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[1. Call to order and establishment of a quorum]
THIS IS A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING BEING BEING HELD ON JUNE 25TH, 2024.WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH SIX MEMBERS PRESENT WITH TRUSTEE HUBENAK ABSENT.
WE WILL NOW HAVE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS ON THE FUTURE ACTION ITEMS.
[3.A. Discussion of RFQ #18-2024RL for District strategic plan]
DOCTOR NIMITZ. ALL RIGHT.AND THEN I'LL CALL JJ AND HIS TEAM UP AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THEN WE'LL GET ROLLING.
I WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ALONG WITH TRUSTEE BOX AND MR. LAMBERT. WE WERE ON A STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND WE HAD WE WORKED WITH THEM TO COME UP WITH THE CRITERIA OF WHICH WE PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, AND ANYBODY COULD SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.
AND WE RECEIVED ALL THOSE APPLICATIONS, WHITTLED IT DOWN TO THE BEST, AND YOU MADE THE CUT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO PRESENT TO US AS A BOARD AND AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO MR. GARY, YOU GUYS CAN COME ON UP.
YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES FOR A PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL SAVE THE LAST TEN MINUTES FOR A Q&A.
THERE IS A LAPTOP RIGHT HERE ON THIS DESK THAT HAS A TIMER ON IT FOR YOU.
SO YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT IT AND YOU CAN SEE HOW YOU HOW YOU HOW YOU PROGRESS ALONG THE TIME.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. DOCTOR NIVENS, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
GOOD TO SEE MANY FAMILIAR FACES THIS AFTERNOON.
AND GOOD TO IN PERSON, MEET SOME OF THE NEW FACES OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS JAMES GUERRA. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF JG CONSULTING.
SO IT'S VERY SURREAL TO BE BACK HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TWO MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT ARE JOINING ME THIS AFTERNOON.
SO EVERYONE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN WILL SERVE AS FORMAL BOOTS ON THE GROUND, ENGAGING WITH YOU, THE COMMUNITY, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
I WILL ALSO SERVE AS A CONSULTANT WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE LOCALLY, JUST DUE TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, OUR BANDWIDTH AND OUR EXPERIENCE OF THIS WONDERFUL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY. WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BRAIN TRUST BOTH LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY ACROSS THE STATE.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE DOCTOR SCRIBNER AND HOLLY MARIA FLYNN VILLASECA TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL ADVANCE THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY.
ARE YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. PRESENT WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MY NAME IS HOLLY MARIA FLYNN VILASECA.
I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE METRO BOARD AS WELL, AND VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND MAKING SURE THAT AS PART OF THIS TEAM THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING, AS YOU KNOW, IS KEY TO MAKING SURE THAT SUCCESS HAPPENS EVERYWHERE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND SO WITH YOU HERE TODAY, ALONG WITH JAMES GUERRA AND ALSO DOCTOR SCRIBNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY NAME IS KENT SCRIBNER, AND I AM A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT WHO SAT IN THAT SEAT FOR 20 YEARS.
SO I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP A NEW A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND A NEW DIRECTION.
AND I'M VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO BE HERE.
AND RECENTLY I WAS SHARING WITH DOCTOR NIVENS THAT THAT I'M NOT RETIRED.
APPRECIATE IT. THE OTHER MEMBERS, YOU MAY RECALL AND HAVE HAD THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF ALSO WORKING WITH MR. FRALEY. HE'S A LOCALLY BASED IN FULSHER.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S HERE IN SPIRIT TONIGHT, BUT NOT HERE PHYSICALLY.
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BUT HE SENDS HIS REGARDS.DOCTOR TELLY IS SUPERINTENDENT EMERITUS IN DELL VALLEY ISD CURRENTLY.
AND THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST MISS ELLENS IS A FORMER TRUSTEE WITH THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE AUSTIN ED FUND BOARD AND HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH AMBER NOW THAT SHE'S A FORMER TRUSTEE.
SO WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO POTENTIALLY SERVE YOU IN THIS CAPACITY.
SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY AND JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ ANY OF THESE STATEMENTS VERBATIM, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE MISSION OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, THERE ARE TWO WORDS ON THE SCREEN THAT I'LL UNDERSCORE AND HIGHLIGHT. THE FIRST BEING EMPOWERING.
AND THEN ALSO THE COLLABORATIVE PIECE.
SO COLLABORATION IS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME OF OUR TIME TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON.
IT STARTS WITH YOU AS AS A BOARD AND AS A DISTRICT AND AS STAFF.
WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND AS A WAY OF EXAMPLE, TO KICK START THE PROCESS, ALTON'S SERVES AS A AS A GOVERNANCE COACH. AND SO IF YOU'RE UNAWARE, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU COULD ATTAIN SOME OF YOUR CERTIFICATION HOURS.
IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER HAVING A SOME SORT OF BOARD CABINET AND CONSULTING TEAM RETREAT TO ESTABLISH SOME NORMS, SOME EXPECTATIONS, SOME BOUNDARIES, THAT YOU HAVE SOME HIGH LEVEL VISIONS FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO FULFILL BY WAY OF OF COMPLETING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO DURING THE JOURNEY FOR US IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
OFTENTIMES WHAT WE SEE WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERS IS THAT YOU CREATE A FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND FOR WHATEVER REASONS THERE MAY BE, THAT PLAN SITS ON A SHELF AND COLLECTS DUST.
AND AS KENT SAID, THE IMPLEMENTATION.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE WORDS ON THE WALL, BUT WE WANT TO HELP YOU GALVANIZE AND COALESCE AROUND YOUR MISSION AND YOUR VISION TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE OUTCOMES THAT YOU ASPIRE AND THE CELEBRATIONS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR MIND'S EYE COME TO FRUITION.
SO IF YOU HAVE A TIMELINE IN MIND WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN COMPLETE, WE'LL ESTABLISH THE MAJOR MILESTONES WITH THE BOARD'S BLESSING AND THE DIRECTIVES THAT YOU OFFER TO US.
WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH OUR NORMS TOGETHER.
SO IF YOU RECALL, ALSO DURING THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, WE DID MOST OF THE WORK IN A HYBRID FASHION BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND COVID, BUT YET NO STONE WENT UNTURNED.
WE CREATED A HYBRID SETTING AT MANY OF YOUR VERTICAL FEEDERS, AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WHERE WE HAD IN-PERSON GATHERINGS WITH A BLEND OF VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO MEET.
NOW, WITHOUT ASSUMING THAT THAT TYPE OF EXPECTATION WOULD STILL HOLD TRUE TODAY, THERE'S QUITE A BIT THAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY. WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED THEN AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY OVER TIME.
WE ARE NOW THE PROPRIETARY OWNERS OF SOME SOFTWARE.
OUR SURVEYING TOOL HAS GREATLY ENHANCED OVER TIME.
SO SHOULD ANY OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY OR NOT OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR FOLKS IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO MEET WITH US IN PERSON? THEY'LL HAVE PLENTY AND AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH US VIRTUALLY.
RESPONDING TO ANONYMOUS SURVEYS, PROVIDING US WITH RELEVANT FEEDBACK.
SO WE FEEL IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY IN THIS PROCESS.
TRANSPARENCY AND AN OPEN DIALOG IS IMPORTANT.
WE'LL ALSO GUARANTEE THAT WE'LL HELP YOU CREATE A MEANINGFUL WEB PAGE OR WEB PAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT WILL LIVE AND BREATHE ON THE LCISD WEBSITE.
SO THAT WAY, IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, EVERYTHING IS THERE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW YOUR 2018 2019 STRATEGIC PLAN.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW ARTIFACTS UPLOADED TO YOUR WEBSITE.
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THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS OF CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THEN.AND NOW WITH LIKE ANYTHING, WITH TIME, THINGS CHANGE.
SO WHAT WAS NEEDED THEN IS PROBABLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS NEEDED TODAY.
TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS THAT YOU SERVE.
SO LEANING INTO THE JOURNEY I REFERENCED AS AN EXAMPLE, HAVING A SOME SORT OF RETREAT, IF I MAY USE THAT WORD, WHERE THE BOARD, THE SENIOR CABINET DOCTOR NEVINS AND HIS TEAM AND ANYONE YOU FEEL IS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE, WE CAN ESTABLISH THOSE NORMS AND THOSE VALUES TOGETHER AND THEN CREATE EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT EXPECTATIONS YOU HAVE OF US AND THE CONSULTING TEAM.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE STUDENTS THAT YOU ARE ALL HERE TO SERVE.
SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME PAST WORK.
SOUTHWEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS KIND OF URBAN SUBURBAN SAN ANTONIO AREA.
JUST SHY OF 15,000 STUDENTS, I CAN TELL YOU AT A HIGH LEVEL.
WANTED TO CREATE A BASELINE AND EXPECTATIONS FOR HIS SUCCESSOR.
HE HAD ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS PLANNING TO RETIRE.
SO THIS WAS A TOTAL REFRESH ON THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HE AND HIS TEAM HAD CREATED.
BUT WHAT HE ULTIMATELY WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH FOR HIS SUCCESSOR IS TO CREATE A MEANINGFUL EVALUATION TOOL FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE ONE DID NOT EXIST. SO WE CREATED A NUMBER OF BENCHMARKS, WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON THE NEXT SCREENSHOT.
EXCUSE ME, THAT'S NOT ON THE SCREENSHOT, BUT I DO HAVE IN THE HANDOUTS.
BUT THE EVALUATION TOOL WAS DONE FROM SCRATCH.
AND I DON'T SAY THAT TO BE AN ALARMIST, BECAUSE I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO SCARE YOU.
SO THIS WORK IS NOT GOING TO BE LEFT ON THE DESK OF DOCTOR NIVINS AND HIS STAFF TO FULFILL.
SOUTHWEST ISD STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IN ITS ENTIRETY TOOK ROUGHLY ABOUT NINE MONTHS.
THE REASON IT TOOK A BIT LONGER FOR THEM IS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EVALUATION TOOL IN RUBRIC.
SO I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD NEED.
CARMEN ISD IS ANOTHER RECENT EXAMPLE.
THERE ARE RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF MIDLAND.
THEY HAD ZERO MISSION STATEMENT AND ZERO VISION OR VALUE.
SO IT WAS TRULY CREATED FROM SCRATCH.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS JUST THE OVERVIEW.
THIS IS JUST THE HIGH LEVEL ONE PAGER THAT THEY USED FOR MARKETING AND BRANDING.
IF YOU'D LIKE ACCESS TO THE FULL PLAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
THIS EXAMPLE IS FOR A CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION IN JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
SO WE'RE DOING THIS WORK ACROSS THE US ALSO VERY SIMILAR TO KERMIT.
THEY DID NOT HAVE A BASELINE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO WE HAD TWO STATES THAT WE WERE REPRESENTING OTHELLO'S IN REGARD TO THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
NOW, THE UPSIDE HERE WITHIN LAMAR CONSOLIDATED, YOU HAVE A PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN.
BUT NO ONE WILL KNOW THIS COMMUNITY BETTER THAN YOU.
AND THAT SHOULD CONCLUDE OUR BRIEF OVERVIEW.
AGAIN I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE WITH OUR PRESENTATION THAT ON THE SURFACE LEVEL, IT MAY SEEM LIKE A DAUNTING TASK, BUT YOU HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM, A BRAIN TRUST OF BOTH EXPERIENCED, RETIRED, RECENTLY RETIRED SUPERINTENDENTS REPURPOSED AS DOCTOR SCRIBNER LIKES TO SAY, FORMER TRUSTEES, CURRENT TRUSTEES,
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MYSELF.WE'RE DOING THIS ACROSS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE 20 OTHER CONSULTANTS WHO WOULD CERTAINLY HELP FROM THE SIDELINES.
