[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 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH. THE TIME IS 6:02 P.M.. THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THIS EVENING,
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ROB MCCLELLAND. 
          WE WILL FIRST BEGIN WITH OUR OPENING CEREMONIES WITH PLEDGES TO THE AMERICAN AND TEXAS
FLAGS. 
          WE HAVE THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE LEADERS FROM SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL,
ARE CADEL BEASLEY, ADRIAN RAMIREZ, BROOKE MAASTRICHT AND JACKSON PROM,
AND ALSO CALEB MAASTRICHT. 
          PLEASE STAND TO JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGES. AND AFTERWARD,
WE'LL STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU, GUYS. NEXT IS OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          [3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
OKAY, A COUPLE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO TIGER WRESTLERS LUCY
KRANO AND JAXON SHIPLEY. 
          EACH CLAIMED THE STATE TITLE WINNING IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEIGHT CLASSES AT THE UIL SIX A
STATE TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE STATE WINNERS,
AND LUCY IS DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD'S FIRST FEMALE WRESTLER TO BE STATE CHAMPION. 
          WE ARE EXCITED FOR THEM. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO STUDENTS GRANT AND NORA GILLUM. 
          THEY BOTH CAPTURED REGIONAL TITLES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS AT THE CENTEX REGIONAL
HISTORY DAY CONTEST SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH TO QUALIFY FOR THE STATE HISTORY OR THE TEXAS HISTORY DAY CONTEST. 
          QUICK REMINDER THAT THE DISTRICT WILL BE CLOSED FOR SPRING BREAK MARCH 17TH THROUGH 21ST,
AND THEN THE BOARD WILL NOT HAVE AN AGENDA REVIEW MEETING NEXT MONTH. 
          WE WILL ONLY HAVE OUR BOARD MEETING ON MONDAY,
MARCH 31ST. 
          ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR RECOGNITIONS. FIRST WE HAVE OUR PTA REFLECTIONS STATE QUALIFIERS. 
          [4. RECOGNITIONS]
GOOD EVENING. I'M CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ. THIS YEAR,
I'VE GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE DSISD COUNCIL OF PTAS. AND I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE MOVED ON TO THE STATE
REFLECTIONS CONTEST. 
          REFLECTIONS IS AN ART CONTEST. BASICALLY, IT'S A IT'S A CONTEST AT EACH SCHOOL. 
          THERE'S SIX CATEGORIES. MUSIC COMPOSITION, FILM PRODUCTION,
VISUAL ARTS, LITERATURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY. THE WINNERS FROM EACH CAMPUS COME TO US AT THE COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS,
15, I BELIEVE, 12 OF WHICH ARE FROM THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ART ALLIANCE, AND WE HAD 15 WINNERS THAT ARE MOVING ON TO THE STATE COMPETITION. 
          SO THOSE ARE WITH RECEIVING THE AWARD OF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND STUDENTS,
IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE, AS I CALL YOUR NAME. LARK ZWIENER FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION. 
          ELISE ACOSTA FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION. MANYA CALLEGARI FOR FILM PRODUCTION. 
          ISAAC ZACHRISSON FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION. ORION TYREE,
FOR VISUAL ARTS. 
          SHREYA MANOJKUMAR, LITERATURE. AMELIA ARMANI,
PHOTOGRAPHY. 
          AUDREY THOMPSON, FOR LITERATURE. VIVIAN KAPADIA,
VISUAL ARTS. 
          VIVIAN KAPADIA, ALSO FOR LITERATURE. RUBY MAE LEWIS,
VISUAL ARTS. 
          ABIGAIL ROYE, FILM PRODUCTION. EVELYN OGDEN,
LITERATURE. 
          AND EVELYN OGDEN, AGAIN FOR VISUAL ARTS. AND LARKIN ALLEY FOR DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY. 
          ALL OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE EARNED THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY TALENTED TIGERS. WE ALSO HAD SOME OTHER STUDENTS,
MADISON HOFF GOT AN AWARD OF MERIT. 
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ARSHAD JADIDI GOT HONORABLE MENTION. HOLLAND HOFFMAN GOT HONORABLE MENTION. 
          LUCA ECHEVARRIA GOT HONORABLE MENTION. EDDIE BENSON HONORABLE MENTION. 
          MICHAELA GONZALEZ, HONORABLE MENTION. SEBASTIAN CARUSO. 
          HONORABLE MENTION. OLIVER O'KEEFE. HONORABLE MENTION. 
          ARLO ROSSI GOT A PARTICIPATION AWARD. AND ALEXA MIYAMOTO GOT A PARTICIPATION AWARD. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS! NEXT, WE ARE RECOGNIZING OUR OUTGOING MISS GINA MITSCHKE. 
          GINA, IF YOU WILL ALL COME UP. SO BOARD MEMBERS,
AS YOU KNOW, GINA MITSCHKE HAS BEEN CFO IN DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD AND WE HAVE BEEN THRILLED TO HAVE HER. SHE IS LEAVING US TO GO AND TAKE CARE OF HER DAD AND GOING BACK TO LEANDER. 
          BUT LAST MONTH WAS HER LAST BOARD MEETING OFFICIALLY. 
          BUT SHE DID EVERYTHING TO PREPARE FOR THIS BOARD MEETING. 
          AND I KNEW THAT YOU ALL WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER. 
          SO, WE ASKED HER TO COME TONIGHT JUST TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOMENT AS WE WISH HER WELL,
HEADING ON TO BETTER THINGS. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I ESPECIALLY TO ELAINE AND TO HOLLY AND HONESTLY,
TO THE LEADERSHIP. 
          IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SERVE THIS DISTRICT. I WILL MISS IT A LOT. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU. YOU ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME AND BEEN THERE. 
          AND SO I'VE GROWN. I FEEL VERY LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN HERE,
SO THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE,
YOU KNOW, IN A TIME WHEN SCHOOL FINANCE IS FACING A LOT OF ISSUES ACROSS THE BOARD IN A DISTRICT, AND YOU CAME TO A BRAND NEW DISTRICT AND ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVES AND GOT RIGHT TO
WORK INTO A LOT OF ISSUES IN A REALLY, REALLY HARD TIME, NOT JUST FOR OUR DISTRICT,
BUT REALLY FOR EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART, FOR YOUR PASSION,
FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU WILL BE VERY MUCH MISSED BY THIS BOARD. 
          AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
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ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR ANNUAL REPORT. 
          [5. PUBLIC HEARING]
HI, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE ANNUAL OLD 23-24 DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT. 
          IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE TAPR, BUT IT ALSO HAS COMPONENTS OF THESE OTHER SEVEN AREAS. 
          SO, IT'S MOSTLY AROUND STAR, BUT IT ALSO HAS SOME OTHER COMPONENTS. 
          AND IN SOME WAY FASHION OR ANOTHER. YOU'VE SEEN THIS DATA BEFORE. 
          IT IS JUST OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED BY TEA IN DECEMBER. 
          AND THEN DISTRICTS HAVE 90 DAYS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO SAY THAT IT'S AVAILABLE. 
          AND SO WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS THE TAPER FOR THE DISTRICT AND EVERY CAMPUS,
ALONG WITH THEIR HB THREE GOALS, ALL PUSHED TOGETHER INTO A VERY LARGE DOCUMENT THAT WE HOUSE ON THE INTERNET. 
          SO, ALL OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PUBLIC WEBSITE THROUGH TI,
BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OVER A FEW OF THOSE AREAS. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH SECTION ONE,
WHICH IS MOSTLY AROUND STARS. 
          THIS IS A COMBINATION OF OUR PEIMS DATA. SO STUDENT INFORMATION AND OUR STAR DATA FOR THE
MOST PART. 
          AND IT'S PUBLISHED IN PDF. IT ALSO HAS A VERY DYNAMIC REPORTING OPTION ON TEA'S WEBSITE. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT. IT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. 
          IT LITERALLY SLICES AND DICES DATA A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, MOSTLY ON STAR, LIKE THE FIRST 33 PAGES IS ON A TEST AND THEN IT SLICES
BY GRADE LEVEL, BY ETHNICITY, BY DEMOGRAPHIC, BY WHOLE, THE WHOLE DISTRICT AND THEN BY GRADE LEVELS. 
          SO STARTING OFF JUST LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE,
YOU'VE SEEN THIS CHART BEFORE. 
          THESE ARE FINAL NUMBERS. PREVIOUSLY WE SHARED WITH YOU SOME DATA THAT I SAID. 
          NOW REMEMBER THIS IS INCLUDING ALL STUDENTS. WELL,
THIS IS THE DATA FROM THE STATE, AND SO THIS IS FOR MATH. 
          AND THIS IS OUR DESIGNATION BREAKDOWN FOR APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS. 
          AND IF YOU RECALL OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS MEETS AND MASTERS FOR OUR LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE FOR
ANY STUDENT AND FOR MATH THAT HAS DIPPED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS WHY IT'S DIPPED DOWN ACROSS THE STATE IN MATH,
JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT JUST US. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING IN MAP
SCORES. 
          SO WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE. 
          I THINK THIS WAS THE FIRST TEST THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR TESTING. 
          YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE SAMPLES PREVIOUSLY IN ANOTHER BOARD MEETING. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON IT. OUR RIGOR IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. 
          SO THAT STUDENTS, THIS SHOULD BE A REALLY EASY BAR FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE WILL GET THERE. 
          BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE US ON THE SAME TEST WITH APPROACHES,
MEETS, AND MASTERS TO THE REGION AND THE STATE, WE'RE WELL ABOVE, AND JUST LIKE I SAID, THE WHOLE STATE WENT DOWN AND THE REGION WENT DOWN
IN MATH. 
          THAT'S HERE. LET'S SEE, LAST YEAR THEY WERE AT 75. 
          NOW THEY'RE 72, BOTH OF THEM CRAZY ENOUGH. AND FOR APPROACHES AND THEN 47 FOR MEETS AND
MASTERS AND 22 EACH FOR THE MASTERS. SO IN EVERY AREA FOR MATH, THEY'VE GONE DOWN IN EVERY DESIGNATION BREAKDOWN. 
          FOR READING, WE SAW A SLIGHT UPTICK IN THE MEETS,
WHICH IS GREAT. 
          THAT'S GOOD NEWS. IT'S 1% 1% POINT, BUT IT'S STILL AN UPTICK. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT LOWER. THE STATE WE ARE STILL FAR ABOVE WHERE
THE REGION AND THE STATE ENDS UP WITH THOSE SCORES. 
          ALSO ON SECTION ONE OF THE TAPER ANNUAL REPORT IS OUR ATTENDANCE RATE. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE DATES, YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          IT'S 2223. ATTENDANCE RATE FOR THE DISTRICT OVERALL WAS 9690 4.6. 
          IF YOU RECALL THAT WE HAVE A GOAL THIS YEAR OF GETTING UP TO 96% ATTENDANCE RATE BECAUSE,
AS YOU RECALL, ALSO, THAT'S HOW WE'RE FUNDED. CURRENTLY WE DID A CHECK AND WE'RE AT 95.26% YEAR TO DATE. 
          SO WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER. IT'LL ALL COME OUT IN THE WASH
AT THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT THESE THIS IS A LAGGING INDICATOR. 
          SO WE WON'T KNOW THIS YEAR'S DATA. WE WON'T SEE THAT UNTIL 26. 
          AND THEN ALSO WITH THE TAPER SECTION ONE IS ON GRADUATION AND DROPOUT RATES. 
          DOCTOR RAY HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB REALLY LOOKING AT OUR LEVERS. 
          THIS IS FROM 22-23 GRADUATES. SO IT'S 23 GRADUATES AND THE PERCENTAGE OF DROPOUTS IS
REALLY REDUCED. 
          AND THEN IF YOU IF I EXPANDED THAT WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON TAPER,
IT CAN GO OUT TO FIVE YEAR GRADUATES AND SIX YEAR GRADUATES. 
          AND THAT PERCENTAGE JUST KEEPS GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER. 
          BUT THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THEY'VE GONE. 
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THEY'VE EITHER CONTINUED ON TO HIGH SCHOOL OR THEY GRADUATE WITH UM EQUIVALENCY EXAM,
THEY COUNT AS A DROPOUT STILL. 
          ALSO IN SECTION ONE IS IN THE TAPR GRADUATION PROFILE. 
          THIS I HAVEN'T SHOWN YOU IN THE PAST. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING JUST FOR
YOUR EYES TO SEE OUR KIDS MOSTLY GRADUATE WITH THAT DISTINGUISHED LEVEL OF ACCOMPLISHMENT OR ACHIEVEMENT, I SHOULD SAY, AT 92%. THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL. 
          SO IT'S FOUR YEARS OF MATH WITH ALGEBRA TWO BEING REQUIRED AND FOUR YEARS OF SCIENCE WITH
AN ENDORSEMENT. 
          THAT'S WHERE A MAJORITY OF KIDS COME FROM. THESE ARE JUST ON THE GRADUATES. 
          SO THE PERCENTAGE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IS 8.9% OF STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED IN 2023 WERE
SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          SAME THING WITH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. 7.7 OF OUR 23 GRADUATES WERE ECONOMICALLY,
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. 
          AND THEN IT JUST GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE COMPLETERS. 
          IF YOU RECALL CTE COMPLETER, THE STUDENTS HAVE TO COMPLETE THREE OR MORE PATHWAY COURSES
TO BE COUNTED AS A CTE COMPLETER. 
