Jun 08, 2023 Special Board Meetings

[CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

THE MEETING IS NOW CONVENED.

IT IS 5:31 P.M..

I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.

MY NAME IS AUDREY MOMANAEE AND I WILL BE PRESIDING OVER THIS MEETING UNTIL A BOARD PRESIDENT IS ELECTED THIS EVENING.

A QUORUM OF THE BOARD.

YES, MA'AM. A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT IN THE BOARD AUDITORIUM.

THEY ARE FROM MY RIGHT ON THE PLATFORM [INAUDIBLE].

CASSANDRA OZEN BRANDY.

MICHELLE CRUZ ARNOLD.

ANGELA LEMON FLOWERS.

RIC CAMPO.

ROLANDO MARTINEZ.

PAULA MENDOZA AND ADAM RIVON.

WE WILL DO.

MY MIC IS ON MY.

WE WILL DO OUR INTRODUCTIONS IN A MOMENT, BUT PLEASE, FIRST RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT MEDITATION.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND HONOR TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

WE'RE MISSING THEM.

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

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED.

I'D LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO EACH INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BRIEFLY, BEGINNING WITH MISS OZEN BANDY, PLEASE.

PROCEEDING ACROSS THE PLATFORM.

BANDY. I'M A NATIVE OF ESTONIA.

I'M A GRADUATE OF BRISTOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[INAUDIBLE] MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE ONE ADULT SON AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE FOURTH GENERATION HISD STUDENTS.

MY GRANDPARENTS GRADUATED FROM WHEATLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND MY PARENTS GRADUATED FROM WHEATLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I AM A PRODUCT OF THE GOOSE CREEK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

MY HUSBAND, JOHN ARNOLD, AND I HAVE ONE SON NAMED GEORGE, AND HE IS A STUDENT IN HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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MY HUSBAND, JOHN, AND I HAVE LIVED IN HOUSTON FOR 16 YEARS.

WE BOTH LOVE HOUSTON ISD AND BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

I'M JANETTE GARZA LINDNER.

I'VE LIVED IN HOUSTON OVER 20 YEARS AND I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN HISD SCHOOLS IN FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE.

I'M HERE BECAUSE WHEN WE ENTERED KINDERGARTEN AND WE SAW THE DISPARITY OF OUTCOMES IN OUR SCHOOLS, I COULDN'T REST UNTIL WE DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

AND SO I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TO DO THE WORK WE CAN TO HELP IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS IN HISD.

THANK YOU. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ANGELA LEMOND FLOWERS.

I AM A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN.

I GREW UP IN SOUTH PARK, MISSOURI CITY.

AND THEN WE MOVED TO THE NORTH SIDE WHERE I GRADUATED FROM KLEIN ISD PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I'M A MOM OF FOUR AND I RAISED MY CHILDREN IN THIRD WARD.

I'M A HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER, A FORMER PRINCIPAL AND AN EDUCATIONAL ADVOCATE WITH 25 YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM.

I'VE WORKED AT EDUCATIONAL NONPROFITS SUPPORTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND I RAISED THREE CHILDREN HERE IN HISD.

MY CHILDREN RECEIVED, RECEIVED SPED SERVICES AND I CHOSE TO BE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BE A COMMUNITY VOICE FOCUSED ON CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND IMPROVING OUR SPED SERVICES FOR ALL OUR FAMILIES AND RAISING STUDENT OUTCOMES FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS RIC CAMPO.

I'VE LIVED IN HOUSTON FOR OVER 47 YEARS.

I SPENT. I SPENT MY TIME HERE RAISING MY FAMILY, BUILDING A BUSINESS, AND USING MY ENERGY EXPERIENCE AND ADVOCACY TO BUILD A BETTER HOUSTON.

I JOINED THE HISD SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE SAME REASON THAT ALL OF YOU ARE HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT A GREAT EDUCATION FOR ALL HISD STUDENTS.

MY GRANDPARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS FROM SPAIN WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AS MIGRANT FARM WORKERS WITH LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION.

AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER, MY LALA TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO GET A GREAT EDUCATION OR I'D BE IN TROUBLE IN THE FUTURE.

I WAS THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, AND IT WASN'T EASY.

FORTUNATELY, I FOUND TEACHERS TO HELP ME GET TO A COLLEGE LEVEL THAT MY HIGH SCHOOL DIDN'T PREPARE ME FOR.

ALL OF ALL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HERE HAVE SIMILAR STORIES AND SHARE THE SAME DESIRE TO IMPROVE HISD STUDENT OUTCOMES AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON. BUENAS TARDES.

MY NAME IS ROLANDO MARTINEZ.

I'M A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN, BORN AND RAISED.

I GREW UP IN THE EAST END SEGUNDO BARRIO.

AND NOW I RESIDE IN THE HOBBY AREA OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

I'M AN HISD STUDENT MYSELF.

MY WIFE, A FORMER ESL STUDENT AS WELL, HAS GONE TO HISD AND HAD THREE KIDS IN HISD AS WELL.

MY HOPE IS THAT IN HISD WE WOULD BE THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT A LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN DO WHEN ALL COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, TEACHERS, STAFF, SUPERINTENDENTS, BOARD MEMBERS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I'M PAULA MENDOZA AND I WAS BORN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOUSTON WITH MY HUSBAND NOW RESIDE FOR THE LAST 30, 30 PLUS YEARS IN THE HEIGHTS.

OUR SON GRADUATED FROM REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOW HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN, AND I AM A PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.

WE ARE ALL HERE TO SERVE OUR CHILDREN OF HISD.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

[INAUDIBLE] GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ADAM RIVON.

I WAS BORN IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

I AM ALSO A PRODUCT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I GREW UP, LIKE MANY FAMILIES AND MANY STUDENTS IN HISD TO A SINGLE MOM.

[SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS]

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY.

MY SON IS A STUDENT.

THAT'S RIGHT. MY SON IS A STUDENT IN HISD.

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AND MANY OF US LIKE YOU ALL AS PARENTS OF HISD, STUDENTS ARE HERE TO IT'S A PLEASURE TO SERVE AT THIS DAIS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

MY NAME IS AUDREY MOMANAEE.

I AM THE MOTHER OF TWO HISD STUDENTS, A SIXTH GRADER AND A THIRD GRADER.

I'M A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN.

I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF PUBLIC EDUCATORS.

I AM THE PRODUCT OF A PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND I ATTRIBUTE ALL MY SUCCESS TO THE WORK THAT I DID AND LEARNED FROM MY TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MY TRAINING AND EDUCATION IS IN THE LAW, AND I'M A TRIAL LAWYER HERE IN HOUSTON AND I HANDLE COMMERCIAL DISPUTES.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING ON THIS BOARD WITH MY COLLEAGUES, AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING OUR CHILDREN IN HISD.

THANK YOU.

SOME OF OUR TRUSTEES ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR TRUSTEES AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE AND TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR THE STUDENTS OF HISD.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE [APPLAUSE].

AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

ONLY THOSE REGISTERED TO SPEAK WILL BE PERMITTED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR PROCEDURES.

NO PERSON WHO IS NOT REGISTERED TIMELY WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE 27 SPEAKERS REGISTERED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING AND I'M REQUESTING THAT EACH OF THOSE SPEAKERS BE GIVEN THE FULL TWO MINUTES TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD.

WE ASK THAT THE SPEAKERS.

WE ASK THAT THE SPEAKERS STAY ON TOPIC AND REFRAIN FROM NAMING INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS, AS THEIR IDENTITY IS PROTECTED BY LAW.

BUT YOU MAY NAME YOUR OWN CHILD IF YOU WISH.

I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RESPECT THE PROCEDURES AND OTHER SPEAKERS AND END YOUR COMMENTS PROMPTLY WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND THE TIMER RINGS. IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIA ZOOM, WE MUST SEE YOU LIVE ON YOUR CAMERA AS YOU SPEAK.

THE FIRST ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ELECTION OF BOARD PRESIDENT WILL STEPHEN HESTER PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

THE SPEAKER IS ALSO REGISTERED TO ADDRESS SEVERAL OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. [APPLAUSE] YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I AM I AM HERE TO REPRESENT KASHMIR [INAUDIBLE] HISD AND MY FAMILY RIGHT.

NOW I SEE ALL YOU GUYS HERE AT THIS BOARD MEETING, AND THIS QUESTION IS ABOUT WHO WAS ELECTED, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, AM I CORRECT? YES. SO I HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE THAT CAME HERE AND WE ALL HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE SIMILAR QUESTION.

