Dec 16, 2024 Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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GOOD EVENING.

WE HAVE CONVENED FOR A REGULAR MEETING OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS MONDAY, DECEMBER 16TH.

THE TIME IS NOW 6:04 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, AND I'M HONORED TO INVITE THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE LEADERS UP TO THE FRONT TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

WE WILL HAVE EMERY CHARBONNET, THIRD GRADER AT WALNUT SPRINGS.

WILL DUTTON, A FOURTH GRADER AT WALNUT SPRINGS.

AND HARRIS HAJASKI, FIFTH GRADER AT WALNUT SPRINGS.

OF ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

WELL, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT TONIGHT OUR LEARNING SPOTLIGHT IS FOR WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT EVERY MONTH WE HAVE STUDENT ARTWORK DISPLAYED IN THIS BUILDING, AND IT'S ALWAYS ALIGNED TO THE STUDENTS WHO ARE PRESENTING.

SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY STUDENT ART AVAILABLE IN THIS BUILDING.

AND IF YOU COME BACK EVERY MONTH FOR BOARD MEETINGS, YOU'LL SEE OTHER STUDENT ART ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNEW THAT THAT WAS ON DISPLAY HERE, AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO CHECK IT OUT.

I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT OUR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD ORCHESTRA CONCERT IS TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 17TH AT 7:00 PM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.

THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO FEATURE ORCHESTRA FROM BOTH OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, SO WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US.

A REMINDER THAT FRIDAY IS AN EARLY RELEASE DAY FOR ALL CAMPUSES.

ELEMENTARIES WILL BE GETTING OUT AT NOON, SECONDARY SCHOOLS AT 1:10 P.M., AND THEN WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR WINTER BREAK FROM MONDAY, DECEMBER 23RD THROUGH FRIDAY, JANUARY 3RD.

STAFF RETURN ON MONDAY, JANUARY 6TH AND THEN STUDENTS RETURN ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8TH.

AND WHEN WE GET BACK, WE'LL HAVE OUR NEXT TAXPAYER TUESDAY EVENT IN JANUARY ON THE 14TH AT SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING RECAPTURE, WHICH IS PART OF OUR SCHOOL FINANCE SYSTEM.

SO IT'D BE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND YOU CAN RSVP ON OUR WEBSITE.

ALL RIGHT. NOW ON TO OUR RECOGNITIONS.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

THANK YOU. I'LL WAIT FOR THEM.

OH. DON'T HIDE BEHIND ME.

GET OUT IN FRONT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, WE'RE MISSING A FEW TEAM MEMBERS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS WHAT OUR TEAM LOOKS LIKE.

WHAT BEST ROBOTICS IS, IS IMAGINE SOMEONE COMES UP TO YOU, HANDS YOU A BOX OF STUFF, AND SAYS, BUILD A ROBOT.

YOU HAVE EIGHT WEEKS. GO.

THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THEY DID AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH.

AND THAT'S OUR SECOND ITERATION OF IT.

SO WE HAD TWO COMPETITIONS THIS YEAR, ONE THAT WE HOSTED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WE PLACED SECOND AT, WHICH NOMINATED US, WHICH EARNED US A SPOT AT THE STATE COMPETITION.

AND WE JUST HAD OUR STATE COMPETITION.

WAS IT A WEEK AGO? IT'S BEEN A BLUR. A WEEK OR TWO AGO, DECEMBER 6TH, THAT WAS YEAH, WE JUST HAD THAT A WEEK AGO.

AND UP THERE, WHILE WE DID NOT PLACE AT STATE, WE GOT TOP TEN IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES AND TOP 12 IN AND ALL THE OTHERS.

SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, GOING FOR STATE, GOING FROM BASICALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE'VE BARELY GOT POINTS AT THE REGIONAL ROUNDS TO MAKING IT TO STATE AND BEING A TOP 15 TEAM. I AM SO PROUD OF THESE KIDS, THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE DONE.

THEY GAVE UP BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY OF THE FALL SEMESTER TO COME WORK ON THE ROBOT.

THEIR FIRST FREE SATURDAY.

THEY HAD TWO FREE SATURDAYS, THANKSGIVING WEEKEND AND THIS LAST SATURDAY.

OTHER THAN THAT, THESE KIDS CHOSE TO COME UP TO SCHOOL AND HANG OUT WITH ME AND BUILD A ROBOT.

OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO LIKE THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD AND THEY DESERVE THIS RECOGNITION AND THEY DESERVE THIS HONOR.

AND I'M SO PROUD OF THEM. AND YOU ALL SHOULD BE TOO.

AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND SAY WHAT THEY WORKED ON.

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SORRY. NO. HI, I'M RYAN.

I WORKED ON THE DESIGN FOR THE ROBOT.

HI, I'M HANSINI.

I WORKED ON THE MARKETING PRESENTATION AND THE BOOTH.

HI, MY NAME IS ZOEY, I WORKED ON THE ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK AND PART OF THE MANUFACTURING TEAM.

HI, MY NAME IS SARAH, I WORKED ON MOSTLY THE ROBOT AND THE WHEELS.

MY NAME IS ALSO SARAH, AND I WORKED ON PROGRAMING.

MY NAME IS SHINADE AND I WORKED ON PROGRAMING.

MY NAME IS HAYLEY AND I WAS A PIT LEAD AND I WORKED IN MANUFACTURING.

MY NAME IS ISABELLA AND I WAS A PROGRAMMER AND DID SOME MANUFACTURING STUFF.

HI, I'M LAURA, I WORKED ON PROGRAMING IN THE ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK.

HI, I'M ALEXA AND I WORKED ON THE PROGRAMING TEAM.

NEXT, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR BELOVED OUTGOING CONSTABLE RON HOOD.

RON, GO ON OVER WITH SERENA? YES, PLEASE. TO HAVE YOU STANDING HERE.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD.

TONIGHT, I AM HONORED TO RECOGNIZE CONSTABLE RON HOOD, WHO IS RETIRING FOLLOWING A 40 YEAR CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WITH 16 OF THOSE YEARS FAITHFULLY SERVING THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY AS PRECINCT FOUR COUNTY CONSTABLE.

CONSTABLE HOOD HAS SERVED WITH HONOR AND INTEGRITY AND HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNER TO DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.

HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN RESPONSIVE AND AVAILABLE TO PARTNER WITH US TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY SAVE.

RON, ON BEHALF OF THE DISD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, COMMITMENT AND FRIENDSHIP.

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[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.

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

PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS OR CRITICISMS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS, EXCEPT FOR THE SPEAKER STUDENT, NO OTHER STUDENT'S NAME OR IDENTITY SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.

IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE HEARD AND RESOLVED, PLEASE PRESENT YOUR CONCERNS 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.

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

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.

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

ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, THE TIMER WILL BEGIN.

WHEN YOU HEAR THE TIMER SOUND, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.

KELLAN BLOUNT, BLOUNT.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KELLAN BLOUNT AND I'M FROM PLANNING UNIT 39.

FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU EACH FOR YOUR DEDICATION THROUGHOUT THE REZONING PROCESS.

AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO STRONGLY SUPPORT MAP OPTION ONE, WHICH STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE OF EQUITY, LONG TERM STABILITY, AND PRACTICAL LOGIC FOR OUR DISTRICT. FIRST, OPTION ONE ENSURES BALANCED ENROLLMENT ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS UNTIL AT LEAST 2028.

ADDRESSING OVERCROWDING CONCERNS AND PREVENTING THE NEED FOR FUTURE BONDS TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS.

THIS MAP OPTIMIZES RESOURCES AND STAFFING, ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO THE BEST POSSIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

AS WE ADDRESS THE COMPLEXITIES OF SUNSET CANYON, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DECISION TO SPLIT PLANNING.

UNIT 19 REFLECTS A COMMITMENT TO BALANCED ENROLLMENT AND DISTRICT WIDE STABILITY.

WHILE SOME MAY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT KEEPING SUNSET CANYON NORTH AND TOGETHER WITH SOUTH, THE REALITY IS THAT ACHIEVING THIS UNITY WOULD DISRUPT MANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE DISTRICT MUST REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE BROADER PICTURE, BALANCING COMPETING INTERESTS WHILE MAINTAINING FAIRNESS, EQUITY, AND LONG TERM STABILITY FOR ALL.

ADDITIONALLY, HISTORICALLY IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE THE SAME STABILITY.

OPTION ONE ENSURES NEIGHBORHOODS REZONED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST WILL FINALLY RECEIVE THE CONSISTENCY THEY DESERVE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT EMOTIONAL APPEALS OR NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS SHOULD NOT DRIVE PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS.

WHILE SOME VOICES MAY THREATEN TO OPPOSE BOARD MEMBERS BASED ON THIS ISSUE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT THE DISTRICT, SUPPORTS THIS BALANCED APPROACH.

THE WORK OF REZONING OF THE REZONING COMMITTEE, WHICH REFLECTS MONTHS OF COMMUNITY INPUT, SHOULD NOT BE DISREGARDED FOR THE SAKE OF SHORT TERM PRESSURES.

BY ADOPTING OPTION ONE, THE BOARD WILL BE SHOWING COURAGE, COMMITMENT TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND A WILLINGNESS TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS FOR THE GREATER GOOD.

OPTION ONE IS THE RESULT OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMUNITY DRIVEN WORK.

IT IS DATA. IT IS A DATA DRIVEN SOLUTION THAT ENSURES EQUITY, FAIRNESS AND STABILITY.

I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THIS MAP, WHICH REPRESENTS THE BEST INTERESTS OF DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, BOTH TODAY AND FOR YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS.

[6. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]

GOOD EVENING. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE INTO WALNUT SPRINGS AND THE LEADERSHIP AT OUR SCHOOL.

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EMPOWER OTHERS, ACHIEVE GREATNESS AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

OKAY. THAT IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

AND WE SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY AT WALNUT SPRINGS.

WE SAY IT MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS WELL, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE HAND MOTIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.

AND IT'S IT LEADS US EVERY SINGLE DAY AT WALNUT SPRINGS.

WE BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE LEADERS, AND WE WORK TOGETHER AS STAFF AND STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE TIME AND THE ENERGY AND THE TRUST TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

WE FEEL IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE PORTRAIT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT, WHICH THEN ALSO LEADS INTO THE PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE.

WE'RE A LEADER IN ME SCHOOL.

WE HAVE BEEN SINCE 2014, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE WORKING TOWARD LIGHTHOUSE STATUS.

WE BELIEVE EVERYONE IS A LEADER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE OR HOW BIG YOU ARE.

EVERYONE CAN BE A LEADER AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

IN THE PRIMARY GRADE, STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED BY HAVING LEADERSHIP JOBS INSIDE THEIR CLASSROOM.

STUDENTS IN THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE CAN APPLY TO BE PART OF THE SCHOOLWIDE LEADERSHIP TEAMS. THESE TEAMS CONNECT STUDENTS TO THE SCHOOL AND CREATE AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT HELP STUDENTS LEARN PRACTICAL SKILLS AND HELP THEM FOR AN EVER CHANGING WORLD.

WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE LEADING THE WAY ON A FEW OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAMS. FIRST UP, MEET EVIE WITH THEIR BIRTHDAY BUDDIES TEAM.

THE BIRTHDAY BUDDIES WORK TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE STUDENTS BIRTHDAYS.

WE DELIVER CARDS TO HOMEROOM CLASSROOMS AND TAPE THEM ONTO THE DOORS FOR THE STUDENTS TO FIND.

THE NEXT MORNING, WE PUT ON PARTY HATS AND MADE A VIDEO OF US SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY THAT WAS SHARED TO TEACHERS.

TEACHERS PLAY THE VIDEO WHEN THEIR STUDENTS HAVE A BIRTHDAY.

WE AREN'T ONLY SPREADING BIRTHDAY JOY TO STUDENTS AT WSCS, WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO CREATE BIRTHDAY BOXES FOR LOCAL CHARITIES.

IT'S OUR PLAN TO DELIVER BOXES FULL OF BIRTHDAY ESSENTIALS LIKE CAKE MIX, BALLOONS, CANDLES, AND OF COURSE, A HANDMADE BIRTHDAY CARD.

NEXT UP, MAISIE FROM THE SAFETY PATROL TEAM.

THE SAFETY PATROL HAS A VERY IMPORTANT JOB.

EACH MORNING WE MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR WALNUT TIGERS GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND SAFELY INTO THE BUILDING.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT MAKES SURE EACH STUDENT HAS A GREAT START TO THEIR SCHOOL DAY.

HERE'S BELLA WITH THE GREETER LEADERS.

THE GREETER LEADER TEAM WELCOMES EACH STUDENT AS THEY ARRIVE AT SCHOOL WITH A SMILE AND EAGERNESS TO START THE DAY.

WE HELP EVERYONE GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO FROM OUR DESIGNATED STATIONS THE FRONT VESTIBULE, CAFETERIA, GYM, AND BACK DOORS FOR BUS RIDERS. OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO GREET EACH STUDENT BY NAME AS THEY ARRIVE AT SCHOOL.

WE WORK TOGETHER TO NOTICE WHO MIGHT NEED SOME EXTRA ENCOURAGEMENT, GETTING TO CLASS OR SAYING GOODBYE TO THEIR GROWN UPS.

WE ARE WARM, FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL LEADERS.

LUCY IS NEXT TO SHARE ABOUT UNIFIED CHAMPIONS.

UNIFIED CHAMPIONS IS A LEADERSHIP TEAM AT WALNUT, AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS FEEL INCLUDED.

WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS AND WORK WITH STUDENTS TO HELP THEM PRACTICE SOCIAL SKILLS BY PLAYING GAMES AND DOING ACTIVITIES. THIS JOB IS IMPORTANT TO WALNUT BECAUSE WE GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO TAKE TURNS, HOW TO LOSE, HOW TO MANAGE EMOTIONS, AND HOW TO HAVE FUN WITH US AND EACH OTHER.

WE LOVE THIS JOB BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO INCLUDE OTHER STUDENTS AND GIVE THEM A FRIEND.

ELLEN WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT OUR STUDENT ADVISORY TEAM.

THE STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD IS A LEADERSHIP TEAM DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE EVERYONE AT TIGER'S VOICE IS HEARD.

WE WORK TOGETHER TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE OUR CAMPUS SAFER AND OUR LEARNING EVEN MORE FUN.

EACH OF US HAS A STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD NOTEBOOK THAT WHERE WE WRITE DOWN IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS, WHETHER THEY ARE THINGS WE NOTICE OR THINGS THAT OUR CLASSMATES SHARE WITH US. WE ARE PROUD TO BE THE VOICE OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT WALNUT.

BRINGING EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO THE TABLE.

BY COLLABORATING, WE WORK HARD TO MAKE WALNUT SPRINGS THE BEST IT CAN BE FOR ALL OF US.

EASTON IS EXCITED TO SHARE ABOUT HIS ROLE AS LIBRARY LEADER.

THE LIBRARY IS A PLACE THAT ALL STUDENTS VISIT EACH WEEK.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE LIBRARY IS WORKING WELL.

WE GET TO HELP IT RUN SMOOTHLY.

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STUDENT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT GROWTH, VOICE AND COLLABORATION.

IT HELPS US MAKE DECISIONS, WORK AS A TEAM AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOMETHING GREATER THAN OURSELVES.

THESE OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWER US TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY, AND CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE AT WALNUT SPRINGS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

YES. HOW LONG ARE YOU ABLE TO BE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD? GO AHEAD ROB.

HELLO. SORRY I GOT I'M SORRY.

I'M JUST SMILING EAR TO EAR OVER HERE.

OH MY GOSH, KIDS, WAY TO GO.

I GET WE GET A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS IN THIS JOB.

IT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO TO GET INFORMATION, MAKE DECISIONS.

THAT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE BEST EVER AND BY SO MANY PRESENTERS.

SO KIDS, GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

GREAT JOB.

OKAY. SCHOOL BOARD.

OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S SEVEN OF US ON THIS BOARD UP HERE, AND WE'RE ON WHAT'S CALLED STAGGERED TERMS, WHICH MEANS ONE YEAR, TWO OF US TWO SEATS ON THIS BOARD ARE UP FOR ELECTION.

THE NEXT YEAR, ANOTHER TWO SEATS ARE UP FOR ELECTION.

AND THEN THE THIRD YEAR, THERE ARE THREE SEATS THAT ARE UP FOR ELECTION.

SO WE SERVE THREE YEAR TERMS IN A STAGGERED WAY.

NOW, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THERE ARE NOT TERM LIMITS ON SCHOOL BOARD TERMS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT A TERM LIMIT IS? OKAY. A TERM LIMIT IS A RULE THAT SAYS YOU CAN ONLY STAY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SO LONG.

WELL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

MAINLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE LAW, AND ALSO PRACTICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS.

AND TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THAT POSITION OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN A LOT.

HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, MOST OF US UP HERE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE DOCTOR HETRICK, WHO IS ON HER FOURTH TERM, ARE ON EITHER OUR FIRST TERM OR OUR SECOND TERM AS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

I LIKE TO TALK A LOT. SO IT'S A LITTLE LONG WINDED.

ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU COULD, IN THEORY, BE ON THE BOARD FOREVER IF YOU WANTED TO.

ALTHOUGH I DON'T PERSONALLY RECOMMEND IT.

ALTHOUGH I THINK THE AVERAGE IS AROUND 6 TO 9 YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT.

OKAY. HOW LONG DOES IT WORK WHEN STUDENTS GET TRANSFERRED FROM A NEW SCHOOL? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A NEW MAP FOR THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A MAP.

AND ON THE MAP IS EVERY SINGLE SUBDIVISION IN OUR DISTRICT AND IT TELLS YOU WHICH SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE FEEDING INTO.

SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN UP A NEW SCHOOL NEXT AUGUST.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SPREADING STUDENTS OUT TO MAKE ROOM IN THE BUILDING.

SO WHEN WE DO THIS, WE WANT TO TRY TO BALANCE ALL THE SCHOOLS SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T GO TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IS TOO SMALL OR ONE THAT IS TOO LARGE.

WE TRY TO GET IT JUST RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WITH BALANCED NUMBERS, AND SO WE'LL BE OPENING UP A NEW SCHOOL IN HEADWATERS IN AUGUST.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THANK YOU. HOW DO YOU GET ELECTED? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

AND YOU GUYS ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO ACTUALLY BE ON SCHOOL BOARDS ONE DAY, ALTHOUGH I DON'T RECOMMEND IT.

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. IT'S VERY REWARDING.

BUT YOU SHOULD STAY INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION.

YOU AND I BET YOUR PARENTS ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN YOUR EDUCATION.

YOU FIND THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO BETTER.

OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUMP IN ON THE ACTION THAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING, YOU RALLY THE COMMUNITY BEHIND YOU, BEHIND YOUR IDEAS AND YOU ASK THEM TO VOTE FOR YOU.

AND YOU HAVE TO TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND IT'S IT'S VERY REWARDING TO ACTUALLY BE ON A SCHOOL BOARD.

SO I HOPE YOU ALL TRY WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE GROWN.

YOU CAN COME WALK AROUND.

WE'LL SHAKE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH STUDENTS.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

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THERE WAS FRIENDSGIVING CELEBRATION MARY JANE WENT TO.

WOW. THIS FEELS LIKE IT WAS A VERY LONG TIME AGO.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE KIND OF FAMILY ATMOSPHERE.

VERY, VERY SWEET EVENT.

AND THEY JUST ALL SEEM TO BE SO HAPPY.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING INVITED.

WE CAN'T GO TO EVERYTHING, BUT WE SURE TRY WHEN WE CAN.

AND SO KEEP INVITING US.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, OUR CAMPUS VISIT WAS AT SYCAMORE.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY MY KIDS CAMPUS, AND WE HAPPEN TO BE THERE IN MY THIRD GRADERS MARKET DAY, WHICH ADMITTEDLY IS NOT MY FAVORITE THING AS A MOM, BUT THE KIDS LOVE IT, SO I LOVE TO GO AND SUPPORT THEM.

MY SON MADE LITTLE HOLOGRAPHIC BASEBALL CARD MAGNETS THAT HE WAS VERY PROUD OF.

SO ONE THING I REALLY IN PARTICULAR LOVED IS BEING ABLE TO SEE THE SPECIAL SERVICES AND A LOT MORE, AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE OF THAT IN OUR CAMPUS TOURS THIS YEAR, SO GOOD JOB.

NADINE LIKE PREPARING OUR TEAM, AND I'VE ENJOYED SEEING THAT ON OUR CAMPUS TOURS, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT A LOT IN THE PAST AND GETTING KIND OF A FULL FLEDGED APPROACH FROM SYCAMORE. AND WE GOT TO SEE THE NUTCRACKER PERFORMANCE KIND OF IN ACTION, THEIR REHEARSAL BEFORE, WHICH IS KIND OF A REALLY SPECIAL THING THAT MR. MARTINEZ DOES AT SYCAMORE.

SO LOTS OF REALLY COOL, SPECIAL THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT AND ON SYCAMORE.

SO. ALL RIGHT KIM.

THIS PARTICULAR PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THEIR WINTER CONCERT, AND THE STUDENTS WERE AMAZING.

I HAD TO SIT THERE AND SAY, NOW WAIT A MINUTE, THIS IS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY SOUNDED LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND THEY HAVE SUCH A STRONG, DYNAMIC PROGRAM.

THEY HAVE TWO JAZZ BANDS IN ONE SCHOOL, AND THAT'S A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

AND ALL THOSE KIDS VOLUNTEER AND THEY JUST DO AN AMAZING JOB.

BUT I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING FOR ME WAS I WAS SITTING NEAR FAMILY AND I WAS TALKING TO THE GENTLEMAN AND HE SAID, YOU CAME TO THE BEST SHOW OF THE YEAR.

WELL, OF COURSE I DID. THESE SHOWS ARE ALL GREAT.

AND HE SAID, WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE OF THE BAND.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D HEARD THAT.

MOST PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR ACADEMICS OR THEY'RE HERE FOR ATHLETICS, BUT FOR A PARENT TO TELL ME THAT THEY HAD MULTIPLE CHILDREN, THEY WERE ALL INVOLVED IN THEATER AND MUSIC PROGRAMS. AND WHAT A FANTASTIC JOB EACH INSTRUCTOR DOES IN THIS DISTRICT AND HIS CHILDREN ALL ARE JUST SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. BUT BAND IS WHAT ATTRACTED THIS PARTICULAR FAMILY, SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT.

ROB AND NOT PICTURED HERE WAS MARY JANE.

DOCTOR MARY JANE HETRICK, WHO WAS AT THIS DEAL.

SO WE JUST CELEBRATED CONSTABLE HOOD WHO WILL TRANSITION OVER TO CONSTABLE ELECT DAVE GRAHAM, WHICH ALSO WORTH ACKNOWLEDGING.

RIGHT. WE HAVE A NEW CONSTABLE HERE IN PRECINCT FOUR.

TO WORK WITH AND PARTNER WITH HERE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR OF OUR COMMUNITY.

PATRICIA, MYSELF AND MARY JANE HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO RON.

AND ONE THING WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TONIGHT THAT WILL NOTE THAT HE HAD A THERE'S A COMMUNITY WARD NOW NAMED AFTER RON HOOD CALLED THE RON HOOD.

OH MY GOODNESS. OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY MEMBER NOT NAMED RON HOOD AWARD FOR THE FUTURE.

A TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO HAS DONE A LOT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

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I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT WE RECENTLY HAD A WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.

BUT GARY CUTLER WILL ALSO BE RETIRING.

THE TRANSITION WITH ANTHONY IPPOLITO.

