Sep 16, 2024 Board of Trustees Agenda Review Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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GOOD EVENING.

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

THE TIME IS NOW 6:01 P.M..

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

THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.

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

NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL THE REGULAR MEETING.

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

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

NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVE AS PART OF OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND OPENING CEREMONY, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST BOARD QUESTIONS, SO I WILL DELINEATE THOSE TO BOARD MEMBERS NEXT WEEK.

DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING? OKAY. WE WILL RECOGNIZE OUR COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM NEXT WEEK.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

[6. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING ON NEXT WEEK? YES THEY DO.

WOW. THEY'RE DOING A SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENT LEADERSHIP.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR PRINCIPAL LEADERS COME IN AND SHARE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LIKE YOU'VE SEEN AT OTHER CAMPUSES, THIS WILL BE NEW FOR DSMS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO START INFILTRATING LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THEIR CAMPUS.

COOL. WONDERFUL.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING BOARD MEMBERS WE NEED TO INCLUDE.

KATIE HAS KIND OF A STARTING POINT TO THAT WITH TAXPAYER TUESDAY.

YOU CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH WHAT YOU DO HAVE.

IS THAT ALL WE HAVE? THAT'S ALL WE GOT.

IT WAS A IT WAS A SHORT COUPLE WEEKS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT YES, WE ARE EARLY IN THE MONTH SO.

OKAY. WELL AND I'LL GO TRICIA AND I ARE GOING TO THE VFW.

WHAT DAY? THURSDAY. THURSDAY.

AND SO WE'LL GET, WE'LL HANG OUT WITH THOSE FOLKS, AND WE'LL GET A PICTURE WITH THEM.

OKAY. AND THEN I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY TEAM.

I SENT YOU A PHOTO ON THAT.

THEY HAD A BIG PARENT DAY, WHATEVER IT WAS.

I GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO THAT. SO IF WE COULD ADD THAT, THAT WOULD BE COOL.

SO I GUESS LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE WANT TO PUT PICTURES IN HERE.

SO THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

THANK YOU. YEAH. NORMALLY WE DON'T DO COMMITTEE PICTURES.

Y'ALL JUST RUN THROUGH AND DO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

SO, DO Y'ALL WANT TO TRY? SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES ARE NOT GOING TO BE FUN TO TAKE PICTURES AT.

SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS DO Y'ALL WANT COMMITTEE PICTURES? NORMALLY WE JUST DO.

WE DON'T HAVE TO. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENING I THINK INCLUDE IT, THAT'S FINE AS PART OF IT.

I MEAN IT CAN BE PART OF A HIGHLIGHT AND A COMMITTEE UPDATE.

I DON'T FORESEE US HAVING LIAISON COMMITTEE PICTURES, SO PLEASE NO STRESS.

WELL, THAT'S WHY WHEN Y'ALL STARTED SAYING, WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMITTEE PICTURES, I DIDN'T TAKE ANY PICTURES OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING.

I WAS LIKE, THAT'S PROBABLY.

NO, IT WASN'T COMMITTEE, IT WAS ANYTHING, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE WERE ALL AT THE FOOTBALL GAME FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEE EVENING, AND WE DIDN'T GET A SINGLE PICTURE.

THAT WE MESSED UP, WE SHOULD HAVE GOT ONE.

THAT WAS A BUMMER. THAT WAS A BUMMER.

SO I MEAN, FOR EVENTS WE'RE AT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD EXPECT.

PHOTOS USUALLY COME FROM COMMITTEE THINGS.

NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE USUALLY WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PHOTOS.

SO Y'ALL DON'T GET ONE AT THE VFW UNLESS YOU JUST FEEL WELL OR I'M OUT.

I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO HAVE A I WANT THE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GET OUR VETERANS A LITTLE SCHOOL BOARD WHATEVER IT IS.

ONLY IF OLIVIA CAN COME AND TAKE THEM.

OKAY. WE COULD DO A, YOU KNOW, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AROUND TOWN AND COMMITTEE WORK LIKE A SLIDE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

I MEAN, I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE.

YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT, STEPHANIE TALKED TOGETHER.

I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ANYTHING FORMAL EVERY MONTH.

I MEAN, I THINK HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IS FINE IF WE HAVE A FEW PICTURES THIS MONTH, AWESOME.

IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL PUT THEM IN. YEAH. THANK YOU.

I WAS GOING TO INTERJECT ONE TIDBIT.

LIKE I LOVED, I DO LOVE SEEING THE VISUALS, LIKE THE PICTURES OF THE MAPS THAT CAME OUT OF LIKE ZONING COMMITTEE OR I THINK SOMETIMES MINE ARE RELEVANT SPECIFICALLY TO PARKS AND REC BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A PARK GOING UP ADJACENT TO E6.

I THINK SOMETIMES THEY'RE RELATIVE.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANYTHING FORMAL EITHER.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY ON INTERNAL COMMITTEES TO THE DISTRICT, WE'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY GET ALL THAT STUFF.

AND SO LET'S NOT CLOUD OUR.

THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

WE'RE NOT CLOUDING THESE UPDATES.

THIS IS REALLY FOR ANY EXTERNAL OR, YOU KNOW, SHOWCASING BOARD MEMBERS AT EVENTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN OUR OWN UPDATES DO WE HAVE YOU DO HAVE A SLIDE THAT SAYS LIAISON REPORTS.

CAN WE JUST ADD A SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT SLIDE.

AND THEN THERE'S ONE FOR PRESIDENT UPDATE RIGHT.

JUST AS KIND OF ANOTHER SLIDE, SINCE THINGS ARE KIND OF GEARING UP FOR EVERYTHING TO KEEP THINGS A LITTLE ORGANIZED IN OUR UPDATES.

COOL. OKAY.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER EVENTS THOUGH? KIM, DID YOU GET A PICTURE OF THE DRUMLINE? OH YEAH. WELL, WE COULD INCLUDE THAT.

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IT WAS SO HOT. I THINK I WOULD HAVE MELTED IF I WOULD HAVE GOT ONE.

I MEAN, IT WAS HOT.

BUT [INAUDIBLE] PLAYING THE DRUMS? RIGHT? KIM, YOU GOT THAT PHOTO? YEAH, YEAH, WE WENT TO VOLLEYBALL, BUT WE WENT TO VOLLEYBALL.

IT'S TRULY A CHORE TO BE LIKE, OH, GOSH, WE HAVE TO TAKE A PHOTO.

I'M NOT THE PICTURE TAKER.

I'M NOT EITHER. I KNOW IT'S WEIRD.

IT'S WEIRD IF YOU'RE AT DRUMLINE ALONE.

BECAUSE HOW DO YOU GET A PICTURE OF YOURSELF? I GET IT, YOU KNOW? SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF WEIRDNESS WHEN WE SET THAT EXPECTATION.

SO OLIVIA CAN TEACH US ALL HOW TO DO THAT.

SHE'S EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD AT IT.

THERE IS NO EXPECTATIONS ON PICTURES, Y'ALL.

IF YOU WENT TO SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SHARE ABOUT, YOU CAN EASILY SHARE WITHOUT A PHOTO.

SO ALL RIGHT, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK ON COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS JUST STANDARD.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

ANY QUESTIONS ON CONSENT OR DISCUSSION FOR THIS EVENING? PATRICIA. I THINK I JUST HAVE THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

ARE WE GEARING THOSE TOWARDS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OR HOW ARE THOSE? YES. THE GOALS THAT YOU APPROVED STAY THE SAME DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT NO MATTER IF IT'S THE CAMPUS OR THE DISTRICT, IT'S THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES THAT ARE MOLDABLE. AND THOSE ARE THE ACTIONABLE, MEASURABLE ITEMS THAT THE CAMPUSES ARE GOING AFTER.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE TWO DRAFTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT SAYS DRAFT IN YOUR FOLDER, BUT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THEIRS, BUT THE OTHERS ARE COMPLETE.

OKAY. OKAY.

KIM. YEAH. I JUST HAD TWO COMMENTS ON ONE QUESTION.

I LOVE THE FOCUS ON ATTENDANCE AND THE PLANS FOR EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS, AND I LOVE WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

I MEAN, THEY'RE WEARING PAJAMAS TO SCHOOL, AND THEY'RE SHOWING CHARTS AND GRAPHS AND SENDING IT OUT TO PARENTS.

SO I JUST THINK THAT'S GREAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IT WAS INCLUDED THAT EACH CAMPUS WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH THREE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP SERVICE NEEDS FOR ALL THE STUDENTS.

AND I WOULD LIKE MAYBE SOME EXAMPLES OR MAYBE WHO THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE THAT THEY WIND UP GETTING BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF COOL.

YEAH. AND THEN ON RECRUITING QUALITY STAFF, I GUESS THIS WOULD BE FOR HR.

WOULD WE EVER CONSIDER I THINK OUR JOB FAIRS ARE GREAT, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GOTTEN US A LOT OF GREAT TEACHERS.

HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT REHIRE, RETIRE, JOB FAIR? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT IN SOME OTHER DISTRICTS OR READ ABOUT IT.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD EVER BE INTERESTED IN FOR US SEEKING QUALITY STAFF AND RETAIN? WE HAVE. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFIC POSITION, JUST BECAUSE THE PENALTY IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE QUALITY STAFF WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THE PENALTY.

CORRECT. BUT WE CAN IF WE GET TO THE POSITION, THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO, WE CAN'T.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE STAFF WITHOUT HAVING TO INCUR THAT RETIREE HIRE PENALTY.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

CHANDA. FOR THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE CAMPUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT ARE HELPING TO GET THESE.

CAN WE SEE THOSE? I KNOW THEY'RE ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IS THAT, AM I RIGHT THAT THE CAMPUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES HELP TO DEVELOP THESE PLANS? YES. PARTS OF THE PLAN? YES, THEY DO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, THEY'RE ESTABLISHING THEIR NEW COMMITTEES.

OKAY, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE CAN GET THOSE NAMES TO YOU.

WE HAVE ACCESS TO WHERE WE HOUSE THOSE SO WE CAN GET THOSE IF YOU'D LIKE THEM ALL IN ONE AREA JUST SO WE CAN IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY HAVE THAT ARE PART OF THESE SCHOOLS, THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT THIS IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND SAY, OH, SO-AND-SO HELPED DEVELOP THIS PLAN.

MAYBE I COULD TALK WITH THEM ABOUT IT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I WOULD SAY THAT, THAT TO INCLUDE THOSE PEOPLE IN THESE REPORTS, WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.

I'LL HAVE THAT FOR NEXT WEEK.

TRICIA. I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE PENALTY CONVERSATION.

THAT IS AN ADVOCACY ITEM.

AND IT IS ALSO IT'S SEVERAL DISTRICTS WENT FOR THAT EXACT ADVOCACY ITEM AND SO JUST LET'S GET TOGETHER ON YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT SO THAT I CAN MAKE SURE TO ARTICULATE EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON CONSENT?

[8. ACTION]

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WE WILL HAVE VLC TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO KIND OF LOOK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT PRELIMINARY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY NOTES OR FEEDBACK FOR US TO PASS ON TO VLC.

