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GOOD EVENING. THIS MEETING IS NOW CONVENED AT 5:04 P.M..
[CALL TO ORDER]
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES.A QUORUM OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT.
THEY ARE FROM MY RIGHT ON THE PLATFORM.
CASSANDRA AUZENNE BANDY MICHELLE CRUZ ARNOLD.
IF THERE ARE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING AND I SEE AT LEAST TWO.
PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
WE WILL NOW BE JOINED BY A MEMBER OF THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS TO LEAD OUR PLEDGES.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BOARD MEMBER JEANETTE GARZA LINDNER TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT'S PLEDGE LEADER.
SHE PARTICIPATES IN MANY ACTIVITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL, SUCH AS JROTC, WHERE SHE'S CURRENTLY A PLATOON SERGEANT AND THE COMMANDER OF THE UNARMED EXHIBITION DRILL TEAM.
SHE IS ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION PROGRAM.
SHE WILL GRADUATE IN TWO YEARS AND PLANS TO ATTEND COLLEGE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
CADET BANDA. PLEASE RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT MEDITATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.
[RECOGNITIONS]
HISD. HISD WOULD LIKE TO THANK FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP FOR SPONSORING THIS COMPETITION, NOW IN ITS 28TH YEAR IN HOUSTON.NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE PRINCIPAL OF BLACKSHEAR ELEMENTARY TO PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THIS YEAR'S WINNER. GREETINGS, EVERYONE, AND HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW WOULD DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR REFLECT ON HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH 60 YEARS LATER? WELL, OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL TELL US HER THOUGHTS.
MONTOYA IS THE ONLY CHILD OF SEAN AND CHARDONNAY MURRAY.
SHE. SHE WAS LIVING A NORMAL LIFE AS A MASTER SCHOLAR WHO ENJOYS READING, SINGING, ACTING, DANCING, DRAWING UNTIL HER LIFE CHANGED AFTER SHE WON FIRST PLACE AT THE FOLEY AND LARDNER MLK ORATORY COMPETITION.
HER VIDEO WENT VIRAL DUE TO HER POWERFUL PRESENTATION AND HUMBLE CRY.
MOST RECENTLY, SHE WAS A SPECIAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH GUEST ON THE SHERRI SHEPHERD SHOW IN NEW YORK, WHERE SHE STOLE THE HEARTS OF MANY. SHE IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS OUR PINT SIZED POWERHOUSE WHO LOVES HER FAITH, FAMILY, AND
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FRIENDS. SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE FOUNTAIN OF FAITH PRAISE, WHERE REVEREND REMUS WRIGHT IS THE SENIOR PASTOR.IT GIVES ME GREAT DELIGHT AND PLEASURE TO BRING TO YOU AND PRESENT TO YOU, MISS MONTOYA.
YES, I WAS THERE 60 YEARS AGO TO WIN THIS.
A GREAT CHAMPION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
THE CROWD WAS MASSIVE AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
WERE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
DOCTOR KING WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO SAY A SPEECH WRITTEN BY HIS FORMER ADVISER.
SINCE I HAD JUST SANG, I'VE BEEN BUKED AND I'VE BEEN SCORNED.
ON THE PODIUM, I WAS STILL CLOSE ENOUGH FOR HIM TO HEAR ME SAY.
MARTIN. TELL THEM ABOUT THE DREAM.
IMMEDIATELY, MARTIN SLID HIS NOTES TO THE SIDE AND BEGAN TO PREACH HIS ELECTRIFYING I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH. WHAT A TIME! WE HAVE.
COME REFLECT ON THE 60 YEARS SINCE AS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH.
MARTIN'S REFLECTION WOULD BE A CONFESSION OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
HE WOULD THANK GOD FOR BRINGING US OVER.
HE WOULD SAY, MAHALIA, I KEPT ON DREAMING.
THANK YOU FOR SINGING AT EVERY RALLY AND EVERY MARCH WE'VE MADE IT OVER.
KING COULDN'T HELP BUT TO REFLECT ON HOW JOHN LEWIS GATHERED YOUNG ADULTS TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR CHANGE IN THE SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCH IN 1965.
HE WOULD RECALL HIS HOW LONG, NOT LONG SPEECH HE GAVE AFTER THE MARCH.
HE PREDICTED THAT EQUAL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS WOULD BE GRANTED.
DOCTOR KING WOULD SHOUT THANK GOD WE MADE IT OVER.
LESS THAN SIX MONTHS LATER, PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNED THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
SPEECH SPARKED A MOVEMENT OF EQUALITY WHICH HELPED CREATE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, ENDING RACIAL SEGREGATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
BUT THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE GLOBALLY.
KNOW HOW MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS I HAD.
DOCTOR KING. WERE THEY THANKFUL FOR THE AWARDS FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENT? THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 1964.
THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM IN 1977 AND THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL IN 1994.
I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH AND CRY OUT.
INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.
AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, I TOLD THE CROWD, WITH THIS FAITH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, PRAY TOGETHER, STRUGGLE TOGETHER.
STAND. FREEDOM TOGETHER, KNOWING THAT WE WOULD BE FREE ONE DAY.
FROM THE DARK AND DESOLATE VALLEY OF SEGREGATION TO THE SUNLIT PATH OF RACIAL JUSTICE, WE HAVE MADE JUSTICE A REALITY, AND MY CHILDREN HAVE CARRIED ON MY LEGACY.
EVEN MY BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER HAS HER OWN PLATFORM.
AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHTS TO GO TO THE SAME RESTAURANTS, MOVIE THEATERS, SCHOOLS, AND CHURCHES.
I WASN'T JUST A CANDIDATE, BUT BECAME THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT.
KAMALA HARRIS, YOU SEE, BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE VP.
DOCTOR KING'S LAST WORDS WERE BE TO YOU.
HE WOULD SAY MY LIFE WAS WORTH SACRIFICING BECAUSE I WAS FIGHTING FOR YOU.
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YOU DESERVE THE RIGHT TO FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION.YOU DESERVE TO HAVE TEACHERS WHO CARE AND NOT JUST WARM BODIES THERE.
WE FOUGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A BLANK CHECK.
SO GO BACK HOME AND CHECK YOUR CASH APP.
YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN BACK PAY THE AMERICA DEFAULTED ON, GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET A GREAT EDUCATION.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DO ALL OF YOUR CLASSES.
WORK. JUST BE I BE INTELLIGENT.
BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT A DREAM WON'T BECOME A REALITY OVERNIGHT.
YES. IT MAY HAVE KILLED THE DREAMER, BUT COULDN'T KILL THE DREAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS AMAZING.
WOW. WE'RE BLESSED BY YOUR PRESENCE.
WHEREAS EACH FEBRUARY, BLACK HISTORY MONTH HONORS THE ENDURING LEGACY OF STRUGGLE AND TRIUMPH OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND CELEBRATES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN HAVE MADE TO OUR CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUCH INDUSTRIES AS EDUCATION, MEDICINE, FINANCE, GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
AND WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM EMBRACING OUR DIVERSE CULTURES AND RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WHO RISE ABOVE CIRCUMSTANCES AND BECOME ROLE MODELS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL RACES.
AND WHEREAS, THE HISD SCHOOL BOARD PROUDLY AND GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE DISTRICT, FROM PARENT VOLUNTEERS AND CROSSING GUARDS TO TEACHERS AND DISTRICT STAFF, EACH ONE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE TEAM.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2020 FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN HISD AND ENCOURAGE ALL TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE IN WITNESS THEREOF, ON THIS EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2024.
[SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS]
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR FROM SPEAKERS WHO REGISTERED TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS, AS WELL AS ANY STUDENT SPEAKERS FOR HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY.WE'LL BEGIN HEARING ADULT SPEAKERS FOR THE HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY BY 7 P.M.
PLEASE NOTE THAT SPANISH LIVE CAPTIONING IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE VIEWING.
VERBAL AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS BY PERSONS DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, AS THEY INHIBIT THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO OBSERVE THOSE PROCESSES.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE 94 REGISTERED SPEAKERS WHO WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE EACH PER BOARD POLICY, AS WE HAVE MORE THAN 30 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU STAY ON TOPIC AND REFRAIN FROM NAMING INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS, AS THEIR IDENTITY IS PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW.
BUT YOU MAY NAME YOUR OWN CHILD.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RESPECT OUR PROCEDURES AND OTHER SPEAKERS AND END YOUR COMMENTS PROMPTLY.
WHEN YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED AND THE TIMER RINGS, WE WILL HEAR FROM SPEAKERS IN THE AUDITORIUM FIRST.
THOSE ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEMS AS WELL AS HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY STUDENT SPEAKERS.
THEY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ZOOM SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIA ZOOM, WE MUST SEE YOU LIVE WITH YOUR CAMERA ON.
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OUR FIRST ITEM HELD FOR IN-PERSON REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM ONE ACCEPTANCE OF BOARD MONITORING UPDATE PRESENTATION OF GOAL THREE, PROGRESS MEASURES 3.2 AND 3.3. WE WILL BEGIN WITH BOARD OF EDUCATION.WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER.
OF COURSE, FOR HER COMMUNITY SERVICE.
OUR NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST FOR THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC IS ROSALIE LONGORIA.
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, WE HAVE SOME DEDICATED SEATS UP FRONT FOR SPEAKERS.
AND THEN IS THIS BROOKE LONGORIA? OKAY. GOT IT. AND THEN ANITA WADHWA, SUHANI DUHART, J.
ALLISON CHAPIN, ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, TRISTA BISHOP.
OKAY. GO AHEAD, SWEETIE, LET ME JUST SAY FIRST, THIS WAS NOT GOOD.
HISD LIBRARIES ARE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN.
NOT ONLY CAN YOU, NOT ONLY CAN YOU PICK YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT, YOU GET TO READ IT FOR A WEEK.
THEN YOU CAN RETURN IT AND GET YOUR OTHER FAVORITE SUBJECT.
IF YOU DO, BASICALLY ALL YOU'RE DOING IS FIRING THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
AND IF YOU DO A GREAT JOB, YOU'RE GONNA KIND OF RUIN A TRUSTEE.
BROOKE LONGORIA, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YEAH. SO OUR FAMILY'S PASSIONATE ABOUT LITERATURE AND READING AND NOVELS, AND WE ARE DISTRAUGHT TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE NO NOVELS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AT ANY SCHOOL. BOARD OF MANAGERS.
I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THIS IS A LONE STAR GOVERNANCE ISSUE AND OUTSIDE YOUR PURVIEW.
YOU ARE WRONG. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAS PRAISED THE NES TEACHING MODELS.
YOU HAVE SUPPORTED SUPERINTENDENT MILES MISGUIDED POLICIES.
ONE OF YOU IS THE CHILD OF A LIBRARIAN.
AT LEAST FIVE OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN HISD, AT SCHOOLS WHERE THEY'RE NOVELS, AND YOU ARE SILENT.
WHY ARE YOUR CHILDREN DESERVING OF AUTHENTIC LITERATURE BUT NOT STUDENTS AT ANY SCHOOLS? THIS IS WRONG.
YOUR JOB IS TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
YOUR ACTIONS ARE WRONG AND WILL NOT AGE WELL.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANITA WADHWA.
IMAGINE MY HORROR WHEN I HEARD MR. MILES'S WORDS ABOUT NOVELS BEING REMOVED FROM INSTRUCTION IN ANY SCHOOLS, HE SAID.
FULL BOOKS CAN COME AFTER SCHOOL.
THEY CAN COME BEFORE SCHOOL, THEY CAN COME ON YOUR OWN.
HOW ANY SCHOOLS HAVE HAD THEIR LIBRARIANS REMOVED AND THE BOOKS, IF STILL THERE, SIT UNTOUCHED.
THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN HIGH POVERTY AREAS SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.
MANY NES SCHOOLS EXIST IN BOOK DESERTS, AREAS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO INTERNET AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
I HAVE COUNTLESS STORIES OF STUDENTS ASKING ME FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON BOOKS BASED ON THEIR PARENTS INTERESTS TO TAKE HOME FOR THEM, OR CHECKING OUT BOOKS TO SHARE WITH SIBLINGS. THESE STUDENTS ARE LOSING EASY ACCESS TO BOOKS, WHILE STUDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE CONTINUE TO HAVE FULLY STAFFED LIBRARIES.
IN WHAT WAY IS THIS NOT SEGREGATION? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUHANI STEWART.
THIS IS THE SPEECH OF A YOUNG GIRL.
SHE IS A SECOND GRADER AT A SCHOOL THAT HAS ADOPTED MANY NES TECHNIQUES.
BEFORE THE TA TAKEOVER, I GOT TO HAVE ART CLASSES FREE, WRITE IN A JOURNAL AND READ CHAPTER BOOKS.
WHAT I HATE ABOUT THE TAKEOVER IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO NONSENSE DOLLS.
WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO DRAW, READ CHAPTER BOOKS, OR FREE WRITE IN A JOURNAL.
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SO BY TAKING THAT AWAY, YOU'RE MAKING KIDS LEARNING WORSE.THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAY ALLISON CHAPIN.
MR. BISHOP WHAT? DANIEL NORRIS AND JANICE THOMAS, IN THAT ORDER, IF FOLKS WOULDN'T MIND.
DO THOSE CHAIRS SAY THAT THEY'RE FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS? SO IF FOLKS WHO ARE REGISTERED SPEAKERS CAN COME FORWARD TO THE FRONT ROWS.
AS AS YOU'RE CALLED OR CLOSE TO WHEN YOU'RE CALLED TO BE HELPFUL TO HELP US MOVE ALONG.
HI. MY NAME IS ALLISON CHAPIN, AND I'M A FORMER HISD TEACHER.
MR. MILES, YOU ARE DOING A DISSERVICE TO OUR BILINGUAL, EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS.
FIRST, SCIENCE OF READING IS NOT EFFECTIVELY TEACHING KIDS HOW TO BE LITERATE IN ENGLISH.
SECOND, SPANISH TRANSLATIONS ARE AVAILABLE.
BUT FOR OVER 50 STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS PASHTO, ARABIC OR FARSI, THERE IS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION IN THEIR HOME LANGUAGES.
MR. MILES, WE DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT TO REACH AND TEACH ALL STUDENTS IN HISD.
IF YOU EXPECT STUDENTS TO PROGRESS BEYOND YOUR GOALS, MR. MILES, YOU NEED TO DO MORE TO HELP ALL LEARNERS, ESPECIALLY EMERGENT BILINGUAL.
THANK YOU MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH CHAPMAN.
OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TRISTA BISHOP.
WHAT? IS SHE HERE? ARE YOU TRISTA BISHOP? OKAY.
GOOD EVENING. I'M TRISTA BISHOP WITH HOUSTON GPS.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE ACTION STEPS, WHICH PAINT A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE IMPORTANCE THE DISTRICT IS PLACING ON CMR. IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE SWITCH TO AN OPT OUT PROCESS FOR ADVANCED COURSES.
AS THE BOARD DISCUSSES THE DATA TONIGHT, WE ENCOURAGE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GAP IN ATTAINMENT BETWEEN CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIELLE NORRIS.
WELL, BEFORE I GO THERE, LET ME SAY THIS I HAVE NOT.
I'VE BEEN ON RECORD OF NOT BEING A FAN OF THIS, THIS SPECIFIC TAKEOVER FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
BUT SINCE WE ARE HERE, MY MESSAGE TO YOU, THIS BODY IS THIS COMMUNICATION IS KEY.
AND AT THIS POINT THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN AT BEST OFF KEY AND AT WORST GOD AWFUL.
SO BE SURE TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNICATION GOES FROM THAT OF A TYRANNICAL BODY OR OR LIKE A TYRANNICAL FOSTER CARE, ALMOST TO A COMPASSIONATE CARETAKERS. THAT'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE THAT I SEE AT THIS POINT FROM THIS BOARD.
I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JANICE THOMAS.
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YES, MA'AM. PLEASE GO AHEAD.GOOD EVENING. LOOKING AT PAGE 14 OF, THE GPM 3.3.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS REGARDING THE STATEMENT BELOW.
WELL, BEYOND THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION, WHAT OTHER SUPPORT IS OFFERED TO HELP STUDENTS BECOME TSI READY? AND DO WE HAVE DATA SPECIFIC TO CAMPUS SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE TSI READY AND THE DATA THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE DATA IN 3.2? IT'S NOT REALLY IT DOESN'T PAINT A CLEAR PICTURE.
AND ALSO, WE NEED THE COMMUNITY, RESPONSE REGARDING THE SUNRISE CENTER, WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT WE HAVE A SUNRISE IN FIFTH WARD LATER TO FIND OUT THAT IT'S NOT FOR THE FIFTH, THE STUDENTS IN THE FIFTH WARD.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WILL THERE BE A SUNRISE CENTER FOR THE FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY? KASHMERE GARDEN, DENVER HARBOR COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THE ONE ORIGINALLY STATED WAS FOR THE POPULATION OF NORTH NORTHEAST HOUSTON.
WILL DIANE OLMOS GUZMAN PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? AND SHE HERE. NO.
OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM THREE.
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY CFC LOCAL ACCOUNTING AUDIT.
WILL SARAH TYRRELL PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? THE SPEAKER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TONYA SAMPSON.
MISS TYRRELL YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
THE NEW POLICY OUTSOURCES INTERNAL AUDIT TO AN EXTERNAL FIRM THAT WILL LIKELY PROVIDE LESS CONTINUITY AND HAVE FEWER ON THE GROUND INSIGHTS AND INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY THAN AN IN-HOUSE STAFF FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO FRAUD TIPS, ETHICS AND IMPROPRIETIES.
I WOULD PREFER A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT.
I NOTE THE ELIMINATION OF THIS ONE THING IN THE SECOND READING TODAY.
THAT WAS NOT IN THE FIRST READING IN IN DECEMBER.
WHY STRIKE THAT? WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT? THANK YOU MA'AM.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TONYA SAMPSON.
CAN YOU TAKE OUT YOUR HANDOUTS THAT ARE IN THE BOARD PACKET? SHOULD BE IN THERE.
AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A QUOTE FROM MALCOLM X AND A QUOTE FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ON THE FRONT.
SO YOU SHOULD SEE IT THAT WAY.
DO YOU HAVE IT? THEY DON'T KNOW THEY SHOULD.
THEY CONFIRM THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE IT DURING THE SHAREPOINT? YEP. WE HAVE IT.
DO YOU HAVE IT? MR. MILES, DO YOU HAVE IT? NO.
OKAY. NOT DIRECTLY. YOU CAN REFER TO IT LATER, I SUPPOSE.
CAN I GET MY TIME STARTED? LET'S. LET'S GET STARTED.
LET'S GET STARTED. YES, MA'AM.
WE'LL START YOUR MINUTE, BUT LET'S GET STARTED, OKAY.
SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS JUST READ A QUOTE FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING.
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR SAYS EDUCATION MUST ENABLE ONE TO SIFT AND WEIGH EVIDENCE TO DISCERN THE TRUE FROM THE FALSE, THE REAL FROM THE UNREAL, AND THE FACTS FROM THE FICTION.
THAT REALLY DOES HAVE TO DO WITH AUDITS, THE FACTS FROM THE FICTION.
THE OTHER THING THAT I'M ASKING FOR UNDER THIS OPTION, UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM IS.
FOR THE WALKING QUORUMS TO BE PUT UNDER CONTROL.
THERE IS A LETTER DATED MAY 24TH, 2019 FROM KEN PAXTON TO MIKE MORATH.
IT SAYS A MEMBER OR GROUP OF MEMBERS OF A GOVERNMENTAL BODY COMMITS AN OFFENSE IF THE MEMBER OR GROUP OF MEMBERS KNOWINGLY CONSPIRES TO CIRCUMVENT THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT BY MEETING IN NUMBERS LESS THAN A QUORUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECRET DELIBERATIONS, IN VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER.
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THANK YOU, MA'AM, AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER SERIOUSLY.OUR NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM FIVE, APPROVAL OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY, A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY REGARDING GOAL FOR SECOND READING.
