November 24, 2014

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The board will not convene an open meeting. Today is Monday, November 24th, 2014 and the time is 6.54 p.m. The board met earlier this evening in closed meeting. Any action arising from discussions in a closed meeting must be taken in a subsequent open meeting. This is a meeting open to the public, not a meeting of the public. There are students and other guests present. To maintain decorum, respectful behavior is expected. Disruptive behavior and or comments will not be allowed. KDSD Board of Trustees meets monthly in a regular meeting, generally, to receive reports from the staff and to take action on recommendations from the superintendent. Whereas there may not be lengthy discussions or a litany of questions tonight, please know that we've had the agenda for over a week. As a board, we've reviewed each agenda item in a public work-study session with the administrative team where we were able to ask and receive answers to our questions. Thus, as a board, we should have appropriate knowledge and should be prepared for our responses regarding the content of this meeting tonight mr. Fraley will you verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas open meetings law in regard

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to the notice for this meeting this president our compliance person is a personal report mr. president mr. Griffin I'm over that the board of

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trustees approved the personnel report is recommended by the superintendent

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the motion by mr. Griffin seconded by mrs. Fox that the board of trustees approves the personnel report is recommended by the superintendent any discussion hearing none we will proceed to vote all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye aye motion passes seven to zero president please

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to announce the reassignment of mr. Scott rounds the new principal of Carter's junior high he's currently AP at 80 high school he's with that resummon for him very much congratulations mr. rounds and our Our prayers will be led by Raleigh Sheik of Highland Elementary. Raleigh, do you want to please stand?

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state under God, one and indivisible.

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All righty. Thank you Riley. This is Riley, a student at Ryland Elementary with the proud principal Ms. Lisa Simmons. Glad to see you here ma'am. He is a student whose parents names of Cameron and mom Dana. He has a sister, I mean a sister Rihanna and brother Ryan. It's very small on this page, I can't see it. And what Riley likes, he likes to draw and he's a very big reading fan, loves to read, so do I. His favorite subject is science and what the teachers say about Riley is this, Riley is a very responsible student who always takes care of others in the room. He routinely goes above and beyond what's expected in the classroom. All three of his teachers absolutely love working with him on a daily basis. Students like Riley have an amazing future. Riley is a truly exceptional young man. We're very lucky to get to work with him. Mr. Brodhead, Mr. B, Ms. Davis, Mr. Black. Riley, glad to have you here, sir. Welcome aboard.

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board good evening my name is Riley Sheik and I've been at Rylander ever since I was in kindergarten and there's not one bad thing I could say about it all the teachers are friendly and helpful and have helped me improve my academic skills they have also encouraged me to do many different things outside my comfort zone all the students come to school with smiles on their faces and are eager to learn from all the knowledgeable teachers making learning truly fun and this school is an overall happy environment and I'm glad that I could to attend this wonderful elementary school I think great job good

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to have you sir congratulations a little something for you

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My name's Joe Adams and I'm on the Board of Trustees. I sit right up there. And you're here tonight and you're a special guest of the Board of Trustees and everybody that's here. Because you said the pledge for us, you did a great job. We appreciate that so much because all these people are watching, you and me, they're watching you primarily. You did a great job at doing that. And for that, we're going to give you this special piece of paper that has your name on it, signed by Mr. Mihalski and Mrs. Fox right here. And it says this is an honor of you Saying the pledges to tonight for the Texas and the US flag. Okay, in addition that Riley we're going to give you this special bag You only get this when you say the pledges. It's really nice You can carry hot stuff and cold stuff in there and whatever you have some leftovers and Thanksgiving you put them in here So we want to thank you tonight for coming and doing this you're a special young man

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Okay. Do we have any scouts in attendance this evening? If so, please stand up, state your name, your troop number, and what badge you are working on. Do we have any? Two weeks in a row, we must be really loading them down with homework. okay it was brought to my attention that there is a government class here tonight if so please uh please stand up and have someone tell us where the class is from Cinco Ranch okay welcome thank

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you for being here tonight next our agenda believe we are here for recognitions mr. service Mr. President, glad to have Ms. Lindsay Tiger, Communications Specialist for our recognitions this evening. Tiger?

