Dec 18, 2023 Regular Meeting

GOOD EVENING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM ]

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THE TIME IS NOW 6:02 P.M..

WE HAVE A QUORUM THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE, SHANNON O'CONNOR AND ROUTE.

WE HAVE OLIVIA JOINING US VIRTUALLY.

BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE STEFANI REINOLD TONIGHT.

AND SHE IS WITH FAMILY AND THE LOSS OF HER FATHER.

SO WE OFFER OUR PRAYERS FOR HER TONIGHT.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR, OPENING CEREMONIES.

SEE. WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, TO THE US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

AND I'M HONORED TO INVITE THREE CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS UP TO THE FRONT TO LEAD US IN THOSE PLEDGES.

WE HAVE FIFTH GRADER HAYDEN HINES.

FIRST GRADER HOUSTON HEIGHTS AND THIRD GRADER HEZEKIAH MARLER.

SO IF Y'ALL WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S HEZEKIAH'S BIRTHDAY.

YES. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

SO PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGES.

PLEASE PREPARE TO HONOR THE FLAGS.

THANK YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR LEADING OUR PLEDGES.

YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

THAT WAS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

OKAY. FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, I WANT TO START OFF WITH THANKING THE DRIPPING SPRINGS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS ]

CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WON.

WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT THEY WROTE A GRANT AND SO EXCITED THAT THEY WERE FUNDED.

AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP.

WE ALSO WANTED TO REMIND OUR FAMILIES THAT ALL CAMPUSES WILL HAVE AN EARLY RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE RELEASED AT NOON.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE RELEASED AT 1:10 P.M..

WE HAVE WINTER BREAK STARTING DECEMBER 21ST THROUGH JANUARY 3RD.

THE FOURTH AND FIFTH WILL BE STUDENT HOLIDAYS AND STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS, AND OUR CLASSES WILL RESUME ON MONDAY, JANUARY 8TH.

WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK.

SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT WILL BEGIN.

BOTH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE CHANGING.

THERE'S MORE INFORMATION BEING SENT TO PARENTS BEFORE THE BREAK BEGINS.

AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF ON A GREAT SEMESTER AND SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYONE HAVING A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY AND COMING BACK WELL RESTED IN JANUARY IN JANUARY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE WILL MOVE TO THE RECOGNITIONS PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

[4. RECOGNITIONS ]

WE HAVE WE HAVE DEREK WOODS.

GOOD EVENING. I'M DEREK WOODS, DIRECTOR OF BANDS HERE AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A SMALL REPRESENTATION OF SOME OF OUR STUDENT LEADERS OF THE MARCHING BAND.

AND WE ALSO HAVE AFTER THAT, WE HAVE SOME OF THESE STUDENTS THAT ALSO ARE QUALIFIED FOR THE TMEA AREA LEVEL

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SO WE HAVE SOME STUDENT LEADERS UP HERE.

I'LL LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEIR INSTRUMENT AND YOUR GRADE.

AND ALSO YOU CAN TELL US IF YOU'RE AN AREA STUDENT.

WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL MARCHING BAND SEASON.

NOT JUST BECAUSE COMPETITIVELY WE DID WELL.

BUT I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE GROWTH AND, EXCUSE ME, THE DEDICATION AND, FORTITUDE, REALLY, OF THE STUDENTS.

THIS WAS OUR LONGEST COMPETITIVE SEASON THAT WE'VE EVER TRIED TO DO.

USUALLY WE, YOU KNOW, GET THROUGH AREA AND GO TO OUR STATE, LEVEL COMPETITION.

AND THAT HAPPENED AGAIN, IN THE PAST, THE, THE WAY THE UIL HAS SET UP MARCHING BAND, AT THE STATE LEVEL WAS EVEN DIVISIONS LIKE THE 2A4 A-6A GROUPS WOULD GO ONE YEAR AND THEN THE ODDS WOULD GO THE NEXT YEAR. SO IT USED TO BE THAT A MARCHING BAND COULD ONLY QUALIFY EVERY OTHER YEAR.

FOR STATE THAT CHANGED.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT ALL DIVISIONS WERE ABLE TO QUALIFY.

AND MOVING ON, WE CAN QUALIFY EVERY YEAR.

WHICH IS GREAT.

AND THEN THAT ALSO PUTS A LITTLE MORE STRAIN AND STRESS ON THE WHOLE.

EVERY YEAR KIND OF A THING.

BUT, BECAUSE WE ARE SIX A WE WENT ON OCTOBER 30TH, WHICH IS ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER THAN OUR NORMAL STATE TIME.

WHICH ACTUALLY WORKED OUT REALLY WELL FOR US.

WE DID WELL AT AREA, GOT TO THE STATE LEVEL.

ENDED UP 15TH OVERALL.

17TH. SORRY.

DON'T WANT TO SPREAD RUMORS.

17TH OVERALL OUT OF 43 I THINK WERE AT THAT CONTEST AND WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT.

THAT EQUALED THE THE TIME BEFORE, WHICH WAS OUR FIRST YEAR IN SIX-A.

SO THAT WAS A.

I WOULD JUST WIPED MY BROW.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I FELT LIKE.

WE DID IT AGAIN.

AND SO THAT WAS AWESOME.

AND THEN WE TOOK, ALL 192 STUDENTS AND ALMOST 50 PARENTS TO INDIANAPOLIS, TO COMPETE AT THE BANDS OF AMERICA GRAND NATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WE PERFORMED AT 845 FRIDAY MORNING.

AND IT'S A TWO DAY PRELIMINARY.

THERE WAS ALL DAY THURSDAY.

AND THEN WE WERE THE KIND OF IN THE BEGINNING OF THE FRIDAY, GROUP, NOT 100.

NO, 92, WAS IT? YEAH, 92 BANDS OVERALL.

SO FROM THE PRELIMS, WE MADE IT INTO THE SEMIFINALS, WHICH WAS THE TOP 36, AND THEN WE WERE ENDED UP, 15TH, 17TH, 15TH.

IT THE COMPETITIVE PART IS GREAT.

IT'S NOT MY MOST LIKE THIS IS WHY WE DO IT.

I WAS MOST EXCITED BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS THE END OF THE SEASON, WE GOT OFF THE 18 HOUR BUS TRIP.

WE HAD A HOTEL THAT, ONCE YOU GOT IN THE ROOMS, WAS GREAT, BUT THE WHOLE LOBBY AREA WAS BEING RENOVATED.

AND SO GETTING UP AND DOWN AND IN AND OUT WAS LESS THAN IDEAL.

THE REHEARSALS WE HAD HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS WERE LIKE, AMAZING.

THEY WERE FAIRLY SHORT, BUT THEY WERE VERY ENERGETIC AND ENERGIZED.

AND THE, THE STUDENTS REALLY KIND OF DUG DOWN AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE. WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN.

AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL.

THEN, WE TOOK ALL THESE NUMBERS AS PART OF MY ISSUE.

AS I GET OLDER, WE TOOK 92 STUDENTS TO THE TMEA REGION, AUDITIONS, WHICH WERE THREE, FOUR WEEKS AGO.

THEN WE HAD 52 THAT WERE, PARTICIPATING IN THE CLINIC AND MADE A BAND.

AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE 21 STUDENTS THAT QUALIFIED FOR AREA, WHICH IS ON JANUARY 6TH.

AND THAT'S THE THE THE LAST HURDLE TO MAKING THE ALL-STATE BAND.

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SO WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF INCREASING THAT.

THAT SITUATION IS VERY MUCH, INDIVIDUAL WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE PREPARING AND HAVE TO AUDITION AS AN INDIVIDUAL VERSUS THE MARCHING BAND, WHICH IS THE WHOLE BIG GROUP.

SO IT REALLY GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING SO THESE STUDENTS CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, REMEMBER YOUR NAME GRADE INSTRUMENT.

AND IF YOU DID AREA IN YOUR SECTION WE READ SOMETHING.

I'M GRAHAM MCALPINE, I'M A SENIOR, I PLAY THE FRENCH HORN.

AND I QUALIFIED FOR ARIA.

DREW DA SALEK.

I'M A SENIOR.

I'M A TUBA SECTION LEADER AND AN ARIA QUALIFIER.

I'M ISAAC SEARFOSS, I'M A JUNIOR.

I PLAY TROMBONE, AND I'M A DRUM MAJOR.

I'M WOODROW MOORE, I'M A DRUM MAJOR AND A BASS CLARINET.

AND I MADE ARIA.

I'M A SENIOR. MY NAME IS KEEGAN BALLARD.

I'M A JUNIOR, I PLAY TROMBONE, AND I'M A SECTION LEADER.

AND I MADE ARIA. I'M BROCK, I'M A BARITONE SECTION LEADER, AND I'M A JUNIOR.

I'M FINLEY TAYLOR, I'M A SENIOR, I PLAY TROMBONE.

I WAS A BARITONE SECTION LEADER.

I'M GAVIN MCALPINE, I PLAY CLARINET, AND I MADE ARIA.

I'M JAXON WILLIAMS, I'M A TROMBONE SECTION LEADER, AND I'M A SOPHOMORE.

I'M IZZY, I'M A SOPHOMORE, AND I'M A FLUTE SECTION LEADER.

I'M ALYSSA, I AM A JUNIOR.

I PLAY FLUTE AND PICCOLO, AND I'M A SECTION LEADER FOR FLUTE.

AND I QUALIFIED FOR ARIA ON PICCOLO.

HI, I'M MADDIE, I'M A SENIOR FLUTE PLAYER AND DRUM MAJOR, AND I QUALIFIED FOR AREA ON FLUTE.

THERE YOU GO. YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

THERE YOU GO. SHE'S DONE THIS BEFORE.

SHE'S A SENIOR. WHAT WAS I WAS.

OH, WHEN WE WHEN BLAKE BARRINGTON FIRST ASKED US TO ATTEND TO BE RECOGNIZED, IT WAS LAST MONTH'S BOARD MEETING, WHICH WAS THE MONDAY NIGHT AFTER WE GOT BACK FROM INDIANAPOLIS ON SUNDAY AT, LIKE 10:00.

AND I SAID, CAN WE MOVE IT BACK? NOT REALLY REALIZING THAT TONIGHT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF FINALS WEEK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THESE STUDENTS BRAVED THAT OBSTACLE, AND THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO WE NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE.

YEAH. OH, CONGRATULATIONS.

WAY TO GO. GREAT JOB. DEREK.

CONGRATULATIONS, DEREK.

TRULY PHENOMENAL SEASON I WAS.

SO GLAD TO LISTEN.

I KNOW KIM IS ABLE TO GO TO A COUPLE OF EXTRA COMPETITIONS AND, REALLY DO US PROUD.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO OUR DECEMBER RETIREMENTS WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER, LINDA HALL AND DOCTOR HOLLY MORRIS-KUENTZ.

THANK YOU. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE COACH TRENT LISLE TONIGHT FROM WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

COACH LYLE HAS BEEN WITH DZ ISD.

THIS IS HIS NINTH YEAR AND HE HAS SERVED 28 YEARS TOTAL IN EDUCATION.

AND WE ARE SO VERY JUST GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR KIDS.

AND I KNOW WALNUT'S GOING TO MISS YOU AND THE DISTRICT'S GOING TO MISS YOU, BUT JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

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WELCOME TO THE RETIREMENT CLUB.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

[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 SPEAKERS 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 SERVED 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, AND ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, THE TIMER WILL BEGIN.

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

WE HAVE ANGELICA REYES.

JOHNSON. IS THAT RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. MAY I DO THE MY FIRST, PUBLIC INFORMATION, SPEECH IN SPANISH.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I'LL TRANSLATE IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

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I'M ANGELICA REYES JOHNSON, AND I'VE BEEN A PARENT OF THIS DISTRICT FOR 11 YEARS.

CURRENTLY, I VOLUNTEER IN THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM AT DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY FOR MY SON'S FIRST GRADE CLASS.

I AM HERE TO COMMAND AND THANK THE DEDICATED TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO MAKE OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM EXCEPTIONAL.

HOWEVER, MY GRATITUDE COMES WITH CONCERNS.

I'M NOT CRITIQUING THE PROGRAM.

INSTEAD, I'M ADDRESSING THE BIGGER WORRIES ABOUT THE STATE OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN TEXAS.

JUST LIKE THE WHOLE NATION AND OUR STATE, OUR SMALL TOWN IS EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST GRADE CLASS.

MY SON IS PART OF THE CLASSROOM AND HE'S ALSO A SPED STUDENT.

I AM WORRIED THAT THE INCREASE IN STUDENT TEACHER RATIO IN HIS CLASS WILL HINDER HIS ACADEMIC JOURNEY.

AS OF LAST WEEK, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 26 STUDENTS IN HIS CLASSROOM.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE HOLIDAYS WHEN MORE FAMILIES ARRIVE? VOLUNTEERING IN THIS SCHOOL I HAVE WITNESSED OUR BILINGUAL STAFF IS CURRENTLY STRETCHED AND LACKING BILINGUAL RESOURCES, HINDERING THE SUCCESS OF OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM. I'M SEEING INTERVENTIONISTS WITH SEVEN AND MULTIPLE STUDENTS USING SIRI TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.

THEY NEED YOUR HELP.

AGAIN, I AM HERE TO PRAISE THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT IS MUCH NEEDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M HERE TO SHARE CONCERNS AND THAT NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

I'VE WILL INCLUDE IN AN EMAIL LATER TONIGHT MORE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THIS IS UNDER THREE MINUTES.

TEXAS LACKS A MANDATE.

MAXIMUM STUDENT PER TEACHER RATIO FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

PLEASE SET A LIMIT ON WHAT MY SON'S CLASSROOM STUDENT RATIO SHOULD BE, AS THE SURGE OF SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

URGENTLY HIRE A CERTIFIED BILINGUAL FIRST GRADE TEACHER AND A BILINGUAL INTERVENTIONIST TO SUPPORT THEIR GROWING NEEDS OF OUR SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A SALARY AND INCENTIVE INCREASE FOR OUR BILINGUAL SUPPORT STAFF WHO CAN WHO HAVE VALUED SO THAT WE CAN VALUE THEIR CURRENT SERVICE AND PAY THEM ACCORDINGLY.

THIS INCLUDES OUR BILINGUAL RECEPTIONIST, SECRETARY, TEACHER AIDES, AND ANYONE USING THEIR BILINGUAL SKILLS AT DSC.

INCREASED SALARY RATES AND INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE BILINGUAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES TO UTILIZE THEIR LANGUAGE SKILLS EFFECTIVELY.

PROMOTE BILINGUAL PREFERRED ON ALL DSC JOB APPLICATIONS TO ATTRACT BILINGUAL CANDIDATES.

REQUIRE THE RECRUITMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL BILINGUAL COORDINATOR, AND REQUIRE THE RECRUITMENT OF A BILINGUAL PARENT LIAISON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.

WE WILL MOVE TO THE PRESENTATIONS PORTION OF OUR MEETING AND OUR LEARNING SPOTLIGHT IS WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[6. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION ]

OH, WAIT. HAND OFF YOUR FIRST.

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WE APPRECIATE GETTING TO BE HERE.

TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS SOME OF THE SERVICE PROJECTS THAT HALF OF OUR GRADE LEVELS HAVE DONE IN THIS FALL SEMESTER.

OUR MISSION AT WALNUT SPRINGS IS THAT WE LEAD, WE LOVE LEARNING, EMPOWER OTHERS, ACHIEVE GREATNESS AND POWER, DO WHAT IS RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO AS A PART OF THAT, WE REALLY I'M NOT SURE.

THERE WE GO. WE TRY AND INCORPORATE NOT ONLY THE ACADEMICS BUT ALSO THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL, THE LEADERSHIP, THE TOTAL CHILD AT WALNUT SPRINGS. AND SO IN ADDITION TO BEING GREAT LEADERS AND GREAT LEARNERS, WE INCORPORATE THE LEADER IN ME VALUES AND THAT EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT ABILITIES AND STRENGTHS AND GENIUS AND CAN BE LEADERS AND WE EMPOWER THEM.

WE REALLY WANT TO, HONE INTO THE IDEA OF, THE THE PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE AND THE PORTRAIT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT.

SO WE HAVE INCORPORATED NOT ONLY THE ACADEMICS, BUT ALSO THE SERVICE PROJECTS, BECAUSE WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT TEACHES THEM TO USE THEIR SKILLS IN MATH AND IN WRITING AND READING AND RESEARCH, BUT THEN ALSO THOSE SOFT SKILLS THAT THEY'LL NEED TO REALLY BE THOSE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE WORLD.

AND, AS A PART OF THAT, WE REALLY WORK TOWARD BUILDING UP THE WHOLE CHILD AND NURTURING ALL THEIR ABILITIES.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S ALIGNED TO OUR DISTRICT VISION.

AND SO WE HAD FOUR OF OUR GRADE LEVELS DO SERVICE PROJECTS THIS FALL.

WE HAD PRE-K SECOND GRADE, THIRD GRADE AND FIFTH GRADE.

AND WE HAVE SOME LEADERS FROM SECOND GRADE, THIRD GRADE AND FIFTH GRADE WHO ARE GOING TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH YOU GUYS.

THIS EVENING, PRE-K DID SO OCTOBER FEST WITH THE FOSTER VILLAGE, SECOND GRADE.

THEY WORKED ON COATS FOR KIDS.

THIRD GRADE DID GIFTS OF COMFORT FOR THE STONE BRIDGE NURSING HOME AND FIFTH GRADE WORKED ON TOYS FOR TOTS.

SO IN OCTOBER, PRE-K DID OCTOBER, WHERE THEY WERE WORKING ON COLLECTING SOCKS FOR OTHERS THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY DONATED TO FOSTER VILLAGE.

LET'S SEE. OH.

HERE WE GO.

SO HERE ARE.

ARE THEY WORKING ON THE VIDEOS? WORKING.

SO YEAH. SO IT WAS A LITTLE LATE FOR SOME OF THE PRE CARES TO COME THIS EVENING.

BUT THEY SHARED THESE VIDEOS SO THEY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB.

ALL RIGHT SECOND GRADERS.

YOU GUYS READY.

OKAY. SAY YOUR NAME AND THEN YOU CAN READ WHAT YOU'VE PREPARED OKAY BRIAN HOLD IT.

THERE YOU GO OKAY.

GO AHEAD. EVERY YEAR, SECOND GRADE AT WALNUT SPRINGS DOES A SERVICE PROJECT CALLED COATS FOR KIDS.

THIS YEAR, STUDENTS TRACKED, COUNTED, AND RECORDED COMMERCIALS TO REPORT OUR WEEKLY COAT COUNT TO OUR SCHOOL ON TIGERS.

NEWSFLASH. FIRST WE HAD A GOAL OF 1000 COATS, BUT SOON WE REALIZED IT WASN'T A SMART GOAL BECAUSE IT WASN'T ACHIEVABLE.

SO AROUND THANKSGIVING, WE VOTED TO ADJUST OUR GOAL TO 100 COATS BY NOVEMBER 30TH.

WE DID ACHIEVE OUR NEW ADJUSTED GOAL.

WE COLLECTED 116 COATS.

WE ACTUALLY BEAT LAST YEAR'S SECOND GRADE BY ONE COAT, SO WE HAD A POSITIVE OUTCOME WHEN WE HAD A SMART GOAL.

A SMART GOAL IS SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, RELEVANT, AND TIMELY.

WE ALL HAD DIFFERENT JOBS DURING THE SERVICE PROJECT.

EACH STUDENT DIDN'T DO THE SAME JOB TWICE, SO WE ALL LEARNED DIFFERENT PARTS TO MAKING A VIDEO AND WORKING TOGETHER TO COLLECT COATS AS WELL AS BUILDING OUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

THIS THIS MONTH WE ARE WORKING ON HABIT FOUR WITH THIS THINK WHEN WHEN WE TALKED IN CLASS ABOUT HOW WE USE

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EVEN THOUGH WE USE MANY OF THE HABITS, WE JUST FOCUS ON THEIR HABIT OF THE MONTH.

HABIT FOUR.

IT MADE US FEEL GOOD COLLECTING COATS FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

IT ALSO MADE THE CHILDREN FEEL GOOD.

WHO DIDN'T HAVE A COAT THIS WINTER TO GET A COAT? THAT'S WHY IT'S A WIN WIN.

WE WON AND THEY WON.

THIS BANNER SHOWS ALL THE SKILLS THAT WE WORKED ON DURING OUR SERVICE PROJECT.

THESE SKILLS HELPED US TO BE MORE CONFIDENT BEING A LEADER IN CLASS, AT SCHOOL, AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE WORKING ON ADJUSTING GOALS, EMPATHY, TEAMWORK AND SPEAKING SKILLS, ALONG WITH OTHER SKILLS THAT STUDENTS WROTE DOWN ON OUR BANNER. HERE ARE SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT.

COMMERCIAL THAT THEY RECORDED.

IT'S THE THIRD PICTURE.

OKAY. THEY SHARED SOME OF THE.

I CAN'T.

WE HAVE.

HUNDRED AND 16.

160. SIX.

116 116.

THEY ARE MY. THEY ARE AMAZING TIGERS FOR SURE.

SO THEY SHARED THEIR REFLECTIONS WITH YOU GUYS ALREADY.

BUT YOU HAVE THAT THERE.

OKAY. THIRD GRADERS, YOU GUYS READY? ALL RIGHT. HI, I'M HANNAH, AND I'M A THIRD GRADE AT WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

THIS YEAR, THE WALNUT SPRINGS THIRD THIRD GRADE COLLECTED ITEMS TO GIVE TO THE SENIORS AT THE STONE BRIDGE NURSING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.

I'M ASH-SHURA AND I'M A THIRD GRADE AT WALNUT SPRINGS ALSO.

OUR GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE A GIFT FOR EACH OF THE 65 RESIDENTS.

GIFTS INCLUDE PAJAMAS, SLIPPERS, BLANKETS, CANDY, AND COOKIES.

MY NAME IS CADEN AND ALL THE THIRD GRADE STUDENTS HANDMADE CHRISTMAS CARDS TO GIVE TO SOME MORE.

CHRISTMAS CHEER WITH THE RESIDENT GIFTS.

ON VICTORIA.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT LAST FRIDAY WE REACHED OUR GOAL OF 65 GIFTS.

ALL GIFTS WERE WRAPPED OF DELIVERED FOR THE STONE BRIDGE RESIDENTS TO ENJOY GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.

GOOD JOB GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. AND HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THEM ALONG THE WAY.

THIS IS THE FLIER THAT THEY CREATED AND SHARED.

AND THEN AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE KIDDOS MAKING THE CARDS.

AND THEN THERE'S A VIDEO OF THEM DISCUSSING.

THAT'S THE LAST PICTURE.

YES. SO, CADEN, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT OUR THIRD GRADE SERVICE PROJECT IS THIS YEAR? AND WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? WHY ELSE DO WE DO THIS? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT LEAD ARE COLLECTING?

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WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD? WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? LET ME BE LIKE NOBODY.

ALL RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY.

AND FINALLY, WE HAVE OUR FIFTH GRADERS TONIGHT.

HELLO, I'M CONOR DAVISON, A FIFTH GRADER AT WALNUT SPRINGS.

BEING PART OF THE TOYS FOR TOTS SERVICE TEAM EMPOWERED US TO TURN EMPATHY INTO ACTION.

