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>> I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
[Call to Order]
TO ORDER ON AUGUST 25, 2025 AT 6:30 P.M. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING, A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT TRUSTEES, RAYOS, SANCHEZ, WRIGHT, GUYTON, LOCKHART, CHARLES ARE PRESENT.
I WOULD ASK YOU IF YOU PLEASE STAND NOW FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS.
COMMANDING THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AIR FORCE JUNIOR ROTC COLOR GUARD IS CADET CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, ISRAELI MATTHEWS AND LILY LEMAS.
>> O SAY CAN YOU SEE, BY THE DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT, WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAIL’D AT THE TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING, WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT, O’ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH’D WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING? AND THE ROCKET’S RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR, GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE, O SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE, O’ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE?
>> WE NOW ASK TRUSTEE GUIDE TO LEAD US IN INVOCATION.
>> LET US PRAY. DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US TO SEE AND THIS TIME THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR US TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE OUR KIDS AND TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT.
WE ASK YOUR CONTINUED BLESSINGS ON OUR DISTRICT AS WE ARE OFF TO ANOTHER WONDERFUL SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ASK YOU TO BLESS ALL THE FAMILIES THAT ARE INVOLVED, ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS, EVERYONE THAT HAS A PART IN LOCKHART ISD, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US.
IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN.
>> AMEN. THANK YOU. ITEM 4 RECOGNITION, MS. SANTOS.
[Recognitions]
>> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO HELP RECEIVE THIS EVENING'S HONOREES FOR RECOGNITION.
AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE AWARD THE BOARD WILL PRESENT TO HONOREES THIS EVENING.
THIS IS A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN, GIVEN BY THE BOARD ONLY TO THOSE WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN LISD.
NOW, WE BEGIN WITH TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.
TONIGHT, WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE TWO REMARKABLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO TOOK CENTER STAGE AS MASTERS OF CEREMONIES AT THIS YEAR'S CONVOCATION.
WITH POISE, PERSONALITY, AND PROFESSIONALISM, LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, MELANIE SUAREZ, AND DAVY JONES, CAPTIVATED THE AUDIENCE AND SET THE TONE FOR A TRULY MEMORABLE EVENT.
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THEIR CONFIDENCE, CHARISMA, HUMOR, AND HUMILITY SHOWN THROUGH AS THEY SHOWCASED THEIR PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS AND BROUGHT ENERGY AND SPIRIT TO THE CELEBRATION.THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS NOT ONLY A REFLECTION OF THEIR HARD WORK AND NATURAL TALENT, BUT ALSO A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE EXCELLENCE WE STRIVE TO CULTIVATE IN LOCKHART ISD.
THEY LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND HELPED INSPIRE AN OUTSTANDING START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
NOW, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING MELANIE SUAREZ.
OUR NEXT RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS TWO EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO REPRESENTED US ON THE NATIONAL STAGE THIS SUMMER AT THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL IN INDIANA.
CRISTIAN CRUZ COMPETED IN SOLO MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE, AND ANGELENA LEMMERMANN PRESENTED HER WORK IN SCENIC DESIGN.
BOTH STUDENTS EARNED EXCELLENT RATINGS FOR THEIR PERFORMANCES, A REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT REFLECTS THEIR CREATIVITY, DEDICATION, AND SKILL.
THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW CRISTIAN AND ANGELENA ARE TRULY LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE, DEMONSTRATING NOT ONLY THEIR TALENT, BUT ALSO THEIR HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, COMMITMENT TO THEIR CRAFT, AND PASSION FOR THE ARTS.
ALTHOUGH ANGELENA IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING, BECAUSE SHE HAS ALREADY BEGUN HER JOURNEY TO COLLEGE.
WE KNOW SHE WILL CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS.
AT THIS TIME, PLEASE JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING CRISTIAN CRUZ FOR THIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT.[APPLAUSE].
CRISTIAN IS ACCOMPANIED BY LHS THEATER DIRECTORS, KENNEDY AND JASON WORTHINGTON, LHSD FINE ARTS DIRECTOR JAMES CROWLEY, AND LHS PRINCIPAL, MR. MICHAEL HARBIN.
FOR OUR FINAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A BRAND-NEW COMMUNITY TRADITION THAT BEGAN THIS YEAR.
ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, JUST BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE WERE PROUD TO HOST THE VERY FIRST DAY FRESH CUTS EVENT AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS WONDERFUL INITIATIVE PROVIDED 127 FREE HAIRCUTS TO LOCKHART STUDENTS.
BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND CREATED A TRUE SENSE OF EXCITEMENT AND PRIDE HEADING INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
THE EVENT WAS THE VISION OF CLEARFORK ELEMENTARY TEACHER AND LEVER LEADER NIKKI LAWRENCE, AND [APPLAUSE] FORMER CLEAR FOUR COUNSELOR AND CONTINUING LOCKHART ISD COMMUNITY PARTNER, LAUREN RIEDEL.
[APPLAUSE]. WITH THE HELP OF DEDICATED FRIENDS AND VOLUNTEERS, ALONG WITH THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF SEVERAL LOCAL BARBERS AND HAIRSTYLISTS,
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THEIR IDEA BECAME A REALITY AND WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.WE ARE SO PROUD OF MS. LAWRENCE AND MISS RIEDEL 'S VISION, ORGANIZATION, IMPECCABLE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENT CONTINUING FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING NIKKI LAWRENCE AND LAUREN RIEDEL IN THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONALLY, WHILE MORE THAN 15 HAIRDRESSERS AND BARBERS GENEROUSLY VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME FOR THIS EVENT, ONLY A FEW COULD BE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT.
FIRST, WE HAVE LESLIE DARN WITH SALON NINE OH FOUR.
[APPLAUSE]. IVAN LANDEROS WITH LEGACY CUTS.
ANNABETH GONZALEZ WITH LISA AND COMPANY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST ROSEMARY OLIVA.
WE HAVE ONE OTHER HAIRDRESSER, DANIEL WITH LUWING FADES.
YES, PLEASE ALL VOLUNTEERS FOR FRESH CUTS, GO AHEAD AND JOIN THE BOARD TO TAKE A PICTURE. [APPLAUSE].
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>> I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS DOING IT.
[LAUGHTER] WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5 PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE HAVE NOBODY SIGNED UP, SO NO PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY.
WE WILL NOW GO ON TO A PUBLIC MEETING.
[Public Meeting for 2025-2026 Proposed Tax Rate]
MISS WEISER. ANY CHANCE WE MIGHT GET ANY BUCKETS TODAY, MISS WEISER? [LAUGHTER][LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE HAVING OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE, WHICH WE'LL GO FOR ADOPTION APPROVAL LATER THIS EVENING.
WE DO HAVE A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN WE ARE ADOPTING OUR TAX RATE.
SECTIONS 44.002 THROUGH 44.006 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE EXPLAINS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE DO HAVE DURING THE BUDGETING AND TAX ADOPTION PROCESS.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET BASED ON A PROJECTED TAX RATE FOR 2025 BY JUNE 30.
WE HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THE BUDGET THAT THIS TAX RATE WILL SUPPORT.
HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADOPT IT UNTIL A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER DUE TO THE TIMING OF WHEN ALL OF THE TAX RATES COME OUT, BUT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AS FAR AS WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR BUDGET AND THIS PUBLIC MEETING.
JUST A REALLY QUICK OVERVIEW ON HOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED AND WHERE THE TAX RATE FALLS IN WITH OUR FUNDING.
WE ARE FUNDED THROUGH STATE ALLOCATION, OUR LOCAL TAXES, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING, A SMALL FEDERAL ALLOCATION AND SOME OTHER SMALL SOURCES HERE AND THERE.
OUR MAIN SOURCES OF FUNDING THOUGH ARE THROUGH OUR STATE ALLOCATION AND OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION.
JUST AS YOU ASKED, [LAUGHTER] WE WILL GO OVER THE BUCKET.
THIS BUCKET HERE REPRESENTS THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCKHART ISD.
I INTENTIONALLY PUT TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE IN QUOTES BECAUSE THAT COST IS NOT DETERMINED BY LOCKHART ISD.
IT IS DETERMINED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
THE BUCKET REPRESENTS THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND LOCKHART ISD.
THE WAY THAT WE GENERATE REVENUE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THE COST TO EDUCATE THOSE STUDENTS IS ONE THROUGH OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION, AND THEN THE STATE COMES IN AND FILLS UP THE REST OF THAT NEED THROUGH OUR STATE ALLOCATION.
WHAT DETERMINES THE SIZE OF LOCKHART ISD'S BUCKET.
EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS GETS A BUCKET.
EVERY BUCKET IS A DIFFERENT SIZE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THAT DISTRICT, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING THERE, THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE ATTENDANCE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING THE DISTRICT.
THE BUCKET CAN CHANGE ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE BASE EVERYTHING THOUGH ON PROJECTIONS OF WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN.
THEN AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES, WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW BIG THAT BUCKET IS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AFTER SCHOOL ENDS.
THE STATE DOES COME BACK AND RECONCILE THEIR PORTION, AND THEY DO THAT THROUGH OUR PEIMS DATA.
THEY'LL PULL IN OUR ATTENDANCE DATA, OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, ALL THE STUDENT SERVICES AND THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S HOW THEY RECONCILE IT ON THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS PORTION OF THE SIZE OF THAT BUCKET.
THEN THEY RECONCILE OUR PORTION THAT WE FILL UP IN THAT BUCKET WITH OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION THROUGH THE ANNUAL PROPERTY VALUE STUDY.
THROUGH THAT STUDY, THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE COLLECTING IN OUR BUCKET FIRST THROUGH OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION, IS ENOUGH COMPARED TO THE VALUES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE WITHIN OUR COUNTY.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VALUES ARE HIGH ENOUGH IN ORDER TO COLLECT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT SO THAT THEIR PORTION OF THE BUCKET IS NOT HIGHER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT TAX RATE WHILE WE ARE ADOPTING IT THIS EVENING FOR APPROVAL.
WE TECHNICALLY DO NOT SET THE TAX RATE.
THE TAX EDUCATION AGENCY SETS THE FIRST PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE,
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WHICH IS OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE THROUGH THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE.THE PORTION OF THAT TAX RATE IS TWO FOLD.
IT IS THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE SET BY TAX EDUCATION AGENCY.
THEY GIVE US OUR RATES ON AUGUST 5TH OF EVERY YEAR.
THEN OUR ENRICHMENT GOLDEN PENNIES, WHICH THIS DISTRICT DOES HAVE EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES, WHICH IS ALL AVAILABLE GOLDEN PENNIES.
PLUS OUR INTEREST IN SINKING TAX RATE.
THIS IS THE PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE THAT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLUCTUATION ON SETTING THAT RATE, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND REALLY LATER.
THE TEA APPROVED TAX RATE THIS YEAR.
OUR M&O COMPRESSION TAX RATE IS 60.19 PENNIES.
WE HAVE OUR EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES, OUR I&S RATE AT 25.77 PENNIES FOR A TOTAL TEA APPROVED TAX RATE OF 93.96 PENNIES.
OUR PROPOSED RATE IS THE SAME.
WE DO NOT REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF ELECTION BECAUSE OUR PROPOSED RATE IS NOT HIGHER THAN THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY APPROVED TAX RATE.
WE DO HAVE A PROPOSED TAX DECREASE OF 1.5 PENNIES PER EVERY HUNDRED DOLLAR OF VALUE WITHIN LOCKHART ISD.
THE EFFECT THAT THIS NEW TAX RATE AT A DROP OF 1.5 PENNIES HAS ON THE AVERAGE HOME IS TWO-FOLD.
ONE, THE TAX RATE HAS BEEN DECREASED, AND THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION HAS BEEN INCREASED.
THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION GOING FROM $100,000 TO $140,000 WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR AVERAGE TAXPAYER SEEING A $200 ANNUAL SAVINGS IN THEIR PROPERTY TAXES FOR LOCKHART ISD.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE VALUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GET TO DISCUSS AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS SO EXCITING, WE'LL GET TO TALK ABOUT IT TWICE.
[LAUGHTER] AT THIS TIME, WE CAN OPEN FOR ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS BOARD? THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, WHATEVER COMMENT THEY WANT TO MAKE ON THIS ISSUE, YOU'RE FREE TO DO SO.
HEARING NONE. I'LL DECLARE THIS PUBLIC MEETING OVER.
>>THANK YOU, MISS WEISER. WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM 7,
[Business - Consent Agenda:]
THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH I.THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTION TO COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS? IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION?
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 8 COMMUNICATION,
[First Day of School Update]
A, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL UPDATES, DOCTOR CAMARIO.>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT STRATA.
WE'RE EXCITED TO PROVIDE YOU BACK TO SCHOOL DATE AS WE DO EVERY YEAR ON THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL.
WE WILL COVER THE DEPARTMENT'S FINANCE, ENROLLMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OPERATIONS AND STAFFING, C&I FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, SAFETY AND SECURITY, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND THEN WE DID AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW ON THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL AND WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO YOU AS WELL.
WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH MISS NICOLE WEISER.
>> NO BUCKETS THIS TIME, BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THIS EVENING IS WHERE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE WITH OUR BUDGET THAT WE ADOPTED BACK IN JUNE.
THE IMPACT NOW OF THE LIGHTS TURNING ON, AS YOU WILL.
WHEN WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET, ALL THE LIGHTS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ARE TURNED OFF, AND AS THE LIGHTS SLOWLY TURN ON, WE SEE HOW OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BALANCE OUT.
FOR THIS YEAR, WE DID ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR REVENUES EQUAL OUR EXPENDITURES.
OUR REVENUES ARE BASED ON PROJECTIONS OF ENROLLMENT, STUDENT NEED, AND THE ATTENDANCE OF THOSE STUDENTS.
AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THIS BALANCED BUDGET FALLS.
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO EXPLAIN FIRST THOUGH THAT GOES INTO THIS, JUST A HIGH LEVEL OF HOW WE CREATE THIS BALANCED BUDGET.
I WANT REAL QUICKLY TO DISCUSS AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE VERSUS AN ATTENDANCE GOAL BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
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AS WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING.THE ATTENDANCE RATE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF AN ENROLLED STUDENT ATTENDING EACH DAY.
THIS, WE HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE GOAL OF A 96%.
IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TIME TO MEET OUR ACADEMIC GOALS, WE DO HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE GOAL OF A 96% ATTENDANCE RATE.
OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS THE RATE THAT TA USES TO CALCULATE STUDENT FUNDING.
IT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT A STUDENT ATTENDS AND ENROLLS IN THE DISTRICT.
IF I WERE TO ENROLL IN LOCKHART ISD IN JANUARY AND NOT MISS A DAY OF SCHOOL, I WOULD HAVE 100% ATTENDANCE, BUT MY ADA RATE WOULD NOT BE 100% BECAUSE I DID NOT ATTEND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.
I ATTENDED HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I WOULD BE A 0.5 ADA, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
ADA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ATTENDANCE RATE.
IT'S JUST IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHILE WE LOOK AT BOTH, WHEN WE'RE PROJECTING OUR BUDGET, WE'RE PROJECTING IT BASED ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTIONAL ATTENDANCE GOAL OF 96% IS NOT HOW OUR BUDGET WAS BALANCED ON, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT REALLY DRIVES OUR BALANCING BUDGET IS TO TAKE OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE TIMES OUR ADA.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR ADA TIMES OUR ENROLLMENT GOAL, AND THEN WE MULTIPLY THAT TIMES THIS TOTAL COST THAT TA SAYS, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS $6,215 A STUDENT, AND WE CAN GET INTO WEIGHTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE ADD TO IT.
HOWEVER, HIGH LEVEL, WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT WE MAKE OUR BUDGET BASED ON OUR ADA GOAL.
SORRY, AND OUR ENROLLMENT GOAL.
OUR ADA GOAL IS BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT GOAL OF 6,874 STUDENTS.
THIS WAS THE LOW DEMOGRAPHER PROJECTION.
OUR DEMOGRAPHER GIVES US THREE GROWTH PROJECTION TOTALS, A LOW TOTAL, A MID GROWTH AND A HIGH GROWTH.
THIS YEAR, WE DID USE OUR LOW GROWTH BASED ON THE GROWTH THAT WE SAW LAST YEAR AND LOOKING AT TRENDS.
THIS YEAR, IN THIS BALANCED BUDGET, WE USED AN ENROLLMENT GOAL OF 6,874, AND WE USED AN ADA GOAL FROM 23-24.
WE DID NOT USE THE ADA HISTORY FROM 24-25, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO TELL YOU THIS IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN WE'RE CREATING THIS BALANCED BUDGET, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE USE AS WE PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE 24-25 ADA RATE WAS LESS THAN IT WAS IN 23-24.
WE DID NOT PROJECT A BUDGET BASED ON IT BEING LESS.
THAT YEAR, WE HAD 92% ATTENDANCE AGAINST THIS ENROLLMENT GOAL OF 06,874 IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH WHAT OUR REVENUES WOULD BE FOR 25-26, AND WE BALANCE OUR EXPENDITURES AGAINST THAT ADA GOAL.
ONCE WE GET OUR ADA PROJECTIONS TOGETHER, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A REVENUE NUMBER AND THEN BALANCE OUR EXPENDITURES AGAINST WHAT THAT REVENUE IS GOING TO BE.
HOW HAS OUR ENROLLMENT PLAYED OUT SO FAR THIS YEAR? WE HAVE HAD NINE DAYS OF SCHOOL.
THE ENROLLMENT AS OF TODAY, WAS 6,704 STUDENTS.
THIS SAME DAY LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 6,669.
WE HAVE GROWN A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR, 35 STUDENTS.
OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS 6,874.
WE'RE UP 35 STUDENTS FROM LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE ABOUT 170 STUDENTS AWAY FROM OUR ENROLLMENT GOAL THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE CREATING THE BALANCED BUDGET.
A LITTLE BIT OF ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS EACH DAY
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FOR THE PAST NINE DAYS, I'VE JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL BEEN LOOKING AT ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT VERSUS SECONDARY ENROLLMENT.IF WE LOOK AT DAY ONE, WE WERE 91 STUDENTS BELOW WHERE WE WERE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN 2024.
OUR ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT WAS UP BY 31 STUDENTS AND OUR SECONDARY ENROLLMENT WAS DOWN BY 122 STUDENTS.
JUST A VERY QUICK, SMALL FACT.
LAST YEAR, WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE MONTH THAN WE DID THIS YEAR.
WHILE WE ARE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES, THEY'RE NOT THE SAME APPLES.
THEY'RE MAYBE LIKE RED APPLES TO GREEN APPLES.
THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENCE THERE THAT WE DID SEE BY STARTING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE ARE NOW NOT UNDER WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT WAS IN 2024.
WE ARE 35 STUDENTS AHEAD, 101 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS ADDING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 3% GROWTH AND 66 STUDENTS LOWER AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
THESE ARE SOME BIG THINGS THAT WE HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT JUST TO SEE WHERE THE GROWTH IS IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO ANALYZE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO FALL AGAINST THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWTH WAS.
WE ALSO HAVE DONE JUST REALLY A LOT OF LOOKING AT ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT BECAUSE WE REZONED.
THIS AGAIN IS A HIGH LEVEL OF THE 24-25 ENROLLMENT OF ALL THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AGAINST THE NEW ENROLLMENT WITH THE REZONING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT CLEARFORK HAS 170 STUDENTS LESS.
NAVARRO HAS 164 STUDENTS LESS BY DESIGN WITH THE OPENING OF BORCHERT LOOP, PROVIDING THOSE CAMPUSES WITH SOME RELIEF AND ABILITY TO HAVE FUTURE GROWTH THERE.
>> JUST ONE MORE POINT. YOU MENTIONED IT BY DESIGN FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WE HAVE A LARGE SUBDIVISION THAT SUMMERSIDE THAT WAS REZONED TO CLEARFORK.
THE HOUSES ARE ABOUT TO GET GOING.
THEY JUST OPENED A FEW OF THEM, BUT WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE HOW WE REZONED BECAUSE THOSE HOUSES ARE EXPECTED TO GO UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
>> THE PROJECTION HAS THEM RIGHT BACK WHERE THEY ARE IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW WITH THE GROWTH OF THAT SUBDIVISION.
IN ADDITION, I DID PROVIDE A HANDOUT THAT HAS EVEN MORE DETAIL BY GRADE LEVEL AT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES, SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND JUST SEE HOW IT HAS FALLEN OUT THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE BEEN ANALYZING THIS VERY CLOSELY, BECAUSE WHILE WE FELT GOOD ABOUT THE PROJECTIONS, THERE'S STILL JUST PROJECTIONS, AND WE REALLY WEREN'T SURE HOW THE REZONING, THE CAMPUS TO CAMPUS TRANSFERS WERE GOING TO FALL OUT, AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO AFFECT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES.
WE DID HAVE GOOD EARLY ENROLLMENT AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS THAT HAD ADDITIONAL TIMES TO PROVIDE TO OUR PARENTS SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SOME NUMBERS AND MAKE DECISIONS EVEN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.
IF WE NEEDED TO MAKE A MOVE, AND WE DID.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE A TEACHER MOVE THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE BASED ON ENROLLMENT, THAT WE WERE GETTING IN AHEAD OF TIME.
WE'RE JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE REGISTRATION THAT WENT ON PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE STAFFING PLAN PARTICULARLY AT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.
EVERY YEAR, WE REALLY ANALYZE ENROLLMENT UP TO LABOR DAY.
BY LABOR DAY AND THAT WEEK AFTER LABOR DAY LAST YEAR, WE GREW 70 STUDENTS DISTRICT WIDE, THE WEEK AFTER LABOR DAY.
THEN AFTER THAT, WE REALLY SETTLE OFF.
WE'RE MAYBE NOT ENROLLING 25 STUDENTS A DAY DISTRICT WIDE.
WE START TO GRADUALLY EVEN OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WE REALLY MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE STAFF ARE WHERE ALL THE STUDENTS ARE, AND WE DO THAT UP THROUGH AND RIGHT AROUND LABOR DAY.
WHICH IS COMING IN JUST A FEW IN JUST A WEEK FROM NOW.
WE LOOK DAILY AT THE ENROLLMENT ANALYSIS IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM SPECIFICALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAFFED ACCORDINGLY.
THE ELEMENTARY STAFFING THIS YEAR, WE ARE IDENTIFYING SOME AREAS OF LOWER ENROLLMENT IN SOME OF THE CLASSES, AND WE WILL LOOK AT SOME AREAS OF LEVELING.
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WE'RE PLANNING TO LOWER CLASS SIZES IN SOME AREAS THAT HAVE MUCH HIGHER ENROLLMENT.SOME OF THIS IS DUE TO CAMPUS TO CAMPUS TRANSFERS, AND THEN SOME IS ALSO DUE TO THE UNKNOWN OF WHO IS GOING TO BE MOVING INTO ALL OF THIS RESIDENTIAL BUILDING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND DO AND PUT STAFF WHERE THESE STUDENTS ARE.
IN ADDITION, WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AND HOW HOW THEIR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS WERE.
WE HAD ABOUT 100 STUDENT SWING LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE BETWEEN THE FIVE CAMPUSES.
THIS YEAR, BETWEEN THE SIX CAMPUSES, WE'RE SEEING ABOUT A 200 STUDENT SWING WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE SOME LOWER AMOUNTS AT OTHERS.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING STRATEGICALLY AT STAFFING TO SUPPORT BASED ON THOSE ENROLLMENTS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DELUSION, I SAID IT AGAIN, DILUSION AT SOME OF THE CAMPUSES WHEN WE'RE ADDING ON EXTRA CAMPUSES.
SORRY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND SHE'S GIGGLING.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AS WE GET BIGGER AND WE HAVE MORE ELEMENTARIES, THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCES IN THOSE AND STRATEGICALLY STAFFING THOSE TO SUPPORT THEM THE WAY THAT THEY ARE ENROLLED.
I AM GOING TO PASS THIS OVER NOW. YES.
