Feb 27, 2023 Special Board of Trustees

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GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:30 P.M.

AND I CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRISCO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

WE DO HAVE QUORUM WITH FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT.

[1. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D &E]

WE WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.

SUBCHAPTERS D AND E, AND WE WILL RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45 P.M.

GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6:09 AND THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.

[2. Communication to and from the Board including public comments]

MS. GILLESPIE? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

WE NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.

THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS FROM CITIZENS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT ENDORSEMENT OF THE INFORMATION SHARED BY THE PRESENTER AND SOLELY PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, NOT THE DISTRICT.

DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONLY, NOT OTHER ATTENDEES, AND ONLY MADE ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO SPEAK.

TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS ARE TREATED EQUALLY AND HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, THE PODIUM MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIME FOR EVERY SPEAKER.

EACH SPEAKER SHALL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.

SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER IN WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

PLEASE KEEP ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO DISTRICT, BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE.

YOU SHOULD UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICIES DGBA, LOCAL F&G LOCAL AND GF LOCAL.

EACH GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE ARE FIVE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT.

PROPERLY POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM, NOT ON THIS MEETING'S AGENDA, PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT, WHICH WILL BE IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A CLARIFICATION BECAUSE MANY OF US RECEIVED OUTREACH FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKING IF WE WERE VOTING ON CENSURING A TRUSTEE THIS EVENING, WHICH WE ARE NOT. SO WE'RE ONLY VOTING ON UPDATING LANGUAGE AND OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, OF WHICH THAT'S A COMPONENT OF.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A SPECIFIC TRUSTEE OR CONCERN ABOUT CENSURE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO.

BUT I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO JUST HAVE THAT CLARIFICATION.

WE'RE NOT VOTING ON CENSURING THIS EVENING.

WE ARE ONLY VOTING ON UPDATING THAT LANGUAGE.

SO WITH THAT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS KATHY GRIFFIN, FOLLOWED BY ERIC ELLIOTT.

I'M SORRY. CAN I ASK YOU TO PAUSE REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE YOUR MICROPHONE IS NOT WORKING, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU.

JUST ONE SECOND. ECHO.

YOU CAN START. OKAY.

I'LL START OVER.

GOOD EVENING. I AND MANY OF US HERE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT MARVIN LOWE AND STEPHANIE ELAD.

WE, THE PEOPLE DID NOT AIR WHEN WE VOTED THESE REPRESENTATIVES INTO OFFICE.

THEY HAVE NOT DISAPPOINTED.

SINCE YOU WERE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING CENSURING MARVIN.

I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON MARVIN.

I'VE ATTENDED ENOUGH BOARD MEETINGS TO SEE THAT MARVIN STANDS FOR THE VALUES HELD BY THE MAJORITY OF US.

IT'S APPARENT HE CARES ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

HE USES COMMON SENSE AND HE HOLDS INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE.

WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD WHO ARE GOING TO GO ALONG WITH THE MAJORITY.

IF THAT WERE THE CASE, THERE WOULD BE NEED FOR ONLY ONE BOARD MEMBER.

I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR THE WAY MARVIN CONDUCTS HIMSELF.

HE FIGHTS FOR WHAT HE BELIEVES AND HE ASKS THE HARD QUESTIONS.

MAYBE HE MAKES THE REST OF YOU UNCOMFORTABLE.

THAT'S OKAY.

PLEASE STOP WASTING TIME AND ENERGY ATTACKING YOUR TIME AND OURS.

THANK YOU.

ERIC ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL ELMER, AND THEN ANDREW KHUSHI.

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I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF MARVIN LOWE TONIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING FOR THE KIDS AT FRISCO ISD.

I MOVED HERE FIVE YEARS AGO, PURCHASED A HOUSE THAT I HAD NEVER STEPPED FOOT IN SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS IN FRISCO ISD AND WITH TWO DAUGHTERS IN FRISCO ISD, ONE OF THEM SPECIAL ED.

THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT I WAS MAKING WHEN PURCHASING A HOME.

UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE FAST FORWARD FIVE YEARS, MY DAUGHTER IS NOW FURTHER BEHIND THAN SHE'S EVER BEEN IN HER ENTIRE EDUCATION.

AND THAT IS NO FAULT OF THE TEACHERS THAT SHE'S HAD.

HER TEACHERS ARE FANTASTIC.

THIS IS BECAUSE THIS SCHOOL BOARD CONTINUES TO PLAY IDENTITY POLITICS RATHER THAN FOCUS ON THE ONE REAL JOB THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH IS EDUCATING OUR YOUTH.

I KNOW MARVIN AND I HAVE MET WITH HIM MULTIPLE TIMES.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

I THANK MARVIN FOR CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR ALL THE RIGHTS OF ALL KIDS.

THANK YOU. DANIEL, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW.

AND THEN I JUST HAVE A FIRST NAME OF DON.

ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS I'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT BOARD CONDUCT DURING THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING, BUT I THINK I'LL START WITH THIS ONE RELATES TO THE OPERATING PROCEDURES BEING DISCUSSED ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF MOST OF THOSE THINGS.

I THINK DEBATE PUBLIC COMMENT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT YOU ALL DO HERE.

I HAVE THREE QUICK RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN I'LL SIT DOWN WHILE YOU'RE TAKING UP BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXTEND THE DURATION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS TO 45 MINUTES AND INCREASE THE THRESHOLD FROM 20 TO 30 SPEAKERS BEFORE YOU CUT TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS.

AND THIRD, I'D ASK THAT YOU INSTITUTE A RULE THAT REQUIRES EXPLICIT CONSENT FROM SPEAKERS FROM THE PODIUM BEFORE USING THEIR IMAGE, LIKENESS OR WORDS IN ANYTHING ONLINE OR ANYTHING PUBLICLY OTHER THAN POSTING OF THE MEETING.

RECAP ON THE ISD WEBSITE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. I'VE KNOWN MARVIN LOWE FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

I MET HIM ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL LAST YEAR.

SINCE OUR FIRST MEETING, I'VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO HAVE SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. LOWE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

HE HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF WHAT I WOULD CALL A GENTLEMAN.

HE'S VERY CALM AND SELF-EFFACING AND NOTHING LIKE HIS BEEN PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA OR BY THOSE MAKING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM.

THE BEHAVIOR ASCRIBED TO MR. LOWE IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER TO THE MAN I KNOW.

UNFORTUNATELY, PUBLIC ACCUSATIONS SUCH AS THIS CAN TARNISH A MAN'S REPUTATION.

BUT WE DO LIVE IN THE BELIEF THAT GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH AND WILL HELP REVEAL IT.

THANK YOU. DON.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M SORRY. I DON'T HAVE A LAST NAME.

AND THEN MONICA RUSSO, FOLLOWED BY MELINDA PRESTON.

AND THEN OUR FINAL SPEAKER WILL BE JERRY FULLER.

DON GOOCH THANK YOU.

MY MOTHER WAS A TEACHER IN THE TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR 31 YEARS.

MY DAD SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IN OUR LITTLE SMALL TOWN OF CLARENDON, TEXAS.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS.

I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB.

I WISH I WASN'T HERE TONIGHT.

I WISH WE COULD JUST TALK ABOUT EDUCATION.

I WANT TO THANK YOU, MARVIN, FOR BEING A MAN OF INTEGRITY, FOR STANDING UP FOR MY DAUGHTER, FOR NOT HAVING TO BACK DOWN TO THESE ACTIVISTS WHO ARE WANTING BOYS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM WITH MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS.

I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE I'M HERE HAVING TO SPEAK OVER THIS.

HONESTLY, IT'S DISGRACEFUL.

I LIKE THE ALL THESE COMMENTS IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ABOUT HIS ALLEGED COMMENTS.

HOW ABOUT HIS ALLEGED COMMENTS? HE SAID TO THIS YOUNG MAN, HE SAID HE LOVED HIM, JESUS LOVED HIM, THAT HE DIDN'T AGREE WITH WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO, BUT THAT HE LOVED HIM.

THEY SEEM TO HAVE LEFT THAT OUT.

GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR KIDS.

GOOD EVENING. FIRST, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE CHANGES PROPOSED IN AGENDA ITEM THREE.

E PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. I WOULD JUST. THAT CONCERNS ME A BIT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE NOT MAKE THAT MOVE AS.

I FEEL LIKE OUR BOARD MEETINGS WOULD TURN INTO A FREE FOR ALL AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SPEAK OFF TOPIC.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE TOPIC OF CENSURE OF A TRUSTEE.

