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OKAY. GOOD EVENING. THIS MEETING IS NOW CONVENED AT 5:04 P.M..
I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT IN THE BOARD AUDITORIUM.
WE WILL NOW BE JOINED BY A MEMBER OF THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS TO LEAD OUR PLEDGES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BOARD MEMBER PAULA MENDOZA TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT'S PLEDGE LEADER.
HOUSTON MATH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER. SHE ALSO ATTENDS THE BARBARA JORDAN CAREER CENTER, LEARNING THE SKILL TRADE OF WELDING. AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY JROTC, SHE HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, ULTIMATELY EARNING THE POSITION OF BATTALION COMMANDER FOR HER SENIOR YEAR.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE BACK TO BACK DISTRICT CHAMPIONS FOR UNARMED DRILL.
IN MAY, SHE AND HER TEAM WILL COMPETE IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA AGAINST THE NATION'S BEST DRILL TEAMS. HER PLAN AFTER GRADUATION IS TO ENLIST IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHERE SHE HAS ALREADY TAKEN AND PASSED THE ENTRANCE EXAM.
WELCOME, CADET CONTRERAS. PLEASE RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PLEDGE OF THE TEXAS FLAG.
[INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. NOW, I'D LIKE TO ASK BOARD MEMBER JANETTE GARZA LINDNER TO READ OUR
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PROCLAMATION OF VOLUNTEERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL RECOGNITION WEEK.THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAMPO. WHEREAS EVERY YEAR, THOUSANDS OF PARENTS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS 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 THAT POWER, 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 21ST THROUGH 25TH, 2025 VOLUNTEERS IN 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 16TH DAY OF APRIL 2025.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE.
BESIDES, I KNOW WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] GOMEZ. YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK LATER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I THOUGHT WE HAD MORE HERE AS WELL.
PERHAPS NOT. MAYBE HE'LL BE HERE IN A MINUTE.
OKAY. WELL, THANKS. NOW, I BELIEVE OTHER RECOGNITIONS ARE IN ORDER.
SUPERINTENDENT MILES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES, SIR.
WE ARE PROUD TO CONNECT OUR RECOGNITIONS TO TWO IMPORTANT OBSERVANCES NATIONAL, MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH, BOTH OF WHICH ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE HEART OF THE HISD COMMUNITY.
ONE OF HISD'S SPECIAL AND UNIQUE SCHOOLS IS THE ARABIC IMMERSION MAGNET SCHOOL, ALSO KNOWN AS AMIS.
A-M-I-S. IT IS A PIONEERING INSTITUTION AND A GEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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THE CAMPUS PROVIDES A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM WHILE IMMERSING STUDENTS IN MODERN STANDARD ARABIC, HELPING TO BUILD CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND GLOBAL COMPETENCIES AT AN EARLY AGE.WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WORK HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY IT REPRESENTS.
IT IS AN A RATED CAMPUS AND PUTS ITS STUDENTS ON A TRAJECTORY TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE.
AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PRINCIPAL MAHASIN FOR HER OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP.
IF PRINCIPAL [INAUDIBLE] WITH US THIS EVENING, WE KINDLY ASK HER TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU SWITCH. JUST SWITCH TO THIS PAGE AT THE END.
OKAY. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ANY AMIS STUDENTS WHO MAY BE PRESENT WITH US TODAY.
STUDENTS, IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL.
AWESOME. ALL RIGHT AND THEN ALSO, APRIL IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH, A TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL ROLE VOLUNTEERS PLAY IN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS.
HISD'S VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS VIPS OR VIPS, BRINGS TOGETHER PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS WHO GENEROUSLY GIVE THEIR TIME THROUGH MENTORING, CHAPERONING, CLASSROOM ASSISTANCE, AND MORE. VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNITION WEEK, WHICH WE MENTIONED EARLIER, AND VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK ARE OBSERVED THE WEEK OF APRIL 20TH THROUGH THE 26TH.
THEY CELEBRATE THE IMPACT OF VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTION AND ENCOURAGE CONTINUED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS CELEBRATING THE SEEDS OF CHANGE.
WE ARE ALSO PROUD OF THE 2024 VIPS AWARDS RECIPIENTS WHOSE DEDICATION CONTINUES TO INSPIRE.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE ANYWAY. WHETHER THROUGH CULTURAL EDUCATION OR COMMUNITY SERVICE, THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT REMINDS US OF THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP AND PRIDE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR EDUCATORS, VOLUNTEERS, AND LEADERS WHO MAKE THIS WORK POSSIBLE.
ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THE IDEA OF RECOGNIZING THESE GROUPS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND WE JUST NEED TO CONSTANTLY REMIND OURSELVES HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE FOLKS THAT CREATE A LOT OF VALUE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
SO THANKS. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT MILES. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM OUR REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
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WE'LL BEGIN WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS, FOLLOWED BY STUDENT SPEAKERS, BOTH IN PERSON AND ON ZOOM.WE WILL THEN HEAR FROM IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, BOTH ON THE AGENDA AND THE HEARING OF THE COMMUNITY, FOLLOWED BY THE REMAINING ZOOM SPEAKERS. PLEASE NOTE THAT SPANISH LIVE CAPTIONING IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE VIEWING THE MEETING VIA LIVE STREAM.
THE LIVE SPANISH INTERPRETATION IS AVAILABLE IN PERSON IN THE AUDITORIUM AS WELL.
PER CURRENT PROTOCOL, VERBAL AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS BY PERSONS DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AS THEY INHIBIT THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO OBSERVE THE PROCESSES. PERSONS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH BEHAVIOR WILL BE GIVEN ONE WARNING, AND IF THE BEHAVIOR IS REPEATED, THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING. WE HAVE 55 SPEAKERS REGISTERED TONIGHT WHO WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE EACH PER BOARD POLICY. AS WE HAVE MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU STAY ON TOPIC AND REFRAIN FROM NAMING INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS, AS THEIR IDENTITY IS PROTECTED UNDER LAW.
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AND YOUR COMMENTS PROMPTLY. WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND THE TIMER RINGS.WE WILL START WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS. HISD'S BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEE GOMEZ.
WELCOME. THANK YOU. I ONCE TAUGHT A CLASS OF GRADUATING SENIORS WHOSE LAST ASSIGNMENT BEFORE RECEIVING THEIR DIPLOMA WAS TO WRITE A SIX WORD ESSAY DESCRIBING THEIR FUTURE.
AND ONE OF MY STUDENTS WROTE, NOT HAVING CITIZENSHIP WON'T STOP ME.
I WORK IN POLITICS, AND MY DAY JOB IS TO GET PEOPLE ELECTED WHO WILL UPHOLD THE VALUES ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, AND THERE'S CLEARLY A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE THERE AS FAR AS HISD AND WHAT WE COULD DO RIGHT NOW.
WHAT MY STUDENTS OR WHAT STUDENTS LIKE MINE DON'T WANT IS FOR ANYBODY WHO WORKS IN OUR SCHOOLS TO PITY THEM, TO FEEL SORRY FOR THEM. AND WHAT THEY WANT IS FOR US TO GET AFTER IT AND GIVE THEM THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM SPEAKERS WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS STUDENTS WHEN THEY CHECKED IN THIS EVENING. SPEAKERS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TOPIC WHEN YOU STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
MISS SMITH, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR SPEAKERS? LEON GARZA LOPEZ AND MAYA GARZA LOPEZ. ARE YOU HERE? ELIANA GOTTLIEB.
HELLO. TODAY, I WANT TO ADDRESS HISD'S TROUBLING APPROACH TO TEACHER CONTRACT NON-RENEWALS.
ONLY AFTER SUPERINTENDENT MILES NOTICED INCONSISTENCIES WERE THESE MISTAKES CAUGHT, BUT NOT BEFORE THESE DEDICATED EDUCATORS EXPERIENCED THE TRAUMA OF BELIEVING THEY'D LOST THEIR LIVELIHOODS. THE DISTRICT ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT THEY WERE, QUOTE, PLEASED THAT TEACHERS GOT CORRECTION CALLS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOSEPHINE GUZMAN, FOLLOWED BY ASHWIN MOHAN.
HI. I AM JOSEPHINE GUZMAN. I CAME HERE UNPREPARED WITHOUT A SPEECH.
BUT I STILL HAVE A PRETTY CLEAR IDEA, BECAUSE ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED AT SCHOOL IS HOW TO PREPARE STUFF ON THE SPOT WITHOUT HAVING SOMETHING SET. NOW ANOTHER THING IS HOW NOT HAVING SOMETHING SET ISN'T ALWAYS THE WORST. BUT AT SCHOOL WE'RE BEING PRESSURED TO WRITE SOMETHING DOWN TWICE.
SO THEN STUDENTS ALREADY KNOW, AND THEN WE FINISH QUICKLY AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO AND THE TEACHER TELLS US TO REVIEW OUR ANSWERS WHEN WE ALREADY KNOW THEY ARE CORRECT. THANK YOU.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ASHWIN MOHAN AND I'M A FIRST SPEAKER.
TELL ME WHY. WHEN I GO TO SCHOOL, I HAVE TO WORRY IF MY TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO TEACH WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE OR IF THEY'LL EVEN BE THERE CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE FIRED. TELL ME WHY MY TEACHERS LESSONS HAVE TURNED FROM FUN LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO ROBOT SLIDESHOWS IN ONE SINGLE COLOR.
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TELL ME WHY MY OWN TEACHER SAID MIKE MILES TREATS EVERYBODY THE SAME AS IF WE ARE JUST A NUMBER.HE DOESN'T RESPECT TEACHERS AND TEACHING AND HE DOESN'T CONSIDER THE TEACHER'S OPINIONS.
SO TELL ME WHY. AFTER ALL OF THOSE THINGS YOU CLAIM TO BE HELPING US, TELL ME WHY YOU HAVE WASTED ALL OF OUR TIME AND FUNDING TO TURN LIBRARIES INTO DETENTION CENTERS. SO TELL ME WHY YOU TREAT US LIKE THIS? BECAUSE WHILE STUDENTS MAY BE MAYBE 30% OF OUR POPULATION.
WE ARE 100% OF OUR FUTURE. TREAT US LIKE IT. THANK YOU.
ALEXANDER OLIVEIRA, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN IZQUIERDO.
WE EVEN HAD A SCHOOL FOR ME TO GO TO NEXT YEAR.
YOU ARE ALSO STRESSING OUT ALL THE TEACHERS AND LEARNING SHOULD BE FUN.
BUT NOW IT ISN'T. NOW IT'S BORING BECAUSE OF YOU.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE MAKING US DO. I'M SURPRISED THAT SOME OF THE TEACHERS ARE STILL THERE.
HI, MY NAME IS BENJAMIN IZQUIERDO. I AM, I AM A FIFTH GRADER IN WHARTON DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I USED TO LIKE AND NOW WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT HISD.
