Aug 26, 2024 Regular Meeting

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GOOD EVENING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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

THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.

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

WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR OPENING CEREMONIES WITH PLEDGES TO THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.

I AM HONORED TO INVITE THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE LEADER UP TO THE FRONT TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.

ANY JAMES FREDENBURG, SECOND GRADER AT WALNUT SPRINGS AND ROBERT KRUEGER, SECOND GRADER AT WALNUT SPRINGS.

OF ALLEGIANCE] GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB, ANNIE AND ROBERT.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

THE APPLICATION WINDOW IS OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH.

PARENTS. TAXPAYERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER COMMITTEES.

OUR DISTRICT WILL ALSO BE OPENING ITS FIRST EVER SPIRIT STORE HERE AT THE CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP.

THE STORE WILL BE OPEN FOR IN-PERSON SHOPPING ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS AND SELECT FRIDAYS, AND IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR BUY ONLINE AND PICKUP, AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THE STORE ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AT SPIRIT SHOP.

WE HAD OUR FIRST TIGER VOLLEYBALL GAMES AND THAT TEAM IS OFF TO A REALLY GREAT START.

ACTUALLY, IT'S THEIR BEST START IN SCHOOL HISTORY WITH 22 AND 0 AFTER WINNING THE FRAULEIN VOLLEY FEST IN NEW BRAUNFELS LAST WEEKEND, AND OUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS ARE WRAPPING UP THIS WEEK, WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HOLDING PARENT ORIENTATIONS AND OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS HOLDING MEET THE TEACHER NIGHTS.

AND THEN JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT OUR DISTRICT WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND FOR LABOR DAY.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC FORUM.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

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

PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS OR CRITICISMS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS EXCEPT FOR THE SPEAKER'S STUDENT.

NO OTHER STUDENT'S NAME OR IDENTITY SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.

UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD IS NOT PERMITTED TO DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

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

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

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

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

THOMAS LINGLE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MY NAME IS THOMAS LINGLE.

MANY OF YOU KNOW ME.

TAXPAYER, PARENT OF A STUDENT.

I ALSO SIT ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

GIVEN THE HISTORY OF A LOT OF SPECULATION ON WASTE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE, WHETHER IT BE WITH BONDS AND WHATNOT.

MY LITTLE THING MAY SEEM PETTY.

HOWEVER, MY TIME IS VERY PRECIOUS TO ME, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION DURING THE RENOVATION OF DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT A BIG MURAL THAT WAS DONE IN THE LIBRARY WAS PULLED OFF, PAINTED OVER, WHATEVER THE CASE IS.

THE HISTORY OF THIS PIECE IS THERE WAS SOME FUNDS THAT THE LIBRARY HAD TO DO SOMETHING NICE, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO COVER THE ENTIRE COST.

THAT COST AND THAT EXTRA TIME WAS ME.

AND TO FIND OUT THAT THIS THING WAS HAPHAZARDLY JUST REMOVED, NOT DAMAGED, NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND LEADS TO MORE SPECULATION FROM PEOPLE ABOUT WASTE OF MONEY THAT THE DISTRICT MAY

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SO PERSONALLY, I TAKE A FRONT AS A FRONT TO ME, AND THE TIME THAT I PUT IN ANY TIME THE DISTRICT NEEDS ANYTHING TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, ADMIN, ANYTHING.

IF IT'S WITHIN MY REACH, I HELP.

WHEN STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH ME.

SO I SPOKE WITH A GENTLEMAN A MINUTE AGO ABOUT IT.

THEY WERE TOLD NOTHING ABOUT WANTING TO SAVE THE MURAL, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, EMPLOYEES OF THIS DISTRICT ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT WAS REMOVED EITHER. SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

THAT I DON'T APPRECIATE THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION.

AGAIN, TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAY SEEM PETTY, BUT TO ME, MY TIME IS THE MOST PRECIOUS ASSET THAT I HAVE, AND I FEEL LIKE IT WAS WASTED BECAUSE OF THIS OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION.

[5. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

PRESIDENT. WE HAVE OUR BOND ADVISORY CHAIR OR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR HERE THIS EVENING ANTHONY CHAMBLISS.

THIS IS THE FIRST PRESENTATION FOR THIS YEAR FROM THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND SO, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THAT COMMITTEE IS TO REVIEW BOND EXPENDITURES AND TIMELINES, REVIEW SCOPE CHANGES, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND THAT ARENA WHEN NECESSARY.

AND THEN ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS TO MAKE TWO PUBLIC REPORTS TO THE BOARD EACH YEAR.

SO AGAIN THIS IS OUR FIRST REPORT FOR THE YEAR.

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE REPORTED IN JUNE AND THEN WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE IT.

SO JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE COMMITTEE LAST MET IN JUNE.

A LOT HAS HAPPENED THIS SUMMER THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL BE UPDATED ON IN OCTOBER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN.

AND SO AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, THERE ARE LOTS OF PICTURES OF HOW THINGS LOOKED BACK IN JUNE.

AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO RUSH THROUGH OR WE WILL RUSH THROUGH THOSE BECAUSE MR. KUNKEL WILL HAVE A MORE UP TO DATE CONSTRUCTION REPORT FOR YOU LATER IN THE MEETING.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ANTHONY.

HI. AS STATED, MY NAME IS ANTHONY CHAMBLISS.

I'M THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR, AND I WAS ALSO A COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR THE 2018 BOND.

SO REALLY A VERY QUICK UPDATE HERE.

TO DATE, WE REALLY HAVE NO ACTION, NO MAJOR ACTION ITEMS OR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD.

WE'VE MET THREE TIMES SO FAR, DECEMBER 14TH, MARCH 7TH, JUNE 13TH, AS MENTIONED AND THEN WE HAVE A FUTURE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 1ST.

REALLY, JUST A REVIEW OF THE FIRST COUPLE MEETINGS.

WE WALKED THROUGH AND APPOINTED OFFICERS.

THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER AND DISCUSSED THE NEW STAGGERED TERM FOR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

WE DISCUSSED CLOSEOUT OF THE 2018 BOND AND ANY CHANGES THERE, AND THEN REVIEWED SALE AND PROGRESS OF THE 23 BONDS. SECOND MEETING OCCURRED IN MARCH OF 24.

WE DID HAVE A QUORUM FOR THAT MEETING.

WE REVIEWED SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND JUST HOW THAT COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL PROJECTIONS. SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE HAD LESS GROWTH THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED, BUT IT DIDN'T AFFECT THE ACTUAL NEED OF THE DISTRICT.

SO STILL RELEVANT.

AND THEN WE WALKED THROUGH A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE ON THE STATUS OF THE PROJECTS.

JUNE 13TH.

WE DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM FOR THAT MEETING, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE WALKED THROUGH SOME OF THE PROGRESS OF THE OF THE 2023 BOND PROJECTS AND THEN DISCUSS THE CURRENT DESIGN STATUS FOR THE PROJECTED 2025 BOND AND JUST SOME OF THE PRICING SETS THAT WE'VE WALKED THROUGH.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PRICING MAY HAVE COME IN SLIGHTLY BELOW WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROJECTED TO, BUT THAT ALLOWED THE TEAM TO SELECT SOME ADD ALTERNATES THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE PROJECT OVERALL.

AND THEN WE TOOK A TOUR OF DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND JAMES WALKED US THROUGH EVERYTHING.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROJECT WAS REALLY IN GOOD STATUS AND IS OBVIOUSLY NOW CLOSER TO COMPLETION.

SO AS ELAINE STATED, THE REST OF IT IS REALLY UPDATE FROM THE JUNE MEETING.

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SO ANY QUESTIONS? REGARDING ESTIMATE AND BUDGET COMING IN A LITTLE BIT LOW, CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE ADD ALTERNATES? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WERE PROVIDED WITH A SPECIFIC LIST.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S STILL AN EARLY DESIGN, SO THEY NEED TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH.

I THINK JAMES COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO WHEN THE ACTUAL GMP IS EXPECTED FOR THOSE PROJECTS OR MAYBE ELAINE.

YEAH. SO, I THINK WE'RE CONFUSING OUR PROJECTS.

HIGH SCHOOL TWO IS STILL IN DESIGN, OF COURSE.

SO THERE ARE NO ALTERNATES.

THERE IS NO WAY. WE CAN BARELY HEAR YOU.

ELAINE. THERE'S NO TIME FRAME FOR A GMP ON HIGH SCHOOL TWO, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ON DESIGN.

WE DID TALK ABOUT ALTERNATES ON THE EXPANSION OF SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THE BOARD APPROVED THOSE BACK EARLY SPRING, I BELIEVE, WHEN THAT CONSTRUCTION STARTED.

SO I THINK IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE SAME BREATH, I'M WITH YOU.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY THEN WHEN YOU SAID THAT ABOUT THE ALTERNATES, WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

SO, IT WAS MY RECOLLECTION THAT WE HAD, WE HAD DISCUSSED LIKE THEY WERE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY HAD GOTTEN PRELIMINARY PRICING, AND THAT PRELIMINARY PRICING HAD POTENTIALLY COME IN BELOW.

BUT I COULD BE MISTAKEN ON THAT.

YEAH. I MEAN, AS WE'RE DESIGNING, WE'RE GETTING COST ESTIMATES, RIGHT.

BUT WE'RE STILL IN SCHEMATIC.

SO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CONCRETE THERE.

I UNDERSTAND. I JUST THE QUESTION WAS SPECIFICALLY FROM THE STATEMENT THAT IT CAME IN BELOW BUDGET SO THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT ALTERNATE. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS SPECIFICALLY THEN WHAT THAT MEANT.

YEAH. I MEAN, WE DIDN'T DISCUSS ANY SPECIFICS REGARDING THAT.

SO, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO. I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE THAT WAS ON THE SYCAMORE EXPANSION, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD ALTERNATES AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM EARLY IN THE SPRING. SO I ACTUALLY THINK WE'RE CONFUSING OUR PROJECTS.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.

I THINK IT WAS IN THE SYCAMORE PROJECT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR TIMELINE ABOUT THE SAME TIME YOU WERE APPROVING IT.

YEAH. BECAUSE THEIR MEETINGS WERE IN DECEMBER AND MARCH.

SO I THINK THAT IS JUST.

OKAY. MISALIGNING WHICH CAMPUS IT WAS, BUT I THINK YES, Y'ALL DID DISCUSS ALTERNATES.

IT WAS JUST ON THE SYCAMORE PROJECT AND Y'ALL APPROVED THOSE IN A MEETING.

ROB. HEY, FIRST, ANDY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS WITH US FOR A WHILE, MAN.

YEAH, I ENJOY IT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THIS MAY NOT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU, ANTHONY, MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN.

I DID NOTICE ON THE ON THE REPORT TWO OF THE THREE MEETINGS DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM ESTABLISHED.

IS THIS A TEAM WE'RE LOOKING TO BEEF UP IN THIS NEXT ROUND OF ADDITIONS? SO, THE CHARTER, THEIR OPERATING PROCEDURES STATE A SPECIFIC NUMBER.

THERE ARE NINE MEMBERS WITH TWO ALTERNATES.

THERE ARE TWO MEMBERS THAT HAVE MISSED THAT ARE NEARING MISSING MORE THAN 50%.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU DO HAVE TO FIND A NEW MEMBER.

SO WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THOSE MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN ATTEND ON OCTOBER 1ST.

OKAY. AND WE ALL KNOW LIFE HAPPENS.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I GUESS THE REAL REASON THAT I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG BOND COMING UP FOR 2025 AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL OVERSEE THAT PROCESS.

CORRECT. THEY OVERSEE THE FUNDS ONCE WE'RE FUNDED.

SO THIS COMMITTEE IS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE FUNDING PIECE OF IT.

THEN WE HAVE A SEPARATE COMMITTEE THAT'S LOOKING AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AS WELL.

THE FUNDING. THAT'S RIGHT.

WE COMBINED THEM, IF Y'ALL WILL RECALL, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT BOND COMMITTEES AT 2018 AND A 2023.

THAT'S RIGHT. WE PUT THEM ALL INTO ONE.

AND SO NOW THEY OVERSEE ALL BOND FUNDS AND HAVE THE STAGGERED SCHEDULE.

SO THIS IS KIND OF THAT UPDATED COMMITTEE THAT Y'ALL FORMED LAST YEAR.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND LIKE 2018 I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

BUT SO FAR IT DOES LOOK LIKE FOR 2023 THAT MOST OF OUR PROJECTS ARE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT UNDERNEATH THE BUDGETED ALLOTMENTS.

IS THAT A CORRECT ASSERTION SO FAR BASED ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS? YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL VERY, VERY EARLY IN A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, JAMES WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE LATER.

BUT I THINK GENERALLY THE DISTRICT DOES A GOOD JOB AT PROVIDING CONTINGENCIES AND BUDGETING FOR UNFORESEEN THINGS.

BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S CONSTRUCTION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING MOST, YOU KNOW, I WORK ON A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

ALMOST NONE OF THEM ARE UNDER BUDGET.

SO, I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB THERE.

I APPRECIATE THAT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND TO THE REST OF THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

OF COURSE. SHANDA.

AND IS THIS GOING TO BE WHEN IS IT OPEN? RIGHT NOW FOR NEW BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

IS THAT ONE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES IS OPEN OR DOES IT SAY FULL? AND WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS ON THAT ONE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THIS COMMITTEE IS NOT OPEN AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE SET IT UP TO HAVE A TWO YEAR AND A THREE YEAR STAGGERED TERMS SO THAT WE HAVE

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AND SO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE NEARING SEVEN MONTHS OF SERVICE, SO THEY HAVEN'T COMPLETED THEIR FIRST FULL YEAR YET.

I JUST MEAN, ACTUALLY, IT WOULD PROBABLY HELP IF YOU, ELAINE OR EVEN DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ THIS COMMITTEE WE REVAMPED LAST YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ONGOING GROWTH AND PROBABLY ONGOING BONDS NECESSARY OVER THE NEXT DECADE PLUS OF OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO CAN YOU ALL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE US AS A BOARD, WE'RE MAYBE FORGETTING SOME KIND OF CONVERSATIONS FROM THE PAST YEAR THAT THIS WAS CHANGED TO HOW IT PREVIOUSLY HAD FUNCTIONED.

RIGHT? BECAUSE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL 25 BOND AND BONDS AFTER THAT, I DON'T IT WOULD BE TEDIOUS TO RUN FIVE DIFFERENT BOND COMMITTEES.

AND SO THE BOND WE TOOK THE DATE OUT OF THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT USED TO SAY 2018.

SO WE TOOK THAT OUT.

SO THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS JUST A LONG LIVING COMMITTEE UNTIL ALL BOND FUNDS ARE EXPENDED.

AND SO WE WANTED SOME CONSISTENCY ON THAT COMMITTEE.

AND ALSO WE DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT PEOPLE TO WORKING ON THAT COMMITTEE FOR 15 YEARS.

SO BECAUSE IT WAS NEWLY CHARTERED, WE HAVE A CERTAIN GROUP THAT IS ON A TWO YEAR TERM AND THEN ANOTHER PORTION THAT'S ON A THREE YEAR TERM.

SO WHEN THOSE TWO YEAR TERMS BECOME UP FOR RENEWAL.

WE'LL OPEN THAT UP FOR AN APPLICATION PROCESS.

YEAH. AND SO YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE THAT'S ACTUALLY IN ANTHONY'S FIRST SLIDE WAS KIND OF THE SUMMARY OF THE MEETING SCHEDULE THAT THEY SET UP IN DECEMBER.

THEY JUST ELECTED THEIR OFFICERS.

THEY SET UP THOSE STAGGERED TERMS, DECIDED WHO WAS GOING ON WHAT TERMS. AND THAT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME TO REVIEW BOTH BONDS TOGETHER IN THAT CYCLE.

SO THIS IS KIND OF THE NEW STRUCTURE.

THEY'RE LESS THAN A YEAR OLD.

BUT THIS WAS A CHANGE THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR.

SO NEXT YEAR THESE THE FOLKS THAT WERE PUT ON IT LAST YEAR FOR A TWO YEAR TERM WILL BE REPLACED.

I BELIEVE YOU'D HAVE TO REAPPLY.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES. SO IT IS, IN A WAY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LIVING COMMITTEE LIKE OUR OTHER COMMITTEES, BECAUSE IT'S ONGOING.

HOW IT USED TO BE WAS THAT EVERY TIME A BOND WAS PASSED, THIS WAS FORMED.

BUT WHAT WE REALIZED, SO MANY THINGS WERE OVERLAPPING THAT IT NEEDED TO BE AN ONGOING COMMITTEE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE MADE THAT CLEARER.

NO, NO IT DOES. IT'S JUST THAT.

SO EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT ON THIS KIND OF NEW.

IT STARTED OVER LAST YEAR WITH SOME TWO YEAR TERMS AND SOME THREE YEAR TERMS. SO NEXT YEAR THEY'LL BE THE TWO YEAR, TWO YEAR TERMS WILL ROLL OFF FOR OTHER PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP TO JOIN THAT COMMITTEE.

OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN IN ATTENDANCE, YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM TO ASK.

AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE ALTERNATES FOR NOW.

IF YES. SO THE ALTERNATES WOULD FILL IN IF THEY CAN NO LONGER SERVE.

OKAY. AND ALTERNATES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND ALL THE MEETINGS AS WELL.

OKAY. AND HOW SORRY HOW MANY ARE ON THE COMMITTEE? NINE MEMBERS AND TWO ALTERNATES.

