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>> WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. WE ARE WAITING ON MISS DAVIS, WHO I THINK IS IN ROUTE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MY OWN SELF BEING A FEW MINUTES BEHIND.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A LITTLE PATIENT ON THIS VERY BUSY MONDAY.
IT IS AUGUST 25TH, 2025, AT 5:08 P.M. WE CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING.
AT THIS POINT, I WILL HAND IT DIRECTLY OFF TO MISS MC.
[1. Discussion regarding Apptegy]
>> THANK YOU. I BROUGHT FRIENDS WITH ME THIS EVENING.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT A PRODUCT CALLED APPTEGY.
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, MY DEPARTMENT STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND DIGGING INTO WHAT OTHER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS MIGHT BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THESE INDIVIDUALS, THESE SIX PRINCIPLES THAT ARE REPRESENTING ALL 77 OF OUR PRINCIPLES WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATIONS.
AS WE WERE DIGGING INTO OUR DATA THAT WE GET BACK FROM OUR PARENT SURVEYS, AS WE WERE TALKING TO PRINCIPALS, AS WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM ON THEIR COMMUNICATIONS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE HAD INITIATIVES THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN REGARDS TO COMMUNICATIONS AND CAMPUS COMMUNICATIONS.
GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING? WHERE DO THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM? REALLY, TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET.
WE CAME TO A TURNING POINT WHEN OUR CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, CMS, IF YOU HEAR ME SAY THAT, CMS IS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING IN AND OUT.
WHEN IT GOT SOLD TO A MUCH LARGER COMPANY, AND AS ANYONE ALWAYS HAS CONCERNS, THERE COULD BE ISSUES WHEN THAT TRANSITION HAPPENS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ISSUES SINCE THAT TRANSITION HAPPENED.
WE HAVE SEEN A MASSIVE DECLINE IN SERVICES, GETTING DATA BACK, THE AVAILABILITY OF TOOLS.
TYPICALLY, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THEY WANT TO UPCHARGE YOU FOR LITTLE THINGS THAT ONCE UPON A TIME, THEY WOULD JUST DO SO THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING A GOOD SERVICE.
AS WE WERE SEARCHING FOR NEW CMSS, WE REALLY STARTED DIGGING INTO WHAT ADDITIONAL POSSIBILITIES THERE WERE.
FIRST, CISD IS VERY UNIQUE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS, AND WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE BUILD AND HOUSE OUR OWN WEBSITES, AND WE DO THAT FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON AS WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS.
OUR PARENTS NEED CERTAIN ITEMS AND INFORMATION UP ON OUR WEBSITE, THAT IF WE WENT WITH A COOKIE-CUTTER WEBSITE THAT MANY OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS DO, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS NATIONWIDE, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN PUT UP AND PROVIDE OUR PARENTS.
WE WANT TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT IS REQUIRED AND NEEDED, AND REQUESTED BY OUR PARENTS.
BEING ABLE TO GET A BETTER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR OUR PRINCIPALS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE LEARNED, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM FOR OUR PARENTS SO THAT THEY HAVE THEIR COMMUNICATIONS MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
AS THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US, WE CLUNG MORE TO THAT IDEA.
AS YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY IS EVER EVOLVING AND FAST EVOLVING, AND SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM, APPTEGY THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PRODUCT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A NEW ERA OF COMMUNICATIONS IN FRISCO ISD.
WITH THAT, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO TAKE A SECOND.
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SOME PEOPLE HERE IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THESE ARE.
I GOT STACY WHALING FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
I GOT MELANIE SCHULTE FROM SCOGGINS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ERIN ELSE FROM HAS ELEMENTARY, SARAH BAGBY FROM STAG ELEMENTARY.
THERE'S 77 OF THEM ALL, LIKE I'M DOING MY BEST.
[LAUGHTER] THERE'S JAMIE PEDEN FROM TALLY.
THERE'S SUSIE GRAHAM FROM VON.
THEN YOU KNOW CARINA IN MY DEPARTMENT AND JAMIE MCCRACKEN, WHO IS OUR WEB SERVICES COORDINATOR.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LET JAMIE TAKE THE MIC.
>> THANK YOU. YES, THIS IS GOING TO TOUCH ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, AND ONE OF THEM BEING THE WEBSITE, AND JUST FOR BACKGROUND ON WHAT WE DO WITH OUR WEBSITE, AND WHEN I SAY WEBSITE, I'M REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND ALL OF OUR CAMPUS WEBSITES.
THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN THAT, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
WE DO. WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE AND VISIBLE WEBSITE.
WE HAVE LOTS OF PAGES, LOTS OF INFORMATION, AND WE MANAGE ALL OF THAT INTERNALLY AND NOT JUST THE INFORMATION ON THE PAGES AND THE CONTENT ON THOSE SITES.
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WE ACTUALLY DESIGN THEM AND BUILD THEM, AND WE HOST THEM AND MANAGE OUR OWN CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS, ETC.WE DO THE TROUBLESHOOTING AND THE SUPPORT.
WE HAVE USERS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL THAT MANAGE THEIR OWN SITES, AND WE TRAIN AND SUPPORT THEM.
WE HAVE OVER 200 USERS THAT ARE WEB ADMINS, THAT WE TRAIN AND SUPPORT.
THIS IS VERY UNIQUE FOR A DISTRICT TO DO THIS THE WAY WE DO IT.
NOT JUST UNIQUE FOR A DISTRICT TO DO IT THIS WAY.
IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY UNIQUE FOR A COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THIS MUCH HANDS-ON THE WAY WE DO.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND.
AS THIS SOLUTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOUCHES ON THE WEBSITE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S THE SCOPE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING THE TYPE OF WORK THAT THIS SOLUTION COULD BE DOING.
OUR WEBSITE IS INCREDIBLE IN THAT IT'S REALLY MALLEABLE.
LET'S SAY IT WAS D TIMES, AND WE NEEDED A PLACE TO CREATE A DATABASE SUPER SUPER QUICK.
WE WERE MAKING REALLY FAST FOR DISTRICTS.
THAT'S JUST ONE VERY SMALL EXAMPLE.
WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT COMMUNICATION, THREE THINGS, PULL THEM UP, MANDY.
ANNING AND CELEBRATING CELEBRATIONS.
THESE THREE THINGS WERE NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WERE LOOK AS A COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
WE WERE FINDING THAT AS WE BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE INTO SECURITY? ANY OTHER TEAM TECHNOLOGY? THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN [INAUDIBLE] LIKE THIS. THIS MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
I AM GOING TO DO SOME READING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING.
AS WE EXPLORED A PATH TOWARDS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF OUR MASS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A POSSIBILITY WOULD BE FOR ALL THE PLAYERS IN THE SPACE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK WITH A COMPANY THAT ALIGNED WITH THE NEEDS WE HAVE AS AN ORGANIZATION.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE FIRST FOR A COMPANY.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR A TRIED AND TRUE A COMPANY THAT AS A PROVEN RECORD OF HANDLING COMMUNICATIONS FOR LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IT ALSO WASN'T ABOUT MAKING IT EASY FOR THE DISTRICT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PRODUCT THAT MAKES COMMUNICATIONS BETTER FOR PARENTS.
WE WANTED AN APP TO SEND AND RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS, A PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION IN A LARGE ORGANIZATION.
OUTSTANDING TRANSLATION OPTIONS, AND POTENTIALLY A FUTURE WHERE PARENTS COULD EVEN DELETE SOME APPS.
EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE SLIDE, PARENT SQUARE SCHOOL MESSENGER, FINAL SITE.
THEY ALL PRESENTED A DEMO OF THEIR PRODUCTS.
ON TOP OF THE THREE IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION ASPECTS THAT WE WERE LISTED ON THAT PRIOR SLIDE, WE ALSO TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE AVAILABILITY OF DATA REPORTING, PARENT USE, COMPATIBILITY WITH OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND ACCESSIBILITY.
IN SHORT, WE HAVE A HIGH STANDARD FOR OUR STAFF, FOR OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS BECAUSE WE DESERVE NOTHING BAD, LESS.
>> BEFORE WE GET INTO THE REAL NITTY-GRITTY DETAILS.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT [INAUDIBLE] HAS CALLED OUT.
I'VE INTRODUCED THE FOLKS UP HERE, BUT WE HAD A TEAM OF, I THINK IT WAS 12-15 PRINCIPALS, THAT JOINED IN ON THE CONVERSATION DURING THEIR BREAK SO THAT THEY COULD REVIEW THIS PRODUCT WITH US.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ATHLETICS, FINE ARTS, STUDENT SERVICES.
WE'VE TALKED WITH GARRETT SPECIAL EDUCATION, NO, WE'RE NOW SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
BUT JUST A WHOLE HOST OF PEOPLE THAT JOINED IN ON THIS CONVERSATION.
THIS DECISION WAS NOT MADE IN A BUBBLE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAD A HAND IN THE GAME BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A LARGE OVERHAUL THAT WE'RE DOING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE CREDIT TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, AND CHERYL'S TEAM, CHERYL'S OVER THERE BACK IN THE CORNER.
WE DEFINITELY HAD TECHNOLOGY INVOLVED, TOO, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH CMS HAS A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH HER TEAM AND THEIR C SYSTEMS. BUT I WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE VIDEO FOR YOU THAT JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE BEFORE
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WE TALK AND GO INTO EACH ASPECT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING ON.>> GET READY, AND ALL NEW APPTEGY IS LOADING UP.
WE'RE SIMPLIFYING HOW SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS CAN BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS.
WE'VE RE-IMAGINED OUR EXPERIENCE, FROM THE GROUND UP, TO MAKE IT EVEN EASIER FOR EVERYBODY TO CONNECT AND SHARE ALL FROM ONE PLACE, MORE SCHOOL APP.
FROM COLLABORATIVE NEWSLETTER CREATION TO NEW CMS THEMES, DATA MANAGEMENT TOOLS, AI TOOLS, AND ADVANCED ANALYTICS, WE ARE INTRODUCING POWERFUL UPDATES TO MAKE TEAM MORE EASIER AND TOOLS MORE GRANULAR.
WHETHER YOU'RE PUBLISHING CONTENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, MESSAGING PARENTS, OR COLLABORATING WITH COWORKERS.
WE'RE CRAFTING AN EXPERIENCE DESIGNED FOR SPEED AND SIMPLICITY THAT PUTS USERS AT THE CENTER OF YOUR SCHOOL BRAND.
A NEW STREAMLINED SINGLE POINT OF SIGN-IN DIRECTS USERS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
WHETHER YOU'RE A PARENT OR A TEACHER, GETTING IN TOUCH IS NOW AS SIMPLE AS SEARCHING FOR YOUR CONTACT, WRITING YOUR MESSAGE, AND HITTING SEND, WHETHER IT'S BY EMAIL, SMS, OR MESSAGING FROM THE APP.
IT'S NOW EVEN EASIER FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF TO GET CONNECTED WITH FAMILIES ANYWHERE THEY ARE.
GET READY. THE NEW APPTEGY IS DESIGNED TO BE EASIER TO USE AND MORE ADAPTABLE TO TOMORROW'S NEEDS BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS JUST GETTING STARTED.
>> AS CARINA MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE ARE NOT THE FRONT RUNNERS OF LARGE DISTRICTS IN USING THIS PRODUCT.
AS YOU CAN SEE UP HERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY LARGE DISTRICTS WHO ARE CURRENT USERS OF THIS PRODUCT.
UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MANDY AND HER TEAM WERE EXPLORING THIS OPTION.
LAST YEAR, I WAS ATTENDING INTO LEARNINGS PRINCIPAL INSTITUTE AND CROSS PATHS WITH SEVERAL PRINCIPAL COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE.
ONE NIGHT, AFTER A LONG DAY OF SESSIONS, I THINK WE WERE PROBABLY VENTING A LITTLE BIT.
I NEED TO PUSH OUT STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE'D LOVE TO SHARE THAT.
BUT IT'S VERY CUMBERSOME TO DO THAT.
I WAS AMAZED TO RUN ACROSS SOME COLLEAGUES THAT WERE USING APPTEGY.
WHAT THEY COULD DO WITHIN A MINUTE COMPARED TO WHAT TOOK ME 30 WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
I FELT LIKE AS THEN I CAME BACK AND FOUND OUT WHERE WE WERE IN OUR JOURNEY, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO SEE THAT THIS IS THESE AREN'T JUST NUMBERS UP HERE, NAMES OF DISTRICTS.
I KNOW PEOPLE FIRSTHAND WHO HAVE USED THIS, AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
>> THIS IS THE PART THAT SOLD ME.
APPTEGY HAS THESE FIVE COMPONENTS.
THE WEBSITE, THE FRISCO-BRANDED APP, MASS NOTIFICATIONS TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, TWO-WAY PARENT-TEACHER COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE APP, AND THEN OUR BRANDED NEWSLETTERS.
PRINCIPALS HAVE A BIG JOB IN COMMUNICATING WITH OUR FAMILIES.
TO WALK YOU THROUGH, JUST ME SENDING A NEWSLETTER. I LOG INTO.
I CREATE MY NEWSLETTER, ADD MY BRANDING, EMAIL THE STAFF.
I POSTED ON WORK VIVO, LOG INTO SCHOOL MESSENGER, AND THEN I SCHEDULE TO SEND THAT.
THEN I LOG INTO FACEBOOK ON MONDAYS TO POST THE NEWSLETTER THERE.
THAT'S JUST THE NEWSLETTER TO OUR FAMILIES.
IT HELPS WITH BRANDED NEWSLETTERS.
THEY HAD THE BRANDED NEWSLETTER TEMPLATES DONE FOR YOU.
THE MASS EMAILS, WE SEND THOSE THROUGH SCHOOL MESSENGER, WHICH IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE.
SOCIAL MEDIA. I WOULD BE ABLE TO POST IN FACEBOOK.
THEY DID AN EXAMPLE FOR US FOR OUR CAMPUSES.
IT'S SO CLEAN AND USER-FRIENDLY AND EASY TO USE AND HAS OUR BRANDING.
THIS IS WHAT SOLD ME ON APPTEGY.
MAKES OUR JOB A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
SPEAKING OF WEBSITES, ONE OF THE THINGS, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHY PEOPLE LEAVE FRISCO ISD, IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE COMMUNICATION OF WHAT WE'RE REALLY OFFERING.
IN FACT, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ALREADY COME BACK.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE SAW THE WEBSITES,
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AND JAMIE, YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB ON THE WEBSITES.BUT AS A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, WHEN WE USE THE WEBSITES ON A CAMPUS, RIGHT NOW, I HAVE A TEAM, AND IT'S CUMBERSOME, AND IT'S HARD.
IT'S LIKE I DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO REALLY INVEST TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
THIS PRODUCT IT WILL SIMPLIFY THAT PIECE AND GIVE YOU A RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT FOR THAT WOW FACTOR, THAT WILL GRAB THE ATTENTION SO THAT YOU CAN.
I ALMOST THINK IT LIKE WIZARD OF OZ, SHOWING WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE CURTAIN, SHOWING ALL THE GREAT THINGS, BUT IN AN EASY WAY TO DO THAT.
WHEN IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD TO COMMUNICATE, AND IT'S HARD TO GET PICTURES UP THERE, AND IT'S HARD TO SHOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT IF THERE'S AN EASIER PROCESS, THEN I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AT IT, AND MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO.
>> I'M GOING TO JUMP IN HERE FOR JUST A SECOND.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR WEBSITE, WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT AGE WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION.
OUR PARENTS HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS NOW WITH PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOME SCHOOLS, CO-OPS, YOU NAME IT. IT'S OUT THERE.
A LOT OF THOSE WEBSITES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMPETITION, ARE VERY GLOSSY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THEM GLOSSY WEBSITE.
WE ARE VERY TRADITIONAL FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION WHEN IT COMES TO A WEBSITE.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE WRITING DOWN NOTES, AND ONE OF YOU HAS YOUR COMPUTER OPEN.
I WANT YOU TO WRITE DOWN DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOLS.
IT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN FLORIDA, AND IT'S A DISTRICT THAT APPTEGY HAS WORKED WITH.
WHEN WE REDESIGN OUR WEB PAGES, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT DOING A MARKETING-FIRST WEBPAGE.
WHY WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE BRINGING ON THIS APP, WHICH WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR BEST FIT FORWARD.
DOCTOR WALDROP AND I, DURING THE SUMMER, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME LEVER DATA.
WHERE ARE THESE KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL? THERE'S A NEW SCHOOL JUST SOUTH OF US THAT OPENED UP, AND AT THAT TIME HAD TAKEN ABOUT 100 OF OUR KIDS.