WE PARTNERED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL ROTC PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTED THE TOYS FOR TOTS SERVICE PROJECT THAT WILL BENEFIT OTHER CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE EVEN SPENT A SATURDAY AT THE JOLLY JAMBOREE IN KALUTARA WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLERS, COLLECTING TOYS AND INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

CONNOR IS SO RIGHT.

I'M BROOKE. OUR TEAM DESIGNED POSTERS ON CANVA, CREATED AND PRODUCED COMMERCIALS FOR TNF, OUR MORNING NEWS SHOW AT WALNUT SPRINGS, AND WERE TOYS FOR TOTS AMBASSADORS WHEN WE VISITED CLASSROOMS TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT HOW GOOD YOU FEEL WHEN YOU SERVE OTHERS, AND HOW THEY TOO COULD HELP BY DONATING NEW, UNWRAPPED TOYS.

IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO JUST A LITTLE, WE COULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THOSE IN NEED.

THANKS, BROOKE. MY NAME IS PAULA.

BEING ON THE TOYS FOR TOTS TEAM WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BECOME ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY, FIND OUR VOICE AS LEADERS, AND MAKE SERVICE A PART OF OUR LIVES.

ALL TEN MEMBERS OF OUR TOYS FOR TOTS SERVICE TEAM WERE COMMITTED TO HELPING KIDS JUST LIKE US.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SERVICE PROJECT WE TAKE ON IN 2020 FOR.

AND HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE KIDDOS IN THEIR ACTIVITIES COLLECTING TOYS.

AND THEN THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMERCIALS THAT THEY SHARED ON TNF.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME KIDS.

DON'T GET TOYS NO MATTER WHAT.

NEW AND UNWRAPPED TOYS FOR TOTS.

CHATEAU DE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THIS FALL ON THESE SERVICE PROJECTS AND THE LEARNING THAT THE WAY THAT IT'S IMPACTED THE CHILDREN IS THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING EMPATHY.

IT'S HANDS ON LEARNING, IT'S REAL WORLD APPLICATION.

THEY'RE BUILDING THAT COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE TAKING THEIR LEARNING, AND THEY'RE APPLYING IT TO WAYS TO HELP OTHERS.

AND THEY'RE COLLABORATING IN TEAMS AND WITH OTHER PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, OTHER SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT SERVICES AROUND TOWN.

AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO MAKE THEM LIFELONG LEARNERS.

AND WE SURE ARE PROUD OF THESE KIDDOS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO GOT THEIR KIDS HERE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

Y'ALL ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND I KNOW THE WHOLE BOARD IS THRILLED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS CULTURE OF SERVICE TO COMMUNITY.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL. SO THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT ON OUR BOARD HIGHLIGHTS AND LIAISON REPORTS.

SO IT FEELS LIKE A BLUR OF THE LAST MONTH.

BUT APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH, OUR LAST CAMPUS VISIT WAS AT WALNUT SPRINGS.

SEVERAL OF US WERE ABLE TO GO.

DOES ANYONE WANT TO COMMENT ON ON THAT VISIT? KIM? YEAH.

THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF STUDENTS THAT GAVE US A TOUR THROUGH THE BUILDING WERE ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING.

THEY WERE SO FUN TO LISTEN TO THEM BRAG ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL AND HOW EXCITED THEY WERE.

BUT I THINK WHAT I ENJOYED MOST WAS THEY HAD HAD AN IN-SERVICE, VERY CLOSE TO THIS VISIT, AND THEY HAD DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY WERE PRESENTING AND TEACHING MATH, IN DIFFERENT GRADE LEVEL CLASSROOMS. AND TO GO IN AND ASK THESE STUDENTS QUESTIONS AND HAVE THEM PRESENT THESE IDEAS TO US WAS SIMPLY OUTSTANDING.

VERY WELL DONE.

IF Y'ALL COULD HELP ME.

REMEMBER TO LOOK FOR OLIVIA IF YOU EVER.

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THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION WHAT KIND OF BLEW ME AWAY IS THAT, THIS WAS THE DAY BEFORE THE THANKSGIVING BREAK, AND WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, WE WERE ALL A LITTLE SQUIRRELY.

AND THESE KIDS WERE HAPPY AND ENGAGED AND CALM, AND IT WAS AMAZING.

OKAY, WHAT IS NEXT IN DECEMBER ARE TAXPAYER TUESDAY.

AND OF COURSE, ELAINE'S TEAM DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

AGAIN. IT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE.

EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

I FEEL LIKE I LEARNED SOME NEW NUGGET EVERY TIME, BUT THIS WAS ALL OF OPERATIONS.

AND TO ELAINE'S POINT, YOU DON'T NOTICE OPERATIONS WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL AS AS IT SHOULD BE.

ANY. I KNOW OLIVIA DOCUMENTED THE WHOLE THING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND, THE TEAM.

THEY DID SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB.

I LOVE THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED, AS YOU SAID, THE OPERATIONS PIECE.

AND JUST CONTINUE LOOKING FOR MORE WAYS PERSONALLY, WHERE I CAN BE MORE IMPACTFUL ON GETTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE AND SHARING LINKS TO THE PRESENTATION PORTION. I THINK THAT I'VE BEEN TO A HANDFUL I KNOW MOST OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE, AND FOR ME, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL, IN TERMS OF INFORMATION.

I THOUGHT IT WAS PHENOMENAL.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. YES, IT WAS OKAY.

OUR FOOTBALL SEASON WAS AMAZING.

SEVERAL OF US MADE IT TO THIS GAME AND DID OUR BEST TO CHEER THEM OVER THE FINISH LINE.

ROB, PARTICULARLY, I THINK, WAS A CHEERLEADER IN HIS FORMER LIFE.

WELL, KIM AND I WERE ROCKING THE TIGER SWAG.

AND TRISH WAS DOWN THERE, TOO.

I TELL YOU. GREAT SEASON ON OUR ON OUR FOOTBALL FIELD ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, RIGHT? OUR FOOTBALL TEAM GETTING ALL THE WAY TO THE REGIONAL FINAL.

TOUGH LOSS, NO DOUBT.

BUT MAN, WHAT A SUCCESS.

OUR BAND CRUSHED IT THIS SEASON.

WE HEARD FROM FROM MR. WOODS AND GOT TO SEE THOSE KIDS.

OUR CHEERLEADERS.

RIGHT. THE DANCE. I MEAN, EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH OUR, WITH OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAY AND OUR OUR FOOTBALL SEASON, I MEAN, IT'S MADE ME PROUD TO BE A TIGER, SO. WELL DONE.

TO ALL THOSE OUT THERE FOR A GREAT SEASON.

AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT ONE.

WELL SAID. THEY MADE US PROUD.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

LIAISON REPORTS. SO, HAVE WE HAD ANYTHING WITH, SHAQ IN THE LAST? YES WE DID. WE HAD A MEETING.

THIS MONTH IS A BLUR.

SO I THINK THE SHAQ MEETING WAS LAST MONDAY, I BELIEVE.

AND THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING HARD.

JUST TRYING TO DECIDE ON SOME CAFETERIA ITEMS, POSSIBILITIES.

AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD SEE A SURVEY COME OUT, FROM THEM.

SO THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT ACCOMPLISHED.

AND, NEXT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT OPIOID OPIOIDS.

SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.

OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW, WE HAD THE SAFETY COMMITTEE, BUT OF COURSE, MOST OF THAT IS IN CLOSED SESSION.

YEAH. SO I SET MY FIRST SEATING ON BOTH THE SAFETY COMMITTEE THIS MONTH AND YEAH, A LOT OF CLOSED SESSION STUFF THERE.

BUT JUST KNOW I WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF HORSEPOWER WE'VE ASSEMBLED, IN ON THAT TEAM, TO ADDRESS A MYRIAD OF SAFETY, SECURITY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WE FACED WITH OUR DISTRICT. SO I WAS IMPRESSED BY THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, TOOK MY SEAT WITH THE CAPITAL AREA, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

YES. CAP COG, MAINLY, YOU KNOW, ORIENTED AROUND MUNICIPALITIES, BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S GOOD TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT KIND OF SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING REGIONALLY.

WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. I GOT THERE'S SEVERAL FOLKS THERE THAT CAN HELP PARTNER US WITH, WITH GRANTS, MAYBE SPECIFIC THINGS WE'RE LOOKING TO DO FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT.

SO I'LL KEEP MY EAR TO THE GROUND FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND NETWORK THROUGH THAT GROUP.

AND, AND, BUT NOTHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT.

OKAY. SO WE HAD PRICE PATROL.

PAW PATROL. SORRY.

YEAH. WELL, PTA COUNCIL DID NOT MEET THIS MONTH, BUT HOWEVER, THEY PROVIDED A FABULOUS DINNER TONIGHT TO CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.

SO I SEE TERRY PURDY'S OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND, HER CREW, THEY THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

DRIPPING SPRINGS WOMEN'S CLUB, THEY HAD THEIR, LUNCHEON WITH A HOLIDAY MARKET, THIS PAST MONTH, AND ALL THE TABLES WERE DECORATED AND THEY HAD VENDORS THERE, AND WE GOT TO GO SHOPPING.

AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

THERE WAS NOT A FORMAL MEETING, MORE OF A COME AND PLAY AND GO SHOP.

THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS THE LAST GROUP I WORK WITH.

AND OF COURSE, WE WERE PRESENTING THOSE TEACHER GRANTS, LAST WEEK FOR TWO DAYS IN THE CLASSROOMS. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME TO DO THAT, AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO WALK INTO A CLASSROOM AND SEE A TEACHER'S EYES LIGHT UP AND LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS,

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HE WON TWO.

AND HE REALLY SHOULD TRY OUT FOR CHEERLEADER, BECAUSE HIS JUMP IN THE CLASSROOM WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT HE WON THOSE TWO GRANTS WAS WAS REALLY COOL TO WITNESS. VERY EXCITING.

OVER $65,000, SOME GREAT THINGS COMING UP IN THE FALL, BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND BRAG ON ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE, AND THAT'S MARY JANE HETRICK.

IT'S ABOUT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL.

AND SHE HAD A FRIEND IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS WANTING TO DO A SIZABLE DONATION TO A PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT, AND SHE THREW SOME THINGS OUT THERE, ONE OF THEM BEING THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

AND THAT FRIEND OF HERS MADE A $4,000 DONATION TO THE DRIPPING SPRINGS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GREAT THINGS IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU, MARY JANE, FOR THAT.

AND OLIVIA, DID YOU HAVE A CITY LIAISON REPORT TONIGHT? NO. YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW THIS MONTH.

JUST CONTINUED EFFORTS LOOKING AT THE FIRST QUARTER, FIELD AVAILABILITY AND MONITORING.

THOSE. AND THAT'S IT.

NOTHING NEW. AND SO MINE WAS A CHAMBER.

AND IF WE ALL RECALL, WHEN OLIVIA FIRST BROUGHT TO US THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A TOTAL ECLIPSE, AND WE THOUGHT, WHAT? WHY ARE YOU TELLING US THIS? AND APPARENTLY IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE THING.

I HEARD THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS OVERVIEW, SO I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND, YOU KNOW, APRIL 8TH WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

DON'T PLAN TO TRAVEL.

IT'S GOING TO BE NUTS AROUND HERE, BUT IT'S A SCHOOL HOLIDAY, SO NOT TO WORRY.

AND THEN ALSO, HOLLY PUT IN OUR, WEEKLY NOTE ABOUT, GRASSROOTS JANUARY 10TH.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SLEEP TWICE AND IT'S GOING TO BE JANUARY 10TH.

SO I HOPE EVERYBODY, CAN COME.

IT'S THE KICKOFF OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR TRUSTEES ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE 89TH, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION.

OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING.

DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ. OR IS IT? YEAH, I THINK I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

YEAH, PROBABLY.

ALL RIGHT, SO JUST LET ME MAKE SURE.

NO. IT'S GOOD. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

SO JUST AS A REMINDER, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.

WE'VE ENGAGED.

ENGAGED TO LEARN IS THE COMPANY, AS OUR FACILITATOR AND CONSULTANT, LEADING THIS PROCESS FOR US, AND SO ON THE SLIDE HERE, YOU SEE THEIR, FRAMEWORK THAT THEY'RE TAKING US THROUGH.

SO IT STARTS WITH AN ENGAGED PROCESS FOLLOWED BY DESIGN, WHERE YOU BEGIN THAT CONCEPTUAL WORK FOR YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN CREATE AND LEAD, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL ACTION PLAN THAT THAT WILL PRODUCE AND DELIVER TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO IT'S A SIX MONTH PROCESS AND WE, ARE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH.

SO JUST TO CATCH YOU UP, THE FIRST PHASE WAS ENGAGE.

THAT WAS THE COMMUNITY SUMMITS, WHICH I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALL ATTENDED A SERIES OF FOCUS GROUPS AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY SURVEY.

THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WAS NINE QUESTIONS.

WE HAD ABOUT 1200 RESPONSES.

AND A COPY OF THAT IS POSTED IN BOARD BOOK AND WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.

BUT IN GENERAL, WE HAVE PRETTY STRONG ALIGNMENT, WHICH IS NICE.

PRETTY GOOD ALIGNMENT AS FAR AS DIRECTIONALLY THERE.

YOU KNOW, THE THE RESULTS THAT CAME IN ON THE SURVEY, GAVE US SOME REALLY GOOD DIRECTION AS FAR AS HOW WE WANT TO GO.

SO WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT DIDN'T FEEL VERY SPORADIC.

SO IT FEELS LIKE OUR OUR COMMUNITY IS PRETTY ALIGNED ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO DO AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF OUR KIDS AS WELL ROUNDED COLLABORATORS AND COMMUNICATORS AND ON THE UP FRONT.

SO THAT IS GOOD.

SO AS I MENTIONED, A COPY OF THE ENGAGEMENT REPORT IS POSTED IN BOARD BOOK AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE WILL POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE THIS WEEK AS WELL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE.

THE NEXT PHASE IS THAT DESIGN PHASE.

WE HAD A TWO DAYS OF DESIGN IN NOVEMBER, SO THAT WAS A CROSS SECTION OF EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS.

FOR TWO FULL DAYS.

SO 8 TO 5, LONG DAYS FACILITATED BY ENGAGE TO LEARN.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE TOOK THE DATA THAT CAME IN THROUGH THOSE SUMMIT FOCUS GROUPS AND ENGAGEMENT SURVEY AND BEGIN TO KIND OF BRAINSTORM AND DRAFT OUR

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SO THAT IS THE DESIGN PHASE.

THE NEXT.

PART IS, LET ME SEE IF THAT WORKS.

THIS LITTLE ANIMATION. YEAH.

SO WE'RE BASICALLY HALFWAY THROUGH.

WE'VE COMPLETED ENGAGED AND DESIGN.

IT'S AWKWARD BECAUSE I'M LEFT HANDED.

SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT I GOT IT.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH.

IT'S VERY THE WHOLE PROCESS IS REALLY CENTERED AROUND WHAT ARE OUR HIGHEST HOPES FOR OUR LEARNERS.

AND SO THAT'S VERY CENTERING FOR THE GROUP, I THINK CENTERING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN ALSO JUST CENTERING FOR OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO THINK ON.

SO OUR NEXT UP WE ENTER THE CREATE PHASE.

WE HAVE A CREATE DAY SCHEDULED FOR THE END IN THE END OF JANUARY JANUARY 24TH.

IT WILL BE ANOTHER FULL DAY WHERE WE'LL INVITE THAT GROUP, THE GROUP THAT WAS INVITED FOR DESIGN DAYS, PLUS SOME MORE.

SO WE'LL EXPAND THAT GROUP TO TRY TO GET A LARGER GROUP, TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AND THAT WILL BE, BASICALLY THE START OF THE CREATION OF THE PLAN.

STILL JUST WORKING BACK FROM THAT END DATE TO HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION. YEAH, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

I LIKE THE GROUPS THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER TO GET KIND OF A CROSS SECTION VIEW OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE FUTURE.

MY FAVORITE GROUP WAS THE STUDENT GROUP.

I WAS REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THEY PUT THEIR VALUE ON AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND DRIVING THEM.

TO ME, THAT IS THE FUTURE OF THIS DISTRICT AND LISTENING TO THOSE STUDENTS AND FOR THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE A VOICE, TO ME, IT WAS JUST VERY POWERFUL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND IT'S ALWAYS SO IMPRESSIVE.

EVEN WE HAD STUDENTS ON THE DESIGN DAYS AS WELL.

AND SHE WAS AMAZING.

JUST REALLY STRONG AND BRAVE TO SPEAK UP AND SHARE HER OPINIONS, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS EASY IN A ROOM FULL OF ADULTS.

SO IT WAS GREAT.

ANY OTHER. THAT'S.

YEAH. OLIVIA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THIS WAS A GREAT BREAKDOWN.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO ENGAGEMENT AND ATTENDANCE ON THE TWO DAY DESIGN SESSION.

HOW IS OUR ATTENDANCE IN COMPARE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN COMPARISON TO HOW MANY PEOPLE? SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE THERE.

WE HAD ABOUT 50% ATTENDANCE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVITED.

AND THEN THERE'S A SUBGROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SAID THEY WOULD COME AND DIDN'T, DIDN'T ACTUALLY ATTEND.

WE DID GIVE FLEXIBILITY FOR THOSE THAT MEAN TWO FULL DAYS, AS IF YOU HAVE A JOB OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S HARD. SO SOME PEOPLE DID COME IN AND OUT FOR PORTIONS OF IT.

BUT WE ARE AND I THINK THE TIMING JUST BEING HONEST, I THINK THE TIMING WAS HARD, CHALLENGING COMING AFTER THANKSGIVING.

IT IS WHAT IT IS AS FAR AS TO GET THROUGH THE WORK.

WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN OPTION TO PUSH IT OFF.

BUT WE'RE HOPING FOR BETTER PARTICIPATION AT THE JANUARY EVENT WITH MORE COMMUNICATION.

EARLIER COMMUNICATION.

AND THAT IT'S ONLY A SINGLE DAY.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET BETTER PARTICIPATION.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AS ELAINE MENTIONED, WE WE SAW ABOUT THE SAME PARTICIPATION RATE IN LONG RANGE PLANNING TO ABOUT 50% OF THE PEOPLE WE INVITE ATTEND.

AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT SPARKED MY CURIOSITY ON THAT.

I WOULD LOVE, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HELP YOU GUYS GET MORE, MORE FOLKS THERE.

IS THERE A REMOTE OPTION FOR ANYONE TO JOIN IN IF THEY CAN'T PHYSICALLY BE THERE? I DON'T THAT HASN'T BEEN OFFERED, BUT I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO ASK, ASK, ENGAGE TO LEARN IF THEY'VE EVER DONE THAT.

THAT'S NOT BEEN DISCUSSED OR OFFERED, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ASK THE QUESTION.

I DO WONDER, OKAY, THAT'LL BE HARD, OLIVIA.

ONLY BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF GROUP WORK.

THERE'S A LOT I KNOW.

AND THEN MOVING AROUND.

SO YOU'RE YOU KIND OF LIKE WE SAW AT WALNUT.

YOU START AT ONE CAMPUS, BUT THEN YOU SWITCH GROUPS AND SWITCH TO OTHER GROUPS BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS TRYING TO REALLY GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, OPINIONS ON THINGS. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF SHIFTING AROUND SO THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WORKING THROUGH IDEAS.

BUT I MEAN, WE CAN ASK THEM.

IT DOESN'T HURT TO ASK.

CERTAINLY, I, I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S AN IDEAL SOLUTION.

BUT I'M SO DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DESIRE OF OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ENGAGED.

AND THEN TIME AFTER TIME, SEEING THE LOW, THE LOW ATTENDANCE.

SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO.

YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW, THE WORK IS GREAT.

THE WORK IS SO GOOD.

BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE RATIO WAS.

IT WAS INTERESTING. COMING OFF THE SUMMIT, WE SAW REALLY GOOD PARTICIPATION IN OUR SUMMIT.

THAT WAS IN THE MORNING. WE HAD LOWER PARTICIPATION OR ATTENDANCE AT THE EVENING SUMMIT, AND SO I WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WOULD.

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AND SO I WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT WE WOULD SEE BETTER ATTENDANCE.

LONG RANGE PLANNING WAS IN THE EVENING AND THEY SAW ABOUT THE SAME ATTENDANCE RATE.

SO WE EITHER NEED TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE OUR INVITE LIST TO GET TO THAT KEY NUMBER.

OR, LIKE YOU SAID, OLIVIA, ANYTHING AS FAR AS HELPING TO JUST GET PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SOLUTION.

JUST BROADENING THE INVITATIONS.

IF JUST ECONOMICS NUMBER, YOU KNOW, ECONOMY OF SCALE.

THANK YOU.

YEAH ABSOLUTELY I THINK SO ROB FIRST I'M TRICIA.

GO AHEAD. WHY DON'T YOU GO FIRST PLEASE.

I WAS JUST GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT THE ZOOM OLIVIA SUGGESTED.

BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE A ZOOM GROUP.

YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE IN THE GROUP.

OH. YEAH.

LIKE THEY COULD. YEAH.

LOGISTICALLY, YEAH, IT'D JUST BE ONE.

YEAH. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT BUT YES.

AGREED ABOUT THE LONG RANGE PLANNING.

THAT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE SO LITTLE PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR SOMETHING THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

AND OUR DISTRICT IS GROWING SO FAST.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO BE INVOLVED AT THE END.

AND I WANT TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED AT THE BEGINNING.

SO IT JUST, THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE.

OKAY, I THINK TWO COMMENTS AND A QUESTION.

FIRST, I GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH THE SURVEY.

I LOVE THE DATA.

I THINK THIS IS GOOD DATA.

RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS A GREAT EXERCISE.

I THINK ENGAGED LEARNERS WALKED US THROUGH.

I WAS STRUCK BY, ON THAT ONE AROUND THE QUESTION AROUND WHAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION.

I MEAN, 53% OF THE OVERALL RESPONSES LIST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS AS A THING.

I'LL BE HONEST, I'M A LATE ADOPTER ON THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR US.

I KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS PRELIMINARILY ON AI, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY NEED TO EVALUATE THAT AS THAT TECHNOLOGY EMERGES AND GROWS AND DEVELOPS, EVERYTHING AROUND, THERE'S A LOT OF PARAMETERS AROUND THAT.

SO JUST JUST A COMMENT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT THE COMMUNITY, I MEAN, THAT'S PARENTS WERE RANKED REALLY HIGH TEACHERS AS WELL.

ON THAT BEING A BIG THING.

SO THAT'S ONE COMMENT.

SECOND COMMENT WAS.

I ACTUALLY ASK THE QUESTION, MAYBE THE COMMENT WILL COME BACK TO ME.

WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT SURPRISED YOU FROM THE SURVEY, THE DATA THAT WE GOT, ANYTHING THAT KIND OF STRUCK YOU OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AROUND? WOW. I DIDN'T SEE THAT AS A AS A AS A THING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST CURIOUS.

I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I KIND OF AM.

YOU DEFINITELY. YEAH.

AND THAT'S OKAY. JUST NOTHING HAS STRUCK YOU THAT FOR ME, THERE'S A LOT OF ALIGNMENT THERE FROM THINGS THAT I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND AS A PARENT THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR ME.