COMMENTS. QUESTIONS.

OKAY. SORRY. YEAH, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING ALL THE MEETINGS AND I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS PROGRESS HAS BEEN GREAT.

THE ENTIRE PROCESS, THE PROGRESS UP TO DATE YOU KNOW, STARTED WITH A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING TO REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEY HAVE COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND MADE.

AND JAMES HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WORKING WITH VLC.

IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A GREAT LOOKING BUILDING.

AND THEY SCALED IT DOWN TO, I GUESS, A STUDENT THAT WAS IN THAT MEETING LAST WEEK SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE SIMPLE YET ELEGANT, AND TO HEAR THOSE WORDS COME OUT OF A STUDENT'S MOUTH IN THE COMMITTEE, IT IS A SIMPLE IT'S A SIMPLE BUILDING, BUT IT'S GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE.

I THINK THE DESIGN IS GREAT.

JAMES, KUDOS TO YOU FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH VLC AND THE CONTRACTORS, BUT I THINK Y'ALL ARE GOING TO LIKE WHAT YOU SEE.

AND IT'S A VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE PROJECT.

BUT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM LEFT LAST WEEK ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS AND EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE LIKE, THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO GO.

NOTHING EXCESSIVE, NOTHING.

TAJ MAHAL.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT A NEW BUILDING, THAT'S THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND.

SIMPLE AND ELEGANT IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.

BUT I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO SEE IT.

IT'S GREAT. I TALKED TO A FRIEND WHO WAS ON THE DESIGN COMMITTEE.

SHE'S NOT ON THE PROJECT ADVISORY TEAM, BUT SHE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE OVERALL COMMITTEE PROCESS.

AND I THINK SHE SAID THREE MEETINGS IS WAS WHAT, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS TASKED WITH.

AND THAT THERE WERE YOU KNOW, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED HER, DID YOU ALL DISCUSS AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK TOO WITH VLC, BUT YOU KNOW, DID YOU ALL DISCUSS COST, COST EFFECTIVENESS IN SOME OF YOUR DESIGNS? AND SHE SAID, YES, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD PEEL BACK THE SHE USED THE EXACT TERM, THEY WOULD PEEL THE ONION BACK TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS ESTHETICALLY? AND THEN THEY WOULD GIVE THEM CHOICES.

DO YOU LIKE THIS, THIS OR THIS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MORE MODERN DESIGN.

THIS IS A MORE HILL COUNTRY DESIGN.

AND THEN THEY WOULD KIND OF NARROW IN ON ONE AND GET THE PROS AND CONS OF, OF, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT ESTHETIC ELEMENTS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT. AND SO I DO WANT TO SAY SHE WAS SHE WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT.

AND SHE'S EXCITED TO SEE KIND OF THE OUTCOME OF THEIR WORK.

ON THAT SAME NOTE, I WANTED TO ASK, ARE WE GOING TO GET A BALLPARK FIGURE OF THIS? BECAUSE THE THE ONLY PAUSE THAT I HAVE IN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT ALL THIS AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE IT, WE LOVE IT.

WE LOVE IT BECAUSE I DO. I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

I LOVED WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT, BUT OUR COMMUNITY SAID NO TO THE FIGURE THAT WE BROUGHT LAST TIME.

I MEAN, THE FIRST TIME WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO ARE WE GOING TO GET A NUMBER BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS? IT WON'T BE A NUMBER SET IN STONE.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PRICING THAT WE WILL TRY TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL ON, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. I THINK ALSO, I AGREE, I THINK HAVING A BALLPARK NUMBER IS HELPFUL.

I THINK WE HAVE TO HONOR THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ULTIMATELY UP TO OUR BOND STEERING COMMITTEE TO KIND OF DECIDE IF THIS IS GOING TO WORK OR NOT, AND KIND OF WHAT PACKAGE THEY'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND BACK TO US.

SO IT'S I MEAN, I WOULD PERSONALLY GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THE LAST ONE.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A POPULAR NUMBER.

IT IS NOT GOING TO BE POPULAR NO MATTER HOW SIMPLE WE COULD HAVE LIKE A STONE WALL.

AND IT'S PROBABLY STILL GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH.

I THINK WE AS A BOARD HAVE TO BE PROUD OF WHAT WE ARE APPROVING NEXT WEEK.

SO IF WE HAVE CONCERNS ON THE ACTUAL DESIGN, AND THAT IS ALSO CORRELATED WITH SOME CONCERNS ON THE PRICE, THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO OFFER OUR FEEDBACK, IN MY OPINION.

AND SO IF WE'RE SEEING SOMETHING HERE PRELIMINARY LIKE PRELIMINARY HERE BEFORE VLC.

I'D RECOMMEND SPEAKING UP, SENDING AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF THERE'S LIKE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH, NOW IS THE TIME FROM KIND OF A DESIGN STANDPOINT THAT'S ALSO GOING TO AFFECT YOUR PRICE POINT 100%.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT I COULD LOOK AT IT AND GO, WELL, I LOVE IT.

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BUT IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER I'M LOOKING, I MEAN, DOES THAT MEAN, LIKE IF I SAW THE NUMBER, I COULD GO 100%, I LOVE IT.

AND THEN IF ON THE FLIP SIDE, IF I SAW THE NUMBER, I COULD GO, WELL, I DON'T LOVE IT AS MUCH.

IT'S LIKE SAYING DESIGN YOUR DREAM.

YOU ALSO WELL BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR WORDS, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT THAT IS WHAT THIS DESIGN COMMITTEE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO.

BUT THEY DIDN'T GET ANY NUMBERS EITHER.

BUT THERE WERE GIVEN COST EFFECTIVE OPTIONS.

YES, BUT THEY CAN YOU CAN SAY COST EFFECTIVE IS ONE THING TO YOU AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, IS THAT IT WOULD YOU'RE SAYING GIVE OUR FEEDBACK TO VLC, BUT I THINK I FOR ME, I NEED KIND OF A BALLPARK NUMBER BEFORE I EVEN HAVE FEEDBACK TO GIVE JUST BASED ON THIS.

PERSONALLY, THIS IS WHAT IS TASKED WITH THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, THOUGH, THAT WE DECIDE.

I MEAN, WE CAN TELL WE CAN TELL THEM WE WANT THE STARS AND THE MOON.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND BE LIKE, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES TO THIS SYSTEM.

I THINK US TRYING TO PREDICT, OH, THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A GOOD NUMBER IS I THINK WE HAVE TO DECIDE, DOES THIS DESIGN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY? DOES IT HONOR THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN DESIGN COMMITTEE LED TO? I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE CAN APPROVE.

I THINK AT THAT POINT, IT IS THE CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE THAT AGAIN, WE APPROVE BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO IN CONSENT IS OUR CITIZENS BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.

THEY ARE GOING TO THEN GO THROUGH A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE PROCESS TO DECIDE WHAT A POTENTIAL PACKAGE OPTIONS COULD LOOK LIKE TO THEN COME BACK TO US TO HAVE THAT MORE MEALY CONVERSATION.

I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE PREMATURE BECAUSE WE'RE LITERALLY JUST GUESSING, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT REALLY ALLOWING THE PROCESS TO KIND OF FULLY PLAY ITSELF OUT. KIM.

YEAH, I CAN TELL YOU THE DESIGN THAT CAME TO US FIRST AS A COMMITTEE WAS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE LOOKED AT A WEEK AGO.

IT'S BEEN SCALED DOWN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS LOOKING FOR.

WINDOWS HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN UPON, AND COLUMNS AND POSTS HAVE BEEN PUT UP INSTEAD TO MINIMIZE THE COST.

BUT EVERY TIME THEY HAVE BROUGHT A NEW DESIGN BACK TO US, IT IT'S ALSO TIED INTO COST.

THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT CAN STILL LOOK GOOD, BUT WE CAN CHANGE THIS WALL, TAKE A GIANT WINDOW OUT AND PUT A COLUMN IN FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST OF WHAT THAT WINDOW WOULD HAVE COST.

NATURAL LIGHT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL WITH THE COMMUNITY OF, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO SAVE ON YOUR ELECTRIC BILL TOO.

BUT THEY THE ARCHITECTS AND JAMES CAME UP WITH SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD IDEAS TO USE NATURAL LIGHT IN THAT BUILDING AND ALSO BRING IN MORE WALLS.

WHAT ARE THOSE WALLS LOOKING LIKE? YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUT WITH A LARGE COURTYARD.

IT CAME DOWN TO A MUCH, MUCH SMALLER COURTYARD SQUARE FOOTAGE WISE.

SO THEY HAVE BROUGHT THAT BUILDING DOWN.

BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT UP TO 2500 KIDS IN THERE.

YOU CAN ONLY CUT SO MUCH.

BUT THAT WAS A GREAT THING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE WINDOWS VERSUS THE WALLS AND THE COLUMNS.

YOU KNOW, THEY BROUGHT BACK TO US LAST WEEK.

I WAS, YOU KNOW, CURIOUS WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I LIKED IT BETTER.

I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD AND IT'S A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE.

SO THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME HAVE DEALT WITH SQUARE FOOTAGE.

THEY'VE DEALT WITH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON SOMETHING NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROVING A SHELL, BUT NOT THE DETAILS INSIDE, BECAUSE THE DISTRICT AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND REFINE ALL OF THAT.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BLUEPRINT.

WHAT'S IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE FIELDS GOING? WHERE ARE THE ACADEMIC CLASSES GOING? THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF ACADEMIC CLASSROOMS. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF SCIENCE LABS.

YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUT WITH 20.

NOW WE'RE AT 16.

SO, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH COST IN MIND AND EFFICIENCY AS WELL. ROB SO I'M GOING TO DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO APPROVE A THE CONCEPT.

WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE A SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

NOW A SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WITH EVERY PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN SO FAR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD HAS DRAWINGS, AND THESE DRAWINGS AREN'T FINAL. THEY ARE PRELIMINARY, BUT THEY ARE DRAWINGS AND THEY'RE DRAWINGS FOR SITE PLAN.

THE SITE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE PLAN.

ALL THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS ARE ON DRAWINGS.

THOSE DRAWINGS COME ASSOCIATED WITH NUMBERS.

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AT THIS STAGE IN DESIGN, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT AND I.

AND IT'S VERY GOOD. IT'S VERY PRELIMINARY.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S PRELIMINARY.

IT IS FAR FROM FINAL. BUT IN ORDER TO VALUE ENGINEER A PROJECT DURING DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHERE THE VALUE ENGINEERING MUST TAKE PLACE TO HIT THE FINAL BUDGET THAT THIS BOARD IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO APPROVE FOR THIS PROJECT WITH CONSULT.

I AGREE MADAM PRESIDENT, WITH THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS WORK TO DO AND ALL THESE THINGS.

AS A PART OF THAT, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE TO MOVE FORWARD, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH VALUE ENGINEERING WE MAY NEED TO DO BASED ON A SCHEMATIC DESIGN THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR STAMP ON.

