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could live our lives in harmony. 365 days of peace. Celebrate our differences. No matter what your religion is. If I only had one wish,
that wish would be joy to the world. And if I only had one gift, I'd give this to every boy and every girl. La
fall la m watch the children as they play so innocent gives me hope we'll see the day when we can learn to love each other like we're sister like we're brother if
I only had one wish that Wish would be joy to the world. Good evening. I'm calling this meeting to order. The time is 5:34 p.m. In accordance with the Texas Open Meeting Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551,
this meeting is officially open with a quorum present. Quorum present with trustee Dr. Dr. Camille Rodriguez joining us via Zoom. Dr. Rodriguez, can you hear us? >> Yes. Sorry. >> Okay, great.
We will now move to our pledge, vision, and mission statements, which will be led tonight by RL Pascal 8 High School JOTC cadetses. Turn it over to Chief of Communications, Miss Tenon, for our rec recognitions. >> Good evening, President Martinez, Superintendent Dr. Molinar, and members
of the board. Will all present tonight, please stand for the pledges. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. >> Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. Thank you. You may be seated. Forward ISD vision igniting in every
child a passion for learning. Forward ISD mission preparing all students for success for success in college career and community leadership. Thank you to our pledge leaders tonight. Tonight we have the privilege of honoring four exceptional groups who
exemplify the talent, dedication, and spirit that define our district. At this time, we invite our trustees to come forward to personally greet the students and staff who help make our district shine. As we begin, we kindly ask that you hold your applause until the
conclusion of each group's recognition so that every student and teacher can be heard and celebrated. All right, we'll get started. Let's start with welcoming our greeters from Pascal High School's JOTC. These remarkable cadetses embody leadership,
dedication, and service. Those are the qualities that define the JOTC program and inspire the leaders of tomorrow. Let's all show our appreciation for Arian Castillo, Cristallion Johnson,
Miguel Rodriguez, Felix Ping, Emma Romero, Marshall Romero, Magdalena Alvarez, and Riley Tifatiller.
And this program is led by Colonel Edward Palasios. All right, let's talk sports now. Cross country state qualifiers. Fort Worth ISD proudly congratulates cross country 3A state qualifiers from the Young Men's
Leadership Academy. Woohoo. First up, we've got Mr. Mr. Baraka Tula for Moli. With him is coach Ryan Flores. And our You can applaud. Yes. Go ahead. Our cross country 5A state qualifiers
from Arlington Heights High School, Samuel Alexander and Finley Belulk, and the assistant coach, Irving Aila Miranda. Okay, let's talk volleyball now. For ISTD also congratulates our volleyball
5A region 1 by district champions from Pascal High School. Let's start with Emerson Gart, Delilah Andradi, Ava Dyer,
Camila Toledo, Stella West, Payton Schaefer, and with them this evening, their coach, Timothy Ryman. Football time. Fort Worth ISD also
congratulates our football 4A region 1 by district champions from Eastern Hills High School. The Highlanders earned a hardfought 227 victory over Kennedale, securing
their first playoff win since 1999. This, of course, is a remarkable accomplishment. So, are you ready? Jamaran Hardan, Prince Hill, Daniel Nyaka,
>> Nakundi, >> Naundi. Let me get it right. Devonte Hogan, DeAndre Brown, Vic Rodriguez, Jeremiah Jordan,
Bobby Bailey, Thaddius Harvey, and Prince Uso, and their head coach, Mr. Devin Anderson. Assistant coaches Tim Tran is also with
us this evening. Same with Tony James, Lonnie Williams, Alex Jackson, and Ronald Harvey. Let's talk Arlington Heights High School football. We've got some fans in the audience. The Yellow Jackets secured a
36-23 victory over Brewer to claim the by district title, followed by an impressive 56 to 41 win over Leach Mterrey. This marks Arlington Heights first trip to the third round of the
playoffs since 1973. That is an incredible milestone and a historic breakthrough. So, congratulations to the team. First up, Carson James, Carter James, Kanan James,
Kelly Johnson, Ciante Johnson, Veto Javanovic, Joe Johnson, Isaiah Schuman, Jack Anderson,
Carmelo Carter, Xavier Goodrich, Matthew Gara, Dino Walker, Drake Morton, Reed Ellis, Jaheim Marshall,
Ismael Beltran, Lawrence Crryer, Tyrie Simmons, Jude Taylor, Fiser East, Reese Milton, Gunnar Schrader,
Julian Martinez, Braden Brown, Ricardo Estrada, Dalton Shackleford, Jack Evans, Drew Ellis, Kase Hillman,
Jacob Jones, Jeremiah Mly, Kyle Bellamy, Joshua Walker, Carter Collins, and Carl Beth.
and their coaches, Jacob Gara, >> Curtis James, Dylan Thomas, Zack Perry,
Kai Kelm, and Pat Jones. What a historic athletic season for this fall. So, congratulations to all of our athletes, our staff, as well as their supportive parents. And at this time, President Martinez, this concludes our recognition for tonight. At this time,
we will take a very short recess to allow the trustees to take a photo with all of our winning groups. We'll be back in about 5 minutes. Prepare. Fire. That's Heat. Heat.
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Hey, yeah. Thank you for your patience. At this time, we will hear public comment addressing items on the agenda as well as items of a general nature or topics not specifically listed on the agenda. Let me remind you that because of
restrictions by the Texas Open Meetings Act, board members may not ex engage in a verbal exchange about a subject that has not been posted, we will listen and take notes, but the board is prohibited from responding to any inquiries made during a board meeting on any topic not posted on the agenda. However, the board
may reply with one, a statement of specific factual information given in response to the inquiry, two, recitation of the existing policy in response to the inquiry, or three, direct the person to visit with staff about the issue. No presentations might make seed three minutes unless a speaker has prior
approval for additional time because of the use of a translator. Speakers who require the assistance of a translator are permitted double the allotted time of speakers who do not require the assistance of a translator. Speakers when your name is called approach the podium by going to the back of the room down
the stairs and coming up the side wall on your right. As soon as the speaker begins speaking the time clock will begin. We have two speakers tonight. Eden Escoll will be followed by Bob Willoughby. Good evening board of trustees and
superintendent Dr. Karen Molinar. I am Eden Esavl in fifth grade the student council president at Riverside Applied Learning Center. I have been here once and decided to come advocate again. I come to you today because I don't understand why y'all decided to close an
A-rated campus. And from what I know, three of my current teachers are master level teachers. Congratulations to Miss Sanchez, Miss Hazen, and Miss Boight. Also, in the last school year, we achieved top in the district for science
star. Shout out to Miss Boatright, the best science teacher. I really dislike this because the plan was for my sister to come here and I don't think but I know she was going to have really good grades because of the fact that Riverside applied teachers are so amazing. When it comes to applied
learning, it's not writing in your notebook what you see in the picture. It's actually hands-on learning physically feeling what it feels to identify real world problems. It's also crazy how y'all decided to
merge us into a C-rated school when we are an A-rated campus. In my opinion, y'all shouldn't think about um your actions before closing my school. My last concern is why have you decided to choose the school name and
mascot when in the community meeting back in the spring y'all promised that as a community with our input we would decide on a name and mascot. But as it appears it has already been rounded out without the community's input. So this
tells me y'all have broken a promise. This is disappointing. Thank you for your time and have a good rest of your day. Thank you, Eden. U next speaker and final speaker is Bob Willoughby. That's
going to be a tough act to follow. >> Okay. Um I wish I had something positive to say to y'all our city council, but you don't leave me anything positive. Now, I did file an open records request on how much
money did y'all spend on legal fee. We went to our first court date at the small claims court that your lawyers came out on top by attacking my character and not the issue. So small claims court, you don't get to submit your stuff ahead of time, so you can't
be prepared. Oh, they surprised me when they showed up with pictures of me at city council. Your lawyers did that. Didn't address the issue, but attacked me. Now we're in a district court. They had to submit it ahead of time. I don't mind if your lawyers want to come after me now with my character. Bring it on
because I can defend myself. Couldn't do that to small claims. Wasn't time. That wasn't right. It was a blindside. And you know, I expect that from lawyers outside the city out there, but in our our government, I don't expect that kind of behavior. But here's here's the thing that kills me now in our district court. What your lawyers asking now, they want
full proof. Why do you lawyers ask for proof when we said small claims? They didn't ask for proof because they know we got the proof, which I submitted it to them. We got proof. There's no doubt about that. You did. You made a mistake and you don't want to take responsibility for it. So, how could you
be in charge of assisting to these kids in our future when you don't even want to take responsibility for your own mistakes? You're trying and and what I asked for in small cl at the open records is how much money? It's been 18 days. So, I contacted the attorney general's office, too, to find out how long you got to answer this because I'd
like to know how much you spent on the first thing of lawyers and how much you going to spend on the second one with with any I mean, how smart that you you spent more money would have been to settle it and took responsibility your mistake. That's stupid. I bet it's going to be a lot more than would have been to settle and plus it's your mistake. So,
this is what I can't get over the stupidity. And as far as the other superintendent was here, she never had to answer me correctly, but when I called that superintendent with a problem with the employee, something got done. It came down the chain, something happened. It didn't happen when I called this superintendent. It's just like
working with city council. Nothing happens. Just goes dead. Same thing talking to you. Just goes dead. So, I'll tell you what would be really great to make me change my opinion. You open up another night once a month where you have a round table and you answer questions. Have people come in, let them
ask you questions and you answer in front of everybody. Then we're talking transparency and we're talking about people that deserves to be up there. But this is rid Oh, this is one real quick. They saying that they pray. Your lawyers pray that I don't get any compensation for what I lost. You know what I pray
for? There'll come a day when lawyers realize that is far more important. Right and wrong is far more important than winning or losing. That's far more important. That's what I hope lawyers learn someday. How can you pray for me to lose my money? Thank you. >> Thank you for sharing your thoughts this
evening. We are now up to 5A. The public hearing to discuss the district's 2024 financial accountability rating, school first, is now called to order. I will turn it over to Dr. Molina. >> Thank you, President Martinez. We have our executive director, Maria Chavez,
here who will do our report on our first rating. So, we're going to open our public hearing at this time. Miss Chavez. >> Good evening, President Martinez, board of trustees, and superintendent. My name's Maria Chavez, and I serve as a
comproller for the district. I'm here to present the 2025 school first public hearing report. It is required by TA under the financial integrity rating system of Texas. Uh this report is based
on the 2023 2024 school year data. The school first rating system is designed to hold school districts accountable for the quality of their financial management system. Um it is a transparency tool that demonstrates how financial resources are managed and the
quality of the decisions made. The the district is required to announce and hold a public meeting within two months of the release of the final rating. Final ratings were effective November 3rd, 2025. Notice of the public
meeting was published November 28th, 2025 and tonight, December 9th, 2025. We are holding the official public hearing. In addition, the district must prepare an annual financial management report. The report includes prior year and
current year ratings, disclosures required by the Texas administrative code and by commissioner rules. The full report is available on the FWISD financial services website. How the ratings are assessed. Okay, the
ratings are based on 21 indicators. A few examples of what these indicators cover are timely reporting, fund balance, debt management, admin cost, and audit findings. Ratings are assigned using a 0 to 100
point scale translated into a letter grade A, B, C, or F. Major areas assessed include three major components. Group one are the critical indicators with an absolute pass or fail. Fort
Worth ISD passed but indicator one resulted in a 15point reduction and I will provide additional details in the next slide. For group two, there are the solveny indicators that demonstrate long-term financial stability. For this
group, the district earned the districts can earn a maximum of 85 points if FWISD received 85 out of the 85 points. Perfect score with indicator 10 not being scored. And group three are the
financial indicators based on management quality and efficiency. Maximum of 15 points. FWISD earned 15 out of the 15 points perfect score. And again the full detailed report can be found in the FWISD website.
