001out to our Lake Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees meeting for December 15th. All members are present. We do have a quorum established. Um if you would uh please join the board in a moment of silence. Thank you for that. We'll now be uh say our pledges of allegiance and we're going to be led by Lake Dallas Middle School band students. Y'all go ahead and come up to the front and help us out. Thank you for helping us with that. We'll move on to our student and staff reports and recognitions. The first of which is Corinth Elementary student advisory council. And we're going to hear from our Corinth Elementary principles, Ashley Fay. >> Good evening, Dr. Brown and Board of Trustees. Um, tonight I would like to highlight the wonderful leaders of Corinth Elementary
002Student Advisory Council. And when I call your name, can you please join me up here? Maha Anani, Jackson Riley, Jasmine Wright, and Shepherd WG. These students these students shared thoughtful and honest feedback about their experiences at CE, including what they enjoy, what challenges them, and what ideas they have to make Corinth Elementary even better. Their insights remind us that mo that the most meaningful feedback often comes directly from the children we serve. One of the first areas they discussed was their cafeteria experience. Students shared their favorite meals include cinnamon rolls, eggs and toast, cheesy bread sticks, and tacos and spaghetti. Students also spoke about safety on campus. They expressed that they feel supported and protected, especially by Sergeant Smith and trusted staff members. Academically, students were candid about their experiences. Division is one of the
003most challenging areas for them. They enjoy a calm atmosphere of language arts and especially are energized by their science experiments. Students provided thoughtful feedback on facilities as well and they really appreciate the high quality of cleanliness of the library. Finally, they discussed classroom technology and recognized how engaging technology can enhance their learning and what tools better support their learning overall. The student advisory council has shown tremendous leadership. They notice what works, they notice what doesn't, and they offer thoughtful solutions and reflect on how much pride they have for their school. Their voices will continue to guide our ongoing efforts to strengthen safety, academics, facilities, and student engagement at Corinth Elementary. Thank you, Dr. Brown, and trustees for your continued leadership and supporting our school environment where students feel heard, valued, and empowered to thrive. Thank
004you. Y'all stick around till the end. We're going to take some pictures. All right. Our next uh recognition is Lake Dallas Middle School success at the TMEA all region editions. And we're going to hear from Felicia May, our middle school band director. [clears throat] Hi, I'm Felicia May and this is Kyle Kimmons and we are proud to recognize some of our students. On October 22nd and 25th, over 1300 students auditioned to be in the all region band from Denton, Lewisville, Argyle, Northwest, and Lake Dallas ISDs. The students auditioned on material um that they prepared for over two months. This audition material consisted of scales. They had to do eight major scales and then their chromatic scale, most of which are full range. And then the prepared etudes, one is a lyrical etude and the other
005is a technical etude. And then they have to do a portion of site reading to get through that. There's two phases that they have to get through to get to the site reading. And we wanted to recognize those students. Um the following students if you would come up when we call your name of Adelaide Lee on clarinet Ji who Costa clarinet Braden Porch on French horn Blake Manning on alto saxophone and Danieli Engera on alto saxophone. These students rehearsed all day with their region band just this Saturday, two days ago. They got the educational experience rehearsing under direction of exceptional directors. And in the evening that same day, the students performed their music in a concert at Flower Mound Marcus High School. Very proud of them. And we have pictures after this, too. Okay. Thank
006you so much. Good [applause] job. Okay. Good job. All right. Our next recognition is Lake Dallas Middle School one act play. and we're gonna hear from Nicole Prost, our theater director from the middle school. >> Hi. So excited to be here. Thank you. Uh you guys can stay seated for now, but we'll we'll get you up here soon enough. All right, because I got things to say. All right. Uh so, one of the first things I wanted to do is not take up too much of your time, but let you know just a couple of things about how UIL 1Act play is different from other UIL competitions. Um, we created a fun fact series that we posted on our Instagram account. So, I shared just a couple of them here. Um, no play shall exceed
00740 minutes. If you go over 40 minutes, you are immediately disqualified. Um, you have uh let's see, uh, schools are ranked in comparison to other participants. So, it is more like a sporting event where there's a first, second, third, fourth, and you can have a half a point away from each of those places. Um, the director must sit in the audience during the performance. So, imagine a coach sitting in the stands instead of being able to be there for their team, right? So, that's super fun. Um, casting crew have seven minutes to set up their entire stage and seven minutes to break it down. If you go over that seven minutes, you are disqualified. Uh students typically rehearse for 8 to 10 weeks and the cast and crew get a one-hour rehearsal on the concept
