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I am coming. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. N. I want to feel it. Good evening. I'm calling this meeting to order. The time is 5:34 p.m. In
accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551, this meeting is officially open with a quorum present. We will now move to our pledge, vision, and mission statements, which will be led by the Diamond Hill Drivers High School JOTC cadetses.
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, igniting every child a passion for learning. Fort Worth ISD mission, preparing all students for
success in college, career, and community leadership. At this time, we invite our trustees to come forward to personally greet tonight's community members, students, and staff that make our district shine. As we begin, we kindly ask that you hold
your applause until the conclusion of the recognitions. For our first recognition, please welcome our greeters from the Diamond Diamond Hill Jarvis High School, JOTC. These exceptional students embody the spirit of leadership, commitment, and
community service that is at the heart of the JOTC program. Please join me in thanking Cadet Irvin Chavez, Cadet Anhel Dila, Cadet Clara Mindiata, Cadet Victor Cordona,
Cadet Iram Puniko, Cadet Jeanluke Fontinat, Cadet Julian Ramos. And the program is led by Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Fuier. Let us take a moment to take a quick photo here in the board auditorium with
tonight's JOTC students and staff. Nice and tight, please. Thank you. >> Please join me in giving these talented students and staff a round of applause. Left face
forward march. Looking good. Thank you so much, students. The Fort Worth ISD Communications and Community Partnerships Department nominated Ken Cole for the Texas School Public Relations Association's Partner in Public Education Award. This
statewide recognition is awarded to someone who has made significant contributions to the cause of public education in Texas. Thanks to Mr. Cole's commitment to being a strategic communications partner for Texas public schools and his dedication in engaging
with the Fort Worth ISTD community. We are proud to announce he was the winner of this prestigious award. Mr. Cole has served as a director at large on the Texas PTA board and is a former regional director for leadership ISD. His work has evolved from PTA
service to highle governance, coaching trustees and empowering community leaders to advocate for student centered policies. Recognized with the 2022 heroes for children award, can also serve locally as vice chair for the community oversight committee for the
2021 bond and on the parent and community superintendent advisories. He excels at translating complex issues like school finance and safety into clear, accessible language, building a sustainable movement for public education that aligns with the state
office's mission to foster better communication between districts and communities. We are honored to have Kim Cole represent Fort Worth ISD for this award and thank him for his continued support of our students, staff, and community. Help me in congratulating Mr. Kin Cole as we take a photo with the
board of trustees. One, two, three. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Ken. I'm also proud to announce that the Fort Worth ISD communications department was recently recognized among its peers during the annual Texas School Public
Relations Association conference. The team received six gold and silver awards for writing and video production. Also, Fort Worth ISD will be represented at the state level for strategic communications. Elected by her professional peers across the state, Fort Worth ISTD executive director of
strategic communications, Miss Aaron Greg will serve as the president-elect for the Texas School Public Relations Association for the 2627 school year. Congratulations to the entire team and thank you Dr. Molinar for your continued support. At this time, a short picture
with Mrs. Greg. >> Do I get to take a picture? >> Ready? One, two, three. One, two, three. Thank you. >> Thank you. And that concludes the recognition portion for this evening. You may now be seated. Trustees.
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 the 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 an inquiry, or
three, direct the person to visit with staff about the issue. No presentation may exceed 2 minutes tonight unless the speaker has prior approval for additional time because of the use of a translator. Speakers who require 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 a speaker begins speaking, the time clock will begin. And tonight, we will start with Kimberly
Lawrence, followed by Sher Allen. Good evening. I'm going to read a statement written by my child who cannot be here tonight because they're still at school rehearsing right now. My name is Maya Lawrence and I am a senior at Pascal High School. I have grown up walking through the doors of FY FWISD
schools, always feeling safe. For 13 years, I've watched this district show up for its students, not just academically, but as a place where we are seen, we're heard, and protected. For ISTD has always had strong policies in place to ensure my safety and the safety of every student around me. And
that promise means everything to me. Right now, that promise is being tested in a way none of us could have fully anticipated. The reality is that many of my classmates come to school carrying a weight that I personally have never had to bear. the fear that someone they love might not be home when they return
or worse that their parents could be ripped from them while dropping them off at school or even that these students could themselves be taken by ICE while in their school. That fear does not stay at the front door. It follows them into the hallways, sits with them in class, and makes it nearly impossible to focus
on learning. No child should have to wonder whether school is a safe place for them. That is why I believe Fort Worth ISD needs to take a clear and firm stance now and turn the safe schools proposal into Fort Worth ISD policy. Safe Schools is not political. It is
personal. It's also on the correct side of the law and it's the moral imperative. Safe Schools upholds every student's Fourth Amendment rights, ensures that a student's guardian and the superintendent's office are immediately notified if any ICE enforcement action occurs on school grounds, and protects the privacy of
vulnerable students during an incredibly frightening time. These are not radical ideas. They are the bare minimum of what every child in this district deserves. Fort Worth ASD has always fought for its students and I'm asking them to continue doing exactly that because a school that does not protect all of its students is
not truly safe for any of them. Please make the safe schools propose take the safe schools proposal and turn it into Fort Worth ISD policy. Thank you. >> Thank you. Sherry Allen will be followed by Suzanne Halbert. Good evening. My name is Sheri Allen and
I'm the caner and co-founder of Mcome Shalanu Congregation in Fort Worth and the committee chair of Justice Network Taran County. I also live in the Fort Worth ISD school district and I am appealing to you not only as a parent but as one of 160 faith leaders in Texas
who signed a statement you recently received voicing our opposition to state organized prayer in Texas schools as outlined in SB11. Like the chaplain bill and the ten commandments bill, SB11 is one more attempt to dismantle the wall
between church and state. a protection that is woven into the fabric of our democracy. And while there are those who falsely care that the separation between church and state is a myth and America is a Christian nation, my Jewish ancestors and the over 15 million
immigrants who came to this country to escape religious persecution at the turn of the century and beyond strongly disagree. As Jewish clergy, I am especially concerned that even if SB11 doesn't force students to pray, it creates social pressure and exclusion
for those who wish to opt out. When my children were young, they were pressured by other students to convert to Christianity and felt ostracized and otherred. It was traumatic and had no place in the school environment. Mandatory prayer time will only exacerbate this tension and force
children to either comply to fit in with the dominant Christian culture or to remain excluded from many of their peers. I'm asking you to vote against this policy and instead consider the proposed draft resolution that you were given affirming the right of students that they already have to pray and study
religious texts in school without the added administrative burden and divisiveness of SB11. These already existing rights make any additional oversight unneeded, unnecessary, and intrusive. Schools should be safe places for all students of all religions and no
religion. I leave it in your hands to affirm that by voting against this mandatory prayers school bill. Thank you. >> Thank you. Suzanne Halbert's going to be followed by Reed Bills. Hey everybody, I'm Reverend Suzanne
Halbert, a minister with the Disciples of Christ Christian Church. I live in fabulous East Fort Worth and I wanted to speak to you today about a couple of things that concern me about Senate Bill 11.
One thing that concerns me is the wording in the bill where it reads the Bible or other religious texts. That last bit just kind of hangs out there for me. Why mention the Christian
Bible and not mention the Quran or the Hebrew Bible? What about Buddhism or Hindu, Sik, Bahigh or indigenous spirituality? What about humanists, agnostics or
atheists? I could list more but I only have two minutes now. I don't know what is in the hearts and minds of my legislators, but that other religious text sounds like an afterthought to me.
Feels like it's less than like it it feels exclusionary. Another concern is one I saw on the Texas policy research website. They state, "While SB11 ensures participation
is voluntary, it still places public schools in the role of facilitating religious practices, which raises establishment clause concerns. Now, I know how much y'all love Fort Worth and I know how much you love these
kids and I urge you to do what is best for all the students in Fort Worth ISD by not implementing SP11. Thank you. >> Thank you. Reed Bill's going to be followed by Charles bills.
You will decide tonight whether to set aside time for students and faculty to pray or read the Bible in Fort Worth ISD schools. I urge you to vote against this proposal for the following reasons.
The US Supreme Court has established that state sponsored prayer in public schools is unconstitutional. Setting aside prayer time during the school day takes away teaching time which Fort Worth ISD cannot afford to
lose. Staff will be required to deal with consent forms, find space for prayer, and meet logistical challenges during the school day. Designated prayer and Bible reading
times can exclude students of minority faiths or no faith, creating a Christian-only dominance which leads to persecution. Private student initiated silent prayer
is already protected and permitted. Do the right thing for our students. Vote against the proposed offered by SB11. Thank you. Charles Bills is up next, followed by Howard Rosenau.
Howard Rosenau will be up next. >> Okay. There is a government entity called immigrants and custom um enforcement, ICE, who is purported to be a law
um a lawful a law-abiding group, but it's obvious they have committed murder. They have kidnapped. They have held people against their will. Both US citizens, legal immigrants, and undocumented immigrants. They've
lost all credibility as a government entity, as a police force of any type. Any cooperation with ICE is should be illegal, should be fought, and that includes any attempts to raid schools or
kidnap Fort Worth ISD students. Thank you. >> Howard Rosenol will be followed by Janet Matter. Good evening. My name is Howard Rosenthal. I'm here this evening as the associate director of the Jewish
Federation of Fort Worth and Tarant County. Our CEO Barry Ables and our president Robert Shakowski are also in attendance. And I would like to urge urge you to vote against SB11, the state organized prayer and school bill as it could be
applied to Fort Worth ISD. The law may sound innocent, provide students an opportunity to participate in a period of prayer and reading. The problem is that the sentence goes on to say that the reading would be from the Bible or other religious text.
Uh I ask you what Bible or what religious text? The Christian Bible, Hebrew Bible, the Quran or just what? Additionally, what issue is this law trying to remedy? Students already have a voluntary right to pray and to read
religious literature on their own. Injecting the school into this mix will just cause difficulty and confusion. The US Constitution and the Texas Constitution protect the right to religious freedom for each of us without exception.
What's to keep a school district from promoting one religious tradition over another? I would assume many of you might find it troublesome, if not totally unacceptable, if I was your child's teacher and I was using the Hebrew Bible as our text.
Finally, we should worry about the risk of creating moral division and ostracizing students, making them feel uh alone, discriminated against, rejected or bullied. Schools should be places of belonging that welcome
differences. uh decisions about whether, when, or how to pray should be left to parents, students themselves, and faith communities. Thank you for your time and your service to the district, students, and the community.
>> Thank you. Up next is Janet Matter, followed by Bob Willoughby. >> Hello, my name is Janet Maturn. I reside in Fort Worth. My siblings and I are products of the Fort Worth Independent School District. Uh we attended Leonard
Middle School in Western Hills on the west side. Today I am speaking as president of the League of Women Voters of Tarant County. The League of Women Voters of Tarant County is a nonpartisan organization
dedicated to empowering voters and defending democracy. We firmly believe that public education is a cornerstone of a healthy democratic republic and we are strongly and we strongly support
fully governmentf funded public education. All students deserve access to a quality education, a comprehensive curriculum, and the opportunity to learn in a safe environment that respects their
fundamental rights. Our schools are entrusted to care for every student regardless of immigration status, religious or non-religious belief or background. To ensure the safety and
protection of all students, we urge this school board to vote no on the adoption of SB11. We oppose any mandated period for religion in our schools as it is the responsibility of parents not schools to
determine religious teachings for their children. Also prohibit ICE from having access to or any presence on or around school grounds. Students and their parents should feel safe attending
schools regardless of their immigration status or ethnicity. Thank you. Thank you. Up next is Bob Willoughby followed by Heather to Tulorf. Well, most I'm gonna talk about photo
education, but I'm gonna mention two things. There's always two sides to every story. No one mentions about the IS officers that were assassinated in Albero. No one mentions about the IS officers that were going to be in Dallas, but the people they had in custody got shot. No one mentions that.
You see the pictures, all the band illusion by these people talking about ice, destroying cars and painting on them. I can't stand behind that either. I'll tell you one thing. No one mentioned about the 20 million people that our last president Biden led in
this country. Murderers, all kind of people. No one mentions that. I'm not saying that we got a problem because they brought in kids. They flew them in here and they brought in bus loads and drop them in here. Okay, we got an issue. We got to deal with that humanly. We got two. But what I'm saying is you
should blame the other side of coin for letting it happen too. You don't do that. No one blames the other side of the coin. They just pick one side and they don't like that talking about the other side. There's two sides. But to me, I'm going to stay out of because I don't you know what? A lot of that I'm not going to get involved with.
Whatever. There's one thing. This is a broken system. And when they say that you love our kids and you love your job and all that, you would answer questions if that was true. But you don't answer questions. You never answered one of my questions. Not one. None of y'all. And that's why I have a suit against you.