>> QUESTION. THE SECONDARY, WE'VE LOST KIDS.
HAS ANYBODY LOOKED AT THAT AND ANALYZED THAT TO SEE WHAT MAYBE HAPPENED TO THOSE KIDS OR WHY?
WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT TODAY, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T SAY SO BEFORE.
WE WILL BE ANALYZING, ESPECIALLY AFTER NEXT WEEK ENDS, WHERE THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN CATCHING UP ON OUR SECONDARY ENROLLMENT.
WE WERE 120 STUDENTS BEHIND, AND NOW WE'RE ABOUT 66.
LAST YEAR, WE HAD 70 STUDENTS ENROLL THAT WEEK AFTER LABOR DAY AND A MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE SECONDARY STUDENTS.
IF WE PICK THAT NUMBER BACK UP, WE'RE GOING TO BE ANALYZING AND PULLING INFORMATION TO SEE WHERE THAT MIGHT BE BASED ON GRADE LEVEL, IF IT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL VERSUS THE JUNIOR HIGH, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS ONCE OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS HAVE REALLY LEVELED OFF AND WE'RE DONE ENROLLING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
I DON'T WANT SAY DONE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT AT THIS VOLUME.
>> I WAS MENTIONING TO MR. ESTRADA EARLIER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BOARD KEPT UP TO DATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BUDGET AND, BASED ON OUR ATTENDANCE AND EVERYTHING.
ESPECIALLY IF WE START SLIDING INTO A DEFICIT SITUATION, I THINK WE NEED TO BE KEPT UP ON THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, HAPPY TO DO THAT AS OFTEN.
AS YOU WOULD LIKE, AND I'LL BE WATCHING IT DAILY AS WELL.
WE WILL COMMUNICATE TO YOU HOW THE ATTENDANCE IS SHAPING UP FOR THE YEAR VERSUS OUR ENROLLMENT VERSUS OUR BUDGET.
>> QUESTION. AT SOME POINT, WOULD YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ONCE YOU DETERMINE THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET MORE STUDENTS, BUT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE THAT LEFT AND WHERE THEY WENT?
>> YES. WE DO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. LAST FALL.
IF THERE IS A REASON CODE THAT IS PUT IN IN DETAIL, WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE WHY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE DOING ALL THAT ANALYSIS HERE IN THE FALL AS WELL.
WHY THEY'RE COMING. WE WILL LOOK AT BOTH SIDES. YES, MA'AM.
>> I'M GOING TO BRING THIS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
GOING BOARD, PRESIDENT, MR. WRIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
THIS IS THE FUN PART FOR ME EVERY YEAR.
TO ME, I WAS SHARING WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS REALLY A BRAG SLIDE, IF YOU WILL.
SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DID OVER THE SUMMER.
I DO REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THE HARD WORK THAT WE DID AS A TEAM OVER THE SUMMER, AND IN THE MONTH OF JUNE SPECIFICALLY, WE SERVED OVER 7,300 KIDDOS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.
THAT WAS WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM, THAT WAS WORKING WITH OUR NUTRITION TEAM, THAT WAS WORKING WITH OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM AS WELL BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT ANY OF THEM.
WE HAD OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM, ON POINT HELPING LOAD UP COOLERS FOR THE BUSES.
WE HAD OUR BUS DRIVERS ON ROUTES, AND WE HAD OUR NUTRITION TEAM AT CAMPUSES STRATEGICALLY TO SUPPORT NAVARRO FAMILIES,
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AVS FAMILIES AND PC FAMILIES.WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT AVENUES TO FEED OUR KIDS IN THE SUMMER.
DIFFERENT MODELS BECAUSE WE DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD MODEL, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN FOR NEW IDEAS AND WHAT THE STATE WILL ALLOW US TO DO.
>> THAT IS COMMENDABLE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT TALKING TO OTHER DISTRICTS, THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS OR HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
I COMMEND YOU ON DOING THAT LAW CART FOR PEOPLE. IT'S EXCELLENT.
>> THANK YOU. MISS WEISER IS RIGHT, BUT VERY WELL.
BUT LET ME GO AHEAD START THANKING OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM.
IT'S ABOUT THOSE FOLKS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE AND WE CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH ON THE DAY IN DAY OUT, BEHIND THE SCENES, THE JAMES BENNERS, THE WILLIES, THE FRANKS, THE JEFFS.
A LOT OF THESE FOLKS THAT SOMETIMES THEY'LL JUST BE WORKING AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN REALIZING THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON YOUR HVC UNIT BECAUSE IT'S THE SUMMERTIME AND THAT CLASSROOM MIGHT NOT BE BEING USED AT THAT TIME OR THEY'RE WORKING ON LIGHTING PROJECTS, IN AN AREA THAT JUST NEEDS SOME LIGHT BULB SWITCHED OUT.
OVER THE SUMMER, WE DID JUST ABOUT 500 WORK ORDERS COMPLETED, AND WE JUST CAN'T COMMEND THE TEAM ENOUGH. YES SIR.
>> DOES THAT INCLUDE THE OLDER SCHOOLS GOING INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND LOOKING AT STUFF THAT MIGHT NEED BE FIXED?
>> YES SIR. EVERY YEAR, WE DO A CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECT TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL NEEDS FOR EVERY CAMPUS, WHETHER IT BE THE OLDER SCHOOLS OR THE CFFS OR THE BLUE BONNETS OR EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN, JUST TO SEE WHAT NEEDS ARE NEEDED FOR THE CAMPUS, AND WE LOOK AT POTENTIALLY PUTTING IT ON OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY BUDGET OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE DOABLE WITHIN OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
>> HOW DOES THE DISTRICT FEEL ABOUT TEACHERS DOING THAT WORK WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOMS? LIKE IF THERE WAS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE, AND THEY JUST WENT AHEAD AND DID IT THEMSELVES.
>> THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN PAINTING, PAINTING THEIR OWN ROOMS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] >> THEY'RE PAINTING THEIR ROOMS. WELL, THAT'S WHERE BECAUSE OF PARTNERSHIP.
BECAUSE WE GOT TO MAKE SURE, FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T WANT OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE TO DO THAT. LET ME JUST FIRST SAY THAT.
WE WANT OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN TO A FRESH CLASSROOM.
IF THERE'S PAINTING NEEDS, WE WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR APS FOR CLASSROOMS, AND WE'VE DONE THAT EVERY SUMMER.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT A TEACHER WILL GO IN AND START PAINTING HIS OR HER HOME ROOM? IT'S POSSIBLE. THEN WE COME BACK AND WE'LL SAY, LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD.
>> THEY'RE DOING IT IF THEY WANT TO.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO OR HAVE TO DO.
>> THEY'RE DOING IT, MR. [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE THEY'RE JUMPING ON IT.
SOMETIMES JUST LIKE OUR TEACHERS, OUR TEACHERS ARE FULL OF HEART AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL GO BUY THEIR OWN COPY PAPER, AND THEY'LL JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN.
IF WE CATCH IT AND WE SEE IT, WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
IF A TEACHER ASKED TO PAINT, WE USUALLY TELL THEM, LET US HELP YOU.
>> JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY WAS LISTENING, I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO LEAVE WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT WE MAKE OUR TEACHERS MAINTAIN THEIR OWN ROOM.
>> EXACTLY. EVERY YEAR, OUR TEACHERS SHOULD COME INTO A FRESH ROOM, A CLEAN ROOM, A SANITIZED ROOM, A ROOM READY TO TEACH.
THE FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL HAS BEEN OUR TRADITION.
WE HAVE HAD OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM ON SITE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AT EVERY CAMPUS THIS YEAR, JUST LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR.
THEY MAY BE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS, THEY MIGHT BE INSIDE, HELPING PARENTS OR HELPING DIRECT TRAFFIC.
IT JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CAMPUS NEEDS ARE.
I'M GOING TO GO AND JUMP TO OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM.
AGAIN, WE CAN'T THANK OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM ENOUGH AS WELL.
AGAIN, TO ME, THIS IS A BRAG SLIDE MOMENT.
OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM CONTINUES TO BE 100% STAFF.
WE STILL AREN'T CLOSING ANY ROUTES.
WE HAVE EVERYDAY IMPROVEMENT OR PICKUP AND DROP OFF TIMES.
I KNOW THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS IT IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS GET HOME SAFE AND SOUND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING SURE IT'S HAPPENED.
AFTER A WEEK OR SO, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ADJUSTING STUDENT RIDERSHIP LEVELS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IMPROVING OUR TIMES.
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>> I THINK I ASKED YOU THIS A WHILE BACK, MR. ACUNA, JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ASK IT AGAIN.
PEOPLE CAN CALL IN IF THEY SEE ANY BUS GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT?
>> YES SIR. THERE'S A HOT-LINE ON THE ALERT ON THE WEBSITE, OR THEY CAN CONTACT ME AS WELL.
>> ARE BUS DRIVERS MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE BUCKLED UP?
>> YES SIR. WHEN THE STUDENTS COME ON, ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE ONES, WE'RE BUCKLING THEM UP AS WELL, SIR.
AS THEY'RE COMING OUT, WE'RE TELLING THEIR STUDENTS, MAKE SURE YOU BUCKLE UP.
>> I KNOW, THE SLIDE SHOWS GOING A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO TAKE THE TIME TO APPRECIATE OUR CUSTODIAL TEAM.
I BELIEVE THE SLIDES WENT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
THERE YOU GO. OUR CUSTODIAL TEAM IS REALLY ABOUT OUR PEOPLE.
IF YOU LOOK IN THAT FAR LEFT CORNER, THAT'S LODNZO.
HE'S BEEN WORKING AT THE LOCARD JUNIOR HIGH FOR YEARS, AND YOU HAVE YOUR MISS CONNIE'S, YOU HAVE YOUR MISS LISA'S, MISS [INAUDIBLE] ALL THESE FOLKS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO MAKING SURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE CLEAN AND SAFE AND THERE'S SO MUCH PRIDE THERE.
A LOT OF TIMES I'LL GO IN OVER THE SUMMER AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY BLOCK OFF A HALLWAY.
NOT THAT IT'S NOT READY, BUT THEY'RE SAVING IT SO THEY CAN SHOW THE TEACHERS AND SHOW THE PRINCIPALS OF THEIR WORK, THERE'S JUST A SENSE OF PRIDE BEFORE THEY GET THERE.
I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY AWESOME THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE SUMMER WORK CONTINUES TO BE OUR WAXING OF FLOORS, OUR BUFFING OF FLOORS, SHAMPOOING OF AREA CARPETS, AND WE REALLY ASKED OUR PRINCIPALS TO SAY IF THERE'S ANY HOT SPOTS OR ANY AREAS THAT THEY WANT US TO SPECIFICALLY WORK ON, AND WE COLLABORATE WITH OUR PRINCIPLES ON THOSE AREAS.
THIS IS ANOTHER PIECE THAT I'M REALLY SUPER PROUD OF OUR NUTRITION TEAM.
IT'S JUST THE PRIDE THAT THEY SHOW EVERY DAY OF WORK.
I SHARE THE STORIES WITH OUR TEAM THAT WE DON'T KNOW OUR STUDENT STORIES.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MEALS THEY'RE GOING TO GET EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEY JUST CONTINUE TO POUR THEIR HEART IN IT.
ARE THEY WORKING HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY? ABSOLUTELY. IS IT TIRELESS? ABSOLUTELY. WELL, WE ALWAYS HAVE WORK TO DO IN ALL OUR SUPPORTS, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT THIS IS JUST SOME EXAMPLES FROM OUR KITCHENS OF THE FOOD THAT WE SERVE.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SUPER INTERESTING WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THAT'S 200 MEALS OVER LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, WE WERE 100 KIDS LESS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR.
THAT'S YOUR PROOF IN THE PUDDING, IF YOU WILL, FOR OUR STAFF.
WE CAME OUT WITH GANGBUSTERS WITH SOME REALLY COOL MENU AND OUR KIDS REALLY REALLY GRAVITATED TOWARDS.
I'M SORRY. DO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> KIDS LIKE THE CAFETERIA MENU EVERY DAY? >> [LAUGHTER]
>> THEY SEEM TO BE GRAVITATING TOWARDS, YES SIR.
>> ALSO, I REALLY WANT TO SHARE IS THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE NEVER FED THAT MANY KIDS EVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE AVERAGING OVER 1,500 MEALS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KITCHEN STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, NO PHONES TO SERVE OVER 1,500 LUNCHES FOR THE PAST DAYS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] >> THAT'S BIG TIME.
I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS NUTRITION DIRECTOR.
I WAS THRILLED WITH 850 MEALS.
THAT'S HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN THIS PROGRAM.
THE TEAMS ARE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB.
ALL THE TEAMS ARE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB.
DO WE ALWAYS HAVE WORK? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING, I APPRECIATE IT.
>> GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
FOR STAFFING UPDATE FOR THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE CURRENTLY 99% STAFF DISTRICT WIDE.
[APPLAUSE] FOR SECONDARY OPENINGS, CURRENTLY, WE ONLY HAVE A FEW TEACHER POSITIONS OPEN AND MOSTLY AIDS, AN ART FACILITATOR AND AN INSTRUCTIONAL AID POSITION.
FOR ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE SOME AID POSITIONS, AND LVN, AND A COUPLE OF TEACHER POSITIONS, AS WELL AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CARVER.
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FOR OUR LONG TERM SUBS, WE HAVE FOUR LONG TERM SUBS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.FOR CAMPUS ASSIGNED SUBS, WE HAVE 13.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 166 SUBS IN THE SYSTEM, AND SUBS THAT ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO AN ASSIGNMENT ARE CURRENTLY 149 THAT ARE READY TO GO TO ANY PLACE ANY TIME.
THAT TOTAL FOR THE YEAR WITH NEW SUBS IS 184, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT NUMBER. IT KEEPS GROWING.
>> WHAT WAS THE NUMBER FOR LAST YEAR?
>> LAST YEAR, IT WAS ROUGHLY 160, I BELIEVE.
OUR COMING STEPS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR ANNUAL TAILGATE, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE BECAUSE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE HAVING TAILGATES ALL YEAR LONG.
WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE WITH THEM FOR A SPECIAL EVENT AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THE DATE ONCE WE MERGE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
THEN WE'LL CONTINUE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CAMPUS VISITS.
THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPAND TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.
THEN FOR A FINE ARTS REFRESHER, WE HAD 75-10.
FIVE SUBSTITUTE REFRESHER SESSIONS.
WE HAD 75-10, FOUR NEW SUBSTITUTE SESSIONS, WE HAD 29 ATTENDING, AND FOR NEW ONBOARD, WE HAD 147 PEOPLE ON THIS YEAR.
>> THAT 75, IS THAT ALREADY PART OF THE COUNT THAT YOU REFERENCED?
>> THAT'S SEPARATE. THAT'S THE SUBSTITUTE ITS SEPARATE.
YES. THEN WE'LL CONTINUE DOING JOB FAIRS AND HOST LID RECRUITMENT EVENTS.
THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS MR. T. DAVIDSON.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION SUPPORT OVER THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL.
HERE YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
HERE'S A LIST OF THINGS, ALL COMPREHENSIVE, NOT EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE, BUT JUST HIGHLIGHTS OF CNI SUPPORT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE LEADER IN ME, WHICH I'LL PROVIDE A FEW MORE DETAILS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF LEADER IN ME THROUGH THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF SCHOOL SO ALL CAMPUSES PROVIDING LESSONS ON LEADER IN ME, ALSO KNOWN AS LIM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WE DID FOUNDATIONAL 15 WALK THROUGHS, WHICH DR. [INAUDIBLE] WILL DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE STARTED WITH WHEN IT CAME TO WALK THROUGHS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
THERE WAS DISTRICT OFFICE SUPPORT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
MANY OF US WENT TO MULTIPLE CAMPUSES DEPENDING ON THE START TIMES OF THOSE CAMPUSES.
BUT WE WENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND PROVIDED THE INITIAL SUPPORT ON THOSE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL.
THE ON BOARDING FOR ALL NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WAS EXTREMELY STRONG THIS YEAR IN ENSURING THAT THOSE THAT ARE NEW TO OUR DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR, NEW TO PROFESSION GOT THE SUPPORT THEY NEEDED BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AROUND 1.5 OUR DISTRICT VALUES AND JUST THE MENTALITY OF LOCKHART ISD.
THERE WAS EXTRA SUPPORT AT THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ELECTRONIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION.
THERE'S ALSO SOME DATA THAT DR. [INAUDIBLE] WILL BE GOING OVER WITH ABOUT THE CONFISCATED ELECTRONICS AT THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
WE WE DID ALSO TO TRY TO SUPPORT MOVING AWAY FROM CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONICS DURING THE LUNCHTIMES, GAMES WERE PROVIDED.
EVERYTHING FROM CARS TO CONNECT 4, THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME CORN HOLE OUT ON THE OUTSIDE WHERE KIDS CAN PLAY GAMES DURING LUNCH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO OCCUPY THEIR TIME, ALTHOUGH WE DO LIKE TO SEE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING AMONG STUDENTS AT IN THE CAFETERIA BOTH LUNCHES.
THEN WE EXTENDED OUR ONE DAY OF OFFICE REGISTRATION, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TO THREE DAYS.
INSTEAD OF JUST DOING ONE DAY OF REGISTRATION FOR CAMPUSES HERE, IN THE BOARD ROOM, WE MOVED IT TO THREE DAYS, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN KEEPING REGISTRATION AWAY FROM CAMPUSES IN HERE AT THE DISTRICT TO GIVE THEM DIRECTED SUPPORT FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS THEY REGISTERED INTO OUR DISTRICT.
NEXT, WE HAVE LEADER IN ME BY FRANKLIN COVEY.
JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF THESE PICTURES.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS ALL CAMPUSES, EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER WAS TRAINED IN CORE 3 OF LEADER IN ME, WHICH IS WHERE CAMPUSES IMPLEMENT AND LOOK AT SCHOOL WIDE DATA TO MAKE GOALS AND DECISIONS.
IT'S THE YEAR OF FULL IMPLEMENTATION SCHOOL WIDE.
THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT LEADER IN ME IS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, I'M SORRY, THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, WHICH WOULD THEN COVER THE DISTRICT.
THEY'RE PART OF CORE 3 IS EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO LEAD THEIR OWN CONFERENCES AND THEIR OWN WORK.
ALTHOUGH YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT LAST YEAR AS WELL AS DR. VASQUEZ ABOUT LEADER IN ME AND STUDENTS TAKING THEIR OWNERSHIP OF THEIR DATA AND FOLDERS, THIS IS THE FULL CULMINATION OF HAVING STUDENTS OWN AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEIR DATA, WHETHER IT'S A STUDENT LED CONFERENCE OR WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO PEERS OR TO TEACHERS.
THEN THERE'S A PUSH FOR SERVICE LEARNING.
MOVING OUR STUDENTS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE LEADER IN ME CURRICULUM.
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IN ADDITION TO THIS, LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, BORCHERT LOOP, AND CARVER HAD ACTUAL FRANKLIN COVEY PRESENTERS COME TO CAMPUS TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOW UP LEADER IN ME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.HERE'S SOME MORE PICTURES ABOUT LEADER IN ME.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS NOT ONLY PART OF CORE 3, BUT PART OF THE MISSION OF LEADER IN ME IS THAT EVERY CLASSROOM HAS A MISSION STATEMENT.
THE EXPECTATION IS BY SEPTEMBER 3RD NEXT WEEK THAT ALL CLASSROOMS WILL HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT POSTED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE WILDLY IMPORTANT GOALS ALSO KNOWN AS WHIGS.
THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS SEPTEMBER 12TH.
I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR LIM LEADERS, IN PARTICULAR, BLUE DEVANAN, WHO IS NOW A COUNSELOR AT ABS, BUT SHE IS SUPPORTING LEADER IN ME AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH CONSTANT COMMUNICATION ON E-MAIL, HELPING WITH SURVEYS, AND PROVIDING SUPPORT, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, LEADER IN ME IS GOING THROUGH THE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES.
SHE IS PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT EVEN THOUGH SHE IS NO LONGER ON THE CAMPUS.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO DR. [INAUDIBLE].
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON.
>> ARE THE HABIT POSTERS IN ALL THE CAMPUSES?
>> I'M GOING TO BRING THIS BACK DOWN, JAMES.
FOR THIS ONE, I TALKED ABOUT THE FOUNDATION OF 15 WALK THROUGH DATA, AND WE WE WANTED TO LOOK AT KEY COMPONENTS OF THE FIRST 15 DAYS OF SCHOOL.
WE BRINGING THE DATA RIGHT NOW TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE WALK THROUGHS ARE HAPPENING.
WHERE YOU SEE THE BLUE, THOSE ARE ADMINISTRATOR WALK THROUGHS AND WHERE YOU SEE ORANGE, THAT IS LEVER LEADERS.
WHERE YOU DON'T SEE ORANGE, IT'S BECAUSE THE LEVER LEADERS AT ABS THAT MS. VASQUEZ WILL EXPLAIN LATER HAVE GONE INTO NOW SELF CONTAINED CLASSROOMS DUE TO SOME VACANCIES WE HAD IN BILINGUAL.
YOU DON'T SEE LEVER LEADERS WALK THROUGHS THERE.
CARVER DOES NOT HAVE LEVER LEADERS.
YOU'LL SEE THOSE ARE THE COMPONENT PIECES OF THE WALK THROUGH FORM THAT WE HAD.
WE WERE LOOKING AT PROCEDURES, ROUTINES, WE WERE LOOKING AT STUDENT MANAGEMENT, CLASSROOM SAFE AND ORGANIZED.
YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS, WHERE YOU SEE THE LOWER DATA POINTS, IT'S BECAUSE THE LIMB CLASSROOM STATEMENT POSTED, AS MR. DAVIDSON SAID, THEY HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3RD.
RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY'RE WALKING IN, THEY'RE NOTING WHERE IT'S SEEN IN THE CLASSROOMS. THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU SEE IS LOW IS 37%.
OUR STUDENTS ENGAGED IN FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF LIM BECAUSE THAT'S ONLY FOR A DESIGNATED PERIOD OF TIME DURING THE DAY.
IS JUST DEPENDING ON IF YOU CATCH IT AT THAT TIME WHEN YOU WALK IN DURING THE DAY.
WE'LL CONTINUE THESE WALKS FOR THIS WEEK AND ALL OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
HERE'S OUR ELEMENTARY DATA. THEN MOVING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THE OTHER ONES, THOUGH, THE HIGHER PERCENTAGES AS THEY SEE THAT, AND HERE'S OUR SECONDARY FOUNDATIONAL 15 WALK THROUGH DATA.
THE SAME FOR LDMC AND PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DO NOT HAVE LEVER LEADERS, IT'S ALL ADMINISTRATORS, AND THE GOAL IS TO WALK INTO ALL THE TEACHERS CLASSROOMS. THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE AND TWICE IN SOME AREAS, AND TOWARDS THE END, WE'LL SPEND MORE TIME IN THE TEACHERS THAT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH SOME OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
>> YEAH, I MISSED THAT ON AB STRAW. THEY DON'T HAVE LEVER LEADERS.
>> MS. VASQUEZ, WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE DID WITH THE LEVER LEADERS.
WE HAVE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH WHO CONFISCATED 20 PHONES, TWO AIRPODS, SO TOTAL OF 22.
>> IS THAT SINCE DAY 1 OF SCHOOL?
>> YES, SIR NOW. SINCE DAY ONE.
HIGH SCHOOL HAD 99 CELL PHONES, 18 AIRPODS AND SMART WATCHES FOR A TOTAL OF 121 TIMES THAT THEY WERE CONFISCATED.
SOME OF THESE I WOULD SAY ABOUT A HANDFUL FOUR WERE REPEAT OFFENDERS.
THEY'RE ON THEIR SECOND VIOLATION.
>> HAS THERE BEEN WHEN A STUDENT IS CONFRONTED, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR PHONE AWAY.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONFRONTATION OR DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS REGARDING THAT?
>> IS THERE A REASON OR EXPLANATION WHY THEY THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY HAD IT OUT?