OKAY. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANKS. OKAY.

MOVING ON.

NOW, I LOST MYSELF IN MY AGENDA.

OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT, OUR BOARD HIGHLIGHTS.

SO, WE HAD OUR RIBBON CUTTING.

CAME YOUR FRONT AND CENTER? NOT MY FAVORITE PICTURE, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ATTEND THAT HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY WITH THE DISTRICT.

AND SEVERAL OF THEM THAT DID ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING DONATED PERSONAL ITEMS THAT WENT BACK.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO, BUT TO SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND THE HISTORY THAT'S BEEN CAPTURED OF THIS DISTRICT, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

MARY JANE, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO JENNIFER AND HER TEAM.

THIS STARTED, WHAT, THREE YEARS AGO, BY REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THESE MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED THE STORIES THAT WERE IN THE OLD BUILDING, AND THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE EVEN SOME OF THE OLD MAPS IN THIS BUILDING AND THE UNIFORMS. AND IT'S REALLY SPECIAL, LIKE ALL THE TOUCHES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED HERE.

SO VERY COOL.

WE HAD A CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION TOUR THIS SUMMER BECAUSE WE HAD LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

OLIVIA DEFINITELY IS IN THE MOST PICTURES, SO OLIVIA CAN COMMENT ON HER AWESOME CONSTRUCTION TOUR.

YEAH. THAT'S AWFUL.

OH MY GOSH GUYS.

WELL, ONE, IT WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TOUR THAT WE HAD OVER THE SUMMER.

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DRC IN PARTICULAR, JUST THE NEEDS THAT WE HAD.

BUT WHAT I ENJOYED WAS ACTUALLY JAMES SHOWING US THE FLOORING AND SHOWING US WHERE WE WERE MAKING REALLY GOOD DECISIONS ON SAVING MONEY, ITEMS THAT ARE LOW MAINTENANCE AND HIGH QUALITY IMPACT.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS FUN.

IT WAS GOOD. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT.

SO MY ONE OF MY CAMPUSES IS DRIPPING MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ANGELA FRANKHAUSER SENT OUT HER WEEKLY YOU KNOW, POOR PRESS IS WHAT SHE CALLS IT. AND I JUST WANT TO READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S ACCOLADES TO THE TEAM.

IF YOU HAD ASKED ME BEFORE SCHOOL IF WE'D BE READY BASED ON ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE THIS SUMMER, MY ANSWER WOULD HAVE BEEN, I SURE HOPE SO.

WELL, I'M MORE THAN PROUD TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE HAD AN AMAZING START 100% BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF THE DSMS TEAM AND SUPPORT STAFF FROM CENTRAL OFFICE.

IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL HERE.

IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL, HERE ARE SOME OF THE PICS IN ACTION.

AND SHE TOOK A BUNCH OF PICTURES AND SHARED THEM WITH THE PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL SO.

IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

AND YEAH, EVERYONE'S REALLY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO START.

IT WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE AND YOU DID IT LITERALLY.

ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE WHAT GOT ACCOMPLISHED.

AND WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HEAR THE NUMBER OF WORK DAYS IN A SUMMER, I DON'T THINK I REALIZE THAT THERE'S REALLY PRETTY FEW WORKDAYS IN THE SUMMER THAT YOU CAN GET THESE HUGE PROJECTS DONE. SO VERY.

53. YEAH, SOMETHING IN THE 50S.

YEAH, I REMEMBER, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. WE ALSO HAD OUR BOARD RETREAT THIS SUMMER.

ANOTHER AMAZING FLURRY OF PICTURES.

WHOEVER DID THESE PICTURES, WE'RE COMING AFTER YOU.

I'M JUST KIDDING. NO.

ROB, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THIS YEAR'S BOARD RETREAT? I MEAN, THE PICTURE THINGS GOT ME OFF.

THIS KID WAS MAKING FUN OF ME IN THAT PICTURE IS PROBABLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE.

NO, LOOK FIRST, JUST THIS COMMENT.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM THAT WE HAVE UP HERE DRIPPING SPRINGS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB PUTTING A GOOD TEAM TOGETHER TO LEAD THIS DISTRICT, AND I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE AND THIS ADMINISTRATION, WE DON'T TAKE THE SUMMER OFF, RIGHT.

AND TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION, IT'S THE HARDEST TIME OF YEAR AS YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, FINISHING UP PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR AND DOING WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND SO FOR US AS A BOARD COMING TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE OUR PRIORITIES AND OUR GOALS IN LINE FOR THE YEAR IS CRITICAL.

AND SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB LEADING US IN THAT THIS YEAR.

WE COVERED EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO COVER AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAD TO COVER, WHICH IS WHICH IS A TREAT EFFICIENCY.

BUT WE ALSO GOT SOME DEPTH IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME GOALS WE'RE GOING TO PROVE TONIGHT, SOME OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE AS A BOARD TO BEST SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

SO THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. CONVOCATION.

ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITE EVENTS EVERY YEAR, OUR AUSTIN CITY LIMITS THEME THIS YEAR.

KIM, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR CONVOCATION? OH, THAT'S A BETTER PICTURE.

I LOVED IT. I LOVED THE ENTHUSIASM OF IT BEING THE FIRST DAY, AND EVERYBODY'S TOGETHER AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER.

A LOVE EACH SCHOOL COMPETING FOR THE SPIRIT STICK.

I THOUGHT THE ELEMENTARIES WERE JUST PHENOMENAL.

AND I'LL FORGET WHO I WAS TALKING TO OR I WAS SITTING AND I SAID, OH GOSH, WAIT TILL THEY GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GYM.

AND IT'S THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THEIR SPIRITS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

BUT THE HIGH SCHOOL BLEW ME AWAY WITH LIKE THEIR MIC DROP, AND I WAS KIND OF PULLING FOR THAT CAMPUS.

BUT IT WAS GREAT.

BUT I THINK MY FAVORITE THING IS IT WAS STUDENT ORGANIZED.

IT WAS THE WHOLE THING WAS PLANNED BY THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.

THEY RAN IT, THEY OPERATED IT AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

AND OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH MY NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLER AND ROB'S NEW HIGH SCHOOLER AND OLIVIA'S NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLER, WE HAD LOTS OF TRANSITIONS AMONG THE BOARD PARENTS.

TRICIA, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL? WELL, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ALL THE SYCAMORES.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF SYCAMORE CHILDREN, SO BUT IT WAS.

IT'S SO GOOD. IT'S SO GOOD TO MINGLE WITH THE PARENTS THAT ARE EXCITED FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

AND THEN THE KIDDOS, THE SECONDARY, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDDOS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE NOT. THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH PEP IN THEIR STEP, BUT IT'S STILL SUPER CUTE TO JUST TELL THEM.

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

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THEY HAD THE LITTLE BUTTERFLIES OVER THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT THEY DIDN'T.

THEY WERE TRYING TO PLAY IT COOL.

AND I WAS ABLE TO MEET A COUPLE OF NEW FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE, AND THEY WERE SUPER EXCITED AND THRILLED TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND IT'S JUST ALWAYS AN AMAZING TIME WHEN WE GET TO MINGLE WITH THE KIDDOS AND THE PARENTS.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR LIAISON AND SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.

SO WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE.

IF YOU ARE A CHAIR OF A SUBCOMMITTEE OR HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD FOR YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE, NOW IS THE TIME ALSO TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE.

SO, TRICIA, I'LL JUST START WITH YOU.

ANY UPDATES? I DON'T THINK NO.

ROB UPDATES FOR SAFETY, SECURITY.

YES. WE MET BOY, THE SUMMER HAS JUST BLENDED TOGETHER.

WE MET IN JULY.

I HAD TO REMIND YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S WHY I WAS ABOUT TO SAY NOTHING TO REPORT.

OH, WAIT. WE MISSED THE SECURITY MEETING.

LET ME TELL YOU. AND A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS IN CLOSED SESSION, AND WE CAN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF THE DETAILS HERE IN OPEN SESSION.

WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL TEAM SAFETY, SECURITY TEAM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS, PARENTS, PARTNERS OF THE DISTRICT.

COMING UP, NOT ONLY WITH THE POLICY AND THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO THE TRAINING.

YOU KNOW, THIS SUMMER WE HAD A HUGE JOINT TRAINING EVENT.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT WAS AN ACTUAL SIMULATION TRAINING OVER AT CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH FIRST RESPONDERS FROM ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTY.

IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN MULTIPLE AGENCIES.

AND FROM EVERY REPORT WE GOT IN, THAT MEETING WAS FIRST RATE.

AND SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP HERE, TO THE ADMINISTRATION, TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY DIRECTOR WHO'S SITTING HERE TONIGHT.

THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF WE NEED TO DO AS WE PREPARE FOR ANY NUMBER OF SCENARIOS THAT COULD HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND SO KUDOS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING EVERY YEAR.

WE SEEM TO BE MOVING THE NEEDLE FORWARD TO CREATE THE SAFEST SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS POSSIBLE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE HECK OUT OF THAT.

AND TO JUST TO OUR COLLEAGUES, TO MY COLLEAGUES JUST KNOW THAT THE TEAM IS WORKING REALLY HARD.

THEY GOT A LOT OF GOOD PLANS IN PLACE.

THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON TRAINING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN OUR SCHOOL MARSHALS, OUR SAFETY SPECIALISTS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY'RE READY FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN OR COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S THE UPDATE.

DO YOU OR TRICIA HAVE ANY UPDATES ON FROM THE VETERANS CENTER? SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THEM IN THE COMING MONTHS.

WE MEET WITH THEM QUARTERLY AND SO WE KIND OF TOOK THE SUMMER OFF.

SO WE'LL BE PICKING THAT UP HERE IN THE FALL AND A MEETING AT THE NEW AND IMPROVED PATRIOTS HALL, WHICH I KNOW MARY JANE HAS BEEN KNEE DEEP IN AS WELL.

SO VERY EXCITED OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THERE.

YES. OKAY.

MARY JANE, I'M SO CHAMBER ALSO DIDN'T MEET IN JULY, BUT I'M GOING ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN WE'LL TALK LATER ABOUT ATTENDANCE ZONING.

THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT.

AND THEN I GUESS IN A MONTH IT ALL KIND OF BLENDS TOGETHER.

BUT TRICIA'S WORK AS OUR DELEGATE AND DELEGATE ASSEMBLY FITS IN WITH THAT COMMITTEE'S WORK.

SO YES. MORE NEXT MONTH? YES. I ONLY WANTED TO ADD ON SAFETY.

A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IS BECAUSE OF BOND FUNDS.

AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A PRETTY GOOD FINANCIAL UPDATE.

I PERSONALLY GOT SOME CLARITY ON WHERE WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THE MONEY FROM, AND THERE IS SOME GRANT MONEY AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING, BUT A LOT OF THE FUNDS FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH SECURITY UPGRADES ON OUR CAMPUSES AND WITH OUR STAFF TRAINING IS EITHER FROM AMAZING PARTNERSHIPS OR BOND FUNDS FROM OUR TAXPAYERS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT REALLY CLEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH A LOT OF THEIR SAFETY UPGRADES THAT ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE RIGHT NOW. AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAD SOME KIND OF EARLY FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO START SOME OF THESE REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS.

AND YEAH, WE THAT'S ALL I GOT.

OLIVIA. I'VE GOT AN IMAGE HERE.

THANK YOU. SO VERY EXCITED.

IN OUR PARKS AND REC MEETING THIS WEEK, WE ROLLED OUT THE VISION PLAN FOR RATHGEBER PARK, WHICH IS 300 ACRES INSIDE OF THE HEADWATERS COMMUNITY.

IT'S AT THE CONVERGENCE OF BARTON CREEK AND LITTLE BARTON CREEK.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, GO TO CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, GO TO GOVERNMENT AND THEN DOWN TO MEETING MINUTES AND AGENDA.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS JUST A VISION PLAN.

IT IS NOT PLANNED.

IT IS A VERY, VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE DRIPPING SPRINGS HAS NEVER SEEN IT'S MOST SIMILAR CONCEPT TO THE WILDFLOWER CENTER IN SOUTHWEST AUSTIN. IT'S GOING TO HAVE CAMPING SITES, OBVIOUSLY, HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS, BUT SO MANY RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I THINK DSC THE DISTRICT CAN USE.

OUR SCOUT GROUPS CAN USE.

BUT ANYWAY, THE FIRST VISION IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE.

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ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS FOR BOTH OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS THE BIGGEST COLLECTOR OF PROPERTY TAXES.

WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL TO GET BOTH OF OUR STATE REPS ENGAGED AND INVOLVED.

TAXPAYER TUESDAY WILL BE A GOOD ONE.

AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER ADVOCACY OUTREACH.

SHANDA. NOTHING ELSE.

JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON MARY JANE'S THAT WE START ATTENDANCE ZONING CONVERSATIONS TOMORROW.

SO DO YOU WANT TO SHARE ANY FEEDBACK FROM OUR BOOK CLUB? SHANNON AND I WERE INVITED TO A DRIPPING SPRINGS LIBRARY HOSTED BOOK CLUB ON THE BOOK THE ANXIOUS GENERATION.

YES, IT WAS THIS MONTH.

WELL, THE BOOK WAS PHENOMENAL.

EYE OPENING.

I REALLY I ENJOYED GETTING TO SIT DOWN WITH PARENTS WHO HAD ALSO READ THE BOOK AND WHO HAD A LOT OF IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOME OF THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF THE POLICIES THAT THESE PARENTS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF WITH KIND OF LIMITING CELL PHONES AND SCREEN TIME AND THIS KIND OF THING.

SO I LOVED IT, AND I MET A LOT OF NEW FAMILIES THAT I HAD NEVER MET BEFORE.

AND I JOINED THAT BOOK CLUB.

SO, YEAH. KIM THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION WELCOMED EVERY CAMPUS BACK WITH TREATS FROM TCBY THAT WAS VERY POPULAR, ACCORDING TO THE TEACHERS.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY ENROLLING PEOPLE FOR KINDER CLUB AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AT EACH CAMPUS.

AND ALL OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO INTO GRANT PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

THEY ARE GEARING UP FOR THEIR 15TH ANNUAL SCHOOL HOUSE SCRAMBLE AND STILL ACCEPTING A FEW SPONSORSHIPS FOR THAT.

THEY ONLY HAVE SIX SPOTS REMAINING, AND TEACHER AND STUDENT GRANTS ARE OPEN NOW, SO ANY TEACHER OR STUDENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO WRITE A GRANT.

PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND GET THOSE COMPLETED AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

I ATTENDED FRIENDS AND FAMILY BAND NIGHT LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT TIGER STADIUM, AND I CAN TELL YOU OUR BAND IS GOING TO DO ANOTHER ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC JOB THIS YEAR.

PERFORMING AT HALFTIME, THEY'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW.

THEY INTRODUCED EVERYBODY IN THE BAND BY GRADE LEVEL.

A LOT OF FRESHMEN THIS YEAR, SO IT'S A GOOD-LOOKING GROUP.

AND THEY GOT THE AUDIENCE READY FOR SONGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING DURING THE FOOTBALL GAMES AND TEACHING YOU HOW TO SING ALONG, AND WHAT THE ETIQUETTE WAS FOR WHEN YOU CAN MAKE NOISES, WHEN THE BAND'S PERFORMING, WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT'S NOT.

SO, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.

THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE THERE.

THE WOMEN'S CLUB KICKS OFF ON THURSDAY WITH ITS FIRST SOCIAL.

THEY'RE STILL ACCEPTING MEMBERSHIPS, SO THAT WILL CAP OUT AT 300, AND I'M ANXIOUS TO GET BACK AND NETWORK WITH A GREAT GROUP OF WOMEN THERE.

AND I DID LISTEN LAST WEEK FOR TWO DAYS ON THE HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE THAT MET WITH BUCKLEY.

YOU WERE ABLE TO WATCH IT LIVE STREAMED AND JUST KIND OF HEAR WHAT THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS GEARING UP FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND LISTENING TO TESTIMONY OF PEOPLE THAT WERE INVITED AND PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEERED.

WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT.

IT'S A TESTAMENT. WE'RE LIKE, KICKING OFF THE YEAR FAST AND FURIOUS.

WE HAVE A NEW KIND OF REPORTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS ON ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ATTENDING TO MARK YOUR ATTENDANCE, WE HAVE SLI IN JUST A LITTLE, ACTUALLY, A MONTH.

EXACTLY A MONTH FROM TODAY, CONVENTION.

THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU, CONVENTION.

I'M STILL LIVING IN JUNE, APPARENTLY.

YES, CONVENTION.

WE'LL, I'LL BE TALKING WITH DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ ABOUT ANY KIND OF EVENTS OR THINGS GOING ON.

SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO ATTEND DURING THE CONVENTION, LET US KNOW.

I THINK THAT'S IT FOR OUR PRESIDENT'S REPORT THIS MONTH.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR STUDENT HANDBOOK PRESENTATION.

DOCTOR KIDD. HI.

GOOD EVENING. READY TO TALK ABOUT HANDBOOKS.

LET'S DO IT. OKAY, SO THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING IS JUST TO OVERVIEW OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THEN JUST COVER A FEW OF THESE HIGHLIGHTS THAT MADE SOME IMPACT TO THE HANDBOOK. AND JUST AS WE START THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE USE THE TASB MODEL HANDBOOK.

AND WE GET THAT.

AND IT'S IN A VERY BIG FORM THAT WE TAKE AND WE USE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEE GROUPS, DEPARTMENTS, PARENTS WITH OUR DAC, ADMINISTRATION, TEACHERS WITH DAC AS WELL.

