15.B. Consider and act on approval of minutes from May 9 regular meeting, May 18 special canvass meeting, May 23 special canvass meeting, June 1 special meeting and June 1 special workshop meeting

[15.B. Consider and act on approval of minutes from May 9 regular meeting, May 18 special canvass meeting, May 23 special canvass meeting, June 1 special meeting and June 1 special workshop meeting]

23RD SPECIAL CANVASS MEETING, JUNE 1 SPECIAL MEETING, AND JUNE 1 SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING .

BOARD IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE SECOND BY MS. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

WE'LL MOVE TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN.

[15.C. Consider and act on approval of the fiscal year 2023 Internal Audit Plan]

MR. GRUBER.

ALL RIGHT. CFC LOCAL REQUIRES THAT AN ANNUAL RISK ASSESSMENT BE CONDUCTED USING A RISK BASED METHODOLOGY TO LOOK AT ITEMS THAT ARE AUDITED WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THE INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN SHOULD BE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THAT RISK ASSESSMENT.

SO WE HAVE DONE THAT.

SO WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CFC LOCAL.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS A TIMELINE OF HOW WE GET FROM THE INITIAL RISK ASSESSMENT ALL THE WAY TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAN.

SO WE START OFF WITH REVIEWING ARTICLE AREAS AND WE HAVE RISK RATINGS AND YOU HAVE DETAIL IN YOUR MATERIALS THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT PORTION OF IT.

WE SOLICIT INPUT FROM THE IST.

WE DEVELOP THE PROPOSED PLAN.

AND THEN WE PRESENT IT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHICH WE DID IN MAY.

THEY HAD NO ISSUES WITH THAT.

SO NOW I'M PRESENTING THE PLAN WHICH YOU HAVE IN YOUR MATERIALS TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL.

AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING ON OUR NEW AUDIT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. BOARD ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRUBER. IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE.

SECOND BY MS. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU, MR. GRUBER. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM D CONSIDER AND ACT ON PROPOSED DELETION OF BOARD POLICY EF

[15.D. Consider and act on proposed deletion of Board Policy EF(LOCAL) and adoption of Board Policy EFA(LOCAL) and EFB(LOCAL).]

LOCAL AND ADOPTION OF BOARD POLICY EFA LOCAL AND EFB LOCAL.

MR. STOCKTON. HI, EVERYBODY.

I'M DANNY STOCKTON. I'M THE DISTRICT'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.

ALSO, MS. BUTLER, OUR DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES, ARE HERE.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WITH THIS PRESENTATION.

AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MS. BUTLER TO GET US STARTED.

AND TONIGHT, WE'RE BRINGING YOU PROPOSED POLICY UPDATES FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE PRESENTING Y'ALL OUR PROPOSED CHANGES TO ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES THAT ARE RELATED TO THESE POLICIES.

THOSE [INAUDIBLE] ARE NOT THINGS THAT Y'ALL VOTE ON.

BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LET YOU ALL KNOW KIND OF WHAT THESE POLICIES WOULD LOOK LIKE IN ACTION IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE THEM BASED ON THE GUIDELINE UPDATES THAT WE'VE REALLY MS. BUTLER'S TEAM HAS BEEN MAKING. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO HER TO GET US STARTED.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

UP ON OUR SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE THREE PICTURES.

THESE ARE MY PEOPLE.

THIS IS MY STAFF.

THESE ARE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIANS.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AND ALMOST ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIANS.

WE'RE MISSING ONE, BUT THEY'RE VERY HARD TO NAIL DOWN.

I JUST REALLY WANTED YOU TO SEE THEIR FACES, BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE THEY'RE PRETTY AMAZING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHY.

BUT THIS IS THE WHOLE BATCH OF THEM.

THERE'S 70, SOME ODD OF THEM.

AND THEY WORK INCREDIBLY HARD TO SERVE STUDENTS, SERVE STAFF, SERVE OUR COMMUNITY TO BE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE NEED HERE IN FRISCO ISD. I'M VERY PROUD TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM AND SO VERY EXCITED.

LOVE THESE PEOPLE. OKAY.

GET ALL SENTIMENTAL. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS.

THESE ARE PICTURES TAKEN THIS YEAR FROM SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES.

WE DO HEAR A LOT ABOUT LIBRARY BOOKS AN LIBRARY BOOKS ARE A VERY LARGE PART OF WHAT WE DO, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WE DO.

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WE PROVIDE SPACES TO BUILD FRIENDSHIPS.

WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AND TO WORK THROUGH INNOVATION AND TO WORK IN CODING AND WORK WITH ROBOTICS.

AND OF COURSE, I MEAN, WHO DOES NOT REMEMBER THE BOOK FAIR FOR BEING A CHILD? SO WE JUST WE HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER.

AND I JUST I KNOW THAT SOME OF US ARE NEW.

AND I JUST I WANTED YOU GUYS TO HAVE A FACE TO PUT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WE DO.

SO THESE POLICY CHANGES AND THE GUIDELINE UPDATES ARE ALL PART OF THE STRATEGIC CHANGE INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE AROUND LIBRARY SERVICES.

AND AMANDA AND MELISSA PRESENTED THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ALL BACK IN APRIL AT A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, AND I KNOW MELISSA PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THAT IN MAY.

AND SO WE WANTED TO PUT THIS SLIDE IN HERE AGAIN.

IT'S THE SAME ONE THAT WE HAD FROM BACK IN APRIL, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THIS AWESOME NEW GRAPHIC THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT CREATED FOR THIS PROCESS ABOUT HOW THE CHANGE PROCESS WORKS.

BUT THESE ARE THE KEY QUESTIONS THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS AREA ARE DESIGNED TO KIND OF ADDRESS.

SO JUST KIND OF WANT TO CENTER WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT ON THAT STRATEGIC CHANGE PIECE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THIS.

SO I WANT TO START BY GIVING YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE OF OUR POLICY REVIEW.

SO IT WAS SAID EARLIER THAT THIS IS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED SINCE SUMMER OF 2021.

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE IN A NATIONAL CONTEXT.

BUT IN FRISCO ISD, WE REALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THIS IN OCTOBER OF 2020, I SHOULD SAY, 2021, I'M SORRY, OCTOBER.

THIS IS NOT FOR THE FUTURE, BUT IN OCTOBER OF 2021 WAS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THIS, AND THAT WAS BEFORE WE HAD A SINGLE BOOK IDENTIFIED TO US AS HAVING ANY KIND OF INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT IN IT.

WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR FIRST BOOK IDENTIFIED TO US UNTIL FEBRUARY.

SO IN OCTOBER WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT IS OUR CURRENT RECONSIDERATION PROCESS, AND WE REALIZED THAT IT WAS OUTDATED, IT WAS VAGUE, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH IT, AND WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING TO ADEQUATELY SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE BROUGHT TO YOU ALL IN NOVEMBER AN UPDATE TO OUR EF LOCAL POLICY, WHICH I'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT REVISED OUR RECONSIDERATION PROCESS SPECIFICALLY.

IT GAVE MORE INFORMATION, IT IMPOSED A TIMELINE ON US TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS, SOMETHING I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER DISTRICT IN THE STATE DOING.

AND SO THE IDEA BEHIND THAT WAS TO TRY TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, TO TRY TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DID IS WE SAID IF A BOOK IS RECONSIDERED AT A CAMPUS AND WE'VE AND THAT BOOK IS AT MULTIPLE CAMPUSES OF THE SAME LEVEL, WE'RE GOING TO THAT DECISION IS GOING TO APPLY TO ALL OF THOSE CAMPUSES, WHICH WASN'T PREVIOUSLY THE WAY IT WAS SET UP, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO TO MAKE THIS PROCESS MAKE MORE SENSE FOR PEOPLE. SO THAT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER.

WE HAD OUR FIRST BOOK IDENTIFIED TO US IN FEBRUARY.

WE HAD OUR SECOND BOOK IDENTIFIED TO US IN FEBRUARY, THOUGH NOT BOTH.

THEY WERE NOT BOTH FORMAL.

WE HAD ONE FORMAL AND THEN WE HAD ONE INFORMAL.

AND THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER BOOK IDENTIFIED TO US AS HAVING INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT UNTIL APRIL.

AND SO ONCE WE STARTED TO GET MORE RECONSIDERATIONS IN APRIL, THAT'S WHEN FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT AMANDA IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WITH GUIDELINES.

THIS IS THE TIMELINE SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE POLICIES.

SO THIS IS NOT TO SAY WE WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING ON GUIDELINES BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND APRIL.

REMEMBER, GUIDELINES ARE SEPARATE.

THEY'RE ADMINISTRATIVE.

THEY DON'T REQUIRE BOARD ACTION.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WORK ON AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM SEPARATELY.

SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

SO IN APRIL, ONCE WE STARTED TO SEE THE INCREASE IN THESE RECONSIDERATIONS AND THESE TITLES BEING IDENTIFIED THAT HAD INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT IN THEM, WE BEGAN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF EF LOCAL.

IN MID-APRIL, THE TEA RELEASED MODEL POLICY FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS, AND IN MID-MAY TO BE RELEASED THERE THAT'S THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS RELEASED THEIR MODEL POLICY FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS.

SO WITH ALL OF THOSE PIECES AND WITH THE FEEDBACK THAT HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EITHER THROUGH BOARD MEETINGS OR EMAILS OR THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL, WE MADE OUR PROPOSED RECOMMENDED POLICY UPDATES TO EF LOCAL, AND WE PROVIDED THAT TO THE BOARD POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE IN LATE MAY FOR THEIR REVIEW.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW AMANDA IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR THE GUIDELINE REVIEW.

SO A COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINE FOR LIBRARIANS IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS BUILT WITH THE PURPOSE OF IT IS A LIBRARIAN DOCUMENT.

THE DOCUMENT IS INTENDED FOR LIBRARIANS TO USE TO BE ABLE TO CURATE THEIR COLLECTIONS EXCUSE ME, AND ADD MATERIALS TO THE LIBRARY.

AND SO WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON OUR GUIDELINES THIS YEAR, THE LIBRARIANS CAME ON CONTRACT IN AUGUST, AND THEN WE BEGAN MEETING AS A LEADERSHIP

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TEAM TO START WORKING TOWARD UPDATING OUR GUIDELINES.