>> MR. HARBIN AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] UP TO THE MIC.
>> YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SITUATIONS WHERE REPORTS OF POWER STRUGGLE.
VERY RARE. MOST OF THE TIME, THE STUDENTS ARE VERY COOPERATIVE IN TERMS OF GIVING UP THE CELL PHONE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW TIMES WHERE THE KID JUST DOESN'T WANT TO.
IN THOSE CASES, WHERE WE'RE TAKING THE STUDENT AND WE'RE CALLING HOME AND
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MAKING THE PHONE CALL AND STILL MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO GET CHARGED TO $15.>> SORRY. WE ONLY HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE STUDENTS LIKE, I'M NOT GETTING UP.
THEN YOU'RE CHOOSING TO THIS CONSEQUENCE AND YOUR PARENT CALLED.
I FOLLOWED THROUGH, BUT THE OTHER ONES HAVE GIVEN UP WILLINGLY, MOST OF THE TIME, FORGOT TO TURN IT OFF HAS BEEN THE ANSWER FOR MOST OR THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD GET CAUGHT.
THEY'RE PRETTY HONEST. I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
THE KIDS ARE HONEST AND THEY ARE BUT THEY KNEW THE CONSEQUENCE THAT THEY GOT CAUGHT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN PRETTY LOW. WE'VE BEEN DRESSING IN ASSEMBLIES.
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I SENT IT HOME SEVERAL TIMES TO PARENTS AS REMINDERS.
I THINK THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERS BE LOWER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS.
>> THE PARENTS ARE VERY COOPERATIVE?
>> YES, SIR. THEY DON'T LIKE THE FINANCIAL PART, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT I HAVE NOTICED THE PARENTS GET A LITTLE MORE UPSET WITH THEIR KID WITH THE FINANCIAL PART WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT THEM TO BE LIKE YOU'RE COSTING THOSE MONEY, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR PHONE.
>> THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WE HAVE LITTLE SHY OF 2000 KIDS AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, 1450 AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR ALMOST A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THIS IS 99.5, I THINK WAS THE NUMBER PERCENT OF THE KIDS ARE FOLLOWING IT.
I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT WE'RE DOING SO WELL WITH THAT.
>> AT LEAST TELL PEOPLE. MOVING ON TO THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
MR. MILLER SINCE HIS REGARDS WASN'T FEELING WELL THIS EVENING, SO I'M GOING TO COVER HIS SLIDES.
FOR THE SAFETY SCHOOL TRAINING BASED ON PRINCIPAL INPUT AND TEACHER INPUT, THIS YEAR, WE DID A VIRTUAL TRAINING.
THIS IS IF YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE TOPICS THAT MR. MILLER COVERED WITH ALL THE CAMPUSES.
THE PRINCIPALS BROUGHT THEIR TEAMS TOGETHER, EITHER IN THE CAFETERIA, THE LIBRARY, WHEREVER TO WATCH THE TRAINING TOGETHER VIRTUALLY.
WE HAD WE DID IT THIS WAY SO THAT THEY COULD ALSO HAVE TIME TO DO CAMPUS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD VERSUS ALL OF US BEING IN THE GO PACK AND HEARING THE SAME PRESENTATION.
HE DID HAVE A SURVEY FOR THEM, SO WE WILL HEAR FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT ON THAT, WHICH WAS PRETTY POSITIVE AS FAR AS HAVING IT AT THEIR CAMPUS VERSUS GOING INTO THE GO PAC AND RECEIVING THIS TRAINING.
ADDITIONALLY, JUST HE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROUD PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL OUR SROS AND CONSTABLES AND PD, AS YOU CAN SEE, VERY INVOLVED WITH OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO STARTED OUR 2025 ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN, THE HASHTAG, LISD. WE ARE HERE.
WE ARE SENDING INFORMATION OUT ABOUT WHEN STUDENTS MISS SCHOOL, THE LEARNING THAT'S LOST.
AS YOU SEE SOME OF THESE FLIERS AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SENT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
>> I WANT TO SAY ON THE COMMUNICATION, IT HAS BEEN GREAT.
THERE'S SOMETHING COMING OUT DAILY FROM I HAVE KIDS AT BOTH SECONDARY CAMPUSES.
IT'S RELEVANT, IT'S REAL TIME INFORMATION, SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND BOTH SCHOOLS AND THE DISTRICT AS WELL FOR THAT.
AS WE HAD SOME NEW TRADITIONS AND SOME EXISTING ONES. ON THE TOP RIGHT.
WE HAD THE TOP LEFT, I'M SORRY, THE MIDNIGHT MADNESS WHEN IT WAS PRETTY WELL ATTENDED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF ALL OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, JUST A REALLY GREAT JOB.
WE HAD OUR ELEMENTARY MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT, OUR COMMUNITY PRAYER WALK. STUFF THE BUS.
I WANT TO THANK MS. WATTS, WHO WAS ORGANIZING ALL THAT WORK AND ALL OUR PRINCIPALS WHO THEY WERE GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR THE TEACHERS TO COME BACK AND THEY WERE ALL THERE ON SATURDAY AT STUFF THE BUS.
WE ADDED HEB AND WALMART THIS YEAR.
WE USED TO JUST HAVE IT AT HEB WE HAD IT AT WALMART THIS YEAR.
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, THE HAIRCUTS, THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS OVER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CONTINUE TO THE SENIOR SUNRISE, BACK TO SCHOOL, GIVEAWAY EVENT BY 412 KIDS.
WE HAD MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT AT ALL THE CAMPUSES, LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, THE OPENING OF BORCHERT LOOP AND THE DRIVE BY THE MAYA FAMILY FOR THE BACKPACKS.
THEN THAT LED US TO THE GRAND OPENING OF BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY.
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>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
AS WE SEE, WE OPEN UP A BRAND NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS YEAR, BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE WERE ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET.
[APPLAUSE] JUST FEW PICTURES SHOWING THAT'S THE START OF THE BUILDING TO THE FINISH.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS A FARM.
AS THE HALLWAYS, YOU FIRST COME IN RIGHT THERE TO THE RIGHT WOULD BE THE LIBRARY.
THAT'S JUST SHOWING SOME OF THE SOUND BAFFLING AND ALL THAT THROUGH THE HALLWAYS, THE COURTYARD CONSTRUCTION, AND THE FINISHING PARTS OF THAT COURTYARD, AND ALSO THE BEAUTIFUL SLIDE THAT'S IN THE CAFETERIA.
YOU GOT A CLASSROOM UP ON THE TOP LEFT OF THE YELLOW ONE OF THE YELLOW CLASSROOMS. YOU HAVE THE GYMNASIUM TO YOUR RIGHT AND THAT'S THE BACK COURTYARD PLAYGROUND AREA WITH THE SOCCER FIELD AND BASKETBALL COURT IN THE BACK.
WE HAVE THE UPSTAIRS HALLWAY WITH THE LOCKDOWN EXCELLENCE, LOCK CAR FOR PEOPLE, THE 1.5, THE UNLOCKING POTENTIAL UP ON THE WALL, SO IT IS DISPLAYED FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
YOU CAN SEE THE LIBRARY THERE ON THE RIGHT, THE OPEN CONCEPT LIBRARY, MULTI USE.
THEN THAT'S A CLASSROOM HALLWAY.
THAT IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD GRADE HALLWAY RIGHT THERE.
THEN WE HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAD ALMOST A LITTLE ABOUT 450 PEOPLE.
GIVE EVER TAKE. THEN YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU LOOKED REALLY CLOSELY YOU COULD PROBABLY SEE MISS GREEBLE GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR THE TEACHERS TO COME BACK.
BUT WE DID SIT DOWN AS A CABINET GROUP AND LOOKED AT THE AFTER ACTION AND WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ON THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL WE CAN IMPROVE FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE DID LOOK AT OPENING DOORS AT ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES EARLIER FOR THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF SCHOOL JUST TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO GET INTO A NATURAL FLOW.
MOST PARENTS WANT TO TAKE THEIR KIDS AND DROP THEM OFF ON THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL.
WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO RE-LOOK AT THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
EXTENDING REGISTRATION DAYS AS MR. DAVIDSON SAID, WE WANT TO GO FROM JUST ONE DAY ONLY, BUT DOING IT FOR THREE DAYS BECAUSE IT REALLY MINIMIZES THAT DISRUPTION AT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES SO THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THEIR FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL.
THE REGISTRATION VIDEO ON THE WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND THE COUNTDOWN THAT WAS DONE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, BUT WILL BE DONE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THAT AND CONTINUE THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF WHY WE DO THAT TO LOOK AT STAFFING AND PLAN FOR STAFFING.
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR EVALUATION OF THE CAMPUS TO CAMPUS AND OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS.
PEOPLE WAIT PATIENTLY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT MOVING FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE TO NOT ONLY IMPROVE THAT PROCESS BUT COMPETE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE AROUND US AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HAVE CHOICE IN THE MATTER.
PROOF OF RESIDENCY, EVERY YEAR WHEN WE REZONE, WE DO HAVE TO REQUIRE PROOF OF RESIDENCY AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN DELAY THE PROCESS BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING EVERY TIME WE HAVE A REZONING YEAR, WE DO LOOK AT THE PROOF OF RESIDENCY FOR ALL THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. IS THAT ALL EVERYTHING ABOUT THE FIRST DAY?
>> THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM [OVERLAPPING].
>> WELCOME. I HAVE THE NEXT PART TOO.
>> OKAY. ITEM 8, COMMUNICATION B.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS? REVIEW RESOLUTION REGARDING BOARD REVIEW OF THE BOARD?
>> THAT'S NOT ME [OVERLAPPING].
[Review Resolution Regarding Board Review of Board Policy CDA (local) - OTHER REVENUES - INVESTMENT]
>> REVIEW RESOLUTION REGARDING BOARD REVIEW OF BOARD POLICY, CDA LOCAL, OTHER REVENUE INVESTMENTS. MISS WEISER?
EACH YEAR WE DO HAVE TO ADOPT AND APPROVE OUR INVESTMENT POLICY.
THE INVESTMENT POLICY IS HERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK FOR ADOPTION NEXT MONTH.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE INVESTMENT POLICY FROM LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> QUESTION FOR [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU, MISS WEISER.
>> ITEM 8C, POLICIES AND PRACTICES UPDATE. DOCTOR CAMARILLO?
[Policies and Practices Update]
>> NOW IT'S ME AND I'M GOING TO GO PRETTY QUICK THROUGH THIS.
JUST WANTED TO SET A REMINDER ABOUT THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MOVING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED JUNE 2ND.
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AFTER ALL THE LAWS ARE PASSED, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH ALL THE ATTORNEYS AND TASB TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE TRANSLATE THOSE INTO POLICY FOR ADOPTION.BUT OUR SCHOOL START DATE WAS AUGUST 13TH AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
SOME OF THEM REQUIRED POLICY, SOME OF THEM DIDN'T, BUT AS I THINK OUR ATTORNEY HAS TOLD YOU, OCTOBER, WE'LL BE GETTING THE POLICIES FROM TASB ON THAT AND I'LL BE BACK TO PRESENT THOSE.
JUST SOME THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE IN PLAY RIGHT NOW.
TA DID A ONE, SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE PAGER DISCIPLINE SUMMARY DOCUMENT FOR PARENTS.
WE'RE WAITING FOR IT IN SPANISH AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OUT TO OUR PARENTS BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENT IS THE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO SEND IT TO EVERY PARENT AND EVERY STUDENT.
THEY WILL HAVE THESE CHANGES THAT WERE IN THAT DISCIPLINE SUMMARY THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO PARENTS.
WE ALSO HAD TO SEND OUT PARENT CONSENT FOR STUDENT CLUBS BECAUSE STUDENTS CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLUB UNTIL PARENTS GIVE CONSENT.
EVERY CAMPUS HAD TO LIST AND MAKE THEIR OWN FORM.
I USED CLEARFORK HERE AS AN EXAMPLE.
JUST EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE ON THERE.
A PARENT WILL NOW HAVE TO CLICK ON WHICH THINGS THEY WILL GIVE CONSENT TO THEIR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE IN.
>> IT'S ALL DONE ONLINE OR DO THEY GET PAPER COPIES?
>> THAT WOULD BE ONLINE THROUGH GOOGLE FORM.
THE NEXT THING IS PARENT CONSENT FOR HEALTH RELATED SERVICES.
THIS WAS ALSO A REQUIREMENT FROM SENATE BD 12 THAT WE HAD TO LIST ALL THE HEALTH SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN OUR DISTRICT AND PARENTS WILL HAVE TO GO INTO SKYWARD TO GIVE CONSENT FOR THAT BEFORE THEY CAN RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES.
PARENT CONSENT FOR COUNSELING SERVICES.
SAME THING WITH THE COUNSELOR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR EACH OF OUR STUDENTS.
BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO RECEIVE THESE SERVICES THEY WILL FILL OUT A GOOGLE FORM THAT HAS GONE OUT TO THE PARENTS GIVING CONSENT FOR THEM.
THEN THE LAST THING, THE EXCUSED ABSENCES.
THESE WERE JUST SOME ADDITIONS THAT WERE ADDED THAT OUR ATTORNEYS ARE WORKING ON THE FORMS FOR.
BUT THEY INCLUDED ON SENATE BILL 207 THAT WE WILL INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AS REASONS TO EXCUSE A STUDENT IF THEY WERE AT AN APPOINTMENT FOR THAT.
THEN HOUSE BILL 367 AMENDED IT THAT PARENTS CAN BRING A DOCTOR'S NOTE FOR ANY SERIOUS OR LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS AND TREATMENT, AND THE DISTRICT CANNOT ASK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION BEYOND THAT. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ITEM 8D, CAMPUS ACTION PLANS, DR. CAMARILLO.
[Campus Action Plans]
>> I PROMISE YOU MR. WRIGHT, I WON'T BE DOING THIS VERY OFTEN.
AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING THE PRINCIPALS WHO NOW ARE IN ATTENDANCE AT ALL OUR MEETINGS, WE'LL BE PRESENTING THEIR ACTION PLANS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FROM WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE 10 PRESENTATIONS, FIVE THIS MONTH AND THEN FIVE NEXT MONTH.
WE'RE GOING TO KICK IT OFF WITH MRS. VASQUEZ, PRINCIPAL OF ABS ELEMENTARY.
>> GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. WRIGHT, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT [INAUDIBLE].
I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS OUR ABS ELEMENTARY ACTION PLAN FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, OUR HASH TAG IS ABS PAVING THE WAY FOR SUCCESS.
I THREW IN TOGETHER MOST OF THE TIME BUT IT WAS SO LONG.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR PICTURES HERE THAT WE HAVE A THEME OF BRICK BY BRICK, SO OUR PATH TO SUCCESS.
THE MIDDLE PICTURE I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IS ONE OF FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING CLASS TEACHER AND THE STUDENTS ADDING TO THAT AS WELL, EVERYONE IS BUYING IN AND REALLY ON BOARD WHEN IT COMES TO THE BRICKS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAVE THE WAY TO SUCCESS TOGETHER.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ON OUR DEMOGRAPHICS HERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE HIGHER ONES IN THE DISTRICT AT 65%.
OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS 476 STUDENTS SO FAR AS OF TODAY.
THEN OF COURSE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT WAS OUR END OF YEAR DATA.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT ATTENDANCE RATES AND OTHER THINGS AND WE DID END THE YEAR AT 92.6.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR STAR DATA FOR READING MATH AND OUR WORD COUNT.
JUST SOME POINTS OF PRIDE, AS I MENTIONED, WITH OUR THEME, PAVING THE WAY TOGETHER, BRICK BY BRICK.
OUR BRICKS SYMBOLIZE THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
OF COURSE, WE START WITH OUR STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL.
OUR STAFF, BEING OUR BUILDERS THAT ARE HELPING
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OUR STUDENTS BE THE SUCCESSFUL LEADERS WE KNOW THEY CAN BE.OUR FAMILIES, THOSE PARTNERS IN IN THAT LEARNING COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A PICTURE THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT WHERE AS PART OF OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FOR OUR CAMPUS, WELCOMING BACK TEACHERS, I FOUND THESE TINY LITTLE BRICKS ON AMAZON AND I LAID THEM IN FRONT OF THE GRADE LEVELS AND I SAID, WE WENT THROUGH THE VISION, THE MISSION, THE THEME AND I SAID, I WANT YOU TO PUT TOGETHER A VISUAL THAT WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE REPRESENTS OUR VISION.
THIS ONE JUST REALLY STOOD OUT.
YOU SEE THE HEART IN THE CENTER.
OF COURSE, THE LITTLE PATHS THAT TALK ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL BRICKS THAT I DID NOT MENTION EARLIER, BEING GROWTH, SUCCESS, LEARNING, UNITY, RESPONSIBILITY, KINDNESS, RESPECT, PRIDE, CONFIDENCE, PERSEVERANCE, AND THEN CULTURE BEING THAT MATERIAL THAT HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER.
REALLY OWNING IT AND LOOKING AND DOING THOSE THINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE ARE ALSO HONORED TO HAVE RECEIVED THE TEPSA STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR THE LAST TWO SCHOOL YEARS, 2023, '24, '24, '25.
YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, MRS. MARSHALL HAPPENED TO CATCH THE SCREEN WHEN WE WERE AT THE TEPSA CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER AND PLUM CREEK AND ABS WERE BOTH HONORED.
THIS AWARD IS ALL ABOUT STUDENT LED INITIATIVES, AND SO OUR STUDENT COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR THIS AND GOT IT BOTH YEARS AND DOING THEIR GIFT DRIVES FOR NURSING HOMES, GATHERING BLANKETS AND SCARVES AND GLOVES AND BEANIES AND GIVING THOSE GIFTS TO THE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CAMPUS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO KEEP THAT GOING.
>> WHAT DOES THE ACRONYM STAND FOR?
>> THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION.
A GROUP THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO THIS SUMMER WAS VERY BENEFICIAL.
THEN JUST OUR SHOW IN OUR BALLET FOLKLORICO GROUP AS WELL AS OUR MUSIC PROGRAM, AND WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO BUILD THAT WELL ROUNDED STUDENT.
SOME CAMPUS OPERATIONAL CHANGES THAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
WE REVIEWED THE GRADE LEVELS AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.
LAST YEAR I JUMPED IN IN AUGUST AND WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, BUT THIS YEAR WAS REALLY ABLE TO REVIEW THOSE GRADE LEVELS, SEE WHAT WE NEEDED.
I WAS PROUD TO SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH I DID HAVE A FEW VACANCIES TO FILL, ONLY TWO WERE ADDITIONAL NEW TO PROFESSION.
WE REALLY TRIED TO FIND THE BALANCE BETWEEN EXPERIENCE AND OF COURSE, KNOWING THAT WE DO HAVE NEW TO PROFESSION AND WE WANT TO GROW THEM AND SUPPORT THEM.
I HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE THIS SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE I HIRED ONE LATE OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
I HAVE THREE NEW TO PROFESSION, THE REST DO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF EXPERIENCES.
AS DR. CAMARILLO MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE SOME HARD TO FILL VACANCIES IN BILINGUAL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF STUDENTS COMING OUT OF THE UNIVERSITIES CERTIFIED IN BILINGUAL.
WE DID HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.
I MET WITH CENTRAL OFFICE WEEKLY AND THEN DAILY TOWARDS THE END THERE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD THE BEST TEACHERS.
ONE EXAMPLE AS A RESULT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, AS I PULLED IN MY FOURTH GRADE TEAM FOR BILINGUAL AND I SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT ONE TEACHER DOWN.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THREE BILINGUAL CLASSES AND WE HAVE TWO.
I SAID, THIS IS SOME OF THE STUFF I'M THINKING, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? THE FIRST THING THEY SAID WAS, WE DON'T WANT TO SUBSTITUTE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT GROUP AND DIVIDE IT INTO TWO.
BECAUSE THEY WERE OWNING IT AND REALLY WERE LIKE, NO, WE WANT TO DO THIS FOR OUR STUDENTS, I WAS GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS IN CENTRAL OFFICE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS TO BE ABLE TO PUT ONE IN EACH CLASS SO THAT THE TEACHERS CAN MANAGE THOSE LARGER GROUPS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 27, 28 AND WE'RE NOT EVEN TO LABOR DAY YET.
BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL PERSON IN THAT CLASSROOM, PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL AND THEY'RE RECEIVING THAT HIGH LEVEL INSTRUCTION FROM A TEACHER.
ANOTHER THING, AS DR. CAMARILLO MENTIONED, IS I HAD TO TAKE OUR LEVER LEADERS AND PUT THEM FULL TIME INTO CLASSROOMS. RIGHT NOW I HAVE ONE IN FIRST GRADE BILINGUAL AND ONE IN THIRD GRADE BILINGUAL.
WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY PARTICIPATING IN THOSE WALK THROUGH BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH GETTING CLASSROOM SET UP.
THEY MENTIONED THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF LEADER AND ME, MAKING SURE THE STUDENTS KNOW THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES AND THOSE EXPECTATIONS.
AS A YEAR GOES ON, WE WILL START TO INCLUDE THEM MORE AND MORE IN GETTING INTO THE OTHER CLASSROOMS, BUT I REALLY AM GOING TO LOOK AT USING THEM AS ALSO MODEL CLASSROOMS FOR OUR NEW TEACHERS TO COME AND SEE THEM DOING THE GREAT WORK AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WILL BE DOING TO CONTINUE SERVING IN THE LEVEL LEADER POSITION, JUST NOT IN A FULL TIME CAPACITY AS THEY HAD BEEN.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO HIRE?
>> YES. ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T DO A GREAT JOB OF LAST YEAR WAS SEEKING OUT AND BUILDING UP, I'M WORKING ON THAT CURRENTLY, KNOWING THAT I DO HAVE SOME GREAT TEACHERS AND HOW WE CAN START BUILDING THEM NOW.
I KNOW CENTRAL OFFICE IS TALKING ABOUT A LEVEL LEADER PATHWAY FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED AND SO
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REALLY GETTING THAT READY SO THAT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, I HAVE MY TWO OTHERS AND WE'RE FULLY STAFFED AGAIN.OF COURSE, CONTINUING TO RECRUIT FOR THOSE BILINGUAL TEACHERS THAT ARE HARD TO FILL IN THOSE CLASSROOMS.
>> TWO LEVEL LEADERS HAVE THEY BEEN ACCEPTING IN THIS ROLE? I MEAN, THEY HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT OR?
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE HONESTLY, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FILL THESE VACANCIES ALL SUMMER AND WE GOT TO ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.
ALTHOUGH I HAD ALREADY PREFACED IT BY SAYING, LOOK, GUYS, I'M REALLY TRYING TO FILL.
THEY KNEW THAT THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY.
I DID HAVE TO TELL THEM ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED THAT ONE OF THEM WOULD BE IN THE CLASSROOM.
THEY WOULD BE SPLIT UP. THEY WOULD BOTH BE IN THE CLASSROOM FULL TIME.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF JUST, ESPECIALLY THE MOVING FROM FIRST TO THIRD, BUT SHE HAD ALREADY TAUGHT THIRD GRADE AND SO SHE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE.
I JUST DID WHATEVER I COULD TO SUPPORT HER SO THAT SHE COULD START OFF THE YEAR STRONG AND SHE'S ACCEPTING IT WELL.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS BECAUSE WE DID REVIEW THOSE GRADE LEVELS AND LOOKING AT THE AREAS OF STRENGTH, WE DID DECIDE TO DO SOME TEAM TEACHING IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.
HONESTLY, WHEN TALKING TO PARENTS DURING THE MEET THE TEACHER, AS WE WERE WALKING AROUND, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT KIDS WOULD BE, "SWITCHING CLASSES".
IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, WE HAVE FOUR TEACHERS, TWO BILINGUAL AND TWO JED, SO I HAVE PAIRS.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS FROM THAT PAIR, ONE IS TEACHING READING, ONE IS TEACHING MATH AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
WE'VE BUILT IN JUST A SMALL TRANSITION TIME FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SWITCH BETWEEN TWO TEACHERS.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THERE STILL HAVE ONE TEACHER.
