[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]
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THE TIME IS NOW 6:02 P.M..THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.
WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THIS EVENING.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR OPENING CEREMONY.
I'M HONORED TO INVITE THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE LEADERS UP TO THE FRONT.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER.A SURVEY IS AVAILABLE TO TAKE ONLINE AT DSISD.TX.US UNTIL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH.
A NEW FEATURE THAT WE'RE ADDING TO BOARD MEETINGS THIS YEAR IS THE ADDITION OF STUDENT ART PIECES.
DSISD WILL BE HOLDING AN ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND INFORMATION NIGHT HERE IN THE CLASSROOM.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH FROM 6 TO 7 P.M.
HOMECOMING GAME WILL BE ON FRIDAY AT 7:30 P.M.
AT TIGER STADIUM AGAINST AUSTIN HIGH.
AND THEN WE'RE HOLDING FOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON ATTENDANCE ZONE.
THE FIRST ONE, THERE ARE TWO ON OCTOBER 7TH AND THERE ARE TWO MORE ON OCTOBER 22ND.
THE MEETINGS ON BOTH DAYS ARE AT 10 A.M.
OUR NEW ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES GO INTO EFFECT BEGINNING WITH THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN A QUICK REMINDER THAT OUR DISTRICT WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 14TH.
AND THERE'S OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR RECOGNITIONS, OUR COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
[4. RECOGNITIONS]
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TINA HUGHES.I'M ONE OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR NATIONAL RECOGNITION, COME ON UP.
COME HAVE A STAND UP HERE FOR US.
SO THESE STUDENTS HAVE EARNED COLLEGE BOARD AWARD, AWARDED NATIONAL RECOGNITION.
HONOR. THIS PROGRAM CELEBRATES UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS WHO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY ON COLLEGE BOARD ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING THE PSAT, THE PSAT, NMSQT, AND AP TEN AP EXAMS. MANY COLLEGES INTENTIONALLY RECRUIT AWARDEES FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD STUDENT SEARCH.
THESE HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS WERE ELIGIBLE FOR FIVE PROGRAMS NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN RECOGNITION PROGRAM, NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM, NATIONAL INDIGENOUS RECOGNITION PROGRAM, NATIONAL RURAL AND SMALL TOWN RECOGNITION, AND NATIONAL FIRST GEN RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
MORE THAN 40 OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVED THESE RECOGNITIONS THIS YEAR AND PLEASED ME.
AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THESE STUDENTS WHO ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.
SO I'M GOING TO HAND THE MIC OVER TO YOU.
WILL YOU SAY YOUR NAME, YOUR GRADE AND WHICH AWARD YOU WERE RECEIVED IN THE SEMIFINALS FOR NATIONAL? THAT WORKS TOO. OKAY.
YEAH. AND WE HAVE A SEMI SEMIFINALISTS.
THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M JACKIE TRUESDELL, AND I'M A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SEMIFINALIST.
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HELLO. MY NAME IS ELLIOT KLING.I'M IN 10TH GRADE, AND I'M A RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL RURAL AND SMALL TOWN AWARD.
I'M IN 12TH GRADE, AND I'M THE NATIONAL RURAL AND SMALL TOWN RECOGNITION AWARD.
I AM IN 11TH GRADE AND I WON THE NATIONAL RURAL AND SMALL TOWN AWARD.
I WON THE NATIONAL RURAL AND SMALL TOWN AND HISPANIC AWARD.
I'M ELODIE GRIFFIN, I'M A JUNIOR, AND I WON THE RURAL AND SMALL-TOWN AWARD.
MY SON, THE TEENAGER, DECIDED NOT TO SHOW UP.
SO MY SON SLOANE RODRIGUEZ, WON THE HISPANIC AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL RURAL AND SMALL TOWN AWARD REPRESENTATIVE. ALL RIGHT.
WILL YOU GO AROUND AND KIND OF SHAKE HANDS? I'LL TURN AROUND AND YOU CAN MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU.
MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION THIS EVENING.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENTS ABOUT THE DISTRICT FROM RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, FROM DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, OR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE HEARD AND RESOLVED TO REPRESENT YOUR CONCERN THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE POLICIES UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD IS NOT PERMITTED TO DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THIS MEANS THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE UNABLE TO DELIBERATE, ASK QUESTIONS, PROVIDE YOU WITH A RESPONSE, OR TAKE ANY ACTION RELATED TO YOUR COMMENTS FOR ISSUES NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY DIRECT A SPEAKER TO THE APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, THE TIMER WILL BEGIN.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE TIMER SOUND, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.
SO, FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I THANK YOU RIGHT NOW FOR EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
THANK YOU RIGHT NOW FOR MISS STEPHANIE, MISS MARY JANE, MISS OLIVIA, MISS TRICIA, MISS KIM, MISS SHANDA, AND MR. ROB, I THANK YOU RIGHT NOW FOR DR.
HOLLY KOONTZ, FOR MISS ELAINE, FOR MISS KAREN, FOR MISS GINA, AND FOR MISS JENNIFER.
FATHER, I ASK RIGHT NOW THAT THE WISDOM THAT YOU HAVE WOULD FILL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THAT YOUR WISDOM WOULD FILL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR VICE PRINCIPALS, FATHER, THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT THAT'S REPRESENTED IN OUR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH
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SCHOOLS WOULD KNOW THE GREAT LOVE THAT YOU HAVE FOR THEM, JESUS, THE BIGNESS AND THE DESTINY UPON THEIR LIFE, AND THAT THEY WOULD HEAR THEIR CALL AND KNOW THEIR PURPOSE, AND THEY WOULD FIND IT AS THEY GO THROUGH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. FATHER, I PRAY RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THAT YOU WOULD KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE FROM ALL EVIL, THAT IT WOULD BE A PLACE ONLY OF LEARNING AND DISCOVERING, AND NOT A PLACE FOR NEFARIOUS ACTION IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.AND EVERY STUDENT THAT ENTERS AND EVERY TEACHER THAT ENTERS WOULD BE REFRESHED, THAT THEY WOULD GO AFTER THE CALLING THAT YOU HAVE FOR THEM, AND THAT THERE WOULD BE PEACE IN EVERY CLASSROOM.
I PRAY FOR EVERY TEACHER THAT WE HAVE, LORD, I ASK THAT THEY WOULD NOT ONLY KNOW THE BIGNESS OF THEIR CALLING, BUT THEY WOULD NEVER LOSE THE FIRE AND THE PASSION THAT THEY HAVE THAT YOU HAVE PLACED IN THEM TO EDUCATE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE REFRESHED, THAT YOU'D MEET EVERY FINANCIAL NEED THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD. AND FATHER, AGAIN, WE JUST SAY THANK YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR GODLY WISDOM LEADING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE JUST DECLARE THAT WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS RULE, THE PEOPLE REJOICE.
AND SO WE DECLARE THAT OVER OUR SCHOOLS.
AND WE THANK YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION.
[6. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]
FIRST IS OUR LEARNING SPOTLIGHT FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE'RE AFTER.
ALL RIGHT. ARE WE ON HERE? OKAY. GOOD EVENING.
I AM ANGELA FRANKHAUSER, AND I AM VERY PROUD TO BE THE PRINCIPAL AT DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
TONIGHT I HAVE MY PRINCIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL HERE, AND WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING AND SPOTLIGHTING SOME WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON OUR CAMPUS AROUND STUDENT EMPOWERMENT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT OVER TO THE STUDENTS.
I DO THEATER, VOLLEYBALL AND TRACK.
MY FAVORITE CLASS IS SCIENCE AND THIS IS THE LIGHTHOUSE TEAM AND WE ARE THE PRINCIPAL ADVISORY GROUP.
WHAT IS THE LIGHTHOUSE TEAM? THE LIGHTHOUSE TEAM IS AN ORGANIZATION OF STUDENT LEADERS THAT HELP MAKE DECISIONS AND GIVE THE STUDENTS A VOICE.
THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS BRADY SHEARER.
I AM ON THE SEVENTH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAM.
AND WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE LIGHTHOUSE TEAM AND COMMITTEES? THE LIGHTHOUSE COMMITTEE'S GOAL IS TO INCREASE STUDENT EMPOWERMENT AS WELL AS IMPROVING THE STUDENT AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
SO LAST YEAR IT WAS A 76 TO 72.
OUR GOAL IS TO GAIN FIVE POINTS THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU. HI, I'M ADELE WHELAN, I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE.
I DO THEATER, VOLLEYBALL AND PIANO, AND MY FAVORITE CLASS IS MATH.
AND MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS MATH.
WHAT IS THE PRINCIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE? THE PRINCIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS WHERE IS WHERE STUDENTS FROM ALL GRADES COME TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT PROBLEMS THAT WE WANT TO SOLVE, TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL A BETTER PLACE.
HI, MY NAME IS MARISSA ONSONGO.
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I AM BROTHER TO LYDIA ONSONGO.I DO PIANO YEARBOOK AND THEN I ALSO DO BASKETBALL.
