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May 30, 2018

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The school board extends it gratitude to Lynn Rossi Scott, an attorney with
Brackett & Ellis, for the in-depth review and for providing a very thorough and
insightful report regarding certain purchases of the Grand Prairie Independent
School District.

We are very pleased this report confirms we have an excellent staff that is focused
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on what's best for the District and our students. We accept the findings in this
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report and, after consultation with Ms. Scott, have agreed to release it to the
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We agree that our Board policy should be updated to improve the clarity of the
policy's intent and to give clear guidance on its implementation. The Board will
ask the superintendent to work with the developers of Skyward (the District's
financial management system) to put additional controls and features into place as
recommended in the report to ensure employees are notified automatically when
expenditure limits are reached. We agree with the recommendation that the Board
should approve all Guaranteed Maximum Price amendments regardless of the
amount, and that the District should adjust its processes to establish that payments
will be based on pay applications and not invoices.

This report is an excellent resource as we continue to improve District operations.

We are proud to have one of the best superintendents in Texas at the helm of the
Grand Prairie Independent School District and she will do an outstanding job in
helping to implement these recommendations.

Terry Brooks
President, Grand Prairie ISD Board of Trustees