001Good evening. Good evening. I, Dr. Lasagna Flowers, president of the Duncanville ISD Board of Trustees, call this meeting of the Duncanville Independent School District to order. Let the record show that a quorum of the board of trustees is present, that the meeting has been duly called, and that notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551. Our mission at Duncanville ISD is to engage, equip, and empower all scholars to achieve their unique potential. We will now move to opening ceremonies. Trustee Veric, would you open us in prayer? Good evening. Please join me for a word of prayer. Lord, we commit this evening's meeting to you. Give us clear minds and peaceful hearts and decisions that are being made tonight. Give us insight to lead
002with integrity that our decisions may reflect what is right and good. We pray for overflow of peace and new levels of wisdom for students, educators, leaders and staff on protection of each campus. We pray for an outpouring of protection over all students, the educators, campuses and all classrooms set for desire to learn and to succeed in their dreams for their future. All the glory is yours in Jesus's name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Trustee Vera Cruz. And at this time, we will have uh Sebastian Torres lead us in the pledge. He is a senior who recently enlisted in the Army Reserves as a military police officer. Please stand. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty
003and justice for all. Now for the Texas pledge. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge to Texas. One state under God, one and indivisible. Thank you, Sebastian. We will now move to superintendence report. I will now turn the meeting over to Dr. Gor. Thank you very much, Dr. President Flowers and other trustees. It is my absolute pleasure to present our superintendence report for the month of April. If you look at the cover story, it highlights the superintendent scholar program. Last week, we had the incredible pleasure of celebrating our superintendent scholars. The superintendent scholar program was launched in 2017 2018 school year to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of students in grades 8 through 11th on the PSAT and SAT. It is an important to note that the Duncanville ISD is an opportunity for every 8th
004through 12th grade students to take the PSAT and SAT at no charge. That is an incredible opportunity to prepare for the future without many financial barriers. Over the years, the number of scholars has certainly varied and this year we're proud to have recognized 18 exceptional students for their hard work and academic excellence. You are the future, the future leaders, innovators, and change makers. And we could not be prouder of each of our students that we celebrated. Let's give them a round of applause. [Applause] Woo! I saw him. I saw him. Very good. Also, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Duncanville ISD leadership team for their graduation from the district leadership program. For the past two years, members of our senior leadership team have participated in the Holosworth District Leadership Program, also
005known as DLP. The program has given the superintendent and teams the opportunities to learn from some of the nation's top leading leadership experts, receive intensive leadership training from our expert program team, as well as study high-erforming organizations in and out of education. We have officially graduated from the program and are truly proud to be now Hosworth alumni. As a result of this program, we have developed a shared vision for leadership and pri and priorities. Well, let's go. I was going ahead. Oh, you want Okay, very good. I I will uh you would you like to say something now, President Flowers? Okay, I took control of his remote control. I just I wanted to stop and just uh say um Holtzsworth invited me as the president to the graduation and it was such an honor to
006be there and hear all of the district say so many nice things about our leaders. Everywhere they walked, everybody was talking to them and saying that they were going to miss them. And Dr. Nicks happens to be like the most popular leader on campus. People were about to cry because they thought they were never going to see him anymore. And it was just incredible to see how much respect they earned from their peers. And it it was it was really nice to see. So, you know, how people are at home, but it's always nice to know how you're you're not my children, but how people act when they're away from home. And so, I it was a very proud moment for me to go away and see their peers uh say so many nice things
007about them. Thank you very much and thank you for your presence Dr. Flowers for that graduation. A couple things that I would like to highlight is that throughout the pro progress of the last two years, some of the things that we have developed is a shared vision of leadership and priority outcomes. We've developed a leadership definition that many of you are familiar with and that's leading with impact which helps us to align our talent systems and anchor leadership develop development into a common set of expectations. We've also launched our first ever aspiring principles program with three high potential assistant principles that show great promise to be future principles in Duncanville. We have elevated our principal identification and selection processes as well as we also have a leader profiles for the roles of principal and the
008role of assistant principal. I am truly very proud of the work that our team has engaged in and look forward to seeing how the experiences helps us as we transform the leadership pipeline in Duncanville. A and just to support what Dr. Flowers was saying is that it really was powerful to see so much hard work come together and we do look forward to where it will lead us as we move in the future. Writing success stories one student at a time. I tell you, the annual Duncanville arts show was amazing. As the district of dis as a district of distinction in the arts, we will continue to promote visual arts education as an integral part of our curriculum. Thank you so much to all of our students, teachers, and leaders for displaying such magnificent artwork
009at this year's show. The third annual Panthers Batilian Batilian Military Vault uh was nothing short of a wonderful time. I do think it's only appropriate to give a special thanks to our board of trustees for being passionate about the positive impact of JOTC. Because of your leadership, three years ago, after a 40-year hyenus, JOTC was brought back to Duncanville High School. I was honored to serve as the keynote speaker and I'm grateful to the leadership of Sergeant Tucker this year. Under his leadership, the Panther Battalion learns the principles of leadership and service that will sustain them for a lifetime. Congratulations to the entire entire program. Congratulations to Duncanville High School baseball. Recently, we had four young men signed to continue playing baseball while in college. We are very proud of each of them. Being a
010student athlete in high school requires dedication. Being a student athlete in college requires dedication, commitment, and a lot of sacrifice. Thank you to Coach Fehee for equipping these young men for the next level on the field and in the classroom. Congratulations to DaVon Hernandez who will be going to Coffeeville Community College. Juan Monti Monty who will be going to Kaufman Community College. Greg Lawrence who will be going to Western Oklahoma State College and Jonathan Arasco who will be taking his talents to Arlington Baptist University. We're also proud of our b our baseball team who has secured a spot in the playoffs. So, congratulations to our baseball program. Also excited too that our softball program has also secured a spot in the playoffs. And while we're talking about playoffs, uh, our both our boys and girls,