NONE OF US VOTED FOR NONE OF YOU GUYS.

WE WE DID NOT VOTE FOR MIKE MILES.

WE DID NOT VOTE FOR MIKE MILES, THIS IS A REPUBLICAN WHITE FEAR TAKEOVER THAT IS HELD BY GREG ABBOTT AND MIKE MORATH, YOUR BOSS.

WE CAME HERE TO SPEAK TO MIKE MILES.

HE'S STILL NOT HERE.

MIKE MORATH IS STILL NOT HERE.

WE OPPOSE THIS ELECTION.

WE OPPOSE THIS TAKEOVER.

WE OPPOSE THE PRESIDENT.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT DOES THIS BOARD HAVE IN PLACE THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT BOARD PRESIDENT HOUSE ALREADY HAD MOVING US INTO A B PLUS AVERAGE.

I WANT TO KNOW, WHAT FOUNDATION PLAN DO YOU GUYS HAVE IN PLACE? CAN SOMEBODY ANSWER THAT QUESTION? WHAT'S THE PLAN? WHAT IS THE PLAN? WELL, SO YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

[INAUDIBLE] SO Y'ALL Y'ALL CAME OUT HERE TODAY TO HAVE MIKE MILES NOT SHOW UP TO SHOW UP THIS WHOLE FAKE MEETING FOR PR TO NOT ANSWER THE PUBLIC QUESTIONS, TO TAKE OUR TAX MONEY AND NOT BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANYTHING.

YOU GUYS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.

YOU GUYS ARE NOT HOUSTONIANS.

YOU GUYS ARE WORKING FOR THE SYSTEM AND THE HIGHER UPS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM ONE APPROVAL TO SUSPEND CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD POLICY BDAA LOCAL REGARDING BOARD OFFICERS. WILL LARRY MCKENZIE PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? THIS SPEAKER IS ALSO REGISTERED TO ADDRESS OTHER AGENDA ITEMS.

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WELL, PLEASE, I WANT TO RECLAIM MY FIVE SECONDS FROM ASKING THAT QUESTION.

NOW MY NAME IS LARRY MCKENZIE.

I'M A TEACHER IN HISD.

THIS IS MY 27TH YEAR TEACHING.

ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UP HERE HAD ALL OF THE CHANCES IN THE WORLD TO HELP HISD.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? NOW SOMEBODY ASKED ME WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT? AND THEY SAID, F MIKE MILES.

I SAY, F MIKE MILES, WHY ARE YOU CURSING AT ME? BUT THEN I HAD TO LOOK IT UP AND SEE IT FOR MYSELF.

LET ME LET YOU KNOW SOMETHING.

I KNOW YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE DON'T LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON.

I REMEMBER YOU AND MY BOARD OF MANAGERS MEETING.

THE THING IS, IS YOU HAVE TO REALIZE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE.

WE CAN'T TRUST YOU.

I LIVE HERE. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALL OF MY LIFE.

55 YEARS, NATIVE BORN, GONE ALL HISD ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE.

AND IT JUST DOESN'T STOP HERE.

IT DOESN'T STOP HERE.

WHEN YOU GO HOME AND YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY TEA GO AWAY.

WHEN YOU GO TO THE RESTAURANTS AND THEY LOOK AT YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOUR KIDS WILL BE AFFECTED.

YOUR FAMILY WILL BE AFFECTED.

THIS IS NOT THE ONLY DAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, GUESS WHAT? YOU COULD QUIT.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING PAID, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT YOU.

YOU CAN'T HELP BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW AND YOU'RE SMILING.

YOU WERE AT JONES AND WHEN THEY CLOSED JONES, WHERE WERE YOU? NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

I'M AN EDUCATION ADVOCATE.

NO, YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE PATTING ON YOUR OWN BACK.

SO HERE IT IS.

MY NAME IS LARRY MCKENZIE.

YOU CAN LOOK ME UP. THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU SEE ME.

SIR. THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICK HUFF.

AND THEN AFTER MR. HUFF WILL BE JACKIE ANDERSON.

SO, MR. HUFF, IF YOU'RE HERE.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JACKIE ANDERSON.

GO AHEAD, SIR. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.

MY NAME IS DR. PATRICK HUFF, AND I COME TO YOU AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.

I'M A RETIRED MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN THE HARRIS COUNTY AREA.

WHEATLEY IS THE SCHOOL THAT CAN'T SEEM TO GET THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY RATING WHERE TEA WANTS IT TO BE AND WAS USED AS THE SCHOOL THAT DROVE THE COMMISSIONER TO MAKE HIS RASH DECISION.

YET LAST YEAR, WHEATLEY MADE A C, NOT JUST A C, BUT AN 80.

A 78.

ALMOST A B. I'M SURE YOU KNOW THAT.

THE ONLY REASON YOU ARE IN YOUR SEATS AS BOARD OF MANAGERS IS BECAUSE OF THE BILL IN 2015 1842.

NOW THIS SITUATION IS NOT NEW.

COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS CLOSED THE ENTIRE NORTH FOREST ISD IN 2013 DUE TO THEIR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE AYP FOR MANY CONSECUTIVE YEARS NOW.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT AYP IS AND DO YOU KNOW HOW IT AFFECTED SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY? IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU NEED TO LOOK IT UP AND LEARN ABOUT IT.

THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS A RACKET.

IT IS DISCRIMINATORY AND IT IS INEQUITABLE.

THE PRINCIPAL OF SEVEN LAKES IN KATY AND CLEMENTS IN FORT BEND IS NOT IN ANY DANGER OF THEIR SCHOOL FAILING TO MAKE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING A GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY RATING, NOT FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS IN HISD HOWEVER.

THE REASON GOES BACK TO THE CHALLENGES, THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT COME TO SCHOOLS WHEN THEIR ATTENDANCE ZONES ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF POVERTY.

THEY ARE PORTRAYED TO BE BAD SCHOOLS.

THEY ARE NOT.

THEY HAVE MANY CHALLENGES THAT THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF HISD DON'T HAVE.

NOW, THE PEOPLE IN HISD HAVE LOST THEIR REPRESENTATION DUE TO THE RACKET THAT IS [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THANK YOU, SIR. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JACKIE ANDERSON.

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WE HAD TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.

JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE THERE'S A REALLY BAD STORM THAT'S COMING THROUGH.

SO WE TOOK A TEMPORARILY IT TEMPORARILY TOOK OUT OUR LIVE STREAM.

THIS THIS MEETING WAS NOTICED AS AN OPEN MEETING WITH A ZOOM COMPONENT TO ALLOW FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME AND WHO ARE NOT HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THE LIVE STREAM.

WE TOOK A BRIEF RECESS AND WE ARE NOW BACK STREAMING.

SO MISS JACKIE ANDERSON, MISS ANDERSON, YOU HAVE.

MS. ANDERSON, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES [APPLAUSE].

GOOD EVENING. YOU MAY BEGIN, MA'AM.

I'M JACKIE ANDERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSTON FEDERATION OF TEACHERS.

I'M SPEAKING TO AGENDA ITEM TWO.

IN ALL THY GET, GET THE UNDERSTANDING.

ANY CHANGES TO BOARD MEETING SCHEDULES THAT DO NOT ALLOW FOR MORE COMMUNITY INPUT CONTINUES TO DISENFRANCHISE THE DISTRICT'S MOST VULNERABLE AND HARMED STUDENTS.

WHILE YOU ARE HERE, USE YOUR GIFTED POWER TO MAKE AN IMPACT FOR HISD STUDENTS.

WORK FOR FULL FUNDING.

MORE MEANINGFUL INSTRUCTION THAT IS NOT TIED TO STAAR SMALLER CLASS SIZES.

STOP APPLYING FOR WAIVERS.

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WORK TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH CHILDREN LIVE AND THEREFORE LEARN.

VALUE TEACHER INPUT.

ADD LIBRARIES, NOT REMOVE THEM IN AREAS WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED.

PROVIDE RICH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PEER TO PEER AND DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND PLAN WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY.

FULL TRANSPARENCY, ACTIVITY AND PRODUCTIVITY ARE NOT ALWAYS ALIGNED.

THEY DO NOT MEAN THE SAME THING.

SHOW US THAT YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT HISD AND ITS STUDENTS ACROSS THIS ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEXANDRIA WARREN.

AND THEN AFTER ALEXANDRIA, WARREN WILL BE ELIZABETH CHAPMAN.

