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Katy ISD Regular Board Meeting, December 17, 2018

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  1. 0:00 to 1:33 Item 3.1 Reconvene from Closed Meeting - The Board will reconvene from Closed Meeting. The presiding officer will verify that the meeting has been duly called and notice of the meeting has been posted for the time and manner required by law. Consider Board approval of personnel report.
  2. 1:33 to 51:12 Item 3.2 Consider naming the lone finalist for the position of superintendent of schools.
  3. 51:12 to 57:02 Item 4 Pledges of Allegiance Wolfe Elementary Student to Lead Pledges of Allegiance
  4. 57:02 to 58:48 Item 5 Recognitions Greater Houston National Association of Teachers of Singing 1st Place in Senior Music Theater Winner
  5. 58:48 to 59:34 Consent Agenda 6.1 Consider Board approval of the minutes of the November 2018 Board meetings. 6.2 Consider Board approval of the October 2018 Financial Reports. 6.3 Consider Board approval of the 2019 – 2020 attendance boundary modification associated with Junior High School #16. 6.4 Consider Board authorization for the superintendent to form a committee for the purpose of proposing a name for Junior High #16 per Board Policy CW(LOCAL). 6.5 Consider Board approval of a contract for air testing and balancing services associated with the construction of Junior High School #16. 6.6 Consider Board approval of Amendment Five to the Anslow Bryant Construction, Ltd. contract related to the renovations at Fielder Elementary School. 6.7 Consider Board approval of the Katy Independent School District Agricultural Sciences Center subdivision plat. 6.8 Consider Board ratification of a Resolution authorizing dedication of real property to Harris County in connection with the Agricultural Sciences Center project. 6.9 Consider Board ratification of a Resolution authorizing dedication of real property to Harris County Flood Control District in connection with the Agricultural Sciences Center project. 6.10 Consider Board approval to award the purchase and installation of security cameras – Package #1. 6.11 Consider Board approval to award the contract for Fiber Optic connectivity for Elem #43, JH #16, and HS #9. 6.12 Consider Board approval to award the purchase for Wide Area Network (WAN) electronics for Elem #43, JH #16 and HS #9. 6.13 Consider Board approval to award the purchase for Network and Wireless electronics for Elem #43, JH #16 and HS #9. 6.14 Consider Board approval of the December 2018 budget amendments. 6.15 Consider Board approval of an inter-local agreement with Fort Worth Independent School District to participate in the Texas Public Sector Group, a cooperative purchasing association.
  6. 59:34 to 1:08:32 Item 7 Action Items Consider Board approval to designate the Superintendent the authority to execute an electricity contract.
  7. 1:08:32 to 1:08:37 Item 8 Information Items Donated Items to Katy Independent School District
  8. 1:08:37 to 1:08:47 Item 9 Future Meetings 9.1 Board Work Study Meeting - Monday, January 14, 2019 9.2 Regular Board Meeting - Monday, January 21, 2019
  9. 1:08:47 to 1:09:58 Items 10 - 12 10. Closed Meeting - Closed Meeting will be held for the purposes authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001 et seq. concerning any and all purposes permitted by the Act, including but not limited to the sections and purposes listed below. 10.1 Consultation with Board's attorney. (Texas Government Code 551.071: For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law; and Texas Government Code 551.129: For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney by telephone conference call.) 10.2 Conduct and consider a Level Three GF grievance (GF-18-002) pursuant to Katy Independent School District policy GF(LEGAL) and GF(LOCAL) regarding community complaints/grievances. (Texas Government Code 551.0821: For the purpose of deliberating a matter regarding a public school student if personally identifiable information about the student will necessarily be revealed by the deliberation; and Texas Government Code 551.074: For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee.) 11. Reconvene from Closed Meeting - The Board will reconvene from Closed Meeting. 11.1 Consider Board action regarding a Level Three GF grievance (GF-18-002) pursuant to Katy Independent School District policy GF(LEGAL) and GF(LOCAL) regarding community complaints/grievances. 12. Adjournment

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Item 3.1

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The Board will now reconvene in open meeting. Today is Monday, December 17, 2018, and the time is 6.40 p.m.

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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 regards to this meeting tonight.

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On behalf of my colleagues, I welcome everyone to this evening's regular Board meeting.

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Each board member received the agenda and documentation for this meeting Friday, December 14th

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2018 and have had three days to study its contents and receive clarification from administration

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Additionally the board met last week in a work-study meeting to receive information and recommendations from staff and administration on these agenda items

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Board members were able to ask questions and receive answers and should be prepared with responses and action tonight

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The board has just reconvened from closed meeting in accordance with chapter 551 of the Texas government code

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Any action arising from discussions in a closed meeting must be taken in an open meeting. We will now move to agenda item 3.1

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Madam President, Mr. Lacy move that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report is recommended by mr. Gregorski in closed meeting. I

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Have a motion by mr. Lacy a second by miss van that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by mr

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Gregorski in closed meeting. Is there any discussion?

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hearing none we'll proceed to vote all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye

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all those opposed motion passes agenda item 3.2 madam president mr. Scott I move that the board

Item 3.2

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of trustees names Ken Gorg or ski that's the lone finalist for the position of superintendent of

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schools as discussed in closed meeting so good I have a motion by mr. Scott a second by mr. Lacy

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that the Board of Trustees names Ken Gregorski as the lone finalist for the

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position of superintendent of schools as discussed in closed meeting. Are there

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any, is there any discussion? Madam President. Ms. Fox. I move to amend the

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motion before us by substitution. I move to postpone indefinitely the decision to

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name a lone finalist and instead allow Mr. Gregorski to serve as our interim

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superintendent while we pursue a professional search with a nationally

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recognized firm for superintendent of KDISD and include all stakeholders in the process.

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I second the motion.

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Okay, I'm going to need to read your motion, please.

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All right, Board, I have a motion by Ms. Fox.

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I second the motion.

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Second by Ms. Champagne.

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They move to amend the motion before us by substitution,

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move to postpone indefinitely the decision to name a lone finalist instead

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to pursue finalists and instead to pursue a professional search with a

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nationally recognized firm for superintendent of KDISD and include all

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stakeholders in the process we will now proceed to vote there's no second yes

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I'm sorry miss Champagne you know this I'm sorry

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miss Fox made the motion miss Champagne made the second okay discussion please

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Is there any discussion? Madam President, Ms. Fox, I believe that it would be most fair to Mr. Gregorski and our stakeholders to pursue national search, have a full process as we have done in the past to include all our stakeholders and allow Mr. Gregorski to serve as interim superintendent as we discussed on November 12th.