WHICH MAYBE LESS LEADS TO MY COMMENT.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THE STUFF WE'RE ASKING AROUND, IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT AS LEADERSHIP, BUT BOY, THERE'S A TON OF THINGS THAT EVERYTHING.

RIGHT? COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT LEADER IN ME IS FACILITATING WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

I MEAN, JUST PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT IS A HUGE PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

RIGHT. SOME LEADERSHIP SKILLS ARE INHERENT.

A LOT OF THEM ARE LEARNED.

AND SO THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES I THINK WE GIVE OUR KIDS THROUGH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT CURRICULUM, WHETHER IT BE CLASSROOM CURRICULUM, WHETHER IT BE EXTRACURRICULAR CURRICULUM, WHETHER IT BE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WALNUT DISPLAYED TONIGHT, WHICH I WAS SMILING EAR TO EAR, Y'ALL, THAT MADE MY HEART SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING STUFF LIKE THAT.

I'LL BE HONEST, I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THAT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I JUST DON'T. AND SO MAN, THAT'S AWESOME.

SO, THAT'S REALLY MY COMMENT.

I'LL GO BACK. IS THERE ANYTHING STICK OUT TO YOU ALL? FEEL FREE TO ANSWER, BUT I'M OKAY OTHERWISE, SO THANK YOU.

I THINK THE ONE THING THAT IF I'M GOING BACK AND THINKING ABOUT, I'VE GOT A MARKED UP COPY, BUT I THINK THE ONE, THAT THING THAT PROBABLY SURPRISED ME IS JUST HOW THERE ARE CLEAR BREAKS IN THE DATA, LIKE YOU LOOK AND THERE'S BIG SECTIONS, AND THEN IT KIND OF BREAKS WHERE THAT NEXT BREAK POINT IS.

SO YOU HAVE A TOP 2 OR 3, BUT THEN IT'S ANOTHER 10% BELOW FOR THE THIRD ITEM.

AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF CLEARLY SEE WHERE THE PRIORITIES ARE AND WHERE WE'RE ALIGNED IN THAT.

AND SO THOSE I THINK MAKE IT EASY FOR US THEN TO FIND STRATEGIC THINGS TO GO AFTER, BECAUSE THEY'RE CLEARLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT GIVES US A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF DIRECTION AND A ROADMAP FOR THEN HAVING LARGER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO STRUCTURE THE GOALS THAT ARE GOING TO MATCH THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY. AND I THINK THAT KIND OF BEAST THAT IS TECHNOLOGY IS IS GOING TO BE SENSITIVE TO NAVIGATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY THEY DID RATE IT HIGH THAT WE WANT TO RAISE GOOD DIGITAL CITIZENS.

SO BUT I DO THINK THAT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE A.

YOU KNOW, MOVEMENT OF KIND OF GETTING MORE TECHNOLOGY OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

SO I THINK BALANCING THAT SO THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE WELL PREPARED, BUT WE'RE NOT RELYING ON IT TOO MUCH.

SO I THINK THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR DOCTOR KIDD'S TEAM ON THE CURRICULUM AND LEARNING SIDE TO JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THAT AND JUST SAY, I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU.

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BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND PARENTS AND EVEN TEACHERS, WERE VERY HIGH RANKING DISTRACTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM AROUND TECHNOLOGY, MAINLY SPECIFICALLY CELL PHONES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AS SOMETHING THAT NOT INTERESTED IN AT ALL.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THAT JUST SPEAKS TO EVERYTHING YOU JUST MENTIONED AROUND THE BALANCE BETWEEN HARNESSING LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS, MAKE AWARENESS TO THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME NOT ALLOWING IT TO DISTRACT OUR KIDS FROM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT BALANCE.

I THINK WE'RE STRIKING THAT EVER SO, EVER.

SO MORE THAT'S NOT CORRECT, BUT WE'RE STRIKING IT BETTER.

RIGHT. AND SO I DO THINK THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD OR CONTINUE.

I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT IN JANUARY IS MAKING SURE I UNDERSTAND, THE DEGREE OF ALIGNMENT BETWEEN TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, ESPECIALLY ON THE QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, ROB, I'M ALMOST POSITIVE, I TEND TO LOOK AT THIS LIKE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WHEN I'M SLEEPY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I DO THAT, BUT IT'S, ADWEEK, LIKE A DAILY DIGEST.

SAID, I CAN NOW, RECOGNIZE STUDENTS HANDWRITING, AND IT JUST PROVIDES THIS WHOLE OTHER WRINKLE FOR TEACHERS TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S REALLY THE STUDENTS WRITING.

IT'S JUST FASCINATING.

AND TROUBLING.

YES. BUT WHAT IS THAT BOOK? THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY.

SO, ANYTHING ELSE ON STRATEGIC PLANNING? OKAY. THANK YOU.

JENNIFER. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO NOW WE HAVE OUR SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL TRAFFIC AND CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

CLINT.

IS IT ON NOW? YES. ALL RIGHT.

OH HELL YES. THANK YOU.

READ MY MIND. YEAH.

SO I WILL GIVE A, JUST A BRIEF, INTRODUCTION AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OFF TO, KATHY SMITH, WITH HDR. THEY ARE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, ON THIS PROJECT.

BUT, GOING BACK TO LAST MONTH, VLC, WHO WAS OUR ARCHITECT ON THE PROJECT, PROVIDED AN UPDATE AS WE NEAR THE START OF CONSTRUCTION. IN JANUARY.

WELL, WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM LATER IN THE MEETING FOR AN EARLY GMP FOR SITE WORK.

SO WITH APPROVAL OF THAT ITEM, WE WOULD BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY.

AND SO, TONIGHT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT, KIND OF THE SITE LOGISTICS WILL LOOK LIKE, AND THEN IN MORE DETAIL, WHAT THE WHAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW WILL LOOK LIKE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

AND SO BETWEEN LAST MONTH'S UPDATE AND TONIGHT, THE WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING, WE STARTED A SERIES OF, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE HAD, I THINK, TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT FIRST WEEK BACK.

WE'VE MET WITH, BOTH PTAS, BOTH CAMPUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THE CAMPUS STAFF, TO GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC CHANGES.

AND THEN TONIGHT, WE'RE PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION, FOR THE BOARD.

AND SO JUST TO KIND OF KICK IT OFF BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO KATHY, THIS.

THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION OR THE SITE LOGISTICS PLAN.

AND JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA.

THE, THE RED DASHED LINE, KIND OF UP ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE, BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT, THE BUILDING AND SAWYER RANCH.

THAT RED DASHED LINE IS WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING, WILL GO.

AND THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HAPPENS.

AND THE INTENT WOULD BE FOR THAT.

THAT WORK WILL HAPPEN OVER THE.

CHRISTMAS BREAK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR CONTRACTOR, BARTLETT COCKE, WILL BE DOING SOME STRIPING WORK ON THE, THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ENTRANCE AND EXITS, AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STRIPING AND THE CHANGES TO THE, TRAFFIC PATTERN.

WHEN KATHY PRESENTS THAT INFORMATION, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING A LITTLE BIT OF STRIPING OUT ON SAWYER RANCH ROAD AS WELL.

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HI. GOOD EVENING, I'M CATHY SMITH WITH HDR.

SO HOPEFULLY I CAN WORK THIS AND HAVE A PRACTICE SESSION.

BUT SO FIRST THING I DO WHEN I GET INVITED TO A CAMPUS TO TRY TO HELP WITH, YOU KNOW, ADJUSTMENTS TO TRAFFIC FLOW IS I DO CONDUCT OBSERVATIONS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS.

I'VE SHOWN THE QUEUING THAT WE OBSERVE FOR BOTH SCHOOLS, BOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, ON ONE SHEET.

THEY DO NOT OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME.

SO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOES COME IN EARLIER FOR PICKUP AND THEY HAVE CLEARED OUT BY THE TIME THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS ARE ARRIVING.

HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, THE YELLOW LINE DEPICTS THE LENGTH OF THE QUEUE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE OBSERVED AND THEY TO PICK UP, ON THE EAST SIDE, IF YOU CAN ORIENT YOURSELF, THAT'S THE TOP OF THE OF THE IMAGE AND THEY WRAP AROUND THE SCHOOL.

SO RIGHT NOW THE SCHOOL, ROADWAY IS ONE WAY IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION.

SO EVERYONE ENTERS THE NORTH DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, AND EXITS THE SOUTH DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEIR PICKUP ACTUALLY OCCURS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO SAWYER RANCH.

YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE PURPLE LINE SORT OF STARTS AND IT'S MIXED IN WITH THE YELLOW LINE.

IT BECOMES A DASHED LINE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL PICKUP OCCURS TODAY.

AND THEY SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO INTERNAL ROADWAYS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.

THEY DO SPILL OUT ONTO SAWYER RANCH, HOWEVER, SO THERE IS A RIGHT TURN DECELERATION LANE AS WELL AS A CENTER LEFT TURN LANE, AT WHICH WE'VE OBSERVED THERE'S ACTUALLY FOLKS HANGING OUT THERE BEFORE SCHOOL IS LET OUT.

SO AS YOU SAW EARLIER, THAT MIDDLE ROADWAY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INACCESSIBLE DURING CONSTRUCTION.

SO WHAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT THIS IS DEPICTING WHERE THAT CONSTRUCTION AREA WILL OCCUR AND THEN WHICH ROADWAY IS ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE THERE HASHED OUT IN RED.

AND SO OUR PLAN FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS TO HAVE EVERYBODY ENTER AND EXIT THE SOUTH DRIVEWAY.

THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE FUNCTION OF THE DRIVEWAY.

THAT IS GOING TO BE A FULL ACCESS DRIVEWAY.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENTER AND EXIT OUT OF THAT DRIVEWAY, AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN IMAGE LATER.

THERE IS A SEPARATE RIGHT TURN DECELERATION LANE THAT WAS BUILT WITH THE SCHOOL, BUT WAS THEN HASHED OUT, I GUESS, WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE FOR IT TO OPERATE IN A ONE WAY DIRECTION.

BUT THAT HELPS US BECAUSE WE CAN JUST RESTRIPE IT.

IT'S AVAILABLE TO US IF WE WANTED, SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE THIS CHANGE.

AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE LEFT TURN LANE, THERE'S SPACE THERE THAT WE CAN USE TO RESTRIPE.

I'VE ALSO COORDINATED WITH HAYS COUNTY, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THIS ROAD.

THEY'VE SEEN THE PLAN AND THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR, BLESSING AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO RESTRIPE.

OH. I'M SORRY. LET'S GO BACK REALLY QUICKLY SO YOU CAN SEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PICKUP IS SHOWN IN SORT OF THAT DARKER GREEN AREA NEXT TO THE SCHOOL.

AND PARENTS ARE JUST GOING TO COME IN AND ROUTE THEMSELVES AROUND TO GET TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND THEN COME ON OUT.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, QUITE A BIT OF QUEUE LENGTH.

I THINK IT'S IN THE 2200 FOOT DIMENSION AND EXISTING.

WE'RE SEEING ABOUT 1600 FEET OF QUEUE.

AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, A CAR TAKES UP ABOUT 20 TO 25FT WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE GAPS BETWEEN THE VEHICLES.

SO WE DO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AREA HERE WE CAN USE FOR QUEUING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS FABULOUS.

I SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT ANOTHER GOAL THAT WAS SORT OF LAYERED ON TOP OF THIS WAS WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO A MINIMUM ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CAMPUS WHERE THE TENNIS COURTS ARE LOCATED.

THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS OUT IN THAT AREA, AND STUDENTS ARE CROSSING BACK AND FORTH.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN, A SITUATION THAT IS IN NEED OF A SOLUTION.

AND WE SORT OF INCORPORATED THAT AS WELL INTO THIS PLAN.

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THE TIMES THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THESE PLANS ARE ALSO SHOWN ON HERE.

SO FOR AM, I CAN'T ACTUALLY READ THAT FOR 730 TO 750 I THINK.

AND IN THE MORNING AND THEN 245 TO 320 IN THE EVENING ROUGHLY.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO COME TO CAMPUS ANY OTHER TIME OF DAY, I WOULD SAY THAT A PARENT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO USE THE DRIVEWAY.

THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM. SO IF THEY HAVE A BAND STUDENT AFTER SCHOOL OR SPORTS OR EARLY DROP OFF, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE PLANS.

THIS IS REALLY FOR THE DROP OFF AND PICK UP PORTION.

AND THEN WE WANT TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

WE WANT TO SEE IF IT IF IT'S WORKING OKAY AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY.

SO FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS ACTUALLY SPLITTING THE, NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THE NORTH NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE BELLE TERRE WOULD COME IN THE NORTH DRIVEWAY, WHEREAS THE SOUTH NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE HIGH POINT WOULD COME IN USING THE SOUTH DRIVEWAY.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE PATTERN FOR THE NORTH DRIVEWAY.

THE PICKUP WOULD ACTUALLY OCCUR IN THE BLUE LOT.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON PUTTING SIGNING OUT ON, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARKING AREAS, TO JUST LET PARENTS KNOW THESE ARE GOING TO BE COLOR CODED SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE A LITTLE EASIER.

THE FRONT LOTS MAROON AND THEN IT GOING AROUND CLOCKWISE.

SO YOU HAVE THE BLACK LOT OVER BY THE STADIUM, THE BLUE LOT IN THE ON THE EAST SIDE, THE GREEN LOT FRONT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR.

THE BACK OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

REALLY? AND THEN THE YELLOW LOT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE STOMACH LOT.

AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME SIGNING THAT CORRESPONDS TO THESE, THESE COLORS.

SO FOR THE NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD PARENTS.

I KNOW I HEAR THAT TERM SO MUCH, I WAS LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE A STOMACH, RIGHT? IT DOES. YOU CAN'T UNSEE IT.

I KNOW. RIGHT? IT'S REALLY. IT'S REALLY HILARIOUS.

BUT YEAH, SO WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE NORTH, COME IN THAT NORTHERN DRIVEWAY.

NOW IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION AS TWO WAYS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXTRA LANE THAT HAS BEEN USED AS A PASSING LANE.

SO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENTS COULD POTENTIALLY GET AROUND THEM IF MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS WERE EARLY, YOU KNOW, SO WE THIS IS A BIG CHANGE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE YOU KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF THE REASON FOR ALL THE MEETINGS.

WE WANTED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS REALLY, REALLY DIFFERENT.

SO THEY WOULD CIRCLE BACK THROUGH THE BLUE LOT AND HEAD BACK OUT TO HEAD NORTH ON SAWYER.

AND WE KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU LIVE NORTH DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NECESSARILY HEADED NORTH RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL.

YOU ARE NOT PRECLUDED FROM MAKING A LEFT TURN LANE THERE.

IT'S JUST THIS IS THE PATTERN THAT WE ARE HOPING TO ESTABLISH.

AND THEN SIMILARLY FOR THE SOUTH NEIGHBORS, THEY WOULD BE COMING IN THE SOUTH DRIVEWAY AND CIRCLING UP TO THE VERY.

TOP OF THE SCREEN WHERE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS LOCATED.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM GO THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, THAT CENTER AISLE SO THEY'RE NOT CONFUSED WITH.

YOU KNOW, ARE THEY TRYING TO PICK UP KIDS FROM THE THE KIDS CLUB ACTIVITY? BECAUSE THAT GOES ON AT THE SAME TIME THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS ARE PICKING UP KIDS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE THEM AND HAVE THEM GO, THROUGH THAT DRIVE AISLE.

AND THEN THEIR PICK UP SPOT IS GOING TO BE IN THE STOMACH LOT ALONG THAT CURB.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S ALSO A KIDS CLUB AND FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND THEY DO GET PICKED UP, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AROUND THIS TIME.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT SAME PATH AND THEN EVERYONE'S GOING TO MERGE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN, TWO EXIT LANES AT THAT APPROACH AT THE SOUTH DRIVEWAY. THEY'RE VERY WIDE LANES BECAUSE THE ROADWAY DOES WIDEN OUT AT THAT TIME AT THAT POINT.

SO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ONE INBOUND LANE AND TWO OUTBOUND LANES THERE.

AND SIMILARLY ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE LEFT TURN LANE STRIPED OUT AND A SEPARATE RIGHT TURN LANE STRIPED OUT.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TIMES THAT WE ARE HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND THAT THESE PATTERNS BE FOLLOWED.

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IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY SIMPLE PROCESS.

IT'S IT'S A MOBILE OPERATION.

SO THEY THEY CAN DO THESE TYPES OF RESTRIPING PRETTY EASILY.

AND THEN WE DID NOTICE THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AT THE NORTH DRIVEWAY ARE VERY LIGHT.

SO WE DO WANT TO ENHANCE THOSE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT MARKINGS AT THE DRIVEWAY ITSELF.

NOW THAT THIS WILL FUNCTION AS BOTH ENTERING AND EXITING.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WE DID MEET WITH FOLKS.

WE HOPE TO GET EVERYBODY'S INPUT.

I THINK ANOTHER THING WE WERE DOING WAS PUTTING OUT SIGNING.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT GOT OUT THIS WEEK.

OKAY, SO THERE ARE SIGNS, SORT OF LIKE THE POLITICAL YARD SIGNS PLACED ALONG THE ENTRY ROAD SAYING THERE'S A TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGE COMING IN 2024, MEANING THE NEXT TIME YOU COME BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER THE BREAK.

SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE.

IT IS IN THEIR THURSDAY FOLDERS.

EMAILS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT.

SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THE WORD.

I'M ANTICIPATING A LOT OF CONFUSION.

SO. AND I HOPE NOT, BUT I, I WENT TO ONE OF THE MEETINGS, AS YOU KNOW, AND WE MET AND, IT WAS NOT VERY WELL ATTENDED. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WERE THE OTHER MEETINGS KIND OF THE SAME? DID YOU GO TO THE PTA? YOU WERE AT THE PTA MEETING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THAT WAS THE MOST WELL ATTENDED.

THE OTHER MEETINGS WERE NOT AS WELL ATTENDED.

OH, IS IT THE EVENING MEETING? OH, YOU WERE THE EVENING.

OKAY, SO THAT WAS NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE, BUT THE WE HAD A PTA MEETING IN THE MORNING BEFORE THANKSGIVING THAT I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT 20 TO 30 PARENTS THERE.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF THE SCHOOL, THAT'S NOT A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE.

SO AFTER WE WENT THROUGH ALL THOSE MEETINGS, WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT COULD WE DO TO MAKE SURE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THE WORD IS GETTING SPREAD AS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW PEOPLE ARE BUSY AND THEY'RE THEY'RE IN THEIR MODE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING THROUGH THE DAY.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE YARD SIGNS WERE HOPING WILL CONVEY IS IF YOU SEE THAT, MAYBE YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK.

AND BOTH PRINCIPALS ARE VERY WELL EDUCATED IN THE PROCESS AND THE PLAN.

BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO COME BACK OUT AND TALK TO FOLKS IF WE NEEDED TO.

YEAH. AND, THE SURVEY THAT WENT OUT, DID YOU GET ANY RESPONSES ON THAT? WE GOT A NUMBER OF RESPONSES.

AND WE DID LOOK AT ALL THE COMMENTS.

AND THERE WERE QUESTIONS LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS IF MY KID HAS TO COME TO SCHOOL EARLIER OR LATER OR, YOU KNOW, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU'RE NOT PRECLUDED FROM USING EITHER DRIVEWAY.

THIS IS JUST THE ONE THAT WE FEEL MAKES THE MOST SENSE, PROVIDES THE MOST QUEUING.

THE GOAL IS NEVER TO QUEUE ON THE MAJOR ROAD.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT BY SPLITTING THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS UP, THAT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE EXISTING CONDITION THAT'S OCCURRING TODAY.

BUT YES, I MEAN, WE WE GOT A FEW COMMENTS, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT.

AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE DISTRICT.

ARE WE PUTTING THE QUESTION ANSWERS ON OUR WEBSITE ANYWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND KIND OF LOOK AND SEE.

LIKE, IF I NEED TO DROP OFF EARLY, CAN I USE THAT? SHE JUST MENTIONED THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS ASKING BECAUSE THAT WAS ALSO A QUESTION IN THE MEETING THAT I WAS IN.

AND SO I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY A REAL QUESTION A LOT, A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE GOING TO HAVE.

SO WE HAVE A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION THAT'S SCHEDULED TO GO OUT TOMORROW MORNING.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAD THE INFORMATION FIRST.

SO THAT'LL Q IN THE MORNING TO GO OUT.

WE TRIED TO ADDRESS ALL ANY THEMES THAT CAME IN THROUGH THE FAQ.

IN THAT SO FOR INSTANCE, WE ADDRESSED THAT IF YOU HAVE BAND OR EXTRACURRICULAR, HOWEVER, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD AN FAQ AS WE SEE QUESTIONS COME IN.

IN THAT LETTER IT SAYS TO EMAIL DSWD COMMUNICATIONS.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT FAQ AS WE SEE COMMENTS.

I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONFUSION.

CERTAINLY THE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO DO IS GET THE MESSAGE OUT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PRACTICE THESE.

SO THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS ARE GOING TO BE UPDATED DURING THE BREAK, AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN THEY'LL BE DONE, BUT I THINK WHEN THEY'RE DONE WE CAN

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EVEN WALKING YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE NOW THE SOUTH DRIVEWAY HAS ENTERING AND EXITING.

AND SO PLEASE GO OVER THAT WITH YOUR KIDS.

THEY NEED TO LOOK BOTH WAYS.

THEY NEED TO GET OFF THEIR BIKES WHEN THEY USE A CROSSWALK.

BUT ANYTHING WE WE NEED TO ADD, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO AND WE'RE HAPPY TO.

AND I THINK I JUST HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.

SO IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, THERE IS A FENCE THAT IS GOING TO GO UP AND IT'S IN PURPLE.

AND THIS MAY BE FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S AROUND THE HIGH POINT AREA.

IT SAYS INSTALL NEW FENCING.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, WALKING PATHS.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE.

A GATE AT EACH WALKING PATH.

YES WE WOULD. WE WOULD HAVE GATES AT EACH OF THE WALKING PATHS, AND THAT IS REPRESENTING SOME OF THE NEW REQUIRED SECURITY FENCING THAT WILL BE DOING DISTRICT WIDE. BUT YES, WE WOULD, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE GATES AT THE AT THE NECESSARY POINTS.

OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, AND I'M SURE THAT I'VE GOTTEN THIS ANSWER IN SOME FORM OF COMMUNICATION, FROM THE DISTRICT OR, PORTIONS OF HIGH POINT.

DO YOU HAVE BUS SERVICE? PORTIONS OF HIGH POINT DO NOT.

ARE WE ANTICIPATING ALLOWING BUS SERVICE FOR ALL OF HIGH POINT? I MEAN, BUS SERVICE IS COMING AS WE HAVE DRIVERS AVAILABLE, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, CERTAINLY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVING A PAY INCREASE FOR BUS DRIVERS THAT HAS HELPED US GET STAFFED.

WE ARE STILL STAFFING.

AND SO AS WE GET STAFFING, PAM HAS SAID SHE ESTIMATES BY THE END OF THE YEAR SHE'LL BE FULLY STAFFED.