MS.. WARREN. MS..

WARREN, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, MA'AM.

HELLO, Y'ALL. MY NAME IS ALEXANDRIA WARREN.

I'M A PRODUCT OF HISD SCHOOLS GOING TO PARKER ELEMENTARY, MEYERLAND, WHICH IS JOHNSON, WHICH IS NOW MEYERLAND AND THEN CARNEGIE VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMEBODY IN THIS SCHOOL, IN THIS BUILDING TODAY WHO TAUGHT ME, MR. ANDREW DEWEY, IRONICALLY FOR AP US HISTORY.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT I LEARNED FROM HIM HELPS ME MAKE THIS NEXT STATEMENT.

CARDS ON THE TABLE.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS TAKEOVER IS JUST ONE OF MANY STEPS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS IS TAKING IN ITS MOVEMENT TOWARDS A FASCIST DICTATORSHIP BASED ON THE WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEOLOGY, WHICH IS A SPRINKLE OF PURITAN CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM MIXED IN.

YOUR YOUR REPEATED PARAGRAPH FOR THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS NOT GONE UNSEEN.

AND I WANT TO MAKE IT INCREDIBLY CLEAR THAT WHILE YOU ARE BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE, FASCISM IS STILL FASCISM WITH A BEAUTIFUL FACE.

SO IF YOU HAVE THE INTENTION OF SPEAKING FOR AND RULING OVER BLACK AND BROWN SCHOOLS, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT THAT EVERYONE IN FRONT OF YOU AND IN CHARGE OF YOU WE DO NOT RESPECT.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO AT ANY POINT IN TIME, RESIGN YOUR POSITION, I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE AS A PEOPLE NO LONGER RESPECT AND NEVER HAVE IF YOU REMEMBER HISTORY, GREG ABBOTT OR MIKE MORALES, AND WE WILL NOT RESPECT YOU BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN BOUGHT AND SOLD.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TALKING TO US TODAY, THOUGH.

HAVE A GREAT ONE. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH CHAPMAN.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. SPEAK UP.

WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. MS..

CHAPMAN, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

MY. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, AND I HAVE JUST FINISHED MY 17TH YEAR AS A TEACHER.

MY LAST DECADE, I HAVE PROUDLY SERVED IN HISD, AND I WANT TO REMAIN HERE FOR THE REST OF MY CAREER.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR DEFICITS AND OUR SHORTCOMINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE WRONG IN HISD.

BUT IN WELCOMING YOU HERE TONIGHT IN YOUR NEW ROLES, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A LOT THAT IS RIGHT WITH HISD.

WE HAVE PARENTS WHO, AFTER WORKING LONG AND DEMANDING JOBS, STILL FIND THE TIME AND ENERGY TO INVEST IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS WHO ARE SO SMART AND CAPABLE AND COULD WORK IN ANY NUMBER OF PROFESSIONS BUT CHOOSE TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THE MISSION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND MOST OF ALL, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE CURIOUS AND CREATIVE AND KIND AND FULL OF POTENTIAL.

EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO VOTE FOR OUR BOARD, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL MAKE ROOM FOR OUR VOICES, OUR WISDOM, AND OUR EXPERIENCE IN YOUR DECISION MAKING.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM TWO APPROVAL TO SUSPEND CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD POLICY BE LOCAL REGARDING MEETING DATES.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN THE AUDITORIUM.

WILL MICHELLE WILLIAMS PLEASE COME TO THE THE PODIUM? THE SPEAKER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SARAH RIVLIN.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHELLE WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AN AFFILIATE OF THE TEXAS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND AN AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

TODAY, I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS WHO ARE PARENTS OF STUDENTS IN HISD, TAXPAYERS, AS WELL AS HISD, EMPLOYEES AGAINST WAIVING ANY MEETING REQUIREMENTS IN HISD POLICY, BE LOCAL.

YOU ALL HAVE CLEARLY STATED THAT YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO SUPERVISE THE DISTRICT'S PROGRESS TOWARDS THE TAKEOVER'S EXIT CRITERIA, WHICH INCLUDE KEEPING ANY CAMPUSES FROM FAILURE.

PROGRESS TOWARDS THIS GOAL CANNOT BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT FULL TRANSPARENCY.

IT IS OUR POSITION THAT THERE WERE NOT ANY ISSUES WITH HISD'S POLICY, BUT CERTAIN ACTIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS WHICH WERE STATED BY COMMISSIONER

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IF IT IS YOUR INTENTION TO BUILD TRUST WITH THE HISD COMMUNITY, ANY ACTIONS TAKEN TO CHANGE HISD POLICY REGARDING MEETINGS WILL BE A STRIKE AGAINST TRANSPARENCY AND PERCEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY AS DECEPTIVE.

I'M ASKING YOU THAT YOU ALL VOTE NO TO ANY CHANGES TO HISD POLICY BE LOCAL SO THAT COMMUNICATION WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS IS TRANSPARENT, CONSISTENT AND CLEAR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH RIVLIN.

OKAY, MA'AM, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HI, I'M SARAH RIVLIN, AND I'M A TEACHER IN HISD.

I NEED TO SAY THIS TO THIS BOARD NOW BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE UNLESS SOME OF YOU ARE COURAGEOUS, YOUR NEXT VOTE WILL ENSURE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST AND LAST TIME THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.

MIKE MILES IS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING 29 SCHOOLS INTO TEST PREP FACTORIES.

MILES GRADUATED FROM THE BROAD ACADEMY, AND I HAVE TAUGHT IN A BROAD SCHOOL BEFORE.

IT WAS THE MOST ABUSIVE PLACE I HAVE EVER SEEN.

12 YEAR OLDS WERE SCREAMED AT AND PLACED IN HANDCUFFS.

SUICIDAL STUDENTS WERE IGNORED.

THERE WAS A 50% TEACHER ATTRITION RATE.

TEACHERS WERE FORCED TO TEACH TO STAAR, JUST LIKE THE TEACHERS IN THE 29 SCHOOLS WILL BE THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE KIDS SIT THROUGH JOYLESS TEST PREP ALL DAY IS BY RIGID CONTROL, INTIMIDATION AND FORCE.

WHEN THOSE 29 SCHOOLS REOPEN, YOU'RE GOING TO START HEARING REPORTS OF ABUSIVE TREATMENT OF STUDENTS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE ME NOW, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THOSE HEADLINES, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THIS AND I WANT YOU TO HOLD MIKE MILES ACCOUNTABLE.

AND MR. MILES, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALERTING STAFF AND STUDENTS TO BE READY TO RECORD ANY HARSH TREATMENT ON CAMERA.

YOUR PREVIOUS JOBS MAY HAVE ALLOWED YOU TO DRIVE SCHOOLS INTO MISTREATING CHILDREN, BUT WE WON'T ACCEPT THAT HERE.

AND THIS BOARD IS SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALLISON CHAPMAN.

MISS ALLISON CHAPMAN.

AND THEN AFTER HER IS NAOMI DOYLE MADRID.

CAN YOU GET OFF YOUR PHONE AND PAY ATTENTION? THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO TALK TO YOU.

MISS, YOU CAN STOP IT, CHAPMAN.

I SEE YOU, MA'AM.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS ALLISON CHAPMAN.

I ALSO AM A TEACHER HERE IN IN HOUSTON ISD.

I'M PROUD TO BE A SECOND GRADE TEACHER.

I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU SHOULD BE DOING ANYTHING THAT HIDES BEHIND CHANGING MEETING DATES, NOT OPENING UP TO THE COMMUNITY. YOUR JOB IS TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH US.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY TOLD YOU IN AUSTIN, BUT I'M PRETTY CLEAR.

THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

NEXT. NEXT IS NAOMI DOYLE, MADRID.

AND THEN AFTER HER IS ALISON NEWPORT.

MS.. DOYLE MADRID.

THE STAFF IS NOT HERE.

OKAY. MS. ALISON NEWPORT AND THEN AFTER THAT IS MS. RUTH KRAVITZ.

MS.. NEWPORT, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ALISON NEWPORT AND I'M THE PROUD PARENT OF TWO HISD STUDENTS.

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU TODAY THAT I'VE TALKED WITH LOTS OF PARENTS ABOUT SCHOOLS.

THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING THAT WE SIT AROUND AND TALK ABOUT WHAT SCHOOLS ARE, KIDS AREN'T GOING TO.

AND IN ALL OF MY YEARS AS A PARENT, I'VE NEVER HEARD ANOTHER PARENT SAY THAT THEY WANT MORE TEST PREP FOR THEIR KIDS, THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE DO ENOUGH.