ELECT IPPOLITO, WHO'S OBVIOUSLY THE VOICE OF THE TIGERS HEAVILY INVOLVED HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAM AS WELL. IS TRANSITIONING ON JANUARY THE 7TH, AND SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT KATIE HAS THAT DATE IN CASE SOME OF Y'ALL WANT TO COME TO THAT EVENT AS WELL.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

LIAISON REPORTS. WE CAN START WITH TRICIA AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN.

SO I GUESS THE SHACK MET LAST WEEK.

THAT WAS THEIR FIRST MEETING.

TO THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH AND DISCUSSED THE CURRENT WELLNESS PLAN.

THE, I CAN'T SPEAK THE CURRENT WELLNESS PLAN, THE BYLAWS FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD POLICY REGARDING THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THEY NOMINATED THEIR OFFICERS.

NEXT MEETING IS SET FOR JANUARY 15TH, 2025.

CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO 2025.

AND THEY WILL ELECT THEIR OFFICERS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU CAN FIND THE INFORMATION ABOUT CHECK ON THE WEBSITE UNDER COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

AND RECORDINGS AGENDA AND MINUTES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I'LL DEFER TO YOU ON THE SAFETY SECURITY MEETING AS I WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT ONE SO.

MARY JANE.

SO, CHAMBER HAD THEIR HOLIDAY MEETING, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE CHAMBER MEMBERS TO JUST GIVE A VERY BRIEF UPDATE.

AND SO I WAS ABLE TO SHARE ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SIX CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AND SYCAMORE MIDDLE EXPANSION AND THE WORK OF OUR ATTENDANCE ZONING COMMITTEE.

OLIVIA. THANK YOU.

SO, CITIZENS BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.

I WAS JUST GOING TO DO A REALLY QUICK RECAP SINCE WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION IN OUR LAST MEETING, DECEMBER 11TH.

THE COMMITTEE WAS TASKED TO REVIEW THE 2023 BOND AND THEN ALSO REVIEW THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE COMMITTEE WAS MADE UP OF 34 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FIVE STUDENTS AND FIVE ADMINISTRATORS.

THE PROJECT LIST ACTUALLY DID COME FROM THE DISTRICT, AND IT WAS A FIVE YEAR SCOPE OF EVERYTHING WE COULD POSSIBLY NEED THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, FROM BUILDINGS TO RENOVATIONS TO TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY.

SO THE TOTAL NEEDS LIST, IF YOU WILL, STARTED AT ABOUT 825 MILLION, IF YOU DIVIDE THAT UP INTO FIVE YEARS AND NOT CALCULATING ANY NEW NEEDS IN BETWEEN, THAT INCLUDED FOUR CAMPUSES RENOVATIONS, LIKE I SAID, TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION.

THE FINAL MEETING WRAPPED ON DECEMBER 11TH.

THE WAY THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS ARRANGED WAS, I DON'T SAY TEAMS, BUT IT WAS FIVE TABLES.

EACH TABLE HAD ONE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

ON THE FINAL MEETING, THEY DID DISCUSS AND BUILD.

THEY BASICALLY BUILT BONDS BY PRIORITY AND AS YOU SAW IN E NOTE, DID COME UP WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

AND AS TRICIA WAS SAYING EARLIER ABOUT A RECENT BUDGET COMMITTEE, WHAT WAS REALLY NEAT IS JUST AN OBSERVATION.

I WOULD GO TO EACH TABLE AND JUST OBSERVE THE WAY THAT THEY WERE COLLABORATING AND DELIBERATING.

AND THE NUMBER ONE FOCUS THAT EVERY TABLE I OBSERVED THEM SAYING IS THE NUMBER ONE OBJECTIVE IS TO BUILD A BOND PACKAGE THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL PASS. THEY HAD DIFFERENT WAYS OF GETTING THERE.

ONE WAS GOING JUST BASED ON PRIORITY IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

THEY LITERALLY TOOK OUT ANYTHING.

THAT WAS 2027, 2028.

OTHERS BASICALLY WORKED FROM CAPACITY BACKWARDS, LIKE, OKAY, HERE'S THE TIP TOP.

WHAT CAN WE BUILD IN FOR THAT? IT WAS ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST DELIBERATING PROCESSES LIKE THERE WAS.

THEY CAME TO CONSENSUS VERY, VERY CLEARLY, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE PRESENTING THAT IN JANUARY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A RECAP OF THE PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.

AND I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS.

THE COUNCIL OF PTAS MET THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, AND I GAVE THAT REPORT, AND WE DON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL FEBRUARY.

AND THEN ATTENDANCE ZONING IS HAPPENING.

OKAY. EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WE FINISHED WITH 1300 PIE DELIVERIES FOR 2D PIES FOR ALL STAFF.

THAT WENT REALLY WELL.

THE BOARD EVEN GOT ONE, AND I THINK THERE WAS ONE GIVEN LAST NIGHT.

BUT ANYWAY, THEY WERE HIT.

TIGER GALA HAS LAUNCHED AND TABLE AND TICKET SALES ARE OPEN NOW, SO IT'S GOING TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 13TH AT CANYON WOOD RIDGE. THE THEME THIS YEAR IS HEART OF A TIGER, AND IT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR DRIPPING SPRINGS COMMUNITY.

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WE'RE ALSO FINISHING THE YEAR WITH A CHALLENGE MATCH FROM THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THIS IS DURING OUR END OF THE YEAR GIVING SEASON.

DSISD EMPLOYEES PLEDGED AN INCREDIBLE $27,478 IN SUPPORT OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

NOW WE'RE CALLING ON THE COMMUNITY TO DOUBLE THEIR IMPACT AND MATCH THAT DONATION.

SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU PARTICIPATE.

WOMEN'S CLUB WILL BE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE HOLIDAY HIGH TEA.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO WEAR FASCINATORS HAD TO GO OUT AND BUY ONE.

SO LOOK FOR THE PICTURES NEXT MONTH OF ALL OF US CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS AND OUR FASCINATORS.

IT'S A HAT. YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EITHER.

YEAH, I THEY SAID, WEAR YOUR FASCINATOR.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SUSPENDERS OR I DIDN'T KNOW.

SO I LOOKED IT UP AND I FOUND A $9 FASCINATOR ON AMAZON.

AND YES, I'M GOING TO BE BRAVE AND WEAR THAT ON WEDNESDAY.

YEAH. LOOK FOR THOSE PICTURES.

YES. OKAY.

ANOTHER THING IS STEPHANIE, YOU HAD ASKED US ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING AT HELPING HANDS.

WE ALL SCHEDULED A BOARD TOUR.

WELL, I TOOK HER UP ON THAT, SO I VOLUNTEER EVERY MONTH.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK WHEN I GO VOLUNTEER.

LAST WEEK, WE SERVED.

THE DAY THAT I WORKED. WE SERVED OVER 102 FAMILIES, AND THESE ARE THE MOST GRATEFUL, KIND PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET.

I DO PROJECT ELF AND I DO.

I ALSO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE AND STUFFING BAGS FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED SCHOOL SUPPLIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

THE PROJECT ELF THIS YEAR WAS THE BIGGEST AND BEST EVER THANKS TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THESE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GET WHAT THEY REQUESTED IN A LARGE BAG THAT THEIR PARENTS PICKED UP ON SATURDAY.

I BELIEVE IT'S WELL OVER 200 FAMILIES, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO GET AN OPTIONAL STATION.

THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO GET TO GO TO A STATION AND CHOOSE A COACH.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO GO TO A STATION AND ENTER A RAFFLE FOR A BRAND NEW BICYCLE, OR THEY'LL GET TO GO TO A STATION AND SELECT A BOARD GAME FOR THEIR FAMILY.

SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY TURN OUT FOR THAT.

AND THEN I DID ONE MORE LITTLE, LITTLE THING.

I WENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE PREVIEW.

YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS NOW OR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE CONFERENCE I WENT TO.

WHY DON'T WHY DON'T WE JUST TALK ABOUT IT ALL AT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES? OKAY. YEAH. PERFECT. I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT, THOUGH.

THAT'S AWESOME. AND I WANT TO SEE YOUR FASCINATOR, TOO.

YEAH. LOOK FOR THE PICTURES NEXT MONTH.

IT SHOULD BE CUTE.

DEFINITELY NOT AS EXCITING AS THE WOMEN'S CLUB, BUT MORE, POTENTIALLY MORE IMPORTANT.

WE DID HAVE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING, AND I KNOW I JUST WANT TO TELL THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IN LIGHT OF RECENT CURRENT EVENTS, AND WE DON'T GET A LOT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, ALWAYS ON A VERY SENSITIVE WHAT'S THE WORD? CONFIDENTIAL COMMITTEE THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THIS IS AN AMAZING COMMITTEE RUN BY A PHENOMENAL LEADER, SERENA CUMBERLAND.

THE MEETINGS, EVERYONE COMES.

I AM I AM INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED THAT EVERYONE IS ACTUALLY ALWAYS THERE ON TIME, STARTS ON TIME THERE VERY EFFICIENTLY RUN.

AND THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO OBVIOUSLY KIND OF COMING, REWINDING JUST SLIGHTLY TO WHEN THE LEGISLATURE KIND OF PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN PLACE AFTER UVALDE, SOME WAS KIND OF FROM GOVERNOR, THEN FINALLY PASSED, YOU KNOW, FROM LEGISLATIVE MANDATES.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE TRAINING THAT'S ONGOING FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF, NOT LEAST OF WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL MARSHALS.

WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TRAINING THAT ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I KNOW THAT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL WHEN WE DECIDED TO ACTUALLY HAVE SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM.

AND SO I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT.

YOU WILL SEE NEW FENCING COMING UP AROUND THE SCHOOLS.

AND SO IF PEOPLE ARE NOTICING THAT THAT'S ALSO A LEGISLATIVE MANDATE AND WE DO GET GRANT FUNDING FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S NOT COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET, THANKFULLY.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEW THINGS HAPPENING AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL TO KIND OF HELP WITH DETECTION OF SUBSTANCE USE AND KIND OF HOW THAT'S WORKING.

WE ALSO GOT A PRETTY NICE TIMELINE THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM SERENA ABOUT JUST ON HOW THE MONEY IS GETTING SPENT FOR EVERYTHING, BECAUSE BASICALLY, THERE'S A TIMELINE TO ALL OF THIS, AND YOU HAVE TO KIND OF DO CERTAIN THINGS TO OPEN UP MORE MONEY, TO OPEN UP MORE MONEY, TO OPEN UP MORE MONEY.

SO IT'S A BIT OF A PUZZLE, AND WE'RE ON A TIMELINE AND THE CAMPUSES THAT WE CANNOT DO, THAT CONSTRUCTION THAT'S REQUIRED TO GET MORE MONEY ON IS KIND OF HOLDING UP THE TIMELINE AT THIS MOMENT.

SO IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAXIMIZE ALL OF THE GRANT MONEY FROM THE STATE.

SO AND BOTTOM LINE, WE HAD SO MANY THINGS IN PROCESS ACTUALLY, EVEN BEFORE LEGISLATIVE MANDATES.

SO WE'RE WE ARE STILL REALLY FAR AHEAD OF OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND OUR COMMITTEE IS REALLY, REALLY PHENOMENAL.

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WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE JUST FROM INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THIS IS ALSO A STATE PRIORITY.

I KNOW I WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE SKEPTICAL, MAYBE A YEAR AGO WHEN ALL THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GETTING THREAT DETECTORS AND, YOU KNOW, MONITORING AND HAVING TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. AND THAT IS NEVER PROBABLY GOING AWAY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO THE POINT THAT THEY HAVE BASICALLY CREATED THEIR OWN BRANCH OF OUR STATE RIGHT NOW, KIND OF MANAGING THESE THINGS.

SO EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME GOOD SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR KIND OF THE ONGOING JUST CHECKS THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO BE DOING THROUGH THE YEARS.

AND SO ALSO, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

SO THAT'S A BIG SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATE FOR YOU ALL.

AND WE WILL DISCUSS MORE ADVOCACY WHEN WE GET TO THAT ACTION ITEM.

BUT ANY OTHER SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.

NO. NO.

ALL RIGHT. AND OUR FUN READING PROJECT THAT I GAVE Y'ALL THIS YEAR IS TO READ CHAPTER FOUR OF THE BOOK GRIT.

YES. WELL, I LISTENED TO IT ON AUDIOBOOK AND THEN WENT THROUGH THE BOOK.

SO SHE STARTS OFF THE CHAPTER THE TITLE OF THE CHAPTER IS HOW GRITTY ARE YOU? SO SHE INTRODUCES THE CHAPTER, SPEAKING ABOUT A LECTURE SHE GAVE.

AND AFTERWARDS THIS ENTREPRENEUR COMES UP TO HER AND SAYS, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY STORY OF GRIT.

AND HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE RAISED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A STARTUP, AND HE PULLED ALL NIGHTERS, AND HE WORKED REALLY HARD, AND SHE KIND OF SAYS SHE STOPS HIM AND SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, GRIT IS REALLY MORE ABOUT STAMINA THAN INTENSITY.

AND SO SHE SAID, IF YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS PROJECT IN IN A FEW YEARS, SEND ME AN EMAIL.

AND HE SAYS, WELL, I PROBABLY WON'T BE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

AND SHE'S LIKE, WELL, THEN THAT'S NOT GRIT.

AND SO SHE HAS THIS GRIT SCALE IN HERE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING.

WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO IT ON AUDIOBOOK, I OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T DO THE GRIT SCALE, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO.

BUT THE ONE THING THAT SHE POINTS OUT THAT I THOUGHT WAS THE MOST INTERESTING ABOUT THE CHAPTER IS SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW MOST PEOPLE FEEL THAT PASSION IS SYNONYMOUS WITH LIKE AN INFATUATION OR AN OBSESSION, AND IT'S VERY SHORT TERM.

BUT HER INTERPRETATION OF IT IS CONSISTENCY OVER TIME AND HOW STEADILY YOU HOLD YOUR GOALS TO SOMETHING.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL INSTANCES OF JUST EXAMPLES OF FRIENDS THAT SHE HAD AND THAT I THOUGHT WAS THERE WAS THIS THERE'S THIS CARTOONIST WHO SUBMITTED.

HE WANTED TO BE A CARTOONIST, AND SO HE SUBMITTED, YOU KNOW, CARTOON AFTER CARTOON AFTER CARTOON.

AND HE GOT REJECTED FROM THE NEW YORKER 2000 TIMES BETWEEN 1974 AND 1977, HE DREW 2000 CARTOONS AND GOT REJECTED. AND THEN HE SENT IN HIS ONE CARTOON AND THEY FINALLY ACCEPTED IT.

AND THE NEXT YEAR HE SOLD 13 CARTOONS TO THE NEW YORKER, AND THEN 25 THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND THEN 27.

AND THEN IN 1981, HE GOT A LETTER ASKING IF HE WOULD BE LIKE, CONTRACT FOR THEM AS A CARTOONIST.

SO IT REALLY JUST KIND OF GOES TO WHAT THE MORAL OF THIS, THE CHAPTER IS, IS IT'S PASSION IS REALLY LONG TERM.

IT'S NOT A SHORT TERM GOAL.

SO YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING.

GREAT. COOL.

FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

STARTING STRONG.

SO DOCTOR KIDD'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF OUR BEGINNING OF YEAR ASSESSMENT AND HAND IT OVER TO KAREN.

THANK YOU. ARE YOU GUYS READY TO TALK ABOUT ACADEMICS A LITTLE BIT? ALWAYS. PERFECT.

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME THINGS WITH YOU.

I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A LITTLE JOURNEY, SO PLEASE.

OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE STATE EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES AND SAFETY IS THERE I DOUBLE CHECKED WHEN YOU SAID THAT.

I WAS LIKE, OH GOSH, PLEASE.

AND I DID. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WHAT WE TEACH AND THEN THE HOW WE TEACH.

SOME OF THOSE THREE BULLETS ARE KIND OF INTERWOVEN TOGETHER IN THE HOW, I SHOULD SAY FOUR BULLETS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO REALLY DEEP DIVE INTO OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR DIAGNOSTICS.

AND THAT WOULD BE FOR PRE-K TO SECOND GRADE AND THEN OUR THIRD THROUGH EIGHT MAP SCORES FOR MATH AND READING.

AND THEN JUST REMIND OURSELVES ABOUT STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS.

OUR TAPER REPORT JUST CAME OUT AND I WILL BE GIVING AN ANNUAL REPORT UPDATE JANUARY FEBRUARY TO THE BOARD.

SO THOSE EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES FROM THE STATE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, OF COURSE, COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS.

BUT ALSO THE STATE IS REALLY FOCUSED IN ON ADDING THOSE CHARACTER TRAITS THAT I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A MINUTE AROUND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND MENTAL HEALTH.

SCHOOL SAFETY, OF COURSE, IS A PRIORITY, AS IS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION LITERACY.

SO THAT'S ANYTHING PRE-K OR UP TO THIRD GRADE AT THE MEETS LEVEL FOR THIRD GRADE SPECIAL PROGRAMS.

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SO THE WHAT WE TEACH AND WE'VE TOUCHED ON THIS FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT EVERYTHING WE TEACH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS OUTLINED FOR US AS EDUCATORS IN WHAT THEY CALL THE TEKS, OR TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY TO REVIEW ONLINE AT THE TEA'S WEBSITE.

THERE'S A QR CODE FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT, BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT CHAPTER 120, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE CHARACTER TRAITS, THOSE COUNSELING TRAITS THAT WE SEE THE GRIT AND PERSEVERANCE AND BEING KIND.

THOSE ARE THE TEKS THAT WE SEE THERE.

SO THAT TELLS OUR TEACHERS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TEACH.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE OUR GVC OR GUARANTEED VIABLE CURRICULUM COMES FROM WITH OUR SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PACKAGE OUR UNITS TOGETHER TO GO OVER THOSE STANDARDS.

AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT OUR CURRICULUM TEAM IS DOING IS SUPPORTING TEACHERS IN DEEP DIVING INTO THE RIGOR OF EACH STANDARD.

SO THE STANDARDS ARE PRETTY VAST, AND THEY SPIRAL OVER TIME DEPENDING ON THE GRADE LEVEL.

BUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE OUTCOME THAT THE STATE'S EXPECTING.

BUT THEN ABOVE THAT WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING.

SO WE WANT TO ALWAYS NOT JUST MEET THE STATE'S LEVEL, WE WANT TO GO HIGHER.

AS YOU SAW OUR STUDENTS TONIGHT, WE'RE READY FOR THAT.

OUR KIDS ARE READY FOR THAT AS WELL.

BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH OUR VISION AND MISSION.

THIS BEGINS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE WHY AND THE HOW.

SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT TEACHING? WELL, YOU SAW STUDENT LEADERSHIP HERE.

WE WANTED TO HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND IT ALL BEGINS WITH OUR VISION AND MISSION FOR TEACHERS AND ALSO THESE KEY FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE LEARNING.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL GROWTH MINDSET IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT ALSO WHAT'S SO SPECIAL FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS IS THAT STRONG STUDENT TEACHER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS PIVOTAL.

YOU HAVE TO FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG INTO THAT CLASSROOM AND THAT YOU'RE NEEDED AND WANTED, AND THAT YOU'RE GIVEN THAT FEEDBACK THAT YOU NEED TO GROW AND THRIVE.

THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER STUDENT CENTERED APPROACHES THAT WE WORK WITH, HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT WE USE IN THE WAY THAT WE GROUP KIDS, THE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION TO MEET THOSE PERSONALIZED LEARNING NEEDS.

BUT EVERYTHING REALLY STARTS WITH OUR PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, AND THAT'S REALLY VITAL TO OUR JUMPING OFF POINT FOR TEACHERS AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO.

AND YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TONIGHT WITH THE COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION.

I WAS ASKED, I WAS WONDERING IF THEY COULD JUST STAY UP HERE AND GIVE THIS PRESENTATION FOR ME.

THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

BUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EQUIPPED WITH HIGH QUALITY PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS SO THAT OUR END IN MIND WHEN THEY GRADUATE, THEY CAN BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.

AND YOU CAN SEE ALREADY IN ELEMENTARY, THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

SO OUR FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS, AS YOU SAW TONIGHT, REALLY BEGINS WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT OUR STUDENTS PORTRAY.

AND THAT ALL BEGINS WITH THAT FRAMEWORK OF FRANKLIN COVEY, LEADER, AND ME AND OUR STUDENT'S CONNECTEDNESS TO THEIR SCHOOL.

THE EMPHASIS ON LEADERSHIP IS UNIQUE TO DRIPPING SPRINGS.

I'VE BEEN IN OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE THAT IS NOT A FOCUS.

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE OTHER DISTRICTS DON'T HIGHLIGHT STUDENT VOICE IN COMMITTEES.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US, NOT ONLY IN OUR CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND THE WAY THAT WE CONNECT OUR KIDS.

HERE'S AN OVERALL JUST SNAPSHOT OF A DAY AND TIME OF WHERE OUR STUDENTS AND HOW THEY'RE THE NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS CONNECTED, EITHER IN A LIGHTHOUSE TEAM, STUDENT LED CLUBS.

THOSE AREN'T STUDENT NUMBERS.

THOSE ARE THE NUMBER OF CLUBS.

WE HAVE 114 CLUBS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN.

WE DO HAVE THE PRINCIPAL AND SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY GROUPS.

WE HAVE STUDENTS PLUGGED IN WITH FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.

SO SOMETIMES I HEAR THAT IT'S WE JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON THE CORE.

BUT REALLY WHAT BRINGS KIDS TO SCHOOL IS THE LEADERSHIP ASPECT OF SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY CONNECT INTO THEIR CAMPUS.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE DIAGNOSTIC SCREENER BECAUSE EVERY YEAR IS A NEW IT'S A NEW LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CAMPUSES TO UNDERSTAND THE LEARNERS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND CAMPUSES.

WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT, AND IT'S ONE DATA POINT GIVEN MAYBE THREE TIMES A YEAR, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, END OF THE YEAR. IF I SAY BOI, MOI OR EOI, YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THAT LANGUAGE.

BUT ONE GRADE ONE, THEY GIVE US A LOT OF DIFFERENT DATA POINTS, BUT IT'S ONE QUANTITATIVE POINT, AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUDGE A STUDENT JUST ON THAT ONE POINT. IT GIVES US A STARTING POINT TO SEE HOW WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A CURRICULUM TO MEET THAT STUDENT'S NEEDS IF THEY HAVE GAPS.

OKAY. SOME STUDENTS JUST ARE NOT GREAT TESTERS AND WE CAN WE CAN DECIDE THAT AND FIGURE THAT OUT IN THE LONG RUN.

SO STARTING WITH CIRCLE IS WHAT THE TEST IS CALLED.

IT'S OUR PRE-K REQUIRED ASSESSMENT.

AND IT TESTS THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS INTERESTING.

AND THAT'S JUST A CHECKBOX.

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION, EMERGENT LITERACY READING EMERGENT WRITING AND MATH.

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SO RAPID VOCABULARY 77% OF OUR STUDENTS OR 202.

THERE'S 262 TOTAL PRE-K STUDENTS.

77% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK, AND RAPID VOCABULARY NEEDING OR RECEIVING SUPPORT IS ABOUT 23% OR ABOUT 60 STUDENTS.

THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL IS A CHECKBOX FOR THE TEACHER.

98% OF OUR STUDENTS COME READY AS PRE-K STUDENTS OR 257 2% NEED EXTRA SUPPORT.

FOR MATH WE HAVE 93% COMING READY AND 7% NEEDING SUPPORT.

AND THEN PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

THIS IS HOW THE STUDENTS ARE HEARING THE SOUNDS OF A WORD.

AND SO THIS IS WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO READ TO THEIR KIDS, BECAUSE THEY'RE HEARING THE SOUNDS OF WORDS.

IT'S NOTHING THAT THEY'RE READING THEIR PRE-K.