          SO IT'S IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY. SO THREE OR MORE COURSES IN THE SAME PROGRAM OF STUDY. 
          WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS SAY TAKE WHAT YOU WANT TO TAKE. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ALIGN TO A PATHWAY. SO WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER NUMBER THAN
THE STATE BECAUSE WE WANT KIDS TO TAKE WHAT THEIR PASSION IS NOT. 
          OH, YOU STARTED IN THIS. YOU HAVE TO FINISH IN THIS. WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT LEEWAY FOR
FAMILIES. 
          THE BREAKDOWN THEN OF CCMR. SO, COLLEGE WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU THAT WE LOOK AT. 
          SO COLLEGE READY GRADUATES. AND THIS IS JUST FROM OUR GRADUATING CLASS OF 23,
73.9% WERE COLLEGE READY IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, AND THEN 18.9% WERE CAREER MILITARY READY AND THE OTHER POINT. 
          SO THAT COMES OUT TO 92.8%, EITHER COLLEGE OR CAREER READY. 
          WE DON'T REALLY GET INFORMATION. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM LINE,
US ARMED FORCES, THAT 0%, THAT SYSTEM TO GET THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS IN THE ARMED
FORCES, I THINK THEY'RE REVAMPING IT SO THAT WE MIGHT GET BETTER DATA. 
          BUT THERE'S NO BACK FLOW FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
          SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY ENLISTING. 
          AND IT WOULD JUST BE FROM FAMILIES. WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN SCHOOLING,
SO IT'S HARD TO TRACK THAT DATA. 
          THE STATE SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF HELPING US TRACK THAT DATA. CAN WE DO? UNKNOWN. THAT'S HOW IT'S LISTED IN TAPR. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS? YES. DOES IT HAVE TO BE LISTED AS ZERO? COULD IT BE LISTED AS UNKNOWN? OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          THEY LISTED IT AS ZERO, SO I PRESENTED IT AS IT'S LISTED IN TAPR. 
          SO YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THOUGH. SO LET'S SEE WHERE DID I LEAVE OFF. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS ON OUR ANNUAL GRADUATES. 
          AND JUST WHO'S READY FOR COLLEGE CAREER OR THE MILITARY AND HOW THEY END UP THE CCMR
INDICATORS? THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW THAT YOUR COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READY. 
          AND HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE WAYS. AND SO WHAT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS WE
HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO TAKE THE TSC TEST BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT PASSED OR THEY'VE NOT MET THE METRIC FOR SAT OR ACT. MOST OF OUR KIDS MEET THE METRIC WITH AP,
SAT DUAL CREDIT. 
          SOME OF THOSE COMPLETERS, BUT SOME WE DON'T. WE HAVE JULIA FISHBACK ON BOARD. 
          THAT'S GOING TO HELP US REALLY TRACK THIS DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS,
COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS THROUGH THIS, THE CRITERION LISTED HERE IN ONE OF THESE WAYS. 
          THERE'S A HUGE SECTION IN THE TAPR THAT'S REALLY ON STUDENT INFORMATION THEIR ENROLLMENT,
THEIR DISABILITY, THEIR PROGRAM, AND EVEN STAFF. AND THEN OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          AND EVERY CAMPUS HAS THE SAME INFORMATION IN THE TAPR REPORT THAT HAS ALL OF THIS. 
          I DIDN'T IF I LISTED EVERY SINGLE DATA POINT,
WE'D BE HERE UNTIL LIKE THREE IN THE MORNING. 
          WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO IT'S AVAILABLE AND IT WILL BE PART OF THE ANNUAL
REPORT. 
          AND JENNIFER'S TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF CONDENSING ALL THIS TO MAKE IT REALLY
DIGESTIBLE FOR FAMILIES. 
          YOU'VE SEEN THIS REPORT, TOO. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL ACTUALS REPORTS. 
          SO IT'S BASED ON THE ON THE 21-22, AND THEN IT'S THE 22-23 FINANCIAL ACTUALS. 
          I'VE LINKED THIS IN THE THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S ALL ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED,
BUT IT IS PART OF THE REQUIRED ANNUAL REPORT. 
          ALSO IS OUR ACCREDITATION STATUS. THE FIRST RATING IS A SUPERIOR THANKS TO GINA. 
          THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN KIND OF STOPPED OR PUSHED OFF FOR RIGHT
NOW FROM THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN WE ARE ACCREDITED FROM THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          REMEMBER I SAID SOME OF THIS DATA IS FROM 23-24. 
          SOME OF IT'S FROM 22-23. SO, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
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IT'S JUST THE WAY WE COMPILE IT. ALSO, WE HAVE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS WHICH
YOU APPROVE THE GOALS AND THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES EVERY SUMMER FALL, EARLY FALL. WHAT WE DO IS COMPILE ALL OF THOSE REPORTS AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE
WE ARE IN THE INDICATORS. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF THE FULL DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT AS WELL. 
          ALL OF THOSE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE. THEN FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DETERMINATION
STATUS. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY EXCITING, BUT IT MEETS REQUIREMENTS. THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
STATUS YOU CAN GET WITH THIS REPORT. 
          AND WHAT THIS IS LOOKING AT IS OUR STATE PERFORMANCE PLAN,
ANY COMPLIANCE INDICATORS, DATA INTEGRITY AND ANY UNCORRECTED NONCOMPLIANCE. 
          SO, WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT AREA THANKS TO NADINE AND HER TEAM. 
          THIS IS A FUN ONE TO REPORT ON VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL INCIDENCES INCIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU. SO THE REASON CODES THAT WE HAVE TO PRESENT ON THE LEFT. 
          AND THEN WHAT THE DESCRIPTION OF THAT CODE MEANS IS IN THE MIDDLE. 
          AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTS ON THE END THAT MEANS ZERO. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD. YOU WANT A ZERO IN THOSE COLUMNS FOR SURE. 
          THIS REPORT I HAVEN'T SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE,
I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. I WISH ROB WAS HERE TO SEE THAT AND I'M PRETTY HIGH UP. THIS IS KIND OF A COUNT OF WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING IN THE STATE OF STATE OF
TEXAS. 
          WE CAN'T TRACK ONCE THEY LEAVE OUR STATE, OR IF THEY GO INTO THE CAREER OR IF THEY GO INTO
A TRADE SCHOOL THAT'S NOT TRACKABLE OR NOT FOUND. 
          BUT MAJORITY OF OUR WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT GO OUT OF STATE. 
          AND RITA THROUGH SCHOOL LINKS CAN GET US ANOTHER REPORT THAT SHOWS WHERE OUR STUDENTS HAVE
SAID THEY WANT TO GO, JUST AS AN FYI INFORMATION, BUT THIS IS ALL FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND THEN THIS IS HOW THEY'RE DOING. 
          THESE ARE GRADUATES FROM 2022. SO, IT BOUNCED BACK ANOTHER YEAR. 
          AND THIS IS HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING IN EITHER A FOUR YEAR OR A TWO YEAR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY
OR COLLEGE. 
          AND IT'S SAYING IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP BAR, IT'S SAYING THE GPA FOR THE FIRST YEAR IN THAT
HIGHER EDUCATION ARENA AND HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING. 
          THESE ARE OUR GRADUATES. AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME NOT TRACKABLE,
NOT FOUND, MAYBE SOME INDEPENDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE TO REPORT TO THE STATE, WHICH IS WHY WE CAN'T SEE THEIR GRADES. AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WENT OUT
OF STATE AS WELL. 
          SO THEN THE LAST SECTION OF THIS, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO MORE SECTIONS. 
          THESE ARE THOSE HB THREE GOALS. SO BACK IN 2020 IF YOU RECALL,
WE CAME UP WITH SOME BOARD GOALS BASED ON MEETS READING AND MATH. THIRD GRADE AT THE MEETS PERFORMANCE LEVEL THAT WAS THE REQUIREMENT WAS FROM THE
STATE. 
          SO, I'M GOING TO START WITH MATH. THIS IS OVERWHELMING CHART I UNDERSTAND THAT,
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY TOP, IT HAS OUR GOAL. THE PERCENT OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THAT WILL SCORE MEETS GRADE LEVEL OR
ABOVE ON STAR WILL INCREASE FROM IS THAT SAY 5050 TO 60. AND SO I REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION AND WE WERE LIKE WE WENT UP REALLY HIGH EVERY
YEAR. 
          SO THE MIDDLE 1718 THAT VERY TOP ROW IS WHERE WE WERE. 
          THAT WAS THE BASELINE DATA THAT WE HAD TO START WITH. 
          IN THE MIDDLE IS WHAT WE WERE THINKING THE GOALS WOULD BE LIKE IF IF THAT'S POSSIBLE,
HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO. 
          AND AT THE BOTTOM IS WHAT THE ACTUALS WERE. AND SO IN THIS REPORT. 
          THE FIRST BAR IN THE MIDDLE IS THE GOAL. THE BOTTOM BAR AT THE END IS WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE MAJORITY. MOST OF OUR MATH GOALS WERE MET. 
          AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW DID YOU PICK THAT. 
          WHAT DID WE DO? WE ENDED UP WITH GOING UP 2% BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW,
RIGHT, WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING. 
          AND I KEEP LOOKING AT MARY JANE BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE ON THE BOARD AT THAT
TIME. SO WE MET THE GOAL 62% IS NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE, RIGHT? WE WANT IT TO BE. THIS IS THE MEETS WITH. 
          THIS IS WHERE I WANT IN THE 90S ABOVE 95%. THAT'S MY GOAL. 
          BUT JUST TO GET US KICKED OFF AND THIS IS THE LAST YEAR OF THIS HB THREE GOAL. 
          SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. ACROSS THE BOARD WITH MATH,
WE WERE POSITIVE IN SIX AREAS AND THEN DIDN'T MEET OUR GOAL IN FIVE AREAS. 
          AND THEN FOR READING SAME WAY YOU READ THIS GRAPH,
WE'RE GOING UP TO 69% BY 2024 AND BY JUNE 2024 BASED ON TAPR. WE MET OUR GOAL FOR ALL STUDENTS, BUT THEN IF YOU SLICE AND DICE. 
          WE WERE POSITIVE TEN AREAS OF GROWTH AND THEN TWO AREAS THAT WE DID NOT MEET OUR GOAL. 
          OUR GOAL THEN THE LAST SECTION OF THE HB THREE IS AROUND CCMR. THIS IS WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED THE MOST WORK,
BUT IT'S GOOD NEWS. WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR TO WORK ON THIS AND THEN WITH JULIA'S HELP, WE CAN GET THERE AS WELL. SO FOR THE 2023 GOAL,
I BORROWED THE WRONG ONE. 
          IT SHOULD BE 2023 IS THE GOAL. SO 93% IN THAT MIDDLE AREA WHERE IT'S 76%. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO WITH CMR FOR SURE ACROSS THE BOARD THERE WE ARE FOUR AREAS IN
THE CCMR. WE MET IN FIVE AREAS WE DID NOT MEET. BUT THIS HAS ONE MORE YEAR TO ITS GOAL. 
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SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. THE LAST PART OF TAPER IS A GLOSSARY THAT IF YOU WANTED TO
KNOW THE METHODOLOGY OF ANY ONE OF THE NUMBERS ON THIS REALLY BIG, THICK PACKET OF PDF, YOU WOULD GO TO THE TO THE GLOSSARY AND HELP YOU DESCRIBE IT. 
          THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER MANUAL THAT YOU CAN GO TO,
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN REACH OUT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS. MARY JANE. 
          DOCTOR KEN, MY ONE QUESTION IS YOU HAD REFERENCED THAT SCHOOL LINKS MIGHT HELP WITH THE
NOT FOUND CATEGORY, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE STATE AND THEREFORE POTENTIALLY
HELP OUR GOALS? OR IS THAT JUST FOR OUR INTERNAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THEY THAT WOULD BE FOR OUR INTERNAL
KNOWLEDGE, OUR STATE REALLY JUST LOOKS AT IN STATE IN TEXAS. 
          SO TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE BEING GRADED ON CCMR,
BUT THE STATE IS NOT HELPING US TRACK THE STUDENTS WHO GO OUT OF STATE FOR COLLEGE. 
          AND FOR US, THAT'S PROBABLY A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN SOME DISTRICTS. 
          WHAT WE'RE GRADED ON IS ARE THERE ARE STUDENTS READY FOR THAT COLLEGE WHETHER THEY GO IN
STATE OR OUT OF STATE IS NOT REALLY GREAT FOR US. 
          IT'S JUST ACKNOWLEDGING WHERE THEY'RE GOING. AND IT'S PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT,
BUT IT DOESN'T LIVE IN THE TAPR. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF A DATA POINT THAT TEA GETS FROM THE HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD. 
          BUT WE DON'T REPORT ON GRADES FOR ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE STATE. 
          SO IT DOESN'T REALLY HURT US. BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT INFORMATION AS WE'RE LIVING OUR
GRADUATE PROFILE TO KNOW WHAT ARE OUR STUDENTS DOING, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OR A TRADE SCHOOL. I THINK I'D WANT TO
KNOW THAT. 
          OR IF THEY'RE GOING INTO A CAREER, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TRACK THAT FOR
OUR GRADUATES. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          [6. 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 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, 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 SERVED BASIS AND ARE NOT PERMITTED TO RELINQUISH TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON. 
          WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. INTRODUCE YOURSELF WITH YOUR NAME
AND CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT. ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, THE TIMER WILL BEGIN. WHEN YOU HEAR THE TIMER SOUND, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS. 
          REGINALD HEARD. 
          MIN SHAN HO. 
          HEY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MING. I'M A FATHER OF TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS HERE IN DRIPPING
SPRINGS, AND WON'T BE SENDING MY GIRLS TO THE SCHOOLS HERE. 
          SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. BUT I HEARD AN INTERESTING RUMOR THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF
SCREENS BEING USED, ESPECIALLY IN THE YOUNGER, YOUNGER AGE BRACKETS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO COME AND ADVOCATE AGAINST REALLY SCREEN TIME IN GENERAL FOR KIDS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THE YOUNGER AGE BRACKETS. 
          A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I'M A COMPUTER ENGINEER AND I'M ALSO A CO-FOUNDER OF A
TECHNOLOGY COMPANY HERE IN AUSTIN, FOUNTAINHEAD ENDEAVORS. SO, WHEN I SAY I'M AGAINST SCREENS,
IT'S A BIT IRONIC, BUT I AM TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, SEEING WHAT IT DOES TO KIDS WHOSE MINDS AREN'T FULLY DEVELOPED. 
          MY GENERAL PROPOSAL IS JUST REALLY, WE SHOULD BE PROHIBITING SCREEN TIME FOR KIDS UNDER
THE AGE OF HIGH SCHOOL AGE. 
          IT'S REALLY JUST NOT SUITABLE FOR THEIR YOUNG MINDS. 
          THEY'RE PRETTY ADDICTIVE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE TOBACCO FOR THE YOUNG MINDS. 
          AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE HERE WOULD BE ADVOCATING WE HAND OUT CIGARETTES TO THE KIDS. 
          SO SIMILARLY, I REALLY JUST CANNOT EMPHASIZE HOW MUCH I AM ADVOCATING AGAINST INTRODUCING
SCREEN TIME FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 16. REALISTICALLY, WE WANTED TO FOLLOW THE SCIENCE. 
          WE'D WANT TO GO UNDER 20, BUT IT'S A BIT UNREALISTIC IN OUR WORLD,
I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY FUTURE EMPLOYEES. 
          THE REASON WHY I BRING THIS UP IS NOT JUST LIKE,
OH MY FEELINGS. 
          I HAVE DONE A BUNCH OF RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES,
ALL PEER REVIEWED, HAVE SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT SCREEN TIME FOR CHILDREN IS HARMFUL 
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ACROSS ALL AGE BANDS UNDER 16, ESPECIALLY WITH THE YOUNGER ONES BEING THE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE. 
          HARM. THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN A 2019 JAMA PEDIATRICS STUDY. 
          IT ESPECIALLY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. IT HINDERS DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE,
PROBLEM SOLVING, ATTENTION AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN A 2023 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH STUDY. IT ACTUALLY,
THERE'S SOME STUDIES THAT. 
          INDICATE THAT IT IS CONTRIBUTING TO A RISE IN SUICIDE RATES. 
          BETWEEN 2001 AND 2021, THOSE RATES INCREASED FOR TEENAGE GIRLS,
WHICH I AM ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT BY 62%. 
          THIS WAS INDICATED IN A 2025 SAPIEN LABS REPORT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, FOR EXCESSIVE SCREEN TIME CAN REALLY HEIGHTEN IMPULSIVITY REALLY
DISRUPTS THEIR THOUGHT PATTERNS AND THEIR FACE TO FACE SOCIAL SKILLS. 
          THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 2018 NATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
STUDY. 
          SO, ALL OF THIS TO SAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CULTIVATING A GENERATION THAT
IS EMOTIONALLY WELL BALANCED. 
          THEY'RE EMPATHETIC, AND WE REALLY JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO ESSENTIALLY ROT THEIR BRAINS
WITH SCREENS. 
          SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. I KNOW THE CONVERSATION AROUND SCREEN TIME
AND CELL PHONES AND DEVICES. IT'S IT IS AN ONGOING STRUGGLE IN OUR DISTRICT,
BOTH WITH KIND OF WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND HOW WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THAT. BUT I WONDER IF DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ,
YOU CAN FOLLOW UP JUST ON HOW TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED CURRENTLY IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH MR. HO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS ANTHONY HIPOLITO. 
          GOOD EVENING AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW,
MY NAME IS ANTHONY HIPOLITO. 
          I'M THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF. I TOOK OFFICE ON JANUARY 1ST,
AND I JUST FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO COME TO OUR DISTRICTS THAT WE PARTNER WITH AND INTRODUCE MYSELF FORMALLY AND JUST REITERATE THAT I VALUE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE,
NOT ONLY WITH DSISD, BUT HAYS CISD, WIMBERLEY ISD, AND ALSO THE SAN MARCOS ACADEMY. 
          IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE DO. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING SROS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR
MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE SLOWLY TRYING TO GET COVERAGE IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH DSISD. 
          WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH SERENA CUMBERLAND,
YOUR SAFETY AND SECURITY DIRECTOR, AND ALL HER SCHOOL MARSHALS. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ADOPTED THE SCHOOL MARSHAL
PROGRAM. 
          I JUST FEEL IT JUST ALLOWS US TO NOT TO CONCENTRATE AND FILLING VACANCIES IN OTHER SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, HAYS CISD IS A VERY LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THEY HAVE 17 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND WE ONLY HAVE TWO SROS THAT COVER ALL 17. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING. BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY WHAT WE'RE
DOING OUT HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. 
          I HAVE TWO KIDS. ONE CAME THROUGH HERE AND GRADUATED AND IS THRIVING AT TEXAS TECH. 
          AND I HAVE A JUNIOR HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO I CAMPAIGNED ON SCHOOL SAFETY. 
          I DIDN'T JUST CAMPAIGN ON IT TO GET TO GET VOTES. 
          I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR DEPUTIES THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE MOST HIGHLY TRAINED SO THAT THEY CAN SERVICE NOT ONLY OUR KIDS,
BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS ALSO SAFE. 
          OUR KIDS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COMING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY IN FEAR OF SOMETHING
HAPPENING TO THEM. 
          SO THIS IS TO BE AN SRO. IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON. 
          IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE A POLICE OFFICER OR A LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT EVEN MORE
SPECIAL TO WORK IN A SCHOOL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND LET YOU KNOW
THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO YOU GUYS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS IN EVERY
CAPACITY POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP. ALL RIGHT. 
          MOVING ON TO OUR LEARNING SPOTLIGHT FROM SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          [7. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]
THANK YOU. WELL I'LL START OFF AND INTRODUCE THEM AS THEY'RE GETTING THEIR PROJECTS OUT. 
          CADDELL, YOU'RE THE RIGHT. DO YOU WANT THIS? YOU'RE IN CHARGE,
RIGHT? HE'S IN CHARGE OF SYCAMORE. YES, I THINK SO. GOOD EVENING. 
          BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KELLY MILLER,
PRINCIPAL AT SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
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SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING. OKAY. WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          AND EXCITED THAT WE ARE THE CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT. 
          I HAVE THESE AMAZING STUDENTS AND AMAZING TEACHER. 
          THIS IS OUR INTRO TO ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT SYCAMORE. 
          IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR ELECTIVES AT SYCAMORE. 
          AND FOR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, EVERY TIME I'M IN THE BUILDING WALKING BY,
GOING TO THIS CLASSROOM. 
          Y'ALL ARE THE COOLEST CLASS. DON'T TELL ANYBODY ON CAMPUS. 
          THE AMOUNT OF PROBLEM SOLVING, ENGINEERING, DESIGN,
THINKING, COLLABORATION THAT WE SEE IN THIS CLASS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN EVERY SINGLE CLASS. SO EVERY TIME I WALK BY, I THINK I STOP AND HOUND ALL OF THEM IN THE HALLWAY AND
I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING? I EVEN WENT TO MISS POPE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND SAID,
CAN YOU START SAVING PROJECTS? BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE PERFECT SPOTLIGHT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER IF YOU ALL WILL ALL SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR AGE,
AND THEN WE'LL PASS IT TO MISS POPE. 
          SHE'LL DO AN INTRODUCTION. AND THEN I THINK ADELE'S,
LIKE, REALLY TAKING OVER. MY NAME IS CADELL BEASLEY AND I'M 14. 
          I'M MICAIAH TURNER AND I'M IN THE EIGHTH GRADE. 
          MY NAME IS JOHN SCURRY, AND I'M IN THE EIGHTH GRADE. I'M BROOKE MARSH AND I'M IN SEVENTH
GRADE. 
          HELLO, I'M ANDREW ABRAMSON, AND I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE. 
          I'M ADRIAN RAMIREZ. I'M IN THE EIGHTH GRADE. I'M 14. 
          I'M HENRY SEMPLE, AND I'M IN THE SEVENTH GRADE. 
          HI, I'M PRESTON KRUSE, AND I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE. 
          HI. AND I'M SARAH POPE. I'M THEIR TEACHER. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CLASS. 
          I TAUGHT SCIENCE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND I WAS THRILLED THAT MISS MILLER SAID YES TO AN
ENGINEERING ELECTIVE. 
          WHAT WE DO IN OUR CLASS, WE GO THROUGH THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS,
AND REALLY, IT'S ALL PROJECT BASED. 
          I GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE, A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
INSTRUCTION. 
          AND THEY, THEY REALLY TAKE THOSE PROJECTS AND RUN WITH IT. 
          AND IT'S ALL THEIR DESIGN, THEIR CREATION. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED. 
          I'M HAVING MORE FUN THIS YEAR AS A TEACHER THAN I HAVE HAD IN A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          AND I HOPE THEY ARE TOO. SO ALL RIGHT. CADELL YOU WANT TO START? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR FIRST PROJECT IS AIR SKIMMERS. I'LL BE REPRESENTING THE AIR SKIMMERS PROJECT. 
          THIS PROJECT HELPS STUDENTS FIRST START WITH MEASUREMENT. 
          AND THEY MAKE THE STUDENTS HAVE TO MEASURE SPECIFIC CUTS AND CARDBOARD PIECES GIVEN FROM A
BLUEPRINT. 
          THEY HELP STUDENTS BE ABLE TO READ BLUEPRINTS AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE MAKE THOSE IDEAS
ON PAPER COME TO LIFE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          IT MAKES YOU ALSO LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRECISION AND ACCURACY. 
          IT'S A SIMPLE PROJECT FOR YOUNG STUDENTS, BUT IT'S A VERY HELPFUL PROJECT FOR FUTURE
ENGINEERS BECAUSE IT JUST HELPS EVERYTHING FOR ENGINEERING FOUNDATIONS. THE PICTURE IN THE CENTER BOTTOM IS MY PICTURE. 
          I WAS ABLE, IF YOU, I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT BACK ON A RUBBER BAND AND MAKE IT FLY AND SKIM
ACROSS THE GROUND FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN 80FT, WHICH IS THE FURTHEST ANYBODY WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL. 
          SO THAT'S BASICALLY IT. OKAY. OUR NEXT PROJECT IS THE PLAYGROUND DESIGN CHALLENGE. 
          STUDENTS GOT TASKED WITH MAKING A PLAYGROUND TO SCALE. 
          BASICALLY REPRESENTING THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S BEING BUILT. 
          THE SCALE WAS ABOUT 100FT BY 100FT. WELL, TO SCALE. 
          AND STUDENTS HAD LIMITED SUPPLIES AS THEIR CONSTRAINTS. 
          AND ALSO HAD TO MAKE ORTHOGRAPHIC AND ISOMETRIC SKETCHES OF THEIR PROJECT. 
          THE STUDENTS HAD TO USE WHITE GLUE OR HOT GLUE GUN. 
          SORRY. AND HAD TO CHOOSE A THEME FOR THEIR PROJECT TOO. 
          HERE'S PRESTON TALKING ABOUT HIS PROJECT. HI. 
          SO, THIS IS MY PROJECT. LET ME PULL OUT MY NOTES. 
          OKAY. SO BASICALLY, IN THIS PROJECT MY THEME WITH MY GROUP WAS A MEDIEVAL THEME. AND SO, IN THIS PROJECT WITH MY GROUP,
I LEARNED HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH TEAM MEMBERS AND HOW TO SCALE THINGS UP OR DOWN. ON THIS PROJECT,
I CHOSE THIS. 
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THIS IS MINE. IT'S A ROLLING BALANCE BEAM. AND I CHOSE IT BECAUSE WHENEVER I THOUGHT OF
SOMETHING THAT WAS FUN OR DANGEROUS OR FUN AND DANGEROUS, I THINK OF WIPEOUT. AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT THAT IDEA. 
          MY DESIGN WAS NOTED AS ONE OF THE BEST CRAFTED BECAUSE OF MY EXCELLENT NOTE TAKING,
AND THE SIMPLISTIC DESIGN MEANT IT WAS EASY TO HAVE A CLEAN STRUCTURE WITH A MINIMAL SHOWING GLUE. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAUGHT THAT,
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO TIE AS MUCH BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS CLASS AND SO WE WERE WE WERE DESIGNING, PRETENDING TO DESIGN FOR OUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S BEING BUILT. 
