Dallas ISD is very good about webcasting all the Board Meetings and Board Briefings, even the ones that are controversial. This meeting is no exception. My thanks to DISD for being very faithful in that.
Below are highlight clips from the Speakers at that meeting. I went through the webcast and pulled at least a snippet from every speaker speaking to the agenda item of closing the 11 schools. Considering the vote outcome, the silver lining in the whole evening was the first speaker, Vince Murchinson. Mr. Murchinson has been a dedicated supporter of J.L. Long Middle School for a few years now. He leads a very active SBDM committee there (SBDM = Site Based Decision Making). They are a fantastic example of effective community support that makes a measurable difference in a public school.
Here is the first set of speakers, with some of Mr. Murchinson's very nice speech.
This set starts out with the events that led to the School Board President stopping the public speaking, tossing out a speaker, and moving the meeting to the private Board Briefing room. His decision is being brought under scrutiny. I don't know much about that, but for those who are interested, it's in this clip.
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