011uh, track programs will advance to state as well. Campus teachers of the year and spirit of a champion. Being a campus teacher of the year is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a teacher. These teachers live out our leadership definition. They drive growth. They value people. They inspire results. They lead change. They are learner centered. And they elevate excellence. They do lead with impact every day. They are hard workings and champions for our children. At this time, I would like to ask our district teachers of the year to please stand so we can celebrate you. Thank you very much. You may be seated. At this time, I would like to ask our spirit spirit of champion honores to stand. We have Mr. Alish Allen, principal at Reed Middle School. Miss Jamie Brown, director
012of professional development. And if you would remain standing, Miss Jamie Brown. There you Jamie. Is Jamie here? There she is. And last, but certainly not least, we have Mr. Dwayne Joerger, math interventionist at Smith Elementary and Daniel in Norman schools. If you would just remain standing. The Duncanville ISD Spirit of a Championship Champion Award recognized district's employees who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in the area of education for the betterment of our students and the district. Spirit of the Champion recipients are individuals who are well respected by their peers and continuously live out our leadership definition. Thursday, May 8th, Duncanville ISD is hosting the annual employee appreciation event. This this year's event will be festive with a night to celebrate theme. Join us at Duncanville High School Shine Performing Performing Arts Hall. The reception will begin
013at 6:00 p.m. and the ceremony will begin at 700 p.m. All district employees are invited to se to the ceremony where awards and honors will be presented starting starting with the five-year service award. Employees who have received employ have met employee milestones based on years of service and five-year increments increments will be recognized. Retirees will also be celebrated. Campus teachers of the year and the spirit of the championship awards will be honored. And last but certainly not least, we will announce who our district teachers of the year are. Congratulations to our teachers of the year as well as our spirit of a champion. At this time, Madame President, I would like a point of special privilege so I can recognize someone who is uh Duncanville's own uh Dr. Gabe Trillio, who is the new superintendent
014in Grand Prairie ISD. He's with us tonight. Miss Trilio gave several years of service to Dr. Trillio, I'm sorry. I gave several years of service to Dunanville schools and we wish you the very best in Grand Prairie. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Dr. Gerie. At this time, we'll move to recognitions. I will turn the meeting over to Miss Connie Wallace. Good evening, Dr. Flowers, board of trustees, and Dr. Gorie. Thank you all for the opportunity to share with you the April 2025 donations. So, as you can see here, our community, as month after month, I'm excited to share that they continuously step up and show out in support of Duncanville ISD. And so you have the list here. Um I would like to pause a moment and point out the last donation um from
015the Duncanville ISD Education Foundation. Um and also to congratulate Actton Elementary School, our representatives from Actton Elementary School here. Principal Lynwood, your librarian. How about our friend from um Atmas Energy? Is Miss Naira McNeely here? Okay. And um our friends from the education foundation, Miss Vicky Smith. I call their names because that $6,140 donation is because our students, they were in a competition earlier this year. And congratulations for winning the book vending machine goes to Actton Elementary. And this was made possible by our friends at Atmas Energy. They donated the book machine to the Duncanville Education Foundation. We launched this big campaign um around reading minutes and Actton showed up and they showed out and they won. Congratulations They led the way with an impressive 494 average minutes per student with 87% student participation for
016a total of 292,000 minutes logged. That's significant. Are there any questions about these donations? Next, I would like to move to our Made with Pride in Duncanville. And at this time, if I can please invite Miss Patty Castillo to join me at the podium. Oh, Miss Patty, I hope you don't mind me reading nice things about you. I have a certificate here for you. So, Miss Castillo um was nominated by Miss Farah Woods. And Miss Castillo is the registar at Brandenburgg Intermediate. And at Brandenburgg Intermediate, uh Miss C Miss Patty Castillo is more than just an essential part of the workflow. She is the foundation of efficiency and care. Her meticulous approach to enrolling new students has transformed the scheduling process, ensuring that critical student information is readily available. Her dedication to organizing is unmatched.
017Her level of precision adds an invaluable layer of accountability to school operations. Miss Castillo leads with compassion and empathy. She's not just efficient, she's genu she genuinely cares. Her work is a testament to what it means to lead with impact, providing that she is truly made with pride in Duncanville. Congratulations on being made with pride in Duncanville. We have family and friends here. If if there are family and friends, colleagues here in celebration of Miss Castile, please stand. We want to see you. All right. Thank you very much. And next, I'd like to invite to the podium Mr. Brenton Jackson. Come on down, [Applause] Brentton. You got me tonight. Look at you. Okay, here. This is for you. And I'm going to be inviting you back up to take some pictures in a little bit.
018Okay. All right, everyone. Brenton is he was nominated by his teacher Miss Maize. He is a seventh grader at Bird and Berg Middle School's Brenton Jackson is more than just a leader. He is a force for growth, integrity, and excellence. His commitment to driving growth is evident in his ability to uplift those around him. Brenton doesn't just work on improving himself. He inspires everyone to reach higher. Brenton values people in a way that fosters trust and collaboration. His words align with his actions, making him a reliable and respected presence among his peers. And for this and so many other reasons, Brenton, you have been named Made with Pride in Duncanville. Congratulations, Bren. And last but absolutely certainly not least, where is Miss Leanda Foster from Reed? All right, everyone. This is Miss Foster. She was
019nominated by one by our spirit of a champion, Mr. Allen. She is a reading language arts teacher at Reed Middle School. And for more than five years, Miss Foster has been a cornerstone of excellence at Reed Middle School, leading with dedication, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to student and staff success. Whether she's mentoring new teachers, heading her department, or stepping in wherever she's needed, Miss Foster continuously goes above and beyond to uplift her campus. Miss Foster's impact extends beyond the classroom. She fosters, look at that. Miss Foster fosters a culture of success by building strong relationships with parents, students, and staff, always keeping the greater good of the school at the forefront of her effort. So, thank you so much for this and so many other reasons. You are made with pride in Duncanville. Congratulations.