ITEM 3AI DO WISH THE BOARD HAD THE ABILITY TO TAKE GREATER PUNITIVE ACTION BEYOND CENSURE.

I'LL ACTUALLY SAY THAT I BELIEVE THESE CHARGES.

THESE CHANGES ARE IN RESPONSE TO RECENT ACTIONS THAT HAVE COME TO PUBLIC LIGHT BY ONE BOARD TRUSTEE.

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I COULD NOT IMAGINE ANYONE THINKING IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR AN ADULT TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION WITH A MINOR IN SUCH A WAY.

AS I FREQUENTLY SAY, ONLY THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN GOD TRULY KNOW WHAT OCCURRED.

I SHOULD HOPE THAT THIS TRUSTEE TAKES NEXT STEPS TRULY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF BOTH THIS BOARD AND ITS STUDENTS.

THANK YOU.

RENE, IS IT MY TURN? OKAY, THANKS. WELL, I WANTED TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE ABOUT.

I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GET MY PERMISSION BEFORE YOU BLUR ME OUT.

SO. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M NOT SURE YOUR NAME, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU AFTERWARDS.

I WANT TO SAY THAT I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH LIMITING MINUTES.

WE ARE THE CITIZENS, AND WE DO.

WE SHOULD HAVE OUR SAY IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR SCHOOLS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE SAME THING THAT HE ASKED, THAT INSTEAD OF MAKING A SHORTER 30, MAKE IT 40.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER HIT 30, HAVE WE? 30 SPEAKERS. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE MOVE IT TO 40.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND THEN OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR OUR SPECIAL MEETING IS GERRY FULLER.

DID YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS OR FOR COMMUNITY INPUT? AND I BOTH, SURE.

SHANNON I DON'T I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE A CARD ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANGES BEING PROPOSED TO THE POLICIES SURROUNDING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I'D LIKE TO USE MY TIME TO DRAW A QUICK COMPARISON BETWEEN HOW PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE DONE AT OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS VERSUS OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

LAST WEEK, THE CITY HELD A SPECIAL MEETING REGARDING THE PROPOSED UNIVERSAL THEME PARK.

MUCH LIKE ALLOWING BOYS AND GIRLS BATHROOMS AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS IN LIBRARIES, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT FRISCO RESIDENTS FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT.

BUT UNLIKE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS POLICIES OF THIS BOARD, THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE RESIDENTS EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THEIR MIND.

ALTHOUGH YOU COULD, NO ONE HAD TO SIGN UP BEFORE THE MEETING TO SPEAK.

AFTER EACH PERSON SPOKE, THE COUNCIL ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS NO TIME LIMIT.

NO ONE HAD THEIR MIGHT CUT MID-SENTENCE.

NO ONE HAD TO RUSH THROUGH THEIR COMMENTS AT RECORD SPEED TO GET THEIR THOUGHTS OUT IN A MINUTE OR LESS.

MIND YOU, THE ROOM WAS FULL, YET THEY STILL ALLOWED EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO BE HEARD TO HAVE A TURN WITH NO RESTRICTION ON TIME.

MEANWHILE, SOME ON THIS BOARD ARE TRYING TO ADD MORE RESTRICTIONS TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF BOARD MEETINGS.

SO IF YOU WANT MORE TRUSTEES WHO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS, STOP VOTING FOR THOSE WHO TRY TO SHUT YOU OUT.

AND THEN JERRY FULLER.

HELLO. I'M JERRY FULLER.

FRISCO. I CAN TELL YOU I MET MARVIN AND STEPHANIE A YEAR OR TWO AGO.

OKAY. EVERYBODY THAT I'M ASSOCIATED WITH, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ACTUALLY BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

ALL OF US ARE TIRED OF THE IDENTITY AND THE IDEOLOGIES AND ALL THIS TEACHING GOING ON IN THESE WAYS IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND MARVIN COMES ALONG.

HE'S JUST ONE OF THE ROCK STARS.

HE JUST LOVES KIDS AND WANTS TO WANTS TO MAKE IT EDUCATION, READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, HISTORY.

I MEAN, THE THE WHOLE BIT.

WHAT MORE DO WE WANT? NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CENSORING, TALKING ABOUT CHANGING RULES FOR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CENSOR DALLAS MORNING NEWS SLASH BAD NEWS DOES A HIT PIECE THEY'VE BEEN DOING THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.

ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW THAT IS IS NOT READING GOOD NEWS ANYWAY.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU, WE LOVE MARVIN AND WE'LL BE HERE FOR HIM EVERY TIME YOU.

[3.A. Consider and act on proposed amendment of Board Operating Procedures related to censure of an individual trustee]

MR. STOCKTON, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH EACH OF THESE ITEMS? YES. LET'S FOCUS ON THE FIRST.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST PULL THEM UP.

SO MAKE SURE. TALK ABOUT THE WRONG ONE.

SO. STARTING WITH ITEM A.

SO THIS IS THE THIS IS THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT YOU ALL BROUGHT TO ADJUST THE CENTER PROVISION THAT IS ALREADY IN YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION, THERE ARE ADDITIONS OF OF OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE BOARD.

IF YOU WERE TO CENSURE A TRUSTEE.

RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY LISTED OPTION IS WITHHOLDING A FINANCIAL RESOURCES LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL.

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NONE OF THESE OPTIONS ARE REQUIRED.

NONE OF THEM ARE AUTOMATIC.

IF YOU IF YOU WERE TO DO A CENSURE, THESE ARE JUST ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR YOU.

WE DID WHEN I DRAFTED THEM.

BASED ON THE REQUESTS FROM YOU ALL, I DID MAKE SURE WE INCLUDED IN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE AND THEIR RIGHTS AS A PARENT.

SO THOSE ARE BOTH MENTIONED IN THERE AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT'S IT, UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.

BOARD WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR MR. STOCKTON? WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

I'LL JUST I'LL JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

THIS WAS, I THINK, THE ONE CHANGE THAT I DID NOT REQUEST.

AND I JUST HAVE CONCERNS IN GENERAL ABOUT CENSURE BEING USED AS A AS A WEAPON, WHICH I'VE SEEN IN SOME BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE.

SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ADDING ANYTHING TO THAT LANGUAGE AT THIS TIME.

BUT BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. STOCKTON, IS, IS IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PRECLUDE THE BOARD, IF THERE WAS A REASON THAT THE BOARD DID DECIDE TO CENSURE SOMEONE, TO HAVE AS PART OF THAT ONE OR MORE OF THESE PROVISIONS THAT COULD BE DECIDED UPON AT THE TIME THAT CENSURE WAS VOTED ON? CAN YOU CAN YOU ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD.

YEAH. SO LET'S SAY THE BOARD DECIDED TO CENSURE ME BECAUSE I DECIDED THAT I THINK WE SHOULD PAINT ALL THE WALLS PURPLE IN OUR ADMIN BUILDING IN ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND SO THE BOARD CENSURED ME FOR THAT.

COULD THEY THEN? I KNOW THAT'S A STRANGE EXAMPLE, BUT I'M BEING EXTREME.

YEAH. SO COULD THE BOARD THEN DECIDE, WELL, THEN WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW MRS. ALLARD ONTO OUR CAMPUSES.

WE'RE GOING TO CENSURE HER AND WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW HER ONTO OUR CAMPUSES BECAUSE SHE MIGHT GO AROUND PAINTING THE WALLS PURPLE.

AND WE DON'T WANT THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, YES, THE CENSURE PROVISIONS IN HERE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT LIMITS THE USE OF THESE OPTIONS TO ANY PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A MAJORITY OF THE VOTE OF THE BOARD.

AND IN ANY CENSURE SCENARIO, THE BOARD COULD USE ANY OF THE OPTIONS LISTED.

THANK YOU. THAT HELPS. I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE.

MY QUESTION WAS CLEAR, THOUGH.

SO IF WE DIDN'T IF THIS IF THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T PASS AND ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PROPOSAL IS RELATED TO ALLOWING TRUSTEES ON CAMPUSES. RIGHT. SO IF THIS DOESN'T PASS BUT LATER THE BOARD DECIDES TO PREVENT ME FROM GOING ON TO CAMPUSES AS PART OF MY CENSURE MOTION BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID I'M GOING TO BRING A CAN OF PAINT AND PAINT THE WALLS.

COULD THAT BE DONE AT THAT TIME OF THE CENSURE SO THAT ANY.