SOME OF THOSE WE KNOW HAVE ALREADY RETURNED.
>> BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE, IT'S ALL ABOUT MARKETING, AND THEY AREN'T OFFERING ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T OFFER.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT WAY OF PUTTING OURSELVES OUT THERE FOR WHEN PARENTS ARE LOOKING AT WHO WE ARE AS A DISTRICT, AND THEN WHO THEY ARE AS CAMPUSES BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST ABOUT THE DISTRICT ANYMORE, BUT PARENTS ARE SHOPPING CAMPUSES AS WELL ONCE THEY PICK THE LOCATION THEY WANT OUT TO BE IN.
IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SETTING OUR CAMPUSES AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN EASY WAY TO DEMONSTRATE WHO THEY ARE ON THE INTERNET.
I JUST WANTED TO TAG THAT IN THERE A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
I WORK HARDER, BUT NOT SMARTER.
I'VE GOT ONE PERSON POSTING ON X, NOT DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
BECAUSE THAT'S ME. [LAUGHTER] I HAVE ONE PERSON DOING INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK.
WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE POSTING.
MY INSTAGRAM PEOPLE, FABULOUS JOB, GETTING STUFF POSTED REGULARLY.
BUT X CAN'T EVEN SAY WHEN I POSTED ON THERE RECENTLY. BUT I LOVE THIS.
I WAS WONDERING WHY THEY NAMED IT THRILLSHARE.
BUT I WAS LIKE, IT MAKES ME VERY EXCITED TO KNOW.
YOU JUST SAY I WANT IT TO GO HERE, THE NEWSLETTER, EVERYTHING.
OUR JOBS. WE DO A MYRIAD OF THINGS.
IN HOW MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS? I HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION.
I HELP ANYTIME THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH A PARENT, I NEED TO BE SPENDING TIME WITH MY COMMUNITY AND NOT WORKING ON ALL OF THIS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE WORKING SMARTER, NOT HARDER AND GETTING OUT ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT ONE. I NEED TO MAKE SURE I HIT EVERYTHING ON THERE. WHAT I MISSED.
>> ARE YOU FINISHING? JUST TIE THIS TOGETHER.
THRILLSHARE IS A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS PRINCIPALS.
THEY CAN POST ANYTHING EITHER ON THEIR PHONE, WHICH YOU SEE RIGHT HERE, SEE THIS LITTLE PHOTO RIGHT HERE ON THE FAR LEFT OR USING THEIR PC OR LAPTOP.
IF A PRINCIPAL IS OUTSIDE WITH THEIR KIDS AND THEY SEE SOMETHING PHENOMENAL GOING ON, WE'RE GOING GET INTO A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN A LITTLE BIT THAT ARE REALLY COOL.
THEY CAN DO IT RIGHT THERE ANYTIME THEY NEED TO.
RIGHT NOW, IF A PRINCIPAL NEEDS TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL, THEY'RE NOT USING THEIR PHONE ON SCHOOL MESSENGER IF IT'S THE WEEKEND.
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THEY'VE GOT TO GET TO A COMPUTER, THEY'VE GOT TO GET TO INTERNET OR THEY'RE HOT SPOTTING.THIS OFFERS FLEXIBILITY AND VERSATILITY FOR OUR CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR PARENTS.
>> YOU'RE SAYING IF WE DO THIS, INSTEAD OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW WHEN I GO TO FISTS MAJOR WEBSITE, WE WOULD HAVE WHAT DEVAL COUNTY HAS.
IT WOULD LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS. SUPER USER.
>> WE ARE GOING TO USE DEVAL COUNTY AND SOME TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION FRAMEWORKS AS OUR WEBSITE BUILD.
>> CAN I START OFF YOUR NEXT ONE? THE NEXT ONE THAT SUI IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD A COUPLE ACTUALLY, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THREE YEARS AGO HAD TALKED TO ME ABOUT, CREATING SOME COMMONALITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS FOR NEWSLETTERS, SO THAT WHEN YOU GO FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER SCHOOL, FROM ONE ELEMENTARY TO ANOTHER ELEMENTARY BECAUSE YOU'VE MOVED OR MIDDLE SCHOOL, VICE VERSA, COMMUNICATIONS IN THE FORM OF A NEWSLETTER ALL LOOK SIMILAR.
THIS IS MEETING ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD HAD A FEW.
>> WE HAVE A LARGE EB POPULATION AT VON.
I HAVE PARENTS THAT SPEAK 35 OR MORE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, LARGE KOREAN POPULATION, AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO READ OUR NEWSLETTER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO.
THIS APP CAN TRANSLATE INTO HOW MANY LANGUAGES? 135 LANGUAGES.
WE ARE TRYING TO WELCOME IN OUR EB PARENTS, AND THEY DON'T FEEL WELCOME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T READ HALF THE STUFF WE SEND OUT.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT EXCITES ME ABOUT THIS, BUT ALSO, AND THEY TOLD ME NOT TO TELL YOU THIS.
MY WHOLE FRONT OFFICE HAS MY PASSWORD TO MS MORE BECAUSE I NEED EVERYBODY WORKING ON IT, BECAUSE MISS GRAHAM CAN'T DO IT ALL.
I THROW IN PICTURES, I HAVE TO SAVE THEM, THEN DOWNLOAD THEM.
THIS I MET WITH THE GUYS THE OTHER DAY.
SAT DOWN WITH THEM FOR A LITTLE WHILE ON BREAK FROM OUR LEADERS MEETING, AND IT IS IMPRESSIVE.
THE FRONT OFFICE LADIES WILL HAVE THEIR OWN.
THEY CAN ALL COLLABORATE, BUT THEY ALL ALL AGAIN AS THEMSELVES.
THEY CAN PUT IN THE SIGN UP FOR THE LUNCHES FOR THE WEEK.
THE SIGN UP FOR GOOD MORNING BOND I CAN PUT IN THE THINGS I NEED TO PUT IN.
PTA, IF THERE'S A FLYER, WE WANT TO PUT IN FOR PTA.
MY SECRETARY CAN THROW THAT IN.
IT'S A COLLABORATION OF PEOPLE TO GET IT DONE, AND IT LOOKS FABULOUS.
>> I'VE LOGGED IN AND STUFF'S MISSING.
I'M LIKE, WA, I HAD THAT IN THERE, WHERE DID IT GO? YOU JUST DON'T KNOW THERE'S SO MANY HANDS IN THERE, SO THIS REALLY HELPS BECAUSE YOU CAN I'M SURE SEE WHO'S COLLABORATING AND WHO PUT STUFF IN.
I'M SURE THERE'S THE BACKGROUND OF THIS.
BUT THIS WOULD BE DISTRICT WIDE FOR EVERYBODY.
I LOVE THAT IT TRANSLATE TRANSLATES FOR ALL THE PARENTS, AND THEN IT'S ADA ACCESSIBILITY.
I HAVE A TEACHER WHO HAS A VISION ISSUE, AND SHE HAS HER PHONE UP TO HERE.
FROM USING THIS APP, ANYBODY WITH VISION PROBLEMS, ANY OTHER TYPE OF ADA WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE IT AND SEE JUST PHENOMENAL THINGS.
AS OUR COMMUNITY THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR INFORMATION.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER FOR US.
I'M 100% ON BOARD BECAUSE IT'LL HELP ME WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER FOR SURE.
>> WHEN I TALK TO OTHER PRINCIPALS, I KNOW ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THAT WE CARE A LOT ABOUT PUSHING OUT INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH.
SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE VERY OVERWHELMING FOR US BECAUSE WE CARE SO MUCH AND WE DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING.
WHEN WE HEAR THAT WE'RE MISSING STUFF, IT CAN BE IT'S REALLY A LITTLE BIT DEFEATING.
FOR US, KNOWING, WHEN I TALKED TO MANDY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR COPS TEAM, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AND TRYING TO MANAGE THAT MANY PEOPLE AND TRYING TO STREAMLINE IT, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT EVERYBODY'S PUSHING OUT.
WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT WAYS BEFORE THIS CAME ON THE TABLE TO TRY TO RIG IT TO DO WHAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES.
WHEN MANDY BROUGHT THIS TO US, AND WE LOOKED THROUGH IT, IT WAS LIKE, WOW EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED IT TO DO THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO RIG,
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IT DOES IT FOR US.THE MESSENGER ASPECTS, THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECTS, THE ROOM ASPECTS.
THERE'S SO MANY PIECES TO THIS THAT MEET SO MANY NEEDS.
WHEN I'M ABLE TO OVERSEE ALL OF IT IN ONE PLACE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, FOR A LOT OF US, LETTING GO OF THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING APPROPRIATE AND ETHICAL, AND WE WANT TO HAVE THAT OVERSIGHT PIECE, WHICH IS WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE SHIED AWAY FROM COPS TEAMS BECAUSE THAT MEANS RELINQUISHING CONTROL, AND THAT'S REALLY SCARY.
WITH THIS, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE OVERSIGHT, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO MEET A LOT OF NEEDS AND HIT A LOT OF AREAS AND MEET THOSE CONSUMERS WHERE THEY ARE.
FOR US WE FELT LIKE, WOW, IT COULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A COMPS TEAM THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE RELINQUISHING CONTROL TO.
>> NOTING BIGGIE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT ATG WILL PROVIDE US IS A DISTRICT/CAMPUS APP WHERE ALL PARENT COMMUNICATION GOES TO ONE SPOT.
IF YOU ARE A PARENT WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN, I'LL USE MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE.
ON GOES TO BLEDSOE, ONE GOES TO [INAUDIBLE].
THERE ARE EMAILS COMING OUT ALL THE TIME.
VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT I NEED TO KNOW FROM MY CHILDREN.
BUT IF YOU HAVE SEEN MY PERSONAL INBOX WHERE THOSE EMAILS ARE COMING TO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MESS BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? MOMMY'S GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT LATER.
I'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION RIGHT NOW, AND SO INFORMATION CAN GET LOST.
WHO HAS TRIED TO GO FIND AN EMAIL AND IT IS LOST IN THERE AND GOOGLE DRIVE. THANK YOU, DR. WALDRIP.
THIS APP, IF YOU WERE TO GO TO YOUR APP STORE RIGHT NOW ON WHICHEVER PHONE YOU HAVE, WHETHER IT'S ANDROID OR IOS, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST NORTH OF US, THEIR APP AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT UP HERE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF IMAGES ON WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR APP, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY FIRST PULL UP WITH FRISCO ISD INFORMATION.
ALL THOSE ARTICLES THAT WE WRITE, ALL THE CELEBRATIONS WE'RE PUSHING OUT.
IMPORTANT EVENTS LIKE TONIGHT'S WORKSHOP.
ALL THAT IMPORTANT INFORMATION WILL PULL UP RIGHT THERE ON THE APP.
BUT WHAT YOU DON'T SEE UP HERE IS WHAT YOU COULD GO SEE ON THE APP IF YOU DOWNLOADED OUR FRIENDS AT THE NORTH OF US.
IT HAS A LITTLE DROP DOWN MENU.
AS A PARENT, BECAUSE I HAVE A KID AT VAN AND A KID AT BLOOD, SO I CAN GO DROP DOWN TO VAN ELEMENTARY AND SEE ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION THEY HAVE HERE.
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE, IT SAYS CLASSES, MESSAGES, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THOSE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
BUT ALL OF THE MESSAGES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MY CHILD'S SCHOOL, FROM THEIR TEACHER FROM THEIR SCHOOL, CAN LIVE HERE.
I CAN ALSO FLIP OVER TO BLEDSOE ELEMENTARY, AND I CAN GET ALL OF MY MESSAGES FROM THAT SCHOOL AND MY SON'S TEACHER OVER THERE FROM ONE SPOT.
THERE'S NO MORE SEARCHING THE INTERNET, FINDING THAT LOST EMAIL, TRACKING DOWN ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, WHEN THE HUNDREDTH DAYA SCHOOL IS AND WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DRESS UP AS GRANDPA'S, THEY'RE EVEN ABLE TO SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE THROUGH THE APP THAT SAYS, HEY, DON'T FORGET.
TRES IS GRANDPA FOR THE HUNDRED DAY SCHOOL.
CLEARLY, I AM A LITTLE AM SORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I MISSED THAT LAST YEAR, AND MY SON WAS ONE OF THE ONLY ONES.
IT'S VERY ACCESSIBLE TO PARENTS.
I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS ALSO TAKES PLACE OF OUR REMIND 101 AND OTHER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE USING.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING WE'RE TAKING AWAY.
IF YOU ARE IN ATHLETICS, YOU PROBABLY HAVE YOUR CHILDREN SPORTS YOU DOWNLOADED OR WHATEVER ELSE.
IF YOU'RE IN FINE ARTS, WE HEAR THAT THERE'S AN ARRAY OF APPS THAT THEY'RE COMMUNICATING ON FINE ARTS.
THERE'S A REASON WE PULLED IN ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS WHEN IT CAME TO WHAT THIS SYSTEM COULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE REALLY DO WANT IT TO BE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR OUR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO FIND EVERYTHING THEY NEED FOR THEIR CHILD'S CAMPUS AND THEIR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
WE'RE NOT STOPPING THERE EITHER.
THIS ACTUALLY CAN GO DOWN INTO THE CLASSROOM, JUST LIKE YOU HEARD ME GIVE THE EXAMPLE.
WHILE THE PRINCIPALS AND CARINA, JAMIE AND I ARE TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT AND CAMPUSES, THIS ACTUALLY TRANSLATES DOWN INTO THE CLASSROOMS TOO.
ALL OF THE CLASSROOM EMAILS FROM THEIR TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO GO THERE. WHAT DOES THAT GIVE US? WHEN EVERYTHING IS IN ONE PLACE, WE KNOW THAT IT'S SAFE AND SECURE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SECURITY PARAMETERS THAT WE NEED THAT IS REQUIRED BY A GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
WE'VE GOT TRANSLATION, 135 LANGUAGES IS TRANSLATED ON THIS.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IS WHEN YOU ARE DOWNLOADING YOUR APP,
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YOU SET UP YOUR PREFERENCES.IF I AM A TEACHER IN A FIRST GRADE CLASS AND I SPEAK ENGLISH, BUT I HAVE A PARENT WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS TELEGU.
THEY'RE GOING TO SET UP THEIR LANGUAGE PREFERENCE.
WHILE I WRITE IT IN ENGLISH, THEY WILL READ IT IN TELEGU.
THEN WHEN THEY WRITE IT IN TELEGU AND SEND ME A MESSAGE BACK, I WILL READ IT IN ENGLISH.
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR PARENTS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE BUILDING, SO THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO ENSURE THEIR CHILD'S SUCCESS IN THE CAMPUS.
THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE LEVERAGING THE BRAND IN NON A THIRD PARTY.
JUST IN CASE YOU WEREN'T AROUND ONCE UPON A TIME, WE USED TO HAVE AN APP.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT GOING TO APTIG, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE PROVEN TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE LARGE DISTRICTS IS WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FAIL US.
WHEN WE HAD OUR APP, IT WAS A SMALL COMPANY.
WE DID OUR BEST FOR WHAT IT WAS AT THE TIME.
JAMIE MCCRACKEN AND HIS GUYS OVER THERE.
THEY DID THEIR BEST TO KEEP IT ALIVE, BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CODING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO KEEP AN APP ALIVE.
WE FINALLY KILLED IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST PUTTING BAND AIDS ON IT.
THAT WON'T HAPPEN WITH THIS COMPANY.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS RUNNING YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS.
WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THOSE LITTLE COMPONENTS THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT, TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.
>> WELL, YOU JUST TALKED A LOT ABOUT NOT HAVING TO USE ALL THE DIFFERENT APPS.
IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS, I HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS.
ONE TIME I HAD THREE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT'S A LOT OF TEACHERS.
I FELT LIKE A REALLY BAD PARENT BECAUSE I'M LIKE, WHO HAS MISS JONES AND WHO'S TAKING ALGEBRA? I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU HAVE A HOMEWORK PROJECT DUE TOMORROW.
THIS WILL HELP JUST WHAT THEY'VE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT SORTING OUT KEEPING TRACK OF THE TEACHERS, KEEPING TRACK OF THE COMMUNICATION BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO REMIND, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CANVAS OR GOOGLE CLASSROOM, OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
FOR ME THAT HAVING TO NOT JUGGLE APPS AND THEN FORGOT YOUR LOGIN AND HAVE TO GET A PASSCODE TO GET THE ALL THAT HEADACHE GOES AWAY.