          SO. OUR NEXT PROJECT WOULD BE OPERATION BUILDER BRIDGE. IN THIS PROJECT, THIS WAS OUR FIRST PROJECT WHERE WE HAD TO WORK WITH WEIGHTS AND
OUR BUILDING A STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT WEIGHT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. I'M ON THE SECOND TO THE LEFT WITH MY GROUP WHERE WE SUPPORTED THE MOST
WEIGHT. 
          AND THIS WAS ALSO A HELPFUL PROJECT BECAUSE WE LEARNED HOW TO ENGAGE STRUCTURAL FORCES
LIKE TENSION AND COMPRESSION. 
          AND THEN WE HAD TO MAKE USE OF THEM TO CREATE A SOUND STRUCTURE AND MORE TEAMWORK AND THAT
KIND OF THING. 
          AND IT WAS FUN TO HAVE A COMPETITION TO SEE WHO COULD SUPPORT THE MOST WEIGHT. 
          OKAY. OUR LAST PROJECT. I THINK IT STARTED LAST YEAR. 
          OUR LAST PROJECT WOULD BE BALSA TOWER CHALLENGE. 
          THE TWO MAIN IDEAS FOR THIS PROJECT WERE VERY LIMITED MATERIAL AND MINIMUM SIZE
CONSTRAINTS. 
          SO AS A CLASS, WE LEARN TO BUILD SMALL SCALE STRUCTURES WITH A LARGE BRAKING LOAD. 
          IN ADDITION, WE LEARNED HOW TO COORDINATE AS A GROUP TO MAINTAIN MATERIAL. 
          THE STEPS WE TOOK TO CREATE THE DESIGN WAS. FIRST,
WE LOOKED AND RESEARCHED INTERESTING DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR STRONG STRUCTURAL SUPPORT. 
          AFTER DOING THIS, WE SETTLED ON THE SYMMETRICAL LIKE STRUCTURALLY SOUND DESIGN THAT WAS
BASICALLY A BOX THAT HAD A BUNCH OF TRIANGLES INSIDE WITH THE MOST SOUND STRUCTURE I COULD THINK OF. 
          AND ONCE WE HAD OUR IDEA OF WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE,
WE SKETCHED OUT OUR DESIGN IN OUR NOTEBOOKS THAT HAD PINPOINT ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS THAT WOULD BASICALLY BRING OUR IDEA TO LIFE. ONCE WE DID THIS STEP OF THE PROCESS,
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE OUR 20 STICKS OF BALSA WOOD, MEASURE THEM CORRECTLY,
AND THEN ASSEMBLE IT WITH HOT GLUE. 
          AND AFTER DOING THAT, THIS IS HOW WE CREATED OUR TOWER. 
          WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS PROJECT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING THINGS OUT AND USING
MATERIAL EFFICIENTLY. 
          I GOT MY IDEA FROM A TELEPHONE TOWER BECAUSE IT CAN HOLD A DECENT AMOUNT OF WEIGHT ON TOP, AND IT USES MINIMAL MATERIALS. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS PROJECT,
SEEING HOW WELL MY TOWER DID, HOLDING OVER 80 POUNDS WITHOUT FAILURE. SO I THOUGHT THIS PROJECT WAS FUN AND I ENJOYED IT
A LOT. 
          SO THESE ARE OUR FUTURE PROJECTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN ON
TINKERCAD AND ONSHAPE, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO START WORKING ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS,
KIND OF LIKE GEARS AND MAYBE ENGINES SOMETIME MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A SURPRISE I THINK. 
          YES. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU GUYS ALLOWING THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM TO EXIST. 
          WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND THE RESOURCES FROM THE DISTRICT,
WE REALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOSTER THIS. 
          IT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT. 
          WHEN YOU THINK OF CREATIVITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE'S BRAINS GO TO ARTWORK,
BUT THIS IS CREATIVITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          THIS IS SOLVING REAL PROBLEMS. AND I JUST I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          I'M SUPER EXCITED. I'M GOING TO GET A BRAND NEW CTE ROOM WITH THE ONCE THE NEW
CONSTRUCTION IS BUILT AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS BIG, 
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BEAUTIFUL CLASSROOM WITH ALL THE SPACE THAT WE NEED. 
          AND SO I'M SUPER EXCITED. I'M ALSO REALLY THRILLED TO OFFER A SECOND LEVEL HIGH SCHOOL
CREDIT CLASS WITH THE ENGINEERING SO THAT MY SEVENTH GRADERS, MY RIGHT THERE ARE GOING TO BE IN EIGHTH GRADE
NEXT YEAR. 
          HAVE ANOTHER LEVEL TO GO TO. SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          [APPLAUSE] WELL, HOLD ON ONE SECOND BECAUSE WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US I THINK AS WELL. 
          SO, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM ALWAYS I AM SO PASSIONATE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT GIRLS IN
SCIENCE. 
          I WAS A STEM GIRL MYSELF AND I JUST HAVE SUCH A HEART. 
          SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING ONE OF ONLY A FEW GIRLS. 
          BUT LET ME TELL YOU, YOU GOT AN AWESOME FUTURE GIRLFRIEND. 
          SO SUPER COOL TO SEE. I LOVE ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT BRIDGE THAT IS LIKE TALE AS OLD AS
TIME PROJECT. 
          I THINK EVERY KID SHOULD DO THAT AT SOME POINT IN THEIR CHILDHOOD. 
          SO REALLY COOL. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS? KIM. 
          OH, I JUST THOUGHT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. I WISH I HAD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
A CLASS LIKE THAT BACK WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT YOU GUYS ARE. YOUR FUTURES ARE INCREDIBLE. 
          AND WHAT YOU'RE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AND COMPLETE,
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE THIS A BETTER WORLD TO LIVE IN. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH. I'M SO IMPRESSED. AND MY FAVORITE PART OF YOU GUYS EXPLAINING YOUR
PROJECTS WAS, USING THE WORDS COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT AND
REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE Y'ALL GO. 
          MISS POPE, THANK YOU. I FOR YOU TO SAY THANK YOU TO US. 
          IT'S REALLY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR PASSION. 
          SHOWS JUST AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT THROUGH ALL OF THIS. 
          AND SO WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND IT MAKES ME REALLY,
REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. 
          FOR YOU TO SAY THIS IS THE HAPPIEST I'VE BEEN TEACHING IN A LONG TIME. 
          AND SO LIKE THAT JUST WARMS MY HEART. AND SO THANK YOU. 
          I CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING. SUCH AN AMAZING JOB,
GUYS. 
          MISS POPE, I'M CURIOUS FOR INTRO STARTS IN SEVENTH GRADE AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SECOND
LEVEL FOR EIGHTH GRADE. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS. THE INTEREST LEVEL. SORRY. THAT SOUNDS SO LOUD TONIGHT. 
          THE CLASSES ARE FULL. IT'S ONE CLASS, TWO CLASS,
THREE CLASSES. 
          WHAT HAS THE INTEREST LEVEL BEEN LIKE? SO NEXT YEAR, THE INTRO CLASS WILL BE DESIGNED FOR SEVENTH GRADERS,
BUT EIGHTH GRADERS COULD TAKE IT TOO IF THEY DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TAKE THAT CLASS. 
          IN, YOU KNOW, SEVENTH GRADE. SO, AND THEN THE EIGHTH GRADE CLASS,
OF COURSE, WOULD BE FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT. 
          AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH OUR CURRICULUM AND IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. 
          WE DON'T HAVE NUMBERS YET. YEAH. BUT YEAH, I HAVE BEEN RECRUITING. 
          YES. ALL RIGHT. AND Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US,
I THINK. 
          RIGHT? THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP STUDENTS WHO
WANT TO START NEW CLUBS OR INITIATIVES. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO I GAVE THAT TO. TRICIA. OKAY,
WELL, THERE'S YOU CAN ACTUALLY THERE'S A GOOGLE DRIVE THAT YOU GO ON TO ON THE WEBSITE. 
          AND YOU CHECK OUT ALL THE OTHER AVAILABLE CLUBS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN THE. 
          I SAID THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE DISTRICT. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED YET. 
          YOU FILL OUT ALL THE PAPERWORK, YOU GET A ADMINISTRATION HELPER,
I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY. 
          AND THEN THEY SHOULD HELP YOU FILL OUT THE OTHER STEPS THAT KIND OF GO ALONG WITH THAT AND
SIGN OFF ON IT. 
          AND YOU WOULD GIVE IT TO YOUR PRINCIPAL TO SIGN OFF ON AS WELL. 
          AND THEY WOULD HELP YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          BUT IT'S WE HAVE A TON. I DIDN'T EVEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE ACTUAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WE HAVE AVAILABLE TODAY, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE HAD SO MANY. SO BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR GROWTH. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO MEET WITH SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE LOVE STUDENT VOICE. 
          AND WE DO MEET WITH STUDENTS FROM TIME TO TIME. 
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THE PROCESS THAT WE ASK THAT YOU FOLLOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH ANY OF US,
TO HAVE YOUR PARENTS EMAIL US AND GIVE US AN AGENDA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AT THE MEETING, SO THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO ANY THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS OR
SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          WE WELCOME THAT. I'LL ALSO SAY THAT A LOT OF OUR DISTRICT COMMITTEES,
WHEN YOU GET INTO HIGH SCHOOL, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THOSE WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BOARD
MEMBERS WHO SERVE AS LIAISONS. 
          AND LASTLY, OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS AN ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL,
YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE A PART OF IF YOU'RE REALLY MORE INTERESTED IN KIND OF GOVERNANCE AND WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT DOES, WHICH IS PART OF OUR TEAM AS WELL. 
          MY QUESTION IS, WHAT CHANGES DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT FEW
YEARS? THAT'S A PRETTY LONG ANSWER. SO AS YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY SEEN LOTS OF CHANGES IN YOUR OWN
SCHOOLS WITH THE EXPANSION OF SYCAMORE, RIGHT? SO YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY GOING THROUGH IT. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF GROWTH IS COMING,
MEANING MORE STUDENTS COMING IN. 
          SO IN CASE YOU'RE NOT AWARE, WE ARE OPENING OUR SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HEADWATERS IN THE
FALL. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES. WE ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR A BIG BOND ELECTION,
MEANING THE SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT NEEDS MONEY TO BUILD MORE SCHOOLS. 
          THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL HOPEFULLY WILL BE APPROVED BY MAY AND WITH THE INTENTION OF
COMPLETING THAT SCHOOL IN 2028. SO, YOU EIGHTH GRADERS RIGHT NOW? IT WILL BE YOUR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND THEN IF YOU'RE A SEVENTH GRADER, OBVIOUSLY YOUR JUNIOR YEAR. SO THOSE ARE SOME BIG
CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          SURPRISINGLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL ASK, WHERE IS THE PLAN FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL? WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE? AND SO IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW,
IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE SAME SIDE AS WHERE CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY IS. 
          SO YOU CAN SPREAD THAT WORD IF YOUR FRIENDS ARE ASKING. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO REALLY POINT OUT WITH YOU GUYS SPECIFICALLY,
SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE MOSTLY FOR THE SEVENTH GRADERS. 
          IS THAT NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE OF OUR ATTENDANCE REZONING,
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF KIDS AT YOUR SCHOOL THAT WEREN'T AT YOUR SCHOOL BEFORE. 
          SO LOTS OF KIDS ARE GOING TO BE MOVING THERE. 
          WE'RE FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          AND SO, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KIND OF WELCOME THOSE KIDS AND,
YOU KNOW, BE AWARE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE KIDS WHO MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR WHOLE LIVES LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE BEFORE. SO THAT'S A BIG CHANGE THAT'S COMING UP. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE, CAN BE STUDENT LEADERS. 
          AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT AND JUST BE AWARE THAT THOSE CHANGES
ARE COMING. 
          ALL RIGHT. NOW A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. 
          GUYS. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN AND THANK YOU PARENTS. I DON'T THINK THE PARENTS FOR THESE LEARNING
SPOTLIGHTS, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR KIDS AND RAISING YOUR KIDS AND MAKING THEM WONDERFUL
HUMANS. 
          THANK YOU. AND BEING HERE IN THE COLD AND THE RAIN. 
          YES. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT. 
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ALL RIGHT. TAXPAYER TUESDAY. OLIVIA. YOU KNOW ME. 
          I ALWAYS SAY THE SAME THING. IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS SO GOOD. 
          I KNOW IT WAS SO GOOD. NO. SO, THIS MONTH WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR TAXPAYER TUESDAY, OUR BOARD COMMITTEE FOR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY,
ACTUALLY WE DID A PRESENTATION AND JUST WENT THROUGH OUR BOARD, AGREED UPON LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. AND IT WAS AWESOME. 
          WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TURNOUT. WE RAN THROUGH OUR PRIORITIES,
WHICH NUMBER ONE BEING PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT, AND THE ATTENDEES WERE SO ENGAGED AND EVERYONE SAID THAT THEY LEARNED SOMETHING NEW. 
          WE SAW A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE REGULARLY SERVING THROUGH PTA AND SOME,
SOME OTHER DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          SO I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL. AND I THINK THAT WE HAD A GOOD CREW THERE THAT WILL GO
OUT AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          ALL RIGHT. OUR DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS VISIT. 