But we need local voter education in school so bad to teach these people that you don't vote for candidates that don't answer questions. That's one thing. You don't vote for candidates that run away. And like I say, don't answer questions. That's what we need to teach these kids. We need to teach them about local and
how important it is to put a good mayor in office that doesn't lie. This mayor is a liar. She can't deny it because it's true. It's not sarcasm. It's fact. That's a shame. And a lot of these people ought to know city council is very important to be over there talking about them, too, because they are
robbing us blind with CCPD funds. But no one knows about that. Put in local veteran education and maybe we'll get better politicians. Thank you, Heather Tolto, followed by Stephanie McCartney. Following Stephanie McCartney will be
Lucas McCartney. Okay. You want to say that first? Okay. >> You can stand right here. >> I want you to do it. >> We're still trying. Um so firstly I want to thank the district for the decision to move the dual language program to
Dagot Elementary. That's a huge um benefit to many families. Um and we appreciate that uh change. Um, one of the things that we do want to acknowledge though is that many Days of Alla families who are not in the dual
language program made a deliberate choice to remain at Days of Alla through the 2627 school year. Um, anticipating that additional year. Uh, they prioritize that stability for their families and now they are lacking the ability to make a proactive choice for
their students. Um we are hoping that the district um in addition to what has been done for the dual language family consider um the needs of other families at Desavala uh
to reopen or adjust the gold seal school of choice application window. um giving those families the ability to select top three cho programs that was allowed in the initial application window and grant those families transfer and weight list
priority to the program or campus of their choice. Um we want the district to provide their best effort to give interested days of families the ability to remain on their home campus as it welcomes Dagot Montasauri. We recognize
that there will be capacity constraints in that path. Um but our hope is that for the families at that campus today who did not have the knowledge to know to apply to that uh in the gold seal
application window that they have the opportunity for it to be reopened. Thank you. Thank you. Stephanie McCartney will be followed by Lucas McCartney. Good evening, board trustees. I'm Stephanie McCartney. I am a Fort Worth ISD alumni and parent to two Pascal High
School juniors. In the future, when history books are written about this time and remember the pendulum always swings back, how do you think you and this board of trustees will be remembered? I can tell you, you
will be seen as spineless at best and at worst you will be seen as complicit with this fascist regime. Every step that you could have taken differently will be marked. Every milk toast response will be acknowledged as the disgusting acquiescence that it is. You have a
unique opportunity here. Our free and fairly elected board is going the way of the dodo. As such, kick up dust. Make some noise. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying light. Go
down fighting for our kids, for our community. While you still have time, implement the safe school proposal that Sabrina Paul proposed last year. For the love of goodness and kindness, for morality, protect our kids. Do the thing
that will make your children and grandchildren proud. I want to be remembered as a woman who fought with my last breath for freedom, equity, and equality for the children in my community, in all communities. I hope you want the same for your legacy. Viva
Larazza. >> Lucas McCartney will be followed by Genza Baitman. Good afternoon school board members. I am Lucas McCartney and I'm a junior at Pascal High School. I am here today to talk about the ice wall cutout that occurred on February 13th at 20 in 2026
at Pascal. First, I do not I want to specify that we do not know concretely what happened at Pascal, but I do but we do have some optics. I believe that RL Pascal had purposely delayed and obstructed our right to protest at school. They had held a school threat
and believed that some students had threatened to do horrible things at school. But there has been no students that have been punished as of yet. There have been countless There have been countless students that had sent me photos and pictures of them being coraled inside of a school auditorium and inside of a cafeteria. If there's a
school threat happening, we do not put students in on mass inside of big rooms so the school threats can easily harm them. Um, and I also believe that if RL Pascal can the biggest school in FISD can corral students and prevent them from protesting, what can smaller schools do?
What can smaller schools do that we don't see? Thank you, >> Gianisa. Sorry if I'm butchering that. Baitman, followed by Sabrina Ball. >> Good evening. My name is Janisa Baitman. I'm an alumni of Fort Worth ISD as well
as a parent. Tonight, I'm coming to you to speak on behalf of my youngest child. She is currently a Desavala student in the two-way dual language program. We do not live in for ISD. I intentionally chose to put not her but all three of
her siblings into for ISD as transfer students. While I appreciate the recent update that the dual language program will continue at Daget, I am concerned that a our teachers weren't given the upfront notice and who is going to
educate our children? There is no guarantee. There have been statements that they will follow Miss Martinez, our principal. Um, and there has been no concrete communication. Also, my concern as a transfer parent, while it did say in the email that current students do
give priority, what about um upcoming students when it comes to continuing the dual language program with Fidelity? Desavala is the third ranked elementary school in Fort Worth ISD. And it does pain me that you guys are closing the
campus and giving it to another um Fort Worth ISD school. I understand things have to happen. Budget cuts have to be made. Um but my concern is one of the reasons cited was low enrollment. Why would anybody enroll their child in a
school that is slated to close? So accelerating us till May does disrupt the stability that we were promised. Um, and I would urge you guys to look into allowing for the gold seal program to be
reopened and prioritize the parents giving them full with full knowledge the ability to put their child in a program of their choice. Thank you. >> Next up is Sabrina Ball followed by Christian Alvarez and then Annette
Pitman. You have a packet. The top page of it includes edits to our safe school proposal given to me by immigration lawyers from a major Texas university. They believe the policy is strong and should be considered by the board. Next is a letter from a principal in Evston, Illinois, where ICE caused panic around
schools. This is a strong example of what a principal can do when they have the support of the district. The community worked together with staff to escort children, protect them at bus stops, and provide transportation. And last is an article about the emergency support services Minnesota schools are
still scrambling to provide impacted families. This type of training and support is included in our proposal. They rallied together to support their families when they were caught off guard. But we should know better. We can be ready. You know this is coming. My challenge to you as you wrap up your
tenure here is to support your principles like the one in Evston. I've seen you make decisions to keep the wolves at bay. And where has that gotten you? Board policy demanding that law enforcement actually follow the law can be a love letter to your students as you leave here. ICE did not consider the
safety of ch children when they tear gased community members in the Roosevelt High School parking lot after detaining a staff member. They did not consider the safety of children when they swarmed a school bus stop in New Jersey, sending children fleeing through the streets. And according to an ICE whistleblower just yesterday, new ICE officers are not
being trained to follow the law. In fact, they're being trained to disregard the law. He said, "Without reform, ICE will graduate thousands of new officers who do not know their constitutional duty, do not know the limits of their authority, and do not have the training to recognize an unlawful order." That
should scare anyone. This means it is now more important than ever that people in positions of power use their power for the good of our communities and our country. We need you to write into board policy, safety for all Fort Worth ISD kids. Talk to Fort Worth PD. And you might ask, what's the point if they
don't follow the law? Well, long after tonight, your policies will remain. And those policies will determine whether Fort Worth was caught off guard or whether this board chose to protect its students when it still had the chance. >> Christian Alvarez will be followed by Annette Pitman, followed by Patrick
O'Neal. >> Okay. In light of recent changes, I am here to state in public briefly what was informed to the Savala Elementary families and staff last Wednesday, February 18th. An impromptu community meeting with Superintendent Karen Molinar left us with shocking news of an
accelerated early closure for the Zavala campus for the 2627 school year, one year short of the district's voted master plan. Now recognizing new new recognizing is being new resoning is being recognized um and proposed and
relocation of approximately 250 students will take place between Lily Clayton and Daget Elementary. In the process, Daget Montasauri will take over the DZ campus due to the foundation issues with their building. This should be this should bring the DZ building at capacity or
beyond. No path forward was presented to us at the time regarding the school of choice gold seal first placement uh missed deadline nor the future of the successful two-way language uh program. It is quite unprecedented for a district to accelerate a closure this late in the
school year and also by presented it this way. This rugpool news have caught families and teachers alike unprepared and with uncertainty. So by the end of a frustrating Q&A meeting, there were loose promises and working of working with certain needs and requests to
remedy parts of this proposed action. We embrace the nick fabric that this committee brings to us all. And by that I mean the students, parents, teachers, and staff's relationships. Nevertheless, the community of families of DZ came together over the following days and weekend to demand options and
transparency where it's due. So our voices go loud and hopefully they are starting to get heard. Uh PS please vote against the implementation SB11 section regarding prayer prayer uh during school of religious text during school days. Remember the United States of America is
meant to to have freedom of religion and separation between state and church. Thank you very much. >> Annette Pitman followed by Patrick O'Neal followed by Grady Jones. >> Good evening. I just want to start off
by um giving a shout out to Daget Elementary and Daget Montasauri. You guys have been very supportive this past week. That's been very difficult for Desavala families. And also thank you Miss Brown for your correspondence and warm welcome for Desavala families.
Thank you Dr. Molinar for your followup too um based upon the community request for viable options at Desavala. Um Dr. Molinar. For the record, I would like to highlight email correspondence
between us in the past two days. You wrote, "Any current Desala student who wishes to continue in the two-way dual language program at DAG beginning next school year will be guaranteed placement regardless of the new established
boundary lines. Students in each grade level will move together with the two-way dual language program to Dagot Elementary, following them to continue as a core cohort. Transfer students who are not in the two-way program but would like to attend
Daget Elementary will be given preference for transfer and two-way program will move together with teachers. If any teachers elect not to move to Daget, then we will look at staffing again. The program will stay in place beyond 2026 to 2027 school year.
We will work with enrollment department on advertising and enrollment as we monitor. I am an advocate for the two-way program and support the sustainability. We need to encourage enrollment and staffing to serve the program. Dr. Molinar, it's so nice to hear that you're going to maintain
engagement for the fidelity of the of the program. We really appreciate that. We also have uh the request for parents who are not able to apply that the gold seal program of choice uh school of choice I mean before knowing that they did not have another
year to consider it. So we're going to continue to uh ask for equity in that and also please vote against Senate Bill 11. Thank you. >> Patrick O'Neal is up next followed by Grady Jones followed by Cindy Moreno.
Good evening. First, I want to praise uh the students, the faculty, the staff, and the parents of Desavala, particularly the parents who came up with the idea to move the dual language program into Daget Elementary. Um that's
a solute. We've been left all along to come up with solutions on our own and lo and behold uh some very smart people did that and I'm thankful that um Superintendent Molinar uh has followed through with uh that plan. I'm very grateful to the faculty and teachers at
uh Dagot Elementary uh for welcoming us. U my understanding is that they've been very open to to having us join them and I'm appreciative of that. However, we cannot lose sight of some things. First thing is the fact that it's a tragedy that Deavala is closing altogether. The
second things it's a tragedy that this the time promised was cut short. I know that Daget Monasuri uh needs a new building and I understand that. What I don't understand is the imminence is if it's in threat of imminent collapse uh
in in such a way that that we the students and parents and grandparents that have people at Desavala had their time cut short. Um, I am very appreciative of the transfer of the dual language program. However,
I'd like to reiterate that it's it's um the people that have not or that aren't in the students that are not in that program need to have their gold choice rights reestablished so that they can have at least three um choices instead of the one because of the late uh the
late admission standard. And finally, I'd just like to say that the Senate bill, is it 11? Yeah. Is a tragedy. Um, we have separation of state and church in this country. It still exists. The Texas Constitution, the US Constitution guarantees it. And I ask you, please
vote against this atrocious bill. Gradon Jo Jones, followed by Cindy Moreno, followed by Jeremy Herrera. Greetings board. Uh I'm a forist parent and local faith leader and I'm here to ask for your support of the safe schools
proposal. Uh considering the increasing presence of ICE in our communities and Tarant County prioritizing financial investment in ICE. I believe that the time is now to strengthen forth ISD's policies protecting our students from a
traumatic encounter with ICE. Student outcomes must be built on a foundation of trust, safety, and well-being. Learning cannot happen in spaces that are unsafe. The human brain does not work that way. And so, while immigration
enforcement is increasingly inhumane, I believe that their leadership cares about their well-being and the well-being of their parents and their classmates and their neighbors. And so we need not just words but clear policies protecting school campuses,
clarifying communication protocols, uh requesting judicial warrants, not administrative warrants, and protecting the privacy of our students and families information. And so I'm asking you to take a stand for what is good, what is courageous, and to adopt a policy
reinforcing the commitment of uh to our students and keeping ICE out of our schools. I believe that how we care for our students who are at the most risk is one of the greatest measures of our leadership. And so I'm asking us as a board to be leaders. Thank you very
much. >> Cindy Moreno is up next followed by Jeremy Herrera and then Carrie English. >> Hi, good evening to all. Um, I am a former parent and grandparent of for ISD, excuse me, for ISD and I am here to
talk about Desavala. Um, I've been there since 2005. Uh, it's a grade A uh, school. It's very sad that you guys want to close it. And I want to ask you guys to please consider please please consider and
honor y'all's word and do not close this a year before like you guys are planning to. Uh I do have a disabled uh granddaughter that is in kindergarten. She now can walk to class without being escorted. Um and a big this big change
is going to take a big toll. It is her first year and I think if we have one more year she would have that possibility you know to not a possibility but she will get the hang of what she's doing in this in in school. Uh I just really
really really wish Dr. Molina would really honor her word and leave us there for another year. I know Det Monasuri needs it because our building is falling apart but why do we have to pay for that? is not fair. So, please let us stay there one more
year. Honor your word. Keep your word. You already said you're helping with the dual language. Thank you. We appreciate it. But please give us our year. You promised that. And you just came to that meeting and told us that we were closing at the end of the year and it's not
fair. Not at all. So, I ask you guys to please consider, please, please consider and leave us there for another year. at least one more year since y'all can't do nothing to avoid the closing the closure. Okay, I get it. But give us our year that you guys promised us. Honor
your word. Honor your word. Dr. Karen, I mean Dr. Molina, I ask you honor your word. Keep your word. Thank you. Jeremy Herrera, followed by Carrie English, followed by David Heer.