FOR ME, THIS IS ON THE PARENTS SIDE, A BIG RELIEF.
>> ADA PROVIDED ME THIS SLIDE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE APP TO RECEIVE THEIR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THEIR CAMPUSES.
WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THE OTHER 9% THAT'S MISSING? THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR COMMUNICATION IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DOWNLOAD YOUR APP.
YOU CAN STILL GET IT VIA EMAIL, YOU CAN STILL GET IT VIA TEXT.
HOWEVER YOU WANT IT, IT WILL COME TO YOU, SO YOU WILL NOT MISS OUT ON THE COMMUNICATIONS FROM YOUR STUDENTS OR THE DISTRICT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE NONE EVERYONE WANTS ANOTHER APP PHONE.
REALLY, I WANTED TO LEAVE THIS SLIDE ON HERE BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT CREATING THE COMMUNITY.
THE VISUAL GIVES YOU, IF YOU WATCH THE VISUAL BUSY MOM, THINGS GOING ON, IT HITS AT A POINT WHERE IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE APPLICATION FROM THE PARENTS' SIDE.
IT IS ABOUT CREATING A COMMUNITY.
IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS WELL COMMUNICATED WITH.
A TEACHER IS ABLE TO AGAIN UTILIZE THEIR PHONE TO SEND OUT A MESSAGE, FOR, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE DID IN OUR SCIENCE UNIT TODAY AND TAKE A PICTURE INSTEAD OF USING SEESAW OR AN INSTAGRAM OR WHATEVER METHOD THAT THEY ARE UTILIZING TO SEND PARENTS UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM.
IT IS PART OF COMMUNITY BUILDING BEING ABLE TO SHARE WHAT IS TRULY HAPPENING IN OUR CAMPUSES.
RIGHT NOW, THAT'S HARD SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE GOT TO GO TO CANVAS AND UPLOAD WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CANVAS, OR YOU'RE GOING TO SEESAW AND YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR CHILD RECORD SOMETHING, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THIS MAKES IT VERY EASY FOR OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING DAY TO DAY IN THE CLASSROOM.
NOW, ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UTILIZING ROOMS AND MESSAGES, AND ALERTS.
ALERTS IS A SYSTEM THAT IT'S JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.
THERE'S NO TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WHEN IT COMES TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BUT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING TEACHERS WHEN THEY'RE UTILIZING THIS TO BE ANSWERING ANY PARENT COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE APP OUTSIDE OF THEIR REGULAR TIME.
THEY'D BE UTILIZING THEIR WORK TIME JUST AS THEY WOULD ANSWER AN EMAIL NOW.
WE'RE NOT ADDING ANYTHING EXTRA TO OUR TEACHERS' WORK.
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I'M JUST TALKING AND GOING, AND I'M NOT EVEN REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT I'VE GOT HERE.THIS IS JUST AGAIN, MORE TRANSLATION.
TODD, YOU SAID IT THE OTHER DAY, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY LANGUAGES ARE CURRENTLY SPOKEN IN FRISCO, ID.
>> HE SAID 84 OR 79 LANGUAGES.
IT'S A LOT OF LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN.
RIGHT NOW, I USUALLY THINK ABOUT CAROL AND CHRISTIE ALWAYS NEEDING TO TRANSLATE SOMETHING FOR THEIR PARENTS.
BUT I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OTHER CAMPUSES THAT LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE FOR THEIR CAMPUSES.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKLOAD OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR CAMPUSES AND WHAT THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE EXTRA TIME TRANSLATING BECAUSE IT'S AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THEM.
THAT'S PART OF THE ROI RIGHT THERE.
THEY'RE ABLE TO GO AND DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEIR CAMPUS REQUIRES OF THEM AFTER THAT.
>> THANK YOU. SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS DATA, AND I LOVE DATA. I LOVE NUMBERS.
I LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S OPENED MY EMAILS.
THE WEATHER EMAIL THAT COMES OUT TO YOU AND TO THE COMMUNITY COMES FROM ME.
I WANT TO KNOW WHO READ IT. HOW MANY PEOPLE CLICKED ON IT? I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
I WANT TO KNOW WHO BLOCKED US? I WANT TO KNOW WHO UNSUBSCRIBED.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT TIME THEY UNSUBSCRIBED. I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DATA THAT APPTEGY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALSO WITH NEWSLETTERS.
RIGHT NOW, PRINCIPALS WOULD HAVE TO GO TO SMORE TO GET THEIR DATA IF THAT'S HOW THEY SENT IT.
NOW THEY CAN JUST GO TO ONE PLACE, APPTEGY, FOR ALL OF THEIR TEXT.
THEY CAN SEE WHO OPENED A TEXT, WHO CLICKED IT, OF COURSE, ALL THE NEWSLETTERS.
IT'LL ALL BE IN ONE PLACE. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT FOR THEM.
I AM ALSO THE PERSON PRINCIPALS CALL WHEN THEY'RE FREAKING OUT.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE SOME BIG MESSAGES THAT NEED TO GET OUT.
OUR CAMPUSES SENT JUST ABOUT 11,000 COMMUNICATIONS LAST YEAR ACROSS ALL 77 CAMPUSES, AND IT'S NOT EASY ON A WEEKEND.
FOR THEM, WHENEVER THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A CRISIS, THEY NEED TO SEND OUT A BEREAVEMENT EMAIL.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT.
THEY WANT TO GET IT DONE RIGHT.
THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ME OR SOMEONE ON THE TEAM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WALK ME.
LET'S DO IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE I AM OR WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT WITH APPTEGY IS SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THEIR CALL.
THERE'S A REAL PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT CHAT WHO CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU ANSWERS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO REPLY UNDER 1 MINUTE.
I THINK THEY ACTUALLY SAID 27 SECONDS, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S TOO AMAZING OR TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. I'M JUST SAY UNDER 1 MINUTE.
BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, AND OF COURSE, THAT I WILL STILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, AND THAT THE COMMS TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE ARE.
WE'LL DROP EVERYTHING FOR THE PRINCIPALS.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE AS WELL, AND YOUR COMMUNICATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I COULD A HIT ON THIS. THEY'RE RESPONSIVE.
THEY CAN ANSWER ALL THE TIME, 24/7.
THERE'S LIKE 90 PEOPLE WORKING BEHIND THE DESK, READY TO ANSWER YOUR PHONE CALLS.
>> THESE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO DO BUSINESS, REALLY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THESE TYPES OF SERVICES, WEB AND BEYOND ALL THE THINGS THAT APPTEGY OFFERS.
YOUR APP AND YOUR WEBSITES, ETC, THEY ALL NEED TO BE UP.
THEY NEED TO BE COMPLIANT FOR ALL THE ADA AND WEB ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, AND THEY GOT TO KEEP YOUR DATA PRIVATE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN BUSINESS, AND THEY'RE IN BUSINESS WITH A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
JUST TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE STUFF AND HOW IT CHANGES AND EVOLVES OVER TIME IS A LOT OF WORK ALL BY ITSELF.
THEY HAVE TO DO IT. BECAUSE IF NOBODY TRUSTS THEM, NOBODY'S GOING TO WORK WITH THEM.
BUT IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY NICE FOR US.
IF WE WORK WITH THEM, IS THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY HANDLING THIS.
THIS IS A MAJOR THING TO HAVE HELP AND A MAJOR RESOURCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LEAN ON THEM IN THEIR EXPERTISE TO HANDLE ALL OF THIS.
BUT YES, THESE ARE CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER COMPLIANCE, THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO, AND THEY DO, AND THEY'RE ON TOP OF IT. JUST LET YOU KNOW.
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>> NEXT STEPS ARE AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE CONTRACT TO YOU FOR APPTEGY.
THE GOAL IS THAT HOPEFULLY, YOU GUYS AGREE WITH US AND APPROVE THE CONTRACT.
THE VERY NEXT DAY, WE WOULD START WORK WITH APPTEGY.
PRINCIPLES THAT YOU SEE UP HERE AND SOME OF THE OTHER PRINCIPLES THAT ARE PART OF MY WORK GROUP WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BUILD-OUT OF ALL COMPONENTS.
COMMUNICATIONS IS NOT DOING THIS IN ITS OWN LITTLE SILO.
THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A HANDS-ON ALTOGETHER NOW TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE CREATING.
WE WILL START FIRST WITH OUR WEBSITES, AND THEN EVERYTHING BUILDS OFF THE WEBSITE.
IF WE ARE LUCKY AND WE GET THIS REALLY GOOD ROLLING.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS DO SOME TESTING, SOME BIT OF TESTING, IF YOU WILL, IN JANUARY.
THE GUYS YOU SEE UP HERE ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 25 WHO EMAILED ME IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR PRESENTATION TO LEADERS THAT SAID, I WANT TO BE A TEST CAMPUS.
THE LEADERS, THE PRINCIPALS AT THE OTHER CAMPUSES, ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THEY ARE HOPING THAT THEY CAN DO IT, NOT ALL 25 ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A VERY LARGE CONTROL GROUP.
BUT WE DO WANT TO UTILIZE OUR CAMPUSES WHO ARE WILLING TO TEST OUT THE NEW PRODUCT.
HELP US CREATE THE BEST PRACTICES, HELP US FIX WHATEVER FLAWS THERE ARE, AND START REALLY CREATING THIS NEW ERA AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR FRISCO.
WITH THAT, I KNOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS, AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
ANY OF THE PRINCIPAL, IF YOU WANT TO ASK THE PRINCIPALS, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO ANSWER ANYTHING AS WELL.
>> QUICK QUESTION. THE SECURITY.
WHAT ABOUT ON OUR END? WHAT SECURITY TRAINING ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE?
>> WHAT SECURITY ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE?
>> YOU'RE ROLLING OUT A NEW APP WITH A LOT OF BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE PROBABLY ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, HAVE NO IDEA, AND YOU'RE GOING TO THROW THEM OUT THERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, COME WITH EXPOSURE.
WHAT TRAINING OR INFORMATION ARE YOU GOING TO ROLL OUT TO THEM?
>> THIS IS MORE ABOUT TRAINING.
>> WELL, NO, IT'S MORE ABOUT SECURITY.
>> LET ME TOUCH ON TRAINING FIRST.
WITH THESE GUYS HELPING US BUILD OUT OUR PRODUCTS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAINING AS WE'RE BUILDING.
PART OF BUILDING THAT BEST PRACTICES.
THANKFULLY, APPTEGY HAS DONE THIS BEFORE.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US SOME BEST PRACTICES AND TIPS FOR TRAINING OUR STAFF AND OUR CAMPUSES ON HOW TO BEST UTILIZE THE PRODUCT.
IN TERMS OF SECURITY, I'M GUESSING ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT NOT SHARING PASSWORDS? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY? THAT'S ALL PART OF A NORMAL ROLLOUT.
EVERY EMPLOYEE WHO HAS A CLASS OR MANAGES CONTENT HAS THEIR OWN LOGIN.
STACY WON'T HAVE TO SHARE HER SMR ACCOUNT WITH FIVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ON HER COMMS TEAM BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK FLEE.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER]. I WILL WORK WITH SUSIE AFTER THIS.
YES. THERE ARE CONTROLS BEFORE SOMETHING IS SENT OUT FOR THE PRINCIPAL TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT WHEN IT GOES TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS.
IF IT'S LIKE A CLASSROOM TEACHER SENDING SOMETHING OUT TO HER CLASSROOM, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEND THAT ON THEIR OWN JUST LIKE THEY DO NOW.
BUT IF THEY'RE TRYING TO SEND SOMETHING OUT, WHICH USUALLY THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO A BIG LIST LIKE THAT, BUT IF THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEIR PRINCIPAL, IT WILL HAVE AN APPROVAL PROCESS.
>> I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE PUSHING OUT LARGE COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH THERE'S NOT THE OVERSIGHT THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE RIGHT NOW.
THIS WAS A HUGE SELLING POINT FOR ME BECAUSE I'M ABLE TO HAVE MORE OVERSIGHT AND MORE APPROVAL AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN ONE PLACE.
WHEREAS RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO DO THAT.
>> ANOTHER PART, WHEN YOU ROLL OUT APPS OR ANYTHING.
THERE'S A TRAINING WRAP-UP PROCESS.
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BETA TESTERS, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A PROCESS WHERE EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE
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TRAINED ON THE SECURITIES AND THE BELLS AND WHISTLES OF THAT.I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU'RE DOING THAT.
THE OTHER ASPECT, I NOTICE YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE HAD BEEN BENCHMARK, WHICH ONE OF THOSE ACTUAL DISTRICT ALIGNS MORE CLOSELY WITH FRISCO? I'M JUST SIZE-WISE, BUT DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIOECONOMIC, THE WHOLE THING.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. WHICH ONE OF THOSE?
THOSE ARE ALL VERY LARGE AND NOT MANY OF THEM TOTALLY ALIGN EXACTLY WITH US.
NOW, PROSPER, WHO ELSE IS WITH US? PROSPER MCKINNEY, LOUISVILLE PLANO, LOUISVILLE AND PLANO OR VICE VERSA, ONE OF THOSE.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS ARE UTILIZING APPTEGY BECAUSE OF THEIR NUMBERS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE A ONE-OFF WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOGRAPHICS.
>> IF I MAY ADD ABOUT THEM USING APTIG, THEY'RE USING BITS AND PIECES OF IT.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY AREN'T NEW TO OUR CAMPUSES.
THEY'RE ALREADY DOING MASK COMS. THEY ALREADY HAVE A WEBSITE, THEY ALREADY HAVE TWO-WAY MESSAGING. NONE OF THAT'S NEW.
NOW, LIVE TRAINING IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT APPTEGY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT IS NOT OFFERED BY OUR CURRENT, LET'S SAY, SCHOOL MESSENGER SERVICE.
WITH SCHOOL MESSENGER, WHAT THEY HAVE IS A TICKETING SYSTEM.
IF YOU ALL HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU PUT IN A TICKET, AND YOU MAY GET A RESPONSE IN A FEW HOURS OR TOMORROW.
NOW, WITH THIS, THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND QUICKLY.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHENEVER WE START ONBOARDING PEOPLE LITTLE BY LITTLE, IT'S LIVE TRAININGS THAT APPTEGY IS PROVIDING.
SCHOOL MESSENGER HAS NOT PROVIDED THAT FOR YEARS.
THEY HAVE ME, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE LIVE TRAININGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, BUT OF COURSE, RECORDED VIDEOS AND ALL OF THAT THAT THEY'RE ALREADY ABLE TO PROVIDE.
>> LAST QUESTION. I'M SORRY. THE CONTRACT INFORMATION, ANYTHING YOU CAN PROVIDE RIGHT NOW, TODAY?
>> I'LL BE PUTTING IT IN HOME BASE FOR YOU.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT TOO.
CAN WE GET COST INFORMATION? I WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT.
BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, WHICH APPS WOULD IT BE REPLACING? I HEARD YOU SAY REMIND, SEESAW.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE IS A FEW OTHERS.
>> IT WON'T STRAIGHT-UP REPLACE SEESAW.
SEESAW IS ALSO MEANT FOR HONESTLY, ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS GOING TO TALK ABOUT SEESAW AND WHY IT WOULDN'T REPLACE SEESAW?
>> THERE'S AN INSTRUCTURAL COMPONENT TO SEESAW, SO A LOT OF TIMES TEACHERS WILL HAVE STUDENTS DO AN EXIT TICKET OR SOMETHING SO THE TEACHER AND PARENTS CAN BOTH SEE IT.
THEY PUT ON SEESAW A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR TEACHERS THAT YOU COULD GO IN AND CHOOSE, AND IT'S VERY COLLABORATIVE FROM INSTRUCTURAL AND CURRICULUM STANDPOINT.
>> IT'S GOING TO DIRECTLY REPLACE THOUGH ALL THE APPS THAT ARE BEING USED FOR FINE ARTS.
IT'S UP TO THE DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION.
IT'LL BE REPLACING SPORTS U, WHICH IS USED FOR ATHLETICS.
IT WILL BE REPLACING REMIND 101.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE REPLACING SITEFINITY, MAILCHIMP, SMORE, AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR CLOUD STORAGE SPEND.
>> THEN COST OF THE CONTRACT, TO KEITH'S POINT, WHAT IS THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND THEN WHAT IS THE NET EITHER INCREASE OR DECREASE IN TOTAL COST BASED ON WHAT IS BEING ELIMINATED?
>> THE TOTAL COST OF THE CONTRACT IS 369,550.
CURRENTLY, WE SPEND $274,024.59.