SO CALLED PUNITIVE ACTION RELATED TO THE CENSURE COULD BE DECIDED ON AT THAT TIME? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS US FROM DOING THAT? YES. NO, NOT NOT EXPLICITLY TO YOUR POINT, BUT THE BOARD REALLY CAN VOTE AS A MAJORITY TO KIND OF DO WHATEVER IT WANTS WITHIN ITS POWER, WITHIN ITS STATE.

GIVEN POWER, YOU CAN VOTE TO SUSPEND YOUR OWN POLICIES, SUSPEND YOUR OWN PROCEDURES, ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL THINGS YOU ADOPTED, RIGHT, AS A MAJORITY.

SO A MAJORITY OF YOU CAN UNDO ANYTHING YOU'VE DONE AS A MAJORITY.

SO SO YOU COULD THEORETICALLY ADOPT ANY ANYTHING IN A CENSURE RESOLUTION THAT YOU WANTED TO.

SO WE TRY TO PUT THESE PROCEDURES IN PLACE IN WRITING TO MAKE IT CLEARER.

BUT BUT NO, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT EVEN WITHOUT THIS.

THANK YOU. CAN I ACTUALLY HAVE A STATEMENT? DANNY, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO ACTUALLY EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE HAVE IN WRITTEN POLICY VERSUS WHAT THE PROCEDURES ACTUALLY ARE USING THEM AS A GUIDELINE AND NOT NECESSARILY LAW.

SURE. SO OBVIOUSLY, FIRST WE HAVE THE CONSTITUTION, THE STATE CONSTITUTION, THEN WE HAVE STATE LAW, AND THEN EVEN BELOW STATE LAW, WE HAVE LOCAL POLICY, LOCAL BOARD POLICY, WHICH YOU ALL ADOPT AS A BOARD, AND THAT REALLY GOVERNS THE OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT.

THAT GIVES DR.

WALDRIP AND THE REST OF STAFF OUR DIRECTION.

IT KIND OF TELLS US WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROVISIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO HOW Y'ALL OPERATE AS A BOARD, BUT MOST OF THE PROVISIONS THAT GOVERN YOU AS A BOARD, KIND OF YOUR RULES FOR YOURSELVES ARE IN YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS, IS IT'S Y'ALL'S RULES FOR YOURSELVES.

SO I OBVIOUSLY HELP YOU DRAFT THEM, BUT THIS IS REALLY ALL OF THESE CAME FROM FROM YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.

BUT BUT THESE ARE Y'ALL'S RULES FOR YOURSELVES, AND THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR YOU ALL TO KIND OF GOVERN HOW YOU OPERATE AS A BOARD.

AND JUST ONE MORE THING TO THAT.

TYPICALLY, WE USUALLY DO THIS AS AS TRAINING EXERCISE ONCE A YEAR, WHICH IS DONE SOMETIMES IN THE SUMMER.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES.

IT'S NOW BEEN CHANGED.

SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS NOW IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE IT YET.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING.

SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF WAS ALREADY IN THERE.

WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN. YEAH.

SO. SO YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES DO REQUIRE THAT YOU ANNUALLY REEVALUATE THEM.

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SO YOU WOULD BE DUE AGAIN THIS SUMMER.

BUT YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ALSO ALLOWED TWO TRUSTEES TO PUT ANY ITEM ON AN AGENDA.

SO IF TWO TRUSTEES DECIDE THEY WANT TO ADJUST THE OPERATING PROCEDURES AND THEY AND THEY DECIDE TO SUBMIT THAT REQUEST, THEN IT HAS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH ALL OF THE SIX CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE HERE.

THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, DANNY.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WHATEVER WE WRITE, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE PUNITIVE MEASURES OR DISALLOW ANY PUNITIVE MEASURES, WHETHER WE CHANGED OR NOT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CENSURE? SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST A STATEMENT OF KIND OF DISAPPROVAL, REALLY.

SO TO CENSURE A TRUSTEE, IT'S IT'S THERE'S NOTHING NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT THAT LANGUAGE.

IT'S NOT LANGUAGE THAT COMES FROM STATE LAW.

WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A COUPLE OF TIMES.

THERE'S NO RECALL PROVISION FOR BOARD MEMBERS.

THERE'S NO NO WAY FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE TO REMOVE A BOARD MEMBER.

THERE'S NO IMPEACHMENT, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THERE ARE VERY, VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A BOARD MEMBER CAN BE REMOVED, AND THAT'S FOR OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.

IT HAS TO COME FROM A COURT.

IT'S VERY, VERY LIMITED.

AND SO SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE CHOSEN TO, AS A WAY OF GOVERNING THEMSELVES, INCLUDE A CENSURE PROVISION, WHICH IS BASICALLY A BOARD ADOPTING A RESOLUTION TO SAY WE DISAPPROVE OF THIS PARTICULAR CONDUCT, AND THEN WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY TAKING ANY PARTICULAR PUNITIVE ACTIONS THEY CAN.

AND THAT IS DONE IN THE PUBLIC BY A PUBLIC VOTE OF THE BOARD.

IT'S NOT DONE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, CORRECT? IT'S DONE RIGHT. CORRECT.

YOU CAN DISCUSS THINGS POTENTIALLY BEHIND, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN CLOSED SESSION.

BUT EVERY VOTE THAT YOU TAKE HAS TO BE IN PUBLIC AND THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT WOULD BE WHAT YOU WERE VOTING ON.

SO THE ABUSE OF CENSURING A TRUSTEE IS SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC COULD DECIDE UPON.

YES, I'M SPEAKING.

IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

YEAH, WELL, YEAH, JUST LIKE ANY RESOLUTION.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WERE COULD THINK THAT THEY WERE OUT OF ORDER AND MAKE THAT DETERMINATION THEMSELVES.

SO IN ESSENCE, A CENSURE COULD BE A TWO WAY STREET.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S NOT USED APPROPRIATELY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ANY AGAIN, ANY RESOLUTION THAT YOU ALL ADOPT IS IS PUBLIC.

IT'S ATTACHED IN THE PUBLIC BOARD BOOK AND IS SOMETIMES READ IN THE BOARD MEETINGS AND THEN IS VOTED ON PUBLICLY BY THE BOARD.

SO YOU ALL WOULD EACH INDIVIDUALLY HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON ANY CENSURE RESOLUTION.

THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY IT'S DRAFTED AS A RESOLUTION.

THAT'S WHY THIS PROCEDURE REQUIRES A CENSURE RESOLUTION AND NOT JUST A VOTE.

YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE SPECIFIC CONDUCT THAT THE BOARD FINDS TO BE PROBLEMATIC.

THE SPECIFIC PUNITIVE MEASURES THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE DRAFTED OUT WOULD BE DRAFTED OUT IN A RESOLUTION THAT THEN WOULD BE PUBLIC.

YOU KNOW, GIVEN ALL THAT, I.

I'D ADD THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN PART OF A BOARD THAT HAS CENSURED ANOTHER MEMBER.

CERTAINLY HASN'T BEEN DONE IN THE NINE OR SO YEARS THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING UP HERE.

SO THIS BOARD HAS NEVER ABUSED THAT BEFORE.

BUT FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN AND THE FACT THAT IT'S DONE IN PUBLIC AND IT CAN BE PERCEIVED EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY BY THE COMMUNITY, I'M GENERALLY THEN IN FAVOR OF ENUMERATING VARIOUS.

CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD BE ATTACHED TO ONE, AS WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE TONIGHT.

MR. LOW'S POINT NOT MANDATORY, BUT SUGGESTED AND WOULD BE DETERMINED AT THE TIME.

BY THAT BOARD IN PLACE AT THAT TIME.

THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE SOME RESERVATION ABOUT, WHICH I THINK YOU'VE TOLD ME IS ONE THAT'S ALREADY IN BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE BOARD FEELS IS JUST THE ONE ON WITHHOLDING EXCUSE ME, WITHHOLDING FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

JUST A PERSONAL FEELING THAT THIS POSITION IS ALREADY A VERY EXPENSIVE ONE IN TIME AND IN RESOURCES AND.

WHILE I KNOW IT'S NOT.

REQUIRED. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN HERE WHEN WE INCUR EXPENSES AND NEED TO GET THEM REIMBURSED TO HAVE THAT WITHHELD.

CAN AFFECT FAMILIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.

SO ALL THE OTHER ONES MAKE SENSE TO ME.