LUCA, CANDIDA, AND THEN DIANA CANDIDA, SARAH RIVLIN, JEN RAAB, FRANCESCO TUZZOLINO, RAJA SANDOR, DENISE WILLBORN, MOLLY COOKE, AND ERICA QUINTERO.
WE'LL CALL YOU IN THAT ORDER, BUT MR. CANDIDA IS FIRST.
GO AHEAD. SIR. I START, I START.
STUDENT ACTIVIST ASSOCIATION MERCANTIL ES DIVERTIDO ENCONTRAR LIBROS NUEVOS Y DIFERENTES IN LA BIBLIOTECA DE ME ESCUELA.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LUCA CANDIDA AND I AM WITH THE STUDENT ACTIVIST ASSOCIATION.
I LOVE TO READ AND IT'S VERY FUN TO FIND NEW BOOKS, AND DIFFERENT BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY AT MY SCHOOL.
ESTOS SON SEIS LIBROS GET'EM PRESTADO AYER.
THESE ARE THE SIX BOOKS THAT I LEARNED YESTERDAY.
ALGUNOS NINOS NO TIENEN LIBROS AND GARZA ENOCHIAN ACCESO A BIBLIOTECA PORQUE EL SISTEMA ESCOLAR NO LO PERMITE.
TODOS LOS NINOS DE TENER ACCESO A LIBROS DE BIBLIOTECAS.
ES UNA NECESIDAD PARA APRENDER ESO YA ATRAVÉS DE LA LITERATURA.
ALL KIDS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS AND LIBRARIES.
IT'S A NEED TO LEARN AND DREAM THROUGH LITERATURE.
GRACIAS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MA'AM, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I'M A CONCERNED PARENT SPEAKING ON ITEM FIVE.
I'M SAD THAT THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE BEING FORCED TO ANY US, THEY'LL BE SUBJECT TO MIKE MILES'S EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY THAT RESULTS IN BULLYING AND SHAMING. THE ONLY POSITIVE IS THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL REALIZE FIRSTHAND HOW SUPERINTENDENT IS.
HE IS INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING THE PUBLIC.
THE REALITY IS THAT NES AND NASA SCHOOLS ACCOUNT FOR A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF THAT TURNOVER.
OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND COMMUNITIES DESERVE THE TRUTH.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH RIVLIN.
MR. MILES HAS BEEN CROWING THAT NES SCHOOLS DID GREAT ON THE NWEA MOY TEST.
THERE IS ALSO NO EVIDENCE THAT THE GROWTH THIS YEAR WAS BETTER THAN THE GROWTH IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
KIDS TEND TO IMPROVE AFTER SIX MONTHS OF INSTRUCTION.
YOU'RE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND DISRUPTIVE STRATEGIES ARE NOT TEACHING OUR KIDS TO READ.
ON JANUARY 22ND, MR. MILES PROMISED THAT THE RAW DATA, INCLUDING THE SCIENCE TEST, WOULD BE RELEASED WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
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WHERE'S THE DATA? IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, RELEASE IT.THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YEN.
LAST WEEK, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS LEARNED THE FIRST ROUND OF INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW TEAM VISITS FOUND THEM SEVERELY LACKING IN THE DISTRICT'S SPOT OBSERVATION FORM FOR DOMAIN TWO, WHICH FOCUSES ON INSTRUCTION.
SPOT OBSERVATIONS ARE 5 TO 10 MINUTES, YET NUMEROUS POINTS IN DOMAIN TWO REQUIRE THE OBSERVER TO PRESENT AN ENTIRE CLASS, INCLUDING READING, WRITING, DISCUSSING, AND THINKING WHEN THE OBSERVER IS NOT THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
FACULTY MEETINGS ARE DEDICATED TO TEACHING TO THE FORMS GIVEN MR. MILES COMMENTS ABOUT TEACHER PROFICIENCY, IT SEEMS THE FORMS ARE MEANT TO SET US UP TO FAIL.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MOLLY COOK.
AS AN EXPERIENCED PRINCIPAL, I HAVE SEEN GOOD AND BAD SUPERINTENDENTS.
A GOOD SOUP WILL HAVE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL INTERACTIONS.
SADLY, MR. MILES'S LEADERSHIP STYLE IS PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE AND LACKS CLARITY.
A GOOD SOUP EXEMPLIFIES EQUITY.
SCHOOLS IN AFFLUENT AREAS HAVE MORE AUTONOMY, WITH CTOS, FIELD TRIPS AND LIBRARIES.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET RID OF THIS BAD SOUP AND HIRE A GOOD ONE.
OUR HISD COMMUNITIES AND STUDENTS DESERVE THAT.
OUR OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERICA QUINTERO.
OUR NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM SEVEN.
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY FOR LOCAL COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE.
WILL THERESA CRAIG PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, MISS CRAIG? SHE HERE? NO.
OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM EIGHT.
APPROVAL OF THE 2024 2025 ACADEMIC CALENDAR.
WILL ASHLYN MORTON PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? IS ASHLYN MORTON HERE? OKAY.
THIS TAKEOVER HAS RUINED THIS DISTRICT WITHIN YOUR BELIEFS.
THEN HOW COME SCHOOLS WITH PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND AND HISPANIC STUDENT BODIES ARE BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETED WITH THESE NEW POLICIES? PERHAPS YOU SHOULD MAKE A REAL CHANGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS, SUCH AS RENAMING SCHOOLS WITH RACIST ORIGINS SUCH AS MIRABEAU LAMAR.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE THIS LEVEL OF EDUCATION WITH A COOKIE CUTTER, ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH? YOU STOOD UP HERE, BIKE MILES, AND SMILED AT THAT ENTIRE SPEECH THAT THAT LITTLE GIRL GAVE.
YET YOU TARGET SCHOOLS OF COLOR.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE DESERVE BETTER, AND WE MUST BRING DEMOCRACY BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JONATHAN BRYANT.
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OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JONATHAN BRYANT.TEACHERS ARE VOTING WITH THEIR FEET.
NORMALLY THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN UNACCEPTABLE ATTRITION RATE, AN INDICATOR OF FAILED LEADERSHIP.
IN DALLAS, IT TOOK MILES JUST THREE YEARS TO DOUBLE THE TEACHER TURNOVER RATE.
IN HISD. IT TOOK JUST SIX WEEKS.
PLEASE LOOK AT ALL THE DATA, NOT JUST TEST SCORES.
WHEN EVALUATING THE NES MODEL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIEN NGUYEN.
WHEN THE TIA MARCHED INTO OUR DISTRICT, THEY TOLD US THAT OUR SCHOOL WOULDN'T BE TOUCHED AND THAT WE SCORED HIGHLY AND EARNED OUR RIGHT TO SOME DEGREE OF AUTONOMY, BEING THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.
AS THIS YEAR HAS PROGRESSED, WE SEE THIS STATEMENT HAS INCHED FARTHER AND FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
IT STARTED WITH USELESS, DANGEROUS, DISTRICT WIDE POLICIES.
THEN DISTRICT MONITORS CAME, MAGNET FUNDING GOT CUT TO FUND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AT NES SCHOOLS, AND THEN HOSTILE POLICIES AGAINST SOME OF OUR NATION'S BEST ALREADY UNDERPAID EDUCATORS. NOW NES IS BEING EXTENDED, AND OUR CAMPUS SHOULD BE FULFILLING ITS ORIGINAL FOUNDING GOAL AS A MODEL OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WHEN PROVIDING ALL STUDENTS WITH A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, NO MATTER THEIR BACKGROUND.
HOWEVER, MR. MILES DOESN'T THINK THIS WAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MISS PAMELA BOLAND.
MISS BOLAND. MISS BOLAND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MR. DANIEL SANTOS.
I BELIEVE MY CHILDREN DESERVE LIBRARIANS AND NOT SPIN BIKES.
I BELIEVE MY CHILDREN DESERVE ELECTED REPRESENTATION AND NOT UNELECTED, UNCERTIFIED LEADERSHIP.
I BELIEVE MY CHILDREN DESERVE TO BE PREPARED FOR SCIENCE, NOT MILITARY ARTS.
YES. YES, I BELIEVE MY CHILDREN DON'T DESERVE SCRIPTED CURRICULUM.
I BELIEVE THE NES MODEL SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL.
I BELIEVE MY CHILDREN DESERVE TO LEARN TO BE INSPIRED, TO HAVE THE JOY OF LEARNING.
I BELIEVE MY CHILDREN SHOULD BE ASSESSED BY RACIALLY NEUTRAL TESTING.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT STAR IS RACIALLY NEUTRAL, RIGHT? YES, I BELIEVE MY CHILDREN DESERVE AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FREE OF HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION.
THANK YOU MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. DANIEL SANTOS.
FIRST, GOOD EVENING TO MY ELECTED TRUSTEES BEHIND ME.
I AM DANIEL SANTOS, VICE PRESIDENT OF HFT.
THE PROPOSED ACADEMIC CALENDAR, JUST LIKE THE NES EXPERIMENT, REEKS OF CONTEMPT, OF MENDACITY, OF CRUELTY, CONTEMPT FOR TEACHERS, FOR THEY WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR THE EXTRA DAYS. THE EXPANSION OF THE CALENDAR, LIKE THE EXPANSION OF THE NES SCHOOLS, IS BASED ON THE CRUEL LIE THAT IS SO CALLED HIGH PERFORMANCE CULTURE RESULTS IN BETTER OUTCOMES. THE TRUTH IS, WE HAVE A PUNITIVE PRISON LIKE RACIST CULTURE IN THIS DISTRICT, RESULTING IN UNPRECEDENTED TURNOVER OF TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, ALONG WITH NONSTOP PARENT PROTESTS AND STUDENT WALKOUTS.
THE STATE TAKEOVER HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A CRUEL JOKE TO THE COMMUNITY, WHOSE PRESENT TONIGHT UNDERSTAND THIS THE ONLY UNFORGIVABLE SIN IS DELIBERATE CRUELTY.
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OUR NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM TEN.CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER ON THIS TOPIC IS RUTH KRAVITZ.
IF SHE'S HERE, PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
MISS KRAVITZ AND THEN FOLLOWED BY ESTHER URIBE, FIONA RAMIREZ, AND LILA PRASHAD.
MRS. KRAVITZ, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME THAT YOU'RE GIVING ME.
DEMOCRACY, EQUITY, ACCESS THE CONSTITUTION, THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
BUT APPARENTLY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THINGS ARE A LITTLE MURKIER.
IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, AT LEAST THREE PRINCIPALS IN HOUSTON ISD HAVE TOLD THEIR STUDENTS THEY CANNOT SPEAK IN PUBLIC ABOUT THE TAKEOVER AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR LEARNING. TODAY, ONE PRINCIPAL THREATENED A STUDENT WITH EXPULSION IF HE SPOKE TONIGHT.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S A VIOLATION OF STUDENTS FREE SPEECH RIGHTS, AND SO I EXPECT THAT EVERYONE HERE WILL ADDRESS THIS IN THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED QUICKLY, WITHOUT ANY SORT OF HARMFUL INTENT TO EVEN ONE STUDENT, THE SUPREME COURT RULED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ESTHER URIBE.
HI. I AM AN HISD LIBRARIAN AND I.
THEY ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT JUST A ROOM FULL OF BOOKS.
IT IS A SANCTUARY OF LEARNING, A SAFE PLACE WHERE ALL ARE WELCOME TO EXPLORE THEIR OWN INTERESTS.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ACCESS TO SELF-SELECTED TEXTS AND TIME TO READ THOSE TEXTS IS WHAT HELPS STUDENTS NOT JUST LEARN HOW TO READ, BUT TO BECOME LIFELONG READERS AND LOVERS OF LEARNING WHO CAN THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
SO WE DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET TO DESTINATION 2035, HIRE LIBRARIANS.
BECAUSE WE DO COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, CRITICAL THINKING, CREATIVITY, INFORMATION LITERACY, STEM ALL OF THE THINGS THAT IS ON YOUR PLANS FOR DESTINATION 2035.
ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FIONA RAMIREZ.
SIR IN THE RED HAT AND SIR IN THE BLUE SHIRT, PLEASE.
YOU CANNOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING.
SIR, YOU CANNOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING.
IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
THANK YOU. SIR, I'M ASKING YOU TO LEAVE THE.
THANK YOU. NO ONE ELECTED YOU.
I'M JUST GOING TO REMIND EVERYONE, OURSELVES INCLUDED, THAT WE'VE GOT 94 SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FIONA RAMIREZ.
IS SHE HERE? NO. HOW ABOUT LILA PRASHAD? NOW OUR NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS CLOSED SESSION A DELIBERATE.
EVALUATIONS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
CONSIDERATION OF COMPENSATION AND CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS OF THE SAME.
OUR SPEAKER TO THIS TOPIC IS YOLI VILLARREAL.
IS THAT PERSON HERE? NOW OUR LAST ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS CLOSED SESSION.
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BE, CONSIDER AND APPROVE PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS.REASSIGNMENTS. PROPOSED TERMINATIONS.
WELL, BEFORE I GO THROUGH ALL THIS IS LAILA CHAUDHRY HERE.
WE'LL NEXT HEAR FROM SOME SPEAKERS WHO REGISTERED TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL BEGIN WITH FORMER BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEE JUDITH CRUZ.
MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO'S IN PERSON WHO CAME LATE.
WHO'S THAT? DIANE OLMOS GUZMAN.
YES, MA'AM. AND, MY NAME IS DIANA GUZMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE EAST END LULAC COUNCIL.
22503. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF EVERY CITIZEN IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHICH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ELECT OUR OWN TRUSTEES.
THE OTHER THING I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT ANY SCHOOLS I RESEARCHED IT, THERE IS NO EXPERTS THAT HAVE GIVEN IT AN A, THERE IS NOTHING TO SHOW THAT IT WORKS, AND NIS IS JUST A BEING USED BY HISD AS A SYSTEMIC, DISCRIMINATORY, DISCRIMINATORY STRUCTURE THAT CONTROLS MINDS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, THE CITIZENS AND THE TAXPAYERS, AND THEREFORE.
YOU'RE IN VIOLATION OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ZOOM'S SPEAKERS.
MISS SMITH. MISS SMITH, I BELIEVE, JUDITH CRUZ IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I AM VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE THE DISTRICT ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES AND BARRIERS TO STUDENTS COMPLETING CTE PROGRAMS OF STUDY, AND EARNING INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, AND I REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD THE DISTRICT'S DECISION TO HAVE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OPT OUT OF ADVANCED COURSES INSTEAD OF OPTING IN, AS HAS BEEN THE HISTORIC PRACTICE.
THE DATA SHARED CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES THE DISPARITY DISPARITIES BETWEEN OUR STUDENTS OF COLOR AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WITH OTHER STUDENT GROUPS BETWEEN WHO IS COMPLETING CTE COURSES AND WHO IS COMPLETING DUAL CREDIT, AP AND OTHER ADVANCED COURSES.
EQUITY OF PARTICIPATION AND EQUITY OF COMPLETION.
HOW DO WE ENSURE ALL OUR STUDENTS GROUPS ARE PREPARED? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VIA ZOOM.
MARIA BENZON, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON AND YOU MAY BEGIN.
WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO ONLY A 1% GROWTH IN EVERYTHING, OR ALL OF YOUR STAFF AT THE SAME COMPETENCE LEVEL AND GROWTH RATES? IF THERE ARE 12,011TH GRADERS AND 33% GOT COLLEGE CREDIT IN 2023, THAT'S ABOUT 4000 STUDENTS.
1% GROWTH IS JUST 1200 STUDENTS.
ARE WE OKAY WITH 6800 STUDENTS NOT HAVING COLLEGE CREDIT, PERHAPS 1% IS SAFE AND WE CAN CELEBRATE.
WILL 1% GROWTH ACCOUNT FOR YOUR POLICIES OR CHANCE? HOW CAN YOU ENSURE THAT THIS IS NOT A NUMBERS GAME TO SEEM LIKE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING WHEN THEY ARE REALLY UNDERPERFORMING? BY THE WAY, IN FIGURE NINE AND THE TABLE ABOVE, THE MLI DATA FOR 2023 SHOWS WHITE STUDENTS AT 38 AND 29%, WHICH IS CORRECT.
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THANK YOU. I THINK, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ADIDAS SAGE BITTNER.BITTNER AND I AM A FOURTH GRADER AT CONDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MY MOM ONCE ASKED ME IF I WANTED ONE HALF OF A CAKE.
I SAID YES, SHE GAVE ME ONE HALF OF A CUPCAKE AND SHE GAVE HERSELF ONE HALF OF A LARGER CAKE.
I WAS UPSET BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE BOTH GOT ONE HALF, HERS WAS MUCH LARGER THAN MINE.
I LEARNED THAT 50% OF ONE AMOUNT IS DIFFERENT FROM 50% OF ANOTHER AMOUNT OF A DIFFERENT AMOUNT.
SO LET'S LOOK AT FIGURE NINE ON PAGE EIGHT.
IMAGINE NEXT YEAR YOU ONLY ENROLL 20 STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DO WELL.
IF ONLY TEN OF THEM PASSED, THAT WOULD BE 50%, WHICH IS GREATER THAN ONE THAN 25%.
YAY! BUT THAT WOULD BE WAY FEWER KIDS WHO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN IN AN ADVANCED CLASS.
NO. THEREFORE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THE PERCENTAGE MATTERS.
PLEASE INCLUDE BOTH INFORMATION IN THE FUTURE.
PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. YOU MAY BEGIN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. WE CAN SEE YOU.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE BOARD OF MANAGERS IS PROGRESS MONITORING THE GOALS, AND THAT THE GOALS ARE STRETCHING THE DISTRICT, MONITORING HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING WITH TSE, CTE, AP, ETC.
IS ESSENTIAL TO SEE IF OUR STUDENTS ARE READY FOR COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE'S A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS.
BUT I WANT ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO REMEMBER THAT IF STUDENTS HAVE HAD.
A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
THEY WOULD NOT BE PLAYING CATCH UP IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP WE SEE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED.
SO PLEASE DO NOT FORGET ABOUT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
WONDERING HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING, WHAT I KTEQ, ETC.
IS ESSENTIAL TO SEE IF OUR STUDENTS ARE READY FOR COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY.
AND I'M HAPPY THAT WAS A REPEAT, RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE HERNANDEZ DOCTOR ANN MCCOY, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
CAN WE SKIP HER AND MAYBE COME BACK? IS IT FOR ALL THE ZOOM SPEAKERS? OKAY.
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WE COULD DO. WE COULD DO.WE COULD DO. HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY, THE STUDENT SPEAKERS.
YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND THEN COME BACK.
OKAY. SO WE'RE, AS A REMINDER FROM WHAT I SAID EARLIER AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT OUR HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY IN TWO PARTS TONIGHT TO PRIORITIZE STUDENTS WHO'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
AND SO SPEAKERS WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS STUDENTS ARE, ISABEL BUNN AND THEN SOPHIE GRACE ROJAS AND THEN ANNA LEAH ESPINOSA. IF YOU ALL WILL COME FORWARD, WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY BY THEN, OUR ZOOM SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE WORKING AGAIN.
IS ISABEL BUNN HERE? OKAY. COME ON FORWARD.
YOU HAVE A MINUTE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY.
GOOD. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE HISD BOARD.
MY NAME IS ISABELLA BUNN, AND I AM A DISMAYED 11TH GRADE STUDENT WITHIN HISD.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY NOT JUST AS A STUDENT, BUT AS A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS, A BEACON FOR THOSE NAVIGATING THE SHADOWS OF INJUSTICE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, IN THE HALLS OF OUR SCHOOLS, AMIDST THE ECHOES OF LEARNING, THERE EXISTS A SILENT STRUGGLE BORNE BY MANY OF OUR PEERS, A STRUGGLE AGAINST THE SHACKLES OF DISPARITY AND NEGLECT.
