Oct 16, 2023 Board of Trustees Agenda Review Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

WE'VE CONVENED FOR AN AGENDA REVIEW MEETING OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS MONDAY, OCTOBER 16TH.

THE TIME IS NOW 6:07 P.M..

WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THIS EVENING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SHANNON O'CONNOR.

AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF AGENDA REVIEW MEETINGS IS TO REVIEW ALL THE LISTED AGENDA ITEMS IN PREPARATION FOR THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK.

NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL THE REGULAR MEETING.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF NEEDED.

SO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS FULLY PREPARED FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WEEK WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS, BEGINNING WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FIRST REPORT.

[5. PUBLIC HEARING]

[7. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]

SO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH TO A B.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS? OH, I AM SO SORRY.

I COMPLETELY WENT OUT OF ORDER.

WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT THOUGH.

I'M SO SORRY. THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENTS ABOUT THE DISTRICT FROM RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, FROM DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, OR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

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

ALL COMMENTS SHALL PERTAIN TO POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS OR CRITICISMS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS.

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

IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN THAT YOU'D 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.

TERRY PURDY, I APOLOGIZE.

COMPLETELY FORGOT.

TOTALLY MY FAULT. AND I WILL KEEP IT SUPER BRIEF BECAUSE I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS TERRY PURDY.

I AM A PARENT OF TWO CISD STUDENTS, AND I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR HONORING AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY'S INVESTMENT BY ADVOCATING FOR PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS TO STAY IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AS A PARENT, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN.

MANY OF US HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING TO OUR LEGISLATORS TO OPPOSE VOUCHERS, AND WE WANT TO FIGHT TO PRESERVE AND IDEALLY INCREASE THE STATE'S SHARE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DESERVE BETTER.

IN FACT, THIS COMMUNITY ALREADY COMMITTED TO INVESTING FURTHER IN OUR OWN SCHOOLS BY PASSING THE MAY 2023 BOND PROPOSITION BY A STRONG MARGIN.

EVERYTHING ELSE YOU ALREADY KNOW.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE YOU ALL SO VERY RARELY GET REALLY POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

AND WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE WATCHING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU TERRI. NOW, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[8. CONSENT AGENDA]

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OLIVIA, I DO, AND I HAVE MY NOTES AND I REALLY APOLOGIZE.

I'M HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

SO BEAR WITH ME.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HOPE I'M NOT GETTING AHEAD.

BUT IT WAS ON BUDGET.

ON PAGE 11.

I REALLY HOPE I'M NOT GETTING AHEAD.

I APOLOGIZE IF I CAN GET CAUGHT UP, BUT ON PAGE 11 ON THE.

2014 BOND.

AM I GETTING AHEAD IF I GO TO BOND BALANCE FOR 14 FROM BUDGET AMENDMENT? I THINK WE CAN EITHER DISCUSS IT HERE OR YOU CAN DISCUSS IT WHEN WE GET TO FINANCE REPORTS LATER, IF YOU WANT.

CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT WE, I MEAN, IT'S A VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT.

IF I REMEMBER, THAT WAS ACTUALLY ACCRUED THROUGH INTEREST GROWTH.

BUT AT WHAT POINT CAN WE JUST MAKE A DECISION ON WHERE TO PUT THOSE FUNDS? SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE 2014 BOND FUNDS.

SO REMEMBER, WHEN WE CLOSE OUT A PROJECT AND THERE'S SAVINGS LEFT, WE PUT IT IN THE PROJECT SAVINGS LINE.

AND THAT'S AND THAT INTEREST IS ALSO PRETTY MUCH A PROJECT SAVINGS.

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YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR NEXT WEEK THAT THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS VOTED TO DISSOLVE.

AND BECAUSE THERE'S PROJECT, THERE'S MONEY LEFT THAT'S NOT BEEN ALLOCATED.

THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD USE THAT FOR ANY SAFETY, SECURITY TECHNOLOGY OR PORTABLE NEEDS THAT DEVELOP.

I READ ALL OF THAT, BUT THAT WAS 18.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE $22,000 FOR THE 22.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE NOTHING, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WHEN IT'S GOING TO WHEN IT'S GOING TO IT IS GOING TOWARDS PORTABLE COST.

IT JUST HASN'T BEEN CHARGED.

OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE THAT OFF IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

SO THOSE FUNDS WILL GO COMPLETELY AWAY.

OKAY. AND SINCE YOU WENT FORWARD AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD, BUT THESE ARE ON THAT.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THE 18 RECOMMENDATION.

YOUR TIME IS UP. OH.

JUST BECAUSE THIS RELATES TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING ON THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE RECOMMENDED EXPENDITURES.

THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY THERE, AND IT'S GOING TO GO TO SOME MONEY THAT WE HAVE LINE ITEM IN OTHER BUDGETS.

I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE THAT'S GOING TO CREDIT BACK.

SO IF WE TAKE THAT FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND WE TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO SEE THAT FOR TAKING IT OUT OF A SURPLUS? NOW, WHAT CURRENT BUDGET LINE ITEMS WILL RECEIVE THAT CREDIT BACK? SO WE'RE NOT TAKING IT OUT OF THE SAVINGS TONIGHT OR THIS MONTH IS WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS A PROJECT.

SO MOST LIKELY SOME OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT WILL GET STARTED ON IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

WE WOULD COME TO THE BOARD AND SAY, LET'S USE THE 18 PROCEEDS FIRST FOR THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY.

AND THEN WHEN THE BOARD APPROVES THAT, WE'LL INCREASE THAT LINE ITEM FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND DECREASE THE LINE FOR PROJECT SAVINGS.

OKAY. SO IT WILL COME FROM THE SURPLUS OF 18.

AND THEN WE'LL GET A CREDIT BACK ON THE 2023 BUDGET WHERE WE LINE ITEM.

THANK YOU. PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON.

A BUDGET, AMENDMENT, OR OTHER CONSENT.

ITEMS. ROB, I HAVE A FIRST YEAR BOARD MEMBER.

JUST QUESTION REALLY AS IT RELATES TO ADD.

JUST DISCOVER MOOD AND ANXIETY CENTER.

I READ THE MOU, I JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AT A HIGH LEVEL.

RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK TO IT BRIEFLY FOR ME AT A HIGH LEVEL, 30,000FT, WE PARTNER WITH SOME PRIVATE ENTITIES.

YEAH, PLEASE. THAT'D BE GREAT ON.

I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY TO TALK BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT I READ THE MOU AND IT MAKES SENSE.

I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW? HOW DOES THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY? HOW DOES THE DISTRICT, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO DISCOVERY MOOD IS A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY THAT'S LOCATED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO THOSE STUDENTS OR YOUNG ADULTS COME TO DISCOVERY.

THEY MAY BE COMING FROM AUSTIN, THEY MAY BE COMING FROM OUT OF STATE.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PARTNERING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THOSE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES TO ANY STUDENT THAT IS RESIDING THERE.

I'LL BE HONEST, IN THE TWO YEARS, TWO AND A HALF YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE BY THE TIME THEY GET THEIR GET SETTLED, WE GET ALL THE PAPERWORK GOING, THEIR TREATMENT, THEIR INSURANCE IS RUN OUT AND THEY LEAVE US BEFORE WE CAN REALLY GET IN TO SERVE THEM.

BUT WE HAVE THE MOU IN PLACE IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE A STUDENT THAT CAN EITHER COME TO OUR SCHOOLS AND BE SERVED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH GENERAL ED OR SPECIAL EDUCATION, OR IF THEY'RE NEEDING TO BE SERVED IN THAT ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PHYSICALLY COME TO SCHOOL FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT WE GO AND SEND A HOMEBOUND TEACHER OVER THERE TO SUPPORT THEM, OR A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER OR RELATED SERVICES.

SO WE LOOK AT WHAT THE STUDENT WAS RECEIVING IN THEIR PREVIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TRY TO KEEP THAT CONTINUUM OF SERVICES OR CONTINUITY OF SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THEM.

AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, JUST TO ADD, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT IF THESE FACILITIES ARE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, THAT WE ARE PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS THAT RESIDE IN. THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GREAT AND WORTHWHILE EFFORT AND WORK IS THAT NOW THIS CHILD FIND RESPONSIBILITY.

IS THAT THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO THAT OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE DO AS A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT? WHAT IS WHAT'S THAT? CHILDFUND IS STATEWIDE.

SO THAT'S WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE INCREASES IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION NUMBERS FROM 18 BEFORE THAT.

YOU KNOW, AS WE SEE THE INCREASE, IT'S OUR DUTY AS CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY TO FIND ANY CHILD OR THAT WE SUSPECT HAS A DISABILITY AND HAVE THEM EVALUATED TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE A NEED FOR SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE AT CHURCH AND YOU SEE SOMEBODY THAT YOU THINK MAY NEED SOME SUPPORT, THEN YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT WE CAN EVALUATE THEM AND DETERMINE IF THEY NEED SOME SERVICES IN OUR DISTRICT.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WAS THAT.

HIGH ENOUGH FOR YOU. THAT'S WHERE I WANT YOU TO STAY UP IN THE CLOUDS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

NAVY. ALL RIGHT.

OLIVIA. I DON'T WANT TO GO YOU BACK UP, BUT I DID ACTUALLY HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE MOU AS WELL.

IT REQUIRES THE SERVICE PROVIDER TO REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT IF THEY'VE HAD ANY NEW.

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AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THEY COME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THAT SERVICE PROVIDER SERVES THE WHOLE STATE.

SO IF SOMEONE COMES IN THAT'S NOT IN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS DISTRICT, DOES THAT INFORMATION, AND DO WE STILL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR TREATMENT? SORRY. DOES THAT QUESTION MAKE SENSE TO YOU GUYS? DID YOU GUYS NOTICE THAT WRITING THE TREATMENT THOUGH WE'RE PROVIDING THE EDUCATION.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. SO BUT IF ANYONE COMES TO THAT FACILITY FOR SERVICES, THEY HAVE TO SEND THAT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CALLED CHILD CLIENT, BUT THEY HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE DISTRICT.

SO MY QUESTION IS IF THEY DON'T LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THAT SEEMS IT JUST SEEMS ODD TO ME.

IT SEEMED LIKE A PRIVACY, LIKE A HEALTH PRIVACY SITUATION IF THEY DON'T LIVE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

YES. SO AND I THINK THAT'S THE PART OF THE, THE PIECE OF THE MOU THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISCOVERY MOOD, SO THAT THEY NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY. NOW A PARENT CAN ELECT TO NOT UNENROLL.

IF I HAVE A STUDENT THAT LIVES IN ARKANSAS AND MY CHILD COMES HERE, I CAN ELECT NOT TO UNENROLL THEM.

AND MAYBE THEY HAVE A VIRTUAL SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ATTEND THROUGH THEIR CURRENT THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO IT'S REALLY INDIVIDUAL BASED ON EACH STUDENT'S NEEDS.

SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

WE HAVEN'T SERVED VERY MANY STUDENTS, BUT WE HAVE THE MOU IN PLACE SO THAT IF WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT MOVES IN OR LIVES IN THE, YOU KNOW, LIVES IN THE LOCAL AREA THAT NEEDS SERVICES OR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FROM US, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.

THAT'S I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAD ON CONSENT WAS ON THE ON THE BACK.

ARE YOU DONE WITH NATY? YES.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YES. ON THE BACK.

ON THE REVISED.

NOTES. CONSENT. I KNOW IT'S ACTION.

I APOLOGIZE.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ACTION NOW, SO WE WILL GET THERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING TO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM WITH OUR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL ON OUR HUMAN SEXUALITY CURRICULUM.

