001I call this premeating briefing of the Carolton Farmers Branch ISD Board of Trustees to order at 6:00 p.m. on February 5th, 2026. The purpose of this premeating briefing is to conduct a briefing session with administrative staff regarding the posted agenda for the regular board meeting scheduled at 7:00 p.m. tonight, February 5th, 2026. For the record, board members present are Kim Brady, Iliana Garza Rojos, Marjorie Barnes, Carolyn Benvdas, Paul Gilmore, Randy Shackman, and myself, Cassandra Hatfield. The next item is audience for guest. Anyone who wish to speak during audience for guests must have submitted a form by 1:00 PM, which is the posted deadline. Um, Miss Castanon, we don't have anybody for this meeting. So, we'll move forward to administrative reports. Dr. Eldridge. Okay. Sorry. Good evening, everyone. So, our first administrative report is item 5G.
002And as you know, we try to do everything we can to help our teachers. So, we have a um an application to delay some of our teacher certification requirements. So, we have Dr. Smallskus um to explain that to us. So, take it away. >> Where's my presentation? Time to close out. Okay. Good evening, President Hatfield, Dr. Eldridge, and board of trustees. Uh this evening I'm going to talk to you a little bit about um the reason why I'm coming forward to request uh the board to approve a resolution to allow our district time to create a plan to certify all of our teachers uh by 29 uh 2029 2030. So house bill 2 passed a resol uh last session uh restrict restricts the district from waving teacher certification requirements foundation program courses through the district
003in of innovation. TEA came out in October to say that if districts would like to request time to put together a plan to keep our teachers, we could do so and we could do so through a resolution approved by you. You all a part of that process is that um we have to obviously have an approved plan which you would have received. You have a draft copy of that approved plan and um then we have to identify all of our uncertified staff and those numbers are are in that uh plan that you received as well. uh we will be partnering with our education prep program um partnerships, our EPS to support those certification efforts and then we would submit that application to the um TEA to get this um extension. Currently, what we've already done,
004I just want to kind of highlight some things that we've already done and the the benefit to why we want to continue this. This year we have provided uh we partnered with the uh multilingual bilingual program and we provided six Saturday study sessions from 9 to 12 for some of our uncertified teachers to help them with preparing prepping studying to take those certification exams. They have exhausted a lot of time um studying working on that working with their EPS. Um, I know with Miss Hulkham's group and the professional development, we've already invested a lot of time with those individuals. So, we would like to hang on to them for a couple more years so we can get them certified. As you all know, we have a statewide shortage of teachers, especially bilingual and then special
005education. And so, be by um asking for this extension, we can uh help these teachers get certified so we can keep some of our teachers in our district. Uh immediate removal of uncertified teachers would create staffing gaps and disrupt instruction. A short extension maintains the stability while we transition to full compliance. Supports our certification and retention of some of our key staff, especially as I mentioned earlier in special ed and and bilingual. Uh this will strengthen our internal training with e with our EPS and helps our current employees complete their certification requirements. So, it is our recommendation for our school board to approve the district plan as presented so we can apply to the uh with the application to the commissioner so that we can maintain our teachers and have a complete plan so by
0062029 2020 30 all of our teachers will be certified. Questions? >> Thank you for the presentation board members. Any questions or comments? >> I just want to applaud the efforts. It's very clear in this plan after reading it. Um the intentionality that's put being put behind it um you know every person that we work with costs money. So I really appreciate the intentionality to ensure that we're trying to keep and retain them if we're already supporting them. Um so thank you very much for the information. >> Thank you Dr. Smalcus. I will also say too we it is so great to visit teachers in the classroom that want to be certified and there could be you know test taking is very hard and so um through our instructional walks we have met many teachers and
007just giving them another opportunity to pass the test is so important to us because they're already servicing our kids and they're doing the work. So um just wanted to add that comment. So the next report we have is Corey Blackburn. So Corey's back with item 50 and 5P and he will talk about our constru construction manager at risk contract and the purchases uh I can't talk tonight. The purchase of construction materials for Carolton. So Corey, we hope you're completely well now and you can take it away. You have two items. >> Feeling much better. Thank you. Uh good evening Dr. Eldridge, President Hatfield, members of the board. It's good to see everyone tonight. Um, as Dr. Eldridge mentioned, um, we are bringing a GMP number two for the Carolton Elementary replacement project. Um, you've probably
008noticed across the street. Part of that building is no longer there. They've got a construction trailer set. We've got, uh, temporary classrooms in place. The transition to the temporary classrooms, I think, went very well. We've been working closely with the principal to make sure that all of her concerns are addressed and I think it's gone pretty smoothly. So, we've been pleased with that. Um, I attended the bid opening at the offices of the construction manager. We had a very good bid response. We had over 200 bids for the project. So, we felt like we had very competitive pricing. Very pleased with that. Um, and we are looking forward to starting as soon as we get the building permit. Um, so any questions y'all have on that? >> Board members, any questions? I have a question.
009Um, so the amount that was up that is up for approval is 50 a little over 53 million. Um, I believe a while back we came forward with an additional request for 12.5 million from the additional funds. >> So how much are we exhausting all that 12.5? >> Not completely. Uh we're going to use about nine of the 12.5. So >> we had I feel like it was the number was about right. Um >> between the special conditions on this campus versus what we're going to be seeing at Farmer's Branch, it feels like those numbers are holding up pretty well. >> Okay, great. So we have a little bit since this is the guaranteed maximum, we've got some extra that'll be going back into the budget for consideration for other projects. Okay, thank you. Board
010members, any additional questions? Miss Benvitas, >> thank you. I was just going to ask how what's the process of elimination for 200 bids. >> The construction manager goes through and what they u they call it qualifying the bids. So, they'll verify that the scope matches the construction documents, both the plans and the construction the written specifications to make sure um that they've got everything covered as far as their scope. they investigate. Um they also evaluate based on their experience. If they've had bad experience with a particular uh firm, then they'll stay away from them. Um so it's a it's a fairly thorough process. >> Thank you. >> Any additional questions? All right. No additional questions on that one. So 5P. >> All right. Construction materials testing involves all the testing that happens as the earthwork
011goes in. They do density testing to make sure the ground is compacted properly. They'll inspect for rebar being placed properly and in the right place and in the right quantity. They inspect the concrete to make sure the concrete meets the strength requirements. They inspect the steel erection to make sure the welds are proper. Um I could go on for quite a while, but it's a lot of testing for a new project that's ground up. So that's what that involves and happy to answer any questions y'all may have. >> Any questions? Anybody wanting to read the full list? All right, you are off the hook, Mr. Blackburn. Thank you very much. Um, is that all of Dr. Aldridge? All right, so we'll move to item number four. Board members, any additional questions about the consent agenda?
012All right, seeing no additional question, we'll move to adjournment. Uh, the time is 6:09 p.m. I call this regular meeting of the Carolton Farmers Branch ISD Board of Trustees to order at 7 o'clock p.m. on February 5th, 2026. Board members, district staff members, and members of the audience, you are free to join me in standing as Kaden Headley pro provides a message, followed by the leading of the pledges by Kim Brady leading the pledge to the US flag and Randy Shackman leading the pledge to the Texas flag. Please join me in prayer. Dear heavenly father, my God, my lord, we praise you right now. We pause before this meeting and we just praise you. Praise uh thank you for your love for these schools, for the children in these schools, for the people in this
013community. We praise you for what you're doing in all of our own lives, all of the struggles. You see them. And so we praise you for that. We praise you for your grace and your mercy that you give us each day. And so we just acknowledge you right now. We praise you. Thank you, God. And we just welcome your presence into this meeting. We ask for your wisdom and discernment. You are the good judge. And we trust you completely. And so we welcome you into this to this room, into this meeting. Um and and ask for for wisdom and know that you will give it. So we thank you for it. And ultimately we thank you for Jesus for his death on the cross, for the grace given to us that we do not deserve
014and that we place our trust in him that we might be saved. We thank you and praise you. So we acknowledge you now um and just and lead and guide this meeting. Continue to bless our community and our schools as we trust in you completely. Jesus name I pray. Amen. to the flag of the United States of America. Welcome to the February board meeting. It's good to see a pretty full room tonight and we have all survived the first Texas winter. Um, as you know, second Texas winter comes right at the bound Easter. So, be careful. Don't plant your plants too early and be ready because you never know what's going to hit us next. But we are back hitting the ground running in education. Um, even though because we all survived Texas winter. So,
015as a district, we dedicate all of our efforts and resources to our goal of high expectations for all. The board uses this goal to guide every deliberation, decision, and action. As elected trustees, the board is responsible for providing oversight, setting the strategic direction of the district, and ensuring accountability, all in the service of student achievement. You will witness the board conducting its work in open session except for specific items that may be discussed in close session as permitted under the Texas government code section 551 which is commonly known as a Texas opens meetings law. These items typically involve personal matters consultation with our attorney and real estate transactions. As we move through the agenda tonight, it is important to remember that we are in the business of supporting kids. With that in mind, we ask
016everyone in attendance tonight to model respectful, responsible, and constructive behavior just as we expect of our students. For the record, board members present are Kim Brady, Iliana Garza Rojos, Marjgerie Barnes, Carolyn Benvitas, Paul Gilmore, Randy Shackman, and myself, Cassandra Hatfield. We constitute a quorum and may conduct business on behalf of the district. Our next agenda item is agenda item number two, item special recognitions and presentations. and I'll turn it over to Miss Rodriguez. There we go. Good evening, President Hatfield, esteemed board members, and Dr. Eldridge. Through our partnership with Chick-fil-A Trinity Mills, we honor those who demonstrate excellence with the CFB Champion Award. This month, we have the opportunity to celebrate our very own Crystal Perez, assistant athletic director at Newman Smith High School. Coach Perez was recently surprised at a school gathering by the
017Dallas Cowboys and Reliant as a recipient of the Cowboys Class Axe Award. This recognition not only recognize her exceptional leadership, dedication, and positive impact on her students, but it also provided a $5,000 grant. This marks the first time Yeah, y'all give her a round of applause. This marks the first time and hopefully not the last, a Carolton Farmers Branch ISD educator receives the Cowboys Class Axe Honor. Please join me in congratulating Coach Perez for this outstanding honor. Remaining board members, if you'd like to make your way to the center, well, Congratulations. Well, for our student recognition, Newman Smith also had the opportunity to celebrate one of their students as senior Kevin Jilks. I didn't I didn't forget, received the prestigious US Navy scholarship. Uh he is one of just 14 students in North Texas to