WE FELT THAT THERE COULD BE SOME AREAS THAT COULD BE TIGHTENED UP.

AND SO WE KIND OF STARTED WORKING ON IT PRIOR TO RECEIVING ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD, ANY KIND OF MATERIALS THAT WERE QUESTIONABLE IN THE LIBRARY.

COME IN EARLY FEBRUARY WHEN A BOOK WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING INAPPROPRIATE TO US.

WE STARTED AT THAT POINT, WE HAD ALREADY COMPLETELY PUT TOGETHER A GUIDELINE THAT HAD BEEN UPDATED.

WE NOW GO INTO DETAIL IN A FEW MORE SLIDES ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE ADDED INTO THAT DOCUMENT AND TO THAT GUIDELINE TO KIND OF HELP THE LIBRARIANS AND INCREASE THE RIGOR A LITTLE BIT. BUT IN MARCH, WE TOOK THOSE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAD DRAFTED, AND WE UTILIZE THOSE GUIDELINES TO CURATE THE COLLECTIONS FOR MINETT ELEMENTARY AND PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WHEN WE CREATE COLLECTIONS FOR THOSE SCHOOLS, WE GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE BOOK INDIVIDUALLY AND WE READ REVIEWS ON THOSE BOOKS.

THAT IS A TEAM OF LIBRARIANS TWO LIBRARIANS FROM EVERY CAMPUS LEVEL.

THEY READ THOSE BOOKS AND THEY UTILIZED OUR GUIDELINES THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, JUST AS A TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN MOTION TO KIND OF POKE HOLES IN IT, TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WE COULD ADD, ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO INCREASE OR DECREASE OR ANY KIND OF RELEVANCY IN THAT.

THEN APRIL, WE MET WITH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL, TO WHICH IS COMPOSED OF STAFF, PARENTS, JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE A LOT OF VALUE IN FRISCO ISD.

AND THEY WENT THROUGH THOSE GUIDELINES AND IT WAS ACTUALLY IT WAS REALLY GREAT.

I THINK MS. FOUCHE ACTUALLY PRESENTED THAT TO YOU ALL.

BUT THE DAC WAS ABLE TO GET THESE HUGE POSTER SIZED PIECES OF PAPER AND IT WAS OUR GUIDELINES.

WE BLEW THOSE THINGS UP AND WE HUNG THEM ALL OVER THE ROOM AND THEY JUST WENT THROUGH WITH A MARKER AND JUST TOOK THOSE THINGS APART.

THEY ADDED STUFF.

THEY I MEAN, THEY MAY HAVE MADE A FEW SPELLING CORRECTIONS.

THEY JUST THEY TOOK IT APART.

AND IT WAS AMAZING, HONESTLY.

IT WAS AMAZING TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE IN IT, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO EVALUATE IT WHEN YOU'VE SEEN IT SO MUCH.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THEIR FEEDBACK IN THAT.

SO WE IMPLEMENTED THE CHANGES THAT THE DAC GAVE US IN FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE ARE HERE WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING IN THE EFFORT TO GET OUR UPDATED POLICIES APPROVED.

AND THE REASON WHY THE GUIDELINES ARE IN LIMBO RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR PENDING YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE POLICY.

THE GUIDELINES ARE BUILT ON THE POLICY.

SO, IF YOU WILL, THE POLICY IS THE FOUNDATION.

THE HOUSE IS THE GUIDELINES.

WE CANNOT START BUILDING OUR HOUSE IN LIBRARY SERVICES UNTIL THE POLICY IS SOLIDIFIED AND APPROVED, BECAUSE IF THE POLICY CHANGES, THEN OUR GUIDELINES CHANGE.

WE MOVE TO MEET THE NEEDS AN THE EXPECTATION OF THE DISTRICT AND LIBRARY SERVICES.

SO WE'RE HERE IN JUNE 2022.

SO AS WE GET INTO THE POLICY UPDATE GOALS, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO NOTE FOR YOU ALL IS AS WE WERE AS THIS ISSUE HAS KIND OF PROGRESSED IN FRISCO ISD OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND WHAT WE WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT IS THESE BOOKS THAT HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE LIBRARIES THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH EXECUTING THE EXISTING GUIDELINES.

IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE EXISTING GUIDELINES THEMSELVES.

AND I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT, THAT THIS ISN'T A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD SOMEONE GOING ROGUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT PICKING A BOOK THAT DIDN'T MEET OUR GUIDELINES.

THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE OUR POLICIES AND OUR GUIDELINES, WHICH HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, WERE PUT IN PLACE IN A TIME WITH DIFFERENT STANDARDS AND STANDARDS HAVE SHIFTED. THINGS THAT WE'VE RELIED ON IN THE PAST ARE NOT RELIABLE ANYMORE, AND WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THESE POLICIES AND THESE GUIDELINES TO REFLECT THAT.

SO THAT HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF GOALS THAT WE THAT WE TOOK INTO THIS POLICY UPDATE.

SO THE FIRST PIECE IS PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND PARENTAL DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PARENT'S CHILD.

THE SECOND PIECE IS CLEARLY PROHIBITING INAPPROPRIATE MATERIALS.

IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE TO PUT IN A POLICY THAT WE DON'T WANT INAPPROPRIATE MATERIALS IN OUR LIBRARY, BUT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS VERY CLEAR IN THE POLICY. AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE IS IMPROVING OUR RECONSIDERATION PROCESS EVEN EVEN MORE THAN WE ALREADY DID BACK IN NOVEMBER, SPECIFICALLY AROUND BOOKS THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT IN THEM.

AND SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE HERE.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER I GIVE YOU ALL THESE HIGHLIGHTS.

SO ONE THING THAT I DON'T THESE SLIDES ARE REALLY ABOUT EFB LOCAL, WHICH IS A PROPOSED NEW POLICY.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE POLICY FOR ALL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND THAT'S EF LOCAL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE TEA'S SUGGESTED POLICY IS THAT THEY RECOMMENDED HAVING TWO SEPARATE POLICIES, ONE FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS AND ONE FOR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL

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MATERIALS, THINGS LIKE BOOKS THAT ARE ASSIGNED IN A CLASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO US.

SO WE ARE PROPOSING REPLACING OUR CURRENT EF LOCAL WITH TWO NEW POLICIES EFA LOCAL AND EFB LOCAL.

NOW THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, BECAUSE OF WHERE THE BULK OF THE CHANGES ARE, IS IN EFB LOCAL.

BUT WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING YOU THE PROPOSED EFA LOCAL THERE AS WELL FOR NON LIBRARY MATERIALS.

VERY QUICKLY ON THAT EFA LOCAL ESSENTIALLY MIRRORS EF LOCAL FOR NON LIBRARY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, EXCEPT THAT IT'S RESTRUCTURED A LITTLE BIT AND IT PLACES THIS EMPHASIS ON PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

BUT I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT EFB LOCAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MEAT OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT ARE.

SO THE FIRST THING IS SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITING OBSCENE CONTENT AND DEFINING WHAT THAT MEANS.

ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN THROWN AROUND A LOT IS THIS DEFINITION OF HARMFUL MATERIAL, WHICH IS A PARTICULAR DEFINITION IN THE TEXAS PENAL CODE.

THAT DEFINITION REQUIRES YOU TO LOOK AT THE WORK AS A WHOLE, THE MATERIAL AS A WHOLE.

YOU CAN'T LOOK AT A PIECE OF IT.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE.

OBSCENE IS ALSO DEFINED IN THE TEXAS PENAL CODE, AND ACTUALLY IT ALSO REQUIRES YOU TO LOOK AT THE WORK AS A WHOLE.

YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT A PIECE OF IT.

AND WHAT WE FOUND WITH THESE BOOKS IS YOU'VE GOT OBSCENE CONTENT OF PIECES THAT MEET THE OTHER PARTS OF THE DEFINITION OF OBSCENE ON ONE PAGE YOU'VE GOT A PARAGRAPH THAT HAS SOME REALLY TERRIBLE STUFF, OR YOU'VE GOT ONE PAGE HERE, ONE PAGE THERE.

IT'S NOT THE WHOLE WORK THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS INAPPROPRIATE, RIGHT.

AND SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICY WAS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT SITUATION AND WASN'T GOING TO SAY, WELL, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WORK AS A WHOLE.

SO WE ARE USING THE DEFINITION OF OBSCENE FROM THE TEXAS PENAL CODE, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY REFERENCING THE SPECIFIC PORTION OF THAT THAT DEFINES THE ACTUAL LIKE WHAT IS OBSCENE WITHOUT GETTING INTO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CONTEXT OF THE WORK.

SO WHEN WE DEFINE OBSCENE IN OUR POLICY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT THE CONTEXT.

IT WILL JUST BE IF THERE'S ONE SENTENCE THAT MEETS THIS PIECE OF THE DEFINITION THAT MAKES THE BOOK INAPPROPRIATE.

SO THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF OBSCENE CONTENT THAT WE'VE ADDED.

WE DO ALSO REFERENCE HARMFUL MATERIAL IN THE POLICY AS WELL.

BUT I THINK THIS DEFINITION OF OBSCENE IS GOING TO BE MORE IMPORTANT AS WE'RE REVIEWING THESE BOOKS.

THE SECOND PIECE TIED VERY CLOSELY TO THAT IS AN EXPEDITED REVIEW PROCESS FOR BOOKS THAT ARE ALLEGED TO CONTAIN OBSCENE CONTENT.

SO I THINK I'VE EXPLAINED THIS TO ALL OF YOU ALL.

BUT JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND STUDENT FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND THIS ISSUE.

AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE ARE TALKING PAST EACH OTHER.

OBSCENE CONTENT IS NOT PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

THAT IS A TRUE STATEMENT THAT GETS SAID OFTEN.

HOWEVER, BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE CANNOT JUST REMOVE A BOOK WITHOUT REVIEWING IT AND DETERMINING THAT IT HAS OBSCENE CONTENT IN IT.

AND SO WE OFTEN GET ASKED TO IMMEDIATELY PULL A BOOK WHEN IT'S CHALLENGED WHILE WE REVIEW IT.

