[Grievance Hearing on May 6, 2026.]
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ARE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO HEAR AND CONSIDER THE LEVEL FOUR GRIEVANCE APPEAL BROUGHT BY DAVID HOWARD PURSUANT TO BOARD POLICY F AND G LOCAL AND GQAGKA LOCAL. FOR THE RECORD, A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT. WOULD THE GRIEVANCE AND ANY REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES FOR THE RECORD? PUSH THE BUTTON. YOU GOT IT. I'M DAVID HOWARD, THE FATHER. THE PARENT. I'M ASIA HOWARD ON BEHALF OF IZZY HOWARD. ISABELLA. THANK YOU. WOULD MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES FOR THE RECORD? MOLLY HOLUB, COUNSEL FOR THE DISTRICT. MARLON WAYANS, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT. CHRIS LYNN, CAMPUS COORDINATOR. YOLANDA SNOW, HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH. THIS GRIEVANCE IS A LEVEL FOUR APPEAL FILED BY DAVID HOWARD UNDER BOARD POLICY F AND G AND GKA. THIS MATTER IS BEING RECORDED. THIS GRIEVANCE CONSOLIDATES AND CONSIDERS ALL GRIEVANCES THAT WERE SUBMITTED AND CONSIDERED AT LEVEL THREE, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL GRIEVANCES FILED BY MR. HOWARD AT LEVEL FOUR. THE BOARD HAS BEEN PROVIDED THE GRIEVANCE RECORD TO REVIEW, WHICH INCLUDES MULTIPLE GRIEVANCES FILED AT EACH LEVEL, AS WELL AS THE GRIEVANCE DECISIONS AT LEVELS ONE THROUGH THREE. I WILL NOW ASK EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD, STARTING WITH TRUSTEE HENDERSON, IF HE OR SHE CAN SERVE IMPARTIALLY IN THIS MATTER. YES I CAN. YES, I CAN SERVE IMPARTIALLY. YES I CAN. TRUSTEE WELCH. YEAH. JOHN. WELCH. VANESSA MASTERS YES I CAN. JORGE ARROYO YES I CAN. THANK YOU. THE BOARD'S OBJECTIVE TODAY IS TO HEAR FROM MR. HOWARD OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE CONCERNING HIS GRIEVANCES, AND TO HEAR RESPONSE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. SINCE MR. HOWARD INITIATED THIS PROCEEDING, HE WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEMONSTRATING HE IS ENTITLED TO THE RELIEF HE IS SEEKING. THE BOARD HAS THE FINAL AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE FACTS AND INTERPRET ITS POLICIES THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE COMPLAINTS. FOR THE RECORD, THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED BINDERS CONTAINING DOCUMENTS FROM THE RECORD. THE BOARD HAS ALSO RECEIVED BINDERS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, WHICH INCLUDES DOCUMENTS PULLED FROM THE GRIEVANCE RECORD AND MARKED AS EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH 31. THAT'S YOUR BLACK BINDER. EACH PARTY HAS RECEIVED THE SAME EXHIBITS AND DOCUMENTS. THESE DOCUMENTS WILL BE PART OF THE RECORD FOR THIS HEARING. MR. HOWARD, YOU AND OR YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WILL PROCEED. FIRST, YOU WILL HAVE 15 MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU MAY RESERVE PART OF THAT TIME FOR REBUTTAL. THE ADMINISTRATION WILL ALSO HAVE 15 MINUTES. YOU MAY RESERVE PART OF THAT TIME FOR YOUR REBUTTAL. THE BOARD MAY ASK QUESTIONS AT THE CONCLUSION OF ALL PRESENTATIONS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE NOT SUBJECT TO QUESTIONING BY THE PRESENTER. EACH PARTY MAY NOT QUESTION THE OTHER PARTY. MR. HOWARD, YOU MAY PROCEED. DO YOU WISH TO RESERVE ANY TIME FOR REBUTTAL? OKAY, WE'LL RESERVE FIVE MINUTES. FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. PLEASE. YES, SIR. AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO OBJECT ON THE F AND G. WE'RE HERE FOR GKA90 DAY LATE EXCURSION. F AND G IS STILL PENDING WITH TEA. IT DOESN'T MATTER. MAY I RESPOND? OKAY. THE THE FACT THAT THIS IS BEFORE THE TEA THE GRIEVANCE HAS FAILED TO EXHAUST HIS ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES. IT IS APPROPRIATE TO CONTINUE THROUGH LEVEL FOUR OF THIS PROCESS UNDER F AND G BEFORE IT GOES TO THE T, E, A. SO IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS NOT HEARD HIS F G GRIEVANCES THAT THEY BE HEARD TODAY. OKAY, SO BEFORE WE START. MR. JOSEPH. OH, AND AGAIN, MY NAME IS MOLLY HOLLUB. I REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DISTRICT. AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WOULD LIKE TO CERTIFY THE RECORD. OR DO I NEED TO PUT A MOTION IN FIRST? I'M SORRY. COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. HE SAID, DOES HE NEED TO CERTIFY THE RECORD OR PUT A MOTION IN FIRST? CERTIFY THE RECORD? NO, YOU DO NOT. YOU CAN JUST WE'LL PUT TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK AND YOU CAN GET STARTED. OKAY, SO BEFORE WE START, I'D LIKE TO CERTIFY THE LEVEL FOUR GRIEVANCE RECORD AS APRIL 29TH AT 4:20 P.M. THIS IS THE RECORD
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TO DISREGARD ME AS A COMPLETE FILE FOR LEVELS ONE THROUGH FOUR. RIGHT? SO I WANT TO CERTIFY FOR THE BOARD THE LEVEL FOUR RECORD BEFORE WE BEGIN. AND THEN I WILL ALSO SUPPLEMENT THOSE BINDERS AND DOCUMENTS THAT I GAVE YOU BEFORE AS JUST PART OF 1600 PAGES THAT ARE MISSING FROM THE THE ACTUAL RECORD ITSELF. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. DO WE START? WE. STARTED.OKAY. WHAT DO YOU NEED ME TO READ? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. BEFORE ANY ARGUMENT ON THE MERITS, HE WANTED A PLACE ON THE RECORD. TWO PROCEDURAL MATTERS. THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US IS INCOMPLETE. AND THAT THE TEA RESPONSE RESPONSIVE PLEADING IS DUE MAY 13TH. AND THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY 125 DAYS LATE FROM THE OCTOBER 3RD REJECTION DATE.
AND I AM HERE IN GOOD FAITH TO CERTIFY AND TESTIFY TO THE ACTUAL RECORD ON APRIL. THANK YOU. ON APRIL 10TH, PETITIONERS FILED A PETITION FOR REVIEW. ACTUALLY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SKIP THAT. NO, THE WHOLE SUMMARY BECAUSE YOU MISSED THE MOTION. WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THAT.