Good evening. My name is Jeremy Herrera and I'm a Desabella parent. First, I want to express my gratitude for Superintendent Molinar's commitment to our two-way dual language program that will continue on at Dagot Elementary. Keeping our students and families, faculty, and staff intact matters deeply
to us. And so, that outcome is very important for us. But I must share what that experience has been like to get us here. In reflection, our fight for survival has felt futile, like screaming into a void. From the moment the facilities master plan was released
early last year, Deavala was proposed for closure in every option for school consolidation in the Pascal pyramid. There was no scenario where our school would survive. We were essentially told that if we wanted to save ourselves, we
needed to increase enrollment ourselves. But if the school board presented no option where Desavala would remain open, how could anyone realistically expect enrollment to increase? So it was to no surprise that a decrease in 2026 enrollment was used as justification for
an accelerated closure. It almost feels as though it was by design. We were told that being an A-rated school did not factor into our future and academic success would not protect us. We were told that the building would be
too expensive to maintain long term. Yet another uh yet now another program will be moved in to that same building indefinitely. Then came the surprise community meeting where we learned that days of all closure would be accelerated. It was just another fatal decision made behind
closed doors, but what by what has always felt like an indifferent board, a kick while we were already down. Again, I am grateful in the end that we will be saved. But the reason I chose to speak today is so that future communities are treated with more dignity than we were.
It's so that future board members who hold so much power over our neighborhood fully understand that the lack of transparency and honesty may forever destroy public trust. Thank you. >> Carrie English will be followed by David
Hafier, followed by Jennifer Dreamer. I'm a Fort Worth ISD parent and teacher. I'm here to ask Fort Worth ISD to follow the safe schools proposal. Only law enforcement officials with the constitutionally required judicial warrants that specifically name the
students they seek should be allowed to remove students from our schools. Numerous studies have established that schools must be safe, supportive environments for optimal learning. Fear and anxiety diminish the brain problems, process information, or engage with new material. Fear for personal safety
directly impacts student mental health, attendance, and academic achievement. One of the most basic responsibilities of a school is to return students to their parents at the end of the day. For with ISD, parents entrust us with their most precious possessions, and it's our
sacred duty to keep them safe. Also, the separation of church and state is enshrined in the first amendment. Whatever teachers tell students, the students take as the truth. That's why we aren't we aren't allowed to share our political opinions with our students. It would be equally inappropriate for
teachers to be proitizing to our students. SB11 has no place in our schools. David Aer followed by Jennifer Dreamer followed by Sahana Tallworth. Good evening. I'm a resident of Fort
Worth ISD and a proud grandfather of a Fort Worth ISD sixth grader and a person to whom faith is vitally important part of my life. I urge you to follow the staff recommendation to not add an unnecessary
additional period in the school day for prayer and reading religious text that described in Senate Bill 11. An additional period for state organized prayer with the requirement to separate students who opt in from those who don't
would likely lead to students being ostracized over differences in whether one practices faith at school or not. Religious liberty thrives when it is voluntary and personal.
Teachers and administrators already overtasked don't need the additional burden of having to keep track of those who have opted in and keep them separated from those who have opted out and monitor classrooms for that purpose.
Moreover, this would add an additional distraction from the district's stated goals of increasing literacy and improving student outcomes. Please don't force this on my grandson. I implore you to vote against adopting Senate Bill 11
in the district. In addition, I'm asking you that you decline adding the additional prayer and religious reading period. I have two more requests. First, if you decide to vote in favor of establishing additional period for this, would you please extend the courtesy to
us, your constituents, before you cast your vote to state why you are voting for this? Second, it appears you have a lengthy executive session tonight. Would you please move this agenda item to take place before the executive session while most of us are here instead of acting on
it later in the evening? Thank you. Jennifer Dreamer followed by Sahana Tawir. Good evening. My name is Jennifer Dreamer. I am a parent of a South Hills Elementary Wildcat and I have spent my career as an educator in Fort Worth and Tarant County. I'm here to support the
proposed safe schools policy. It builds on the 2017 resolution to create safe education focused environments free of insecurity and fear regardless of immigration status. However, without a clear policy and procedures in place,
those words are just an empty promise. Our community needs us right now and our friends, family, and students deserve our support. Tonight, I'm urging you to take the next necessary step. Develop a clear district plan that keeps ICE activity out of and away from our
schools. Because right now, fear is not hypothetical. It's operational. Locally and nationally, we've seen countless examples that show us that the system does not always recognize humanity. Whether you support immigration enforcement or not, we
should be able to agree on this. Children should not have to carry that fear into a classroom. Student walkouts have made it clear that our students are pleading for safety and dignity. And this policy is how you help protect them and keep learning on track. As
immigration enforcement is expanding recklessly across the country, our county leaders publicly move to toward expanding ICE related cooperation. That kind of news travels straight to the breakfast table and straight into a child's nervous system. If the district
is serious about literacy and achievement, then the district has to be serious about the conditions that make attendance possible, safety and trust. Fort Worth ISD cannot raise reading scores and close achievement gaps with empty desks and families that are too
afraid to attend school events. My ask is simple. Adopt a safe schools policy and train every campus on a single clear procedure that follows the law. This policy protects students, staff, and the district by making sure no one improvises under pressure.
>> Thank you for your time. >> Sahana Tower will be followed by Stephanie Viz followed by Maria Sto. Hello, my name is Sahana Talwis and I am a senior at Pascal High School. On January 30th, 2026, thousands of students from all across Texas,
including some in Fort Worth ISD, walked out of their schools to protest immigration and customs enforcement. These students face punishments for their actions. While some students received no more than an absence, other students were suspended or were not allowed to participate in athletic, artistic, or academic competitions.
These protests even got the attention of Governor Greg Abbott, who criticized them for being quote disruptive. This leads me to ask, are the forced takings of students from schools not also considered disruptive? An event does not have to happen during class time to disrupt the learning environment. I
can't imagine a classroom of 20 to 30 students of any age being able to focus after watching their classmate get taken in the morning drop off. They would be unable to pay attention to too preoccupied with worrying about what their friend is going through. Governor Abbott also cited risks associated with
protesting and warned schools that they would be liable if a student was injured during a walk out. We have all seen videos of unnecessary violence from ICE officials. We have all read about the deplorable conditions of detention centers. I know I am not alone in saying that I would worry more for a student's
safety in ICE custody than I would if they were protesting on the sidewalk. Finally, Governor Abbott left a message for students. If you're a student, you have a job and that's to go be in a classroom. The irony is not lost on me that we are being told by the government that we should be in a classroom and
nowhere else while that same government is trying to take some of our classmates out of school. The term student does not care whether you are here legally or not. If the law says that we as students should be in the classroom, then officials of the law should not be forcefully removing some of us from it. Students have been punished for being
disruptive, putting themselves at risk, and missing class. While ICE causes these same problems on a larger scale with little to no limitations or repercussions, I urge the board to consider the safe schools policy proposal because a masked man with a gun is more of a threat to education than a
teenager with a sign. Thank you. Stephanie Velis will be followed by Maria Sto followed by Brianna Guerrero. Good evening. I'm Stephanie Ves and I currently have three young children in the district. I want to keep talking about trust. I'm now questioning if it's
the district that can't be trusted as the rug was swept from underneath the Desala community last Wednesday as they were informed it would close its doors one year earlier than expected. Since our school came up for closure, we have been fighting hard. However, Fort Worth
ISD left that fighting up to us. Yet a year later, when another school has a foundation issue, Fort Worth ISD quickly solved it, completely disregarding our school's community. Because unfortunately, we have an enrollment issue that we can get past. But as Fort
Worth ISD encountered this issue, it prioritized keeping this community together, something you didn't consider for us. Here we are now, and you have given us some of what we wanted, but do not take our fight out of it. Fort Worth ISD didn't have a plan for Desavala from
the beginning. From the very beginning, no effort done to keeping it together. I do believe that had the community not rallied, we wouldn't have the results you're giving us. We fought for a dual language to stay intact and add it and added to Daged Elementary. We the
community did the thinking. I do want to thank to take a moment to say thank you. It does give us a little bit of hope. Let's move forward correctly. Trust in Fort Worth ISD is broken. There's no guarantee that the rug won't be swept from underneath any family in the years
to come for whatever reason. Dr. Molinar, you made it clear that staffing pri staffing was a priority in this issue and that worries me. So I would like to work on rebuilding that trust because my children have thrived in public school and I would like to continue to give it a chance by
continuing to fight for a highquality education. And to me, that means being able to trust the leadership of the district that under the hard decisions of the business of public education, the children, our children are protected and
truly prioritized and care for outside of their testing abilities, scores, and funding. Maria Sto going to be followed by Brianna Guerrero. And then our final speaker, Norma Garcia Lopez. Hola. Hi,
Miss Hra. Um, I'm here. I didn't write nothing down. I'm just saying it from the bottom of my heart. And I have kids that go to the Savala. And there they are. My family there, too. Um, this is the first time that I have been very
disappointed in the way that everything's going on. There's a lot of rumors. There's a lot of miscommunication. um when you when we had that meeting on the 18th, I was so excited to show up because I was thinking, "Yes, they're going to actually keep our school." I
saw um I heard a lot of things that you know that you were working on us, you really want our kids to be happy, that you trusted us, that you wanted that our teachers are the best there, um that it's a great um average school as far as
um grades go and all that stuff. And I was so excited. But when I walked in, you said no. We're actually closing it before. I was like, "Oh my god." So I was personally upset, anger, and I couldn't speak because I was like, "Why?
Who's making all these decisions? How are they dealing with this?" Right? And then telling my kid, my six-year-old, hey, you don't have a school no more. So anyways, when I was little, I went to school and the only choices that we had because I had to walk. It was our home
school. So I'm hearing all this and all your decisions and if you're going to actually close that school have us who live around the choice of actually allowing um Dagen Monasuri to be also
our school instead of making it um um choice since I have trying for three years to get my other kid in there three years and it's not happening yet. So if you just give us that chance, Lily B Daget and Daget Manasauri
that will be awesome for the people that actually walk to school. Remember that people walk to school. Thank you. Brianna Guerrero will be followed by Norma Garcia Lopez.
Good evening, superintendent, board members, and administrators. My name is Brianna Guerrero, and I'm a neighborhood parent at Desavala Elementary. I have three children, one in fourth grade, one in kinder, and one in preK. This is our first year at Desavala and our first
school since relocating from South Texas. Like many families, moving our children to a new city and a new school was not an easy decision. Desavala became our first sense of stability here. Having my kids at Desabala was a blessing in disguise since I was
previously denied the chance to choose where to send my children last summer. I am so grateful for that denial last summer because it brought us to Desabella. My children have thrived in its small class sizes, strong sense of community, and the care shown to our children as individuals, not just
numbers. This proposed early closure would affect all three of my not only my children but all of the all of the children at the Zavala, but especially my oldest who has been thriving academically and emotionally this year. Her teacher, Missal, has been godscent and a true
blessing. Asking her to move schools again potentially during her fifth grade year would be deeply disruptive. Peer stability matters. Teacher relationships matter. Consistency matters, especially for children who have already experienced
major transitions. Families were notified after critical school choice and transfer windows have already been open to other families and potentially may have already closed. Because of that, we were not given a fair opportunity to plan or make informed decisions for our children. Many of us would have been many of us would have
made different choices had we been given proper notice. We are also being told that there is no guaranteed transfer priority to a school of our choice. That uncertainty is extremely concerning. We are being displaced without assurance while another program is being accommodated. That makes it feel as
though the Zavala students are being treated as a lower priority and that is a diff and that is difficult to accept. I'm also worried about overcrowding at receiving campuses and the strain this will place on students, teachers, and resources. So, I'm just asking that you can honor the original closure timeline.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And our final speaker tonight is Norma Garcia Lopez. Good evening. I'm the Thea mom that never went away. Still here, still fighting for hard for my community. Um, I still have a kiddo in middle school
and I stand before you for her and every student who comes from an immigrant home like mine. I'm here because our students deserve more than an education. They deserve safety, dignity, and protection. They are paying attention to what's happening. They are seeing their
community's target. They are hearing the racist rhetoric. They are fear feeling fear at home. And when they walk into schools, the fear should stop. When fear follows them into the classrooms, learning cannot thrive. Instead, some students are are that who peacefully
participated in the constitutional right to walk out um are faced with threats. Threats of ICE suspension um even losing the ability to graduate, participate in activities. That is not discipline. That is intimidation. And it
has no place in public education. For adults to wish harm on our students is disturbing enough. But when educators engage in that behavior, it becomes a betrayal of trust and it's unacceptable. We have already witnessed the consequences when authority is misused.
