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WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR OPENING CEREMONY.
I'M INVITED. I'M HONORED TO INVITE THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE LEADERS UP TO THE FRONT TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
PLEASE STAND TO JOIN THEM IN THE PLEDGES.
GREAT JOB STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD JOB GUYS. WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
WELL FIRST OFF, WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL COACH WADE WOMACK ON BECOMING THE WINNINGEST COACH IN PROGRAM HISTORY WITH THE TIGERS 14 TWO WIN OVER ROUND ROCK ON FEBRUARY 16TH.WOMACK RECORDED HIS 263RD VICTORY TO SURPASS THE LATE KEITH TUCK.
WE WILL HOST OUR ANNUAL STATE OF THE DISTRICT PRESENTATION TOMORROW AT 6 P.M.
HERE IN THE CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP BOARD ROOM.
ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE INVITED, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
OUR NEXT TAXPAYER TUESDAY EVENT IS MARCH 5TH AT 9:30 A.M.
THE DISTRICT WILL BE CLOSED FROM MARCH 11TH THROUGH 15TH FOR SPRING BREAK.
HERE IN THE CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL AWESOME RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.
[4. RECOGNITIONS]
FIRST ARE OUR PTA SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONS.CAN THE STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR SPELLING BEE PLEASE COME UP? SPELLING BEE.
IF YOU'RE HERE FOR SPELLING BEE, COME ON UP.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO LINE UP RIGHT HERE.
AND YOU CAN FACE THE BOARD OR FACE, FACE OUT.
I AM WITH THE DISD COUNCIL OF PTAS, WHICH IS OUR DISTRICT LEVEL PTA, AND WE JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL SEVEN OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE TO HOLD SPELLING BEES DID SO THIS YEAR.
AND WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE CHAMPIONS FROM EACH OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE HAS BEEN BEING HELD IN AMERICA SINCE 1925.
SO NEXT YEAR IS 100 YEARS, WHICH IS AMAZING.
EVERY YEAR, THE WEEK AFTER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, SEVEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONS HAVE COME FROM TEXAS.
SO, WE HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR OUR AMAZING LEADERS HERE.
OKAY. I'M LILY CHRISTOPHER, AND I'M FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'M SRIDHARAN KARTHIKEYAN FROM CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
I'M MR. ROBERT CARNEY, AND I'M FROM BREWSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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I'M SAHAR AND I'M FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.I'M NAVA AND I'M FROM ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
I'M EVERLY AND I'M FROM WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
I'M ELOISE AND I'M FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
I'M ABBY FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
CAN YOU SQUEEZE ALL THE WAY IN, LIKE.
OKAY. MY NAME IS JULIE FUNK, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TEXAS PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM.
IT'S AN ART RECOGNIZED ART PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE I WAS A CHILD.
AND THERE'S SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT CHILDREN CAN CREATE A ART PROJECT OR IT'S THERE'S VISUAL ARTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, LITERATURE COMPOSITION, MUSIC COMPOSITION, PHOTOGRAPHY. SO, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS AT DISTRICT LEVEL.
THEY WERE ADVANCED FROM THEIR SCHOOL TO THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
THE ONES YOU SEE UP HERE ARE THE ONES THAT MOVED ON TO THE STATE LEVEL.
I WILL READ THE STUDENT'S NAME AND THEN THEY WILL COME UP.
WE WILL GIVE THEM THEIR AWARD AND THEN THEY WILL ALL WAIT HERE.
AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE DONE, WE'LL RECOGNIZE THEM.
SO, OUR FIRST OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IS MCKINLEY GEORGE.
HER TITLE OF ARTWORK, I CAN DO HARD THINGS AND PRIMARY DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY.
NEXT STUDENT OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, LOGAN LEAKE, I HOPE YOU ALWAYS KNOW YOUR WORTH.
INTERMEDIATE DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY, OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE ZOE AKHAVAN AND IF YOU'RE HERE, YOU CAN COME UP AND GET YOUR AWARD, BUT PLEASE JUST CLAP AT THE END.
SO, WE AKHAVAN, WHAT ARE YOU HOPEFUL FOR? SORRY MY FRIEND BONDY.
INTERMEDIATE FILM PRODUCTION OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE BRODY SANSONE, THE NOT SO LOUSY SEED.
INTERMEDIATE LITERATURE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE BRODY SANSONE, GRAMPY'S TREE INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY.
KYLER BOYD, SLIVER OF HOPE, MIDDLE SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
KYLER BOYD, UNCLE DAVE'S TREE MIDDLE SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. KYLER BOYD, CONCRETE JUNGLE MIDDLE SCHOOL VISUAL ARTS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE LEAH BRADBURY, THE GLASS CEILING MIDDLE SCHOOL LITERATURE AWARD OF MERIT KATE RAPP, A HOPEFUL SURVIVOR, MIDDLE SCHOOL LITERATURE OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
SHREYA NAIR, MANJU KUMAR WHAT IT MEANS TO DANCE, HIGH SCHOOL LITERATURE.
OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE BRYCE MCGEE, GLIMPSE OF HOPE, INTERMEDIATE MUSIC COMPOSITION.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE ELISE ACOSTA.
HAVE HOPE INTERMEDIATE MUSIC COMPOSITION.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE RYKER PANTANO, SEPTEMBER RAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPOSITION.
TRISTIN HENSON, ENCHANTING PRIMARY PHOTOGRAPHY, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE LUKE BOCOCK, THE FLOWER SURVIVES PRIMARY PHOTOGRAPHY. OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE EVIE CHANG.
NEW THINGS. PRIMARY VISUAL ARTS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
PRIMARY VISUAL ARTS AWARD OF MERIT MACIE SANSONI.
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THE MOON AND STARS MAKE US NOT SO FAR APART.HONORABLE MENTION VAN MILLER, THE GREEN ZONE PRIMARY VISUAL ARTS.
HONORABLE MENTION LEIGHTON LEAK I AM LOVED, PRIMARY VISUAL ARTS.
INTERMEDIATE VISUAL ARTS AWARD OF MERIT.
WINGS OF HOPE. INTERMEDIATE VISUAL ARTS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE ORION TIRHE.
FIRST BLOOM OF SPRING HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THE THEME. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID IT, IT WAS.
I AM HOPEFUL BECAUSE THIS YEAR.
NEXT IS OUR DECA STATE QUALIFIERS.
OKAY, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO FOLLOW.
SO HI, I'M JEN RIDDLEBARGER, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME, I'M ONE OF THE DECCA ADVISORS.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DECCA IS, IT IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION WHERE OUR STUDENTS CAN COMPETE IN OVER 50 DIFFERENT AREAS AND IN A SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND SO WE COMPETE AT THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS EVERY YEAR.
AND WE ENDED UP ADVANCING 33 TO THE STATE LEVEL.
AND WE WERE SO PROUD THAT WE HAD SEVEN FINALISTS AND THREE ADVANCERS.
BUT SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE.
MY NAME IS KATIE SAUL AND I COMPETED IN PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY.
I'M SOPHIA JONES AND I COMPETED IN APPAREL AND ACCESSORY MARKETING.
I'M MILLER KINNEY MOREAU AND I COMPETED IN BUSINESS SERVICES MARKETING.
I COMPETED IN QUICK SERVE RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT, AND I WILL BE ADVANCING TO ICDC.
MY EVENT WAS PRINCIPLES OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM, AND I WILL ALSO BE ADVANCING TO ICDC.
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AND BELLA ROSE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE'S OUR THIRD ADVANCER TO ICDC IN APRIL.NOW OUR STATE SWIMMING QUALIFIERS.
I'M IZZY BALDRICH, AND I'M A FRESHMAN.
I'M LAUREL BOSKOVIC, AND I'M A SOPHOMORE.
I'M MACY MCCURRY, AND I'M A JUNIOR.
I'M ANNA HASKOVEC, AND I'M A SENIOR.
I'M ANDREA MCCARTHY, ASSISTANT COACH.
SO, THESE YOUNG LADIES ADVANCED TO THE STATE SWIM MEET, WHICH TOOK PLACE THIS LAST WEEKEND.
THE THEY SWAM BOTH THE 200 AND 400 FREE RELAYS.
AND THE INTERESTING THING HERE IS THAT YOU NOTICE WE HAVE A FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, SENIOR.
AND THEY'VE MANAGED TO GET FASTER EACH TIME, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL.
LITTLE STORY. THEY HAD A GREAT WEEKEND.
WENT FASTER IN EVERY SINGLE EVENT FROM THEIR SEED TIMES.
OUR HIGHEST SEED OF THE WEEK GOING IN WAS 19TH PLACE.
AND WE IMPROVED ON ALL OF THOSE, WHICH GOT US FROM ZERO POINTS FROM THE SEEDING TIMES ENTERED TO 45, AND THEY FINISHED IN 14TH PLACE, WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE BECAUSE IT TAKES SO MUCH TO GET THERE.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS THAT SWIM THEIR FASTEST AT REGIONALS.
JUST TO BE AT STATE THAT IMPROVING IS QUITE A FEAT.
SO, THEY KILLED IT THIS WEEKEND.
