September 24, 2018

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The Board will now reconvene in open meeting. Today is Monday, September 24th, 2018 and the time is 633 p.m. Mr. Gregorski, will you verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act with regard to the notice for this meeting?

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Madam President, I confirm we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meeting Act in regard to this meeting tonight.

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On behalf of my colleagues, I welcome everyone to this evening's regular Board meeting. Each Board member received the agenda and documentation for this meeting Thursday, September 20, 2018, and have had four days to study its contents and to receive clarification from administration. Additionally, the Board met last week in a work study meeting to receive information and recommendations from staff and administration on these agenda items. Board members were able to ask questions and receive answers and should be prepared with responses and action tonight. The Board has just reconvened from closed meeting in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, any action arising from discussions in a closed meeting must be taken in an open meeting.

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Madam President.

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Ms. Fox.

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I move that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by Mr. Gregorski in closed meeting. Second.

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Second. A motion was made by Ms. Fox, a second by Ms. Vann, that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by Mr. Gregorski in closed meeting. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Aye. All those opposed? motion passes I would also like to note that miss guess off and miss champagne are not able to be with us tonight next on the agenda I'm sorry madam president

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if I could I'd like to introduce a new hire that we have not been able to recognize at a board meeting yet and we hired her in August and she's joining us now and that is our new attorney that we've hired Elena Smith if you would please stand and be recognized Thank you, Elena.

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Thank you and welcome, Ms. Smith. Next is our Pledge of Allegiance and our presenter is Mr. Gregorski.

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Thank you, Madam President. It's my pleasure to introduce a fifth grade student from West Memorial Elementary and that is Sebastian Vargas Gomez. If you would please come to the podium. And his principal is Paul Massavi. I see Paul out there tonight and his parents are Jeffer Vargas and Maria Ramirez and I see them out here with him he has a sister Natalia who is college graduate and Two of my favorite things that his special interests as well are soccer and cleaning his room Favorite subjects math writing and soccer Few things about this wonderful young man. I will have a few quotes from his school from From Ms. Mabasa, his fifth grade ELA social studies teacher, Sebastian is a delight to have in my class this year. He is a positive role model who strives to always do his best and go above and beyond in what is expected. And from Mrs. Jenkins, his fifth grade math and science teacher, Sebastian is such a charismatic student in and out of the classroom who displays a genuine curiosity and love for learning. He has a wonderful personality and I love having him in my class and and I can't wait to see him change the world. Last comment is from his principal, Mr. Paul Massavi. Sebastian is a respectful young man who always comes to school with a positive attitude, and he works hard in class and tackles each new task with confidence and determination. So welcome, Sebastian. I'm sure if we asked all your teachers or previous teachers, they'd have wonderful things like that to say about you as well. So we will go ahead and turn that mic over to you, and you will go ahead and lead us in the pledge, and then I understand you have a few words for us tonight.

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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. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible.

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All right, go ahead, Sebastian. The mic is all yours.

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Good evening, President Doyle, board members, and Deputy Superintendent Gregorski. West Memorial is a very good elementary school. I enjoy West Memorial Elementary because they make you learn in an interesting way. I enjoy math because I just like how the numbers work. I like art because I get to express my feelings and my creativity on the paper. I look forward to learning something new each day. My favorite teacher is Ms. Jenkins because she makes math fun and interesting. Thank you very much. It's an honor to be here. Thank you.

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Thank you so much. Sebastian, thank you so much for being here and leading the pledges for the board members and our attendees tonight. I have something very special for you. So only about nine students a year get to participate in this. So this certificate says you're super special. And you can borrow my title if you want. I call myself K-O-B-D, kind of a big deal. So tonight you're R-B-D, a really big deal. And we have this for you. It's a convocation lunchbox. Katie Icey is 100 years old this year. And so this is a very special lunchbox. Very few people have it. This also is yours. And we appreciate you leading the pledges for us tonight. And I appreciate that you didn't roll your eyes too big when your dad's phone started singing a song right when I was starting. I saw that and he was like super chill and like really good, but mom was like melting in her seat. I like that. But we really appreciate, I'm just joking, we appreciate Mr. Mousavi and you young man. Thank you for all you do and we look forward to watching you grow and succeed in the future. Thank you for being here. Let's take a picture, shall we? Okay, hold this like this. That's cute. Dad, does your phone take a picture or just sing? Guys, get your phone out, Dad. It's good to be funny. Thank you so much.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Thank you so much for coming. Next on our agenda is agenda item 5.1 at the board work study. Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you. Are there any other scouts in the audience? I don't see any. Oh, hey, buddy. Why don't you come up, tell us your name and the badge that you're working on. You can come up to the podium.