IT'S JUST FOR THOSE TWO COUNTING AREAS, BOTH IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.
THEN ALSO JUST BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE MASTER SCHEDULE AND KNOWING THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME SOLID BLOCKS OF TIME SO THAT ALL OUR CONTENT AREAS WERE ADDRESSED DAILY, AND SO MADE SURE THAT OUR MASTER SCHEDULE ALLOWED FOR THAT, LEADS ME INTO OUR BUILDING TIME, SO OUR TUTORING.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT USING THE SCHOOL DAY.
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS NEED TRANSPORTATION, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL.
I'VE PUT BUILDING TIME, HENCE THE BRICKS, BUILDING TIME FOR INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT.
OUR STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY THE ONES THAT ARE STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY, BUT THOSE THAT ARE NOT STRUGGLING AND NEED THAT EXTRA ENRICHMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.
IT'S AT THE SAME TIME FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO UTILIZE ALL STAFF.
WHERE CAN THE LIBRARIAN FIT IN? WHERE CAN I PULL A GROUP IF I NEED TO? WHERE CAN OUR PE COACH HELP? WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE ALL STAFF SO THAT ALL OUR STUDENTS GET THE INTERVENTION OR ENRICHMENT THAT THEY NEED.
THEN ALSO OUR ACE PROGRAM, WE ARE BLESSED WITH AN ACE PROGRAM AND SO REALLY WORKING WITH OUR SITE COORDINATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY ARE DOING THAT INSTRUCTIONAL TUTORING, IS IT WHAT THEY NEED HELP WITH? IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DURING THE DAY MATCHING UP WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING AFTER SCHOOL?
>> IS IT A DESIGNATED TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY THAT EVERYBODY TUTORS?
>> IT'S FIRST THING IN THE MORNING FOR BUILDING TIME.
RIGHT AT 7:25 TO 8:10, WE'VE ALLOWED FOR FOUR DAYS OF THAT ENRICHMENT AND INTERVENTION.
THEN ONE DAY WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR LEADER AND ME LESSONS, BECAUSE IT'S 45 MINUTE BLOCK.
RATHER THAN DOING IT 15 MINUTES DAILY, LEADER AND ME ARE WILDLY IMPORTANT GOAL BINDERS AND MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE TRACKING THEIR GOALS.
WE'RE REALLY GOING TO JUST FOCUS ON OUR BASICS, IS WHAT I CALL IT.
IMPROVING OUR ATTENDANCE RATE OF COURSE TO THAT 96%.
IMPROVING OUR PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS MEETING THEIR GROWTH IN 1.5, GROWTH IN READING AND MATH.
THIS IS PRETTY LOFTY BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IF WE FALL SLIGHTLY SHORT, GUESS WHAT? LOOK AT HOW FAR WE'VE COME.
WE'RE TRYING TO GO FROM 52% TO 80% FOR READING AND 51% TO 75% IN MATH.
THEN INCREASING OUR WORD COUNT.
I KNOW OUR LIBRARIAN WAS TRYING TO COME UP WITH A GOAL BUT WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ATTAIN AND WE REALLY WANT TO HIT THAT 100 MILLION WORDS BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT? AS I MENTIONED ABOUT MY LEADERS, RIGHT NOW, MY AP AND I MEET WEEKLY, THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
WE PLAN OUT WHICH WALK THROUGHS WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHICH TEACHERS WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING ON WHICH DAYS AND THAT'S SUPPORT THAT WE MAY NEED AS WELL AS THE FREQUENCY.
THEN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING UP BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.
WE'RE ALSO MAKING DAILY ATTENDANCE CALLS.
RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY, WE DO PAPER ATTENDANCE ROSTERS EVERY MORNING DURING BREAKFAST AT ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK, WE COLLECT THOSE AND SEE FIRST TEACHERS ARE MAKING THAT INITIAL CONTACT AND WHICHEVER PARENTS THAT THEY CANNOT GET HOLD OF,
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THEN WE'RE MAKING THOSE PHONE CALLS AND WE HAVE A SPREADSHEET WHERE WE'RE TRACKING.IT'S ABLE FOR US AS ADAM INTO ONE, SHARE WITH PARENTS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL.
BUT ALSO, IF THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON, IF THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH TRANSPORTATION OR SOMETHING HAPPENED, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT.
ALTHOUGH, ILLNESSES HAVE STRUCK AGAIN, WE WERE ABOVE 97% EVERY DAY LAST WEEK AND THEN FRIDAY.
SORRY TO DIP, AND TODAY WE DIPPED A LITTLE MORE, AND MOST OF THOSE CALLS ARE ILLNESSES, WE'RE REALLY WATCHING THAT.
WE'RE DOING A WEEKLY WORD COUNT REVIEW.
DURING OUR WEEKLY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR PLCS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THOSE WORD COUNTS BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THOSE WORD COUNTS WILL TIE TO THAT 1.5 GROWTH IN READING BECAUSE OF THE EXPOSURE TO THE VOCABULARY.
WE'LL BE REVIEWING THAT WEEKLY.
THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AT THAT BUILDING TIME IMPLEMENTATION, OUR TEACHERS USING DATA TO GROUP KIDS APPROPRIATELY SO THAT OUR TIER 1 STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED FROM THIS TEACHER, OUR TIER 2 OR TIER 3 BECAUSE WE'RE UTILIZING ALL STAFF.
NO LONGER WILL A TEACHER HAVE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS BY THEMSELVES.
WE'RE GOING TO USE ALL TEACHERS IN THAT GRADE LEVEL, AND MAYBE AN ADJACENT GRADE LEVEL.
IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS WHAT THOSE STUDENTS NEED.
THEN OUR LAGGING INDICATORS, JUST KNOWING THAT EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE STILL ENOUGH WHERE THEY'RE NINE WEEK OR MONTHLY, WE SHOULD HAVE NO SURPRISES BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS MORE OFTEN IN OUR LEADING INDICATORS. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S REALLY FOR ALL THE CAMPUSES, DR. CAMARILLO.
ARE THESE PLANS THE PRODUCT OF EACH CAMPUS OR IS IT A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CAMPUS AND CENTRAL OFFICE?
>> IT'S A COLLABORATION EFFORT.
AS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, WE HAD THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT THAT MR. DAVIDSON AND CI GROUP DID WITH EACH TEAM.
THEY LOOKED AT THE END OF YEAR DATA, REFLECTED ON THAT DATA AND THEN MOVE DATA TO ACTION.
THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING NOW IS THE ACTION PLANS TO YOU.
>> WELCOME, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE [OVERLAPPING].
>> TO HELP WITH THOSE WALK, SINCE THERE ARE NO LONGER LEADERS, OR THEY'RE NOT FUNCTIONING IN THAT ROLE RIGHT NOW AT ABS? ARE YOU GETTING HELP FROM CENTRAL OFFICE? HOW WILL YOU KEEP YOUR NUMBERS UP OVERALL?
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
RIGHT NOW, MS. BAILEY AND I, MY AP ARE SPLITTING THEM UP.
BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES LIKE THIS WEEK, WE'RE OUT OF OFF CAMPUS FOR SEVERAL TIMES FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
I DO KNOW THAT I MEET WITH DR. CAMARILLO WEEKLY AS PART OF THAT TIERED SUPPORT.
WHENEVER THOSE ISSUES DO ARISE, I'M ABLE TO REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AND GET IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH MS. SALDIVAR AS WELL, WHO'S OUR BILINGUAL DIRECTOR, SINCE WE HAVE A HIGH EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION.
REALLY JUST USING THOSE PARTNERS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE NOT ALONE.
>> NEXT, WE'LL HAVE MS. EPSTEIN FROM NAVARRO ELEMENTARY.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY TO GET TO SHARE OUR ACTION PLAN AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GREATNESS THAT WE ARE DOING AT NAVARRO.
OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE CAMP NAVARRO, GUIDING THE TRAIL TO EXCELLENCE.
THERE IS SO STAFF HAS JUST BOUGHT INTO THE CAMPING THEME.
LITTLE DID I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY LOVED CAMPING.
IT IS A WHOLE VIBE WE HAVE GOING ON.
BUT IT'S A REALLY GREAT THING BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE LEADING THE WAY FOR OUR LOCKHART LINES TO LEARN, LEAD AND EXPLORE, BUT WE'RE REALLY AGAIN GUIDING THAT TRAIL TO EXCELLENCE.
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE GUIDES ALONG THIS TO REALLY HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
JUST PUT A COUPLE OF PICTURES ON OF JUST THE STRONG FOUNDATIONAL START WE HAVE GOING ON TO THE YEAR REALLY WORKING THROUGH ENGAGEMENT, BEING EXPLICIT WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS AS WELL.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CAMPUS PROFILE AND OUR DEMOGRAPHICS HERE.
NOTICING THAT EARLIER, WE DID TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT.
WE'RE AT 518 RIGHT NOW WHERE WE WERE PRETTY HIGH IN THE HIGH 600 LAST YEAR.
JUST NOTICING THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO BRING ALL OF OUR STAFF INTO THE BUILDING, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT THIS YEAR TO HAVE SOME SPACE TO REALLY WORK WITH.
ALSO, NOTICING AGAIN, OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION, WE DO HAVE ABOUT 1-2 BILINGUAL TEACHERS PER GRADE LEVEL.
THEN ALSO NOTING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, WHICH I'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE SO ABOUT HOW WE ARE REALLY PROVIDING SOME COLLABORATION AMONGST ALL OF OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS.
TAKING A LOOK AT OUR END OF YEAR DATA.
WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED WHEN WE THINK ABOUT LEADER IN ME THAT END IN MIND.
A LOT OF WHAT I'LL PRESENT TODAY REALLY FOCUSES AGAIN ON LOOKING AT WHERE WE WERE, WHAT OUR DATA WAS, AND STARTING TO DO THAT BACKWARDS DESIGN TO REALLY ADDRESS WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS TO MAKE SOME MOVEMENT FOR OUR CAMPUS.
WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH A COURSE ATTENDANCE RATE, THAT 1.5, AND THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AT OUR READING AND MATH AS WELL AS OUR CAMPUS WORD COUNT.
SOME POINTS OF PRIDE JUST TO SHARE IN.
I HAVE TO SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD JUST STOOD OUT TO ME ABOUT NAVARRO WHEN I'VE GOTTEN THERE IS JUST THE COMMUNITY FEEL.
ANYTIME THERE'S SOME TYPE OF EVENT,
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I JOKED WITH STAFF THAT I FELT LIKE I'M CROWD SURFING AT MEET THE TEACHER.THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON WITH FAMILIES BEING INVOLVED THAT IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO SEE ALL OF THAT INVOLVEMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEADER IN ME THAT WE'RE STARTING OFF REALLY STRONG AGAIN IS THOSE MISSION STATEMENTS THAT MR. DAVIDSON SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, MAKING SURE THOSE ARE UP IN CLASSROOMS AND THAT STUDENTS ARE REALLY PARTAKING IN THEIR CLASSROOM AND WHAT THEY ALSO WANT TO BE HAPPENING IN THERE AND HOW THEY WANT TO FEEL.
ALSO, THE GREETINGS THAT HAPPEN.
THERE'S A PICTURE AGAIN OF OUR TEACHERS WHO STAND BY THE DOORS, GREET STUDENTS WITH HOW THEY'RE FEELING IN THE MORNING AND REALLY JUST CHECK IN TO START THAT ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
THE OTHER THING THAT MAKES THIS CAMPUS SO SPECIAL IS JUST THE SPECIALS PROGRAMMING AND WHAT SO MANY OF OUR TEACHERS BETWEEN MS. MCCARTHY AND ART AND ALL THAT SHE DOES TO REALLY SUPPORT ARTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE CHEERLEADERS FOR OUR TALENT SHOW LAST YEAR, THEY TOOK THE GO PACK AND MADE IT EXTRA UP ON THE STAGE, WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE, AND THEN OF COURSE, MARATHON FOR KIDS FOR OUR PE PROGRAMMING.
JUST REALLY AGAIN, NOTICING THAT WHOLE CHILD THAT'S COMING INTO NAVARRO.
ALSO THINKING ABOUT OUR AMAZING LEGO LEAGUE THAT I KNOW WE'VE SEEN TONS OF PICTURES OF AND SO EXCITED FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT THOSE OUTSIDE CLUBS, AND WHAT TEACHERS ARE DOING TO NOT ONLY JUST LOOK AT ACADEMICS, BUT TO REALLY SUPPORT THAT LEADERSHIP.
I JUST HAD A NEW TEACHER EVEN SPEAK ABOUT NAVARRO AND SAYING, MAN, THE STUDENTS HERE THEY GREET, THEY SHAKE HANDS.
THEY ARE JUST LITTLE LIKE ADULTS HERE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY APPARENT.
JUST NOTICING THAT THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ALSO GETTING AS WELL.
FALL FESTIVAL, I PUT ON HERE AS A COMMUNITY EVENT AND WE THINK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND BRINGING IN OUTSIDE RESOURCES AND OUTSIDE PEOPLE AND JUST CONNECTING.
IT GIVES A TIME FOR OUR RURAL FAMILIES AS WELL TO PARTAKE IN SOME TRICK OR TREATING AND JUST BE AGAIN PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT EVENT THAT'S GONE ON FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AND JUST WAS AN ASTOUNDING THING TO SEE BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
THEN I WANTED TO ANCHOR ON THAT COLLABORATION AS WELL, AND REALLY LOOKING AT OUR STAFF, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LEARNING.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH HOW IS THIS NEW CURRICULUM GOING TO GO? WATCHING STAFF JUST COME IN AND SAY, I'M HERE FOR IT, LET'S TRY IT, REALLY TALKING IT OUT, WORKING TOGETHER, BEING SO OPEN AND WILLING TO JUST TRY AND TO DO WHAT FOLLOW THROUGH OUR MISSION AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS HAS BEEN REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO SEE.
SOME POINTS OF PRIDE ARE THOSE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT RIGHT THERE.
THINKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR OPERATIONAL CHANGES.
AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE END IN MIND.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, AGAIN, LIKE MS. VASQUEZ WAS SAYING, COMING IN LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR HAVING SO MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE OF THE STAFF THAT ARE THERE AND BEING REALLY INTENTIONAL WITH SOME OF THOSE MOVES, THINKING ABOUT THEIR DATA, REALLY LOOKING AT THEIR GROWTH DATA THAT THEY HAD, REALLY LOOKING AT THEIR END OF YEAR, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EVEN SOME OF THEIR PREFERENCE TO REALLY MAKE SOME STRATEGIC DECISIONS AND WHERE THOSE STAFF MIGHT MOVE.
ALSO DOING TEAM TEACHING AS WELL.
WE HAVE IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, TWO BILINGUAL PARTNERS AND FOURTH, TWO BILINGUAL PARTNERS IN FIFTH, AND THEN TWO JEN AND FOURTH, TWO JEN AND FIFTH.
THEY'RE DOING A SIMILAR PIECE WHERE IT'S THAT ELA AND THAT WRITING FOCUS, AND THEN MATH AND SCIENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THEY'RE TEAM TEACHING FOR THAT TO REALLY HELP THEM FOCUS IN ON THE CONTENT THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH.
FOR SOME OPERATIONAL CHANGES, AGAIN, WE ALSO LOOKED AT MASTER SCHEDULE AND I'M A HUGE COLLABORATOR.
THIS SUMMER, LIKE DR. CAMARILLO WAS SAYING, GETTING TIME TO WORK WITH THE OTHER PRINCIPALS TO SEE WHAT'S WORKING ON OUR CAMPUS? WHAT CAN WE DO HERE TOO? LET'S GET TOGETHER. LET'S DISCUSS THAT.
WAS SO HELPFUL AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE IT GAVE US A CHANCE TOO TO SHARE IDEAS ACROSS DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, RATHER THAN BEING IN SILOS.
SOME OF THAT WORK WITH MASTER SCHEDULING.
WE DID AS WELL AS MS. VASQUEZ WAS SAYING, REALLY THINKING THROUGH OUR TIER 1 INSTRUCTION AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY STRONG.
WE WERE REALLY INTENTIONAL WITH THINKING THE NEW CURRICULUM OF SAVA SAYING, WE'VE GOT A 120 MINUTES.
HOW CAN WE SECTION THIS OFF TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL? THEN WE EVEN LOOKED AT OUR MATH BLOCK AND SIMILARLY CREATED SOME EXPLICITNESS THERE TO REALLY HELP OUR TEACHERS KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS.
AGAIN, FOCUS ON THAT TIER 1 INSTRUCTION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT MASTER SCHEDULE BEING INTENTIONAL WITH THINKING ABOUT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.
SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WORKED ON WAS HAVING THEM COLLABORATING MORE.
GIVING THEM SOME POCKETS OF TIME WHERE THEY COULD WORK WITH OUR GNI TEACHERS AS WELL, WITHIN THE PLCS, WITHIN INTERNALIZATION TIME, I'LL SPEAK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE TIMES HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND REALLY HAVING THEM BRING IN DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS, WHAT SCAFFOLDING CAN WE BRING IN AND REALLY HELPING TEACHERS PROVIDE SOME EXTRA SUPPORTS FOR THEIR CURRICULUM AND THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BEST SUPPORT STUDENTS.
IN ADDITION, NOT JUST SPECIAL EDUCATION, BUT OUR GT COLLABORATING AS WELL AS PUSHING INTO CLASSROOMS, PULLING OUT FOR GT, BUT ALSO PUSHING IN TO HELP SUPPORT THEM WHILE THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE CLASSROOM WORKING THROUGH DIFFERENT CURRICULUM, AND AGAIN, PROVIDING ANOTHER SUPPORT THERE.
WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE INTENTIONALITY OF THE TIMES.
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THERE'S THREE POCKETS OF TIME THAT WE'RE REALLY BEING AGAIN, THOUGHTFUL OF AND HELPING TO FOCUS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP MOVE OUR CAMPUS BASED ON OUR DATA.THAT FIRST ONE IS WE TALKED ABOUT PLC, THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S A TIME WHEN OUR TEACHERS CAN GET TOGETHER, WORK THROUGH DATA.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON FLUENCY AND WRITING.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE OUR TWO REALLY BIG FOCUSES THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT STUDENT WORK, WE'RE COMING IN, WE'RE DISCUSSING WHAT MOVES WE CAN MAKE AND REALLY DRIVING SOME OF THAT SMALL GROUP THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
WE ALSO HAVE WE CALL IT WHAT I NEED TIME, SO IT'S LIKE WHAT BRICKS THAT MS. VASQUEZ WAS SPEAKING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TIME AGAIN WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME INTERVENTION WORK, WHETHER IT'S HELPING TO PROVIDE SOME FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS OR AGAIN TO ENRICH AND TO PUSH STUDENTS UP.
THOSE PLCS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO HELP US DRIVE THOSE SMALL GROUPS AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED DURING THAT TIME.
INTERNALIZATION WAS ANOTHER ONE.
WITH OUR NEW CURRICULUM OF SERVICE, REALLY HELPING TEACHERS TO DIVE INTO IT.
IT IS A VAST RESOURCE WITH SO MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
WE FOUND TIME WITHIN THE SCHEDULE ONCE A WEEK FOR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO MEET TOGETHER WITH LEVER LEADERS TO REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT IS WE'RE TEACHING, ASK QUESTIONS, DO SOME REHEARSALS, BUT TO REALLY HAVE SOME TIME TOGETHER TO WORK THROUGH THAT NEW CURRICULUM AND REALLY SUPPORT THEM DURING THAT TIME.
THE NICE THING IS TOO IS OUR FOURTH AND FIFTH MATH TEACHERS ARE GETTING TIME DURING THIS AS WELL TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON MATH.
WE'RE REALLY HITTING THAT CONCEPTUAL, THE PICTORIAL, THE MANIPULATIVES REALLY HARD.
WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING.
THE WHY BEFORE THAT PROCEDURAL PIECE THAT MATH.
AGAIN, REALLY BEING THOUGHTFUL OF HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.
THEN WE ALSO PUT VERTICAL TEAMS IN PLACE.
ONE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS GOING TO BE OUR MATH VERTICAL TEAM.
THAT'S ALLOWING OUR KINDER THROUGH FIFTH TEACHERS TO GET TOGETHER TO REALLY LOOK AT MATH ACROSS THE GRADE LEVELS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT OUR FOURTH AND FIFTH RE UP HERE, WHAT ARE WE DOING DOWN HERE? WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? IS THE VOCABULARY WE CAN INCLUDE? IS THERE SOME TYPE OF SOMETHING FOR WORD PROBLEMS THAT WE CAN PUT IN AND ALL COME TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THAT? AGAIN, LEAVE WITH A COMMITMENT SAYING, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO.
AGAIN, VERY INTENTIONAL WITH OUR DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY, WHICH GOES BACK AGAIN TO THAT MASTER SCHEDULE AND BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL AND MINDFUL OF IT.
SAME THING AS MS. VASQUEZ, WE HAVE THAT AC COLLABORATION.
WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE TUTORING THAT GOES ON AFTER SCHOOL THROUGH THAT.
LOOKING AT MYSELF, OUR AP MEETING WITH HIS COORDINATOR TO REALLY SEE WHAT THAT DATA LOOKS LIKE AND GET TO BRING THAT BACK INTO OUR PLCS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WHAT I NEED TIME AS BEING TIME AGAIN, TO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT STUDENTS NEED.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME ENRICHMENT TIME AS WELL.
WHILE TEACHERS ARE INTERNALIZING, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR SPECIAL TEAM PUSHING INTO CLASSROOMS TO HELP SUPPORT THAT CLASSROOM AND HAVE SOME TIME WHERE THEY CAN WORK WITH STUDENTS AS WELL AND SEE THE ACADEMICS GOING ON.
AGAIN, IT'S ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE.
THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT OUR AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING, WHICH WE HAD STARTED IN THE SPRING AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BRING THAT EVEN INTO THE FALL TIME TO HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
FOR OUR BIG ROCKS AS WELL, WE ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON MOVING OUR ATTENDANCE UP TO THAT 96%, OUR READING AND OUR MATH.
THEN OF COURSE, OUR WORD COUNT AS WELL.
WE'RE LOOKING TO BE 150 MILLION.
HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON DOING THIS.
I WANT TO START WITH THE SHARED LEADERSHIP MODEL, WHICH I KNOW IS A BIG PART OF LOCKHART ISD.
THINKING ABOUT AGAIN, HOW WE ALL SHARE A PART AND REALLY HELPING TO MOVE OUR CAMPUS.
LOOKING AT THE BIG ATTENDANCE 1.5 GROWTH AND MILLION WORDS, REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT STARTS WITH OUR STUDENTS. WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? THAT'S WHERE THOSE LEADER AND ME BINDERS COME IN WHERE STUDENTS ARE TRACKING THEIR GOALS, MAKING THEIR GOALS, AND REALLY MAKING SURE THEY'RE STAYING ON TRACK WITH THEIR ATTENDANCE, 1.5 MILLION WORDS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE EMBEDDING IN RIGHT NOW INTO CLASSROOMS AND STARTING THAT FOUNDATION OUT.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THEN COMING BACK TO OUR TEACHERS, HOW THEY'RE SUPPORTING.
TEACHERS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR BINDERS, MAKING SURE STUDENTS ARE MAKING THEIR GOALS, AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE INDIVIDUAL GOAL SETTING AS WELL FOR THE STUDENTS AND DATASETS THAT THEY'RE TRACKING.
THAT'S WHERE IT COMES BACK TO OUR LEVER LEADERS, WHO WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM AS WELL TO LOOK AT THEIR DATA, MAKE SURE THINGS ARE FILLED OUT.
WE AS A SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE HAVING DATA AS WELL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ONCE A WEEK IN OUR MEETINGS TO TO SEE OUR TEACHERS AND HOW THEY'RE PROGRESSING.
AGAIN, KEEPING THAT POLES ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.
