Sep 25, 2023 Regular Meeting

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GOOD EVENING.

WE HAVE CONVENED FOR A REGULAR MEETING OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH.

THE TIME IS NOW.

6:02 P.M..

WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THIS EVENING WITH SHANNON O'CONNOR ON HER WAY.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR OPENING CEREMONY WITH PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.

I'M PLEASED TO INVITE SISTERS AVA AND SYDNEY SHACKLEFORD TO HELP US OUT WITH THE PLEDGES.

AVA IS A SIXTH GRADER AT SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SYDNEY IS IN THIRD GRADE AT ROOSTER SPRINGS.

Y'ALL CAN COME ON UP.

PLEASE STAND.

NOW FOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

NOW FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU, GIRLS.

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

DR. MORRIS-KUENTZ.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PRODUCTION OF MEAN GIRLS OPENING THIS THURSDAY.

THIS IS A STUDENT RUN PERFORMANCE, AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE PERFORMANCES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS AT 7 P.M.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE.

OUR NATIONALLY RANKED LADY TIGER VOLLEYBALL TEAM TAKES ON DEL VALLE TOMORROW NIGHT AT HOME.

SO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THESE TALENTED ATHLETES.

OUR VARSITY TENNIS IS ALSO AT HOME THIS WEEK AGAINST AUSTIN HIGH.

AND YOU CAN CATCH THE ACTION TOMORROW STARTING AT 4 P.M..

TIGER FOOTBALL IS AWAY THIS WEEK WITH A GAME AGAINST BUDA JOHNSON.

KICKOFF IS AT 7:30 AT SHELTON STADIUM.

THE DISTRICT IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY SUMMIT FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING THIS WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH HERE IN THIS ROOM, THERE WILL BE TWO SESSIONS THAT DAY, ONE AT 9:30 A.M.

AND ONE AT 6 P.M.

SO STAKEHOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND EITHER SESSION TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE DISTRICT.

WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RSVP IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING AND PARENTS CAN FIND AN RSVP LINK IN THEIR EMAIL.

WE ALSO HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER DISTRICT NEWS AND WE HAVE CHILD CARE AVAILABLE AT THE 6 P.M.

TIME SLOT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT OPENED TODAY AND THAT'LL RUN THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH.

STAKEHOLDERS CAN GO TO DISCUSS BACKSLASH SURVEY TO COMPLETE THE SHORT SURVEY.

WE HAVE OUR NEXT TAXPAYER TUESDAY SESSION, TUESDAY NEXT WEEK AT 9:30 A.M.

AT ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT ELAINE COGBURN WILL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION ON SCHOOL FINANCE 101 AND A REMINDER THAT OUR CAMPUSES AND OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 9TH.

AND THERE'S OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THANK YOU. NOW FOR A RECOGNITIONS.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

MORE THAN 90 DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS HAVE EARNED ACADEMIC HONORS FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THE PSAT NMSQT PSA TEN AND OR AP EXAMS. A MAJORITY OF STUDENTS EARN THE NATIONAL RURAL AND SMALL TOWN AWARDS, WHILE STUDENTS ALSO RECEIVE THE NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN AWARD, THE NATIONAL HISPANIC AWARD AND THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS AWARD.

STUDENTS CAN QUALIFY FOR MULTIPLE RECOGNITION PROGRAMS. THE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS INCLUDES A GPA OF A 3.5 OR HIGHER PSAT.

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR.

SORRY. NMSQT OR PSA10 TEN ASSESSMENT SCORES THAT ARE IN THE TOP 10% OF ASSESSMENT TAKERS IN EACH STATE FOR EACH PROGRAM AWARD OR EARNED A SCORE OF THREE OR HIGHER ON TWO OR MORE AP EXAMS IN NINTH AND 10TH GRADE.

THEY MUST ATTEND SCHOOL IN A RURAL AREA OR A SMALL TOWN.

IDENTIFY AS AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC, AMERICAN OR INDIGENOUS.

SO AT THIS TIME, ANY STUDENTS WHO WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR COLLEGE BOARD AWARD PLEASE COME FORWARD.

AS THERE WERE MORE THAN 90 OF THEM.

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ALL RIGHT. I'M SIMON, AND I'M A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.

HI, I'M CADEN. I'M A JUNIOR AS WELL.

HI, I'M LUKE. I'M A SENIOR.

I'M LUCAS. I'M A SENIOR.

HI, I'M MARIE. I'M A JUNIOR.

HI. I'M REBECCA.

AND I'M ALSO A JUNIOR.

I'M LEXI, AND I'M ALSO A JUNIOR.

PERFECT. LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, ALL.

SHANNON O'CONNOR IS JOINING US AT 6:08 P.M..

ALL RIGHT. NOW FOR PUBLIC FORUM.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

EACH PRESENTATION CAN BE NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES PER PERSON OR SIX MINUTES FOR A PERSON USING A TRANSLATOR.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS OR CRITICISMS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS.

EXCEPT FOR THE SPEAKER'S STUDENT, NO OTHER STUDENT'S NAME OR IDENTITY SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.

IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, HEARD AND RESOLVED, PLEASE PRESENT YOUR CONCERN THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE POLICIES UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD IS NOT PERMITTED TO DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

THIS MEANS THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE UNABLE TO DELIBERATE, ASK QUESTIONS, PROVIDE YOU WITH A RESPONSE, OR TAKE ANY ACTION RELATED TO YOUR COMMENTS.

IF AN ISSUE MENTIONED IS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, THE BOARD'S DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE WILL BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE APPROPRIATE TIME DURING THE MEETING.

FOR ISSUES NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY DIRECT A SPEAKER TO THE APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SPEAKERS SHALL BE HEARD ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS AND ARE NOT PERMITTED TO RELINQUISH TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON.

WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF WITH YOUR NAME AND CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT.

ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, THE TIMER WILL BEGIN.

WHEN YOU HEAR THE TIMER SOUND, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD.

LADELL GOWANS.

NO PROBLEM. IT'S GOING JUST SO YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU. OWENS WITH A G ON THE FRONT.

THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING.

NO PROBLEM. JUST THAT WAY, YOU KNOW.

I DO HAVE AN INTERPRETER.

OKAY. YOU JUST TELL ME WHEN TO GO.

OKAY. OKAY.

YES, MA'AM. NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. I'M LADELL GOWANS AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE LIFE SKILLS DEPARTMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

FIRST OFF, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M ONLY GIVING YOU A PARA POINT OF VIEW.

FROM OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE.

OUR PERCEPTION IS OUR REALITY.

NOW IF OUR VIEWS DON'T MATCH UP OR SYNC THEN AT THE VERY LEAST, THERE IS A MAJOR BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A VERY TOUGH SUBJECT.

WHEN WE ARE FINISHED HERE TONIGHT.

I HOPE YOUR HEART WILL BE BROKEN.

BUT IT COULD BE HARDENED DEPENDING ON YOU AND THE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW WHICH WAY IT IS BY THE SERIOUSNESS THAT YOU GIVE OUR WORDS AND THE IMMEDIACY OF YOUR ACTIONS.

LET THERE BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING OF MY WORDS TONIGHT.

WE LOVE OUR STUDENTS.

THEY ARE A JOY AND A DELIGHT TO US EVERY SINGLE DAY.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THEIR DAY AWESOME AND WE ALL DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

I PERSONALLY GO HOME EVERY NIGHT KNOWING THAT WITH EVERY DIAPER I CHANGED EVERY NOSE AND MOUTH I WANT, EVERY TOOTH I BRUSHED.

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EVERY DAILY TRIP TO THE NURSE'S OFFICE THAT I GAVE EACH ONE OF THESE STUDENTS THE CARE THAT THEY NEEDED TO WALK THROUGH THE HALLS WITH DIGNITY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

CLEAN, PRESENTABLE AND HAVING FUN LIKE IT SHOULD BE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT THEN THERE'S THOSE MOMENTS IN EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT ARE SO DIFFICULT, SO DRAINING, AND WE CAN'T SHOW IT TO OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE IT WOULD AFFECT THEIR DAY.

WE ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP A SMILE ON OUR FACE WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE DURING THE TOUGHEST AND PERHAPS EVEN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.

WE GET SO USED TO HIDING IT THAT WE'VE LIED TO OURSELVES.

I'VE ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN TO TELL THE TRUTH WHEN CERTAIN PEOPLE SAY, HOW ARE YOU? A TYPICAL DAY FOR A PARA IS FOUR CLASSES.

THAT'S THE WHOLE DAY WITH A 30 MINUTE LUNCH.

LIMITED BATHROOM BREAKS.

UNLESS WE GET SOMEONE TO WATCH OUR STUDENTS FOR US BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME BETWEEN CLASSES.

WHEN WE'RE TRANSPORTING STUDENTS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, WE ARE ENSURING THE SAFETY OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR CARE AND THOSE AROUND US.

WE ARE WATCHING FOR SEIZURES.

WE'RE MAKING SURE CHILDREN DON'T CHOKE AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY MODIFYING ALL TYPES OF BEHAVIORS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.

WE ARE THE FACE OF THE TEACHER IN THEIR ABSENCE.

WE ASSIST THEM IN THE CLASSROOM WITH SCHOOLWORK AND PROJECTS, AND WE GIVE THEM ALL THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.

WE ARE JUST ALL ONE CAR ACCIDENT AWAY FROM BEING IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IN.

WE WOULD NEED THE SAME PHYSICAL THERAPY AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT ANY OF THEM DO.

I AM CONSTANTLY REMINDED HOW FRAGILE LIFE IS.

I KNOW AT ANY MINUTE I COULD BE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON SOMEONE ELSE TO TAKE CARE OF ME.

AND NOW WE ARE FACED WITH BEING UNDERSTAFFED, WHICH MEANS WE ARE BEING PULLED IN MANY DIRECTIONS AND OFTEN TIME BEING ASKED TO DO THE JOB OF NOT JUST ONE PERSON, BUT 2 OR 3.

SO WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP.

WE NEED MORE PRAYERS AND WE NEED LOW TURNOVER IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

WE NEED HIGHER SALARIES.

WE'VE LOST SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE BECAUSE THE EFFORT WE GIVE EACH DAY DOESN'T MATCH THE COMPENSATION.

OUR MORALE IS LOW BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL SUPPORTED BY OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

WE DON'T SEE THE ACTIONS OR VISITS FROM ANYONE TO SEE WHAT OUR DAYS LOOK LIKE.

IF YOU LOOK IF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO VISIT US AND SEE WHO AND WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH EVERY DAY, THEN YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND.

I'D LIKE TO USE TWO ANALOGIES TO GET MY POINT ACROSS.

ONE IS FARMING.

THE OTHER IS MILITARY.

I GREW UP ON A FARM IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST TEXAS.

FARMERS PLANT AND SOW SEED, AND IT'S MANY MONTHS UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR HARVEST.

WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THEY DO IN THAT FIELD WHILE THE FIELD IS SITTING THERE WAITING TO BE HARVESTED? DO YOU THINK THEY JUST COME BACK MONTHS LATER TO SEE HOW IT'S DOING AND SEE IF THE SEEDS CAME TO FRUITION, IF THERE WERE BEAUTIFUL AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN TO HARVEST? THE FARMER CONSTANTLY CHECKS HIS FIELD TO MAKE SURE THE PLANTS ARE RECEIVING PROPER AMOUNTS OF NUTRIENTS.

WATER THAT THERE'S NO ROOT ROT, INSECT INFESTATION.

HE DOESN'T JUST DRIVE BY THE FIELD, HE DOESN'T IGNORE THE CROP.

IF HE DID, IT WOULD BEGIN TO SUFFER AND HE WOULD SPEND MORE MONEY AND TIME TO SAVE IT.

IN THE MILITARY, WHEN SOLDIERS ARE IN THE TRENCHES AND HAVE A NEED, THEIR SERGEANT TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE THEIR NEEDS ARE MET QUICKLY.

EVEN IF IT HAS TO GO TO THE GENERAL.

I ASKED A RETIRED VETERAN WHAT HAPPENS IF TROOPS DON'T GET WHAT THEY NEED? HE, WITHOUT HESITATION, LAUGHED AND SAID THEY LOSE THE WAR.

GENERALS MAKE SURE THEIR NEEDS ARE MET BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE IN THE TRENCHES.

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH A SINGLE HUMAN BEING CAN DO IN A DAY BEFORE THEY ARE DEPLETED OF ALL THEIR ENERGY.

WE ARE THE ONES ON THE FRONT LINES EVERY DAY, GIVING EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN THE FACE OF MANY ADVERSITIES.

WE ARE ASKING YOU TO BE THE FARMERS THAT COME CHECK YOUR FIELDS AND THE GENERALS THAT SUPPLY THE NEEDS SO WE WIN THE WAR. A FEW YEARS AGO, SOME OF THE SPED PARAS COMMUNICATED TO THE BOARD THAT THEY NEEDED A RAISE.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY WERE TOLD, AND I PARAPHRASE, WE CAN'T GIVE Y'ALL A RAISE BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE RAISES TO BUSSES, CHILD NUTRITION AND CUSTODIAL STAFF.

AND WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT.

YET THIS PAST SPRING, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, THOSE DEPARTMENTS RECEIVED RAISES WHICH I'M THANKFUL FOR.

THEY DESERVE IT AND MORE.

SO NOW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR RAISES IN THE MIDDLE OF, HARD TIME FILLING POSITIONS, WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT SAME CONSIDERATION

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THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MS. GOWENS.

ERICA LOVCHIK.

HI, MY NAME IS ERICA LOVCHIK AND I'M ONE OF THE ALTERNATE CURRICULUM TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL AND MY 21ST YEAR OF EDUCATION AND W E MADE A VISUAL TO KIND OF HELP YOU UNDERSTAND.

SO EACH SQUARE IS 100 STUDENTS.

THE BLUE IS THE ENTIRETY OF THE SCHOOL.

2495 STUDENTS IS WHAT WAS REPORTED TO US.

THE YELLOW AND THE GREEN ARE OUR ACC STUDENTS.

THE GREEN WITHIN THE YELLOW ARE THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.

ONE QUARTER OF OUR STUDENTS THAT REQUIRE ONE ON ONE SUPPORT.

BELL NOT EVEN BELL TO BELL BUS TO BUS LIKE WE GET THEM COMING OFF THE BUS AS EARLY AS 8:20 IN THE MORNING, COMING FROM THEIR PARENTS UNTIL THEIR BUSSES TAKE THEM AWAY OR THEIR PARENTS TAKE THEM AWAY.

AND I STAYED UNTIL.

LATE WITH KIDDOS WHO THE BUS DRIVER GOT HOME AND THERE WAS NOBODY HOME, SO THEY HAD TO BRING THEM BACK.

AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES HAVE DONE THE SAME THING.

I ALSO KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE DISTRICT DON'T LIVE IN THE DISTRICT LIKE MYSELF.

I COMMUTE FROM KYLE.

I'VE NEVER CONSIDERED EVEN APPLYING TO HAYS.

LAST YEAR WE WERE FULLY STAFFED WITH EIGHT PARAS AGAIN, 6 TO 1 ON ONE.

THAT MEANS THE OTHER TWO ARE SUPPORTING THE OTHER 18.

IT'S A HUGE RATIO.

AND OF THOSE, WE HAVE THREE LEFT.

SOON TO BE TWO. AND WE HAVE A STAFF OF FOUR AFTER FRIDAY AND THE REST ARE FILLED BY SUBS AND OUR SUBS ARE AMAZING AND I LOVE OUR SUBS, BUT THEIR SUBS, IT'S NOT CONSISTENT.

WE'VE GOT KIDDOS WHO NEED DIAPERING, NEED FEEDING, NEED, ALL OF THESE THINGS AND THEY DO AMAZING THINGS.

COME VISIT OUR SCHOOL ANY TIME YOU WILL SEE THEM IN THE HALLWAYS, I PROMISE.

THE ADMINISTRATORS ALL KNOW OUR KIDS.

THE STUDENTS ALL KNOW OUR KIDS, LIKE THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN OR THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN AMAZING.

THE INCLUSION IS AMAZING, BUT IT'S WE'RE SUFFERING.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR PARAS MAKING $30 AN HOUR THAT'S NOT EVEN A LIVING WAGE IN [INAUDIBLE].

IT JUST ISN'T. AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOME OF OUR LONG TERM DEDICATED STAFF GOING TO DISTRICTS CLOSER TO HOME BECAUSE THOSE DISTRICTS. AT LEAST ON PAPER, ARE TAKEN CARE OF OF THEIR PARAS, THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES.

MY SUPPORT TEAM.

MY. MY SCAFFOLD.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER A MID-YEAR INCREASE IN SALARY FOR OUR FOLKS.

THEY DESERVE IT. THEY NEED IT.

WE NEED TO RETAIN AND AND RECRUIT FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S ALL WE GOT LEFT.

IF THEY WERE HERE, THEY WOULDN'T BE HERE.

SO WE NEED TO OFFER MORE, GIVE MORE AND GET BETTER AND KEEP LONGER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ERICA.

EVEN THOUGH WE CANNOT DELIBERATE ON COMMENTS, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE DO HEAR YOU AS A BOARD AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR SENTIMENTS.

[6. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]

THE LEARNING SPOTLIGHT, CTE.

DR. MATHAIS.

WE ARE BRINGING A CROWD UP HERE.

THANK YOU. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR OUR STUDENT SPOTLIGHT THIS EVENING.

WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR CTE PROGRAMS AND PATHWAYS AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DISPLAY THEM UP HERE ON THE SCREENS FOR ANYBODY WHO ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH THOSE.

SURE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND PATHWAYS AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.

THOUGH WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE THIS EVENING, WE HAVE TIME TONIGHT TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO WE ARE GOING TO START WITH MS. RIDDLEBARGER AND OUR BUSINESS PROGRAM.

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I'M JEN RIDDLEBARGER AND I BROUGHT WITH ME MISS AUDREY WARD, AND I'M ONE OF OUR BUSINESS TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I ACTUALLY TEACH A MARKETING CLASS THIS YEAR AS WELL AS A MONEY MATTERS CLASS, WHICH IS A PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASS.

I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A BASIC PREREQUISITE COURSE CALLED PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS THAT WE OFFER MAINLY TO INCOMING FRESHMEN.

AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE LIKE TO GIVE THEM LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO EXPLORE VARIOUS AREAS OF THE BUSINESS WORLD WITH VERY REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS AND LET THEM CHOOSE KIND OF THEIR OWN PATHWAY, WHETHER THAT BE MARKETING, WHETHER THAT BE THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ROUTE AND ALSO INTO REAL ESTATE AND AND OTHER AREAS.

I'M ALSO THE CO SPONSOR FOR DECA WITH MR. LEMONS, AND THAT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT'S GROWN QUITE A BIT.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE JUST HIT 165 MEMBERS, WHICH IS 60 MORE THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR AND WE'RE GROWING AND THAT OFFERS EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS, NOT ONLY WITH LEARNING ABOUT BUSINESS, BUT ALSO LEARNING ABOUT PRESENTATION SKILLS AND PROFESSIONALISM.

AND AUDREY HERE IS ONE OF OUR OFFICERS THIS YEAR, SO I WANTED TO GIVE HER A SECOND TO SHARE WITH US AS WELL, AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

HI, MY NAME IS AUDREY WARD.

I'M A SOPHOMORE. AND LIKE MS. RIDDLEBARGER SAID, I'M A VICE PRESIDENT FOR DECA.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT DECA HAS GIVEN ME IS MY ABILITY TO BE SO CONFIDENT IN MYSELF.

AND IT'S SO EASY FOR ME TO PUBLIC SPEAK AND SPEAK TO YOU ALL TODAY.

IT'S EASY FOR ME TO BE POSITIVE.

IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SPEAK TO MY FRIENDS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL.

JOINING DECA HAS GIVEN ME SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.

I'VE MET SO MANY PEOPLE, I'VE MADE SO MANY FRIENDS.

IT'S OPENED JOBS UP FOR ME.

IT'S MADE ME MORE CONFIDENT IN MY OWN COLLEGE PATH, AND DECA IS JUST A REALLY GREAT ADDITION TO THE CLUBS AT OUR SCHOOL AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL BE POSITIVE FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL LEMONS AND I AM A REAL ESTATE TEACHER AT DRIPPING SPRINGS REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS.

SEVEN YEARS AGO WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A GRANT FROM THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION THAT ALLOWED US TO KICK START A REAL ESTATE PROGRAM IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE THE FIRST IN THE STATE THAT OFFERED A CLASS LIKE THIS.

AND IT STARTED AS A CLASS WHERE WE WOULD ALLOW STUDENTS TO RECEIVE THEIR REAL ESTATE LICENSE.

SO THIS WAS LIMITED TO SENIORS.

AND OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, THEY HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT THEY HAD TO COVER.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE COVER AND JACKSON CAN ATTEST TO THIS, WE COVER ABOUT A CHAPTER OF MATERIAL EVERY SINGLE TIME OUR CLASS MEETS.

THE STATE ACTUALLY PROVIDES TWO HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS FOR THIS ONE CLASS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MATERIAL TO COVER.

BUT OVER THE YEARS, THIS CLASS HAS GROWN AND WE NOW OFFER A JUNIOR LEVEL CLASS, WHICH IS SORT OF A SURVEY OF REAL ESTATE AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING CLASSES IN MY MIND BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE TRIPS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVE I HAVE MY COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THE DISTRICT IS NICE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE US WITH A BUS THAT WE CAN TAKE.

AND THAT ALLOWS US DURING A NORMAL SCHOOL DAY TO TAKE ATTENDANCE, HEAD OUT TO THE BUS AND GO SEE A MODEL HOME, GO SEE A HOME THAT A BROKER HAS LISTED, GO SEE A HOME THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.

WE'RE ABLE TO SEE A HOME WHEN IT FIRST GOES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SEE THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION OVER THE MONTHS AS IT'S BEING BUILT.

SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS CLASS THAT GROWS STUDENTS FROM THEIR JUNIOR YEAR AND PEAKS THEIR INTEREST IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR INTO THEIR LICENSE.