018receive this $200,000 scholarship this year. This award will support Kevin in his pursuit of a mechanical engineering degree at Morehouse College in Atlanta. >> Great. Congratulations, Kevin. And for our last recognition, Carolton Farmers Branch ISD proudly honors the late Willie and Juanita Rainwater for their remarkable contributions and unwavering support of our district. Their dedication to ensuring equality for all people and the CFBISD community has left a lasting impact and continues to inspire us all. In recognition of them, CFBISD would like to dedicate three beautifully framed photographs which include tributes to his daughters and Christ Community Connections which will be displayed at Rainwater Elementary, Freeman Elementary, and Pulk Middle School where it is already on display. Each serves as a lasting reminder of their impact on CFB. Please join us in honoring this dedication with the
019Rainwater family and Christ Community Connections. Congrats to our honores tonight. And that concludes our recognitions. Well, congratulations to our students. Amazing accomplishment and our coach and then to the Rainwater family. We are just so blessed at the legacy that continues on and um celebrating the MLK parade. It's just such a wonderful time to see the community come together and the legacy continues. So, thank you for being here tonight. We're excited to be able to put these at the schools to to treasure them forever. As a part of our commitment to engaging the community, um I want to just extend my president's report and I want to make sure that you're aware that the board presented an information session uh what does a board member do on Tuesday night. The video is available online where regular
020board meeting videos are. It's about 25 minutes. So if you are really curious about more information about what the board does, we'd encourage you to look at that um soon. It's also going to be posted at cfbisd.edu edu/elections. Um, and the presentation will be there. And so if you want to learn more about our role and what we do um, inside the boardroom and outside the boardroom, I'd really encourage you to watch that. Um, and I, myself and my colleagues, um, we just want you to know that we're happy to connect with any community members who are curious about learning more about what we do or questions. Uh, we just want to offer to the community that we are here to serve you as our volunteer position. Additionally, it is election season and the window
021for filing for the election to run in May for school board is currently open and the filing window closes on Friday, February 13th at 5:00 p.m. You can find more information about becoming candidate, including the current people that have filed and voting information again at cfbisd.edu/elections. And election day is Saturday, May 2nd. Additionally, I just want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our district staff. Um, the winter weather, uh, it is not normal that we take four days off. Usually, you know, we get a one or two day Texas winter, but we got four this time. And, um, it is really important that we ensure that our students can return to learning quickly, but also safely. And so I just want to extend from the campus teams to operations to transportation, central office, everybody
022really worked together and coordinated. We were all flexible. Parents, you were flexible. I know I had for two kids at home and by the end I was a little worried if we were going to call Friday. Um but there was a lot of problem solving that happened making sure we could bring our kids back and serve our community in that way. Okay. So, we just want to on behalf of the board thank everyone for all the efforts for the holiday weather or holiday weather the winter weather. Um, okay. So, next up is our committee reports. So, we will begin with board subcommittees. The purpose of our board subcommittees is for a subset of the board to work collaboratively on a particular area and we prepare draft documents or con or work products for the board's
023consideration. You can see on the screen the different subcommittees that we serve on. Um and board members, do we have any updates on board subcommittee since our last board meeting? No. Okay. So, no updates since the last one. So, we'll also talk about our district liaison committees. So, a role of the board is to also facilitate regular and smooth communication. Um the district liaison serves on these committees and then provides information to the board support and um committee operations. So board members serving this capacity are listed on the screen and I know that we had a few of these meet. Board members, do we have any updates we need to share about these committee meetings? No. So just because we don't share anything doesn't mean anything didn't happen. Um but we do try to make
024sure we keep the meeting running efficiently. And so if we don't share an update, we just want the community to know that we are engaged in these efforts. Um besides just being behind this lovely dialus, our next item is district announcements. Dr. Eldridge. Um, thank you all for being here. I too want to thank our facilities department, Bobby Shaw and his team for our great work. Um, I don't think people realize that they are scraping ice and then they go back the next day and we had some drainage and it froze up again and they're scraping again. But I also want to thank our communications team for sending out communication, you know, at a a consistent time. And I also want to apologize if you received six or seven parent square messages and you're thinking,
025"Okay, I got it." But you did get it that we were closed. Um there was an error in in our system and I know Karen's worked hard on fixing the our communication system. Um I think when all schools close around the Metroplex, I think um the the communication went everywhere and anywhere. So um it wasn't because we kept pushing a button. it was, you know, just but you all knew we were close. So, thank you to everybody who put forth the effort. Um, I want to um have Mr. Calvin Caps, if you will stand up and everybody turn around and clap for him. He's the new principal. Um, and those of you that are here um he is our new principal at Rainwater Elementary. We're so glad to have him. And he has his first
026event this Saturday with the Black History program um that will take place at your campus. That is a long tradition that is wonderful and you will enjoy every bit. And I'm sure Nicole is filling you in on how everything should run. So, we are one big family. We are so proud of you and we wanted to make sure that we recognized you and you need to come shake all these hands here because these are very important people to us. And I can tell you Calvin's going to do a great job, great person and and loves kids. So, thank you for all you do and we welcome you to the team. So, really appreciate it. So, um the the next thing I'll say is um we were in Austin um one day while the campuses were
027closed and we were honor we were honored um at uh the Texas Education Agency for our Blue Ribbon campuses which is now Lonear campuses. So our principal Debbie Williams from Kent Elementary and Drea were and Kim Hulcom our assistant soup who's worked very hard on instruction and Francisco who oversees those campuses. Miranda um it was so nice to meet the commissioner of education and to sit there that CFB is honored as two top schools among the state and the only schools in Dallas County. So that is an incredible honor. And even even better was there were two a principal and a teacher and one of them went to Sheffield and the other one went to Kent and so we took a picture one big family. So they had a blue ribbon school and I said
028well we trained you right in CFB. So um so what an honor for the principles that worked hard and the staff and again thanks to our communication team who got to stream it for all the families and the staff members. So, it was it was such an honor to to be there. Um, and our fine arts, we love Crystal in athletics, but we also have fine arts, right? And so, our fine arts in in CFB is amazing. So, for the first time in eight years, 12 of our students earned the pre prestigious title of Texas music educators, all state musicians, placing them in the top 3% of 70,000 competitors. And if you've ever tried to sing or play an instrument, it is not easy. Now, I did ask Tracy if she would break out in
029song tonight, but she did not. And she has a beautiful voice, Tracy Rainwater. But anyway, we want to thank our fine arts department, Don Valentine, and of course, Mark Roar, who does a great job promoting our fine arts. So, what a great things that are happening in CFB. So, I just want to congratulate everybody and um thank everybody for all the hard work they do. So that that's it for me. >> Thank you, Dr. Eldridge. It's really great to see everything being so wellrounded with the academics, the fine arts, putting everything together. We are very blessed in CFB. Um, our next agenda item is 2D. Actually, we just did 2D 2e update from PTA. Miss Arya Dean. Gosh, you guys, I'm like wanting to cry. This has been such a beautiful evening so far. My
030goodness, how fortunate are we, right? Um, so anyway, good evening, President Hatfield, esteemed board members, um, Dr. Eldridge, and everyone else. My name is Arya Dean. Uh, I serve as the advocacy chair for our council of PTAs. Um, we currently represent 5,443 PTA members across Carolton Farmers Branch ISD and we're at 88% of last year's membership. Let's get it up to 100 or more, please. Um, so anyone can join PTA um at joinpta.org or or you can become a CFB PTA champion member by joining all of the PTAs in a high school feeder pattern at cfbpta.org. Um we also wanted to say thank you to everyone that joined us for our reflections ceremony. We especially appreciated the strong showing from our school board and from district administration. Thank you all for joining us. It was
031so beautiful to see all of the wonderful artwork that our students do and to see how many of them, you know, are going to state. So, I'm excited to see what happens with that. We also have, well, we have to blame everything on this on the on the weather. So, we did have a uh training event, our spring extravaganza scheduled uh for this Saturday, and we've had to reschedule it due to the weather and other things having to be rescheduled. And so that has been rescheduled to February 28th and it will be from 9 to 12:00 p.m. at the Nancy Watton Center. And this is our spring training event for all of our local PTAs. We it it helps everyone kind of get together and learn how to make sure that we are electing our
032our our members, school board or not school board, but our our PTA board members for the next year. Um and and just making sure that everybody um understands everything that we need to do. We uh also will have child care. That's really important. And RSVP information is on our council website and social media accounts. And this event is open to the entire community. So speaking of rescheduling or changing things up, we are actually moving our straight talk event um to fully virtual. So we are very excited. A and I mean I'm telling you that was the best idea. I was just telling Katrina like, "Oh my gosh, I love it." So basically this event is um is an event that's held by Texas PTA um on off legislative years and this year it is about
033raising the AI generation. So everything is about what do we do with our children learning about AI from homework to social emotional learning and the Texas PTA is holding a panel. Um we and then they will they'll post that. So we actually are going to have our own virtual panel. We will be sending out information to everyone so they can watch the Texas PTA panel on their own. And then we have had wonderful collaboration with the district with our counseling services and with also technology services and also some community members that have really supported us in building and I think it's going to be a wonderful event. But it is going to be virtual which is wonderful for those of us parents that are super busy and need to and want to do something but
034um have a diff difficult time getting out of the house. So, um, lastly, before we get to the good stuff. Um, oh, we have an advocacy newsletter. We have, um, we have had three of them so far. And I again want to thank, um, I want to want to thank our our leadership. I want to thank our school board. I want to thank everyone who has been involved in this newsletter. And now we have our newsletters on our website. So, please go check that out. Again, it's cfbta.org. So, each month, um, we host a PTA challenge. So, our February challenge is random acts of kindness, changing the world, one smile at a time. So, that entry form will be available next week with entries due by February 27th. But tonight, I have the honor of
035presenting our January challenge winners focused on wellness, wins, healthy minds, bodies, and communities. And our primary school winner is Good Elementary School. They hosted a glow run and counseling session. So, congratulations. >> And then for secondary schools is RL Turner High School. They sponsored brain breaks during finals week, setting up tables at lunch with fun activities and healthy snacks. Congratulations. >> And then I have one more award which is the Golden Apple Award. And this is really super cool that this is for um Ranch View High School and it to receive this award, you have to have 100% of the full-time staff, administrators, office personnel, aids, and counselors joining the school's PTA and Ranchu High School did that. So that is so awesome. Thank you for supporting. So you all have the Golden Apple Award.