SO I WANTED TO SHOW HOW IT ALSO, THIS IS ONE DATA POINT.

AND THEN IT TELLS OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS EVEN MORE WHEN THEY SLICE AND DICE IT EVEN FURTHER.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL.

IT'S A CHECKBOX. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE LITTLE STARS THERE.

BUT THEY SLICE AND DICE THAT MATH TO COUNTING NUMBER DISCRIMINATION NUMBER NAMING SO THEY CAN SEE WHERE OUR HIGHS AND LOWS ARE, NOT ONLY FOR THAT STUDENT, BUT ALSO FOR OUR CAMPUS TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SUPPORTS WE MIGHT NEED TO ADD TO OUR DAY OR OUR STRUCTURE.

IN KINDERGARTEN, THE REQUIRED ASSESSMENT IS TX-KEA.

THIS IS A FREE ASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO GIVE.

THE STATE GIVES US TWO OPTIONS.

WE CHOSE TEXT KEY.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO SWITCH.

BUT IT'S THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SCREENER.

MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. THEY HAVE A DYSLEXIA COMPONENT TO IT.

THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR DOES NOT HAVE THAT DYSLEXIA COMPONENT, BUT THIS ONE IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY WHEN WE DO TEST IT, THAT'S OUR FIRST INITIAL SNAPSHOT INTO STUDENTS MARKERS FOR POTENTIAL.

THERE, WE DON'T LABEL ANYBODY IN KINDERGARTEN AS DYSLEXIC.

IT'S JUST IT'S A MONITOR OR SUPPORT THE STUDENT FOR FURTHER EVALUATION IN FIRST OR SECOND GRADE.

SO I DIDN'T ADD NUMBERS HERE.

BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW.

LET'S SEE. I HAVE 595 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS I KNOW.

ROB ALWAYS ASKS WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER EQUATE TO? I KNOW THAT. SO, 595 AND I HAVE THOSE NUMBERS SLICED AND DICED.

BUT OVERALL WE'RE DOING OKAY RIGHT.

WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.

BUT IT'S KINDERGARTEN.

SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS INFORMATION? WELL, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO SEND TO THE STATE OUR PRE-K TO TWO DATA.

THIS CIRCLE THE TX-KEA AND ALSO MAP FLUENCY.

WE SEND THAT TO THE STATE.

AND IT ALSO INFORMS OUR WHAT'S CALLED AT RISK INDICATORS.

AND THAT AT RISK IS THE WAY IT SOUNDS HORRIBLE TO SAY A PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN OR KINDER KID IS AT RISK OF NOT DROPPING OUT.

BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE SENTENCE.

AND SO THEY SAY IF THEY'RE NOT COMING READY, THEN THEY'RE CODED AS AT RISK, POTENTIALLY.

AND THEN WE REEVALUATE EVERY YEAR TO SEE IF THEY STAY ON THAT LIST OR NOT.

SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING, WHY DO WE HAVE TO GIVE THAT FOR SECOND, FIRST AND SECOND GRADE, THE REQUIRED ASSESSMENT WE JUST SWITCHED THIS YEAR TO MAP FLUENCY.

WE USED TO GIVE TPRI, AND THAT WAS VERY TIME CONSUMING FOR BOTH FOR THE STUDENT AND FOR THE TEACHER, BECAUSE IT WAS A ONE ON ONE ASSESSMENT WHERE YOU HAD TO LISTEN TO THE STUDENT READ AND YOU HAD TO CODE IT A CERTAIN WAY.

NOW, MAP WILL LISTEN TO THE STUDENT READ AND CODE IT, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL.

AND OUR TEACHERS, I BELIEVE THEY LOVE IT.

I'M LOOKING OVER AT MAUREEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S LISTENING.

THEY LOVE THIS NEW, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO.

BUT HERE'S WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE COMING OUT AND I DO HAVE TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING.

THIS IS FIRST GRADE DECODING LANGUAGE.

YOU KNOW THE MEETS OR EXCEEDS IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO FOR FIRST GRADE.

DECODING THE LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION AND THEN APPROACHES IS ACCEPTABLE.

IT IS OKAY TO BE APPROACHES IN THIS TEST.

I KNOW THAT NUMBER IS KIND OF LIKE OH THAT'S A LITTLE LOW.

BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON IS WHO'S BELOW EXPECTATIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE HUGE GAINS ON IN THAT FIRST GRADE YEAR.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SECOND GRADE.

AND IT'S KIND OF FLIPPED.

SO DON'T FREAK OUT.

IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. SO HERE'S SECOND GRADE MEETS OR EXCEEDS IN PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS IS ONLY 3%.

BUT IT'S DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO BE APPROACHES.

SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THE STATE WANTS US TO LOOK AT FOR THAT DECODING AREA IN SECOND GRADE.

IT'S KIND OF WONKY, BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN PUT THE MEETS EXPECTATIONS.

BUT THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THAT WE'RE REACHING ALL LEARNERS, THE STUDENTS THAT NEED SUPPORT AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE EVEN BEYOND THE SECOND GRADE TEST, WHICH IS WHY WE DO SINGLE SUBJECT ACCELERATION.

SO THEN FOR THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE AND ALGEBRA ONE, WE GIVE THE MAP TEST.

AND THAT'S THE MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS.

AND MAP REALLY DOES TWO THINGS.

IT ASSESSES YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND YOUR GROWTH.

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THEY SHORTEN THAT TO BE A RIT.

SO IT CAN PREDICT A LOT OF THINGS.

AND IT'S GOOD AT PREDICTING YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.

IT'S NOT SO GOOD AT PREDICTING HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GROW OVER TIME, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GROW OVER TIME.

BASICALLY, WHAT MAP IS LOOKING AT IS SAYING, IF YOU ARE A CERTAIN GRADE LEVEL STUDENT AND WE HAD CERTAIN NUMBER OF WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION AND THEY COMPARED IT TO THE NATIONAL NORM YOU SHOULD BE AT, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE UP A NUMBER TWO.

15 AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BASED ON ALL THE NATION KIDS THAT TAKE THIS SAME TEST OR THE SAME AGE AND HAVE THE SAME INSTRUCTIONAL WEEKS, THEY GREW BY FOUR.

YOU SHOULD GROW BY FOUR.

SO YOU SHOULD BE UP AT A 219.

THAT'S HOW THEY DETERMINE GROWTH.

I THINK IT'S USABLE.

IT'S OKAY. BUT IT'S NOT WHERE I'M GOING TO PUT ALL THE EGGS IN MY BASKET BECAUSE I'M SEEING DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHEN I LOOK AT GROWTH. AND I DON'T EVEN LOOK AT STAAR FOR GROWTH, I WILL.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL THE BIG PICTURE OF STUDENT GROWTH, NOT JUST THAT ONE ASSESSMENT.

SO HERE IS LAST YEAR'S JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

LAST YEAR'S ACHIEVEMENT VERSUS GROWTH.

SO THAT AND THIS IS PERCENTILE.

SO PERCENTILES ARE NOT OUT OF 100 PERCENTAGE.

PERCENTILES ARE THAT NORM REFERENCED THAT BELL CURVE WHERE 50TH PERCENTILE IS AVERAGE, AND ACTUALLY ANYTHING BETWEEN THE 25TH AND THE 75TH PERCENTILE IS CONSIDERED YOUR AVERAGE, YOUR NORM.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, THE LEFT HAND COLUMN WHERE IT SAYS PERCENTILE, THAT'S THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS FROM FALL OF LAST YEAR TO SPRING OF THIS YEAR.

OUR GRADE LEVEL GROWTH, SOME OF THEM ALL OF THEM ARE AVERAGE.

SECOND GRADE DIDN'T GROW AS MUCH AS WE WOULD'VE LIKED.

I LIKE IT TO BE A LITTLE NORTH OF THE 40 MARK.

50 WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT ACHIEVEMENT ON THE SECOND COLUMN, THE ACHIEVEMENT FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD, THIS TELLS ME THAT OUR KIDS ARE ACHIEVING GREATER THAN THE NATION, AND THOSE ARE THE HARDEST KIDS TO GROW.

THEY'RE ALREADY AT THE AT THE TOP OF THEIR PEERS IN THE NATION.

SO JUST FYI, AND I'M GOING TO SHOW THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY IN THIS BASELINE.

SO THIS IS THIS YEAR ALL THOSE KIDS ROLLED UP.

THIRD GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.

WE TESTED 3860 STUDENTS.

SO THE STUDENTS IN OUR BASELINE, WHEN WE SAY AT OR ABOVE AVERAGE, WE ARE SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT THE WAY THAT MAP DOES IT IS THE 41 PERCENTILE UP IS AT OR ABOVE.

WE ARE SITTING AT 82 FOR READING IN 18 BELOW AVERAGE FOR READING.

AND SO THEN I BROKE IT DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL.

LOOKING AT OUR AVERAGE RIT FOR THE DISTRICT 191 SAY FOR THIRD GRADE, THE NATIONAL NORM FOR THE WHOLE NATION IN THAT SAME GRADE LEVEL IS 186.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M SAYING OUR KIDS ARE ACHIEVING HIGHER THAN THE NATION.

SO OUR GROWTH IS GOING TO NOT BE AS COMPOUNDED AS THE OTHERS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.

SO ACROSS THE BOARD ALL THE WAY DOWN, OUR AVERAGE WRIT IS HIGHER THAN THE NATION FOR READING.

SAME THING WITH MATH.

LET ME SWITCH THAT FOR YOU ABOUT THE SAME AS READING 83 AND 17.

WE TESTED A LITTLE THREE 3734 STUDENTS, AND WE SEE THAT SAME PATTERN WHERE OUR AVERAGE RATE FOR OUR STUDENTS IS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL NORM. AND THEN HERE'S OUR ALGEBRA ONE.

OUR TEACHERS WANTED THIS TEST LAST YEAR IF YOU RECALL.

SO THIS IS THAT TEST.

SAME PATTERN WE'RE SEEING WITH ALGEBRA ONE WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING HIGHER THAN THE NATION.

AND THEN JUST TO RECAP SOME STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS WITH STAR.

AND THIS IS FROM 2024 STAAR.

AND NOW THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHEN TAPR COMES OUT.

AND I GIVE THE ANNUAL REPORT BECAUSE I'M COUNTING EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND THE STATE DOESN'T NECESSARILY COUNT EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO YOU MIGHT SEE A PERCENTAGE HERE OR THERE THAT'S NOT THE SAME.

BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO THIS THIS CHART IS REALLY SHOWING YOU THAT ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL OF THE SUBJECT AREAS THAT WE TEST, WE ARE OUTPERFORMING THE STATE AND OUR REGION.

NOW, WOULD I LIKE TO BE OUTPERFORMING THEM A LITTLE HIGHER? YES, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH UPPING THE RIGOR IN THE CLASSROOM AND UNDERSTANDING THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE OBJECTIVES OF EVERY LESSON AND BACKWARDS DESIGNING OUR LESSONS.

SO I HOPE TO SEE THIS CONTINUE TO GROW.

BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, THE STATE, ESPECIALLY FOR MATH, THE STATE HAS SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF DIP JUST LIKE WE ARE, BUT WE'RE STILL HIGHER THAN THE REGION IN THE STATE.

AND I TOLD MY TEAM TODAY THAT WE'RE EANES, LAKE TRAVIS AND DRIPPING SPRINGS ARE CARRYING THE REGION, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

AND THEN THIS WE UPDATED THIS WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE COULD THIS AGAIN, SHOWS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING VERY WELL ON THESE ON THE STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TEST.

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WE DON'T HAVE OUR UPDATED ASVAB NUMBERS.

THIS IS FROM LAST YEAR WHEN WE CREATED THIS.

THEY HAD JUST TESTED AND WE HAVEN'T GOT THOSE BACK FROM THE MILITARY YET.

SO SAME THING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WITH SAT AND ACT RESULTS.

SO OUR COMPOSITE IS AGAIN HIGHER FOR ACT THAN THE NATIONAL NORM.

JUST LIKE OUR SAT JUST LIKE WE'RE SEEING WITH CBAS.

DOES THAT MEAN WE SIT BACK AND JUST LET IT HAPPEN? NO. OUR KIDS ARE HIGH ACHIEVING.

WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING SO THAT THEY CONTINUE THAT GROWTH.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE PRESENTATION ON ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS.

KIM OKAY.

I LOVE THAT REPORT.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT, BUT I PULLED A COUPLE OF THINGS OUT THAT I THOUGHT WERE JUST GREAT.

WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE AS WE'RE TOURING THE SCHOOLS, I SEE THAT ALREADY TAKING SHAPE IN ELEMENTARY.

WE GO INTO CLASSROOMS AND VISIT WITH STUDENTS, AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO WE ARE.

THEY'VE NEVER MET US, AND THEY ARE SO WELL-SPOKEN.

AND THEY GIVE US A TOUR OF THE BUILDING.

AND THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE JUST FANTASTIC.

WE ALSO GET TO WATCH THEM PROBLEM SOLVE IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THESE KIDS ARE TACKLING TOUGH THINGS.

I MEAN, I SAT IN A FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOM LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE REWRITING A FOLK TALE, AND I SAT IN WITH A GROUP OF GIRLS AND THEY ALL PARTICIPATED, AND THEY ALL ENCOURAGED EACH OTHER, AND THEY ALL SET GOALS WITHIN THAT GROUP.

AND IT WAS JUST SO GREAT TO WATCH THAT PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE START TO FORM REALLY EARLY.

THE NUMBER OF CLUBS THAT WE HAVE 114 WHEN I WAS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, I SAID, IF THERE'S NOT A CLUB, START ONE. FIND A FACULTY ADVISOR.

GET INVOLVED, GET BUSY.

114, I MEAN, THAT'S AMAZING THAT THAT MANY KIDS ARE INVOLVED.

THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ABOVE STATE.

I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU GET BETTER THAN THAT? I MEAN, THAT IS JUST AMAZING.

AND THE CCMR NUMBERS ARE JUST INCREDIBLE, THAT OUR KIDS ARE TACKLING A CHALLENGE AND THEY'RE PUSHING THEMSELVES AND THEY'RE GETTING IN THAT ADVANCED COURSEWORK AND IT'S PAYING OFF.

I MEAN, LOOK AT THE COLLEGES THAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO.

LOOK WHAT THEY'RE ACCOMPLISHING WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, BECAUSE IT IS STARTING IN A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.

AND I'M JUST I'M SO PROUD TO BE HERE.

AND YOUR REPORT WAS GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OLIVIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WAS GREAT INFORMATION.

AND I'M SO PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT YOUR TEAM AND THE DISTRICT IS DOING.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE LAYMAN PERSON WHEN I'M SPEAKING WITH FRIENDS OR NEIGHBORS OR WHATNOT, AND I'M BRAGGING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE EASIEST WAY, LIKE PUBLIC FACING WAY TO RESULTS? BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IN-DEPTH DATA THAT YOU GIVE US, AND WE OFTEN HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HOLLY OR FOR YOU, LIKE, HELP US BREAK THIS DOWN.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST, TRYING TO THINK OF THE RIGHT TERM.

I'M SAYING LAYMAN, BUT THE BEST WAY TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING ACADEMICALLY AND HOW WE COMPARE SPECIFICALLY TO STATE AND NATIONAL WITHOUT.

I'LL HOP IN THERE. YEAH, THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'VE PUT THIS DATA TOGETHER.

I MEAN, SO MUCH OF WHAT DISTRICTS TALK ABOUT IS STAR, AND THAT'S SUCH A SINGLE DAY.

AND FOR US, THAT'S A HARD FOCUS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER WAYS THAT OUR KIDS ARE ACHIEVING.

SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER LIKE, SHE HAS THIS CHART ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE REGION AND THE STATE, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW THAT'S 20 POINTS HIGHER WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SAT, I MEAN, 100, 100 POINTS.

HOW ARE WE PUTTING IT OUT? SO THAT'S HARD BECAUSE WE THIS IS GOING TO HURT MY CURRICULUM HARD.

WE ARE NOT ALL ABOUT STAAR RIGHT.

SO THAT IS JUST THAT'S A POINT IN TIME.

AND IT SHOULD BE FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS.

IT SHOULD BE JUST ANOTHER DAY I DON'T WANT.

SO I STRUGGLE WITH.

LET'S HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE I WANT ALL LEARNING TO BE THAT.

IT COULD BE, WHETHER IT'S FINE ARTS OR ATHLETICS OR LEADERSHIP.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WHOLE CHILD, NOT JUST THE STAR TEST.

SO I'M OPEN TO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? LET'S THINK ABOUT IT. BECAUSE OUR KIDS DESERVE TO BE HIGHLIGHTED.

THEY ARE AMAZING KIDS.

THEY DO HAVE A GREAT COMMUNICATION SKILLS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT IN EVEN OUR YOUNGEST KIDS.

AND I REALLY, I THINK OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR CAMPUSES DO A GREAT JOB HIGHLIGHTING AND GIVING STUDENT VOICE, WHICH HELPS ALL THAT.

SO WHATEVER I THINK I MEAN, LIKE SPECIFICALLY GOING BACK TO THESE RIT SCORES, LIKE CAN YOU BREAK THAT INTO LIKE A NUMBER COMPACT THAT'S LIKE DISD STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, PRE-K THROUGH 12 ARE SCORING THIS LIKE THEY'RE ACHIEVING THIS MUCH MORE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE A NICE SENTENCE.

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AND I ACTUALLY SOMETIMES WANT QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THE COMMENTS.

AND IT'S ALWAYS, WELL, I LOVE THIS SCHOOL.

AND THIS SCHOOL IS GREAT.

AND EVERYONE'S LIKE, ALL OUR SCHOOLS ARE GREAT, BUT WHAT IS THAT REALLY, LIKE MAYBE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW QUANTITATIVELY THIS SCHOOL IS REALLY EXCELLING AT MATH.

THIS SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, HAS MORE, YOU KNOW, BILINGUAL STUDENTS.

LIKE I THINK THAT IS SOME QUANTITATIVE FACTS THAT'S HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE KIND OF NEW TO THE AREA OR LOOKING AT WHERE TO BUY A HOME, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, LAYERS TO THAT CONVERSATION, SO.

ONE THING I SAW THAT WAS HELPFUL.

HAVE AN ALIGNED CURRICULUM THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, IS SO THAT KIDS ARE GETTING EQUAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

SO THOSE SAT SCORES DON'T HAPPEN JUST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THOSE START WITH OUR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND THAT EXPERIENCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO PART OF THIS IS BUILT ON A SYSTEM OF HAVING A REALLY GOOD CURRICULUM THAT BUILDS ON EACH OTHER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO KIDS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW IN THAT LOOP EVERY YEAR AND MOVE UP IN THE CYCLE.

THAT'S ALSO WHERE OUR SINGLE SUBJECT ACCELERATION REALLY HELPS US, BECAUSE KIDS ARE MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME DISTRICT WIDE KIND OF LITTLE TALKING POINTS THAT SAYING ALL OUR SCHOOLS ARE THIS RATING, ALL OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THIS MANY STUDENTS.

YEAH. DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ GAVE ME THE ACTION TO EXPAND ON THE INFOGRAPHIC WE HAVE AND BUILD THAT OUT.

AND SO MY TEAM IS ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY AS WE BUILD OUT THAT CONTENT, Y'ALL WILL SEE SOME OF THAT COME TO LIFE.

I THINK THAT WILL BE A BLEND OF THE DATA, TALKING POINTS AND THEN PROBABLY SOME STORIES MIXED IN THERE TOO.

SO HOPEFULLY AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, Y'ALL WILL SEE THAT.

WE CAN ITERATE FROM THERE.

SHANDA. YEAH, I LOVE SEEING ALL THIS DATA THAT'S NOT STAAR RELATED BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALL, YOU KNOW, ASKED FOR AND SAID WE KNOW KIND OF STAAR IS NOT THE END ALL, BE ALL.

AND SO I LOVE SEEING ALL THIS.

I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE REQUIREMENT.

SO I NOTICED PRE-K HAS A MATH REQUIREMENT OR A MATH COMPONENT, BUT KINDER DOESN'T IN THE TESTING.

IS THERE A IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT OR IS KINDER? BECAUSE EVEN WITH MY OWN KIDS, I HAVE FELT LIKE KINDERGARTEN WASN'T MY KIDS DIDN'T DO PRE-K IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO PRE-K, BUT IN KINDERGARTEN, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A HUGE MATH COMPONENT IN KINDER.

BUT IS THERE WHY? I THINK KINDERGARTEN IS REALLY FOCUSED ON READING.

JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT A STATE ASSESSED AREA DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT FOCUSED ON IT, BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO LOOK BACK TO MAKE SURE.

YES. OKAY, GOOD.

I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TEAM TO MAKE SURE I'M ON TRACK.

BUT WHAT THE STATE'S LOOKING AT REALLY FOCUSING IN ON PRE POTENTIAL PRE DYSLEXIA AND HAVING THAT READINESS FOR READING. THEY DO.

THE STATE DOES FEEL LIKE IT'S A PRIORITY BY LOOKING AT THIRD GRADE MATH OR EXCUSE ME STAAR SCORES AT THE MEETS LEVEL.

THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL THE EARLY LITERACY AND EARLY MATH INDICATORS THAT YOU'LL GET AT THE ANNUAL REPORT.

I THINK YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME OF WHAT WE MAY BE TRADITIONALLY, AS ADULTS CALL MATH, VERSUS WHAT IS CALLED MATH AT THOSE EARLY YEARS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRE-K, YOU KNOW, IT'S THOSE SHAPES.

YES. COUNTING NUMBERS AND SUBTRACTING RIGHT.

AND SO THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMINOLOGY OF WHAT WE REGARD AS MATH AS AN ADULT VERSUS WHAT ARE KIND OF THOSE MATH READY SKILLS THAT WE'RE BUILDING IN KIDS EARLY.

WHICH IS WHY YOU MAY NOT SEE MATH.

YEAH. AND I WILL SAY I HAVE I THE MAP TESTING MY NOW EIGHTH GRADER.

I THINK SHE STARTED IT WHEN SHE WAS IN THIRD GRADE, AND I LOVE THAT I CAN GO BACK IN SKYWARD AND I SEE HER DATA AND I YOU ALL THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

OLIVIA LEFT NOW, BUT THAT IS ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AND IT HAS ALL THE DATA IN THERE ABOUT WHAT THE STATE LEVELS AND THE NATIONAL LEVELS AND HOW YOUR KIDS SPECIFICALLY PERFORMED IN COMPARISON TO THOSE.

SO I LOVE SEEING THAT YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR.

IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT SAT SCORING AND HOW, BECAUSE WE OFFER THE PSAT IN WAS EIGHTH GRADE. WHAT DO WE DO IS IT'S A PSAT.

YES. PSAT COMES BEFORE KIND OF GIVES YOU A PRE MARKER.

AND IF THERE WAS A PRE PSAT OKAY.

WHAT ARE WE DOING, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT DATA? BECAUSE A BUNCH OF OUR EIGHTH GRADERS JUST TOOK IT.

THEY GOT THEIR SCORES BACK.

NOW WHAT.

SO SOME OF THEM ARE WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR FOUR YEAR PLAN, THEY'RE ABLE TO EITHER GO INTO, I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS TEST AGAIN AND TRY

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I'M GOING TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON MY STRENGTHS.

THEY CAN USE IT JUST LIKE MAP.

THEY HAVE SCHOOL LINKS THAT IS ABLE TO LINK ALL THE ASSESSMENT SCORES TO THAT.