          KIM. OH, THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN. I THINK MY FAVORITE PART,
WE WALKED AROUND JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE MET WITH MISS GAMEZ IN THE BEGINNING AND KIND OF GOT SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT WHERE
THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRENTLY IS AND WHERE THEY'RE HEADED AND WORKING ON A ON A TWO AND THREE YEAR PLAN. I THINK MY FAVORITE PART OF THE ENTIRE CAMPUS VISIT WAS THE PANEL OF
TEACHERS THAT WE GOT TO MEET WITH. 
          THESE WERE ALL TEACHERS THAT TAUGHT ADVANCED SUBJECT AREAS. 
          AND THEY GAVE US AN EXAMPLE OF A LESSON THAT THEY DO IN EACH ONE OF THEIR CLASSES. 
          AND I JUST WISH I COULD HAVE SAT IN EVERY SINGLE CLASS AND TAKEN A SEMESTER FROM EACH ONE
OF THESE TEACHERS, AND SPECIFICALLY MISS NEVIN, WHO IS IN THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. 
          HER KIDS LOVE CHEMISTRY SO MUCH. THEY WENT TO HER AND THEY SAID,
YOU KNOW WHAT? CHALLENGE US MORE. WE JUST FINISHED AP CHEMISTRY AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
          WHY DON'T WE WRITE CURRICULUM FOR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY IN HIGH SCHOOL? HIGH SCHOOL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH THAT IN COLLEGE. 
          AND SO SHE CAME UP WITH THIS COURSE, AND IT'S ONE OF HER FAVORITE COURSES TO TEACH. 
          AND HER KIDS ARE THRIVING. AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS. 
          SO, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AWESOME. AND WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE EDUCATION
FOUNDATION GALA, MARY JANE. IT WAS SO WELL DONE, AND IT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING TO SEE ALL OF OUR
ADMINISTRATORS PRINCIPALS. IT JUST FELT LIKE ONE BIG EDUCATION,
FAMILY, AND HAVING BEEN ON THIS BOARD SINCE 2013, THE FOUNDATION BOARD, I WAS REALLY KIND OF BLOWN AWAY AT HOW FAR WE'VE COME FROM YOU KNOW, WHAT NOW SEEMS LIKE REALLY PRETTY SMALL, PALTRY FUNDRAISERS TO THIS AMAZING EVENT. 
          AND I GUESS KIM WILL TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF IT IN HER REPORT BUT JUST APPRECIATE THE
COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT. 
          WE COULD FEEL IT ON A WHOLE ANOTHER LEVEL THURSDAY NIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO LIAISON REPORTS,
AND I WILL START WITH KIM. 
          GREAT SEGUE. OKAY. DRIPPING SPRINGS WOMEN'S CLUB,
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MEET TOMORROW, AND IT'S HEART HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. SO WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF LOCAL PHYSICIANS COMING
TO SPEAK WITH US ABOUT WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH. 
          I DID ATTEND AN ATHLETE SIGNING LAST WEEK, AND WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL NINE ATHLETES SIGNED. 
          WE ARE ON COURSE TO SET A NEW DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD RECORD OF OVER 30 ATHLETES SIGNING
ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          SO, KUDOS TO THOSE OUTSTANDING ATHLETES AND THE COLLEGES THAT WANT OUR STUDENTS FROM THIS
DISTRICT. 
          AND A SHOUT OUT TO VLC FOR BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. 
          THEY MADE A DONATION IN OUR HONOR TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION,
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING THAT SO MUCH. 
          IT WAS SO THOUGHTFUL OF YOU. SPEAKING OF EDUCATION FOUNDATION,
WE HAD OUR GALA ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING. 
          AND WE TRULY MEANT WITH THIS EVENT, HEART OF A TIGER WHEN WE HOST IT. 
          DID YOU KNOW THAT THE BAND, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AND THE BALLOON DECORATIONS WERE ALL DONE
FROM ALUMNI OF DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL? WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE EVENT RAISED OVER $200,000. 
          THAT WAS A RECORD FOR US. STUDENT LEADERSHIP GRANTS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND ARE IN THE
APPROVAL PROCESS. 
          WE HOPE TO AWARD THOSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          CLAYS FOR CLASSROOMS IS COMING UP IN APRIL, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT HOG HEAVEN. 
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AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING A TEAM, PLEASE GO TO THE EDUCATION WEBSITE AND SIGN UP
NOW AS THOSE SPOTS WILL FILL UP VERY QUICKLY. 
          CHANDA. YES. IS IT THIS WEEK? LAST WEEK? THIS WEEK. 
          LAST WEEK WAS THE COUNCIL OF PTA MEETING. I APPRECIATE CHRIS. 
          HE KEEPS THEM SHORT AND TO THE POINT. THERE ARE ABOUT 45 MINUTES LONG AND GETS ALL THE
INFORMATION IN. 
          A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS, WHICH I WANTED TO NOTE THE ALL OF THE EACH PTA IS PUTTING ASIDE OR DONATING SOME SEED MONEY FOR THE NEW WILDWOOD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY PTA,
WHICH IS AWESOME. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY DID THAT. APPARENTLY WHEN CYPRUS OPENED,
A LOT OF IT CAME FROM THE SCHOOL. 
          MATT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WAS IT SYCAMORE? A LOT OF IT CAME FROM SYCAMORE. THEY
DONATED THE BIGGEST CHUNK BECAUSE THEY HAD THE BIGGEST, YOU KNOW, THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT WERE GOING TO BE THERE. SO IT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED AT THAT POINT LAST WEEK HOW
MUCH EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL WE'RE GOING TO GIVE. BUT IT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL
AMOUNT BETWEEN 500 AND $1000 PER SCHOOL. 
          SO WHICH IS GREAT. THE THEY DID DISCUSS AN ACTION ALERT FOR THE TEXAS PTA FOR SENATE BILL
TWO TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO CALL THEIR LEGISLATORS TO FULLY FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INCREASE THE
BASIC ALLOTMENT. 
          THEY DID. THEY HAD A PTA RALLY DAY OR IS THAT THIS WEEK? I DIDN'T WRITE THE DATE DOWN NEXT WEEK. RALLY DAY AT THE CAPITOL. 
          ALSO, THERE'S A BIG PUSH TO HELP TRANSITION FIFTH GRADERS TO SIXTH GRADERS,
WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ACADEMICALLY AND SO SOCIALLY. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF HELPING WITH THAT,
TOO, AT SYCAMORE, SPECIFICALLY SYCAMORE MIDDLE. THEY ARE OFFERING PARENT TO PARENT SCHOOL TOURS. SO THERE'S A SIGN UP. GENIUS. AND THEN I WAS GOING TO TALK WITH THE DRIPPING
SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA PRESIDENT ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          THERE'S A SIGN UP. GENIUS. PARENTS CAN GO SIGN UP AND MEET ANOTHER PARENT UP AT SYCAMORE,
AND THEY'LL TOUR THEM AROUND. 
          SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S YEAH, A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE. 
          LET'S SEE. ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE LOOKING TO HOST EVENTS TO WELCOME STUDENTS WHO
ARE AFFECTED BY REZONING. 
          AND THEN WE HAD A SAFETY AND SECURITY PRESENTATION FROM SERENA AT THE END OF THE MEETING,
WHICH WAS WHICH WAS GREAT. 
          IT WAS SHE WAS VERY THOROUGH, BUT ALSO HELD BACK,
YOU KNOW, KIND OF A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT SHE NEEDS TO HOLD BACK, WHICH WAS EXPLAINED TO THE ROOM AS FAR AS WE CAN'T,
FOR SECURITY REASONS, SHARE CERTAIN THINGS, BUT KNOW THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THEM AND WE'RE ON IT AND THINGS THAT WE CAN SHARE. 
          SHE IS HAPPY TO SHARE. SO IT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          WELL, FIRST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK, RECOGNIZE AND THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES THE WORK
THAT WE'RE DOING AS LIAISONS AND IN OTHER COMMITTEES, IT HELPS ME FEEL SO MUCH MORE INFORMED EVERY MONTH. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THESE UPDATES VERY MUCH. SO FOR ME. 
          FOR PARKS AND REC JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE INCREDIBLE STATE OF THE CITY IS NOW
AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. 
          I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU CAN SEE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. 
          ECONOMIC GROWTH. I WOULD LOOK AT THAT FOR PARKS AND REC. 
          I'M NOW ON ANOTHER NEW COMMITTEE, PARKS AND REC AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE. 
          WE'RE ZOOMING TWICE A MONTH, AND THIS IS REALLY COOL. 
          JUST KEEPING OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF COMMUNITY SURVEYS. 
          THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS, WHICH I'VE SHARED BEFORE,
ARE LINING UP WITH OURS, BUT IT IS AN IT'S A VERY DETAILED PROCESS, AND THE COMMUNITY IS BEING ASKED FOR ENGAGEMENT A LOT. 
          I THINK THEY'VE DONE 3 OR 4 OPEN HOUSES ALREADY. 
          SO THAT INFORMATION YOU CAN ALSO FIND ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND THEN FOR LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE, WE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY. NUMBER ONE F OCUS. 
          SENATE BILL TWO FUNDING STUDENT ALLOTMENT. SO WE HAVE MET HERE AT THE CAMPUS. 
          BOTH OF OUR STATE REPS CAME AND MET WITH THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND THEN TODAY WE ARE AT THE CAPITOL FOR THE TASB LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE,
WHICH WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL. 
          WE HEARD FROM MANY LEADERS AND TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS
ACCOUNT OR VOUCHERS. AND THEN WE WENT AND MET WITH BOTH OF OUR STATE REPS AGAIN TODAY. 
          AND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ATTEMPTING TO MEET WITH SENATORS AND
OTHER LEADERS AND JUST SHARING THAT WE'RE WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT OUR COMMUNICATION JUST WITH OUR GEOGRAPHICAL STATE REPRESENTATIVES BUT SHARING THE IMPORTANCE OF PER STUDENT
FUNDING TO ANY REPRESENTATIVE ACROSS THE STATE. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO, AS OLIVIA SAID, LAST MONTH'S CHAMBER MEETING HAD THE STATE OF
THE CITY, THE ANNUAL PRESENTATION, WHICH IS NOW ON THEIR WEBSITE. 
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AND THEN WE'RE A WEEK AHEAD OF THE FEBRUARY MEETING,
ITS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS OF THE RURAL CAPITAL AREA. 
          AND THEIR PLUG SAYS THEY'RE COMMITTED TO CONNECTING MORE BUSINESSES WITH HIGH SCHOOL,
CAREER FOCUSED PROGRAMS. AND I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I LISTENED TO THEIR OVERVIEW WAS I THINK I STARTED PEPPERING
DOCTOR KIDD WITH QUESTIONS, SO I'M SURE I WILL COME AWAY WITH EVEN MORE THIS TIME. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE THE VERY INFORMATIVE PROGRAMING THAT'S BROUGHT TO THE CHAMBER EACH MONTH. 
          TRICIA. I'VE HAD A PRETTY EASY MONTH, BUT NOT REALLY,
BUT ASIDE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, WE DID HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME TODAY. THERE WERE FOUR OF US THERE,
AND IT WAS IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO HANG OUT WITH THE BOARD, BUT AS WELL AS GET TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND
FILL THEM IN ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          SO, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THERE IS NOT A MEETING UNTIL MARCH 12TH. 
          SO SO FAR IT'S SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 12TH. BUT CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND VERIFY
AND MAKE SURE ROB AND I ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO MEET WITH THE VETERANS. 
          WE HAD TO CANCEL FOR THURSDAY SINCE I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN. 
          SO WE'LL FINALLY GET OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THEM. 
          MID-MARCH. SO THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THE ONLY THING FOR MY PRESIDENT'S REPORT ARE AWESOME READING ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS YEAR WAS THE BOOK GRIT. 
          AND I DIDN'T EVEN LET TRICIA GIVE HER ANALYSIS,
EVEN THOUGH SHE ACTUALLY READ IT LAST MONTH. 
          SO SHE CAN SHARE WITH US TONIGHT. AND THEN I SLEPT,
AND THEN I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, SO I WENT THROUGH IT AGAIN TODAY. 
          SO IT WAS I FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSETS OF GRITTY PEOPLE. 
          THAT IS KIND OF WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. THEY'RE DEEPLY INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY DO. 
          THEY PRACTICE REGULARLY. THEY FEEL THEIR WORK HAS GREAT PURPOSE AND THEY CONTINUE GOING
EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE DIFFICULT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME,
AND I ACTUALLY HAD IT IN MY NOTES THE LAST TIME, AND I FINALLY FOUND MY NOTES WHEN I GOT HERE. I HAVE A LOT OF KIDS, AND THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO POTTY TRAINING. 
          LIKE ONE OF THE GIRLS. SHE WOULDN'T POTTY TRAIN. 
          WOULDN'T POTTY TRAIN. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL SHE WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
I THINK, IT WAS THAT SHE FINALLY CAME HOME AND WAS POTTY TRAINED. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE KIDDOS THAT WERE AROUND HER WERE POTTY TRAINED AND IT WAS HER
ENVIRONMENT. SO IT HAD A LOT OF IT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT. 
          BUT THAT KIND OF RESONATED WITH ME JUST BECAUSE,
I MEAN, MY YOUNGEST FOR SURE HAS BEEN A BIG STRUGGLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHEN SHE STARTED KINDERGARTEN,
SHE'S LIKE A NORMAL FIVE YEAR OLD. 
          BUT. I MEAN, ALL IN ALL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD,
GOOD CHAPTER. 