FROM THERE, THE AP AND I MEET WEEKLY AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT GLOBAL LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY HOT SPOTS, ANY TRENDS, JUST TAKE A LOOK AND SEE HOW ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO MONITOR AND ENSURE THAT'S CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR ACTION COMMITTEE TEAMS ONCE A MONTH MEET, WHICH WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE TEAM.
WE HAVE AN ACADEMIC 1.5 MILLION WORDS TEAM.
AGAIN, THAT'S VERTICALLY ALIGNED TO HAVE MORE SUPPORT IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR GOALS ARE CONTINUING THIS SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL.
FOR ATTENDANCE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC.
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I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE AT 96.5 RIGHT NOW FOR AUGUST, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING, AND THAT'S A 1% INCREASE FROM US FROM LAST YEAR.THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON.
WE AS WELL ARE DOING THOSE DAILY PHONE CALLS FROM THE TEACHER, THE ADMIN TEAM, OUR REGISTRAR.
SHE'S EVEN BEING AS PROACTIVE AS LOOKING AT THE DATA FROM LAST YEAR AND WE'VE BEEN MAKING PHONE CALLS TO SEE STUDENTS WHO'VE HAD A LOT OF DOCTORS NOTES AND JUST LETTING THEM KNOW, LIKE, HEY, WE CAN MAKE THESE TIMES EVEN LATER IN THE DAY, BRING YOUR STUDENTS HERE.
OUR FAMILIES DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND THINKING ABOUT GIVING THEM MORE INFORMATION AND WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET THEM HERE MORE SO DURING THE DAY AS WELL, BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'LL GO A LONG WAY WITH OUR FAMILIES IF WE'RE CHECKING IN WITH THEM AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE THE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH TO REALLY PUMP UP THAT WITH STUDENTS.
I GOT TO GO AROUND TODAY, TALK ABOUT ICE CREAM AND PIZZA PARTIES, AND A LOT OF THE KIDS WERE SUPER EXCITED.
IT'S REALLY NICE TO GET TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN, BUYING INTO ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TO REALLY HELP TO MOVE OUR ATTENDANCE UP.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP HAVING OUR WEEKLY GOALS, OUR MONTHLY GOALS, AND I FEEL LIKE OUR REGISTRAR AND I ARE ALWAYS LIKE, "WHAT ARE WE AT TODAY? WHAT'S GOING ON?" WE'RE ALWAYS CONSTANTLY JUST AWARE.
I THINK THERE'S SUCH A GOOD URGENCY ON THAT AS WELL.
FOR OUR 1.5 AS WELL, AS WE'RE GETTING OUR DATA BACK.
SOMETHING WE FOUND WITH 1.5 IS WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT THE TEAKS EVEN WITHIN IT OR LOOK AT WHAT IN READING SPECIFICALLY WE NEED TO REALLY WORK ON.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE TARGETED IN LOOKING AT FLUENCY OR AGAIN, WHAT MATH SUPPORTS WE CAN PUT INTO PLACE.
WE CAN REACH THAT 80% OF OUR CLASS IS MEETING THE GOAL.
ALL TEACHERS HAVE WIGS UP IN THEIR CLASSROOM ON THAT.
AGAIN, IT'LL BE A CONSTANT TALK THAT WE'RE COMING BACK TO TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS, STAFF, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE OUR GOALS ARE.
THEN AGAIN, FOR 1 MILLION WORDS, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH MAKING SURE WE HAVE OUR COMPETITIONS GOING ON.
ONE BIG THING THAT WE'RE DOING TOO IS AGAIN TRACKING THIS ON OUR DATA TRACKERS.
AGAIN, I'M PUTTING INTO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE'RE HAVING MORE DISCUSSIONS.
WE JUST MET WITH TEAM LEADS TO SEE HOW IS IT GOING.
KEEPING ALL THAT CONVERSATION, KEEPING THAT WITHIN OUR PLCS, KEEPING THAT WITHIN ANY OF THE MEETINGS WE TALK ABOUT, JUST REALLY BRINGING THESE GOALS TO THE FOREFRONT SO THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AND SEEING HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
>> YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. MISS VASC HAS MENTIONED TUTORING FOR HER DURING THE DAY? ARE YOU TUTORING AFTER SCHOOL?
>> WE'LL LOOK AT STARTING THAT.
RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE TUTORING DURING THE DAY IN THE SENSE OF WHAT I NEED TIME.
THAT'S TIME THAT WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT PERHAPS SOME FOUNDATIONAL PIECES THAT WE'RE NEEDING TO GET BACK LIKE FLUENCY IS GOING TO BE A BIG FOCUS FOR OUR KINDER FIRST AND SECOND ESPECIALLY.
WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE LOOKING AT WITHIN OUR SAVVAS CURRICULUM, WHAT LETTER SOUNDS ARE WE LEARNING HERE? WHAT VAL TEAMS AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT, DO WE NEED SOME EXTRA SUPPORT? ARE THERE KIDS READY TO PUSH UP? THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BRING THAT DURING THE DAY TO REALLY HELP WITH THOSE SKILLS.
>> I ALSO NOTICED THAT [INAUDIBLE] AND YOUR CAMPUS.
IS IT NEW THE OPERATIONAL CHANGE OF TEAM TEACHING FOR GRADE FOUR AND FIVE?
>> IS ALL THE ELEMENTARIES ARE DOING THAT NOW?
>> SOME OF THEM ARE IN SOME CAPACITY AND SOME MIGHT STILL HAVE SOME SELF DEPENDING ON NUMBERS.
FOR US, IT WAS HELPFUL BECAUSE WE HAD FOUR, AND WE HAD THE TWO BILINGUAL COUNTERPARTS AND THE TWO GEN ED COUNTERPARTS.
IT WORKED FOR US TO WHERE IT WAS AN EVEN WAY TO DO THINGS.
>> BUT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST YEAR? >> THE FIRST YEAR MA'AM.
>> HOW OFTEN ARE THE FAMILY CONFERENCE?
>> FAMILY CONFERENCES. WE STARTED SOME OF THAT OVER THE SUMMER, SO WE'VE BROUGHT SOME OF THE FAMILIES IN.
WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS YEAR FOR FAMILY CONFERENCES AND WE ALIGNED BY THAT ACROSS THE OTHER CAMPUSES IS THAT WHEN WE'RE AT THREE DAYS EXCUSED, SENDING A LETTER OUT, WE'RE ALREADY COMMUNICATING, TRYING TO GET DOCTOR'S NOTES, TRYING TO TALK TO PARENTS.
IF IT GETS TO THAT SIX DAY MARKER, BRINGING THEM IN TO SAY, HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? HOW CAN WE HELP SUPPORT YOU? WHAT ARE THEIR BARRIERS HERE? OUR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS IS REALLY GREAT AS WELL TO HELP THEM MAYBE GET CONNECTED THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING TO HELP AGAIN WRAP AROUND AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE FAMILIES. WE CAN GET THEM HERE.
>> THE PARENTS ARE PRETTY RESPONSIVE.
>> SO FAR THEY'RE GETTING THREE PHONE CALLS A DAY AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, THE SCHOOL AGAIN.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GREAT AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF I'M LIKE, IT'S GREAT.
IF THEY'RE GETTING TOO MUCH COMMUNICATION, THAT'S OKAY RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BUILD AGAIN THE EXPECTATIONS OF THESE ARE THE WAYS WE'RE TRYING TO HELP WRAP AROUND AND SUPPORT.
THERE ARE SOME THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO GET IN, MAYBE DUE TO TRANSPORTATION OR THINGS, BUT AGAIN, THAT CONFERENCE PIECE AND THE DISCUSSION INVOLVING THE ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL HAS REALLY SET THE TONE THAT WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER.
>> NEXT DO HAVE MISS MARSHALL FROM BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY.
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>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
AS MENTIONED, I'M EMILY MARSHALL, THE PROUD PROUD PRINCIPAL OF BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I AM SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE OUR SUCCESS PLAN WITH YOU TONIGHT.
YOU WILL HEAR A LOT OF SIMILAR IDEAS.
I WILL TRY TO BREEZE THROUGH THOSE AND THEN HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AT BLUEBONNET SPECIFICALLY THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT EVERY DECISION THAT I MADE FOR THIS YEAR AND THAT THE SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAM AND MY AP MADE WAS ROOTED IN GROWTH, HENCE OUR THEME BBE AND BLOOM GROWING MINDS AND LEADERS.
THINKING ABOUT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, WE HIGHLIGHTED AND REALLY FOCUSED IN ON THAT WE HAD 37% EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS, AND THAT 17% OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
WE OPENED OUR FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING UNIT LAST YEAR AND HAVE REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON THAT BLENDED LEARNING.
WE ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AS WE GROW AND MOVE FORWARD.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE REALLY ROOTED OURSELVES IN WAS LOOKING AT OUR STAR RESULTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
OUR APPROACHES WERE NOT PHENOMENAL, BUT THE END OF THE WORLD WHERE WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED IS LOOKING AT THOSE METS AND MASTERS, AND HOW CAN WE PUSH OUR KIDS THAT ARE ON GRADE LEVEL? HOW CAN WE HELP THEM EXCEL AND BE EVEN MORE READY AS WE SEND THEM ON TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL? THEN SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE REALLY TOOK A BIG LEAP THIS YEAR AND WANTED TO PURSUE IS OUR CAMPUS WORD COUNT.
LAST YEAR, WE ENDED AT 72 MILLION WORDS, AND WE SET A WILDLY AMBITIOUS GOAL FOR THIS YEAR THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
I WANTED TO SHARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH THIS YEAR.
THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY ON CAMPUS IS ON FIRE TO GROW AND GLOW THIS YEAR, AND WE REALLY WANT TO CREATE A CULTURE OF READING AT BLUEBONNET.
WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING IS ROOTED, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CREATING THAT CULTURE OF READING BECAUSE THE MORE THEY SEE IT IN WRITING, IN THE BOOKS, THEY'RE GOING TO START WRITING IT AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE OFF.
YOU CAN SEE OUR TEAM UP THERE IN THE TOP LEFT.
WE STARTED WITH OUR INTERNALIZATION TIME LAST WEEK, AS WELL AS OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, AND WE HAD OUR GT TEACHER ATTENDING, WE HAD OUR LIBRARIAN ATTENDING.
THE LIBRARIAN EVEN HAD CHECKED OUT TO EACH GRADE LEVEL A STACK OF MENTOR TEXTS THAT WENT WITH THE NEW CURRICULUMS UNIT SO THAT TEACHERS COULD HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS YEAR IS IF YOU LOOK IN THE BOTTOM MIDDLE, OUR LEADERS, OUR READERS, TAKE A BOOK, LEAVE A BOOK.
WE CREATED A CAMPUS LENDING LIBRARY OR IF YOU'VE HEARD OF LITTLE LIBRARIES.
WE CREATED THIS RIGHT INSIDE THE DOOR, SO AS PARENTS COME FOR LUNCH OR THEY'RE COMING FOR EVENING EVENTS, THERE ARE BOOKS THAT THEY CAN GRAB AND READ WITH THEIR KIDS THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE IN SCHOOL YET.
OR IF THEY HAVE A LACK OF BOOKS AT HOME, HERE'S ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR THEM.
WE'VE ALSO ENCOURAGED OUR PARENTS AS THEY FINISH BOOKS AND THEY'RE CLEANING OUT THEIR KIDS LIBRARIES, THAT THEY'RE WELCOME TO BRING THEM AND SHARE THEM WITH OTHER FAMILIES SO THAT THEY GET A SECOND CHANCE.
UP IN THE TOP IS OUR STUDENTS THAT REALLY SPARKED THIS THEME LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS OUR BATTLE OF THE BLUEBONNET DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEY STILL TALK ABOUT. REMEMBER WHEN WE WON FIRST PLACE.
WE BRAG ALL THE TIME AND TELL THEM, YES, AND YOU SPARKED THIS CULTURE OF READING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP WITH OUR CAMPUS.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT THAT ONE OF OUR WILDLY IMPORTANT GOALS OR OUR WIGS TO USE THE LEADER IN ME LANGUAGE IS OUR WORD COUNT, AS I MENTIONED, AND JUST IN THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS, WE READ 823,000 WORDS.
WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT AS WELL.
THEN IN THE BOTTOM, WE CAUGHT ONE OF OUR AMAZING FIRST GRADE CLASSES SYNERGIZING AND THEY WERE WORKING TO GET A HULA HOOP ACROSS WITHOUT USING ANY WORDS AND WITHOUT DISCONNECTING THEIR HANDS.
WE WERE EXCITED TO START THAT.
THINKING ABOUT OUR OPERATIONAL CHANGES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES TO WHAT MS. VASQUEZ AND MISS EPSTEIN SHARED BECAUSE LIKE THEY MENTIONED, WE WERE ABLE TO COLLABORATE THIS SUMMER.
WE ARE STARTING WITH TEAM TEACHING THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, ON BLUEBONNETS CAMPUS, I HAVE FOUR FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS AND FOUR FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS.
THERE IS ONLY ONE PAIR OF TEACHERS PER GRADE LEVEL.
I ONLY HAVE ONE BILINGUAL CLASSROOM THIS YEAR PER GRADE LEVEL, IT MADE MORE SENSE I HAD A TEACHER THAT WANTED TO STAY SELF CONTAINED AS WELL AS THE BILINGUAL TO STAY SELF CONTAINED.
BUT THEN I HAVE PARTNER TEACHERS WHOSE EXPERTISE ARE IN READING AND MATH.
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ONE THING THAT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AT BLUEBONNET IS THAT EVERYBODY IS CONTINUING TO TEACH THEIR OWN SCIENCE.WE MADE A LOT OF GAINS LAST YEAR IN SCIENCE WITH THE NEW CURRICULUM THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR, THE DISCOVERY ED, AND SO WE WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO TIE IN THOSE READING AND MATH CONCEPTS NO MATTER WHICH CONTENT AREA THEY WERE TEACHING.
THE MASTER CALENDAR, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US THIS YEAR WAS TO INCLUDE THAT INTERNALIZATION TIME.
TEACHERS GET AN EXTRA 50 MINUTE ESSENTIALLY PLANNING PERIOD PER WEEK SO THAT THEY CAN GET TOGETHER WITH THEIR TEAM.
LAST WEEK, WE ALREADY INVITED CNI TO COME OUT AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED TO ROLL OUT SOLVES THE NEW CURRICULUM CAME AND WORKED ONE ON ONE WITH OUR FOURTH GRADE BILINGUAL TEACHER, WHICH WAS GREAT.
IT'S JUST AS MUCH SUPPORT AS I CAN PROVIDE AS THEY'RE EMBARKING ON THIS NEW CURRICULUM.
I THINK THE BETTER OFF WE'RE GOING TO BE.
WE ALSO ARE IMPLEMENTING CAMPUS WIDE PLCS.
SOME MONTHS, IT'S ONCE A MONTH, SOME MONTHS IT FALLS TWICE A MONTH.
THAT IS GOING TO BE WHERE WE REALLY HIT OUR WRITING VERTICAL ALIGNMENT.
IT WILL BE THE ENTIRE CAMPUS IN THE ROOM.
WE MAY START OFF ALTOGETHER AND THEN SPLIT INTO SMALLER GROUPS.
EITHER WAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT WRITING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WAS AN AREA WHERE OUR STUDENTS NEED SOME SUPPORT AND SOME GROWTH.
WE'RE STARTING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, HOW CAN WE INCREASE THOSE EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES? HOW CAN WE REALLY EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS TO BE THE WRITERS THAT WE KNOW THEY CAN BE? MY TUTORING PLANS LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO BOTH CAMPUSES.
I'VE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH OUR AC COORDINATOR.
THE KIDS ACTUALLY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL HIT TIME IN THE AFTERNOONS.
THEY GET 30 MINUTES OF MATH FACT FLUENCY, 30 MINUTES OF READING FLUENCY, AND THEN 30 MINUTES OF READING SMALL GROUP TARGETED INSTRUCTION.
AS WELL AS I HAVE MULTIPLE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH AS AND THEY STAY AND DO THE LEXIA PROGRAM WITH OUR STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL.
WE SET OUR AMBITIOUS GOALS THIS YEAR OF HAVING 80% OF OUR STUDENTS MAKING THEIR 1.5 YEARS GROWTH IN BOTH READING AND MATH.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE UP TO 96%.
THEN OUR AMBITIOUS GOAL FOR OUR MILLION WORDS IS WE'RE GOING TO JUMP ALL THE WAY 72000000-150 MILLION WORDS.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS ROOM FULL WITH OUR MILLION WORD READERS BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
TO MONITOR THOSE, AGAIN, DOING A LOT OF THE SIMILAR THINGS THAT THE OTHER CAMPUSES ARE DOING.
A FEW THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR BLUEBONNET THIS YEAR IS THE FRIDAY ASSEMBLIES.
WE LOOKED AT ATTENDANCE DATA OVER THE YEAR AND FRIDAYS JUST SOMETIMES BECOME THAT HOLIDAY FOR KIDS.
IT'S FRIDAY. YOU'VE MADE IT THROUGH THE WEEK.
YOU DON'T FEEL GREAT, JUST STAY HOME.
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, OUR ENTIRE CAMPUS IS GOING TO COME TOGETHER.
WE'LL SAY THE PLEDGE IS TOGETHER, WE'LL RECITE OUR MISSION STATEMENT, OUR LEADER AND ME PLEDGE.
BUT WE WILL ALSO CELEBRATE IF ANY OF OUR CLASSES HIT THEIR 1.5 GOALS, NOT ONLY WILL THEY HAVE THE CELEBRATION THAT COMES FROM CNI, BUT THEY WILL ALSO HAVE A CAMPUS CELEBRATION.
OUR ATTENDANCE WINNERS PER GRADE LEVEL.
WE'LL HAVE OUR TOP CLASS WINNERS RECOGNIZED.
WE'LL ALSO DO OUR MILLION WORD READERS.
THE TOP THREE READERS FOR THE WEEK WILL BE RECOGNIZED AND MY TEACHERS WERE GETTING REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE'LL DO A HUMAN TUNNEL. IT'LL BE GREAT.
THEN WE'LL ALSO DO OUR LEADER AND ME SHOUTOUTS FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE EXEMPLIFYING THOSE HABITS AND REALLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH THE SEVEN HABITS.
WE ALSO HAD OUR TEACHERS, EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL WIG THIS YEAR IS THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THEIR ATTENDANCE AND THEIR MILLION WORD READERS.
WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE HALLS OF THE SCHOOL, THE WAY THAT OUR SCHOOL HAS ORGANIZED, EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL AT THE END OF THEIR HALLWAY, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE TRACKING THEIR GRADE LEVEL ATTENDANCE, THEIR GRADE LEVEL WORD COUNT.
AS WELL AS OUR LEADER AND ME BINDERS, WHERE STUDENTS, WE HAVE DEAL TIME EVERY MORNING, WHICH IS DROP EVERYTHING AND LEAD.
THAT'S WHEN OUR STUDENTS USE THEIR TRACKING TO TRACK THEIR ATTENDANCE DAILY, CHECK IN ON THEIR WORD COUNT.
OUR LIBRARIAN IS HAVING THEM BRING THEIR BINDERS TO LIBRARY WHEN THEY COME THE YOUNGER GRADES WEEKLY, THE OLDER GRADES BI WEEKLY, AND HANDING OUT BRAG TAGS FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE ON TARGET TO HIT THEIR GOALS.
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO GET KIDS EXCITED ABOUT IT AND TO REALLY HIT THEIR GOALS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING.
THE LAST THING THAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IS OUR PLC SCOPE AND SEQUENCE.
MY SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAM AND I SAT DOWN AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS, SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS, THE UNIT ASSESSMENTS FROM THE NEW CURRICULUM, AND PLANNING IT OUT SO THAT TEACHERS HAVE THIS DOCUMENT THAT THEY KNOW WHAT DATA TO COME READY WITH
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TO PLCS SO THAT WE CAN JUST BE ON FIRE AND GET OUR KIDS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.WE CAN SEE WHERE ARE THOSE KIDS THAT ARE MEETING OUR GOALS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PUSH THEM? HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THEM JUST CONTINUE ON? OUR KIDS THAT ARE NOT QUITE HITTING THOSE GOALS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO SUPPORT THEM? THAT WAS THE BRIEF VERSION, BUT IT WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAD HEARD. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> NOT FOR YOU, BUT I DO HAVE ONE I WANT TO JUMP BACK A LITTLE BIT TO ABS.
WE'VE SEEN THESE LAST TWO SCHOOLS SETTING THEIR READING GOALS OF 150 MILLION WORDS, BUT ABS IS SETTLING ON 100 MILLION.
WHY AREN'T ALL TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AMBITIOUS?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. ORIGINALLY WHEN I GOT WITH MY LIBRARY AND SHE SAID, 65 MILLION AND I SAID, NO, WE NEED TO STRIKE FOR MORE.
WHAT WE DID WAS TAKE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF 63 MILLION, AND IT CAME OUT TO ABOUT 1.7 MILLION WORDS, NOT DOLLARS, WORDS A MONTH.
THEN WE LOOKED AT HOW CAN WE INCREASE THAT AT LEAST BY 1 MILLION? THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THAT 100 MILLION, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE OF COURSE STRIVING FOR MORE. OKAY.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO GO BACK TO BLUEBONNET.
MY SON'S TEACHER IS EMPHASIZING READING AND READ READING, SO GREAT JOB TO THE TEACHERS EMPHASIZING THE READING EVERY NIGHT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO READ 30 MINUTES A NIGHT, SO THANK YOU.
>> [INAUDIBLE] OF BOOKS. OKAY.
>> THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO SECONDARY.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH MR. PALACIOS, THE PRINCIPAL OF LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.
>> MR. ROS, THEY PUT YOU BACK TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
>> I GO TO CHEST THE MIKE. I'M SORRY. THIS ONE.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT MR. ESTRADA.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.
FIRST, BEFORE I START, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM FROM THE BOARD TO MR. ESTRADA, THE CABINET, MY PEERS, THE COORDINATORS AND THE DIRECTORS.
WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT YOU ALL.
I DEFINETLY ME AND MYSELF, THE PRINCIPALS ARE BROUGHT WITH ME.
A FEW OF THEM ARE BROUGHT WITH ME.
WE'VE DEFINITELY NOTICED THE LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE IN THE LOCKED IN EXCELLENCE, AND WE ARE ALL EVERY DAY, WE SAY, HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT UP FRONT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT WITH ME ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE IN LOCKHART.
WHAT I WANTED TO GO OVER WAS OUR MOTO THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY OUR PBIS TEAM AND OUR STRONG LEADER TEACHERS.
THEY SAID WE NEED TO HAVE [INAUDIBLE], WHICH GOES WITH BEING OBVIOUSLY ALLIANCE.
WE DECIDED ON RESPECT, OWNERSHIP, ACHIEVEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME IN OUR ASSEMBLIES, AND SO THE KIDS UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THAT TYPE OF STUDENT.
JUST LIKE THE OTHER SCHOOLS, WE HAVE PRETTY SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS, OBVIOUSLY, THEY FEED INTO ME.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE PRETTY SIMILAR.
BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS SO WE CAN PROGRESS TO THE MORE IMPORTANT TOPICS IS THAT OUR TENANTS FOR A SECONDARY IS PRETTY HIGH.
WE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTARIES AT 92.2, BUT OUR GOAL IS 96% ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT GOAL BECAUSE WE REALLY THINK THAT WITH A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE DOING, WE CAN REACH THAT GOAL.
I DID COME IN AS A NEW PRINCIPAL, NOTICE OUR MATH EXCELS VERY WELL IN THIS DISTRICT, AS MR. STATA SAYS, THE KNICKERBOCKER WAY.
BUT YES, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM NOT MESSING WITH, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WORKS. MARTIN MAN.
YES. I LEARNED THAT RIGHT AWAY.
BUT IT DOES WORK AND I SEE THE DIFFERENCE THAT WHERE I CAME FROM TO WHERE MATH IS THAT MATH EXCELS HERE IN THIS DISTRICT.