THAT ACTUALLY DOES VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT BASED ON A SUPREME COURT CASE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT DISTRICTS HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT A BOOK IS EITHER EDUCATIONALLY UNSUITABLE OR PERVASIVELY VULGAR, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME THING AS OBSCENE BEFORE WE CAN REMOVE THE BOOK.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

RIGHT NOW, UNDER OUR CURRENT POLICY, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION IS TO READ THE ENTIRE BOOK.

THAT TAKES TIME WHEN YOU'VE GOT A NOVEL AND YOU'VE GOT A GROUP OF PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE FULL TIME JOBS.

WE HAVE DONE THAT RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

I THINK THE LONGEST ONE WE'VE HAD HAS BEEN? 10 DAYS. TEN DAYS. SO WE'VE DONE THAT.

AND THAT'S SHORTER THAN OUR TIMELINE THAT WE PUT IN OUR POLICY.

OUR TIMELINE THAT WE PUT IN OUR POLICY WAS 30 DAYS.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT PUTTING THE TIMELINE IN THEIR POLICY, BUT TEN DAYS IS STILL TOO LONG IF IT DOES ACTUALLY HAVE OBSCENE CONTENT IN IT.

SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS HOW DO WE GET THESE BOOKS OUT MORE QUICKLY? HOW DO WE MAKE THAT DETERMINATION MORE QUICKLY? ADDING THAT DEFINITION OF OBSCENE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A REVIEW OF THE ENTIRE BOOK ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.

WE CAN NOW HAVE IN OUR COMPLAINT FORM, WE WILL HAVE A SPOT.

ASSUMING YOU APPROVE THIS, WE'LL HAVE A SPOT WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN SPECIFICALLY SELECT THAT THEY BELIEVE THE BOOK CONTAINS OBSCENE CONTENT, PROVIDE US THE SPECIFIC PAGES THAT HAS THAT CONTENT.

WE CAN THEN JUST REVIEW THOSE PAGES AND SAY, YES, THAT'S OBSCENE BOOK IS REMOVED OR WE SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE DEFINITION OF OBSCENE.

AND THEN IT STILL GOES TO THE FULL RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEE.

BUT THE POINT IS NOW WE CAN REVIEW THE SPECIFIC PIECES RATHER THAN THE WHOLE WORK AND THEN IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE BOOK.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN IN A DAY RATHER THAN TEN DAYS.

SO WE THINK THAT WILL HELP.

IT WILL HELP ADMINISTRATIVELY QUITE A BIT BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE A FULL COMMITTEE TO DO THAT.

WE'LL HAVE MS. BUTLER AND AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER JUST SO WE'RE NOT JUST HAVING ONE PERSON REVIEW, BUT AGAIN, THAT CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY AND THAT BOOK CAN BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY, RATHER THAN HAVING TO WAIT FOR A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE WHOLE THING AND THEN MEET AND TALK ABOUT IT AND ALL OF WHAT GOES INTO THAT.

SO THAT'S THE PLAN ON THE EXPEDITED REVIEW.

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THE THIRD PIECE IS THE DISTRICT.

WE ACTUALLY ALREADY ALLOW ACCESS TO OUR LIBRARY CATALOG AND WE ALLOW THAT TO THE PUBLIC, NOT JUST TO PARENTS.

IT'S COMPLETELY AVAILABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO GO LOOK AT THAT.

BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A COMPONENT THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IN THE POLICY.

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALREADY DO, WE PUT IN THE POLICY THAT PARENTS IN PARTICULAR NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY TO SEE WHAT IS IN THE LIBRARIES.

SO IT WILL NOW BE REQUIRED IN THE POLICY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT, THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE FOURTH PIECE IS JUST SOME KIND OF STATEMENTS OF PRINCIPLE ABOUT PARENT INVOLVEMENT, PARENT CONSIDERATION, AND REAFFIRMING THE PARENT AS THE ULTIMATE DECISION MAKER AS WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR STUDENT.

SO THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHANGES.

AND I WANT TO PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS ON THE POLICIES.

AMANDA IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE GUIDELINES HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT I WANT TO PAUSE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE POLICIES.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS TO WHERE I'VE HAD QUESTIONS ASKED AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO GRACIOUS AND RESPONDING TO THEM.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RESOLVING THIS ISSUE, I APPRECIATE EVERY MINUTE THAT YOU, MRS. BUTLER, AND YOUR TEAM AND THE LIBRARY STAFF HAVE PUT INTO THESE EFFORTS MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS CORRECTED AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD GRACEFULLY.

SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AND IF THESE NEED TO HOLD UNTIL WE.

SURE.

SO HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE BEEN CONTESTED SINCE THROUGH THIS PROCESS? THROUGH THE CONTESTED PROCESS, SINCE WE STARTED TRACKING? AND WHEN WAS IT THAT WE STARTED TRACKING THAT? WE'VE TRACKED IT BACK TO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GETTING RECONSIDERATIONS.

SO WE'VE HAD 13 TOTAL FORMAL I'M SORRY, 13 TOTAL RECONSIDERATIONS.

EIGHT OF THOSE HAVE BEEN FORMAL THROUGH THE PROCESS.

FIVE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN AN INFORMAL WE HAD SOMEONE IDENTIFIED A TITLE TO US.

WE WENT AND WE DID KIND OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW ON THAT AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FORMAL PROCESS.

AND DOES THAT INCLUDE I NOTICED IN SOMETHING THAT I SAW RECENTLY THAT THERE ARE SOME BOOKS THAT I GUESS GET CONTESTED AND THEN MAYBE SOMEONE, MAYBE WHOEVER IS TRYING TO CONTEST IT DIDN'T FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING AND SO THEREFORE IT GETS TAKEN OUT AND IS NO LONGER BEING CONTESTED.

DOES THAT MAKES SENSE? SO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE FOR FILING FORMAL RECONSIDERATIONS.

SO ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T FILE A FORMAL RECONSIDERATION, IT WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THAT TOTAL.

SO THEREFORE WE WERE TRACKING, I THINK THE SPREADSHEET YOU'RE REFERENCING IT TRACKS BASICALLY ANY INQUIRY WE GET ABOUT A BOOK WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A BOOK AND KIND OF HAVING CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH. SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY SOMEONE MIGHT CHOOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A FORMAL COMPLAINT.

AND ONCE THEY PASS THAT TIMELINE THAT'S IN THE POLICY, THEY DON'T FILE THE FORMAL COMPLAINT.

OK. AND THEN AND I SHOULD SAY, TOO, THAT'S FOR BOOKS.

THAT'S FOR ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT A BOOK, NOT JUST FOR INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT.

THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] INCLUDES.

IT INCLUDES SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT BOOKS FOR OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT.

RIGHT. I SAW THAT. YES.

AND THEN I KNOW THIS WAS DISCUSSED A FEW MEETINGS AGO, BUT WHAT WAS THE DECISION REGARDING ARE WE GOING TO PUBLISH THE LIST OF BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTESTED AND WHAT THAT DECISION WAS SO THAT IF OTHER PARENTS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT SAME BOOK, THEY CAN GO AND SEE, OH, WELL, THIS BOOK HAS ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE RECONSIDERATION PROCESS AND IT WAS APPROVED TO REMAIN AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES OR WHATEVER.

SO THE BOARD DID SORRY, THE BOARD DID SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER ADDING THOSE TITLES TO OUR LIBRARY WEBSITE.

AND SO WE TOOK THAT SUGGESTION TO THE DAC, TO THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND SURPRISINGLY THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT FOR VARIOUS REASONS, THEY DID NOT WANT A FULL LONG THE LIST, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING HAS OVER 30 CONVERSATIONS IN IT. HOWEVER, WE REALLY ONLY HAVE 13 RECONSIDERATIONS THAT KIND OF CAME TO FRUITION.

AND SO AFTER A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD, WE DID DECIDE TO POST THE LIST OF BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN RECONSIDERED AND REMOVED FROM CIRCULATION ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE. SO THAT IS ON THERE.

YES MA'AM. SO THE ONES THAT WERE RECONSIDERED AND THOSE REMAIN.

CORRECT. IS NOT ON THERE JUST THE ONES THAT ARE REMOVED.

ABSOLUTELY. YES, THAT'S CLEAR.

OKAY. WE HAVE HAD 13 RECONSIDERED AND THEN REMOVED FROM CIRCULATION.

WE HAVE HAD SEVEN.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OF THOSE RECONSIDERATIONS, EIGHT OF THEM WERE FORMAL, FIVE OF THEM WERE INFORMAL.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT A LIBRARY BOOK WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY A PARENT OR A BOARD MEMBER OR ANY CONCERNED STAKEHOLDER.

AND THE LIBRARIANS CHOSE TO PULL THOSE BOOKS TO READ.

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AND THEN WE WOULD GET TOGETHER AND WE WOULD COMMITTEE ON OUR OWN ACCORD.

WE WOULD COMPLETE RUBRICS, WE WOULD HAVE DISCUSSION, WE WOULD REFLECT.

AND THEN IF THEY DEEMED IT APPROPRIATE, THEY WOULD REMOVE THE BOOK FROM CIRCULATION.

THAT HAPPENED FIVE TIMES THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE NOTE OF THE REFLECTIVE NATURE OF THIS STAFF.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS PORTRAYED THAT WAY.

SO THEY ARE VERY WHAT'S THE RIGHT WORD? RESPECTFUL OF THE PROCESS AND THEY WANT TO HAVE BOUNDARIES AND STEPS IN PLACE TO MANAGE CURATION.

OKAY. AND WHO ARE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS? I DON'T NEED THEIR NAMES, BUT YEAH.

LIKE, IS IT LIBRARIANS? IS IT LIKE HOW MANY ARE ON THERE? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

DOES IT CHANGE EVERY MONTH SO THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE EVERY MONTH OR IS IT DIFFERENT PEOPLE? SO WE MIGHT HAVE. I CAN GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE.

BUT DID YOU WANT TO? I JUST WANT TO SO WE HAVE WHAT'S IN POLICY, WHAT IS SPECIFIED IN POLICY.

AND WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS.

