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Back down back. Good evening. I am calling this meeting to order. The time is 5:32 p.m. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551, this meeting is officially open with the quorum present.
We will now move to our pledge, vision, and mission statements, which will be led by Eastern Hills High School JOTC cadetses. Good evening, President Martinez, Superintendent Dr. Molinar, and members of the board. Everyone, 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. Fort Worth ISD vision. Fort Worth ISD, igniting in every child a passion for learning. Fort Worth ISD mission preparing all
students for success in college career and community leadership. Let's give our pledges a round of a hand, a round of applause. District leadership and board members and audience, we have an incredible honor of celebrating three outstanding
groups who exemplify the very best of our district's talent, dedication, and spirit. At this time, trustees, will you please make your way down so we can personally greet these students and staff who make our district shine? and audience, we ask that you hold your
applause until the end of each group so that each students and their teachers name can be heard as we recognize each and every one of them. Let's start with welcoming our greeters from Eastern Hills High School's JOTC. These remarkable cadetses embody
leadership, dedication, and service. These are qualities that define the JOTC program and inspire the leaders of tomorrow. and our cadetses. As I call your name, you'll make your way down and shake the hands of each of the trustees.
Okay. First up, Angelus Martinez, Abyel Pina Dillos, Anna Wyn, Essence Houston, Jose Escalera, and Dr. Thomas, the principal of Eastern Hills High School. This program is led
by Sergeant Major Erica Jones and Senior First Class Dante Davis. All right. The CTE students involved in Future Business Leaders of America and Health Occupation Students of America have demonstrated outstanding leadership, dedication, and achievement
in their respective fields. Representing the school with pride, these students have excelled at regional, state, and national competitions. We proudly celebrate their hard work and commitment to excellence in career and technical student organizations. Get this. At their recent conferences in
Round Rock, Texas, our FBLA and HOSA students showcased their skills and leadership in business and health science. Several of our students have advanced to the national level and will represent our schools this summer at the
FBLA in Anaheim, California, and HOSA in Nashville, Tennessee. We applaud these outstanding students for their work so far. For the future business leaders of America at at the national level from South Hills High School, please make your way down to the
trustees and Dr. Molinar as I call your name. Naholani Garcia Nunees R Hernandez Leadisma, Isabella Hunt, Jonathan Piagua,
Heidi Rosales, and their advisors, their adviser, Julie Fischer. Now from OD Wyatt High School, we have Jamaiah Henderson, King Cap, and their adviserss Julie Castellano and
Marjorie Mitchell. Okay. And from Pascal High School, we have Caroline Williams, Calvin King, the co-advisor, and Mr. White, the principal.
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Valicia Baiju. Giovani Incho, Maria Ortiz, Maya Rodriguez, Melanie Pos, Peter Morrison, Landon Davies,
and their advisor, Marissa Banks, and Clarabel Griffith. These are a host of students who advanced to state from the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences. Congratulations to those students.
Okay, now let's talk about the Future Farmers of America. Students at Arlington Heights FFA participated in various events throughout the 2425 school year. They achieved notable success in several competitions, showcasing students dedication and
achievements in areas such as radio broadcasting, cotton judging, farm business management, livestock showing, and even welding. These students hard work and success reflect the strength of our CTE programs and the commitment of our students to excellence in
agricultural education. So again, as I call your name, first up, we've got the Heights radio broadcasting team is made up of Kennedy Jensen, Isabella Lisaraga. These two ladies placed first at the
district FFA LDE contest and third at the area 5 FFA LDE contest. The following students competed on Heights Cotton Judging Team. This is Ben Nelson,
Julian Martinez, Eddie Hudson, and Carson Scott. They placed first in District 6 FFA and fifth in area 5 FFA. The following students competed on the
farm business management judging team. Julian Martinez placed first in District 6 FFA and the Tarant County Junior Livestock Show, Mrs. Ariana Martinez. >> And her teacher is here too, Mrs. Shans.
Thank you so much, Miss Lindsay. The welding sweep stakes winner from Arlington Heights FFA, Mrs. Lindsay Shans. Thank you so much. Okay, next up, let's talk about the FCCLA or
Family Career and Community Leaders of America. This is the National Leadership Conference which is hosted by Family Career and Community Leaders of America. This exciting event brings together students from across the country to compete in star events, attend leadership workshops, and celebrate
their accomplishments. It's a dynamic experience that empower students to grow as leaders in their schools and communities. This year, 14 students advanced to the state level FCCLA competition in a variety of skilled
categories. We are especially proud that four students from North Side High School advanced to the national level competition in hospitality, tourism, and recreation. That's levels two and three. Congratulations to all of our FCCLA competitors for their hard work,
leadership, and dedication. We are so proud and we celebrate your success and look forward to seeing the impact you will continue to make at the state and national level and beyond. So, let's recognize those students. The state and national qualifiers from North Side High
School, Antonio Quervas Nto, Brian Salazar, Arenelli Martinez, and their dedicated teacher, Miss Heather Karma. Okay. The Skills USA Championships bring together industry leaders, educators,
and the public to witness students showcase their talents in leadership and hands-on skill competitions. In February, 40 students from Southwest High School and Treble Techch High School advanced the state level competition in a variety of skilled and
technical categories. We are so proud to announce that seven, yes, seven from Southwest High School earned the opportunity to advance to the National Skills USA Championships in June and video news production. My favorite. Congratulations to all of our Skills USA
competitors for your hard work, dedication, and success. We can't wait to see what you will do next. So, for the state qualifiers from Southwest High School, Emilia Cinvente, I think I got it pretty close. Yay!
Gwindelyn Pototts, Chris Fuentes, Nvea Tomkins, also state and national qualifiers from Southwest High School. You're the teacher. Isabella Reyes, Chloe Sulle,
and their teachers, Miss Darcy McCriedy and John Woods. Thank you guys. State qualifiers from Treble Techch, Riabberto Rodriguez, Saul Barbosa, Juan Camarina.
got fans. Albert Martinez, Jose Zavala, Oliver Watson, and their teachers, David Silva and Laura Spray. The Texas Association of Future
Educators is a co-curricular statewide nonprofit organization created to allow young men and women an opportunity to explore the teaching profession. These future educators were recognized for their exceptional skills at the Teach Tomorrow Summit in Corpus Christi and
they advanced the Educators Rising Conference in Orlando, Florida, competing at the national level. A total of nine students placed in the top 10 at nationals, four of which placed second. This recognition highlights the
successful competition achievements of our students who demonstrated their skills against peers from across the state and country. And we want you back in our classrooms teaching in a few years. Okay. Okay. Agreed. First up from Dunar High School, Jesseline Altoano.
Trinity Campbell and their teacher, Miss Angela Newman Thompson. >> Thomas Angela Newman Thomas. What a nice night filled with nothing but accomplishments from our kids. Let's give them all a round of applause one
more time. And trustees, this concludes our recognitions for tonight. and audience. At this time, we will take a short recess to allow the trustees to take a photo with our talented students in the lobby. So, we'll be back in just a few minutes.
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kind of cool. 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 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 existing policy in response to the inquiry, or three, direct the person to visit with staff about the issue. No presentation may exceed 2 minutes unless the 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 sidewall on your right. As soon as the speaker begins speaking, the time clock will begin. Our first speaker tonight is Heather Toltof, followed by Steven P.
When we first started the fight to preserve access to a highquality education here in our district and save A-rated Deavala Elementary, we had a lot of conversations with folks across the community. To this day, one continues to
stand out in my mind. I was asked who I knew, who my family was connected with. I was told to use back channels as a more effective form of getting things done. When I spoke with schools who got themselves off the closure list, they talked about connections. This is the
culture of our district that got us here. Yet, when I consider the challenges facing our district, I have a deep concern that this who knows who way of operating runs too deep to overcome. Our families are here today in the
public forum to call attention to this risk, to push our community and whichever leaders come forth next to use data to make decisions. Not just the convenient data, but the truly impactful data. the data that honors the moral
obligation we have to every student to give every student access to highquality education here in Fort Worth. The TEA takeover is a resounding affirmation that we will not preserve our district with continued failure and the pursuit of mediocrity. This is a call to our
community and future district leaders. Preserve, study, and replicate excellence. Please re-examine the current strategy for school closures like four consecutive year A-rated Desavala Elementary serving over 70% at
risk and majority title one students. I look forward to the promising future of our district. Thank you. >> Thank you Steven P. Steven P will be followed by Jose Estrada.
Good evening, uh, Miss Martinez, uh, members of the board of trustees, and Dr. Molinar. I'm Steven P, executive director of UEA. And there's something that Commissioner of Education Mike Morath and I agree on, and that's the number of growing uh, the growing number
of uncertified teachers across the state of Texas. At a state board of education meeting this spring, he uh he testified that students with an uncertified firstear teacher achieve worse outcomes than those with a certified teacher. And
he pointed out that uncertified teachers are assigned to title one schools serving primarily African-American and Hispanic students. Every Fort Worth student deserves a highly trained certified teacher in front of them every single day.
Appropo of nothing of of nothing, Houston ISD employs over 10,000 teachers and the first time t after the state takeover that teachers could leave, they fled. 19.9% of teachers left Houston that first opportunity and it increased
the second time. 32.2% the following year left. And what the Houston Board of Managers and the appointed superintendent did is fill those vacancies with uncertified teachers. Last school year, Houston ISD had 20% of
all teachers untrained uncertified. One out of every five. And their last hiring season, they hired over 2,000. 49% of those were uncertified. Every Fort Worth student deserves a highly trained certified teacher in
front of them every single day. Thank you. Thank you Josea as will be followed by Aisha Rushton. Good evening members of the board and forth community. My name is Jose Estrada. I stand before you as a parent,
a veteran, and as someone who still believes that public education should reward success, not silence it. I refer to page three. Desavala Elementary is not failing. It is leading. For four consecutive years, Desavala has outperformed FWISD and every surrounding
campus in both student achievement and school progress. Not by luck, by leadership, and not by exception, by example. Every number in this packet represents children who show up ready to learn and teachers who never stop believing that can make a difference.
That is not a system in need of a rescue. That is a model worth replicating. And yet this A-rated campus was placed on a list for closure, not for per performance, but for utilization. A number on a spreadsheet should never outweigh the value of a child's success story. That's not
failure. That's bureaucracy. And bureaucracy can be corrected. Refer to pages four or five. The proposed dual language STEM Academy pilot is the correction. It can strengthen enrollment, connect bilingual introduction with STEM innovation, and turn what's been labeled underused space
into a district-wide model for progress. It's not a distant concept. It's a ready planned, refined, researched, and built to expand opportunity for every student who walks through those doors. If approved, this program will do more than keep a school open. It will keep a community alive. It ensures that disaval
remains a place where diversity is power, where growth is intentional, and where Fort Worth can point and say, "That's how it's done." Behind every chart are students who have already proven what's possible, and teachers who refuse to let potential go to waste. Desala never needed help, just to be
heard. We're not asking for favors, only fairness. Give us the chance to move forward with this plan and prove what the data already shows that the Savala is not a problem to solve, but a promise to keep. a promise this district can still choose to honor. We ask this board
to keep the Savala open and approve the STEM Academy pilot. Thank you. Thank you. Aisha Rushton will be followed by Bob Willoughby. Good afternoon. My concern today is language equity. While emerging
bilingual learners receive targeted support, monilingual English speakers are not given similar opportunities. Texas Education Code 29.053 mandates bilingual education when 20 plus students of the same language classification are enrolled in a grade level. This policy unintentionally
creates a divide. Some students are prepared for bilingual proficiency while others are left behind, contributing to long-term educational disparity. Research shows children who begin learning a second language before age six score 10% higher in reading and math show 12-point gains on standardized
tests develop stronger critical thinking and problem solving skills. The US Department of Education confirms early dual language learning boost cognitive development and academic performance. Texas is home to speakers of over 120 languages including Spanish, Vietnamese,
Arabic, Chinese, Udo and more. Nearly one in four students in Texas public school are emergent bilingual. Ford ISD should leverage this diversity to benefit all students. Most recently, Delta Airlines was looking for bilingual flight attendants for hire. Ford ISD had
made significant strides in implementing dual and language immersion programs, particularly through its uh pilot dual language program in preK and kindergarten in currently 13 schools. Most recently, there was a 3-week summer program simultaneous by literacy model for preK through grade 5. According to
Dr. Marie Manzana Menzoda, Forward ISTD executive director of emerging bilingual programs, this program represent commitment to preparing students for an interconnected world. This shows feasibility and community interest. I therefore suggest some act actionable
items. Uh increase two-way programs to more campuses. Increase access beyond the current list of schools. Offer entry points beyond first grade with intensive language support. Train more educators in bilingual in biiteracy pedigogy and cross linguistic strategies. University
partnership for teacher training and curriculum support. Thank you. >> Thank you. Bob Bullby will be followed by Liz Conville. >> Tell you well you guys have hit a new low in court. your lawyers, which now
get the word titled SE lawyers, instead of addressing the issue, the problem of y'all not taking responsibility, your mistake because it was your mistake. You made it. It cost me over $1,000. I'm just trying to recover my losses because of your error. The ID there's no there's no argument about the error. SISD misses
their error, but they'll fight not to take care of their responsibility. Now, how can you be in charge of the kids if you don't want to take responsibility for your own mistakes? I'll tell you this new thing takeover, if it gets rid of you, I'm happier it can be because you don't answer questions and you don't do your job. This stuff they they took
your lawyers brought to court one about me being banned from city council that has nothing to do with our law suit against y'all not doing their job. It has nothing to do with it. All it was was a smear. And I'll tell you, I got banned from city council Fort Worth
because Maddie Parker barefaced lied. She said I cursed at 12-y old kids at that meeting at a council meeting. That's a barefaced lie and then I was banned. That's not true. And your lawyers used that to smear on me. Now it's on the side of my car. Maddie Parker two-faced liar. And I love it.