SO IT'S LITERALLY A ROLLING PROCESS.

AS WE GET NEW DRIVERS, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM ONTO A BUS AND THEN ANNOUNCE NEW ROUTES.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

YES, I'LL ROB NEXT.

AND KIM AND OLIVIA.

SO I THINK AT A HIGH LEVEL, I THINK THIS PLAN IS PROBABLY NOT AS GOOD AS YOU CAN DO.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEALING WITH STOMACHS AND ARTERIES AND INTESTINES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS ARE HERE.

THIS IS NOT OPTIMAL.

I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND SO FIRST I THINK IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A.

IT'S A GOOD PLAN.

A COUPLE THINGS. JUST. JUST OFF THE CUFF.

SIGNAGE ON THIS CAMPUS IS IS REALLY UNACCEPTABLY BAD.

ARE WE PLANNING TO ADEQUATELY SIGN ALL THE NEW STUFF WE'RE DOING WITH TEMPORARY, PERMANENT SIGNING, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF? YES. OKAY.

YEAH. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU JUST TO OVERDO IT.

OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO GET YELLED AT FOR PUTTING TOO MANY SIGNS, AT LEAST FOR ME, ON THIS SEAT ON THE BOARD.

JUST BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, IT'S NOW WE'RE DOING FROM ONE WAY ROADS TO TWO WAYS.

YEAH. AND SO THAT ALREADY IS A BIG DEAL.

AND WE WILL PROBABLY REACH EVEN THOUGH JENNIFER'S COMMUNICATION PLAN IS PHENOMENAL.

I'VE BEEN SEEING IT. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED.

WE MIGHT REACH HALF, I WOULD SAY, OF OUR PARENTS.

AND SO REALLY, THAT'S OVERDUE.

CAN WE ESTABLISH A SPEED LIMIT ON THIS CAMPUS? HAVE WE THOUGHT THROUGH THAT? I'M NOT GOING TO.

DON'T DON'T ANSWER THAT. WE'RE NOT PREPARED.

IT MAY BE SOMETHING WORTH DOING, LIKE TEN MILES AN HOUR.

I MEAN, EVEN IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ENFORCEABLE, THEY THINK THROUGH TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES ON THIS CAMPUS WITH THE ARTERIES THAT WE HAVE.

THEY'RE VERY LONG. I MEAN, YOU TALKED ABOUT 7000 FEET, 20 200FT, 2500FT.

THEY'RE VERY LONG.

AND NOW THAT WE'RE GOING BOTH DIRECTIONS, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IS SUBSTANTIAL.

SO ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO MITIGATE THAT I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE 100%.

AND SO I KNOW I TRUST YOU ALL TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

ARE WE GOING TO PLANNING TO PUT IN ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL BARRIERS NOW THAT WE'RE GOING FROM ONE WAY TO TWO WAY, KIND OF LIKE WE DID AS YOU ENTER THE CAMPUS BY THE BUS ENTRANCE, WE GOT THOSE LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS CALLED? LIKE, OH YEAH, THE DELINEATORS.

YEAH. THAT THE BUSSES, LIKE RUN OVER ALL THE TIME.

YEAH. I MEAN, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING AT, AT LEAST AT THE, AT THE EARLY PARTS OF THAT TO SAY, OH, I NEED TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE VERSUS EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN DOING IT FOR SIX YEARS, TEN YEARS, HOWEVER LONG WE'VE BEEN DOING IT THERE.

JUST COME ON IN. I JUST ENCOURAGE THAT.

IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY, THE BUDGET ALLOWS.

I'M JUST THINKING THROUGH THINGS I SEE EVERY DAY ON THIS CAMPUS THAT WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A GOOD PLAN.

I LOVE THAT WE'VE WORKED OUT WITH THE COUNTY STRIPING.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

PHENOMENAL. I WOULD JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO OVERDO IT ON THE SIGNAGE.

OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNICATION PLAN IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.

AND THEN DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR DAY ONE WITH ACTUAL TRAFFIC CONTROL PEOPLE FACILITATING THAT? WHAT DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YES.

SO SERENA AND I HAVE MET WITH THE CONSTABLE, AND SO WE'LL HAVE, FOR THOSE FIRST FEW DAYS.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THERE TO HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC AS NEEDED.

THEY DON'T JUMP IN AND JUST START DIRECTING, BUT THEY'RE THERE.

AND IF THEY NEED TO DIRECT TRAFFIC, THEY DIRECT TRAFFIC.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM CENTRAL OFFICE, LIKE MYSELF AND JAMES AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER PEOPLE THERE TO HELP, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT ON ORANGE VESTS

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SO WE WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, LET THEM GO AHEAD AND PULL IN AND WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF US THERE TO HELP, DIRECT PEOPLE.

CERTAINLY THE FIRST FEW DAYS TO GET THROUGH THIS IS THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

OH, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.

BUT WITH WITH A COMPLETE CHANGE.

SO, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE THERE.

OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST GOING BACK TO TRISHA'S QUESTION.

I'M DONE. THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN THIS IS GOOD.

Y'ALL DID WELL ON THIS. MY MY HUMBLE OPINION.

THIS FENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THAT DURING CONSTRUCTION, IS THAT GOING TO BE IN PLACE IN JANUARY.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT JUST THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED? AND I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF PEDESTRIAN AND GOLF CART TRAFFIC THAT COMES TO THIS CAMPUS.

IF ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT'S GONE.

I MEAN, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME EMAILS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE FLOWING IN LIKE CRAZY, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT MAKES SURE WE'RE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. NO, THE ONLY FENCING THAT WOULD HAPPEN INITIALLY IS THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING.

THE THAT PERIMETER FENCING WILL HAPPEN DURING, THE, THE CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK TO BOTH OF YOUR POINTS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER AS A COMMUNITY IS THIS IS A BIG CHANGE.

YOU NEED TO DRIVE LIKE YOUR KID GOES TO SCHOOL HERE, AS DOES YOUR NEIGHBORS.

AND SO WE DO NEED TO SLOW DOWN, BE CAREFUL, BE THOUGHTFUL.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE THE DELINEATORS ARE WONDERFUL HDR OBSERVED PEOPLE DRIVING RIGHT THROUGH THEM, WE'VE ALMOST HAD SEVERAL ADMINISTRATORS GET HIT.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE A SMALLER CHILD, SO WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP US SLOW DOWN, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BE OFF OF THEIR CELL PHONES, WHICH IS THE LAW, YOU KNOW, REALLY PAY ATTENTION, AND ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHERE WE'RE MAKING A CHANGE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO DO THIS PROCESS TOGETHER.

YEAH, JUST KIND OF JUMPING OFF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ROB WAS TALKING ABOUT.

MY CONCERN WAS LIKE FOR 5 TO 7 DAYS, HAVING EXTRA STAFF OUT THERE, I WOULD VOLUNTEER.

I'M NOT AFRAID OF GETTING HIT.

IF I'VE DONE HIGH SCHOOL TRAFFIC, I CAN DO THIS.

YOU KNOW, FOR LIKE, 5 TO 7 DAYS UNTIL THEY THEY GET WITH IT.

BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE CONFUSION.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ADVERTISE, ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME UP EARLY, BUT IF WE JUST HAD AS MANY STAFF AS WE COULD JUST DURING THAT, YOU KNOW, ENTRANCE AND EXIT TIMES TO THOSE CAMPUS UP TO MAYBE SEVEN DAYS, I THINK.

AND I THINK ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT, THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, NOW THEY CAN GET IN LINE AND GO WITH THE FLOW.

THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO. I JUST THINK ESPECIALLY ON THAT FIRST DAY, IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL.

SURE. NOW WE'LL WE'LL BE THERE FOR THE FIRST WEEK.

AND IF WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT.

UNTIL IT PEOPLE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET IT INGRAINED.

THEN WE'LL BE THERE AS LONG AS WE NEED TO.

YEAH. CHANGE IS JUST TOUGH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND YOU'RE CHANGING IT UP, AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE OUR PARENTS HAPPY, YOU KNOW? AND I WANT IT TO BE A SMOOTH TRANSITION.

AND I JUST THINK IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, WE DO A GREAT JOB.

I LOVE THE PLAN.

OLIVIA. HEY, I WAS GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION.

IT'S NOT REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.

SO JUST FOR THE DISTRICT, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, MAYBE LIKE COMMUNITY OR LIAISONS AT THE HOS AND THESE HIGH DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE NOT THAT IT'S FOR DIALOG, BUT WE SEND AN EMAIL WITH THIS INFORMATION OR A LINK TO THE DISTRICT SITE WHERE THE INFORMATION IS AND JUST SAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UPCOMING FIRST OF THE YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH BIG, EMAIL DISTRIBUTION LIKE NEWSLETTERS WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH POINT AND VOLTERRA.

NO, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE CAN MAKE SURE IT GETS IN OUR HIGH POINT NEWSLETTER.

BUT BUT AGAIN PEOPLE ARE BUSY AND ARE THEY GOING TO READ THE NEWSLETTER.

SO I WAS MOST EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT JUST LITERALLY THE YARD SIGNS.

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE DRIVING IT NOW, THEN THEORETICALLY I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE, BUT THEY'LL SEE ONE OF THEM.

YEAH, WE PUT A WE PUT A SERIES OF THEM.

THEY ACTUALLY WENT IN THIS AFTERNOON.

SO THEY'LL BE THERE THE NEXT.

THEY WERE THERE FOR PICKUP TODAY AND THEN THEY'LL BE THERE OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND SO THEY'RE AT SOME STRATEGIC AREAS ON THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS AND THEN A COUPLE, TOWARDS THE BACK, LIKE WE'RE ELEMENTARY PARENTS ARE LINING UP TO PICK UP.

SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE HELPFUL JUST BECAUSE SUCH A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR, OF OUR PARENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN ONE OF THOSE PICKUP LINES EVERY DAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PUTTING, THE, THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT, KATHY WITH VLC BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO WE WERE GOING TO PUT A COUPLE OF I'M SORRY.

YEAH. JULIE WITH VLC, I'M LOOKING AT HER BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO BE MAKING A COUPLE OF LARGE, LARGE FOAM

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SO WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE AS MANY, AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, ARE SEEING THIS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THERE ARE POSTERS ON ALL OF THE DOORS GOING INTO AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL, SO HOPEFULLY AT LEAST ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SIDE, IF THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION, ALMOST EVERY PARENT COMES THROUGH THERE FOR HOLIDAY PARTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO, WE'LL HAVE THEM AT WHERE THEY PICK UP THEIR BADGE FOR THEIR PARTY AND THEN ALSO ON ALL THE DOORS.

BUT I HOPEFULLY THAT'LL MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SIDE SOME.

OH THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THEY A LOT OF THEM COME TO THE HOLIDAY PARTIES.

AND WAS THAT IT FOR YOU OLIVIA? YES. OKAY.

I THINK TRICIA, A COMMUNITY MEMBER, ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SHE WOULD, THE HIGH POINT MALE KIOSKS.

SHE WOULD HANG THAT WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET THEIR MAIL.

MAYBE THAT'S A TERRIFIC IDEA.

SO JUST DOING STUFF, MAYBE THAT THERE AND IN BELTERRA, BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT THAT AREN'T DRIVING TO SEE THE YARD SIGNS, IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF THEY COULD HAVE THAT AS WELL.

SUPER QUICK. FOLLOW MARY JANE.

I'M SORRY. OKAY, SO CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE ON THIS.

CLINT. REMIND ME, SIR.

SEVEN MONTHS. SIX MONTHS.

RIGHT, JULIE? SIX MONTHS.

TIMES TWO TIMES TWO.

HERE. YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS.

GET IT DONE. NO, THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION.

BEING A LITTLE SILLY THERE.

OKAY. SO ARE WE GOING TO USE THIS? TRAFFIC PATTERN WE'RE USING DURING CONSTRUCTION AS A TEST TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS FOR PERPETUITY.

ARE WE THINKING THROUGH THAT? IS THAT IN YOUR SCOPE OF WORK TO HELP US DETERMINE THAT FOR FOR THE FUTURE? YES. YES, WE WE ARE LIMITED.

YOU KNOW, DURING CONSTRUCTION, I THINK THIS IS KIND OF THE BEST WAY TO GO.

BUT IF IT TURNS OUT THERE WERE MAJOR FATAL FLAWS WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO REVISIT AND SEE IF WE JUST NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT ONE WAY PATTERN THAT YOU HAD BEFORE, OKAY? NOTHING WE'RE DOING DURING CONSTRUCTION WILL PRECLUDE US BEING ABLE TO GO THERE AGAIN, BECAUSE WE CHALLENGE AT THE END OF THIS, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, RIGHT? A 30% CAPACITY INCREASE.

SO THE PROBLEM ISN'T GOING TO GET SIMPLER.

AND SO OKAY. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.

SO WE CAN HAVE A PLAN NOT ONLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH AGAIN SEEMS LIKE A GOOD PLAN, BUT ALSO FOR PERPETUITY.

THANK YOU. YEAH, WE ALSO DIDN'T TALK ABOUT BICYCLE PARKING, BUT WE LOOKED AT THE BEST PLACE FOR BICYCLE PARKING, BOTH DURING CONSTRUCTION AND AFTERWARDS.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THIS MAROON LOT UP FRONT FOR ADDITIONAL SPEED.

BUMPS. SO THE SPEED BUMPS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MORE, YOU KNOW, QUICK TO GET OVER.

SO IN ORDER TO KIND OF BREAK UP THOSE BIG DRIVE AISLES AND, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS THAT IF YOU'RE NEEDING TO PICK UP YOUR KID, WHAT THE PRINCIPALS HAVE SAID IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DURING OFF HOURS, PARK IN THE MAROON LOT, BUT WALK IN TO GET YOUR KID.

PLEASE DON'T HAVE YOUR YOUNG CHILD COME OUT AND MEET YOU IN THE CAR, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO NOT A VERY SAFE SITUATION.

AND THEN FOR LONG TERM, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS MORE OF ELEVATED CROSSWALKS ALL AROUND CAMPUS SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE CHILD A LITTLE BETTER WHEN THEY'RE CROSSING.

AND THAT SERVES AS A WAY TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AS WELL.

THERE ARE ACTUALLY MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THOSE SHORT, LIKE YOU CAN JUST GET ACROSS THEM SUPER FAST.

SO FOR LONG TERM WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND TO YOUR POINT, I MADE IT TO THE SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY PTA THAT JULIE, WHERE SHE GAVE A PRESENTATION AND.

YEAH, YOU HAD THE TRIED AND TRUE PTA AND THEN JUST A HANDFUL OF OTHERS.

SO, IF JENNIFER, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OF WHAT WE COULD SPECIFICALLY.

YOU KNOW, PASS ALONG TO HIGH POINT NEIGHBORHOOD TO BELTERRA.

AND I'M SURE AMONGST US WE CAN FIND POINT PEOPLE AT ALL OF THE MAJOR.

NEIGHBORHOODS. ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEN ALSO, JUST ONCE THE RESTRIPING IS DONE, BRANSON WILL DO A VIDEO OF THE PATTERN.

SO ONCE WE SHARE THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I'LL PROBABLY ASK YOU ALL TO DO THE SAME JUST TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD.

BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT OBVIOUSLY, UNTIL THE RESTRIPING IS DONE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A JUST IN TIME, RIGHT? A FEW DAYS BEFORE WE'RE BACK TO SCHOOL.

OH, THE VIDEO IS A GREAT IDEA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO OUR 20 2425 BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, PARAMETERS AND CALENDAR WITH GINA.

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WE'RE STARTING EARLY, IT SEEMS LIKE.

BUT THIS IS RIGHT ON TIME.

RIGHT ON TARGET FOR SETTING UP FOR 2425 BUDGET.

SO THIS PRESENTATION WILL KICK US OFF IN REGARDS TO THE ASSUMPTIONS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE WE ARE IN DECEMBER.

I KIND OF HAD THAT CIRCLED THERE.

I WANT TO TAKE KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT THE PLANNING CALENDAR, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO REVIEWING THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND ALL OF THE SPECIAL SESSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO SOME HISTORICAL AND TREND DATA, FINISHING UP WITH THE PROPOSED ASSUMPTIONS FOR 2425.

THIS IS A REMINDER.

THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT.

ASSUMPTIONS ARE JUST THAT, AND THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

AS WE GET BETTER INFORMATION, WE'LL TIGHTEN THOSE THINGS UP SO THAT WE CAN TIGHTEN UP THE BUDGET AND GET IT READY FOR ADOPTION IN JUNE.

YOU CAN SEE IN JANUARY THE PLAN IS TO BRING YOU AN EARLY BUDGET ESTIMATE, FOR REVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL BE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND THE PARAMETER. FEBRUARY AND MARCH FOCUSED MORE ON THE DEVELOPMENT, LIKE INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET.

WE MEET WITH PRINCIPALS, DEPARTMENT SUPERVISORS, DISCUSS THEIR NEEDS, AND OF COURSE, DEVELOP STAFFING, BASED ON FORMULA AND THEN REVIEW OTHER STAFFING NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

THEN IN APRIL, THERE SHOULD BE SOME COMPENSATION DISCUSSIONS AS WELL AS RECEIPT OF PRELIMINARY CERTIFIED ESTIMATED TAX VALUES.

THAT ALLOWS US AGAIN TO REFINE THE BUDGET AND UPDATE IT EVEN MORE.

IN MAY, WE'LL BE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN, AND THEN WE WILL REVIEW THE PROPOSED 2425 FINAL BUDGET THAT WE WILL ADOPT OR BRING FOR ADOPTION IN JUNE OF 2024.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

THERE IS A DETAILED PLANNING CALENDAR ATTACHED FOR YOUR REVIEW AND FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THAT GIVES A LOT MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT I JUST DID, IN CASE WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND FOCUS ON LEGISLATION THAT HAD FINANCIAL IMPACTS, OR COULD HAVE HAD FINANCIAL IMPACTS, HAD ANYTHING REALLY OCCURRED.

SO THE REGULAR SESSION STARTED IN JANUARY AND ENDED MAY 29TH.

THERE WAS ABOUT $33 BILLION IN SURPLUS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE SAW LITTLE TO NOTHING IN THE WAY OF SCHOOL FUNDING THAT CAME OUT OF THE REGULAR SESSION.

THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE GOLDEN YIELD FROM 9856 TO 161 2621 IN THE CURRENT YEAR, 2324.

THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE FROM ONE 2621 TO 129 AND 2425.

THE INCREASE IN THE GOLDEN YIELD IS A STATUTORY STATUTORILY REQUIRED.

SO IT WASN'T REALLY AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THEY GAVE US.

IT WAS IT'S THE THE GOLDEN YIELD IS TIED TO WADA AND IT WAS BELOW THE THRESHOLD.

AND SO IN ORDER TO BRING IT TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LEGALLY, THAT'S WHY WE SAW THOSE INCREASES IN THE GOLDEN YIELD.

THERE WAS ALSO SOME COMPRESSION TO THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT PREVIOUSLY.

AT 0.0825.

AND THEN DURING THE REGULAR SESSION, THEY ALSO RESTORED SOME FUNDING AND TEMA AND NFA.

SO THAT'S IN REGARD TO TECHNOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AS WELL AS NEW INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES ALLOTMENT.

AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST RESTORATIONS.

THEY WEREN'T REALLY ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

THEY RESTORED FROM THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE THEY HAD MADE SOME CUTS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE WAS SOME MINIMAL FUNDING INCLUDED TO COVER A SCHOOL SAFETY.

SO I KNOW WE'VE TALKED OR YOU'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

ONE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER PER CAMPUS, THE PANIC ALERT DEVICES IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

SO THERE WAS SOME FUNDING INCLUDED THAT IS $10 PER ADA AND THEN ABOUT 15,000 OR NOT ABOUT $15,000 PER CAMPUS, TO COVER THESE SAFETY COSTS.

SO KIND OF JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY AN ELEMENTARY HOUSES 800 STUDENTS AND YOU HAVE ADA OF ABOUT 95%.

THAT GETS YOU ABOUT $7,600.

AND THEN THAT'S FOR A TOTAL ADDING THE 15,000, THAT GIVES YOU $22,600 TO COVER SROS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT THE SECURITY OFFICER NEEDS IN ORDER TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES.

SO IT DEFINITELY DOESN'T FUND, WHAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED.

THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN NEW FORMULA FORMULA FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS OR PAY FOR TEACHERS.

SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTUALLY NOTED THAT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT NEEDED TO INCREASE ABOUT $1,000 TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.

SINCE 2019, INFLATION INCREASED ABOUT 14 TO 17%.

THERE WAS NO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN THE REGULAR SESSION.

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OOPS. SO GOVERNOR.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT IMMEDIATELY CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION, WHICH BEGAN JUNE 27TH AND ENDED JULY 13TH.

THE CALL WAS SPECIFIC TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, AND SENATE BILL TWO CAME OUT OF THAT SPECIAL SESSION AND CONTAINED SEVERAL CHANGES.

IT ADDED ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION TO THE MCR, A 20% APPRAISAL CAP ON NON-HOMESTEAD RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY UNDER $5 MILLION, AND IT INCREASED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 40,000 TO 100,000.

VOTER APPROVAL WAS REQUIRED AND RECEIVED VIA THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

AND ULTIMATELY THIS RESULTED IN THE BOARD APPROVING AN 18.5 CENT DECREASE IN THE TAX RATE FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS RESIDENTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL LAWSUITS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED REGARDING THE VOTING EQUIPMENT, SO GOVERNOR ABBOTT ABBOTT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CERTIFY THE RESULTS.

THE PLAN IS OR THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT DISTRICTS WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT TAXES AS IF THE AMENDMENTS HAVE PASSED.

BUT IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DUE TO THE LAWSUITS AND DUE TO LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN THE TAX OFFICES SENDING OUT THE BILLS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE NOT RECEIVING TAX COLLECTIONS RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE.

IT ISN'T JUST, OUR DISTRICT.

IT'S SEVERAL. IT MAY NOT BE EVERY TAX OFFICE, BUT IT IS SEVERAL TAX OFFICES.

AND HAYS IS INCLUDED IN THAT.

SO WE HAVE NOT, YOU KNOW, OUR THE MAJORITY OF OUR TAX COLLECTIONS HAPPEN BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND JANUARY.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED HARDLY ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

SO WE HAVE BEEN RELYING ON FUND BALANCE.

SO I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE, THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE ADMINISTRATION HERE HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE YOU HAD A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

IF WE DIDN'T, WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO COVER PAYROLL AND, AND UTILITIES AND OTHER THINGS RIGHT NOW.

BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A 5 TO 6 MONTH HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE BUSINESS AS USUAL AND MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS UNTIL WE CAN START GETTING TAX COLLECTIONS IN.

WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE TAX OFFICE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SEND THE BILLS OUT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THAT'S FAST APPROACHING, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I'LL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU APPRIZED IF IT DOESN'T, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BILLS WILL BE ONLINE, FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT THERE AND MAKE PAYMENT.

AND I SUSPECT THAT WE'LL SEE A SIGNIFICANT INFLUX OF COLLECTIONS IN JANUARY.