ON OCTOBER 3RD, MR. HOWARD ARRIVED AT FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL TO ATTEND A SCHEDULED MEETING WITH ATHLETIC COORDINATOR CHRISTOPHER LANE AND COACH YOLANDA SENEGAL. BEFORE ANY MEETING BEGAN, AN ADMINISTRATOR INFORMED HIM HE WAS BEING EXCLUDED FROM THE DISTRICT PROPERTY BASED ON ALLEGED COACHING FROM THE STANDS AND A SUPPOSED SAFETY THREAT. NO WRITTEN NOTICE, NO CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARNING. NO APPEAL RIGHTS WERE EVER PROVIDED. THE VERY COMMUNICATION THAT TRIGGERED THIS EXCLUSION. COACH SENEGAL'S OCTOBER 2ND, 2025 EMAIL HAS NEVER BEEN PRODUCED. CRUCIALLY, THE DISTRICT LATER THREATENED MR. HOWARD WITH ARREST IF HE APPEARED AT A BOARD MEETING. FOR THE RECORD, PETITIONERS FORMALLY STATE. I ALSO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, WHICH I WAS, THAT I WAS PREVIOUSLY THREATENED WITH ARREST IF I APPEARED, WHICH I CONTEND AMOUNTS TO CONSTRUCTIVE EXCLUSION AND COERCION UNDER DURESS. I'M NOT ASKING THE BOARD TO DECIDE THAT CLAIM NOW. I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO NOTE IT ON THE CERTIFIED RECORD SO IT IS PRESERVED FOR ANY LATER PROCEEDINGS. MR. THIS THREAT COMPOUNDS THE ORIGINAL EXCLUSION AND INDEPENDENTLY TAINTS THE LOCAL PROCESS.
PETITIONERS UNDER PROTEST PRESERVING ALL RIGHTS, NO, MR. RICHARDS, YOU HAVE TO. THAT'S PART GIGANTIC EVIDENTIARY HOLE BETWEEN 8500 AND 18,500 DOCUMENTS MISSING FROM THE LEVEL FOUR RECORD. THE DISTRICT REPRESENTED THAT IT THAT IT PROVIDED A COMPLETE LEVEL FOUR RECORD ON APRIL 29TH, 2026. THAT REPRESENTATION IS DEMONSTRABLY FALSE. PETITIONERS HAVE NOW COMPLETED A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT SHOULD EXIST BASED ON THE JP FOUR RECORD GENERATED OVER THE PAST 4.5 MONTHS. THE INITIAL PACKET CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 333 DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO EACH OF THE THREE PETITIONERS DAVID HOWARD, JUNIOR, ROOSEVELT PEREZ, ISABEL DEAN HOWARD, THOSE 333 DOCUMENTS PER CLIENT WERE TRANSMITTED TO, COPIED TO, OR DIRECTLY INVOLVED. APPROXIMATELY 18 DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATORS. THE MOTION.
MOTION TO CERTIFY THE PARTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AND ACCEPT OFFERED EXHIBITS. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CERTIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS, AND ACCEPT INTO THE CERTIFIED RECORD THE DOCUMENTS I AM OFFERING TODAY THAT ARE ALREADY PART OF THE FILES AND FOR WHICH I'VE CERTIFIED RECEIPTS. I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD NOTE ON THE CERTIFIED RECORD THAT THE DISTRICT'S FAILURE TO PRODUCE THE REMAINING DOCUMENTS, AND THE DELAY IN RESPONDING TO THE OCTOBER 3RD, 2025 REJECTION, AND THAT THE BOARD ORDERED THE DISTRICT TO PRODUCE THE MISSING DOCUMENTS FORTHWITH AND EXPLAIN ON THE RECORD WHY THEY CANNOT BE PRODUCED. I ALSO NOTE, FOR THE RECORD, THAT I WAS PREVIOUSLY THREATENED WITH ARREST IF I APPEARED. OH, THIS IS MOTION TO PRESERVE THE COERCION AND CONSTRUCTIVE EXCLUSION CLAIM. I ALSO NOTE, FOR THE RECORD, AS I'VE PREVIOUSLY STATED, THAT HE WAS PREVIOUSLY THREATENED WITH ARREST IF HE APPEARED, WHICH HE CONTENDS AMOUNTS TO CONSTRUCTIVE EXCLUSION AND COERCION UNDER DURESS, MOTION FOR A STAY OF MERITS, DETERMINATION AND CONTINUANCE. WE MOVE THAT THE BOARD DEFER ANY RULING ON THE MERITS OF THE EXCLUSION UNTIL THE RECORD IS COMPLETE AND AT MINIMUM UNTIL AFTER THE TEAS MAY 13TH, 2026
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ANSWER IS FILED F AND G AS WELL. MERITS OF F AND G AND G, K A IN THE ALTERNATIVE, CONTINUE THAT THE MERITS HEARING TO THE FIRST REGULAR BOARD MEETING AFTER THAT DATE MOTION FOR ADA ACCOMMODATION. WE HOPE TO GRANT BREAKS EVERY TEN MINUTES, NOT DISCRETIONARY PAUSES AND DOUBLE MR. HOWARD'S PRESENTATION TIME. IF THE DISTRICT. 30 MINUTES. IF THE DISTRICT RECEIVES 13. A QUIET, LOW STIMULUS ENVIRONMENT OR AUTHORIZED REMOTE PARTICIPATION AND ADA REPRESENTATIVE TO ASSIST WITH PROCEDURAL REQUESTS AND ACCEPTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE OF WRITTEN STATEMENTS AS EQUALLY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. MOTION FOR A NO RETALIATION DIRECTIVE ISSUED A WRITTEN DIRECTIVE PROTECTING ALL NAMED FAMILIES HOWARD PEREZ, BOADO, ZEPEDA, VELAZQUEZ, HARRIS AND ALL WITNESSES FROM RETALIATION, HARASSMENT OR ADVERSE ACTION.WHEREFORE, PETITIONERS RESPECTFULLY PRAY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES GRANT THE FOLLOWING RELIEF. EACH PARAGRAPH CONSTITUTING A SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT REQUEST, AND THAT ALL RULINGS BE EXPRESSLY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE TEA DOCKET NUMBER 087 DASH TEN DASH 04-2026 AND TO ALL FEDERAL CLAIMS, A CERTIFICATION OF THE INCOMPLETE RECORD. IT'S PART OF IT. NO, YOU GOT TO READ IT TO CERTIFY ON THE RECORD THAT THE LEVEL FOUR BINDER PROVIDED ON APRIL 2229, 2026 IS MATERIAL INCOMPLETE EXCEPT INTO THE RECORD. THE CERTIFIED RECORD PETITIONERS OFFERED EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH AND APPROXIMATELY 300 TO 400 DOCUMENTS, TOGETHER WITH THE ATTACHED TO A CERTIFIED RECEIPTS PROVING TRANSMISSION TO LCISD AND COUNSEL AND DIRECT THAT THESE BE INDEXED AND MADE PART OF THE OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD. DIRECT THE BOARD CLERK TO MAINTAIN A LOG OF ALL DOCUMENTS RECEIVED AND ENTERED INTO THE CERTIFIED RECORD. FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, PRODUCTION OF THE MISSING DOCUMENTS. WE ASK FOR THE DISTRICT TO PRODUCE ALL MISSING DOCUMENTS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A AND DESCRIBED IN THIS BRIEF WITHIN 14 CALENDAR DAYS, AND SEARCHABLE PDF FORMAT WITH A NUMBERED INDEX AND A DETAILED PRIVILEGE LOG FOR ANY WITHHELD ITEM. WE ORDERED THAT ANY DOCUMENT NOT PRODUCED WITHIN 14 DAYS FOR WHICH NO VALID PRIVILEGE LOG ENTRY IS PROVIDED SHALL BE DEEMED TO SUPPORT PETITIONERS CLAIMS IN AN AT FIRST INFERENCE SHALL BE DRAWN.