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Good evening, Mr. President, Board Members, and Superintendent Fraley. For our first recognition this evening, I would like to call forward Ms. Mary Boisen. Ms. Boisen is an Adapted Physical Educator for the District and was recently selected for the 2014 Adapted Physical Educator of the Year Award by the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. This award acknowledges educators for their accomplishments and professionalism in the disciplines of health, physical education, recreation, and dance. Ms. Boysen will also be recognized at the organization's 91st annual convention on December 5th in Galveston. Congratulations, Ms. Boysen, on this outstanding achievement. KDIAC is one of 547 school districts in the US and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 5th Annual Advanced Placement District Honor Roll. School districts are selected for this honor for increasing access to AP coursework while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams. Since 2012, KDISD has increased the number of students participating in AP exams by more than 800, while the number of students who received a three-year higher on the AP exam increased from 6,205 in 2012 to more than 7,000 in 2014. Accepting this award on behalf of KDISD is Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, gifted and talented, and advanced academic studies, Aline Lindley. Congratulations. Congratulations. The National Hispanic Scholar Recognition Program identifies academically outstanding Hispanic and Latino high school students. Each year the program honors nearly 5,000 of the highest scoring students from the approximately 250,000 Hispanic and Latino juniors who take the PSAT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. This year, 45 of these scholar students are from Katy ISD. Students when I call your name, please come forward. Ariana Agron, Taylor High School. Stefano Aguilara, Cinco Ranch High School. Leo Angulo, Taylor High School. Luis Bastidas Seven Lakes High School Carla Bautista Katie High School Sky Bleas Seven Lakes High School Laura Borquez Seven Lakes High School Andrea Bernal Cinco Ranch High School Michael Butler Taylor High School Marin Cabrera Morton Ranch High School Maria Castagnetti Seven Lakes High School Angelo Cioffi Seven Lakes High School Luciana Cortesiano Seven Lakes High School Nicholas DeBoeing Seven Lakes High School Adrian Duran Seven Lakes High School Santiago Eastman Taylor High School Melissa Garcia Morton Ranch High School Fabian Gomez Seven Lakes High School Jessica Granados Katy High School Noah Guidry Single Ranch High School Bryce Gutierrez Katy High School Matias Honko Taylor High School Lee George Katy High School Sarah Kent, Maid Creek High School. Christian Linsley, Morton Ranch High School. Jack Lopez, Cinco Ranch High School. Brandon Minnings, Taylor High School. Manuel Marin, Katie High School. Dante Mauricio, Taylor High School. Marissa Meniere, Cinco Ranch High School. Kaitlyn Miller, Katie High School. Mallory Morris, Morton Ranch High School. Adriana Moya, Seven Lakes High School. Miguel Obregon Seven Lakes High School Samantha Pedroza Seven Lakes High School Katherine Perez Cinco Ranch High School Elena Peruzzi Cinco Ranch High School Louise Plata Cinco Ranch High School Jose Ramirez Katy High School Louise Ringale Taylor High School Allison Smith Cinco Ranch High School Samira Soto Cinco Ranch High School Luis Valderrama Taylor High School Patricio Villa Cinco Ranch High School and Jose Zuniga Taylor High School being named a scholar is an important academic recognition let's give them a round of applause

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Thank you.