>> THAT IS A DIFFERENCE, IT'S ABOUT $95,525,000.
NOW, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT NUMBER 1, LET ME GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MARK IN OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT BECAUSE HE WORKED THEM FOR THAT PRICE.
I THINK WE NICKNAMED HIM THE BULLDOG.
HE DOESN'T LOVE THAT, BUT HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY PAY FOR THE APP.
THE APP EASILY WOULD BE LOW SIX FIGURES IF WE WENT OFF AND DID THAT ON OUR OWN BECAUSE OF THE SIZE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DEVELOP AND HOUSE, OR FOR STORAGE, AND ALL OF THE ABOVE, BUT THAT IS THE COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> BUT IS THERE SAVINGS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE WOULDN'T BE USING RAMINE, SPORTSUSE, S'MORE OR ANY OF THAT, WOULD THERE WOULD BE SOME SAVINGS?
>> THE TOTAL OF THAT IS CURRENT, INCLUDING SCHOOL MESSENGER, RAMINE, S'MORE, MAILCHIMP, SITEFINITY.
THE ONLY NUMBER I DON'T HAVE IS HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON CLOUD STORAGE IS $274,000.
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>> YOU'RE CALCULATING THAT IN ALREADY THE SAVINGS ON THE OTHER.
>> ABOVE AND BEYOND CALCULATING THAT IN?
>> CORRECT. YES. ALSO REMEMBER TO THAT REMIND, WE'RE ONLY PAYING FOR FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS, AND ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS GOING TO INCLUDE A REMIND TYPE SITUATION FOR ELEMENTARY, WHICH WE DON'T PAY FOR.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE BECAUSE WE DON'T PAY CURRENTLY PAY FOR THAT FOR ELEMENTARY.
WE ONLY BUY, I WAS GOING TO SAY LICENSES, I THINK, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING IT S TEAMS. WE WOULD BUY LIKE ONE PER TEAM.
WITH THIS, IT'S GOING TO BASICALLY GIVE A NEWSLETTER TO EVERY STAFF MEMBER.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE THERE TOO THAT WE'RE BENDING CURRENTLY.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY ALSO, SOME TEACHERS PAY FOR THEIR OWN S'MORE ACCOUNTS, BUT TAKE CARE OF THAT.
>> THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
WHAT HAPPENS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE CHEER COACH WANTS TO USE AN APP CALLED BAND, BECAUSE THAT APP ALLOWS FOR PARENTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER WITHIN THE APP, ABOUT THE BOOSTER MEANING OR THE FUNDRAISER, AND ALSO GAMES AND WHAT TIME TO BEWARE AND SCHEDULES ARE ALL POSTED IN THAT.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? BECAUSE IF THE POINT OF THIS IS TO CENTRALIZE EVERYTHING, THEN HOW DO WE AVOID THE ONE OFF SITUATIONS WHERE THIS FOOTBALL TEAM IS DOING THIS AND THIS THEATER DEPARTMENT IS DOING THAT?
>> YEAH, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH I'VE TALKED TO MY FINE ARTS PEOPLE.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH MY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND THEY'RE ALL AWARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING OVER TO ALL OF THIS, AN SO THERE WILL BE TRAINING FOR US, AND THAT WILL BE, LIKE, A TRAIN THE TRAINER SO WE CAN TRAIN THEM.
I AM THE ONE WHO DICTATES WHAT WE'RE LEVERAGING ON CAMPUS, AND SO IT WILL BE ME AND THESE GUYS, LETTING THEM KNOW, LIKE WHAT THE PROCEDURES ARE ON CAMPUS AND WHAT WE WILL AND WILL NOT BE USING.
>> IT'S THE EXPECTATION THAT EVERYTHING RUNS THROUGH THIS AND WE ARE NOT USING OUTSIDE THINGS, AND WE WILL BE ENFORCING THAT ON THE CAMPUS.
>> YEAH. I KNOW THEY'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AS WELL, SO THEY WOULD BE SHARING THAT SAME EXPECTATION, NOT CAMPUS.
>> BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME FUNCTIONALITY THAT'S LOST.
AGAIN, THE BOOSTER COMMUNICATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T CONTROL THOSE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THAT, BUT AT LEAST IF THE DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS ARE ALL IN ONE SPOT.
ALSO, WILL WE BE USING THIS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IF THE CAMPUS IS ON LOCKDOWN OR THERE'S SOME OTHER SITUATION ON THE CAMPUS THAT WE NEED TO INFORM THE PARENTS WILL IT BE THAT IT GOES THROUGH THIS VEHICLE OF COMMUNICATION ONLY?
>> YES. THEORETICALLY, I USED HOSP AS AN EXAMPLE WHEN I WAS TALKING TO SOME FOLKS.
I ERIN WE KNOW ERIN DURING THAT SITUATION, HE WAS WORKING WITH, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT MEANING TO PICK ON YOU. YOU'RE A GOOD EXAMPLE.
HE WAS OUTSIDE TRYING TO HELP PARENTS TRYING TO REASSURE THEM THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY, WE'RE GETTING READY TO RELEASE THEM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FUNCTIONALITY ON THEIR PHONE, THEY'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY THROUGH MESSAGES OR ANNOUNCEMENTS PROBABLY WOULD BE MORE OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YES, SOMETHING IS GOING ON THE CAMPUS.
HE'S ABLE TO SEND A QUICK LIKE TEXT MESSAGE TO HIS PARENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE DRIVING BY.
THAT FUNCTIONALITY IS THERE WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO STEP IN AND RIGHT AFTER HE'S ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF REASSURANCE BECAUSE PARENTS ARE CALLING, WE'RE GATHERING THE DATA FROM THE COMS TEAM AND TO HELP SUPPORT HIS COMMUNICATION.
>> WELL, I KNOW, TALKING TO MANDY AND THESE GUYS, WE WANT THE ROLLOUT TO GO REALLY WELL, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT STEP, TRAINING PROCESS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A SLOW ROLL. WE'RE GOING TO LEARN.
WE'RE GOING TO START TRAINING THE STAFF.
WE'LL HAVE TO TRAIN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI STEP PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY TRAINED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO LEVERAGE IT.
>> DOES THE CONTRACT AMOUNT COVER UNLIMITED USERS OR THAT'S A SET?
>> FIRST OFF, I WANTED TO ADD THAT THERE'S A NON MONETARY VALUE TO THIS, WHICH IS TIME SAVINGS, WHICH I THINK WASN'T MENTIONED, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT WITH THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT WORDS TO THAT.
I TEND TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC MIGHT HAVE.
IS THIS WE CAN GET PIRS FROM THIS INFORMATION?
>> YOU CAN. THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS.
THERE ARE SOME COMMUNICATIONS APPS THAT ARE BEING USED RIGHT NOW,
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WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE REASON WE HAD ORIGINALLY BROUGHT ON MIND 101 BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GO AND GET THAT INFORMATION SHOULD THAT HAPPEN.>> THANK YOU. CARINA, YOU HAD MENTIONED CONTRACTUALLY THAT THE RESPONSE TIME IS GOING TO BE VERY QUICK WITH THIS.
WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION? BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO PROMISE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE BEGINNING OF A CONTRACT, BUT THEN, AS TIME GOES ON, LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK IN A YEAR OR TWO FROM NOW AND HEAR THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE WAITING THAT 24 HOURS THAT WE JUST HEARD WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH WITH THIS NEW PRICE TAG.
WHAT IS WRITTEN? HOW DO WE HOLD THAT ACCOUNTABILITY?
>> US, MANDY AND I, WE DON'T TOLERATE A WHOLE LOT.
IF THEY PROMISE IT, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND IF THEY DON'T, THEY WILL WILL BENEFIT.
THEN, STEPHANIE ASKED THIS QUESTION AS FAR AS OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND THAT THING.
I'M THINKING A LITTLE MORE WHOLE PICTURE.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE FIND OURSELVES IN AN EMERGENCY? ALSO ON TOP OF THAT, THIS APP ALSO GOES DOWN.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE IS PART OF AND I DON'T KNOW, DR. WALD, THIS COULD JUST BE PLANNING WITH JOHN BODIE IS IF WE DO TAKE THIS ON, AND I'M SURE IT WOULD BE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY IT OUT LOUD, THAT THERE WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE AN EXTERNAL.
BASICALLY, WE DON'T PUT ALL OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THIS, WHICH I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT, BUT THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE TRAINING OUR PARENTS ALSO BECAUSE, I JUST WANTED TO PUT WORDS TO THAT ALSO.
>> THERE WE HAVE A STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL THAT, THINKS TO JOHN BODIE, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A VERY METICULOUS TRAINING PROCESS FOR ALL CRISIS EVENT.
I UNDERSTAND. WE WILL HAVE TO INTEGRATE THAT, BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE ABANDON ALL OF OUR OTHER COMMS PRACTICES.
THOSE ARE STILL GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
IF THE APP IS DOWN, WE HAVE E MAIL, WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAVE WEBSITES.
WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THOSE IN THE BACK END.
>> I JUST SEE THAT AS SOMETHING THAT PARENTS ARE PROBABLY START.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING.
I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. REALLY JUST SAY IT.
THEN ONE MORE THING, THE SLIDE THAT HAS ALL OF THE ONES THAT YOU STARTED WITH PICKING FROM, CAN WE GO TO THAT SLIDE? I'M VERY EXCITED BY THE WAY.
I'M TICKLED. I LOVE THIS STUFF.
ALL THE NOISE IS GOING TO GO AWAY.
ALL THE E MAILS. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH HOW ALL LANDED ON APIG? WHAT WERE THE REASONS AND YOU WANT TO TELL ALL OF THEM, BUT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE REASONS THESE OTHER ONES DIDN'T MAKE IT? BECAUSE I GOOGLED.
I WAS GOOGLING AND REVIEWING APIG WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE.
I WANT TO SAY PARENT SQUARE WAS ONE OF THEM.
THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY SCHOOL BOX OR SOMETHING?
>> SCHOOL BOX? SCHOOL SOMETHING.
>> WHEN WE STARTED THIS ORIGINAL JOURNEY, IT WAS LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL MESSENGER REPLACEMENT. THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED.
THEN WE FIGURED OUT WHICH DISTRICTS IN THE AREA USED IT ACROSS THE STATE, BIG DISTRICTS, USED SCHOOL MESSENGER, ANY OF THESE OTHER COMPETITORS.
THEN FROM THERE WE STARTED REALIZING WHAT OTHER OFFERINGS THEY HAD, WHETHER IT WAS WEBSITE, LIKE THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, WE STARTED LOOKING AT CAMPUS WEBSITES AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT REMIND 101, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE.
SOME OF THESE DID SOME THINGS BETTER THAN OTHERS.
SOME HAD A GREAT APP, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT HAPPENING BEHIND IT.
THE WEBSITE LOOKED REAL, PLAIN.
THERE WERE SOME WHERE THEY WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE MASS COMMUNICATION, AND AGAIN, THE WEBSITE, NOT SO MUCH.
THIS ONE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD EVERYTHING.
NOW, OF COURSE, WE MET WITH ALL OF THEM AND THEY ALL DID THEIR BEST SELL, BUT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, WE'RE VERY PICKY AND WE HAVE HIGH STANDARDS, ESPECIALLY FOR COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU.
>> WELL AS A QUICK QUESTION, FUNDING SOURCE. ARE YOU PLAN ON FUNDING IT?
>> WE'RE ADDING, BUT IN ORDER TO ADD, WE NEED TO CUT SOMETHING.
WHAT I FORGET THE SURPLUS AMOUNT. I'M SORRY.
>> WAIT A MINUTE. I THINK I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE.
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I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.YOU SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME TEST CAMPUSES, MAYBE STARTING IN JANUARY.
>> MAYBE IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL.
>> THAT'S GOOD. THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
>> TURN AROUND. IF THEY ARE NOT READY TO GO, WE WILL NOT BE ROLLING OUT.
>> THEN FOR THE CAMPUS TEST SITES.
WOULD THE PARENTS HAVE ACCESS? WOULD YOU CHOOSE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE PARENTS WITH A LOT OF MULTI LANGUAGE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE TEST THAT FEATURE.
>> ALMOST ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT THEM, BUT YES, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DIVERSIFY AMONGST GREAT CAMPUS LEVELS AS WELL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD SPREAD BETWEEN EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE HIGH, WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD IT ALL OUT.
>> OKAY. THEN WILL WE HAVE VETTING OF [INAUDIBLE]
>> I MEAN THAT IS THAT'S PART OF WHAT PRINCIPALS ALREADY DO.
>> ALL THE POSTINGS WILL GO TO THE PRINCIPAL BEFORE THEY GO OUT?
>> WELL, NOT FROM THE CLASSROOM.
THAT'S STANDARD ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO.
IF THEY HAD TO GO AND APPROVE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT CAME OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
WE DO PUT TRUST IN OUR TEACHERS TO SEND OUT APPROPRIATE CONTENT TO THEIR PARENTS.
NOW, WHAT THESE GUYS DO IS A LOT AND IF ANY OF YOU GUYS WANT TO JUMP IN, FEEL FREE, THEY FOCUS ON THEIR CAMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, BUT AS STACY SAID, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
THERE IS AN APPROVAL PROCESS THAT IS IN THE BACK END OF THIS, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THAT'S ALSO THE OTHER THING IS THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS BEING SENT OUT FROM THEIR CLASSROOMS AS WELL.
>> RIGHT NOW, I THINK MOST OF US REALLY HAVE CONTROL ISSUES.
WE WANT TO SEE WHAT'S PUT OUT THERE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I COME BACK WHATEVER HAS THE SCOGGIN'S NAME.
RIGHT NOW, OUR PRACTICE AT MY CAMPUS IS PEOPLE ARE TEXTING ME PICTURES.
MAYBE THEY INCLUDE A CAPTION IF THEY'RE NICE, IF NOT, I'M COMING UP WITH A CAPTION.
MAYBE AN EMAIL, I HAVE AN EXPECTATION, MY CONTENT TEAM LEADS EACH ME CONTENT FROM EACH OF MY CORE SUBJECTS SO THAT WE'RE DIVERSIFYING, BUT THAT'S PRETTY CUMBERSOME.
BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO NEGOTIATE ON THAT BECAUSE I WOULD NOT WANT SOMETHING TO GET OUT THAT'S NOT OKAY.
WHEN I WAS WITH A COLLEAGUE FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT HAS THIS PRODUCT, IT WAS AMAZING.
IT'S A CUE THAT SHE PULLS UP, SAY, HER BAND DIRECTOR, THEY HAVE A CONCERT.
THE PICTURES ARE RIGHT THERE. IT'S QUEUED UP.
SHE CAN APPROVE, SHE CAN DECLINE, OR SHE CAN SUGGEST REVISIONS.
THAT NIGHT, SHE HAD MULTIPLE EVENTS HAD HAPPENED AND ESPECIALLY IT'S SECONDARY, I KNOW ELEMENTARY AS WELL.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING.
LOOK AT IT AND APPROVE OR REVISE, IF NEEDED, BUT THE EFFICIENCY OF THAT REALLY HELPS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TELLING OUR STORY IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY NEXT QUESTION ON IT WAS MORE ABOUT RESPONSE TIME BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE SAME RESPONSE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH EMAIL?
>> WE ARE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM TEACHER TO PARENT.
>> ONE THING I'M REALLY HAPPY WE'RE COMING WITH A COMMON ONE SINGLE TOOL BECAUSE I'M IN THE PARENT LIKE, WITH MY KIDS SO MANY EMAILS I HAD TO GO THROUGH WHEN TWO OF MY KIDS ARE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
NOW WITH EVERYTHING COMBINED, I'M REALLY HAPPY.
I JUST GOT ELECTED I THINK SOME OF THE MAIN QUESTION WE FACED WHEN WE HAD WITH THE BLOCK WALK, MEET AND GRADES, EVERYBODY'S EVERYONE'S COMBINED IS, COMMUNICATION.
WE'RE NOT GETTING THE BETTER COMMUNICATION WE'RE GETTING CONFUSED. I'M REALLY HAPPY.
WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND THEN DAY I GOT ELECTED, I WAS ACTUALLY DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON WHAT IS THE BEST COMMUNICATION TOOLS? WHAT ARE THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE USING? I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH.
WHEN I ATTENDED DURING MY FIRST TASK B MEETING IN JULY OR SOMETHING.
I JUST MENTIONED, I ASKED THE QUESTION MANY PEOPLE, WHAT ARE THE TOOLS YOU GUYS ARE USING? NOBODY GAVE ME THE STRAIGHT ANSWER.