PRESERVATION OF THE COERCION WE ASKED TO INCLUDE IN THE CERTIFIED RECORD PETITIONER'S STATEMENT THAT HE WAS THREATENED WITH ARREST IF HE APPEARED, AND THAT THIS CONSTITUTES CONSTRUCTIVE EXCLUSION AND COERCION UNDER DURESS, AND THAT THE BOARD DOES NOT DECIDE THIS CLAIM NOW, BUT PRESERVES IT FOR ANY LATER PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE T, E, A OR A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, WE ASK FOR A STAY OF MERIT AND CONTINUANCE ON ANY FINAL DECISION ON THE MERITS OF THE OCTOBER 3RD UNDER GKA EXCLUSION UNTIL THE RECORD IS COMPLETE AND AT MINIMUM UNTIL THE TEAM MAY 13TH. ANSWER, AS WELL AS ANYTHING UNDER F AND G.
WE DECLARE THAT NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS, DEFENSES OR OBJECTION OCCURS BY PETITIONER'S PETITION PARTICIPATION. TODAY, UNDER PROTEST, WE ASK FOR THE ADA ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE GRANTED THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS. SCHEDULED BREAKS DOUBLE THE TIME ALLOTTED BY THE DISTRICT TO ANY ORAL PRESENTATION. QUIET LOW STIMULUS ROOM OR SECURE REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN ADA.
REPRESENTATIVE PERMITTED TO MAKE BRIEF PROCEDURAL REQUESTS. ACCEPTANCE OF WRITTEN STATEMENTS AS EQUALLY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND FOR THE CONDUCT THE DISTRICT TO CONDUCT AN INDIVIDUALIZED ADA ASSESSMENT AND ENGAGE IN THE INTERACTIVE PROCESS WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE ON THE RECORD THAT THE 90 DAY CALENDAR DAY GKA DEADLINE EXPIRED ON JANUARY 2ND, 2026, AND THAT THE DISTRICT VIOLATED TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT. 37.105 AND GKA LOCAL BY DELAYING THE HEARING. 125 DAYS STATUTE.
JURISDICTION, YOU HAVE LESS THAN ONE MINUTE LEFT. OKAY. JURISDICTION ON TEA RESERVATION IN THE MINUTES AND ANY IN ANY WRITTEN DECISION THAT ALL RULINGS MADE TODAY ARE WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE DOCKET AND DO NOT LIMIT OR AFFECT THE COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY TO REVIEW THE MATTER DE NOVO, TO CONSIDER ANY EVIDENCE AND TO GRANT ANY REMEDY AUTHORIZED BY LAW, ALONG WITH THE LOCAL RECORD, TO TRANSMIT TO THE DEA, ALONG WITH A LOCAL RECORD, A CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF THE BOARD'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND THAT THE RECORD IS INCOMPLETE, A COPY OF PETITIONER'S OFFERED EXHIBITS AND RECEIPTS, AND A LOG OF MISSING DOCUMENTS. NO RETALIATION DIRECTIVE. WE ASK TO ISSUE A COMPREHENSIVE, NO RETALIATION DIRECTIVE REDUCED TO THE WRITING AND DISSEMINATED. PROTECTING. DAVID HOWARD, JUNIOR ROOSEVELT PEREZ, ISABELLA D, HOWARD, ASIA. HOWARD. DESTINY IN THE FAMILY, THE FAMILY, MICHAEL AND ALL
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COOPERATING WITNESSES FROM ANY RETALIATION, INTIMIDATION OR ADVERSE ACTION WITH VIOLATIONS SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINE UP TO AND INCLUDING TERMINATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ADMINISTRATION, YOU MAY PROCEED. DO YOU WISH TO RESERVE ANY TIME FOR REBUTTAL? WE'LL RESERVE TWO MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL, PLEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. TRUSTEES. AS I STATED EARLIER, MY NAME IS MOLLY HOLUB AND I'M REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT'S POSITION TODAY. I HAVE PROVIDED EACH OF YOU AND MR. HOWARD WITH A BINDER THAT CONTAINS DOCUMENTS FROM THE LEVEL FOUR RECORD. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE NUMBERED AND SEPARATED INTO SECTIONS OR CATEGORIES THAT INCLUDE BACKGROUND AND THEN EACH GRIEVANCE LEVEL, AS WELL AS DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE HOWARD'S BULLYING COMPLAINT. AND THEN FINALLY, APPLICABLE STATUTES AND POLICIES THAT I WILL BE REFERRING TO. AND THEN ON THE LEFT, INSIDE OF THE BINDER IS A DEMONSTRATIVE.THAT'S JUST A TIMELINE OF EVENTS, BASICALLY FROM ABOUT AUGUST OF 2025. FORWARD, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION MAY BE HELPFUL HERE. THIS MATTER STEMS FROM MR. HOWARD'S DAUGHTER, I.
HIS PARTICIPATION ON THE LAMAR CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM THIS YEAR. I H IS A SOPHOMORE AT LC. LAST YEAR AS A FRESHMAN, SHE ALSO PLAYED ON THE VARSITY TEAM.