[9. ACTION]

FOR SHAC WE'RE ON SHAC.

ACTION. YES.

QUESTIONS I HAVE.

GO AHEAD. OLIVIA, IF YOU'RE READY.

OKAY. WE WILL HAVE A SHOCK REPRESENTATIVE NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT? YEAH. YES. THAT'S CORRECT.

I DIDN'T SEE WHO WAS FIRST. ROB.

SO ON ARE WE NINE A OR NINE B OR JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THEM BOTH COLLECTIVELY.

YOU CAN SPEAK TO BOTH. OKAY.

NINE EIGHT, NO ISSUES, NO CONSIDERATION, NO NOTHING.

NO QUESTIONS, NINE B..

WELL, FIRST, TRICIA WAS YOUR QUESTION ON THE FIRST 9 A ON THE HUMAN SEXUALITY CURRICULUM.

I JUST HAVE COMMENTS SO HE CAN HE CAN.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. SO ON 9B, I THINK NOW CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

WHAT I'M LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION HERE.

AND AGAIN WE'RE DOING THIS WITHOUT A PRESENTATION.

SO WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK, THAT'S FINE.

BUT AS I WAS LOOKING AT THIS IT'S I THINK WE'RE REVISITING WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BACK IN MAY.

RIGHT. WHICH WAS A I THINK A PROPOSAL DOCTOR K WAS WE KIND OF THREW SOME THINGS OUT THERE ABOUT THE HEALTH CURRICULUM.

WE ASKED, I THINK, TO TABLE THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

I ACTUALLY REVIEWED THE BOOKS.

THANK YOU. OLIVIA. LET ME BROUGHT ME THE BOOKS, LOOK THROUGH THE HEALTH CURRICULUM, HEALTH CURRICULUM TO ME LOOKS LOOKS FINE.

GO AHEAD. SO YOU ALREADY APPROVED THAT CURRICULUM.

THIS IS ACTUALLY MAKING THE HEALTH ELECTIVE REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION.

ABSOLUTELY. I'M JUST STATING THAT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CURRICULUM.

I THINK IS WHAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY IS THAT AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO DISCUSS THIS, MY CONCERN IS LESS ABOUT THE CURRICULUM, IS MORE ABOUT THE TIMING, ABOUT KIND OF IMPLEMENTING A REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION LOCALLY FOR THE HEALTH COURSE, IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLANNING EXERCISE RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT. AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WHEN WE KIND OF ENTERED INTO THIS, THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER, THAT WE WERE REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON EVALUATING EVERY ELEMENT OF OUR DISTRICT AS IT RELATES TO PRIORITIES FOR CURRICULUM, EDUCATION, OPPORTUNITIES, CTE, ALL THE THINGS.

AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO NECESSARILY IS RUSH TO A SCENARIO TO WHERE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A NEW COURSE FOR GRADUATION THAT MAYBE WASN'T AS MUCH OF A PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY OR FOR THE KIDS.

I HEARD WE HEARD SOME STUDENT PANELISTS AND SOME KIDS SAY WHAT THEY LOVE TO SEE.

I DIDN'T HEAR HEALTH MENTIONED, AND SO I JUST OFFER THAT TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR CONSIDERATION AS IT RELATES TO IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO IMPLEMENT A WHAT IS IT, 0.5. SO I GUESS ONE CREDIT HOUR THAT'S MANDATORY HERE LOCALLY IN LIEU OF POTENTIALLY SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAY COME OUT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING.

SO I OFFER THAT FOR FOR CONSIDERATION.

I'M INCLINED JUST PERSONALLY TO GO.

I'M NOT NOT AGAINST IMPLEMENTING HEALTH CURRICULUM AS A MANDATORY DEAL.

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SO WITH THAT, I'LL I'LL STOP TALKING.

THAT'S WHERE I'M AT ON IT.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF LET THAT BE KNOWN HERE EARLY AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SENTIMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THAT AS WELL.

AND I'LL JUST REMIND YOU ALL THAT FOR SHAQ, THIS IS THEIR SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY IS TO KIND OF IDENTIFY WITHIN THIS AREA.

SO THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR THAN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE.

OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS GOING TO BE VERY HIGH LEVEL, DISTRICT WIDE, PROBABLY MORE CTE FOCUSED.

BUT SHAC IS GOING TO BE VERY HEALTH RELATED.

AND THIS IS REALLY THEIR SPECIFIC CHARGE, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE GETTING THIS TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM, BECAUSE THIS IS THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE ASK THEM TO DO.

AND THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT NARROWER.

OLIVIA.

I THINK THAT YOU ANSWERED THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT FOR MY MEMORY AND ALSO, I THINK JUST TO REEDUCATE US, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT'S A REQUIREMENT, BUT IT'S STILL OPT IN.

CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT THAT DISTINCTION.

SO THE HEALTH CURRICULUM OVERALL WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE OPT IN WOULD BE THE HUMAN SEXUALITY PORTION OF THAT CURRICULUM, AND THAT'S WHETHER IT'S AT SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE OR HIGH SCHOOL OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE OPT IN.

SO THE MANDATORY PIECE, IF APPROVED, WOULD TAKE THE PLACE, WOULD TAKE THE PLACE OF AN ELECTIVE.

YES. YEAH, IT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE ONE FULL YEAR.

WE'D DO 0.5 FOR HEALTH AND THEN 0.5 FOR HEALTH.

NAVIGATING HEALTH IN THE REAL WORLD IS THE OTHER COMPARISON COURSE THAT GOES WITH THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO IT'S A FULL CREDIT THEN? WOW. OKAY.

UM, I WILL SAY I ACTUALLY VERY MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT OUR COMMITTEE.

UM, I LOVE JUSTIN HUDMAN.

I THINK THEY RUN A REALLY FABULOUS TEAM THE PAST YEAR.

I DO THINK THAT THEY OVER FOCUS ON JUST THE CURRICULUM.

AND MAYBE I THINK SOME OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN LACKING IN THIS LARGER PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUE THAT I THINK OUR BOARD IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY A WHOLE YEAR OF A CLASS THAT SOMEONE COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY TAKE ACTUALLY TWO ELECTIVES IN PLACE.

AND I KNOW THE REASONS THAT WERE STATED LAST SPRING, JUST TO KIND OF RECAP FOR THIS DISCUSSION, THAT WE'RE KIND OF BEHIND THE CURVE ON THIS REQUIREMENT THAT MANY DISTRICTS DO HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT.

BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I HAVEN'T REALLY EVER HEARD A GREAT ARGUMENT OR, YOU KNOW.

RESPONSE FOR THIS KIND OF LARGER PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUE.

I KNOW IT'S ACTUALLY MAYBE IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

I REMEMBER EVEN MARY JANE KIND OF BRINGING THAT TO THE ATTENTION, BECAUSE I THINK AT ONE POINT THIS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED.

IT NEVER MADE IT TO, I THINK, THE FINAL CHOPPING BLOCK, MAYBE FOR THIS REASON, BECAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK, EVEN LEADING UP TO IT, THAT OUR DISTRICT REALLY THRIVES ON HAVING A LOT OF FREEDOM, AND OUR DISTRICT THRIVES ON HAVING LOTS OF CTE AND LOTS OF OPTIONS AND LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR CREDITS.

AND SO KIND OF STRATEGIC PLANNING IS PHILOSOPHICAL, BUT THIS DOESN'T ACTUALLY SPEAK TO EVEN OUR PRECEDENT WE'VE SET FOR THE PHILOSOPHY IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S MY CONCERNS.

MARY JANE YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT.

AND ALSO WHAT HOLLY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THEIR THEIR FOCUS IS ALL ABOUT HEALTH.

AND SO I WAS CURIOUS AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, DR.

KIDD, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE, BUT YOU'VE ALSO BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN EMAIL JUST THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY.

AND I'VE HEARD THAT A LOT, WAY MORE THAN ANYTHING ABOUT HEALTH.

AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF.

BECAUSE YOU ARE OVER ALL ELECTIVES.

AND SO YES, SO WE COULD GET EVEN CREATIVE.

THIS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION FROM SHAQ, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.

YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY OBVIOUSLY TO SAY NO OR TO SAY LET'S JUST KEEP IT AS AN ELECTIVE AND YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT.

I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF JUNIORS AND SENIORS THAT HAVE HOLES IN THEIR CALENDAR OR IN THEIR SCHEDULE, AND THEY EITHER LATE ARRIVAL OR EARLY DISMISSAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY'RE ALREADY DONE WITH A LOT OF THEIR COURSEWORK.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT.

I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE THEY WANT EVERY AP CLASS THEY CAN GET, EVERY DUAL CREDIT CLASS THEY CAN GET FOR COLLEGE.

SO I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF VARIATION IN THAT, AND WE DO HAVE SOME OPTIONS.

EXCUSE ME FOR SUMMER, IF WE WANTED TO MAKE IT OPTIONAL FOR A SUMMER COURSE, IF IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD OR WE WANT TO WAIT FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING, IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING

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KIM, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I WONDER IF MAYBE THIS EVEN ORIGINATED A LITTLE BIT WHEN THOSE STUDENTS GET THEIR CHOICE SHEETS, AND A LOT OF THEM WERE MAYBE SEEKING HELP FOR AN ADDITIONAL COURSE. I MEAN, COULD THAT HAVE HAPPENED AS WELL AS THEIR RECOMMENDATION? BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT THERE WERE STUDENT INTERESTS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS WERE INTERESTED IN WANTING THIS OTHER SEMESTER OF HIS HELP. REAL WORLD CLASS.

IS THAT TRUE? YES.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE CONVERSATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, MS..

GOMEZ DID SAY THAT THERE WERE KIDS THAT WERE ASKING FOR HELP, AND I DIDN'T FOLLOW UP WITH THE FINANCIAL LITERACY POSSIBLY.

COULD WE THEN SAY A 0.5 OF HEALTH AND A 0.5 OF FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND THEY GO TOGETHER? THAT COULD BE A CHOICE AS WELL.

ANOTHER QUESTION.

IF WE WERE TO MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR GRADUATION, OR ARE THERE ENOUGH TEACHERS TO TEACH EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL THAT PARTICULAR COURSE? IF THE WHOLE ENTIRE.

STUDENT BODY WOULD HAVE TO FILTER THROUGH THEIR.

YES. OKAY. WE WOULD MAKE THAT WORK.

IT WOULD BE FOR A FUTURE GRADUATING CLASS.

SO WE'D HAVE TIME TO GEAR UP, GET CERTIFIED.

OLIVIA. I THINK I JUST ECHO EVERYTHING.

I LOVE THE CURRICULUM.

I REALLY, REALLY VALUE THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MAKE.

SO I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THAT.

BUT MY PERCEPTION FROM THE STUDENT PANEL, FROM TALKING TO PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

MY ONLY CONCERN IS, IS THE REQUIREMENT.

SO MY QUESTION IS AND DON'T ANSWER RIGHT NOW.

BUT THROUGH COVID WE DID SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS.

AND ALWAYS THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

IS THERE ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL CREDIT EARNING THAT WE CAN OFFER A PROGRAM OR A COURSE THAT'S NOT PART OF THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE? YES, THERE'S MONEY TIED TO IT AND YOU CAN DO VIRTUAL LEARNING THROUGH BSN IN THE SUMMER, OR WE HAVE EDGENUITY.

ALL OF THAT IS MONEY.

BUT YES, DEFINITELY WE CAN DO THAT.