ONE THING I STILL LIKE ARE THE ARE THE GOOD TEACHERS, BUT SOME OF THOSE GOOD TEACHERS ARE LEAVING, RESULTING IN US STUDENTS LEARNING LESS. THE REASON THAT GOOD TEACHERS ARE LEAVING IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE HOW MUCH PRESSURE YOU PUT ON THEM. THEN THEY ARE TRANSFERRING THAT PRESSURE AND PUTTING IT ON THE STUDENTS.
THAT ALSO GIVES A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE HUMAN BODY AND MIND.
I HOPE THAT HISD PUTS AN END ON TIMERS, DOL'S, AND PRESSURE ON THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, A STUDENT WHO WILL APPEAR ON ZOOM AT THE END AT HER REQUEST. ARE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENTS HERE WHO CAME LATE? [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE. TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE SAD SOMETIMES.
THERE ARE REALLY GREAT TEACHERS WHO HAVE TO LEAVE SCHOOL.
NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.
THEY TEACH US WITH LOVE, HELP US WHEN WE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND MAKE LEARNING FUN.
THAT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE A GOOD TEACHER CHANGES LIVES.
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THEY TEACH US TO READ, TO COUNT, AND ALSO TO BE KIND PEOPLE.THANK YOU FOR TEACHING US WITH YOUR HEART. THANK YOU.
[SPANISH] . GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MANY STUDENTS ARE SEEING WITH CONCERN.
IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WHO DEDICATES THEIR LIFE TO TEACHING US, MOTIVATING US, AND BEING THERE FOR US SUDDENLY HAS TO LEAVE.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED BECAUSE OF UNFAIR CHANGES, OR BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTINUE AS A STUDENT.
IT HURTS TO SEE SOMEONE GO WHO HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR GROWTH.
OUR TEACHERS AREN'T JUST PEOPLE WHO TEACH SUBJECTS, THEY ARE GUIDES, ROLE MODELS, AND OFTEN THE ONES WHO BELIEVE IN US WHEN WE DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IN OURSELVES. THAT'S WHY TODAY I RAISE MY VOICE TO ASK THAT MORE VALUE BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE IN OUR CLASSROOM EVERY DAY.
THAT DISTRICT DECISIONS DON'T PUSH AWAY THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS A BETTER PLACE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENTS? ALEXANDER IZQUIERDO OR LUCA CANDIDA? OKAY. [INAUDIBLE]. SO NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR REMAINING REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
IF SPEAKERS NUMBER ONE THROUGH TEN COULD MOVE TO THE FRONT ROW.
AND BEGINNING WITH LAURA HANNA OLVERA.
ARE WE READY? OKAY, MR. MILES, LET'S START WITH THE PAY FOR PERFORMANCE.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? LET'S BE REAL HERE. IT'S ALL BASED ON STAAR TEST PERFORMANCE, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS COMPLETE GARBAGE AND SHOWS NOTHING ABOUT OUR KIDS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY TO YOU.
YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS. YOU'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.
ALL YOU'RE DOING IS CAUSING AN EVEN MORE TOXIC CULTURE AND ENABLING TEACHERS TO BOND AND MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR STUDENTS, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. ON TOP OF THAT, THE NO EDUCATION SYSTEM SCHOOLS GET MORE MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE CONFORMED OR WERE FORCED TO ABIDE BY YOUR HORRIFIC WAYS.
WHAT A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR A FANTASTIC AND SEASONED TEACHERS.
YOU ARE RUINING HISD AND TAKING DOWN EVERYONE WITH YOU.
AS YOU LIKELY ALREADY KNOW, MY SON WHO SPOKE EARLIER.
THANK YOU. CATHERINE. DONNA'S AGENDA ONE. HOW IS IT THAT YOU'RE OUT OF CONTROL? SPENDING FOR YOUR CENTRAL OFFICE BENEFIT THE CHILDREN INSTEAD OF THEIR STUDENT SERVICES IN THEIR CLASSROOM? MIKE MILES IT DOESN'T. AND I WILL CONTINUE THIS MASSIVE DESTRUCTION BECAUSE NO ONE CAN STOP ME.
AGENDA THREE HOW IS FINANCING YOUR VANITY NEWS AND BOOSTING FAKE NEWS MEDIA? SECURING FUNDS FOR OUR STUDENTS. MIKE MILES IT DOESN'T.
BUT I CAN PERSUADE MY OWN EGO TO BELIEVING THAT I CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS FUTURE AND THAT OF THE CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, SO THAT I CAN KEEP ALL OF THE FUNDS. AGENDA FOUR WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO FIRE OUR BELOVED TEACHERS, BULLYING THEM INTO RESIGNING? MIKE MILES IT IS MY PERSONAL HIGH AND I WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND MY FOLLOWERS AND GIVE THEM THE AUTHORITY TO FIRE THE TEACHERS AND INTIMIDATE THEM
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INTO RESIGNING, EXPANDING MY REACH OF AUTHORITY.YOU SEE, I AM LIKE A GOLDEN EGG. I AM FULL OF SURPRISES.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S A GOOD AFTERNOON, AND IT'S A GOOD DAY.
AND THANK HEAVENS, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SPEAKERS IN THE.
THEY SAID IT ALL. THEY SAID IT ALL. YOU KNOW, I LISTEN TO MY GRANDSON.
MY HEART GRIEVES. THE KIDS CAN'T STAND THE SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT SCHOOL. IT'S TESTING, PARTICULARLY THE MAGNET SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY THE MAGNET SCHOOLS THAT YOU MADE SURE THAT THIS IS THIS WAS YOUR INCREASE. YOU FLUNKED THEM DOWN LOWER AND THEN YOU GOT AN INCREASE.
BUT ONE THING I LOOKED AT, I THINK IT WAS CNN.
I DON'T WANT ANY MORE HISTORIC MOMENTS, AND MY GRANDSONS AND MY GRANDDAUGHTERS SAY THE SAME THING.
ALL OF THIS UPHEAVAL. IT'S THEY ALREADY COME FROM UPHEAVAL.
70% ARE DECENT OR DON'T HAVE MICHELLE WILLIAMS, HOUSTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
I LOOKED AT YOU ALL SELF-EVALUATION BUT I NOTICED ONE METRIC THAT IS NOT ON THERE.
THE METRIC IS UPHOLDING HISD'S POLICY AND ALSO GOVERNING YOUR ONE EMPLOYEE.
OUR ASSOCIATION FILED A GRIEVANCE ON MARCH 28TH.
IT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THIS BODY. THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED HER.
MARCH 28TH. TODAY IS WHAT? APRIL 16TH ALSO. THIS IS THE SAME PLAYBOOK THAT WHEN I CAME BACK INTO THE DISTRICT ON TEAS PAPERWORK, IT SAID I CAME BEFORE THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE. PULL THE PAPERWORK YOURSELF.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO DO IS DO YOUR JOB.
YOU TOOK THE ELECTED BOARD'S JOB. DO IT. FIND OUT WHY YOUR HR CHIEF HAS NOT CONTACTED OUR ATTORNEY.
FLOYD, YOU ARE A VETERAN DEI APPOINTMENT. THAT IS A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE IN CAMOUFLAGE.
NEZ IS YOUR WMD. IT ENABLES THE VOUCHER SCAM NO MATTER HOW MUCH A1 YOU PUT ON IT.
WE WON'T BITE. YOU PREACH ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT YOU'RE A GOOD FAITH ERROR.
THE ONLY NONRENEWABLE, NONRENEWABLE MISTAKE IS YOU.
YOU PREACH HIGH PERFORMANCE, YET YOURS BREEDS LYING AND GAMING THE SYSTEM.
HIGH PERFORMING DEBAKEY CAN'T FOLLOW AN IEP. MY REASON FOR UNENROLLING MY CHILD.
PUTTING UNDUE WORKLOAD ON THE COORDINATOR. LACK OF SPD SUPPORT AND THIRD GRADE READING SCORES IS WHAT YOU GOT DINGED ON FOR YOUR 65% BONUS? WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS FIXED. YOU'RE NOT MEASURING UP.
HELLO, SUZANNE. OKAY. JESSE HEINER, I AM HERE TO.
SINCE IT'S BUDGET SEASON, I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE $6 MILLION CLUB.
IT'S ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON YOUR RIGHT. FROM A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST, WE FOUND OUT THAT IN.
DURING 2024, THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE MADE THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS.
JIM TERRY $305,000. ORLANDO RIDDICK $304,000.
IMELDA DE LA GUARDIA $282,000. COREY FEINBERG 261,000.
INA MYERS 259,000. KRISTEN HULL 294,000. MORGAN HALES.
WHO IS? YOU WILL KNOW HER AS ALEXANDRA ELIZONDO.
169,000. IN JUST EIGHT MONTHS. SANDY MASSEY 283,000.
[INAUDIBLE] DE CASTRO 240,000. STACY VINCENT 289,000.
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JESSICA NIEMANN 305,000. REBECCA J. BALLANTYNE 267 THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE].CATHY BEASLEY AT THE MEETING IN FEBRUARY. YOUR SELF-CONGRATULATORY AND SOMEWHAT NAUSEATING DOG AND PONY SHOW WOULD HAVE BEEN HILARIOUS HAD IT NOT BEEN SO RIFE WITH INACCURACIES AND BLATANT LIES.
WHO ARE THESE TEACHERS YOU TALKED TO? ARE THEY THE ONES WHO ARE AFRAID TO SAY WHAT THEY THINK FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION? YOUR SYSTEM ENCOURAGES ABUSE OF TEACHERS AND REWARDS THE ABUSERS.
PAY FOR PERFORMANCE. A FABRICATED MIND GAME, OF WHICH I'M SURE NO ONE WILL KNOW THE RULES.
AGAIN, MORE STRESS FOR STUDENTS, BUT WHAT WE ALL KNOW BY NOW THAT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AREN'T WHAT YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN, IS RECOGNITION FOR A JOB POORLY DONE. THAT'S THE REAL MOTIVATION.
GOOD EVENING. I'M JOANNA GUZMAN, A MOTHER TO A FOURTH GRADER AT WHARTON DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY.
WE SPOKE LAST MONTH FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE AT THE BOARD OF MANAGERS MEETING, AND WE'RE BACK TODAY.
YOU GUYS HEARD HER SPEAK EARLIER, AND I'M GOING TO BUILD ON WHAT SHE SAID. SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT TEST PREP. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT REPETITIVE QUESTIONS AND REPEATEDLY HAVING TO ANSWER THE SAME DARN THING. LAST MONTH. IT WAS SURREAL TO ME.
I'M A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, I'M A FORMER HISD TEACHER, AND I HAVE A MASTER'S IN PSYCHOLOGY AND PRACTICE PSYCHOTHERAPY. IT WAS SURREAL TO ME TO SIT HERE, JUST LIKE TONIGHT AND HEAR OVER AN HOUR OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND PARENTS TALKING ABOUT THE MISERY THAT MIKE MILES HAS CREATED IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM HERE IN HISD. THE FACT THAT IT'S JUST TEST PREP AND THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY LEARNING.
