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GOOD EVENING. THIS MEETING IS NOW CONVENED AT 5:06 P.M..I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, PLEASE, THAT EVERYONE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT IN THE BOARD AUDITORIUM.
AND THEY ARE FROM MY RIGHT ON THE PLATFORM.
CASSANDRA AUZENNE BANDY, MICHELLE CRUZ ARNOLD.
ANGELA LEMOND FLOWERS, MYSELF, AUDREY MOMANAEE, RIC CAMPO, ROLANDO MARTINEZ, PAULA MENDOZA.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, MR. RIVON WILL BE JOINING US LIVE.
IS HE ON NOW? OKAY, GREAT. IF THERE ARE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND I SEE PLACIDO GOMEZ IS HERE.
ARE ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE? PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
MR. PLACIDO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A PLEDGE LEADER THIS EVENING.
JUST STAND UP AND WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE, OKAY? AND EVERYBODY ELSE, COME ON WITH US.
OKAY. WHERE ARE WE GOING? OKAY. READY? GO.
THANK YOU. AND NEXT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO VICE
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PRESIDENT RIC CAMPO TO READ OUR PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.I'M GOING TO READ THE THIS PROCLAMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT TONIGHT, WHICH IS WHEREAS ARAB AMERICANS MAKE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO VITAL, VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.
AND WHEREAS SINCE IMMIGRATING TO AMERICA, MEN AND WOMEN OF ARAB DESCENT HAVE SHARED THEIR VIBRANT HERITAGE WHILE ALSO SETTING EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF MODEL CITIZENS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 20TH, APRIL 2024 ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN HISD AND ENCOURAGE ALL TO JOIN IN THIS UP, JOIN IN THIS TO OBSERVE THIS AND TO CELEBRATE THE RICH TRADITIONS OF THE ARAB AMERICAN CULTURE IN WITNESS THEREOF, ON THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
WHEREAS EVERY YEAR THOUSANDS OF PARENTS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SUPPORT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BY DONATING THEIR TIME, RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE.
AND WHEREAS, THESE CONTRIBUTORS SERVE IN A VARIETY OF ROLES, INCLUDING MENTORING, TUTORING, AND ASSISTING IN CLASSROOMS. AND WHEREAS, A ROBUST AND SUCCESSFUL EDUCATION SYSTEM REQUIRES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND VOLUNTEERS SELFLESSLY ILLUSTRATE THE POWER OF THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL VOLUNTEER WEEK IS OBSERVED DURING THE THIRD FULL WEEK OF APRIL.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, PROCLAIM APRIL 22ND THROUGH 26, 2024 VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNITION WEEK IN HISD AND ENCOURAGE ALL TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE DEDICATED SUPPORTERS WHO ASSIST AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN WITNESS THEREOF, ON THIS 11TH DAY OF APRIL 2024.
THANK YOU. BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH HEARING FROM THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT, I WANT TO NOTE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I AM PULLING ITEM 19 REVIEW OF THE BOARD'S QUARTERLY SELF EVALUATIONS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE LATER THIS EVENING.
WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM SPEAKERS WHO REGISTERED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
TONIGHT, WE WILL HOLD THE HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY AFTER BOARD BUSINESS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED.
HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY, SPEAKERS WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THIS CHANGE VIA EMAIL EARLIER TODAY.
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WE WILL HEAR FROM AGENDA SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED IN THIS EVENING.[00:05:03]
PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR TOPIC.WHEN YOU STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE, WE WILL PRIORITIZE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND STUDENTS.
PUBLIC COMMENT DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK PRIOR TO THE MEETING TIME, PER CURRENT PROTOCOL, VERBAL AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS BY PERSONS DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, AS THEY INHIBIT THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO OBSERVE THOSE PROCESSES. PERSONS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH BEHAVIOR WILL BE GIVEN ONE MORNING, AND IF THE BEHAVIOR IS REPEATED, THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING.
WE HAVE 190 REGISTERED SPEAKERS WHO WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE EACH PER BOARD POLICY, AS WE HAVE MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC AND REFRAIN FROM NAMING INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS, AS OUR IDENTITY IS PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW.
BUT YOU MAY NAME YOUR OWN CHILD.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RESPECT OUR PROCEDURES AND THE OTHER SPEAKERS, AND END YOUR COMMENTS PROMPTLY.
WHEN YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED AND THE TIMER RINGS.
THIS IS A REMINDER TO ALL THE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
IF YOU WILL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR REMARKS.
WE WILL START WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
THE FIRST PUBLIC OFFICIAL THAT I SEE HERE IS PLACIDO GOMEZ.
AND PLEASE GO AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ITEM OF THE AGENDA, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU, WHATEVER THE PLAN IS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO INVOLVE THE ELECTED BOARD.
I'VE TOLD EVERYBODY WHO WOULD LISTEN, BOTH PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL VERY OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND WILLING TO LISTEN, BUT ALSO TO NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN. I'M IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TO GAIN TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY, GIVEN MY STATUS AS AN ELECTED BOARD MEMBER.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE PLAN.
I URGE YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU INVOLVE ME AND OTHER ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS IN IT.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT LAST WEEK I HAD THE HONOR OF GOING TO VISIT SOME HIGH SCHOOL, NORTH FOREST HIGH SCHOOL, AND SOME OF THE FEEDER SCHOOLS, AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO INTO ALL THE DETAIL, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE TEACHERS, STUDENTS, MAINTENANCE STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS THERE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
THOUGH IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME, THOUGH, I BELIEVE THAT THE NORTH FORK.
AS MISS HERNANDEZ ON THE ZOOM.
NO. AND I DON'T SEE THAT ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE COME IN YET.
WE KNOW THAT TWO STUDENTS ARE ON ZOOM.
LEONARD. AND I THINK THAT FOLKS ARE IN ORDER.
DO WE HAVE? WHO HAS THE NUMBER? OH, IS THAT YOU, SWEETIE? OKAY, GREAT.
I ENJOY LEARNING SPANISH AND TALKING WITH MY FRIENDS IN SPANISH.
I LOVE SURPRISING PEOPLE WITH THE FACT THAT I CAN SPEAK SPANISH.
I HOPE MY LITTLE COUSIN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SPANISH AT WHARTON WHEN SHE IS OLD ENOUGH TO.
PLEASE VOTE TO KEEP ALL OF WAR IN A DUAL LANGUAGE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM.
GRACIAS POR EL PASO, POR LA ESCUELA Y POR LA EDUCACION.
THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT MY SCHOOL AND ABOUT MY EDUCATION.
EMILY, I DON'T SEE THAT THERE ARE ANY OTHER STUDENTS WHO HAVE ARRIVED WHO HAVE NUMBERS.
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AND SO WE NEED TWO MINUTES.HOLA. MY NAME IS LUCA CANDIDA.
COMPARTO. LAS PALABRAS DE MI AMIGO.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LUCA CANDIDA.
I WILL SHARE SOME WORDS FROM MY FRIEND LUCY MORGAN BECAUSE HE'S A LITTLE SHY.
ESTOY IN CUARTO GRADO AND WARDEN VIVO.
VIVA VER EL OTRO LADO DE LA CALLE Y CAMINAMOS JUNTOS A LA ESCUELA.
I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AT WHARTON AND I LIVE FOUR BLOCKS FROM MY SCHOOL.
MY BEST FRIEND LIVES ACROSS THE STREET AND WE WALK TOGETHER TO SCHOOL.
ESO SIGNIFICA APRENDER A LEAR DE MANERA DIFERENTE.
TAMBIÉN TENGO ADHD NO 60 FEQUET GET ME RESULTA DIFICIL PRESTAR ATENCION.
THAT MEANS THAT I LEARN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
WHAT IT MEANS THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO PAY ATTENTION.
ENCANTAN LOS PROFESORES DE WARDEN QUEDAN COMO FAMILIA APROBADO EL EXAMEN DE GT ESPANOL.
I LOVE MY TEACHERS AT WHARTON.
THEY TAKE CARE OF ME AS FAMILY AND I PASS ALL MY TESTS.
THE GT THIS YEAR MY ENCANTA APRENDER IN ESPANOL.
YO TAMBIÉN QUIERO APRENDER FRANCES, POR FAVOR.
NO ACCEPT EL INGLÉS SOLO AND WARDEN, POR FAVOR MANTENGAN A WARDEN COMO UNA ESCUELA DE BARRIO.
OH, SORRY. I KNOW TO LEARN ENGLISH.
PLEASE MAKE WHARTON ONLY NOT ONLY ENGLISH SCHOOL.
PLEASE KEEP WHARTON LIKE THE SCHOOL FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS NOVA URIBE.
HI, MY NAME IS NOVA AND I PRACTICALLY GREW UP IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY.
HE HAS ALREADY REMOVED LIBRARIANS FROM NES SCHOOLS.
I GO TO MVPA AND MY LIBRARIAN IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
SHE DOES SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST CHECKING OUT BOOKS LIKE HELPING US FIND RELIABLE DIGITAL RESOURCES.
MY MOM IS A CERTIFIED TEACHER LIBRARIAN.
IN FACT, SHE HAS FIVE FIVE VALID T CERTIFICATIONS.
MIKE MILES, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS ZERO.
WITHOUT LIBRARIANS, I WOULD NOT BE THE PERSON I AM TODAY.
BOARD MEMBERS. SOME OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, SOME ARE EVEN HISD PARENTS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO GO TO A SCHOOL WITHOUT ACCESS TO BOOKS? LIBRARIES ARE AMAZING PLACES WHERE KIDS CAN GO TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND TO READ.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE BOOKS AT HOME AND YOU'RE TAKING THAT AWAY, DON'T REMOVE LIBRARIES OR LIBRARIANS.
OUR NEXT. AND I SEE A COUPLE OF FOLKS HAVE JOINED US.
MISTER MOORE AND MISTER JOHNSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ASHLYN MORTON.
MIKE MILES ONCE SAID, AND I QUOTE, WAS THE PLANT KILLED OR DID IT SIMPLY NOT HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE IN A FAST PACED ENVIRONMENT? THE ISSUE WITH THIS IS YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PLANTS.
YOU'RE REFERRING TO PEOPLE. NO, NOT PEOPLE, CHILDREN.
THE STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
EXCEPT WE'RE NOT STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE FROM A FAST PACED ENVIRONMENT.
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WE ARE BEING MURDERED BY OUR UNELECTED BOARDS SHEER INCOMPETENCE TO DO THEIR JOB.YOU MAY BE ABLE TO THREATEN PRINCIPALS AND FIRE TEACHERS, BUT AS THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE YOUTH, TANYA FAISON ONCE SAID, WHEN THE SYSTEM IS NOT MADE FOR US, WE WILL BURN IT DOWN. THE YOUTH WANT A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM BECAUSE THIS DISTRICT IS NO LONGER HERE TO SUPPORT US.
SO HERE'S A QUOTE FOR NOT ONLY YOU, MIKE MILES, BUT TO TED CRUZ, GREG ABBOTT, AND THE TEA.
THE YOUTH WILL BURN IT DOWN UNTIL IT IS MADE FOR US.
I THINK THE THE NEXT TWO STUDENT SPEAKERS ARE ON ZOOM.
MR. JOHNSON, I BELIEVE YOU HAD WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
I'M SORRY. WHAT NUMBERS DO THEY HAVE? OKAY. MY THING IS NOT UPDATING.
DEAR MR. MILES, MY NAME IS OLIVIA.
I AM SEVEN YEARS OLD AND I AM A BILINGUAL STUDENT.
I AM HERE FOR MY TEACHERS WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK BUT NOT ME.
IF YOU FIND OUR LIBRARIAN, HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE BOOKS THAT SHE LOOKS AFTER? HOW WILL WE? THE NAME THAT BOOK CLUB, WHICH HAS HELPED ME TO DISCOVER NEW, EXCITING BOOKS AND HAS HELPED ME TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS THAT ALSO LOVE TO READ.
SO I SUGGEST THAT YOU LEAVE OUR LIBRARIANS AND OUR BOOKS ALONE.
I'M SORRY SIR, BUT YOU PICKED THE WRONG CITY TO MESS WITH.
OUR NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS SHAYAN AFGHANI.
ARE YOU AN AFGHANI? COME ON. YES, SIR.
I AM AN AFGHANI AND I AM REPRESENTING KICKSTART KIDS.
AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME SELF CONTROL TODAY.
SO SELF CONTROL IS A THING THAT EVERYBODY DESIRES.
IT ALLOWS US TO LIKE FOCUS ON THINGS WITHOUT GETTING DISTRACTED.
I'LL THEN GET ANGRY AT MYSELF, LEADING MYSELF INTO A PATH OF DISTRESS.
WHEN I CAME TO THE KARATE PROGRAM AT MY SCHOOL, I REALIZED I TRULY ADMIRED THE MARTIAL ARTS.
IT GAVE ME A PATH AND EVEN GREATER A GOAL TO WORK TOWARDS.
I ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE THE BEST, AND I WOULD GO HOME AND PRACTICE FOR LIKE HOURS EVERY DAY.
AND I STAYED FOCUSED AND I BECAME MORE HAPPY, LIKE WITH WHO I AM.
AND OVER TIME IN THE PROGRAM, I REALLY THINK I HAVE GROWN AS A PERSON.
OKAY. THE NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS ALARA RAHMAN.
MY NAME IS. HELLO, MY NAME IS LAURA AND I'M IN SIXTH GRADE.
ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH CENTER, 87% OF STUDENTS VISITED THE LIBRARY TO BORROW BOOKS.
HOW ARE THESE STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO GET BETTER WHEN THERE ARE NO LIBRARIES FOR PRACTICING? ADDITIONALLY, WHEN LIBRARIES BECOME DETENTION ZONES, STUDENTS ASSOCIATE STRESS WITH LIBRARIES, WHICH IS HARMFUL FOR THEIR GROWTH.
NOT A FEW THOUSANDS LET LIBRARIES READ.
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU.OUR NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS ISABEL BUNN.
OUR NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS SAMUEL SALAZAR.
TODAY, I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE VALUE OF RESPECT.
STUDENTS. THE LESSON OF RESPECT FROM THE PROGRAM IS CARRIED BY ITS STUDENTS IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND.
AS A MARTIAL ARTIST, A DEDICATED SCHOLAR AND A RESPECTFUL CITIZEN.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS GEORGE STANCIL.
IS GEORGE HERE? GO AHEAD. HELLO, I'M GEORGE AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.
I'VE COME TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARY SERVICES AND NAME THAT BOOK.
NAME THAT BOOK GOT ME EXCITED ABOUT READING.
I'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE I'VE BEEN IN SECOND GRADE.
NAME. THAT BOOK TEACHES KIDS TEAMWORK AND GETS THEM EXCITED ABOUT READING.
IT'S MADE ME A BETTER AND MORE ENGAGED STUDENT.
IN CONCLUSION, I URGE YOU TO BRING BACK LIBRARY SERVICES AND KEEP IMPORTANT PROGRAMS LIKE NAME THAT BOOK AND HISD, BECAUSE IT GETS KIDS MORE ENGAGED AND EXCITED ABOUT READING AND TEACHES RESPONSIBILITY, TEAMWORK, AND IMPORTANT READING SKILLS.
OUR NEXT. OUR NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS ELLA TAYLOR.
IS ELLA TAYLOR HERE? NO. OKAY.
CHRISTIANA THOMAS, IS CHRISTIANA HERE? GO AHEAD. I WANT TO START OFF BY DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKELY AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE SUCCESS IN DECIDING TO REINSTATE STIPENDS FOR SPEECH AND DEBATE COACHES, THOUGH THIS IS STILL NOT ENOUGH AND IT STILL REQUIRES CONTINUED ATTENTION. I KNOW A 25% REDUCTION SEEMS SMALL, BUT IT INCENTIVIZES TEACHERS AND HAD MORE STUDENTS AND GO TO MORE TOURNAMENTS, AND IT'S ONLY FOR THE BEST OF THE BEST, SO IT WON'T DEEPLY IMPACT THE BUDGET.
I KNOW THE BOARD IS REVIEWING SAT AND ACT SCORES.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO RAISE THESE SCORES, AND I KNOW HOW.
THE FORMER SECRETARY OF EDUCATION CALLED DEBATE THE GREAT EQUALIZER, WHICH CANNOT BE THE CASE IF WE NEGLECT IT AND FORCE TOSE TO PICK UP THE SLACK, SINCE IT MEANS THAT ONLY WEALTHY AREAS WILL HAVE IT.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS ALEJANDRA UBIERA.
GO AHEAD. HI, I'M ALEJANDRO AND I'M IN THE FIFTH GRADE.
PLEASE RECONSIDER THE WAY YOU EVALUATE TEACHERS.
ONE TIME WHEN MY TEACHER WAS TEACHING ME AND MY CLASSMATES WERE ASTONISHED WHEN A STRANGER ENTERED OUR CLASSROOM AND INTERRUPTED OUR TEACHER TO ORDER HIM TO CUT THE MAGNETIC BORDERS AROUND THE MATERIAL ON THE BULLETIN BOARD.
IT'S A MAGNETIC STRIP, MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR LEARNING.
NOT ONLY WAS THIS EMBARRASSING TO MY TEACHER, IT WAS DISRESPECTFUL.
PLEASE CHANGE THE SYSTEM TO BE MORE FAIR AND RESPECTFUL TO ME AND MY TEACHERS.
MY NAME IS ENRIQUE AND I AM IN THE FIFTH GRADE.
PLEASE FIGHT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.
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MEYERS. NOT ONE DECISION HE HAS MADE HAS BEEN GOOD.HE IS TOO FOCUSED ON TEST SCORES, BUT HE HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING EFFECTIVE ABOUT THEM.
YOU CAN'T MAGICALLY LEARN BY TAKING THE SAME TESTS.
BY TAKING TESTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
MAYBE ONE REASON FOR THE FAILURE IS THE LOW BUDGET.
FOR MOST SCHOOLS, GIVING THEM 12% LESS WOULD REALLY DO SOMETHING, SOMETHING BAD.
WE SHOULD GIVE THEM MORE MONEY INFO AND NOT FOCUS TOO MUCH ON TESTS.
I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO STUDENT SPEAKERS VIA ZOOM.
EMILY. IS THAT RIGHT? WHAT'S THE CHILD'S NAME? WE ADDED AUGUST PING-CHO.
I AM A FIFTH GRADER AND I THINK LIBRARIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
I WAS SAD TO LEARN THAT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LIBRARY POSITIONS WERE CUT.
MY SCHOOL HAS A WONDERFUL LIBRARY AND I HOPE WE CAN KEEP HER.
I, AS A DYSLEXIC LIBRARIANS HELP ME TO FIND BOOKS LIKE GRAPHIC NOVELS TO ENCOURAGE ME TO READ.
MANY KIDS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LIBRARIES OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCHOOLS.
THEY NEED BOOKS TO GROW THEIR READING STRENGTHS.
IF I DIDN'T HAVE A LIBRARY AT MY SCHOOL, I DON'T THINK I WOULD WANT TO READ AS MUCH SINCE GRAPHIC.
BOOKS CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR ME.
LIBRARIES HAVE A VARIETY AND HELP KIDS FIND THEIR INTERESTS.
PLEASE KEEP LIBRARIES AT SCHOOL.
LIBRARIES HELP EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO READ.
THANK YOU. HEY, YOUNG MAN, ARE YOU.
ALL GOOD. OH, GREAT. COME ON UP.
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LIBRARIES OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCHOOLS.
THEY NEED BOOKS THEY'RE READING.
OKAY, I HAVE A LOT. I DON'T THINK I WOULD WANT TO.
OKAY, AUGUST, WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? I'M PESHO. OKAY, GREAT.
NAME THAT BOOK HAS HELPED ME BECOME A BETTER TEAMMATE.
WE LEARNED TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER'S IDEAS AND WORK WITH PEOPLE WE DON'T USUALLY WORK WITH.
I'VE ALSO READ BOOKS THAT I NORMALLY WOULD NOT PICK UP OFF THE SHELF.
ANOTHER THING IS THAT I HAVE ADHD, SO IT'S HARDER TO FINISH A BOOK ALL THE WAY, BUT WITH NAME THAT BOOK, I READ MULTIPLE BOOKS FROM FRONT TO BACK. SO IF YOU REMOVE THE LIBRARY SERVICE PEOPLE, THEN THERE WILL BE LOTS OF STUDENTS ACROSS HOUSTON WHO WILL MISS OUT ON THE EXPERIENCE.
YOU SAY YOU WANT TO PRIORITIZE LITERACY, SO DON'T REMOVE THE LIBRARY SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENT SPEAKERS? OKAY. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? OLIVIA. OLIVIA LOWE.
HI, MY NAME IS OLIVIA LOWE AND I'M A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KICKSTART KIDS KARATE IN HISD.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW KARATE HAS AFFECTED MY LIFE AT SCHOOL THROUGH DISCIPLINE.
DISCIPLINE IS DEFINED AS THE PRACTICE OF TRAINING PEOPLE TO OBEY RULES OR A CODE OF BEHAVIOR.
KARATE HAS TAUGHT ME TO BE DISCIPLINED NOT ONLY IN CLASS BUT IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
AFTER BEING IN THE KICKSTART PROGRAM, I STARTED TO BE MORE ORGANIZED.
IT SAYS I DISCIPLINE MYSELF TO ACHIEVE MY GOALS.
I FOUND THIS TO BE TRUE NOT JUST IN MY LIFE BUT ALSO IN MY PEERS.
AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE IT.
AND IF YOU CAN JUST TELL US YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
OKAY. GO AHEAD, MR. MILES. WE SPOKE LAST MEETING.
WELL, I SPOKE AND YOU GLARED AT ME.
AND I WAS STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT WITH SO MANY OF US COMING UP HERE AND SPEAKING TO YOU MONTH AFTER MONTH AT THESE MEETINGS, YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT MOMENT OF SELF REFLECTION THAT MAKES A PERSON STOP AND THINK, PERHAPS I'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG.
I SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE POCKETS OF EXCELLENCE AND NOT TRY TO FORCE STANDARDIZATION JUST BECAUSE MR. MILES AND THE BOARD, AS A 12 YEAR OLD WHO DEALT WITH THE INTERRUPTIONS OF COVID 19, HURRICANE HARVEY AND COUNTLESS OTHER THREATS TO THE STABILITY OF MY SCHOOL HOME, I NEED
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YOU NOT TO BE ANOTHER PROBLEM.WE NEED YOU TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
WE NEED YOUR HELP, NOT YOUR JUDGMENT.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO BE A BETTER HUMAN LAST TIME WE SPOKE.
AND I WILL CHALLENGE YOU AGAIN.
LET'S SEE. MAYBE ONE ONE OTHER STUDENT SPEAKER.
COME ON UP AND PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
PLEASE. MY MY NAME'S ELLA TAYLOR.
THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL LIBRARIES WEEK, SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARIES.
I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT HOW THEY HELPED ME.
MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD GAVE ME A PLACE TO GO.
AND PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTOOD ME LET ME LEARN EVERYTHING I WANTED TO LEARN AND GAVE MEANING.
AND I'VE ALREADY SAID IT BEFORE, SO I'LL TALK ABOUT STATISTICS AND TEST SCORES.
LIBRARIANS ARE PROVEN TO IMPROVE READING SCORES, ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, STATES THAT GAINED LIBRARIANS BETWEEN 2005 AND 2009 HAD SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER INCREASES IN THE FOURTH GRADE NAPE READING SCORES THAN SCHOOLS WHO LOST THEM.
YOUR. IF YOUR SOLE PURPOSE IS TO INCREASE TEST SCORES, WHY ARE YOU DOING THINGS THAT ACTIVELY SABOTAGE THAT MISSION? STUDIES SHOW THAT LIBRARIANS HELP THE STUDENTS YOU WERE HIRED TO IMPROVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENT SPEAKERS WHO HAVE ARRIVED? OKAY. VERY GOOD. OTHER THAN WE'LL GET TO THE ZOOM, FOLKS.
YEP. OKAY, LET'S SWITCH TO ZOOM AND THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER WHO HAS STOOD UP FOR STUDENTS NEEDS.
I HAVE ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE AND I BEGGED FOR HELP.
I WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
THE DISTRICT RESOURCES ARE EASY TO FIND IT BREEZY.
WE FINISHED A SEMESTER IN A WEEK.
THE CONTENT WAS WEAK, BUT IN ADDITION TO GEOGRAPHY, I'M TEACHING U.S.
HISTORY BECAUSE THE SCHOOL REFUSES TO HIRE SOMEONE NEW.
I'M SCARED OF REMOVAL, SO I AGREE TO DOUBLE UP AND MOVE ROOMS. MY U.S. HISTORY STUDENTS NEED ATTENTION.
HAVING OVER EIGHT NATIVE LANGUAGES.
THEY SEND COOKIE CUTTER LESSONS FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S KIDS.
I GET WRITTEN UP FOR MODIFICATIONS, BUILDING RELATIONS, ASKING QUESTIONS, DECORATIONS.
THANK YOU. ADIDAS AG BITTNER, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. YOU MAY BEGIN.
OH, YEAH. OSAGE COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ACCELERATED LEARNING IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FAIL THE STAR TEST.
YES, YOU SPEND MANY MORE HOURS STUDYING AND STRESSING TO PASS STAR.
IF YOU FAIL MORE THAN ONE STAR TEST, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO EVEN MORE DRILL AND KILL AND TEST PREP.
PEOPLE SAY THAT YOU CAN'T OPT OUT OF STAR, BUT I DID.
SINCE OPTING OUT WITH A SCORE OF ZERO, I TECHNICALLY FAILED STAR.
IF YOUR REPORT CARD GRADES AND ATTENDANCE ARE GOOD, YOU SHOULD PASS TO THE NEXT GRADE.
THE STAR GSC LOST THEIR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AND GOT AN UNCERTIFIED SUPERINTENDENT INSTEAD.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OPTING OUT, VISIT OPT OUT TEXAS DOT NET.
OKAY. WELL AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THOSE REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
MR. JOHNSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING. I HAD PREPARED STATEMENTS, BUT AFTER LISTENING TO THESE CHILDREN, I THINK HISD IS DOING WONDERFUL AND INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY EMULATE WHATEVER'S GOING ON AT THOSE SCHOOLS.
TO SUPERINTENDENT MILES, TO THE BOARD.
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AND I'VE GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF CALLS AND LETTERS FROM TEACHERS AND STAFF OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE ASKING SIMPLE QUESTIONS THAT I CANNOT ANSWER.AND SO I'M HERE AGAIN, JUST TO SIMPLY ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PLAN FOR HISD? WE CANNOT OPERATE FROM A VACUUM AND JUST SIMPLY MAKE PLANS AND TELL THE DISTRICT, YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
AND SO I IMPLORE YOU GUYS TO DO BETTER.
WE CANNOT SIMPLY, ALTHOUGH YOU WERE ALTHOUGH YOU WERE APPOINTED, DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT CITY AND THIS GREAT DISTRICT. I'M ASKING THAT YOU HAVE MORE EMPATHY, CERTAINLY HAVE MORE UNDERSTANDING AND GIVE MORE INFORMATION SO THAT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS DISTRICT.
HOW DO YOU GO OUT AND GET A BOND WHEN YOU LOST THIS? THE CONFIDENCE OF THE COMMUNITY AND.
IF NOTHING ELSE, PLEASE INFORM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, TALK TO US.
LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN THEN TALK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT INFORMATION AND I CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE IT.
BUT UNTIL THEN, I EAGERLY AWAIT TO HAVE AN.
HOW WE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING. BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.
