Jun 17, 2024 Board of Trustees Agenda Review Meeting

[00:00:03]

ALL RIGHT. WE'VE CONVENED FOR AN AGENDA REVIEW MEETING OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS MONDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2024.

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THIS EVENING.

THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.

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

NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL THE REGULAR MEETING.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF NEEDED SO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS FULLY PREPARED FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.

DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT? RICK GILMORE NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE OUR DSEF RECOGNITION.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

WELL, OKAY.

WE HAVE THE DSEF RECOGNITION NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE.

[5. PUBLIC HEARING]

WE WILL HAVE OUR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE NEXT WEEK AS WELL.

[7. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION ]

OKAY. SO ELAINE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST.

AUGUST OKAY.

AND OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO INCLUDE FOR NEXT WEEK? WE HAVE OUR SLI UPDATES FROM THE BOARD.

WE'LL HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING AND THE RIBBON CUTTING.

GROUNDBREAKING, GROUNDBREAKING, GROUNDBREAKING.

TERM'S RIGHT. STEFANI? YES. ARE YOU GOING TO WANT US TO HIGHLIGHT SLI SESSIONS? I WOULD LOVE THAT.

YES. THANK YOU, MARY JANE.

YES. ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT WEEK WE WILL HEAR ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM SLI.

NOW MOVING ON IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE MISSED THERE, I MEAN, WE'RE.

OH, WE HAD OUR NEW OFFICER.

OH, GRADUATION. THAT'S RIGHT.

AND OUR 18 PLUS GRADUATION.

AND THEN OUR LIAISON UPDATES.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.

[8. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE QUESTION IS, IS THE COMPENSATION PLAN UPLOADED? OKAY.

I JUST HAD A REALLY QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE TIME CHANGE ATTENDANCE TAKING TIME.

WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS WITH THAT? IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL MOVING UP FORWARD.

ARE THEY THE SAME? THEY'RE THE SAME.

LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE MOVING, BUT OKAY, I'LL CONFIRM THAT AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE CORRECT.

BUT WE DIDN'T CHANGE THEM FROM LAST YEAR.

THEY JUST SEEM SO EARLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT OKAY, WE CHANGED THEM LAST YEAR.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THAT WAS WHEN WE DID THE WE DID A SHIFT IN LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO GET THEM AT TIMES WHERE THERE WAS BETTER ATTENDANCE.

I MUST HAVE SLEPT THROUGH THE YEAR.

SO JUST KIDDING.

NO WORRIES. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. OH. SORRY, ROB. SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO.

OKAY. JUST SO I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING, CAN WE WALK THROUGH 8E A LITTLE BIT? RIGHT. PROPERTY CASUALTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE RENEWAL.

I READ THE NARRATIVE.

IT GENERALLY MAKES SENSE.

WOULD YOU ALL JUST KIND OF GIVE ME SOME CONTEXT, FILL IN THE BLANKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BETWEEN THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAD AND THEN THE OVERALL FINANCIAL IMPACT ON OUR ON OUR BUDGET? THAT'D BE GREAT. YES.

SO WE USE RUSS EDWARDS AS AN INSURANCE ADVISOR BECAUSE YOU REALLY NEED A CONSULTANT WHEN YOU'RE BIDDING OUT INSURANCE.

THERE'S SO MANY NUANCES.

AND SO WHEN I WAS HEARING WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS WERE GETTING, I REACHED OUT TO HIM AND LET ME FIND MY NOTES, THEY'RE SOMEWHERE.

SO HISTORICALLY WITH TASB, WE'VE HAD A PROPERTY RATE OF POINT $0.12 PER VALUE, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN SEEING.

AND SO AS OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE SEEN, MASSIVE INCREASES THE PAST 2 TO 3 YEARS, OURS HAS BEEN DELAYED.

NOW BECAUSE OF JUST THE GENERAL INSURANCE ENVIRONMENT IN TEXAS TASB HAS BROUGHT US UP TO THE MARKET RATE.

SO OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE WENT UP $232,000.

I ASKED HIM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO GO OUT TO BID? HE SAID THE AVAILABLE MARKETS ARE VERY MINIMAL.

[00:05:03]

AND SO HE GOT A QUOTE, OR HE WENT TO ANOTHER SELF-INSURED PCAT THAT DOES A LOT OF DISTRICTS IN THE WEST TEXAS AREA.

THEY ESTIMATED THAT WITH A 2% WIND AND HAIL DEDUCTIBLE, WHICH IS WHAT TASB IS, IT WOULD BE ABOUT A $0.20 PROPERTY RATE, AND THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR PREMIUMS AT LEAST $400 TO $500,000.

SO IT'S THE NATURE OF THE MARKET RIGHT NOW.

ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE SEEING 50% INCREASES IN THEIR PREMIUMS SO WE CAN GO OUT TO BID THIS NEXT YEAR EARLIER, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US ANYTHING BETTER. AND SO THERE'S YOU ALSO CONSIDERED KIND OF THE WHAT IS IT THE I'M SORRY. I'M LOOKING FOR THE THE THE ALTERNATE OPTION WAS THE KIND OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND.

WAS IT? OR WERE YOU I'M SORRY.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I'M READING THROUGH YOUR STUFF.

THE RISK SHARE.

DO YOU MIND TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHY Y'ALL RULED THAT OUT? I MEAN, I GENERALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT JUST IT'S BASICALLY SELF-INSURING A PORTION OF YOUR DAMAGES.

SO THAT WOULD REALLY OPEN US UP.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO RISK SHARE, THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ON SOME OF THE RISK OF A MAJOR EVENT.

SO SAY WE HAD A HAILSTORM, WE WOULD BE OUT A PORTION OF THAT BEFORE THE INSURANCE WOULD COVER THAT.

AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE COMMITMENT OF FUND BALANCE, I UPPED THAT UP TO 5 MILLION, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A 2% RIGHT PROPERTY VALUE DEDUCTIBLE PER BUILDING NOW.

SO IF BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GOT HIT IN A HAIL EVENT, WE WOULD HAVE TWO DEDUCTIBLES WHERE WE USED TO HAVE ONE PER OCCURRENCE.

AND OUR DEDUCTIBLE RIGHT NOW IS 2%.

FOR WIND AND HAIL.

ON OUR TOTAL, IT'S GOING TO 2%.

SO WHAT ROUGHLY WOULD THAT PUT OUR DEDUCTIBLE AT THAT WE'D HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER THAT WOULD BE A $2 MILLION DEDUCTIBLE BEFORE INSURANCE COVERS ANYTHING.

WOW. OKAY.

LOT MORE OF THE RISK, RIGHT, IN AN EVENT.

OKAY. AND TO BE HONEST, IT'S NOT THIS YEAR THAT I'M OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE THIS IS A THIS IS AN APPLE YOU CAN BITE, RIGHT? WE CAN BITE. WE'RE CERTAINLY POSITIONED TO DO IT.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE OUT YEARS, THINKING, WHICH I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY THOUGHT THROUGH.

AND SO IT'LL COME UP AND IT'LL COME DOWN.

BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN TEXAS THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAD A LOT OF CLAIMS. AND IT'S IF YOU'RE NOT SEEING THEM HERE BECAUSE TASB COVERS ALL OVER THE STATE, IF YOU'RE SEEING THEM IN DFW AREA OR WEST TEXAS, IT'S A IT'S A SELF-INSURED POOL. SO THAT POOL IS TAKING THE CLAIMS FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.

AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF A POOL.

AND SO BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING SUCH SEVERE WEATHER IN TEXAS, IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO EVEN FIND INSURANCE, RIGHT? OKAY. SO SO THE RECOMMENDATION ADMINISTRATION IS HEY, GUYS.

WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA WE'RE GONNA BITE OFF THIS APPLE.

WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

AND THEN POTENTIALLY NEXT YEAR WE MAY TRY TO GO OUT FOR POTENTIALLY SEE WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING NEXT YEAR AND [INAUDIBLE] OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER STAY FLAT OR FIND SOME SAVINGS.

IS THAT KIND OF THE GIST OF OR DO SOMETHING CREATIVE THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF BECAUSE PROPERTY INSURANCE ISN'T NECESSARILY MY FORTE.

RIGHT. BUT WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO LESSEN THE PREMIUMS WHILE NOT TAKING ON MORE OF THE RISK? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION [INAUDIBLE].

OLIVIA.

I WAS GOING TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE INSURANCE.

THE LEAK WE HAD LAST SUMMER AT SYCAMORE MIDDLE, WHERE WE CHOSE NOT TO FILE THE CLAIM BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER THE DEDUCTIBLE WASN'T THAT THE ONE THAT WE DIDN'T DO THE CLAIM OR WE DID.

I WASN'T HERE WHEN THAT EVENT HAPPENED.

I CAME IN AT THE TAIL END, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DECISION WAS.

OKAY, NEVER MIND THEN.

AND AND REMEMBER, THE WIND AND HAIL DEDUCTIBLE IS DIFFERENT THAN A FLOOD DEDUCTIBLE.

BECAUSE WIND AND HAIL THAT IS REALLY HURTING ALL OF THE SELF-INSURED POOLS.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM IS A CONSIDERATION APPROVAL FOR OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 23-24.

[9. ACTION]

THAT'S REALLY MORE WE DON'T WANT TO GO OVER IN ANY FUNCTION BECAUSE WE GET DINGED FOR THAT AND IN THE FIRST READING.

AND SO I'VE PUT IN SOME CUSHION JUST IN ALL THE FUNCTIONS, BECAUSE WE HAVE PAYROLL AND STUFF TO ACCRUE BACK FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

[00:10:02]

AND JUST MAKING SURE WE STAY WITHIN WITHIN THE BUDGET.

DO WE ANTICIPATE EXPANDING THAT? NO, THAT'S WHERE THE ACTUAL THE BUDGETS DOCUMENT THAT'S IN THE REPORT.

THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE ANTICIPATE ENDING.

THIS IS JUST JUST KIND OF A SAFETY SAFETY NET, SO TO SPEAK, SO THAT WE STAY WITHIN FUNCTION IN EVERY FUNCTION, BECAUSE IT'S REQUIRED.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE THIS TO CONSENT? I JUST THINK ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH MONEY, WE SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP IT IN ACTION.

I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS DEALING WITH MONEY WE PUT IN CONSENT, BUT WE CAN LEAVE THIS IN ACTION, NOT BUDGET.

YOU SAID MONEY.