JUST A QUICK TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF THEM.
IZZY CAME IN KIND OF A DEER IN HEADLIGHTS, FRESHMAN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT AN EXPERIENCED CLUB SWIMMER.
AND THE STORY I'M GOING TO TELL IS THE OTHER DAY, SHE WAS GETTING A RIDE HOME, AND SHE'S GOT A CLUB MEET COMING UP, AND SHE SAID, WELL, I HOPE I CAN SWIM AS FAST, BUT I JUST REALLY LOVE THOSE GIRLS.
LAUREL HERE, OUR SOPHOMORE IS A PRETTY LOVELY YOUNG LADY, I THINK.
BUT THE FUNNY STORY ABOUT THIS ONE IS THAT SHE.
THIS IS HER FOURTH TIME UP HERE.
AS A SOPHOMORE. SHE RAN AT STATE IN CROSS COUNTRY TWICE, AND SHE HAS SWUM AT STATE TWICE.
AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE OF MAKING IT IN ONE SPORT, MUCH LESS TWO.
AND AS A FRESHMAN AND AS A SOPHOMORE, THAT THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO ME.
AND THEN SHE WENT BACK-TO-BACK IN THE 50 FREESTYLE THIS YEAR.
SHE ALSO SET OUR SCHOOL RECORD IN THE HUNDRED FREESTYLE THIS YEAR WITH A 5206.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT ANNA, WHO IS OUR TWO-TIME SENIOR TEAM CAPTAIN.
SORRY, SHE'S NOT A TWO-TIME SENIOR.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND QUITE AS COOL.
SHE IS A TWO-TIME CAPTAIN WHO IS NOW A SENIOR.
THAT'S NOT A REPEAT GRADE SITUATION.
AND SHE ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY SIGNED TO SWIM AT MARIST COLLEGE IN NEW YORK.
SO, SHE'S GOT THAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
THEY ALSO BROKE BOTH THE SCHOOL RECORDS IN THE 200 AND 400 FREE RELAY.
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100 IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.LET'S SEE, WHAT'S THE ONE MORE THING I WAS GOING TO BRAG ABOUT? OH, AND WE'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS WITH THIS TEAM LATELY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THEY'RE SUPER PROUD OF THIS.
BOTH THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS MADE THAT HAPPEN.
AND THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ANDREA, SHE STARTED THE SWIM PROGRAM.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KNOW HER ARE SHAKING THEIR HEADS.
NO. THIS WILL BE HER THIRD TIME.
AND THREE STRIKES AND SHE'S OUT.
I WANT TO CRY RIGHT NOW, TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE'S AWESOME.
AND SHE MEANS EVERYTHING TO THE KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I THINK SHE'S FOR REAL THIS TIME BECAUSE SHE DID PUT IT IN WRITING IN AN EMAIL.
SO, I'M GOING TO START PLANNING LIKE IT'S REAL.
BUT SHE'S EARNED ALL THE RELAXATION AND TIME OFF THAT SHE CAN AFFORD.
BECAUSE WHEN THIS WAS JUST A SITUATION OF SWIMMING AT FOUNDERS OUTSIDE IN THE SNAKE INFESTED POOL, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF STORY ABOUT FINDING SNAKES AND MICE AND FROGS AND ANY KIND OF CRITTER YOU CAN THINK OF.
AND THERE'S ALSO A STORY OF COACH MCCARTHY SCOOPING THEM OUT WITH THE NET AND ALL THE THINGS.
SO, WHEN IT WAS ROUGH SLEDDING, KEEPING THE TEAM AFLOAT SHE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR 18 YEARS, AND I JUST APPRECIATE HER EVERY DAY BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, TO BUILD SOMETHING UP AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO HAND IT OFF TO SOMEBODY AND TRUST IN THAT, I JUST.
SHE MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. AND THANK YOU, ANDREA.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SAY ONE MORE THING BECAUSE I'M IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
IF WE EVER GET A NATATORIUM, IT SHOULD BE THE ANDREA MCCARTHY NATATORIUM.
PRETTY PLEASE. I'M PLUGGING IT NOW.
SO, LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS. I'M NOW WRESTLING.
THANK YOU. HOW'S IT GOING, FOLKS? I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT FOLLOWING COACH HOSS, WHO'S VERY COMFORTABLE ON THE MICROPHONE.
I DON'T HAVE QUITE AS MUCH TO SAY.
WE'RE MISSING TWO OF OUR STATE QUALIFIERS.
COLE SIDES AND HARLAN JACK AREN'T HERE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE LATE FOR A PRACTICE.
A COUPLE OF THEM DECIDED TO STICK AROUND AND SHOW UP LATE TO PRACTICE.
SO, IT'S MORE THAN WE EVER SCORED IN FIVE-A.
JUST KIND OF GO DOWN THE LINE HERE.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FACT CHECK ME SOME.
MAYBE CALEB GOT THIRD AT REGIONALS.
THIS IS ONLY SECOND YEAR WRESTLING.
HE WAS VARSITY ABOUT HALF THE YEAR AND THEN GOT KNOCKED OFF BY A FOOTBALL PLAYER.
SO PRETTY, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR A SECOND-YEAR WRESTLER.
I THINK PART OF THAT IS THIS ALEC RULE EFFECT.
THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE HAD SOME SENIORS ALEC REEL HERE.
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ALEC WON STATE THIS YEAR.HE'S A FOUR-TIME STATE QUALIFIER, A THREE-TIME PLACER.
HE HAS A LOT OF THE CAREER RECORDS FOR THE PROGRAM AT THIS POINT.
ABEL SILVERMAN DRESSED UP REAL NICE FOR US TONIGHT.
HE'S A TWO-TIME STATE QUALIFIER.
HE HIT 100 WINS THIS YEAR AS A JUNIOR, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
HAGEN SHIPLEY SENIOR IS A FOUR-TIME STATE QUALIFIER, TWO-TIME PLACER.
HE GOT FIFTH HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR AND FIFTH THIS YEAR.
HE HIT 100 WINS LIKE HIS FIRST MATCH OF THE YEAR.
SO, AND THEN WE'VE GOT JAXON SHIPLEY, SOPHOMORE.
HE GOT SECOND AT STATE THIS YEAR.
I WENT ON QUITE A RUN-IN DISTRICT AND REGIONAL CHAMP KNOCKED OFF TWO GUYS THAT HAD BEATEN HIM EARLIER IN THE SEASON AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT TO GET TO THE FINALS AND, AND DROPPED A LIKE SUPER, SUPER TIGHT FINALS MATCH.
IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TWO WINNERS STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU, REPRESENTING WORCESTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM.
THIS IS ROOSTER SPRINGS FOURTH YEAR TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND SYCAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL SUBMITTED THIS YEAR.
AND IT'S OUR FIRST YEAR TO HAVE A SECONDARY CAMPUS RECOGNIZED.
I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF DETAILS ABOUT CREST.
THE TEXAS SCHOOL COUNSELING ASSOCIATION BEGAN THE PROGRAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
IT HELPS COUNSELORS TO EVALUATE THEIR COUNSELING PROGRAMS, PROMOTE THEIR PROGRAMS TO STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND IT DEMONSTRATES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL MEANS AS THEY IMPLEMENT BOTH THE STATE MODEL AND THE NATIONAL MODEL AT THEIR CAMPUSES.
THIS IS NOT A PROGRAM REQUIREMENT THAT WE REQUIRE IN OUR DISTRICT.
CREST LOOKS AT FIVE CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST IS THE INTRODUCTION AND THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR.
THEY ALSO SHARE HOW THEY REVIEW THEIR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND FEEDBACK CYCLE.
IT'S A DIGITAL SUBMISSION AND IT HIGHLIGHTS ALL OF THESE AREAS IN A COMPREHENSIVE APPLICATION.
SO, IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE KIMBERLY GUERRERO FROM ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HER COUNSELOR BEGAN THE COUNSELING ROLE THIS YEAR AT ROOSTER, BUT SHE COULDN'T COME TONIGHT.
AND SANDY ZIMMERMAN AT SYCAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HER PARTNER, LADONNA CAROSELLI, COULDN'T MAKE IT.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND I FEEL LIKE ALL EIGHT OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN OUR DISTRICT SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES.
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OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING ME FOR ONE MOMENT.I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT COACH ANDREA.
SO, I DEFINITELY WANTED TO SAY THIS FROM THE DAIS.
AND I KNOW COACH Z MAYBE WILL PASS THIS ON TO HER.
COACH ANDREA IS A IS A LOSS FOR THIS DISTRICT, BUT SHE HAS PUT IN SO MUCH INTO THIS DISTRICT AND ALL OF ITS KIDS, AND SHE MEANS THE WORLD TO MY FAMILY AND WHAT SHE'S DONE FOR US HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
AND THEN HE STOPPED HIS CAREER TWO YEARS AGO AS A JUNIOR, AS A STATE QUALIFIER UNDERNEATH ANDREA.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH HIM THE WHOLE TIME.
THE OTHER TWO TIMES THAT SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO LEAVE AND DIDN'T.