People take pictures of it's going to stay on there. So she takes it back. But she banned me. I got banned three months and I was not guilty of a lie. And then your lawyers use in in a court which I filed an appeal. We're going to go to a higher court. This whole thing is costing a whole lot more money than to
settle. Now, it would have been settled if you were decent people, but you're not decent. You're indecent. You're filthy to me because you don't answer. You don't respond. All you had to do, the chair had to do was just return one phone call and never did. I had to go to court. I lost over $1,000 trying to do
my civic duty written schools to get people to know what's going on. Instead, you fight me doing it. You need I mean, I just I just can't come up to words how sleazy this is. When I saw this and the lawyers got there at the court, this is the third time we went to court, too. I think it was all sham. But the stuff they brought up about me and not the
case, that's ridiculous. Very embarrassing on the ISD. And I hope you're all gone. That'd make my day. Thank you. >> Thank you, Bob. You've never once called me, but if you would like to, you can meet with staff. Um, next up is Liz Conville, followed by
Michael McDermott. Hello, my name is Liz Conville and my son is a prek student at Desabala Elementary. We moved to Fort Worth in 2022 when my son was 2 years old. School was on my mind, but I knew that we had
some time. It became a very revealing litmus test to meet realtors and other parents and hear what they had to say about the neighborhood schools. Many parents I met clung to the established narrative that one school across the train tracks is the preferred school. In
light of the pending TEA takeover, I want to remind the current and future school board that Deavala is scheduled to close despite four consecutive years as an A-rated elementary school in the district. It's worth noting that the other school I mentioned is a B-rated
school, also experiencing enrollment challenges, also operating in a 100 plus year old building and under no threat of closure. It takes a while for the neighborhood grapevine to shift, and I know there are others like me who are committed to sending their kids to
public school, who don't have the complete picture of their options and only secondhand fear-mongering instead. Desavala's story should not end because of the failures of the district. I implore TEA to re-examine the current strategy for school closures and for
promoting schools that are meeting and exceeding standards. Desavala provides the loving and rigorous learning environment that all students deserve and that is worth preserving and replicating as the future chapters of Fort Worth ISD are written. Thank you.
Thank you. Michael Mcder will be followed by Christian Alvarez. Good evening board. Uh I'm Michael Mcderman. I live in the Fairmont Historic District and I'm also um considered sort of the neighborhood historian. My uh aunt taught at Desavala
from 1908 to 1913. The school opened in 1905 and is still the longest continuously running school that we know of in the city in certainly in the southside historic southside and maybe in the city of Fort Worth. It's been open since 1905.
Um this school is is a-rated and it seems to be backwards and does not make sense. And I appreciate you looking at me too. I really do cuz because I I want you to hear this. It doesn't make sense to close an A-rated school and then take those students and and and sh shuffle
them over to the nearest two B-rated schools and possibly bring them down to C-rated schools. This is a this is a recipe for failure, not for success. Uh the teachers at Desavala have I don't know what they have that the other teachers don't, but they certainly are
doing a fantastic job. I also want to announce here tonight that I've been working with the city of Fort Worth and we have discovered not only is Desavala a contributor to our national register historic district but is now uh a
certified historic landmark. So you the building cannot be taken down once it's closed. It has to be redeveloped as the structure that it is which is if you talk to historic Fort Worth a lot harder to do than you think. I would make more sense to keep this open as a school and
improve the building like you have some of the other 100 plus year old schools around Fort Worth that are staying open and keep this good school with its good teachers and its great principal um open and active and continuing as an A-rated school. That to me makes more sense than
closing it down in any way. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Christian Alvarez will be followed by Amanda An. >> Good evening. I am here to make a public statement under the new light of the TEA in hopes to support the families and the
communities of the Savala Elementary. We were here this spring advocating for this issue, but nevertheless, the current board unanim unanimously decided to follow up with the decision to schedule closures of 18 schools by 2029. Quite a disappointment for many community residents. I strongly urge the
future board of Forward ISD to reconsider the decision that includes closing high performing schools like the Savala Elementary. Forward is currently rated a C district with only 10 schools earning an A rating in the 2023 24 school year. These school should these
schools should be ma modeled for success not targets for closure. The Zavala stands out because it defies the odds that 70% of its students are economically disadvantaged yet they are excelling at the highest levels. If closing elementary schools is the solution for now, it will most likely
have harming effects in the student outcomes since crowding classrooms leads to failure in academics and behaviors. It was this will mostly hurt minority populations of Fort Worth. Looking at the higher bigger picture, only 27% of schools uh receive an A rating and among
them the average percentage of in economically disadvantaged students is just 43%. Nearly 40% of students are enrolled in bilingual and English language learning programs in this district. The Savala is exceeding expectations in ways that few schools
public or chartered can match. Instead of closing school successful schools, I once again urged the board to consider how to expand and replicate their impact their impact instead. The choice is clear. Preserve and expand what works. Don't make don't take these opportunities away from students that
need them the most. Thank you. >> Thank you, Amanda. Followed by Daniel Bennett. Good evening, Dr. Molinar, President Martinez, and board. My name is Amanda An. I'm a proud parent, taxpayer, and teacher in Forthd.
I want to tell you the truth bes behind some of our F campuses for years and equitable resources. Sitting across the two sections of my fourth grade EL classes at Brisco Elementary are at least six students who who show
uh definite signs of being dyslexic and yet they're in fourth grade and have been not been identified. Why, you may ask? It's not because they didn't have teachers or a principal who didn't care or just passed them on. In many cases, the teacher and the parent have seen it
and spoken up. The reason can be attributed to years of the following. Half of a diag. Our diag is on campus one day a week. A third of a dyslexia teacher. Our dyslexia teacher is split between three different campuses.
Half of an LSSP on campus one day a week. Half of a librarian split between two campuses two days a week. And on a good one three days a week. My students um are short uh by at least some of them
kindergarten, first grade level sitting in my fourth grade class. I cannot tell you how heartbreaking it is to watch them day in and day out and to give everything I can and I and I can't meet what they need. They've endured the injustice and they haven't received the
intervention they deserve. Recently, it surfaced in the news of the takeover. We've went from 8 to 20 consecutively underperforming campuses. Could this be why? Let's not just say that we are focused on literacy. Let's put some action behind it and give each campus
and ultimately each child what they need and deserve to be successful. Thank you. >> Thank you, Daniel Bennett. Followed by Gabe Moreno. Uh, good evening, Daniel Bennett. I'd like to speak to you about the Tarant
appraisal district board appointment process. You guys just canceled your meeting. Congratulations. I'm so happy that happened. Let me go back in time. In November 14th of 2023, Arlington ISD, they were searching for a
superintendent, had two meetings, and then they voted for the TAD election 2023, violating the state law. The TAD board for gave them and said, "Hey, you guys didn't know." Fast forward to now,
Miss Seda Sed is running on your ballot. She's been trying to earn your votes for two years. She's in Detroit at a wedding. She calls me and says, 'Joe, you've got to call over to Fort Worth ISD. I said, 'Why? They have two meetings back to back and they got their
ballot on the 22nd. If they have two meetings back to back, they're going to forfeit their right to vote. So, I did what I could to jettison the process and someone made the decision to cancel tomorrow's meeting. Well, you can thank
Say Scetta Siad. Otherwise, your votes would have been thrown into the trash. They would not count. Now, let me ask you, did Mike Alfred call you to protect the forth ISD and the taxpayers? No. Did Wendy Burgess call you to protect the Fort Worth ISD board and the taxpayers
and the superintendent, Miss Bolinar? I don't know. I'm going to say no. Did Eric Cryle call and say, "Hey, you got backtoback meetings. You're going to lose your votes." No. Did Miss S say call me because she's in Detroit at a
wedding? And I did everything I could to save this body, which apparently the communication worked. She has earned your votes. She has earned every one of those votes. Otherwise, you wouldn't even be casting the votes and they would be thrown in the trash. So, I'm hoping that you will reward her for her
intelligence, her due diligence, and looking after. >> Thank you. Gabe Moreno will followed by Lynn McGuff. >> Hello. Uh, good evening members of the board, representatives of the TEA, and the
future board of managers who may soon be entrusted with guiding our district. My name is Gabe Moreno, and I'm here tonight as a parent and a member of the Desavala Elementary community. When the decision was made last year to close our school, an A-rated campus for four years
running, as as we're all reminding you, it sent shock waves to our families. Uh we were told it was part of a larger restructuring, but to this day, no one has explained or made sense of how closing one of the district's highest performing schools serve students or supports improvement. Now, with the TEA
stepping in to appoint a new board of managers, we are at a crossroads. The state's stated mission is to improve academic performance across Fort Worth ISD. If that is truly the goal, then Desavala should not be closed. It should be studied, celebrated, replicated. At a
time when our public institution seems so broken, this school represents what works in public education. Dedicated teachers, engaged families, a culture of respect, and a relentless focus on student growth. Those are not luxuries, right? They're a proof that that
excellence is possible even within the challenges of a large urban district. To the incoming board and the TEA, I ask you before committing to dismantling any high performing schools, just take a closer look for yourselves. Come visit our campus. Talk to our teachers and administration. See how a thriving
neighborhood school changes lives. If the goal is to lift up Fort Worth ISD, then start with what's already working, right? Preserve it, learn from it, build on it. Because Desavala isn't just a school worth saving. It's a blueprint for the future that you want to create that we all want for you to
create. Thank you. Thank you, Lynn McGuff, followed by Brad Ballard Ballard. Good evening. As a parent of three Fort Worth ISD alumni and a current teacher for the district, I would like to say thank you to Dr. from Molinar and the
board of trustees. Over the last several years, there has been a group of people that have been very vocal and negative towards our district and our board. While it is easy to call out the negatives, it is much harder to be a part of the solution. For those who think they're doing good by exposing corruption, I would encourage you to put
in the real work to help with change. Here are some examples. If you really want to help, volunteer at a school, listen to a child read, volunteer to tutor, help a teacher make copies, or help in the classroom. These things would have a much larger impact on our students and schools. To our school
board, I would like to say thank you for all you have done during your time of service. You have spent countless hours attending meetings and making decisions for our district. You have dealt with many different issues that have not always been easy to discern what the best resolution should be. But I do
believe you have always tried to make the decisions that you believed were best for our district. Otherwise, you would not have taken this job. Unfortunately, the loudest voices are usually the negative ones when it should be the other way around. For that, I apologize. I wish I had told you more
how much I appreciate what you do. I realize that in education, you're not supposed to have favorites, but let's face it, we always do. And I want to especially say thank you to you. Several years ago, my co-orker and I had a vision of bringing unified events to Fort Worth ISD to create new
opportunities for our students with special needs. We invited Anne to our first event, and she was allin with support and encouragement for us. Since then, she has continued to be allin, and I am positive that we would not have been able to develop and offer the opportunities we have without her
continued support. We will be forever grateful to you. Your passion and commitment to our students is so evident. Thank you. There is so much I could say about the state takeover of our district and a test that has been elevated to unbelievable proportion,
about unreal realistic expectations put on teachers by state officials and about our voice being silenced by taking away our publicly elected representatives. But mostly I want to say thank you. Thank you to all of you for a job well done. >> Thank you Brad Ballard followed by
Alexia Moreno. Thank you all board. Um, glad to follow that one. But my name is Brad Ballard and you've heard from many other days of all a parents. I'm one of those as my one and only child at this point is going to his first year of school there.
And we could hit you, like you said, with numbers till you're blue in the face at this point of why Days of Olive makes sense to stay open and why this decision impacts the community. But what I really want to talk about whenever I'm discussing discussing days of Allah is purpose because again I don't envy
sitting in the seats that you sit in. Um but when it comes to purpose a lot of times as a society we romanticize purpose and we feel like it needs to be some grand thing where it's me sitting up here going to convince all of you to make sure that days of stays open for
all the kids here. But purpose can be something as small as just a tiny interaction. And this is something that you see with the teachers and students and parents at Desavala because while maybe a decision doesn't change here, little moments and seeds that we plant
can impact the future generations that we have here. And I truly believe that's what I want to implore to you all about keeping days of open for the future. I've been very blessed to experience some of the highest highs and the lowest of lows where there's 99% reasons why I
shouldn't be standing up here today just from past experiences in my life. And I've always told people that maybe my purpose was just doing something for my child when he's in middle school, helping him through one moment. And that's what kept me here on this planet. And I want to just put that to you all
cuz I know you all sit up there for a purpose at the core of why you sit on the board and why you're involved in what you're doing here. So just keep that in mind as you continue to hear from more parents of Desavala that there is a purpose and it could be something very small and it might not be something that we'll see today or see next year
but it's something that will impact the generations and the kids that do go through those doors as well as the people that move to that area in the community. So thank you for hearing us out. Thank you, Alexia Moreno, followed by Dana uh Torres.
>> Good afternoon. My name is Alexi Moreno and I'm presenting the LUL like youth council 1162. Today I would like to discuss the pressing matter of the blue bonnet Christian Bible based curriculum that has been imposed on six local schools as well as the ten commandments being forced into classrooms. This curriculum brings significant concerns
for a wide variety of families. We must acknowledge how this affects students who are non-religious or of those with different religious beliefs. By imposing this curriculum, we are imposing our own religious beliefs on our students. Additionally, many parents are also concerned about the mandate of the Ten Commandments being placed in their kids' classrooms. It has been made clear by
them that they don't want their religion to be enforced in their kids' classrooms, especially without their consent. Again, this isn't just about our personal beliefs, but also about representing our and their rights as Jews and how their children are being educated. This is the issue doesn't just concern those who believe in the separation of state and church or of
those of another religion. But this also violates our first amendment protecting their rights of freedom of religion oppresses us and prevents the government from imposing religious doctrines on its citizens. I want to say that I myself as a senior I am a product of FDISD and its
curriculum without the biblically based curriculum and I am proud of my education in each classroom I have been in and with each teacher I have received beyond excellent education and I'm very proud of high my high academic record again which way I have received without this new curriculum. So I ask you one, how exactly does enforcing religious
teachings onto students improve their academic performance? And two, is there any evidence that this helps support this curriculum benefiting us students or is it just benefiting you because this is free? Thank you. >> Dana Torres followed by Scott Blanco Davis.
Good evening of members of the board. My name is Ayana Torres and I'm here to speak on behalf of the Young Women's Leadership Academy soccer program. Specifically making you aware about some of the challenges our soccer team is and has been facing. One of our biggest challenges currently is that we are unable to practice during athletics.
Without consistent practice time, it is hard for our team to improve build teamwork and compete at the level we know we're capable of. Another major issue is the lack of proper equipment. We simply don't have enough of what we need and much of what we do have is worn
out or have been provided by our coaches considering we do not get as much support from the district as other schools. On top of that, we don't have a field of our own to practice or play on. The only nearby field is I am Turo and that field is uneven and players could
easily get hurt. I am aware that that field was supposed to get fixed and ready for YWA to use this year but that hasn't yet happened. Transportation has also became a big problem. The team has to wait an hour until the next bus is available to take us to Fington Field to
practice. This is a disadvantage as the team loses practice time and ends practice at a later time. I would like to remind you all that students at YWA have a minimum of two AP courses that require homework and study time outside of class, so getting home early is a
necessity. The parking lot had became our field during athletics and while waiting for the bus to arrive for practices. Now the parking lot is not available. So we will have to get creative again. It feels like we have been adapting to new situations and once
we do we face other inconvenience. When the program first started for the eighth grade class last year, the district didn't provide any funding for uniforms or equipment. So they used our high school equipment. One of their middle schools has to resort to equipment of
the nearest high schools. Our coaches have also used their own money to buy equipment for us. All we're asking is for a little more support for basic equipment, helpful with transformation transportation. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you, Scott Panco Davis. >> Can we have staff please visit with her? >> Thank you. >> At some point. Thank you. Scott Blanco Davis will be followed by Lon Bern. >> Wow. Been an interesting month and a
half here. Um I was coming in today to talk about DOS's uh you know demonstrations of learning. Uh little history. I recently saw a news article and it showed the decline of
our students and there was a superintendent had a really big decline and during that time we had what was called short cycle assessments and they were wrought with errors and problems and I fought with that and then we got
it moved and they said no more so they changed it to interim assessments and as an English teacher I enjoy synonyms um And so now we have dos. They are better, but they're still route with problems. Enough problems that it's
becoming a joke now that we're offering students house points, uh, classroom dollars for anybody that can find a mistake, a miswritten question, or the fact that the key graded everything
wrong. It's kind of hard to pull data when you have to go back and relook at everything. So, I found everything from test writers writing to be tricky instead of writing to be rigorous. And I don't really blame
them. They have their directions and they have their time constraints. But we need something better. It's becoming more of a joke than a help. And to move on to the next part, I don't know where our future lies. I don't know what TEA is going to do.