AND WE GO THROUGH IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES.

AND WE GO TO PRINCIPALS AND THEN WE GO THROUGH AN ATTORNEY REVIEW.

SO IT'S NOT JUST DOCTOR RAY OR MYSELF SITTING DOWN AND DECIDING ALL THIS.

IT'S WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE LAST YEAR, AND WE COMPARE IT TO WHAT TASB IS RECOMMENDING, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, WHAT THE HANDBOOK IS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF LAW BOARD

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AND WE TALKED PREVIOUSLY THAT BOARD POLICY IS ALWAYS GOING TO TRUMP ANY OTHER DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE FIRST.

THEN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT IS THE NEXT IN LINE.

AND THEN THE HANDBOOK CAN BE UPDATED ANYTIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IF THERE'S A NEED TO.

SO JUST KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THE BASIS AND THE WHY BEHIND IT IS IMPORTANT.

SO LET'S GET INTO SOME OF THESE UPDATES.

OF COURSE, OUR COVER IS NEW THANKS TO JENNIFER'S TEAM.

THEY ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

AND THEN WE ADDED THE CONTENT PAGE CONTACT PAGE FOR AN EASY REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OUR FAMILIES TO REFERENCE THE CAMPUSES AND THEIR ADDRESSES AND THE EMAIL FOR THE PRINCIPALS.

SO THERE'S TWO BASIC SECTIONS TO THE HANDBOOK.

THE SECTION ONE IS RATHER LENGTHY.

IT'S ABOUT 37 SEVEN PAGES AND ITS PARENTS RIGHTS.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYBODY READ THAT.

IT HAS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION, OPTING OUT OF THAT OR OPTING INTO THAT, I SHOULD SAY, AND THEN JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARENTAL RIGHTS AROUND OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO OUR FAMILIES.

AND THEN SECTION TWO IS JUST HOW WE DO OTHER THINGS, NOT EVERYTHING, BUT HOW WE DO MOST THINGS.

SO IT'S PRETTY WELL LAID OUT THERE.

SO THE FIRST HIGHLIGHT, WE ARE PUSHING ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN KIDS COME TO SCHOOL, KIDS LEARN.

SO STARTING ON PAGE 37, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STARTING TIMES.

I THINK OUR CAMPUSES ARE DOING A GREAT JOB GETTING THAT WORD OUT THERE AND MAKING IT KNOWN TO PARENTS WHEN OUR ATTENDANCE TAKING TIME IS SO THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS AROUND THAT TIME OR AFTER THAT TIME.

BUT ANY TIME A PARENT HAS SOMEBODY THAT'S ABSENT FOR AN ILLNESS OR WHATEVER WE DO RECOMMEND, OR WE HAVE TO HAVE A NOTE WITHIN THREE DAYS.

AND SO A PARENT NODE IS FINE.

IT CAN EXCUSE THE ABSENCE.

BUT IF WE DON'T HEAR WITHIN THREE DAYS IT'S AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT WORD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WAS TRUANCY.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A TRUANCY CALL OR A TRUANCY LETTER.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, TRUANCY ONLY JUST MEANS KRISTINE LOOKED IT UP ON ONLINE JUST TO MAKE SURE.

IT'S JUST WE DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR STUDENT IS.

SO THAT WORD IS REALLY HARSH.

WE KNOW IT'S HARD TO HEAR BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HEAR COURT BEHIND IT.

IT'S JUST NOTIFYING.

WE HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY OUR PARENTS.

THAT'S IN POLICY.

AND IT'S WITHIN THREE AFTER THREE ABSENCES.

SO WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET DEFENSIVE ABOUT IT.

WE'RE JUST IT'S A WAY OF COMMUNICATION.

BUT THAT WORD IS IMPORTANT IN CODE.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ABSENCES EXCUSED AND UNEXCUSED.

THIS IS FOR COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE.

RIGHT. SO, PARENTS, YOU CAN BE EXCUSED FOR OTHER THINGS IF YOU'RE A SECONDARY STUDENT TO GET YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TO GO REGISTER TO VOTE.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WOULD GIVE YOU AN EXCUSED ABSENCE, BUT FOR ATTENDANCE, FOR CREDIT, IT'S INTO A DIFFERENT BUCKET.

THEY TAKE EXCUSED AND UNEXCUSED FOR CREDIT, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S EXCUSED OR AN EXCUSE.

ARE YOU GOING TO GET CREDIT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL? SO A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE THERE.

THE HANDBOOK GOES INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

MORE OF THAT IS IN BOARD POLICY.

THE NEXT HIGHLIGHT IS ON PAGE 47.

THE MODEL HANDBOOK WENT INTO ROBUST CHANGES ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

SO STARTING ON PAGE 47 AND FOR SEVERAL PAGES, OUR DUTY TO REPORT AS EDUCATORS THAT ANY TIME WE SUSPECT NEGLECT.

AND THAT GOES INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO SUSPECT NEGLECT, WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO AGENCIES TO REPORT THAT.

WE THOUGHT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS.

AND THEN THIS IS THE BIG ONE DEVICES.

THIS STARTS ON PAGE 66.

THE FIRST PART IS JUST WE ARE YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE.

BUT IS IT REQUIRED. NO WE'RE A 1 TO 1 DISTRICT MEANING THAT YOU DON'T NEED A DEVICE AND SO YOU DON'T NEED A CELL PHONE EITHER.

I WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY YOU DO NOT NEED A CELL PHONE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD TO GET AN EDUCATION, SO STUDENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BRING THEIR PERSONALLY OWNED DEVICES TO SCHOOL. WE WILL PROVIDE THEM IN A CHECKOUT PROGRAM.

BUT HERE'S THE BIG ONE.

SO, THIS PERSONAL CELL PHONES, WE DO ALLOW THOSE FOR SAFETY PURPOSES ONLY.

BUT THE DEVICE HAS TO BE TURNED OFF DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIMES.

AND SO HERE IT IS BROKEN DOWN ELEMENTARY.

NO CELL PHONES OR DEVICES DURING LUNCH.

WATCHES CAN BE USED AS TIMEPIECES ONLY, BUT IF THEY BECOME A DISTRACTION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO PUT THEM IN THEIR BACKPACK.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS, CELL PHONES AND DEVICES ARE NOT PERMITTED AND SHALL BE STORED DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIMES.

CELL PHONES ARE NOT GOING TO BE PROVIDED AS A REWARD, AND YOU CAN'T USE CELL PHONES IN HALLWAYS DURING THE PASSING PERIOD, BUT THEY ARE ALLOWED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, BEFORE SCHOOL, DURING LUNCH AND AFTER SCHOOL, AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR IT WAS JUST NINTH AND 10TH GRADE AND WITH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY REALLY WANTED TO SAY NINE THROUGH 12 THAT IT'S NOT REQUIRED. NOT ALLOWED DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE LEEWAY WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNLESS PERMITTED BY THE CLASSROOM TEACHER, AND THEY CAN HAVE THEM IN THE HALLWAYS. SO AS EACH GRADE LEVEL GETS OLDER, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FREEDOM WITH THE CELL PHONE.

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THAT'S IT. THOSE ARE ALL THE UPDATES THAT I HAVE THAT WERE MAJOR SUBSTANTIAL IN THE HANDBOOK.

I ONLY HAD ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE THE ELEMENTARY STUDENT BLOCK JUST READS REALLY BIZARRE BECAUSE IT ONLY CALLS OUT DURING LUNCH.

BUT TO MY UNDERSTANDING, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CELL PHONES AT ALL, PERIOD.

THEY CAN HAVE THEM IN THEIR BACKPACK IF THE PARENTS WANT THEM TO HAVE THEM.

IT'S JUST HOW IT'S WORDED.

I THINK THE WAY IT WAS CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, IT'S NOT.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S MISSING A SENTENCE OR SOMETHING.

MAYBE IT MEANS NEEDS TO SAY NO CELL PHONE SERVICE, INCLUDING DURING LUNCH.

WE DON'T. WELL, LIKE THE NEXT TWO SENTENCES ARE SAYING CELL PHONES AND DEVICES ARE NOT PERMITTED.

PERIOD. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT.

WHY THE ELEMENTARY STUDENT LINE DIDN'T START THAT WAY.

TO THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY CHANGE THAT.

IT'S A FLUID DOCUMENT SINCE THE BOARD DOESN'T APPROVE.

I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WAS WORDED LAST YEAR.

IT'S NOT CHANGING AT ALL FOR THIS YEAR.

CORRECT. YEAH. THE WATCHES, THE PRINCIPALS WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION WITH THE WATCHES.

ONE CAMPUS, THEY NOTICED SOME DISTRACTION.

SO WE ADDED THAT WORDING.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE ORIGINAL WORDING IT SAID IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SPLIT.

IT SET IT AND THEN IT SAID NO CELL PHONES DURING LUNCHES AND THEN IT SAID SOMETHING ELSE.

SO WE'LL PUT THAT BACK IN THERE.

OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE IF ANYTHING, YOU ACTUALLY MADE THIS MORE TIGHT FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS BECAUSE IT USED TO BE THEY COULD HAVE AN APPLE WATCH OR WHATEVER.

AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF SAYING NOT DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

RIGHT. OKAY. OLIVIA ONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW THIS IS A LABOR OF LOVE.

I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION.

AT HOME, WE READ IT LIKE WE SIT DOWN AND WE GO THROUGH STUDENT HANDBOOK AND CODE OF CONDUCT.

DO WE HAVE ANY ASSURANCE LIKE I ONLY SEE PEOPLE REFERENCE THIS IN LIKE RETROACTIVELY? DO WE MAKE OUR STUDENTS READ IT, OR IS THERE AN ORIENTATION LIKE AN ORIENTATION? NO, WE DON'T MAKE THEM.

WE IT'S AVAILABLE.

SO THE ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION PROCESS IS WHERE THE PARENTS.

THAT'S WHEN IT SAID, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT I CAN FIND THIS ONLINE AND IT'S AVAILABLE.

IT'S HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO FOR EVERY PARENT TO SIT DOWN.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

SO YOU UNDERSTAND MOROCCO SIGNS IT.

HE SIGNS IT. THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY I THINK IF THERE WOULD EVER BE A WAY TO INCORPORATE IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE A, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE CELL PHONE.

IF A STUDENT HAS A CELL PHONE, WHAT IS THE INTERNET CAPABILITY ON WI-FI WITH DISTRICT NETWORKS? ARE THEY BLOCKED? IN OTHER WORDS, CELL PHONES, I DON'T BELIEVE.

NO, NO, NO WI-FI, SNAPCHAT.

SO FOR ME, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IF THEY'RE ON.

YEAH. YOU'RE ASKING IF A CHILD LOGS ON HERE, CAN THEY GET ON TO ANYTHING ON THEIR PERSONAL DEVICE? I THINK JUST COMING UP.

YEAH. CINDI IS GOING TO BE THE EXPERT ON THAT.

I DO KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE BLOCKED, BUT A STUDENT CAN ALSO GET OFF THE WI-FI AND GET ON THE 5G NETWORK.

AND SO, YEAH, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO WHAT'S BLOCKED? YES. SO STUDENTS CAN GET ON OUR BYOD NETWORK, BUT THEY WOULD BE BLOCKED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA ON THAT NETWORK.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS ALL THAT QUESTION WAS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE CLARITY, AND I JUST I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT I THINK THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

WELL, I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE WE'VE CREATED CLEAR AND CONCISE POLICIES AS IT RELATES TO DEVICES.

BUT I KNOW THAT IT TAKES US SUPPORTING YOU.

IT TAKES YOU SUPPORTING THE FOLKS ON THE CAMPUS LEVEL, AND IT TAKES PARENT PARTICIPATION.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER BECAUSE IT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR OUR PARENTS AND IMPORTANT FOR OUR KIDDOS TO STAY FOCUSED ON LEARNING.

THANK YOU. WE AGREE.

I SECOND. IF THERE'S ANY WAY, I THINK SPECIFICALLY AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, AND MAYBE FOR LIKE SIXTH GRADE AND NINTH GRADE, IF NO OTHER GRADES POSSIBLE. I THINK EVEN SPECIFICALLY CELL PHONE AND DRESS CODE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK BECAUSE THERE'S TIMES THAT I THINK KIDS ARE GETTING IN TROUBLE AND THEN THEY'RE SHAMED.

BUT THEN HONESTLY, HONESTLY, TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY PROBABLY HAD NO CLUE, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETHING WAS OUT OF DRESS CODE.

AND IF THEIR PARENTS AREN'T READING IT, THEY'RE NOT TELLING THEM.

I MEAN, I HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER NOW, AND I DON'T HEAR ABOUT THIS STUFF FROM A PARENT PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO UNLESS YOUR KID'S GETTING IN TROUBLE.

RIGHT? AND SO IF THERE'S IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO NAVIGATE THAT INTO A CURRICULUM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN HUDDLE CLASS OR SOMETHING, I THINK, WELL, YOU'LL RECALL LAST YEAR HIGH SCHOOL DID DO GRADE LEVEL MEETINGS.

SO THEY DID GET THE GRADE LEVELS TOGETHER.

AND THEY WALKED THEM THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS, INCLUDING SOME SAFETY ITEMS AND, YOU KNOW, EXPECTATIONS FOR A WHOLE HOST OF STUDENT BEHAVIORS AND KIND OF CONSEQUENCES

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AND HERE ARE THINGS THAT WILL GET YOU IN TROUBLE AND WHAT THOSE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE.

SO LAYING THAT OUT SO THAT THEY'RE CLEAR WITH KIDS ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THIS WITH HUDDLE.

SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE SUCH A NATURAL PLACE TO PUT THAT.

FOR THIS, IT'S SIXTH GRADE.

BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. ALTHOUGH.

ARE THEY DOING? SOME KIDS ARE IN HEALTH THE FIRST SEMESTER AND HUDDLE.

THE SECOND SEMESTER OR ARE THEY ALL.

IT'S ALL ONE. IT'S ALL ONE FULL YEAR.

FOR SIXTH GRADE. I MEAN, IF THAT'S I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

THE HUDDLE CLASS, JUST LIKE SHE SAID.

JUST THE CELL PHONE POLICY AND THE DRESS CODE.

AND THEY DO THAT THROUGH THE RULES.

YOU KNOW, THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS OF SCHOOL, THAT'S ALL THEY'RE DOING IS HOW WE DO SCHOOL.

AND SO WHILE THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE EXACT HANDBOOK, LIKE DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ SAID, THEY ARE GOING OVER THE RULES.

THERE'S GOING TO BE NO CELL PHONES, NO DATA, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO I DON'T WANT YOU THINKING WE DON'T LOOK AT IT AT ALL.

RIGHT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY THAT WE SIT DOWN WITH EVERY STUDENT AND SAY, HERE'S THE RIGHTS.

BUT I DO THINK MAYBE IN HUDDLE WE CAN WORK THAT IN.

IT'S A GOOD NATURAL FIT.

JUST AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE TWO THINGS.

YEAH. YEAH.

I'M JUST REMEMBERING FROM MY OWN MIDDLE SCHOOL DAYS.

I REMEMBER STUDENT COUNCIL DID LIKE A FASHION SHOW OF THINGS WHERE THEY WERE IN AND OUT OF DRESS CODE.

I MEAN, IT'S SILLY, BUT YOU REMEMBER, I MEAN, FLIP FLOPS WERE NOT IN DRESS CODE BACK THEN.

SO, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THAT TO THIS DAY.

NOW, OLIVIA.

WELL, I'M GOING TO ADD THIS REALLY QUICK.

ROCCO CAME HOME THE OTHER DAY, SO I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE, BUT HE CAME HOME AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS LIKE A SEMINAR ON DRESS CODE, SO.

OH, I GUESS SO.

IT MUST BE SOMETHING WAS DEFINITELY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT. ROB I'LL BE BRIEF.

I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON WHAT I THINK IS THE HARMONY, WHICH I LOVE.

MANY MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD HAVE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT REMOVING DISTRACTIONS FROM THE CLASSROOM STRUCTURE IN THE CLASSROOM AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

THIS STUDENT HANDBOOK IS, IS, REFLECTS A LOT OF THAT SENTIMENT, AND I LOVE THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH.

THAT IS CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS GETTING TOGETHER, THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, PRESENTING US SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO CODIFY IN POLICY BECAUSE IT'S BEING CODIFIED HERE AND WHICH I LOVE.

I LOVE TO SEE A BOTTOM UP APPROACH TO HANDLING SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT OUR PARENTS CARE A LOT ABOUT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE MADE THE NEWS ABOUT, OH, HE DID THIS AND THAT WITH CELL PHONES.

WELL, YEAH, YOU'RE CATCHING UP TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

RIGHT. AND SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

I THINK IT REFLECTS A LOT OF THE SENTIMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND REMOVING DISTRACTIONS, LIMITING SCREEN TIME, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND WE'RE DOING THAT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME GIVING PARENTS THE OPTION TO SEND A CELL PHONE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL WITH A CHILD TO SCHOOL IF THEY SO CHOOSE, WHICH I APPRECIATE. AS A PARENT OF A HIGH SCHOOLER WHO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME AFTER SCHOOL.

RIGHT. AND SO, BY THE WAY, PARENTS, WE NEED YOUR HELP IN THIS TOO, RIGHT? DON'T SEND YOUR ELEMENTARY KID TO SCHOOL WITH A PHONE, OKAY? THAT DOESN'T HELP WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE TO LIMIT SOME OF THESE THINGS.