Okay. For indicator one, TA amended the rules in 2022 2023 to allow districts to appeal if the annual comprehensive financial report ACFR was submitted timely. The district FWISD did receive a
preliminary F rating due to indicator one being marked as incomplete. This was the result of a file upload issue not related to data accuracy or late submission. This is the first time the district has
submitted an appeal. The documentation submitted confirmed that the submission was timely and compliant. The appeal was approved but resulted in a 15point reduction. The district did implement corrective actions to strengthen the process, built
in safeguards and redundancies, and to prevent this from happening again. So for the fiscal year 2023 2024, the district earned a final rating of 85, which represents a solid B above
standard achievement. And the district remains financially sound and compliant. And without that file upload issue, the district would have earned a score of 100. All solveny and financial indicators that are graded on the point system were passed with
full points. And that's it. Um, in conclusion, I would like to thank the financial services department for all their hard work with this project. And that concludes my presentation. And I would welcome any questions. Are there any comments or questions from
the trustees concerning the district's 2024 financial accountability rating? Trusty Jackson. >> Thank you, President Martinez. Uh, I'd just like to ask what the process is that was put in place to ensure that we don't have a reduction because we've
gone from an average of uh 97 on our first rating to now a 94.6 average. and I commend the district and the personnel for being at 100. However, a 15point ding because of a process error troubles
me. So, could you just help us understand what the process is? >> So, um it was a file upload as mentioned um we added redundant um information uh processes to avoid
that in the future. But uh one major item that was added was to verify confirm with TA the final submission. So in the final one in addition to all the others. >> Thank you. That's exactly what I wanted to hear.
>> Any other comments or questions? All right. Um, at this time I will hear from those who requested to speak concerning the public hearing to discuss the district's 2024 financial accountability rating. And we actually have no speakers for the public
hearing. The public hearing is now closed. We are moving on to reports. Next, we have the superintendent report and I will turn it over to Dr. Molinar. >> Thank you, President Martinez. Um, this evening we're going to review our
updated strategic plan as well as our next steps. Um, in regards to the adoption of our Lonear governance goals, our board has um we adopted a strategic plan um earlier or last school year. Um,
but then we also last month we adopted our LSG goals, our Lonear governance goals. So, we want to share with you an updated strategic plan to make sure we're aligning our Lonear governance goals with our strategic plan. Um, prior
to the Lonear governance goals, we were just working off of our strategic plan document. Um, however, we've been able to integrate and align those together. After asking for board of trustees feedback when we looked at our lonear governance goals, many of those were
already included in our strategic plan because of the requirements by the state under house bill 3. So what we have done, you'll see here that we have continued with the targets and we have taken the LSG goals. We've highlighted those on the right hand column and the
goals that are not aligned with LSG. Um we have removed them from the strategic plan but will update the public as well as our board on how we're monitoring those prior strategic plan goals through our global progress measures of Lonear
governance. So those you'll see are required by HB3. We have our grade three um students reaching our meets grade level for ELA as well as math in that area. We also have our meets grade level
for algebra, I'm sorry, for our English EOC. And then you'll see our goal LSG gold three there around our CCMR goal. And then we added the goal of reducing the number of schools that are rated
DRF, our F campuses. Here's how we'll be measuring those. And this was adopted, as I said, last month by our board of trustees. But just as a reminder, our goal one, where our targets are, and of course, it's our hope and um what we're
working towards is that we surpass our targets each year and have to come back and adopt um more u strenuous um targets from the prior school year. We'll be looking at six week assessments as well as our MAP growth data in grades K
through three and then of course our benchmarks. Um just so our public is aware our students are taking their first benchmark this week. um we have started our benchmarks and this benchmark in December is only we're only giving the benchmark around items that
have already been taught um for the December and we'll be bringing the results of that December benchmark in January um to our board and to our public. You'll see our goal 1.2 two um the targets, but then also um you'll see
that for our GPMS, we're looking at our six weeks test and our MAP as well as our benchmarks for that math gold as well. For CCMR, you'll see the targets that were the same as last month of the that the board adopted. And we will be
looking at our Texas success initiative assessment, our IBC's which are industrybased certifications as well as college applications for our GPMS around this goal. The percentage of students who will meet
on our EOC for our English one, which we know is a graduation requirement for our students in high school. uh for our GPMs, our goal progress measures, we'll be looking at six weeks test and we shared some of those at the last meeting as well as our benchmark and our
extended constructed responses. At the last board meeting, we shared how we have implemented a new writing program in elementary, middle, and high school to help meet these targets outlined in our LSG goals. And then our newly
adopted goal, the percentage number of F-rated campuses will decrease from 9%. We currently have 11 campuses. We had 31 last year. We're down to 11 for this year. We'll go to 0% by 2030. And like we said, we want to surpass that goal.
We'll be looking for a GPM, a goal progress measure, our multiple year unacceptable campuses, our D-rated campuses that are decreasing as well, and then of course our F-rated campuses. All of our data that we present around
our LSG goals will also impact how we are decreasing and eliminating our F-rated campuses. But then I also wanted to take the time to share with you our baseline data around the rest of our priorities. We
have four priorities in our strategic plan. Our priority number two is around student and family engagement. So as promised, we asked that you allowed us to collect that baseline data and bring that back to you um so we can continue
to monitor that over the next um four years with this strategic plan. You'll see here under that priority two is student family engagement. Um 2.1 uh is the increase of student participation rates for athletics fine arts as well as
our JOTC programs. You saw evidence of that tonight with just the students that we were able to honor here this evening during our recognitions. We want to increase our students having those opportunities as well as participating in all these extra activities. Our
baseline currently is over 53,000 students in Fort Worth ISD that have some type of participation in a athletics program of fine arts and our JROTC. So that is our baseline. Then you'll also of course you'll see there
on our 2.2 as well as participation rates in our Fort Worth after school. our Fort Worth after school program. We have over 70 sites here in Fort Worth Independent School District and it's very important that our students and our parents take advantage of those seats on those
campuses and those range from elementary, middle, and even into some of our high schools. So, we currently have over 3,000 students that are participating on a daily basis in our Fort Worth after school program. We still have some seats available at our campuses. So, if you're interested in
becoming part of our Fort Worth after school programming at any of our level, um please make sure that you contact the campus and they can share with you if they have available seats. And then we of course want to continue to reduce the percentage of students who are chronically absent. We are do have a
baseline as of October 31st is what we call our snapshot date and that is the date that we submit all of our data to the Texas Education Agency around multiple different factors. Our baseline data right now around chronically absent
um students is at 17% and that is students who are absent more than 10% of the school year. Our students are required to go to school around 175 days. So when you look at 10% that's 17 days. Um we have a lot of action steps
in place at individual campuses that our counselors and our leadership teams on those um on those campuses address absenteeism. And then we always are looking at our own transportation system as well if we have needs for campuses um
that live within that area of radius that could cause some absenteeism. So that is definitely something to remind you. Our kids need to be in school to learn and you hear me say that often that our students need to be in school to make sure they're receiving an
instructional delivery every day. And then parent uh portal usage. Parent portal is where we have a lot of information for our parents around attendance, student grades, how to contact your teacher. We also put messages there um for our parents to
make sure that they kept they keep up to date. Um we currently have over 50,000 students that are individ individually registered. Um but that is how our parents can access information including assessment information, not only local
assessment information but also state information around assessments. And then we have 91 active PTA and PTO's currently in our district. Um so we are always looking to how we can increase those but we are currently looking at
PTAs and PTO's and our um definitely our Texas PTA or Fort Worth ISD PTA um they are very strong partners are willing to help any campus or any parents who want to become more involved with our PTAs on our campuses or even start one at a
campus that currently does not have one and then improve our parent participation. um and that is going to be coming out with a survey. So you'll see here in the next two priorities as well um a lot of this information we will be doing district surveys that will
open um on December the 18th and they I'm sorry December the 16th and they will run the surveys will stay open and run until January the 30th. So we're doing it over break. So, when you're sitting around and watching some Hallmark movies, we're asking you to
pull up that survey. Um, it's for our parents. It's also going to be for our employees and give us feedback. And then we'll be bringing that baseline data back to you um at a different board meeting after January 30th. And then we'll be able to monitor those surveys.
So, district um strategic plan priority number three is around employee effectiveness as well as retention. Um, we have identified of course retaining our teachers retention rate. We currently have a 10point and I'm sorry I went one slide too far. Let me move that
back. A 10 point um 10% separation rate um with that baseline data and that was as of the end of May 2025. And we do include everything from retirements to promotions around that baseline data as well. We want to reduce the amount of
turnover rate for our auxiliary staff. That's very important to us. Uh we have a 12% um separation rate that we're looking to decrease that as well. Um but of course we also have a lot of um pathways for our auxiliary staff to be
promoted into different areas and then also for our auxiliary staff who are interested in becoming teachers. We have pipelines and pathways for them. In addition to that 3.3 is to increase the percentages of employees who report job
satisfaction. So that will be part of the survey that is re released on December 16th that will go directly to our employees in all areas and all departments and regardless of the category of your employment. So we will
encourage our employees during um over a month to complete that survey. It's very important. We cannot get better unless we hear from you directly. And then 3.4 is to increase the percentage of employees who would recommend Fort Worth
ISD to a colleague and that's perception and those are we are looking at our exit surveys. So at 46% and sometimes our employees don't always fill out our exit surveys. Um but that is definitely something we're going to um ask and push
our employees to fill out. So from October 1st to October 31st, we have a 46% um satisfaction of P uh perception of the survey. Our last party, party number four is
operational alignment and efficiency. And you'll see that we are looking at the percentage of our campus staff who report strong customer service. Customer service is a very important part and what I believe in and what I expect
everyone who works in this building as well as our campuses, our students and our parents and each other. We're customers to each other as well. That district survey will launch again on December the 16th and we'll stay open to January the 30th to get our baseline
data. When we look at our on-time bus transportation, this is something we're just starting to monitor. Um, we're looking, we have a system we have implemented and we are currently on track, but collecting that baseline data to be able to improve that on-time bus
service as well. And 4.3 is to reduce the response time of our maintenance work orders. Um we are currently are on an average of after a day has submitted to 18.39 days to close that. Of course that does count if a parts needed to be
brought in and ordered that is included in the amount of those days. So we're looking to how to decrease that as well. Reduce the response time for technology services. We are looking at operations and technology department um separately. So you'll see that for our technology
department they have a critical a high a moderate moderate and a low as how we are measuring those we're for the critical ones we're at 2 hours high 5.5 the moni moderate is 19 1/2 hours and
our low is at 15.5. Um we also have done some restructuring that department to make sure customer service and technology service um completion is being monitored but then the response times we have more staff that are able to help and respond to those because we
know technology is a big part and not only of our campus and instructional delivery but also the operational efficiency of all of our departments within Fort Worth ISD. And then of course 44.6 is our fund balance. We currently have
149 days of our fiscal year um ending in 2024 of our fund balance and when we look at that we are above the state average for a fund balance what is recommended. So let's talk district calendars. Um, it
has always been where we try to bring our district calendars for adoption in December because just like you're sitting around the Hallmark watching Hallmark movies, you're planning your next Christmas vacation, Thanksgiving, maybe who's hosting, what city you may have to drive to, what family's hosting.