HEY, DANNY. I JUST HAVE A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON SEE WHERE YOU SHARE IT.

PROHIBITING THE TROUBLE.

WELL, WE ADDED THAT PROHIBITING A TRUSTEE TO ENTER OUR DISTRICT PROPERTIES WITH AN EXCEPTION OF BEING AS A PARENT.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY ARE LIMITED TO THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY'RE STUDENTS? SO, YES.

SO PARENTS IN THE FAMILY CODE AND THE TEXAS FAMILY CODE, PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO ATTEND SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN LIMIT.

ONLY THE COURTS CAN LIMIT THAT, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S DISRUPTIVE.

AND THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME SOME LIMITATIONS.

YOU CAN'T JUST GO AND SIT IN A CLASS ROOM ALL DAY AS A PARENT.

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BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE CAN'T EXCLUDE PARENTS FROM SCHOOL BUILDING.

SO IF WE HAD A BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS CENSURED, WHO WAS A PARENT, THEY'D HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THEIR KIDS, YOU KNOW, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO EAT LUNCH WITH THE STUDENT AT SCHOOL, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO THIS WOULDN'T LIMIT THEM TO ATTENDING A GAME THAT MAY BE AT A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

IF IF THEIR STUDENT WAS PARTICIPATING IN THAT EVENT, THEY'D BE ABLE TO GO TO IT.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF NOT BROAD.

I LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEM A.

MOVE TO.

ADOPT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES RELATED TO CENSURE OF AN INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE WITH THE MODIFICATION OF STRIKING LINE SECTION TO BE A. MOTION BY MR. CLASSY TO ADOPT WITH AMENDING BY STRIKING A WHICH IS WITHHOLDING OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DISALLOWANCE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES. I'LL SECOND, SECOND BY MS..

GILLESPIE ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION WITH THE AMENDED LANGUAGE.

ALL POST. MOTION PASSES.

FIVE TWO. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, CONSIDER AND ACT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT THAT TWO TRUSTEES REQUEST AN ITEM FOR IT

[3.B. Consider and act on proposed amendment of Board Operating Procedures eliminating the requirement that two trustees request an item for it to be placed on a Board agenda]

THIS ONE IS REALLY SIMPLE.

CURRENTLY, IN ORDER FOR AN ITEM TO BE PLACED ON AN AGENDA BY THE BOARD, TWO TRUSTEES HAVE TO REQUEST THAT ITEM.

THIS REMOVES THAT REQUIREMENT FOR TWO TRUSTEES AND WOULD JUST BE ONE TRUSTEE.

FOR SOME COMMENTS. SO I'LL JUST SPEAK TO THAT.

SINCE I DID REQUEST THIS ITEM, I THINK THERE ARE SEVEN REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY OF A TOWN OF OVER 200,000 PEOPLE AND 67,000 STUDENTS.

AND I THINK THAT ANY ONE WHO SITS IN ONE OF THESE SEVEN SEATS HAS THE RIGHT TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME PUSHBACK THAT I'VE HEARD THAT ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST THIS IS THAT THERE COULD BE A ROGUE TRUSTEE THAT PUTS THINGS ON THE AGENDA. BUT AGAIN, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, I THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS OF WHO THEY WANT TO SIT IN EACH OF THESE SEVEN SEATS.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ALSO ADD IS THAT FOR ANY ACTION ITEM, THAT EMOTION WOULD HAVE TO BE NOT ONLY MOVED ON BUT SECONDED IN ORDER TO HAVE A VOTE.

SO IF THERE IS A.

TRUSTEE WHO'S PUTTING THINGS ON THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE THAT DOESN'T GET THE SECOND BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WANTED TO SECOND THAT ITEM.

WHEN IT'S TIME FOR A VOTE, THEN THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE VOTED ON THAT ACTION ITEM.

SO I THINK THAT KIND OF TAKES AWAY SOME OF THE CONCERN ABOUT BEING FORCED TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT NECESSARILY DON'T DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRUSTEE SUPPORT. SO I'LL CLOSE WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ELIMINATING THE TWO TRUSTEE REQUIREMENT.

AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE IF WE'RE FOLLOWING THE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND CORRECTLY, THEN WE WILL REQUIRE A SECOND WHEN WE COME BEFORE A PUBLIC MEETING AND WE'RE PUTTING SOMETHING UP ON THE AGENDA.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IF WHEN WE'RE ACTING TO PLAY SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, IF WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND, THEN HOW DO WE THEN WHEN WE'RE ASKED TO VOTE ON SOMETHING AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET A SECOND, HOW WOULD THAT HOW DOES THAT WORK? YOU JUST THE MOTION WOULD JUST NOT BE VOTED ON.

SO YEAH, SOMEONE MADE THE MOTION AND THERE WAS NO SECOND, THE BOARD JUST WOULDN'T VOTE ON THAT MOTION.

BUT I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. STOCKTON. AND AN ITEM NOT TO BE ACTIONED WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA, AND THE ACTION ITEM COULD ALSO GO ON THE AGENDA.

JUST IF NO ONE SECONDED IT, IT WOULD JUST DIE RIGHT THERE PER ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, AND IT WOULDN'T MOVE TO A VOTE WHERE TRUSTEES WOULD BE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT ONLY ONE TRUSTEE WANTED TO HAVE A VOTE ON.

IS THAT IS THAT ACCURATE? CORRECT. OKAY. SO MAYBE I MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSED.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.

SO IF WE DON'T GET A SECOND TO PLAY SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN'T GET THE SUPPORT OF ANOTHER TRUSTEE TO PLAY SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.

THEN HOW WOULD WE GET THE SUPPORT OF A SECOND WHEN WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING? CAN YOU? I DON'T THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ME.

THAT'S NOT REALLY A LEGAL QUESTION.

I DON'T THINK. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL KNOW THE SHEER AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES FOR STAFF MEMBERS OF THIS DISTRICT TO

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AND IF SOMEONE HAPHAZARDLY IS ABLE TO PUT IT ON 30 AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THERE'S NOT ANOTHER TRUSTEE THAT GOES IN LINE WITH THAT, THEN STAFF IS NOW HAVING TO SPEND THEIR TIME PREPARING PRESENTATIONS AND PULLING DATA AND GIVING US AN ANALYSIS ON THINGS THAT ONE PERSON IS INTERESTED IN AND THAT THERE'S NO SUPPORT FOR. SO I KNOW A LOT OF DISTRICTS ACTUALLY REQUIRE THREE TRUSTEES TO PUT SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA.

I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT EITHER.

BUT I DO THINK HAVING SOMEONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING STAFF'S TIME IN A REASONABLE WAY IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T FEEL THIS WAY, BUT YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF OTHER JOBS THAN JUST REPORTING TO THE BOARD.

SO THAT'S MY THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THAT PROVISION.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. I WASN'T EVEN THINKING OF THAT BEFORE YOU SAID IT.

WHAT I AM THINKING OF, THOUGH, WITH THIS IS.

THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A SECOND.

IF WE WERE STRICTLY FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

WE WOULD BE.

COMING TO AN ACTION ITEM.

MAKING A MOTION.

WAITING FOR A SECOND.

IF WE HAD A SECOND, THEN WE WOULD HAVE DISCUSSION.

AND ONLY IF THERE WAS A SECOND WOULD WE HAVE DISCUSSION.

SO UNDER A STRICT ADHERENCE TO ROBERT'S RULES, IF THERE WASN'T A SECOND PERSON ON THE BOARD WHO WANTED TO ENTERTAIN AN ITEM, WE WOULD NEVER EVEN GET TO DISCUSSING IT AND WE WOULD JUST MOVE ON IN THE AGENDA.

IS THAT THE GOOD UNDERSTANDING? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. BUT THAT DOESN'T GET AROUND YOUR ISSUE.

MS.. ARCHAMBAULT OF STAFF NEEDING TIME TO PREPARE FOR AN AGENDA ITEM, NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO IT OR WHETHER WE'RE NOT GOING TO DIVE INTO IT.

I THINK THE ONLY WAY THAT I WOULD ENTERTAIN.

GOING BACK DOWN TO TO ONE BECAUSE OF THOSE ISSUES WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER ADOPTING A STRICT ADHERENCE TO ROBERT'S RULES SO THAT WE DID THAT BECAUSE I I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, I'VE SAID IT WHEN I'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND HAD THIS QUESTION POSED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES IN MORE THAN ONE ELECTION CYCLE, IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ANY ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES FEELS LIKE IS WORTHY OF OUR TIME, THEN IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD.