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and that that would best serve our community based on the input we have received in the past week.

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Is there any other discussion?

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Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote.

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Madam President, I would just like to add that I believe that if we did,

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if we allow for a broader search, the most suitable candidate would emerge from that search.

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I just wanted to add that I think that Mr. Palforce is a fantastic person. I find him to be kind, intelligent, very knowledgeable about everything that goes on at KDIC, but I just want to ensure that we find the most qualified candidate.

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Is there any other discussion?

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Ms. Gesoff?

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I just want to add my voice.

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Madam President, point of order.

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Mr. Lacy.

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Ms. Gesoff, the Robert's Rules of Order require that you address the President as either Madam

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President or by name, so I would request respectfully that you do that.

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Absolutely.

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My apologies, Madam President.

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Thank you, Mr. Lacy.

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Thank you, Ms. Gesoff.

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Thank you.

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I just wanted to add my voice.

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I agree.

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Also, I've done a fair amount of hiring in the public sector and never under this time

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frame or this process.

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So I too believe that we should follow what has sort of been a standard process in this

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district as well as other districts and allow Mr. Gregorski to serve as the interim during

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that time period.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Ms. Gessau.

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Any other discussion?

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Hearing none, I will proceed to vote.

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We will proceed to vote.

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Let me remind you of the motion.

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The motion, we have two motions on the table.

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We're voting on amendment.

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We're going to vote on the amendment to amend the motion before us if it's substitution

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to postpone indefinitely the decision to name a loan finalist and instead to pursue a professional

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search with a nationally recognized firm for superintendent of KDISD and include all stakeholders

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in the process.

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We will now proceed to vote.

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All those in favor, please raise your right hand.

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Aye.

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All those opposed?

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No.

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Motion dies.

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amendment dies to that motion we will go back to our original motion I will read

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it again I have a motion by mr. Scott a second by mr. Lacy that the Board of

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Trustees names Ken Gregor see at Gregor ski as the lone finalist for the

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position of superintendent of schools as discussed in closed meeting we will now

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proceed to vote all those in favor discussion madam president on this

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motion please sure go ahead we have discussion anybody madam president miss fox this vote is

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not about mr gregorski this my vote will be about the process the transparency the communication or

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lack thereof and the lack of inclusion thank you thank you miss fox is there any other discussion

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I have something I'd like to say please, Madam President.

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I actually prepared a statement.

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May I please read it?

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What it says is what I'm about to say pertains to the vote that I'm about to render.

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On December 3rd, President Dewell sent an email stating that she would be adding to

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the December 17th agenda item a naming of an internal candidate because three other

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board members had requested this.

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other than that I received no other correspondence from her regarding the

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superintendent search a couple of days later someone from the community let me

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know there was a job posting for the superintendent I was shocked but on my

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own I found the posting on the website on December 5th I sent President Doyle

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an email in which I say it and these are my words I thought that the added agenda

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item that you refer to in the email was to be in action calling for a vote on

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whether or not to create a posting such as this we have never voted on this

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action. The board is to act as an entity and I thought the decisions made by the board were to

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be made by all of us through a voting process. In other words, I did not think that naming an

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internal candidate meant that we would be voting on a lone finalist. She replied that she would

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respond about these issues on the closed meeting in December 10th. I would think that the president

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would feel obligated to inform me of the process of hiring a new superintendent since I have never

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been a part of this process before i did not know about the 10-day posting rule i also stated in

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that same email that during the november 12th meeting certain board members said that there

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should not be a rush while of a sudden is the rush president dual publicly stated that as president

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she wanted to bring the board together before choosing a new superintendent i don't see that

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has happened yet three other board members asked her to put this on the agenda but per our board

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procedures the president doesn't have to put it on the agenda right away she

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could have chosen to put it on the agenda in a future month I would think

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it would be have been more ethical for her to have hold off on the requested

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agenda items so that the other three board members could still have been a

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part of at least putting together a list of job requirements with the help of

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community input I hold nothing against Ken Cagorski as I just said I think he

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He is a fantastic person.

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I do not think that he is a second-class person or a kindergarten teacher,

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as another board member stated last week.

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And by the way, I hold kindergarten teachers in highest regard.

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Both King-Gregorski and KDISD deserve a process by which the best possible candidates emerge.

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We should all want to hear from the community,

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because the community is made up of all the people we should care about,

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the taxpayers, parents, and teachers.

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We weren't allowed to get feedback and use that very important feedback as part of our decision-making process.

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Last month, I thought we were going to discuss how to search for a superintendent,

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but the discussion was shut down by President Doyle.

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But never in my wildest dreams did I think that we would not allow for community input.

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This method of choosing candidates did not allow all seven board members,

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didn't include us. It is obvious to me that the process has been controlled so that the predetermined desired result would be achieved.

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Our lone finalist is Ken Gregorski, the only person who applied and whom we just interviewed before this meeting.

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Even though we did not have a process in place for community input, I have received much input via emails, phone calls, and messages from community members who believe that we should have done a broader search involving the community to ensure that we have the best candidates to choose from.

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I have decided to stand firm with the community that I have been elected to serve.

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Therefore, my vote is no.

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Thank you, Ms. Champagne.

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Is there any other discussion?

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Madam President.

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Mr. Scott.

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No.

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I'm sorry.

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Did she get two bites at the apple?

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Sure, go ahead.

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Go ahead.

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Ladies first.

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Madam President, I have a question about the conclusion of this vote,

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and I believe this is the time to ask it.

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if once we take this vote that the state mandated 21 day waiting period begins is

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that correct yes ma'am okay and that according to my calendar will that end

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on January 7th is it 24 hour period will it index 7 o'clock on January 7th that's

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what I think I believe so yeah my question January 7th so it's the

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holidays people are going to be very distracted during the holidays and i'm concerned that the

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vetting time will be less than rigorous and what is the plan at the point of the end of the 21 days

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well what we can do is we can push it correct me if i'm wrong mr graham to the 14th because

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because that's our regular meeting already scheduled versus the seventh, because that is the holiday.