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Go ahead. My name is Emilio Valencia and I'm working on the communications merit badge.

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Wonderful. Thank you for being here. All right. With that, we'll move on to 5.1. At the Board Work Study meeting last week, Ms. Heather DeVries, Simon Youth Academy coordinator, gave an overview of the Simon Youth Academy and the proposed application for the optional flexible flexible school day program the Board of Trustees will now receive public input regarding this topic those individuals requesting to speak regarding the Simon Youth Academy optional flexible day program signed up prior to the start of this meeting 30 minutes have been allotted for this public hearing the time allotted will be divided equally among those requesting to speak but no presentation may exceed three minutes as I announce your name please come to the podium state your first and last name for the record our first speaker this evening is Robert Willoughby

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I'm gonna read what I've written here so it I can get it into the three minutes Everyone, no, that's not the one I want. Oh, my. Well, I'll remember it. You know, the thing about Simon Youth Academy that I appreciate is the fact that not everybody, they have the opportunity to choose their parents or their circumstances. You know, some of these kids come into their high school years, they're faced with challenges that really most adults aren't able to deal with and by having Simon Youth Academy it gives them that one additional opportunity to be successful they're not going to stop their high school career they get to move forward they get to feel good about themselves but more importantly it's a program that allows them to work it at their pace and under their circumstances and that's a good thing. My kids didn't need that opportunity but I'm just glad it's there for other kids that do. The weakest link in our society needs the most help and I thank you for giving these kids that one more opportunity to be successful. That's kind of what I had written.

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Thank you so much. Having no other speakers, this will be the end of our public hearing. Thank you for your participation in the hearing, and the Board appreciates your comments, Mr. Willoughby. Next action item is Item 6.1, Approval of the Simon Youth Academy Optional Flexible School Day Program.

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Madam President.

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Mr. Lacy.

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I move that the Board of Trustees approves the application to be sent to the Texas Education Agency for the Simon Youth Academy Optional Flexible School Day Program. Second. Second.

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I have a motion by Mr. Lacy, a second by Mr. Scott, that the Board of Trustees approves the application to be sent to the Texas Education Agency for the Simon Youth Academy Optional Flexible School Day Program. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, we'll go ahead to vote. All those in favor, please recommend him.

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Aye.

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All those opposed, the motion passes 5-0. Next, we have our recognitions.

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Next on our agenda, I'd like to introduce Ms. Leah Marcioni, Director of Internal and Community Relations, for the recognition portion of today's meeting.

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Good evening, President Doyle, Board Members, and Deputy Superintendent Gregorski. The Health Occupations Students of America held their International Leadership Conference this past June. Nandika Mansinka from Sinka Ranch High School competed against 120 students from across the nation and was the first place winner of the medical spelling competition. Will you please come forward? With this win, she qualifies for the national competition.