ONE THING THAT I ACTUALLY I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED, INCLUDING THIS AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE CHANGE.

ONE THING THAT WE DID INCLUDE IN THE POLICY UPDATE IS IT USED TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE IT SHOULD INCLUDE PARENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE CHANGED THAT TO A REQUIREMENT WHICH WE'VE BEEN INCLUDING PARENTS, BUT IT WASN'T A REQUIREMENT IN THE POLICY.

SO WE ADDED THAT IN AS A REQUIREMENT IN THE POLICY.

SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE POLICY.

IT DOESN'T DEFINE THE NUMBER OF THOSE PEOPLE.

THAT IS KIND OF A BEST PRACTICE THING.

THAT'S REALLY ALSO, THOUGH, TO GIVE US FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE OF AVAILABILITY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

BUT IT IS NOT THE SAME GROUP FOR EVERY BOOK.

IT'S A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE FOR EACH BOOK THAT'S CHALLENGED.

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CAMPUS LEVEL THAT IT'S CHALLENGED THAT WHERE THE TITLE SPECIFICALLY IS IN CIRCULATION.

SO BEST PRACTICE FOR US IS TO INCLUDE TWO CAMPUS LIBRARIANS AT THE SAME CAMPUS LEVEL OF THE CIRCULATING BOOK, NOT A LIBRARIAN THAT HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PATRON OR THE COMPLAINANT.

SO WE HAVE TWO CAMPUS LIBRARIANS.

WE HAVE TWO CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, WE HAVE TWO PARENTS, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO JUST STAFF FROM THE CAMPUS THAT THE BOOK THAT THE COMPLAINANT IS AT.

DOES THAT MAKES SENSE? SO. YES.

IN A DREAM WORLD, 8 TO 10 COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE ON EACH COMMITTEE.

IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO DEFINING THAT.

I MEAN, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE OUT PEOPLE'S NAMES OF WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THIS MANY TEACHERS, THIS MANY LIBRARIANS, THIS MANY PARENTS, THIS MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. BECAUSE I THINK THAT FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER PERSPECTIVE, I THINK SOME FOLKS HAVE THE PERCEPTION THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING THESE DECISIONS. WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO GIVE THE PUBLIC SOME DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THESE BOOKS WERE REVIEWED BY THIS BODY OF PEOPLE KIND OF THING.

WE ABSOLUTELY WANT A REFLECTION OF WHAT IS IN THE DISTRICT'S BEST INTEREST, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT INTERESTED PARTIES AND VARIANCES IN THERE.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THAT DEGREE OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE RECONSIDERATION PROCESS, ESPECIALLY NOT AT THE RATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECONSIDERING OUR LIBRARY BOOKS. BUT THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU. AND THEN THE NEW POSITIONS OR THE NEW FUNDING FOR THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

SO WHEN WILL THOSE PEOPLE BE HIRED AND START? AND WHAT WILL THEIR DUTIES BE? BECAUSE IF WE HAD HOWEVER MANY BOOKS YOU SAID 12 OR WHATEVER IT WAS, THAT'S NOT A LOT.

SO OBVIOUSLY THEIR JOB IS NOT GOING TO BE TO REVIEW BOOKS ALL DAY UNLESS WE'RE ANTICIPATING A HUGE INCREASE.

RIGHT. IN THE NUMBER OF BOOK RECONSIDERATIONS, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE ARE RIGHT AND I THINK WE CAN SPEAK TO THAT TO IN THE.

YEAH, THAT QUESTION. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT INFORMATION THERE BEFORE.

BUT DON'T LET US FORGET. YEAH.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THE POLICIES? I JUST WOULD REMIND STEPHANIE THAT I KNOW.

OH THERE SHE IS. OH, SORRY.

HEY, GIRL, I'M OVER HERE.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LOT COMING AT YOU SINCE YOU JUST GOT ON THE BOARD, BUT YOU HAVE ACCESS AT ALL TIMES THROUGH A LINK IN HOME BASE TO THAT RECONSIDERATION DOCUMENT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ASKED AMANDA FOR, AND SHE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT.

SHE'S EVEN REVISED IT LATELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S KIND OF UP TO DATE FOR THE BOARD AND THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

SO YOU AS PART OF THE BOARD HAVE THAT ANY TIME YOU WOULD LIKE.

SO IF YOU'RE EVER WONDERING HOW MANY OF THIS OR HOW MANY OF THAT OR WHICH TITLES, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT WHENEVER YOU WANT, YOU HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THAT.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICIES? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU. OK.

SO AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION, THIS IS A DOCUMENT INTENDED FOR LIBRARIANS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I CAN REMEMBER BEING IN FRISCO ISD AS A STAFF MEMBER AND NOW AS A CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF MEMBER THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR LEADERSHIP STAFF IN THE CREATION OF OUR GUIDELINES.

IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE SO FAR.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT IF YOU'RE OUT THERE WATCHING AND YOU WANT SOME IDEAS.

SO IN OUR GUIDELINES WE ARE INCREASING UNDERSTANDING FOR LIBRARIANS.

AS DANNY HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, IT IS A NEW DAY IN AGE AND THE CONTENT THAT IS BEING WRITTEN ABOUT AND SHARED ABOUT AND A LOT OF SITUATIONS IS IT'S AMAZING THAT OUR OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ ABOUT NEW AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

IN OTHER WAYS IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT ABRASIVE.

AND SO WE ARE REWRITING OUR GUIDELINES IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING IN A MORE IN DEPTH PROCESS OF EVALUATING OUR LIBRARY MATERIALS. AND SO PURELY INCREASING UNDERSTANDING GIVEN THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING INTO PLACE WITH OUR POLICY AND IN THE WRITING PROCESSES FROM OUR AMAZING AUTHORS.

SECONDLY, CLARIFICATION.

WE REALLY WANTED OUR LIBRARIANS TO HAVE THOSE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS.

AGAIN, THEY HAD THOSE EXPECTATIONS.

MOVING FORWARD THIS IS NOT WHAT WE ARE EVALUATING AND IDENTIFYING IS NOT AS A RESULT OF OUR LIBRARY STAFF BEING UNABLE OR NOT CLEARLY PUTTING INTO PLACE THE GUIDELINES.

IN YEARS PAST, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.

HOWEVER, THINGS HAVE CHANGED, EXPECTATIONS HAVE CHANGED, REVIEWERS HAVE CHANGED.

THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PIECES TO THIS THAT WE HAVE REWRITTEN INTO OUR GUIDELINES.

AND THEN COLLABORATION, AS I SPOKE TO A MOMENT AGO, WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH PARENTS, WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD, WITH OUR IST GROUP, WE JUST WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THIS THING, AND I'M VERY EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT.

OK. SO THE GOOD PART, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR REVIEWS FROM ONE REVIEW TO TWO ONE PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION REVIEW AS WELL AS ANOTHER PUBLICATION REVIEW OR AN INFORMAL RESOURCE.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WITH INCREASING THESE REVIEWS IS TO KIND OF CREATE A MORE IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOTALITY OF THE WORK.

A LOT OF TIMES IN YEARS PAST, WE HAVE BEEN RELYING READING THE GOOD BOOKS, RIGHT, BUT ALSO RELYING ON REVIEWERS WHEN WE CAN'T GET TO THOSE BOOKS TO READ . TWO, AN IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE HAVE REMOVED KIRKUS REVIEWS FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION REVIEW SOURCES.

WE UTILIZE OTHER REVIEWERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO HELP US KIND OF EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT OUR MATERIALS ARE A GOOD FIT AND APPROPRIATE FOR OUR LIBRARIES.

AND THOSE ALL OF THOSE REVIEWERS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE GUIDELINES FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, WHICH SEGUES PERFECTLY INTO NUMBER THREE CLARIFICATION.

WE HAVE INCREASED THINGS LIKE DEFINITIONS ON MANGA AND REMOVING ANY KIND OF GRAY AREA THAT THERE MIGHT BE WITH MANGA ANIME IN DIFFERENT CAMPUS LEVELS, BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY TOUGH GENRE TO REVIEW AND TO FIND REVIEWS FOR.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE FINDING BOOKS ABOUT BIRDS.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY REVIEW THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT CHANGES ABOUT BIRDS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO MANGA ANIME IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON WORKING WITH EVEN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO TRY AND HELP MAKE THAT A MORE NARROW, SPECIFIC EXPECTATION.

AND THEN, AS DANNY STATED BEFORE, INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT.

I CAN ASSURE YOU WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING, THERE IS NOT A LIBRARY STAFF MEMBER IN THIS DISTRICT WHO WANTS TO GIVE YOUR STUDENTS CHILDREN ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE OR OBSCENE CONTENT.

I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY AND INCREASE THE CLARITY OF THAT.

SO HIGHLIGHTS OF CHANGES.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? I FORGOT.

I FORGOT ALREADY. TELL ME AGAIN.

THE LIBRARY STAFF.

GOT IT. YES.

SO WE HAVE. SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW MY [INAUDIBLE].

THAT'S OKAY. SO SHE INQUIRED ABOUT OUR WE ARE ADDING 4 I BELIEVE EARLIER SOMEBODY SAID 6 AND THAT IS INCORRECT.

WE HIRED FOUR LIBRARY STAFF, WE HIRED TWO ACQUISITIONS AND SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS.

WE HIRED TWO PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS FOR LIBRARY PURCHASING.

SO WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC.

FIRST OFF, THEY START ON JULY 11TH.

THEY HAVE STARTED WORKING WITH ME TO KIND OF CREATE DATA OR NOT CREATE DATA, BUT PULL DATA TO WHERE WE CAN BUILD PLANS.

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BUT THEIR MAIN POSITION IS IN THE TITLE.

THEY'RE WORKING WITH ACQUISITIONS, SO THEY'RE HELPING OUR LIBRARIANS CURATE RESOURCES.

OUR LIBRARIANS STILL HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO BUILD THEIR OWN RESOURCE AND CURATE THEIR OWN LISTS.

THEY ARE MASTERED PROFESSIONALS AND THEY HAVE THREE YEARS AT LEAST, OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

SO THEY ARE COMPLETELY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT ON THEIR OWN.