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Board members, Madam President, Ms. Fox, I think to answer your question,

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if we look at 552.126 of the Texas government code,

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this provision for the 21-day waiting period for the loan finalist actually comes from a provision in the Texas Public Information Act,

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where and I'll remind you that all candidates and applications for a

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superintendent in the schools in the state of Texas are confidential with the

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exception of if you if you move forward tonight with naming the lone finalist

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you have to give your public 21 days notice and so the statute is very

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specific that you have to give it at least 21 days it doesn't say you can you

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You have to do it between day 21 and day 40.

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It's not specific to that.

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So that's a longer explanation to answer your question.

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If this board had it on its purview to take that action up again,

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if you do decide to name a lone finalist tonight,

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you could do it at the January 14th meeting.

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Thank you.

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Mr. Scott.

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Mr. Scott.

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I apologize if there were snowflakes in the audience.

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This is a time to be straight, to be candid, and I'm going to do that.

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The agenda item is about naming a superintendent of schools, lone finalist,

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to carry forward and protect the many objectives, policy initiatives, strategic goals,

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and rigorous standard of day-to-day management from the highest levels of administration.

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I have shared my prepared remarks with two friends, both of whom urged me to essentially

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dumb my remarks down, speak to the lowest common denominator.

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My answer was no.

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I am not on this board to be anyone other than me.

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When I look in the mirror, the only reflection I see is me.

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I am a tougher judge of me than you will ever be.

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my comments tonight have a hard wire between my heart and my brain with

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values developed in the combative public arena for some 45 years I don't and

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won't do dumb down left at the last meeting of the school board my comments

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tonight would have been directed exclusively at affirmative explanation

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of why at this time promoting internally is the only rational district protecting

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path forward yet the decision by Don Champagne and Rebecca Fox to take their

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misstatements of facts and their misrepresentations to the public in the

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way they did as too many do via the number one source for intellectual

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demagoguery social media they have forcibly forcibly interjected their

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meanderings into the debate on this agenda topic. In doing so the way they

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did, they give reality to my earlier warnings that the poisonous politics

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advanced by a few have infected the boardroom and created toxic distrust at

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this board table. In the methods they chose, Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Champaign have

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conquered the outer limits of human accomplishment. They have made former

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former school board members Bill Proctor and Terry Huckabee appear to be statesmen.

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In doing what they have done the way they have done it,

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they have positioned themselves as allies of anarchy and chaos.

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From Mrs. Champagne's grossly incompetent assault on Ken Gregorski's original hiring,

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to Mrs. Fox's misrepresentations surrounding discussions of an external search process,

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they have proved themselves to be non-credible.

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Their conduct has been by my standards despicable and harmful to the school

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district. Ultimately the citizens of this community will have chances to express

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their values. Now let me move to four distinct issues that have led me to

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conclude that promotion from the end and management stability...

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Justin is he is he allowed to you don't let the community members to talk about

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people's use people's names and say to work derogatory things about them and I

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can take a criticism but when he calls me despicable or other other names I

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think that there should be some sort of limit to that madam president may I

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respond to the attorney but mr. Graham respond please well I would like to ask

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him a question to consider in his answer.

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Last meeting, Mrs. Champagne used my name in derogatory ways 10 to 12, 15 times.

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What I am saying here is about an elected public official, an elected public official,

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not an employee of KDISD, and it is not slanderous what I've said, it is judgmental.

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I have a constitutional right to say what I'm doing, and I expect to be affirmed to be able to continue.

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Mr. Graham.

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Madam President and Board Member Scott and Champaign,

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I will tell you that the rules of debate, as they're found in Robert's Rules of Orders,

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do allow for a tit-for-tat in this instance, so long as they are narrowly tailored to the agenda item which is in front of you.

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And I will remind you that the motion that was made and the agenda item as posted is naming a loan finalist,

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and so things that are congruent or tangent to that.

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Again, Robert's Rules of Order always focuses on decorum.

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Ms. Champagne, to the extent that you would like to respond to Mr. Scott or any other Board member that would like to respond, we can do so.

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Absent a point of order, there are rules about interrupting a speaker.

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So I would encourage everybody to listen, get their thoughts in order, and then if a response is required, let's do so at that time.

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The notion that the majority of this school board did not or even refused to consider an external search for a new superintendent is a gross and provable untruth, just to be kind.

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Starting in July when I began developing my plan for an external search, but formally in August

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when it was presented to the board in executive session and subsequently distributed by our school

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district's attorney, I developed a proposal that would have included an external search process.

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My proposal bypassed the traditional approach to hiring a firm in large part inhabited by former

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superintendents and educational insiders to act as filters between applicants and

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school board members. I am not going to spend time here enumerating the

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conflicts of interest that this insider's paradise of bureaucracy can

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produce. Rather, I will point out that this approach, my approach, while not

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standard, demanded hard work upon all seven members of the board to be fully

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engaged from start to finish in the search process rather than depend upon

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industry insiders many of whom typically have contracts in the private sector

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with both vendors and school districts throughout Texas my proposal broke down

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the artificial walls that are erected between applicants and the board in the

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traditional process the proposal placed a strong burden on any applicant to

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provide extensive data and answer extensive questions if they move forward in the selection

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process.

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It required school board members to work harder than they've ever worked in the process.

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It retained legal and academic experts with no business relationships at all within the

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industry to guide us through the process.

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This process would have created an incredible bond between the eventual superintendent and

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and the board and it could have reversed the already escalating and deteriorating relationships

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between board members. It was a process that required unanimous commitment to make work.

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It was effectively vetoed by Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Champagne who have now taken to social

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media to tell some of the truth to some of the people and all of the truth to none of

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the people. Mrs. Fox and Ms. Champagne will have a, I will go past that one.

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internal succession or external recruitment. Neither is always right and neither is always

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wrong. Those of us with institutional memory and knowledge that goes back further than last year's

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school board race can draw on context. I would ask the Houston Chronicle, for instance, to remind

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itself of the national searches for Houston ISD that led to Illinois and Florida and the disruption

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that eventually imposed upon the school district and the brilliance of turning

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to Dr. Rod Page, the ultimate insider. I remember my conversation with Dr. Page

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in his office when he was Dean of the Education Department at TSU and a member

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of the KDISD school board. I strongly suggested to him to ask his board

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colleagues to forego the next national search and for him to become the next

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superintendent of HISD. I even suggested to him at the time that if he did that and implemented

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the reforms that he supported, he would become the first African American Secretary of Education

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in the United States of America. He did. I just wish now that Dr. Page had never left Houston.