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Congratulations. Family Career and Community Leaders of America is the co-curricular student organization that promotes the leadership and skill development associated with family and consumer sciences classes. One student representing Morton Ranch FCCLA started her quest for a gold medal last February by winning fourth in Region 4 and by taking first place at the state competition in April. She advanced as one of only two competitors who represented Texas at the National FCCLA Star Event competition held in Atlanta, Georgia last July. She earned the coveted gold medal for her entry in the fashion construction competition. She constructed a fully lined formal prom dress that showcased her flawless sewing construction techniques which she learned in Miss Arnold's fashion design class. This award has not only earned her a gold medal, but a scholarship in the amount of $24,000 to the Fashion Institutes of Design and Merchandising in California and Texas Tech University. Please join me Miss Convincea Duche And Mrs. Arnold, would you please come forward as well and join her for this recognition? Congratulations. The Texas Music Educators Association is an organization of over 11,000 school music educators dedicated to promoting excellence in music education and is comprised of five divisions band, orchestra, vocal, elementary, and college. School ensembles from each division across the state compete through a blind audition process to perform at the annual clinic convention as a selected honor group, and only the top ensemble from each division, classification, and category are selected to perform at the convention held in San Antonio. This is equivalent to earning a state champion distinction. distinction. Will the following directors and any students who are here tonight please come forward when I call your name. Griffin Elementary 5th Grade Choir Director by Cynthia Braught. Beckendorf Junior High Orchestra directed by Barbara Nelson. And Tompkins High High School Choir, directed by Kristen Reinartz. Congratulations to these folks. The Midwest, oh, we're gonna do it. Oh, there we go. You'll have to tell your teachers congratulations for us. The Midwest International Band and Orchestra Conference has showcased the finest performances by ensembles from around the globe and is the largest instrumental music education conference in the world. The selection process includes ensembles nationally and internationally competing in head-to-head competition. A few select ensembles are then invited to perform at the acclaimed conference. We are pleased to announce that McMean's Junior High Orchestra, under the direction of Amy Williams, was chosen to perform at the annual conference in Chicago. Ms. Williams, if you are here or any of your orchestra, please come forward. Not this evening. congratulations on those successes as well the music for all national festival celebrates outstanding music making by the nation's finest high school and middle school scholastic ensembles this blind audition process includes ensembles that demonstrate an exemplary level of excellence to perform at the festival held in Indianapolis Indiana this year we are proud to announce that the following groups were chosen to attend this very prestigious festival will the following directors as well as any of their students that are with us tonight please come forward cinco ranch junior high orchestra under the direction of catherine urban and seven likes high school orchestra under the direction of lee anderson

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Congratulations. The mission of the Texas Art Education Association is to recognize exemplary student achievement in the visual arts the following students received exemplary state medals this year at the 2018 visual arts scholastic event will the following students please come forward when I call your name from Cinco Ranch High School Angel Lua Tammy Tran from Maid Creek High School Angelica Cruz from Seven Seven Lakes High School

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Raofan Zhang From Taylor High School Naeun Kim Grace Liu Sophia Murillo From Tompkins High School school, Miranda Englehart Skopik, Madison Larson, Stephanie Chen Xu, Zhaist Khan, who also earned a distinguished state medal and gold seal. Congratulations to all of you on these exceptional awards.

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Thank you. Thank you. Best Buddies International is the world's largest organization dedicated to building friendships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities, abilities, offering social mentoring to improve the quality of life and level of inclusion, educating and empowering people with and without IDD to be leaders, public speakers, and advocates. Please join me in congratulating the Seven Lakes High School Best Buddies program and sponsor Mary Hilliard for being recognized as the overall Outstanding High School Chapter internationally the outstanding high school chapter in Texas and named a national pace setter for being the top fundraising chapter in the United States well miss Hilliard and any members of the seven lakes high school best buddies program that are with us tonight please come forward The Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas represent over 3,000 professional educators, administrators, and university students enrolled in the Family and Consumer Sciences programs. Each year, FCS TAT recognizes and honors a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher from each of the five regions for creative and innovative teaching growth and development of students and contributions to the community and profession please join me in congratulating Martha Webb from Seven Lakes High School for being named the region for family and consumer sciences outstanding teacher of the year Parent support groups play a prominent role in contributing to the educational experience of over our now 79,000 students that are currently enrolled in KDISD. These hardworking parents are focused on enhancing learning experiences for each and every student and assisting the teachers who educate them. Tonight we would like to honor and recognize the PTA, PTSA, PTO presidents from each campus for the dedication to our students and this district. Please come forward when I call your name. We'll begin with the elementary campuses.

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piersh campbell elementary maria garcia cimarron elementary leslie cernosik creech elementary cernosek sorry about that beth perry davidson elementary Jennifer Young Exley Elementary Beth Bishop Fielder Elementary Rod Perry Galbo Elementary Allison Lindberg Griffin Elementary Debbie Ross Hayes Elementary Kendra Krasinoski Holland Elementary Don Wojtek Hutzel Elementary MEGAN LANGHAM, JINX ELEMENTARY KARI SINGLETON, KATIE ELEMENTARY KIM BEIDLE AND ALICIA FROST, RIVERA, KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY JULIA CALVIN, KING ELEMENTARY Heather Little, Maid Creek Elementary Chanery Wu, McRoberts Elementary Cynthia Gomez, Memorial Parkway Elementary Joyce Puerta, Morton Ranch Elementary Lindsey Hunneford Nottingham Country Elementary Ashley core Patterson Elementary Dana Metz Randolph Elementary will Vaughn Rhodes Elementary Devon Hulick Rylander Elementary Melissa Allgood Schmalz Elementary Erin Kane Schaefer Elementary Maggie Dean Stanley Elementary Rachel Peters Stephenson Elementary Elizabeth Hodges Lexa West Memorial Elementary Beth Spragans Williams Elementary Mandy Smith Wilson Elementary Holly Painter Winborn Elementary Christina Anthony wolf elementary our Zimba Patterson woman elementary and Wendy men sick Woodcreek elementary and will the Katie Council of PTA presidents Georgia Strickland please join the group this is our elementary group of parent support group presidents

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Let's give our elementary group one more round of applause. Thank you. And now for our junior high campuses.