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EVERYBODY SAID, IT VARIES FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SCHOOL DISTRICT.I ASKED THE LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVERYBODY IS USING DIFFERENT TOOLS.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE COMMON ONE.
THEN I WAS DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AGAIN AND PARENTS QUERY IS THE TOP ONE WHICH CAME TO MY LIST BECAUSE OF SO MANY ALL THE FEATURES WE DISCUSSED TODAY.
EVERYTHING IS PART OF THE PARENTSQUARE WITH ALL AT ONE PLACE.
I KNOW APPTEGY DEFINITELY IF THEY'RE USING OTHER DISTRICTS, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE.
BUT WHEN YOU SAID THE PRICING WISE, DID YOU GUYS COMPARE JUST PARENTSQUARE AND THE APPTEGY.
I KNOW EARLIER, SHERRY ASKED THE SAME QUESTION BECAUSE THE REASON I'M ASKING IS ALL THE FEATURES, WHATEVER YOU MENTIONED ON THE APPTEGY HAS THE PARENTSQUARE HAS EVERYTHING.
THEN THAT IS PARENT COMPANY OF REMIND, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE THE RELATIONS WITH THE REMIND.
WE ARE ALREADY PAYING WITH THEM.
MAYBE WHETHER WE CAN GET THE BETTER NEGOTIATION BETTER PRICING, ADDING MORE FEATURES.
THE TWO OTHER THINGS WHICH THEY HAVE.
I'M NOT SURE WHETHER APPTEGY HAS IT, THE ONE WHICH ONLINE SCHOOL CAFE, THE PAYMENTS, WHICH WE PAY FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
IT'S ALREADY THERE IN THE PARENTSQUARE, AND THEN PERMISSION SLIPS, WHICH WE NEEDED FOR THE NEW RULES LIKE, THE EITHER CONSENT FORMS, WE NEED TO ADD IT LIKE A NEW LEGISLATION, THAT IS ALREADY THERE.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER THOSE FEATURES ARE THERE IN APPTEGY.
>> ABOUT THOSE TWO PARTICULAR FEATURES, I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE COMPARED PARENTSQUARE TO APPTEGY, IT JUST DIDN'T LOOK AS GOOD.
IT JUST WASN'T AS FRIENDLY ON THE BACK END.
NOW, I WILL SAY THERE WERE THINGS THAT I DID FIND THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID LIKE ABOUT PARENTSQUARE, AND THEY WOULD USE THEM FOR THEIR MASS COMMUNICATION OR FOR JUST THE REMIND 101 PORTION OF IT.
BUT NOBODY WAS BUYING PARENTSQUARE.
WELL, AND LOOK AT THE DATA, BUT WE LOOK AGAIN.
TOP BIGGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS, OUR NEIGHBORS.
NOBODY'S BOUGHT INTO THEM 100%.
THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE ARE USING THEM PIECEMEAL.
REMIND 101 IS A BIG ONE WHERE PEOPLE ARE USING THEM PIECEMEAL.
APPTEGY IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE ONES WHERE WE'RE JUST LIKE THIS IS IT.
I THINK DALLAS ISD JUST BOUGHT INTO APPTEGY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AS WELL IF WE CAN LOOK FOR ANOTHER LARGE COMPARISON DISTRICT.
>> THEY DID. THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE BIG THINGS FOR US IS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T THE FIRST BIG DISTRICT THAT WAS TAKING ON THEIR ENTIRE OFFERING, AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH PARENTSQUARE, THE FIRST LARGE DISTRICT TO BE TESTING OUT ALL OF THEIR CAPABILITIES.
WHILE WE'VE BEEN THE TEST CASES FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
COMMUNICATIONS WAS NOT AN AREA WHERE WE WANTED TO BECOME THE TEST CASE FOR THEM.
THAT'S TOO IMPORTANT FOR OUR PARENTS AND OUR CAMPUSES.
WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING WITH THE TRIED AND TRUE, WHO HAD BEEN ABLE TO FAR EXCEED THE CAPACITY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH OVER 200,000 STUDENTS, AND PARENTSQUARE HAD NOT MET THAT YET.
>> THAT MEANS LIKE YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE PRICE FACTOR, LIKE DID NOT WORK OUT THE PRICE FACTOR EXACTLY BETWEEN THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE DID GET SOME PRICING BACK FROM THEM.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT IS WHEN YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, THE WEBSITES THAT THEY BUILT, ESPECIALLY IN DUVAL, THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA, IT CAPTURES YOU.
I MEAN, YES, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING THE PRODUCT AND EXCELLING AND GRABBING YOUR ATTENTION.
THE ROI ON A PRODUCT THAT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME TO OUR WEBSITE, WANT TO GO TO THE NEWSLETTERS.
I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMS TEAM, LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I DID NOT PERSONALLY LIKE THE WAY THAT OUR NEWSLETTERS LOOK.
I DIDN'T THINK IT EVOKED EMOTION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A GREAT ADVERTISEMENT, YOU LOOK AT GREAT MARKETING, THERE'S A PICTURE THAT SAYS 1,000 WORDS.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WHAT THEY DID AND THE RESEARCH THAT THEY DID, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO SEND A MESSAGE ABOUT WHO WE ARE.
WHEN I SAID EARLIER ABOUT, THE CURTAIN, LOOKING TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING.
HONESTLY, DUVAL, IF I WOULD GO TO THAT FLORIDA DUVAL, I THINK YOU HAVE HAD IT UP ON YOUR COMPUTER.
IT JUST MAYBE THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES, BUT IT'S NOT TO THE QUALITY OR STANDARD THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
>> TO BOUNCE OFF THAT THE INTUITIVENESS WHEN THEY SHOWED IT TO US.
RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE USING ARE NOT VERY INTUITIVE.
MESSENGER IS NOT SUPER EASY TO USE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NOT AT SCHOOL, REMIND BOGS DOWN SOMETIMES, THE STREAMLINING OF IT AND EACH THING THAT THEY SHOWED US,
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IT LOOKED SO INTUITIVE TO USE, AND RIGHT NOW WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT.WE'RE CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING WITH TRAINING PEOPLE.
THESE JUST SEEMED LIKE THE EASE OF USE ON IT WAS GOING TO MAKE ALL OF OUR LIVES SO MUCH EASIER.
I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WHEN WE ALL TALKED, WE ALL WANT TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH COMMUNICATING TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE JUST REALLY STRUGGLING WITH IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S SO FRAGMENTED.
>> REMIND 101 WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY AND PARENTSQUARE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY SWITCH FOR US BECAUSE WE ALREADY USE REMIND 101.
WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT REMIND 101 AND COMPARING IT TO WHAT APPTEGY HAS FOR THEIR COMPARABLE TOOL.
WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN STUDENT SERVICES AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, YOU GUYS.
HERE'S REMIND 101, HERE'S APPTEGY, WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK COMPARE? ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS.
THEY ASKED 1 MILLION QUESTIONS, I LACK ANSWERS.
AFTER G MADE US A VIDEO AND IT JUST WENT DEEP DIVED INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT TEACHERS COULD COMMUNICATE WITH STUDENTS AND WITH PARENTS, AND OF COURSE, ALL OF IT BEING PIR, AND IT WAS WELL BEYOND WHAT REMIND 101 DOES, WHICH IS WHAT WE USE RIGHT NOW.
>> WHEN YOU DO YOUR CALCULATIONS, CAN YOU INCLUDE THE SUNSET CALLS FOR SHUTTING DOWN THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND RAMPING UP THIS ONE BECAUSE THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME OVERLAP.
>> THERE IS GOING TO BE OVERLAP SINCE WE'RE BRINGING IT ON A FULL YEAR, SO WE WILL HAVE ONE FULL YEAR OVERLAP.
WE JUST AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, JUST REMIND 101.
WHEN YOU GUYS APPROVE THE CONTRACT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
WE MAKE OUR FIRST PAYMENT FOR APPTEGY.
>> WHAT'S THE ROUGH ESTIMATE? IS THAT ABOUT FIVE THEN?
>> WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT REMIND 101? BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, I PUT THAT IN THE NOISE PILE. I CAN'T.
IS THAT ANOTHER OR WAS [INAUDIBLE]? I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND.
IS THAT AN EXTENDED VERSION OF THAT PRODUCT THAT WAS INCLUDED?
>> ARE YOU ALL FAMILIAR WITH REMIND 101?
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I JUST REALIZE WHEN I THROW THINGS OUT.
I'M LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, I'M JUST SAYING IT LIKE EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND I'M GOSH WHAT IF YOU DON'T?
>> I FEEL LIKE WE WOULD GO BACKWARDS IF WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER EXTENDING THAT PRODUCT.
>> WELL, IT GOT EXTENDED BECAUSE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT IT HADN'T EVOLVED INTO SOMETHING BETTER, THOUGH.
>> ANOTHER THING IS, I THINK IT WOULD BE IDEAL, IF WE DID IN HOME BASE, GET AN UNDERSTANDING AT LEAST WHAT PARENTSQUARE COST, JUST SO WE WERE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
THEN I ALSO WANTED TO VALIDATE WHILE I WAS DOING MY GOOGLING HERE, THE REEDIT REVIEWS, WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THINGS TOWARDS PARENTSQUARE AND APPTEGY, SOME OF THE EXACT THINGS THAT WERE BEING SAID, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
>> WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ROLLOUT FOR THIS, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE TALKED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THIS.
WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, DO WE GO QUICK ON THIS BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE'S A NEED, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO AVOID AN OVERLAP ON COSTS.
BUT THEN WE THOUGHT TO OURSELVES, WE CAN EITHER GO QUICKLY AND POSSIBLY MAKE A FEW MISTAKES HERE AND THERE, OR WE COULD GO SLOW AND WE OPTED FOR SLOW AND CORRECT.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO ROLL IT OUT SLOWLY TO A FEW CAMPUSES IN JANUARY, AND THEN IN JULY, HAVING A LARGER ROLE EVERYBODY.
SLOW AND RIGHT IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING FOR IT HERE.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT IN LEADERS MEETING AS THE FACE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION CHANGES, WE HAVE TO BE MARKETERS.
WE KNOW OUR ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING.
AS I THINK ABOUT IT, AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT SITTING IN YOUR SHOES, I RECOGNIZE IT'S A BIG ASK.
IT IS MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
BUT TO SERVE IN A DIFFERENT WAY, WE MAY HAVE TO GIVE MORE TO GET MORE STUDENTS IN.
I THINK MARKETING HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE KNOW WE CAN UP AND WE SEE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW OUR COMPETITION WITH STRONG MARKETING PLANS.
>> CAN WE GET A FULL ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THE COST WOULD BE THIS YEAR VERSUS WHAT WAS BUDGETED, AND THEN WHAT IT WOULD BE ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, JUST SO THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE HAVE TO VOTE?
>> ADD A FEW THINGS BEFORE WE HANDED BACK TO YOU GUYS.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
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WE HAVE LEANED MISSALS, ANYTHING? WE HAVE LEANED ON COMMUNICATIONS QUITE A BIT TO AND TO DO THINGS IN A MORE POLISHED WAY.I THINK THIS IN MANY WAYS IS RESPONSIVE.
TO THE PRESSURE I THINK THE BOARD'S PUT ON.
I WOULD AGREE WITH SARA THAT ON THESE TWO ITEMS, IF YOU CAN GET SOMETHING TO US ON THESE TWO POINTS BEFORE THE BOARD, AND ALSO WITH KEITH ON THE TOTAL PRICING BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS TO KEITH'S POINT, WE'RE ALSO PRETTY TOUGH ON THE BUDGET, AND KIM CAN ATTEST TO THAT.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORKSHOPS THAT HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DO IT.
BUT I'LL ALSO BE HONEST, IF WE'RE IMPROVING SOMETHING DISTRICT WIDE AND WE'RE IMPACTING THE LIVES OF OVER 100,000 PARENTS, AND WE'RE TALKING AT LEAST THE NUMBERS THAT I'M SEEING TO HAVE THIS DIFFERENCE.
IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME.
IT REALLY DOES. I'D LOVE TO SEE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
BUT, I DO WANT TO HAVE THAT FINANCIAL NUMBERS AND SOME OF THE DISTINCTIONS THAT [INAUDIBLE], BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GUIDING US.
THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS THE DILIGENCE THAT ALL ARE DOING ON THIS IS APPRECIATED, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
HAVING PRINCIPALS HERE AT THE DIFFERENT CAMPUS LEVELS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE. I THINK THAT'S THE SMARTEST WAY TO DO THIS. I'M A PARENT TOO.
I LIKE THEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT.
I CAN IMAGINE THEM GETTING BETTER.
I WANT TO FINISH ON ONE POINT. THAT WAS THE POINT YOU MADE.
THAT IS THE POLISH OR THE BRANDING OF FRISCO ISD.
AND AS LONG AS I'M HERE, I WANT THINGS THAT WE DO TO LOOK NICE AND TO BE GOOD.
THAT COSTS MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE HAVE IT.
ULTIMATELY, MISS SMITH OVER THERE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME HARD WORK IN TRYING TO MAKE THIS ALL WORK.
I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR PUTTING THE EFFORT.
NOW, I WILL SAY ON THE RESPONSE TIMING, YOU HAD ME AT, LIKE, THE MINUTE UNTIL YOU TOLD ME DALLAS ISD IS ROLLING THIS IN, AND I'M LIKE, OH, NO, WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE ON RESPONSE TIMES? JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP MONITORING.
I KNOW IF IT TURNS INTO 27 SECONDS TO 27 HOURS, YOU'LL LET US KNOW.
BUT I AM GRATEFUL OF IT BECAUSE I KNOW IN TRYING TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS, ON A BRANDING, ON AN OUTSIDE MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, ON A CAMPUS LEVEL, ON A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION LEVEL.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE AS BOARD MEMBERS, LIKE SES MENTIONED, WE HEAR, AND I KNOW AS PRINCIPLES YOU ALL HEAR.
THE BOARD CERTAINLY HEARS IT TOO.
JUST VERY GRATEFUL AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS REMAINING INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A VERY INFORMED DECISION.
>> I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU EARLY BECAUSE I KNEW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL THAT INFORMATION AT HOME BASE.
I WILL BE PUTTING THE CONTRACT INTO HOME BASE FOR YOU THIS EVENING OR IN THE MORNING.
BUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A HUGE DEAL.
WE ARE LITERALLY MAKING A MASSIVE CHANGE IN FRISCO ISD WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATIONS.
THERE WILL BE NO STONE LEFT UNTURNED.
I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE TO MY PRINCIPAL COLLEAGUES UP HERE BECAUSE THIS IS HUGE FOR THEM, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT JUST AS A DISTRICT, BUT FOR OUR CAMPUSES AS WELL.
WHATEVER WE DO IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE, OUR PARENTS, AND OUR STAFF.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY TO BEGIN? AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU. I'M SCOT WESLER, FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW.
[2. Discussion regarding Staley Middle School]
I'M CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.ALSO, TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM MR. PHIL EVANS, AND PHIL IS ONE OF OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
HE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'LL JUMP RIGHT IN AND START OUR DISCUSSION ON THE CONTINUATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR THE PAST SIX, SEVEN MONTHS ON STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
TONIGHT, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME COSTING UPDATES, SOME PRIORITIES THAT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE
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WERE LOOKING AT IN THE SPRING AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OVER THE SUMMER, AND PHIL WILL REALLY DIVE DEEPLY INTO THOSE AND SOME OF THOSE OBJECTIVES, AND THEN LEADING US TO WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE FOR STALEY MOVING FORWARD.I WANT TO GO BACK AND REITERATE.
WE MAY HAVE MISSED THIS A LITTLE BIT IN.
WE WERE LOOKING AT THESE OBJECTIVES WHEN WE STARTED OUR CONSIDERATIONS FOR WHAT WE WANTED TO HAPPEN TO STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE COMMUNICATED THESE WELL IN THE SPRING.
DEFINITELY, COST WAS ONE OF THOSE FACTORS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT COSTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.
WE TALKED ABOUT STUDENT DISPLACEMENT.
WHAT WOULD REZONING LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF MOVING STUDENTS FROM STALEY TO OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS, NOT JUST DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, BUT ALSO BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL AS WELL.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STUDENT OPPORTUNITY, AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WITH THIS MOVE OR WITHOUT DOING THIS MOVE THAT OUR STUDENTS AT STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE GETTING THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT STUDENTS AT OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE RECEIVING.
THEN, OF COURSE, WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION COMMUNITY IMPACT.