I do know that I've been worried about the district for a long time. So, understand I put my name in for board of managers and I will truthfully say my offer of coffee still stands. Nothing will be shut. If it does come to that,
there will be a voice that you can come through if you need for your district. Appreciate it. Thank you, Lon Burnham, followed by Kelly Moreno. And after Kelly is David Martinez. Yeah, I don't see him.
Following Kelly will be David Martinez. Hi, I am here as a parent deeply concerned about the decision to close days of all. This is a school that is one of the districts that is one of the district's only three elementary schools to receive an A rating every single year
since ratings resumed in 21-22 after CO even though it is 77% economically disadvantaged and 88% minority. This decision will move nearly all of the students to a C-rated campus and the research on student outcomes in this
situation is clear. The studies consistently show that for closures in shrinking districts, academic improvement only happens when students are moved into higher performing schools. Otherwise, academic outcomes, attendance, graduation rates, and the
academ academic gap widens for at risk students, which is the majority of Desavala students. The decision to close a high performing school is not an evidence-based decision. It is not based on any of the existing data unless the criteria is financial.
All research, all of the research on student outcomes in this case contradict this move explicitly. This decision doesn't just close a building. It disrupts a thriving school community and undermines one of the few
examples of equity and excellence in Fort Worth ISD. It sends the message that even when our kids do everything right, the system can still fail them. >> Thank you, David Martinez. All right, moving on. Waterlup Lynch,
followed by Eric Cra. Hi, good evening esteemed board superintendent Molinar and the trustees. My name is Walupa Lynch and I am your forthd council of PTA's president. I'm here to give our full state of the council report.
As of today, we have 6,654 PTA members. We are currently at 90% of our last year's membership. So, we need at least 709 more to go across the district in order to beat that goal. Currently, we have 60 charters, four
inactive, 37 active, and 19 already in good standings. We currently have an impact mentorship program that is just launched this year. It is designed to offer volunteer mentorship programs and um monetary
needs for all schools whether PTA, PTO or schools without a parent program. We currently have three applications for this program now and we're excited to see it grow throughout the um throughout
the rest of the year. We currently have 18 charters who have won the Head Start Award. This means that they currently have 75% of their membership. We had 21 schools earn the early bird award, which means they have already met 100% of
their membership from last year. We also currently have five campuses that have earned a golden apple award, which means that they have 100% of their faculty and staff on their local charter. If you haven't already, I implore you guys to join a PTA or also choose any of the
multi- PTA packages available on our uh website. With the TEA takeover in um consideration, you guys have our support. However, we need it. Please feel free to reach out. We are already grooming our local leaders to step in
and apply for the board of managers so that we have some percentage of local voice. Thank you for what you do. Good night. Thank you. Eric Cra will be our final speaker board. Dr. Molenar, good evening. Uh
Eric Crowle, I am one of the TAD candidates that was mentioned earlier and I'm here. I just want to pass along some information to you guys. Um Joe didn't bring it up. There's um there's a TAD board meeting on Monday
regarding TCC's voting irregularities. I think what they're going to find out is that the TCC getting the additional votes last year was due to a scribers error where the um there was a copy and paste regarding the Tarant County
Hospital and TCC's numbers and I think that's what you're going to find out happened on Monday. Um not sure if you're aware today Fort Worth um had it on their resol had it on their agenda to cast a resolution for uh allocating 281
votes for Wendy Burgess that was tabled um until their next meeting. They want to see what the uh TAD board has to say. um they are like you in so far as this being the first meeting after the ballots have been delivered you will
have to cast your votes at your next public meeting. Um so with my last 45 seconds I just want to tell you a little bit about what I believe. Um I believe it was the legislaturator's intent for yearly appraisals. I watched a lot of the hearings this year and after
watching them, that's definitely the intent of um the way the law is written. I believe in local control and we should always aim to solve our problems locally when possible. It's best to avoid Austin's one-sizefits-all approach. What do I know? I know the reappraisal
plan is implemented will impact your bond capacity and the ability to refinance your rates to a lower rate, saving taxpayers money. I know this is a political appointment and political appointment are built on relationships and I know I have the desire to do this job and do it well. So I've spent the
last 10 months getting to learn people throughout the county and when it comes time I just appreciate your consideration. >> Thank you. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts this evening. We are now up to reports 5A. Public notice of federal grant applications submitted
between July 1st, 2025 through September 30th, 2025. Are there any comments or questions from any of the trustees concerning the public notice of federal grant applications between July 1st and through September 30th, 2025 report?
All right, seeing none, I will move to 5B, the board committee report. Are there any comments or questions from any of the trustees concerning the board committee report? And seeing none, we'll move to 5C, emergent bilingual evaluation for 24
2024 to through 2025. Are there any comments or questions from any of the trustees concerning the emergent bilingual program evaluation for 2425 report? All right. And we are now up to the superintendent report and I will turn it
over to Dr. Molinar. Thank you, President Martinez. We actually have three separate reports this evening. We're going to start with my report is really around the strategic priority update and then you'll get to hear an update around our fine arts and
then our college career and military readiness. So my clicker I'm trying to click through. You guys may have to help me up there. Strengthen the framework. So, as we continue to strengthen our instructional
planning calendar and our curriculum framework and analyzing our data as it's coming in from our first six weeks, as well as going back and looking backwards to our STAR assessment data, um, we definitely took notice that we need to strengthen our framework in the area of
writing. So, structured writing strategies really need to be emphasized in our daily instruction planning calendar. And I'm going to share with you how we are implementing that at the end of the second six weeks and then fully going into the third six weeks.
Just a little bit of background around STAR writing performance in October the 2022 for the 2023 assessment with the STAR redesign. how we measure and how we look at writing was changed um from the
original that we look at um scoring our students in fourth grade and seventh grade with a separate writing test. It's now embedded into our star in the redesign. We h we're looking at our star of and we have two different constructed
responses. There's an extended constructed responses response that is on STAR that is very similar to an essay being written. And then there's a short constructed response and that is a little similar to um making sure you're
responding to an open-ended question. So, it's a lot shorter response. So, you'll see this in our STAR redesign that our students have been um adhering to since 2023. As we're moving forward in the Fort Worth ISD, we saw we needed
to assist our students as well as our teachers by implementing a lot more structure and expectations around writing. And this isn't only for a STAR assessment, but more importantly, this is really for how are we preparing our
students at each grade level. We know that if our students are solid and strong with writing, that helps them be a solid literacy student as well. also prepares them for college applications. It also
when we look at our writing performance you you'll see that we are really focused on how can we reduce the number of zer on our our um responses. So a zero means a student did not even attempt to respond when to an extended
constructed response or to a short constructed response. and Fort Worth ISD. When we look back in our at our um our data, you'll see that 936 of our stu out of 41,000 students who
took the reading or English assessments, and that's our English one or English two, we would have increased at least one achievement level by scoring above that zero. And that was just the extended constructed responses. So that
means if 936 of our students that received zeros would have at least received a one, we would have moved up one achievement level with those students. And it's just not about achievement, but that means our students are not attempting to
respond. But then you have to look at what's that root cause. You have to take ownership of that. what have we put in place as a system to give support in the classroom to make sure our teachers have the tools they need to instruct writing? And this is when we're only looking at
the extended constructed responses. This isn't looking at the short constructed responses. And this is only moving them from a zero to a one. That's not even trying to move a student from a zero to two, which we have a lot more higher expectations from a zero to a one. We
want our students to score a two, a three. Here's the next data that we want to share. This is from May 2025 when you know the question is why are we implementing additional writing instruction, additional program, doing
training at this time of year and really putting in expectations of writing. This is why on this chart right here because we don't have time to waste. This is from our spring assessment and it's a breakdown. This is the percentage of
zero scores for our extended constructed responses and our short constructed responses. And we what we have done is we have broken it down by grade level and language and then the number of testers. So you'll see that number of
41,54. We had over 49% with a zero score with the extended constructed responses and then 35% of the short constructed responses. That is way too many students.
Any percent of students not attempting and not able to receive a one is too many in our district. And that's because the expectations were not put in place. our new curriculum framework already embedded in additional writing across different content areas. However, that's
not enough what we have in place. We need to add another layer. And I told the principles when I met them met with them the week before last. I said this is our our final layer that we're putting in in our instructional framework. And that goes for our teachers too that are watching this
evening. And hopefully that message will come across. We know we have asked a lot of you with a new instructional framework and new expectations with our DO and our tier. We must do this for our students by adding additional writing curriculum into our framework for their
success. What does that look like going forward? Share with you some of the adjustments on the next slide. So writing is already taught daily across our grade levels within Fort Worth, but we are amping it up and we're
adding additional layers to that. So beginning in the second six weeks, every star reading language arts grade level will now do a weekly short constructed response. And then starting in the third six weeks, we're adding in that two
extended constructed responses as as um well every six weeks. But that doesn't mean we're just adding in an assignment. We have to add in that structure. We have to add in that instructional delivery. We have to teach our children what does that mean to be able to respond to those prompts. Then also
we're going to be sharing this information with our parents. As you know, we have our first parent teacher conference day coming up this fall on November the 11th. We have decided we're really going to focus our conference days with our parents around writing and
how they can also have tips to help at home to make sure their students are not only reading with them, but how writing and reading is really one. It's really about literacy and being having that strong literacy foundation. So, we're working with our our campuses and we're
giving them guidance on how to be able to work with their parents and make sure we're parent conferencing around writing and what they can do to support that at home. And then we're going to have materials as well. And then even polling for some of our students that did um
have already a STAR assessment available to to them. We're going to pull the student samples and show them this is what your child did last year. this is what maybe they did not attempt and how to have those conversations. When we
talk about parent partnership, we also need to give our parents the data to be able to have those conversations, but then the tools and what can you do at home to help us. So, as we move on throughout the school year, we'll be bringing updates on our
writing since this is a new layer we're implementing. the next phase of this report. Um, and my report's a little short because Mr. Chowry is has a much longer detailed report because we really want to share with you this evening
about CC CCMR, which is college, career, military readiness, and what it is a outcome bonus and how does it impact our students. And when we hear outcome bonus, we sometimes just think money and funds. But for us, it's what can we do
with those funds that our students can generate? But more importantly, our students who generate outcome bonuses means that they are college, career, and military ready. That is the important part. Yes, funding is very important and what we do with that funding is even
more important to impact our students, but making sure that they are ready at graduation and they meet the requirements for being college, career, and military ready. So, we'll get more detail, but here's just a sample of what a CCMR outcome
bonus threshold is. 11% of annual graduates who are economically disadvantaged. And you'll see on the next slide how we're let me move one slide. There we go. How we um measure our students and the outcome bonuses we can receive for economically
disadvantaged and then a student who's not economically disadvantaged. But then also our students who are in our special education programs. It's very important because all of our students must be ready at graduation and be considered
CCMR availability. So you'll see here on our next slide, here's the awards for each of our annual graduates in the cohorts. So we receive 5,000 for an annual graduate that is economically disadvantaged, 3,000 not
economically disadvantaged, and then 4,000 if they're enrolled in any special education program. You'll see on a chart below and I'm sorry my slides are I don't think it's clicking correctly
for me. I need to go back please. There we go. You see on the slide below there's three areas that help meet that criteria. Being college ready and Mr. Chowry will explain in more detail being career ready and then being military
ready. So there's three different criteria you have to meet. This is the part I want to share with you. We talk about transparency and we talk about funding. We have as a school district left
roughly $103 million of potential CCMR outcome funding that we have not assessed or accessed over the first six years when it was available. That's $103 million. Now, it's very rigorous to get that total money. That's not easy for
any district to do. And I'm not saying that that we left it on the table. We could have gotten the whole $103 million over the six years. However, what we could have done just since the class of
2023 was $18 million that we did not access for our students. And you'll see that breakdown from 19% for the class of 2023 total graduates of over 4600 students.
So we did not access $17,990 almost $18 million just because our students were not able to reach that criteria. we have and tonight we're going to share with you what we're putting in place to make sure our
students can reach that criteria and we can access that funding. But it's not about the funding because it's like I said earlier, what do you do with that funding? So think about it at 50% from
that class of 2020 2023 if we had $18 million. We were just looking at 15 50% and that's really our rigorous goal this year. That's our target this year is to get at least if
we did 90% it would be $14 million for this cohort. If we did only 15 50% every high school could have four additional teachers if we had $7 million at 50%.
We could have reading acceleration teachers in every elementary campus, an additional one. We could have two acceleration teachers in high school, one for middle and one for elementary. We could have retested teachers,
four of them for each of our high schools. So, this is not about just accountability and funding and money. It's like what could we do with those additional resources to help our campuses? If we had 14 million, if we had 90%, if we can meet the goal of 90%
in our school district, $14 million, we could have seven additional advising counselors in each high school here in Fort Worth ISD. If we did 90%. If we meet our target of 50%, we can put three to four additional
advising counselors in our high schools. All of the funding that we are targeting and we're setting goals are going to go back into the campuses and the classrooms to generate and to help our students.