036So, thank you all for your continued support and advocacy for our children. Together, we are PTA. Thank you, Miss Deian. And congratulations to our awardies and I'm really excited about the AI event. Like, I've got kids in middle school and it's a thing AI. Now, everybody's doing caricatures. So, we have really got to make sure we are on it with AI um with these kids. So, next up we have um at this time I'm going to allow for a brief pause. You are welcome to stay for the remainder of the meeting, but if you have dinner to get to or another activity tonight, we're just going to take a brief pause and give you a moment um to exit. since we have a board member that went to take a picture. I'm going to continue
037to pause. I was going to say something. Okay, it's 7:25 and I'm going to call for a Oh, never mind. I'm not calling for a recess. Here she comes. Okay. Um, our next agenda item is agenda item number three, audience for guest. Persons who wish to speak during audience for guests must have electronically submitted an online form for this purpose prior to the deadline and closing of the form at 1 p.m. today. As of the posted deadline, we have four submissions to address the board. So before we begin, I will remind our audience members of the board's procedures for handling audience for guest. Each speaker will be allowed to speak during audience for guest one time. Speakers designated as stakeholders will be allowed a maximum of three minutes and speakers designated as non- stakeholders will
038be allowed a maximum of one minute to address the board as dictated by DB be local. Because the board wants to hear from as many as possible while keeping the meeting running efficiently, groups of five or more that wish to speak on a particular viewpoint or topic should appoint one person to speak on behalf of their group. Please remember that the board cannot deliberate on any subject that is not included in the agenda for this meeting. Board members will listen to the comments but will not respond or answer questions. With the exception of the board president who may respond with facts, recognizing that students are at the heart of their work, we ask that speakers model the respectful and constructive behavior we expect from our students. Please keep your comments civil and courteous and avoid
039profanity or personal attacks. Refrain from discussing students who are not your own child. Yelling, disruptive behavior, or discriminatory remarks will not be permitted. In the event that your comment by the judgment of the presiding officer constitute a complaint or charge against an employee or officer, it may be necessary for me to interrupt you and ask you to stop and direct you to proceed to the school district's formal grievance procedures. If the speaker is seeking board resolution on a specific complaint, that concern should be addressed through the DEF district's grievance process, which can be found online and include policies DGBA, FNG, and GF. Grievance forms can also be on obtained online through the website. In compliance with the opens meeting act, please note that the board will not engage directly with the public and will address
040agenda items as they are deemed necessary when they're listed in the agenda. The timer will be shown in front of you when you arrive at the podium and the presentation will be limited to the allotted time. We'll begin with our staker stakeholder comments and the presentation uh timing will be shown on the screen. Mr. Zohair Bal um good evening board of trustees. I've come to give some information to you so that you can plan your budget whether the information will be useful or not that only time will tell but you know I'm just the years and I want to be the years for the board. Uh one part was the appraisals. I think I I've been keeping an eye on the real estate thing and I have a feeling at some parts the property prices
041have gone down by 10%. But at least 2 to 3% the property prices have gone down and whether the dis uh Dallas appraisal district will evaluate all of them down or not but there will be a lot of protest happening. So, do do you expect the property prices or the appraisals not to go up anymore? And if it doesn't go down this year, definitely next year because when certain number of families leave, there is less pressure. There are houses on the market for a longer time. Uh, in Valley Ranch, the apartment rents have gone down by $200 a month. I had to give my house on rent for $400 less than what it was. So there is a little lowering of rent also happening and and whatever the circumstances are but maybe you need to
042just plan it for the next two years what's possibly that can drive the revenues down because the appraisals are going down. The second part is about and most of you know about the enforcement against certain section of the demographics but I'm here to talk about the demographics on the west side and not many of you may be knowing but I wanted to share some stories so that you are aware that you there might be some reduction on the west side too because of these kind of stories that are coming up. There is a lot of sabotaging of legal immigration as well. sabotaging literally laws are not being followed and for so what is happening is there are families under pressure and yesterday I was talking to a lead parent on the phone she submitted her
043work authorization in May and generally it should come back in 60 days it has not come back after 8 months and 5 days it has still not come back so this is the law that the federal laws are been broken and she cannot work she's just at home sitting over there because without that work authorization she cannot work. She was working before that and now she cannot. So these kind of pressures are going to build up on families and then fun fine day what happens is and this is somebody did outside the district in another state. He sent his wife and kids back to India and then on 26th January he left his job and probably the job goes with him and he went back to India. So now those two kids whatever school they
044were going to they are not there anymore. Then due to visa restriction, Google has just hired a big multi-story. Oh, I'm out of time, but I just want to tell you that there is going to be a reduction in legal immigration and that might affect our revenues. Thank you. >> Thank you very much for your comments. >> Our next uh speaker, and I may mispronounce this, I apologize if I do. Laces Shmi Anathon Cresan, I apologize. Thank you for trying. Uh my name is Lakshmi Ananta Krishnan. I am an IT resident. I have two kids in elementary school. Uh first at Landry and McCoy and now at good having great experiences. Um I am here to speak about concerns I have regarding uh potential changes to the math curriculum that are coming up. Um there
045are five options for review right now and I am specifically concerned about one of those options, the Blue Bonnet curriculum. Um I know the Blue Bonnet curriculum has a lot of controversy surrounding it. I am incredibly concerned about Blue Bonnet's content, particularly for reading um when there are other triedand-trude options available, but I'm really here to talk about the math workbooks and the quality of those math workbooks. Um the Texas Tribune found report, they reported thousands of errors in the Blue Bonnet um educational content. So just an entirely different order of magnitude than other educational t content that is um out there. And I went and looked at the workbooks myself. Um, and this tracks with the with my experience in reviewing the workbooks. Um, in the limited time that I refed them, I found
046spelling errors. I found um confusing formatting. A key part of math is not only getting to the correct answer, but uh having multiple ways to get to that answer. Um, several parts of the Blue Bonnet workbooks didn't have any room for the kids to show their work. Um, as an elementary school mom, I have seen my share of math workbooks over the years and this one just was clearly an outlier compared to the others. Um, I know this is an issue that is still in committee and I hope that the blue bonnet curriculum for math is not one of the final choices that is ultimately presented to the board, but if it is, I do hope that the board will focus on giving our kids quality learning materials and not let financial incentives drive the
047the decision. Thank you so much. Thank you very much for your comments. Um, our next speaker on the list is designated as a non-stakeholder. Seen Han Sean. Yes. >> Just give us one second to change the timer. Can I start or >> No, you can begin. >> Good evening, members of the board. My name is Sean Huang and I'm an eighth grade student from the Plano Carlton area. I first created Project Restoring Digital Balance after seeing how unhealthy screen habits were affecting my peers focus, mental health, and daily lives. At first, I wanted to make an impact because I saw how much they struggled from it and it was a problem that I um overcame after implementing tons of tedious habits and stuff. To measure impact, I made a presentation and I used pre and
048postpresentation surveys and about 80% of students reported a clear increase in understanding after attending about how to build healthier digital habits and the impacts of not doing so. To support lasting change, I built a project website, a social media account, and created physical tools like bookmarks and mastercards that give students simple reminders they can use every day. I'm here to raise awareness and to offer these resources to support student digital well-being in our schools. You can visit my website at www.projectrdb.com. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you very much for the information. It takes a lot of courage to get up and talk to us behind the DAS, so we really appreciate it. Thank you very much. you can pass them to Miss Castanon and she'll be happy to share them with us. Thank
049you very much. Our next speaker is Nicholas Arnellis has designated three minutes. Nicholas Arnellis, 1117 East Vandergrip Drive, Carolton, Texas 75006. Uh first off, really appreciate y'all's contribution. Uh y'all heard the good news from yesterday, right? Uh the appointment by Commissioner Maratha, the education inspector general. That's what we were really really working towards and y'all y'all provided some great um a great case study. Uh so I wanted to address item 4B. That was the report from earlier today. Uh the numbers look great across the board. There was just a couple that looked um that kind of stood out to me and I think the admin administration board, y'all y'all talked about it. Um it was just the uh the central administration office had double the average um employees employed. Uh and based off that information,
050we could save the district $4.4 million next year. and in the coming years just by getting us to the state average. Um I know it's going to be tough. There are some really good potential candidates. Um but from I think it was Miss Moskus presentation earlier. It is a tough situation with teachers. There's a shortage. Um whether they uh just in bad situation they're coming in as a new teacher. uh from what it seems like the board is intending to do is cut back on expenses and do some house cleaning, but you don't have to just cut them loose, right? Based off of what the presentation was earlier, if they can't find another job or we just offer them the chance to kind of transition into some of these roles that don't have certifications, right?