IN FACT, TO THE CONTRARY.

AS A PARENT OF A FOURTH AND A SIXTH GRADER, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF A FIVE YEARS OF INTENSE TESTING EVERY SINGLE YEAR, WE MOSTLY TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANT LESS TESTING.

SO THIS PLAN TO TO SENTENCE THESE KIDS AT THESE 29 SCHOOLS, TO ENDLESS TEST PREP AND SCRIPTED CURRICULUM AND LESS ELECTIVES IS A BAD PLAN.

IT'S WRONG. OKAY.

YOU WOULDN'T BE DOING IT AT MY SCHOOL.

SO WHY DOING IT IN THESE BLACK AND BROWN SCHOOLS? PLEASE DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH KRAVITZ.

AND AFTER MS.. KRAVITZ IS SARAH TERRELL.

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TAKING NOTES. KEEP LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE.

I HOPE YOU TAKE THE NOTES.

MS.. KRAVITZ, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR MY TIME.

I KNOW THAT YOU MEAN WELL.

SO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, I KNOW IF YOU KNEW WHAT WE ALL KNOW, YOU WOULD NOT BE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY.

SO LET US BEGIN.

I'VE BEEN A TEACHER AND A PARENT AND AN ADMINISTRATOR IN HISD, AND I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE POWER AND THE PROMISE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IN DEMOCRACY. BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TONIGHT IS NOT DEMOCRACY.

IT IS THE VENEER OF DEMOCRACY.

MIKE MILES PRIVATELY TOLD FOLKS THAT IF ANY OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS DISAGREES WITH HIM, HE WILL SIMPLY TELL MORATH TO REPLACE YOU.

THAT IS NOT DEMOCRACY.

MY FATHER IS 93 YEARS OLD.

HE IS ONE OF EIGHT PEOPLE SURVIVING THE HOLOCAUST.

HE TOLD ME LAST WEEK, THIS IS FASCISM.

IT IS WRONG FOR YOU TO DO IT.

IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO DO IT.

IT'S TIME TO STAND UP FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD.

YOU HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY CURATED BY MORATH TO LOOK REPRESENTATIVE OF HOUSTON'S DIVERSITY.

SEVEN OF THE NINE OF YOU LIVE IN AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS WEST OF DOWNTOWN AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHERE THIS DISRUPTIVE CHANGE IS HAPPENING, YOU'RE UNIFORMLY IN SUPPORT OF THINGS PRIVATIZATION, EXPANDED USE OF STARS AND STAR AND CHARTERS BECAUSE YOU WERE CHOSEN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO RUBBER STAMP WHATEVER DECISIONS MIKE MILES MAKE.

AND YOU HAVE BEEN MEETING IN PRIVATE FOR A MONTH SINCE SELECTED IN EARLY MAY.

THERE WILL BE NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE DAIS OR THE COUNT OR THE BALLOT BOX.

SO HERE, LET ME QUICKLY TELL YOU ABOUT MIKE MILES FROM 2000 AND ABOUT HIS POLICIES.

FROM 2010 TO 2013, THE APOLLO PROGRAM USED A SIMILAR TACTIC TO REPLACE MOST OF THE TEACHERS AT THE SAME SCHOOLS, HURTING THE SAME COMMUNITIES AND THE SAME CHILDREN. IT PROVIDED NO READING GAINS, NO SUSTAINED MATH GAINS.

ENROLLMENT DROPPED DESPITE A $60 MILLION PRICE TAG.

THAT WAS JUST TEN YEARS AGO.

UNDER MIKE MILES IN DALLAS, THE SAME THING HAPPENED.

A 20% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, A DECLINE IN GRADUATION RATES AND SKYROCKETING TEACHER TURNOVER AND CORRUPTION SCANDALS.

HE RESIGNED AFTER THREE YEARS.

WHAT WE WANT IS FOR YOU TO BE.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH TERRELL.

IT'S MS.. TERRELL. SARAH TERRELL.

IS SHE HERE? SHE'S NOT HERE.

WE ALSO HAVE A SPEAKER REGISTERED TO ADDRESS THIS TOPIC VIA ZOOM.

MS.. SMITH CAN YOU ADMIT MARIA BENZONE? BENSON. MISS BENZONE, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA.

YOU MAY BEGIN. WHO? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARIA BENZONE AND I'M A GRADUATE OF A PARENT OF AN STUDENT AND AN HISD TEACHER.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT BUSINESS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER TWO SUSPENDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT REGULAR MEETINGS BE HELD.

WITHIN THIS AGENDA ITEM, THERE WAS NO OTHER INFORMATION.

WHEN ARE MONTHLY MEETINGS GOING TO BE SCHEDULED.

ARE THERE GOING TO BE MONTHLY, BI MONTHLY, WHATEVER IT IS? PLEASE BE SPECIFIC.

I CARE ABOUT MY CHILD'S EDUCATION AS WELL AS ALL THE CHILDREN IN HOUSTON ISD.

IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETINGS SO THAT PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS CAN EXPRESS SUPPORT, VOICE CONCERNS, ASK QUESTIONS, AND ACTUALLY GET RESPONSES FROM MR. MIKE MILES. AND HIS APPOINTED BOARD OF MANAGERS IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSISTING OF MANY SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE, THE CITIZENS, SHOULD HAVE A VOICE.

IT SEEMS THAT SUPERINTENDENT F MIKE MILES AIMS TO SILENCE THE PUBLIC, THE PARENT, THE EDUCATORS AND THE STUDENT.

MARTIN LUTHER KING ONCE SAID, OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER.

SIRS AND MADAMS, MY COMMISSIONERS, MY COLLEAGUES WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

WE WILL SPEAK OUR TRUTHS.

WE WILL SPEAK OUR EXPERIENCE.

WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT BE AN UNELECTED, UNREPRESENTATIVE BOARD MEETING OUTSIDE OF HATTIE MAE WHITE IN FRONT OF OUR SCHOOLS OR ANYWHERE IN PUBLIC, WE WILL NOT BE SILENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS, THE NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM THREE APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF ACTING SUPERINTENDENT EMPLOYMENT AND RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH F MIKE MILES.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS WHO SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN THE AUDITORIUM.

WILL DANIEL SANTOS PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? THIS SPEAKER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANN EAGLETON.

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I AM DANIEL SANTOS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSTON FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AND I RISE TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE.

WHEN SOMEONE SHOWS YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM THE FIRST TIME.

THE CURRENT INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT HAS SHOWN US ALREADY.

HIS EMBRACE OF TRICKLE DOWN REFORM IN HOUSTON, JUST LIKE IN COLORADO AND IN DALLAS, WILL RESULT IN DISAPPOINTMENT AND DISRUPTION.

IN COLORADO, UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE DISTRICT DID NOT MEET A SINGLE GOAL IN ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL MATH WITHIN MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS SUBGROUPS.

IN DALLAS, THE NUMBER OF FAILING SCHOOLS INCREASED AND STAAR SCORES DECREASED WHEN COMPARED TO HOUSTON AND THE STATE.

HIS REFORMS RESULTED IN A MASS EXODUS OF EXCELLENT TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, THE HIGHEST IN DALLAS ISD HISTORY. SOON THE APPOINTED MANAGERS WILL SHOW US WHO THEY ARE WHEN THEY VOTE.

WHO ARE YOU? THE COMMUNITY IS HERE TO WITNESS EITHER YOUR INTEGRITY OR YOUR MENDACITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

OUR NEXT OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANN EAGLETON.

LOOK, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

MS.. MS.. EAGLETON, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANN EAGLETON.

BOTH OF MY CHILDREN WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH HISD.

I HAVE OVER 20 YEARS IN HISD AS EITHER A PARENT OR AS AN ADVOCATE.

MY LANE OF ADVOCACY IS MORE ON THE FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND BASIC SHENANIGANS THAT GO ON IN THIS BUILDING.

I YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY MIKE MORATH TO BE THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, AND IN THAT TERM IS THE IS MANAGER.

YOU NEED TO MANAGE THIS DISTRICT, NOT TAKE ORDERS FROM SOMEONE IN AUSTIN OR FROM A CARPETBAGGER THAT JUST SHOWED UP.

IN MY OVER 20 YEARS HERE I'VE BEEN THIS IS THE SEVENTH SUPERINTENDENT AND NEVER ONCE HAVE I HAD CARLOADS OF PEOPLE FROM DALLAS DRIVE HOURS TO COME AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST SOMEONE.