AND RIGHT, CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM CORRECT? FOR HEALTH. NO. WELL, FOR VIRTUALLY.

WE MIGHT HAVE 1 OR 2 KIDS THAT IT'S FOR COURSES THAT WE DON'T OFFER, BUT IT'S IN THEIR NEXT SEQUENCE.

AND THEY IT'S VERY RARE.

WE DID ONE FOR LIKE A GERMAN THREE OR SOMETHING.

IT'S USUALLY FOR LANGUAGES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. TRICIA.

I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I ENJOYED WATCHING EVEN AND EVEN BEING A PART OF THE SHAC COMMITTEE AND THE LAST MEETING.

I MISSED THE ZOOM MEETING THAT THEY HAD THIS LAST TIME, BUT I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING KIND OF THE VIDEO OF HOW THAT WENT DOWN.

BUT I APPRECIATED THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT MEETING AND HOW THEY JUST LISTENED TO EACH OTHER'S CONCERNS AND JUST THE DELIBERATION.

IT WAS JUST THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WAS REALLY GOOD, AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

AND AND I LET HIM KNOW TOO, THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS THERE.

I DO PAUSE ON A REQUIREMENT FOR HEALTH JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE THERE, SO TO SPEAK.

BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT MAYBE A FINANCIAL PIECE TYPE CLASS AND HEALTH, MAYBE TOGETHER JOINTLY.

UM, SO I ECHO A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING.

THIS IS VERY INTERESTING THAT THE BOARD WANTS MORE REQUIREMENTS.

THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT MY SENTIMENT, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU ALL IS THAT YOU'RE OKAY HAVING SOME HYBRID.

BUT I ACTUALLY JUST TO CLARIFY, I ACTUALLY THINK LESS RESTRICTION WOULD BE MY KIND OF FROM PEOPLE THAT I'VE HEARD FROM, BECAUSE MY COMMENT WAS MORE DISCUSSING PHILOSOPHY OF HAVING AS MANY OPTIONS AS POSSIBLE UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF STATE REQUIREMENTS.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR AUDIT? HOW IS OUR AUDIT? OUR AUDIT IS FANTASTIC.

YAY! NO FINDINGS.

BUDGET IN LINE WITH WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

VERY VERY CLEAN AUDIT.

SO THANK YOU TO THE FINANCE STAFF FOR GETTING US BACK ON TRACK.

YES, OLIVIA MESSED EVERYTHING ELSE UP SO I MIGHT NOT HAVE IT RIGHT EITHER.

BUT THERE WAS LIKE LINE ITEM OR SECTION 18 AND THE SCORING WAS ONE THROUGH TEN AND THERE WAS A ZERO.

SOME OF THE OTHER ASTERISKS, LIKE THERE WAS ASTERISKS THAT WOULD SAY LIKE THIS WAS NOT EVALUATED, BUT THAT PARTICULAR ONE WAS A ZERO.

DOES THAT RING A BELL? SO I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE FIRST REPORT.

OKAY. THAT ONE INDICATOR.

YOU MESSED THIS ONE UP TOO OLIVIA, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

YOU PUT ME ON MY FEET.

WE MIGHT NEED SOME TUTORING AFTER THE MEETING.

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AND REMEMBER, THAT WAS 22, 23, 21, 22 DATA.

THIS IS TOO MANY YEARS.

THAT WAS RELATED TO A FINDING IN THE AUDIT.

AND SO WE RECEIVED ZERO POINTS FOR THAT INDICATOR, WHICH RESULTED IN A SCORE OF 90.

BUT THAT IS STILL IN A.

OKAY, SO IT WAS IRRELEVANT.

I MEAN, IT'S A IT'S AN INDICATOR WE WANT TO SCORE POINTS ON.

SO IT'S NOT IRRELEVANT.

BUT WE DIDN'T PASS IT.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

THAT'S GOOD OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON REAL QUICK.

OH. SORRY, ROB.

SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT'S AN ACTION ITEM.

IS THIS? WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO DO A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF OUR AUDIT? FOR THE PUBLIC FACING CONVERSATION.

IS THAT PART OF THE PLAN ALREADY? YES. THE PARTNER WITH THE AUDIT FIRM WILL BE HERE TO PRESENT THE AUDIT.

WE'RE GETTING A PRESENT. I MISSED THAT, I'M SO SORRY.

THERE'S A PRESENTATION.

THERE'S A PRESENTATION.

GREAT. BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN WEIRD, LIKE.

OKAY. AUDIT. YEAH.

GOOD TO GO. APPRECIATE IT.

IT WAS MY FAULT. I CAN GIVE YOU MORE CONTEXT NEXT TIME, ROB.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. KNOW, IF YOU DID, I MISS IT.

I'M SORRY. NO, TO BE FAIR, REAL QUICKLY TO YOUR POINT, JUST TO POINT OUT IN THIS MEETING, WE HAVE LOTS OF GUESTS.

SO WE WILL HAVE DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES, GUESTS, BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE GUESTS, SHACK GUESTS, FINANCIAL AUDIT GUESTS, BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE STILL GUESTS, THE RENOVATION PROJECTS GUESTS.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF VISITORS WHO WILL BE HERE.

SO I THINK JUST KNOWING THAT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS MEETING, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE WAITING TO PRESENT FOR THEIR TIME.

SO IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, DEFINITELY, WE'D LOVE TO GET THOSE FROM YOU AND GET THOSE TO THEM, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TO PRESENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER, DR.

MORRIS-KUENTZ. AND THAT IS HOW MOST AGENDA REVIEWS SHOULD BE.

THEY WERE GETTING THE BULK OF OUR DISCUSSION OUT NOW, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A POTENTIALLY MORE SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO OUR GENERAL MEETING.

ROB, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AUDIT? NOPE. NOPE. THAT WAS IT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON.

WE WILL RECEIVE 2018 BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF OUR REMAINING 2018 BOND FUNDS.

OLIVIA, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK NOW ABOUT THAT? I'M LITERALLY I'M LITERALLY SCARED AT THIS POINT.

DON'T BE SCARED. I THINK NOW'S THE TIME.

I DID READ THERE.

I MEAN, TELL ME, I ALREADY KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE THE WRONG TIME, BUT THERE.

I'M OLDER. I'M SCARED.

DON'T BE SCARED. A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS, I THINK, WERE AROUND THIS.

IT WAS A GOOD QUESTION, THOUGH.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO COVER IT.

AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT I DID NOT WRITE MY Q&A BASED ON.

I NORMALLY WRITE THE AGENDA ITEM AND I DID NOT DO THAT TODAY.

SO MY QUESTION FOR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

YES. NORMALLY ON OUR COMPUTER IS A LOT OF OUR INFORMATION.

SO THE FACT THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT RUNNING IT IS A HUGE HANDICAP FOR TONIGHT.

SO I'M RELYING ON GIVING LOTS OF LOVE TO OLIVIA.

THANK YOU. I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

SO THEY UPDATED THE BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS.

THEY REDLINED OUT THE WORD POLICY.

SO EVERYTHING WENT FROM POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ONLY TO PROCEDURES.

I WAS ONLY CURIOUS WHY.

AND THAT'S MY FAULT BECAUSE IT WASN'T LITERALLY A BOARD POLICY.

AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO ELAINE WAS THAT WE NOT USE THE TERM POLICY WHEN IT DOESN'T REFERENCE BOARD POLICY, THAT WE ONLY USE PROCEDURE BECAUSE WE TEND TO USE THAT WORD A LOT.

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF A TECHNICAL TERM FOR US.

POLICY REALLY IS A BOARD POLICY.

SO WHEN WE SAY THINGS ARE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THEY MEAN A LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE POLICY, BUT THEY DON'T WRITE POLICY, THE BOARD DOES.

AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO HER WAS THAT WE'RE CLEAR WITH OUR LANGUAGE WHERE WE CAN BE SOLID RECOMMENDATION.

SO SPEAKING ON LANGUAGE ON ITEM 11 IT REFERENCES NEW POLICIES WHERE WE USED TO SPEAK IN TERMS OF THREE YEAR TERMS. AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF SPEAKING THAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS ONCE THAT PARTICULAR BOND IS 90% SPENT.

SO I SAW TWO DISPARITIES AS WELL.

SOMETIMES WE SAY BOND PROJECT AND SOMETIMES WE SAY.

BOND PROGRAM, AND I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

THOSE SEEM INTERMIXED.

AND THEN I WAS CONCERNED THAT INSTEAD OF THREE YEAR TERM, IT NOW SAYS UNTIL ALL FUND IS SPENT LIKE 90% OF ALL. BUT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE TOOK OUT THE YEAR OF THAT BOND PROJECT.

SO THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT TERM COULD ALMOST BE INDEFINITE.

SO PART OF THE GOAL.

ELAINE, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT REALLY THIS ROLLING COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO BE A PERMANENT COMMITTEE AS OPPOSED TO A COMMITTEE THAT'S FOR A SHORT TIME.

I'LL LET HER TALK ABOUT WHY SHE'S RESTRUCTURING IT, AND THAT WILL HELP, I THINK.

SO THE ORIGINAL PROCEDURES WERE WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 2018 BOND, AND THAT COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED THEIR WORK IS DONE.

THEY DISSOLVED.

I'M SORRY. AND SO WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE 23 BOND MONEY.

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AND SO THOSE AREN'T GOING TO BE SPENT IN THREE YEARS.

RATHER THAN HAVING ADMINISTRATION MANAGE THREE PLUS COMMITTEES, WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AN OVERALL BOND OVERSIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

BUT THAT COULD MEAN THAT AN INDIVIDUAL SERVES FOR TEN YEARS.

SO WE WANT TO INSTITUTE TERM LIMITS FOR THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT WE ALSO WANT SOME CONTINUITY BETWEEN THEM.

SO I DON'T WANT THE WHOLE COMMITTEE TURNING OVER EVERY THIRD YEAR.

AND SO TO GET IT STARTED.

FOUR OF THE MEMBERS WOULD BE TWO YEARS, AND THEN THEY COULD BE REAPPOINTED SO THAT WE HAVE THREE YEAR STAGGERED TERMS, MUCH LIKE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS, SO THAT WE HAVE SOME CONTINUITY THAT THEY ARE OVERSEEING ALL BOND PROGRAMS. SO HOPEFULLY WE USE PROGRAM IN THE RIGHT CONTEXT, MEANING THAT IT COULD BE THE 2033 BOND PROGRAM, THE 25 BOND PROGRAM.

BUT THEN THE PROJECTS WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS IS WHAT THEY'RE MONITORING AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO OUR PROGRAM AND PROJECT THE SAME.

NO. OKAY.

WAS IT CLEAR? PROJECT TRULY IS THERE WATCHING THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE FUND AND IN THE PROGRAM IS REALLY THE BIGGER BOND PROGRAM.

SO THEY ARE THEY MAY BE MONITORING SEVERAL DIFFERENT YEARS OF BOND APPROVALS.

AND SO THEY REALLY WILL BE LOOKING AT BOTH THINGS.

THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY CLEAR NOW PROGRAMS THE UMBRELLA PROJECTS.

YEAH I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT Y'ALL KIND OF BROUGHT THIS TO US BECAUSE IT KIND OF SPEAKS TO A LOT OF THE BOARD SENTIMENT WE'VE HAD THE LAST YEAR THAT THERE'S I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PHRASE IT IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTEXT, BUT I THINK THERE'S A SENTIMENT THAT THE SAME PEOPLE KIND OF GET CHOSEN AND THEY JUST STAY THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO OLIVIA'S POINT, I THINK THIS ACTUALLY DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE, THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS KIND OF HAVING POTENTIALLY ROLLING MEMBERS AND ROLLING OFF MEMBERS AGAIN, MUCH KIND OF LIKE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF ROLLING PEOPLE ON AND OFF.