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That concludes our recognitions this evening.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Okay, at this time the Board of Trustees will hear from patrons who wish to speak. By Board policy, a maximum of 30 minutes have been allotted for this forum. The time allowed will be divided equally among those requesting to speak. The maximum amount of time allowed for any one speaker is five minutes. Individuals who have written comments to present to the Board are encouraged to provide the statements to the Assistant Superintendent for School and Community Engagement, Dr. Andrea Grooms, who is seated over here on your right side of the room. These written statements will be shared with the Board. Due to posting requirements of the OPENS Meetings Act, the Board is only able to respond to a presentation that is directly related to a posted agenda item. For clarification purposes, the open forum is not a dispute resolution forum. The Board is not trying to prevent any patron from speaking. The intent is to redirect patrons to the proper grievance process so that action can be taken as appropriate. Employees or members of the public who wish to express complaints about a student matter or district personnel are reminded that they must follow and exhaust all administrative remedies prior to presenting complaints to the Board. As I announce your name, please come to the mic and state your name, tell the Board whether or not you reside in KDISD and whether or not you have children presently enrolled in KDISD. Tonight we have two speakers so each speaker will be allotted five minutes. When there is approximately one minute remaining you will get a verbal indication by our Sergeant at Arms, Ms. Courtney Dorr. Our first speaker tonight is Ms. Kim Belcher.

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Good evening. My name is Kimberly Belcher. I'm a taxpayer, voter, and parent in the Katy Independent School District. I addressed the board tonight to voice my disappointment in the performance of the board, of trustees, and the superintendent of our schools. Many of us are still in dismay at the handling of the bond election as it was a poor showing from what we expect of your leadership. It had It had to be the worst possible message delivered to my children during their time in public school. Your intended roles are to lead us in academic excellence, not coerce the community to agree with you on every issue. In my opinion, you all have a greater duty than the average government public servant. You've accepted responsibility for the education and preparation of our children for their future roles in our society. Instead of portraying that image of servitude, you have created a persona among you that the community is here to follow and serve you as if you somehow know what is best for everyone rather than representing our voices. Over a week ago, I sent written communication to the Board regarding Alton Fraley's continued derogatory comments toward people in the community that disagree with him. I asked for a reprimand and for you to address your constituents regarding his despicable behavior. further I requested that you fully publicize the beam initiative and what it entails for the students as well as the community I have not received a response to date a week ago today I began contacting I began contacting mr. Fraley's office requesting a meeting to follow up to his state of the district address particularly as it pertains to comments that he made about the beam initiative I received a response from his secretary that she would put me in touch with one of the senior staff members after the holidays I don't want a senior staff member mr. Fraley made those comments and I would like for him to address them personally in the interim I've gained support from other parents in the district that would like to hear from him as well our children have been subjected to psychological profiling through the Gallup survey that is reportedly the initiation phase of the beam initiative parents were not notified nor were they asked your permission nor would they ask their permission for their children to participate in these questionnaires i've seen the questionnaires mr friday it is imperative that the district immediately notify the parents that their children are taking part in these surveys it is imperative that the district immediately cease and desist use of this survey and any other portion of the program until parental permission is obtained and notification is provided. We expect that you provide full disclosure regarding the program to include the source of the curriculum or activities and the survey, identify how the data is stored, identify how the data will be used, publish the teaching materials and any related curriculum activities or information pertaining to this program. The data is associated with student electronic IDs so it's impossible for you to state to us that the results of those surveys are not linked to our children. KISD has taken many liberties that are a gross misuse of its powers. Failure to respond swiftly and promptly to these requests will ensure public attention that the district would surely rather avoid. In order to avoid any further outcry from us, answers to all of these concerns should be provided to all parents before the district breaks for Thanksgiving. The seats that you occupy, they belong to the people. The government was intended to work for the people, not vice versa. If you fail to acknowledge that and act upon it accordingly, we will assure you that you will be relieved of your duties and our next possible opportunity to unseat you. Thank you for your time.

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Our next speaker this evening is Mr. Derek Alfonso.