OKAY. NEXT IS ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION BUDGET.

SO THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION AND THEN APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET REALLY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND.

LEGISLATIVELY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION BUDGET, WHICH IS PART OF THE GENERAL FUND ADOPTED BUDGET.

BUT WE HAVE TO APPROVE OF IT OUTSIDE OF THAT.

AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT BEFORE WE APPROVE OR ADOPT THE ACTUAL BUDGET.

SO IT'S JUST A PIECE THAT WE'RE KIND OF PULLING OUT AND SAYING WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS.

IT'S FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TESTS.

IT'S FOR TUTORING FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, FOR THAT, THAT PIECE.

AND WE'RE PRETTY LOW IN THAT AREA.

SO YOU WON'T SEE A LOT OF FUNDS THAT THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THAT.

IF THERE IS MORE NEED, THEN WE WOULD ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS AS APPROPRIATE THROUGH THE YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, NANCI.

AND THIS IS JUST THE ADOPTION OF THE REQUIRED BUDGETS.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE AND CNS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.

AND WE HAVE THE BACKUP INFORMATION, THE BUDGET BOOK, AND THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION, OBVIOUSLY, AT THE BEGINNING, JUST TO GIVE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR AND THEN FINALIZING THAT REQUEST BY ASKING THE BOARD TO ADOPT.

ROB. OKAY, SO THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION, RIGHT? CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR? AND THAT SOUNDS GOOD, SO I DON'T CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME WE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT THE BUDGET.

AND BY THE WAY, Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR.

AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WHEN WE MEET IN THE PUBLIC FORUM.

BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME A HIGH LEVEL? WAS ANYTHING CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THIS? I'M GOING TO REVIEW THIS EARLY FROM OUR LAST BIG BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT WE HAVE.

WERE THERE ANY SUBSTANTIAL SUBSTANTIATIVE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED ON MONDAY NIGHT? THERE WAS NOT WE I DID NEED TO INCREASE THE NEED FOR FUND BALANCE FOR UTILITIES.

I THINK, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE AMOUNT, BUT IT WAS THERE WAS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THAT.

IT HAD TO DO WITH US FINE TUNING ALL OF THE INCREASES AND MAKING SURE.

AND SO IN ORDER TO, FOR US TO MEET THE 2% BUDGET BUDGET DEFICIT, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE REQUEST FOR THE FUND BALANCE DESIGNATION, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT IN MAY, THAT THAT NUMBER MIGHT NOT STAY STATIC BECAUSE IT'S CONSTANT, IT'S FLUID AS WE'RE BRINGING IN PEOPLE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SALARIES AND DOING ALL OF THAT.

SO IN FINE TUNING THAT CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO I WOULD SAY AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER CHANGES.

OKAY SO IT LOOKS LIKE ON THIS ARE WE ARE GOING TO REST IN ON A DEFICIT BUDGET OF WHAT'S THAT NUMBER.

TWO. SORRY.

HOLD ON. I'M PULLING IT UP.

THE 2.7, 2.7.

YEAH. AND THAT INCLUDES THE FUND BALANCE DESIGNATIONS.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE NOTED.

YOU'LL SEE THOSE NOTED. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE PRESENTATION.

YOU THE BOARD APPROVED.

THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE AT ONE NINE THEN.

PLUS THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND APPROVED AT THE WORKSHOP.

YES THAT'S CORRECT. AND I'M GOING TO STEP THROUGH THAT IN THE PRESENTATION SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT WE ARE WITHIN THAT 2% PARAMETER AND THAT THERE WERE JUST SOME ITEMS WE WENT AHEAD AND INCORPORATED IN THE BUDGET THAT BOARD APPROVED TO DESIGNATE UNDER FUND BALANCE.

WHICH TIES INTO A CHART I REALLY LIKE, BY THE WAY, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

WE HAVE IT IS OUR OUTYEAR PROJECTIONS ON FUND BALANCE TIED TO NOT ONLY THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THIS YEAR'S ACTUALS, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WITH THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THAT THIS BODY HAS APPROVED FOR FUND BALANCE EXPENDITURES, AND THEN THE OUT YEARS BASED ON NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE STUDENT ALLOTMENT OR RECAPTURE BURDEN.

THAT'S DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT?

[00:15:02]

IT'S MY FAULT, YOU KNOW NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE STUDENT ALLOTMENT AND OR THE RECAPTURE BURDEN THAT THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS.

RIGHT. WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING IT.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE OR KNOW OF ANY CHANGES.

OBVIOUSLY, NEXT YEAR IS A LEGISLATIVE YEAR, SO WE CAN ALWAYS GET CHANGES.

BUT BASED OFF OF WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S BASED OFF OF THAT INFORMATION.

OKAY. GREAT.

THANK YOU. MARY JANE.

SO I PULLED OUT THE FUND BALANCE PROJECTIONS FROM APRIL AND I'VE BEEN COMPARING TO WHAT'S IN OUR LITTLE YELLOW FOLDER.

FROM FROM APRIL THE MAIN REASONS FOR THAT DELTA CHANGE IS IT BECAUSE WE HAD TO PULL OUT EVEN MORE THINGS BESIDES UTILITIES? ARE YOU NOW TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT LINE ITEM, WHICH IS THE FUND BALANCE DESIGNATIONS, OR ARE YOU.

THE THREE YEAR ITS YEAH THREE YEAR PROJECTIONS IN OUR AND SO I.

DO WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO ITEM D.

SO ARE WE ALL TALKING ABOUT FUND BALANCE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE.

IF WE WANT TO DIVE INTO FUND BALANCE WE CAN MOVE ON.

ALL IN ONE AND SEPARATE AT THE SAME TIME.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT MOVING ON.

SO YES, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YES. SORRY.

SO MARY JANE'S QUESTION, I BELIEVE, WAS THE DELTA CHANGE FROM APRIL TO CURRENT.

SHE WAS ASKING, IS IT BECAUSE WE HAD TO PULL MORE OUT OF THE GENERAL BUDGET INTO BEING COVERED BY FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT WE SAW FROM APRIL TO PRESENT? BUT OF COURSE LOOKING OUT TO 26-27.

I CAN SAY SOME OF IT MAY BE BECAUSE I DID TAKE, YOU KNOW, ON THE THREE YEAR YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PROJECTED BUT I ALSO PUT IN THERE THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT YOU APPROVED RECENTLY, THE TECHNOLOGY, THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY DESIGNATIONS, AND ONE OF THOSE WAS JUST DONE IN MAY.

SO THAT'S AN ADD.

OKAY. AND THAT WASN'T REFLECTED IN MAY BECAUSE IT WAS STILL BEING DISCUSSED.

RIGHT? I MEAN, MY APOLOGIES.

I JUST GOT THIS TONIGHT SO I COULDN'T GIVE YOU A HEADS UP OR FRAME A BETTER QUESTION.

THANK YOU.

BALANCE FROM EVEN OUR VERY FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP TO PRESENT.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS FROM OUR LAST WORKSHOP IN MAY TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE FULLY NEXT THIS WEEK AND, YOU KNOW, TO ADOPT NEXT WEEK? WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE ATTACHMENTS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW IN MAY, DUE TO SOME ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN IN MAY.

THIS WILL NOT CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK.

AND THIS IS ALSO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE BUDGET TO ACTUALS DOCUMENT, BECAUSE WE'VE INCORPORATED IT IN THERE AS WELL AS FAR AS 23-24 PROJECTED END OF YEAR.

NO CHANGES THOUGH BASED ON LIKE THE MEAT OF YOUR BUDGET CHANGING OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AND WHAT WE ALREADY VOTED ON.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

OKAY, I KNOW YOU USUALLY HIGHLIGHT THIS, BUT I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S FRUSTRATING AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO BESIDES REITERATE THAT SO MANY OF THESE THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN IN OUR LAST BOND, AND IT'S DEPLETING OUR FUND BALANCE.

SO, YEAH, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AGAIN AND COSTING TAXPAYERS THE DIFFERENCE.

YEAH. YEAH, WE'RE FEELING THE HEAT NOW, THAT'S FOR SURE.

WELL, I APPRECIATE ALL OF Y'ALL'S WORK ON THIS.

I'M EXCITED TO DIVE IN MORE THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO E, OUR CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF CMR FOR HIGH SCHOOL TWO.

CAN WE BACK UP TO D ON THE COMMITTING FUND BALANCE? I JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S.

YES. SO THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DOCUMENT THAN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT INCORPORATES EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE SPENT OUT OF FUND BALANCE AS WE KNOW IT

[00:20:01]

BUT JUST TO REITERATE THAT NONE OF THESE GET SPENT OR PURCHASED UNTIL THE BOARD APPROVES THEM.

SO THIS IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE JUSTIFYING WHY WE HAVE THE FUND BALANCE.

AND THEN IF WE WERE GOING TO LIKE WHEN WE DO THE BAND INSTRUMENTS.

SO WE GOT A NEW FIVE YEAR REPLACEMENT, WE'RE COMMITTING THE FUND BALANCE FOR THAT.

BUT EACH YEAR, THAT YEAR'S PORTION OF THOSE INSTRUMENTS REPLACES WOULD BE IN THE BUDGET OR BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AS A SEPARATE APPROVAL OR PART OF THAT BUDGET ADOPTION.

SO IT'S IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING BECAUSE THIS IS ALL ENCOMPASSING, WHEREAS [INAUDIBLE] IS JUST THREE YEARS AND I'M LOOKING OUT TO IF WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THE INTERACTIVE PANELS, ALL THE TECHNOLOGY REFRESH, ETC..

BUT JUST TO MAKE THINGS CLEAR AS MUD.

ITEM D WE ARE VOTING ON ALL OF THESE THAT WE HAVE PULLED FROM THE BUDGET TO USE FOR FUND BALANCE TO COMMIT FUND BALANCE TO THOSE PURPOSES.

THAT'S THE UTILITIES WOULD APPROVE THOSE.

YEAH. IN THE YEAR THAT THAT COMES UP.

SO JUST TO READ THEM, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR AND LITERAL, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY DEVOTED TO FUND BALANCE.

BUT THAT IS NOT THIS TO YOUR POINT.

SO WE'RE VOTING ON THE UTILITIES, THE BAND INSTRUMENTS, THE BUSSES AGAIN, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A BOND WHITE FLEET, AGAIN, ORIGINALLY A PART OF A BOND TECHNOLOGY REFRESH, ORIGINALLY PART OF A BOND TECH LEASE, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A BOND.