008site prior to their performance. So they only get one hour in the space to program the lightboard, set up their sound, spike their set, and get acclimated into the space. So it is a very challenging competition and I will say that this year this is the first time all of our students that attended have been there before. So to succeed the way that we did with a brand new group of kids is absolutely amazing. Um we competed against six under 4A schools in our area. Uh we do have our cast and crew listed up here. Um I'll give names when we do the certificates so we don't take forever on that. Uh we did receive some individual awards. The honorable mention allstar cast for Riley Sloan and the role of Arleino in the cricket. Um,
009all-star cast Canon McCord in the role of Pinocchio. Canon, can you stand please? And outstanding technician Lyric Sims, who is our costume lead. [applause] Lyric, you can dance, too. All right, sounds good. Um, it takes a village for theater, so thank you for supporting us. Um, we have some uh sponsors here. We have some of our families and the people that really help us out on campus and parents and we couldn't do it without any of them. So, uh, for now though, I'm just going to pass these out so you can actually see these amazing students. All right, Canon McCord, y'all can come line up up here. Lyric Sims. No, stay. Canon, stay, Lyric. >> [applause] >> Um, there's a lot of them. I suggest we clap at the end. Uh, Logan Larid, uh, in
010the role of Japetto. Lillian H. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hotton in the role of Pedro Lina. Ehi in the role of Fox and Razulo. Clara McCoy in the roy of Cat and Belrammo. Brooke Kimbell in the role of Colombina and Spirit. Anastasia Tusant in the role of Puchinella and the puppet master. Is Leilani here? Leilani Rainford was our stage manager. Graham McDaniel, our um scenic lead scenic. Cadence Stillman was one of our tech directors. Rston Johnson, lighting design. Leila Richards, lighting design. Leah Stewart, props. Is Carrie here? Okay. I figured she had dance. Okay, there you go. This is this is everybody. So, thank you. [applause] Um, our third place finish was a personal best in my years at the district for all of Lake Dallas theater. So, we're really
011proud of it. So, thank you for your time. [applause] >> All right. So, our next item is the Lake Dallas Christmas card art contest. And our winner could not be here. So, I think we're going to put something up. Is that it? Okay, that's it. But we're going to recognize the winner of the Christmas card contest in uh next month so that they can be here for that. So, we'll move on to our next one, which is the Lake City's uh fall food drive campus contest winners. And we're going to hear from our athletic trainer at the high school, Marissa Parker. >> Good evening. I'm Marissa Parker and this is Samantha Kubichek. We are the athletic trainers at the high school. Um we are always grateful for an opportunity to come here and give our
012kiddos the little pat on the back back that they deserve. Uh they spend a lot of time at the high school with our UIL athletes um anywhere from band to cheer and everything in between. And so um the fact that they get to compete a little bit and give something back to the community is always a great time for us. So, I'm actually going to invite up our top two donators to give you a little bit about their experience. So, if we can have Mattie Shawless and Chance Phillips come on up. [applause] >> Hello. Um, thank you for having us. Uh, my name is Maddie Shawless. I'm a freshman student athletic trainer. We had 24 of our student athletics athletic sorry athletic trainers donate items. It took us two and a half hours to take
013it all to the high school main entrance. Um, it is really important to me to give back to the community because it makes me think of like all of the things that I have like clothes and food and even just a roof over my head and how much like some people just like don't get those things and it just makes me so happy that I get to like contribute at such a at such a young age. Um, and giving back to the community just makes me so happy because I honestly just love giving back to people and just helping people out. So, yeah. Thank you. >> Good evening. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Chance Phillips. I am a senior at the high school and I have been in our
014program since the seventh grade. In this video, you will see how we utilize some of our new storage space to house all of our items. Whether that it was whether that it was in our new training room, a closet down the hallway, or on many, many carts. So, as Maddie said, we had 92% of our program donate items. And these are our top donators. Um, in first place is Maddie Shawless with 2761 items, myself with 2,275 items, Kinsley Ingram with 453 items, Eliah Lozelli with 352 items, and then Kennedy Luke with 243 items. In my opinion, it takes a team to accomplish this goal. Our goal this year was only 3,000, and as you can see, we completely surpassed that. In total, we student trainers donated 8,493 items to our food drive. We did we