HOWEVER, IN AN EFFORT TO KIND OF GIVE THEM SOME TIME BACK ON CAMPUS, WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION FOR THEM.

THEY ARE ALSO WORKING ON SYSTEMS ON THE BACK SIDE.

SO EVERY LIBRARY BOOK HAS WHAT'S CALLED A MARK RECORD.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS MELISSA FOUCHE'S FAVORITE THING TO TALK ABOUT, BUT THEY HAVE A MARK RECORD, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHERE A LIBRARY BOOK HOW IT ASSOCIATES WITH THE CAMPUS ON THE COMPUTER SIDE OF THINGS AND SO THOSE MARK RECORDS ERROR THEY GO TO THE WRONG CAMPUSES THEY OR THE VENDOR DOESN'T SEND THEM PROPERLY THERE'S JUST A LOT OF WORK THAT HAPPENS ON THE BACK END.

THEY WILL BE HELPING WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER A MILLION RECORDS IN 73 CAMPUSES.

AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING A WEEDING PROCESS WITH OUR LIBRARIANS.

SO OUR COORDINATORS WILL BE SUPPORTING THE LIBRARIANS AND WORKING ALONGSIDE THEM TO EVALUATE THEIR COLLECTIONS WITH OUR NEW GUIDELINES.

SO AS I SAID EARLIER, THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WERE EXCELLENT FOR THE TIME, BUT NOW TIMES ARE DIFFERENT AND SO WE HAVE NEW GUIDELINES AND NOT ALL OF OUR MATERIALS WILL MEET THE NEW GUIDELINES.

SO IT IS PART OF THEIR JOB AND MY JOB TO HELP SUPPORT THE LIBRARIANS IN KNOWING HOW AND WHAT TO EVALUATE AND WHEN TO WEED IT OUT OF THE COLLECTION BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE NEW GUIDELINES.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THEN THE TWO PROCUREMENT POSITIONS, THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE DOING THE PURCHASING.

SO THOSE OH GOSH, I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

LET'S SEE. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WE HAVE OVER A MILLION BOOKS THAT I THINK PURCHASE.

WE HAVE LIKE 40. WE BOUGHT 40,000 BOOKS THIS YEAR AND THAT IS VERY TIME CONSUMING.

THE BEST PART ABOUT ONE OF THE BEST PARTS ABOUT LIBRARY SERVICES IS OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND BEING IN THE LIBRARY AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.

BUT ALSO NOTHING BEATS BUYING BOOKS, Y'ALL.

NOTHING BEATS IT. IT'S SO REWARDING BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE PICKING IT FOR THAT ONE KID WHO LOVES DINOSAUR BOOKS AND HE COMES IN EVERY DAY.

HE'S LIKE, NEXT NEW DINOSAUR BOOK.

BUT THAT'S A LOT OF TIME TO GET INTO OUR FINANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS CALLED E FINANCE, VERY TIME CONSUMING.

I MEAN, SO HOPEFULLY THOSE PROCUREMENT POSITIONS WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY SOME OF THAT LOAD OF THE FINANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND GIVE THE LIBRARIANS BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DO THINGS LIKE IMPLEMENT OUR NEW GUIDELINES, GIVE THEM BACK TIME TO COLLABORATE WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND SPEND MORE TIME WITH OUR STUDENTS.

SO YES, THE TITLES THAT HAVE BEEN RECONSIDERED 13 COMPARED TO OVER A MILLION, IT'S A VERY SMALL RATIO.

IT DOESN'T ALWAYS COMPUTE, HOWEVER.

FRISCO ISD WE HAVE ABOUT 67,000 STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

I KNOW WE DON'T LIKE TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS.

DR. WALDRIP BUT DALLAS AND FORT WORTH ARE THE ONLY TWO DISTRICTS, I THINK, THAT HAVE US THAT ARE MORE DENSE IN STUDENT POPULATION. AND THEIR LIBRARY STAFF IS ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 5 LIBRARY STAFF IN THEIR DEPARTMENT.

SO WE HAVE 65,000 STUDENTS-ISH AND THERE'S, IT'S ME.

SO I FEEL LIKE OUR LIBRARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RUNNING REALLY LEAN FOR A LONG TIME.

AND SO MY HOPE IN ADDING THESE POSITIONS IS THAT LIKE, HALLELUJAH, WE MADE IT, WE FINALLY GET THE HELP.

[LAUGHTER] BUT ALSO OUR LIBRARIANS CAN HAVE SOME TIME BACK.

WE DID HAVE LIBRARY AIDES FOR A WHILE AND THEY DID NOT YOU KNOW, THEY ARE STILL GETTING USED TO BEING ABLE TO FUNCTION ON THEIR CAMPUS AND DO THEIR DUTIES AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS WITHOUT THAT HELP.

I MEAN, THESE LIBRARIANS, SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIANS ARE CIRCULATING ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, 1,200 BOOKS TO 3,000 BOOKS A MONTH.

AND THAT'S HARD TO DO WHEN YOU'VE ALSO GOT A BUNCH OF MANAGERIAL PIECES.

AND SO ADDING THOSE POSITIONS, I THINK, WILL REALLY HELP THEM.

IT WILL IMPACT THEM IN A POSITIVE WAY.

IT WILL ALSO IMPACT OUR PROCESSES IN A POSITIVE WAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT SPECIFICALLY, SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE BEING MADE REQUIRE MORE LIKE INDIVIDUAL READING OF BOOKS THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS GUIDELINES, SPECIFICALLY WITH MANGA, WITH ONE OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES.

NARRATIVE NONFICTION, RIGHT? YEAH. NARRATIVE NONFICTION.

REQUIRED LIKE WHAT WE CALL WHAT'S CALLED APPARENTLY A READ REVIEW.

THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY READ THE WHOLE BOOK BEFORE THEY CAN SELECT IT.

SO WE'RE REQUIRING MORE OF THOSE.

SO TRYING TO FREE UP MORE TIME FOR LIBRARIANS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALSO GOING BACK, LIKE AMANDA SAID, AND REVIEWING EXISTING COLLECTIONS WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES.

YES, MA'AM. COMMUNICATION WISE, WILL THE GUIDELINES THAT YOU'RE SHARING HERE, THESE HIGHLIGHTS, WILL THEY BE POSTED SOMEWHERE?

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THEY WILL. FOR OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY? YES. SO THE GUIDELINES THAT WILL BE SHARED.

WE HAVE THANKS TO MS. SMITH AND HER AMAZING STRATEGIC INITIATIVE.

WE HAVE THAT THING HAS REALLY HELPED ME.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

BUT THAT THING HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT SETS EXPECTATIONS AND OBJECTIVES FOR US IN A TIMELINE.

AND SO BACK TO THAT STRATEGIC INITIATIVE THAT WE DISCUSSED IN APRIL FOR THE ADDITION OF THESE STAFF MEMBERS.

I BELIEVE THAT THE GOAL WAS FOR THOSE GUIDELINES TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN JULY.

SO WHEN THE LIBRARIANS COME BACK ON CONTRACT, THE COORDINATORS AND MYSELF WILL MEET WITH THEM.

WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE GUIDELINES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS COPACETIC AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.

AND THEN WE WILL SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY THOSE FINAL GUIDELINES AS IMPLEMENTED.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. SO.

SURE.

SO THE REASON WHY I REFERENCED I WAS TRYING TO BE CAREFUL AROUND REFERENCING THE SHEET, RIGHT, BUT.

YES. THIS IS HOW AND OBVIOUSLY THAT INFORMATION IS NOT PUBLIC.

YES. AND SO I'M TRYING TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH MY WORDS.

[APPLAUSE] YES.

SO. SO BUT MY QUESTION IS, THERE WAS A BOOK ON THERE THAT.

YES. WAS APPROVED.

YES. TO REMAIN IN THE LIBRARIES.

AND I HAVE HAD MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOW ME THAT BOOK.

YES, I WOULD ACTUALLY.

YES. SO THAT BOOK IS ACTUALLY NOT IN OUR LIBRARIES.

IT IS ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AS A BOOK THAT WAS REMOVED.

IT IS NOT IN THE LIBRARY.

IT IS NOT IN ANY LIBRARY. IT WAS ON THAT SHEET MISTAKENLY, BECAUSE I COPIED AND PASTED THE WRONG TEXT.

THAT WAS MY THAT'S I'LL OWN THAT.

THAT WAS ME WORKING MY LITTLE MOUSE FINGERS.

HEY AMANDA. WHY DON'T YOU ESCAPE REAL QUICK AND SHOW THEM WHERE YOU LOOK ON THE WEBSITE TO SEE THE BOOKS? AND THIS IS ALSO TO SPEAK BACK TO DYNETTE'S QUESTION TO ABOUT POSTING THEM.

THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING WILL BE POSTED FOR LIBRARY SERVICES.

SO WHENEVER THE COLLECTION GUIDELINES ARE ALL THE WAY FINISHED AT THE END OF JULY AND THE LIBRARIANS HAVE GOTTEN THEIR HANDS ON IT, IT'LL BE HERE AS WELL.

SO DEPARTMENTS, LIBRARY, MEDIA SERVICES, HERE IS EVERYTHING AND POINT STRAIGHT TO WHERE THE BOOKS ARE.

RECONSIDER IF RECONSIDERATION INFORMATION, WHAT TITLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

THERE THEY ARE AND WHEN THEY WERE MOVED.

AND THEN I BELIEVE WAS THE TITLE THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING? THAT'S HOW YOU GET THERE. BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR THAT WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS REMOVED BY LIBRARIAN AND IT WAS AN INTERNAL RECONSIDERATION.

BUT YES, THAT WAS MY MISTAKE.

IT WAS NOT. IT IS AND I HAVE SINCE CHANGED IT.

I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING THAT OUT, BUT IT IS NOT IN OUR COLLECTIONS.

SO IF YOU GOT ON THE PACK OVER HERE AND YOU TYPE, YOU WENT TO THE LIBRARY CATALOG AND YOU SEARCHED FOR THAT BOOK, IT WOULD NOT PULL UP.