INTERACTIVE PANELS ORIGINALLY PART OF A BOND.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, PORTABLES, FURNITURE TECHNOLOGY ORIGINALLY PART OF A BOND.

PROPERTY INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE.

SO THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PULL AND DRAIN OUR FUND BALANCE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY [INAUDIBLE].

AND IT'S JUST SAYING OF OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE OF $50 MILLION, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WOULD USE THAT $50 MILLION TOWARDS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO PURCHASE THIS EQUIPMENT UNTIL IT'S TIME, AND THEN WE WOULD COME TO THE BOARD AND ASK FOR THE APPROVAL TO PURCHASE THOSE ITEMS. BUT THIS JUSTIFIES TO TEA WHY WE HAVE THAT LEVEL OF FUND BALANCE.

CORRECT. BUT ALSO WHEN WE'RE ADOPTING THE BUDGET, WE'RE ASSUMING TO ADOPT WITH OUR BUDGET PARAMETERS THAT THESE ARE BEING USED BY FUND BALANCE.

YES. YES. OKAY.

NOT PART OF THE OPERATING.

YEAH. ROB.

THEN THIS IS GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION OF STEFANI.

GOOD QUESTION. SO I'M LOOKING HERE AT THE NOW FROM NINE C JUST LOOKING AT FUND BALANCE.

SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE BAND INSTRUMENTS LISTED AS AN EXPENDITURE.

YEAR TWO LEASE EQUIPMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY AS AN EXPENDITURE.

UTILITIES FOR ONE YEAR AS AN EXPENDITURE WITH A TOTAL ENDING FUND BALANCE PROJECTED OF $44,000,999.

SO THAT LIST ONLY THREE THINGS THAT ARE ON THIS RESOLUTION, RIGHT? WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE WHEN THIS RESOLUTION, IF WE PASS THIS RESOLUTION T ECHNICALLY, IN THE EYES OF LIKE THE I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK IN THE BOOK FROM A BOOK PERSPECTIVE, DO THESE NOW BECOME COMMITTED FUNDS? SO NOW OUR FUND BALANCE REALLY ISN'T $44 MILLION PROJECTED.

IT IS NOW MORE CLOSE TO $39.

IF YOU DID ALL OF THIS, YOU DON'T.

THIS IS JUST SAYING, IF I HAVE $50 MILLION, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD SPEND IT ON, RIGHT? TO SAY TO THE LEGISLATURE, THIS IS WHY I NEED THIS FUND BALANCE.

UNDERSTOOD. SO WE'RE JUSTIFYING WE'RE JUST HAVING END OF YEAR PROJECTED NUMBER OF $47 MILLION IN OUR FUND BALANCE.

AND THIS RESOLUTION SAYS UNDERSTOOD WE HAVE $47 MILLION IN OUR FUND BALANCE.

WE NEED $5 MILLION FOR PROPERTY INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE WE MIGHT NEED THAT.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING THESE EXPENDITURES WOULD BE FROM OUR FUND BALANCE, COMMITTED TO THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AT A LATER DATE WHEN THIS BODY WOULD SO APPROVE SUCH SUCH MATTERS. AND WHEN WE CHANGE THIS EVERY YEAR RIGHT BEFORE YEAR END, SO THAT IT'S REFLECTED.

AND I REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR.

RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU'RE ABLE TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE TIED TO SOME OF THESE RESOLUTIONS.

SO SO PARDON ME FOR THAT.

BUT THIS MAKES SENSE OKAY. SO THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED FUNDS.

WE'RE NOT PUTTING THEM IN A LIABILITY COLUMN.

THEY'RE STILL AN ASSET.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU SHOWED THIS TO US, THOUGH, BECAUSE AS OUR BOND COUNCIL DOES REORGANIZE HERE.

I MEAN, THESE ARE POTENTIALLY SOME THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE RECOMMENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN A BOND, GIVEN WE ALREADY HAVE DWINDLING FUND BALANCE.

SO WE'RE KIND OF SEEING SOME OF THESE LINE ITEM NUMBERS ALREADY, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT COULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY BE PART OF A NEW PROPOSAL BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM WERE PART OF AN ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.

AND IF I HAD MY WAY, A LOT OF THIS WOULD GO BACK INTO A BOND.

YEAH. ALL. YEAH.

WELL, I MEAN, THE WAY FINANCES ARE MOVING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS A REASONABLE RECOMMENDATION, I THINK.

OLIVIA, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THAT SAME QUESTION.

[00:25:02]

YES. AND THEN NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD ADJUST THIS RESOLUTION AND TAKE THOSE OUT BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T NEED THE FUND BALANCE FOR THEM.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD DISCUSSION. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION ON BUDGET ANYTHING A THROUGH D.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO E FINALLY CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR HIGH SCHOOL TWO.

YES. SO WE RECEIVED FIVE PROPOSALS ON THIS, AND THREE OF US REVIEWED THOSE RANKED THOSE.

AND YOU CAN SEE OUR RECOMMENDATION IN THE PACKET SO THAT WE CAN BRING A CMAR ON BOARD AND START WORKING WITH VLC THROUGH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT ON THAT SITE.

ROB. SO? SO CLINT'S NOT HERE.

WHO SHOULD I FIRE AWAY AT? ME. I GUESS I'LL FIRE AWAY AT JAMES.

FIRE AWAY. NO, NO, NO, LOOK, LISTEN NUMBER ONE AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT THIS AGAIN AS A COMMENT, RIGHT? IT'S SO CRITICAL IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF A PROJECT THAT WE BRING ON CMARS TO HELP US WITH REAL COST NUMBERS.

SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT JUST BECAUSE, AGAIN, I LIKE TO BEAT IT TO DEATH AND AFFIRM WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AS ADMINISTRATION IN THESE PROJECTS.

I'M ACTUALLY, SINCE I JOINED THIS BOARD, I'M EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH A LOT OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING THE PROJECTS, NOT ONLY FROM AN EXECUTION JAMES, I'M LOOKING AT YOU, BUT FROM A PREPARATION AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION EFFORT.

WE'RE WE'RE PUMPING ON ALL CYLINDERS.

NOW, WE ALSO KNOW THIS IS A BIG ONE FOR US.

THIS IS THIS IS THE ENCHILADA HERE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST LARGEST, MOST INVASIVE PROJECT IN THE HISTORY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS.

SO WHO WE BRING ON TO BUILD THIS IS CRITICAL.

NOW, AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS LOOKS LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WHAT THEY'RE DOING ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX.

CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY, SO MY QUESTION IS THIS MY EXPERIENCE IN PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S HOW I LIKE TO EQUATE IT AND MAKE IT SIMPLE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO DATE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES WELL DURING PRE-CONSTRUCTION.

AND IF IT GOES WELL, WE'LL ENTER INTO A FORMAL AGREEMENT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A GMP ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

IS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WE'RE DOING HERE? AND I GUESS THE REASON I'M ASKING IS AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION IS DOING IT ONE FOR US RIGHT NOW IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THEY'VE DONE WALNUT FOR US.

MY UNDERSTANDING DID A GOOD JOB.

I LOOKED AT THEIR RESUME.

THEY'VE DONE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

HOWEVER, IN THE MIDST OF A PROJECT, SOMETIMES THINGS GO WRONG.

IF THAT HELP IS ELEMENTARY SIX, ARE WE LOCKED IN? RIGHT? ARE WE GOING TO GET.

I JUST WANT TO. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO OO DIDN'T GOING LIKE WE WERE HOPING MAYBE WE NEED TO PIVOT, RIGHT? OR ARE WE TRULY GETTING MARRIED, SO TO SPEAK, IN THIS DEAL AND.

RIGHT. NOT THAT I'M SAYING IT'S GOING TO GO WRONG.

I'M SAYING THOUGH, IN THIS PROJECT, WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE THINGS THAT NORMALLY HAPPEN ON A PROJECT, WE CAN'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF ISSUES.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.

I'M MAYBE TOUGH ONE, MAYBE NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME ON THAT ONE.

BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF GO WITH THAT.

I'VE NEVER DONE ONE THIS WAY.

I WOULD SAY YOU IF YOU HAD PROBLEMS, YOU PROBABLY COULD, BUT I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE VERY MESSY BECAUSE YOU'RE PICKING UP SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK.

NOW THEY'RE NOT BUILDING IT PER SE.

THEY'RE JUST COST ESTIMATING.

RIGHT. AND SO IF AMERICAN SAID, OH, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IT FOR X.

AND THEN FOR SOME REASON YOU SAID, I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE THIS RELATIONSHIP AND YOU BRING SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY SAY, OH, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE Y.

THEN IT'S STICKY.

NOT IDEAL FOR SURE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AS THINGS GO ON OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR THAT IF THINGS AREN'T GOING QUITE LIKE WE HOPED, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT IF NECESSARY.

DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, JAMES IS PROBABLY GOING TO SHOOT ME OKAY. SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL AREN'T CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

I'M NOT. OKAY.

WELL, THERE ALWAYS IS IN CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S JUST OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. AND I LIKE, I MEAN, THE FEE STRUCTURE LOOKS GOOD.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD VALUE FOR SURE.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A HISTORY WITH THEM, SO I'M NOT CONCERNED.

BUT I BUT THE THE WAY THIS PROJECT IS HANDLED IS OBVIOUSLY SUPER CRITICAL FOR THIS BODY.

AND SO AGAIN, I'M JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT THAT MAY BE APPLIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PARTNER AS WE GET READY TO BUILD THIS.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED, THEN I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

I WOULD SAY PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BECAUSE THEIR PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ARE VERY STRONG.

PLUS WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THEM FROM A START TO FINISH PROJECT.

SO THERE'S NO RED FLAGS TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD MISS IT IN ANY STEP OF THE WAY.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF 24-25 FACILITY RENTAL RATES.

YES. SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE LETTER THIS IS FOR FACILITY RENTALS OUTSIDE OF DSYSA.

[00:30:06]

IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

IT'S NOT BEEN REVIEWED OR APPROVED IN SEVERAL YEARS AND IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT FOR APPROVAL.

THE OTHER FACILITY RATES WERE DEVELOPED IN 2015.