SO, LET'S PARTNER IN THIS TOGETHER, BECAUSE IN THE END, WE THINK IT'LL BE A BETTER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR KIDS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH DOCTOR KIDD FOR THE EFFORTS HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. OUR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REZONING.

WELL, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BUT IT IS HERE.

WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT IN A WHILE, BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY REZONING, AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE SOME WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THIS FALL.

AND IT'S COMING ABOUT BECAUSE OF CAMPUS CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE HAVE ELEMENTARY SIX THAT'S GOING TO BE OPENING IN AUGUST OF 2025.

AND THEN THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR IN THE SPRING WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE SYCAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION COMPLETE.

AND THAT'LL TAKE US FROM 850 TO 1200.

SO, WITH BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE SOME OF OUR CAPACITY FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GOING TO BE REZONING FOR ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS OVER THE FALL.

AND SO THAT WORK WILL HAPPEN THIS FALL, AND THEN WE'LL COMMUNICATE THEM THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, AND THEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE IN EFFECT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO, FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT'S WHEN ATTENDANCE ZONING CHANGES WILL BE TAKING PLACE.

SO THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WORK THIS FALL IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO CONCURRENT COMMITTEES THAT ARE HAPPENING.

ONE IS GOING TO BE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THAT WILL BE AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE OF PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, THOSE TYPE OF STAFF WHO ARE GOING TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO REVIEW AND THEN ULTIMATELY RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD SOME ATTENDANCE ZONES.

AND SO WE'LL GET DOWN INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF WHICH STREET GOES WHICH WAY WITHIN THE ZONES.

WHEN YOU'RE DIVIDING THOSE BOUNDARIES, THERE'S STILL SOME DETAIL BEYOND KIND OF THAT HIGHER LEVEL MAP THAT WILL WANT TO WORK THROUGH WITH THAT COMMITTEE.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE A SECOND COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE MEETING, AND THEY'LL BE WORKING TO REVIEW ALL OF THE MAPS WITH US AND THEN PROVIDE FEEDBACK FOR THOSE MAPS.

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WE HAD TO START THAT EARLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING TO MEET TOMORROW BEFORE ALL OF OUR OTHER COMMITTEES ARE EVEN BEING SEATED.

AND SO WE'VE GOT MEMBERSHIP FROM EVERY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS.

AND THEN WE WORK TO BE REALLY STRATEGIC SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE REALLY LOOKED AT MAJOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE VERY DIVERSE IN THE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

WE MADE SURE WE HAD SOME PRESCHOOL AGE FAMILIES, ALUMNI AND PEOPLE WHO HAD HISTORY WITH THE DISTRICT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS.

AND THEN WE HAVE, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, MARY JANE AND SHANDA, WHO WILL BE ON THERE AS OUR EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS AND KIND OF WITNESSING WHAT'S GOING ON AND REPORTING BACK TO THE BOARD THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

SO THE COMMITTEE WORK WILL BE HAPPENING THIS FALL.

AND THE WAY THAT'S GOING TO START IS IT'LL ACTUALLY START WITH PASA WHO'S OUR DEMOGRAPHER.

PASA IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OUR DISTRICT AND PREPARING THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR INITIAL ZONES.

AND SO THEY GIVE US AN IDEA OF HERE ARE SOME OPTIONS AND THE WAY THAT THIS COULD WORK.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT OUR GROWTH AND GIVING US KIND OF THEIR BEST ESTIMATE.

AND THEN WE TAKE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THEIR INFORMATION AND CUSTOMIZE THAT TO OUR DISTRICT.

SO FROM THERE ARE TWO COMMITTEES ARE REALLY THEN REVIEWING AND REFINING THOSE PROCESSES.

BUT SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE THINGS I KNOW.

IN MY LAST DISTRICT, WE HAD A TENANT ZONING AND PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE WHO LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHO KNEW IT WAS ACTUALLY HARD TO TURN LEFT OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND GO TO A SCHOOL. AND SO WHILE IT MADE REALLY GOOD SENSE THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ZONED THAT DIRECTION WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LIVED THERE, IT WAS NOT EASY TO GET TO THEIR CAMPUS.

AND SO THERE WERE CHANGES LIKE THAT THAT WERE MADE THAT WERE VERY LOCAL DECISIONS THAT WEREN'T JUST BASED ON LOOKING AT PLOTS ON A MAP, BUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THAT HAS AN IMPACT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL REALLY HELP US WITH AND GIVE US GREAT FEEDBACK SO THAT WE'RE MAKING WISE DECISIONS.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, ANY IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAVE WILL GIVE THOSE BACK TO PASA, AND PASA WILL GIVE US UPDATED PROJECTIONS AND CHANGE THOSE MAPS FOR US SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE WHEN YOU MOVE A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE MOVING A GOOD NUMBER OF KIDS SOMETIMES, AND THAT CAN REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT THEN ON WHETHER OR NOT YOUR ATTENDANCE ZONES ARE BALANCED. SO WE'LL HAVE A KIND OF AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS WITH PARSA TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND ARE CONSIDERING FOR CHANGES WILL ACTUALLY WORK AND BALANCE OUT.

AND SO THAT TAKES US TO OUR CONSIDERATIONS.

SO AS WE'RE REORGANIZING, WE REALLY WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE PROCESS.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF PARAMETERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH AS A COMMITTEE.

ONE IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE OPTIMIZE THE USE OF OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES.

WE'VE GOT SOME CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE OVERCROWDED.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RELIEVE THOSE AND TRY TO BRING SOME BALANCE AND REALLY OPTIMIZE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WE ALSO WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FUTURE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND WHERE POSSIBLE, WE WANT TO DEFER THE TIMING OF NEEDING FUTURE CONSTRUCTION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE WHEN WE MIGHT NEED IT.

SO TRYING TO KEEP THAT BALANCE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD SCHOOLS BEFORE IT'S TRULY NECESSARY.

ALWAYS. WE WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT PROXIMITY, AND IT'S NEVER POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE TO GO TO THE SCHOOL CLOSEST TO THEM.

AND SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF BALANCE THAT AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT KEEPING SUBDIVISIONS TOGETHER WHERE WE CAN, KEEPING STUDENTS ZONED TO THE CLOSEST CAMPUS WHERE WE CAN AND TRYING TO BALANCE THAT.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT IN A COMMUNITY, I THINK.

AND ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS.

AND THEN LASTLY, JUST THINKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT A STUDENT IS ZONED.

SOMETIMES IT WORKS OUT REALLY GREAT THAT YOU CAN OPTIMIZE A SCHOOL.

AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS THAT BASED ON WHERE THE GROWTH IS HAPPENING, YOU HAVE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO BE ZONED EVERY TWO YEARS.

AND SO WE WANT TO THINK THAT THROUGH AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

THAT'S WHERE PASA WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL IN THE PROCESS TO GIVING US THOSE PROJECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN ALSO KIND OF OVERLAY WHAT WE'RE THINKING AS A COMMITTEE WITH WHAT OUR GROWTH MAPS ARE, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT BALANCE OF UTILIZATION, BUT ALSO BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENT IMPACT.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME MAJOR MILESTONES.

SO WE'LL HAVE THAT COMMITTEE WORK GOING ON, AND THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY HOPE TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF OUR MAPS IN OCTOBER.

WE WILL TAKE THOSE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE FOR PRESENTATIONS ON THOSE.

SO THE 17TH TWO DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS AT AM AND PM THAT DAY AND IN THE 22ND, THE AM AND PM SO THAT WE HAVE FOUR COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS TO SHARE OUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THEN FROM WHATEVER WE HEAR BACK THERE, WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU IN NOVEMBER TO SHARE THAT OUT IN A FIRST READING, GIVING YOU SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, AND THEN COMING BACK IN DECEMBER FOR A SECOND READING FOR APPROVAL.

AND THEN JANUARY, WE'LL START THE BIG COMMUNITY WIDE COMMUNICATION AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, OUR FAMILIES KNOW WHAT CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR THE FOLLOWING FALL.

SO THAT IS OUR ATTENDANCE ZONING PLAN.

WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER FOR Y'ALL? OLIVIA. I KNOW THAT THESE ARE ON YOUR RADAR, BUT I WOULD JUST ASK FOR TWO THINGS FOR OUR SUBCOMMITTEE.

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THE AREA AT DARDEN HILL WHERE THE CAMPUS CLOSEST WAS NOT THE CAMPUS.

ULTIMATELY, THEY WERE ZONED.

I'VE NOT BEEN ON THE BOARD THROUGH A REZONING.

SO, I WOULD ASK AS EARLY AS WE CAN HAVE ANY HOT ZONES IDENTIFIED.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHAT A HOT ZONE WOULD BE? AND THEN THE SECOND THING JUST THAT WE HAVE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT POTENTIAL IN CAMPUS TRANSFERS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THAT WE HAVE A PLAN PRIOR TO JANUARY IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S LIKE IF IT'S GOING TO BE SIBLING RELATED, GRANDFATHERED IN SOME WAY.

SO THOSE TWO THINGS.

GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

YES, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE KEEP ALL OF THAT IN MIND AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE CONVERSATION.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON.

WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT IN CONSENT.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

AND SOME OF THESE I THINK WE CAN FLY THROUGH SOME MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE QUESTIONS.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON 6A, OUR CORE BELIEFS COMMITMENTS MISSION VISION.

IT'S NOT A QUESTION JUST A COMMENT I THINK IS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THROUGH ALL OF THE BUDGET CUTS AND JUST OUR COMMITMENT TO THESE CORE BELIEFS, LIKE DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PASSIONS AND INTERESTS, WHICH DOVETAILS WITH THE BOOK YOU'RE HAVING US READ ABOUT GRIT AND HOW EVERY CORRELATION METRIC OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT CAN BE TIED BACK TO THOSE KINDS OF EXTRACURRICULARS.

YES, I WILL BE QUIZZING YOU ALL NEXT MONTH.

I FIGURED I'D GIVE YOU ALL THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT NO, I FIGURED LIKE A CHAPTER A MONTH, ACTUALLY.

THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION, MARY JANE.

SO. OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS ON 6B, BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES? 6D MINUTES, 6D, 6E OUR MOU WITH THE ED FOUNDATION.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION. SHANDA.

SO THIS IT'S JUST FOR ONE MORE YEAR.

ARE WE LOOKING TO EXTEND THAT BEYOND THE OR? IS THIS YEAR BY YEAR NOW? THERE'S ALWAYS YEAR BY YEAR.

OKAY. INITIALLY THEY DID IT.

IT WAS A THEY DID A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT.

THEY TIED IT TO STAFF.

IT'S BEEN BI YEAR AFTER THAT FOLLOWING THAT THREE YEAR.

SO THE THREE YEAR ALREADY PASSED.

AND SO NOW THEY'VE BEEN DOING YEAR BY YEAR.

OKAY. OKAY.

OUR AGREEMENT WITH SAN ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY.

PATRICIA. SO THIS IS KIND OF NEW.

I DON'T THINK THAT I'VE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE.

I LOOK BACK AT PREVIOUS YEARS, AND I COULDN'T FIND IT.

I'M TRYING TO FIND MY NOTES. HOLD ON.

IS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON THAT WE CHOSE THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL TO PARTNER WITH OR.

I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL A REASON, BUT THEY REACHED OUT TO US.

THEY DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR ONLINE COURSEWORK, AND THEY HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR AREA THAT ARE WORKING ON THEIR MASTERS. AND SO TASHA HAD A PHONE CALL WITH THEM TODAY, ACTUALLY.

SO ANY STUDENT PLACED IN THEIR MASTERS WOULD START JANUARY WITH SUPPORTING.

THIS IS LIKE STUDENT TEACHING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS.

BASICALLY THEY ARE MONITORED AND MENTORED AND SUPERVISED.

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS.

THERE'S A BACHELOR'S PROGRAM UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS PLACED IN EARLY AUGUST IN OUR BOARD MEETING WASN'T UNTIL LATE AUGUST.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ANY BACHELOR STUDENTS, BUT POSSIBLY THEY'LL HAVE SOME MASTERS STUDENTS GOING THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM.

AND SO THEY WOULD PARTNER WITH US SO THE INDIVIDUALS WOULD LIVE LIKE IN OUR COMMUNITY OR POTENTIALLY OR AROUND.

RIGHT? YEAH.

OKAY. SHANDA, WHO IS IT THAT THEY REPORT TO AND WHAT I SAW, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED LIKE, WHERE WILL THEY BE? SO THEY JUST IT'S LIKE A STUDENT TEACHER.

THEY WOULD COME IN, THEY WOULDN'T AT THE BACHELOR'S.

THEY PROBABLY COULD OR THE MASTER'S THEY COULD, BUT THEY WOULD COME IN AND PROVIDE SERVICES OR SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES.

AND THEN THEY WOULD BE SUPERVISED BY THEIR PROFESSORS, BUT ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING.

BUT I MEAN, LIKE, THEY'RE COMING INTO CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY TO DO THIS.

WHAT THEY WOULD, NO THEY WOULD HAVE.

DO YOU WANT TO GET UP? NO.

SORRY. YOU WANT TO GET UP AND HELP ME HERE? YOU HAVE TO TURN THAT MICROPHONE ON.

I THINK IT'S ON THE TOP.

GOOD EVENING.

YES, I TALKED TO JC WRIGHT AT ANGELO STATE TODAY, AND THE MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENTS PRACTICUM IS IN THE SPRING SEMESTER EVERY YEAR.

THE BACHELOR'S PRACTICUM IS ALWAYS IN THE FALL.

AND SO, THEY'RE TYPICALLY SUPERVISED BY LIKE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL.

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SHE STARTED IN JANUARY.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE RELATIONSHIP BEGAN, IS WE HAVE A MASTER'S CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER ON STAFF AS OF JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

SO THAT WAS THE INITIAL INTEREST.

OFTENTIMES SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T HIRE SOCIAL WORKERS.

SO TO FIND SITES TO WORK WITH, SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING IN TEXAS SCHOOLS.

AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR SUPERVISION.

SO, TAYLOR HUGHES IS OUR LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER.

SO WE WOULD WORK ON PARTNERING HER WITH ANY STUDENTS THAT MIGHT MEET OUR SITE LOCATION, PRACTICUM APPLICATION AND CONSIDERATION.

BUT WHEN I TALK TO THEM TODAY, ANY ALSO LIKE MINDED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED PERSON.

SO, LIKE THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING CAN ALSO SUPERVISE.

THEY HAVE A SUMMER INTERNSHIP WINDOW.

BOTH PRACTICUM EXPERIENCES ARE 250 HOURS, WHETHER IT'S THE SPRING SEMESTER OR THE SUMMER SEMESTER.

SO FOR THOSE MASTER LEVEL INTERN STUDENTS, WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT FIT FOR REFERRAL FOR THAT FAMILY CONSENT FOR THAT STUDENT TO RECEIVE SUPPORT SO THAT IT WAS A BRIEF THERAPEUTIC SESSION, 6 TO 8 WEEKS, TEN WEEKS DURING THE SCHOOL SEMESTER WITH FAMILY CONSENT, BUT MEANING SHE'S IN CENTRAL OFFICE.

SO THAT'S WHERE, SO THEY CAN BE, THEY CAN BE SUPERVISED BY EITHER THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING OR OUR LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, OR OUR OTHER TWO LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, ACCORDING TO ANGELO STATE.

SO WE HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT COULD WORK WITH OUR INTERN.

SHE'S NOT LIKE, INDEPENDENTLY WORKING WITH I MEAN, SHE'S UNDER SUPERVISION.

SHE'S UNDER SUPERVISION.

YES. AND SHE STILL HAS THE UNIVERSITY GUIDANCE AND SUPERVISION WITH THE PROFESSORS, MUCH LIKE OUR STUDENT TEACHERS DO? SURE. OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS ON 6G? THANK YOU. TISHA. ROB.

SORRY. AND YOU CAN STAY UP THERE.

REAL QUICK. I'M SUPER SORRY.

YOU MENTIONED THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING IT REAL CLEARLY.

SO SIX F, LET'S JUST CALL IT SIX F AND SIX G FOR BOTH OF THESE THINGS THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE MOU AND THE AFFILIATION WITH ANGELO STATE.

THIS ALL HAS THIS ALL IS ANY COUNSELING SERVICES PROVIDED BY EITHER OF THESE TWO ENTITIES OR THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOING THESE INTERNSHIPS TO TRY TO STRENGTHEN THE RESOURCES WE HAVE FOR COUNSELING IS PARENTAL CONSENT IS REQUIRED.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO NO, NOBODY WE'RE BRINGING IN TO PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO KIDS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE PARENTS.

YES. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE WHEN I TALKED TO ANGELO STATE TODAY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO USE ALL OF OUR DISTRICT CONSENT FORMS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THEM ALL VERIFIED AND ALIGNED.

AND ATTORNEY LOOKED AT FOR ANGELO STATE AND THE GREATER SAN MARCOS YOUTH COUNCIL.

PREVIOUS TO COVID, HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH DRIPPING SPRINGS.

DURING COVID, THEY STRUGGLED BECAUSE ACCESS TO KIDS AND FAMILIES.

THIS EXPANDS OUR RESOURCES.

IT'S FREE. IT'S A REFERRAL SYSTEM, AND THEY WORK WITH FAMILY SYSTEMS. EVERY NOW AND THEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME TO OUR SCHOOL TO VISIT WITH STUDENTS ON THEIR CASELOAD WHO'VE ALREADY RECEIVED PARENTAL CONSENT.