>> SOME OF THE POINTS OF PRIDE.
OBVIOUSLY, WHEN I GOT HERE, [NOISE] THANK YOU BOARD AND THANK YOU, CABINET FOR BRINGING ME IN EARLY BECAUSE I GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS I NEEDED TO IMPROVE, SOME OF THE THINGS I NEEDED TO TWEAK, AND SOME OF THE THINGS I NEED TO NOT MESS WITH, LIKE I SAID, THE KNICKERBOCKER WAY.
BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET TO THAT POINT, I HAD TO HAVE WHAT I DID NOTICE IS WE WEREN'T ACKNOWLEDGING THE KIDS FOR GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, AND Y'ALL HAVE AMAZING KIDS, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A LOT OF THEM. I HAVE AMAZING KIDS.
THEY NEEDED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THEY'RE DOING.
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THE FIRST THING I DID WHEN I GOT HIRED IS ASK, MR. ESTRADA, CAN I DO A PBIS REBOOT? I NEED FUNDS BECAUSE I'M NOT THE PRINCIPAL YET.HE SAID, YES, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE DID A TWO-DAY PBIS REBOOT WITH REGION 13, AND THAT HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE DID BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID IT GET TEACHERS TO BUY IN.
I GREW NEW LEADERS THAT WERE PROBABLY THE NAYSAYERS, AND NOW THERE ARE THE PEOPLE UP FRONT SAYING, NO, IT'S GOING WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE GOT TO DO.
I'VE HAD MORE BUY-IN BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DID IN SHOWING THEM AND HAVING A PLAN READY SINCE THE SUMMER IN MAY.
WE STARTED IN MAY IN ORDER TO GET READY FOR AUGUST, SO WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR THREE MONTHS.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS THE SUCCESS TO WHAT'S GOING ON THIS YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY, THE UPPER-LEVEL MATH THAT I TALKED ABOUT, THE KNICKERBOCKER WAY IS OBVIOUSLY DOING VERY VERY WELL.
I DID TALK ABOUT THE STAFF BUY-IN AND YOU NOTICE IN THE HALLS.
IF YOU COME SEE THE HALLS, TEACHERS ARE EVERYWHERE, A LOT OF KIDS WALK ON THE RIGHT, GET TO CLASS, WALK WITH PURPOSE.
YOU SEE THE PRIDE THAT THE TEACHERS ARE TAKING AND LOVING WHAT'S GOING ON AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.
WHAT I NOTICE AS AN OUTSIDER COMING IN IS THEIR EXTRACURRICULAR REPRESENTATION AT LOCKHART, IT IS SO APPARENT OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.
I'M AN EARLY PERSON, SO I GET THERE PRETTY MUCH ABOUT SEVEN.
THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE THERE PRACTICING.
THEY'RE WORKING HARD, THE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS ARE OUT THERE PRACTICING, THE FLAG TEAM, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T PRACTICE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL PROXY.
[LAUGHTER] THAT JUST SHOWS THE PRIDE THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR CRAFT.
EVERYTHING ELSE, I'VE SEEN IN CHOIR, BAND, THEATER, EVERYBODY TAKES PRIDE, AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY KUDOS TO THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE COMMUNITY YOU HAVE ALL BUILT AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.
LEADER IN ME, THAT WAS NEW TO ME.
BUT I'VE DEFINITELY SEEN THE BENEFITS OF THAT.
I WAS 18 LEADERSHIP TEACHER IN MY FORMER DISTRICT, SO IT'S CHARACTER BUILDING, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, AND I DEFINITELY AM A HUGE BELIEVER IN IT, AND WE'RE DOING STRAIGHT EIGHT DAYS OF LEADER IN ME.
THEN ONCE WE FINISH THAT, DURING OUR MORNING ENRICHMENT, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT EVERY SINGLE FRIDAY UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE YEAR, CONTINUE THAT BECAUSE WE SEE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS A PRINCIPAL. THEN GEAR UP.
I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE GEAR UP, WE'VE ALREADY HAD PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE FIELD CHIPS.
THEY JUST CAME OUT TO ST. EDWARDS TODAY FOR POETRY AND THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
WHEN THE KIDS GOT BACK, I GREETED THEM, I ASKED THEM HOW IT WENT.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY GET TO GO TO COLLEGES.
THEY GET TO GET EXPOSURE TO BEING SEEN COLLEGES ALREADY BECAUSE MY JOB AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS TO GET THEM READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO GET THEM READY FOR COLLEGE.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY GIVING THEM THAT TOUCH OF WHAT COLLEGE LOOKS LIKE, SO THEY CAN ALREADY HAVE IT IN THEIR MIND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO, THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO GO.
WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE GEAR UP ON OUR CAMPUS.
THEN YOU SEE SOME OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS CALLED LION OF THE WEEK, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FOR LION OF THE WEEK AS WELL FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE CABINET SUPPORT, MR. ESTRADA'S SUPPORT OF BRINGING IN SOME STRONG VETERAN PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE I HAVE A FIRST-YEAR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND A SECOND-YEAR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
BUT WITH THE TWO OTHER PEOPLE I BROUGHT INCLUDING MYSELF, WE HAVE 36 YEARS OF ADMIN EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE GOING TO GROW THOSE LEADERS TO BE FUTURE LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT AND SO I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOME STRONG PEOPLE.
ALSO, MR. ESTRADA BROUGHT ME AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL LEADER FOR MATH, WHICH WAS NEEDED IN THE LOWER LEVELS.
LIKE I SAID, THE UPPER LEVELS ARE DOING VERY WELL, BUT WE NOTICED IN OUR DATA THAT SIXTH GRADE AND SEVENTH GRADE WE'RE DOING AS WELL.
WE'VE PUT PEOPLE, AS YOU CAN SEE THE RIGHT SEAT ON THE BUS.
WE PUT PEOPLE IN AREAS WHERE THEY NEED TO SUPPORT THE OTHER LEVELS OF MATH.
WE PUT OUR LEVELS LEADERS IN SIXTH GRADE IN ORDER TO PUSH THOSE NUMBERS COMING UP FROM FIFTH GRADE.
THAT'S OUR GOAL THIS YEAR WITH PUTTING PEOPLE RIGHT ON THE BUS. OUR HALL MONITORS.
I DEFINITELY NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR BECAUSE I GOT TO WALK AROUND THE CAMPUS, SEE THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.
I NOTICED THAT I NEEDED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
I HIRED TWO NEW HALL MONITORS, AND BOTH HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE EXCELLENCE THEY'VE DONE.
ONE GOT LION OF THE WEEK, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THE 1.5 WINNER LAST WEEK AS WELL.
YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF THEIR PRESENCE IN THE HALLS, THEIR LOVE FOR THE KIDS, AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE BEING SAFE, RESPONSIBLE, AND RESPECTFUL.
OBVIOUSLY, I TALKED ABOUT LEADER IN ME,
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HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS IN OUR CAMPUS.WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR WAS MORNING ENRICHMENT.
I HAVE BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM FROM 8:15, AND THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL 10 MINUTES, BECAUSE I NEEDED THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT MY ENRICHMENT WAS HAPPENING.
WE HAVE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS THAT WERE STRUGGLING IN READING AND MATH AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO DO IT WITHIN THE DAY.
AS WE HAVE BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEN WE START AT 8:35 TILL NINE O'CLOCK, AND DOING OUR ENRICHMENT THREE TIMES A WEEK.
THEY'LL GET READING AND MATH WITH A PROGRAM CALLED IXL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT IS TA, SAYS IT'S ACKNOWLEDGEABLE, WHICH WE'LL GO WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE, AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN THAT.
ALONG WITH THAT, WE DO WEEKLY ASSEMBLY, SO EVERY TUESDAY, WE DO SIXTH GRADE, EVERY WEDNESDAY, WE DO SEVENTH GRADE, AND EVERY THURSDAY, WE DO EIGHTH GRADE AND SO WE GO OVER EXPECTATIONS.
THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING OVER ATTENDANCE, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE AT SCHOOL.
THE FIRST WEEK, WE WENT OVER EXPECTATIONS.
THE SECOND, WE WENT OVER DRESS CODE.
WE WENT OVER CELL PHONES, WE'LL GO OVER CYBERBULLYING, WE'LL GO OVER BULLYING, WE'LL GO OVER JUGGLE WINNERS.
ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, I'M TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE.
I'M TRYING TO TEACH THESE KIDS HOW TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS.
IT HAPPENED TODAY, A STUDENT SAW SOMETHING AND SAID SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR CAMPUS SAFE.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING TO THEM IN ASSEMBLIES AND SAYING, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU SAY SOMETHING AND THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR STUDENTS' DAY.
HE DID EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED HIM TO DO.
HE SAW SOMETHING, AND HE SAID SOMETHING, SO WE KNOW IT'S WORKING.
WE TALKED ABOUT HALLWAY MONITORS, ACTIVELY MONITORING.
ANOTHER THING I DID NOTICE WAS A PROBLEM AREA WAS THE RESTROOMS. SOME OF THE THINGS IN OUR DATA WAS HAPPENING A LOT IN THE RESTROOMS, SO WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
EVERY PERIOD, WE HAVE RESTROOM MONITORS.
KIDS HAVE TO SIGN IN, THEY GO IN THE RESTROOMS. THE HIGHEST THREE INCIDENTS ON OUR CAMPUS WAS VANDALISM, VAPING, AND FIGHTING IN THE BATHROOMS, AND WITH AN ADULT RIGHT THERE PRESENT, WE NOTICED THAT NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING ON.
THAT'S VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE CAMPUS.
WE HAD THE DATA, SO WE REACTED TO IT BEING PROACTIVE.
>> HOW MANY FIGHTS HAVE YOU HAD SO FAR?
>> THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD. I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT BECAUSE [NOISE] I HAVE A CONSUMER THERE, SO I ASKED QUESTIONS PERIODICALLY, AND I'VE HEARD NO FIGHTS, AND MR. PALACIOS IS EVERYWHERE.
>> [LAUGHTER] I PROMISED THAT TO PARENTS IN MY FONDUES WITH PALACIOS, POPCORN WITH PALACIOS, [LAUGHTER] BURRITOS WITH PALACIOS.
ONE PARENT CAME TO ME AND SAID, MY DAUGHTER SAYS, YOU'RE EVERYWHERE.
HE GOES YOU PROMISED ME THAT, AND SHE SAYS, I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE AND NOT SEE MR. PALACIOS.
>> [LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
>> YES. THAT'S JUST NOT ME. IT'S MY ADMIN TEAM.
NO MATTER WHAT MEETING WE HAVE, WE STOP TWO MINUTES BEFORE, AND WE'RE IN THE HALLS.
WE GO FROM EIGHTH GRADE TO SEVENTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE.
THAT'S WHY THEY SEE ME EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE I GO TO EVERY HALL.
[LAUGHTER] THAT IS COMMENDABLE ON MY TEAM AND SOMETHING THAT WE SAW THAT WAS NEEDED ON THE CAMPUS IN ORDER TO KEEP IT SAFE, RESPECTFUL, AND RESPONSIBLE.
>> I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT YOU'RE NOT ALSO PROACTIVE WITH THE STUDENTS.
YOU'RE ALSO PROACTIVE WITH THE STAFF.
YOU'RE ASKING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY NEED FOR THEIR CLASSROOM, AND THEY LIKE THAT.
TEACHERS HAVE ALSO JUST MENTIONED THIS TO ME, LIKE MR. PALACIOS IS VERY ACTIVE AND PROACTIVE WHAT WE NEED [NOISE] AND WE LIKE THAT, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND JUST BE SHY ABOUT WHAT WE NEED OR WHAT WE WANT.
HE'S ALWAYS ASKING US WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET BETTER FOR OUR CLASSROOM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT FOR OUR TEACHERS.
>> THANK YOU. WE ALWAYS SAY AS ADMIN, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TEACHING, AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO RAISE TO GET OUR GOALS AND KEEP THE KIDS SAFE AND GET THAT ATTENDANCE UP, WE HAVE TO DO OUR JOB IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TEACH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT.
CAFETERIA IS MONITORED BY ADMIN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE MAKE SURE WE'RE IN THERE, WE KNOW THAT'S A HUGE PRIORITY.
THE NUMBER ONE THING I DID NOTICE LAST YEAR IS THE KIDS WERE WALKING AROUND EVERYWHERE, AND I WAS WONDERING WHY THERE WAS NOT MORE FIGHTS EVERY DAY.
THAT COMMENDED TO HOW GOOD THE KIDS ARE.
NOW WE HAVE RULES JUST LIKE THIS POSTED EVERY DAY.
THEY HAVE TO DO THIS RESTROOM, THIS FOR WATER, THIS FOR SNACK BAR.
NOBODY CAN GET UP WITHOUT PERMISSION.
THAT WAY WE CAN SEE LEVEL AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOING ON, SO WE CAN ADJUST IT BEFORE IT GETS TO THAT POINT.
THAT IS COMMENDABLE, MY TEAM AND MY MONITORS, AND THE TAS THAT ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
I HAVE SOME PARENTS THAT COMING IN THE LION GUARD, ESPECIALLY HAVE BEEN THERE AS WELL FOR ME TOO.
I HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND CAMPUS SUPPORT.
IT'S NOT JUST ADMIN, IT'S THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THEY WERE JUST RELEASING 900 KIDS AT ONE TIME.
THAT WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS HUGE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WHAT WE DO IS WE CALL BUSES OVER THE INTERCOM, AND WE DO IT A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME, AND THEN WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE MONITORING IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE SAFE AND ORGANIZED.
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THAT'S BEEN A REASON, THERE'S BEEN NO FIGHTS AS WELL, TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM SAFE, RESPONSIBLE, AND RESPECTFUL.I DID TALK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT.
WE DO HAVE A TUTORING PLAN IT'S ALREADY STARTING.
THEY'LL BE STARTED ON IXL ON MONDAY. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TRAINED.
THIS IS FOCUSED ON READING AND MATH, AND SIXTH-GRADE SCIENCE.
THIS IS IN ORDER TO NOT ONLY MEET THE DEMANDS OF STUDENTS THAT FIELD STAR, BUT IT'S ALSO TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE KIDS THAT WANT TO EXCEL AND KEEP GOING UP BECAUSE WE NOTICED THAT WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT APPROACHES, BUT WE ARE FALTERING ON THE MEETS AND MASTERS KIDS.
WE'RE NOT PUSHING OUR TOP-END KIDS.
THIS IS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HAVE TUTORIALS AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONES ON IXL, BUT THEY'RE BEING PUSHED STRATEGICALLY BY MATH TEACHERS IN THE MEET AND MASTER'S AREA.
MR. KNICKERBOCKER IS THE FIRST DAY.
I TOLD EXPECTATIONS, EXPECTATIONS, EXPECTATIONS, SECOND DAYS, MOST BLASES.
I GOT TO GET ON MY MATH. I'M LIKE OKAY, SIR.
AGAIN, I'M NOT MR. KNICKERBOCKER, [LAUGHTER] BUT I KNOW HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING, AND I SEEN THAT IN MY MATH CLASSES.
THEY'RE ALREADY PUSHING THOSE KIDS ALREADY.
THEN WE ALSO NOTICED THAT WE NEEDED TO TARGET ALL LEVELS.
WHAT I DID ALSO IS I LOOKED AT THE MASTER SCHEDULE, I NOTICED THAT I HAD A LOT OF COACHES IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND THAT'S WHY SOCIAL STUDIES WAS FALTERING BECAUSE THERE WAS EIGHT SECTIONS THAT WERE GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OR ATHLETICS.
I MOVED ALL COACHES OUT OF EIGHTH-GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES INTO THE LOWER GRADES, AND THEN I HIRED SOME MORE VETERAN TEACHERS TO RAISE THAT SCORE BECAUSE IT WAS VERY LOW EVEN THROUGHOUT THE REGION, SO WE SHOULD SEE SOME GREAT GAINS IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN EIGHTH GRADE.
THIS IS SOME OF OUR BIG ROCKS, AND THEY'RE PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE ELEMENTARIES.
WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE OUR 92.2% TO 96%.
WE WANT TO ACHIEVE OUR MASTERS IN ALL SUBJECTS I TALK ABOUT, OUR MASTERS AND MEETS WERE LOWER, AND WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT BY AN AVERAGE OF 24%.
THEN WE DEFINITELY WANT TO REACH THE DISTRICT GOAL, WHICH IS OUR CAMPUS GOAL, THE 1.5 YEARS OF GROWTH IN READING AND MATH TO 80% AS WELL.
THEN SOME OF THE WAYS WE MONITOR, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH IS IN THE CLASSROOMS A LOT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LEADING THE DISTRICT IN THAT, AND I'M VERY COMPETITIVE WITH MY ADMIN TEAM AND MY LEVEL LEADERS.
I MEET WITH THEM AND I'M LIKE, WE GOT TO BE IN THE CLASSROOMS, WE GOT TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS.
WE GOT TO KEEP THAT TIER 1 INSTRUCTION.
WE GOT TO ENSURE THE KIDS ARE LEARNING.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS THAT'S HOW I'M EVERYWHERE.
WE PUT IT IN OUR CALENDAR, AND WE HAVE IT IN OUR PLANS FOR PLCS AND FOR ADMIN WALKS.
WE DON'T HAVE A TIME OTHER THAN RDS, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE CLASSROOMS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE HALLS.
COACHING, WE DO NOTICE AS WELL, IS THAT COACHING NEEDED TO BE.
WE WANT TO BE SPECIFIC WITH OUR WALKTHROUGHS, WE WANT TO BE SPECIFIC WITH OUR FEEDBACK.
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM 1-2 THINGS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF YOU GIVE 10 THINGS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BAD AT 10 THINGS.
BUT IF I CAN GIVE YOU ONE OR TWO THINGS TO GROW ON AND BE VERY SPECIFIC, THEY'RE GOING TO GROW A LOT IN THAT.
WE'RE DOING A BOOK STUDY AS LEVELS AND AS PRINCIPALS, IT'S CALLED GET BETTER FASTER AND WE'RE DOING A BOOK STUDY IN ORDER TO GET BETTER FASTER.
THEN IT TEACHES YOU HOW TO SPECIFICALLY TALK TO TEACHERS WITHOUT OFFENDING THEM AND BE SPECIFIC ON [NOISE] EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO GROW ON.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
PLCS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW MY FELLOW PRINCIPALS TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE TO BE IN THE PLCS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE BACKWARDS DESIGNING.
THE REASON WE GO BACKWARDS BECAUSE WE GOT TO KNOW WHAT THE KIDS LEARN AND THEN GO BACKWARDS TO MAKE SURE.
WITHOUT THE KIDS LEARNING, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU PLAN FORWARD, YOU GOT TO GO BACKWARDS IN MIND.
THEN WE GOT TO KNOW THAT TIER 1 INSTRUCTION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
IT'S GOT TO BE VERY TIGHT AND VERY STRONG.
WE DO TARGETED PDS, AND THEN OF COURSE, I'VE TALKED ABOUT IXL.
I THINK ANOTHER COMPONENT, AND I'M GLAD WE GOT THE FUNDS BECAUSE WE DID NOT REACH OUR GOAL FOR TELPAS, AND I THINK WITH SUMMER K12, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'M REALLY HAPPY. WE'VE STARTED THAT ALREADY.
OUR STUDENTS NEED TO READ, WRITE, LISTEN, AND SPEAK, AND SO IN ORDER TO MEET THEIR GOAL FOR, AND THEY'RE DOING THAT DURING INTERVENTIONS, WHILE THE OTHER STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE DOING IXL.
THEN ANOTHER LEADING INDICATOR IS OBVIOUSLY, WE GOT TO HAVE PARENT MEETINGS.
I'VE ALREADY DONE THREE, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE THREE MORE.
I DID DO A SIXTH-GRADE ORIENTATION WHERE I HAD OVER 600 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT.
THEN I HAD A SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE, WHICH IS NOT TRADITIONAL, BUT I WANTED TO MEET MY SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND SO I HAD ABOUT 400 SHOW UP TO THAT, AND I WAS VERY SURPRISED BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT PROBABLY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SHOW UP, AND THEY SHOWED UP PROUD, AND I WAS SO HAPPY.
I THINK THEY JUST WANTED TO MEET ME, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST [LAUGHTER] WITH YOU BECAUSE I HAD A LINE OF QUESTIONS OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO TALK TO ME, AND I TOLD THEM AND I TOOK OVER AN HOUR JUST TO ADDRESS ALL THE QUESTIONS THEY HAD.
WE HAVE A CALL [NOISE] TEAM AS NEEDED, WE'VE ALREADY MADE 25 CALLS.
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WE HAVE A GOOGLE SHEET WHERE WE'RE CALLING, AND THEN MY FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING FOR ATTENDANCE IS THIS FRIDAY.I'M TAKING THAT ON AS THE PRINCIPAL BECAUSE I FEEL THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR IS CHANGE THE CULTURE OF ATTENDANCE, AND SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO BE THERE IN SCHOOL.
THEN PARENTS CONFERENCES IS NEEDED JUST LIKE THE ELEMENTARY WERE ON THE SAME THREE, WE'RE ALREADY DOING ATTENDANCE LETTERS.
I ALREADY SPOKE TO MY ATTENDANCE CLERK ABOUT THAT, AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO SIX, I'M GOING TO HAVE PERSONAL MEETINGS AS THE ATTENDANCE PERSON BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SHOW THEM HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THE PRINCIPAL IS MEETING WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S THAT IMPORTANT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO HAVE STUDENT GROWTH FROM 55-76, AND THEN OUR CBA GOES IN ORDER TO MEET OUR GOAL THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE TO BE DOMAIN 1 IS 70, DOMAIN 2 IS 34, AND DOMAIN 3 IS 24 IN ORDER TO MEET OUR GOALS FOR CBAS AND THE STAR AND WE'LL BE TRACKING THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEN [NOISE] WE WANT TELPAS GOING FROM DID NOT MEET MEANING INTERIM, WHICH IS TWO LEVELS IN ORDER FOR US TO MEET OUR GOAL, THEY HAVE TO GO TWO LEVELS.
WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THEY DO THAT AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT SUMMER K12 FOR THAT AND THAT WILL GIVE US A GOOD INDICATOR OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING.
THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OBVIOUSLY, ANOTHER LAG INDICATORS IS OBVIOUSLY PBIS, WHAT WE DO ON THIS CAMPUS, [INAUDIBLE] WOULD YOU SHOW SOME OF THINGS?
>> WE DO A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS.
WE'RE DOING POSITIVE REFERRALS.
SOME OF YOU, I'M SURE, MR. GUIDE, SEEING IT IS THAT WHEN STUDENTS ARE DOING GREAT THINGS, THEY'RE BEING SAFE, RESPECTFUL FOR RESPONSIBLE.
ALSO, INSTEAD OF JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEGATIVE REFERRALS, WE'RE DOING POSITIVE REFERRALS, WHERE THEY GET TO COME TO THE PRINCIPAL.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO THINK THEY'RE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY COME TO SEE THE PRINCIPAL.
BUT I'M GOING TO CALL PARENTS AND SAY YOUR CHILD IS DOING WELL, DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING RESPECTFUL.
>> WHAT CAN I BUY WITH I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY SOMETHING.
>> YES, YOU CAN. WHEN WE HAVE OUR PRIDE PARTY AT THE NINE WEEKS, INVITE ALL CAN COME BUY SOME STUFF.
[LAUGHTER] IF YOU WANT TO COME JOIN US.
YES, MA'AM. THEN OBVIOUSLY, OUR DISCIPLINE DATA, WE WANT THAT TO GO DOWN, AND WE KNOW 15% COULD BE ALLOWED TO GO, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO EXCEED THAT WITH THE POSITIVE THINGS WE'RE DOING.
I REALLY DO. THEN OUR ATTENDANCE GOAL, YOU'VE SEEN THAT 92, AND WE WANT IT TO GO TO 96.
I THINK WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE GOING TO REACH ALL OUR GOALS THIS YEAR.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. YOU'RE NEW, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING SOME GOOD BUY-IN COURAGE PLAN. YES.