MY NAME IS MARIO CASTILLO, HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT H, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ENSURE THAT THE VOICES OF MY CONSTITUENTS ARE HEARD SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO CROCKETT ELEMENTARY, ITS POTENTIAL TRANSITION INTO THE NES PROGRAM AND THE STATUS OF ITS MAGNET PROGRAM. THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS A VERY HIGHLY REGARDED ARTS MAGNET PROGRAM THAT ADDS SO MUCH ENRICHMENT TO CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. IT'S CURRENTLY COMMITTED TO BEING FUNDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
THE CONSTITUENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME WITH A NUMBER OF CONCERNS.
I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE LISTENED TO AND RESPECTED.
THE LIBRARY IS BEING SHUT DOWN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THIS IS A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, 71% LATINO, AND IT SERVES A GREAT COMMUNITY.
BUT THAT PROGRAM, THAT MAGNET PROGRAM, MY ASK TONIGHT IS THAT IT'S COMMITTED BEYOND.
ONE MORE YEAR. SHUT THAT PROGRAM DOWN OR ALTER IT IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY WOULD BE SUCH A.
YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED THIS VITAL COMPONENT.
AND BOARD MEMBERS. WHAT MORE DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED A BOND.
IF WE DON'T GET A BOND, THE MOST AFFECTED COMMUNITY WILL BE MY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
SO I'M ASKING THAT THE BOARD OF MANAGERS AND ACT A HISTORICAL BLACK SCHOOL PROTECTION PLAN.
MAKE SURE THAT BOOKER T, WASHINGTON, CASHMERE, WHEATLEY, NORFOLK, WORTHING, MADISON, NORTH FOREST, ALL THESE SCHOOLS ARE PUT ON A NO CLOSURE LIST, NO CONSOLIDATION LIST FOR A MINIMUM AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.
WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU, MR. MILES. EVERY MONDAY I PLAY GOLF.
I WOULD LOVE TO TASTE YOUR EGGS.
YOU SAID YOU TALKED ABOUT AT THE DISTRICT MEETING.
THE BOND WON'T PASS IF YOU WON'T COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT ON SATURDAY AT THAT FUNERAL FOR TRUSTEE KATHY BLUFORD.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS.
KEEP THE HER ENTIRE FAMILY IN HER PRAYERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE HISD PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT IN 2035.
SO I JUST TURNED 39 AND I HAD A.
PARTNERING WITH HISD FOUNDATION.
WE'RE AT 1325 TO GET LUGGAGE FOR THE STUDENTS TO GO TO JAPAN.
I TOLD MY BE IN LIVING ANSWERED PRAYERS AND MIRACLES.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS COMING TOGETHER.
WE NEED YOU TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP.
BECAUSE IF OBAMA IS GOING TO GET PASSED, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THESE PEOPLE'S VOTES.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
NEXT WE WILL CALL AGENDA SPEAKERS TO THE MICROPHONE IN GROUPS.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT I MISSED.
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WE'RE GOING TO CALL AGENDA SPEAKERS TO THE MICROPHONE IN GROUPS, BEGINNING WITH SPEAKER NUMBER ONE THROUGH NUMBER TEN.I CANNOT SEE IF THAT SAYS IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD.
BUT THERE'S SOME SEATS RESERVED HERE, I THINK, IN THE FRONT.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT, FOLKS, PLEASE TRY TO KEEP TO THE ONE MINUTE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOU'LL HEAR THE BELL ANYWAY.
BUT BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
SO WITH THAT SPEAKER NUMBER ONE, AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU. WYCLIFFE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
I'M AN HISD PARENT AND TAXPAYER.
BOARD OF MANAGERS, I APPEAL TO YOU DIRECTLY TONIGHT.
OUR PARENTS DESERVE ACCURATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION ABOUT BUDGET TESTING AND ACHIEVEMENT MEASURES.
OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY DESERVES A SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FREE OF PANIC AND FEAR.
ON THE DAY MILES TEAMS COMES TO EVALUATE INFORMATION PRESENTED BY THIS SUPERINTENDENT AS FACT IS AT BEST MANIPULATED TO SERVE HIS NARRATIVE, AND AT WORST, IT'S JUST FALSE. PROMISES ARE MADE AND BROKEN.
I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A BOND UNDER THIS LEADERSHIP.
BOARD OF MANAGERS, PLEASE HELP CORRECT THE COURSE AND THANK YOU.
MR. MACKENZIE. MY NAME IS LARRY MACKENZIE.
SATAN COMES TO STEAL, KILL, DESTROY AND LIE.
SO IF YOU AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. RIVON FOR VOTING NO AGAINST SATAN, I MEAN, MR. MILES. AND PLEASE KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF HISD ANYMORE, IT DOES NOT MAKE ME ANY LESS OF AN EDUCATOR.
MY STUDENTS WILL SEE ME ON TELEVISION, MY STUDENTS WILL SEE ME IN OTHER CLASSES.
AND YOU HAVE TO LIVE HERE AFTER HE'S GONE.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS VOTE NO TO SOME THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ARE AFFECTING OUR STUDENTS, OUR KIDS.
THANK YOU. SPEAKER NUMBER THREE.
IS OUR OUR THIRD SPEAKER IS MISS NUNZIO.
I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER PARENT WITH HSV FOR 51 YEARS.
MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS.
OUR TEACHERS ARE THEY THEY ARE AT THEIR HIGH POINT OF ANXIETY.
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT IF THEY DON'T PASS THE EVALUATION THAT MR. MILES GIVES THEM HIMSELF.
THEIR PRINCIPALS MIGHT GET FIRED.
I AM SO TIRED OF THE WAY THEY'RE BEING TREATED.
THE TEACHERS SHOULD NOT BE TREATED THAT WAY.
THE PRINCIPALS SHOULD NOT BE TREATED THAT WAY.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TEACHING OUR FUTURE.
HE'S DOING A LOT OF WRONG THINGS FOR OUR KIDS, AND THAT HURTS ME.
I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE THE NEXT ONE WE SHOULD GO AFTER IS GREG ABBOTT.
I'M SANDRA RODRIGUEZ WITH LATINOS FOR EDUCATION.
I'M SPEAKING ON PROGRESS MONITORING.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING IN SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PREPARE AND MERGE AND BILINGUALS AND EMERGING BILINGUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
I DO APPRECIATE YOU WILL HAVE STAFF DEDICATED FOR EMERGING BILINGUALS TO ETSY.
READY. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING TO SUPPORT THEM? I HOPE IN FUTURE PROGRESS MONITORING REPORTS YOU CAN SHARE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT.
GIVEN THEY ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST STUDENT GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT.
IF WE WANT STUDENTS TO ENTER THE TEACHING PROFESSION ONE.
WE NEED FUTURE BILINGUAL TEACHERS.
WE CAN BUILD OUR BILINGUAL TEACHER PIPELINE BY EFFECTIVELY SUPPORTING EMERGENT BILINGUALS.
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TWO WE NEED COLLEGE READY STUDENTS.SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ENSURE TSI READINESS FOR FUTURE TEACHER WORKFORCE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS EMILY COLE.
I WAS A PRINCIPAL AND A TEACHER IN HISD IN WHAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS CHALLENGING SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT STUDENTS LEARN, AND A CERTIFIED TEACHER KNOWS TO DEVELOP A LESSON WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO REACH THE DIFFERENT LEARNERS IN THE CLASSROOM. CERTIFIED TEACHERS ARE ALSO WILL SELECT FROM THE MANY STRATEGIES LEARNED ON HOW TO APPROACH A LESSON.
PRESENTERS THAT ARE NOT CERTIFIED TEACHERS CAN PRESENT THE LESSON, BUT THEY CANNOT TEACH IT.
IS THAT THE ACCEPTABLE CHANGE NEEDED TO REACH.
HI, I'M YVONNE MARTINEZ, A 12 YEAR PTO AND FORMER MORTON PARENT.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON ITEM EIGHT.
I USED TO DRIVE EVERY THREE MONTHS TO MORTON TO CHECK ON TOURISTS BACK IN 2012.
WHY? BECAUSE I GREW UP IN A BILINGUAL OPTION.
THEY HAD AN HHC IN THE EARLY 80S.
MY HUSBAND, WHOSE FAMILY WAS BORN ON THE US BORDER, DIDN'T PRODUCE BILINGUAL NIECES OR NEPHEWS.
WE WERE LUCKY TO BE ADMITTED TO WHARTON DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND SEEING Y CONFIANZA Y BUENO, GRACIAS.
I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM 12 ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER AT A NON 80S CAMPUS WHO FEARS RETALIATION.
I'M A VETERAN TEACHER IN HISD WITH MULTIPLE AWARDS AND A PRODUCT OF HISD.
I BELIEVE IN A CHALLENGING PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN.
MIKE MILES IS DISMANTLING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HISD WHILE CLAIMING TO BE ITS SAVIOR.
STUDENTS NOW COME TO COLD, STERILE WAREHOUSES.
THERE IS NO LAUGHTER, NO EXPERIMENTATION, NO CURIOSITY, NO JOY.
LIKE ANY GOOD TEACHER, A GOOD LEADER ADJUSTS THE PLAN WHEN IT'S NOT WORKING.
LET GO OF YOUR ONE SIZE FITS ALL MODEL.
NOW FOR OUR NEXT TEN SPEAKERS CAN COME UP.
I THINK THAT'S NUMBER 11 THROUGH 20.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM THREE.
THE DEPARTMENT RUNS NAME THAT BOOK AND THE ASTROS LITERACY BUS.
IT TRAINS OUR CAMPUS STAFF TO TEACH INFORMATION LITERACY.
AND YET, THE DEPARTMENT WAS TOLD THEIR ROLES DO NOT ALIGN WITH DESTINATION 2035.
THE JOB LISTINGS FOR THE NEW ROLES DO NOT REQUIRE A DEGREE IN LIBRARY SCIENCE.
THE NEW DUTIES ARE FOCUSED ON INVENTORY AND HB 900 COMPLIANCE, NOT LITERACY.
IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SPEND OVER $719,000 ON VARIOUS VEHICLE PURCHASES THIS QUARTER, THEN THE DISTRICT CAN AFFORD TO RETAIN THE CURRENT FIVE STAFF MEMBERS.
I STAY THROUGHOUT THE WORKSHOP LAST WEEK BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR ENGAGEMENT PLAN.
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MAKE NO MISTAKE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF PAPER COMPLIANCE.THAT MEANS PUTTING THINGS ON PAPER, AND IT NEVER REALLY MATERIALIZES INTO ANYTHING.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I SAW TAKE PLACE LAST WEEK.
THE SCHOOLS REPRESENT GOVERNMENT.
I'M IMPLORING YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SPACE.
WE NEED FIVE GOOD BORDER MANAGERS TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU CONTROL AND YOU CONTROL THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. DO WE SKIP? ARE YOU JASMINE? JASMINE? YES. GO AHEAD.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING.
THEY GASLIGHT PARENTS AND PUNISH STUDENTS.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT IS AS BIASED AS THE ADMINISTRATION.
SHE IS INEXPERIENCED, AND SHE DISREGARDS AND INVALIDATES PARENTS CONCERNS.
MULTIPLE SPEED IRREGULARITIES ARE EITHER SWEPT UNDER THE RUG OR BLAMED ON TEACHERS.
TEACHERS LIKE ME DON'T WANT TO RESIGN.
PARENTS DON'T WANT TO UPROOT THEIR CHILDREN.
BUT SOMETIMES WE NEED TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT OURSELVES, PROTECT US, AND FIRE MIKE MILES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ANN EAGLETON AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
IT'S APRIL 11TH AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE PUBLIC BUDGET WORKSHOP.
NO ONE IN THE PUBLIC KNOWS HOW MUCH NES COSTS.
AND I'M GOING TO GUESS NONE OF YOU DO EITHER.
YOU NEED TO MAKE THE BUDGETING PROCESS MORE TRANSPARENT.
THERE NEEDS TO BE WORKSHOPS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND.
THAT IS HOW HISD HAS DONE IT FOR YEARS.
NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA HOW MUCH ANYTHING COSTS, AND WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, MY MIND GOES TO IT'S BEING MISUSED AND ABUSED AND YOU BOARD OF MANAGERS NEED TO ASK REAL QUESTIONS.
MR. RIVON IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S STARTING TO ASK QUESTIONS AND PUSHING BACK.
THIS IS $2.5 BILLION, AND YOU ARE TREATING THIS LIKE YOU'RE AT A AT THE RIVER OAKS GARDEN PARTY.
THANK YOU. MR. HAROLD. HASSAN HAREL, MAGNET PARENT.
WARDEN NEEDS TO BE DESIGNATED A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL FIRST EFFECT.
IN THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR, CAMPUS DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTED THAT 492 OF THE 627 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT WARDEN WERE TRANSFERS INTO THE SCHOOL, COMING FROM 130 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
NOW, I WILL CITE STATEMENTS MADE BY HISD ON MAGNET PROGRAMS. HISD MAGNET PROGRAMS SERVE AS A BRIDGE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO ACCESS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES, TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES AND EXPOSURE TO INNOVATIVE CAREERS.
THE ASSORTMENT OF MAGNET THEMES AND OPTIONS ARE A TESTAMENT TO OUR PHILOSOPHY IN HISD THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN BE ANYTHING THEY SET THEIR MIND TO, AND WE AS EDUCATORS ARE HERE TO HELP GET THEM THERE.
MY NAME IS CORA NOELLE, TAXPAYER AND FUTURE AISD ISD PARENT.
FIVE YEARS AGO, I BEGAN MY TEACHING JOURNEY AT A SCHOOL THAT HAD A REVOLVING DOOR OF TEACHERS.
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BETWEEN THEN AND MAY 2023, A LOW PERFORMING CULTURE WAS TRANSFORMED TO AN AMAZING SCHOOL.SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING WAS EMBEDDED INTO THE SCHOOL CULTURE.
STUDENTS FELT SEEN AND FAMILIES FELT CONNECTED.
THAT ALL CAME CRUMBLING DOWN ON JUNE 1ST WHEN WE ALL HAD TO REAPPLY FOR OUR OWN POSITIONS.
MANY LEFT FOR OTHER DISTRICTS.
TODAY I WANT TO RESIGN AND FIND A HAPPIER, MORE JOYFUL PLACE TO TEACH.
OUR SCHOOL THAT WAS ONCE FLOURISHING IS NOW AN NES PRISON.
THE LACK OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS KILLING OUR STUDENTS.
LOVE OF LEARNING, THE LACK OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION IS RIPPING OUR SCHOOL TO PIECES.
TEACHERS ARE LEAVING AND OUR STUDENTS ARE SUFFERING.
WHEN MIKE MILES LEAVES, WHO WILL BE LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YES, MA'AM. I'M ALICE WARDELL, AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS AGENDA NUMBER NINE.
I AM A ZONED PARENT TO A SECOND GRADER, AND I HOPE RISING PRE-K OR PRE-K FOUR AT WHARTON.
THE BILINGUAL IB PROGRAM IS EXCEPTIONAL.
IT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH FLUENCY IN SPANISH AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF GLOBAL CULTURES.
I AM FOR KEEPING IT A DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL.
AS WE WERE DRAWN TO THE IMPECCABLE REPUTATION IN ITS BILINGUAL PROGRAM.
I THANK YOU FOR KEEPING AND HELPING IT.
KEEPING IT AS THE SCHOOL WIDE 8020 DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
I'M HERE TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.
I'M A FRENCH AND ZONED PARENT OF A SECOND GRADER, A KINDERGARTNER, AND A FUTURE STUDENT AT WHARTON.
ONE OF THE KEY DECISIONS IN SETTLING HERE WAS TO ENROLL MY CHILDREN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.
WHARTON DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY.
IF OUR NEXT SPEAKERS WILL COME FORWARD, I THINK I HAVE GERALDINE ROUAULT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ALISON ZENKOVA AND I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA NUMBER NINE FOR WHARTON.
PARDON ME. SO I'M A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN AT WHARTON WHO ARE IN SEVENTH GRADE.
AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MAX AND KATYA.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BILINGUAL.
THANK YOU. GRACIAS POR LA OPORTUNIDAD DE SER BILINGUAL PORQUE ME AYUDA COMO EN DIFERENTES CULTURAS.
GRACIAS. WE ARE ALSO A NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILY AND WE ARE ASKING THAT AS YOU WORK AND WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE WORKING TO PROTECT THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, THAT YOU ALSO FULLY CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO KEEP COLLABORATING, COLLABORATING.
I THINK WE SKIPPED MISS GERALDINE ROTH.
YES. TRANG. HICKMAN, AGENDA ITEM NINE.
GOOD EVENING. BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS FOR YOUR RESPONSIVENESS AND ATTENTION TO THE FUTURE OF THE CAMPUS WIDE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS AT WHARTON AND HELMS. THE DESIGNATION OF WHARTON AS A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL COMES WITH MANY IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSITION QUESTIONS.
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WHO SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY WITHIN IT.THEY ARE A PART OF WHARTON'S NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY.
FINALLY, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND SPANISH DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS DISTRICT WIDE TO FURTHER SHARE THE BENEFITS AND TO MEET THE EXCESS DEMAND SEEN IN THE VOLUME OF MAGNET APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS WHERE YOUR ATTENTION SHOULD BE, MR. MILES. SHORT SIGHTED, ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH HAS IMPACTED ALL OF OUR DYNAMIC HOUSTON ISD CAMPUSES, AND THE NON PROVEN NES POLICIES ARE SPREADING.
INCONSISTENT, SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS USED AS FEAR TACTICS WITH EVER CHANGING GOALPOSTS.
RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON THE TRULY STRUGGLING SCHOOLS, HIS INCREASED SCOPE HAS ENSURED THAT ALL HOUSTON ISD STUDENTS ARE BEING DETRIMENTALLY IMPACTED BY THE DESTABILIZATION THESE POLICIES HAVE CREATED THROUGH THE PRESSURE, STRESS AND THREATS FELT BY OUR TEACHERS AND ADMIN TEAMS. OUR KIDS PAY THE PRICE FOR THIS.
YOU'VE CREATED A SYSTEM THAT PUTS THE BURDEN OF EARNED AUTONOMY ON OUR STUDENTS.
THAT BURDEN SHOULD FALL ON YOU.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, ANGELINA SALDANA.
TO BE CLEAR, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF WHARTON KEEPING ITS DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
I RECOMMEND YOU TO PRIORITIZE CREATING MORE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
NOT TAKING AWAY FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
LEARNING OF MR. MILES PROPOSALS THROUGH A FACEBOOK GROUP THIS WEEK IS UNACCEPTABLE.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT YOU INFORM AND SEEK INPUT BEYOND THE CURRENT WHARTON PRINCIPAL AND CURRENT FAMILIES FOR WHOM THE PROPOSED CHANGES WILL HAVE LITTLE, IF NO IMPACT. THEY REPRESENT ONLY A PARTIAL AND BIASED PORTION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S ALSO HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE.
TODAY. BEFORE YOU THINK, TO QUOTE, DETERMINE HOW FAST.
THANK YOU MA'AM. STUDENTS, TO ENSURE THIS DECISION DOES NOT MA'AM THEIR EDUCATION.
I THINK I SEE A STUDENT SPEAKER.
OKAY, COME ON UP. AND ARE YOU.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU LOOK YOUNGER THAN THE REST OF US.
SO YOU MUST BE A STUDENT SPEAKER.
HELLO. MY NAME IS BENNETT FAULKNER, AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM FOUR ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER AT A NON NES SCHOOL WHO FEARS RETALIATION MONEY SHOULD BE BUDGETED FOR ROBOTICS PROGRAMS. A ROBOTICS PROGRAM OFFERS STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY STANDARD TOOLS, PROVIDING THEM WITH A COMPETITIVE EDGE IN ROBOTICS AND ENGINEERING.
BY GAINING HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE, STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY ABREAST OF ADVANCEMENTS IN THE FIELD AND DEVELOP A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
I HAVE HELPED STUDENTS IDENTIFY THEIR STRENGTHS, SET GOALS, AND NAVIGATE CHALLENGES THROUGH PERSONALIZED MENTORSHIP, FOSTERING A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND DIRECTION IN THEIR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNEYS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK LEBLANC.
AGENDA ITEM SEVEN CULTURE PROCEEDS POSITIVE RESULTS.
CULTURE IS BASED ON TRUST AND WHEN THERE ARE ABUSIVE POWER AND CONTROL TACTICS PLUS INFORMATION MANIPULATION, THAT TRUST IS ERODED, ONLY ACKNOWLEDGING POSITIVE WHILE SEVERELY DOWNPLAYING NEGATIVE DETAILS.
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THESE, PLUS MARGINALIZING DISSENT ARE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA MODEL.ARE WE LED BY A BLUE JAY OR A BLUE FALCON? YOU, THE BOARD, HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE TAXPAYING MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
INFORMATION THAT IS MISLEADING IS NOT ANALYTICAL, EVEN IF IT PRETENDS TO BE.
YOU MUST RECOGNIZE LOGICAL FALLACIES.
I'M THE MOTHER OF TWO HISD STUDENTS.
I'M ALSO A WIDOW OF A FORMER HISD EDUCATOR.
I HAVE TAUGHT FOR 30 YEARS THE LAST DECADE, DECADE IN HISD.
IN JUNE, WHEN I WILL, I WILL BE RESIGNING.
I HAVE ENDURED A YEAR OF MICROMANAGEMENT BY ADMINISTRATORS WHO FEAR LOSING THEIR JOBS, AND IF I DON'T FOLLOW HISD ONE SIZE FITS ALL MODEL THIS FALL I'LL BE TEACHING THE SAME CLASSES.
BUT IN A DISTRICT THAT VALUES MY EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MR. DRAPER. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS AND THE FEEDBACK OF PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDING PRESERVING THE SCHOOL WIDE DUAL LANGUAGE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM AT WHARTON.
OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO ME IS MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF WHARTON'S EXCELLENT DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND MAKING THE OPPORTUNITY EQUALLY AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE RECOMMENDATION TO DESIGNATE WHARTON A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL AND MAINTAIN THE SCHOOL WIDE DUAL LANGUAGE MODEL THERE, DOES JUST THAT.
WE HAVE A SECOND GRADER AT WHARTON AND A FIFTH GRADER AT THE ARABIC IMMERSION SCHOOL.
BECAUSE THE GIFT OF BILINGUALISM WAS SOMETHING WE DESPERATELY WANTED TO GIVE OUR CHILDREN, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A BITTERSWEET STEP FORWARD FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AS OUR OWN FAMILIES STRUGGLE WITH THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL.
YES, MA'AM. LESLIE SANTAMARIA, THIRD GENERATION HISD GRADUATE, RAISING THE FOURTH.
LAST MONTH, MISS FLOWERS ASKED ABOUT MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS RESPONSE STRATEGIES AT A NON NES SCHOOLS.
HOWEVER, WHAT MR. MILES SAID TO THE PUBLIC IS NOT THE SAME MESSAGE THAT NON NES CAMPUSES RECEIVE.
ADMINISTRATORS RAVE THAT I HAVE A FULLY ENGAGED CLASSROOM WHERE STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER ON CLASS TASKS, YET MY SPOT SCORES ARE LOW FOR NOT IMPLEMENTING APPROVED MRS STRATEGIES.
THERE IS MIXED MESSAGING GOING ON.
ONLY A STRONG APPRAISAL SYSTEM THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND CALIBRATED CAN HELP IMPROVE SCHOOL OUTCOMES.
RESPECTFULLY CERTIFIED TEACHER TURNOVER IS A MAJOR THREAT TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
PLEASE USE YOUR POWER TO HOLD THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE TO CREATING A POSITIVE CULTURE, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT IN YOUR OWN WORKPLACES RIGHT NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN THE HARM BEING DONE.
I WILL READ A STATEMENT FROM A TEACHER AT A NON-LINEAR SCHOOL.
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BUT NOW MY STAGE SITS EMPTY, A STARK REMINDER OF THE IMPACT THAT MIKE MILES CHANGES HAVE HAD ON OUR PROGRAM SINCE HE ARRIVED.I TOO HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE MY POSITION IN JUNE.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE EMPTY SEAT SERVES AS A REMINDER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DENISE WILLBORN.
OR MAYBE WE MAY HAVE IT OUT OF ORDER IF Y'ALL.
GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS SANDRA MONSALVE RAMOS, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT AGENDA NUMBER NINE.
TODAY, WE ASK YOU TO APPROVE WHARTON TO BECOME A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL.
KEEPING THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM AS A MAGNET SCHOOL BENEFITS THE DIVERSITY OF THE PROGRAM AND RICH BY STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE CITY.
BEING BILINGUAL SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES AND PERSPECTIVES, AND GIVES TO OUR KIDS OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER OR HAVE ACCESS TO.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE SUNG FAMILIES ATTENDING WHARTON.
IS MY MIC ON? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
SPEAKING FOR A TEACHER AT A NON NES SCHOOL WHO FEARS RETALIATION AND LIKELY TO RESIGN WHEN GREGOR OF KAFKA'S THE METAMORPHOSIS WAKES UP AS A GIANT BUG, HE DOESN'T TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY HE DOESN'T WASTE TIME EXAMINING HIS NEW BODY.
HE STRAINS WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF THE HEAVINESS, THE SPINDLY, WEAK LEGS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET TO HIS JOB FOR FEAR OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF HE DOESN'T MEET THE EXPECTATIONS.
LIKE GREGOR, WHEN WE TEACHERS WOKE WITH A WEIGHT OF A CLASSROOM TIMER AROUND OUR NECKS AND MILES FEAR IN OUR THROATS TO PRESERVE WHAT WAS LEFT OF OUR SPIRITS, MANY OF US DIDN'T STOP TO EXAMINE THE HORROR WE NOW EXISTED IN.
WE NO LONGER EXIST WITHIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND NO LONGER SERVE THE PUBLIC.
MISS FISHER. HI, MY NAME IS SARAH FISHER.
I'M AN ASD PARENT AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 12 AND ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER WHO HAD AN NES SKILL.
EXCUSE ME? WHO FEARS RETALIATION? I FIND IT DEEPLY UNFAIR.
AS BOTH A TEACHER AND A MOTHER, I'VE MISSED COUNTLESS PRECIOUS MOMENTS.
AFTER A LONG DAY AT SCHOOL, I RETURNED HOME ONLY TO IMMERSE MYSELF IN LENGTHY LESSON PREPARATIONS AND OTHER DAILY TASKS, ALL IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NEXT DAY'S TEACHING.
I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE IN FEELING THIS WAY.
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES SHARE THESE SENTIMENTS.
WE HAVE LITTLE TIME ON THIS EARTH, AND WE CAN'T PREDICT HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE LEFT.
FRANKLY, I YEARN TO RECLAIM MY LIFE.
THIS IS NOT IN HISD AND SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
SO MANY OF OUR CERTIFIED TEACHERS ARE FLEEING THE DISTRICT.
WHY? ARE YOU OKAY? BRAIN DRAIN. THANK YOU.
MISS HUMBLES. AND THEN IF OUR NEXT SPEAKERS 29 OR 30 THROUGH 39, IF YOU'D COME FORWARD.
BUENOS NOCHES, JESSICA CAMPOS.
VOY A DAR ME TESTIMONIO PRIMERO EN ESPANOL PORQUE ES EN ESPANOL Y DESPUÉS VOY A DEJAR DE.
HOLA A ESTOY HABLANDO EN EL NOMBRE DE UNA MAESTRA ANONIMA DE ESL.