So, it's really important that you know this ahead of time as well, just to work around family and work schedules. So this evening on our agenda this evening we have our recommendations for our traditional calendars, our early college high school calendars. As just a
reminder, uh we do have early college high schools in partnership with Tarant County Community College that they have a different calendar that we adopt um that we first anchor our calendar around TCC's calendar. And then we have intersectional calendar for two of our
campuses, our Joe Kelly campus as well as our Alice Carlson campus. And then this year we have 14 of our campus that is campuses that are participating in our additional days school year of our ATSI campuses that will be adopting a separate calendar.
So what does that look like for our district calendar? Our students are required to attend a 175 days and this is for our district-wide alignment and it also meets the minimum requirements for a adsy calendar to be able to add
additional school days. So, our students will um at a minimum be attending 175 school days, but then we measure the state measures student days and minutes. And we have uh surpassed the minutes for our students. And we do that just in
case we have bad weather days, we have those minutes already built into the calendar for our students so they do not have to make up those additional days and that we're able to stay within our calendar. So this year um on the 2026
2027 district calendars up for adoption you'll see that we have added once again two parent teacher conference days. These are non-school days for our students. This year we had to ask our ads campuses um to continue to have instruction during those days those 14
campuses. However, we were able to rearrange the calendar. So next year, fall for our fall parent teacher conference day on November the 11th and our spring one on February the third for I'm sorry, February the 15th will be our parent teacher conference days
designated already. So that's when we will open our schools, ask our parents to come in and meet with our teachers. Um and then we will also share any updated assessments and then work of course for our priority number one around student academic excellence. So
that is across our district those two days our students will not be in session. And this year this will hopefully get some cheers from our teachers. If we listen closely we might hear some yays out there. We have a fall break built in two days for our
campuses. You will not have to earn that flex day. Teachers see I heard a couple days. Thank you. Thank you for playing along with me today. So we have two um fall break days. We have October the 9th on a Friday and Monday, October the
12th, a fall day. This is a feedback we got from our teachers. They really they asked for that fall break. They asked for that break just to regroup, a mental break as well to come back and really finish this first semester. So for next year, our teachers will not have to earn
that fall break day. We will not have that flex day in place. So that is our teachers are not required and our students and our teachers will be off that day. Also it is an election year for us November the 3rd. Um so we have
we have a lot of our campuses our polling sites. Uh we take the safety and security of our students as well as our staff very seriously. Um we have been able to make November 3rd, election day, a holiday where our campuses will be closed for our um students and our
teachers um just for the safeties and then that way we also can serve our community for polling sites as well. And then our um our Delwarta says our chaveis holiday on March the 29th. We have been able to change that
from a staff holiday for both students as well as our staff and that's for all of our calendars traditional inter session as well as our asy calendars. So that's a nice change for our campus teachers as well. And then you'll see in our 2026 2027 traditional calendar we
have gone ahead and designated our summer school days for next summer. So, not this current summer, but for the next summer, you're going to see those on the calendar. And that is really for preparation to help our parents plan. So, you'll see for elementary and middle high school is a little bit more
difficult um to schedule those days because we do a lot of retesting, EOCC. Um theirs is a little bit more complicated, but what you'll see on this calendar is our elementary and middle schools. We have our designated summer school learning days already planned out
for the 2026 2027 school year. So here's an example of our additional day school year, our adsy calendars. Um and we brought this back. We brought this actually um earlier in the school year when we designated those 14
campuses and we will continue on for the 26 27 school year. And there's different options that we can do. We have actually aligned our option of our adsy calendar um to align with one of the most successful districts that have adopted
ads and that is aline um ISD and they are one of the leading districts that have seen great great academic results around implementation of adsy calendar. So you'll see here our students days will increase to 200 and our staff days
to 212. our staff that work on AdSie um calendar on campuses um will be paid an increase amount for the days that they work additional a lot of our summer learning our teachers make $30 an hour. Our teachers will make their daily rate
of pay for the additional days on these campuses their daily rate of pay for those days. So what does it mean for a redesign of a calendar? What we have done is we have implemented adjusted schedule for Wednesdays on designated
Wednesdays across the school year and this allows um what we have seen uh research proven as well as this is a TA initiative that is supported in addition to that it has increased student brain breaks we have enrichment activity opportunities but also we're able to use
Wednesdays to do increased planning time for our teachers that means instead of just trying to squeeze in a 45minute PLC C time if uh especially elementary campuses that's very difficult. We're able to adjust those Wednesdays to have more teach planning time for our
teachers. But then what I'm excited about is this acceleration and intervention time. How can we bring in more projectbased learning and reading, math, and science? But then also when we see students that need extra intervention time, we're able to do
different small groups during during those Wednesdays. When we push everything to summer learning, we really are pushing everything to the end. We may impact summer slide. However, our students need more immediate interventions, but then also more
immediate en enrichment on these 14 campuses. We're going to be bringing them STEM mobile innovation labs. We all have re have already been in discussion with partners about bringing in enrichment activities. We want to see more art projects, visual arts, drama,
dance, music lessons. So these Wednesdays will look different on the campus for our students, but then also allow us to have time to work with our teachers in a different. So we are going to be asking our citywide partners who are always saying, "How can we help? How
can we push in? This is how you can help and how you can push in." We have 14 campuses. We're asking you to bring your expertise, bring your talents and expose our students to them and make them flourish and share your talents with them. So our ADI campuses during the
full year uh redesign will look will look very different. Um and we'll also be working with the campuses as well as getting student interest surveys to ask them what do you want for enrichment. We do not want this to just be extra drill
and kill intervention. We want this to be how do you integrate reading, math and science into enrichment and fun activities. We already discussed our academic writing program and this is really just an update. We have adopted the Jane
Schaefer model. Um we actually have done professional development already. Our teachers who will be coming back in Jan January will be spending u more time. It's already in our curriculum and we've already seen that in our classrooms as we've done walkthroughs. Um I s got to
see it in action in the classroom yesterday as well. The implementation I shared with you last month our writing u responses from our last star assessment. We are in need for additional writing resources and we are continuing that. So
this is just an update um that actually today our elementary teachers, two teachers and two teacher leaders per campus um we're in training and then our secondary teachers will be going um on December the 11th and the 15th of this
week. In addition to that, and then as we bring you updates on our assessments, including our benchmarks and our six week assessments, we'll be showing you how the implementation of a new writing curricul curriculum is impacting our assessment scores.
So, we have three campuses um that are doing a pilot work for our kindergarten, our first grade students. And we're very excited about this. And I may see Trice giving a little bit of a a dance move because she's been instrumental in helping us from parent shield and
implementing the standardbased report card. We know our students in kinder first to receive just a letter grade on the report card does not really show how are they progressing in the areas of literacy and math. So we are this year we're polying at Luella Merritt, Alice
Contreras and CC Moss a standardbased grading report card. This may seem very easy and simple to do. However, this is takes a lot of training and it takes a lot of work and partnership with our teachers on those campuses as well as our campus leaders. In addition to that,
our parents. How do we shift our parents into sharing with them what does this look like for your student? And we're very excited because we can show not only where our students in kinder and first grade are excelling, but where are some of those gaps and how can we as
partners in the school and at home help our students here. So that performance is rated on a 1 to4 scale, but it has a lot more detail and we'll be bringing some of those back and we'll be um highlighting those on our web page as well in the second semester to show. I'm
very excited to let you know we are expanding that pilot next year to our AdSie campuses. So those elementary campuses that are identified in adsy will be going to standardsbased grading report cards as well and we are actually
um also adding second grade to that. So very exciting about the um implementation but then also how we're increasing. So, ACE, if just a reminder, we have six campuses that we um announced that we
are doing um hiring for. We're looking to meet the requirements under our Texas Education Agency to be able to formally um staff those schools under the resource campus model, which we're calling ACE. We have already posted the
um job description for principles as well as teachers and we will be releasing our assistant principal job description as well. Um the requirements for these campuses is that at least over 50% of our core content teachers must be
teacher incentive TIA um teachers and they must have um at least two or more years experience in education. But the compensation planned is a lot more um to work at a ACE campus in addition to that. So we have a new web page that has
all the details around ACE that you can find more information. But as we continue along this journey, we'll be bringing the information to you. We'll be bringing the new compensation plan for our principles, our assistant principles, teachers, and support staff. Um we also will be sharing with you in
February. We are doing a big red carpet recruiting event for our teachers and then it is our hope that we can announce our principles for those six campuses in January. However many that we have identified and we feel the right leaders we will announce in January and then
continue recruit recruiting if necessary. And in March we'll go and continue to meet with our parents and our community around those ACE. Can you believe we're talking about graduation? It is December. We haven't even finished this first semester, but we have
identified our graduation dates for 2026 and May, and we're very excited. Those are on our website. So, our times and our graduation dates are posted. We ask our families check those out and make sure you're making plans accordingly. Um we do have to use multiple venues
because of the size of our district as well, but very happy to share that information early to help with not only um our students planning and some of our students actually have to leave early if they decide to go into the military, some of them start college early as
well. Um so please make sure that you check out um your feeder high school or if you know a graduate this year, those dates have been posted. So, as you know, I always say I'm a teacher at heart, and that's the first
thing. And winter break is um it's great. It's fun. We want our kids to have fun and relax, but students and parents, we have a resource that can help avoid some of that winter break slide. And it's a free resource. There's no money. All of our students are
actually have access in elementary and middle school. Um, and it is individualized to their learning and they can access that from a phone, they can access access that from a computer as well. And they can access that in the
car at home. So when you like go watch TV, take that back. Say, I don't want you to watch TV. I need you for 30 minutes to get on I Ready and do some of your I Ready lessons. But parents, I will encourage you to sit and do it with
them. Ask them about it, talk to them about it, and see what their I Ready lessons look like because these are um the lessons are really individualized to their diagnostic that they took at the beginning of the year. So, please,
here's the link. And we encourage you to um not only read with your students over winter break, but to use the resources that um are already in place for your students and make sure they're on I Ready. So, that's just a quick update um
just to get us ready um to head off into the winter break, but then more importantly, things to look forward to in the second semester. Um in January on the workshop I will be coming and bringing you an update around our master facility plan which includes our
projections in our enrollment our school consolidations as well. But at this time I will open it up for any questions around this report. >> Trustes are there any comments or questions about the superintendent report? >> Trusty Lynch.