As in the case of Georgia Clark, many of y'all remember that if an educator uses immigration status as a weapon against a child, they are not protecting students. They are harming them and they do not belong in the classroom. Threatening students for speaking out undermines
their First Amendment right. and we tell them to be leaders. We tell them that their voices matter. Then we then when they use their voices, they are silenced. I speak to you as a Fort Worth alumni, as an immigrant child who sat in these classrooms, and I urge you to pass
a strong immigrate immigrant and student safety resolution. I want you to stand with them and show them that they matter. Thank you. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts this evening. Next up, we have the superintendent report. So, I will turn
it over to Dr. Molinar. Thank you, President Martinez. Um, this evening, we are doing a superintendent report is actually around our strategic plan and our priority update. Really focusing on our strategic plan, priority
number two. Just as a reminder, our strategic priority number two is around student and family engagement. Tonight, we'll be concentrating on our student discipline as well as our goal 2.1. Our student discipline goal is to reduce the portion
disproportionality and identification for African-American students in the area of discipline reports as well as 2.1 increase student participation rates in athletic fine arts in the JOTC program. Just a reminder that this year we're collecting
baseline data as we move through our strategic plan for the next five years. So we are able to share with you um this evening some of that baseline data. When we look here at our student discipline deportion dis proportionality, sorry,
tongue tied today. Um we're looking here at the end of the school year. We looked at the difference of 16 points. This is how we do the measurement. If you look on the chart below, our African-American enrollment count is around 20% of our
student account and then our referral count rates are currently at 35%. That is something that as a district we have been very concerned about and we continue um to see how our numbers are not showing are showing actually um
inequality when we look at our African-American students receiving more discipline referral rates than our white student as well as our Hispanic students. When we pulled our data from the end of the third six weeks, you can see the difference there of 15 points.
We had a target for 2026, a 12point difference, and we will not be meeting that target where you can already see where we're at at the end of our third six weeks. Um, when we talk about that and we meet with our leadership team and our campus administrators, we really are
digging into how are they utilizing our MTSS um referral system, how they're documenting um strategic behaviors. These are not just discipline behaviors that we need to address. These are also academic. How are our students being
engaged on a daily basis in the academic instruction? When we're looking at what type of response strategies we're utilizing for all of our students across this district, how are we engaging them in their learning every single day? Um,
so we're not looking at just discipline referrals, but considered behavior, but also when we're looking at we're going in and we're seeing what is that classroom environment look like for our African-American students. The data that we now have is very robust where we can
take our discipline referrals and actually go down to the teacher level and go into the classroom and look at how our students are also doing academically and then give feedback to our teachers of how we can support them in making sure our students have higher
engagement. In addition to that, we look at student participation rates for our athletics, fine arts, and our JRTC enrollment. Um we measured those in different categories. You'll see there for our fine arts. Our baseline from
September 2025 was around 5 uh3,000 students 746. U currently in February our fine arts is around 49,455. We know we have a decrease of enrollment across our district in addition. Um, but
we also want to make sure our students have the opportunity to participate in all of these extracurricular activities that we do offer here in Fort Worth ISD as well as being part of a public education system. Um we do see an
increase in our athletics, our students who are participating in UIL sports as well as PE classes, their enrollment, we um see over 4,000 in student increase for our students in those areas as well.
Um for our JCC, our junior cadet, we see a slight increase around 30 students. um with a little slight decrease of JOTC but then we know our students who are participating in JCC our middle school will go into that high school JOTC
um program as well. So that is something we're also looking at our master scheduling and right now our students in middle school our fifth grade students are doing middle school um electives and then our middle school students are choosing electives for their high school
and they're so we're looking at their schedules to make sure we can accommodate around electives that focus on our fine arts athletics PE our JCC and JOTC as well. So we had a fa family engagement student
and family engagement survey that is we really want to improve the perception of our school improvement surveys. We had that survey open from December 16th to February the 1st and we work with our communications team to push that out in multiple platforms doing call outs
emails as well as promoting it through QR codes throughout our district. Um so this evening we want to share the results. Definitely not where we want to be uh with only 1,800 results coming from um student from our parent
participation survey. However, this is our first time we've been rolling surveys out in our district for many years. We took a break on surveys. We're bringing them back to measure not only our parent involvement, parent partnership and engagement, but then we
we will also be rolling out student surveys as well. So, out of the over 1,800 total responses, you'll see, of course, our highest number is our elementary parents. They definitely um do take more time. They're more engaged. I'm very proud of our high school
parents as well that are taking time to answer our survey. um we want to make sure we're increasing these responses every time. Um so we want to see we need to hear from our parents. Um we will work on multiple different ways once
again how to communicate and push that out. We also promoted it um during our um parent teacher conferences over the winter break. Um, so any feedback on any ideas of from our parents that could give us a how to make sure our parents
participate in that survey, we would love to hear it because their voice does matter to us. Just a little bit here, 2.6 is where we're measuring this improve parent perceptions based on school improvement survey. Uh, we
launched as I've already shared in December 2025 and this is totally around parent perception. Um you know that's a focus of ours is our parent participation. We um we included two parent uh conference days for our
parents because we believe in the participation is very important that partnership with our parents. We have revamped our parent portal to include more information for our parents to be able to access um assessment information and be able to have contact with their
students um the teacher for their students as well. in addition to looking at grades and absences and tardies for their students. When we look here, we did out of the 1,800 responses, 83% were somewhat or extremely satisfied
with the responses. So, how do we get those scores? Um, here you'll see overall the question was how satisfied are you with your child's school? So, we first went down to the school level because that's where our parents feel most connected as is at the school. we
calculate in somewhat satisfied and extremely satisfied to come up with that 83%. Um that average is calculated at a one to five score and you'll see overall school satisfaction rate was a 4.3
um for the survey results. When we ask how are you satisfied with your school district that was only a 3.6% six 63% somewhat or extremely satisfied with the difference between their district as a whole and the school as a whole. So that
tells us as a district we need to improve and what does that look like? We heard some of that in public comment tonight. Um that's rebuilding trust, that's transparency, and that's communication. And we saw some of those as well coming out in the survey results in addition to that.
So this is really how we call it our net promoter score and this is really used nationally um around the nation when you talk about schools and the creator of the net promoter score is Bay & Company. So, we added this to our survey this
year and it's really to say with a parent or with a family member or anyone that's a stakeholder in Fort Worth ISD, what is your promotion rate of um telling another parent, yes, enroll here at the school, be a part of our school
district. And you'll see here that um overall we're a 40 net promoter score. So what you do is you take your um detractor and your promoter there and you see the difference and that's how you calculate your net promoter score.
You'll see on the right hand side that a promoter is a response of nine or a 10 that they are very loyal, they're enthusiastic, they were promote their school or district to someone in the community or someone thinking about moving into the district. Passive is a
score of a seven or eight. they're satisfied, but they're not happy enough to promote at this time. And then a distractor, of course, is a response score of a 0 to six. That's a really wide range, but we want to make sure that we capture anyone who does not feel
above a seven or eight um to promote us as a school district because if we don't have the data, then we don't know how to improve on our on ourselves as a school district to be able to promote that. So you'll see there we show the calculations and you take um as I shared
before you're going to take of course the distractor at 20% in the promoter and then you take those two percentages and you subtract them to get the 40 net promoter. A 40 does not sound good when you think about to me a scale of one to 100. However, with Bane & Company they
do suggest a a 40 is um right below excellent. Uh 50 is excellent. and a 80 is world class. Um we for me I think we need to strive better. Um to me 80 and above is um in a world class of 40 is
definitely not something for us to be satisfied as a school district. As I shared, this is the first time that we are doing surveys and asking for feedback from our parents, especially our parents, um, around how would they
promote our school district as well. And we will continue to do that through our strategic plan goals. So, just a couple updates. What do parents need to know? Um, our prek and new uh, student reg pre-registration has already launched. We launched that
February the 2nd. will continue through March 31st. And then our new um portal, our enrollment portal, um we are rebranding that will begin on April 1st for our brand new parents in our district to be able to complete
necessary paperwork. And then August 1st, if you are a current student in Fort Worth ISD, you'll get your back to school form. So it really is just a verification of your emergency contact information and phone numbers. Um, but there's no more needing to go back in
and do that whole enrollment pro process. So, you'll see over there on the right hand side, if you're a current student, we've got you covered. You will automatically roll up to your campus and you will only have to complete the necessary August 1st back to school
forms for each grade level. Um we want to show uh we have a video that highlights our last parent teacher conference on Monday, February the 16th. Um this is our first full year of having one in the fall and one in the spring.
And so our communications team took time to go out to our campuses, especially our ADZY campuses that still had instruction going on that day, but still had parents coming in to do parent workshops, do goal setting with their students, and then have the opportunity
to speak to our teachers as well. So, we're going to show this video real quick. Your child's been doing an awesome job in English. So, what I want you to do is make sure that you have a login. >> Today, we have our additional school year day in which students still have
instruction during the day, but we've invited our families to come in and have conferences with our teachers and our students to learn about student progress academically and behaviorally. >> I'm the diagnostician and I can assess him for where he falls, if he's average, above average, below average.
>> Parents really want and need this information. Parents can't support their students at home without knowing how their students are doing academically. >> I usually work a lot, so it's kind of like hard to help my son, but I mean, the things they told me, it's easier to help actually help my son with the
progress that he needs. >> What I think is important about this day is that instead of it being an isolation of learning or a silo, we want to bring parents in to say, "This is what we're doing in the classroom. this is how you
can help support us because we're a partnership. >> I am in this extra class because it will help me out with my algebra because it's important. Student growth in every sense of the word. We're talking academic, behavioral, social, emotional, um even attendance. We want kids in seats every
day and we want them growing in any way they can. We love our ATI campuses for our parents to be able to come in and watch instruction take place and for them to be able to see their students engaged in that learning every day. Um I would just
want to say a personal thank you to all of our parents across the district that participated on our parent conference day, not just on our ADI campuses, but our um our traditional campuses as well. um we had a great turnout and received lots of positive feedback. But then more
importantly, just the time that our parents take to prepare for our parent teacher conferences. Um we we already have pre-created reports around assessments, but our teachers take time to spend that time to with anecdotal notes to be able to share with the
parents and really have that one-on-one um relationship. and then of course our campus uh principles, assistant principles and leadership team um for opening their campuses during that day. So thank you for our communications team for capturing some of our wonderful parents visiting our campuses during
that time. At this time I'll open it up for any questions. Just a reminder this is not a Lindstar governance report. This is just around strategic plan. >> Trustees, you have any questions or comments? >> Trusty Dar. Um, thank you for this
report. I loved the video. Um, not only because we got to see kids and smiling faces and parents that were involved. So, I appreciate the the work that it took to put that together. Um, this is just a consideration on page four. Uh when we look at our student
participation rates, um it would be helpful to have some percentages when we look at the the number of for example the number of fine arts students in relation to the um current total overall
students. So that we our our enrollment is I expect it to change. We're in the middle of a state takeover. vouchers are now a part of the picture and um I I want Fort Worth ISD to have an
opportunity to succeed at this goal and looking at the percentage of students as opposed to just the number of students might be a better way to do that. It's not a question just a consideration. That's it. Trustees, any other questions or
comments? Okay, thank you Dr. Moner for that. Next up, we are at number six. Comments by board members or superintendent on current district activities and announcements. Are there any comments from trustees? If you don't mind, um, President
Martinez, I want to highlight, um, our Black History Month and especially our transportation department. So, these pictures were sent to me um actually late this afternoon by our executive director of transportation, Nathan Grath. Our transportation department,
they picked 15 historical figures for Black History Month and they set up a museum and where our students were able to go and actually at Harleen Beiel Elementary and learn about each of the
historical figures. And as you go through these pictures, you can see um how engaged you are. This is our transportation department. These are not certified teachers. The they're taking time out of their day. And they um did different historical figures. You'll see
the one little girl, the first picture, she wanted to sit on this um seat with Rosa Parks on the bus seat. And our transportation department brought a school bus seat in. um they learned about Rosa Parks, the students, and then were able to interact. I cannot tell
you, you know, when we talk about our trans transportation department and when I say we have the best in the state of Texas, I mean, what they do every single day and how they engage with our students. This is just one example, but I could not let this evening go by
without highlighting them and thanking them for really just participating not only every day for taking our kids and picking them up, transporting them, but look at what they're they are actors. They are engaged. They are teachers. They are heroes. So, I just want to
honor them this evening. Thank you, Trusty Phillips. >> Thank you, President Martinez. Yes. Um, so I wanted to one uh give a very selfish shout out to the best basketball player in For ISD, Quinton Phillips II.