AND IT'S A MORE BUT YOU STILL ALWAYS HAVE SOME PRESENCE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SOME CONTEXT TO FUTURE PROGRAM AND PROJECTS.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR A DISTRICT THAT'S MOVING INTO MUCH MORE ACTIVE BOND PROGRAMS, PLURAL, IN THE FUTURE, TO HAVE SOME GOOD RETENTION OF COMMITTEE, AT THE SAME TIME, CONSTANTLY BEING ABLE TO BRING IN NEW VOICES THROUGHOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM AS WELL.

I THINK IT ALSO MEETS THE REQUESTS THAT WE'VE HAD FROM THE BOARD FOR THIS WORK TO BE ONGOING, AND FOR IT TO REALLY BE A SYSTEM.

THAT WAS MY OTHER POINT, YES.

NOT KIND OF NARROW AND FOCUSED, BUT REALLY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ALL THE TIME AS A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A SYSTEM AND A STRUCTURE FOR IT THAT'S BROADER.

YES, I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL NEXT STEP.

AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE MAJOR CHANGE IN THIS DOCUMENT IS THAT THE LAW CHANGED IN HOW BOARDS ARE ABLE TO USE REMAINING BOND PROCEEDS, AND THAT DIDN'T APPLY TO THE 28 ISSUE, BUT IT WILL APPLY TO 23 MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO THERE IS A MORE DEFINED PROCESS, MORE STRINGENT PROCESS THAN THIS COMMITTEE JUST MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.

THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO HOLD A MEETING SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT.

AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE MEETINGS WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF HAVING REMAINING 23 BOND MONEY.

AND SO I CHANGED OR ADDED THAT LANGUAGE SO THAT IT FOLLOWS LAW.

BUT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT YOU WILL FACE.

UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I ACTUALLY HAD, AND I KNOW WE MAY BE SEVERAL YEARS OUT FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT TO WHAT DEGREE DOES THIS WARRANT INCREASED PERSONNEL TO HELP WITH THIS KIND OF ONGOING PROGRAM, WHERE YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A BOND PROJECT MANAGER? I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD EXPECT IN THE NEXT YEAR, OR IS THAT SOMETHING MUCH LONGER DOWN THE ROAD? I JUST I'M CURIOUS, KIND OF BALLPARK VISION ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, I KNOW MEMBERS OF MY TEAM HAVE SAID WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE PROJECT MANAGERS, BUT WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO. OKAY, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT KIND OF TOOK US TO NINE E.

WE'RE KIND OF A LITTLE BLURRY TONIGHT.

IT'S ALL GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE OPERATING PROCEDURES BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR SCHEMATIC DESIGN? ALL RIGHT, MR. PRUITT. ON TO SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR OUR DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

OKAY, WELL, YES, IT IS STILL ON.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD, AND WE WILL BE NEXT WEEK PRESENTING SCHEMATIC DESIGN UPDATES ON THE.

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PBC ARCHITECTS IS OUR ARCHITECT FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

BECAUSE JUST AS A REMINDER, BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF THOSE THE WORK ON THOSE TWO CAMPUSES WERE SO SIMILAR, WE COMBINE THAT UNDER ONE CONTRACT WITH THE ARCHITECT.

AND SO THEY WILL BE PRESENTING A SCHEMATIC DESIGN UPDATE.

ANOTHER REMINDER ON ON THOSE PROJECTS IS FROM A SCHEMATIC DESIGN STANDPOINT, IT WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HVAC REPLACEMENT AND ELECTRICAL REPLACEMENT AND PLUMBING REPLACEMENT AND FINISHES.

REALLY, THE ONLY FLOOR PLAN CHANGES THAT YOU'LL THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING IS WITH PROVIDING THE SECURE VESTIBULE IN THE FRONT OFFICE AREA.

SO AT THIS STAGE, THERE'LL BE FEWER VISUALS IN TERMS OF FLOOR PLANS.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND DECIDE ON THINGS LIKE OR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON FINISHES, YOU'LL SEE MORE VISUALS ABOUT WHAT THE INSIDES OF THE BUILDINGS WILL START TO LOOK LIKE WITH THOSE FINISHED REPLACEMENTS AS WELL.

OLIVIA. SORRY YOU GUYS, I WOULD JUST ASK.

OBVIOUSLY, I LOOK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND IF YOU REMEMBER FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH BOND ROUND ONE? FOR SOME REASON, THE CLNI RENOVATION WAS KIND OF LIKE A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR THE COMMUNITY.

LIKE, WHY DO WE NEED IT? THEY UNDERSTOOD WE NEED NEW WINDOWS AND HVAC, AND I STILL THOUGHT THAT THE DESCRIPTION HERE WAS REALLY WEAK.

SO ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE, IF YOU COULD EXPAND ON THAT IN THE PRESENTATION, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, I'LL, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY EXPAND ON THAT.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF VISUALS FOR THAT, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY VISUALS AT THIS POINT FOR THAT PIECE.

BUT WHEN WE COME BACK FOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, PROBABLY MOST LIKELY IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEN WE'LL WE DEFINITELY HAVE KNOW.

BUT I CAN ASK THEM.

WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THEM ADDRESS THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN THE PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF VISUALS THAT WOULD COME WITH THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.

ROD. DO WE HAVE A CURE FOR THIS YET? GOOD POINT. ACTUALLY, THE RFP FOR EMR ON THE ON THIS PROJECT OR COMBINED PROJECT IS OUT RIGHT NOW. IT'S DUE THE NEXT WEEK.

AND SO WE WOULD BE BRINGING BACK NEXT MONTH A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FIRM.

OKAY. PBK DONE A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ON THIS YEAR? I'M SORRY. PBK DONE A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COST ON SD? YES. AND SO WE'RE INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THIS? FOR THE PRESENTATION NEXT MONTH OR I'M SORRY NEXT WEEK.

YES. YEAH IT'S YEAH WE CAN INCLUDE ADD A SLIDE FOR THAT.

BUT IT'S AROUND 18 MILLION FOR THE ELEMENTARY DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

AND THEN THEY'RE AROUND 33.75 MILLION FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND AGAIN THAT'S THE HVAC REPLACEMENT ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ALL THE FINISHES.

AND THEN ALSO ALL OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY UPGRADES IN BOTH OF THOSE CAMPUSES, INCLUDING THE SECURE VESTIBULES.

GREAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'RE MOVING ON TO.

THANK YOU, MR. PRUETT. OKAY.

UH, REAL ESTATE BROKER.

SO WE HAVE HAD AN RFQ OUT LOOKING FOR A REAL ESTATE BROKER TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT TO HELP US BEGIN TO LOOK FOR LAND.

AND SO WE HAVE FINISHED WITH INTERVIEWS.

WE ARE IN FINAL REFERENCE CHECKING.

SO ELAINE AND I ARE JUST TALKING WITH SOME OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SATISFIED WITH OUR FINAL CANDIDATE, BUT WE SHOULD BE BRINGING YOU A NAME NEXT WEEK.

ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

EXCITED? WE NEED LAND.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO A BOARD POLICY.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THIS SPECIAL SESSION.

SO THE BOARD HAD ASKED FOR US TO BRING FORWARD SOME LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND POTENTIALLY A RESOLUTION.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TAKEN YOUR ORIGINAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES BECAUSE YOU HAD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 88TH LEGISLATURE.

SO WE HAVE TAKEN THOSE LOOKED AT THOSE TO TRY AND IDENTIFY WHICH OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ALIGNED TO KIND OF WHAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT WITHIN THE SPECIAL SESSION, WHICH

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SO WE'VE BROUGHT THOSE BACK OVER, HAVE BROUGHT OVER THE CHARTER PIECE, ADDED EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS TO THAT FOR YOUR CONVERSATION POINT, HAVE BROUGHT BACK OVER EDUCATION FUNDING AND RECAPTURE, BECAUSE THAT'S CERTAINLY A BIG PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION, IS THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT, ADDED THE TEACHER RETENTION, BECAUSE TEACHER PAY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT CONVERSATION AND JUST THE STAFFING IN GENERAL.

AND THAT WAS ALSO ORIGINALLY THERE AND THEN ADDED IN ACCOUNTABILITY BASED UPON THE RECENT LAWSUIT AND JOINING THAT.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE PUT IN FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS AND THEN ALSO HAVE ATTACHED, IN ADDITION TO THIS, BASED ON YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, THE RESOLUTION, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE GENERIC VERSION OF SOME OF THESE KEY BULLET POINTS.

THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD BEFORE OPENING FOR DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD, I REQUESTED TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION JUST AROUND OUR ADVOCACY POSITION AS A DISTRICT.

I ACTUALLY WONDERED IF WE MADE IT OUR OWN DISCUSSION MEETING, WHICH WE VERY WELL MIGHT IN THE NEXT YEAR.

I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE HAVEN'T EVER REALLY HAD A VERY OPEN, CLEAR DISCUSSION ON WHERE DO WE STAND ON THESE THINGS.

I CREATED A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND ADVOCACY, HOPEFULLY FOR YOU ALL, TO KIND OF TAKE THE CHARGE ON THAT AND MAYBE DECIDE OF THE PRIORITIES. IS IT SOMETHING WE WANT TO PLAN TO ACTUALLY VISIT THE CAPITOL AND COORDINATE THAT TOGETHER? WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN OUR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES? WE'VE HAD A COUPLE ASKS FROM OUR STATE REP RECENTLY, AND IT JUST KIND OF PUT ME IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

AND HOLLY, IN A DIFFICULT POSITION AS LEADERS OF THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD IS RIGHT NOW ON JUST.

HOW DO WE EVEN FEEL ABOUT ADVOCACY AT ALL? SO WHILE I WANT TO DISCUSS THE VERY SPECIFIC ACTION ITEM, I ALSO WELCOME THE BOARD TO BRING COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION AROUND KIND OF MORE GREATER PICTURE AROUND OUR ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES.

KIM. I'LL START.

I ACTUALLY, LAST WEDNESDAY WENT DOWN TO THE CAPITOL AND SPENT THE MAJORITY OF MY DAY DOWN THERE JUST AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

I WAS WITH A LOT OF TRUSTEES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR ME.

IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING.

WE WERE INVITED TO MEET IN TWO OFFICES, ONE WITH WE MET WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF WITH CRAYTON'S OFFICE, AND THEY HAD MADE THE MOTION AND PASSED THE DAY BEFORE THE TWO BILLS WITH THE THE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS AND THE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS.

AND SO WE HAD AN AT LENGTH CONVERSATION WITH HIS CHIEF OF STAFF AND WE TALKED ABOUT I MEAN, THEY ASKED US A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

THEY WERE INTERESTED IN WHAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAD TO SAY.

THEY GAVE US HOMEWORK.

WE ANSWERED QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE WENT INTO REPRESENTATIVE BUCKLEY'S OFFICE.

WHO'S WITH THE HOUSE? AND THEY HAVE NOT MADE ANY DECISIONS YET.

AND HE WAS VERY, VERY TOUCHED THAT WERE THERE WERE LIKE 25 OF US THERE.

HE WANTED TO KNOW THE BOARD PERSPECTIVE.

HE ASKED A LOT OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

HE ASKED SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING QUESTIONS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE YOUR TIME AND GO DOWN THERE AND MEET WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY EVEN ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND THEY'RE CURIOUS AND THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS.