SO THRILLED TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT WITH HER.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE NICE COMMENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS, ALL OF OUR RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE EVENING.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENTS ABOUT THE DISTRICT FROM RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, FROM DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, OR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS OR CRITICISMS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS.
EXCEPT FOR THE SPEAKER STUDENT, NO OTHER STUDENT'S NAME OR IDENTITY SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.
IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN THAT YOU 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.
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.
WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF WITH YOUR NAME AND CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT.
ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, THE TIMER WILL BEGIN.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE TIMER SOUND, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD.
SHOULD I TELL? OKAY. THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TO SPEAK TONIGHT IS SENSITIVE TO CHILDREN.
SO, IF THERE ARE PARENTS WITH CHILDREN IN THE ROOM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW.
ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2023, A SIX-YEAR-OLD SAT DOWN TO DINNER WITH HER TWO YOUNGER SIBLINGS AND PARENTS.
AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR HIGHS AND LOWS FOR THE DAY, THE LITTLE GIRL TOLD HER FAMILY.
HER LOW FOR THE DAY WAS A LITTLE GIRL AT SCHOOL HAD TOUCHED HER VAGINA.
THE PERPETRATOR TOLD HER IF SHE WOULD TELL YOUR MOM.
MY MOM'S A TEACHER AND YOU WILL GET IN TROUBLE.
SHE IMMEDIATELY WASHED HER AND STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE SCHOOL, TOOK THEIR DAUGHTER TO SEE A PEDIATRICIAN.
AS A PARENT, YOU NEVER ARE READY TO HEAR YOUR CHILD TELL YOU THAT THEY WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.
BUT ON OCTOBER 20TH, EVERYONE FAILED.
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EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM FAILED.MY DAUGHTER WILL NEVER GET HER INNOCENCE BACK.
SHE WONDERS NOW WHY HER FRIEND CAN'T BE HER FRIEND.
SHE WONDERS WHY HER TEACHERS, WHO SHE TOLD WOULDN'T HELP HER.
DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD FAILED TO KEEP MY DAUGHTER AND OTHER KIDS SAFE.
IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT AT LUNCH ON A PLAYGROUND.
FIVE TEACHERS WERE ON THE PLAYGROUND, 121 STUDENTS WERE THERE.
MY DAUGHTER REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO A TEACHER WHO NEVER REPORTED IT TO ME.
I ASKED HER TEACHER TO GIVE ME A PROGRESS REPORT ON MY STUDENT.
I NEVER GOT IT. I FILED A TITLE NINE CONFIRMING MY DAUGHTER'S STATEMENT WAS TRUE.
NO ADULTS WERE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
THE PERPETRATOR IS STILL AT ROOSTER SPRINGS.
NO TEACHERS AT DRIPPING SPRINGS, AT DRIPPING SPRINGS, OR PARENTS KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED.
YOU FAILED TO KEEP MY DAUGHTER SAFE, AND THEN YOU ASKED HER TO SIGN A STAY AWAY, THAT SHE WOULD STAY AWAY FROM THE STUDENT THAT PUT HER FINGERS IN MY DAUGHTER'S VAGINA.
WHY SHOULD MY DAUGHTER HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YOU HAVE NO TRAINING FOR TEACHERS.
YOU DON'T HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD WATCH HER AND YOU DIDN'T WATCH HER.
YOU DIDN'T WATCH THE STUDENT AND SHE'S STILL THERE.
NEXT IS OUR PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION.
[6. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]
THIS EVENING, WE HAVE A LEARNING SPOTLIGHT FROM SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
YOU'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THESE FIVE IN FRONT OF YOU READY TO TALK, SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. DYLAN. GOOD EVENING.
STAFF. GUEST AND FELLOW CITIES.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS MRS. WILLIE'S CLASS LEARNING WHY DECODING HELPS US LEARN TO READ.
PHONICS ALSO HELPS IMPROVE OUR SPELLING SKILLS, LEADING TO FLUENT READING AND CONFIDENT WRITING.
NOW LET'S HEAR FROM A PROFESSIONAL.
ALL RIGHT. SO, WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT VIDEO.
CODING WORDS. WHAT'S THAT MEAN? IT MEANS LIKE PUTTING BOXES IN BETWEEN WORDS AND UNDERLINING WORDS.
WHY ARE YOU PUTTING WORDS INTO BOXES AND UNDERLINING THINGS? BECAUSE, WELL, IF WE DON'T, WELL, IT WILL BE HARD TO READ.
WHAT IS THAT OTHER WORD THAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT? IT STARTED WITH A D.
A DIGRAPH? WHAT IN THE WORLD? IT'S LIKE TWO LETTERS.
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE SOUND LIKE, CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE LIKE C-H MAKES? THE DIGRAPH SH MAKES THE DIGRAPH SH.
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SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WITHOUT THOSE TWO OR OTHER DIGRAPHS, WE COULDN'T SPELL A LOT OF WORDS.AND IF YOU CAN'T SPELL THEM, YOU CAN'T READ THEM.
THEN THERE YOU GO. KIND OF A BIG DEAL, RIGHT? HUM. ALL RIGHT, MY MAN.
NICE WORK. SEE YOU LATER, BUDDY.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW AT SYCAMORE, WE ARE HANDS-ON LEARNERS ARE.
WE HAVE NEW SCIENCE TECHNIQUES THAT INCLUDE ENGINEERING PROCESSES AND TO HELP US LEARN THOSE, THE TEACHERS INVITED A LOCAL ENGINEER TO COME TO HER SCHOOL AND TEACH FIFTH GRADE ABOUT EROSION AND DEPOSITION USING HIS STREAM TABLE.
ONE PART THAT REALLY INTERESTED ME WAS WHEN HE PUT A HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO THE SIDE OF THE RIVER, AND THE SIDES OF THE RIVER ERODED, AND THE HOUSE FELL INTO THE STREAM.
FROM A SOMEONE WHO WAS ACTUALLY THERE.
WHEN WE WITNESSED THIS DREAM TABLE, WE LEARNED WEATHERING, EROSION AND DEPOSITION UP FRONT.
WE WATCHED THE SAND BREAK DOWN AS SEDIMENTS AND GET CARRIED BY A RIVER AND THEN OVERALL DEPOSITED.
AND THAT HELPED US LEARN UPFRONT.
WE INSTEAD OF JUST HEARING ABOUT IT, WE WATCHED.
WE WATCHED AS SEDIMENTS WERE CARRIED OR BROKEN DOWN BY RIVER.
AND. WE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT WHERE THE BEST VAULT WOULD BE, TOO, IF YOU WERE AN ARCHITECT.
WHERE THE BEST SPOT WOULD BE TO PUT IN HOUSE OR WOOD OR MANY OTHER THINGS.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TOO CLOSE, WHEN THE CINNAMON BREAKS AWAY, YOUR HOUSE WILL FALL DOWN.
BUT IF YOU'RE IN A GOOD ZONE OR SAY WHAT IF YOU WANT TO GO CLOSE, YOU'D USE SOMETHING CALLED BIO ENGINEERING TO BASICALLY SECURE THE SAND AND SEDIMENT. THAT WAY IT DOESN'T GET CARRIED AWAY OR WASH AWAY.
WE ALSO LEARNED HOW WE'D CALCULATE VELOCITY IN A RIVER, WHICH IS.
YOU'D GO HOW MANY FEET PER SECOND? YOU'D MEASURE OUT A RIVER OR LAKE OR WHATEVER YOU WERE TRYING TO MEASURE THE VELOCITY OF.
YOU MEASURE IT OUT TO, LET'S SAY, 30FT, AND IT FINISHES IN 10S THAT MEANS IT'S GOING THREE FEET FIRST THREE FEET PER SECOND, WHICH IS THE VELOCITY.
HI, MY NAME IS HAYES AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.
RECENTLY WE JUST HAD A LOCKDOWN DRILL AND AFTER THAT LOCKDOWN DRILL PRE-K AND LEARNED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HELPERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY LEARNED ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, ASTRONAUTS, AND THEY EVEN USE MATH, LIKE USING CIRCLES TO MAKE A STEERING WHEEL OR USING RECTANGLES TO MAKE A LICENSE PLATE.
AND THEY USE BLOCKS LIKE IN THE LEFT TOP LEFT CORNER.
THEY USE BLOCKS TO MAKE A CAR AND THEY HAD A REALLY FUN TIME.
RECENTLY, KINDERGARTEN HAD CELEBRATED THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL.
THEY USED MATH CONNECTIONS TO RESCUE ZERO.
THE HERO, WHO IS NUMBER 100 AND AGENT 99, HELD HIM CAPTIVE.
STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN SEVEN MATH ROTATIONS TO FIND CLUES.
SPICKETS WERE USED TO SOLVE SEVEN MATH CHALLENGES.
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USING BLACK LIGHTS AND INVISIBLE INK TO DO A FUN FINGERPRINTING GAME.IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, THE STUDENTS, WITH PARENTAL HELP, TURNED THEIR CLASSROOM INTO A BLACK LIGHT, AND THEY SET UP STRINGS TO ACT AS LASERS FOR A MORE SPY EFFECT.