THAT IS NOT JUST THE STALEY COMMUNITY, ALTHOUGH THAT IS HEAVY ON OUR MINDS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE FRISCO ISD COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET CONSEQUENCES OF A STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL MOVING FORWARD.
YOU'VE HEARD US TALK QUITE A BIT ABOUT PLUMBING AS WE'VE GONE ON THIS JOURNEY WITH STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'VE HAD A THIRD PARTY VENDOR GIVE US PRICING FOR A FULL SCALE PLUMBING REPLACEMENT, IT'S ABOUT 3.5 MILLION DOLLAR.
THAT 3.5 MILLION IS ALSO ASSUMING THAT THAT'S LEADING IN TO ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE BUILDING.
I THINK IF WE WERE TO JUST SAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PLUMBING ONLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND DO SOME TOUCH UP WORK, THAT 35 IS FOR THE PLUMBING, IT WOULD GO NORTH OF THAT 35 NUMBER.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPTIONS A AND B THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE DO NOT INCLUDE THE 3.5.
YOU'LL HAVE TO ADD THE 3.5 ON TOP OF THOSE NUMBERS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPTION A, IF WE WERE TO KEEP STALEY OPEN AND DO A LIGHT REFRESH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 19.5 MILLION DOLLAR PLUS THE 35.
A LIGHT REFRESH IS STILL PRETTY INVASIVE FOR STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT'S ALL THE COSMETICS, IT'S CARPET, IT'S PAINT, IT'S NEW TILING, IT'S REST ROOM REDS, IT'S NEW TOILETRIES, IT'S LOOKING AT THE KITCHEN AND REDOING THE KITCHEN.
IT'S LOOKING AT THE SCIENCE LABS AND REDOING THE SCIENCE LABS.
EVEN THOUGH WE CALL IT A LIGHT REFRESH, IT'S STILL PRETTY INVASIVE.
LIKE I SAID, THAT'S AROUND 20 MILLION.
IF WE GO TO OPTION B, A FULL REFRESH, THAT'S WHERE WE START TAKING THE INTERIOR OF THE SCHOOL AROUND THE LIBRARY, OPENING THAT UP, MAKING IT MORE LIKE A STUDENT UNION, LIKE SOME OF OUR NEWER SCHOOLS HAVE.
IT WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING THAT OPTION A HAS, PLUS A LITTLE BIT MORE TO REDESIGN SOME OF OUR LEARNING SPACES.
PART OF THE WORK THAT VLK HAD DONE FOR US WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT OPTION B WAS ALSO OPENING UP THOSE SCIENCE LABS INTO SOME PRETTY UNIQUE CONFIGURATIONS SO THAT WE HAD OPEN LEARNING WITHIN THOSE SCIENCE LABS.
THAT'S WHAT YOUR OPTION B LOOKS LIKE.
THEN, OF COURSE, OPTION C, WHICH WE TOOK TO OUR VOTERS IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM IS ABOUT $85,000,000 CONSTRUCTION COST FOR A NEW STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED EARLIER AS WE'VE TALKED THROUGH ENROLLMENT REGARDING STALEY IN OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
WHAT IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND RIGHT SIZE IT FOR WHAT WE SEE OUR PROJECTIONS OF STALEY BEING? INSTEAD OF BUILDING THAT SCHOOL FOR 1,000, WHAT IF WE BUILD IT FOR AROUND 800, VISITING WITH OUR ARCHITECTS AND OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING IS IF YOU TRY TO WRITE SIZE BY ABOUT 150 TO 200 STUDENTS, THEY SAID YOU MAY SAVE THREE TO $4,000,000.
BECAUSE YOUR GENERAL SPACES DON'T REALLY CHANGE IN SIZE, YOU MAYBE ARE GOING TO ELIMINATE FOUR OR FIVE CLASSROOMS, YOUR HALLWAYS, YOUR CORRIDORS, YOUR CAFETERIAS, YOUR GYMNASIUMS, YOUR LOCKER ROOMS, YOU'RE REALLY NOT CHANGING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE OVERALL BUILDING A WHOLE LOT.
BASED ON THAT SITE, THREE STORY BUILDING IS GOING TO REMAIN A THREE STORY BUILDING, EVEN IF YOU REDUCE IT BY 150 TO 200 STUDENTS.
YOUR SAVINGS IF YOU WERE TO SAY, HEY, LET'S BUILD A NEW SCHOOL FOR 800 STUDENTS OR 850 STUDENTS, DOESN'T MOVE THE NEEDLE A WHOLE LOT ON THAT NUMBER.
THEN, OF COURSE, OPTION D IS IF WE WERE TO RETIRE STALEY AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR.
YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT.
THIS IS THE BIG PICTURE LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR THIS STORY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT IS, WE KNOW OUR ENROLLMENTS DECLINING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THREE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU, IF WE WERE TO CLOSE AND RETIRE STALEY AND MOVE THEM TO GRIFFIN, TO TRENT,
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AND TO HUNT, THE REAL STORY IS THAT THOSE FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, INCLUDING STALEY, AND THOSE OTHER THREE HAVE A STUDENT CAPACITY OF AROUND 3,800 STUDENTS.IF YOU LOOK AT BOTH PASA AND ZONDA, WHICH IS THE DEMOGRAPHER THAT WE WENT OUT AND GOT A SECOND OPINION ON, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE ENROLLMENTS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, YOU ARE SEEING EVEN AT ITS MAXIMUM WITH ZONDA, WE'RE STILL FOLLOWING A WHOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SHORT WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENT ENROLLMENT CAPACITY.
PART OF THE STORY THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IS A BIG PART OF THE STORY IS THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, AND IT GOES BACK TO YOU, ARE WE WILLING TO PUT $20,000,000 INTO A 50-YEAR-OLD BUILDING WHEN WE HAVE TEN, 15, 20-YEAR-OLD BUILDINGS THAT HAVE CAPACITY TO ABSORB THAT STUDENT ENROLLMENT? TO SHOW YOU ONCE AGAIN, THIS MAP.
THESE NUMBERS ARE WITH PSA, WE WILL HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS WITH PSA IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS MAP WITH UPDATED NUMBERS FROM PSA AFTER WE SUBMIT AFTER LABOR DAY.
LAURIE SUBMITS TO PSA THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY.
ACTUALLY, IT WILL BE WEDNESDAY THIS YEAR.
AFTER LABOR DAY, WE'LL GET UPDATED NUMBERS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT STALEY ZONE OUTLINED IN GOLD, JUST FOR SOME REFERENCE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT NORTH PORTION THAT'S GOING TO GO TO TRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, CURRENTLY THERE'S ABOUT 105 STUDENTS IN THAT ZONE THAT WOULD GO TO TRENT.
THE MIDDLE SECTION THAT WOULD GO TO GRIFFIN IS AROUND 275 STUDENTS, AND THEN THAT SOUTHERN SECTION THAT WOULD GO TO HUNT IS AROUND 150 STUDENTS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE NUMBERS YOU SEE ON THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THAT STALEY BREAKDOWN WOULD WORK.
STALEY TODAY WAS, I BELIEVE 510 STUDENTS WHEN I LOOKED THIS AFTERNOON.
THE NUMBERS I GAVE YOU ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN 510, AND IT WAS BASED ON PROJECTIONS, AND STALEY RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE BIT BELOW PROJECTION.
THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA AGAIN, WHAT THE ZONING WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE SPRING.
EVERY STUDENT WHO, IF WE WERE TO REZONE THEM AND MOVE THEM TO THOSE THREE CAMPUSES WOULD RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION FOR MORNING AND AFTER SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION FOR REGULAR BUS DRIVING.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AT THE END.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MR. EVANS.
HE'S GOING TO DIG IN DEEP TO THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON STALEY, SO YES.
>> MY NAME IS PHIL EVANS. I'M A SECONDARY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, AND I PROVIDE DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER STALEY.
BACK IN THE SPRING, WHEN THERE WAS DISCUSSION AROUND THE RETIREMENT OF STALEY.
WE FELT THAT IF THAT'S THE WAY THE DECISION WENT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A DISTRICT, WE WERE PREPARED AND THAT WE WERE READY TO RECEIVE THOSE STUDENTS WHEREVER THEY ENDED UP ATTENDING SCHOOL FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
IN THE SPRING, WE MET INTERDEPARTMENTALLY EVERY WEEK TO DIVE INTO THIS WORK.
WE WANTED TO GET SOME MORE DEMOGRAPHIC NUMBERS, GOT INTO THE SUMMER, BUT REALLY THE CONVERSATION DIDN'T STOP BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THIS DECISION WAS STILL PENDING.
WE CONTINUED THAT WORK AND REALLY, THE CONVERSATION CONTINUED, AND WE CONTINUED TO PLAN AROUND THAT.
ALL DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS HAVE MET WEEKLY THIS PAST SUMMER TO DEVELOP PLANS SHOULD THE DECISION TO BE MADE FOR STALEY TO BE RETIRED IN 26-27.
WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH A VERY SYSTEMATIC PROCESS IN DETERMINING WHAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE CLOSING OR THE RETIREMENT.
WE STARTED OFF WITH, WE GOT THE MODEL FROM OUR RESIDENT EXPERT, JOHN BODIE, WHO HAS WALKED US THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT, VERY DIFFICULT THINGS, AND WE FOLLOWED A MODEL THAT HE PUT INTO PLACE WHERE YOU FIRST DEVELOPED PRIORITIES.
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? WHAT ARE THE OVERARCHING THINGS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? THEN FROM THOSE PRIORITIES, YOU WOULD GO TO WRITING OUT OBJECTIVES.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE DEPARTMENT STUDENT SERVICES, HR.
DOCTOR MERO WAS INVOLVED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, LEADERSHIP, ATHLETICS, FINE ARTS.
BASED ON THESE PRIORITIES, WHAT OBJECTIVES DO WE NEED TO DEVELOP? FROM THOSE OBJECTIVES, WE WOULD HAVE STRATEGIES WHERE WE GET REALLY DOWN INTO THE NITTY GRITTY.
JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, FIRST STARTED WITH STUDENT REZONING.
WHAT'S THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO IN TERMS OF REZONING THESE STUDENTS TO THE APPROPRIATE CAMPUSES,
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WHICH IN THIS CASE, WE DETERMINED WAS HUNT, GRIFFIN, AND TRENT.SECOND WOULD BE STAFF REASSIGNMENT.
ALL STAFF MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING, DOING A GOOD JOB ON CAMPUS, TEACHING KIDS WELL.
WE GUARANTEE THEM POSITIONS ON OTHER CAMPUSES.
HOW DO WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS? HOW DO WE WORK WITH HR? HOW DO WE GET A TRANSFER WINDOW SETUP? ALL OF THOSE GRANULAR THINGS NEEDED TO BE CONSIDERED.
STUDENT PROGRAM CONTINUITY, KIDS THAT ARE PLAYING ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE WANT THE KIDS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE BAND AND BE ABLE TO PLAY THAT TUBA AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS.
CULTURE AND CLIMATE REDESIGN, THE CELEBRATION OF LEGACY.
WE KNOW THAT THE RETIREMENT OF A SCHOOL IS REALLY HARD.
THERE ARE MANY STUDENTS, MANY TEACHERS THAT HAVE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME MAKING THEIR MARK IN THE STALEY COMMUNITY.
THERE IS A RECOGNITION THAT IF THERE WERE THE DECISION FOR THE CAMPUS TO BE RETIRED, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HONOR THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE.
THEN REALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.
WE HAVE FOOTBALL HELMETS, WE HAVE BAND INSTRUMENTS, WE HAVE CURRICULUM, WE HAVE CHROME BOOKS, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REDISTRIBUTED.
WHERE DO ALL OF HOW DO ALL THOSE THINGS GET INVENTORIED? WE DO THEY GO? WHAT ABOUT THOSE JERSEYS THAT SAY STATELY MUSTANGS ACROSS THE FRONT? HOW DO WE APPROACH THAT? THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AS WELL AND THEN TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING TO SHARE THAT WE'RE SHARING IT.
THOSE ARE OUR OVERARCHING OBJECTIVES, AND WHAT THAT EVOLVED INTO WAS, I JUST WANT TO SHOW THIS TO YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO EYEBALL IT. THIS IS WHAT THE OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES EVOLVED INTO.
I THINK THIS IS A 16 PAGE DOCUMENT IN WHICH EVERY DEPARTMENT, STUDENT SERVICES, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, TEACHING AND LEARNING, ESL, LEADERSHIP, FINE ARTS, ALL THE WAY DOWN, DEVELOPED STRATEGIES AND OBJECTIVES AROUND WHAT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
GOING INTO EACH OF EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES WITH THE REZONING OF STUDENTS.
YOU SEE THE STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, COUNSELING, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, SPECIAL EDUCATION, ALL ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
WE HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, MAYBE IN A CENTRALIZED CLASSROOM, AN FA CLASSROOM, WHICH EXISTS AT STALEY, AND WE WOULD NEED TO DETERMINE, WHAT'S THE CLOSEST CLASSROOM THAT THEY COULD GO TO IF THERE WERE THE DECISION TO RETIRE.
THE WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SMOOTHLY IS THROUGH TRANSITION NIGHTS, ON BOARDING EVENTS, MAKING SURE THAT ONCE WE GET INTO THAT THOSE REGISTRATION CONVERSATIONS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE HERE WE'RE ALMOST TO SEPTEMBER.
I MEAN, WE WILL REALLY START REGISTRATION CONVERSATIONS IN NOVEMBER, WHICH IS CRAZY, BUT IT CAUSES, I MEAN, THERE REALLY IS THAT TYPE OF PLANNING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT FOR THOSE.
SUPPORT A PBIS, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORTS AT RECEIVING CAMPUSES, TAKING ON MORE STUDENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE READY TO RECEIVE THOSE, MTSS STRUCTURES FOR ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIOR MONITORING, AND THEN I MENTIONED SPECIAL ED ACCOMMODATIONS.
REASSIGNMENT OF STAFF AND HR, REALLY THAT MAIN BULLET OR THAT FIRST BULLET IS REALLY THE MAIN ONE.
STRATEGIC STAFF PLACEMENT BASED ON CERTIFICATION AND CAMPUS NEEDS.
I MEAN, I'LL SAY THAT I WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL THAT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF OPENING A SCHOOL HERE IN FRISCO ISD.
I POPULATED MY ENTIRE STAFF WITH THE TRANSFER OF TEACHERS.
WE'RE GOOD AT MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS GET IN THE RIGHT SPOT WITH ALL OF OUR GROWTH, WE'VE REFINED THAT PRACTICE.
THE STRATEGIC PLACEMENT BASED ON CERTIFICATION AND CAMPUS NEEDS WOULD BE A PRIORITY AND MAKE SURE TEACHERS GET TO WHERE THEY CAN DO THEIR BEST WORK.
CULTURE AND CLIMATE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING THOSE KIDS IN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART IN THE LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH ALL PRINCIPALS.
WE WORK WITH MR. GOLKER UP AT TRENT.
WE WORK WITH MISS SWALLOW AT GRIFFIN.
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WE WORK WITH MISS WILLIAMS AT HUNT, AND WE WOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR REALLY ALL STUDENTS.TECHNOLOGY, LIBRARY, SPECIAL ED FIVE OH FOUR IS WORKING ON THE REALLOCATION OF DISTRICT RESOURCES, MAKING SURE CHROMEBOOKS GET WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED AND WOULD BE USEFUL ON ANOTHER CAMPUS, AND THE ASSESS ITINERANT CASE LOADS AND SOURCES.
THAT'S MORE OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION CONSIDERATION TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS THAT NEED SERVICES ARE GETTING THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED WHEREVER THEY ARE.
TRANSPORTATION ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS.
WHAT IS THE TRANSPORTATION ELIGIBILITY AS SCOTT MENTIONED, ALL STUDENTS FROM STALEY WOULD BE GUARANTEE TRANSPORTATION TO THE CAMPUSES THAT WOULD BE RECEIVING THEM, REASSIGNMENT OF COACHES.
THEN WE'RE TRYING TO LEAVE NOTONE TURNED WITH OUR LEGACY CELEBRATIONS.
I KNOW THAT COACH RUCKER, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, TALKED ABOUT HAVING A STALEY FOOTBALL UNIFORM FRAMED AND PUT UP IN THE HALL OF HONOR.
I MEAN, REALLY NO IDEA IS A BAD IDEA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CARRYING IT ON THE LEGACY OF STALEY.