PICTURE, IF YOU WILL, CLASSROOMS WHERE STUDENTS EAGERLY AWAIT KNOWLEDGE ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES MET WITH UNQUALIFIED TEACHERS, AND BARREN SHELVES WHERE LIBRARIES ONCE STOOD. IMAGINE THE FACES OF THOSE WHO, INSTEAD OF BEING NURTURED BY THEIR ENVIRONMENT, ARE LEFT TO NAVIGATE THE ICY WINDS OF NEGLECT, THEIR VOICES SILENCED BY THE DEAFENING ROAR OF BUREAUCRATIC INDIFFERENCE.
BUT LET US NOT SUGARCOAT REALITY.
THE TRUTH IS STARK AND UNDENIABLE.
THE HISD BOARD IS FAILING US, ITS STUDENTS AND ITS TEACHERS.
OUR CLASSROOMS ARE NOT JUST SPACES FOR LEARNING.
THEY ARE BATTLEGROUNDS WHERE THE FIGHT FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IS WAGED EVERY DAY.
THE TIME FOR COMPLACENCY IS PAST.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SOPHIE GRACE ROJAS.
IS SOPHIE GRACE ROJAS HERE? YES, MA'AM. SOPHIE GRACE ROJAS.
LET ME TAKE YOU INTO THE MASTER MIND OF MIKE MILES.
FIRST I'M GOING TO TAKE FIRST.
I'M GOING TO START BY REMOVING LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS TO INSPIRE KIDS TO READ.
BUT. OH, BUT ONLY BLACK AND BROWN SCHOOLS.
THEN I'M GOING TO REMOVE ALL THE CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND REPLACE THEM WITH ANYONE WHO CAN BREATHE, SO THE KIDS CAN GET GREAT EDUCATION FROM THE BEST, THE FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST.
I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE CURRICULUM AND GIVE THEM ONE THAT IS CREATED BY COMPUTERS AND IS FULL OF MISTAKES, AND GIVE TEACHERS 45 MINUTES SCRIPT THAT WILL MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE THEM TO LEARN.
I'LL HAVE THEM TEST IN EVERY SUBJECT, EVERY DAY AND IN AND ASSIGN.
ASSIGN THEM A LETTER TO INSPIRE SMART ONES AND FROM THE NOT SMART ONES SO THEY CAN GROW CONFIDENCE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP LEARNING.
DISABILITIES AND STUDENTS WHO CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
AND BECAUSE HONEY DESERVE A GOOD PUBLIC EDUCATION.
OUR LAST STUDENT SPEAKER IS ANA LIA ESPINOSA HERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK LITTLE BREAK.
MISS ESPINOSA, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I AM A STUDENT AT DEBAKEY, AND HERE'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
HOLD ON. IF THE FOLKS COULD SO WE CAN HEAR A SPEAKER, THAT WOULD BE REALLY WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU. YOU CAN START OVER.
HONEY, I AM EXHAUSTED EVERY SINGLE DAY.
EVERY DAY. I AM REMINDED OF HOW MUCH OF A FAILURE I AM, AND I HATE THAT.
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I HAVE HOPE THAT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER THAN TODAY.WE ARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, SCIENTISTS, MATHEMATICIANS.
AND YET YOU DRAIN US OF THE JOY OF LEARNING.
SO TELL ME WHAT MAKES THIS SO WORTH IT? WHEN YOU CONSTANTLY TAKE FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND MAKE ARRESTS BECAUSE STUDENTS TRY TO WAIT, TRY TO RAISE THEIR VOICES.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE MISSED WHAT HAPPENED AT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL.
SO TELL ME, HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THIS UNTIL YOU LET GO OF YOUR PRIDE AND ADMIT THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO OUR STUDENTS IS WRONG? EVEN AFTER ALL OF OUR PROTESTS, YOU STILL TURN A BLIND EYE AND CONTINUE TO STAY IGNORANT BECAUSE SINCE YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY IN THE RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND WE'LL BE BACK.
WE'RE TAKING RECESS AT 6:10 P.M..
WE HAD A TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH OUR ZOOM SPEAKERS, AS I MENTIONED.
FOR US ON. FOLKS, WE ARE BACK.
IF EVERYBODY IN IN THE GALLERY CAN PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.
WE HAD A TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH OUR ZOOM SPEAKERS.
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AS I SAID BEFORE, WE RECESSED.I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL OF THEM.
SO I THINK, MISS SMITH, IF YOU'LL ADMIT THE NEXT ZOOM SPEAKER.
THANK YOU. KAELIA FORTSON, YOU MAY BEGIN.
CAN I GET A MINUTE ADDED? I'M GOING TO BE TRANSLATING.
DO YOU NEED A TRANSLATOR? ARE YOU SPEAKING IN? NO, NO, NO, I'M BILINGUAL.
WE HAVEN'T. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GIVING AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE FOR FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES.
SO IF YOU NEED A TRANSLATOR, WE'RE GLAD TO PROVIDE ONE.
WOULD YOU LIKE ONE? YEAH, SURE.
OH, IS SHE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE FOR HER IN PERSON? YES, YES.
OKAY. I'M HERE AS AN ESL CERTIFIED ENGLISH TEACHER TO SPEAK ON AGENDA NUMBER ONE WITH THE CURRENT ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE NOT PROVIDED THE PROPER RIGOR AND RELEVANCE FOR DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING.
HICK IS VIOLATING SEVERAL STATE AND NATIONAL LAWS PASSED TO SUPPORT THEIR ACADEMIC EQUITY.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ESL CURRICULUM THAT INCLUDES PHONICS MEASURES.
DOLL ALLOWS FOR EXTENDED TIMERS OR OR LOWS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.
SOME HAVE NEVER HAD A FORMAL EDUCATION.
OUR STUDENTS ENROLL AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS IN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
PLEASE VALUE TEACHER INPUT TO HELP KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE SO THAT NO CHILD IN IASI IS LEFT BEHIND.
THANK YOU. MISS SMITH IS MISS FRIO.
HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JANE.
I'M A PARENT OF A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY WHO RECEIVES SPECIAL EDUCATION AND HISD.
ACCESS TO THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE ACCESS TO, BE INVOLVED IN, AND SHOW PROGRESS IN THE GENERAL CURRICULUM THROUGH CURRICULAR AND INSTRUCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS.
IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT, THERE'S NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAN A CTE CLASS, WHERE ALL STUDENTS ARE BEING EXPOSED TO A VARIETY OF CAREER OPTIONS. MY DAUGHTER IS THRIVING IN HER SECOND YEAR OF CTE CLASS.
I BELIEVE THAT EVERY MONTH YOU ARE MONITORING PROGRESS.
THANK YOU MA'AM. MENT ON TRAN. PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI.
HI. MY NAME IS MINDAN TRAN AND I'M AN HISD COMMUNITY MEMBER.
SPEAKING ON ITEM FIVE ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER AT A FUTURE NES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MR. MILES, ABOUT 50% OF OUR STAFF PLANS TO RESIGN AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
MY COLLEAGUES AND I LOVE HELPING STUDENTS LEARN AND GROW.
WE'VE HEARD YOU SAY THAT IF WE DON'T LIKE HOW YOU RUN HISD, WE CAN LEAVE.
YOU DON'T VALUE COMPETENCE EXCEPT YOUR OWN.
OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT COGS IN A FACTORY OR MERELY DATA POINTS FOR MAP TESTING.
THIS VISION WILL NOT BE REALIZED.
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DON'T. MISS HURLEY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.AS DIVERSE AS OUR STUDENTS ARE.
HI. YES, BOTH OF MY CHILDREN ATTEND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WILL BE NEXT THIS FALL.
AND WE'RE ALL DEVASTATED TO BE LOSING OUR LIBRARIAN.
READING IS THE FOUNDATION AND THE BEDROCK OF EDUCATION.
AND LIBRARIANS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO LIBRARIES.
FROM MOMMY'S NOTEBOOK OF A RETURN TO A NATIVE LAND AND A ALL I KNOW HOW TO DO IS SPEAK.
IT IS FOR YOU THAT I SHALL SPEAK.
MY LIPS SHALL SPEAK FROM MISERIES THAT HAVE NO MOUTH.
A LIBRARIAN CAN HELP YOU LOOK UP THAT LAST WORD.
AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I COULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED MY LIFE WITHOUT LIBRARIANS.
THANK YOU. MELISSA YARBOROUGH IS NOT IN ZOOM IN. ROB IS NOT IN ZOOM.
OKAY. OKAY? YES. OKAY, COME ON DOWN.
I THINK YOU'RE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
IS THAT RIGHT? WE HAVE ONE MORE THAT'S MOVED TO ZOOM.
LET'S LET THE LAST ZOOM SPEAKER.
OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SIT RIGHT DOWN, IF YOU'D LIKE.
WHO'S THE NEXT, ELIZABETH CHAPMAN.
OKAY, MISS CHAPMAN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
ONE SECOND. CAN YOU SWITCH FROM MELISSA TO ELIZABETH CHAPMAN? ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
YOU MAY BEGIN. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH CHAPMAN AND I AM A TEACHER HERE TO DO A LESSON.
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THE TEACHER HAS AND THE GAINS THAT STUDENTS MAKE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THE COST OF REPLACING EACH TEACHER IN RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING IS $20,000.
[DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS (Part 1 of 2)]
A RECENT SURVEY OF OUR COMMUNITY INDICATED THAT LARGE GROUPS OF TEACHERS ARE EITHER CONTEMPLATING OR PLANNING ON LEAVING THE DISTRICT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.AND I AM HOPING THAT THROUGH YOUR DEMONSTRATION OF LEARNING, THE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN STUDENTS LIVES, THE BOARD WILL CHOOSE TO RETAIN VETERAN TEACHERS.
THANK YOU MA'AM. MR. YARBOROUGH, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WILL COME UNEXPECTED.
BUT MIKE MILES REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT OF ME WHEN I WAS TAKING MY FIRST COLLEGE ED COURSES, AND I NAIVELY THOUGHT THAT I UNDERSTOOD ALL THE PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THAT I COULD SOLVE THEM WITH THE FEW CONCEPTS I HAD LEARNED SO FAR, LIKE DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION AND TEACHING KIDS TO THINK CRITICALLY.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US, BESIDES ME HAVING MORE TEACHING EXPERIENCE, MORE EDUCATION DEGREES, AND MORE CERTIFICATIONS IS THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM EXPERIENCE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
AND I CONTINUE TO LEARN AND CONTINUE TO TRY TO LEARN AND REFLECT AND DO BETTER.
YOU KNOW, YOU SAID IN THE INTERVIEW THAT YOU KNOW THE BEST WAY TO TEACH READING AND THAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE BOOKS, BUT HAVE YOU EVER TAUGHT A READING COURSE? HAVE YOU EVER TAUGHT A READING COURSE? AND HAVE YOU EVER PUBLISHED ANY RESEARCH ON IMPROVING READING? MR. MILES, YOU NEED TO DO A LOT BETTER, AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, THEN YOU CAN LEAVE.
CLARIFICATION. THAT CONCLUDES OUR HEARING OF SPEAKERS.
HELLO. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, DOCTOR ANN MCCOY.
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PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, I AM DOCTOR ANN MCCOY AND HISD COMMUNITY MEMBER, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER AT A SOON TO BE ESL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.HE'S AFRAID TO SHARE HER THOUGHTS FOR FEAR OF REPRISALS.
HAVE YOU EVER TAUGHT AS A 20 YEAR TEACHER? I AM CONCERNED FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS.
DO YOU KNOW THAT THE LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM AMPLIFY DOES NOT AND WILL NOT HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS? FIRST, IT IS WRITTEN ABOVE GRADE LEVEL.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS, BUT THEY SHOULD BE REASONABLE WITH SCAFFOLDS.
SECOND, AMPLIFY IS NOT ALIGNED TO THE TWO.
WE HAVE ONE AND STAR BECAUSE IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR COMMON CORE.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HIT YOUR GOAL WHEN YOUR AIM IS OFF? I AM DOCTOR ANN MCCOY.
MISTER MILES AMPLIFY IS NOT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL, EVEN THOUGH THEIR PRICE IS HIGH.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IF YOU EXPECT STUDENTS TO PROGRESS BEYOND THE GOALS YOU'VE SET FOR THEM.
MISTER MILES, YOU NEED TO INVEST IN HIGH QUALITY, CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR HEARING OF SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS AS WELL AS ALL STUDENT SPEAKERS.
WE ARE READY TO CONSIDER OUR DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEM.
TONIGHT. WE WILL BE MONITORING GOAL THREE, PROGRESS MEASURES 3.2 AND 3.3.
BEFORE WE HEAR OUR PRESENTATION, WE NEED TO CONFIRM THAT OUR MONITORING REPORT IS COMPLETE.
THAT MEANS THAT IT WILL CONTAIN A GOAL.
AND THESE ARE QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO REFLECT ON AS WE REVIEW THIS, WHICH I KNOW THE BOARD HAS LOOKED AT BEFORE, THE SPEAKER, AS I'VE SAID A FEW TIMES TONIGHT, AS I'VE SAID A FEW TIMES TONIGHT, THE SPEAKERS ARE BEING SPLIT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.
WE HAD ALL THE SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS PER BOARD POLICY.
THEN WE WILL DO HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE BOARD IS TO CONSIDER THE, THE WHETHER OR NOT THE MONITORING REPORT IS COMPLETE.
CAN WE GET ORDER IN THIS ROOM, PLEASE? WE'RE TRYING TO CONDUCT ACTUAL BUSINESS HERE.
RELATED. MA'AM? MA'AM, MA'AM IN THE GREEN DRESS.
AND AND FOR EVERYONE TO BE REAL CLEAR, WE HAVE THIS EVENING A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH IS TO REVIEW THE BOARD MONITORING REPORT TO CONSIDER WHETHER OUR STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE AND WHETHER THEY'RE ON TRACK.
I KNOW EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, INCLUDING THE BOARD, WANTS TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE.
SO, THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE ITS WORK.
WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE GOALS, WHETHER THEY ARE CLEARLY SET OUT IN THE MONITORING REPORT ITSELF, THE DATA, AND WHETHER IT CLEARLY SHOWS FOR THE THREE PREVIOUS REPORTING PERIODS IN A GRAPHIC OR OTHERWISE, THE PROGRESS AND INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED WITH REGARD TO ANNUAL TARGETS AND DEADLINES AND INTERPRETATION INFORMATION, WHETHER OR NOT IT CLEARLY SHOWS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO THE GOALS THAT ARE SET OUT, INCLUDING GOAL PROGRESS MONITORING MEASURES, AND ALSO THAT IT PROVIDES EVIDENCE AND A PLAN RELATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF SUPER OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. IN OTHER WORDS, IS THERE AN EXPLANATION OF WHY AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE? SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON WHETHER THE ELEMENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE MONITORING REPORT ARE PRESENT? OR IN OTHER WORDS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT THOSE ELEMENTS ARE NOT PRESENT? BOARD MEMBERS KNOW.
AND I THINK YOU'LL BE PRESENTING FROM DOWN THERE.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER KRISTEN HALL WILL, DO THE PRESENTATION.
SCOPE OF PRACTICE. MY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
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YEAH. OKAY.AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, BEFORE TONIGHT, THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS REPORT.
MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN RESPONDED TO BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO THANK YOU, CHIEF HOLL AND OTHERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION WHO HAVE HELPED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
THE MATERIALS RELATED TO, TO THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR REVIEW IF ANYONE IS, INCLINED TO REVIEW THOSE, BUT I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR NOW TO YOU.
AND THAT WILL INCREASE FROM 11% FOR THE 2122 GRADUATES TO 26% FOR THAT 26 TO 27 GRADUATES.
AGAIN, BIG PICTURE LOOKING THAT AT THAT 15% INCREASE OVER TIME.
AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT NOTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PARTICULAR GOAL IS THAT REALLY IN HISD, WE'RE LOOKING AT SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS WITH HAVING BOTH THAT CAREER OPTION AND THAT COLLEGE OPTION OPTION.
SO THE WAY THAT THIS METRIC IS WRITTEN, IT REALLY LOOKS AT BOTH TSAI READINESS, WHICH CAN BE INDICATION OF COLLEGE READINESS, AND THAT IBC CERTIFICATION, WHICH CAN SUPPORT CAREER READINESS.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GOAL FOR THE PROGRESS MEASURE 3.2 AND WHEN AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT CAREER CIRCLE AND THAT COLLEGE CIRCLE AND THAT HOW THAT VENN DIAGRAM OVERLAPS THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT PROGRESS MEASURE FOCUSES ON THAT CAREER SIDE.
SO THE PERCENT OF 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS WHO ARE ON TRACK TO RECEIVE CTE COMPLETER STATUS BY GRADUATION WILL INCREASE FROM 34% IN MAY 20TH 23 TO 49% IN MAY 2028.
SO, OVERALL, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRESS, MEASURE 2.3.2, OUR DATA CURRENTLY SHOWS THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO HIT THAT FOR THE 23, 24 ACADEMIC YEAR.
I'LL START A LITTLE BIT BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CTE COMPLETER.
SO TO BE A CTE COMPLETER, IT'S REALLY WHEN A STUDENT IS ABLE TO TAKE THREE COURSES IN A SPECIFIC COURSE SEQUENCE FOCUSED ON ONE PARTICULAR CAREER OR INDUSTRY, WE CALL THAT A PROGRAM OF STUDY SO THAT STUDENT CAN TAKE THREE COURSES IN THAT CORE SEQUENCE.
AND THEY AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE COURSES IS WHAT WE CALL LEVEL 3 OR 4 COURSE.
THAT JUST MEANS THE COURSE IS MORE ADVANCED.
THAT MEANS THAT THAT STUDENT CAN DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THAT VERY PARTICULAR INDUSTRY, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE AN ALIGNED, INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION, AND THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE AND BRING THEM VALUE WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING AND TRYING TO GET A JOB AFTER THEY GRADUATE.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT KIDS WHO ARE CONSIDERED ON TRACK TO BE COMPLETERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT KIDS WHO'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO SHOW THAT THREE COURSE PROGRESSION IN WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WOULD CALL THEM CONCENTRATORS.
SO THOSE STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK BECAUSE, AGAIN, AS THEY CONTINUE IN THEIR 11TH OR 12TH GRADE YEAR, THERE'S AN INDICATION THAT THEY CAN STILL GET TO THAT THIRD COURSE AND BECOME A COMPLETER. AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO WOULD CONSIDER STUDENTS ON TRACK WHO MAYBE ARE IN THEIR, 10TH GRADE YEAR AND THEY'RE JUST EXPLORING OR PARTICIPATING IN CTE COURSES. AGAIN, THOSE STUDENTS COULD CONTINUE IN THEIR 11TH GRADE YEAR AND THEIR 12TH GRADE YEAR IN THAT COURSE SEQUENCE AND BECOME COMPLETERS AS WELL.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IS IF YOU LOOK AT FIGURE ONE ON THE TOP, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 2223 DATA, IS THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR FOR THAT, FOR THAT YEAR, WE STARTED AT 41% OF STUDENTS ON TRACK.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU SEE THAT DATA DROP TO 34%.
THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, WE CAN LOOK AT ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN CTE COURSES, BUT IT DOESN'T YET NECESSARILY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHETHER THEY FINISH THAT COURSE OR PASS THAT COURSE.
SO IT'S PRETTY COMMON WHEN YOU GET TO THAT END OF THE YEAR TO SEE A DROP IN THAT NUMBER.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW LAST YEAR IN THE DATA.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THAT 41% JUMP TO 45%.
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THE OTHER THING, WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR REPORT AND THIS PARTICULAR METRIC, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IN THIS TABLE ON THE LEFT, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT SAME GROUP OF LOOKING AT THAT SAME METRIC AND YOU BREAK IT DOWN BY SUBPOPULATIONS.WHAT WE'RE GENERALLY SEEING IS FOR MOST SUBPOPULATIONS, FOR OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS, THEY ARE SEEING IMPROVED SCORES FROM MIDDLE OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR.