YOU, YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED.

YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO RATIFY HIS CONTRACT.

YOU ARE MANAGING THIS DISTRICT NOW YOU NEED TO FIND YOUR INTEGRITY.

YOU NEED TO DO SOME SOUL SEARCHING AND REALLY DECIDE IS HE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR HISD? AND ANOTHER POINT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, I'M WONDERING, WILL YOU BE GIVEN PUBLIC EMAIL ADDRESSES? BECAUSE AS A TAXPAYER, YOU GET BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE TAXPAYERS, AND I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST GET AN EMAIL ADDRESS SO WE CAN CHECK IN WITH YOU AND FIND OUT HOW OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT.

YOU ARE ALSO FINANCIAL STEWARDS.

I KNOW THAT AJ CRABILL TOLD YOU IGNORE THE FINANCES.

OKAY. BUT IN THE ORGANIZATION THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE INTERNAL AUDITOR REPORT TO YOU.

SO THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT THE GOOD PART OF YOUR JOB IS MANAGING THE FINANCES AND KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

BECAUSE THERE ARE THIEVES IN THIS BUILDING AND I'M TIRED OF IT.

AND IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT, YOU CAN START BY DECLINING THIS CONTRACT AND YOU CAN START LOOKING FOR THE THIEVES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT CECCARELLI.

AND AFTER HIM IS MARY LOU.

SEEMS LIKE YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED, SIR.

SIR, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

YEAH. ROBERT CECCARELLI.

I'M IN DALLAS.

I KNOW MIKE MILES VERY, VERY WELL.

HIS WORST NIGHTMARE IN DALLAS.

I JUST HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING.

I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOU ALL.

BUT HERE'S THE THING.

I'M TRYING TO, YOU NEED TO KEEP THIS UP UNTIL MIKE MILES GOES.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF TOWN.

DALLAS NEVER DID THIS.

OKAY. WELL, YOU NEED TO DO THIS.

YEAH, WE GOT TO RUN YOU OUT OF HERE.

I GOT NO PRIDE. NO ATTEMPT.

NOW WHAT I'M SAYING NOW, MIKE MORATH HAS GIVEN MIKE MILES A BLANK CHECK.

OKAY. HE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN DALLAS.

SO, MIKE, MILES IS SEIZING ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET WHAT HE WANTS.

I'M ASKING YOU, YOU GOT TO KEEP HIM IN CHECK BECAUSE IF NOT, THERE WILL BE SOMETHING GOING ON BACK.

THERE WAS FIGHTING IN CALIFORNIA.

REMEMBER THE ABOUT THE LGBTQ.

I'M JUST SAYING TO YOU IS, MIKE, MILES IS CRAZY.

OKAY. MIKE MILES HAS AN AGENDA.

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HE KEEPS ON DOING THAT SAME THING.

HE'S A ROBOT AND HE WANTS TO GET THE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.

AND HE LEFT THE STUDENTS ALONE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THEY CAN'T DO THE WORK.

OKAY. HOW CAN THE TEACHER BE GOOD IF YOU DON'T TELL THE STUDENTS WHAT TO DO? OKAY, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

AND THAT WAY HE WANTS TO KEEP THE TEACHERS IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THE STUDENTS WILL NOT DO THE WORK.

AND THE STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY GOT THE EDGE OVER THE TEACHER BECAUSE MIKE MILES DOES NOT LIKE THE TEACHERS.

OKAY. SO I'M JUST SAYING TO YOU IS IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, HE'S GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE STUDENTS HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

WHY DOESN'T HE HOLD THE STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE? WHY? TELL ME WHY.

HE'S BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE YEARS IN DALLAS.

HE'S ALWAYS THE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, AND THE STUDENTS ARE LEFT ALONE.

HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS.

HE JUST THE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS GET IN TROUBLE.

AND THAT BUILDS HIS EGO.

THAT BUILDS HIS EGO. I MEAN THAT.

WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY LOWE.

AND AFTER MS. LOWE IS COURTNEY REVELS.

WATCH AND SEE HOW WE GET THIS DONE.

MS.. ROWE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

IS FLOYD MIKE MILES VETTED? NO, OF COURSE NOT.

HIS APPOINTMENT IS MADE BY AN APPOINTEE.

THERE IS NO HINT OF CONSTITUTIONALITY OR VETTING.

IS THERE A HISTORY OF SUCCESS? NO. MILES COMES FROM DISD, AND HE LEFT CLOSED SCHOOLS AND LOW MORALE AND HIGH TEACHER ATTRITION.

IN FACT, HINOJOSA HAD TO BE BROUGHT BACK IN TO CLEAN UP HIS MESS.

IS MIKE MORATH HELD ACCOUNTABLE? NO. HE IS UNVETTED, UNFETTERED AND IS ACCOUNTABLE TO NO ONE AND HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN MANY CRONY DEALS.

THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL HAVE IN YOUR DISTRICT.

IF THIS BOARD DOES NOT FIGHT FOR TAXPAYER, COMMUNITY AND CHILDREN BY REJECTING THE APPOINTMENT OF FLOYD MIKE MILES AND THE MORATH CARTEL, HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT.

ONLY TOP DOWN DECISIONS ABSENT OF ANY TEACHER OR PARENT INPUT.

DO NOT QUESTION WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD TO DO.

EXPECT LITTLE TO NO COMMUNICATION, TRAINING OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT.

CURRICULUM EXPERIMENTS WITH UNPROVEN AND UNSAFE TECHNOLOGY.

HOUSTON, AS A MATTER OF FACT, HAS FAILED BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A PILOT FOR TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENTS UNDER THE TEA.

THIS WILL CONTINUE.

THE ADULT LEARNING WILL BE RECYCLED POWERPOINTS FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.

ALL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING WILL BE VOID OF ANY RESEARCH OR BEST PRACTICES, AND THERE WILL BE ZERO FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY.

EXPECT HIS ACTIONS TO BE CONTRARY TO HIS WORDS.

IF THIS BOARD'S GOAL IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF POOR AND MINORITY CLASS CHILDREN, USING THEM TO ADVANCE AND OPEN UP THE PRIVATIZATION OF SCHOOLS FOR THE POLITICAL POWER OF THE GOVERNOR AND TECHNOLOGY VENDORS FROM ERATH, THEN MILES IS YOUR GUY.

IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR CITY AND EDUCATE CHILDREN, TAKE CHARGE AND FIND YOUR OWN ADMINISTRATION, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY.

YOU ARE NOT A TEAM OF EIGHT UNDER A GESTAPO.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COURTNEY REVELS.

AFTER COURTNEY REVELS.

AFTER COURTNEY REVELS IS JONATHAN BRYANT.

MS.. REVELS, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. HELLO.

WELL, MY NAME IS COURTNEY REVELS.

I STAY IN THE NORTH FOREST AREA.

SO ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS LIKE, YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOME THINGS.

SO I WOULD SAY REJECT THIS APPROVAL OF MIKE MILES CONTRACT.

BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY HE HAS ALREADY PROVEN TO BE A FAILURE.

RIGHT. AND IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT HIM NOT BEING HERE.

IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE ALREADY FAILED.

HE ALREADY FAILED IN DALLAS.

THIS IS AN UN INTEGRAL LAND GRAB.

LESS THAN TEN YEARS AGO, NORTH FOREST WAS TAKEN OVER AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER THE TEA MOVED TO START THIS TAKEOVER OF HISD.

WE LOST A LOT OF LAND.

WE LOST OUR TAX MONEY AND WE LOST OUR REPRESENTATION.

WE DO NOT RESPECT HAVING A BOARD OF MANAGERS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ASK FOR.

WE EXPECT THE ELECTEDS TO LOOK OUT FOR US.

WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER CUMULATIVE ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ADDRESSED BY DOING STAR PREP.

WE ARE SIX YEARS OUT OF HARVEY, THREE YEARS OUT OF COVID, WHO WAS IMPACTED BY HARVEY, WHO HEAR HOSE FLOODED OUT ? BUT THOSE KIDS IN WHEATLEY, THOSE KIDS IN MACK REYNOLDS, THE KIDS IN NORTH FOREST, WE LOST EVERYTHING.

WE LOST EVERYTHING.

AND NOW WE'VE LOST OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE NOBODY WILL COME AND ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES.

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WE IN MY AREA, IN SETTEGAST, WE HAVE A DIFFERENTIATION OF 20 YEARS.