I'VE BEEN INVITED BACK THIS WEDNESDAY TO GO, AND WE HAVE SCHEDULED MEETINGS WITH STATE OFFICES DOWN THERE ON WEDNESDAY.

AND IT'S JUST IT'S WORTH IT TO ME TO SIT DOWN THERE AND TAKE MY TIME JUST TO FIGHT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, ANSWER QUESTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE, AND THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON A STATE LEVEL.

IT WAS IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING, AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS A GREAT THING TO DO.

I WENT DOWN THERE AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND JUST REPRESENTED MYSELF BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS NOT TALKED ABOUT IT.

IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT WITH A GROUP BUT ACTUALLY SAT NEXT TO LAKE TRAVIS AND I THINK 80% OF THEIR BOARD WAS THERE WITH THEIR SUPERINTENDENT.

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF DISTRICTS DOWN THERE THAT HAD ALMOST THEIR ENTIRE BOARD WITH THEM.

YEAH, THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO MY POINT.

LET'S AGREE ON SOMETHING, AND LET'S UNITE AS A BOARD TO ACTUALLY HAVE A LOUDER VOICE TO OLIVIA.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SAY THAT BOTH OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE PUBLICLY ENDORSED PROP NINE, WHICH WOULD FURTHER FUND THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR OUR TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

ONE I APPRECIATE.

I REALLY DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION.

I KNOW THAT WHEN WE CREATED AND VOTED ON OUR ORIGINAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

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THERE WAS ONE THAT PERSONALLY I HELD CONFLICT WITH.

RIGHT. BUT I'M GOING TO DO WHAT IS BETTER FOR THE DISTRICT AND IS BETTER FOR THE BOARD AND THE BOARD.

WE ALL AGREED AND VOTED ON THAT.

BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY STRONG ADVOCATES FOR OUR DISTRICT, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND MAYBE BEEF UP LIKE THAT SUBCOMMITTEE AND AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE I STILL FIND MYSELF, I HAVE PERSONAL CONFLICTS ON ONE TOPIC, AND I'M OUT THERE AND I'M REALLY TRYING TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT, BUT IT LIKE, I WANT TO HAVE MORE DIALOG, RIGHT? I AM.

DO YOU WANT TO SHARE WHAT THAT ONE TOPIC IS? SURE. WOW.

YEAH. SO I, I AM OPPOSED TO VOUCHERS.

I'M OPPOSED TO IT. BUT IT'S INTERESTING.

I HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE I THINK, THAN A LOT.

OBVIOUSLY I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HARM PUBLIC SCHOOL.

I'VE REALLY STUDIED FLORIDA AND ARIZONA AS BACKPACK BILLS.

AND WHAT HAPPENS.

BUT. I'M ACTUALLY MORE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THEM, OR I SHOULD SAY EQUALLY, BECAUSE CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONALIST CONSERVATIVES WHO CHOOSE PRIVATIZATION OF EDUCATION OR HOMESCHOOL, WHEN YOU TAKE TAX DOLLARS AND GIVE TAX DOLLARS BACK TO HOMESCHOOLERS, AND THAT CREATES GOVERNMENT INFRINGEMENT POTENTIAL.

SO AS A DISTRICT, OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY IS TO SAY, HEY, STAY.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TAX DOLLARS BACK, THEN, HEY, IT'S GOT TO BE A FAIR PLAYING FIELD, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO HOLD PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HOMESCHOOL ALL TO THE SAME STANDARD.

THE INTERESTING IRONY OF THAT IS WHEN YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE THE HOMES OF HOMESCHOOLERS AND NOW DICTATING.

RIGHT. AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S NO SURPRISE I'M A CONSERVATIVE, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO HOMESCHOOL THAT DO NOT WANT THIS.

I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT DO NOT WANT THIS.

SO DO YOU DO YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH MY MY PERSONAL CONFLICT? LIKE, ABSOLUTELY.

I DON'T WANT THIS BECAUSE I SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO HARM PUBLIC EDUCATION.

BUT THERE'S SOME CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW WHERE THE GOVERNOR IS SAYING, OKAY, HERE'S THE DEAL ON THE TABLE.

IF WE DO THE THE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT, WHICH AGAIN, IT BLOWS MY MIND.

AN EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT IS LITERALLY A GOVERNMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

IT IS LITERALLY A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT WILL INCREASE GOVERNMENT FUNDING.

AND IF WE DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS, IF IF THE GOVERNMENT'S NOT GOING TO KEEP $8,000 PER STUDENT, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS HIGHER THAN OUR INDIVIDUAL ALLOTMENT, RIGHT? SO MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE.

BUT. HOW IS CREATING MORE GOVERNMENT.

AND I'M SAYING THIS FROM LIKE LITERALLY THE CONSERVATIVE ME THAT CONSIDERED PULLING MY SON OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TWO YEARS AGO.

IT JUST I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MUCH THAT THE CURRENT BILLS FAILED TO EXPLAIN AND THEY STILL DO.

I AM PRO PARENTAL RIGHTS.

I AM PRO ANY EDUCATION THAT MAKES SENSE FOR YOUR FAMILY? HOME, SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, CHARTER? I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET.

SO WHERE IT'S A DICHOTOMY FOR ME AS WELL.

THERE COULD BE A PROPOSITION THAT COMES UP THAT HAS SOME TYPE OF EXEMPTION THAT I WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT IF IT PROTECTED THE PRIVACY OF PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HOME SCHOOL.

DO YOU SEE? IT'S A TOTAL CONFLICT? MARY JANE. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU MENTIONED EXPERIENCE ON THE BOARD SO FAR.

AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STATE LEGISLATURE, IT'S ONLY EVERY TWO YEARS.

IT'S JUST THIS IS DRAGGING ON FOREVER.

UM, AND SO NORMALLY WE JUST HAVE ONE SET OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THAT'S IT.

AND THE GOAL IS ALWAYS CONSENSUS SO THAT WE FEEL FREE, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GO INDIVIDUALLY OR SEVERAL OF US. UM, WE FEEL FREE TO SAY I AM SPEAKING TO YOU AS A TRUSTEE BECAUSE WE AGREED ON THIS.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

IT'S LIKE KIM SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THIS SESSION THAT I HAVE TALKED TO A LEGISLATOR AND I'M LIKE, IT'S JUST ME, MARY JANE, YOU KNOW, UM, TAXPAYER.

UM, SO.

I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE AMBITIOUS FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE ON MUNICIPAL RELATIONS.

LIKE WE TALKED WITH THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS COUNTY.

AND THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THAT FEELS SEPARATE TO ME, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY.

AND I THINK A DISCUSSION MEETING IS A GREAT IDEA.

UM, ARE THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE WITH CTSBA? I HOPE EVERYBODY IS NOW GETTING THOSE EMAILS.

ONE WENT OUT TODAY RIGHT ABOUT WEDNESDAY.

THAT WAS TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE].

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OKAY. A LOT OF OVERLAP BECAUSE OF CTSBA, BUT OKAY, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE [INAUDIBLE] TEXAS TRUSTEES GOING ON WEDNESDAY TO THE CAPITAL. SAME THING.

THAT'LL BE BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS.

AND SO WE'RE BACK TO YOU KNOW, THE WHAT WE'VE ALL AGREED UPON UP TO THIS POINT.

UM WITH TASB.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE, TRUSTEES IN GENERAL, DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE WHOLE SCOPE OF WHAT WILL BE SUPPORTED IS DETERMINED AGAIN EVERY BIENNIUM THROUGH THE GRASSROOTS PROCESS.

SO ALL OF US WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO REGION 13.

IT'S USUALLY LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, AND IT'S THE TRUSTEES WHO SHOW UP THE SO MANY TIMES IN LIFE, RIGHT? IT'S WHO SHOWS UP, WHO'S IN THE ROOM AND DECIDES WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND THEN THOSE ARE THE MARCHING ORDERS THAT GO FORWARD.

AND IT CULMINATES AT CONVENTION WITH DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING TRICIA'S UPDATE, AS I'M ASSUMING YOU WERE ARE BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, AS THERE ALWAYS IS, SOME NEW PROPOSALS THAT WERE VOTED ON.

AND SO THAT'S THE FINAL STOP.

THE FINAL SAY IS IT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, BUT WHAT EVEN GETS THEIR STARTS IN THE GRASSROOTS PROCESS.

SO THAT'S AN OPTION.

THERE'S FEDERAL ADVOCACY I WILL BE GOING THROUGH THROUGH TASB.

SO THE DISTRICT'S NOT PAYING FOR ME TO GO.

BUT I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC.

EVERY YEAR IT'S FOCUSED ON I-D-E-A.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES.

AND THAT IS THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THAT.

UM, SO OKAY, I THINK I'VE GONE ON AND ON, BUT DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAYERS AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE MORE THAN ONE COMMITTEE CAN BE IN CHARGE OF, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE THESE.

WELL, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE TAKE ON, FIRST OF ALL, IS TRYING TO HAVE LESS SUBCOMMITTEES BECAUSE THE LESS SUBCOMMITTEES, THE HIGHER RATE OF PARTICIPATION OF THOSE PEOPLE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEES.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS LOCALLY THAT TOOK PRECEDENCE AS WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN OUR RETREAT FROM THIS SUMMER IN THAT COMMITTEE.

BUT I DO THINK LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, TOO, LIKE IF THERE'S.

SOME HANGING CHADS AFTER THIS MEETING TONIGHT OR EVEN AFTER NEXT MONDAY.

I THINK THOSE ARE SOME THINGS POTENTIALLY TO KIND OF REALLY HAMMER THROUGH AS SORT OF A MARCHING ORDERS.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I AM NOT AT ALL SUGGESTING WE CAN'T HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY.

I MEAN, WE ARE ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT HAVE OUR OWN UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITY.

I THINK WE'RE EACH GOING TO FEEL CALLED IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO VOICE THINGS IN DIFFERENT ARENAS.

SO I LOVE THAT KIM AND I KNOW OLIVIA AND MARY JANE.

OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW WE ALL HAD OUR OWN UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T EVER INDIVIDUALLY SPEAK.

I'M SPEAKING MORE AS BOARD PRESIDENT TONIGHT.

AS A BOARD, WE CAN IMPROVE IN THIS AREA TO HAVE MORE CONSENSUS AND COHESION AROUND THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.

AND SO IF IT'S REALLY HAMMERING OUT, IF THIS IS THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT WE REALLY LOVE AND VOTE TO APPROVE NEXT WEEK, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT STARTING POINT.

THAT TAKES A LOT OF THE BURDEN OFF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

IF IT'S NOT, AND WE DECIDE TO PULL THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES BECAUSE WE CAN'T AGREE.

AND THEN I THINK THAT ALSO GIVES SOME MARCHING ORDERS, BUT ALSO FOR SOMETHING GEARING UP FOR THE NEXT SESSION ALSO.

KIM, A FINAL COMMENT ON THE VOUCHERS.

I SPOKE WITH SOMEBODY TODAY AT TAPPS, WHICH IS TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOL OR PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.

IN SPEAKING WITH THEM, THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE 75 TO 80% FULL, AND THERE'S A WAITING LIST TO GET IN MANY OF THESE SCHOOLS.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT IF PEOPLE ARE THINKING VOUCHERS WILL PASS, GET THEIR 8000, GO SCHOOL SHOPPING.

I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT THINK THAT THEY WOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THOSE SCHOOLS, WHEN THE PEOPLE THAT RUN THOSE PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS TOLD ME TODAY, THEY'RE ALMOST COMPLETELY FULL AND IT'S STANDING ROOM ONLY TO GET IN, AND THE WAITING LISTS ARE VERY, VERY LONG.