SO THAT ALSO INDICATES THAT FOR MANY OF THESE SUBPOPULATIONS, STUDENTS WILL STAY ON TRACK.
THERE'S TWO AREAS TO HIGHLIGHT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS WHERE FROM MIDDLE OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, OUR PERCENTAGE IS LOWER.
SO WE WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SUPPORT THEM IN COMPLETING AND PASSING THOSE COURSES THIS YEAR, SO THEY CAN ALSO HIT THE TARGET THAT IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR TARGET.
SO THAT IS JUST A QUICK, SLIGHTLY DEEPER DIVE INTO THE SUBPOPULATION FOR THAT PARTICULAR, METRIC.
IT REALLY LOOKS BACK AT THE OVERALL GOAL.
AND WHAT WE CAN SEE IS THAT RIGHT NOW IN 2022, WE'RE AT 11% AND 2023 WILL BE LOOKING TO GET TO 12% FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EARNING THAT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.
AND ONE JUST IMPORTANT CONNECTION TO MAKE HERE IS WHEN STUDENTS ARE WHEN OUR CTE STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR COURSES AND THEY'RE BECOMING A COMPLETER, MEANING, AGAIN, THEY'RE TAKING THOSE THREE COURSES IN THE ROWE THAT ENABLES THEM TO TAKE THAT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION ALIGNED TO THAT CAREER TRACK, AND IT INCREASES THEIR ABILITY TO PASS THAT, BECAUSE THEY'VE BUILT THAT DEEP, VERSED SKILL AND EXPERTISE THROUGH THE COURSEWORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN TAKING OVER TIME.
SO THAT THE SUCCESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN FIGURE ONE WILL ACTUALLY HELP SUPPORT OUR ABILITY TO IMPROVE THAT OVERALL GOAL, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT STUDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO EARN THAT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.
THE OTHER THING WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT IS SOME OF THE, THE, THE ROOT CAUSES OF THIS DATA FOR HOW WE CAN MAKE SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO SO THAT WE CAN HIT THIS CONTINUED GROWTH TARGET OVER TIME.
THE FIRST THING I'LL HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THIS REALLY GETS AT THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS.
THE FIRST THING THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT IS PREVIOUSLY IN HISD, THE CTE COURSE OFFERINGS THAT STUDENTS HAD ACCESS TO WERE REALLY DETERMINED AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
SO WE DIDN'T COLLECTIVELY LOOK AT THE DISTRICT TO SAY, ARE ALL CAMPUSES ENSURING THAT THEY'RE SELECTING AT LEAST ONE OR 2 OR 3 PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT ARE, AGAIN, ALIGNED TO THAT FUTURE OF WORK AND HOW THAT FUTURE OF WORK IS CHANGING OVER TIME.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO IS HOW CAN WE SHARE THAT, ENSURE THAT REGARDLESS OF THE CAMPUS THAT YOU GO TO AS A STUDENT, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO AT LEAST ONE OR 2 OR 3 PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT REALLY ALIGN TO THE FUTURE OF WORK, WHERE IT'S GOING, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE'RE PREPARING THOSE STUDENTS FOR, CAREERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE IN 2035.
SO, THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS IS BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN A HISTORICALLY, THERE'S BEEN MORE OF A DECENTRALIZED APPROACH TO THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY OFFERINGS AT DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. IT CAN REALLY NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR HIGHLY MOBILE STUDENTS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE AS HISD ARE A SCHOOL CHOICE DISTRICT.
BUT THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL MIGHT NOT.
THAT WOULD BREAK THAT STUDENT'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE IN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY.
AND THEY WOULD EITHER HAVE TO START OVER OR FIND A NEW ONE.
SO, ANY STUDENTS THAT ARE HIGHLY MOBILE, IF THERE'S DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY OFFERED AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, IT'S HARDER FOR THEM TO CONTINUE AS A CONCENTRATOR AND THEN A COMPLETER IN A PARTICULAR PATH.
IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEAN THAT STUDENTS CAN TRANSFER BETWEEN THE TWO EASILY ENOUGH, SO THAT DECENTRALIZED APPROACH CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR STUDENTS BECOMING COMPLETERS OVER TIME.
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BE USING A DIFFERENT CURRICULUM.THEY COULD ALL BE TEACHING VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY, MANY PERMUTATIONS AND SCENARIOS FOR WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN A CAMPUS, WHICH JUST MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR TRAINING AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR CURRICULUM AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
AND SO DECENTRALIZATION IS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING GOING FORWARD TO IMPROVE THAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS IS TO OFFER WHAT WE'RE CALLING FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT STUDENTS ARE ZONED TO.
WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE HIGH WAGE JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HIGH VOLUME JOBS AND THAT ARE HIGH GROWTH JOBS IN THE FUTURE? AND THEN WHAT JOBS WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE AN IMPACT FROM AI, MEANING THAT AS A STUDENT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO USE AI WELL SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT CAREER PATH.
SO WE DID A LARGE ANALYSIS OF CAREERS, USING DATA FROM TIA AND FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
AND THROUGH THAT, WE IDENTIFIED FOUR MAIN PROGRAMS OF STUDY TRACKS WHERE WE SAID THESE ALL TRACKS ALL MEET A THRESHOLD FOR WAGE, FOR GROWTH AND FOR VOLUME OF JOBS.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN BUILDING THE SKILL SET.
THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE JOBS.
SO WITH THOSE FOUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY, WE WORKED WITH ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ALL OFFER AT LEAST TWO OF THEM, SOMETIMES THREE, SOMETIMES FOUR FOR OUR LARGER HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND SO NOW, STARTING NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO ROLL OUT THOSE FOUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR ZONED HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH MEANS THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT ZONE SCHOOL YOU CAN YOU GO TO, YOU CAN ACCESS ONE OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
SO WE'LL ROLL THIS OUT OVER TIME.
WE'LL START IT WITH NINTH GRADE NEXT YEAR.
THE YEAR AFTER THAT WILL ADD 10TH, THE YEAR AFTER THAT, WE'LL ADD 11TH YEAR.
THE YEAR AFTER THAT, ADD 12TH AND THEN STUDENTS AGAIN WILL HAVE THOSE OPTIONS.
HIGH SCHOOLS CAN STILL OFFER THE MANY OTHER PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT THEY WERE OFFERING.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT IS RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY ABOUT IN THE SPRING, AS STUDENTS START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEIR SCHEDULES ARE GOING TO BE FOR NEXT YEAR, IT'S A REALLY CRITICAL POINT IN TIME FOR THE STUDENT WHERE THEY'RE MAKING A SELECTION FOR THAT NEXT COURSE IN THEIR COURSE SEQUENCE. IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE SENSE FOR THEM.
SO WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE HISTORICAL DATA, WE'VE SEEN SCENARIOS WHERE A STUDENT MAY TAKE, YOU KNOW, A LEVEL ONE COURSE IN FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY ALL THE TIME, AND THEY NEVER MOVE TO THAT LEVEL TWO COURSE IN ANY ONE PROGRAM OF STUDY.
SO WE'VE SEEN THAT IN MANY SCENARIOS.
AND THEY WANT TO MOVE TO SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT REALLY, STARTING IN 10TH GRADE, YOU WANT TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN BECOMING THAT COMPLETER, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF BUILDING THAT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION AND SETTING THEMSELVES UP TO ACCESS CAREERS POST GRADUATION.
SO THAT SCHEDULING ASPECT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS THAT WE'RE AUTOMATING WE HAVE A SYSTEM NOW THAT AUTOMATES IT SO THAT IF A STUDENT TAKES A COURSE THAT'S NOT IN THE PROGRAM OF STUDY IN WHICH THEY ALREADY STARTED, THERE'S AN AUTOMATIC FLAG FOR THAT STUDENT AND THEIR COUNSELOR SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT VERY DIRECT CONVERSATION AROUND, HEY, ARE YOU SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN A LEVEL ONE COURSE HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE IN THAT LEVEL TWO COURSE? AND SO THERE'S SOME REALLY IMPORTANT SCHEDULING THINGS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AUTOMATE SO THAT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY CONTINUE.
SO IN THE CURRENT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE A COMPLETER.
BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO COURSE AND AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IMMEDIATELY FOR ALL SENIORS IS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL SENIORS WHO ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT LEVEL TWO COURSE, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO HELP THEM TAKE THAT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR COURSE.
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AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEIR TEACHERS TO SUPPORT THEM IN THAT.SO WE REALLY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SENIORS CAN IMMEDIATELY GET THAT EXTRA CERTIFICATION, WHICH CAN HELP THEM GRADUATE WITH A SUPPORT FOR THEM THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO BE READY IN THE FIELD.
SO WE ARE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
EACH COHORT AND WHERE THOSE STUDENTS ARE TODAY, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY WE CAN HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY GRADUATE? OKAY. THAT'S THE QUICK UPDATE ON 3.2.
LET'S, SHOULD WE DO LET'S DO QUESTIONS.
IF FOLKS WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, I THINK WE CAN JUST GO DOWN THE LINE OR RAISE A HAND OR.
YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION. GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE CONTEXT.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO, THAT'S NOT TOTALLY CORRECT.
SO SOME OF THEM MIGHT DO IT, SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT.
WHERE WE REALLY FOCUSED OUR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS ARE ZONED TO THOSE SCHOOLS, AND WE WORKED WITH THEM TO SAY, BASED ON THE SIZE OF YOUR SCHOOL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO TWO, 3 OR 4.
SO OUR SMALLER SCHOOLS, WOULD DO TWO, OUR LARGER SCHOOLS WOULD DO FOUR.
AND MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS, SOME OF THEM WERE OFFERING, THEY MIGHT HAVE ALREADY BEEN OFFERING ONE, AND THEY MIGHT JUST ADJUST IT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OFFERING THE COURSE SEQUENCE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BEST SUPPORT THEM WHEN THEY DO THAT.
SO WE REALLY WORKED WITH CAMPUSES TO DO THAT.
THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT THING IS WE TOLD THEM THIS SHOULD NOT IMPACT YOUR MAGNET PROGRAMING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. A QUICK FOLLOW UP.
WE WE USED THE WORKFORCE DATA.
TWO AND THEN CAMPUSES ABOVE THOSE TWO COULD PICK BETWEEN THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH, BECAUSE OUR REAL GOAL, AGAIN WAS TO ENSURE THAT AT A MINIMUM, IF A STUDENT'S MOVING AROUND BETWEEN ONE CAMPUS OR THE OTHER, THEY HAVE AT LEAST SOME SORT OF BASELINE LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY.
ANY OTHER MRS CRUZ ARNOLD? YES. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO CASSANDRA'S QUESTION HERE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE 2 OR 3 THAT CAMPUSES CAN SELECT IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS, WHAT IS THE STRATEGY SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO COMPLETE WITH RESPECT TO EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES? HOW CAN CAMPUSES MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THE TWO, 2 OR 3 PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE SELECTING WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING HOW TO BEST SERVE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO COMPLETE ALREADY? YEAH. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING BACK AT THIS CHART, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO SEE, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THE CHART WHERE, FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND EMERGENT BILINGUALS, WE SEE THAT 34 AND THAT 41, THOSE NUMBERS ARE STILL HIGHER THAN OUR TARGET, WHICH MEANS THOSE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN THOSE COURSES.
OUR REAL GOAL NOW IS TO ITS BACK TO QUALITY INSTRUCTION FROM THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.
HOW CAN WE BEST CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORT ENSURING QUALITY INSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS? AND SO JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE CTE COURSES, DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT STILL GETTING THAT JOB.
SO RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE TEACHERS IN ENSURING THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP THOSE KIDS COMPLETE AND GET THAT COURSE CREDIT SO THAT WE STAY ON TRACK FOR THE TARGET FOR THOSE POPULATIONS.
SO TO A QUICK FOLLOW UP, DO YOU THINK WE WE MIGHT HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WITH THAT DATA IN TERMS OF COMPLETERS? AND IF THERE'S MORE OF A STRATEGY THAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE STUDENTS ACTUALLY COMPLETING.
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OF THE YEAR, WE'RE JUST LOWER THAN WE WERE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR.WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE EFFECTIVELY STILL ABLE TO HIT THE TARGET WITH THOSE GROUPS.
GO AHEAD. GARZA LINDNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
A LOT OF GREAT DATA. AND ONE, ONE THING I'M WONDERING ABOUT IS IF YOU COULD CLARIFY, DOES TAKING A CTE COURSE OF STUDY, PURSUING A CTE COURSE OF STUDY DISCOURAGE STUDENTS FROM PURSUING COLLEGE? IF WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR TO ME HOW, 1ST MAY, YOU KNOW, CUT OFF THE PATH FOR THE OTHER AND ARE THE BASICS OF SORT OF CRITICAL THINKING, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, READY TO PARTICIPATE IN A GLOBAL LANDSCAPE.
HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT GET HIGHLIGHTED IN, IN THE CTE COURSES STUDY? AND THERE VERY WELL MAY BE A PERCEPTION OF THAT, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE GOALS REALLY IS IN OUR COURSE OFFERINGS TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS SEE, YOU CAN TAKE COURSES THAT HELP YOU PREPARE FOR A CAREER, AND YOU CAN TAKE COURSES THAT CAN HELP YOU PREPARE FOR COLLEGE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO WHENEVER WE'RE HAVING THAT COURSE SELECTION PROCESS, THAT REALLY STRATEGIC CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND THE COUNSELOR TO MAKE SURE THEY THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN BUILD BOTH OF THEIR OPTIONS.
AND I THINK ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THAT IS, IS EXPOSURE TO CAREERS EARLIER ON.
SO THEY CAN SEE, JUST THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
AND SO WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO INCREASE THAT EXPOSURE REALLY ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM, YOU KNOW, KINDERGARTEN UP UNTIL THEY'RE STARTING TO EVEN MAKE SOME OF THOSE COURSE SELECTIONS IN, IN HIGH SCHOOL TO ENSURE THAT THEY SEE THOSE AS OPTIONS.
A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY HAVE REALLY, REALLY COMPELLING OPPORTUNITIES CAPSTONE PROJECTS, INTERNSHIPS, JOB EMBEDDED LEARNING WHERE STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL CAN REALLY DO SOME AMAZING, AMAZING THINGS THAT ACTUALLY ENHANCE THEIR ABILITY TO GET INTO COLLEGE.
AND SO CAN WE SHARE THOSE THINGS, AND CAN WE BRING THOSE STORIES UP SO STUDENTS CAN SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, BECAUSE IT BOTH CAN PREPARE THEM FOR SKILLS IN A WORKFORCE. BUT THAT ALSO SOMETIMES IS A GREAT THING IN YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION, RIGHT? I DID AN INTERNSHIP.
SO THAT CAN BE A REALLY GREAT THING TO TO SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE FOR THOSE STUDENTS LOOKING AT BOTH.
LINDNER'S QUESTION ABOUT, KIND OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN CTE AND COLLEGE READINESS.
AND IN THEIR EXPERIENCE, MANY TIMES SCHEDULING WAS THE ISSUE, NOT THE STUDENTS ABILITY TO BE IN A CLASS, BUT LITERALLY THE MASTER SCHEDULE, WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A BARRIER TO ENTRY.
AND I'M WONDERING WITH THIS PROGRAM, IS THERE ANY FLAG OR ANYTHING IN PLACE THAT FLAGS THE DISTRICT SO THAT YOU, MIGHT HAVE A WINDOW IN IF SCHEDULING ISN'T IS AN ISSUE? SO, YOU KNOW, MASTER SCHEDULING IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.
SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT SCHEDULE? DO YOU HAVE ANY WINDOW INTO THAT? BECAUSE I COULD SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE ON THE GROUND FOR FAMILIES AND THEN THE DISTRICT NOT KNOWING.
SO YOU MIGHT CHANGE WHAT YOU OFFER JUST BASED ON THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.
AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO TRYING TO SEE WHAT ARE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A LONG LIST OF COURSE OFFERINGS.
HERE IS ALL OF THE COURSES THAT WE OFFER THAT THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER OFFERING BASED ON WHAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR THEN THEY GO THROUGH A COURSE SELECTION PROCESS WITH THEIR STUDENTS WHERE THEY GET A LOT OF INFORMATION.
OKAY, WHAT ARE STUDENTS ASKING FOR? WHAT DO THEY WANT THEN THAT GIVES YOU KIND OF THE NUMBER OF COURSES THAT YOU NEED.
AND THEN YOU DO THE PUZZLE PIECE MIX AND MATCH.
I DO THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MINDFUL THINGS, PRINCIPALS WANT TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN THEY'RE DOING THIS, WHICH IS, HEY, IF YOU HAVE STUDENTS WANTING TO DO BOTH, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PATHWAYS THAT COULD MAKE THAT FEASIBLE FOR THEM? IN THE MASTER SCHEDULE? THE OTHER ONE OTHER THING I'LL JUST ADD IS WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT WHEN IS THERE A CTE COURSE THAT COULD ALSO BE A DUAL CREDIT COURSE OR AN ADVANCED
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COURSE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THOSE CAREER PATHWAYS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING ACCESS TO COLLEGE READINESS AND EXPOSURE.SO THAT'S ANOTHER AVENUE WE'RE EXPLORING.
AND THE OFFERINGS, I WOULD HOPE, THAT THAT YOU GIVE THOUGHT TO HOW THERE CAN BE A DIRECT PATH THERE, BECAUSE PRINCIPALS CANNOT DO EVERYTHING AND PRINCIPALS DO NOT CREATE THE MASTER SCHEDULE.
SO I HOPE THERE'S SOME CONDUIT BETWEEN WHOEVER'S IN THAT POSITION AND THEN HELP AND SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT, RATHER THAN JUST THINKING A PRINCIPAL CAN DO IT ON TOP OF I KNOW. YES, YES, YES.
AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I LOVE THE AUTOMATED AND THE FLAG WITH STUDENTS IF THEY MAKE A SHIFT.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR FLAG THAT GOES TO THE PARENTS? BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR COUNSELORS ARE SO BUSY, AND THEN IF YOU LEAVE IT TO THE NINTH OR 10TH GRADER TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR, THEIR GAPS, AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY TALK ABOUT BRINGING THE PARENT COMMUNICATION INTO THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK I THINK IN PARTICULAR WHEN, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN COLLEGE, ACCESS TO IN A SECOND OR THE COLLEGE CREDIT ACCESS, BUT IN PARTICULAR, WHEN A STUDENT IS MAKING A DECISION THAT COULD LIMIT ONE OF THE PATHWAYS IN THE FUTURE, WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BRING THAT PARENT IN AND HELP THAT PARENT BE PART OF THE DECISION.
YES, WE'D LOVE IF YOU COULD MAKE THAT AUTOMATED THING AUTOMATE TO THE PARENTS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY. THIS SIDE, MR. CAMPO ANY. I THINK IT'S GREAT DATA.
THANK YOU. ALL MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
THANK YOU, MR. MARTINEZ. YEAH, MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED, BUT WE'LL SAY THIS ONE THING.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE INCREASE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT WE ENSURE THAT I THINK 250 STUDENTS FOR ONE COUNCILOR IS A LOT.
AND SO TO AN EARLIER POINT IS, HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COUNCILORS FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS? NOW AT NON-NHS SCHOOLS, THEY GET TO DECIDE IF I READ THE Q&A CORRECTLY.
SO HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT AT THOSE SCHOOLS WE HAVE ENOUGH COUNCILORS, EITHER THROUGH, SOME SORT OF FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM CENTRAL OFFICE OR CENTRAL BUDGETING OR SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT. BUT I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT WE LOOK AT THAT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COUNCILORS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING I'VE HEARD OFTEN.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE STUDENTS, IT'S THAT NO ONE'S ADVISING THEM TO GO THE RIGHT PATH.
SO THAT'S THE ONE THING I'D BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
YES. AND, WE THINK ABOUT THAT A LOT.
HEY, HERE'S A SUBSET OF STUDENTS THAT YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE THE STUDENTS WHO MAYBE ALL GOT THE FLAG.