And remember, this is to make sure they are CCMR ready, college, career, military ready. moving to my and I you're going to get a lot more information on CCMR this evening. I want to talk about TIA and
teacher incentive aotment. So we are so proud to share that currently we have over our thousand teachers that um this is not our projections for 2025 that reach and are considered teacher
incentive aotment TIA teachers. 274 of them are recognized. 506 are exemplary and 224 teachers at the master levels. That means that they are generating additional funding for being able to meet the criteria for a teacher
incentive aotment meeting or growing au their majority of their students more than a year's growth then also receiving um a certain score on their evaluation through walkthroughs and instructional delivery. And then when you look at our
projections for our 2025 2026 and remember that your data capture year was last year and these have not been finalized but when we look at our projections we look we're looking at 594
additional teachers that will be considered TIA teacher incentive. That is a celebration for the work that's happening in our classrooms by our teachers. And then also currently 181 of our teachers we call leveling up. So
they may move from recognized to exemplary or exemplary to master me which means they generate additional funding as well. So we just need to celebrate our teachers on a daily basis. We're asking them to do the hard work but we also are providing avenue for
additional compensation for our teachers. So when this is a little comparison on the next slide for the state and you can see here we have the graphic of the state of Texas. We currently in
the state of Texas have 33% are recognized 20% exemplary and 5% master. Not all districts take advantage of being part of TIA and being part of this cohort. Um, this is something that we are committed to in Fort Worth Independent School District because we
believe that our teachers deserve that extra compensation if they show that mastery and growing our students more than a year. And what can it look like? And this one is a state um graphic as well. When you
look at what can a recognized teacher make, that's 3,000 to 9,000 additional compensation that a teacher who reaches the recognized status is able to um get in addition to their salary and this
also helps their TRS to retirement. An exemplary teacher is $6,000 to $18,000. And then a master teacher is from 12,000 to 32,000 additional compensation for
growing our students as well. There is another way that a teacher can be considered a TIA teacher incentive aotment teacher. It's the national board to certification. And when it says national, this is a national certification that a teacher must take and they must pass. There are
requirements. Um, it's a five-year certification and a teacher must have three years experience before they're able to even attempt to take the national board certification. It's a very rigorous test to earn that recognized status. And you can be
reimbursed as well for having to take the test and also having to study the cohort because it's very when I say rigorous you're being nationally certified. That means any state that you enter and each state has their own type
of incentive pay but then once you have your nationally board certification then you're automatically in the state of Texas considered for TIA teacher incentive aotment. And we are lucky here in Fort Worth that we have some of our teachers that have committed to being
part of our next cohort. So you'll see here it's just sharing you some information called level up your teaching and it's how do you become a national board certified teacher and you we have three information s um information sessions that we have
conducted and actually our last one um is happening this evening or it already took place via zoom and we will be starting our own cohort in January 2026 so coming up this second semester where we're asking teachers who want to be
part of this and want to be nally board certified that we're providing a cohort group to make sure we're giving them the support to be able to take that test and then pass and then become TIA eligible. In addition to that,
want to make sure that we share with everyone that we have our choice expo on Saturday, November the 8th at Wilkerson Grinds. And this is where we invite our community to look at our schools of choice, our programs of choice as well. And those look very different at each
school. And we have an online catalog and we have been pushing it out. But the in-person choice expo will happen on Saturday, November the 8th. It's also just fun. We have um a lot of our campuses are represented, a lot of our programs. There are a lot of things to
do handson for our students for them to get to explore with those programs. There is choice in public education. We are choice here in Fort Worth ISTD and we have lots of schools of choice and programs of choice that thrive every day with great teachers. So, we want to show
off those campuses and those programs. So, please come and join us at Wilkerson Grind. And we actually um Lupe from PTA we had met and I believe they're coming to set up a table as well because we want to encourage all of our visiting parents to make sure they're signing up
and being a part of PTA council. And then parents, please mark your calendar. As a reminder, as I shared in an earlier slide, there we go. November the 11th on Tuesday is our first parent teacher
conference day. So our traditional our inter session calendars this is a parent teacher conference day students will not be attending um and but our teachers will be there and there the campuses will be sending out information how to sign up to come and meet with your
teacher but our adsy calendars if you remember we have 15 campuses that we have identified that are actually participating and they have 25 additional instructional days that we have added to their calendar. This is one of those days. So, all of the
students that are enrolled on an ATI campus, they will come to school that day, but we still are inviting our parents to come to that to their campus and participate. We have parent workshops that we're going to set up that they can go through rotations,
everything from information about transportation, special education, parent engagement. We have invited parent shield as well to participate with us. Um PTA will be there if they have a Fort Worth after school program. They will be set up so parents can learn
more about that to see if there's availability and spots for them. But then our parents in addition to doing our parent workshops will be able to come and go into the classroom and watch a lesson and participate in an instructional delivery lesson and have
their child welcome them in their classroom. It's important we open our schools. We show parent engagement and partnership. We want our parents to come in. So for those campuses, our students do come to school that day. We still
have breakfast and lunch and we still have regular transportation route for the routes for those 15 campuses. So school as usual, but with the twist of parents will be there and participating and get to see the great things
happening on those campuses. So, at this time, I'm going to turn it over to our executive director, Jesse Cannon, with our visual and fine arts, and he will be presenting a report and update the wonderful things we have
going on beyond the stage. So, Mr. Canon, I'm turning it over to you. support of all of our programs. And so as we go through the presentation, I really want to emphasize that this work does not happen in isolation. I'm giving this presentation, but I do want to recognize members of my of my team
tonight. But also, if you can stand or wave, they're a little shy. It's fine. um but also recognize the great work that's happening in our classrooms with our teachers in addition to our community partners. And so this is um the work that you'll see is reflective
of the work that they do each and every day. So um our commitment to fine arts education here in the district is that every student K through 12 has access to highquality arts education. And so you'll see us highlight many of the programs throughout the entire district
K through 12, but just really ensuring that students have access to this so that we can educate the whole child. Uh if we're looking at numbers across the district, this is reflected in all of our campuses. Um all of our elementary
students receive art and music access to that instruction at every campus in the district. And then as we look at secondary participation as well, the numbers are also reflected there. Uh we'll go through each discipline so you can kind of see a breakdown. Many of the numbers are smaller than others because
programs aren't uh all accessible at each campus in the district. And so um also want to thank the you the you as the board apologize uh Mr. Chowry and the uh cabinet as we've expanded theater this year. Uh so theater is at every
middle school campus starting this year and I just want to thank you for that as well. If we look at staff across the entire district, we have about 415 teachers across the entire district and you see it the breakdown by content area as well there.
So let's look at some of our programs that we have available across the district. Uh as I shared we do have elementary art and that is done by certified art teachers, right? Um, gone are the days where we we are focusing on vacation bible school activities, right? Each of our classes
have teaks and learning outcomes tied to them, right? And so, uh, as we look at and we'll talk about curriculum later on, we look at curriculum fidelity and things of that sort. Really wanting to make sure that all of our students across the district have the same experience. Uh, here highlighted is
student artwork. And so, I really wanted to emphasize that throughout the presentation as well. We have a jewelry making program at Arlington Heights High School. It's almost unheard of in the DFW area, but uh our students that are there do very well. Olivia Maher, this
is her jewelry work that was uh she earned a gold medal in the Scholastic Art Contest. Uh she's gone on, she's now studying art at the University of North Texas. So you see at the secondary level, uh middle school, we have art one, two, and three. And then as we go
into high school, there are more specialized mediums where students can focus in on drawing and painting, sculpture and ceramics and things of that sort. In addition to AP courses as well, instrumental music from band to mariachi
to orchestra, our students are thriving and doing very well uh on this front. So I wanted to highlight Strippling Middle School band. They were just invited to the music for all national band festival. And so those those uh directors there at that campus are
really enjoying that renovated space at Stripley Middle School and they're doing great work there. Uh also the all district orchestra that we have together and then the student Athena program at World Languages Institute is also doing very well with their director Mr. Sepa
there. South Hills marching band is currently at the AT&T stadium along with Pascal High School. They have a marching contest out there right now. So we are always busy doing something. Uh course offerings for choir and elementary music. Elementary music offered across the entire district for
every student. Then as we go into secondary options, these are the options here listed. As far as dual credit music appreciation at some of our choice programs and then AP music theory at select campuses as well. Uh you'll see they're listed. Benbrook Middle High
School. The treble choir performed at TMA last year. So really wanted to give them a a shout out there on the slide as well. Uh with dance, middle school dance currently is offered at Forest Oak Middle School and Monik Middle School.
And then we have expanded a dance program at Pascal High School this fall. So we have dance at the high school level at Arlington Heights, Diamond Hill, Jarvis, I am Terrell, OD Wyatt, Pascal, and South Hills. Uh you'll notice that dance for our area is not
drill team or cheer. Once again uh all of our subjects with TICSS are under our department. So wanted to highlight Brooklyn Fox who is a senior at IM Terrell who was accepted to do an an intensive program at Giuliard last year. Uh so just really great things happening
there across the district at Taro and all of our dance programs. Uh Kristen Reyes is the director there at IM Tero who's a product of Fort Worth ISD as well as the teacher of the year from Diamond Hill Jarvis, also product of Fort Worth ISD. So really great stuff
happening there in that shop. Theater uh at the middle school level. Once again, thanking you for your support. All of our campuses have access to uh middle school theater uh which will then transfer into the success of our high school programs. Um, we also offer dual
credit theater, uh, as well as dual credit technical theater. So, those students are able to obtain concurrent credit, uh, dual credit through our partnership with TCC and get that, uh, as well throughout their their studies at Southwest High School and Western Hills High School.
Also, this is the production from Southwest High School, and they did Shrek last year. Uh, one of the things that uh, I'm passionate about is really making sure that our department is has become more data driven. Right? A lot of times as fine arts teachers or even in our role
um, we like to operate off of feelings a lot, right? It's it's the good stuff. But I also want to really emphasize the reason why uh our programs are so successful and really bring forth data to show our students that are engaged in
fine arts in Fort Worth ISD are really uh excelling uh when it comes to their academic performance. And so some of the data that you see before you, this is the high school comparison of a student that has extended participation in fine arts versus those students that have no
experience in fine arts or just complete the state requirement. And so as you look at that, you see uh the students that approach, you see the students that meet, and you see the students that masters each of those levels. And so there's a significant increase in academic growth
uh with SA the star performance indicators for our students that participate in fine arts. Uh that is the high school level. We also have the middle school data as well uh from sixth grade to 8th grade. Once again the extended participation versus
non-extended participation in the arts for our students in Fort Worth ISD. Dr. Dr. Mullenar just gave a review of TIA and how that's impacting our district. We also participate in that and I am excited to announce that we
have 49 teachers that were uh designated this school year. So we started our first cohort with music K through 12. Uh we are now in the data validation year for all of our art teachers that will go through that process and we're currently working with Dr. Lewis and her team uh
to explore other options to include our dance and theater teachers as well into that. All right. So, some campus and program spotlights that I'm really excited about. Um Lowry Road Elementary School. Um as we talk about literacy, and I
think I I shared this as well last year. Um numeracy and literacy in the arts, there are tons of studies, there's lots of research about how students excel in that. Our department has already been doing that work. Later on in this presentation, I'll share how we are strengthening and really going deeper
into that. Uh and so for art, I'll use as an example, uh all of our art students K through 12, as they create art, they are writing artist statements. And so you can see that across the entire district, if you look in the appendix, I'll make that that link is
available where you can look at all of our students artwork across the entire district uh by six weeks. And so in addition to their artwork, you'll see on the lefth hand side, those are the artist statements that those students create. Uh in addition to uh Miss Callie
at Lowry Road, Stacy Reading, who is the music teacher, is also doing a phenomenal job. She's also one of our exemplary teachers that was just designated uh that we recruited from a neighboring district. Uh and she's doing fantastic work there. And I think Dr. Mullinar did a visit in her classroom
where she saw that firsthand. So, we're not just saying that these things are happening. They are actually happening in real time in our classrooms. Um, another campus spotlight is the MLAN Middle School band. They performed last year at the Music Forall National Festival as well. Uh, once again, not
many middle school bands are invited, especially from uh similar demographic groups in our district. And so really excited to highlight the work of Christa Martineain and Jacob Gandandy happening at MLAN Middle School with their program enrollment of 227. Uh and these are
those fantastic students that performed there last year. U Liz Decker, can you wave your hand? Listen. So Liz Decker is our elementary music specialist for the entire district. So she really works to support all of our elementary music teachers. In addition to that small job, she also
conducts the uh the Fort Worth ISD children's honor choir. So these students audition throughout the entire district and they were selected by her. So we have 108 students across the entire district representing 36 schools that come together. Uh they just put on
a concert last um week and it was really fantastic. Uh and so this is one of the things I really wanted to highlight because we as a part of the district strategic plan with student and family engagement, right? All of our groups are a point of pride for our communities. Uh
and this particular group is just a reflection of all of the great things that are happening in our elementary campuses. Moving on to uh our fantastic community partnerships. Uh as I said, we don't do this work alone. And so our staff uh in addition to our community partners are
ingrained in the work that we're doing as a district uh with literacy uh but also exposing students to these exceptional experiences that shape their worldview. Right? So the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra does a discover series once again. They they did that
last week at I am Terrell. So the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, all of our preK and kinder students come together and they expose them to the orchestra. they they introduce the instrument families to them. But other one of the other things that I'm really excited
about with this partnership is they also collaborate with the Red Oak Foundation and so every student that attends that concert receives a book. Members of the orchestra go into the schools and read that book to them and they gift that to them. So it's really great. Uh the link up concert, if you have a student that
has learned the recorder, uh you can smile. Uh but if you if you have one coming up, I don't know how big a smile you will have, but this is a fantastic opportunity that the fourth grade students have with the symphony orchestra with the curriculum developed
by Carnegie Hall. And so they put on a concert together. The students come together and they play the recorder and the music that they learned along with the orchestra. Um, one additional thing that they do with the district is something I really want to put, make
sure you put on your calendar. November the 4th at 2:30, they'll be doing a sidebyside concert with the Bin Brook Middle High School Orchestra. So, our students have the opportunity to play with professional m musicians on the same stage. And so, in preparation to that, these same professional musicians
have been visiting the campus and working with our students in Fort Worth ISD. Hands down. um unheard of across other areas and so really excited that our students have that opportunity. Um they've done this with Carter Riverside. They've also done it with I am Terrell.
So really excited about expanding this so our students have access as well. Bass Hall the children's education program. Our students are so blessed that they have the opportunity to experience uh master classes and
intensives with professionals that come through for every musical. So you see in this picture right here, MJ the musical came to Bass Hall. Our dance students had opportunity to learn choreography with some of the same people in that production, but also they were able to attend the production for free. Once
again, just providing access uh to our some of our students that would not normally have the opportunity. Um, also providing scholarship opportunities to students in Fort Worth ISD that plan on furthering their studies uh for artistic growth. Uh, K, sorry, first grade
through fourth grade. Each of them have opportunities to um experience performances there and that's an opportunity that we uh really reveled in to have cross-curricular opportunities for our students. And so based on feedback that our staff has had
in addition to staff at Bass Hall, uh last month or the beginning of this month, they did a production of the magic school bus, right? And so students were able to connect music and science together. And so that um that fusion of
those performances really sparks excitement with a lot of our students. Uh obviously traditional performances like the Nutcracker and things like that, students also have access to those. And then our summer camps that happen in the summer, the percussion and choir camp there at Bass Hall.