AND I WILL SAY THAT I'VE BEEN MOST IMPRESSED WITH THE SUPPORT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY OVER ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY HAVE REALLY WELCOMED THIS CLASS AND WANTED TO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT THIS CLASS, ALTHOUGH STUDENTS MAY NOT FINISH AND COMPLETE THEIR LICENSE THEIR SENIOR YEAR, ONE THING THAT STRIKES ME IS EVERY YEAR I HAVE MULTIPLE STUDENTS THAT COME BACK INTERESTED IN FINISHING YEARS LATER, AND EVERY YEAR I HAVE STUDENTS OR PARENTS THAT REACH OUT AND TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THE CLASS HAD STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING OFF TO GET BUSINESS DEGREES WITH AN EMPHASIS IN REAL ESTATE OR FINANCE DEGREES WITH AN EMPHASIS IN REAL ESTATE.

AND THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR LICENSING CLASS THIS YEAR IS JACKSON COFIELD, SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIM AND HAVE HIM SAY A FEW WORDS.

HI, I'M JACKSON COFIELD.

I'M A SENIOR AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M IN MY SECOND YEAR OF REAL ESTATE.

ACTUALLY, I'M THE PROCESS OF GETTING MY LICENSE RIGHT NOW.

AND WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT REAL ESTATE IS JUST BEING ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THINGS THAT WILL HELP ME IN MY CAREER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT EVEN GOING

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LIKE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I CAN JUST JUMP RIGHT IN AND BECOME A REALTOR.

AND THAT'S JUST SO SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE IT PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION WITHOUT THE HEFTY PRICE TAG THAT A LOT OF COLLEGES WILL COST.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TIMOTHY GARRISON.

I'M AN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY TEACHER HERE.

THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR.

WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE A FOUR YEAR PROGRAM.

THEY START IN BASIC AUTOMOTIVES, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE 60% OF AMERICANS CANNOT CHANGE A TIRE.

SO WE GET TO WE GET TO START AT A VERY IMPORTANT PLACE WITH THESE KIDS.

OUR GOAL ESSENTIALLY IS FOR THOSE KIDS TO LEAVE, BEING ABLE TO CHANGE A TIRE, BUT CHANGE OIL AND BRAKES.

I MEAN, I THINK IF THEY COULD DO THAT, IT'S AMAZING.

AND THEN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY GET TO REALLY PICK OUT WHAT INTERESTS THEM THE MOST.

THEY CAN PREPARE FOR THEIR ASC CERTIFICATION DURING THAT TIME.

BUT IT JUST IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON WHAT THEY REALLY ENJOY WORKING ON.

THE FOURTH YEAR WE HAVE A INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, CORNERSTONE.

THEY CAN EITHER BE ON CAMPUS WITH ME INTERNING OR THIS COMMUNITY LIKE THIS COMMUNITY IS AMAZING.

THERE'S THERE ARE ALL TYPES OF BUSINESSES AROUND HERE THAT LOVE HAVING THOSE KIDS THERE.

SO TRYING TO TRYING TO GET MORE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT CERTIFY KIDS.

AC BUT I WOULD LOVE TO EVENTUALLY GET THERE.

THERE ARE DISTRICTS AROUND HERE THAT CAN DO IT.

GETTING THOSE KIDS NEXT DAY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL INTO WORK WOULD BE AMAZING.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE MADDUX LOPEZ HERE.

EXCUSE ME. HI, MY NAME IS MADDUX LOPEZ.

I'M A SENIOR AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THIS WILL BE MY ONGOING FOURTH YEAR AT THE AUTO TECH PROGRAM.

IT'S MY SECOND YEAR WITH MR. GARRISON. ONE THING I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THIS CLASS IS THAT, AGAIN, LIKE MR. GARRISON SAID, THIS IS JUST THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT A LOT OF US CAN USE LATER ON IN LIFE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG TEENAGERS LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL.

ALSO PERSONALLY, FOR ME, IT'S JUST MORE SO BEEN A HOBBY THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, WATCHING MY DAD AND MY FAMILY DO THESE THINGS TO VEHICLES.

IT JUST IT CAN HELP A LOT IN LIFE, AS I REPEAT IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HELLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

I AM MORGAN LOONEY. I AM A TEACHER FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCE PATHWAY AT DRIPPING SPRINGS.

WE ARE ALSO A FOUR YEAR PATHWAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE TAKE KIDS FROM THE FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL AND WORK THEM THROUGH, HOPEFULLY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN ONE OF FOUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS UPON GRADUATION.

WE HAVE CERTIFIED PHARMACY TECHNICIAN, CERTIFIED CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT, CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER AND CERTIFIED EKG TECHNICIAN, SO I COULD TALK AT LENGTH ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, BUT I WILL LET OUR FABULOUS STUDENTS DO THAT FOR YOU GUYS.

HI, I'M SOFIA MORENO.

I'M A JUNIOR AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THIS YEAR I'M A PART OF THE HEALTH SCIENCE PRACTICUM COURSE.

AND BASICALLY THIS YEAR SO FAR, WE'VE GONE TO MARBRIDGE, WHICH IS RETIREMENT LIVING FOR THE DISABLED.

AND WE ARE VERY INTERACTIVE WITH THEM.

WE HELP THEM BASICALLY, WE'LL HELP THEM BRUSH THEIR TEETH BECAUSE IF THEY AREN'T ABLE TO OR WE HELP THEM PLAY GAMES WITH EACH OTHER, WE WALK THEM OUTSIDE. WE'RE JUST OVERALL VERY INTERACTIVE WITH THEM AND IT'S VERY REWARDING.

SO YEAH, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS EVELYN CALDWELL AND I'M A JUNIOR AND I'M ALSO IN THE HEALTH SCIENCE PRACTICUM CLASS.

AND GOING TO MARBRIDGE HAS REALLY ALLOWED ME TO CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENTS.

AND IT'S JUST LIKE ALL OF THEM HAVE REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART AND MADE ME REALLY HAPPY.

AND I HOPE THAT OTHER STUDENTS CAN EXPERIENCE THIS.

HI, MY NAME IS EMILY [INAUDIBLE].

I'M A JUNIOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M ALSO PART OF THE PRACTICUM COURSE.

AND I THINK THE HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM HAS REALLY PREPARED ME FOR WHAT I WANT TO DO.

SORRY. WHAT I WANT TO DO NEXT YEAR IS DO A INTERNSHIP AT A PEDIATRICIAN OFFICE THROUGH THE CORNERSTONE PROGRAM.

HELLO, MY NAME IS JORDAN COOK AND I'M A JUNIOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TAKING THE PRACTICUM CLASS.

AND I'VE LEARNED HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH PATIENTS AND I'VE LEARNED ABOUT A VARIETY OF HEALTH CARE SETTINGS.

HI, I'M [INAUDIBLE]. I'M ALSO A JUNIOR AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.

I THINK THE BOARD SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS A LOT MORE THAN JUST THE CLASSES.

IT'S THE TEACHERS THAT DO A LOT FOR US AND IT'S THE STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

YOU ALWAYS FEEL SAFE AND YOU ALWAYS FEEL WELCOMED.

YOU NEVER FEEL LIKE YOU'RE LEFT OUT.

THANK YOU.

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SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THESE FANTASTIC STUDENTS, THEIR REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES, THEIR HANDS ON EXPERIENCES AND THESE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY WILL CARRY WITH THEM ONCE THEY LEAVE DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.

SO GREAT JOB, Y'ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.

I'M SO IMPRESSED. I LOVE HEARING ABOUT CTE.

I FEEL LIKE I LEARNED SOMETHING EVERY TIME I GET A PRESENTATION.

EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS JUST FOR I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN PATHWAY.

EVEN SO, IT'S ALL SO EXCITING ALWAYS FOR ME TO HEAR.

OLIVIA, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE'S GOING TO BE HERE TO ANSWER IT.

WHAT IS THE GAP BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT AND GETTING TO WHERE WE COULD BE GETTING THOSE KIDS CERTIFIED? COME BACK. COME BACK, JACK.

THERE HE IS.

I DID EMAIL THE THE TEAM AT ROUND ROCK ISD BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO IT CLOSE BY.

THERE'S SOME STEPS WE NEED TO TAKE.

THEY IT HAS TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY IN THE SHOP.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS GETTING WITH THEM I THINK AT ROUND ROCK, WHICH THEY'RE TOTALLY WILLING TO MEET AND SEE WHAT THEY DID TO GET THERE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO CERTIFY KIDS AND EVERYTHING FROM BREAKS TO THEY'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS UP THERE.

AND THAT'S THE MODEL, IF YOU ASK ME.

SO THERE'S A PLACE TO START.

FIVE YEARS. LET'S GO.

FIVE YEARS. THIS IS MR. GARRISON'S SECOND YEAR WITH US.

SO COMING ON BOARD, FIGURING OUT WHAT OUR SHOP HAS, WHAT RESOURCES, WHAT MACHINES, WHAT TOOLS, AND THEN FIGURING OUT WHAT NEXT STEPS SO WE CAN MATCH WHAT THE CERTIFICATIONS ACTUALLY NEED AND REQUIRE. WE'LL GET THERE.

OKAY? IT'S THE BEST CLASS.

MARY JANE. I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE IF YOU HEARD MR. LEMON SAY THE REAL ESTATE CLASS STARTED WITH AN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INNOVATIVE TEACHING GRANT.

SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU, WHEN YOU ARE READY AND KNOW THOSE STEPS TO GET MR. LEMONS TO HELP YOU SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.

A GOOD REMINDER.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT WITH THE BOARD.

UH, SO WE HAD OUR FENTANYL ROUNDTABLE WITH CHIP ROY.

SOMEONE WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT? OLIVIA? SURE.

ONE I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WAS THERE.

THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING ALL OF HAYS COUNTY.

SO A LOT OF OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES WERE THERE, AND WE HEARD SOME REALLY ASTOUNDING NUMBERS JUST AS IT RELATES TO OBVIOUSLY DEATHS IN THE AREA, BUT ALSO JUST CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE STUDENTS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE BEING REVIVED.

WE'RE HEARING ABOUT ARRESTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND KIND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING.

IT WAS HEARTBREAKING, GUT WRENCHING.

BUT I THINK THAT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THOSE INCIDENTS HERE WITHOUT REALLY HAVING THE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED.

SO I WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE AND I THINK OUR DISTRICT IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

BUT BOARD MEMBERS INDEPENDENTLY AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO REALLY BE ENGAGED IN LEARNING THE SIGNS AND LEARNING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND JUST MAKE SURE ALSO ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY IN THESE GETTING OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, LEARNING MORE ABOUT PREVENTION.

YEAH. AND JUST FOR CONTEXT ON THIS SITUATION, CHIP ACTUALLY CAME TO THE DISTRICT ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE, AND HOSTED IT.

WE KIND OF WERE JUST THERE MORE OR LESS.

I MEAN, AS AS A BOARD, WE WERE THERE AS LISTENERS.

WE DID NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THIS, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY NICE TO SEE OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, SEVERAL LEADERS, SEVERAL PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED, WHO HAVE PASSED FROM A FENTANYL OVERDOSE.

AND JUST HEARING KIND OF A VERY BROAD INTERSECTION OF THIS ISSUE THAT HONESTLY, IT SOUNDED TO ME THAT IT'S A VERY, VERY, VERY LARGE ISSUE IN HAYS COUNTY AND EVEN BY THE LEADERS IN HAYS COUNTY, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION BECAUSE SOME OF OUR STATISTICS ARE ACTUALLY

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AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD SOME.

TISHA KOLAK WAS THERE AND ROBIN REED KIND OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR CAMPUSES AS WELL.

MARY JANE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION TRICIA HAD AN IDEA OF A CONFERENCE SESSION AND THE NEXT ONE COMING UP IS GOVERNANCE CAMP.

AND SO I THINK THE DEADLINE, IF WE WERE GOING TO DO A SESSION, WOULD WELL, I'LL FIND IT.

I THINK IT'S IN NOVEMBER.

THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

YEAH. I THINK, TRICIA, YOU HAD MENTIONED LIKE PARENTS, LIKE THIS KIND OF PRESENTATION, PARENT DRIVEN OR.

YEAH, THE PROJECT 15 PARENTS, THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE PRESENTATION TO DO FOR PEOPLE IN ANY DISTRICT REALLY, AND THEY JUST WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE PARENTS ARE AWARE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEIR THEIR KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY OVERDOSE.

AND IT'S JUST AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.

SO TO ME, THE THE MOST INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET OUT, ESPECIALLY TO OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, THE BETTER WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS ENTIRE SITUATION. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAD TAXPAYER TUESDAY AND A BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEET AND GREET THEIR.

ROB, DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT MORNING? I'M TRYING. REMEMBER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT? WE HAVE BEEN TO SO MANY MEETINGS LATELY, Y'ALL.

NO, I'M KIDDING.

THIS IS HUGE.

FOR US. IT WAS.

IT WAS ON GOVERNANCE. SO YOU PRESENTED WITH HOLLY, AND YOU ALL DID PHENOMENAL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT JUST HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A BOARD OF TRUSTEES DO.

AND TO BE HONEST, A LOT OF PEOPLE FIGURED OUT, DO THEY GET SEATED, MYSELF INCLUDED.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MY FELLOW COLLEAGUE CAME OVER THERE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON A RECURRING BASIS FOR US, NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR YOU LIKE YOU HAD SOME BEYOND PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS IMPORTANT, ABSOLUTELY, BUT IN A MORE PERSONAL WAY WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THESE, I THINK, RIGHT, STEFANI AS WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE SOME.

FORMERLY, THIS WAS A LITTLE MORE FORMAL, HOPEFULLY SOME INFORMAL THINGS IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH PARENTS, TAXPAYERS, CITIZENS AND EVERYBODY.

SO THIS WAS GREAT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU BOTH FOR LEADING THAT EVENT.

NOW THAT I REMEMBER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THANK YOU. YES, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE NEXT TUESDAY, AS DR.

MORRIS-KUENTZ BROUGHT UP IN HER ANNOUNCEMENT.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WAS OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP.

CAMERA. SHANNON, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THAT EXPERIENCE? WE REALLY DID ENJOY IT.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ENGAGED TO LEARN.

IT'S A COMPANY THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND THEY TOOK US THROUGH A PROCESS AND WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GIVE OUR PERSONAL INPUT OF THINGS AND THE DIRECTION WE WOULD HOPE FOR THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD CHOOSE TO START PLANNING AND HEADING THAT DIRECTION.

BUT I THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT WE WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE TRAINED SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH. AND I THINK EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO THE SUMMITS AND COMES AND IS INVOLVED IN A FOCUS GROUP, THEIR VOICE IS GOING TO BE HEARD.

AND I THINK THAT'S JUST VERY CRITICAL FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD TO HEAR WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE AND HOW WELL THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

JUST A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY.

WE'LL ROLL OUT A FIVE YEAR PLAN.

WE'LL LOOK AT MEASUREMENTS ALONG THE WAY.

ONE THING I'LL LEARN WHEN YOU SET A GOAL, YOU DON'T REACH 100% IN ONE YEAR.

AND I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT A PLAN AND BE LIKE, YOU'VE ONLY MET 10% OF THE GOAL.

IT'S ESTABLISHED TO ROLL OUT OVER TIME AND WITHIN 3 TO 5 YEARS ALL OF THE STRATEGIES SHOULD BE MET AT 100%. SO IT WAS A GREAT ACTIVITY.

YEAH, I AGREE.

IT'S EXCITING. ALL RIGHT.

AND OUR CAMPUS VISIT WAS TO SYCAMORE SPRINGS.

TRICIA. DO YOU HAVE FEEDBACK FROM THAT VISIT? YES. SO WE GOT TO GO SEE THE PRE-K CLASS AND I HAVE A PRE CARE.

OF COURSE, WE DID NOT MAKE IT TO HER CLASS, BUT THE ONE ACROSS THE WAY.

AND JUST TO WATCH THOSE KIDS IN THEIR ELEMENT AND JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME AND LEARNING LETTERS AND AT THAT AGE I KNOW MINE IS FOUR AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE FOUR.

AND SO IT WAS JUST VERY REWARDING JUST TO WATCH THE DISTRICT IN ACTION FOR THE LITTLE KIDDOS.

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SORRY, MY VOICE IS CRACKING.

AND AND OF COURSE, MY KIDS GO TO THE CAMPUS, SO I KNOW KIND OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS.

BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THE ARTWORK THAT THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER.

EVEN SO, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SO CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND JUST THE AMAZING THINGS THAT MR. SPRAYBERRY IS DOING FOR THAT CAMPUS.

IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE IT ALL IN ACTION AND I'LL LET SOMEBODY SAY ONE OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THE LITTLE GUY THAT WITH THE SPOON.

I'LL LET SOMEBODY TAKE THAT AWAY BECAUSE I THINK THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE HIGHLIGHTED.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

THEY RUN A CONTEST ON THE CAMPUS TO EARN A GOLDEN FORK.

THE STUDENTS DO.

FORK. FORK.

FORK. FORK.

YEAH. THAT.

THAT. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS.

SO THE FIRST GRADER GOES HOME OVER THE WEEKEND, AND HE WAS LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS.

LIKE, WHAT KIND OF AWARD ARE THEY GOING TO GET? AND SO HE WENT HOME AND HE TALKED TO HIS GRANDPARENTS AND HE SAID, I WANT TO BUILD AN AWARD.

AND SO HE DECIDED IT WAS GOING TO BE THE GOLDEN SPOON AWARD.

SO HE PAINTED THIS BOX AND A SPOON AND HE BROUGHT IT TO SCHOOL.

AND HE SAID HE TALKED WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND HE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO AWARD THIS ONCE A WEEK TO A STAFF MEMBER BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT PEOPLE TO THE VERY FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE GOLDEN SPOON WAS ONE OF OUR BEST DRIVERS.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS FANTASTIC THAT THIS CHILD IN THE FIRST GRADE HAD A HEART TO THINK ABOUT THE ADULTS AND STEP OUT OF HIS BOX AND NOT THINK ABOUT HIMSELF AND HOW CRITICAL IT WAS THAT THEY GET RECOGNIZED.

AND WE ASKED HIM HOW IT MADE HIM FEEL WHEN HE GAVE IT OUT.

HE SAID IT PUTS A SMILE ON HIS FACE.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

AND IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

OVERALL, I MEAN, IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY SHOWCASING OF SO MANY STUDENTS ON THAT DAY.

WE JUST GOT STUDENT AFTER STUDENT PRESENTING AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL TO SEE THAT.

SO. SHOUT OUT TO MR. SPRAYBERRY. IT'S LOVELY.

ALL RIGHT. LIAISON REPORTS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START JUST DOWN WITH TRICIA AND ANY LIAISON OR SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS.

NO UPDATES ON SHAC.

AND THERE IS A THERE IS A SHAQ MEETING COMING UP HERE OCTOBER 3RD, I BELIEVE.

UM, BUT THERE WAS NOT ONE THIS MONTH, SO.

OKAY. GO ONLINE AND YOU CAN GET THE AGENDA AND YOU CAN WATCH THE RECORDINGS AND YOU CAN EVEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK AT THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU SO DESIRE. ROB, ANY UPDATES? NO, NO, NO. MARY JANE.

NOT REALLY AN OFFICIAL LIAISON REPORT.

BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE ALL OF US RECEIVING THE SAME THINGS.

SO IF YOU CAN JUST MESSAGE ME, IF YOU DID NOT GET THE EMAIL FROM TODAY ABOUT TOMORROW'S ZOOM WITH CHRISTY ROME ON SCHOOL FINANCE BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS AMAZING, RIGHT? SHE'S SHE'S REALLY GOOD.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE RECEIVING THOSE MESSAGES.

OLIVIA. MINE KIND OF TIE IN TOGETHER.

SO I'M A COMMISSIONER ON PARKS AND REC AND REALLY THE ONLY UPDATE WE HAVE IS HAPPENING AT FOUNDERS PARK IS THE PUMPKIN DRIPPING SPRINGS PUMPKIN FESTIVAL, WHICH IS NOW OPEN THROUGH OCTOBER 29TH.

AND THEY'RE REALLY ENCOURAGING BUYING TICKETS THIS YEAR TO JUST HELP WITH THE RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC AND PARKING.

BUT IT'S REALLY COOL.

IT'S EVERY WEEKEND FOR SIX WEEKS AND IT'S LIVE MUSIC.

IT'S TRULY BECOME A FESTIVAL.

IT IS NO LONGER JUST A PUMPKIN PATCH.

SO AND THEY'RE HUGE SUPPORTERS OF THE POUND HOUSE AT FOUNDERS PARK.

SO TICKETS HELP GREAT CAUSES.

KIM OKAY, I HAVE THREE, SO I HAVE NOTES.

DRIPPING SPRINGS WOMEN'S CLUB, WHICH OLIVIA AND I DO TOGETHER.

IT IS A REALLY COOL CLUB THAT WAS FORMED BACK IN 2007 FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN THAT OWNED BUSINESSES OR STAY AT HOME MOMS OR RETIRED TO NETWORK AND SOCIALIZE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CLUBS WITHIN THE CLUB.

THEY HAVE THE BOOK CLUB, THE NETWORK CLUB, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION CLUB AND THE GARDEN CLUB.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING MORE CLUBS.

SO THEY PASSED OUT A FLIER WHEN WE WERE THERE LAST WEEK.

IF YOU WANT TO START SOMETHING AND GET A NEW INTEREST GOING, WE'LL HAVE A CLUB FOR THAT TOO.

SO IT'S A CLUB OF CLUBS, LOTS OF CLUBS.

SO AND THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST WE HAD KIND OF A MEET AND GREET ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND YOU COULD SIGN UP FOR THE YEAR AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT AND EXCITING.

THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST LUNCHEON LAST WEEK AND IT WAS THE HIGHEST TURNOUT IN THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB.

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THE PROGRAM WAS AMAZING.

WE HAD KIN OF 3 OR 4 OF THE MOST HISTORIC FAMILIES FROM DRIPPING LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITERAL FOUNDERS AND HOW DRIPPING SPRINGS WAS NAMED. AND IT WAS LITERALLY A DROP OF WATER WAS DRIPPING INTO THE SPRINGS.