>> I WAS ALREADY TIRED. ALL THAT.
>> YOU'RE DOING ALL THAT. I'M UNDER THE WEATHER AND I'M STILL HERE BECAUSE.
>> IS IMPORTANT TO ME. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND EVERYBODY IN HERE APPRECIATES YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND BEING VISIBLE.
>> LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE STUDENTS IN THE JUNIOR HIGH THAT ARE EARNING THESE?
>> I'M JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT JUNIOR HIGH IS TERRIBLE AND I WAS 28 YEARS THERE AND I LOVED IT, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT DO GREAT THINGS.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE GOOD STUFF BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS USED TO GETTING BUSTED FOR WHAT THEY DO WRONG, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE THEY'RE GETTING REWARDED FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.
I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU KNOW, FROM WHERE I CAME FROM, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING KIDS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM, [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE AMAZING KIDS.
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. BUT WE HAVE SOME AMAZING KIDS, AND THEY NEEDED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE GREAT THINGS THEY'RE DOING.
>> IT'S OKAY THAT THEY'RE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE SO ARE YOU.
>> YES, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH THEM. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT STEP, WE WILL HAVE MR. HARBIN FROM LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR BIG BOOKS, TOO [LAUGHTER] BRING BIGGER BOOKS.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING TO ME. [LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA. MY NAME IS MIKE IRBIN.
I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, AND I AM GOING TO FINISH OFF HERE WITH THIS LAST ACTION PLAN.
OUR THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS ONE PRIDE, ONE ROAR AND WE SELECTED THAT JUST AS A THEME REPRESENTING UNITY AS WE STRIVE TOWARDS EXCELLENCE.
CAMPUS PROFILE DATA, WE CURRENTLY SIT AT 1,957 STUDENTS OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT POP OUT TO ME AS I LOOKED AT THIS DATA, FIRST OF ALL, ATTENDANCE RATE.
LAST YEAR WAS 88%, SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SETTING A GOAL MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT THIS YEAR AT 96%.
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THE 1.5 GROWTH DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, MATH.HONESTLY, BOTH GROUPS DID FAIRLY WELL, BUT WE WANT TO GO EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT AND TRY TO HIT 80%.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE GAINS, ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR IN MATH THAT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD, WHICH YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON OUR CAMPUS STAR DATA FOR APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS.
MATH PERFORMED VERY WELL COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
I THINK THOSE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
OBVIOUSLY, IT SHOWS ON THERE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON LITERACY AND ENGLISH.
JUST A FEW POINTS OF PRIDE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
FIRST OFF, IN THE 25 DATA, WE DID RECEIVE AN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OR A DISTINCTION.
WE DID RECEIVE A DISTINCTION FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES, SO THAT'S A HUGE PLUS FOR OUR CAMPUS, A REAL BIG HIGHLIGHT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, I HAVE A PICTURE OF AMBER REBLE RIGHT THERE.
SHE WAS LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOLS.
AMBER CRABILL NAMED TO THE TAFE AREA 3 LEADER OF THE YEAR.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE SENT ACTUALLY 11 STUDENTS TO NATIONALS.
THEY ALL PLACED IN THE TOP TEN IN TAFI, AND FOUR OF THOSE STUDENTS ACTUALLY CAME BACK AS GRAND CHAMPIONS.
I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED ANOTHER STUDENT OVER THERE, JOCELYN ORTEGA, WHO EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS GOLD SEAL AWARD AT THE STATE VASE COMPETITION, 32,000 ENTRIES IN THE STATE VASE COMPETITION, AND THEY ONLY AWARD GOLD SEALS TO 150 KIDS, AND SHE WAS ONE OF THEM.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE NUMBERS WHEN I TOOK THIS JOB.
WE HAVE 300 STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY'RE JUST FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES.
THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE JUNIORS AND SENIORS IN THERE YET.
NEXT YEAR WE WILL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ALMOST 200 KIDS THAT ARE JUNIORS AND SENIORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN DUAL CREDIT CLASSES.
THAT'S A HUGE POINT OF PRIDE FOR US.
THEN THIS ONE, ALSO, I HAD TO TRIPLE-CHECK THIS NUMBER.
WE HAVE OVER 700 KIDDOS ON CAMPUS THAT EARN CTE CERTIFICATIONS IN 2025, 700 KIDS.
THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF KIDS.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S EVEN MORE THAN THAT, BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
FIRST OFF, JUST IN TERMS OF KEY STAFFING CHANGES, THE FIRST ONE UP THERE IS THE ENTIRE ADMIN STAFF IS NEW.
THERE ARE SIX NEW ADMINISTRATORS ON CAMPUS THIS YEAR.
THAT HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF FRESH IDEAS, I THINK, WHICH I THINK HAS ENDED UP BEING A NET POSITIVE FOR US.
THERE ARE TWO NEW ROLES WITHIN THOSE SIX ADMINISTRATORS.
ONE OF THOSE ROLES IS WE HAVE AN ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL WHO ALSO SERVES ESSENTIALLY AS AN ACADEMIC DIRECTOR FOR THE CAMPUS.
SHE IS IN CHARGE OF ACADEMIC SYSTEMS, REALLY OVERSEEING ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES SUCH AS CCMR, GRADUATION RATE.
ALSO, SHE IS OVER ATTENDANCE, AND SHE IS OVER THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.
I ALSO ADDED ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT WE HAVE, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE MR. GARCIA COME FROM THE JUNIOR HIGH.
HE IS ACTUALLY THE FRESHMAN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THIS YEAR.
WE ADDED A FRESHMAN AP ROLE JUST BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAD THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STUDENTS, AND ON DAY 1, HE KNEW WHO ALL OF THEM WERE.
WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A BIG PLUS FOR US TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT.
ONE TO UTILIZE AND LEVERAGE HIS STRENGTHS TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
THAT'S WORKED OUT REALLY WELL FOR US SO FAR ALSO.
A FEW KEY OPERATIONAL CHANGES THAT WE HAVE.
FIRST OF ALL, OUR PLC PROTOCOL, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN A SCHOOL ACADEMICALLY, FOR ME, BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE PLC PROCESS, REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THE PROTOCOL THAT WE HAD IN PLACE THE PREVIOUS YEARS, AND THEN JUST RE-STRENGTHENING THAT, GETTING DOWN TO DETAIL IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS AND WHEN WITHIN OUR PLCS.
THEN GOING FORWARD, ALSO THE DATA BREAKDOWN TOOLS THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT IN TERMS OF THE DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, STAYING ALIGNED TO WHAT OUR GOALS AND OUR TARGETS ARE.
ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT IS JUST HAVING ALL CORE CONTENT TEACHERS ACTUALLY HAVE LESSON PLANNING EXPECTATIONS, COMMON ASSESSMENT EXPECTATIONS, AND MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU TEACH THE SAME GRADE LEVEL CONTENT AREA, IF YOU BOTH TEACH WORLD GEOGRAPHY, THAT YOU PLAN TOGETHER AND THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE COMMON LESSONS AND COMMON ASSESSMENTS, WHICH IS A BIG PIECE.
WE'RE HAVING THEM PLC AS WELL.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED WEEKLY TRIAD MEETINGS.
OUR TRIAD IS THE ADMINISTRATOR,
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THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING COUNSELOR, AND THE CCMR COUNSELOR.THOSE THREE PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER AND THEY ESSENTIALLY MEET WEEKLY TO RTI, THE KIDDOS IN THEIR ALPHA GROUP.
THEY MEET WEEKLY TO RTI, THOSE KIDDOS, RTI IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT CREDITS, THEY'RE LOOKING AT CCMR INDICATORS, AND THAT'S HAPPENING WEEKLY.
WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT WITH FIDELITY BECAUSE IT CAN BE A VERY POWERFUL SYSTEM.
UNIVERSAL PBI S STRUCTURES, JUST A FEW THAT WE'VE ADDED THIS YEAR THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD. I DON'T KNOW.
OUR COLOR-CODED ALL PASSES HAVE BEEN A BIG HIT.
I WILL SAY THAT. WE 3D PRINTED HALL PASSES THAT ARE COLOR-CODED AND COLOR-CODED ALL THE HALLWAYS.
A HALL, B HALL, C HALL, D HALL, ET CETERA.
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS, AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT COLOR-CODED PASSES.
VISUALLY, AND THOSE ARE 3D PRINTED PASSES THAT ARE ABOUT THIS BIG, SO THEY CAN'T FIT THEM IN THEIR POCKET, THEY CAN'T FOLD THEM UP, AND THEY'RE ON A LANYARD.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN A HALLWAY, YOU SHOULD VERY EASILY BE ABLE TO SEE ONE COLOR, A PASS.
I LOOK DOWN A HALL, I'M LOOKING AT BLUE.
IF I LOOK DOWN B HALL, I'M LOOKING AT GREEN.
IF I LOOK DOWN F, IT SHOULD BE RED, AND YOU CAN VERY QUICKLY IDENTIFY STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT OF PLACE OR THAT DON'T HAVE A PASS.
THAT ALLOWS OUR ADVOCATES TO REALLY HONE IN ON THE STUDENTS, THEY CAN SEE WHICH KIDS ACTUALLY MAYBE SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
IT JUST BECOMES MORE SALIENT FOR THEM.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAD MINGA SOFTWARE, AND MINGA IT'S A HALLWAY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE.
IT DOES A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TOO.
BUT THE PORTION THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED IS THE HALLWAY MANAGEMENT PORTION.
WE'VE ACTUALLY COLOR-CODED IN MINGA AS WELL.
IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT COLORS IN MINGA FOR THE DIFFERENT HALLWAYS.
BUT WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO ACTUALLY LIMIT STUDENT MOVEMENT IN THE HALLS.
YOU CAN SET, FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN SET A NUMBER OF HALL PASSES THAT YOU WANT OUT AT A TIME.
YOU CAN SET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HALL PASSES THAT YOU WANT AT SPECIFIC RESTROOMS. THE STUDENTS THEN WHEN THEY CHECK OUT TO GO TO THE RESTROOM, THEY LOG IN TO MINGA, THEY SELECT THE RESTROOM THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, THAT ONE THAT'S CLOSEST TO THEM, AND THEN THEY GO TO THAT RESTROOM, AND THEN IT WILL ACTUALLY DENY PASSES AND THEY'LL HAVE TO TIME OUT AND WAIT LATER.
THIS HAS DRASTICALLY CUT DOWN THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ON CAMPUS FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.
>> I'VE HEARD THAT TOO. [LAUGHTER] SOMEBODY CAME HOME AND SAID THEY WERE OUT OF PASSES.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN ALSO LIMIT THE NUMBER THAT A SPECIFIC STUDENT RECEIVES IN A DAY.
YOU CAN SPLIT UP KIDS SO THERE'S NO PARTY GROUPS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
>> YOU SAID SOMEBODY WAS LOGGING THIS IN THE MINGA, IS THAT THE TEACHER OR THE STUDENTS?
>> YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY, ACTUALLY.
BEFORE KIDS HAD CHROMEBOOKS, THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF SCHOOL, THE TEACHER WOULD ACTUALLY ASSIGN THE PASS.
THEN ONCE STUDENTS RECEIVE CHROMEBOOKS, NOW YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS GENERATING THE PASSES.
I'LL JUST SAY LIKE WHICH ONE WHO DO YOU THINK IS MORE RESPONSIBLE? THE KIDS ACTUALLY FUNNY ENOUGH, THEY GENERATE THE PASSES AND THEY GO.
WHEN THEY HIT THE PASS, IT'LL SHOW A TIMER ON THERE, AND IT'LL SAY HOW MANY MINUTES THEY HAVE TO GET BACK TO CLASS.
IT JUST THE LITTLE PBS PIECES.
THEY WILL GO, THEY COME BACK, THEY TRY TO BEAT THE TIMER, THEY REALLY DO, AND THEN THEY LOG OUT, AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY END THEIR OWN PASSES.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS, TOO, IS JUST MONITORING IT AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE TEACHERS ARE USING IT.
IF WE'RE ALL USING IT, THEN IT WORKS.
>> LIKE IF THEY DON'T COME BACK WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, DOES IT NOTIFY US?
>> IT STARTS COUNTING BACKWARDS.
WHAT HAPPENS SINCE YOU ASKED? WHAT HAPPENS IS IF LET'S JUST SAY IT'S SET FOR SIX MINUTES.
ONCE IT HITS ZERO, SO IT'S GREEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ZERO, AND THEN ONCE IT HITS ZERO, IT TURNS RED AND THEN STARTS COUNTING UPWARDS.
YOU CAN LOOK IN MINGA PULLED UP ON MY COMPUTER.
ALL OF OUR ADVOCATES HAVE IPADS THAT HAVE MINGA ON IT, AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AND CHECKING, AND THEY CAN SEE THE KIDS THAT HAVE NOT ENTERED THEIR PASSES.
IF SOMEBODY'S BEEN OUT 10 MINUTES EXTRA, THEY CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AND CHECK AS THE KIDS ARE IN THE HALLWAY.
>> IS THERE A CONSEQUENCE IF YOU ARE DOING A 10-MINUTE VERSUS WHATEVER TIME?
>> WE RUN THE REPORT OF THE KIDS THAT HAVE SO WHAT WE FOUND, AND I'LL JUST LIKE BE REALLY HONEST HERE IS WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE KIDDOS THAT WHO HAD A BUNCH OF LIKE THE MOST TIME OUT.
WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THE TEACHER HAD DONE THE PASS AND THE TEACHER HADN'T ENDED THE PASS.
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THAT WAS THAT SKEWED THE DATA A LITTLE BIT.BUT WHAT WE CAN SEE IS THE FREQUENCY AND THE STUDENTS THAT USE ARE OUT TRY TO GET OUT ALL THE TIME.
THEN WE'RE HAVING INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE STUDENTS.
>> THERE WAS A TIME LAST YEAR WHERE I WAS WALKING THE HIGHWAYS FOR LINGARD.
YOU'D SEE THE SAME STUDENT GOING TO THE RESTROOM FROM ONE TEACHER.
THE NEXT CLASS, HE'D GO TO THE RESTROOM AGAIN.
THE TEACHER DIDN'T KNOW FROM THE NEXT CLASS THAT THEY WERE JUST TO USE THE RESTROOM.
THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO STOP.
>> NOT ANYMORE. THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD ON THAT.
I WILL ALSO SAY ONE OTHER OPERATIONAL CHANGE ON THERE WAS JUST DECENTRALIZED THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES ON CAMPUS.
THIS WAS A REALLY BIG ONE FOR US, TOO.
WE MOVED ALL THE ADMIN TEAM OUT OF I'M STILL IN THE FRONT OFFICE, BUT WE MOVED THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS OUT OF THE FRONT OFFICE AREA, DECENTRALIZED.
I HAVE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NOW WHO IS IN THE A HALL.
I HAVE ONE THAT IS IN THE B HALL.
I HAVE ONE THAT IS IN THE F HALL, WHICH IS I35.
I HAVE ONE THAT IS IN THE E HALL.
WHAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PRESENCE HAS BEEN GREATLY PUSHED UP BECAUSE OF THAT.
IF ADMINISTRATORS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING BELL RINGS, THEY CAN OPEN THE DOOR AND THEY'RE OUT IN THE HALLWAY WHERE WE WANT THEM.
A FEW OTHER OPERATIONAL CHANGES, JUST IN TERMS OF TUTORING.
SCHOOL DAY TUTORING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, ALGEBRA 1 INTERVENTION PULLOUTS.
TO MY ALGEBRA 1 TEACHERS ACTUALLY HAVE SCHEDULED PERIODS WHERE THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO DO INTERVENTION PULLOUTS WITH STUDENTS.
I HAVE ADDED ENGLISH REGISTER INTERVENTION CLASSES.
ACTUALLY, CAN I GO BACK? I'M GOING TO GO BACK. I SHOULDN'T GO BACK.
IT'S THE OTHER WAY. WHAT DID I DO? IS THAT AN INSTALL? I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING.
WHO'S DOING FOR ME? [LAUGHTER].
>> MAN, YOU WERE DOING SO GOOD.
>> I WAS. [LAUGHTER] ALL THINGS, MISSING.
I DID SKIP ON KEY STAFFING CHANGES A LEVER LEADER.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN.
WE DID ADD A LEVER LEADER IN A NEW ROLE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE TEACHING INTERVENTION CLASSES FOR ENGLISH, IN ADDITION TO THE CLASSES THAT THEY ALREADY TAKE FOR ENGLISH, FOCUSED ON REGISTERS.
WE KNOW THAT OUR REGISTER NUMBERS LAST YEAR WERE VERY LOW IN TERMS OF THE PASSING RATE FOR THE REGISTERS.
ADDING THAT FOUR INTERVENTION SECTIONS FOR REGISTERS, IN ADDITION TO THE ENGLISH CLASS THAT THEY TAKE.
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, IN TERMS OF COACHING, NOVICE TEACHER COACHING SUPPORT.
WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO RETAIN OUR YOUNG TEACHERS, WE WANT TO GROW THEM, AND SO JUST PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT FOR THEM, WHERE LET'S SAY THAT YOU'RE IN A TESTED OR YOU'RE IN A CONT IN AREA WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A LEVER LEADER, YOU DON'T HAVE A LEVER LEADER, TYPICALLY, HAVING SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO MEET WITH THEM AND ACTUALLY PLC WITH THEM AND TELL THEM THE BASICS.
THIS IS HOW YOU TEACH. THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A SEATING CHART.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED ON YOUR WHITEBOARDS AND JUST HELP THEM OUT.
>> BACK TO THAT. TUTORING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, ENGLISH RETESTER INTERVENTION CLASSES WAS ANOTHER PIECE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY THAT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
WE HAVE SET REQUIRED TUTORING TIMES BY TEACHER ONCE PER WEEK.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT WE JUST SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SAID EVERY SINGLE TEACHER NEEDS TO HAVE 1 HOUR PER WEEK BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL FOR TUTORING.
THEN WE'RE ADDING HOMEWORK DEN.
DEN IS GOING TO BE ESSENTIALLY A CENTRALIZED TUTORING AREA.
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE LIBRARY WHERE A KIDDO CAN COME AND DO TUTORING, HOMEWORK HELP, AND ATTENDANCE CREDIT MAKEUP AFTER SCHOOL AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOR THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO START ON SEPTEMBER 2ND.
LET'S SAY THAT YOU'RE A KIDDO, YOUR TEACHER TUTORING DAY FOR BIOLOGY WAS ON TUESDAY, IT'S WEDNESDAY, YOU STILL WANT TO GET HELP.
YOU STILL WANT TO STAY, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO DEN.
IN TERMS OF BIG ROCKS AND GOALS, SO GROWTH, LIKE THOSE WHO'VE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR 1.5 GROWTH DATA FROM THE 62-69% THAT I MENTIONED TO 80%.
ATTENDANCE, WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR ADA FROM 88%-96%. GRADUATION RATE.
WE WANT TO IMPROVE FROM THAT 89% GRADUATION RATE TO A 97% GRADUATION RATE. OUR CCMR. WE WANT TO IMPROVE THAT FROM 80% OF STUDENTS MEETING CCMR TO
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OVER 95% OF STUDENTS MEETING A CCMR INDICATOR.THEN FOR EOC, I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON WE'RE FOCUSING ON MEETS AND MASTERS THIS YEAR AND IMPROVING OUR ALL SUBJECTS AVERAGE, WHICH WAS AT 35% MEETS AND 8% MASTERS TO 45% MEETS AND 15% MASTERS.
THE MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR THOSE BIG ROCKS.
FOR THE 1.5 GROWTH, THE LEADING INDICATORS, REALLY NUMBER 1 IS GOING TO BE WALK THROUGHS SHOWING STUDENTS ENGAGED IN HIGH QUALITY RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION, THAT STRONG PLC PROCESS AND MONITORING THE GROWTH DATA, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, AND THEN THAT COACHING CYCLE WITH TEACHERS.
THE LAGGING INDICATORS FOR THE 1.5 GROWTH WOULD BE, AGAIN, THAT 80% TARGET HITTING THAT FOR READING IN MATH, AND THEN ALSO TRACKING THAT ON CBA AND STAR DATA.
ATTENDANCE, THE LEADING INDICATORS.
WE WANT TO CHECK DAILY ATTENDANCE RATE AND MONITOR AND HAVE PHONE CALLS.
WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE ACTION TEAM ON CAMPUS THAT IS CURRENTLY COMING UP WITH INCENTIVES FOR OUR KIDDOS.
I TALKED ABOUT THE TRIAD MEETING, AND SO THAT'S A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR ATTENDANCE AND THEN MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS, HAVING PARENT CONFERENCES AS WELL.
LAGGING INDICATOR THERE, OF COURSE, WOULD BE OUR 96% GOAL FOR EACH NINE WEEKS AND THEN THE YEAR GOAL. FOR GRADUATION RATE.
AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO THOSE WEEKLY TRIAD MEETINGS, AND IN THERE AS WELL, REALLY BREAKING DOWN THE SENIORS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE SENIOR GRADUATION TRACKER.
IN THAT TRACKER, WE'RE GOING TO TRACK CREDITS, WHO IS ON TRACK TO GRADUATE AND WHO IS ON TRACK TO MEET CCMR. THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT FOR US AS WE GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR, HAVING THOSE TRIAD MEETINGS TO PROCESS THAT INFORMATION.
THEN I WILL ALSO MEET ONCE A MONTH WITH THE TRIADS, EACH TRIAD TO GO THROUGH THAT DATA.
I LISTED A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THERE.
I'LL ALSO MENTION JUST SENIOR MEETINGS, COUNSELORS HAVING SENIOR MEETINGS WITH EVERY SINGLE SENIOR, MEETING WITH EVERY SINGLE KID AND GOING THROUGH CREDITS AND MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHAT THEY NEED TO GRADUATE.
THEN, OF COURSE, CREDIT RECOVERY INTERVENTIONS.
THE GRADUATE LAGGING INDICATORS.
OF COURSE, THAT 97% GRADUATION RATE, WHICH I MENTIONED BEFORE.
TAKING A LOOK AT FIRST SEMESTER FOR CREDITS EARNED, OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T COUNT ANYTHING.
YOU CAN'T COUNT YOUR DUCKS BEFORE THEY'RE HATCHED.
IT'S LIKE ONCE SEMESTER HITS, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S STILL ON TRACK, AND THE SAME THING WITH NCS, WHO GOT AN NC FOR ATTENDANCE? CCMR, THE LEADING INDICATORS, I'LL JUST GO BACK TO THAT SPREADSHEET THAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
AGAIN, THE SENIOR TRACKER, THE WEEKLY TRIAD MEETINGS.
TAKING A LOOK AND GETTING A HEADS UP ON CTE CERTIFICATION STATUS BY TALKING TO ALL OF THE CTE TEACHERS, WHO'S ON TRACK TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION SO THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS BEST AS THEY CAN PROVIDE IT AHEAD OF TIME.
MONTHLY TSI UPDATES, AND GRADUATION PLAN UPDATES FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION.
LAGGING INDICATORS, 95% OF SENIORS MEET AT LEAST ONE INDICATOR THAT QUALIFIES THEM FOR CCMR. THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ON THERE.
THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS, LIKE I SAID, MULTIPLE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHECK FOR THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, CTE CERTIFICATIONS, AP EXAM SCORES, ON-RAMPS CREDIT OFFERED, ECHS CREDIT OFFER.
LEADING INDICATORS FOR MEETS AND MASTERS PERCENTAGE.
WE WANT TO LOOK FOR STUDENTS ENGAGED IN HIGH QUALITY RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION AND THAT STRONG PLC PROCESS AND MONITORING OUR TARGETS IN DOMAIN 1 AND DOMAIN 3.
AGAIN, THE LAGGING INDICATORS FOR THAT, ALL SUBJECTS COMBINED MEETS AT 45 AND ALL SUBJECTS COMBINED MASTERS AT 15. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> BESIDES THE CELL PHONE POLICY, HOW'S THE BEHAVIOR BEEN FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS?