AND IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, STUDENTS ARE SOLVING MATH CHALLENGES TO TRY AND RESCUE ZERO THE HERO.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID FOR 100TH DAY.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW AT SYCAMORE, WE ARE A LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL.
AND WE RECENTLY SENT SIX TEACHERS TO THE LEADER ME SYMPOSIUM TO HELP THEM TEACH US TO BE LEADERS.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ENTIRE GROUP OF KIDS BEING LEADERS CALLED LIGHTHOUSE.
AND THAT GROUP IS SPLIT UP INTO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TEAMS. SOME OF THOSE TEAMS ARE THE EVENTS TEAM, THE PODCAST TEAM, THE CHARACTERS AND ACTION, THE KINDNESS TEAM, THE BUILDING BRIDGES TEAM, SYCAMORE SECRETARIES AND THE BULLETIN BOARDS.
AND HERE IS A VIDEO FROM THE CHARACTERS AND ACTION TEAM TO TEACH US ABOUT LIKE WHAT THEY DO.
PLAY THE. SET SOME GOALS FOR AND IN YOUR MIND, LET'S MAKE SOME COOKIES.
WE'LL JUST FIND INGREDIENTS FROM THE CABINET.
LET'S SPICE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE GOTTA MIX IT A LITTLE BIT THOUGH, GUYS.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO PUT DOWN? WHAT? LET'S MAKE SOME COOKIES.
FOR THE RECIPE, FIRST, WE'LL GET A HALF A CUP OF FLOUR.
AND A TEASPOON OF, OH, WOW, THESE LOOK REALLY GOOD.
I'M REALLY GLAD YOU CALLED IT RECIPES.
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SO, THIS MONTH, THE EVENTS TEAM HELD A PAWS DONATION DRIVE WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND DONATE ITEMS LIKE FOOD AND BEDS AND TOYS AND COLLARS AND OTHER ITEMS. WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND WE DONATED OVER 200 SUPPLIES TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER.HI, I'M HATTIE AND I'M KATE, AND WE'RE FROM MISS BLACKMAN'S CLASS.
AND OUR CLASS WROTE AN ESSAY TO WIN A GRANT FOR $1,500 TO COZY UP OUR CLASSROOM.
AS A CLASS, WE BRAINSTORMED IDEAS OF WHAT MIGHT MAKE OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MORE COMFORTABLE.
WE WORKED AS A TEAM TO COMPROMISE SO THAT EVERYONE WAS HEARD.
THEN WE WROTE OUR ESSAY, BUT THE ESSAY WAS TOO LONG.
WE HAD TO EDIT AND REVISE IT DOWN TO 500 WORDS.
WE WERE SURPRISED THAT A FRIDAY SIMU LIU AND A FOR ADLEY PRESENTED OUR CLASS WITH THE CHECK.
THEN WE HAD TO SPEND THE MONEY.
ONE THING WE DID TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS HAPPY WITH THE GRANT WAS WE WENT THROUGH CATALOGS AND MAGAZINES AND DID RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT MAKES A GREAT CLASS PET AND COMFORTABLE COUCHES, LIGHTING, AND LAP DESKS.
WE LEARNED THAT IF YOU PUT TIME AND EFFORT INTO SOMETHING, YOU'LL BE HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.
WE STILL HAVE A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS LEFT THAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE FOR THINGS.
WE LEARNED RABBITS EAT MORE THAN YOU THINK A TINY CREATURE CAN CONSUME.
SO, AT THE SEMESTER BREAK, WE HAD AN IDEA THAT MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO START A PRINCIPALS CABINET.
BECAUSE ADULTS IN A BUILDING, YOU WALK AROUND AND YOU SEE A LOT OF THINGS A LITTLE HIGHER, MAYBE LITTLE THINGS THAT DON'T AFFECT THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.
JUST TO HEAR THINGS ABOUT SYCAMORE THROUGH STUDENTS' EYES.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME BEAUTIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR PTA TODAY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE MOORE STORE.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR LEADER LOOT.
SO, IT'S REALLY BEEN POWERFUL TO HEAR FROM THE KIDS.
AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY MADE SOME, SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH OUR STAFF BECAUSE WE TAKE THAT INTO OUR, OUR CABINET MEETINGS WEEKLY WITH ADMIN STAFF, AND THEN WE TAKE THAT TO OUR TEAM LEADER MEETINGS. THIS IS WHAT KIDS ARE FEELING.
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS APPLYING.
SO, WE'VE MADE DIFFERENCES BASED ON OUR KIDDOS.
AND DYLAN WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS OUT THAT DAY.
HE IS ONE OF OUR CABINET MEMBERS.
WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT BUT THIS GROUP OF KIDDOS, THEY'RE PART OF THE CABINET.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO AS LEADERS WAS TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS.
WE PRACTICED A COUPLE TIMES, BUT ALL THE WORDS ARE THEIRS.
THE SCRIPT IS THEIRS, AND WE JUST COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF THEM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? WHAT A GREAT JOB.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. SPRAYBERRY, AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS.
AND LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT TRICIA QUINTERO JOINED US.
NOT SURE THE EXACT TIME THOUGH, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING WITH BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I SAW YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NOW FOR OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT WITH OUR BOARD HIGHLIGHTS.
DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS TO SHARE? NO. I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL TRAINING IS A PASSION OF MINE AND SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WISH
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MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTOOD THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE.SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT TOUR ANNUALLY AND LOOK AT OUR WELDING FACILITIES AND AUTOMOTIVE FACILITIES AND HEALTH SCIENCES AND VET SCIENCES.
SO AS ALWAYS, JUST HOPING HOPING OVER TIME WE CAN INCREASE THE COMMUNITY ATTENDANCE TO THOSE AND ALWAYS VERY MUCH APPRECIATE OUR PRESENTATIONS. BY FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
AND OUR BOARD VISIT THIS MONTH WAS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
TRICIA, DID YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL VISIT? CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. OKAY, SO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE GOT TO MEET WITH THE TRANSITION TEAM.
AS FAR AS THAT WAS CONCERNED, LIKE, THEY, THEY KIND OF MEET WITH OUR FRESHMEN COMING IN AND KIND OF A MENTORSHIP TYPE SITUATION, WHICH WAS REALLY KIND OF COOL. AND I WISH, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL THAT WE HAD THAT TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE THE SENIORS MEETING WITH THE FRESHMEN OR EVEN WITH A SOPHOMORE MEETING WITH A FRESHMAN WHO ISN'T REALLY SURE.
BUT IT WAS SUPER FUN TO LOOK AT THAT PROGRAM.
BUT I'LL LET OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO JUMP INTO THAT SITUATION.
OKAY. WELL, PIGGYBACKING ON THAT WHO MADE IT TO THE SIGNING DAY? THE ATHLETIC SIGNING DAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
OH, KIM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT YOUR BOARD VISIT AND SIGNING DAY? YEAH, IT WAS GREAT AT THE SITE.
WE DID THE SIGNING BEFORE WITH THE ATHLETES.
I BELIEVE WE HAD A RECORD EIGHT STUDENTS THAT THAT SIGNED JUST OUTSTANDING.
AND THE VISIT WAS REALLY GOOD WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE THERE'S THE ATHLETES.
I MEAN, I'M GOING TO REALLY, REALLY GOOD SCHOOLS, AND I KNOW THEIR PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE MONEY THAT THEY WERE OFFERED, AND ALL THAT HARD WORK PAID OFF. BUT WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THOSE ATHLETES.
AND QUITE A FEW OF US HAVE GONE TO SENIOR SHOWCASE.
I WAS GOING TO HAVE ROB SHARE, BUT HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
OLIVIA, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE? WE HAPPEN TO BE ON THE SAME DAY THAT MORNING.
YEAH. AND I'LL BE VERY QUICK FOR THE BENEFIT OF LISTENERS OR ATTENDEES TODAY.
SENIOR SHOWCASE IS A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN IN DRIPPING SPRINGS FOR DECADES, WHERE SENIORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE EITHER A HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATION OR PREPARE FOR AN INTERVIEW POST HIGH SCHOOL.
SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE GRADUATING, WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS, PERFORMING ARTS, EXCELLING ACADEMICALLY, THEY'RE LEAVING OUR CAMPUS AT, GRADUATING THEIR SENIOR YEAR WITH CERTIFICATIONS THAT WILL ENHANCE THEIR, THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE OR ALLOW THEM TO GO STRAIGHT INTO THE CAREER FIELD.
I MEAN LIKE 17 WEEKS' WORTH OF THESE.
I THINK THIS YEAR. SO, A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE.
IS THAT JUST NICE TO SEE WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE DOING? ALL RIGHT. AND WE HAD SOME BOARD MEMBERS GO TO THE CSBA MEETING.
WE WENT ON THE ROAD THIS TIME.
THIS IS THE HAMMARLUND CENTER IN GEORGETOWN, AND WE GOT TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR BOND PROJECTS.
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PACKAGE, THEIR FUTURE READY COMPLEX THAT THEY CALL IT WILL HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR 18 PLUS PROGRAM AND AN EARLY LEARNING CENTER AND CTE AND A HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER.
