001I call this meeting of the Mount Vernon Independent School District to order let the record show that a quorum of board members is present that this meeting has been duly called and that the notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas open meetings act Texas government code chapter 551 all right do you uh do I have a motion to certify the agenda motion made motion made by Linda do I have a second second about Kathy all four that is 60 let the record show that Aaron Sanders is not present all right I'm going to open us with a word of prayer dear gracious heavenly father just thank you for this day thank you for the beautiful sunshine and thank you for allowing us the opportunity to gather here today I ask
002that you give us wisdom as a board and making decisions that you be over our district our students our teachers all our staff and protect them in every way mentally physically spiritually provide every need thank you again for this opportunity to serve we love you we thank you in your name I pray amen amen let's say our ples to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with li flag alexas St God indivisible okay is it to me recognition recogn take pleasure of honoring our staff members of the month and we're Mission our high school stuff of the month Miss Wilkin is that right we we'll come back well let's move to middle school if I can have Miss Denon come up please
003all right this is what it says about Miss Denon that she's awesome like the best there you go that's right says Miss Stenson embodies the very definition of a of a dedicated educator she consistently goes above and beyond tirelessly seeking innovative ways to ensure the success of each and every one of her students her commitment is unwavering and her passion for teaching is evident in the positive impact she has on the lives of her students but miss stenson's contributions extend far beyond the classroom she is Dependable colleague always willing to lend a helping hand and generously share her wealth of knowledge and expertise with co-workers she Fosters a collaborative and supportive environment enriching the lives of everyone around her most importantly Miss Stenson has provided countless Mount Vernon Middle School students with invaluable opportunities to
004grow not just as learners but as well-rounded individuals she nurtures their potential encourages their individuality and empowers them to become confident and contributing members of our society for her unwavering dedication her selfless contribution and her profound impact on our students and our community we are truly grateful to have Miss tenson as a part of the Mount Vernon Middle School family Middle School teacher of the month Miss Sandy ston congratulations yes okay you're good you want to say anything uh thank you very much you're welcome countless I like the countless hours all right next we will do our elementary teacher of the month if I could have Miss Cindy Hassel come forward please all right it says Miss Hassel is a passionate and dedicated educator who teaches fourth grade math and science at Mount ver Elementary
005School she is committed to providing a dynamic and engaging learning environment for her students and her passion for teaching is evident in everything she does Miss Hassel strives to make learning fun relevant and interactive using a variety of methods to inspire her students and help them succeed both academically and personally she believes that students learn best when they are actively involved in the learning process so she regularly integrates Hands-On activities technology and real world applications into her lesson whether it's through interactive math games or science experiments Miss hass's classroom is a place where students are encouraged to explore discover and connect what they're learning to their everyday lives she actively partners with parents and families to ensure the best possible learning experience for all her students some of her students had these things to say
006about Miss Hassel oh no I didn't know that was coming Miss Hassel puts everyone before herself she is always caring and helps anyone who needs it she is always willing to listen to us help us to solve our problems she makes sure everyone has equal opportunities she makes me feel good because she is always ready to help when I need it she makes learning really fun and I look forward to coming to school each day to learn math and have fun we are thankful to miss Hassel and all that she brings to Mount Vernon Elementary our teacher of the month for Elementary Miss H very good you want to say anything no that made me cry well good thank you for what you do all right we are going to move we're going to back
007up in honor also elementary teacher of the month from last month who couldn't be there or be here then so I'm ask Miss Crimson to come forward our February teacher of the month is Crimson Rose and this was what it said about Miss Crimson said Crimson Rose is a superhero in street clothes Miss Rose is an exceptional Behavior classroom teacher whose patience empathy and advocacy for her students set her apart she has a unique ability to connect with each of her students understanding their individual needs and challenges with a calm presence she provides a safe and supportive environment where students feel valued and understood even during difficult Behavior moments she doesn't allow behaviors to Define her students she is a fous advocate for students and works with Administration Community Resources and parents to meet the