>> Um Dr. Mullar, thanks for the report. I just want to make a quick comment. I heard today how great the Jane Schaefer training was from a teacher. So, great to hear. So, thank you. >> Thank you, >> Jess. Uh, yes. Thank you for this report, Dr.
Molinar. Um, when will the data from the benchmark testing that's going on be available and presented to the board? >> I'll present that at the January 20th meeting, our regular school board meeting. The 13th will be the workshop with the facility plan and the 20th will
be um the benchmark um data as well. >> And will there be information from the map testing things u data that we've got available from what do we have that that's showing growth from the beginning of the year whether it's map testing or something else.
>> Sure. So we will be sharing we did the six week assessment the last one and then we'll share the benchmark in January. Our MAP testing will be coming in February because they will come back and do their middle of the year testing >> in January. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. >> Mhm. >> All right. Thank you so much.
>> You're welcome. >> Any other questions, trustees, or comments? >> All right. And um we skipped over um board reports. Were there any questions or comments regarding board reports? Many of the trustees. All right. Next are comments, general
comments by board members or superintendent on any current district activities or announcements. Are there any comments from trustees or from Dr. Molinar? Trusty Labenos. Thank you, President Martinez. I would like to thank the
Chimotech U high school students for fixing up the Christmas trailer and for the drivers who endured the cold weather on Sunday at the Christmas parade. and to all the bands and the marashes who participated on the cold weather on
Sunday representing Horizon Z. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Um, Trusty Dar. Um, thank you very much. Um, I have a picture to go along with my comment. I'd like to say thank you to University
Christian Church on Sunday. They put together 350 gift bags for 13 schools, students at 13 schools in Fort Worth ISD. All these bags were assembled in less than 40 minutes. And um in each bag
there's socks and underwear, shoes, shirt, jeans, sweatshirt, toy, a book, and a Bible. And so, thank you to the counselors in Fort Worth ISD who participated by helping to identify the students and ensuring that the students
clothing size, their interest, their um their grade, their age were available so that they could get the gifts that they um that we want them to have for the Christmas season. So, thank you to University Christian Church. Um, I'd also like to say that it or ask the
question, is it really the Christmas season if you haven't attended a school musical performance? And I would say no. So, thank you to the Southwest High School Pyramid for their amazing choir
concert last Thursday and also to um the Pascal High School theater department who put on The Little Mermaid this past weekend. both were absolutely phenomenal and it it amazes me the amount of talent that our students have in Fort Worth ISD. So, thank you very much and happy
holidays to everybody. >> Trusty Phillips. >> Uh thank you, President Martinez. Uh just want to take a moment colleagues and community to uh been alerted that we have lost a community legend uh and Mr.
William Bill Johnson. he actually was u on this board of trustees um during his lifetime and someone that served his community, served this school district and served his family very well. So um I'm honored to uh that he personally
poured into me along the way. Um and if we could just observe a brief moment of silence for William Bill Johnson. Thank you all very much. Thank you, President Martinez. >> Dr. Muller. >> Um yes, tomorrow I get to officially um
kick off our partnership with Trinity Metro for our high school students and very excited. Um they are offering free um passes not only for bus passes but for the dart train for our high school students in Fort Worth ISD. And this is to help them. You know, life happens,
right? Sometimes you miss the bus and or you have a job to get to after school or maybe you have an internship and you don't have a vehicle. Trinity Metro has been working with our transportation department and all of us to make sure this partnership could happen. When we
talk about the importance of partnerships is not only parent partnerships, but this community um really rallying around our students in Fort Worth ISD. This is very unique for Fort Worth ISTD students and we cannot thank them enough. So tomorrow we will
officially sign thatou and kick that off. But thank you Trinity Metro for um also supporting our students in a way that um is very different than but impacts them academically every day as well.
>> Trusty Dr. Rodriguez, did you have anything? Okay, seeing um that that is all. The time is 6:47 p.m. The date is Tuesday, December 9th, 2025. We will now recess and
reconvene for executive session as authorized by chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code under sections 551.0710720 74 and 076. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat.
Heat. Heat. Once upon a time In Spain, there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. We have our annual celebrity reader event where we have people from the community, parents and other staff in the district come read to our kids.
>> When my little sister saw us playing football, she said, "Me, too." >> Great opportunity for the community to get involved in our school and feel a part of our South High Mount family. >> So, I'm doing it because I for one love to read and I love children. And I like to show them the importance of reading
and how fun it can be. >> And for the kids to get to hear from other people and see the importance of reading. >> I just like to read books and hear people like read them. >> I help pick apples and I help weed the garden.
>> Reading is very important. It's the foundation of everything in school. >> And then I realized what you do with an idea, you change the world. >> For this event, everybody wins. >> He is very happy. The end. >> How are you doing? I'm Karen Molinar,
superintendent. Thank you for being here today. >> This is really great. >> I wanted to see partnership. >> We get to actually ask the questions. >> Being able to to receive all of this is is very helpful. >> I wanted to see parents today. >> Did you guys just have a conference? I wanted to see our teachers also
showcasing their craft. >> Join me in >> and he asked for help in my class. >> So our traditional campuses, it's our parent teacher conference day. >> I understand. >> And this really is to engage our parents more in the partnership of their child's
education. So our students are off today, but our teachers are here. They're on >> and then they ask the parents to come and meet with them, sign up. They can do it in person. They can do it virtually, zoom or even by phone. And then our ATSI
campuses, we have 15 campuses that we have designated for 25 additional instructional days. So this day the students do come to school, but parents are welcome to come come in the classroom, observe instruction, but then
at those 15 campuses, we have set up resources as well. So, for me, this is one of the best days of our fall semester because it really is bringing our parents in with our teachers and then I've even seen some of our especially our high school um parents
have brought some of the students in with them during the conference. So, that way the students have also their voices being heard during the parent teacher conference. We're going into Thanksgiving season and we have a lot to be thankful for here in Fort Worth IC.
>> See you later. Thanks for being here today, too. I appreciate it. >> Great day. >> Great day. >> Morning. Good morning. Good morning. >> We're here at Dumbar High School for Dads of Dumbar. This is our 11th year and we consider ourselves the regional fatherhood breakfast. Basically, um
we're trying to engage fathers and father figures in the forward 5D by starting here at Dumbar High School. The main thing we do every morning at Dads and Dumbar is we go invite our students and welcome them into the school. All kids have the right to to the best path
ever. Uh but it it's you know just having people around them you know uh just to talk to them to show that you know you care about him. I mean not just my son his friends you know what I can do for any of them. Most of those students are those that don't have
father figures. And believe me, I see a lot of them that feel like nobody really care and I can just do what I want. >> In life, you may not know everything that you will need to know. It helps to for them to come up here and speak and guide us. >> Don't give up if you got something in
your sights. My first semester, I I did everything but uh study. Um I didn't know any better. So, I'm I'm issuing it as a warning. Take advantage of your study halls if you're a student athlete or even if you're not. Budget
your time. >> Right now, everyone shows up, you know, Friday morning, but now we just want to see how we could just be more hands-on with our students and our young men and our young ladies, uh, because they need us. And so, this is just the beginning. So, as we look to revamp going into the new year, look forward to just everybody
being more involved with our students. >> Good morning. Welcome to the Choices Expo. Everything that you want about Fort Worth and about industry and finding a career one day, going to college is in this room. >> Photography, we do have a really great yearbook program.
>> The TV studio is state-of-the-art, uh, culinary and medical. We have our our most specialized programs in the room. Everything from applied learning at the elementary age, Montasauris, world languages institute. We have high-tech programs for STEM, for medical programs
as well. And students come through those programs seeking opportunities for dual credit for college. Some of them get industry certifications when they leave. The idea is for them to be set up for success whenever they leave for high school. >> And Amari's in robotics, right? >> Oh, so we also have a robotics program at the school.
>> We have over 20 schools here today, over 80 programs available for families to explore, actually talk to real students. They're here to talk about their experiences. Today we're learning about how to treat patients. >> We're in the second row over there. So, if you want to come by, we have a really
great program for you. >> Are you coming to high school next year? >> Do you know what you want to study? >> So, when families come, they're really looking to tap in. It's very informative and we have a program for almost every interest area that kids have. >> Yes. It's great.
Good afternoon, Fororth staff, students, and families. This morning, we've received official notice from the Texas Education Agency upholding the decision to appoint a board of managers and a conservator for Fort Worth ISD following
last week's informal review. What this means for our community is that TEA will continue with the process of taking applications for interested candidates for a board of managers and the superintendent search as previously
shared by the commissioner. My intent remains the same to apply for the position of superintendent. I will be connecting with our appointed conservator, Mr. Christopher Rosski, who will oversee and support our improvement efforts.
Parents, you have deeply committed employees across our district who are continuing to focus on your children every day in every classroom. Highquality instructional delivery is occurring for your child. Teachers and
support staff, I've asked you to remain focused on instruction, and you are doing it each day. Thank you for locking in on our students and locking out any distractions that impact our students on a daily basis. We understand there may
be questions and right now this is the information we have. As TA provides further guidance, I will share it promptly with our community. Thank you for your continued support of our students and our district.
>> We want to say thank you to all these Pro Dad MVP honories. So, can you guys make another big AllP Pro Dad round of applause for all of these legends? >> On behalf of all of us here at AllP Pro Dad, thank you so much for what you do
each and every day. It matters. You can see the impact that it makes. Uh and we just want to appreciate you when we take this appreciation back to your school districts and celebrate like we are here today. So, so thank you. Thank you very much. Ready? A
V. >> In first grade, I noticed that other kids were a little more ahead of me in reading. I was confused why. That's when I got tested for dyslexia. being identified with dyslexia, being able to also participate in the curriculum that
we're offering, and then being successful is life-changing for our students. There's no words. I I can literally go home driving and I'm crying because I've seen that. I hope the parents know this is going to help their
child out a lot when they get diagnosed. Dyslexia is a learning disability that stays with you and that we're teaching our students and then into adulthood how to manage having dyslexia. The new curriculum is called Take Flight and is
well known um on the national level. It's a point of pride that we're offering another strategy in area literacy for our students, but then also for the city of Fort Worth. But we're not doing it in isolation. We're doing it in partnership. We have great parent
advocates in our community and across our city around dyslexia. It's not just a curriculum with a um scripted instructional delivery. It's also building the capacity of our dyslexia teachers that we identify to receive
that very intense instruction to be certified. >> This is going to give me an opportunity to become a better teacher and help the kids in a better way. >> We hope it accelerate the learning for our dyslexia students and make sure they're able to accelerate their own
academic process and their success as well. I'm taking chemistry, honors chemistry, honors algebra, AP human geography. >> We have built in the best practices for a dyslexia student or instruction
through dyslexia instruction into our curriculum frameworks cuz those are best practices for our students. >> A valid open action. >> So we look at the academic progress of our middle schools in the area of literacy. there's a need to make sure
we're identifying the students that maybe were not identified in elementary. I see them when they start and how much they struggle not being able to read, not having that confidence and after a year when you're working with them and then then you see everything that they
can accomplish now. >> I couldn't read as good as I do now. >> Not viewing dyslexia as a negative way and viewing it as like my superpower, which is really cool because like I I have it and not everyone in my class does. So that makes me stand out. Okay,
>> that helps. >> We have to not only celebrate our students and our parents but celebrate the teachers who are doing this hard work every day for our students. I just work for them every day. Every day at night because I have sleepless nights
thinking, what can I do tomorrow to make it better for them? Fort Worth ISD is making it easier than ever to enroll in our schools with our brand new enrollment website. Designed with families in mind, enrollment.fwisd.org
is your one-stop shop for all things enrollment. Fewer clicks, easier navigation, a faster, smoother experience from start to finish. Whether you're a returning family or new to Fort Worth ISD, everything you need is right at your fingertips, all in one place.