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The point I'm trying to say is what I am trying to do here is to use my experience to give the

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community insight beyond the unmitigated demagoguery of two board members whose motivations are

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highly questionable.

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The notion that crown jewels can only be found on the road is ludicrous.

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Fortunately, KDISD is in position to stay firmly inside.

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side. The notion that KISD has not had an effective succession strategy is a monstrous mistake,

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calculated demagoguery. From the day Dr. Hint became the superintendent, he has operated under

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very high standards of accountability and reporting to the board on every major program and initiative

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undertaken in academics, finance, operations, and personnel. Unlike Mrs. Champagne's incompetent

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and self-acknowledged ignorant statement via social media regarding Mr. Gregorski's original hiring.

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He has been the point person for over two years on every aspect of full operations of this school district.

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We have just completed a tour de force interview with one of the finest public school educators

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I've had the privilege to meet in over 45 years.

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I have personally observed his extraordinary leadership for some two years,

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have observed how he interacts with the district's other educational professionals,

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central and campus, and support,

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have observed how he interacts with the general public,

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and have monitored as a board member his extraordinary management contributions to this district.

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KISD has immediate challenges in the near future.

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In the near future.

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It is not the time to create management uncertainty.

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Bullet point.

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The Texas legislature continues to confiscate property tax dollars, now almost $30 billion, to fund its Robin Hood column obligations to constitutional equity.

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The legislature continues to confiscate hundreds of millions of property tax dollars from districts such as Katy ISD, so it will not have to spend dollars from the state treasury.

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Some of the proposals before the legislature, such as cost of education index changes, could have dramatic impact on districts, such as KDISD.

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The Texas legislature and the Texas Education Agency continue to impose unfunded mandates, an irrational accountability system, and other regulations that are not in the best interest of public education.

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Our strategic plan is at a critical juncture, evolving from planning and initial implementation to maturity.

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Now is simply the wrong time, and potentially a devastating time,

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to create management turmoil and uncertainty that an external process would create.

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In August, when I was considering supporting an external process, and today, you need the Hubble telescopes to see.

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the caliber of politics, the meanness, the viciousness, the toxic distrust has reached

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so level, such a high level, that even asking or seeking to bring an external candidate into this

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process would be mindless. The politics of KDISD are in jeopardy, but at this point,

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this extraordinary district is not broken. In working ahead on the academic

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and accountability goal of the strategic plan, I have just completed my personal

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analysis of the academic performance in KDISD grades three through eight reading

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and end of course English one and two in testing and star. When I evaluate the top

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63 enrollment districts in Texas, the magnitude of the constitutional equity

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equity issues and the deficiencies of state dishonest accountability system in conjunction

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with the state's abusive abandonment of its moral and ethical obligations to support constitutional

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finance are evident.

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Here's what is also evident.

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And it cuts across successive superintendent administrations, even ones that I have on

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occasion criticized in the past. KDISD is in the upper, upper, upper tier of

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academic performance indicators on a broad range of standards. The strategic

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plan that began with Dr. Hint and is fully supported by Ken Gregorski and

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central and campus-based administrators along with a broad range of community

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members has charted a noble path forward. The challenges are overwhelming. KDISD

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has the people in place right now who understand the complexity of the

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challenges, have worked topless hours with bottomless commitment to address

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those challenges, who now more than ever deserve the support of a school board

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that as the great Margaret Thatcher once told Ronald Reagan, don't go wobbly in

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the knees because they're barbarians at the gate. I added that. I have never

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figured out why or even how I actually want to seat on this school board by a

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measly six votes, but I will not go wobbly in the knees when so many good,

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dedicated, incredible educators that we have are depending upon me and a politically

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sane board majority to do what is right, to do what is right in the face of

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relentless slash-and-burn politics now supported by blatant demagoguery.

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Madam President, Ms. Champagne.

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George, I'm not going to go down to your level and call you a name.

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Mr. Scott, I apologize.

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But I wanted this to be a discussion about hiring the superintendent.

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and I have apologized for the for what I had said and I want everyone to know

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that I did not imply that anything was illegal done the hiring of mr. Corsi and

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I didn't I didn't even think that I didn't even think anything like that but

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I wanted to focus to be on hiring the superintendent when you told us about

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the procedure that you wanted to go use in the summer I was open to listening to

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The reason I didn't talk about it in the public is because we talked about it only in closed meeting.

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So it wasn't that I vetoed it.

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I was open to listen to it.

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But we never got to the point of talking about it in public.

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It's not so much the process.

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You know, I believe in democracy.

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If we would have all come to an agreement and decided to go with your way or internal search or whatever it was, I would have gone along with that.

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it's the fact that only four of you of you made the decision to post the job

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that we didn't know beforehand that the job was being posted and we didn't know

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you know we didn't get any input on same with the requirements or anything like

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that so I haven't I complete

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agree with you that there are really good people within KDISD who including

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mr. Gorgorzky and maybe others that could be the superintendent that's not

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my problem it's it's the method of getting here it's more so what my

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problem is thank you for your time is there any other discussion madam

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president is there any other discussion mrs. Fox you've had two turns I'm going

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to give the rest of the board an opportunity if they'd like to speak miss Gesoff i'd just like

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to make a few clarifications we never voted on mr scott's methodology we did hear about it

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several times i read through it numerous times i made questions about it but as a result of

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of endless PIRs and some absurd behavior by members of the community, our trust was eroded

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and therefore we decided we would only speak in open session.

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You may recall at the November meeting I made a statement at the end of the discussion that

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I was surprised that the discussion went the way it did because I thought that we were

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going to discuss the two different methodologies of searching for a superintendent um miss fox and

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miss champaign and i talked about what we thought was the best method and then the other board

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members talked about sort of their plan forward which really didn't involve a search um i also

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want to point out that mr scott used the word insider's paradise for professional search firms

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however that insider's paradise yielded dr. hint and dr. Merrill I'm not a fan

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of social media you rarely find me on social media however and so I cannot say

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that I read all the comments I did read mrs. Fox's post in my personal opinion

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she was merely trying to point out what was going on behind the scenes and I

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I appreciate Mr. Scott's years of experience, but to sit on this board, the requirements

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are pretty basic.

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You have to live in the community, you have to be a registered voter.