IN OUR BENCH, WE HAVE 20 CONSULTANTS IN TEXAS WITH A FULL TIME STAFF.
EXCUSE ME, STAFF BASED IN GEORGETOWN, WHERE I RESIDE.
SO OUR HEADQUARTERS IS IN GEORGETOWN.
BUT WE'RE DOING WORK ACROSS THE STATE.
SO I THINK YOU'LL YOU'LL FEEL ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING US HERE IN PERSON QUITE A BIT.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER THIS AFTERNOON.
AND I'LL INVITE MY TEAM TO CHIME IN TO.
THANKS. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
ONE AND I DID READ YOUR FULL PROPOSAL THAT YOU SENT.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX WEEKS, THOUGH, BECAUSE THE HOW HOW MUCH OF A PRESENCE WILL YOU GUYS HAVE DURING THIS PROCESS? BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE. JUST GIVE ME A ROUGH ESTIMATE.
YEAH. SO WITHOUT HAVING A FORMAL DIRECTIVE, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK THAT I ALLUDED TO THAT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM THREE WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS, UP TO SIX WEEKS.
YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS.
AND BEING THAT IT'S THE SUMMER TIME FRAME WITH FAMILIES BEING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS BEING OUT FOR THE SUMMER, PEOPLE TAKING VACATIONS, YOU MIGHT BE PLANNING TRAVEL, PERSONAL TRAVELS AND WHATEVER THE REASONS MAY BE, WE WANT TO HONOR PEOPLE'S AVAILABILITY.
SO WE CAN BE HERE AS OFTEN AS YOU ASK AND AS LITTLE AS AS YOU WANT US HERE.
WE'LL MAXIMIZE OUR TIME REMOTELY.
BUT I ANTICIPATE THAT OUR TEAM.
WHICH IS WHY I'VE CHERRY PICKED YOU KNOW, FIVE OTHER CONSULTANTS TO WORK WITH ME BECAUSE I, I FULLY ANTICIPATE THIS WILL BE A VERY INTENSIVE PROCESS AND REQUIRE OUR OUR PRESENCE.
THE WAY I VIEW SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IS YOU HAVE TWO COMMUNITIES.
SO IT WOULD BE MY, MY PERSPECTIVE THAT THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING IN THE MORNINGS, DURING THE DAYTIME WITH THOSE WHO CAN ATTEND MEETINGS THAT THAT AT THAT TIME AND THEN CERTAINLY HAVING EVENING MEETINGS COMMUNITY FORUMS AND THAT TYPE OF THING IN PERSON.
WE WOULD DO IT IN, IN WE CERTAINLY HAVE ENGLISH AND SPANISH SPEAKERS.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO YIELD SINCE I KNOW WE'RE ALONG WITH THAT, WITH WHAT YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING FOR THE TWO THAT ACCOMPANIED CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR SPECIFIC ROLES WOULD BE DURING THESE MEETINGS? WILL YOU BE LEADING? WILL YOU BE BEHIND THE SCENES, LISTENING, TAKING NOTES, WHAT SPECIFIC JOB DUTIES Y'ALL WILL BE DOING DURING THIS? SO IT JUST IT DEPENDS WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.
I THINK A LOT OF IT IS A LOT OF LISTENING AND AND GOING BACK AND INTERPRETING AND SHARING WHAT WE'RE FINDING WITH YOU SO THAT WE HAVE ONGOING DIALOG AND INTERACTION, AND WE CAN TRANSLATE THAT AND MAKE IT MAKE IT SURE IT MAKES IT INTO THE PLAN.
I'M I'M IN THE ENERGY CORRIDOR PART OF HOUSTON, SO I'M ABOUT 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM HERE.
AND IT CAN BE AVAILABLE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD.
AND BASED ON WHAT THE TIMELINE AND THE PROJECT AND YOUR PLANS ARE.
ANY ADDITIONAL OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT IN THAT REGARD? I'M ALSO AN ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE LEADING THIS KIND OF WORK.
YOU WON'T FIND TOO MANY OF US IN THIS SPACE, BUT HAVING ACTUALLY A STUDIED THIS ALONG WITH PRACTICAL WORK, LEADING THIS AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND IN OTHER LEADERSHIP CAPACITIES.
IN SOME CASES, YOU'RE READY FOR 100 PEOPLE AND TEN PEOPLE SHOW UP.
IN OTHER CASES YOU YOU PREPARE FOR A SMALLER GROUP AND THE ROOM IS PACKED.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE FLEXIBLE THERE.
BUT WE WOULD BE FACILITATING THOSE MEETINGS.
WE WOULD BE DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED AND THEN AND THEN FOLLOWING UP HELPING KIND OF TO, TO SUMMARIZE AND DEBRIEF AND, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK SO THAT YOU ALL CAN BUILD, BUILD A PLAN MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR WITH OUR ASSISTANCE.
IT WOULD BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPATION.
THERE ARE TWO OF AS I LIKE TO SAY, THE BRAIN TRUST.
SO I HAVE CHIEF EVANGELISTS ALL OVER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, HOLLY MENTIONED THAT SHE'S BILINGUAL AND ALSO IS FLUENT SPANISH.
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SO AS DOCTOR SCRIVENER.SO VERY SIMILAR TO OUR WORK TOGETHER IN THE PAST.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
WE, WE HELD PRINCIPLE BASED MEETINGS.
WE HELD AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IN ELEMENTARY, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE, STUDENT GROUP MEETINGS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM YOUR STUDENTS.
SO OUR DIRECTIVES ARE TO, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR FROM YOU AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
AND SO DO YOU ALL DO ANYTHING LIKE IN CLASS OBSERVATIONS LIKE DO YOU DO LIKE A CURRENT STATE OF WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT BEFORE WE SEE WHERE ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID TALK ABOUT AS A TEAM INTERNALLY AS WE'RE PREPARING FOR THIS AND THIS WAS A SUGGESTION OFFERED BY MR. FRALEY, WHO'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT HE'S THE PAST SUPERINTENDENT OF THE KATY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HE SHARED HIS EXPERIENCES DURING HIS LAST, I GUESS, FEW YEARS WITH KATY.
THEY DID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING WITH AND THEY CREATED DIVISIONS AS CAMPUS WITH THE PRINCIPALS SERVING AS LIKE CAMPUS LEADS AND TAKING DISCRETION AND AUTHORITY TO CREATE THEIR OWN CAMPUS BASED PLAN.
SO IF YOU FEEL THE PRINCIPALS WOULD BE OPEN TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AGAIN, WE WOULD DEFER TO YOU INTO WHAT YOU RECOMMEND AS A BEST PRACTICE OF WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN LEARN.
AS HOLLY WAS SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF LISTENING AND LEARNING.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ALL HAVE DONE IN THE PAST? WITH KERMIT? YES.
NOW, KERMIT, IT'S A VERY SMALL ORGANIZATION.
SO IT WAS IT WAS EASY BECAUSE OF THEIR ADA.
I MEAN, THERE'S LIKE A THOUSAND STUDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY, SOUTHWEST ISD, WE LED THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING DURING THE PANDEMIC, SO WE JUST WEREN'T GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. MOST OF OUR IN-PERSON MEETINGS WERE DONE WHOLE GROUP, LIKE AN AUDITORIUM WHERE THINGS COULD BE WHERE WE COULD ALL BE SPACED PHYSICALLY.
BUT I THINK DOCTOR SCRIBNER WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING, BUT WE COULD.
YEAH. AND AND TO YOUR POINT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AND I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY REVEALING ABOUT REAL TIME IN CLASSROOM WHEN STUDENTS ARE THERE LIVE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH REGARD TO TEACHING AND LEARNING, BUT ALSO CLIMATE AND CULTURE THAT THAT SAYS ABSOLUTE SAYS A LOT WHEN PRINCIPALS VISIT CLASSROOMS, THAT I CAN TELL WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT CLASSROOM WITHIN, WITHIN MOMENTS.
WHAT COULD WE DO TO PREVENT FROM DOING THAT OURSELVES? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PITFALLS THAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT THAT HAPPENS? WHY DOES THAT HAPPEN? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO TO NOT DO THAT? YEAH, I THINK I MEAN, YOU CAN YOU CAN ATTRIBUTE A SHIFT TO MANY, MANY THINGS, RIGHT? YOU YOU PRIORITIZE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES OR GOALS.
PERHAPS YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS CHANGE.
BUT I THINK AS, AS STRONG AS YOUR, YOUR CABINET AND YOUR SENIOR LEADERS ARE, I THINK TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THIS WORK AND MAINTAINING THAT OWNERSHIP FOR FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO TO YEAR THREE AND SO FORTH, THAT THAT SUCCESSION PLAN CONTINUES.
AND I THINK THE CONTINUATION OF OF REVISITING THE PLAN, REFINING IF NECESSARY IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
NOW, WHAT I WOULD SAY PUBLICLY IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOVE YOU AND LEAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE YOU CREATING A AND DOING ALL OF THIS HARD WORK AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SHELVING THE PLAN WITHOUT ANY FURTHER YOU KNOW, VISITS FROM US OR FROM, FROM FROM YOU OR YOUR STAFF.
SO WHAT OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU IS TO BE A LONG TERM PARTNER.
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EVEN AFTER THIS IS FINISHED.I THINK NO ONE WILL DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.
BUT HONORING THE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU SET FORTH IN THIS PLAN, WHATEVER THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE, IS, IS HOLDING NOT ONLY US ACCOUNTABLE, BUT I THINK ALL OF OUR OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ACCOUNTABLE.
SO THAT WAY YOU'RE ENSURING YOU KNOW YOUR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL.
YEAH, PLEASE. IT HAS TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE HAVE TO REVISIT IT. IT HAS TO BE PART OF THIS BOARD MEETING.
YOU NEED TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
WE NEED TO HOLD COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABLE.
COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND PART OF WHAT WE DO.
WHATEVER WE WHATEVER YOU DEVELOP IN THIS COMMUNITY THE INTERNAL EXTERNAL COMMUNITY DEVELOP, WE NEED TO SEE IT AS PART OF YOUR BOARD MEETINGS, AS PART OF YOUR AGENDAS, AS PART OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AS WELL.
LIVING DOCUMENT THAT CONTINUES ON.
AND I WOULD ARGUE A FIVE YEAR PLAN IS GREAT.
AND THEN AFTER YEAR ONE WE TALK ABOUT EXTENDING ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR AND ONE YEAR.
SO SO YOU'RE ALWAYS HAVE A ALWAYS HAVE A HORIZON THAT YOU'RE AIMING FOR.
AND AND I WOULD JUST ADD ALSO THAT YOU OWN THE ASSETS.
SO ONCE THIS DOCUMENT IS PREPARED AND IT'S AND IT'S FULLY AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD AND YOUR STAFF HAS PUT ITS STAMP OF APPROVAL ON THE DOCUMENT, THE ASSETS, THE ARTIFACTS, THEY'RE YOURS.
BUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AS I AS I ARTICULATED A MOMENT AGO, IF WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS AS A LIVING DOCUMENT, AS DOCTOR SCRIVENER SAID, WE CAN MAKE CHANGES AND THINGS, YOU KNOW, TEND TO HAVE ITERATIONS WITH TIME AND IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY SUPPORT YOU WITH.
DO YOU SEE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN TO SEE WHAT? WE'VE GATHERED AND TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, TO CREATE THE PLAN.
ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, IF THAT'S THE EXPECTATION AND THE INTENTIONS, WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.
AND THAT'S THAT IS A BEST PRACTICE.