008needs of her students her patience shines through in every interaction as she takes the time to listen carefully and respond thoughtfully she understands that progress and behavior in learning can be gradual and she consistently models positive behaviors and coping strategies empathy is at the heart of Miss M Rose's classroom she works tirelessly to build trusting relationships with her students recognizing that many May struggle to communicate their feelings and needs by creating an emotional safe place she helps students feel heard and respected fostering a sense of belonging in her classroom she actively partners with parents to ensure that home is an extension of the classroom and teaches parents to help them help with the transfer of school from the classroom to home environment recently a parent completed an above and beyond response and stated Miss Rose
009is a dedicated teacher in the special education program she went above and beyond every single day seven days a week she made herself available to my family while we were working with her son she worked so hard and was so dedicated and because of her our son has already graduated out of the program and is thriving I have never met a woman so dedicated with a bigger heart than Miss Rose she truly is a gift and I thank God for putting her in our lives without her I don't think we would be where we are today we are thankful for Miss Rose and all that she contributes to mount Veron education elementary school so congratulations thank you congratulations you want to say anything no that was that was good very good yeah that's awesome okay
010and well our um staff member of the month is Miss Donna tram and she is not feeling well tonight and is not here so we will actually honor her uh next month as well we'll see if she can come in April and our high school who's not here at the moment High School staff member of the month is Mr Wilkins if he shows up here before we go we'll honor him as well and if not then we'll honor him also in April so we wait on that okay so now we're going to transition from teacher to uh to some student recognitions and um so first I'll start with the single student first then we'll go to the group so I'mma ask um you to come forward come forward Mr Lincoln or wasy Lincoln how are
011you tonight good good as you know what we try to do what we like to do is we like to honor students who make their way to state competition and compete there Lincoln has has done that so Lincoln I'm gonna give you the opportunity to tell a little bit about what you did the process that you had to get there and tell us a little bit about it so for band we do it's called All Region and we have three selective pieces of music that everyone competes against we have to learn the music practice it and perform it in a blind audition against all the other instruments in the region and the first like I play oo so the first two obos go to area and then one OBO from area advances to State and
012then at State we compete for a spot in the state band and what chair did you get in state I got first chair yes he did yes he did yes he did so now that's not that's out of 3A and 4A that's out of 3A and 4 A a three and 4A y'all that's not just 3A students that's three and 4A so now this is not your first time to state is it no yes sir I went uh last year last year as well and with OBO also all right so tell us what's next for Lincoln or wasy so I just committed to TCU to congratulations and next uh we will be traveling to fluger bille me and some other students to go to States Sal Ensemble okay and expecting State there as well correct
013yes sir yes we are very good very good well Lincoln we're so proud of you thank you for uh how you represent Mount Vernon IST congratulations on your accomplishments and uh we're very grateful you're one of our students good job thank you yes sir good job oh yeah let's get a picture thank you hang around we'll get a done with everybody in just a minute you get it it kind of regular okay congratulations okay now I'm going to ask Mr silvus if he will come forward and uh he is going to share with us our film team if you have not been following um first year so actually I'm G sit down just say let Mr silus explain this but we're super excited about what they've done and so I will let me sit down
014and you share with what y'all done yeah so uh first off thank you for inviting us Dr mola um so yeah this is my first first year here uh teaching uh teach the AV classes um and this is also our first year doing UIL film and I've had been you know collaborating with Miss hunt who teaches theater and she'd been wanting to do U film for a while and I said well why not start now I guess um so it was it was a big challenge for sure just because I'm I'm so new and and new to teaching in general and and the UIL work old so um I was kind of learning as I go as far as how that process went but um the production side of it you know the all the
015crew was all students so we had 14 students in total uh for the crew and some of them three of them are here uh today um and so all the students would work on the film and you know write it shoot it and edit it so Marissa who's a senior student she was the writer and director of the movie and um I was I was there on set every day and I would just supervise uh give notes pick up the food so we what what were the parameters that y'all had to go about tell us about what what did you have to do so and what genre were you the the genre and the category that we were in was a narrative film and the uh parameters really the only parameters that they have is