051We talked about a 2029 2030 U extension to get those teachers certification. Well, I think anybody that we could potentially lose has those certifications. They're really qualified. They're in the administration office. So, nothing really more to that. That's just something to look at. Uh I did want to ask what what do you constitute as a complaint? Could you we can do it on my time or if you want to pause it, but could you at least explain like what would constitute an actual complaint that's worth filing a grievance about? Like if I didn't like somebody's hair and I said that, am I allowed to say that or I would have to go and file a formal grievance about that? And it's a it's a serious question. Like it's your hopefully like I don't know if
052Miss Eldridge is going to whisper in your ear on what to say the wrong thing again. you were doing your job the other day when you weren't cutting me off. I would think y'all y'all would learn like three to four years of bad decisions by maybe not you. You're the boss. So, if you could at least email me or just put like a little definition of what constitutes a complaint. >> Thank you. Your time is expired. The what constitutes um a complaint can be found in board policies DGBA, FNG and GF. You're welcome. And as for the comment about central administration and the expenses while central administration exceeded the state average, note that campus administration was far below the state average. And in 2024 2025, CFBISD instructional coaching positions were coded as central administration while
053other districts across the street have their instructional coaching position reported as campus administration. We will now move on to our next agenda item. This is item number four, non-action items for discussion. 4A, which is a construction update. Dr. Aldridge. We have a lot of construction happening in our district and I can't thank Mr. Blackburn and his team enough because as we look at our construction of our facilities and remodels, it's always focused on the future of how we educate our students. So, I look forward to this update. So, Mr. Blackburn, thank you for all you do. >> Good evening, Dr. Eldridge, President Hatfield, members of the board. It's good to see everyone. Just a quick uh update on some of the activity that's going on. As we've talked about before, we look at our work
054in three buckets. Uh the renovation work, the replacement campuses, and the safety and security work. And all those are proceeding uh concurrently. This is a list of all the different campuses and what if a project is currently happening. And as you if you follow the 2026 Q1 column down, you can see we've got about four, seven campuses currently under construction, and we are uh working hard to get ready for this summer when we're going to have 20 campuses under construction. So, we've got plenty to keep us busy. This is Creek View High School. You're looking at the um EMT and first responder program uh space that they're preparing. They're making good progress. They are working closely. Uh I believe they're developing a partnership with the Carolton uh fire department. So we're excited to to see
055that completed. They're they're moving right along. This is Rosemeat Elementary. They are in phase five of seven. Progressing well um moving through that project and giving them a lot of nice space uh throughout the campus. This is Bleac Middle School, a major renovation. You can see one of the new collaboration and group learning spaces bringing in natural light in the middle of that building that used to be without windows. So, we're excited to to bring that for the students to enjoy. And uh special word on Bllelac as you well, let me back up a little bit. We are preparing to move the serving line into the cafeteria itself over spring break and the remote meal prep will start two to three weeks um after that until the end of the year at this campus. The
056reason is we need to allow time for the plumbing work to begin in the kitchen. I think you may have heard me mention before the quality of the the current state of the plumbing I should say at that campus. uh it's either disintegrating or running uphill and neither one of those is ideal uh for sanitary sewer. So we're we need to allow additional time for that work to happen because the kitchen is a slab on grade. They have to cut through the slab, put all the plumbing in, put all the slab back, put all the uh kitchen equipment back. So it's a significant uh piece of work. So I just want to give a shout out to student nutrition. in true CFB fashion, they have jumped in and found a way to make this work.
057And so we're very thankful to be able to work with them um and for us to have addition the needed time to make the repairs. So, and I can tell you that um the gentleman in our plumbing department are already experiencing the benefit of the plumbing work that's already been done at that campus. So, it's paying off. So, we're we're looking forward to finishing the work there. Turner is uh moving right along. You can see there's a lot of steel on site. The first courtyard, most of the steel is already erected and they're getting ready to move into the second the second courtyard with steel erection. So, we're excited to uh see that come to completion. At Smith, we are in phase two of 13 planned phases moving through the building. It's progressing well. And
058at PULK, I'm very excited to say that we are done pushing dirt around and they're actually putting in the track now. So, if you drive by there, uh you can see the they're pouring the curbs for the track in the field. So, that'll start to look like uh a little more like a track in a field here in the next few days. And now, uh Carolton Elementary School, as you know, across the street is getting underway. We're very excited to uh get this building started. We really feel like it's going to be a beautiful facility. Uh Glenn Partners was our architect on that project. Uh the selected demolition is already complete and we'll begin construction as soon as we receive the building permit. And just a few additional renderings so you can get a flavor
059of what the building will look like. See the courtyard. This is the media center looking out into the courtyard and then more into the learning center into the media center and then uh outside in the corridors uh just outside the media center. An update on our fiber project. We are about excuse me about 99% complete on the fiber project. That investment is already paying dividends. We had a uh as much as it's nice to be located where CFB is in the middle of the metroplex, when you have the I35 corridor going down the middle of your district, you are a prime target for utility uh interruptions. And that's why this fiber network project was uh invested in. and it's already paid off because we've already had a fiber cut since they've done this work and
060instruction continued without interruption because we didn't have any issue because of the work of this project. So, that's been a real that's been good to see that investment pay off. And then finally, uh some of the athletic improvements. These are the title nine concessions going in at Turner High School softball and Kelly Field softball. They're wrapping up and they'll be ready for this softball season. And then if you had the uh if you were familiar with the Creek View track and the Creek View tennis, they have exceptionally fine Texas gumbo soil at Creek View. So the track felt more like a roller coaster when you ran down the track and the tennis courts resembled a pond anytime it rained. So both of those uh the track has been fully replaced and so have the tennis
061courts. The tennis courts are ready to use and the track is already being used. And we've also uh I don't have pictures, but we also resurfaced the tracks at Turner and at Newman Smith and we resurfaced the tennis courts at um Smith and at Ranch View. So, a lot of uh improved athletic facilities from the residual 2018 funds. And with that, I'm happy to answer any questions about the progress. >> Lots of great progress. You seem very excited for this summer. This is your bread and butter, right? Board members, any questions or comments? Mr. Shackman, >> Mr. Blackburn, I had the opportunity to uh be on campus at Carolton Elementary and uh met with one of the preK classes there and they all think you're great. For what it's worth, preK says it's going to
062be great. >> That's awesome. Uh Mr. Mr. Blackburn, for the benefit of the public, could you share on the Carol Carlton elementary replacement um that we approved an additional 12.5 million for that replacement cost, but what did it actually come in at? >> We ended up using about 9 million of the 12.5 additional that was approved. So, we feel like we were pretty much where we wanted to be on the additional request. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Any additional questions or comments? All right. Thank you, sir. Our next agenda item is 4B, which is the district annual report and House Bill three goals or taper. Dr. Eldridge, would you introduce the item? >> Yes. Dr. Julian is the master of data and putting all of our reports together. And so, he held his um public
063hearing at 5:30. So, Dr. Julian, if you will please go through this report for us. Thank you. >> Absolutely. Uh, good evening, Dr. Eldridge, President Hatfield, members of the board. Um, thank you for the opportunity this evening to share our annual report. The report this evening, we'll look at our 2425 taper report. I do have a few members of my team who were able to be here this evening. If you guys will stand and be recognized, Jana Fischer, um, Nicole Greenleaf, and Eric Cochram. They spend Yep. countless hours and and they've heard this speech before, but I always say there is no magic button. we are the magic button. And so they spend countless hours helping our campuses, but also making sure that all of our teachers and our leaders have access to the data
064so that they can make actionable decisions. Um, please know that data tonight will was released on December the 15th for the taper. The Texas Education Co requires the boards of trustees to publish an annual district performance report and hold a public hearing on information provided within the Texas academic performance report, also known as the taper. This year's CFB ISD district held the public hearing earlier tonight prior to the board meeting. Tonight, I will be sharing the board with the board and the public each of the required elements of the district annual report. The presentation will include a summary of data for the 2425 taper, our financial integrity rating system rating, our district accreditation status, our campus performance objectives, progress towards our adopted House Bill 3 goals, our report on violent or criminal incidents on campuses,
065and then student performance in postsecary institutions. Keep in mind the taper report is based on final accountability scores. So accountability subset data um but not all students. And in full transparency, I just want to acknowledge upfront that the board and the public may have seen some similar data views regarding STAR scores and House Bill 3 goals to the slides that we will see this evening. However, the previous reports were all based on preliminary data. This evening we will be looking at final data and during the presentation be on the lookout for that B in the bottom right hand corner. So that symbol indicates that the information from the slides has previously been shared but in a preliminary form and the slides being reviewed this evening based on the final taper are the final represented by
066our accountability rating of a B which is also final. Also worth noting all performance such as STAR and CCMR are based on accountability subsets while some of the demographic report reports reflect all students in CFB. Finally, I'd like to express my gratitude for our board's willingness to engage in and seek out data on a regular basis. This board's commitment to the student outcomes is a powerful reminder of our why. Speaking of our why, the mission of CFB, a diverse community of global learners, is to empower scholars to acquire lifelong knowledge, skills, and values that prepare them to compete in the world marketplace while contributing to their community. High expectation for all remains at the forefront of each decision, plan, and program. The taper report is compiled and distributed by TEA. The district and each campus