AND THEN LASTLY, HE CAME UP AND TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRESS.
WELL, OF COURSE THERE'S GOING TO BE PROGRESS ON TEST SCORES IF ALL YOU DO IS TEST PREP.
HER TEACHER, MR. FERNANDEZ, WAS PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BECAUSE OF POOR MANAGEMENT SKILLS.
GOOD EVENING, BRIANA MULHEARN. AN ASSESSMENT IS ONLY USEFUL IF IT IS VALID, WHICH MEANS IT ACCURATELY MEASURES WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE MEASURING CREATING VALID LEARNING. CREATING VALID LEARNING ASSESSMENTS IS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED BECAUSE LEARNING IS AN ABSTRACT, MULTIFACETED CONCEPT THAT HAS TO BE SOMEHOW DEMONSTRATED.
THAT TEST IS NOT REALLY MEASURING MATH SKILLS, IT'S MEASURING READING.
THREATS TO EDUCATIONAL TEST SCORE VALIDITY ARE ALSO NUMEROUS PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT FACTORS LIKE NOISE AND ROOM TEMPERATURE, ADMINISTRATION, FIDELITY, TIME OF DAY, AND INDIVIDUAL STUDENT FACTORS LIKE LACK OF SLEEP, HUNGER, HAVING AN ARGUMENT IN THE CAR. ALL OF THESE CAN IMPACT VALIDITY.
THANK YOU. BRIANNA WILSON. IF THE FIRE ALARM GOES OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ASSESSMENT, OR IF THE TEST IS GIVEN IN A LANGUAGE UNFAMILIAR TO THE STUDENTS, THE RESULTS ARE NOT VALID.
RECENT CHANGES IN STAFFORD ADMINISTRATION. HVAC FAILURE.
THIS IS WHY RESEARCHERS GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO CONTROL AS MANY FACTORS AS POSSIBLE, AND MANAGE THE OTHERS BY STUDY, DESIGN, AND STATISTICAL MODELING. THIS BOARD HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS USING 23-24 MATH SCORES AS A BASELINE FOR MEASURING STUDENT PERFORMANCE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT BY ALL PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH STANDARDS, THESE SCORES ARE NOT VALID.
THANK YOU. CHRISTINE HURLEY. THE REASONS THE 23-24 MATH SCORES ARE NOT VALID INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.
FIRST, TEACHERS WERE NOT GIVEN ADEQUATE TRAINING ON THE TEST BEFORE THEY ADMINISTERED IT.
SEVERAL TEACHERS EXPRESSED FEELING UNPREPARED AND UNCERTAIN ABOUT PROTOCOL.
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WORRY, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. THIRD, THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT WAS GIVEN ON A DAY WHEN SEVERAL SCHOOLS HAD NO HEAT DURING A HARD FREEZE, AND PARENTS WERE ASKED TO BRING SPACE HEATERS AND COATS TO SCHOOL.ANY RESEARCHER AND ANY HONEST PROFESSIONAL WHO IS INTERESTED IN ACCURATELY ASSESSING HISD STUDENTS USING THE MATH TEST WOULD CALL THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR A PRACTICE RUN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THE 23-24 MATH SCORES CAN ONLY LEGITIMATELY BE USED AS OBSERVATIONAL DATA.
FOR EXAMPLE, TO NOTICE WHETHER SCORES WERE UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH OR LOW AT A GIVEN CAMPUS OR BETWEEN CLASSROOMS ON THE SAME CAMPUS, AND THEN FOLLOW UP TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OBVIOUS FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED OR IMPACTED THE STUDENTS.
THE ONLY WAY TO USE THE DISTRICT'S MAP SCORES IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH ACCEPTED ACADEMIC NORMS. SLASH RIGOR IS TO COUNT THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR SCORES AS BASELINE.
SIMILAR THREATS TO SCORES TO SCORE VALIDITY ARE THE BASIS OF THE LAWSUIT.
SEVERAL DISTRICTS FILED OVER THE 2023 STAR SCORES.
TEACHERS BOTH UNFAMILIAR WITH. THANK YOU. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BOARD HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN TOLD THAT THE 23-24 MAP SCORES ARE VALID AND THE 24-25 SCORES SHOW INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENT.
THEY DO NOT. THEY ARE BASELINE. FURTHER, THIS BOARD HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN TOLD ONE DATA POINT DOESN'T MAKE A TREND, BUT WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE A TREND HERE.
IN FACT, IN ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT, AT LEAST THREE DATA POINTS ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW A TREND.
PRECISELY BECAUSE SO MANY FACTORS IMPACT ASSESSMENT, THIS MEANS THAT USING MAP DATA TO IDENTIFY TRENDS CANNOT BE DONE WITH ANY INTEGRITY UNTIL THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.
THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY FACTORS THAT IMPACT STUDENT ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE OVER TIME.
THANK YOU. THE DISTRICT BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO REFLECT THE VISIONS AND VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE VALUE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY. WE VALUE DATA INCONSISTENT IN WAYS CONSISTENT WITH BEST PRACTICES.
SORRY. USING WE VALUE USING WORDS AS THEY ARE DEFINED AND USED IN ACADEMIA.
FOR EXAMPLE, EVIDENCE BASED SHOULD DESCRIBE SOMETHING SUPPORTED BY PUBLISHED PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH, AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION SHOULD MEAN TEACHING DIFFERENTLY TO DIFFERENT STUDENTS, NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SCRIPTED CURRICULUM.
HIRING AND RETAINING CERTIFIED TEACHERS. RETAINING AND RETURNING LIBRARIANS AND WRAPAROUND SPECIALISTS TO ALL CAMPUSES, ALL OF WHICH ARE ACTUALLY EVIDENCE BASED. SPENDING $3 MILLION ON PRODUCING A TELEVISION SHOW DOES NOT REFLECT OUR VISION OR VALUES.
EMPLOYING AN UNCERTIFIED SUPERINTENDENT WHO LACKS ACADEMIC ACADEMIC INTEGRITY DOESN'T EITHER.
ALL RIGHT. DARCY ROTA IN HEALTHCARE. CLINICIANS ARE TAUGHT TO ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE PATIENT.
VITAL SIGNS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT PATIENT TELLS YOU THAT SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT.
YOU NEED TO BELIEVE THEM. THE SAME CAN BE SAID ABOUT HISD'S.
LISTEN TO THE EDUCATORS. LISTEN TO THE PARENTS.
LISTEN TO THE CHILDREN. THEY'RE TELLING YOU SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT.
THE HISD'S SCOREBOARD MAY LOOK GOOD FOR NOW, BUT IT'S MASKING DEEPER PROBLEMS. AND A PATIENT WITH SEPSIS. THE SYMPTOMS ARE GRADUAL.
ONE SIGN MAY LOOK GOOD, WHILE EVERY OTHER SIGN POINTS TO DECLINE AS THE DISEASE SPREADS.
THE BODY REACTS, THE BLOOD PRESSURE PLUMMETS. ORGANS SHUT DOWN.
MIKE MILES IS A BACTERIUM. A SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM WHO LACKS A NUCLEUS.
PLEASE LISTEN. THERE'S MORE TO EDUCATION THAN TEST SCORES.
LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. LISTEN TO THE. THANK YOU.
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AM I A GOOD TEACHER? NO, I AM A GREAT TEACHER.PLAYING AT RECESS, LAUGHING IN THE SUNSHINE, AND TRULY BEING PRESENT WITH MY STUDENTS.
BUT LATELY, THE SYSTEM HAS WORN ME DOWN. THE JOY, THE CONFIDENCE.
EVEN MY BELIEF IN MYSELF. IT'S ALL BEEN CHIPPED AWAY.
I'VE BATTLED HARD, BUT THE BURDEN HAS BECOME HEAVY.
AND I FIND MYSELF QUESTIONING THAT. EVERYTHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT I WAS BORN TO BE.
TO TEACH. YET EVEN IN THE DARKNESS, I CHOSE TO LIGHT A CANDLE.
I'M MOVING FORWARD TO A NEW DISTRICT WITH HOPE THAT MY WOUNDS WILL HEAL AND MY MOJO WILL RETURN.
BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT, I STILL BELIEVE I WAS MEANT TO BE HERE.
I AM A TEACHER AND THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE. THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. IT REQUIRES MORE THAN A MENTOR TO ELIMINATE THE TOXICITY OF WHARTON DUAL LANGUAGE PRINCIPAL, VERONICA CELEDON. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE HER TO JUST BE OUT OF MY WHARTON SCHOOL.
HI, LAURA HENRY. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING NOVEL STUDIES IN SCHOOLS.
DON'T BUILD KNOWLEDGE OR TEACH AUTHORS PERFECT PURPOSE OR CRAFT.
IN ORDER TO TEACH NOVELS, KIDS NEED EXPERIENCED TEACHERS WHO STAY ALL YEAR.
OUT OF MY CHILD'S EIGHT TEACHERS, TWO RECENTLY LEFT.
THEY DIDN'T GO TO NES SCHOOLS. THEY LEFT EDUCATION.
LAST WEEK WE LEARNED THAT FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, TEACHERS WERE TOLD THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THEIR CONTRACT RENEWED TO THE DISTRICT'S PROBLEMS WHEN THEY MISCALCULATED THEIR SPOT SCORES. THIS CAN BE AN OOPS FOR MILES, BUT IT DESTROYS THE CAREER OF A TEACHER.
LAST MONTH, IN RESPONSE TO DOCTOR CRUZ ARNOLD'S QUESTION ABOUT GROUP E ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU HEARD THE DISTRICT REP SAY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT IT AND IN CASE THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO ADD TO THE SYSTEM, IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
HISD IS NOT AMAZON AND IT'S NOT MICROSOFT, AND THERE ARE NO STOCK OPTIONS.
PEOPLE, GOOD TEACHERS, DON'T WANT TO WORK IN A PLACE THAT'S GOING TO.
PLEASE DON'T. THANK YOU. TEACHERS BASED ON UNRELIABLE SYSTEM.
THANK YOU. SPEAKER NUMBER 18, DON TRAN. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ALL REMAINING SPEAKERS.
IF YOU COULD COME TO THE FRONT ROW, PLEASE. GO AHEAD.
LEADERSHIP IS SO TERRIBLE AT SHARPSTOWN THAT THE TESTING COORDINATOR QUIT WEEKS BEFORE STAR BEGAN.
TEA CARTER AND HIS ADMIN TEAM DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN A TEST OR HOW TO RUN A SCHOOL.
ABOUT 800 FRESHMEN TOOK THE ENGLISH ONE STAAR TEST LAST WEEK.
NO ONE COMMUNICATED WITH THE CAFETERIA, SO ONLY 200 KIDS GOT TO EAT LUNCH.