COACH YOLANDA SENEGAL IS THE VARSITY VOLLEYBALL COACH. SHE HAS BEEN THE HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH. THIS IS YOUR SEVENTH YEAR AND SHE'S BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR NINE YEARS. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. CHRISTOPHER LANE, WHO IS THE ATHLETIC COORDINATOR FOR THE CAMPUS, AND HE HAS IS COMPLETING HIS FIRST YEAR WITH THE DISTRICT. AND THEN I ALSO HAVE WITH ME DOCTOR MARLON WAITES. AS I MENTIONED, THIS STEMS FROM HER PARTICIPATION ON THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM. MR. HOWARD IS VERY INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING HIS DAUGHTER'S PARTICIPATION IN VOLLEYBALL. HE ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE IN COACHING VOLLEYBALL. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FALL 20 2025 VOLLEYBALL SEASON, MR. HOWARD AND HIS WIFE, DISTRICT EMPLOYEE ROSABEL PEREZ, EXPRESSED DISSATISFACTION WITH THE AMOUNT OF PLAYING TIME THAT I WAS RECEIVING, AS WELL AS WHAT THE FAMILY PERCEIVED AS A SLIGHT AGAINST HER FOR NOT BEING RECOGNIZED ON THE VOLLEYBALL TEAMS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM EXHIBIT ONE IN YOUR BINDER, COACH SENEGAL ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER EACH OF THESE EMAILS THAT STARTED COMING FORWARD, COMING THROUGH STARTING IN AUGUST OF 2025. SHE TRIED TO ADDRESS THOSE EMAILS IN A PROFESSIONAL AND RESPECTFUL MANNER, BUT NOTHING SEEMED TO SATISFY THEM. ON OCTOBER 2ND, COACH SENEGAL EMAILED DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS SHE WAS HAVING WITH THE HOWARD FAMILY AND REQUESTED SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT. THEN, AT 2:59 A.M. ON OCTOBER 3RD. LET ME REPEAT THAT 2:59 A.M. ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2025, MR. HOWARD SENT A TEXT TO COACH SENEGAL DIRECTLY TO HER, WITH NO ONE ELSE ON THE ON THE MESSAGE, A SCREENSHOT OF WHICH YOU WILL SEE AT EXHIBIT TWO, STARTING AT COACH YOLANDA, SENEGAL. I WILL LET YOU ALL READ THAT AS I CONTINUE IN THE TEXT, YOU CAN SEE MR. HOWARD ACCUSES COACH SENEGAL OF BULLYING, INTIMIDATING, PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABUSING AND RETALIATING AGAINST I, AS WELL AS DEFAMING THE FAMILY AND VIOLATING THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS.
DUE TO THIS ALARMING COMMUNICATION FROM MR. HOWARD, COACH SENEGAL REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICT AGAIN, REQUESTING THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDE HER SECURITY GAMES AND ALSO CONSIDER BANNING MR. HOWARD FROM THE REMAINING VOLLEYBALL GAMES FOR THE SEASON. THAT MORNING ON OCTOBER 3RD, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL WILSON MET WITH MR. HOWARD AND EXPLAINED WHY THE MESSAGE THAT HE SENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT MIGHT VIOLATE THE PARENT CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH YOU CAN ALSO REFER TO AS EXHIBIT 31 IN YOUR PACKET, AND IT DISCUSSES HOW PARENT COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL AT ALL TIMES. AND IF A PARENT COMMUNICATES DISRESPECTFULLY, THAT THAT COULD RESULT IN EXPULSION OR A BAN FROM CAMPUS OR DISTRICT FACILITIES. MR. HOWARD DID ASK IF HE WOULD BE ARRESTED ARRESTED FOR ATTENDING THE GAME, AND MR. WILSON ASSURED HIM THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ARRESTED FOR ATTENDING. BUT IF HE ENGAGED IN BEHAVIOR THAT WAS DISRUPTIVE OR VIOLATED THE CODE OF CONDUCT, FURTHER, HE COULD RISK BEING BANNED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON. ON OCTOBER 6TH, WHICH WAS THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, PRINCIPAL SEMLER MET WITH THE HOWARD FAMILY AND IT WAS AGREED UPON FROM FROM THAT DAY FORWARD
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THAT MR. HOWARD WOULD CONTINUE TO ATTEND VOLLEYBALL GAMES AND WOULD REFRAIN FROM APPROACHING MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AND COACHING STAFF DURING THE GAME AND IN ANY ATTEMPT TO COACH.MR. HOWARD WAS NEVER BANNED FROM ATTENDING GAMES AND IN FACT, ATTENDED THE REMAINING OF THE GAMES FOR THE 2025 SEASON. THERE WAS A. THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT HE. NOT ATTEND THE OCTOBER 3RD, THE SINGULAR OCTOBER 3RD VOLLEYBALL GAME, AND HE DID NOT. HE INDEED DID NOT ATTEND THAT GAME. A SUMMARY OF THIS MEETING WAS CREATED BY PRINCIPAL SEMLER AND CAN BE FOUND AT EXHIBIT THREE. THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE REGARDING MR. HOWARD'S GKA GRIEVANCE. FIRST, MR. HOWARD WAS NEVER BANNED FROM ANY GAMES, NOR DID HE RECEIVE A CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARNING. SECOND, AS I'VE STATED, EVERYONE AGREED ON OCTOBER 6TH THAT MR. ā HOWARD WOULD CONTINUE ATTENDING GAMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON, WHICH HE DID. GKA ONLY APPLIES IF A CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARNING IS ISSUED AND OR THE MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED. BEFORE REACHING THE BOARD. THIS MATTER WAS RESOLVED ON OCTOBER 6TH AND MR. HOWARD CONTINUED TO ATTEND THE REST OF THE GAME. SO GKA DOES NOT APPLY HERE. TRANSITIONING NOW TO THE F AND G GRIEVANCE.
THE EVENTS OF OCTOBER 3RD THROUGH OCTOBER 6TH ARE ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THE HOWARD FAMILY ESCALATED THEIR CONCERNS, DEMANDING THAT A BULLYING INVESTIGATION BE INITIATED AGAINST THE MEMBERS OF THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM AS WELL AS AGAINST COACH SENEGAL. THIS BULLYING INVESTIGATION, WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT SECTION F, STARTED AS SOON AS HOWARD SUBMITTED THAT REQUEST FORM. THE BULLYING INVESTIGATION DID NOT SUPPORT A FINDING OF BULLYING BY HIS TEAMMATES. THEN, LATER IN OCTOBER, THE HOWARD SUBMITTED F AND G GRIEVANCES AGAINST COACH SENEGAL AND ATHLETIC COORDINATOR CHRISTOPHER LANE. THUS BEGAN THE F AND G GRIEVANCE PROCESS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE PARTICIPATED IN A LEVEL FOUR GRIEVANCE BEFORE THE RECORD, BEFORE YOU PROBABLY LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT HAS IN PRIOR GRIEVANCES. THAT'S DUE IN PART TO SENATE BILL 12, WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT IN SEPTEMBER 2025 AND ALLOWS GRIEVANCE TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL GRIEVANCES AND DOCUMENTS AT EACH STEP OF THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS. THUS, MR. HOWARD WAS ABLE TO SUBMIT MULTIPLE GRIEVANCES AT EACH LEVEL, ACCOMPANIED BY DOZENS OF EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS WITH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF ATTACHMENTS, WHICH CREATES THE RECORD THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU. IT IS THE DISTRICT'S POSITION THAT YOU HAVE A COMPLETE RECORD BEFORE YOU, AND IN EMAILS FROM MR. HOWARD AS RECENT AS EARLIER THIS WEEK, ANY ANY DOCUMENTS THAT HE IDENTIFIED THAT WERE PART OF THE GRIEVANCE RECORD ARE IN THAT FILE. YES. HE HAS, IN FACT, CONTINUED COMMUNICATING EVEN AS OF TODAY.