          IT WAS. I STRUGGLE WITH THESE TYPES OF BOOKS JUST I THINK BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT
OF GRIT ANYWAY, JUST AND SO BUT IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO HEAR OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEWPOINTS ABOUT IT. 
          SO I SAID THAT THERE WAS A METHOD TO MY MADNESS FOR CHOOSING THIS BOOK IN PARTICULAR,
BECAUSE I KNEW IT WOULD BE A VERY HARD YEAR FOR THIS BOARD WITH ATTENDANCE, REZONING, WITH BOND. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MANY MORE THINGS,
SO MANY MORE EVENTS ON OUR CALENDAR, SO MANY MORE INVOLVEMENTS. AND WE ARE A LOT OF GRITTY PEOPLE. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE ON A TEAM WITH Y'ALL,
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE HAD BECAUSE WE MADE IT THROUGH BOND RELATIVELY SMOOTHLY AND NOW THE REAL WORK BEGINS. 
          IT, IT IT WILL MAYBE MORE SO FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT EVEN. 
          BUT NO. WE HAVE A LOT GOING FOR US, AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT THIS YEAR AND SO GRATEFUL
FOR THIS TEAM. 
          ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. RELATIVELY SHORT THIS EVENING. 
          [8. CONSENT AGENDA]
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OTHERWISE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          A MOTION FROM MARY JANE. A SECOND FROM SHONDA. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. 
          ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL TO DESIGN. 
          [9. ACTION]
AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD AND DOCTOR HOLLY MORRIS-KUENTZ,
I WANT TO INTRODUCE TIM KOONTZ AND HIS TEAM WITH VOK. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE F-150
THAT WE GOT. 
          WE GOT THIS IS THE PACKAGE NOW. SO, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT IF WE GET THE LARIAT PACKAGE
OR WHATEVER. 
          THEN WE'LL GET INTO COLORS AND ALL THE SELECTIONS IN THE NEXT PHASE SO THEY CAN WALK YOU
THROUGH THAT. AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. 
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THIS THING NEVER GOES HIGH ENOUGH. LET'S SEE. 
          OKAY. WELL, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME. GOOD EVENING. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ,
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TONIGHT. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT THIS TEAM HAS MADE. 
          BEFORE I GET TOO FAR ALONG, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES TONIGHT. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN THEM. BUT JULIE ZITTER,
PRINCIPAL WITH OUR OFFICE AND MADISON WILSON ASSOCIATE WITH OUR OFFICE. 
          WE ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED AGAIN TO SHOW YOU OUR PROGRESS. 
          I WISH THAT THE STUDENTS WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT HERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FUTURE
PROSPECTS. 
          BUT THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING A DESIGN UPDATE TONIGHT AND ASKING FOR YOUR
APPROVAL FOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. 
          I'M TYPICALLY NOT A PERSON WITH NOTES, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO
SHARE TONIGHT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIT ALL THOSE POINTS. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          THERE WE GO. OKAY, HERE'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE. 
          OKAY. SO, TIME FLIES. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN A TIMELINE LIKE THIS MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LEFT, MOVING TO THE RIGHT,
TIME HAS PASSED. 
          AND SO CONGRATULATIONS. AS AS WAS MENTIONED ON CALLING OF THE BOND,
WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          IT'S CRAZY TO THINK, BUT ONE YEAR AGO THIS MONTH WAS OUR FIRST COMMUNITY DESIGN MEETING,
SO THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, BOTH ON THE COMMUNITY SIDE AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE,
BOTH INTERNALLY ON OUR SIDE. 
          BUT BUT AS WELL OF ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED ON THE DISTRICT SIDE. 
          AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW,
WHEN WE GO FROM SCHEMATIC DESIGN, I KNOW THIS IS ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE THAT WE SPEAK ALL THE TIME. WE LOOK AT ADJACENCIES, WE LOOK AT PROGRAM. 
          WE DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING QUITE FIGURED OUT. AND SO THEN WE TRANSITION INTO DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT, WHERE WE START TALKING WITH FUTURE USERS POTENTIALLY,
AND OR THE USERS OF YOUR CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND SO WE HAVE HAD MANY IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS WITH TEACHERS,
WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WITH THE GENTLEMAN HERE SITTING TO MY RIGHT,
JAMES KUNKEL, WHO'S BEEN INTEGRAL IN WORKING WITH US THROUGH ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT WE COULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THOSE MEETINGS. 
          AND SO REALLY, THE PURPOSE FOR THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT AS THE PROJECT
PROGRESSES, BOTH WITH THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS AS WELL AS THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS. 
          OUR TEAM MEETS BIWEEKLY ON THIS PROJECT, AND IT'S MORE THAN THREE OF US. 
          THERE ARE TEN OTHER ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          AND SO, WHEN WE GET ON A ON A CALL, IT'S KIND OF LIKE GOING BACK TO COVID. 
          WHERE OH MY GOSH, THE LIST OF FOLKS JUST KEEPS COMPILING. 
          SO, WE REALLY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DETAIL OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. 
          SO HERE WE ARE TODAY. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TIMELINE,
IT'S FEBRUARY. 
          WE'RE AT THE END OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. AND SO,
THE NEXT PROCESS IS CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WHERE WE REALLY GET INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A SET OF DOCUMENTS THAT A
CONTRACTOR CAN THEN BUILD FROM. 
          I WANTED TO MENTION, AS WELL AS MEETING WITH ALL OF OUR CONSULTING TEAMS,
WE CONTINUALLY MEET WITH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS. THEY'RE IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS ASKING US QUESTIONS,
AND VICE VERSA TO ENSURE, AGAIN, THAT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET OF THE PROJECT IS
TRACKING. 
          AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE. WE MEET AGAIN WITH A LOT OF AUTHORITIES HAVING
JURISDICTION ON THIS PROJECT. 
          SO REALLY THIS PHASE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO MORE DETAIL. 
          BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE UPDATES. I DO WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON THIS BECAUSE WE FIND IT VERY
VALUABLE THAT WE'RE ADHERING TO THE COMMUNITY VOICE. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT KIDS AND EMPOWERING THEM TO SUCCEED. 
          AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE VISION STATEMENT,
AS I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE CERTAIN THINGS SUCH AS
THE SAFETY, 
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EFFICIENCY, MAKING THIS BUILDING MODERN AND EFFECTIVE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF
DRIPPING SPRINGS. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT MADISON AND JULIA ARE GOING TO WALK
THROUGH SUCH AS THE SECURE AND INTENTIONAL COURTYARD, THE STUDENT UNION THOSE THINGS HAVE REALLY BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH FROM AN EFFICIENCY AND
COST STANDPOINT. 
          AND SO GOING BACK TO ALL THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING,
WE ARE CONSTANTLY I'M GOING TO SAY, PRESSING ONE ANOTHER TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T FORGET ABOUT WHAT WAS CREATED IN THIS VISION
STATEMENT. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OVER TO JULIE. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. IT TAKES A LOT OF JOY OUT OF ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE
SEEING KELLY AND SYCAMORE SPRINGS. DO A PRESENTATION WHERE MY SON GOES NOW TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE TWO
OF MY GIRLS GO. 
          IT'S A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY I HAVE. AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON OUR UPDATE. 
          SO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IS JUST THAT WE'VE GOT MORE DETAILS TO HIGHLIGHT,
WHICH MEANS GATHERING MORE PEOPLE, MORE THOUGHTS AND SEEING THAT COME TO LIFE ON A PLAN. 
          SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE SITE PLAN UPDATES. 
          MADISON'S GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE FLOOR PLAN UPDATES. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ALSO GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL EYE CANDY FOR WITH SOME RENDERINGS. 
          VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS SITE PLAN ISN'T JUST WHAT TIM
REFERENCED IN TERMS OF OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, BUT A LOT OF OTHER ENTITIES. YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH,
OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH. 
          SO NOW WE ARE FULLY EMBEDDED WITH TALKING TO DARDEN HILL WIDENING TEAM,
WHICH IS THE HAYS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE ARE HAVING GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH BURGESS AND NIPLE,
WHO IS THE CITY'S SANITARY ENGINEER. 
          AND WE'RE JUST HAVING A REALLY STRONG, OPEN DIALOG TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
PROJECT IS REINFORCED WITH THOSE ENTITIES AND KEEPING ON TO THE SCHEDULE AS WELL. SO JUST GOING FROM THE NORTH HERE, THIS IS A SITE PLAN VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW
AT SCHEMATIC DESIGN. 
          JUST MORE REFINEMENT. BUT EVERYTHING IS FACING DARDEN HILL FROM THE NORTH AND THEN GOING
DOWN TO THE SOUTH. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO USE THAT BACKSIDE OF THE LOT FOR AN ON SITE PLANT CURRENTLY. 
          WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOUGH IS THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE STEMMING RIGHT BACK
FROM THE DESIGN STATEMENT, SUCH THAT THINGS HEARD FROM THE LAUNCH PROCESS,
EMBEDDED WITH FEEDBACK FROM THE USERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION, ARE ALL BEING THOUGHT THROUGH TO THE POINT OF KNOWING WHERE BALL IS GOING TO BE HIT AND
HOW CLOSE IS THE CAR TO THAT RELATIVITY. 
          SO THINKING TRULY ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT OF THINGS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON PLAN HERE. 
          THE OTHER THING WE'RE WORKING WITH IS HDR. THERE ARE TRAFFIC ENGINEER,
SO THEY'RE HELPING STUDY ALSO THE CIRCULATION AND TRAFFIC FLOW AROUND THE CAMPUS. 
          IN ADDITION TO DARDEN HILL. SO, LOOKING AT SITE DISTANCES TURNAROUNDS STEMMING FROM THE
ROUNDABOUT THAT'S THERE. 
          SO THESE ARE ALL VERY DETAIL ORIENTED QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING SO THAT WHEN WE'RE
ISSUING THE DOCUMENTATION, IT'S REALLY ENFORCING. WHEN IS DARDEN HILL GOING TO WIDEN HOW THOSE TWO THOSE TWO THINGS
COME TO LIGHT. 
          EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE FOR ALL THOSE THINGS,
SO THAT WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF HOW THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED TO AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MADISON REAL QUICKLY NOW,
TO GO OVER TO THE FLOOR PLANS, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO SOME THREE DIMENSIONAL PIECES. 
          ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO THE FLOOR PLANS REAL QUICK. 
          IF YOU HAPPEN TO LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION THAT WE DID WITH YOU ALL,
YOU'LL SEE IT'S NOT TOO DIFFERENT IN THE OVERALL LOOK OF THE FLOOR PLAN. 
          THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THAT LAST PRESENTATION IS OUR USER GROUP
MEETINGS. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN DIVING IN WITH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION ON HOW THEIR SPACES ARE USED ON A
DAILY BASIS, AND HOW THOSE SPACES OPERATE FOR THEM AND HOW THEY COULD OPERATE BETTER. 
          SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN DIVING INTO MAKING SMALL CHANGES THAT HELP BENEFIT THOSE CLASSES AND
ADDING IN CASEWORK, DOORS, EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED FOR THOSE AREAS. 
          I'M GOING TO HIT ON A FEW OF THE LARGER POINTS OF THE FLOOR PLAN,
BUT THAT MAIN ADMINISTRATION PIECE IS THE ORANGE UP IN THAT NORTHEAST NORTHWEST CORNER THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE ACADEMICS ACROSS THE NORTH WING. 
          SO THAT IS FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR. YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR GENERAL ACADEMICS AND SCIENCE IN THAT SPACE. 
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YOU ALSO HAVE CTE IN THAT LIGHT GREEN. AND ONE THING TO NOTE WITH THE CTE IS THAT WE HAVE
ALL THOSE SHOP SPACES THAT SPILL OUT TO THE CTE SERVICE YARD, AND THAT OPERATES VERY SIMILARLY TO THE CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND THEN THAT CTE SPACE, THOSE ARE ALL ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THE CTE CLASSES,
SO THAT THOSE TEACHERS CAN COLLABORATE WITHIN THEIR AREAS AND THEIR ACADEMIC PATHWAYS. IN THE YELLOW AND THE AND THE RED. THERE WE HAVE THE STUDENT UNION. 
          ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO NOTE ON THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO SPILL OUT INTO THE
COURTYARD, BUT ALSO THE MULTI-PURPOSE SPACES THAT WE'VE INCLUDED THERE SO THAT STUDENTS REALLY HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED SOME COMMUNITY SPACES SO THAT WE HAVE SECURE SPACES FOR THAT AS
WELL. 
          AND IN THE FINE ARTS, WHICH IS THE PINK, WE HAVE THE ART WHICH SPILLS OUT INTO THE
COURTYARD AS WELL. 
          SO THAT IS REALLY A MULTI-USE COURTYARD AND THAT ALLOWS FOR STUDENT LEARNING. 
          AND THEN THE MUSIC AND THEATER SPACES ALLOW FOR SHARED SPACES BECAUSE OF THEIR CLOSE
PROXIMITY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM FINE ARTS. AND THAT EVENTS ENTRY IS THE ATHLETICS. 
          AND WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE MULTI FACILITIES ACROSS THE CAMPUS IS ALL INCLUDED IN THAT ONE
BUILDING. 
          AND SO THAT SAVES US A LOT OF EFFICIENCY RIGHT THERE AND ALLOWS FOR THE BETTER
VISUALIZATION OF STUDENTS THAT MONITORING. 