SO THAT'S THEIR BIG PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
BUT SUPER IMPRESSIVE BUILDING.
DID I MISS ANYTHING, KIM? NO. JUST ANOTHER GREAT NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY WITH THESE TRUSTEES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING.
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SO, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO RELY ON EACH OTHER AND BRAINSTORM AND COME UP WITH GREAT SOLUTIONS.AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WAS OUR SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
I'M ALWAYS KIND OF AMAZED IN A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT HOW MANY THINGS ARE GOING ON, BUT NOT LEAST OF WHICH IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING. AND THIS WAS THE FIRST FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, LARGE, SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT CAME OUT OF THE 2023 BOND.
AND SO, IT'S PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT.
AND SO THAT SHOULD KICK OFF VERY SOON AND BE DONE THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF.
WELL, WE HAVE CHAMBERED THIS WEEK WHERE HOLLY WILL GIVE HER STATE OF THE DISTRICT TO THAT AUDIENCE.
THEY MAY HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO START MEETING, BUT GREAT TURNOUT.
THE SPEAKER THIS MONTH WAS A LOCAL AUTHOR BY THE NAME OF SARAH BIRD, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE BOOK THAT SHE WROTE CALLED LAST DANCE ON THE STARLIGHT PIER, AND THAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT HER FAMILY BACK IN THE 30S IN GALVESTON.
SO, IT'S A REALLY GOOD READ, AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
THE BIG THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT IS TEXAS.
PTA DUES WILL INCREASE NEXT YEAR BY $2.75.
SOME CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO ABSORB THAT COST.
SOME WILL NOT. THEY WILL HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE.
YOU SAW THE REFLECTION STUDENTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TONIGHT.
I BELIEVE WE HAD 33 SUBMISSIONS TOTAL.
16 OF THOSE WILL BE ADVANCING.
AND THEN I'M GLAD TO SEE SPELLING BEE POPPING IN THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME NATIONAL WINNERS OUT OF THAT.
I'VE BEEN AT ALMOST EVERY CAMPUS WITH THE FOUNDATION SERVING PANCAKES WITH JP.
HE COMES IN AND HE PREPARES THE PANCAKES, AND HE LEAVES.
AND IT'S REALLY COOL TO SIT IN THE LOUNGE AND WATCH THOSE TEACHERS WALK IN AND LOAD UP ALL THOSE TOPPINGS CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND BERRIES AND SIRUP AND WHIPPED CREAM. AND I'LL HAVE TO GIVE IT TO THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS.
THEY'LL TAKE THE LID AND GET TOPPINGS AND THE PANCAKE TO GET TOPPINGS.
WE ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE CLAYS FOR CLASSROOMS. SPORTING CLAY TOURNAMENT.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ALL THE SCOREBOARD MEMBERS ATTEND.
I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE VOLUNTEERING THAT DAY AT THE EVENT.
WE'VE GOT THE GREATEST GALA ON EARTH COMING APRIL 18TH AT PECAN SPRINGS RANCH.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST NIGHTS OF FUNDRAISING FOR THE FOUNDATION.
AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6:00.
AND THEY WILL HAVE A ZOOM OPTION IN CASE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.
TRICIA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES? LONG RANGE PLANNING.
I DON'T THINK SHE CAN HEAR ME.
I THINK I SAW OUR NEXT CAMPUS VISIT THAT WAS ADDED TO OUR CALENDAR.
SO JUST BE MINDFULLY CHECKING YOUR CALENDAR.
AND SO JUST BE MINDFUL FOR THAT.
SO, I'M SUPER EXCITED AND HOPE TO SEE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE OUT.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
MARY JANE. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.[01:05:03]
A MOTION FROM MARY JANE.ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 6-0. ALL RIGHT.
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GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT OF THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND PARAMETER.
AND AS WE TALKED LAST WEEK, WE HAVE CHANGED SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BACK IN DECEMBER, WE RECOMMENDED A 3% PAY INCREASE.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A 1% EACH.
I WAS ASKED THIS LAST WEEK, BUT EACH PERCENT IS A LITTLE LESS THAN $700,000.
AND SO, IN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, JUST KIND OF TO GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE 2019 FUNDING. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY INCREASES SINCE THEN.
WE RECEIVED NEW PASSA ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS IN JANUARY.
AND WE DO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT IN THOSE NUMBERS.
THEN THERE WAS ALSO A NEW STATE AID TEMPLATE RELEASED EARLY FEBRUARY.
WHICH IS WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE 1% AT THIS TIME.
I'M TRYING TO THINK, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS WE ALSO DID.
I DID LOOK AT WHAT A 1% ADA INCREASE IS, AND THAT'S ABOUT $640,000.
SO, SAY WE INCREASED IT FROM 95% TO 96.
THAT WOULD BRING IN. IT'S ALMOST EQUATES TO A 1% PAY INCREASE, WHICH WAS JUST COINCIDENTAL.
I WILL SAY THAT IN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD, WE DO NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES BECAUSE IT'S JUST COMPOUNDING.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE.
I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT LATE IN THE YEAR TO DO THAT, BECAUSE ANY INCREASE THAT YOU PUT INTO THE BUDGET, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE, THEN WE NEED TO FIND REDUCTIONS IN THAT AMOUNT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A RANGE OF THAT, I DID LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
BUT LOOKING AT THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 4.5 TO $4.9 MILLION DEFICIT.
SO THAT'S 2.5 TO 3 MILLION WE NEED TO REDUCE IN ORDER TO BE WITHIN THE BUDGET PARAMETER.
RIGHT NOW, IT REALLY IS LOOKING ABOUT 2.8 IS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IN CENTRAL OFFICE WITH SENIOR LEADERSHIP.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS AT THIS POINT.
AND SO, 2.8 IS, IS NOT A SMALL AMOUNT FOR THIS DISTRICT.
AND WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO FIND SOME EFFICIENCIES.
AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN EASILY LOOK TO.
OBVIOUSLY, THE PAIN POINT IS THAT 1% BUDGET PARAMETER.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, INCREASING 1% ATTENDANCE.
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SO, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT UNRELATED TOPICS, BUT ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TALKING POINT FOR THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT ATTENDANCE IS.AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL ARE WORKING TOWARD NEXT YEAR.
TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, BRING ABOUT AWARENESS TO THAT FACT.
BUT DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? YOU'RE SAYING EVEN WITH THE 1%, WE'RE PASSING A BUDGET DEFICIT AT THAT TIME OF $5 MILLION? WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO BRING THAT HERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS NO, WE WOULD NOT GO OUTSIDE THAT PARAMETER.
I'M JUST SAYING AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME YES, WE ARE.
WE NEED TO REDUCE 2.8 MILLION OR 2 POINT 5 TO 3.
I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO FLUCTUATE AS WE MOVE ALONG.
BUT YES, ABOUT 2.8 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE TO BE WITHIN THE BUDGET PARAMETER.
OBVIOUSLY, I SPEAK FOR THE BOARD, BUT NONE OF US WANT THIS FOR OUR TEACHERS.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ADMINISTRATION OUR DISTRICT WANTS THIS.
WE WISH WE COULD PAY OUR TEACHERS SO MUCH MORE.
IF NOT, IT SOUNDS LIKE ALMOST CONTRACTING FUNDING BECAUSE WE HAVE SLIGHTLY LESSER FAST GROWTH.
CORRECT. IF YOU SEE THE ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR, WE'RE DOWN.
AND THEN WHEN WE RECEIVE THE NEW PROJECTIONS WHILE WE'RE STILL GROWING, IT IS NOT AT THE PACE.
AND SO, THE FUNDING IS JUST SIMPLY NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE EXPENDITURES.
AT THIS POINT. YEAH, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT.
YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T, IF WE JUST DID A 1% THAT YOU COULDN'T BUILD IN A ONETIME PAY, IF THAT'S IF WE COULD WORK THAT IN AND, YOU KNOW, GENERATE MORE REVENUE OR MORE STUDENTS DID COME IN THAN WHAT WE'VE PLANNED FOR YOU, WE COULD CONSIDER THAT WHEN ADOPTING THE BUDGET.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A ONETIME PAY OR SOMETHING, INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF BUILDING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COMPOUND AND BE CARRIED YEAR TO YEAR, THEN AT LEAST YOU COULD LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING ELSE IF IT WAS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, BUILDING THAT INTO THINKING ABOUT A ONETIME PAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
OUTSIDE OF NO INCREASE ON PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION FOUR AND THE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
CAN YOU REMIND ME, IS THERE AN ELEMENT OF THAT THAT'S HELD HARMLESS BY THE STATE? THERE IS SOME HOLD HARMLESS FUNDING, BUT FOR US A LOT OF THAT IS JUST A REDUCTION IN RECAPTURE.
SO, WE DO RECEIVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S VERY INSIGNIFICANT BECAUSE MOSTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A REDUCTION IN RECAPTURE, LIKE WE WERE PROJECTING THIS YEAR, 33 MILLION, I BELIEVE, IS WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET.