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ALGUNOS DE LOS ESTUDIANTES NUNCA HAN TENIDO UNA EDUCACION FORMAL.ALGUNOS CONOCEN VARIOS IDIOMAS CON MAIER POTENCIAL DE EXCELENCIA, PERO EL SEGUIMIENTO DE SUS PROGRESOS LES FIRE INCOMPARABLE EN COMPARACION A LA POBLACION GENERAL NUESTROS ESTUDIANTES DE DIFERENTES INTERVALS DEL ANO, EL CALENDARIO ESCOLAR ME SOLITUDE, ME SOLICITUD DE LA JUNTA ES EVOLUTION AND COMPARATIVO PRUEBA DE CRECIMIENTO ANTES DE MARGINAL MARGINAL MARGINADOS Y REALIZADOS EN LAS QUALIFICATIONS CALIFICACIONES ESCOLARES NO TENEMOS UN PLAN DE ESTUDIANTES PARA TODOS LOS PROFESORES DOMINANTE VARIOS IDIOMAS CON ANOS DE EXPERIENCIA, NI SIQUIERA FORMAN PARTE DEL PLAN DE LOS ESTUDIANTES PARA PARA LOS VALORES DE LOS COMENTARIOS DE LOS MAESTROS PARA AYUDAR A LOS PARA AYUDARNOS MANTENER EL CUMPLIMIENTO PARA UN NINO DEL HISD ATRAS.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF AN ESL TEACHER THAT FEARS ARE RETALIATION.
SOME OF THE STUDENTS I TEACH HAVE NEVER HAD A FORMAL EDUCATION.
SOME KNOW SEVERAL LANGUAGES WITH GREATER POTENTIAL FOR EXCELLENCE, BUT THEY'RE MONITORING.
THE MONITORING OF THEIR GOALS HAS FAILED THEM COMPARED TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.
OUR STUDENTS COME AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS IN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
TO HELP US MEET. NO ANXIETY, CHILD.
SUPERINTENDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AND I DON'T USE THAT TERM LIGHTLY.
THIS DECISION NOT ONLY BENEFITS CURRENT STUDENTS, BUT ALSO MANY OTHER CHILDREN'S IN THE FUTURE.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE DETAILS THAT STILL NEED TO BE FIGURED OUT FOR ZONED PARENTS AND POLISHED, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT TEACHER RETENTION.
HELLO. I'M AN HISD PARENT OF A SECOND GRADER AT A NON NES SCHOOL.
MY SON HAS ALWAYS REALLY ENJOYED SCHOOL.
HE WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO GOING EACH DAY, SEEING HIS FRIENDS AND HIS LOVING AND DEDICATED TEACHERS.
ONE OF HIS PRECIOUS TEACHERS IS LEAVING THE DISTRICT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
HE KNOWS SHE IS LEAVING BUT SAYS SHE IS RETIRING.
THE TRUTH IS, SHE'S LEAVING TO TAKE HER TALENTS TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT.
HIS BELOVED FIRST GRADE TEACHER LEFT LAST YEAR AFTER ONLY FOUR WEEKS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, ALSO EXHAUSTED BY THE CONTROL AND THE SCARE TASTIC TACTICS THAT THIS BOARD USES. MY MIDDLE SCHOOLER, ALSO AT A NON NES SCHOOL, KNOWS HOW TO ACT WHEN A DISTRICT WALK THROUGH HAPPENS.
WHEN THESE AMAZING TEACHERS LEAVE, WHO WILL BE LEFT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL? STOP DRIVING OFF HER EDUCATORS.
YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS LISA WEISS, AND I'M A PARENT OF A CHILD AT A NON NES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 12, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A NON NES TEACHER WHO IS AFRAID OF RETALIATION AND THEREFORE RESIGNING.
IN HER WORDS, I HAVE CRIED SO MUCH IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
I TOLD MY STUDENTS AND MY SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT I WON'T BE RETURNING NEXT YEAR.
HAVING DEDICATED THE PAST TEN YEARS OF MY SCHOOL, I THOUGHT I WOULD CELEBRATE MY RETIREMENT THERE.
HOWEVER, AFTER THIS YEAR, I HAVE DECIDED THAT I CANNOT WORK IN HISD'S TOXIC ENVIRONMENT ANYMORE.
I CAN NO LONGER TOLERATE THE LOW MORALE, THE LOSS OF TEACHER AUTONOMY, STIFLING OF CREATIVITY, RIDICULOUS EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME, DUMB SPOT FORMS THAT DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR CREATIVE GIFTS AND DIFFERENCES.
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MR. MILES. IF YOU CANNOT RESPECT TEACHERS AND THEIR PROFESSION, THEN YOU NEED TO LEAVE HISD BOARD OF MANAGERS.I THINK WE SKIPPED MR. COSTA. IS THAT YOU? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
I'M A PROUD, OVER 12 YEARS BIP'S APPROVED PARENT.
SO BILINGUAL CURRICULUM RESOURCES ARE NOT BILINGUAL.
THE DISTRICT'S CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO ONLY TRANSLATE EVERY OTHER UNIT.
SO BILINGUAL TEACHERS ARE SPENDING HOURS EVERY WEEK, EVERY DAY TRANSLATING ENTIRE UNITS OF ELA LESSON MATERIALS, ELLOS AND DOLLS CREATED BY HISD. THESE ACTIONS SEEM LIKE MIKE MILES WANTS TO GET RID OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION, AND EVEN THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ARE NOT TRUE 5050 ANYMORE.
EVERY OTHER UNIT DOES NOT GIVE STUDENTS THE PRACTICE.
THEY NEED TO BE FLUENT IN EITHER LANGUAGE.
THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS KATHERINE KENNEDY, A PARENT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR PARENTS, SPEAKING ON ITEM 12.
EVERYTHING THAT MR. MILES HAS ASKED OF US, I HAVE ADAPTED TO FOR MY STUDENTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO SUPPORT MY WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL.
I WAS AN EXEMPLARY ONE TEACHER IN BOTH MY OBSERVATIONS AND MY SCORES.
HOWEVER, SOMETHING CHANGED MID YEAR.
I DIDN'T BECOME A BAD TEACHER.
I DIDN'T STOP FOLLOWING THE MANDATES OF MR. MILES. NO, THE GOALPOST WAS CHANGED.
MY ADMINISTRATION, LIKE ALL OTHERS, WAS GIVEN NEW GUIDANCE IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE I FIT INTO MR. MILES BELL CURVE, THIS ONCE EXEMPLARY ONE TEACHER FELL TWO NOTCHES TO PROFICIENT ONE.
I HAVE BEEN TO FOUR INTERVIEWS IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND HAVE RECEIVED FOUR JOB OFFERS.
SO THANK YOU MR. MILES FOR SHOWING ME MY WORTH AND MOTIVATING ME TO FIND A DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT THAT VALUES THEIR TEACHERS.
I'M A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN IN NON-CHINESE SCHOOLS.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TEACHER AT A NON-CHINESE SCHOOL WHO FEARS RETALIATION.
IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS DIMINISH AND THEIR CREATIVITY STIFLED.
I AM SAD TO LEAVE MY STUDENTS, BUT MORALLY, I CANNOT COMPROMISE MY PRINCIPLES TO COMPLY WITH THE ONE SIDED, ONE SIZE FITS ALL EXPECTATIONS IN THE MIKE MILES REGIME. THEREFORE, I WILL JOIN THE MASS EXODUS OF TEACHERS RESIGNING FROM HISD.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DELIVER A ONE MINUTE COMMENT WITHOUT SOUNDING ANGRY.
TONIGHT, SPEAKING AS AN OWNER, I ACTUALLY AM ANGRY ON YOUR BEHALF.
THE REPORT ON PACKET PAGES 15 THROUGH 22 IS PITIFUL BECAUSE BESIDES GRAMMATICAL AND LOGICAL ERRORS, THE TWO CITATIONS LISTED ON PAGE 18 ARE FALSE. THE REPORT CLAIMS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT COLLEGE READINESS BRIDGE PROGRAMS HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON SWEDES SUCCESS WHEN TRANSITIONING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND CITES LINSTONE, GARY, ETC.
2021 DOES NOT INCLUDE A TITLE OR A JOURNAL.
A GOOGLE SCHOLAR SEARCH FOUND A STUDY OF A WHOPPING 65 INDONESIAN STUDENTS AIMED AT CONFIRMING THE INFLUENCE OF COLLEGE READINESS ON COLLEGE ENGAGEMENT ON STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
THERE IS NO MENTION OF COLLEGE READINESS BRIDGE PROGRAMS AT ALL.
YOU CANNOT MAKE WISE DECISIONS IF YOU ARE GIVEN BAD INFORMATION.
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THANK YOU MA'AM. BACK TO YOU.YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
SHE HERE? I HAVE HER SPEAKER NUMBER 36.
OH, IS THAT YOU, MA'AM? YES. OKAY.
MR. MILES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE TO THE HOUSTON PRESS THAT IT'S NOT THAT YOU ARE AGAINST BILINGUAL, BUT INSTEAD PREFER DUAL LANGUAGE AND DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSES AT NES AND NASA SCHOOL SCIENCE OF READING IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH.
IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR READING TO BE TAUGHT IN SPANISH.
MISS SALIMAN. TRACY, LEHMAN OR LEHMAN? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM.
I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM 15.
IN HONOR OF CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER WHO HAS WITNESSED CHILD ABUSE AT HIS SCHOOL.
THE PRINCIPAL THAT WAS APPOINTED TO OUR SCHOOL HAD NEVER LED A SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.
HE HAD NEVER BEEN A PRINCIPAL IN A HIGH SCHOOL.
HE DIDN'T KNOW OUR POPULATION OF STUDENTS AND THE STRUGGLES OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS FACE, FROM AUDIO RECORDINGS OF HIM THREATENING TEACHERS IN UNANNOUNCED MEETINGS TO VIDEO RECORDINGS OF HIM BULLYING TEACHERS IN FRONT OF THE STUDENTS.
IS HE LEADING BY EXAMPLE OR CREATING A CULTURE OF ABUSE? BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE HAVE AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF AT LEAST ONCE A SEMESTER TO CHECK IN WITH OUR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
YES, MA'AM. HI, MY NAME IS KATIE MORGAN.
YOU HEARD LUCA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY SON, WHO IS A SPECIAL EDUCATION AND GT STUDENT.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RECOGNIZE AND CONTINUE OUR SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM AND INCLUDE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE FAMILIES LIVE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE OLD AND YOUNG.
WE LOVE BEING AT WHARTON, AND WE HOPE IT CONTINUES IN THE SAME WAY.
AND LOOK TO YOU TO KEEP US NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAGNET TOGETHER.
ON ITEM NINE, MY THREE KIDS ARE IN THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM AND WE LOVE IT.
WHARTON IS BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE ZONED ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
AT A MINIMUM, THE THE RESOLUTION SHOULD HAVE THE SOLUTION THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON CONTAINED IN IT.
LASTLY, REZONING TO A FAILING SCHOOL IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IS ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO VIOLATE RECENT SUPREME COURT INTERPRETATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW. I REALIZE THAT ADDING AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRE-K WAS PROBABLY AN ATTEMPT TO COMPLY, BUT REZONING WILL CREATE MUCH MORE EXPOSURE BY EXCLUDING RATHER THAN INCLUDING. PLEASE PRESERVE BOTH SPANISH IMMERSION AND ACCOMMODATE THE ZONED ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
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THIS CANDIDA. NO TRUST, NO BOND.SUPERINTENDENT MILES, AS YOU IMPOSE YOUR DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES AND IDEAS ON MORE SCHOOLS AND HISD.
YOU ANGER AN INCREASING NUMBER OF HOUSTON CITIZENS.
YOU BOASTFULLY CLAIM TO HAVE EXPANDED.
I BELIEVE YOU, MR. MILES, WERE PICKED BY ABBOTT NOT BASED ON THE MERITS OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS AND YOUR PAST FAILURES.
NOBODY WANTS THEIR CHILDREN OR TEACHERS.
THE MORE DAMAGE YOU INFLICT ON HISD, THE MORE RESISTANCE YOU WILL MEET.
WE ARE TAXPAYERS AND WANT DEMOCRACY RESTORED TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
IF OUR NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS CAN PLEASE COME FORWARD AND.
SPEAKERS 40 TO 50 IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I THINK, IS ESTHER URIBE.
GOD. HAPPY SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH.
IT IS. TAKE ACTION NATIONAL TAKE ACTION FOR LIBRARIES DAY.
SO AS AN HISD LIBRARIAN, PARENTS AND CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER, I AM CALLING ON THE BOARD OF MANAGERS TO TAKE ACTION TO SAVE OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. SUPERINTENDENT MILES WAS QUOTED SAYING.
YEAH, I'D RATHER HAVE A HIGH QUALITY TEACHER GETTING PAID A LOT, THEN HAVE A LIBRARIAN DOING WHAT? CHECKING OUT BOOKS.
GUESS WHAT? WE'RE NOT JUST ACTING LIKE TEACHERS.
WE ARE HIGH QUALITY CERTIFIED TEACHERS WITH MASTER'S DEGREES, AND WE DO A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN JUST CHECK OUT BOOKS. WE ARE INFORMATION LITERACY TEACHERS, READING TEACHERS, CURRICULUM DESIGNERS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS, BUDGET MANAGERS, RESOURCE SPECIALISTS, AND LIBRARIANS.
WE FULFILL THE FUNCTIONS OF MORE THAN EIGHT DIFFERENT POSITIONS FOR THE LOW, LOW PRICE OF ONE.
WITH ALL OUR ADDITIONAL TRAINING, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS CERTIFIED.
THANK YOU MA'AM, OUR DISTRICT'S BIGGEST.
GO AHEAD. IS IT ON? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME THIS TIME.
IN JUNE, I WAS ONE OF THE NEW FACES.
IN DECEMBER, YOU CALLED ME A NAYSAYER WHEN I SAID MY STUDENTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE THE RESTROOM.
NOT AFTER YOU TOOK OUT THE JOY, THE HUMANITY, THE CREATIVITY AND THE INQUIRY FROM OUR CLASSROOMS. SO YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE A LOT OF OLD FACES AND NEW FACES BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THAT YOU LEAVE.
I HAVE JUST A LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR BOARD OF MANAGERS.
THE FIRST ONE, IF YOU CHOSE TO SERVE ON THIS TEMPORARY BOARD, WAS IT TO SERVE CHILDREN? HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT FOR YOU? WHY DOES THIS BOARD DELIBERATE IN PRIVATE AND RUBBER STAMP IN PUBLIC? THE LAW REQUIRES PUBLIC DELIBERATION.
HAVE YOU REQUESTED DATA OR RESEARCH FOR THE NES EXPERIMENT BEING CONDUCTED IN HISD? IS THERE ANY DATA? IS THERE ANY RESEARCH? IS IT AN EXPERIMENT? IT IS YOUR DUTY TO FIND OUT.
WOULD YOU ALLOW YOUR STUDENTS TO ATTEND? WOULD YOU ENROLL YOUR STUDENTS IN THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS? WHY DO YOU ALLOW MR. MILES TO CONTINUE TO WORK AT THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS WHILE WORKING FOR HISD? THAT'S NOT OKAY.
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WHY ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES? THANK YOU. MA'AM. OVER THERE.THANK YOU MA'AM. CLASSES ARE OVERCROWDED.
THANK YOU MA'AM. NO THANK YOU MA'AM.
THAT SEEMS TO BE A THEME TONIGHT.
I AM SPEAKING AGAINST ITEM 23, THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
THIS BOARD OF MANAGERS HAS SHOWN THAT THEY CANNOT REIN IN THE BAD FISCAL DECISIONS AND HATEFUL POLICIES OF THIS APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT. MR. MEYERS CANNOT ENGAGE EMPLOYEES IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.
MEYERS CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH $160 MILLION HE HAS OVER PROMISED UNDERESTIMATED THE EXORBITANT COST OF HIS FLAWED NES NASA SYSTEM, WHICH MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF FUNDS LIKE THIRD FUTURES NETWORK.
THANK YOU MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLAIRE ROBINSON.
MR. MILES SAID THAT HIS EVALUATION SYSTEM WOULD END FAVORITISM IN TEACHER EVALUATIONS.
BUT THE OPPOSITE IS HAPPENING.
ADMINISTRATORS CAN GIVE CAN BE BIASED AND UNETHICAL, GIVING LOW SCORES WITH LITTLE FEEDBACK.
BUT MR. MILES IS POLICIES AND TOXIC WORK CULTURE HAVE ME THINKING ABOUT QUITTING HISD.
HOW MANY TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THE DISTRICT IS ON FIRE BEFORE YOU CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? YES. FIRE.
THANK YOU. MR. ABAZAJIAN. ON THE TOPIC OF ABUSE, I'M A MALE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.
YOU THINK YOU'RE GOOD FOR H-TOWN? BUT MR. MILES, YOUR GOLDEN SON WAS RECORDED SCREAMING AT STUDENTS ABOUT WEARING CROCS.
DISRESPECTFUL TALK FROM SOMEONE WHO WALKED INTO THE SCHOOL IN CROCS.
AND YOU'RE MOVING IN LOCK STEP, LETTING HIM KNOW HE'S IN THE RIGHT THERE.
YOU'RE PERPETUATING A CULTURE OF FEAR.
YOU PRAISE OUR ABUSIVE SUPERIORS.
AND WHAT'S FUNNY IS I KNOW HE'S SCARED OF YOU TOO.
HE LIES TO YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE SCHOOL TO APPEAR MORE EFFECTIVE.
IN REALITY, 32 EDUCATORS HAVE LEFT SO FAR.
WE NEED TO REORGANIZE THE WHOLE TA, BECAUSE WE'VE LOST FAITH IN A STRUCTURE THAT PROMOTES HARMFUL PRACTICES THAT ABUSE CHILDREN LIKE PUTTING UNQUALIFIED, VINDICTIVE, NEPOTISTIC CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN CHARGE OF HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MINH DONE TRAN SPEAKING ON ITEM 15.
BULLYING. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF TODAY.
YOU'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS AT SOME GOOD SCHOOLS TODAY.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A BAD PRINCIPAL.
OVER 30 TEACHERS HAVE LEFT OUR SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
BY JANUARY, THE APS WHO LEFT TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT STAY IN HISD IN GOOD CONSCIENCE.
ANOTHER ONE SAID I COULD NOT WORK WITH THAT MAN.
HE WAS REFERRING TO OUR PRINCIPAL WHO BULLIES BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
MY STUDENTS WON'T GO TO THE RESTROOM IF THEY KNOW THAT HE'S OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF HIM.
HE'S REPEATEDLY CALLED OUR SCHOOL, OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR COMMUNITY GHETTO.
HE DOES NOT RESPECT OUR COMMUNITY THAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PART OF.
THANK YOU. MISS WILLIAMS. HELLO, MY NAME IS REBECCA WILLIAMS, ONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT YOU ARE FIRING.
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IT IS EASIER TO BUILD STRONG CHILDREN THAN TO FIX BROKEN MEN.LEARNING OBJECTIVE WHAT MIKE MYERS HAS NOT PROVIDED FOR CHILDREN A CONDUCIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
YOU HAVE HAD TEACHERS BEING OBSERVED IN EXTREME HEAT.
YOU'VE HAD TEACHERS BEING OBSERVED IN ARDUOUS, COLD, ARDUOUS CALLS.
SCHOOLS HAVE OPERATED POWERLESS IN NO WATER.
SCHOOLS HAVE EVEN RUN OUT OF FOOD.
I TEACH HISTORY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT MY STUDENTS DON'T BECOME A LEADER LIKE YOU.
INEFFICIENT, INEFFECTIVE, PSEUDO INTELLIGENT.
YOU ARE MEDIOCRE AT BEST, IN PISS POOR AT WORST.
WHAT WOULD YOUR SPOT OBSERVATIONS SAY? GILLIAN BAUER. MY NAME IS GILLIAN BOYER, AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 12 AND ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER AT A NON NES SCHOOL WHO FEARS RETALIATION.
AS CARING TEACHERS, WE TAKE THE SANDY HOOK PROMISE SERIOUSLY TO PREVENT BULLYING.
OUR PRINCIPAL ALMOST HIT ONE OF MY STUDENTS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT.
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS COME FROM ABUSIVE HOMES OR HAVE EXPERIENCED OTHER TRAUMA.
THEY NEED TO FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL, YET HISD HAS TAKEN AWAY OUR RESOURCES.
WE MUST CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I IMPLORE THE BOARD OF MANAGERS TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
IN HONOR OF CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH, LET'S BE REMINDED THAT WE HAVE THE POWER TO STOP ABUSE.
THANK YOU. SPEAKERS 50 AND 50 THROUGH 61.
PLEASE COME FORWARD. YES, MA'AM.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING.
I'M A PARENT OF TWO KIDS IN NON NES SCHOOLS.
I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 12 AND ON BEHALF OF CARLY BENES, FORMER MANAGER OF HISD LIBRARY SERVICES.
THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST ILLITERACY IS TO GET BOOKS INTO THE HANDS OF OUR CHILDREN.
YET APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF ALL HISD SCHOOL LIBRARIES ARE CLOSED.
A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIAN IS INTEGRAL IN CONNECTING STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES TO RESOURCES THEY NEED, WHETHER IT BE RESEARCH MATERIALS, READING FOR PLEASURE OR WEBSITES TO HELP A TEACHER FACILITATE A CLASS.
IT'S A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN WHO CONNECTS USERS TO RESOURCES.
IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE PRIORITIZE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL LIBRARY IN EVERY HISD SCHOOL.
AND IF MIKE MILES, LIBRARIANS.
THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU.
I THINK OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HEATHER TAYLOR.
HELLO, MY NAME IS HEATHER TAYLOR.
I AM A PARENT OF A FOURTH GRADE STUDENT.
HE IS AN AVID READER AND AN EARLY FINISHER.
HE WOULD NOT SURVIVE IN AN NES SCHOOL.
ONE OF OUR FAVORITE DAYS OF THE WEEK IS LIBRARY DAY.
OUR CAMPUS LIBRARY IS A RAY OF SUNSHINE IN OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOL.
IT IS THE REASON WHY MANY PARENTS CHOOSE TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR CAMPUS.
LAST YEAR, TEACHERS AND PARENTS FOUGHT TO KEEP OUR LIBRARIAN WHEN WE WERE FACING BUDGET CUTS.
SHE KNOWS EVERY STUDENT, THEIR ABILITIES AND THEIR INTERESTS.
IF GOOD READING IS OUR GOAL, LET THEM READ BOOKS.
HOW WILL STUDENTS BE PREPARED FOR HIGH SCHOOL OR HIGHER EDUCATION IF THEY'RE NOT ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE IN THEIR LEARNING? I WILL NOT SUPPORT A BOND THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
HISTORY. HELLO, MY NAME IS TAMMY REID, AND I TEACH THEATER.
I CAME TO HISD AGAIN TO START A STRONG THEATER PROGRAM, AND I HAVEN'T BECAUSE OF NEA'S PRACTICES.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
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COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE.NOW, I ADMIT, CUTTING STIPENDS TO COACHES FOR ROBOTIC SPANISH DEBATE, MATHEMATICS, POETRY AND JOURNALISM IS A DARING STRATEGY. YOU ARE DOUBLING DOWN ON THE IDEA THAT LOW INCOME CHILDREN CAN ONLY BE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS THROUGH ATHLETICS, OR AS ENTERTAINERS, AND SHOULD FORGO ACADEMIC OR SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS, TRAINING THEM TO BE COMPETITIVE NO LONGER.
THANK YOU MA'AM. MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS UP.
BRUCE KRAVITZ. OH, BETH CALDWELL.
MISS CALDWELL, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE IN REGARD TO TEACHER RETENTION.
I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER WHO WORKED UNDER MIKE MILES IN COLORADO SPRINGS.
THIS PERSON STATES MIKE MILES DESTROYS EVERY SCHOOL HE TOUCHES.
HE CARES MORE ABOUT STANDARDIZED SCORE REPORTS IN THE NEWSPAPER THAN ACTUAL COGNITIVE GROWTH.
MIKE MILES HASN'T IMPROVED A SINGLE DISTRICT HE'S BEEN TASKED WITH LEADING.
HIS TRACK RECORD OF STAFF TURNOVER RATES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IN DALLAS ISD.
HIS TEACHER TURNOVER RATE WAS 22%, MUCH HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.
IF WE SEE SIMILAR RATES, WE CAN EXPECT OVER 2000 TEACHERS TO LEAVE HISD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH TRAVIS.
I JUST GOT SOMETHING IN AN EMAIL, SO I'M CHANGING MY SPEECH A LITTLE.
A STUDENT SIBLING PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.
THE COUNSELOR ASKED IF SHE COULD SKIP THEIR AFTER SCHOOL PD.
THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY THURSDAY SO SHE CAN GO TO THE WAKE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE GRIEVING FAMILY.
THE PRINCIPAL DENIED HER REQUEST, STATING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE SCHEDULED IT ON A THURSDAY.
THIS IS THE HEARTLESS CULTURE THAT YOU HAVE CREATED IN ANY SCHOOLS.
MILES IS FORCED EVEN YOUNG CHILDREN TO TAKE FOUR TESTS EVERY DAY ALL YEAR LONG.
BUT STAR IS INCREDIBLY HIGH STAKES.
IT IS USED TO FIRE TEACHERS, SHAME CHILDREN, NARROW THE CURRICULUM AND TAKE OVER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MISS HEINER.
BUT I COME WITH MY PREDICTION RING LIKE MILES.
THIS WEEK, STATE REPRESENTATIVES VISITED MY NEIGHBORHOOD NASA SCHOOL, WAINWRIGHT ELEMENTARY.
MONREAL ASSURED ME THAT THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT WAINWRIGHT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE TAUGHT HALF IN ENGLISH AND HALF IN SPANISH, BUT SHE COULD NOT TELL ME WHICH CLASSES WOULD BE IN SPANISH AND WHICH WOULD BE IN ENGLISH.
MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE REPORTING THAT THE PROGRAM IS NOT 5050 MANAGERS.
MR. MILES NEEDS TO SHOW YOU HIS NASA OR NES DUAL LANGUAGE CURRICULUM MAP TO ENSURE EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM THEY ARE LEGALLY, LEGALLY ENTITLED TO UNDER TEXAS LAW.
MILES HAS CONTINUOUSLY MISREPRESENTED DATA AND MISLED YOU.
MISS PADGETT. HI, MY NAME IS CARLY AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MISS MOMANAEE, A NON NES TEACHER WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS I HAVE TAUGHT MY EX STUDENTS CHILDREN WHOM I CALL MY GRANDCHILDREN.
YOU HAVE MADE IT AS WIDE AS A SEVEN LANE FREEWAY.
IN MOST CASES THEY HAVE BECAUSE THEIR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION OR PERSONAL REASONS.
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THOUSANDS OF VETERAN TEACHERS LIKE MYSELF WILL BE LEAVING HISD BECAUSE OF YOU, TYRANT.
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MIKE, YOU ARE SINGLE HANDEDLY DAMAGING OUR CHILDREN.TIME'S UP. YOUR DAY OF RECKONING IS COMING.
YOUR CONSCIENCE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE.
THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU MA'AM.
MRS CRUZ. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US, MISS CRUZ.
I AM ENCOURAGED TO SEE THAT ACCESS TO TAKE A TSI EXAM HAS INCREASED.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE CLEAR DISPARITIES IN.
ESPECIALLY WITH STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE DISTRICT TO PUBLISH AN ANALYSIS OF HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE CMR OUTCOMES BONUS FUNDING, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BRING IN MILLIONS OF MORE DOLLARS OF REVENUE AND PUT STUDENTS ON A CLEARER POST-SECONDARY PATH.