HOW ELSE IS ADMIN FAILING? THERE ARE STUDENTS AT SHARPSTOWN WHO ARE STILL IN THE WRONG CLASSES.
CANCEL TES FOR TEACHERS AND LET'S PROPERLY EVALUATE THE FAILED LEADERSHIP AT HISD.
HEY. THANK YOU. SPEAKER 19 SELENA GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY EDGAR IZQUIERDO AND BROOKE LONGORIA. HELLO.
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I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT MY DAUGHTER AND 45 OTHER STUDENTS WHO WERE SEVERELY AND WRONGFULLY PUNISHED FOR EXPRESSING THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, EVEN WHEN DISTRICT LEADERSHIP STOOD BY AND WALKED ALONGSIDE THEM AND CONGRATULATED THEM FOR SPEAKING UP.WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF A LEVEL TWO GRIEVANCE AND WE HAVE OUR HEARING APRIL 21ST.
AS A MOTHER, MY DAUGHTER DESERVES AN EDUCATION THAT OFFERS HEALING AND DOESN'T AND DOES NOT ADD TO THE HARM WE FACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE FEAR AND HATE WANT TO DESTROY THEIR LIVES AND THIS GRIEVING PROCESS. I HOPE TO GET THIS SUSPENSION OFF HER RECORD SO SHE CAN FOCUS ON SCHOOL AND HER CAREER PATH.
OUR KIDS NEED YOU TO RESPOND BY ACTS OF LOVE, NOT EXCESSIVE HATE AND PUNISHMENT.
REMEMBER THE NORTHSIDE 45. THANK YOU.
MY CHILDREN ARE ATTENDING WHARTON DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY.
I SEE HOW YOU ARE REVIEWING AND APPROVING PROPOSED REASSIGNMENTS AND TERMINATIONS OF PERSONNEL, INCLUDING TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, DURING THE CLOSED SESSION.
ARE YOU SEEING WHY THEY ARE LEAVING? ARE YOU JUST LOOKING AT THE BIASED OBSERVATIONS THAT ARE BEING DONE? A QUOTE FROM ONE OF YOUR TEACHERS. KEEP THE ONE.
KEEP THE TEACHERS THAT WANT TO BE HERE. WHY ARE THEY LEAVING? THEY'RE GETTING PUSHED OUT BECAUSE OF THE TOXIC ENVIRONMENT THAT Y'ALL ARE CREATING.
THEY ARE LEAVING BECAUSE THEY ARE MANAGING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
OUR CHILDREN ARE LEAVING HISD BECAUSE. BECAUSE WE CAN.
NOT ALL FAMILIES CAN DO THAT. MR. MARTINEZ, I SEE YOU TAKING NOTES.
I DON'T SEE MANY OTHERS TAKING NOTES. BOARD OF MANAGERS DO YOUR JOB.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M BROOKE LONGORIA.
I THINK WE ALL WANT THE SAME THINGS. BUT I GET SO SAD WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW THESE POLICIES AND THE ACTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO GET US WHERE WE WANT TO BE. HOW A VERY ACADEMIC PRE-K DOESN'T YIELD THE ACADEMIC RESULTS WE ALL WANT.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KEEP HYPING UP A KID FOR A TEST.
THEY'RE GOING TO STOP LISTENING. THEY'RE GOING TO STOP TRYING.
THIS SCHOOL YEAR HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD. HIGH TEACHER TURNOVER ACROSS CAMPUSES HAS CAUSED INSTABILITY, DISRUPTED LEARNING, AND DEEPLY HURT STUDENT MORALE.
WHEN TEACHERS LEAVE MID-YEAR OR AREN'T RENEWED, OUR KIDS LOSE MORE THAN AN EDUCATOR.
THEY LOSE TRUST, ROUTINE, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY RELY ON TO FEEL SAFE AND THRIVE.
WE'VE HAD CLASSROOMS WITHOUT CERTIFIED TEACHERS FOR MONTHS.
SUBSTITUTES HAVE BEEN STRETCHED BEYOND THEIR CAPACITY.
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STUDENTS ARE FALLING BEHIND NOT BECAUSE THEY AREN'T TRYING, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE CONSISTENT SUPPORT IN WHARTON. WE'VE ALREADY LOST SEVEN STAFF MEMBERS AND FIVE TEACHERS THIS YEAR, AND JUST RECENTLY WE LEARNED THAT FIVE MORE TEACHERS WILL NOT HAVE THEIR CONTRACTS RENEWED.GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
MY NAME IS RUTH KRAVITZ. JULIE COLE, TEA'S DIRECTOR OF STUDENT ASSESSMENT POLICY, CLEARLY STATED THAT IF A PARENT OPTS OUT OF STAAR, THE DISTRICT SHOULD KEEP DOCUMENTATION, IDEALLY A LETTER, AND MARK THE TEST S FOR SCORE.
NO MAKEUP STAAR OR PLACING THE STUDENT IN FRONT OF THE STAAR IS REQUIRED.
BUT MILES, YOU ARE IGNORING THAT YOU'VE TOLD ADMINISTRATORS TO PUT THE STAR IN FRONT OF KIDS ANYWAY, EVEN WITH AN OPT OUT LETTER ON FILE. AS ALWAYS, THIS DECISION DEEPENS INEQUALITY.
THIS IS MOSTLY HAPPENING AT NES AND HIGH POVERTY SCHOOLS.
WHY CHANGE POLICY IN SECRET? FORCING NINE YEAR OLDS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN OBEYING THEIR MOTHER OR A SCHOOL OFFICIAL? THAT'S UNCONSCIONABLE. AND JUST AS HE DISREGARDS FAMILY'S RIGHTS AROUND STAR MILES, YOU ARE DISMANTLING THE VERY SUPPORT SYSTEMS FAMILIES RELY ON.
LAST YEAR, HISD HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED WRAPAROUND SPECIALISTS.
THIS SPRING ONLY 44 AND EVEN MORE CUTS ARE COMING TOMORROW.
IT'S A BETRAYAL OF OUR CHILDREN, WHO DESERVE MORE THAN A DESK AND ENDLESS TEST PREP.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER AGENDA SPEAKERS IN THE AUDITORIUM? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO ZOOM. OKAY.
GO AHEAD. CLAUDE BITTNER, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON AND YOU MAY BEGIN.
HELLO. MY NAME IS CLAUDE BITTNER, AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM TWO.
THIS UNDERMINES THE VALUES AND VISION OF THE COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES IN UNITY, LIFELONG LEARNING AND PREPARING OUR CHILDREN TO BE THOUGHTFUL CITIZENS, NOT JUST TEST TAKERS.
IF A TEACHER'S JOB DEPENDS ON TEST SCORES, THEY WILL INEVITABLY TEACH TO THE TEST, NOT TO THE CHILD.
THAT'S NOT TRANSPARENCY. THAT'S BUREAUCRACY AND NOW, AFTER READING THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE ARTICLE ABOUT WRONGFUL NON-RENEWALS OR FIRINGS OF TEACHERS, I HAVE TO ASK, HOW CAN WE TRUST THIS BOARD TO RESPONSIBLY MANAGE TAXPAYERS FUNDS OR OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN'T EVEN MANAGE A LIST OF NAMES CORRECTLY? THIS IS NOT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS IS CHAOS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SAM BRYAN.
PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. YOU MAY BEGIN. HELLO.
MY NAME IS SAM BRYAN. I'M A PARENT IN HISD. HISD CUTS TO WRAPAROUND SERVICES IN SCHOOLS AND ITS CONTINUED EXTRAVAGANT AND WASTEFUL SPENDING ON THE SUNRISE CENTERS ARE A TRAGEDY FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. HISD REALLY MUST PRIORITIZE MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE ON CAMPUS.
INSTEAD OF PRIORITIZING SPENDING ON INACCESSIBLE.
POORLY TRAFFICKED AND POORLY ADVERTISED SUNRISE CENTERS, INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUNRISE PROGRAMS IS PRACTICALLY HIDDEN AND ARE OFTEN ON WEBSITES PRESENTED. MONOLINGUALLY DISTRICT. THAT IS ANYTHING BUT.
THANK YOU. JESSICA CARTWRIGHT.
PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN.
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THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING EIGHT SCHOOL BASED BEST PRACTICES FOR BULLYING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION BASED ON CURRENT RESEARCH. TEACH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCE USING SCHOOL WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT ANTI-BULLYING POLICIES.UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BULLYING AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. TEACH THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF MARGINALIZED YOUTH.
COLLABORATE WITH PARENTS. GATHER FEEDBACK. SHARE COMMUNICATION.
INVOLVE PARENTS IN STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS. SEVEN OF THESE CANNOT BE DONE WHEN TEACHERS ARE REQUIRED TO READ A SCRIPTED TEST PREP CURRICULUM VERBATIM FROM BELL TO BELL. THANK YOU. DOCTOR ANITA WADHWA, YOU MAY BEGIN.
I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND ONE IS IN A TITLE. ONE SCHOOL AND THE OTHER ONE ISN'T.
THE ONE IN THE SCHOOL THAT IS NOT TITLE ONE HAS ACCESS TO A FULL TIME LIBRARIAN.
BOOKS AND ESSAYS. PLENTY OF SCHOOL SPIRIT ACTIVITIES.
THE ONE IN THE TITLE ONE SCHOOL HAS NO FULL TIME LIBRARIAN.
NO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. ENGLISH TEACHERS WHO CAN'T TEACH NOVELS UNTIL AFTER STAAR.
STUDENTS WHO REGULARLY FIGHT AND EVEN INCIDENTS OF TEACHERS BEING HARMED PHYSICALLY BY STUDENTS.
THE RESEARCH BEARS THIS OUT. IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO APPROVE YOUR OWN EVALUATION.
YOU DO THE MATH. THANK YOU. VICTORIA [INAUDIBLE] BRIAN, YOU MAY BEGIN.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS VICKI BRIAN, I AM A FORMER HISD TEACHER WHO LEFT BEFORE THIS MESS, AND A CURRENT HISD PARENT, MIKE MILES, HAS PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT HE CANNOT BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
NOW HE WANTS A FURTHER $3 MILLION FOR HIS PET TV STATION, WHICH IS NOT JUST WIDELY IGNORED, BUT WHICH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF RIDICULE AND JUST KEEP THAT MONEY FOR THE STUDENTS.
HOW MANY LIBRARIANS POSITIONS CAN YOU FUND FOR 3 MILLION? WELL, IF YOU PAY THEM EACH 70 GRAND, YOU COULD STILL BRING BACK 42 LIBRARIANS AND HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER.
WHAT DO YOU REALLY THINK KIDS WILL BENEFIT FROM? MORE VANITY TV PRODUCTIONS OR LIBRARIANS WHO KNOW THEIR INTERESTS, PASSIONS, AND QUESTIONS? SO FAR, THIS BOARD HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT CARES MORE FOR OPTICS THAN IT DOES FOR MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON STUDENTS.