TEACHERS DO LOOK AT PSAT DATA IN, IS IT IN EUPHORIA OR POTENTIALLY IN WHAT WE HAVE ON DATA SUITE THAT HAS ALL OF THOSE START THOSE SCORES FOR ANY KIND OF STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT IN THERE FOR TEACHERS TO LOOK AT AND GET A PROFILE FOR A STUDENT WHEN THE COUNSELORS, WHEN THEY START BUILDING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT A COUNSELOR IS GOING TO LOOK AT WITH FOR STRENGTHS AND YES, YES.

OKAY. JUST CURIOUS.

THAT'S GREAT.

ROB. DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR THE QUALITATIVE DATA.

AND I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GET ALL KINDS OF STUFF THROWN AT US, RIGHT, COLLEAGUES? THAT'S A VERY WELL ROUNDED EVALUATION OF HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE SHAPING UP, NOT ONLY AGAINST STATE AVERAGES, NATIONAL AVERAGES, AND THEN SPECIFIC TO REGION 13.

AND I THINK THAT'S VALUABLE, AND I THINK IT AFFIRMS ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE WE KNOW AND I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THIS TWO YEARS, SO MANY OF US KNOW MORE THAN OTHERS THAT THE NUMBER ONE IMPACT ON A STUDENT AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT IS A TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.

CAN WE AGREE ON THAT? RIGHT.

AND STATISTICALLY, THAT'S JUST A FACT.

IT'S PROVEN. AND SO THAT'S TO OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN THAT'S THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR EFFORTS.

SO I'D SAY THAT NUMBER ONE TO APPLAUD THAT.

BUT ALSO MY AS A DAD WHO HAD A KID BELOW THE AT OR ABOVE ON THE RIT FOR A LOT OF YEARS.

MY HEART GOES TO CLOSING THE GAPS, RIGHT, SO MY HEART GOES.

I THINK MY COLLEAGUES CARE A LOT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHILE 82% AT OR ABOVE READING IS GREAT, THAT'S 18 THAT AREN'T THERE.

RIGHT. AND SO I'LL HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT IN A SECOND.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT FOCUSING ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW BEFORE I JOINED THIS BODY ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THERE.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO ME AS A TRUSTEE IS ALSO TO OUR COMMUNITY.

LET ME TELL YOU, I WAS OKAY IN SCHOOL.

I WAS PRETTY SHARP.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE FOR WHERE I WAS.

AND IT GOT ME INTO A&M AND IT GOT ME MY GRADES WERE GOOD ENOUGH, BUT LET ME TELL YOU, IT WAS THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAD AS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL TO START TAKING OVER SOME LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES THAT CARRIED ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION AT TEXAS A&M, WHERE I WAS GIVEN MORE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT EVENTUALLY TOOK ME. AND I'M SITTING HERE NOW AS A PRODUCT OF THOSE EXPERIENCES, NOT NECESSARILY OF A 95 GPA IN HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT.

NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE 95 PLUS GPA OF HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S PHENOMENAL. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS SOMETHING EVERY STUDENT SHOULD SHOOT FOR.

BUT A WELL-ROUNDED STUDENT THAT'S PROVIDED OPPORTUNITY TO FIND THEIR STRENGTHS AND THEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAXIMIZE THEM AND FIND HOW THEY CAN APPLY THAT TO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO. I JUST VIEW IT AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF EDUCATION.

WE'RE DOING IT, IN MY OPINION, IN LEADERSHIP.

CAN WE FIND MORE WAYS TO DO IT? I ENCOURAGE US TO DO IT.

I ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.

COME ASK US FOR MORE RESOURCES IF YOU NEED IT.

FOR THAT, I SAY THAT WE'RE LEAVING A HORRIBLE BUDGET MEETING WHERE IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, RIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO GET SOLVED EVENTUALLY.

BUT JUST KNOW PERSONALLY, YEAH, DON'T ASK FOR MORE RESOURCES, BUT DO THAT RIGHT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TOO.

WE GOTTA PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND IT'S A CORE VALUE OF OURS AND I APPRECIATE DOING IT.

NOW BACK TO THE CLOSING THE GAPS DEAL.

SO WE HAD A LITTLE DIP IN THE STAR.

ONE VARIABLE RIGHT IS THIS IS THE SECOND GRADE STUFF.

IS THAT AN OUTLIER.

SHOULD I LOOK AT THAT AS LIKE A STATISTICAL OUTLIER.

LIKE WHAT IS WHAT'S THAT KIND OF.

BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S KIND OF FLIPPED ON ITS HEAD RIGHT A LITTLE BIT.

THAT WAS FOR YEAH, THAT'S JUST FOR THE MAP FLUENCY I THINK THERE WAS LIKE TWO INDICATORS, RIGHT? THERE WAS KIND OF FLIPPED ON ITS HEAD.

YES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. IT'S DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE IN THAT GRADE LEVEL FOR THAT AREA BEING TESTED TO BE AT THE JUST APPROACHES.

OKAY. SO VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM ALSO I JUST USED A STATISTICAL OUTLIER.

SO THAT'S HOW I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN YOU BRIEFED US ABOUT THE STAR, SOME OF THE DIPS AND SOME OF THE AREAS, THE CHANGES IN THE TESTS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO WORK TO IMPLEMENT SOME THINGS THIS YEAR ON CLOSING THE GAPS.

IN A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES, EMERGENT, BILINGUAL, SPECIAL EDUCATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

HOW IS THAT GOING? WHAT ARE WE FOCUSING ON? AND SO I'LL JUST OPEN FORUM FOR YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TELL US WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR TO TRY TO HELP CLOSE THE GAPS OF SOME OF THOSE AREAS.

SO THE BIGGEST THING IS FOR CAMPUSES TO KNOW THEIR STUDENTS AND WHAT WE HAVE REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON, THANKS TO NADINE HOGAN'S TEAM AND MTSS AND PEGGY SIMMONS REALLY HELPING OUR TEACHERS UNDERSTAND WHAT INTERVENTIONS CAN BE DONE IN SMALL GROUP TO SUPPORT STUDENTS NOT ONLY IN A PULLOUT AREA, BUT A TEACHER AND A SMALL GROUP IN HER CLASSROOM.

PULLING THAT SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE A GAP INSTEAD OF JUST SENDING THEM ALL, ALL THE WAY OUT.

BACK IN THE OLDEN DAYS, ANYBODY WHO HAD A GAP WOULD LEAVE YOUR CLASSROOM.

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NOW WE KEEP THEM IN.

THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THEM IN THE ROOM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE LEARNING IS TAKING PLACE, WITH PEERS THAT ARE AT ALL LEVELS.

SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE, BUT HOW WE MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENT IN THAT MOMENT IS REALLY, REALLY SUPPORTED BY MULTIPLE MULTI-TIERED LEVEL SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT IS WHAT IT'S CALLED RTI IN HISTORICALLY, I CAN BRAG, I LOVE THIS DISTRICT.

I CAN BRAG ON US.

HISTORICALLY, SECONDARY IS NOT IN OTHER DISTRICTS, NOT SO GREAT AT MTSS OR MEETING KIDS NEEDS.

IT'S JUST WE'VE TAUGHT IT.

MOVE ON AND GO HERE.

I THINK WITH PEGGY'S WORK, BUT ALSO OUR PRINCIPAL'S COMMITMENT TO STANDARDS BASED MASTERY LEARNING IS HELPING US SLOW DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GATHERING EVERYBODY WHO MAYBE HAS A GAP AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE WELL EQUIPPED BEFORE THEY MOVE ON.

TYPICALLY, YOU DON'T SEE THAT.

I HOPE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE COMING ON BOARD WITH THAT, BUT IN OTHER PLACES WE ARE REALLY STRONG IN ELEMENTARY RTI OR MTSS.

BUT THEN COMES SECONDARY.

IT WAS KIND OF OUT OF THE WATER.

OUR CAMPUS LEADERS ARE DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW STUDENTS AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THAT CONNECTEDNESS IS SO IMPORTANT BEFORE THE ACADEMICS AND BEFORE THE GAPS CAN EVEN BE SEEN.

SO WE'VE DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS BECAUSE OF OUR STRONG CAMPUS LEADERS AS WELL.

OKAY. WELL GOOD.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE DETAILED PRESENTATION OF THE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MARY JANE. WELL, PART OF IT, I THINK YOU JUST COVERED IN YOUR ANSWER TO ROB.

I REALLY WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT IT THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL TOUR OF A FEW MONTHS AGO WHERE WE SAW HOW EACH AND EVERY CHILD IS TRACKED AND IN A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT, THAT'S ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT.

I'M THINKING BACK TO MY ITTY BITTY, BITTY CENTRAL TEXAS SCHOOL AND EVERYBODY KNEW EVERY KID.

AND SO WHILE OUR GROWTH HAS SLOWED DOWN SOME, WE'RE STILL GETTING KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE NATION AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR EDUCATION EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE.

WE TAKE THEM WHERE THEY ARE.

AND YOUR TEAM HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS EFFORT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE DO KNOW WHERE EACH AND EVERY KID IS AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. AND THEN SECONDLY, I JUST WANTED TO AFFIRM YOUR HEART ABOUT NOT WANTING TO FOCUS ON STAAR SCORES.

AND EXHIBIT A WAS THIS MORNING WHEN I HAD A CHANCE TO ACCOMPANY HOLLY TO THOSE FIFTH GRADE FOLKLORE PRESENTATIONS. AND IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHEN THE WHOLE SCHOOL BOARD IS THERE.

AND SOMETIMES, I MEAN, IT DOES FEEL VERY AUTHENTIC.

AND YET YOU KNOW THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING.

WHEREAS THIS MORNING THOSE KIDS DID NOT KNOW.

AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL.

THEY WERE AT EASE.

SO I WAS LISTENING TO YOU AND WRITING DOWN STRONG TEACHER STUDENT RELATIONSHIP WAS ALL OVER THAT CLASSROOM THIS MORNING.

ENGAGING CURRICULUM, POSITIVE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEASURED ON TESTS.

AND MISS KIMBRELL IS A STAAR TEACHER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ON TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME A COUPLE MEMBERS OF OUR NAMING COMMITTEE UP THAT ARE GOING TO HELP ME WITH THIS PRESENTATION.

SO FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

I THINK MOST OF Y'ALL HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH A NAMING.

THIS IS MY FIRST NAMING AS WELL IN THIS ROLE.

SO NAMING OF FACILITIES ARE GOVERNED BY POLICY CW.

SO JUST AS A REFRESHER THERE THE POLICY IS INCLUDED THERE IN THE PRESENTATION.

SO WE FORMED A COMMITTEE THIS FALL.

IT WAS IT'S VERY SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED IN THE POLICY.

WHO HAS THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE.

THEIR CHARTER IS TO DEVELOP A LIST OF THREE NAMES TO PRESENT TO YOU.

AND WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS, A PARENT AS WELL AS A STUDENT WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THEIR WORK TONIGHT.

SO IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.

AS A REMINDER, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE CURRENTLY LISTED FOR ARE NAMED FOR SPRINGS.

AND SO LISTED THERE ON THE SLIDE ARE SPRINGS THAT ARE LISTED INSIDE THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY OR JUST OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY. THOSE IN GOLD ARE NAMES THAT HAVE ALREADY THAT ARE SCHOOLS ARE NAMED, NAMED AFTER, AND THEN WHAT IS REMAINING? SO WE TALKED A LOT OBVIOUSLY ABOUT THAT TRADITION.

AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU ALL.

WE STARTED THE PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AND RAN FOR ALMOST A MONTH.

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AND THEN THAT BROUGHT US HERE TONIGHT WHERE THEY'LL PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.

THIS IS JUST A FIRST READING.

Y'ALL WILL ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION ON THIS IN JANUARY.

HERE IS A LIST OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM.

AS I MENTIONED, IT HAS A VERY SPECIFIC COMPOSITION OUTLINED IN POLICY.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE BOTH COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARENTS STUDENTS AND STAFF REPRESENTATION FROM EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ASPEN AND BROOKE.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M ASPEN SPRAYBERRY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

I'M ASPEN SPRAYBERRY.

I HAVE TWO TINY TIGERS CURRENTLY AT DSC, AND THEY WILL BE GOING TO THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HELP KIND OF BRING THIS NAME TO FRUITION.

HI, I'M BROOKE HEALD, I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I AM.

THAT'S NEVER ALL YOU ARE.

OKAY, SO THERE WERE 2139 RESPONSES MOSTLY FROM PARENTS, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE EXPECTED.

THE TOP THREE WERE EMERALD SPRINGS, WILDWOOD SPRINGS, AND BELL SPRINGS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF FOUND WHEN WE ALL REVIEWED THE RESULTS OF THIS WAS THAT IT SEEMED REALLY IMPORTANT.

I THINK IN MY EYES, 90.

THERE'S A 90% UP THERE FOR HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR STUDENT, FOR THE NAME OF THE NEW SCHOOL TO BE AFTER A TEXAS LANDMARK, SPRING NATIONAL, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THEN WE WENT INTO THE ACTUAL SPRINGS, AND WE KIND OF FOUND THAT IT WAS SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY STICK TO A REAL SPRING.

DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? SO, I THINK THAT, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THE REASON WE CHOSE ACTUALLY, I'LL SAVE THAT FOR LATER.

OKAY. THIS IS THE 91%.

OKAY. SO WE BASICALLY 91% OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS FELT THAT IT WAS.

IT WAS AT LEAST IMPORTANT SOMEWHAT TO KEEP THE NAME OF OF THE TRADITION OF NAMING SCHOOLS AFTER SPRINGS.

EMERALD SPRINGS, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER WITH 421 VOTES, AND THEN WILDWOOD AND THEN BELL, KIRBY AND CHERRY.

I WILL SAY WITH BELL WE WERE LIKE, IT'S WAY TOO CONFUSING TO HAVE A BELL SPRINGS ON A NOT THE BELL SPRINGS ROAD OR ANYTHING THERE. OKAY.

NOTHING TO ADD. AND OUR FIRST MEETING, WE KIND OF JUST WENT OVER ALL OF THE RESULTS AND WE BROKE IT INTO GROUPS, AND THIS IS WHERE WE KIND OF THOUGHT, OKAY, WE NEED TO BREAK AWAY FROM JUST THE NAME OF SPRINGS, BUT STILL HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO TEXAS.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BLUEBONNET HERE? YES. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT BLUEBONNET SPRINGS WAS WELL, I CHOSE IT FOR MY NUMBER ONE BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE HOW IT TIES INTO BEING A PART OF SOMETHING TEXAS RELATED, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT NAMED AFTER AN EXACT SPRING OR LANDMARK.

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING GEOGRAPHIC, BUT I JUST I FEEL LIKE IT'S BETTER THAN EMERALD BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HEADWATERS AND MORE BLUE THAN GREEN THINGS.

YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM TREES AND GRASS.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF JUST ME.

I LIKE THE NAME BLUEBONNET MORE THAN EMERALD, SO AND KIND OF TO THAT SAME POINT, JUST ABOUT GOING BEYOND SPRINGS.

WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT MONARCH SPRINGS, BUT IT GOT CUT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THAT WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO START INTRODUCING THE IDEA TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE A REAL SPRING. IT COULD BE BLUEBONNET SPRINGS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO MOVE PAST I MEAN, CAMP AND MCCULLOUGH SPRINGS IS JUST A VERY WORDY NAME.

AND THE SECOND MEETING WE KIND OF REVIEWED AND THEN ALL THE RESULTS FROM LAST TIME THAT WE BROKE DOWN AND THEN KIND OF CAME TO OUR CONCLUSION.

THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF US DOING THAT.

OKAY. AND DRUM ROLL.

WE ARE GOING TO WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND EMERALD SPRINGS AS OUR TOP CHOICE FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SECOND BLUEBONNET SPRINGS, ALA BROOKE.

AND THEN WILDWOOD, WE THOUGHT WILDWOOD WAS JUST REALLY CUTE AND SWEET.

SO WE'RE GOING WITH THE THEME OF WICKED THIS YEAR.

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I ASKED MY KIDS, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY.

THEY SAID BLUEBONNET AS WELL, SO MAYBE IT'S A STUDENT THING, I THINK BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION. OLIVIA.

I WAS JUST GOING TO COMPLIMENT THE COMMITTEE.

I THINK THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN.

PEOPLE ENJOYED IT. PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.

AND FOR MY HOUSEHOLD, WE WERE EMERALD ALL THE WAY.

BUT YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD ARGUMENT FOR BLUEBONNET.

I CAN SEE THE VISION NOW.

REALLY, REALLY SWEET AND CUTE.

YEAH, AND I DO LIKE SETTING THE PRECEDENT.

LIKE AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE MAY HAVE MORE SCHOOLS THAN CURRENT SPRINGS.

SO I JUST THINK THE WHOLE I THINK THIS COMMITTEE GOT TO BE FUN AND CREATIVE AND IT WAS SUPER FUN.

QUANTITATIVE DATA WAS PERFECT.

IT WAS SUPER FUN. AND DOCTOR KIDD WAS LIKE, ARE YOU WEARING EMERALD BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO LIKE I WAS LIKE, NO, I EVEN WHEN WE VOTED, I WAS TELLING HER I HAD THEM VOTE CIRCLES AND I ACCIDENTALLY BROUGHT GREEN DOTS FOR THEM TO VOTE WITH.

AND THEY WERE LIKE, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I PROMISE YOU, I'M TRYING TO BE NEUTRAL.

I THINK WE CALL THAT BIAS IN A STUDY.

I WAS LIKE, I AM JUST WE'RE JUST BROKE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I JUST THESE ARE THE DOTS I HAD.

I PROMISE, I LOVE THIS PROCESS.

I LOVE BRANDING, COLORS, NAMING, ALL OF IT.

SO I THINK IT'S EXCITING.

I LIKE ALL OF THE NAMES.

I THINK IT'S Y'ALL DID GREAT WORK AND I DO.

I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN MY SURVEY.

I THINK AS LONG AS IT'S A SPRING, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S REAL OR NOT.

SO I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND I LOVE THAT YOU WERE STARTING TO OPEN THAT CONVERSATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND AS ALWAYS, I JUST HAVE TO COMPLIMENT BROOKE.

AND WE HAD ANOTHER STUDENT ON THERE, BRANDON.

OUR STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS AMAZING.

THEY ALWAYS SPEAK UP.

AND BRANDON ACTUALLY WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE SECOND MEETING, BUT HE SENT ME HIS LONG EMAIL WITH HIS OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS, AND HE HAD MADE THE BASKETBALL TEAM SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO COME TO THE MEETING, BUT HE WAS SURE TO SEND ME ALL OF HIS IDEAS.

SO THE KIDS ARE ALWAYS JUST SO GREAT.

SO THAT WAS AWESOME.

ROB. SO ARE ANY OF THESE SPRINGS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED AN ACTUAL SPRING? YES, EMERALD IS A REAL SPRING.

IT IS A REAL. EMERALD AND WILDWOOD.

YEAH, THEY'RE NOT ON THE SLIDES.

YES. IN MY IN THE BEGINNING IF YOU'LL GO BACK.

YEAH. OKAY.

YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS GOT ME ALL EXCITED ABOUT BLUEBONNETS AND STUFF SO I CAN MOVE ON FROM THAT.

OKAY, SO AMBER SPRINGS IS AN ACTUAL SPRING AND DRIPPING SPRINGS.

TWO OF THE TOP THREE ARE. WILDWOOD IS REAL TOO.

AND SO IS WILDWOOD. NOW, BLUEBONNET WAS THE ONE I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY. THAT'S COOL. NOW, WE RULED OUT BARTON SPRINGS.

YEAH. WHICH IS LITERALLY ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY.

OKAY. SO YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY A RECOMMENDATION OF ME.

I WAS LIKE, I REALLY LOVE BARTON SPRINGS.

LIKE IT'S TIED TO AUSTIN.

YEAH. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT WAS A DIVISIVE TOPIC FOR PEOPLE.

LIKE OKAY, LET'S BRING IT UP NOW.

THAT'S AWESOME. IT WAS LOVE IT OR HATE IT, I LOVED IT BECAUSE BARTON CREEK.

LITTLE BARTON CREEK RUNS FROM THE NORTH PART OF THE PROPERTY.

YES, EXACTLY.

SO I WAS LIKE, IT MAKES SENSE GEOGRAPHICALLY.

PEOPLE WERE LIKE, IT'S AUSTIN.

IT'S CONFUSING. SO WE WANTED TO HONOR.

YEAH, THERE IT WAS VERY DIVISIVE.

IS THERE A BARTON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY IN AUSTIN? THERE'S NOT THERE'S BARTON, THERE'S BARTON HILLS ELEMENTARY, BUT THERE'S NOT A BARTON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND THERE'S A BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN HAYS DISD.

YEAH. IS IT BARTON CREEK? I THINK MAYBE JUST BARTON.

BARTON. OKAY. YEAH. IS THERE A EVERETT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY ANYWHERE? DO WE KNOW THAT? I MEAN, NOT IN THIS AREA IN TEXAS.

OKAY. AND THEN WE RULED OUT KIRBY SPRINGS.

DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL? I THINK PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T LIKE IT.

THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT? DON'T TELL THAT TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

OKAY? I'M NOT I'M NOT 1,000% SURE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S A CHARACTER TO SOMETHING, AND I WASN'T IN LOVE WITH KIRBY SPRINGS.

NOW IT'S NOT HORRIBLE.

I'M NOT HATING ON IT. I JUST DIDN'T EXACTLY LOVE IT.

TELL THE PEOPLE LIVING IN KIRBY SPRINGS, JUST LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WE LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S GREAT.

WELL, AND THIS KIND OF GOES TO THAT SAME POINT OF IT COULD BE CONFUSING AS TO, YOU KNOW, SAME WITH BELLE SPRINGS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT, I MEAN, I THINK ALSO ROOSTER SPRING WAS ON THERE, BUT NOT ROOSTER SPRINGS.

I'M SORRY. BELLE TERRE SPRINGS WAS AN ACTUAL SPRING WAS LIKE, WELL, THAT IS VERY CONFUSING.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WISE TO RULE THAT ONE OUT.

YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW THE BELLE TERRE, SO I CAN SAY THAT.

YEAH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT AND EVERYTHING AND APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST BARTON SPRINGS, I MEAN.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY DIVISIVE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO LIE THAT LIKE, TO ME, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

IT MADE SENSE TO ME TOO. RIGHT.

BUT IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

MAYBE I'M IN THE MINORITY ON THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER POTENTIALLY AS AN OPTION.

TRICIA. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ON THIS COMMITTEE.

I KNOW IT WAS PROBABLY SUPER FUN BECAUSE I LIKE THIS KIND OF STUFF TO YOU.

AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, IT'S KIND OF EYE OPENING BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER MIDDLE OR ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPENING, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE NAMES DOWN THE ROAD.

SO I WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THE CONVERSATION WITH WILDWOOD BECAUSE I'M A FAN FAVORITE OF THAT ONE.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS DEFINITELY A TOP ONE, TOO.

PEOPLE REALLY LIKED IT FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ON THAT NEXT COMMITTEE, PROBABLY.

BUT AND EMERALD WAS JUST REALLY CUTE FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

YEAH. BUT I KNOW THAT WAS THAT WAS DEFINITELY A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.

LIKE, I, LIKE ALL OF US, WERE FRIENDS OF FANS OF CHERRY SPRINGS THAT I'M HOLDING OUT FOR CHERRY.

I STILL TOLD JENNIFER.

I SAID, WAS THERE A FUTURE ELEMENTARY BETTER BE NAMED CHERRY.

THAT IS THE CUTEST NAME.

THERE ARE SOME CUTE NAMES OUT THERE FOR I MEAN CHERRY.

SO CUTE! I THOUGHT SO TOO.

I WAS SHOCKED IT DIDN'T MAKE IT IN THE TOP BECAUSE I THOUGHT FOR SURE WILDWOOD WAS MY LIKE.

I WAS LIKE, I LOVE THAT! I LIKE THAT TOO.