HE PUT ON AN AGENDA FOR A MEETING.

I'LL ADD, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE SEEN IT OUT THERE IN SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE. SUPPOSITION MAYBE THAT REQUIRING THAT WE GET A SECOND COULD BE CONSIDERED A WALKING QUORUM, PERHAPS.

AND I GUESS THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT AN ATTORNEY COULD TELL US.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN.

ONE OF US LOOKING FOR A COLLEAGUE TO SAY THAT AN ITEM OR A TOPIC IS WORTHY OF DISCUSSION.

IS DIFFERENT FROM SAYING THAT THEY'LL SUPPORT IT ONCE IT COMES UP FOR A VOTE.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY CONGRESS BEHAVES AND THERE AREN'T A LOT OF GOOD EXAMPLES, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO IS THEY VOTE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE.

AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF HOW I SEE THIS BEING TOO, BUT NOT GOING ON ANY FURTHER.

I THINK I'D ONLY SUPPORT DOING THIS IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT DOING A STRICT ADHERENCE TO ROBERT'S RULES SO THAT WE HAD THE MOTION SECOND AND THEN DISCUSSION.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEFORE US TONIGHT.

FORWARD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEM B.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT THAT TWO TRUSTEES REQUEST AN ITEM FOR IT TO BE PLACED ON A BOARD AGENDA MOTION BY MS.. ALLEN. SECOND BY MR. LOW. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL THE POST.

MOTION FAILS. FIVE TWO.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM C, CONSIDER AND ACT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, ADJUSTING THE ORDER OF BOARD MEETING AGENDAS.

[3.C. Consider and act on proposed amendment of Board Operating Procedures adjusting the order of Board meeting agendas]

THIS WOULD JUST REQUIRE PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECOGNITIONS AND BEFORE ANY NON ACTION DISCUSSION ITEMS OR PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ON AN AGENDA. BOARD.

QUESTIONS. COMMENTS.

I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE I RECOMMENDED THIS CHANGE AS WELL.

I'VE SEEN MANY TIMES AND EVEN JUST MY SHORT TENURE IN THE BOARD WHERE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING TO ADDRESS THEIR BOARD, AND WE DON'T EVER KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT TIME IS GOING TO COME.

COULD BE 8:00, COULD BE 915, COULD BE 1030 BASED ON HOW MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, FOR RECOGNITION, ETC..

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TAKE THE TIME TO SHOW UP TO OUR MEETINGS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

I KNOW WE HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT, BUT WE DON'T TEND TO HAVE AS MANY ACTION ITEMS, IF ANY.

TONIGHT'S KIND OF AN EXCEPTION TO THAT.

TYPICALLY, COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHTS ARE REALLY JUST RELATED TO HEARING THE COMMUNITY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WISH TO COME

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AND I SEE THEM WALKING OUT BECAUSE THEY JUST GET TIRED OF WAITING.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT UP EARLIER.

I KNOW THAT SOME DISTRICTS DO THIS TYPICALLY AFTER THE RECOGNITION OR IN SOME CASES BEFORE, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THEM THAT CHANCE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE ALL NIGHT. SOME OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE GO THROUGH CAN BE CAN BE LONG AND TEDIOUS.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS US AS A BOARD IN THAT WAY.

I'M I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THAT.

I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'VE GOT KIDS AT HOME WAITING ON YOU TO DO THINGS THAT.

WAITING FOR YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.

PUBLIC INPUT IS DIFFICULT AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN EXACTLY IT'S GOING TO BE AND HOW LATE IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND BUT HERE'S HERE'S WHY.

I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT IT'S CURRENTLY STRUCTURED IS IS A BETTER WAY THE WAY WE INTENDED.

PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

THE WAY WE CURRENTLY DO THE AGENDA IS WE HAVE ALL PRESENTATIONS.

AND DISCUSSION ITEMS AT THE FRONT AFTER RECOGNITIONS, THEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN ACTION ITEMS, RIGHT? CORRECT. SOMETIMES AN ACTION ITEM WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT IS DONE AT THE TIME OF THE ACTION ITEM.

WE HAVE ON VERY RARE OCCASIONS, SPLIT THEM INTO A PRESENTATION AND THEN ACTED ON THE SAME ITEM LATER IN THE MEETING.

BUT MOST OF THE TIME YOU HAVE NON ACTION AGENDA ITEMS, PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN ACTION ITEMS. SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF WE OBVIOUSLY MAKE A DECISION AND VOTE AFTER WE'VE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM NOT ONLY STAFF ON AN ITEM BUT FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE'RE FULLY INFORMED THEN BY EVERYBODY WHO'S TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW UP AND WHAT STAFF HAS TO SAY PROFESSIONALLY ON THE TOPIC. I LIKE THE IDEA OF PUBLIC COMMENT ALSO BEING INFORMED BY THOSE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE THEY.

AH, GIVEN THAT WAY IT'S A MORE INFORMED SPEAKER AND THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION STILL TO THE BOARD BEFORE WE ACTUALLY VOTE AND MAKE A DECISION.

THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

AS EARLY AS IN THE MEETING AS IT CAN BE, I AGREE WITH.

BUT AFTER STAFF PRESENTATIONS I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THAT REASON.

COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN WE DON'T DO SPECIAL MEETINGS LIKE WE DID TONIGHT, COMMUNITY INPUT NOT EXISTS.

AND THAT'S A CERTAINTY OF THE START TIME.

6:30 P.M..

IF YOU NEED MORE CERTAINTY, COME AND SPEAK AT ONE OF THOSE AND YOU CAN DO IT ON ANYTHING.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM, TOPIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT CAN BE ANY TOPIC YOU WANT AND WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ON A MONTHLY BASIS AS WELL.

SO. I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.

WHEN SOMEBODY WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO COMMENT EXCUSE ME ON A PARTICULAR ACTION ITEM OR AGENDA ITEM, THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. SO IS THAT YOUR SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION THEY'LL CHANGE THEIR MIND OR THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY BASED ON GETTING THE PRESENTATION? JOHN. YES, I THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE.

YEAH. I MEAN, IF ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NEW INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO ABSORB OR WASN'T AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO ABSORB BEFORE THE MEETING.

I THINK MY COLLEAGUE HAS ALREADY SAID SEVERAL POINTS THAT I ALREADY WANTED TO SAY, MR. GLASSIE. SO BUT YEAH, I DO AGREE THAT WE DO HAVE TO RESPECT THE TIME OF THE PARENTS.

A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME COMING HERE AND THEN GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, WATCH SOME OF OUR STUDENTS GET SOME ACCOLADES BEING RECOGNIZED, SOME OF OUR TEAMS. I THINK THAT WILL HELP THEM TO GET A BIGGER PICTURE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALSO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TOPIC THEY ARE ABOUT TO SPEAK SOMETIMES IF IT IS WITHIN THE AGENDA UNDER THE VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT HE ALREADY MENTIONED, WE ALREADY HAVE THE COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHTS AND THEN THESE TWO ARE NOT THE ONLY WAYS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD.

WE HAVE THE LEADERS EMAIL AND THEN INDIVIDUAL EMAILS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITES AND IF THERE IS ANY NEED TO MEET THE PRINCIPAL OR THE SPECIFIC CAMPUS AND THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALSO THERE.

SO WE ARE IN NO WAY LIMITING ANYBODY FROM COMMUNICATING WITH ANY ONE OF US.

AND I THINK KEEPING THE WAY IT IS WILL JUST ENSURE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGH THIS BOARD MEETINGS. TO BE CLEAR, THE PROPOSAL IS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTER RECOGNITION, BEFORE DISCUSSION ITEMS CORRECT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

IF NOT, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, ADJUSTING THE ORDER OF BOARD MEETING AGENDAS.

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SO I GOT MY MR. LOW. ALL IN FAVOR.

I'LL POST. MOTION FAILS.

[3.D. Consider and act on proposed amendment of Board Operating Procedures adjusting the structure of public comment]

MR. STOCKTON. SO EXCUSE ME.

SORRY. SO THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX.

THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO BASICALLY ADJUST THE ORDER THAT WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION IN.

SO THIS IS KIND OF HARD TO EXPLAIN.

THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING THAT CAN HAPPEN ON CERTAIN ITEMS. AND HONESTLY, STATE LAW IS NOT VERY CLEAR ON HOW THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT THAN PUBLIC COMMENT, EXCEPT THAT IT HAS TO BE LISTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND YOU ALL HAVE THAT ON THINGS LIKE THE BUDGET, THE TAX RATE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE ITEMS, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM IN THAT HEARING, AND THEN THEY CAN SEPARATELY SIGN UP TO SPEAK IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALLING PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN YOUR IN YOUR PROCEDURES.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT'S BROKEN UP RIGHT NOW.

THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD A THIRD SECTION TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION CALLED STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY.

AND THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY SPLIT WHAT IS CURRENTLY PUBLIC TESTIMONY INTO TWO SECTIONS STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY, TESTIMONY AND THEN PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY WOULD BE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM FRISCO ISD PARENTS, EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS AND OTHER FRISCO ISD RESIDENTS.

AND THEN PUBLIC TESTIMONY WOULD BE EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO THE STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY WOULD BE FIRST WITHIN THAT SECTION.

IT WOULD STILL BE BASED ON WHO SIGNED UP FIRST.

IT WOULD STILL BE IN THE SAME ORDER AS WHO SIGNED UP.

AND THEN ONCE WE WERE DONE WITH STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY, WE'D MOVE TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY, WHICH WOULD BE ANYBODY NOT IN ONE OF THOSE GROUPS.

AND AGAIN, IT WOULD STILL BE IN THE ORDER THEY SIGNED UP ALL OF THE SAME RULES IN TERMS OF TIME LIMITS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF APPLIES.

IT'S JUST CHANGING THE ORDER IN WHICH WE HEAR FROM FROM PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I GUESS JUST A QUESTION. WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR FOR STRUCTURING IT THIS WAY VERSUS THE WAY WE'RE CURRENTLY STRUCTURING IT? I WOULD DEFER TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO REQUESTED THE ITEM ON THAT.

YEAH, I WAS ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT REQUESTED THAT.

I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, THE SECTION OF OUR MEETINGS HAS BECOME A BIT MORE HEATED.

AND AS OF LATE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ON THE STREAM KNOW IF THEY'RE HEARING FROM FRISCO ISD CONSTITUENTS OR IF THEY'RE HEARING FROM SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT.

SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

IN THE ORDER THAT YOU LAID IT OUT? MR. STOCKTON THAT WOULD ALSO ALLOW STAKEHOLDERS, AS YOU DEFINE THEM, TO SPEAK FIRST AND EARLIER IN THE EVENING THAN.

CORRECT. YEAH, I'D GO STAKEHOLDERS FIRST AND THEN THE REST OF THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

HOW WOULD THAT BE DETERMINED? SO WHEN THEY WHEN THEY SIGN UP, THEY HAVE TO SO EVERYONE HAS TO SUBMIT THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN THEY SIGN UP AS PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM.

SO WE WOULD ORDER BASED ON THAT, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US.

FORWARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, LOOK FOR MOTION.

MOVE TO ADOPT A PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, ADJUSTING THE STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC COMMENT.

ITEM THREE D MOTION BY MR. KWESI. SECOND BY MR. PONANGI. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSE. MOTION PASSES SIX ONE.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM E, CONSIDER AND ACT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS OR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS.

[3.E. Consider and act on proposed amendment of Board Operating Procedures allowing public comment on non-agenda items at regular Board meetings]

IT WILL JUST ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS AT REGULAR MEETINGS.

RIGHT NOW PUBLIC COMMENT IS ONLY ALLOWED ON AGENDA ITEMS AND IN ORDER TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM THAT'S.

AT COMMUNITY INPUT AND I'D ONLY.

BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO IN ADDITION TO OUR CONSTITUENTS SPEAKING ON OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS, THEY WILL ALSO DO SO IN COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT.

YES, THIS CHANGE DOES NOT DOES NOT REMOVE COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT.

SO IT'S THE SAME THING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

I DON'T I DON'T SEE IT HERE NOW, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SUGGESTED TO REMOVE COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHTS.

IS THAT NOT THE CASE AT THIS POINT IN TIME? SO I'LL DEFER TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO REQUESTED THAT THAT WAS WITHDRAWN.

REQUEST WAS WITHDRAWN. OKAY.

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I KNOW THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT AND SOMETIMES IT'S WELL ATTENDED LIKE TONIGHT, WHICH IS GREAT AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT.

BUT I DO AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT I'VE REQUESTED IS A CHANGE BACK TO HOW I BELIEVE THE BOARD USED TO OPERATE WHERE WE USED TO ALLOW COMMENTS ON BOTH.

AND I'VE NOTICED THE LAST FEW MEETINGS WE HAVE ALLOWED COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. SPEAKERS HAVE TALKED ON THINGS THAT WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA AND WE ALLOWED IT.

SO I THINK AGAIN, SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO ADDRESS THEIR BOARD DURING THE REGULAR POSTED BOARD MEETING VERSUS THE COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT BOARD MEETINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN.

COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHTS CAN BE CANCELED FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE OR REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR BOARD ON WHATEVER THEY WISH IS IMPORTANT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS PROPOSING A CHANGE TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT WE USED TO DO THAT WAS PRIOR TO MY TENURE ON THE BOARD, I BELIEVE, BUT IT USED TO BE THAT WAY.

BOARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO GET A CLARIFICATION.

SO IS THE REQUEST TO STOP THE THE COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT IN FUTURE? THAT PART OF THIS COMMISSION WAS REMOVED.

IT'S JUST WE'RE JUST JUST REMOVING THE NON AGENDA ITEM, REMOVING THE AGENDA ITEM REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE VOTING ON FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

INPUT NIGHTS WILL STILL STAY.

SO YEAH, IF THIS CHANGE WAS ADOPTED YOU WOULD HAVE NON AGENDA ITEM.

YOU COULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS AT BOTH YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS, YOUR SPECIAL MEETINGS, YOUR WORKSHOPS, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU WOULD ALSO STILL HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT. NIGHT WHERE PEOPLE COULD SPEAK ON ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT. SORRY FOR GETTING ON THIS.

SO THAT MEANS EVEN IF SOMEBODY IS NOT EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, THE NON AGENDA ITEM IS NOT DISCUSSED ON A SPECIFIC BOARD MEETING, THEN WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THE NON AGENDA ITEM ON A COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT.

CURRENTLY, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THANKS. I LIKE THE IDEA.

I MEAN, I COULD GO EITHER WAY ON THIS ONE, REALLY.

BUT. BUT WHERE MY HEAD'S AT CURRENTLY WITH IT IS WE HAVEN'T IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG SINCE WE'VE MADE THESE CHANGES TO IT.

AND I'D REALLY IF I THINK WHERE MY HEAD'S AT WITH IT RIGHT NOW IS TO, TO LET THIS PRACTICE CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SEE HOW THAT GOES WITH CONTINUING TO HAVE THE MONTHLY COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHTS.

AND THEN. YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT PRACTICE AT OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS AND SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGS AND THEN REVISIT THIS IN THE SUMMERTIME.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT'S NOT WORKING TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH A FRESH CALENDAR THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE AT THAT TIME AND AND KNOW AND PREPARE FOR, AS OPPOSED TO THESE KNEE JERK BACK AND FORTH THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE NOW FOR A FULL YEAR, BUT IF IT HAS, IT HASN'T BEEN FOR MUCH LONGER THAN THAT.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ME SPEAKING OUT LOUD, THINKING OUT LOUD.

I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS AT REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS.

MOTION BY MS.. ALLEN.

SECOND BY MR. LOW. ALL IN FAVOR? I'LL POST. MOTION FAILS.

WELL, NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM F, CONSIDER AN ACT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES REQUIRING TRUSTEES TO NOTIFY THE BOARD OF CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS.

[3.F. Consider and act on proposed amendment of Board Operating Procedures requiring Trustees to notify the Board of certain investigations]

THE SUBJECT OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ALLEGATIONS OF EITHER SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A CHILD OR ASSAULT OF A CHILD TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THAT INVESTIGATION TO THE BOARD.

IT IS LIMITED TO JUST CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THOSE SITUATIONS AND THEN IT WOULD REQUIRE IT ACTUALLY THE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION ACTUALLY WOULD GO TO THE BOARD, PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT IF IT WAS THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAKING THE NOTIFICATION.

AND THEN IT WOULD REQUIRE THE BOARD TO HOLD A.