067taper report can be found online at TEA's performance reporting site as well as on our district website. And finally, each campus will be provided a paper copy located in the main office of the report. The report includes a wide range of student performance information which is disagregated into different student groups comparing both to the region and the state and provides extensive information on CCMR graduation staffing and much more. We won't review the entire taper report this evening. However, as I previously mentioned, the report is readily available and you also have a paper copy at the DIS at your dascese. In 2425, CFB's overall accountability rating was a B and CFB received a status of meets requirements for the 2425 school year and the special education determination. CFBS earned the highest rating and a superior achievement
068and a numerical score of 100 on Texas first. That's the financial integrity rating system of Texas report for the 2425 rating year. CFB has received the highest rating every year since the system's inception. The first rating which the TEA has issued to a public school district since measures the quality of school districts financial management and reporting. The rating is based on 20 indicators that include results of the annual external audit, debt management, fund balance and administrative cost ratio among other financial indicators. The recent decision is based on financial information for the 2223 fiscal year. Sorry, 23 24 fiscal year. Before we begin looking into academic performance, let's look at our profile of our district. Our district serves students from ages 3 to 21 across 35 campuses in 2425. In 2425, we enrolled just over 24,000
069students and employed 3,636 personnel. Our average teacher salary was $68,575, which was nearly 5,000 above the state average of 63,751 across Texas. This helps keep CFB competitive in regards to recruiting and retention. Taper also provides a view of our staff profile. Our full-time teachers accounted for 51.4% 4% of our full-time staff last year. Looking to the piraphph, the majority of our teachers, 55% had over five years of classroom experience. Of the 1,893 teachers, 45.4% of our teaching staff had zero to five years of experience. That is about 10% higher than the state for the past school year. Remembering that these are our students last year, you can see CFBISD student population profile. Our CFB student population as a whole has remained largely unchanged over the last 5 years. Regarding student enrollment by program type, we
070saw a slight decrease in economically disadvantaged students from 66.9% in 2024 to 64% in 2025 as reflected in the taper. Our special services population is also continuing to rise. So we can see here that it moved from 17.1% to 17.8. Emergent bilingual, the third program type, is continuing to experience growth across our district. And we see an increase from 42.7 up to 43.5. You can see a slight increase in our gifted and talented numbers from 12.2% to 12.5%. Carolton Farmer's Branch is fully accredited public school district in Texas based on our 2025 accountability rate ratings released by the Texas educa education agency. The district earned a B rating of an 82 reflecting significant performance improvements and this was a four-point increase from our 2024 rating of a 78C. Our campus performance objectives can be found
071in our campus improvement plans which are publicly available on our campus and district sites. Please note that in an effort to align to campus and district goals, all campus improvement plans include goals and progress measures aligned to our district's House Bill 3 goals for the 2526 school year and will incorporate the fifth grade math goal moving into the 2627 school year. This view compares star performance across two years and across each performance level approaches and above meets and above and masters. Note by the blue star our district percentage of masters increased across all subjects across reading and math posted the most significant gains moving from 18% to 21%. approaches and meets were either the same or within two points across all other areas. Zooming out on our overall star performance, this graph so shows CFB's
072percentage masters is in blue. That's the line across the bottom and then meets and above is green and um approaches and above is the orange. Note that the 2023 STAR redesign, while significantly increasing the rigor of the test, did not substantially impact overall performance scores. Kudos to our teachers and our curriculum and instruction leaders who keep the focus on teaching to the level of the standard and teaching deeply. Next, note that the impact of COVID in 2020, as this slide illustrates, this has been a multi-year effort to fill the learning gaps created by the pandemic. And while we still have work to do, the trend is moving in the right direction. Next, we'll review each star test percent approaches and above by grade level. Each chart shows the state in light gray, the region in
073the darker gray color, and and then I'm sorry, yeah, the region in the darker gray and the district in the color. The first chart is grade three through five math. CFB exceeded the state and region across all three grade levels in math on the 2025 star. Next, we visit elementary reading language arts percent approaches and above for each grade level. English and Spanish RLA are combined in this data point. CFV exceeded both the state and the region across all three elementary levels. Here's our middle school mathematics slide. I'd like to remind the board, y'all are probably tired of hearing this one by now, but I'll say it anyways because we got to keep it in front. Um, our audience that the middle school math is the area that we see off grade level testing where
074we have advanced seventh grade students taking the eighth grade math tests and the advanced eighth grade math students take the algebra exam. In sixth grade, the district was between the state and the region. However, in seventh grade, scores were below the state, while in eighth grade, they far exceeded the state. and region in math. Next is a view of our 2425 middle school reading language arts percent approaches and above. Middle school RLA was just below the state in the region in middle school RLA. Fifth, 8th and biology EOC are the only three tested levels or grade levels in the area of science. CFB was below the state and region in percent approaches and above in science. And as we wrap up our review of our student achievement performance, we see our EOCC tested areas which
075include algebra 1, English one, and English 2. The state, region, and district are trending similarly in student performance and algebra. And if the board or community was interested in looking into campus level data, please know that each campus has their own taper available on TEA's website. Last but not least, our biology EOC and US history EOC final taper scores. Next, we brief briefly revisit our House Bill 3 board goals based on our final taper report. Our first set of charts looks at our progress towards House Bill 3 early literacy target. The chart on the left reflects 2324 and the chart on the right is 2425. The gray columns reflect interim progress on third grade MAP reading assessment which is administered in fall, winter, and spring. And the red column represents the percentage of scores at
076meets or above on STAR. In 2025, 55% of STAR scores were at meets grade level or above for all third grade RLA test. Not only did this reflect an increase of 5% from 2024, but also far exceeded the 2025 target. 3%. Sorry. This chart reflects our progress towards our House Bill 3 math target. Not um note that our initial predictions were that we would miss our 2024 25 target of 50% by 1%. However, I'm proud to share that after all the dust settled and the final taper meets and above for third grade math landed at exactly 50% on track with our House Bill 3 board target. Let's take a look at our progress towards our CCMR target. The chart on the left reflects our 2024 progress measure which are reflected in 2025 accountability and CCMR
077is a lagging indicator. the class of 2024 was officially reported on the 2025 taper. So the chart on the left is our taper final and the chart on the right is still a preliminary calculation. Now for an expanded look at our college career and military readiness found in our taper. Remembering back to Mr. Hunter's presentation explaining CCMR. You'll remember that CCMR is divided into two areas, college ready indicators and career and military ready indicators. The taper refle report reflects this categorization and the top box reflects college ready indicators while the bottom report reflects career military reading ready indicators. Note that this is not an eitheror pathway. In fact, the goal is to have as many students with multiple pathways to college and career readiness as possible. For this chart, we're looking at the class of
0782024. So, this is another lagging indicator. Here you will see various college ready indicators such as TSI, dual credit, advanced placement, and special education advanced diplomas. and below that, career military ready indicators such as industrybased certifications and IEP workforce ready indicators. Note that all scores on the far right that are bold indicate that this score was an increase from 2023 and that our overall college ready indicator that's the top one um that's in yellow was an increase in from 2023 and jumped from 51% to 85% in 2024. Similarly, our percentage met TSI criteria moved from 33% to 80%. And that is due in large part to a concerted effort to focus on supporting all students in completing Texas College Bridge during the 2023 24 school year. Thank you to our CTE teachers, our core department
079teachers who provide support for college prep courses, SAT, TSI assessments, and campus staff who work to check their campus systems to effective to affect these astonishing gains in CCMR. Here we'll turn our attention to our graduation rate. Grad rate is also a lagging indicator as shown on the 10-year trend line. CFB continues to have a four-year graduation rate above 90%. The four-year graduation weight rate for the class of 2024 was 93% which was above the state's average of 90.7 and the region at 89.5. The work of the c Thank you for the work of the campus counselors and teachers and grad teams and administrators. It is evident that that work is continuing to make sure that our students get to the stage. Safety is a top priority in CFB. As a part of our annual
080report, we are required to report the total number of violent or criminal incidents. And it's worth noting that our total number of incidences that are mandatory expulsions in our district accounted for an overall incident rate that was far less than 1% of our total incidents. Through our Department of Safety and Security, all campuses were equipped with secured safe entrances that include a video bell intercom system. And our security directors have worked to increase the required staff at all campuses across the district and train personnel on safety systems through rapture alerts while also conducting frequent safety audits across all facets of school safety and security. Next, we turn our attention to postsecary performance. Um, most excited to share this piece. This is going to be some new information. Um, so as you can see here, this
081report includes our GPA earned during our first year in post-secary education and where they enrolled in public higher education. Texas Education Code 5143 requires post-secary institutions in Texas to report student performance during their first year of enrollment after high school graduation to high schools from which the student graduated. Districts must include this information in their annual annual report. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board publishes a report listing this information for each high school in Texas sorted by county and district on its site. The first place page explains the purpose of the report and data calculation methods. I'm excited to share a little more detailed view of this information in the next three slides. So, this looks at where 2023 graduates went their first year after high school graduation. Note that CFB's 2023 graduates, 30% attended