BUT WE WERE DEFINITELY KEEPING IN CONTACT WITH THE TAX OFFICE, AND I'M COMMUNICATING WITH HER, ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEK JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY NEWS THAT I NEED TO BE AWARE OF. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO TO POINT OUT THERE.

I HOPE I HAVE THIS ON RIGHT PAGE.

OKAY. SO AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PAST PRESENTATIONS, IN REGARD TO, AGAIN, THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION AND SPECIFICALLY THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

THE IMPACT TO OUR DISTRICT IS LESS MONEY GOING BACK TO THE STATE IN THE FORM OF RECAPTURE.

WE ADOPTED A BUDGET THIS YEAR THAT ESTIMATED OVER $30 MILLION IN RECAPTURE.

AND THEN DUE TO SB TWO AND THE CHANGES IN THE THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT 14 MILLION.

THAT NUMBER WILL FLUCTUATE AS WE MOVE THROUGH UNTIL WE GET BETTER NUMBERS, ACTUAL ENROLLMENT, ADA AND PROPERTY VALUES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT NUMBER FLUCTUATE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

SO JUST BE AWARE. BUT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT 14 MILLION COULD BE 12 MAYBE 11 MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE 16 JUST DEPENDING ON WHERE WE LAND.

BUT WE DO SEE SOME SOME BIGGER SWINGS IN THAT, AS WE GET TIGHTER DATA.

SO THEN WE MOVED INTO A THIRD SPECIAL SESSION THAT WAS CALLED BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND STARTED ON OCTOBER 9TH.

THE TOPICS INCLUDED EDUCATION FREEDOM OR THE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, BORDER SECURITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ENDING COVID RESTRICTIONS.

SCHOOL FUNDING WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CALL, WHICH MEANS ANY BILLS THAT WOULD BE FILED THAT INCLUDED SCHOOL FUNDING WOULD BE SUBJECT TO POINTS OF ORDER, WHICH IS A FORMAL DEBATE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT CORRECT PROCEDURE IS FOLLOWED.

THE THIRD SPECIAL SESSION ENDED.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW WITH NOTHING HAPPENING, NO LEGISLATION PASSED IN REGARD TO SARS OR SCHOOL FINANCE.

THERE WERE SOME BILLS FILED ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE, BUT NOTHING PASSED.

SO THEN.

OH I THINK I WAS AHEAD WAS I HAD ON MY SLIDE I APOLOGIZE.

SORRY, I CAN'T SEE.

I NEED SOME GLASSES.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT Y'ALL NEED TO CALL ME OUT.

SO THEN WE HAD A FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION THAT WAS CALLED, AND THIS TIME ESSAYS WERE ON THERE, AS WELL AS SCHOOL FINANCE AND TEACHER PAY AND AS WELL AS BORDER SECURITY.

BUT AGAIN, THE SESSION ENDED WITH THE CHAMBERS BEING UNABLE TO AGREE ON LEGISLATION RELATED TO VOUCHERS, SCHOOL FINANCE, TEACHER PAY, SCHOOL SECURITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY.

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I DID PUT ON HERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING NOTE.

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE SAID THAT THE 246 DAYS, THE LAWMAKERS SPENT IN SESSION IS THE MOST OF ANY YEAR SINCE 1845.

AND IT COULD WELL BE CONTINUING THERE.

THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD WE WILL SEE A FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION THAT JUST KIND OF REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, RUMORS CIRCULATING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LAND.

SO THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO KIND OF SOME HISTORICAL DATA.

KEY INFORMATION, OF COURSE, IN BUILDING THE DISTRICT BUDGET IS ENROLLMENT IN ADA.

THAT'S REALLY THE STARTING POINT.

THIS CHART GIVES YOU THE HISTORY OF ENROLLMENT AND WHAT THE PERCENT INCREASE HAS BEEN SINCE 1819.

COVID HAS THROWN KIND OF A WRENCH IN SOME OF THE TRENDS.

YOU CAN SEE THE FLUCTUATION IN THERE.

THERE IS IT WAS KIND OF STEADY AND IT WAS SIX 5% AND 1819 AND 1920.

THEN IN 2021, WHICH IS REALLY THE COVID YEAR, YOU SEE 1%.

AND THEN I THINK KIDS COMING BACK TO SCHOOL IN 21, 22, YOU SEE THIS HUGE INCREASE OF ALMOST 10%.

AND THEN THIS LAST YEAR IN 22, 23, WE ENDED UP WITH A FOUR, 4.5.

4.6% INCREASE, WHICH I KIND OF THOUGHT MIGHT BE GETTING BACK TO A NORM.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS YEAR FOR 2324, THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS ARE DOWN.

AND AS OF MS, WHICH IS THE LAST FRIDAY IN OCTOBER, WE'RE ONLY SEEING ABOUT A 2% INCREASE.

SO IT'S IT'S LESS THAN THAN I THINK WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING AND WE'RE DEFINITELY MONITORING THAT.

THE NEXT PIECE IS OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT PRE-K ENROLLMENT.

AND THAT'S KEY AS WELL.

WE ONLY RECEIVE HALF DAY FUNDING FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

AND SO IF YOU'RE INCREASING, IF YOU'RE IF THE PROJECTIONS ARE INCREASING AND A LOT OF THAT INCREASES IN PRE-K, YOU REALLY HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING PIECE IN THERE, BECAUSE WE DON'T RECEIVE FULL DAY FUNDING FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

SO I JUST LIKE TO PUT THAT NUMBER IN THERE JUST TO WATCH KIND OF HOW MUCH IT'S GROWING SO WE CAN PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AS WE BUILD THE BUDGET.

THE NEXT KEY FACTOR, OBVIOUSLY, IS ADA.

SINCE WE'RE NOT FUNDED ON ENROLLMENT, WE'RE UNFUNDED ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF THIS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENROLLMENT AND ADA CAN BE QUITE SIGNIFICANT.

SO ANY STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING ARE TAKEN OUT THERE, AS WELL AS THE ADA THAT IMPACTS THAT NUMBER.

THAT TOTAL REFINED ADA IS WHAT WE WERE FUNDED OFF OF.

THAT'S THE FUNDING WE RECEIVED.

SO. ALL DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID.

IN REGARD TO ADA.

IT'S JUST IT'S NOT JUST DRIPPING SPRINGS.

IT'S I THINK PROBABLY EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS OR MAYBE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE EFFORTS IN PLACE, AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO INCREASE THE ADA BACK TO WHERE IT WAS BACK IN 1819.

AND PROBABLY IF YOU LOOKED PRIOR TO THAT, YOU WERE PROBABLY CLOSER TO ABOUT 96%.

95.5 96 WAS AVERAGE FOR A LOT OF DISTRICTS OR MOST.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE DRIPPING SPRINGS IS IN LINE WITH THAT.

THEN YOU HAD COVID AND YOU'RE GOING DOWN TO 93%.

THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN 2223, BUT IT WAS IT IS STILL NOT BACK WHERE IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE WHERE STUDENTS ARE IN CLASS.

WE ENDED 2223 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 94.57%, ADA, AND FOR 2324 WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, WE WERE LOOKING AT LIKE 95.69 IS IS WHAT WE INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AS OF MS. AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING CLOSER TO 95.25.

AND I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT REALLY CLOSELY BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WILL STAY THAT HIGH FOR THE YEAR, BECAUSE TYPICALLY IN THE SPRING YOU DO SEE SOME SOME ATTENDANCE START TO FALL OFF.

SO I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS, THAT THAT WE MAY SEE A DECREASE IN THAT AS WELL.

AND AGAIN, I'LL BE WATCHING THAT PRETTY CLOSELY.

AND OF COURSE MONITORING PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH.

THIS PERCENT GROWTH THAT YOU SEE ON THIS CHART IS JULY.

CERTIFIED TO JULY CERTIFIED.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE RISE IN THE ESTIMATES FROM 2021 TO 2122.

AND THEN OF COURSE, SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2223 THAT 30% INCREASE.

AND THEN YOU SEE THIS HUGE DECREASE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT A DECREASE.

IT'S STILL A HUGE INCREASE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE IMPACT OF SB TWO OR THE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO YOU WILL I'M NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THAT NUMBER.

AND AND THAT'S AGAIN THAT IMPACTS MORE OF THE RECAPTURE WHICH IS ON THE NEXT LINE.

IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT.

YOU CAN SEE IN 1920, THAT'S THE LAST TIME WE HAD SOME LEGISLATION THAT IMPACTED THAT.

THAT WAS THE $40,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

AND YOU SEE THAT IT FELL FROM THE 8,000,018 19 TO THE 3.7, IN 1920, AND THEN FROM 1920 THROUGH 2223, YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT

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AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS YEAR, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE LOOKING CLOSER TO 14 MILLION THIS YEAR AROUND THAT.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO PUT IN HERE THE THE FUND BALANCE.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF REFLECT AND SHOW THAT EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE BEEN GROWING YOUR FUND BALANCE.

AND I'M EXTREMELY THANKFUL.

AND I THINK WE ALL ARE THAT THAT'S AT THAT LEVEL THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY.

THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHY YOU NEED FUND BALANCE AND WHY WE NEED TO KEEP A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOME DISTRICTS ARE DOING THAT DON'T HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

YEAH, PROBABLY GETTING LOANS.

SO, AT LEAST WE'RE NOT HAVING WE'RE NOT IN THAT SITUATION.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, SO IN LOOKING AT HISTORICAL INFORMATION, I ALSO WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY OF OUR POLICY ON ADOPTING A DEFICIT BUDGET, AS WELL AS OUR POLICY ON OUR POLICY ON FUND BALANCE.

SO IN REGARD TO ADOPTING A BUDGET DEFICIT, NO BUDGET DEFICIT SHALL EXCEED 2% OF BUDGETED REVENUES, AND CAPITAL ASSETS ARE SIGNIFICANT.

ONE TIME REQUESTS CAN BE EXCLUDED FROM THAT.

THERE WAS A DEFICIT ADOPTED IN 2223.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW THAT WE ENDED THE YEAR BY ACTUALLY ADDING TO FUND BALANCE DUE TO SAVINGS IN VARIOUS AREAS THROUGH THE DISTRICT.

A DEFICIT BUDGET WAS ADOPTED FOR 2324 AS WELL.

AND IN JANUARY WE WILL BE BRINGING INFORMATION ON WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO LAND FOR THE YEAR.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW AND MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING IN GOOD INFORMATION AS TO, AS TO AS TO WHERE WE THINK WE WILL LAND.

AND WE WILL HAVE SIX MONTHS OF ACTUAL DATA BY THE TIME WE BRING THAT.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT IN JANUARY ALONG WITH THE PROJECTIONS FOR 24, 25.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST YOUR, OUR, OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY HERE.

IT'S SEE, LOCAL STATES THAT THE DISTRICT SHALL MAINTAIN ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING FOUR MONTHS OF TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES WERE CLOSER TO 5 TO 6 MONTHS.

AGAIN, WHICH WE HAVE A FUNDING AT LEAST THROUGH JANUARY TO GET US THROUGH TO WAIT FOR THOSE TAX COLLECTIONS TO COME IN.

IF SOMETHING DETRIMENTAL HAPPENS AND WE DON'T GET COLLECTIONS, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO START DISCUSSING HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. AND THIS IS MY WARNING.

SOMETIMES A COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR OTHER MEMBERS TEND TO GET STUCK ON NUMBERS.

THIS IS A STARTING POINT.

WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE START IN JANUARY, OR WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR NOW, IS JUST FOR A BASELINE.

WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE NUMBERS.

WE WILL TIGHTEN UP NUMBERS, BUT I DON'T GET TIED TO A NUMBER.

SOMETIMES IT GETS STUCK IN YOUR HEAD, AND THEN THERE'S FRUSTRATION WHEN IT CHANGES.

BUDGET IS DEFINITELY A MOVING TARGET.

AND AS WE GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WE WILL TIGHTEN THOSE NUMBERS UP.

SO JUST WARNING ASSUMPTIONS AHEAD.

SO AGAIN WE'LL SET.

WE'LL SET THE BASE LEVEL ASSUMPTIONS WE MODIFY AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND AS WE GET INFORMATION, AND WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD WHEN WE WHEN WE NEED TO MODIFY OR WHEN THE BOARD WANTS TO CHANGE SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS.

AND THEN WE'LL ADOPT IN JUNE.

AGAIN, I'M BACK TO THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR 2425.

SO I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE 2324 ENROLLMENT.

I THERE IS AN IN-HOUSE TOOL OR A TOOL THAT TASBO HAS WHERE YOU CAN PROJECT ENROLLMENT.

AND WHEN I WAS DEVELOPING THIS PRESENTATION AND WE DID NOT HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHY REPORT, SO I WENT AHEAD AND WE UTILIZED THAT TOOL AND WE PROJECTED OUT FOR 2425. AND THEN SINCE THEN WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED THE DEMOGRAPHY REPORT.

AND SO I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET TOGETHER AND WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.

SO I DID NOT WANT TO PUT, A NUMBER IN HERE FOR 2425 UNTIL WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AGAIN TO LOOK AT WHAT WE PROJECTED, WHICH WAS THAT 8854 AND WE ACTUALLY ARE AT 8538, WHICH IS ABOUT 300 STUDENTS DOWN.

THAT WILL IMPACT REVENUE AND OTHER OTHER THINGS.

SO, I WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE TALK TO THE DEMOGRAPHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO CONSERVATIVE, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO CLOSELY LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE HAVE A NEW TREND OR WHY SHE THINKS WE'RE STILL GROWING AT A FAST PACE.

AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION, SO I WILL INCLUDE SOMETHING IN JANUARY, OBVIOUSLY.

THE NEXT PIECE IS SOMETHING I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

IT'S THE ADA.

WE DID START THIS YEAR AT 95.69 IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE SIMPLY NOT SEEING THAT.

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I HOPE WITH SOME OF THE I KNOW THAT AGAIN, THEY ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE ADA AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT HAPPENS, BUT IT PROBABLY WOULD BE MORE CONSERVATIVE IF WE.

BUT IF WE BROUGHT IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN AS FAR AS REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS, AGAIN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE PRE-K, AND WE'LL ADJUST FOR THAT AND SHOW THE FUNDING FOR HALF DAY.

LOOKING AT, PROP PROPOSING 8% VALUE GROWTH FOR 24, THAT IS CONSERVATIVE.

BUT DUE TO THE INTEREST RATE INCREASES AND MARKET SLOWING, I THINK IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO BE CONSERVATIVE THAN.

AND WE CAN ALWAYS TIGHTEN THAT UP.

WE WILL GET PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES IN APRIL.

THAT WILL GIVE US A TRUER IDEA OF WHERE WE THINK WE'LL LAND.

BUT THAT REALLY SHOULD IMPACT AGAIN THE RECAPTURE MORE THAN ANYTHING.

SO, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BRING IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE 8%.

WE'RE SEEING A FIVE YEAR TREND OF ABOUT IT'S 99% COLLECTION RATE IS BASED OFF OF A FIVE YEAR TREND.

SO I'M PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

THAT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S BEEN USED IN THE PAST.

AND THEN OF COURSE, I INCLUDED THE 2% BUDGET PARAMETER ON HERE.

THAT'S ALREADY IN YOUR POLICY.

SO AS FAR AS PAYROLL ASSUMPTIONS, THE PROPOSED OR I'M PROPOSING WE PUT IN A 3% PAY INCREASE TO START OFF.

WE CAN ALWAYS INCREASE THAT.

BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE ABOVE THAT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT THINGS COMING THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE SOME FUNDING THAT'S GOING AWAY.

AND DEPENDING ON HOW ENROLLMENT, GROWTH AND ADA, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT WHEN WE PUT ALL THESE ASSUMPTIONS TOGETHER.

AND WE BRING THAT TO YOU IN JANUARY TO REVIEW.

OF COURSE HR ALWAYS REVIEWS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE'RE A UNIQUE AREA.

LINDA'S TALKED ABOUT THAT AND LOOKING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS DEPENDING ON THE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THE STAFFING IS IN THAT IN THAT DEPARTMENT. SHE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND I'LL BE COLLABORATING WITH HER AND SEE IF WHETHER I NEED TO BUILD ANYTHING INTO THIS BUDGET IN THAT REGARD.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE WE GET ENROLLMENT, WE CAN DO THE FORMULA STAFFING FOR PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

HEY. OKAY.

I'M MAKING SURE I GOT THIS.

YOU'RE ONLINE. I SWEAR I'M SQUINTING BECAUSE Y'ALL NEED TO YELL AT ME IF IT'S NOT.

SO CONTINUING ON WITH PAYROLL ASSUMPTIONS, WE OBVIOUSLY WE ALWAYS LOOK AT SPECIAL EDUCATION, STAFFING AND THE NEEDS IN THAT AREA.

THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND THE NEEDS.

SO WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE STAFFING.

THERE IS NO FORMULA BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE STUDENT AND THE NEEDS.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT.

AND I'M THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT ANY POSITIONS OUTSIDE FORMULA.

THOSE ARE REQUESTS THAT COME IN, FOR A DEPARTMENT POSITION OR ANOTHER POSITION ON A CAMPUS THAT ISN'T TIED TO A FORMULA AND JUST BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.

AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE AND REVIEWING THAT, THAT INFORMATION.

AND TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU START OUT ASSUMING ZERO VACANCIES, 100% FILL PAYROLL.

SO I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE BUDGET PAYROLL AT 98%.

THAT BUILDS SOME CAPACITY.

AND THAT IS NOT TIED TO THE SIGNIFICANT STAFFING SHORTAGES THAT WE'VE SEEN.

IT'S JUST TYPICAL IN A DISTRICT.

WE DO NOT FILL 100% ALL YEAR LONG.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME SAVINGS IN THAT AREA.

AND THIS WOULD AGAIN CREATE SOME CAPACITY IN THE BUDGET TO MAYBE DO SOME OTHER THINGS AND BE MORE REALISTIC.

SO I'M LOOKING TO ADD THAT OR DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

I'M I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS DONE IN 20 2324.

I'M NOT SURE. SO ANYWAY, I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS LOOKING AT ESSER THESE FUNDS, THESE ARE THE FUNDS JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT WE WERE GIVEN DURING COVID.

THEY ARE EXPIRING.

THEY EXPIRE, THE LAST ESSER THREE IS THE LAST FUND AVAILABLE AND OUR FUNDING AVAILABLE, AND IT EXPIRES IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.

SO ANY POSITIONS OBVIOUSLY THAT ARE CODED IN THAT WILL NEED TO COME BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO BE COVERED, AND WE'LL NEED TO TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION.

OTHER ASSUMPTIONS. SO FOR NOW, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE MAINTAIN WEIGHTED STUDENT ALLOCATIONS, OF COURSE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

MY OFFICE WILL BE ANALYZING AND REVIEWING AREAS WITHIN THE DISTRICT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING, WHETHER IT'S FINE ARTS OR BILINGUAL OR ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS. WE'LL START LOOKING AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT LACKING SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED.

AND IF WE NEED TO INCREASE FUNDING, THEN WE'LL UPDATE THE ASSUMPTIONS TO REFLECT THOSE NEEDS.

FOR 23, 24, THERE WERE FUNDS INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO COVER THE COST OF PORTABLES.

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ONE, WE HAVE THE BOND NOW WHERE THERE ARE SOME FUNDS SPECIFICALLY TIED TO PORTABLES.

ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD, ASSIGNED SOME FUND BALANCE TO COVER PORTABLE NEEDS.

AGAIN, WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AND REQUEST THAT BEFORE WE USE THOSE FUNDS.

BUT IT MAKES SENSE AGAIN, TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE 2425 BUDGET TO AGAIN CREATE CAPACITY FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER NEEDS THAT ARE COMING IN.

I MENTIONED ESSER BEFORE.

I MENTIONED AGAIN, BECAUSE ESSER IS COVERING A LOT OF SOFTWARE AND OTHER ITEMS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH LARRY TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE THINGS, TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO BRING BACK INTO GENERAL FUND, OR MAYBE WHAT GENERAL FUND WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN GET RID OF OR REDUCE, AND BRING IN SOMETHING ELSE IF IT'S IF IT'S, MAKING MORE SENSE OR IF IT'S BEING MORE PRODUCTIVE, OUR IMPACTING THE PROGRAM.

BUT THAT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT COST.

I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THAT YET.

WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING ON IT WITH, AGAIN, WITH LARRY AND WITH ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE FUNDING THAT'S COMING THROUGH ESSER.

SO I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT.

SO THAT KIND OF WRAPS IT UP.

AND NEXT IT'S JANUARY.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL BRING AN EARLY ESTIMATE THAT KIND OF CONTAINS ALL THESE ASSUMPTIONS THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

AND A NICE LITTLE NEAT PACKAGE SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL BE ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND THE PARAMETER.

THAT'S ALL, FOLKS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AND THEN, HEY LET'S SEE MAN, THAT BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS PASTA.

WHEN IS THAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC? ARE WE GETTING THAT NEXT MONTH.

SHE'LL COME IN JANUARY. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF SCARY, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S MONEY.

I KNOW THESE KIDS.

EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT.

AND SORRY, I'M TRYING TO GET MY QUESTIONS HERE, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

WHEN WE COME IN JANUARY, CAN I JUST GET A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT REOCCURRING COSTS WERE USED WITH THE ESSER FUNDS? I JUST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I WE.

THOSE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AWAY.

AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE TO YOU, BUT, SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFING IN THE ASSUMPTIONS, DOES THAT INCLUDE OUR SPED DEPARTMENT SEEING A PAY ADJUSTMENT OR IS THAT FOR NEW EMPLOYEES? THAT'S REALLY FOR NEW EMPLOYEES.

I MEAN, HR DURING THE COMPENSATION REVIEW WOULD WOULD ADVISE ON COMPENSATION INCREASE IF NECESSARY.

WITH THE HISTORICAL DATA, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HISTORICAL DATA, ARE WE SEEING HOW WE ARE TRENDING ON THE TEXAS EDUCATION STUDENT TRANSFER REPORT? IS THAT A REPORT THAT YOU GUYS LOOK AT AT ALL? TEXAS EDUCATION STUDENT TRANSFER REPORT.

SO THERE'S A TIA REPORT OUT THERE.

AND IT ACTUALLY IT SHOWS I JUST HAD A.

BECAUSE IT'S A LONG NAME I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT IT ACTUALLY SHOWS WHERE OUR KIDS ARE GOING, WHERE THEY'RE TRANSFERRING OUT TO, IF IT'S A CHARTER OR PUBLIC SCHOOL.

IT KEEPS ALL THAT IN THEIR DATA.

THEY DO. IT ACTUALLY GETS TAKEN INTO THE PATH OF DATA.

OKAY. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

I MEAN, YEAH, THEY THEY STUDY THAT AND THAT'S A FULL PART.

WHEN YOU READ THEIR 300 PAGES, THEY HAVE A WHOLE SECTION ON THAT THAT YOU CAN READ ABOUT.

I FIGURED THEY DID BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED THAT HISTORICAL DATA.

OKAY. PERFECT.

AND I THINK ABBOTT DID ACTUALLY CERTIFY THE RESULTS ON THE NINTH.

YEAH. SO I JUST YEAH, I KNOW YOU GUYS WORK ON THESE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO IT JUST THE INFORMATION MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN IN THERE.