IT'S A PRETTY EXTENSIVE SPREADSHEET IN WHICH WE CALCULATE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF EACH FACILITY THAT COULD BE USED AS MUCH AS A CLASSROOM, A CAFETERIA, A GYM, AND THEN APPLY A UTILITY FACTOR AND A CUSTODIAL FACTOR TO THAT.

THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE 2015.

AND SO LOOKING AT ADJUSTING THOSE RATES FOR UTILITIES AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES, IT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT A 20% INCREASE.

SOME SPACES MORE THAN THAT, SOME SPACES LESS.

BUT THIS WOULD BE AN OVERALL UPDATE TO THOSE RATES FOR ALL ENTITIES OTHER THAN DSYSA. KIM, I HAD A QUESTION.

I LOVE THE I LOVE THE FREE COLUMN.

WHAT IS A TIER ONE A A TIER ONE B AND A TIER TWO AND A TIER THREE LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? I MAY HAVE TO ANSWER THAT IN A DE NOTE.

OKAY. TIER ONE IS TIER ONE A IS BASICALLY OUR INTERNAL USERS.

SO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING THIS AT 20 IN 2015, A LOT OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS, IF THEY WERE HAVING A FUNDRAISER ON CAMPUS, WE'RE PAYING A FACILITY RENTAL FEE.

AND SO WE DECIDED THAT WAS A LITTLE CRAZY.

AND SO TIER ONE A IS OUR INTERIOR GROUPS.

SO ANY ATHLETICS UIL ETC., THEY'RE USING OUR FACILITIES AFTER HOURS FOR FREE.

AND THEN THERE'S A WEEKEND RATE FOR THAT.

IF THEY'RE BRINGING IN AN OUTSIDE ENTITY AND HAVING LIKE A BIG BAND PERFORMANCE AND IT'S NOT JUST OUR KIDS, WE DO WANT TO COVER SOME OF OUR UTILITY COSTS AND JUST FACILITY COSTS FOR THAT.

AND THEN ONE OF THE TIERS IS A NONPROFIT GROUP, AND THEN ONE IS FOR PROFIT GROUPS.

SO THOSE TIERS WERE DEVELOPED BASED ON OUR DIFFERENT USERS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

A LITTLE KIND OF UNRELATED.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE HIERARCHY OF THESE RENTALS.

LIKE, HOW IS THIS JUST IF THE DATES OPEN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

LIKE IS THERE A HIERARCHY WITH THE TIER ONE? YES. SO OUR OUR OUR GROUPS FOR SURE ALWAYS GET FIRST CHOICE.

THEN OUR MOU WITH DSYSA SAYS THEY GET SECOND.

THE ABILITY TO RENT OUR FACILITIES.

AND THEN IF IT'S IF A FACILITY IS STILL AVAILABLE AFTER OUR STUDENT GROUPS AND DSYSA, THEN WE OPEN IT UP TO OTHERS.

SO IF THERE'S A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT IS WANTING TO BOOK SOMETHING OUT LIKE A YEAR IN ADVANCE, IT PROBABLY ISN'T AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF HOLDING THAT SLOT FOR INTERNAL SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTSIDE ENTITIES TO RENT THAT AREA.

GOT IT. OUR GYMS ARE PRETTY MUCH CONSUMED BY OUR ATHLETICS AND DSYSA, AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS WITH CHURCHES ON SUNDAY FOR CAFETERIAS.

BUT AFTER THOSE PRIORITIES, HIERARCHIES, THEN IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

GOT IT.

SHANDA. REFERENCE THIS AGAIN.

OKAY. SO IT SAYS THAT THE UPDATE, IT WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW, WHICH HAVEN'T BEEN IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2015. HOW MANY SPACES ARE WE TALKING AND IS THIS I KNOW IN THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT THE FACILITIES.

YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN EXTRA MONEY.

IS THAT REFLECTED IN LIKE WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE FOR THESE FACILITIES BEING RENTED FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO? THAT SHEET IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT.

IT'S NOT POSTED ANYWHERE, BUT IT HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE SYCAMORE COMPLEX, SOME OTHER FACILITIES.

AND SO IT'S CYPRESS, WALNUT, THE NEW ONES.

SO THAT SHEET ITSELF IT'S JUST BEEN ADDED TO HAVE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SO THOSE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN USED.

THEY'VE BEEN USED. IT JUST WASN'T REFLECTED ON THE SHEET.

IT'S JUST THAT INTERNAL SHEET JUST SAID DSMS AND THE THREE ELEMENTARIES THAT WE HAD IN 2015.

AND SO WE'VE UPDATED IT TO REFLECT EVERYTHING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN ADMINISTERED WITH THOSE FACILITIES.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT THAT'S NOT PUBLISHED ANYWHERE.

SO CURRENTLY ALL THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE ACCESS OR THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING NEW FOR THE COMING YEAR, NOT UNTIL WE ADD ANOTHER FACILITY, THE ELEMENTARY SIX.

YEAH, BUT THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WITH FACILITY RENTAL INCOME THAT HAS BEEN ANTICIPATED WITH THESE INCREASES.

[00:35:05]

WE SAID WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ABOUT $25,000 ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM RENTAL FACILITY RATES.

AND NOW WE'RE UPDATING THOSE.

OKAY. GIVEN THAT THIS IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT, NOT FOR PUBLIC.

COULD WE MOVE THIS TO CONSENT? DO I HEAR ANY PUSHBACK? ALL RIGHT. TRISH IS OKAY WITH THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO CONSENT.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW LAST ACTION ITEM.

CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF RFP 23-24 FOR CAMERA EQUIPMENT, CINDI.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU NEXT MONDAY TO RECOMMEND THE AWARD OF RFP 23-24 018 FOR CAMERA EQUIPMENT.

TO REFRESH THE DISTRICT CAMERA SYSTEM.

AND THIS IS REALLY A CULMINATION OF MANY MONTHS WORK WITH A CROSS DEPARTMENTAL TEAM LOOKING FOR THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THE DISTRICT.

WE RELEASED THE RFP ON MAY 23RD.

IT WAS DUE ON JUNE 13TH, AND WE DID RECEIVE FIVE RESPONSES.

WE ARE JUST FINALIZING REFERENCES AND WE'LL HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU WEDNESDAY BY WEDNESDAY.

I HAVE A GINA QUESTION.

WHERE THE.

IS THIS COMING OUT OF BOND FUNDS FOR SAFETY SECURITY? OKAY. THIS IS PART OF THE SAFETY SECURITY LINE ITEM FROM BOND FUNDS.

GREAT. OKAY. VERY EXCITING.

I KNOW WE WERE ALL REALLY WANTING NEW CAMERAS.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT.

ON TO REPORTS AND INFORMATION.

DID. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MARY JANE? YES IT COULD. YES.

GREAT. THANK YOU, MARY JANE.

WELL, NO, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE RFP.

THERE'S NO RFP, WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER.

WE DON'T HAVE A WE CAN TAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION OR WE CAN LEAVE IT AS AN ACTION.

YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO JUST. WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE, ANYTHING ABOUT IT OUTSIDE OF WE'RE GOING TO GET A NUMBER.

REPORTS AND INFORMATION [INAUDIBLE] REPORT.

[10. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT LEARNING.

I KNOW THAT'S A SHOCKER AND IT'S THE COMPACTED MATH THAT'S A NEW REQUIREMENT FROM TEA THAT THE TOP 40TH PERCENTILE STUDENTS WHO PERFORM IN MATH AS FIFTH GRADERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED IN COMPACTED MATH IN SIXTH GRADE.

PARENTS CAN OPT OUT OF THAT.

THEY GOT THEIR LETTERS TODAY, I BELIEVE, FROM THEIR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR OPTING OUT BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD FIT FOR ALL KIDS, BUT BASICALLY WHAT COMPACTED MATH IS, IS TAKING SIXTH GRADE AND SEVENTH GRADE AND PUSHING IT TOGETHER IN THE SIXTH GRADE YEAR.

SO THEY WOULD TAKE THE SEVENTH GRADE STAAR, SO THAT WOULD ACCELERATE THEIR MATH, TEA SAYS IF YOU PERFORM IN THAT 40TH PERCENTILE, YOU HAVE A HIGHLY HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF BEING SUCCESSFUL. PARENTS KNOW THEIR STUDENTS AND CAN MAKE THAT DECISION INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH STUDENT.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS A NEW REQUIREMENT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, STAAR SCORES CAME OUT FRIDAY PUBLICLY THREE THROUGH EIGHT THE WEEK BEFORE WAS EOC.

AND THEN WE ARE CONTINUING ON WITH ACCELERATION TESTING AND THAT IS ACCELERATING FOR THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL.

TEA CALLS ACCELERATED TESTING STUDENTS, STUDENTS IN SUMMER SCHOOL.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF NOMENCLATURE DIFFERENCE THERE, BUT WE ARE STILL TESTING FOR ACCELERATION, AND FAMILIES THAT ARE NEW CAN STILL APPLY FOR ACCELERATION AS THEY COME IN.

KIM. I'LL BE ANXIOUS IF YOU COULD BRING BACK A REPORT.

AFTER SCHOOL STARTS TO LET US KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT COMPACTED MATH? BECAUSE I JUST THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

HOW MANY QUALIFIED? MAYBE HOW MANY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT? I'M HOPING A LOT DO, BUT KUDOS TO YOU FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR.

EVERYTHING YOU DO FROM NEW TEACHER AND SERVICE TO TEACHER TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR, AS WE DID OUR BOARD VISITS, WE GOT TO WITNESS EVIDENCE OF ALL THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU HAD PROVIDED FOR OUR STAFF AND PUT INTO PLACE, AND IT WAS JUST A JOY TO WATCH, SEE THE TEACHERS EXCITED AND SEE THE STUDENTS ENGAGED.

SO I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER.

[00:40:04]

DO WE HAVE.

SO I KNOW LAST YEAR, JUST KNOWING SOME OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL STUDENTS THAT I KNEW THAT WANTED THAT ENROLLED IN COMPACTED MATH AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TEACHERS AVAILABLE TO TEACH? THERE WAS, I THINK, AT DMS'S SIXTH GRADE, THERE WAS LIKE ONE TEACHER AVAILABLE.

SO THEY ONLY HAD ONE SECTION OF THE COMPACTED MATH.

WITH THIS NEW CHANGE, HAVE WE FULLY STAFFED FOR EVERY STUDENT WHO WANTS TO TAKE THAT? YES, BASICALLY AT BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS THERE AVERAGING ABOUT 200, WHICH IS GREAT, 200 STUDENTS THAT ARE QUALIFIED IN THAT 40TH PERCENTILE.