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Susie Jackson Cinco Ranch junior high Amy Kaiji Katie junior high Jasmine Caesar green maid Creek junior high Sylvena Silva McDonald junior high Sophie Winkle McMeans junior high Carolyn Smith Memorial Parkway junior high Katrina Williams Morton Ranch junior high Angie Kunkel Seven Lakes junior high Ruben Jimenez Stockdick junior high Jennifer Lowry Ties junior high Diane Korn West Memorial junior high and Beth Hayes Woodcreek junior high Bye. and for our high school campuses Don Bell, Cinco Ranch High School Kelly Geerig, Katie High School Celia Trevino, Maid Creek High School Janie Cardoza, Morton Ranch High School. Wendy Stanley, Paytoe High School. Jen Gone, Seven Lakes High School. Eric Pickett Taylor High School Laura Lowe Tompkins High School this is our secondary parent support group

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Thank you again for all that you do in support of our students, staff, and community of Katy ISD. This concludes the recognition portion of our meeting this evening.

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Madam President, before we move on, I just noticed that there are several namesakes in our audience and i know we always like to recognize them when they're here thank you for supporting your schools and your people and your teachers and your pta parent group volunteers i wonder if we could have them stand to be recognized would that be all right of course please stand if your namesake

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Thank you all for coming and supporting your schools. Next, Agenda Item 8.1, Katy Independent School District Education Foundation Inspiring Imagination Teacher Grants. Our presenters are Ms. Janet Tice and Mrs. Susan Smith.

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Madam President, Board Members, and Mr. Gregorski, it is my pleasure on behalf of the KDISD Education Foundation to direct this report to you in compliance with the July 12, 2012 Memorandum of Understanding between our two organizations. Leading the report this evening is KDISD Education Foundation Board President, Susan Smith.

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Susan Smith, KDISD Education Foundation Board President The KDISD Education Foundation is a stand-alone 501 nonprofit led by an independent board of directors. Our vision? To unite the community and provide a competitive advantage for KDISD students and teachers through targeted investments in our schools. We bring big dreaming teachers' ideas to life. Our primary focus is our Inspiring Imagination Teacher Grant Program, which funds innovative classroom initiatives that go beyond school district budget capabilities. Through an extensive application process, teachers submit grant proposals which are aligned with KDISD learning standards, but also reflect the teachers knowledge of what makes a difference to enrich learning and excite their students. Any KDISD educator directly involved in student instruction is invited to apply each year. The foundation is specifically target charged not only by our KDISD Memorandum of Understanding but also our own bylaws policies and procedures to enhance teaching and learning in KDISD classrooms, to generate strong community support for the district, to support the educational mission and functions of the district, to realize gains in excess of of any support the district provides to cause the records and books of our organization to be audited annually and provide that audit report to your board. In compliance with the above, the Katy ISD Education Foundation has requested and received annually from an independent CPA firm an audit of our financial position, the related statements of activities and cash flow, and all related financial statements. Foundation audited financials and IRS Form 990 for 2016-2017 have been provided in your board documents and are readily available to the public on our Foundation website. We have raised, managed, and invested more than $1.3 million in Katy ISD classrooms during our first six years of operation. In that time, we have funded 355 grants to 1,227 classroom teachers to enhance the classroom experience of over 163,709 students. students. We have built a highly engaged board of directors and a dynamic committee structure. Our board members and committee volunteers are comprised of Katy West Houston business leaders, Katy ISD campus namesakes, Katy ISD parent volunteer leaders, former Katy ISD parents, retired Katy ISD teachers, and community volunteers. Our Board is extremely proud of our work, the funds raised, and the exemplary manner in which we fulfilled our fiscal responsibility to the district, our investors, and community. Most of all, we are proud of the money granted back to teachers and the friendships that have resulted. We have launched two annual landmark KD West Houston events, Fireflies and Food Trucks, which is October 18, 2018, and Groove, which is slated for March 29, 2019. Each event is designed to fulfill both components of our vision equally. First to raise funds to invest in KDISD classrooms through teacher grants, and second to unite our community in celebration of those same teachers and their peers. In 2013, our first full year of operation, we awarded $88,000 in teacher grants. That amount has increased steadily each year to $314,000 for the 2018-2019 school year. The Foundation's financial return to the district has significantly exceeded any district support with that return consistently increasing each year. Our primary funding comes from our groundbreaking and keystone investors, a group of individuals and businesses who pledge annual support for the foundation for at least three years. BP America, Inc. is our cornerstone investor. For the past five years, BP has contributed $40,000 annually to fund grants in Katy ISD classrooms all over the district. Please join me in thanking BP. Will our groundbreaking, keystone, sustaining, and legacy investors, along with our board members and committee volunteers, please stand up so that we may thank you.