ARE WE LOOKING AT MAYBE SETTING SOME MONEY ASIDE FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE TO POSSIBLY DO AN EFFICIENCY AUDIT THIS YEAR, OR ALSO TO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF ZERO BASED BUDGETING COMING, OR SOME FORM OF ZERO BASED BUDGETING COMING OUT.

I KNOW I'VE ASKED A LOT, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT THAT WOULD HELP, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FUNDING.

DEFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE STATE.

IF WE COULD, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY.

WELL. AND I THINK YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB.

I'M NOT DOUBTING YOU, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO FIND MONEY.

AND SO IF WE COULD JUST LOOK INTO DOING SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, THEY DID A FORM OF THAT THIS YEAR.

SO IT WAS A MODIFIED VERSION OF THAT.

THERE ARE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AND SPENDING REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET FIRST.

SO THEY CAN'T DO A FULL ZERO BASED.

YOU CAN'T THROW EVERYTHING OUT.

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BUT THEY DID LOOK AT OTHER ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET THAT THEY DID A ZERO BASED BUDGETING AND SAID, TELL US WHAT YOU NEED.

TECHNOLOGY IS DOING A REEVALUATION TO SAY, WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY SPENDING AND WHAT DO WE NEED? SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT OKAY.

AND FOR SURE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, THEY REALLY BUILD THEIRS FROM THE GROUND UP SO THAT WE, THEY, THEY'RE DOCUMENTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THEIR FUNDS ON AND CAMPUSES. YES, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT BECAUSE, THEY DO HAVE SPENDING REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS THAT THEY HAVE.

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT THEY'RE MONITORING AND PAYING ATTENTION TO.

YEAH. AND FOR EQUITY AS WELL.

SO THAT WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING ACROSS EVERY CAMPUS FOR ONE PRINCIPAL MAY BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY CONSCIENTIOUS AND MAYBE ANOTHER ONE ISN'T.

THIS IS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FUNDING THEM EQUITABLY BASED ON THEIR PROJECTIONS.

AND THEN WE ACTUALLY TIGHTEN THAT UP AT TIMES.

SO WE JUST DID THAT RECENTLY.

IF THEY ACTUALLY GOT ADDITIONAL STUDENTS, THEN WE PROVIDED THEM MORE FUNDING, AND IF THEY DIDN'T, THEN WE EITHER REDUCED THE FUNDING OR SO THAT THERE IS EQUITY ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES.

SURE. OKAY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS REPORT.

I MEAN, THIS WAS VERY THOROUGH AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND THE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. SO BUT I DID BRING SOMETHING UP TO AS OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION DONE ANYTHING LIKE MAYBE A TELETHON OR SOMETHING FOR OUR TEACHERS, MAYBE GIVING THEM A BONUS.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

I SAW A DISTRICT THAT DOES THAT, AND I THINK IT'S LIKE, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY WOULD GIVE A LOT OF MONEY TO OUR TEACHERS FOR A BONUS.

BUT I, I HAD MENTIONED IT AND SO KIM'S ABLE TO TAKE THAT BACK TO THEM.

YEAH, I DID TALK TO, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AT THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ABOUT THE INFORMATION YOU HAD SENT ME, AND THEY DID THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT.

THEY'RE GOING TO TALK WITH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO SEE IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY TO DO NEXT YEAR.

I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS GOING TO BE HOW IT'S GOING TO BE ADVERTISED, HOW THE INFORMATION CAN GET OUT.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE SEND OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, HOW PRINCIPALS WOULD COMMUNICATE THAT AND STAFF, BUT, IT WOULD NEED TO BE A LOT WITH PUBLICITY TO GET THAT OUT THERE TO, YOU KNOW, REACH EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN THE DISTRICT.

SO, THEY ARE INTERESTED AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH LOOKING INTO.

AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANKS. SUPER, SUPER SHORT.

I APPRECIATE THE CONSERVATIVE NATURE IN WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS BUDGET WITH SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER.

I THINK THIS COULD BE INTERESTING.

WE ALREADY GOT IT, LIKE CLOSING THIS YEAR, I THINK ESPECIALLY DOWN 316 KIDS.

I THINK WE'RE LIKE, WE GET THERE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE SOME CHALLENGES AROUND THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT NATURE.

I'M WITH YOU ON I THINK THAT'S THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

THE THE GOOD AND BAD NEWS IN THIS IS GROWTH IS SLOWING A LITTLE BIT, WHICH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT TO CATCH UP, WHICH I THINK IS A GOAL OF ALL OF OURS. WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR ABOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONIGHT AND WE'RE EXPANDING SYCAMORE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS RECAPTURE BURDEN AND NO REAL HELP FROM THE LEGISLATURE AROUND INCREASES TO THE STUDENT ALLOTMENT IS CHALLENGING, NO DOUBT.

SO JUST KNOW I EMPATHIZE WITH THE SITUATION, WHICH AND I APPRECIATE THE WAY IN WHICH YOU'RE APPROACHING THIS.

I THINK IT ALIGNS WITH KIND OF WHERE I'M AT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT THAT'S GOING INTO IT.

AND THEN WE'LL JUST SEE WHERE THE NUMBERS GO AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

SO THANK YOU. WERE YOU LOOKING AT, OLIVIA? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

NOW, I WAS JUST STRUCK BY.

I THINK I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR OF, IT'S REALLY CRAZY WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOUR DEPARTMENT IN A IN A NORMAL YEAR.

AND AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT SCENARIO ON TOP OF THAT.

SO, I WAS STRUCK BY HOW WELL VERSED YOU WERE AND EVERYTHING, SO.

THANK YOU. WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST THIS REPORT WAS GREAT, AND I LIKE THE WAY YOU GUYS BROKE IT DOWN AND HOW YOU BROUGHT ATTENTION TO CERTAIN THINGS THAT MAYBE WE REALLY HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.

BUT I LIKE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, WE DO HAVE A HIGH ATTENDANCE RATE, BUT LET'S SET IT LOWER.

LET'S LET'S BE AS CONSERVATIVE AS WE CAN.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT HIGH FUND BALANCE.

AND Y'ALL GOT ALL THIS MONEY AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT? AND AND TONIGHT IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHEN YOU'VE GOT THAT MONEY IN THE BANK.

OUR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO GET PAID.

ALL THE EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO GET PAID.

WE'RE GOING TO PAY THE BILLS.

THE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE.

YOU GUYS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB OF CONSERVING THAT MONEY AND HOLDING ON TO IT.

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GREAT REPORT. GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, IF THERE'S, NO OBJECTION, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD POINT AND JUNCTURE FOR A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO OUR VOTING ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE ARE BACK. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR

[7. CONSENT AGENDA ]

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ITEMS? INCLUDED IN CONSENT.

OKAY, THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM ROB.

THE SECOND ROOM. TRICIA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU.

OKAY. OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM, IS CONSIDERATION OF THE 20 2425 ACADEMIC CALENDAR.

[8. ACTION ]

I WAS LOOKING TO SEE WHO IS DOCTOR KING.

IT WAS ME. AND SO FOR THIS YEAR, I JUST WANT TO, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL.

THEY HAVE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF GETTING INPUT FROM EVERY CAMPUS AND TEACHER FEEDBACK UP UNTIL THE VERY LAST MEETING.

WE ARE ADJUSTING AND CHANGING.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE LANDED BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK.

SO HERE IS THE CALENDAR, VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

SO STUDENTS WILL BE DONE, IN MAY IN A TIMELY FASHION.

THEIR LAST DAY IS THE 23RD OF MAY.

TEACHERS WILL COME BACK AS THEIR WORK DAY ON THE 27TH, AND THAT'S JUST TO BOX UP THEIR ROOM, TAKE THINGS DOWN AND PREPARE FOR THE SUMMER.

WE DON'T LIKE TO REALLY DO THAT WITH STUDENTS AROUND BECAUSE THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO THE LEARNING.

SO REALLY TAKING CARE OF THAT THAT DAY.

WE GET BACK FROM MEMORIAL DAY, WE STILL HAVE THE TWO WEEKS AT THE HOLIDAY TIME LIKE WE DO THIS YEAR.

AND THEN OUR SPRING BREAK ALIGNS TO BOTH ACC AND UT.

SORRY. NO. TRICIA AND I MOVED TO APPROVE THE 20 2420.

HOLD ON. SORRY. I THINK KIM HAS JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

IS IT MY TURN? MY TURN. OKAY, ONE QUICK QUESTION.

ON COMING BACK THE DAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY FOR TEACHERS TO BOX UP, WHAT HAVE YOU, WOULD THEY HAVE AN OPTION THAT SATURDAY AFTER LIKE THE KIDS LAST DAYS THAT FRIDAY? IS THERE AN OPTION TO DO THAT ON SATURDAY? JUST ASK IT. IS THAT NOT A GOOD QUESTION? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THE ANSWER IS THE ANSWER IS MORE THAN LIKELY NO, THAT IT'S HARD TO NAVIGATE AND MANAGE AS A PRINCIPAL AND THE LEADERSHIP.

SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE IF TEACHERS DON'T WANT TO COME BACK ON THAT TUESDAY, WE ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO TAKE DOWN THEIR CLASSROOM.

WE WANT TO KEEP IT AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE FOR KIDS UP UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, BUT THAT THAT DAY REALLY IS FOR TRANSITION ARDS, ANY TYPE OF 1416, ANY STUDENT THAT WAS NOT YET SUCCESSFUL IN STAR AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE DISTRACTION OF I ONLY HAVE MY PLANNING PERIOD TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

SO IT REALLY GIVES US A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE THE MEETINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED GOING INTO SUMMER, AND ALSO FOR PREPPING FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.

OKAY. OKAY.

TRICIA. I'M SORRY.

DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING ALL THE KIDS OUT FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND BEYOND.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

I HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY, ABOUT, JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DISAPPEAR AND THEY GO FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND THEY DON'T COME BACK FOR A WEEK OR TWO.

SO APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.

I THINK THAT'LL HELP OUR ADA OUT AND ANY ISSUES AT THE BACK END OF THE YEAR FOR THAT.

NOW, JUST SO I HAVE THIS RIGHT.

SO WE'RE OFF THE FRIDAY OF FOUNDERS.

UNLESS LIKE ICE ARMAGEDDON HAPPENS.

DO I HAVE THAT CORRECT. THAT'S WEATHER MAKEUP DAY.

YES. SO RIGHT NOW, TEACHERS, IT'S A TEACHER WORK DAY FOUNDERS.

SO KIDS WILL NOT BE HERE BUT TEACHERS WILL I SEE OKAY.

YEAH. AND WE ARE ALL OFF ON THE 18TH, WHICH ARE BOTH BAD WEATHER DAYS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME TIME.

IF WE DO HAVE WEATHER DAYS, THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL, GIVEN APPROVAL FROM, FROM THE BOARD ABOUT WAIVERS, THERE'S A POTENTIAL WE WON'T HAVE TO USE THOSE DAYS, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE'RE CLOSED.

ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUT TWO DAYS IN THE CALENDAR.

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ENOUGH DAYS NOT TO NEED BAD WEATHER DAYS.

SO IT'S ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS.

GREAT. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD.

AND WELL DONE. THANK YOU.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE 2024 2025 ACADEMIC CALENDAR.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRICIA.

SECOND FROM KIM.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE. OH. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF THE 20 2324 STAFF DEVELOPMENT MINUTES WAIVER.

DOCTOR KIDD. OKAY.

AND THIS IS REALLY A REQUIREMENT OF TIA TO GO TO THE BOARD AND ASK FOR PERMISSION TO SUBMIT A WAIVER FOR OUR 2100 MINUTES, WHERE WE HAVE TEACHERS PRESENT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, BUT STUDENTS ARE ABSENT.

THERE IS A 75,600 INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTE REQUIREMENT, AND ANY TIME WE DON'T HAVE STUDENTS HERE, WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE MINUTES.

AND THIS OPPORTUNITY GIVES US THAT TIME BACK SO WE CAN COUNT IT TOWARDS INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES, BUT ALSO PROVIDE LEARNING FOR TEACHERS.

KENT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE SUBMISSION OF THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT WAIVER TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.

A MOTION FROM KIM.

A SECOND FROM OLIVIA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE AWARD OF RFP 23, DASH 20 4-08 FOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES.

IS THAT ELAINE OR CLINT? I'LL TAKE IT. I'LL SAVE CLINT SOME STEPS.

SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING A SHORTAGE IN CUSTODIAL SERVICES ALL YEAR.

AND SO ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS IS TO CONTRACT OUT A PORTION OF THE DISTRICT FOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES.

SO WE DID ISSUE A BID.

WE HAD SIX RESPONSES.

TWO OF THE RESPONSES ARE FIRMS OUTSIDE OF THE STATE WHICH DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY PRESENCE IN AUSTIN, LET ALONE TEXAS.

SO THE COMPANY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS ICS.

THEY HAVE A LOCAL PRESENCE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY DID STATE IN THEIR BID THAT THEY WOULD MATCH DISTRICT WAGES.

SO THAT WAS A CONCERN.

IF WE BROUGHT IN A CONTRACTOR AND THEY WERE PAYING MORE, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR EXISTING EMPLOYEES.

SO THE WAY THIS WOULD LOOK IS WE WOULD CONTRACT OUT CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR SYCAMORE CAMPUS, ROOSTER SPRINGS AND CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARIES, CONSOLIDATE THOSE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OVER TO THE WESTERN CAMPUSES SO THAT THEY ARE FULLY STAFFED, AND SEE IF A CONTRACTOR CAN STAFF OUR OTHER CAMPUSES.

THEY ALSO USE THE SAME CLEANING SUPPLIES THAT WE USE ACROSS THE DISTRICT, SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A GOOD FIT.

ON LIKE, I KNOW WE'VE GOT CUSTODIANS AT ALL THE CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW, SO I GUESS WE WOULD BE TAKING SOME THAT ARE AT CAMPUSES NOW AND RELOCATING THEM.

AM I UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO MIX THEM WITH A COMPANY? IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

SO. THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE AT THE CAMPUSES, WE WOULD CONTRACT, WE WOULD MOVE THEM OVER TO OTHER CAMPUSES.

OKAY. I WAS JUST CONCERNED HOW SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE FELT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

THEY BECOME A PART OF THAT FAMILY.

AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED WELL WITH THIS TRANSITION THAT'S COMING IN.

AND YES, WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH ALL THE STAFF.

I THINK THEY'RE JUST TIRED AND THEY'RE READY FOR SOME RELIEF, YOU KNOW, ASKING WHERE WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND SO REMEMBER, THEY'RE NOT JUST CLEANING OUR SCHOOLS, THEY'RE WORKING RENTAL EVENTS AND WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK ALMOST WITH OUR CHURCH RENTAL FACILITIES.

SO, THIS IS SOME MUCH NEEDED HELP TO OUR EXISTING.

WELL, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE BRINGING US A PLAN, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A SHORTAGE RIGHT NOW.

AND I YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THOSE AREAS, THAT'S THE LARGEST AREA.

AND I BET THE ONES THAT WE DO HAVE, I BET THEY ARE EXHAUSTED AND JUST ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM, IT'S GREAT RECOMMENDATION.

OLIVIA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST I WANT TO BE VERY BRIEF, BUT ON EXIT STRATEGY AND THE POSITION AND THE SITUATION THAT WE DO GET RESTAFFED BACK.

IS IT IS THERE AN EASY EXIT STRATEGY? AND I OBVIOUSLY DON'T EXPECT THAT THAT'LL HAPPEN ANYTIME.

BUT GOING INTO THESE CONTRACTS, WHAT IF IT WERE TO GO DOWN TO TWO CAMPUSES OR ONE CAMPUS? RIGHT. SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH IQS.

AND IN THAT WE WOULD LAY OUT THOSE TERMS, PUT IN THE RENEWAL CONDITIONS, AND OBVIOUSLY MONITOR WHAT SERVICES WE ARE GETTING AS WE IMPLEMENT THIS, BECAUSE

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SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATION.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. BUT THE BUDGET PARAMETERS AND HOW IT MIGHT SAY 98%.

BUT OF COURSE, IF WE COULD GET 100%, THERE'S A REASON FOR, HAVING THOSE POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET.

TRICIA SO WITH THE COST, SINCE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET PERIMETERS, DO WE HAVE THE COST CURRENTLY IN THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM, WHICH FUNCTION IS CUSTODIAN'S IN OUR BUDGET FUNCTION? OKAY. AND SO WE TRADITIONALLY REDUCE THAT FUNCTION AND TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE STAFFING SHORTAGES.

RIGHT. SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR I KNOW WE HAVE PAYROLL SAVINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY STAFFED.

SO WE'LL REALLOCATE THAT TO CONTRACT SERVICES.

OKAY. AND THEN BUDGET ACCORDINGLY FOR NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. PERFECT.

AND YOU ANSWERED ALL MY OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK THE BUSINESS PART MAKES PERFECT SENSE AND WELL DONE.

GETTING THIS ON THE STREET AND GETTING THAT MANY RFQS TOGETHER FOR THIS.

I THINK FOR FOR ME PERSONALLY, I THINK MY I ECHO MY COLLEAGUES SENTIMENT ON THIS.

I WANT TO MAKE REALLY CLEAR TO OUR CUSTODIAL TEAM, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO REPLACE YOU, RIGHT? IT'S NOT OUR HEART.

WE'RE LOOKING TO GET YOU HELP.

AND SO I THINK, ALONG WITH OLIVIA'S QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I JUST LOVE TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES CONTRACTORS CAN JUST BE LIKE CONTRACTORS IN ANY WAY.

WE CAN INCORPORATE THESE FOLKS SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE TIGER FAMILY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY W-2 ORGANIC DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR ME.

RIGHT. BECAUSE I WAS AT SYCAMORE MIDDLE BAND CONCERT THE OTHER NIGHT WHERE THE BAND WAS HONORING THE RETIRED CUSTODIAN FROM LAST SUMMER.

RIGHT. AND WHERE THEIR ANY DIRECTED THE BAND.

LIKE, THAT'S A THAT'S THE FAN.

THAT'S THE TIGER FAMILY.

RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS AND I KNOW THIS, I'VE HAD TO I'VE HAD OUTSOURCING CONTRACT THINGS AND IT CAN BE VERY EASY THAT I'M HERE TO GET CHECKED AND LIKE, LET'S NOT DO THAT IF WE CAN.

RIGHT. CAMPUSES DO A PHENOMENAL JOB OF EMBRACING EVERYONE ON THEIR CAMPUS.

AND SO I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT NEW FACES WILL RECEIVE THE SAME WELCOME AND INCORPORATION INTO THE CAMPUS FAMILY THAT OUR W-2 EMPLOYEES RECEIVE.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT, BECAUSE I WANT TO LOSE THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH, EVERYBODY IN OUR STAFF THAT THEY FEEL PART OF THE TEAM.

AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, BUT A LITTLE MORE INTENTIONAL WAYS.

THANK YOU, ELAINE, AND WELL DONE.

I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION IF WE'RE READY.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD RFP 2324 008 FOR CUSTODIAN SERVICES TO ICS, INC.

AS THE HIGHEST RATED.

PROPOSER OF A MOTION FROM TRICIA, A SECOND FROM ROB.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE ZERO. I ECHO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THAT.

IT'S AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT.

OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF AN AGREEMENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO.

CLINT. OKAY, THERE WE GO.

IT'S ON. KIND OF JUST TO GO BACK, AS A REMINDER, IN SEPTEMBER, THE BOARD APPROVED, VLC, TO PROVIDE THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TWO PROJECT.

AND THEN LAST MONTH, VLC WAS HERE AND PROVIDED AN UPDATE, OUTLINING, THE DESIGN PROCESS, TO INCLUDE KIND OF A TO INCLUDE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN SCHEDULE, AS WELL AS AN OVERVIEW OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, THAT WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE SET TO START, IN JANUARY.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TONIGHT, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL, IS THE STANDARD AIA AGREEMENT, WITH THE ARCHITECT. AND AGAIN, JUST AS ANOTHER REMINDER, GOING BACK TO THE THE MAY BOND, THE MAY BOND INCLUDED, FUNDING FOR DESIGN ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TWO PROJECT THROUGH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

AND SO THE CONTRACT DOES ADDRESS THIS SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF, IT IS FUNDED THROUGH, THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS PHASE. AND THEN THE PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND CLOSEOUT PHASES, ARE CONTINGENT UPON PASSAGE OF A FUTURE BOND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.

AND SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

HERSHEY. I THINK THIS WAS, FROM BEFORE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST ONE CLIENT.

SO, WE JUST GOT A OUR CONVERSATION AROUND TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR A SMALL SCALE, DEAL.

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TIA IS SUPPLEMENTAL ON THIS? YES. RIGHT, RIGHT.

ARE WE. ARE WE PLANNING ON CLOSING THAT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES. OKAY. YES.

YEP. WE HAVE WITH THE FUNDING THAT WAS INCLUDED.

THERE THERE IS FUNDING STILL THERE WOULD STILL BE FUNDING AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT TO ADDRESS ANY SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES THAT WOULD ARISE, INCLUDING TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.

OKAY. I'M GLAD SHE WAS NOMINATED.

SO THAT MEANS WE'RE WE'RE THINKING THE RIGHT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE GOT A ROUNDABOUT.

WE JUST KIND OF JUST FINISHING.

RIGHT. WE GOT AN EXTENSION OF WIDENING OF DARDEN HILL THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE VOLUME OF CARS AROUND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO AGAIN, IT'S THERE'LL BE I BEAT THE HORSE TO DEATH ONLY ON PURPOSE.

THERE'LL BE. OKAY. YEAH.

THERE WILL BE AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL ENTRANCES INTO A FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL SITE THERE IN ADDITION TO THE ENTRANCE THAT'S ALREADY THERE AT THE ROUNDABOUT.

SO. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, GREAT.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

OLIVIA. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.

THESE CONTRACTS ARE EXTREMELY EXTENSIVE IN AREAS WHERE YOU SEE PARAGRAPH DELETED, LIKE IN 5.4 AND 5.5.

JUST VERY CURIOUS THE NATURE OF THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND THEN JUST REITERATING AGAIN, I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THE BOARD AND THE SPIRIT OF THE DISTRICT.

JUST LOOKING FOR A CONFIDENCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE LARGE PROJECTS AND LARGE VENDORS THAT EVERYONE ON THE TEAM IS LOOKING FOR COST SAVINGS.

SO, SO ABSOLUTELY, IN TERMS OF THE COST SAVINGS THAT STARTS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND IS A PART OF EVERY PHASE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THESE ARE VERY, VERY LENGTHY, DETAILED DOCUMENTS.

THEY ARE DEVELOPED BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.

AND ANYWHERE THAT YOU SEE, PARAGRAPH DELETED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT, AS, AS OUR LEGAL COUNSEL GOES THROUGH THESE CONTRACTS, THOSE PARAGRAPHS, HAVE BEEN DELETED BASED ON THE NEED OF THE CONTRACT.

THANK YOU. KIM.

I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION.

OKAY, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH VLK ARCHITECTS TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO PROJECT.

A MOTION FROM KIM.

SECOND FROM TRICIA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT FOR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS.

CLINT. ALL RIGHT.

SIMILAR IN NATURE IN TERMS OF THIS IS THE THE FORMAL CONTRACT PORTION OF THIS.