015we would like to take a second to recognize the fire academy who donated 5,445 items. Combined, that makes approximately 14,000 items for our community. When I see the number that we donated, I am proud and honored to help to play a part in helping our community. From beginning to end, we all worked hard and gave what we could because it doesn't matter the number, but it matters about coming together as a team and as a family to help lift each other up in our community. Thank you so much. >> [applause] >> So, if we can have uh Aliiah come on up. Kinsley come on up. And Kennedy come on up so you can be recognized up here. [applause] >> There you go. Oh, and also just real quickly, uh, other athletic trainers in the back,
016stand up. Student athletic trainers. There we go. A couple others of our student athletic trainers. Give them a round of applause as well. Thank you. All right. Our next recognition is the Texas School Counselor Association Crest Award winners. We're going to hear from Jessica Boan, our Lake Dallas Middle School principal. Good evening, President Stacy, Dr. Brown, and the board. First, I would just like to say I am so proud to be the principal of so many of these amazing students. Um, they are great with um the awards that they've received, but also just seeing them in the classroom and around campus. They're just as amazing. So, I'm really proud to be y'all's principal. Um, so I would like to if Erica Kim and Heather Akens could join me. Okay. We're proud to recognize our LDMS
017counseling department, which consists of these two ladies right here, for earning the Crest Award. This is a statewide honor given to um schools with exceptional data driven counseling programs. This statewide honor is awarded to counseling programs that demonstrate exceptional leadership, advocacy, and datadriven support for students. We are excited to celebrate their work and the impact they have on our campus. Our counselors earn the Crest Award because they provide a truly comprehensive program. They support students through SEO lessons, mental health services, individual planning, goal setting, personal graduation plans, and career exploration activities. They also run responsive services such as crisis intervention, attendance groups, stress and anxiety groups, and support for conflict resolution. Their work is strengthened by community partnerships with HSCC, CIS, and TAT. all all of which expand the services available to our students. And
018so that's um the University of North Texas and communities and school partnership and TAT stands for Texas Child Health Access through telea medicine where students can um possibly receive counseling services um at school in a private setting. Um, okay. One of the highlights of their work is the Zen Zone. Our counselor secured a grant to create this dedicate dedicated wellness space on campus. The Zenzone provides a calming, supportive environment where students and staff can practice mindfulness, reset, and regulate their emotions. It has become a valuable resource for helping students return to class ready to learn. And also um when we were having our Falcon Insider on one of the tours um some of our Falcon Insider guests really enjoyed the Zen room and so that's why I included that photo. >> It is [laughter] the
019impact is clear. LDMS's math star scores increased by 15% um from last year the last two years. ISS referral significantly decreased with seventh grade receiving 56 referrals like the first nine weeks of last year down to 29 referrals at the end which is something that they were tracking. Students also have greater access to mental health support and the overall culture and well-being of our campus continues to strengthen. We are incredibly grateful for the work of our counselors, Miss Aikens and Miss Cam, and proud to celebrate their commitment to the success and well-being of every Falcon. >> [applause] >> I believe we're going to take pictures now, right? I finally got it right this time. I usually get it wrong. Okay guys, so our board of trustes is getting into their position. I'll kind of tell
020you how we're working through these things. We're going to go in order to take your own advis All right. I guess I do need to recognize our one viewer online, Jerry Blazewick, former board president. Thank you for attending. [laughter] All right. Our next item is our December teachers and employees of the month, Dr. Brown. >> Yes, sir. We recognized our employees of the month last week at a breakfast, and you can stay tuned, Mr. Blazewick, and watch the video while we're in close session. [laughter] >> On that note, uh the open session of the meeting will adjourn. The board of trustees will reconvene in executive session pursuant to one or more of the sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act, chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. The board of trustees will reconvene in open
021session to take any final action decision or vote on a matter deliberated in executive session. And it is 6 o'clock. What is it? Okay, it is 7:13 p.m. We're back in regular session. Our next item is public comment to which we have no one signed up to speak. So, we'll move on to our information items. We have one that is a faculty and staff engagement uh priority two strategic plan update we'll hear from our deputy superintendent Dr. Kelly O Sullivan. Good evening, President Stacy and Dr. Dr. Brown and members of the board, we are excited to bring an update to you this evening on the teacher incentive aotment. So, we always want to start with the purpose and and the why. Um, we started last fall on this TIA journey. And looking back at the