SO NATURALLY THAT DOES HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE MASTER SCHEDULE, MAKING THE TEACHERS MORE APT TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THE COMPACTED SECTIONS.

AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST GROUP OF INCOMING SIXTH GRADERS WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY? OKAY, REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THE PARENTS HAVE A CHOICE IN THAT IN A WAY.

OKAY. OLIVIA.

THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO PAY A COMPLIMENT.

BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THE EMAIL, IT IDENTIFIED THE BILL.

IT GAVE YOU THE OPT IN LINK.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY EASY.

BUT MY QUESTION IS KIND OF OFF OF SHANDA.

SO NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE DOING ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE THIS CAME LIKE FOUR WEEKS AFTER WE HAD TO DO CLASS SELECTION, WHICH OBVIOUSLY AFFECTS STAFFING.

SO NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, WILL THAT WORK.

BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO COME AFTER STAAR.

SO IT'S GOING TO ALWAYS COME AFTER AFTER ENROLLMENT.

OH. YEAH YEAH.

BUT FOR STAFFING, IF IT'S KAREN SAID IT CHANGES YOUR MASTER SCHEDULE.

SO IT'S A GOOD LEGISLATIVE IDEA THAT JUST HAS AN IMPACT THAT DOESN'T FUNCTION WELL WITHIN THE ACTUAL PLANNING YEAR.

YEAH. THAT'S CLUNKY. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A BIT OF A CLUNKY ISSUE.

JUST LIKE GRADING STAAR SCORES THE FRIDAY BEFORE SUMMER SCHOOL STARTS.

SO THAT'S HELPFUL TOO.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED AND AND CHOSE TO BE AN ENTIRE YEAR AHEAD THAT ARE GOING TO ALSO BE IDENTIFIED.

RIGHT. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME OVERLAP THERE.

WE POSSIBLY COULD.

I THINK THEY'RE FILTERING.

THEY HAVE TO BE IN SIXTH GRADE.

SO IF IT WAS A FOURTH GRADE TAKING A FIFTH GRADE TEST AND THEY QUALIFIED, THEY WOULD STILL BE A FIFTH GRADER.

THEY COULD QUALIFY FOR THAT COMPACTED MATH THOUGH, SO THEY COULD STILL HAVE THAT ACCELERATION.

IF THE PARENTS WANT TO.

I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING THAT OVER AND OVER IF THE PARENTS AGREE, BECAUSE NOT ALL PARENTS THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, THEY MIGHT HAVE MORE GAPS IN MATH BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING AT A FASTER RATE.

AND THEN IF YOU ACCELERATE AND THEN YOU HAVE MORE COMPACTED, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO GAPS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS HOPING PRINCIPALS WOULD ADDRESS IS IF YOU'RE ALREADY TUTORING YOUR STUDENT IN MATH AND THEY'RE HIGH PERFORMING, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A REALLY GOOD IDEA THAT IT HAS TO COME MORE NATURAL.

IT'S TO THAT NATURAL, GIFTED MIND OF MATH THAT JUST THEY LEARN IT MORE QUICKLY AND ON THEIR OWN FOR THE MOST PART.

ROB. TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

FIRST ONE SUMMER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, 400 YOU KNOW DSISD STUDENTS, IS THAT ABOUT THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR? IS THAT INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR.

WHAT'S THE. WELL, OUR POPULATION INCREASES, BUT IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME.

IT'S 385.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE YES. SO IT WOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME AS WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR.

AND MOST MAJORITY WOULD BE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT COULD QUICKLY TAKE THE CREDIT RECOVERY AND MOVE ON SO THEY DON'T STAY THE WHOLE TIME. GOT IT. ONCE THEY'RE DONE, THEY AND THAT WAS KIND OF MY FOLLOW UP.

THE LIKE THE TYPICAL STUDENTS THAT ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL, CAN YOU REMIND ME THE CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL? SO IT WOULD BE ANYBODY WHO WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL ON STAAR.

THEY'RE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY.

NOT ALL PARENTS WANT THAT FOR THEIR STUDENTS, AND WE ADDRESS ANY WHAT THEY CALL 1416.

IT'S A HOUSE BILL 1416 NEEDS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

OKAY. ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T PERFORM WELL ON STAAR, ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T PASS A CORE CONTENT AREA IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN IT'S OPTIONAL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL IF YOU FAILED ONE SUBJECT, IF YOU FAILED TWO, IT'S RECOMMENDED.

GOT IT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

YES. OKAY.

AND THEN A SECOND QUESTION.

REMIND ME WHEN WE DO THE STAAR RESULT DEEP DIVE THAT WE DID.

THE TAPER IS IN JANUARY, BUT I DO GIVE AN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER BOARD UPDATE ON ALL STAAR SCORES SPEAKERS]. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, SHANDA.

SORRY, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

THE ACCELERATION PROGRAM IS THE THE SCORE.

THE MINIMUM SCORE THAT THE KIDS HAVE TO MAKE TO ACCELERATE.

IS THAT A DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD STANDARD, OR IS THAT THE REQUIRED STANDARD FROM LIKE UT HIGH SCHOOL FROM WHERE THEY TAKE THE TEST? THAT'S ACTUALLY SET BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.

OKAY. SO YEAH. OKAY.

AND I REMEMBER RHONDA AT ANOTHER MEETING WAS SAYING THAT WE'RE CHANGING THAT PROGRAM, WHEREAS BEFORE ANYBODY COULD, WHICH BY THE WAY, I LOVE IT

[00:45:08]

AND A LOT OF NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS DON'T OFFER IT.

SO I THINK IT'S SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS.

BUT ARE THEY THAT WILL BE FOR THE COMING YEAR WHERE THEY WILL HAVE TO BE RECOMMENDED BY.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? BECAUSE I DON'T I WASN'T, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEHIND THE CURTAIN AT THAT POINT.

SO HOW IS THAT CHANGING? WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED EXACTLY HOW THE CHANGES ARE THE NUMBERS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THREE POINTS OF DATA QUANTITATIVELY BEFORE WE OFFER THE TEST, OKAY.

BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS A LOT OF PARENTS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT COST SAVINGS TOO, A LOT OF PARENTS TEST EVERY SINGLE TIME.

AND THEIR STUDENTS CONTINUOUSLY ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THAT GRADE.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS NOT ONLY THE PRESSURE THAT IT'S PUTTING ON THE STUDENTS.

A LOT OF THE STUDENTS DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE, BUT THE MONEY THAT'S GOING INTO THAT, IT'S $25 TO $35 A TEST.

NOT THAT THAT'S A BIG DEAL, BUT YOU MULTIPLY IT BY FOUR TESTING SEASONS A YEAR, AND THEN THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WE SEE AS REPEATERS, WHICH IS FINE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS ARE WELL AWARE OF THEIR MEETING THE MARK TO EVEN SIT FOR THAT TEST.

AND THAT'S ALLOWABLE PER THE LAWS.

WE JUST HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE, LET'S TEST THEM.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE EVALUATION THE OTHER SIDE.

SO YOU STILL LOOKED AT BOTH.

WE'RE JUST FLIPPING THAT. YEAH.

NO. AND I FULLY SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE'S A OVER THE YEARS THERE'S A LOT OF TESTS TAKEN.

AND SINCE WE MOVED TO THE STANDARD, YOU KNOW UT HIGH SCHOOL TEST, WHEREAS BEFORE WE WERE JUST DOING OUR I DON'T KNOW, BEFORE WE WERE JUST I MEAN, I REMEMBER THERE WAS A POINT WHERE WE JUST PUT A FIRST GRADE MATH TEST IN FRONT OF ALL THE KINDERGARTNERS AND SAID, LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO.

AND THEN THEY WOULD ACCELERATE THAT WAY.

SO IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS PASSING THAT STANDARDIZED TEST IS MUCH, MUCH LOWER.

YES. SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT HAVING THOSE PARAMETERS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR TESTING.

HOW MANY KIDS DO WE HAVE? OR WILL YOU HAVE A REPORT KIND OF AT THE END OF HOW MANY AND WHAT PERCENTAGE? YES. AT THE END OF THIS TESTING SEASON SEASON, WE WILL HAVE A REPORT TO SAY THE PERCENTAGE THAT MADE IT.

AND RHONDA DID LET ME KNOW THAT THIS SEASON THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST QUALIFYING GROUP.

AND IT'S NOT DOUBLE DIGIT.

IT'S NOT LIKE HUGE, BUT IT'S MORE THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

OKAY. SO I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT AT A LATER DATE OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. FINANCE REPORTS.

ANYTHING ADDITIONAL OTHER THAN EVERYTHING JUST FINISHING UP THE YEAR.

SO EVERYTHING'S TRENDING IN LINE.

YOU CAN SEE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

SO TAX COLLECTIONS CONTINUE TO COME IN.

WE'RE ON TARGET TO GET THAT.

WE'RE ALMOST AT 98%.

SO AND WE STILL HAVE A FEW MONTHS TO COLLECT.

ROB. JUST A QUICK ONE.

ON THE ACTUAL PROJECTIONS FOR MAY 2024 SHEET, HAVE TALKED ABOUT TAXES.

SO WE HAD OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET 106 MILLION.

WE REVISED IT OBVIOUSLY TO $80 MILLION.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE AT $79, WHICH IS $1.3 LESS.

I'M JUST THIS IS REALLY ME VALIDATING WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE.

AND MY QUESTION HERE, THAT $1.3 MILLION LESS IS THAT DUE TO SIMPLY ADA AND JUST ENROLLMENT BEING LOW, OR WAS THERE SOME OTHER FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO, EVEN AFTER WE REVISED THE BUDGET COMING IN $1.3 BELOW TARGET? THAT I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK AND CONFIRM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IS LOWER ADA.

THE ENROLLMENT HAD ALREADY BEEN FACTORED IN BEFORE THAT.

YEAH.

WELL, THAT'S SOME OF IT, BUT SOME OF THIS IS ADA INCORPORATED IN HERE TOO.

I MEAN, IT'S. YEAH.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND AS CATCHING UP WITH THEM, PUTTING ALL OF THAT IN PLACE THROUGH THE TAX OFFICE.

AND BECAUSE INITIALLY THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE EVERYONE THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.

AND SO WE HAD A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT CAME IN, WHICH IS WHY TAX COLLECTIONS WERE LATE.