OLIVIA, JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU.

SO PRIOR TO OUR MEETING NEXT WEEK.

ANY OPPORTUNITY OR JUST REACH OUT TO YOU AND HOLLY WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS.

HOPEFULLY THE BULK OF THE CONVERSATION IS TONIGHT AND WE CAN HAVE SOME BETTER MARCHING ORDERS FOR HOLLY IF THERE'S SOME ADDENDUMS.

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AND IF IT IS AN ACTION ITEM THAT WE NEED TO PULL FROM THE AGENDA BECAUSE THERE IS NOT CONSENSUS, WE NEED TO HEAR THAT TONIGHT, PLEASE, SO THAT WE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE GOING INTO NEXT WEEK.

I MEAN, IT WAS JUST JUST GOING TO. OH GO AHEAD TRICIA.

I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY.

I DO HAVE SOME CHANGES THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE, AND I'LL SEND THOSE TO YOU GUYS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN I'M FINISHED WITH THEM.

AND IT DOESN'T.

IT'S NOT REALLY CHANGING THE ASK.

IT'S JUST KIND OF THE VERBIAGE WITHIN.

AND SO BUT THE SOMETHING THAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS A LOT.

I ACTUALLY WATCHED THE TWO DAYS OF THE SENATE.

AND SO I'VE HEARD ALL THE CONVERSATIONS, ALL THE SPEAKERS, ALL THE QUESTIONS, AND I, I ENJOY THAT FOR SOME REASON.

BUT, UM, JUST SEEING HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE.

AND SO WHENEVER IT COMES DOWN TO AND IT PASSED THE FLOOR, IT'S, IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE EDUCATIONAL FUND, IT'S COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO IT'S UNALLOCATED FUNDS.

IT'S PROBABLY PART OF OUR RECAPTURE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE.

UM, SO JUST JUST HEARING AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT IS IT'S COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SO WHICH IS OUR RECAPTURE.

AND ANOTHER THING WE ALREADY PAY, I KNOW FOR MY FAMILY WE GOT 15, I THINK IT WAS $1,500 TO HELP OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION KID LAST YEAR.

AND IT WAS OUT OF LEGISLATOR FUNDS.

AND IT WAS OF WHAT THEY NOW ARE TALKING ABOUT TO BE A VENDOR BILL, BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THESE VENDORS THAT WE GOT TO CHOOSE FROM.

AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE THAT WERE CHOSEN FROM THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.

SO THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, THEY'RE ALREADY OCCURRING, AND IT WAS A NONPARTISAN BILL THAT PASSED, I THINK A 2019 LEGISLATURE, MAYBE.

UM, AND SO.

IT'S JUST THIS IS SUCH A BLOWN UP ISSUE AND, AND BUT IT'S THINGS THAT ARE REALLY ALREADY HAPPENING THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS ALREADY PROVIDING SERVICES FOR, FOR THESE ITEMS. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT LIKE OUT IN THE OPEN.

UM. FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO WATCH THE FIVE PEOPLE, I GUESS, TO HEAR THAT.

YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT CONVENTION.

I THINK EVEN I THINK WE WERE ALL AT LUNCH THAT DAY, JUST THAT THERE IS ALREADY SCHOOL CHOICE.

LIKE, I MEAN, WE HAVE IT EVEN WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M HEARING A LITTLE BIT FROM THE BOARD.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE AS MUCH ACTION WE CAN GIVE TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS TONIGHT, THE BETTER FOR THE FUTURE.

I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR EMAIL COMING AS WELL, BUT I THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH NUMBER ONE.

UM, I CAN JUST START.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WORD SCHOOL CHOICE TAKEN OUT BECAUSE AGAIN, FROM THE CONVERSATION WE ALREADY ACTUALLY HAVE SCHOOL CHOICE.

SO I THINK THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY EVEN ACCURATE THAT WE'RE OPPOSING THAT.

I THINK THAT ALREADY EXISTS.

I THINK WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE ITEM.

NUMBER ONE. I THINK ACTUALLY EVERYTHING ELSE, MAYBE FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE.

ARE IN SUPPORT OF TWO, THREE AND FOUR LANGUAGE.

BUT ITEM NUMBER ONE, WE MAY NEED TO ADJUST SLIGHTLY.

YEAH. KEEP IN MIND THE MAJORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OR THIS RESOLUTION LANGUAGE ARE COMING FROM PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE SAYING SOME OF THAT IS FAMILIAR, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK, YOU'VE GOT I'M LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION THOUGH.

YEAH. I'M JUST SAYING THAT SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE ALSO CAME FROM YOUR PREVIOUS ONE.

SO WE WANT TO EDIT IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

YEAH. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SAYING SOME OF IT'S MORE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE THINGS YOU ALREADY AGREED UPON.

YEAH. SO THERE'S NOT AS MUCH IN THE BIGGER DOCUMENT FOR SPECIAL SESSION THAT'S CHANGED.

SO YEAH, YOU'LL HAVE MAYBE SOME KEY AREAS TO FOCUS IN ON, ESPECIALLY THAT EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT BECAUSE THAT WAS JUST CHARTERS TO BEGIN WITH.

YEAH. GOT IT. NOT SURE.

ROB. I CONCUR WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AS WELL.

TO REMOVE ALL REFERENCE TO SCHOOL CHOICE FROM BOTH THE RESOLUTION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

SO COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU FOR THE REASONS YOU MENTIONED.

SO COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH THAT.

THE OTHER THING I OFFER FOR CONSIDERATION, ANOTHER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, IS WHERE OUR ADVOCACY AND WHO ARE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF.

WHEREAS BOARD TRUSTEES DESIRES TO ADVOCATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF, COMMUNITIES AND THE STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

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NOT BECAUSE I DON'T CARE ABOUT STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, I ABSOLUTELY DO.

WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? I'M ON THE RESOLUTION.

I'M SORRY. I'M ON THE RESOLUTION.

OH. GOT IT. OKAY. BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, I BELIEVE FULLY AS A TRUSTEE FOR THIS DISTRICT, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE FOR ME.

AND NUMBER TWO, IF WE ARE GOING TO TRULY ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE'RE NOT RESOLVING ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO WHAT I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND IT IS NECESSARILY MORE MONEY.

RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING ANY OF THAT, THAT I BELIEVE IS ESSENTIAL WHEN WE CAP OUR KIDS CAN'T READ IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BASED ON SOME RECENT DATA, CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

WE'RE WAY, WAY, WAY ABOVE ANY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

I'M VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT ALL THESE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM ARE DOING.

SO THIS IS NOT A REPRESENTATION OF THAT AT ALL.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY ADVOCATE FOR MORE RESOURCES CONSIDERING THE OUTPUT THAT WE DO IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HOW HARD YOU ALL WORK.

SO LET ME NOT MISCONSTRUE THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME PERSONALLY, I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS, AND OUR PEOPLE.

AND SO I OFFER THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

OKAY, SO ALL I HEARD WAS THE THIRD WHEREAS.

AND THEN REMOVING SCHOOL CHOICE LANGUAGE.

WAS THERE A LOT MORE THAN THAT? WELL, YOU WERE TALKING VERY QUICKLY AND WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE NOTES.

SO WHAT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY YOU WANTED REMOVED OR AMENDED OR ADJUSTED? I CONCURRED WITH YOU ON SCHOOL CHOICE ON BOTH.

NUMBER ONE ON THE RESOLUTION.

YES. AND ON BULLETS ONE AND TWO ON THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE TEXAS SPECIAL SESSION.

SO I CONCURRED FULLY WITH YOU.

I OFFER THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ON THE THIRD WHERE AS TO WHERE IT LIMITS, WHEREAS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DESIRE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF, COMMUNITY, PERIOD OR SEMICOLON, WE HEARD.

AND YES. YEP.

YES. THAT'S IT.

THAT'S IT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS WRITTEN TO ME AS YES, I FIND PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE, AND I'M 100% WILLING TO GO TO THE CAPITOL AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ROB. OLIVIA.

ONLY SINCE IT'S OPEN FLOOR.

AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT TRICIA SAID, AND IT'S SO TRUE.

ALL OF THIS IN MY IN MY PERSONAL PURVIEW HAS BECOME KIND OF LIKE SMOKE AND MIRRORS, BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE SAME TAX DOLLARS.

IT'S ROLLING UP. IT'S ROLLING BACK DOWN.

AND I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS GOT SO BIG AND IT IS IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

BUT THE WORD SCHOOL CHOICE.

SO I AGREE COMPLETELY ON TAKING THAT OUT.

IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WE HAVE CHOICE.

THERE'S NO RESTRICTION WHATSOEVER.

THIS IS REALLY JUST ABOUT TAX DOLLARS.

THIS IS ABOUT WHERE THEY STAY HOW THEY'RE ALLOCATED.

SO I THINK AS WE GO OUT AND WE HAVE OUR OUR PERSONAL SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, AND WE'RE ADVOCATING PERSONALLY AND BASED ON THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US LEADING OUR COMMUNITY BY NOT USING THAT LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THAT LANGUAGE IS NOT ACCURATE.

THIS IS THIS IS A TAXING, A TAXING ISSUE, IF YOU WILL, NOT A CHOICE ISSUE.

YEAH, I.

FULL TRANSPARENCY. WE'RE BEING VERY HONEST.

I LOVE THIS, Y'ALL. I LOVE HONESTY AT THE DICE.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME WHAT I WANTED FOR TONIGHT.

OKAY, UM, I AM GOING TO LEAD BY BEING MY OWN HONEST, I, I PERSONALLY ACTUALLY DON'T EVEN THINK WE NEED TO PASS A RESOLUTION.

I KNOW THAT'LL MAKE ME NOT THE POPULAR PERSON AT THE DICE.

REASON BEING, I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A TAX EDUCATION DISCUSSION RATHER THAN A LITTLE BIT OF A CIRCULAR, JUST PUT A STAMP ON IT AND MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A PUBLIC STATEMENT.

I'M NOT A SUPER LIKE SHOWY PERSON, AND I JUST KIND OF FEEL LIKE THIS RESOLUTION, LIKE EVERY OTHER DISTRICT, IS JUST A LITTLE BIT SHOWY THAT I DON'T REALLY PERSONALLY THINK IS MOVING THE NEEDLE. I THINK WHAT MOVES THE NEEDLE IS THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT KIM'S HAVING, I THINK CONVERSATIONS I THINK ACTUALLY REACHING OUT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

I THINK EVEN EDUCATING YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT THAT WHAT HAPPENING IS GOOD OR BAD.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT, BUT JUST.

THIS IS A TAX DISCUSSION.

AND HONESTLY, I THINK THE ANGER BECOMES BECAUSE REALLY OUR LEGISLATOR FRANKLY DID LEAD PUBLIC EDUCATION DOWN THIS PAST SESSION.

WE DIDN'T GET ANY INCREASE IN, YOU KNOW, DAILY RATE FOR STUDENTS OR ALLOTMENT RATE.

WE DIDN'T GET ANY TEACHER PAY.

WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING THAT REALLY IS GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A WORKSHOP BEFORE THIS MEETING REALLY, FRANKLY, TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT PAY IS FOR TEACHERS.

AND WE GOT NO NOTHING, NO RELIEF FROM THE LEGISLATOR ON THAT.

SO THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION REALLY ULTIMATELY DOES COME OUT OF A FUND THAT PROBABLY IS COMING LARGELY FROM OUR RECAPTURE DOLLARS.