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the board, and hello to parents and interested parties. My name is Derek Alfonso. I've lived in Katy, Texas since 2006. I have two children that have attended Wood Creek Elementary, currently attend Wood Creek Elementary, Windbourne Elementary in the past, and Morton Ranch Junior High currently. I'm a former Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Marine Corps in Signals Intelligence. I'm a proud Watch Dogs dad, very cool program. And I served on the Memorial Mud Board, which is a municipal utility district in Katy, Texas off of West Green as an elected official for eight years. In that position I worked with Katy ISD and the Jeanette Hayes Elementary School PTA to provide financing in excess of $100,000 for their playground. So I am extremely familiar with board operations and all that good stuff No one here will be surprised I think certainly the parents More than I was and I think I think you guys will be surprised That our children can be questioned while in the custody of a law enforcement official KDI SD police Without the guardians being notified or without special allowance from a judge such as the appointment of a magistrate This is known as the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The U.S. Constitution grants this right and quite simply it states, no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against him or herself. Ultimately that led to the U.S. Supreme Court's 1966 case of Miranda v. Arizona, which is where Miranda writes that we've all heard, come from, you have the right to remain silent and so on. When police officers question a suspect in custody without first giving the Miranda warning, any statement from that witness or that person can't be used in the court of law. It gets thrown out. I fully support school officials, the principals, counselors, vice principals, in questioning children. That's part of their job. They are not law enforcement officials. They need to send them to in-school suspension. They need to decide about suspensions, expulsions, whatever. That's not a criminal case, but when it's a criminal case and you have a KD ISD police officer who's wearing a taser or a gun and they're in a closed office Questioning a child that's a different story There was a case last week involving two KD ISD campuses where two 12 year old girls and a six year old sibling Were questioned regarding an ongoing investigation in all three interviews The child was placed in an office with a school official and a police officer and questioned without being Mirandized and without parents being notified. As a matter of fact, the vice principal at one of the schools is glad to come on the record and let everybody here know out loud that he was told to not call the parents until the child had been taken off campus to KDISD in custody. In March 23, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court heard JDB v. North Carolina, which led to the decision that police must take a person's age into account when determining whether the circumstances of a case merit Miranda notification. The case the court ruled upon involved a 13 year old boy whom the police suspected of involvement with two burglaries. A police officer went to his school, removed him from class and placed him in a conference room with the door closed and two school administrators present. Very similar to what happened last week on three separate occasions. The officer did not give the boy a Miranda warning or inform him that he could leave the room at any time prior to the beginning of the questioning. After the boy admitted to the participation in the burglaries, however, the officer then told the boy that he could refuse to answer questions and leave whenever he wanted. The boy had stayed and provided further detail about the crimes. The Supreme Court held that the trial judge improperly denied the boy's request to throw out the statements he made to police because he did not receive the proper Miranda notification. The court recognized the fact because of their relative immaturity and lack of experience, children quote cannot be viewed simply as miniature adults end quote. Here's what it all really boils down to. It boils down to when is the child quote in custody. Right? As an adult if a police officer walks up to you and asks you a question your response is voluntary. You know better right? Against self incrimination. But when the vice principal or the principal or counselor counselor calls you down, you're inside their office, and a police officer walks in, you don't have the reasonable expectation as a child that you can get up and walk away. The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that a child is in custody when, quote, there is no reasonable expectation from the child that they may leave uninhibited. Many of us have been to the principal or vice principal's office at one time or another in our lives maybe when we were growing up without a law enforcement official without a law enforcement official in the office right i've never been in an office official

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mr affonzo if you would give me those written remarks like all those police chief would

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appreciate that i think that the parents would really appreciate it there's only two speakers and you have 30 minutes allotted i can finish in about three or four minutes at the most if you

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on mine. May I have your written comments please so I can review them with my chief please? Thanks.

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Mr.. President is this speaking time over

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Thank You mr. Alfonso Now reach the consent agenda portion of our meeting this president mr. Adams

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Move the board trustee's approves of the Senate agenda is recommended in the item 7.1 through 7.1 at 7.18

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Okay motion by mr. Adams seconded by mrs. Van at the Board of Trustees approves the consent agenda as recommended in item 7.1 Bruce 7.18 all those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye Aye. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Trustees, I will direct your attention to item 8 on our agenda, 8.1, donated items to the Katy Independent School District, which you have in your materials. Also, future board meetings will be a board study work meeting on December 8th 2014 and our next regular board meeting will be December 15th 2014 there being no further business we are adjourned at 7 23 p.m.