SO WE CAN TAKE THAT 1 TO 250 NUMBER AND HONE IT DOWN TO ENSURE THE COUNCILORS SPENDING THE THE BEST TIME, THEIR TIME WITH STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NEED THE MOST SCHEDULING SUPPORT IN THAT MOMENT.
SO THE THE ACCESS TO LOOKING AT THE DATA FOR ALL CAMPUSES AND THE ABILITY TO HIGHLIGHT AND STRATEGICALLY BRING UP THE STUDENTS WHERE THEY NEED MOST SUPPORT, IT'S ONE WAY IN WHICH WE CAN SUPPORT THEM.
THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISORS THAT WE DO HAVE CENTRALLY.
SO, WE CAN DO THAT CENTRALLY WITH COUNSELORS.
AND WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR MANY SCHOOLS WHO NEED SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
YEAH. AND THE LAST THING A PAGE FOUR OF THE PROGRESS MEASURES, IT REFERENCES, THAT HISPANIC AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK TO BE COMPLETERS, AND THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THE HANDS ON NATURE OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THING I'LL PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT OVER THIS NEXT YEAR AND SEVERAL YEARS IS THE MATRICULATION RATE, WHICH WITHIN THOSE TWO POPULATIONS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER.
RIGHT. WE WANT OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL. THE, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO GO AROUND, SO I ALSO APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE YOU ALL TOOK IN ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.
I HOPE THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ACCESS.
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AND HONING IN ON THE IMPORTANCE OF, CMR. AND, AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS.I'LL READ FROM THE WEBSITES TODAY, MOST JOBS, THOSE THAT PROVIDE A LIVELY WAGE, A LIVING WAGE, REQUIRES SOME FORM OF CAREER CONNECTED POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
[HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY]
HAVE 60% OF OUR STUDENTS AND POPULATION WITH POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION.SO KNOWING THAT LIKE 42% OF OUR SENIORS ARE ATTEMPTING, IBCS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I QUESTION IS, HOW IMPORTANT ALSO IS IN THIS INDUSTRY EXPOSURE? AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE IT TO OUR STUDENT POPULATION? INDUSTRY EXPOSURE, I WOULD SAY, IS A.
LONG TIME INDUSTRY EXPOSURE, I WOULD SAY, IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
IF KIDS ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THINGS EARLY ON, THEN WHEN THEY GET TO THAT POINT OF TIME, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY OPTIONS, THEY DON'T ALWAYS ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES AS A STUDENT.
THAT CAN BE ON A DIFFERENT PATH.
HOW CAN WE ENSURE CURRICULUM, CAREER EXPOSURE IN THESE PATHS, IN PARTICULAR IN THE PAST THAT WE KNOW ARE PATH ALIGNED TO THE FUTURE OF WORK WHEN WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE 2035 AND WHEN WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE JOBS THAT THE DATA IS TELLING US THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENT? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT STUDENTS IN BUILDING THAT EXPOSURE? AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO ENTER INTO THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY, THEY SEE THAT AS AN OPTION FOR THEMSELVES.
GREAT. AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HONE IN AND FOCUS ON THAT.
AND AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT IS, DEVELOPING AND WHAT STRATEGIES WE'RE DEVELOPING TO BOLSTER STUDENT AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND DEMAND IN SUPPORT OF GOAL ATTAINMENT AND SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP TO ACHIEVING THE CMR GOALS.
AND HOW, DO THE ACTION STEPS ALIGN? RIGHT. SO AS WE PUT ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER, LOOKING HOLISTICALLY AND FIGURING OUT LIKE WE'VE GOT TO BECOME GREAT MARKETERS AND MARKETERS OF THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL IN ORDER TO SELL IT TO OUR PARENTS AND SELL IT TO OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, LOOK, YOU SHOULD REALLY BE CONSIDERING THESE THINGS.
AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW WE HOLISTICALLY PUT THOSE SORTS OF PROGRAMS TOGETHER.
WAS THAT YOUR LAST? THAT WAS YOUR LAST QUESTION.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT WE'LL DO IT IN A MOMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DO GOAL PROGRESS.
3.3. EXCUSE ME, AND I WILL ASK MY QUESTION.
SO YOU CAN SIT WHEREVER YOU NORMALLY SIT AND WE'LL START THAT.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEE SAVANT MOORE, WHO'S OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
FOR HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY AND LET US GET SITUATED AS EVERYBODY IS SITUATED.
YOU MAY. WHAT'S THAT? OH, YOU. I THINK YOU HAVE TO USE THE PODIUM MICROPHONE.
I DON'T KNOW. HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET THEM GET ORGANIZED.
OKAY. HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
REST IN PEACE TO FIRST LADY SARA EVANS.
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HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY, SO PUBLIC CONDOLENCES TO HER.I'M THE DISTRICT TWO CONCERNS.
I NEED A CELL PHONE AND A LAPTOP.
THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADDRESS TODAY WAS PLACED WITH A BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
WE CANNOT CONDONE RACISM AND ANY RHETORIC AND ANY CURRICULUM.
WE WILL NOT BE SLAVES EVER AGAIN.
WE WILL FOREVER BE FREE IN THIS ROOM.
THERE WILL BE NO LIGHT IF IT WASN'T FOR A BLACK PERSON.
WHEN YOU GO INTO YOUR CAR, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AN AUTOMATIC SHIFT.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A REFRIGERATOR, A DRYER.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT OUTSIDE.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU. MAY GOD BLESS HER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEREK FINCHAM.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO READ OUT THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS IN ORDER.
CHRISTIE BREWSTER, AMY KIRSHEN, MICHELLE WILLIAMS, BRANDY DAUDA, SISTER MAMA SONIA LUCAS ROBERTS.
THANKS, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DEREK FINCHAM.
I'M A LAW PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE DEAN AND PROUD PARENT OF A STUDENT AT CROCKETT ELEMENTARY.
I HAVE TWO POINTS IN THE SHORT TIME WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TONIGHT.
CROCODILE ELEMENTARY MOVED FROM A B TO A D AT THE NES INFORMATION MEETING THIS WEEK AT CROCKETT.
IN MY EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR, ANY ASSESSMENT WHICH GRANTS A, B AND TURNS AROUND AND THEN GRANTS A D SPEAKS FAR MORE ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT THAN ANY SCHOOL. THIS IS THE EXACT REASON WHY TV RATINGS HAVE BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE THEY ILLEGALLY HARM TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTY BREWSTER.
MORGAN. MISS BREWSTER, GO AHEAD.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE ATMO DESTRUCTION COMPANY TO DESTROY HISD.
THEY APPOINTED THE PERFECT PUPPETS FOR THIS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE BY USING A WARMED OVER REHASH, PSEUDO ACADEMIC CONCEPT NES. AND IT REALLY IS A MESS.
BUT KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THE DYADS, THE 1099 EMPLOYEES.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE CHILDREN GETTING HURT ON THE SPIN BIKES? YEAH, I KNOW YOU DID THE OPEN CLASSROOM DOORS, BUT STILL UN CONTINUED SAFETY FOR THE OVERSEERS.
AND OOPS, WE HAD ANOTHER CURRICULUM LESSON SLIP UP SHOULD SLAVERY BE LEGAL.
BUT IF YOU DID BETTER AND YOU KNEW BETTER, YOU WOULD DO BETTER.
BUT THAT WOULD MAKE 512 UPSET THE AREA CODE.
SO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE YOU'RE STRENGTHENING US.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU COME UP WITH A LOT.
REFERRAL. SPEECH AND DATA SCIENCE.
THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MA'AM.
NOW OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMY KIRSCHEN.
DURING MY 15 PLUS YEARS IN EDUCATION, I NEVER WITNESSED SUCH A POOR INSTRUCTION IN HOUSTON ISD.
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THE TEACHER CREATIVITY AND THE LESSONS GONE FROM THE SOURCE.I HOPE THAT AND PRAY THAT WE CAN.
THANK YOU. MICHELLE WILLIAMS IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
MISS WILLIAMS. PLEASE GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
MICHELLE WILLIAMS, HOUSTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
THE 20 2324 HISD STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT STATES THAT STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO THE GUARANTEES OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION, AND THEY ARE SUBJECT TO REASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES THROUGH MR. MEYERS BLATANT DISREGARD FOR ANY LAWS AND POLICIES THAT DO NOT SERVE HIS MISGUIDED ATTEMPTS TO IMPLEMENT A FLAWED MODEL.
FROM THE WORDS OF ANGELA DAVIS, WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT CHANGE.
WE'RE CHANGING THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT, SINCE WE CANNOT ACCEPT MR. FLOYD. MIKE MILES AS THE APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRANDI DOWDA.
MISS DOWDA, THERE'S SOME STUDENTS, WHO HAVE HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT.
CAN YOU MOVE THE STUDENTS UP? CAN SOMEBODY FROM BOARD SERVICES MAYBE, IF THEY DIDN'T REGISTER AS STUDENTS, THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE.
WE WOULD HAVE HEARD THEM WAY EARLIER IF THEY HAD REGISTERED.
BUT CAN SOMEBODY FROM BOARD SERVICES GET WITH MISS KRAVETZ ABOUT THE STUDENTS? MISS DOWDA IS NOT HERE.
THE STUDENTS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS ARE HEARD.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING.
I'M BRANDI DODA. I AM A I AM A LIBRARIAN.
STUDENTS IN THE TEN MOST AFFLUENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CHECKED OUT OVER 100,000 PRINT BOOKS THIS FALL.
ALL TEN SCHOOLS HAVE PROFESSIONALLY STAFFED LIBRARIES.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, I AM LOSING MY LIBRARY TO SEGREGATION.
SINCE MR. MILES IS HELLBENT ON DRAGGING US BACK INTO THE ERA OF JIM CROW.
AND THE BOARD IS COMPLICIT IN.
FOR THE MINIMUM ABSOLUTE MINIMUM OF SUPPORTED STUDENT ACCESS TO BOOKS AT THE NES CAMPUSES.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SISTER MAMA SONIA LUCAS ROBERTS.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT US.
YOU DON'T REALLY LISTEN TO US.
Y'ALL DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT US.
TWO ARE ELECTED BOARD BOARD OF MANAGERS.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GROW SOME BALLS? WHATEVER MISDIRECTED, HARMFUL, ILL ADVISED EDICTS OF MY MOUTH PROPOSES, YOU ALL JUST GO ALONG WITH IT.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO THINK FOR YOURSELVES? WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR INNER VOICE? OH, I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE ONE.
WHEN MONTOYA, THE YOUNG LADY THAT SPOKE.
WHEN SHE. WHEN SHE WON THE CONTEST.
MISTER MILES F MIKE, YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE.
YOU SHOWED UP FOR A PHOTO OP WHEN ALL OF THOSE.
IT WAS SAD THAT THERE WERE NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE CALLING UP A MILITARY ACADEMY.
REALLY? I HOPE YOU'LL BE LIKE THE BOOK BY IBRAHIM KENNEDY ONE DAY, Y'ALL.
WE CAN FINALLY SAY GOOD NIGHT.
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POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF ORDER.ORDER. ORDER! ORDER! MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST POINT OF ORDER.
I THINK IN THE NAME OF DECORUM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WATCH OUR LANGUAGE.
WE DO HAVE STUDENTS STILL IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNICATION.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT TO YOU, BABY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LITTLE ONES THAT ARE RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT.
OUR, POLICY, GROUP OF WHICH YOU ARE A MEMBER, IS GOING TO BE MAKING A REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, AND WE WILL BE ADDRESSING ALL ISSUES, INCLUDING THOSE OF DECORUM, BOTH OF THE BOARD AND OF THE AUDIENCE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BUZI EL BUZI.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY Y'ALL HAVE THESE PICTURES ON THE WALL.
IT'S FOR IT. BUT THESE BOOKS FOR WHAT? OKAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BIG.
WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THIS? FORMALITIES ABOUT BALLS OR WHATEVER.
RIGHT. AND SO THE POINT IS THAT FOR YOU TO HAVE THE AUDACITY TO TELL US ABOUT HOW WE'RE TALKING, GET A BODY HERE, YO, MILES IS A POLITICAL PUPPET POSITION BY GREG ABBOTT, ANOTHER PUPPET POSITIONED BY HIS CRONIES DOING THE DEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO APPARENTLY THINK THEY HAVE MORE POWER THAN THE COLLECTIVE TAXPAYERS AND HOMEOWNERS.
CUBA, FINLAND AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES THAT HAVE HIGH LITERACY RATES DO NOT HAVE STANDARDIZED, STANDARDIZED EXAMS. AND THEY KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BALANCE OF THE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE'S LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN FOR HOLISTIC APPROACH OF BECOMING A WHOLE, BEING ABLE TO PROCESS AND REASON. RIGHT.
HOW DARE YOU PUT UP THERE? YOU PUT SOME, MILITARY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CLOSE THE LIBRARIES.
I WAS BORN IN 1965, DURING THE TIME OF JIM CROW.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDA MURRAY.
NO. MADAM PRESIDENT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
I'M SORRY, WE HAVE A STUDENT, JOSE CANTU.
LET'S. WE HAVE ONE STUDENT WHO'S WAITING.
OKAY. WHERE IS THE STUDENT? WHO IS IT? OH, JOSE.
CANTU. IS THAT JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS THAT THE ONE PERSON THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, ARE THERE MULTIPLE STUDENTS THAT YOU GO HOME TO GO TO SLEEP? SO THEY ARE ALL OKAY? OKAY. EMILY, IF YOU'LL CHECK WHETHER THEY'RE ON THE LIST OR NOT AND LET ME KNOW.
OKAY. MR. CANTU, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
OOH. WHERE SHOULD I START? WELL. GOOD AFTERNOON.
RECENTLY WE HAD A TEACHER GET FIRED.
AND TODAY'S HIS LAST, MEETING, WHICH IT WOULD HAPPEN HERE WITH MR. MILES TO DEPEND ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
SO AS I'M GOING THROUGH THESE PAPERS, AS WE CAN SEE, I DID A PETITION TO BRING BACK MR. CHANG, A TEACHER OF 12 YEARS THAT HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR WHO HAS BEEN A GOOD EDUCATOR TO OUR SCHOOL, WHO HAS TAUGHT COLLEGE COURSE CLASSES TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
WE HAD OVER 570 STUDENTS SIGN UP THE PETITION.
AS WELL WITH THE WRITE UPS THAT THE TEACHER GOT FOR CELL PHONE POLICY, NOT FOLLOWING MRS STRATEGIES, AND NOT THE DIMMING OF LIGHTS BECAUSE HE.
THAT YOU CANNOT SEE US DURING OUR EDUCATION MATTERS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDA MURRAY.
MISS MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
YES, MA'AM. PLEASE. OAKLAND AND THE BRONX.
DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE THE BRONX.
QUEENS, MA'AM. ANYWAY, GOOD EVENING.
YOU KNOW, THEY TRIED TO DISSUADE NEWBORN MOTHERS FROM BREASTFEEDING BY TELLING THEM IF THEIR CHILDREN HAVE LOST MORE THAN 10% OF BODY WEIGHT.
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YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT IT WITH THE FORMULA, WHICH IS PAINT REMOVER.YOU KNOW THAT, I'M SURE, WHICH IS PAINT REMOVER.
OR EITHER YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THE BABY HOME.
SO MUCH. SO IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH TIA.
WE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE BABY DADDIES AND BABY MAMAS SPENDING OUR CHILD SUPPORT TAX MONEY WITHOUT ONE THING GOING TO THE CHILD.
NOT REQUIRED IN A SINGLE UNIVERSITY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SEAN LEADER.
LEADER. OKAY. AND THEN FOLLOWING HIM WILL BE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.
DO YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM? DO YOU BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION? YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY? LOOK WHERE YOU ARE.
Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO US.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? THE VOICE OF THE UNHEARD IS, VIOLENCE.
WHAT'S IT CALLED? CALL LINES, HELP CENTERS, PEOPLE FROM, I DON'T KNOW.
IT IS MAKING IT WHERE WE CANNOT HAVE A HELPLINE WHEN SOMEONE IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
IS JAIRO JAIME OR JAIRO? JAIME. NO.
OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN ROGERS OR KIVA ROGERS.
EXCUSE ME. IS SHE HERE? YES, MA'AM. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO. I'M HERE AS A HISD PARENT.
I HAVE A STUDENT WHO ATTENDS A SCHOOL CHOICE.
SCHOOL ON A SCHOOL CHOICE TRANSFER.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE USED THOSE SERVICES.
BUT THIS YEAR IT HAS BEEN HORRIBLE.
I GET UP DAILY AND IT IS A NIGHTMARE.
MY CHILD IS NOT PICKED UP ON TIME.
SHE'S NOT PICKED UP ON TIME, WHETHER IT'S IN THE MORNING OR IN THE EVENING.
I'M CONSISTENTLY HAVING TO CALL TRANSPORTATION AND I'M NOT GETTING ANY RESOLUTIONS.
SHE'S WAITING UP TO 45 MINUTES OR SO TO JUST BE PICKED UP AT DISMISSAL.
JUST THIS PAST DECEMBER, DURING FINALS, SHE MISSED STUDY TIME.
SHE WASTE TIME HAVING TO GET A TARDY PASS.
IT IS A IT IS NOT PRODUCTIVE AND I CANNOT TAKE HER TO SCHOOL.
IF SCHOOL CHOICE SAYS THAT MY CHILD CAN RECEIVE BUS SERVICES.
MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MA'AM.
MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS.
TWO MORE STUDENTS REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
AS KILO RIOS AND AMBER MINA ROBLES.
WHERE ARE THESE FOLKS? OKAY. OKAY, I'M SPEAKING FIRST.
HE'S MY SON. OKAY, YOU STAY HERE, OKAY? I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE KIDS DO IT.
WHAT'S THAT? WHAT? YES YES YES.
OKAY. GO AHEAD. WELL, DON'T YOU? MY NAME IS. ASK.
CAN YOU PUT MY NAME UP THERE? WHO IS AMBER? AMBER? MY NIECE. DO YOU WANT HIM TO GO FIRST?
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I WANT TO GO FIRST. OKAY, I GOTTA GO.ARE YOU ON THE LIST? YEAH. OKAY.
OH MY GOSH. OKAY. GOOD EVENING.
MY SON IS A FOURTH GRADER AT AN NES SCHOOL.
MY SON WAS HURTING PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
DO DIET TEACHERS HAVE ANY TRAINING AT ALL? REAL TEACHERS KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
WHY DOES MY NINE YEAR OLD SON HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS CLASSMATES? HE SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT WHAT GAMES HE WANTS TO PLAY, NOT IF HE'S GOING TO BE TRAUMATIZED AT SCHOOL.
THIS ISN'T THE WAY THE DISTRICT USED TO BE RUN.
THIS ISN'T AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO RUN A DISTRICT.
I'M HERE TO BACK UP MY MOTHER ABOUT MY DAD'S TEACHER.
ON JANUARY. HE CHOSE TWO TEENAGERS.
I WAS ONE OF THEM. HE SAID, IF YOUR TEEN DOESN'T FOLLOW YOUR RULES, YOU WILL GET PUNISHED.
I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF WHY? I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT TALK THROUGH.
BUT RIGHT AWAY I GOT CAUGHT, CALLED IN FRONT OF MY THE STAGE WITH ANOTHER MY OTHER CLASSMATE.
HE TOLD US TO DO THE PLAY GAME POSITION.
I WOULDN'T BELIEVE THAT 40 MINUTES HAD PASSED.
I WAS FRIGHTENED, HURT AND HUMILIATED WHILE THE TEACHER SAID TO MY REST OF MY CLASSMATES, THIS WILL KEEP ON CONTINUING IF YOU GUYS DON'T FOLLOW ANY OF MY DIRECTIONS.
ALL MY CLASSMATES HAD TO WATCH US ENDURE THE PAIN AND AGONY.
HE PROCEEDED TO DEMAND SAYING, LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME.
THREE TIMES HE RAISED MY CHIN WITH HIS HANDS TO FORCE ME TO LOOK AT HIM.
