT TO RAISE OUR EXPECTATIONS THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.

SOME OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN JUST GET BY COASTING AND.

OK, YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL MORE THAN YOU NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. HILL. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE WILL MOVE TO COMMENTS FROM OUR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, AND I

[15. COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS]

MADAM PRESIDENT, I FIRST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS RECOGNIZED TONIGHT. ALL THE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF IS ALWAYS A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF OUR MEETINGS.

NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO MRS. STATEMENT, TEACHERS ARE KIND OF UNDER ATTACK REALLY RIGHT NOW.

PARENTS ARE ANGRY.

KIDS ARE ANGRY.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

AND SO IF YOU CAN JUST LOVE ON YOUR TEACHERS AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING BIG, IT CAN BE SOMETHING AS SMALL AS AN ENCOURAGING PHONE CALL OR EMAIL EVEN.

OR WHEN YOU'RE DROPPING OFF YOUR BABIES, GIVE THEM A HUG.

TELL THEM, HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW WHEN OR WHEN YOU PICK THEM UP.

JUST SOMETHING SMALL TO ENCOURAGE THEM BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET BUSIER.

AND I HATE TO SAY WORSE BECAUSE I HOPE IT DOESN'T.

BUT THE LAST PART OF THE YEAR IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT CRAZY.

SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO LOVE ON OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT IF YOU'RE ABLE. I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THE SGP AND REAGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ARCHERY TEAMS. THEY BOTH HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE COMPETITION IN MARCH, I BELIEVE ONE, I THINK SGP.

THIS IS THEIR FOURTH YEAR AND REAGAN, THIS IS THEIR FIFTH YEAR TO GO TO STATE.

SO THAT'S EXCITING.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM IN ACTION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU OUT TO THE REAGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESIDENTS DAY TOURNAMENT THAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.

BOTH THOSE TEAMS WILL BE SHOOTING ON SATURDAY.

I BELIEVE IT'S STARTING AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, SO I'LL BE THERE ROOTING THEM ON.

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AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST CAN'T EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO SIT IN THIS SEAT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AT SUCH AN HONOR AND SOMETHING THAT I THOROUGHLY ENJOY.

AND IF I CAN DO ANYTHING FOR YOU AT ANY TIME, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT AND ENJOY YOUR THREE DAY WEEKEND.

NO SCHOOL MONDAY. THANK YOU.

SO, MR. PARRA.

YES, MA'AM, I WANT TO.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE TRAVIS WORLD LANGUAGE ACADEMY FOR THEIR AMAZING, AMAZING PIECE COMMEMORATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

[APPLAUSE] I WANT TO THANK MS. HAYES FROM THE COUNSELOR AT FLORENCE HILL ELEMENTARY FOR INVITING ME AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MS. FLAVIN'S CLASS FOR OPENING UP THEIR SPACE AND ALLOWING ME TO REACH TO THEIR SECOND GRADE CLASS. I WISH WORK A LOT ALLOWED ME THE ABILITY TO DO MORE, DO IT MORE OFTEN, BUT DEFINITELY THANK YOU.

FLORENCE HILLS IS REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES FIRST PLACES I WAS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AT. IT'S REALLY WHERE I DISCOVERED I WANTED TO BE A TEACHER BECAUSE SO IT WAS IT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO FLORENCE HILL AND BE ABLE TO READ TO THE STUDENTS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR TO THE TO OUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR SERVICE, TO THIS BOARD, TO ALL THE ADMINISTRATION, TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK IT IS, IT IS.

WE ARE ALMOST A SPRING BREAK.

ONCE WE HIT SPRING BREAK, IT'S THE FOURTH QUARTER.

IT'S ALL. IT'S ALL DOWNHILL AFTER THAT.

BUT WHO'S COUNTING? WHO'S COUNTING, THOUGH? EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD NIGHT MR. ESPINOSA, I WANT TO THANK MRS. WHITE FOR HER PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

FOR MOST OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW SHE WAS MY SCIENCE TEACHER IN SEVENTH GRADE.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF I DIDN'T.

I MEAN, I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE PRESENTATION THING.

YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

ALSO, BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO ME, IT'S EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH, NOT JUST ONE MONTH.

AND YOU KNOW, US BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THE HISTORY AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO UNITED STATES, NOT ONLY UNITED STATES, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND SO THIS AMAZING PIECE OF ART HERE IS JUST SOMETHING SMALL OF WHAT THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS DO TO HONOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

ALSO, OUR TEAMS, OUR TEAMS ARE DOING GREAT.

YOU KNOW HERE LATELY, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, ALL OF OUR SPORTS TEAM, AND I WANT TO WISH THE SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE WRESTLING TEAM.

I'M HOPING AND WE'RE ALL CROSSING OUR FINGERS THAT WE GET.

IS IT OUR FIRST STATE CHAMPION, BOYS STATE CHAMPION.

BECAUSE GIRLS JUST KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK? I THINK WE'VE HAD STATE CHAMPIONS ALREADY IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT I THINK IF HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OUR FIRST OR SECOND.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT OUR FIRST BOYS STATE CHAMPION, SO I WISH THEM GOOD LUCK AND SAFE TRAVELS. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THIS BOARD.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, BOARD SERVICE IS VERY UNIQUE COMPARED TO ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICE BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AND WE'RE ALWAYS BEING CALLED OUT FOR THINGS.

AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW, AND YOUR SERVICE.

SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT.

LET'S GIVE THEM FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

[APPLAUSE] AND SO, YEAH, ONE OF MY MENTORS TOLD ME ONE TIME THERE'S TWO THINGS YOU DON'T MESS WITH AND THAT'S YOUR MONEY AND YOUR CHILD.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO IS WE IT'S A HARD POSITION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S IT'S A GREAT, GREAT POSITION.

ALL THE EMPLOYEES OUR FIRST RESPONDER HERE TONIGHT.

LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR KEEPING US SAFE.

[APPLAUSE] YEAH, I WANT TO THANK EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

[01:35:02]

YES, MA'AM. CTE WHAT A FABULOUS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT, AND MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY THINK OF CTE, THEY JUST THINK OF DUBISKI.

AND THAT IS THE MAJOR PART OF CTE, BUT IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS, A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS, A LOT OF TALENT, A LOT OF OF ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC PEOPLE MAKING OUR CHILDREN, TURNING THEM INTO YOUNG, RESPONSIBLE, HARDWORKING MEN AND WOMEN AND WHICH WILL CARRY ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

I'M VERY PROUD OF, I'M LOOKING AT YOU DOWN THERE TOO.

THIS LADY IS.

SHE IS. SHE IS ONE OF THE BACKBONE OF OUR PROGRAM, AND I WANT TO THANK HER SO MUCH, BUT ONLY ABOUT WHAT THE CTE IS, IS THAT IT IS.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S ONE OF THE GREATEST STORIES, AND I WON'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, GO WITH THIS FOREVER, BUT A MAN CAME TO DR.

HULL A FEW YEARS AGO AND SAID THAT HIS CHILD WAS A SPECIAL ED CHILD, AND ALL HE WANTED HIM TO DO WAS JUST GET HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND HE WOULD SACK GROCERIES AT KROGER FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, AND HE WAS OK WITH THAT.

DR. HULL TOLD THE MAN SAID NO.

DR. SIMPSON, EXCUSE ME, DR.

SIMPSON TOLD THE MAN SAID, NO, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

SO SHE BROKE. SHE GOT THE CHILD AND ROLLED IT OVER DUBISKI OVER AT THE MECHANICS OVER THERE. I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER IN THE DIESEL MECHANICS.

RIGHT AFTER THAT CHILD LEFT THE PROGRAM GRADUATED DUBISKI HIGH SCHOOL WENT TO WORK FOR CATERPILLAR SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.

WHAT A SUCCESS, WHAT A SUCCESS, AND THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME NOW.

THAT HAPPENS EVERY MONTH, EVERY WEEK, EVERY YEAR IN OUR PROGRAMS, OUR COUNSELORS, I CALL THEM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE SCHOOL, THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE WHEN SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS, THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE WHEN SOMETHING TRAGIC WITH A STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE.