AND SHE DECLARED, THIS IS WHEN THERE WAS ONE FAMILY IN ONE HOUSE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

THEY DECLARED IT DRIPPING SPRINGS, BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL.

IT BASICALLY WAS A VIRTUAL WALK THROUGH.

MERCER LIKE JUST THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE FAMILIES AND LEARNING ABOUT THE GROCERS.

BUT WHAT WAS REALLY NEAT WAS LEARNING ABOUT THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS WHEN ENTIRE SCHOOLS WERE IN, YOU KNOW, 400 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE BUILDINGS, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE.

SO I WOULD THERE'S A COFFEE BOOK, COFFEE TABLE BOOK THAT ENCAPSULATES ALL OF THIS.

IT'S CURRENTLY BEING SOLD AT AT THE POUND HOUSE MUSEUM.

SO I'D REALLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE GO CHECK THAT OUT.

IT WAS A COOL, COOL HISTORY.

MAKES THIS THE WOMAN THAT CLOSED.

I ASKED HER, WE ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR I THINK IT WAS LIKE THE GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER WOULD FEEL ABOUT ALL OF THE GROWTH.

AND SHE SAID, SHE GOES, IF SHE WERE SITTING HERE TODAY, SHE WOULD BE SO HAPPY ABOUT THE SIZE OF THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH GROWING PAINS AND WE'RE GROWING QUICKLY AND WE'RE LOSING, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL.

SO TO HEAR THAT FROM THE ACTUAL FAMILY OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE TOWN WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

IT WAS GREAT. MY NEXT ONE IS DRIPPING SPRINGS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THEIR MEETING LAST MONTH OPENED UP WITH THE FFAB CLUB.

THESE CHILDREN RAISE BEES AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE BUSINESS AROUND RAISING THESE BEES AND THEY'RE LEARNING THEIR ENTREPRENEURSHIP ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND THEY WORK REALLY CLOSE WITH SALLY BEGGS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THEIR FIRST BIG EVENT IS COMING UP OCTOBER 12TH.

IT'S A GOLF TOURNAMENT. IT'S A SCRAMBLE.

THEY'RE SOLD OUT.

LOVE THAT.

BUT THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR A FEW SPONSORS.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE.

PLEASE CONSIDER ANYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY JOINING THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MONTHLY GIVING PROGRAM.

YOU GET RECOGNIZED FOR DOING THAT AND IT SUPPORTS THEIR MISSION AND IT GETS THE WORD OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY HAVE OPENED UP APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENT GRANTS AND TEACHING GRANTS.

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE TEACHING GRANTS, AND THOSE ARE AWARDED IN THE CLASSROOMS. THEY ALSO HAVE STUDENT GRANTS AND THEY CAN APPLY FOR THAT FOR SOMETHING THEY'RE DOING AT SCHOOL OR IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH STAFF.

THEY'VE GOT THREE POSITIONS THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

THESE ARE FULL TIME LICENSED COUNSELORS AND THEY ARE ADDING ONE THAT WILL ALSO WORK WITH STAFF IN THE DISTRICT.

SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG PLUS.

MY LAST ONE IS PTA AND WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.

IT WAS EXCITING TO MEET ALL THE PRESIDENTS OF THOSE ASSOCIATIONS AND KUDOS GOES OUT TO CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, MISS RAYMOND. THEY ARE KILLING IT WITH THEIR PTA DRIVE AND JUST TALKED ABOUT ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE GETTING PEOPLE TO JOIN.

AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THINK, WELL, IF MOM OR DAD IS A MEMBER OF PTA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE GOOD.

THE STUDENTS CAN JOIN THE MOM AND THE DAD CAN JOIN THE GRANDPARENTS, THE AUNTS AND UNCLES IF THEY KNOW SOMEBODY IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO GET THEM TO JOIN AND CHECK IN BECAUSE ALL OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO BACK AND SUPPORT THAT CAMPUS.

AND THEY DO SOME TRULY, TRULY AMAZING THINGS.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THE REFLECTIONS PROGRAM.

IT'S AN ART PROGRAM THAT THEY'LL BE ROLLING OUT THIS YEAR.

THEY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY, AND BASICALLY WE WERE INTRODUCED TO ALL OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS AND DISCUSSED WHAT THEIR ROLES FOR THE YEAR WOULD BE. SO IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.

IT'S GREAT. DO THEY HAVE A DUES? I KNOW IN PREVIOUS YEARS THEY'VE DONE IT WHERE THERE'S ONE LINK WHERE YOU CAN PAY ALL DUES FOR ALL PTA ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

IS THERE A LINK FOR THAT? BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT THIS YEAR.

THERE IS A LINK FOR THAT.

I JOINED BY JUST JOINING ONE CAMPUS, BUT THERE IS A LINK THAT YOU CAN WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED WHERE YOU CAN CLICK IT AND WHEN YOU DO CLICK IT AND PAY FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP, YOU CAN JOIN MORE THAN ONE CAMPUS.

IT'S IT'S IT'S GREAT HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

GREAT. THANK YOU ALL.

NICE UPDATES.

ALL RIGHT. I ADDED A PRESIDENT REPORT BECAUSE I WAS SO MOVED BY THE STORY OF.

CALEB, BUT HE CALLS THE AWARD JEFFREY AND I WANTED TO HAVE IT READY FOR YOU GUYS THIS MONTH.

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BUT I HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA IN MY HEAD.

I'M NOT GOING TO SPOIL A SURPRISE, BUT I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ONE BOARD MEMBER A MONTH FOR JUST SOMETHING THAT I OBSERVE OR SOMETHING COMMUNITY OBSERVES.

AND THIS MONTH I WANT TO RECOGNIZE KIM COUSINS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE HAS JUMPED IN FULL THROTTLE AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER TO GO ALL IN ON ALL OF HER LIAISON RESPONSIBILITIES.

YOU'LL HEAR LATER IN THIS MEETING SHE TOURED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES ON.

SHE WAS OUR BOARD LIAISON TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE FIRM, AND SHE HAS BEEN PRESIDENT.

EVERYTHING WITH SUCH A GREAT ATTITUDE.

YOU BRING A NICE FLAIR AND HUMOR AND BRIGHT LIGHT TO THE BOARD.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.

I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU THIS MONTH.

BEST THING I EVER DID COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT.

I'M HAVING A BLAST.

THANK YOU. YES, WE CAN TELL.

AND YES, WE NAMED OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM THE FIREBALL BECAUSE SHE WAS ON MY TEAM.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO CONSENT.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM AGAIN, BUT I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND DR.

KIDD FOR PUTTING THOSE PLANS TOGETHER.

I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THEM ROLL OUT AND SEE THE RESULTS THAT OUR OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THOSE PLANS.

TRICIA, THE COMMITTEE.

HOW MANY NEW POSITIONS DID WE HAVE? THAT WERE AVAILABLE IN THIS LAST BATCH OF.

LET ME LOOK.

SEVEN. AND THEN THE BOND THE BACK NOMINATIONS THAT THIS IS FOR THE 2000. THE NEW BOND.

RIGHT. OR IS THIS.

THIS IS. IT IS FOR THE NEW BOND, BUT WE WANT TO REFORMAT IT SO THAT IT OVERSEES ALL BONDS BECAUSE WE WILL POTENTIALLY HAVE BONDS IN THE FUTURE BEFORE THESE ARE ALL SPENT.

AND TO MANAGE THREE DIFFERENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES WOULD BE CHALLENGING.

AND SO THE LETTER OUTLAYS JUST CREATING A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THEN NEXT MONTH, WE'RE BRINGING YOU REVISED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THAT.

OKAY. AND ARE THESE DID SOME OF THESE MEMBERS TURN OVER FROM THE LAST ONE OR THE ALL NEW.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL NEW EXCEPT ONE.

OKAY. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. I DIDN'T SEE WHO WAS FIRST.

MARY JANE.

LADIES FIRST. YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE I SEE JEFFREY OUT THERE IN THE CROWD AND MY BROTHER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION TO SERVE ON THE HAYS CAD.

OBVIOUSLY, AN IMPORTANT REPRESENTATION FOR THIS DISTRICT TO BE ON THAT BOARD.

SO, JEFFREY, APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT, MAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. MARY JANE.

OKAY, NOW I MOVE.

WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MOTION FROM MARY JANE. A SECOND FROM SHANNON.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM OF THE EVENING.

[8. ACTION]

ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL SAY GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ.

THIS ITEM IS BRINGING FORWARD A DELEGATION OR PARAMETER ORDER WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE FORWARD IN SELLING BONDS UNDER THE MAY 23RD BOND AUTHORIZATION.

WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT PRICING OR GOING TO THE MARKET ON THOSE BONDS IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

THE PARAMETER IS WRITTEN TO ALLOW UP TO 120 MILLION TO BE SOLD.

WE'RE TARGETING ABOUT 104 MILLION AND IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE FOR A TENDER REFUNDING OF THE 2020 TAXABLE BOND SERIES.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD A WORKSHOP IN AUGUST TO GO THROUGH THE STEPS.

AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO PUT INTO PLACE IN ORDER TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELLING BONDS SO THAT WE CAN FUND THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

ALSO HAVE WITH US TONIGHT MR. GLENN OPAL AND MR. DAN MILLER HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DELEGATION OR PARAMETER ORDER THAT WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THAT TONIGHT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

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BUT I HAD ASKED BEFORE ABOUT ARE THERE WAYS THAT OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN INVEST IN THE BONDS? I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME WAY WHERE WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT.

OUTWARD, IF THAT IS.

LIKE IN MY SCOPE, I JUST SAY, YEAH, GO GET IT, EDWARD.

AT EDWARD JONES. I KNOW IT'S NOT QUITE THAT EASY, BUT I DO THINK THAT OUR MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD RESPOND REALLY WELL TO.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SOLD AND THEY GO OUT THERE SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN AT LEAST COMMUNICATE IN SOME WAY OR THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST IN THOSE.

RIGHT. SO FIRST, OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A BROKER.

WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THE SYNDICATE, THE POOL OF UNDERWRITERS THAT WILL HELP SELL THESE BONDS.

AND SO THERE ARE A FEW IN THERE THAT CAN HELP US MARKET THOSE TO WHAT WE CALL THE MOM AND POP.

I'LL JUST REMIND THE COMMUNITY, YOU CAN BUY THOSE ANY TIME ON THE SECONDARY MARKET.

ANY OUTSTANDING BONDS THAT ARE ON THE MARKET CAN BE PURCHASED AT ANY TIME.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A NEW ISSUE, BUT WE WILL WORK WITH MR. MILLER AND MR. OPAL AND HOW WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT INFORMATION.

SHANNON. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF ONE OR MORE SERIES OF DRIPPING SPRINGS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS, UNLIMITED TAX REFUNDING BONDS AND COMBINATION UNLIMITED TAX, SCHOOL BUILDING AND REFUNDING BONDS, LEVYING A TAX AND PROVIDING FOR THE SECURITY AND PAYMENT THEREOF.

PROVIDING FOR THE AWARD OF THE SALE THEREOF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFIED PARAMETERS.

AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE PURCHASE CONTRACTS, PAYING AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENTS AND ESCROW AGREEMENTS RELATING TO SUCH BONDS.

APPROVING THE PREPARATION OF ONE OR MORE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO.

A MOTION FROM SHANNON, A SECOND FROM MARY JANE.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF OUR TAX RATE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

MADAM PRESIDENT. SUPERINTENDENT, I'M GOING TO GET US STARTED TONIGHT AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE M AND A PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO ELAINE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE I&S.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.

NOT CONQUER. YES.

INFORM. INFORM.

SO, AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THE TAX RATE.

WE HAVE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SIDE AND WE HAVE THE INTEREST.

AND SINKING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COVERS THE DAY TO DAY.

SO IT COVERS YOUR PEOPLE, UTILITIES, CONTRACTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THE INTEREST AND SINKING TAX RATE IS HAS TO DO SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR VOTER APPROVED DEBT AND IT GOES TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THAT DEBT AND IT DOES RECAPTURE DOES NOT APPLY TO INTEREST IN SINKING.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME IMPACT TO PROPERTY TAX.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE IMPORTANT WE POINT THOSE THINGS OUT HERE.

SO DURING THE REGULAR SESSION, IT DID INCLUDE SOME COMPRESSION, SOME ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION TO THE MKR, THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE, AND THAT WAS ABOUT 0.082 $0.05. THEN THEY HAD A SECOND SPECIAL SESSION WHICH PASSED IN JULY, SB TWO SENATE BILL TWO.

IT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION, WHICH IS THE POINT TEN SEVEN ZERO THAT YOU SEE IN THERE.

IT ALSO INCLUDED ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, THE 20% APPRAISAL CAP.

SO YOU HAVE THE 10% CAP ON HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES.

THIS ACTUALLY THIS 20% APPLIES TO NON HOMESTEADED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AS WELL AS SMALLER COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT'S UNDER $5 MILLION. AND LASTLY, BUT AS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT, THE STATE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASED FROM 40,000 TO 100,000.

THAT IS AGAIN SUBJECT TO VOTER APPROVAL IN NOVEMBER.

BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL PASS.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IT WOULDN'T.

SO ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, THE CARDS HAVE INCLUDED THAT 100,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN THOSE DOCUMENTS.

AND IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR.

OKAY. SO THE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION RESULTS IN LOWER PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH IS LOWER COLLECTIONS.

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ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE COMPRESSION, THE ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION OF MKR ALSO MEANS LESS TAX COLLECTION.

THE IMPACT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY IS ONE OF TWO THINGS.

YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL STATE AID OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN YOUR RECAPTURE FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS.

IT IS THE REDUCTION IN THE RECAPTURE.

SO WE WILL NOT GET ANY ADDITIONAL STATE AID.

BUT WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET BACK IN JUNE, WE ESTIMATED RECAPTURE AT ABOUT 33.4 MILLION WITH SENATE BILL TWO.

NOW WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT CLOSER TO 11.8 MILLION, WHICH IS A $21 MILLION REDUCTION.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IMPACT FOR US.

ON THE I&S OR THE INTEREST IN SINKING PART OF THE TAX RATE, WE ARE HELD HARMLESS FOR DEBT THAT WAS AUTHORIZED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO THE BOND THAT PASSED IN MAY, WE WILL BE HELD HARMLESS.

BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUANCES AFTER THIS OR ANY BONDS THAT WE PASS, WE WILL NOT BE HELD HARMLESS FOR THAT.

OKAY. AGAIN, I'M SPECIFICALLY GOING TO KIND OF GO INTO THE MO PORTION OF THE TAX RATE AND TALK ABOUT THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

UM, SO WE HAVE THE TWO PIECES LIKE THE MONO AND THE INTEREST AND SINKING FOR THE TOTAL TAX RATE.

BUT ALSO AS FAR AS THE MONO COMPONENTS, THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THE MONO RATE.

THERE'S THE TIER ONE, WHICH IS YOUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE.

THERE'S REALLY NO FLEXIBILITY IN THAT TAX RATE THAT IS SET BY THE STATE.

WE ARE AT THE FLOOR, SO WE CANNOT GO ANY LOWER THAN THE 0.6192.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT.

SINCE 2019, THE DISTRICT'S TIER ONE RATE HAS DECREASED FROM $1 TO THE 0.6192.

THEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER PIECE, WHICH IS THE TIER TWO.

THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL COPPER PENNIES.

THOSE WERE VOTER AUTHORIZED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPRESSED AS WELL DUE TO LEGISLATION IN 2019.

SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A TOTAL WITH THE EIGHT COPPER PENNY OR THE I'M SORRY, THE EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES AND THE 0.583 COPPER PENNIES.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $0.13, 13.83.

AND THIS HERE IS JUST A VISUAL, KIND OF LAYS THAT OUT, I THINK A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY.

CLEARLY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NCR, THE TIER ONE IS THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THE TAX RATE.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IN THE GRAY THERE IS THE GOLDEN PENNIES.

AND THEN THE TOP PORTION, THE ORANGE IS THE COPPER PENNIES.

AND THOSE ARE YOUR ENRICHMENT PENNIES.

THAT'S A TOTAL NO TAX RATE OF 0.7575.

AND THEN THIS CHART HERE LOOKS AT TIER ONE SPECIFICALLY.

AGAIN, THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S COMPRESSED EVERY YEAR SINCE 2000, SINCE 1920.

BETWEEN 1920 AND 22, 23, IT DECREASED OVER $0.19.

AND THEN FOR 2324, IT'S DECREASING 18.5 $0.04.

SO IN ONE YEAR IT'S DECREASING ALMOST AS MUCH AS IT DID OVER FOUR YEARS, WHICH IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DECREASE.

THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A IT'S IT HAS TO DO WITH ALL OF THE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO DO THERE IN THE TAX CODE.

THE FIRST ONE AGAIN, REFLECTS TIER ONE.

IT'S THE MKR.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT 0.6192 THERE.

THE NEXT TAX RATE CALCULATION THAT'S REQUIRED IS A VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

THIS IS AGAIN, THE MKR PLUS THE GOLDEN PENNIES, PLUS YOUR COPPER PENNIES, AND THEN IT'S YOUR EXISTING IRS TAX RATE, WHICH IS THE $0.35.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT TOTAL AT THE 1.1075.

THE NEXT RATE IS CALLED A NO NEW NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

SO THIS ONE IS BASICALLY THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT YOUR TAX RATE WOULD BE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IF YOU WANTED TO PRODUCE THE SAME REVENUE AS LAST YEAR.

AND SO THAT RATE IS THE 1.18959.

AND THE LAST LINE REFLECTS THE RATE TO MAINTAIN.

PREVIOUSLY THAT WASN'T DEFINED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IT IS NOW IT'S DEFINED AS THE RATE TO MAINTAIN AND IT REFLECTS THE PORTION OF THE NO NEW REVENUE, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT CALCULATIONS THERE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MKR AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ARE PROBABLY THE ONES THAT MAKE THE MOST IMPACT BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE US TO ADD CERTAIN LANGUAGE.

TO TO OUR RESOLUTION.

SO IT DRIVES THE LANGUAGE.

IF YOU IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE BEEN REQUIRED TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION THAT INDICATES THIS TAX RATE WILL INCREASE MORE TAXES FOR MO AND WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY X PERCENT.

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IF THE NO TAX RATE APPLIED TO THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE IMPOSED AS IMPOSES AN AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF NO TAXES IMPOSED IN THE PRIOR YEAR, OR IF THE NO TAX IS AGAIN APPLIED TO THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE EXCEEDS THE NO THE NO NEW NO REVENUE, THE NO NEW REVENUE, NO TAX RATE.

THAT IS A MOUTHFUL. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO AS WE SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF 1.18959 IS HIGHER THAN THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 1.1075, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE.

SO YOU WON'T SEE THAT LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION THIS EVENING.

WE GET TO TAKE THAT OUT.

SO IT ISN'T AN INCREASE AT ALL.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE I WILL HAND IT OFF TO ELAINE SO SHE CAN KIND OF GO OVER THE INS.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN DRIVE THROUGH.

ALL RIGHT. GINA WANTED TO SAVE THE FUN PART FOR ME.

OKAY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE I&S RATE.

THIS TAX RATE IS ONLY LEVIED TO PAY OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.

SO IF YOU'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING DEBT, THEN YOU WOULD NOT HAVE AN INTEREST IN SINKING TAX RATE.

THE LAW DOES STILL ALLOW US TO USE ANY EXCESS TAX COLLECTIONS TO PAY DEBT EARLY, WHICH WE DO THROUGH A DEFEASANCE THESE DAYS, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL.

REALLY, THE ONLY STATE RESTRICTION IS THIS 50 CENT CAP AND THERE ARE SOME EXCLUSIONS OR SOME WAYS TO GET AROUND THAT 50 CENT CAP.

BUT WHAT THAT SAYS IS YOU'RE PROVING TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER WHEN YOU SELL YOUR BONDS, THAT YOU CAN SERVICE THOSE BONDS IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT A TAX RATE THAT EXCEEDS $0.50.

AS GINA MENTIONED, THE I&S TAX COLLECTIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

SO WE KEEP ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS.

AND FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE IN PAYING OUR AUTHORIZED DEBT.

THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS WITH LOWER PROPERTY VALUES THAT GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE THROUGH THE EDA AND IFA PROGRAMS, BUT WE DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THAT. AND THEN AGAIN, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AN INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION REDUCES OUR VALUES FOR FUTURE BOND ISSUES.

AND SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE I&S RATE AND WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE RATE TO ADOPT, WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR FUTURE BONDING CONSIDERATIONS.

SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS CHART.

SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS WHAT OUR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUES WERE FOR THE 23 TAX YEAR PRIOR TO SENATE BILL TWO.

SO WE WERE AT $10,000,000,172 MILLION IN TAXABLE VALUE.

$0.35 ON THOSE VALUES WOULD GENERATE JUST UNDER $36 MILLION OR OVER $1 MILLION PER PENNY TO GO TOWARDS THE PAYMENT OF DEBT.

BUT AFTER SENATE BILL TWO IS FACTORED IN, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE $100,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, OUR TAXABLE VALUES DROPPED TO JUST OVER $9 9.3 BILLION, AND THAT SAME $0.35 GENERATES JUST UNDER $33 MILLION.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION CHANGED OUR TAX COLLECTIONS BY ABOUT $2.8 MILLION.

SO REMEMBER THE WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT THE SESSION AT THE LAST MINUTE CHANGED THE LANGUAGE.

AND SO OUR BONDS FOR 23 WILL GET HOLD HARMLESS, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THE STATE WILL HELP MAKE UP THIS $2.8 MILLION THAT IS LOST TO SERVICE THE 23 BONDS.

BUT IF WE GO OUT FOR A BOND ELECTION IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THESE REDUCED PROPERTY VALUES JUST DOING AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.

AND SO IF YOU TAKE THAT 2.8 MILLION AND NOW WE'RE GENERATING ABOUT 935,000 ON ONE PENNY, THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF REDUCING THAT IRS TAX RATE BY $0.03 FOR FUTURE BONDS.

SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE LAW STILL PROVIDES THAT YOU CAN USE EXCESS COLLECTIONS TO DEFEASE DEBT OR PAY DOWN DEBT EARLY.

AND SO THIS IS A VIEW OF WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND SO REALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS INCREASE OUR FUTURE BONDING CAPACITY.

SO WHAT EXACTLY IS CAPACITY? I KNOW WE THROW OUT THAT WORD A LOT, BUT IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REALLY IS, I WANT TO DIVE INTO THAT.

SO OUR BOND CAPACITY IS HOW MUCH DEBT A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY CAN TAKE ON GIVEN THE REVENUES THAT WE'RE PROJECTED TO GENERATE.

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SO THIS DEFEASANCE STRATEGY IS REALLY TWOFOLD SAVE ON INTEREST AND PROVIDE INCREASED CAPACITY FOR THE FUTURE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE JUST THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE DEFEASED BONDS AT A 5% COUPON RATE, SAVING JUST UNDER $2 MILLION.

THE 2020. THE 2014.

THE 2013. THOSE WERE ALL REFUNDINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE IN 2020 THAT REFUNDING SAVES SUBSTANTIAL DOLLARS AND REALLY DID A LOT TO INCREASE CAPACITY, BRINGING IN $18 MILLION IN SAVINGS.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE CAPACITY, REMEMBER WE ARE STILL CONSIDERED A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON OUR FUTURE LONG TERM PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE BOND ELECTIONS.

WE TALKED IN THE SPRING ABOUT A POTENTIAL 2025 AND OR 2026 BOND ELECTION.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 2023 TAX RATE TONIGHT, WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN THESE NEXT THREE BULLETS, ALL OF THESE FACTORS WILL IMPACT THAT FUTURE CAPACITY AND THAT, LIKE I'VE SHOWN YOU, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION REDUCES THE TAXABLE VALUES IN THE FUTURE.

BORROWING IS BECOMING MORE EXPENSIVE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT INTEREST RATES ARE RISING.

SO THE FEDS DID NOT INCREASE RATES THIS PAST MEETING, BUT THEY'RE STILL EXPECTED TO POTENTIALLY DO THAT IN DECEMBER.

AND IS THERE GOING TO BE A SLOWING OF THE ECONOMY? SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A RECESSION FOR A WHILE NOW.

WHEN IS IT GOING TO HIT AND WILL IT IMPACT OUR FUTURE GROWTH? SO I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT A POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN THE I&S RATE LOOKS LIKE.

SO I'VE LAID OUT HERE FOUR DIFFERENT PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

SO THESE ARE JUST ROUNDED VALUES.

SO WE START WITH A $500,000 PROPERTY AND THIS IS TAXABLE VALUE.

REMEMBER, RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF OUR HOMESTEADS, THE APPRAISED VALUE, THE MARKET VALUE IS A LOT HIGHER THAN TAXABLE VALUE.

SO IF A TAXABLE VALUE OF 500,000, OUR CURRENT IRS TAX RATE OF $0.35, THE IRS TAXES DUE ON THAT PROPERTY ARE $1,750 A YEAR.

IF WE LOWERED THE IRS RATE BY ONE PENNY, THAT DROPS IT TO 1700.

SO THAT'S A $50 A YEAR DECREASE OR $4 A MONTH.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

IF WE GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO A $2 MILLION PROPERTY, THAT ONE PENNY SAVES $200 A YEAR OR $17 A MONTH. SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN A FEW MINUTES IS WITH 18.5 CENTS, THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER IS PROJECTED TO SAVE ABOUT $1,400 A YEAR OR $122 A MONTH.

THAT'S WITH $0.18.

I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER 5 OR $0.10 TO GIVE YOU TO GIVE ANY MEANINGFUL REDUCTION ON THE TAX RATE WITHOUT HITTING OUR COPPER PENNIES, WHICH GENERATE RIGHT ABOUT $3 MILLION OR BY REDUCING THE I&S RATE.

SO. THE $0.18 IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO IF WE SWITCH GEARS AND LOOK AT THE TOTAL TAX RATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT, THEN SO IN JUNE, WHEN WE WERE PREPARING THE BUDGET, WE HAD NOT YET FINISHED THE REGULAR SESSION.

THE SPECIAL SESSIONS HAD NOT BEEN CALLED.

AND SO IN APRIL, WITH OUR ESTIMATED CERTIFIED VALUES, WE WERE LOOKING AT AN LCR OF 79.4 $0.04.

THAT HAS DROPPED TO 61.92 WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES IN THE LAW SINCE THEN.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT OUR EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES AND OUR 5.83 COPPER PENNIES.

SO OUR TOTAL RATE FOR 2022 WAS 94.2 $0.09.

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SO YOU CAN SEE THE RATE HAS GONE DOWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY BY 18.5 $0.04 SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, TAKING OUR TOTAL TAX RATE TO $1.10 AND 75 QUARTERS OR REDUCTION IN EIGHT OF $0.18.

AND THEN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHAT THAT DOES TO OUR BOTTOM LINE IS REDUCE OUR RECAPTURE SO OUR NET REVENUES DO NOT CHANGE, BUT OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT GOES DOWN.

AND SO LOOKING AT OUR TAX RATE HISTORY, THEN GOING BACK TO 2016, WE HAD A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1.52.

THE MATH PORTION OF THAT WAS $1.17.

AND SO SINCE 2019, OUR TAX RATE HAS GONE DOWN.

IF YOU ADOPT THE DOLLAR, TEN THIS EVENING WILL GO DOWN 41.2 $0.05.

THAT IS PRETTY DRASTIC.

TAX REDUCTION KEEPING IS THE SAME.

AND THEN WE'VE TRIED TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE IMPACT IS FOR AN AVERAGE TAXPAYER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IF YOU LOOK IN THE SHADED COLUMN, THE AVERAGE MARKET VALUE IS 883,000.

IN DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE IS 424,000.

SO THERE IS A BIG GAP BETWEEN MARKET VALUE AND TAXABLE, AND THAT'S A RESULT OF THAT 10% CAP ON APPRAISALS.

AND SO IF WE APPLY THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $1 1075 TO THAT TAXABLE VALUE WHICH INCORPORATES THE $100,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, YOU GET A TAX BILL OF 4701, WHICH IS A DECREASE OF JUST UNDER $1,300 A YEAR FROM WHERE WE WERE FOR TAX YEAR 22.

SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.

WE HAVE A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $1.

1075. BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OLIVIA. QUICK QUESTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION AND WE DIDN'T GET THE INCREASED ALLOTMENT, BUT I THINK THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF WILL BE VERY, VERY MEANINGFUL TO OUR OUR STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES IN OUR CAPACITY.

HOW MUCH DO THE CURRENT INTEREST RATES.

HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT OUR CAPACITY? I CAN'T GIVE YOU A DOLLAR NUMBER ON THAT.

IT'S JUST YOU HAVE LESS TO PAY TOWARDS.

PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL IS WHAT GENERATES THE FUNDING FOR YOUR PROJECTS.

AND SO THE MORE WE HAVE TO SPEND ON INTEREST IN THE FUTURE, THE LESS ROOM WE HAVE FOR PRINCIPAL FEASTS, THE LESS WE CAN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THAT HIGHER INTEREST. SO IT'S JUST LIKE A MORTGAGE IF YOU HAVE A TARGET.

MONTHLY PAYMENT OF 2000 AND YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE OF THAT ON INTEREST THAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD AS MUCH OF A HOME.

TRICIA, IF WE WOULD BRING THE RATE DOWN $0.10, WHICH I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO JUST BECAUSE OF CAPACITY REASONS.

IF WE HAD TO BRING IT UP NEXT YEAR JUST TO KIND OF GIVE OUR TAXPAYERS A LITTLE MORE RELIEF FOR THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO AN ELECTION BASICALLY.

CORRECT? WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO AN ELECTION UNTIL WE ASK FOR NEW BONDS.

OKAY, SO YOU SET THE TAX RATE EACH YEAR ON WHAT YOU NEED TO RETIRE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.

AND SO IF THERE WERE AN INCREASE, IF YOU DROPPED IT THIS YEAR, YOU COULD INCREASE IT NEXT YEAR.

BUT IF WE GO FOR NEW BONDS, WE WOULD HAVE TO SHOW THE TAXPAYERS WHAT WE THINK THOSE BONDS WOULD COST AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT.

SO TECHNICALLY, WE COULD LOWER IT THIS YEAR AND THEN RAISE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR HOPING FOR A DIFFERENT CLIMATE BECAUSE WE'RE USING THE EXCESS TO PAY DOWN DEBT AND IT'S NOT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

YOU CAN LOWER THE TAX RATE THIS YEAR AND INCREASE IT NEXT YEAR, BUT I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND AGAINST DOING THAT.

WRONG. NO QUESTIONS.

THAT'S GOOD. JUST SOME COMMENTS, IF THAT'S OKAY.

FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WE WENT THROUGH A LOT THIS MONTH AND FULLY EVALUATING THE TAX RATE NOT ONLY FOR 2023, BUT ALSO POTENTIAL IMPACTS SPECIFICALLY TO I&S RATE BEYOND.

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I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE WENT THROUGH A PRETTY ARDUOUS PROCESS TO FULLY EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF BEYOND WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT. AND I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM THIS PRESENTATION.

AND BY THE WAY, I'M FULLY BEHIND RECOMMENDATION $0.41 SINCE 2016, IN NO RATE REDUCTION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS SINCE 2019.

MY COLLEAGUES, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

WE'VE RECEIVED $0 IN ADDITIONAL STUDENT ALLOTMENT FROM THE STATE.

IS THAT CORRECT? DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? 2019 TO 2019.

$0. SO WE THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD HAS CONTINUED TO LOWER THE RATE, MAINLY DUE TO COMPRESSION.

IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE SOME HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT'S COMING IN AND AND PLAYING A PART IN THAT.

BUT WE'VE CONTINUED TO TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE FOR KNOW THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT I SEE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS IS WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE STATE.

$12 MILLION EVEN WHEN THE DUST SETTLES FROM THIS MAINLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN THE STATE ALLOTMENT.

DO I HAVE THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER OF THE CALCULATOR FOR RECAPTURE.

DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? OH, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU WANT TO RECAPTURE IS GOING DOWN, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY SAVING ANYTHING.

THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT. OUR NET REVENUES STAY.

WE'RE LOSING TAX COLLECTIONS.

SO TO OFFSET THAT, WE DON'T PAY AS MUCH RECAPTURE.

OKAY. CORRECT. YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE AS WELL.

SO THE PROCESS HAS BEEN DILIGENT.

WE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVING BACK TO THE STATE THROUGH RECAPTURE.

IT STILL IS CONSTRAINING OUR ABILITY, IN MY OPINION, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS THAT PERSONALLY FOR ME WERE TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ARE ESSENTIAL. AND SO GIVING AWAY COPPER PENNIES AND GOLD PENNIES IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

ENTERTAIN. THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I SAW WAS THE IRS RATE.

THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.

AND I THINK TRICIA ASKED A GOOD QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER THAT? AND I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS SURE.

BUT THE RISK I WOULD SAY, FROM EVERYTHING I'VE TAKEN ON FROM OUR CONVERSATION IS THAT OUR ABILITY TO REDUCE OUR DEBT LIABILITIES AND TO PROVIDE CONTINUAL INTEREST SAVINGS TO THE TAXPAYER WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED IF WE DID THAT.

DO I HAVE THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. SO I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLE TO MANAGE OUR DEBT.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT? WE ARE A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT, ONE OF THE FASTEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IF I HAVE THAT ALL CORRECT, HOPEFULLY MY FACTS ALL LINE UP.

THAT RISK IS ENORMOUS BY.

HIRING OUR DEBT OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OVERLEVERAGED.

NOT AT ALL. BUT IF WE DON'T PAY DOWN DEBT, IF WE DON'T TRY TO FIND SAVINGS FOR INTEREST AND DEFEATS THIS DEBT EARLIER, THAT IS NOT A STRONG PRINCIPLE AS IT RELATES TO OUR FUTURE.

AND SO YOU AND EVALUATING ALL THIS FULLY, I DO THINK AS YOU ALL HAVE ARRIVED AT AN OPPORTUNITY, IT'S GOING TO SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS BEYOND THE NO NET NEW REVENUE RATE.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT ON THIS BOARD, THAT WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT THIS TAX RATE THAT'S GOING TO GET ADOPTED, ASSUMING THAT THAT'S WHAT WE DO TONIGHT, WE'LL DO THAT. AND SO ALL IN ALL, I'M GENERALLY VERY HAPPY WITH THIS.

I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I DO THINK THIS PROVIDES US AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF DEBT WE TAKE ON HOW HOW FAST WE PAY IT OFF AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR BOND PACKAGES IN 2025 OR 2026.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU.

OLIVIA. VERY SIMILAR SENTIMENT.

THIS PROCESS WAS INCREDIBLE.

THE MEETINGS RUNNING THROUGH THE SCENARIOS WAS SO IMPACTFUL.

I HAD THE SAME FEEDBACK ON THE RATE.

SOMETIMES LOWERING THE RATE DOES NOT DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR TAXPAYERS IN TERMS OF ACTUAL DOLLARS SPENT OVER THE LONG TERM.

WE RAN THAT SCENARIO BOTH WAYS.

REDUCE I&S VERSUS BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT DEFEASANCE.

AND IN THIS CASE, IT REALLY DOES.

LIKE THE FISCAL BENEFIT IS KEEPING THE RATE WHERE IT'S AT, CONTINUE WITH OUR DEBT DEFEASANCE AND GET THE OVERALL DEBT PAID DOWN.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO YOUR POINT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOU PERSONALLY OR ON EMAIL, BUT EVERYTHING IN THIS PACKAGE, I JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GOING THROUGH THOSE OPTIONS AND TAKING THE TIME TO RUN THROUGH THE SCENARIOS WITH US SO THAT AS WE DO GO INTO IN A CLIMATE OF MORE BONDS AND HIGHER INTEREST RATES, THAT WE'RE MANAGING THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR TAXPAYERS IN MIND AND TRYING TO TO NET THE HIGHEST SAVINGS THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO THANK YOU. KIM.

WE'VE BEEN AT $0.35 SINCE 2016.

IS THAT PRETTY OKAY? I JUST THINK THAT'S AMAZING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD ON TO THAT RATE THAT LONG.

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I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN THIS PRESENTATION.

THIS INFORMATION TO ME WAS VERY MEANINGFUL.

BUT THE SESSIONS THAT YOU PUT US THROUGH IN SMALL GROUPS TO ME WAS VERY MEANINGFUL.

YOU TOOK US THROUGH A PROCESS OF TO PROJECTING OUT SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW AND WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

AND YOU KNOW, LEAST RESTRICTIVE CHANGE IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR ME, THE UPS AND THE DOWNS, THAT KIND OF BOTHERS ME.

I LOOK AT THE BOND IN THE PAST HERE.

I LOOK AT THE BOND BEFORE THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT PASSED AND HOW THAT STRUGGLED.

AND IF WE HAD TO DROP A TAX RATE AND THEN COME BACK AND ASK FOR AN INCREASED TAX RATE WITH A BOND THAT WILL NEED IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE COMING AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM.

AND I THINK KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR MANAGING THIS WELL, PRESENTING THIS TONIGHT AND AND DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. THANK YOU, SHANNON.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I HAD SOME COMMENTS.

I. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION IF YOU WANT TO.

JUST GO AHEAD.

I'LL MAKE ONE QUICK REQUEST.

OLIVIA, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE TO SEE WITH THE TAX RATE HISTORY GRAPH ALSO SEE AN AVERAGE.

TAXABLE VALUE GRAPH.

WE CAN SEE THOSE. OKAY.

NO, I JUST SAY I DON'T HAVE THAT FOR ALL THE YEARS I WAS GONE, SO THAT IS HARD TO DIG UP.

NO, I JUST HAD TWO THINGS.

ONE THING TO JUST HIGHLIGHT ON THE SLIDE.

IT'S SLIDE NINE.

YOU DON'T NEED TO GO THERE.

BUT JUST ALL THE CALCULATIONS, THE NO NEW REVENUE, VOTER APPROVAL, THESE ARE LEGISLATIVE REQUIRED CALCULATIONS.

THIS IS NOT OPTIONS FOR THE BOARD.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS.

MISCOMMUNICATED AT TIMES OR MISUNDERSTOOD.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR THE BOARD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE MORE OR LESS KIND OF FYI, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW EVEN THE STATE LOOKS AT IT, BUT THAT WE ARE NOT USING THESE NUMBERS PER SE.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE AS A BOARD, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, THE DAILY OPERATIONS IS FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR THE DISTRICT TEAM.

BUT WE HAVE TO THINK A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL THAN THAT, WHICH MEANS WE'RE THINKING FIVE, TEN, 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE AND WE ARE FAST GROWTH.

IT'S MAYBE VERY SLIGHTLY SLOWED DOWN, BUT NOT REALLY THAT MUCH.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FUTURE BONDS BECAUSE WE HAD TO SPLIT THE BOND PACKAGE.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMMUNICATED OVERTLY LAST SPRING IN OUR BOND IN 2023.

AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGH NEEDS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT IS NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON.

AND I ALWAYS REMIND PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S BEATING A DEAD HORSE, BUT I AM THE DEMOGRAPHIC.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN MY HOME RIGHT NOW.

THEY DIDN'T THEY'RE NOT MOVING FROM CALIFORNIA.

THEY'RE IN MY HOME RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NOT IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM YET.

OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE, THIS IS NOT WE'RE EXPECTING PEOPLE TO MOVE RIGHT NOW AS OUR SCHOOLS STAND, WE DO NOT HAVE CAPACITY FOR ALL OF THE LITTLE CHILDREN AND THE LITTLE REINOLD BABIES TO HAVE A SCHOOL TO GO TO ONE DAY.

SO FOR THE SAKE OF MY CHILDREN, WE NEED TO HAVE CAPACITY FOR BONDS IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO FUND THOSE SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE.

IT ALWAYS HELPS YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU HAVE A STORY.

SO THAT'S WHY I SHARE THE STORY.

I'M DONE, SHANNON.

I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE LEVIED FOR THE 2023 TAX YEAR BE LOWERED BY 18.5 $0.04 THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1 1075 AS OUTLINED OUTLINED IN THE RESOLUTION, THE TAX RATE INCLUDES 75 $0.75 FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND $0.35 FOR INTEREST. AND SINKING A MOTION FROM SHANNON, A SECOND FROM OLIVIA.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

ALL THOSE ABSTAINING.

610. MOVING ON CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2018 BOND FUNDS. SO THIS IS CLEAN UP OF THE 2018 BOND FUNDS THAT ARE REMAINING AND THAT WE HAVE CLOSED OUT SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE FINISHED.

AND SO THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE MOVED TO THE PROJECT SAVINGS LINE.

AND THEN AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, THERE WERE THERE WAS ONE LARGE SO THERE WAS AN ACCOUNTING ENTRY THAT WE FOUND IN THERE THAT NEEDED TO BE REVERSED.

AND SO THAT RESULTED IN 640,000 OF SAVINGS FOR THE WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

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AND THEN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATION WAS CLOSED OUT BEFORE ALL THE BILLS WERE PAID.

SO WE'RE PUTTING SOME MONEY BACK THERE.

BUT THAT PROJECT REMAINS UNDER ITS ORIGINAL BUDGET.

AND SO THE NET EFFECT OF THESE AMENDMENTS IS TO INCREASE PROJECT SAVINGS BY 800,000.

THERE'S ABOUT 300,000 IN INTEREST EARNINGS.

SO WE'VE GOT RIGHT AT $1 MILLION STILL REMAINING FROM 2018.

I KNOW THE BACK FOR 2018 BOND FUNDS IS TRYING TO GET A MEETING SET UP HERE QUICKLY.

AND SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL USES FOR THIS AND THEN BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME.

PROBABLY SAFETY AND SECURITY SINCE THAT'S THE MOST PRESSING.

BUT ASKING TO MOVE SOME MONEY AROUND FROM 2018 TO CLOSE OUT PROJECTS.

MARY JANE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2018 BOND FUNDS TO CLOSE OUT VARIOUS PROJECTS, RESULTING IN AN INCREASE TO PROJECT SAVINGS OF $191,625. A MOTION FOR MARY JANE.

A SECOND FROM KIM.

TRICIA. I JUST THINK SO.

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER.

THE INCREASED $810,000.

BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD AND THIS IS JUST MORE OF A STATEMENT.

WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BOND FOR THIS LAST CYCLE, WE UTILIZED WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE COMPLETE SAVINGS FOR.

THE DISTRICT THAT WE LIKE DEPLETED THOSE FUNDS.

AND THEN NOW WE JUST VOTED ON TAX RATE AND WE CAME UP WITH 810,000 EXTRA DOLLARS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. AND SO IT'S JUST THIS TYPE OF SITUATION, I THINK IS KIND OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY SEES.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT A RESPONSE.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO WANT PROJECT SAVINGS ON MY PROJECTS.

I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER BUDGET.

AND WE'RE SELLING THE 23 IN STAGES SO THAT IF WE DON'T NEED ALL OF THE MONEY FOR A CERTAIN PROJECT, WE WON'T SELL IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GIVES YOU MORE EASE.

WELL, I MEAN, I JUST I GUESS WHAT WE HAD THOUGHT WAS THE COMPLETE SAVINGS PACKAGE WAS INCLUDED IN OUR DISCUSSION FOR THE LAST BOND PACKAGE.

AND THEN NOW WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM OR AN ACTION ITEM FOR 810,000 MORE DOLLARS IN SAVINGS.

AND SO IT JUST LOOKS WEIRD.

WHEN WE JUST COME UP WITH EXTRA SAVINGS.

AFTER THE FACT.

SO I JUST. I DON'T.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE PREVENT THIS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE IF IT WAS PRISON.

IF IT IF IT DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PREVENTION WOULD HAPPEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SCHEDULE OF VALUES CHANGE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HOW IT WAS INVOICED OR.

AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS RELATED TO WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

THERE WAS A RETAINAGE ENTRY BOOKED LAST YEAR TO RECORD THE RETAINAGE FOR THE AUDIT PRESENTATION.

IT WAS NOT REVERSED AND WE DISCOVERED IT WAS NOT REVERSED IN PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S AUDIT.

AND SO IT WAS RIGHTFULLY REVERSED.

I PERSONALLY WENT BACK TO ALL THE PAYMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAVINGS DO EXIST.

WE DID PAY THE CONTRACTOR WHAT WAS ON THE PAY APPS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND GO, OH, GUESS WHAT? THAT'S NOT TRUE.

SO IT WAS AN ACCOUNTING INJURY.

I'LL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

IT WAS FOUND, IT WAS REVERSED, AND SO IT PRODUCED THESE PROJECT SAVINGS.

THE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO USE THESE HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE.

UNDER THE 2018 AUTHORIZATION.

AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD.

IF IT IS FOR SECURITY, THEN WE'LL REDUCE WHAT WE HAVE IN THE 23 AUTHORIZATION FOR SECURITY AND USE THESE DOLLARS FIRST.

THANK YOU. MARY JANE.

AND MAYBE IT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF BEING ON THE BOARD FOR A FEW YEARS AND SEEING SO MANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THEN ALSO EXPERIENCING IN MY PRIVATE LIFE CONSTRUCTION OF A BIG PROJECT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE VOLATILITY EVEN WITHIN GUARANTEED PRICES.

I MAYBE A REFRESHER WOULD BE IN ORDER FROM OUR FACILITIES TEAM AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE ABOUT ALL OF THOSE MOVING VARIABLES WHERE IT'S.

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OLIVIA. I JUST WANT TO STATE I AGREE.

HAVING UNEXPECTED SAVINGS COME UP ONE IS GREAT IF WE COME IN UNDER BUDGET.

TWO DON'T LIKE SEEING SURPRISES.

HOWEVER, YOU DID LET US KNOW WHEN THAT INJURY WAS NOTICED.

YOU ALSO STATED WHEN WE VOTED ON ACTION ITEMS FOR LEFTOVER BOND FUNDS, YOU ACTUALLY STATED THAT UNTIL EVERYTHING GETS INVOICED, WE DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE DEPLETED. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF, THIS WAS NOT A SURPRISE.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT. YOU BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION AND WE WERE AWARE.

SHANNON I JUST WANT TO OFFER A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO MY COLLEAGUE JUST BECAUSE OF EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE HAS ALREADY SAID.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SINCE YOUR COMMENT VALID HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THIS PUBLIC SESSION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I BACK UP WITH THE OTHERS HAVE SAID TOO, IS THAT UNTIL THINGS ARE FINISHED, HONESTLY, IF I DIDN'T SEE SOME SAVINGS TO ME.

OUR SYSTEM WORKS AND THIS IS HOW WE KNOW IT WORKS AND I'M IN THIS FIELD.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG.

AND I HAVE HAD SIMILAR REACTIONS SUCH AS YOURS, THAT IS.

WAIT A MINUTE. WHY IS THERE SAVINGS HERE? THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THE SYSTEM IS WORKING.

WE DID GO THROUGH SEVERAL.

IN THE IN THE FINANCE POSITION, FIRST OF ALL, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT TO ME, THE SYSTEM WORKS.

IF I DIDN'T IF I DIDN'T SEE SOME SAVINGS.

I WOULD I WOULD ASK YOU.

I WOULD ASK WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT BUT AGAIN, YOU WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THERE IS UNTIL THINGS ARE COMPLETELY CLOSED OUT, UNTIL EVERYTHING IS BUTTONED UP, THAT THERE IS STILL THAT POTENTIAL.

SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO GIVE A OPPOSING PERSPECTIVE ONLY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ALARM ANYONE BECAUSE TO ME, THE SYSTEM WORKS AND THIS IS HOW WE KNOW IT WORKS.

AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS FOUND AND WE HAVE ATTENTION TO THIS DETAIL.

I'M NOT MINIMIZING YOUR CONCERN OR COMMENT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AROUND.

THERE COULD STILL BE SOME THINGS COMING.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO EXPECT THAT GOING FORWARD WITH ALL THE BOND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND IT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

SO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

I WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO MAKE ASSURANCES OF THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD CONCERN ME.

CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION BEFORE WE DIVULGE TO MORE DISCUSSION? TRICIA WHEN YOU SAY YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN, YOU SAID THAT MULTIPLE TIMES.

I'M NOT I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT YOU MEAN.

JUST THE SURPRISE FACTOR OF OF WHAT THE SAVINGS ARE.

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION AND MAYBE THAT'S JUST ON ME DURING OUR LAST DISCUSSIONS OF THE BOND THAT THOSE.

WE WE WEREN'T GOING TO SEE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.

I KNOW THAT THINGS FLUCTUATE A LITTLE BIT.

AND I AND I'M NOT BLAMING ELAINE.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THE DEPARTMENT AND I KNOW THAT IT'S THIS IS NOT HER BABY FROM SQUARE ONE.

I WOULD JUST WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BOND REPORTS, I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE SAVING.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN A BOND REPORT IN A REALLY LONG TIME.

AND SO IF THIS HAD JUST COME UP, THEN, I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS JUST ALARMED BY THE AMOUNT THAT.

CAME UP. I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY.

THERE IS A BOND REPORT IN EVERY BOARD PACKET.

LITERALLY EVERY MONTH.

AND THERE ARE MANY PROJECTS ON THERE THAT STILL ARE NOT CLOSED OUT THAT HAVE SAVINGS.

I MISSED IT. NEVER NOT HAD IT.

YEAH, IT'S IN OUR FINANCE.

SO ARE THESE AMOUNTS WITHIN THAT REPORT AS WELL? NO MORE. EXCEPT THE WALNUT SPRINGS.

THE WALNUT SPRINGS WE DISCOVERED THIS MONTH.

OKAY, SO MAYBE THAT'S.

BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THERE, THERE'S STILL MONEY IN THE IT PROJECTS.

THERE'S STILL MONEY IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECTS.

THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CLOSED OUT.

OKAY. WELL, WE HAVE BUDGET SAVINGS, SO THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE THIS, RIGHT? NO, I KNOW THAT. BUT IT JUST.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS HIGHLIGHTING IT IN THE FUTURE.

MAY THE WALNUT SPRINGS IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT WAS THE MOST SURPRISING.

SO I MEAN, THAT WAS A BIG CHUNK OF WHAT CAME BACK TO US THIS MONTH.

SO. SO ARE YOU.

BECAUSE I'M HEARING FROM MY TENURED BOARD MEMBERS THAT THIS IS SOMEWHAT KIND OF PART OF A PROCESS AND WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER THIS.

I'M HEARING FROM YOU THAT YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.

THIS WAS A MISTAKE.

THE WALNUT SPRINGS WAS A MISTAKE.

AND SO.

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I JUST WANT TO PREVENT THE MISTAKES FROM HAPPENING, I GUESS, IN THE FUTURE.

AND DOLLAR AMOUNT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, THOUGH, ELAINE, FROM WHEN YOU SAID IT WAS THE ACCOUNTING ISSUE? IS THAT THIS ENTIRE AMOUNT OR.

I THINK IT WAS. I DON'T.

OKAY. OKAY. THE DETAILS.

AND I ASK ONE QUESTION.

WAS THIS A STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE AUDITOR? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THANK YOU.

OLIVIA. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT SOMETIMES THAT WE HAVE ROBUST CONVERSATIONS ON THE DAIS AND SOMETIMES NOT.

BUT. WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT YOU DO DUE DILIGENCE AND RESEARCH TO AN EXEMPLARY DEGREE, WHICH I VALUE SO MUCH.

BUT I AM GOING TO REFERENCE ANOTHER STATEMENT THAT YOU'VE MADE ON THE DAIS, WHICH IS YOU FEEL THAT OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T TRUST US BECAUSE WHEN WE TAKE A BOND AMOUNT THAT WE LOOK AT IT AS A SPEND UP TO.

SO FOR VERY SIMPLISTIC SAKE, IF WE GET A BOND APPROVED FOR $1 MILLION THAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GO SPEND THAT $1 MILLION.

AND HERE AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS THIS ACCOUNTING ERROR.

YES, ACCOUNTING, IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO OWN A MISTAKE WAS MADE AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT WE DO HAVE BOND REPORTS IN OUR FINANCIALS EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

THE MISTAKE OF THIS ENTRY WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

SO WE OWN OUR BUDGETS, WE OWN OUR EXPENSES.

WE TAKE THE DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DOLLARS OR THE TAX DOLLARS THAT WE'RE ALL PAYING AND WE'RE ALL FEELING THE PAIN AT THE PUMP AND THE INTEREST RATES AND EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T LIKE THE CONVEYANCE OF.

THIS INFORMATION WASN'T AVAILABLE TO US WHEN IT WAS, BECAUSE THAT MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT WHAT? WHAT? SORRY.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH WORDS HERE, BUT.

NONE OF US IS PERFECT AT READING EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT EVERY TIME WE HAVE.

BUT IT WAS A MISTAKE.

IT WAS OWNED. IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

IT WAS IN THE REPORTS.

SO I APOLOGIZE ON GOING ON, BUT I GUESS I LIKE STEFANI LIKE I WANT TO HAVE REAL CLARITY WHAT THAT WHAT YOUR REQUEST IS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES ARE NEVER GOING TO COME OUT TO.

AND YOU KNOW THAT IN YOUR FIELD.

I MEAN, HALF OF US ON THIS BOARD WORK IN CONSTRUCTION OR FINANCE.

SO THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE I WOULD I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF THAT WAS.

SUCH A NEGATIVE PERCEPTION THAT IT.

SPOKE THAT NEGATIVELY.

I'M SORRY. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR WHAT YOU ARE TO LIKE.

EXACTLY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE? I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO TIT FOR TAT AND THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

THERE IS A SECOND. WE'VE HAD ROBUST DISCUSSION.

WE'VE HAD CONCERNS.

WE'VE HEARD ABOUT OPPOSING CONCERNS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF ARCHITECT FIRM TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR HIGH SCHOOL TO.

IT IS ON. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT MORRIS-KUENTZ.

TONIGHT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO SELECT VLK ARCHITECTS AS THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TWO PROJECT.

AND AS PART OF THAT, WE DID PUT WE PUT TOGETHER A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS POINT. SO GOING BACK A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WE ISSUED AN RFQ OR A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, FOR FUTURE BOND PROJECTS.

WE HAD 26 FIRMS SUBMITTED QUALIFICATIONS.

WE REVIEWED AND SCORED ALL 26 OF THOSE QUALIFICATIONS SUBMITTALS AND SELECTED A TOP NINE THAT WE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH. AND FROM THAT TOP NINE, PBC, PFLUGER AND VLK WERE SELECTED AS THE TOP THREE FIRMS. AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE BOARD DID APPROVE PBC, PFLUGER AND VLK AS OUR POOL OF ARCHITECTS FOR FUTURE BOND PROJECTS.

AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS, IS JUST KIND OF GOING BACK TO THAT A YEAR AGO, THIS PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH TO IDENTIFY AND RECOMMEND

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WE GOT IT RIGHT. AND THE RECOMMENDATION, THE BOARD GOT IT RIGHT IN APPROVING THOSE THREE FIRMS BECAUSE THEY'RE THREE REALLY TOP QUALITY FIRMS THAT I FEEL ANY OF THE THREE COULD SUCCESSFULLY LEAD US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

BUT ULTIMATELY, OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO AWARD THAT TO VLK.

AND SO JUST A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN AWARDED TO DATE.

ELEMENTARY SIX WAS AWARDED TO PFLUEGER AND PFLUEGER IS HERE TONIGHT ON A ON A LATER, LATER AGENDA ITEM TO PRESENT A SCHEMATIC DESIGN UPDATE.

THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS EXPANSION PROJECT WAS AWARDED TO VLC, THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATIONS WAS AWARDED TO PBC.

AND THEN BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, THE HIGH SCHOOL TWO PROJECT.

WE'RE WE'RE PROPOSING VLC FOR THAT.

AND THEN JUST AS KIND OF A LOOK AHEAD TO THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE FROM THE 23 BOND THAT HAVE HAVE NOT BEEN AWARDED TO ONE OF THE FIRMS, WE HAVE THE 18 PLUS FACILITY.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SAFETY, SECURITY, ADA AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT VARIOUS CAMPUSES.

AND THEN IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE THE DESIGN FUNDS THROUGH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR ELEMENTARY SEVEN AND MIDDLE SCHOOL THREE.

WE'RE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE MAY 23RD BOND.

AND SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE AS WELL, ARE YET TO BE AWARDED.

GETTING INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TO PROCESS.

AND THIS PAST SUMMER IN JULY, WE WENT ON A SERIES OF TOURS.

AND DID I? WELL, WHERE'S MY SORRY, I'M GOING TO JUMP AHEAD BECAUSE I WANTED TO.

BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THAT, I WANTED TO RECOMMEND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WERE A PART OF THIS PROCESS AND THAT INCLUDED TEN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS AND THEN ONE BOARD MEMBER, LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO BOARD MEMBER COUSINS FOR SERVING ON THAT ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE AS WE GOT TO THIS POINT TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION.

SO LET ME NOW LET ME GET BACK TO WHERE I WAS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TO PROCESS.

AGAIN, WE WENT ON A SERIES OF TOURS WITH EACH OF THE THREE FIRMS. IN JULY, JULY 13TH, WE WENT WITH PBC 17TH WITH VLC AND ON THE 24TH WITH PFLUEGER.

EACH FIRM HIGHLIGHTED TWO HIGH SCHOOLS THAT THEY HAD DESIGNED AND WE WERE CAREFUL TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE WANTED TO SEE SCHOOLS THAT WERE SIMILAR IN FOCUS IN TERMS OF A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL, SOMEWHERE AROUND 2500 STUDENTS THAT WE'RE THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TO ULTIMATELY BUILD.

AND WE WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WAS RECENTLY OPENED WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT ALSO SEE A SCHOOL THAT HAD BEEN OPEN SEVERAL YEARS SO WE COULD GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE AFTER IT'S BEEN ON THE GROUND FOR ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 10 YEARS.

SO WE DID THAT IN JULY AND THEN FOLLOWED UP AT THE END OF AUGUST.

WE HELD INTERVIEWS WITH EACH OF THE THREE FIRMS. THOSE INTERVIEWS WERE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AND CONSISTED OF A PRESENTATION, 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY, FOLLOWED, FOLLOWED UP BY 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR OF ABOUT 15 QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD PREPARED TO ASK EACH OF THE FIRMS. AND WE WERE CAREFUL TO STRUCTURE THAT IN SUCH A WAY TO IDENTIFY BASICALLY TO IDENTIFY HOW THE FIRM WOULD HELP US FACILITATE THE PROCESS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND ULTIMATELY THE COMMITTEE DID IS MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION OF VLC.

COME BACK TO THE TOURS.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT ULTIMATELY LED US TO THIS RECOMMENDATION WITH VLC.

WE TOURED NEW DENTON HIGH SCHOOL AND DENTON ISD.

IT OPENED JUST LAST YEAR AND IT IS A WAS OR IS A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT FOR THE ORIGINAL DENTON HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS OPENED, I BELIEVE, IN THE LATE 50S AND WAS A 2500 STUDENT CAPACITY.

AND ONE OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS I THINK FOR THE COMMITTEE WAS THE INCORPORATION OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND ALL THE HISTORICAL ELEMENTS IN HONORING THAT ORIGINAL DENTON HIGH SCHOOL AND THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SPOKE REALLY LOUDLY TO THE COMMITTEE AND WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE JOB THAT VLC DID AND LISTENING TO THE DISTRICT AND THAT COMMUNITY IN THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT, THE OTHER SCHOOL WE LOOKED AT WAS CHISHOLM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL

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IT'S BEEN OPEN FOR JUST OVER TEN YEARS.

AND WAS THAT DISTRICT'S THIRD HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN? 2500 STUDENT CAPACITY.

AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE WAS INCLUDED THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE DESIGN AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE BUILDING MATERIALS AND THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FLOORING WALLS. AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE, I'D SAY PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THOSE ITEMS HAD NOT BEEN ADDRESSED OR REPLACED IN THE TEN YEARS THAT THAT SCHOOL HAD BEEN ON THE GROUND.

BUT WE'RE STILL IN VERY GOOD SHAPE CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THAT SCHOOL HAD BEEN BUILT.

AND I WILL SAY, IN FAIRNESS TO ALL THREE FIRMS, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSISTENTLY SAW FOR ALL OF THE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE THAT WE TOURED, THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE HAD BEEN OPEN FOR 7 TO 10 YEARS, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSISTENTLY SAW IN EACH OF THOSE WAS THE QUALITY OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS IN TERMS OF THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CAMPUS.

AND MOVING ON INTO THE INTERVIEW PORTION, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE FELT SET THE ELK APART AND ULTIMATELY LED TO OUR RECOMMENDATION.

THEY HAVE WHAT THEY TERM A CURATION PROCESS, WHICH IS REALLY ABOUT ESTABLISHING A SHARED VISION.

AND THIS IS A HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH A DISTRICT LEADERSHIP GROUP THAT INVOLVES AN IN-DEPTH DIALOG ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING.

WHAT IS TEACHING AND LEARNING LOOK LIKE IN THE CISD, AND THAT HELPS US TO DISCERN THE TYPES OF SPACES THAT WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN THAT KIND OF HELPS FORM THE FOUNDATION OF THE VERY EARLY DESIGN ASPECTS.

AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, WE MOVE INTO WHAT THEY CALL THEIR LAUNCH PROCESS.

AND YOU'VE HEARD US REFER A LOT TO THE CHARRETTE.

AND SO THAT REALLY ENCOMPASSES THAT CHARRETTE PROCESS TO CAPTURE STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND THIS IS A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH A LARGE STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT INCLUDES PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TEACHER, DISTRICT LEADERS, STUDENTS AND MORE.

AND THROUGH THAT SERIES OF MEETINGS THEY WALK THROUGH.

THEY'LL WALK THE COMMITTEE THROUGH A SERIES OF EXERCISES THAT ULTIMATELY KIND OF LEADS TO A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STUCK OUT IN THE INTERVIEW THAT WE DID IS THEY ACTUALLY WALKED THE COMMITTEE THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE EXERCISES THAT THEY DO WITH THAT MUCH LARGER STAKEHOLDER GROUP.

ONE OF THE OTHER STANDOUT ITEMS THAT THAT THEY COVERED WAS BRANDING, OBVIOUSLY WITH A SECOND HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS BECOMES VERY IMPORTANT.

AND SO THIS IS A COMMITTEE LED PROCESS TO DEVELOP A NEW CAMPUS BRAND.

AND THEY GAVE US SOME RECENT RECENT EXAMPLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS WITH NOT KIND OF THEY'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THIS WITH LIBERTY HILL ISD.

AND SO ALONG THOSE LINES, THE THERE WERE THERE WERE SEVERAL KIND OF CASE STUDIES AND EXAMPLES.

BUT OF PARTICULAR NOTE TO THE COMMITTEE WERE THE FACT THAT THEY'VE THEY'VE LED LIBERTY HILL ISD THROUGH THIS PROCESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT SECOND HIGH SCHOOL IN LIBERTY HILL JUST BROKE GROUND EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THEY'RE IN THE LAUNCH OR THE CHARRETTE PROCESS WITH LAKE TRAVIS ISD AND I BELIEVE THEY JUST HAD THEIR SECOND CHARRETTE MEETING OR LAUNCH MEETING LAST WEEK WITH LAKE TRAVIS AND THEN ALSO HUTTO ISD.

HUTTO ISD A FEW YEARS AGO BUILT A NINTH GRADE CENTER THAT THEY'RE NOW BUILDING OUT.

THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT AND THEY'RE IN THEIR MOST RECENT BOND.

THEY INCLUDED THE BUILD OUT OF THAT NINTH GRADE CENTER INTO A SECOND COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO THEY WILL BE STARTING THAT PROCESS WITH WITH HUTTO, I THINK, NEXT EARLY NEXT SPRING.

AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I WOULD CERTAINLY INVITE OTHERS.

OBVIOUSLY. DR.

MORRIS-KUENTZ BOARD MEMBER.

COUSINS. DR.

KIDD. DR.

KIDD AND ELAINE AND JENNIFER EDWARDS WERE ALL PART OF THAT.

SO I WOULD CERTAINLY INVITE THEM IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I'VE LEFT OUT TO PLEASE.

AND THAT. BUT WITH THAT, OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

AND AGAIN WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF.

HERE AGAIN.

AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY I REALLY ENJOY THE PROCESS.

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SOME THINGS THAT KIND OF STUCK OUT TO ME WAS IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE THE COST TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT LOOKS GOOD AND THEN YOU'RE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO MAINTAIN THAT BUILDING.

SO WE WERE LOOKING AT SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES.

WE KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE THE HARDEST THING WE'LL DO IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

YOU'RE ALREADY ON TO BUILDING MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR NEXT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE NUMBER THREE.

THE HARDEST THING YOU WILL DO IN YOUR SMALL TOWN IS BUILD HIGH SCHOOL.

NUMBER TWO, IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE.

I THINK THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE WAY VLK TALKED ABOUT BRINGING THAT COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR AND VISITING WITH A FIRM SPECIFIC THAT IS OPENING AND BUILDING HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO SO WE CAN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS WHILE WE'RE IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

WHY IS THIS HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO? SO WHY IS IT HARD? WHY IS IT DIFFICULT? YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ASSURED US THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THEY'RE GOING TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.

THEY DON'T WANT ANY SURPRISES ABOUT ANYTHING BEING BUILT.

TALKING ABOUT HIRING THE CONTRACTOR, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION FIRM EARLY INTO THE PROCESS, BECAUSE YOU CAN SAVE MONEY.