THIS SLIDE IS ABOUT WHY ARE WE FORMING LIGHTHOUSE COMMITTEES AND WE'RE BASICALLY FORMING LIGHTHOUSE COMMITTEES BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAW IN THE SLIDE EARLIER, WE WERE NOT AT A PLACE THAT WE WANTED TO BE IN STUDENT EMPOWERMENT, AND WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT STUDENT EMPOWERMENT AND STUDENT VOICE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THREE THINGS ONE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL BETTER.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ADULTS RUNNING THE SHOW.
KIDS CAN ALSO GIVE ADVICE OR SPOT TELL OR TELL PEOPLE THINGS THAT THEY THINK THAT THE SCHOOL IS DOING GREAT, BUT ALSO THE SCHOOL THAT COULD DO BETTER ON.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JACKSON GOMEZ, AND MY FAVORITE CLASS IS SCIENCE AND MATH. AND I PLAY FOOTBALL.
AND THIS COMMITTEE IS THE PRINCIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE.
AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE ALL ABOUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES? HI, MY NAME IS PALMER ONSON.
I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE AND I PLAY BASKETBALL.
THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL ADVISORY TEAM.
WE'RE A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM ALL DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS THAT MEET WITH THE PRINCIPAL EVERY OTHER WEEK ON MONDAYS TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THE SCHOOL SAFER AND BETTER PLACE FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE ADULTS.
I LIKE TO DO TENNIS, SWIMMING AND TECHNICAL THEATER.
AND MY FAVORITE CLASS IN SCHOOL IS CAREER EXPLORATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE DSMS NEWS TEAM IS LAUNCHING STUDENT LED VIDEOS BROADCASTING AT THE SCHOOL.
I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND IT HELPS US REFLECT ALL THE TIGER WAYS IN OUR RULES.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER. I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE.
MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND I ALSO LIKE TO PLAY VIOLIN.
THIS TEAM WILL DESIGN AND DELIVER LEAD LESSONS TO STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I'M ON THE EIGHTH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAM.
AND MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS MATH.
I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE AND MY FAVORITE CLASS IS ELA, AND I DO SELECT SOCCER OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
HI, MY NAME IS KIARA WORSHAM AND I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE AND I LIKE TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL.
AND MY FAVORITE CLASS IS SCIENCE.
AND WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR Y'ALL.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION I'M SORRY GUYS.
SO, DO YOU ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU ASK YOUR QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIGHTHOUSE TEAM OR LEADERSHIP? ANY COMMENTS? OLIVIA. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO FOR ME, WE WERE ABLE TO JUST START IN LIKE FIFTH GRADE FOR WALNUT.
BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT STARTS IN LIKE SIXTH GRADE.
ANYBODY ELSE? IN SEVENTH GRADE? SIXTH GRADE. I JOINED IN EIGHTH.
SEVENTH. SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO START ANY YEAR IS WHAT I HEAR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE ARE GRILLED WITH QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT, IF I MAY.
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WAY TO GO, Y'ALL.THAT'S AWESOME. BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THIS DISTRICT IS ALL ABOUT.
IT'S PREPARING YOU ALL TO GO OUT AND DO GREAT THINGS IN THE WORLD.
RIGHT. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR JOINING IT.
OKAY. HAVE THE BIGGEST LIGHTHOUSE TEAM IN ALL OF DRIPPING SPRINGS.
I JUST LOVE THIS BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE SO MANY OF YOUR FACES.
I'M SURE. AND I'M SUPER PROUD THAT MY KIDS ARE.
MY DAUGHTER IS AT THAT SCHOOL NOW, AND I'LL HAVE TWO MORE COMING THROUGH THERE.
SO OUR FIRST QUESTION IS HOW WILL THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPPORT THIS MOVEMENT ONCE WE LEAVE FOR HIGH SCHOOL? KIM, CAN YOU HELP US? I THINK I CAN DO THAT.
ALWAYS LISTENED TO WHAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM STAYS IN PLACE ONCE YOU'RE GONE? FIRST OF ALL, I LIKE THAT YOU'RE MIXING GRADE LEVELS.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE SENDING A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE.
I THINK YOUR PRINCIPAL IS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND BEHIND YOU DOING THAT.
SHE'S GOING TO BE THE KEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CONTINUES.
WE SUPPORT HER AND HER DECISIONS THAT SHE'S MAKING.
AND MOST OF ALL, WE SUPPORT EACH OF YOU.
THANK YOU. AND OUR SECOND QUESTION IS HOW DOES THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPPORT STUDENT VOICE IN DSISD, MARY JANE.
WE'VE HAD THAT FOR MANY YEARS.
SOMETHING NEWER FOR US IS INCLUDING THE VOICE OF BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND COMMITTEES LIKE THE BUDGET COLLABORATION COMMITTEE, THE CITIZENS BOND STEERING COMMITTEE NAMING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SIX.
ALSO, I THINK, RELATEDLY, WHEN YOU GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, WHEN WE MOVED HERE IN 2012, THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT A STUDENT COULD PROPOSE ANY CLUB THEY WANTED TO.
SO THERE'S THIS LONG LIST OF OPTIONS, AND IF YOU DON'T SEE SOMETHING THAT WHERE YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR VOICE OR YOUR SERVICE, THEN YOU CAN JUST MAKE A PROPOSAL. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET A STAFF MEMBER TO BE YOUR KIND OF ASSIGNED MENTOR.
ALSO FAIRLY NEW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE THE BRIDGE PROGRAM WHERE IT PARTNERS UPPER LEVEL STUDENTS WITH LIKE OUR INCOMING FRESHMEN, WHERE AGAIN, YOU GET TO SHARE YOUR VOICE.
HOW ARE YOU EXPERIENCING THE GIANT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL? WHAT COULD MAKE THE EXPERIENCE BETTER FOR YOU? SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND OUR NEXT QUESTION, OUR LAST QUESTION IS, IN YOUR VIEW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS THE BEST WE CAN BE? ROB OKAY, Y'ALL LEAN IN A LITTLE BIT.
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? OKAY, I'M GOING TO SUM IT UP IN ONE WORD.
COMMITMENT. THIS COMMITMENT GOES THREE WAYS.
FIRST, FOR YOU ALL AS STUDENTS.
RIGHT? THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF COMMITMENT.
THE SECOND PART OF COMMITMENT IS YOUR TEACHERS AND YOUR COUNSELORS AND YOUR PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO WORK HARD FOR YOU ALL, EVERY DAY, TO HELP GROW YOU AND TEACH YOU, AND TO GIVE YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE TO SUCCEED.
THE THIRD COMMITMENT IS FROM PEOPLE LIKE US ON THE BOARD.
AND THERE YOU GO, IN MY OPINION.
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YOU.I JUST WANT TO SAY AWESOME JOB GUYS, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.
WHAT AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE TO GET TO BE PART OF THIS.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT.
FIRST WAS OUR TAXPAYER TUESDAY.
AND SO WE HOST THESE. I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
THIS ONE WAS ALL ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD.
JUST KNOW ONCE A MONTH WE'RE DOING A TAXPAYER TUESDAY AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COME JOIN US.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS EVENT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE DISTRICT FOR CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE THIS.
SO WELL DONE. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
STEFANI HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THIS MOM HAS REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
AND SHE AFTER TAXPAYER TUESDAY, SHE SENT ME A TEXT MESSAGE AND SAID CAN I PLEASE SHARE THIS PICTURE, THIS THIS INITIATIVE OF YOURS WITH MY FRIEND.
AND SHE SAID, I THINK THAT THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME THING THAT YOU ALL DO.
AND I SAID, ABSOLUTELY. AND I SENT HER, YOU KNOW, ALL THE INFORMATION.
AND I SENT HER THE CALENDAR OF, YOU KNOW, EACH MONTH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
YES. BIG PLUG TO OUR DISTRICT.
THAT WAS JENNIFER CAME UP WITH ELAINE.
THAT WAS YOUR BRAINS. SO ANYWAY, KUDOS TO Y'ALL.
I WANT TO RENAME THIS SLIDE MAYBE JUST LIKE TRUSTEES AROUND TOWN OR SOMETHING.
I THINK WE'LL DISCUSS ANY COMMITTEE AND LIAISON REPORTS, BUT I DO SEE SOME LIAISON EVENTS.
BUT ANY COMMENTS ON VOLLEYBALL, LADIES? OH, WOW. THEY ARE REALLY GOOD.
THEIR GAMES HAVE BEEN SO MUCH FUN TO ATTEND.
COULD WE PACK THE GYM? THERE WAS NOT AN EMPTY SEAT ON THE HOME SIDE.
I FELT SORRY FOR THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
BUT IT WAS SOME FANTASTIC VOLLEYBALL.
THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM, A GREAT GROUP OF GIRLS, AND THEY'RE JUST.
THEIR FUTURE'S IN THEIR HANDS.
SHANDA WAS THERE, AND WE JUST BEAT WESTLAKE.
LIAISON REPORTS. LET ME HIT ONE THING REAL QUICK.