SO WE WOULD NATURALLY FOLLOW SUIT WITH WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK.
WE WELCOME YOUR INPUT AND YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU'VE WHAT YOU'VE FELT DID NOT WORK.
BUT THOSE HOMOGENOUS GROUPINGS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
SUBCOMMITTEES, COMMITTEES, COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE AT A MACRO LEVEL AND A MICRO LEVEL.
SO IT REALLY VARIES AND WE DON'T THROW THE OTHER ONE OUT.
WHAT DID WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT WE PROBABLY DIDN'T.
ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.
HAVE YOU WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT OUR SIZE BEFORE? WE HAVE. OKAY.
PERFECT. WELL, MY NEXT QUESTION.
CAN I TAG ON TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE WHERE WE WANT TO GO, LIKE, WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT THAT LOOKS LIKE SUCCESS FOR US, FOR A STUDENT OR FOR TEACHERS OR FOR OUR LEADERS, OUR ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THAT? AND THEN I SEE THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS BRIDGING THE GAP, RIGHT.
HOW DO WE GET FROM REALITY TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE 100%.
OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.
MR. GUETTA AND TEAM, WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT.
WE WILL. THE BOARD WILL MAKE A DECISION FAIRLY SOON.
AND SO, AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SUMMER VACATION, SUMMER BREAK COMING UP.
AND SO AUGUST, AROUND THE TIME YOU CAN EXPECT TO HEAR BACK.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
GOOD TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK WITH THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
I'M DOCTOR NEVINS, I'M SUPERINTENDENT.
AND SO MEDIA, AM I SAYING THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. MEDIA. OKAY.
MEDIA. AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TIME THIS EVENING.
I'M GOING TO FIRST TURN IT OVER TO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE CHAIR, WHICH IS OUR SECRETARY, MRS. WELCH. HE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT AND THEN HE'LL COME BACK TO ME AND I'LL TALK ABOUT HOW TONIGHT WILL GO, AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU TAKE OVER.
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ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WELCOME.I SERVED ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WITH MRS. BOX AND MR. LAMBERT, AND WE WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO SEND OUT THE RFQS, AND WE RECEIVED ALL THE BIDS BACK, AND THE THREE OF US WENT THROUGH THEM AND RANKED THEM.
AND WE GOT THE BEST HERE IN FRONT OF US NOW.
SO WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS EVENING.
YOU'LL HAVE 20 MINUTES TO PRESENT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR Q&A.
AT THE END OF THAT YOU'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES ALTOGETHER.
SO IF YOU DON'T TAKE ALL 20 MINUTES TO TO PRESENT, YOU'LL STILL HAVE YOUR FULL 30 MINUTES FOR Q&A.
ALL RIGHT. AND SO RIGHT IN FRONT OF MRS. JOHNSON HERE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, YOU'LL HAVE A TIMER THERE JUST TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK.
AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, LET US KNOW.
ALL RIGHT. BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.
WELL, REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THE TIME.
ALREADY? SO WE'RE FROM MEDIA EDUCATION.
WE'VE BEEN A COMPANY AROUND FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.
WE'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY TWO OF OUR TEXAS BEST WITH YOU TODAY.
SO MEDIA IS A COMPANY, AS I SAID, BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.
WE REALLY GOT OUR LEG UP IN THE MARKET WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT ENGAGING LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
AND SO WE WORKED WITH OUR DISTRICT PARTNERS IN AND AROUND.
HOW DO YOU USE THE CLASSROOM AND PAIR IT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY THAT THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL MIGHT HAVE? SO USING IT AS A TOOL AND IN THE TEACHING METHODS THAT ARE BEING USED WITHIN THAT, WE TOOK THAT PROGRAM AND STARTED TO DEVELOP WITH MORE DISTRICT PARTNERS THE IDEA OF EQUITY PLANNING. AND SO WE WORK WITH DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY BOND FUNDED THAT ARE TRYING TO DELIVER EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WHEN A NEW BUILDING OR NEW CONSTRUCTION COMES ALONG, GREAT.
THOSE KIDS GET AN ENHANCED EXPERIENCE.
THE KIDS IN THE 30 YEAR OLD SCHOOL MAYBE NOT THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
AND SO, AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR DISTRICT PARTNERS ON WHAT DOES LONG TERM PLANNING LOOK LIKE, NOT JUST THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE FIVE YEAR BOND, BUT ACTUALLY DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE METHOD THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK WITH YOU GUYS TODAY.
SO THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE CTE AND MAKING SURE WE CAN HELP BUILD AN INFRASTRUCTURE IN AND AROUND CTE PROGRAMS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW EXIST YET FOR CAREERS THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD OF BEFORE. AND HOW DO YOU BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WHILST AT THE SAME TIME WORKING WITH FAST GROWING DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF WHAT DO YOU DO IN TERMS OF CULTURE? HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR CULTURE TOGETHER? HOW DO YOU USE CULTURE ONE AS A WAY OF TAKING THIS VISION AND ROLLING IT OUT THROUGH THE DISTRICT? BUT HOW DO YOU USE CULTURE TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT MORE STAFF MEMBERS TO CONTINUE THAT GROWTH, WHILST AT THE SAME TIME MAKING A GOOD AND HEALTHY PLACE TO WORK? WITH THAT BEING SAID.
OH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS MEANT TO HAVE OUT WHEN I WAS DOING THE INTRO.
SO WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START ALREADY.
SO WHO DO WE NEED TO SOURCE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO SOURCE, AND HOW DO WE CREATE ENOUGH BANDWIDTH TO SCALE THE PROMISES THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE DISTRICT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE EXECUTE ON THAT IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED? GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE'RE SO PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE US HERE.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LACEY STEWART.
I'M HERE LOCALLY, AND I'VE WORKED IN THIS MARKET FOR TEN YEARS.
I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE HOUSTON MARKET, NAMELY FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS.
SO I'M REALLY ALL THINGS CUSTOMER AND COMMUNICATION HERE.
WELL, I'M LINDA GAIL WALKER AND I HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN AN ADMINISTRATOR AT BOTH LEVELS, AND I WAS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WAS MY BIGGEST IS I WAS A FIRST YEAR COLLEGE SUCCESS COORDINATOR AND SAW THE GAPS THAT WE WERE SEEING FROM KIDS GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY WHERE THEY MOVED WHEN THEY STARTED THEIR FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAPS WAS SOME OF THE THINGS WE CALL FUTURE READY SKILLS OR SOFT SKILLS.
I MEAN, A LOT OF KIDS MIGHT KNOW HOW TO READ.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM, BUT TIME MANAGEMENT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE A BIG ISSUE TOO.
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AND I'M ACTUALLY WROTE A BOOK DURING COVID CALLED SURVIVING THE STORM.AND WHAT IT IS, IS ABOUT HOW DO WE LEAD OUR SCHOOLS NOW THROUGH POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH.
AND SO WE'VE I HAVE BEEN THRILLED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD DISTRICTS ACROSS OUR NATION.
AND ESPECIALLY I LOVE IN TEXAS BECAUSE I CAN TALK AND Y'ALL UNDERSTAND ME.
BUT HOW DO WE LEAD THEM WHERE THEY'RE MOVING AND ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THESE TRYING TIMES? SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COOL ABOUT OUR COMPANY, I FEEL LIKE, IS THAT WE DO HAVE, THOUGH, WE HAVE THE THREE OF US AND WE'LL HAVE LOCAL SUPPORT.
WE'LL HAVE TEXAS PEOPLE HERE WORKING WITH YOU.
WE ALSO HAVE A NATIONWIDE SUPPORT.
WE WORK WITH THE CTE DISTRICT.
THAT REALLY IS INNOVATION AS IT COMES.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE ALL THOSE SIDES OF IT.
YOU TELL US WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHAT YOUR VALUES ARE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S HOW WE GET TO THE OBJECTIVE THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A CLICKER? YOU GOT IT. SO WE HAVE.
SHE'S BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SHE AND HER PEERS AND HER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND SHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE WORKING WITH MEDIA EDUCATION.
MAYBE WE'RE NOT A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY.
AND SO. THINKING, HOW CAN WE MAKE A PLAN AND REALLY MAKE OUR VISION EVIDENT TO ALL OF OUR LEADERS? BECAUSE TODAY WE HAVE ALL OF OUR LEADERS IN THE ROOM.
HOW CAN WE COME UP WITH A COLLABORATION TIME THAT DEVELOPS A QUALITY ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR KIDS AND ONE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS? YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THE WHY BEHIND IT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO DESIGN AN EFFECTIVE PLACE FOR KIDS TO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG TO TEACHERS, TO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. AND WE'RE LEARNING IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOT JUST ACCIDENTALLY, BUT BUT ON PURPOSE.
SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT THROUGH IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE ABOUT OUR FRAMEWORK.
AND OUR FRAMEWORK REALLY DOES BEGIN.
WE HAVE AN A, B, C, D, E, F, G PROCESS.
SO WE'RE HERE TO MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH EACH OF THESE STEPS BRIEFLY.
AND THEN I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE WITH IT.
BUT THE WAY THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS HAPPENS IS THROUGH ALIGNMENT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A RAPID GROWTH DISTRICT LIKE YOU'RE DEALING WITH AND YOU'RE MOVING FROM THIS LARGE ENTITY AND IT'S KIND OF YOU STILL WANT TO HAVE THAT CULTURE IN THE FEEL THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD. IT'S REALLY EASY TO KIND OF GET OFF TRACK, AND IT'S HARD TO COMMUNICATE SOMETIMES.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES I AM A RESEARCHER, SO I RESEARCHED YOUR DISTRICT.
AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES TOO, IS YOU WANT EVERY VOICE HEARD.
IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR TO EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT I SEE ALL THE TIME DOING THIS WORK.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED IS SOMETIMES WE TWEAK SOMEBODY'S EXISTING STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WE'RE MOVING THAT WAY, WE'RE CLOSE, BUT WE THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. SOMETIMES WE BLOW IT UP AND COME IN WITH SOMETHING NEW.
WHEN I USE WORDS LIKE FUTURE, READY, COLLABORATE, COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVENESS, FUTURE READY STUDENTS.
I BET GUARANTEE IF I PULLED THIS ROOM, WE MIGHT NOT ALL HAVE THAT SAME DEFINITION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT KEY PIECE IS.
AND THE WAY WE START THAT WITH METEOR IS WE LISTEN.
WE WANT TO LISTEN TO YOUR TO YOUR DISTRICT TEAMS. WE WANT TO LISTEN TO YOUR BOARD.
WE WANT TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK IN A SECOND ABOUT HOW WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION.
THE OTHER THING WE BELIEVE IS THAT ALIGNMENT BUILDS TRUST AND COHESION.
SO WHEN WE'RE ALL TOGETHER IN A ROOM, I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE SCHOOL BOARD, BEEN A SCHOOL BOARD.
AND WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE, OH YEAH, THEY READ THAT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN I SAID THAT I SAID DURING COVID, I WOULD TEN TIMES READ AN EMAIL BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THE WAY IT MIGHT BE READ WASN'T NECESSARILY THE WAY I MEANT.
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A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE DO A STRATEGIC PLAN, IT REALLY BECOMES ABOUT LISTENING TO ALL THE VOICES, BUT LETTING THE VOICES ALSO, SOMETIMES THE ONES THAT ARE HISTORICALLY NOT HEARD BE HEARD.BUT WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING AND WE'RE FINDING THAT FACT FINDING MISSION.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT I LOVE, AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING WE DO, IS THE STRATEGIC DESIGN WORKSHOP.
SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET YOUR TEAMS TOGETHER AND PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH.