020At this time, if we can turn Oh, you know what? I did not get your family and friends to stand up and be recognized. Stand up, family and friends. Yeah. And I did. And Brenton, Brenton, where are you? I sent you back to your seat with family and friends of Brenton, please stand and be recognized. Thank you. And I do apologize. At this time, we will turn our attention to their video. Congratulates the following student, staff member, and teacher who are made with pride in Duncanville. Hi, my name is Landa Foster and I'm a seventh grade reading teacher at Reed Middle School. The my favorite part of the school day would have to be wind time. There is no normal day as a seventh grade reading teacher. Um, every day is different. During win time,
021we can slow down and actually get to know the kids. Um, it's part of the day where we um, enrich them not only academically, but we also try to reach them on a social and emotional level. And what we can do during win time is reaching that whole child like getting to know them academically, but also personally and emotionally and helping to support them in those ways. That's one of my favorite parts of the day. Hi, my name is Britson Jackson and I'm a seventh grader at Burn Middle School. To be a good student, it takes hard work listening to your teachers and helping your peers. I just want to reach my goals and know what I want to do in the future like as a business entrepreneur, stuff like that. Favorite part about my
022day is going to my fourth period which is band. like it's it's my favorite class because I get to learn the most in that class and have the most fun. Hi, my name is Paddic Castillo. I am the campus register and attendance clerk at Brandenburn Intermediate School. My duties as a register is helping parents enroll their students and making it as easy as possible and as well educating parents on how important is for their student to be in attendance daily. I love my position because it gives me a sense of joy on working, helping everyone who walks in through the doors. It could be either by a giving a simple pass to a student to making a phone call to a parent or being very persistent on obtaining student records. I love working for Duncanville
023ISD and it gives me a sense of pride um because I graduated from Duncanville ISD and whom my child is about to graduate as well. It's it just feels good to be a parent. These honories truly are made with pride in [Applause] Duncanville. Thank you. At this time, if I can invite our May with pride honores and our board president superintendent to come down and take a photograph with them. Please bring your certificate and come on down. And if our board members will please stand and join the picture. Thank you. question. Come just a little bit. And everybody right here in the middle. Big smiles. Two. Three. [Applause] All right. At this time, we would like to recognize an amazing group, the inaugural Duncanville High School girls flag football team under the leadership of Coach
024Perry and Coach Bartlett. If I could have these young ladies just stand where you are for right now. Just stand. Let us stand. So, while they're standing, I just want to share with you that Saturday, April 26 at 100 p.m., this undefeated Duncanville Panthers girls flag football team, they will play Uplift Grand at the Ford Center in Frisco. We are super excited for them. And yes, I'll keep saying it. They are undefeated. They are the inaugural team for Duncanville. And so they have earned their place, the first place standing in the Pearson South division of the girls flag football program. And so just a little context, over the past nine months, the Dallas Cowboys have collaborated with 54 high schools in the in North Texas and various partners across the state to establish varsity level
025seven on seven programs, which will continue to compete through May. and in partnership with Gan and Jerry Jones Family Foundation, the NFL, US football NFL flag, Nike, Bridgestone, Oakley, and so many other organizations, the Dallas Cowboys, they are working to launch a high school, the flag football program so that it can be recognized as an and adopted by um the UIL. So this here we are a part of a movement. Um, there are so many young ladies who get college scholarships because they are playing flag football. So, let's recognize these young ladies one more time and their coaches. Please [Music] stand. Can I bring them forward? And at this time, I would like to invite them to come on down so we can take a picture with them. These are makers, right? Everybody take They
026are fierce on the field and in the boardroom. Look at them giving orders. And right here in the middle, everybody big smiles. Two, [Music] three, two, three. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Thank you ladies for being here and thank you to their family and their friends who are here to support them as well. We know that all of our students need the support and we are grateful to everyone. Next, um I would like to recognize our CTE program, our CTSO. Um that is our career and technical student organizations. our students. You guys had a chance last month to um see some of our or hear about some of our students and just to make sure that everybody is aware that 97 97 students went to the Skills USA state leadership and skills conference in Corpus Christi. And
027so we are super proud of those students who went. Today we are shining a spotlight on Bird Middle School students. Um they are the only middle school in Duncanville that competes in this competition and they have students not only that score that um ranked first place in the state competition, but they also have students that are advancing to the national competition. This is major. Let's give it up for Rebecca Ernnandez, Natalyia Ortega, Oscar Vega, Tyler Brooks, Brenton Jackson, and Oscar Vega. Y'all come on [Applause] down. All right, so Brenton went and put his jacket on. look at and getting multiple awards tonight being recognized. We are super proud of you all. And just so that I can share that Oscar, Tyler, and Brenton, they scored first place um with esports and esports isn't a competition
028that can go to nationals. That's what I've learned. Um but so I wanted to make sure that they had a chance to stand before you because they are first place winners and we don't have any other middle school that participates in this program. And then we have our first place and advancing to nationals. We have Natalie, Rebecca, and Oscar. So congratulations to these students and we are so proud of you. And Miss Kesha Hudson is their um coach, sponsor, teacher extraordinaire. Where are you, Miss Kesha? All right, stand up and be recognized. Over there sitting with the teachers of the year. So, we just wanted to say congratulations to you all. Um board president Dr. Flowers and Dr. Gore, you get your exercise tonight. come on down, take another picture with them, and we have
029a small gift for you guys after your picture. Thank you. I need to go back further. There we go. Everybody right here. Big smiles. Two, three. Good to go. Thank you. [Music] [Applause] President Flowers, Board of Trustees, and Dr. Buri. This concludes our commendations. Thank you, Miss Wallace. Is Miss Patricia Lennox here? Okay. We now move to communications from citizens regarding a pending agenda item. We will reserve communication from citizens on any other topic for the end of the meeting. For communications from citizens regarding an agenda item, we've received one card. And before you make your way to the front, please allow me to read the following. State law prohibits board members from responding to speakers in public forum unless the topic regards a matter specifically posted on tonight's agenda. The board will carefully consider
030any concerns expressed and an administrator will investigate the matter. At your request, the administrator will contact you regarding your concern. Speakers will limit their comments to three minutes. If more than five speakers are present, and they're not, speakers must limit their comments to two minutes. Any discussion concerning specific personnel is prohibited in open session. If you wish to address the board regarding a a personnel matter, please contact the superintendent's office to schedule the matter for a future close session meeting. Having stated that when I call your name, please come forward, state your name and your address, and you may begin. Miss Patricia Lennox. Good evening to the board. U my name is uh Patricia Lennox. My address uh 1207 Mission Street here in Duncanville. Uh I'm here before the board because my name has been