Another community partnership with the Aean Carter Museum of Art. Uh you see this beautiful mural that is here that was from one of the Carter collaboration mural artists. Her name is Brenda Chinadello. Uh and so in collaboration with the Carter Museum and the campus
and the students in those programs, they were able to design and and paint that. Um, we also have high school students. We have an art show, a district art show. Many of you have attended where we designate the top 10 senior artists in the district. Those top 10 artists then
go on to go through an intensive at the Aean Carter Museum where they give them real world art skills. So, if they plan on pursuing art beyond high school and what that would look like for them. um at the elementary level once again our community partners are uh in embedded
into what we do and so on those field trips that they have as they're viewing the artwork the students do guided writing about the artwork uh I want to say one of the leadership academy network elementary campuses was able to do that last week it's really great uh
Fort Worth corral the skull caruming project uh they provide free sheet music to our title one campuses but also last year gave an opportunity to two of our campuses to record in the new studio at the YMCA. So, Wedgwood
Middle School is pictured here, but also the Young Women's Leadership Academy was also able to record. Um, they help us out with professional development opportunities for our secondary choir directors as well. Uh, and now my favorite part of the presentation where we can just continue to boast about our
great students and the great teaching happening in our district. uh the Texas Music Educators Association, all state musicians. We had 16 students from across the district that were designated as all-state musicians. Uh you can see some neighboring districts uh that have
lower numbers. Um but you also see some of the larger districts uh that we see there uh that are in the metroplex. So Lewisville had the highest number across the state with 60 students. And so we are I talked to my friend that's the fine arts director in in Austin ISD and
we plan on making sure that we exceed that number this year with them. Um also with UIL from you're looking at the data from 2013 to where we are now. We've added 68 ensembles that continuously go
to UIL now. So not as you look at the the chart there you see that there's co so you see a break right co happened but then as we look where we are now you see consistent growth year overyear so not only do we have more ensembles than ever
that we've had including varsity non-varsity subnvarity we are also earning high ratings as well as we look at the district uh validictorians and saludiatorans from last year, 14 of those students
participated in our programs more than two years, right? And so if we look at Sayiah Harmon that graduated from Dumbar, who was the drum major and now at Prairview A&M, we look at Joseph Wilkinson who's at who graduated from Benbrook who's now at Texas A&M and then
Jennifer Isa who was in choir at Northside. We don't teach these art forms for our students to go and major in music, but it's so important that we really understand that there's a connection between arts education and
academic excellence. And so participation in our courses uh promotes the very skills that employers are looking for right now. We want to make sure that our kids are our students are critically thinking and problem solving, right? but also that all of our students in Fort Worth ISD have access to make
those decisions. And so as we look at these the class of 2025, we look at uh last year we hosted our inaugural VPA signing day. So we had 42 students recognized from those 42 students. They
earned over $4 million in combined scholarships. And each of the students that we highlighted have gone on this year to go study music or art, theater, and dance. And so, um, you can see that program is in that QR code. You can check that out. I've also put the date
for this year so that our community and anyone that would like to come and celebrate these students again this year have that opportunity. Jesse, that's great. But how are we getting better? These are the ways that we are getting better in our department. So from instructional coaching with the
staff that we have uh in the appendix you see the entire staff. Um we want to make sure that our teachers whether they have zero years of service or they have 40 years of service that they are continuously learning something but also that we're building capacity in our team because as we do that we impact students
as well. Uh we want to make sure that we increase student participation across the district also a part of the strategic plan. Um, we want to expand partnerships across our district to support ex uh experiences and resources that our students have access to, but also as we
are excelling in other areas, TMEA, UIL, theater, vase, and those things, we also want to make sure our AP performance is up to the exact same standard. So we're working in collaboration uh with our advanced academics and so ensuring that that is happening instructional
resources and support from professional development providing learning walks with our administrators and really giving them an idea of what look fors are like in each of our areas right uh curriculum and resources. We'll go through uh where we are now with the
curriculum refresh. Our staff is currently looking at opportunities uh in creating IPC's um for all of our content areas uh just to make sure that we are in line with what the district is doing across the
board, right? Uh once we get to a point we have fully developed that then we will garner feedback from our teachers and then from that feedback with teachers we'll make sure the implementation for fall 2026 is there with the utilization of HQIM and really
making sure we're tracking curriculum fidelity right and so as we're talking about literacy it currently exists but we really want to make sure uh as Dr. Mullen shared in her presentation that we're we're we're we are all on the same train going the same direction, right?
And so really making sure that the literacy component that we have in there is also tied to the work that the district is doing with the short constructive responses as well. So our students, it's tied to those experiences. So we won't have any zeros because those students can then tie it
to something that they're passionate about from K through 12. And that's the end of the presentation. Uh I welcome any questions at this time. >> Trusty doc. >> Yes. I don't have a question, but I do
have a comment. Um, if you, anyone who's hearing me right now, have not seen a VPA performance, a visual and performing arts performance in Fort Worth ISD recently, I encourage you to go because it will bring you joy.
And it has been a great pleasure of mine and will continue to be a great pleasure of mine to be able to celebrate the students that are on stage performing. And I know that for every group of students that is performing that is
inspiring me and bringing me joy and telling a story and sharing their story. There are very talented and passionate professionals that are working with them behind the scenes um in front of the band, behind the band, wherever it may
be. But um so I don't have a question, but I do have a challenge and that is for more of Fort Worth to get out and see what our amazing students are doing on stage. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And Dr. Ryan,
>> thank you for a great report. I really appreciate it. Uh I want to commend your staff. Uh they've done a wonderful job to make things work. Uh and the teachers that work with them and with you. uh they've gotten better and better every
year. I also want to congratulate you for a great year as president of Texas Music Educators Association and I look forward to Jennifer Martin's time in that. Uh it's going to be great because it people don't realize that you led
every music teacher in the state of Texas to do better and Jennifer is going to do the same thing and we're looking forward to it. So congratulations. >> Thank you for that. I do have a side note. we have after me, we would then have four presidents on our staff that have been president of the TMEA. So,
>> and I don't think that's happened anywhere else. >> Thank you, Mr. Han. You brought back um the fourth grade uh the the flute. What's what's the Yeah, the recorders. You brought back the memory of my own daughter in fourth
grade. you, you know, tend it for work. >> We have some we can we can ship to your house. >> It's okay. It's okay. I have it in a closet. I'm sure you know I thought when you're a principal and it was that time of year, it was hilarious. And then when she came home with her own, but on
another note, today I was on campuses and got to experience art class. So, I made sure I stopped in. And just great things going on. a lot of creativity how they're integrating the math as well in there and shapes and just wonderful work
that you guys are doing. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Our last report um will be our deputy superintendent curriculum instruction and he will be focusing on college career and military readiness from
access to outcomes for every student. All right, good evening. Um, before I start, I want to recognize my CCMR team here. Um, as part of our restructuring, we decided to rather than have a single ED have a triad and just because how
complex the work is. So, these three right here are and their team of coordinators, some of which who have been here multiple years are every day just changing the CCMR world and they're about to go even bigger. So, everything I put together today, I would not be
able to do it without them. So, I just want to recognize them. I call them the CCMR triad. That's what they're known as. And so, I appreciate them being here tonight. So, let's go ahead and jump in. So, some slides I'm going to go really fast and um we can come back if you have
a question of course. Right off the bat, this is what I call our highlight reel, right? This is the slide in terms of when we think about CCMR, we think about how the class of 25 did, right? The class of 24 did. Um and so the data is
always delayed a bit because, you know, our seniors could earn um multiple things after graduation. So when you look at it, 89% of our seniors graduated with a CCMR credit. That's a good number. Our peers are in the '9s. So I
will tell you that most folks in the Texas Urban Council are in the '9s now. That's a good thing, but we'll talk about what's driving that number and what we need to really have drive that number going forward. 31% of our seniors
earned an industry-based certification, um, an A throughF certification. That's a big deal. That means they earned a industry recognized credential of value out in the marketplace. And we'll talk more about that, too. And then 300 of our seniors earned either a associates
degree, a level one certificate, or a level two, uh, showing deeper levels of college readiness. And then 40% of our uh just overall student, that's not just the class of of the graduating class, earned at least a three or more on an AP
exam. And that number is the highest it's been in a long time. Just a quick refresher, these are all the ways that you can earn CCMR credit in the state of Texas. I'm not going to go over each one. uh you have seen this before like going back to last year and
previous years but everything from enlisting in the military to passing an IBC test to taking a dual credit class to earning an associate degree right um and so those are all the different ways um that you can earn a CCMR credit in
the state of Texas. I know this is small, trusty dar, but if you click on uh the link, I promise it takes you to a better view online, but it's the best I can do to fit it in. Um, this is all of our programs of study of what we offer
from cosmetology, cyber security, automotive, right? These are all the programs of study that we have offered accumulated over the years, right? And we are looking at these as well. I think we need to look at these what will define the next decade when it comes to
Taran County, right? And so just something that we're looking at u uh we launched the new program this year. I'll talk more about it later, but not everything is offered at every school. So every dot means what's offered at that campus. So our CCMR numbers have
been going up. That's a great thing. Uh that means more and more kids are graduating with some level of CCMR readiness. And I'm saying that in a very particular way on purpose and you'll see why. Um doesn't mean that level means
deep level of preparation but we'll talk about what we what that means. But we are definitely putting in the work to graduate more of our seniors with uh credentials of value with preparation to help them navigate the world ahead. What's driving that number? You can see
uh between the last two years, one of the biggest things driving that number is a thing called Texas College Bridge. Um that number went down last year and that's a good thing and you'll find out why I'm saying that and other things are going up. Texas College Bridge is
something that will be going away. It was created during a postcoid world and it has been driving most of the CCMR gains in most of our urban peer districts. It's a problem Texas created that it's now trying to solve and we'll
talk more about what that is. It does help students prepare for college. Um 100 universities um and community colleges collectively over uh across Texas recognize it, but that's it. Um, but we now have generational data on
kids who are TCB ready and how they did. And we'll talk more about that later. Um, and everything is weighed equally now. And I'm um emphasizing that because that's going to change. So, let's jump into CTE data. I want to first give you
uh some vocabulary so we're all rooted on what a completer is. A completer is basically a student who has passed three or more CTE courses, right? um and being able to earn four or more credits in a program of study. That is an important
concept. Um we have deep deep levels of research now and Texas has responded to this that being a completer plus earning an IBC means you are more likely to earn a very competitive wage in a job. Um and
being a completer and earning an IBC aligned to an actual uh uh field that's in in demand increases your likelihood. So just earning an IBC is not enough and it's not going to be enough anymore just because we have this data and we've had
this data for many years going back to Perkins data the federal grant that supports CTE. Here's how we're doing in IBC's. I'm really proud of this data just we worked real hard last year. Uh Dr. Molina charged me with like I'm tired of being in the bottom. I need you
to step up our game when it comes to IBC. We were not even testing most of our students. We were not testing them, like literally just not giving them an appat a swing. Um, and this is one of those tests that you can test multiple times throughout the year. So last year
was the first time where we almost tested 100% of our students. And guess what happened? We also increased passage rates at the same time. But you can see the A throughF IBC's are a lot more rigorous than the non A throughF, right?