A DISCUSSION OF THAT IN CLOSED SESSION FIVE WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF THAT REPORT BEING RECEIVED.

BEFORE WE TALK A BIT ABOUT THIS IN AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STEPHANIE AND I ADDED TO THE AGENDA, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A MECHANISM BY WHICH A REPORT ON SOME TYPE OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS REPORTED TO THE BOARD.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, OBVIOUSLY, THAT EVERY POSSIBLE SAFEGUARD THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR NOT ONLY TRUSTEES, BUT JUST AS WE WOULD FOR EMPLOYEES IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT IF THERE IS A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION THAT IS HAPPENING WITH A TRUSTEE, THAT THAT REQUIREMENT TO REPORT EXISTS.

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SO IT'S MORE OF JUST A SAFETY NET, JUST MUCH LIKE WE HAVE IN OUR FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR DISTRICT.

WELL, ONE OTHER THING I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE IS WE DID MAKE A SLIGHT CHANGE TO WHAT THIS FROM WHAT WAS POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

SO TO SEE OR WHAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA TO SEE WAS ORIGINALLY ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.

AND THAT PROVISION WAS JUST ABOUT MAKING IT CLEAR THAT ONCE THIS REPORT HAS BEEN MADE AND THE BOARD HAS HAD THIS CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSION, IF THE BOARD FELT LIKE IT WAS APPROPRIATE, THE BOARD COULD IMMEDIATELY THEN MOVE TO CENSURE, NOT IN THE SAME MEETING, BUT COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CENSURE PROCEDURES THAT ARE LAID OUT IN SECTION THREE AND WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH KIND OF THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN SECTION ONE.

THE WAY THAT IT'S STRUCTURED, IT WAS IT WASN'T REALLY CLEAR WITHOUT TO SEE, BUT BASED ON CONCERNS OF IT KIND OF APPEARING REDUNDANT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, WE WE REMOVED TO SEE AND ADDED INSTEAD IN THE NEW SECTION THREE.

AND THAT FIRST LINE, IF AFTER THE DISCUSSION OF A CONCERN OR A REPORT UNDER SECTION TWO, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THOSE CENSURE PROVISIONS CAN BE GONE RIGHT INTO AFTER THIS REPORT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE CLEAR.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU FOLLOWING ALONG ON BOARD BOOK THAT IS ON PAGE 150 AND IT'S SECTION TWO PROVISIONS, SEE THAT WE ADOPT WE WE AMENDED THE LANGUAGE IN CLOSED SESSION.

SO WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION, WHOEVER DECIDES TO DO SO, JUST PLEASE MAKE SURE TO MENTION THAT AMENDED LANGUAGE.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I DID REQUEST THIS ITEM AND I THANK PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT FOR PARTNERING WITH ME AND SECONDING IT JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INCIDENT OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT WHERE THIS ACTUALLY DID OCCUR.

AND I FELT LIKE FOR A GOOD FAITH MEASURE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE AGREE TO HOLD OURSELVES RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH WE SERVE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO ANY KIND OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REGARDING SOMETHING TOWARDS A CHILD.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE REASON OR THE GENESIS FOR THAT.

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

PRESIDENT MARSHALL ARCHAMBAULT WOULD YOU MIND MAKING THE MOTION? I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT, BUT YOU JUST ADDED THAT LANGUAGE, AND I'M AFRAID I MIGHT.

SO I MOVED TO.

I MOVED TO APPROVE, CONSIDER AND ACT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE REQUIRING TRUSTEES TO NOTIFY THE BOARD OF CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS WITH THE AMENDED LANGUAGE ON TWO C THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY ME, SECOND BY MS. GILLARD. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. SEVEN ZERO.

[3.G. Consider and act on a resolution authorizing the chief appraiser or other employee of the appraisal district to act as agent for the school district]

LET ME MAKE SURE THAT'S CORRECT.

YES. ITEM G, CONSIDER AND ACT ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF APPRAISER OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO ACT AS AN AGENT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MRS. SMITH. BEFORE WE GO ON TO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR. STOCKTON BECAUSE I PROBABLY SENT HIM TWO DOZEN EMAILS ABOUT ALL OF THESE CHANGES, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF HIS UPDATING THE LANGUAGE.

SO THANK YOU. ITEM G IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF APPRAISER OR ANOTHER DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL AT THE COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO FILE A PROPERTY VALUE PROTEST ON OUR BEHALF.

THIS STEMS FROM THE RELEASE OF THE CONTROLLER.

SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY VALUE STUDY FINDINGS, WHICH WERE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 1ST.

EVERY SUMMER, THE COUNTY APPRAISAL OUR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICTS CERTIFY PROPERTY VALUES TO THE COMPTROLLER.

THEY GO THROUGH A PROPERTY VALUE STUDY AND THEN THEY LET US KNOW WHETHER THEIR FINDINGS IN THAT STUDY ARE EITHER VALID OR INVALID.

AND INVALID JUST MEANS THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF A 5% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL.

OURS, IN THE COLLIN COUNTY PORTION OF THE DISTRICT WERE FOUND TO BE INVALID OR OUTSIDE THAT CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR THIS YEAR.

THIS IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WE DID WRONG.

IT'S ALSO NOT UNUSUAL, ESPECIALLY IN A YEAR LIKE WE'VE HAD, WHERE PROPERTY VALUES HAVE JUST BEEN GOING CRAZY.

THE COUNTY APPRAISES VALUES AS OF JULY 1ST.

THEY'RE NOT STUDIED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO IT HAPPENS.

WE HAVE 40 DAYS TO FILE A PROTEST WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT CAN DO THAT ON OUR BEHALF, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO SINCE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE ALL THE DATA AND AND CERTIFIED THE PROPERTY VALUES TO BEGIN WITH.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE TO APPROVE AS OUR GOVERNING BODY FOR THE CAMERA OR FOR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO FILE THAT PROTEST ON OUR BEHALF.

BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS..

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MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF APPRAISER OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ACT AS AGENT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSY BY MS..

DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.

[3.H. Consent Agenda]

SO DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY? WE WANT TO DO THOSE FIRST OR VOTE ON THE OTHER TWO.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

SO REGARDING THE MS. SCHOOL DAY WAIVER REQUEST, I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS REALLY AN EXPLANATION OF JUST HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THIS.

SO WE. WE CALENDAR IN OR WE ADD TO THE CALENDAR TWO DAYS A YEAR TO USE FOR BAD WEATHER IF WE HAVE TO CANCEL SCHOOL.

SO THEN WE MAKE UP THOSE DAYS WHERE I GUESS I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THIS NOT JUST THIS YEAR BUT OTHER YEARS AS WELL, WHERE WE WE HAVE THE BAD WEATHER DAYS, BUT THEN WE DON'T USE THE BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAYS.

AND SO I'M HAVING A HARD TIME KIND OF WRAPPING MY MIND AROUND A HOW THAT WORKS AND B, WHY WE WOULD DO IT THAT WAY.

SO I SEE WEST NODDING HIS HEAD.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME OR NOT, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE AN EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. I WILL DO MY BEST.

SO WE TYPICALLY DO BUILD IN A COUPLE OF BAD WEATHER DAYS IN A GENERAL CALENDAR THAT IS BASICALLY A LITTLE BIT OF SECURITY.

SO DO WE NOT WE DO NOT HAVE TO EXTEND THE SCHOOL YEAR.

A FEW YEARS AGO T REQUIRED US TO HAVE X AMOUNT OF CALENDAR DAYS OF INSTRUCTION.

A FEW YEARS AFTER THAT, THEY CHANGED IT TO A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF MINUTES INVOLVING AN INSTRUCTION AND WE GENERALLY HAVE ABOUT 6 TO 8 MINUTES PER DAY KIND OF ALREADY IN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES CALENDAR BUILT IN SO THAT WE MEET ALL OF THE GUIDELINES.

PLUS BEST PRACTICE ALLOWS US SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT'S ACTUALLY TURNED INTO US BEING ALLOWED TO BANK X AMOUNT OF MINUTES IN A SCHOOL YEAR BASED ON ALL THE CURRENT GUIDELINES.

AND SO THIS GIVES US SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO DEAL WITH INCLEMENT WEATHER OR OTHER SAFETY ISSUES THAT CAN ARISE.