031placed up for termination and I uh disagree with the supervisors and the principal who has placed that in effect. Um the recommendation for termination was given to me on April 3rd. Uh there were three areas in which they said that they were looking at uh one was documentation, the second the flow of the clinic and the third the completion of reports. Now in the according to the educational code Texas education code 22.011 011 uh protection of nurses. It says a district may not suspend, terminate or otherwise discipline um discipline or discriminate against a nurse who refuses to engage in an act or omission relating to patient care. I refused to engage in the omission of caring for students for the sake of charting or the completion of reports. There was just not enough time. Now
032the all of those three things that I listed were not within my control. Those were gu there were guidelines given to me by both the uh nursing supervisor and the principal on that campus and I had to obey those uh guidelines. The other thing that I would like to point out is that the Texas Education Code of Ethics uh standard 2.4 states the educator shall not interfere with the colleagues exercise of political professional and I like to sit on that professional part dot dot rights and responsibilities. uh my right as a professional was basically taken away when I was put within a box or a limited time uh for the clinic running and how it had to be run. But in the end I am standing here up for termination based on the constraints that
033were placed upon me. And so I feel that that's not fair and uh it does not stand with the ethics and the everything that this uh community should stand for. Um and in ending what I have to say I wanted to say this, this is what I thought about the Holy Spirit gave to me today. Um the Lord really does have a sense of humor. Uh we just acknowledged what happened to him the last time he stood before a board. Uh and now here I stand. May God be with you all. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you for coming to the meeting. We will now move to close session. We are back from close session. We will continue with our agenda items. We will now move to take action on items from close session. Do I
034have a motion for the board to approve the superintendent's recommendation and to issue a one-year contract to Robert Ambury for the position of head girls basketball coach? So moved. Second. We have enough to vote. I apologize board. I didn't look to my left or right and didn't realize you guys weren't here. Do I have a motion for the board to approve the superintendent's recommendation to issue a one-year contract to Robert Ambbery for the position of head girls basketball coach? So moved. Second. It's been moved and second. Are there any questions, comments, or discussion? Trustee Savage Martin. I do not feel that this candidate is the best fit for the girls basketball program. Those of you who know that I am a former Panther, my mother played for the Panthers. My grandmother paid played for the
035Panthers. So, it's very very important to me to always have the best candidate in that position. And this is not the best candidate. I have never voted against some of you who have been here a long time. I've never voted against the superintendent, but I will have to on this one. Please cast your votes electronically. Motion carry 61. Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as a the consent agenda wasn't amended? Second. It's been moved and second. Any question, comments, or discussions? Please cast your votes electronically. Motion carries 70. We will now move on to action agenda item A, consideration and action on the superintendent's recommendation to issue contracts for the 202526 school year to employees identified on the 202526 school year contract list. May I have a motion? Second.
036It's been moved and second. Are there any questions or comments or discussion? Please cast your votes electronically. Motion carries 70. Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve the superintendent's recommendation and to issue one-year contracts for the 202526 school year to the employees identified in the 202526 school year contract list? These are two different lists. So second. It's been moved and second. Are there any questions, comments, or discussion? Please cast your votes electronically. Motion carries 70. Thank you. We will now move to action item B, consideration and action on the superintendent's recommendation to terminate the probationary contract of Patricia Linux at the end of the contract period in the best interest of the district pursuant to Texas Education Code section 21.103. May I have a motion? So moved. Second. It's been motioned and second.
037Are there any questions, comments, or discussions? Please cast your votes electronically. Motion carry 70. Thank you. We will now move to action item C. Consider approval of the memorandum of understanding between the University of North Texas at Dallas and Duncanville ISD. May I have a motion? Oh, did you? I'm sorry. We do have a presentation. Come on, Miss Brown. Well, we really don't. We uh this is really a no presentation needed. All right. Thank you. This is a rollover. They like no presentation needed. Did we vote though? Do I have a motion to approve the memorandum of understanding between the University of North Texas at Dallas and Dunanville ISD? Some moved. Second. It's been moved and second. Please, are there any questions, comments, or discussions? Please cast your votes electronically. Motion carries 70. Thank you.
038We will now move to action item D. Nominating a candidate for the TASB board of directors, region 10, position A andor region 10 position B. board. Do we have We didn't get an email this year about another recommendation, but we didn't get to discuss if anybody wanted to be recommended to serve on the TASBY board. So, here's my suggested motion. The Duncanville ISD board of trustees do not wish to nominate anybody, anyone for the region 10 position A seat on the TASBY board. So, move. Second. It's been moved and second. Please cast any questions or comments. Please cast your votes electronically. Motion carry 70. Thank you. May I have a motion that the Duncanville ISD board of trustees do not wish to nominate anyone for the region 10 position A seat on the TASBY board?
039So move. Second. It's been motioned and second. Any questions, comments, or discussion? Please cast your votes electronically. We're waiting for someone. Motion carry 70. Thank you. We now move to information discussion agenda item A, District of Innovation, Miss Connie Wallace. Good evening, Dr. Flowers, board of trustees, and Dr. Gore. This evening I would like to present with to you guys the the proposed amendment for the district of innovation and passed during the 84th legislative session. The Texas Education Code Chapter 12A allows Texas school districts to pursue the designation of District of Innovation, a provision that enables traditional independent school districts to access many of the flexibilities currently available to open enrollment charter schools. So, Duncanville ISD currently has a district of innovation plan in place and as I just mentioned in the 84th legislative session,
040this became a possibility for us to have some of the flexibilities that our public charter schools are um have. And in 2017, the board of trustees, you all approved our district of innovation plan with six exemptions. And then we came back to you all in 2022. We renewed our plan and we added an additional exemption. And tonight we would like to propose to amend our current plan by adding seven additional exemptions. So the way the amendment process works is that an amendment may be made to our district of innovation at any time during the term of the plan. An amendment to the DOI plan does not require us to go back and repeat the entire adoption process and an addend amendment to the district of innovation plan does not change the date of the term