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OKAY. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF PUNISHMENT, I THINK, FOR US PARENTS.BUT LET ME TELL YOU, I GOT A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE WITH THE CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM.
THERE ARE OVER 80 KIDS RUNNING CROSS COUNTRY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS GREAT.
ALL OF THEM ARE PARTICIPATING IN SOME CAPACITY AND ALL THESE PARENTS GOT UP.
WE TALKED ABOUT COMMITMENT. I JUST SPOKE ABOUT THAT ANSWER.
THE QUESTION FROM THE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS.
THAT IS WHAT A HEALTHY DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT THERE FOLKS.
KUDOS TO COACH MORRIS AND THE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO SLIDE BACK TO KIM AND JUST GO DOWN THE LINE.
WELL, I'VE JUST BEEN EVERYWHERE.
THEY WERE FULL FROM LIKE 8 A.M.
IT WAS THE MOST ORGANIZED EVENT I'VE EVER BEEN TO.
BUT EVERYBODY DID GREAT AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO ATTEND.
DRIPPING SPRINGS WOMEN'S CLUB.
I'VE BEEN TO TWO OF THEIR FUNCTIONS.
ONE WAS KIND OF BACK TO THE YEAR SOCIAL.
WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THAT.
OUR FIRST SCHEDULED MEETING WAS LAST WEEK, AND THE FEATURED SPEAKERS WERE CHAD AND NATASHA HUDSON, WHO OWN HUDSON'S ON MERCER STREET, AND THEY TOLD THEIR LIFE STORY AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
THEY MET IN NASHVILLE AND THEN EVENTUALLY WOUND UP BACK IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, STARTED TEACHING LESSONS OUT OF THEIR HOUSE, A LITTLE HOUSE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM TIME AND DOUGH. AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK.
SO THEY FOUND HUDSON'S ON MERCER STREET, OPENED THAT UP, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW THE REST.
THEY'RE THEY HAVE JUST TAKEN OFF AND JUST BEEN SUCH A GREAT RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MUSIC LESSONS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HEAD THAT ROUTE.
DRIPPING SPRINGS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
THE 15TH ANNUAL SCHOOLHOUSE SCRAMBLE IS SOLD OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 144 GOLFERS HIT THE GREENS AT GRAY ROCK.
THAT'S GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER 10TH.
ALL THE MONEY RAISED GOES RIGHT BACK INTO OUR CAMPUSES.
THEY'RE STILL WORKING TO EXPAND KINDER CLUB AND OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY PROGRAM.
A SPECIAL EVENT TO HONOR OUR LITTLE TIGERS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR BEING PART OF TIGER NATION.
FROM DAY ONE, AN EMPLOYEE GIVING SHIRTS ARE A HIT.
SPIRIT OF THE WEST SHIRTS ARE ROLLING OUT 541 STAFF MEMBERS ALREADY HAVE SHOWN THEIR SUPPORT.
THE LAST THING I HAVE WAS I ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON HIGH SCHOOL DESIGN NUMBER TWO COMMITTEE, AND THAT HAS JUST BEEN A PLEASURE FOR ME TO WORK WITH.
BECAUSE, GUYS, LET'S JUST BE FRANK HERE.
SERENA CUMBERLAND HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB LOOKING AT SAFETY.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE FLOOR PLANS AND SHE'S LOOKED OVER THAT THING WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED FOR SAFETY.
WE'VE GOT STUDENT VOICE THAT'S ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN IT'S JUST BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH IT.
AND THERE'S MORE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS COMING UP IN THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, THIS DESIGN IS IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT THE ENTIRE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO PEOPLE FOLLOWING THIS PROJECT AND SHOWING UP AT THE MEETINGS.
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AND I THINK THE LAST THING I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW IS IN THE END, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY CONSERVATIVE PROJECT.I THINK I HAVE A REALLY GOOD FEEL FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND HOW CONSERVATIVE THINGS SHOULD BE.
I THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE UP HERE ON THE BOARD THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T WORK.
I'M RETIRED AND I'M ON A I'M ON A PRETTY STRICT SET INCOME WITH TRS.
I MEAN, THAT'S A SET SALARY AND IT DOESN'T EVER CHANGE.
BUT THIS COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND THE EXISTING HIGH SCHOOL, WE SET LIMITS FOR ELEMENTARY.
WE'VE SET LIMITS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAVEN'T SET LIMITS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL YET.
BUT AS A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, YOU GET ANYTHING CLOSE TO 3000 IN A BUILDING.
AND IT'S VERY, VERY TOUGH TO MANAGE.
AND I THINK KIDS HAVE A CHANCE TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
AND I WANT EVERY STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT TO HAVE TO HAVE A DESK TO SIT IN AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN A HIGH QUALITY CLASSROOM AND HAVE THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
AGENDA. I DON'T HAVE NEARLY THAT MUCH.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE TEXAS PTA OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS.
THEY OFFER $1,000 FOR OUR SENIORS AND A $500 SCHOLARSHIP FOR FACULTY MEMBERS TO APPLY FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION. SO THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AND IT WILL CLOSE ON NOVEMBER 15TH.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE MEMBERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNCIL OF PTAS.
SO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN ALL EIGHT OF OUR EIGHT OF OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH ONE FEE SO YOU CAN PAY.
I THINK IT'S I NEED TO LOOK 80 SOMETHING DOLLARS.
AND YOU ARE A MEMBER OF ALL EIGHT OF THE PTAS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
SO THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A VOTE IN THEIR GENERAL MEETINGS, AND YOU CAN SUPPORT THE PTAS IN THAT WAY.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE TWO THINGS.
ATTENDANCE, ZONING WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON.
AND SO WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS COMING UP.
AND I ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME AND BE PART OF THAT PROCESS.
I DON'T HAVE MY CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME, BUT.
YES. OKAY. COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE.
AND WE ARE HOPING AT THAT TIME TO BRING 2 TO 3 MAPS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR REVIEW AT THAT POINT.
SO I AM A LIAISON FOR CITY OF AUSTIN.
CITY OF AUSTIN. CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS PARK AND REC.
I THINK I SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT THE CITY AND THE DRIPPING SPRINGS PUMPKIN FESTIVAL WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND A LOCATION FOR THIS YEAR. SO THAT SAME GROUP IS GOING TO BE HOSTING IN UPLAND.
SO I ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CHECK THAT OUT.
IT'S GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
I AM ALSO NOW A CHAIR FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE NEW RATHGEBER PARK AND DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME NOTES WITH BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT.
WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT RESIDENTS OF HEADWATERS HAVE SOME GENERAL CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD BEFORE WITH E-CIGS, WITH TRAFFIC, WITH EASEMENT FOR THE POTENTIAL ENTRY TO RATHGEBER. SO JUST KEEPING ABREAST TO THAT.
AND WE'LL BE PASSING ANY INFORMATION ON ALSO CURRENTLY THE CHAIR FOR OUR ADVOCACY FOR THE BOARD, AND WE DO HAVE SET DATES TO MEET WITH KERRY ISAACS TEAM.
I'M WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM WIENER'S TEAM.
SO AT LAST MONTH'S CHAMBER MEETING IT WAS ON PREVENTING BUSINESS FRAUD.
AND THAT WAS WITH THE LAURA FOWLER LAW FIRM.
LAURA WAS AMAZING AND DELIGHTFUL AND FUNNY BUT ALSO HAD SOME SOBERING TRUTHS.
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THAT HOPEFULLY NONE OF US WILL FALL FOR SOME OF THE PHISHING ATTEMPTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.AND THEN WITH THE ATTENDANCE ZONING COMMITTEE.
I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY IT'S OCTOBER 3RD AND OCTOBER 17TH, WHERE THERE'S A MORNING AND AN EVENING OPTION AND JUST HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND LISTEN AND HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
FIRST THERE WAS A CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MEETING RECENTLY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION, A PRETTY LARGE ORGANIZATION, ACTUALLY THAT'S MADE UP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS ALL ACROSS THE CAPITAL AREA.
AND THEY COME TOGETHER ON ALL TYPES OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
JUST FROM THAT MEETING, IT WAS A CHANGEOVER IN LEADERSHIP.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 20 PLUS YEARS WAS ROLLING OFF AND THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS COMING IN.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE REASON WE CAME TOGETHER FOR THAT KIND OF CEREMONIAL DEAL.
TRISH AND I WENT TO THE VFW MEETING.
I LOOK FOR HER TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.
AND WITH TERRY SCOTT MCKEEN, HE'S RUNNING THAT ORGANIZATION NOW AS THE ED, LET ME TELL YOU, THAT FACILITY THAT WAS BUILT THROUGH THE GENEROUS DONATIONS OF MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE ARE A LOT OF FUNDRAISING.
BUT THERE ARE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR VETERANS.
I PLAN TO STAY VERY ENGAGED WITH THAT ORGANIZATION, SPECIFICALLY.
YOU SEE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES.
AND ALSO, AS A VETERAN, I WANT TO HELP.