MY HANDS AND FACE WERE RED AND SWEATY.
I WAS AFRAID TO FALL ON MY FACE.
NO STUDENT SHOULD EVER GO THROUGH THIS.
THANK YOU, HONEY. YOU HAVE A CALL. SWEETIE.
I HAVE SEEN MANY MISTAKES ON THE DOLLS.
MY TEACHERS ARE QUITTING BECAUSE OF THE STRESS THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH.
I ONLY HAVE MY HOMEROOM TEACHER AND MY MATH TEACHER.
OUR PARENTS ARE NO LONGER NO LONGER TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOLS.
IT'S. MY STOMACH HURTS EVERY SINGLE TIME.
THEY SAY AN IMPORTANT VISITOR IS GOING TO COME.
I DISLIKE THIS, THIS DISTRICT AND I AM VERY SAD THAT IF ONE DAY I CANNOT SAY BYE TO MY AMAZING TEACHERS THAT HAD TRIED THEIR BEST TO BE HERE BUT NO LONGER HERE.
OKAY. IS THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENT SPEAKERS THAT WE KNOW OF.
MISS ESPINOSA, PLEASE, MR. MILES, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION? YOU HAD SAID THAT IN OCTOBER OF 2023, YOU WOULD ROLL OUT A PLAN FOR SPECIAL ED.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT PLAN.
HERE'S CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS, MULTIPLE SPECIAL ED VACANCIES, TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS, ESPECIALLY IN REALLY HIGH NEED CLASSROOMS. YOU DISBANDED THE ENTIRE AUTISM SUPPORT TEAM THIS YEAR.
THERE IS NO AUTISM SUPPORT TEAM.
THE BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST THAT COMES TO MY CAMPUS SERVES 60 CAMPUSES.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, WHAT IS WHAT IS YOUR COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS? YOU WERE QUOTED IN THE HOUSTON LANDING AS SAYING, YOU HAVE A PLAN, AND YOU MENTIONED RIGOROUS TRAINING FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF.
YOU TOUTED THE CHILD FINE TRAINING THAT ALL CAMPUS STAFF HAD TO TAKE RECENTLY.
IT WAS SIMPLY A BROAD OVERVIEW OF REFERRAL, THE REFERRAL PROCESS.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, THE CEO OF A CHARTER SCHOOL COMPANY.
WE KNOW CHARTER SCHOOLS DO NOT.
WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? THANK YOU. SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THANK YOU. MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EILEEN HARRELL.
MISS HARRELL, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
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IT'S BEEN SIX TRUSTEE ELECTIONS AND FIVE SUPERINTENDENTS SINCE.WE HAVE INVESTED IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH MUCH MORE THAN DUCT TAPE AND CHEWING GUM.
HOW'S THAT WORKING FOR US? OUR BABIES AND OUR BELOVED TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE THE ONES SWEATING IT OUT AND FREEZING IT OFF.
WE KNOW IT IS HARDER TO LEARN.
IN A SWELTERING CLASSROOM OF DOZENS OF SWEATY, UNDER DEODORIZED TEENAGERS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WANTING OUR VOTE BACK, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON TIA.
WE HAVE THE POWER TO VOTE TO SUPPORT A BOND.
GETTING TO DESTINATION 20, 35 OR ANYWHERE ELSE IS HARDER TO DO AND AFFORD.
EDSEL, WHICH IS HOW OLD OUR BUILDINGS ARE.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA ROBINSON.
TWO GRAPHICS WERE EMAILED TO BOARD SERVICES BEFORE THIS MEETING.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE BOOK CIRCULATION DATA BY DIVISION.
IT LOOKS AT CHECKOUTS PER CHILD AND COMPARES ANY AND ALIGNED CAMPUSES VERSUS NON NES CAMPUSES.
THE CHECKOUT NUMBER AT NES AND ALIGNED CAMPUSES AVERAGES LESS THAN ONE BOOK PER CHILD.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS THE NES AND ALIGNED CAMPUSES LAID OVER A POVERTY MAP OF THE DISTRICT.
WHY ARE THE STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST NEED DENY THE BASIC RESOURCE OF FUNCTIONING SCHOOL LIBRARIES? MR. MILES SEEMS TO BELIEVE THAT READING INSTRUCTION SHOULD NOT INCLUDE ACTUAL BOOKS, SO NO FULL BOOKS ARE ALLOWED IN THE NES WORLD.
BUT HOW CAN THEY DO THAT IF THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO BOOKS? BECAUSE SCHOOL LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN CLOSED? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EDRIC KING.
SHE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CHERYL HENSLEY.
TIA JAMES, GLENN, JESSICA CAMPOS, AND THEN THUNDER CHIN.
YEAH. MICROPHONE AND CAME APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.
AS A FORMER STUDENT PARENT AND NOW A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, I HAVE TO FIGHT WITH THE BUS BARN EVERY MORNING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WITH ME. THEY DON'T COMMUNICATE.
MY CHILD IS LATE EVERY DAY, AND THEN THEY DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME THAT THEY HAD A NEW BUS DRIVER.
THEN THE BUS DRIVER WAS FIRED.
WHEN THE KIDS GET TO SCHOOL, IT'S 9:00.
I TRACK MY DAUGHTER ON HER CELL PHONE AND IT'S REALLY JUST RIDICULOUS.
NOW, MR. MILES, YOU HAVE CUT OFF ALL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND THE BUS.
BORING. NOW, YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR STUDENTS.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO ME BECAUSE I'M LOSING OUT ON MONEY.
SO MY STUDENTS ARE LOSING OUT ON THE EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THANK YOU MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHERYL HENSLEY.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHERYL HENSLEY.
AFTER HEARING MONTOYA, YOU ALL LISTEN TO HER.
DO YOU REALIZE THAT HER COACH WAS AN ELECTIVE TEACHER AT HER SCHOOL? A CERTIFIED LIBRARIAN? SHE LABELED THE ELECTED TEACHER, BUT SHE'S ACTUALLY CERTIFIED IN LIBRARY SCIENCE.
SHE'S REMAINED AT THE SCHOOL AS THE SUPPORT TO RESEARCH AND TO HELP NURTURE THE LOVE OF READING.
SHE PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE AS A TEACHER WHO COLLABORATES WITH STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE NEW NES SCHOOLS OR NEXT YEAR? CLOSING MORE LIBRARIES OR CREATING MORE OF THOSE SO-CALLED TEAM CENTERS? WHY CAN'T WE INCORPORATE AND UTILIZE CERTIFIED LIBRARIANS WHO WEARS MULTIPLE HATS? WHO'S A VITAL ASSET TO EVERY SCHOOL COMMUNITY? I SUGGEST YOU TAKE A HARD, LONG LOOK AT DEVELOPING A LIFELONG READER.
THE ONE WHO WAS SITTING NEXT TO HER.
CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, MONTOYA.
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AND I WANT HER TO HEAR THIS.SHE LOVES TO WRITE. SHE LOVES TO PERFORM.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TIA JAMES GLEN.
YES. PLEASE GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY.
I'M A VERY PROUD CROCKETT PARENT.
WE TRAVEL AND DRIVE 30 MINUTES EVERY DAY JUST TO GET THERE, BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BE AN ACTRESS WHEN SHE GROWS UP, AND IT IS A FINE ARTS JEWEL IN THE CITY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF WITH THE ANY SYSTEM.
I DO KNOW THAT WE STILL NEED MATH.
BUT SHE WANTS TO BE AN ACTRESS IN A WHALE TRAINER, AND I'M HERE TO HELP HER DO THAT.
I THINK WHAT HISD IS MISSING IS A ISSUE OF CULTURE.
COLLECTIVELY, IT'S MISSING A COMMUNICATION CULTURE.
I'M CURRENTLY MISSING THE PRE-K VIRTUAL SESSION BECAUSE I'M HERE.
I'VE CURRENTLY MISSED TWO CALLS SINCE I'VE BEEN SITTING OVER THERE.
YES, MA'AM. MISS CAMPOS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
VOY A DAR ME TESTIMONIO EN ESPANOL.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN SPANISH.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. CAN YOU START MY TIME AT THE RIGHT TIME, PLEASE? WE'LL RESTART YOUR TIME.
GO AHEAD. CUANDO NO ESTAMOS AQUI DANDO NUESTROS TESTIMONIOS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE NOT HERE? JUST GIVING US, GIVING YOU OUR TESTIMONIES.
AND THE LAS ESCUELAS NES INFORMANDO A LOS PADRES DE LA OK ESTA SUCEDIENDO LAS ESCUELAS DE SUS HIJOS.
WE ARE IN THE NES SCHOOLS INFORMING PARENTS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR KIDS SCHOOLS IN NUEVA ESCUELA. MEMBERS SIEMPRE ES UN PADRES AFROAMERICANOS, PERO LA MAYORIA DE PADRES HISPANOS NO HABLA ESPANOL Y NI SIQUIERA ESTAN INFORMADAS SU ESCUELA ES NES.
YOU KNOW, THAT THE MAJORITY WHEN I GO TO THOSE SCHOOLS, IT IMPRESSED ME THAT THE MAJORITY OF THESE PARENTS ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE HISPANIC PARENTS, THAT THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW.
AND THEY'RE NOT INFORMED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THESE SCHOOLS.
PARA EL PROGRAMA, EL PROGRAMA BS, THE BLACK AND BROWN SCHOOLS, TO ME THAT WILL BE CALLED THE BS PROGRAM.
THIS WEEK I WENT TO ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS WHERE THEY DISINFORM TO MY PEOPLE IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE INFORMATION AND INGLÉS Y CUANDO PREGUNTÉ POR QUÉ NO NOS INFORMATION EN ESPANOL ME RESPONDIERON ESTE NO TIENE LA INFORMACION EN ESPANOL WHEN I ASK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY GIVE THE INFORMATION IN ENGLISH.
AND WHEN I ASK WHY THEY DON'T GIVE US THE INFORMATION IN SPANISH, THEY TOLD ME THAT I HISD DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION IN SPANISH.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, THUNDER CHEN.
OH YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON THE.
THAT WAS UNDERSTAND HOWEVER LIKE I ACTUALLY HAVE BACK PROBLEMS. SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO JUST LEAN INTO THIS.
I'M JUST GOING TO TALK TO EVERYONE I.
WHAT IS IT? WHY IS IT THAT THEY CAN USE THE MIC? BUT I CAN'T SEE THE MIC? MA'AM, MA'AM, YOU PUT THIS IN THE MIC AND PUT THIS IN THE MIC.
ARE YOU. ARE YOU SURE? I'M HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU.
OKAY. LOOK, THE THE STUDENTS TODAY AT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL WALKED OUT EN MASSE, OKAY? THEY PROTESTED TOGETHER, NOT JUST AGAINST THE SEVERE PHONE POLICY.
THEY CHANTED FOR THEIR RIGHTS.
AND SPECIFICALLY AGAINST THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE THAT YOU'VE INSTALLED.
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THAT'S THE KIND OF ACTION THAT WE NEED.THERE WERE TWO KIDS THAT GOT ARRESTED, OKAY? THEY GOT TAKEN AWAY BY A POLICE VAN, AND THEY WERE BLACK STUDENTS.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED MORE OF TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD, TO HAVE THESE CHILDREN BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
MILES, PEOPLE ARE WALKING OUT.
PEOPLE ARE BUILDING CONSCIOUSNESS AROUND THE SYSTEM THEY ARE MAKING.
IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP COMING OUT UNTIL SOMETHING GIVES.
YOU CAN TRY TO PUNISH TEACHERS.
YOU CAN TRY TO ARREST STUDENTS OR MAKE THEM AFRAID.
EVERYONE AFRAID. BUT THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IS SUCH THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP COMING OUT.
SO I HOPE YOU'RE IN THIS FOR THE LONG RUN, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE IN IT FOR THE LONG RUN AS WELL.
AND TO BE CLEAR, SO THAT SO THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT THE ISSUE IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO FEED FROM THE MICROPHONE TO THE, THE OTHER THE ZOOM VERSION.
SO, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN BASHARA, FOLLOWED BY KARINA CASADA AND JESSE HEINER.
HELLO. MY NAME IS MEGAN BECERRA.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER WHO IS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION.
THERE WILL BE A MASS EXODUS OF TEACHERS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND I WILL BE ONE OF THEM.
ONE TEACHER ON MY TEAM ALREADY QUIT AND SHE HAD BEEN AT OUR SCHOOL FOR 15 YEARS.
MIKE MILES HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT TEACHERS OR STUDENTS.
THE COMMENTS ABOUT REGRETTING CLOSING SCHOOLS DURING ICY ROADS, HISD TEACHERS NOT BEING PROFICIENT, INCREASING OUR HOURS WITHOUT WITHOUT PAY, THE LIST GOES ON.
IT'S VERY HARD TO CONTINUE WORKING FOR A DISTRICT THAT CLEARLY DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU AT ALL.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KARINA QUEZADA.
MISS QUEZADA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JESSE HINER.
MISS QUESADA, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
AND MIKE MILES, CONGRATS! YOUR EPIC FAILURES HAVE INSPIRED SO MANY NEW PEOPLE TO SHOW UP TODAY.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER HE HAS ADDRESSED TO HIS PRINCIPAL.
AS THEY MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO OPT IN TO NES.
HE WANTS US READ ALOUD TODAY TO SHOW WHAT HIS COMMUNITY IS GOING THROUGH, THE LETTER STATES, MISREAD IN REGARD TO THE NES FEEDBACK, I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS AND TEXTS FROM PARENTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ASKING ABOUT THE SURVEY.
THEY HAVE YET TO RECEIVE IT AND OUR VOICES AND OPINIONS ONCE AGAIN UNHEARD.
IT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO ME, GIVEN YOUR TEMPLATE RESPONSE TO MY PREVIOUS EMAIL, THAT YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO CONSIDER THEIR VOICES, OUR VOICES.
YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION THAT WILL IMPACT THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS OF ROSS FOR THEIR LIFETIME.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CONTINUING WITH THE STATEMENT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSE HEINER.
I'M CONTINUING MR. STEIN'S EMAIL.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND NPS STYLE SURVEY, WITH NO ABILITY TO LEAVE TEXT, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK IS NOT A TRUE MEASURE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE, THAT IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, GOING FROM NON NRS PAY OF 108,000 TO NRS PAY OF 140,000 WITH A $10,000 STIPEND IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR YOURSELF.
YOU ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU ARE A MODEL FOR THE STUDENTS.
SACRIFICING THAT LEVEL OF INFLUENCE AND TRUST FOR MONEY SHOULD NOT BE NEGOTIABLE.
DECISION. PLEASE HEAR OUT THE ROSS COMMUNITY.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS MR. MILES. DID YOUR PREDICTION RING TELL YOU THAT I WAS GOING TO WEAR MY PREDICTION RING? HE'S WEARING HIS TODAY, AND SO AM I.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YADIRA MATA.
MISS MARTA. OR MR. MARTA. YADIRA.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH HOFFMAN.
LACK. GO AHEAD. IN THE PAST, I'VE SPOKEN TO RACE CONCERNS.
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TODAY I'M HERE TO THANK YOU.THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, FAITH LEADERS, PARENTS, STAFF AND STUDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF REQUIRING ADULTS WHO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE TRAINING, LICENSURE AND EXPERIENCE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE HIRE THEM FOR.
THANK YOU FOR DETERMINING WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS BASED ON WHAT IS SUPPORTED BY RESEARCH AND CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS, RATHER THAN WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO SOME PEOPLE, WELL INTENTIONED AS THEY MAY BE.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS HOW WILL YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RICH RESOURCE OF LIONS OF LICENSED, CERTIFIED, EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS HERE IN HOUSTON WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF HISD STUDENTS? AS YOU CONTINUE TO FACE CHALLENGING DECISIONS ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION, CURRICULUM AND ADMINISTRATION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STACY HUNTER.
STACY HUNTER, FOLLOWED BY JESSICA RAMIREZ.
STEWART BECKER, BETTY ROBLESS.
OH, I THINK SHE ALREADY SPOKE.
JAIME GUILLORY OR JAMES GUILLORY? DEIDRE DEIGAARD.
EXCUSE ME. ARELLANO AND HIRA MALIK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STACY HUNTER.
YES, SIR. MY NAME IS STACY HUNTER.
AND THE REASON I'M UPSET IS BECAUSE THIS DICTATOR ACTING AS A SUPERINTENDENT IS STILL HERE.
THIS BOARD DOESN'T CARE WHAT ANY OF US HAVE TO SAY.
DICTATOR MEYERS CERTAINLY DOESN'T CARE WHAT ANY OF US HAVE TO SAY.
WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH, WE'VE HEARD ENOUGH, AND WE'VE HAD ENOUGH.
I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT TEST SCORES OR DATA.
I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO PULL TOGETHER.
AND LET'S GET THIS DICTATOR OUT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE ONLY WAY THIS WILL HAPPEN IS IF THE PARENTS CONTINUE ENCOURAGING THEIR KIDS TO KEEP PROTESTING.
YES. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA RAMIREZ.
BECKER. STEWART BECKER HAS MOVED TO ZOOM.
OKAY. MR. GUILLORY. JESSICA RAMIREZ.
OH, OKAY. WONDERFUL. YES, MA'AM.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I AM A CONCERNED PARENT AND ALSO A PROUD GRADUATE OF HISD.
I. I'VE BEEN WANTING TO COME FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I'VE BEEN REALLY NERVOUS TO SPEAK.
BUT I HAD TO COME BECAUSE I HAD TO SPEAK FOR MY SON.
AND FOR ALL THE KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN SILENCED AND ALL THE EDUCATORS WHO'VE BEEN STIFLED.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, OUR KIDS ARE HAVING TO LEARN IN WHAT HAS BECOME A MILITARIZED POLICE ZONE.
MY SON GOES TO A NES ALIGNED SCHOOL.
ALIGNED. IT WAS HIS FIRST YEAR, AND HE LOVED IT.
HE GOES TO THE SCHOOL IN THE HEART OF THIRD WARD.
I WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE HEART OF THIRD WARD.
I GREW UP IN SECOND WARD, AND I KNOW THAT TO ME, THESE CHANGES ARE UNEQUALLY BEING PUT TOWARDS UNDER, UNDER-RESOURCED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WHO DON'T HAVE THE SAME, RESOURCES AND ACCESS TO KIDS ON THE WEST SIDE.
I KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I GOT TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL ON THE WEST SIDE.
I WOULD HAVE FELT LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.
THIS DICTATORSHIP HAS TO STOP.
OUR KIDS ARE LEARNING IN A CAGE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR THEM ANYMORE.
THANK YOU. COMES HOME DEFEATED.
THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAIMES GUILLORY.
YES, MA'AM. WE NEED A TRANSLATOR, PLEASE.
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CAN WE FIX THE CLOCK, PLEASE? THANK YOU. ESPANOL.GRACIAS. EST? A LEAR UNA CARTA ESCRITA POR CLAUDIA.
I'M HERE TODAY TO READ OUT A LETTER WRITTEN BY CLAUDIA.
LOOK YO QUIERO DECIR ES MUY MUY MUY INJUSTO LO PASO CON MR. CHANG. WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S VERY UNJUST WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. CHANG IN THIS SAGA.
JUSTICIA PORQUE ÉL FUE UN EXCELENTE, MAESTRO.
AND WE WANT JUSTICE BECAUSE HE WAS AN EXCELLENT TEACHER.
OKAY. PUEDO ASEGURAR PORQUE A PESAR DE NO SABER INGLÉS.
AND WHAT CAN I ASSURE YOU? BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW ENGLISH.
ATENTO. HE WAS COMMITTED CONMIGO TO ME.
GRACIAS. COMO TAMBIÉN CON TODA LA CLASE, AS WELL AS THE WHOLE CLASS.
SIEMPRE NOS EXPLICABA CADA DUDA.
QUÉ PODRIAMOS TENER DEL TEMA VEIAMOS? HE WOULD ALWAYS EXPLAIN EVERY DOUBT THAT WE HAD OF THE SUBJECT THAT THAT WE HAD.