041of the plan. Uh the original adopted term must remain the same. So at your in your board books you all have the comprehensive document that we've been working with our legal department so that we can spell out what are the education codes that we are interested in having more flexibility on what are our suggested ways to implement um the flexibilities and what would the benefit to the district be and so what I will do is invite um colleagues to assist in this presentation. Um, I'll be inviting Miss Brown, I'll be inviting Mr. Graham and Miss Mayo to speak to the components that um are in their area of oversight. Um, currently we have six exemptions in play. These are the six exemptions that were adopted in 2017 by the board of trustees. And so, um,
042we renewed and added this exemption, uh, which is around, uh, transfer of students. And so, tonight you'll have a chance to hear the proposed amendments, some of the rationale, um, and ways that we feel that these will benefit our district. So, at this time, with permission, I'd like to turn it over to Miss Brown, who will then pass the, um, baton to Mr. Graham, and then to Miss Mayo. Greetings, board president Flowers, board of trustees, and Dr. Gory. This slide of proposed amendments outlines several exemptions that will provide us with the flexibility to address staffing needs if we are unable to find certified teachers. While while our goal is always to hire certified teachers, the teacher shortage remains a significant challenge statewide with with 57% of new teachers not being certified in the state of
043Texas. These exemptions will not be our first option, but will be available only when necessary, allowing us to hire individuals who are pursuing their teaching degree and certification to address student needs. I'm so sorry. I didn't realize. While our first priority is always to hire certified counselors, this exemption provides the flexibility to hire uncertified individuals if we are unable to find certified candidates. It would allow us to hire those pursuing their counseling certificate through a educator preparation program or that have the current licensed professional counseling uh from the state or or their licensed LPC. In the event that certified counselors are not available, the district will offer additional training and support to ensure their professional growth and effectiveness in supporting students. Again, this is not our first option. This just offers us the flexibility to
044ensure that our students receive the guidance that they need despite staffing challenges. On this next slide, it addresses probationary contracts. Teachers with zero years of experience may be placed on a probationary contract for up to three years. In Texas, we have a five of eight rule. And it means that if a teacher has worked in public public education for five or more of the past eight years, their probationary contract with the district will change to a term contract the following year. This exemption would provide us with the flexibility to treat five of eight teachers or who have that previous experience just like a new teacher when they are new to Duncanville ISD. And that gives us additional time to evaluate their effectiveness before moving them to a term contract. And so this is being uh
045this will give us the flexibility to do that for up to three years just like a new hire. Before I invite Mr. Graham up, I would like to know if you have any questions regarding the certification or contract piece. Trusty Coloulton. Thank you, Dr. Brown. So, oh, Miss um I have a question. So, what is the um rationale for this change? Which change? The uh 508 just to give additional time to treat them as if they were a new hire uh with zero years of experience. And so right now we could do up to two years, but um that third year would just give us the flexibility as it would a a teacher with zero years of experience coming into the district. So it's just additional time. Trusty Cosm too, if I could add to
046that, Miss Brown, is that too what this is doing too is all of these exemptions are putting us on the same playing field or leveling the playing field of what many of our charter schools are already doing. Uh I think it's important I will reiterate what Miss Brown said about our first priority will be to find certified people, but we're finding ourselves in situations where that's just not a reality in our labor market. So this will give us some flexibility um to match our our our charter friends with finding people. Okay. So this is tied to certification. So it gives them an extra year. is that with that's not what I read with this particular slide that's uh showing this one is dealing with the probationary contracts and so it's dealing with not having to
047move a teacher to term contracts. they would continue to receive contracts, but in the event that there are personnel concerns or um something that would, you know, require us to not want a teacher to return the following year, then this would give the flexibility with them being on probationary contract versus moving to a term contract. Um the the probationary contracts are courts in the best interest of the district as far as the reasons for termination, but once they move to term, um if there were other decisions that need to be made, there would be additional information needed. Thank you. Okay, I am now turning over Mr. Graham. Greetings to Dr. Flowers, to all of the trustees, and to Dr. Gori. Our next three amendments are all about flexibility and action. We will start off with
048our first amendment. Duncanville requests an exemption from the current requirement that all vaping related offenses result in mandatory placement in the discipline alternative education program. Before the 2023 policy change, districts retained local discretion in responding to vaping incidents. Since that statemandated zero tolerance approach took effect, both vaping violations and DAP placements have increased by 47%, straining our campus resources. We're looking for restoring flexibility and empowering our principles to apply a wider range of evidence-based consequences such as counseling, restorative practices, and short-term interventions um to this particular amendment. Our second amendment, Duncanville ISD is requesting exemption to the 90% attendance rule required by TA to award courses for the final grades. This amendment allows districts to prioritize learning, particularly for those unique needs, offering a flexible, innovative instructional model. Attendance expectations will remain in place, but
049this flexibility supports retention and academic success. Currently, Duncanville loses about 50 to 100 students annually to dropouts or to districts that offer virtual options. We would like to offer this option to help those particular students. And the final proposal is for the class size amendment. This amendment provides flexibility to maintain class sizes near the 24 to1 ratio without compromising our educational quality. Eliminating the 22:1 cap and waiver process empowers the district to make timely decisions and keep the students in their neighborhood schools and reduce unnecessary transfers. This approach supports classroom stability, personalized learning, and improves transportation efficiency by reducing the need to bus students to other campuses due to class size limits. At this time, do we have any questions? Thank you. And I will turn it over to Miss Mayo. I'm sorry. question. Trusty
050Savage Martin on the um let me find out which code it is. Texas Education Code 37.06 A2C1 and C2 the mandatory vape ecigarette D A placement and you want to change it from possessing to selling or giving I think it said yeah giving or selling. So that if they possess it, it's okay. No. Okay. If if they possess a vape that may that still contains any drug paraphernalia such as THC or marijuana, they will go to DAP. Only those who have empty vapes, we want to have a different type of discipline for them on the first offense. After that, they will go to DAP as well. Okay. So if they have tobaca in it, first offense only. Yes. They don't go anywhere. But if the second offense, they will go as the state requires. Yes.