AND THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS A DISTRICT TO DO SOME COOL THINGS WITH THAT.
AND SO, TRICIA, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT VFW? WE DID GO TO THE VFW LAST WEEK.
SO ALWAYS TALKING TO THEM IS ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN.
BUT BASICALLY THE CONVERSATION JUST WE HAD SPECIFIC THINGS.
I DID A RUNDOWN OF OUR WEBSITE AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S ABILITY FOR THEM TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND SIGN UP TO BECOME TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION.
AND ALSO, WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE GOLDEN CARD.
AND SO A LOT OF THEM HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE LOGISTICS OF SPOUSE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS THAT WE SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS TALKING TO THEM.
I MEAN I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED WE DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL I DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL ALMOST 9:00.
SO BUT YEAH, THEY THEY'RE A FUN, LIVELY CROWD, LIKE, HYSTERICAL.
BUT I AM ALSO ON THE BUDGET COLLABORATIVE COMMITTEE.
I'M THE LIAISON ON THAT COMMITTEE.
I HAD SOME, I GUESS, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
SO I MISSED LAST WEEK'S MEETING, BUT PLAN ON BEING THERE.
THEY WERE. THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT, 6 TO 8 HERE.
ALL RIGHT. JUST AS A REMINDER FOR ALL THE BOARD, EVERY COMMITTEE IS OPEN.
OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL HAVE OUR LIAISON APPOINTMENTS.
AND SO IF ANYBODY PLANS TO GO TO A COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT IS NOT THEIR POSITION.
JUST LETTING ADMINISTRATION KNOW.
BUT FOR SOME OF THESE KIND OF HOT BUTTON ISSUES OR THINGS THAT WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT OR WANT SOME MORE INFORMATION, OR WE WANT TO SEE WITH OUR OWN EYES, OR IF WE'RE HEARING THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND KIND OF LEARN FIRSTHAND AS WELL.
WE HAVE CONVENTION THIS WEEKEND.
YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ALL YOUR INFORMATION FROM KATIE AS WELL.
WE HAVE PAPERWORK FOLDERS TONIGHT, AND I WILL SEE YOU ALL THERE.
BUT OLIVIA IS GOING TO KICK US OFF.
WE WENT THROUGH CHAPTER ONE THIS MONTH OF THE BOOK GRIT.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.
WELL, I STARTED FROM A POINT OF THINKING THAT THE BOOK WAS JUST GOING TO BE ABOUT GRIT AND LIKE, DO I HAVE IT? DO I NOT? AND THE FIRST CHAPTER TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE RIGOROUS APPLICATION PROCESS TO WEST POINT, WHICH I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN IS SUPER HIGH CALIBER BUT HAD NO
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IDEA. LIKE IT BREAKS IT DOWN.SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT ENTRY TO WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT.
THE FOUNDATION OF THE BOOK IS BASICALLY, DO YOU HAVE IT? DO YOU NOT? AND THEN I LEARNED ABOUT THE BEAST PROGRAMING THROUGH WEST POINT.
BUT IF ANYONE ELSE HAS STARTED THE BOOK, THE ESSENTIAL BEGINNING IS TALKING ABOUT ITS DATA, DATA, DATA, LIKE HOW DO WE ORGANIZE DATA SO THAT WE CAN BEST UNDERSTAND BASICALLY HUMANS AND PEOPLE AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ACT.
AND THE BASIS OF THIS IS YOU DO THE WHOLE CANDIDATE SCORE.
I'LL BE VERY BRIEF, BUT IT WAS FASCINATING.
THIS SHOULD BE THE HIGHEST LEVEL ANTICIPATOR OF SOMEONE'S SUCCESS.
BUT WHAT THEY FOUND WAS IT DOES NOT WORK AT THE END.
THE CADETS THAT MAKE IT THROUGH, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THOSE THAT SCORED HIGH AND THOSE THAT ACTUALLY GRADUATE, NO CORRELATION AT ALL. SO IT'S REALLY FASCINATING.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
NOW NO ONE ELSE HAS TO READ IT.
I DO THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE NOTION.
BUT I WANTED US TO KEEP SOME GRIT AS A BOARD THIS YEAR.
BUT ALSO, I FIND IT INTERESTING AND DOVETAILS NICELY TO HOW WE AS A DISTRICT REALLY VALUE INDIVIDUALIZED OPPORTUNITIES, PERSONALIZED EDUCATION, ALL THE WAYS TO KIND OF LOOK BEYOND A STANDARDIZED TEST SCORE, BEYOND THE METRICS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY SOME OF THESE METRICS DON'T ACTUALLY ACCOUNT FOR ULTIMATE LONG TERM SUCCESS OF STUDENTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT PARTICULAR ANECDOTE WAS INTERESTING FOR ME AS WELL.
I'M JUST GOING TO RANDOMLY SELECT ONE OF YOU ALL.
OKAY. I GUESS TRICIA VOLUNTEERS NOW.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR PRESENTATION.
OUR STATUS REPORT CONCERNING DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE A LOT GOING ON, SO I PROMISE TO KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.
WE ARE PURDUE. BRANDON, YOUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS LAW FIRM.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY IN THE AUSTIN OFFICE.
I'M HERE WITH PARTNER SERGIO GARCIA.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE TAX YEAR CALENDAR AND TALK ABOUT THE TURNOVER FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEN I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO SERGIO TO TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT COLLECTIONS.
SO ON THE FIRST SLIDE HERE, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS GOING.
SO THE 2023 TAX YEAR CALENDAR ON JANUARY 1ST OF EACH YEAR.
THAT'S WHEN PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO BE ASSESSED BASED ON THEIR VALUE AND OWNERSHIP.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CONTRACTING OUT FOR THAT KIND OF THING.
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. IT'S ALL GOING TO BE ASSESSED ON JANUARY 1ST OF THAT YEAR.
SO FAST FORWARD TO OCTOBER OF 2023.
THAT'S WHEN TAX BILLS ARE GOING TO BE MAILED OUT.
AT LEAST THAT'S BEEN THE TREND LATELY.
SO THEY DON'T GO DELINQUENT THOUGH, UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST OF 24.
SO THE 23 TAXES DIDN'T GO DELINQUENT UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, FEBRUARY 1ST.
THAT'S WHEN PENALTIES AND INTEREST WILL START TO KICK IN.
AND THEN PENALTIES WILL GO UP 1% EACH MONTH UNTIL JULY.
AND THAT 1% INTEREST IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO EACH MONTH UNTIL THAT TAX IS PAID IN FULL.
SO THOSE WILL KEEP RUNNING IN MAY OF 2024.
THAT'S WHEN THE NOTICE OF DELINQUENT PENALTIES ARE MAILED OUT TO LET THE TAXPAYERS KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN HIRED AS A COLLECTIONS FIRM, AND ANYONE WHO HIRES A COLLECTION OUTSIDE COLLECTIONS FIRM CAN TACK ON AN EXTRA 15% PENALTY.
SO THOSE NOTICES GO OUT IN MAY, GIVES THEM 60 DAYS.
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SO THEN JULY 1ST, THAT'S WHEN ALL THE UNPAID ACCOUNTS ARE TURNED OVER TO US FOR COLLECTION.SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS TURNED OVER IN 2022.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A TYPO DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IT SAYS TURNED OVER.
SO THE 20 TWOS GOT TURNED OVER JULY 1ST OF 23 AND THEN 23 WILL GET TURNED.
THEY GOT TURNED OVER IN JULY OF THIS YEAR.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PIECE OF THE PIE THERE.
THAT'S THE PERCENTAGE THAT WAS COLLECTED BEFORE IT GOT TURNED OVER TO US IN JULY.
SO YOUR TOTAL LEVY WAS 122,780,000 AND $113.
OF THAT, 121,235,849 WAS COLLECTED BEFORE JULY 1ST.
SO Y'ALL'S DISTRICT IS DEFINITELY LOWER THAN MOST ON THAT REGARD.
SO 1.2% WAS TURNED OVER IN 22 OR JULY, FIRST OF 23 FOR THE 22 TAXES.
AND THEN IF WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPARED TO THE 23 YEAR.
SO, THE LEVY, THE OVERALL LEVY WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IT WAS 115 MILLION COMPARED TO THE 22, WHICH WAS THE 121 MILLION.
THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THAT DROP IN THE LEVY.
THE LEVY WILL BE LOWER BUT THE TURNOVER HASN'T CHANGED TOO MUCH.
WE'RE UNSURE THERE, BUT THE TURNOVERS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, 1.74% WAS TURNED OVER TO US IN JULY, SO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN 2022, BUT STILL LOWER THAN MOST THAT WE SEE.
SO IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS TURNED OVER TO US.
WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT 43% OF THE 23.
I'M SORRY, I JUST RUSHED THROUGH THAT.
DO YOU DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? YEAH. KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. OKAY, GREAT.
THERE WE GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
AS ADAM WAS SAYING, THE 2023 DELINQUENT TAXES WERE TURNED OVER TO OUR LAW FIRM ON JULY 1ST.