082a 2-year university, 19% attended a 4-year public or independent college or university. All right. Now note that not trackable means that National Student Clearing House where this data was derived from was not able to find a matching student record in any of their associated databases. This could mean a few things. This could mean the student never attended a school after high school or that there was incorrect data such as a name change or that the student just in had just enrolled but had not yet been reported. That not found category which represents roughly a third of our total students indicates that the student doesn't exist in the reported postsecary educational system but that national student clearing house cannot provide information due to some type of constraint privacy constraint requested by the student through furpa. So
083the big takeaway here is the vast majority of our students went to some type of institution and just know that that 33% those not found that's not saying that they we know that they were in an institution we just don't know which in what institution right so they existed somewhere in the system so that tells us that 82% pursued some type of postsecary enrollment of the half of our students whose information was reported to National Student Clearing House. This chart breaks down their first year GPA. Note that about 60% of our 2023 graduates posted a firstear GPA greater than 2.0. Finally, let's dig into where our students are going. Note that Dallas College far and away was the first step for the most CFB graduates. Next was UT Arlington, UT Dallas, and TWWU. If we
084think back to our mission on the earlier slide, our mission is to prepare students to compete in a worldwide marketplace while contributing to our community. And it is affirming to see that so many of our graduates are attending schools surrounding CFB. I would like to acknowledge the tremendous impact of Dallas County Promise. Thank you for their commitment to the future of not only our CFB graduates, but to the future of our community by making college both affordable and accessible to all. Key takeaways for tonight include the following four points. Our overall district rating was a B. Um we got superior financial rating 100. Academic performance increased across almost all performance areas. And we are on track on all of our House Bill 3 goals. As I've said before, I never want to miss an opportunity
085to extend a thank you for the work of our teachers, our staff, our campus administrators for their intentionality in seeing students every day, getting to know students by name and need, and making the important instructional decisions so that we can achieve. This concludes our presentation on student performance and the required components of our annual report and taper. As a reminder, we will have our annual report posted on to the public on our we already have it posted on our website under performance reporting along with our taper glossery which will provide additional information regarding any acronyms or commonly used phrases. Thank you for your time to share this evening. Are there any questions that I can answer? >> Thank you for the presentation, Dr. Julian. Board members, comments, feedback, excitement, Miss Brady. Well, first I want
086to say excellent job to everybody, our teachers, our families, our kids. Holy cow, that's not those are awesome numbers. Um, Dr. Julian, what a great report. Thank you. And to your team. Um, I do have a question about the EOC scores as I noticed a plummet and not a little one. So, what I'm sure you all have come up with strategies and identified where we need to make changes. Is there some way that the board can help support those so that we can bring those scores back up? I think I'll hit I think I'll turn this one over to Kim. >> I believe that was a strategic question, Miss Brady. >> Thank you. >> In case you haven't been watching our work studies, we have been working on our questioning. >> Yeah. >> Yes, we
087have. Um, yes. Uh, the answer to that is yes. I would say the first area that we are focused on already is our curriculum materials, especially with English one and two. So, uh, with that, we are doing some pilots and we're doing some strategic planning with our pacing calendars, but we're also doing some strategic financial things to make sure that we have funds to supplement where we need to. Um, in addition, what we're doing at middle school is a direct feeder and reflection for what's coming up to the high schools. So we have already started an implementation of new um supplemental curriculum materials at three of our five middle schools and it is going very very well. So with that it is promising and we are also trying to then secure our funding to have
088it at all middle schools for the next year. We do believe that that is going to help us get kind of a lift in our student achievement going into those high school EOCC years. Our new math curriculum is going to be you know coming up soon. So that's going to help us in our algebra one areas as well. So that's the number one area I would say that we're hyperfocused on is our high quality instructional materials. >> Thank you. I have a second question. This is much lower level, but um on the graduation rate, do our summer graduates count into that number? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yep. That's why it's a lagging indicator. So they Yep. >> Thank you. >> Additional Mr. Gilmore. >> Yeah. Kim stole my question. I I I was trying
089to come up with a strategic question that whole time and Tim stole it. But I appreciated your team in the back nodding their head the whole time and you know this is a total team effort and we appreciate >> get through it. >> Just kidding. >> We're not that scary. >> Any Miss Barnes? >> I just have a comment. I am very excited to see all the postsecary. I really think that's where we really see them start. You know what the fruits the labors in our school district and how it grows. So I just wanted to say I really appreciate all of that data. Miss Benvitas, >> I just want to say thank you. It's a wonderful report. >> All right. Um, excellent job and we are so excited. Congratulations on meeting our goals. Um,
090this just goes to show that the investments that are being made and the hard work that happens at the campuses every day in the classrooms are making a difference and we are so proud. So, congratulations to the district. Thank you very much. You survived. Are we clapping for the report or for him surviving? >> All of it. All of it. Okay. Um All right. board members, I have a note. Does anybody want to take a recess? We get to keep going. Recess. All right. Recess. It is 8:14. We'll come back at 8:25. The time is now 8:24 p.m. and we are back in open session. Um, we will proceed to our next agenda item which is item number five, the consent agenda. The consent agenda is a mechanism that the board uses to approve a
091number of routine items together with a single vote in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act. The public notice for this meeting includes a list of all consent agenda items and the board has been provided ample information about these items in advance prior to taking any action on the consent agenda. Board members may request withdrawal on individual items for clarification or discussion. Board members, are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda? Miss Benabitas, >> I'd like to remove 5S. >> Say 5S. >> All right. So, I have removal of 5S. Board members, any additional items for removal? Okay. So, um if there are no other items to be removed, do I have a motion regarding the consent agenda as amended? Miss Brady? I move that we approve the consent agenda as amended
092with a removal of 5S as in SAM. I have a motion by Miss Brady and then I have a second for Mr. Gilmore. Is there any discussion? All right. Seeing none, all those in favor? All those opposed by vote of seven in favor and zero opposed. The motion carries. The next agenda item is item number six. Um items for discussion andor action. We did have one item removed from the consent agenda. So I'll proceed to item 6A. The title of the item is consider and approve the minutes of the work study held on January 15, 2026. U Miss Vegas, any comments on that? >> I was not present. >> Okay. Um do I have a motion regarding this cons this agenda item? Mr. Shackman, >> I move that we approve item S, consider minutes of
093the work study held January 15th as presented. >> All right. I have a motion from Mr. Shackman. Do I have a second? I have a second from Miss Scarza Rojas. Is there any discussion? All those in favor? Opposed? By a vote of six in favor, zero opposed, and one abstension. The motion carries. All right. The next agenda item is 6B. Consider and approve facility educational specifications. Uh Dr. Eldridge, could you introduce the item? >> So, Mr. Blackburn will um discuss um our educational specifications for construction. And this to me is a very important process in construction. It defines the function of what we're doing, whether it's remodel or our new builds and the requirements that we see fit for our facilities. But I think the most important thing of ED's spec can't talk tonight specifications
094is the collaboration process. And so thank you, Mr. Blackburn, if you'll um give us your presentation. >> Good evening, Dr. Eldridge, President Hatfield, members of the board. Um the facility educational specifications were originally shared with the board on January the 16th and then again for the agenda tonight. Um basically they are a place to start the discussion with the design team uh for major renovations or new construction. They define the number, type, and size of spaces and overall facilities for elementary, middle, and high schools as well as parameters for career and technical education. Um, we uh they're used as a reference point to start uh the discussion with the design team. Like I mentioned at the beginning of the project, uh we followed a two-step process in developing the document. Um we first engaged with
095a broad stakeholder group across all levels of instruction including students, staff, parents and community members from across the district. And then the second step was refining the guidelines as we work through specific projects in depth. And the goal for all of that uh was to provide highquality competitive facilities that allow for fiscally responsible operation. And I know you probably enjoyed reading the 66 page document, but just a couple of highlights to help you u look at a couple of things. Um, if you can refer to page nine, I'm going to uh discuss a couple of the u safety and security uh items that are included there. These uh again guide the design team as they begin instruction. And these uh safety and security items were reviewed and approved by the district safety and security committee
096at the last committee meeting. Uh so to begin with uh access control, every exterior door must be designated as either a primary, secondary or non-desated entrance. Primary entrances must be designed for visitor screening typically involving a secure vestibule. A secure vestibule is uh required at most new construction. It includes a physical double entry door system where visitors can be vetted before gaining access to the rest of the campus. Exterior door hardware specifications must ensure that all exterior doors are equipped with hardware that allows them to be locked from the outside while allowing emergency egress from the inside. Entry resistant glazing. Ground level exterior door ex excuse me entry door glazing and adjacent windows must typically include forced entry resistant film or be made of entry resistant glass. Some emergency communications infrastructure items include two-way communication.