016just it can't be over um s minutes long so anywhere under seven minutes or exactly seven minutes is is good by them anything else as long as there's no copyrighted stuff in it music anything like that um it's all good and as long as the district itself approves of the movie and watches it um then U it's good by UIL standards also um other parameters is that you know obviously the teacher couldn't do a lot of the work um so like I said I was there giving notes and um helping with in any way I could with that kind of stuff um so it was it took three days to film all of it that's what it was so all all that was done after school so none of that was done during school just
017because of how tough it is to do that kind of thing during school a lot of people don't realize how long the process is of filming a movie just because it's you know seven minutes long doesn't mean only took you know an hour to film it um if you want to do it the right way and and you know make it look good it takes a lot of time because you're collaborating with a lot of different people camera sound lighting acting so it's a lot of moving parts to make it all work together um so you know that was a good challenge that we that we faced and a lot of that stuff is stuff I teach in in the classes but it's hard to to practice it in class sometimes because of of the
018time frame of it all so with UIL it was a really good opportunity for me also to to really show them you know in depth this kind of stuff uh and I think they got a lot out of it and uh we ordered you know a lot of good equipment that we now have uh admittingly just because I'm so new I didn't want to be the guy that ordered so much new stuff right away um so I went to SFA and uh they let us borrow some of equipment specifically for this uh and since then now I've ordered all the stuff that will be um so and then as far as the trip itself goes so we went to State uh that that was fun and we placed fourth and and uh what they say
019is that's a total of around a little over 700 movies uh that were submitted uh and we were in the combined conference which was 1 a through 3A so um you know four fourth place out of that is is impressive for our first time so please introduce your students here are here who will part of it yeah I'll go down the line so um we got Kai Elmore uh who was the grip and electric grip electric um does the lighting and sets up the STS and things like that and then Hunter Bowers was um second assistant camera that's the person who does the Slate ever see that that clapboard um that's the person that's in charge of that and then like I said Marissa benad uh writer and director and also editor the movie um
020so I'll invite murissa to come down say say some few words come with as well come on down I don't really know what to say so I tell you what if you would tell us a little bit about tell us tell us a little bit about the film kind of what kind of what give us your take on the film okay uh so they just kind of told me like Hey we're gonna do this film and you should direct it because you're a good writer so I was like oh okay so uh I just kind of thought about it like there were many ways I could go about it I could go realistic I can make it insane sci-fi however but I figured I wanted to go with something that I'm familiar with so I
021made it realistic and like senior year I'm have so much stuff in my schedule so I was like you know what I'm going to show like all the stress of senior year between work all the activities I'm in um how stressful that can be home and balancing school so I was like we'll make it realistic but it's going to have a happy ending because every good movie has a happy ending so that's kind of how it went and then I asked any poppy in theater to act because I'm in one I play with her and I know she's an amazing actress so I was like hey could you please do this she was more than willing so excellent we had lots of fun doing it and we as a team people in AV and people
022not in AV so we really enjoyed that it was a nice time to spend together go you have anything to add um I love doing slate it was awesome it was simple it was perfect for me though I did forget in the update had the right on it so I'm sure that was a wonderful to look at in post production yeah it was I'd just say it was really fun to work with the whole group excellent excellent so we're looking another trip state next year right defitely get pictures get their picture and then can put your arm around me it's okay okay I don't it don't feel right okay here everyone get in get in all right Bruce anything you need to say before we start the film I hope you all enjoy it all
023let's [Music] all right students make sure that you finish all of your assignments by the end of the week you also have a midterm that you need to study for as well before the break [Music] hey I just got a gr report can you explain why your are slipping and ioke to [Music] well I'm not failing any of my classes I've had no time to apply for colleges I have so much on my plate and I can't handle this right now I'm going to be late for work [Music] for for for [Music] need good job to all those that passed the highest grade was at 95 have a good [Music] I'm to s [Applause] excellent thank you m thanks for congratulations has made it so let's go ahead and and Mr wikin if you will
024come down please sir Mr Blake Wilkins is the high school teacher of the month and this is what I said about Mr Wilkins says we're excited to recognize Mr Wilkins as the teacher of the month at Mount Vernon High School as a dedicated physics teacher and the science department chair Mr Wilkins brings a unique energy and enthusiasm to his classroom that truly engages his students his passion for teaching and love for science make his classes enjoyable and inspiring Mr wi is always willing to go the extra mile for his students and the school Community he actively participates in various activities from helping out every year with graduation activities to Leading tutorials and assisting with prom planning his commitment to supporting students out outside the classroom shows how much he cares about their success and overall
