HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/10/24-Minutes-City Council-Special CalledCITY OF FORT WORTH CITY COUNCIL AND
FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CALLED - SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OCTOBER 24, 2012
Present:
Fort Worth City Council
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tern W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Frank Moss, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Joel Burns, District 9
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Fort Worth Independent School Board of Trustees
T.A. Sims, President — District 4
Christene Moss, Vice President — District 3
Judy Needham, Secretary — District 5
Carlos Vasquez, District 1
Tobi Jackson, District 2
Ann Sutherland, District 6
Norman Robbins, District 7
J. R. Martinez, District 8
Juan Rangel, District 9
FWISD Staff Present:
Walter Dansby, Superintendent
I. CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum of bodies present, Mayor Price and Board President, T. A. Sims called the joint
meeting of the Fort Worth City Council and Fort Worth Independent School Board of Trustees to
order at 5:37 p.m., on Tuesday, October 24, 2012, in the Jean McClung Middle School, 3000
Forest Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas 76112.
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FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CALLED — SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OCTOBER 24, 2012
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II. WELCOME AND INRODUCTIONS
Mayor Betsy Price and President T. A. Sims welcomed the members and audience to the
meeting. Both boards were introduced.
III. JOINT USE FACILITIES
Randle Harwood, Planning and Development Department, City of Fort Worth and Art Cavazos,
Chief of District Operations, Fort Worth Independent School District gave a presentation on joint
use facilities including parks, athletic facilities and community centers. They highlighted the
Eastern Hills Detention Basin which is a soccer field and park and when needed serves as a
water runoff control. They reviewed growth patterns and demographics in the City and the
District. They reviewed existing joint use facilities and discussed the benefits. It was mentioned
that the District is currently building facilities that can be used by the community outside of the
school day. The City and the District are continuing to review potential sites applicable for joint
use. They two entities will continue to meet together and to report back to their respective
Boards.
IV. FORT WORTH AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
Miguel Garcia, Director, Fort Worth after School and Sandra Youngblood, City of Fort Worth
Parks and Community Services gave a presentation on the Fort Worth After School program and
the Wallace Foundation Grant. The Fort Worth After School program has 94 sites and is the
largest structured after school program in the state. Participants in the Fort Worth After School
program have higher attendance, better grades and better behavior in school. With the Wallace
Grant the partnership between the City and the District will be expanded to collect information
on a larger scale, including programs not currently served by FWAS as well a programs in other
school districts and to create a system to promote high quality programs, develop shared vision
of standards, develop assessment tools and professional development and create an infrastructure
to sustain these efforts.
V. UPDATE OF FORT WORTH EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATION
Michael Sorum, Deputy Superintendent for Leadership, Learning and Student Support gave a
presentation on the Department of Early Academic Success and Acceleration ( DEASA) and the
Fort Worth Early Childhood Collaborative. DEASA consists of three areas of concentration: l )
Early Child hood Department — enhancing early language, literacy and math to better prepare
young students for academic success; working with early childhood entities and parents 2)
Elementary Literacy Department — building a strong literacy foundation; 3) Early Literacy
Intervention Department — district wide programs that support early intervention services,
prevention and appropriate instructional programs to ensure early academic success and
acceleration. The Fort Worth Early Childhood Collaborative is a community readiness initiative.
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FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CALLED — SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OCTOBER 24, 2012
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The vision is that all children in the Fort Worth ISD will enter school ready to be successful
learners. The framework is ready families; ready early education and care services and ready
communities will equal ready children. The program is building on existing program, using data
to guide decisions, expanding practices with demonstrated outcomes to reach children before
they enter school to ensure that they are ready.
VI. FITWORTH INITIATIVE
Fort Worth City Councilmember Dennis Shingleton presented the FitWorth Initiaitve. This is a
community initiative to improve well being in Fort Worth. The program is facilitating awareness
and providing information on the benefits of activity and healthy eating. Mr. Shingleton
highlighted several programs: the Steer Fort Worth food for thought program at De Zavala
Elementary School to bring in healthy food options, switching recess and lunch times and
tracking behavior and attendance and the FitWorth kids challenge which is an 8 week challenge
for 3rd — 8`h grades that emphasized activity. The team with the highest activity level won PE
equipment or track enhancements. The FitWorth team will be reaching out to the schools,
neighborhoods and community via newsletters, social media and news media to encourage
participation in local events or in neighbor and school events to get people active.
Councilmember Shingleton recognized Georgi Roberts, Director of Health and Physical
Education who was unable to be at the meeting.
VII. COMMUNICATION OF FWISD SUCCESSES
Barbara Griffith, Senior Communications Officer, Fort Worth Independent School District gave
a presentation on how the FWISD was communicating success in the following areas: STAAR
test and what areas were improved during this implementation year; Increase in the number of
students receiving dual credit; Learning networks on each campus; Gold Seal Programs of
Choice and Schools of Choice; Budgeting — a year -round process; Community Partnerships;
Read 2 Win; Momingside Children's Partnership; Parent empowerment tools; It's Not OK — the
anti - bullying campaign; and Know the Plan — what to do in the event of an emergency; update on
the Capital Improvement Program.
VIII. FURTURE AGENDA ITEMS
The following were suggested future agenda items:
Common ground — legislative issues, opportunities to pool resources
Positive updates from the schools in each district given to the Councilmember
Update on how FWISD schools have benefited from Neighborhood empowerment zones
Program for getting the community more active in the schools.
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FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CALLED — SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OCTOBER 241) 2012
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IX. ADJOURN
There being no further business, Mayor Price and President Sims adjourned the joint meeting at
7:49 p.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 12th day of November, 2012.
Attest:
Mary J. K
City Secretary
Approved:
4�etsyy Price
Mayor