a CPR certification. While important, it's not ultimately an A throughF certification, but this is a important number and uh and it just shows when we put in the work and the hustle over a single year. Look at what we can pull
off. But we also uncovered a lot that year. Computers with outdated software, uh data systems centrally that was not talking to the campuses um uh properly to respond to the data. So it helped uncover things and solve things. But
just like the hustle put in by our campuses, look what we can do. And now this is the new norm going forward. Here's how we've been doing. Remember I said IBC is not enough. It's completer plus IBC. So as you can see as Texas has
raised its standards for what counts as CCMR readiness and the gold standard going forward will be completing a program of study completing right three or more courses and earning NIBC. How have we been doing over the years? Lots
of room to grow right not many seniors graduating with NIBC and being a completer. So this is a very important number to pay attention to. So when we say college may not be for everyone then we better care about this number because
if college is not for everyone then we're saying we care about this number because this is the number that's going to ensure that they are in a living wage in a competitive job that can actually be family sustaining. Right? That's what this will guarantee. So this is a number to pay attention to in Texas going
forward. Want to spotlight some programs. Our police partnership with Fort Worth PD continues to grow. a great great partnership where you can earn an actual level two certificate. Um it has grown as you can see we have 66 juniors
and seniors across Eastern Hills, OD Wyatt, South Hills and Southwest. Uh we're really excited about this program. It meets both um the demand of and the needs of our city, but it is also an example of a job that you don't need a 4-year degree in, but you can
meaningfully enter the middle class with. that many of our students are pursuing this. Our middle program is an example. So I wanted to give you three different examples. The first one is expansion, expanding what's working. The second one is modernization. So we have
had automotive pathways for a long time. But over the years we lost the ability to stay competitive and current with what's expected of our automotive pathways and programming. And one of the gold standards is ASC certification. Uh
we used to have it and we lost it. Um and the energy was lost too. We we this year we are spending the entire year Rob and his team are working to gain back that standard. Ottabon is a big partner there. Um they donated that car that you
see right there. um being able to make sure our kids are working on modern cars, have modern curriculum, our instructors are certified according to ASC standards, our shops are clean and organized according to ASC standards. It's a lot of work and we are putting
our goal is by the end of this year every shop is back to that standard and recognized and our students are earning a ASC certifications right at very high levels. Let's talk about the third category. This is new. This is strategic
introduction of a new program that is demanding. HVAC is a timeless profession, but we have not had a deep big HVAC presence and we appreciate the mayor's council partnering with us and bringing multiple ISDs together to
launch a new Hback pathway. We just launched one this year at South Hills. You see the enrollment 16 juniors, our BCB and seniors are like the founding class in Fort Worth ISD. you can earn both not only dual credit but also a level one certificate and we know that
HVAC professionals make really uh strong wages right and it's a viable pathway into the middle class as well so this is a great example of I want you to think about what we're going to be doing over the coming years in terms of strategic expansion modernization
and introduction of new programs that that we really need for our students and the one that I didn't include is strategic abandonment. But that's a different conversation for a different day on what's not uh needed anymore. Internships more and more everyone will
say the junior year and senior year of high school need to blend with career and college. That is the era of schooling for our high school students. And one important thing that we need to blend those years with is with actual
paid working experiences. We are very proud to continue to expand our internships, both the paid opportunities as well as non-paid. But what we want to do is make sure we can have just be paid internships opportunities be the gold
standard. And we're looking to continue to partner with our city, our partners to be able to do this because the more you can blend the latter years of high school with career and college, the more likely our students are uh are willing to stick with the program and succeed
and actually enter right uh the pathway that they have chosen. Lots of work to still do. Um I always like to end what our growth areas are, right? IBC's by itself is not enough. completer plus IBC. So that's going to be a huge obsession of ours going forward and
making sure we do right by that. In terms of testing opportunities for IBC's, those are non-negotiables this year. They are in the testing calendar. We have windows. Everyone will test. We just had our first testing window. Many of our campuses pushed above 90%. Some
did not. I said, Rob, go show up there. What's going on? Why did you not test? Right. The next testing window, make sure you test. And so that is something that is very important to us. And then instructional alignment because we want more kids passing at the first try,
right? Not having to take it three different times, but it's great that you can actually remediate, but we got to raise our instructional alignment and quality as well, just like we are doing in reading and math. And of course, continue to expand work-based learning um opportunities and just continue to
retain students because being a completer means you got to stay with your pathway. So, we're working really closely with T3 as well as our guidance and counseling to keep our students on their pathway. Otherwise, students may want to drop out or change their course. So, we got to keep our kids focused on
the pathway that is best fit for them. Let's uh shift to AP, another pathway into CCMR. We all know AP, I won't spend too much time, but the research is very clear. Students who are scoring a three or more do better. Uh we have the research for that. And students even
scoring a two also do better as well. We have the research for that as well. And new research just came out with Texas students showing students who mix AP with CTE are doing even better as well too. So that's just uh something else to think about as well. Um Fort Worth has a
long history of having AP. We have I went too fast. We have expanded every possible course you can think of. We're offering 39 this year. Um but while we have multip all pretty much almost all the courses but the distribution is
uneven right we still have some what I would say inequities in terms of how we offer courses so I have the team looking at what are the foundational courses we should offer in every single campus when it comes to our comprehensive schools like that is very important um we have
over 8,400 tests that were given last year but I am proud to say that last year we had about 4,900 students enrolled in AP classes. This year we have 5,500 students. So the number continues to increase the number of students taking AP. And now we have middle schoolers taking AP classes as
well. As you can see there, here's how we're doing. As you can see, passage rates has increased. We're nowhere where we want to be. The state of Texas is still ahead of us. We would like to catch up and exceed them. But while we have increased access, increased the
number of tests and participation, we have also increased passage rates. Right? So that's a big deal right there. Right? Again, when people say when a AP became more open and more equential holistically, well, the data is very
clear that they can thrive and succeed. And so this this is a comparison data to see how we're doing. And we plan to exceed the state of Texas. That's a goal that our team is looking at as well. We want to make sure that our teachers are using a very powerful tool in their
hands and it has not been used with fidelity. This year we're hoping is the first year where we start using more use of it. It's called AP Classroom. It is literally a classroom instructional tool in which we're you're teaching a lesson, you're teaching instruction and you can
literally simulate the AP questions right over time leading up to May. It's very important. So when you hear about like DOS, this is a version of a system that dos in AP. Basically, it's a very important instructional tool. Um I can
tell you some were not using it. We this year the biggest deal was everyone's using it. Now it's about using it effectively. It still does not sub an effective lesson and differentiation. So we have the team literally mapping out to make sure that our principles know
how to monitor this, support this and our campuses and our teachers know how to use it effectively. Um this is um basically something called AP potential. AP potential is based on the PSAT and essentially measures what students are
more likely to succeed in an AP class and the data is pretty strong and compelling. It will show you that students who do at a at a certain cut score in the PSAT are very much likely to succeed and we still have over 800 students who are not in AP courses
across all of the district who could succeed in an AP class. So what I've told the team is if there's an AP class that's enrolled at 12 kids and we have a student who is sitting there with the potential, why aren't they in the AP class, right? Like why are they not sitting there? But I think some of it is
just the data making bringing that data to life to our campuses. So we're looking at this very closely as well to make sure that every single one of our students has the opportunity to access it. Um just like CTE, we have our growth areas like we want to continue to build on the progress. Um, we want to continue
to ensure that there's access across every one of our zip codes and feeders, but we also want to make sure that the instructional quality excellence is up to the standard that we have. We have some amazing teachers, but we have not been tapping into them to be able to define how they get the results they
get. I will tell you if I disagregate the data and look at just like the English scores, especially the entry AP classes or the math classes, our scores are lower. Um so those scores right in the foundational classes we do want to make sure that there are they are rising
because at the end of the day if you do want to uh exchange it for college credit we know not all colleges will accept a three. Three is not even good enough. Some four is sometimes the gold standard. So we want to make sure we continue to do that. And again finding the kids who will be successful and not
limiting their opportunities. I'm going to switch to dual credit, TSI readiness and early college. So, it's important that everyone understands what TSI is. TSI has always been around in a very long time. It's the gold standard in Texas in statute for what defines
college readiness. If you are TSI ready, and those are the cup points right there. You may have heard of the ACUPPLACER test, TSI A2, TSI 1, and now we're in TSA A2. These are the cup points. If you are met by assessment, and you can be met by assessment by
taking the TSI test or hitting a certain benchmark in the SAT and ACT, that means that you are more likely to uh not even more likely, you are more likely to be successful in credit bearing courses and
colleges will not put you in developmental education. Right? So many of our kids, and I'm going to talk about this, are not graduating TSI men. I'm going to show you the numbers. Um, so this is very different from Texas College Bridge. Texas College Bridge is
not recognized by the vast majority of universities, but TSI is. It shapes whether or not you're taking credit bearing courses because as soon as you go into reme remedial education, especially if you're first generation students, your chances of finishing
dramatically drop. Almost think of it as like if you're not proficient by third grade, right? Your chances get harder. It's it's the same is true for being TSI met. So here's how we have been doing when it comes to TSI. Not so well. We
have a whole lot of room to grow. But look already for the class of 2026. We already are at pushing where we were the previous years. And we're going to we want to double that number. And I'm going to talk more about it. But just to give you a baseline, Dallas is in 35%,
Austin is in 60%, Brownsville 37%, Garland 34%, El Paso 30%, Houston 30%. And we're right where you see us at. And yes, we are lower than them. So this is a very important number that everyone's
going to start focusing on a whole lot more. It was always there, but it's just taken a backseat because of all the different options in CCMR. This is data that Britney here uh analyzed. Um she basically looked at
20,000 students across our high schools and saw which one of them could succeed in TSI. Um we literally have students who have met in reading but not met in math, met in math but not in reading. We have students who did well enough in
STAR or in other courses that could succeed in TSI. the potential is there but we were not systematically testing and that's something big that we shifted this year to make sure there are just like IBC's there are non-negotiable testing at bats for our kids and for
that reason we have set the goal this year for 45% of our class graduating being TSI met by assessment and we don't think that is a far-fetched goal it might be a bit of a stretch but it is definitely reachable here is what one of
the most strategic things we've did today uh this year is we have created a non-negotiable testing calendar for when our kids will uh test um universally in TSI and that's just that first at bat but they will also be able to take the
TSI test at any point our early colleges they will all tell you right they will all take Dr. Collins at TC South, they will all tell you that they are constantly preparing ninth and tth graders, right, aggressively to make sure that their TSI met so they can take the dual credit classes, right? And so
we need that energy in our comprehensives as well, not just in our early colleges. And so these are all the universal testing opportunities, but just like IBC's, you could take it multiple times a year. Here is how we're doing in dual credit with our great
partner in TCC, right? We have deep, deep partnerships with TCC. And as you can see, more and more of our kids are taking dual credit, right? The research is clear on dual credit as well. Students who earn dual credit not only has a chance to save money for college, but are also like to succeed likely to
succeed in college as well. And as you can see, participation in dual credit has expanded. Our passage and success rate is pretty much held steady. So, we do got to make sure that we raise that number. I think the important piece here
though is how is our alignment looking? We are offering all these dual credit opportunities a smattering I would say. But how is the alignment? Is the alignment building off to a program of study? Is it leading to a level one or level two certificate? Is it se
sequenced out to earn an associates degree or are we out of sync with that? So I have the team really digging into this data to make sure that we are really tight like dual credit is like breathing now in high school right but the question is how aligned is it for
what we want our students to do. Um the other big uh dual credit opportunity is on-ramps. Um you may have heard of on-ramps. UT Austin started this um but it it is acceptable uh across the system and essentially it is a co-e model where
a instructor one of ours is teaching with a professor um those courses that you see this is also exploding and continues to expand. So the more on rent courses you get the credit that you accept and if you go to the UT system you are earning credit and that is
literally bankable immediately uh versus where AP not everyone accepts the three versus four. Um I know Michael doesn't like when I say that but I do that is true when it comes to dual credit. Um, if you look at on-ramps, most of our kids are succeeding. They are succeeding
in that. And that class is not gatekeeping with TSI met, right? You can actually enroll in that class. And you can also have a TSI exemption as well based on how how well you do. And so a lot of our kids are succeeding in rigorous level work. You put it in front
of them, they are succeeding. And so this is an exciting piece. Now the question is are they taking their ticket to UT at large numbers? That's a different conversation. Early college high schools um associates degree we offer both the PEK form and the early
college. I do have appendex slides where you can look at more data from today. Uh but I wanted to show you the early college high schools. Our early college associates degrees are going up. Um um are they moving at the pace maybe we want to see? Probably not. But our
campuses are doing the work. OD Wyatt, if you see, they went from five a few years ago to now 21. Um, so more and more kids are graduating with associates degree. To give you a benchmark of what's possible, the largest ISD with the largest um, uh, set of kids
graduating with an associate is Garland ISD. 15% of Garland students graduate with an associates degree. And by some measure it's the largest urban in the country to graduate that many kids with associates degree and they are 70% title
one 35% 39% EB and 15% so about almost a thousand kids 900 kids of their graduating class graduate with an associates degree so a lot is possible right when there's alignment u one of their secret sauces that we haven't quite expanded is uh DEC which is their
partner they couldn't meet the demand and of Garland students. So Garland launched an initiative to get more of their instructors become embedded faculty, right? So that means they got to earn a set of degrees or finish courses to be able to teach dual credit. We already have some in our campuses. We
just don't have enough as we would like and I would love to have more because these are our teachers, our staff who have a little more differentiation um than compared to say maybe a professor. Let's talk about outcomes bonus funding.
Um so um Dr. Molinar alluded to this um on how important this is and I'm going to go a little deeper. So accountability is changing in Texas when it comes to CCMR. Um and it is changing in phases and remember going back to my early
piece on talking about how Texas College bridge is a problem it created for itself Texas um and so now it's going to uh solve this problem in phases and then talking about how IBC is not enough by itself and why TSI is important. I want
you to think about accountability going forward in CCMR being TSI plus. Uh that's going to be a very important equation in everything that we do. IBC plus completer, right? And not everything is going to be weighed equally because earning an associates
degree and graduating more kids with an associate degree is a whole lot harder than, you know, just taking one dual credit class. You should be recognized for that as a high school and get more points. So that is what Texas is going to do. But that's not going to happen until 2033. That's where they're
exploring that. But they are making some big changes in 2028. No more Texas College Bridge, right? Um they are also going to expect IBC plus completer and that T that TSI plus um plus expectation is also going to kick in. How real is
this 2028 as current juniors? How real is 2033? That feels far. It's the current sixth graders. So it's not that far away. Um, and we have talked to our campuses and say it's not like you're overnight going to make that shift. You got to make that shift now. And you know why that's important? Because the day
this goes away, if our high school is at a B or our district is at a B and it was built on Texas College Bridge and it wasn't built on the more rigorous measures, what do you think is going to happen to our grade if we don't meet the more rigorous expectations? We are going to check. But it's not just us. Everyone
in Texas, that's why they're giving us a long runway, but we're sounding the alarm now. Um, Dr. Molinar went over this again. This is how you earn. This is a comparison to how you earn the CCMR point today. And this is how you earn
outcomes bonus funding. Um, and one of the I would say it's probably my favorite thing the Texas uh, education agency and the state did is this outcomes bonus funding concept because it's essentially incentivizing the right moves to prepare kids for life. Um, and
and that's a very important piece and you'll see why later. Uh, Texas has really invested in this and here's how you earn outcomes bonus funding. Again, you can see TSI MET, enroll in college, earn an associates degree. That's the tougher one. IBCMET and TSI MET, right?