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER REINVESTING 100% OF THE CMR OUTCOMES BONUS DOLLARS INTO PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER, SUCH AS MORE COLLEGE ADVISORS, NOT LESS. GRACIAS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROB.
I'M AN EDUCATOR, PROPERTY TAXPAYER, AND THE HOUSTON AREA CHAPTER LEADER OF START SCHOOL LATER.
I AM SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 23 AND NUMBER FOUR.
HOW ARE TAXES USED EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY WHEN UP TO 70% OF OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING ADEQUATE SLEEP? WHEN BILLY REAGAN K THROUGH EIGHT AND CERTAIN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT STARTED AS EARLY AS 740 IN THE MORNING.
IT'S ALSO NOT EQUITABLE NOR SAFE FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS TO BE GETTING UP AT FIVE, TO GET READY AND TO WAIT IN THE DARK FOR BUSSES DURING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. PLEASE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS AND THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND START ALL K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS NO EARLIER THAN 8:30 A.M..
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRANDY DODA AND I AM SPEAKING TO AGENDA ITEM THREE ON BEHALF OF CALI BEANS, FORMER MANAGER OF HISD LIBRARY SERVICES, ELIMINATING THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES AND THE CERTIFIED LIBRARIAN.
STAFFING THE DEPARTMENT HARMS STUDENTS.
EVERY STUDENT DESERVES TO HAVE FULL ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE THEM IN READING, SUCH AS THE BELOVED NAME THAT BOOK COMPETITION, READ HOUSTON, READ THE ASTROS LITERACY BUS READING ROUNDUP, AND REAL MEN READ THESE PROGRAMS. NURTURE AN INTEREST IN READING AND PROVIDE READING ROLE MODELS FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
THE LIBRARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT ENSURES THAT THESE LITERACY PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE ON ALL OUR CAMPUSES, SUPPORT DIGITAL RESOURCES, AND ADHERES TO RESEARCH DRIVEN BEST PRACTICES FOR LITERACY AND LIBRARIES.
LIBRARY SERVICES IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL CAMPUS STAFF AND STUDENTS.
THANK YOU, MISS MARSH MYRNA MARSH.
GOOD EVENING, HISD BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT MILLS.
I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA NUMBER NINE.
AS A PARENT, DEEPLY INVESTED IN MY CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR RESPONSIVENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS REGARDING THE PRESERVATION OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AT WHARTON AND HELMS SCHOOLS.
I URGE YOU TO DESIGNATE WHARTON AS A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL.
AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT AN EASY DECISION, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR ZONED FAMILIES WHO ARE VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS VITAL FOR SAFEGUARDING WHARTON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM AND ENSURING ITS LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
ALLOW MORE FAMILIES TO EXPERIENCE THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER.
I'M A VETERAN TEACHER IN HISD WHO HAS WORKED AT SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING SCHOOLS.
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THIS SCHOOL YEAR HAS BEEN THE MOST STRESSFUL EVER DUE TO THE OVERALL CULTURE OF FEAR AND INTIMIDATION.I WORK HARD TO PREPARE MY LESSONS AND I SHOW UP DAILY WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE.
I DO IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN OUR STUDENTS.
THIS IS VERY DISCOURAGING TO EVERYONE AND DISCRIMINATORY.
I ACTIVELY RECRUIT AND CONTRIBUTE TO A POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE.
ELECTIVES GET KIDS THROUGH THE DOORS AND INTO THE SEATS OF THEIR CORE CLASSES.
IT'S TIME YOU RECOGNIZE THAT EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES.
BOARD OF MANAGERS NO TRUST, NO BOND.
I AM AN HISD ALUM AND HISD PARENT AND THE DAUGHTER OF A RETIRED HISD TEACHER.
I'M DEEPLY INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SHE SAYS I LOVE TEACHING, BUT ALL THAT CHANGED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
ON DAY TWO, MY PRINCIPAL DEEMED MY SCIENCE JOURNAL LESSON WAS A WASTE OF TIME.
BY DAY THREE, I WAS ANXIOUS TO DO THE JOB I'D BEEN DOING WELL AND LOVING FOR FOUR YEARS.
MY HANDS WERE TIED BEHIND MY BACK IN MY OWN CLASSROOM.
BY DAY FOUR, I WAS HYPERVENTILATING ON MY WAY TO WORK.
OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE TALENT YOU'RE LOSING BY NOT APPRECIATING RESPECTING TEACHERS.
FIRE MIKE MILES BEFORE YOU LOSE MORE TEACHERS.
LEMOND FLOWERS. I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU AS A TEACHER.
YOU CLEARLY VALUE JOYFUL LEARNING AND SO DO I.
TSE TAUGHT US THAT STUDENTS HUMANITY IS CENTRAL TO THEIR LEARNING.
TSE'S METHODS ARE INTENDED FOR POORER COMMUNITIES.
WHAT WOULD YOUR TSE PROFESSOR SAY ABOUT THE NES MODEL? YOUR STUDENTS HAVE JOYFUL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LITERATURE AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE SAME.
THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE NOW AT AGENDA SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIA ZOOM.
BETH SHOOK. PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
KYLE RACE. PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
IS HE NOT THERE? OKAY, SIR OR MA'AM? I'M NOT SURE WHERE KYLE RACE.
I'D LIKE TO COMMUNICATE MY SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, NATE ELMS ELEMENTARY.
HOWEVER, IF THE ELMS ATTENDANCE ZONE IS TO BE ELIMINATED, I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION TO MANAGE THE TRANSITION IN A COLLABORATIVE AND FAIR WAY FOR THOSE FAMILIES CURRENTLY ZONED TO ELMS. GIVEN THAT THIS YEAR'S SCHOOL CHOICE LOTTERY APPLICATION IS ALREADY CLOSED, IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ENTER KINDERGARTEN
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THIS AUGUST. THE GRANDFATHERING PERIOD IS WARRANTED DURING THIS TRANSITION.THE PARENT OF A CHILD ZONED TO HELM.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR A STRONG, CAMPUS WIDE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
ANDREA NEGRI, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
YOU MAY BEGIN. HI, MY NAME IS ANDREA NEGRI.
I'M AN HISD TEACHER HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE YATES RED LION BOTS FOR QUALIFYING FOR UIL FRC ROBOTICS NEXT YEAR.
SPONSOR WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A STIPEND BECAUSE THE.
YUELU DISTRICT ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS WERE ALSO LAST WEEKEND.
CONGRATULATIONS TO WISDOM FOR RECEIVING FIRST PLACE IN JOURNALISTS.
THE PROPOSED COMPENSATION MANUAL COMMUNICATES THESE ACADEMIC PURSUITS ONLY BELONG ON ANY.
IT ALSO PUTS ANY REMAINING HIGH SCHOOL THE LOWEST IN THE REGION.
ANYONE PREDICT A DECLINE IN ACADEMIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS NEXT YEAR.
MY NAME IS BETH CHUCK AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM NINE.
I AM A MONTROSE RESIDENT AND AN HISD ALUMNI.
MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO MOVE TO EAST MONTROSE, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE ZONING TO WHARTON.
BILINGUAL EDUCATION IS A WONDERFUL GIFT.
WE NEED MORE OF THESE PROGRAMS. I AGREE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD THAT AN ENGLISH ONLY CLASS SHOULD NOT BE ADDED, AND THAT THE SPECIAL CULTURE AT WHARTON SHOULD BE PRESERVED, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PART OF THAT. IF WHARTON LOSES ITS ZONING WITH NO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR YOUNG FAMILIES LIKE MINE WHO PLAN TO BE A PART OF THE WARDEN COMMUNITY, BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCHOOL WILL SUFFER. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
HELLO. MISS HERNANDEZ, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DANI HERNANDEZ AND I AM THE.
HERTHA AND FORMER STUDENTS, TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR IN HISD.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR PUTTING HELMS AND WARDEN ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
HISD MY HOPE IS THAT MORE SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE.
AS A BOARD AND ADMINISTRATOR, I AND ADMINISTRATION, I HOPE THAT YOU CHAMPION KEEP ON CHAMPIONING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS VITAL TO KEEPING HIV GOALS IN MIND.
DOCTOR. WARDWELL. PLEASE BEGIN.
THESE ARE THE WORDS OF PROFESSOR JANICE NEWSOM, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE AS A FORMER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARIAN AND THE FORMER MANAGER OF HISD DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES.
SCHOOL LIBRARIANS ARE OFTEN ACCUSED OF BEING SELF-SERVING.
THIS STEREOTYPE HAS BLINDED THIS BOARD TO THE PERPETUAL HARM TO THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION, OUR CHILDREN, BY LIMITING ACCESS TO ONE OF SOCIETY'S MOST VALUABLE COMMODITIES. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION.
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PATHWAY TO PROSPERITY.YOUR SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT TASK IS NOT TO TEACH CHILDREN WHAT TO THINK, BUT TO TEACH THEM TO THINK.
THANK YOU MA'AM. LIBRARY. MARIA BENZONI, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. YOU MAY BEGIN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY MY CAMERA'S NOT WORKING.
THANK YOU. CAN I MAY I BEGIN NOW? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
HI, MY NAME IS MARIA BENTZON, SPEAKING ON ITEM 14.
IN 2015, AFTER 300,000 PARENTS IN NEW YORK OPTED KIDS OUT OF HIGH STAKES TESTING, LAWS CHANGED.
BUT WHAT DOES YOUR SCHOOL GET FOR DOING WELL ON STAR? A-RATED SCHOOLS DON'T GET MORE MONEY FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONIES.
WE KNOW THAT EVEN A-RATED SCHOOLS IN HISD DON'T GET MORE AUTONOMY FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
WE KNOW THAT MANY TEACHERS AT A-RATED SCHOOLS ARE LEAVING AGE FROM THE LEAKED PRINCIPAL LIST.
WE KNOW THAT A-RATED SCHOOLS ARE NOT A PROTECTION FOR PRINCIPALS IN HISD.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OPTING OUT, VISIT OPT OUT TEXAS DOT NET.
THANK YOU. JESSICA, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
ALLISON CHAPIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
MISS CHAPIN, IF YOU'LL TURN ON YOUR CAMERA.
OH. MR. CHAPMAN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I'M SO SORRY. MA'AM, ARE YOU ABLE TO JOIN US? IF NOT, WE CAN COME BACK.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. WE CAN HEAR YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS ALLISON CHAPIN AND I'M A FORMER HISD TEACHER.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER WHO IS AFRAID OF SPEAKING FOR FEAR OF RETRIBUTION.
YOU HAVE TWO GOALS TO BUILD A GREAT HOUSE.
BUT THE FIRST FLOOR IS BURNING.
OVER 30 TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE QUIT THIS YEAR.
THAT'S ONE THIRD OF OUR SCHOOL.
WONDERING WHY? ONE AP SAID IN REGARDS TO THE PRINCIPAL, I CANNOT WORK WITH THAT MAN.
A VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS MR. TJ COTTER HUMILIATING STUDENTS FOR DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS WHEN HE HAS WORN CROCS AND TIGHT SHIRTS AND PANTS.
CHUCK SHARPSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU WON'T KNOW THAT HE SCREAMS AT KIDS AND REFERS TO OUR COMMUNITY AS A GHETTO.
HE WASN'T ON THE LIST OF PRINCIPALS WHO MIGHT LOSE THEIR JOB.
SO HOW CAN YOU REACH THESE GOALS WHEN YOU HAVE BULLYING, HYPOCRITICAL AND INEXPERIENCED LEADERS BEING CHAMPIONED IN HISD? THE DATA AND GOALS ARE SMOKE.
THERE'S A FIRE AND YOU'RE FLAMING IT.
JESSICA CARTWRIGHT. YOU MAY BEGIN.
HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA CARTWRIGHT.
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AND HRC WILL HAVE NO MORE FUNCTIONING SCHOOL LIBRARIES AS MILES TRYING TO GET RID OF LIBRARIANS SO HE CAN MAKE ROOM FOR MORE TEEN CENTERS FOR STUDENTS.PLEASE DO NOT ELIMINATE LIBRARIANS.
INSTEAD, I SUGGEST YOU ELIMINATE MIKE MILES.
I'M ALSO THE NEWSPAPER ADVISOR AT JAMES BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL IN AUSTIN.
THE PEOPLE TEACHING THOSE STUDENTS SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR ALL THE EXTRA WORK THEY PUT IN THEIR PROGRAMS. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE CUTS YOU ARE MAKING TO STIPENDS.
YEARBOOK AND NEWSPAPER ADVISORS, AS WELL AS UIL ACADEMIC COACHES, PUT IN AS MUCH TIME OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AS ATHLETIC COACHES, AND THEY DESERVE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THAT TIME. YOU WANT QUALIFIED AND TRAINED FACULTY ADVISORS LEADING YOUR PUBLICATIONS.
WITHOUT COMPETITIVE STIPENDS, THEY WON'T BE COMING TO HISD.
I'M TRISTA BISHOP, REPRESENTING HOUSTON GPS.
LAST SUMMER, HOUSTON EXPERIENCED RECORD SETTING HEAT WITH TEMPERATURES REGULARLY OVER 100 DEGREES.
IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL YEAR, MORE THAN 1600 HVAC ISSUES WERE REPORTED.
THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM IN HISD, BUT IT IS AN ESCALATING ONE AS FACILITIES FALL FOR DISREPAIR.
SOME CONTAIN LEAD IN THEIR WATER AND OTHERS DO NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES TO OFFER PRE-K.
JOE LOCKE, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
YOU MAY BEGIN. MY NAME IS JOE LARK.
TEACHER EVALUATIONS HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO COMPLIANCE USING ROBOTIC TIMERS, LIMITED PARTICIPATION TO REPETITIVE MRS STRATEGIES ONLY, AND RIGID ADHERENCE TO LOW QUALITY POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS.
IT HAS CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT OF CONSTANT PRESSURE AND STRESS, HINDERING CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO LEARN AND UNDERMINE THEIR CONFIDENCE AS WELL-BEING AND WELL-BEING.
LAUREN NEGRI, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
YOU MAY BEGIN. I THINK, MISS NEGRI, IS THAT THE SAME WOMAN THAT I THINK THERE ARE? TWO. OH. THERE'S TWO. OKAY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZOOM SPEAKER TO AGENDA ITEMS.
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OKAY. OKAY.COME BACK IF WE NEED TO. THERE'S NOBODY ELSE ON ZOOM FOR NOT FOR AGENDA.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. THAT CONCLUDES OUR HEARING OF SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION UNDER CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE OPEN MEETINGS ACT SUB SECTIONS 551 .004 THROUGH 551
[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]
.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 AT A SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD.
UPON NOTICE THEREOF, THE BOARD HAS RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION AT 7:22 P.M.
THE MEETING IS RECONVENED AT 8:41 P.M..
WE ARE NOW READY TO HEAR AND CONSIDER ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
[CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED OR EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? YES. I HAVE A MOTION.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 AUTHORIZE 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 OF SAME, THAT THE BOARD APPROVES WITHDRAWALS OF CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THAT THE BOARD APPROVES ISSUANCE OF FINAL ORDERS ON CONTRACT TERMINATIONS AND NON-RENEWALS AS DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION EFFECTIVE APRIL 11TH, 2024.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CAMPO AND A SECOND BY MISS LEMOND FLOWERS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM? OKAY. PLEASE VOTE.
OH, ADAM MR. RIVON. CAN YOU VOTE BY THUMBS UP OR DOWN OR ORALLY, PLEASE? SORRY, I DIDN'T I JUST GOT IN.
I DIDN'T GET I DIDN'T GET TO HEAR THE MOTION.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO READ IT. READ IT? SURE. OKAY.
THE BOARD APPROVES THE CLOSED SESSION PERSONNEL AGENDA, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY THAT THE BOARD APPROVES PROPOSED TERMINATIONS OF CONTINUING TERM AND PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS AND AUTHORIZE 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 THE SAME.
THAT THE BOARD APPROVES WITHDRAWALS OF CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE BOARD APPROVES THE ISSUANCE OF FINAL ORDERS ON CONTRACT TERMINATIONS AND NON-RENEWALS AS DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION EFFECTIVE APRIL 11TH, 2024.
OKAY. AND WE HAVE A THAT WAS RICK'S MOTION RIC CAMPO MOTION AND WAS SECONDED BY ANGIE FLOWERS.
SO IF YOU'LL I THINK WE'VE ALL VOTED UP HERE ELECTRONICALLY.
BUT, ADAM, IF YOU WANT TO INDICATE YOUR VOTE.
WE HAVE NINE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
THE MOTION PASSES. ANY OTHER MOTIONS? YES. I HAVE ONE MORE MOTION.
FOR. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CAMPO. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MISS MENDOZA? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO. OKAY. LET'S VOTE.
MR. RIVON. CAN YOU INDICATE YOUR VOTE? YES. THANK YOU.
VOTING IS CLOSED. NINE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? NO, NO. OKAY.
NEXT, WE WILL CONSIDER ACTION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
BOARD POLICY REQUIRES BOARD MEMBERS TO ABSTAIN FROM ALL DISCUSSION AND VOTES PERTAINING TO CONTRACTS THAT MAY INVOLVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BOARD POLICY BF, A LOCAL DEFINES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS ANY CIRCUMSTANCE THAT COULD CAST DOUBT ON A BOARD MEMBER'S ABILITY TO ACT WITH TOTAL OBJECTIVITY.
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THE FIRST ITEM IS NUMBER SEVEN AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW TO ESTABLISH A CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE.[7. Authority To Establish A Cooperation Agreement With The Southwest University Of Political Science And Law To Establish A Confucius Institute]
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THERE IS A MOTION BY MR. CAMPO. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MISS FLOWERS.I'M SORRY. THE ITEM WAS PULLED BY SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS.
ANYBODY WHO PULLED THE THE AGENDA ITEM LIKE TO SPEAK.
SORRY. I WAS TRYING TO RAISE MY HAND.
SO? SO WE GOT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE Q&A.
I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS IS THIS A RENEWAL I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ABOUT? IT'S JUST WE'RE JUST RENEWING IT.
THIS IS A PROGRAM I THINK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2017.
OKAY. AND THEN THE QUESTION I HAVE, I THINK I WANT TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS FAR AS THE STAFFING FROM MY UNDERSTANDING PREVIOUS ARRANGEMENTS WAS FOR SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAD OBTAINED GRANTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE THE TEACHERS WERE PREPARED FOR THIS CLASSROOM.
SO THEY, IN FACT, THE SCHOOLS DECIDED TO PAY OUT OF THEIR OWN SALARY A STAFF MEMBER THEY STILL OBTAIN GRANTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A TEACHER DIRECTLY FROM THE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE.
IF WE APPROVE THIS, ARE WE ALLOWING TEACHERS TO COME ON SITE, DIRECTLY STAFFED BY THE INSTITUTE OR WHOEVER THE THIRD PARTY MAY BE? THE THE WAY THE GRANT WORKS IS THAT INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REQUEST SPECIFIC SUPPORTS THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. SO IN IN INCREMENTS, THEY CAN SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WANT TO DO A CULTURAL IMMERSION PROGRAM ON SOMETHING RELATED TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO OUR MAGNET CAMPUSES TYPICALLY USE THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN PROVIDING MANDARIN INSTRUCTION.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT INDICATES THAT ANY TEACHER OR PERSON FROM THE UNIVERSITY IN CHINA WOULD COME AND BE ABLE TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS DIRECTLY. WE ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS HERE ARE TAUGHT BY OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHING THE THE TECHNIQUES IN, IN THE US.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE QUESTION COMES ABOUT, IS WHETHER WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ALLOW THE UNIVERSITY TO STAFF OR BRING IN EMPLOYEES ON CAMPUS TO HIS CERTAIN CAMPUSES HAVE IN THE PAST HAD A STUDENT, LIKE, ALMOST LIKE TEACHING ASSISTANTS COME IN AND SUPPORT CLASSROOMS. AND SO THEY'VE HAD VISITING TEACHERS COME IN FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
BUT THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FROM THE GRANT.
IT'S NOTHING THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO AS A PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
HAVE WE HAD ANY HAVE WE HAD ANY TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT? STAFF THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY, FROM THE UNIVERSITY? NO. TEACHERS OF RECORD THAT I'M AWARE OF HAVE EVER BEEN STAFFED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WHY THE RUSH? WHY DO IT THEN? CAN WE HAVE? ORDER, PLEASE? THE BOARD IS TRYING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM.
MISS CRUZ ARNOLD, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? YES, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE.
LIKE MR. MARTINEZ, I ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE.
AND MY QUESTION IS QUESTION SLASH COMMENT.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS WHY THE ITEM ASKED FOR THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A COOPERATION AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH A CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE, BUT IT'S LATER REFERRED TO AS A AS A GRANT.
LIKE, WHY IS THERE A DISCREPANCY THERE? THE THE THE AGENDA ITEM ESTABLISHES THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE PARTNER UNIVERSITY.
ONCE THAT AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE, THEN GRANT FUNDS CAN BE RECEIVED.
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AND SO IF THIS IS A CONTINUATION WHY DO WE NEED A NEW AGREEMENT? WHY DON'T WE JUST HAVE A CONTINUATION? LIKE WHY IS THIS COMING TO THE BOARD? THE INSTITUTE ALREADY EXISTS.IT'S BEEN HERE FOR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SINCE 2016.
THE AGREEMENT, THE OLD AGREEMENT HAS JUST EXPIRED.
SO THIS IS RENEWAL OF THE EXISTING PROGRAMING TO SUPPORT THE THE MANY SCHOOLS THAT USE IT, INCLUDING OUR MAGNET PROGRAMS. SO IT IS COMING TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THE OLD AGREEMENT EXPIRED.
BUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS IN PLACE.
SCHOOLS ARE STILL ACTIVELY USING THIS FUNDING TODAY FROM THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT, AND IS THE ASIA SOCIETY GRANT THAT SOME SCHOOLS ARE RECEIVING TODAY A PART OF THIS AGREEMENT? IN THE FIRST AGREEMENT, THEY WERE A PART THEY WERE ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN THIS AGREEMENT.
THEY ARE NOT. IT IS JUST WITH A UNIVERSITY IN IN CHINA.
THAT'S THE PARTNER ON THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT.
SO IF FOLKS COULD PLEASE KEEP THEIR COMMENTS TO THEMSELVES, IT'D BE APPRECIATED.
SO ARE THESE TWO DIFFERENT? SO ARE THESE TWO DIFFERENT SEPARATE PROGRAMS, THE ASIA SOCIETY GRANT THAT SOME SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE, THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. NO, THEY'RE IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM.
THE GOAL IS THE SAME, WHICH IS TO SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES IN BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE GRANT FUNDING TO PROVIDE THE PROGRAMING, BOTH THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAMING, BUT ALSO LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING.
SO THIS IS FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING.
IT'S A RENEWAL OF THE ALREADY ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE PARTNER, THE PARTNER ORGANIZATION IS UPDATED.
IT'S NOT THROUGH THE ASIA SOCIETY.
IT'S THROUGH A THE UNIVERSITY.
SO IS THE CURRENT PARTNER THIS CAMPUS IN CHINA FOR THE CURRENT GRANT? NO, IT'S A NEW PARTNER.
IT'S A NEW PARTNER ORGANIZATION.
WHO IS THE CURRENT PARTNER? THE CURRENT PARTNER IS WE'VE HISTORICALLY PARTNERED WITH TWO PARTNERS, BOTH COLLEGE BOARD AND THE HANBAN, WHICH IS AN, AN ARM OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, THEIR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
JUST IN FULL DISCLOSURE, MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS WAS NOT ALL PROVIDED IN ADVANCE, BECAUSE IF IT'S CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE ON FOR ME, IT'S CONFUSING IF YOU'RE READING IT ONLINE.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I'LL ASK A QUESTION. SO I'M SORRY.
IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS A RENEWAL, BUT IT'S WITH A DIFFERENT PARTY.
OKAY. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS HISTORICALLY.
AND THEN AND SO DO THEY INDIVIDUALLY.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS.
DO THEY INDIVIDUALLY REQUEST FUNDING FOR PARTICULAR EVENT OR PURPOSE AND THEN THEY RECEIVE THE FUNDING? SO SO, YEAH CAMPUSES CAN REQUEST IN $10,000 INCREMENTS THE FUNDS TO ALIGN WITH THE PROGRAMS SPECIFIC TO THEIR CAMPUS SO DIFFERENT CAMPUSES CAN USE IT FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
THERE'S CAMPUSES THAT HAVE GOTTEN $10,000 INCREMENTS FOR THREE, FOUR YEARS CONSECUTIVELY TO SUPPORT THE, THE, THE LANGUAGE PROGRAMING AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES ON THEIR CAMPUS PARTICULARLY OUR WORLD LANGUAGE MAGNETS.
AND IS THERE A A DEADLINE FOR ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT? NO. THE INTENTION ORIGINALLY WAS JUST TO ENSURE THAT CAMPUSES DON'T RUN OUT OF THE FUNDING.
WE HAVE SOME FUNDING REMAINING FOR THIS YEAR THAT THEY'RE STILL USING TODAY.
OKAY. ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
THE THE 11 CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THIS.
WHAT WHAT IS THE HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? LIKE HOW DID THESE 11 CAMPUSES GET ACCESS? THAT'S A GOOD. HISTORICALLY, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DETAILS FOR HOW IT WAS ALLOTTED TO THOSE CAMPUSES, BUT I CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU.
SO MOVING FORWARD, HOW IS IT ALLOTTED STILL TO THE SAME 11?
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ONLY WE CAN DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD BE ALLOTTED IN THE FUTURE.CAN YOU CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT? SO. SO YOU'RE WANTING THE SAME FUNDING THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE PAST TO THE SAME CAMPUSES? YES. WE DO WANT TO JUST ENSURE THE SAME CAMPUSES CAN MAINTAIN ACCESS TO THE FUNDING SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
YES. WHAT OTHER CAMPUSES? WOULD THIS BE AVAILABLE TO OTHER CAMPUSES? I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE EQUITY, ABOUT THESE 11, IF OTHER PEOPLE WANT THE MONEY, LIKE HOW IS IT GOING? LIKE HOW IS IT GETTING DISTRIBUTED AT THIS POINT IN TIME? WE DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S JUST THE AGREEMENT ITSELF.
OKAY. YES, MISS CRUZ ARNOLD WHAT IS THE.
I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
MISS BANDY, THE THE FIRST BULLET ON THE PARTNERSHIP SCOPE OF WORK.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD? WHAT ARE THEY GOVERNING ON? ON OUR END, WE WOULD WANT TO JUST ENSURE SOMEONE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING WITH THE PARTNER UNIVERSITY.
SO HISTORICALLY WE HAVE HAD, FOR EXAMPLE A POINT PERSON ON BOTH SIDES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TWO GROUPS CAN STAY COORDINATED TOGETHER.
SO IS THE OKAY, SO A POINT PERSON.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT, IS THIS A FIRST FOR THIS ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OR WAS THERE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNDER THE CURRENT AGREEMENT OR PREVIOUS ONE? I CAN GET BACK TO YOU IN SPECIFICALLY IF THERE WAS THAT EXACT ACTUAL LANGUAGE AND AND I AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT IT'D BE INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS WHO, THE REST OF THE DIRECTORS ARE ON THAT BOARD AS WELL.
JUST FOR, AGAIN, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE IS.
SO DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION OR.
NO, I DON'T HAVE THAT. I'M IT'S IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD MAY NEED.