WHEN WE SAY WE WANT TO BE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS, WE PUT YOU IN TEAMS. EVERYONE WOULD HAVE ROLES AND WE WOULD BE SEEING ABOUT WHAT ALIGNMENT LOOKS LIKE, AND IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THE NEXT STEP WE TALK ABOUT IS BUILD.
AND GUESS WHO THE LOUDEST VOICE WAS WHEN WE BROUGHT OUR PLAN FORWARD, THOSE KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
SO POWER MAPPING REALLY HELPS US DO THIS.
I ALSO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH UVALDI.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT THAT I HAVE INTEGRATED INTO OUR PROCESS IS SOMETHING CALLED EMPATHY MAPPING, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET EVERYBODY'S VOICE HEARD. BUT WHEN WE DO EMPATHY MAPPING, SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT TALK TO YOU, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT TALK TO THE WHOLE GROUP, OR THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO COME TO A COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE DATA INFORMED, PROGRAMING THE FRAMEWORK AND IDENTIFYING A CORE COMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT IS CALLED COMMUNICATE AND CONNECT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, WE WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE STRATEGIC DESIGN WORKSHOP.
BECAUSE BY THAT I'M BUILDING CAPACITY WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT.
YOU'RE ALSO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
I SAY OFTEN, IF YOU CAN GET THE TEACHERS ON BOARD, YOU HAVE THE WORLD.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT WITH THIS TOO.
THE OTHER THING WE LOOK AT IS DATA DRIVEN FEEDBACK ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING.
WE WOULD LOOK AT STUDENT NEEDS.
WE WOULD LOOK AT INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND EVEN ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY.
WHEN YOU'RE A FAST GROWING DISTRICT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOTICE IS THAT YOU OFTENTIMES WILL HAVE BUILDINGS IN SOME AREAS THAT ARE OLDER AND YOUR BUILDING WHERE THE NEW STUFF IS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING.
AND SO WE ALSO HAVE AN ABILITY TO GO IN AND GET SOME DATA FROM THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
KRISTI, YOU MAY HAVE TO HELP ME AGAIN.
THIS IS KRISTI TALKING ABOUT PART OF THIS PROCESS, TOO.
SO LINDA AND I, AFTER THAT MEETING, WE HAD A COUPLE OF ZOOM CONVERSATIONS REALLY ABOUT WHERE OUR DISTRICT IS AS FAR AS VISION, MISSION, WHAT WE WANTED OUR KIDS TO EXPERIENCE, WHAT OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTED FROM OUR SCHOOLS WHAT OUR EDUCATORS, WHAT THEY WERE TRAINED IN, AND KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANTED TO SEE THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT.
AND SO SHE AND I HAD A COUPLE OF PLANNING SESSIONS, AND THE LONGER WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE FELT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH MISSION AND VISION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE SAME MISSION VISION ALIGNMENT.
AND THE REASON WE DO THIS IS, NUMBER ONE, IT GIVES YOU SOME CAPITAL TO SHARE.
IT GIVES YOU A FRAMEWORK TO WORK FROM.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL NOTICE THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WE ARE FROM EVERYBODY ELSE, IS WE WANT TO MOVE FROM YOUR VISION AND VISION TO WHAT YOUR TO CORE VALUES ARE. PORTRAIT OF A LEARNER.
WORK IS TO YOUR STUDENT PRIORITY LEARNING OUTCOMES TO THE EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HOW DOES THE CLASSROOM NEED TO BE DESIGNED TO SET UP FOR THAT? WHAT WE'LL WHAT I'LL SAY TO YOU IS THIS OFTENTIMES WE HAVE GREAT STUDENT PRIORITY LEARNING OUTCOMES, RIGHT? THEY SOUND FANTASTIC.
SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE DEVELOP THIS.
WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF INPUT FROM LEADERS.
AND THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
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SO WE'LL GO IN AND WE MIGHT DO THIS AS A GROUP.AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHARE IT OUT.
BUT I THINK THAT REALLY SHOWS AN ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE NEED IN ALIGNMENT.
BUT AS A DISTRICT, IT ALSO GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO SEE WHERE THEY FEEL PART OF THE PROCESS.
INSTEAD OF, HEY, I WENT TO ONE MEETING AND NOW I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S A THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED AN IMPACT REPORT THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH CAMPUSES.
WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF INSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING IN THERE, AND THEN HOW IS THAT ALIGNING AS WE GO DOWN THE DOWN THAT PATH? WE ALSO WOULD BE LOOKING AT ANY GAPS THAT MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED THAT WE SAW IN THE FIRST FRAMEWORK.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, A DISTRICT I WORKED WITH, WE THOUGHT WE HAD IT COVERED.
WE WERE LIKE, WE ARE ROCKING THIS MAN.
AND THEN WE HAD A PARENT COME IN AND SAY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? AND IT WAS A GAP THAT WE HAD MISSED.
SO THIS ALL SOUNDS I MEAN, LET'S BE HONEST, I'VE DONE THIS A MILLION TIMES.
WE HAVE MISSION AND VISION AND IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.
SOMETIMES WE CAN EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS ENSURE THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WHERE OUR CLASSROOMS ARE.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING CALLED ENGAGEMENT, WHERE WE LOOK AT USING THE MISSION AND VISION TO SET TO SET DISTRICT GOALS, TO SET CAMPUS GOALS AND ACTUALLY SEE THAT MATRIX, TO SEE WHERE WE ARE, WHICH GIVES US ANOTHER MEASUREMENT.
AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO REVIEW THE DATA.
NOW I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ABOUT THAN SOME PLACES IS WE REALLY WANT TO ENSURE THAT IT'S ALIGNED NOT JUST TO THE INSTRUCTION, THE CLASSROOM, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AFTER SCHOOL THINGS, CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, SPECIAL POPULATIONS, ALL OF THOSE PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS HAVE TO ALIGN.
THAT GOES BACK TO OUR FIRST STAGE.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THIS IS WHERE I'LL JUST BE HONEST.
YOU'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TODAY, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL GOING TO AGREE ON THE FIRST 3 OR 4 THINGS, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
WHERE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IS WE DO SOMETHING WE CALL THE GO PHASE.
AND THE GO PHASE IS HOW DOES THIS ACTUALLY GET IMPLEMENTED? WE ARE NOT PEOPLE THAT COME IN.
WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WHAT WE SAY IS HAPPENING IN YOUR CLASSROOMS. WE WANT TO HELP YOU GET THERE.
WE HAVE LOTS OF TOOLS TO HELP DO THAT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU HANGING.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT REGULAR REVIEW.
WE WANT TO LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE CLASSROOMS. WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE CLASSROOMS AND ALL THOSE PIECES.
AND EVEN FUTURE PROGRAMING WILL REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT THIS GO PHASE.
SO THIS WILL BE ONE MORE TIME.
SO I THINK FOR US A LOT OF THE VALUE COMES IN THE CONVERSATIONS COMES IN THE UNDERSTANDING.
LINDA IS REALLY GOOD AT DESIGNING ACTIVITIES AND AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS OF EDUCATORS THAT REALLY MAKE THEM THINK ABOUT, WHY ARE WE HERE? WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? WHY IS WHAT WE'RE DOING MAKING A DIFFERENCE? AND IS IT MAKING A DIFFERENCE? AND HOW COULD WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WILL MAKE INSTRUCTION SO MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS? SO SHE HAS A GREAT WAY OF PULLING THAT OUT OF PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CHANGE KIDS LIVES.
AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT.
FURNITURE BEING AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THAT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO I WANT TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU FOR A SECOND, TOO, THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS WITH AS WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WHERE IT'S CALLED LEGACY, LEVERAGE OR LET GO.
SO WHEN WE'VE DONE YOUR PLAN AND WE COME IN AND LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK PART AND WE LOOK AT THE GO PART, WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH YOUR WITH YOUR AND IT'LL BE REALLY WHO YOU DECIDE AS A BOARD AND AS, AS THE C-SUITE TEAM AND A DISTRICT TEAM.
WHO DO WE WANT TO BE LOOKING AT THIS? WHO DO WE WANT TO LOOK AND SAY, IS THIS PROGRAM WE'RE DOING MATCHING UP TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE WE SPEND LOTS OF MONEY IN DISTRICTS, AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TELL IF IT'S AN IMPACT. AND SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED LEGACY LEVERAGE OR LET GO.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS MISSION AND VISION PIECE, ONE OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT HAPPENS WITH THE GO STAGE IS REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT DO WE NEED TO KEEP AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE 80 INITIATIVES, GUESS HOW MANY INITIATIVES REALLY WORK VERY WELL?
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NONE. SO YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO KIND OF FOCUS ON THAT AREA.WHILE WE'RE DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE A TEAM MADE UP OF THOUGHT LEADERS.
WE ACTUALLY CHRISTIE AND I PRESENTED TOGETHER AT TSA THIS YEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO PROCESS UNLESS YOU'RE DOING THIS KIND OF STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE OTHER THING IS WE DO DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL TOOLS THAT WE USE.
AND THEN WE ALSO WILL HELP YOU DEVELOP YOUR OWN WALK THROUGH TOOL, IF THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND WE'RE WITH YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
SO I HAVE 17 SECONDS I AM WATCHING AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE DISTRICTS WE'VE WORKED WITH.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS THAT IS US.
OKAY. SO IT'S ONE MINUTE WE WERE ONE MINUTE WITH LESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THIS IS AND YOU MENTIONED LIKE A WALKTHROUGH AFTERWARDS IS BOARD GOALS AND MAYBE REWORKING OUR BOARD GOVERNANCE CALENDAR.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HELP WITH? YES. YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND SO WE TAKE THEIR WE TAKE THEIR BOARD GOALS AND PORTRAIT OF A LEARNER.
AND WE'VE OVERLAID THAT WITH INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE.
AND WE KIND OF CALL IT THE HOW WHY AND WHAT OF INSTRUCTION.
AND WE'RE BUILDING A WALKTHROUGH TOOL BASED ON THAT.
WITH OUR DISTRICT GROWING EXTREMELY FAST, WE'RE ALSO BECOMING A VERY DIVERSE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE BEEN WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PROCESS LEADING THOSE GROUP MEETINGS WHENEVER THERE ARE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES PRESENT? WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TOOL FOR THAT THAT WE CAN USE.
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO DO THERE'S ACTUALLY A PROGRAM.
I THINK WHAT WHAT WE WOULD IF WE PARTNERED TOGETHER, WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THAT IS WE WOULD TALK TO YOU BECAUSE IN MY EXPERIENCE TOO, IT'S A LOT OF TIMES, DEPENDING ON WHEN PEOPLE CAN BE THERE TO COME TO AN IN PERSON MEETING, AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO AN ONLINE MEETING.
SO WE MIGHT REALLY WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DO A BREAKFAST BRUNCH IN THE MORNING AND WE INVITE PARENTS TO COME OR WE DO A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE MAYBE EVERYBODY STARTS WORK AT TEN OR THEY'VE WORKED ALL NIGHT.
BUT WE WOULD REALLY RELY ON YOUR EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA.
A COUPLE OF TIMES, Y'ALL. BOTH TWO OF YOU MENTIONED EQUITABLE BUILDINGS.
TIE THAT INTO A STRATEGIC PLAN.
ALL RIGHT. EQUITABLE BUILDINGS.
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WITH THAT IS WHEN YOU'RE IN A HIGH GROWTH AREA, YOU WILL SEE.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL IT RIGHT SIZING.