097Every classroom must have a reliable method to communicate with the front office. Signal strength. Architects must certify that the building allows adequate emergency radio signals for first responders. And typically this is done by walking through with the fire marshall and he has his radio in his hand and he walks wherever he wants to and if he doesn't get a good signal on his radio we have to provide an amplification system so he does get the kind of signal that he needs. Um as well as panic alarms which is direct panic alert technology that connects to local law enforcement will be provided. So those are just some highlights from the safety and security uh portions of the document. Those are the same for elementary, middle, and high school facilities. So those items are included across all
098of our facilities and those are not I want to I should also mention those are not new requirements. They're already requirements that we have to meet. It's just another way that we communicate with our design teams that this is what we have to have. So we're trying to overcommunicate here. It's not a new requirement. We're already working to meet all these requirements across all of our facilities. One other um couple other things that I'll point out after each section, there is a summary of space which gives you kind of the overview or the summary if you will. And you can see if you look on page 16, the elementary summary, you can see that the uh document calls for capacity of approximately 809 elementary students at about a 92,000 square foot facility. If you look
099at page 25, the middle school summary of space calls for about a,200 student capacity and about 180,000 square feet of space. And if you look at page 39, you'll see that high schools are planned for about 2,300 student maximum capacity and about 360,000 square feet of space. Now, I should qualify that middle schools and high schools do not include career and technical education spaces. Those are considered separately because we distribute our career and technical education across multiple campuses. We don't have a single CTE campus, if you will. We spread that across all of all of our campuses. So, um, with that, I will take any questions you might have about the document. >> Miss Brady, >> I I know we discussed this in our facilities meeting, but for the public, if you can talk about
100an elementary school that is supposed to hold 800 children, can you just make some comparisons for them? sort of visual comparison of the school that they would know now like Lavalita that would be a size of a school that we >> similar to the schools we've built more recently. Lavita uh would be a good example. Yeah. >> And Blleac was holds about 1,200 kids. >> Exactly. >> And the new Turner would hold about 2,300 kids. >> Yes. >> Just to give everybody a visual of the campus size you're you're talking about. >> Additional comments or questions? I have one question. just since this uh how often do we approve like look at things like this? >> I would I mean it's as needed. I wouldn't expect to recommend a a revision or an update more
101than once a year. >> Okay. And then since we're looking at this tonight, how will Carolton Elementary that we just approved compared to this? the >> we use Carolton Elementary to kind of test and refine the requirements so it's aligned with these recommendations. >> Thank you. Any additional Miss Barnes? >> So are other are the other construction projects that are happening right now, do they align with this as well? >> The major renovations and the new construction. Yes. >> Okay. >> All right. I don't see any more questions or comments. Thank you very much. It was actually an informative 66 pages. um things you don't think about like storage closets and I mean there's lots of things that you look in here you go wow a school building is quite the building with lots of
102components and nooks and crannies that make it work. So thank you Mr. Blackburn. Um this board this item is marked for possible action. Does the board wish to take action? Miss Brady, >> I move that we approve item 6B as presented. >> Have a motion for Miss Brady. Do I have a second? I have a second from Miss Garza Rojas. Is there any discussion? All right. Um my brain just what? We all need a vote. So all those in favor. All right. With seven in favor, zero opposed. The motion carries. Our next agenda item is 6 C. Consider Senate Bill 11 resolution related to section 25.0823 Texas Education Code, the daily prayer period. Dr. Dr. Eldridge, could you introduce the item? >> So, this is a requirement for every school district to vote on um
103this resolution for a daily prayer period in our in our schools. And so, M Dr. Smallus, sorry, you are rubbing off on me. Um is going to present, you know, what we do now and in and what this um Senate Bill 11 would do. So, Dr. Smoskus. >> Yes. Thank you. Thank you, uh, President Hatfield, Dr. Eldridge, uh, members of board of trustees. So, I'm here tonight to talk to you a little bit about the, uh, Senate Bill 11. The Texas legislature passed a bill known as Senate Bill 11, which requires our school boards to take a vote on whether or not they will adopt a resolution establishing a period of prayer and religious reading during the school day. The prayer period provides our students and employees an opportunity to participate in prayer and reading
104of the Bible or other religious texts. So, let's take a little bit of a deeper dive into what this would look like and require if this were to pass or if the board were to approve the adoption. We would have to develop a new policy. The new policy must require written consent before any employee or a student can participate. It must uh ensure that the participant signs the consent form acknowledging the choice to participate. A waiver of any claim under state and federal law arising from the adoption of the policy. Ensure that the consenting parties hear the prayer or readings only. Allow revocation of consent at any time and be scheduled only during non-instructional time. Must be offered during designated locations in designated locations where only 100% of the individuals who have signed the consent
105of uh that are present and submitted those consent forms in. Um this will operate under and be uh also be scheduled in appropriate uh locations as designated by the campuses. So I want to take a little bit of time right now to share with you some of the things that we currently do in our district. We have honored and protected both our students and employees religious expressions for many years. Our practices align fully with state and federal law and are already reflected in our board policy FNA legal as well. We do follow a number of documents that TASBY has provided for us for our both our staff and our employees that we have already got in place here. And let me talk to you about a few of them. Texas Education Code 25.901 students rights
106to pray. Students may individually, voluntarily, and silently pray or meditate during the school day. Prayer must be non-disruptive and may not interfere with instruction. Schools cannot require, encourage, or prohibit a student from voluntary prayer. Texas Education Code 25.082, the daily moment of silence. Every campus observes a one minute moment of silence each and every day. Students may use this time to pray, meditate, reflect, or engage in any quiet, non-disruptive activity. Texas Education Code 25.154, Studentled Religious Clubs and Gatherings. Students may form clubs and prayer groups such as Fellowship of Christian Athletes or Faith and Fellowship. These clubs receive equal accesses to the campus facilities as well as students voluntarily uh participate in what you would not commonly know as CU at the poll each September. As far as our employees, just want to remind you
107that our employees also have religious rights. Under Texas Education Code 22.012 012 that was pre that was uh brought to us by Senate Bill 965. Employees may pray or engage in personal religious expression as long as it is involuntary, non-coercive and non-disruptive. So the bottom line, our districts already pro fully protects and supports the religious rights of both our students and employees. So the question is do we allow religious clubs? Yes, we do allow religious clubs as as I mentioned earlier. Um we have them already on our campuses. Um we follow the equal access act, our facilities uh policies and neutral neutrality and all students can can uh participate. So this evening I'm going to present you with two options. Option one, if the board does adopt a prior policy, implementation must follow the very
108strict statutory rules that I mentioned earlier. We have to have signed consent forms that are monitored by our campus administration. Policy must ensure that nonparticipants are not placed in the physical presence or hearing range of the prayer reading period unless there is a consent on file. Scheduling it before or after school hours. conducting it in only spaces where everybody present has consented. Option two, if the board does not adopt the prayer religious policy, the school district would continue what is already allowed under our Texas education codes as I mentioned earlier which allows our students and staff to pray or meditate on campus without consigned forms. Questions? Thank you for the presentation. Board members, any questions for Dr. Smoscus um before we also engage in any dialogue? Miss Brady? >> So, Dr. Smalls, what I hear
109you saying is if we adopt this policy, we're also committing resources of personnel and facility space in order for this to happen. >> That is correct. >> So, it's additional funding, >> correct? >> essentially the manpower and the time commitment to get the consents. Well, we have to create a new policy. So, we'll have to develop policy and then implement the policy. Our administrators are going to have to be trained and they're going to have to monitor it and uh yes the answer to that is yes. >> Yes. And personnel and and facility space. >> That's correct. >> Okay. Just checking. Thank you. >> Additional questions for Dr. Smoskus. >> Okay. Board members. Um just any discussion about this item um before we consider a motion. Miss Barnes. I mean, I I believe that considering
110there's a few things to consider, I think. First of all is how long it's taken for us to get consent forms from parents for for the health and being able to treat them. I mean, I think it would be really tricky for us to try to get consent forms, keep up with them. And from what I could read and from what uh Dr. Smallka said, "It seems that as soon as someone withdraws consent immediately stops and then they have to wait for another consent form in order to restart. I just I feel like um they already everyone already has the ability to do all of this and nothing has been constrained and I just wonder if this adds just um more onto uh our campuses, our teachers, our and everyone. >> Additional comments, >> Mr.
111Shackman. >> Um thank you, Miss Barnes. You're right. This item would create a whole bureaucratic process for us. And Dr. Smoggus, thank you for uh clear presentation and the legal codes and things that we already follow. >> Um, you know, my training as aologian has led me to believe in the power of prayer. I am incredibly supportive of prayer and I am incredibly irritated at our legislature for making me vote no for a stupid measure. This should not be here. We want our students to feel like they can pray. We want to encourage them to pray. Uh we want to encourage them to explore faith across the board. But we should not be uh required to get into this legit into this bureaucratic stuff and it just shouldn't be. And I think it is imperative
112that we as a district stay focused on student achievement. We stay focused on keeping our resources dedicated that way. and we already provide everything that this bill would do except all of the red tape. And uh so I don't think it's a good idea. And >> I appreciate the uh red tape uh analogy. Additional comments, questions. Miss Benvdas, >> I think that um in today's day and age, it's an opportunity for growth. Um there's teenagers, there's children that don't have the opportunity and providing a space for them to go to is a good thing. I think with their mental uh crisis that our country is in and giving them opportunity to seek out a higher faith is a positive thing. Um I will say that um there's a lot of growth in those programs that
113we've talked about and since co there's a lot um parents I know feel like the school is a complete place for their children and I don't think it would do any harm. I think it would be a good thing. >> Additional comments Brady. Um, Miss Moscus, in the school setting currently, if a child wanted to come pray in the middle of the day, how would how would they go about that? >> So, I did some investigation and what I discovered is that any child that requests that, whether it's a teacher, they can request it to a teacher, a counselor, an administrator, uh, they will do anything and everything they can to provide them a location, a place, a time for them to pray, meditate, whatever it is that they're they're practicing and accommodate that child.