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Thank you.

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I offer my personal thanks to each of you for your incredible commitment and leadership. Thank you. We are also grateful to you, the KDISD Board of Trustees, for your early and continued conviction that an education foundation is essential to KDISD's mission of offering unparalleled learning experiences for students. Special thanks to Mr. Bill Lacy who serves as your representative on our board of directors. We can think of no better stewards for our efforts than Katy ISD classroom teachers whom we are now going to celebrate. Janet?

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I'd like to thank Susan Smith and our officers and our board members for their excellent leadership. They are the folks in black shirts tonight. It is a blessing to get to work with the caliber of leadership and the folks who build an organization that truly makes a difference for teachers and kids. We awarded grants to 42 campuses this year, over 300 teachers. The teachers we recognized tonight not only had a great idea, they submitted a well-researched and well-written proposal. Not all grants were funded, so their selection by our foundation board and committee members is truly an accomplishment to celebrate. It is my honor to present to you the KDSD Education Foundation's 2018-2019 Inspiring imagination teacher grants recipients by campus teachers will come forward and stay until the front of the room is full we'll applaud for that group and then we'll introduce the next group we took a picture in our reception so there's no need for photographs in the boardroom tonight grants range from individual thousand dollar grants to twenty five hundred dollars and five thousand dollar team grants involving three or more educators working collaboratively collaboratively there they are they're ready to go teachers as I call your grant title please come forward with your team from alexander elementary ela steam for the win mary batisky and her team from bear creek elementary striving for stem innovation colleen dominguez and her team From Bethke Elementary Classroom Collaboratory, Alicia Lambert. Ready Bodies, Ready Minds from Bethke. Kelsey Thompson Mebes and her team. What is this new math from Bethke? Kevin Weakley and their team. From Bryan Elementary Bot Squad, Ozobots, Robot, Robot Mouse Dash and Lego Boost. Nydia Casillas, Team Grant. From Cinco Ranch Junior High, Movement Makes a Difference, Ashley Johnson, Team Grant. Mobile Motor Lab, from Cinco Ranch Junior High, Brittany Vega, Team Grant. Making a Difference, Cinco Ranch Junior High, Kaitlyn Graham, Team Grant. Grant. Exploring World Cultures through Virtual Reality, Lauren Rowe, also from Cinco Ranch Junior High, and a team grant. From Creech Elementary, Connecting with Our World through Blogging, Alicia Osen, and team grant. You Can Do the Rubrics, Creech Elementary, Donna Parker. Empowering Minds Through Play from Creech Elementary, Rebecca Felden, and her her team. Clay and drums making an impact in young minds, Davidson Elementary, Vanina Orendorf, team grant. From ECI Project Tyke, early childhood intervention groups, ready, set, take it home, Denise Cloes and her team. From Exley Elementary, Yuki, R. My Sunshine, and Tubanos, Sabrina Silva, Team Grant. From Fielder Elementary, Coding for All, Kathy Counterman. From Galbo, Steam Rolling Past, Hurricane Harvey, Ashley Brewer, Team Grant. From Hayes Elementary, Hack Creativity, Allison Patterson, Team Grant.

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Applause

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Blast into Phonics in a Snap from Hayes, Amanda Pulido, Team Grant.

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Applause

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Solid Foundation from Hayes, Laurie Funes, Team Grant.