THAT KIND OF FILTERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND SO LOOKING AT THE TAX COLLECTIONS AND THEN ALSO UPDATING EVERYTHING.

SOME OF IT, SOME OF IT INCREASED BECAUSE WE ALSO HAD ADDITIONAL FTES IN CERTAIN AREAS.

SO THIS WAS REALLY GOING IN AND FINE TUNING EVERYTHING, ALL FTES LIKE CTE, SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THEN ALSO THE ADDITIONAL TAX COLLECTIONS OR LESS TAX COLLECTIONS AND THEN ADA TOO, THIS IS KIND OF EVERYTHING.

I WENT AND DID A COMPLETE NEW TEMPLATE JUST TO TRY TO SEE IF WE WERE ON TARGET.

AND WE KIND OF LANDED HERE.

GOT IT. SO I GUESS AT $1.4 MILLION OR $1.36, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL DRIVER IN OUR OVERALL DEAL.

[00:50:02]

IT'S JUST LIKE THE WHAT TRULY IS MAKING UP THAT JUST SO I HAVE SOME FIDELITY ON SPECIFICALLY THESE THREE THINGS DROVE US EVEN AFTER WE REVISED THE BUDGET TO COME IN UNDERNEATH THE EXPECTATION.

NOT NOT BECAUSE WE'RE SHOOTING BULLETS JUST TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE FLUCTUATIONS IN OUR REVENUES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE IMPACT IS SUBSTANTIAL, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO COME TO A DEFICIT, ACTUAL BUDGET THIS YEAR.

THAT JUST HELPS ME TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE VARIABLES.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LET ME LOOK INTO THAT I CAN SEND IT TO YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT, ABSOLUTELY.

MARY JANE SO MY QUESTIONS ARE ALSO ON THE TEN B TWO WORKSHEET.

THE FIRST ONE ROB ALREADY MENTIONED, BECAUSE AS WE APPROACH LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO KNOW.

I ACTUALLY HAVE NO IDEA THE DEGREE TO WHICH YOU CAN DETERMINE THAT WITH CERTAINTY.

BUT SINCE WE'RE ALWAYS TOLD YOU'RE GOING TO BE HELD HARMLESS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HELD HARMLESS, AND THEN IT NEVER TURNS OUT THAT WAY.

IF WE COULD JUST KIND OF HAVE A BALLPARK OF THAT $1.36 MILLION, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS DUE TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

AND I DO NEED TO SAY TO YOU, THEY ARE COMING OUT.

THEY'VE UPDATED THE TEMPLATE TWICE NOW IN LIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO I'M GOING TO BE RUNNING THIS AGAIN.

AND IT'S LIKELY THIS WILL CHANGE BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THERE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO US YET.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME DIFFERENT INFORMATION.

AND AT THAT TIME I COULD GIVE YOU KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S CHANGED.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF I MEAN, EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, IT'S JUST IT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT VERSION OF A SPREADSHEET WE PULL UP BECAUSE IT IS CONSTANTLY IN FLUX.

AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HELP DOING THIS A LOT DEPENDING ON THE INFORMATION WE PUT IN, I AND THIS ONE INCLUDES, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD JUST UPDATED THROUGH THE FIFTH SIX WEEKS SINCE I WAS INCLUDING ALL THE FTE INFORMATION THAT WAS UPDATED DURING THE AVERAGE.

THAT'S THAT CHANGED A LOT OF THE STUFF AS WELL.

SO I DO NEED TO KIND OF GO BACK AND RESEARCH ALL THE DIFFERENT KEY AREAS TO SEE IF I CAN BACK INTO WHAT'S CHANGED.

OKAY. AND THEN THE LINE THAT SAYS STATE ASF AND FSP, THE EXPLANATION SAYS STATE AID PROJECTIONS INCREASED DUE TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, BUT IT'S A DECREASE.

WELL, HOW HOW AM I I'M NOT LOOKING AT THAT.

RIGHT. WHAT, DO YOU SEE.

THAT LINE I DO THAT MAY NOT THAT VERBIAGE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN UPDATED FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION.

I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION ON THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] REVENUE DECREASING.

I KNOW THAT'S BEEN IN STATE EDUCATION TOPICS FOR A WHILE, OUR WHOLE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE OR WE JUST DO PROVIDE.

IS IT A IS IT A MUST? WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE.

AND WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT AS WELL, TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN RECOUP SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR ATTORNEYS RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

OKAY. BUT WE'RE AND WE'RE AND WE'RE CHANGING VENDORS FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL, HOPING THAT WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN OTHER AREAS THAT WERE DOCUMENTING BETTER.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE AN INCREASE IN THOSE FUNDS.

BUT WE JUST WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OPERATION REPORTS.

YOU HAVE SOME NEW ONES THIS MONTH.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, LAST YEAR WE HIRED SCHOOLEY MITCHELL TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR PURCHASED COST AND SEE IF THEY COULD FIND ANY SAVINGS. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, NO, THEY IN SEVERAL OF THESE COMMODITIES, THEY WENT TO OTHER VENDORS AND THEY COULDN'T TOUCH OUR BID PRICES, MOST OF THESE COMMODITIES WE BID.

SO I WAS GOING TO BE SHOCKED IF THEY COULD NEGOTIATE LOWER PRICES.

AND THEIR REPORTS INDICATE THAT ON THE SUPPLIES THEY FELT LIKE WE WEREN'T MAYBE USING THE CO-OP PRICING AS MUCH AS WE COULD.

SO I'VE GOT OUR PURCHASING TEAM WORKING WITH THE CO-OP FOR THAT, AND HOW TO TRAIN OUR CAMPUSES TO UTILIZE THAT CO-OP PRICING BETTER.

IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAVE.

IT'S PENS AND PAPER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY'VE LOOKED AT.

I CAN GET BACK TO THE AGENDA.

OUR TRASH COLLECTION, WHICH WE HAVE A BID FOR PROPANE, WHICH WE HAVE A BID FOR, AND FUEL, WHICH WE BUY THROUGH PRICING THAT THEY COULDN'T SAVE US ANY MONEY ON THOSE SO AND BROUGHT THOSE REPORTS BACK TO YOU SINCE WE HIRED THEM AND WANTED TO BRING THESE FORWARD SO THAT YOU COULD REVIEW THEIR FINDINGS.

JUST AGAIN WITH AN EYE TO LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, SINCE WE'RE BATTLING THAT NARRATIVE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, WASTE AND INEFFICIENCY.

[00:55:07]

AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A RUNNING LIST THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF ACTUALLY, WE CAN'T REALIZE SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY FOLLOWING EFFICIENT PROCEDURES.

LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT.

DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT LIST WOULD BE.

OH. GO AHEAD. I THINK TRICIA WAS BEFORE ME.

TRICIA. MARY JANE, ARE YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, THE DIFFERENT EFFICIENCIES AUDITS PER SE THAT WE'VE DONE.

YEAH, I'D LIKE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU JUST TO KIND OF BRING IT ALL TOGETHER.

AGREED. I MAY BE ABLE TO SPECIFY A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK A LOT OF THAT NARRATIVE THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS REALLY SPECIFIC, IS SPECIFIC, IS TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ESSER FUNDS, THAT THE DEFICITS ARE BEING CAUSED BY INEFFICIENT USE OF ESSER FUNDS.

BUT WHAT I'M FINDING IS A MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS FOLLOWED THE EXACT TEA GUIDELINES.

SO I THINK IF WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING, THE NARRATIVE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT DEFICITS AS IT RELATES TO EXPENDITURE FOR ESSER FUNDS.

IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY KIND OF TWOFOLD BECAUSE I THINK EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WE WERE STILL BATTLING THAT NARRATIVE.

BUT YES, IT'S EXACERBATED BY ESSER FUNDS.

AND THEN WHAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO LOSE SIGHT OF IS THAT THE PURPOSE WAS TO HELP STUDENTS R EGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEIR LOSSES AND ON MULTIPLE FRONTS OF ACADEMIC AND EMOTIONAL.

AND IT'S AMAZING HOW SO MANY LEADERS HAVE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THAT.

IT WASN'T JUST FEDERAL BOONDOGGLE.

IT HAD A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND I THINK WE USED THEM USED ESSER FUNDS REALLY WELL.

SO MAYBE THAT'S JUST ONE MORE, YOU KNOW, AREA OF THE BUDGET TO ENCAPSULATE THAT AGAIN, WOULD ARM US WHEN WE DO TALK TO LEGISLATORS. WE GO SPECIFICALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE SAVED THROUGH DEFEASANCE LIKE THAT'S BLACK AND WHITE.

WE CAN EASILY GO SHOW OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE'VE SAVED $31 MILLION IN INTEREST BY PAYING DEBT DOWN EARLY, I THINK.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN BE SPECIFIC, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE MOST PEOPLE AREN'T LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL REPORTS EVERY MONTH AND WE SEE THE NEWS AND THERE'S THESE DEFICITS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING, BUT MAYBE A MORE CLEAR ASK OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO THAT WE HAVE IT, AND THEN IT'S LIKE A DOCK THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN WHERE WE CAN SHOW THOSE EFFICIENCIES.

AM I UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR? THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT TAKES SOME TIME, MAYBE NOT BEFORE NEXT WEEK.

SO. WELL, I MEAN, I SHE'S DONE A COUPLE OF THESE DIFFERENT EFFICIENCY AUDITS PER SE.

AND I WAS JUST SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR MAYBE ALL OF THE EFFICIENCIES THAT SHE'S LOOKED AT ON ONE DOCUMENT INSTEAD OF A LL THE OTHER ONES.

AND I THINK. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR, TOO MARY JANE.

RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY BY NEXT WEEK, BUT JUST LIKE IN THE FUTURE.

YES. YEAH. IS IT CLEAR WHAT THEY'RE WANTING? IT'S CLEAR. I JUST DON'T RECALL ANY THAT I'VE DONE.

SO I HAVE TO GO DIG UP THE FILES.

ALL RIGHT. MAYBE WE'LL TALK MORE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON OPERATION REPORTS? WE GOT BOND UPDATES.

ALL RIGHT. HR REPORT I HAVE I HAVE A BOND UPDATE QUESTION.

YES, THE 18 PLUS.

HAVE WE GOTTEN ANYWHERE WITH THE REALTORS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE THAT'S A ANTSY PROJECT BEING BROUGHT UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA QUITE A BIT.