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That's pretty much it and not a felon.

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And so I feel that everyone's voice should be heard.

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And I don't have 45 years of public experience in education.

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I did stand in a KDISD classroom for five years and delivered instruction and I think

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that makes me qualified to have a vote and I think to discount people's experience,

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whether it's in the classroom or in the business world or as a PTA president or as

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a mortgage broker, to discount other people's experience in the world is unkind.

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and I don't think it serves the board very well.

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So thank you, Madam President.

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Thank you, Ms. Gesoff.

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Madam President.

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Mr. Lacy.

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I have quite a bit prepared, but I'm going to edit through this

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and jump around just a little bit, so please be patient with me.

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Ladies and gentlemen of our community, ladies and gentlemen of the board,

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we're supposed to be the leaders of them.

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Point of order, Madam President.

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Mr. Lacy, our meeting is held in public, not for the public, and so if you'd address

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your comments to the Board members, that would be appreciated.

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Thank you.

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MS.

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Continue, Mr. Lacy.

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MR.

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Mrs. Fox, I am.

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We are to be the ones that are supposed to strive to do what's right, and we're supposed

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to do what's best for our community and best for our district.

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recently what I have witnessed on social media has been childish divisive and

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very unprofessional

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it's really sad because that's what's got us in the pickup in the situation

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that we're in right now each one of you know that we have been discussing this

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this for months. And you know we have been discussed. There have been discussions on

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considering applicants from both inside and outside the district. You all know this to

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be true. And so do I. Mr. Scott detailed and spoke about his option. But you said, but

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But I'm going to jump past that.

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And now y'all are complaining about the procedures or lack of inclusion.

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But you know that that's not true either.

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The policies and procedures that we are bound by are listed for everyone to see.

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But just because you fail to reference them is not a reason for us to be sitting here today.

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day. Members of our community can point them out so we know that they can be found. But by y'all's

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not choosing to do your due diligence, y'all have failed to use the very rules afforded to each of

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us on this topic. I understand that there are claims that four of us are colluding against the

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other three and that's simply not true just like you have in the last few months three of us not

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four three of us asked for an item to be added to the agenda the board president was no more

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included in our discussion than she was in yours in close i think that it is important that we all

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all need to remind ourselves that we are to be the leaders of the community and

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that perhaps we should remember that spending time on Facebook should be used

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instead to be here with the rest of us trying to solve what is truly the most

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important of our job and that is to find and appoint a new superintendent.

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Thank You mr. Lacy I would like to point out some facts versus fiction all

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board members were made aware of the agenda item that was sent to me by three

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of our board members as a matter of fact it is not common practice nor is it

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written in a policy that when three board members request an agenda item

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that the Board President is to notify them except for when the agenda is

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posted 72 hours before the meeting. The difference with this agenda item is that

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on December 3rd when I was made aware that three board members had asked for

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this to be on the agenda, I did email the other three board members and I notified

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them and I will read the email to you for a public record. I was notified, I'm

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sorry, good morning, I was notified Friday of a request by three other board

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board members for the December 17th meeting. This was sent out on December 3rd. I wanted to make

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you aware as the agenda item is for the naming of an internal candidate for superintendent.

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Kind regards, Courtney Doyle. At no time did I get an email or a phone call from any of the

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other board members asking what this was about, asking if I knew any other information. Once the

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job was posted on the same day that this email went out and they were made aware, they did not

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contact me to question me as to why the job was posted, who posted the job, what

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were the, nothing, no correspondence from them whatsoever. So I want to point that

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out. You would have thought with a 16-year veteran on our board she would

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have known that it is common practice that a job posting needs to happen. I

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will give some relief to Ms. Gesoff and Ms. Champagne that they did not

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probably, possibly didn't know that, but again as the board president I'm the one

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that's supposed to render all the questions and it is my understanding because Ms. Fox you asked to

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mentor Ms. Champagne that you were her mentor so I would have assumed that that information would

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have been known I'm speaking Ms. Fox thank you um I would also like to point out a fact Ms. Champagne

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that you said at last week's meeting that you had attended multiple trainings on how to hire

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superintendent. That is, those were your words. Our trainings are public

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record and you attended one on superintendent contract so that's another.

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Ken Gregorski was not appointed as you stated on Facebook. He was interviewed in

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the process. The job was posted for 10 days. There were other applicants. He was

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interviewed and hired then brought to the board for a vote and he was

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voted on with a 6-0 vote as that at the time Mr. Mohoski was one of our board

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members and was not present at that vote. I would like to say that I hear you in

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your desire Ms. Fox for the community have input. Two years ago the community

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did have input. We actually sent a survey out to 85,446 community members to ask

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their opinion. We received 2,910 responses, so less than 3% of our

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community told us what they wanted. I would like to clarify based on the

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Facebook post that went around this week, at no time will the community be given

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multiple applicants, multiple superintendents to choose from. It is

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illegal and it is not allowed. What the community can do is tell us what you

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you want in a superintendent.

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What characteristics, which is what this survey did.

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So I'm going to read you a few.

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Reputation for high achievement,

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accommodating growth in student population,

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recruiting, hiring, and retaining high quality staff,

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improving engagement with parents and community,

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listening and considering alternative views to options

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while making decisions, developing and implementing

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programs that ensure students are prepared for the future.

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Those were the survey questions and those are the answers that received the top vote.

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I would also like to point out that in the past two years that Mr. Gregorski has been

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second in command, there's a few things that have happened in our district.

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All of our campuses have met standard.

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The district as a whole has earned A letter grade in the state's 2018 A through F accountability

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system of the year.

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The district is one of 373 school districts nationwide that appear on the College Board's

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annual advanced placement honor roll. There's another award that's going to be

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coming out in January that I cannot share with you but is actually quite

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remarkable. The number of career and technical certification exams has

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increased nearly 40%. The number of KDIC campuses appearing on the niche

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annual ratings climbed each year. KDIC is continued to be named by the National

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Association of Music Merchants, one of the best communities for music

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music education the district has recognized recognized as a top workplace

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by the Houston Chronicle 2017 annually Katie I see has continued to receive the

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highest possible rating of superior achievement from the school financial

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integrity rating system with that information we did have one internal

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candidate apply and who has been interviewed and I will say just as I

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said last week we did not ask to be in this position. Lance Hint would, Dr. Lance Hint,

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would still be our superintendent if the obvious reasons of his family being harassed, bullied,

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would not have taken place. It is unfortunate

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and we would not be looking for a new superintendent if those things had not taken

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place by people in this very community.