025experience at Mount buron High School in addition to his teaching responsibilities Mr Wilkins plays an essential role in leading the science department he Fosters a collaborative atmosphere where teachers can share ideas and resources helping everyone grow professionally his approachable nature makes him a go-to person for both students and colleagues Alik students appreciate Mr Wilkins for his ability to make challenging Concepts easier to understand and for his genuine interest in their learning he creates a classroom environment where students feel comfortable asking questions and participating in discussions we are fortunate to have Mr Wilkins as part of our Mount Vernon High School team his dedication and hard work truly make a difference and we are proud to honor him as our teacher of the month High School teacher of the month Mr Blake Wilkins conations teacher very
026good I have all of our teachers of the month stay right here hang on all our teachers of the month come back up please we'll get one picture that's okay that's all right okay we're good very good y'all thank you all very [Applause] much this kids did a great job was that a good feelm hey you're welcome thank you all y'all did a great job that was very good thank you was excellent thank you thanks your first year all right um moving on for our information items our en totals for the month yeah rment totals as of March 3rd was 1577 you can see that's down from February that is you can kind of see that somewhat happens at times for us at this time of the year I don't can't really explain where they've
027gone to but we have lost some but I know that Julia continues to enroll some as well so it is the EB and flow of of schools these days and so but 1577 is where we are as of right now and then I don't see our construction up on here um yeah let's um let's let's do the campus first and then we'll let Lou share his with us all right [Laughter] y admit defeat early the Su bug and flu has not of Elementary so the middle school is winning like a lot by a lot we had 40 out today and every time the phone rings stomach bug I woke up to a lot of text from adults um just quickly our art show thanks to Mrs Watson and Mr Watson too for the late hours
028they put into making our art show a fantastic success a couple weeks ago um parent engagement has been a big Focus for this year so we're planning a parent night for math and reading where they can come in and play like Bingo for books and some math games just to bring it back old style and old school style I guess and then we'll have our b f Lal night in May we're getting ready for kindergarten and prek Roundup we're going to try to incentivize everyone to get that paperwork done early so we know more what our numbers are looking like for kindergarten and prek and then we're going to plan a sneak peek so they have all their paperwork filled out and they get the golden ticket to come for a sneak peek to get
029into the classrooms for the kids to see and then the adults to meet with us to kind of know what the expectations are from the parent perspective um we're currently interviewing for our counselor position and we're going to start our teacher interviews on March 25th we want to scoop up all the good ones early and we'd like to be completely hired out when we leave for summer break that would be great um we take math benchmarks tomorrow last Wednesday we did our reading benchmark we were um pleased with our results we had in third grade 85% approaches and in fourth grade 93% approaches meets was 50% and third grade fourth grade was 62% and Mattress was 19% and 27% so we're almost at our goal we wanted 93 total approaches 68% total master or needs
030and 30% master so for those that need that extra push and we've got some new RTI group starting to give them those test taking strategies they need and just give them that final push to get the results that we want very pleased with those thank you thank you well as she said the middle school rock um we even celebrated our aade they had 99% for the week that's amazing so we bought them all Sonic drinks and celebrate that on Thursday um like I said our attendance has been it's been amazing um we have a lot going on track has started I know last last week we killed it in where we I think we had seventh grade girls e8th grade girls and eighth grade boys all plac first and then our third so boys got
031third and they're out there doing their thing right now so as soon as I get done here that's where I'm headed um we have our di team that's prepping for their um state competition coming up in Mar at the end of March um these scores I did the comparison a lot of purple and purple is good for us that means that we've improved our benchmark scores have improved from this year in comparison to last year the Reds if you'll notice are um just a slight decrease and they're not by much so um we we know what we're doing we know where we're headed on that um of course you can see the green is the the equal the meets and stuff like that um I asked our teachers on Friday when we had our professional