SO NO CHANGES SINCE LAST MONTH.

I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE SAME LOOKING AT SEVERAL PIECES OF PROPERTY AND EVALUATING THOSE OKAY.

AND AND LONG PROCESS AND JUST TO JUST SAY OUT LOUD THE ENTIRE PROJECT WAS ON THE LAST BOND.

CORRECT? OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

MAY I JUST REQUEST ON ON OUR BOND PROJECTS FOR UP ON MONDAY NIGHT'S MEETING THAT WE CAN MAYBE ACTUALLY JUST TALK THROUGH THAT REPORT BRIEFLY, WHETHER IT BE JAMES OR CLINT OR ELAINE OR WHOEVER COULD JUST KIND OF GIVE US THE UPDATE SO THE COMMUNITY CAN HEAR ALL THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.

I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD.

THAT WOULD BE THE PLAN. THAT'D BE THE PLAN.

OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THAT IS THE PLAN. ALL RIGHT.

YES. OKAY. YES.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON.

HR REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. WE HELD OUR ELEMENTARY AND TEACHER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHER FAIRS LAST WEDNESDAY, THE 12TH, LAST WEEK.

[01:00:09]

SUPER EXCITED. OUR ESPECIALLY OUR SECONDARY PRINCIPALS WERE ABLE TO DO ON SITE INTERVIEWS HERE USING THE CLASSROOM OF OUR CLASSROOMS, AND SO HAD ON SITE INTERVIEWS, WERE ABLE TO SECURE SOME REALLY GREAT APPLICANTS AND CANDIDATES.

THEY LEFT HERE DIRECTLY AND CALLED REFERENCES AND MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DAY.

WE HAVE A PICTURE IN HERE ON THEIR ON OUR REPORT.

KELLY MILLER WAS SUPER, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ONE OF HER HIRES AND JUST SUPER EXCITED TO, LIKE, INTERVIEW THEM, SNAG THEM, NOT LET THEM GO INTERVIEW ANYWHERE ELSE AND JUST BRING THEM ON AND MAKE THEM TIGERS THAT DAY.

SO JUST REALLY EXCITED.

LAST YEAR IN JUNE, WE HAD 21 NEW HIRES FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 41 NEW HIRES.

AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY VERY FAR AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR AT THIS POINT, WE HAD 65 TEACHER RESIGNATIONS.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE 60 INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES WERE THE EXACT SAME.

VERY ODD. WE HAD 15 LAST YEAR.

WE HAD 15 THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE.

BUT I THINK THE REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE IS JUST WITH OUR TEACHER HIRES AND OUR OVERALL HIRES, INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES AS WELL.

SO OUR VACANCIES ARE MUCH LOWER.

LAST YEAR, OUR PENALTY.

PENALTY FREE DEADLINE IS JUNE 29TH.

AND SO OUR GOAL IN HR IS TO GET EVERYONE HIRED, GET EVERYONE A CONTRACT, GET EVERYONE LOCKED IN AND SETTLED AND READY TO GO BY THAT DATE, SO THAT OUR PRINCIPALS CAN TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND ENJOY THEIR WEEK OFF FOR 4TH OF JULY AND JUST HAVE ALL OF OUR STAFF AS WELL, OUR NEW HIRES SETTLED AND READY TO GO AND ENJOY THAT WEEK AS WELL. KIM I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HAVING THOSE JOB FAIRS RIGHT HERE IN HOUSE THAT PEOPLE GET TO COME.

THEY GET TO FEEL THE PLACE, MEET THE PEOPLE.

AND I MEAN, WHAT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES RATHER THAN YOUR STAFF HAVING TO GO OUT AND RECRUIT AND FIND ALL THESE PEOPLE, BRING THEM IN.

AND WHAT WHAT A GREAT IDEA.

SO KUDOS ON THAT.

AND IT REALLY HELPS THE APPLICANTS DO THE DRIVE.

PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHERE DRIPPING SPRINGS IS.

THEY'RE LIKE, HOW FAR IS THAT? I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY OUT THERE.

AND THEY MAKE THE DRIVE LIKE, OH, IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

AND THEN THEY'RE HERE.

THEY KNOW WHERE THEIR CAMPUS IS.

THEY'VE DRIVEN BY IT.

AND IT REALLY TELLS PEOPLE THEY WANT TO BE HERE.

AND IT'S SUPER EXCITING. SO ABSOLUTELY PLUS PLUS A GREAT NEW BUILDING.

YEAH. THAT'S. YEAH. THAT HELPS.

I MEAN, I THINK YOU HAVE TO PLUG THAT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FACILITY WHERE WE CAN FINALLY DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, DOING THAT IN THE OLD BUILDING THAT WAS NOT AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU WANT TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND SAY WELCOME.

AND SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE A FACILITY THAT HAS THE SPACE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO REALLY UTILIZE THAT EFFECTIVELY.

SHANDA. SO THE CANDIDATES, SINCE THE PENALTY FREE DATE IS THE 29TH, WE POTENTIALLY HAVE CANDIDATES THAT WE REALLY, REALLY LIKE THAT WE MAYBE DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR RIGHT NOW.

ARE WE? WHAT ARE WE DOING AS AS FAR AS I MEAN, BECAUSE WE MAY GET STILL SOME RESIGNATIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

I MEAN, ARE WE KIND OF SAYING, HEY, WE REALLY LIKE YOU, WE MAKE ALL YOU WHAT'S I MEAN, HOW WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE DO. WE HAVE A POOL SOMETHING CALLED A POOL FOR EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT'S POSTED.

AND SO WE ALLOW THEM TO STILL APPLY.

IT ALLOWS OUR PRINCIPALS TO GET THEIR RESUME, GET THEIR APPLICATION, LOOK AT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, AND VISIT WITH THEM.

EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT ACTUAL OPENING.

WE ALSO VISIT WITH OUR STAFF.

AND OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE SUCH GREAT RELATIONSHIPS.

SO SOMETIMES OUR EMPLOYEES WON'T RESIGN UNTIL THEY THEY'RE WAITING ON A DIFFERENT DISTRICT TO GIVE THEM A CONTRACT.

AND SO WE WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND KIND OF ALLOW THEM TO COMMUNICATE TO US.

WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER WHO'S WAITING FOR ANOTHER DISTRICT TO GIVE THEM A CONTRACT, AND THEN THEY'LL RESIGN.

AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY ABOUT COMMUNICATION.

BUT WE WORK WITH THEM AND ALLOW THEM TO TO TALK TO CANDIDATES AND JUST HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS.

AND BUT WE WILL NOT ISSUE A CONTRACT UNTIL WE FOR SURE KNOW, BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS OVER HIRE.

BUT WE JUST HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE STAFFS.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME POOLS AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN TALK TO APPLICANTS AND HAVE SOMEBODY KIND OF IN THE WINGS READY IN CASE WE DO HAVE A POSITION.

BUT THEN MISS GRIFFITH, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO GET PEOPLE ON, ON BOARD AS SUBSTITUTES IN CASE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS NEED SUBSTITUTES.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO MAYBE AREN'T QUITE READY TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM AS TEACHERS WHO MAYBE WANT TO START AS INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES JUST TO GET THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ANY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN JUST TO GET THEM ON THE TEAM.

OKAY. AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION JUST REGARDING THE REPORTING AND I DON'T KNOW THE SOLUTION TO THIS, BUT SO LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TEACHER ON HERE THAT A NEW STAFF FOR A POSITION AND THEN IT SAYS WHO THEY REPLACED.

BUT THE STAFF MEMBER THAT THEY REPLACED, I DON'T SEE NECESSARILY ON THE RESIGNATION LIST.

[01:05:06]

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. IS IT THE PRE-K-8? NO, IT'S A DSM TEACHER OR COACH.

AND I DON'T THINK SHE'S.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I HAPPENED TO NOTICE IT.

BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE IF SHE'S [INAUDIBLE].

SO LIKE THERE'S A DSE FOURTH GRADE TEACHER WHO I SEE WAS REPLACED, BUT SHE'S A TRANSFER.

BUT THIS SPECIFIC TEACHER I SEE SHE'S REPLACED, BUT SHE'S NOWHERE ELSE ON THE LIST.

YES, MA'AM. WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT HOW WE'RE HOW WE'RE TRACKING THOSE.

YES, MA'AM. THAT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING, IF THEY'RE BEING REPLACED, IF THEY'RE LEAVING, OR IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE RESIGNATION LIST AND THEY'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I MEAN, I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS YOU'RE GOING TO GET SEVERAL LAYERS DEEP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MASTER SCHEDULE AND MAYBE WHAT THE INTENT OF WHAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING VERSUS WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PULL IN A REPORT OUT AND HOW MANY LAYERS DEEP YOU MAY HAVE TO GO IN.

THE MASTER SCHEDULE CHANGES.

SHE MAY JUST YOU MAY SHE JUST MAY BE STAYING AT THE SAME SCHOOL, JUST IN A DIFFERENT POSITION.

SHE MAY BE A THIRD GRADE TO A FOURTH GRADE.

A FOURTH GRADE IS GOING TO A DIFFERENT POSITION.

THERE'S LOTS OF DOMINO EFFECTS.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

AND THEN IT GETS A LITTLE MESSY.

YES. IF THEY'RE TEACHING THIS MATH AND NOW THEY'VE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT MATH, AND MAYBE THERE'S JUST AN ASTERISK, LIKE SHE'S STAYING IN THE DISTRICT OR, YOU KNOW, JUST A NOT LEAVING. YEAH.

AND THEN MY LAST ONE IS AT THE END AFTER ALL THE PENALTY FREE DATE AND EVERYTHING, CAN WE GET SOME SORT OF COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF, YOU KNOW, ALL FROM WHERE EVERYBODY, LIKE, HERE'S HOW MANY TEACHERS FROM THIS SCHOOL, HERE'S HOW MANY TEACHERS FROM THIS SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN THAT HISTORICALLY, USUALLY AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, I THINK YEAH. THANKS, TRICIA.

BUS DRIVERS.

WE'RE GOOD STILL NO MOVEMENT THERE.

ARE WE OPENING BACK UP ALL.

NOT NECESSARILY ROUTES THAT THEY WERE, BUT JUST EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED BUS SERVICE THAT WOULD LIKE IT.

MAYBE. I MEAN, WE'RE JUNE.

OKAY, WE COULD STILL HAVE RESIGNATIONS.