SO THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, WE HAD THOSE FOUR DAYS, JANUARY 31ST, FEBRUARY 1ST, SECOND AND THIRD DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER WHERE WE TOOK OFF ORIGINALLY TO ENSURE WE FOLLOW TO GUIDELINES, WE HAD WE HAD ENOUGH BANKED INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES FOR THREE OF THOSE DAYS, EXHAUSTED THOSE BANKED MINUTES.

SO WE'RE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO TO NEED TO USE ONE OF OUR BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAYS FOR THAT FOURTH DAY THAT WE MISSED.

AND SO WE NOTIFIED OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE IN SCHOOL ON THE BED WEATHER MAKEUP DAY, APRIL THE 28TH.

AND ABOUT A WEEK LATER, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS BEEN BEEN A CHANGE IN THE RULES FOR WHAT'S CALLED A MISSED SCHOOL DAY WAIVER REQUEST.

PREVIOUSLY, DISTRICTS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR SUCH A WAIVER.

UNDER OUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WE'RE REQUIRED TO USE OUR BAD WEATHER DAYS, SPECIFICALLY PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR A MISSED SCHOOL DAY WAIVER.

AFTER THE WINTER STORM, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT THESE RULES HAD BEEN RELAXED AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF MISSED SCHOOL DAY WAIVERS IN ADDITION TO USING SOME BANKED INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES.

AND SO IT'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OCCURRED ON PRETTY SHORT ORDER THAT THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO KEEP APRIL 28TH AS A AS A BELLWETHER HOLIDAY.

SHOULD THE BOARD APPROVE ADMINISTRATION TO SEEK THIS WAIVER AND THEN SHOULD TO GRANT THE WAIVER? THAT'S WHY THIS IS SET UP THIS WAY.

IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT I KNOW A LOT OF OUR STAFF, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES HAD ALREADY KIND OF PLANNED THAT DAY OFF.

AND IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT HISTORICALLY, OUR BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAYS ARE PRETTY LOW FROM A FROM AN ATTENDANCE STANDPOINT.

SO I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU WHAT YOU NEED.

I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT I'M STILL HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING IS WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST USE THOSE AS INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND 8 MINUTES A DAY ADDS UP, BUT.

BUT WE MISSED THREE OR FOUR INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS RIGHT FROM THIS ICE STORM, SO WHY WOULDN'T WE? IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GETTING ALL THE LEARNING THAT WE NEED, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY'RE ON THE CALENDAR? I'M NOT ADVOCATING ADDING ANY EXTRA DAYS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT WHY? WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST USE ONE OR MORE OF THESE DAYS TO HELP MAKE UP SOME INSTRUCTION THAT WE HAVE TO ADMIT WAS LIKELY MISSED WHEN WE WERE CLOSED FOR. FOR SO MANY DAYS DUE TO THE ICE.

SO I'LL NOTE THAT OUR PATIENT GUIDES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADJUSTED.

TEACHERS ARE ALREADY PREPARED FOR THESE CONTINGENCIES.

TALKING WITH EACH OF OUR PRINCIPALS, THIS WILL BE PRETTY WELL RECEIVED BY OUR STAFF AND I'VE GOT PRETTY GOOD ASSURANCES BY OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, THAT OUR OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE OKAY WITH THIS AND SO WILL OUR STAFF.

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AND THEN WHO IS TAKING QUESTIONS FOR THE CONTRACT WITH TROY? MARK, I THINK I AM.

OKAY. SO I WAS LOOKING AT THIS CONTRACT AND. SORRY.

I'M JUST. I'VE GOT TO SCROLL DOWN TO THAT.

JUST GIVE ME ONE MINUTE.

AND WHAT I SAW, THE NUMBER.

I KIND OF DROPPED MY JAW A LITTLE BIT WITH THE NUMBER FOR THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE IT'S 767,000, I THINK.

FOR THIS AND SORRY, I SCROLL TOO FAR.

LET ME GO BACK UP.

AND THIS IS TO UPDATE THE SERVING LINES SO IN THE CAFETERIA.

FOUR. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FOUR CAMPUSES, IS THAT RIGHT? FIVE CAMPUSES.

SO 765,000 TO UPDATE THE SERVING LINES OF FIVE OF OUR CAMPUSES IS.

OK CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS? THAT SEEMS REALLY EXPENSIVE TO ME.

I REALIZE I'M STILL NEW WITH THIS, BUT THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR FIVE CAMPUSES AND I DUG IN A LITTLE.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF IT WAS REFRIGERATION, BUT.

AND OTHER THINGS. BUT CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH WHAT? WHAT THIS IS AND HOW OFTEN WE HAVE TO DO THIS AND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS NOW FOR THESE FIVE CAMPUSES.

AND JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND WOULD BE GREAT.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR THESE FIVE CAMPUSES THAT WE'VE DONE THIS UPDATE.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU SAW REFRIGERATION.

THERE'S ALSO HEATING TRAYS.

SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE.

IN THIS CONTRACT ARE THESE BIG RACKS THAT MAY HOLD PIZZA AND THEY HAVE WARMERS BUILT INTO THEM SO THAT THE PIZZA STAYS WARM AS KIDS COME THROUGH AND PICK UP A PIZZA BOX IN THE LA CARTE LINES. SO A LOT OF IT'S REFRIGERATED AND HEATED ITEMS. THERE ARE SOME POINT OF SALE REGISTERS IN HERE AS WELL.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE CAMPUSES AND YOU BREAK IT DOWN TO 140,000 PER CAMPUS, AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ON THOSE CAMPUSES WE'VE HAD TO DO THIS.

FOOD SERVICES IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A LONG TERM PLAN TO GO AND LOOK AT REPLACING OUTDATED EQUIPMENT AT MULTIPLE CAMPUSES.

SO THIS WON'T BE THE.

THE ONLY ITEM LIKE THIS YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE.

THIS THIS KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR REFRESH ITEMS THAT WE DO IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WHEN SCHOOLS HIT 15, 20, 25 YEARS OLD, THINGS AGE NEED REPLACING.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

IS THIS INCLUDED IN ANY KIND OF BOND FUNDING OR IS THIS JUST FROM OUR GENERAL? THIS IS BEING PAID FOR FROM THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND.

THAT FUND IS A STANDALONE FUND.

SO IT PAYS PAYS FOR ITSELF THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN FROM STUDENTS PAYING FOR LUNCHES IN ADDITION TO THE FEDERAL REVENUE FOR SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST REIMBURSEMENT IS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR ALL OF THE EXPENSES OF THE PROGRAM.

SO SHE'S THERE USING THEIR THEIR FUND BALANCE ESSENTIALLY TO PAY FOR THIS.

THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT, BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER SEEING THAT IT WAS IN THERE NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT.

SO SO THESE FUNDS COME OUT OF THAT AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS ARE BUDGETED FOR WITHIN THAT FUND.

RIGHT. THIS IS PART OF ACTUALLY A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PROGRAM IS THAT THE THE FUND CANNOT CARRY EXCESS FUND BALANCE.

SO THEY CAP THE THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS CAP HOW MUCH MONEY YOU CAN HAVE IN FUND BALANCE IN THAT FUND BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE STIMULUS FUNDING THAT CAME THROUGH DURING COVID WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FOR FREE.

WE BUILT UP A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FUND BALANCE AND HAVE EXCEEDED THAT CAP.

AND SO THE REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU EXCEED IT IS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SPEND IT DOWN.

GENERALLY, THOSE PLANS ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO SPEND ONE TIME.

MONEY IS ON CAPITAL THINGS.

AND SO THIS IS PART OF THAT PLAN.

THANK YOU. BOARD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL SEPARATE THESE OUT.

I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEMS TWO AND THREE.

MOVE TO ADOPT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND THREE MOTION BY MR. CLASSY, SECOND BY MS..

DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THEN WE WILL VOTE ON ONE AND FOUR INDEPENDENTLY.

SO I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON ITEM ONE MOVE TO ADOPT ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF MISSED SCHOOL DAY WAIVER REQUEST MOTION BY MR. CLARK, SECOND BY MR. DAVIS.

ALL IN FAVOR I MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO AND I'LL LOOK FOR AN ITEM A MOTION ON ITEM FOUR.

I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGREEMENT WITH TRY MARK STRATEGIC EQUIPMENT LLC.

MOTION BY MR. SCOTT, BY MR. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. SEVEN ZERO.

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WE WILL. THE BOARD IS GOING TO TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK TO BEGIN COMMUNITY INPUT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

WE'LL RETURN IN 5 MINUTES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.