ONCE THOSE TAXES ARE TURNED OVER TO US, WE BEGIN OUR COLLECTIONS PROCESS.
AND THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS IS MAILING A NOTICE TO EVERY DELINQUENT TAXPAYER ON YOUR A ROLL AND WE GET A LOT OF RESULTS FROM THAT FIRST LETTER.
IT DOES LET THEM KNOW THERE IS A TAX LIEN ON THE PROPERTY THAT CAN BE FORECLOSED ON BY LITIGATION.
SO A LOT OF TAXPAYERS DO RESPOND TO THAT.
THEN WE FOLLOW UP WITH THROUGH OUR CALL CENTER.
AND OF COURSE, OUR CALL CENTER IS IS A CALL CENTER.
THEY'RE HIRED BY US, TRAINED BY US, THEY'RE SUPERVISED BY US.
AND THEY'RE TRAINED TO MAKE POLITE PHONE CALLS AND REACH OUT TO TAXPAYERS.
WE LEARN A LOT FROM TALKING TO TAXPAYERS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE PROPERTIES ARE SOLD AND IF IT'S SOLD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND THEY DON'T OWN IT ANYMORE, THAT ALLOWS US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEW OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
AND WE WORK WITH YOUR TAX OFFICE AND WORKING WITH THOSE, THOSE TAXPAYERS.
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WHEN OUR EFFORTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE TAXPAYERS DO NOT RESULT IN EITHER PAYMENT OR A PAYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE TAXES, OF COURSE WE CAN FILE SUIT TO FORECLOSE THE TAX LIEN.WE INCLUDE ANY OTHER LIENS THAT MAY BE ON THE PROPERTY, FEDERAL TAX LIENS ANY OTHER DEBTS.
THEY MAY HAVE A PURCHASE MONEY LIEN HOLDERS LIKE BANKS ON THE PROPERTY.
WE DO CONTACT THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT A DELINQUENT TAX IS ABOUT TO BE FILED, AND IT WILL CUT OFF THEIR INTEREST BECAUSE THE TAX LIEN IS SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER INTEREST ON THE PROPERTY.
SO WE DO GET A LOT OF A RESPONSES FROM LIEN HOLDERS WHO WOULD RATHER PAY BEFORE THE SUIT IS FILED.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS, THIS CHART, WE DO COLLECT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR DELINQUENCIES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF TURNOVER FOR TAX YEAR 2019.
YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER IS 74%.
WE'VE NOW HAD FOUR YEARS TO COLLECT THAT.
SO THE GREEN BAR REFLECTS AN 89% COLLECTION RATE AS OF THE END OF AUGUST OF THIS YEAR FOR 2020.
GOOD COLLECTIONS NUMBERS THERE ON THE IN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS.
AND WE'VE COLLECTED 90% OF THAT THOSE DELINQUENCIES AS AT THE END OF AUGUST 2022.
SIMILAR PATTERN THAT IS THE MOST RECENT FULL YEAR.
WE COLLECTED 77% IN THE TWO MONTHS SINCE THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
WE'VE COLLECTED, RIGHT AT 78% OF THE DELINQUENCY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? ALL RIGHT. GREAT.
THE LAST CHART LET'S YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL LEVY HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS STILL OUTSTANDING FOR US TO COLLECT.
IT ALSO FACTORS IN IN THE RED PORTION.
YOU KNOW, WITH THIS THE RED SEGMENT IDENTIFIES PROPERTIES WITH A TAX DEFERRAL.
AND THIS APPLIES TO PROPERTIES THAT ARE HOMESTEAD'S AND ARE OWNED BY TAXPAYERS WHO ARE EITHER 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, OR HAPPEN TO BE DISABLED PURSUANT TO SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY GUIDELINES.
AS YOU CAN SEE FOR TAX YEAR 2019, THE MOST THE OLDEST YEAR IN THIS CHART, YOU'VE COLLECTED 99.8% OF YOUR OVERALL LEVY. SO THAT'S IN CURRENT.
THAT'S INCLUDING CURRENT AND DELINQUENT COLLECTIONS.
THE REMAINING AMOUNT THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTIONS IS ABOUT $14,000.
ABOUT $98,000 OF THAT TAX YEAR IS STILL IN DEFERRAL.
THE DEFERRAL WILL STAY ON THE PROPERTY FOR AS LONG AS THE PROPERTY IS OCCUPIED.
IS THE PRIMARY PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF THE TAXPAYER.
ONCE THE PROPERTY IS SOLD OR THE TAXPAYER MOVES AWAY.
THAT THAT DEFERRAL WILL ROLL OFF.
AND THE PROPERTY, OR THOSE TAXES WILL BECOME COLLECTIBLE.
IN THE MEANTIME, THEY ARE CONTINUING TO PAY YOU INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 5% PER YEAR EVERY YEAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE A SIMILAR TREND FOR THE REMAINING YEARS.
FOR TAX YEAR 2020, YOU HAVE 99% OF YOUR TAX ROLL ALSO COLLECTED SAME AMOUNT FOR THE REMAINING YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE THE DEFERRALS FOR THOSE YEARS.
AND FOR THE MOST RECENT YEAR, AS AT THE END OF AUGUST, YOU HAVE 99% COLLECTION RATE OF YOUR OVERALL LEVY, ABOUT $135,000 IN TAX DEFERRAL, WHICH IS A DROP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO THAT IS A POSITIVE TREND AND MAKES MORE OF YOUR TAXES COLLECTIBLE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. SERGIO.
SO YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE RETAINED BY MANY DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
AND WHAT I'M SEEING AND HEARING IS THAT ACROSS THE STATE, COLLECTIONS ARE LOWER.
BUT I HAVEN'T DELVED INTO SPECIFIC PERCENTAGES, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE YOU PROVIDE THIS SERVICE, ARE WE ABOUT ON PAR WITH WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN OTHER DISTRICTS? YOU KNOW, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOUR CURRENT COLLECTIONS AND THE WAY THEY'RE 20, 23, 20, 23 COLLECTIONS? YES, WE ARE SEEING THAT.
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I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT REALLY.IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF, I WAS KICKING IT AROUND WITH ADAM AND SOME OF THE OTHER ATTORNEYS IN THE OFFICE, AND IT MAY BE THAT INTEREST RATES ARE STILL HIGH AND MAYBE MORE DIFFICULT TO BORROW.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE ADAM WAS SAYING, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE, THE DELINQUENCY AMOUNT FOR 2023 WAS HIGHER THIS YEAR, WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT 43% OF IT IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS.
SO YOUR TAXPAYERS ARE RESPONDING AND THEY ARE PAYING AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, BY THE WAY.
NOW ANY MORE QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS? ROB, JUST A QUICK ONE.
FIRST, A COMMENT TO ALL RESIDENTS OF DRIPPING SPRINGS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT LOCAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS FUND THIS DISTRICT.
RIGHT. AND SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1.7%, WHICH WOULD YOU MIND, SERGIO, WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK? YES A COUPLE.
THERE IT IS. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S PERFECT.
RIGHT THERE. $1.742 MILLION FOR SURE.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED YOUR SERVICES.
BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN A VERY STRONG POSITION NOW.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MA'AM.
OBVIOUSLY, WE BUDGET FOR SOME OF THIS, RIGHT? WHAT'S OUR BUDGET NUMBER THAT WE ALLOCATE FOR UNCOLLECTED TAXES? DOES IT ALIGN WITH THIS OR IS THIS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE BUDGET SITUATION? I WANT TO SAY. I WANT TO SAY IN MY MIND THAT NUMBER IS 2%.
BUT WHAT WHAT IS THAT IN OUR BUDGET? DO YOU REMEMBER? I'M SORRY.
THAT'S MAYBE. I DON'T MEAN TO STUMP THE CHUMP ON IT, BUT WE'VE BEEN.
IS THAT. IS THAT TRUE? BECAUSE NORMALLY IT'S IT'S NOT A LINE ITEM IN THE DEAL.
I'M LOOKING. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU CAN HAVE THAT AS A ROUTINE RFI.
IT'S NOT A CERTAIN IMPORTANT DEAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
SO WE'RE DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THAT, RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE YEAH.
RIGHT. AT A MILLION THAT IS COLLECTIBLE ON THE LAST CHART.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES. THANK YOU TO OUR TAXPAYERS.
BUT IS THERE ANY BUDGET IMPACT TO WHAT I'M SEEING HERE? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
WELL, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUDGET IMPACT IN THAT.
HISTORICALLY WE'VE BUDGETED AT 99% COLLECTIONS OR HIGHER.
AND SO MOVING INTO THESE CURRENT YEARS, WE ARE BUDGETING AT A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTIONS.
THE DELINQUENT COLLECTIONS LINE IS TYPICALLY BASED ON HISTORY.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A HUGE BASE FOR DELINQUENT.
SO THAT'S NOT BEEN A LARGE LINE ITEM, BUT IT'S KIND OF SHIFTING NOW.