Uh, now the YMLA Wildcats, they had the playoff game last night and they lost to Ponder. Uh but just so extraordinarily proud of those young men and the season they put on with um they really gave great effort. They really came together as a team and it was a pleasure to be
able to watch from a board member standpoint but also as a parent standpoint. So very proud of that kid on his senior season and they did a wonderful job. And then um tonight I get to wear my t-shirt because my nephew is also in the playoffs and Arlington Heights is playing their playoff game
tonight I think as we speak. So hopefully they can go get a view. Huh? >> Southwest two. >> Southwest two. There you go. So yeah. So hopefully we go get these forward victories in the basketball playoffs. And then of course on a very somber note, we were saddened to learn today
that we lost one of our young men in the YMLA family. Um Mr. Bryce Wilson um has passed away. And so just simply want to just send condolences to that family. It's always tough losing a student. It is it's unfathomable and I can only
imagine even just being separated. I'm a parent at the school. I'm a board member, but if that was my family member, right? And so it's just so sad for that to be the case. So, uh hopefully it's not hollow words when we say that for Worth ISD is here to support that family in any way that we possibly can through a very tragic time.
And I would like to thank uh the principal and the staff there at Young Men's Leadership Academy for activating immediately, the superintendent for activating me, activating immediately to make sure our young men were well taken care of. So, thank you for that, President Martinez. >> Thank you, Trusty Phillips.
All right, at this time we move to number seven, which is a student expulsion appeal. Um, at this time, yeah, we move to agenda item number seven, the board review of student expulsion appeal, which requires meeting in close session as authorized under chapter 551 of the Texas Government
Code, sections 551.071 and 082. We will call the parties involved when it is time to come forward. The time is now 7:01 p.m. The date is Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. We will now recess and reconvene for executive session as authorized by
chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code under sections 551.071, 071, 072, 074, 076, and 082. too. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey,
Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Today we're having career day to show students the possibilities for their future. The biggest event we had today was a helicopter landing this morning. They're also all talking to the pilots today and
the engineer from Bell Helicopter. >> I think it's pretty special to show the opportunity to some young people and that with hard work uh they can achieve whatever they set out to. >> We also have the location manager for some of the Taylor Sheridan projects. There are pilots. There are semitr
company owners here today too. Being a freight carrier, what we deliver, how we deliver, what's the process. >> We need to expose the students so they understand what's available to them so they can get excited about their future. >> I am a civil engineer in a very specific
part of work called land development. >> They were so excited today. It was and they're still excited today. So, it's been great. Anytime I get to go back to Michechum, I always go to support the students and I never
anticipated walking in for something for me. I think I hug the eagle first. >> Good morning, Dr. Renone. >> Hi. >> How are you doing? >> I'm great. >> Wonderful. We know that principles are difference makers and you certainly are
one of those difference makers. >> Being a principle of excellence is someone who makes everyone else better. >> Leadership in education is really not a whole lot different from leadership in business. You've got to be able to think on your feet. You've got to be able to react quickly. You've got to be thoughtful about people who work with
you and for you. My goal was to make every teacher, every student, and every family shine and get people at the table who could make that happen. I model high expectations for what learning is. And I also model having fun doing it. I roller
skate through the hallways and deliver snacks to the kids and also praise them. So, even if you're bad at roller skating like me and they think that you have this magical superpower, >> when we decided to support this effort for math and science and really focus on
the leader of those middle schools, it made all the sense in the world. >> Thank you, Alliance Texas Foundation for this honor and thank you for honoring the Meum students and staff and community with this award. >> So, on behalf of Hillwood and the Alliance Texas Foundation,
congratulations. My wife Katherine and I would like to recognize Principal Crochet for the Principles of Excellence Award. >> It was a complete surprise. I had no idea that this was happening on that day. I thought I was going in to see a band
practice because our band is going to Indianapolis to play for a festival. And when I walked in and I saw that it was something totally different, I was in complete shock and awe. I love being the principal there. I love having the opportunity to grow other leaders within
my campus who are ready to step out in that role >> because this is really an award that's meant to reward efforts on math and science. We are here to honor you and what you have done for the students here at Strippling and just the impact that
you have in the area of STEM. >> I decided to become a principal because when I taught and I did teach math, I love the idea of being able to have that effect on students in their future. >> Do these things right in middle school.
Good things are going to happen for those students and for our community. >> I like to listen first. I like to find ways to be innovative in what we're doing and let my teachers and my students really have a voice in what we're doing. Every day is unique and
different and I think that's one of the things that makes this job so fun. I don't roller skate through the hallways though like Dr. Ring Cone, >> but you celebrate nonetheless. >> I do celebrate the students and the teachers nonetheless. Thank you to Katherine and Eric Reeves for this honor and recognizing not only my leadership
but the hard work of my staff and students. The drum is known as a grandfather drum and that beats to your heart. >> Welcome everyone. Um hopefully you're all enjoying the festivities. >> We had the Panther City Pawa. It was our
inaugural uh pawa for the district. It was very great. turned out a lot of people and we wanted to get the native community and the school district and our children involved in the native culture. >> It's more important to show that they're cultural and what they know that they
are born into and from my traditions to me teaching it to them that so that they know that this is part of their cultural. There were there were a lot of people coming from far away as far as New Mexico, Kansas folks drove into Fort Worth area to support our program. My
name is CJ Pollock and I am part of the Chalkaw Nation. >> I am so thankful that we're bringing awareness to our Native American culture. I'm really excited to see what Fort Worth ISD is able to do for our culture and able to just make this a new
bigger every single year. >> The parents sometimes don't know that there is a program with Fort Worth ISD and the services that we offer for our students. We even have a preschool outreach where we reach out to the younger students who are not in public school yet, the siblings of our students
and we send them out education material to prepare them to enter public school. >> Come out and visit us. We love to have you and you can come and learn about us and we can learn about you and you can have a nice plate of food as well. aboard Trinity Metro, sir.
>> Today, we're formally announcing a pilot partnership that allows Fort Worth ISD high school students to ride Trinity Metro buses and trains at no cost to them. No cost. >> I thought I was going to have to pay. I'm going to be honest. I got a little
scared, but with our active ticket, no need to pay. It was a total was 0.00%. As a visual and performing arts and STEM Academy, we are uniquely positioned to help develop all interest of our
students. But we cannot do this alone. To succeed, we need the strong community partners like those here today. What we're all about is really being a resource for y'all to engage here locally, to experience, take internships, be able to participate in
those extracurricular activities that happen after school. Transportation shouldn't decide whether a student can get to class, a tutoring session, or an afterchool program, or even an afterchool job or a job on the weekends.
This partnership helps us level the playing field for our students and opportunities that can be provided to them. Through the um Easy Ride partnership that we're we're launching here today, students will have access to a vast network of services throughout
Fort Worth and beyond. >> Our students are part of our community. They are community members in addition to being students in Fort Worth ISD. This partnership allows them the opportunity to also engage in the
wonderful, wonderful opportunities in our metroplex. All right, have a good day. Thank you. Once upon a time in Spain, there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. We have our annual celebrity reader event where we have people from the
community, parents and other staff in the district come read to our kids. >> When my little sister saw us playing football, she said, "Me, too." great opportunity for the community to get involved in our school and feel a part of our South High Mount family. >> So, I'm doing it because I for one love
to read and I love children. I like to show them the importance of reading and how fun it can be. >> And for the kids to get to hear from other people and see the importance of reading. >> I just like to read books and hear people like read them. >> I help pick apples and I help weed the
garden. Reading is very important. It's the foundation of everything in school. >> And then I realized what you do with an idea, you change the world for this event, everybody wins. >> He is very happy. The end.
>> Your child's been doing an awesome job in English. So what I want you to do is make sure that you have a login. Today we have our additional school year day in which students still have instruction during the day, but we've invited our families to come in and have conferences with our teachers and our students to
learn about student progress academically and behaviorally. >> I'm the diagnostician and I can assess him for where he falls, if he's average, above average, below average. >> Parents really want and need this information. Parents can't support their students at home without knowing how
their students are doing academically. I usually work a lot so it's kind of like hard to help my son but I mean the things they told me it's easier to help actually help my son with the progress that he needs. >> What I think is important about this day
is that instead of it being an isolation of learning or a silo, we want to bring parents in to say this is what we're doing in the classroom. This is how you can help support us because we're a partnership. I am in this extra class because it will help me out with my
algebra because it's important. Student growth in every sense of the word. We're talking academic, behavioral, social, emotional, um even attendance. We want kids in seats every day and we want them growing in every way that they can. >> Morning. Good morning. Good morning.
We're here at Dumbar High School for Dads of Dumbar. This is our 11th year and we consider ourselves the regional fatherhood breakfast. Basically, um we're trying to engage fathers and father figures in the forward fd by starting here at Dumbar High School. Main thing we do every morning at dads
of Dumbar is we go invite our students and welcome them into the school. All kids have the right to to the best path ever. Uh but it it's you know just having people around them you know uh just to talk to them to to show that you
know you care about them. I mean not just my son his friends you know what I can do for any of them. >> Most of those students are those that don't have father figures. And believe me I see a lot of them that feel like nobody really care and I can just do what I want >> in life. You may not know everything
that you will need to know. It helps to for them to come up here and speak and guide us. >> Don't give up if you got something in your sights. My first semester, I I did everything, but uh study.
Um I didn't know any better. So, I'm I'm issuing it as a warning. Take advantage of your study halls. If you're a a student athlete or even if you're not, budget your time. Uh right now everyone shows up, you know, on Friday morning, but now we just want to see how we could just be more hands-on with our students and our young men and our young ladies.
Uh because they need us. And so this is just the beginning. So as we look to revamp going into the new year, look forward to just everybody being more involved with our students. >> We want to say thank you to all these all pro dad MVP honories. So can you
guys make another big All Pro Dad round of applause? All of these >> on behalf of all of us here at Alpro Dad, thank you so much for what you do each and every day. It matters. You can see the impact that it makes. Uh and we just want to appreciate you. We want to
take this appreciation back to your school districts and celebrate like we are here today. So, thank you. Thank you very much. >> Ready? A >> V. >> In first grade, I noticed that other kids were a little more ahead of me in
reading. I was confused why. That's when I got tested for dyslexia. >> Being identified with dyslexia, being able to also participate in the curriculum that we're offering and then being successful is lifechanging for our
students. >> There's no words. I I can literally go home driving and I'm crying because I've seen that. I hope the parents know this is going to help their child out a lot when they get diagnosed. >> Dyslexia is a learning disability that
stays with you and that we're teaching our students and then into adulthood how to manage having dyslexia. The new curriculum is called Take Flight and is well known um on the national level. It's a point of pride that we're
offering another strategy in area literacy for our students, but then also for the city of Fort Worth. But we're not doing it in isolation. We're doing it in partnership. We have great parent advocates in our community and across
our city around dyslexia. It's not just a curriculum with a um scripted instructional delivery. It's also building the capacity of our dyslexia teachers that we 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 that when they start and how much they struggle not being able to read, not having that confidence and after a year when you're working with them and then then you see everything that they can accomplish now.
>> I couldn't read as good as I do now. >> Not viewing dyslexia as a negative way and viewing it as like my superpower, which is really cool because like I I have it and not everyone in my class does. So that makes me stand out. >> Okay, that helps. >> We have to not only celebrate our
students and our parents, but celebrate the teachers who are doing this hard work every day for our students. I just work for them every day. Every day at night because I have sleepless nights thinking, what can I do tomorrow to make
it better for them? Fort Worth ISD is making 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
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Want to know your students location in real time and get instant alerts from the transportation team? With the Stopfinder app, all that information is right at your fingertips. If you're eligible for district transportation, you will receive an email with instructions to set up your account. No
worries. Didn't get the email? Just call us at 817-815-7900. We're here to help. Here's what Stopfinder lets you do. You can track the exact location of your student's bus in real time. Get geo alerts when the bus arrives at or leaves your student
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the App Store or Google Play. Step two, activate your account using the invitation email from Fort Worth ISD. And finally, step three, you're all set. You now have full access to your students transportation information. So, don't wait. Download Stopfinder today
and travel with peace of mind, knowing exactly where your student is at every stop. Have you guys seen the new ID badges that everyone's wearing? >> Yeah, I heard that we have to wear them like every single day. No exceptions. >> Guess we're official now.