WE STILL KEEP THOUGH OUR TAX DOLLARS IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO THIS ISN'T REALLY STEALING NECESSARILY FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.

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I DON'T THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE.

NOW THAT IS ME.

STEFANI REINOLD. PERSONALLY, I THINK IT IS NOT A SMART DECISION.

STEFANI REINOLD AS BOARD PRESIDENT.

I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE PASSING A RESOLUTION RIGHT NOW.

NO ONE HAS OFFERED THAT FROM THE DAIS, SO I'M JUST OFFERING THAT FOR DISCUSSION.

I LOVE OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WITH THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE.

I WANTED THE RESOLUTION TO BE PREPARED BECAUSE WE HAD HAD MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS REQUESTED, AND I WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BOARD AS A WHOLE TO DISCUSS.

AND I WILL SUBMIT TO THE WILL OF THE BOARD IN BUILDING CONSENSUS WITH YOU ALL BUT ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

THAT'S HOW I FEEL. MARY JANE.

I MEAN, I'M JUST REFLECTING OVER THE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TIMES WHEN I HAVE FELT LIKE THE COMMUNITY FELT LET DOWN BY WHATEVER BOARD AT THE TIME WAS BECAUSE OF NOT MAKING MORE OF A BOLD STATEMENT ABOUT WHATEVER WAS THE ISSUE AT HAND.

AND SO I DON'T SEE THE DOWNSIDE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WILL THINK THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PUMP LOOK AT US.

I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS VERY REAL, VERY SERIOUS.

AND WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS? UM, I ALSO, SINCE WE'RE BRINGING UP MORE PERSONAL THINGS, IT'S NOT JUST PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION GOING UP.

THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE WAITING TO JUMP AT THE CHANCE TO CREATE THEIR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT BLOWS MY MIND, IS BECAUSE GOVERNOR ABBOTT OR LEGISLATORS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY, TAX DOLLARS ONLY GET TO GO TO THESE KINDS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS, MEANING IT COULD BE MADRASSAS, IT COULD BE ANYTHING.

AND SO THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER SIDE OF THIS DEBATE.

BUT I THINK THIS IS VERY HEALTHY CONVERSATION.

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY, THANK YOU, ROB, FOR GETTING THAT STARTED OR I GUESS YOU GOT IT STARTED.

ANY OTHER PARTICULAR LANGUAGE THAT ANY TRUSTEE FEELS LIKE MUST CHANGE? I KIND OF HAVE ROB'S.

STEFANI, DID YOU CALL ME? TRICIA. SORRY. NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION.

I KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT ROB SAID.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, AS A BOARD, REPRESENTING OUR CONSTITUENTS.

I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING AND REPRESENTING AISD'S BOARD OR THEIR.

YOU KNOW, THAT I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE WE ARE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE WERE ELECTED BY OUR CONSTITUENTS, WE NEED TO FIGHT OUR OWN BATTLES.

AND SO, UM.

THAT'S KIND OF THE LANGUAGE ISSUES THAT I WAS HAVING WITH THE PRIORITIES AS WELL.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTING PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A WHOLE.

OLIVIA. I COMPLETELY AGREE, BUT JUST THE NATURE OF THIS LIKE IT IS.

THE DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE MADE AT A STATE LEVEL FOR ALL STATE PUBLIC EDUCATION.

BUT I DO THINK THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT ADVOCACY IS OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE.

AND IT'S OKAY ON THE DYESS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DISAGREEMENTS.

AND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE EVERYONE PROBABLY HAS SOME LIKE PROS AND CONS, WHAT MARY JANE JUST BROUGHT UP, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

WHEN YOU OPEN THIS UP, THERE MIGHT BE A GROUP OF PEOPLE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GO OPEN A CERTAIN TYPE OF SCHOOL, BUT DO YOU WANT AN X, Y, Z? TAKE WHATEVER YOUR BIGGEST FEAR IS AND THAT SCHOOL IS COMING UP, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT LAYERS TO IT.

SO I DO SUPPORT DOING A RESOLUTION BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR THAT.

BUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT WE HAVE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, THAT WE ALL AGREE ON EVERY SINGLE THING, BUT DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS THAT WE ARE GOING TO STAND TO PROTECT PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING? AND IF WE AGREE TO THAT AND WE AGREE TO THE LANGUAGE, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RESOLUTION.

ALL RIGHT. KEEPING THE RESOLUTION WITH THE ONLY AMENDMENTS BEING MADE IS TAKING AWAY.

AND STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND ON NUMBER ONE, TAKING AWAY SCHOOL CHOICE.

IS THAT THE ONLY ADDENDUMS I HEAR? TRICIA. ROB. MARY. JANE.

OLIVIA. KIM.

OKAY, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE.

TRICIA. SORRY. AND I ACTUALLY WROTE IT DOWN, BUT.

SO WE RECOMMENDED TO BE AS THE PRIORITY TO ADVOCATE TO THE STATE SHOULD HOLD HARMLESS THAT NOT PENALIZE AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY VALUE

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AND SINCE WE DID THAT.

WOULDN'T WE WANT TO PUT IT ON OUR PRIORITY LIST IN OUR RESOLUTION? YEAH. AS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY.

WE GAVE IT TO THEM AS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY.

I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT IT ON OURS.

I DO, I HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATION TO TASBIH AS A PRIORITY.

PRIORITY WAS TO ADVOCATE THAT THE STATE SHOULD HOLD HARMLESS AND NOT PENALIZE AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY VALUE VARIABLES BETWEEN LOCAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AND STATE CONTROLLER VALUE DETERMINATIONS.

SO. I WENT 100%.

LOVE THAT WE DID THAT.

I THINK MAYBE, THOUGH, IT DOESN'T FIT THE PURVIEW OF THE SPECIAL SESSION THE THIRD.

THERE WERE SOME OTHER ADDED THINGS IN OURS AS WELL, SO I JUST WASN'T SURE IF.

IF THAT WAS A THING.

BUT AND WE KIND OF TOOK FROM HAYS CISD THESE RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION.

YES. BUT THEY'RE STILL TWEAKED TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES PULLED OVER AND I DON'T IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHAT YOU ALL HAD IN THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

THIS IS REALLY ABOUT FREEING UP IF KIM OR OTHERS ARE GOING TO THE CAPITOL, THEN Y'ALL ALL AGREE ON AND CAN SAY FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS, THIS IS OUR VIEWPOINT, WHICH IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET Y'ALL THROUGH THAT.

RIGHT. YEAH.

SO WE ADDED THE ACCOUNTABILITY BASED ON THE LAWSUIT, WHICH ISN'T IN THE CALLING.

WE ADDED IN THE TEACHER HOUSING ALLOTMENT BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY STRONG PRIORITY FOR THIS BOARD AND ANOTHER ONE OF OUR SPECIAL PRIORITIES.

SO I PUT IT IN BECAUSE I THINK IT TIES TO THE TEACHER RETENTION AND PAY PIECE.

AND SO CERTAINLY WE COULD FIND A WAY TO ADD IN THE PROPERTY VALUE UNDER EDUCATION FUNDING AND RECAPTURE.

I THINK IT COULD FIT THERE NATURALLY IF YOU ALL WANTED THAT IN.

I LOVE HOLD HARMLESS PAYS WELL AND WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THIS, BUT THIS IS ALSO TO FREE UP OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WHO GETS ASKED QUESTIONS DIRECTLY FROM LEGISLATORS.

AND WE WANT HER TO HAVE VERY CLEAR MARCHING ORDERS FROM THE BOARD.

HAVING A DIVIDED BOARD MAKES HER VOICE VERY CONFLICTED AND MAKES THOSE CONVERSATIONS VERY MUDDY AND ULTIMATELY WHERE WE GET NOTHING DONE.

SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET ON THE SAME PAGE, AND WE'RE VERY CLEAR TO INSTRUCT OUR SUPERINTENDENT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS WELL.

AND FOR ME AS YOUR BOARD PRESIDENT, THIS IS A VERY HELPFUL CONVERSATION FOR ME TO HEAR.

ALL OF YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

ROB. WELL, LET ME BACK YOU UP IN YOUR WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REALLY DESIRED.

IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY OR NOT? I THINK WE DO THIS ANNUALLY OR WHENEVER THERE'S A LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING TO MEET, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY SPECIAL SESSIONS WE GET TO EIGHT, TEN, 12, HOWEVER MANY IT'S GOING TO BE. AND WE WE TALK THROUGH IT, WE LET GET IT OUT THERE AND WE STICK TO IT.

WE'RE GOING TO WASTE A LOT OF TIME WHERE WE COULD BE OTHERWISE TALKING ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES.

WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS OUTSIDE OF REVISING OUR LEGISLATIVE THIRD SPECIAL SESSION LANGUAGE.

SO I AGREE WITH YOU, STEPHANIE, 100%.

AND SO I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.

I'D ENCOURAGE US PHILOSOPHICALLY, I WANT TO SAY THIS ON THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I'LL SAY IT TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL.

RIGHT. AND THIS IS REALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR HOLLY'S SUPERINTENDENT, FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN THE ROOM.

LIKE, WE CAN SIT HERE AND TALK A LOT ABOUT STUFF WE DON'T CONTROL, RIGHT? WE DON'T CONTROL ANY OF THIS.

RIGHT. IF WE WANT TO CONTROL IT, WE'RE GOING TO RUN FOR STATE REP AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CONTROL.

WE DON'T. RIGHT NOW, I'M A BIG FAN OF ADVOCATE ADVOCACY AND ALL THAT STUFF.

RIGHT. AND WE CAN DO THAT.

KIM, I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT.

WAY TO GO. ABSOLUTELY.

YOU GOT MY FULL SUPPORT. GO, GO GET THEM RIGHT.

I WOULD BE THERE WITH YOU, BUT I HAVE TO GO TO MY DAY JOB BECAUSE I GOT TO EARN INCOME.

RIGHT? THIS SCHOOL BOARD THING DOESN'T PAY VERY WELL.

BUT FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND THOSE WHO DO THIS, LIKE WE GOT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL AND WHAT WE CONTROL, RIGHT? I WAS ALREADY REALLY PROUD TO SEE THAT WE'RE REACTING TO LEGISLATION THAT CAME OUT OF THIS PREVIOUS SESSION, THE 80TH LEGISLATURE, AROUND SPECIAL SERVICES, AND WE'RE ALREADY AHEAD OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT.

THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF WE GOT TO KEEP DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

WE GOT TO DO THOSE THINGS WELL BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, OUR KIDS START TO SUFFER.

SO LET'S SPEND LESS TIME ARGUING ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T CONTROL, MORE TIME FOCUSING ON WHAT WE DO.

THAT'S MY PHILOSOPHY, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

AND ONCE WE COME UP WITH A LANGUAGE THAT WE ALL AGREE ON TONIGHT AND WE GET IT PASSED, IT'S A GREAT DOCUMENT TO TAKE DOWN TO THE CAPITOL, TO DISTRIBUTE AND TO THESE OFFICES.

WHEN YOU MEET WITH PEOPLE AND YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT, THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE ADOPTED AND THIS IS HOW THEY FEEL.

AND IF PEOPLE DON'T GO DOWN THERE AND I'M GLAD I'M RETIRED AND I HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD, ANYTIME I GET BODIED, I'LL GET UP AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND I DRIVE DOWN THERE AND I'M THERE WHEN THE DOOR IS OPEN, I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND MEETING WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING MAJOR DECISIONS.

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AND I'M I'M PROUD TO DO IT.