OUR LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 20 YEARS LESS THAN THE ENTIRE CITY.

TELL OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN OUR STATE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

WHEN THEY PUTTING SCHOOLS ON SUPERFUND SITES.

THAT'S Y'ALL'S FAULT.

KIDS BEING EXPOSED TO LEAD AND NOT HAVING THE COGNITIVE ABILITIES TO PERFORM TO THE STANDARD THAT Y'ALL KEEP CHANGING.

THIS, WE'RE DEMANDING CHANGE.

AND IT MIGHT START WITH Y'ALL.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JONATHAN BRYANT.

JONATHAN, JUST GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

MR. BRYANT.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING. I'M A PROUD HISD TEACHER.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE THE BOARD OF MANAGERS TO VOTE NO ON THE APPROVAL OF MIKE MILES AS HISD SUPERINTENDENT.

WITH MIKE, THE MATH DON'T ADD UP.

THE PROPOSALS HE HAS PRESENTED THUS FAR TO FIX HISD ARE INAPPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND COMMUNITIES.

RATHER THAN BRINGING HIS BEST IDEAS TO HISD, MILES HAS REACHED INTO THE DUSTBIN OF FAILED CORPORATE EDUCATION REFORM AND PULLED OUT THE WORST IDEAS DESIGNED TO UNDERMINE OUR SCHOOLS.

UNDER MILES SO CALLED NEW EDUCATION SYSTEM, HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS AND STAFF IN 29 OF THE DISTRICT'S PREDOMINANTLY BLACK SCHOOLS ARE BEING HUMILIATED, FORCED TO REAPPLY FOR THEIR JOBS. THIS MOVE IS DISRESPECTFUL TO THE YEARS OF HARD WORK.

OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAVE DONE TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC AND DESPITE LACK OF STATE FUNDING.

UNDER THIS SCHEME, TEACHER TURNOVER WILL SURELY INCREASE, JUST LIKE IT DID DURING HIS REIGN IN DALLAS ISD, WHERE TEACHER TURNOVER NEARLY DOUBLED IN THREE YEARS.

UNDER THIS SCHEME, MILES WILL TURN THESE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK SCHOOLS INTO TESTING FACTORIES AND IN THE PROCESS TURN OUR STUDENTS INTO DATA POINTS AND TEST SCORES TO BE SOLD TO TESTING COMPANIES.

HIS OBSESSION WITH TESTING IS SO GREAT, HE IS ACTUALLY FIRING THE LIBRARIANS IN THESE SCHOOLS TO FOCUS MORE ON TEST PREP.

UNDER MILES TENURE IN DALLAS, DESPITE HIS TESTING, DRILL AND KILL METHOD, THE NUMBER OF LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS ACTUALLY INCREASED BY NEARLY 20%.

WITH MIKE, THE MATH DON'T ADD UP.

IF MILES TRULY BELIEVES RAISING PAY WILL FIX HISD, WHY DOESN'T HE RECOMMEND THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE INCREASE SALARIES FOR ALL HISD STAFF ACROSS THE BOARD INSTEAD OF HIS FAILED PAY FOR PERFORMANCE SCHEMES? WHY DOESN'T HE DEMAND THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES BE ADEQUATELY FUNDED BY THE STATE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF HIRING OUTSIDE CONSULTING GROUPS TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY THINK OUR STUDENTS NEED? DO THE RIGHT THING AND SEND MIKE PACKING.

THANK YOU, SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KARINA QUEZADA LEON.

AND THEN AFTER HER IS SAM SMITH.

KARINA QUEZADA LEON.

AND AFTER HER IS AND AFTER HER IS SAM SMITH.

MA'AM, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

JUST LIKE ALABAMA SLAVE CODE.

MA'AM, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. VOTE NO, PLEASE ON MIKE MILES.

MIKE MILES HAS A TRACK RECORD FOR MAKING EDUCATION WORSE FOR CHILDREN, CREATING MAJOR TEACHER TURNOVER, AND LEAVING A DISTRICT A LOT WORSE THAN HE FOUND IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

LOOK UP WHAT HE DID IN DALLAS AND TALK TO THESE FOLKS BACK HERE.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE MOVIE IDIOCRACY, HE'S LIKE PRESIDENT COMACHO AND HIS REFORMS AND IDEAS FOR EDUCATION ARE AKIN TO IRRIGATING CROPS WITH GATORADE. YOU, THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, WILL NEVER GAIN OUR TRUST NOR RESPECT BECAUSE YOU'RE ILLEGITIMATE, AND YOU'RE VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATING IN DISENFRANCHISING US.

NEVER FORGET THAT YOU WERE CHOSEN DUE TO YOUR POLITICS AND WILLINGNESS TO DISCARD OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS.

JEANETTE LINDER, WE THE VOTERS DIDN'T WANT YOU.

WE DIDN'T WANT YOU. BUT YOU'VE DECIDED TO FORCE YOURSELF ON US CHASING AFTER POWER AND NAME RECOGNITION.

YOU FINALLY GOT IT.

TOO BAD YOUR LEGACY WILL BE TOTAL FAILURE, LEAVING HISD WORSE FOR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN.

BUT HEY, AS LONG AS YOUR CHILDREN AREN'T AFFECTED BY IT, YOU WON'T CARE.

YOU USED A HARDSHIP TRANSFER TO GET YOUR CHILDREN INTO A COVETED SCHOOL.

THAT'S ABUSING THE SYSTEM.

I WONDER WHAT OTHER UNETHICAL THINGS YOU'LL ENGAGE IN NOW ON THE TAXPAYERS DIME.

RICK CAMPO, WE SEE YOU.

CLOSING SCHOOLS AND GENTRIFICATION ARE A WINNING COMBINATION FOR REAL ESTATE, ISN'T IT? CHA CHING.

I'M SURE BEING ON THIS BOARD ISN'T A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT ALL, NOW, IS IT? BOARD OF MANAGERS.

WHY ARE ALL YOUR CHILDREN DESERVING OF LIBRARIANS, ART, MUSIC, SCIENCE, LAB SPORTS, DUAL LANGUAGE AND OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN GET

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WHY IS THAT? ALL RIGHT, SWEET. THANK YOU.

SAM SMITH.

MR. SMITH, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

AND THEN AFTER EXCUSE ME.

AFTER MR. SMITH IS LYNN DAVENPORT.

GO AHEAD, SIR. HEY, RICK. THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN AND LEFT NINE CLOWNS.

I NEVER SAW NONE OF YOUR IN MY TOWN BEFORE.

IN 2018, I NEVER SAW ANY OF Y'ALL WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO CLOSE OUR SCHOOL.

WHAT WERE YOU AT? NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, MIKE, HE NOT EVEN CERTIFIED TO BE A SUPERINTENDENT THIS TIME.

HE'S MAKING DECISIONS.

THE DECISIONS HE MADE FOR MY AREA.

THAT'S WHY I LIVE ON.

ME TOO. KASHMIR GORDON, WHEATLEY, NORTH FOREST.

NONE OF Y'ALL ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO BE HERE TODAY.

OUR BOARD ELECTED TRUSTEES IS QUALIFIED TO BE HERE.

SO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, PACK YOUR BAGS AND GET THE HELL OUT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LYNN DAVENPORT.

IS MISS DAVENPORT HERE? AND THEN THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ.

MS.. DAVENPORT, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

I'M LYNN DAVENPORT. I DROVE FROM DALLAS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS.

I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS AGENDA.

DON'T TAKE MY TIME. OKAY.

I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES, THIS CORPORATE REFORM MODEL.

IT'S BACKED BY BILLIONAIRES.

IT'S BACKED BY WEALTHY BUSINESS PEOPLE.

BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT JUST WHITE AND REPUBLICAN.

THIS IS BIPARTISAN.

SO WE'VE GOT HOUSTON BILLIONAIRES, DALLAS BILLIONAIRES, AND THEY ARE FUNDING THIS PORTFOLIO MODEL.

YOU CAN STUDY WHAT MIKE MILES HAS DONE WITH HIS CHARTER SCHOOL IN MIDLAND.

I'VE TRAVELED ALL THIS STATE WITH MARY LOWE, WHO SPOKE EARLIER, AND WE'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT THESE REFORMS DO.

BUT LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT DALLAS.

I WANT TO TELL A STORY ABOUT THREE BLIND MICE.

THAT'S MIKE MILES, MIKE HINOJOSA AND MIKE MORATH.

WELL, THERE'S A FOURTH ONE, MIKE.

OUR FORMER MAYOR.