051They don't go, but they will receive a consequence. But that consequence um along with counseling and education about um ensuring that they don't continue to do that action anymore. I'm just not sure. I think the state is trying to say that tobacco of any form is not can't be on campuses is what they're trying to say with their law. And uh we're saying that it's okay if it's tobaca. We are if we're not going to if we're not going to uphold the state's rule on tobacco, then that's what we're saying. We're saying it's okay if it's tobacco. We're not talking about marijuana. We're not talking about anything else. We're talking about tobacco. And your counselors at the high school put on a presentation about vaping, what is or isn't in the um liquid that you
052put in there and whether it uh is approved for eating. But this is you know, and I can't remember the exact wording, but that they said it is not approved for going into your lungs, and so nobody knows what it could do to your lungs. And this is just tobaca. But what we're saying if we take that away that it's okay. So then you're going to have to do cigarettes. then you're going to have to, you know, I'm just just And that's that's part of the reason we we decided this because currently cigarettes is not a mandatory placement. So, they can do it even though you're not supposed to have cigarettes on any campus, athletic events, they don't ever go to DAP is what you're saying. Well, we have a progressive discipline plan. So, if
053they get caught several times, they will go to DAP. But on that first offense, they will not go to DAP. I hear you. That makes more sense. Okay. Thank you. Thank Mr. Graham. I'm sorry. I I have a question just for clarity. As it stands now, if a student just has an empty vape on campus, as it stands now, that student goes to DAP, whether it it has anything in it at all. And those are also some of the things that we're trying to address. Correct. Yes. With diverting the first defense, part of this amendment is about resources. We have 106 available spots at DAP and we've had several students um that have gone to DAP for having an empty vape when a principal now has to make a decision whether to bring those kids
054back for other offenses because of the amount of space that's limited over there. We've also had young students that picked up a vape at a um home on their way to school. on the way to school, brand new vape in a in a package, never been opened, but just because this child had a brand new vape, they're supposed to go to um the AAP. That's how the law currently states. So, are we proposing an alternative um that the school can u monitor for a class or Saturday school or something um with an educational component as opposed to DAE so that it's so we're really addressing Yes, that's that's the plan to allow a little bit more flexibility for the principles to create a plan that's going to ensure that on the first time. There is
055an educational component that could include counseling, that could include um after school detention, that could include some other um penalties, but there has to be a consequence on that first time that they bring anything on that second time is when they will now serve another consequence. Got it. Any additional questions, comments? Thank you so much. Thank you, Miss Mayo. Good evening, Dr. Flowers, uh, board of trustees, and Dr. Gory. Um, this is, um, it's not a really big change to what we're doing, but I'll just explain it really quickly. Currently, the, uh, regulation states that we go out for competitive bid or RFP for our depository contract. Uh, we once we have met two years of that contract, we have an opportunity for three. Thank you. three two-year extensions past that. So, this past fall,
056we brought this first two-year extension of our current depository contract. What this uh proposes is giving us one additional two-year. So, instead of three two-year extensions, we would get four. And so, the reasoning for this is it is very complex and difficult to change a bank. There are many components that go into that. And I believe, if I understand correctly, with our last RFP, we only had one bank respond. And that seems to be the trend for a lot of large school districts our size and larger. Um, and so we still have to go through and do a cost review, a service review every two years to ensure that we are getting the best and competitive price for the district. So all that analysis still has to go to it just gives us an opportunity
057if we want and if the board wants to do that additional two-year term. We still bring that two-year term to the board for review just like we did last fall. So there still is opportunity for the board to review and discuss and see the analysis that we put in to make the determination whether we wanted to extend and that's the extent of this request today. Thank you. All right. So, with our district of innovation, local innovation plan, the steps that we've taken leading to tonight and then going forward, um we met with a uh committee of teachers. Um there were parents on the committee. our DEIC along with our teacher leadership council. They were invited to that committee meeting so that they could hear from our leaders as you guys have heard from them tonight
058and really ask some of those critical questions. Um and they provided us some um insight and some suggestions as well. At the conclusion of that evening, um we it was agreed that we could move forward. And so we took the um conversation next to our senior leadership team that reviewed the plan and heard um some of the feedback that we received from the teachers and the the DEIC committee. And then we met with our principles on April 2nd and they again were able to provide us with great insight and input um on how to operationalize uh these amendments um if they are approved by the board. So um at our next board meeting in May, it is our intent to bring these back to you all as an action item. Um and then once um
059if approved by the board, then the district will notify the commissioner of the approved plan and we'll include that list of approved exemptions and post them on our website. And then we will also um provide a copy of the plan to the Texas Education Agency because they also include our plan on their website as well. Are there any questions about um any of the proposed amendments that you've heard um since our um team members my team members have been seated or the process? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. We will now move to information discussion agenda item B bond project update with Miss Andre Andre Fields. Well, good evening madame president flowers and board of trustees and to Dr. Gerie and our waiting audience. Again, thank you so much for this opportunity to be a part
060of this exciting time in Dunville Independent School District as we move forward uh with our bond project. So, tonight you have in front of you a copy of the presentation. And I have a lot of slides, but I'm believe me, I'm going to move through them expeditiously because many of these you've seen looped in either at the choice uh event or you've seen them before. So, we're going to move through, but we want to give you tonight an update of where we are with each one of the projects. So, I'll be having Mr. Hawk from LEN join me here very shortly. Of course, these are the packages you see. You see where we are with package one, two, we are actually in construction. Package three 100% complete. You see that central Brandenburg and of course
061patch package six are all still in design and is our architect. Uh the other package, package seven, Smith is in still in design and you'll see some of those pictures here in a little bit. And then patch package eight Duncanville High School the CTE con they're in construction right now and then area J renovations and we're getting ready to start bidding with that work. There's the schedule there. Of course we tried to keep our bond site updated. Uh and you'll hear from Mr. Hawin just a moment. Here you see where we're in design bid construction and then eventually close out when we finish the work. The package is reviewed again for you there. I won't uh spend a lot of time talking about it, but we are either complete or in construction with these packages.