UNDERSTOOD. SO THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
SO YOU 99 IS THE NUMBER THAT WE'VE USED HAS BEEN THE HAS BEEN THE NUMBER.
OKAY. SO THAT MEANS THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU. AND AND KEEP IT UP.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.
SO YOU'VE BEEN WITH US SINCE 2019.
HOW FAR AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO BACK TO 2019? I MEAN, IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER, BUT ARE WE STILL WE STILL TRYING TO COLLECT THOSE 2019 AND YOUR.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS THROUGH LITIGATION AND THAT WHICH CAN BE A LITTLE MORE PROTRACTED.
A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT GO DELINQUENT, THEY GO DELINQUENT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS PASS AWAY.
AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FIND THOSE HEIRS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
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MARY JANE. I JUST FIRST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, SINCE OUR LEARNING SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT WAS ON STUDENT VOICE, THAT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE CITIZENS STEERING COMMITTEE. I NOTICED WE DO INDEED HAVE STUDENT MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE.AND WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ROB, JUST A COMMENT.
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WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY APPROVE THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA, GETTING JEFF AYLESTOCK ON THE CAB BOARD AGAIN.I THINK THAT'S A HE'S SERVING US WELL IN THAT HE'S SERVING US WELL.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, COME ON, JEFF, COME THROUGH FOR US.
I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND SO, COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SEVEN ZERO.
ALL RIGHT. FOR THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
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SO WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU INFORMATION FOR FIRST READING.WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF OUR COUNSELING AND HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR.
SO YOU ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN CLOSED SESSION TO MEET A CANDIDATE.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL AT THIS MEETING.
AND WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A CANDIDATE.
OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE THIS MOTION TO AGENDA.
MAY I HAVE PERMISSION, MADAM PRESIDENT? OKAY. GO FORTH.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN. OH.
AND CAN I INTERJECT REAL QUICK? PROBABLY SITTING NEXT TO OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING IS OUR FORMER DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING.
AND AND I AND I MADE THAT MOTION.
I TALKED TO DOCTOR KIDD ABOUT THIS ON YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING, AND WE DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE.
AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES WOULD AGREE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS DISTRICT, FOR YOUR HOW MUCH YOU PUT INTO OUR KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND FOR, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A LOT OF THINGS IN PLACE HERE TO GIVE EVERY KID AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND THEIR BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES, AND THAT'S AWESOME.
AND SO ON BEHALF OF ME, AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES WOULD, WOULD EXEMPLIFY THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO I WANT TO STAND.
I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
YOU CAME IN A VERY HARD TIME IN OUR DISTRICT AND HAVE GROWN AND MATURED THAT PROGRAM SO MUCH.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO TAKE THE REINS NOW AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
OUR LAST ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING IS OUR TAX RATE DISCUSSION.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT MORRIS-KUENTZ.
IT IS SEPTEMBER, SO THAT ALWAYS BRINGS WITH IT ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE.
SO WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO ADOPT THE 2024 TAX RATE.
TAKE FIVE. IT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO BLOW INTO THE NINTENDO GAME.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO TOUCH IT THERE.
OKAY, I'LL JUST STAND HERE BECAUSE IT WORKS.
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AND SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WE HAVE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, WHICH COVERS OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, PAYROLL, MAINTENANCE, UTILITIES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, INCLUDING RECAPTURE.I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT LEGISLATION CONTINUES TO IMPACT OUR TAX RATE AND OUR TAX COLLECTIONS.
THAT LOSS IS SUPPOSED TO, IN THEORY, BE OFFSET BY REDUCED RECAPTURE OR ADDITIONAL STATE AID.
AND WHEN I SAY THAT LOSS, BY LOWERING THE TAXABLE VALUES, THAT REDUCES TAX COLLECTIONS THAT HOLD HARMLESS APPLIES ON THE DEBT SIDE FOR ANY DEBT THAT IS AUTHORIZED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023.
SO ANY NEW BONDS THAT THE DISTRICT SEEKS APPROVAL FOR IN THE FUTURE WILL BE.
REVENUES WILL BE CALCULATED ON THAT LOWER TAXABLE VALUE AMOUNT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CALCULATIONS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AS A TAXING ENTITY.
BUT WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO AT THE END OF THE DAY IS OUR MCR AND ANY VOTER PENNIES.
AND THEN WE HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENTS THAT ARE THROWN IN TO WHAT IS OUR ENTITLEMENT SCHOOL.
THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES, ONCE YOU'VE CALCULATED WHAT IS YOUR ENTITLEMENT BASED ON YOUR STUDENTS, THE QUESTION BECOMES, HOW MUCH OF THAT COST CAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COVER WITH THEIR TIER ONE TAX RATE ON THE STATE PROPERTY VALUE? SO REMEMBER, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT VALUES.
WE HAVE LOCAL AND WE HAVE STATE.
AND THEN THE STATE VALUES ARE USED IN THESE CALCULATIONS NOT OUR LOCAL VALUES.
THEN IF THE TAX COLLECTIONS CANNOT FULLY FUND THAT ENTITLEMENT, THAT TOTAL REVENUE NUMBER, STATE AID IS GENERATED IF THE LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS COVER MORE THAN THAT TIER ONE ENTITLEMENT, THEN THAT'S WHEN RECAPTURE IS EXPERIENCED.
AND YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE SAND DEMONSTRATION.
WHEN SAND OVERFLOWS, THEN WE KNOW WE HAVE RECAPTURE.
TO MAKE THINGS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED IN YOUR TAX RATE, IT HAS TWO PARTS.
THERE IS THE TIER ONE RATE WHICH WE CALL THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE, THE MCR.
AND SO THIS WAS PART OF ALL OF THE OVERHAUL OF HOUSE BILL 3 IN 2019.
WE'RE NOW TAX RATES ARE INDEXED TO A DISTRICT'S PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH IN THIS SYSTEM.
IF VALUES RISE, THEN YOUR TAX RATE COMPRESSES.
AND SO SINCE 2019, WHEN ALL OF THIS STARTED, THE DISTRICT HAD A TIER ONE RATE OF $1.
SINCE THAT YEAR, IT HAS BEEN COMPRESSED DOWN TO UNDER $1 AT $.6169.
WE OFTEN GET ASKED, CAN WE JUST LOWER THE TAX RATE ENOUGH NOT TO PAY RECAPTURE? THE LEGISLATURE THOUGHT OF THAT.
AND BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T WANT TO PICK UP MORE OF THEIR SHARE THAN THEY HAVE TO, THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE LAW THAT IF YOU DO NOT TAX AT THE MCR, THEN THE STATE WILL ADJUST OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT OF .6160 THAT WOULD BE REDUCED, AND SO THAT WOULD REDUCE OUR TIER ONE ENTITLEMENT, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN MORE RECAPTURE.
SO YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF RECAPTURE THROUGH MANIPULATION OF THE TAX RATE.
THE OTHER PART OF YOUR TAX RATE IS CALLED TIER TWO.
AND THESE ARE YOUR PENNIES THAT ARE APPROVED BY VOTERS.
SO IN 2016, WE WENT TO THE VOTERS THROUGH WHAT IS NOW CALLED A VATAR.
AND THE VOTERS APPROVED 17 ADDITIONAL TIER TWO PENNIES FOR OPERATIONS.
SINCE 2019, STATE LAW HAS COMPRESSED THOSE AS WELL.
AND SO THOSE 17 PENNIES HAVE BEEN COMPRESSED DOWN TO 13.83 PENNIES.
SO AN ILLUSTRATION IS ALWAYS EASIEST, RIGHT? SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR TAX RATE, THE FIRST PIECE OF THAT IS THIS LEVEL ONE TIER ONE.
THIS IS THE MCR THOSE TAX COLLECTIONS AT THAT RATE ARE SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.
AND THEN THE TIER TWO LEVEL IS WHERE THESE GOLDEN AND COPPER PENNIES COME IN.
THE GOLDEN PENNIES ARE CALLED GOLDEN BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.
AND IF THEY DON'T GENERATE YOUR GUARANTEED STATE ENTITLEMENT, THE STATE WILL KICK IN AID.
AND SO WE ARE GETTING SOME STATE AID ON THOSE GOLDEN PENNIES, WHICH MAKES THEM EVEN MORE VALUABLE.
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THE COPPER PENNIES ARE CONSIDERED LESS THAN THE GOLDEN PENNIES SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE, AND WHEN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS INCREASED, THEY COMPRESS.SO THEY'VE BEEN AT 5.83 AND THEY REMAIN THERE.
AND AGAIN WE ONLY HAVE 5.83 OF THOSE.
WE DO HAVE ALL OF THE EIGHT GOLDEN THAT ARE ALLOWED.
SO ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF THIS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT A STACK OF PENNIES THE LARGEST PIECE OF THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR MARKER.
AND SO THAT'S DEMONSTRATED HERE IN THE BLUE SHADING.
THEN ON TOP OF THAT YOU ADD YOUR GOLDEN PENNIES AND THEN YOUR COPPER PENNIES.