SO, AGAIN, IT'S THE DISTRICT'S POSITION. YOU HAVE A COMPLETE RECORD BEFORE YOU. AS I MENTIONED, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS, THE DISTRICT TOOK ALL THOSE GRIEVANCES, HAD TO CONSIDER THEM, HAD TO PAUSE AT SOME POINTS IN THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS TO ALLOW MR. HOWARD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. SO AT SOME LEVELS, HE HAD MORE THAN ONE GRIEVANCE HEARING. HE HAD TWO GRIEVANCE HEARINGS AT LEVEL TWO AND AT LEVEL THREE, SO THAT THE DISTRICT COULD FULLY CONSIDER ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT HE PRESENTED AND ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE MADE, IN ADDITION TO THE GRIEVANCES SUBMITTED BY MR. HOWARD, THERE'S ALSO HAS BEEN A GRIEVANCE SUBMITTED BY MISS PEREZ AGAINST COACH SENEGAL, WHICH WILL BE IS BEING ADDRESSED AS ITS OWN SEPARATE GRIEVANCE. MR. HOWARD HAS ALSO FILED THREE SEPARATE LAWSUITS AGAINST MR. COACH SENEGAL AND COACH LANE. I'M SORRY, DOCTOR NIVENS, COACH SENEGAL AND COACH LANE. ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THAT LAWSUIT ARE NOT PART OF THE GRIEVANCE RECORD, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SEPARATE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD, DISTINCT OF EACH OTHER. MR. HOWARD HAS ALSO LODGED TITLE NINE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DISTRICT WITH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. ANY DOCUMENTS THAT HE'S SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF HIS TITLE NINE ARE NOT PART OF THIS RECORD UNLESS THEY WERE SUBMITTED SPECIFICALLY AS PART OF HIS GRIEVANCES. HE'S ALSO FILED A PETITION FOR REVIEW WITH THE TEA, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT'S POSITION WAS PREMATURE AS HE HAS NOT COMPLETED AN EXHAUSTED HIS ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES AT EACH GRIEVANCE LEVEL, MR. HOWARD HAS REQUESTED AND RECEIVED DIGITAL AND HARD COPIES OF THE GRIEVANCE RECORD. YOU CAN SEE IF YOU REVIEW THE BLACK BINDERS PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT THAT HE HAS AT LEVEL ONE AND AGAIN AT LEVEL FOUR, SIGNED FOR THOSE DOCUMENTS. SO AS I SUMMARIZE THE GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD BY MR. HOWARD AND HIS FAMILY, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STRAIN THAT
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ADDRESSING THESE FILINGS HAS PLACED ON THE DISTRICT'S RESOURCES, A REVIEW OF THE GRIEVANCES AT EACH LEVEL SHOWS THAT THE DISTRICT TOOK THE ALLEGATIONS SERIOUSLY, PROVIDING MR. HOWARD WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND INVESTIGATING THE FAMILY'S CONCERNS. SOME OF MR. HOWARD'S REQUESTS FOR RELIEF HAVE BEEN GRANTED, BUT NOTHING IN THE GRIEVANCE OR INVESTIGATIVE RECORD SUPPORTS THE ALLEGATIONS OF BULLYING, HAZING, HARASSMENT OR RETALIATION MADE BY THE HOWARD FAMILY AGAINST COACH SENEGAL OR ANY OTHER DISTRICT EMPLOYEE. STILL, THE HOWARD FAMILY WANTS NOTHING LESS THAN FOR COACH SENEGAL TO BE FIRED, OR AT LEAST STRIPPED OF HER COACHING DUTIES. BUT THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS IS NOT THE PROPER MECHANISM FOR THAT, AND THE DISTRICT DOES NOT TAKE PERSONNEL ACTIONS OR IMPOSE DISCIPLINE AGAINST CONTRACT EMPLOYEES. CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES AT THE REQUEST OF A GRIEVANCE.ANY ACCOUNT, ANY ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES INVOLVING DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE DETERMINED THROUGH THE ESTABLISHED DISTRICT PROCESSES AND, WHEN APPLICABLE, BASED ON FINDINGS IN AN APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION. WHEN CONCERNS REGARDING EMPLOYEE CONDUCT OR RAISE THE DISTRICT ADDRESSES THOSE MATTERS IN ACCORDANCE AGAIN WITH THEIR APPLICABLE POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND THE LAW, AND DISTRICT EMPLOYEES HAVE PRIVACY RIGHTS CONCERNING WHETHER ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION IS TAKEN AGAINST THEM. IN CLOSING, THE DISTRICT HAS DONE ITS BEST TO FOLLOW THE NEW STATUTORY AMENDMENTS AND PROVIDED ALL REMEDIES SUPPORTED BY THE RECORD AND PURSUANT TO THE INVESTIGATIONS WE REACHED, THE DISTRICT RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT THE BOARD UPHOLD THE DISTRICT'S DECISIONS AT LEVEL THREE AND DENY MR. HOWARD'S G, K A AND FNG GRIEVANCES AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. HOWARD. YOU RESERVED FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL. YOU MAY MAKE YOUR REBUTTAL NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. BUT TO BE CLEAR, IT DID NOT START OVER A PLAYING TIME ISSUE. NOW, WHILE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT STARTED THIS COMPLAINT, THAT IS NOT THE CORE OF THE ISSUE. THE CORE OF THE ISSUE WAS THE TREATMENT, AND IT WASN'T THE SAME AS PREVIOUS YEARS. THEREFORE, IT SEEMED LIKE UNEQUAL TREATMENT AND SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT THAT IS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT HAS NOT CHANGED. IT HAS NOT STOPPED. WHEN WE FINALLY DECIDED TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS AND TRY TO ADDRESS THIS CORRECTLY, WE WERE MET WITH ROAD STOPS AND BLOCKS AND OBSTRUCTED AT ANY POINT IN TIME WHERE WE TRIED TO EXHAUST JUST INFORMAL METHODS AT FIRST, WHICH LED TO. WE TRIED TO SET A MEETING ON OCTOBER 6TH WHICH HAD. COACH SENEGAL INCLUDED. THEREFORE, WE COULD ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS. HOWEVER, ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE WASN'T THERE WHEN WE SHOWED UP AND WE TRIED TO WAIT, WE TRIED TO EXHAUST AND SPEAK TO MR. SEMLER, COACH LANE, AS WELL AS MR. WILSON WAS THERE. THAT DIDN'T RESULT IN ANYTHING. NO, NO, STOP. SIMPLY PUT, OCTOBER 6TH, THE F AND G POLICY GIVEN TO ME WAS DATED 610 2008. OKAY.