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Can I call the question? So with that, yes sir you may. So with that we're tasked with the job

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of finding a new superintendent and based on where our community is and

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based on all of those things that I just read about where our district is, I think

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that we are in a perfect position to be keeping this district going in the path

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that it's going with an internal candidate.

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Mr. Fox.

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I'm sorry, Mr. Scott.

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Madam President, you may have the opportunity to respond to some of the false allegations.

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Mr. Scott.

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Mr. Scott.

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First.

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He wants to call the question.

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I want to respond to the false accusations he made about me.

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Did you say you had a question?

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No, I just wondered if we could vote if she wants to.

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Oh, okay.

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I'm sorry.

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If she wants to ramble, that's okay.

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I thought he said he had a question.

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Ms. Fox.

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If I want to ramble, Mr. Scott, I'm not quite sure how we got here.

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It's an embarrassment to me and to our community that our board is so divided.

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I will not tit for tat and argue every point.

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Because our community deserves better than that. I will say that there have been false statements made about me and about others.

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And I seek people to seek facts.

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I will say that last week at our meeting I asked for an inclusive process to find out information

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from our community to get their input about our prop about our superintendent search and was

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denied by the of the even asking for a survey mrs. Doyle you pointed out that we asked two years ago

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and I mean a few things have changed in two years.

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We've certainly grown a lot.

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A lot of new people have moved here who have never been asked.

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And in addition to the 2,900 replies that we got on a survey, we did many, many small

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focus groups with community leaders, business leaders, clergy, teachers of the year, student

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roundtable, volunteer, on and on.

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And those focus groups helped us design a portrait of a superintendent.

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attendant.

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Because the feedback inclusion process was denied, I made the choice to ask my community,

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our community, about their feedback on social media.

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It was my only avenue.

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I don't have a distribution list to send emails to all three, however many thousands there

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There are, and it was the way I thought that we could get feedback about the process we are about to make a decision here, and they had no idea or input.

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That's why I ask.

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I've never done it before.

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We've had a multi-bail schedule.

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We've had transportation issues.

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We had our strategic design.

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All of those things, all major decisions, rezonings.

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We asked for our community's input.

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but one of the most decision most important decisions we will make

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that will affect students and future students for years to come about choosing our next leader

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we didn't ask it's not fair to our community it's an insult to them and that's why i made

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the social media post i apologize if it seemed uh i i wasn't accusing anyone i wasn't trying to make

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I simply was trying to educate our community about where we are and what we're about, the decision we are about to make.

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Mr. Lacy, I want to say to you that I meant no disrespect when I did the point of order.

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I just know that as we, as a board grow, that our conversations are to be to each other.

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And I appreciate very much your understanding that that was not meant disrespectfully.

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I have great respect for you.

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We did not do our due diligence.

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This isn't about the board.

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It isn't about any one candidate.

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This is about our students, our families, our teachers, our community.

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They deserve us to do a public, thorough, transparent, and inclusive search

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before we make a decision of this magnitude.

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Madam President, the last thing I will say is that I ask for a plan to unite our board because

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it's very obvious that we are divided and it is imperative that we come together and find our

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common ground and refocus our statements and our thoughts on students. And I look forward to what

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plan you have and I ask again, what plan do you have, a concise plan, a concrete plan to do? Team

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building resolution mediation our community and our students deserve us to

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find a solution out of this and I look forward to the plan that you have thank

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you

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mr. Scott this board the board majority ordinary due diligence extraordinary

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extraordinary due diligence. The notion that the four board members who have expressed the opinion

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and the statements that we have made have not been intimately, intricately evolved

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in evaluating Ken Gregorski. It's just wrong to assert that. I'm telling you right now,

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Ken Gregorski is the real deal. We don't need to go searching for a crown jewel

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when we have so many outstanding educators who are ready to be led by one

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of the finest educators that's been in this community. Period. Paragraph. End of

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story. I'm going to leave Ms. Fox's statements alone. I'm just going to say

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Ken Gregorski is the right guy at the right time and he's got an incredible

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team to lead. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Scott.

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Ms. Fox I agree that the board needs to work on coming together. We can place

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that on the agenda for a later meeting i can say that it is very difficult to come together when

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board members have their own agenda and make decisions on their own against our policy against

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what we've asked out of respect of each other but that again is a discussion for another day

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Are there any other comments on this particular agenda item?

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Hearing none, I will remind you again that we have a motion on the table by Mr. Scott,

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a second by Mr. Lacy, that the Board of Trustees names Ken Gregorski as the lone finalist for the position of Superintendent of Schools.

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As discussed in closed meeting, we will proceed to vote.

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All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye.

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Aye.

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Aye. All those opposed? No. Motion passes with a four to three vote.

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If you continue to holler out from the audience, I'm going to have to ask you to please be removed.

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We will move on to our Pledge of Allegiance. We have Mr. Gregorski.

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Thank you, Madam President. I had the pleasure right before the meeting to meet our honored student today.

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I'm going to go ahead and invite him up here to the podium, and that would be George Izu from Wolf Elementary.

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He has been patiently waiting to get up here, and we're looking forward to hearing from him.

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So his principal is out in the audience, Principal of Wolf Elementary, Anna Hinojosa.

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He is a fifth grade student. He's got some family with him here tonight. His parents are Kevin Izu and Eva Boldridge. He's got a sister with him, Gabrielle, who attends Taylor High School. And he has many special interests such as soccer, taekwondo, choir, Cub Scouts, and acting.

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And a special note for those of you who would like to go see it, you can see George who

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will be performing in the James E. Taylor Playmakers production of The Christmas Carol

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and Les Miserables.

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So favorite subject, science and math, and a quote from his teachers from Mrs. Fox and

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Ms. Glasscock and Mr. Sermo.

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George is the perfect example of a Wolf Star student.

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He is an inquisitive scientist, always asking questions and wanting to know more.

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When George is not showcasing his math and science skills, you will find him immersed

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in the plot of his current book.

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He is witty and clever and always keeps his teachers on their toes.

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George is also an avid theater buff who you will often hear singing anything from show

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tunes to the oldies.

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Remember this face and take note of George because someday you will sure see his name

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in lights.