SO I WOULD BE VERY HESITANT TO PROCEED WITHOUT A PRICING BACK FROM OUR CMA ON THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN THAT THE ARCHITECT AND THE ENGINEERS HAVE PUT TOGETHER. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PROJECT, I THINK THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE ON OTHER PROJECTS, AND FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT, BUT I FEEL THAT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT, WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE PREVIOUS PROJECTS.

AND, KATIE, IF YOU'LL GO ONE SLIDE FORWARD.

SO IN HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PERCENTAGE OF PROJECT DESIGN RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE STILL OUTSTANDING.

SO KNOWING I THINK TO YOUR POINT, ROB, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME ROUGH ESTIMATE AS A BALLPARK FIGURE.

AND THEY'RE STILL, TO KIM'S POINT, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO REFINE AS WE GET INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

OUR NEXT PHASE IS REALLY A HUGE REFINING PHASE AND MEETING WITH A WHOLE LOT OF STAFF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND GETTING INTO THE NITTY GRITTY.

AND WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE WISE CHOICES ALL THROUGHOUT.

BUT KNOW THAT WE HEAR YOU AS A BOARD.

WE HAVE KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING OUR MISSION IS TO BE EFFICIENT.

TO MEET KIDS NEEDS TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMING AT THE VERY BEST COST.

SO WE ARE WORKING TO DO THAT AND WE WILL BRING YOU ALL BACK SOME INFORMATION.

TRICIA. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I AGREE WITH ROB.

I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S GONE IN TO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AND KIM'S TAKE ON IT.

I MEAN, AS AN, AS A PREVIOUS EDUCATOR AND SOMEONE WHO IS RUNNING A HIGH SCHOOL, I MEAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT ON WHERE IT IS AND THE CONSERVATIVENESS THAT'S GONE INTO IT AND THAT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE GREAT.

AND SO I AGREE WITH ROB.

I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THAT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE COMING.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S PRELIMINARY AND I.

AND THAT'S GOOD, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT THE COMMITTEES HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND THEY'VE REALLY DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

AND THIS IS AN AMAZING DESIGN CONCEPT THAT THEY'RE BRINGING US.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT HAS GONE INTO IT.

THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE AGREE WE ALL WANT OH OLIVIA.

SORRY I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, BUT KIND OF LIKE BRIDGING IN THE MIDDLE.

I AGREE WE HAVE TO KNOW THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE MOVING IN.

AND I THINK THAT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, WE HAVE USED WORDS LIKE MODEST, EFFICIENT.

WE WANT TO USE MATERIALS THAT ARE LONG LASTING, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE THE MORE EXPENSIVE MATERIAL.

BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

BUT I WOULD ALSO CAUTIOUS US IN THE WAY BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MAIN SPECIFICATIONS, THE ENGINEERING, THE SITE PLAN, ALL OF THAT, THAT THERE'S ALSO A DANGER IN PRELIMINARILY HAVING NUMBERS OUT THERE AND COMMODITIES CAN CHANGE SO DRASTICALLY, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO DO EXACTLY THAT. WE CAN SAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PRESENTATION IS NEXT IS NEXT WEEK.

THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVALS, WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GETTING NO, WE'VE GOT TO PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT HERE, PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT HERE.

SO THERE'S STILL STOPGAPS TO DO THAT.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE MOVING INTO.

RIGHT. LIKE ARE WE EMULATING PROSPER ISD, BUT ALSO TO KNOW THERE IS A DANGER IN PUTTING NUMBERS OUT THERE, AND THEN WE'RE SO EARLY IN THE PROCESS YET? YEAH. THE BIGGEST THING THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PROJECTS, ROB.

WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET FOR THIS.

I MEAN, WE START FROM A GROUND ZERO VERSUS EVERY OTHER PROJECT.

WE HAVE A BASIC FRAME OF REFERENCE BEFORE WE EVEN START.

AND THIS BUDGET IS ASTRONOMICALLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER CONSTRUCTION.

I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

SO NO ONE ON THIS BOARD IS SAYING COST IS NOT A BIG DEAL.

AND PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.

I'M JUST SAYING WE ARE NOT VOTING ON A PRICE POINT NEXT WEEK.

OKAY, LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

SO IF THE NUMBER WE DON'T LIKE, WE CAN OFFER THAT FEEDBACK AND STILL MAKE A DECISION ON THE DESIGN ASPECTS.

OKAY. LET'S MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT THE ACTION ITEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT IS DESIGN.

YES. THERE ARE THINGS THAT STILL CAN BE TWEAKED.

I MEAN, I THINK BASED ON WHAT HOLLY IS SAYING, ALMOST 50% WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH.

IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I MEAN, THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL PART OF A BUDGET, RIGHT? SO WE ARE NOT LOCKED IN TO LIKE, WITHIN $1 MILLION HERE.

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THAT'S A HORRIBLE IDEA TO OLIVIA'S POINT, BECAUSE NOW IT'S LIKE A YES OR NO FROM THEM, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THIS OR NOT.

YOU KNOW, THIS OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SPRING BOND.

SO WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF PACKAGE THAT IS ULTIMATELY THROUGH THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE COMING BACK TO US.

AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE BUCK STOPS WITH US, BUT WE ARE VOTING ON THE DESIGN.

YES, IT'S AFFECTED BY BUDGET, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AND IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT PROJECT FROM ANY OTHER PROJECT.

SO CHANDA.

SO AND MAYBE JUST CLARIFICATION FOR ME, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, OBVIOUSLY THE LAYOUT, THE FLOOR PLAN AND I CAN I JUST SAY I LOVE THAT THEY BROUGHT ALL THAT BACK.

YOU SCALED DOWN, YOU SAID, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.

AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HEARD WITH VLC, THEY HAVE BEEN WE KNOW, WE KNOW, WE KNOW, WE KNOW.

WE KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, WE KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND SO I AND SO I THINK THAT WE'RE THERE.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR AND KIND OF ELABORATE ON WHAT YOU SAID, WHAT WE'RE APPROVING THE NITTY GRITTY OF WHAT'S IN THIS, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT WITH, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING AND FIXTURES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL HERE, ARE WE? WELL, NOT THE NOT THE.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT.

WE'RE NOT EVEN AT THAT ENVELOPE.

I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK KIND OF ON THE GRAPH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GIVING US ESSENTIALLY A REALLY GOOD SHELL TO KIM'S POINT.

HONESTLY, IT'S A QUESTION PROBABLY I HAVE FOR THEM, JAMES, YOU KNOW, TO RELAY LIKE HOW MUCH OF WHAT IS IN THE PRESENTATION IS STILL KIND OF FLEXIBLE.

THAT'S WHAT. YES. SO OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHERE THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW.

YEAH I THINK THAT'S PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION.

THEY CAN KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET TO NEXT WEEK AND NOT KNOW THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK A GOOD WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS YOU GUYS ARE VOTING ON AN F-150 NEXT WEEK.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT COLOR IT IS.

YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS LEATHER. YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS POWER STEERING.

YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE VOTING ON AN F-150.

THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW. WE KNOW THE SHELL AND THE LAYOUT IN THE SHELL.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COLOR IT IS.

WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOUR WHEEL DRIVE F-150.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.

JAMES. OLIVIA.

THE CONSTRUCTION PERSON IN ME HAS TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE MODEL HOME, PICKING YOUR FLOOR PLAN, PICKING YOUR LOT.

AND THAT'S WHERE THAT'S YOUR STARTING POINT.

AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU GO TO THE DESIGN CENTER, YOU PICK EVERYTHING OUT AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH HONEY, WE'RE OVER BUDGET.

OKAY, PULL OUT THE INDUSTRIAL GAS RANGE.

WE'RE AT F-150 FLOOR PLAN LOT.

YES. AND THEN OUR PRICE CONTROLS BEYOND THAT, FRANKLY, WE HAVE A LOT UNTIL THESE ARE IN CONSTRUCTION PLANS, CEILING HEIGHT, WINDOWS.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM A CALLER OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER AS WELL.

YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE VLC OR SORRY HAD HEARD THAT HEARD THAT I HEARD THE SAME THING, LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE BRINGING THIS DOWN, THIS DOWN.

SO I THINK WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING US IS GOING TO BE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE AND BUILDING AS EFFICIENCY AND MODESTLY AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL.

THANK YOU. JAMES. JUST TO I THINK THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE, THOUGH, IS THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WANT A TAJ MAHAL.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF FORGETTING ABOUT I MEAN, I PERSONALLY WANT NICE SCHOOLS FOR MY KIDS.

I AM UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT THAT.

WE CAME HERE FOR NICE SCHOOLS.

SO TO VALUE ENGINEER JUST TO GET TO A CHEAPER, CHEAPER, CHEAPER, CHEAPER, THAT IS NOT WHAT I PERSONALLY THINK IS 100% OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS BOARD MEMBERS.

ALSO, THAT OUR SOLE JOB IS NOT LITERALLY TO GET TO THE CHEAPEST BUILDING.

I MEAN, THAT COULD LOOK LIKE A PRISON CELL FOR OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW? SO THERE IS A BALANCE TO BE HAD HERE.

THAT'S WHY I THINK WE'RE LEADING THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

MARY JANE. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO STICK TO THE F-150 ANALOGY, WHICH IS BASICALLY DOVETAILING WITH YOUR POINT OF PARENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IF THEY SEE AN F-150 RIGHT HERE, THEN THEY NEED TO SEE AN F-150 150.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.

YES. TRICIA.

YEAH. I YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF KIDS TO GET THROUGH THIS DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GO TO THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL OR MOST OF THEM.

AND SO I AGREE, WE DEFINITELY NEED EVERYTHING.

TOP NOTCH.

AND THAT'S WHY I APPRECIATE KIM'S INVOLVEMENT IN MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS KOSHER AND, AND THAT SHE EVEN LIKES THE NEW STUFF THAT WAS PUT INTO IT RATHER THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.

SO. I MEAN, I THINK I THINK EVERYBODY CAN GET WHAT THEY WANT, AND THAT IS THE THAT'S THE GOAL.

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ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS? OKAY. WE WILL ALSO BE VOTING ON OUR TAX RATE NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL GET OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE'LL HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION AS WELL.

ANY SURE.

GO FOR IT. PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT. EXCITED FOR THAT? YES. WE HAVE LOTS OF PRESENTATIONS NEXT WEEK IF YOU DIDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TAX RATE THIS YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? WE FEEL GOOD, OLIVIA.

NO, I FEEL GOOD. AND I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT, AS WE DID LAST YEAR, FOR ACCOMMODATING INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS AND MEETING WITH US AND ANSWERING BUDGET QUESTIONS AND RUNNING SCENARIOS AND ALL THE THINGS.

SO FOR THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK IS THE EXPECTATION THAT WE MIGHT STILL HAVE DIALOG ON THE DAIS, OR SHOULD WE BRING OUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS TO OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT PRIOR TO THAT TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED FROM FINANCE.

I THINK WE'RE FINE TO HAVE DIALOG ON THE DAIS.