THANK YOU. MAY IT REVERSE COURSE AND ACTUALLY CHOOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
THANK YOU. SO LASTLY, MEMBERS, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE VOUCHER. SARAH TYRRELL YOU MAY BEGIN. THEY ORIGINATED BACK TO THE 1950S.
SORRY. LET ME TURN OFF THE [INAUDIBLE] . WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU, MISS TERRILL. I THINK I GOT IT.
I THINK I HAD IT ON PLAYING ON TWO SCREENS. OKAY, HERE I AM.
HERE I AM AGAIN FROM THE ZOOM FIRST, BECAUSE YOU ALL THINK THAT I'M A SAFETY.
THIS BUDGET IS SILENT AS TO THE ACTUAL TRANSFERS IN OR OUT.
PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED PROPERTY SALES. HOW OFTEN HAS MILES SANCTIMONIOUSLY HIGHLIGHTED ONE TIME ESSER FUNDS FOR FENCING? HE HOPES WE WON'T NOTICE HE'S SELLING REAL ESTATE TO PAY THE LIGHT BILL.
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WHO BOUGHT THESE SIX PROPERTIES AND FOR HOW MUCH BOARD MEMBERS HAVE NOT SIGNED.CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS. BUT WHY NOT? ISN'T THAT JUST BASIC TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT FAVORING RELATED PARTIES? YOU DO NOT THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT? IS IT NOT LINKED CLOSELY ENOUGH TO STUDENT OUTCOMES? THIS IS A MINIMUM FOR TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS AND ETHICS, BUT IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE NOT UP TO IT.
MR. [INAUDIBLE], PLEASE BEGIN. [INAUDIBLE] HE ALREADY HAD A BIG SALARY AND BENEFITS IF HE GOT MORE MONEY WITH A FAILED [INAUDIBLE].
SHE'S GOING TO GET HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND IT PROVIDED SOME INCOME.
SHE SAID, DIDN'T SHE DESERVE TO EVEN WORK WITH BENEFITS? SHE TOOK PRIDE IN HER WORK. AMEN TO THAT. SHE FURTHER SAID THAT SHE GOT A LOAN FOR 60% OF HER BODY WEIGHT.
SHE'LL BE BACK. I ASKED HER ABOUT MILES AND THE BOARD OF CANADA.
HAVE YOU NO SHAME? WHAT YOU DO, OR BETTER YET, HAVE YOU? NO. DO YOU EVEN HAVE A HEART? THANK YOU.
DOCTOR MARIA BENZON IS ADIDASAGE BITTNER GOING TO SPEAK? YES. SHE'LL BE COMING. SHE'LL. SHE'S ON HER WAY.
SHE'LL BE RIGHT HERE. BUT MAY I GO FIRST? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DOCTOR MARIA BENZON.
PRESIDENT IS OUTRAGEOUS, ESPECIALLY WHILE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACE CUTS.
IT PROMOTES TEST PREP OVER LEARNING, COMPETITION OVER COLLABORATION.
YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE UNCERTIFIED YES PEOPLE THAN KNOWLEDGEABLE, COMPETENT AND CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
THIS DEFIES THE VALUES AND VISION OF THE COMMUNITY.
EXPERIENCE MATTERS. TRUST MATTERS. REALIGN YOUR PRIORITIES BEFORE.
BEFORE MORE IRREVERSIBLE HARM IS DONE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] . SHE'S COMING. SHE'S RIGHT HERE. COME ON. THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO GO AHEAD. YES. YES. START. HI. MY NAME IS ADIDAS BITTNER, AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT CONDIT ELEMENTARY.
I'M ASKING YOU TO SPEND LESS MONEY ON STAAR TEST PREP AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS. IMAGINE IF THAT MONEY WENT TO BOOKS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, OR FIELD TRIPS INSTEAD.
SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ABOUT DOING COOL PROJECTS, ART AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS, NOT JUST ANSWERING ANOTHER READING QUESTION OR MISSING RECESS FOR TEST PRACTICE. MY FAMILY IS OPTING ME OUT OF STAAR FOR MORAL REASONS.
THESE TESTS DON'T SHOW HOW SMART WE ARE. KIDS LEARNING ENGLISH OR WITH DISABILITIES MIGHT NOT KNOW A LOT, BUT NOT TEST WELL. STAR DOESN'T SHOW WHO'S KIND, CREATIVE, OR A GOOD TEAMMATE.
THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER. SOME SAY OPTING OUT HURTS SCHOOLS, BUT IT'S A TEST THAT HURT US.
TEACHERS ARE STRESSED NOT BECAUSE OF STUDENTS, BUT BECAUSE OF UNFAIR RULES.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE VALUES AND VISION OF OUR COMMUNITY, STOP USING TESTS TO PUNISH SCHOOL.
WE DESERVE BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.
OKAY. THIS CONCLUDES THE HEARING OF SPEAKERS.
NOW, I WILL TURN OVER THE FLOOR TO YOU SUPERINTENDENT MILES FOR A COUPLE OF UPDATES.
[DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS]
YEAH. GO AHEAD[01:05:38]
AND I'M READY.BOARD MEMBERS. MR. PRESIDENT THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
NO ACTION ITEMS OR ANYTHING THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT.
AND THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN A CENTER POINT FOR ANY DISTRICT FOR DECADES, BUT ONLY RECENTLY HAS THE PROFESSION TURNED TOWARDS HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
AND FOR US, THAT'S A VERY PARTICULAR PHRASE THAT HAS A VERY PARTICULAR DOCUMENTS RELATED TO IT.
SO IT INCLUDES, WHEN WE USE THAT PHRASE, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CURRICULUM MAPS THAT HAS THE STANDARDS OUTLINED AND THE TEKS THE TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS PACE FOR THE TEACHER. LESSON OBJECTIVES THAT ARE REWRITTEN SO THAT THEY'RE MEASURABLE AND DOABLE WITHIN ONE CLASS PERIOD. DEMONSTRATIONS OF LEARNING. LESSON PLANS AND POWERPOINTS THAT GO WITH THE LESSON PLANS.
SUGGESTED SCAFFOLDS AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES.
BELL WORK RELEVANT TEMPLATES AND RUBRICS. ANY ASSESSMENTS LIKE THE UNIT ASSESSMENTS.
DIFFERENTIATED ASSIGNMENTS AND TEXTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LSC MODEL.
AND THEN ANSWER KEYS. SO THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS WHEN WE SAY HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN WHAT WE CALL THE HISD CURRICULUM. LAST WEEK WHEN I GAVE THAT, WHEN I TALKED TO PRINCIPALS, WE DID WE DO THESE SURVEYS.
THERE ARE CO SURVEYS. THERE'S JUST A QUICK CHECK THERE DONE ANONYMOUSLY THERE ON ONLINE.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS NEXT YEAR MY SCHOOL WOULD USE THE HSC CURRICULUM IN AT LEAST ONE GRADE LEVEL AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT 95% OF THE SCHOOLS WILL MOST LIKELY USE THE HISD CURRICULUM IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, EVEN THOUGH ONLY 130 SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO USE THE HISD CURRICULUM.
SO AT SOME POINT THAT 95 WILL PROBABLY GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
BUT THAT'S A LOT OF TEACHERS AND GRADE LEVELS USING THE HISD CURRICULUM.
YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHY. THE ANSWER IS TEACHERS.
THANK YOU. THEY NO LONGER HAD TO MAKE LESSON PLANS OR SEARCH FOR TEXTS ALIGNED WITH THE OBJECTIVE.
THEY NO LONGER HAD TO CREATE BEL WORK ASSESSMENTS OR ASSIGNMENTS.
THEY NO LONGER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT ALIGNING LESSONS TO THE TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE CURRICULUM CALENDAR OR DIFFERENTIATING LESSONS FOR FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ACADEMICALLY BEHIND.
AND MANY OTHER THINGS. THE REASON WHY IT'S 95% IS THE TEACHERS LIKE THE CURRICULUM AND DESPITE.
THAT'S ENOUGH. THANK YOU AND DESPITE OUTCRIES LIKE THAT, THE TRUTH IS THAT THE TEACHERS ARE WANTING TO USE THIS CURRICULUM. IT'S EASIER FOR THEM AT 4:15 TO LEAVE AND NOT HAVE TO CREATE THE CURRICULUM THEMSELVES OR GET EXTRA TEXT OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ONE THING ABOUT THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT NONE NO CURRICULUM TEACHES THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DO NOT TEACH.
THEY ARE TOOLS FOR TEACHERS TO USE TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN.
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AND SO REAL QUICKLY, IN OUR PROFESSION, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN CURRICULUM AND THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN INSTRUCTION.AND IN MANY CASES THE TWO ARE SEPARATE. IF YOU JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO USE AMPLIFY, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THERE WAS A PILOT ON AMPLIFY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO PRIOR TO MY ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE GOING TO USE AMPLIFY.
SINGAPORE MATH. AND WE DUMPED THEM ON THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND STORIES ARE REPLETE THROUGHOUT OUR PROFESSION ABOUT BOOKS AND CURRICULUM BEING STUCK IN THE CLOSET, UNWRAPPED, UNUSED, OR USED IMPROPERLY. PROPERLY.
THAT'S BECAUSE CURRICULUM DOESN'T TEACH. TEACHERS TEACH.
SO THE TWO HAVE TO BE MARRIED. AT LEAST THEY HAVE TO BE ALIGNED.
SO WHATEVER YOU'RE USING AS A CURRICULUM HAS TO BE ALIGNED TO BOTH THE TEKS, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO HOW THE INSTRUCTION IS MADE. NOW, IN MANY DISTRICTS, THEY'VE GONE THEY'VE TAKEN EXTRA STEPS TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER CURRICULUM THEY HAVE, IT IS ALIGNED TO THE STANDARDS AND WHAT TEACHERS ARE SUPPOSED TO INSTRUCT.
IT WILL BE, IF NOT ALREADY, THE BEST CURRICULUM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
BECAUSE OF THIS. THERE IS AND I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER DISTRICTS THAT'S DOING THIS.
A TIGHT INTEGRATION OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE CURRICULUM IS PURPOSELY USED AND DESIGNED TO SUPPORT HOW TEACHERS INSTRUCT.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. PACING IS ONE THING THAT ALL TEACHERS DEAL WITH.
SOME ARE GOOD AT IT, BUT MANY ARE NOT AS GOOD AT PACING.
THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON DIFFERENT SUPPORTS OR IN REVIEW, AND NOT SUFFICIENT TIME ON THE OBJECTIVE? ARE YOU GETTING TO THE OBJECTIVE? ARE YOU SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON BELL WORK OR HOMEWORK REVIEW? VOCABULARY REVIEW SCAFFOLDS AND NOT GETTING TO THE MAIN CONTENT.