>> Starting this school year, every student from elementary to high school must wear their school ID badge every day. Wear it around your neck using the schoolisssued lanyard. >> Wearing your badge in your pocket, not going to cut it. >> On your hat, not even close. And sorry,
no stickers, glitter, or customizing. It's got to be clear and readable. >> Your badge helps speed things up in the lunch line. Just get it and go. >> Need to check out a book? Your ID badge makes it easy. >> Hello. I'd like to check out this book.
>> Good to go. >> All right. Thank you. And most importantly, your ID badge keeps you safe on the bus. It lets your parents know exactly when you get on and off. >> It also helps us know who's on campus and helps during emergencies.
>> Badges aren't just rules, they're tools. >> Show it. >> Wear it. >> Own it. It takes a team to educate a child. From the bus drivers who safely bring them to school to the dedicated staff who keep everything running long after the bell
rings, every role is essential in shaping a student's future. Fort Worth ISD needs you and your unique skills. Whether you're teaching in the classroom, supporting behind the scenes in IT, preparing nutritious meals, or teaming up with our classroom heroes,
there's a place for you here. Apply today and start building a brighter tomorrow for yourself and the students you'll inspire. Because Fort Worth ISD is where the best begins. >> Since I was little, I wanted to be a teacher. So, I want to see people writing quick. You have one minute. I've
never really thought about being anything else. How many in total for this second part? And everybody would say, "Oh, you're so good at math. Don't you want to be an engineer? I come from a family of teachers. My mom was a teacher in Colia.
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 Tea Do 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 until I 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 them 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 in 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. 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 do 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. Rewind 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 above 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 very 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. >> Yes. >> I just put love. We're really valuing and from the faculty and parents. >> A collaboration zone outside of the class. >> Oh, this this collaboration zone
outside. >> Fort Worth ISD offers your child the start they deserve. We help your little one build a strong foundation focused on academic and social emotional skills. One that prepares them to explore and maximize every opportunity. Free 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. surprise. >> What we love so much about Coach
Gonzalez, it's really several things. First of all, his dad was a previous winner and what a legacy that he lives. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. But what was really impressing to us was the fact that all he does in the classroom and outside the classroom. really
bringing the community together and how much his students love him. So, it really just speaks to how much he's adored not only in the school, the amazing work that he's doing here, but also being loved and adored by the community. >> I just want to say thank you to uh Texas
Health first of all. Um it's truly a huge honor. Uh what >> just setting that example of what it means to lead not only in the classroom, in the community, but from the heart. on the bowling pin there are 10 spots.
>> Students who are healthy, who are active, do better in school. So for us as Texas Health Resources, a health system, it's really important that we invest in the health and well-being of students, not only for their educational outcomes, but in order to improve their
health and well-being now and long term. We are proud from Texas Health that Coach Gonzalez is the chair for teaching excellence in health and physical education. Mr. Amos is the personality of Holly. Um, he just brings life. He brings
smiles. He uh stands out among the crowd. >> Super surprised. Well played. I think everybody's in theater here for sure. >> The students are so engaged with him. They listen to him. They they're constantly around him to um look to him
for mentorship, guidance, not just in content, but in life. He he models how to listen and how to um give feedback in a way that even students feel heard. >> You get to confirm. Literacy is everything. Every content builds
literacy skills into its uh curricula. Mr. Ken is able to do those things. Uh now so naturally if you can wrap up a personality of a teacher and and what he personifies that would be it is that he
is the exemplar uh in our language of what a teacher should be and can be. Uh he brings his best every single day. Um, I think in the future he'd be hesitant to leave the classroom, but I think he he's a natural leader and he's learning in that role. Um, so he'll find his
capacity somewhere. Wherever he goes, he just brings light to the room. >> All right. We have a very special announcement and we have some guests here that will be presenting. That was so good.
>> Mr. Leiday stood out in this entire interview process as we were um sitting with the finalist. He came in the room and just completely elevated the room with his presence. He was um so articulate and knowledgeable. We all left there and we thought if we could
have him teach our children in the future, we would be so very lucky. >> Congratulations so much. >> Congratulations. >> Our hope for Mr. Leiday is that he continues to do exactly what he's doing now. Um he can elevate every single room
that he's in and and I hope he continues to to teach exactly as he is today. These are people who they didn't really believe in what they were selling. They just were in this position because they couldn't inherit the family business. >> I just think that that Mr. Leiday is a delight to be around. I mean, he is a
incredibly intelligent human being and his his ability to articulate his ideas uh in his classroom was unbelievable. >> That's right. Miss Plespie stands out um in just her energetic ways. She's always willing to help. She's a great team member and
she's actually our team lead. I hope that Miss Gillespie continues to have that passion for learning. She is often requested and she has seen up to four children in one family and she just gives everything she has every day.
>> Amazing amazing person. So congratulations. We are so proud of you. >> Receiving that award um the chair of excellence for early learning is just really understanding what our young learners need. She understands how important their learning is and pushes
students but in fun and engaging ways to make students excited for learning. She's really setting the bar on where they're going to go. >> Central Market, thank you so much for these opportunities. Um you're rewarding teachers that are putting their heart, soul um into learning and just giving
her that recognition and supporting her means more than anything. And we're very grateful for sponsors like you who invest in our teachers. >> Miss Welch, we are here to celebrate you. Briana
Welch is a very instrumental component to our school system. She is so amazing in assisting students with the kiddos in her classroom, particularly the RISE kids. Not only does she have high expectations for them while in her
class, but also as they go out into the general eding. >> She's also been an amazing support to the teachers here, whether they were special ed or general ed teachers. not only at our campus but also throughout our district. She stands out like none
other and I am just so excited for her and for our school. >> We are so proud of you. >> I'd like to say thank you on behalf of Fort Worth ISD and Seminary Hills Park to our great sponsors who recognize the power that she brings to education. I
know this absolute honor will inspire her to not only continue in her great work but also impact so many others and especially the students and staff members here at our school. Congratulations, Miss W. Thank you so much.
His name is Matthew Rose. Um, here on campus though, I don't know the story behind it, but he's gone by Crash for years and years and years. >> Wow. >> I hear it from his&m days, so I'm not sure if I could share it if I knew it, but Crash is all around an amazing teacher because he's engaging, supports
students, and he challenges them to make sure that they understand what they're learning. Career technical education is vital in today's education system because it's really preparing our students for the next step. Crash Rose teaches earth and space. So, he's teaching them geology, he's teaching about oil, he's teaching them about um space and they're the next frontier. And
so, he's really preparing them to see what they want to do in college or they want to see what they want to do next in their career. So, it's vital right now to ensure that our students have the the skills and the drive and the engagement to want to move on to the next level. When you walk into his classroom, everything about him screams, "I love
science." You see, um he's got maps of space. He's got the planets everywhere. He he engages you on a personal level. He'll he'll know your name from day one and then he gets you excited about science. >> And then your buddy's going to look at the side. >> Once Crash Rose gets a hold of you. You want to be in his classroom. You want to
learn from him because he, you know, he cares about you and you know he cares about what he's teaching. >> Get ready to start. >> He is in a leadership role on our campus. He's a science department chair. And so what I see in the next two years is that doing what he's been doing this whole time is leading others um to become great teachers and supporting the science department and continuing to
support his kids in the classroom. You come on in. >> Congratulations. Whenever we were interviewing Christa, the committee was so impressed by the way that she continues to evolve her teaching style for the needs of the student.
>> Congratulations for being the chair of teaching excellence for music and fine arts. >> She's working with her students and meeting them where they are. Doesn't matter what level they've come in at, if they've been with her for several years or if they're coming from a different
school. Another really wonderful program that Christa had implemented was a mentorship program. And so each of the students has an opportunity to lead warm-ups. They have an opportunity to lead sectionals and to work with each other to learn not only how to work with their fellow
peers, but how to lead so that each student comes away with a different set of skills and knowledge. We are performing arts center. Of course, we want to inspire and engage the next set of artists, the next set of patrons. And we feel that supporting
those students at the ground level, those educators who are on the floor making that happen every day, those are the people that we want to continue to support and inspire as they go through life. Nice job, you guys. Really good.
That's my first answer right there. >> Miss Vincent. >> Hi, Miss Vincent. >> Miss Vincent has a infectious personality and you can feel the energy she brings just talking to her. We could instantly see how the children responded
to her and that response seems to help them excel based on everything we've learned about her. >> Topic sentence blue pen write my answer out. >> We believe that reading is a fundamental building block of education and we're thrilled to support this award because
we know how important it is for ISD the teachers and the students in the district. Green pen commentary comes from three places. My head, my heart, my gut, and a little wiggle.
>> It was clear after visiting with her and watching a video and now seeing her in her classroom that that is just the energy she spreads over her students and they eat it up. It was a clear choice to select Miss Vincent for the teaching chair excellence for early elementary
reading. You come on in. >> Congratulations. Whenever we were interviewing Christa, the committee was so impressed by the way that she continues to evolve her teaching style for the needs of the students.
>> Congratulations for being the chair of teaching excellence for music and fine arts. >> She's working with her students and meeting them where they are. Doesn't matter what level they've come in at, if they've been with her for several years or if they're coming from a different
school. Another really wonderful program that Christa had implemented was a mentorship program. And so each of the students has an opportunity to lead warm-ups. They have an opportunity to lead sectionals and to work with each other to learn not only how to work with their fellow
peers, but how to lead so that each student comes away with a different set of skills and knowledge. We are performing arts center. So, of course, we want to inspire and engage the next set of artists, the next set of patrons, and we feel that supporting
those students at the ground level, those educators who are on the floor making that happen every day, those are the people that we want to continue to support and inspire as they go through life. Nice job, you guys. Really good.
Hi, Miss Ariel. >> Congratulations. You're our teacher. >> Congratulations. >> She just has a heart for education. She has a heart for the kiddos that she serves. She has a heart for Fort Worth ISD. Her tenure in the district has been
tremendous. >> Oh my god, thank you. >> Congratulations so much. >> We were taken away by just her her love for what she does. >> What can we do with this area model? >> How she really really wants to
understand where students are and meets them in the middle. We felt that was a big part of of why she stood out and we were honored to celebrate her in this way and ensure that she was celebrated by giving her this really special recognition. And we have a really really
big big surprise. She just won $5,000. >> Congratulations to everybody welldeserved on this important acknowledgement and recognition. On behalf of Charleston State University, we're so proud to be part of this really special program and thank Fort Worth ISD
administrators, educators, teachers, everyone involved in making this a special place. For ISD celebrates the legacy of Christine Chadwick Moss. >> I look forward to working with you all. >> A trailblazer in education and a dedicated public servant. Elected in
1990 to represent district 3, Miss Moss made history as the first female African-American board president. Her commitment to education was further recognized when she earned the title of master school board trustee from the Texas Association of School Boards. In 2001, the former Eastland Elementary
School built in 1957 was renamed Christine C. Moss Elementary in her honor. The campus serves approximately 400 students in preK through fifth grade and has previously been recognized by the Texas Education Agency for its excellence. Christine Semos continues to inspire the students and staff at her
namesake school. In 2016, the school expanded its commitment to early childhood education by adding new facilities to enhance its prek program. As we celebrate Black History Month, we honor Christine C. Moss and her dedication to reshaping the educational landscape and creating opportunities for
future generations. Today we're having career day to show students the possibilities for their future. >> The biggest event we had today was a helicopter landing this morning. They're also all talking to the pilots today and the engineer from Bell Helicopter.
>> I think it's pretty special to show the opportunity to some young people and that with hard work uh they can achieve whatever they set out to. We also have the the location manager for some of the Taylor Sheridan projects. There are pilots. There are semi truck company owners here today too.
>> Being a freight carrier, what we deliver, how we deliver, what's the process. >> We need to expose the students so they understand what's available to them so they can get excited about their future. >> I am a civil engineer in a very specific
part of work called land development. >> They were so excited today. It was and they're still excited today. So, it's been great. Anytime I get to go back to Michechum, I always go to support the students. And I never anticipated walking in for
something for me. I think I hugged the eagle first. Good morning, Dr. Renone. >> Hi. >> How are you doing? >> I'm great. >> Wonderful. >> We know that principles are difference makers, and you certainly are one of those difference makers.