I WOULD LIKE, IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE, IF YOU COULD SEND THEM TO ME, JUST KNOWING THAT, ELAINE.

BUT BY THE WAY, IT'S HER BIRTHDAY TONIGHT.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELAINE.

SHE'S HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOMEWHERE IN THE AIR.

BUT SHE WILL BE HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE IN ADVANCE, THEN AT LEAST SHE HAS A HOT SECOND TO LOOK AT THEM.

AND BE SURE SOME OF TIMES IT'S RUNNING NUMBERS AND PUTTING MORE STUFF TOGETHER FOR YOU ALL.

SO IF WE COULD GIVE HER THAT ALLOWANCE, I WOULD ASK THAT.

THANK YOU. ROB.

I THINK JUST A REMINDER WE MET.

I ASKED ELAINE FOR KIND OF THAT THE OUT YEARS.

OR EXCUSE ME, THE BOND CAPACITY, 25-26.

LOOKING AT THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE CURRENT HINES RATE OF $0.35 BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT PROLONGED CAPACITY AT OUR CURRENT TAX RATE AND WHAT THAT AFFORDS US FOR FUTURE BOND PROJECTS.

SO SHE SAID SHE'S GOING TO TRY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR THAT.

I THINK FOR ME THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAINTAINING $0.35, DEFEATING, CONTINUING TO DEFEAT DEBT EARLY, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AT A SUBSTANTIAL CLIP, WHICH IS, I THINK, VERY RESPONSIBLE, VERY GOOD.

BUT ALSO LOOKING OUT NOW WITH BOND 2025 AND BOND 2026 AND THE FULL IMPACT ON THAT AT $0.35, AND THEN POTENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THOUGHT I HAD ON THIS WAS THIS MOTION LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR AS IT RELATES TO AND THIS IS LET'S I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR JUST A SECOND BECAUSE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO COMPRESS M&O POINT, WAS IT $0.02 SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE RATE.

THE COMPRESSION IS GOING TO BE 0.0023 I THINK IS WHAT IT IS.

RIGHT. INS STAYS THE SAME.

SO, OUR TAX RATE IS ACTUALLY REDUCING BY A FRACTION OF A PENNY.

RIGHT? CORRECT.

THE MOTION LANGUAGE REFLECTS A 1.0% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THE MOTION LANGUAGE REFLECTS THAT? AND I IMAGINE THAT HAS TO DO WITH STATUTE, BUT WOULD JUST REMIND ME AND MY COLLEAGUES WHY THAT'S THE CASE.

IT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THE COMPARISON OF THE NNR RATE.

AND I DO HAVE INFORMATION IN THE PRESENTATION SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO THAT THAT EVEN THOUGH, YES, THE TAX RATE IS DECREASING WHENEVER YOU DO THE COMPARISON OF THE SAME PROPERTIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR IT'S AN INCREASE.

SO WE HAVE TO PUT THE LANGUAGE THERE AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.

OKAY. CAN YOU GO TO THAT SLIDE? CAN YOU GO FORWARD JUST SO WE CAN FIND THAT? YEAH. KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING AND GO TO THE END.

KEEP GOING A LITTLE FURTHER.

WE'LL GET THERE. KEEP GOING.

IT'S ALL THE WAY TOWARDS THE END AND IT HAS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.

YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY, RIGHT? NO, NO, SHE'S GOING THE RIGHT WAY.

OKAY. OH, SHE WAS GOING BACKWARDS.

YEAH. THE REQUIRED LANGUAGE RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT LITERALLY SPELLS IT OUT.

IF THE TAX RATE BEING ADOPTED IS THIS, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.

AND I'VE PUT THE NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY KATIE I'M SORRY, THAT ONE.

AND I'VE PUT OUT TO THE SIDE IF THE ACTION IS REQUIRED I'VE PUT YES OR NO BASED OFF OF THE COMPARISONS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO DO AGAINST VADER IN, IN OUR RATE TO MAINTAIN.

OKAY. IT KIND OF IT DOESN'T HELP WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TAX RATE ACTUALLY IS A KICK IN THE SHIN BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE

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AND WE ARE. THIS SHOWS WHY YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S MAN I DON'T KNOW, Y'ALL.

I JUST THINK THAT STINKS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHERE? BECAUSE THE NO NEW REVENUE CALCULATION REQUIREMENT ON THIS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE REDUCING THE TAX RATE.

AND WHAT HAYES HAD WAS INCREASED BY 4.1% IS STILL REFLECTING A 1% INCREASE.

SURE. I GUESS THAT'S HOW IT ALL SETTLES OUT.

BUT WE CAN'T COMPRESS THEM ANY FURTHER.

WE CAN'T. I MEAN, UNLESS WE GIVE PENNIES BACK.

I MEAN, SO IT'S LIKE, THAT'S SO FRUSTRATING, I GUESS WHATEVER IT IS.

SO, I'LL BE QUIET.

THANKS. TRICIA.

I DID ASK FOR THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

THE SAME INFORMATION THAT ROB ASKED FOR.

AND I ALWAYS WELL, I WAS LOOKING AT IT THIS WEEKEND AND I THINK I ANSWERED ONE OF MY OWN QUESTIONS, BUT THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

I THINK IT WAS IT'S AT 207 INCREASE FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER.

WHEREAS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS STILL AN INCREASE FOR EVERY HOMEOWNER AT 138.

SO THE DIFFERENCE IS NOT REALLY SUBSTANTIAL WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A RATE VERSUS WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO PAY.

SO JUST THOUGHT I WOULD THROW THAT TIDBIT OF INFORMATION IN THERE TO YOU.

IS THAT SLIDE IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS LIKE A PENNY WORTH LIKE $50 A YEAR FOR.

I DO HAVE WHAT THE INCREASE WILL BE.

AND WE ALSO PUT IN THERE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FROZEN LIKE 65 AND OLDER BECAUSE THERE'S DOESN'T CHANGE.

SO HERE'S THAT AND THE SLIDE BEFORE IT.

IF YOU MOVED IN TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES THEY WOULD SEE TECHNICALLY AN INCREASE.

THAT'S IT'S VERY NONSENSICAL.

OH, THAT IS INTERESTING.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE LIKE FOR YOUR OVER 65, THEY'RE BEING MAINTAINED.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED OR REALIZED REALIZE SOME BENEFITS FROM THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASE.

WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT APPARENT, BUT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST IN GENERAL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND PEOPLE MOVING IN, THEN OUR PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED 4.1%. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. LAST ACTION ITEM FOR NEXT WEEK IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF RFP FOR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SOLUTION.

THIS IS A I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT INFORMATION ON IT NOW, BUT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR A WHILE.

IT'S REALLY TO CREATE SOME EFFICIENCIES TO HAVE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND WORKFLOW FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTIES, LIKE PTAS, FOR FUNDRAISER REQUESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE CAN SEE WHERE IT IS AT IN THE PROCESS TO TRY AND AGAIN BE ABLE TO LOCATE IT WHEN WE NEED TO.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICAL.

ALSO, THEY ONLY WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM.

TRICIA. I LOVE THAT.

IS THIS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION OR JUST KIND OF.

IT'S NOT A PRESENTATION, AND WE HAVE TO GET WITH THEM AND GET THOSE FORMS IN PLACE.

BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL REALLY READY KIND OF SITTING THERE ON THE PLATFORM TO GO OUT THERE.

OR WE CAN TRANSITION THEM EASILY, I THINK, INTO THEIR PROCESSES AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL THEN ALSO LOOK THE SAME.

SO ALL OF THE FORMS BEING CONSISTENT AND HOPEFULLY OTHER AREAS WILL.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER AREAS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED, LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN UTILIZING SOME OF THE WORKFLOW PROCESS AS WELL TO MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE EFFICIENT FOR PARENTS AND FOR STAFF.

ROB. THAT'S AN RFP.

SO DO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT AS AN ACTION ITEM? WE DON'T HAVE TO.

I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS BEING A CONSENT ITEM IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT.

[9. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

YOU HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. MOST MUCH OF WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT, YOU ALL ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE IT'S EXTERNALLY FACING.

BUT I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A FEW THINGS.

WE HAVE OUR SURVEY OUT RIGHT NOW FOR ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX NAMING.

SO THAT SURVEY IS OPEN RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE HAD SO FAR IT'S JUST BEEN OPEN A FEW DAYS.

500 PEOPLE TOOK IT WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS.

WE'RE UP TO ALMOST 800 PEOPLE SO FAR.

OUR FIRST REMINDER WILL GO OUT TOMORROW TO OUR FAMILIES.

SO PRETTY GOOD ENGAGEMENT SO FAR ON THAT.

WE'LL KEEP PUSHING THAT FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

MESSAGES ABOUT LAUNCHING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, COMMUNICATIONS OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

[00:40:04]

BACK TO SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS.

OUR PARENTS CAN'T REALLY FOCUS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

THEY'RE KIND OF BOMBARDED WITH BACK TO SCHOOL COMMS FROM PARENTS AND STUFF, SO WE KIND OF HELD THAT.

SO THAT WILL START SHORTLY.

SO THAT WILL LOOK LIKE A VIDEO FROM DOCTOR MORRIS KOONTZ, SOME EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS MULTI-CHANNEL ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT SHORTLY.

WE'VE CONTINUED UPDATES ON THE BOND WEBSITE.

SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY TIGHT.

BRANSON AND BLAKE HAVE BEEN IN TIGHT COMMUNICATION WITH JAMES, TRYING TO KEEP REALLY QUICK UPDATES AS THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ONLINE AND GETTING PHOTOS AND UPDATES ON THE WEBSITE.

SO PRETTY PLEASED WITH HOW THAT HAS PROGRESSED.

AND THEN THERE'S A CATEGORY HERE FOR NON PARENT COMMUNICATIONS.

THIS WAS A SMALL KIND OF PAIN AND PAIN POINT FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE COULDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE.

IF YOU ALL REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE WEREN'T ABLE TO EMAIL PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T IN SKYWARD.

WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR, A WAY TO DO THAT.

AND SO NOW WITH OUR NEW WEBSITE PLATFORM, WE ARE ABLE TO EMAIL OUT TO.

PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN SKYWARD SO THAT IT SYSTEM WHILE SMALL, WE ONLY HAVE A FEW NAMES IN OUR DATABASE.

WE ARE STARTING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND ABLE TO MARKET TO THEM FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.

AND SO THOSE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS ARE OPENING, AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT CHANNEL WILL GROW FOR US.

ON THE MULTIMEDIA FRONT BRANSON, OF COURSE, IS CONTINUING TO DO GREAT WORK.

WE LAUNCHED THE BRANDING VIDEO THAT YOU ALL SAW AT CONVOCATION, WHICH IS KIND OF THE OVERVIEW ON THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED REALLY WELL.

25,000 VIEWS ON THE DAY THAT I CREATED THAT I SUBMITTED THIS, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK.

WE ALSO DID A SUPER FUNNY SPOOF WITH BILLY MADISON.