AND THAT SO HAPPENED TODAY.

I'D LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO KEEP MARSHALL ELEMENTARY FAMILY, THE GPISD FAMILY AND DR.

TINA, EXCUSE ME.

NOT DR. TINA KATES' E FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS, BUT THANK OUR THANK YOU COUNSELORS FOR BEING THERE FOR NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR EMPLOYEES.

THIS BOARD IS A WELL-FUNCTIONING BOARD, THIS BOARD IS A WELL, OLD MACHINE THAT THAT SOMETIMES DISAGREE, BUT ALWAYS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, BUT FOR THE RIGHT OUTCOME.

AND THAT'S THE ADVANCEMENT AND THAT'S FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR NEXT GENERATION. AND WITH THAT, THAT MEANS THEY ALSO SUPPORT OUR FABULOUS SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPALS AND CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

AND WE DO KNOW WE DO REALIZE WE DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK, EVERY MONTH.

AND WE ALWAYS, ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND THROUGH HER SHE WAS DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERY, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU DOING THE VERY BEST THAT SHE CAN WITH WHAT THE DRAMATIC PANDEMIC HAS BROUGHT TO THIS SOCIETY.

AND WITH ALL THAT, I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL FOR BEING MY COLLEAGUE, BEING MY FRIEND, BEING SOMEBODY THAT WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE.

WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE AND RESPECT EACH OTHER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BROOKS.

MR. BURKE HALL. THANK YOU.

SO I JUST I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER HAD A BAD MEETING UP HERE WHEN OUR COUNSELORS WERE HERE. IT'S LIKE THEY'RE THE MOST THE FUNNEST GROUP.

THEY'RE ALWAYS WEARING MATCHING T SHIRTS AND STUFF.

IT'S GREAT. I JUST LOVE THEM.

I REALLY WANT TO JUST AGAIN CONGRATULATE ALICIA CRUMLEY ON WHAT AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. I ALSO WANT OUR STAFF HERE TO TAKE NOTE THOSE KIDS THAT WERE THAT WERE PRESENTING TONIGHT, MAN.

THE MORE YOU GET KIDS TO PRESENT FOR US, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S A FUN THING AND I'D LOVE TO GET SOME DATA FROM THOSE KIDS SOMETIME OVER THE [INAUDIBLE] REPORT OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW. I ALSO REAL QUICK ONE TO APOLOGIZE TO LEANN, WHO WILL BE DOING THESE

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I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE STAFF OF GPISD.

JUST EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE ON THIS LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AND THE WAY THAT OUR STAFF, JUST OUR TEACHERS, EVERYBODY, YOU'RE JUST DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF MAKING THIS DISTRICT RUN, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS COMMUNITY.

I AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SIT IN THIS CHAIR.

IT IS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO GET TO SERVE FOR YOU AND TO GET TO SERVE WITH THIS BOARD.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE LYNN MCGINLEY FOR ALL SHE DOES FOR A SEAT PROGRAM.

LYNN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE THAT THAT SAM BUCHMEYER RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING.

ALICIA CRUMLEY AND SFE THEY'RE ALL TO BE CONGRATULATED.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE TERI WILSON FOR THE ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING JOB THAT WAS DONE ON THE CHRISTINE BLUE BAR ACT THIS PAST WEEK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DID TO BRING THAT TO FRUITION.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH OUR ALASKA VISITORS THIS WEEK, AND I WANT TO THANK MAGDA GRAPE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DOES WITH OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM AND OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM TO ME.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK LARRY JONES FOR THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE THAT WAS DONE AT SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THAT WAS INSPIRED BY [INAUDIBLE].

AND I WANT TO THANK GRACIE CORTEZ FOR THE WORK THAT SHE DOES.

AND LAST OF ALL, I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MS. EMILY LILES.

SHE WAS NAMED AT OUR REGION 10 GRASSROOTS MEETING TASB LAST NIGHT.

SHE IS OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, AND I KNOW THAT SHE WILL DO AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING JOB FOR US AND [APPLAUSE].

MS. ELLIS, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? SHE'S GOOD TONIGHT, OK? BEING THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.