So, these are all the ways you can earn outcome bonus funding, which is very different just than earning a CCMR point. And here's how much money you earn per graduate. So the percentages she was referring to is the threshold. So it's the threshold. So if you
graduate economically disadvantaged students with outcomes bonus criteria, you get 5,000 per kid. If you graduate non-economic disadvantaged students uh with outcomes bonus criteria, you get 3,000 k $3,000. In special education, $4,000. So it's not chump change when
you think about per pupil uh for doing the right things for kids. Here's how much money I want to bring back we have left on the table by not graduating kids up to this level. Dr. Molinar showed this on this slide, but I would say this is the more dramatic slide and thank you to our partners in commit for creating
this. But the vast majority of our graduates over the last several years are not graduating at the rigorous criteria. Um, and that is $103 million if you add it up, but you want to sustain that every year. So when she was talking about how about we and 14
million would mean like we're graduating 90% of our graduates in outcomes bonus funding that is very tough and rigorous and no ISD has done that yet. But if we even if we took 50% of that which is the challenge we put forth in our comprehensive high schools this year right that's $7 million. If we sustained
50% of graduates every year and got another $7 million, she listed off for you what you can buy literally the number of FTEEs you can put in every like you can put three acceleration reading teachers in K3 that's obsess about tier 2 tier three intervention in
every elementary school right um you could reduce counseling ratios on advising right so this is a real pot of money that Texas has put forth um here is I I know this is small um but you can access it but this is the best way I
could put it on the slide. This is how our schools did in 2023 um in terms of how much they generated in outcomes bonus funding. Yes, those zeros are accurate in terms of the level of GR. So you're seeing our choice schools, you're seeing some of our high
schools, but they're not even tapping in to the full amount that they could tap into. Meaning that the graduates are not hitting the outcomes bonus threshold. Here's how they did in 24. again. Um, it actually went down. Um, and so and we're confirming 2025 numbers because we need
the college enrollment data because remember one of the most important data pieces is TSI plus enrollment. And again, you can see how much we're actually uh tapping into. Uh, to give you a comparison, um, I'm going to talk about this actually in a different slide, so I'll
wait on that. Um, this is our goals for this year. So, we want to obviously break the roof of 90% and we want 93% CCMR. Um, and that's 2,17 more students. That's the level of data
we're looking at every month. Every week actually, I meet with this team, right? Tell me how many students are CCMR met this week. Right? So, if we get 2,17 more students met, right, we will hit
the 93% threshold. So, a lot of those kids are enrolled in Texas College Bridge. Great. Check. Let me tell you how fast you can pass Texas College Bridge. You enroll on a Monday, you can be done on a Friday. What else are you doing for that child? What else are you doing for that student? So, that's the
big piece that we're pushing this year. Um, this is our goals for outcome bonus funding. So, we've dug into the data and we've looked at what is a smart goal and a stretched goal. So, remember that 45% number of TSI, right? Last year we were
around 19%. We want to get to 45%. And we know how many more kids that is and we've benchmarked that against our high schools too. So we have given our high schools this data as well because all of their goals we want to feed up to the system. And then you can see for AP all
the way down. So these are goals in order to be able to drive more outcomes bonus graduates uh to prepare more them for better post-secary outcomes. This is an also an important number because you're more likely to enroll in college if you're applying to a college that you
want to go to. So, we want to increase the number of apps that our kids are are applying to. We want to make sure they complete their financial aid. And then, of course, enrolled. 49% of our students um most recently enrolled in a in higher ed. Half of that enrolled in a
four-year. And that number's basically been teeter tottering between 25 29 24 over the last several years in terms of four-year enrollment. And we've been in the basically mid to high 40s in terms of college enrollment. So those are our targets. And so here's what it looks
like. Um I know Tristy Lynch is not here, but during the workshop it came up like how many graduates is Texas graduating when it comes to hitting outcomes bonus criteria. So it is a very rigorous goal that we set cuz look what Texas is graduating right Texas is
graduating right 31% of its students right actually hitting outcomes bonus criteria and then don't forget the threshold because you have to hit a threshold before you tap into the money um and then here we are right there that you see at 19% and about 19% and we're
going to confirm class of 2025 to give you a comparison Dallas is at 34% today And they moved that number from 24 to 34. They jumped 10% in a single year. Austin 53%, Garland 34%, Isleta 32, El
Paso 30, 30% uh Houston 30%. So just giving you a sense of where we are um and where that number is. And of course, Texas is there because the largest ISDs are also pushing at that number and they drive most of Texas's numbers. Um the other piece I wanted to talk to
you about is just what that looks like broken down by criteria. So you can see right for the class of 2026 right where we want earned associates enrolled in college TSI met earned enrolled in college IBC met earned TSI level one
level two and TSI and then military enlistment. If we hit these targets, we would generate pretty much close to $ 8.5 million. And if you're asking what percent of graduates that would make up hitting outcome bonus criteria, it's
about a little over 50%. Um, so just so you have a benchmark around that. I want to end on these slides. This is very very important. Um, so why do AAM's bonus criteria matter? This is a generation. Texas has done amazing work
around longitudinal data systems. And so this is the Texas education higher uh coordinating board, right? Who handles all of higher ed. This is a generation of eighth graders. We could look at eighth graders by zip code, by middle school. This is all of Fort Worth ISTD's eighth graders from 2013 and then we
followed them through high school, through graduation, and then six years later, what percent actually earned a degree? It is not a high number, right? It is not a high number. Feb recently did one for the city. The number was not
very high. You hear about the mayor talk about economic mobility. Everyone's talking about economic mobility because are we reproducing poverty or are we breaking poverty because why? Look at that top number. $2.57 billion. $2.5 billion in loss lifetime earning
potential. That's a tax base. So why is Texas putting forth outcomes bonus funding? Well, selfishly because it needs a tax base who can contribute to its economy, right? Let's look at another here is MLAN, right? 476
eighth graders and then we followed them. 23% 110 of them that class ultimately earned a six-year uh uh after six years earned a degree. It's not a high number. Um um right um it at the
end of the day there's a whole lot of melt and a lot of things are happening and a lot of those kids graduated without being TSI met. Let's look at McClung. I chose these two schools on purpose because I wanted to show you in terms of the level of disadvantage
versus not. Again, 214 eighth graders and at the end of it, 25 eighth graders earned a degree. What gives them a better shot to finish, right? They TSI met, IBC completer,
right? And making sure that they have the best possible armor. That's the metaphor I use. while they go through everything else in life, breakup, hunger, love, family, all of that. But preparation matters. Many of our kids are getting stuck in developmental
courses and they never finish. And so that's why outcome bonus funding matters. I know Dr. Muller said the money doesn't matter. The money matters too because we'll reinvest in more supports for our kids. I'm going to end on this slide. Um, one of the things we did this year with our guidance and
counseling uh, team with our counselors, we are making sure everyone understands the social mobility rankings of colleges. If you go back uh, a decade ago during the Obama era, the education department published something called the college scorecard. Not all colleges were happy. We always get
accountability. Where was their accountability? And so they created the college scorecard. How many students are they taking in and graduating? And how well do they take PEL grant students? These are students whose families earn about $30,000. And how well do they
graduate them? And do those kids earn a job within 6 months that supersede their family's income? You can literally go to one county in a community college, earn a degree in six months, get a job that doubles your income, go to another county, this this data exists in Texas,
and earn a struggle to find a job and with a associates degree earn high school level wages. That is the level of power that some of our institutions have. And so I'm a nerd, so I gave you links to learn about which institutions in Texas ranks high. One of them is
right next to us. It is in the top 50 in the nation, UTA. So, I'm really excited that we have a partnership pending your vote today to launch something that they have never launched. And Dr. uh President Khali, I love that she decided to embrace this um direct to UTA
collegebound college career ready. It is essentially a seamless enrollment pipeline. By the end of junior year, before senior year starts, our kids would get one form that says you're in. And they have the Blaze scholarship, $100,000 covers fees and courses. We
just got to convince them to cash that ticket because why? They take student 60 over 50% of their students are PEL students, meaning their families make about $30,000. Their graduation rates is pushing on 65%. That doesn't sound like a lot, but have you seen college
graduation rates? They're not very high. That is very high. Their PELgrand students are not that far behind the 65%. It's over 50%. So, a student who graduates Fort Worth ISD has a better shot at experiencing social mobility by
going to UTA. Um, not only UTA, and is up there and several other Texas schools and many are not. Right. I'll stop there. Any questions? >> Trusty Dar. Thank you. Um, I don't have
a question. I have two comments. One is I would love to see Fort Worth ISD expand their dual credit and their on-ramps opportunities. I know that finding qualified certified professionals to teach these classes is challenging. However, um
in my opinion, coursework and evaluating what a student knows as far as their um whether or not they should receive college credit based on a portfolio of work as opposed to one three-hour test um would benefit a lot
of our students. And so I I hope that we will continue to find ways to seek expansion in that area. Um, the second comment is simply that I did have an opportunity to review this presentation in advance and I did send quite a few questions to Mr. Chowry. So, I'd like to
say thank you for responding to those questions and answering those for me prior to this evening. Thank you. >> Trusty little, >> thank you for this report. On slide 10, take me a minute.
Almost there. >> Yes. >> Can you explain uh the numbers? I know we are 2025 and that 18% versus the 29% for 2025. >> So these are graduates from those classes who graduated with an IPC and
either as a concentrator or a completer. So remember the gold standard for an IBC graduate is graduating as a completer, right? First it was make them a concentrator, two or more courses, but they're like that's not good enough and industry is not recognizing that
completer is the gold standard and all of the asterisks because Texas started stressing it and changing and moving like the emphasis until it took them until recently to say, "Hey, we want our graduates graduating with an IBC and being a completer." These numbers show
you historically how we've been doing according to this new standard and basically a whole lot of opportunity uh to graduate with that. Like I'll just give you a benchmark. Garland ISD 55% of their graduating class graduated as a completer with an IBC.
>> Thank you. And then on the next um slide 11 seven no 11 >> 11. So I'm glad that uh we have a new partner that we have that partnership with Adaban. Uh I know last year I talked about having um our students
working on new cars versus old cars that we we had before. So I want to thank Autoban for contributing a new car to the program for our students. Not a question there but a comment. And then on slide um 16
we have the enrollment of students the AP students how can we increase how can we increase the number of AP students uh we have some you know among 146 like 10% of the
student population there well first we can start by making sure our AP classes are fully enrolled up to the level they are. I am waiting for a good problem to have like hey our AP classes are bursting out of the seams. We got to create another section. So we still have
a whole lot of room to fill the ones we do offer right and then of course raise the quality of the programming. So how it really is if you look at that AP potential slide that I had shown here right we have over 800 students spread
out across our high schools who will do really well and that's just based on this right um there are many other factors to look into so how is one make sure we actually enroll our classes up to a full enrollment size and then make sure we support our students but just
adding classes without actually filling the classes we have also creates problems with FTEES and master schedules and such as well. >> I see. Uh can a student or do we have any data where a student who who did on
ramps and that student also took an AP test? I know we you know some students only do AP owner AP classes but we have students who take AP test and also not AP. We're not in AP classes. being like
a competition to see if on-ramp students are doing better than AP students. We don't have any data like that. But here's what I would tell you, Trusty Laurenos. I just showed you eighth grade data on how kids are doing. A lot of those kids graduated with top of their
class. A lot of those kids graduated with AP classes, right? But not T assignment or going to a college that was mismatched from what they need. So at the end of the day, those two things are not going to be enough. It's going to be those other things that I talked
about when it comes to TSMet, ensuring that they enroll in a college that actually matches their aspiration and also does well by them. So, but I will tell you the data with dual credit and AP, dual credit is for the longest time AP was the gold standard, but dual
credit is coming out that it is equally great if not better in some regard. I'm sure I will the AP folks won't be happy that I said that, but that data is clear because what's the gold standard? Finishing college and entering a family sustaining wage and holding either the
if you're middle class, let's hope that you retain your class, but if you're working class like many of our students, we want them to supersede the poverty that they inherited. And many of our kids are not right now when they're graduating, including valadictorians, salutatorans, right? So that's the work
we really need to start obsessing about. >> Very good. Thank you, >> Dr. Ryan. >> Well, thank you. Especially with starting the HVAC classes. Uh, one of my sons runs an HVAC corporation in Michigan and he'd hire every one of them
that graduated with with certification. So, uh, they need that. We need that here. And uh hopefully that that will work uh on with me trying to work with kids to get
them into a certain academy. Uh the biggest thing I run into is is dual credit versus AP. And interesting interestingly enough, the servicemies have started giving more weight to dual credit. So it
bears out what you were saying. >> Absolutely. Any other questions or comments? >> All right. Thank you. >> We are up to Trusty Martinez. May I ask a question about Dr. Molinar's report at the beginning?
Um, this is on slide four from the superintendent report, which I know is may take a minute to pull back up, but it's basically the chart showing how many um what percentage of of zero scores were received. Were those um
tests graded by AI? >> Um, yes, they were. And um there's always an appeal process. In 2024 um we did do um some of our we did an appeal but they are scored AI but
it's AI is scoring our assessments with the state and that means we need to make sure that we instructionally have things in place. So um Dr. Upchurch is here with us now, our chief of technology. Um, and he's working with our curriculum
instruction team on how we can have resources not to write to the AI test, but like look at how it is grade it and look at what criteria, but then how do we implement and we provide those tools to our
students and to our teachers. And last year our technology department put on a technology conference and their guest speaker he focused on AI and I attended that conference and one of the most
powerful things the guest speaker really said that hit home with me it's like as a district if you want to limit what is coming for your students and he was particularly talking about AI AI and using it responsibly
then you are limiting their ability to compete to get into college because we have districts that are already implementing AI AI responsibly but teaching their students how to use
it but and they're writing their college essays utilizing it and they are utilizing every day for instructional purposes um correctly and we have to get there as a district and that is our next steps. We've already had conversations
with that and we will start implementing that because we need to make sure our students can compete, but it's how we do it correctly and our kids step up every single time and we put those expectations in place
>> with the the scoring of the of the writing. Did we um ask for any of our writing? We did not >> responses to be appeal not this um we did not I mean these are zeros. This is
no attempts. This is us as a district not having um once again a a curriculum in place last year that supported what they needed to be able to align their assessments with. And that is something
we recognize we already implemented into the new framework. But then as we dug deeper um we knew we needed another layer and that's why we're implementing the third six weeks and we just completed the first round of training. Um if we got feedback from the teachers
participating in the training our demonstration teachers will be participating November 7th I believe is their PD date. Um so they can be model teachers on our campuses. >> Okay. Well I appreciate the emphasis on teaching writing. Um, I
I love teaching writing. That's that's where my passion lies. Um, I also know that a lot of teacher preparation programs do have a heavy emphasis on teaching reading and teaching math, but they do not have an emphasis on teaching
writing. And so, I'm glad to see that we are focusing on that as a district. Um, I hope that as we um as we proceed that we are focusing on how we are what we're
doing within the lesson cycle to ensure that students see themselves as writers. Um, the STAR test is clearly important and I I will never argue differently, but the
goal of education is not to pass a test. The goal of education is to create students who see themselves as readers and writers and mathematicians who can pass a test.
And so I hope that we're focusing on what in that lesson cycle every day is empowering those students to be writers. Thank you. Any other comments or questions? Okay, we will move on to number seven. Comments by board members or
superintendent on current district activities and announcements. Are there any comments from the trustees or Dr. honor Trusty Jackson. >> Thank you, President Martinez. I want to thank Albertson's. Um, this is the 10th annual Thanksgiving dinner giveaway.
They serve up to 500 families in East Fort Worth. And I especially want to thank the Eastern Hills High School team, led by Tramana Thomas, principal, uh, Leticia Manning, assistant principal, Terrence Watson, and Sonia Van Gilder. Also, we have a partnership
with the Fort Worth Police Department, more than what you heard about here. There's also another one um uh Commander Anton Williams and then Tracy Carter and they all come out and we have a very organized event, but 500 families have Thanksgiving because of this event with
Albertson. So, I just want to say thank you, >> Jesse Dar. Thank you. October is principal appreciation month and so I'd like to say thank you to all of the principles in Fort Worth ISD for the
hard work that you do every day. It is it is hard work being a principal. And so thank you to those who choose to do that work whether you're at the principal level or the assistant principal level. Specifically, I'd like to thank the district six principles,
Elizabeth Kels, Ebony McDonald, Mandy Spoon, Katie Reid, Ellen Iserts, Rachel Walters, Crystal Clark, Jennifer Kennedy, Dana McKenzie, Barbara Ozuna, Stanley Johnson, Rodrigo Durban, and John Engel. It is a pleasure to watch
you in action. Thank you, >> Trusty Levenos. >> Uh, thank you. I want to thank the advanced academics department under um the direction of um Mr. um Michael Fuche
and Mr. Muhammed for the whisque quiz uh competition that started last Saturday and it continues to go on. So I want to thank all the volunteers and all the teachers, all the sponsors who are making this possible for students. So thank you
>> Dr. Malar. Um yes, I do want to recognize it's um dyslexia awareness month and we have been highlighting all the work uh our literacy department has been doing around dyslexia as well as this is a true partnership with our city
and I want to thank that partnership and everyone that's really wrapping their arms around literacy. It is such an important part of literacy and we know we have students um that we have not identified and that's why we have put that second screener in place for
seventh grade and we have adopted a new curriculum. Um so we had some of our students who are who actually have participated in our our dyslexia program and put together a wonderful video celebrating dyslexia awareness month.