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Applause

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Bye-bye books, B-U-Y, not goodbye. Bye-bye books, Hayes Elementary, Pat Mitchell, Team Grant. Let's give a big round of applause to these friends. Congratulations.

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Congratulations.

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That's awesome. Welcome to school. Welcome to the school. Thank you. Okay, from Holland Elementary, Voices Heard, a student-run newspaper, Stephanie Nady with her team. Robotics and STEM, it's elementary, from Hudson, Hudson Elementary, Thomas Miller and his team. Beautiful Bars Project from Jinx Elementary Mary White, Team Grant. Books Beats Boogie, Katy Elementary, Leslyn Jacks, Team Grant. Little Storytellers Big Ideas from Kilpatrick Elementary Individual Grant from Miss Laura Bennett. From King Elementary, Charging Up Science, Barbara Meninko, individual grant. Math in the Real World from King Elementary, Julie Faber, team grant. Fairy Tales to Further Learning from King Elementary, Catherine Treadway, team Grant. Bringing Brainwork to Physical Education, Sarah Dockery, Teen Grant. From May Creek Junior High, Miniature Skeletons and Miniature Interactive Torsos, Caitlin Bertuska, Teen Grant. From McDonald Junior High, Transforming Intervention Reading with Flexible seating Allison Blackwell team grant from McMeans junior high we got the beat Christine Moline team grant from Memorial Parkway Elementary relit Steve Kowalski team grant from Memorial From Memorial Parkway Junior High, Growing Together, Brenda Williams, team. And from Memorial Parkway Junior High, Our Place, Suzanne Kuyava and her team. From Miller Career and Technology Center, a crash course on emergency crash carts, Jennifer Duggar and her team. From Morton Ranch Elementary, Multisensory Environment Room, Angela Ripley, Team Grant. Checkmate, also from Morton Ranch Elementary, Hilda Vargas, Team Grant. Lego, We Do Coding 2.0, Jennifer Schmeitner, Team. Bilingual and Biliterate in the 21st Century, Round 2, San Juana-Escobel, Team Grant. And then last from Morton Ranch Elementary, Kindergarten Enrichment, Tamara Bryan, Team Grant. Congratulations to this group of grant recipients. Great job, fantastic. Thank you Stephanie. Thank you so much. Appreciate you guys. Thanks for coming. Oh, you're so welcome. Thank you. Thank you all for coming. Okay, from Raines High School, STEM Discovery Center, Asrar May, Team Grant. Also from Raines, Immersive Virtual Reality Education, Peyton Bartee, Team Grant. From Randolph Elementary, Anna Villanueva, Team Grant. From Seven Lakes High School, Transforming Students into Escape Room Artists, Kelly Andrasik, the team grant. From Schaefer Elementary, Math Tools in Action, Amanda Saldana, team grant. Little Scientists Exploring Their Way into the Future, also from Schaefer, Becky Pico, team grant. Grant. Discipline, respect, and unity through music collaboration, Melanie Braddy and her team also from Schaefer Elementary. Stanley Elementary, creative inspiration, Jennifer Jennifer Short and her team. Stockdick Junior High, Flight. Malvina Castillo and her team. From Sundown Elementary, two grants, Growing Scientist, Angelique Ramon Valdez and her team. And Help Our Gardens and Mines Grow, Mary Smith and her team. From Tice Junior High, two grants, Establishing a Mars Colony, Steven Bennett and his team, and Micro Bit Go, Trevor Gibson. From Tompkins High School, Engaging and Differentiating Investigations in Physics, Tina Vu and her team. Two grants from West Memorial Elementary, Train Your Brain, Brittany Breen, Team Grant. And Wild Things Nature Club, Jennifer Lightsey. From West Memorial Junior High, Force in Motion Through the Years, Kendall Zurbuchen. From Williams Elementary, Drum Jam Community, team led by Jennifer Patterson. From Windborn Elementary, Coding Creations, team led by Dawn Gray. From Wollman Elementary, two grants, Boost Student Learning with Computer Science, team led by Diane Austin and read react respond our three book club team led by Jennifer stuttered and from Woodcreek junior high partners PE team led by Abby Wiley rousing congratulations to this last group of grant recipients and all of our grant recipients thank you guys for letting us bring this report to you we We appreciate it. Thank you. Congratulations.

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Congratulations.

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Thank you so much.