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So welcome George, we will let you lead us in the pledge and then we'll give you the

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mic to say a few words for us.

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Okay.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for

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which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Honor the Texas flag.

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I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one indivisible.

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Thank you, George.

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And the mic is yours.

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Thank you.

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Good evening, President Doyle, trustees, and Acting Superintendent Gregorski.

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My name is George Izu.

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I am 10 years old, and I am a fifth grader at Maurice L. Wolfe Elementary School.

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My teachers are Ms. Fox, Ms. Glasscock, and Mr. Sermo.

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When I was told that I would be speaking at a board meeting, I thought it meant that I would be bored.

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At school, I love the challenge of finding a solution to a problem, especially in math.

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I'm currently reading the Hatchet series in the same season in which the books are set.

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When I grow up, I look forward to putting in the hard work in order to become a veterinarian.

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I appreciate this opportunity to come here tonight, and I am honored to represent my school.

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Come back up, George. Come back up.

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Did I tell you?

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guys I had the opportunity to read to his class as did mrs. Fox and there she is

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guess off as well and let me tell you this is a fantastic very bright young

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man he did not speak a word he was saving his voice it's my honor to be

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be able to give you two things, and I'll get to the socks I did not forget.

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This is a certificate that designates that you are a pledge leader.

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And this is a special lunchbox.

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You'll note that this is a 100-year anniversary lunchbox.

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There are only eight children that receive this during the year because we do not meet.

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Well, we still meet, but y'all don't meet on the summer months, so you get to have this as well.

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okay so one of the things that I told him was and I tell all the children I

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better read to schools because that's the neat that's the fun part that all of

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us as board members get to do because I always wear if I'm wearing shoes grown

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up shoes I always have on fun socks and I showed him what I had on the other day

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so penguins

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penguins.

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Uh-uh.

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What were they?

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You had penguins last week.

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No, they weren't penguins.

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They were...

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Seagulls.

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And why are they seagulls?

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And what's the joke that I told you?

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Uh, they're all girls because they're sea gals.

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That's right.

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Okay, so...

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Oh, Santa's on!

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Congratulations.

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Oh, oh, what the...

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Oh, oh, okay.

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Thank you so much, buddy.

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You did a great job.

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Next, I'd like to see, do we have any scouts in the audience?

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No? Okay, we will move on to our recognitions portion. Mr. Gregorski.

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Thank you, Madam President. Next on our agenda, I would like to introduce Mrs. Maria DePetta,

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Manager of Media Relations and Multimedia, for the recognition portion of our meeting.

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Good evening, President Doyle, Board members, and Acting Superintendent Gregorski.

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We start tonight with the National Association of Teachers in Singing, which was founded

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in 1944.

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The mission of the National Association is to encourage the highest standard of the vocal

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art and principles in the teaching of singing.

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The Greater Houston Chapter held their Fall Music Theatre Auditions and one of our very talented students brought back first place in the Senior Music Theatre category.

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This highly prestigious award required several rounds of competition against students from Houston and the surrounding areas.

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Please join me in recognizing Mayde Creek High School Senior, Glenda Larris Torres-Gro for this great accomplishment.

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Congratulations to Glenda Larrys.

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and this concludes the recognitions portion of our meeting this evening.

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Thank you. Next we have agenda item six. Madam President. Mr. Lacy. I move that the Board of

Consent Agenda

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Trustees approves the consent agenda as recommended in item 6.1 through 6.15. Second.

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I have a motion by Mr. Lacy, a second by Mr. Scott that the Board of Trustees approves the

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consent agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.15 we will now proceed to

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vote all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye aye aye all

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those opposed motion passes 7 to 0 madam president

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man this Fox before we move to 7.1 I have a couple of questions I'd like to

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ask our purchasing director mr. T is it possible to have those questions before

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we move to the action we'll do that in the discussion I need a motion miss

Item 7

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Ms. Vann, I move that the Board of Trustees approves to designate the superintendent the authority to execute an electricity contract.

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Second.

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I have a motion by Ms. Vann, a second by Mr. Scott, that the Board of Trustees approves to designate the superintendent the authority to execute an electricity contract. Is there any discussion?

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Madam President.

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Ms. Fox.

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I ask to keep this off consent agenda last year.

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week because I wanted to do a little more exploratory on the experience I have serving

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on a board that deals in this kind of thing. So Mr. Teed, thank you so much. I have a couple

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of questions. Are you aware of a procurement process called a reverse auction?

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I'm aware of it. I've never done one. Okay. So I learned some really cool things this week that I

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I would like my board members to know and Mr. Teed and Mr. Gregorski, I seek your feedback on this.

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So become aware of a different procurement process called a reverse auction. I think it's called a

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I don't see where it is, a power buy tool. It's where electricity providers compete in an auction

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to provide electricity to the district. I believe we could see some significant savings using this

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methodology have become aware of so before we were proven RFP I'd like to

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give the district some time to see what the potential is to utilize this power

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by tool Katie ISD has some I'm gonna roll around number out there around a

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hundred and fifty thousand megawatt hours that Katie ISD has a hundred and

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fifty thousand megawatt hours is that close hundred fifty seven thousand I

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I think is correct.

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And that gives us substantial power to negotiate a fantastic price on this electricity.

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If we could save even half a cent off of the lowest bid that we would get through an RFP process,

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it would result in significant savings.

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Like I'm talking a half a million dollars a year over the five-year contract that we're looking at.

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An RFP is a fixed price proposal.

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And so when the bids come in, they just are the bids.

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You don't go back and negotiate them again.

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This power buy reverse auction is similar to the auction is up.

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I think it's 30 minutes.

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The great big electricity companies go and they bid on our load.

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And because we have such a huge load, think of it.

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It's like using the psychology of eBay.

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Have you ever bid on something and in the last three minutes you pay more than you expected or you sell something for cheaper than

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You expected because you're in the you're in that psychology of I want it. No, I want it and they really would want Katie ISD

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So the price keeps dropping until the auction ends

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I've heard of districts just very recently who saved seven tenths seven or eight cents

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Seven tenths of a cent off of there. I mean this could be big money. So

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I would like to offer that we give the district an opportunity to look at it, maybe explore it.

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We aren't in a huge hurry.

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The price of gas is somewhat stable, and we could save so much money.

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I would like to offer to Mr. Gregorski and Mr. Teed maybe to get, like, I'm not the expert, as you can clearly see,

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but I know that there are people who could talk to us about that and how it works and who does it and all of that.