022purpose of it, it is to um it was established by HB3 to recognize effective teachers and generate additional teacher focused aotment funding based on a local designation system created by the school district and approved by TEA. And so in the fall of 2024, we started working towards this goal of becoming a TIA district. Um and just as a year in review, it started with a what was considered the pre-application process and it was a busy productive year consisting of trainings and meetings and goal settings and planning. That pre-application process started with a letter submitted to TIA of our um intent to become a TIA district. After that, we consulted with our district educational improvement committee and sought their feedback and input as we moved throughout the process. The next step really was a big one
023and it involved establishing that TIA committee. And so this committee um included teachers from all five campuses including core subjects, electives, special populations, special education administrators, central office uh staff of human resources, CNI um team members. The committee was impressive. They worked really hard. Um every committee meeting was um very productive. They learned um together though we learned the benefits, the mechanics and criteria of TIA and the date, the key dates, the timelines. Our TIA um committee members also served as ambassadors for this. They went back to their campuses and they presented what they learned. They presented to their colleagues, their teammates, and they took questions and they brought those questions back to the committee. and we really grappled with it as we developed this local designation system um to make sure that the system
024being created um was accurately um created for student growth and compensation through appraisal system. The committee met eight times to create and finalize that local designation plan that aligned to Lake Dallas ISD strategic plan. And we submitted that application in April. Our local designation plan as of now a phase one consists of the teachers who teach preK4, kindergarten, first and second grade, 3rd through 8th grade, algebra 1, and English 1 and two. As we look over in that other column, we will see the assessments that will be used to measure student growth from beginning of the year to end of year. So for our preK4 students, it is that CLI math and reading test. Kindergarten, first and second grade, it is the MAP math test. Third through 8th grade, it's MAP reading and math or
025it may be the STAR alt 2 as appropriate for some of our students who receive special education services. Algebra 1 will use STAR and English one and two will also use STAR. Those have been vetted and already approved through the TIA system of TEA and Texas Tech. The ultimate goal is for all teachers to be a part of TIA. So, as we move forward, this application will be expanded and resubmitted each year annually so that teachers of all subjects and grade levels are represented as we move forward. Um, but these are the teachers that are considered phase one. In August, TEA notified us that our uh application was accepted and so that was very exciting. Um it was a major accomplishment for the district. Um currently we have about 40% of our teachers who will
026be part of this phase one. So year two, our current year, this is um considered our data capture year or our data collection year. We're capturing teacher observation data. So, our administrators are working um on those test appraisals, really looking at that evaluation systems. We have partnered with region 11 and conducted several instances of calibration training to make sure we are evaluating and observing um through that um test appraisal model accurately. Um, also we are capturing student growth data according to the assessments that we just saw. Um, and those have taken place at the beginning of the year and they will take place again at the end of the year. In addition, teachers were surveyed. Texas Tech sent a survey out to all Lake Dallas teachers early this fall. Um, we had over 70% of
027our teachers, almost 75% of our teachers respond to this survey. They said that was extremely strong. Um, of those teachers surveyed, approximately 60% responded positively regarding how TIA will benefit teacher recruitment and uh, retention, as well as they responded positively in their confidence level in earning a TIA designation themselves. An area that we will continue to work on this year um is communication to ensure that all teachers understand that they will have the opportunity to participate and be a part of TIA as we move forward and expand our TIA program. Looking forward to year three. So year two is our data capture year. Year three we will submit all of that data, the teacher appraisal data and the student growth data in the fall. So September, early October, we will submit all of that data
028for validity and reliability testing to Texas Tech. Once they complete their validation uh testing, they will send it to TEA and TEA will conduct a holistic review um prior to final re uh designation um being um communicated or they might provide additional guidance that we continue that validation u process into the next year. Once full approval is received through TEA and Texas Tech, um teachers receive the designations for five years on their certifications. So we know things are always changing and always being updated and TIA is no different. Since we started this just last year, um TIA has already been updated to include another level. When I came to you last time, there were three levels of designation. master, exemplary and recognized. And as of now, u the level of acknowledged has also been added.