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Madam President, Ms. Fox, because this is a report, I have a couple of questions. for I'll just give it a minute to be quiet Trevor thanks for coming

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madam president Lacy I move that the Board of Trustees approves the the agenda.

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Ms. I have a question about the report. I'm just going to let the quiet, if it's okay, on the report. So thank you, Mrs. Tice, for the report about the foundation. A comment first. I remember in 2011 when Judy Snyder's brainchild was to have an education foundation, her passion, she talked about all the time as a school board member about an education foundation. She went to see other school districts. She saw how exciting it was. She brought it to us. And we tasked the superintendent, Mr. Frailey, to create this education foundation. And it was no easy task. It was quite difficult and some snags along the way. and as it built from the ground up, it has been a thrill to see the success of what you and your board does. Because every dollar that you raise goes right to a classroom desk. It's about the classroom. It's about teachers and students. And I love how you describe it, how Mrs. Smith described it. You know, those teachers with just so much excitement and ideas. is and and i know that your foundation and the grants are gaining so much momentum and and so much excitement i also appreciate very much that you don't award every single grant but you look for worthiness and so my question for you is um what challenges do you see for the future and And maybe what potential are you looking toward?

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I think that as with any of us who've worked for KDIC for any length of time, the persistent challenge is growth. The reality is we could run this teacher grant program for the next 10, 20 years and still have new ideas, fresh ideas coming from teachers, still reach new students. As the population grows and we add more staff and add more campuses, certainly we can do that. In terms of anything that we may do in addition to that, We've created a past president position. Tara Wilson could not be here tonight just for this year. And she is charged with leading our board into developing a strategic plan or strategic design for the Ed Foundation that will complement the work that KDISD is doing. And look kind of down, kick the can a little bit further down the road and see what might be next. I would predict that they will certainly keep this teacher grant program alive and ensure that it is thriving. That's the board's charge and knowing each one of them, I'm looking at them smiling, it is their passion and they're passionate about classroom teachers. When we first started the foundation in 2012 and locked everybody in the room and told them to figure out the best placement for their investment to a person, after about four hours it came down to their belief in teachers. So I think the foundation will stay teacher-centric as we move forward. board. We'll just continue to develop other opportunities to support teachers as we can.

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It is certainly my honor, my privilege to be able to be a contributor, to be a donor. And I love that your board is, if I'm not mistaken, your entire board are volunteers. They are, absolutely. All volunteer boards. And you see so many of them here. And thank Thank you for loving our teachers and our students so much that you sacrificially give. I know how much work that is. Each of us has taken a turn on the Education Foundation as the appointee by the board president. And it is eye-opening, isn't it, Mr. Lacy, right, to see all the things that happen there. And we're just super grateful for what you're doing to make a difference for our classrooms. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Ms. Tice. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

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All right, Mr. Lacy.

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Okay, here we go. I move that the Board of Trustees approves the consent agenda as recommended in items 9.1 through 9.16.

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Second. I have a motion by Mr. Lacy, a second by Ms. Vann, that the Board of Trustees approves consent agenda as recommended in items 9.1 through 9.16. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed, motion passes. Next, I'll turn your attention to agenda item 10.1, donated items to Katy Independent School District. And then agenda item 10.2, board member report, region four, Texas Association of School Boards. Mr. Scott.

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Briefly, the leadership of the Texas Association of School Boards asked Mr. Jim Rice, who is a trustee at Fort Bend ISD and me, to play a to make a presentation on state finance and correlated issues at the conference that administrators and school board members across the state will be going to this weekend so I will be doing that that's basically thank you

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mr. Scott and future meetings board work-study meeting monday october 15th and our regular meeting will be Monday, October 22nd. Second. Having no further business, this meeting is closed. The time was 7.30. The Board will now convene in closed meeting as authorized under Section 551.001 of the Texas Government Code for the following purposes. Texas Government Code 551.071, 551.129, 551.0821, and 551.074. It is necessary for everyone to please clear the room as the board will convene in closed meeting in this room. Thank you for coming. The board will now reconvene in open meeting. Today is Monday, September 24th, and the time is 8.14 p.m. The board heard a level 3 FNG grievance in closed meeting regarding case number FNG-17-035. In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, any action regarding this matter must be taken in an open meeting. Do I have a motion on the Level 3 F&G grievance? Hearing none, the Board, and there being no further business before the Board, this meeting is adjourned. The time is 8.15 p.m.