ARE YOU YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR DO YOU WANT TO.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION, BUT NOW I FORGOT IT.
SO YOU SAID WE DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT FUNDING HISTORICALLY, HOW MUCH HAVE WE OBTAINED? HOW MUCH? HISTORICALLY, IT'S BEEN AROUND 150,000 A YEAR.
CORRECT? IT'S NOT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.
IT'S REALLY BEEN $10,000 INCREMENTS OF CULTURAL SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS IN THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS AND OR SUPPORTING TEACHERS IN ACCESSING RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE GRANT IS NOT A LARGE GRANT.
IT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO FUND SIGNIFICANT THINGS FROM THE PARTNER UNIVERSITY.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A CONCERN, RIGHT? THERE'S A GENERAL CONCERN OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THERE'S DIFFERENT ISSUES.
IS THERE ANY INFORMATION WE ARE PROVIDING TO THE UNIVERSITY ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, DETAILED INFORMATION, ANYTHING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT? NO, WE DID ENSURE THAT THERE WAS A LEGAL REVIEW OF THE AGREEMENT AND THAT THAT LEGAL REVIEW WAS THOROUGH SO THAT WE WOULD NOT BE VIOLATING ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THERE'S AN AGREEMENT DOCUMENT.
BUT IT HASN'T BEEN EXECUTED YET.
I'M. I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH IF THERE'S NO DEADLINE.
DID SOMEBODY HAVE A QUESTION? OH, ADAM.
ADAM. ALL RIGHT, SO MOSTLY THE QUESTIONS KIND OF GOT TO THE ROOT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL NOW THAT WE KNOW IT'S ABOUT 150, THAT WE GET SOME CLARITY GOING FORWARD ABOUT THE SOURCE OF FUNDING, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT WHETHER THE UNIVERSITY IS PROVIDING THE GRANT OR IF IT'S THE LIKE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
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I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE SOURCE OF FUNDING AND THE WAY IT FLOWS THROUGH.ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SORRY, ADAM.
SHOULD I CLICK ON THIS AND MOVE TO.
OH. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO TABLE.
WAS OUR SECOND. IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY ANGIE FLOWERS.
CAN WE IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE TABLING UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING NEXT MONTH OR.
THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
YES. SO THE MOTION IS TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MISS FLOWERS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO TABLE? IF NOT, THEN LET'S VOTE ON A MOTION TO TABLE.
OH. JUST VOTE. WELL THANK YOU THEN LET'S JUST VOTE.
CAN YOU TELL US VERBALLY YOUR VOTE? IS THAT A YES? YES.
THAT'S NINE IN FAVOR OF TABLING THIS AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. Approval To Designate Helms Elementary School As A Separate And Unique School]
APPROVAL TO DESIGNATE HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL.IS THERE A MOTION? YES. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE DESIGNATION OF WHARTON DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY AS A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL, AND WAIVES THE ONE YEAR PLANNING REQUIREMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM SO THAT THE DESIGNATION WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND REQUEST THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT PROVIDE A PLAN FOR THE IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN FOR THE IMPACTED FAMILIES.
AFTER OBTAINING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND SUBMIT SAID PLAN TO THE BOARD WITHIN 60 DAYS.
SORRY. I'M SORRY. HELMS NOT NOT WHARTON.
LET'S DO IT OVER. THIS IS HELMS. HELMS OKAY.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE DESIGNATION OF HELMS ELEMENTARY AS A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL IN WAYS THE ONE YEAR PLANNING REQUIREMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM. SO THAT DESIGNATION WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND REQUEST THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT PROVIDE A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN FOR THE IMPACTED FAMILIES.
AFTER OBTAINING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND SUBMIT SAID PLAN TO THE BOARD WITHIN 60 DAYS.
MOTION BY MR. CAMPO AND SECOND BY MISS CRUZ ARNOLD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MR. MARTINEZ. JUST BRIEFLY.
SUPERINTENDENT, THANKS FOR COMING TO COME BACK WITH FEEDBACK AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
THIS ISN'T AN EASY DISCUSSION, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE'VE ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO GO AHEAD AND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD. SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT DECISION.
ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT ON THE SCREEN.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND AND CAVEAT TO WHAT MR. MARTINEZ STATED BEFORE.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, GREAT.
ALLEN. ADAM, ARE YOU A YES OR A NO? YES. THUMBS UP.
THERE ARE EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER NINE.
[9. Approval To Designate Wharton Dual Language Academy As A Separate And Unique School]
APPROVAL TO DESIGNATE WHARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL.[02:40:05]
IT'S LIKE DEJA VU. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THAT APPROVES THE DESIGNATION OF WHARTON DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY AS A SEPARATE AND UNIQUE SCHOOL, AND WAIVES THE ONE YEAR PLANNING REQUIREMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM SO THAT THE DESIGNATION WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND REQUEST THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT PROVIDE A PLAN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN FOR THE IMPACTED FAMILIES AFTER OBTAINING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND AND SUBMIT SAID PLAN TO THE BOARD WITHIN 60 DAYS.IS THERE A SECOND? MR. MARTINEZ. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CAMPO AND A SECOND BY MR. MARTINEZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS AGENDA? ITEM NUMBER NINE.
ADAM. HE GET THUMBS UP? THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES.
OKAY. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA BY CONSENSUS? I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. MARTINEZ AND A SECOND BY MISS MENDOZA.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY. PLEASE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OKAY. THE NINE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
NONE OPPOSED. SO THE CONSENSUS PASSES.
WE ARE NOW READY TO CONSIDER TWO DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS.
[DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS (Part 1 of 2)]
WE'LL BEGIN WITH CONSTRAINT TWO.PROGRESS MEASURES 2.1 AND 2.2.
MISTER SUPERINTENDENT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ON THE MONITORING REPORT.
CHIEF STACEY BENSON WILL GUIDE US THROUGH THE PROGRESS MONITORING REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF MANAGERS.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WITH YOU TODAY ON CONSTRAINT NUMBER TWO.
THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL NOT ALLOW INEFFECTIVE SUPPORTS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION.
ARE COMMITTEE MEETINGS CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERALLY REQUIRED TIMELINES FROM 87% IN JUNE 20TH 23 TO 100% IN JUNE 2024, AND MAINTAIN THAT 100% COMPLIANCE THROUGH JUNE 2028.
AND SO JUST TO KIND OF BRING CONTEXT TO YOU.
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I REPORTED TO YOU ALL THAT IN THE YEAR 20, 22, 23, THE DISTRICT HAD MISSED 515 INITIAL TIMELINES.
WHICH ALLOWED DID NOT ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO ACCESS THE SERVICES THEY NEEDED IN A TIMELY FASHION.
SO CURRENTLY, WE'RE AT 99.5% OF INITIAL OUR TIMELINES BEING HELD ON TIME WITH NINE.
MISSED OUR TIMELINES OUT OF THOSE NINE MISSED OUR TIMELINES.
THREE OF THOSE WERE TO REALLY WORK WITH PARENTS TO SCHEDULE WITH THEM.
TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR STUDENTS FIRST INITIAL ARD MEETING.
AND SO THIS IS GREAT PROGRESS FROM LAST YEAR AND THE TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD.
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EMPLOYED OR BEING EMBEDDED INTO THE DIVISION TEAM UNIT, THAT REALLY ALLOWS THE TEAM TO NOT ONLY YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST SPECIAL EDUCATION OUT ON OUR OWN.WE'RE REALLY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITHIN THE UNIT DIVISION TEAMS AND OUR DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE GETTING ARE ACCESSING THE SERVICES AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
AUDREY, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? TECHNOLOGY. BECAUSE IT'S NOT MOVING.
I'M OKAY. NAVIGATE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH CONSTRAINT NUMBER TWO.
LOOKING AT CONSTRAINT PROGRESS, MEASURE 2.2, WHICH IS THE PERCENTAGE OF IEPS REVIEWED BY THE INDEPENDENT TEAM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR COMPLIANCE AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES WILL INCREASE FROM 7% IN JANUARY 20TH 24 TO 20% IN JUNE OF 2028. SO, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A BASELINE OF IEP COMPLIANCE AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM CONDUCTED THE LARGEST RANDOMIZED FOLDER REVIEW ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A REVIEW OF THIS SCALE HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
SO THE OX TEAM, THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM, DEVELOPED A TARGETED REVIEW SYSTEM.
AS WE LOOKED THROUGH AT THE CAMPUSES CAMPUSES, CAMPUS PRINCIPALS THEN RECEIVED AN ACTUAL FOLDER REVIEW SUMMARY. THIS AGAIN WAS ANOTHER FIRST FOR OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO ACTUALLY GET A VISUAL OF FEEDBACK AND AREAS THAT THEY COULD FOCUS ON THAT SUMMARY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM MET WITH THEIR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND WENT OVER THAT SUMMARY WITH THEM, AND THEY IDENTIFIED THREE FOCUS AREAS FOR THEIR NEXT STEPS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CAMPUS NEED WAS AND RESULTS OF THAT SUMMARY.
AND THOSE NEXT STEPS INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS HOW THE CAMPUSES WOULD MONITOR AND TRACK THEIR THESE SPECIFIC AREAS, ALONG WITH TECHNICAL RESOURCES TO HELP THEM MEET THESE INDICATORS.
THIS ACTIVITY TRIGGERED RICH AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION ON WAYS THAT CAMPUSES CAN REALLY IMPROVE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, AND WAS PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS BECAUSE THEY WE ALL WANT TO DO WELL AND WE ALL WANT TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS.
IN THAT CAPACITY, THIS BASELINE DATA IS BEING USED, OF COURSE, TO REALLY DRIVE OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND THEN TO LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THEIR SERVICES.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE CONSTRAINTS.
ONE IS WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE HELD WITH THE PARENTS, ARE THEY IF THEY THE PARENTS SPEAKS ONLY SPANISH, IS THERE SOMEONE THAT SPEAKS TO THEM IN THEIR LANGUAGE, WHETHER IT'S SPANISH OR ANY OTHER LANGUAGE, SO THAT THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING THE THE REPORT THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING? YES. SO IN THE ACTUAL ARD MEETINGS, BECAUSE THESE REPORTS WENT TO PRINCIPALS JUST TO GIVE THEM AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THEY'RE DOING ON THE CAMPUS.
BUT WHEN WHEN FAMILIES ARE HAVE SECOND LANGUAGES, THEN WE ALSO CONTRACT OUT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE ARD MEETINGS TO HELP TRANSLATE.
IS THAT TIMELY? I KNOW WHEN YOU CONTRACT OUT SOMETIMES FOR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, IT'S THEY WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD RESPONSE RATE WITH OUR CONTRACTORS.
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GOOD. THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD IS THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.AND SO, YES, IT'S CENTRALLY, BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE IN THE DIVISIONS.
AND MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE IS DO WE HAVE SOMETHING ONLINE OR SOMEWHERE WHERE THESE PARENTS, THEY MAY BE NEW TO THIS PROGRAM, WHERE THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IT IS THE ARD IS, OR WHAT THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN, OR HOW THEY CAN BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
YEAH. SO WE ARE WORKING ON A PRODUCING THAT AS THAT IS AN AREA OF NEED THAT WE IDENTIFY WHERE WE ARE HAVING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENTS SUMMITS.
LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR CENTRAL THIS ON THE 20TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR WEST AND SOUTH DIVISION, AND ON THE 27TH WE WILL HAVE OUR NORTH DIVISION SUMMIT.
AND THAT'S NEW BECAUSE IN PREVIOUS YEARS THEY HAD ONE SUMMIT AND I BELIEVE IT WAS HELD HERE AT HATTIE MAE WHITE, AND PEOPLE HAD TO DRIVE IN FROM THEIR COMMUNITY. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE PUSHING THAT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THAT WE CAN REACH MORE FAMILIES WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE DO GET THERE AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION, IT'S JUST REMEMBER TO DO IT IN THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
ARE THERE ARE THERE VIRTUAL OPTIONS FOR THE SUMMIT? NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT WE THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT FOLKS MIGHT HAVE SOME OPINIONS OR IDEAS.
BUT WE NEED TO BE ASKING A QUESTION AND GETTING AN ANSWER.
SO SORRY, CAN YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? I ASKED IF THERE WAS A VIRTUAL OPTION.
IS THERE A REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE ONE? WE JUST HAVEN'T WENT THAT ROUTE YET.
BUT THAT WAS A DISCUSSION AFTER OUR CENTRAL SUMMIT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S EASIER FOR PARENTS.
SO SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE TOOK BACK FROM THAT IS HOSTING A LUNCH AND LEARN BECAUSE WITH THE AND HAVING A VIRTUAL TYPE OF OPTION, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS WHO HAVE NEWLY IDENTIFIED STUDENTS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT EXPANDING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND CAN I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE REVIEW? SO WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE REVIEW.
AND DO YOU FORESEE IT HAPPENING IN THE SAME WAY NEXT YEAR IS THIS YEAR? BECAUSE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THIS ONCE AND I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT HOW LONG IT TOOK OR DO YOU WHAT YOU FORESEE THIS LOOKING LIKE NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY AS YOU EXPAND IT? THIS FIRST TIME WAS IT TOOK LONGER THAN WHAT WE WANTED.
OF COURSE, THERE WERE A LOT OF TRAINING COMPONENTS BECAUSE WE HAD TO CALIBRATE INTERNALLY IN ORDER TO PRODUCE FOR OUR PRINCIPALS A QUALITY REPORT AND SO LONGER THAN EXPECTED.
BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE DONE IT ONCE, WE'LL BE DOING IT AGAIN IN MAY.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE NOW THAT OUR TEAMS HAVE SUPPORTED THOSE CAMPUSES WITH TRAINING AND SUPPORT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER RANDOMIZED AUDIT IN MAY AND GIVE THEM THE SAME TYPE OF REVIEW.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT LONG TERM, WE WANT TO BUILD CAPACITY WITHIN OUR CAMPUSES SO THAT CENTRAL STAFF ISN'T ALWAYS THE PERSON.
AND THAT IS REVIEWING THESE ITEMS. AND SO I THINK NEXT YEAR NOW THAT I, THE STAFF HAS BEEN TRAINED AND MAYBE EVEN CONDUCTING THOSE REVIEWS ON SITE, ELBOW TO ELBOW WITH PRINCIPALS DEPARTMENT CHAIRS SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY SIT AND LEARN THE PROCESS AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP THEIR CAPACITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WHAT'S SO WHAT IS THE CADENCE THAT'S EXPECTED? YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN IN MAY.
IS THE EXPECTATION TO DO IT AGAIN? YES. IN THE FALL AND THEN ANOTHER SPRING OKAY.
MISS AUZENNE BANDY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
I KIND OF WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
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CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS INCLUDED IN A IN A FOLDER? LIKE WHAT CONTENTS REPORTS? WHAT'S IN A FOLDER.SO THIS WAS A TARGETED FOLDER REVIEW OKAY.
AND SO WE PULLED SPECIFIC ITEMS REALLY RELATED TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR EXIT CRITERIA FOR US TO MEET TO LOOK AT LIKE, DULY CONSTITUTED ARDS, OUR PARENTS GETTING THEIR NOTICE ARE THEIR PRESENT LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE UP TO DATE WITH QUALITY IEPS.
THOSE WERE LIKE THE MAIN COMPONENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO TARGET BEGIN SOMEWHERE TO TO MAKE TRACTION.
AND SO WE PULLED THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS TO REALLY HELP US TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.
AND, AND I, WE ALL FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE THE MAIN AREAS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT A GROWTH PROGRESS MEASURE THAT IS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IEP.
AND SO FOR FOR OUR FOLDERS NOT TO HAVE OR, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE THE ADEQUATE IEPS FOR OUR STUDENTS, THEN WE KNOW THAT THERE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PROGRESS THEY NEED.
AND I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP QUESTION, WERE THERE ANY PERSISTENT OR RECURRING AREAS OF NEED THAT THAT WERE FOUND LIKE AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THIS INFORMED SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS GREAT, SO THAT WE CAN CLOSE THE GAPS.
BUT WHAT WERE THE PERSISTENT OR REOCCURRING AREAS OF NEEDS? THE STRENGTHS REALLY WERE IN THE HOLDING YARDS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THE ANNUAL MEETING, THE ANNUAL TIMELINE THE ART COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION, HAVING ALL MEMBERS THERE AND IN THE ART COMMITTEE THE AREAS THAT WERE REALLY PROGRESSING IN IS THE IEP DEVELOPMENT OF IEPS AND REALLY REVIEWING OUR DATA TO GET THAT STUDENT'S PRESENT LEVEL OF ACADEMIC AND FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND ENSURING THAT INFORMATION IS DOCUMENTED IN THAT ART WHICH GOES INTO THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IEP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. ONE QUESTION. WITH REGARD TO THE IEPS, IS THERE A CHECKLIST THAT'S PROVIDED TO ENSURE THAT, I MEAN, THAT EVERY AUDITOR IS LOOKING AT THE SAME THING? YES. SO THE TARGETED REVIEW CONSISTED OF THE SAME QUESTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ALL CALIBRATED AND TRAINED ON THAT PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW WE HAD TO DO THAT CENTRALLY BEFORE WE CAN PUSH THAT OUT TO THE CAMPUSES.
SO THE IEP CHECKLIST AND THEN A QUESTION ABOUT THE SUMMIT HOW WAS IT, WAS IT WELL ATTENDED AND HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS ABOUT THE SUMMIT? SO IT WAS WE HAD ONLY HAD ABOUT 35 PARENTS.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE A LOT OF VENDORS THERE THAT WERE PROBABLY THAT MANY VENDORS THAT WERE READY, PREPARED TO GIVE OUR PARENTS INFORMATION.
AND AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE SUMMIT.
THEY WOULD GO TO IT AND IT'LL BE THE SCHEDULE MOVING FORWARD IN THE OTHERS THAT THERE'S A WELCOME, THERE'S SESSIONS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.
AND THEN IN BETWEEN THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS, THEN YOU CAN GO VISIT WITH THE VENDORS.
AND AFTERWARDS THERE'S TIME WITH THE VENDORS AND RAFFLES AND FUN THINGS.
AND WE HAD DANCE TEAMS AND THINGS THERE FOR OUR FAMILIES.
SO IT WASN'T VERY WELL ATTENDED.
AND SO I THINK THAT CHANGE MAY ALSO BE IN IMPACT.
AND THEN WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO WE DID SOME CALL RECORDED CALL OUTS.
WE DID THE FLIERS HOME PRINCIPALS PUT THINGS ON, SOME PRINCIPALS PUT THINGS ON THE MARQUEES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOVERNANCE. MR..
I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'VE MADE IS, IS PRETTY AMAZING.
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SO I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN ALREADY.AND AT THE SAME TIME, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHEN WE HAVE 100% COMPLIANT.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD.
SO HALF OF THE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE SINGLE PARENTS THAT THEY GO HOME TO.
AND I'M WONDERING WHAT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET BOTH PARENTS ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT ACTIVITIES YOU'VE TAKEN, WHAT STEPS YOU'VE TAKEN TO ENGAGE ALL PARTIES IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT? SO AS FAR I THINK I'M, I THINK IT'S TWOFOLD.
I THINK AS FAR AS A DISTRICT LIKE A PARENT SUMMIT OR TRAINING, I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT WE CAN EXPAND IN THAT AREA AND REALLY WORK ON OFFERING SOME ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALSO, I KNOW AS FAR AS PARTICIPATION AT SCHOOLS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALLY TARGETED THIS YEAR IS REALLY LOOKING BACK AT OUR OPERATING SPECIAL EDUCATION OPERATING PROCEDURES, BECAUSE OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES SAY THAT PARENTS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED TEN DAYS, WHICH IS BEYOND WHAT THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT IS.
THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT IS FIVE DAYS.
BUT AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE GIVING OUR PARENTS TEN DAYS NOTICE PRIOR TO HAVING ANY ARD MEETINGS.
AND SO GOING REALLY HONING IN WITH OUR STAFF THAT THAT IS OUR LOCAL OUR LOCAL OPERATING PROCEDURE AND KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOW MOVING TOWARDS THAT, THAT SHOULD ALLOW PARENTS TO BE MORE, MORE ENGAGED OR HAVE AMPLE TIME FOR TO ATTEND THEIR ARD COMMITTEE OR THEIR STUDENTS ARD IF YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
OKAY. ANY OTHER GOVERNOR? YES, SIR. AND SO IN THE FILES WHEN YOU DO THE REVIEW AND I DON'T NEED THE DETAILS, BUT I ASSUME THAT THAT THERE'S A WAY TO DETERMINE WHETHER BOTH PARENTS NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION ARE IN THE FILE.
AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT ONLY ONE PARENT IS GETTING A NOTICE OR THAT YOU KNOW.
THAT THEY NEVER GET A NOTICE AT ALL.
REGARDING THE PARTICULAR THE PARTICULAR MEETING.
OKAY. I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION WHEN THERE'S TWO BECAUSE THERE'S TWO PARENTS THAT AREN'T LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD TO ENSURE THAT THEIR BOTH PARENTS RECEIVE THE THE NOTICE.
I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT TO ENSURE THAT.
IN THOSE CASES WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT COMMUNICATION THAT WE WE DO THAT.
OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT TACTICAL IN NATURE, THAT ARE GOVERNANCE FOCUSED? GO AHEAD. LET ME TRY.
I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ABOUT THE ARDS.
AND IF EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO VIRTUAL ARDS OR IS IT CAMPUS BY CAMPUS? YES. WE DO OFFER A VIRTUAL OPTION FOR ARD FOR ALL FAMILIES.
WITH THE PROGRESS OF IEPS, HOW ARE WE MEASURING THE ACTUAL PROGRESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IEP THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING, WHERE WE'RE COMMITTING TO DOING WITH THE PARENTS? AND SO PART OF THAT FOLDER SUMMARY LOOKED AT WAS THEIR PROGRESS MONITORING COMPLETED IN THAT FOLDER.
SO IT WAS PART OF THE FOLDER SUMMARY.
HOWEVER OUR PROCEDURE OUTSIDE OF JUST THE FOLDER REVIEW WHERE THEY RECEIVED THEIR CAMPUS INFORMATION, THEN OUR, OUR, OUR PARENTS RECEIVED THEIR PROGRESS REPORTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE, WITH THE REPORT CARD.
SO THEY SHOULD BE RECEIVING THEIR IEP PROGRESS REPORT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE REPORT CARD.
AND SO WE DO LOOK AT THE REPORTING TO SEE IF THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY THE CAMPUS.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION AND YOUR HARD WORK.
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THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. MARTINEZ AND A SECOND BY MISS MENDOZA.OH, SORRY. YOU HAVE TO HIT MY COMPUTER TO GET IT BACK.
ADAM, ARE YOU A YES OR A NO? YES, YES.
OKAY, NOW WE WILL HEAR ON A PRESENTATION ON GOAL THREE, PROGRESS MEASURE 3.1 AND GOAL FOUR.
PROGRESS MEASURE 4.3, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. OR MISS HALL.
LET ME GET THIS BACK ACTIVE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU ALL. SO GOAL THREE, JUST TO TAKE A STEP BACK IS REALLY LOOKING AT BOTH TSAI READINESS FOR STUDENTS AND THOSE STUDENTS BEING BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN THEIR IBC BY THE TIME THAT THEY GRADUATE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS TSAI READINESS, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A SET OF ASSESSMENTS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAT, THE ACT AND THE TSIA, WHICH IS BASICALLY TEXAS'S VERSION OF THE SAT.
AND STUDENTS MUST HIT A THRESHOLD ON ON ONE OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS IN READING AND MATH.
AND THE FIGURE TWO SHOWS THE GOAL THAT WE HAVE TO HIT OVERALL.
SO REALLY LOOKING AT OUR 2023 GRADS HITTING 12% AT THE END OF THAT GRADUATION YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IN THE 2223 DATA.
THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE AS A DISTRICT, WE PROVIDE A DISTRICT WIDE SAT IN THE SPRING.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DATA, IT WON'T ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVEN'T SAT FOR THE SAT YET, WHICH IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT MANY STUDENTS OBTAIN THE TSAI THRESHOLD.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE BIG JUMP FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DATA TO THE END OF YEAR.
BUT WHEN COMPARING MIDDLE OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR TO TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR, WE STILL HAVE SEEN A SLIGHT INCREASE WHICH SHOWS THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO HIT OUR BROADER TARGET. WE ALSO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST WE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE SUBPOPULATIONS.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS MORE CLOSELY BY SUBPOPULATION, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE FOR OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS AND FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, THE PERCENTAGE STAYED THE SAME.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A LOWER END COUNT THAN WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY SEE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE REALLY WAITING ON THIS THE SAT RESULTS DATA SO THAT WE CAN ANALYZE BY SUBPOPULATION AGAIN TO SEE WHERE OUR 11TH GRADERS END UP, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THERE'S A MUCH MORE TARGETED SUPPORT PLAN BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THAT INFORMATION.
AND I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA THAT WE TRACK.
AT THE TOP LEFT YOU'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THE PARTICIPATION DATA.
WHAT YOU REALLY SEE HERE IS THERE'S BEEN A BUMP IN THAT TSA TEST.
AND IT RELATES TO ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO DUAL CREDIT.
AND SO STUDENTS HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR DUAL CREDIT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ONE OF THESE TESTS TO BE ELIGIBLE.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY OPTION. THEY CAN ALSO BE ELIGIBLE THROUGH THEIR END OF COURSE EXAMS, THROUGH PSAT, THROUGH A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, BUT THEY CAN TAKE THE TSA TO HELP THEM ACCESS DUAL CREDIT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT TRYING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO DUAL CREDIT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE BUMP FOR THE TSA IA PARTICIPATION IN FIGURE FOUR.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ANTICIPATING PARTICIPATION OVERALL INCREASE MUCH MORE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE DISTRICT WIDE SAT AND THAT TARGETED TSA SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS OVER TIME.
AND THEN IN FIGURE FIVE, YOU SEE THE RESULTS FOR READING AND MATH.
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THIS SHOWS THAT OUR READING SCORES HAVE IMPROVED FROM MIDDLE OF YEAR LAST YEAR TO MIDDLE OF THERE THIS YEAR.AND IN MATH YOU SEE A DECREASE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS TRUE IS WHEN STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN THE TSA TESTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN 11TH GRADE, THEY HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED ALGEBRA TWO. AND WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THESE TESTS, IT COVERS CONTENT THAT YOU WOULD LEARN IN ALGEBRA TWO.
THAT WOULD HELP PREPARE THEM TO MEET THE THRESHOLD ON THESE ASSESSMENTS.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TYPICALLY SEE IN THE DATA FOR MATH IN PARTICULAR.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO IS ACROSS ALL OF OUR COURSES, ENSURING THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM THAT SUPPORTS GRADE LEVEL INSTRUCTION IN OUR COURSEWORK, AND THEN THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION OF THAT CURRICULUM IN CLASSROOMS. FOR THIS YEAR, WE'VE PROVIDED THAT CURRICULUM FOR NINTH AND 10TH GRADE COURSES, SO GEOMETRY, ALGEBRA ONE, ENGLISH ONE, AND ENGLISH TWO.
SO WE'LL WRITE CURRICULUM FOR ALGEBRA TWO AS WELL, FOR ENGLISH THREE AS WELL.
AND THEN ALSO FOR WHAT WE CALL ESOL, WHICH IS ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES, TO SUPPORT STRONGER RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS TEACHING THOSE COURSES, WHICH THEN SHOULD IN TURN CONTINUE TO HELP SUPPORT TSI READINESS ON THESE ASSESSMENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT AROUND THE PREPARATION FOR THESE ASSESSMENTS.