YEAH, THEY'RE ALL, I MEAN, Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THEY'RE ALL GREAT.

YEAH. YOU CAN'T. WHAT DID Y'ALL SAY CHERRY.

BECAUSE IT HAD THE SAME LETTERS AS CYPRESS.

SO THAT WAS CONFUSING TOO.

YEAH. LETTERING.

THE LETTERING OF WHAT WAS THE TOP ONE THAT WE WERE.

WAS IT CHERRY SPRINGS OR WILDWOOD AND WILDWOOD? BOTH JUST BECAUSE WE USE DSE.

AND SO THEY THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION AMONG THE STAFF.

I MEAN, WE CAN WORK AROUND IT.

WE WOULD JUST DO LIKE WWC AND IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO WORK AROUND.

BUT THE STAFF DID TALK ABOUT THAT JUST BECAUSE OUR ACRONYMS ARE THERE.

WE JUST REALLY HAVE THAT KIND OF BUILT INTO OUR OPERATIONS.

SO IT WOULD BE A SHIFT YOU'LL HAVE TO BREAK.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BREAK FROM IT.

THIS IS, AGAIN A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE TO JUST REALIZE.

YOU HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM AS WE GROW.

I MEAN, A BUILD OUT. IT'S SORRY.

YES. WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A MILK HOUSE.

YES, WE'LL END UP WITH A MILK HOUSE.

WE'LL END UP WITH MAYBE NOT MILK HOUSE FOR A WHILE.

EMERALD SPRINGS? YES.

WHY NOT? SO.

SO, BROOKE, GIVEN THAT EMERALD WASN'T YOUR FIRST CHOICE.

BUT IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE.

CAN YOU GET BEHIND EMERALD AS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO US, LIKE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMITTEE, THAT IT WASN'T THEIR FIRST CHOICE? I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE DIVIDED.

IT WAS, WHAT, EIGHT, FOUR, EIGHT, FIVE? THAT'S KIND OF A DIVIDED VOTE.

SO I DON'T HATE EMERALD.

I, JUST I DON'T EXACTLY LIKE IT BECAUSE ACTUALLY I DON'T HAVE A GOOD REASON.

I JUST, I REALLY LIKE BLUEBONNETS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE FLOWERS, I THINK THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY.

AND I LIKE THE NAME. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE, YOU KNOW, BSES ISN'T EXACTLY THE BEST FOR IT, BUT I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW.

BROOKE, WHAT IF WE COULD DO THIS? WHAT IF MR. JAMES BACK THERE, OUR DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION.

WHAT IF HE PLANTED A BUNCH OF BLUEBONNETS AT ESC? PERFECT. WOULD YOU GET ON BOARD AT THAT POINT? WELL, OKAY.

I'M JUST TRYING TO COMPROMISE HERE WITH THE NAME EMERALD SPRINGS.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION, I'M SORRY? WITH THE NAME EMERALD SPRINGS.

YES. EMERALD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY WITH BLUEBONNETS ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR YOU.

JUST FOR YOU IN HONOR OF YOU.

CUTE. BUT IMAGINE BLUEBONNET SPRINGS WITH BLUEBONNETS.

SHE'S NOT THERE. YEAH, WE GOT IT.

SORRY, WE GOT DISTRACTED.

I LOVE, I LOVE BLUEBONNET SPRINGS AS A NAME.

WELL, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, BOARD, I'M GOING TO ASK US TO TREAD ON BECAUSE WE'RE STILL UNDER THE TWO HOUR MARK.

AND I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN DO AS MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. CONSENT.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

OTHERWISE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

HOW MANY DAYS IS 2100 MINUTES IN THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR? IT'S ABOUT 4.

4.7. OKAY.

OKAY. AND JUST SO I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT.

WE'RE TAKING THOSE MINUTES OFF OF THE STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE FOR TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE WAIVER? THE WAIVER. OKAY. SO CURRENTLY AT 435 INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES A DAY, WE'RE AT 74,000 SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING BECAUSE WE HAVE 172 DAYS TIMES 435 MINUTES.

WE NEED THOSE MINUTES TO COUNT FOR THE INSTRUCTION.

WE USE THOSE MINUTES TO SAY STATE WE HAVE AT LEAST FOUR.

I ALWAYS SAY FIVE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE FIVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS WHERE WE ARE HAVING STRUCTURED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE MINUTES BACK.

YES. OKAY.

IS THAT A STANDARD? IS THAT PRETTY STANDARD THAT MOST DISTRICTS DO THIS? YES. OKAY. IT IS STANDARD.

ALSO ON YOUR CONSENT IS THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD TEN MINUTES.

SO JUST WITH OUR INSTRUCTION OF 170 DAYS AT 445 MINUTES, THAT WOULD GET US TO 75,650 MINUTES.

SO WE WILL BE FLUSH WITH WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

SO IF WE HAVE A WEATHER EVENT OR IF WE HAVE SOME KIND OF BREAKDOWN, WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THE BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAYS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THE WAIVER, THE 2100.

I'LL STILL ASK FOR A WAIVER NEXT YEAR, AND THEN WE'D HAVE SOME CUSHION TO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK FOR BAD WEATHER DAYS.

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SO IT'S VERY TRADITIONAL.

ROB. JUST NOTE, DR.

K, ONE OF THE FIRST CONVERSATIONS YOU AND I HAD ABOUT THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL WAS THE CALENDAR IN THE YEAR THAT WE GOT OUT AFTER MEMORIAL DAY.

AND I SAID TO YOU, PLEASE, ON BEHALF OF OUR PARENTS, MOST OF THEM ANYWAY.

SO, LET'S GET OUT BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY.

THANK YOU FOR FINDING A WAY TO DO THAT.

I THINK THERE'S TWO BENEFITS FOR THAT.

NUMBER ONE, OUR ADA RATE.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, RIGHT? THOSE DAYS WE GET CRUSHED AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.

SO JUST KNOW I'M COMING AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

BUT ALSO, NUMBER TWO, OUR FOLKS REALLY LIKE TO GET OUT AFTER GRADUATION AND GET AFTER THINGS AND GO CELEBRATE.

AND SO JUST KNOW PARENTS OUT THERE, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE DISTRICT FOR KIND OF MEETING THAT.

NOW ALSO THOUGH ELEMENTARY KIDS FIVE MINUTES EARLIER TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING 740.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE.

I THINK PEOPLE CAN BITE OFF ON THAT APPLE.

SO I THINK THE CALENDAR LOOKS GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TRICIA. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST ON THE MOU.

IS THIS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS ONE? I COULDN'T FIND ANY OTHER.

SO THIS IS WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED WITH THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY'RE REQUIRING AN MOU.

OKAY. YES. SO, I WAS TRYING TO LIKE GO LOOK AND SEE, YOU KNOW WHAT'S DIFFERENT? WHAT COULD HAVE CHANGED? CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EXACTLY WHAT IT IS? I MEAN, I KNOW IT HAD A BRIEF DESCRIPTION, BUT MAYBE JUST ELABORATE.

SURE. IT JUST ALLOWS US TO WORK WITH THEM TO.

THEY CAN OFFER ANYTHING AT OUR CAMPUSES FOR PARENTS, FOR ANY KIND OF CAREER EXPLORATIONS.

IT'S JUST ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE US FOR PROJECTIONS.

IT'S JUST OUR AVAILABILITY TO WORK WITH THEM.

THERE'S NO MONEY EXCHANGE, THERE'S NO NOTHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY. SO WE JUST UTILIZE THEM.

IS IT BASICALLY A TRAINING FOR OUR COUNSELORS TO KIND OF HELP OUT WITH OUR KIDDOS? IS THAT COUNSELORS USE IT, BUT ALSO WE USE THEIR PROJECTED NUMBERS.

WE USE A LOT OF THEIR DATA TO INFORM OUR CTE AND TO FORM STUDENTS ON WHAT THAT WORKFORCE LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY GRADUATE.

OKAY, PERFECT.

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE ON OUR CALENDAR.

AND I DID SEE KIND OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE TEACHERS.

THE TEACHERS ARE GOOD WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE DAY, RIGHT? YES. I'VE HAD 27 COMMENTS.

MOST OF THEM WERE POSITIVE.

SOME WERE WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

BUT OVERALL, EVEN WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND OUR DAC, THAT WAS EASILY SWALLOWABLE TO SAY, LET'S DO THIS, MAKE IT 170 INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS AND IT PROVIDES.

YOU DON'T SEE IT IN THE CALENDAR, BUT IT PROVIDES WORK DAYS FOR TEACHERS TO PLAN TO PUT IN GRADES.

YOU'RE SEEING IT ALL AS PD, BUT WE HAVE AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT TO SAY RIGHT AROUND THE GRADING PERIOD.

IT'S GOING TO BE A WORK DAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

IT'S WORTH THE TRADE OFF.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MOTION FOR MARY JANE A SECOND FROM ROB.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

NO. ALL RIGHT.

[8. ACTION]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

WE ARE DISCUSSING ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY REZONING.

TONIGHT IS OUR SECOND READING.

SO WE SPENT TIME IN NOVEMBER GOING THROUGH.

SO I HAVE JUST KIND OF A QUICK RECAP TO SOME OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS BEFORE WE DISCUSS AND THEN VOTE.

AND SO WE HAVE CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES THAT ARE BEING REZONED.

WE HAVE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY BOUNDARIES RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE EXPANDING SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND SO WE WILL BE INCREASING CAPACITY THERE FROM 850 TO 1200.

HENCE THE REZONING OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE ZONES.

WE'RE OPENING ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX IN THE FALL.

Y'ALL JUST DISCUSSED NAMING FOR THAT.

SO WE ARE NEEDING TO CHANGE TO SIX ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE ZONES.

THAT WILL ALSO BE IN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL PIECES OF THAT WORK FOR OUR COMMITTEE WAS ADDRESSING CAPACITY ISSUES.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME SMALLER CAMPUSES AND THEN SOME LARGER CAMPUSES THAT ARE OVER CAPACITY, AND SO WE WANT TO BALANCE THAT SO THAT OUR OVERENROLLED CAMPUSES ARE NOT USING PORTABLES. SO JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, WE HAD A LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE.

THIS WAS THEIR CAMPUS RECOMMENDATION FOR WHEN WE ANTICIPATED NEW ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS OPENING.

AND THEN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THAT, WHEN WE WOULD NEED REZONING FOR OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES.

SO AS A PART OF THE WORK IN THIS PROCESS, WE WERE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ELEMENTARY BOUNDARIES WILL HOLD THROUGH THESE OUT YEARS SO THAT WE HAVE BALANCE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH OUR GROWTH IN THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS TO BE IN OUR DEMOGRAPHIC AREAS, SO THAT THESE AREAS CONTINUE TO STAY OR THESE SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO STAY AS BALANCED AS WE CAN SO THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING PORTABLES, IF WE CAN ALL HELP THAT.

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IN THE PAST, OUR DISTRICT ONLY USED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND ULTIMATELY RECOMMEND ATTENDANCE ZONES.

THIS YEAR, WE DID BOTH AN ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES GOING AT THE SAME TIME.

OUR COMMUNITY COMMITTEE REPRESENTED OUR PARENTS WITH 14 PARENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

TWO WERE SELECTED FROM EVERY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WHO JUST SERVED AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE.

THEN WE HAD TWO EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES WHO ATTENDED, AND THEN OUR COMMITTEE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WAS FACILITATED BY OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHO SAT AT THE TABLES, LISTENED TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BROUGHT ANY CONCERNS BACK SO THAT WE COULD FURTHER DISCUSS THOSE.

SO THIS IS OUR ATTENDANCE ZONING ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU SEE OUR ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE ZONING COMMITTEE.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEN OUR TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

AND SO THE CHARGE OF OUR COMMITTEES WAS TO REORGANIZE BOTH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES TO ENSURE THAT, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, ALL OF OUR PARAMETERS WERE MET.

THEY WERE LOOKING TO OPTIMIZE THE UTILIZATION OF OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES WHILE RELIEVING OUR OVERCROWDED CAMPUSES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED THEM TO REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT WAS IF THEY CAN ACHIEVE BALANCE, HOW CAN THEY HELP US DO THAT? WELL, SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, WE'RE POTENTIALLY, IF WE DON'T GROW AS FAST AS WE ANTICIPATE, DEFERRING THE TIMING OF FUTURE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE WANTED TO DO THAT WELL IN TERMS OF GROWTH.

WE WANTED TO BE LOOKING AT PROXIMITY TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, KEEPING SUBDIVISIONS TOGETHER AND THEN ZONING STUDENTS TO THEIR CLOSEST CAMPUS, AND THEN STRIVING TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT A STUDENT IS REZONED.

WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES A NEIGHBORHOOD IS REZONED.

THEY WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES A STUDENT WAS BEING REZONED.

SO THIS HAS BEEN THE MEETING PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE COMMITTEE WORK.

AND WE'RE AT OUR FINAL MEETING, THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING FOR SECOND READING AND APPROVAL.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WAS MAKE SURE THAT THE MAPS THAT WERE IN CONSIDERATION WERE GOING OUT FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, THAT WE WERE GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK.

SO THE COMMITTEE STARTED WITH THREE INITIAL MAPS.

THOSE MAPS WEREN'T PERFECTLY BALANCED, BUT THEY GAVE US A GOOD FEEL FOR HOW OUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS WERE FEELING ABOUT WHERE THEY MIGHT BE ZONED.

FROM THERE, THE COMMITTEE THEN DREW A NEW MAP THAT WAS ZONING OPTION ONE.

WE PUT THAT MAP BACK OUT AND GOT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAPS WERE BEING SEEN BEFORE THEY WERE BEING CONSIDERED, SO WE GOT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK INTO MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON THAT MAP.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE DATES IN WHICH WE HAD COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF TWO DIFFERENT SURVEYS THAT WENT OUT DURING THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS SIX COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS.

WE ALSO HAD INFORMATION OUT IN VARIOUS PAPERS, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY IMPACT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ADVERTISING THIS AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO OUR COMMUNITY, SO THAT THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND COULD GIVE US FEEDBACK, BECAUSE THAT REALLY WAS HOW THE MAPS WERE BEING PLANNED.

AND WE DID GET RESPONSE FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THESE WERE ALL OF THE PLANNING UNITS THAT GAVE FEEDBACK INTO THE PROCESS, NOT ALL OF THEM NECESSARILY AFFECTED, BUT WE GOT LOTS OF FEEDBACK ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THIS IS THE FINAL MAP.

THIS IS THE COMMITTEE MAP WITH ONE CHANGE.

SO THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED OPTION ONE, THE CHANGE THAT I MADE TO THAT MAP AFTER GETTING THE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK WAS PLANNING UNIT 18, WHICH YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN THAT ORANGE ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE.

THAT PLANNING UNIT GAVE FEEDBACK THAT THEY WOULD BE DRIVING DOWN TROUTWINE, THAT THEY HAVE A BIT OF A HAIRPIN TURN, AND THEN IT'S A ONE LANE CROSSOVER ROAD OVER A LOW WATER CROSSING.

AND SO IT DID MAKE SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND LET THEM CONTINUE WITH THEIR COMMUTE DOWN FITZHUGH AND AROUND THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, RATHER THAN, FROM THAT SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, ROUTING THEM UP TROUTWINE WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE CROSSING A ONE LANE ROAD.

AND SO WE TOOK THAT FEEDBACK TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, MADE THAT ONE CHANGE AS THIS FINAL RECOMMENDED MAP FROM THE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE MAP. BUT OTHERWISE THAT IS THE MAP THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PIECES THAT I THINK HELPS OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OUR PLANS WITH THIS PROCESS IS THAT ONCE WE CAN GET THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT OUR FINAL MAP, THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO THEN MOVE INTO THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH IS GRANDFATHERING.

SO GRANDFATHERING ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING REZONED, AND THEN TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS TO REMAIN AT THEIR CURRENTLY

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RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT THE MAPS, WE'RE TRYING TO RUN ROUGH ESTIMATES TO GET STARTED ON THAT.

OBVIOUSLY WE NEED A FINAL MAP TO DO THAT, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT OUR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.

AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT OUR SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADERS WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO TRY AND ALLOW TWO GRADE LEVELS TO BE ABLE TO GRANDFATHER, WHICH GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER TRANSITION IF THEY START AT A SCHOOL TO FINISH OUT AT THAT SCHOOL. THE PROCESS WOULD OPEN IN JANUARY ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.

THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION STILL HAS TO DO A LOT OF WORK TO TAKE THE DATA FROM THE MAPS, RUN THE DATA, AND GET STUDENT NUMBERS.

TURN THAT AROUND TO BE ABLE TO START STUDENT REGISTRATIONS.

SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DATA DIVE.

FIRST, THAT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE CAN OPEN THE GRANDFATHERING PROCESS.

BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD OPEN IN JANUARY.

SO NEXT STEPS WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD PUBLISH OUR BOUNDARIES IN JANUARY.

WE WOULD ANNOUNCE OUR GRANDFATHERING GUIDELINES.

IN JANUARY, WE WOULD OPEN UP AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FAMILIES TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WANT A GRANDFATHER.

AND THEN ALL OF OUR BOUNDARIES.

AND THIS, I THINK, HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT POINT TO JUST TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS TAKE EFFECT IN AUGUST 2025.

SO NO ONE STARTS IN JANUARY.

WE DON'T HAVE ELEMENTARY SIXTH IN JANUARY JUST YET, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR FAMILIES TO KNOW WE'LL START IN AUGUST 2025, SO WE WILL HAVE THAT SPRING SEMESTER FOR FAMILIES TO BE WORKING ON THAT TRANSITION PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE WORKING ON THAT TRANSITION PLAN.

SO IT'S NOT A CHANGE TONIGHT THAT STARTS JANUARY 1ST.

IT'S A CHANGE TONIGHT THAT STARTS IN SIX MONTHS.

AND SO WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR BOARD DISCUSSION.

YOU WANT ME TO START? I'M HAPPY TO START.

I'M HAPPY TO START. MADAM PRESIDENT, IF IT'S OKAY.

SO FIRST, A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND SO FIRST, LET'S JUST TAKE A CHANCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THAT WORK AND APPRECIATE THAT FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM THE STAFF MEMBERS, MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, FROM YOURSELF. THAT WAS PERSON AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, WHICH THERE WERE A DOZEN OF THEM, I THINK PUBLIC MEETINGS PRETTY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR SURE.

OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS I SAID LAST TIME JUST FOR COMMENT, PERIOD.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING ALL THIS TO ME.

BUT I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AS I'M PREPARING TO VOTE ON THIS KIND OF WHERE I LANDED SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.

SO THERE'S REALLY THREE BIG THINGS FOR ME THAT THAT WERE IMPORTANT, THAT NEST WITH THE CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE THAT ULTIMATELY YOU DID.

AND THAT WAS THE BALANCE. ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT WITH THE LOW AVERAGE GROWTH FORECAST, WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY REFLECTED IN THIS THROUGH 2028, 2029.

RIGHT, WHICH AS WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR MEETING BEFORE THIS IN OUR WORKSHOP THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOW POSSIBLE THAT WE MAY WE MAY BE ABLE TO DEFER SOME OF THIS FUTURE ELEMENTARY GROWTH AND, AND SOME FUTURE REZONING WHICH PROVIDES MORE CONSISTENCY AND CONTINUITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS CRITICAL AS A PARENT AND AS A BOARD MEMBER. SO THE RECOMMENDATION DOES DO THAT, IN MY OPINION.

THE SECOND THING IS TO MINIMIZE THE RELOCATION OF EXISTING FAMILIES AND, YES, FOCUSING ON THE CHILD FOR SURE.

AND THE STUDENT BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE ARE SOME AND I WENT BACK ALL THE WAY TO I THINK I HAVE THE FIRST MAPS HERE THAT GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO LIKE THE SECOND REZONING OR FIRST IN THE DISTRICT.

AND YEAH, THERE WERE SOME SERIOUS DISRUPTION TO A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES OVER, OVER PERIODS OF TIME.

AND, AND I'M THANKFUL THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE WERE ABLE TO MITIGATE SOME OF THAT.

I THINK THAT'S BENEFICIAL.

SPECIFICALLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT BEAR CREEK.

SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES ON KIND OF THE FRINGE PART OF OUR DISTRICT.

WHICH, BY THE WAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, I MEAN, HOW MANY SQUARE MILES ARE WE AT? 200 SOMETHING SQUARE MILES, Y'ALL LIKE.

ALL RIGHT. I COUNTED IT UP BECAUSE I GOT IT WRONG LAST TIME.

53 PLANNING UNITS.

OF THE 53 PLANNING UNITS, FIVE ARE GOING TO MOVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS OUT OF 53.

THAT'S NOT TOO BAD.

THE ELEMENTARY, 19 OUT OF 53 AND SIX ARE GOING TO GO TO ELEMENTARY SIX, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALL OF THEM ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 13.

THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE IN SOME CAPACITY.

AND SO AND THEN THE LAST THING WHICH YOU JUST WENT INTO WAS VERY GENEROUS GRANDFATHERING OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE MAYBE A FIFTH GRADER AND A THIRD GRADER, RIGHT.

AND BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT.

AND YOUR PLAN ADDRESSES THAT AS WELL FOR ME, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BECOME SPECIFICALLY IMPORTANT IN TWO COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BECOME IMPORTANT TO LEDGESTONE, WHO OBVIOUSLY VERY MUCH WANTS TO STAY AT SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY.

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AND THEN ALSO SUNSET CANYON THAT THAT IS LOOKING IN THIS PARTICULAR MAP TO GO TO SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO AS WE LOOK TO, TO, TO REZONE AND GET THIS DONE IS LET'S OVERDO IT ON THE INTEGRATION PROCESS AND THE ASSIMILATION PROCESS FOR THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE MOVING, RIGHT.

I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM THESE PARENTS IN THE SPRING.

THAT MAN, IT DIDN'T GO THE WAY WE WERE HOPING, BUT, MAN, WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING.

AND THAT'S AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

THAT'S AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

AND THAT'S EVEN WITH US AT THE BOARD LEVEL, ENSURING THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MITIGATE WHAT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE A SCENARIO WHERE NOT EVERYBODY WAS GETTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE HOPING FOR OUT OF THE REZONING PROCESS.

I ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD THE EXTRA WORK THAT WAS DONE, AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

DIDN'T REALLY DISCUSS IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, BUT WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT EVERY OPTION THAT WAS THAT WAS ON THE TABLE FOR MODIFYING THE ZONES.

WE LOOKED AT THEM YOU KNOW, SPLITTING PLANNING UNITS MOVING PARTS OF PLANNING UNITS HERE AND THERE.

AND ALL OF THEM WERE RELATIVELY FEASIBLE.

I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ADMIT THAT, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

HOWEVER, NONE OF THEM PROVIDED THE LONGEVITY THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION DID, IN MY OPINION.

RIGHT. AND SO WHILE THERE ARE MOVEMENTS THAT ARE LOGICAL.

RIGHT. 33.

ONE SCHOOL, 19 TO ANOTHER.

THOSE ARE ALL LOGICAL THINGS.

IT'S KIND OF FLIP.

WE COULDN'T REALLY DO BOTH AND MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL COMFORTABLE HERE FOR THE SHORT TERM AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL.

THE LAST THING I'LL NOTE ON THAT, AS I SAID THIS BEFORE, I'LL SAY IT SITE AGAIN.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS PHENOMENAL.

THEY'RE ALL A-RATED, RIGHT.

AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT A LOT OF AT THE END, YOU GUYS HAVE WHAT YOU WANT.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO A GOOD SCHOOL AND THE FOLKS UP HERE ON THIS BOARD ARE GOING TO ENSURE THAT IT STAYS THAT WAY.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL YIELD BACK MY TIME.