LAST SPRING, WE HAD TWO STUDENTS WHO WERE PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION SUPPORT GREATER SAN MARCOS YOUTH COUNCIL, AND I DID NOT LET THEM COME INTO OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE AN MOU.

OKAY, SO THAT PRESENTS A CHALLENGE FOR STUDENTS.

WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE USING THIS FREE SERVICE TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FAMILIES AND WORK WITH STUDENTS.

THAT'S GREAT, AND I APPRECIATE AND I THINK YOU SURE WON'T GETTING ANY KICKBACK FROM ME AS PROVIDING RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO DECIDE TO ALLOW THEIR KIDS TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

YES, SIR. SO AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING THAT, I THINK PROGRAMS LIKE THIS CAN HAVE A GREAT BENEFIT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO THE TABLE, TRICIA.

SO IS IT OVER AND BEYOND THE PARENTAL CONSENT THAT WE SIGN WHEN WE'RE, LIKE, REGISTERING OUR KIDS FOR SCHOOL? OR IS THERE SOMETHING EXTRA? IF A KID IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR SERVICES, THIS WOULD BE DIRECTLY WITH THE FAMILY SPECIFIC TO THAT STUDENT.

IT WOULD NOT BE A PART OF OUR GENERAL REGISTRATION PAPERWORK.

IT WOULD BE CUSTOMIZED AND INDIVIDUALIZED AND WALKED ALONGSIDE WITH THE FAMILY.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

SHANDA. WHO IS, SORRY? WHO IS IT THAT IS TYPICALLY IDENTIFYING THESE STUDENTS? IS IT A COUNSELOR? IS IT A TEACHER? IS IT ALL OF THE ABOVE? IS IT OTHER STUDENTS WHO COME AND SAY, HEY, I THINK MY FRIEND NEEDS HELP.

WHAT? WHAT TYPE OF IDENTIFICATION PROCESS IS IT, WHERE THEN WE WOULD REFER KIDS TO THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS? SO, LET'S TAKE THE ANGELO STATE OPPORTUNITY FIRST.

THOSE WOULD BE THROUGH OUR REFERRAL SYSTEM THAT ARE ALL FUNNELED THROUGH OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, JUST LIKE OUR SCHOOL BASED THERAPIST.

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SO THAT'S SPEAKING TO THE ANGELO STATE.

FOR THE GREATER SAN MARCOS YOUTH COUNCIL, THOSE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN REFERRED THROUGH COURTS, JUVENILE PROBATION, FAMILIES CAN REACH OUT, TEACHERS CAN RECOMMEND AND THEN GREATER SAN MARCOS YOUTH COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY RECEIVE FUNDING OUTSIDE AND THEY DON'T CHARGE THE FAMILIES, LOOK AT THE FAMILY AND LOOK AT THE SERVICES NEEDED TO SEE IF THEY'RE FIT FOR THEIR PROGRAM.

THE PARENTS GIVE CONSENT FOR THAT SERVICE.

THEN GREATER SAN MARCOS REACHES OUT TO THE SCHOOL FOR US TO BE A PARTNER.

OKAY, OKAY, I GET IT.

OKAY. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THOUGH, THERE'S ALSO A CHANCE WITH THE ANGELO STATE THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE SOMEONE.

WE'RE JUST THAT'S LIKE A SITE, JUST LIKE STUDENT TEACHERS.

THEY REACHED OUT TO US TO BE AN OPTION FOR THEIR PEOPLE.

OKAY. WE LIKE TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS FOR SCHOOLS.

YES. AND DRIPPING SPRINGS IS THE BEST PLACE TO DO THAT.

I THINK THERE'S CLEARLY SOME HIGHLY CHARGED EMOTIONS ON THIS TOPIC, BUT, I MEAN, THIS MAY NOT EVEN ACTUALLY BE AN ISSUE.

YEAH. OKAY. IT WOULD BE VERY FEW STUDENTS ACCESSING BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE MOVING ON. SIX. I THIS IS FOR HAYS COUNTY FOUR-H ORGANIZATION.

GOOD. MOVING ON.

SIX J.

ALL RIGHT.

SHANDA. I LOVE THIS.

I MEAN, WE WHEN I WORKED AT LAKE TRAVIS, WE HAD A FULL TIME DRUG DOG AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS AWESOME.

MY QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

NOW, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, LOCKERS AND KIDS ARE SMARTER AND KEEPING THINGS ON THEIR PERSON NOW, WHAT WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, I NOTICED THAT THE POLICY PRECLUDES THE USE OF DETECTION CANINES TO SNIFF INDIVIDUALS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THINGS BEING BROUGHT INTO OUR SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO HAVE IN THEIR POCKETS? LIKE IF THEY BRING DRUGS AND THEY HAVE THEM IN THEIR POCKETS, WHAT ARE WE DOING? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, SO KIND OF REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT I CAN ANSWER IT.

JUST IF A KID IS BRINGING SOMETHING, THE DOGS COME IN THAT DAY AND THEY HAVE IT ON THEIR PERSON.

THE DOGS AREN'T SNIFFING.

NO WE'RE NOT. THE PROCESS IS NORMALLY THE ADMIN TEAM WOULD CHOOSE AN AREA OF CONCERN.

THE STUDENTS ARE REMOVED.

IF THEY WERE GOING TO DO A CLASSROOM THAT THE STUDENTS ARE REMOVED.

THEY LEAVE THEIR THINGS, THEIR BACKPACKS, AND THEN IF THE DOG ALERTS ON THE BACKPACK, THEN THEY OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD GET THAT STUDENT AND THE BACKPACK AND TAKE IT TO THE OFFICE TO CONDUCT THE SEARCH.

WHAT IF IT'S NOT IN THE BACKPACK? AND IT CAN BE CHALLENGING, RIGHT? IT CAN BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WE CAN DO.

OBVIOUSLY, THE EVIDENCE OF THE ALERT, YOU HOPE THAT THAT STUDENT COMES CLEAN AS FAR AS WHAT'S IN THEIR POCKET.

I MEAN, THEY'LL ASK THEM TO TAKE OFF THEIR SHOES AND PULL OUT THEIR POCKETS.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STOP.

WE DON'T ASK ANYTHING FURTHER.

AND SO THROUGH THAT, NORMALLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE DOG ALERTED ON THEN IT'S GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE HONEST AND HAND IT OVER.

BUT AGAIN IT'S A CHALLENGE.

IF THERE TRULY IS SOMEWHERE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PULL IT OUT OF.

YEAH, WE HAVE LIMITATIONS AND KIND OF THAT'S WHERE WE STOP.

OKAY. HAVE WE AND WE'VE USED WE'VE DONE THIS IN PAST YEARS.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'VE HAD IT WITH INTERQUEST, BUT SINCE I WAS AN SRO MY ENTIRE 2013 TO NOW, WE'VE USED INTERQUEST AND THEY'RE YEAH, THEY'RE SOLID, THEY SERVE SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

OKAY. DO YOU DO WE EVER.

DOES IT COME UP WITH ANYTHING USUALLY OR HOW OFTEN IS IT.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THE STATISTICS, BUT CAN I ABSOLUTELY GET THAT FOR YOU? YEAH. JUST CURIOUS REALLY, IS IT IS THE THREAT OF IT ENOUGH DETERRENT? YEAH. YEAH. THEY BOTH, LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES THEY'LL DO CARS OR AREAS AND THEN SOMETIMES THEY'LL DO CLASSROOMS. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY THAT WORKS.

OKAY. THANKS. JUST KEEPING THE MIND FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE, A LOT OF OUR SAFETY LOGISTICAL CONVERSATIONS SHOULD BE HELD IN CLOSED SESSION.

SO, WE CAN'T REALLY ASK A LOT OF SPECIFICS.

TRISHA, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK WHAT THE DOGS COULD DETECT.

SORRY. SO, THESE DOGS CAN DETECT NARCOTICS, BUT THEN THEY ALSO CAN DETECT ANYTHING THAT'S OF A CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATION.

RIGHT. SO EVEN MEDICINES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY CAN ALSO DETECT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM ON EXPLOSIVE I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER DOG.

THAT'S IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAVE A DUAL ROLE, A DUAL, A DOG THAT HAS BOTH OF THOSE.

SO, MOST OF THE TIME FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES, IT'S NARCOTICS OR ANYTHING THAT'S A VIOLATION OF MEDICATION, AS FAR AS A CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE WE'VE APPROVED THIS EVERY YEAR.

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I'M WITH SHANDA, I'D LIKE TO SEE KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE FIND THIS YEAR THAT IF IT'S HELPFUL OR.

SURE. IF IT'S JUST ROLLING THROUGH THE MOTIONS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SIX K AND ACTUALLY REALLY THE REST OF CONSENT BECAUSE THAT'S ALL OUR FINANCE QUESTIONS. TRICIA.

I JUST HAVE A REALLY QUICK GENERAL QUESTION.

THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THAT ARE IN HERE THAT ARE ROLLING OVER, THOSE ARE JUST ARE BOND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES.

RIGHT? OKAY.

WORKING ON OUR BOND PROJECTS.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

ROB. I MOVE THAT THE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THE MOTION FROM ROB, A SECOND FROM MARY JANE.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM.

[7. ACTION]

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MARY JANE. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE FINALIST FOR THE POSITION OF SAFETY SPECIALIST TO FILL THE ROLE OF SCHOOL MARSHAL. A MOTION FROM MARY JANE.

A SECOND FROM ROB.

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

WE ARE SKIPPING ITEM 7 B.

THAT IS NOT AN ACTION WE WILL TAKE THIS EVENING.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO 7 C, CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND EXTRACURRICULAR CODE OF CONDUCT.

SO THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 37.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS TO OUTLINE THE BEHAVIORS AND THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES AS LIKE A GUIDEBOOK FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO USE.

BUT EXPRESSLY IT HAS TO SAY WHAT IS MANDATORY AND WHAT'S DISCRETIONARY PLACEMENT IN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE SAME AS THE HANDBOOK.

IT COMES FROM OUR TASB MODEL WITH A LOT OF REVIEW FROM DIFFERENT ENTITIES, BUT ALSO FOLLOWS LEGAL AND LOCAL POLICIES AND THEN REVIEWED BY OUR ATTORNEYS AS WELL FOR THIS YEAR.

IF YOU COMPARE 24-25 TO 23-24, THERE ARE VERY FEW CHANGES.

THEIR NAME CHANGES, UPDATES TO PERSONNEL.

BUT THAT'S IT.

WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

KIM. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE 2425 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND EXTRACURRICULAR CODE OF CONDUCT.

A MOTION FROM KIM.

A SECOND FROM SHANDA.

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

MOVING ON. SEVEN D, OUR CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

OLIVIA. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE 2024-2025 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

A MOTION FROM OLIVIA.

A SECOND FROM SHANDA.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

SEVEN E, CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF TEA FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT WAIVER FOR 24-25.

DOCTOR KIDD. SO, THIS WAIVER IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO T WITH YOUR CONSIDERATION TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS DUE TO OUR POPULATION SIZE AND RESOURCES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

USUALLY, WE DO THIS IN THREE-YEAR INCREMENTS.

THIS YEAR WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE'RE AT 11 RIGHT NOW, KEEPING IT AT 11, AND THEN NEXT YEAR POSSIBLY MOVING IT DOWN TO FIVE.

THAT'S WHAT THE STATE ALLOWS.

AND THEN THE YEARS AFTER THAT, STAYING AT FIVE UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME RELIEF FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

PATRICIA. HOW MANY FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? 11. WE DO HAVE 11.

SO WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM TO STAY THIS YEAR, BUT IT WOULD BE NEXT YEAR.

YES. STAY THROUGH THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THEY GO ON.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND IN MAY WE BRING TO THE BOARD CONSIDERATION FOR FIVE.

THE STATE SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST FIVE.

OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MARY JANE.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS YOU KNOW, I SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FAIRLY FREQUENTLY OF PLEASE HOST THIS PERSON.

SO IS THE DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY IN CONTACT WITH WHATEVER GROUPS ARE FACILITATING FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE CAP?

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SO, THEY THE COMPANY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT.

SO THAT'S WE'RE USUALLY AT TEN NOW WE HAVE 11.

SO YES, THEY ARE WATCHING BECAUSE A LOT OF DISTRICTS DO HAVE A WAIVER.

I LOVE YOU JUST VERY BRIEFLY, WHAT TYPE OF RESOURCES ARE MOST.

LOVE THE PROGRAM.

LOVE HAVING IT. WHAT? BUT WHAT TYPES OF RESOURCES ARE STRAINED? I GUESS WITH 11 VERSUS FIVE.

SURE. SO JUST GENERAL SIZE, CLASS SIZES.

YOU KNOW, THE BASIC OF, YOU KNOW, OUR CAMPUS IS FAIRLY LARGE RIGHT NOW.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY ADDING PORTABLES IN THE FUTURE UNTIL WE HAVE A SECOND HIGH SCHOOL AND JUST THE CAPACITY OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

TRICIA. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT WAIVER FOR THE 2024-25 AS PRESENTED.

A MOTION FROM TRICIA, A SECOND FROM ROB.

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

OUR LAST ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING.

CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS.

DO WE HAVE THE CLICKER? I HAVE IT. OKAY. THERE IS A PRESENTATION IF Y'ALL WANT ME TO PUT IT UP.

YES. DO YOU HAVE THE.

SET ON THIS PODIUM? IT'S ON THERE.

RIGHT. NOW.

SORRY. SHE'S TRYING TO PULL THE PRESENTATION UP FOR JUST A SECOND.

YEAH, SORRY. I'M JUST.

YEP. HEY, GUYS.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY JOKES ABOUT RECAPTURE.

BUT BEFORE SHE GETS IT UP, I MEAN, WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS EVERY YEAR.

WE ARE CONSIDERED A WEALTHY DISTRICT.

AND SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS RECAPTURE AND WHAT THAT MEANS, DEFINE IT.

AND THEN WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD.

WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THAT, IT'S A PRETTY QUICK LITTLE SET OF SLIDES THAT WE'LL WALK THROUGH AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.

TAKE A BREAK. DO WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK? OR. MAYBE I COULD GO WITH LIBERTY IF IT'S OKAY.

I CAN TAKE A LIBERTY REAL QUICK FOR FIVE.

THAT'D BE GOOD. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? FIVE? YEAH, JUST A QUESTION.

COMMENT. GO AHEAD. OLIVIA.

FOR THE DISTRICT AS IT RELATES TO THIS ITEM AND AS IT RELATES TO EARLIER, WE TALKED ABOUT TIMES THAT WE'RE TAKING ATTENDANCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BE ONE OF OUR CUTE LITTLE VIDEO TOPICS ABOUT ATTENDANCE TIME AND CREDITS, SOMETHING THAT'S EASILY SHAREABLE, THAT'S EASY TO CONSUME.

I CAN TELL YOU EVERYWHERE I'M GOING, I'M TALKING ABOUT ATTENDANCE.

IT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING ON MY LIST, AND I'M AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALLY TELL ME WHEN WE'RE READY.

I'LL BE COLLECTING. SO IT'S JUST AMAZING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GINA. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

KIM. SO YOU DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO.

IT'S NOT GOING TO GO.

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OKAY. IT'S MOVING.

OKAY. WE'RE READY.

OKAY. SO RECAPTURE.

IT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT TERMS. I MEAN, YOU HEAR IT CALLED DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY REALLY ALL MEAN THE SAME THING, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT THEM OUT.

IT USED TO BE CALLED ROBIN HOOD CHAPTER 41.

THEN WE WENT TO WE HAD HB 3 IN 2019 AND THEY REVISED IT AND MOVED IT TO CHAPTER 49.

AND NOW THEY CALL IT LOCAL REVENUE IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR YOU MAY HEAR ALL DIFFERENT VERSIONS AND WHAT PEOPLE CALL IT, BUT IT IS A RECAPTURE AND IT IS ONE OF OUR TIER ONE LOCAL SHARE EXCEEDS THE DISTRICT'S ENTITLEMENT. SO WHEN WE PRODUCE ENOUGH IN OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND STUFF AND WE ARE CONSIDERED WEALTHY, THEN WE HAVE TO SEND THOSE FUNDS BACK TO THE STATE.

AND THE PROCESS FOR DOING THAT, AND THE REASON WHY WE DO THAT IS THEY WANT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HAVE ROUGHLY SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF MONEY PER STUDENT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS HAPPENS.

SO YOU'RE MORE PROPERTY WEALTHY DISTRICTS WILL SEND BACK AND THEY WILL SHARE IT WITH DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT PROPERTY WEALTHY.

OKAY. SO YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT RECAPTURE GREW REALLY LARGE THERE FOR A WHILE.

AND YOU WILL SEE I HAVE A SLIDE IN HERE, A COUPLE OF SLIDES.

IT GOES UP AND DOWN.

AND WHENEVER THE LEGISLATURE COMES IN AND THEY COMPRESS THE MCR OR THEY DO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.

WE'LL SEE THE AMOUNT OF THE RECAPTURE DROP.

SO, LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET BACK IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR FOR 2324, INITIALLY WE WERE PROJECTING ABOUT $33 MILLION IN RECAPTURE.

THEN THEY HAD SENATE BILL TWO WAS PASSED AND WE HAD THE $40,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WAS INCREASED TO 100,000.

WE SAW THAT DROP AND NOW IT'S CLOSER TO ABOUT 9 MILLION.

SO IT MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

SO IT'S JUST WE ARE GETTING LESS IN PROPERTY VALUE, BUT WE'RE SEEING LESS IN OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT.

AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO LET'S SEE.

RECAPTURE OCCURS WHEN THE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO FUND EACH STUDENT WE EXCEED THAT.

IT ONLY APPLIES TO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER.

IT DOES NOT APPLY TO INTEREST AND SINKING OR THE INS PORTION OF THE TAX RATE.

IT'S ONLY ON THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OR THE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE.

SO THEN, JUST TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO RECAPTURE, IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT LOWERING THE TAX RATE WILL NOT LOWER RECAPTURE.

WE CAN'T DO THAT.

THEY WOULD ADJUST OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AND SO THEY HAVE METHODS IN PLACE.

THE STATE DOES SO THAT YOU CAN'T JUST GO LOWER YOUR TAX RATE IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET OUT OF RECAPTURE.

WE'VE BEEN ASKED THAT BEFORE.

AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THERE'S ONLY A FEW ACTIONS THAT WILL IMPACT RECAPTURE.

ONE BEING IS IF THEY INCREASE BASIC ALLOTMENT THAT CAN IMPACT IT.

THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INCREASE.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE IN 24-25.

THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE TALKS ABOUT.

WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

BUT WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING IT FOR THIS YEAR.

SO IT DOES CURRENTLY SIT AT THE $6,160 PER STUDENT.

OBVIOUSLY, THE OTHER WAY WE'VE SEEN IT IS TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED IN 2324.

SENATE BILL TWO PASSED, AND THEY INCREASED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHICH LOWERED OUR RECAPTURE THAT WE SENT TO THE STATE.

AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2023.

AND THEN THEY ADDITIONALLY, THEY COMPRESS THE MCR DOWN.

SO WE ARE AGAIN AT THE FLOOR THIS YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN AT THE FLOOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS SINCE THIS WAS IMPLEMENTED BACK IN 2019, I BELIEVE.

THEY HAVE IT'S THIS YEAR.

IT'S AT 6169, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

IT'S NOT A LOT LESS THAN IT WAS IN 23-24.

IT'S A MINIMAL DECREASE, BUT IT IS A DECREASE IN THAT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE.

AND THEN THIS SLIDE JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WHAT'S HAPPENED.

LIKE YOU CAN SEE BACK IN 1415 AND 1516 WE DIDN'T PAY ANYTHING.

WE WERE STILL CONSIDERED A WEALTHY DISTRICT.

WE JUST DIDN'T ACTUALLY OWN ANYTHING IN THOSE YEARS.

THEN IN 16-17, WE PAID OVER $2.7 MILLION, AND THEN IT CONTINUED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IN 1920, THAT'S AGAIN WHEN THEY DID ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION AND THEY HAD THE 40,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

AND YOU SEE THAT IT DROPS.

AND THEN IT INCREASED, INCREASED, INCREASED AND IT GOT HUGE IN 22-23 IT WAS AT $24 MILLION.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAD A LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE THEY INCREASED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

AND NOW IT'S COME BACK DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY NINE, ABOUT $9 MILLION.

IT WILL FLUCTUATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IT WON'T SETTLE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

JUST IT DEPENDS ON PROPERTY COLLECTIONS THAT WE BRING IN AND OTHER THINGS, AND THEN THEY'LL FINALIZE IT.

BUT WE ESTIMATE AND ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL BE AROUND $9 MILLION.

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AND THERE'S SEVERAL THAT NO ONE HAS EVER DONE.

AT LEAST THAT I KNOW OF.

I'VE NOT HEARD OF ANY DISTRICT THAT'S DONE IT, BUT WE CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH THOSE.

I DON'T IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE SINCE NO ONE'S TAKING ADVANTAGE, BUT THEY'RE STILL THERE.

THERE IS A CONSOLIDATION WHICH IS LITERALLY BECOMING PART OF ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO YOU WOULD COMBINE WITH ANOTHER DISTRICT.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ENTICING TO MANY DISTRICTS.

THEN YOU ALSO HAVE DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION, WHICH IS BASICALLY GIVING UP A PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY.

I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.

HOUSTON ISD, WHENEVER THEY BECAME A RECAPTURE DISTRICT, HAD DECIDED AND ENCOURAGED THEIR VOTERS NOT TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS.

AND THEIR VOTERS DIDN'T APPROVE IT SO THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE KIND OF PLAYING CHICKEN WITH TEA THINKING, WHAT WILL THEY DO? THEY CAME OUT AND STARTED IDENTIFYING PROPERTY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DETACH AND GIVE TO A POORER DISTRICT.

AND THAT WAS THE GALLERIA AREA? YEAH. I MEAN, NOT DIAZ, NOT DIAZ.

HOUSTON ISD PIVOTED AND SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT BACK ON THE MAY BALLOT, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT PASSED.

AND THEY DID. AND THEY NOW THEY NOW PAY RECAPTURE THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS.

AND THAT'S THE THIRD OPTION.

THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION THAT I KNOW OF THAT SCHOOLS USE IN ORDER TO PAY RECAPTURE.

THE OTHER TWO AT THE BOTTOM ARE AGAIN THEY REQUIRE THEY BOTH REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL AND AREN'T REALLY GOOD OPTIONS. DO YOU WANT TO EDUCATE NONRESIDENT STUDENTS? YOU WOULD HAVE TO AGAIN PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT AND THEN YOU WOULD SEND THEM THE MONEY.

DO YOU WANT TO DO A TAX-BASED CONSOLIDATION IF YOU DID THAT AGAIN, VOTER APPROVAL, BUT ALSO THEN SETTING A TAX RATE AND AGREEING ON A TAX RATE WITH ANOTHER ENTITY.

SO AGAIN, THOSE OPTIONS HAVEN'T BEEN VERY POPULAR IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WORLD.

SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS? I'VE BEEN ASKED THIS AND IT IS AN INTERESTING NAME.

I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY GIVING THE FUNDING PER STUDENT FOR ATTENDANCE.

WE GET PAID BY ADA.

THE NAME IS NOT REALLY INTUITIVE, BUT IT IS.

IT'S THE NAME GIVEN FOR THE WAY A DISTRICT CAN EQUALIZE THE WEALTH.

I EQUATE IT TO BEING ASKED AGAIN.

WE GET BASED, WE GET FUNDED BASED OFF OF ATTENDANCE AND ADA.

AND SO, YOU'RE KIND OF PURCHASING THOSE CREDITS FOR ANOTHER DISTRICT OR ANOTHER CHILD THAT'S IN THAT'S IN ATTENDANCE THERE.

SO THE PURCHASE, THE OPTION TO PURCHASE ATTENDANCE CREDITS WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS HERE BACK IN 2005.

AND IT'S NOT IT'S NOT WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO DO IT.

IT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE ELECTION WAS ABOUT.

SO, IT IS A REQUIREMENT THEY'RE GOING THE TEA IS GOING TO GET THE FUNDS IN SOME MANNER.

AND AGAIN, THE MOST POPULAR WAY IS TO PURCHASE ATTENDANCE CREDITS THROUGH OPTION NUMBER THREE.

AND THAT'S THE OPTION THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AGAIN THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU READ A MOTION TONIGHT THAT TALKS ABOUT IT'S VERY LENGTHY AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT THAT'S AGAIN A REQUIREMENT OF TEA, IT HAS TO BE READ EXACTLY AS IT'S WRITTEN IN THE MOTION.

AND IT'S SEVERAL SENTENCES LONG.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN ORDER TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO COMMIT TO OPTION NUMBER THREE, TO PURCHASE ATTENDANCE CREDITS.

SO IS ANYBODY FOR THAT CLARIFYING MARY JANE? SO I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT EVERY YEAR THERE'S NEW FAMILIES OR FAMILIES WHO'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEY JUST HAVE MISSED THIS DISCUSSION. I TALKED TO A NEW FAMILY FROM SADDLE TREE RANCH ABOUT A WEEK AGO, AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA.

AND SO AGAIN, I YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOUR TEAM IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT NEW WAYS TO MAKE A COMPLICATED AND NOT VERY INTUITIVE PROCESS.

SIMPLIFIED. BUT I WOULD JUST HIGHLY ENCOURAGE US TO KEEP FINDING WAYS THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EVEN ROBIN HOOD ANYMORE.

IT IS LITERALLY TAKING THE DOLLARS FROM OUR TAXPAYERS AND SENDING IT TO THE STATE COFFERS IN GENERAL.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, I KNOW OUR ADVOCACY COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE ON THIS TOPIC, BUT I THINK THIS IS A REALLY WELL DONE POWERPOINT.

AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST SHARE THE POWERPOINT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.

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I LIKE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT TODAY JUST LOOKING THROUGH YOU.

AND I APPRECIATED YOUR FIVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.

I MEAN, JUST SPELLING THEM OUT, COMPLETELY AWARE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN GET A COPY OF THIS CORRECT.

THEY CAN PULL IT OFF OF OUR WEBSITE FROM OUR MEETING.

I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD JUST WAY TO SHOW THEM EXACTLY KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND YES, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY, ON MY ADVOCACY AGENDA FOR OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE IT IS UNFORTUNATE EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO BUT I APPRECIATED THIS POWERPOINT THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR PREEMPTIVELY ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS I ASKED LAST YEAR ON MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD, WHEN I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE JUST THIS, ALL OF THIS A COUPLE POINTS I WANT TO MAKE, MAKE SURE I'M JUST TO REITERATE FIRST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T UNTAX OUR WAY OUT OF THIS.

YOU POINTED THAT OUT, RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T GO.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST LOWER THE TAX RATE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE $9.4 MILLION WE NEED.

THAT'S NOT AN OPTION. I GET ASKED THAT A LOT.

AND SO WE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE WE GET A POINT OF THAT.

AND REALLY, THERE'S ONLY TWO WAYS TO EVENTUALLY WORK OUR WAY OUT OF RECAPTURES.

REFORMING CHAPTER 49 THE EDUCATION CODE IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM THAT WOULD REDUCE THE BURDEN OR AND OR INCREASING THE STUDENT LOAN.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT ABOUT IN THE 89TH SESSION TO TRY TO DO TO KEEP MORE DRIPPING SPRINGS MONEY IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, BECAUSE IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT LOCAL TAX PROPERTY DOLLARS HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS PAY FOR 100% OF OUR DISTRICT, IS THAT CORRECT? WHEN THE DUST SETTLES, THAT'S NOT MONEY COMING IN VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING OUT.

WE'RE PAYING ALL OF IT, RIGHT? SO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, WE'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY APPROVE THIS TONIGHT.

AT LEAST I AM BEGRUDGINGLY.

THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU.

OKAY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST CRITICAL THAT WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE TO EVERY PARENT OF EVERY CHILD ATTENDING EVERY DAY. HOW IMPORTANT THAT ATTENDANCE IS, BECAUSE THAT'S MONEY WE GET TO KEEP HERE.

NO, NOBODY TAKES THAT AWAY FROM US.

AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE JUST, I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 08.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO NOT UNDERSTAND ATTENDANCE, CREDIT.

AND THE MORE KIDS THAT COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, THE MORE MONEY WE GET, AND IT'S JUST CRITICAL TO ME.

I MEAN, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ATTENDANCE TIME.

YOU'VE GOT TRIPS TO TAKE, YOU'VE GOT PLACES YOU NEED TO GO IF YOU CAN GET IT DONE LATER IN THE DAY AFTER THE ATTENDANCE IS TAKEN.

BRINGING MEDICAL NOTES FROM BEING ABSENT DURING ATTENDANCE.

TAKING TIME GETS THAT CREDIT STUDENT FOR ATTENDING SCHOOL.

AND THERE'S JUST THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.

AND I'M LIKE, GOSH, THIS IS MONEY WE CAN KEEP AND NOBODY'S GOING TO TAKE IT FROM US.

BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO READ THE MOTION WHEN Y'ALL ARE READY, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST LET ME GET TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

GET READY. IT'S LONG.

OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE.

I MOVE THAT FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE DELEGATE CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 11.1511C4 TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBLIGATING THE DISTRICT UNDER TEC 48.257 AND TEC CHAPTER 49 SUBCHAPTERS A AND D, AND THE RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEC 49.006.

THIS INCLUDES APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT OF THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT OR THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT NETTING.

CHAPTER 48 FUNDING A MOTION FROM KIM.

A SECOND FROM OLIVIA.

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

MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND INFORMATION, OUR LEARNING AND INNOVATION REPORT.

[8. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

WELL, IT'S ALL IMPORTANT, BUT THE HIGHLIGHTS I DO WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR COUNSELING AND HEALTH SERVICES.

WE HAVE THE EFFECTIVE ADVISING FRAMEWORK APPLICATION.

IT'S A GRANT. SO, WE'RE KIND OF AHEAD OF A LOT OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS OF BUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE COUNSELING FRAMEWORK.

AND OUR FRAMEWORK REALLY SPECIFICALLY DRAWS ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND GET THIS FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY GETTING FINANCIAL LITERACY AND MATH, THEY'RE ALSO GETTING IT THROUGH COUNSELING SERVICES AS WELL.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE NOTED IN OUR FRAMEWORK.

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SOME ARE ALREADY IN THE GRANT, BUT WE'RE AHEAD BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED HERE IN A YEAR OR SO.

AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE WORK AND THEY PAID US FOR IT, SO THAT'S GREAT.

WE DO HAVE A NEW COORDINATOR OF CTE AND CCMR, JULIA FISHPACK.

SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING NEWS.

WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER.

SHE'S BEEN JUST GOING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BECOMING ONE WITH THE CTE DEPARTMENT AND LEARNING EVERYTHING SHE CAN ABOUT OUR TEACHERS, OUR PROGRAMING AND WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED.

AND THEN ON PAGE THREE, THE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, WE RECLASSIFIED 70 EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS, WHICH IS AMAZING.

THAT MEANS THEY MET THE ADVANCED HIGH ON THEIR TAIL PASS, WHICH IS THE IT'S LIKE THE STAR TEST FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

AND SO THEY ARE RECLASSIFIED OUT OF EMERGING BILINGUAL.

AND THEY ARE TRULY BILINGUAL LIKE THEY KNOW TWO LANGUAGES.

SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

AND THEN ON THE VERY LAST PAGE WITH OUR ACCELERATION.

DOCTOR WHITMAN TESTED A LOT OF STUDENTS OVER THE SUMMER, SO OUT OF 158 CREDIT BY EXAM TESTS, 38% MET THE REQUIREMENTS, MET THE CRITERIA TO MOVE ON TO EITHER A SINGLE SUBJECT OR WHOLE GRADE ACCELERATION.

THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES WILL BE IN OCTOBER FOR ACCELERATION TESTING.

KIM. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET JULIA AT CONVOCATION AND SHE IS GOING TO BE A ROCK STAR.

I MEAN, WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO WITH OUR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM IS JUST GOING TO BE AMAZING.

I'M EXCITED TO WATCH THE GROWTH 70 STUDENTS BEING RECLASSIFIED IS JUST HUGE.

I WOULD THINK THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS IS LOOKING AT DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE SECRET IN THE PUDDING.

I MEAN, THIS JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW THESE CHILDREN FEEL BEING THIS SUCCESSFUL, COMING INTO OUR SCHOOL AND HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY AND JUST THRIVING.

SO KUDOS TO YOUR DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE THAT'S WORKING HARD ON THIS.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

AND THIS IS WHY I'M PROUD TO BE ON THIS SCHOOL BOARD.

IT'S DATA LIKE THIS.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YES, OUR TEACHERS DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

BUT THESE 70 FOR SURE NEED TO BE CELEBRATED.

MARY JANE I DIFFERENT KUDOS.

JUST THAT I THINK COULD BE ALMOST TAKEN FOR GRANTED THAT I THINK LARGELY FOR COST CUTTING PURPOSES, THAT WE ARE TRAINING OUR OWN PEOPLE TO NOT HAVE TO BRING IN OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS.

AND I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER HEAVY LIFT ON YOU.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ALL NOTED THAT, THAT THERE'S COST SAVINGS FOR SURE.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR KIM.

ALL RIGHT. FINANCE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT WHAT THE BUDGET TO ACTUALS IT LOOKS LIKE FOR 23-24.

WE ARE GOING TO REALIZE A DEFICIT OF ABOUT 1.9, ALMOST 2 MILLION.

I WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN THEY CAME.

THEY WOULD COME OUT WITH A NEW STATE AID TEMPLATE.

WE WERE SEEING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

IT HAD TO DO WITH THE CALCULATION FOR HOLD HARMLESS.

BUT THEY REVAMPED THE CALCULATION AND THAT FUNDING KIND OF FLEW AWAY.

AND AT THIS POINT THEY'RE STICKING WITH THE CALCULATION AS IT IS.

AND SO IT DOES.

WE'RE NOT GETTING BACK AS MUCH AS IT SHOWED AT ONE POINT IN TIME.

THROUGH THE FUNDING FORMULA.

SO WE WILL RECOGNIZE THE DEFICIT, BUT ALSO POINTING OUT WE DID UTILIZE FUND BALANCE IN SEVERAL SITUATIONS.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID OBVIOUSLY MAKE UP SOME OF THE DEFICIT.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE DESIGNATIONS, IT'S CLOSE TO 700,000 I THINK, OR 800,000.

AND SO WE DID MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE OR SOME OF IT.

AND WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO WATCH IT AND MONITOR THAT.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT.

BUT WE'RE LUCKY THAT THE BOARD HAS MAINTAINED A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS WHEN WE NEED TO IN THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO.

SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

THE OTHER THING THAT YOU PROBABLY SAW, WE DID RECEIVE JULY CERTIFIED VALUES FROM HAYS AND TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS BACK IN APRIL.

IT WAS ABOUT A 5.11 INCREASE OVER PRIOR YEAR.

AND ACTUALLY IN JULY IT CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THAT.

I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED.

IT TYPICALLY COMES IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT IT DID COME IN LOWER.

I THINK IT WAS 4.0.

GOSH, 4.36% OVER LAST YEAR AGAIN REALLY IMPACTS US AS FAR AS RECAPTURE.

SO IT'LL JUST MEAN LESS THAN RECAPTURE PAYMENT.

IT'S STILL AROUND $9.4 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING.

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MARY JANE. JUST ONE MORE THING THAT I THINK I'VE HEARD SO MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.

AND YOU'RE ALWAYS JUST SO KIND TO NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE, BUT THE HOLD HARMLESS PROVISIONS.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY ASSURED THAT, NO WORRIES, WHETHER IT'S THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OR WHATEVER.

AND SO IT'S JUST ONE MORE AREA WHERE IF IT'S NOT A LOT OF TROUBLE TO GET SOME KIND OF HIGH LEVEL DATA FOR OUR ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, I JUST WONDER SOMETIMES IF OUR LEGISLATORS REALIZE THAT WHEN THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, WE ARE NOT HELD HARMLESS.

ROB. SO LOOKS LIKE OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET APPROVAL WAS A DEFICIT OF 2.507, 2.507 AND THAT WAS INCLUDING THE 700 K IN FUND BALANCE EXPENDITURES, OR THAT WAS JUST NO OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR THAT INCLUDED.

I WANT TO SAY, YEAH, IT WAS THE LEASE AND THE BAND UNIFORMS. SO MAYBE NOT HALF OF THAT, BUT WE DID SOME ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

SO ALL IN ALL, WE DID SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AT 1.2 PLUS MILLION.

WE DID. BUT THE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THAT WE AUTHORIZE ALLOWED US OF 1953 AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THESE ARE THESE FINAL NUMBERS, CLOSED BOOKS, NUMBERS OR THESE THE AUDITORS HAVE NOT FINALIZED THOSE.

THESE ARE STILL ESTIMATES. THERE COULD BE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THIS SHOULD BE IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

OKAY. NOT GREAT OBVIOUSLY.

RIGHT. AND WE KNOW WHY, RIGHT? WE KNOW WHY IT HAPPENED.

WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT OVER HERE OVER SPENDING.

SO THAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.

WHY WE GOT TO WORK OUT SOME STUFF THIS YEAR? WITH THE 89TH, WE NEED SOME HELP ON THE, ON THE DENOMINATOR, WHICH IS THE STUDENT ALLOTMENT.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THAT, THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE THAT.

BUT I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT THOUGH, WHERE WE CAME IN ABOUT HALF WHAT WE ANTICIPATED FROM A DEFICIT PERSPECTIVE OVERALL TO THE BUDGET.

I THINK THAT'S GOOD, BUT RED NUMBERS ARE NOT GOOD AND SO WE GOT WORK TO DO.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, GINA. OUR OPERATIONS REPORTS AND BOND UPDATES.

YES. MR. KUNKEL WILL PRESENT A BOND UPDATE.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THE 23 BOND.

AS OF THE END OF JUNE, WE'VE EARNED ALMOST $1.6 MILLION IN INTEREST.

SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

WE ARE WATCHING OUR BALANCES AT THE END OF JUNE, WE HAD, I'M GOING TO GUESS, A LITTLE LESS THAN 75 MILLION.

REMEMBER, WE SOLD 100 MILLION LAST FALL.

SO WE HAVEN'T PAID EVERYTHING THAT OCCURRED THIS SUMMER.

I'M ANTICIPATING OUR CASH RESERVES ON THE BONDS THAT WE SOLD WILL START DWINDLING THIS FALL, AND PROBABLY LOOKING AT ANOTHER ISSUANCE LATE THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THAT CASH FLOW.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND MADAM PRESIDENT.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THIS GOING RIGHT HERE.

ELEMENTARY SIX. I WANT TO START WITH THAT.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE BUILDING PERMIT.

WE GOT THE SITE PERMIT.

WE'RE IN REVIEW FIVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH I'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY CAREER.

WE'VE GOT SIX COMMENTS LEFT.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM THIS WEEK AND GET THAT CLARIFIED.

RIGHT NOW, ON SITE, THIS IS A RECENT PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

I KNOW IT'S KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A SHOT FROM OUTER SPACE, BUT WE GOT RETAINING WALLS GOING UP SITE UTILITIES, RETENTION WALL SYSTEMS. YOU CAN SEE THE MAJOR ROADWAYS GOING IN.

WE ALSO STARTED DRILLING THE GEO WELLS THIS WEEK, WHICH IS A BIG THING.

SO WE GOT ABOUT 210 OF THOSE TO GO.

WE ALSO INSTALLED YOU CAN'T SEE IT ON THIS ONE.

WE JUST PUT A YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT OUT THERE.

THERE'S A LITTLE WHITE TENT THERE.

WE ACTUALLY PUT UP FOR THE HEAT FOR THE GUYS OBVIOUSLY ON A BRAND-NEW SITE LIKE THIS, THERE'S NO SHADE FOR THOSE GUYS.

SO AMERICAN DID PUT A TENT UP FOR THE GUYS TO TAKE A BREAK AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WATCHING THAT.

THE SYCAMORE EXPANSION.

SO WE HAD A GOOD SUMMER THIS YEAR OUT THERE AT THE CAMPUS.

WE INSTALLED A NEW FLOORING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE.

THE ELEMENTARY WILL BE NEXT YEAR.

WE JUST COULDN'T GET THAT MUCH FLOORING AND GET IT INSTALLED IN TIME FOR SCHOOL TO START.

SO WE GOT IT DONE. ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE, WE ALSO GOT THE INTERACTIVE PANELS PUT IN.

THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST HITS ON THAT CAMPUS.

THE TEACHERS LOVE BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.

A LOT OF LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE FLOORING.

IT'S HELPED WITH SOUND AND REALLY THE COMFORT OF IT.

AND THE INTERACTIVE PANELS OBVIOUSLY ARE A BIG HIT.

SO THOSE WILL BE THOSE WILL BE GOING INTO THE NEW ADDITION TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WILL HAVE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL WE GOT THE NEW SECURE VESTIBULES PUT IN AND THE NEW SECURE WAITING AREAS PUT IN FOR THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOLS ON BOTH SIDES.

AGAIN, A BIG HIT.

GOT THOSE DONE AND WE GOT THE DCS AND DS MS. SO ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS ROOSTER AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE'LL DO THOSE NEXT YEAR.

WE GOT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE GOING UP, WHICH YOU GUYS CAN SEE WE'RE ABOUT 50% IN THOSE PICTURES OF THE STEEL STRUCTURE GOING UP.

SO THAT'S EXCITING. AT LEAST IN MY WORLD, DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, I'M GOING TO KIND OF COMBINE THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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SO ROGERS O'BRIEN DID THAT WORK FOR US.

SO WE HAD THE NEW CEILING TILES AND NEW FINISHES, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU CAN SEE IN A ROOM.

WE DID. WE TOUCHED.

AC WAS UPGRADED, CONTROLS WERE UPGRADED, AND YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE NEW COLORS IN THE CAFETERIA.

WE GOT NEW, WE GOT NEW FURNITURE IN THE FRONT OFFICE.

YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE LOOP IN THAT PICTURE THAT WE GOT AND PUT IN THE BACK.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO STUDY THAT TO HELP WITH WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE STARTING TO STUDY THAT TO SEE IF THAT CAN HELP WITH THE DROP OFF IN THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAD NEW LIGHTS, CEILINGS, WHITEBOARDS, FLUORINE NEW MAKERSPACE IN THE LIBRARIES THAT BOTH OF THEM A BIG A BIG UP AND GET THOSE SECURE VESTIBULES. AND THEN WE UPDATED THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL WITH SOME LIGHT LANDSCAPING.

WE HAVE A BIG BUDGET FOR THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE UP TO GIVE THEM, GIVE EVERYBODY A FRESH PERSPECTIVE.

WHEN YOU WALKED INTO THAT SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AGAIN, RINSE AND REPEAT, YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE KIND OF FRONT WE HAVE THE GRASS GOING IN THE NEW SIGN UP THERE, THE NEW THERE'S THE NEW THAT'S LOOKING FROM THE RECEPTION SIDE OUT TO THE SECURE VESTIBULE.

AND THEN I THREW THIS IN.

THIS IS ACTUALLY JAMIE'S JOB, BUT REDOING THE GYM FLOOR IN THERE.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A KIND OF A SHOT AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW.

HIGH SCHOOL, THE NEW FLOOR AND GYM AGAIN.

THIS WAS JAMIE JAMIE'S JOB, BUT GOT THAT COMPLETED.

YOU CAN SEE THE NEW THE NEW LIGHTS BOUNCING OFF THE NEW SHINY FLOOR.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SITE ACQUISITIONS.

WE'RE STILL EVALUATING POTENTIAL SITES AND TEST FITTING SCHOOL FACILITIES ON THOSE SITES AS THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT TO US, BUT THERE'S NO NEWS RIGHT NOW ON THOSE GUYS.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ROB, FIRST A COMMENT.

NICE JOB THIS SUMMER, MAN.

THANK YOU. I MEAN, WE HAD A LOT OF HELP.

A LOT OF GUYS WORKED A LOT OF HOURS.

YEAH. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I MEAN, THIS WAS A TRUE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORT UP TO AND INCLUDING OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

BUT YOU'RE ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY MAKING SURE THIS STUFF.

NO, DON'T SHAKE YOUR HEAD.

YES. YOU WERE INVOLVED.

I MEAN, I'VE DONE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, A LOT OF YEARS AND SEEN A LOT OF PROJECTS, BUT WHAT WE PULLED OFF THIS SUMMER WAS IMPRESSIVE, WAS IMPRESSIVE.

NOT ONLY WE HIT THE TIMELINE WITH A FEW PUNCH OUT THINGS.

AS ALWAYS, A COUPLE THINGS, RIGHT? YEAH, WE HIT THE TIMELINE, BUT WE'RE NOT OVERSPENDING, RIGHT.

AND THAT IS MIRACULOUS.

I WOULD SAY IN TODAY'S DAY IN CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO KUDOS TO YOU AND THE TEAM FOR DOING THAT.

MY COLLEAGUES EXEMPLIFIED THAT AS WELL.

AND SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.

SO WELL DONE. WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? WOULD YOU GO TO E 6 REAL QUICK JAMES? AND I SENT SOME FRUSTRATION TO YOUR VOICE ON THIS, BUT I GOT TO MAKE SURE I GOT CLARITY ON IT.

YEAH. FOUR ROUNDS OF COMMENTS.

WE'RE ON OUR FIFTH. LIKE, THAT'S NOT GOOD.

WHERE FIRST OF ALL, WHERE ARE WE? HOW DID WE GET HERE? AND THEN HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T START BURNING ADDITIONAL GENERAL CONDITIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PERMIT WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO VERTICAL? YEAH. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE OKAY. IF WE CAN SIT DOWN THIS WEEK AND GET THIS BEHIND US, WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE ABOUT TO GO VERTICAL PRETTY QUICK.

WE'RE A COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM GOING VERTICAL, WHICH MEANS JUST OUT OF THE GROUND, UP STRAIGHT.

OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING HERE IS UNDERGROUND.

IT IS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING.

THE CITY HAS IS EVOLVING IN THEIR PROCEDURES.

HOW THEY DO THAT. THEY'RE USING A THIRD PARTY THAT'S REALLY TRYING TO EARN THEIR MONEY.

I THINK IT'S TAKEN IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET THOSE COMMENTS BACK TO US.

I MEAN, THE FIRST ROUND TOOK A COUPLE MONTHS, THE SECOND ROUND TOOK A MONTH, AND I THINK THE THIRD ROUND TOOK 15 DAYS.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE TEN.

I THINK THE CITY IS TRYING, BUT JUST THE WAY THEY'RE OUTSOURCING THIS IS JUST KIND OF HURTING BOTH OF US.

SO WHOSE SCOPE IS IT? IS IT THE ARCHITECT'S SCOPE TO GET THE, TO GET THE.

YES, SIR. THE PERMIT.

OKAY. AND SO OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, ARE WE PAST OUR TIME WHERE THAT DELIVERABLE WAS REQUIRED? NO. PFLUEGER'S BEEN HELPING A LOT.

I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN PUSHING THEM OBVIOUSLY HARD FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE TO GET THE COMMENTS BACK.

IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE. THEY ASK 15 QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO GET THE RETURN, GET THOSE COMMENTS RETURNED.

AND A LOT OF IT'S JUST BEEN CLARIFICATIONS.

WHERE IS THIS? I DON'T SEE THIS.

AND THAT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT'S IN THERE.

SO I MEAN, ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR LAST COMMENTS, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE CITY IS LIKE.

THEY DON'T WANT US TO.

THE CODE REVIEWER DOES NOT WANT US TAKING CONDENSATE WATER, WHICH IS CLEAN, AND PUTTING IT IN OUR CISTERNS TO USE FOR VEGETATION.

THEY WANT US TO PUT IT DOWN THE STORM SEWER.

YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE WATER RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE VERY IRRITATING.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU PROBABLY HEAR SOME FRUSTRATION IN MY VOICE, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND JUST CLARIFY THAT.

I MEAN, ALL THE WATER PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN THIS, IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE WORLD OR IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF TEXAS TO DO THAT, IS THE FIRST FULL NEW BUILDING IN A WHILE.

BUT WE'VE HAD OTHER PROJECTS GET PERMITS WITHOUT A CHALLENGE.

RIGHT. IT'S A GROWING, IT'S JUST A GROWING PROBLEM.

I SAW THIS IN LEANDER. I'VE SEEN THIS IN AUSTIN, ROUND ROCK, ALL MY ALL MY COMPETITIONS.

SEEN THIS. I USED TO JOKE WHEN I CAME OUT HERE TO TAKE A PIG AND TWO CHICKENS, AND YOU GET YOUR PERMIT FROM THE CITY.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY CHANGED.

SO THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE GOING INTO A NEW PROCESS WITH AS MUCH GROWTH AS THEY'RE SEEING.

AND THEY'RE JUST WITH THAT THIRD PARTY, IT'S REALLY SLOWING US DOWN.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.

IT MIGHT BE THIS PARTICULAR THIRD PARTY THEY'RE USING THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO KIND OF ZERO IN ON THAT.

I THINK AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WOULD HELP US WITH THIS.

THAT REALLY GETS THE LAW DOWN.

WE KNOW WHAT EACH OTHER HAS TO DO.

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AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT ABOUT THE NEED FOR US TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY AND WORK SOME OF THOSE THINGS OUT.

ARE YOU CONCERNED HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO VERTICAL ON TIME RIGHT NOW? NO. OKAY.

WELL, ON THAT FRIDAY OR NEXT MONDAY, I MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

WELL, LET'S SIT DOWN. LET'S FIGURE IT OUT.

APPRECIATE IT. I JUST I DON'T WANT US TO GET COST OVERRUN BECAUSE OF PERMITTING STUFF WHEN SOME OF THE STUFF COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED IT OUT.

SO, NO, I MEAN, WE'RE DOING GOOD.

WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL WORKING.

I KNOW THESE PICTURES DON'T LOOK GLAMOROUS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ON THEM.

WE'VE GOT ALL THE RETAINING WALLS AND THERE'S A LOT OF AMERICANS DOING GOOD, DOING GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. BUT I, I WILL HIT ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO OVERSHADOW ALL THE FINE WORK THAT NOT ONLY OUR TEAM DID, BUT OUR PARTNERS DID OVER THE SUMMER.

SO THANK YOU.

TRICIA. I DID WANT TO START OFF WITH, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH BECAUSE EVERYTHING LOOKS AMAZING THAT I'VE SEEN.

DID WE FINISH SYCAMORE'S CAFETERIA AREA? NO, MA'AM. IT'S REALLY DONE.

EXCEPT FOR WE HAVE AN AC UNIT THAT WAS SHIPPED FROM TRANE THAT ACTUALLY HAS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH IT.

SO I CAN'T PASS MY CO BECAUSE I CAN'T GET THE FIRE.

I CAN'T GET A FIRE PART TO WORK.

IT WILL SHUT THE AC DOWN.

SO WITH THAT NOT WORKING, I DON'T WANT TO SHUT THE AIR DOWN.

IF WE IF WE SHUT SOMETHING OFF IN THE CAFETERIA.

SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT. THAT SHOULD BE IN THIS WEEK.

IT'S A IT'S A SIMPLE SWAP OUT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT.

WE'LL HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE READY FOR THEM TO GO.

OKAY. PERFECT. YES. BECAUSE I'M HEARING THAT THEY'RE GETTING VERY ANTSY DURING THE DAY AND THEY NEED A LITTLE WIGGLE TIME.

IT'S PROBABLY VERY FRUSTRATING SEEING IT RIGHT THERE, AND IT'S KIND OF DONE, BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH IT.

THEY'RE USED TO PLAYING WITH BLOCK B BALL OR BLOCK BALL OR WHATEVER DURING LUNCH.

AND I DON'T KNOW, I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATORS OVER THERE AND AS WELL AS MY OWN KIDDOS ARE LIKE, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

SO, I KNOW THERE'S SOME FRUSTRATION THERE THAT AS SOON AS WE GET THAT, I PROMISE YOU.