062This is just one uh snapshot of work that was done at Daniel uh Elementary School, a classroom refresh. And of course, you see the flooring there that has been installed. So, a lot of work the workers have been working weekends, holidays, and at night uh so that we can still have school during the day. And of course you've seen some of these board. This is what the proposed some of the renderings with central the library there the cafeteria with the legacy wall. Remember we talked about that before that will have some pictures from the historic Central Elementary. And of course the auditorium which will hold up to 180 uh individuals. The new flooring. These are the renderings for the Central Academy. and then Brandenburgg Simulator working through that. Of course, some of the the uh
063work there going to include science labs because it will become a middle school. It's Brandenburg. Of course, one of the things there at Brandenburg, the blackbox theater that's proposed for that plan, practice rooms, band hall, of course, again, the flooring there at Brandenburgg, and then of course the Smith's Eller Early uh Learning Academy, the little champions. You've seen this presentation, and I'm just going to go right through it. There's winter, spring, summer, fall, and I'm going to bring up Mr. Hawk. I hear you. Greetings. I'm Dr. Flowers, board of trustees, Dr. Lamar Gori. Um these are the updates here. Um IT um technology. We have great news. We have um solicited all the proposals and all the the contracts have been issued and PO has been issued and we are starting even though Dr. Brown
064is not with us but we are moving forward with the other team and um the the things have been ordered and things are getting secured. So the first delivery of 400 units is coming this summer. We're lining them up and then the next year, the next batch of 500. Um the Duncanville High School portable complex, finally the city issued the permit and that went pretty well. Um the contractor is on site and we are moving the first portable next week. We have uh four portables. Got it empty, got it cleaned up, got everything ready. and um the the staff worked with us very diligently and we did that. So that's um the Sadalo construction also got started. They have mobilized. They have have their portable um their field office there and we are hoping to
065get our new addition permit very soon from the city. We're making uh they are almost complete. They're just waiting on a few items to discuss and then uh then issue the permit. And these are the highlights of of our work. Uh the construction, you saw that Daniel Harding is moving along fairly well. And then Smith and uh central students will move in. So this summer we have a big plan to shuffle and move the furniture around especially these four schools because the furniture from Smith and U uh central will move to Daniel Harding and Daniel Harding there will be some surplus stuff that will keep it for a while and get going. Thank you Mr. Hawk and we again appreciate our partners, Huckabby B, L and then of course our internal team and and all
066of you board for your support. I think you have it in your uh weekly agenda. We're excited about the groundbreaking that will take place on May 13th and so we look forward to seeing you all there. We've been planning with LA in that for a spectacular groundbreaking for the exciting career technical education building at Duncanville High School. Are there any questions that I may answer? Thank you. Thank you. We will move to the information discussion agenda item C, security and safety update, intruder detection audits. Presenter, Chief Garen. Dr. Flowers, trustees, Dr. Gory, I appreciate the opportunity to come and speak to you. Uh the safety of our students and staff obviously is the top priority here at Duncanville ISD and the state of Texas. And as part of Governor Abbott's school safety directives following the
067tragedy in Yubaldi, Texas School Safety Center recently conducted an intruder detection audit at one or more of our campuses. These audits assess whether unauthorized individuals can access a campus and help identify areas for improvement, such as securing exterior doors. We're working closely with our school safety and security committee to address findings, train staff, and enhance campus security. These audits supported by the state are one of the many steps we are taking to strengthen school safety. While we understand the community's interest in the audit results, sharing those specific details uh could compromise campus security. So, those full results were reviewed earlier in closed session uh with the board and discussed with the safety security committee. And I want to assure you that Duncanville ISD remains fully committed to maintaining a safe and secure learning environment for
068all. Thank you, Chief. Trustee Savage Martin. Uh, yes. Recently, I had to renew my training on the school safety and security committee and it said that you need to have a school board member on it. Do you know if there's a school board member? Yes. Yes. I Okay. Do you report back to us or anything? You might do that. Well, actually the report comes um through Dr. Gorie or Miss Jod when she does the weekly every Friday, she she adds what happens in the safety and security meetings. Thank you. Are there any additional questions, comments, discussions? Thank you, Chief. We will move to the information discussion agenda item D, choice and signature programs. Dr. Nicks, Madame President, Dr. Flowers, members of the board, and Dr. agree. As we plan for the future of the Duncanville
069Independent School District, it is imperative that we establish ourselves as the district of choice, not only as a recruitment effort for those outside of our district, but also as the destinations of choice for those in our district who are exploring opportunities elsewhere. Duncanville ISD boasts a comprehensive array of choice programs across all levels. And as you well know, we offer 21 specialized CTE programs of study at Duncanville High School. To effectively communicate these exceptional offerings, we launched Champions Choice, an innovative school and program review event targeted at addressing our enrollment trends. I would like at this time to invite Mr. Min the director of CTE CCMR and innovation to provide you with a brief but comprehensive overview of our programs and our champion choice event. Mr. Min. Greetings Madame President, esteemed members of the board.
070Dr. Gori, tonight I'm excited to share with you some updates on innovation, college career, military readiness, and CTE. Our philosophy in Duncanville ISD is if we provide championship experience for every child every day, then every child has an opportunity to go pro in whatever they choose. Duncanville ISD is the destination for choice. At the beginning of the year, we formed two committees. One committee was our champions choice committee. The other committee was our CT advisory board. With these two committees, we sat and we looked at demographic or demographer information from 2022, which obviously speaks to our growth and development in our area, but most importantly, it speaks to where our students leave and go to. And so we looked at nine specific districts, uh, charters and districts, and the numbers equated to 1,600 students that
071actually left our district in 2022, which equate to, uh, $14 million in loss revenue uh, during that time. What we know is there are several reasons why families may choose to shop other options for their children. From the 22 2022 demographer information, we learned that we had a leak that happened in our middle school areas. Many families were choosing other options during that time. We know that we wanted to create a pipeline within our district. There are reasons that families may leave. It could be um for convenience. It could be for wanting to have a shiny new building. Uh but most importantly, we we noticed that it was about awareness. And so what we wanted to do was make sure that parents were aware of all of the offerings that we offered uh within Duncanville
072ISD. We have several current options and we have some new options on the horizon. As you can see, uh, our schools of choice, we have Smith Early, uh, Learning Academy for PreK3y olds, which will open in 2026. Obviously, uh, Central Fine Arts in 2026 as well, and then Brandenburgg Fine Arts Academy in 2027. These campuses are not do not have attendance zones, and so they will be a full school of choice. Currently, we have choice programs that we offer within the district. And as you see there um our elementary, middle school and high school offerings which offer transfers internally and students uh externally from our district. And then we also have um our signature programs which are traditional programs with themes. The champions choice event was phenomenal. There was a lot of uh there was
073a huge campaign marketing campaign to get things started. We sent out 81,000 direct mailers to folks who lived in Duncanville and within a 15 mile radius that had three three year olds up to 13 year olds in their household. We also had an opportunity to do social media videos that reach 1.1 million views. We had billboards in two locations. One billboard was located on 67. The other billboard was located on 20. that uh got two 266,000 views. Within all of our social media campaigns on our Duncanville ISD website, we had 9,000 plus clicks. We had the wonderful opportunity to have a segment on Good Morning Texas. Prior to the event, we put out a social media to point everyone to watch and tune in. It hit 38,000 folks. the day of the event, we hit