>> TECHNOLOGY AND DATA READINESS THAT HAS TO DO WITH MAKING SURE THAT KIDS KNOW WHERE THEY WOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOL NEXT YEAR WITH ZONING, SI STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS TRACKING, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING.
HOW ARE ALL OF OUR KIDS DOING THAT END UP AT MAYBE HUNT OR GRIFFIN OR TRENT? THEN COMMUNICATIONS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS IN PLACE BECAUSE THAT COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT, AND WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE, WE NEED TO BE SHARING IT, BECAUSE I KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE MOVING FORWARD.
I DID WANT TO GIVE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW, STALEY, HUNT, FRISCO HIGH, MEMORIAL, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED AVID, WHICH STANDS FOR ADVANCEMENT VIA INDIVIDUALIZED DETERMINATION.
THANK YOU, DR. CUNNINGHAM. HE'S OVER THERE WORDING IT.
BUT IT'S AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM WHERE IF THIS SITUATION WERE TO HAPPEN, WE WOULD HAVE STALEY STUDENTS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN AVID, BUT MIGHT BE ZONED TO A SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T HAVE AVID.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? WHAT'S OUR CONSIDERATION? DO WE ALLOW THAT STUDENT TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER TO HUNT SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE IN THE AVID PROGRAM? THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE GRANULAR THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT AND TROUBLESHOOT ON THE FRONT END.
LOGISTICS, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT AROUND THIS, BUT ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, STANDARD EQUIPMENT REDISTRIBUTED TO OTHER CAMPUSES FOR USE.
HUNTS PROBABLY GOING TO NEED MORE FOOTBALL HELMETS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE FOOTBALL HELMETS ARE THERE.
SHOULDER PADS, TUBAS, TRUMPETS, ALL THE THINGS. THEN TRANSITION PLANNING.
I MENTIONED THIS A MINUTE AGO AS WELL THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE RECEIVING PRINCIPLES INFORMED IN CASE A DECISIONS MADE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO LEAD THROUGH.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ASHLEY SINE IN THE COMMUNITY, IS IT COMMUNITY RELATIONS? COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT.
IF THERE IS AN INSTANCE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CELEBRATE THE RETIREMENT OF STALEY, AND THAT WOULD HAPPENED ON MAY 16.
THEN THE SECOND PIECE WAS JUST THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, STAFF, STUDENTS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR FINAL WALK.
THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF IDEAS, ALONG WITH WALL OF HONOR, SOME THINGS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AROUND THE WALL OF HONOR, STUDENT AND STAFF RECOGNITION, COMMEMORATIVE VIDEO AND MEMORY BOOK, CLOSING CEREMONY.
THE COMMITTEE WILL REALLY WORK ON WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT I KNOW THAT DR. WALDRIP REALLY DIRECTED THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WERE TO GO ON, THAT IT'S DONE AND DONE WELL.
JUST A COUPLE OF CLOSING REMARKS.
WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO IS WE HAVE ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, CALENDARIZED AT THIS POINT, AND WE'RE READY TO DO WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES THROUGH CONTINUED COLLABORATION TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND STAFF, TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION OF KEY MILESTONES, AND THEN HONORING STALEY'S LEGACY WHILE PLANNING A STRONG FUTURE.
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THOSE ARE REALLY GOING ALONG WITH OUR PRIORITIES, REALLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.>> I GUESS JUST TO WRAP UP OUR TIMELINE ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE, WE MET BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED IN JULY WITH BOARD OFFICERS AND WENT THROUGH THIS SIMILAR PRESENTATION SAT DOWN.
I THINK WE SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES OR ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD THAT DAY.
OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE TODAY AT THE BOARD WORKSHOP, AUGUST 25.
LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GET UPDATED PASA NUMBERS.
CHRIS, WITH PASA IS TELLING US AROUND SEPTEMBER 10TH, WHICH IS AN AMAZING TURNAROUND.
IF YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORLD WORKS, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET HER THE NUMBERS AFTER LABOR DAY AND GET THEM BACK.
SHE IS PRIORITIZING US THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON UPDATED NUMBERS FOR STALEY AND OUR THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY.
SEPTEMBER 15 IS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
WE'LL DO A PRESENTATION FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
MAYBE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME ABOUT TONIGHT THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK OVER, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION, AND OF COURSE, THAT NIGHT, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS THAT WANT TO COME GIVE US INFORMATION AND THEIR THOUGHTS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
THEN OCTOBER 20TH, WHICH IS THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING, WE WOULD PLAN ON THE BOARD TAKING ACTION AND VOTING ON THE FUTURE OF STALEY THAT NIGHT.
THAT IS IN A NUTSHELL WHERE WE'RE GOING.
WE JUST THREW QUITE A BIT AT YOU, BUT WE KNOW PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY WILL BE THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW THAT WE CAN ANSWER ON YOUR BEHALF.
>> WHEN YOU'LL SAY THERE'S GOING TO BE TRANSPORTATION FOR EVERYONE FROM STALEY, DO WE HAVE ANY THAT FALL WITHIN THE TWO MILES?
>> EVERYONE IS OUTSIDE OF THE TWO MILE BASED ON THE WAY WE HAVE ZONED.
EVERY STUDENT WILL RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION FROM WE HAVE YET TO DETERMINE EXACT LIKE PICK UP LOCATIONS, BUT WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT AND ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT'S PICKED UP AND TAKEN TO SCHOOL.
>> APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY STALEY STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT AVID PROGRAM? DO YOU KNOW? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT HUNTS NUMBERS AND THEY'RE PRETTY UP THERE.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY OF OUR STALEY AVID STUDENTS NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE HUNT'S TOO FULL.
CAPACITY IS NOT GOING TO BE A REASON THAT A STALEY AVID STUDENT CAN'T DO.
>> I FIGURED THAT WAS GOING TO BE YOUR RESPONSE, BUT I LIKE TO SAY THINGS.
>> CAN YOU AT SOME POINT, I GUESS AT THE 15TH, THE CALLS FOR YEARLY CALLS TO OPERATE STALEY? I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER SEEN IT.
I SEE THE COSTS TO CLOSE IT, BUT THE COSTS TO MAINTAIN.
>> KIM, DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TO THAT OR DO YOU WANT TO?
>> KIM AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY FROM A CONSERVATIVE STANDPOINT, KIM SAID ABOUT 1.5 MILLION ON THE M&O SIDE, CONSERVATIVE, COULD BE UPWARDS OF 2.5 MILLION.
A LOT OF THAT WILL BE BASED ON NUMBERS WHEN WE LOOK AT PUSHING STUDENTS TO THE THREE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS FROM A STAFFING MODEL PERSPECTIVE.
HOW DO THE STAFF AT STALEY FIT INTO THOSE CAMPUSES PLUS OTHER CAMPUSES AS WE CONTINUE TO LOSE ENROLLMENT? DOES THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE STAFFING MODEL AS WELL? THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FLUCTUATION RIGHT NOW ON WHERE THAT NUMBER CAN LAND, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NORMAL COST PER STUDENT TO OPERATE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
SHE SAID ABOUT 1.5 CONSERVATIVE WOULD BE OUR SAVINGS?
>> I WAS THINKING STALEY WOULD BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS JUST BASED UPON THE REPAIR AND AGE AND STAY COMPARED TO WESTER COMPARED TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS.
I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT JUST WHATEVER YOU CAN COME UP WITH PERFECT STAFFING IS GOING TO BE THE SAME BECAUSE WE'RE GUARANTEEING JOBS, SO TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE EQUATION.
>> THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE M&O DOLLARS THAT GO INTO THAT. I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A UTILITY STANDPOINT, I BELIEVE STALEY ON AVERAGE IS ABOUT $150,000 A YEAR IN UTILITIES, BUT LIKE A TRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWER LARGER, SPENDS ABOUT 115,000 ON UTILITIES A YEAR.
STALEY IS A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT.
NOW WHEN YOU GET INTO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, YOU MENTIONED UPKEEP THINGS WE HAVE TO DO FROM A REPAIR STANDPOINT.
SOME OF THAT WOULD BE PLANNED IF WE WERE TO KEEP STALEY OPEN MOVING FORWARD AS A 25-YEAR-OLD BUILDING PUSHING, IT WOULD BE UP FOR ANOTHER 30 YEAR REFRESH COMING UP SOON.
BUT THEN THE THINGS THAT WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR OUTSIDE OF THE PLUMBING, WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THOSE GO AS WE MOVE ALONG.
>> THE LAST THING, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BUILDING,
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT?>> GOOD QUESTION. I THINK WE HAVE IDEAS, BUT I THINK WE'D HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH A GROUP, YOU BEING A BIG PART OF THAT AS A BOARD AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THOSE OPTIONS, GIVE THOSE OPTIONS TO YOU AND GET THE FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE WOULD MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AT A LATER DATE.
>> LET ME JUST ADD REALLY QUICK ON THE COST TO OPERATE STALEY.
SCOTT TOUCHED ON THE SAVINGS, BUT JUST SO YOU HAVE THE FULL PICTURE.
IT COSTS ABOUT $5 MILLION A YEAR TO OPERATE STALEY.
THAT'S ON THE LOW END OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS TOTAL COST JUST BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER CAMPUS.
BUT WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN ON A PER STUDENT BASIS, THE COST TO OPERATE STALEY IS HIGHER THAN OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
>> THAT'S ALL IN GENERAL FUND COSTS TO OPERATE THE BUILDING.
>> CAN YOU SHOW WITHOUT STAFFING? I DON'T KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT THAT'S FINE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THE OTHER END WITHOUT STAFFING.
MY CALCULATIONS ARE SHOWING ABOUT $130,000 WORTH OF JUST NON-PAYROLL TYPE COSTS THAT GO TOWARDS STALEY.
WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS BETWEEN 98 AND 99% OF THE COSTS THAT WE CODE TO CAMPUSES ARE PAYROLL.
IN THIS DISTRICT, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY CENTRALLY ON RESOURCES AND MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE MAJORITY IS GOING TO BE PAYROLL.
>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT I WANTED TO START BY SOME KUDOS FOR THE TEAM BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL TEACHERS AS WELL AS PARENTS AS WELL ABOUT HOW WELL STAFFED STALEY IS THIS YEAR, AND WHAT A GREAT JOB THE ADMIN TEAM.
DR. LINTON AND HR AND MR. EVANS, THANK YOU.
PLEASE PASS THAT ALONG. I'VE HEARD THAT IT WAS A FANTASTIC GROUP OF TEACHERS THAT WERE HIRED.
I KNEW ALL COULD DO IT. I KNEW IT.
GOOD JOB. I WANT TO PASS THAT ALONG FIRST.
I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO JUMP AROUND BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ASK ANYTHING THAT YOU JUST ANSWERED.
FORGIVE ME IF THIS IS A LITTLE CHOPPY.
BUT FIRST QUESTION IS, AS A DISTRICT, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR SNAPSHOT IN OCTOBER, BUT HOW ARE WE LOOKING EIGHT DAYS IN? IS IT CLOSE TO PROJECTIONS, WOULD YOU SAY?
>> NO. IS IT LOWER AS A DISTRICT?
I KNOW TODD IS GOING TO RAMBLE THESE OFF BECAUSE HE'S GREAT WITH NUMBERS, BUT I ACTUALLY BROUGHT A SHEET KNOWING THAT BUT HE WOULD ASK THIS QUESTION.
I LEFT TODAY'S SHEET UP IN MY OFFICE, BUT AS OF FRIDAY, WE'RE ABOUT 2,300 STUDENTS LESS THAN THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR.
I THINK TODAY THAT'S ABOUT 2,400, IF I REMEMBER FROM WHAT I SAW THIS MORNING.
WE'VE GROWN, I THINK AS OF TODAY, SOMEWHERE AROUND 150, 160 STUDENTS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
WE HIT A LITTLE DECLINE FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS AFTER THE FIRST DAY AND WE HAVE BEEN TRENDING UPWARDS SINCE.
BUT FOR US, THAT'S ONE THING, THE KEY IS WE'RE NOT TRENDING UP AS FAST AS WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME TO RECOVER THOSE THAT WE LOST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
I BELIEVE FROM OUR PM'S PROJECTION.
PASA'S PROJECTION, WE'RE AROUND 1,650-1,700 STUDENTS LESS THAN OUR OCTOBER SNAPSHOT PROJECTION.
>> THAT'S INCLUDING OBVIOUSLY ACCESS FRISCO STUDENTS?
>> WHAT WAS THE NUMBER ON THAT?
>> ACCESS FRISCO TOTAL ENROLLMENT.
I THINK THAT IS ADDRESSING WHAT MY BROADER CONCERN ABOUT THIS WHOLE ISSUE IS, IS THAT WHEN WE WERE ADDRESSING THIS IN THE SPRING, PART OF THE REASON THAT I VOTED AGAINST RETIRING STALEY FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS SEVERAL REASONS, BUT TWO MAIN ONES.
I FELT LIKE THE TIMELINE WAS TOO COMPRESSED.
BUT THE OTHER MAIN REASON WAS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT TRENDS MORE BROADLY AND NOT JUST HAVE IT BE ABOUT STALEY, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ENTIRE DISTRICT.
OUR ENROLLMENT IS LESS THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
IT'S LESS THAN WE PROJECTED THIS YEAR,
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ACCORDING TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS, THAT TREND IS GOING TO CONTINUE.I THOUGHT THAT THE SURVEY THAT WE DID, THE ZONDA SURVEY WAS GREAT AND THAT IT REALLY SHOWED WHAT THE IMPACT OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS WAS GOING TO BE, AND THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THE AGING NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSES NOT TURNING OVER AS MUCH.
WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS MAKING A DECISION ON ONE CAMPUS WHEN WE HAVEN'T LOOKED BROADLY AT OUR DISTRICT TO DETERMINE WHAT WE SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS.
WITH THESE NUMBERS, AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT RETIRING OTHER CAMPUSES, NOT JUST STALEY, AND THAT'S ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE TAKING PART OF THIS TIME BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT OCTOBER FEELS A LITTLE SOON TO ME TO MAKE A DECISION, MAYBE NOT ON STALEY, SPECIFICALLY, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STALEY IN A VACUUM, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT STALEY IN A VACUUM AND NOT LOOKING AT IT HOLISTICALLY IN THE DISTRICT AND COMING UP WITH THE PLAN.
I'M NOT ON THE REZONING COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.
I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER BEEN ON THAT COMMITTEE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IN THAT SUBCOMMITTEE THIS YEAR, DEFINITELY, AND IN THE FUTURE YEARS TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT DO WE LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS BASED ON ALL THESE NUMBERS AND WHERE WE KNOW THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE AND WHO'S COMING AND WHO'S GOING, AND THE CAMPUSES WHERE WE HAVE SOME GAPS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT, MAYBE TO ME, IT WAS OBVIOUS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OBVIOUS, CAMPUS, I'LL JUST CALL THEM COMBINING CAMPUSES, WHETHER IT BE MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE, WE COULD TAKE THESE TWO CAMPUSES THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ALREADY AND COMBINE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO BE UNDER ENROLLMENT, AND YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE THAT WORK WITHOUT A HUGE REZONE.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THAT TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
I'M THINKING LIKE A THREE YEAR, FIVE YEAR, SEVEN YEAR, 10 YEAR PLAN BASED ON ALL THIS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED, WHICH I THINK IS VERY HELPFUL.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO MANEUVER THROUGH THAT SO THAT WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS NOT JUST IN A VACUUM ABOUT STALEY, AND THEN WHATEVER THE NEXT CAMPUS IS LATER THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CREATING, WE'LL JUST GO WITH FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DISCUSSION.
>> I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ZONDA REPORT, IT GAVE GOOD INFORMATION.
IT CONFIRMED EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT WITH PASA.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU AS A BOARD TO UNDERSTAND.
THAT ZONDA REPORT, WHICH WAS MAYBE 15 PAGES IN ITS SUMMARY, PASA GIVES US A BOOKLET EVERY YEAR THAT PROBABLY HAS 150 PAGES IN IT OF INFORMATION THAT IS WAY MORE DETAILED BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I SAY THAT NOT TO KNOCK ZONDA.
IT REALLY GAVE US WHAT WE NEEDED, WHICH JUST IT REITERATED, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO REPORTS.
BUT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS LIKE LAURIE'S HERE, OUR INTERNAL DEMOGRAPHER, I PROBABLY SPEND 15-20% OF MY TIME DOING NOTHING BUT LOOKING AT DEMOGRAPHICS AND HOW THAT TOUCHES DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
>> I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE NOW GOING ON MY 9TH YEAR.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS, WHY WE MAY LOOK AT A REZONE FOR A CERTAIN YEAR AND HOW THAT MAY IMPACT THAT COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES OVER A 1-3 YEAR PERIOD.