032development to kind of give me an idea of what that um the next few weeks was going to look like and they went above and beyond I said just tell me what teach me to work on and I literally if you'll look at the the next page is um an example from our a soci stud teacher he went above and beyond this is not what I asked him to do I mean he wanted me to know that he's got a plan in place for his kiddos and I can tell you all of our teachers kind of turned in the same thing so that's amazing it wasn't just a here's a teach we need to work on it was this is what I'm going to do this is what our plan is and for me that
033tells me that my teachers know what they need to do to get those scores up and where they need to be again we are super super pleased with our Benchmark sport this year um like I said a lot of purple and purple is good so any question great thank you school don't have IDE so that was the first thing I was going to talk about Benchmark data we also had our team meet um on our professional development day last Friday to disseminate their Benchmark data um our scores are looking good they we asked them to come up with two plans one for um overall standards tequ for individual students so any student that U may not be showing the growth that you thought they were or you know last year they got Masters and they
034only got meets or lower we need a growth plan for those kids how are we going to catch up not only in your class but also during the flex perod that we have um and then for overall overall this standard overall this specific te was low how are you going to readdress it not the same way that you taught it the first time in your class what are your plans um our teachers turned in very detailed plans um for that as well we also have that March 28th day that's a makeup day um we're going to make a right now we're calling it star day and I have um cool trendy name pending we we don't have a cool trendy name um but it's going to be kind of a star Blitz day for our
035freshman we're going to pull them out of their regular schedule and they're going to be working on mostly riding skills because that's heavy on all of those tests um actually addressing the prompt providing text evidence Etc so that's going to be a big date for our um freshman for star other testing we are um tell pass is underway Act is almost done TSI is scheduled and star actual star aoc's begin in three instructional weeks which feels like tomorrow um otherwise we had a really successful eighth grade parent night last week we had 49 families attend in the cafeteria they talked about um schedules for next year Pathways to study graduation requirements testing extracurricular o opportunities um and they had the opportunity this year to set up one-on-one meetings with Miss Stevens um on that PD
036day last Friday or throughout the week she was actually doing it today to come in and discuss any concerns they had with her and that has been going really well so she's got um a lot of freshmen or incoming freshman scheduled and has had time to address parent concerns so that was wonderful um and then our College and Career Expo our second annual College and Career Expo is March the 26th um we have 54 um companies people tables I'll say confirmed to come um Miss Steven said this morning she like a lot of people are just gonna a lot more are just going to show up they UNC confirm um and the third annual one is already scheduled for next year on March 25th so we Rocking Around along with that um and other wise
037we had um our art competition some students some art students went to base in Paris um Hector Mendes Maddie Latson Tristan Dangerfield Alani Diaz Abby Bentley Marissa Bank head and Reagan Carney um all meddled in that competition and then of course TR softball baseball golf tennis powerlifting a Deca any night of the week you need some entertainment anytime you want to see a kid do something they love or a coach coach something they love you can come up here and find it it's 247 nonstop until May and we love it any questions so real quick I've gone blank on the name so I'm gonna need your help we have a powerlifter that uh actually won his classification in state last year and has set himself up Kaden Moore thank you that's right um I think
038this if I saw right I think he broke the was it the bench press record you saw that I have an email he asked me put that on Facebook I was doing some verifying with the coach before I did that but yes um broke lots of Records yes he is he has put himself in position uh to be right there at State again this year so yeah good y thank you I just want to share one more thing I forgot to say this we started doing our interviews last week for public positions and um we had some amazing candidates and some amazing applicants and great interviews and we stole one from um actually called me and told me that she had an interview with them too and she just by far and she's actually so
039that was a and we will approve her the next okay sorry that we left that off but we we do have Lou online Lou would you go ahead and give us a construction update please sir uh can you guys hear me yes sir we will start with uh what we call Unit A which was the middle school edition um if you have been around L going on we're continuing to uh the electrical Ru in as well as some I believe the duct work and all that's being tied in currently uh they're finishing the interior framing um so that means they can one side she Rock one side and get inspections um I guess you're in a week or a half and then once the inspections are done they can close up the walls um Up