YOU KNOW, IN THE END, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT FOR THAT BOND AND AND MAKE THAT BID TO GO OUT, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I THINK ANOTHER THING I LIKED IS, IS WE LOOKED AT BUILDINGS, WE GOT TO SPECIFY LITTLE THINGS THAT WE LIKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO US AND WHAT DID WE LIKE? AND I THINK THEY WERE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH US, WITH WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

I'M ANXIOUS TO BRING THE COMMUNITY IN, YOU KNOW, AND SEE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE.

BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT GOING OUT AND BUILDING HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO, THAT THEY CAN HANDLE THE CHALLENGE THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO FACE.

THEY MANY IN THEIR FIRM, AT LEAST SEVERAL, THEY LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AND THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO GET IT TO WIN IT.

I MEAN, THEIR THEIR CHILDREN WOULD GO THERE.

IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, IT WAS JUST A VERY IMPRESSIVE PROCESS WITH JUST LOTS OF QUESTIONS ASKED ALONG THE WAY THAT I SHARED WITH YOU ALL THE SEE ALL LAUGHING DOWN THERE AT ME.

IT'S JUST THIS IS JUST IMPORTANT TO ME, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL BACKGROUND HERE AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IT IS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SEE OUR KIDS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK STEFANI OR CHILDREN WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO GO THROUGH THAT HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT BUILDING.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT THE BUILDING.

IT'S THOSE FANTASTIC KIDS WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN THAT BUILDING.

BUT I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

THANK YOU, TRICIA.

I REALLY APPRECIATED THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER.

I THINK IT WAS AMAZING AND IT ACTUALLY SPOKE TO EVERY MAYBE QUESTION THAT I HAD THAT KIM DIDN'T ALREADY INFORM US ABOUT.

I MEAN, I APPRECIATE I REALLY APPRECIATE HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE SITUATION AND GOING IN AND ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.

AND AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. RAGING.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT I DIDN'T FULLY REALIZE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES BEYOND STRICTLY ARCHITECTURE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MASCOTS AND COLOR.

AND IN TODAY'S FEED WAS A LITTLE ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTING THEIR WORK IN LIBERTY HILL, EVEN BRINGING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THAT DISCUSSION.

SO THAT'S THAT'S VERY REASSURING TO ME THAT IT'S A FULL SPECTRUM.

USHERING OF THIS PROJECT.

ROB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ON MONDAY NIGHT, MY REQUEST LACKED CLARITY AND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, BUT YOU NAILED IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EXCITED ABOUT THIS? MY ONLY COMMENT IS I'M REALLY EXCITED TO KICK OFF THIS PROJECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

EVERY FOOTBALL GAME AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE I GO, THIS IS THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WITH FOLKS AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY AND I GET EVERYTHING FROM WHERE ARE WE GOING TO DO IT TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIGURE OUT FOOTBALL, TO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CALL THEM? AND SO I'M EXCITED TO GO ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER OVER THE COURSE OF HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES AND TAKE IT WHEREVER IT GOES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOU AND THE TEAM LEADING THIS PROJECT IN DESIGN.

THANK YOU. I'M JUST READY TO MAKE A MOTION.

KIM, I'LL LET YOU MAKE THIS MOTION.

I WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION.

OH, GOSH. OKAY.

I MOVE TO APPROVE OK ARCHITECTS TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO PROJECT.

A SECOND MOTION FROM KIM.

A SECOND FROM TRICIA.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION.

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ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR ELEMENTARY SIX.

OKAY. YES. THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SCHEMATIC DESIGN UPDATE AND A REQUEST FOR THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN ON THE ELEMENTARY SIX PROJECT.

DESIGN WORK ON ELEMENTARY SIX, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR THE HEADWATERS DEVELOPMENT, STARTED EARLY THIS YEAR AND PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS LAST PROVIDED AN UPDATE, I BELIEVE, IN APRIL.

AND IN THAT UPDATE THEY SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AND UPDATED THE BOARD ON INPUT THAT WE HAD THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SIX DESIGN COMMITTEE.

AND SO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THEY'VE CONTINUED WORK ON THE DESIGN AND TONIGHT ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A SCHEMATIC DESIGN UPDATE FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO DESMOND ODOM TUZZI WITH PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS TO PROVIDE THAT PRESENTATION.

EXCUSE THE ASSISTANCE.

MY WIFE WOULD KILL ME IF SHE SAW ME WITHOUT A CRUTCH RIGHT NOW.

OH. SO AGAIN, AS CLINT STATED, I WAS HERE SEVERAL MONTHS GIVING YOU ALL AN UPDATE JUST TO OUR OVERALL PROCESS AND WHERE WE WERE IN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SIX PROCESS.

SO I'LL JUST BE TOUCHING BASE REALLY ON A HIGH LEVEL.

I BELIEVE MANY OF YOU HAVE SOME SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FOR REFERENCE AS WELL THAT GOES INTO A LOT GREATER DETAIL.

SO YOU SEE SOME OF THE INFORMATION HERE HAS BEEN REDACTED FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, SUCH AS THE LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UM, SO JUST A REALLY QUICK TO TOUCH REALLY QUICKLY ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A RECAP AND A REFRESH OF KIND OF THE PROCESS AND WHAT GOT US TO THIS POINT TODAY.

WE'LL LOOK OVER THE CURRENT SCHEMATIC LAYOUT AS IT STANDS TO DATE, AND THEN WE'LL JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH BASE ON THE NEXT STEPS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE ITERATIVE DESIGN PROCESS.

SO REALLY WE STARTED OFF WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS YOUR WHY AS DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND WE HAD A REALLY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH YOUR DESIGN COMMITTEE THAT YOU ALL FORMED AND SPENT ABOUT SIX MEETINGS GOING OVER AND DISCUSSING WITH THEM WHAT IT IS TO DRIPPING SPRINGS, THAT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOUR COMMUNITY? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE INSTILLED IN YOUR CHILDREN? WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM FROM THEIR EDUCATION, THEIR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EXPERIENCE? AND FROM THAT WE HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS HERE ALONG WITH THE ANSWERS AND WHAT THEY GAVE US THEIR FEEDBACK.

FROM THERE. THE NEXT STEP THAT WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH WAS REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A BUILDING IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A PHOTO AGAIN OF THAT THAT NEXT STEP THAT TOOK PLACE, WHICH WAS PART OF THE CHARRETTES THAT CLINT ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WHERE WE REALLY WENT THROUGH A SLEW OF BUILDINGS, NOT ALL OF WHICH ARE EDUCATIONAL, BUT DO ALLUDE AND SPEAK TO THE OUTWARD THE OUTWARD EXPERIENCE OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WHAT IS PALATABLE TO DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD AND YOUR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

AFTER THAT, WE ACTUALLY WENT ON SEVERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOURS WHERE WE VIEWED NEW, NEW AND OLDER FACILITIES IN THE AREA WHERE WE REALLY GAINED AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THOSE SPACES.

UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT FROM COLLABORATIVE SPACES, COMMUNAL SPACES, CAFETERIAS AND SUCH, AS WELL AS THE CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING INTO THOSE FACILITIES.

SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WENT ON A TOUR OF NANCY TARVIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS WELL AS HIDDEN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ONE LOCATED IN LEANDER ISD AND THE OTHER ACTUALLY LOCATED IN PFLUGERVILLE. FROM THERE.

OUR NEXT STEPS WERE REALLY TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE HAD BEEN GATHERING FROM YOU ALL OVER THE MONTHS AND REALLY START TO SYNTHESIZE WHAT IT IS THAT EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO SAY. THIS IS REALLY PART OF THE EXERCISE OF MAKING SENSE OF A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT COMMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS THE GROUP AND THE COMMITTEE TRYING TO SAY AS A WHOLE.

AND SO FROM THAT WE'VE KIND OF OUTLINED THESE FOUR KEY ELEMENTS THAT WE BELIEVE OUTLINE THE COMMITTEE'S CONSENSUS TOWARDS WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESIGN PROCESS AND THE FACILITY ITSELF.

AND THOSE FOR BEING CONTEXT, INCLUSIVE, SYMBIOTIC AND EVOLVE.

FROM THERE, WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DERIVE SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHICH WE'VE USED TO INFORM OUR DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND WILL CONTINUE TO INFORM OUR DESIGN AS WE MOVE

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AND SO FROM THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME DESCRIPTORS OF THOSE VERY WORDS, WHICH THIS AGAIN WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE BUYING IN AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS THAT IS IMPORTANT TO DRIPPING SPRINGS AND WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FACILITIES.

THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD WERE REALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE FUN PART.

WE STARTED TO LAY OUT SOME BUILDING BLOCKS AND SOME ITEMS FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY ORGANIZE THE SPACE AND HOW THEY FEEL THE THE SPACES, THE SPACES SHOULD RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER.

AND SO DURING THOSE CHARRETTES, WE WERE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN ALL OF THE PREVIOUSLY DISPLAYED INFORMATION AND WENT THROUGH AND TRIED TO REINVIGORATE THEIR SPIRITS AND REMIND PEOPLE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, AND THEN TRY AND BRING THAT ALL INTO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT THROUGH SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAMS. AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE GIVING A PRESENTATION.

DURING ONE OF OUR CHARRETTES WE GAVE GAVE EACH OF THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A DESIGN CRITIQUE AND PRESENT THEIR IDEAS AND REALLY SELL WHY THEIR IDEA WAS THE MOST GROUNDED IN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE ALL DEFINED AND AGREED UPON EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.

AND SO FROM THAT, WE WENT BACK TO OUR OFFICES AND DO THE THING THAT ARCHITECTS DO SOMETIMES AND RUIN IT WITH CODE AND OTHER OTHER COMPLEXITIES OF THE BUILDING AND REALLY STARTED TO LOOK INTO HOW DO THOSE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS START TO WORK THEMSELVES INTO A REAL PHYSICAL BUILDING.

AND HERE YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE PRESENTED BACK TO THE GROUP THAT REALLY EMBODIES ALL OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS WELL AS THE FEEDBACK AND ALL OF THE TOURS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE HAD GATHERED AND START TO PUT IT INTO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

HERE YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER OPTION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AGAIN, OR SORRY, NOT TO THE BOARD, TO THE COMMITTEE.

AGAIN, JUST GOING BACK AND REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON THOSE IDEAS OF A CENTRAL AREA IN WHICH THE CHILDREN CAN COME TO.

AND THEN THERE ARE INDEPENDENT KIND OF CLASSROOM WINGS THAT ARE THERE, ALONG WITH THE COLLABORATIVE SPACES IN BETWEEN WITH SUPPORT AND DISTRIBUTED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

HERE WAS THE THIRD OPTION THAT WE PRESENTED TO THEM.

AGAIN, WITH THAT DISTRIBUTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL CLASSROOMS, AS WELL AS THAT MAIN FOCUSING CORE FOR EVERYONE TO COME BACK TO REALLY THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL WHERE EVERYONE CAN COME BACK AND GATHER AND COMMUNE.

HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR NEXT CHARETTE, WHERE WE ALLOWED EVERYONE TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK, REALLY TELLING US WHAT WERE THEIR MOST FAVORITE FAVORITED ITEMS FROM THESE SELECTIONS AND THESE OPTIONS AS WELL AS MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THEY'RE REALLY NOT LIKING.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING ARE BECAUSE THAT REALLY TELLS US WHAT TO STAY AWAY FROM AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY ISN'T PALATABLE TO. AND SO WE TOOK THAT AND FROM THERE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH A BLENDED PLAN, WHICH WAS EFFORTS FROM ALL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OURSELVES, TELLING THEM WHAT HAD TO BE DONE FROM AN EGRESS AND LAYOUT STANDPOINT AND REALLY STARTING TO COME UP WITH A LAYOUT THAT IS DEFINING THE FLOOR PLAN THAT I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU ALL IN JUST A MOMENT.

SO TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE SCHEDULE, THIS IS KIND OF EXACTLY WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE GOTTEN INTO THE SD APPROVAL PROCESS.

AND SO THIS IS A SCHEDULE THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED BY BOTH OURSELVES, ALL OF THE DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS FROM MEPS CIVIL AS WELL AS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT'S ON BOARD FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE INDEPENDENT MILESTONES IN BETWEEN AND WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND WHERE WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THE SD PACKET.

TWO AT A HIGH LEVEL, REALLY GO OVER THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.

WE'RE STANDING AT A GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ABOUT 117,000FT² TO DATE.

OF COURSE, THE DESIGN PROCESS IS VERY ITERATIVE, SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH TRANSLATES INTO DOLLARS.

BUT THIS REALLY GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT IT TAKES IN ORDER TO TO ENCOMPASS 850 STUDENTS, PLUS THE TEACHERS AND FACULTY AND STAFF THAT ALSO NEED TO BE IN THAT BUILDING.

YOU ALL GAVE US THE CHARGE OF COMING UP WITH A LAYOUT AND A POTENTIAL PROTOTYPE FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.

SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED IN THE FUTURE AND THAT WOULD OFFER A VARIETY OF OPTIONS TO FIT ON A MULTITUDE OF SITES.

WE KNOW THAT DRIPPING SPRINGS IS NOT EXACTLY KNOWN FOR ITS FLAT LANDSCAPE, SO WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN TRYING TO LAY OUT THE BUILDING AND TAKE THAT SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM AND WORK IT INTO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

SO HERE IS ACTUALLY AN ALTERNATIVE OF THE PROTOTYPE THAT I'LL BE SHARING A LITTLE BIT LATER THAT SHOWS A BIT OF A VARIATION ON THE EDUCATIONAL WINGS AND HOW THE SCHOOL SITE CAN LAY OUT. WE SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY INTO THE FUTURE, GIVEN WHATEVER SITES COME YOUR WAY.

AND SO THIS ACTUALLY SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DESIGN PROCESS AND HOW WE GOT TO THE FLOORPLAN THAT I'LL BE SHARING IN A LITTLE BIT.

THIS TALKS ABOUT THAT ACADEMIC CORE THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER WHERE WE REALLY HAVE THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL AND YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN LIGHT BLUE THERE, THE EDUCATIONAL WINGS. THERE WAS THE NEED TO MAKE SOME SLIGHT ROTATIONS IN THE BUILDING GIVEN THE SITE CONSTRAINTS AND WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THERE IN THE HEADWATERS COMMUNITY.

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FROM THERE YOU CAN SEE WE WENT FURTHER INTO DETAIL IN TRYING TO REALLY DEFINE WHAT THOSE SPACES ARE GOING TO BE.

OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 850 STUDENTS.

IT'S A NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS. SO THEY'RE TYPICALLY IN IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE SEE AT LEAST ONE TWO STORY WING.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO ACCOUNT FOR YOUR OLDER GRADE LEVELS BEING ON THE ON THE UPPER LEVEL, ALONG WITH YOUR YOUNGER AND LITTLER ONES, STAYING ON THE LOWER LEVELS WITH EVERYONE AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO COME BACK TO THAT HEARTH OF THE SCHOOL AND REALLY CONNECT.

AND THEN IN THE IMAGE NUMBER FOUR, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED FOR SOME REALLY PROTECTED PLAY AREAS.

SO THAT GIVES BOTH THE STUDENTS AND THE FACULTY AND STAFF A PLACE TO CALL HOME, BUT ALSO KEEPS THEM NICE AND SECURE WHILE PROVIDING FOR OUTDOOR PLAY OPPORTUNITIES IN BETWEEN THE CORE OF THE BUILDING AND THE EDUCATIONAL WINGS.

HERE WE HAVE A SITE PLAN.

THIS IS THE HEADWATER SITE THAT YOU ALL CURRENTLY HAVE LOCATED IN THE HEADWATERS COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE SITUATED THE THE SCHOOL ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK OF THE SITE.

AND YOU CAN KIND OF START TO SEE SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THERE WITH THE PROTECTED WATERWAYS THAT ARE ON EITHER SIDE ALONG WITH THE PARKING.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WE'VE LEFT SPACE THERE FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT SHOULD YOU NEED IT.

THIS. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAYOUT AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS TO DATE.

AND THIS REALLY JUST GIVES AN EXPLANATION OF WHERE THE CLASSROOMS ARE LOCATED, WHERE WE REALLY ARE FOCUSING ON PUTTING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT RESTROOMS, AS WELL AS THE DISTRIBUTED SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL TO REALLY HELP BRING THEM INTO THE FABRIC OF THE SCHOOL AND HELP THEM COMMUNE WITH THE REST OF THEIR CLASSMATES.

HERE WE HAVE THE SECOND LEVEL, APPROXIMATELY 20,000FT² THERE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY CONTRARY TO THE PRIOR IMAGE THAT I THAT I'VE SHOWN.

WE FOUND IT TO BE A LOT MORE STRATEGIC TO SINK THE SECOND LEVEL INTO THE SITE.

THE PARTICULAR HEADWATER SITE HAS ABOUT 15FT OF FALL WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY SITUATED FROM ONE END OF THE BUILDING TO THE OTHER.

SO IN A COST SAVING EFFORT, WORKING WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WE ELECTED TO ACTUALLY SINK THE BUILDING TO MATCH THAT GRADE AND DISTRIBUTE THE FLOOR HEIGHTS EQUIVALENTLY IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE SUSTAINABLE AND FEASIBLE FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.

AND HERE WE JUST REALLY HAVE A GROSS A REALLY SORRY.

WHEN I SAY GROSS, I MEAN THE OVERALL NUMBER, NOT DISGUSTING.

WE HAVE A WE JUST HAVE AN OVERARCHING AND A LARGE LOOK AT WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND GIVEN OUR SET OF DRAWINGS AND SOME OF THAT SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WE PROVIDED WITH THE CONTRACTOR IN ORDER TO GET AN ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE YOU ALL HELD $55,775,000 IN YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS SCHOOL AND WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND AT JUST SHY OF $700,000 UNDER BUDGET TO DATE.

SO FROM HERE, OUR NEXT STEPS WILL REALLY BE TO BRING BACK TO YOU ALL THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SOME IMAGERY SUCH AS EXTERIOR ELEMENTS AS WELL AS INTERIOR SHOTS, TO REALLY SHOW YOU AND GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT THOSE INTERIOR SPACES FEEL LIKE, HOW STUDENTS OCCUPY THEM, AS WELL AS GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE EXTERIOR PRESENCE OF THE BUILDING IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE, AND WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL FOR THAT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

HERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A TEASER AS TO HOW THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY COMING ALONG.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE STAGE UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, TRICIA.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

I LOVE IT. WITH IF WE WERE TO.

HOOK ON A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THIS AREA.

DOES THIS LAYOUT GIVE US THE ABILITY FOR THAT? YES, THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE.

I WILL. GO BACK A LITTLE BIT HERE.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I'M JUST SAYING IN THEORY, THAT'S HOW MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS LOOK.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE AGAIN.

YES, IN THEORY.

GIVEN, HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO UTILIZE THIS SITE, WE HAVE LEFT ENOUGH SPACE, GIVEN THE DRIVES AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ALL THE PARKING TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE FOR NOT ONLY A MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT ALSO A TRACK AND FIELD ON THIS SITE, CONFIGURED IN SOME SHAPE, IN SOME FORM OR FASHION IN THAT LARGER SPACE DRAWING WEST.

AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE WE'VE PROVIDED SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING THERE IN BETWEEN THE TWO DRIVES KIND OF TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE SITE.

THANK YOU. MARY JANE, WILL YOU JUST REMIND ME WHAT ENTITY DETERMINES THE MINIMUM CAPACITY OF THOSE DETENTION PONDS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE.

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SORRY, I FORGOT THE ACRONYM THERE FOR A MOMENT.

T-C-E-Q DETERMINES THOSE SIZES, AND THAT'S BASED OFF OF THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT WE PUT ON THE SITE.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE PROVIDING DETENTION PONDS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU READY FOR ANY FUTURE CONSTRUCTION THAT MAY HAPPEN HAPPEN IN THAT REGARD, AND THAT'S A BIT OF A COST SAVINGS EFFORT, EFFORT AS WELL THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH CLINT AND THE CONSTRUCTION FACILITY TO JUST TRY AND MAKE YOU ALL PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE.

SO WHATEVER IS BUILT THERE, IF ANYTHING DOES COME INTO THAT SITE, YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR IT.

SO SORRY. JUST AS A FOLLOW UP THEN, THEN T-C-E-Q IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 50 YEAR FLOODPLAINS AND SINCE WE ARE ON TWO LITTLE.

WATERY OR NEAR WATERWAYS? YES, MA'AM. THEY THEY LOOK AT ALL OF THAT.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED US WITH A BUFFER FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE CREEK ON THE SOUTH END OF THE DRAWING AND THE ACTUAL DRIVES.

AND THAT IS ACTUALLY DUE TO THE BUFFER ZONE FROM THAT CREEK.

SO THEY HAVE NOT ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR THE CURRENT FLOODPLAIN, BUT WHAT MAY ALSO HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

LUCKILY, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF FALL THAT IS ON THIS SITE, THOSE ARE A BIT OF A SMALL RAVINE PER SE.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME PROTECTION THERE.

BUT THEY HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT IT FOR FROM A FUTURE PROOFING STANDPOINT AS WELL.

KIM. GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, GUYS. HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB PULLING THIS TOGETHER TO THIS POINT.

HOW DID YOU PICK THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE CLASSROOMS? THAT IS ACTUALLY DICTATED TO US BY TIA.

SO THERE IS A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PER VARYING GRADE LEVEL.

YOU DO GET A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN THAT BASED ON HOW MUCH COLLABORATIVE SPACE THAT YOU WANT TO PROVIDE.

THEY HAVE LEFT SOME ROOM IN THERE FOR INTERPRETATION, BUT IT IS DICTATED TO US BY TIA.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OLIVIA.

I'LL JUST SAY THERE'S AN AMAZING LINK ON TEA THAT HAS ALL OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION, LIKE CONSTRUCTION MINIMUMS, AND IT'S VERY FASCINATING TO READ. I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I FORGOT.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE ETHICS COMMITTEE MET.

DID WE SEND A SURVEY OUT ON THEIR THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE PROCESS? OKAY. I JUST WONDERED IF WE HAD CONCLUSIVE.

LET ME JUST. SORRY.