PRINCIPAL SPRAYBERRY INDULGED US IN THAT WE APPRECIATE PEOPLE THAT WILL DO FUNNY THINGS WITH US.

THAT ACTUALLY WAS 23,000 VIEWS AND I KNOW, I KNOW 23,000.

OUR SECOND HIGHEST PERFORMING VIDEO.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

MR. SPRAYBERRY WAS SUCH A GOOD SPORT.

SO I KNOW ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE BRANDING VIDEO.

GO FIGURE.

I KNOW, AND THEN SLICE THREE PIZZA DID A WHOLE LIKE, FAMILY PROMO BACK TO SCHOOL AROUND IT.

SO IT WAS FUNNY.

SO WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

BRANDING. I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE, BUT THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH FOUR WINGS ON THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY SOON WE'LL HAVE A NEW RECOMMENDATION BACK ON THAT.

THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD IN THE WORKSHOP OVER THE SUMMER, THAT WORK IS CONTINUING TO PROGRESS, SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED THERE.

AND THE SPIRIT SHOP OPENED.

I THINK MOST OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN THERE.

SO THAT WAS THE COMMITMENT THAT WE WOULD BE OPEN BY THE FIRST HOME GAME.

SO WE MET THAT WE SOLD $8,000 WORTH OF STUFF IN OUR FIRST FIVE DAYS, AND WE ARE OPEN ONLINE FOR BUY ONLINE PICKUP ANYTIME.

AND THEN WE'RE OPEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THE FRIDAYS OF HOME VARSITY FOOTBALL GAMES.

SO I THINK THAT'S IT.

Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS? IT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

YEAH. KIM. I JUST LOVE THAT YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN SKYWARD.

BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO ALL THESE EVENTS AND WE TALK ABOUT STUFF THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON IN THE SPRING, THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, HOW CAN I FIND THAT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.

AND SO THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO COME AND SUPPORT ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT THERE.

AND DO THEY NEED TO CONTACT YOU OR.

WELL, THEY CAN SUBSCRIBE AND THEY CAN GET AN EMAIL.

BUT THE EASIEST WAY IS FOR THEM TO GET THE APP ON THEIR PHONE.

OKAY. SO THEY CAN DOWNLOAD OUR APP TO THEIR PHONE.

AND IF THEY'RE TECH SAVVY, THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY.

AND THEN THEY CAN JUST GET THE EVENTS AND THEY CAN ADD IT STRAIGHT TO THEIR CALENDAR.

THAT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE.

SOME PEOPLE STILL WANT TO PUSH EMAIL, AND THEY CAN CONTACT US AND GET ADDED TO OUR EMAIL LIST.

SO IF THEY EVER COME TO AN EVENT, THEY'LL AUTOMATICALLY FOLD INTO OUR DATABASE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THEM AND THEN THE MACHINE WILL START WORKING.

SO ONCE THEY LIKE IF THEY EVER COME TO A TAXPAYER TUESDAY, WE THEN HAVE THEM AND THEY GET ADDED TO OUR COMMUNITY LIST AND WE GET THEIR PERMISSION TO EMAIL THEM AND THEY FOLD IN.

SO I'LL GET THEM ON THE APP.

GOT IT. BUT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DOWNLOAD THE APP, THAT'S THE EASIEST THING.

AND THEN YEAH, THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING THAT WAY.

SHANDA. I SO MUCH OF THIS, I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT JUST IN THE LAST YEAR.

LIKE THE CHANGE THAT'S GONE ON.

THANK YOU. AND I LOVE THE SPIRIT WHERE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND AT ALL THE UPSIDE DOWN LETTERS, BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S LIKE THE THING.

[00:45:03]

BUT THE THING THAT'S UPSIDE DOWN, IT'S A THING.

I KNOW IT'S A THING.

IT WAS YOUR, LIKE, BEST SELLER.

IT'S A THING. YEAH, IT'S A THING.

WE HAVE TO GO WITH IT, I KNOW.

BUT EVERYTHING IN THERE, I TOOK A I TOOK A FRIEND IN WITH ME, AND, I MEAN, WE WERE JUST LIKE, I LOVE THIS, I LOVE THIS, I LOVE THIS, I KNOW.

AND I JUST, I HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO BRANSON BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE HE JUST NEVER SLEEPS OR, LIKE, JUST WORKS ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T KIM AND I WERE AT THE VOLLEYBALL GAME AND I WAS LIKE, GOSH, HE'S JUST HE'S JUST EVERYWHERE.

I KNOW. AND SO THE TEAM WORKS REALLY HARD.

THEY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK. SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.

SO THANK YOU. AND I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF THIS.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MARY JANE.

SO THIS IS REALLY JUST KIND OF A THROWING IT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION.

I WAS TALKING TO A TRUSTEE IN ANOTHER DISTRICT ABOUT TAXPAYER TUESDAY AND HOW MUCH I LOVE IT.

AND THERE'S JUST SUCH GREAT INFORMATION, AND WE HAVE SO FEW PEOPLE COME AND THEY HAD DONE A STUDY IN THEIR DISTRICT AND IT CAME DOWN TO OFFERING FOOD AND OFFERING CHILD CARE.

AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND VISIT.

AND SO I'M NOT SAYING I KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT LITTLE TIDBIT FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU.

YEAH. WELL.

TRICIA, I MEAN, I'LL COME TO EVERYTHING IF THEY'LL OFFER FREE DAYCARE.

RIGHT. NO.

I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

I THINK YOU GUYS DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THE VFW ON THURSDAY HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THAT.

AND I DO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE.

SO CAN WE JUST GET A QUICK EMAIL OF MAYBE THE QR CODE? I'M NOT QR CODE SAVVY, SO THAT'S.

YES. SO YEAH.

LET ME. YEAH.

LET ME JUST IT'S PROBABLY EASIEST IF THEY CAN DO THE APP, BUT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE APP THEY CAN JUST CONTACT THE COMMS, THE TEAM.

BUT LET ME JUST LET ME JUST SEND YOU THAT DIRECTLY AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE IT.

THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ARE YOU WERE YOU THINKING A QR CODE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP? YEAH. OR JUST MAYBE JUST A ONE PAGER? OKAY, HERE'S HOW TO DOWNLOAD THE APP.

OR YES, EMAIL.

OR THEY CAN CONTACT THE CONTACT US DIRECTLY AND WE CAN ADD THEM.

I LOVE YOU. MY QUESTION IS LESS FUN.

NOT IMPORTANT. MAYBE GET BACK.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PAGES ON LIKE INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK WHERE THEY'RE USING DH, YOU KNOW, DH HIGH SCHOOL OR DS HS.

THANK YOU.

OUR COLORS PAUSE.

SOME ARE A LITTLE LIKE NEFARIOUS AND MAYBE JOKESTER TYPE THING.

DO WE EVER I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE COME ACROSS.

DO YOU MEAN THE LOGOS OR DO YOU MEAN THE WORDS.

DSHS, BUT THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT RELATED AT ALL, ACTUALLY, TO THE DISTRICT.

YEAH. WE HAVEN'T.

THEY ARE RELATED TO THE DISTRICT.

THEY'RE JUST NOT DRIVEN.

THEY'RE NOT FROM THE DISTRICT.

SO YOU'RE SAYING NOT FROM THE DISTRICT AND THEY'RE NEGATIVE, OR THEY'RE JUST SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE USING OUR MARKS.

WHAT WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER I THINK IT'S THE LICENSING AGREEMENT.

WHAT WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER IS WHAT'S LICENSED AND COPYRIGHTED TO US.

WE DON'T OWN THE MARKET ON DS.

THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO CAN USE DS WITHOUT THAT BEING AFFILIATED WITH US, AND US NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT FOR WHAT JENNIFER'S TEAM IS ABLE TO MANAGE AND TO SEND LETTERS ON ARE THINGS WHERE IT'S OUR LICENSED TRADEMARKED DRIPPING SPRINGS, EMBLEMS, LOGOS AND THOSE AND SAY TO PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T USE THIS IMAGE OR LIKENESS WITHOUT SIGNING OUR LICENSING AGREEMENT, WHICH IS ONLY THE POOR, THE DRIPPING SPRINGS LOGO.

THAT AND THEN THE PHRASE DRIPPING SPRINGS TIGERS ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY TRADEMARKED.

SO BUT CERTAINLY IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY GROSSLY INAPPROPRIATE, I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

SO CERTAINLY, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, WE CERTAINLY TRY TO IF SOMETHING COMES INTO OUR CHANNEL, WE'RE NOT WE NEVER ARE ABLE TO DELETE ANYTHING BECAUSE OF PUBLIC RECORD.

WE HAVE TO IF SOMEONE COMES INTO OUR CHANNEL AND POSTS SOMETHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE DON'T DELETE IT.

BUT WE CERTAINLY TRY TO HIDE AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT IS CERTAINLY HIDDEN.

BUT SO ALWAYS LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH. PLEASE DO.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE WATCHING IT PRETTY CLOSELY.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO FINANCE REPORTS.

ANYTHING ELSE TO HIGHLIGHT? NO, NO, IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE ACTIVITY AT THIS POINT OKAY.

OPERATION REPORTS.

BOND UPDATE.

DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO THAT TONIGHT OR DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT NEXT WEEK?

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PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S DO IT TONIGHT.

OR ARE WE PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, JAMES? OKAY. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO DO AN F-150 IN THIS REPORT, BUT.

I JUST WANT YOU TO SAY CHEVROLET SILVERADO.

I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH YOU, JAMES.

YOU DRIVE A GMC, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

THE OKAY, LET'S START WITH ELEMENTARY SIX.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE SITE PERMIT.

THERE'S SOME PICTURES UP HERE THAT WERE PRETTY RECENT, SO WE GOT SOME RETAINING WALLS.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT GREEN ONE THERE.

THE YELLOW IS A GRADE BEAM.

AND THEN THE ONE ON THE FAR RIGHT THAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE GOLS GOING IN.

SO OUR LOOP WALL SYSTEMS ARE GOING IN.

SO I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I DID MEET WITH THE CITY TODAY ABOUT THE PERMIT WE'RE IN.

YOU SEE THIS THE FIFTH AROUND? SO I MET WITH SHANE THIS MORNING.

HE WAS A LITTLE VERY.

HE WAS VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH TODAY.

SO HE ACTUALLY TALKED TO ME JUST A SECOND AGO TO GIVE ME AN UPDATE.

WE CLEARED THE ONE WITH THE SYSTEMS THAT WAS KIND OF THAT WAS KIND OF HANGING UP ON EVERYTHING.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO USE THAT TO COLLECT CONDENSATE WATER TO DO SOME OF OUR LOCAL IRRIGATION, WHICH THEY'RE OUTSIDE REVIEWERS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH.

SO THAT WAS AWESOME. THE REST OF THEM WERE PRETTY MINOR.

HE TOLD THE REVIEWER THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET BACK TO HIM.

THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT IN THE MORNING AND GET BACK WITH ME TOMORROW.

SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THAT BUILDING PERMIT IS CLEARED TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE NEXT WEEK.

SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

CONSTRUCTION IS GOING WELL.

OTHER THAN THAT EXPANSION AT SYCAMORE SPRINGS.

GOING WELL. WE GOT THE CAFETERIA WING OPEN.

YOU CAN SEE THAT PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S THE NEW OUTSIDE AWNING.

GOT THE PICNIC TABLES UNDERNEATH IT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT NEW SECURITY FENCE, AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.

PUT UP IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

THE FAR LEFT PICTURE IS THE STRUCTURAL STEEL.

WE HAVE ABOUT 90% OF THAT UP RIGHT NOW GOING GREAT.

AND THEN THAT FAR RIGHT PICTURE IS ACTUALLY THE BUILDING ENVELOPE.

YOU CAN SEE THE ROOFING GOING ON THAT FIRST WING.

AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THAT LAND BRIDGE COMES OUT OF THAT BUILDING.

AND IT KIND OF CONNECTS TO THIS OTHER STRUCTURAL STEEL ELEMENT THAT YOU SEE.

SO BARTLETT IS DOING A GREAT JOB.

VOLK IS DOING A GREAT JOB SUPPORTING THAT AND DOING GOOD.

DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL COMBINE THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE SIMILAR PROJECTS.

ARNOLD DID A GREAT JOB CLOSING OUT THINGS.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PUNCH LIST.

WE HAD IT WAS IN THE THOUSANDS, OBVIOUSLY, WITH EVERYTHING WE LOOK AT.

I THINK WE GOT ABOUT 15% OF THAT LEFT.

SO WE'RE DOING THAT AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS.

THAT'S, THAT'S A THAT'S KIND OF NORMAL.

ANYTHING THAT'S AFFECTING THE TEACHERS OR THE KIDS THEMSELVES, WE DO DURING THE DAY WITH PRINCIPALS AND SECURITY AND HOLLY'S PERMISSION.

SO IF WE HAVE THAT, WE MAKE SURE THEY'RE VETTED SECURITY WISE AND THEN THEY DO THAT WORK.

JUST DON'T INTERRUPT IT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HVAC, LIGHTING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE ARE ACTUALLY STARTING TO WORK ON THE GMP THREE, WHICH YOU GUYS WILL PROBABLY SEE NEXT MONTH FOR LONG LEAD ITEMS FOR NEXT SUMMER.

WE'RE IN HEAVY PLANNING FOR THAT.

SO SINCE WE FAILED THE TO BOND THE LAST TIME WE GOT A LATE START ON THIS STUFF.

NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPERLY DOING THIS.

WE SHOULD HAVE A GREAT ROLLOUT NEXT YEAR THAT CONTRACTORS FAMILIAR WITH US, WE'RE BUILDING BETTER RELATIONSHIPS.

I'M REALLY EXPECTING.

I THINK WE HAD A REALLY GOOD SUMMER THIS YEAR, BUT I'M EXPECTING NEXT YEAR TO GO EVEN BETTER.

I WENT THROUGH THIS WINTER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

ANOTHER ONE THAT'S NEW FOR YOU GUYS IS FENCING.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT A LOT.

THE LAST THING WE WERE WAITING FOR IS TO MEET WITH THE TEA, SO WE ACTUALLY GOT OUR AGENT THAT'S ASSIGNED TO US.

SO ME AND SERENA MET WITH HIM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

ACTUALLY, I HAD HIM COME VISIT A COUPLE CAMPUS.

APPROVE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH FENCING, WHICH IS THAT TOP RIGHT PICTURE.

IT'S A ONE INCH MICRO MESH WITH A BARBED TOP, AND IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA.

THAT MIDDLE PICTURE IS HARD TO SEE.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE USING TO DO OUR BIDS.

WE'RE GOING TO IT'S HIGHLIGHTED OUT WITH THE COLORS OF THE FENCING.

WHERE THAT GO THAT FAR RIGHT PICTURE IS A SECURITY GATE THAT MEETS ALL THE TEA STANDARDS.

SO THOSE ARE THE GATES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

AND YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY SEEING THIS.

THIS IS FROM OUT OF THE DISTRICT.

THESE ARE NEXT TO OUR PORTABLES THAT WE HAVE IT AT SEVERAL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SO THAT'LL BE OUR GATE SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT.

THE OTHER THING WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO IS ACTUALLY WORK ON SPECIFIC SPECIFICATIONS AND PLANS WITH THIS WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

SO I KNOW EVERYBODY THAT WORKS WITH ME ON A DAILY BASIS GETS SICK OF ME SAYING THIS, BUT SPECS AND STANDARDS, DISTRICT STANDARDS, WE WANT TO HAVE A DISTRICT STANDARD.

AND THEN THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY ROLL ON TO THE NEW CAMPUS AS YOU GUYS APPROVE.

FUTURE PROJECTS, LAND ACQUISITION TO KIND OF COMBINE THIS ONE NEXT SUMMER, WE HAVE DSCS, DSMS THE SECOND PHASE OF WHAT WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, AND THAT SHOULD COMPLETE THOSE TWO JOBS. WE THINK WE'LL KNOW WHEN WE GET FURTHER PLANNING CLOSER TO CHRISTMAS.

SO THAT'S WHERE OUR PLANNING IS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY FLOORING.

IT'LL MATCH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH IT.

SO WE'LL GET THAT DONE NEXT YEAR.

THE OTHER THING YOU GUYS WILL BE SEEING IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS IS ROOSTER SPRINGS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE SECURE VESTIBULE, ALL THE SECURITY UPGRADES WE'RE DOING.

SO YOU GUYS WILL START SEEING THAT COME HIT YOU AND THAT'LL BE NEXT SUMMER.

SO WE HAVE AGAIN AN AGGRESSIVE AND REALLY BUSY NEXT SUMMER.

FUTURE SCHOOL SITES.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ABOUT A POTENTIAL 18 PLUS SITE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THAT.

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AND WE HAVE A FUTURE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER ON A FUTURE SCHOOL SITE.

WE'VE TEST FITTED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO WORK, AND WE'RE FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS ON THAT.

THAT IS THE END OF MY STUFF.

YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? SORRY I COULDN'T WORK THE F-150.

I TRIED, BUT TRICIA I DON'T KNOW.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FENCE? YES, MA'AM. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE REQUIREMENT THERE IS? IS IT GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND EACH CAMPUS? IS IT GOING TO GO JUST AROUND THE SCHOOL BUILDING ITSELF AND NOT THE PARKING LOT? LIKE, HOW IS ALL OF THAT SUPPOSED TO.

IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE CAMPUS.

OBVIOUSLY. WE HAVE CAMPUSES WITH DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE IT JUST GOES OUT INTO THE JUNGLE.

WE WANT TO PROTECT THAT.

SO THERE WILL BE AN EXTERNAL FENCE THAT KIND OF GOES OUT THERE.

SO IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE SITE.

THE TEA REQUIRES US TO ENCLOSE OUR CHILDREN LIKE PLAYGROUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE THEY'RE AT LUNCH AREAS.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS HIGH SECURITY FENCING, THEIR NON-CLIMBABLE NON-SCALABLE WITH THE TEA GATES.

THE EXTERNAL FENCES ARE GOING TO DIFFER PER.

AND WE'LL HAVE PLANS THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHEN WE HAVE ALL THAT VETTED.

BUT WORKING AGAIN WITH HOLLY AND DOCTOR MORRIS KOONTZ AND OUR SECURITY SERENA, IT'S CASE BY CASE ON THAT.

OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A VISUAL ON EXACTLY WHAT THE SYCAMORE CAMPUS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IT'S SO OPEN IN THE FRONT.

AND, I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO.

I MEAN, YOU CAN ENCLOSE THE WHOLE THING, BUT THAT WOULD KIND OF THE ESTHETICS OF THAT WOULD NOT BE VERY PLEASING.

SO THE FRONTS YOU PROBABLY NEVER SEE ONE OPEN ON, I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE IN AUSTIN THAT WAS CLOSED ON THE FRONT.

THAT GETS REALLY COMPLICATED WITH GATE SYSTEMS. WE HAVE SO MUCH TRAFFIC, THERE'S NO WAY TO GET THEM IN AND OUT.

SO FORTUNATELY, YOU PROBABLY UNLESS YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE THAT OR THAT COMES FROM THE DISTRICT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN ON THE FRONT.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

I GUESS TO CLARIFY THAT QUESTION THOUGH, THE GATE LIKE THE FENCING, I MEAN TO USE SYCAMORE JUST BECAUSE THAT IS THE EXAMPLE BROUGHT UP.

IS THAT WHAT TIA IS REQUIRING? DID WE COME UP WITH THAT? BECAUSE I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING ON YOUR SLIDES.

WE AS A DISTRICT ARE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO INTERPRET THIS.

WE AS A DISTRICT ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE GOING TO STANDARDIZE THIS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

BUT WHAT IS UP CURRENTLY? THAT WAS STATUTE BY THE SAFETY STANDARDS GIVEN BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT.

CORRECT. YOU CAN GET A LITTLE IT CAN GET A LITTLE COMPLICATED.

WE HAVE TO STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY ABIDE BY.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT STANDARDS THAT THAT WE CAME UP WITH.

THAT CAN BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO ONE THE TO WE HAVE TO DO THE STATE REQUIRED.

THE REST IS OUR SYSTEM.

SO, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SECURITY THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF MIXING.

THE TEAS ARE BLACK AND WHITE.

WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO WITH THAT.

THE EXTERNAL STUFF, THE ONES THAT GO ON OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARIES OR STOP YOU FROM GOING IN THE WOODS.

THAT'S MORE OF A DISTRICT THING.

DOES THAT CLARIFY WHAT I'M WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? IT'S A LITTLE MUDDIER, BUT CAN WE GIVE AN EXAMPLE REAL QUICK? SO LIKE FENCING IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT PERIMETER FENCING LIKE SYCAMORE THAT YOU'RE SEEING, THAT'S BEST PRACTICE, RIGHT? TO KEEP OUR KIDS FROM GOING OFF THE, YOU KNOW, KEEP PEOPLE FROM COMING INTO ONTO OUR CAMPUS AND KEEP OUR KIDS FROM GOING OUTSIDE THAT AREA INTO WOODED AREAS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF BEST PRACTICE.

THE IN REFERENCE TO THE REQUIREMENT PER TEA IS IF THE FENCING ESTABLISHES WHAT'S CALLED A SECURED AREA.

OKAY. SO A SECURED AREA WOULD BE IF YOU THINK OF SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY, ALL THOSE PLAYGROUNDS OKAY.

THAT'S THAT YOU ALREADY SEE RIGHT.

I THINK I'M SORRY.

I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU. I THINK THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THOSE THAT WAS IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO UVALDE.

I THINK THE CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY AND MY PERSONAL CONCERN, I DON'T I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS RIGHT NOW, BUT IS THIS PERIMETER FENCING BECAUSE IT APPEARS I MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD.

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THIS WAS A SAFETY STANDARD GIVEN DOWN FROM THE STATE.

IT'S NOT. PERIMETER FENCING IS NOT REQUIRED.