THANK YOU, SHANDA.

SO, I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS.

AND SO I WROTE STUFF DOWN.

I THINK THAT THESE TWO INTERSECT, BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO TWO THINGS.

ONE, THE PROCESS AND TWO THE OUTCOME.

SO THE PROCESS AGAIN, I FULLY SAY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT ROB SAID ABOUT THE TIME AND PLANNING THAT WENT INTO THE PROCESS.

THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WERE CLEAR FOR THE PARTICIPANTS.

THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE FULLY INVESTED IN THE OUTCOME, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DOG IN THE FIGHT, SO TO SPEAK, IF THEY WEREN'T EVEN AT RISK OF BEING REZONED. THEY WERE INVESTED WITH HELPFUL IDEAS AND HOW TO DO THIS.

AND I LOVE THAT WE DID THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK PIECE AFTER EACH ITERATION.

I THINK THAT WAS HELPFUL.

THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP THAT WERE MAYBE NOT CONSIDERED BEFORE.

I WILL SAY, I THINK THAT TOWARDS THE END THAT THE A LOT MORE EMOTION WENT INTO THE, THE MAPS THAN I THINK.

I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO THIS AGAIN, WHICH WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AGAIN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH THE GROWTH EMOTIONS STARTED TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN THE END OF THAT.

AND, I MEAN, I WAS SITTING IN MEETING MARY JANE WAS SITTING THERE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EMOTIONAL DECISION MAKING, I THINK, IN THIS FINAL OUTCOME OF THIS MAP.

AND SO THAT BOTHERS ME A LITTLE.

I THINK THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THIS MAP WHERE WE ARE KICKING THE CAN, SO TO SPEAK, THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER MOVES TO MAKE AND WE SAID NO, WE'LL WAIT TILL NEXT TIME TO.

MAKE THAT. AND YOU KNOW THAT.

I JUST THINK THAT NEXT TIME WE DO IT, WE'VE GOT TO CONSIDER THINGS LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T GO BACK AND REPEAT THE COMMITTEE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

I ALSO THINK THAT THIS I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE A FULL BOARD WORKSHOP ON THIS WHERE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, GET ALL THE DOCUMENTS OUT AND IN FRONT OF US AND, AND REALLY LOOK, BECAUSE I THINK THAT MARY JANE AND I SAT IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAT I THINK WE GOT THAT MAYBE YOU ALL DON'T HAVE OR DIDN'T SEE.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE PROCESS.

THE OUTCOME, I, I STILL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WELL, FIRST, I'LL SPEAK TO THIS.

MY OWN KIDS ARE BEING REZONED.

SO THIS IS AND IT'S NOT ON THE TABLE AT ALL FOR MY PLANNING UNIT TO STAY WHERE WE ARE.

WE'RE WE'RE ONE OF THE FIVE THAT ROB SAID REZONING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO THIS IS I MEAN, IT IS IT'S AN EMOTIONAL PROCESS.

BUT ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, I THINK WHAT OUR GOAL AND OUR ROLE UP HERE IS TO DO IS TO DO MAKE THE DECISION THAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I REALLY STAND FIRM TO MY THOUGHT THAT THIS IS NOT THE BEST MAP FOR THE COMMUNITY AT THIS ITERATION OF IT.

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AND, ROB, I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE THERE IS ANOTHER YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SENT US THAT REALLY WAS APPLES TO APPLES IN NUMBERS THAT THAT MEETS OUR GOALS THE SAME WAY.

I STILL THINK THAT IT'S A DISSERVICE THAT 19 B IS NOT GOING TO THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 290 WITH THEM THAT CONNECTS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEVERAL THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP THAT I DON'T THAT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS HERE LAST MONTH IS THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER PROJECTIONS OUT TO 20, 33, 34 HAVE THE PLANNING UNITS RIGHT THERE AROUND ON THAT NORTH SIDE OF TWO 9015 C 15 D 19 A AND IF YOU PUT IN 19 B AT AROUND 830 STUDENTS, ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT THERE ARE GOING TO CONNECT THAT RATHGEBER PARK.

SO THE GREAT GATE DEBATE, IF THAT GATE IN SUNSET CANYON, WHICH I HAVE A FEELING THAT WOULD OPEN ALL THOSE 830 STUDENTS IF ZONED TO THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WOULD NOT EVEN HAVE TO GET ONTO 290.

AND FOR ME, THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

SO I DID SAY THAT 33 THERE IS A VERY, VERY WESTERN PART OF 33 WITH AN INGRESS AND EGRESS THAT'S MUCH FURTHER WEST THAN THE REST OF THE PLANNING UNIT.

AND SO MY MY RECOMMENDATION, MY ASK WAS TO BREAK THAT OFF AND SEE.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS WITH IT.

THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH IT.

THE OTHER THE SOUTH SIDE OF 290 AND 33, THEY'RE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE THAN THEY ARE TO WALNUT AND DSMS, WHICH IS WHERE THEY'RE ZONED NOW.

NOT CLOSER, OBVIOUSLY, TO ELEMENTARY SIX.

BUT ALL OF THOSE FACTORS AND THE RIGHT TURNS MAKE FOR ME THAT THIS ISN'T A MAP THAT I THINK BEST SUITS OUR GOALS IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.

KIM. YEAH.

JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

AND HOLLY, TO YOU, FOR THOSE FOUR OPTIONS THAT WE HAD ASKED YOU FOR AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING, LOOKING AT THOSE STATISTICS.

I THINK WHAT'S KEY FOR ME IS BALANCE IN ALL THE BUILDINGS.

I MEAN, WE ARE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, THESE BUILDINGS AREN'T CHEAP.

THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND I WANT TO SEE US FILL UP ALL THESE BUILDINGS.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAPS AND I LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS AT ROOSTER AND THE NUMBERS AT SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO PUT MORE STUDENTS IN THOSE TWO BUILDINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE GREAT BUILDINGS.

BUT I THINK MY CLOSING COMMENT COMES FROM A RECENT VISIT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT THE BOARD TOURED, AND WE ASKED THESE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL, THEY WERE STUDENT LEADERS IN THE SCHOOL, AND THEY WERE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS.

AND WE SAID, WE'RE DOING A REZONING PROCESS, AND YOU MAY HAVE TO WIND UP GETTING SOME NEW STUDENTS IN YOUR SCHOOL THAT HAVE NEVER GONE HERE, AND IT'LL BE THEIR FIRST TIME.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T EVEN HESITATE.

AND THEY LOOKED AT US AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME THEM WITH OPEN ARMS. WE'RE GOING TO GREET THEM AT THE FRONT DOOR.

WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THEM IN THINGS, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR VERY, VERY BEST TO REACH OUT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO DO.

WHEN I'VE MET WITH SEVERAL PRINCIPALS ON THESE CAMPUS TOURS THAT WE'VE DONE, THEY'RE WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THESE STUDENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEIR TRANSITION AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I'VE HEARD IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME.

OLIVIA. OKAY.

I THINK WE'VE ALL GOT A LOT ON THIS.

AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, BECAUSE IT'S WORTH SAYING AGAIN, I WOULD EASILY SAY THOUSANDS OF HOURS HAVE GONE INTO THIS.

I KNOW HOLLY'S WORKING DAY AND NIGHT.

EVERY SCENARIO THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR, AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'VE RECEIVED LAYERS AND LAYERS AND LAYERS OF INFORMATION.

AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT WHILE WE DID NOT DO A WORKSHOP, WHICH I LOVE DOING WORKSHOPS, BUT WE DID ALL HAVE THE WE DID AN ADDITIONAL ONE AFTER THE LAST MEETING.

WE DID ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET IN SMALL GROUPS WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WITH ONE ON ONE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION GIVEN, GIVEN TO US REGULARLY.

SO I FEEL VERY INFORMED.

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I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION.

WELL, FIRST LET ME SAY THIS.

EVERY SINGLE MAP, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD CHANGE RATHER BECAUSE IT'S A RIGHT TURN OR A LEFT TURN OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW.

BUT I ALSO LOOK AT EVERYTHING I SAID THIS BEFORE, IT'S A 30,000 FOOT VIEW BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME IS THE SAFETY, THE SECURITY AND THE EDUCATION AND THE OPPORTUNITIES OF 8975 STUDENTS.

HARD STOP AT THAT.

THIS IS A HARD PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S GOING INTO IT KNOWING YOU WON'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.

AND THAT'S HARD.

MY QUESTION IS THIS IS THIS MAP, AS IT IS THE MOST REFLECTIVE OUT OF WHAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMUNITY? I THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE'S MAP WAS THE MAP THAT THE COMMITTEE SPENT THE MOST TIME DELIBERATING ON, WITH ALL OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT THEY HAD.

SO THEY HAD COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

THEY PUT A MAP TOGETHER, THEIR TOP THREE MAPS ZONED VERY SIMILARLY.

SO THEY HAD FOUR MAPS ON THE LAST NIGHT THAT THEY LOOKED AT THREE OF THE FOUR, ALL ZONED SUNSET CANYON, WHICH I THINK IS THE CONVERSATION POINT IN THE SAME WAY. SO WHEN WE GOT DOWN TO THE FINAL MAP CHANGES.

IT WAS MORE ABOUT PLANNING UNITS THAT HAD MOVED.

THE EMOTION CAME OUT MORE ABOUT PLANNING UNITS WHO HAD MOVED MANY TIMES BEFORE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WERE SEEING MORE EMOTION COME OUT.

IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE PLANNING UNIT THAT I THINK WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING.

I THINK THAT HAD KIND OF BEEN SET IN THE TABLE MAPS ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

SO WE HAD LOTS OF GROUPS THAT WERE WORKING, AND WE WERE SEEING THE SAME KIND OF SOLUTION COME UP OVER AND OVER, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

IF I MAY. SO CAN I CLARIFY THAT? I THINK WHAT I THINK WHAT SHE WAS ASKING THOUGH, WHEN THEY MADE THIS MAP, THERE HADN'T BEEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM SUNSET CANYON YET BECAUSE THEY HAD THAT PLANNING UNIT HADN'T BEEN SPLIT YET, BUT THEY DISCUSSED SUNSET CANYON EXTENSIVELY IN THAT MEETING.

I MEAN, WE DIDN'T LEAVE THAT MEETING.

THAT'S WHY THAT MEETING WENT AN HOUR LONGER, WAS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T LEAVING THAT MEETING UNTIL WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE POPULAR, RIGHT? THE COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY HAD NO FEEDBACK FROM 19 B BECAUSE IT WASN'T 19 B YET.

REMEMBER WE LEFT.

IT WAS ALL 19.

SO WE LEFT THIS MEETING AND SAID WE NEED TO HAVE TWO MORE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SESSIONS.

SO. RIGHT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE ASKING WHEN THEY MADE THIS MAP? I THINK WHAT I WAS ASKING IS IF THEY WERE THE CONSIDERATIONS DISCUSSED, THAT SUNSET CANYON, EVERYONE I TALKED TO THAT LEFT THAT COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE I KNOW SEVERAL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THEY ALL SAID NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE HAPPY.

AND WHEN YOU GOT GRANULAR, THEY KNEW THAT SUNSET CANYON PROBABLY WAS NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT OLIVIA WAS ASKING THAT LIKE, THE SENTIMENT WAS A WAY TO BE FLESHED OUT.

AND I'M GOING TO ADDRESS TWO OF THESE THINGS.

I CAN SAY, AS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE BUT HAS RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF EMAILS AND SPOKEN TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I HAVE SEEN A SHIFT FROM SUNSET CANYON.

WE ALL WANT TO BE TOGETHER. AND THEN WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, LIKE THE GATE SITUATION, THE FEEDBACK AND THIS IS VERY HARD.

HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS ONE PERSON CAN BE TELLING ME SOMETHING SO PASSIONATELY, AND I'VE LITERALLY JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL WITH THE NEIGHBORS JUST AS COMPASSIONATELY SAYING THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

SO, WE HAVE THERE IS ABSOLUTE HIGH STAKES FOR PEOPLE IN SUNSET CANYON 19A, 19B THE WHOLE THING.

MY QUESTION IS THIS.

AND I WOULD LIKE FOR MARY JANE AND SHANDA, DOES THIS MAP REFLECT AN 80 TO 90% OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK? I BELIEVE THAT TO THE BEST OF OUR POSSIBLE HUMAN ABILITY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SAFETY, SECURITY, EDUCATION, THAT IT DOES WELL REPRESENT WHAT WE CAN DO.

I MEAN, WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION WITH STICK AND BRICK AND BUILDINGS AND STAFFING.

I BELIEVE IT REFLECTS WELL WHAT THE DISTRICT CAN DO IN TERMS EVERYTHING FROM TRANSPORTATION TO EQUALING, YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION IN EACH CAMPUS. IS IT AN 89, 80 TO 90% REFLECTION OF THE COMMITTEE WORK? YEAH. I THINK EVERY MAP THAT THEY PUT WAS AN 80, 90% REFLECTION OF THE COMMITTEE WORK.

MARY JANE.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT, LIKE, EVEN WITH THE NAMING COMMITTEE, IT WAS NOT A SLAM DUNK RECOMMENDATION.

EVERY COMMITTEE THAT'S COME TO US.

LONG RANGE PLANNING.

THEY WERE SO PROFESSIONAL IN THEIR PRESENTATION, AND IT WAS ONLY IN THE QUESTIONING THAT WE FOUND OUT, WOW, IT WAS A PRETTY NARROW MARGIN.

IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS NO CLEAR CUT.

THIS IS THE TETRIS THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.

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SO DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT LIST AND PICK, YOU KNOW, THESE TWO WERE OBVIOUSLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL PEOPLE AND NOBODY'S WRONG OR RIGHT.

IT'S ITS COMPETING VALUES.

AND EVEN IF ITS, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO STAY WEST, WELL, IT COULD BE BECAUSE THEY ALSO WENT TO SCHOOL HERE. AND SO THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDABLE ALLEGIANCE TO, TO THAT SIDE OR THERE COULD BE A PRIORITY OF LISTENING TO THE TEACHERS WHO ARE BEGGING LIKE, PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU DO, HAVE THAT BALANCE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE OVERCROWDING IN YEAR TWO.

I MEAN, ALL OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS WERE HASHED OUT.

AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AS I WENT BACK AND I WATCHED HOURS AND HOURS FROM 2021, LISTEN TO DOCTOR KIDD YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS THE FIRST TO BRING IN A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE.

AND THE DOWNSIDE TO THAT IS WE ALL ARE HUMAN.

I LOOK AT THIS MAP AND I SEE FACES OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS MAP, MANY OF WHOM ARE NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW.

AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF SOUL CRUSHING.

IT'S HARD. YOU WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

THERE ARE SOME WHO GO TO MY CHURCH.

AND SO I SEE THEM EVERY SUNDAY.

BUT IT'S MY JOB TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT.

DID ADMINISTRATION DO THE JOB THAT WE TASKED HOLLY AND HER TEAM WITH DOING? YES. IF WE HAD A BOARD WORKSHOP, I'M NOT SURE THAT.

I MEAN, TO ME THAT FEELS LIKE.

SIMILAR TO OVERRIDING THE NAMING COMMITTEE.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO OVERRIDE OUR COMMUNITY COMMITTEES, THEN WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THEM, I GUESS IS WHERE I LAND ON THAT.

SO I JUST THE WAY YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, OLIVIA, THE 80, 90% LIKE THE WORK.

YES. BUT JUST UNDERSTAND IN THE END IT WAS A SPLIT VOTE BECAUSE OF ALL THE COMPETING VALUES.

AND WE TOLD THEM FROM THE BEGINNING, THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE A PERFECT MAP.

WE CAN'T THEY'RE IT'S STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO CREATE A MAP THAT DOES ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED AND COMES OUT SO THAT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY, IN PART BECAUSE WE SAW IT IN, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, BECAUSE WE DID SIX SESSIONS AND HAD LOTS OF FEEDBACK.

AND WE ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE ROOM AT ONE DAY, SITTING IN HERE WITH 100 PEOPLE, WHEN YOU COMMENT, PLEASE DON'T CHEER OR JEER BECAUSE YOUR NEIGHBOR IS SITTING NEXT TO YOU WITH A DIFFERENT COMMENT. AND SO WE SAW IN THAT SAME ROOM PEOPLE, NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER NEIGHBORHOOD, WHO FELT DIFFERENTLY FROM THEIR NEIGHBOR.

AND IT JUST IS A REALITY OF THE PROCESS THAT EVEN IN NEIGHBORHOODS, PEOPLE DON'T AGREE.

AND SO WE TRIED TO BE CAREFUL TO BE AS RESPECTFUL AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP IN MIND.

ARE WE GETTING BALANCE TO KEEP IN MIND? ARE WE MEETING THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE TO HOLD THESE SCHOOLS SO THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL SO THAT WE'RE NOT WASTING BONDS? SO WE'RE USING OUR FACILITIES EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.

SO WE TRIED TO KEEP THAT AT THE CORE AS MUCH AS WE COULD, KNOWING THAT THIS IS A HIGHLY EMOTIONAL PROCESS FOR EVERY COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT HAPPENS, IT ALWAYS IS.

MOST DISTRICTS DO IT ADMINISTRATIVELY.

WE DID IT WITH A LOT OF FEEDBACK BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT GAVE US A BETTER PROCESS.

AND SO I THINK THE PROCESS WAS GOOD.

BUT I DO THINK IT IS HARD TO FEEL THAT ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY WAS EVER GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH ANY MAP THAT WE ULTIMATELY BROUGHT.

YOU GUYS. AND I THINK WHERE I AM OLIVIA, IS THAT FROM WHAT I SEE AND POINTS THAT I'VE MADE.

AND ANOTHER I DIDN'T EVEN THIS ONE I'VE THOUGHT OF.

AND I THINK I'D SENT IT TO HOLLY AND STEFANI AT SOME POINT, BUT ALL THE PLANNING UNITS THAT WE'RE BRINGING INTO E6 ARE FROM DSE.

THIS IS A THIS IS THEY'RE FROM WALNUT.

THEY'RE FROM DSC.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING INSTEAD OF THESE 75 KIDS THAT REALLY COULD GO THERE, THEY'RE TRANSITIONING NO MATTER WHAT HERE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE PUTTING THEM HERE WITH NEW KIDS, AND THEN WE'RE PUTTING THEM HERE WITH NEW KIDS, WHEN REALLY IF WE PUT 19 B, THERE ON THAT NORTH SIDE. THEY'RE ALL KIDS THAT THAT ARE FROM DSC AND ALL AREN'T TRANSITIONING TO NEW.

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I THINK [INAUDIBLE] HAS GOT A QUESTION, BUT I'VE GOT TO JUST EXPAND ON THAT.

I HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION AND MINE'S JUST MORE OF A COMMENT LIKE THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL DECISION.

WE'VE GOTTEN A THOUSAND EMAILS.

I MEAN, POOR STEFANI HAS HAD TO RESPOND TO A LOT.

AND I'VE TRIED TO RESPOND TO AS MANY AS I POSSIBLY CAN TO AND LIKE OLIVIA SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN ONE NEIGHBOR IS SAYING ONE THING, YOU HAVE ANOTHER NEIGHBOR COMING OUT WITH THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING, I REALLY WISH.

I WAS WONDERING, I SAW THEM ON, LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING OUT THERE? I'M SORRY.

THERE'S LIKE, GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITH HATS AND IT JUST.

WELL THEY'RE LOOKING I'M LIKE, IS SOMETHING HAPPENING OUTSIDE? SORRY. SO I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I REALLY WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE HAD A VISUAL AND COULD HAVE SEEN EXACTLY WHAT SHANDA WAS SUGGESTING LAST MONTH.

THIS MONTH, I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE THAT.

I MISSED IT.

WHEN DID THAT COME? ALL THE THINGS. YEAH.

WHAT? ROB SAID WE GOT THREE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.

NOW, I MISSED THE EMAIL IN MY GAZILLION EMAILS, SO.

BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE WHY THERE'S EVEN A LIKE BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, LISTENING TO SHANDA SPEAK SINCE I MISSED HER STEP IS THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY A CHANGE IN THE KIDDOS AS FAR AS NUMBERS ARE CONCERNED.

IT'S JUST LOGISTICS, CORRECT? IT'S A LONG, LONG TERM.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT SIX AND ONE.

I MEAN, IT DID KIND OF COME DOWN LIKE THE LEDGESTONE VERSUS THE KIND OF NUTTY BROWN CORRIDOR THAT DID KIND OF COME DOWN TO EITHER OR. AND THEN FOR THIS SUNSET CANYON, IT DID KIND OF COME DOWN TO 19 B AND 33.

THAT WAS ROUGHLY.

BUT THIS WAS AFTER MUCH DILIGENCE ON OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND INTERNAL REVIEWING OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID RECOMMEND. I THINK BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF SIX IN ONE HAND, HALF DOZEN THE OTHER.

THERE WASN'T THERE WERE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS OBVIOUSLY MADE.

I MEAN, ONE IS GEOGRAPHIC.

YOU KNOW, LOTS OF THINGS.

BUT THERE WASN'T SUCH A STRONG NEED TO CHANGE THOSE COMMUNITIES, AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS LEFT AS IT IS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET.

AND I WANTED TO ADD BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THERE IS NO PERFECT MAP.

THERE'S NO PERFECT MAP.

OKAY, WE MOVED HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCHOOL YEAR, AND I REMEMBER ON KATE'S TOUR WHEN WE WERE AT SYCAMORE, I REMEMBER THE LIGHTHOUSE COMMITTEE THAT GAVE HER A TOUR.

ONE OF THE STUDENTS HAD BEEN, I THINK SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN TO ROOSTER AND THEN IN LIKE FOURTH GRADE, HAD TO MOVE TO SYCAMORE AND SHE WAS HAPPY AS A CLAM.

SHE WAS ON LIGHTHOUSE.

SHE WAS LIKE ROCKING AND ROLLING.

I WAS LIKE, YOU ARE GOING TO BE PRESIDENT ONE DAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS KID WAS, BY THE WAY.

I CAN'T REMEMBER. BUT SHE WAS AWESOME.

AND THEN ANOTHER GIRL WAS LIKE, OH, SHE'S MY BESTIE.

AND SHE HAD BEEN AT SYCAMORE SINCE IT HAD OPENED AND IT WAS COOL SEEING THAT.

ALSO, I COME FROM A MILITARY FAMILY.

MY HUSBAND MOVED LIKE EVERY TWO YEARS, I MEAN, AND NOT JUST LIKE ACROSS A DISTRICT WHERE YOU STILL PLAY SPORTS WITH SOMEONE LIKE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

I MEAN, HE WENT FROM GEORGIA TO ALASKA, YOU KNOW, AND THEN LIKE BACK TO NEW JERSEY AND THEN TO VIRGINIA, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK STUDENTS ARE INCREDIBLY RESILIENT. AND I KNOW I SEE IT WITHIN MY OWN CHILDREN.

YES, THERE ARE CERTAIN CHALLENGES WITH MOVING, BUT WE ARE A DISTRICT THAT WRAPS AROUND OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAVE AMAZING SUPPORT SYSTEM.

WE HAVE AMAZING PRINCIPALS, WE HAVE AMAZING SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, WE ARE A VERY ALIGNED DISTRICT.

WE ARE NOT MOVING PEOPLE FROM LIKE, YOU KNOW, NORTH SIDE OF TOWN TO SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.

LIKE WE'RE NOT MOVING PEOPLE TO A VERY UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL.

WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE TO ANOTHER WONDERFUL SCHOOL.

WE HAVE WONDERFUL SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT.

SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO THIS MAP, I DO THINK IT IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BECAUSE THE WAY THAT I SEE IT, I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT'S KICKING THE CAN.

FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE PLETHORA OF DATA THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO.

AND WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP.

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BUT WE DID HAVE A VERY ROBUST WORKSHOP.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS ALSO TALKED WITH EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY SEVERAL TIMES.

I FEEL VERY INFORMED AND AS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT GETTING AFFECTED, I ACTUALLY FEEL VERY OBJECTIVE ON THIS.

TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THE DATA POINTS.

AND I WALKED AWAY THAT HERE ARE SOME BASIC TRENDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY, WE CAN'T OBVIOUSLY PREDICT FUTURE ZONING, BUT WHAT I SAW VERY CLEARLY, OUR EAST SIDE OF OUR DISTRICT IS VERY FULLY DEVELOPED, PRETTY MUCH WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS.

AT THE SAME TIME, THOSE CAMPUSES ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER.

SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER TIME IS MORE WEST IS GOING TO GET ZONED EAST.

THAT IS A TREND.

SO I WANTED TO ALSO KIND OF WEAVE IN SOME FEARS AND CONCERNS THAT WE GOT FROM THE HUNDREDS OF EMAILS THAT I REPLIED TO ALL OF THEM AND I LOVE FEEDBACK.

I AM, SO I DON'T MEAN THAT LIKE COMPLAINING.

I'M ACTUALLY VERY GRATEFUL TO GET FEEDBACK.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WHO EMAILED AND REACHED OUT.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THERE'S GOING TO BE A FUTURE REZONING, OKAY.

AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FROM LEDGESTONE PARENTS FROM SYCAMORE OR FROM SUNSET CANYON.

I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING BECAUSE THOSE CAMPUSES ACTUALLY, IF ANYTHING, PROBABLY ROOSTER MIGHT PULL BACK THE NUTTY BROWN CORRIDOR AT SOME POINT BECAUSE BELTERRA IS BUILT OUT.

SO THE ROOSTER IS A SHRINKING CAMPUS.

SYCAMORE IS A SHRINKING CAMPUS.

I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT SYCAMORES NUMBER, IT IS FLATLINED.

SO WHERE WE ZONED SYCAMORE STUDENTS, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO STAY.

AND IF ANYTHING, MORE COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO COME OVER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVER GOING TO BE FEASIBLE THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RIGHT THERE AND IT WOULD MAKE PERFECT IDEA.

I DON'T REALLY SEE IT HAPPENING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OTHER LAND FOR THAT SOUTH CORRIDOR TO COME, AND THAT'S A MUCH LONGER DRIVE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM.

I DROVE BACK THROUGH KIRBY SPRINGS, ACTUALLY.

FUNNY STORY, BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FIND A HOME ON DARDEN HILL, BUT I PUT IN KIRBY SPRINGS, NOT [INAUDIBLE] IT'S A LONG STORY, BUT I ENDED UP IN KIRBY SPRINGS AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO DRIVE BACK HERE.

I DROVE ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN I WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF SUNSET CANYON NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT IS A MUCH LONGER DRIVE FROM KIRBY SPRINGS TO SYCAMORE THAN FROM SUNSET CANYON TO SYCAMORE.

SO I FEEL YOUR PAIN.

SUNSET CANYON, I UNDERSTAND.

I VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN.

WHEN WE TAKE THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW.

GETTING SYCAMORE AS STABILIZED AS POSSIBLE, I THINK SERVES ALL THE GOALS THAT WE CHARGED HOLLY WITH, BUT I DON'T SEE FUTURE REZONING FOR THESE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE A PROBLEM.

I'M NOT ON A FUTURE COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK THAT THAT CONCERN WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AND THOUGHT THROUGH.

THERE WAS ALSO A CONCERN ABOUT KIDS FEELING LEFT OUT AT THE NEW SCHOOL.

KIM ADDRESSED THAT FLAWLESSLY, AND I HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT.

IN PARTICULAR, THE LEDGESTONE COMMUNITY WITHIN BELLE TERRE SCHOOLS.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OVER TIME, BELLE TERRE, IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO FILL ROOSTER OVER TIME.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EVEN MORE KIND OF PULLING IN, I THINK IN THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS.

I'M GOING TO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FIVE, TEN YEARS OUT FROM HERE.

I THINK THE OVERALL TREND.

YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK I ADDRESSED ALL MY POINTS.

SO THERE'S NO PERFECT MAP.

AND I DO THINK IT'S AN OPINION SITUATION AT THIS POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT 290 TRAFFIC.

THAT TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE UNTIL 2035.

THAT ROADWAY, THEY DON'T EVEN REALLY HAVE SOLID PLANS.

BUT WALT SMITH HAS EVEN MENTIONED THAT EVEN TO START ON A RIGHT OF WAY IS NOT GOING TO BE TILL 2035.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE REZONINGS BEFORE 2035.

THE OTHER CONSIDERATION WAS THE EXPANSION OF 150.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST 4 TO 5 YEARS FROM NOW.

SO THESE DIFFERENT ROADWAY CONVERSATIONS, WE KNOW FOR A FACT THESE ARE GOING TO BE FUTURE REZONINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT ANYWAY.

I DO ALSO THINK ABOUT THAT 12 TO 90 CORRIDOR, LIKE BRINGING PEOPLE EAST TO LIKE TAKE OFF THE BURDEN, ESPECIALLY WITH JUST ONE HIGH SCHOOL.

STILL, THAT KIND OF IT GETS CROWDED AT THAT INTERSECTION AND WITH ALL THE GROWTH POTENTIALLY COMING ON NORTH 12.

THE LAST CONSIDERATION THAT I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE HAD IS ON OUR GROWTH NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOWER, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE MORE LOWER GROWTH.

THEY'RE STILL FAST GROWTH.

BUT IN THE RANGE OF LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, THEY'RE STILL IN THE LOW.

AND I LOOKED THROUGH AT AN ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AT LOW NUMBERS.

THIS IS STILL THE BEST MAP BECAUSE POTENTIALLY I MEAN IF NO ONE BUYS THESE HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT IS AT A STANDSTILL, THEN THIS MAP POTENTIALLY BUYS US FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW? MAYBE EVEN LONGER IF NO ONE'S LIKE BUILDING AND THERE'S WATER ISSUES.

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I ACTUALLY JUST SEE IT AS A WAY THAT POTENTIALLY THERE'S EVEN MORE FUTURE STABILITY AND LONGEVITY TO ROB'S POINT THAT THIS GIVES US.

SO YEAH.

I WAS THE KICK THE CAN COMMENT WAS MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE WHOLE WE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE PULLED INTO ROOSTER.

THAT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL PLEA TO NOT.

AND SO THAT WAS YEAH.

THAT WAS DIRECTED AT THAT, NOT AT THE WHOLE SUNSET CANYON DEAL.

OLIVIA, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT BECAUSE I SEE THE SAME THING.

SO I THINK WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING IN THAT REGARD, JUST IN MAYBE IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS A DISTRICT AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF TAX DOLLARS AND PLANNING PROPERLY.

WE DO HAVE TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE AND LOOK AT OUR MOST UPDATED PAST DATA AND LOOK AT OUR GROWTH TRENDS.

THAT'S THE THING. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BUILD A SCHOOL TOO SOON, TOO LATE, TOO BIG, TOO SMALL.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TO ME, THE HEAT MAPS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT 198 SQUARE MILE DISTRICT AND HOW RURAL WEST IS AND HOW SATURATED EAST IS BECOMING.

IT MAKES SENSE THAT YOU HAVE CAMPUSES CLOSER, AND THAT THAT PROXIMITY GETS REALLY HARD TO SPLIT BECAUSE IT'S SO SATURATED AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE LOCATIONS FOR ALL OF THOSE KIDS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF FEEDBACK WAS HEARD AND DID HAVE IMPACTS ON THE PROCESS WAS HEARD. IT WAS READ AND CONSIDERED.

I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON KICK THE CAN I SEE THAT? I SEE THAT THIS MAP IS GOING TO GIVE US A RUNWAY IN FRONT OF US, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR MOST UPDATED DATA.

AND THEN I WAS JUST LOOKING AND I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO CONFIRM THIS.

WE'RE A TEAM OF EIGHT.

HOLLY'S KIDS ARE OLDER WHEN THEY CAME TO THE DISTRICT, SO THAT LEAVES SEVEN OF US THAT I BELIEVE POSSIBLY ALL OF US MOVED HERE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. MY SON HAS BEEN PART OF A REZONE.

YES. YES.

NO. YES.

NO. NO.

TWO. TWO.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN REZONE. OKAY.

YEAH. MY POINT IS, JUST WHEN YOU'RE IN A GROWTH DISTRICT AND YOU'RE BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS, REZONING WILL BE PART OF THE PROCESS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

IT'S JUST A REALITY.

SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF OUR BOARD LIAISONS BECAUSE WE VALUE YOUR OPINION AND YOUR EXPERIENCE IMMENSELY.

HUGE GRATITUDE TO THE HOURS THAT OUR VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT INTO THIS.

AND NO DECISION IS AN EASY DECISION.

THEY'RE ALL HARD, BUT OUR JOB IS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

TRICIA, FIRST, I THINK I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED.

AND I JUST IT WAS MORE OF A JOKE THAT I FELT SORRY FOR YOU FOR HAVING TO RESPOND, BUT NO, THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF I MEAN, I KNOW SHE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND HOLLY HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.

AND EVEN THOUGH I MISSED APPARENTLY THE MOST IMPORTANT EMAIL EVER I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE INTO THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THAT HAVE PROVIDED FEEDBACK AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE ON THE COMMITTEE.

BUT THIS IS EMOTIONAL.

IT'S EMOTIONAL FOR PEOPLE.

I'M NOT AN EMOTIONAL PERSON, BUT BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO AFFECT SOME OF OUR FAMILIES, AND I EMPATHIZE WITH THAT.

AND LIKE ROB SAID EARLIER, I REALLY DO HOPE THAT OUR DISTRICT, WHATEVER HAPPENS REALLY WORKS HARD ON THE GRANDFATHERING BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD AND HELPING THESE FAMILIES OUT.

ONE QUICK THING TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS CLARIFIED TONIGHT, BUT IT'S TWO GRADES PLUS SIBLINGS THAT'S POTENTIALLY GIVEN THIS MAP PRESENTED.

YES. ONCE WE RUN THE NUMBERS, THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO DO TWO GRADES AT ELEMENTARY, TWO GRADES AT MIDDLE, WHICH IS MORE THAN HAS HAPPENED, INCLUDING SIBLINGS OF THOSE TWO GRADES.

CORRECT? OBVIOUSLY FAMILIES, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM.

YES, IT WOULD ALLOW THE OLDEST SIBLING WHO'S THE GRANDFATHER ELIGIBLE SIBLING.

YOUNGEST SIBLINGS CAN STAY FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE OLDEST IS ABLE TO BE GRANDFATHERED.

ROB, WHICH I APPRECIATE BECAUSE I WAS MOVED BY ONE OF THE LETTERS WE GOT TODAY WRITTEN BY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, LIKE IN ELEMENTARY, RIGHT.

THAT SAYS, I REALLY WANT TO STAY WITH MY OLDER SIBLING NEXT YEAR.

AND, SO WE GOT YOU COVERED ON THAT FAMILY.

AND I WILL KEEP YOUR NAME CONFIDENTIAL.

BUT I THINK TO MARY JANE'S POINT, SHE SAID IT WELL, AND I'LL SPEAK TO OUR BOARD PRESIDENT'S POINT.

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BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE KIDS IS VALUABLE TO US IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO WE GET THAT.

NUMBER TWO, I THINK OUR BOARD PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTED IT.

WELL. I MEAN, AGAIN, WE INHERITED THIS BOARD IS REACTING TO A LOT OF THINGS.

WE DIDN'T PUT ALL THESE SCHOOLS IN PLACES.

RIGHT. THE GROWTH THAT WAS HYPER ON THE EAST AT THE TIME.

AND NOW. SO WE'RE IN A SCENARIO TO WHERE THE DENSITY IS, IS, IS THERE, THE GROWTH IS STOPPED.

AND ALL OF OUR GROWTH IS NOW IN TOWN AND MOVING WEST.

AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO REACT TO THAT.

SO I HOPE FOLKS OUT THERE, YOU JUST HAVE GRACE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE ABSOLUTE BEST WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND WITH THE WITH THE FUTURE OUTLOOK.

LOOKING OUT FIVE YEARS TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO DO THAT AND THEN LAST TO OUR COLLEAGUES AND YOU'RE NOT WRONG.

JUST KNOW THAT IN MY OPINION, YOU'RE NOT WRONG.

I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT YOUR MAP RIGHT HERE.

THAT THAT ALIGNS WITH A GOAL I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE.

I THINK IT DOES MAKE IT'S LOGICAL FOR SUNSET COUNTY NORTH TO GO TO ES6.

IT'S LOGICAL. SO JUST HERE SUNSET CANYON WHERE WE GET IT.

IT'S ALSO LOGICAL FOR LEDGESTONE TO CONTINUE TO GO TO SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

THE PROBLEM IS ROOSTER SPRINGS WILL HAVE LIKE 600 KIDS, RIGHT.

AND SO, YEAH, IF THAT'S IF WE KEPT LEDGESTONE AT SYCAMORE AND THEY MOVED IT AND THEN ES6 WOULD LITERALLY ON YEAR NUMBER TWO WOULD BE FULL.

AND Y'ALL LOOK AT US LIKE, WHAT A BUNCH OF BONEHEADS.

THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL WOULD DO. AND YOU'D HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO MAKE THAT STRATEGIC DECISION ON A FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND SO JUST KNOW, FRIEND SHANNON, YOU'RE NOT WRONG.

YOU'RE NOT WRONG.

I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, LIKE OUR BOARD PRESIDENT POINTED OUT.

IT CAN'T BE BOTH.

SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S GOT TO BE EITHER OR.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE JUST FIND OURSELVES.

AND AGAIN, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T GOING TO GET YOUR WAY TONIGHT ON THIS, I JUST I HOPE YOU HAVE GRACE WITH US.

AND OUR DISTRICT HAS THE CHARGE FROM THIS BOARD TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS, GRANDFATHER THEM, AND THEN OVERCOMMUNICATE WITH YOUR PARENTS, WITH OUR PARENTS ON MAKING SURE THE TRANSITION GOES EXTREMELY WELL.

SO WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. SHANDA.

YEAH. KIND OF. MAYBE.

MAYBE MY LAST.

THAT THAT SPEAKING TO THAT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER THAT IT'S A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, OPINION OR LIKE ROB SAYING THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND THIS THAT I JUST HAVEN'T FELT LIKE ANY COMPELLING EVIDENCE HAS BEEN GIVEN THAT MAKES ME CHANGE MY MIND OVER ONE OR OVER THE OTHER.

AND REALLY, THE ONE THAT I JUST BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE SAME KIDS COMING OVER ALTOGETHER.

TO ME, THAT'S 75 LESS KIDS THAT WERE IMPACTING CHANGE ON.

ITS 75 LESS KIDS BECAUSE WE'RE IMPACTING CHANGE NO MATTER WHAT ON 33.

THEY'RE CHANGING. NO MATTER WHAT THEY'RE IMPACTING.

THEY'RE MOVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

RIGHT. BUT WITH THE SAME KIDS, WITH THE SAME FACES THAT THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO SCHOOL WITH FOR HOWEVER LONG.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE SAW IT DIFFERENT.

I THINK IN THEIR CONVERSATION THEY SAW IT AS LEAVING SUNSET CANYON TOGETHER, WHICH WAS ONE OF THEIR CHARGES AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

STAY TOGETHER. SO THERE'S ZONING NORTH AND SOUTH TOGETHER, WHICH WAS PART OF THEIR ORIGINAL CHARGE.

SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY TO ZONE IT.

AND EVERY PLANNING UNIT, UNFORTUNATELY CAN BE ZONED DIFFERENTLY.

THAT'S THE HARDEST PART ABOUT THIS PUZZLE PIECE.

TO YOUR POINT, ROB. YOU MOVE ONE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO MOVE ANOTHER.

AND SO ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHERE WHEN I GOT THIS AND WE STARTED HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, I HAVE A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.

THE MOMENT I TAKE AND START MOVING A PLANNING UNIT, I'M REDOING ALL OF THEIR WORK AND REDOING THE MAP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MOVE ONE PIECE, THEN ANOTHER PIECE, THEN ANOTHER PIECE. AND SO AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHERE YOU HAD YOUR SPAGHETTI MAP, BECAUSE YOU AND I SAT DOWN AND DID THAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

AND IT ULTIMATELY YOU END UP WITH AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MAP AND IT'S SPAGHETTI AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN FEEDBACK ON THAT.

SO I'M RIGHT BACK IN THE LOOP THEN OF WE NEED TO GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE'VE JUST REDESIGNED A WHOLE MAP.

AND SO AT SOME POINT YOU GET TO WE HAVE A GOOD MAP, IT'S BALANCED, IT MEETS THE CHARGE, THE COMMITTEE HAS VETTED IT.

AND SO THAT IS WHERE MY RECOMMENDATION CAME.

AND I WAS I DIDN'T ULTIMATELY MAKE MORE CHANGES TO THE MAP, AND I ONLY REQUESTED THE ONE MOVE, WHICH 18 WAS AN ADMIN DECISION AFTER THE FACT.

THAT WASN'T THE COMMITTEE MAP EIGHT MOVING 18.

SO IT WASN'T.

I WASN'T AT ALL SUGGESTING WE THROW AWAY THE COMMITTEE WORK.

I MEAN, I TRUST ME LIKE I WAS IN THOSE ROOMS. THEY WERE INVESTED. LIKE I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THEY WERE THEY WERE ALL IN.

THEY HAD SO MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION.

IT WASN'T. I WAS IN NO WAY SUGGESTING TO THROW IT AWAY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO IMPLY THAT YOU DID THAT.

SO I'M SORRY. NO, NO, NO, NO.

AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS WHY I DID.

YEAH. AND I ALSO.

WELL, JUST REAL QUICK,

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AND SHE SAID, CAN I GIVE YOU A HUG? AND I SAID, YEAH.

AND I MEAN, I JUST HUGGED HER AND SHE'S LIKE, I'M NOT I'M NOT UPSET WITH YOU.

THIS IS REALLY HARD. AND I WAS LIKE, I KNOW IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THERE.

I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS. IN 19, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT THIS IS WHAT I HOLD CONVICTION ON.

THAT I THINK IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND IT MAY NOT BE WHAT ULTIMATELY HAPPENS, BUT THAT'S YOU KNOW, WHAT I THINK? YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CHOSE ME TO SIT UP HERE AND DO, AND MAYBE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE UPSET WITH ME FOR ADVOCATING OPPOSITE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

ACTUALLY, MARY JANE, I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME BECAUSE I YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH REZONING BOTH PERSONALLY AND AS A BOARD MEMBER, AND YOU'VE BEEN ACTUALLY RATHER QUIET.

AND I WOULD I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINIONS, BECAUSE SHANNON HAS VERY STRONG OPINIONS, AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF YOUR VIEWS, AND I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD A LOT FROM THE PROCESS IN COMPARISON, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF DRAMA AFTER 2021, AND I DIDN'T LIVE HERE IN THE PREVIOUS, SO I DON'T KNOW. AND HOLLY, WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH MULTIPLE REZONINGS IN HER FORMER DISTRICT, ALSO SAID THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY CALM REZONING PROCESS COMPARED TO EVERYTHING SHE HAD GONE THROUGH THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY LIKE HAS RELATIVELY BEEN A REALLY GOOD PROCESS, JUST IN TERMS OF WE'RE HOLLY.

ONE OF THE PROPOSED MAPS WAS LITERALLY GIVING EVERYBODY WHAT THEY WANTED, AND IT WAS A DISASTER MAP.

AS YOU COULD IMAGINE, CANVASES WERE JUST COMPLETELY UNEVEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT OBVIOUSLY WASN'T GOING TO WORK.

BUT SHE TRIED TO GIVE US A LOT.

BUT MARY JANE, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OPINIONS ON THE PROCESS.

AND I ALLUDED TO IT A LITTLE BIT OF PREVIOUS REZONINGS.

AND SO SOME OF THE CRITICISM THAT THIS BODY HAS GOTTEN IN THE PAST IS YOU KNOW, TURNING THINGS OVER COMPLETELY TO ADMINISTRATION. SOME ADMINISTRATORS, YOU KNOW, ONLY LIVE HERE FOR A YEAR OR TWO.

AND SO THAT ARGUMENT OF MAKING IT A COMMUNITY LED COMMITTEE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IN THAT REGARD.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUAL PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH NUANCES OF THE DISTRICT THAT ADMINISTRATORS MIGHT NOT.

SIMILARLY, WE HAVE HEARD WELL, YOU SHOULD JUST LEAVE THIS WHOLE PROCESS TO PASS IT.

THEY'RE THE EXPERTS, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW OUR DISTRICT.

AND IT'S NOT EVEN IT'S NOT BEEN THEIR CHARGE.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT THINGS VERY JUST ANALYTICALLY.

YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE FAMILIES, WE SEE THE MULTIPLE REZONINGS, FOR INSTANCE.

THEY'RE JUST LOOKING THEY'RE TALKING TO LANDOWNERS ABOUT WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO SELL, WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER SUBDIVISION? WHERE IS THE GROWTH COMING? SO THAT FEELS TOO IMPERSONAL TO ME.

WE HAD HAD EXPERIENCE WITH A PREVIOUS REZONING PROCESS WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE AT A DECISION.

AND THEN SOMEONE VERY PASSIONATELY SPOKE UP WANTING A CHANGE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING.

AND WE REALLY WE HEARD ABOUT THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

I HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED WITH BECAUSE, MY GOODNESS, I'M SURE THERE WAS AN EASIER WAY ON HOLLY AND YOUR TEAM THAN WHAT THIS HAS BEEN, BUT SHE HAS.

IF ANY ONE OF US REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS.

HOLLY PUT IN THE TIME TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND I ALSO KNOW BECAUSE I DIDN'T MISS ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND I WENT TO FIVE OF SIX OF THE COMMUNITY FORUMS. AND SO I KNOW THE CHARGE THAT HOLLY GAVE OF EVERYBODY, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU ARE NOT AN ADVOCATE FOR YOUR SUBDIVISION.

YOU ARE AN ADVOCATE FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.

IN THIS PROCESS.

BUT WE ARE HUMAN.

AND TO SHANDA'S POINT BOY DID WE SEE THAT AS IT BECAME STARTED GETTING REAL.

ALSO, I APPRECIATED CHANCE.

SOMETIMES I'M QUIET BECAUSE SHANDA HAS EXPRESSED THINGS SO WELL, LIKE THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE.

THEY PUT IN OCEANS OF TIME.

THEY CAME IN WITH BLANK MAPS AND STARTED, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE CALCULATOR AT THE

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THEY WOULD COME WITH MAPS TO PRESENT TO THEIR, I'M NOT KIDDING.

LIKE THEY TOOK IT SO SERIOUSLY.

AND THAT'S AGAIN WHY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE WHEN YOU'VE SEEN ALL OF THIS WORK, I WATCHED LAST MONTH'S MEETING, WATCHED THE WHOLE THING ALL OVER AGAIN.

ALL OF THE COMMENTS WENT BACK TO 2021, WATCHED THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE HOPING THAT YOU'VE MISSED SOMETHING.

YOU'VE MISSED THAT SILVER BULLET.

BUT THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, I JUST CAME DOWN TO THE COMMITTEE, DID ALL OF THIS ARDUOUS WORK. HOLLY AND HER TEAM TOOK IT SO SERIOUSLY.

AND YES, THERE IS A CHANGE OF ONE PLANNING UNIT FROM THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION.