YOU'LL HAVE SOME AREAS THAT AREN'T GROWING QUITE AS MUCH AS OTHER AREAS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE IS A TOOL THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH YOUR BUILDINGS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU WOULD USE IF YOU'RE A MASTER PLANNING, BUT YOU CAN GO THROUGH YOUR BUILDINGS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS BUILDING PROBABLY IS GOING TO NEED TO BE UPDATED OR RIGHT SIZED. THIS IS SOME THINGS WE MIGHT WANT TO PUT SOME THINGS WITH.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MASTER PLANNING AND I TALK ABOUT GOALS, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE GOALS, LIKE GOING BACK DOWN WHEN WE BLUEPRINT, IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ENVIRONMENT IMPLICATIONS OR DESIGN STANDARDS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS MAYBE I HAVE A NEW SCHOOL AND IT'S WAY FANCY.
IT'S GOT LIKE CUTE TABLES WITH WHEELS.
AND I MAY HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT HAS DESKS SO HEAVY THAT THE TEACHERS CAN'T MOVE THEM AT ALL.
SO THAT IS AN INEQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO HOW CAN YOU START MAKING A PLAN TOGETHER AS A BOARD TO WORK ON THAT? BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS.
AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT NECESSARILY BUILDING A NEW BUILDING.
AND WE HAVE WE HAVE ALL OF THAT.
LIKE YOU CAN SEE IT AS A DOCUMENT TOO.
BUT WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THAT FOR DISTRICTS, WITH BOND WORK.
OKAY. PROBABLY BETTER THAN ME. OKAY.
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THE THREE OF YOU ARE HERE TODAY, HOW MANY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WILL DO WE ANTICIPATE WORKING WITH IF WE CHOOSE Y'ALL? SO? SO DEPENDING ON IT WOULD BE ME.SO WE WOULD BE THREE WORKING ON THAT TOGETHER.
IT WOULD DEPEND AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE ALIGNMENT PHASE, WE WOULD BE LEANING ON YOU TO SAY, DO YOU WANT TO START WITH 80 PEOPLE? DO YOU WANT TO START WITH 120 PEOPLE? DO YOU WANT TO START WITH 20 PEOPLE? AND THEN WE WOULD MOVE THAT WAY WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT ON THE BACK END OF THAT WITH THINGS LIKE FEEDBACK, SURVEYS, WHERE I THINK THE HEAVY LIFTING PART IS OF THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LISTENING TOURS AND CONSOLIDATING ALL THAT DATA.
I THINK ONCE WE GET PAST THAT, THEN WE KIND OF HAVE A MORE SMALL CORE GROUP AND THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH WITH THE THREE OF US, AND WE WILL SIT DOWN AND START MAKING THESE, THESE DECISIONS TOGETHER.
I ANTICIPATE LOOKING AT IT AND I HAVE A TIMELINE I CAN SHARE WITH Y'ALL LATER.
THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY ABOUT HALF A DAY TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THIS WORK.
SO I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT, I GUESS EARLIER.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PARTNER, THAT JUST HANDS YOU A DOCUMENT AND LEAVES.
BUT WHAT REALLY OUR BENEFIT IS, IN ALL HONESTY, IS WORKING WITH YOUR DISTRICT, YOUR CAMPUS LEADERS.
BECAUSE I KNOW AND, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR NUNES, YOU'VE BEEN A BIG, LARGE DISTRICTS.
AND SO IT'S DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO ENSURE YOU TELL EVERYBODY AT YOUR CAMPUS WHAT'S ALL GOING ON.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
DO WE HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH CAMPUS LEADERS AND DO WE SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS IN THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
I WOULD WANT TO MEET WITH ALL THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS.
AND I WOULD WANT THAT PERSON THAT WAS IN THAT KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUP TO LEAD IT WITH ME.
SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE COMING IN AND SAYING, THIS IS HOW THIS IS.
THEY CAN COME IN AND USE IT FOR THEIR OWN WORDS.
SO YOU'LL BE HEARING TWO ADDITIONAL LADIES THAT ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT.
WILL YOU ALL BE PRESENT DURING THIS PROCESS? YES, YES.
WE'LL BE SO WE HAVE 58 EMPLOYEES, I THINK, IN TEXAS ALONE AND THEN 400 NATIONWIDE.
AND THEN AS AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE PUT A VISION OR A ROLL OUT EXECUTION PLAN TOGETHER, IT'S THE ABILITY TO PULL IN THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP DRIVE AT A CAMPUS LEVEL OR THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OR WITH THE TEACHERS, DEPENDING ON THE RATE OF ATTRITION THAT WE WANT TO PUT INTO THE STRATEGY.
SO REALLY, IT'S HAVING A DEDICATED TEAM SPECIFICALLY IN WITH THE BOARD, WHICH WILL BE THE THREE OF US, PLUS TWO OTHERS, AS WELL AS THEN THE RESOURCES TO PULL IN AS WE NEED BASED ON THE PLAN THAT WE WE PULL TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.
AND I KNOW IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH IN DEPTH WE GO, TIMELINE WISE.
WHAT DO YOU ALL ABOUT? HOW LONG DOES Y'ALL'S PROCESS TAKE? SO IT DEPENDS ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT ONE IS THE LISTENING TOUR I HAVE DOWN FOR FOUR WEEKS BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE TO KIND OF GIVE THAT MUCH TIME.
BUT I THINK YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO WANT BOTH.
EMPATHY MAP, THAT'LL BE ABOUT 3 TO 4 WEEKS, JUST DEPENDING ON THE.
WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT IN TWO BECAUSE WE'LL JUST HAVE LITTLE MINI WORKSHOPS.
WE'LL JUST SCHEDULE THOSE THE DEVELOP PIECE PROBABLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT ENGAGE.
THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT LEVEL, HOW DEEP WE WANT TO GET INTO THAT.
SO THE REST OF IT ENGAGE FEEDBACK AND GO JUST DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE DO YOU WANT TO DO THE SITE SURVEY? DO YOU WANT TO DO AN IMPACT REPORT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOMS? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THAT MAKES THE TIME A LOT, A LOT SHORTER.
BUT I WOULD SAY YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE.
I'D RATHER TAKE OUR TIME TO GET IT REALLY GOOD.
AND THEN IT'S GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I DON'T WANT TO RUSH US.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHO THE TWO ADDITIONAL LADIES ARE AND WERE THERE?
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WHAT WERE THEIR SUPERINTENDENTS OF? YES. THERE ONE IS SHARON WRIGHT AND SHE ACTUALLY WORKS WITH TIA RIGHT NOW ON SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION AS A CONSULTANT.SO SHE'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD CONNECTIONS.
AND THE OTHER LADY'S NAME IS DOCTOR JUDY WHITIS, AND SHE WAS AT NEW LONDON ISD AND SHE JUST RETIRED.
NOW I MAY PULL IN SOME OTHER PEOPLE, DEPENDING ON HOW TOUGH THIS GETS.
IF WE WANT TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE, THOSE ARE THE ONES I KNOW.
AND WE WE THEY HELPED WRITE THE RFP, ALL THOSE THINGS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU TEAM. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU. SHOULD HEAR BACK. YOU SHOULD HEAR BACK FROM YOU.
HEAR BACK FROM MISS LUDWIG AND HER TEAM AROUND THE 1ST OF AUGUST.
AND SO THE BOARD IS GOING TO DEBRIEF FUTURE MEETINGS AND TALK ABOUT WHO DIDN'T WANT TO SELECT.
AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR BACK FROM MISS LUDWIG, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS.
AND I KNOW YOU FACE SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES.
SO NO MATTER WHO YOU CHOOSE, I KNOW IT'LL BE SOMEBODY YOU PUT THOUGHT INTO.
AND WE APPRECIATE BEING PART OF THE PROCESS.
BUT WE WOULD ALSO REALLY LOVE TO PARTNER WITH LAMAR.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A THREE MINUTE BREAK.
FIVE MINUTE BREAK, FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
THROUGH. AM I SAYING THAT CORRECT? THROUGH. OKAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR, OUR BOARD SECRETARY, MR. JOHN WELCH. HE SERVED AS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.
ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST I WANT TO SAY WELCOME.
I SERVED WITH MR. LAMBERT HERE AND MRS BOX ON THE ON THE BOARD STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND WE WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP THE RFQ THAT SENT OUT THAT YOU GUYS RESPONDED TO.
AND THE THREE OF US RANKED ALL THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES WE GOT AND Y'ALL MADE THE CUT.
SO SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WELCOME.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO PRESENT TO US AND THE ADMINISTRATION TONIGHT.
YOU'LL HAVE ABOUT YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES TOTAL.
YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, TEN MINUTES FOR Q&A.
HOWEVER, YOU LIKE TO DECIDE TO SPLIT THAT UP, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE MORE TIME FOR ONE OR THE OTHER, YOU FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.
ALL RIGHT, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE LET US KNOW.
BUT I WILL TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU GUYS TO COME UP TO THE.
NOW, NOW, NOW IT'S YOUR SHOW, OKAY.
OH, THERE IS A AND THERE'S THERE'S A TIMER HERE.
THIS DESK HERE THAT HAS 30 MINUTES.
AND SO JUST TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK, BUT IT IS, IT IS YOUR SHOW.
NOW, THERE'S A CLICKER ON THE PODIUM FOR YOU AS WELL.
GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THROUGH CONSULTING IS A NATIONAL K12 CONSULTANCY, AND WE HELP DISTRICTS SERVE THEIR OR SOLVE THEIR MOST CHALLENGING PROBLEMS. WE WERE VERY INTERESTED WHEN WE SAW YOUR RFP, AND BASED ON THE COMPONENTS OF THE DISTRICT, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD WE WOULD RESPOND IN ADDITION TO SERVING DISTRICTS, I ALSO SERVE UP UNTIL DECEMBER, I WAS AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
SO IT'S STRANGE STANDING ON THIS SIDE OF THE PODIUM AS OPPOSED TO BEING ON THAT SIDE OF THE PODIUM.
SO I SERVED TWO TERMS AS AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, WHERE MY STUDENTS SERVE.
AND I AM THRILLED ABOUT THE INVOLVEMENT THAT THIS BOARD HAS IN IT.
IT'S ANOTHER THING FOR THE BOARD TO BE TO HAVE A ROLE IN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING IT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR FOR SOME TIME.
SO I'M GOING TO LET MY TEAM INTRODUCE MYSELF.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE ONE OF MY TEAMMATES AFTERWARDS.
AND I'LL GO TO THAT PAGE TOO IF I CAN.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN EDUCATION MY ENTIRE CAREER.
I STARTED AS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER IN NEW YORK AND NORTH CAROLINA.
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I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME WORK IN TEXAS AS WELL.I PARTNERED WITH THE WITH TIA TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AROUND SB 1882, THE TEXAS PARTNERSHIPS.
I'M ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ECTOR COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND ONE OF THEIR BIG INITIATIVES AROUND PROVIDING BETTER INTERNET ACCESS TO STUDENTS TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY. I ALSO HAVE WORKED TO HELP BUILD THE BUILD AND DIVERSIFY THE EDUCATOR PIPELINE WITH TEACH FOR HOUSTON.
I'M HANNAH FARRELL FROM TULSA, OKLAHOMA AND HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY IN TEXAS.
SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN AUSTIN AND HOUSTON.
BUT I'M ALSO A FORMER TEACHER, TAUGHT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MATH AND SCIENCE IN TULSA FOR A FEW YEARS, ALSO WORKED IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, AND THEN WENT INTO MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FOR A GLOBAL CONSULTING FIRM BEFORE COMING TO THROUGH.
SO VERY EXCITED TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS HERE AND SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND I'LL INTRODUCE OUR MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, DOCTOR ROBERT RAVOSA.
HE COULDN'T BE HERE WITH US TODAY WHEN YOU GUYS SCHEDULED THE MEETING.