SO WE SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN ACCESSING THAT AS THEY PREPARE.
AND WE OFFER MANY SATURDAY BOOT CAMP SESSIONS THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS CAN ACCESS TO FOR FREE TO SUPPORT THEM IN THE PREPARATION THEY NEED TO SIT FOR THE EXAMS. AND THEN WE ALSO ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR OUR CAMPUSES ARE TRAINED ON ENSURING THE REQUESTING THE APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE STUDENTS IN THESE TESTS.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO.
AND ACCESSING CONTENT AND WRITING IN AND IN ENGLISH SO THAT THEY CAN DO WELL ON THE ASSESSMENTS.
AND THEN WE ALSO SUPPORT CAMPUSES AND HAVING SPECIFIC DATA PROFILES FOR EACH OF OUR EB STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN USE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES TO HELP SUPPORT THEM IN IMPROVING OVER TIME.
AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE TO THAT IS WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO SUPPORT SUMMER SCHOOL FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION FOR STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY, SO THAT WE CAN HELP ENSURE THEY'RE PREPARED TO SIT FOR TSI READINESS FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THIS PROGRESS MEASURE REALLY DOES FOCUS ON 11TH GRADE.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT.
AND IN MANY INSTANCES, THE DATA SHOWS LEADS TO DROP OUT.
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I'LL START.YOU MENTIONED IN TALKING ABOUT I THINK 3.1 THAT WE ARE WRITING CURRICULUM FOR ALGEBRA TWO, ENGLISH THREE, AND ESOL.
AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT HOW THAT IS AN IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS OVER WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY UTILIZING? LIKE, IS THERE A CURRICULUM THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED IN THOSE COURSES THAT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE STATE OR FOR SOME OTHER REASON, NOT SUFFICIENT? RIGHT. RIGHT NOW CAMPUSES HAVE HAD AUTONOMY AND THEY DECIDE WHAT TO USE, BUT THERE'S NOT A SET RESOURCE THAT'S PROVIDED IN THOSE COURSES.
AND IS IT A REQUIREMENT ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES OR IS THAT IT'S NOT REQUIRED FOR WE'RE WE'RE MAKING IT AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT'S NOT REQUIRED. IT'S OPTIONAL.
I'VE. SO, SO DIFFERENT CAMPUSES USE DIFFERENT THINGS.
THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME CAMPUSES THAT USE SOME OF OUR APPROVED VENDORS, AND SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
BUT FOR THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOT, WE DO WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE AN AVAILABLE RESOURCE.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
AND WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SAY IT'S MADE AVAILABLE, IS THAT GOING TO BE THE PRINCIPAL'S CHOICE? CAN YOU JUST KIND OF FLESH THAT OUT FOR US? AND WHEN WE WHEN WE SAY MADE AVAILABLE, WE POST ALL OF OUR CURRICULUM, OUR NES AND OR OUR DISTRICT PROVIDED CURRICULUM ON CANVAS.
AND SO ANY CAMPUS LEADER OR ANY TEACHER CAN ACCESS THAT CURRICULUM VIA JUST OUR PLATFORM ON CANVAS.
SO WE WILL MAKE IT FREELY AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS ON CANVAS FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.
THANK YOU. I'M SORRY I KEEP COMING BACK TO THE SAME THING.
BELOW STANDARD CURRICULUM THAT'S BEING UTILIZED, OR THAT THERE IS NOT ALREADY ONE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE WRITING CURRICULUM, WE'RE EXPENDING RESOURCES AND DOING THAT.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND AVAILABLE, THEN I WONDER, WHY WOULD WE EXPEND RESOURCES ON THAT IF IT'S ALREADY THERE? WE SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES WE DO KNOW HAVE USED THE APPROVED RESOURCE, CARNEGIE LEARNING, WHICH IS THE APPROVED SECONDARY MATH RESOURCE, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT WE MANY CAMPUSES KIND OF HAVE NOT, YOU KNOW, STILL DO THEIR OWN THING AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, EITHER FOUND RESOURCES OR CREATED THEIR OWN THING. SO THIS IS JUST PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPTION THAT WE KNOW IS VETTED AND HIGH QUALITY.
IN OUR NON NES CAMPUSES, THEY HAVE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE NES CURRICULUM AND ANOTHER A SET OF OTHER VENDORS. AND SO FOR THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF SITUATIONS WHERE WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOME CHOICE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS IT'S KIND OF LIKE OFFERING NES BUT JUST IN A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL COURSES.
AND IF THAT'S WORKING FOR THEM.
SO FOR, FOR OUR NON NES CAMPUSES, WE HAVE A LIST OF APPROVED PRODUCTS.
WE LOOK FOR AT LEAST THREE IN ALL OF OUR SUBJECT AREAS AND GRADE BANDS, AND WE SUPPORT THEM AND SAYING, IF YOU CHOOSE ONE OF THESE THREE THAT WE KNOW ARE VETTED, WE CAN FUND THAT CENTRALLY FOR YOU FROM AS A DISTRICT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN, IN YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE READING, THEY'LL HAVE THREE OPTIONS. THEY CAN USE THE NES OPTION, OR THEY CAN USE TWO ADDITIONAL APPROVED OPTIONS IF THEY'RE NON NES THAT THEY HAVE FLEXIBILITY AND CHOICE, WHILE ALSO ENSURING THAT DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE PROVIDE ARE VETTED BY US AND THE STATE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE ASSESSING IS THEIR CURRICULUM.
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WE'RE STILL GOING TO GIVE WIDE LATITUDE TO THE A AND B SCHOOLS.THAT'S PART OF THE AUTONOMOUS NATURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS INHERITED.
BUT FOR THE FOR THE C RATED SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OF THE VETTED CURRICULUM, EITHER FROM TIA OR THE NES PROGRAM AMPLIFY EUREKA CARNEGIE. AND SO WE'LL WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR EACH SCHOOL.
BUT AGAIN YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ALLOW AUTONOMY IN A DEFINED WAY.
I ALSO CAN CLARIFY WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR ANYTHING NEW BY PROVIDING THIS.
SO WE'LL BUILD THE WE CAN BUILD THE SLIDE DECKS AND THE DOLLS AND THOSE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THAT THEY USE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT PURCHASING ANYTHING NEW.
AND SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU WOULD USE CARNEGIE.
CURRICULUM, BUT YOU JUST ADD ADDITIONAL RIGHT DOCUMENTS, WHATEVER IT IS.
RIGHT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH CARNEGIE, WHAT A TEACHER GETS IS A IS A TEACHER GUIDE.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, A THICK BINDER AND IT HAS THE LESSON PLANS IN IT THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, ANYTHING THEY CAN USE TO FACILITATE THE DISCUSSION WITH THE TEACHER VIA SLIDES.
SO WE WE WILL ENSURE THAT IN THESE COURSES WE CAN USE OUR UNDERLYING RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH US THROUGH EXISTING DISTRICT LICENSES AND OR THROUGH TES OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES, WHICH MEANS FREELY AVAILABLE LICENSES.
SO SO I'M CLEAR. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WRITING CURRICULUM FOR ALGEBRA TWO, ENGLISH THREE AND ESOL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT USING EXISTING PLATFORMS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. BUT ADDING TO THAT, RATHER THAN CREATING A WHOLE NEW CURRICULUM, RIGHT, WE USE EXISTING RESOURCES AND THEN WE BUILD THE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE TEACHERS ARE HELPFUL FOR OUR TEACHERS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.
UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, NOT FOR ESL.
OKAY. ABOUT THE TSAI TSAI ASSESSMENT.
HAVE YOU GIVEN THOUGHT TO OR IS THERE A PLAN ABOUT STANDARDIZING ACCESS AND COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THAT? BECAUSE BECAUSE WE HAVE RESOURCES, BUT THE TEENAGERS OR PARENTS DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND THAT INFORMATION IS VARIED FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.
ARE WE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT BUILDING IT ON OUR WEBSITE OR SOMEPLACE ELSE SO THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THE DISTRICT KNOWS THE INFORMATION IS GETTING TO THE STUDENTS? YES, I THANK YOU.
YES. I THINK WE'RE DOING TWO THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT.
ONE THING WITH ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS, WE ACTUALLY ARE TRYING TO ENSURE WE HAVE WAYS TO EVEN SEE WHAT THE USAGE IS SO THAT ANY TIME WE HAVE ACCESS TO ANY SORT OF DIGITAL TOOL LIKE KHAN, WE ACTUALLY KNOW OUR STUDENTS USING IT.
AND IS IT WORKING? AND SO THE FIRST THING WE ACTUALLY DO IS TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT DATA STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO KNOW THAT THE, THE MATERIALS AND OR THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE USING ARE ACTIVELY BEING USED.
BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT, YES, IN ADDITION TO THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON IS MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR WE HAVE THE RIGHT DASHBOARDS THAT SHOW WHAT STUDENTS NEED IT MOST, AND WE DIRECTLY SUPPORT OUR DIVISIONS IN ACCESSING THOSE SO THEY CAN PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORTS TO THE SPECIFIC STUDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S TAKE TSAI READINESS.
FOR MEETING TSAI, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR DIVISION LEADERSHIP ARE DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THESE SUBSET OF STUDENTS FOR ADDITIONAL REMEDIATION SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THE TSAI ASSESSMENT AGAIN, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CLOSE.
SO THAT ONE, WE'RE NOT OVERTESTING WHEN WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT READY, BUT BUT WHEN THEY'RE CLOSE, WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL REMEDIATION AND THAT THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SO THAT THEY CAN TEST AGAIN AND BE READY.
SO FOR FOR THE TSAI, FOR EXAMPLE IT PRIOR, IT WAS KIND OF DONE ON AN AD HOC BASIS WHERE THIS YEAR WE, WE HAD FOUR SPECIFIC TESTING WINDOWS FOR THE TSAI THAT WE COULD COMMUNICATE TO SCHOOLS, TO FAMILIES, TO PARENTS.
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AND THAT GAVE US A VERY TARGETED DATE FOR WHICH EACH KID COULD PREPARE TO TAKE THAT ASSESSMENT.SO THAT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE IN STRATEGY.
I THINK EVEN IN THE TSAI ITSELF, WHICH IS VERY, YOU KNOW, FOR SYSTEMATIC WINDOWS WHERE WE COULD SUPPORT SPECIFIC KIDS IN TAKING THAT TEST RIGHT WHEN THEY WERE READY BASED ON THAT TARGETED REMEDIATION THAT THEY WERE RECEIVING.
THANK YOU. THE THE ACTION PLAN, THE ACTION STEPS ARE VERY DETAILED.
BUT ONE THING I COULDN'T TELL IF YOU COULD PLEASE EXPLAIN.
WHAT ARE WE PROVIDING AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS BEFORE 11TH GRADE, ARE WE PROVIDING ANYTHING NINTH, 10TH OR SO WHEN THEY SHOW UP IN 11TH, THEY'RE BETTER PREPARED FOR SUCCESS IN ON ON THESE ON TSA.
AND I THINK THE PRIMARY THING WE DO STILL FOCUS ON THERE IS THAT ACCESS TO, TO HIGH QUALITY GRADE LEVEL INSTRUCTION IN THOSE GRADES, THE CRITICAL AND AND IN THE PREVIOUS GRADES PRIOR TO THAT THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT AGAIN CONTINUES TO SHOW.
PROVIDING STUDENTS TO THAT TIER ONE GRADE LEVEL.
INSTRUCTION IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, AND WE WANT TO BE DOING THAT IN NINTH GRADE AND 10TH GRADE.
WE KNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR IMPROVED SCORES ON THE TSI.
YEAH, AND I WOULD ADD THAT'S EXACTLY THE ANSWER.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE NEZ ORBIT WE DOUBLE BLOCKED ENGLISH ONE, ENGLISH TWO, AND ALGEBRA ONE SO THAT KIDS HAVE MORE TIME AND MORE DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION.
MISS BANDY OH, LET'S LET CASSANDRA GO AHEAD AND THEN, MR. RIVON. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE MATH SCORES KIND OF BEING FLAT OR DECLINING.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE EXPLANATION IS AROUND WHEN STUDENTS ARE TAKING ALGEBRA TWO.
SO IS THE EXPECTATION THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS SEE MATH BEING FLAT OR DECLINING.
BECAUSE OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO SOLVE FOR THAT? I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT MATH AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING THIS TEST ARE IT'S NOT THE PRIMARY TIME AT WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT SUPPORTING THEM IN ACHIEVING TSAI.
SO IT'S NOT, HEY, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN MATH OR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING IT AT THIS TIME.
IT'S JUST DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING IT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
AND SO REALLY PRIOR TO THE SPRING OF 11TH GRADE, WE'RE SUPPORTING JUST GREAT QUALITY GRADE LEVEL INSTRUCTION ON THE COURSES WE KNOW WILL BE COVERED IN THE ASSESSMENTS THEMSELVES.
SO I DO THINK WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF YEAR SCORES, IF MATH DROPS IN THAT WAY, WE SHOULD PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO IT SO THAT WE CAN THEN DETERMINE WHAT AND WHY IS THAT HAPPENING. BUT BUT THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE IT NOW, IT'S A SPATTERING OF PEOPLE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ADAM.
SORRY. ADAM, YOU GOT TO COME BACK.
I'M NOT ON MUTE. EMMA. NO, NO, NO, I WAS KIDDING.
SORRY, I MEANT COME TO HOUSTON, SIT WITH US.
YEAH. THE NEXT WEEK THE THING THAT JUST WANTED TO PULL OUT.
ONE, I'M NOT SURE HOW THE MONITORING CALENDAR WORKS OUT FOR FOR THIS MEASURE GOING FORWARD, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET SOMETHING AFTER YOU KNOW, THE SATS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE TAKEN.
BUT THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
SO FIGURE THREE IS PRIMARILY THEN SAT AND.
YEAH. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THIS SLIDE REALLY QUICK ON FIGURE FOUR.
YOU SEE ASSESSMENT PARTICIPATION.
SO HERE IS WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SEE THAT OF THE THREE TESTS SAT ACT AND TCIA.
AND WE SAW SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE TCIA TEST.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE SEE LARGER PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING.
BUT THAT'S LIKELY PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THE TCIA, NOT THE SAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE SAW THE BUMP.
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GOT IT. AND SO PRIMARILY FOR THE LOOK ALIKE ASIAN STUDENTS, WE'RE GETTING A HIGHER BUMP.AND I'M I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE, WHAT IS THIS STORY TELLING US AND WHY? AND WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GARNER ANY INSIGHTS ON WHY PARTICIPATION IN DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE AT DIFFERING LEVELS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BRING AWARENESS AND, AND MORE PARTICIPATION IN THAT? YEAH. AND I THINK SOME OF THE HYPOTHESIS IS IS AGAIN, IT OFTEN IS GIVEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS DUAL CREDIT.
SO HOW DO WE. SO WHAT IS THE PLAN TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN OTHER SUBPOPULATIONS IN DUAL CREDIT? YES. WE DO HAVE A DIFFERENT PROGRESS MONITORING MEASURE ON DUAL CREDIT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND AGAIN I CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT YOU GUYS TELL ME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MOVE INTO THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOCUSED ON THIS. BUT WE DO ACTIVELY MONITOR WHAT STUDENTS HAVE THAT POTENTIAL TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS DUAL CREDIT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MEET ONE OF THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM LOOKED LIKE FOR THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY KIND OF CROSS THE THRESHOLD? YEAH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS THERE'S A THERE'S A PROGRAM CALLED TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE.
SO THEY GET THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S ONE THING WE DO.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING FOR THAT RESOURCE IN PARTICULAR, IS ENSURING WE CAN ACTIVELY MONITOR THE USAGE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT RESOURCE WHICH HADN'T BEEN PREVIOUSLY DONE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BEEN OFFERING NUMEROUS SATURDAY BOOT CAMPS.
AND IF THEY DO NEED THAT, EVEN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF THE REMEDIAL COURSEWORK THAT THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING AND OUTSIDE OF THE KHAN ACADEMY SUPPORTS, THEY CAN ALSO ATTEND THOSE SESSIONS.
AND SO WE STAFF THOSE OVER THE SATURDAYS TO SUPPORT THOSE KIDS.
ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO 4.3? YES. LET'S DO IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS HALL.
ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO GOAL FOUR, WHICH IS STUDENTS IN GRADES FOUR THROUGH EIGHT WHO RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES THAT ACHIEVE GROWTH AS MEASURED IN DOMAIN TWO.
PART A OF THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WILL INCREASE FROM 63% IN AUGUST OF 2023 TO 78% IN AUGUST 2028, AND THE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE THAT INFORMS THAT GOAL IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT WHO RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, WHO ARE PROJECTED AT MEETS GRADE LEVEL IN READING AND MATH ON NWEA MAP WILL INCREASE FROM 11% IN SEPTEMBER 20TH 23 TO 26% IN MAY OF 2028.
SO I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO FIGURE SIX, WHICH ACTUALLY SHOWS THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE ACHIEVING AT GRADE LEVEL AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR REPORT.
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BASED ON A DISABILITY CATEGORY AND AN EDUCATIONAL NEED.HISTORICALLY, OUR STUDENTS WITH DIS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SHOW HIGHER GAINS IN THE GROWTH CATEGORY OF STAR VERSUS THE MEETS CATEGORY OF STAR.
AND SO YOU WILL SEE IN FIGURE SEVEN, THE FIGURE BELOW SHOWS THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ACHIEVED GROWTH AT THE END OF LAST YEAR FOR THE 22, 23 YEARS.
SO IT'S VERY TWO DISTINCT MEASURES.
ONE IS SHOWING MEETS GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY AND ONE IS SHOWING GROWTH.
SO THE NEXT CHART YOU WILL SEE AGAIN AT OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, OUR ASSESSMENT DATA REVEALS THAT 12%, 12% OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ON THE PATH TO ACHIEVING GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY.
THIS 12% ALSO REFLECTS THE END OF YEAR TARGET FOR THESE STUDENTS.
AND SO YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT IN THIS DATA THAT SIX OUT OF THE EIGHT TARGETS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED AT MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
THE TWO AREAS WHERE WE DID NOT ACHIEVE THOSE TARGETS ARE WITH THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND OUR WHITE POPULATION.
WHICH BRINGS ME DOWN TO FIGURE EIGHT, WHICH YOU WILL SEE.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THESE GROUPS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ASIAN GROUP IS A SMALLER NUMBER AS WELL AS WHITE STUDENTS.
WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
YOU'LL ALSO WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THAT IN READING, THEY ACTUALLY MET OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TARGET.
AND IN MATH IS THE AREA THAT THEY STAYED AT THE TARGET AT THAT RATE.
AND SO WE STILL NEED TO HAVE WE STILL HAVE AN AREA OF GROWTH IN THAT AREA.
SORRY. AND THEN IT GOES INTO, OF COURSE, JUST WHAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSES AS TO WHY OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT ARE OUR STUDENTS ARE AT THIS LOW PROFICIENCY LEVEL IN READING AND MATH.
AND SO REVIEWING THE DATA AND LOOKING AT REALLY ALIGNS WITH WHAT CHIEF HULL PRESENTED LAST WEEK.
ALTHOUGH OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, THEY ARE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FIRST, WHICH MEANS THEY NEED A STRONG TIER ONE, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION.
AND SO, AGAIN, AS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO OUR TEACHERS TO REALLY INCREASE THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THAT TIER ONE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION, ALONG WITH THE CURRICULUM GUIDELINES FOR THOSE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. BUT TONIGHT, I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AREA THREE, WHICH IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION.
AND THAT IS THE MEAT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN ORDER.
AS YOU AS STUDENT QUALIFIES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THEN PART OF THE PROCESS IN THAT OUR COMMITTEE IS THAT WE REVIEW DATA LIKE THE DATA FROM THE NWA AND LOOK AT WHERE HOW STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING AND IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS OF NEED TO DESIGN THAT INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH THEN REFERS TO SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON PROVIDING OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ON WHAT IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION VERSUS TIER ONE INSTRUCTION, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY THAT HAS BEEN OUR FOCUS AS WE'RE MOVING ON TO REALLY ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING AND THAT THEY HAVE THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
FIGURE NINE IS, AGAIN, THE SAME TYPE OF DATA, BUT IT SHOWS OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN
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COMPARISON WITH STUDENTS WITHOUT DISABILITIES AND BOTH READING AND MATH AND MATH AND READING.AND SO THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION IS ALWAYS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CLOSE THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN OUR GENERAL EDUCATION COUNTERPARTS.
AND IT GOES BACK TO SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION, REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT THAT STUDENT NEEDS IN ORDER TO TO CLOSE THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
FIGURE TEN WILL SHOW YOU A COMPARISON OF THE NES AND NASA.
I ALSO WANT YOU TO BRING ATTENTION.
TO THE NUMBER, BECAUSE THERE ARE LESS STUDENTS IN WITH DISABILITIES IN THE NES AND NASA SCHOOLS.
AND SO AS YOU LOOK AT THAT DATA, THAT'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO.
BUT AGAIN, THAT STRONG FOCUS ON SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HERE IN HOUSTON ISD? AND AGAIN, OUR OVERALL DISTRICT FOCUS ON PROVIDING SUPPORT IN COLLABORATION ACROSS OUR, OUR DIVISIONS AS WELL AS ACADEMICS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OUR STUDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN THAT'S JUST A GLOSSARY OF TERMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON 4.3 PROGRESS MEASURE 4.3.
DISCUSSION. MISS LINDNER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE INFORMATION.
I HEARD YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, THE TRAINING HAS BEEN A KEY I GUESS FACTOR OR ACTION TAKEN THERE.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT COMPLIANCE LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE TRAINING IS ACTUALLY RESULTING IN THE SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, OUT SO TWOFOLD. THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE FOLDER REVIEW SUMMARY TO LOOK AT IEPS, BECAUSE SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE OUTLINED IN THE STUDENT'S IEP.
AND THEIR IEP SHOULD BE BASED ON THE DATA FOR THAT STUDENT AND THAT STUDENT'S SPECIFIC NEEDS.
SO THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE LOOKED AT WHEN WE DID THE FOLDER REVIEWS.
AGAIN, THAT REALLY INFORMED OUR TRAINING.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE SEEING AND IS THAT.
THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT IS TIER ONE INSTRUCTION AND MAYBE ACCOMMODATING FOR ALL STUDENTS, BECAUSE ALL STUDENTS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED FOR VERSUS SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION.
AND SO TRAINING NOT ONLY OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, BUT OUR GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ON THAT AND HOW TO REALLY WRITE SOLID IEP PLANS.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN A CLASSROOM.
BECAUSE IT LOOKS SPECIALLY DESIGNED.
SO THAT'S REALLY OUR FOCUS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND REALLY FOCUS INSTRUCTIONALLY ON WHAT STUDENTS NEED AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT IEP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CONCERNS? MR. RIVON. YES, SIR.
REALLY? YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN PULLING ON MY HEARTSTRINGS FOR A WHILE, BUT I'M.
WONDERING WHETHER AND WHAT ANALYSIS HAVE BEEN DONE ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR STUDENTS.
SO. I'M THINKING ABOUT, LIKE, HAVE WE LOOKED AT LIKE WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING HOME INSTRUCTION, LIKE GEOSPATIALLY WEARING THE DISTRICT, THE GAF 60 LIKE ARE THE GOALS BEING SET IN A SMART FASHION?
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AND LIKE I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE STUDENTS WITH SPECIALLY DESIGNED IEP HAVE THIS SORT OF PERFORMANCE GAP, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING SOME SORT OF ADDITIONAL EQUALITY, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT ALREADY SO MANY EYES ON THEIR WORK.SO I'LL KIND OF JUST TALK ABOUT A STUDENT WHO WAS SERVED UNDER SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, WHO REQUIRE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, IS IDENTIFIED THROUGH A TWO PRONG APPROACH.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL NEED.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EDUCATIONAL NEED AND GOING BACK TO MY FIRST REFERENCE OF THE DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS MEETS GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY.
AND THAT IS WHY THEY NEED THE SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION TO CLOSE THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
NOW, PEOPLE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW WE HAVE WORK TO DO AROUND THAT SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION TO GET THAT GAP TO CLOSE.
THERE'S 6000 STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT WHITE IN ASIAN.
SO, SO 90% OF THE STUDENTS CAN'T POSSIBLY HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF DISABILITY THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM LEARNING TO WHEREBY THEY'RE ACHIEVING IT AT 10% AND BELOW, AND THESE OTHERS ARE ACHIEVING AT 40 TO 45%.
YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING? LIKE, I, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME CONNECTING WITH SUCH A GREAT DISPARITY.
AND AND I YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS NOW, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT YOU TO.
BEGIN TO NOODLE ON THAT MORE I THINK BECAUSE IT'S IT'S.
THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT THAT IS IS GREATER THAN JUST THE STUDENTS, I GUESS, IS WHERE I'M GOING.
I ALSO THINK NEXT WEEK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT WEEK, IT WON'T BE NEXT WEEK.
IT'LL BE NEXT MONTH, RIGHT? WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR GROWTH PROGRESS MEASURE ON TO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROGRESS MEASURE THAT TALKS ABOUT GROWTH, THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE MOST PROGRESS WITH OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, KNOWING THAT THERE'S THAT EDUCATIONAL NEED THAT QUALIFIES THEM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.
THEN WE'RE CAN WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T MEET IT BECAUSE DISABILITIES VARY.
RIGHT. AND STUDENT NEEDS VARY.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO AIM FOR MEETS GRADE LEVEL CRITERIA.
AND OUR JOB AS EDUCATORS IS REALLY TO DESIGN THAT IEP TO ADDRESS THE EDUCATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THE CURRICULUM TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.
SOME STUDENTS MAY NOT MEET PROFICIENCY BASED ON THOSE FACTORS BASED ON THAT STUDENT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND I THINK, LIKE I SAID, NEXT MONTH, WHEN YOU SEE THE GROWTH MEASURES MAYBE THAT'LL THAT'LL HELP SOME. OKAY, I THINK IT WILL.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE ALSO JUST REALLY NEED TO BE THINKING LIKE.
INTENTIONALLY FOCUSED ON, LIKE HOW WE IMPROVE THE OUTCOMES FOR THE 90%.
AND I AND I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL.
BUT WHAT WE'RE MISSING HERE IS, IS ACHIEVEMENT IN 90% OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WHERE THEY'RE SO FAR BELOW WHERE THE 10% ARE.
SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BOARD MONITORING UPDATE FOR PRESENTATION OF GOAL THREE, PROGRESS MEASURE 3.1 AND GOAL FOUR.
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PROGRESS MEASURE 4.3.I THINK YOU HAVE TO HIT MY COMPUTER IN ORDER TO MAKE A MOTION OR TO VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS LINDNER AND A SECOND BY MISS FLOWERS.
ADAM, ARE YOU A YES ON ACCEPTING THE REPORT UPSTATE.
YOU ABSTAIN FROM ACCEPTING THE REPORT, OKAY? OKAY. WE HAVE EIGHT IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE REPORT.
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AGAIN, SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE EACH PER BOARD POLICY.I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RESPECT OUR PROCEDURES AND THE OTHER SPEAKERS, AND END YOUR COMMENTS PROMPTLY.
WE HAVE SEATS IN THE FRONT ROW HERE RESERVED FOR THE FIRST AND THEN CONSECUTIVE GROUPS OF SPEAKERS.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING FORWARD, WE'LL START WITH SPEAKER ONE AND WE WILL GO.
BOARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I'M A BANKER HELPING BUSINESS OWNERS RAISE MONEY TO GROW THEIR COMPANIES.
MY HUSBAND WORKS IN ENERGY AND WE HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS IN HISD.
NO BUSINESS OWNER WITH HUNDREDS OF SUCCESSFUL STORES WOULD CHANGE EVERY STORE TO ADDRESS UNIQUE PROBLEMS. AT A FEW IN LESS THAN A YEAR UNDER CHAOTIC LEADERSHIP, THE DISTRICT HAS BECOME A TOXIC PLACE TO WORK.
SO I'M HERE NOT HOPEFUL FOR THE UPSIDE OF A TAKEOVER, BUT IN FEAR OF THE DOWNSIDE.
YOU ALL HAVE IMPRESSIVE BIOS LEADERS WITH STRONG TIES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I ASK, WHAT WILL YOUR LEGACY BE? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEREK STINSON.
YES, SIR. MY NAME IS DEREK STINSON.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
AND WE'VE DONE SO BY BEING INNOVATIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO CHARACTER EDUCATION.
BUT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY, ABOUT KINDNESS, ABOUT RESPECT, RESPECT.
AND WE DO THAT THROUGH THE THROUGH THE INSTRUCTOR THAT'S IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY.
AND I'M SURE I KNOW WE'RE NOT EVEN ON DISCUSSION AS FAR AS KICK START KIDS.
WE ARE SERVING RIGHT NOW ON SENIORS, BUT WE WANT TO BE IN THE NES.
AND I'M, I'M GOING TO BE EVERY TIME I SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS CHRISTIE BREWSTER.
YES, MA'AM. BOARD OF MANAGERS NOW, FROM NOW ON KNOWN AS THE NINE TO NOTHING CREW.
DO YOU HATE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL SO BAD THAT YOU WILL VOTE YES FOR 99.9% OF ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT THIS LITTLE MAN BRINGS TO YOU? OR ARE YOU JUST CONTRIBUTING TO THE SETUP FOR THE MESS UP OF HISD? YES. YOU'RE VOTING YES TO, YOU KNOW, CLOSING THE LIBRARIES.
THE WIDE OPEN NOSE OPENING BUDGET AND FUN ACCESS THAT YOU GIVE THIS UNCERTIFIED WANNABE LEADER.
YOU MOVED IT TO THE BOONDOCKS WHERE THEY CAN'T EVEN GET TO IT.
AND IT'S CALLED THE SUNRISE CENTER.
NOW, DO YOU REALLY HATE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL THAT BAD, OR DO YOU JUST HATE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN OR SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN CERTAIN ZIP CODES WHO DON'T SPEAK LIKE YOU? THANK YOU MA'AM.
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THANK YOU MA'AM.OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIANA BOERSEN.
I AM A MOM OF TWO HSC STUDENTS AND A MEMBER OF OUR PTO BOARD AND SDMC.
I'M HERE TO TALK TONIGHT TO HIGHLIGHT THE REALITY OF OUR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS.
THEY DO NOT FIT INTO THE COOKIE CUTTER ANY SYSTEM BEING FORCED ON THEM.
WE NEED TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND PROVIDE SUPPORT THAT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF TEACHERS WHO FEAR RETALIATION.
THIS FEAR IS BRED AND DISSEMINATED DIRECTLY FROM THE TOP.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THIS IS YOUR INTENT OR SIMPLY A BYPRODUCT OF POOR LEADERSHIP.
EITHER WAY, OUR CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS DESERVE BETTER.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT MOORSOM.
MY NAME IS ROBERT VAN BORSSOM AND I'M THE FATHER OF TWO HISD STUDENTS.
HOWEVER, I'LL BE USING MY TIME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CONCERNED FACULTY MEMBER WHO FEARS RETALIATION.
HOUSTON IS WORLD RENOWNED AS THE CITY FOR SPACE EXPLORATION EDUCATION.
HISD FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND COORDINATION FOR THE ECLIPSE EVENT.
AS STEWARDS OF EDUCATION, IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ADDRESS THESE DISPARITIES.
THANK YOU SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN COLE.
THIS COAL. MY NAME IS KATHERINE DENNIS.
I'M SPEAKING FOR A SPED TEACHER AT A NON ANY SCHOOL IN FEAR OF RETALIATION.
ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE TIA TAKEOVER OF HISD WAS SPECIAL EDUCATION.
HOWEVER, SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOMS IN HISD ARE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY NEED BECAUSE MR. MEYERS DECIDED TO CUT SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS SO HE COULD BRING MORE OF HIS FRIENDS FROM COLORADO INTO HISD TO MAKE SIX FIGURE SALARIES.
AND SO HE CAN GET KICKBACKS FROM OUR GOVERNOR AND HIS FRIENDS.
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, SPED STAFF HAS IS SO BUSY TRYING TO PREVENT THE STUDENTS ART FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS FROM GETTING HURT FROM STUDENTS THAT ARE RANDOMLY PLACED THERE BECAUSE THEIR BEHAVIOR DOES NOT FIT INTO THE CULT OF NES, STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING THE APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATIONS AND EDUCATION DOCUMENTED IN THEIR PAPERWORK.
MR. MOUSE, STOP MAKING HISD YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT.
MA'AM. MA'AM, MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS UP.
JOHN COLE, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN COLE.
YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD, CHRISTINE ANDERSON.
THIS IS A TYPE OF LISTING YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE ZONED TO EMBATTLED SCHOOLS WITHOUT LIBRARIES, STAFFED WITH UNCERTIFIED, INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND UNCERTIFIED SUPERINTENDENT. WE KNOW BECAUSE OF THE BAD FAITH MANAGEMENT OF OUR SCHOOLS BY MILES AND THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, TEACHER TURNOVER IS TWICE WHAT IT WAS THE PRIOR YEAR.
EXCELLENT, QUALIFIED AND CERTIFIED TEACHERS ARE FLEEING TO THE SUBURBS.
PARENTS ARE MAKING HARD DECISIONS TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF HISD SCHOOLS.
WE THEREFORE HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
FLIGHT TO THE SUBURBS WILL FOLLOW OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET WILL DECLINE AS WELL.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, PROPERTY VALUES WILL DECLINE.
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EDUCATIONAL LEADERS BUILD DYNAMIC SYSTEMS THAT EMPOWER.ATROPHY IS ANATHEMA TO THEIR MINDSET.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THIS IS NOT ABOUT EDUCATION.
IF IT WERE, YOU WOULD NOT DECIMATE LIBRARIES AND MANDATE ROTE SCRIPTED LESSONS.
LET'S COMPARE IT WITH KINCAID, AN ELITE PRIVATE SCHOOL WHERE ONE OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS TEACHES.
HER CURRENT EMPLOYER FAILED TO MAKE THIS ON HER HISD BIO.
KINCAID HAS SOME REALLY NICE LIBRARIES.
THIS WEEK'S CHRONICLE ARTICLE ON KINCAID'S EXPANSION READS.
MA'AM. MA'AM, THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING, MA'AM.
I'M SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO GIVE YOU A SECOND WARNING.
MA'AM, IF I HAVE TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER WARNING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YAEL COSTEA.
MISS COSTEA. WE NEED MIC, MISS.
WITH FEDERAL PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS COMING TO AN END.
BUDGET CUTS, THROUGHOUT THIS PERFECT STORM.
I URGE HISD TO KEEP EQUITY EQUITY AT THE TOP OF MIND.
CAREFUL CONSIDERATION MUST BE MADE BECAUSE BUDGET CUTS CAN HAVE LONG LASTING EFFECTS ON STUDENTS AND WIDEN ACHIEVEMENT GAPS FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS OF COLOR BY IMPACTING SPECIALIZED PROGRAMING, CLASSROOM SIZES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND SCHOOL SAFETY.
IN THE PAST, ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE PUBLICLY CALLED OUT THEIR STRUGGLES TO DIRECT NEEDED FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO THEIR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, MOST STRUGGLING TO SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY. THEREFORE, WE SUPPORT THIS BOARD DIRECTING MORE FUNDS TO STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES THAT NEED THE MOST SUPPORT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YAEL GARCIA.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
WHAT DID YOU. WHY DID HE LEAVE? WHY DID HE LEAVE? HE HAS TO HEAR THIS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE IN A BOARD MEETING.
WE ARE AT 10:28 P.M., AND WE HAVE A PERSON HERE WHO'S READY TO SPEAK.
LET'S BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL FOR OUR FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE ROOM WHO ARE READY.
HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE HERE. GO AHEAD.
WE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BEGIN WITH.
LOOK, SIR, YOUR TIME HAS BEGUN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. NO IT HASN'T.
I NEED NO INTRODUCTION, FOR I AM NOT SPECIAL.
DISAPPOINTED THAT WE AS A PEOPLE HAVE LET THIS INFECTION TAKE OVER HISD.
HAVE WE FORGOTTEN WHO WE ARE? ARE WE NOT HERE? HARRIS COUNTY? ARE WE NOT? HOUSTON? HOUSTON? YEAH, YEAH.
WE MAY NOT BE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, BUT ALLOW ME TO EDUCATE THESE PUPPETS.
EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO THEIR COUNTIES.
AND DON'T THINK HISD IS ANY DIFFERENT.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MESS WITH HOUSTON? WE WIELDED OUR DEMOCRATIC POWER.
THIS COUNTY POSSESSES THE EDUCATION CODE.
AND WITH IT, WE TOOK THE DISTRICT BACK FROM THE STATE.
NOW I WIELD THAT SAME COUNTY CODE.
CHAPTER 13 THE CREATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THIS INFECTION CANNOT BE CURED.
BUT WE WILL BURN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE GROUND AND FROM ITS ASHES BUILD NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THIS CHAPTER WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM SCHOOLS AND OUR SCHOOL.
CAN YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I BELIEVE, IS KATHERINE DANISE.
THANK YOU. MISS DUGGAN IS NUMBER 12.
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GLAD YOU'RE BACK. I'M JESSE DUGGAN, AND I AM MOM.I'M A MOM TO TWIN FOUR YEAR OLDS.
BUT NO, THAT RIGHT HAS BEEN STRIPPED AWAY FROM ME AND ALL OF US.
STARTING WITH THE UNCERTIFIED SUPERINTENDENT, MIKE MILES.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT HISD VICE PRESIDENT RIC CAMPO, THE OLIGARCH.
I'M GETTING PRETTY TIRED OF YOU MULTI-MILLIONAIRES TELLING ME THERE'S NO MONEY FOR LIBRARIES AND OTHER SERVICES FOR OUR KIDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR COMPANY, CAMDEN APARTMENTS, IS MAKING BILLIONS.
HELLO, BUILDING CHEAP MID-RISES AND KEEPING MY GENERATION RENTING FOREVER.
YOU STILL CAN'T FIRE THIS GRIFTER.
AND WHEN PARENTS CONFRONT YOU ABOUT YOUR INTENTIONS.
MY NAME IS KYLE DUGAN, AND I'M A FATHER OF TWIN FOUR YEAR OLDS IN THIS DISTRICT.
NONE OF US HERE HAD ANY SAY IN THAT BETRAYAL OF OUR CHILDREN.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. MILES BANK ACCOUNT.
YOUR SIGNATURE IS ON THAT DOCUMENT, MA'AM.
WITH EVERY HORROR STORY THAT EMERGES FROM HERE, IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY UNACCEPTABLE THAT THIS BOARD IS COMPLICIT IN MR. MILES CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT WITH THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS WHILE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGH HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHEN HE'S DONE TEARING DOWN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE IN THIS COUNTY, HE WILL INVARIABLY RESIGN AS SUPERINTENDENT, RETURN TO THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS, AND THEN BE FREE TO REAP THE ILL GOTTEN CHARTER SCHOOL GAINS OF THE SYSTEMIC DISMANTLING OF OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIN PIPER.
WHILE I TEACH ALL SUBJECTS IN SPANISH, MY STUDENTS ARE ALSO EVALUATED IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS USING DIBELS, A PRACTICE THAT FAILS TO ACCOUNT FOR THEIR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, UNIQUE LINGUISTIC NEEDS, AND ADDS ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON BILINGUAL STUDENTS WHO MUST TEST MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THEIR PEERS.
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT SHOW GROWTH WITHIN AN ARBITRARY AMOUNT OF TIME.
TEACHERS ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE, ESPECIALLY IF THEIR CAMPUS IS TRANSITIONING TO NES NEXT YEAR, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PASS PROFICIENCY SCREENERS TO STAY BASED ON THESE UNFAIR METRICS. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE FAIR AND COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION METHODS THAT SUPPORT THEIR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND ACADEMIC GROWTH.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OLIVIA LOW.
OKAY, MISS SHAHEEN, PLEASE COME ON UP AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHO'S NEXT.
I'M DEHEN SHAHEEN, A PARENT AND A TEACHER AND AN WAS AN SDMC MEMBER AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER AT HISD.
I MADE THIS SO THAT YOU KNOW WHICH ENTITY IS TALKING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE PARENT.
MY PARENTS TRY TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.
MR. MEYERS THE PREVIOUS MEETING, AFTER I INTRODUCED MYSELF, I INVITED YOU TO MEET WITH ME TO ELABORATE FURTHER ON WHAT I COULDN'T REALLY AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN FACING, AND I COULDN'T ELABORATE PUBLICLY TO AVOID RETALIATION.
I DID RECEIVE A CERTIFIED MAIL SIGNED BY YOUR NAME, THOUGH I HAD TO CHANGE THE REST OF MY SPEECH AFTER THE BOARD'S RECOGNITION OF THE ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, ALTHOUGH TODAY IS THE 11TH, BUT I THINK WITH THE 3% ARAB POPULATION IN HOUSTON, I THINK AS A MINORITY, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THE BEING RECOGNIZED ON THE 11TH WITH THE FEAR OF RETALIATION THAT EVERYONE IS SPEAKING ABOUT.
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I THINK THIS IS A HOSTILE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.JAVI GARCIA. DID YOU FIGURE OUT YOUR NUMBER? OKAY. DANI.
PLEASE COME ON UP. HELLO, I'M DAVE GARZA, HISD PARENT, PTA MEMBER AND COMMUNITY LEADER.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THE OPPOSITE.
LET'S CONSIDER ANONYMOUS TEACHER WITH TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
CURRENTLY, THE TEACHERS WORK 187 DAYS, EARNING $67,500.
WITH NEWMAN'S PLAN, THEY WOULD MAKE $69,000 NEXT YEAR.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THE NEW CALENDAR, TEACHERS WILL WORK 197 DAYS.
LOOKING AT THIS YEAR'S SALARY TABLE, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, CONSIDERING THE TEN ADDITIONAL WORKING DAYS, A TEACHER WITH TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SHOULD EARN $71,110, BUT HISD IS OFFERING 69,000.
WHERE IS THE PAY INCREASE NOW? THESE ARE MY WORDS.
THANKS TO MY WONDERFUL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, THE MATH IS EASY.
WHY IS HISD INTRODUCING PAY CUTS DURING A CRITICAL MOMENT OF TEACHER RETENTION? BOARD. BOARD OF MANAGERS, PLEASE HOLD SUPERINTENDENT MILLS ACCOUNTABLE TO PAY INCREASE FOR TEACHERS.
THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MISS.
CHRISTY PETERS, MISS CARUTHERS.
YES, MA'AM. HI, I'M CHRISTY PETERS, I'M A SECOND GENERATION HISD GRADUATE AND WILL BE THE PARENT OF TWO HISD GRADUATES.
INSTEAD YOU ROLLED OUT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH.
AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS EVERY SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT AND EVERY SCHOOL NEEDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
OUR EDUCATION, OUR EDUCATORS AREN'T BEING TRUSTED TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR WHAT'S BEST IN THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS OR ON THEIR OWN CAMPUSES, AND IF THEY DEVIATE FROM THE PRESCRIBED MANDATES, THEIR JOBS ARE ON THE LINE.
IT'S CREATED A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT OF FEAR AND MISTRUST, AND IT'S SUFFOCATING OUR BEST EDUCATORS.
AND FROM WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT, DRIVING THEM AWAY, THERE IS NOT A ONE FIT.
THERE'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION HERE.
NOT FOR SCHOOLS, NOT FOR CLASSES, NOT FOR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS.
SO WHY AREN'T WE TRUSTING THEM? THEY'VE BEEN TO SCHOOL.
THEY KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR ROOMS AND THEY KNOW HOW TO THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGHNA GOSWAMI.
MY NAME IS MEGHNA GOSWAMI AND I AM A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN AT TWO EXCELLENT HISD SCHOOLS, T.H.
ROGERS AND CARNEGIE VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS AT THE MARCH BOARD MEETING, AND ENSURING THAT THE FLAWED PRINCIPAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM WILL NOT BE USED FOR EVALUATING PRINCIPALS THIS YEAR.
I IMPLORE YOU TO MAKE SURE THE TOOL IS SCRUTINIZED FOR VALIDITY BEFORE BEING IMPLEMENTED NEXT YEAR.
TODAY, I WANT TO SHARE MY CONCERN ABOUT THE TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM, A SYSTEM THAT IS RIGID AND PRESCRIPTIVE AND IS NOT NUANCED ENOUGH TO EVALUATE TEACHING OF ADVANCED CLASSES, SUCH AS THOSE TAUGHT AT SCHOOLS MY KIDS GO TO.
THE MATRIX ALSO DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO EVALUATE INSTRUCTION OF THE ARTS OR THEATER, AMONG OTHERS.
ALL OF US WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS WITHIN HISD SUCCEED.
YES, SIR. HELLO, I'M ROARKE LYNCH.
I'M THE FATHER OF A FIVE YEAR OLD WHO IS ENTERING HISD SCHOOLS THIS FALL.
YOU, MR. MILES, THE BOARD THAT ENABLES YOU AND THOSE THAT HOISTED YOU UPON US CONCERN ME.
YOUR LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY CONCERNS ME.
YOU AND THE BOARD THAT SITS WITH YOU DO NOT WELL REPRESENT THE WILL OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I SEE FEW SIGNS THAT YOU REPRESENT THE ASPIRATIONS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WHILE OUR FACILITIES DECLINE, YOU DRIVE AWAY THE EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS THAT MAKE OUR GREAT SCHOOLS GREAT, REPEAL OR REPEL FUTURE EDUCATORS NEEDED TO REBUILD AND DAMAGE OUR SHARED FUTURE.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THERESA CARR.
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AND THEN IF THE FOLKS WHO ARE 23 TO 33 OR SO CAN MOVE UP, MOVE FORWARD, THAT'D BE GREAT.HI, I'M THERESA OR REESE CARR.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER.
TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT OF FEAR OF RETALIATION.
MY STUDENTS ARE SCARED OF THEIR ADMINISTRATORS.
I AM SCARED OF MY ADMINISTRATORS.
THEY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR WELL-BEING.
THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF PERFORMANCE.
I CAN TELL MY ADMINISTRATORS ARE SCARED OF YOU.
THEY ARE SCARED TO LEARN HERE MORE SCARED THEIR TEACHERS WILL BE REMOVED AND THEY WILL HAVE SUBSTITUTES FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AND THEIR FUTURES WILL BE STOLEN AND THEY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
AREN'T YOU GUYS TIRED? LIKE, NOT BECAUSE IT'S 1030 AT NIGHT, BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE HEARING STORY AFTER STORY OF PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY TELLING YOU THIS IS HORRIBLE AND IT'S NOT WORKING.
AND YOU GUYS MIGHT OCCASIONALLY SAY NO, BUT IT'S NOT OFTEN ENOUGH THAT THESE ARE ACTUALLY ENDING.
WHEN DO Y'ALL MAKE THESE END? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOAN NEWHOUSE.
OH, THERE IS NO 22 ON MY LIST.
AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A CONCERNED AND INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED PARENT.
THE RECENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF A CATASTROPHE, AND THE REPERCUSSIONS ARE ALREADY PROVING TO BE IRREVERSIBLE.
TEACHERS ARE BEING JUDGED BY METRICS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY VETTED OR PROVEN TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS ACROSS AP, IB, OR ANY OTHER COMMON TYPES OF CLASSROOM FORMATS.
AS A RESULT, WE ARE WITNESSING A MASS SUPPRESSION OF EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS WHO FEEL DEMORALIZED, UNDERVALUED, AND UNFAIRLY TARGETED.
HOW CAN WE EXPECT OUR STUDENTS TO THRIVE WHEN THEIR TEACHERS ARE CONSTANTLY LIVING IN FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? EVERY TEACHER KNOWS.
THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MA'AM.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS REGULARLY TELL US THE PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER REDUCES BULLYING AND DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS, IMPROVES ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ATTITUDE, MENTAL HEALTH, ATTENDANCE, AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS.
KICKSTART KIDS BELIEVES WE CAN HELP HISD ACHIEVE MANY OF ITS GOALS.
WE CURRENTLY OFFER OUR PROGRAM ON TEN MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, AND WE WOULD ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND TO ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES, INCLUDING THE NES SCHOOLS, WHICH WE ARE NOT CLEARLY ABLE TO SERVE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PURCHASING GUIDELINES ARE SET.
WE DON'T THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE FIT.
THE STUDENTS THRIVE IN OUR PROGRAM.
THANK YOU MA'AM. I THINK THAT WE HEARD FROM THESE TWO THEIR STUDENTS, ALEJANDRA AND ENRIQUE URIBE, EARLIER TONIGHT.
UNLESS THEY'RE ADULTS WHO ARE HERE RIGHT NOW.
LAUREN SIMMONS, I THINK NUMBER 26.
YES, MA'AM. WHAT'S UP, BEST FRIEND? IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
LAST TIME WE TALKED, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF BROKE THE INTERNET A LITTLE BIT.
ME AND MISS HENSLEY OVER THERE, BUT ACTUALLY, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF.
JEANETTE. AND I'M GONNA NEED YOUR ATTENTION.
THANKS, PAULA, FOR PAYING ATTENTION.
HERE, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER.
COME ON. SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER WHO'S A FEAR OF RETALIATION, I DIDN'T NEED A PREDICTION RING TO TELL ME WHAT? I ALREADY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS DISTRICT.
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I WOULD NORMALLY HAVE AT MOST EIGHT STUDENTS.TODAY I HAVE 16. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD AS MANY AS 22 STUDENTS WITH AUTISM.
AND IT'S WRONG. THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU MA'AM, MA'AM.
THANK YOU, CHERYL HENSLEY CHERYL.
CHERYL HENSLEY, NUMBER 28 CHERYL HENSLEY.
IN ORDER FOR OUR DISTRICT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE STANDARDS, I QUOTE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST ENSURE A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED LIBRARIAN TRAINED ON PROPER COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION AND ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS.
NO OTHER PERSON ON CAMPUS IS MORE QUALIFIED THAN THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN.
BY DISMANTLING LIBRARY SERVICE DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE LOSING FIVE QUALIFIED LIBRARIANS TO DO THIS JOB AND HIRING TWO POSITIONS WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A LIBRARY CERTIFICATION.
THE TASK OF COMPLIANCE IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR OVER 200 SCHOOLS.
DALLAS CURRENTLY IS IN POSTING 100 POSITIONS FOR LIBRARIANS DALLAS ISD.
DALLAS HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO EVERY SCHOOL.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THOMAS GROSCURTH.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IF TAZ TAKEOVER WAS TO ENSURE HISD FOLLOWED TEXAS STANDARDS, WHY IS MR. MILES REQUESTED AN EXEMPTION TO IMPLEMENT HIS OWN EVALUATION SYSTEM? THE METHOD TO DRIVE SUCCESS IN SCHOOLS IS NOT TO PURCHASE A PLETHORA OF PACKETS FROM THAT WILL LINE THE POCKETS OF CONSULTANTS AT THE COST OF READING SPECIALISTS AND LIBRARIANS JOBS, BUT RATHER IT'S TO INVEST IN TEACHERS, INTERVENTIONISTS AND MAKING SCHOOLS STABLE, SUCH AS UNIVERSAL KINDERGARTEN, NOT HOUNDING TEACHERS WITH EVALUATIONS THAT FORCE THEM ONTO A BELL CURVE OF CHECKED BOXES AND DISPLAYS.
MR. MILES SAYS WE SHOULD LOOK TO TECHNOLOGY AS THE CURE FOR SCHOOL ISSUES.
THE CRUEL IRONY IS HE'S ADOPTED A EVALUATION SYSTEM THAT MICROSOFT USED IN THE 90S, THAT IT WAS THE CHIEF CULPRIT OF THAT COMPANY'S STAGNATION, AND IS WIDELY KNOWN IN THE TECH INDUSTRY AS A FAILURE.
THE BOND WILL FAIL WITHOUT CHANGES.
SPEAKER 29, MR. GROSCURTH. YES, SIR.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER WHO CANNOT SPEAK TONIGHT FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION.
IT IS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO RESIGN BECAUSE AS A PERSON WITH AUTISM, I FIND THE TREATMENT OF STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES UNDER THE NEW HISD ADMINISTRATION TO BE HEARTBREAKING.
UNDIAGNOSED OR UNDERTREATED, AUTISM AND CHILDREN CAN RESULT IN DISORDERS SUCH AS COMPLEX PTSD, DEPRESSION, CHRONIC ANXIETY, SUICIDE IDEATION. THE LIST GOES ON.
I NO LONGER TRUST THE DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS OR EMPLOYEES LIKE ME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY BEASLEY.
MISS BEAZLEY. NUMBER 30, MICHELLE COLBERT.
THIS CULVERT. JENNIFER HIGGINS, 32.
AND IF THE NEXT TEN FOLKS OR SO DON'T MIND COMING FORWARD, THAT'D BE GREAT.
HI. YES, JENNIFER HIGGINS TO YOU.
I'M A NEW FACE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M A PARENT OF A CHILD WITH THREE CHILDREN.
WELL, RECOGNIZING THE INITIAL NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT IN OUR DISTRICT, IT IS NOW APPARENT THAT MR. MILES'S WAYS ARE NOT THE RIGHT WAY.
OUR TOP PERFORMING TEACHERS ARE AT A BREAKING POINT.
THEY ARE HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE BEING TREATED LIKE CHILDREN.
THEY ARE EXHAUSTED AND FEELING UNDERVALUED.
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THEY ARE RESTRICTED TO THEIR METHODS OF TEACHING AND GIVING CURRICULUM THAT DOESN'T SUIT THEIR STUDENTS NEEDS.THEIR EVALUATIONS ARE BASED ON COMPLIANCE AND NOT ON THEIR TRUE EXPERTISE.
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CAREER PAGE.
ANNA LUZURIAGA I'M A PARENT TO A SPAD AND A GT STUDENT.
AND FOR THE TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS THAT ARE UNABLE TO VOICE ABOUT THIS NEW HISD CLIMATE OF FEAR, DISRESPECT, AND ONE SIZE FITS ALL THAT MIKE MILES HAS CREATED.
I KNOW SO MANY FAMILIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BAILED THIS SINKING SHIP, JUST THIS WEEK AT A VETERAN SPD CHAIR TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE INTERVIEWING OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT DUE TO THIS HISD HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, NOT ALLOWING HER TO FOCUS ON THE STUDENTS NEEDS.
MY SON THIS YEAR WAS GIVEN THE MAP.
HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO USE ANY OF HIS LEGAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THIS TESTING.
HOW CAN THESE CHANGES POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS? I AM IMPLORING THIS BOARD TO QUESTION MIKE MILES AND HIS METHODS OF ASSESSMENT TO REJECT THESE INCREASES.