ARE YOU SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON ONE PROBLEM, OR PART OF THE LESSON, OR TOO MUCH TIME WITH A FEW STUDENTS INSTEAD OF THE ENTIRE CLASS? IN OTHER WORDS, SLOWING THE CLASS DOWN BECAUSE THREE TEACHERS OUT OF THE 25 ARE NOT GETTING IT.
DO YOU MOVE ON? DO YOU NOT MOVE ON? TEACHERS NOT KNOWING WHEN TO MOVE ON.
THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS OF PACE. THIS IS PART OF INSTRUCTION.
AND THEN THE QUESTION IS OKAY, IS IT IF THE TEACHER DOESN'T HAVE AN IDEA OF THIS INSTRUCTION, NO CURRICULUM MATTERS WHETHER IT'S AMPLIFY HIS CURRICULUM OR WHATEVER.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT HAS DONE, AND IT'S BEEN JUST AMAZING WORK FROM THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AND AND HER TEAM CHIEF KRISTEN HALL. WE USED THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO HELP THE TEACHERS INSTRUCT.
WE USED THE CURRICULUM. SO IN THE POWERPOINT, YOU GET NOT VOCABULARY AT THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT IT'S EMBEDDED IN THE LESSON. YOU GET SLIDES THAT ARE MARKED REALLY IMPORTANT.
COLOR CODED SLIDES NEXT YEAR TO GAUGE THE PACE OF THE LESSON.
SO FIRST 15 MINUTES THE TEACHERS BE DOING MORE DIRECT INSTRUCTION.
NEXT 15 MORE GUIDING LAST 15 MULTIPLE AT BATS RELEASING THE STUDENTS TO DO THE WORK.
THAT IS THE INTEGRATION OF CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION.
IT'S HAPPENING HERE IN HISD. THAT'S WHY THE CURRICULUM IS STRONG.
THAT'S WHY TEACHERS ARE LIKING IT AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GET STRONGER AND THAT'S WHY NEXT YEAR, 95% OF ALL SCHOOLS WILL PROBABLY USE SOME FORM OF IT.
THEY'RE NOT FORCED TO 130 ARE. THE OTHERS ARE NOT.
THEY'RE USING IT ANYWAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CURRICULUM.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY. QUICKLY ON. SUPERINTENDENT, JUST ON THE CURRICULUM.
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YES, SIR. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE I THINK SOMEBODY ON YOUR TEAM REFERENCED HOW IMPROVEMENTS ARE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE TODAY? AND HOW ARE WE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO THEM AND TO THE STUDENTS? YES. THANKS FOR ASKING. I'M TRYING TO GO TOO FAST. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN TEACHERS OR PRINCIPALS SEE SOMETHING THAT IS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO THEM OR SEEMS LIKE A MISTAKE OR SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE IMPROVED.
THEY PICK UP THE PHONE AND THEY CALL THEIR. THEY CAN CALL THEIR PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL CAN CALL THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUT OFTEN THEY CALL STRAIGHT TO CURRICULUM. WHEN I'M IN THE BUILDING, WHEN CHIEF SANDY MASSEY IS IN THE BUILDING.
THIS HAPPENED THIS WEEK. YESTERDAY ACTUALLY WENT TO TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM ALL THE TIME, AND WHEN I NOTICE SOMETHING, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WEREN'T USING THE WRITING RUBRIC AS STRONG AS IT AS WE SHOULD IN THE MATERIALS, THE RUBRIC THAT HELPS THE TEACHER INSTRUCT WRITING.
AND SO I PICKED UP THE PHONE, CALLED PAIGE ON KRISTEN'S TEAM, AND SAID, LOOK, WE NEED TO TIGHTEN THIS A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THE TEACHER HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING THE KIDS TO WRITE A WHOLE PARAGRAPH DURING THE DURING THE TIME THAT THEY'RE IN CLASS.
SO THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS. I MEAN, IT HAPPENS ORGANICALLY.
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT MODEL.
NOT. YES AND YOU REMEMBER YOU RECALL LAST YEAR WE HAD WE HIRED A WHOLE BUNCH OF TEACHERS, HALF TIME TEACHING, HALF TIME WORKING IN CURRICULUM JUST TO MAKE SURE THIS INTEGRATION WAS TIGHTER.
WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE WORKING IN CURRICULUM, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE GROUND IN THE CLASSROOM, YOU KNOW, OR WHEN YOU GET THE FEEDBACK FROM ME AND OTHERS AND THE TEACHERS OR PRINCIPALS, THEN YOU CAN DO A BETTER JOB.
INTEGRATING THAT WITH THE CURRICULUM IS AND WHAT THE INSTRUCTION IS.
THAT'S GOOD. SURE. YEAH. SO ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IS THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL BUTTON ON ALL OF THE CURRICULUM. SO IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES, THE ANY TEACHER, ANY ADMINISTRATOR CAN JUST PUSH THE BUTTON.
SO YOU WON'T SEE IT OBVIOUSLY THAT DAY BECAUSE THE CURRICULUM HAS ALREADY BEEN USED.
BUT THEY MAKE THE CORRECTIONS SO THAT NEXT YEAR IT WILL ALREADY BE MADE.
YEAH. WE ARE GETTING LOTS OF CALLS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF TEXAS TO USE THE CURRICULUM. THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST CURRICULUM IN THE NATION.
I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT. I CARE ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND IT'S GETTING STRONGER EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF THIS FEEDBACK LOOP THAT WE HAVE. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. AND JUST JUST AS A FOLLOW UP BOARD PRESIDENT I HAD THE BENEFIT OF BEING PART OF THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THIS PAST FRIDAY.
ACTUALLY, LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION FIRST. THE CURRICULUM, DO THEY COVER ALSO AP CLASSES AS WELL, OR IS IT SPECIFICALLY NOT AP, NOT ADVANCED COURSEWORK? KRISTEN, WHAT CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? COLLEGE BOARD PROVIDES CURRICULUM FOR AP CLASSES, BUT THEY DON'T COVER THE FULL YEAR.
SO WE DO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTS FOR SOME OF OUR AP CLASSES AND SOME OF OUR PRE AP CLASSES TO SUPPORT CAMPUSES IMPLEMENTING THOSE COURSES. SO THE COLLEGE BOARD MATERIALS COVER ABOUT 60% WORTH OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.
AND SO WE FILL IN THE GAPS. AND HAVE YOU FOUND THAT FOR BECAUSE PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS GIVEN THAT AND THEY WERE PRETTY, I THINK, PRETTY BALANCED FEEDBACK. THE STUDENTS LIKE, THEY WERE REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT. SO THEY RECOGNIZED THE BENEFITS OF SOME OF THE PACING, SOME OF THE TIMERS, LIKE THEY RECOGNIZED THAT IN SOME COURSES IT MAKES SENSE, BUT IN SOME COURSES, PERHAPS IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY KIND OF DISTRACTS THE CONVERSATION.
A LOT OF THAT WAS ADVANCED COURSEWORK IN PARTICULAR. AP HOW HAVE WE DIFFERENTIATED PERHAPS SOME OF THESE PRACTICES WITH CURRICULUM TO FOR ADVANCED COURSEWORK AS WELL? I THINK ONE REALLY IMPORTANT WAY IS WE BUILT THE SPECIALTY SPOT FORM, AND THAT ACTUALLY REALLY FOCUSES ON WHAT YOU EXPECT TO SEE
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IN A TYPICAL CLASS, BUT ALSO WHEN A CLASS HAS A DIFFERENT MODEL.SO WITHIN THE SPECIALTY SPOT FORM, THERE'S A SPECIFIC FOCUSED AREA FOR ADVANCED COURSEWORK WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE STUDENTS ENGAGING IN MORE PROJECT BASED STUFF, RESEARCH BASED STUFF, AND HOW THAT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT FROM A TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM. AND SO WE TRAIN ON THAT.
SO WHAT KRISTEN JUST TALKED ABOUT IS ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT EVERYWHERE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE MONTESSORI, IB, AP, YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE KIDS, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE SPECIALTY SPOT FOR EXAMPLE WHERE IT'S NOT ABOUT MULTIPLE RESPONSE STRATEGIES, BUT IT IS A STRATEGY TO ENGAGE ALL KIDS.
SO EVEN IF YOU'RE DOING THE SOCRATIC METHOD IN AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASS, WHICH WHICH CALLS FOR MORE, MORE DEEPER LEARNING AND DISCUSSION, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE DEEPER LEARNING DISCUSSION FOR ALMOST EVERY KID BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOOD THAT 3 OR 4 KIDS THAT ALWAYS PARTICIPATE AND LOVE THAT SORT OF METHOD, AND THEN HALF THE KIDS ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
SO WHILE ENGAGEMENT IS ON THAT FORM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT MULTIPLE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS PARENT SHARE. IT'S NOT ALWAYS WHITEBOARD OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
CAN I HAVE ONE QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO THE CURRICULUM? ARE WE SEEKING APPROVAL AS A HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FROM T OR WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? SORRY, NOT AT THIS TIME. ONE TEA HAS NOT HISTORICALLY REVIEWED A DISTRICT'S CURRICULUM.
THEY HAVE FOCUSED ON THE PUBLISHERS THAT SELL TO DISTRICTS.
THE SECOND THING IS THAT WHEN YOU SUBMIT A CURRICULUM TO TEA, YOU HAVE TO PAUSE ITERATION AND YOU HAVE TO PAUSE IT FOR A PRETTY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCE OF SUBMITTING AND THEN YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT WHILE IT'S BEING REVIEWED.
SO IT COULD HAVE TO STAND STILL FOR UP TO A YEAR AT TIMES TO GO THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS.
AND WE HAD SO MANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE TO IT LAST YEAR.
BUT EVEN SO, TEA DOESN'T REVIEW DISTRICT CURRICULUM.
JUST JUST TODAY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, JUST TODAY WE LOOKED AT CURRICULUM FOR MATH AND FOR THE ADVANCE AND THE S2'S, THE PROFICIENT STUDENTS AND HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE EVEN MORE RIGOR INTO THAT.
AND SO THAT'S THE ITERATION WE'RE GOING TO DO DURING THE SUMMER.
SO IT KEEPS IMPROVING, KEEPS GETTING STRONGER AND THAT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS SAID THAT THEY'RE RACING THROUGH IN THE TEAM CENTER THE MATH ESPECIALLY THE ADVANCED KITS. AND AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO EASY.
NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME ENOUGH THAT WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON THAT.
LET'S GO FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST QUICKLY ON THE IRT, YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN SOME OF THIS IN IN YOUR MATERIALS JUST TO SHOW YOU, WE HAD OUR THIRD IRT INDEPENDENT REVIEW TEAM.
WE HAVE ONE MORE COMING. AND I HAD SET A GOAL OF BEING AT 10.5 BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE NOT THERE YET. THESE ARE THE CAMPUSES AND THIS IS THE SCORE.