IN THE OCTOBER 6TH MEETING. AS Y'ALL GO THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE RESPONSES. OCTOBER 6TH WAS THE FIRST LEVEL CONFERENCE. THEREFORE, OCTOBER 17TH IS THE DEADLINE. OUR FIRST APPEAL WENT IN AND INSTEAD THEY MOVED THE GOAL POST. THEY MOVED THE GOALPOSTS. OKAY, ON OCTOBER 6TH, I MEAN, ON OCTOBER 6TH, THERE'S AN AGENDA AS WE GO THROUGH, YOU CAN FOLLOW IT, I APOLOGIZE.
OKAY, NOW THE PART I WANT TO GET TO BEFORE THEY SAY ALL THIS IS WHATEVER THEY'RE SAYING.
SIMPLY PUT, I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING. SO FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER, I WENT TO THE JP. BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU LOOK INTO IT, IT LITERALLY SAYS YOLANDA SENEGAL. I ASKED THE COURTS TO PLEASE ADVISE HER TO STOP DISRESPECTING AND DISREGARDING THE POLICIES. FOLLOW. IT SAYS, PLEASE ADVISE THAT YOU ABIDE BY EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. CONSOLIDATED LAMAR CONSOLIDATED VOLLEYBALL HANDBOOK. RIGHT. AND THE TEACHERS HAVE TO ETHICS CODE. OKAY, OKAY. CHRISTOPHER LANE STOP VIOLATING THE PARENTS RIGHTS. STOP THE DEFAMATION OF MY CHARACTER. RIGHT. REPORT THE CRIME OF HAZING. REPORT THE BULLYING. RIGHT. AND KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT FREE FROM HARASSMENT. OKAY? OKAY. AND I SAID, FEEL FREE TO RESOLVE THIS CONFLICT AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL.
OKAY. SO, DOCTOR. WE ALSO, WHEN WE PUT IN THE BULLYING INVESTIGATION, IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A CLAIM, WE ACTUALLY SAW IT. THERE'S VIDEO PROOF IT WAS AN ATHLETE
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BLOCKING AT I H WE TRIED TO ADDRESS IT. WE TALKED WITH I H FIRST SHE SAID SHE IT WASN'T WANTED. SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT. SO WE REPORTED IT AND WE REPORTED IT ON HER BEHALF BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID. THEN SHE WENT. SHE HAD A MEETING WITH MR. WILSON AND IF YOU ALLOW HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, I DON'T KNOW, BUT SHE CAN TELL YOU. SHE FELT PERSONALLY GASLIT BY MR. WILSON AND HIS STATEMENTS IN REGARDS TO THAT SPECIFIC BULLYING INVESTIGATION. SO THEREFORE WE CONTINUE TO FEEL RAILROADED. I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY, I BELIEVE IT WAS LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE THAT WE MET WITH MR. PHILLIPS IN GOOD FAITH. RIGHT. I ASKED FOR NEUTRAL, I GUESS, TERMINOLOGY EVERY TIME WE EXPRESSED A CONCERN, IT WAS CONSIDERED A COMPLAINT. EVERY TIME THE STAFF OF LC, ISD OR LCS EXPRESSED A CONCERN, IT WAS LITERALLY STATED THEY EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS, BUT WE WERE ALWAYS COMPLAINING. IT FELT VERY BIASED, VERY OBJECTIVE, VERY NONPARTY FOR US. THEREFORE, WE WANT SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO BE OBJECTIVE. LOOK AT THE ENTIRE RECORD. I CAN'T SAY THAT IT ISN'T AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTS AS PART OF HIS DISABILITY. HE HAS TO WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN. SO, I MEAN, I APOLOGIZE, BUT HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW THE ENTIRE FULL RECORD. THAT'S IT RIGHT HERE. BY THE WAY, THESE TWO BINDERS ARE YOUR LEVEL ONE RECORD THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME ON DECEMBER 10TH OF THE SECOND CONFERENCE, NOT THREE DAYS BEFORE, BUT AT THE CONFERENCE TIME. THIS IS THE LEVEL FOUR, A LEVEL THREE. MR. MR. PHILLIPS GAVE ME THIS AS PART OF THE RECORD. OKAY, 64 PAGES. I MADE IT ANOTHER COPY FOR THE BOARD AND FOR WHOEVER WANTS TO SEE IT. THERE'S 101 CERTIFIED PAGES IN THIS BOOK. I REPAID IT THERE IN THERE AS WELL. THAT'S GOOD. THIS BY ITSELF IS MORE THAN 64 PAGES, SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 160. THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD.ADMINISTRATION, YOU RESERVE TWO MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL. THAT'S IT. JUST BRIEFLY THERE. THE HOWARDS HAVE RAISED A CONCERN THAT THAT MISS SENEGAL DID NOT ATTEND THE OCTOBER 6TH MEETING. SHE RECEIVED A TEXT FROM MR. HOWARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON OCTOBER 3RD AND WAS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. AND I THINK IF YOU READ THAT TEXT, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY SHE FELT THAT WAY. AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SHE NOT ATTEND. AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THERE WAS A LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST HER PERSONALLY AND INDIVIDUALLY. AND FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, SHE COULD NOT SHE COULD NO LONGER MEET WITH THE HOWARDS. AND SHE WAS INSTRUCTED BY COUNSEL TO TO NOT DO SO. AND AS FAR AS THE RECORD, I THINK THE RECORD BEFORE YOU REFLECTS THE LENGTHS TO WHICH THE DISTRICT WENT IN THIS REGARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOWARDS WERE PROVIDED ALL DUE PROCESS THAT THEY WERE ENTITLED TO, AND TOOK EVERY CONCERN THAT WAS RAISED, WHETHER YOU CALL IT A COMPLAINT OR A CONCERN OR A GRIEVANCE, THEY TOOK IT SERIOUSLY. THEY INVESTIGATED, AND THEY ISSUED RESPONSES AND DECISIONS THAT WERE BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY GATHERED. AND AGAIN, I JUST ASK THAT YOU UPHOLD THE LEVEL THREE DECISION AND DENY ANY FURTHER GRIEVANCES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. BOARD. THE PRESENTATIONS ARE NOW CONCLUDED. DO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER OF THE PARTIES? GO AHEAD.
TRUSTEE, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. THE THE TEXTING. DOES MR. HOWARD STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEXT COACH? I MEAN, DO YOU STILL DOES HE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEXT YOU, MA'AM? YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT ON OCTOBER 3RD YOU RECEIVED A TEXT FROM HIM DIRECTLY? YES. AMONG OTHERS.
CORRECT. TO THIS DAY, ON THIS DAY, AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, DOES HE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEXT YOU? NO. OKAY. AND IS THIS A PERSONAL PHONE THAT HE'S TEXTING YOU ON OR IS IT A DISTRICT? IT WAS, IT WAS. IT WAS MY PERSONAL PHONE. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. I JUST HAVE ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION. THERE'S A LOT OF REFERENCE ABOUT SEVENTH PERIOD CLASS.