LAST MONTH, THE BOARD DID APPROVE ROGERS O'BRIAN CONSTRUCTION AS THE TOP RANKED FIRM TO PROVIDE CMR SERVICES FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION PROJECTS.

THE NEXT STEP IS APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WITH ROGERS O'BRIAN.

AND SO, WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TONIGHT, OR ARE THE THE STANDARD AIA CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ALSO, DEVELOPED BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THESE.

QUESTIONS FOR CLINT. TRICIA, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE TO ASK WHEN WE'RE, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A LENGTHY PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE WHEN WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT LINE ITEMS ON THE BOND, CAN WE GET KIND OF JUST LIKE A LITTLE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE'VE SPENT ON THAT ITEM? JUST FOR EACH PROJECT.

LIKE WHAT'S IN THE BOND REPORT? YEAH, BECAUSE WHAT I'M KIND OF, EXCEPT FOR WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE REPORTS AND I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE AND JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND VERIFY.

IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GO.

LOOK, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TONIGHT WHERE IT'S GMP ONE.

AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER EXPENDITURES BESIDES GMP, WHAT WE'VE ALLOCATED TO THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT ALREADY AS APPROVED? I THINK PART OF THAT'S BASED ON INVOICING.

SO THE WAY THE INVOICING IS COMING IN, YOU'RE LITERALLY, LITERALLY SEEING IN REAL TIME INVOICING MONTH BY MONTH, THAT'S CHANGING IN THAT REPORT.

AND SO I DON'T THINK I'M ASKING IT CORRECTLY.

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YES, ABSOLUTELY. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO MAKE THAT MANAGEABLE 100%.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

KIM. Y'ALL MAKE THE MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH ROGERS O'BRIAN CONSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM KIM.

SECOND FROM ROB.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ARE YOU STAYING UP THERE? YES YOU ARE.

NEXT IS CONSIDERATION OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, GNP NUMBER ONE FOR THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT.

OKAY. SO WHAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM IS, WE'VE TALKED A GOOD BIT ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK DELIVERY METHOD AND THE ADVANTAGES, ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

BUT UNDER THE CMR METHOD, THE CONTRACTOR DEVELOPS A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, FOR THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED.

AND SO, WHAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL TONIGHT IS A GMP NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS A PARTIAL GMP, TO FACILITATE EARLY PROCUREMENT OF LONG LEAD TIME ITEMS. AND TO BEGIN SOME OF THAT EARLY SITE WORK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE, WITH THE TRAFFIC UPDATE, AND SO INCLUDED IN THE ITEM SHEET IS A IS KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE COST ASSOCIATED ASSOCIATED WITH GMP ONE.

AND THEN THE ATTACHMENT, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON THAT.

AND SO THE AMOUNT OF GMP ONE IS 3 MILLION $233,445.

AND THAT IS TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE THE GEOTHERMAL WELL, FIELD MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, ELEVATOR AND CIVIL SITE WORK. AND SO, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST REQUESTING APPROVAL OF GMP ONE TONIGHT, TO ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO GET STARTED ON THAT WORK, OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS FOR CLINT. OKAY, TRICIA.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, NUMBER ONE FOR THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT.

AND THE AMOUNT OF 3,233,445.

OKAY. A MOTION FROM TRICIA.

SECOND FROM ROB. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS CONSIDERATION OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX FOR PROJECT DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES.

OH THAT'S YOU. CLINT.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I HAVE TO KEEP LOOKING DOWN, MAKING SURE THAT I'M CALLING PEOPLE BY THE WRONG NAME.

I MEAN, SO, I UNDERSTAND.

SO GOING BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THE BOARD APPROVED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, FOR THE ELEMENTARY SIX, PROJECT.

THE NEXT PHASE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS IS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

OVER THE RECENT MONTHS, WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH PFLUEGER AND OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS.

AND AT THIS TIME, PFLUEGER HAS COMPLETED THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE.

AND SO, WE HAVE DESMOND O'SHAUGHNESSY.

I HOPE THAT I PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME RIGHT.

I SPECIFICALLY ASKED HIM BEFORE THE MEETING TO MAKE SURE I DID, BUT I MAY HAVE STILL MESSED IT UP, BUT, DESMOND IS HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

UPDATE. AND WE ARE REQUESTING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO DESMOND.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.

SUPER EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME UPDATES ON OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SIX.

SO I'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.

SO THIS IS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING.

SO, THUS FAR THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT.

AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE BACK AT PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS.

WE'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ENTIRE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD COMMUNITY.

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AND JUST FROM THE LIST OF NAMES HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

JUST TO QUICKLY GO OVER THE AGENDA TODAY.

WHAT? WE'LL GO OVER.

WHAT WE'LL GO OVER, IN GENERALITIES, IS GOING TO BE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT.

WE'LL GO THROUGH A QUICK RECAP AND REFRESH OF HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT WHERE WE'RE AT, AND THEN THE REAL MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE PRESENTATION ARE REALLY GOING TO BE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT UPDATES, WHERE WE'LL BE GOING OVER, INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE INTERIOR, THE LAYOUT, MATERIAL CHOICES AND WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND IN THE, THE THE DESIGN.

SO, AS CLINT ALREADY STATED, I WAS ACTUALLY HERE IN SEPTEMBER AND YOU ALL GAVE US YOUR BLESSING AND APPROVAL ON THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.

JUST TO RECAP, WE BEGAN THIS PROJECT BY GETTING INTO A COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT IS YOUR WHY AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN YOUR NEXT FACILITY FOR YOUR YOUNG STUDENTS.

FROM THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO DERIVE A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THIS PROJECT IN ITS DEVELOPMENT UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

AND THOSE FOUR ITEMS ARE REALLY LISTED RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, BEING CONTEXT INCLUSIVE, EVOLVE AND SYMBIOTIC.

AND THOSE ARE REALLY THE OVERARCHING THEMES OF THE 30,000 FOOT LEVEL IDEAS THAT ARE DRIVING THIS PROJECT.

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES AGAIN, OF OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN YOUR OLD ADMIN ADMIN OFFICES.

MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.

AND THEN FROM THERE WE WE FROM THOSE MEETINGS AND ALL THOSE WORKSHOPS, WE WERE ABLE TO DERIVE A BLENDED PLAN, WHICH WAS A LOT OF INPUT FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH FROM THE DISTRICT AND FROM THE COMMUNITY, TO TRY AND SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT, TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WAS SUITABLE AND AGREEABLE TO EVERYONE. JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR SCHEDULE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE MADE A FEW SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR, OUR SCHEDULE THAT RELATE DIRECTLY TO WHEN WE WOULD BE APPROVING AND GETTING CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL FROM YOU ALL, FOR OUR VARIOUS MILESTONES IN THE PROJECT.

THIS IS NOT IMPACTED THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE BY ANY MEANS.

WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK DILIGENTLY.

AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE NOW HERE STANDING AT THE END OF DECEMBER, SEEKING YOUR CONSIDERATION AND POTENTIAL APPROVAL OF OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT UPDATES.

AS FAR AS YOUR PROGRAM GOES, WE HAVE NOT DEVIATED FROM THAT.

OUR CHARGE IS STILL TO GIVE YOU A STUDENT CAPACITY OF ABOUT 800 STUDENTS, ALONG WITH FACULTY AND STAFF THAT WOULD ALSO NEED TO SERVE IT.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT THROUGHOUT THE ITERATIVE DESIGN PROCESS AND CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD WITH OUR DESIGN.

JUST AGAIN, TO RECAP AND REFRESH YOU ALL WITH SOME OF OUR GOALS THAT WE WERE GIVEN FROM YOU.

WE REALLY TRY TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE, GIVEN THE NATURAL TERRAIN THAT YOU HAVE OUT HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

AND SO THIS IS JUST SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM TO BE A POTENTIAL PROTOTYPE FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.

AND IT SHOWS A VARIED OPTION IN THE LAYOUT AND THE WAY IN WHICH YOU CAN KEEP THE SAME PROGRAM RELATIVELY SIMILAR FOOTPRINT AND APPLY IT ONTO A DIFFERENT SITE IF NEED BE IN THE FUTURE. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST US SHOWING HOW THE EXACT FOOTPRINT THAT WILL GO OVER HERE IN A MOMENT HAS ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION, WITH US PUSHING AND PULLING AND MAKING SMALL ROTATIONS IN THE BUILDING IN ORDER TO REALLY PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SPACES THAT BEST SUIT THE SITE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH IN THE HEADWATERS COMMUNITY. SO FAR OUR SITE PLAN.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UPDATES HERE.

WE GOT YOUR FEEDBACK FROM OUR LAST SCHEMATIC DESIGN MEETING ABOUT YOUR CONCERN ABOUT DRIVES, LOOPS, QUEUES, AS WELL AS YOUR CONCERN ABOUT PLAY AREAS AND WHAT YOU'VE HAD FOR ALLOWABLE AREA IN YOUR PREVIOUS INSTITUTIONS.

SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, MADE A FEW UPDATES HERE TO REALLY TRY AND INCREASE AND ELEVATE THE AMOUNT OF PLAY AREA THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS AND THE YOUNG ONES, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING THEM WITH A HEALTHY AND SAFE, PROTECTED SPACE IN WHICH TO EXPERIENCE THAT.

HERE WE HAVE THE REDACTED FLOOR PLAN.

YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU THAT PERTAINS TO OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT UPDATES, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IN GREATER DETAIL THAT SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PLANS.

WE'VE CONTINUED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DISTRICT, HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE SPED DEPARTMENT'S FACILITIES AND GENERAL EDUCATORS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CLASSROOMS AND THE SPACES REALLY WORK FOR THE FUNCTIONS AND THE NEEDS THAT THEY, THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE.

A CONTINUATION FROM THAT IS SHOWING OUR LOWER LEVEL TO REMIND YOU ALL, THIS SCHOOL IS STAGGERED, JUST GIVEN THE NATURAL TERRAIN OF THE SITE ON THE IN THE HEADWATERS COMMUNITY, THERE'S ABOUT A 15 FOOT DROP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

SO FOR THE ECONOMY, FOR THE ECONOMY OF CONSTRUCTION AND SAVING THE DISTRICT MONEY, WE, ELECTED TO ACTUALLY RECESS THE BUILDING INTO

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AND SO NOW WE'LL REALLY GET TO THE THE PRETTY PICTURES IN THE SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF MY PRESENTATION TODAY.

SO AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, EARLIER ON IN OUR, EXPLORATION PROCESS WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH.

A VISUAL LEARNING EXERCISE WHERE WE ASK THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS OF THE DISTRICT TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT IT WAS THAT RESONATED WITH THEM IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT IT WHAT THEY FELT LIKE MADE UP DRIPPING SPRINGS AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE REFLECTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

REALLY PUTTING A MIRROR UP IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND ASKING THEM FOR THEIR FEEDBACK.

FROM THAT EXERCISE, WE GAINED A LOT OF FEEDBACK, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKED AND WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE.

AND FROM THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY PULL SEVERAL IMAGES HERE, SOME OF WHICH ARE SCHOOLS, OTHERS ARE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE STAPLES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY HELP TO DEFINE WHAT THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT HERE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DERIVE A MODEST AND RESERVED EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING REPRESENTATION OF THE BUILDING HERE THAT WE'RE SHOWING COMPROMISE OF TILT WALL CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE CONCRETE, INSULATED CONCRETE WITH BOARD FORM AND THIN BRICK, AS WELL AS METAL PANELS, ALL MATERIALS THAT RESONATE AND CAN BE FOUND IN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS COMMUNITY.

AND THAT WOULD BE THAT LAST SHOT.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT LAST SHOT IS ACTUALLY ON THE APPROACH TO THE SCHOOL COMING UP ON THE DRIVE.

HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER SHOT THAT SHOWS THE MAIN ENTRY FROM THE VERY FRONT PARKING LOT, KIND OF AS YOU APPROACH AND ENTER INTO THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SHOT AGAIN WITH THOSE SAME MATERIALS SELECTIONS.

AS YOU'RE DRIVING AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL, LOOKING BACK INTO THE HEADWATERS COMMUNITY.

WITH. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU ALL ARE GETTING AN IDEA OF WHAT THE INTERIORS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THIS, THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY OR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING OUR INTERIOR CONCEPT REALLY FOCUSED AROUND THE CELESTIAL PATHWAYS.

WE REALLY CHOSE THIS BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT RESONATED WITH THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD COMMUNITY.

GIVEN THAT YOU ALL ARE A DARK SKIES COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ONES TO BE ESTABLISHED HERE.

SO WE FELT THAT THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE THEME TO RUN WITH.

SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE IN THE UPCOMING IMAGES ARE COLOR SELECTIONS THAT DERIVE FROM THE COLOR PALETTE AND THE MATERIALITY THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE FOUND HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

SO AS YOU ENTER THE SCHOOL HERE, WHAT WE HAVE IS THE MAIN CORRIDOR.

IF WE REFERENCE BACK TO THAT EARLIER IMAGE THAT I SHOWED YOU, THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS DIRECTLY THROUGH THOSE DOUBLE DOORS TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY HOLDING PLACEHOLDERS ON THESE TWO WALLS THROUGH SOME EXERCISES AND THE GUIDED TOURS THAT WE TOOK OF SEVERAL OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION.

IT WAS CLEAR AND EVIDENT THAT THERE WAS A SENSE OF PLACEMAKING THAT WAS REALLY APPRECIATED IN THOSE IN THOSE FACILITIES BY HAVING A FEATURE WALL OR A WALL THAT REALLY UNIFIES THE ENTIRE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF AND STUDENTS AND GIVES THEM KIND OF A HOME BASE.

IF WE LOOK BACK AT THOSE, THE SCHEMATIC PLANS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SHOWN, WE WE DEVELOPED THIS ENTIRE FLOOR PLAN WITH THE IDEA THAT ALL OF THE COMMUNAL SPACES WOULD BE RIGHT IN THE CENTER, FORMING MORE OF A HEARTH.

AND SO THIS IS THE CENTER OF THAT HEARTH, REALLY THE CORE OF THE SCHOOL WHERE EVERYONE CAN COME TOGETHER.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOUR FACULTY AND STAFF TO DEVELOP WHAT WILL ACTUALLY GO ON TO THOSE WALLS.

SO FOR THIS TIME WE ARE JUST SHOWING PLACEHOLDERS IN THOSE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A STAR PATTERN KIND OF ALLUDING TO WHERE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN, BUT IT WILL RESONATE BACK WITH THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD COMMUNITY.

HERE WE ARE SHOWING AN IMAGE OF YOUR CLNAI OF YOUR MEDIA CENTER.

IT'S ORGANIZED IN A RADIAL PATTERN THAT'S REALLY FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

MEASURE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HAVE EYES ON ALL ON ALL CORNERS OF THE BUILDING.

THERE'S A SENSE OF TRANSPARENCY THAT'S THERE AS WELL, INTO THE COMMUNITY ROOM THAT WAS REQUESTED FOR THIS FACILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SIDE, BUT IT'S ALSO SECURE.

AND THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS ALWAYS HAVE EYES.

WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED THIS PARTICULAR SPACE TO ALSO ACT AS A SPACE OF INSTRUCTION FOR NOT ONLY STUDENTS, BUT ALSO STAFF.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT KIND OF REFLECTED IN THE FLOOR PLANS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IN MORE DETAIL.

HERE WE HAVE AN INTERIOR RENDERING.

AGAIN CONCEPTUAL IMAGE SHOWING WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR YOUR GYMNASIUM.

SO THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR OTHER FACILITIES AT THE TIME.

AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STICKING WITHIN THE STANDARDS THAT DRIPPING SPRINGS HAS AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS.

HERE WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF THE CAFETERIA, SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON A LITTLE BIT.

THE MATERIAL CHOICES THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE ARE INTENDED TO BE VERY DURABLE, LONG LASTING AND LOW MAINTENANCE.

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SO WE ARE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE THAT AS WELL BY PUTTING MATERIALS IN PLACE THAT WILL LAST A HARDY WHILE STILL CREATING A HEALTHY AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS, AND ALSO GIVING THEM SOME SENSE OF COLOR, EXPLORATION AND FUN AS WELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE WITH THE ACOUSTICAL PANELS, WHICH ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT COLORS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.

AND SO IN ALL OF THE COMMUNAL SPACES BEING THE CAFETERIA, CLNAI AND THE GYMNASIUM, WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE COLORS SO THAT THEY ALL HAVE BUY IN AND A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP IN THOSE SPACES.

AND HERE WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF THE PROPOSED COLLABORATIVE AREAS WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL WINGS.

THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR HAPPENS TO BE WHAT WE'LL SAY IS THE BLUE WING.

AS WE CONTINUE TO GO ON THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT AND BEGIN OUR BRANDING, AND YOU ALL DECIDE WHAT THE MASCOT OF THE SCHOOL IS, WE CAN FURTHER DEVELOP HOW WE DEFINE THESE AREAS. BUT WE'VE USED THE WE'VE STRATEGICALLY USED COLOR TO HELP IN WAYFINDING, FORMING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE USE OF THE WALL TILE AS WELL AS NCT AND COLOR CHOICES THERE TO AGAIN FORM THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL ITSELF, SO THAT EACH STUDENT, AS THEY MOVE THROUGHOUT, IT FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY AND A HUB OF THEIR OWN WITHIN EACH WING.

AND HERE WE HAVE A GENERAL CLASSROOM.

A SAMPLE THERE WE HAVE PUT ON, AGAIN THE USE OF COLOR.

THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE IN THE PURPLE WING.

WE'VE USED A DASH OF COLOR THERE AGAIN TO REMIND THE STUDENTS OF WHERE THEY ARE, FORM THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY WHILE ALSO OUTFITTING THE ROOM IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STANDARDS THAT DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD HAS.

AND SO FROM HERE, OUR NEXT STEPS ARE REALLY JUST TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL FOR TODAY.

CLINT WILL COME BACK UP HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

SORRY, CLINT. EXHAUSTING YOUR VOCAL CORDS THERE TO GO THROUGH BID PACKAGE, OR GMP NUMBER ONE, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL, WE'LL HAVE OUR CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, WHICH SHOULD BE EARLY IN OF NEXT YEAR.

HOPEFULLY BY FEBRUARY, I'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDE MORE IMAGERY, SHOWING OUR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL GO THROUGH BID PACKAGE NUMBER TWO, WHICH WILL CONTAIN ALL OF THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION ITEMS. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S OUR BOARD REP.

WAS THAT. DIDN'T WE HAVE A BALL? WAS IT YOU OR DO WE NOT HAVE A BOARD LIAISON? WE DID NOT. OKAY.

NO. OKAY, I'M THINKING OF KIM'S FIELD TRIPS.

BUT NOT FOR JUST HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS STRUCK BY HOW YOU TALKED ABOUT EFFICIENCY, DRIVING, WORKING WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY.

BUT TO ME, THAT'S JUST KIND OF ESTHETICALLY EXCITING.

I LOVE THAT IT DOES.

IT DOES IT DOES OFFER SOME UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAKE US VERY EXCITED WHEN WE COME BACK IN DURING CDS.

WE'LL DEFINITELY BE REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF, OF THE SCHOOL.

THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS AROUND IF WE GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN HERE.

AROUND THE PLAY AREA THAT'S ON THE TWO STORY WING THAT ARE, I THINK YOU ALL WILL BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

BUT WE ARE FINDING VERY CREATIVE WAYS TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

COME ON, DESMOND, IF YOU GO TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, I THINK THAT FRONT RENDERING, THAT KIND OF HAS THE LONG SIDE SHOT OF SHOWS YOU THAT YOU'VE GOT THE DOWNSTAIRS.

YEAH. YOU CAN SEE THAT'S REALLY USING SPACE EFFICIENTLY RATHER THAN TRYING TO BUILD UP AND LEVEL OUT AND DO A BUNCH OF SITE WORK.

WE'RE GOING TO BE USING WHAT WE'VE GOT.

YEAH. SO REMIND ME, WHEN DOES THE BOARD GET ITS FIRST? WHEN WE PUT ON OUR HARD HATS AND WE GO AND WE LOOK, I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT PROBABLY BE LATER THIS SPRING.

RIGHT, JENNIFER? ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO A HARD HAT? I HAVEN'T, I DON'T I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THIS PROPERTY YET.

I DON'T KNOW HAVE YOU.

OKAY. GMP WILL BE GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO START GETTING IN AND MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S EASIER TO GET TO.

BUT DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST THINK THE DESIGN IS STUNNING.

I MEAN, I JUST THINK Y'ALL DONE A GREAT JOB.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE LISTENED TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE EVEN MORE DETAILS AS IT MOVES ALONG AS YOU WORK WITH THE FACULTY, BUT, I WAS IN AN EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A LOT OF HEADWATERS PARENTS, AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED.

THEY'RE JUST THEY WANT IT YESTERDAY AND THEY'RE.

AND I TOLD THEM THEY'RE GOING TO ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

AND THEY THEY JUST CAN'T WAIT.

THEY THEY'RE READY FOR US TO PUT OUR HARD HATS ON AND BREAK THAT GROUND.

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BUT I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY WELL DESIGNED.

YEAH. SO, I MEAN, I'M LIKING WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

I THINK THE SPLIT LEVEL IS A GOOD IDEA GIVEN THE TOPOGRAPHY.

RIGHT. I LIKE THIS.

DO WE HAVE THIS CONCEPT REPLICATED ANYWHERE ELSE? THIS KIND OF CENTRALIZED? THE GYM, THE CAFETERIA AND THE ALL THAT IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN THE WINGS OF THIS.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST FOR US, RIGHT? THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A PROTOTYPE.

WE KIND OF TOOK WHAT WE SAW AND THEN WHAT OUR CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN, AND LOOKED FOR A FLOOR PLAN THAT REALLY MET MORE OF OUR NEEDS AND DIDN'T NECESSARILY LOOK AT WHAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE, BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW OUR SCHOOLS HAVE SOME TRAFFIC CHALLENGES AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT CHANGING.

PART OF THAT CENTRAL AREA WAS A BIG PIECE OF THE COMMITTEE FEEDBACK.

THEY REALLY LIKED THE ABILITY FOR LIKE PARENT NIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO FLOW INTO THAT.

IF YOU'LL GO BACK ON THAT ONE, TO BE ABLE TO FLOW IN AND OUT TO THE CAFETERIA FOR THINGS.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A GATHERING PLACE WHEN YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON.

TOTALLY. NO, I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL.

COUPLE COUPLE THOUGHTS.

SO SITE PLAN OR IS THERE ANY EXCLUSIONS BASED ON THE CURRENT PRICING THAT I'M SEEING ON THE SITE PLAN THAT WE HAVE.

SO WHERE ALL THOSE DRIVES ARE INCLUDED, ALL THAT SITE WORK FOR, ALL THAT STUFF, THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN IN OUR CURRENT COST ESTIMATE.

BECAUSE WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN SD ABOUT WE MAY NOT GET ALL THOSE DRIVES, WE MAY JUST DO ONE AND THEN EXPAND OUT TO NUMBER TWO FOR THE FUTURE BUILD.

BUT THE SITE PLAN THAT I'M SEEING HERE, I WANT YOU TO GO TO IT, IF YOU COULD REAL QUICK.