AL CONTRARIO SIEMPRE NO SABIA CON UNA SONRISA.
HE WAS NEVER RUDE. HE NEVER MISTREATED ANYONE.
HE ALWAYS GREETED US WITH A SMILE.
AND WHEN THE CLASS WOULD END, HE WOULD SAY, GOOD.
ESTO DEMUESTRA EL AMABA ENSENAMOS.
THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT HE WOULD LOVE TEACHING US.
PROBABLY DIDN'T MATTER WHAT SITUATION.
BUT HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY. PARA TERMINAR TAMBIÉN ES MUY JUSTO.
LA ESCUELA LO HAYAN DESPEDIDO COMO SI NADA.
YOU HAVE WORKING AT THE SCHOOL.
MUCHO DECIAMOS DE TODO CORAZON.
WE WANT HIM. WE. WHOLE HEARTEDLY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HIRA MALIK.
HERE ARE MALEK. NO, WE HAVE ONE ZOOM SPEAKER MOVED TO IN PERSON.
I'M SORRY. THERE'S A ZOOM SPEAKER WHO MOVED TO IN PERSON.
CARLY PADGETT, LET'S YOU HEAR? YES, MA'AM. PLEASE COME ON UP.
IT MAKES ME QUESTION IF THE NEXT PEOPLE ON MILES CHOPPING BLOCK IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DEDICATED TO SERVING OUR STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES? YEP. INVESTMENT SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IS LONG OVERDUE.
WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE RESOURCES AND HOLISTIC TRAINING FOR DEDICATED HIS STAFF.
YES, BUT THIS MASSIVE EXPANSION OF CONTRACT WORKERS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE A PRECURSOR.
THANK YOU. KNOW, WE'RE WATCHING AND.
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NO THANK YOU.IS EMILY, IS THAT, ARE WE MOVING TO OUR ZOOM SPEAKERS? OKAY. IS THE FIRST SPEAKER, SADIE HOGUE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF TEACHERS FROM SHADY DALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE EXEMPLAR IN THIS CAMPUS.
JUST THIS WEEK, MIKE MORATH CAME TO OUR CAMPUS AND IT WAS A DOG AND PONY SHOW.
THERE WERE PAINTINGS ONLY ON THE VISIBLE SIDES OF THE FLOWER POTS AND NOT THE ENTIRE POT.
A THIRD GRADER WAS PLACED IN THE KINDERGARTNERS CLASSROOM, SUPPOSEDLY DOING A PROJECT.
OR COULD IT HAVE BEEN THAT THE CHILD TOLD MR. MILES THAT THE SCHOOL WAS LIKE A PRISON? LET'S MAKE SURE MR. MORATH DOES NOT HEAR THAT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA HENRY.
LAURA HENDRY IS NOT IN THE ZOOM.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLA TAYLOR.
ELLA TAYLOR, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
ELLA TAYLOR, PLEASE WAIT A SECOND.
NICO. ABIDJAN, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS NICO BOZARJIAN.
I'M A SECOND YEAR TEACHER IN HISD, CERTIFIED IN HISTORY AND MATHEMATICS.
I AND MANY OTHER STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT SHARPSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL HAVE SUFFERED THREATS AND HARASSMENT AT THE HANDS OF THE NEWLY APPOINTED ADMINISTRATION, WHICH AIMS TO FOLLOW THE NEW NES MODEL.
MIKE MYERS WANTS CRITICAL THINKERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND PASSIONATE EDUCATORS.
WHILE I TEACH CRITICAL THINKING, I AM PASSIONATE AND MY STUDENTS FAVORITE TEACHER.
HOUSTON DESERVES BETTER AND WE DESERVE BETTER.
OH MY GOD. ELLA TAYLOR, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
YOU MAY BEGIN. MISS TAYLOR, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
ALTHOUGH NOW I HAVE IT MANAGED AND CAN SUCCEED IN SCHOOL.
AS A LITTLE KID, I HAD A REALLY HARD TIME.
DESPITE BEING THE KIND OF KID WHO LOVED TO LEARN.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF YOUR SYSTEM IF I WENT TO SCHOOL AS A LITTLE KID.
I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW YOUR PROGRAM.
MY DISABILITY MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO COMPLETE WRITTEN TASKS, AND I COULDN'T WORK AS QUICKLY AS OTHER KIDS, AND STRICT SCHEDULES WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT I THE ACTIVITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME BEFORE I HAD THE ABILITY TO FINISH THEM, RESULTING IN A LOT OF FRUSTRATION AND MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I HAD FAILED DESPITE TRYING HARD ON IT, BEING SENT TO A TEAM CENTER WOULD HAVE MADE ME FEEL LIKE MORE OF AN OUTCAST THAN I ALREADY DID.
I READ TONS OF BOOKS ALL THE TIME.
THEY WERE WHAT GAVE ME A PASSION FOR READING AND LEARNING WITH THEM.
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GOING TO THAT SYSTEM WOULD HAVE MADE EVERY BAD THING AT SCHOOL WORTH AND TAKEN AWAY.THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT IT? I FEAR YOUR SYSTEM WILL HARM THE KIDS WHO NEED HELP THE MOST.
THANK YOU. JOSIE GORMAN IS NOT IN THE CHAT.
KATHY BEASLEY IS NOT IN THE CHAT.
YOU MAY BEGIN. HI, MY NAME IS EVE AND I'M A CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A PRINCIPAL WHO IS AFRAID OF RETALIATION.
HOWEVER, AS WE SAW IN THE ALMOST HALF $1 MILLION CONVOCATION MUSICAL IN THE SUMMER, MR. MILES VALLEY'S PERFORMANCE MORE IN HISD, WE ARE HYPER FOCUSED ON PERFORMANCE.
WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE WALK INTO THE CLASSROOM? ARE THERE TWO PENCILS ON EACH DESK? DID THE TEACHER USE THE MULTIPLE RESPONSE STRATEGIES EVERY FOUR MINUTES? AND WHENEVER AN ADMINISTRATOR COMES IN, REGARDLESS OF IF OF IF IT'S NECESSARY? DID THE PRINCIPAL COACH ON THE SPOT AND INTERRUPT EVEN GOOD INSTRUCTION BECAUSE THE TEACHER CAN STILL GROW? WE NEED TO STOP THE ACT.
WE NEED GENUINE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN LESSONS, NOT SIMPLE COMPLIANCE.
WE NEED TO STOP THE PRETEND TEACHING AND LEARNING, MR. MILES, AND WE NEED THE BOARD TO WAKE UP AND STOP RUBBER STAMPING THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR SCHOOLS.
AS A PARENT AND AN EDUCATOR, I'M CONCERNED WITH THE DISTRICT'S INABILITY TO PROVIDE MY CHILD AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WITH HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND QUALIFIED EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING.
THIS SCRIPTED CURRICULUM THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO REPLACE CERTIFIED TEACHERS COMES WITH MANY ERRORS AND DOES NOT PROVIDE ACCURATE OR CLEAR CONTENT IN WAYS THAT STUDENTS LIKE MY CHILD ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH.
WHEN CHILDREN HAVE QUESTIONS OR ARE UNCLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY ON DOLLS, THEY ARE IGNORED.
TEACHERS ARE BEING TOLD THEY CANNOT HELP STUDENTS DURING DOLLS.
A NATURAL A NATURAL PROCESS OF LEARNING INCLUDES ASKING QUESTIONS FOR CLARITY.
HOW IS MY CHILD SUPPOSED TO LOVE LEARNING WHEN HE FEELS LIKE HIS TEACHERS CAN'T OR DON'T WANT TO HELP HIM? BECAUSE OF THIS MODEL, THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO FOLLOW? TAXPAYER. JESSICA CARTWRIGHT.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
OKAY, I'M TURNING MY CAMERA ON.
THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THAT'S HIGH. I AM THE PARENT OF A FIFTH GRADER AT CROCKETT ELEMENTARY.
CROCKETT IS A THRIVING, DIVERSE FINE ARTS MAGNET WITH INVOLVED PARENTS AND THE SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY.
THE STANDARDIZED TESTS MEASURE THE THE CREATIVITY AND LOVE OF MUSIC AND ART THAT THIS SKILLED PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS AT CROCKETT HAVE SPARKED IN MY CHILD.
HOWEVER, 2022, WE WERE RATED AS A B, BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
AND HAD THEY CHANGED THE GOALPOST FOR 23, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN B AGAIN.
OKAY. BUT WHY? THERE IS A LAWSUIT FOR THE RATINGS BASED ON FROM FOR.
CROCKETT TRAINING IN THE COMMUNITY.
PROGRAMS LIKE THE ONES AT KROC BANDAGE THE MORE SCHOOLS IN MORE AREAS OF HOUSTON.
THANK YOU. STACY ANDERSON, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
YOU MAY BEGIN. THE READINGS BASED ON.
MA'AM. MISS ANDERSON, YOU MAY NEED TO TURN DOWN THE VOLUME OF WHAT'S PLAYING ON YOUR COMPUTER.
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CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL'S GHOST CENTER.
IT'S THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER.
I TOURED WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR, AND THEIR GHOST CENTER WAS A UNIQUE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SCHOOL AND THEIR THEIR MOTTO OF ONCE A HUSKY, ALWAYS A HUSKY, EXTENDS THEIR SERVICES TO ANY WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI, WHICH IS SOMETHING I DID NOT SEE IN ANY OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS I TOURED.
THAT IS A PINNACLE OF CARE BEING DEMONSTRATED BY EDUCATORS.
THE WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL GHOST CENTER IS WORTH GETTING UP OUT OF YOUR CHAIR FOR.
YOU CAN FIND THE VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM.
THE MATH IS CONFOUNDING TO ME, BUT HERE WE ARE.
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IF THIS DISTRICT TRULY CARES ABOUT RAISING CMR SCORES AND STUDENT OUTCOMES, I'M ASKING THAT YOU ALSO GET OUT OF YOUR CHAIR AND VISIT THEIR TEAM.PLEASE FIND A WAY TO KEEP WESTBURY'S PROGRAM INTACT IN ITS CURRENT FORMATION.
STEW BECKER, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
OKAY, GO. MY NAME IS STU BECKER.
I'M A TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD AND A MEMBER OF AFT LOCAL 22 60 SCHOOL WORKERS UNION.
THERE IS A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT LED BY CORPORATE AMERICA TO PRIVATIZE PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THIS IS LED BY BILLIONAIRES SUCH AS JEFF BEZOS, LIKE THE JEFF BEZOS, THE KOCH BROTHERS, THE WALTON FAMILY, BILL GATES, BETSY DEVOS, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, BLOOMBERG, LAURENE POWELL JOBS, ELI BROAD, REED HASTINGS AND MANY OTHER BILLIONAIRES.
MIKE MILES IS A TOOL OF THE CORPORATE BILLIONAIRE CLASS.
HIS JOB IS TO BEAT UP ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GET PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS TO LEAVE SO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN BE CLOSED DOWN AND PRIVATIZED IN ORDER TO MAKE MORE PROFITS FOR CORPORATE AMERICA.
MIKE MILES DOESN'T WANT STUDENTS TO READ BOOKS IN SCHOOLS.
SLAVE MASTERS DIDN'T WANT ENSLAVED PEOPLE TO READ.
BECAUSE IF YOU READ, SIR, YOU'RE THINKING.
AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MAKING YOUR SITUATION BETTER.
SO MY NAME IS JULIA POIRIER AND I AM A PARENT OF CHILDREN WHO GO TO BRIARMEADOW CHARTER SCHOOL.
OUR PARKING LOT IS IN NEED OF DIRE REPAIR, AND, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I COULD POSSIBLY, GET THE CORRECT CONTACT TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN PRIORITIZE OUR PARKING LOT REPAIRS.
I REALIZE THAT, HISD MAY HAVE A LARGE BACKLOG OF WORK ORDERS, BUT HOWEVER, ADDRESSING THESE PROBLEMS SOONER THAN LATER WILL SAVE COSTS IN THE LONG RUN. SO THE GREAT IN-LET'S AT THE DRIVEWAYS HAVE CAUSED MODERATE DAMAGE TO SOME OF THE PARENTS VEHICLES, AND IT DIPS AND CRACKS ARE CAUSING TRAFFIC CONGESTION BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.
SO IF I COULD POSSIBLY GET A POINT OF CONTACT FROM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO COULD HELP US OUT WITH THIS MAINTENANCE PROJECT, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I'M ALSO A PART OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, AND SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP HOWEVER I CAN.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THAT CONCLUDES THE HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO REVERT BACK TO THE MONITORING REPORT.
I THINK WE'RE MONITORING REPORT 3.2.
ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY? ARE WE ON THE RIGHT MICROPHONE SITUATION? IT'S ALL NOW SHE'S GOT THIS MICROPHONE.
SO IF WE WANT THE OTHER MICROPHONE WE NEED TO ORGANIZE THAT.
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OH SHE HAS IT. OH, SHE GOT IT.IT'S ON HERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON FOR THE.
EMILY. I GOT THE I GOT THE THUMBS UP.
YOU GOT THE THUMBS UP. OKAY, GREAT.
HAS, HAVE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD THEIR QUESTIONS RELATED TO PROGRESS? MEASURE 3.2 ANSWERED.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE, BUT.
THE SCHOOLS THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT.
WE PUT ASIDE IN THE BUDGET WILL BE $10 MILLION TO SUPPORT THAT.
THE REASON WHY WE DID THAT IS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME AREAS OF TOWN, SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS, DON'T HAVE AS MANY PROGRAMS AS SOME OF OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS. AND SO WE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE FOUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT ARE FUTURE ORIENTED, THAT WILL HELP IN THE IN THE YEAR 2035. AND ACTUALLY MORE IMMEDIATE WORKFORCE IS AVAILABLE TO KIDS.
AND SO WE'RE INVESTING IN THESE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
AND AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE 10 MILLION BUDGETED IN THE BUDGET FOR THE 2024 FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.
I DO THIS IN THE SAME VEIN AS THAT QUESTION ABOUT BUDGET.
HOW DOES THE QUALITY OF FACILITIES IMPACT THIS? THE THE WHOLE PROGRAM? JUST ONE COMMENT ON THAT.
AND A LOT OF THOSE ACTUALLY WERE REMOVED IN THE DATA ANYWAYS.
BUT WE DID CONSIDER THE FACILITIES AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE NEEDED BOTH WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, BUT ALSO WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT HOW QUICKLY WE WOULD NEED TO GET THESE LAUNCHED.
SO THE LACK OF FACILITIES IS LIMITING THE PROGRAM.
NO, I THINK NO, THERE WAS JUST ONE, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS IN ONE OF THE TOP CONTENDERS.
I THINK IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION FOCUSED ONE THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
SO THERE WAS ONLY ONE THAT WE REMOVED BECAUSE OF THAT, FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO WITH THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY, THE FACILITY DOESN'T IMPACT AS MUCH.
AND WE CHOSE IT THOSE FOR PARTLY FOR THAT REASON.
BUT WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND WE HAVE CTE INEQUITY WITH REGARD TO FACILITIES.
AND THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED OVER THE LONG HAUL.
WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CTE FACILITIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
YES. THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY BUT ALSO FACILITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A HUGE INVESTMENT DOWN THE ROAD AND SEE CAREER TECH ED FACILITIES, FOR SOME OF OUR UNDERSERVED AREAS, IN THE FUTURE.
OKAY. SUPERINTENDENT MILES, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? THAT THAT WAS IT. MA'AM.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT GOLD PROGRESS MONITORING MEASURE 3.2.
THE 3.3 PROGRESS MEASURE IS THE PERCENT OF 11TH GRADERS WHO QUALIFY FOR COLLEGE CREDIT WILL INCREASE FROM 33% IN MAY 20TH 23 TO 48% IN MAY 2028.
SO ONCE AGAIN, STARTING WITH OUR BASELINE HERE AND LOOKING FOR THAT 15 PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE OVER TIME, WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR METRIC, WE'RE LOOKING AT 11TH GRADERS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT COLLEGE GOING CULTURE EARLY, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT AP COURSES, IB COURSES, DUAL CREDIT, WHICH JUST MEANS A STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN A COURSE WHERE THEY ARE BOTH ENROLLED AT HISD, BUT ALSO A HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHERE THEY'RE ENROLLED AT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. AND THAT GETS THEM THAT COLLEGE CREDIT, OR WHAT WE CALL DUAL ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO DUAL CREDIT.
IT'S JUST THE PARTNERSHIP IS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
SO A STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN HISD, AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE GETTING CREDIT FOR A COURSE WITH UT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, STUDENT, CURRENT 11TH GRADE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.
[03:10:04]
AND THAT'S WHAT INDICATES SUCCESS FOR THIS PARTICULAR METRIC.SO WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT FIGURE NUMBER SEVEN, WE SEE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DATA FOR.
LET ME MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN SEE THE GOAL.
AND MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DATA FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2223.
IT STARTED AT 22%, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
AND RIGHT NOW AT MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, THIS YEAR IT'S JUMPED TO 36%.
THE BASELINE AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR WAS 33 AND OUR GOAL IS 34.
SO WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THOSE 11TH GRADE STUDENTS ACCESSING COLLEGE COURSEWORK, WHENEVER WE SCROLL DOWN AND EVEN LOOK AT IT BY SUBPOPULATION, WE SEE HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
SOMETHING AND WE SEE SIMILAR RESULTS WHERE FOR EVERY SINGLE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TARGET, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE AT THE BOTTOM, WE ARE SHOWING THAT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TARGET IS ALREADY ABOVE THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, RESULT IS ALREADY ABOVE THE TARGET NUMBER.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S TRUE FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, FOR OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, FOR OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS AND THE COUPLE WHERE OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TARGET IS NOT QUITE AT OUR END OF YEAR TARGET.
IT'S VERY CLOSE, INDICATING THAT THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO HIT THIS OVERALL METRIC.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE SIMILAR TRENDS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT IN CTE THAT ACTUALLY ALSO APPLY TO ACCESS TO, TO COLLEGE CREDIT, THAT WE WANTED TO NAME AND TALK THROUGH AS A ROOT CAUSES THAT COULD IMPACT THIS GOING FORWARD IF NOT ADDRESSED.
ONE, ONE ISSUE IS THAT SIMILARLY, WITH COLLEGE CREDIT, A LOT OF DECISIONS AROUND COURSE OFFERINGS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE COURSE OFFERINGS IN, COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES, THERE'S 122, BUT A PARTICULAR CAMPUS MIGHT OFFER 2% OF THOSE. THEY MIGHT OFFER 50% OF THOSE.
AND AND HISTORICALLY, THAT DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
SO WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS WORK GOING FORWARD, ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS WE ARE DOING AGAIN IS WE'RE LOOKING TO SAY, BASED ON ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR THESE COURSES, CAN WE ENSURE THAT THOSE CAMPUSES ARE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE COURSES AT THEIR SCHOOL? SO WE REALLY LOOK AT THAT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO COLLEGE CREDIT.
AND AGAIN, WE DO THIS IN TWO WAYS.
THE FIRST WAY IS BY WE'LL PROVIDE EVERY CAMPUS WITH A LIST OF, HEY, BASED ON HOW ALL OF YOUR KIDS DID, IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, HERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE COLLEGE COURSES THAT YOU COULD OFFER BASED ON HOW THEY QUALIFY FOR THAT CAN HELP THEM SET UP THEIR COURSE GUIDE THAT STUDENTS THEN SELECT, COURSE SELECTIONS IN.
AND SO THEN AT THAT TIME, WE'RE EMPLOYING THAT SAME SYSTEM OF FLAGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH CTE, WHERE IF A STUDENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR PREVIOUS COURSES, WE'LL LOOK TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE OPTING IN.
THEY'RE THEY HAVE TO OPT OUT OF THOSE ADVANCED COURSES GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN IF FOR SOME REASON THEY DO, IT WILL SHOW US A FLAG AND WE CAN HAVE THAT RIGHT STRATEGIC CONVERSATION WITH THAT STUDENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY STAY ON THE ADVANCED PATH THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR, AND THAT'S BEST SUITED FOR THEM.