040on the Roof they're finishing the paut framing and they're finished in the roof in area a A2 A3 which is the canopy Roofing so A's moved along pretty quickly uh Unit B which is our Auditorium forer pretty much wrapped up I think uh guys out there in the field have the final plane company coming towards the end of this week um I think they finished installing the uh trophy case glass so unit Unit B or our Auditorium for years looking pretty sharp pretty much wrapped up there um with that being said said I haven't brought up Unit C which is our Administration uh area once a is done and we're projected to finish in summer we'll start the demo of uh the administration area but a needs to be done before we start that um
041units d and e which is the new cafeteria and Fine Arts we are finally finishing up some peers uh will'll be finished by Wednesday Thursday this week and then starting over on the North side by the existing CTE building we're going to start preing for gra concrete grave be so that's a huge milestone getting over the weather and the groundwater should be out of the peer bid in that area um the unit G area which is the new a bar the old one went away as yall can see so they're beginning the undercut leveling that ground over there and we should be starting peers in that area in two weeks so that's what's going on over there uh the unit F area which is the high school edition Rena I know that they put up
042some tent walls down those corridors I believe they stripped the ceiling out of that front forer area and starting next Monday we we will start Deming that front face of that existing high school so that's that's where we're at with the construction any questions for Luke any questions than so okay Lou thank you yes sir yall have a good evening so as he was saying on C which is the with the renovation of the admin they're projecting the Middle School portion to be finished uh late June first first part of July so we'll have a week or two for Middle School to be ready to transition into their new offices once they do that then admin will begin the transition as we break up into those we don't have that set yet in regard to
043where everybody's going to be but we'll be split between the two buildings um probably business office will be in one and everybody else will be in the other probably how that'll work um but once we get that together we'll share that with you what that plan is going to look like where everybody's going to be then once that then they'll start working through that part as well so they'll have um as they're finishing they're trying to finish something to give give us something to take something away so yeah so we'll be working through that so okay I don't think we had anybody sign up for open form do we have uh don't have a report from helis I know that they're uh I want to think I've got to I've not talked to uh Drew
044this past week I know they were finishing up some punch list items on baseball softball um I need to follow up on that to see where we are on that they're still working on the um um Vis your locker room they've got wood there got Plumbing done so they we should start seeing some framing going up on that um once that's done we have fencing to be able to take care of I'm my way up here swim gling down helis has not used the sweeper on the softball field well it's not it's not helis that's that's what we're working on part of what that is is we've got to get a gate the gate on the end again because of all we've had we've not been able to get the sweeper on there yet so
045yes we know we're working on that yes ma'am we're working on that what about the th a day is it still going still going still ticking yeah looks like they finish something the fence around the footb field they'll do the fence that'll be the last thing they do the exterior the interior we're looking so so we're trying to we're trying to work the interior in regard to um um kind of the usage so Bobby and I talked about that this morning uh get with Coach Travis our coach mlan to see kind of how what's the usage during spring break because it'll they'll be if we were looking at trying to get the interior done um which is a different Fence Company um during spring break if we can if not then it'll be it'll be
046soon might be when tracks over but we'll get that done yeah it'll be I can't guarantee hel's part will be done by graduation but that interior off will be done by graduation and hopefully theirs will be as well so so more questions on all right um no one for open Forum no ma'am all right do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda motion by motion by by Linda do I have a second all second seconded by Kyle all four 60 and then we have discussion items a um election voting machines so I don't if you're aware this before I got here what year are those were bought Jessica do you me what year I think Aaron would yeah Aon M was probably on the board so maybe 16 17 somewhere around there we
047have election machines that were bought you know we've not up until two years ago we not had an election we' not used them and at that time we uh partnered with the county and now since the county has a has an election clerk um we we partner with them all the time so anyway we have these machines that we are not using and um like I said this is we didn't put it as an action item but I want to kind of put it out you there for you to begin to think about um about the possibility of see if we can sell those or if we need to keep those again it's really just kind of information discussion it's not to take any action tonight but I just want you we have those that