SO OUR TIER ONE THE MARKER PLUS OUR TIER TWO VOTER APPROVED ENHANCEMENT PENNIES GIVE US A TOTAL RATE OF 0.7552 FOR 2024.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CHART BACK IN 2018, WE'RE AT THAT DOLLAR MARKER.
AND IT HAS MOVED DOWN TO 6169.
THERE WERE TWO YEARS BACK TO BACK 20 2223 AND 2324 WHERE YOU SEE THE LARGEST INCREASE, I'M SORRY, 2324 WITH $0.18 AND THEN BACK IN 2021 WITH NEARLY $0.09.
AND THEN THE COMPRESSION IS NOT AS MUCH BECAUSE OF THE STATEWIDE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH.
AND THEN THIS IS A STATE LOOK.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OUTLINE, WERE THERE DARK PURPLE.
THAT IS WHEN THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WERE AT THE FLOOR.
YOU SEE A BIG DROP IN THE FLOOR AND THEN THIS RECENT CHANGE IN THE FLOOR.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE PURPLE HEATING UP AGAIN.
AND THEN NOW FOR TAX YEAR 24 MORE AND MORE DISTRICTS MOVING TO THAT FLOOR.
SO THAT'S THE MACRO SIDE OF LIFE.
REMEMBER WE HAVE THOSE THREE COMPONENTS.
NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT INS IT'S A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER.
AND SO AGAIN THE INS RATE IS LEVIED TO PAY OUR OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AND DEBT.
IF YOU DO HAVE EXCESS COLLECTIONS YOU CAN USE THOSE TO PAY DEBT EARLY.
THE DISTRICT HAS SAVED NEARLY $35 MILLION THROUGH THAT ACTION.
STATE LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T EXCEED $0.50 ON AN EYE ON THE INS RATE.
THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL RULE.
INS TAX COLLECTIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE, SO WE KEEP ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS.
IMPORTANT FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.
WE DO NOT GET ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE IN REPAYING OUR DEBT.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT A PROPERTY WEALTHY DISTRICT, YOU CAN GET SOME ASSISTANCE.
SO WE ARE ON OUR OWN FOR SUPPORTING OUR DEBT.
SO FOR THE 24 TAX RATE, THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU MAINTAIN THE $0.35 FOR INS.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE BORROWING IS BECOMING MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO WE'VE SEEN WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD YEARS WHERE THE MMD, THE BENCHMARK FOR MUNICIPAL BONDS, WAS BETWEEN 1 AND 2%.
YES, THE FEDS JUST LOWERED IT.
BUT WHAT WE WERE SEEING BEFORE THAT IS FOUR AND 5% COUPONS.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOR A WHILE.
SO IT IS GOING TO COST MORE FOR FUTURE DEBT.
OUR PROPERTY VALUE HAS GROWTH HAS SLOWED.
SO THIS PAST YEAR WE'RE JUST OVER 4%.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HISTORICAL GROWTH, WE HAD DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH MANY YEARS AT 12% OR PLUS.
SO 4% GROWTH PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH IS REALLY LOW FOR THIS DISTRICT.
AND THEN KEEP IN MIND WE DO HAVE THE CITIZENS BOND STEERING COMMITTEE BEGINNING MEETING THIS WEEK TO DISCOVER, TO RESEARCH AND RECOMMEND A POSSIBLE BOND FOR 25 AND POTENTIALLY 26.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
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NOW WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE CALCULATIONS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM, AND THEN ANY SPECIAL LANGUAGE THAT IS REQUIRED IN THAT. SO WE KNOW THAT THE TIER ONE MCR IS PRETTY MUCH SET BY THE STATE.AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY THERE.
SO THE MCR IS THE FIRST CALCULATION AND THE STATE DOES THAT FOR US.
THEN WE CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF APPROVED TIER TWO PENNIES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT 0.08 AND 0.0583.
AND THEN THE RATE NEEDED TO PAY DEBT.
AND WE'VE GOT THE $0.35 THAT WE'VE BEEN AT.
SO THE PROPOSED TOTAL RATE FOR TAX YEAR 24 IS A DOLLAR WITH 10.52 PENNIES.
SO WE KNOW WE CAN'T INCREASE THE MCR.
WE HAVE ALL OF OUR GOLDEN PENNIES.
SO WHAT WOULD WE POSSIBLY INCREASE.
REMEMBER WE HAVE ACCESS TO NINE COPPER PENNIES.
AND THIS IS A RATE THAT IF YOU TOOK THE SAME PROPERTY THAT YOU HAD LAST YEAR, NO NEW PROPERTY, AND APPLIED THE VALUES TO THIS YEAR'S RATE, WHAT WOULD WITH THAT TAX RATE BE.
BUT IF THE VALUE INCREASED, THEN IN THEORY THE RATE SHOULD GO DOWN RIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT NO NEW REVENUE.
YOU'RE GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE ON THE SAME PROPERTIES.
THE TAX OFFICE ACTUALLY CALCULATES THAT FOR US.
AND SO OUR PROPOSED RATE IS $1 1052.
THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS $1.0934.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO CALCULATE A RATE TO MAINTAIN.
YOU HAD A NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THEN YOU HAVE A NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
AND NOW YOU HAVE A RATE TO MAINTAIN.
THE RATE TO MAINTAIN IS TO MAINTAIN THE SAME PER STUDENT FUNDING FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
WELL, IF YOUR STUDENTS GO UP, THEN YOUR RATE WOULD HAVE TO GO UP RIGHT TO GET THE SAME PER STUDENT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A RATE OF $1.1660 HERE.
SO AGAIN, WHAT WE ALWAYS FOCUS ON IS THE MCR AND THE VATAR RATE.
THESE OTHER CALCULATIONS ARE JUST REQUIRED, BUT WE DON'T TYPICALLY USE THOSE IN ADOPTION.
AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PROVISION FOR ADOPTING THE RATE TO MAINTAIN.
SO THAT'S NOT EVEN AN OPTION BECAUSE THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE VATER.
BUT WITH THOSE CALCULATIONS BECOME ALSO COMES REQUIRED LANGUAGE.
SO IN THIS COLUMN YOU SEE IF YOU ADOPT A TAX RATE THAT DOES THIS, THEN YOUR RESOLUTION AND YOUR MOTION AND YOUR WEBSITE POSTING REQUIRE THIS.
AND SO YOU HAVE THE REQUIRED WORDING AND THE MOTION AND THE RESOLUTION.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO REMEMBER AT BUDGET ADOPTION WE HAVE APRIL CERTIFIED.
THAT GROWTH WAS LOWER TO 4.36 IN JUNE.
AT BUDGET ADOPTION, WE THOUGHT THE MCR WOULD BE 6.192 AFTER CERTIFIED AND EVERYTHING IT WAS 6.169.
WE KEEP THE GOLDEN AND THE COPPER PENNIES.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE IS COMPARED TO THE 2023 RATE OF $1.1075, A PROPOSED RATE OF $1 1052 AND A REDUCTION OF JUST UNDER A PENNY.
SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO 2017, 2018, AGAIN THROUGH COMPRESSION OF THE TAX RATE, WE'VE SEEN A DROP OF NEARLY $0.42 IN OUR TAX RATE.
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I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT HISTORY.BUT I THINK THAT'S PRETTY UNPRECEDENTED.
AND SO WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON AN AVERAGE TAXPAYER.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART UNDER THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
SO YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUE ON A HOME HAS GONE DOWN FROM LAST YEAR FROM 8.45 TO 7.54, 754,000, BUT THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE DID GO UP.
SO REMEMBER INCREASES CAN ONLY GO UP.
IT WAS 10% I BELIEVE IT'S NOW 5%.
BUT VALUE TAXABLE VALUE DID GO UP.
YOU SEE THE CHANGE IN THE TAX RATE.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, SOMEONE A TRUSTEE ASKED ABOUT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
SO AGAIN, USING THE SAME TAXABLE AND ASSESSED VALUE AND THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THE ANNUAL TAXES WOULD BE 0.6319, OR AN INCREASE OF $137 A YEAR OR $11 A MONTH.
SO OUR PROPOSED RATE IS ABOUT $17 A MONTH, AND IN R IS $11 A MONTH.
AND THEN I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT REDUCING OUR TAX RATE WOULD DROP OUR REVENUES BY ABOUT 600,000.
THE IMPACT TO OUR REVENUES ABOUT 600,000 FOR THAT DROP.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT IMPACTED FROZEN LEVIES.
SO REMEMBER SENATE BILL TWO, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT FROZEN LEVIES.
SO WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IF YOUR TAXES WERE FROZEN IN 2017 AT OUR HIGHER TAX RATE, AFTER ALL THIS COMPRESSION, YOU WEREN'T GETTING THE BENEFIT OF THAT. AND SO THE LEGISLATORS FINALLY REALIZED THAT AND ENACTED SOME LAWS.
SO TAX BILLS WERE RECALIBRATED.
EXAMPLE TWO ALMOST $2,400 A YEAR FROM WHERE THEY WERE FROZEN.
SO YOU SEE SAME TAX BILL AND THEN IT DROPS.