SO PROFICIENT FOR THE IRT FOR A SCHOOL IS 9 TO 11.
ONCE YOU REACH A AFTER 11, 11.5, YOU'LL BE PROFICIENT TOO.
SO AS A DISTRICT THIS SIZE, JUST STARTING OUT.
I MEAN, THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR. IT'S HARD TO DEMAND, YOU KNOW, PROFICIENT TO.
BUT I WANTED TO GET CLOSE TO THE TOP END OF PROFICIENT.
SO THE GOAL IS 10.5 BY END OF THE YEAR. HERE'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE IS AT 10.33. SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
WE'VE IMPROVED SINCE OCTOBER. SO OCTOBER WAS 9.03.
JANUARY, FEBRUARY TIME FRAME WAS 9.94 AND THEN NOW 10.33.
SO HOPEFULLY AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN MAY WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST 10.5.
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WE'LL SEE. NOT AS AN AVERAGE JUST AS A SCORE IN MAY.AND YOU CAN SEE EACH DIVISION IS GOING UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO BE. IMPROVING ON THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION.
AND THIS IS AGAIN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS. SO MOST SCHOOLS ARE PROFICIENT.
THAT'S A QUICK SUMMARY OF ERT. QUESTIONS ABOUT ERT.
I HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE. I'M SURE YOU DO.
CAN WE SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY SCHOOL TYPE BY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL? YES. THERE WAS A LOT OF SLIDES THAT. YES, IS THE ANSWER.
WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU. WE ALREADY HAVE IT. YEAH.
ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK.
JUST FOR THOSE LISTENING, A REMINDER ON WHO THE IRT.
THIS IS A GROUP OF ABOUT 120, ABOUT 120 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, SOME PRINCIPALS AND SOME PEOPLE FROM KRISTEN HOLT'S OFFICE WHO'VE BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND SO THEY DO CALIBRATION EXERCISES TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE SAME EYE.
SO THAT IS THE GROUP THAT GOES TO ALL 273 SCHOOLS TO GIVE THEM AN IRT SCORE.
AND WHAT MAKES THEM INDEPENDENT OR. YES, THEY'RE INDEPENDENT BECAUSE THE PRINCIPAL WILL NOT IF THERE IS A PRINCIPAL ON THE TEAM, THEY DO NOT GO TO THEIR SCHOOL. I DON'T THINK THEY EVEN GO TO THEIR DIVISION.
THEY GO TO A DIFFERENT DIVISION. SO NO TEAM MEMBER IS THIS RIGHT? CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? THIS MAY BE FOR CHIEF HOLE.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE THAT IS? OR MAYBE SUPERINTENDENT KNOWS? YEAH, I CAN TALK TO.
SO SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT TEACHER EXCELLENCE SYSTEM.
AND FOR THAT, ALL PRINCIPALS HAVE TO MEET A THRESHOLD OF PROFICIENCY IN OBSERVING INSTRUCTION.
SO EVERY PRINCIPAL WILL GO THROUGH THESE VIDEOS AND THE TRAINING ALONG WITH THE TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED IF THEY'RE HERE AND OVER THE SUMMER, EVEN PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE, THAT THEY WILL ALL GO THROUGH CERTIFICATION AND THAT MEANS CERTIFICATION TO OBSERVE AND SCORE TEACHERS ON A SPOT OBSERVATION. AND THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THESE FOLKS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE VIDEOS MAY BE THE SAME.
THERE'S A WHOLE BANK OF THEM. BUT THESE FOLKS ALSO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO BE IRT MEMBERS.
SO THEY ALSO GET TRAINING ON WHO DO THEY SEE WHEN THEY FIRST GET TO THE SCHOOL? HOW MUCH INFORMATION WILL THEY GIVE A TEACHER? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GIVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO A TEACHER. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE TEACHER AT THAT POINT. IT'S THE SCHOOL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY GET TRAINING AS WELL AS TRAINING ON INSTRUCTION.
THEY ALSO WENT THROUGH A CERTIFICATION TEST FOR THIS ROUND AND NO ONE COULD PASS IT.
WHICH HASN'T STARTED YET. THANK YOU. OKAY. I THINK YOU HAVE ONE MORE.
YES, SIR. YOU'RE APPROACHING YOUR TIME NOW. YES, SIR.
I'M GOING TO BE QUICK ON THIS. I THINK YOU GOT THIS DATA.
SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DISCIPLINE DATA ALL THE TIME AND AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR TO THIS POINT THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS ARE DOWN QUITE A BIT, 20.86% AS A DISTRICT. THAT'S HUGE. IF YOU LOOK AT BY ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH. SAME THING MOSTLY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE DOWN ELEMENTARY ABOUT THE SAME, JUST A LITTLE BIT DOWN.
NES AND PUA. NES DISCIPLINE INCIDENTS ARE DOWN 27%.
THAT'S REMARKABLE TO ME AND BUT STILL PUA IS ALSO 10% DOWN AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT
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ISS OVERALL IN THE DISTRICT DOWN 14.95%. THAT'S IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION.OSS IS OUT OF SCHOOL. SUSPENSION DOWN 20.71. AND THEN THE ONLY AREA DAP IS ALSO WAY DOWN.
THERE'S NUMBER OF THE KIDS WE SEND TO DEEP DOWN, ALMOST 50%.
AND THEN FINALLY EXPULSIONS. EXPULSIONS ARE ACTUALLY UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUT KEEP IN MIND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF INCIDENTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 34 TO 37. THAT'S AN 8.82 INCREASE.
NOW WE IF YOU LOOK AT THE INCIDENTS, WE'RE DOWN EVERYWHERE EXCEPT.
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT IT SHOULD HELP. THAT'S IT.
GREAT. THANK YOU. QUESTION. GO AHEAD. JUST QUICK QUESTION ON DISCIPLINARY.
HAS THERE BEEN A STUDY TO DETERMINE WHAT MEASURES WE TOOK BEFORE THAT STUDENT GOT TO WHERE THEY WHERE THEY AT? LIKE, DID THEY RECEIVE COUNSELING BEFORE THERE? DID WE OFFER MENTAL HEALTH TO THEM? WHAT OFFERINGS DO WE HAVE FOR THEM? OR IS IT ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY JUST KIND OF USUALLY THEY DON'T.
RIGHT. WE CAN TRACK WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH REGARD TO.
YEAH. I MEAN THERE'S BEFORE THE INCIDENT, THERE'S NOT A LOT.
WE HAVE PRINCIPALS AND AP'S LOOKING AT IT, OFFICE MANAGERS, WE HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS, WE HAVE THREAT IDENTIFICATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE NORMAL THINGS. WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE ON THE INCIDENCES, ESPECIALLY IN NES, IS A MORE SAFE AND ORDERLY ENVIRONMENT. IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THERE ARE SOME STRICT RULES, NOT UNFAIR RULES, AND THAT WE DON'T SUSPEND KIDS RIGHT AWAY.
I MEAN, PEOPLE THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU TAKE A KID OUT OF CLASS, HE OR SHE IS SUSPENDED.
NO, YOU'RE TAKEN OUT OF CLASS, YOU'RE ZOOMED BACK IN THROUGH A CHROMEBOOK, AND THEN YOU GO TO YOUR NEXT CLASS AND THAT HAS WORKED WELL TO NOT ONLY MAKE KIDS MORE ORDERLY AND RESPECT THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT HAS KEPT THEM FROM BEING SUSPENDED.
SO THAT'S THE REASON. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT MILES. WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT THE SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT.
SO MISS SMITH, WILL YOU CALL THE STUDENTS UP? YES. LUCA CANDIDA, FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDRA IZQUIERDO.
[SPANISH] HI. MY NAME IS LUCA. I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE IT HURTS THAT THEY ARE FIRING TEACHERS WITHOUT A JUST REASON. [SPANISH].
MY TEACHERS TEACH ME. THEY TAKE CARE OF ME AND THEY BELIEVE IN ME.
IT IS NOT FAIR THAT THEY ARE TAKEN OUT OF A SCHOOL WHEN THEY DO THEIR JOB WITH LOVE.
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WHEN A TEACHER LEAVES, WE ALSO LOSE. I WANT TO KEEP LEARNING WITH PEOPLE THAT MAKE ME FEEL SAFE AND HAPPY.PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR VOICES. KIDS ALSO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
TAKE CARE OF OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY TAKE CARE OF US.
THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA AMELIA IZQUIERDO.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO STOP TIMERS BECAUSE THEY ARE GIVING THE KIDS STRESS AND MAKE SCHOOLS MORE STRESSFUL THAN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE DOL'S. IF YOU GET ONE WRONG OUT OF FIVE QUESTIONS, IT'S AN 80.
BUT IF YOU GET TWO WRONG OUT OF FIVE QUESTIONS, IT'S A 60.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE A 70. IF YOU GET TWO WRONG, MORE AND MORE TEACHERS ARE LEAVING BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT'S CHANGING. WHEN TEACHERS LEAVE. WE ARE GETTING INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS.
RIGHT NOW. FOURTH GRADE IS THE WORST ONE AND TWO TEACHERS LEFT FROM FOURTH GRADE. I WANT THIS TO CHANGE BECAUSE NEXT YEAR I'M GOING TO FOURTH GRADE AND BECAUSE I THANK YOU. DIANA. TWO OTHER SPEAKERS THAT THAT CAME AS WELL.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. CAMILLE BREAUX, FOLLOWED BY DIANA CANDIDA.
GO AHEAD. CAMILLE BROWN I'M HERE TO EXPRESS DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE DECISION TO LET GO OF INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN THEIR GROWTH. RATHER THAN PROVIDING MENTORSHIP, HISD IS SPENDING MILLIONS ON LEADERSHIP ROLES THAT DO LITTLE MORE THAN WALK AROUND CAMPUSES HANDING OUT LOW SPOT SCORES. THIS ISN'T SUPPORT, IT'S SURVEILLANCE.
IT'S ALSO A FEAR TACTIC. I PERSONALLY DO NOT AGREE WITH THE CERTIFICATION WAIVER, BUT NOW THAT IT'S IN PLACE, THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IT WORK. OUR TEACHERS DESERVE COACHING, NOT PUNISHMENT.
HANDS ON TRAINING WITH TEACHERS HAS BEEN PROVEN TO WORK.
LOOK AT THE LITERATURE AND IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A CABINET OF BLOATED SALARIES.
DISMANTLE THIS PUNITIVE SYSTEM THAT DEMORALIZES THE PEOPLE OUR CHILDREN DEPEND ON.
THANK YOU. I'M DIANA CANDIDA AND I'M ANGRY ABOUT THE CONTINUED MISTREATMENT OF HISD'S TEACHERS.
THIS MAKES BOTH RETENTION AND RECRUITING DIFFICULT.