048we're paying still cost us what 1,200 bucks a year to to update of machines that were're not usually well just just for their warranty uh and their software programming but they're they're really useless to we have how many three and then we also have the express vot machines which is also tied into that so those are four little handheld Mach you so as long as we continue to partner with the county I don't know that we will and byw use them yeah so they're really useless to us how much do you think we could get for them I don't I don't even know i' Actually I don't even know what question because even I was thinking about sell them back to the count or sell them to the county but um there ours are I
049don't know if it's something that can be updated I need to look more into it but our machines do not communicate with their poll books so it makes it hard to get instant numbers which is why when I did the election it was a lot of paper I didn't know these things I learned a lot along the way anyway so I don't know if they can be updated to talk with the so anything yeah so so we we we will continue to look we even talk back to the to the company we botom from and just see what some options are some possibilities are and I'll I'll get that information back for you okay all right any more questions on that and then updated early voting locations for May 3rd if you see that uh
050there is one update uh which will be different from our previous voting locations and that is going to be Precinct numbers 401 and 402 BL yeah the storm last week kind of hurt that uh so this this year or this mayate will be in frin at Good Hope family fellowship at 6611 fm15 um it's by being your is before you get to be so that will be where precent 401 and 402 that's where the voting location will be you see early voting locations are at the annex and then day of election we have Hagen sport Community Center for 101 and 102 Franklin County Annex East for 2011 and 202 and commissioner precent three for 301 and 302 and then Good Hope family fellowship for 401 and 402 and then um agenda item number seven our
051public hearing for the 2023 2024 Texas Academic performance report Mr Watson is going to um do that for us good luck back okay you no okay back first need to know who already read all 132 Pages this before I so uh this this is entitled Texas AC academic performance report and it's our 23 and 24 student data teacher data District data but this annual report required before the board also includes additional information outside of the paper I'm not going to go through all going to do on the front side of it is just show you some graphs that show the data as how we compare the district to um the region and to the state um but so I'm going to kind of scroll through here and I'm not going to go over it all
052but what I want to show you if you want to see the the taper online there's links for it right there uh that's just an overview this is everything that's included in we're not going to cover it just real quick that's going to show you your star performance your scho school progress uh that's your content there uh it's going to show you uh ccmr data it's going to show you student information and everything that's included there um and that's reported from last school year it's going to show you your staff information and when you see all this data in in each cat gives you comparison so you can go through and look through it in detail if you want to if you'd like to and then your programs it shows you your different program enrollments
053it shows you your teachers by program uh Who's involved and works in each of those programs and then there's a link to our them's Finance report so starting on the first page is just overall this is percent of students that are at approach this grade level or above all grades all subjects every test we take all grades all subjects and you can see right there as a district uh I'm not going to try to read those tiny lines in there but I'm just going to look at we're over 80% and you can see that we're out outperforming the region and the state across the board at approaches um at meets all grades all subjects we're out performing by about the same rate the region and the state so that right there just in nutshell is
054something that we can be proud of uh as you go through here just kind of kind of touch on them here's your star all grade levels Ela and reading that are approaches again we're above math we're above excuse me all grades at meets excuse me all grades at meets grade level and still in ela or anywhere above then we go to math this is your approaches well above this is your Meats we well above in Ma so as we go through here now we get to science uh we're still above in science and this was remember this is last year's data one year snap shot here's your meets science your social studies is the one area where we were we were below the district and the state average at approaches and at meets the next
055sections cover again you know we our our accountability is based on not only our percent approaching but also our grow so you look here see how that factors in all grades Ela reading growth we're above math we're above and so those two are important to to calculate entire accountability as a district um the next few slides are just kind of random oneof things there's our attendance which is again outperforming region in the state our dropout rate for the district and look over the left that's your percentage you're talking about 1% 2% a lot of times we're zero but we're at 1% regions at 75 and the states at two uh College ready numbers uh we're right there I can't see about 55 56% where where the region sitting at 60 and the states a little