BECAUSE YOU SPOKE WITHOUT THE MICROPHONE.

JUST SO EVERYONE HEARD. YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE GOING TO MEET AGAIN, SO.

OKAY. OKAY.

THERE WAS A REQUEST.

NOT SURE WHICH BOARD MEMBER THERE WAS A REQUEST SOMETIME THIS SUMMER FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM THAT COMMITTEE.

SO WE HAVE THIS SURVEY, BILL.

WE WERE JUST WAITING TO HOLD IT TO SEE IF THEIR COMMITTEE WAS DONE OR NOT.

SO IT'S READY TO GO AS SOON AS THE COMMITTEE WRAPS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M ROB. WE HAVEN'T MET.

NICE TO SEE YOU. CAN YOU GO? WOULD YOU MIND GOING TO THE CHART WITH THE ELEVATIONS? IF YOU GOT IT HANDY WITH THE ELEVATIONS.

WELL, THE ELEVATION.

WELL, THERE AREN'T ANY, BUT THE ONES WITH THE DOTS AND THE THINGIES.

OH. OH, THE CHART.

YES. YES.

BUT DEFINITELY NOT THE TOPOGRAPHY.

NOPE. IT'S THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS.

YEP. THE ONES THAT HAD ALL THE DOTS ON IT WITH THE THINGS FROM THE COMMITTEE.

FEEDBACK. YEP. YEP.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO.

SORRY. THE OTHER.

NO, THOSE ARE THOSE THINGIES.

THAT WAS THE COMMITTEE IN WEBSTER'S DEAL.

THERE WE GO. OKAY, GREAT.

SO CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THE COMMITTEE, WHAT THIS MEANS AND WHERE THE COMMITTEE LEANING AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF? YES. OKAY. SO THIS WAS PART OF OUR VISUAL LEARNING EXERCISE.

AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE BROUGHT A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUILDINGS OF VARYING TYPOLOGIES AND ASKED FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REALLY GIVE US FEEDBACK ON WHAT IT IS THAT THEY LIKED ABOUT VARIOUS BUILDINGS.

AND WE GAVE THEM WE TRIED TO MAKE IT A VERY BLANKET, YES OR NO STATEMENT.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE A CHANGE BETWEEN RED AND GREEN DOTS.

OKAY. WE CAN FOCUS. WE CAN FOCUS MOSTLY ON THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST RED DOTS AND RED SQUARES.

THAT IS THE ONE THAT THE COMMITTEE REALLY GAVE US A FEEDBACK THAT THEY DO NOT LIKE.

AND IT REALLY SPOKE TO THAT.

IT DIDN'T REALLY CONNECT TO THE HILL COUNTRY VERNACULAR, WHAT DRIPPING SPRINGS HAS TO OFFER.

THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE MATERIALS WERE REPRESENTATIVE OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND THEN THE DISTRIBUTION OF COLORS DIDN'T WORK FOR THEM EITHER.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THERE'S A LOT OF RED DOTS.

AND THEN WE ALSO GAVE THEM STICKY NOTES IN WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US DIRECT FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT PARTICULAR ITEMS THEY DID NOT LIKE.

SECOND, FROM THE BOTTOM LEFT THERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A BUILDING THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL FIND HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS MEETS WITH THE LARGE OVERHANGS, WINDOW OPENINGS, THE USE OF STONE, AS WELL AS THE THE MORE ELABORATE STRUCTURE THAT'S THERE ON THE COVERED AWNING NEAR THE ENTRYWAY.

AND SO WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK THERE.

AND THEN ONE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY RECOGNIZE IN THE FAR LEFT IS ACTUALLY THE LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILDFLOWER CENTER.

AND SO AGAIN, NOT AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, BUT IT SPEAKS TO THE THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS THAT THE COMMITTEE FEELS RESONATES WITH THEM.

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AND SO WE TOOK THAT.

AND THESE WILL BE ELEMENTS THAT YOU'LL SEE REALLY COME OUT MORE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL COME BACK AND GIVE.

WE TOOK THESE ELEMENTS AND BROUGHT THEM INTO THE ACTUAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO LOOKS LIKE THE FOLKS ARE LEANING VERY MUCH TRADITIONAL HILL COUNTRY LOOK, WHICH IS A VERY SIMILAR LOOK AND FEEL TO A LOT OF OUR EXISTING SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

YES, SIR. OKAY, GREAT.

I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE SITE, PLAN FOR ME BECAUSE I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID.

AND CLINT, WELL DONE FOR THINKING ABOUT THIS.

RIGHT. SO OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A POTENTIAL HERE WITH 61 ACRES TO HAVE A SECOND SCHOOL OR SECOND DISTRICT FACILITY.

LET'S SAY THAT RIGHT ON THIS SITE.

SO TWO THINGS COME TO MIND WITH THAT.

THAT'S CIVIL WORK, RIGHT? AND LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING ENCAPSULATE THE DETENTION POND REQUIREMENT FROM TCEQ BASED ON IMPERVIOUS COVER.

AND THAT'S ALL IN THE SCOPE FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT.

IS THAT CORRECT? CURRENTLY, YES, ALL OF THE DRIVES HAVE BEEN SIZED TO ACCOMMODATE A FUTURE FACILITY.

WITH THE GAME PLAN BEING THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE THE TRIPS FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE PARKING SPACES HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THAT.

THE LAND HAS BEEN SET ASIDE AND THE DETENTION PONDS HAVE BEEN SIZED ACCORDINGLY.

I LOVE THAT. THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ECONOMIES OF SCALE OF 1 TO 1, RIGHT? IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. AND IN PROJECT A TO MASTERPLAN THE SITE TO FACILITATE POTENTIAL PROJECT B AND SO I LOVE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND I LOVE THAT YOU BROUGHT THE CIVIL ENGINEERS ALREADY KIND OF WORKED THROUGH THAT.

THE OTHER BIG PIECE TO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE CIVIL AND THE TCP REQUIREMENTS FOR DETENTION PONDS IS THE TRAFFIC FLOW, RIGHT? BOY, IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME I GET IT FROM A PARENT, I'LL WAITING 45 MINUTES TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I WOULD SAY THIS PROJECT THAT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT CERTAINLY FOR ME AS WE EVALUATE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, RIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY GOING ON HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE IF THERE'S A CIRCULATION PLAN THAT'S A PART OF THE SCOPE.

IS THAT IS THAT PART OF THE ENGINEERS ARE GOING TO WORK THAT FOR US? SO YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO WORK THAT FOR US OR IS THAT PART OF THE PROCESS? YES, SIR. WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY LOOKED AT THAT, PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL QUEUING ACTUALLY ABOVE WHAT IS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, WHAT YOU ALL CURRENTLY HAVE PROVIDED THAT ON THE MAIN ROAD.

AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED HOW THAT WILL STAGGER ALONG WITH WHAT COULD, AGAIN, GOING TO THE WORST CASE SCENARIO OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOW MANY TRIPS THAT WOULD FACILITATE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE STACKING.

THE OTHER THING I'LL ADD TO THAT IS WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROTOTYPE, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S THREE DROP OFF LINES, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CAMPUSES.

SO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO DROP OFF AND PICK UP IN MORE LANES AND MORE AREAS.

AND SO THAT WAS PART OF OUR REQUEST TO THEM.

AND SO IT WOULD BE A TOTAL CHANGE FROM OUR CURRENT TYPES OF TRAFFIC FLOW.

IT WOULD GIVE US A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE A LITTLE FASTER.

ABSOLUTELY. I'LL WRAP UP. I LOVE THE DIRECTION.

I LOVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE.

EXCELLENT DETAIL. I GOT MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED THROUGH THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING.

THANK YOU. I LOVE IT.

I PARTICULARLY REALLY LOVE THE PROTOTYPE.

I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF FUTURE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR LOTS OF OUR YOUNG KIDDOS, AND THERE IS LAND FOR A POSSIBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS ALSO A NOT SO DISTANT CONVERSATION FOR OUR BOARD.

SO THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.

I HAD ONE QUESTION.

I KNOW THIS TOPOGRAPHY WE HAD BEEN TOLD WAS A LITTLE CHALLENGING COMPARED TO SOME OTHER TOPOGRAPHY OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

DID THAT FACTOR INTO THE COST AT ALL? YES, THERE ARE MAKING IT A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE.

YEAH. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY I MEAN, YOU KIND OF BURIED THAT SECOND OR THE LEVEL ZERO ZERO FLOOR.

THAT WAS ONE AREA TO TRY TO CUT SOME COSTS.

BUT THERE'S STILL BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENT GRADIENT OF THE CAMPUS EVEN.

AND I SAW YOU'RE HAVING TO SORT OF FLAIL THE CAMPUS OUT AND THERE'S A FEW THINGS HAD TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THIS WORK.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M READING BETWEEN THE LINES ON THIS PRESENTATION.

NO, YOU ARE YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THERE ARE MOVES, CERTAIN PARTICULAR MOVES IN THE BUILDING THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO TRY AND MITIGATE SITE COSTS.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE UNAVOIDABLE, SUCH AS PAVEMENT CAN CAN ONLY SIT AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF A GRADE.

AND SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RETAINING WALLS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY SHOWN ON HERE THAT WILL HAVE TO COME INTO PLAY ON THE SITE AS WELL.

BUT THAT IS ALREADY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN THAT BUDGET.

BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO STRATEGICALLY WORK AROUND AND PLAN WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEER TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST PATH MOVING, BEST PATH FORWARD.

GOT IT. VERY DUMB QUESTION.

BUT THAT LEVEL OF ZERO ZERO THAT WILL HAVE WINDOWS AND A WALKOUT LIKE THAT WILL BE AT A GROUND FLOOR.

YES, MA'AM. SO LEVEL ZERO ZERO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE PLACE RIGHT AT THE FRONT DOOR.

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SO HERE IT WOULD BE THE LOWER LEVEL WHEN YOU ACTUALLY STEP DOWN THERE, THAT'LL BE 15FT BELOW GRADE.

GOT IT. BUT STILL THAT LEVEL STILL A WALK OUT? YES, MA'AM. YOU SEE THE STAIRWELLS, YOU'LL ACTUALLY HAVE IT IF WE GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN THAT'LL ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT DROP OFF, PICK UP AND DROP OFF SCENARIO THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

IT'LL ALSO HAVE A WALK OUT TO THE BACK WHERE WE HAVE THE PLAY AREAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE.

SO EVERYTHING ALL OF THE DOORS THAT EXIST AND THOSE INDIVIDUAL LEVELS ACTUALLY WALK OUT TO THE EXTERIOR.

OKAY. AND I'VE HAD A CAMPUS THAT HAD A REVERSE LEVEL AND IT WORKED REALLY EFFECTIVELY.

SO IT'S AN EFFECTIVE MODEL.

IT'S A GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO TRY AND DO THAT INVERT AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO BUILD UP BEYOND THAT.

BUT IT WILL WORK VERY EFFECTIVELY AND IN THE SAME MANNER THAT WE WOULD INTEND A SECOND STORY, KIND OF SIMILAR TO SYCAMORE, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BUT YEAH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I BECAUSE YOU HIGHLIGHTED IT IN THE PICTURE, YOU HAVE A SPACE FOR FUTURE PORTABLES.

SO JUST REMINDING THE COMMUNITY WE ARE FAST GROWTH AND EVEN THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE OVER CAPACITY IN NOT SO MANY YEARS.

EVEN MORE REASON I JUST HAMMER IT HOME WITH PEOPLE.

WE ARE FAST GROWTH AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE WILL NEED MANY OF THEM IN OUR DISTRICT.

TRICIA. HIGHLIGHTS FUTURE PORTABLES AS WELL, SO THEY CAN GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX PROJECT AS PRESENTED.

A MOTION FROM TRICIA.

A SECOND FROM KIM.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

7-0. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL. MOVING ON TO CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT.

OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

UM, AND I'LL GET BACK TO THE RIGHT.

THERE WE ARE. YES.

THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE FOR THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, BACK IN JUNE, THE BOARD APPROVED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS EXPANSION PROJECT.

THE NEXT PHASE AFTER SCHEMATIC DESIGN IS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

VLK ARCHITECTS, WHO IS THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, HAS CONTINUED THEIR WORK ON THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND SO THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE THAT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.

AND SO I WILL HAND IT OFF TO I THINK TIM KUNZ AND JULIE ZITTER ARE BOTH HERE TO PRESENT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN UPDATE.

THERE SHE IS. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD SUPERINTENDENT DR.

MORRIS-KUENTZ WERE GRATEFUL.

I'M VERY HUMBLED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL, BUT EXCITED TO SHARE THE UPDATES TO SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AGAIN, OUR OUR TEAM ALONG WITH US TONIGHT, WE HAVE MADISON HOLMES, WHO'S BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THE DESIGN OF THIS, AS WELL AS JULIE ZITTER.

JULIE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP HERE.

PLEASE DO. PLEASE DO.

WE'RE A TEAM.

SO SIMILAR TO THE PROJECT THAT WAS JUST DESCRIBED.

WE'LL GO THROUGH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

AGAIN, THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS BOND PROJECT INCLUDES AN ADDITION TO INCLUDE OVERALL TO INCLUDE CAPACITY TO THE SCHOOL.

I WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS THAT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WE MET THAT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PACKAGE THAT YOU'VE SEEN WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS MORE DETAIL IN IT.

BUT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WE MET, PART OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE SCHEDULING AND APPROVALS OF THINGS.

TCEQ IS A IS A BIG THING.

SO BACK IN LATE JULY, EARLY AUGUST, TCEQ, THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY YOU IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE WAS SUBMITTED. AND SO WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED OUR FIRST ROUND OF COMMENTS.

THE SURVEY, OBVIOUSLY, WE WE TOOK SOME CERTAIN APPROACHES THAT WE FELT WOULD WORK FROM A SURVEY STANDPOINT TO ENSURE THAT THE BUILDING WAS LAID OUT APPROPRIATELY.

THANKFULLY, THAT IS ALL COMPLETE AND THINGS ARE WORKING OUT FINE THERE AS WELL AS THE GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN.

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WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH HDR, GETTING THAT TO COMPLETE.

I'LL SAY RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY TO SHOW YOU THIS EVENING, BUT OUR TEAM REALLY IN JUST EVALUATING THIS WITHOUT HIS INPUT IS THERE ARE WAYS WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN IMPROVE.

AS YOU JUST SAW IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, ADDITIONAL STACKING SPACE WITHIN THE CURRENT FLOW OF THAT CAMPUS.

NOW WE HAVE PARKING THAT MAY HAVE TO GET RELOCATED IN ANOTHER AREA.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, THERE'S AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE WHICH JULIE'S GOING TO TOUCH ON HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

DOES IT REALLY SERVE WELL FOR ADDITIONAL STACKING? I KNOW WE NEED TO GET CARS OFF OF THAT ROAD, BUT DOES ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.

SO IF BY CHANCE HDR COMES BACK AND STATES THAT TO MITIGATE THAT THAT WE WE LOSE SOME PARKING THAT'S CLOSER INTO THE FACILITY OR ALREADY ON ON THE PROPERTY PERHAPS WE LOOK AT RELOCATING SOME OF THAT PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LET JULIE WALK THROUGH THE PLAN UPDATES.

SO MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT ARE FULL REFINEMENTS OF WHAT YOU SAW ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

SO YOU WILL SEE AS A RESULT, SOME ADDITIONAL TEXT.

SO STARTING WITH THE SITE PLAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN ORIENT YOURSELF REALLY QUICKLY THERE BASED ON THE EXPANSIONS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT ALSO WANTED TO FURTHER ENUNCIATE THAT PART OF THIS PACKAGE IS INCLUDING ADA AND SOME SITE AND SECURITY UPGRADES.

SO AS A RESULT, YOU ARE SEEING HIGHLIGHTED THERE THE ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS TO THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE EXISTING COMPETITION FIELD TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND THE EXISTING HVAC, HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING IS THROUGH GEOTHERMAL.

AND SO THAT'S NOT FOREIGN TO WHAT'S ALREADY DONE ON SITE.

BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE WE CAN LOCATE THOSE THERMAL FIELDS.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT HIGHLIGHTED THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE ULTIMATE EXPANSION ITSELF AND REALLY EXPANDING ON THOSE EXISTING WINGS AND INCLUDING THE CAFETERIA EXPANSION.

SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH AND FURTHER REFINEMENT.

THE FLOOR PLAN.

STARTING WITH THE GROUND FLOOR.

SO THIS IS AT GRADE.

I THINK YOU DO HAVE BACKUP MATERIAL IN YOUR PACKAGE THAT WILL SHOWCASE A LITTLE BIT MORE REFINEMENT FOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF TONIGHT, YOU'RE SEEING THIS ON THE SCREEN.

SO IT'S ANNUNCIATING ALL THE CLASSROOMS AND SCIENCE ROOMS, TEN ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE FOR FOR SCIENCE ROOMS, ONE PREP THAT'S IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO.

AND THIS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING CURRENTLY IS THE SIXTH GRADE POD.

SO THIS WOULD ALLOW THE SIXTH GRADE UNIT TO STAY TOGETHER AS A RESULT, WHICH WAS REALLY INDICATIVE OF WHAT WE HEARD THROUGH OUR MEETINGS.

AND THEN AGAIN ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE LOCATION FOR DROP OFF.

SO WE HAVE A SECURED VESTIBULE THERE.

AND THEN IF YOU GO STRAIGHT FORWARD THROUGH THAT, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GO RIGHT INTO THE COURTYARD, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A BRAND NEW EXPERIENCE FOR THE SCHOOL.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S COMPLETELY FREE FLOWING AND THIS WOULD FURTHER ALLOW FOR SOME SIGHT AND SECURITY.

AND THEN PROCEEDING TO THE EAST SIDE, YOU'RE SEEING THE NEW DANCE ROOM, WHICH IS LARGER THAN IT WAS BEFORE.

AND THEN WE CONTINUE ON TO THE ELECTIVES WITH SOME CTE CLASSES.

SO WE VERTICALLY MOVE UPWARDS WHERE WE GET THE EXTENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE AND SEVENTH GRADE PODS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S FULLY JUST EXTRUDING OUT FROM WHERE IT IS NOW TO SUPPORT THE TEACHING METHODOLOGY THAT THAT SYCAMORE HAS.

AND IT'S ALSO IF YOU CAN, YOU'LL SEE THIS BETTER IN THE RENDERINGS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING.

BUT WE HAVE AN ELEVATED CORRIDOR AND THE ELEVATED CORRIDOR ALLOWS FOR EVEN MORE IMPROVED FLOW THAN WHAT CURRENTLY THE CAMPUS EXPERIENCES.

AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO CONTINUE TO FLOW OVER AGAIN ONTO THE ELECTIVES AND THE FINE ARTS WING AS WELL.

SO THE OTHER THING THAT THIS ACCOMMODATES IS TEACHING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, BUT ALSO EAGER ACCESS TO TOILETS, WHICH CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAPPEN.

WE ALSO NEEDED TO BE LOOKING AT THE CAFETERIA EXPANSION TO BETTER SUPPORT AND FOSTER CAFETERIA TIMING.

SO THIS WOULD ACCOMMODATE 450 STUDENTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE.

BUT WE'RE ALSO EAGERLY SUPPORTING OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE TO THOSE KIDS.

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THIS DOES FURTHER PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EAT OUTSIDE AS WELL.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE PART OF THE PROJECT.

AND THEN I'LL FLOW THROUGH SOME D BIRD'S EYE VIEWS.

THESE ARE BASICALLY CROSS SECTIONS ALLOWING YOU KIND OF A DOLL HOUSE TO LOOK INTO THE PLAN.

SO YOU'VE GOT BASICALLY THE GROUND FLOOR THAT'S SITUATED THERE.

AND THEN MOVING UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.

AND THERE YOU CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND BETTER THE ELEVATOR CORRIDOR, WHICH WOULD FURTHER BE AN OPPORTUNITY ALMOST LIKE THAT MAIN SPINE THAT HAPPENS NOW TO ALLOW THAT AGAIN TO HAPPEN ON THE SOUTHERNMOST EDGE OF THE BUILDING.

THIS ALSO GIVES YOU A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ONTO THE DROP OFF AREA WITH THE NEW CANOPY.

THIS IS JUST A PERSPECTIVE THAT'S AS AS SOON AS YOU ARRIVE OFF OF THE DROP OFF INTO THE NEW VESTIBULE SO YOU HAVE CHOICES TO GO STRAIGHT INTO THE COURTYARD.

IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT, THAT TAKES YOU BACK INTO THE ACADEMIC CORE WINGS.

AND IF YOU GO UP TO THE STAIRS ON THE LEFT, THAT WOULD TAKE YOU UP INTO THE CTE OR ELECTIVES.

AND THERE IS AN ELEVATOR ON THIS SIDE AS WELL TO FURTHER SUPPORT SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS.

HERE IS A PERSPECTIVE.

AS SOON AS YOU COME THROUGH THAT SET OF DOORS, YOU'RE LOOKING OUT INTO THE NEW COURTYARD.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.

I COULD ALSO SEE TEACHERS COMING OUT ON.

YOU KNOW, COOLER DAYS TO BETTER SUPPORT THEIR MEANS OF TEACHING.

ALL THE CTE IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

AND THEN LIKE I MENTIONED, THE CORE ACADEMICS IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

SO SOME OF THE CANOPIES THAT OCCUR CURRENTLY ON SITE, THOSE WOULD BE PLUCKED OFF AND GIVEN A BRAND NEW CANOPY.

SO IT GIVES EVEN GREATER SHADING.

AND THEN WE TOOK IT OFF HERE ON THE ON THE PERSPECTIVE.

BUT THERE IS ALSO GOING TO BE PLANS FOR A A SHADING CANOPY AS WELL.

SO IT'LL BE USED AS A RESULT.

GREATER PERSPECTIVE HERE OF THE STUDENT DROP OFF.

IT WILL HAVE GREAT SIGNAGE TO REALLY KNOW THAT YOU'VE ARRIVED.

POINT OF ARRIVAL THERE IS LIKE WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT WITH THE GRADE CHANGES.