AND THEN EXAMPLE THREE ANOTHER $1,850.
SO A TOTAL EMISSION RATE OF 0.7552.
AND THEN RECOMMENDING THAT WE MAINTAIN THE INS RATE OF $0.35 FOR A TOTAL OF $1 1052.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION. DO WE HAVE BOARD? ROB I'M HAPPY TO START FIRST, ELAINE, TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT. JUST A FEW COMMENTS.
JUST FOR THE PUBLIC SESSION HERE FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR.
SO TO MY COUNT THERE ARE AT LEAST FIVE DISTRICTS HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSE NEIGHBORS TO US THAT ARE GOING OUT IN NOVEMBER ASKING FOR A VADER, AN INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE FROM THEIR VOTERS FOR WHATEVER REASONS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THAT MOST I'LL SAY SEVERAL.
BUT YOU COULD ARGUE MOST TAXING ENTITIES AT THE COUNTY OR CITY GOVERNMENT LEVEL IN TRAVIS AND HAYS COUNTY GONE OUT AND INCREASED EITHER GOING TO OR PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE.
AND HERE WE ARE SITTING HERE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU FOR THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE TAX RATE DECREASE FOR OUR DISTRICT, COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE LARGEST TAX DECREASE LAST YEAR IN 15 YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO NEED TO REFLECT HERE THAT THROUGH THE INS RATE KEEPING AT $0.35.
THE BUDGET THAT I SAW ALLOWS US, IS ANTICIPATING US TO PAY OFF $21 MILLION OF DEBT IN DEFEASANCE, WHICH WILL SAVE US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INTEREST PAYMENTS AND ALLOW US TO INCREASE BOND CAPACITY FOR FUTURE YEARS.
THAT IS A VERY GOOD RESULT, I THINK, FOR OUR DISTRICT.
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I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THE WILL OF THIS BOARD AND HOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE A FINANCIALLY STRONG DISTRICT, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS WITH PROPERTY VALUES CONTINUING TO INCREASE.AND I THINK WE'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AT THAT.
AND SO I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT.
AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I HAVE MORE OF A COMMENT, TOO.
I WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU FOR THE IMPACT ON THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER SLIDE.
I THINK FOR ME AND TO HIGHLIGHT TO OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THAT IS SO HELPFUL TO READ IT THAT WAY.
WHERE WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT AND SAY YES, IF WE WENT DOWN TO THAT, NO NEW REVENUE RATE, IT WOULD.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S HUGE FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK THIS WHOLE TAX CONVERSATION CAN BE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO SOME, AND SEEING IT THAT WAY. SO CLEARLY I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL TO MAYBE FOLKS THAT DON'T FOLLOW THIS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT COPPER PENNIES AND THE GOLDEN PENNIES ARE.
AND WHEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO, TO DIRECT THEM HERE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON OUR SIDE VERSUS WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS ON ON THE TAXPAYER SIDE.
AND I APPRECIATE AS WE MOVE ON THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU'RE ALWAYS IMPROVING THE EXAMPLES AND IMPROVING THE VISUALS THAT REALLY HELP US TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
SOMETHING CROSSED MY MIND THAT WE'VE NEVER TALKED ABOUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST CAN'T PUT IT IN THERE, BUT THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY OF HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE IN THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE DO RECEIVE I KNOW WE CAN'T BE SPECIFIC BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE'VE NEVER, LIKE, DONE AN ASTERISK TO SAY PROPERTY TAXES TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
HAVE WE EVER CONSIDERED JUST PUTTING A NOTATION ON ANY OF OUR DOCUMENTATION THAT JUST REITERATES THAT REMINDER, LIKE WHEN WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, IT'S A VERY COMMON CONVERSATION I HAVE IN REAL ESTATE.
LIKE REMEMBER DEPENDENT UPON YOUR, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR TAX LIABILITY.
YOU DO SUBMIT THIS AS A IT'S A TAX DEDUCTIBLE EXPENSE AS A PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
WE HAVEN'T PERSONALLY AS A CPA, I CAN'T GIVE TAX ADVICE.
SO THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE TRICKY FOR ME TO PUT THAT ON DISTRICT INFORMATION.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THAT, EVEN JUST LIKE A QUESTION LIKE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE DO THAT, BUT AT LEAST IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, JUST BE SURE TO CHECK WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, CPA OR TAX ADVISOR TO SEE IF OR JUST US VERBALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS REMINDING PEOPLE THAT OUR PROPERTY TAXES, FOR THE MOST PART, THERE IS A ASSOCIATED TAX DEDUCTION.
MARY JANE. SO ECHOING THE THANKS, I CAN'T IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO JUST PREPARING THIS FOR US, BUT I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY LISTENING OR IF THEY'RE NOT LISTENING, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A PLUG TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THE SENATE, I THINK, FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK HEARD TESTIMONY ABOUT WHAT IF WE GOT RID OF ALL PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKES OUR BREATH AWAY.
AND I PROBABLY GET THIS WRONG, BUT I THINK THE CALCULATION WAS THAT SALES TAX WOULD HAVE TO GO UP TO 22% TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOST PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
WHICH IS JUST, YOU KNOW, NONSENSICAL.
SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SEVEN TRUSTEES AND WE NEED WE NEED HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TAXPAYERS TO TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DISCUSSIONS OF THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK.
BECAUSE THIS IMPACT ON TAXPAYERS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WHEN I REQUESTED IT.
BECAUSE WHEN I WHEN I DID THE CALCULATIONS, I CAME UP WITH THE SAME.
AND IT'S AMAZING THAT THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS STILL A TAX INCREASE ON THE TAXPAYERS.
CAN THE COMMUNITY SEE THIS INFORMATION ON IT OR IS THIS ON OUR WEBSITE OR IS THIS ON.
OKAY. AND I HOPE THEY GO AND LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE OF HOW WE NEED REFORM
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IN IN HOW WE'RE GETTING MONEY ANYWAY.I MEAN, IT, YES, 22% WOULD BE RIDICULOUS.
BUT THE MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW IT'S STRAPPED ON THE TAXPAYERS.
AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAXING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT, TOO. SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS TO THAT, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY DIVING INTO THE CONVERSATION ON OUR END FOR SURE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SLIDE.
OKAY. BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER, I FEEL REALLY GUILTY TAKING ALL THE CREDIT.
SO, DANA DID ALL OF THIS WORK.
GINA'S BEEN IN THE TRENCHES DOING ALL THESE CALCULATIONS, PULLING HER HAIR OUT.
I'M JUST REPRESENTING TONIGHT.
I GET THE EASY THING. I JUST HAVE TO PRESENT.
THANK YOU. GINA, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
OH, AND I JUST REMIND YOU THAT IT HAS TO BE READ EXACTLY AS WRITTEN.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY LEVY OR SET THE TAX RATE ON $100 VALUATION FOR THE DISTRICT FOR THE TAX YEAR 2024 AT 0.7552.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 1.1052, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 1.08% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
A MOTION FROM MARY JANE, A SECOND FROM OLIVIA.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND INFORMATION.
[9. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]
WE GOT HIGHLIGHTS FROM COMMUNICATIONS LAST WEEK.ANYTHING TO ADD ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? NOTHING TO ADD. A COUPLE OF METRICS TO UPDATE OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY ON.
THE NAMING CONTINUES TO HAVE REALLY HIGH ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE WEEKS ON THAT.
SO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION THERE.
AND THEN ALSO ON THE APP DOWNLOADS WERE JUST FOR OUR WEBSITE.
SO CONTINUING TO MEASURE ENGAGEMENT ON THAT FRONT AS WELL.
AND WE'RE UP OVER 1600 DOWNLOADS ON OUR APP AS WELL ON THAT FRONT.
HAVE WE SENT THAT LINK BY EMAIL TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE SURVEY? YEAH. IT HAS GONE TO THE NEWS.
WE WANT TO DO THAT. NO, I THINK WE.
IT'S DEFINITELY GONE TO THE CAMPUSES, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S DIRECTLY GONE TO THE STUDENTS.
AND THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL IN THAT SURVEY IF IT WAS FACULTY OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR.
HI. GOOD EVENING. THERE ARE NO UPDATES SINCE LAST WEEK.
OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION BOARD? ALL RIGHT. OPERATIONS AND BOND UPDATES.
JAMES IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
BUT ANYTHING FOR ELAINE OR HER TEAM.
I BELIEVE HE PROVIDED THE UPDATE LAST WEEK.
AND THEN THE BOND REPORTS ARE THE SAME.
HR? WE HAVE TWO MORE TEACHERS HIRED.
SO WE ARE DOWN TO ONE TEACHER VACANCY.
ALL RIGHT. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
WE ADDED FOR Y'ALL A GRANT FROM THE SAN MARCOS CIVIC FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE 11 EDUCATORS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA CONFERENCE.
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AS A RESULT OF THEIR GENEROSITY.ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA WITH NO FURTHER ACTION THIS EVENING.
WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 7:42 P.M.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.