>> I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE.
I'M ALONG THE SAME LINES AS MR. PALACIOS.
I HAVE BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH THE STUDENTS AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S PROBABLY NO SECRET ONE MY ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL IS WAS ONE OF MY FORMER APS OVER AT AIKENS.
ONE OF THE APS I HIRED, ALSO USED TO WORK WITH ME, AND THEN THE LEVER LEADER THAT I SPOKE OF ALSO USED TO WORK WITH ME.
ALL OF US, TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, ACTUALLY, TALKED ABOUT IT TODAY EVEN, JUST ABOUT HOW INCREDIBLE THE KIDS ARE.
I THINK THE BEHAVIOR REALLY HAS BEEN GREAT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE. THESE KIDS ARE INCREDIBLE.
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WE'RE JUST INCREDIBLY LUCKY.THE KIDS, THEY'RE GOING TO GO AS FAR AS WE PUSH THEM.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS, AND THEY WILL RISE TO THEM, FOR SURE.
>> WE DID HAVE ONE. BUT FOR SECONDARY, COMBINED, PALACIOS AND I.
THAT'S JUST ONE. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF SCHOOL.
>> DID IT END UP ON YOUTUBE? [LAUGHTER]
>> NO, SIR. THERE ARE NO CELL PHONES.
>> LAST YEAR, I'LL SAY, LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH DATA SUBMISSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
HAVE YOU TAKEN ANY STEPS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES AGAIN BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR A THROUGH F RATINGS?
>> YES, I THINK PART OF IT TOO RIGHT NOW, LIKE CURRENTLY, REGISTRARS ARE WORKING DROPOUT LIST, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TIGHT ON THAT BECAUSE THAT 2025, THE KIDDOS THAT WOULD COUNT AS DROPOUTS FOR 2025, WE HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL CLEARED TO.
WE'RE CURRENTLY EVEN WORKING THE 25 DATA RIGHT NOW, JUST IN TERMS OF THAT SUBMISSION.
FOR THE CCMR, I FEEL LIKE AT THIS POINT WE HAVE THAT, BEING NEW TO THE DISTRICT, I AM ALSO STILL PEELING APART ALL OF THE LAYERS IN TERMS OF, WHAT HAPPENED AND ALL OF THOSE PIECES.
I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED WITH MR. DAVIDSON HERE, DR. CAMARILLO.
WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND ABOUT, LIKE YOU SAID, THE DATA SUBMISSION FOR THOSE THINGS.
KIDDING. [LAUGHTER] I JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR PRINCIPALS AND YOUR PATIENCE FOR GETTING THROUGH ALL THE FIVE ACTION PLANS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE END WITH MR. HARBIN.
I REMEMBER ON OR HIS FIRST ADDRESS TO THE BOARD, HE SAID LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE WAS SO EVIDENT IN OUR DISTRICT.
I THINK I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THE CAMPUS ACTION PLANS THAT ARE NOW, THERE'S A RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THAT LOCKDOWN EXCELLENCE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE UNLOCK POTENTIAL NOT ONLY IN OURSELVES, BUT IN OUR KIDDOS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PRESENTATIONS.
WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT FIVE NEXT MONTH.
>> DR. CAMARILLO, I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> I KNOW WE GOT ALL THESE IN THE HANDOUT.
BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS POSSIBLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT PUT ON A DASHBOARD SOMEWHERE WHERE WE HAVE ACCESS AND WE CAN WATCH IT THROUGH THE YEAR.
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO FLIP BACK TO THE PAGES AND THEN AS WE GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SAY, WE'RE ON TARGET FOR MEETING THAT, JUST LIKE IT WAS PLANNED FOR.
HOW CAN WE HAVE THAT DATA WHERE WE CAN I LIKE TO SEE BARS AND GRAPHS AND SEE [OVERLAPPING] IF WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, WE'VE GOT THIS LONG LEFT, WE'VE GOT THIS MANY MONTHS LEFT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND HERE WE ARE AT THIS LEVEL, WE'RE GOING TO HIT THIS MARK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> SIR, THAT'S WELL, YOU'RE SPEAKING MY LOVE LANGUAGE, FIRST OF ALL, WITH DASHBOARDS.
[LAUGHTER] WE'VE TALKED TO ACTUALLY TODD MCBRIDE AND OUR ACCOUNTABILITY ASSESSMENT PERSON ABOUT HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING THESE DASHBOARDS OF HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE MONITORED BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT GETS MONITORED, GETS DONE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TARGET AND WE'RE WORKING BACKWARDS.
JUST LIKE WHEN YOU THINK OF CREDIT RECOVERY CLASS, IF THEY HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE IN 10 WEEKS, THEN YOU GOT TO HAVE THOSE PERCENTAGES BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT 100%.
WE'RE DEFINITELY PUTTING THAT A DASHBOARD.
YOU'LL SEE IT NEXT MONTH AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TWEAKING IT FOR ANYTHING ELSE YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE WITH.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHAT I'VE SEEN TO I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE DETAIL AND THE FOCUS.
WE ARE EXPECTING IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR, AND I SEE HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT I'M SEEING TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> WELL, PEOPLE DON'T PLAN TO FAIL.
THEY FAIL THE PLAN, AND I SAW A LOT OF PLANS AND A LOT OF GREAT STRATEGIES IN THOSE PLANS, SO I COMMEND YOU.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT WORK.
>> FRANKLY, I'M GLAD TO SEE OUR PRINCIPALS AND EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN LACKING THE LAST FEW YEARS WITHOUT Y'ALL IN ATTENDANCE.
BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 9 COMMUNICATION ACTION A,
[Approve Resolution Adopting the Maintenance and Operations Tax Rate, Interest and Sinking Tax Rate and Total Tax Rate for 2025]
APPROVED RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX RATE INTEREST[02:45:02]
AND SINKING TAX RATE AND TOTAL TAX RATE FOR 2025.MISS WEISER, IS THERE ANY INFORMATION YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US THAT YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN US ALREADY?
>> ANY OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SURE?
WE DO HAVE SOME LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO TALK ABOUT AS WE ADOPT OUR TAX RATE.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO GO AFTER THAT AND VERY INSPIRING.
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW YEAR, AND THAT WAS REALLY FUN TO HEAR ALL OF THAT.
I HOPE THAT THIS TAX RATE EXCITES YOU [LAUGHTER] ALMOST AS MUCH [LAUGHTER].
JUST TO REMIND YOU, OUR TOTAL DISTRICT TAX RATE DOES CONSIST OF TWO TAX RATES.
THE FIRST BEING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE, WHICH CONSISTS OF THAT MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE, WHICH IS GIVEN TO US BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, AND THEN OUR ENRICHMENT GOLDEN PENNIES PLUS OUR INTEREST AND SINKING TAX RATES.
THOSE TWO PIECES OF THE TAX RATE ARE IN THE RESOLUTION SEPARATED FOR TO MAKE OUR TOTAL TAX RATE.
HERE'S SOME MORE BUCKETS BUT IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY.
>> IT'S A DIFFERENT LOOKING BUCKET.
>> YES, TRYING TO KEEP IT EXCITING.
THE M&O TAX RATE PLUS THE I&S TAX RATE EQUALS OUR TOTAL TAX RATE.
I JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW THOSE TAX RATES CAN BE CHANGED WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND SOMETIMES OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
THE M&O TAX RATE AGAIN IS SET BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY PLUS OUR GOLDEN PENNIES, AND THAT'S WHAT EQUALS OUR M&O TAX RATE.
THAT FIRST PORTION OF THE TAX RATE IS COMPRESSED BY TEA.
IT CAN ONLY BE CHANGED WHEN TEA COMPRESSES IT AND EVERY YEAR, THEY DO COMPRESS IT BASED ON THE GROWTH OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
THE MORE OUR PROPERTY VALUE GOES UP IN CALDWELL COUNTY, THE MORE OUR TAX RATE WILL GET COMPRESSED.
THE SECOND WAY IT CAN BE CHANGED IS THROUGH A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION, AND THAT WOULD GO TO OUR LOCAL TAX PAYER FOR ELECTION, IF WE ADOPT OUR TAX RATE TO BE HIGHER THAN WHAT TEA HAS FOR US ON THAT COMPRESSED RATE.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE ALL EIGHT OF WHAT IS CALLED OUR GOLDEN PENNIES.
WE HAVE NINE COPPER PENNIES THAT WE HAVE NOT GONE FOR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION ON.
THE I&S RATE, THE INTEREST AND SINKING RATE PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE IS WHAT IS USED TO PAY BACK OUR DEBT FOR OUR BUILDINGS.
JUST LIKE A MORTGAGE ON A HOME, THIS IS HOW WE PAY BACK OUR BONDS.
WE RECEIVE OUR FUNDING, WE RECEIVED OUR FUNDS FOR OUR 2025 BOND ON AUGUST 7TH.
IT WAS FUNDED, AND THEN WE WILL PAY THAT BACK OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS THROUGH THIS TAX RATE.
WHAT HAPPENS IS AS OUR PROPERTY VALUES GO UP IN THE COUNTY, AND THEY CAN GO UP THROUGH YOUR EXISTING PROPERTIES INCREASING IN VALUE, AND THEY CAN GO UP BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING ALL TYPES OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL GROWTH WITHIN OUR 317 SQUARE MILES.
IT CAN GO UP. WHEN OUR PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, THAT CAN CAUSE OUR I&S TAX RATE TO TO EITHER GO DOWN OR CAN ALLOW US TO PAY ADDITIONAL DEBT.
WHAT IT ALSO DOES WHEN OUR PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, IS IT INCREASES OUR DEBT CAPACITY.
IT INCREASES OUR ABILITY TO GO OUT AND GET THOSE LOANS FOR THESE BONDS.
THE ONLY REASON WHY WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GROWING BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT OUR I&S TAX RATE HAS STAYED THE SAME AND HOW IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE TWO BONDS THAT WE HAVE PASSED IN THE PAST YEARS.
AS OUR DEBT GOES DOWN, AS WE ARE PAYING OUR DEBT DOWN, WE CAN EITHER TWO THINGS.
OUR I&S RATE WOULD EITHER BE REDUCED BECAUSE OUR PAYMENTS ARE GOING DOWN AS WE'RE PAYING OFF THESE PRINCIPAL BALANCES.
OR WE WOULD HOLD IT THE SAME BECAUSE OUR CAPACITY IS GROWING, BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS CONTINUING TO GROW.
AGAIN, THE TWO COMBINED OUR TOTAL TAX RATE.
THIS IS OUR TAX RATE HISTORY FROM 2018, AND I CONTINUE TO KEEP 2018 GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2018 BECAUSE IN 2019, IS WHEN THEY COMPLETELY REVAMP THE SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA, AND WE NOW HAVE TAX RATE COMPRESSION.
THAT IS THE START OF THE TAX RATES DECREASING AS THE PROPERTY IN TEXAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY GONE.
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WHEN WE LOOK AT 2025, WE SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF OUR TAX RATE.WE HAVE OUR MCR, OUR GOLDEN PENNIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE STATE, OUR ADDITIONAL GOLDEN PENNY THAT WAS BOARD ADOPTED BACK IN 2021, AND THEN OUR ADDITIONAL VATRE PENNIES THAT YOU CAN SEE STARTED BACK IN 2023 FOR THAT TOTAL M&O RATE OF 68.19 PENNIES.
>> WE HAVE HAD A DECLINE IN THE TAX RATE THIS YEAR BY 1.5 PENNIES.
THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE DECREASE IN OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE.
ALL THE OTHER RATES HAVE STAYED THE SAME.
>> 1.5 PENNIES, WHICH ACTUALLY, I WAS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WHEN I SAW THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS NEAT.
>> YOU DID SAY DECREASE. NO INCREASE?
>> CORRECT. WE HAVE HAD A DECREASE IN OUR TOTAL TAX RATE THIS YEAR BY 1.5 PENNIES.
SINCE TAX RATE COMPRESSION STARTED IN 2019, WE HAVE DECREASED 39.276 PENNIES ON OUR TOTAL TAX RATE.
>> YOU KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU FIFTH WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE MOTION? THE WAY IT'S READ THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
>> AS [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE GOING. WE'VE PASSED A COUPLE OF BONDS RECENTLY.
CAN YOU POINT OUT THE YEARS WE PASSED BONDS AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INS RATE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. OUR I&S RATE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS OUR SIXTH YEAR THAT THE INS RATE HAS STAYED THE SAME AT 25.77 PENNIES.
IN TAX YEAR 22, THAT BOND DID SELL IN TAX YEAR OF 23.
THAT WAS WHEN THAT DEBT WAS BROUGHT ON.
WE HAD A $71 MILLION ISSUE OF BONDS IN 2023.
WE HAD ANOTHER $93.5 MILLION ISSUANCE IN 2025 DUE TO THE GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PAYING DOWN OF OUR PREVIOUS BONDS THAT WE HAVE HAD.
WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THE DEBT RATE THE SAME WHILE TAKING ON THAT NEW DEBT CAPACITY.
>> JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE'VE TALKED TO OUR COMMUNITY A LOT ABOUT THE TAX RATE, STAYING CONSTANT.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND LONG STORY SHORT, IF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THESE THINGS WORK, WE CAN SEE THAT THE RATE HAS STAYED CONSTANT JUST AS WE TOLD THE COMMUNITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'VE MADE AN INTENTIONAL WE'RE GROWING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW WHAT BASED ON THE SIZE OF OUR TAX LEVY.
WE KNOW HOW MUCH DEBT CAPACITY WE HAVE JUST LIKE WE DO ON OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WE KNOW HOW MUCH REVENUE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND WE CREATE A BUDGET THAT EQUALS THAT.
WE DO THE LIKEWISE SAME THING ON THE DEBT SIDE.
WE KNOW HOW MUCH DEBT CAPACITY WE HAVE WITH THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LOCKHART ISD, AND WHEN WE DO HAVE A BUILDING FACILITY NEED, WE HAVE CREATED A BUDGET BASED ON THAT CAPACITY.
LET ME ALSO SAY THAT THE INS RATE CAN GO UP TO 50 CENTS.
DISTRICTS HAVE UP TO 50 CENTS TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE BUILDINGS AND THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE USE 25.77 OF THOSE 50 CENTS.
>> WE WILL THERE BE IN NOVEMBER, WILL WE BE VOTING ON A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AGAIN?
>> YES, WE WILL. THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, IT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 100,000-140,0000.
>> IF THAT PASSES, I'LL BE PAYING A LITTLE BIT PENNIES.
>> CORRECT. YES. I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN THE DECREASE FOR OUR AVERAGE HOME VALUE HERE IN LOCKHART ISD.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VISUAL FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO SEE CHARTS OF OUR TAX RATE DECREASING OVER SINCE 2018, WHICH WAS THE LAST YEAR BEFORE 2019 WHEN COMPRESSION CAME TO FRUITION, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT COMPRESSION EACH YEAR.
THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO, MR. LOCKHART, THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE IS JUST SHOWING HOW OUR TAXABLE VALUE COMPARES TO OUR TAXABLE VALUE LAST YEAR.
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OUR TAXABLE VALUE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN, BUT THAT IS NOT BECAUSE THE VALUES OF OUR PROPERTIES WENT DOWN.THAT IS BECAUSE THIS REFLECTS THE NEW $140,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
THE $40,000 INCREASE TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, MEANT THAT ALL OF OUR EXISTING HOMES LOST $40,000 OF TAXABLE VALUE.
THAT IS WHY AND WE DIDN'T GROW THE AMOUNT THAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS, I THINK IT WAS AROUND $250 MILLION DIFFERENCE.
WE DIDN'T GROW MORE THAN THAT IN NEW PROPERTIES.
WE DID GROW ABOUT 270 MILLION IN NEW PROPERTIES, BUT NOT 570 MILLION TO COVER UP THAT 40,000.
WE ACTUALLY, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, HAVE A DECREASE IN THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, AND THAT IS A RESULT OF TWO THINGS, ONE, THE $40,000 INCREASE TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, AND TWO THE 1.5 PENNY DECREASE TO OUR M&O TAX RATE.
THE EFFECT OF THE TAX RATE ON THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE HERE IN LOCKHART ISD IS THAT THE AVERAGE HOME WILL SAVE $200 ANNUALLY ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES FOR LOCKHART.
THE AVERAGE MARKET VALUE OF A HOME THIS YEAR WAS 301,000 IN LOCKHART, DOWN FROM 315,000 IN 2024.
WE DID SEE A LITTLE BIT OF MARKET VALUE DECREASE IN THE HOMES WITHIN LOCKHART ISD, AND THEN OUR AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE ON THE HOME ALSO WENT DOWN, NOT QUITE BY 40,000, WHICH IS THE NEW EXEMPTION, BUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEW PROPERTIES, BUT IT DID GO DOWN BY 20,000.
THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE ON A RESIDENTS IN LOCKHART ISD IS $145,000.
>> THIS CHART BE DONE WITH INSTEAD OF AVERAGE MARKET VALUE, BUT MAYBE 600,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU DO THAT WITH THAT HOME?
>> WOULD IT JUST DOUBLE OR WOULD IT ACTUALLY HAVE[OVERLAPPING]
FOR INSTANCE, IF THE HOME WAS, WE'LL ROUND THE SAYS 150,000.
IF IT HAD A TAX VALUE OF $300,000, THEN THE TAXES WOULD BE DOUBLE.
BECAUSE THIS IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 150,000.
A $300,000 HOME THOUGH HAS A MARKET VALUE OF 440,000 BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
NOW, IF IT'S A RENTAL PROPERTY, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE TAXED AT THE 440,000.
YOU COULD CALCULATE THIS AT AROUND 150,000, WE HAVE $1,400 WORTH OF TAXES.
EVERY $150,000 WORTH OF VALUE, WE'LL ADD AROUND $1,400 WORTH OF TAXES.
BUT WE CAN RUN THIS FOR ANY VALUE.
>> I JUST THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT IT, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE AVERAGE AND LIKE YOU SAID, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE HOMESTEAD, BUT MOST PEOPLE DO HAVE HOMESTEAD HERE.
IF THEY WERE HAVING THEIR HOME TO INSTEAD OF 150-300,000.
>> SURE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
NEXT YEAR, WHEN WE DO RUN THIS OR THE NEXT TIME, THAT I SHOW THE AVERAGE VALUE ON A HOME, ACTUALLY USED TO DO THIS AT MY PREVIOUS DISTRICT.
I'LL DO A LOWER VALUE AND THEN BECAUSE WE HAD A HIGHER RANGE, BUT I'LL DO A LOWER VALUE AND A HIGHER VALUE SO THAT WE CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SPREAD ON THERE FOR OUR TAXPAYER. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
>> I WILL DO THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TAXABLE VALUE OF A HOME? ANY OTHERS.
THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE, OUR 2025 TEXAS EDUCATION APPROVED TAX RATE IS 93.96 PENNIES, AND OUR 2025, THAT IS A TYPO.
IT IS OUR 2025 PROPOSED TAX RATE IS 93.96 PENNIES BECAUSE THEY EQUAL, WE DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A VOTER APPROVED ELECTION.
THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS THAT WE ARE NOT ADOPTING A TAX RATE WITHOUT CALLING AN ELECTION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND PUT THAT ON THERE THAT WE ARE NOT CALLING AN ELECTION.
WE ARE HAVING A TAX RATE OF 93.96 PENNIES.
THIS IS A PROPOSED DECREASE TO THE TOTAL TAX RATE OF 1.5 PENNIES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR TAX RATE? YES, SIR.
[03:00:04]
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE RECOMMENDED MOTION.
DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE RECOMMENDED?
>> I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T BRING IT UP HERE.
>> SHOULD HAVE KNOW I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP. LET ME READ IT TO YOU.
>> IT SAYS, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.9396 PER $100 PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY ONLY SAID IT ONCE BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY IT AGAIN, 8.2% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE, NOT TAX VALUE TAX RATE.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.
YOU GOT THAT. WERE YOU LYING THIS WHOLE TIME? BECAUSE YOU SAID THE TAXES ARE GOING DOWN.
BUT I'M READING THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE A MOTION THAT SAYS, WE'RE INCREASING THE TAX RATE AND WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE IT BY 8.24%. EXPLAIN IT.
>> WHAT THAT MEANS IS WITH THAT EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, WITH THAT DECREASE OF 2.8%, THE TAX RATE WOULD BE 86.06, THE COUNTY CALCULATES IT.
THAT'S WHAT THE TAX RATE WOULD EFFECTIVELY BE.
BUT BECAUSE OUR TAX RATE OF 93.96 PENNIES IS HIGHER THAN THAT EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, WE HAVE TO SAY THAT IT IS AN INCREASE OVER THAT EFFECTIVE RATE.
>> IT IS CONFUSING PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE LISTENING RIGHT NOW.
IT MAKES US LOOK LIKE WE'RE IDIOTS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING, WELL, WE DECREASED YOUR TAXES, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO INCREASE IT BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE, AND THAT'S ONE OF MY PET PEEVES ABOUT BOND ELECTIONS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS IS WE HAVE TO LIE WHEN WE PUT OUT STUFF BECAUSE IT'S NOT.
IN FACT, I TRIPLE CHECKED THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN INTERESTING YEAR THIS YEAR WHERE WE HAVE A TOTAL LEVY THAT'S LESS THAN LAST YEAR, BUT OUR EFFECTIVE RATE IS ACTUALLY LOWER I HAD TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS LIKE THAT.
I SAW YOU GET ALL EXCITED WHEN HE ASKED YOU THAT QUESTION EARLIER?
>> YES, BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE EVER EXPERIENCED THAT WHERE OUR LEVY WAS LESS DUE TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BEING MORE.
IN FACT, THAT TECHNICALLY ISN'T EVEN A LAW YET, BUT BECAUSE IT PASSED, THE LAST NOVEMBER TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN IT INCREASED 40,000-100,000 BECAUSE THAT PASSED SO SUBSTANTIALLY, WE ARE TO ADOPT EVERYTHING AS IF IT HAS ALREADY PASSED.
THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY MAKE OUR EFFECTIVE RATE LOWER DUE TO THAT NEW 140,000 EXEMPTION.
>> IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THIS LANGUAGE, BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO BRING IT UP AND GET YOU TO EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE LIKE ME THAT MIGHT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I DON'T LIKE IT WORTH A DARN.
>> NEXT YEAR, IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, FEEDBACK IS I WILL ADD A SLIDE IN HERE ABOUT THAT LANGUAGE, EXPLAINING THAT EFFECTIVE RATE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IT IS IN THE RESOLUTION THAT MR. WRIGHT HAS WHERE THAT 86 PENNIES IS IN THERE.
I'LL EXPLAIN THAT LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT.
>> SO THAT WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT WELL, NOT GOOD ABOUT, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE AND WOULD IT?
>> MISS WEISER, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THE HOMEOWNERS AND LOCKHART ISD BOUNDARIES.
I'M JUST MAKING THIS NUMBER. IF THEY PAID $100 LAST YEAR IN TAXES, THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY LESS OR MORE THAN $100 IN SCHOOLS.
>> I WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION AFTER ALL.
>> SCHOOL BOARD, HAVING SEEN ALL THE BUCKETS.
>> WELL NOW CONSIDER A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
>> I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.9396 PENNIES PER $100 PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY AN 8.24% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
[03:05:04]
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE, INTEREST AND SINKING TAX RATE, AND TOTAL TAX RATE AS DESCRIBED IN THE RESOLUTION.>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS BOARD? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 10 CLOSED SESSION.
[CLOSED SESSION]
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON AUGUST 25TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 9:35 PM, WILL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ITEMS LISTED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.072-551.074.NO FINAL ACTIONS. DECISIONS ARE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN WHILE THE BOARD IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU READY? THE BOARD ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 10:43 PM, ON AUGUST 25TH, 2025.
I THINK IN ORDER OF EXPEDIENCY, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP ITEM 11 TONIGHT AS MR. GUYTON CLOSES OUT.
[BENEDICTION]
>> GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO CONDUCT THIS MEETING.
IT'S IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
>> AMEN. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.