114Thank you. And I so I I really think that this is an individual ask uh for when people need or want to do this during the school day. And I also we also have clubs that are available for students and anybody who wants to start a club for anything can do so following our guidelines and finding a sponsor to to help them start that club. So I would highly encourage anybody who wants to start a religious club or any other club to go ahead and do that. Yeah, I think um we have very limited resources and as um budgets get tighter, we're going to continue to have even even stricter on our resources and ultimately the amount of requirements to track waiverss, separate students, monitor classrooms. I mean, you even have to have a staff
115member that has the consent to sit with the students. So, while it may be okay, let's get some the students consent, what if we don't have a staff member that consents? That also puts our staff in a very awkward position. Um, because when we open the door, we also I mean, all religions, you can pray in whatever way you want to, but the reality is is we already have time in the day. We have a moment of silence that's already tech dedicated. It is required by statute. Um, and I just I feel similarly to Mr. Shackman and Miss Brady and Miss Barnes that I just don't I think that we have to be aware that we are actually not restricting right now and doing this is actually going to add more red tape and make
116it harder and more challenging. Um, with that are there any additional comments? All right, seeing none board you, this item is marked for possible action. Uh you do have at the dis the two resolutions. Um the resolution does not have to be read, but we will um if the board wishes to take action, we'll need to either adopt a resolution denying the prayer period or adopt a resolution approving the prayer period. And um so with that, I'll ask if the board would like to take action, reminding you that we must take action by March 1st. So if we choose to not do that tonight, we will come back. Mr. Gilmore. >> Well, I would make a motion that on item 6C, we uh move to adopt a resolution denying a period of prayer and reading
117of religious text during the school day pursuant to Senate Bill 11. >> I have a motion for Mr. Gilmore. Do I have a second? I have a second from Miss Garza Rojos. Is there any additional discussion? All right. All those in favor? Opposed? By a vote of six in favor and one opposed, the motion carries. And the motion was to adopt a resolution denying a period of prayer and reading of religious text during the school day pursuant to Senate Bill 11. Our next agenda item is item 6D, consider and approve a resolution for emergency closure due to winter weather. Dr. Eldridge. So, as you all know, we were um closed for four days except for our maintenance and facilities um department that work so hard in our communications. Thank you again for all of their
118work. Um Dr. Smallskus will present us with options of what we could do to um provide the compensation for for closure. So, if you'll present. >> All right. So, thank you again. Here I am. Um, really quickly, this will not take very long, but obviously y'all know that we had a winter storm and we were shut down for four days. Governor Abbott declared a state of emergency in response to the severe winter weather event and I think it's called snowstorm Fern from what I'm I'm reading. Um, as a result, the district was required to close on the January 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th. Um, under board policy DEA, sorry, there it is. The district is authorized to compensate employees during it school emergency school closures. This policy requires the board of trustees to adopt a
119resolution. This resolution will allow the employees to receive the regular pay for those closure days. Uh, I also before I this is all I have to say. So, um I do want to thank and I know everyone has made the comment and I was sitting with Chris in the back and we had our maintenance and facilities team on uh but on noon on that Thursday chipping away at two inches of ice just to get our schools ready and set up for Friday's return. And so I do want to say a big huge thank you to our facilities and maintenance teams for all the hard work that they did do during those four days. So with that um that's it questions >> board members. Any questions about this? Okay. Um well, this one um is actually
120a favorite resolution to read. People really enjoy reading this resolution. Um so, um we do need to read this resolution. Uh but are there um so possible action? Does the board wish to take any action on this? And if you do, I recommend reading the resolution. Miss Barnes. Okay. I recommend that we make the resolution of the board of trustees of the Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District payment of employees during emergency closure. Whereas hazardous weather conditions resulted in the closure of Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District, CFBISD schools and operations on January 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th of 2026 in order to protect the health and safety of students, staff, and the community. And whereas the closure occurred during a declared state of emergency for Dallas County issued by Governor Abbott pursuant to the
121Texas Disaster Act of 1975. And whereas due to circumstances beyond their control, CFBISD employees were unable to work part or all of their regular duty schedules on those dates as a result of the emergency closures. And whereas board policy DEA local authorizes the district to compensate employees during the emergency closures as permitted by law and board action. And whereas the board of trustees determines that a public school purpose exists for excusing employee absences on days when employees are unable to work due to the emergency closure of district facilities or operations. And whereas the public purpose for payment of employees for the missed work days would include increased morale, reduction of employee turnover, reducing the district's exposure to possible unemployment or fair labor standards act claims, and equitable treatment of all employees. Now, therefore, be it
122resolved by the board of trustees of the Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District that number one, compensation authorization, employees shall be compensated for their regular duty schedule for the emergency closure days of January 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th of 2026, except for employees who were required to work on those dates and are compensated separately in accordance with board policy and applicable law two were already scheduled to be off or were absent for reasons unrelated to the emergency closures. Employees who were on approved leave or who had previously entered scheduled leave for these dates shall not have those day leave days reinstated. Number two, implementation authority. The superintendent or designate is authorized to take all actions necessary to implement this resolution in accordance with DEA local applicable law and payroll requirements. Number three, board determinations. The
123board of trustees hereby determines that these payments serve a public purpose, retains sufficient control over the expenditures to ensure a public purpose is served, and is confident the district will receive a return benefit. Thank you, Miss Barnes. Very nicely done. >> Uh, do I have a second on that motion? I have a second from Mr. Gilmore. All those in favor? Opposed? Seven in favor, zero opposed. The motion carries. Thank you very much to all of our staff um that could not avoid this and we're glad to be able to pay you. Um our next agenda item is item 6E. Consider and approve action regarding all matters related to the May 2nd, 2026 general election, including the adoption of an election order. >> I just want to thank the board for approving that resolution for our
124staff. um it's not their fault they couldn't get to work and and some some of our um facilities and our our food service workers and our bus drivers um it's the right thing to do. So I just want to thank you all for approving that. Okay. So item E is consider and approve regarding all matters related to the general election. Mr. MH will um talk about our uh general election and adopting the election order. So Mr. Dr. Eldridge, President Hatfield, members of the board. As you're aware, every year board members terms expire. Depending on the year, it's either two or three. As a result of that, state law requires that you, as the board, to call for an election no later than Friday, February 13th. In this election order, it sets the framework for the
125election which consists of the candidate process, early voting, and election day processes in Dallas and Denton County. I'll give you just a quick overview of what's in the order. Uh, early voting will run April 20th through the 28th. CFB will not have any facilities that will be used as early voting polling locations. Election day is May 2nd, which is a Saturday, and CFB will have several facilities that will be used on that Saturday. It will be Stark, Blandon, Labalita, Freeman, Pulk, Field, and Smith all in Dallas County. Denton County will consist of Thompson and Creek View. And also this they make you or require you to designate your voting method which as we all know is cumulative which was adopted back in 2015. Uh voting will go from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. And the
126last but not least, this order will authorize the superintendent to execute the contracts, the election contracts in both Dallas and Denton County. You've been provided an overview of the order. It is recommended that the board of trustees approve the order as presented so that the district will be in compliance with statutory requirements. >> Thank you, Mr. Marsh. Board members, any questions about this item? All right, with that, this item is marked for possible action. Does the board wish to take action? >> Miss Brady, sorry. >> I move that we approve the um item number 6E the election order. I have a motion for Miss Brady. Do I have a second? I have a second for Miss Garza Rojas. Is there any additional discussion? All right. All those in favor? All right. By vote of seven
127in favor, zero opposed. The motion carries. Our next agenda item is item number seven, closed meeting as authorized under Texas government code, including but not limited to section 551.071, consultation with attorney 551.072, real property. 551.074 074 personnel matters 551.076 security devices 551.082 school children district employee disciplinary matter or complaint 551.0821 personally identifiable student information 551.3084 investigation. Um this item is pursuant to 551.071 consultation with attorney and section 551.072 072 real property discussion regarding land surplus and sale of 2115 East Frankfurt Road, Carolton, Texas and 1811 Kelly Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75287. Um, and item 7B, discuss intruder detection audit findings report. The board will now move into close session and the time is 9:00 p.m. Audience members, you are welcome to remain in the boardroom um as we move into the conference room for deliberations. The
128time is now 10:13 p.m. and we are back in open session and we'll move on to item number eight. Reconvene in our open meeting for possible action regarding items discussed in closed meeting. 8A consider resolution regarding surplus designation and sale of 2115 East Frankfurt Road, Carolton, Texas 750007 and 1811 Kelly Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75287. Um board members, uh there are a couple of properties on here, so I'm going to take them one by one. Would anybody like to make a motion regarding the property at 2115 East Frankfurt Road in Carolton, Texas, 75007? >> Miss Barnes again. >> Yes. Um um this is a resolution authorizing the sale of real property of Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District. So whereas the board of trustees, the board of Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District, the district is
129authorized by Texas Education Code 11.151 to govern and oversee the management of the pro public schools in the district. And whereas under Texas Education Code 11.151C, all rights and titles to the real property of the district is are vested in the board and their successors in office. And whereas pursuant to Texas Education Code 11.151C and 11.154A, the board may dispose of property that is no longer necessary for the operation of the district and may by resolution authorize the sale of such property. And whereas the board has determined that the 4 thou uh 4.884 884 acres more or less of property located at 2115 East Frankfurt Road, Carolton, Texas and described below is no longer needed for the educational purposes and operation of the district. The surface only of lot one, block A of Prince of
130Peace Lutheran Church. Addition, an addition to the city of Carolton, Denton County, Texas. According to the plat thereof, recorded in cabinet G, page 321, Platt records, Denton County, Texas, the property. And whereas the board finds that it is in the best interest of the district to sell the property and whereas the board has complied with all applicable legal requirements for the sale of the property, including those set forth in the Texas Education Code 11.154 and local government code 272.001. And whereas the board of trustees of the Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District hereby reserves all rights, title, and interest in, and to all oil, gas, and other minerals located on, in, or under the subject property. The conveyance of the surface estate shall not include the transfer of any mineral rights. Now therefore, be it
131resolved by the board of trustees of the Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District. Resolved. The board finds that the property is no longer needed for educational purposes and operation of the district and resolved. The board authorizes and directs the superintendent or designate to take all necessary actions to facilitate and complete the sale of the property and to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the sale including but not limited to posting of notice, executing closing documents and any other required filings. All right, I have a motion for Miss Barnes. Do I have a second? I have a second for Mr. Shackman. Is there any discussion? All right. All those in favor opposed by a vote of seven in favor and zero opposed. The motion carries. The next um continuing on this agenda item, the other piece
132of property that was listed was 1811 Kelly Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75287. Board members, would anybody like to make a motion about this property? Mr. Gilmore. >> All right. on the resolution authorizing the sale of real property of Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District. Whereas the board of trustees, the board of the Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District, the district is authorized by Texas Education Code 11.151 to govern and oversee the management of the public schools in the district. And whereas under Texas Education Code 11151C, all rights and titles to the real property of the district are vested in the board and their successors in office. And whereas pursuant to Texas Education Code 11.151C and 11.154A, the board may dispose of property that is no longer necessary for the operation of the district and may by
133resolution authorize the sale of such property. And whereas the board has determined that the 8.329 acres more or less of property located at 1811 Kelly Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75287 and described below is no longer needed for the educational purposes and operation of the district. the surface only Kelly Elementary School block V8 8751 lot one in addition in the city of Dallas Denton County Texas the property and whereas the board finds that it is in the best interest of the district to sell the property and whereas the board has complied with all applicable legal requirements for the sale of the property including those set forth in Texas Education Code 11.154 and local government code 272.001 001. And whereas the board of trustees of the Carolton Farmers Branch Independent School District hereby reserves all rights, title, and
134interest in and to all oil, gas, and other minerals located on, in, or under the subject property. The conveyance of the surface estate shall not include the transfer of any mineral rights. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the board of trustees of the Carol Farms Branch Independent School District. Resolved. The board finds that the property is no longer needed for educational purposes and operation of the district and resolved. The board authorizes and directs the superintendent or designate to take all necessary actions to facilitate and complete the sale of the property and to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the sale, including but not limited to posting of notice, executing and closing documents, and any other required filings. Thank you, Mr. Gilmore. I have a motion. Do I have a second? I have a second from
135Miss Brady. All those in favor. Opposed by seven in favor, zero opposed. The motion carries. Our next agenda item is item number nine, comments from board members regarding posted agenda items. Board members, does anyone have any comments you make to wish to make at this time about the posted agenda? Seeing none, we have reached the end of our agenda and we are adjourned at 10:20