HE'S DELIVERING A BOARD WORKSHOP IN PLANO, TEXAS TODAY.
HE'S SUPPORTING WORK, SUPPORTING ON BEHALF OF THE TO FOR LA JOLLA.
THEY HAVE BOARD MEETINGS TODAY.
AND YOU GUYS HAD A BOARD MEETING SO HE COULDN'T SHIFT NOT BEING HERE.
HE'S A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL.
HE WAS A DISTRICT LEADER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
HE WAS A PRINCIPAL. HE WAS A SUPERINTENDENT OF FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS AT 25TH LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY, AND THEN PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL, THE NINTH LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY. I GOT TO KNOW HIM.
I WAS, I WAS HE WAS MY CLIENT.
AND I HELPED DEVELOP HIS STRATEGIC PLAN AT FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS AND PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS.
HE'S PART HE'S PART OF OUR DELIVERY TEAM.
IN ADDITION TO THE WORK AND SUPPORTING HELPING TO RUN BOARD RETREATS AND SUPPORTING SUPERINTENDENTS, HE RUNS A SUPERINTENDENT ACADEMY CALLED THE EDUCATION FOR THE FORUM FOR EDUCATION LEADERSHIP BASED IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
HE HAS 350 MEMBERS HAVE GONE THROUGH IT AND GONE OFF TO BE SUPERINTENDENTS.
HIS DISTRICT'S HE'S SUPPORTING RIGHT NOW ARE HOUSTON, AUSTIN, DALLAS, ESSER.
THIS IS JUST IN TEXAS TO JUST I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BRINGING LOCAL CONTEXT.
AND THAT'S SOME OF THE SUPPORT THAT HE'S HAD.
AT SOME POINT LATER, WE RECORDED HIM AND TALKING SO ABOUT US AS OUR TEAM INTRODUCED OURSELVES.
WE'VE BEEN TRAINED, YOU KNOW, AT SOME OF THE LARGEST, MOST PRESTIGIOUS CONSULTANCIES IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION AND WE'VE DEVOTED OUR CAREERS TO HELPING WITH STUDENT STUDENT OUTCOMES, INCLUDING GIVING UP PERSONAL TIME, AS YOU GUYS HAVE AS BOARD MEMBERS.
IN THAT TIME AS WELL WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LED MORE THAN 150 STRATEGIC PLANS.
WE I THINK SOMETHING THAT REALLY DIFFERENTIATES US.
AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL SEE AS WE TALK TO OUR PROCESS, ENGAGING THE BOARD IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS WORK WE MOSTLY FOCUSED JUST ON THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.
WE ALSO VISIT AS MANY SCHOOLS AS WE CAN.
WE YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN METHODOLOGY IS ABOUT SEVEN TRIPS OUT HERE.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO ACTUALLY BE OUT IN THE SCHOOLS AND HEARING FROM WHAT STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY.
AND WE DIDN'T ALWAYS START THAT WAY A LOT OF THE TIMES, AND I FEEL THAT WE'VE MADE MISTAKES IN THE PAST BY JUST ALLOWING VOICES TO BE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE MEETINGS, GOING THROUGH IT.
BEING IN SCHOOLS IS SUPER IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR OUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FOR THE BUY IN FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE THE BUY IN FOR THE THE TEACHERS, THE PRINCIPALS, PARENTS AND THAT STUFF. AND THEN LASTLY, WE THOUGH WE HAVE A METHODOLOGY THAT'S BEEN HONED OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS OR SO.
WE'RE INCREDIBLY FLEXIBLE IF THINGS COME UP AND CHANGE AND THAT THE DISTRICT WANTS TO MAKE A CHANGE, THE BOARD HAS A CHANGE IN DIRECTION AND IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT. BUT WE ARE INCREDIBLY FLEXIBLE.
WE HAVE YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SERVING DISTRICTS FOR, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS.
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WE HAVE 100% SUCCESS RATE WITH ANY DISTRICT WE'VE EVER SERVED.AND NOT THAT THINGS HAVE ALWAYS GONE GREAT.
WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS METHODOLOGY.
AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL FIND IF YOU CHOOSE TO WORK WITH US, THAT YOU FIND REALLY TRUE PARTNERS.
AND A LOT OF THE FIRMS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING TO ARE PRETTY WELL QUALIFIED AS WELL.
WE'LL GO ON TO. SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT NOW ABOUT THE COMPONENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
ONE OF THOSE, AND THIS IS BUILT OVER THE EIGHT MONTHS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU.
ONE OF THOSE IS THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION.
THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR PLAN ITSELF.
WITHIN THAT, WE REALLY FOCUS ON MAKING IT ACTIONABLE AND DATA DRIVEN.
SO WE BUILD OUT A SET OF INITIATIVES WHICH FALL UNDER THEMES AND THE PLAN AND THOSE ARE VERY SUCCESS METRIC, HAVE SUCCESS METRICS TIED TO THEM AND VERY GROUNDED IN DATA, WHICH WE GATHER THROUGHOUT THE FIRST PROCESS.
WHEN WE THE FIRST STAGES OF THE PLAN.
SO STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IS ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF THIS.
AND I'LL SPEAK MORE TO THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE DO THAT THROUGH SCHOOL VISITS.
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF METHODS OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, STUDENTS, TEACHERS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK THAT'S THE PURPOSE AND WE HAVE TO STAY GROUNDED IN THAT.
SO MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, AND THEN WE WANT TO MAKE IT PRACTICE BASED.
EXCELLENT. SO PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SO WE DO THIS THROUGH GOING TO SCHOOLS.
WE TOOK THAT DATA AND BUILT IT INTO THE PLAN WE'RE DOING OUT THERE.
BUT LIKE DAVID MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE.
BUT OF COURSE, THAT WAS THE NEEDS OF THEIR DISTRICT.
SO WE PARTNERED WITH THE LOCAL CHURCH AND WE FOUND SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE 80 INDIVIDUALS.
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR ALL OF THEIR VOICES.
SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A PLACE WHERE WE COULD GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE DATA WE'D COLLECTED, BECAUSE THIS WAS A DATA WORKSHOP, WE HAD BREAKOUT ROOMS AND WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL AROUND WHO WE PUT IN WHICH ROOM TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A MIXED BAG.
WE HAD EVERYONE FROM PARENTS, WE HAD ADMINISTRATORS, WE HAD SECURITY OFFICERS.
SO IT WAS A VERY BROAD REPRESENTATION.
SO THAT IS HOW WE BUILT OUR INITIATIVES MOVING FORWARD.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN ALL OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANS, IS WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY BEING DATA DRIVEN, BUT HEARING THE RIGHT VOICES AND THEN INCORPORATING THAT IN THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
SO I WILL PASS IT TO DANIELA TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
WE'VE TRIED SOME THINGS OVER TIME AND ADJUSTED AS WE WENT.
AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THESE SEVEN STEPS OVER EIGHT MONTHS TEND TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE.
AND JUST A FEW THINGS TO POINT OUT ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE SET THEM UP.
AND THEN COMING OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE HAVE SOME NEXT STEPS.
AND THEN WE'RE MEET WITH THAT COMMITTEE AGAIN.
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TO BE EFFECTIVE. AND ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO CREATE A PLAN THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE ON BOARD WITH THAT AND THAT THE DISTRICT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFULLY.AND JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO OTHER THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE TIMELINE.
ONE IS GENERALLY WE SPEND ABOUT A MONTH ON EACH OF THE STEPS.
AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT THE DATA PIECE, WHICH IS REALLY THE ANCHOR OF SO MUCH OF THE WORK WE DO BECAUSE THE PLAN HAS TO COME FROM THOSE FROM THAT DATA GATHERING AND FEEDBACK. WE DO ALLOW TWO MONTHS FOR IN PART, THAT'S BECAUSE WE NEED TO COLLECT THE DATA AND THAT TAKES SOME TIME AND COORDINATION, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT ENGAGEMENT LOOKED LIKE LOOKS LIKE IS GOING TO VARY BY THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO DO WHAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT FOR FOR LAMAR.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING SO FAR.
THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADING IN.
DOES THIS FEEL RIGHT? WHAT ADJUSTMENTS DO WE NEED TO MAKE? OR WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD? SO REALLY BUILDING IN THOSE CHECKPOINTS ALONG THE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND THAT WE'RE HEARING WHAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD AND MOVING FORWARD ON A PLAN THAT FEELS DOABLE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
GREAT. SO WITHIN THE PROPOSAL, WE HAD OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND THIS TRULY IS IT'S A IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
IF THERE'S MAYBE A TOPIC OR AN ISSUE THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING OR DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE, BUILDING ACTIVITIES, FINDING ARTICLES THAT MAYBE WILL ADDRESS A CONCERN AGAINST GETS TO SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE THE TAILORING WILL DO FOR, FOR EACH DISTRICT.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PRESENT AND TO LEAD DIFFERENT SESSIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO LEAD.
WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO TAKE A STEP BACK AS MUCH AS THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO AND WANTS TO BE THE FACE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE, WHETHER IT BE BOARD MEMBERS OR MEMBERS OF SENIOR LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE DISTRICT, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES AND NOT JUST FACILITATE.
SO WE OFTEN KIND OF PARTNER IN THOSE ROLES AND TRANSITION OVER TIME BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE KNOW OUR TIME IN THIS ENGAGEMENT WILL END, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS POSITIONED TO KEEP IT GOING AND TO KEEP IT GOING SUCCESSFULLY.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SHOW ONE EXAMPLE HERE, AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS BEFOREHAND.
I WANTED TO A BIG THANK YOU TO JILL LUDWIG, YOUR CFO.
WHEN WE MADE WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM, WE MADE THE DECISION TO COME DOWN HERE.
SHE WAS SO INCREDIBLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT YOUR PROCESS, AND IT WAS AN INVESTMENT FOR US TO BE HERE.
BUT BASED ON WHAT SHE HAD SHARED WITH US, WE KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT PLACE TO COME.
AND THEN THANK YOU FOR CHAD FOR HELPING TO COORDINATE SOME OF THIS WORK.
THIS IS ABOUT TWO MINUTES LONG, SO WE HAVE 15 MINUTES.
SO I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY WATCH MOST OF IT.
KENTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MORE THAN 9000 STUDENTS, 1700 STAFF AND THE MOST DIVERSE DISTRICT IN MICHIGAN IN THE TOP TEN FOR DIVERSITY IN THE NATION.
EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY IN EDUCATION IS OUR STANDARD, AND IT SHOWS KPS IS HOME TO NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS, A NATIONAL BEATING THE ODDS SCHOOL CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS NATIONAL SHOWCASE SCHOOLS HONORED BY THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, AND RECENTLY HIGHLIGHTED FOR OUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS FACED.
THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DID NOT JUST HAPPEN.
THEY WERE PART OF INTENTIONAL WORK AND PLANNING TO SERVE THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF OUR DISTRICT.
BUT THIS IS ONLY JUST THE BEGINNING BECAUSE OUR STANDARD IS EXCELLENCE.
IT'S TIME TO SET NEW GOALS, TO TAKE ON NEW CHALLENGES.
THIS WORK WILL INVOLVE LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY, RESEARCHING DISTRICT NEEDS, COLLABORATING TO SET GOALS, AND WORKING TOGETHER TO DESIGN INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, ALL WITH THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
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IN THE COMING MONTHS, THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR VOICES TO BE HEARD BECAUSE YOUR INPUT IS ESSENTIAL TO THIS PROCESS.WE WILL NOT REST ON OUR PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT INSTEAD BUILD UPON THEM.
GO, FALCONS! THANK YOU. SO WE IF WE GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION.