IT'S JUST BEST PRACTICE.

OKAY, THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AS A BOARD.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION IN THE BEGINNING, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, FROM TEA AND WHAT THEY WERE PUTTING OUT, BECAUSE I DID LOOK UP SOMETHING RECENTLY, AND MAYBE I NEED TO LOOP BACK WITH HOLLY BECAUSE THERE IS A REQUIREMENT.

I JUST IT'S NOT A MANDATE.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME. THE REQUIREMENT, THE REQUIREMENT IS IF YOUR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ESTABLISHING A SECURED AREA AND WHAT THE SECURED AREA MEANS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT FENCING IN PLACE SIX FOOT NON-SCALABLE UNCLIMBABLE TO ALLOW FOR OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY, SO THAT, LET'S SAY, A PLAYGROUND WHERE THOSE DOORS ARE IN AND OUT AND YOU HAVE A HARD TIME NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO.

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SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE REQUIRED FENCING IS.

IT MAY BE HELPFUL WHEN WE DO SAFETY UPDATES WITH SERENA TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE BEING REQUIRED TO DO AND WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THAT AND WHY, SO THAT SHE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE WITH FENCING SO THAT YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE THAT ON A CAMPUS SITE AND KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF OF THAT.

I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOPING BACK WITH THE BOARD ON KIND OF WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DEVELOPING THESE DISTRICT STANDARDS, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE'RE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

YEAH. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED RIGHT NOW THAT I, THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

MAYBE THAT'S COMPLETELY ON ME.

WHICH I COMPLETELY OWN.

I THINK IT'S INTERESTING, THOUGH, BECAUSE WASN'T THERE SPECIAL GRANT MONEY GIVEN TO JUST COVER FENCING? THAT'S SUPER CONFUSING.

SO THEY'RE GIVING US MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT A MANDATE.

SO BASICALLY IT KIND OF THERE ARE.

BUT THAT'S NOT BEING SAID IN THIS CONVERSATION.

SO THE SECURITY FENCING IS ALL COVERED BY GRANT MONEY THAT ALLOWS THAT ESTABLISHES THE SECURED.

GOT IT. YOU'RE DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN THE SECURE FENCING AND THE PERIMETER FENCING.

YEAH. AND THERE'S YEAH THERE'S DEFINITIONS.

AND THERE'S DIFFERENT REASONS FOR WHY DIFFERENT FENCING ARE BEING.

THAT'S SUPER CONFUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

CAMPUS MAP WITH SERENA.

AND LET HER EXPLAIN TO YOU THE SAFETY MEASURES AND THE FENCING WHERE AND WHY, SO THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A VISUAL ON THAT FENCING.

SO THE COWS. THE COWS.

EXACTLY. CORRECT. YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND THAT WAS PART OF BOND DOLLARS.

IT'S GOING TO BE WE'VE THAT WE'VE DONE IT WHERE IT CAN MEET THE GRANT BECAUSE THAT'S YOU KNOW, OUR ARGUMENT IS THAT IT'S GOING TO ESTABLISH THAT SECURED AREA.

AND SO THEREFORE IT BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THE ENTIRE PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE PERIMETER.

BUT BECAUSE IT ESTABLISHES THE SECURED AREA, IT CAN BE COVERED BY GRANT MONEY.

GOT IT. SO TO JAMES POINT, I MEAN THERE ARE IT'S VAGUE THOUGH BECAUSE YOU'RE I MEAN CONFUSING.

YEAH, YEAH.

OKAY. TRICIA.

SO ARE WE GOING TO HAVE GATES IN ALL THE AREAS THAT THE KIDDOS ARE GOING THROUGH? THE SECURED AREAS? YES. YEAH, THE SECURED AREAS, FOR SURE.

THERE'S SOME MAN MADE WAYS THAT THEY GET HOME AS WELL.

AND I JUST WASN'T SURE IF WE WERE CUTTING THOSE OFF TO GET FASTER.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PERIMETER FENCING? YEAH. WE HAVEN'T.

WE MENTIONED OPENINGS, BUT WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON THAT YET.

SO AT THIS POINT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU SEE, IT'S SOLID ALL THE WAY DOWN.

OKAY. AND I DON'T I ONLY BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IF WE EVER DO LOSE BUS SERVICE IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA IT WOULD HINDER THE KIDS GETTING HOME SPECIFIC WAYS.

SO JUST MAYBE KEEP THAT.

GOTCHA. FOR SURE.

ROB. YEAH I AGREE.

HERE'S A GOOD THING. WE'RE IN A POSITION TO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO NOT ONLY MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR FENCING AND THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO FROM A PHYSICAL SECURITY PERSPECTIVE. NOW WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY ADD TO I THINK TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME FIDELITY THAT NEEDS TO BE ESTABLISHED WITH THIS BODY ON THAT.

WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SAFETY SECURITY MEETING, WHICH IS A CLOSED MEETING.

PROBABLY BEHOOVE US.

BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IS HOW CAN WE CREATE THE MOST, THE SAFEST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTS AT OUR CAMPUSES? AND THAT'S A GOOD GOAL, BUT FOR SURE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE SOME MORE FIDELITY.

AS THIS THING IS, THESE THINGS ARE COMING UP IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE, SO WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW THAT FOR SURE.

YEAH. PIVOTING REAL QUICK OVER TO JAMES.

SYCAMORE IS LOOKING GOOD.

ARE WE ON THE CRITICAL PATH SCHEDULE FOR THAT AS IT RELATES TO GOING VERTICAL AND OUR VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION? EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD ON TIME ON THAT.

YES, SIR. EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL THERE.

AND THE FENCING.

ONE MORE THING. BACK TO YOU. YEAH. GO AHEAD, FEEL FREE.

GOING TO BE COLOR CODED TO HELP YOU GUYS.

SO THE STUFF THAT'S TEA REQUIRED WILL BE A CERTAIN COLOR WHEN YOU GUYS SEE THESE MAPS.

AND THEN THE OTHER STUFF, THAT'S DISTRICT.

YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT REAL CLEAR WHEN YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THAT WITH SERENA.

SO THAT WILL HELP OUT I THINK A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR SURE.

AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD WANTS TO DO LESS FOR SECURITY.

BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE PRACTICALITY OF IT AND OUR AWARENESS OF IT IS ALSO CRITICAL.

AND THEN OKAY, SO WE GOT GOOD NEWS, I GUESS FROM THE CITY ISH ON THE PERMIT, ARE WE BEHIND ON THE VERTICAL SCHEDULE BASED ON THE LIKE OF IT, OR ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT US NOW MOVING FORWARD ON THAT SCHEDULE? NO, BUT WE'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, YEAH, WE NEED TO GET THAT CLEARED UP.

SO. SO WE'RE NOT BEHIND, AMERICANS DOING AMAZING.

BUT WE'RE RIGHT UP ON IT.

I MEAN, IT STARTED FEBRUARY, I THINK, 19TH.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR ON MONDAY WHEN YOU TELL US IT'S ALL GOOD.

WE'RE READY TO GO. RIGHT? IT'S A PHASE, BUT NO, WE'RE STILL GOING.

I MEAN, I DON'T SAY THAT TO AMERICAN, SO WE'RE STILL GOING.

OKAY. WELL, AS IT RELATES TO AT LEAST THE PAPERWORK DRILL OF GETTING EVERYTHING APPROVED, THAT WOULD BE A BIG THING TO HAVE THAT RELEASED AND BE KIND OF OVER

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OKAY. BUT IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF A PROBLEM IF WE DON'T GET THAT ACROSS THE GOAL LINE.

OKAY. YEAH. WHICH CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY FOR US TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND GET IT ACROSS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT IMPROVING THAT LIKE A LESSONS LEARNED BETWEEN US AND THE CITY.

AND SHANE'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH, SO HAS TORRY.

SO WE'RE DEVELOPING THAT.

THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOME GROWING PAINS WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO THAT'LL BE GOOD. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS THERE AND GET A FEEL FOR SOME OF THE NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS PASSED.

THEY HAVE SOME NEW ORDINANCES ON CERTAIN THINGS AND ENSURING OUR ARCHITECTS TEAM UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO PULL YOUR HAIR OVER THIS, RIGHT? I GOT A TEXT FROM HIM BECAUSE I TOLD HIM I WAS TALKING TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT.

I GOT A TEXT FROM HIM 20 MINUTES AGO.

SO THAT'S GOOD. OUR RELATIONSHIP IS ACTUALLY A GOOD CONVERSATION, SO THAT'S GOOD.

OUTSTANDING. OKAY.

WELL, HEY. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

MAYBE, MAYBE ON MONDAY NIGHT IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY.

IF NOT, IT'S FINE. BUT HEY, JUST REALLY APPRECIATE I WAS TALKING WITH HOLLY A LITTLE BIT TODAY AT OUR MEETING.

A LOT OF ALL THE WORK THAT THE TEAM ON THE OPERATIONS TEAM DID OVER THE SUMMER AND CONTINUING AS WE'RE LEADING INTO THE FALL ON OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE DON'T GIVE THAT ENOUGH CREDIT HOW HARD THAT IS TO DO AND TO DO IT WITH HIGH DEGREES OF EXCELLENCE, TO DO IT WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT THIS BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY HAS ALLOWED FOR THESE PROJECTS TO STAY ON TIME.

THE BREADTH AND SCOPE AND SCALE OF THEM ARE SUBSTANTIAL, AND THAT'S NOT LOST ON ME.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR OUR COLLEAGUES, BUT I THINK I CAN ON THIS ONE.

LIKE WE GET THAT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THE QUESTIONS WE ASK IS ONLY JUST ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST JOB UP HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT YOU AND ALL THE OTHER TEAM ARE DOING SO. THANK YOU. THE TEAM IS KEY.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY FROM TECHNOLOGY TO THE GROUNDS GUYS TO I MEAN, A LOT OF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW THIS.

LIKE, WE CLOSED THE GROUNDS, DOWN THE GROUNDS, DOWN TO THOSE GUYS TO MOW BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON THEM.

AND THEN THEY HAVE TO HURRY UP A WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AND KIND OF MOBILIZE TO HIT THAT.

SO, I MEAN, EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL, FROM OUR TEACHERS TO OUR STAFF TO EVERYBODY.

IT'S BEEN GREAT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU NOTICING EVERYBODY ELSE.

IF I COULD DO ONE MORE THING, ONE MORE THING, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN A RABBIT HOLE ON THIS, BUT ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE DESIGNING HIGH SCHOOL TWO AND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT FUTURE SCHOOLS, ARE WE LOOKING HARD AT AND MAYBE WE'RE ALREADY DOING THIS AND I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF IT.

ON REDUNDANT EMERGENCY WATER CAPABILITIES.

RIGHT. AND I BRING UP THE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED HERE RECENTLY, RIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN WHERE WEST TRAVIS COUNTY, PA HAD TWO INSTANCES WHERE PRESSURE WAS LIMITED, REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY, WHICH IMPACTED OPERATIONS.