And yes, it's fully bilingual, so every family feels right at home. It's go time for Worth ISD. A new school year is full of promise, and your journey starts right here. Enroll today at enrollment.fwisd.org and experience enrollment simplified.
Want to know your students location in real time and get instant alerts from the transportation team? With the Stopfinder app, all that information is right at your fingertips. If you're eligible for district transportation, you will receive an email with instructions to set up your account. No
worries. Didn't get the email? Just call us at 817-815-7900. We're here to help. Here's what Stopfinder lets you do. You can track the exact location of your student's bus in real time. Get geo alerts when the bus arrives at or leaves your student
stop. View transportation schedules at any time and send secure messages to Fort Worth ISD's transportation department and a whole lot more right through the app. Getting started is very easy. Step one, search for Stopfinder in
the App Store or Google Play. Step two, activate your account using the invitation email from Fort Worth ISD. And finally, step three, you're all set. You now have full access to your students transportation information. So, don't wait. Download Stopfinder today
and travel with peace of mind, knowing exactly where your student is at every stop. Have you guys seen the new ID badges that everyone's wearing? >> Yeah, I heard that we have to wear them like every single day. No exceptions. >> I guess we're official now. Starting
this school year, every student from elementary to high school must wear their school ID badge every day. Wear it around your neck using the schoolisssued lanyard. >> Wearing your badge in your pocket, not going to cut it. >> On your hat? Not even close. And sorry,
no stickers, glitter, or customizing. It's got to be clear and readable. >> Your badge helps speed things up in the lunch line. Just scan it and go. >> Need to check out a book? Your ID badge makes it easy. >> Hello. I'd like to check out this book.
>> Good to go. >> All right. Thank you. >> And most importantly, your ID badge keeps you safe on the bus. It lets your parents know exactly when you get on and off. >> It also helps us know who's on campus and helps during emergencies.
>> Badges aren't just rules, they're tools. >> Show it. >> Wear it. >> Own it. It takes a team to educate a child. From the bus drivers who safely bring them to school to the dedicated staff who keep everything running long after the bell
rings, every role is essential in shaping a student's future. Fort Worth ISD needs you and your unique skills. Whether you're teaching in the classroom, supporting behind the scenes in IT, preparing nutritious meals, or teaming up with our classroom heroes,
there's a place for you here. Apply today and start building a brighter tomorrow for yourself and the students you'll inspire because Fort Worth ISD is where the best begins. Since I was little, I wanted to be a teacher. So, I want to see people writing quick. You have one minute. I've
never really thought about being anything else. How many in total for this second part? And everybody would say, "Oh, you're so good at math. Don't you want to be an engineer?" I come from a family of teachers. My mom was a teacher in Colombia.
All my aunts and uncles and most importantly my mom and my dad are educators. >> 5* 3 is equal to what? I studied first, fifth, third, and fourth grade with my mom, my dad, and my aunt. I think it is a blessing that my sister is my
literally my team member and my mom works at the school, too. So, it's something that I'm just so happy to come to school every day cuz we work in such a good team. It's such a good environment. So, really think it's a blessing. We come to school together. We leave school together. So, we're always together. I love being with my mom and
my sister. It is unusual to have a family all together at one school. >> Oh, I'm severely proud of my daughters. >> I marry another teacher. >> I don't know if it's the water in Fort Worth. >> And then we also have father who works for World Language Institute. >> There are families that just seem to
care really a lot about the students that they have and it seems to >> kind of wear off on the other family members. Thank y'all. Great day. >> They are hardcore dedicated teachers, educators. I wanted to leave a legacy in
Fort Worth before I leave every year is to work for for them for the students. Let's go. >> Taekwondo is a way of life. Ready? One. And what children and athletes and
teenagers get out of this is the discipline to do great things amongst other peers. Um be leaders in the community within academics and sports. >> The kids that do do taekwond do in dojoos like this. You can tell they're the quieter kids that are able to listen
and get their work done quickly. It >> makes me way more focused. ta one >> like in class whenever I can't concentrate I'll think of here and then I'll just concentrate into that or think about what I've been taught about it >> this sport helped do multiple things for him helped them with discipline uh
helped him learn not only a team sport but an individual which also helped him uh achieve a lot better in school >> what's the end result what are you trying to achieve >> on Sports Illustrated front page >> it's a tough competition it's been going on for over a month now and so the
ultimate thing is you get a spread head inside of Sports Illustrated, $25,000 and branding with uh Colossal and some other great charities that are out there. >> I think that when you're uh putting together your mind and body, it's a whole entire spiritual experience for them to learn. And I think that they're
able to take that and persevere in many other things in that they have in life as well. >> When I get my black belt, I can put it on my college and it'll show that I can make a commitment and stick it out >> to be able to persevere through the things that they need to, whether it's academics or other sports. But
self-confidence and perseverance are the top two things they learn. >> And then we're gonna go low here. O >> welcome to Marjorie M. Walton Elementary. It's a place for the community to rally
behind and rally it has. We are truly blessed to have an incredible support system that chose to invest in our future years ago with a bond package. >> This is a very special day because this is the start of something new that will
make a big difference for our students like us and for many kids in the future. This new school is not just a building. It is a promise. They promise that students will always have a place where they feel welcome, where teachers believe in them, and where their dreams can begin.
>> One, two, and three. Congratulations. >> And it's a really good morning because of moments just like this because walking up and we're seeing awesome students with their talents on display, their intellect on display, and we're actually doing something substantial for
them. you young ladies here, you fill this school with passion and laughter every day. And we are just so excited to be able to give this community a new campus. So, I want all the adults here, this is our why. So, as we start this project and we move this dirt and we
make decisions, this is our why. And there's kids that are not even born yet. They're going to walk the halls of this new campus. We will see concrete poured, steel, raised and wall built. But what will truly rise is the opportunity and
inspiration for our students, our families and our community. I believe we we're not just in the middle of a literacy crisis. I believe that we're in the depths of a a literacy crisis. And uh and so I would like to sound the alarm.
>> Can Okay. Reach to win is more than a reading program. >> There you go. >> It's a passion. >> Yes. >> Passion to help young learners attain reading grade level. >> Very good. >> Training an adult >> to sit with them for 30 minutes to deal
with the fundamentals of of literacy. >> I love it because I know that it works. A double high. >> The confidence that we build within them will carry them for the rest of their life. >> We are promoting literacy across our district and across this city. Ret1 is a wonderful partner.
>> It's more than just a village that's going to take that that it'll take to raise a child. It's going to take our entire city. >> Our city is only as strong as our education system. Using the community members like we did, I think shows that we all can do this together. So, I'm asking each one of you to volunteer, to
come and work with one of our first grade students. >> The time it takes to make a huge difference is just 30 minutes a week. >> Imagine me helping the students, this group of students, they benefit from one-on-one, right? So, imagine having an
extra hand helping as well. >> It's like the bulb gets brighter and brighter each and every time we go through the steps, through the different lessons. So at the end of the year they shining bright as above. >> Some people ask does it make a difference? >> Proof is in the pudding. Definitely it
worked for me because I stayed. I listened. I got helped through the whole process and it was just a good experience. >> And how are you today? >> I'm amazing. >> If you love children and if you can read then guess what? You become a read to
win adult reading coach. Thank you so much for joining us today for the student visioning session of Worth Heights. >> We value the student input. We value faculty and parent input as we're designing the interior spaces, the outside of the building. So today we're
here to hear from the students. >> I like that it is very spacious >> to hear from the parents. >> It's a little nostalgic for me to be able to have my son attend this school and be a part of this community. >> Hear from the faculty um about what they envision for the school.
>> I envision a walking path down the hallway so everybody knows how to stay on on the right side and on the left side. >> I love that the teachers are involved, the community, the students that we're able to help build our new campus.
>> Oh yes, that's nice. And right here, we don't have like where we put our name and stuff. And they have like actual scoreboard here. And I I like that >> just to have a say. So, uh we know what we want for our children. We want them in a safe environment. We want the best
educational that they can receive. So, I'm I'm glad that they're involving us. >> Which one's your favorite out of all of them? This one. >> Okay. So, we like this one the best. >> Yes. >> I just put love. We're really valuing and from the faculty and parents. A collaboration zone outside of the classroom. >> Oh, this this collaboration zone
outside, this one for inside. >> Fort Worth ISD offers your child the start they deserve. We help your little one build a strong foundation focused on academic and social emotional skills. One that prepares them to explore and maximize every opportunity. Free all day prek classes taught by certified
teachers trained in early education and child development. Your child's future starts here in Fort Worth ISD, where the best begins. Visit fwisd.org/prek to learn more. Once upon a time in Spain, there was a
little bull and his name was Ferdinand. We have our annual celebrity reader event where we have people from the community, parents and other staff in the district come read to our kids. >> When my little sister saw us playing football, she said, "Me, too." >> Great opportunity for the community to
get involved in our school and feel a part of our South High Mount family. >> So, I'm doing it because I for one love to read and I love children. I like to show them the importance of reading and how fun it can be. >> And for the kids to get to hear from other people and see the importance of reading. I just like to read books and
hear people like read them. >> I help pick apples and I help weed the garden. Reading is very important. It's the foundation of everything in school. >> And then I realized what you do with an idea. You change the world.
>> For this event, everybody wins. He is very happy. The end. How are you doing? I'm Karen Molinar, superintendent. Thank you for being here today. >> This is really great. >> I wanted to see partnership. >> We get to actually ask the questions. >> Being able to to receive all of this is
is very helpful. >> I wanted to see parents today. >> Did you guys just have a conference? >> I wanted to see our teachers also showcasing their craft. >> Join band. >> And he asked for help in my class. So our our traditional campuses, it's our parent teacher conference day. >> I understand.