          AND BRINGS EVERYTHING INTO ONE SPOT. AND THEN ON THE SECOND FLOOR YOU'LL SEE IS THAT
ACADEMIC SCIENCE WING STACKED DIRECTLY ABOVE. AND YOUR DANCE AND ATHLETIC SPACES UP THERE AS WELL. 
          AND THEN BACK TO JULIE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A VISUAL YOU ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE BECAUSE IT
STARTED FROM LAUNCH. 
          WHEN WE START TO HIGHLIGHT FOR PARTICIPANTS,
YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF SUCH A SPACE AND SUCH A BUILDING? WE START VERY FIGURATIVELY WITH, WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          BUT TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THIS IS TAKING SHAPE RELATIVE TO THOSE
INITIAL THOUGHTS. 
          SO FIRST, THIS IS JUST CALLED AN AXONOMETRIC. 
          SOME OF THOSE FORMER STUDENTS USE THAT TERMINOLOGY BEFORE,
BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU A REALLY STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE MASS AND THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING. JUST TO ORIENT YOURSELVES, THAT STRONG ACADEMIC BAR FACES DARDEN HILL. 
          SO THAT HAS CURB APPEAL SO THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD CAN RECOGNIZE
THAT THAT IS A SCHOOL AND PROVIDES JUST QUICK ORIENTATION. 
          THE THING YOU'RE ALSO RECOGNIZING IN THE ACCENT HERE IS WHERE WE HAVE ONE STORY VERSUS TWO
STORY, ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE SPACES,
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE QUOTE UNQUOTE ONE STORY, THEY'RE VOLUMINOUS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHAT THEY'RE FUNCTIONING FOR. 
          BUT THE ACADEMIC BAR THERE HAS ALSO A TOP PIECE THERE,
WHICH IS THE MEZZANINE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID OVER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE EXPANSION THERE. SO THAT'S FOR HVAC UNITS AND FOR THE GEOTHERMAL. 
          SO THAT'S BASICALLY HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THE COOLING AND HEATING OF THE OF THE BUILDING,
RESPECTIVELY. 
          SO ALL OF THAT'S BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH AND STANDARDIZED. 
          AND THAT WAY FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE,
FROM ONE CAMPUS TO THE NEXT. 
          IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE AND OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. 
          YOU CAN ALSO QUICKLY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A FRONT ENTRY LOT FOR PARKING AND THE DROP
OFF. 
          WE HAVE A SEPARATE STUDENT ENTRY AS WELL WITH A DESIGNATED PARKING LOT. 
          SO THAT'S VERY SAFE THERE. AND THEN ON THE BACKSIDE,
LIKE MADISON MENTIONED, WE HAVE A SINGLE PLAZA. 
          SO AS AN ORIENTATION PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU HAVE A FINE ARTS EVENT OR AN ATHLETIC EVENT,
YOU LITERALLY GO TO THE BACK AND IT'LL BE IDENTIFIED THROUGH STRONG GRAPHICS AND WAYFINDING. WHERE TO PARK AND WHICH BUILDING TO LEAD YOURSELF INTO. 
          BUT IT'S JUST A VERY STRONG AXIS THERE TO FOR A POINT OF ARRIVAL ONTO THE COURTYARD. 
          BUT LIKE WE SAID, TALKING WITH USERS, RECOGNIZING ADJACENCIES. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THE BAND PAD IS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AND MARKED NEXT TO THE FINE ARTS
WING SO THEY CAN SPILL OUT, GO TO PRACTICE, HAVE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO LIGHT,
AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO TOO FAR. 
          SO ALL THOSE THINGS HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE NOW A LITTLE BIT MORE EASILY THROUGH THREE
DIMENSIONAL VERSUS JUST A FLAT 2D FLOOR PLAN. 
          AND THEN MADISON IS GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH ALL THE RENDERINGS THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT
MATERIALITY AND ADDITIONAL FORM. 
          OKAY. ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE ON THIS ONE IS JUST AND ALSO RELATING BACK TO THAT FLOOR
PLAN IS ONE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS BUILDING AND THAT HAS WORKED OUT WELL FOR BUDGET FOR 
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US, IS THAT THE PLAN ITSELF LENDS ITSELF WELL TO BEING A TILT WALL BUILDING. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT IN OUR CMR AND HOW THIS PLAN OPERATES WITH THAT
SYSTEM. 
          SO THE HIGH SCHOOL THE SCHOOL. THE MAIN ENTRY IS THIS PIECE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
CURRENTLY, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR. WE'RE HOPING TO THAT LAUNCH SKETCH THAT YOU ALL SAW AND THAT THE
COMMUNITY REALLY GRAVITATED TOWARDS TO. 
          AND ONE THING THAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO RELATE THIS BACK TO IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BECAUSE THIS IS CYPRESS SPRINGS, BECAUSE THIS IS SO CLOSE THAT THEY BASICALLY SHARE A CAMPUS,
AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO RELATE TO IT NOT NECESSARILY BE IDENTICAL, BUT JUST HAVE SOME ELEMENTS THAT THEY SHARE IN THAT WARMTH TONES,
COLORS AND MATERIALS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WE SIMPLY HAVE THE LIMESTONE METAL PANEL. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN EVEN SEE THAT TILT WALL KIND OF IN THE BACKGROUND THERE THAT WE WILL BE
HAVING ON THE CAMPUS AS WELL. 
          AND THEN THE STUDENT ENTRY PIECE, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN,
IT'S QUITE SIMPLE WITH THAT NICE COLOR POP AND THEN THE LIMESTONE IN THE BACKGROUND THERE. THAT CANOPY ALSO COVERS THE WINDOWS TO THE STUDENT UNION AND WHICH FACES WEST,
SO IT'S PROVIDING SHADE TO THOSE WINDOWS, AND ALSO A NICE COVERED AREA FOR STUDENTS WALKING UP FROM THE STUDENT PARKING LOT. 
          AND THIS IS THE EVENTS PLAZA. SO THE AUDITORIUM,
GYMNASIUM, PLAZA. 
          ONE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS AND HOW THIS FLOOR PLAN WORKS,
IS THAT THESE TWO ARE ABLE TO SHARE A PLAZA AREA, WHICH MEANS ONLY ONE AREA TO LANDSCAPE, RATHER THAN SEPARATING IT INTO TWO AREAS ACROSS
THE CAMPUS. 
          AND THEN THEY ALSO SHARE THAT EVENTS PARKING AREA AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES ALONG WITH
THAT. 
          AND WE ALSO TRIED TO CREATE THIS EQUALITY ACROSS THAT PLAZA. 
          SO YOUR FINE ARTS AND YOUR ATHLETICS HAVE THESE SAME MATERIALS,
THE SAME CANOPIES, THE SAME WINDOWS JUST MIRRORED ACROSS THAT PLAZA. 
          AND IT REALLY JUST BRINGS THAT EQUALITY OF THE TWO RIGHT TO ONE SPOT. 
          AND THEN THAT'S WITHIN THAT SAME SPACE, JUST WALKING IN A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE FINE ARTS
CANOPY. 
          AND WE KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW HERE HOW THAT LANDSCAPING IS IN ONE SPOT,
THAT SHARED PLAZA THE CAN SEE RIGHT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER, BUT ALSO IN THE BACKGROUND THERE YOU SEE THE COURTYARD. 
          AND SO THIS PLAZA ALSO OFFERS KIND OF A BUFFER BETWEEN THE PARKING AND THE COURTYARD
ITSELF AND HAS SOME SECURITY ASPECT AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO BUFFER THAT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO SOME INTERIOR
CONCEPTS. 
          THIS IS QUITE EARLY FOR OUR RENDERINGS, AND WE ARE JUST STARTING TO DIVE INTO WHAT THOSE
MATERIALS COULD POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY BE IN HERE. WE ACTUALLY TODAY HAD OUR VERY FIRST KIND OF KICKOFF MEETING WITH A
WITH THE MATERIALS AND JUST STARTING TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THERE. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE INSIDE OUR ACADEMIC COLLABORATION AREAS. 
          SO THOSE SAWTOOTH ON THE ACADEMIC WING, IF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER,
FROM THE PLAN AND PROVIDES COLLABORATION SPACE DIRECTLY OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMS IN THE CORRIDOR. AND THAT SAVES ON US HAVING TO PROVIDE A WHOLE ROOM AND ADDITIONAL SPACES
THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS AND JUST IMPLEMENT IT RIGHT OUTSIDE THOSE COLLABORATION ZONES AND HELPS WITH VISIBILITY AS WELL. THIS IS INSIDE OF THE MEDIA CENTER OR THE LIBRARY. 
          AND A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE ON THIS IS THEY JUST HAVE SOME NICE INDIVIDUAL COLLABORATION
AREAS AND FOR DIFFERENT SIZED GROUPS, AND IT REALLY CATERS TOWARDS THE LEARNER AND WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED IN THOSE SPACES. 
          THIS IS THE CAFETERIA. SO DIRECTLY BEHIND ME HERE IS ACTUALLY WHERE IT SPILLS OUT INTO THE
COURTYARD. 
          SO THIS IS THE INDOOR DINING OF THE PORTION CAFETERIA. 
          AND THEN IT DIRECTLY SPILLS OUT TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR DINING SPACE AS WELL. 
          SO THE IDEA IS JUST TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH THE FLEXIBILITY OF CHOICE IN THIS AREA AND
WHERE THEY WANT TO SIT AND HOW THEY WANT TO ENJOY THAT TIME. 
          AND THEN THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE THAT COMMUNITY ASPECT AS WELL. 
          SO THIS SPACE OFFERS THAT CONNECTION. THAT'S IT. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO GO BACK. SOME OF THESE RENDERINGS THAT MADISON JUST WENT THROUGH,
YOU SEE SOME COLORS HERE. 
          THOSE ARE REALLY PLACEHOLDERS. WE FORESEE MAYBE SOME ACCIDENT AREAS,
SOME AREAS THAT MAY HAVE FUTURE GRAPHICS. 
          AND SHE SAID WE SCRATCHED THE SURFACE ON WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. 
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SO THAT IS THE NEXT STEP HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE,
IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT ON MAKING SOME OF THOSE SELECTIONS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY REFINE SOME OF THESE SPACES. 
          BUT HOPEFULLY TONIGHT YOU GET TO SEE HOW IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER. 
          SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS,
GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          TRICIA. I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING,
WOW. 
          I MEAN, IT'S SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT. AND I MEAN,
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB LISTENING TO US WITH THIS ENTIRE THING. 
          AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT TO US TO DATE. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO KNOW WHAT CTE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO GO INTO THIS CAMPUS? RIGHT. RIGHT. NOW, ALL THE CTE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ARE MATCHING. 
          WE HAVE A SPACE THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR A FUTURE TRADE. 
          WE WON'T HAVE AUTO TECH AT THIS CAMPUS. WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN A DIFFERENT TRADE. 
          SO WE HAVE A SPACE SET ASIDE FOR THAT. AND THAT'S BEEN PART OF A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE
BEEN HAVING WITH ACC AND SOME OTHER ENTITIES TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY IS FOR THAT SPACE. YEAH, I'VE JUST OF COURSE,
THAT'S THE LIKE LEADING QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY IS ASKING. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WELL, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO GO IN THERE. AND I'M LIKE,
WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE YET, BUT OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I LOVE IT. SO JUST FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE,
IT'S A PLACEHOLDER. 
          BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE FINAL CONVERSATIONS YET. 
          YEAH. BUT I THINK WE HAVE DISCUSSED QUALITATIVELY IT IS THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE
WILL OF THE BOARD TO MAKE THINGS EQUAL BUT DIFFERENT. 
          AND WHERE THERE IS A I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD IS. 
          HOLLY. LIKE WHERE THERE'S A REASON OR RATIONALE TO DUPLICATE. 
          I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. IS THAT ALL ACCURATE? YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS,
REAL ESTATE, THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE CLASSROOM BASED, THAT MAKE REALLY GOOD SENSE. AND THEN WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED ADDITIONAL TRADES. 
          THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR US AS A DISTRICT. 
          AND SO LOOKING AT THAT AND FIGURING OUT WHEN,
WHAT ARE OUR KIDS INTERESTS. 
          THAT'S PART OF WHAT SCHOOL LINKS AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS PROVIDE US IS MORE DATA
AROUND WHAT ARE OUR KIDS INTERESTS. 
          WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES FROM WHAT WE HEAR, FROM WHAT PARENTS ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING
VERSUS WHAT KIDS ARE SAYING THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THROUGH THAT. BUT THEN IT'S ALSO WHO'S THE RIGHT PARTNER TO HELP US BRING IN THE
RIGHT PROGRAM TO REALLY GET THE KIDS TRAINED WELL AND GET THEM MORE CERTIFICATIONS FOR A TRADE SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THEY'RE TAKING,
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN REALLY PUT TO USE IN REAL LIFE. 
          I WAS ALSO GOING TO SAY FROM A DESIGN ASPECT LIKE THAT SPACE WE'RE HOLDING,
WE'RE CALLING A FLEX LAB WHERE IT'S REALLY BEING PREPARED AND OUTFITTED FOR WHAT IT MIGHT NEED, BUT IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE OVER THE YEARS AS WELL,
JUST AS CAREERS CHANGE. 