SO YEAH, THIS IS ALL I MEAN, THIS GOES BACK TO MANDY'S GROUP, TOO WORKING WITH AMANDA AND SOME WITH DANNY AS WELL.

LIKE, THIS SITE IS SO AWESOME.

THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING AND WHO'S ON A COMMITTEE AND ALL OF THAT STUFF IS HERE.

SO I THINK JUST PEOPLE KNOWING HOW TO GET HERE IS CLEARLY A BIG HAIRY DEAL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO SHOW UP HERE AND SAY SAD THINGS TO GET ANSWERS TO WHAT'S ALREADY SITTING HERE ON THE WEBSITE JUST RIGHT.

AND THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO LOOK FOR IT.

AND MOST DISTRICTS DON'T SIT AT ALL OUT HERE LIKE THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS. YOU'VE BEEN REALLY GREAT TO DO THIS.

YEAH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED ON DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO BE TRANSPARENT AND TO BE COMMUNICATIVE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND TO BE ABLE TO FIND ANSWERS WHEN THEY WANT ANSWERS.

AND THAT I THANK YOU FOR BEING UNDERSTANDING OF THE SHEET THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS.

I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS BASICALLY I THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD JUST DOESN'T WANT ME BUSTING INTO ALL THEIR IST'S OR THE IST DOESN'T WANT ME BUSTING INTO IST MEETINGS EVERY DAY GOING, GUESS WHO I TALKED TO ABOUT LIBRARY BOOKS? AND SO THAT SHEET IS JUST A WAY FOR ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM FROM AFAR WHAT INQUIRIES ARE HAPPENING AND IS A WAY FOR ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING AND JUST FOR US TO ALL KIND OF BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

AT ALL TIMES. AT ALL TIMES.

CAN I SAY SOMETHING TOO THAT KIND OF BRINGS KIMBERLY'S PRESENTATION EARLIER FULL CIRCLE A LITTLE BIT? KIMBERLY TALKED ABOUT PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING FROM 2016 AND HOW WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT COSTS.

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AND YOU KNOW HOW IN EDUCATION, I THINK IN LIFE THE PENDULUM SWINGS A LITTLE FAR SOME DIRECTION SOMETIMES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS IN 2016, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH A REALLY A TWO YEAR EXERCISE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON COST CUTTING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT WAS WE LOST LIBRARY AIDES AND WE TALK ABOUT NOW ADDING FOUR POSITIONS BACK.

WE LOST 40 POSITIONS OUT OF THIS DEPARTMENT SIX YEARS AGO.

[INAUDIBLE] MELISSA.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT OTHER DISTRICTS OUR SIZE, THEY HAD DEPARTMENTS OF 8, 10, 12 AND I THINK IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE.

AND HAD LIBRARY AIDES.

YEAH. SO IT SO I DON'T EVEN REALLY SEE WHEN I LOOK OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, I DON'T SEE THIS AS US ADDING FOUR POSITIONS AS MUCH AS US THE PENDULUM KIND OF COMING BACK TO THE MIDDLE A LITTLE BIT FROM SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED.

IT ALSO HAPPENED WITH LAWN MAINTENANCE.

OH, GOSH. JUST THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT COMMITTEE.

AND THEN WE ALL WENT, OH, WOW, THIS ISN'T WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

SO WE BETTER ADD SOME OF THAT BACK.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

[LAUGHTER] SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M REALLY CLEAR BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT HOW I VOTE.

PLEASE, YES. RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. SO DANNY YOU BETTER TAKE THIS ONE.

PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING GOING FORWARD IS TO PREVENT THESE TITLES.

RIGHT, FROM GETTING IN, IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WILL THIS ALSO INCLUDE REVIEWING THE CURRENT TITLES THAT WE HAVE AGAINST RIGHT LISTS THAT WE KNOW ARE OUT THERE OF BOOKS THAT HAVE OBSCENE MATERIALS OR WHATEVER.

THERE'S LISTS OUT THERE.

WE'VE SEEN THOSE LISTS. RIGHT.

THEY EXIST. THERE'S DIFFERENT ONES.

SURE. IS THAT THERE'S PROBABLY TOO MANY. BUT WE CAN PICK ONE TO START, RIGHT? YES. SO WILL PART OF THAT WORK BE TAKE THE LIST CROSS CHECK IT AGAINST OUR TITLES IN OUR LIBRARY AND ADDRESS THOSE PROACTIVELY.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HAVING WITH THIS IS THAT THE MESSAGE THAT THEY HEARD RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT, THE MESSAGE THAT THEY HEARD WAS SUBMIT A BOOK RECONSIDERATION FOR EACH BOOK THAT YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH.

AND I THINK THERE WAS A PERCEPTION THAT THE ONUS WAS ON THE COMMUNITY TO GO FIND THOSE BOOKS, SUBMIT THEM AND GET THOSE BOOKS EVALUATED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS INSTEAD OF TAKING SAID LIST OF OBSCENE BOOKS CROSS-CHECKING AGAINST OUR LIBRARY AND THEN RESOLVING IT THAT WAY.

RIGHT. SO. SO ARE WE SAYING THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING GOING FORWARD? I.

OR NOT? SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

LIKE, WE DON'T TAKE LISTS THAT JUST CIRCULATE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LIST THAT WAS REFERENCED BY FROM REPRESENTATIVE KRAUSE THAT HAD 850 BOOKS ON IT.

RIGHT? LIKE THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF BOOKS ON THERE.

AND SOME OF THEM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL.

SO WE DON'T JUST TAKE A LIST AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO GO LOOK AND SEE IF WE HAVE ALL THESE BOOKS AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EVEN WHY THOSE BOOKS ARE ON A LIST, ANY GIVEN LIST.

RIGHT. SO BUT WE HAVE HAD PARENTS GIVE DIRECTLY TO US A LIST OF BOOKS, AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT LIST AND LOOKED AT THOSE AND SAID, OKAY, WHICH ONES OF THESE WE HAVE.

A LOT OF TIMES WE FIND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE BOOKS ON THE LIST.

SO IT'S NOT THAT WE JUST, OH, EVERY TIME.

THE ONLY WAY A BOOK WILL EVER BE REMOVED IS THROUGH A RECONSIDERATION.

BUT THE PROCESS THAT AMANDA IS DESCRIBING AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS EVEN MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN JUST GOING AND PULLING THE RANDOM LIST THAT SOMEONE HAS PUT TOGETHER.

AND HALF THE TIME WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM OR WHO DECIDED TO PUT A BOOK ON THAT LIST OR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING MORE COMPREHENSIVE WITH THESE NEW STAFF MEMBERS ASSISTING LIBRARIANS AND ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH OUR ACTUAL COLLECTIONS.

WE'RE STARTING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

WE POINT OUT THAT ALL OF THE BOOKS, EXCEPT FOR ONE THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED, HAVE BEEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND AT ANY OF THE ELEMENTARY.

SO GOING THROUGH STARTING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND HELPING OUR LIBRARIANS GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THEIR COLLECTIONS WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES, THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO THERE IS, YES, A PROACTIVE US GOING FORWARD.

NOW, WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SEND US TITLES AS THEY FIND THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE A MILLION TITLES AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

RIGHT. AND SO THE SOONER WE FIND OUT ABOUT A TITLE, THE SOONER WE CAN ADDRESS IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING.

IT'S NEVER BEEN MEANT TO BE A REPLACEMENT FOR US DOING SOMETHING.

IT'S BEEN TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

SO WE CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THAT, BUT WE ARE ALSO WORKING PROACTIVELY TO LOOK AT OUR EXISTING COLLECTIONS AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS BEFORE I LEAVE YOU? I FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE I'M BEING REPETITIVE HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT THIS EVENING.

WE HAD A SPEAKER TONIGHT THAT SAID THAT IT WAS THE PARENT'S EXCLUSIVE DUTY.

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AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS BOARD DOES NOT FEEL THAT WAY.

AND THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN US TONIGHT HOPEFULLY INDICATES TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

WE'RE PARTNERS WITH OUR PARENTS.

WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN BUT THE EMPLOYEES THAT YOU ARE ADDING IT'S NOT THEIR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

BUT THE PROCESS IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING US TO ADOPT TONIGHT, IN PART ARE TRYING TO MAKE THAT PROCESS EASIER FOR PARENTS, FASTER FOR PARENTS . ON THE REVIEW SIDE, YES. AND I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY THAT I SEE IT.

AND I HOPE THAT THAT CAME ACROSS TONIGHT IN THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU GUYS MADE.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE'RE NOT HANDING IT ALL OVER TO PARENTS.

THE DISTRICT ITSELF IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AND HOPEFULLY ENHANCE IT WITH WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DECIDED TO DO OR PROPOSED FOR US TO ADOPT WITH PERSONNEL. RIGHT. WE KNOW I MEAN, WE KNOW WE HAVE A MILLION TITLES IN THE DISTRICT.

I KNOW WE KEEP SAYING THAT. AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REVIEWING THOSE BOOKS SERIOUSLY, BUT WE HAVE A MILLION TITLES.

WE CAN'T READ EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL BOOK, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR VERY BEST TO COME UP WITH THE BEST SYSTEM TO PREVENT MATERIALS FROM EVER GETTING IN A LIBRARY THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE.

THAT'S ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.

WE'RE PROPOSING THESE POLICY CHANGES TO YOU TONIGHT.

WE'VE GOT THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE PLANNING, BUT THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THESE AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR.

IF WE SEE THAT THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'VE CHANGED AREN'T HAVING THE INTENDED EFFECT, THEY'RE NOT CATCHING AS MANY BOOKS AS WE WANT THEM TO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO CHANGE THAT, TO PREVENT THESE BOOKS FROM GETTING IN.

AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT NO SYSTEM IS EVER GOING TO BE 100% EFFECTIVE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD BACK, YOU KNOW, ON THE BACK END AS WELL, WHERE WE IF WE DO HAVE ONE OF THESE BOOKS THAT WE HAVE A GOOD WAY OF GETTING THEM QUICKLY OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT EXPEDITED REVIEW THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE POLICY IS DESIGNED TO BE FOR Y'ALL.