>> And this really is to engage our parents more in the partnership of their child's education. So our students are off today, but our teachers are here. They're on contact. >> And then they ask the parents to come and meet with them, sign up. They can do
it in person, they can do it virtually, zoom, or even by phone. And then our ATSI campuses we have 15 campuses that we have designated for 25 additional instructional days. So this day the students do come to school but parents
are welcome to come come in the classroom observe instruction but then at those 15 campuses we have set up resources as well. So, for me, this is one of the best days of our fall semester because it really is bringing
our parents in with our teachers and then I've even seen some of our especially our high school um parents have brought some of the students in with them during the conference. So, that way the students have also their voices being heard during the parent teacher conference. We're going into
Thanksgiving season and we have a lot to be thankful for here in Fort Worth. >> See you later. Thanks for being here today, too. I appreciate it. >> Great day. >> Great day. >> Morning. Good morning. Good morning. >> We're here at Dumbar High School for Dads of Dumbar. This is our 11th year
and we consider ourselves the regional fatherhood breakfast. Basically, um we're trying to engage fathers and father figures in the forward 5D by starting here at Dumbar High School. main thing we do every morning at dads of Dumbar is we go invite our students and welcome them into the school. All
kids have the right to to the best path ever. Uh but it it's you know just having people around them you know uh just to talk to them to to show that you know you care about them. I mean not just my son his friends you know what I can do for any of them. Most of those
students are those that don't have father figures. And believe me, I see a lot of them that feel like nobody really care and I can just do what I want. >> In life, you may not know everything that you will need to know. It helps to for them to come up here and speak and guide us.
>> Don't give up if you got something in your sights. My first semester, I I did everything but uh study. Um I didn't know any better. So, I'm I'm issuing it as a warning. Take advantage
of your study halls if you're a student athlete or even if you're not. Budget your time. >> Right now, everyone shows up, you know, on Friday morning, but now we just want to see how we could just be more hands-on with our students and our young men and our young ladies, uh, because they need us. And so, this is just the beginning. So, as we look to revamp
going into the new year, look forward to just everybody being more involved with our students. Good morning. Welcome to the Choices Expo. Everything that you want about Fort Worth and about industry and finding a career one day, going to
college is in this room. >> Photography, we do have a really great yearbook program. >> The TV studio is state-of-the-art. >> Uh, culinary and medical. We have our our most specialized programs in the room. Everything from applied learning at the elementary age, Montasauris,
world languages institute. We have high-tech programs for STEM, for medical programs as well. And students come through those programs seeking opportunities for dual credit for college. Some of them get industry certifications when they leave. The idea is for them to be set up for success
whenever they leave for high >> and Mars is in robotics, right? >> Oh, so we also have a robotics program at the school. >> We have over 20 schools here today, over 80 programs available for families to explore, actually talk to real students. They're here to talk about their experiences. Today we're learning about
how to treat patients. >> We're in the second row over there. So if you want to come by, we have a really great program for you. >> Are you coming to high school next year? >> Do you know what you want to study? >> So when families come, they're really looking to tap in. It's very informative and we have a program for almost every
interest area that kids have. >> Yes. It's great. Good afternoon, Forthd staff, students, and families. This morning, we've received official notice from the Texas Education Agency upholding the decision
to appoint a board of managers and a conservator for Fort Worth ISD following last week's informal review. What this means for our community is that TEA will continue with the process of taking applications for interested candidates
for a board of managers and the superintendent search as previously shared by the commissioner. My intent remains the same to apply for the position of superintendent. I will be connecting with our appointed
conservator, Mr. Christopher Rosski, who will oversee and support our improvement efforts. Parents, you have deeply committed employees across our district who are continuing to focus on your children
every day in every classroom. High quality instructional delivery is occurring for your child. Teachers and support staff, I've asked you to remain focused on instruction, and you are doing it each day. Thank you for locking
in on our students and locking out any distractions that impact our students on a daily basis. We understand there may be questions and right now this is the information we have. As TA provides further guidance, I will share it
promptly with our community. Thank you for your continued support of our students and our district. >> We want to say thank you to all these All Pro Dad MVP honories. So, can you guys make another big All Pro Dad round
of applause for all of these legends. >> On behalf of all of us here at AllPro Dad, thank you so much for what you do each and every day. It matters. You can see the impact that it makes. Uh, and we just want to appreciate you. We want to take this appreciation back to your school districts and celebrate like we
are here today. So, so thank you. Thank you very much. Ready? A V. >> In first grade, I noticed that other kids were a little more ahead of me in reading. I was confused why. And that's when I got tested for dyslexia. being
identified with dyslexia, being able to also participate in the curriculum that we're offering, and then being successful is life-changing for our students. There's no words. I I can literally go home driving and I'm crying
because I've seen that. I hope the parents know this is going to help their child out a lot when they get diagnosed. Dyslexia is a learning disability that stays with you and that we're teaching our students and then into adulthood how
to manage having dyslexia. The new curriculum is called take flight and is well known um on the national level. It's a point of pride that we're offering another strategy in area literacy for our students, but then also
for the city of Fort Worth, but we're not doing it in isolation. We're doing it in partnership. We have great parent advocates in our community and across our city around dyslexia. It's not just a curriculum with a um scripted
instructional delivery. It's also building the capacity of our dyslexia teachers that we identify to receive that very intense instruction to be certified. >> This is going to give me an opportunity to become a better teacher and help the kids in a better way.
>> We hope it accelerates the learning for our dyslexia students and make sure they're able to accelerate their own academic process and their success as well. I'm taking oo chemistry, honors chemistry, honors, algebra, AP human
geography. >> We have built in the best practices for a dyslexia student or instruction through dyslexia instruction into our curriculum frameworks cuz those are best practices for our students. >> A valid and open action.
>> So we look at the academic progress of our middle schools in the area of literacy. And there's a need to make sure we're identifying the students that maybe were not identified in elementary. I see them when they start and how much they struggle not being able to read,
not having that confidence. And after a year when you're working with them and then then you see everything that they can accomplish now. >> I couldn't read as good as I do now. >> Not viewing dyslexia as a negative way and viewing it as like my superpower,
which is really cool because like I I have it and not everyone in my class does. So that makes me stand out. >> That helps. >> We have to not only celebrate our students and our parents but celebrate the teachers who are doing this hard work every day for our students. I just
work for them every day. Every day at night because I have sleepless nights thinking what can I do tomorrow to make it better for them. Fort Worth ISD is making it easier than ever to enroll in our schools with our brand new enrollment website. Designed
with families in mind, enrollment.fwisd.org is your one-stop shop for all things enrollment. Fewer clicks, easier navigation, a faster, smoother experience from start to finish. Whether you're a returning family or new to Fort
Worth ISD, everything you need is right at your fingertips, all in one place. And yes, it's fully bilingual, so every family feels right at home. It's go time, Fort Worth ISD. A new school year is full of promise and your journey
starts right here. Enroll today at enrollment.fwisd.org and experience enrollment simplified. Want to know your students location in real time and get instant alerts from the transportation team? With the
Stopfinder app, all that information is right at your fingertips. If you're eligible for district transportation, you will receive an email with instructions to set up your account. No worries. Didn't get the email? Just call us at 817-8157900. We're here to help. Here's what
Stopfinder lets you do. You can track the exact location of your student's bus in real time. Get geo alerts when the bus arrives at or leaves your student stop. View transportation schedules at any time and sends secure messages to
Fort Worth ISD's transportation department and a whole lot more right through the app. Getting started is very easy. Step one, search for Stopfinder in the App Store or Google Play. Step two, activate your account using the
invitation email from Fort Worth ISD. And finally, step three, you're all set. You now have full access to your students transportation information. So, don't wait. Download Stopfinder today and travel with peace of mind, knowing
exactly where your student is at every stop. Have you guys seen the new ID badges that everyone's wearing? >> Yeah, I heard that we have to wear them like every single day. No exceptions. >> I guess we're official now. Starting this school year, every student from
elementary to high school must wear their school ID badge every day. Wear it around your neck using the schoolisssued lanyard. >> Wearing your badge in your pocket, not going to cut it. >> On your hat? Not even close. And sorry, no stickers, glitter, or customizing.
It's got to be clear and readable. >> Your badge helps speed things up in the lunch line. Just scan it and go. >> Need to check out a book? Your ID badge makes it easy. >> Hello. I would like to check out this book. >> Good to go.
>> All right. Thank you. >> And most importantly, your ID badge keeps you safe on the bus. It lets your parents know exactly when you get on and off. >> It also helps us know who's on campus and helps during emergencies.
>> Badges aren't just rules, they're tools. >> Show it. >> Wear it. >> Own it. It takes a team to educate a child. From the bus drivers who safely bring them to school to the dedicated staff who keep everything running long after the bell
rings, every role is essential in shaping a student's future. Fort Worth ISD needs you and your unique skills. Whether you're teaching in the classroom, supporting behind the scenes in IT, preparing nutritious meals, or teaming up with our classroom heroes,
there's a place for you here. Apply today and start building a brighter tomorrow for yourself and the students you'll inspire. Because Fort Worth ISD is where the best begins, Since I was little, I wanted to be a teacher. So, I want to see people writing quick. You have one minute. I've
never really thought about being anything else. How many in total for this second part? And everybody would say, "Oh, you're so good at math. Don't you want to be an engineer?" I come from a family of teachers. My mom was a teacher in Colombia.
All my aunts and uncles and most importantly my mom and my dad are educators. >> 5* 3 is equal to what? I studied first, fifth, third, and fourth grade with my mom, my dad, and my aunt. I think it is a blessing that my sister is my
literally my team member and my mom works at the school, too. So, it's something that I'm just so happy to come to school every day cuz we work in such a good team. It's such a good environment. So, really think it's a blessing. We come to school together. We leave school together. So, we're always together. I love being with my mom and
my sister. It is unusual to have a family all together at one school. >> Oh, I'm severely proud of my daughters. >> I marry a another teacher. >> I don't know if it's the water in Fort Worth. >> And then we also have father who works for World Language Institute. >> There are families that just seem to
care really a lot about the students that they have and it seems to >> kind of wear off in the other family members. Thank y'all. Great day. >> They are hardcore dedicated teachers, educators. I wanted to leave a legacy in
Fort Worth before I leave every year is to work for for them for the students. Let's go. >> Taekwondo is a way of life. Ready? One. And what children and athletes and
teenagers get out of this is the discipline to do great things amongst other peers. Um be leaders in the community within academics and sports. >> The kids that do do techno in dojoos like this, you can tell they're the quieter kids that are able to listen and
get their work done quickly. >> Makes me way more focused. Tan >> like in class whenever I can't concentrate I'll think of here and then I'll just concentrate into that or think about what I've been taught about it. >> This sport helped do multiple things for him. Helped them with discipline. Uh
helped them learn not only a team sport but an individual which also helped him uh achieve a lot better in school. >> What's the end result? What are you trying to achieve >> on Sports Illustrated front page? >> It's a tough competition. It's been going on for over a month now. And so the ultimate thing is you get a spread
inside of Sports Illustrated, $25,000 and branding with uh Colossal and some other great charities that are out there. >> I think that when you're uh putting together your mind and body, it's a whole entire spiritual experience for them to learn. And I think that they're able to take that and persevere in many
other things and that they have in life as well. When I get my black belt, I can put it on my college degree and it'll show that I can make a commitment and stick it out >> to be able to persevere through the things that they need to, whether it's academics or other sports. But self-confidence and perseverance are the top two things they learn.