SO REALLY, AGAIN, IT COMES BACK TO THE COURSES THAT WE OFFER THAT WE'RE REALLY PLANNING FOR RIGHT NOW FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS THAT VERY STRATEGIC SCHEDULING WORK THAT WE DO WITH STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS COURSES THAT THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED FOR BASED ON THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
SO THOSE ARE THE COUPLE BIG THINGS THERE.
AND I THINK THERE'S JUST SOME REALLY GOOD HISTORICAL DATA HERE WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR 11TH GRADERS, RIGHT NOW, THERE WERE ABOUT 7000 THAT WERE ABLE TO ACCESS, ENGLISH DUAL CREDIT AND 30% OF THOSE, SORRY, THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR ENGLISH DUAL CREDIT AND 30% OF THOSE DID NOT CONTINUE ON THAT COURSE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF NUMBERS WE LOOK AT.
WHY DID THAT 30% NOT ACCESS THOSE COLLEGE COURSES WHEN THEY'RE PREPARED? THAT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A SET OF STUDENTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FLAGGED OR WILL BE FLAGGED NEXT YEAR.
SO WE CAN REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM ON THAT PATH.
IN MATH, IT WAS FAIRLY SIMILAR.
[03:15:03]
ADVANCED COURSES.OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I CAN START DOWN THERE AND GO THIS WAY THIS TIME, MR. RIVON. AWESOME.
THIS TIME, THE, THANK YOU AGAIN.
THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION.
REALLY, THE ONE QUESTION I'VE GOT IS, THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP, IN THIS, DATA SET AND WHETHER OR NOT, IT'S REALLY INDICATIVE OF, AN IMPROVEMENT IN OUR OVERALL GOAL.
BECAUSE I'M SEEING THAT WE'VE MADE MARKED IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY.
I AM CONCERNED THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY GIVE US THE LEVERAGE WE WANT TO GET TO THE GOAL.
AND JUST HAVE YOU ADDRESS THAT IN GENERAL.
AND THEN, KIND OF HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S STILL THE MOST APPROPRIATE MEASURE.
SO IN ADDITION TO IMPROVING ACCESS, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON SUPPORTING THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION IN THE CLASSROOMS AND SUPPORT HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM IN THE CLASSROOMS AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO.
MR. MARTINEZ. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE A JUST COMMENTS.
THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS I APPRECIATE, I THINK A COUPLE OF, THE SPEAKER SAID THIS, THAT WE ARE REQUIRING STUDENTS TO OPT OUT, OF THE AP COURSES, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. I RECALL A STORY THAT I, THAT I HAD WITH A LADY, SPANISH SPEAKER.
I WENT TO A RESTAURANT, AND SHE SAID IN SPANISH, ESTA TRABAJANDO POR DID YOU WORK FOR HISD? I SAID, WELL, I DON'T WORK FOR THEM, BUT YES, I SIT ON THE BOARD AND SHE SAYS, LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY.
SHE SAYS, MY HIGH SCHOOL SON GOES TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE ZONE HIGH SCHOOL.
WENT TO A SCHOOL IN WEST HOUSTON, AND HE WAS LAGGING BEHIND THE REST OF THE STUDENTS.
AND SHE SAID, IN MY COMMUNITY, WE DIDN'T SPEAK UP.
AND SO WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS AS A BOARD, WE HAVE TO REALIZE, AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, THAT ALL OF OUR DECISIONS ARE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS DESERVE A GREAT ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA, WHEN WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, AND WE'RE SEEING WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN IGNORED TOO LONG IN HISD.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE LONG RUN, RIGHT? WE GOT FIVE YEARS RIGHT TO LOOK AT THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CONCERNS? HARD TO FOLLOW THAT.
BUT BUT BUT I WILL TELL YOU, HE TOLD ME THAT STORY.
AND I'VE TOLD THAT STORY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S SO TRUE.
WE HAVE TO SET EXPECTATIONS HIGH FOR ALL STUDENTS IN AN EQUAL AND FAIR MANNER.
A LOT OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT RESPECT, ABOUT TRUST, ABOUT VALUES.
AND I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN I SEE THIS KIND OF INFORMATION WHERE YOU'RE DIGGING DOWN AND GETTING INTO THE REAL ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE AND SAYING, WELL, WE NEED EVERYBODY TO OPT IN AUTOMATICALLY, NOT OPT OUT.
RIGHT. YOU'RE YOU'RE FOCUSING ON WHERE THE ISSUE IS GIVING US THE DATA.
THE DATA IS HERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
I HEARD SOME COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT SHOW US THE NUMBERS.
WELL, THERE ARE SO MANY NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SHOWING AND PEOPLE JUST TEND TO IGNORE THE NUMBERS BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF THEIR NARRATIVE AND IT DOESN'T HELP THEIR NARRATIVE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAMS FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE GET TO SEE THE NUMBERS YOU DIG DOWN INTO THE INTO THE DETAIL, BECAUSE WE'RE WHEN THESE NUMBERS, THESE NUMBERS LOOK SO, SO FAR SO GOOD.
[03:20:10]
HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS GROUP OR THAT GROUP OR THIS AGE OR WHATEVER? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.THAT'S WHAT THIS BOARD IS ABOUT.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
ANY STRATEGIC QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE, MISS FLOWERS? ONE MORE.
I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPT OUT.
I WANT TO, NAME, AN ASK YOU WHAT YOU'RE DOING ABOUT A CULTURE CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT, THAT ADULTS ARE SPEAKING TO THE CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR CHOICES.
AGAIN, IN MY GIRLS EXPERIENCE, THEY HAD ME PUSHING THEM IN CERTAIN AREAS AND THEY WERE TOLD IN SCHOOL, IN GROUPS, IN DROVES, IN BROWN DROVES.
YOU DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE IN IB.
YOU WANT TO DO THIS IN THIS DISTRICT.
AND SO AS MUCH AS WE NAME OUT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MATTERS TO US, I DON'T WANT US TO BE NAIVE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE RETRAINING AND A CLEAR MESSAGE FROM THE LEADERSHIP THAT THAT IS GONE, AND THAT THE WAY THAT THEY SPEAK IN COUNCIL TO OUR CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR CHOICES IS WHEN THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, THEY STAY ON THAT TRACK, AND NO ONE GOES TO THESE BROWN CLASSES AND TELLS THEM, THIS IS BETTER FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING. AND I NEED LEADERSHIP TO KNOW THAT, AND I NEED THEM TO BE CLEAR WITH EVERYONE THAT'S SPEAKING TO OUR STUDENTS THAT THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
YEAH. AND LET ME SAY THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND IT'S A IT'S A CULTURE SHIFT.
I KEEP SAYING THAT THE KIDS WILL RISE TO THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION, AND RIGOR IS HARD.
AND PEOPLE THINK OUR KIDS CAN'T AND OUR KIDS CAN.
I SAID THAT WHEN THE NWA CAME OUT.
AND SO I SAID THAT WHEN PEOPLE ACCUSE NWA BLACK AND BROWN KIDS, WHEN BLACK AND BROWN KIDS DO WELL, SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY CHEATED OR DID SOMETHING WRONG AND THEY HAVE TO DEFEND A NEGATIVE.
SO THIS OPT OUT, INSTEAD OF OPTING IN, IS SETTING THE BAR HIGHER.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY, WELL, THE KIDS CAN'T.
AND SO WE NEED TO SAY, YES, THEY CAN.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A WHILE.
BUT I HEAR YOU SAYING, AND WE WILL BE PURPOSEFUL ABOUT HELPING OUR COUNSELORS, HELPING OUR PRINCIPALS, AND HELPING OUR TEACHERS SAY TO KIDS, YES, YOU CAN.
AND HERE'S HERE'S THE BAR AND YOU CAN MEET IT.
THANK YOU. A BRIEF QUESTION ABOUT HOW, HOW YOU CAN EXPLAIN FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN, AND MINE AS WELL, ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, OR JUST HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INTEGRATING CREATIVE APPROACHES TO LEARNING, INCLUDING THE ARTS, INTO OUR CURRICULUM? I UNDERSTAND THE FOCUS ON CAREER, AND I KNOW THAT THE PROBLEM SOLVING, PIECE OF THAT, THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, IS OFTEN IT'S OFTEN REFERENCED THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE A DIVERSE SET OF EXPERIENCES HELPS WITH THAT.
SO I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COMMENT A BIT ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW WHAT'S THE DISTRICT'S APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO A DIVERSE SET OF EXPERIENCES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND INTEGRATING THE ARTS IN EDUCATION IN OUR CURRICULUM? THANK YOU. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH PERFORMANCE ARTS, THE MAGNET SCHOOLS, WE WE LOVE THOSE.
WE NEED TO GROW THAT IN IN OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. PART OF THAT'S GOING TO BE FACILITY CHANGES.
PART OF IT'S BEEFING UP OUR CAREER, TECH ED AND OTHER EXPERIENCES FOR KIDS.
[03:25:02]
AGO. OVER AND ABOVE THE ELECTIVES THAT WILL SPARK THEIR INTEREST IN DANCE OR BALLET, IT WILL START TO SPARK THEIR INTEREST IN OTHER THINGS BESIDES READING, WRITING, MATH, SCIENCE.I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE US TO STAY FOCUSED ON 3.3 HERE.
AND, MISS CRUZ ARNOLD, IF YOU HAVE A MONITORING QUESTION, I DO.
I HAVE A MONITORING QUESTIONS ABOUT 3.3.
ARE THERE ANY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR BARRIER QUESTIONS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AS A BOARD AROUND? I KNOW NOT ALL OF THESE COURSE CREDIT, OR THESE COURSES RATHER HAVE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT SOME DO.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOW INCOME SERVICES FOR SOME OF THESE, NOT ALL OF THEM.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE DISTRICT COULD PROVIDE OR HAS LOOKED AT PROVIDING WHERE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOU'RE NOT LOW INCOME, BUT YOU'RE MIDDLE INCOME? MAYBE YOU'RE TAKING MORE THAN ONE EXAM OR THERE'S MORE THAN ONE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND STUDENTS AREN'T ABLE TO MEET THEM FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
AND IS THAT A BARRIER TO A STUDENT NOT QUALIFYING FOR CREDIT? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT? IS THAT A REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO EARN CREDIT? WE DO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
SO WE DO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH, WITH HCC, THERE'S NOT A FEE FOR THE STUDENTS THERE EITHER.
SO IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
AND IF THAT DOES BECOME A BARRIER, IT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD BE BE DISCUSSING.
WONDERFUL. AND I'M LESS FAMILIAR WITH HONORARIUM.
SO I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR NOT KNOWING IF THERE'S A FEE FOR THAT AS WELL OR FOR FOR BOOKS.
I THINK I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING AT SOME POINT IF THERE IF IF A REASON IS COST TO THE STUDENT IS A REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT EARNING THE CREDIT AT THE END, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE TERRIBLE, LIKE JUST THE COST WOULD BE A TERRIBLE BARRIER.
AND WE WILL WE WILL KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IN PART, TEST FEES, A FEE, I MEAN, AS AN EXAMPLE.
YEAH, LIKE A FEE OF ANY KIND BEING THE BARRIER.
NOT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T AFFORD SOMETHING.
MISS AUZENNE BANDY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND CONTEXT.
I HAD A QUESTION AND A COMMENT AROUND THE ROOT CAUSE.
AND THEN THE ACTION. STEP AROUND.
I WAS I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BOOKER T WASHINGTON, IN 1997, AND WE HAD A CORPORATE SPONSOR COME IN THAT PAID FOR PRINCETON REVIEW FOR US TO HAVE. AND THEY'RE ONLY A HANDFUL OF US THAT QUALIFIED AS FAR AS HOW WE TESTED ON THE PSAT, I THINK.
SO I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE OFFERING THIS.
MY QUESTION IS, MORE AROUND WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION'S VIEW ON SOME UNIVERSITIES NOT REQUIRING THE SAT ANYMORE? AND, I MEAN, DO WE THINK THAT WILL COME BACK AROUND AND THEY WILL BE WAS IT JUST A COVID THING AGAIN? JUST WONDERING HOW APPLICABLE THIS IS TO TODAY'S, COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE.
IT'S NOT THE PROGRESS MEASURE FOR THIS MONTH, BUT IT IS PART OF THAT OVERALL GOAL.
AND YOU CAN SEE READY THROUGH THE SAT.
YOU CAN BE TSI READY THROUGH THE TEXAS VERSION OF THE SAT, THE TSA 2.0.
AND SO THROUGH THOSE VARIETY OF WAYS, AND THE THING THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE IS TRUE FOR THOSE STUDENTS IS THAT IF YOU ARE TSI READY BEFORE YOU GO TO COLLEGE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT REMEDIAL COLLEGE COURSEWORK, WHICH THE DATA DOES SHOW, TENDS TO MEAN THAT STUDENTS END UP DROPPING OUT ONCE THEY'RE THERE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
AND SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT A DIFFERENT INSTITUTION REQUIRES OR DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT TSA READINESS CAN BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR OPENING UP THOSE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS SO THAT IT PREVENTS THEM FROM HAVING TO DO THAT REMEDIAL COURSEWORK BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET CREDIT IN THE COLLEGE.AND GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THEY HAVE TO TAKE AN EXTRA COURSE.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING CREDIT FOR IT, THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT ALREADY.
AND IT CAN OFTENTIMES LEAD TO TO DROP OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS? I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
ON, ON. BECAUSE I KNOW IF WE'VE ALREADY ACHIEVED, WHAT WE EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? YES. SO AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT ANYTHING NEEDS TO CHANGE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHETHER THAT WAS.
[03:30:01]
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MIDDLE OF THE.Y'ALL DID NOT HAVE THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DATA WHENEVER YOU SET THIS METRIC.
AND SO WHEN WE GOT IT IT WAS HIGH.
[REMARKS AND REPORTS]
AND I'M JUST I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH IS ARE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN THIS YEAR IMPACTED IT OR WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ANALYSIS AROUND THAT, OR CAN WE WE DID ACTUALLY LOOK PRETTY CLOSELY AT THINGS THAT WE COULD DO THIS YEAR.SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WE LOOKED AT DUAL CREDIT AND DUAL ENROLLMENT.
THERE'S A DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE IN ECONOMICS AND ON RAMPS COURSE IN ECONOMICS THAT A LOT OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTED RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT WAS IMMEDIATE ACCESS, AND WE COULD SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.
AND GETTING ON THAT RIGHT AWAY AT THE START OF SCHOOL.
SO WE LOOKED, FOR EXAMPLE, AT SEMESTER THINGS.
AND BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO ADJUST BASED ON SCHEDULES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BOARD MONITORING UPDATE THE PRESENTATION OF GOAL THREE PROGRESS MEASURES 3.2 AND 3.3.
IS THAT RIGHT? BRIAN? MY COMPUTER. OKAY.
SO A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MARTINEZ AND A SECOND BY, BOARD MEMBER CRUZ ARNOLD.
NEXT, WE WILL CONSIDER THE REMAINING ACTION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
BOARD POLICY REQUIRES BOARD MEMBERS TO ABSTAIN FROM ALL DISCUSSION AND VOTES PERTAINING TO CONTRACTS THAT MIGHT INVOLVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BOARD POLICY BF, A LOCAL DEFINES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS TO AS ANY CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WOULD CAST DOUBT ON A BOARD MEMBER'S ABILITY TO ACT WITH TOTAL OBJECTIVITY WITH REGARD TO THE DISTRICT'S INTERESTS.
[RECESS TO CLOSED OR EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTIONS 551.004, 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.082, 551.0821, 551.083, 551.084, AND 551.089 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE PURPOSES LISTED IN THIS NOTICE]
THERE ARE NO ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA? ITEMS BY CONSENSUS.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY RIC CAMPO AND A SECOND BY ADAM RIVON.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. PLEASE VOTE.
[RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]
[CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED OR EXECUTIVE SESSION]
MOTION PASSES, EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE ABSENT.THE MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA BY CONSENSUS PASSES.
WE'RE NOW READY TO HEAR REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
I'LL START DOWN HERE WITH MISS AUZENNE BANDY.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING, WE CAN WORK OUR WAY DOWN.
I WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO MANY OF THE STUDENTS SPEECHES ONLINE TODAY.
IT WAS ON THE HISD TV LIVE AND THEY WERE SO MANY CHILDREN AND THEY WERE AMAZING.
AND I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT MANY OF THE VIDEOS OF THE STUDENTS IN THEIR IN THEIR ACTIVITIES.
I SAW YOGA, I SAW KICKBOXING AND HEARD STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT.
SO I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY FOR THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING AND THE IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR COMMUNICATING THAT OUT TO US.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS AND GIVE THANKS TO THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL CHOICE.
I KNOW WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
I'VE HEARD VERY LOTS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
GT TESTING WHEREVER DEPARTMENT THAT IS AS WELL.
I KNOW WE HAD A BIG INFLUX OF STUDENTS TESTING, SO THANK YOU TO THAT TEAM AS WELL.
WE'RE STARTING TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR PRE-K.
IT'S GOING WELL. I'VE HEARD GREAT STUFF ABOUT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
PLEASE. ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE MUCH.
[03:35:01]
BUT FIRST, THANKS TO THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT, KRISTEN HALL AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE CMR AND THE MAGNET CHOICE.BUT ALSO A LOT OF OTHER WORK IS IS GOING ON HARD BEHIND THE SCENES, IN PARTICULAR H.R.
AND NES. THIS LAST WEEK, THE NES TEAM THAT'S SUPPORTING NES SCHOOLS AND HELPING SCHOOLS DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE OPT IN OR NOT.
A LOT OF WORK GOING AROUND THERE AND HELPING STAFFS AND PARENTS MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES, THANKS TO THE DIVISION SOUPS AS WELL FOR THAT.
SO WE'LL WE'LL ANNOUNCE TOMORROW THAT THE THE SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE OPTED IN.
BUT A LOT OF WORK IN THE RUN UP.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS PUBLICLY, I KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET PUBLICLY FOR 2 OR 3 WEEKS.
OKAY. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION UNDER CHAPTER 551 OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SUBSECTIONS 551 .004 THROUGH 551 .089 SHOULD BOARD FINAL ACTION, VOTE OR DECISION ON ANY MATTER CONSIDERED IN THE CLOSED SESSION BE REQUIRED.
SUCH FINAL ACTION, VOTE OR DECISION SHALL BE TAKEN AT THE OPEN MEETING COVERED BY THIS NOTICE.
UPON THE RECONVENING OF THIS PUBLIC MEETING OR A SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD.
UPON NOTICE THEREOF, THE BOARD HAS RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION AT 8:41 P.M.
IT IS REALLY FASCINATING SONG.
THIS MEETING IS RECONVENED AT 9:23 P.M..
WE ARE NOW READY TO CONSIDER ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
YOU CAN'T SEE IT. THE MOTION IS TO CONFIRM.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE CLOSED SESSION PERSONNEL AGENDA, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY THAT THE BOARD APPROVES PROPOSED TERMINATIONS OF CONTINUING TERM AND PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS, AND AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF SAME, THAT THE BOARD APPROVES SUSPENSIONS WITHOUT PAY FOR CONTINUING TERM AND PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS, AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF SAME, THAT THE BOARD APPROVES WITHDRAWALS OF CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE BOARD APPROVES ISSUANCE OF FINAL ORDERS ON CONTRACT TERMINATIONS AND NON-RENEWALS AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024.
THANK YOU. A SECOND BY MISS MICHELLE CRUZ ARNOLD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS FROM CLOSED SESSION? YES, I HAVE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MR. CAMPO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL TEXT IS NOT WHAT YOU JUST READ.
CORRECT? SO THAT'S A PROBLEM? NO, THE MOTION IS AS READ.
THE MOTION PASSES WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU GUYS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.