ONE MORE THING. IS THERE AN OPTION OR IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO COME UP WITH A TIMELINE, IF YOU WILL? WELL NOT A TIMELINE, BUT JUST CHECKS AND BALANCES SO THAT WE CAN BE INFORMED ALONG THE WAY SO THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS.

SURE. YES. THAT IS THE GOAL.

IT IS THE GOAL. AND WE'RE WAITING.

THOSE COORDINATORS WILL START THEIR CONTRACT ON JULY 11TH, BUT WE WILL BE PULLING DATA FROM LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AN THEIR CIRCULATION AND THE OTHER COMPONENTS INVOLVED IN THE WEEDING PROCESS AS WELL AS THE NEW GUIDELINES.

AND WE WILL KIND OF CREATE A PLAN WITH THE LIBRARIANS WHEN THEY GET BACK ON TRACK SO THAT IT IS SUSTAINABLE.

AN AVERAGE LIBRARY COLLECTION IS GOING TO BE AROUND 20,000 LIBRARY BOOKS, SO IF THEY READ A LIBRARY FOUR OR FIVE OR TEN LIBRARY BOOKS A DAY, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT GET THROUGH THEM. SO IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

IT'S KIND OF UNPRECEDENTED.

WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED AS FAST PACED OF A READING SCHEDULE, BUT WE WILL HAVE KIND OF A, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD IS.

PROCESS IN PLACE AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND AND CHECK IN WITH THEM, WHICH IS PART OF THE COORDINATOR'S POSITION AS WELL.

AND THEN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, Y'ALL, AND ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, THAT STRATEGIC CHANGE INITIATIVE ON THE WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED WITH INFORMATION AS THIS CONTINUES FORWARD.

TO MEET THOSE OBJECTIVES.

YES. THANK YOU.

BOARD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY JUST A FEW THINGS.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I KNOW THAT LONG BEFORE THIS BECAME NATIONAL NEWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT YOU ALL WERE ALREADY DOING THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS WERE SAFE IN THE MATERIALS THEY WERE BEING PROVIDED.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR OVER 24 YEARS THAT PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD ASK US TO RECONSIDER A BOOK IN THOSE 24 YEARS PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, WE HAD ONE BOOK RECONSIDERATION.

AND NOW OUR PROCESS IS BECAUSE THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

NOW OUR PROCESSES AND OUR POLICIES THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, THEY'RE CHANGING WITH THE TIMES AS WELL.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I AM A PERSON THAT LIKES TO LIVE IN THE POWER OF THE WORD, AND.

I DON'T THINK IT'S AN US AGAINST THEM.

I THINK WE CAN BE PARTNERS WITH OUR PARENTS AND OUR LIBRARIANS.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A WORLD THAT WE NEED TO LIVE IN WHERE IT'S SO POLITICIZED THAT WE ARE FIGHTING AMONGST PEOPLE THAT ALL WANT THE SAME THING.

WE ARE ALL HERE TO PROTECT OUR KIDS, TO PROVIDE THEM AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION, THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, WHAT RESOURCES MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR ONE STUDENT AREN'T RIGHT FOR ANOTHER. THAT IS COMPLETELY EXCLUSIVE OF OBSCENE MATERIALS, WHICH NONE OF US WANT IN OUR LIBRARIES.

BUT THERE ARE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE RECONSIDERED THAT ARE PERFECT FOR SOME OF OUR CHILDREN THAT NEED THEM.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICIES AND OUR PROCESSES PROTECT THOSE KIDS, TOO.

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AND I THINK THAT ALL KIDS NEED TO HAVE THE RESOURCES AT THEIR FINGERTIPS THAT ARE SAFE AND HEALTHY FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL AGE, THAT ARE GIVEN TO THEM BY OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, WHICH ARE OUR LIBRARIANS.

AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE AND EVOLVE IN OUR POLICIES AND PROCESSES IN THIS INSTANCE AND IN OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT WE DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND I FEEL LIKE TONIGHT THAT WHAT YOU'VE SHOWN US IS WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND SAY THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR LIBRARIANS HAVE CERTAINLY HAD A ROUGH YEAR.

WE SEE THAT. WE FEEL FOR THEM.

WE WALK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM BECAUSE WE TRUST THEM.

AND THESE POLICIES WILL STRENGTHEN OUR COLLECTION PROCESSES AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN IDENTIFYING TITLES THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT OF OUR LIBRARY. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO WALK AWAY TONIGHT FEELING LIKE IT'S US AGAINST THEM BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HERE TO DO THE SAME THING.

SO WITH THAT BOARD, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE DELETION OF BOARD POLICY EF LOCAL AND ADOPTION OF BOARD POLICY EFA LOCAL AND EFB LOCAL AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE.

SECOND. SECOND BY MS. GILLESPIE.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK Y'ALL. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEM E CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY BBE LOCAL.

[15.E. Consider and act on approval of revisions to Board Policy BBE(LOCAL)]

BOARD WE WERE GIVEN THIS UPDATE IN CLOSED SESSION.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. STOCKTON OVER THERE, THEN I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY BBE LOCAL AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE.

SECOND BY MS. DAVIS.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE TO ACTION ITEM F CONSIDER AN ACT ON AMENDMENTS TO BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND BOARD WE RECEIVED THIS UPDATE FROM MR.

[15.F. Consider and act on amendments to Board Operating Procedures]

STOCKTON AS WELL IN CLOSED.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT.

I THINK MANY OF YOU WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THEM.

SO IF I COULD JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WHEN WE UPDATED OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES LAST YEAR, WE MOVED OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ACTION ITEMS ONLY.

WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE MOVE THOSE NOW TO ALL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.

SO IF WE'RE DISCUSSING SOMETHING, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE CELEBRATING, IT WILL GO BACK TO ANYTHING THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA.

SO THAT'S ONE UPDATE THAT WE'RE MAKING.

[APPLAUSE] WE ALSO ARE GOING TO MOVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME BACK TO 3 MINUTES.

WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE SHIFT OUR COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHTS TO START AT 6:30 INSTEAD OF 5:30.

AND THEN WE ARE ALSO REMOVING THE 15 MINUTE WINDOW PRIOR TO A BOARD MEETING TO WHICH A COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN SIGN UP SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WHEN NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE BLUE CARDS ANYMORE, NOW THAT Y'ALL FILL EVERYTHING OUT ON OUR LAPTOPS, WE DON'T NEED THAT 15 MINUTES TO GET READY.

WE CAN JUST SEE THEM WHEN WE SIT DOWN AT OUR LAPTOP.

SO WE'RE REMOVING THAT AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE USEFUL AND BENEFICIAL TO YOU ALL.

[APPLAUSE] JUST KNOW THESE ARE CHANGES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

KNOW THAT WHEN WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES A YEAR AGO, SOME THINGS WE NEEDED TO CHANGE.

WE WERE TRYING TO JUST CALM DOWN THE FIRE IN THE BOARDROOM A LITTLE BIT, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN PARTNERSHIP A BIT BETTER AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE EVER WANTED TO LIMIT, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP OUR BOARDROOM DECORUM SAFE FOR OUR KIDS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT WERE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WERE HERE TO CELEBRATE WERE A LITTLE FEARFUL.

AND SO THAT'S NOT EVER A BOARDROOM THAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS.

SO I WANT TO JUST SAY TO THE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR EVEN WHEN YOU DISAGREE WITH US, ALLOWING US TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU THROUGH THESE MEETINGS AND THROUGH OUR OTHER METHODS OF COMMUNICATION.

SO THAT IS OUR UPDATE.

BUT WITH THAT BOARD, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AS PRESENTED SECOND.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE. SECOND BY EVERYONE ELSE.

ALL IN FAVOR. [LAUGHTER] MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON CTE ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS.

[15.G. Consider and act on CTE Additions and Renovations Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP)]

GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE DR.

FOUCHE. MR. WARSTLER IS GOING TO COME TO THE STAND.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS FROM OUR 2018 BOND PROGRAM, AND HE'S GOING TO JUST DO A REALLY QUICK PRESENTATION BECAUSE IF YOU'LL REMEMBER HUCKABEE ARCHITECTS CAME IN JANUARY AND DID A FULL PRESENTATION OF THIS BUILDING.

[03:05:01]

SO NOW THAT THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE WAS IN, WE JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY REMIND YOU GUYS WHAT THAT WAS AND GO FROM THERE.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD, DR.

WALDRIP AS ALWAYS TODD STEELS MY INTRODUCTION.

SO WE'LL.

YES.

OKAY. ONE OF THE KEYS AS WE LOOKED AT THE EXPANSION OF THE CTE CENTER WAS REALLY TWOFOLD.

IT WAS TO ADD CAPACITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS AND TO ALSO MAKE OUR PROGRAMS A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS DIAGRAM ON THE LEFT IS OUR CURRENT [INAUDIBLE] CENTER.

AND SOME OF THE COURSES THAT ARE OFFERED ON THE RIGHT ARE THE COURSES THAT WE CAN OFFER WITH THE EXPANSION.

BUT WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS WE'VE TAKEN COURSES SUCH AS ARCHITECTURE, GRAPHIC DESIGN, ANIMATION, AND MOVED THEM FROM OUR CURRENT BUILDING INTO WHAT WILL BE THE, THE NEW BUILD. AND THAT OPENED UP ROOM IN OUR CURRENT BUILDING TO BACKFILL WITH AN ADDITIONAL SCIENCE LAB WITH AN ADDITIONAL C&A LAB, NEW PROGRAMS SUCH AS EKG AND EMT AND PHARM TECH TO MORE PROJECT LEAD THE WAY COURSES THAT WE CAN OFFER.

SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THIS NEXT SLIDE, HERE'S REALLY THE CRUX OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW TONIGHT.

AND THAT IS, AT ANY GIVEN TIME WITH THIS EXPANSION, WE WILL HAVE 460 MORE STUDENTS AT THE CATE CENTER THAN WE ARE CURRENTLY ABLE TO HOUSE.

THAT'S A LOT OF PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LISTS AND SOME OF OUR COURSES THAT ARE MORE DESIRED BY STUDENTS WHERE WE HAVE TO TURN STUDENTS AWAY.