>> And then we're going to go lowhigh here. O M I N I >> Welcome to Marre M. Walton Elementary. It's a place for the community to rally behind and rally it has. We are truly
blessed to have an incredible support system that chose to invest in our future years ago with a bond package. This is a very special day because this is the start of something new that will make a big difference for our students
like us and for many kids in the future. This new school is not just a building. It is a promise. A promise that students will always have a place where they feel welcome, where teachers believe in them and where their dreams can begin. >> One, two, and three. Congratulations.
>> And it's a really good morning because of moments just like this. because we're walking up and we're seeing awesome students with their talents on display, their intellect on display, and we're actually doing something substantial for them. >> You young ladies here, you fill this school with passion and laughter every
day. And we are just so excited to be able to give this community a new campus. So, I want all the adults here, this is our why. So, as we start this project and we move this dirt and we make decisions, this is our why. And there's kids that are not even born yet.
They're going to walk the halls of this new campus. We will see concrete poured, steel, raised, and wall built. But what will truly rise is the opportunity and inspiration for our students, our
families, and our community. I believe we we're not just in the middle of a literacy crisis. I believe that we're in the depths of a a literacy crisis and uh and so I would like to sound the alarm. >> Can >> can Okay.
>> Reach is more than a reading program. >> There you go. >> It's a passion. >> Yes. >> Passion to help young learners attain reading grade level. >> Very good. >> Training an adult >> to sit with them for 30 minutes to deal
with the fundamentals of of literacy. I love it because I know that it works. >> The confidence that we build within them will carry them for the rest of their life. >> We are promoting literacy across our district and across this city. Ret1 is a wonderful partner.
>> It's more than just a village that's going to take that that it'll take to raise a child. It's going to take our entire city. >> Our city is only as strong as our education system. Using the community members like we did, I think shows that we all can do this together. So, I'm asking each one of you to volunteer, to
come and work with one of our first grade students. >> The time it takes to make a huge difference is just 30 minutes a week. >> Imagine me helping the students, this group of students, they benefit from one-on-one, right? So, imagine having an
extra hand helping as well. >> It's like the bulb gets brighter and brighter each and every time we go through the steps, through the different lessons. So at the end of the year they shining bright as above. >> Some people ask does it make a difference? >> Proof is in the pudding. Definitely it
worked for me because I stayed, I listened, I got helped through the whole process and it was just a good experience. >> And how are you today? >> I'm amazing. >> If you love children and if you can read, then guess what? You become a read
to win adult reading coach. Thank you so much for joining us today for the student visioning session of Worth Heights. We value the student input. We value faculty and parent input as we're designing the interior spaces, the outside of the building. So today
we're here to hear from the students. >> I like that it is very spacious >> to hear from the parents. >> It's a little nostalgic for me to be able to have my son uh attend this school and be a part of this community. >> Hear from the faculty um about what they envision for the school.
>> I envision a walking path down the hallway so everybody knows how to stay on on the right side and on the left side. >> I love that the teachers are involved, the community, the students that we're able to help build our new campus.
>> Oh yes, that's nice. And right here, we don't have like where we put our name and stuff. And they have like actual scoreboard here. And I I like that >> just to have a say so. Uh we know what we want for our children. We want them in a safe environment. We want the best
educational that they can receive. So I'm I'm glad that they're involving us. >> Which one's your favorite out of all of them? This one. >> Okay. So we like this one the best. Yes. >> I just put love. We're really valuing and from the faculty and parents. a collaboration zone outside of the classroom. >> Oh, there this collaboration zone
outside for inside. >> Fort Worth ISD offers your child the start they deserve. We help your little one build a strong foundation focused on academic and social emotional skills. One that prepares them to explore and maximize every opportunity. Free all day prek classes taught by certified
teachers trained in early education and child development. Your child's future starts here in Fort Worth ISD, where the best begins. Visit fwisd.org/prek to learn more. Once upon a time in Spain, there was a
little bull and his name was Ferdinand. We have our annual celebrity reader event where we have people from the community, parents and other staff in the district come read to our kids. >> When my little sister saw us playing football, she said, "Me, too." >> Great opportunity for the community to
get involved in our school and feel a part of our South High Mount family. >> So, I'm doing it because I for one love to read and I love children. I like to show them the importance of reading and how fun it can be >> and for the kids to get to hear from other people and see the importance of reading. I just like to read books and
hear people like read them. >> I help pick apples and I help weed the garden. >> Reading is very important. It's the foundation of everything in school. >> And then I realized what you do with an idea, you change the world.
>> For this event, everybody wins. He is very happy. The end. How are you doing? I'm Karen Molinar, superintendent. Thank you for being here today. >> This is really great. >> I wanted to see partnership. >> We get to actually ask the questions. >> Being able to to receive all of this is
is very helpful. >> I wanted to see parents today. >> Did you guys just have a conference? >> We did. >> I wanted to see our teachers also showcasing their craft. >> Join band >> and he asked for help in my class. So our our traditional campuses, it's our parent teacher conference day. >> I understand.
>> And this really is to engage our parents more in the partnership of their child's education. So our students are off today, but our teachers are here. They're on contact >> and then they ask the parents to come and meet with them, sign up. They can do
it in person, they can do it virtually, zoom, or even by phone. And then our ATSIE campuses we have 15 campuses that we have designated for 25 additional instructional days. So this day the students do come to school but parents
are welcome to come come in the classroom observe instruction but then at those 15 campuses we have set up resources as well. So for me, this is one of the best days of our fall semester because it really is bringing
our parents in with our teachers and then I've even seen some of our especially our high school um parents have brought some of the students in with them during the conference. So that way the students have also their voices being heard during the parent teacher
conference. We're going into Thanksgiving season and we have a lot to be thankful for here in Fort Worth IC. >> See you later. Thanks for being here today, too. I appreciate it. >> Great day. >> Great day. >> Morning. Good morning. Good morning. >> We're here at Dumbar High School for
Dads of Dumbar. This is our 11th year and we consider oursel the regional fatherhood breakfast. Basically, um we're trying to engage fathers and father figures in the forward fd by starting here at Dumbar High School. main thing we do every morning at Dads a Dumbar is we go invite our students and
welcome them into the school. All kids have the right to to the best path ever. Uh but it it's you know just having people around them you know uh just to talk to them to to show that you know you care about him. I mean not just my
son his friends you know what I can do for any of them. Most of those students are those that don't have father figures. And believe me, I see a lot of them that feel like nobody really care and I can just do what I want. >> In life, you may not know everything that you will need to know. It helps to
for them to come up here and speak and guide us. >> Don't give up if you got something in your sights. My first semester, I I did everything but uh study. Um I didn't know any better. So, I'm I'm
issuing it as a warning. Take advantage of your study halls if you're a student athlete or even if you're not, budget your time. >> Right now, everyone shows up, you know, on Friday morning, but now we just want to see how we could just be more hands-on with our students and our young men and our young ladies, uh, because they need us. And so, this is just the
beginning. So, as we look to revamp going into the new year, look forward to just everybody being more involved with our students. >> Good morning. Welcome to the Choices Expo. Everything that you want about Fort Worth and about industry and finding a career one day, going to
college is in this room. >> Photography, we do have a really great yearbook program. >> TV studio is state-of-the-art uh culinary and medical. We have our our most specialized programs in the room. Everything from applied learning at the elementary age, Montasauris, world
languages institute. We have high-tech programs for STEM, for medical programs as well. And students come through those programs seeking opportunities for dual credit for college. Some of them get industry certifications when they leave. The idea is for them to be set up for success whenever they leave for high
school. >> And Amar's in robotics, right? >> Oh, so we also have a robotics program at the school. >> We have over 20 schools here today, over 80 programs available for families to explore, actually talk to real students. They're here to talk about their experiences. Today we're learning about
how to treat patients. >> We're in the second row over there. So, if you want to come by, we have a really great program for you. >> Are you coming to high school next year? >> Do you know what you want to study? >> So, when families come, they're really looking to tap in. >> It's very informative and we have a
program for almost every interest area that kids have. >> Yes. It's great. Good afternoon, Fort Worth ISD staff, students, and families. This morning, we've received official notice from the Texas Education Agency upholding the
decision to appoint a board of managers and a conservator for Fort Worth ISD following last week's informal review. What this means for our community is that TEA will continue with a process of taking applications for interested
candidates for a board of managers and the superintendent search as previously shared by the commissioner. My intent remains the same to apply for the position of superintendent. I will be connecting with our appointed
conservator, Mr. Christopher Rosski, who will oversee and support our improvement efforts. Parents, you have deeply committed employees across our district who are continuing to focus on your children
every day in every classroom. High quality instructional delivery is occurring for your child. Teachers and support staff, I've asked you to remain focused on instruction and you are doing it each day. Thank you for locking in on
our students and locking out any distractions that impact our students on a daily basis. We understand there may be questions and right now this is the information we have. As TA provides further guidance, I will share it
promptly with our community. Thank you for your continued support of our students and our district. >> We want to say thank you to all these Pro Dad MVP honories. So, can you guys make another big AllP Pro Dad round of
applause for all of these legends? >> On behalf of all of us here at AllP Pro Dad, thank you so much for what you do each and every day. It matters. You can see the impact that it makes. Uh, and we just want to appreciate you. We want to take this appreciation back to your school districts and celebrate like we
are here today. So, so thank you. Thank you very much. Ready? A N. >> In first grade, I noticed that other kids were a little more ahead of me in reading. I was confused why. And that's when I got tested for dyslexia. Being
identified with dyslexia, being able to also participate in the curriculum that we're offering, and then being successful is lifechanging for our students. There's no words. I I can literally go home driving and I'm crying
because I've seen that. I hope the parents know this is going to help their child out a lot when they get diagnosed. Dyslexia is a learning disability that stays with you and that we're teaching our students and then into adulthood how
to manage having dyslexia. The new curriculum is called take flight and is well known um on the national level. It's a point of pride that we're offering another strategy in area literacy for our students, but then also
for the city of Fort Worth, but we're not doing it in isolation. We're doing it in partnership. We have great parent advocates in our community and across our city around dyslexia. It's not just a curriculum with a um scripted
instructional delivery. It's also building the capacity of our dyslexia teachers that we identified to receive that very intense instruction to be certified. >> This is going to give me an opportunity to become a better teacher and help the kids in a better way.
>> We hope it accelerates the learning for our dyslexia students and make sure they're able to accelerate their own academic process and their success as well. I'm taking chemistry, honors, chemistry, honors,
algebra, AP human geography. We have built in the best practices for a dyslexia student or instruction through dyslexia instruction into our curriculum frameworks cuz those are best practices for our students.