056bit above so we fall a little bit below there U now this is career military ready graduates and and we're slightly out forming the region and and the state and this was the class of 2023 so this goes back to two years and then from here it gets into demographics um not going to try to read all that little pie chalkers first of all I can't read all that but you can see our demographics in here Compares District to the state okay then it breaks it down by economically disadvantage emerg bilingual students with disciplinary placements and then are at re students and I first pulled it up I thought that was a mistake noticed we had the exact same plac as the as St um the next side next slide is class size averages compared
057to the state for 24 if you just got of go down through there we're we're below or barely above at grade six by3 and then you look at High School we're we're above or below depending on the subject area or excuse me secondary that's seventh grade up nothing that just really sticks out there except for your secondary Social Studies is a little bit larger students your teachers by years of experience as compared to the state um you see the darkest Shades you're beginning your one to FS are 12.1 24.3 for 6 to 10 we've got a good dispersement there and one thing that that probably is worth looking at here and I didn't really think about till right now but look at look at our over 20 and over 30 groups compared to the state
058we have a larger percentage of those more experienced teachers um in the district compared to the state average and if you look at the beginning through year five a smaller stay okay we're we're not going to go through the rest of this stuff that's financial report great can talk about it if he wants to that's a lot of numbers we're just that that has to be included in this annual report and all this this whole report is posted online as well there's also a paper copy in the in the district office updates about our accountability 83 up ratings are still on hold as you guys know our creditation status as of 2022 is still at a superior accredited excuse me as of 2023 our special education determination status as a part of RDA we meet
059the requirements uh we have to report violent and criminal incidents and those were reported here notice the bar graph that's one that's two two and one and there's your key on the side but that has to be included into in the report as well um and then these as a these are the methods and I'm not going to go through the whole screen but these are the methods which I asked uh JP to put together that involved in our school violence prevention and intervention and he outlines everything that that he's been doing and we're doing as a district to work on work on that as well okay uh the rest of this I'm just going to kind of leave to you I'm going to scroll to right here 2023 24 you can if you want
060to later on see all the breakdowns in the paper right there by district and by campus you can scroll through that and then I'm not even going to go to to it because it's several Pages later at the very end is the progress on our goals of our campus plans so through February where are we progress wise on the go you can go go to that and see the progress we've made on that any questions but if we go back if yall remember back in July Dr MLL when you went over it this is what you just showed such amazing growth in five years in where we are above District or I mean our district being above region and state average academically is just want to acknowledge that anyone that watching our teachers are doing
061all our staff incredible things I mean that's why we're here and that's so good to seeed to for sure yeah absolutely so principles please again always thank your teachers for us and we recognize the that's awesome it's good [Applause] stuff all right so we've got moving on to agenda item eight action items consider engagement letter with Rutherford Taylor and Company for independent audit Services C anything you want to say about that basically just the just the normal with them to audit our finances uh we've been with them for several years and um pleased with the job that they're doing for us and make the recommendation that we continue um to use um brother for Taylor and Company PC as our independent audit services do I have a well any questions on that anything no no
062okay do I have a motion to approve um the engagement letter letter with Rutherford Taylor and Company PC for the independent audit Services make motion Kyle's going to make the motion do I have a second second seconded by Josh all four 5 all right it is 6414 and we are going to convene to close session for personnel matters pursuant to Texas government code section 551.074 and to address legal concerns implications and questions regarding the posted agenda items P pursuant to Texas cment goes section 551.071 856 we will reconvene back into Open Session to consider matters discussed in close session uh professional contracts yes ma'am list of term contracts would you like for me to read through those or just recommend as presented to you in your board book present presented presented as in your board
063book uh for High School Middle School um both both High School term and dual assignment contracts for high school middle school and Elementary I make the recommendation to you as presented in your board Books Okay I'm going to make the motion that we proove approve the contracts as presented do I have a second second second by Linda all four that's a six so all right and do we have any resignations yes ma'am have three to acknowledge we have uh Malik son Elsa white Hurst and Brad Ingram right it is 8:57 pm and this meeting is adjourned thank y all very much