THANK YOU MA'AM, AND I WILL VOTE NO.
THANK YOU MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALARA RAHMAN.
MISS RAHMAN. SHE HERE? NO. CHRISTINA WILKERSON.
I'M A PARENT OF A CHILD AT A HIGH PERFORMING MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL OF GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.
OUR TEACHERS OF HONORS, PRE-AP AND AP CLASSES ARE BEING PENALIZED USING THE INHERENTLY PROBLEMATIC TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM THAT YOU CREATED THAT EVEN YOUR TIA CALLED ODD.
IF INSTEAD OF USING MRS DOLLS AND TIMERS, TEACHERS USE BEST PRACTICES REQUIRED FOR TEACHING ADVANCED AND COLLEGE LEVEL CLASSES WITH LECTURING, DISCUSSIONS, AND SUSTAINED READING AND WRITING, THEY'RE FAILING YOUR EVALUATIONS.
OUR STUDENTS ROUTINELY ACHIEVE MASTER'S LEVEL ON STAAR ASSESSMENTS AND SCORE FOURS AND FIVES ON COLLEGE BOARD AP TESTS, WHICH ARE TESTAMENTS TO THE HIGH QUALITY BEST PRACTICES TEACHING THAT OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE.
IT'S PAST TIME TO STOP PENALIZING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS AND HARMING STUDENTS.
YOU MUST ADOPT A VALID THIRD PARTY REVIEW.
I AM A KISS OUR KIDS INSTRUCTOR.
I'M ACTUALLY THE INSTRUCTOR OF THE KIDDOS THAT WERE UP HERE EARLIER.
SPEAKING. I STARTED THE PROGRAM IN 2003.
20 PLUS YEARS LATER, I GET TO INSTILL THESE PRINCIPLES AND PHILOSOPHIES INTO THESE KIDDOS.
KICK START KIDS. WE SAVE LIVES.
WE TRY TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I'M THERE 12 HOURS A DAY, SOMETIMES SIX DAYS A WEEK.
AND WITH THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT, I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR US.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS SAMUEL SALAZAR.
SAMUEL SALAZAR, I THINK SHAYAN AFGHANI WAS ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS EARLIER.
CASSANDRA HAMILTON, IS MISS HAMILTON HERE? YES, MA'AM. I'M GONNA GO THERE.
AND THEN IF THE FOLKS WHO ARE NUMBER 45 THROUGH 60 COULD COME UP TOWARDS THE FRONT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
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SCHOOL. MY GRANDSON, I WAS APPROACHED BY THE TEACHER THAT THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND HER DECIDED TO TAKE NOTES ABOUT MY GRANDSON.I IMMEDIATELY PLACED HIM IN KUMON AND AT TEXAS SOUTHERN AT FOUR YEARS OLD FOR TUTORING.
THE TEACHER DOES NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ME ANYMORE.
I WAS TOLD MR. MARLES WOULD NOT MEET WITH ME.
I HAVE EMAILS FOR BACK UP ON HOW THEY ARE PLACING CHILDREN THERE IN SPECIAL ED.
THEY TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN RECEIVE.
I REFUSE TO RECEIVE ANY MONETARY FROM MY GRANDSON BECAUSE I HAVE A SON BACK THERE WHO WAS PLACED IN SPECIAL ED, GRADUATED NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND IS AT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND WILL BE LEAVING FOR THE RESERVE.
SO I KNOW WHAT PRAYER CAN DO, I NEED HELP, I NEED TO MEET WITH YOU ALL TO PLEASE READ MY EMAILS.
THESE BUILDINGS ARE NOT TEMPORARY AT ALL BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE 30 TO 35 YEARS OLD.
THE CONDITION OF THESE TWO BUILDINGS ARE IN REALLY BAD CONDITION.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT I'VE SUBMITTED, THEY ARE HOLES ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
THE WOODS ARE WARPED AND POTENTIALLY ROTTEN.
POOLS OF WATER SURROUNDING THE T BUILDINGS.
VISIBLE WATER DAMAGE, POTENTIAL WATER STAIN ON INSIDE CEILINGS WITH THE HOUSTON HUMIDITY.
I CAN ONLY GUESS THERE COULD BE HIDDEN MOLD GROWTH IN SOME OF THESE TWO BUILDINGS.
ONLY STARTED THIS YEAR WHEN SHE WALKED INTO SOME OF THESE T BUILDINGS.
THANK YOU MA'AM. GUYS TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK.
OUR OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GEORGE GEORGE STANSELL.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT UNDER THE NEW MANDATE AP AND AP TEACHERS ACROSS HOUSTON ISD NEED TO TEACH USING THE CYCLE LESSON AND ARE EVALUATED WITH A SPOT FORM THAT REALLY DON'T ALLOW FOR PRACTICES SUCH AS EXTENDED WRITING AND EXTENDED DISCUSSIONS, WHICH IN THE COLLEGE BOARD CURRICULA ARE DEEMED AS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS.
IF TEACHERS ARE PENALIZED FOR IMPLEMENTING THESE STRATEGIES, PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND IS IT THAT ALL OF THE SUDDEN YOU HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE COLLEGE BOARD CURRICULA ARE POORLY DESIGNED? IS IT THAT ACTUALLY THE NEW TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM IS NOT VALID, THAT DOESN'T HAVE CONTENT VALIDITY? IT REALLY DOESN'T EVALUATE WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO EVALUATE? OR IS IT THAT YOU ARE INTENTIONALLY DISCOURAGING PRACTICES THAT WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO BECOME BETTER CRITICAL THINKERS? PLEASE, PLEASE STOP FAILING OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, JENNIFER PERRY.
YES. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.
BOARD. MY NAME IS JENNIFER PERRY.
I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN IN HISD AND THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND THEY'RE ALL TITLE ONE.
I CAME OUT TONIGHT TO THANK THE BOARD OF MANAGERS THAT CAME TO OUR COMMUNITY EVENT THIS WEEKEND.
IT REALLY MEANT A LOT FOR US TO, FOR YOU TO BE THERE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY.
ONE OF OUR TENANTS IS GRACE AND COURTESY THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS BUILT ON.
I HOPE YOU SAW THAT IN OUR KIDS AND IN OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS.
PLAN. IT TREATS THEM LIKE THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONALS.
WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE THAT IN OUR OWN AND OUR OWN PROFESSIONS.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE STEPPED BACK AND THAT Y'ALL ASKED SOME HARD QUESTIONS OF SUPERINTENDENT MILES.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY TIME WE NEED FOR Y'ALL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BECKY SEABROOK.
MY NAME IS BECKY SEABROOK, AND TONIGHT I'M HERE AS AN OWNER.
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100 DISTRICTS ARE CURRENTLY SUING THE STATE OVER THE LEGALITY OF THE 2023 TEA ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS.HALF OF THE DISTRICT IS SUBJECT TO A CHARTER THAT NONE OF US SIGNED UP FOR, AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS ARE FEELING A LOT OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS BECAUSE THE BUDGET HASN'T YET BEEN RELEASED. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT A QUARTER BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION HAS CREATED A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT, HIGH TURNOVER, AND A BREAKDOWN OF TRUST.
GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THIS RUSH TO EXPAND NES IS HAVING ON OUR EDUCATORS, ON OUR BUDGET, AND THE TRUST, I ASK THAT THE BOARD RECONSIDER THE EXPANSION OF NES BASED ON THESE CONTESTS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, NUMBER 51.
I THINK ELLA TAYLOR WAS EARLIER.
IN HONOR OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, I'M GOING TO READ YOU A STORY.
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A VILLAIN.
THIS VILLAIN WAS FORCED UPON THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THE STORY IS MISSING THE ENDING BECAUSE THE STORY IS NOW IN YOUR HANDS.
WHAT IS YOUR CHOICE TO JOIN THE DARK SIDE AND DENY THESE CHILDREN OUR FUTURE OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL SUPERPOWERS? OR DO YOU WANT TO BE THE HERO THESE CHILDREN DESPERATELY NEED? BOARD OF MANAGERS WHAT IS YOUR LEGACY GOING TO BE THAT OF A HERO OR OF A VILLAIN? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DYLAN MAPLES.
LAST MONTH I GAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS, FIRED MIKE MILES AT YAHOO.COM, OF WHICH SEVERAL RESPONDED.
ONE TEACHER SAID, I'M CONFUSED.
YOU PROVIDE US WITH LESSONS PLANS.
YOU GIVE US MRS STRATEGIES TO USE AND YOU'RE STILL GREAT.
IT'S TURNED OUR SCHOOLS INTO A PLACE OF HOSTILITY.
ANOTHER TEACHER SAID, AND WATCH THIS.
PARENTS, KEEP YOUR KIDS HOME FROM TAKING STAAR TESTING.
DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES.
WE'RE VERY DESPERATE RIGHT NOW.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CAMILLE BREAUX.
HELLO. MY NAME IS CAMILLE, BRO.
I'M THE MOTHER OF CHILDREN AT A SCHOOL THAT WILL BECOME NÉS NEXT YEAR.
MY SON HAS ADHD AND HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTY LEARNING TO READ.
THEY NEED THE FREEDOM TO EXPLORE THE WORLD IN THE WAY THEY WANT.
HOW CAN I TRUST THE LEADERSHIP THAT IS TAKING AWAY THE JOY OF READING FROM CHILDREN WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST? LAURA. HENRY. MISS HENRY HERE? YES, MA'AM. SHE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SEAN LEADER, MARIA CALZADA AND KARINA CALZADA.
THAT'S 93% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
AND I TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT MY MAGNET STUDENT.
THAT'S WHY I TOOK THE JOB, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT.
AS A TEACHER, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW STRESSFUL THOSE URTT WALKS WERE.
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AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG BURDEN TO PLACE ON A TEACHER.THE SPOT FORM DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO GIVE STUDENTS INDIVIDUAL WRITING CONFERENCES AND THEY NEED IT.
I CAN'T GO OVER ANSWERS TO TESTS.
FAST DOLLS ENCOURAGE MY STUDENTS TO SKIM FOR ANSWERS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SEAN.
THE PIPELINE TO PRISON BEGINS WITH INADEQUATE SERVICES, OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS, A LACK OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS, INSUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR COUNSELORS, SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND EVEN TEXTBOOKS. BUT YOU'RE AN INNOVATOR, MIKE.
THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER INSTANCE.
I'VE EVEN HEARD OF SCHOOLS MUTILATING THEIR LIBRARIES INTO DETENTION CENTERS.
AND THAT ACTUALLY COMES FROM YOU AT ONE OF YOUR FOR PROFIT MAKING CHARTER SCHOOLS.
NOW, YOU PROMPTLY REVERSED COURSE THERE.
SO I ASK YOU, WHAT MADE YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THOSE WHITE COLORADANS AND NOT OUR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY? NOW, YOUR FAILURES TO MEET EDUCATIONAL NEEDS BUILDS DISENGAGEMENT AND DROPOUTS.
ARE YOU PROUD THAT YOU DOUBLED THE DROPOUT RATE OF MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IN DALLAS ISD BEFORE BEING RUN OUT OF TOWN? ARE YOU PROUD THAT YOU.
THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP SIR.
THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP, MARIA.
MARIA CALZADA, IS MISS MARIA CALZADA HERE? MARIA CALZADA.
ARE YOU, MARIA CALZADA? OKAY. GOOD EVENING.
I'M THE PTO PRESIDENT AT CARNEGIE VANGUARD AND THE MOTHER OF TWO.
I HAVE THE IRT SYSTEM TO SPEAK ABOUT.
THE IRT MODEL IS BASED ON CONSTANT CHANGE, TIGHTLY PRESCRIBED AND SCRIPTED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, WHICH DOES NOT ACCOMMODATE THE PROLONGED READING, DISCUSSIONS, THINKING, AND PROBLEM SOLVING THAT WE HAVE AT CARNEGIE.
TEACHERS WHO WORK WITH GT STUDENTS ARE UNFAIRLY PENALIZED, AND IT'S DEMORALIZING FOR THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SUDDENLY DOING A BAD JOB OR HAVE TO SUDDENLY CHANGE THEIR METHODS. STUDENTS, AS THIS PANEL HAVE ALREADY HEARD, HAVE ELOQUENTLY EXPRESSED THEIR UNHAPPINESS WITH THE CHANGES.
BUT WORST OF ALL, WE RISK LOSING OUR FACULTY TO OTHER DISTRICTS OR THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THANK YOU MA'AM. I THINK OUR LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS MISS KARINA CASADA.
YES, MA'AM. A TOPIC IS SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TESTING.
HISD IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH HB 165 PASSED IN 2019, WHICH STATES THAT CHILDREN RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CAN RECEIVE ENDORSEMENTS AND OR DISTINGUISHED LEVEL DIPLOMAS WITHOUT HAVING PASSED THEIR EOCS.
IF THE ARD COMMITTEE DETERMINES IT TO BE APPROPRIATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE INTIMIDATION AND FEAR TACTICS THAT THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL REGISTRAR USE ARE OUT OF MALICE, OR IF THEY SLEPT THROUGH THEIR TRAININGS AND ARE IGNORANT OF THIS LAW AND BOARD POLICY I'VE.
BUT THEIR INEPTITUDE IS AFFECTING SPECIAL ED STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THEY FALSELY INSIST THAT EOCS MUST BE PASSED.
MISS SMITH, IF YOU'LL IDENTIFY AND INVITE OUR ZOOM SPEAKERS.
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ELIZABETH SHEPPARD, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON AND YOU MAY BEGIN.MA'AM, PLEASE UNMUTE AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
OH, THERE SHE IS. MISS SHEPHERD, DO YOU NEED TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK? THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH SHEPHERD.
I AM MOM TO TWO MAGNET STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE BOARD SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE IMPENDING MASS LOSS OF QUALITY INSTRUCTORS AND THAT DESPITE WHAT MR. MILES SAYS, WE ARE IN A NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE.
THERE IS NOT AN AVAILABLE POOL OF HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS WAITING EAGERLY TO JOIN IN THIS TOXIC CLIMATE OF FEAR, RETALIATION, MICROMANAGEMENT AND SHIFTING EVALUATION TARGETS. THIS ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT PROTECTING THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE, SO I BEG THE BOARD TO ADDRESS TEACHER RETENTION AS A PRIORITY.
I WILL CLOSE BY ADDING THAT WHERE THERE IS NO TRUST, THERE CAN BE NO BOND.
THANK YOU. MISS LUCAS ROBERTS, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. YOU MAY BEGIN.
SONIA LUCAS ROBERTS, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
YOU MAY BEGIN. MELISSA HUCKABY PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER AT A NON MS. MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO FEARS RETALIATION.
MY CAMPUS OR TEACHERS HAVE LEFT AND MANY MORE ARE PLANNING TO LEAVE BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
IF THINGS DON'T IMPROVE, I WILL RESIGN WHEN MY COMMITMENT IS UP IN ONE YEAR.
IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ONLY HAVE PRAISES TO GIVE, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED TO LOSE THEIR JOB.
IT'S WITH THIS FEAR THAT MYLES HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE HRC, THE GOAL BEING TO DESTROY PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THANK YOU. MISS LUCAS ROBERTS, YOU MAY BEGIN.
EXCUSE ME. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1958, THE FIRST BLACK MEMBER, AND SHE WAS THE CITY'S FIRST BLACK ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE 20TH CENTURY. SHE ATTENDED BOOKER T, WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON COLORED JUNIOR HIGH COLLEGE, AND ALSO PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, DESPITE THE MANY RACIST THREATS THAT SHE ENDURED, SHE WANTED DESEGREGATION AND EXTRA, EXTRA HELP FOR OUR BLACK STUDENTS.
Y'ALL DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT US.
MIKE MEYERS ON THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
I WANT TO SAY REST IN PEACE, HATTIE MAE WHITE.
BUT CAN SHE REALLY, REALLY REST IN PEACE? SAY WHAT'S GOING ON IN SPITE OF WE SAY I AS WE SAY, WE SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SAIRA MALIK, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
YOU MAY BEGIN. HI, MY NAME IS SARAH MALIK.
IT'S PAST 11 P.M., AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING MORE THAN SIX HOURS AND WOULD HAVE WAITED A DOZEN MORE FOR A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER AT A NON NES SCHOOL WHO FEARS RETALIATION. THIS IS HER STORY.
I WAS THERE BECAUSE THE TEACHERS LOOKED DOWN UPON FOR NEEDING A DAY OFF.
NOW I NEED SURGERY AND HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SUMMER JUST TO START MY PROCESS AND APPOINTMENTS.
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BECAUSE ABSENCES ARE FROWNED UPON AND TEACHERS CONTINUE TO GET TERMINATED.HISD HAS MANY DEDICATED TEACHERS WHO CONTINUE TO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES TO BE A TEAM PLAYER AT SCHOOL.
THE BOARD CAN STOP THE MASS RESIGNATIONS AND SENT MIKE BILES PACKING.
THANK YOU. MARIA WEBB, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
LAST MONTH. TODAY IN NASHVILLE, IN HONOR OF NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH, I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARIES AND CERTIFIED LIBRARIANS ON EVERY SCHOOL CAMPUS WITHIN HISD. IT HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED IN SEVERAL STUDIES THE IMPORTANCE OF READING ON OVERALL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THIS RECENT ADMINISTRATIONS DISSOLUTION OF THE LIBRARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MANY CAMPUSES AND PRINCIPALS ARE LEFT WITHOUT DIRECT SUPPORT AND EXPERT KNOWLEDGE. MANY CAMPUS PRINCIPALS WITH A VERY LIMITED BUDGET TO BEGIN WITH, ARE LEFT TO DECIDE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO HIRE CERTIFIED LIBRARIANS OR IMPROVE THEIR LIBRARY PROGRAMING.
ALLISON. KIRBY, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
A COMMUNITY IS JUDGED BY ITS TREATMENT OF ITS MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
PRECIOUS RESOURCES AND ATTENTION ARE BEING FOCUSED ON A CIRCUS OF LESS ACUTE ISSUES.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER TYPE OF VULNERABLE CHILD AND THAT IS A CHILD WITHOUT BOOKS.
PLEASE ROBUSTLY FUND AND PASSIONATELY SUPPORT OUR LIBRARIES.
OUR KIDS NEED LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIES NEED LIBRARIANS.
LASTLY, STAKEHOLDER INPUT SHOULD NOT BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO EMILY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET IT UP.
OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO SWITCH TO GYM? AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT. OKAY.
MR. TERRY, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT OF ORDER.
[DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS (Part 2 of 2)]
SERVICES QUARTERLY REPORT.I HAVE NOT ASKED MR. TERRY TO PREPARE TO DO A PRESENTATION, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE REPORTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.
UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO DO AN OVERVIEW.
WELL, JUST QUICKLY ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT COMPARISONS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE DOING WELL WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET EXPENDITURES, THAT'S ON SECTION FOUR.
WE'VE SPENT APPROXIMATELY A LESS THAN 70, 75% ON THE BUDGET SIDE, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN.
AND ON THE INVESTMENT REPORTS, I WOULD TAKE YOU TO ONE PAGE, AND THAT WOULD BE PAGE FOUR, IN WHICH WE LOOK AT OUR AVERAGE YIELD AGAINST OUR BENCHMARKS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE FEDERAL FUND RATES AT 5.3 TREASURY BILLS, 30, 30 DAYS IS FIVE, FIVE LESS THAN FIVE FOUR.
AND TREASURY BILL ONE YEAR IS 4.9.
AND THE TREASURY TWO YEAR NOTE IS 4.5.
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AND WE'RE MAKING 5.48.SO WE'RE VERY DOING VERY WELL ON OUR INVESTMENTS GIVEN OUR BENCHMARKS.
AND THEN THE LAST REPORT IS ON PROCUREMENT, AND THAT'S THE REPORT THAT YOU, AS BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ASKED US TO PRESENT TO YOU IS THE LIST OF ALL OF THOSE ITEMS BETWEEN $250,000 AND $1 MILLION.
AND THOSE ARE THE THREE REPORTS THAT ARE IN HERE.
I'M AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME TO GO INTO ACCOUNTING DETAIL.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, MR. MARTINEZ? YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT, SEEING AS WE'VE INVESTED OR SPENT 65% OR 67%, 66% OF THE ACTUAL YEAR TO DATE BUDGET DO WE ANTICIPATE USING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THREE MONTHS LEFT.
SO THAT'S 25% OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
DO WE ANTICIPATE USING THE REMAINDER? DO YOU EXPECT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY COME UNDER BUDGETED? I CERTAINLY HOPE, AND WE'RE DOING ALL OF OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMON PRACTICE A LOT OF TIMES IS FOR, YOU KNOW PEOPLE TO HOLD BACK ON THE BUDGET AND THEN TO SPEND A LOT IN THE LAST IN THE LAST QUARTER.
BUT WE'VE GOT CONTROLS IN AND WE THINK THAT WE'LL, WE'LL DO BETTER THAN AND WE WILL SAVE SOME MONEY.
MR. CAMPO. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON MONEY MANAGEMENT TO BEAT ALL THE BENCHMARKS BY, YOU KNOW, 15 BASIS POINTS ON THE AMOUNT OF CASH THAT THAT HISD IS SITTING ON IS REALLY GOOD.
TO THE TEAM AND ON THE BUDGET.
DEFINITELY FOCUS ON ON MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T GO OVER, BUT WE DO SAVE MONEY.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. RIVON. NO.
WE ARE GOING TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. TERRY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
[19. Review Of The Board's Quarterly Self-Evaluations]
WE ARE GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO ITEM 19, WHICH IS THE REVIEW OF THE BOARD'S QUARTERLY SELF EVALUATION.WE RECEIVED A AN EMAIL FROM OUR BOARD COACH, ASHLEY.
PAUSE. I BELIEVE IT'S ON MARCH 26TH WITH THE EVALUATION FORM AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IT JUST SO THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE AND IN AGREEMENT AND THEN WE WILL ACCEPT THE ITEM OR NOT ACCEPT IT IF THAT'S THE CASE.
BUT I'M GOING TO JUST GO THROUGH IT IF YOU WANT TO PULL IT UP.
SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR EMAIL AND YOU WANT TO OPEN IT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME ON THE FEED.
YOU YOU KIND OF YOU NEED YOU NEED REALLY THE THE NATIVE VERSION WHICH IS THE EXCEL THAT CAME IN EMAIL MEDIA CAN SHOW THE SCREEN HERE AND WE'VE GOT IT READY.
MAYBE YOU CAN READ IT ON THE ONE THAT'S ON THE THING.
THE FIRST ITEM IS VISION AND GOALS ONE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.
AND JUST TO BENCHMARK OURSELVES LAST LAST TIME WE DID THIS, WE WERE AT A 31 POINTS.
AND THIS TIME, I BELIEVE THE ESTIMATED SCORE IS 50.
OKAY. VISION AND GOALS ONE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.
UNDER THE PREPARING TO FOCUS ITEM, WE HAVE MET THOSE METRICS AS WE HAVE ADOPTED GOALS, HAVE A VISION STATEMENT, ETC..
WE ARE APPROACHING FOCUS BECAUSE OF CONSISTENCY OF OUR GOALS WITH THE OUTLINED METRICS HERE.
AND THEN WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE HAVE MET FOCUS.
BECAUSE WE AGREE THAT THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS ACHIEVE THOSE ITEMS. WE HAVE NOT YET MASTERED FOCUS.
SO IN IN THAT CATEGORY WE HAVE ACHIEVED 12 POINTS.
OKAY. LET'S SAVE IT FOR THE END OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO VISION AND GOALS.
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TWO GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES.AGAIN. WE HAVE ACHIEVED MEETS FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR CRITERIA AND WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A MASTER'S FOCUS.
SO WE ARE AT A 12 OUT OF POSSIBLE 15 POINTS.
THE NEXT ITEM IS VISION AND GOALS.
WE ARE AT A THREE WHICH IS APPROACHES FOCUS.
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T YET ADOPTED BOARD SELF CONSTRAINTS.
ONCE WE DO, WE WILL PROGRESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
OKAY, OUR NEXT ITEM IS VISION AND GOALS FOR COST CONSTRAINT PROGRESS MEASURES.
HERE AGAIN WE ARE AT THE LEVEL OF MEETS FOCUS.
AND HAVE ACHIEVED A SCORE OF FOUR OUT OF POTENTIAL FIVE ON THAT PARTICULAR METRIC.
THAT'S THE BASELINE. IF YOU'LL SHOW THE 424 C AT THE BOTTOM THE TAB CLICK ON 424.
IT'S AWFULLY BIG. CAN YOU REDUCE THE SIZE.
AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPAND THE COLUMNS.
JUST HIGHLIGHT THE WHOLE THING.
SOMETIMES A LAWYER JUST HAS TO.
WHERE WERE WE? NUMBER? SO IF WE GO BACK TO VISION AND GOALS FOR CONSTRAINT PROGRESS MEASURES RIGHT THERE.
WE ARE AT THAT'S WE'RE AT FOUR OUT OF FIVE.
ON THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS IS THE METRIC THAT DEALS WITH OUR OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AS MAJORITY OF THE TIME THAT WE SPEND IN BOARD MEETINGS AND OTHER MEETINGS. AND SO WE'VE DONE THE MATH, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACHIEVED 50% OR MORE OF THE TOTAL QUARTERLY MINUTES.
SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO SOME PROGRESS.
SO WE JUST NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE CHECKED.
BUT WE ARE AT MORE THAN 50% ON THAT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO EVALUATING STUDENT OUTCOMES.
AND THE REASON IS WE HAVE NOT YET PERFORMED AN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF SUPERINTENDENT.
AND SO WE CAN'T HAVE ACHIEVED PAST WHERE WE ARE, WHICH IS A ZERO.
WE HAVE THOUGH, PERFORMED OUR OWN SELF EVALUATION, WHICH IS GOOD.
BUT ONCE WE DO AN EVALUATION, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE NEXT ITEM IS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES.
AND WE CAN SCROLL DOWN ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
WE ARE WE HAVE IF YOU CAN SEE HERE SOME CATEGORIES OF THOSE EVEN.
SO WE'RE, I BELIEVE, AT A FOUR OUT OF 15.
BUT WE'RE ON OUR OR ON THE RIGHT PATH THERE.
WE DO NEED TO IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT ONE.
COMPLETE THE WORK OF REVIEWING LOCAL POLICIES INCLUDING THE WORK ON BOARD WORK.
ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT AND SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK.
WE'RE STILL AT ZERO ON BOTH OF THOSE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO AREAS WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
SO JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE BAND.
YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE TASKS IN IT.
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SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS AND BEEN ABLE TO CHECK ONE OF THE BOXES OR ONE OF THE ITEMS, IF WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE ENTIRETY OF THAT BAND AND THE PRIOR BANDS, THEN WE DON'T GET THE POINTS.SO OKAY, ANYBODY QUESTIONS COMMENTS, CONCERNS OR DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON THE NUMBERS? NO. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT THEN, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS ITEM? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CAMPO. AND THE SECOND BY MISS MENDOZA.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. PLEASE VOTE.
MR. RIVON ARE YOU CAN YOU TELL US YOUR VOTE, PLEASE? YES. WE HAVE NINE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES.
NOW WE WILL HEAR REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
WE'LL START WITH MISS AUZENNE BANDY OR IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE.
OTHERWISE WE'LL MOVE DOWN THE LINE.
MISS FLOWERS AND NONE FOR ME, MR. CAMPO. NO. OKAY, MR. MILES, ANYTHING FROM YOU, SIR? NO, MA'AM. OKAY.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED AT 11:32 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.