>> A valid and open action. So we look at the academic progress of our middle schools in the area of literacy. There's a need to make sure we're identifying the students that maybe were not identified in elementary. I see that when they start and how much they struggle not being able to read, not
having that confidence and after a year when you're working with them and then then you see everything that they can accomplish. Now >> I couldn't read as good as I do now. not viewing dyslexia as a negative way and viewing it as like my superpower which
is really cool because like I I have it and not everyone in my class does. So that makes me stand out. >> Okay, >> that helps. >> We have to not only celebrate our students and our parents but celebrate the teachers who are doing this hard work every day for our students. I just
work for them every day, every day at night because I have sleepless nights thinking, >> what can I do tomorrow to make it better for them? >> Fort Worth ISD is making easier than ever to enroll in our schools with our brand new enrollment website designed
with families in mind. Enrollment.fwisd.org. org is your one-stop shop for all things enrollment. Fewer clicks, easier navigation, a faster, smoother experience from start to finish. Whether you're a returning family or new to Fort
Worth ISD, everything you need is right at your fingertips, all in one place. And yes, it's fully bilingual, so every family feels right at home. It's go time, Fort Worth ISD. A new school year is full of promise, and your journey
starts right here. Enroll today at enrollment.fwisd.org and experience enrollment simplified. Want to know your students location in real time and get instant alerts from the transportation team? With the
Stopfinder app, all that information is right at your fingertips. If you're eligible for district transportation, you will receive an email with instructions to set up your account. No worries. Didn't get the email? Just call us at 8178157900. We're here to help. Here's what
Stopfinder lets you do. You can track the exact location of your student's bus in real time. Get geo alerts when the bus arrives at or leaves your student stop. View transportation schedules at any time. and sends secure messages to
Fort Worth ISD's transportation department and a whole lot more right through the app. Getting started is very easy. Step one, search for Stopfinder in the App Store or Google Play. Step two, activate your account using the
invitation email from Fort Worth ISD. And finally, step three, you're all set. You now have full access to your students transportation information. So don't wait. Download Stopfinder today and travel with peace of mind knowing
exactly where your student is at every stop. >> Have you guys seen the new ID badges that everyone's wearing? >> Yeah, I heard that we have to wear them like every single day. No exceptions. >> Guess we're official now. >> Starting this school year, every student
from elementary to high school must wear their school ID badge every day. Wear it around your neck using the schoolisssued lanyard. >> Wearing your badge in your pocket? Not going to cut it. >> On your hat? Not even close. And sorry, no stickers, glitter, or customizing.
It's got to be clear and readable. >> Your badge helps speed things up in the lunch line. Just scan it and go. Need to check out a book? Your ID badge makes it easy. >> Hello. I'd like to check out this book. >> Good to go.
>> All right. Thank you. >> And most importantly, your ID badge keeps you safe on the bus. It lets your parents know exactly when you get on and off. >> It also helps us know who's on campus and helps during emergencies.
>> Badges aren't just rules, they're tools. >> Show it. >> Wear it. >> Own it. It takes a team to educate a child. From the bus drivers who safely bring them to school to the dedicated staff who keep everything running long after the bell
rings, every role is essential in shaping a student's future. Fort Worth ISD needs you and your unique skills. Whether you're teaching in the classroom, supporting behind the scenes in IT, preparing nutritious meals, or teaming up with our classroom heroes,
there's a place for you here. Apply today and start building a brighter tomorrow for yourself and the students you'll inspire. Because Fort Worth ISD is where the best begins, since I was little, I wanted to be a teacher. So, I want to see people writing quick. You have one minute. I've
never really thought about being anything else. How many in total for this second part? And everybody would say, "Oh, you're so good at math. Don't you want to be an engineer?" I come from a family of teachers. My mom was a teacher in Colombia.
All my aunts and uncles and most importantly, my mom and my dad are educators. >> 5* 3 is equal to what? I studied first, fifth, third, and fourth grade with my mom, my dad, and my aunt. I think it is a blessing that my sister is my
literally my team member and my mom works at the school, too. So, it's something that I'm just so happy to come to school every day cuz we work in such a good team. It's such a good environment. So, really think it's a blessing. We come to school together. We leave school together. So, we're always together. I love being with my mom and
my sister. It is unusual to have a family all together at one school. >> Oh, I'm severely proud of my daughters. >> I marry a another teacher. >> I don't know if it's the water in Fort Worth. >> And then we also have father who works for World Language Institute. >> There are families that just seem to
care really a lot about the students. Heat. Heat. N. Oh yeah. Heat. Hey, Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Hey, Heat. Hey, hey,
hey. Heat up here. In accordance with the open meetings law, the board convened the meeting at 5:34 p.m. with the quorum present, recessed open session, convened executive session, and adjourned
executive session, and now reconvene open session at 8:01 p.m. with the quorum present. We are up to consent agenda items. As board president, I'm making the following statement in accordance with board policy BBA local. This is a reminder to all board members of the conf legal conflict of interest requirements and disclosure requirements
you may have for matters under consideration on the agenda for this meeting. If required by law, board members shall recuse themselves from all discussion and shall abstain from voting on any matter pertaining to such a disclosure. Trustees, we have been provided an opportunity prior to tonight's meeting to submit questions
and receive responses concerning the consent agenda and action agenda items. Are there any questions or comments at this time specific to the consent agenda items? All right, seeing none, we do I have a motion accepting consent? >> Sorry, Trusty Jackson.
>> So moved. >> Do I have a second? Ryan, any discussion? Please move to voting. Trustee Dr. Rodriguez. >> Yes.
>> 90. Motion passes. We now move to action agenda items. Item B, consider and take possible action on superintendent's contract. Do I have a motion? >> Thank you, President Martinez. I move to approve the first modification to the
superintendent's employment contract as discussed in close session. Do I have a second? Second, trusty little. Any discussion? Please move to voting.
Trusty Dr. Rodriguez. >> No. >> 81. Motion passes. Next item C. Approve 2026 2027 district calendars. Do I have a motion? >> Trusty Dard. Do I have a second?
>> Trusty Jackson. Any discussion? Please move to voting. Trustee Dr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. 90. Motion passes. Next item is D. Consider and take action to approve the hiring for chief financial officer. Do I
have a motion? >> Jesse D. Do I have a second? Any discussion? Please move to voting. Dr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. >> 90. Motion passes. Dr. Muller, would you
like to introduce our new CFO? >> Yes. Thank you, President Martinez. We would like to welcome Darla Moss to Fort Worth Independent School District as our chief financial officer. She's not here with us this evening, but Miss Moss is joining us from over with 20 over 20
years experience as a chief financial officer coming from um recently Duncanville and Arlington ISD. So, we can't wait to have her on board with our forthd team. >> Thank you. Next item, E. Consider and take action to approve the hiring for
executive director of procurement. Do I have a motion? >> Trusty Ryan, do I have a second? Trusty Dar. Any discussion? Please move to voting. Trusty Rodriguez. >> Yes.
>> 90. Motion passes. Dr. Molinar. >> We would like to welcome Jerome Pilgrim. He is coming from Irving ISD as the director of purchasing to be our procurement executive director. Uh Mr. Mr. Pilgrim has over 20 years experience in procurement as well as financial
services. So we're going to be welcoming him to Fort Worth as well. >> Thank you. Next item F. Consider and take action to approve the hiring for executive director of guidance and counseling. Do I have a motion?
>> Jesse Dard have a second. Dr. Ryan, any discussion? Please move to voting. Dr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. >> 90. Motion passes. Dr. Muller. >> Yes. We currently have Christina Galanis. She is our interim executive
director. Go ahead and stand up, Miss Glance. We just want to thank you for the role you served in as our interim and welcome you as the permanent executive director of guidance and counseling and thank you for all the work that you have done and will continue to do in Fort Worth. Thank you.
Congratulations. Next item is G. Approve proposed termination of certain probationary contract employees for good cause pursuant to chapter 21 of the Texas Education Code. Do you have a motion? >> Jackson, do you have a second? >> I've got the motion.
Um, I move to propose termination of Olivia McCoy's probationary contract for good cause pursuant to chapter 21 of the Texas Education Code. >> Thank you, Trusty L. Do I have a second? >> Trusty Ryan, any discussion?
Please move to voting. >> Dr. RJ, >> yes. >> 90 motion passes. We're now at um item H, approve proposed termination of certain term contract employees for good cause pursuant to chapter 21 of the Texas Education Code.
>> Do I have a motion? >> Um I move to propose termination of Orlando Tolston's term contract for good cause pursuant to chapter 21 of the Texas Education Code. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. Any discussion?
Please move to voting. Tracy Rodriguez. >> Yes. 90. Motion passes. We are now moving on. We don't have I or J. We're moving to K. >> One more H. >> One more H. Sorry, we'll go back. One
more H. >> Do I have a motion, Trusty Lynch? >> Yes. I move to propose termination of Ardan Wyinners's term contract for good cause pursuant to chapter 21 of the Texas Education Code. Do we have a second?
>> Trusty Ryan, any discussion? Please move to voting. Trusty Dr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. >> 90. Motion passes on that one as well. Now we um don't have I or J. We are on
to K. Approve revisions to board policy FDA local, FDB local, and EHBG local. Waiver first reading. Do I have a motion? >> Jesse D. Do I have a second? See Jackson. Any discussion?
Please move to voting. >> Dr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. >> Yes. 90. Motion passes. Next item. L approve 2025 2026 facility master plan school attendance boundary adjustments. Do I have a motion?
>> Trusty Ryan. Do I have a second? >> Jackson. Any discussion? Please move to voting. >> Dr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. >> 90. Motion passes. Next item is M.
Authorize repurchase of 15 acre parcel located at 1901 road um or road 2871 forward Texas 76126. Do I have a motion? Trust a second. Jackson, any discussion?
Please move to voting. Dr. Rodriguez. Yes. >> 90. Motion passes. Next item is in approved consolidation of Western Hills Primary at Western Hills Elementary beginning in the 2026 2027 school year.
Do I have a motion? Trusty Ryan have a second. See Jackson. Any discussion? Please move to voting. Dr. Rodriguez. Yes. >> 90. Motion passes. Next item is O.
Approve authorization to negotiate with the construction manager at risk for a GMP amendments for construction services for Daget Middle School renovations in conjunction with the 2021 capital improvement program. Do you have a motion? Do you have a second?
Jackson, any discussion? Please move to voting. Dr. Rodriguez, >> yes. >> 90 motion passes. Last item is approve authorization to negotiate with the construction manager at risk for GMP
amendments for construction services for elementary school number one replacement at Eastern Hills Elementary School site project in conjunction with the 2021 capital improvement program. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. Trusty >> Jackson, do I have a second? Second. Jesse Dar any discussion
please move to voting Dr. Yes, we're missing. >> Okay. 90. Motion passes. The time is 8:12 p.m. and this meeting is adjourned. Heat. Heat. N.
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