WHAT IS IT EXACTLY? TAUGHT IN THE SEVENTH PERIOD? CLASS SEVEN PERIOD CLASSES, THE VOLLEYBALL ATHLETIC PERIOD. OKAY. AND THE GIRLS PLAY VOLLEYBALL. OR THEY'LL DO SOME TYPE OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING OR. SO, JUST FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE, IT STATED THAT I, A, I WAS NOT GETTING A TIER ONE INSTRUCTION DURING SEVENTH
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PERIOD. THERE IS NO TIER ONE INSTRUCTION BEING TAUGHT IN SEVENTH PERIOD. IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. TIER ONE IT'S AN ATHLETIC PERIOD. CORRECT. AND NOT AN ACADEMIC PERIOD. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.BOARD OF TRUSTEE. AM I ALLOWED TO ALSO ANSWER HER QUESTION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
SO WHEN THE BULLYING CONCERN WAS EXPRESSED AND THEN YOU CAME TO THE DISTRICT FOR THAT, THEY REPLIED TO YOU IN AN EMAIL LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT THEY FOUND WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION.
AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL WERE REQUESTING WRITTEN INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. SO DID Y'ALL NOT CONSIDER THAT EMAIL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE BULLYING INVESTIGATION? YES.
THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. WHEN YOU REPORT BULLYING ACCORDING TO Y'ALL'S, THERE'S A HAND RECEIPT THAT YOU GET AND THEY GIVE YOU NOTICE ON HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION AND THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO GO ABOUT IT. WE WERE NEVER GIVEN ANYTHING FOR TWO YEARS. SORRY.
WE WERE NEVER GIVEN ANY DOCUMENTATIONS. SINCE 2021, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INSTANCES THAT HAVE TAKEN OR HAD OCCURRED, AND WE REPORTED BY EMAIL. I HAVE PLENTY OF EMAILS TO SHOW YOU. I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS ON FILM. EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE. WE'VE NEVER GOT A WRITTEN THAT THAT BULLYING REPORT IN NOVEMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDED TO US ON OCTOBER 9TH. I'M SORRY. I'M SHOWING AN EMAIL FROM OCTOBER 13TH WHERE THEY RESPONDED TO YOU IN REGARDS TO THE BULLYING AND CONCERN. AND THIS EMAIL IS FROM, WELL, IT'S FROM LAMAR. AND THEY WERE TELLING YOU WHAT THE RESULTS WERE AND THE ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE TAKEN WITH YOUR DAUGHTER TO ENSURE THAT THE BULLYING WASN'T HAPPENING. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT THE EMAIL THAT WAS IN THE BINDER, AND HERE AGAIN, I'M JUST ASKING IF THAT DID NOT ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS. AND IF NOT, WHY DIDN'T ADDRESS CONCERNS? BECAUSE ON THE SYSTEM IT KEEPS KICKING ME OUT. THEREFORE, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WAS EVEN A REPLY IN THE SYSTEM. SO YOU NEVER GOT AN EMAIL TO YOUR TO YOUR HOTMAIL ADDRESS? NO, MA'AM. EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED OR TRANSPIRED HAS ONLY WENT THROUGH. ROSE, IS THAT YOUR WIFE? THAT IS ROOSEVELT.
PEREZ IS MY WIFE. OKAY, THAT'S WHO THE EMAIL WAS TO, RIGHT? OKAY. IT'S ALWAYS WENT TO ROSE AND EMPLOYEE TO SENEGAL. WHOEVER THE EMPLOYEE, THEY HAVE ALWAYS CUT THE PARENT OUT, WHICH IS I'M THE ONLY PARENT. WELL, OKAY, THIS EMAIL ACTUALLY IS TO HER PERSONAL EMAIL. SO A HOTMAIL ADDRESS. SO IT'S NOT TO AN SD ACCOUNT. WELL. WE WEREN'T SURE IF THAT EMAIL WAS THE FINAL WRITTEN FINDINGS. I REMEMBER EXCLUSIVELY EMAILING MR. SEMLER, IS THIS THE FINAL WRITTEN FINDINGS? AND WHEN HE TOLD ME MR. WILSON WAS GOING TO RESPOND, MR. WILSON ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE, SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER. IT ALSO STATED IN THERE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE COUNSELOR CHECK INS. THAT NEVER HAPPENED, AND WE NEVER GOT ANY UPDATE WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHETHER IT WAS HAPPENING, WHETHER IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND THEY HAD TWO MORE INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN THAT. SO THAT EMAIL THAT YOU HAVE. YES. OKAY. SO ON OCTOBER 9TH, I TOLD YOU WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A REPLY. WELL, OCTOBER 7TH THEY HAD HELD A LITTLE TEAM MEETING TO DISCUSS THE BULLYING. OKAY. THERE'S NOTHING THERE FOR THAT. BUT YOU'RE SAYING ON THE 13TH THEY GAVE US A REPLY. I DIDN'T GET IT. IT MIGHT HAVE WENT TO HER HOTMAIL, BUT STILL, EVEN IF YOU DO THAT, SHE'S A PARENT. SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO TELL ME. I'M NOT ALWAYS HERE. I'M IN KILLEEN, I DON'T, I DON'T. ANYWAY, SO ON THE NEXT ONE, ON OCTOBER 17TH, WHEN WE QUESTIONED WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT HAPPENED, I QUESTIONED IT. THEY WENT AGAIN AND HELD ANOTHER TEAM MEETING AND IT CAUSED MORE FRICTION BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE HAD ADDRESSED IT THE FIRST TIME ON THE SEVENTH. AND THOSE TEAM MEETINGS WEREN'T ADDRESSING THE FINDINGS OF THE EMAIL. NO, THEY OUTED IZZY IN FRONT OF ALL THE. I UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME IN THE EMAIL, RIGHT? I GUESS MY CONFIRMATION WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, YOUR WIFE RECEIVED AN EMAIL IN REGARDS TO THE INVESTIGATION THAT HAD THE RESULTS IN IT, BUT BY POLICY, CORRECT. PARENTS,
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BOTH PARENTS GET NOTIFIED, NOT ONE. OKAY. SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU DID NOT GET I DID NOT GET THAT.YOUR WIFE DID NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE EMAIL. THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING YOU. WHEN SHE DID WHEN I DID HEAR ABOUT IT, I ASKED HER. THEN THEY WENT BACK IN AND HAD ANOTHER TEAM MEETING AND THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION THAT CAUSED ANOTHER TEAM MEETING. I'M CONFUSED. SAY THAT AGAIN. YES. CORRECT. WELL, WE'LL WE'LL MOVE ON. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? CAN CAN THE ADMINISTRATION CAN CAN YOU ARTICULATE WHAT THE RELIEF IS THAT IS THAT THE THE GENTLEMAN SEEKS WHAT, WHAT? I'M NOT SURE I CAN DO THAT. AS FAR AS THE THE REMEDIES THAT MR. HOWARD SEEKS THROUGH THROUGH THE PROCESS, HE HE SOUGHT NO RETALIATION AND AND A CONFIRMATION THAT DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WOULD ABIDE BY ALL POLICIES WHICH WAS GRANTED. AND IT WAS AFFIRMED TO HIM THAT THAT WOULD BE THAT WAS RELIEF, THAT WAS GRANTED AT LEVEL ONE AND EVERY SUBSEQUENT LEVEL. THERE WAS ALSO RELIEF.