THESE TEACHERS ARE VALUABLE MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
THEY KNOW OUR CHILDREN AND ARE RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED BY PARENTS.
THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL IS BEING DISMANTLED WITH EACH DEPARTURE.
THE SITUATION IS EVEN WORSE AT ANY SCHOOL BOARD OF MANAGERS.
YOU'VE BEEN BRAINWASHED TO BELIEVE THAT THE NEW DISTRICT CURRICULUM IS GOOD, BUT HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE FACT THAT PARENTS LOOKING TO PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN PRE-K OR KINDER, ARE ACTIVELY AVOIDING ANY SCHOOLS? YOU NEED TO REALIZE AND ACCEPT THAT MIKE MILES IS DECEIVING YOU, AND WHAT HE'S DOING HARMS CHILDREN AND TEACHERS.
ACT NOW AND FIRE MIKE MILES. THANK YOU. OKAY.
BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE ITEM TWO ON OUR AGENDA.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO ON THE BOARD WHO ASKED TO DISCUSS THIS THE QUESTION AND MAYBE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, SO IF ANY, RATHER THAN A PRESENTATION SINCE PRESIDENT IS IN THE.
IN FACT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS.
BOARD MEMBERS HAVE OF THIS. SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
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SO MR. TERRY'S HERE. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.IT'S A REPORT ITEM. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY.
IT'S JUST A REPORT ITEM. BUT IT WAS A QUESTION THAT SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE HAD.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OR WANT TO DISCUSS IT? BECAUSE IF NOT, WE DON'T. WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON DISCUSSING IT. IT'S IN.
YEAH IT'S IN, IT'S IN THE MATERIALS. IT'S JUST A REPORT.
I HAD MADE THE SUGGESTION THAT PERHAPS JIM BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GET A HIGH LEVEL SUMMATION IF ANYONE CARES TO DO THAT, BUT IF NOT, THEN I'M FINE. ANYBODY WANT A HIGH LEVEL SUMMATION? YES, I THINK THAT WOULD WORK. JIM, CAN YOU COME UP AND GIVE US A HIGH LEVEL SUMMATION OF ACTUAL TO BUDGET? GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. SO YOU HAVE IN YOUR REPORT THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR OPERATING FUND FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT IS BY FUNCTION CODE.
AND IF WE WERE TO SPEND EVENLY AND WE DON'T SPEND EXACTLY EVENLY BUT FAIRLY EVENLY, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 8.3% OR 75% OF OUR BUDGET WOULD PUT US ON TARGET. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE THIRD COLUMN OVER OUR FOURTH COLUMN, YOU WILL SEE THAT CURRENTLY WE'RE AT JUST UNDER 69%.
SO FROM A PERCENTAGE POINT OF VIEW, THAT PUTS US ABOUT 6% UNDER.
BUT I WARN YOU THAT THIS IS THIRD QUARTER. WE GOT APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.
JUNE USUALLY IS A HEAVY MONTH FOR SPENDING AS WE PAY OUT STIPENDS AND OTHER KINDS OF ITEMS THAT GET CAUGHT UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR THAT PERCENTAGE WAS 72%.
AND YOU KNOW, WE DID BETTER BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND WHAT I PROVIDED FOR YOU AFTER THAT GENERAL FUND BY FUNCTION.
YOU WILL SEE GENERAL THE GENERAL FUND BY OBJECT CODE.
ALSO IN THERE IS THE OTHER TWO FUNDS, WHICH YOU ALL WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. AND THAT'S THE DEBT SERVICE. THE I&S DEBT SERVICE IT'S PRETTY CONSTANT.
PAYMENTS GO OUT FEBRUARY AND AUGUST. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THE EXPENDITURE HAS GONE OUT AND THEN FOOD SERVICE, AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO WHERE WE'RE ADJUSTING THE FOOD SERVICE BUDGET THIS MONTH.
HIGH LEVEL, HIGH ENOUGH? NOT VERY HIGH. I LIKED IT.
SO, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE GET A MUCH BETTER IDEA OF EXACTLY WHERE ALL THE EXPENDITURES ARE. AND WE WILL MOVE WITHIN FUNCTIONS IN ORDER TO TRY TO BE IN 10%, I THINK IS WITH THE PFAS RAG, THE GOVERNING TEXT THAT WE USE FROM TEA AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE'RE WITHIN 10% OF THAT RIGHT NOW AND DON'T NEED TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
BUT AS I SAY, THIS IS ONLY THROUGH MARCH AND SO THE HEAVY MONTHS ARE, OF COURSE, THE LAST QUARTER.
BUT YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE WITHIN OUR BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR? I'M CERTAINLY. YES. OKAY. YOU MAY MOVE IT AROUND, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE WITHIN OUR BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
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THE CURRENT BUDGET. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAD A GO AHEAD QUESTION.THANK YOU. DOCTOR TERRY. JUST LOOKING AT THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND.
CAN YOU JUST TALK THROUGH THE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE? I SEE A FEW DIFFERENT CHANGES, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK TO IT, PLEASE? THE 4.6 MILLION? YES. LET ME BRING THAT UP.
OKAY. IN CHILD NUTRITION THEY YOU CAN SEE THAT THEIR REVENUE ACTUALLY IS A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY'VE ALSO HAD INCREASES IN IN FOOD PRICES AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW THEY'RE STILL ON BUDGET, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT RIGHT HERE, NOT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY.
SO THERE IS A CHANGE FOR THE FOOD SERVICE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EAT A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THEIR FUND BALANCE WITH THE AMENDMENT. I GUESS I WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED TO SEE IT.
AND THIS IS JUST ME THINKING ABOUT DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
MAYBE WE'RE NOT FEEDING AS MANY KIDS. I JUST WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
OKAY. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT'S WHY THE AMENDMENT.
BUT WE'RE SPENDING MORE, RIGHT? YES. FOOD SERVICE IS COSTING US.
FOOD'S COSTING US MORE TOO. SO THEY EXPECT IT TO GO UP.
SO THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT AND THE INCREASE IN FOOD PRICES ARE CAUSING THESE.
EXACTLY. THANK YOU. SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WE'LL CONSIDER THE ACTION ITEMS, WHICH IS BOARD POLICY REQUIRES BOARD MEMBERS TO ABSTAIN FROM ALL DISCUSSIONS AND VOTES PERTAINING TO CONTRACTS THAT MIGHT INVOLVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
BOARD POLICY. BBFA LOCAL DEFINES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS ANY CIRCUMSTANCE THAT COULD CAST DOUBT ON BOARD MEMBERS ABILITY TO ACT WITH TOTAL OBJECTIVITY, AND WITH REGARD TO THE DISTRICT'S INTEREST.
WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA?
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEMS BY CONSENSUS. I NEED MY COMPUTER TO GET YOUR COMPUTER AWAKE AGAIN.AND YOU MAY HAVE TO LOG IN TOO. YOUR LOGINS ON THE TOP CORNER? OF YOUR COMPUTER? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
YEAH. WELL GET YOU IN. JUST TO.
CHECK ON YOU. CAN SOMEONE HELP US. THANK YOU.
WHAT? YOU'RE NOT ON MUTE. YOU JUST CALLED. OH, YEAH.
NEVER KNOW. YOU NEVER KNOW. BUT IT'S A STICKY NOTE.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE EIGHT YEAS AND ONE ABSENT, SO THE MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION.
[RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTIONS 551.004 THROUGH 551.089 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE PURPOSES LISTED IN THIS NOTICE]
UNDER CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SUBSECTION 551.551.0043551.08. SHOULD THE 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 AN OPEN MEETING COVERED BY THIS NOTICE.
THE BOARD HAS RECESSED A CLOSED SESSION AT 6:53PM.
APRIL 16TH, 2025. GOOD EVENING. THIS MEETING IS RECONVENED
[RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]
AT 9:22PM. WE ARE NOW READY TO CONSIDER ITEMS DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION.[CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION]
ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? YES. BOARD PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE VICE PRESIDENT TO COMPLETE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY,[01:50:06]
KNOWN AS SB 25-0203, BROOKLINE FACILITY, 3901 TELEPHONE ROAD, HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77023 TO KEATON NGUYEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILY. OKAY.I HAVE, SORRY. ONE AT A TIME. YEAH, ONE AT A TIME.
PERFECT. IS THAT. ARE YOU FINISHED? THAT'S ONE.
OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I AM ABSTAINING FROM ALL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN A TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? YES, PLEASE. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE VICE PRESIDENT TO COMPLETE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, KNOWN AS SB 25 0204 CHATHAM FACILITY, 8110 BIRCHWOOD STREET, HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, 77016. HOUSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCORPORATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTHEAST HOUSTON REDEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE. I AGAIN WILL ABSTAIN.
THE MOTION PASSES WITH MOSTLY YESES. ONE NAY AND ONE ABSTENTION.
OKAY. NEXT MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE VICE PRESIDENT TO COMPLETE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, KNOWN AS SB25-02-11 KIRBY AND OREM ACREAGE ZERO WEST OREM DRIVE, HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, 770472 ALLIANCE RESIDENTIAL COMPANY.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES. ONE ABSTENTION. OKAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION.
YES, PLEASE. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE VICE PRESIDENT TO COMPLETE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, KNOWN AS SB 25-02-12 NORTH FOREST ACREAGE, ZERO MESA ROAD, HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, 77078 24 WINDY HILL INVESTMENTS, LLC.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
ANOTHER MOTION? YES, PLEASE. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE VICE PRESIDENT TO COMPLETE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, KNOWN AS SB 2502 15 SOUTH AREA OFFICE, 4040 WEST FUQUA STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77045 TO COMMUNITY OF FAITH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED.
MOTION AND SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES WITH ONE ABSTENTION. I HAVE ONE FINAL MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE VICE PRESIDENT TO COMPLETE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, KNOWN AS SB25-02-17 TERRELL FACILITY 4610 EAST CROSSTIMBERS STREET, HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77016 TO HOUSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCORPORATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTHEAST HOUSTON REDEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND.
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THE MOTION PASSES WITH ONE ABSTAINING. OKAY. THAT'S IT.ON THE MOTIONS. OKAY. WE ARE READY TO HEAR ANY KIND OF REPORTS OR COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
[BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS]
BOARD MEMBERS? GO AHEAD. I'LL BE QUICK. THANK YOU.I JUST WANT AND WE'LL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IT.
WHO ALL WAS THERE? BUT FRIDAY WAS AN AMAZING EVENT WITH OUR SENIORS.
IT WAS JUST SO GOOD. BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST. THE LEADERS OF THEIR CLASS.
SO THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE? ARE WE GOOD? GOOD. GREAT. WELL, ONE LAST COMMENT.
THE DISCIPLINE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLE. EVERYTHING IS GOING THE WAY I THINK THAT WE WANT IT TO GO.
KIDS ARE TAKING STAAR TEST. WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE TEAM DOES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO THANK YOU. WE STAND ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.