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING LIKE AT 11, 11.5 MILLION SENDING BACK AND RECAPTURE.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CIRCLING BACK AROUND ON ALL THE ITEMS THAT I HAD ASKED FOR LAST WEEK.
ON MARCH 5TH OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A THREE-YEAR PROJECTION.
YES. SO, WHAT IS THE HAS ANYONE LOOKED AT WHAT YEAR TWO IS GOING TO BE IF WE'RE ADOPTING A DEFICIT BUDGET THIS YEAR, WHAT YEAR TWO MIGHT LOOK LIKE? I AM LOOKING AT THAT.
AND IF WE MAKE THE REDUCTIONS THE SITUATION IS MUCH BETTER IN YEAR TWO.
SO ARE THEY REDUCTIONS THAT PASSED YEAR OVER YEAR, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, EFFICIENCIES AND STAFFING, IF WE DO OPERATE THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT REDUCTION CARRY YEAR TO YEAR.
SO, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE APPROACH THAT WE TAKE AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE INCLUDE IN THOSE REDUCTIONS, WHICH IS KIND OF WHY I WANT TO STEP THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHEN WE MEET.
TRISHA, DID YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION? AS YOU STILL THERE? POINTS. I DID.
I'M SORRY. I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK WITH THE EDUCATIONAL, WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, I DON'T KNOW, CAN MAYBE, LIKE, LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX AT SOME WAYS THAT EVEN OUR BOARD CAN HELP THEM WITH FUNDRAISING FOR OUR, SPECIFICALLY OUR TEACHERS.
I'M, I'M NOT PARTICULARLY HAPPY WITH JUST THE 1%.
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I THINK OUR TEACHERS DESERVE WAY MORE THAN THAT.BUT IF OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T, LIKE, BREAK OUR BUDGET, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD OR, I MEAN, JUST ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP OUT WITH THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO RAISE TAXES PER SE.
BECAUSE I'M NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT ASPECT OF THIS SITUATION, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FUNDING OUR TEACHERS. SO ANY WAY THAT OUR ADMINISTRATION AND I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL, CAN HELP US OUT WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I PERSONALLY CAN DO.
WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT ALL AREAS, INCLUDING ANY WAYS TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE LOCALLY.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE AREAS OF THAT AS WELL.
SO NOT JUST TRYING TO REDUCE, BUT ALSO TRYING TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE.
FOR SURE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JUST KIND OF REITERATING WHAT I SAID LAST WEEK.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE VERY BUSY AND ARE PROBABLY NOT READING THE EDUCATION BLOGS TO KNOW THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE, I MEAN, EVERY FEW DAYS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY POSITIONS BEING CUT IN RESPONSE TO THESE BUDGET SHORTFALLS.
SO I JUST THINK IT HELPS CONTEXTUALLY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AGAIN.
THAT'S TRUE. WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS.
WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING THIS ACROSS THE STATE.
I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST WEEK.
I WAS IN A SESSION WITH TASHA, AND THEY MENTIONED THAT 80% OF THE DISTRICTS WERE PROBABLY BE ADOPTING DEFICIT BUDGETS THIS NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY UNPRECEDENTED.
YEAH, AND NOT JUST DEFICITS, BUT AS MARY JANE, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY LAYING OFF STAFF, WHICH IS ALSO UNPRECEDENTED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND CLOSING SCHOOLS AND CLOSING SCHOOLS. YEAH, TWO BIG FACTORS WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE.
YEAH. SO I MEAN, AS AS MUCH AS IT IS HEARTBREAKING FOR ME TO SEE THESE NUMBERS, IT WOULD BE EVEN MORE HEARTBREAKING TO BE AT THIS POINT, LAYING OFF ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMING OR CLOSING SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT IN A PLACE TO DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY.
I CAN'T TELL. IS THAT ANOTHER QUESTION, TRICIA? OR IS THAT JUST RANDOM ALERTS ON YOUR SCREEN? OKAY. OKAY.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE 2024 2025 BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND PARAMETERS AS PRESENTED TO BE USED IN DEVELOPING THE PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 2024 2025, COVERING ALL ESTIMATED REVENUES AND PROPOSED EXPENDITURES.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SO. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO CONSIDERATION.
APPROVAL OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SO GOING BACK TO A FEW MONTHS OR A COUPLE OF MONTHS IN DECEMBER THE BOARD APPROVED GMP NUMBER ONE FOR THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS EXPANSION PROJECT.
FOR JUST OVER 3.2 MILLION WHICH WAS TO FACILITATE PROCUREMENT OF EARLY OR LONG LEAD TIME ITEMS AND ALSO BEGIN EARLY SITE WORK. TONIGHT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD GMP NUMBER TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,590,361 WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH GMP ONE, RESULTS IN A TOTAL GMP OF 29,823,807.
SO THE AND WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST WEEK AS WELL.
BUT IT IS INCLUSIVE OF SEVERAL ALTERNATES.
THOSE ALTERNATES INCLUDE THE RESILIENT FLOORING THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
AND SO AGAIN, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THIS GMP TWO TONIGHT AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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JUST TO SUMMARIZE SOME BOARD COMMENTS FROM LAST WEEK, I THINK WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE THAT A LOT OF THE WANTS OF THIS PROJECT ALSO GOT INCLUDED, KIND OF OUT OF ALL THE NEEDS AND STILL UNDER OUR BUDGET.AND SO I THINK WE TOO WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH HOW THE PRICING CAME IN AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND THOSE ALTERNATES AND STILL STAY WITHIN OUR TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET, JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER OUR TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET.
KIM. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
I ONLY HAVE I MEAN, I THINK THIS JUST SPEAKS TO THE BUDGET, AND I WAS JUST SORT OF.
THIS IS WHY WE WE DO NEED BONDS.
AND THIS IS WHY BONDS CAN HELP US WITH OTHER DIRE NEEDS.
BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO BE TRYING TO MANAGE FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION OUT OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO PAY OUR TEACHERS WHEN WE'RE ALREADY IN SUCH REALLY SEVERE CONDITIONS IN THAT WAY.
MAKE ROOM FOR PROJECTS THAT WE REALLY DESPERATELY NEED IN OUR DISTRICT.
YEAH. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, NUMBER TWO FOR SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF $26,590,361, RESULTING IN A TOTAL GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF $29,823,807. A MOTION FROM KIM, A SECOND FROM MARY JANE. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I HATE THIS. TRICIA. DISCUSSION OF VOTING.
I THINK SHE'S DELAYED. SO SHE WAS TRYING TO SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX. OH I THINK.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SIX.
AND SO THE NEXT PHASE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS IS THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS PHASE.
AND SO OVER THE PAST, PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE DESIGN TEAM, PROJECT TEAM HAVE COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M SO, SO EXCITED TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN, TO KIND OF PRESENT TO YOU ALL THE CULMINATION OF MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK AND EFFORT PUT INTO THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT.
SO I'M GOING TO TOUCH BASE JUST.
THERE WE GO FAIRLY QUICKLY REALLY HERE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE BACK IN OUR OFFICE THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
GIVING A LOT OF INPUT, MONTHS AND HOURS OF HARD WORK DAYS OF HARD WORK, A LOT OF INPUT.
I BELIEVE IT'S RESULTED IN A GREAT PROJECT.
SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, VERY BRIEFLY, WE'LL GO OVER.
WE HAD OUR COMMUNITY DESIGN BRIEFS AND INPUT WHERE WE ASKED EVERYONE TO GIVE SOME INPUT, AND WE CAME UP WITH GENERAL THEMES THAT WOULD HELP US GUIDE THE OVERALL DESIGN PROCESS FOR THE PROJECT.
AS FAR AS WHAT THE DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO SEE REFLECTED IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
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GOING TO HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME HERE. I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS CLICKER TO.SO NOW WE'LL JUMP INTO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS UPDATES.
SO SINCE MY LAST TIME HERE, WE HAVE UPDATED OUR SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE WE ARE COMING HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT UPDATES, WHICH IS A BIT BEHIND WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AND A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN WHAT WE ASSUMED FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OR TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE PRESENTING AGAIN.
HOWEVER, THAT HAS NOT IMPACTED YOUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONDENSE OTHER ELEMENTS AND ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN PROCESS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING YOUR OPENING DATE AND GIVE YOU ALL AMPLE TIME TO GET INTO THE BUILDING AND GET SET UP.
AS FAR AS THE DESIGN GOES, WE STILL NEED TO GET TO CONSTRUCTION, BUT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL ASKED FOR WHILE STAYING WITHIN YOUR GENERAL SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SITE PLAN.
SO THIS HAS GONE LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
HOWEVER, WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME GREATER INSIGHT INTO WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING PROVIDED HERE.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME NOTES ALONG THE LINES OF THE 3000FT OF QUEUING LINK THAT WE'VE PROVIDED.
THE DEDICATED BUS LOOPS THREE SEPARATE DROP OFF AREAS FOR THE VARIOUS AGE GROUPS, AS WELL AS GENERAL DROP OFF FOR PARENTS AND ARRIVAL OF FACULTY AND STAFF.