>> Being a principle of excellence is someone who makes everyone else better. >> Leadership in education is really not a whole lot different from leadership in business. You've got to be able to think on your feet. You've got to be able to react quickly. You've got to be thoughtful about people who work with you and for you. My goal was to make
every teacher, every student, and every family shine and get people at the table who could make that happen. I model high expectations for what learning is. And I also model having fun doing it. I roller skate through the hallways and deliver
snacks to the kids and also praise them. So, even if you're bad at roller skating like me and they think that you have this magical superpower, >> when we decided to support this effort for math and science and really focus on the leader of those middle schools, it
made all the sense in the world. >> Thank you Alliance Texas Foundation for this honor and thank you for honoring the Mechum students and staff and community with this award. >> So, on behalf of Hillwood and the Alliance Texas Foundation, congratulations. My wife Katherine and I would like to
recognize Principal Crochet for the Principles of Excellence Award. >> It was a complete surprise. I had no idea that this was happening on that day. I thought I was going in to see a band practice because our band is going to Indianapolis to play for a festival. And
when I walked in and I saw that it was something totally different, I was in complete shock and awe. I love being the principal there. I love having the opportunity to grow other leaders within my campus who are ready to step out in that role >> because this is really an award that's
meant to reward efforts on math and science. We are here to honor you and what you have done for the students here at Strickling and just the impact that you have in the area of STEM. >> I decided to become a principal because
when I taught and I did teach math, I love the idea of being able to have that effect on students and their future. >> Do these things right in middle school, good things are going to happen for those students and for our community. >> I like to listen first. I like to find
ways to be innovative in what we're doing and let my teachers and my students really have a voice in what we're doing. Every day is unique and different and I think that's one of the things that makes this job so fun. I don't roller skate through the hallways though like Dr. Ringone,
>> but you celebrate nonetheless. >> I do celebrate the students and the teachers nonetheless. Thank you to Katherine and Eric Reeves for this honor and recognizing not only my leadership but the hard work of my staff and students. The drum is known as a grandfather drum
and that beats to your heart. >> Welcome everyone. Um hopefully you're all enjoying the festivities. >> We had the Panther City Pawa. It was our inaugural uh pawa for the district. It was very great. turned out a lot of people and we wanted to get the native
community and the school district and our children involved in the native culture. >> It's more important to show that they're cultural and what they know that they are born into and from my traditions to me teaching it to them that so that they know that this is part of their
cultural. >> There were there were a lot of people coming from far away as far as New Mexico, Kansas. Folks drove in to Fort Worth area to support our program. My name is CJ Pollock and I am part of the Chalkaw Nation.
>> I am so thankful that we're bringing awareness to our Native American culture. I'm really excited to see what Fort Worth ISD is able to do for our culture and we just make this a new bigger every single year. >> The parents sometimes don't know that there is a program with Fort Worth ISD
and the services that we offer for our students. We even have a preschool outreach where we reach out to the younger students who are not in public school yet, the siblings of our students and we send them out education material to prepare them to enter public school. >> Come out and visit us. We love to have
you and you can come and learn about us and we can learn about you and you can have a nice plate of food as well. Welcome aboard Trinity Metro. Sir, >> let's ride. >> Today, we're formally announcing a pilot partnership that allows Fort Worth ISD
high school students to ride Trinity Metro buses and trains at no cost to them. No cost. >> I thought I was going to have to pay. I'm going to be honest. I got a little scared, but with our active ticket, no
need to pay. It was a total was 0.0 0 to 0. >> As a visual and performing arts and STEM academy, we are uniquely positioned to help develop all interest of our students. But we cannot do this alone.
To succeed, we need the strong community partners like those here today. What we're all about is really being a resource for y'all to engage here locally to experience, take internships, be able to participate in those extracurricular activities that happen
after school. >> Transportation shouldn't decide whether a student can get to class, a tutoring session, or an afterchool program, or even an afterchool job, or a job on the weekends. This partnership helps us
level the playing field for our students and opportunities that can be provided to them >> through the um Easy Ride partnership that we're we're launching here today. Students will have access to a vast network of services throughout Fort Worth and beyond.
>> Our students are part of our community. They are community members in addition to being students in Fort Worth ISD. This partnership allows them the opportunity to also engage in the wonderful, wonderful opportunities in our metroplex.
>> Have a good day. >> Thank you. >> Once upon a time in Spain, there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. We have our annual celebrity reader event where we have people from the community, parents and other staff in
the district come read to our kids. >> When my little sister saw us playing football, she said, "Me, too." >> Great opportunity for the community to get involved in our school and feel a part of our South High Mount family. >> So, I'm doing it because I for one love to read and I love children. I like to
show them the importance of reading and how fun it can be. >> And for the kids to get to hear from other people and see the importance of reading. I just like to read books and hear people like read them. >> I help pick apples and I help weed the
garden. Reading is very important. It's the foundation of everything in school. >> And then I realized what you do with an idea, you change the world. >> For this event, everybody wins. He is very happy. The end.
your child's been doing an awesome job in English. So, what I want you to do is make sure that you have a login. >> Today, we have our additional school year day in which students still have instruction during the day, but we've invited our families to come in and have conferences with our teachers and our students to learn about student progress
academically and behaviorally. I'm the diagnostician and I can assess him for where he falls, if he's average, above average, below average. >> Parents really want and need this information. Parents can't support their students at home without knowing how their students are doing academically.
>> I usually work a lot, so it's kind of like hard to help my son, but I mean, the things they told me, it's easier to help actually help my son with the progress that he needs. What I think is important about this day is that instead of it being an isolation
of learning or a silo, we want to bring parents in to say this is what we're doing in the classroom. This is how you can help support us because we're a partnership. >> I am in this extra class because it will help me out with my algebra because it's important.
>> Student growth in every sense of the word. We're talking academic, behavioral, social, emotional, um even attendance. We want kids in seats every day and we want them growing in every way they can. >> Morning. Good morning. Good morning. >> We're here at Dumbar High School for
Dads of Dumbar. This is our 11th year and we consider oursel the regional fatherhood breakfast. Basically um we're trying to engage fathers and father figures in the forward 5D by starting here at Dumbar High School. Main thing we do every morning at dads of Dumbar is
we go invite our students and welcome them into the school. All kids have the right to to the best path ever. Uh but it it's you know just having people around them you know uh just to talk to them to show that you know you care
about him. I mean not just my son his friends you know what I can do for any of them. Most of those students are those that don't have father figures. And believe me, I see a lot of them that feel like nobody really care and I can just do what I want. >> In life, you may not know everything
that you will need to know. It helps to for them to come up here and speak and guide us. >> Don't give up if you got something in your sights. My first semester, I I did everything but uh study.
Um I didn't know any better. So, I'm I'm issuing it as a warning. Take advantage of your study halls if you're a student athlete or even if you're not. Budget your time. >> Right now, everyone shows up, you know, on Friday morning. But now, we just want to see how we could just be more hands-on with our students and our young
men and our young ladies, uh, because they need us. And so, this is just the beginning. So, as we look to revamp going into the new year, look forward to just everybody being more involved with our students. We want to say thank you to all these all pro dad MVP honories. So can you
guys make another big All Pro Dad round of applause for all of these blessings. >> On behalf of all of us here at AllPro Dad, thank you so much for what you do each and every day. It matters. You can see the impact that it makes. Um, and we
just want to appreciate you when we take this appreciation back to your school districts and celebrate like we are here today. So, so thank you. Thank you very much. >> Ready? >> A V. >> In first grade, I noticed that other
kids were a little more ahead of me in reading. I was confused why. That's when I got tested for dyslexia. being identified with dyslexia, being able to also participate in the curriculum that we're offering, and then being
successful is life-changing for our students. There's no words. I I can literally go home driving and I'm crying because I've seen that. I hope the parents know this is going to help their child out a lot when they get diagnosed.
Dyslexia is a learning disability that stays with you and that we're teaching our students and then into adulthood how to manage having dyslexia. The new curriculum is called Take Flight and is well known um on the national level.
It's a point of pride that we're offering another strategy in area literacy for our students but then also for the city of Fort Worth. But we're not doing it in isolation. We're doing it in partnership. We have great parent
advocates in our community and across our city around dyslexia. It's not just a curriculum with a um scripted instructional delivery. It's also building the capacity of our dyslexia teachers that we identify to receive
that very intense instruction to be certified. This is going to give me an opportunity to become a better teacher and help the kids in a better way. >> We hope it accelerates the learning for our dyslexia students and make sure they're able to accelerate their own
academic process and their success as well. >> I'm taking oo chemistry, honors chemistry, honors algebra, AP human geography. We have built in the best practices for a dyslexia student or
instruction through dyslexia instruction into our curriculum frameworks because those are best practices for our students. >> A valid and open action. >> So we look at the academic progress of our middle schools in the area of literacy. There's a need to make sure
we're identifying the students that maybe were not identified in elementary. I see them when they start and how much they struggle not being able to read, not having that confidence and after a year when you're working with them and then then you see everything that they
can accomplish now. >> I couldn't read as good as I do now. >> Not viewing dyslexia as a negative way and viewing it as like my superpower, which is really cool because like >> I I have it and not everyone in my class does. So that makes me stand out. >> Okay,
>> that helps. We have to not only celebrate our students and our parents but celebrate the teachers who are doing this hard work every day for our students. I just work for them every day. Every day at night because I have sleepless nights thinking what can I do
tomorrow to make it better for them. Fort Worth ISD is making it easier than ever to enroll in our schools with our brand new enrollment website designed with families in mind. Enrollment.fwisd.org is your one-stop shop for all things
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And yes, it's fully bilingual, so every family feels right at home. It's go time for Worth ISD. A new school year is full of promise and your journey starts right here. Enroll today at enrollment.fwisd.org
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through the app. Getting started is very easy. Step one, search for Stopfinder in the App Store or Google Play. Step two, activate your account using the invitation email from Fort Worth ISD. And finally, step three, you're all set.
You now have full access to your students transportation information. So don't wait. Download Stopfinder today and travel with peace of mind, knowing exactly where your student is at every stop. Have you guys seen the new ID badges
that everyone's wearing? >> Yeah, I heard that we have to wear them like every single day. No exceptions. >> Guess we're official now. >> Starting this school year, every student from elementary to high school must wear their school ID badge every day. Wear it around your neck using the schoolisssued
lanyard. >> Wearing your badge in your pocket, not going to cut it. >> On your hat, not even close. And sorry, no stickers, glitter, or customizing. It's got to be clear and readable. >> Your badge helps speed things up in the lunch line. Just get it and go.
>> Need to check out a book? Your ID badge makes it easy. >> Hello. I'd like to check out this book. >> Good to go. >> All right. Thank you. And most importantly, your ID badge keeps you safe on the bus. It lets your
parents know exactly when you get on and off. >> It also helps us know who's on campus and helps during emergencies. >> Badges aren't just rules, they're tools. >> Show it. >> Wear it. >> Own it. It takes a team to educate a child. From
the bus drivers who safely bring them to school to the dedicated staff who keep everything running long after the bell rings, every role is essential in shaping a student's future. Fort Worth ISD needs you and your unique skills. Whether you're teaching in the
classroom, supporting behind the scenes in IT, preparing nutritious meals, or teaming up with our classroom heroes, there's a place for you here. Apply today and start building a brighter tomorrow for yourself and the students you'll inspire. Because Fort Worth ISD
is where the best begins. >> Since I was little, I wanted to be a teacher. So, I want to see people writing quick. You have one minute. I've never really thought about being anything else. How many in total for this second part? And everybody would say, "Oh, you're so good at math. Don't
you want to be an engineer? I come from a family of teachers. My mom was a teacher in Colia. 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 daughter.
>> 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 taekwond do in dojoos like this, you can tell they're the quieter kids that are able to listen and get their work done quickly. 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 until I think about what I've been taught about it. >> This sport helped do multiple things for them. Helped them with discipline. uh helped them learn not only a team sport but an individual which also helped them 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 in that they have in life as well. >> When I get my black belt, I can put it
on my college degree and it'll show that I can make a commitment and stick it out >> to be able to persevere through the things that they need to, whether it's academics or other sports. But self-confidence and perseverance are the top two things they learn. >> And then we're going to go lowhigh here.
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. Reto1 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. It's 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 above 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 >> Oh, this this collaboration zone outside.
>> Fort Worth ISD offers your child the start they deserve. We help your little one build a strong foundation focused on academic and social emotional skills. One that prepares them to explore and maximize every opportunity. Free 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. surprise. >> What we love so much about Coach Gonzalez, it's really several things.
First of all, his dad was a previous winner and what a legacy that he lives. Congratulations. Congratulations. But what was really impressing to us was the fact that all he does in the classroom and outside the classroom. really bringing the community together and how
much his students love him. So, it really just speaks to how much he's adored not only in the school, the amazing work that he's doing here, but also being loved and adored by the community. >> I just want to say thank you to uh Texas Health first of all. Um it's truly a
huge honor. Uh what >> just setting that example of what it means to lead not only in the classroom, in the community, but from the heart. on the bowling pin there are 10 spots. >> Students who are healthy, who are active, do better in school. So for us
as Texas Health Resources, a health system, it's really important that we invest in the health and well-being of students, not only for their educational outcomes, but in order to improve their health and well-being now and long term. We are proud from Texas Health that
Coach Gonzalez is the chair for teaching excellence in health and physical education. Mr. Amos is the personality of Holly. I don't know. He just brings life. He brings smiles. He uh stands out among the crowd. >> Super surprised. Well played. I think
everybody's in theater here for sure. >> The students are so engaged with him. They listen to him. They they're constantly around him to um look to him for mentorship, guidance, not just in content but in life. He he models how to
listen and how to um give feedback in a way that even students feel heard. >> You get to confirm. Literacy is everything. Every content builds literacy skills into its uh curricula. Mr. Ken is able to do those things uh so
naturally. If you can wrap up a personality of a teacher and and what he personifies that would be it is that he is the exemplar uh in our language of what a teacher should be and can be. Uh he brings his best every single day. Um,
I think in the future he'd be hesitant to leave the classroom, but I think he he's a natural leader and he's learning in that role. Um, so he'll find his capacity somewhere. Wherever he goes, he just brings light to the room. >> All right.