I'M HONORED TO DO IT. I DID GO DOWN AS AN INDIVIDUAL LAST WEEK AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL I'M TOLD OTHERWISE, BUT THE QUESTIONS THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE ASKING JUST WERE AMAZING TO ME, AND THAT WE COULD ANSWER THEM AND FILL THEM IN AND AND GET THEM SPECIFICS.

AND IF I DON'T KNOW AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION, I'M GOING TO TEXT SOMEBODY AND GET THE EXACT INFORMATION.

I THINK I TEXTED MARY JANE AND SHE SENT ME THE ANSWER BACK, AND I GOT IT RIGHT TO THE REPRESENTATIVE.

SO A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS IS PRETTY POWERFUL WHEN YOU GO DOWN THERE TO HAND TO THEM.

YES. MARY JANE.

I JUST WANTED TO OFFER TWO OTHER THINGS LISTENING TO THIS DISCUSSION.

ONE IS, IT'S POWERFUL TO BE ABLE TO SAY THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD, WHATEVER YOU'VE HEARD OVER THE YEARS, UNANIMOUSLY. I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT CONSENSUS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS TO ME WHERE IF WE CAN GET THERE, THAT'S THAT'S A POWERFUL STATEMENT.

AND ALSO WHEN WE ARE MORE ENGAGED LIKE THIS, WHEN KIM COMES BACK AND SAYS, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS, AND THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENT DATA THAT THE LEGISLATORS ARE INTERESTED IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE AT THE READY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY MADE THIS A PRIORITY, WE CAN ASK HOLLY TO GO TO HER STAFF AND TO TRY TO COME UP WITH.

MORE INFORMATION, WHATEVER THEY'RE ASKING US SO THAT WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE.

ALL RIGHT, I HEAR YOU BORED.

AND I HOPE OUR SUPERINTENDENT DOES TOO.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

I, I VERY MUCH SHARE IN THE SENTIMENT OF ALMOST EVERYBODY AT THE DAIS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL SAID.

I WAS DOUBTFUL OF THIS AND AND ROB, TO THAT END, THIS IS A PART OF OUR JOB, AND ADVOCACY IS A PART THAT DOES ULTIMATELY LEAD TO STUDENT OUTCOMES.

BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BECAUSE THAT'S ORIGINALLY WHERE I WAS COMING FROM.

SO ALL RIGHT, THIS WILL BE ON THE ACTION FOR NEXT WEEK.

THEN WITH THOSE CHANGES, UNLESS WE HEAR ANY EMAILS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

[10. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

ANYTHING ON ANY REPORT TO HIGHLIGHT.

DR. KIDD. NO, JUST THAT IT'S FULL OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT TO GT, PSAT, ALL THE ACRONYMS FIT IN THIS REPORT AND JUST SOME REQUIREMENTS AROUND PRE K ENGAGEMENT PLAN.

SO THAT'S BEEN UPDATED.

MARY JANE. SO I JUST HAD ONE ONE QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW.

DO YOU FOLLOW TEXAS 2036? NO, NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

I'VE JUST BEEN STRUCK BY THE UPDATES OF LATE, OF THIS KIND OF MANTRA OF PROVIDING THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WHICH CAME OUT OF THE 88TH, AND I STILL CAN'T MAKE COMPLETE SENSE OF IT BECAUSE YOUR DEPARTMENT IS CHARGED WITH.

THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT MEET THE TEKS.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IS IT FOR DISTRICTS THAT MAYBE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF LIKE THEY THEY THINK THEY'RE MEETING THE TEAKS, BUT THE MATERIALS ARE ACTUALLY WEAK.

YOU'RE TALKING. BE WATCHING AND FOLLOWING ALONG SO THEY'LL START.

I THINK THIS WEEK.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

IT'S BRAND NEW. THERE'S A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS.

I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF COST SAVINGS IF YOU GO WITH THOSE MATERIALS, BUT.

WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF CHOOSING ITEMS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO THE STANDARDS ALREADY, AND WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY.

SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT THE WHY BEHIND THAT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

ALL RIGHT. FINANCE REPORTS.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ON THE TAX COLLECTION REPORT, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THERE ARE SOME NEGATIVE BALANCES.

WE DID CONTACT THE TAX OFFICE ABOUT THAT, AND IT'S MORE OF A TIMING AND A STAFFING ISSUE FOR THEM.

THEY UPLOADED SOME SUPPLEMENTS LATE AND THAT IS WHAT'S CAUSING THE NEGATIVE BALANCES.

AND OF COURSE WE DON'T BRING IN A LOT OF COLLECTIONS RIGHT NOW.

THAT SHOULD START IN THE NEXT MONTH.

THEY WILL BE SENDING OUT BILLING.

I THINK EARLY NOVEMBER IS WHAT SHE SAID.

THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE THIS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

THEY THINK IT'S DUE AGAIN STAFFING SHORTAGE, SOME NEW PEOPLE THAT SHE'S TRAINING BUT THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED NOW.

SO FUTURE YEARS WE SHOULDN'T.

IF WE HAVE NEGATIVE BALANCES THEY SHOULD HIT SOONER.

[01:20:02]

AND SO THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THAT.

BUT IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED EARLIER THAN WHAT IT DID.

SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.

OLIVIA WE WENT OR KERRY ISAAC DID LIKE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR THE SPECIAL LAST NIGHT.

AND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PROP FOUR, IS IT GOING IS IT GOING TO RETRO? IS THAT CORRECT? SO I KNOW WHAT THE.

I'M NOT SURE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING, BUT THEY CAN GO BACK.

IF THEY DO REFUNDS, THEY CAN GO BACK A YEAR NOW, LIKE THEY CAN DO THE CURRENT YEAR AND A YEAR PRIOR TO THAT, SO THEY CAN REFUND FOR ALMOST LIKE A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

I THINK THAT THAT IS NEWER LEGISLATION IN THE LAST.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THAT WENT IN.

I CAN'T I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT I'M NOT SURE WHEN, BUT THAT IS THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING.

BUT THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING IF WE CAN GET HIT WITH REFUNDS UP TO TWO YEARS.

BUT NOW I WAS ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE INCREASED THE INCREASED, UM, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION GOING FROM 40 TO 1000.

WE VOTE FOR THAT IN NOVEMBER AND THEN THE BILLS DUE IN JANUARY WILL, ACCORDING TO THIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, WILL ACTUALLY GO BACK.

SO LIKE RIGHT NOW WHEN I GET MY ESTIMATED TAX BILL, I'M ASSUMING THE 40,000 RIGHT NOW, IT WILL HAVE THE 100,000.

THEY'RE ALREADY ASSUMING THAT THAT LEGISLATION WILL PASS.

BUT IF IT DOES PASS IN NOVEMBER, DOES IT GO INTO EFFECT FOR THE CALENDAR 20 FOR YEAR 20 TAX YEAR 23? OKAY. SO WHEN WE BALANCED EVERYTHING WITH THAT ASSUMPTION YES THAT'S OKAY.

YES. THANK YOU MARY JANE.

SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS IS ALL TIED TOGETHER.

BUT ON THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET I REMEMBER YOU, ELAINE, SAYING THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT ACTUAL TO BUDGET AND THE DELTA YEAR OVER YEAR. AND SO STATE PROGRAM FUNDS THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 19%.

AND LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME IT WAS 44%.

IS THAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE SAME? I THINK LAST YEAR'S STATE FUND WAS OVERSTATED BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME BOOKED IN SEPTEMBER THAT WAS ACTUALLY A RECEIVABLE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

OKAY. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES OR ANTICIPATING..

THE REFUNDS THAT GEENA IS REFERRING TO IS ON OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS, WHICH WHEN IT.

INTERCHANGE WITH THE STATE AID AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OPERATION REPORTS.

SO YOU DO HAVE A 23 REPORT FOR THE BOND 23.

THIS IS THE FIRST REPORT.

AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE THERE ARE SOME EXPENDITURES RELATED TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

AND THE WORK THAT WE DID AT THE BOARD DID APPROVE A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.

SO WHEN WE DO SELL AND RECEIVE THE BOND PROCEEDS LATER THIS CALENDAR YEAR WILL REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT.

ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS REPORT IS PRETTY BROAD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS.

SO AS WE AS WE BID PROJECTS, AS WE GET MORE DETAIL, WE'LL BREAK THAT OUT FURTHER WHEN WE KNOW THE BUDGETS FOR THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, IT TIES TO THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION OF 223 MILLION.

AND THEN THIS IS THE REPORT THAT WE WILL USE TO SHOW THE STATUS OF THE 23 BOND.

SO IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN 2018 ONE BECAUSE THE 2018 ONE HAD TO RECREATE.

THERE WERE MANY YEARS THAT HAD ALREADY TRANSPIRED, BUT THIS MORE MIMICS WHAT I WAS USING IN A PREVIOUS LIFE.

SO BETTER.

THAT'S GREAT. I THINK IT'S BETTER.

YES IT IS VERY GOOD.

YEAH. 2018 BOND PROGRAM.

SO $5.872 MILLION.

WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE FOR AS WE DISSOLVE THEM.

IS THIS OUTSIDE OF ADDITIONAL INTEREST INCOME THAT WE GENERATE ON THAT $5.872 MILLION FOR THE NEXT LITTLE BIT HERE? THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE WILL HAVE AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE THAT TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY, SECURITY, LAND ACQUISITION THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE ACTION ITEM AGENDA.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO THAT $5.8 MILLION REPRESENTS THE BALANCE RIGHT NOW.

BUT IF YOU LOOK UP, REMEMBER 4.2 OF THAT IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS LAND AND WILL REMAIN ALLOCATED TOWARDS LAND.

GREAT. OKAY. SO THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US ABOUT 19.2 FOR FUTURE LAND ACQUISITIONS.

YES. CORRECT. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE OVER WHATEVER.

THE DELTA IS A MILLION PLUS.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT ONE POINT I THINK I CALCULATED 1.6 MILLION.

WHEN WE CLOSE OUT ALL OF THE OTHER FUNDS THAT STILL HAVE BALANCES ON THEM, OKAY.

PLUS INTEREST INCOME THAT WILL GENERATE.

RIGHT. WHILE WE'RE WAITING, EARNING ABOUT 80,000 A MONTH ON INTEREST INCOME ON THIS FUND RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT INTEREST NUMBER, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW 390,000 THAT HASN'T BEEN ALLOCATED, THAT CONTINUES TO GROW EACH MONTH.

GREAT. UNTIL WE SPEND ALL THESE DOWN OKAY I UNDERSTAND.

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I LOVE IT LIKE THIS IS THAT'S IT'S IT'S WHAT I'M USED TO LOOKING AT AND WITH CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCE AND I JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BREAKDOWN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. HUMAN RESOURCES.

WE GOT SOME UPDATES FROM OUR WORKSHOP.

ANY OTHER HIGHLIGHTS? NO, REALLY, JUST THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THOSE VACANCIES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU THAT VACANCY REPORT.

HOPEFULLY SOON IT'LL ALL BE ZEROS, BUT WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

SURPRISINGLY, THIS MONTH WE DON'T HAVE ANY LAND SUBDIVISIONS, ANNEXATIONS, CHANGES.

THAT WAS REALLY UNEXPECTED WITH KATIE AND I WENT AND LOOKED AT IT AND WENT, OH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THIS MONTH, REALLY.

SO JUST SOME LEGAL FEES AND YOUR USUAL MONTHLY REPORT.

JUST AN UPDATE ON THAT. 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, SECTIONS 551.071,

[11. CLOSED SESSION]

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.

[12. OPEN SESSION]

WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 8:09 P.M..

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.