AND WE'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH 150 CAR SPACES FOR WORTH OF STACKABLE CAR LENGTH ALONG THE ROAD THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE, WHICH ENTERS IN FROM THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE HEADWATERS COMMUNITY.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THREE ENCLOSED PLAY AREAS BOTH RANGING IN AGE RANGE FOR THE YOUNGER CHILDREN, RANGING FROM PRE-K UP UNTIL FIRST GRADE AND THEN A SEPARATE PLAY AREA FOR THE OLDER CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF 2 TO 5.
SORRY, NOT 2 TO 5 YEARS OLD FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO HERE WE HAVE A REDACTED PLAN.
THIS HAS GONE LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE.
AND WE'VE PROVIDED 14 CLASSROOMS DOWN THERE, ALONG WITH THREE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. TO TOUCH BASE ON THE DEFINING THE VERNACULAR OR SORRY, NOT THE VERNACULAR, BUT TO DEFINE THE ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE OF THE BUILDING.
WE REALLY RELIED A LOT ON THE EXISTING VERNACULAR WITHIN DRIPPING SPRINGS, ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WE WERE PROVIDED WITH DURING OUR EXERCISES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION. SO THESE IMAGES SHOW SOME OF THOSE THAT RESONATED PRETTY HEAVILY WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ENGAGED WITH.
AND SO WE'VE GONE FROM HERE AND BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP.
AN ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE FOR THE BUILDING.
AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH SEVERAL SLIDES HERE THAT KIND OF SHOW THE APPROACH OF THE BUILDING.
MUCH OF THIS, AGAIN, IS LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM OUR LAST PRESENTATION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WE'VE MADE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE LANDSCAPE TO INCREASE VISIBILITY AND SECURITY EFFORTS WITHIN THE BUILDING.
HERE YOU'LL SEE AN IMAGE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO ACTUALLY APPROACH THE FRONT ENTRY FROM THE PARENT DROP OFF LOOP, OR FROM THE PARKING LOT THAT IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN HERE'S ANOTHER SHOT SHOWING WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THAT PARKING LOT, AS WELL AS FROM THE SIDEWALK THAT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE ROAD.
AND THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE PROCESSION OR THE IMAGE THAT YOU WOULD GET IF YOU WERE A PEDESTRIAN TRAVELER, SAY A BICYCLE OR A WALKER IN THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR ONE OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT'S COMING ONLINE.
SO THIS IS THE YOUNGER CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA THAT WE DISCUSSED BEFORE SHOWING THE AMPLE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU ALL BACK THERE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXERCISES, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT SPACES BEING CONFINED ON PRIOR CAMPUSES THAT YOU HAVE.
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SO WE'VE TRIED TO ENSURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE AMPLE ROOM TO EXPAND AND PLAY OUT THERE, DESPITE THE NATURAL TERRAIN KIND OF KEEPING US CONFINED IN BETWEEN THE TWO WATERWAYS, THE TWO PROTECTED WATERWAYS.JUST TO TOUCH BASE FAIRLY QUICKLY ON THE INTERIOR DESIGN CONCEPT.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL ARE THE PRIMARY AND FIRST DARK SKIES COMMUNITY IN TEXAS.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE ARE ABLE TO SHOW YOU NOW WHAT THE ENTRY VESTIBULE TO YOUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOULD LOOK LIKE SHOWING THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE SECURE ELEMENTS TO TO REALLY DIVIDE THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SIDES OF THE BUILDING SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE USE BOTH AFTER HOURS AND DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY INTENDED TO BE A MORE FLEXIBLE ROOM WHERE YOU CAN ALLOW THE COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING PUBLIC TO ENTER INTO YOUR PREMISES WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO REALLY LET THEM ON TO THE MORE SECURE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THEREFORE FURTHER SECURING THE BUILDING FROM INTRUSION.
YEAH. SOME SLIGHT UPDATES TO THE MAIN ENTRY CORRIDOR FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
AS YOU MAY NOTICE HERE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE BLUE THAN THERE WAS BEFORE.
SO WE HAVE INCREASED AND CARRIED THAT LANGUAGE WITH THE GRAPHIC THAT WE ARE STILL GOING TO WORK WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP ON DEFINING WHAT THAT IS ONTO THESE WALLS.
AND SO THIS REALLY BECOMES THAT CORE OF THE SCHOOL WHERE ALL OF THE KIDS COME TO GO TO THEIR VARIOUS DESTINATIONS, WHETHER IT BE THE CLNAI, THE CAFETERIA OR THE GYMNASIUM, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EDUCATIONAL WINGS.
HERE WE HAVE A SHOT OF THE CLNAI A FEW MODIFICATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE HERE BASED ON DISTRICT INPUT ABOUT HOW YOU ALL WORK WITH YOUR TEACHERS, HOW INSTRUCTION HAPPENS, ALONG WITH SOME VISIBILITY AND SIGHTLINE CONCERNS THAT WERE VOICED TO US.
SO WE'VE MADE A FEW MODIFICATIONS HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE BY THE COMMUNITY ROOM.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE GLAZING TO ALLOW VISIBILITY INTO WHAT WAS ONCE A BLIND CORNER.
THAT IS THERE OUT OF NECESSITY AND BUILDING CODE.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WE'VE INTEGRATED IN THE CUBBIES AND THE LEARNING AREAS TO GIVE THE CHILDREN A NICE PLACE TO RECESS, LEARN AND BE EDUCATED, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING A FLEXIBLE SPACE THAT TEACHERS CAN COME TOGETHER AND GET PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.
HERE WE HAVE A SHOT OF THE GYMNASIUM.
MUCH HAS BEEN UNCHANGED HERE FROM THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
THINK OF IT MORE OF A GRANDER CORRIDOR, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY MEANT TO BE A SPACE OF INSTRUCTION.
AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THE SPACE IS GOING TO BE OUTFITTED WITH SCREENS AND VARIOUS CHAIRS AND SEATING APPARATUS THAT WILL ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO COME OUT OF THEIR CLASSROOMS AND ACTUALLY UTILIZE THIS SPACE FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN.
IT WAS ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT SCIENCE WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL.
SO THIS IS ALSO THE PLACE IN WHICH THE SCIENCE LABS AND EXERCISES CAN TAKE PLACE.
BUT WHAT WE REALLY TRY TO CAPITALIZE HERE ON IS YOU CAN SEE THE SMALL WINDOW WHICH PROVIDES SIGHT LIGHTS OUT TO THE GENERAL COLLABORATION SPACE SO THAT TEACHERS CAN CONTINUOUSLY HAVE VIEW AND CONNECTION WITH THE STUDENTS, EVEN WHETHER THEY'RE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS OR OUT IN THE COLLABORATION SPACE, THEREFORE FURTHER ENCOURAGING THE USE OF BOTH SPACES.
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SO ANOTHER AREA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES GIVING THEM A SMALLER LEARNING STAIR AND ANOTHER PLACE FOR INSTRUCTION, WHILE ALSO HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN ELEVATED TOUCH TO IT, BUT STILL STICKING WITH THAT HILL COUNTRY VERNACULAR THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.AND SO WITH THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE A GENERAL BREAKDOWN OF THE COSTS OF THE PROJECT THUS FAR.
AND SO AS CLINT MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WAS THE PROCUREMENT AND MOBILIZATION FOR A LOT OF THOSE LONG LEAD ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF SO THAT WE CAN STICK TO THAT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE THAT I PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO YOU ALL.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF OUR GMP NUMBER TWO, WHICH WELL, SORRY, TOTAL COST ESTIMATE WITH GMP TWO AND GMP ONE ACCOUNTED FOR AT JUST UNDER $55 MILLION.
WE WILL HAVE THOSE FIGURES STARTING TO COME IN IN EARLY MARCH, AS AMERICAN IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON GETTING THOSE NUMBERS TO US, GETTING ALL THEIR BID TABULATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR, AND THEN WE'LL SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS THINGS.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S JUST UNDER YOUR TOTAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET OF $55,775,000.
NATURALLY THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
AND THEN LATER ON IN EITHER MARCH OR APRIL, WE WILL COME BACK AND DISCUSS THE GMP TWO PACKAGE, WHICH WILL BE EVERYTHING THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN GMP ONE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE THE BUILDING ITSELF, EVERYTHING GOING VERTICAL AND ALL THE FINISHES WITHIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS.
KIM. YEAH, I THINK THE DESIGN IS GREAT.
I THINK IN YOUR PRESENTATION, WHAT I HEARD A LOT THAT I LOVED WAS COMMUNITY INPUT.
THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS LOOKING FOR.
THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS INTERESTED IN.
HOW YOU'VE TAKEN THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE AND MAXIMIZED ALL THESE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
I LOVE IT THAT IT'S UNDER BUDGET SO FAR.
KEEP IT UP. BUT I THINK OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO LOVE IT.
AND I THINK THE DESIGN IS JUST FANTASTIC.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THAT YOU SPENT PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER.
THANK YOU ALL. OLIVIA, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE DISTRICT, AND IT MAY BE HERE, BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT KIND OF A PLACE ON THE WEBSITE FOR TIMELINES AND PLANS TO LIVE ONCE A PROJECT IS APPROVED AND DESIGNED, DESIGNS ARE ON THE BOND SIDE.