07431,000 views uh during that live segment. On the day of the event on March 22nd, we had 42 over 4,200 folks at the event between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 100 p.m. the day of the event. We were able to capture that information through geo fencing, which pinged individual cell phone uh signals. We also had an opportunity to invite student services a week before they normally do enrollment, which hit about 78 uh service 78 of our families to get them enrolled on that day. Prior to the event in February, we um we had the first ever middle school career expo which reached 856 eighth graders across our district at three of our middle schools. These students were able to see and learn about all the 21 programs of studies that we offered in the
075district. We invited over 30 industry partners to represent all of those programs of studies which allowed students to make more informed decisions. We had 431 students that applied for a program of study within that same month. Just to give you a bird's eye view, this is a screenshot of our new platform under Qualrix. We needed to have a more sophisticated platform for a convenience for our families to apply. And this is a snapshot. Uh it's not the most recent, but uh it is within the last week. We had 2,94 applicants uh which 1393 of them were in district and 701 were out of district. And just to give you an idea to think about, we don't have all of the projections for enrollment at this time, but if we were to retain all of our
076students back in the following year, in the in the next year, um, and we were to capture 701 additional students, that would equate to $4 million back to the district. And so that's a huge, huge accomplishment. I am changing uh over to our accountability uh which is our college career military readiness through industrybased certifications. In 2023, the state decided to do a phase in model. In 2023, you could just test in an industrybased certification as a graduate and that would go towards the rating for accountability. As we move forward, the state decided to phase in a model. So, our current graduates for the 2025 year would have to take at least two credits in the same program of study as well as an in be successful in industrybased certification for us to get a satisfactory
077rating. Our juniors currently when they graduate for 2026 they have to be completers which is four credits or more plus be successful in industrybased certifications in order for us to meet those qualifications. This is why we want students in the eighth grade to make informed decisions to be completers throughout and be successful in industrybased certifications. Just to give you a bird's eye view, in 2023 2024, 779 of our students earned industrybased certifications. That was 88% of our seniors meeting CCMR u indicator for our accountability. This includes the high school as well as pace. Just to give you a projection because students are still working on their industrybased certifications. Currently, we project 1,500 students to earn their industrybased certification as well as the two credits. And then also we're looking at a projection of 90% for
078the 2425 school year. I wanted to give you a scope scorecard of our career technical student organizations. Tonight we were able to acknowledge students going to nationals. I wanted to show you what happened last year and where we were this year and how we're extremely proud of our students because this is their sport in CTE is their uh career technical student organization. And with that, I will now answer any questions that you may have. Trusty Phillips, I would just like to thank you for the very informative presentation. we is very informative and I feel like I've learned so much from you tonight. Thank you. Thank you. I noticed some other there was another company there that was responsible for some of the the social media. Can you tell us a little bit about that? Absolutely.
079Um we had a couple of um consultants. Uh, Brand Era was one of our marketing our third party party marketing firms that supported with Good Morning Texas and some of the other areas that we used um for this event that made it extremely successful. Yes. Okay. Any additional questions or comments? Thank you. That was really nice. We will move to the information discussion agenda item F, board of trustees education hours. Oh no, sorry, I skipped something. Youth Trustee Advisory Committee presenter, President Flowers. Good evening, Madame Vice President and Dr. Gerie and school board. I am here to give information on um a proposal for a youth school board trustee advisory council. I'll refer to them as YAC. Um I noticed and you guys have been here way longer than I have to know how impressive
080our YAG uh students are and they have done some exceptional things even in the area even with um Senator West. and I wanted to find a way to connect our YAG students with our local governing board. So when I thought about how we could do that, um I had a conversation with Mr. Kaine. And since it's an information item, it have to be voted on, then it has to go through the regular protocol of just the information and then uh voting procedure. So um I'm getting ahead of myself. I'll go. So, here's an overview. The creation of this youth trustee advisory council would ensure meaningful engagement in school governance. These students understand more about school governance or just governance than the average adult. So, um that would be one thing that we would provide in
081that connection with their very local school board. um policy development. Of course, they're not voting and they don't have voting rights. But when we are talking about policy as it relates to students in student activities, we have a um a particular group of students that can be the voice of other students. Strategic planning them learning how policies are made and how they're redeveloped and how they're revisited. It would provide a platform for students voice, insight, sharing and contributing to impactful decisions. As we know students in K12, they are our primary stakeholders. However, the majority of the decisions are made by adults for students and rightfully so. They're minors, but there are times when we could be a lot more effective with student um input. So including student voices leads to more effective policies and forwardinking
082outcomes. They will think of some things that we never would have thought of and that's the beauty of youth. Our objectives is to provide student input on policies, programs, and initiatives. And don't panic when you see input on policies. Again, that's just input and discussions. Um they do not vote. They are just our student voices. Identify and elevate student needs. Collaborate with trustees and leadership to improve school climate. Promote peer-led advocacy and outreach. Here are some of the benefits. And this is researchbased. Civic engagement and leadership develops youth leadership skills, encourages active participation in governance, ensures policies reflect real student experiences, trust building, student district trustee relationships. Mr. Kaine was here earlier. Um but another structured event uh board you have some more detailed um what the logistics would look like in the class as
083a proposal but that would offer formal meaningful opportunities. They have a set positions that would attend board meetings regularly so that they could understand what happens in the boardroom and also convey that to their peers. Um students engage directly with Duncanville ISD board of trustees. Many of them don't know who we are and that would give them an opportunity to engage with us and take our message back to their peers. Fosters an understanding of of the governance process. Most people don't know what school boards do and don't really know how our processes work. And this would give an opportunity to teach it to them and model it for them and answer any questions they may have. Also an opportunity for leadership development and relationship building. I'm repeating myself, but there are some other things that
084this would encourage. Student informed policymaking. Having a group of students and having structured time for their input as we review or revise or create policy will only strengthen our community and build our future leaders. Some of them may come and end up being our very having some of our seats and we will want them to be informed. Elevate authentic student perspectives. And that is it. Do you have any questions, comments? I'll be happy to answer any. Well, thank you so much. We will move to the information. We'll move to the information discussion agenda item F, board of trustees education hours. Do I have those? They are right here in front of me and I have on my glasses. As board president, I'm required to announce the name of each board member who has completed, exceeded,
085or is deficient in meeting the required continuing education CEC hours. Yes, we have requirements. Lasagna Flowers. Dr. Lasagna Flowers exceeded the required continuation continuing education CEC hours. Jackie Colton exceeded the required continuing education CEC hours. Janet Vera Cruz exceeded the required hours. Carla Fehee exceeded the required hours. Phil McNeely exceeded the required continuing education hours. Cassandra Phillips exceeded the required continu continuation hours and Janice Savage Martin exceeded the required continuation continuing education hours. We will now move to communications from citizens and we don't have any. All right, we do not have any communications from citizens. Being that there is no further items to discuss, may I have a motion that the meeting is adjourned? It's been moved and second twice. We are adjourned.