SO ON A GIVEN A DAY, WE WILL HAVE, AT A MINIMUM, ALMOST 1000 MORE STUDENTS, UP TO 2000 MORE STUDENTS.

SAME THING ON A B DAY.

SO WE THINK THAT THIS EXPANSION WILL GIVE US OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN AT LEAST 2000 MORE STUDENTS, UP TO 4000 MORE STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF AN AB BLOCK SCHEDULE, WHICH IS TREMENDOUS.

IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO OFFER SOME ADDITIONAL NEW COURSES AT THIS FACILITY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL JUST QUICKLY GO THROUGH AGAIN.

HUCKABEE DID PRESENT THIS IN JANUARY.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THE SCHEMATICS OF THE FLOOR PLANS, BUT WE ALSO DID, IN LOOKING AT WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR GMP TONIGHT, IS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM SPACE AS WELL. WE ADDED SOME SCOPE TO THIS PROJECT FROM THE ORIGINAL.

AND THAT WAS FOR, I BELIEVE, SEVEN ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS AND ONE SCIENCE LAB.

GOAL BEING THAT THAT WOULD GET IN 150 TO 180 MORE STUDENTS AT THAT CTE CENTER ON ANY GIVEN TIME PERIOD.

AND TAKE US FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE WITH WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IN OUR CTE CENTER.

HERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK VISUALS.

AGAIN, HUCKABEE SHARED THIS WITH YOU GUYS IN JANUARY.

THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING THE NEW FACILITY WITH THE OLD ON THE EXTERIOR, WITH ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN.

INTERNALLY YOU GET A LOOK AT THIS IS THE HALLWAY THAT WILL CONNECT THE OLD BUILDING TO THE NEW BUILDING.

THE NEW BUILDING BEING WITH THE RED DOORS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU STEP INSIDE THOSE DOORS, YOU SEE WHAT THE FIRST FLOOR LOOKS LIKE THAT IS.

I'M TRYING TO THINK E SPORTS THAT YOU SEE THERE ON ON THIS PART THAT OPENS UP INTO A LARGE OPEN COLLABORATIVE AREA.

STAIRS AND TVS STRATEGICALLY PLACED SO THAT IF YOU HAVE AN E SPORTS EVENT IN THIS LARGE ROOM, IT CAN SPILL OUT INTO THIS ENTIRE AREA WHERE YOU CAN HAVE STUDENTS WATCHING AN E-SPORTS COMPETITION.

SO REALLY COOL DESIGN, THOUGHTFUL DESIGN.

YOU'LL NOTICE JUST AS THE WAY THE OTHER PART OF THE CATE CENTER DOES AND INCORPORATES A LOT OF COMMON SPACES FOR STUDENTS TO EXIT THE CLASSROOM AND LEARN AND COLLABORATE WITH STUDENTS IN THE SAME CLASS OR STUDENTS FROM OTHER CLASSES.

THIS IS AN UPSTAIRS VIEW OVER HERE ON THIS WALL WE HAVE THREE NEW ANIMATION LABS.

AGAIN, SOME COLLABORATIVE SPACE THAT FOCUSES AROUND OUR LEARNING CORRIDOR.

SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK REVIEW OF THE EXPANSION FROM THE 18 BOND PROGRAM BEFORE WE VOTED ON GMP TONIGHT.

I WILL SAY ORIGINAL BOND.

ORIGINAL BOND PRICE THAT WAS APPROVED WAS $21 MILLION DOLLARS.

GMP TONIGHT IS FOR 22.

THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION IN SOFT COSTS.

WE'RE ABOUT 4 MILLION OVER FROM OUR ORIGINAL BOND PRICE.

A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT.

NUMBER ONE, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND ESCALATION COST IN MATERIALS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT, ANY BIG PART OF THAT ACTUALLY IS BECAUSE WE ADDED SCOPE SO THAT WE COULD INCREASE CAPACITY OF STUDENTS AT THE CATE CENTER.

QUESTIONS. THAT WAS QUICK.

[03:10:03]

I KNOW. BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? IS THE BUDGET STILL THE SAME AS WHATEVER WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY? OR WE GOT OUR BUDGET, I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION.

I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED? THE AMOUNT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COSTS HAVEN'T.

WE HAVE NOT. WE HAVE NOT APPROVED THE GMP YET.

OH, WE HAVE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

GOTCHA. THANK YOU.

BOARD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT I LOOK FOR A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CTE ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE. SECOND BY MS. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU, MR. WARSTLER. THANK YOU.

AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE E SPORTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO CTE, ALTHOUGH I'M A HUGE GAMER AND THAT'S SO FUN.

AND IT'S I'M TELLING YOU ALL, THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE GETTING JUST AS MANY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR E SPORTS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL AS THERE ARE ATHLETICS.

AND WORKING FOR SMU, I SEE OUR E SPORTS TEAM AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO.

IT'S AWESOME. SO I'M GLAD WE'RE AFFORDING THAT NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR FUN AND SCHOLARSHIP FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I BET YOU'RE ALSO ALMOST AS EXCITED AS DR.

CUNNINGHAM. [LAUGHTER] MAYBE.

I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE.

WE'LL SEE. MAYBE WE CAN GO HEAD TO HEAD ON THIS DEAL A LITTLE RED VERSUS BLUE TEAM.

ALL RIGHT, GAME ON.

AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM H.

CONSIDER AND ACT ON PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS.

[15.H. Consider and act on personnel recommendations]

DR. LINTON. THANK YOU.

WITHIN THE PERSONNEL REPORT, RESIGNATIONS ARE PRESENTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY.

AND TONIGHT'S RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE THAT OF SCOTT WARSTLER AS CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER.

HE IS CURRENTLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.

IT INCLUDES RYAN STEELE AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

HE IS CURRENTLY A PRINCIPAL IN A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT IT INCLUDES CINDY HARVEY AS PRINCIPAL OF ISBELL ELEMENTARY.

AND CINDY IS CURRENTLY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PUREFOY.

JENNIFER MARTIN AS PRINCIPAL OF ROACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

JENNIFER IS CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PIONEER HERITAGE.

AND DR. PHILLIP POTTER AS PRINCIPAL OF MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

AND HE IS CURRENTLY A PRINCIPAL IN A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT AS WELL.

ALL CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SUBMITTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

THANK YOU, DR. LINTON.

BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE. SECOND BY MS. GILLESPIE. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ONE.

MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA BOARD.

[15.I. Consent Agenda]

WOOPS. SORRY BOARD.

IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PULL AND ASK QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO DO SO.

IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MS. GILLESPIE.

SECOND BY MR. PONANGI.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THAT WAS OUR FINAL ACTION ITEM.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY STAFF REPORTS, BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW MEMBERS OF IST THAT THIS IS THEIR LAST REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

[16. Reports]

I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT KEEPS DOING THAT.

IT MUST. THERE MUST BE.

SOMETHING JUST HAPPEN.

NOW, LISTEN, WE HAVE 47 OTHER BOARD MEETINGS THIS MONTH THAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR, BUT.

YES, EXACTLY RIGHT.

BUT THIS IS YOUR FINAL BOARD MEETING, REGULAR BOARD MEETING IN A SPACE THAT YOU WILL HAVE OCCUPIED FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND SO ON BEHALF OF THIS BOARD AND ALL THE BOARDS THAT YOU ALL HAVE SERVED WITH, WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR TIME AND THE LOVE AND CARE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THIS DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE IMPACTED GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND TO SAY WE'RE APPRECIATIVE IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.

SO THANK YOU ALL INTENTLY.

WE WILL MISS YOU. IT WILL BE VERY STRANGE NOT TO HEAR THE VOICES FROM THIS SIDE THAT ARE JUST SO COMFORTING, ESPECIALLY DURING TENSE MOMENTS WHERE WE NEED REALLY SOLID INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL CONSISTENTLY PROVIDE.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR TENURE AND YOUR LOVE OF FISD.

WE'LL MISS YOU GREATLY.

SO YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU GUYS.

A LONG TIME AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME ON IST, THEY PUT ME ALWAYS FOLLOWING MELISSA FOUCHE AND BLESS GARY AND I'S HEART.

I USED TO REPORT ON STUFF LIKE HE REPORTS ON, AND SO THEY GOT THIS POLLYANNA, LITTLE HAPPY, SUNSHINY REPORT. AND THEN THEY HAD TO LISTEN TO ME, THE GUY REPORTING ON DATA THAT SOUNDS LIKE BILL CLINTON.

IT WAS AWFUL. IT WAS JUST AWFUL.

[LAUGHTER] AND I ASKED OVER AND OVER FOR THEM TO MOVE ME AND THEY NEVER WOULD.

[03:15:02]

SO I DON'T MISS THAT MELISSA BUT I AM REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU.

KENNY YOU TOO. I'LL BE WATCHING ONLINE.

I WON'T BE FAR.

I'LL STILL HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN.

I MIGHT. I'M GOING TO SHOW UP SOME PLACES AND SHELF SOME BOOKS IN MY FREE TIME.

YES.

LOVE IT. LOVE IT.

[APPLAUSE] AWESOME. WE'LL BOARD.

AND THANK OUR SROS TONIGHT FOR BEING WITH US.

THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND I'LL SAY BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE HAVE, THIS BOARD HAS DONE, AS ALWAYS, A TON OF WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE, THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE.

THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY RICH CONTENT THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH THE BOARD, AND IT'S ALL PUBLIC.

FROM SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BUDGET, THERE'S JUST SOME REALLY GREAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE NEW UPDATES FOR OUR LIBRARY SERVICES ON OUR WEBSITE.

BUT ALSO IF YOU GO TO OUR PAST AGENDAS AND PAST MEETINGS, THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT STUFF THAT THESE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN OUR DISTRICT HAVE PRESENTED TO US.

BUT IT'S ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION, TOO, AND SO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THAT CONTENT, ESPECIALLY SAFETY AND SECURITY.

I THINK EVERY PARENT IN THIS DISTRICT SHOULD WATCH THAT PRESENTATION.

IT'S INCREDIBLE THE WORK THAT THAT DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO STAY WAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO THAT.

BOARD THANK YOU.

IST, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

IT IS 9:58 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jun 13, 2022 Board of Trustees

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