SUPERINTENDENT ALMOST HAD TO MAKE A TOUGH CALL WITH SOME THINGS AND MOBILIZE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

ARE WE THINKING THROUGH THAT TO HAVE CONTINGENCY WATER SOURCES.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WHETHER IT'S CONDENSATE, RAINWATER COLLECTION, ETC.

THAT WE COULD SWITCH ON IN THE EVENT THAT PRIMARY WATER IS LOST FOR THE MUNICIPALITY.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING THROUGH, THINKING THROUGH THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO FOR FUTURE SCHOOL DESIGN? WE HAVE STARTED TO LOOK AT THAT.

RAINWATER CONDENSATE IS A LITTLE A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T USE THAT FOR OBVIOUSLY POTABLE WATER IN THE CITY.

SO YOU CAN'T WE CAN'T REPLUMB ALL OUR TOILETS TO JUST GO ONE WAY AND ALL THE DRINKING WATER GO ANOTHER WAY.

THAT ONE'S TOUGH.

WE ARE LOOKING AT IT, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A PORTABLE WATER STORAGE SYSTEM TO DO THAT.

THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD HAVE BEEN ISOLATED A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.

I MEAN, THEY'RE HORRIBLE WHEN THEY DO HAPPEN, BUT THE COST TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I MEAN, WE'D HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'D BE EXPENSIVE TO HAVE SOMETHING, BASICALLY A WATER TOWER OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL TO DO TO KEEP THE SCHOOL RUNNING FOR EVERYTHING ON POTABLE WATER.

YEAH, THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO FOR SOMETHING THAT OUR HISTORY HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR, AT MOST WHEN I BRING IT UP.

I WAS AT THE CAPCOM MEETING, AND I WAS TALKING WITH SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ACROSS OUR AREA AND THE NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE THAT MUNICIPALITIES ARE FACING IS WATER, DOMESTIC WATER. RIGHT.

AND OKAY, HOW BAD DOES IT KEEP GETTING FOR US? BECAUSE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS WE'RE HAVING TO CONSISTENTLY CANCEL OR POSTPONE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET WATER TO SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES, RIGHT? THAT MAY SEEM CRAZY, BUT THAT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM HAPPENING THIS YEAR.

AND I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.

IT'S NOT ONE WE NEED TO SOLVE FOR THE DAIS AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT, BUT I THINK IT'S A CONSIDERATION THAT WE AT LEAST NEED TO HAVE A PLAYBOOK FOR, FOR OUR FUTURE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS WORKING ON THE WATERSHED.

IT'S WORKING ON FUTURE WATER PLANS AND HOW ALL THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUAL PROBLEM FOR US, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE LARGER SCHOOLS.

IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING AT.

I JUST THROW IT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION AND THEN WE CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT.

WE DID HAVE A FORMAL MEETING LAST WEEK TO ACTUALLY START THOSE CONVERSATIONS, TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW, A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY EMPLOYS THAT.

SOME OF THE WATER STUFF THAT WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, I THINK IS JUST EDUCATION.

LIKE THE [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW THEY HAD SOME WATER RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE GOING INTO EFFECT THE NEXT DAY, SO I THINK EVERYBODY FILLED UP THEIR POOL AND WATERED THEIR LAWN THAT MORNING AND THEY DIMINISHED THEIR TOWER.

WHY DO YOU GOT A DOG IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MAN? JUST. COME ON, MAN.

USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, F-150 KIND OF ISH.

AND I THINK THAT I THINK WITH SOME EDUCATION WHEN WE DON'T, IF WE CAN GRADUALLY KIND OF DO THAT INSTEAD OF DOING IT ON ONE DAY, THAT MIGHT HELP US BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO FILL THOSE

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SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM THE CITY HAS IS WHEN THERE'S A BIG RUSH ON WATER, IT TAKES THEM 24 HOURS TO REPLENISH THEIR TANKS SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SLOW THAT UP OR NOT HAVE EVERYBODY RUN OUT AND DO SOMETHING AT THE SAME TIME.

ANY COMMUNITY THAT WOULD HELP OUT.

TRICIA. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT.

SINCE OUR FUNDING IS BASED ON STUDENT ATTENDANCE, IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, LIKE, WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL SCHOOL.

WHAT'S THE PROVISIONS ON THAT FROM THE STATE? HOW DO THEY GAUGE IF THERE, WE'RE GOING TO GET PAID OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET PAID? LOW ATTENDANCE WAIVER IF WE HAD TO.

BUT YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS NOT TO BE THERE, RIGHT? LET'S NOT DO THAT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I COMPLETELY THANK YOU, JAMES.

I COMPLETELY PASSED OVER LEARNING AND INNOVATION REPORT.

SO SORRY.

YES. WE CAN. NO, NOT ON PURPOSE.

COMPLETELY ON ACCIDENT.

I WAS GOT A LITTLE HAPPY SCROLLING, I DON'T KNOW.

DOCTOR KIDD, IT'S OKAY.

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU HEARD ENOUGH FROM ME AND I'M DONE.

I JUST HAVE REALLY TWO TIMELY, THREE TIMELY UPDATES.

JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NEXT WEEK.

AND SO OUR ELEMENTARY UIL ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS KICKING OFF IN UNDERWAY AND REGISTRATION IS DUE BY SEPTEMBER 24TH.

SO IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE INTERESTED IN CHESS, PUZZLES, MUSIC, MEMORY, SPELLING, MAPS, GRAPHS, CHARTS, STORYTELLING, ORAL READING AND NUMBER SENSE, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY TO BE A FULL ACADEMIA.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ADVANCED ACADEMICS PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY SPECIAL.

WE'VE NEVER DONE IT ALL TOGETHER.

SO THEY'RE DOING IT'S SEPTEMBER 26TH HERE AT THE CL.

IT'S AT 6:00 AND THERE'S NO NEED TO PRE-REGISTER.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY WHO COMES.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ACCELERATED TESTING, BUT ALSO THE GT PROGRAM AND OUR SECONDARY HONORS COURSES LIKE ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND DUAL CREDIT AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, JUST TO SHOW THE VARIETY OF OFFERINGS WE HAVE FOR STUDENTS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS TIMELY.

AND JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, OUR SENATE BILL NINE, AS YOU REMEMBER, IS A CONSENT DRIVEN CURRICULUM AROUND STUDENT SAFETY THAT'S KICKING OFF.

PARENT MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD FOR SIXTH GRADE, AND IT'S CONSENT PROVIDED FOR THOSE SIXTH GRADERS.

AND THAT INSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING OR IS STARTING TO ROLL OUT.

SO JUST KNOW THAT ALWAYS HAS A PARENT MEETING COMPONENT AND THEN THE CONSENT.

IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM A PARENT, IT'S ASSUMED THEY'RE CONSENTING.

THEY'RE NOT CONSENTING TO JOIN THAT CURRICULUM.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE UPDATES.

CAN I ASK ABOUT THE.

SO THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE BROUGHT ON THE PLAY IT SAFE PROGRAM THERE WAS AN OPTION FOR PARENTS TO VIEW THE VIDEOS ONLINE AT NO COST.

I BELIEVE THAT'S FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

AND I'M GOING TO LOOK APRIL.

OH, I JUST APRIL WAY OFF.

YES. BUT IF THEY WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING, THEY CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A COUNSELOR TO COME UP TO THE TO THE SCHOOL, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW THEM.

I THINK THE REASON WHY IT WAS APRIL AND IT ALIGNED BEAUTIFULLY IS BECAUSE, REMEMBER, WE DIDN'T DO THIS UNTIL THE SPRING LAST YEAR.

THERE'S COMPONENTS OF THAT.

IT'S A SLOW ROLL EVERY ALL THE GRADE LEVELS IN THE DISTRICT WILL EVENTUALLY GET THERE.

BUT IF THE PARENTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE VIDEO, THEY CAN DEFINITELY GO TO THE COUNSELOR AND WATCH THE VIDEOS.

SO. SO FOR RIGHT NOW, THE ONES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, THE ONES YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY IT FOR THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH. PARENTS CAN'T VIEW THOSE ONLINE AT NO COST.

THERE IS A SMALL COST.

I THINK IT'S 4.99 FOR EACH VIDEO.

FOR EACH VIDEO.

OKAY. AND IS THAT NOT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE WITH THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES THIS, THAT THEY CAN DO, LIKE A FALL PREVIEW AND A SPRING PREVIEW? WE CAN REACH OUT AND CHECK.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME PARENTS SAYING, OH, I REMEMBER THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THIS WE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD VIEW THEM FOR FREE AND THEN NOW WE CAN'T. AND THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT IF THEY COULD DO A SPRING AND A FALL PREVIEW, THAT WOULD BE MAYBE BETTER FOR MAY OPT MORE PARENTS IN IF THEY CAN VIEW IT. IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT BEING CHARGED FOR IT.

I KNOW IT'S A MINIMAL COST, BUT JUST THE EASE OF WATCHING IT FROM YOUR OWN COMPUTER VERSUS GOING TO THE CAMPUS.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY FIND OUT.

AND I'LL ADD THAT TO THE LAB REPORT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. BACK TO H.R.

JUST SOMETHING WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

TALKING ABOUT OUR RETIREE HIRES AND KIND OF THOSE PIPELINES WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, OF OUR 112 TEACHERS WE HIRED THIS YEAR, 20.5% WERE FROM OUR PIPELINE.

AND SO THAT WAS OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES.

AND THEN WE DID HAVE ONE AUXILIARY EMPLOYEE.

AND SO WE REALLY ARE BUILDING OUT OUR GROW OUR OWN PROGRAM.

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AND SO THESE ARE TEACHERS WHO WE KNOW HAVE PROVEN TRACK RECORDS OF SUCCESS, WHO ARE STEPPING IN TO HELP AND COVER FOR OUR STUDENTS WHILE WE HAVE A TEACHER WHO'S OUT.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER RETIRED TEACHER IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPACITY WHO'S HELPING SUPPORT SOME OF OUR NEW FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS.

AND SO ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT BRINGING THEM ON TO BE FULL TIME TEACHERS, THEY ARE STILL COMMITTED TO COMING BACK AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT BRINGING THEM IN THAT WAY, WE ARE STILL BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND KEEPING IT, MAINTAINING IT TO KEEP THEM CONNECTED TO OUR CLASSROOMS. TRISHA, I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR FACEBOOK POSTS BECAUSE I GET A KICK OUT OF THOSE.

ESPECIALLY THE ONE WITH THE BACKFLIPS.

YEAH, THAT WAS NICE.

THAT WAS NICE.

I LOVE YOU ARE USING IT MORE.

I SAW THE POST ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY SIX PRINCIPAL THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE HIRING FOR NOW, SO IT'S AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

ONLY THING I HAVE FOR Y'ALL REAL QUICKLY IS IT WILL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT FOR NEXT WEEK.

I HAVE A GRANT THAT I AM ADDING TO IT, SO JUST WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR NEXT WEEK.

ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, AS ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551

[10. CLOSED SESSION]

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

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

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 9:18 P.M.

[11. OPEN SESSION]

WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 9:18.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.