I THINK IT'S DSI TX.US/BOND 2023 OR LET ME PULL UP THE NAVIGATION, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GET TO IT FROM OUR MAIN NAVIGATION UNDER UNDER COMMUNITY. BEAUTIFUL. IT HAS EVERYTHING COMMUNITY AND THEN BOND 2023 ON THE WEBSITE.
THE TIMELINE, THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE BOARD MEETINGS GO THERE AND THEN ALSO THE TIMELINES.
AND WE'LL KEEP THAT UPDATED AS PROGRESS IS MADE.
I LOVE IT. I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I NOTICED YOU'RE NOT ON CRUTCHES TONIGHT, WHICH IS GOOD.
SO GLAD. WHATEVER YOU ARE, OVERCOMING YOUR RECOVERY IS GOING WELL.
I THINK IT'S HOW YOU HANDLE KIND OF THE LEVELS OF THAT SITE, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A BIT OF A AN OVERHANG SITE, BUT IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW. I DROVE BY IT THIS WEEKEND.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.
I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THAT COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO GET TO BENEFIT FROM IT.
AND ALL EXACTLY WHAT KIM SAID, ALL THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, I MEAN, ALL YOU MAXIMIZE THAT SPACE FOR ALL THOSE COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING. I PARTICULARLY LOVE HOW Y'ALL DID THE SCIENCE LABS IN A COLLABORATIVE SPACE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A HUGE FEEDBACK I HEAR FROM TEACHERS THAT THEY WANT THOSE TO BE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTIRE CLASSROOMS OR BLENDED CLASSROOMS, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT IN THEIR CURRENT SPACES.
SO THAT'S A REALLY COOL THING TO.
MARY JANE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX PROJECT.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? TRICIA. I'M SORRY.
I'M. I'M STRUGGLING OVER HERE, BUT I JUST, I, I, I APPRECIATE THE VISUALS ON ALL THE THINGS, BUT CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH, LIKE, THE FRONT ENTRANCE? BECAUSE I DO KNOW IN OUR CURRENT CAMPUSES, THAT'S KIND OF A STRUGGLE.
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IN THE THE OLD.WELL, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE CONSIDERED OLDER NOW, I GUESS, BUT I'M, I'M NOT ABLE TO FOLLOW.
SO WHEN YOU WALK IN, YOU WALK STRAIGHT INTO THE ACTUAL OFFICE, OR IS THERE LIKE A VESTIBULE THAT PEOPLE WILL WALK INTO YOU? SO THIS IMAGE HERE IS ACTUALLY AN IMAGE OF THE ENTRY VESTIBULE.
IF I GO THROUGH THE IMAGE HERE, THE DOOR THAT IS LOCATED THERE WAS THE ONE THAT I MENTIONED IN THE CLNAI THAT'S AROUND THE CORNER THE, THE DOOR WITH THE SIDELIGHTS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE ENTRY DOOR INTO YOUR COMMUNITY ROOM.
AND THEN TO THE LEFT OF THAT IS YOUR REGISTRATION AND CHECK IN DESK WITH ANOTHER SET OF DOORS THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM GOING INTO THAT AREA THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE BUZZED INTO WHICH GETS YOU INTO A SEPARATE SEATING AREA ITSELF.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT I I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW ALONG ON A DIFFERENT DEVICE, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT.
PERFECT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET WALK THROUGH THAT ASPECT.
TRICIA, IT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
YOU HAVE A LARGER LOBBY AND THEN A SMALLER OFFICE SPACE AND THEN A LARGER COMMUNITY ROOM.
ALL OF THAT RIGHT OFF THAT FRONT ENTRY.
SO THAT CAMPUSES, YOU KIND OF HAVE THAT ACCESS RIGHT THERE, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO DEEP INTO THE SCHOOL, WHICH GIVES US ANOTHER LAYER OF SECURITY, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT DESIGN. THAT'S PERFECT, YES, THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR CAMPUS.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX OUT. ALL RIGHT.
CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF THE REPLACEMENT FLOORING AND DSMBS.
AS A RESULT OF A WATER LEAK FROM A FROZEN PIPE.
DURING THE PROLONGED FREEZING CONDITIONS BACK IN MID JANUARY.
AND SO WE ARE TONIGHT REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR A FULL REPLACEMENT OF THAT GYMNASIUM FLOOR.
AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 235,000.
WE RECEIVED A COST PROPOSAL OF $233,450 FROM QUALITY HARDWOODS.
WHICH IS A AN APPROVED VENDOR THROUGH THE BILLBOARD COOPERATIVE AND A VENDOR THAT WE'VE USED OFTEN OVER THE YEARS FOR GYM FLOOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT. AND SO THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING SOURCE WOULD BE THE 2023 BOND FUNDS FROM THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS PROJECTS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP LAST WEEK WAS COULD THIS NOT BE COVERED WITH INSURANCE? AND SO WE DID MENTION IN THE IN THE ITEM SHEET, THOUGH, THAT THE COST OF REPAIRS IS LESS THAN THE PROPERTY INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE.
SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THIS BE COMPLETED UTILIZING THE 2023 BOND FUNDS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS OUT LAST WEEK, SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY MY QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
I'M LOOKING OVER THERE FOR MY.
I HAVE NO DISCUSSION. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GYMNASIUM FLOOR.
DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 235,000.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT.
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FOR. AND LAST ACTION ITEM.APPROVAL OF POLICY UPDATE 122.
YEP. BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE BRINGING YOU POLICY UPDATE 122.
AND SO WE HAVE NARCAN DISPERSAL.
AM I I'M NOT USING THE RIGHT WORD.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE NARCAN AS NEEDED ON OUR CAMPUSES.
AND THAT IS LOCAL WITHIN OUR POLICY.
SO WHY IT'S DIFFERENT AS A MORE LOCAL POLICY WITH TASBIH.
TRICIA. WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
GO AHEAD. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE POLICY.
A MOTION FROM TRICIA, A SECOND FROM OLIVIA.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACTION THIS EVENING.
[9. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]
MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND INFORMATION.WE GOT A ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS REPORT LAST WEEK.
AND I LOVED SEEING ALL THE LOGOS THAT YOU UPLOADED FOR THIS EVENING AS WELL.
JENNIFER. ANY MORE DISCUSSION FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
OR ANYTHING TO ADD FROM LAST WEEK.
JUST AN UPDATE ON THIS COMMUNITY INPUT SURVEY FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
NUMBER TWO. JUST THAT DID CLOSE YESTERDAY AND WE ENDED UP WITH A 1200 SURVEY RESPONSES.
SO I THINK YOU THAT NUMBER IS INCREASED SINCE WE PUBLISHED THE REPORT.
SO I THINK WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT PARTICIPATION.
AND REMIND ME THERE'S NO WAY FOR YOU TO TELL GEOGRAPHICALLY WHERE THOSE SURVEYS ARE COMING FROM.
THEY'RE ALL EMAIL DRIVEN, LIKE EMAIL COUNCIL, EMAIL DRIVEN.
YEAH, RIGHT. SO WE NEVER REALLY KNOW HOW REPRESENTED THE COMMUNITY IS.
ALL RIGHT. LEARNING AND INNOVATION.
WE ADDED THAT WORDING AND ALSO AN ONLINE LINK FOR PARENTS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REVIEW.
MARY JANE. REMIND ME WHERE THAT COMMUNITY LINK IT WAS IN OUR.
I SAW IT IN A REPORT SOMEWHERE.
THE COMMUNITY LINK IS IN THERE.
YES. AND IT'S ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
THERE'S AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WEBSITE.
OKAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE FOR THE MAIN MEETING HOW FUN IT IS TO HEAR FROM A TEACHER THAT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS SO BENEFICIAL AND ASKING ME IF THEY COULD GET THE SLIDES.
ABSOLUTELY. THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
OBVIOUSLY WE WILL GET MUCH MORE AT OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK.
OKAY, THANK. OPERATION REPORTS.
WE HAD NINE TEACHER VACANCIES AT THIS TIME, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE AND A HALF.
AND THEN WE HAD TWO SPECIAL EDUCATION AIDES.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL AT THE FOUR AND A HALF.
THANK YOU. THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE ASKED LAST WEEK ABOUT CUSTODIAN.
YOU'RE ABOUT THE CONTRACTED STAFF VERSUS IS THAT.
CORRECT. BUT I GUESS WE'LL JUST SEE THOSE NUMBERS LIKE.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE WE HAVE OUT OF STATE STUDENT TRAVEL IN HERE AND THAT IS FOR OUR DECA GROUP.
AND WE GOT TO HIGHLIGHT THEM TONIGHT.
SO GREAT TO SEE THOSE STUDENTS.
AND THEN TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN ACTION ITEM THAT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL FOR STATE.
[10. CLOSED SESSION]
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SECTIONS 551.071551.072551.074551.076551.082551.0821551.089, AND 551.129.NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CLOSED MEETING.
THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CLOSED MEETING.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.