BUT OKAY, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT MIKE HINOJOSA, 1.0.

THAT WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT WHERE THEY HAD 35 ON THE PEG LIST.

THAT'S THE FAILING SCHOOLS WHERE YOU CAN TRANSFER OUT.

BY THE TIME THAT MIKE MILES CAME IN TO FIX WHAT HINOJOSA 1.0 DID, THERE WERE 57 IN 2013 71 IN 2014 AND 91 IN 2015. OKAY.

THINK ABOUT THAT. AND UNDER MIKE MILES REGIME, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, 10,000, ALMOST 10,000 TEACHERS LEFT THAT TURNOVER.

YOU CAN'T REPLACE THAT INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY.

AND THAT'S BY DESIGN BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BRING IN A BUNCH OF DIGITAL FACILITATORS, A BUNCH OF TEACHERS WHO AREN'T QUALIFIED OR TRAINED.

AND THEY'LL JUST THEY JUST WANT WARM BODIES IN THERE TO IMPLEMENT ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY.

OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO TELL A STORY ABOUT THREE KS K CARRIE BRIGGS.

SHE'S NOW THE CHIEF OF STAFF.

SHE'S FROM DALLAS.

I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THIS TERM SOCIAL IMPACT.

YOU NEED TO LOOK UP WHAT SOCIAL IMPACT INVESTING IS.

SHE'S A CONSULTANT, SECOND K, KRISTEN HALL.

SHE'S WITH THE TEA AND SHE'S NOW THE ACADEMIC.

WHAT IS IT? DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC.

YEAH LOOK AT HER BACKGROUND WITH DELOITTE SOCIAL IMPACT THIRD K.

THANK. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

OKAY. THIS IS ABOUT. THANK.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

OUR LAST SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ.

MRS. RODRIGUEZ. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

MY NAME IS ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ.

I AM A RECENT GRADUATE OF NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.

I GRADUATED THIS SUNDAY.

I GRADUATED.

I AM 18 YEARS OLD AND I'M HERE STANDING UP TO Y"ALL.

AND I WANT YOU ALL TO LOOK ME IN THE EYE.

OKAY? WHEN I TELL YOU Y'ALL ARE NOT REPRESENTING US, OKAY? I LOVE SEEING THAT THERE ARE WOMEN.

THAT IS AMAZING.

BUT NOT IN THIS CASE.

I'M SORRY. I LOVE WOMEN THAT ARE OVER HERE REPRESENTING WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFERENT ASPECTS, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

BUT WHAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO IS NOT CORRECT.

I HAVE EIGHT, I HAVE THREE NIECES, FIVE NEPHEWS WHO ARE IN THE SYSTEM OR SOME WHO ARE GOING TO START SOON.

OKAY. I THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN.

WHAT ARE YOUR CHILDREN GOING TO SAY WHEN THEY START SEEING WHAT YOU ARE DOING? OKAY. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS? FIX THAT, FIX THAT.

DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY, THE BIG MAN.

LISTEN TO WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU.

YES. BECAUSE WHEN YOUR CHILDREN ARE LOOKING AND SEEING WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASHAMED.

I UNDERSTAND, MONEY IS IMPORTANT.

WE NEED MONEY. YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MONEY BECAUSE FROM WHERE I'VE BEEN FROM, I HAVE NO MONEY.

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BUT DON'T THINK ABOUT JUST MONEY.

THINK ABOUT ALL THE CHILDREN WHO Y'ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF.

SO PLEASE STOP THINKING OF JUST POWER AND MONEY.

STOP LISTENING TO SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T CARE ABOUT CHILDREN.

THINK ABOUT THE KIDS, THE TEACHERS, THE COMMUNITY.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, WE ARE MORE THAN JUST RANKS.

WE ARE MORE THAN JUST GRADES.

WE ARE MORE THAN JUST TEST SCORES.

YES.

WE NEED A SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS INDIVIDUAL GROWTH, TOO, Y'ALL.

I'M RANKED 77 OUT OF 267.

ALL THAT. THANK YOU.

YOU GOT A REAL THANK YOU.

A REAL. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS REGISTERED TO ADDRESS THIS TOPIC VIA ZOOM.

WE HAVE TWO TOPICS REGISTERED TO ADDRESS THIS TOPIC VIA ZOOM.

MS.. SMITH, CAN YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY AND ADMIT OUR SPEAKERS? DR. PAMELA BOEGLIN PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.

YOU MAY BEGIN. YOU CAN UNMUTE.

THERE WE GO. OKAY.

WELL, IT WON'T.

OH, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

TO THE UNELECTED GROUP AND THE UNCERTIFIED SUPERINTENDENT.

WHILE YOU SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME THIS WEEK GASLIGHTING PEOPLE OF HOUSTON.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE.

FOR THE RECORD. FIRST, THE SUPERINTENDENT LEFT DALLAS WITH DECLINING SCORES.

SECOND, THERE IS A MOUNTAIN OF RESEARCH SUPPORTING LIBRARIANS IN SCHOOLS AS LASER FOCUSED METHOD OF MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO READ.

NURSES PROVIDE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR THESE STUDENTS.

NEXT, REDUCING CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF WAS PART OF THE VISION OF OUR SELECTED SUPERINTENDENT AS A MEANS TO FIND MONEY FOR COMPETITIVE SALARIES FOR ALL TEACHERS AND STAFF.

SELECTED SUPERINTENDENT AND ELECTED BOARD WORK TOGETHER TO TURN AROUND 40 OUT OF 52 FAILING SCHOOLS WITHOUT REPLACING ALL OF THE STAFF IN OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

IN REAL TERMS. ANY SUCCESS.

THIS HOSTILE TAKEOVER, THIS THESE HOSTILE TAKEOVER MINIONS HAS WILL BE ON THE BACKS OF HOUSE ADMINISTRATION AND THE ELECTED BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY DISTURBED BY THE LACK OF GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY IN THIS UNELECTED GROUP OF MANAGERS.

FINALLY, IT IS ODD THAT THESE DRACONIAN STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN REVIVED AS A NEW VISION FOR HOUSTON STUDENTS.

LIPSTICK ON A PIG.

I WILL NOT BE GASLIGHTED.

TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.

THE GHOST OF HATTIE MAE WHITE WILL HAUNT YOU AS YOU WORK TO EXPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN HOUSTON.

HERE I WILL GUARANTEE I WILL SPEAK AT EVERY MEETING IN YOUR FUTURE.

YES. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SONYA LUCAS ROBERTS.

SO THAT I HAVE NO INTEGRITY.

JUST IGNORE US. DENY US.

DESTROY US. DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT US? AS A RESIDENT OF THIRD WARD.

ALUMNUS OF HISD, JACK YATES, LANIER LOCKHART, A LONGTIME HIV ACTIVIST, I COME TO SAY Y'ALL AND F MIKE

[ELECTION OF BOARD PRESIDENT ]

YOU GOT TO GO.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, WHERE YOU'RE FROM.

WE DON'T NO LONGER HAVE REPRESENTATION.

I BELIEVE THE CONSTITUTION SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.

TAKING AWAY LIBRARIANS, NURSES, WRAPAROUND SERVICES IS CRIMINAL.

TEACHERS, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS.

JANITORIAL SERVICES.

AND DO YOU KNOW THE THE JANITORIAL SERVICES AND THE CAFETERIA WORKERS, THEIR BOOTS ON THE GROUND? THEY KNOW WHAT THESE STUDENTS NEED, JUST LIKE THE FOLKS IN THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT YOU'RE TAKING AWAY.

REMOVING THEM IS CRIMINAL.

YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HERE TWO MINUTES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS IS LIKE GETTING ON AN ELEVATOR ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ASSESS FLOORS, WHAT,

[01:05:02]

WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT. HE HADN'T YOU HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN UP THERE.

YOU EVEN HAVEN'T BEEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S FROM THIRD WARD, WHO'S FROM SUNNYSIDE, WHO IS FROM KASHMERE GARDENS? WHO IS FROM ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS, ALL OF THESE AREAS? YOU KNOW WHAT? Y'ALL GOT TO GO.

YOU ALL ARE NOTHING BUT TOOLS OF THE PUPPET MASTER ABBOTT WHO IS RUNNING, WHAT'S THAT MAN NAMED MCGRATH? YOU KNOW WHAT? ALL BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY TURNED BLUE AND THERE WERE SO ANGRY THEY DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO CHANGE IT.

SO I WANT TO SAY DISRESPECT US, IGNORE US, HATE US, MESS UP WITH US.