SO WE HAVE RAMPS, WE HAVE STAIRS, WE HAVE GREAT ACCESS TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT SMOOTHLY BY BY ALL.

AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO SEEING WE WE DID HEAR THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THE WEIGHT ROOM LIKES TO MEET OUTSIDE.

AND SO THERE CURRENTLY IS A CANOPY THAT WE'VE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING TO RECOGNIZE THAT ACTIVITY.

THE FENESTRATION OBVIOUSLY IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WITH WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO TO ROUND ROUND THE CORNER.

ANOTHER BIRD OR SORRY, ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE HERE, KIND OF ON THE HIGHEST PEAK OF THE SITE.

LOOKING BACK DOWN ONTO THOSE TWO EXTRUSIONS AND AGAIN WITH THE ELEVATED CORRIDOR TO TO FOSTER THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONE POD TO THE NEXT POD ALL THE WAY BACK THROUGH TO THOSE ELECTIVE WINGS.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE GOT A FULL BIRD'S EYE VIEW HERE OF A LOT OF ROOF.

BUT YOU CAN HOPEFULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE AREAS THAT ARE IN WHITE ARE WHAT'S NEW, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN GRAY IS EXISTING.

JUST TO FURTHER IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT WHAT $30 MILLION LOOKS LIKE.

SO THIS JUST QUICK WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THE WEIGHT ROOM.

SO THAT BROWN PORTION THERE IS IS KIND OF A NEW CANOPY TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HEARD THERE.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO TIM TO.

BRING US HOME. VERY GOOD.

SO THANKFULLY, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH BARTLETT COCKE.

THEY RECEIVED A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SET OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DRAWINGS, WHICH WE'VE MET ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AT THEIR OFFICE TO GO THROUGH THEIR PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO MAJOR HOLES GLARING.

THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ALWAYS ASK, YOU KNOW, ON THE ON THE STILL AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN, ARE THERE ANY THINGS, GUYS, THAT YOU YOU RIGHT NOW JUST THERE ARE MANY UNFORESEEN ARE THERE UTILITY ISSUES THAT YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OR COMFORTABLE WITH IN THIS VALUE RIGHT NOW? SO THERE ARE STILL DESIGN CONTINGENCIES PROVIDED IN THIS NUMBER.

SHOULD THOSE THINGS COME UP AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS? BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE COMFORTABLY SITTING RIGHT, RIGHT BELOW OUR ALLOTTED CONSTRUCTION BUDGET.

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SHOULD ANY QUESTIONS COME UP AS WE CONTINUE? SO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE HAVE COMPLETED SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

TONIGHT, WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

AS MENTIONED I STATED EARLIER, KIND OF WHERE WE STAND WITH TCEQ PERMITTING, AS YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH, THAT IS ALWAYS SOMETIMES A VERY BIG COG IN THE WHEEL.

SO WE GOT A HEAD START ON THAT AND THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD.

WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST ROUND OF COMMENTS, SO WE'RE STILL WE ARE TARGETING AN ANTICIPATED CDD APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER IN NOVEMBER WITH A FINAL GMP PLAN FOR JANUARY 24TH.

I'LL JUMP DOWN THERE TO THE BOTTOM SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN EARLY 2025.

ORIGINALLY I KNOW WHEN WE DISCUSSED SCHEMATIC DESIGN, THERE WAS A CAVEAT ON THERE.

WE HAD AROUND 12 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION SINCE BARTLETT HAS COME ON BOARD.

THEY WERE REALLY ANTICIPATING JUST DUE TO THE SCOPE AND THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT ABOUT 14 MONTHS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S DRIVING THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU'RE SEEING THIS EVENING.

WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.

MARY JANE. SO DOES THAT MEAN SINCE BARTLETT.

THOUGHT MORE LIKE 14 MONTHS INSTEAD OF 12? THAT MY MEMORY IS THAT.

WELL, IT DID SEEM LIKE A PRETTY AUDACIOUS OR.

ACCELERATED TIMELINE TO.

OPEN IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

RIGHT. SO IT WAS LAST TIME YOU SAW THE SCHEDULE.

IT WAS A VERY AMBITIOUS SCHEDULE, ABOUT A 12 MONTH CONSTRUCTION DURATION, ISSUING DOCUMENTS OR PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION TO START THIS DECEMBER AND THEN FINISHING THE FOLLOWING DECEMBER, ALLOWING THE STUDENTS TO MOVE IN FOR THAT SPRING SEMESTER.

AND AGAIN, THAT IT WAS A VERY, VERY TIGHT TIMELINE.

SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT REALLY HAPPENING AROUND MARCH.

AND SO IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CLINT AND JAMES, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT A MID-YEAR MOVE IN ISN'T DESIRABLE, BUT I'M A HAVE THEM PROVIDE SOME INPUT ON THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A MID YEAR, MID SPRING YEAR COMPLETION.

YOU KNOW, THE ONLY REASON WE WOULD DO THAT IS JUST SHEER.

WE HAVE NO SPACE.

NOW, THERE COULD BE, AS BARTLETT FURTHER DEFINES THEIR PRODUCTION SCHEDULE, IT COULD BE THAT THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING THAT ARE MORE ACADEMICALLY DRIVEN, THAT ARE COMPLETE, THAT COULD BE MOVED INTO EARLY AND POTENTIALLY OTHER AREAS THAT ARE LEFT FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NOT AS CRITICAL.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS JUST YET.

OLIVIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING, VERY THOROUGH DESCRIPTIONS.

I'VE KIND OF A REFLECTIVE QUESTION AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS BARTLETT, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT HAS A VERY LONG HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE CAMPUS BEING BUILT TO TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY THAT WE WOULD GO WITH FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL STANDPOINT.

AND THEN HINDSIGHT SHOULD HAVE DONE IT THE OTHER WAY.

SO THEN YOU HAVE THAT POINT OF CONFLICT AND THEN WE'VE FAILED BOND THAT PUSHED THE PROJECT BY A YEAR.

SO WE'VE DEALT WITH UNFORTUNATELY OUR STAFF HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT.

OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH A LOT.

SO WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS WHAT THAT YEAR COST US.

WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT COSTS FOR OUR FACULTY AND FAMILIES, BUT I AM CURIOUS FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE OUR BUDGET STAYED ABOUT THE SAME FROM ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE COST MAY 2ND.

SO. IS THERE, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL.

IS THERE A DOLLAR CHANGE FROM.

YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHAT WAS PLANNED TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, ESSENTIALLY? YES. I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION THOROUGHLY.

IT MAY BE BARTLETT, BUT.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I MEAN, WE.

SO FROM THE NOVEMBER BOND ELECTION TO 2ND MAY, WE'RE ESTIMATING OR WE ESTIMATED AROUND AN 8%, THAT THAT LOSS OF A YEAR ESSENTIALLY COST US APPROXIMATELY 8% IN TERMS OF INFLATION FROM FROM, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO MOVE BACK THE OPENING DATE BY YEAR.

AND I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD FROM THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT WE THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE USED WAS AN 8% INCREASE BASED ON THAT LOSS.

KIM, IS IT POSSIBLE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ADDING CLASSROOMS IN SIXTH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE? THOSE WERE THE TWO GRADE LEVELS.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CONTRACTORS WORK WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION AND LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST CLASS AT THE TIME, OPENING THIS UP AND

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IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL JURISDICTION ON.

AS FAR AS HOW THE SEQUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION TRULY WORKS OUT, YOU KNOW, FROM A STANDPOINT OF EGRESS AND HOW THE BUILDING FUNCTIONS, WILL THEY TRULY BE ABLE TO CLOSE OFF A SECTION OF THE BUILDING? IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO STUDY IN MORE DETAIL AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG.

OKAY. ANOTHER COMMENT LIKE IN 2 OR 3 YEARS WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE BY THERE, THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO KNOW THIS WAS AN ADDITION BECAUSE I THINK Y'ALL DONE A GREAT JOB OF BLENDING IT INTO THE EXISTING BUILDING.

SO TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

OH, WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL? SO GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. DR.

MORRIS-KUENTZ HERE. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TWO, THOUGH, TO THE STAGING PIECE.

I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.

KELLY'S GOING TO HAVE TO PREDICT WHICH GRAPE GROWS MORE AND KNOW THAT AND THEN THE STAFFING AROUND THAT.

AND SO BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AS A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO BE ABLE TO ADVISE THEM WAY AHEAD OF TIME, START START ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE WE THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE KIDS THERE.

SO. FROM.

HEY, Y'ALL, THIS IS COMING TOGETHER.

NICE, TIM. THANKS FOR 845 PAGES OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS.

I APPRECIATE THAT. VERY WELL.

IT TOOK ABOUT SIX HOURS.

I GOT THROUGH MOST OF IT.

LOVE, LOVE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, DIRECTIONALLY LOVING HOW WE'RE KEEPING THE PODS TOGETHER.

RIGHT? HOPEFULLY THAT ALIGNS WITH WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO.

I'M LOOKING AT OUR SYCAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT. SO FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, I REVIEWED BARTLETT COX, DETAILED BY SCHEDULE BY DIVISION COST ESTIMATE.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALIGNING OURSELVES PRETTY GOOD.

QUICK QUESTION ON THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING WE'RE LEAVING OUT THAT WE WOULD ASK THE SAME QUESTION.

OKAY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, REALLY, THE ONLY UNKNOWN IS IS THE TRAFFIC PIECE AND THE I'M GOING TO SAY THE ALLOWANCE ASSOCIATED TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING AND OR DRIVEWAYS.

BUT AS SOON AS THAT GETS FURTHER ANALYZED BY HDR, WE CAN CERTAINLY WE CAN PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE DISTRICT AS THAT COMES IN.

THAT RIGHT NOW IS TRULY THE MAJOR UNKNOWN.

SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH, AND I AGREE WITH THAT, THAT TWO SECONDS SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH, TO WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAD WORKED WITH WITH THE THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION HAD REALLY DESIRED FROM THIS PROJECT FOR THE $30 MILLION WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, BASED UPON WHAT WE GOT IN THE DOCUMENTS, ARE WE GETTING PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THAT INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT? WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANY BIG STUFF OUT OR THAT KIND OF STUFF.

YES, SIR. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE VERY LIMITED ALTERNATES IN THERE WITHIN THAT BASE BID.

IT WAS SUGGESTED DURING THOSE MEETINGS, AS JULIE MENTIONED, THE EXTENSION OF PROVIDING A COVERED AREA FOR THE WEIGHT ROOM AND ADDRESSING THAT COURTYARD RIGHT NOW, THAT IS ALL WITHIN THOSE DOLLARS THAT WERE ALLOCATED.

SO RIGHT NOW, YES, I WOULD SAY EVERYTHING IS IN THERE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE ACOUSTICAL TREATMENTS TO BETTER THE ROOM ACOUSTICS THROUGHOUT THE HALLWAYS AS WELL AS IN THE LIBRARY, THE SECURITY UPGRADES TO THE VESTIBULES IN BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE.

ALL OF THAT SCOPE IS INCLUDED WITHIN THIS BUDGET.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

YES, SIR. WELL DONE, BECAUSE WE WERE JUST IN THERE THE OTHER DAY GOING, MAN, IT GETS ROWDY IN HERE.

SO EXCELLENT JOB.

I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THE CAFETERIA EXPANSION.

I WAS THERE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND I GOT TO HANG OUT WITH THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND I SAW THE KIDS IN THERE AND IT'S LIKE, OH, NO.

YEAH, THEY'RE JUST TOO DOGGONE MANY OF THEM, SIMPLY PUT.

SO I THINK WE'RE HITTING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS HERE.

TWO MAIN POINTS. FIRST ONE'S FOR BARTLETT.

COCKE MY REQUEST WHEN WE DO CDS AT 100%, I'D LOVE TO SEE A SITE LOGISTICS PLAN.

I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED.

GREAT. I WANT TO SAVE OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE HEADACHE THAT WILL COME IF THAT ISN'T, YOU KNOW, WELL ESTABLISHED.

CLINT, WITH YOUR APPROVAL ON THAT DEAL AND OBVIOUSLY THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT'S THE BEST APPROACH BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THERE.

AND THEN SECONDLY, I'M GOING TO BEAT THE HORSE TO DEATH THAT NOT ONLY THE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE TRAFFIC PLAN, BUT THE POST THE POST PROVOCATION TRAFFIC PLAN.

I THINK IT'S CRITICAL. I DRIVE THROUGH THERE THREE TIMES A WEEK AND I ALMOST GET HIT EVERY TIME.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS IN THE PARKING LOT AND GOD BLESS OUR STAFF.

WE PUT LIKE LITTLE STOP SIGNS UP ON LIKE AN EASEL.

RIGHT, Y'ALL? WE GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING ABOUT THIS IN $30 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT THAT WE GOT.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT RIGHT.

LET'S GET IT RIGHT. LET'S RESTRIPE.

LET'S RECONFIGURE.

LET'S DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THAT PLACE SAFER.

THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN.

IT'S CONVENIENCE IS ONE COMPONENT.

SAFETY IS A HUGE COMPONENT FOR ME.

SO, TIM, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME BEAT THAT HORSE TO DEATH.

I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON IT. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DROP MY SON OFF THERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

THERE YOU GO. SO GET IT FIXED BEFORE HE GETS THERE.

HELP US. HELP YOU.

HELP US. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

I JUST HAD A CLARIFYING WITH ME WHEN YOU WALK IN ACTUALLY THE FRONT ENTRANCE WAY.

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AND THEN IT'S WHEN YOU WALK UPSTAIRS THAT YOU GET TO SEVENTH, EIGHTH ON ONE SIDE AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE WILL BE THE CTE ELECTIVE AREA. IS THAT KIND OF HOW I'M READING THIS? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, SO THE BACK END, THE DROP OFF, YOU'RE ACTUALLY WALKING INTO THE FIRST FLOOR OR WALKS INTO THE SECOND FLOOR.

GROUND FLOOR. GROUND FLOOR.

GOT IT. OKAY. OKAY.

THE CURRENT GYMS ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, CAFETERIA.

IT'S ON THAT LEVEL. GOT IT.

OKAY. A LOT OF. SLIGHT RAMPS IN THIS BUILDING, BUT YES.

GROUND FLOOR. OKAY, COOL.

AND THIS STUDENT DROP OFF AREA, BECAUSE IT'S SO LOVELY AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LOVELY ENTRANCE.

BUT FROM A SAFETY SECURITY PERSPECTIVE, THIS WILL NOT BE AN ENTRANCE FOR VISITORS, CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. SO THIS IS OKAY.

EVEN THOUGH THAT COURTYARD LOOKS SO ENTICING FOR EVERYBODY.

LOOKS SO LOVELY.

OH, AND A QUESTION FOR PROBABLY ADMINISTRATION.

DOES THIS MEAN AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M LIKE STRETCHING BACK FROM PROBABLY TEN BOARD MEETINGS AGO, BUT THIS COMPLETION GETTING SLIGHTLY DELAYED FROM WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ASSUMED.

DOES THAT MEAN ANY FURTHER PORTABLE NEEDS THAN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ASSUMED FOR THAT CAMPUS? OR SINCE WE'RE STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR ANYWAY.

POTENTIALLY MORE. OKAY.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE SPACE WHERE WE WOULD PUT THOSE PORTABLES OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THEM SOMEWHERE.

SO, YES, WE WILL.

OKAY. IN PROCESS.

IN PROCESS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BUT THIS WOULD BE BREAKING GROUND POTENTIALLY THIS SPRING WINTER.

SO WE'RE HOPING FOR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S THE TENTATIVE IN TEXAS.

WHO KNOWS, MAYBE SUMMER CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING POTENTIALLY IN JANUARY.

OKAY. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MARY JANE. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT AS PRESENTED.

A MOTION FROM MARY JANE, A SECOND FROM ROB.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT.

AND OUR LAST.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. PRUITT. CAN I JUST ASK SOMETHING KIND OF RELATED TO THIS, JUST REALLY QUICKLY? I MEAN, JUST CONSTRUCTION WISE, WAS THERE A ANY KIND OF RIBBON CUTTING OR ANYTHING FOR THIS FACILITY? I KNOW I'VE BEEN OUT A LOT WITH MY KIDS, BUT WE NORMALLY HAVE DONE THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RADAR BEFORE I FORGET.

BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT THING.

IT'S NOT FINISHED YET. PARDON? THIS FACILITY IS NOT FINISHED YET.

SO THERE ARE STILL WE WILL THERE'S PLANS DOWN THE ROAD.

THERE IS PLANS DOWN THE ROAD, YES.

ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST ACTION ITEM.

CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL OF HARDSHIP LEAVE APPLICATION.

WELL, I HAVE A MOTION.

I KNEW THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE HARDSHIP LEAVE APPLICATION AS PRESENTED BY THE HR DEPARTMENT.

A MOTION FROM ROB, A SECOND FROM TRICIA.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL PULL THE BOARD.

WE CAN GET THROUGH REPORTS AND INFORMATION QUICKLY BEFORE OUR CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE A BREAK.

OR IF WE NEED A FIVE MINUTE BREAK BEFORE THEN, WE CAN TAKE THAT.

NOW, WHAT'S.

THEY ROLL THROUGH. ALL RIGHT.

REPORTS AND INFORMATION.

[9. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

FINANCE REPORTS.

OPERATION REPORTS.

MARY JANE IS REALLY A CROSSOVER.

I THINK OF TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT TIES INTO SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT AND ALSO, I GUESS AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS THE LITMUS TEST THAT WE USE FOR APPROVING TRAVEL OUT OF STATE, LIKE I NOTICED.

AND SO IT'S ALWAYS IN YOUR REPORT WHEN THERE IS A GROUP GOING.

AND I HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE IS A GROUP THAT USED TO GO TO D.C.

AND NOW THEY'RE NOT. AND SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW, LIKE, HOW IS THAT PURELY.

BUDGETARY OR IT'S USUALLY GOING TO BE RELATED TO THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO THE CURRICULUM AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHAT THE PURPOSE IS.

AND SO, I MEAN, CERTAINLY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BUDGETARY CONCERNS AS WELL.

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STUDENTS ARE USUALLY GOING MOSTLY FOR COMPETITION PURPOSES MOST OF THE TIME.

OKAY. YEAH. AND I HAVEN'T SEEN A D.C.

TRIP SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT I CAN REMEMBER, SO.

OH, REALLY? YEAH.

THAT MAY BE A I DON'T KNOW.

I'D HAVE YOU ON GROUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

CORE SCORE.

NO IT'S IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SPONSORSHIP OF THAT AND IT'S DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY IT'S AN OUTSIDE SPONSOR.

THAT'S. A MONEY MAKING ENTITY AND IT'S DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, DURING INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS.

TYPICALLY, THOSE TRIPS HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER ON A STUDENT'S HOLIDAY, IF YOU WILL.

SO IT'S AN OUTSIDE VENDOR.

I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING IS IT'S A NON ACADEMIC TRIP.

THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT A SCHOOL SPONSORED TRIP.

YEAH. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS REPORT IS GOING TO BE SCHOOL SPONSORED, OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL THAT'S RELATED TO THEIR CLASS, RELATED TO THEIR CURRICULUM, RELATED TO THEIR COMPETITION AREA.

TRICIA, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION KIND OF LIKE THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHO TO SEND THEM TO.

SO IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT NON SCHOOL RELATED SPONSORED TRIPS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE SUMMER, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO HELP FUND THEM. AND IT WON'T BE A TAX WRITE OFF IF THERE IF IT'S NOT SCHOOL RELATED.

I GUESS IT'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

WHO DO I SEND THEM TO, TO JUST KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT ASPECT? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING.

ARE YOU SAYING IT'S A NON-SCHOOL TRIP AND THEY WANT TO TALK TO THE DISTRICT ABOUT IT? WELL, THEY ARE GOING WITH DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A DISTRICT SPONSORED.

THEY NEED TO TALK TO THE SPONSOR.

THAT'S NOT A DISTRICT.

THAT'S NOT A DISTRICT SANCTIONED ACTIVITY.

THAT WOULD BE IT'S NOT A DISTRICT SANCTIONED ACTIVITY.

THAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE ACTIVITY.

SO THEY WOULD WANT TO TALK TO THE SPONSOR WHO'S DOING THAT THROUGH SOME OTHER THIRD PARTY UNRELATED TO DRIPPING SPRINGS.

OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON, HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT.

ANY UPDATES FOR US? LINDA.

ONLY THAT WE WENT DOWN FROM 14 TEACHER VACANCIES TO 11.

SO WE ARE CHIPPING, CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT.

WONDERFUL. AND YOU DID HAVE SOMETHING POTENTIALLY IN THE COMING MONTHS FOR OTHER POSITIONS.

WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE THERE'S MORE VACANCIES AS WELL.

OKAY. TRICIA AND OUR PEREZ IN THAT.

DISCUSSION. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING NEW ON SUPERINTENDENT REPORT? I THINK WE JUST COVERED IT. OKAY.

COMMUNICATIONS REPORT.

WE GOT A GREAT RUNDOWN LAST WEEK.

ANY. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD OR OTHER HIGHLIGHTS? JENNIFER. ALL RIGHT.

THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, AS ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

[10. CLOSED SESSION]

NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CLOSED MEETING, ANY ACTION THE BOARD WISHES TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE BOARD RECONVENES IN THE OPEN MEETING. THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CLOSED MEETING.

THANK YOU. THE TIME IS NOW.

[11. OPEN SESSION]

THE BOARD IS NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION WITH ONE ACTION ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION.

APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 202407 TO AUTHORIZE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE AS INTERVENOR IN THE LITIGATION REGARDING A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

ANY OPEN SESSION DISCUSSION.

I HEAR. I.

ROB. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD TO PARTICIPATE AS AN INTERVENOR IN THE LITIGATION FILED AGAINST COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION MIKE MORATH REGARDING THE A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

YOU HAVE A MOTION FROM ROB, A SECOND FROM TRICIA.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT.

HAVING NO FURTHER ACTION, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 9:27 P.M..

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.