SO THE NUMBERS I'M SEEING INCLUDES ALL OF THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ALL THAT FOR WHICH WHICH PARTICULAR NUMBERS ARE YOU SPEAKING OF? SORRY. SORRY. THAT'S MORE FOR YOU.

YEAH. THAT'S YOU. YEAH.

SO, GNP ONE THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT HERE IN A MINUTE.

INCLUDES A GOOD PORTION OF THAT, BUT, AS PART OF THE BACKUP MATERIALS, THE 100% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATE DOES INCLUDE, ALL OF THAT.

OKAY, GREAT. SO WE'RE GETTING ALL THIS SITE WORK AS, AS PROPOSED, AS WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, NO EXCLUSIONS.

THAT'S CORRECT. GOOD. OKAY.

WELL THAT'S GREAT I MEAN THAT'S IDEAL.

YEAH. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY FEND OFF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE DEALING WITH ON THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DRIVES.

AND RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, THE SITE IN SOME WAYS DICTATES THAT WE PUT THE ELEMENTARY AT THE BACK.

BUT, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION COSTS AREN'T GOING TO GET ANY CHEAPER AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO I AGREE WITH THAT. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A BETTER TIME TO CONSTRUCT THOSE DRIVES.

THE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THE SITE.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

SO ALSO FOR YOU COST ESTIMATE ON THIS.

I SAW THAT RIGHT INCLUDING SOFT COSTS RIGHT ARCHITECT ETC..

ARE WE ON TRACK FOR OUR WHAT WAS IT 66 MILLION IN THE THE BOND PROGRAM? ARE WE ON TRACK. ARE WE TURNING ABOVE.

ARE WE. WE'RE NO, WE'RE WE'RE ON TRACK.

OKAY. FOR FOR TOTAL PROJECT COST.

AND IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES, THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY. I'M LIKE I'M LIKE EVERYTHING I'M SEEING.

WELL DONE SO FAR. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING CDS.

BUT I THINK THIS IS GREAT. NOW LAST QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.

I MEAN IT HAD ITS STARTING IN JANUARY.

IS THAT WHY WE'RE APPROVING GMP ONE? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MUCH EARTHWORK OUT, I MEAN, A BUNCH OF BULLDOZERS AND START GOING OR WHAT'S THE.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE BULLDOZERS AND EARTHWORK STARTING IN EARLY JANUARY.

I'D SAY IT'S PRETTY AGGRESSIVE. WE'RE WE'RE WE ARE WE HAVE SUBMITTED, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE SUBMITTED FOR PERMITS THROUGH TCU.

SO WE CAN'T START TURNING DIRT UNTIL WE GET TCU APPROVAL.

BUT, WE HAVE SUBMITTED THAT.

AND SO WE'RE IN QUEUE FOR THAT.

SO, APPROVAL OF THE GMP, ITEM, WHICH IS COMING UP NEXT, WILL ALLOW US TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS OR, YOU KNOW, THE LONG LEAD TIME ITEMS, WHICH SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SOME OF THE BIG ELECTRICAL AND HVAC GEAR ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, ALMOST A YEAR OUT, AND INCLUDING THAT SITE WORK, IN THE EARLY GMP SO THAT AS SOON AS WE DO GET THOSE PERMIT APPROVALS, AMERICAN WILL BE READY TO MOBILIZE AND START CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY, 2024.

SO WE'RE SAYING BASICALLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NOW AND BASED ON ASSUMING TCU PERMIT COMES IN LINE WITH YOUR ESTIMATED TIMELINE NOW AND PROBABLY FEBRUARY OR MARCH AT THE VERY LATEST.

YEAH, BUT WE'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR THE OPENING TIMES THAT WE HAD ESTABLISHED.

YES. SO FAR OKAY.

YEP. LOVE IT. GREAT.

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

OH! OLIVIA, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST HAD A QUICK, QUICK COMMENT.

I THINK THAT WE HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK ON THE EXTERIOR FACADE AND HEARD THE COMMUNITY AND NOT OVER ENGINEERING, OVER ARCHITECT THIS BUILDING. I THINK IT FITS OUR ESTHETICS VERY WELL, BUT IT ALSO IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S MODERN AND ALL THE THINGS, BUT IT IS ALSO SOMEWHAT MODEST AND

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I HAD THE QUICKEST QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO TIA SAFETY AND SECURITY FENCING REGULATIONS ON A SITE LIKE THIS WHERE WE HAVE SO MUCH TOPOGRAPHY, WHAT WE SEE US INVESTING IN, HIGHER FENCING WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.

BOTH YES AND NO.

WE HAVE HIGHER FENCING WHERE IT IS REQUIRED AND STIPULATED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLY WITH TIA THROUGH A MICRO MESH NON CLIMBABLE SURFACE. SORRY NON CLIMBABLE FENCE.

IN ORDER TO INTEGRATE THAT INTO THE PROJECT SO THAT IT DOESN'T COME OFF AS INSTITUTIONAL AND A LITTLE OPPRESSIVE TO HAVE A REALLY TALL EIGHT FOOT FENCE, IT CAN SOMETIMES BE UNWELCOMING. SO WE DO TRY AND KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE WHILE TRYING TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY.

WE ARE STILL DESIGNING FOR THE YOUNGEST OF OUR EDUCATORS, OR FOR THE YOUNGEST OF OUR EDUCATED, AND TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT FACT.

I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO KIND OF GO INTO GREATER DEPTH ABOUT THOSE THINGS WITH YOU IN PRIVATE, BUT WITHOUT GIVING TOO MUCH HERE.

YES, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE.

AND OLIVIA, MAYBE I'LL JUST SAY IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FENCING THAN WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW.

SOME OF OUR PLACES WE HAVE PRETTY LOW FENCING.

AND SO I THINK AS WE'RE MOVING EVERYTHING TO A T STANDARD, IT WILL BE MORE IN LINE BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE TO MEET THE T STANDARDS.

SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT CERTAINLY THAN RANCH FENCING.

YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX PROJECT.

YOU HAVE A MOTION FROM KIM.

SECOND FROM TRICIA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

OKAY, ROLLING RIGHT ALONG TO CONSIDERATION OF GNP NUMBER ONE FOR ELEMENTARY SIX.

YES. AND SO THIS GNP NUMBER ONE ITEM IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE GNP ONE ITEM FOR SYCAMORE SPRINGS EXPANSION PROJECT.

SO I WON'T GO THROUGH AND REPEAT, EVERYTHING THAT I, STATED FOR THAT, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR, THE ELEMENTARY SIX PROJECT, AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS HAS PROPOSED A GNP ONE FOR AGAIN, THOSE SIMILAR LONG LEAD TIME ITEMS AND SITE WORK.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE TILT WALL MATERIAL, ELEVATOR, LARGE HVAC, AND ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR.

AND WE'RE REALLY SEEING THAT, THAT THE HVAC AND THE ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR ARE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE STILL 40 PLUS WEEKS OUT.

AND SO, THAT'S WHY THOSE ITEMS ARE INCLUDED, HERE.

AND THEN ALSO OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, THE SITE WORK.

AND SO THE TOTAL FOR GNP ONE ON THIS PROJECT, IS $8,461,968. THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL AGAIN, SUMMARY, ON THE ITEM SHEET AND THEN A, A COST BY CONSTRUCTION DIVISION IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL.

AND SO AND AGAIN, A GOOD POINT THAT I THINK ROB BROUGHT UP EARLIER WITH A QUESTION ABOUT BUDGET, WHICH I DIDN'T ADDRESS IN THAT FIRST GNP ITEM IS, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE, PROPOSING FOR, FOR GNP, ONE ON BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS IS WITHIN THE BUDGET, THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR THAT SCOPE OF WORK.

AND SO, WE WERE REQUESTING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF GNP ONE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SIX PROJECT.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. JUST A REALLY QUICK QUESTION ON THE UTILITIES ON THIS.

IS THIS SO WE CAN RUN BIG OLD WATER LINE OUT TO WHEREVER WE'RE GOING TO TIE INTO? OR MAYBE WHERE ARE WE TYING INTO FOR THIS CAMPUS? IS IT THE MUD FOR HEADWATERS? YES, IT'S THE MUD FOR HEADWATERS.

AND SO GOING BACK TO WHEN WE BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY, WE HAD A, POST-CLOSING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, TO GET WATER, TO GET UTILITIES, BASICALLY TO THE, TO THE EDGE OF THE SITE.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE TO GET OH, SO THEY'RE ALREADY THERE AND WE HAVE.

YEAH, WE HAVE WATER AT THE, AT THE ROAD.

OH THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. WE HAVE ELECTRICAL AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

WE HAVE GAS SERVICE AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

SO WE HAVE ALL OF SO WE HAVE THAT'S ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT, WHEN WE PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY, IS WE HAD THAT POST POST-CLOSING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD THE NECESSARY UTILITIES TO THE SITE SO THAT AS PART OF CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE JUST HAVING TO DEAL WITH GETTING IT FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE TO THE BUILDING SITE. GOT IT. SO THIS IS FROM THE MAIN ROAD THERE IN HEADWATERS ARE NOT THE MAIN ROAD, THE MAIN ROAD OFF OF THE MAIN ROAD TO GET IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHERE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE. CORRECT.

OKAY, OKAY. GREAT.

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MY ONLY QUESTION WAS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE.

LET'S NOT SAY THE NAME RIGHT.

IS IT THE ROTH BURGER? HOW DO YOU SAY YES? PARK THAT IS CONTIGUOUS TO OUR PROPERTY, IS IT NOT? YES IT IS. IT IS ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO OUR PROPERTY.

THAT'S CORRECT. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY ABOUT IT, AND SO THERE'S GOOD COMMUNICATION FLOWING BETWEEN ELAINE AND KAREN AND CLINT AND THE CITY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CLINT? TRICIA. I MOVE TO APPROVE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR NUMBER ONE, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, AND NUMBER ONE FOR THE ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,461,968.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRICIA.

TAKEN FROM ROB. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? HEY. WHY, THOUGH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

EXCITING. AND IF I COULD REAL QUICK, MARY JANE, I THINK THIS IS JUST FOR THE EDIFICATION OF EVERYONE, NOT YOU.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS. THIS IS THE BENEFIT OF DESIGN AND BRINGING ON A CMR AND A GC EARLY IN A PROJECT TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS, SO WE DON'T GET DELAYED RIGHT THROUGH THE MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN DURING A PROJECT.

AND SO I JUST APPLAUD YOUR TEAM, ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON TO COORDINATE THIS ARCHITECT TEAM THAT ARE WORKING WELL TOGETHER WITH OUR GCS TO GET THIS STUFF ROLLING, BECAUSE THE COMMUTE WE ALL WE KNOW THAT WE'RE BEHIND ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO I'M I LOVE WHAT I'M SEEING AND I'M LOVING THE EFFORT THAT'S GETTING PUT IN BY YOUR TEAM AND OUR AND OUR PARTNERS OVER HERE.

SO Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

PLEASE KEEP IT UP BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE YET.

SO THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU CAN FINALLY SIT DOWN.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO, POLICY UPDATE 121 AND 122.

DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ, FOR YOUR HOLIDAY READING PLEASURE, WE HAVE INCLUDED UPDATE 121 AND 122.

SO WE HAVE A SERIES OF POLICIES, LOCAL POLICIES, AND THEN ALSO A SERIES OF LEGAL POLICIES, PARTICULARLY BEING IMPACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THAT WILL BE REVIEWING OUR STAFF IS REVIEWING THEM RIGHT NOW AS WELL.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST READING, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF BRING YOU ALL ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT NEED.

ANY. THERE'S NO ACTION.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS. OKAY? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

NO. NO ACTION.

IT'S JUST A FIRST READING.

IT'S JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

AND SO THAT YOU CAN SIT DOWN WITH A NICE CUP OF COFFEE ON A SUNDAY MORNING AND READ FOR HOURS.

SO WE WILL REVISIT IN THE JANUARY MEETING AND WE'LL REVISIT IN JANUARY MEETING.

AND AT THAT TIME, WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU FOR ACTION, AND WE'LL HAVE AN AGENDA REVIEW TO HAVE TIME BEFOREHAND.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW FOR THE TEAM? WELL, IT'S ON YOUR MIND.

YEAH. OKAY. OKAY WHEN WE MOVE ON TO REPORTS AND INFORMATION.

[9. REPORTS AND INFORMATION ]

GOOD EVENING. I JUST HAVE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE ON THE LAB REPORT.

THE FIRST BEING THAT WE HAD 300 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION.

AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, THAT IS ALSO IT'S ACADEMIC BUT ALSO CREATIVE.

AND THAT WAS ON DECEMBER 2ND.

AND THEY GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THINGS LIKE CHESS, PUZZLES, CREATIVE WRITING, MAPS, GRAPHS, CHARTS, MUSIC, MEMORY, NUMBER SENSE, ORAL READING, READY WRITING, STORYTELLING AND SPELLING. AND SO OUR KIDS WERE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

WE ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT TEACHERS WILL BE COMING BACK JANUARY 4TH AND FIFTH FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, GREAT OPTIONS FOR THEIR CONTINUED LEARNING WITH OUR NEW SCIENCE TECHS AND ALSO, OUR ELPS, WHICH IS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY STANDARDS.

SO WE'LL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW TO BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN THE LAST UPDATE THAT I WANT TO PROVIDE TO YOU IS ABOUT THE EAF GRANT, WHICH IS THE EFFECTIVE ADVISING FRAMEWORK GRANT.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COUNSELORS AND OTHER STAFF WITHIN THE DISTRICT WORKING ON THIS GRANT.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS IS IT'S IMPACTING K THROUGH 12 ADVISING, BUT IT'S AROUND THE COLLEGE CAREER, SOCIAL, PERSONAL, ACADEMIC AND FINANCIAL LITERACY COMPONENT AND HOW IT'S INTERTWINED.

USING LIDAR AND ME AND OTHER INITIATIVES WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND THE K-12 CURRICULUM PROGRAM.

THIS IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED BY THE STATE NEXT YEAR, BUT WE GET THE FUNDING TO BUILD IT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY OUTSTANDING.

AND WITH THAT GRANT WE HAVE WE HAVE SCHOOL LINKS CURRENTLY FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS.

WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL LINKS FOR SIX AND SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS.

SO THIS YEAR WHEN THEY ARE DOING COURSE SELECTIONS, THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SAME WEBSITE, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.

IT ALREADY DOES CAREER EXPLORATION, COLLEGE EXPLORATION WHERE THEY CAN BUILD THEIR PORTFOLIO AND RESUMES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

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SO IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY COOL.

WHEN I READ THIS, THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE THING I HIGHLIGHTED.

I WAS LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS ANYWAY, BUT YOUR TEAM IS SO PROACTIVE.

WROTE A GRANT SO THAT WE COULD GET A HEAD START.

AND IT JUST REMINDS ME OF TEACHERS APPLYING FOR FOUNDATION GRANTS.

THEIR THEIR PLATE IS SO FULL, AND THEN THEY GO TO THE TIME AND TROUBLE OF WRITING A GRANT ON TOP OF THAT.

AND I JUST I LOVE THAT ABOUT OUR DISTRICT GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL THE TIME.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE TO HIGHLIGHT AND AND I.

OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR KIDD.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR GINA? OH. YOU JUST DID SUCH A THOROUGH JOB.

WELL, IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, WE'RE AT OUR FUND BALANCE BECAUSE OF NO COLLECTIONS IN NOVEMBER.

NO WAY DO WE. WE DON'T COLLECT MUCH.

NOVEMBER. DOOBIE. EXCUSE ME.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT 28 MILLION.

WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THE TAX COLLECTION REPORT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT COLLECTING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE NOT COLLECTING ANYTHING. SO OUR FUND BALANCE STANDS AT 28 MILLION AS OF END OF NOVEMBER.

BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING HERE. DO I HAVE THAT CORRECT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT MY NUMBERS RIGHT.

I AM LOOKING HERE.

I WAS WONDERING HOW MUCH SLEEP WE ALL NEED TO LOSE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING TAX COLLECTIONS IN DECEMBER.

THAT'S. YEAH.

THERE'S AN THAT'S AN ESTIMATED THERE BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY COLLECTION.

YEAH. OKAY.

SO THAT WAS THE SIRI TALKING TO ME RIGHT NOW.

SIRI SIRI SIRI HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE IN DECEMBER.

SIRI IT'S ON THE WEB OKAY.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO MOVING ON TO THE BOND REPORT.

I THINK YOUR POINT, ROB, WAS OUR OUR FUND BALANCE ISN'T STEADY.

IT'S NOT A SOLID STATE NUMBER.

THAT NUMBER IS CHANGING OVER TIME, AS WE'RE HAVING TO USE IT IN ORDER TO OPERATE IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THERE ARE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WE'RE GRATEFUL WE HAVE IT BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING TO USE IT RIGHT NOW.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

AND SO AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EDUCATION FOR ME AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER LOOKING AT THIS GOING, MAN, WE GOT $50 MILLION.

HEY, WE COULD DO SOME GOOD WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD OBLIGATE SOME, SOME FUNDS TO CERTAIN THINGS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO OFF THE RECORD, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT POTENTIALLY FOR, SOME THIS KIND OF STUFF.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF LEGISLATION GETS HUNG UP OR LAWSUITS DOING WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE WITH THE CLOCK KIND OF STUFF LIKE THAT'S CRITICAL.

IT'S A LIFELINE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.

AND SO JUST KNOW THAT I'M HAVING MORE APPRECIATION FOR THAT, WORKING THROUGH THIS WITH YOU ALL AND SEEING THIS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE IMPORTANCE AROUND NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY AND TAX COLLECTION, WHAT THAT DOES IN THE OUT MONTHS.

AND SO. IT'S BEEN A GOOD EDUCATION.

THIS IS ALSO WHY THIS STUFF SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.

THINGS YOU KNOW WE NEED.

THERE'S AN IMPACT, EVERYONE.

WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS START GETTING WEIRD, RIGHT? ON PUBLIC EDUCATION, I FEEL FOR THOSE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE THIS CUSHION, THAT HAVEN'T HAD THE FORETHOUGHT OF THE LEADERS IN THIS DISTRICT BEFORE AND AND NOW TO DO THIS.

SO I APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE EDUCATION.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, BUT WE'RE WELL EQUIPPED FOR IT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT. OKAY.

SO MOVING ON TO OPERATIONS REPORTS AND TRISH IS GOING TO GET WITH HOLLY ABOUT WHAT? I GUESS IS NOT CAPTURED IN THIS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, RIGHT? THE BOND. REPORTING, EXPENDITURE REPORTING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ON THIS ITEM. OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE HR REPORT.

I DID NOTICE COACH LYLE THERE, AND I CERTAINLY HAVE HAD THE IMPRESSION OVER THE YEARS THAT HE IS VERY BELOVED.

SO YES, HE WILL BE MISSED.

I'M SO GLAD TO SEE HIS FAMILY HERE.

WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE INTO SINGLE DIGITS FOR OUR VACANCIES IN EVERY AREA EXCEPT CUSTODIAL, BUT HAVING THAT, OUR RFP COME THROUGH IS GOING TO BE HUGE. SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE TWO MORE SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES.

SO WE'RE DOWN TO EIGHT.

WE HAVE MOVED FROM TEN TEACHERS TO SEVEN AND THEN IN MAINTENANCE FROM 10 TO 9.

AND SO WE REALLY ARE TRACKING EVERY SINGLE POSITION EVERY SINGLE DAY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, HOW WE GET THOSE FILLED.

BECAUSE THEN IT ALSO HELPS WITH OUR SUBSTITUTE RATES.

BUT WE'RE, WE'RE.

WE'RE STILL JUST WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO JUST CHIP AWAY AND WE'RE STILL GOING FOR THAT 100%, FILL RATE.

AND SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR LINDA? JUST ONE. ARE WE SEEING A HIGHER THAN NORMAL MID TERM TURNOVER ON TEACHERS?

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WITH COVID, WE SAW LOTS OF MIDYEAR AND NOT JUST IN DECEMBER BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER THAN IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS. ANECDOTALLY, LIKE I KNOW MY CHILD IS TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT ARE I LEAVE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, OBVIOUSLY.

AND OBVIOUSLY LIKE FOR HER THAT'S DEVASTATING.

AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS A TREND OR IF THAT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, ISOLATED TO THAT, MY PARTICULAR STUDENT.

SO WE'VE HAD VERY, VERY FEW ACTUALLY THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT.

I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT. OKAY.

GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM LINDA.

WE'LL MOVE TO SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

WELL, I THOUGHT I'D JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS OUT OF STATE STUDENT TRAVEL.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT VERY OFTEN.

WE HAVE TWO EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES.

BOTH OF THEM ARE HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY.

ONE IS OUR SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM GOING TO HARVARD, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY EXCITING FOR THOSE KIDS.

AND THEN THE OTHER IS OUR CHEER SQUAD GOING TO NATIONALS.

AND SO ALSO THRILLED FOR THEM.

AND SO I THOUGHT BOTH OF THOSE WERE REALLY FUN THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT AND REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING INTO THIS WINTER.

YES. THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING.

IT'S EASY TO TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED THAT WE JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WELL, THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

YES, ROB. THIS ESD NUMBER SIX, EAST MOUNT GAINER STATION.

IS THAT NEAR OUR PROPERTY OVER THERE? IT'S EXACTLY ADJACENT TO IT.

YES. OKAY, SO THAT WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A FIRE STATION.

AND SO I RECOMMENDED THAT THEY CHECK OUT THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS NEXT TO US.

IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE SOMETHING WE WERE GOING TO GIVE THE PROPERTY WE OWN.

AND SO IT'S A REALLY NICE SITE THAT'S NICELY LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO US.

OKAY. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, WELL, THAT COMPLETES OUR REPORTS.

[10. CLOSED SESSION ]

THE BOARD WILL DELIBERATE IN CLOSE SESSION AND ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING MATTERS POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS FOR SAFETY SPECIALIST AND LEGAL CONSULTATION REGARDING SETTLEMENT OF A STUDENT COMPLAINT.

AND THE TIME IS NOW 921.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

OKAY. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 1022.

[11. OPEN SESSION ]

IS THERE A MOTION? GEORGIA. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE SAFETY SPECIALIST AS RECOMMENDED.

OKAY. OH.

I CAN YELL. I HAVE TO APPROVE.

WAS IT HELPFUL? OKAY.

OKAY. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 10:23 P.M..

OUR FIRST POTENTIAL ACTION ITEM WOULD BE APPROVAL OF A SAFETY SPECIALIST.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? TRICIA. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE FINAL LIST FOR THE POSITION OF SAFETY SPECIALIST.

TO FILL THE ROLE OF SCHOOL MARSHAL.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRICIA, A SECOND FROM ROB.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU, MISS CUMBERLAND, FOR WORKING ON THAT.

WELCOME. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

YAY! OUR OTHER POTENTIAL ACTION ITEM, IS SETTLEMENT OF A STUDENT COMPLAINT.

ROB, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGREE TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ATTORNEY IN CLOSED SESSION IN REGARDS TO THE RESOLVING THE STUDENT DISPUTE.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM ROB, SECOND FROM KIM.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE ELM. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:24 P.M..

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.