REQUESTED THAT COACH SENEGAL BE REMOVED FROM HER COACHING DUTIES, AND THAT RELIEF WAS NOT GRANTED. AS FAR AS WHAT RELIEF REMAINS AT THIS LEVEL, THE DISTRICT CAN ONLY ASCERTAIN THAT IT IS THAT COACH SENEGAL BE REMOVED FROM HER COACHING RESPONSIBILITIES. MR. HOWARD, ARE YOU CAN YOU CAN CAN YOU SUMMARIZE? AND I DON'T NEED A LONG EXPLANATION. CAN YOU SUMMARIZE BULLET POINTS? IS THAT IS THAT ACCURATE? WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S ACCURATE? THAT'S THE RELIEF THAT YOU'RE SEEKING. ARE YOU SEEKING. YEAH IT IS. YES AND NO. THERE WERE FURTHER REQUESTED RELIEFS AS FAR AS INSTRUCTIONS TEACHING TRAINING THAT SHE DID NOT ADDRESS. AND SO I WILL SAY THIS. I'M SORRY, CAN I CAN I ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN? CAN EITHER ONE OF YOU JUST EXPLAIN EXACTLY THE RELIEF YOU'RE YOU'RE SEEKING AT THIS POINT? LIKE I SAID, I WOULD RATHER HAVE A STAY OR CONTINUANCE IN THAT TO DO THEIR FINDING. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS BECAUSE THEY BANNED ME ON OCTOBER 3RD, JUST THAT ONE DAY, ALL I ASKED WAS, WELL, I WON'T GO THEN. SHE SHOULDN'T COACH. LET IT BE NEUTRAL, DO THE INVESTIGATION, LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN WE COME BACK. OKAY? IT JUST SNOWBALLED INTO A WHOLE DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THE OTHER THING IS THERE ARE THREE WITNESSES. AFTER MIKE PULASKI ON DECEMBER 10TH SPOKE BEFORE THE MIKE IN THE TRANSCRIPT THAT THEY DIDN'T PRINT OUT. SORRY, THEY REQUESTED RELIEFS WERE NO RETALIATION AGAINST ANYBODY WHO WAS SPEAKING OUT. WE ASKED FOR TRAINING FOR COACH SENEGAL AS FAR AS HOW TO TREAT ATHLETES AND ANY STUDENTS. WE ASKED FOR REQUESTED A. AT FIRST WE WANTED JUST TEMPORARY EXCLUSION FROM COACH SENEGAL FOR COACHING AND THEN WE REQUESTED PERMANENT. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THAT WAS IT. I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE. OH, SAFESPORT. AND WILLING. OKAY. THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE THE BOARD DOES INTEND TO DELIBERATE AND AND MAKE A DECISION. SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE DECIDING WHAT WHAT RELIEF ARE YOU SEEKING? AM I ALLOWED TO ASK TO DO THE THE SAME REQUESTED RELIEF FROM THE LEVEL THREE? NO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE. I DON'T WANT THAT. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANT THAT. AND WHAT I WANT IS YES. MAY I RESPOND TO HOPEFULLY ADD SOME CLARIFICATION AT EXHIBIT TEN? I BELIEVE IT'S EXHIBIT TEN IS THE LEVEL ONE RESPONSE THAT WAS DRAFTED BY DOCTOR MASON. IT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO THE RELIEF THAT WAS REQUESTED. AND WHILE THERE WERE ADDITIONAL GRIEVANCES THAT WERE FILED ALONG THE WAY, I THINK IT ENCAPSULATES REALLY WHAT THE RELIEF REQUESTED WAS AND THEN WHAT WAS GRANTED AND WHAT WAS DENIED AT THAT LEVEL. OKAY. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I'M, I'M CONFUSED ON THE, THE TEA ASPECT OF IT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE TEA CANNOT HEAR IT UNTIL WE HAVE MADE A DECISION AS A BOARD. THE PROCESS IS THAT THAT AGREEMENT FOLLOWS THROUGH LEVEL FOUR. AND IF THEY'RE
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DISSATISFIED AT LEVEL FOUR, THEN THEY CAN APPEAL TO THE TEA THE THE. MR. HOWARD HAS FILED A PETITION FOR REVIEW WITH THE TEAI BELIEVE HE FILED IT AROUND APRIL 10TH. THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSE IS NOT YET DUE, BUT WE WILL BE RESPONDING IN PART THAT THE POSITION IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT EXHAUSTED THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES AND THAT THE T E FILING WAS PREMATURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE ELSE? BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO CLARIFY? HE'S NOT SAYING THAT. OKAY. SO IT IS NOW APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THE MATTER.TYPICALLY, THE BOARD ADJOURNS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN WHEN THE BOARD IS DELIBERATING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION FOR THE BOARD TO DELIBERATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO THE BOARD TO DELIBERATE? ARE YOU OBJECTING FOR THEM TO DELIBERATE, OR ARE THEY GOING TO CONSIDER THAT AT LEAST THE MATERIAL THAT I GAVE Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE IT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT I JUST HANDED THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AND THE CLERK, AND JUST COMPARE IT TO THE NOTEBOOK THAT THEY GAVE YOU, IT'S PRETTY MUCH SET IN ORDER THAT YOU CAN KIND OF DECIPHER. SO I WILL TAKE IT BACK IN THERE IN CLOSED SESSION. THE LAST THING I WOULD ASK IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO FOLLOW. I RATHER LIKE I ASKED BEFORE, GET THE ACCOMMODATIONS. I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET SEVEN DAYS OUT. I'M SUPPOSED TO GET WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AT THE BOARD, BUT THE RULES, HOW IT WORKS. SO I HAVE TIME TO DIGEST, RIGHT? SO THAT I CAN COME IN PREPARED. THEN I'M SUPPOSED TO GET A RESPONSE OR QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW UP LIKE THIS IN WRITING SO THAT I CAN PROCESS AND DO MY. OKAY. AND HERE IS THE DOCTOR'S NOTES THAT I JUST WENT TO THE PSYCHIATRIST YESTERDAY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD SLEEP IN 82 HOURS. OKAY, THAT JUST PREPARING FOR THIS. SO.
YEAH, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN.
SORRY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY. THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE TIME IS NOW 551. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. OH, SORRY. 225251 ON MY IPHONE. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SE THE TIME IS NOW. 316. THE LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD IS NOW RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION. IT'S TIME FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE ITS DECISION ON THE ISSUES BEFORE IT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD UPHOLDS THE LEVEL THREE DECISIONS AND DENY THE LEVEL FOUR GRIEVANCE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
TRUSTEE WELCH MAKES THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I'LL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THE TIME IS NOW 317. THIS HEARING
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