So, I encourage everyone to go on our social media page and check that out. Just true success stories and the importance of literacy and how it really shapes a person in the students trajectory. Um, with that, I also want
to make sure our parents understand that what you saw tonight and what you will continue to see every single day is our commitment to academic achievement and student progress and accelerating our students from our preK3 students all the
way to our high school students. Regardless of the news of the tea takeover, this is a work that we are committed to every single day in this district and will continue. We will continue with what we have put forward with very bold and aggressive in
initiatives. We will have our resource campuses. We will be rolling out our timeline for the hiring of those leaders and then also hiring for the staff to put the best teachers on those campuses. As you see, we are continuing with our ads campuses with the additional
instructional days and promoting our parent teacher conferences. We are not stopping. It is pedal to the metal with even more urgency. A very dear friend of mine, you know, shared with me and um I miss game day. I watch game day every
Saturday, but Nick Sabin had was talking about a team and about some of the struggles and he shared, you know, this is when you lock in and you lock out. And that is what Fort Worth ISD, our instructional team, our teachers, and our campus leaders and all of our
support staff, we're locking in on our students right now. And we're going to lock out any of the negativity that impacts them on a daily basis. We are all in for our students and we are going to continue to drive. So there's no question that we're not
monitoring. We're not holding people accountability and that includes daily instruction utilizing that framework. Today I was on campuses today and the expectation is clear and when we don't see it, we are redirecting it. Thank you.
>> Thank you. The time is 8:27 p.m. and the date is Tuesday, October 28th, 2025. We will now recess and reconvene for executive session as authorized by chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code under sections 551.071,
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ready in first grade, but 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. It 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 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. 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? This year, 15 Fort Worth ISD campuses are following a new calendar, the additional days school year or ATS. What does that mean? These schools will extend the year through June 30th, giving students more time to learn,
grow, and explore. While other campuses host parent conferences on November 11th and February 16th, ADC campuses have a regular school day on these days with expanded family engagement opportunities. Those days are special. Campuses will lead showcase events
providing parent workshop sessions and a closer look at student learning and growth. When summer arrives, Fort Worth ISD provides transportation, meals, and fun lessons that keep students engaged all the way through June. To see if your child's school is on the ads calendar,
visit fwisd.org/adsy. Fort Worth ISTD staff and families. Today we received official notice regarding a state takeover of Fort Worth Independent School District from the Texas Education Agency, TEA. The process will begin immediately with a posted
notice for interested citizens to serve on a stateappointed board of managers under the guidance of TEA. Selected applicants will report to our commissioner Mike Morath and are required to participate in rigorous governance training. A conservator will
be named to ensure the district supports its low performing campuses. Additional details will be shared with you in the coming weeks. The letter also shared that our commissioner will announce and appoint a superintendent after reviewing prospective superintendent candidates
which will include myself. The reform we have in place are aligned with TEA and will continue. We must remain committed to the daily delivery of highquality instruction for our students. As a result of the dedication and hard work
of our staff, we're already starting to see progress on every campus and in classrooms across our district. I am honored to serve as your superintendent during this transition. Thank you for your continued commitment and dedication to the students of Fort Worth
Independent School District. >> We scoop forward a little bit. Through our Elcon Foundation, we support programs that help bring education, eye care, and treatment to patients in need. >> We've also come to realize this place is
a is not only just a wonderful playground for the Joe Kelly children to just be a kid. You guys love this. >> Good job, Steve. This is awesome. Riding a bike allows children to explore their communities, develop physical
fitness, and create memories with your friends. >> This is fun riding a bike. >> They are really, really excited to be a part. And it really has added so much life and just so much joy to our recess
time and to our day. Thank you. >> Our goal is just to make produce available to everybody throughout the community, no matter where they live. I'm going to take all of those ideas, put it together, and we're going to then
create your new playground. Five more minutes, and then we're going to go ahead and present our idea. >> My idea was like a submarine. And in the submarine would be like a kitchen here to help our community. Uh times are
tough right now and a lot of people, you know, groceries are expensive and this is a way to give back. Through these um inschool markets, we are being very deliberate about what is available to these young children because we know their health and wellness depend upon
it. I'm so excited awarded the highest award from the girls national scholarship $25,000 scholar. scholarship. >> We are giving them the knowledge and the experience to be able to have a fun way to talk about heart healthy behaviors
because we just get one heart. This is a great day. >> We donate these shoes to about 4,000 kids that are going to get new shoes to help them train for their 5K race. 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. >> You guys, 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. >> Find 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 get 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. Fort Worth ISD offers your child the start in social emotional skills. One that prepares them to explore and maximize every opportunity. Free allday 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. 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.
So today I get to talk to you about what our board members do for us. And remember, they make things happen here for our school. >> It's just giving back to the community. I just want all our students to have the same opportunities that I have. Favorite part of Fort Worth ISD is always the
students, their parents, the amazing faculty that work with them. >> Is the people just filled with phenomenal people from the educators within the actual buildings of of our district. >> I think that a board member is
when they direct telling people how we want our schools made. I think they make very important decisions. >> They help the school and they help the kids learn and everything and make it fun to learn. Do you think being a board member is fun? >> Um, not exactly because they do a lot of
things >> that aren't so fun. >> That are not that fun. >> I want you guys to tell me what you think the school of the future is going to be. >> Things I want to see in my school in the future is like people helping the young
kids more. >> I think I would like more recess. I think school in the future should have soccer foods, more reusable things that you can keep that you don't have to throw away all the time >> for they could add um more swings and uh
plus they could make the lunch earlier because lunch is a little late. >> Our board member has come by our campus and you've had the opportunity to talk and to share your ideas. All the kids were in the cafeteria and they all had
big signs and posters up saying thank you, we love you. >> He is the one who is providing for our school. Our board member puts your thoughts into action. >> I think they should be
doing stuff to that benefit students to have a more comfortable place in school. chairs that's up high instead of being real low cuz some people can't see with chairs low. >> What I do is like drones so they can go around the school like security cameras
to check what like classes are doing if they're doing their jobs and stuff. >> Security cameras and more AI and technology >> more a a I don't know >> AI. I'm pretty sure there will be robots
teaching kids on how to learn and stuff. >> You think robot teachers is a good idea? >> Yeah. >> How come? >> Cuz they could translate to other children. I would rather had a a real person teaching. >> Um I'm here cuz I want to make a
difference for for all kids in the school district and uh want to do what's right by them. >> They're incredible young people that that uh I'm happy to turn this country over to them anytime they want it. Have you ever thought about being a leader? >> Yes, I actually have. >> You want to be a leader someday?
>> Yes, I have. I have thought about being one. >> What do you think makes a good leader? >> Somebody who's independent and can teach other people and lead them. >> I help my parents. >> Yeah, that's good. And and they they're
not asking you to do it. You just do it on your own. Yeah, that's pretty good. I'm going to paraphrase the quote, but it said, "At the end of my day, at the end of my week, at the end of my life, I want to be able to say that I contributed more than I complained."
>> My teachers from IN to Pasco High School care so much about me that uh help me to become the person that I am. >> They don't pay board members and they're doing everything for free, but they have to decide everything.
and it's hard to decide for a lot of things. >> I think there's no better way than being boots on the ground working with the community um to help you stay connected. And so each time that you have the opportunity to speak with your board
member, you get the opportunity to voice your thoughts and what you think should happen here in Fort Worth ISD. And I want you to put all of your creativity to task and to show what you think our
future schools are going to look like. >> Seems to me like you're all about fun. >> Yeah, that is true. >> So, what would you tell somebody that's spending all that time and not getting paid for it? >> Thank you for your leadership.
Come on team. Big smiles. These kids need supplies. >> We're going to pack 2,000 backpacks. I was talking to our friends at Fort Worth ISD uh just before that. This is by far their biggest project that they're doing the donation. I said, "We will do this so fast. We will blow your minds." There
are six different items that will go in the backpacks. These are a box of Kleenex, a ruler, a pack of markers, a pack of crayons, a pencil pouch, a preprinted note from American, and the two highlighters. >> So, these backpacks are going to go to middle school kiddos. So, we are happy to step in there.
>> Pencil bag. >> Markers, tissue, and two highlighters. >> You've heard the saying, it takes a village to raise a child. We're so blessed to have American Airlines within that village with us. School starts on August 12th and we will welcome 70,000 students back to our hallways and
classrooms. And thanks to your donation, 2,000 middle school students will have supplies and backpacks they need to be successful next year. >> It makes me feel amazing. >> American Airlines and Fort. This is our kickoff for this school
year. We have over 250 bus drivers. We have over 100 monitors. And this is our grand kickoff for the 2526 school year. Miss Dole, Anna, Miss Dole, you are the next contestant on the Price is Right. >> Normally they'll have this like in an auditorium. People will sit there. We'll
have speakers. This time we wanted to make it fun like a talk show game show from classic8s style. The winner of the 16 piece cook set is Mama Marilyn Walker. >> We can't stop smiling. Like I walked in
here, I started smiling. Have not stopped smiling yet. >> Today to start this thing off, we want to acknowledge all of our new hires. Y'all come on up here. These are all our new drivers. >> Back in April, we started having weekly job fairs and we've hired over 40 drivers. We have no driver shortage and
that's the first time I think in a long time that we've been ready for the school year. >> We go. We go. >> We're happy to partner with Fort Worth ISD. Pig and Botham is located right here in Fort Worth and we feel it's really critical to partner with the local community and give back to the local community that we support and that
supports us as well. >> First ones who see our kids or last ones who see our kids at night when they drop them off and I can't thank them enough and how much they mean to us in Fort Worth ISD. Super exciting and totally unexpected. >> Hello everyone. What is happening,
Westcliff? >> All right. What's your phone number? >> I'm very excited. >> Y'all ready for the school year? >> All right. We appreciate everything that you all do as teachers, but we do have a little surprise for y'all. Are y'all
ready? >> All right. So, Office Depot and Boise partnered together to get y'all a $20,000 shopping. >> Let's head on out.
>> You have $500 to spend today. We're so overwhelmed right now. We're just excited to be here. >> It's amazing to give back to the community that we collect donations for day in and day out. And it's nice to see that it's actually worth it and that we're, you know, we're getting the right people and the the right people that
need the help in here. Coffee. >> Put it on the list. >> The I don't care, but I have a carrot and teachers need coffee. >> So excited. This means so much to us. Ink for my printer because it's been telling me I'm out for a while. And then I've gotten a journal and I'm trying to
figure what else out. I just don't even know. 15 5year-olds. That would >> your total is going to be 49680. >> Thank you. the last. >> We are doing our storytime train on text
rail. This is the first of its kind here in Fort Worth. >> Oh, >> all aboard. We have over 400 people registered today. So, we're excited. It is my pleasure to introduce our celebrity reader, Dr. Karen Molinar, former ISD
superintendent. >> Are you ready for a story? Break, squeal, then stop. >> Reading doesn't take place at school, in the classroom. Takes place all around us every day, wherever we're at. Whether you're on the train, whether you're in the car, reading a sign,
>> hold your breath so you can hear. Huffing, chuffing, drawing near. It's what? It's bedtime. >> Dark time. >> Bye. >> Bye. Thank you. Bye.
>> Bye, guys. Thank you for coming. >> What's your favorite part about school? >> I I was in the free class when I was three and then when I turn and Um, in a few years I'm going to go in the four-year-old. >> Okay. Well, we can't wait for you to get
in the in the big schools, too. >> That is exciting. >> Good morning. >> Let's do this. >> Well, good morning. Welcome back. What's the significance of being at Phillips? I mean, that's the first place we're going today. >> Very proud of Phillips.
>> All right, let's go. >> All the work that is done on that campus by the teachers, the principal, the student, the course, and then of course the parents being engaged. So, we want to celebrate them. >> Good morning. >> You ready? >> Yeah. >> You got it.
>> Welcome to the first day of the 2025 26 school year. ML Phillips has grown more than 30 points to go from a F-rated campus to a B-rated campus. >> It's great to see a school go from an F to a B. >> This is our largest school district um in our city. Over half of our students
attend Earth ISD and so it is imperative that I, as your mayor, um show up to be alongside these parents and these students really recognize what it looks like when you're succeeding and moving in the right direction. And that's my purpose being here today. We're going to be very excited to share some success stories that more than 50 campuses moved
a letter grade up as well. We decreased our FC campuses from 31 to 11. So, we have wonderful news to share about the great things that are happening in Fort Worth Independent School District. >> I'll be back. >> 45 minutes or an hour, they will be
fine. >> So, one of the things we're implementing this year is an instructional framework. So we have taken all of the state adopted materials which are high quality instructional materials. We also have added in a new phonics program for this year that will really help the
foundational for our K through2 students and even our third grade students. >> I did not believe it. I was like, "Wait a minute." But when I found out I was at B, uh, we were so excited. >> I am blown away. We've all been working so hard on this campus to to bring our grades up and to really reach these all
of our students. I'm ready for the learning. >> This year we've got the B, but next year we're getting the A. >> 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.
>> Taekwond. like in class whenever I can't concentrate I'll think of here and then I'll just concentrate into it 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 low here.
O N. >> 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 Okay. >> Reach wind 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 go the fundamentals of of literacy. I love
it because I know that it works. >> 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. Retin 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? >> Okay. So we like this one the best. >> 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 on outside
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Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. In accordance with the open meetings law, the board opened the meeting at 5:32 p.m. with a quorum present, recessed open session, convened executive session, adjourned executive
session, and now reconvene open session at 11:13 p.m. with the quorum present. We are up to consent agenda items. As board president, I am making the following statement in accordance with the board policy BBFA local. This is a reminder to all board members of the
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?
Okay, seeing none, do I have a motion accepting consent agenda? >> Oh, Jessie Jackson, do I have a second? Dr. Brian, any discussion? Please move to voting
8. Motion passes. Now we're moving to action items and we will move all the way to action item F. Approve ratification of interlocal agreement for the school resource officer program for 2025 2026. Do I have a motion?
>> Linos. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Trusty Dar. Any discussion? Please move to voting. 80. Motion passes. Next item is G. Consider and approve an order authorizing the issuance of Fort Worth
Independent School District unlimited tax refunding bond series 2025A an amount not to exceed 141,83,000 830,000 levying and continuing direct annual adum tax for the payment of such
bonds and resolving other matters incident related there too including delegating certain matters relating to the sale and issuance of the bonds to authorize district officials with specified parameters. Do I have a motion? >> Trusty D. Do I have a second?
Any discussion? Dr. Adrias. >> Yes. Can you explain uh this item a little more, please? >> Yes. 16 bonds is an order authorizing us to
do that, but only if we will realize present value net savings. So, it's an opportunity for the district to refund those bonds in that series and ultimately save our taxpayers um dollars
in interest. And this is for 2016 >> bonds that were issued in year 2016. Yes. >> For the 2013 bond or which >> it would have been a bond program prior to 2016. Yes. >> Okay.
>> Thank you. >> Any other questions? Please move to voting. 8 Z. Motion passes. And our last item, H, approve asbestos abatement and demolition of SS Dillo Elementary. Do I have a motion?
>> Trusty Jackson, do I have a second? >> Dr. Ryan, any discussion? Please move to voting 8. Motion passes. The time is 11:17 p.m. and this meeting is adjourned. Heat. Heat.
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