JULY. AUGUST.

THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO START THE YEAR WITH A ROUTE, PER SE.

OKAY. OUR HOPE IS THAT, YES, ROUTES WOULD BE BACK.

OKAY. MY DAUGHTERS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT BUS SERVICE.

SO. GOOD.

YEAH, I THINK THEY EVEN TOLD THEIR AFTER SCHOOL CARE THAT THEY ARE RIDING THE BUS NEXT YEAR.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD MANY END OF YEAR RESIGNATIONS.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S EARLY IN THE SUMMER AND SO I DON'T I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THEY ALL COME BACK OKAY.

THE ONE THING WE ARE KIND OF WAITING ON IN TRANSPORTATION IS BUS MONITORS.

JUST BECAUSE BASED ON STUDENT SERVICES, WE DON'T NEED ONE RIGHT NOW.

BUT IF WE DO HAVE A STUDENT WHO ENROLLS THAT NEEDS THAT, WE WOULDN'T POST IT UNTIL WE NEED IT.

SO THAT'S WE JUST HAVE SOME OF THOSE VERY SPECIFIC ONE OFFS THAT WE WON'T POST AND FILL UNTIL WE HAVE IT.

HAVE A NEED. OKAY.

PLUS WE'RE ALWAYS REDOING ROUTES BASED ON EXPRESSED INTEREST.

AND SO SINCE THE COMMUNITY SEES BUS SERVICE HAS BEEN RESTORED, WE COULD HAVE MANY MORE REQUESTS FOR SERVICE.

SO IF WE'RE SERVICING THEM WITH I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BUS DRIVERS WE HAVE 30 TODAY, NEXT YEAR WITH GROWTH THAT COULD BE WE NEED 35.

SO IT'S A DYNAMIC THAT AS OF TODAY, WE'RE GOOD AS OF TODAY, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE. BUT OKAY PERFECT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

YEAH. I REALLY JUST WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

GO BACK TO THAT, KATIE. Y'ALL HAD ASKED ABOUT MEETING DATES, SO WE SPENT A LITTLE TIME LOOKED AT THAT.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING NOT HAVING A JULY MEETING FOR AUGUST BECAUSE OF START OF YEAR, AND THAT IS WHERE WE'D LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY AND NOT DO AN AGENDA REVIEW AND JUST DO A SINGLE MEETING.

WE FEEL LIKE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ARE KIND OF BUSY FALL MONTHS.

THEY HAVE A LOT ON THOSE AGENDAS TYPICALLY, AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP AGENDA REVIEW FOR THAT.

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ARE SHORT MONTHS.

SO WE TYPICALLY DON'T DO AGENDA REVIEW.

THEN JANUARY WE USUALLY COME BACK AND THERE'S USUALLY QUITE A BIT ON THAT AGENDA.

SO KEEPING AGENDA REVIEW THERE, WE'VE GOT BUDGET AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE STARTING THERE.

AND THEN END OF SPRING WE FELT LIKE WE DEFINITELY NEEDED THE TWO MEETING CYCLE.

BUT WE'VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL AND TRIED TO LOOK AT KIND OF HOW WE CAN BALANCE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HOPEFULLY MAKE THAT A GOOD SCHEDULE THAT BOTH MEETS THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF US GETTING, YOU KNOW, LENGTHY TIME WHEN WE NEED THINGS LIKE THIS.

[01:10:05]

BUT ALSO KEEPING AGENDA REVIEW AND LIMITED OCCASIONS.

AND THIS JUST TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT, THIS DOVETAILS WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT WORKSHOPS THAT WE NEED TO ALSO HAVE.

AND SO IN MY OPINION, I THOUGHT IT WAS EASIER TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE AGENDA REVIEW BECAUSE IT WAS A MORE LENGTHY KIND OF ACTION ITEM MEETING WHERE IT MADE SENSE TO JUST WE KIND OF HAVE THAT EVENING BLOCKED.

ANYWAY THE ONLY THING I DID WANT TO ADD TO THIS, AFTER OUR CONFERENCE AND SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT LISTENING CIRCLES AND SOME OTHER THINGS, WE MAY BE WE MAY BE ADDING A DISCUSSION MEETING IN JULY, BUT IT WOULD HAVE NO ACTION.

IT WOULD BE OVER A SPECIFIC CAUSE, BUT THAT WOULD BE ALSO UP FOR KIND OF BOARD DISCRETION AS WELL WITH SCHEDULING.

BUT I DID WANT TO LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR.

YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG REASON WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE A JULY MEETING BECAUSE THIS BUILDING WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO WE WERE KIND OF OFFLOADING A LOT OF WORK FROM ADMINISTRATORS THAT WE LITERALLY JUST COULDN'T PREPARE FOR A MEETING.

THIS WOULD BE KIND OF THE FIRST YEAR, HISTORICALLY TO KIND OF USE JULY AS AN OFF MONTH, WHICH A LOT OF DISTRICTS DO TO KIND OF JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A BREAK. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING, ADMINISTRATORS, TRAVELING.

NOT A LOT IS CHANGING. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ACTION.

BECAUSE OF HOLLY AND HER TEAM HAVE KIND OF BUILT THAT INTO JUNE AND AUGUST, BUT THAT IS A LONG TIME IF WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE AN AGENDA REVIEW INTO AUGUST.

SO IT'S JUST I WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE SO THAT WE'RE NOT GOING INTO AUGUST, HONESTLY KIND OF RUSTY AND LIKE NOT KNOWING HOW TO RUN A MEETING. SO THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO GET SET THAT Y'ALL FULLY UNDERSTAND, WE GOT TO COME INTO AUGUST MEETING LIKE REALLY PREPARED SO THAT WE'RE NOT OVERBURDENING OUR TEAM AND COMING IN FUMBLING OVER THINGS IN THAT MEETING.

ALL RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M ON BOARD.

IF YOU'RE ON BOARD, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE A LITTLE LEERY ABOUT NOT MEETING IN JULY.

I'M WELL, THE DIFFERENCE IS A LOT OF FOLD, BUT THAT WE WON'T HAVE AN AGENDA REVIEW IN AUGUST.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE FROM LAST YEAR OKAY.

OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF MOVING.

THERE'S A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR AND STUFF.

AND SO IF IT IF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE IN SUCH THAT WE NEED TO MEET, THEN WE SHOULD MEET.

SO I'LL JUST DEFER TO YOUR DISCRETION ON THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS BOARD PRESIDENT, IF YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AND I DON'T WANT TO DELAY ANYTHING.

THIS WAS KIND OF HOLLY AND HER TEAM ALSO.

SO, OKAY. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION I JUST DON'T WANT FROM THE BOARD SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD.

I JUST DON'T WANT US TO COME INTO THIS AUGUST MEETING NOT PREPARED, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF GOING OFF OF NOW TWO MONTHS AND THEN NOT HAVING AGENDA REVIEW IN AUGUST.

AND SO I'M JUST MAKING MY PIECE KNOWN.

I WILL BE FINE WITH WHATEVER I THINK HOLLY IS FINE WITH WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO IN AUGUST.

AND KEEP IN MIND, Y'ALL ASKED US TO LOOK AT TAKING OUT MORE AGENDA REVIEW AND GOING.

SO THAT WAS ONE MEETING WHERE WE CAN AND WE KNOW THAT SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ARE VERY BUSY.

AUGUST IS OBVIOUSLY A BUSY TIME IN JUST THAT START OF SCHOOL YEAR, TIME WAS WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED CAN BE HARD BECAUSE FAMILIES ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE GROOVE THAT MONDAY IS RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL HAS STARTED, SO WE ARE OKAY WITH AGENDA REVIEWS.

IT WAS MORE TAKING THE FEEDBACK OF WHERE ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO REMOVE THAT? MARY JANE YOU HAD COMMENTS.

SO HAVE YOU ALL ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT THOSE WORKSHOPS WILL BE? BECAUSE I KNOW WE CAN ADD A DISCUSSION MEETING, BUT MY MEMORY OF BOARD RETREAT IN RECENT YEARS IS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE COULD DO THE DEEP DIVE FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION TO, YOU KNOW TEACHER PAY.

YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS.

WE COME UP WITH A LIST THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, 10, 12.

AND SO NOW WE'RE SAYING WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE 6 WORKSHOPS.

WELL, THAT WAS WHAT WE SAID.

I LOOKED AT MY NOTES FROM LAST YEAR'S RETREAT, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY 6 THAT WE DECIDED ON.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING OFF OF.

BUT WE MADE IT.

I MEAN, TO YOUR TO MARY JANE.

YOUR POINT. YEAH, WE MIGHT DECIDE AT OUR RETREAT THIS SUMMER.

WE WANT LIKE 10 WORKSHOPS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND THE SPACE FOR IT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD AGENDA REVIEW, BUT OR NOT AGENDA REVIEW.

BUT WE'LL HAVE TO ADD SOME OTHER WORKSHOP TIMES.

TRICIA, I APPRECIATE THIS.

I THINK THIS IS A IT'S A GOOD BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE WE KIND OF WANT TO SEE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

AND IT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF SEE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO SKIP SOME OF THESE AGENDA, NOT SKIP.

THAT'S A TERRIBLE CHOICE OF WORDS, BUT NOT DO THE AGENDA REVIEW PER SE.

BUT STILL HAVE THE REGULAR MEETING, AND THIS KIND OF GIVES US A FEEL FOR THAT AND IF WE'RE STRUGGLING OR NOT SO.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD, HOLLY? NO, I JUST I WILL REITERATE YOUR POINT OF KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE STILL SPECIAL CALLED THERE ARE STILL WORKSHOPS, THERE ARE STILL DISCUSSION MEETINGS, THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS.

[01:15:09]

BUT WE DO MEET PLENTY OF OTHER TIMES FOR MANY OTHER THINGS.

SO YOU'RE NOT OFF THE HOOK THAT EASY.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, AS ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

[11. CLOSED SESSION]

NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CLOSED MEETING.

ANY ACTION THE BOARD WISHES TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE BOARD RECONVENES IN THE OPEN MEETING.

THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CLOSED MEETING.

THE TIME IS NOW 7:22 P.M..

[12. OPEN SESSION]

THE TIME IS 8:15 P.M.

WITH NO ACTION THIS EVENING.

WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 8:15 P.M..

THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS.

TOMORROW WE HAVE GROUNDBREAKING, STEFANI YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CLOTHING?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.