Y'ALL DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT US.

EVERYBODY, LOOK AT THIS FACE.

[1. Approval To Suspend Certain Requirements Of Board Policy BDAA(LOCAL) Regarding Board Officers ]

SO THE LAST ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

THE LAST ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM FOR APPROVAL OF CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED DONATIONS FOR DISTRICT WIDE AND SCHOOL SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. AND SHE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO SPEAK FOR THAT.

WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED THE SPEAKERS TO THE TOPICS BEFORE.

THE LAST ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM FOUR, APPROVAL OF CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED DONATIONS FOR DISTRICT WIDE AND SCHOOL SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE, EXECUTE AND AMEND NECESSARY CONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DONATIONS.

MEG. SETH, IS MEG SETH HERE? MEG. SETH.

I'LL LET HER SPEAK.

LET HER SPEAK.

OH, MS..

SETH LET'S SEE.

LET'S SEE.

MS.. SETH. MS..

SETH THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HELLO. I'M MEG SETH.

I'M A GRANDMOTHER OF FIVE GIRLS IN THE HISD SCHOOL SYSTEM.

LAWMAKERS APPROVED A SAFETY BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN ARMED PERSON EVERY TEXAS SCHOOL.

[2. Approval To Suspend Certain Requirements Of Board Policy BE(LOCAL) Regarding Meeting Dates]

THAT GIVES THE STATE MORE POWER TO COMPEL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CREATE ACTIVE SHOOTER PLANS.

THIS IS HOUSE BILL NUMBER THREE.

TEA NOW HAS THE AUTHORITY TO COMPEL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH ROBUST, ACTIVE SHOOTER PROTOCOLS AND FOLLOW THEM AND DEVELOP STANDARDS FOR NOTIFYING PARENTS OF VIOLENT ACTIVITY.

MY QUESTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IS HOW IS THIS FITTING INTO OUR NEW SCHOOL SYSTEM? WILL WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE BY 2324 SCHOOL YEAR OR WHAT ARE YOU TRAINING PEOPLE TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS? OUR CHILDREN CANNOT LEARN IF THEY ARE AFRAID TO BE THERE.

[ELECTION OF OTHER BOARD OFFICERS]

THIS IS A PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHAT SAFETY MEASURES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? DO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT? WHAT SAFETY CHANGES ARE GOING ON? MORATH AND MILES HAVE HAVE A PLAN THAT IF SOMEBODY IS NOT DOING WELL IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT THEY'RE TAKING HIM OUT TO A ZOOM CLASS.

I AM A SPECIAL EDUCATOR ADVOCATE.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU TAKE OUT SPECIAL ED KIDS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM WITHOUT THEIR TEACHERS, THAT THERE WILL BE NONCOMPLIANCE AND LAWSUITS IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND I WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR THESE PARENTS.

I AM SURE THAT THERE ARE PARENTS IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE SPECIAL ED PARENTS.

I'M SPECIAL. MY DAUGHTER WAS A SPECIAL ED STUDENT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME OUT HERE.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR HEARING OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.

OUR NEXT BUSINESS ITEM IS TO ELECT A PRESIDENT OF THIS BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? YOU BETTER NOT. YOU BETTER NOT.

OH, I SEE.

I NOMINATE AUDREY, I TO SERVE AS BOARD PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU. IS THERE.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.

DO NOT QUALIFY.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE OTHER.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE. WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE NOMINATION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[01:10:02]

ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

THE AYES HAVE IT BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS YOUR BOARD PRESIDENT.

THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.

GET REAL CLOSE. NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU FINE.

THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM RELATES TO LOCAL BOARD POLICY BDAA LOCAL.

THIS BOARD MEETING IS INTENDED FOR BOARD WORK.

THIS MEETING IS INTENDED FOR BOARD WORK.

OUR.

THIS BOARD MEETING IS INTENDED FOR BOARD WORK.

WE ARE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RECESS THIS MEETING.

THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM RELATES TO LOCAL BOARD POLICY BBAA LOCAL AND IS TO SUSPEND THE REQUIREMENT THAT THERE BE FIVE OFFICERS.

[3. Approval And Ratification Of Acting Superintendent Employment And Relocation Agreement With F. Mike Miles]

IT WOULD ALSO SUSPEND THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

THIS WOULD RESULT IN THREE OFFICERS RATHER THAN FIVE, AS CURRENTLY SET OUT IN LOCAL POLICY.

WHO WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY? THIS ITEM IS IDENTIFIED TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH BEST GOVERNANCE PRACTICES AND STATE LAW.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? NO. NO.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD SUSPEND THE SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD POLICY BBDA LOCAL.

THAT REQUIRES A FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY, AND THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS A SINGLE VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY. IS THERE A SECOND? WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE? AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY.

THE MOTION IS NOT A DEMOCRACY.

MOTION PASSES.

THE NEXT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM ALSO RELATES TO LOCAL BOARD POLICY.

SUSPENDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT REGULAR MEETINGS BE HELD ON A SECOND THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH AS WE PLAN TO HOLD OUR JUNE REGULAR MEETING ON THE FOURTH THURSDAY OF THIS MONTH.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD SUSPEND SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOARD, BE LOCAL.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION.

[4. Approval Of Current And Anticipated Donations For Districtwide And School-Specific Programs And Authorization To Negotiate, Execute, And Amend Necessary Contracts Associated With These Donations]

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE? AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

SAY NAY.

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE MOTION PASSES.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE ELECTION OF.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS.

BY VIRTUE OF OUR PREVIOUS VOTE BOARD POLICY, BDAA LOCAL, WHICH PROVIDES FOR FIVE BOARD OFFICERS, HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. DO I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT? MADAM PRESIDENT, I NOMINATE RICK CAMPO FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.

IS THERE A SECOND? DO I HAVE A SECOND? GO EASY ON YOURSELF.

REQUESTING ORDER IN THE REQUESTING ORDER IN THE ROOM SO THAT WE CAN CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS.

AND SO.

SO THAT THE PEOPLE ON ZOOM CAN HEAR BECAUSE PEOPLE ON ZOOM, THE PUBLIC CANNOT HEAR.

THAT'S MY. THAT'S MY.

YEAH. OKAY.

WE'VE BEEN HERE. THAT.

[01:15:04]

EVERYBODY. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR RICK CAMPO AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.

IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT? SEEING NONE. WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE NOMINATION OF RICK CAMPO.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE? AYE. I.

THE AYES HAVE IT BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

AND RICK CAMPO IS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT.

CONGRATULATIONS, RICK.

NEXT, MAY I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THE OFFICE OF BOARD SECRETARY? MADAM PRESIDENT, I NOMINATE ANGIE LEMOND FLOWERS TO BE BOARD SECRETARY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ANY OTHER NOMINEES? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE NOMINATION OF ANGIE LEMOND FLOWERS.

ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE? AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

THE AYES HAVE IT. BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

AND ANGIE LEMOND FLOWERS IS ELECTED SECRETARY.

CONGRATULATIONS, ANGIE.

NO PEACE. NO JUSTICE.

NO PEACE. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AND THE RATIFICATION OF THE ACTING.

NOW, EVEN PUT IT IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP.

JUST KEEP GOING.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AND THE RATIFICATION OF THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT.

REQUESTING ORDER.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AND THE RATIFICATION OF THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENTS CONTRACT.

WE WILL CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON NAMING MR. MILES AS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND APPROVING HIS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DURING OUR MEETING ON JUNE 22ND.

BUT TODAY WE WILL CONSIDER THIS INTERIM TITLE AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AND THE CONTRACT THAT GOVERNS THE INTERIM TIME PERIOD.

IS THERE A MOTION CONCERNING THIS ITEM? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE F MIKE MILES AS THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AND RATIFY THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT EMPLOYMENT AND RELOCATION AGREEMENT.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION.

WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY.

THE MOTION PASSES.

OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM IS TO APPROVE A DONATION WHICH THE BOARD HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IN THE PACKET PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE DONATION AS DESCRIBED IN AGENDA ITEM FOUR.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION.

WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SHARED WITH US TODAY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU TO THE HISD PARENTS FOR YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THE WORK AHEAD.

THANK YOU TO THE HISD STAFF FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM DURING THIS TRANSITION.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL AGAIN AT OUR MEETING AT OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP AND AGENDA REVIEW ON JUNE 15TH.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE WILL NOT BE MEETING IN CLOSED SESSION.

THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED AT 6:55 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.