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But I think it might save us a lot of money instead of our traditional RFP process

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Those are my thoughts. Madam President

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Mrs. Fox I appreciate you bringing that up and it sounds like a fantastic program

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I do have some questions for you and some and some thought processes as well. I've done a little bit of research as well

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Not to the not to the extent that you have however

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When that reverse auction comes up

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on what day is that i mean i don't know it would take a an i hate to use the word expert i don't

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know mr teed would be able to talk to the people who know how to do it or mr gregorski and and

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understand all that i just know that if we're going to lock in a price for nine years i think

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these prices have a three in front of them okay right i i and that's where you're i think your

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Your thoughts and my thoughts are pretty much the same.

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But the one thing that I noticed is, and that I was thinking about when I was doing my research,

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is when Mr. Teague, or whomever is designated by the superintendent, is doing the bidding, it is good like moments.

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I am absolutely, I'm so sorry I interrupted you.

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I'm totally in favor of giving the authority to them.

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Okay.

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That part.

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I'm in favor of giving the authority away.

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That's the part that I was wanting to make sure.

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Because I feel like if we have to wait for the board to, for anything to come back to the board, we could miss on opportunities.

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And it could cost us millions of dollars.

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Right.

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So I'm in congruency with you there.

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So I just wanted to make sure.

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This isn't something that we're removing the, we're, you're suggesting that we remove it from the superintendent.

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Last week I had that conversation.

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this year I mean this week I absolutely agree with giving the authority to mr.

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Gorg or ski and whoever he designates and if they like this process of saving

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money I just would like to give them more time I think tonight is the madam

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president is the agenda item go for the RFP no snow ma'am let me remind you the

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the motion is that the Board of Trustees approves the desi to designate the

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superintendent the authority to execute an electricity contract we're giving the superintendent

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the authority to negotiate the contract miss i'm sorry mr scott i keep trying would this okay

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i'm sorry i didn't i'm sorry okay would this contract i'm sorry we're all sorry uh would this

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motion allow you to consider any negotiation under the banner of this

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motion would the superintendent have the authority or the designee have the

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authority to look at our existing use an RFP or pursue this Avenue yes sir using

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the RFP process we actually go out with our consultant and and reach out to all

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the cooperatives and and ask for their power by uh so there is nothing contradictory by approving

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this motion tonight no sir and excluding the option that mrs fox has raised correct no sir

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is there any reason are we are we going to do anything different if we approve this this motion

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tonight is it going to change your conduct are you going to look for the

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best deal no matter what yes sir we are and the best deal might include what

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she's suggesting yes sir good okay and so we're not going to be bringing that

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deal or any deal back to the board for board approval we're giving the

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administration the authority go and find us the best deal it might be the TASB

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be offered. It might be another one. It might be this approach. It might be something else.

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All we're saying is negotiate the best deal. Yes, sir. Is that what we're doing? Yes, sir.

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Okay. Is there any other discussion? Okay. I would like to ask either maybe Mr. Gregorski

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or Mr. Teed, do you get what I'm saying or you got it? And have you heard about that yet?

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The power buy, yes, ma'am. That's what we do with direct energy. We've done four of those.

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With the auction? That's a 30-minute auction? Yes, ma'am.

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That's how we got the 3-2-2? No, ma'am.

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Our previous purchase was through an RFP.

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The 3-6 rate that we have currently was through an RFP process.

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Our current rate on our large contract of 5-6

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was done through the power buy or reverse auction.

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And I have participated in a power buy as well, so I've done both.

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Look at that shining example.

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I will remind you, I have a motion by Ms. Vann, second by Mr. Scott,

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that the Board of Trustees approves to designate the superintendent the authority to execute an electricity contract.

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We will proceed to vote.

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All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye.

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Aye.

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All those opposed, motion passes.

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Next, we have information items.

Item 8

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The Board was provided a copy of the donated items to KDISD.

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future meetings board work study Monday January 14th 2019 our regular meeting is

Item 9

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Monday January 21st 2019 we will close at 749 p.m. madam president can we go

Items 10 - 12

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ahead and list the sections in which we're closing the meeting yes I believe

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those are that the board will now convene and close meeting as authorized

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under section 551 point 001 of the Texas government code for the following

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purposes Texas government code five five one point oh seven one five five one

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point one two nine five five one point oh eight two one and five five one point

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zero seven four and you may want to ask the audience yes audience please clear

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the room thank you the board will now reconvene an open meeting today is

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Monday December 17th 2018 and the time is 849 p.m. the board heard a level 3

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three grievance in the closed meeting regarding case number GF18-002 in accordance with Chapter

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551 of the Texas Government Code. Any action regarding this matter must be taken in an open

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meeting. Madam President. Mr. Lacy. I move that we adjourn. Meeting adjourned 8 49 PM.

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MOTION 001 · AGENDA 3.1

Passed

(not specified)

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
ashley-vann

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 002 · AGENDA 3.2

Passed

I move that the Board of Trustees names Ken Gregorski as the lone finalist for the position of superintendent of schools for Katy Independent School District and gives public notice thereof as required by law.

Moved by
george-scott
Seconded by
bill-lacy

4 Yes · 3 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne No
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox No
susan-gesoff No

MOTION 003 · AGENDA 6.1

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 004 · AGENDA 6.2

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 005 · AGENDA 6.3

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 006 · AGENDA 6.4

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 007 · AGENDA 6.5

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 008 · AGENDA 6.6

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 009 · AGENDA 6.7

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 010 · AGENDA 6.8

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 011 · AGENDA 6.9

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 012 · AGENDA 6.10

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 013 · AGENDA 6.11

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 014 · AGENDA 6.12

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 015 · AGENDA 6.13

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 016 · AGENDA 6.14

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 017 · AGENDA 6.15

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 - 6.15.

Moved by
bill-lacy
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes

MOTION 018 · AGENDA 7.1

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Acting Superintendent, or designee, the authority to execute an electrical supply contract for Katy Independent School District for up to sixty (60) months, provided the price complies with a benchmark effective rate of below $0.045 per kWh plus transmission and distribution charges, and any Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Assessment and Gross Receipts Tax Charges.

Moved by
ashley-vann
Seconded by
george-scott

7 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
courtney-doyle Yes
dawn-champagne Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes
susan-gesoff Yes