LAURIE AND I ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT FIVE YEAR PLANS AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT DOES OUR FUTURE LOOK LIKE? I THREE YEARS AGO, AND WE STARTED TO SEE THIS SHIFT WITH ENROLLMENT, WE DUG IN.
EVERY YEAR WHEN WE GET A DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATE IN SEPTEMBER, WE TAKE THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THE YEAR BEFORE, WE PUT NEW NUMBERS TO IT, AND WE REALLY START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THAT PLAN LOOK LIKE IN 3-5 YEARS.
YOU'RE RIGHT, WITH THIS DECLINING ENROLLMENT, THIS DISCUSSION PROBABLY WILL NOT BE OUR LAST IN THE FUTURE ABOUT CLOSING A SCHOOL OR TWO.
WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION ALREADY BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD INTERNALLY, WE VISIT WITH TODD AND MIKE AND ISD QUITE A BIT ON THIS.
I THINK WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS MAYBE SIT DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE LOOK AT A VERY HOLISTIC APPROACH TO OUR REZONING AND TO OUR CAMPUS CAPACITIES.
LAURIE SENDS OUT A DAILY REPORT FOR US THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF SCHOOL AND A WEEKLY REPORT THEREAFTER.
I KNOW EVERY DEPARTMENT GETS THAT BECAUSE IT IMPACTS THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALIGNS WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHICH IS WE NEED TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE WITH OUR TEAM THE LAST NINE YEARS.
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>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I THINK MY CHALLENGES IS I FEEL LIKE THAT THE BOARD SHOULD BE APPRISED OF WHAT THAT PLAN IS BEFORE WE'RE ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION ON A CAMPUS.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S NOT IN A VACUUM TO ME, IT'S NOT.
I THINK WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT AND MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE, I GET ALL THE FINANCIAL CONCERNS AND THE MAINTENANCE COSTS.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND $25 MILLION, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST USE OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT I WANT, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT'S THE BEST USE OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY TO SPEND $25 MILLION ON AN AGING CAMPUS.
THEN WE CLOSE ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT I ALSO JUST THINK TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE PLAN.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THERE MAY BE SOME SENSITIVITY AROUND PUBLISHING THAT BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THEIR HOME CAMPUS ON A CLOSURE LIST.
I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, BUT THIS BOARD IS BEING ASKED TO MAKE A PRETTY IMPORTANT DECISION.
IT'S OUR FIRST CLOSURE DECISION IN FRISCO ISD, SO I THINK THAT CONTEXT AND WHAT ELSE IS BEING LOOKED AT AND WHAT THE PLAN IS WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
>> LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
WE CAN GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW IN PROBABLY VERY SHORT ORDER A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE DIFFERENT.
THE NEXT YEAR, THAT ONE WILL BE DIFFERENT.
WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A FIVE YEAR PLAN AND SHOW YOU WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE'S ON THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE LIST AND THIS ONE'S ON THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE LIST.
THEN THE NEXT YEAR, THAT MAY COMPLETELY SHIFT BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS BASED ON OUR NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED TO BRING STUDENTS INTO THE DISTRICT.
I KNOW YOU SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THIS IN A VACUUM.
WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT IT SO HOLISTICALLY THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT WRONG INFORMATION EVERY YEAR.
IT'S A VERY FINE LINE THAT WE'RE WALKING WITH THIS.
I SAY THAT THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN A VACUUM, BUT BASED ON THE MOST RELIABLE INFORMATION WE HAVE, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS TIME.
WE CAN MAKE PROJECTIONS ABOUT THINGS AND GET EVERYBODY ALL STIRRED UP, AND THEN IT WILL ALL CHANGE.
WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
I'M SAYING THAT WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CAUTION.
>> NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND CLEARLY, THE PROJECTIONS ARE NOT QUITE ACCURATE EVEN FOR THIS YEAR, AND WE JUST DID THAT REPORT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE MORE STUDENTS, WE HAD LESS, SO THAT MOVES UP THE TIMELINE.
I JUST THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE THOSE THINGS.
I HEAR EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING.
I ALSO, THOUGH, THINK THAT, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A PLAN, AND THEN I THINK YES, WE'LL NEED TO ADJUST THE PLAN.
WHATEVER, IF WE DECIDED SOMETHING THAT CAMPUS A WAS GOING TO CLOSE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THAT COULD CHANGE FOUR TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BUT AT LEAST IF THINGS WERE TO REMAIN ACCORDING TO THE PROJECTIONS, THEN THIS WOULD BE OUR PLAN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DOING THAT.
I THINK THE GAP IS JUST THAT THE BOARD DOESN'T KNOW THAT AND HASN'T SEEN THAT INFORMATION.
WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT DOWN THE ROAD.
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD, AND THIS ISN'T REALLY RELATED TO STALEY, BUT MORE ABOUT DECISIONS AROUND CAMPUS CLOSURES IN GENERAL.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT STALEY BECAUSE THE MAINTENANCE ISSUES, AND THE COSTS AND THE BOND AND WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THE HISTORY OF ALL THAT TODAY, BUT I'M GUESSING THAT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE CONSIDERED WHEN MAKING CAMPUS CLOSURE DECISIONS BESIDES JUST MAINTENANCE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ALL ARE.
I MEAN, I COULD GUESS MAYBE CAMPUS PERFORMANCE GEOGRAPHY.
I COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH THEM.
BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO WHAT THOSE FACTORS ARE AND HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS NOW, NOT JUST AT STALEY, BUT AT OUR CAMPUSES MORE BROADLY.
>> GOOD QUESTION AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
I THINK STALEY IS UNIQUE IN HOW WE'VE APPROACHED STALEY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE FACTORS THAT WE'VE GONE OVER WITH YOU ALL.
IT IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S A 50-YEAR-OLD BUILDING AND IT'S THE ONLY BUILDING THAT'S REALLY OVER 30-YEARS-OLD.
THAT'S WHY STALEY WAS APPROACHED THE WAY THAT IT WAS APPROACHED.
MOVING FORWARD, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS AROUND US AND AROUND THE STATE, THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO DETERMINE AT WHAT POINT DO CAMPUSES BECOME INEFFICIENT? A PER STUDENT COST BASED ON SEATS AVAILABLE, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
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KIM HAS STARTED LOOKING AND DIGGING INTO SOME DATA THAT WILL HELP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SET A STANDARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN A CAMPUS HITS THIS PERCENTAGE, BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT COST EFFICIENCIES, IT'S GOING TO GO ON A WATCH LIST.IT MAY STAY ON A WATCH LIST FOR TWO YEARS, MAY STAY ON A WATCH LIST FOR SEVEN YEARS BASED ON CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS PROGRAMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AT LEAST WE START TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A HEADS UP.
HEY, THIS CAMPUS IS DECLINING IN ENROLLMENT AND IT'S BECOMING OPERATIONALLY INEFFICIENT.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
THEN ONCE IT REACHES A CERTAIN POINT BEYOND THAT, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ABILITY AND COMING TO THE BOARD IN THE COMMUNITY SAY, THIS IS A CAMPUS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT CLOSING BECAUSE IT'S BECOME SO INEFFICIENT.
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT HAS A CAPACITY OF 720, MAY BE SITTING AT 350, AND IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE OPERATIONALLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE MAYBE NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS THAT ARE SITTING AT 550, THEY'VE GOT CAPACITY TO TAKE 100 STUDENTS FROM THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING, MOVING FORWARD.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THOUGH TO NOTE THAT I THINK STALEY IS IN A DIFFERENT BOAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OTHER CAMPUSES.
THAT'LL BE OUR FUTURE FOR SURE.
>> I HAVE QUESTIONS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GO TO STALEY, BUT SINCE MISS ELAD BROUGHT UP A BROADER QUESTION ABOUT CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE MAP OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR.
IT SHOWS IF WE CLOSE STALEY AND THEN IT HAS THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS THROUGH 2028.
OH, THANK YOU. I STILL CAN'T SEE IT.
IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT IS THE CAPACITY FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL? WHAT'S THE NUMBER?
>> THROUGH 2028, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL PRETTY FLUSH.
THEN IF I LOOK AT THE ZONDA DATA THAT ALL GAVE US FOR THIS PAGE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT GIVES US SOME PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS THROUGH 2034.
AGAIN, LIKE DR. WALDRIP SAID, THIS STUFF CAN CHANGE IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, AND I DO SEE HOW THE NUMBERS CHANGE DRASTICALLY, WELL, NOT DRASTICALLY, BUT THEY'RE THERE IN DECLINE, BUT MY POINT IS, EVEN AT JUST LOOKING AT THIS INFORMATION, FROM THE DATA THAT I'M LOOKING AT.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE CLOSING A LOT OF SCHOOLS.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD AT LEAST START FORMING A MODEL WHEN OUR NUMBERS GET TO THIS PERCENTAGE, WE START LOOKING AT X AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE OF CLOSURE, NOT EVEN NAME, NOT EVEN LOCATE, NOT EVEN WHATEVER, BUT JUST START CREATING AN IDEAL AND MAPPING IT.
ARE WE ALREADY DOING THAT? IS THAT ONE?
>> WE ARE. THAT WAY, DR. WALDRIP, YOU SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE OUR PUBLIC BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, PARENTS WILL REACT.
BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE REACTIVE WHEN WE GET THERE LIKE MISS ELAD SAID.
YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT. THANK YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, AND THEN I LOOK AT THESE IN THIS DATA, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT CLOSURE, BUT THEN WE ALSO KNOW THAT ESAS ARE GOING TO PLAY A ROLE.
OUR HOME PRICES AND YOUNG FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO AFFORD HERE.
>> WHEN WE PUT OUT MAPS FOR REZONING AND WE HAVE 10-YEAR DATA FROM PDSA AS WELL THAT ALIGNS WITH ZONDA. IT'S IN HOME BASE.
WE JUST DON'T LIKE TO THROW 10-YEAR DATA ON MAPS FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF WHAT DR. WALDRIP JUST CHANGES 10-YEARS, A NICE EDUCATED GUESS.
>> HONESTLY, EVEN THAT 2028 DATA MIGHT CHANGE.
THAT'S WHY I SAID, I THINK WE SHOULD WORK A MODEL THAT'S OVER HERE THAT SAYS WE ARE PREPARED FOR WHAT MISS ELAD AND SHE'S RIGHT, HAVE A PLAN. THANK YOU.
>> WE LOOKED AT 10-YEAR DATA [NOISE].
>> I WILL ECHO WHAT MISS ALOFT AND MISS ELAD JUST SAID.
I THINK WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AT LEAST, ALSO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT FUTURE PLANNING AND MAKING SURE WE'RE FINDING THAT RIGHT BALANCE WHERE WE CAN INFORM PARENTS AND REASONABLY AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT, TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, DR. WALDRIP, THE FACT THAT THINGS CHANGE.
WE'LL HAVE TO FIND WHERE THAT HAY MEDIUM IS [OVERLAPPING] YES.
JUST FINDING WHERE THAT HAPPY MEDIUM IS.
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BECAUSE I DO THINK PART OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE SPRING WAS SETTING A PRECEDENT HERE IN A RELATIVELY POSITIVE WAY.THIS IS A VERY HARD DECISION NO MATTER HOW IT FALLS.
THAT FUTURE PLANNING, I THINK ALSO IS IMPORTANT.
I WOULD SAY ON THE TIMING FRONT.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE IT ULTIMATELY LIES.
I KNOW I WOULD THINK WE WOULD WANT TO GET SOME DECISIONS TO THE PARENTS AT STALEY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS WORKSHOP AND HAVE A DISCUSSION MEETING AND SO THAT WE CAN ALL MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE ON THIS COMMITTEE YOU MENTIONED.
WHAT WILL ITS COMPOSITION BE? WHICH COMMITTEE? THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT I BELIEVE MR. EVANS, YOU MENTIONED.
YEAH. SOME COMMITTEE THAT WAS BEING FORMED TO HELP WITH THE TRANSITION OR THE RETIREMENT OR [OVERLAPPING] THE LEGACY.
WHAT IS THAT COMPOSITION GOING TO LOOK LIKE, IF YOU ALL KNOW?
>> YEAH, I DON'T HAVE EXACTLY [LAUGHTER] WHO'S GOING TO BE ON IT.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING. [OVERLAPPING] I'M ASKING WILL HAVE INCLUDE PARENTS, WILL HAVE KIND OF A BROADER SCOPE OF PEOPLE TO.
>> YEAH. IT'LL BE STAFF, IT'LL BE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT THEIR VOICE SO THAT WE CAN, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING AND BEING MINDFUL OF.
WE DON'T WANT TO OVERLOOK ANYBODY. I GUESS I SHOULD SAY.
>> IS THE LOOK OF THAT COMMITTEE NOT NAMES, PER SE, BUT THE LOOK OF THAT, CAN THAT BE SOMETHING WE CAN GET A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON?
>> AS WE APPROACH THE NEXT COMING MEETINGS? THAT'S ALL I HAD.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COMES TO MIND THAT WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THE TOUCHDOWN.
WE TALKED ABOUT OPERATION. WE TALKED ABOUT FINANCE.
WE TALKED ABOUT RELOCATION, STAFFING.
THERE'S ANYTHING THAT OH, YEAH, I FORGOT THAT.
OR IS EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE NOW? [LAUGHTER] I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING. I DON'T NEED TO INTERRUPT.
>> MR. MADDOX, I LOOKED UP THE E MAIL FROM ASHLEY SINE.
ASHLEY WOULD LEAD THIS COMMITTEE, DR. MIRA, THE PRINCIPAL, ME.
WE HAVE A EVENT SPECIALIST, OUTREACH LIAISON.
THAT THOSE TWO FOLKS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, PTA COUNSEL PRESIDENT, STALEY PTA PRESIDENT OR DESIGNEE, ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, AND THEN ISD MEMBERS.
THAT'S THE EARLY COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO EVOLVE PROBABLY INTO A MORE ROBUST GROUP.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NEEDED, BUT COUNSELING.
MAYBE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MOSTLY ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES?
>> [INAUDIBLE] TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS DISCUSSED WHEN WE MET WITH BOARD OFFICERS ON STALEY THAT I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO MENTION HERE JUST SO THE COMMUNITY CAN HEAR THIS, AND THE QUESTION WAS, WE HAD SET ASIDE MONEY FOR OUR RENOVATED STALEY, $20 MILLION IS WHAT HAPPENS IF STALEY IS RETIRED, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT $20 MILLION? THEN THE QUESTION WAS EVEN ASKED, IS THERE A WAY TO ENSURE THAT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS WOULD GO TO SUPPORT STUDENTS GOING ON TO THOSE THREE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
PART OF THAT IS REMEMBERING THE 20 MILLION FOR INS FUNDS NOT M&O.
FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT, IT REALLY CAN'T FOLLOW.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THE THINGS WE THOUGHT ABOUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IDS FUNDS AND YOU LOOK AT PROJECTS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER, GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENED IN 2004, HUNT 2010 AND TRENT 2015.
FROM A TRADITIONAL SENSE OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THE FACILITY, THE CAMPUS, THEY'RE FAIRLY NEW AND VERY SIMILAR MINUS WILKINSON TO OUR OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT MONEY COULD SUPPORT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS, IS THERE EQUIPMENT THAT WE WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION OF THOSE STUDENTS.
ANOTHER THING WE LOOKED AT, GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST RECEIVED A FURNITURE REFRESH THIS SUMMER, ONE OF THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
COULD WE GO IN AND MAKE SURE THAT HUNT AND TRENT GET A FURNITURE REFRESH SO THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH STUDENT FROM STALEY,
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WHICH CAMPUS YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACCLIMATED TO THE SAME TYPE OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT ONE OF THOSE CAMPUSES CURRENTLY HAS.WE'LL LOOK AT SOME THINGS LIKE THAT TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S A WAY SOME OF THAT MONEY COULD GO AND THEN I THINK THE REST OF THE MONEY WE WOULD LOOK AT AND JUST SAY, WE'D BRING TO YOU IF WE FIND OTHER PROJECTS THAT POP UP THAT WE MAY NEED TO COVER BECAUSE WE DID NOT PASS THE 2024 BOND?
>> ANY OTHER? GOOD. THANK YOU.
OKAY. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOP FOR TODAY.
WITH THAT, IT IS 11:28 P.M. AUGUST 25, 2025.
THIS SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.