029This allows for not only 30 to 33% of Texas teachers to be part of TIA, but it is reaching 50% of teachers have the opportunity to qualify for TIA. This is based on their teacher performance uh observation. So on their appraisal we see the column that has the 3.5, 3.7, 3.9, and 4.5. Those are points accredited on their test appraisal. And then on the far right, we see the student growth performance. So, for example, if a uh teacher has a 3.5 on their test appraisal and at least 50% of their students make their expected growth, they may qualify for that acknowledged level. And then it goes up from there. This is um statewide, so 50% of teachers statewide. Once those um designations are shared with the district, um the compensation will be communicated in the
030spring. So that would be April or so of 2027 when that would be shared. And then one other note, when you see the compensation levels, that's the base level. It changes. It's not just a cookie cutter. It changes based on um the campus the uh ecodis numbers of the campus and the needs of the campus. So every campus is different in the amount that is qualifi that they qualify for by the teacher. So here is a timeline and this is what um we shared last year just a little bit of an update. So we have gone through our application process. We are currently in year two that data collection process. We are actually meeting tomorrow as a committee. Yes. Right before the winter break and um looking at the possibility of expanding that application that
031would be due in April to bring other teachers aboard for a phase two that would start off that whole cycle again for the next year. Year three uh is data submission and the designations would be uh granted at full approval. And then year four the TIA a lotment funds would go to the um teachers and then year four and beyond is continually modifying, renewing and expanding and building that TIA application. Any questions? >> Thank you, Dr. Oland. Any questions or comments from the board? uh in the fall if you need something take out to Texas Tech. I'll do that for you with no freight services fee. >> If you need something to go out there, >> noted. >> Um I have a question. May I ask a question? >> Yes. Never stopped you before. >>
032So this is all still fairly new in a lot of districts. So districts that have been doing this like on average like how many of their is there somewhere out there that's sort of like a percentage I mean is it a lot of teachers not a lot of teachers like how is this achieved I was trying >> ideally this is the percentage the state is looking for >> okay >> this is this is their ideal model >> so we're looking at like 50% [snorts] of our teachers being on teacher TIA >> they may qualify for it yes So once all these scores are captured and validated, they are looked at statewide. So our teachers are part of that process of the statewide um perspective and 50% of the teachers statewide will receive that designation. >>
033Do we know what the long-term um idea is plan is for those other high school teachers that teach electives that teach career and tech? Have they started looking in what that long-term plan is and how those are evaluated because they're not star tested. >> That is a part of our conversation as the committee. We actually touched on that quite a bit last year just so everybody could get to know all the components and the requirements. So in addition to the um pre and post tests like MAP testing um or like STAR um you can also um look at student portfolios um learning objectives that are set. So there are various ways that students can be tested and assessed throughout the year that can qualify. Um I appreciate the committee being um very methodical in their
034approach and um they really wanted it aligned with the um strategic plan in that um recruitment, retention and areas of reading and math were very important first and so to go with the course first and to really have that learning and that knowledge of TIA as we move forward. on the committee. We have CTE, we have electives, we have arts um on the committee and so they have fully gone back and shared with their campuses that there is going to be a path for every single teacher. Um and so it will come to creating these assessments, looking at what is available, how can we create these portfolios and building that so they can all be a part of that. Okay. >> Any other questions or comments? All right. Thank you very much. [clears throat] We'll
035move on to our consent agenda. The consent agenda items are those routine items that could be handled in one motion and vote. Do I have any questions or comments on the consent? >> If not, I'll entertain a motion. >> Motion to approve by Mr. Tucker. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Second by Mr. Smith. Any further discussion? Not all those in favor of approval, please indicate. And that passes unanimous. Thank you. [clears throat] Next item, our action items. U have one consideration approval of of administrator contract for athletic director and head football coach, Dr. Brown. >> Yes, sir. You have the recommendation there in front of you. >> Hey, thank you very much. Do I have a motion regarding this item? >> Okay, I have a motion for to hire. Make sure
036I read this right. >> That'll make sure um approval of administrator contract for athletic director, head football coach for Jeremy Mills. A motion by Mr. uh Applebee. Do I have a second? I'll second by Mr. Pair. Sir, any further discussion? If not, all those in favor of approval, please indicate. And that passes unanimous. Thank you. Our next item is our calendar announcements and information. Dr. Brown. >> Yes, sir. You have a calendar there in front of you. Um just a reminder we're closed for the next two weeks after this week and then when we come back we have a bunch of uh exciting events. So you have the calendar for your reference. >> Thank you very much. That concludes our business for the evening. It is 7:28 and we are adjourned. Thank you.