We have a very special announcement and we have some guests here that will be presenting. Hey, >> that was so good. >> Mr. Leiday stood out in this entire interview process. As we were um sitting
with the finalist, he came in the room and just completely elevated the room with his presence. He was um so articulate and knowledgeable. We all left there and we thought if we could have him teach our children in the future, we would be so very lucky.
>> Congratulations so much. >> Congratulations. >> Our hope for Mr. Leiday is that he continues to do exactly what he's doing now. Um he can elevate every single room that he's in and and I hope he continues to to teach exactly as he is today. These are people who they didn't really
believe in what they were selling. They just were in this position because they couldn't inherit the family business. >> I just think that that Mr. Leiday is a delight to be around. I mean, he is a incredibly intelligent human being and his his ability to articulate his ideas
uh in his classroom was unbelievable. >> That's right. Miss Pillespie stands out um in just her energetic ways. She's always willing to help. She's a great team member and she's actually our team lead. I hope that Miss Gillespie continues to have
that passion for learning. She is often requested and she has seen up to four children in one family and she just gives everything she has every day. >> Amazing amazing person. So congratulations. We're so proud of you.
>> Receiving that award um the chair of excellence for Earling Learning is just really understanding what our young learners need. She understands how important their learning is and pushes students but in fun and engaging ways to make students excited for learning.
She's really setting the bar on where they're going to go. >> Central Market, thank you so much for these opportunities. Um you're rewarding teachers that are putting their heart, soul um into learning and just giving her that recognition and supporting her
means more than anything. And we're very grateful for sponsors like you who invest in our teachers. >> Miss Welch, we are here to celebrate you. Briana Welch is a very instrumental component
to our school system. She is so amazing in assisting students with the kiddos in her classroom, particularly the RISE kids. Not only does she have high expectations for them while in her class, but also as they go out into the
general eding. >> She's also been an amazing support to the teachers here, whether they were special ed or general ed teachers. not only at our campus but also throughout our district. She stands out like none other and I am just so excited for her
and for our school. >> We are so proud of you. >> I'd like to say thank you on behalf of Fort Worth ISD and Seminary Hills Park to our great sponsors who recognized the power that she brings to education. I know this absolute honor will inspire
her to not only continue in her great work but also impact so many others and especially the students and staff members here at our school. >> Congratulations, Miss W. Thank you so much. His
name is Matthew Rose. Um, here on campus though, I don't know the story behind it, but he's gone by Crash for years and years and years. >> Wow. >> I hear it's from his&m days, so I'm not sure if I could share it if I knew it. Crash is all around an amazing teacher because he's engaging, supports students, and he challenges them to make
sure that they understand what they're learning. Career and technical education is vital in today's education system because it's really preparing our students for the next step. Crash Rose teaches earth and space. So, he's teaching them geology. He's teaching about oil. He's teaching them about um space and the next frontier. And so,
he's really preparing them to see what they want to do in college or they will see what they want to do next in their career. So, it's vital right now to ensure that our students have the the skills and the drive and the engagement to want to move on to the next level. When you walk into his classroom, everything about him screams, "I love
science." You see, um he's got maps of space. He's got the planets everywhere. He he engages you on a personal level. He'll he'll know your name from day one and then he gets you excited about science. >> And then your buddy's gonna look at the side. >> Once Crash Rose gets a hold of you, you want to be in his classroom. You want to
learn from him because he, you know, he cares about you and you know he cares about what he's teaching. >> Get ready to start. >> He is in a leadership role on our campus. He's a science department chair. And so what I see in the next two years is that doing what he's been doing this whole time is leading others um to become great teachers and supporting the science department and continuing to
support his kids in the classroom. You come on in. >> Congratulations. Whenever we were interviewing Christa, the committee was so impressed by the way that she continues to evolve her teaching style for the needs of the students.
>> Congratulations for being the chair of teaching excellence for music and fine arts. >> She's working with her students and meeting them where they are. Doesn't matter what level they've come in at, if they've been with her for several years or if they're coming from a different
school. Another really wonderful program that Christa had implemented was a mentorship program. And so each of the students has an opportunity to lead warm-ups. They have an opportunity to lead sectionals and to work with each other to learn not only how to work with their fellow
peers, but how to lead so that each student comes away with a different set of skills and knowledge. We are performing arts center. So of course we want to inspire and engage the next set of artists, the next set of patrons and we feel that supporting
those students at the ground level, those educators who are on the floor making that happen every day, those are the people that we want to continue to support and inspire as they go through life. Nice job you guys. Really good.
That's my first answer right there. >> Miss Vincent. >> Hi, Miss Vincent. How >> are you, too? >> Miss Vincent has a infectious personality and you can feel the energy she brings just talking to her. We could
instantly see how the children responded to her and that response seems to help them excel based on everything we've learned about her. >> Topic, sentence, blue pen, write my sent answer out. >> We believe that reading is a fundamental building block of education and we're
thrilled to support this award because we know how important it is for Worth ISD, the teachers and the students in the district. Green pen commentary comes from three places. My head, my heart, my gut, and a little
wiggle. >> It was clear after visiting with her and watching a video and now seeing her in her classroom that that is just the energy she spreads over her students and they eat it up. It was a clear choice to select Miss Vincent for the teaching chair excellence for early elementary
reading. You come on in. >> Congratulations. Whenever we were interviewing Christa, the committee was so impressed by the way that she continues to evolve her teaching style for the needs of the student.
>> Congratulations for being the chair of teaching excellence for music and fine arts. >> She's working with her students and meeting them where they are. Doesn't matter what level they've come in at, if they've been with her for several years or if they're coming from a different
school. Another really wonderful program that Christa had implemented was a mentorship program. And so each of the students has an opportunity to lead warm-ups. They have an opportunity to lead sectionals and to work with each other to learn not only how to work with their fellow
peers, but how to lead so that each student comes away with a different set of skills and knowledge. We are performing arts center. Of course, we want to inspire and engage the next set of artists, the next set of patrons, and we feel that supporting
those students at the ground level, those educators who are on the floor making that happen every day, those are the people that we want to continue to support and inspire as they go through life. Nice job, you guys. Really good.
Hi, Miss Rio. >> Congratulations. You're a teaching champion. >> Congratulations. >> She just has a heart for education. She has a heart for the kiddos that she serves. She has a heart for Fort Worth
ID. Her tenure in the district has been tremendous. >> Oh my god. Thank you. >> Congratulations so much. >> We were taken away by just her her love for what she does. >> What can we do with this area model?
>> How she really really wants to understand where students are and meets them in the middle. We felt that was a big part of of why she stood out and we were honored to celebrate her in this way and ensure that she was celebrated by giving her this really special
recognition. And we have a really really big big surprise. >> She just won $5,000. >> Congratulations to everybody welld deserved on this important acknowledgement and recognition. On behalf of Charleton State University,
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law, the board opened the meeting at 5:34 p.m. with the quorum present. Recess open session, convene executive session, adjourned executive session, and now reconvene open session at 9:08 p.m. with the quorum present. We are up to consent agenda items. As board president, I'm making the following statement in accordance with board
policy 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. Trustes, we've 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?
And I know we are pulling um to the um action uh consent agenda item G. Any other um any other comments or questions? All right. All right. At this time, we are up to
item nine, consent agenda items. So, um do I have a motion accepting the consent agenda items minus item G? So moved. >> Trusty Jackson. Do I have a second? >> Trusty Dr. Ryan. Any discussion?
Please move to voting. Right. 80. Motion passes. So now we are at con the consent agendum consent agenda item G. Approve second reading for revisions to board policy DC local and DCD local relating to
delegation of hiring authority. Do I have a motion? Trusty Phillips. Do I have a second? No motion. So motion fails. All right, we are at the next item B. Board deliberation and render
decision if any on the student expulsion appeal. Do I have a motion? >> I move to amend the expulsion decision as discussed in closed session. >> Second. Let's see. Dr. Rodriguez. Second. Trusty
Jackson. Any discussion? Please move to voting. Motion passes 53. We are at C. Consideration and adoption of resolution approving contingent fee legal services contract including
findings needed for submission of contingent fee legal services agreement and request for expedited review by the Texas Attorney General. Do I have a motion? I move that the board adopt a resolution approving the contingent fee legal services contract that includes the findings required by the Texas
government code 2254 subchapter C and that are needed for submission of a contingent fee legal services agreement and a request to the Texas Attorney General for expedited review. After this um item, I'll need to ensure
we go back to the last item to Yeah. Okay. So, we have a motion um by Trusty Lynch. We have a second by Trusty Jackson. Any discussion? Please move to voting.
8 Z motion passes. Just for clarification, um I heard you say President Martinez 53. >> Yes, >> that's what I saw on the screen. >> Okay. I just wanted to make sure that's what you all
>> right. >> Okay. They had just wanted a clarification. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Okay. So we that moves us to item D. Consideration and adoption of contingent
feed legal services agreement with O'hanalen Demeran Castillo PC and Razner Sia LLP. Do I have a motion? >> Trusty. Do I have a second? Well, I I move that the board adopt and approve entering into a contingent fee legal
services agreement with O'Hanland Demar and Castillo PC and Risner Slia LLP to represent the district in first party insurance litigation. >> That's the motion. Dr. Ry second. Thank you. Any discussion?
Please move to voting. Oh, sorry. Trusty Jackson, did you have a >> No, I didn't. I'm sorry. >> Okay. Sorry. Please move to voting. 8 Z. Motion passes. All right. We have no action on E, F, and we have no G, H, I, or J. That
brings us up to K. Consider and take action on Senate Bill 11, resolution regarding period of prayer and reading of religious text during the school day. Do I have a motion? >> Yes, President Martinez. I move for the board to decline to adopt the resolution
to create a policy regarding a period of prayer and reading of religious text during the school day. Do I have a second? >> Second daughter, any discussion? Um, Dr. Rodriguez.
>> Yes. I just want to clarify a yes vote would be no to the prayer and then no vote would be to want the prayer. Correct. >> A yes vote would be to adopt a policy
under SB11 with regard to prayer. There's already policy with regard to prayer in the district. So this would be to adopt a policy under SB11. A yes vote means you're not voting for that. >> Okay.
>> Declining to vote. Okay. >> Okay. But I just want to be clear because there already is there already uh policies that protect the rights of students. >> Okay. >> So with this motion, yes equals decline adoption. Um Trusty D.
>> Yes. Can I have Trusty Jackson just read that um motion again, please? >> Sure. I move for the board to decline to adopt the resolution to create a policy regarding a period of prayer and reading
of religious text during the school day. So if you vote yes, you are declining to adopt a policy under SB11. >> And we had a second by Trusty Dar. >> Still second. >> Yes, still second. Any further discussion?
All right. If it's clear, we everyone please move to voting. >> Did you not mention this was verbal? >> Was this not a verbal vote? >> This is a roll call vote. Yes, sir. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um, Trusty Lynch,
>> no. >> Trusty Lavos, >> yes. Trusty Dark. >> Yes. >> Trusty Jackson. >> Yes. >> Trusty Dr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. >> Trusty Phillips.
>> Yes. >> Trusty Dr. Ryan. >> Yes. >> And for myself, Trusty Martinez, yes. 70. Motion passes. >> I'm sorry. 71. 71.
All right, we are up to L. Approve resolution to ratify wage continuation payments for employees during emergency closures. Do I have a motion? >> Trusty Levenos, do I have a second? >> Trusty Dar, any discussion?
Please move to voting. 80 motion passes. Next item, M. Approve workforce solutions of Tarant County contract amendment budget increase with fourth independent school district office of adult education for the 2025 2026 adult education program. Do I have
a motion? >> Trusty Jackson, do I have a second? >> Second. >> Trusty Dar. Any discussion? Please move to voting. 8 Z motion passes. Last item is in approved turf replacements at Western Hills High
School, Oldie Wyatt High School, Paul Lawrence Dunarf High School utilizing program contingency and interest funds in conjunction with the 2017 capital improvement program. Do I have a motion? >> Trustee Dr. Ryan, do I have a second? >> Trusty Phillips. Any discussion?
Please move to voting. 8 Z motion passes. This meeting the time is now 9:19 p.m. and this meeting is adjourned. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.