BUT I THINK WHEN YOU HEAR THE SPECIFICS OF THE SAFETY REASONS OF THAT ROAD, THEN IT WAS A NO BRAINER.

AND I JUST AGAIN, IT'S A PHILOSOPHY WE WE'VE THIS COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN IN RECENT YEARS OF WE WANT MORE COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, AND IT IS RARE FOR A COMMITTEE TO BE.

YES, RIGHT.

IT WAS A ONE LANE ROAD.

AND YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE EVEN WHEN WE'RE DRY.

IT'S A DANGEROUS ROAD.

SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST IT'S VERY, VERY HARD WHEN COMMUNITY LED COMMITTEES ARE SPLIT.

BUT THEY HANDLED IT VERY PROFESSIONALLY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS HOLLY POINTED OUT, WE CAN'T KEEP MEETING AD NAUSEAM.

WE HAVE TO COME TO A DECISION.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE I LANDED.

ROB'S GOT HIS STRESS BALL OUT.

I GOT. SO, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I AM PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION.

SO I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REZONING AS PRESENTED.

A MOTION FROM MARY JANE.

A SECOND FROM ROB.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. FIVE-TWO.

NEXT ACTION ITEM.

CONSIDERATION APPROVAL.

TRICIA AND SHANDA, WHO DIDN'T LOOK AT THE MAPS FROM A MONTH AGO.

CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

OLIVIA.

YOU WANT TO START US OFF? I DON'T MIND STARTING US OFF, EITHER.

NO. I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR YOU.

WELL WHILE OLIVIA'S GETTING ORGANIZED.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND START US OFF.

SO, THE BOARD HAS A RESOLUTION IN HERE.

THE RESOLUTION MATCHES OUR ADVOCACY SUBCOMMITTEE'S WORK AND THEIR KEY PRIORITIES THAT THEY'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.

AND THEN, IN ADDITION, LAST MONTH WHEN WE MET, I HAD ASKED YOU ALL TO CONSIDER ALSO THE FULL PRIORITIES LIST, BECAUSE THAT FULL PRIORITIES LIST HAS ALL OF THE DETAILS THAT HELP US AS ADMINISTRATORS.

WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE CAPITAL ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES, IT GIVES US THAT KIND OF NICE MULTI-PAGE PROCESS.

BUT YOU SEE HERE, KIND OF THE MAJOR PRIORITY DISCUSSION POINTS THAT OUR ADVOCACY SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN HAVING.

THEY'VE BEEN MEETING ON THESE AREAS WITH OUR LOCAL STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, GREATER CONVERSATION.

WE'VE PROVIDED YOU ALL A NUMBER OF DATA SHEETS ABOUT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION AS WELL, WHETHER IT WAS OUR PER PUPIL FUNDING AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 2019 AND WHAT INFLATION LOOKS LIKE. SO TRYING TO GIVE YOU ALL, ALL OF THE SUB LAYERS TO THOSE REALLY BIG IMPORTANT POINTS.

AND THEN FOR THE OTHER SHEET, IT'S KIND OF GIVING ME YOUR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY FOR LOTS OF POINTS AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF THAT DEEPER LAYER.

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AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO OLIVIA, WHO MAY HAVE FOUND HIM, AND CAN CHIME IN AS THE LEAD OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S REALLY MUCH MORE TO ADD.

I THINK WE COVERED A LOT OF IT LAST WEEK.

WE'VE GIVEN THE BOARD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND OFFER FEEDBACK, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ASKED FOR CHANGE.

SO I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THE CHARGE IS.

AND THE BIGGEST ONE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY I WON'T SPEND ANY TIME ON THE DAIS TALKING ABOUT THAT, BUT IS US EACH INDIVIDUALLY ADVOCATING FOR PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT. DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPAND ON ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. KIM.

YEAH. AS WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING THESE PRIORITIES TOGETHER, LAST WEEK, I WENT TO A SESSION ON A PREVIEW OF THE 2020 FIFTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AS WE MAKE THIS DECISION TODAY, THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE HERE WERE THE NEW MEMBERS THAT WERE ELECTED, THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE SESSION COMING UP AND THE REPUBLICAN AGENDA.

AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO HEAR THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING READY TO GO INTO A LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

BUT I GUESS WHAT REALLY BOTHERED ME THE MOST, THEY SAID, WE ARE 43RD RANKED IN EDUCATION.

WE ARE 46TH IN THE NATION FOR PER PUPIL FUNDING.

TEACHER SALARIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE $8,800 BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

THE IMPACT THAT VOUCHERS IS GOING TO HAVE UVALDE, THEY'RE GETTING READY TO BUILD A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT IN THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH.

AND THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO FUND IT, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE BEDS FOR 16 ADULTS AND 16 STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE IT WITH 32 COUNTIES.

BUT MENTAL HEALTH WAS A REALLY BIG TOPIC AT THIS PARTICULAR DAY.

AND, AND VOUCHERS AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO TO THE SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT BILL IS GOING TO BE WRITTEN.

BUT A LOT OF THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WERE THERE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE RUNNING ON CAMPAIGN PROMISES.

AND ONCE THEY GET IN THERE AND GET INTO THE CAPITAL AND START WRITING THESE BILLS AND BEING A PART OF THEM, WHAT THEIR VOTES AND WHAT THEIR DECISIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

SO I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE THE SPECIFICS OF THE BILLS THAT ARE WRITTEN.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND WHAT I HEARD THAT DAY, IT'S JUST ALARMING.

IT'S JUST ALARMING FOR EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

ROB I'M SORRY, MARY JANE.

MARY JANE, PLEASE. SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS UNDER LOCAL CONTROL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIFICITY AROUND THE PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT AND AS WELL AS THE UNFUNDED MANDATES, I FEEL COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT I COULD TALK TO ANYBODY IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, AND I WOULD BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH MY BOARD COLLEAGUES, WHERE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AS LOCAL CONTROL, BECAUSE THE ONE LINE THEY'RE REFERENCING SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BEING MANDATED IS NOT THE SCOPE OF WHAT I KIND OF HEARD SECONDHAND ABOUT THE MEETINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WITH REPRESENTATIVE ISAAC.

SO I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE MORE EITHER EXAMPLES OR CONTEXT FOR LOCAL CONTROL.

WELL, WHAT LIKE DISTINCTION ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WITH THAT MEETING WITH ISAAC? THAT THERE WERE OTHER EXAMPLES ABOUT OUR LACK OF CONTROL OVER.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER DOCUMENT? NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY, IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND BOARD BOOK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAT I THINK MATCHES WHAT I SHARED WITH YOU, MARY JANE.

FROM WHAT I GOT FROM YOU, OLIVIA.

AND I DID ASK. MAYBE I WOULD ASK TRICIA BECAUSE WE HAD I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FINAL DETAILS, BUT WHAT I CATEGORIZED WAS LOCAL CONTROL.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS NEED FISCAL AUTONOMY AND TEKS CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMING.

FUNDING WITH STRINGS ATTACHED CAN HINDER A DISTRICT'S UNIQUE NEEDS AND POTENTIAL.

THE COMMITTEE AGREED.

I MEAN, YOU NEED GUARDRAILS NO MATTER WHAT.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE STANDARDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND WHATNOT.

BUT FOR SPECIFICS, I WOULD.

YEAH, I DIDN'T REALLY I MEAN, THAT'S SUCH A BROAD THING.

I MEAN, TO ME SUPPLEMENTAL THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, THAT'S KIND OF AN EXAMPLE THAT I WOULD HAVE USED.

WE DON'T WE'RE NOT JUST RECEIVING PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT.

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ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS KIND OF THE ADDITIONAL DAYS SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY'RE UTILIZING THAT PROGRAM TO AND THEY'VE TIED MONEY TO IT, WHICH KIND OF PREVENTS LOCAL CONTROL. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES TYING MONEY TO THAT INSTEAD OF ADDING TO THE STUDENT ALLOTMENT.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT THAT'S WHAT I TALKED TO KERRY ABOUT WAS THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING INSTEAD OF ADDING TO PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT.

AND THEN YOU CAN SAY AS A GENERAL CONVERSATION POINT THAT TEXAS IS FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND HERE'S HOW, HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE PUTTING INTO IT, BUT THEY'RE CONSIDERING ALL THOSE ALLOTMENTS IN THEIR EQUATIONS.

SO TO ME, IF THE STATE OF TEXAS WERE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEN IF OUR STATE LEGISLATURE, WE DON'T NEED SCHOOL BOARDS TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR DISTRICTS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LEGISLATURE DICTATE THE FUNDING RULES.

IT'S KIND OF WHERE IT'S GOING.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE. SO IS THAT A SEPARATE BULLET? IT'S UNDER LOCAL CONTROL, MAYBE.

OR IT'S KIND OF UNDER TEACHER.

WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF A IT'S KIND OF A SEPARATE.

IT'S SEPARATE.

WHEN I HEAR I MEAN INTUIT LIKE, WELL, WHEN I HEAR LOCAL CONTROL, I HEAR WE WANT TO KEEP MORE TAX DOLLARS IN OUR, LIKE, LOCAL.

THAT'S HOW I JUST THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

THE TEACHERS.

WHAT'S WHAT EXACTLY IS IT CALLED? TEACHER TO TEACHER INCENTIVE.

GOT IT. OKAY. THAT IS KIND OF, THAT'S ITS OWN THING.

HOW ABOUT WE ADVOCATED FOR THAT BEFORE? THAT'S BEEN IN OUR PRIORITIES BEFORE.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY I THINK THE WAY LOCAL CONTROL IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE LARGER ATTACHMENT THAT'S THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

IT MATCHES THE LANGUAGE THAT OLIVIA GAVE THE POINT OF IT, WHICH I THINK IS MAYBE WHY WE NEED KIND OF THAT DEEPER DOCUMENT WHERE WHAT TRISH IS GIVING YOU IS AN EXAMPLE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO IS MAYBE A DEEPER DOCUMENT, SOME SUBBULLETS HERE THAT HELP YOU REALLY EXPLAIN THAT.

BUT THE POINT IS THAT YOU, AS A BOARD WERE ELECTED BY THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT WE DO IN DRIPPING SPRINGS MATCHES THE DRIPPING SPRINGS COMMUNITY.

IT DOESN'T MATCH ANOTHER DISTRICT.

AND SO IT'S NOT HELPFUL WHEN RIGHT NOW THE STATE MAKES THESE ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

AM I GOING THE RIGHT WAY? YES.

WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY.

THEY MAKE THESE ONE SIZE FITS ALL MANDATES, AND THEN THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'LL PUT MONEY OUT IN THIS WAY.

BUT YOU HAVE TO USE OUR PRODUCT AND YOU HAVE TO USE IT A CERTAIN WAY, AND THEN YOU CAN GET MONEY FOR THAT.

AND HER POINT IS GIVE US THE MONEY AND LET US DECIDE WHICH PRODUCT.

CORRECT. AND SO I KNOW ALL THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT I THINK THERE IS A SPECIFIC LIKE BULLET POINT.

THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING. I THINK WE NEED TO GET A SUB DOCUMENT.

KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

WE GAVE YOU ALL THAT FOR THE OTHERS.

WE JUST NEED TO GET A DRAFT OF THAT FOR LOCAL CONTROL AND GET THAT TO Y'ALL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE Y'ALL TALKING POINTS THAT ALL MATCH.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO THE CAPITOL AND TALK ABOUT IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND THEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY.

SO OUR VOTE IS ON THE RESOLUTION.

SO I HAD A QUESTION.

DID WE NOT WANT TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR.

IS IT JUST MORE ANY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WHATEVER WE GET.

WAS THAT WAS THAT THE CONVERSATION? WELL, IT HAS THE APPLES TO APPLES 7560.

YEAH. NO, IN THE RESOLUTION.

OH, I'M NOT SEEING WHAT Y'ALL ARE SEEING.

THE RESOLUTION IS YOUR KEY PHILOSOPHIES, THE KEY THINGS THAT LEGISLATION THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING AT A HIGH LEVEL THAN THE DISCUSSION POINTS, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE SAYING WE NEEDED FOR LOCAL CONTROL HELP YOU ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN YOU ADVOCATE AND ASK FOR THE EXACT SAME THINGS.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK. SO WE CAN CONTINUE THIS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY DOCUMENT, CONTINUE TO FLESH IT OUT, CONTINUE TO ADD TO IT.

AND HONESTLY, MAYBE THE WHOLE I KNOW YOU SHARED IT WITH ME FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT MAYBE THE WHOLE BOARD SHOULD JUST HAVE ACCESS TO THAT GOOGLE DOC, THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND THEN THAT'S MORE OR LESS KIND OF A LIVING DOCUMENT.

BUT YEAH, IT CAN BE.

AND THEN THE RESOLUTION IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.

BECAUSE THAT'S OUR ACTION ITEM.

I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP US FOCUSED.

SO I SEE YOUR POINT. SO LOCAL CONTROL IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION.

BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW IT DOES NEED TO BE FLESHED OUT BECAUSE OH IT IS NUMBER THREE.

IT IS NUMBER THREE ON YOUR RESOLUTION SUPPORT GIVING LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE AUTHORITY.

GIVE YOUR BOARDS THE AUTHORITY.

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SO IT KIND OF IS THE FULL THREAD.

AND YET ONE OF THE BILLS THAT'S BEEN FILED THAT USES THE PHRASE LOCAL CONTROL IS REALLY FOCUSED ON TESTING.

SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE.

I WOULD SAY MAYBE FALLS UNDER CURRICULUM.

OKAY. TRICIA, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? NO. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

GO FOR IT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION 2025-07 AND THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

A MOTION FROM TRICIA.

A SECOND FROM KIM.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR REPORTS AND INFORMATION.

[9. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

SO. AND WE HAVE CLOSED, SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST GET THROUGH IT.

SORRY, GUYS. I KNOW I TRIED TO FIND A GOOD STOPPING POINT, AND I DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO CARRY THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE QUICK.

LEARNING AND INNOVATION REPORT.

OKAY, I'LL GO FAST.

OKAY. IS THAT WHAT I JUST HEARD? OKAY. DOCTOR MATTHEWS WAS ABLE TO PUT IN THE RESULTS A LINK IN THERE FOR OUR WEBSITE TO SEE HOW OUR STUDENTS DID ON THE UIL COMPETITION.

AGAIN, THAT REITERATES WE'RE NOT ALL ABOUT STARS.

OUR STUDENTS HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT GIFTS, AND THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT LINK.

WE DID SUBMIT THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR IMMUNIZATION, AND WE ARE COMPLIANT 100% OF THE WAY.

RETTA, PUT IN A LITTLE DATA AROUND OUR [INAUDIBLE] METRICS.

WE TEST FOURTH, SEVENTH, AND NINTH GRADERS WITH PARENTAL CONSENT.

AND THIS DATA TALKS ABOUT THE RESPONSE AND ALSO THE CONSENT PERCENTAGE.

AND I'LL JUMP DOWN TO.

ON DECEMBER 11TH, OUR TITLE THREE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EVENT REALLY FEATURED OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL ELL STUDENTS AND CONNECTING THEM WITH CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND DS ISD WAS A GREAT EVENT.

WE HAD 21 FAMILIES.

SHOWED UP AND THE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS BABYSAT AND THEY HAD FOOD.

AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT WHERE THEY LEARNED MORE ABOUT CTE.

AND THEN ON PAGE FOUR, THE RDA THAT IS RESULTS DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY REALLY HIGHLIGHTS OUR SPECIAL SERVICES.

SO ANY SPECIAL PROGRAMS THIS IS LIKE A GOLF SCORE.

YOU WANT IT TO BE LOW.

AND SO WITH NADINE'S WORK WE HAVE MATCHED THAT.

AND WE HAVE MET ALL THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR RDA.

AND THE LAST PAGE NADINE'S TEAM IS PUTTING TOGETHER A PARENT TRAINING SERIES FOR BEHAVIOR, AND WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH DATES FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO REGISTER FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

AWESOME. ROB.

SAY IT DIDN'T WORK, SO I'M GOING TO TALK.

IT'S YOU WAITING THEN, DOCTOR.

I DO WANT TO KNOW.

I WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE ADOPTER ON THE METRICS THING.

LET'S BE HONEST. YOU KIND OF HEARD SOME FEEDBACK INITIALLY GOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE KIDS ON THIS DEAL? SO I HAD MY KIDS DO IT.

AND I LOVE THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS WHO WANT TO ENGAGE IN THIS WAY FOR INDICATORS OF, OF EMOTIONAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND STRESS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND SO JUST KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I SEE SOME VALUE THAT I SEE THE VALUE OF THIS PROGRAM.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE I MEAN, THE CONSENT NUMBERS FOR THOSE RESPONSES ARE PRETTY GOOD.

LAST YEAR THEY WERE NOWHERE NEAR THAT GOOD, WHICH MEANS THERE'S SOME BUY IN FROM THE PARENTS, WHICH I LOVE.

AND ALSO, AGAIN, I'LL SPEAK TO THIS AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS A THEME THAT YOU HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES A LOT ON THIS DEAL IS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE OPTIONS FOR PARENTS TO ENGAGE IN THESE THINGS IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE WILLING.

AND SO I LOVE THAT. AND AGAIN, IT IS AN OPTION.

BUT JUST KNOW I HAD MY KIDS DO IT.

BOTH OF THEM. GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE GOOD.

BUT I ALREADY KNEW THAT BECAUSE, LIKE, I'M THEIR DAD AND I'M ENGAGED.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE GET PHONE CALLS ON THIS BODY WITH SOME PRETTY DISTRESSING THINGS.

AND THEY'RE CONFIDENTIAL, AS THEY SHOULD BE.

BUT IF WE CAN STOP SOME OF THOSE THINGS FROM HAPPENING THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THIS FOR PARENTS WHO OPT IN TO THIS DEAL, I'M A PROPONENT OF THAT.

AND SO JUST KNOW, YOU KNOW, I WAS A LATE ADOPTER, BUT I'M THERE.

I'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE MY KIDS ENGAGE IN THIS, WHATEVER IT IS.

AND FOR THOSE PARENTS THAT ARE DOING IT, APPRECIATE THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

BUT JUST KNOW WE HAVE THIS AND OTHER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THINGS IN KIDS TO PREVENT THINGS FROM HAPPENING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTABLE.

THAT'S KIND OF HOW I LIKE TO PUT THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT FEEDBACK WITH YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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AND IF ANYTHING CAN COME OUT OF THIS TERRORIST METRICS THAT WE CAN SAVE A CHILD OR GET THEM ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT EARLY ON, MAYBE WE CAN HELP BREAK THAT STATISTIC.

OKAY. AND WE DO.

RETTA'S TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB OF GOING TO THE CAMPUS AND HAVING FULL ON SUPPORT WHEN PARENTS, WHEN THEY GET THE RESULTS SO THEY CAN WORK WITH THE PARENTS RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST GET IN THE BACKPACK IF IT'S A HIGH INDICATOR NEED A PARENT GETS CALLED TO HAVE A SIT DOWN MEETING.

IT IS HANDLED WITH CARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

ALL RIGHT. FINANCE REPORTS.

SO THESE ARE REPORTS THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER.

AND REALLY, THE ONLY THING KIND OF NEW OR EXCITING THIS YEAR IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO GET TAX COLLECTIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WAS JANUARY.

SO, I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE PLANNING CALENDAR THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT CAN BE MODIFIED AS WE MOVE ALONG AS APPROPRIATE.

SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE DATES.

THAT'S IT. OPERATIONS.

ANY BOND UPDATES FROM LAST MONTH.

YOU DO HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE IN YOUR PACKET.

I DON'T, I MEAN WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.

WE ARE ABOUT TO EXPEND ALL OF THE 100 MILLION THAT WE SOLD ON THE 23 AUTHORIZATIONS.

SO THIS SPRING I'LL START BRINGING YOU INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER CELL.

OKAY. AND WE'LL HAVE A BOARD TOUR SOMETIME IN JANUARY FOR THE ON THE NINTH, TENTATIVELY OF THAT.

EVERYBODY CHECK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE INFORMATION WE SENT YOU.

TRICIA. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.

WAS THE 2023 BOND PROJECT BUDGET EXPENDITURE SUMMARY, WAS THAT UPDATED THIS LAST TIME? SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 58 MILLION FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IS THAT. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M READING IT CORRECTLY.

AND IT'S LATE.

CAN I SEE YOUR MAPS AGAIN? I WAS GOING THROUGH IT JUST TO.

THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN ENCUMBERED AND SPENT TO DATE.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ENCUMBERED FOR FURNITURE.

AND SO THAT'S A BIG EXPENSE THAT WILL COME AND THE TECHNOLOGIES, ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO THE CAMPUS, THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN SPENT YET.

OKAY. SO ARE THE THOSE, SO LOOKING AT IT IS THAT POS THAT WE'VE ISSUED IN THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

OKAY. NOT NECESSARILY PAID OUT BUT JUST RIGHT.

OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SAFETY REPORT.

SERENA.

SORRY. HOLD ON.

WAIT FOR IT.

YOU'RE GOOD. SORRY.

I'M TIRED, Y'ALL. I'M TIRED.

SERENA, I DIDN'T SKIP YOU LAST WEEK.

YOU WANT TO DO SERENA WHILE SHE'S HERE, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO AIR AND THEN.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LOOP BACK.

THANK YOU. SERENA. SORRY.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. LINDA. APOLOGIES.

ALL RIGHT BOARD.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO SHARE THAT AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT WAS RECENTLY CONDUCTED AT ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES, WHICH RESULTED IN FINDINGS.

THE TOP PRIORITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD IS TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE EVERY DAY.

INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS TEST WHETHER A CAMPUS IS ACCESSIBLE TO AN UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL.

THIS AUDIT CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE STATE'S.

SORRY, MY EYES ARE GOING.

STATE SCHOOL SAFETY DIRECTIVES FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY IN UVALDE SEEKS TO HELP DISTRICTS IDENTIFY HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS, SUCH AS ENSURING EXTERIOR DOORS ARE LOCKED AND DOOR CHECKS ARE LOGGED.

THE FINDINGS IN THIS AUDIT WERE NOT IN REFERENCE TO LOCKED EXTERNAL DOORS OR INTERNAL CLASSROOM DOORS.

SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE FINDINGS WILL BE SHARED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE BOARD AND WITH THE DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.

THESE AUDITS PROVIDE US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SAFER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NOW WE WILL HAVE HR.

WE ARE DONE WITH OUR FALL RECRUITING FOR THE UNIVERSITIES.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, WE WERE DOING AC ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION UPDATES WITH TEXAS TEACHERS, AND I TEACH TO GIVE SOME OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS JUST SOME INFORMATION IN CASE THEY WANTED TO GET IN THAT PATHWAY TO BE A TEACHER NEXT YEAR.

THIS LAST MONTH, WE ALSO ADDED IN SOME UNIVERSITIES, ABILENE CHRISTIAN AND I THINK GRAND CANYON, JUST FOR THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES OR OTHER POSITIONS IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR

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WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AS MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO BE TEACHERS, THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THE DIFFERENT STEPS THAT AND PATHWAYS THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THAT CLASSROOM.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSTANTLY ENGAGING THEM AND GIVING THEM INFORMATION IN DIFFERENT DISCOUNTED UNIVERSITIES SO THAT THEY CAN GET INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND BECOME TEACHERS. BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GIVING THEM AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

I'LL JUST BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION INCLUDED IN THERE IS 80 ACRES FOR THE LUNA ROJA SUBDIVISION THAT'S COMING ONLINE, SO PLANNING INFORMATION IT MAY BE WORTH YOU LOOKING AT BECAUSE IT IS 80 ACRES.

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

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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.

THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 9:27 P.M.

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