SO WE DID THIS THROUGHOUT FOR ENGAGEMENT.
WE WROTE THE SCRIPT. WE SUPPORTED THE EDITING OF IT AND HELPED HELPED DURING THE COURSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE COMMUNICATING THE PLAN TO BUILD THE RIGHT BUY IN THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. THE MIDDLE REPRESENTS THIS IS THE SUPERINTENDENT IN IN MIDLAND, TEXAS.
THIS WAS HELPING. THIS IS AFTER BOARD WORKSHOP, BOARD WORKSHOP.
AND ON THE RIGHT IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE ACTUAL STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS IS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT LATER.
WHEN WE HAD SHOWED SOME OF THE WORK OF THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
THEY LIKE THE VIDEO DRONE FOOTAGE IN THE KENWOOD ONE.
I HAD A DRONE. SO FOR HIM I HELPED THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THE RIGHT.
WE'VE WE FILMED SCHOOLS FROM FROM UPPER BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF VIDEO ON IT TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE NOT HIRING US FOR OUR DRONE ABILITIES, BUT WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT GETS WHAT THEY WANT, THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR INCREDIBLE FLEXIBILITY. SO THIS WAS BEGINNING BEFORE IT STARTED IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN AFTERWARDS TO.
AND WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT AND AUTHENTIC COMMUNICATION IS.
AND I GET A LOT OF THAT FROM DOCTOR VOSA.
AND IT'S BEING VERY INTENTIONAL.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN, IT'S ABOUT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING IT.
SO TO THAT NOTE, THIS I THINK IS IMPORTANT, SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SHARE.
SO THE LEFT IS THIS IS A PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS.
AND THEY VERY MUCH DEFINE WHAT THE INITIATIVES WERE AND THEIR VISIONS.
HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN DONE IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A COORDINATION AND FOCUS FROM THE BOARD ON THESE WERE THE INITIATIVES, AND THESE WERE THE GOALS THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON ON THE RIGHT.
THAT'S BOTETOURT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA.
IT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN WE COMPLETED RECENTLY.
THEY THEY HAD BEEN STRUGGLING WITH OVER ENROLLMENT IN SOME SCHOOLS UNDER ENROLLMENT AT OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT THERE HAD BEEN NO FOCUS OF VISION COLLECTIVELY, COLLECTIVELY AMONGST THE BOARD ABOUT SOME PRETTY TOUGH DECISIONS THAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME TOGETHER FOR A COLLECTIVE VISION, WHICH HAS PUT THEM ON THE PATH NOW TO MAKING SOME PRETTY HARD DECISIONS AROUND SCHOOL REALIGNMENTS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
IF YOU GO LOOK AT ITS WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT ARE THE RESULT OF ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST SITTING ON A DESK.
SOME EXAMPLES, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, WERE A NATIONAL CONSULTANCY.
I HAVE SUPPORTED FORT WORTH AND HOUSTON AND AUSTIN AND PLANO, TEXAS.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE BRING A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
IF THERE'S AN IDEA OR INITIATIVE THAT COMES ABOUT THAT THE DISTRICT IS INTERESTED IN, BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE DATA, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT EXPERTISE OR EXAMPLE EXAMPLE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, I TOLD YOU IN THE BEGINNING THAT I SHOWED YOU THE VIDEO KENWOOD.
THEY'RE THE FIFTH MOST DIVERSE DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY, AND THEY SPEAK 30 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THERE.
BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEY WERE TRYING TO THINK, WELL, WHAT INITIATIVES COULD WE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP SUPPORT BETTER COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES THAT SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, RATHER THAN JUST HAVING THEM, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THINGS ON THEIR OWN? LET'S CONNECT THEM TO DISTRICTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS ONE OF OUR CLIENTS.
SO SIMILARLY, WE WILL USE OUR NETWORKS, NOT JUST OUR NETWORKS, BUT DOCTOR, DOCTOR VOS, DOCTOR VOCES NETWORKS WITH CHIEFS FOR CHANGE, WHICH IS A NATIONAL URBAN ORGANIZATION THAT CONNECTS DISTRICTS AS WELL.
SO YOU'RE GETTING FROM US TAPPING INTO EXPERTISE NOT JUST IN TEXAS, BUT BUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND I THINK THAT I THINK THAT ENDS OUR, OUR PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES. ANY QUESTIONS? I CAN APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ARE OUT OF STATE AND THE COST THAT COMES.
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WITH THAT IN MIND, HOW MANY OF THE SEVEN STEPS, HOW MANY OF THOSE? WE ALL BE HERE ON THE GROUND? SEVEN. SO ALL SEVEN.AND THE WAY THAT WORKS. AND LET ME I'LL START AND THEN I'LL LET DANIELA OR HANNAH ADD IN IS WE THOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S DONE IN BETWEEN THE MONTHS, WE USUALLY HAVE A PLANNING TEAM OF AROUND 20 FOLKS THAT WE WORK WITH AFTER, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE SELECTED, WE WORK WITH YOU TO DECIDE WHO THE 20 DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE REALLY HELPING JUST TO GUIDE THE WORK ON A ON A MONTHLY BASIS THAT MEET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH IDEAS, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING INPUT ALONG THE WAY FROM OTHERS, BUT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT TALKS ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENT STEPS ALONG THE WAY, AND EACH STEP IS A DIFFERENT THEME, AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE USUALLY DONE.
OOPS, SORRY. I'M SORRY I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY.
IN THE PAST, WE DID THESE ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO DIVIDING THEM OUT OVER TIME.
SO EACH MONTH IS A DIFFERENT THEME AND FOCUS THAT WE FOCUS ON OVER, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
LOTS OF WORK THAT GOES IN BETWEEN IT.
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BREAK IS DATA COLLECTION.
OUR FIRST MONTH IS JUST ABOUT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.
WE KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND YOU HAVE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS.
SO THE FIRST MONTH IS JUST FIGURING OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS.
ARE WE GOING TO GO TO ARE WE GOING TO CONDUCT, YOU KNOW, SESSIONS AT FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS THE WAY THAT HANNAH MENTIONED? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE FORUMS WHERE WE BRING, YOU KNOW, STAFF AND STUDENTS TOGETHER? SO WE FIGURE OUT ALL THAT TOGETHER.
WE'RE NOT PRESCRIBING AND TELLING YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE LIKE.
THE GROUP HELPS COME UP WITH THOSE THINGS.
SO IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE A TOOLBOX THAT WE PULL FROM.
THAT ANSWER? THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
SO LET'S SAY IF OUR BOARD DECIDES TO GO WITH THROUGH WHAT CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE.
POST STRATEGIC PLAN AND FOLLOW UP AND UPDATE OF STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO WE WILL I MEAN, WE NEVER GO AWAY.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS HERE. SO WE'RE THERE.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED THE PLAN.
WHAT I HONESTLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED FROM DOCTOR RAVOSA WAS HELPING TO ESTABLISH A ROLE THAT REPORTED TO THE BOARD EVERY SINGLE MONTH ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.
IT'S A BOARD, A BOARD REPORTING MECHANISMS THAT WILL HELP SET YOU UP WITH.
SO THAT ON MY HOPE AND AGAIN, IT DEPENDS.
YOUR SUPERINTENDENT MIGHT THINK OTHERWISE IS AS FAR AS CREATING EXPECTATIONS.
BUT MY HOPE IS THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS A LEADER FROM THE DISTRICT AND USUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY, SOMEONE THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS REPORTS TO THE DISTRICT, THE PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH OUR OUR ENGAGEMENT, OUR HOPE IS THE REASON WHY WE ALSO HAVE EIGHT MONTHS AND I KNOW IT SAYS ABOUT BUILDING THE MUSCLE IS THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE LAST STAGE AROUND GOVERNANCE AND MONITORING, YOU GUYS ARE GOOD TO GO.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE SPREAD IT OUT.
SO IT DOESN'T JUST WHAT WE FOUND IS WHEN DISTRICTS LIKE DO IT REALLY QUICKLY IN THREE MONTHS, LIKE THERE'S A BETTER CHANCE THAT YOU WON'T ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND SO WHEN Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT VISITING SCHOOLS WHAT WHAT IS WHAT IS YOUR VISION OF WHAT YOU WOULD GET FROM VISITING SCHOOLS? DO YOU OWN THE CLASSROOMS OR ARE YOU JUST THERE TO TALK TO STUDENTS OR WHAT IS THAT? SO VISITING SCHOOLS, WE REALLY WANT TO WALK THE HALLWAYS.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE OF THE DISTRICT.
WE WANT TO TALK TO ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
SO WE WERE IN VISALIA, CALIFORNIA AND VISITED SEVERAL SCHOOLS THERE.
WITHIN THAT, WE WE TYPICALLY MEET WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND AT FIRST AND JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION, SHARE MORE ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE VISION, BECAUSE WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THEIR FEEDBACK AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH INTO THE PLAN.
BUT THEN WE TALK TO STUDENTS AS WELL.
WE VISIT THE CLASSROOMS. THEY TYPICALLY THE PRINCIPAL WILL TAKE US ON A TOUR AND WALK US INTO THE CLASSROOM.
TYPICALLY IT'S NOT DURING THE MIDDLE OF A LESSON.
OR IF IT IS, WE'LL JUST KIND OF STAND IN THE BACK AND OBSERVE.
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SEE IN THE PLAN. BECAUSE WHILE WE DO HAVE SOME TEACHERS AND ADMIN AND PARENTS INVOLVED IN THE THE WORKSHOPS, WE DO.NOT EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO DO THAT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE.
AND IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, ARE WE MISSING SOMETHING FROM ALL THESE OTHER CONVERSATIONS? SO PART OF IT IS LIKE A BACKSTOP OR A CHECK ON WHERE WE'RE GOING, MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUCH AND SUCH A SCHOOL OR SUCH AND SUCH A POPULATION, HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY SAY THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO THEM AND CAN PULL THAT EXPERIENCE? AND THE EXAMPLE THAT HANNAH GAVE VASILI IS A CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.
7% OF THEIR KIDS GO OFF TO FOUR YEAR COLLEGES, 7%.
THAT'S IT. GO OFF TO FOUR YEAR COLLEGES.
AND THEY WE MET, WE WENT TO WE VISITED, WE VISITED ABOUT 30 SCHOOLS.
WE WENT TO THIS ONE PARTICULAR EXPULSION SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAVE LAWS. IF THEY EXPEL KIDS, THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY JUST BE EXPELLED.
THEY HAVE TO GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS.
WHY THEY'RE HERE, LIKE WE DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES IN PLACE AT THESE SCHOOLS.
WHY THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER ENDED UP HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE HAD SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES OR SIGNIFICANT INITIATIVES AROUND TEACHING AND LEARNING, BUT TO HEAR IT FIRSTHAND FROM TEACHERS TELLING US THAT, LIKE, WE FAILED THESE KIDS, WE FAILED.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IF WE HADN'T HEARD IT FIRSTHAND FROM FROM THE YOU KNOW, FROM THE TEACHERS AND SEEING KIDS THERE, SEEING KIDS THAT LOOK JUST LIKE MY MY SON'S THERE KNOWING THAT, LIKE, IF THEY WERE IN A DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND THEY HAD BETTER SUPPORTS FOR THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAN WHERE THEY WERE RIGHT NOW. AND WHICH FOR US, IT JUST FUELED SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR FIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PUSHING THE DISTRICT TO BE BOLD ABOUT THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT THEY WERE PUTTING IN PLACE.