SO THE NEW AWNINGS OUT THERE, EVERYTHING'S READY TO GO.

AS SOON AS WE GET THAT CLEARED, WE'LL CLEAR THAT CONSTRUCTION FENCE OFF, AND THEN WE'LL FENCE THAT.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO FENCE IN THAT BACK, TOO, WHICH WILL BE A LOT SAFER FOR THE KIDS.

OKAY, PERFECT. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY.

WHAT DID WE DO THERE, EXACTLY? BASICALLY EVERYTHING INSIDE OF IT.

ALL NEW FINISHES, ALL NEW BOOKSHELVES, NEW CIRCULATION DESK BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, PAINTED, PAINTED THE WHOLE THING.

NEW LIGHTS, NEW CEILING, NEW HVAC, NEW CONTROLS, NEW FLOORING, EVERYTHING.

DID WE HAVE ANY IDEA THAT IT WAS GOING TO UPSET FOLKS IF WE TORE DOWN A MURAL.

NO, MA'AM. AND WE ASKED THAT ANY TIME WE'RE DOING A SCHOOL, IT'S OUR.

WHEN WE GO IN, WE REFRESH THE WHOLE THING.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A ONE SHOT TIME TO DO THIS.

THIS IS A 20 YEAR THING THAT WE DO AT THAT SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S NOT IT'S THE NORM AS WE GO IN THERE AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHITEWASH EVERYTHING AND KIND OF PAINT IT WITH NEW COLORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I DID ASK THE CAMPUS ABOUT WE DO LOOK FOR THAT.

WE DO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW FROM TIME TO TIME.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT A STUDENT THAT DIED PUT SOMETHING UP OR THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO THE SCHOOL.

WE DO ASK THAT. ABSOLUTELY.

AND THAT WAS NOT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

SO EVERYTHING I THINK THERE WAS LIKE 16 OF THEM IN THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL THAT WERE JUST CLEANED UP AND REDONE.

NO. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KIM.

FIRST OF ALL, THAT SUMMER SCHEDULE.

INCREDIBLE. WE TOURED IT.

I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT, I MEAN, THAT WAS GREAT.

ACTUALLY, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

I MEAN, CAN IT BE DONE, LIKE IN A YEAR OR.

I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.

A PROTOTYPE IS HARDER BECAUSE IT'S A BRAND NEW BUILDING.

AND THEN JUST RIGHT NOW THE CONDITIONS IN THE MARKET ARE SLOWING DOWN.

SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO MY HISTORY IN LEANDER, I THINK THIS IS MY 12TH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I BUILT.

WE USED TO PUT WE USED TO PUT ONE ON THE GROUND FROM START TO FINISH, ABOUT NINE AND A HALF TO TEN MONTHS.

AGAIN, BEING A BEING THAT WAS A PROTOTYPE THAT WE ALREADY DID.

WITH THE MARKET NOW, WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED 14 MONTHS TO BUILD THIS, AND WE'LL USE IT EVERY DAY OF THAT PART OF IT'S THIS.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS SLOWED DOWN FOR PROCUREMENT TO SUBS, EVERYTHING.

THE GUYS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO ME, PEOPLE ON SITE MATERIALS ARE TAKING US 52 WEEKS TO GET IN.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS SEE THOSE EARLY GNPS.

YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER ONE FOR NEXT SUMMER COMING UP PRETTY QUICK.

OKAY. THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS ARE SEEING SOME OF THESE GNPS GET PUSHED OUT ALMOST A YEAR.

SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT TAKES LONGER, SO IT IS LONGER.

AND THAT'S ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

EVEN THE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE BUDGETED 32 TO 36 MONTHS TO BUILD THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE USED TO PUT THOSE ON THE GROUND IN 24 TO 26 MONTHS.

SO IT'S ALL JUST IT'S ALL JUST GOT EXAGGERATED.

OKAY. AND I DO LOVE THOSE NEW FLOORS TO GO IN THERE.

IT'S SO QUIET. AND THOSE TEACHERS LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH SOFTER TO STAND ON THOSE FLOORS AND TEACH ALL DAY AND WALK THOSE HALLS.

SO I THANK YOU. AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FLOORS, BUT TO GET IN THOSE BUILDINGS AND WALK IT, FEEL IT, TOUCH IT, AND I MEAN JUST THE SOUND, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT'S CUT DOWN ON THE NOISE. BUT THE THING I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE TEACHERS, BECAUSE THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW HARD THE CONCRETE AND THE TILE WAS

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I'M NOT AS TIRED AND ACHY AND SO GREAT JOB ON THOSE FLOORS.

IT'S A BIG ONE. AND I FAILED A BUNCH OF TIMES WHEN I WAS AT THIS PODIUM OR IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TO THANK ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS.

SO LAST YEAR WHEN I MOVED EVERYBODY OUT THAT THAT SUMMER GETTING ALL THOSE PEOPLE PACKED, WHICH IS A LOT OF WORK.

BUT I KEPT TELLING THEM, YOU GET ME OUT ON TIME AND I'LL GET YOU BACK IN ON TIME.

AND THEY DID THAT. SO I TRIED TO FULFILL MY END OF IT.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THANK THEM.

I KNOW THIS DISTRICT HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE BEFORE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF THOSE FOR THE NEXT PROBABLY 6 TO 8 YEARS.

WE'LL BE DOING THIS. SO I WANT THAT TO KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN KIND OF LEARN, LEARN AND LIVE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A LESSONS LEARNED.

WE GOT THE PRINCIPALS ARE COMING IN TO MEET WITH US AS A GROUP.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH ACTUALLY THE WHOLE STAFF AND LEARN HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THIS PROCESS, MAKE IT LOOK CLEANER.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON STUFF.

AND BE CLEAR WITH THE WORK.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE BACK IN THE SCHOOL AND WE'RE ALL HAPPY.

WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE PUNCH LIST THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

IF IT AFFECTS THE STUDENTS OR THE TEACHERS AND TEACHING, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT DURING THE DAY BECAUSE WE JUST TO GET ANYTHING SAFETY OR THE LIGHTS AREN'T WORKING.

EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS.

SO IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER OBVIOUSLY, TO DO THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE SUMMER RENTALS YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THOSE PUNCH LISTS BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW IT.

WE BASICALLY GOT WE WERE FINISHING UP AS THE KIDS WERE STARTING TO COME IN.

SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S A TRIPLE CHECK KIND OF SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE ARE BEING FULFILLED AND ACTUALLY COMPLETED.

SO WE STILL GOT SOME MORE WORK TO DO.

WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE YET. SO YEAH, I COMMEND YOU.

INCREDIBLE WORK THIS SUMMER.

I HAVE A QUESTION THAT MAYBE YOU CAN RELAY.

IF YOU JUST THINK OF IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAME FROM A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT.

YOU'RE GOING TO START A LOT OF PROJECTS FOR US.

AND YOU KIND OF YOU'VE BROUGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WORKED, EVEN MOVING PEOPLE OUT, MOVING PEOPLE BACK IN.

AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'VE SEEN A BOARD DO, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, CELEBRATING STAFF OR PRINCIPALS OR PACKING PARTY OR I DON'T KNOW ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP WITH MORALE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET HOLLY OR LEADERSHIP KNOW BECAUSE I'M I WOULD BE UP FOR SOMETHING BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING THING FOR OUR DISTRICT.

AND IF WE COULD DEVELOP OUR OWN TRADITIONS THAT MAKE THIS PROCESS MORE FUN OR JUST SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF FUN AND UNIQUE FOR OUR DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW.

ARE YOU ALL LAUGHING AT ME? IS THAT SILLY? NO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. NO CONSTRUCTION QUESTIONS.

THAT WOULD REALLY HELP ME OUT. AND I CAN JUST FOCUS ON THAT? OKAY, I DO HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT SOMEWHAT UNRELATED.

SO WHEN WE DECIDED KIND OF OUR PROTOTYPE FOR OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WAS BOTH OBVIOUSLY THE NEW SAFETY REGULATIONS, BUT ALSO THAT WE CREATE A FLEXIBLE ENOUGH FLOW WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED EVEN JUST RECENTLY A CLASS THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD KIND OF MOVED OUT OF, THEY WENT FROM SIX CLASSROOMS TO FOUR CLASSROOMS. AND I REMEMBER DOCTOR KATE ON ONE OF OUR CAMPUS TOURS LAST YEAR, KIND OF SHARING THAT.

THAT'S A FRUSTRATING THING WITH OUR CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHERE IT'S ALMOST WASTED SPACE IF THESE CLASSROOMS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FOR OTHER CLASSROOMS, WE'RE JUST SORT OF HOPING, WELL, NEXT YEAR IF THERE'S FIVE AND SIX CLASSROOMS IN THAT GRADE AGAIN.

AND SO I GUESS I'M CURIOUS, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THEN I ALSO SAW THE NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY KIND OF ENCLOSURES OF THE OF THE WINGS OF THE PODS.

THANK YOU. AND SO HOW IS THAT ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK? I KNOW, I KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR IT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET A VISUAL, BUT IS IT STILL KIND OF THE SAME, OR IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THAT PROTOTYPE THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY? EVEN THOUGH THE SAFETY REGULATIONS, THE FLEXIBILITY IS MORE COMMON SPACES.

THE ROOMS ARE PRETTY GENERIC, SO YOU CAN KIND OF INFLOW OUT OF THEM AND NOT, YOU KNOW, FOURTH AND FIFTH.

THEY CAN PUT MORE FIFTH GRADE AND LESS FOURTH GRADE, WHATEVER THOSE ARE, THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.

THE PODS WHEN YOU BUILD SAFETY INTO A SCHOOL, YOU CAN HIDE THAT TECHNOLOGY MORE LIKE IF YOU GUYS SEE SYCAMORE, YOU SEE OR EVEN YOU SEE AS YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE DOORS THAT ARE JUST KIND OF IN NO MAN'S LAND WHEN YOU WALK UP THERE, JUST KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HALLWAY.

THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE.

THOSE ARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO ON AN ON THE AFTER.

SO WE HAVE FIRE CODE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, AND WE HAVE TO PUT THOSE IN WEIRD SPOTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF SYCAMORE WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE WHOLE SCHOOL, YOU KIND OF LIKE, WHY IS THERE A DOOR HERE? THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR WAY OF DOING THAT.

TO POD THEM OFF LETS THEM USE THEIR COLLABORATIVE SPACE OPEN WITH THE TEA REGULATIONS.

SO, WITH THE SAFETY STUFF, THEY WANT TO LOCK ALL THOSE DOORS RIGHT NOW.

AND IF WE LOCK THOSE DOORS GOING INTO THE PODS, THEY CAN FREELY ROAM IN THAT POD.

AND WE'RE STILL BEHIND DOUBLE LOCKED DOORS WITH THE FRONT DOOR AND THE OUTER BUILDING AND THEN THAT POD.

SO THE ONE THING YOU'LL SEE IS WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH, WHEN I GIVE YOU GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH THIS SCHOOL, WHEN WE GET IT CLOSE ENOUGH TO WALK THROUGH YOU GUYS, IT'S JUST HIDDEN. IT'S MORE INTEGRATED IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S MORE IT'S THOUGHT OUT.

IT'S THOUGHT OUT THAT WAY.

NOT SO. ARE THE DIFFERENT GRADES A LITTLE BIT MORE FLUID THAN.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I THINK IT'S REALLY THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE SCHOOL.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT SYCAMORE, YOU'VE GOT LIKE THIS GRADE AND THIS GRADE AND THEY'RE STACKED.

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AND SO THIS IS A GRADE AND THIS IS A GRADE.

SO YOU CAN SWITCH A CLASSROOM THIS WAY OR THIS WAY SO YOU CAN FLEX ON THOSE KINDS OF COMMON SPACES.

YOU CAN HAVE ONE MORE CLASSROOM OVER AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NEXT TO THE OTHER GRADE, YEAH, IT FLOWS BETTER I UNDERSTAND BETTER.

SO IT'S THE LAYOUT WAS KIND OF INTENDED TO GIVE THEM THAT VARIATION AND IT NOT BE EXACT PRECISE VERSUS ONE SQUARE POD IS EXACT PRECISE.

AND SO YOU'RE NOT ADJACENT IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND THIS PROTOTYPE HAS ABOUT TEN YEARS OF THAT WITH SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE A SIMILAR MODEL.

WE'VE SEEN THAT IN ACTION OVER TEN YEARS.

HOW THAT WORKS. YEAH, IT WORKS PRETTY WELL.

YOU CAN FLEX BACK AND FORTH.

YEAH. KIND OF FLUIDLY.

YEAH. I'M EXCITED TO SEE KIND OF THIS PROTOTYPE FOR KIND OF FUTURE CAMPUSES TOO.

SO I THINK IT'LL HELP US A LOT AS A DISTRICT.

OLIVIA, DID ANY OF THAT ADDRESS AND I'M COMPLETELY BLANKING.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.

IF WITHIN THE ROOMS THEY'LL HAVE THE DIVIDERS.

I THINK THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, LIKE IN SYCAMORE MIDDLE, WHERE IT CAN BE A LARGER CLASSROOM, COLLABORATIVE OR SMALLER CLASSROOM.

HAVE THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY.

NOTHING AT ELEMENTARY, THOUGH WE DID NOT DO IT.

IT'S AN INTERDISCIPLINARY IT'S A SECONDARY CURRICULUM COMPONENT.

AND SO YEAH, THE NOT AT THE ELEMENTARY.

WE CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION. I'M NOT GOING TO BE A CURRICULUM EXPERT, BUT THAT'S THOSE SEEM TO WORK BETTER AT A SECONDARY CAMPUS WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A BIGGER MATH CLASS OR SOCIAL STUDIES. YOU CAN KIND OF DO SOME TEAM LEARNING ON ELEMENTARY.

YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT. THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR THAT, SORRY, IT'S JUST A FLEXIBLE TEACHING WALL OR MOVABLE TEACHING WALL.

ALL RIGHT. ACCORDION DOOR I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE YOU KNOW THE TERMINOLOGY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU JAMES.

SO IT'S AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT, HR REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED.

LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE HAD 115 VACANCIES ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

THIS YEAR WE ARE EXCITED TO SAY WE ONLY HAVE 43.5.

I KNOW IT'S ONLY, BUT IT IS 43.5.

LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WE HAD TEN TEACHER VACANCIES, WHICH WE WERE CELEBRATING, AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE FOUR.

AND BY THE END OF THE WEEK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THREE.

AND SO INCLUDING THOSE TWO VACANCIES, I THINK TWO OF THEM ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE CONTRACTED TEACHERS.

AND SO WE'VE GOT LONG TERM SUBS AND REALLY WONDERFUL SOLUTIONS FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE.

BUT SINGLE DIGITS FOR ALL OF OUR VACANCIES IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.

LAST YEAR WE HAD 2928 CUSTODIAL VACANCIES.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR AND A HALF ACRES HAS BEEN A HUGE HELP WITH THAT.

BUT JUST REALLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN EVERY SINGLE AREA, CHILD NUTRITION CUSTODIAL INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES JUST REALLY HAVING AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND MOST OF OUR HIRES ARE ACTUALLY FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS.

WE'RE PULLING FROM AUSTIN, WE'RE PULLING FROM NEIGHBORING AREAS.

BUT REALLY A LOT OF THEM ARE LIVING HERE AND THEY WANT TO COME AND WORK FOR OUR DISTRICT.

I WAS TELLING OUR TEAM TODAY, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A REALLY, REALLY SHORT LIST OF VACANCIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING FOR AN OPENING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE HERE AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.

AND SO JUST THAT JUST PEOPLE JUST DYING TO GET HERE AND WORK HERE.

BUT WE'RE JUST SUPER EXCITED THAT OUR KIDS HAVE THE BEST TEACHERS AND THE BEST STAFF ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

EXCITING. TRICIA, I THINK YOU'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

I YOU HIT EVERY QUESTION THAT I HAD, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING.

AND YOU'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

SO WE HAVE FOR Y'ALL A COUPLE OF SUB PLOT SUBDIVISIONS AND RE-DIVISIONS.

AND INTERESTINGLY EVERYTHING FOR Y'ALL TODAY IS IN THE DRIFTWOOD AREA.

SO THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT UPDATES ALL OF THEM IN THAT AREA.

AND, YOU KNOW, EITHER A COUPLE OF THEM ARE MAKING NEW SEGMENTS AND THEN A COUPLE OF THEM ARE JUST RESIZING WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.

SO NOT HUGE CHANGES.

BUT INTERESTINGLY, EVERYTHING THIS MONTH IS IN THE DRIFTWOOD AREA.

[9. 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.

TIME IS 8:07 P.M..

THE TIME IS NOW 9:40 P.M..

[10. OPEN SESSION]

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WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM REMAINING.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR YOU.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR SUPERINTENDENT'S DESIGNEE TO SELECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO EVALUATE PROPERTY FOR POSSIBLE PURCHASE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LAND SURVEYING SERVICES, REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL SERVICES, ENVIRONMENT TESTING, ASSESSMENT SERVICES, GEOTECHNICAL, SOILS, TESTING SERVICES OR OTHER INSPECTION SERVICES BASED ON THE BASIS OF DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR SUPERINTENDENTS DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AGREEMENT FOR FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE IN THE FORM IN A FORM APPROVED BY LEGAL COUNSEL.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM TRICIA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO. WITH NO FURTHER ACTION THIS EVENING, WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 9:41 P.M..

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.