ONE MORE QUESTION. MAKE IT QUICK, I WILL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIMELINE, BUT HAVE YOU USED THAT TIMELINE ON A SCHOOL DISTRICT AS LARGE AS OURS? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SEVERAL A LOT OF SCHOOLS AND A LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THE VESSEL ONE WE MENTIONED WAS ABOUT THE SAME TIMEFRAME.
IT'S ABOUT, I KNOW YOU'RE 41,000 OR ABOUT 35,000.
WE'RE IF IT NEEDS MORE TIME, WE CAN SPREAD IT OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND VISIT MORE.
SO WHEN WE'RE HERE, USUALLY FOR TWO DAYS, WE'LL HAVE A WORKSHOP.
IF WE NEED TO STRETCH IT ANOTHER MONTH, LIKE WE'RE NOT, WE WON'T SHORTCHANGE THE TIME WE WORK FOR.
WE'RE A SMALLER FIRM, SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT WE CAN DO.
THANK YOU. SO THE BOARD WILL DEBRIEF LATER ON AND THEY'LL MAKE A DECISION.
YOU WILL HEAR BACK FROM MISS LOGUE.
PROBABLY AROUND THE FIRST, 1ST OF AUGUST.
WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN JULY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE KNOW IT'S URGENT, BUT IT'S NOT THAT URGENT TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW.
AND SO YOU'LL HEAR BACK FROM US FIRST BY THE 1ST OF AUGUST ON OUR DIRECTION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MISS LUDWIG.
AND SHE CAN ANSWER AS MANY AS SHE CAN.
WE ARE ON CAMERA. SO TALK ABOUT THE THREE, WHAT WE THOUGHT, WHAT WE FELT.
WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUR THOUGHTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR MINDS.
NOW, IF THERE WAS ONE THAT STOOD OUT OR STOOD UP WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION UNTIL AUGUST 1ST.
SO THAT'S HIM. AND THEN WE CAN AS A COMMITTEE RECONVENE AS WELL.
SO IS THERE ANY THOUGHTS OR ANY ANY I FEEL LIKE THE SIZE OF OUR DISTRICT.
IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO TELL SOME OF THAT TIME WISE, AND EVERYBODY'S FLEXIBLE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THAT, BUT ARE THEY REALLY GOING TO BE ON THE GROUND AS MUCH AS WE THINK? IS THE COST GOING TO GO UP EVERY TIME WE ASK THEM TO COME BACK HERE? AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING I LOVED ABOUT EACH ONE, AND THANK SOMETHING I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT EACH ONE.
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SO IT'S A MATTER OF FINDING WHO'S GOING TO WORK WELL WITH US THAT WE CAN HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH.AND I THINK THEY ALL HAVE THEIR GOODS, BUT WHO WE CAN.
BUT LIKE YOU JUST SAID, MANDY, I WORRY ABOUT WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HERE CONSISTENTLY.
AND THEN WE CAN SEND THOSE RESPONSES BACK TO THE TRUSTEES.
AND SO WE CAN ASK EACH OF THEM TO CLARIFY THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IF YOU IF YOU WOULD DESIRE THAT.
ANYONE COUNCILMAN. THE OTHER ONE WAS NINE AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT.
JEEZ, I DON'T THINK THEY DID A TIMELINE, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST THAT THEY.
FAMILIARITY, WHICH IS AND I KIND OF KNOW.
WELL, I KIND OF LIKED THAT IDEA OF LIKE, KIND OF WHAT WE HEARD IN THAT SESSION KIND OF WORKING NOT BACKWARDS, BUT YOU HAVE YOUR PLAN OF SUCCESS OR PORTRAIT OF A STUDENT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, A PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE AND THOSE THINGS THAT YOU DEEM AS SUCCESS MARKERS OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN YOU AND THEN YOU KIND OF HAVE REALITY, LIKE, WHERE ARE WE? CLOSER. OH, SORRY.
I WAS JUST SAYING THAT I KIND OF LIKED WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE JG GUY ABOUT HAVING, LIKE, A PORTRAIT OF SUCCESS AND ENGAGING WHERE YOU GUYS ARE AND THEN HOW TO GET TO WHAT YOU AS A DISTRICT VIEW OR YOUR COMMUNITY VIEWS.
IN WHAT WAYS? I DON'T KNOW. I LIKE THAT CONCEPT.
AND WE HEARD THAT WHEN WE WERE AT THE ONE OF THE MEETINGS THE LAST OVER THE LAST WEEKEND, AND I JUST THOUGHT, OH, I WORRIED ABOUT THE SECOND ONE SEEMED IN THAT IT'S JUST MY OPINION WAS GETTING DOWN IN THE WEEDS, WAS GETTING TOO SPECIFIC ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS.
THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A LITTLE BIT BROAD, SO WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND NOT TO AREAS SPECIFIC.
BUT BUT LIKE YOU JUST SAID, SUZANNE, YOU HAVE TO.
YEAH. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HOLD ON TOO TIGHTLY.
SO HAVE WE. NO WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T DECIDED THAT.
WE HAVEN'T DECIDED. WE'VE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH WRITING A BRAND NEW ONE.
OKAY. AND UNLESS WE DECIDE THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARY, THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED.
AND THAT COULD BE A FOLLOW UP FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS IS BASED OFF OF OUR CURRENT PLAN.
WHERE DO YOU SEE US AND WHAT DO YOU SEE? OF I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO OF COURSE WANT THE LARGEST CONTRACT, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY CAN REALLY DO THAT WITHOUT TRULY TALKING AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND KNOWING WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.
AND AS A PROFESSIONAL, SHOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY IF THERE WERE BASED OFF OF WHERE OUR HISTORY AND ALL THAT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT WE HAVE THE RUBRICS IN FRONT OF US. IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US FILL OUT THESE RUBRICS.
WE'RE KIND OF SORRY THAT RUBRICS KIND OF VAGUE TO ME.
WHEN DO YOU WANT THAT TURNED IN BY? YOU HAVE A DATE. YOU WANT US TO TURN THAT IN? I'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE MORE.
RIGHT? YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TONIGHT.
IT'S LIKE A MERGER. GOOD EVENING.
YES. SO EACH OF THE TRUSTEES WILL FILL OUT THE RUBRIC, AND THEN THE SCORES ARE AVERAGED AND RANKED.
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RANKING. AND AT THAT POINT, DOCTOR NEVINS CAN START NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE VENDOR, THE NUMBER ONE RANKED VENDOR.WILL WE MEET AS A POLICY, I MEAN, AS A COMMITTEE AGAIN ON THIS OR.
WE CAN DO THE AVERAGE AND THEN OUR WEEKLY UPDATES.
WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT.
OR WHAT WE CAN DO IS GET ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN THE POLICY COMMITTEE, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE CAN MEET AGAIN AND THEN DISCUSS THAT, AND THEN THAT COMMITTEE CAN MAKE A DECISION BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE ENTIRE BOARD.
THEN I WILL GO TALK TO THAT FIRM ABOUT PRICING, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY UP TO THE BOARD.
THERE REALLY IS NO THERE IS NO COOKIE CUTTER WAY TO DO THIS.
THIS IS CUSTOM TO HOW YOU FEEL BEST.
SO THE QUOTES THAT THEY GAVE US, THAT'S NOT LIKE A FINAL.
THAT'S JUST A DID WE ARE THERE ANY FROM METEOR? I DIDN'T SEE ANY BALLPARKS FROM MYSTIC, BUT BETWEEN JG AND CREW THERE'S A HUGE PRICE DISCREPANCY.
IT IS. IT'S LIKE VERY LOW TO ALMOST LIKE MORE THAN $700,000.
$100,000. WHAT LESS TRAVEL THROUGH WITH SEVEN THREE.
IT WAS LIKE ONE. I HAVE IT AT $100,000 A MONTH.
YEAH, I THINK IT CAME OUT TO ABOUT ONE SEVEN.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE 117, 120 ON THROUGH.
I JUST SAW IT. I LOOKED AT IT BEFORE I CAME HERE.
I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING THAT MUCH.
MAYBE I'M MISTAKEN. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT.
WELL, YOU KNOW THOSE LADIES. THEY'RE NOT SO.
YEAH. AM I WRONG? IT SAYS $100,000 TO BE BILLED MONTHLY IN SEVEN EQUAL INVOICES OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN MONTHS.
THERE COULD BE 100,000 TOTAL SPLIT IN SEVEN PAYMENTS.
IF I IF I MAY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
THEY THEY REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN US THAT INFORMATION YET.
AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE SHOULD DISCUSS THAT OPENLY YET.
CLAY IS NOT HERE TO REALLY GIVE US GUIDANCE ON THAT.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION TO MAKE SURE I PROTECT THE BOARD IN THAT ASPECT.
AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH. BECAUSE THEY THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE PRESENTED THAT FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO THEY DID I MEAN REALLY THEY DID.
SO I THINK IT'S FINE IF WE HAD A CONVERSATION.
BECAUSE THIS, THIS, THIS VIDEO WILL BE LIVING ON A WEBSITE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? BUT AFTER THE BOARD SELECTS SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR INFORMATION AFTER YOU SELECT, THEN IF YOU DO SELECT A FIRM, NO MATTER WHAT THEY PUT IN THAT BOOKLET, I WILL GO TO THEM AND SAY, I KNOW WHAT YOU PUT IN THE BOOKLET, BUT WHAT'S WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE BEST PRICE YOU CAN DO FOR US SO THAT WE WILL HAVE NEGOTIATING POWER WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE BOARD ALSO HAS THE PEROGATIVE TO RANK.
SO THE BOARD CAN SAY WE LIKE THIS FIRM FIRST.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN YOU CAN GO TO THE SECOND FIRM AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.
AND SO THE BOARD CAN SAY, WE ONLY WANT TO TALK WITH THIS FIRM.
IF THEY DON'T WORK OUT, GO TO THE SECOND FIRM.
IF THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN WE'LL START THE WHOLE PROCESS.
SO AS I SAID, THE THE PROCESS IS TAILORED TO HOW THE BOARD WOULD LIKE.
DID ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RUBRIC ITSELF? IT'S LIKE A IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION.
I JUST FEEL LIKE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT OR MORE DETAILED? I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, THE GOOD THING IS WE HAVE TIME.
YEAH. THE GOOD THING IS, IS THE GOOD THING IS WE HAVE TIME.
AND SO THE REASON WHY THE COMMITTEE DECIDED THIS TIMELINE WAS BECAUSE WE CAN DO ALL THIS NOW.
WE CAN START IN AUGUST WITH A FIRM.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A YEAR LONG PROCESS.
I HAVE A SUGGESTION IS THAT IF EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD, INCLUDING MR. HUBENAK, IS NOT HERE, WOULD WOULD TURN THIS IN, I DON'T KNOW, ROUGHLY BY JULY 20TH ISH, THEN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE COULD PLAN A DATE THAT WORKS
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FOR EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULE, AND THE THREE OF US COULD GET BACK TOGETHER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION SO THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME TO HAVE THAT DECISION BEFORE THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD WAY TO GO.I KNOW WE COULD OBVIOUSLY GO BACK AND WATCH THIS, BUT CAN WE GET THE SLIDE DECKS THAT THEY USED TO SEND TO US VIA EMAIL? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT JULY 20TH IS A SATURDAY, SO.
YEAH. YEAH, THAT MONDAY IS THE JULY 15TH, IF WE CAN PLAN ON.
SURE. THAT WOULD GIVE US TIME TO SCHEDULE A PLANNING COMMITTEE AGAIN, A MEETING AGAIN.
AND THEN WE COULD HAVE THOSE RESULTS BY THE AUGUST 5TH BOARD MEETING.
JULY 15TH. IF THERE IS ANY MORE DISCUSSION.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 5:56 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.