          AND THAT'S SIMILAR TO MOST OF THE CTE SPACES,
WE LIKE TO MAKE THEM AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE YOUR PROGRAMS MAY CHANGE OVER THE YEARS AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED FROM YOUR
STUDENTS. 
          PERFECT. THANK YOU. SORRY. OKAY, KIM. OKAY, WELL,
NOW I'M GETTING EXCITED. 
          AND THIS HAS JUST BEEN SUCH A LONG PROCESS. LIKE TIM SAID,
I THINK WE STARTED A YEAR AGO, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THESE PICTURES, I JUST GET EXCITED ABOUT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT MAY
BE HEADED OUR WAY. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME DURING YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          YOUR VISION STATEMENT. HOW YOU CAPTURED WHAT WE ARE,
THE PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO WITHIN THIS BUILDING THAT YOU DESIGN, THAT YOU LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY. I SAT IN ALL THOSE MEETINGS AND THEY HAD A LOT TO OFFER. 
          AND WHEN I LOOK AT THESE PICTURES, I LOOK AT WHAT THE COMMUNITY DESCRIBED. 
          AND YOU GUYS DID SUCH A GOOD JOB OF LISTENING TO,
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHAT DO THEY WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE? AND THAT'S WHAT IT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. 
          I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN HERE IS THE DOUBLE HALLWAYS. 
          WE HEAR ABOUT SCHOOLS GETTING VERY CROWDED, HALLWAYS,
HARD FOR PASSING PERIODS, AND HOW Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE AND DIVIDED THAT UP AND GIVEN, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL TEACHING AREAS AND THOSE LARGE HALLWAYS,
BUT THEY WON'T BE SO PACKED AND CRAMMED IN THOSE HALLWAYS TRYING TO GET TO THE ACADEMIC CLASSES. SO I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF A WORD AS YOU KEPT TALKING. 
          AND I'M LIKE, GOD, WHAT IS THE WORD? WHAT IS THE WORD? SMART BUILD IS WHAT COMES TO MY MIND BECAUSE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE,
THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, PUTTING THE PROGRAMS TOGETHER, THE ACCESS TO THE EXTERIOR THAT THEY NEED,
YOU KNOW HOW I WISH THE EXISTING HIGH SCHOOL, THEY COULD HAVE ALL BEEN TOGETHER AND WORKED AS PROGRAMS AND HAD ACCESS TO INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR FACILITIES, BUT WHAT A SMART DESIGN. IT'S JUST I'M EXCITED I GOT TO STOP TALKING. 
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THERE WAS THERE WAS A STUDENT DURING ONE OF OUR PROJECT ADVISORY TEAM MEETINGS. 
          TOWARDS THE VERY END WHERE WE ASKED FOR THEIR INPUT AND HIS DESCRIPTION WAS,
MAN, IT'S JUST IT'S SO SIMPLE, YET SO REFINED. SO I HOPE THAT'S HOW YOU SEE IT AS WELL. 
          YEAH. OLIVIA. THANK YOU GUYS. THAT WAS EXCELLENT. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO GET US UP TO DATE. 
          AND AS KIM SAID THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'VE SEEN THAT YOU'VE LISTENED TO THE BOARD,
THE DISTRICT, THE COMMUNITY AND WE SEE THOSE CHANGES THROUGHOUT. SO THANK YOU. 
          MY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE SCATTERED. 
          SO TO KIM'S SMART BUILD FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS,
I HAVE ALWAYS USED THE WORD MODEST AND MODERN. 
          SOMETIMES SOMETHING BEING NEW JUST HAS THE IMPRESSION OF BEING SHINY AND FANCY,
WHEN REALLY IT'S MODERN OR EXPENSIVE. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU LISTENED AND THAT IT IS A MODEST DESIGN THAT IS HIGH
FUNCTION HAS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED. 
          BUT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING TO BE ON THE COVER OF ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST,
WHICH WE APPRECIATE. 
          IT MIGHT STILL HAPPEN. WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL GOING TO GET IT THERE,
THOUGH. 
          LITTLE THINGS, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RUNWAY,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A HUGE INVESTMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. AND ONE THING, OF COURSE, THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM US IS EVEN WE'RE ASKING
THEM FOR LIKE THE MAXIMUM CREDIT AMOUNT, RIGHT. AND THEN WE'RE STILL GOING TO TRY TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO, FROM THIS POINT, ONCE WE HAVE A DESIGN LOCK DOWN AND THEN WE GET INTO FINISHES,
WHERE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TRYING TO SEE POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS? SURE. SO AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS, THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT,
BUT I'LL SPEAK FOR THEM. 
          SO THEY HAVE A VERY ROBUST PACKET OF DRAWINGS FOR THEM,
FOR THEY, FOR THEM TO SIFT THROUGH. 
          RIGHT. TODAY, EVEN IN OUR OFFICE, THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO THEIR SUBCONSULTANTS OR TRADE
PARTNERS TO GET ACCURATE PRICING ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING TODAY. IT TAKES THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE HONEST CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT
COULD BE POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS, RIGHT? AT SCHEMATIC DESIGN, IT'S STILL IT'S STILL KIND OF A PRETTY PICTURE. 
          NOW THERE'S DIMENSIONS TO IT. NOW THERE'S SCALE TO IT. 
          THERE ARE SYSTEMS BUILT INTO WHAT THEY'RE SEEING NOW AND SO ON PROJECTS OF THIS TYPE. 
          TYPICALLY, WE SEE WE SEE A LIST OF ITEMS AND,
OR POTENTIAL MATERIAL CHANGES THAT COULD SAVE ON, ON THE DOLLAR, ON THE BOTTOM DOLLAR. AND SO WE FULLY EXPECT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS
WITH THEM. 
          NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE CONFIDENTLY IN BUDGET,
BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, WE WOULD WANT TO SAVE MONEY WHERE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT'S AS SIMPLE AS, HEY, YOU AS THE ARCHITECT,
YOU SPECIFIED A CERTAIN MATERIAL FOR THIS. 
          WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY DONE THIS ON OTHER ON OTHER PROJECTS? WOULD YOU BE WOULD YOU CONSIDER IT? AND WE ARE A FIRM THAT,
YOU KNOW. 
          YES. WE WANT TO KEEP THE DESIGN INTENT AS CLOSE TO WHAT WE ARE SHOWING YOU AS POSSIBLE,
BUT WE ALSO TRY NOT TO BE SO CERTAIN ON WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IT'S A BENEFIT TO OUR CLIENTS TO AT LEAST MAKE THOSE
CONSIDERATIONS. 
          SO THAT'S DEFINITELY FORTHCOMING. WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM GET THROUGH THAT LARGE PACKET
OF, OF DOCUMENTS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          IT'S ALSO GOING TO TAKE, AS I MENTIONED, THE NEXT STEP OF THIS IS TO REALLY GO THROUGH,
AND IT MAY EVEN BE A WALK THROUGH SO THAT THERE'S A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE GOING IN HERE,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT IN EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY, BUT THE MAJOR SPACES TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK. SO THAT,
AGAIN, WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE WE'RE HEADING THERE. 
          SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. HELPFUL. THANK YOU. AND JUST FROM THE TIMELINE,
THE GMP IS NOT UNTIL LATE OCTOBER 2026 IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT. THAT IS CORRECT. 
          TODAY THERE'S 25. YEAH. THIS FALL. GOT IT, GOT IT. 
          OKAY. YES, YES. THERE'S BEEN ZOOMING INTO THE FUTURE. 
          I'M JUST WANTING IT TO BE 2028 ALREADY. THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS POTENTIALLY,
OF MOVING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          AGAIN THAT'S GOING TO TAKE GETTING ALL THE DECISIONS AND PIECES OF THE PUZZLE PUT
TOGETHER. 
          BUT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR MAYBE ACCELERATING THAT SLIGHTLY,
BUT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT UNKNOWN AT THE POINT OF THE BOND ELECTION. 
          I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MOVED UP TO MAY. 
          YEAH. LET'S CLARIFY THAT. YEAH. I MEAN, THE BIGGEST QUESTION WAS IS THERE GOING TO BE COST
SAVINGS? I THINK WE CAN REASONABLY SAY YES, PROBABLY. BUT WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE REALLY HAVE A
REALLY CLEAR GMP AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT UNTIL TILL PROBABLY, MAYBE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. NO. IDEALLY WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LIST OF OPTIONS PRIOR TO A
GMP BEING DEVELOPED. 
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YEAH. SO DURING THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE THEY ARE GOING TO IDENTIFY ITEMS THAT
COULD BE POTENTIAL SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT. 
          THAT IS THAT IS TYPICALLY THE PROCESS. THAT'S WHY WE YOU HAVE A CM AT RISK FOR THEM TO
PROVIDE INPUT INTO EFFICIENCIES AND SUCH. 
          AND SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT BEFORE WE GET TO GMP. 
          I JUST THINK TO THE GENERAL SENTIMENT OF THE QUESTION,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF STILL FLEX WITH THE TAXPAYERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE OKAY WITH AND EXPLAIN FOR AS BOARD MEMBERS. YES,
YES. 
          WELL, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO BOOKMARK THIS EXACT CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY
QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME ABOUT. 
          AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF MY QUESTIONS,
TOO, ABOUT COST SAVINGS. 
          AND IF WE CAN EXPECT IT AND IF WE SHOULD. AND SO,
I APPRECIATE THAT THOROUGH ANSWER. 
          AND THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMEWHAT FOR THE CONTRACTOR TONIGHT. 
          HE'S NOT HERE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE ARE THINGS,
AS I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS, WE CAN'T CONTROL THE TERRORISTS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN,
YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTED, WHICH WILL AFFECT OUR MARKET. 
          WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT IT. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING COLLECTIVELY WITH THEM,
COLLABORATING WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS GETTING THE BEST VALUE. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT IS OUR GOAL. I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO EVEN
JUST GO THROUGH THE BOND 2023 WEBSITE AND JUST FOR OUR OWN SAKE, SHOW TAXPAYERS HOW MUCH WE KIND OF HISTORICALLY DO SAVE THAT. 
          THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF MARGIN. AND SO,
IT'S IT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO EXPECT LIKE A 1 TO 2% SAVINGS, ALTHOUGH WE CAN'T PREDICT ANYTHING. AND THIS SITE HAS A LOT OF UNKNOWNS WITH THE WATER AND
OTHER ISSUES. 
          AND SO, I MEAN, WE MAY VERY WELL MAX OUT AT THAT PRICE. 
          AND SO ANYWAY, OLIVIA FINISH ONE. I'LL GIVE ONE EXAMPLE,
BUT I THINK MY POINT WAS THE SETTING, THE TONE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT AND OUR BOARD WELL ENOUGH BY NOW ALONG THE
PROCESS, EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IS WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR. I LOOK AT EVERYTHING AS EITHER OR IF WE'RE
LOOKING AT STONE BECAUSE IT'S COHESIVE WITH THE ELEMENTARY, I'M JUST GOING TO BE HERE GOING, LET'S JUST DO BRICK THAT'S THE SAME COLOR,
BECAUSE BRICK IS LESS EXPENSIVE. 
          SO JUST ALONG THE PROCESS, SETTING THE TONE,
THAT IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR THAT. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S SOME DISTRICTS I WON'T NAME NAMES,
BUT THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS WHERE THEY WANT THE MOST EXPENSIVE. 
          THEY THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. AND I THINK THAT WITH YOUR DESIGN,
WE CAN ACHIEVE SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL, MODEST AND MODERATE, MODEST AND MODERN AND BUILT SMART. 
          YEAH. I WAS REALLY GOING TO SAY THE WORD THAT COMES TO MY MIND. 
          IF EVERYONE IS GIVING THEIR LITTLE. YEAH IS THOUGHTFUL. 
          AND SO WHEN MADISON'S TALKING ABOUT HOW THOUGHTFUL IT WAS TO PUT,
YOU KNOW, THE FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS HERE SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE THE PARKING AND THEY CAN SHARE THAT CORRIDOR AND THEY CAN SHARE, YOU KNOW,
THE LANDSCAPING, BUT THEN IT'S STILL BLOCKED OFF FROM OUR MAIN COURTYARD. 
          LIKE, THAT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL TO ME. THE SAME WITH THE ACADEMIC HALL WITH IT. 
          AM I TO UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF COLLABORATION AREAS ARE KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DO IN THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PODS. 
          OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE EXPRESSED THAT IS
HELPFUL TO THEM IN TEACHING. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE STARTED WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE
ADMINISTRATORS AT THE SCHOOL SAYING, WHAT WORKS FOR YOU? WHAT CAN WE CHANGE? HOW CAN WE CHANGE THIS TO MAKE IT BETTER? BECAUSE IT'S ALL WE CAN DO. I MEAN, WE CAN'T GO THROUGH AND RENOVATE EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL
TO BE BRAND NEW. 
          BUT MOVING FORWARD, I LOVE THAT THE THOUGHT THAT'S PUT INTO THIS. 
          SO THAT'S HELPFUL AND THAT THAT SPECIFIC ITEM,
AS FAR AS THE COLLABORATION GOES, WE DID FLIP FLOP BACK AND FORTH A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DIALOG WITH THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT THE SUPERVISION OF HOW THAT WAS
GOING TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS. 
          SO IN THE HALLWAYS THAT KIM, THAT YOU MENTIONED FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WING OR THE
ADMINISTRATION AREA, THERE'S CLEAR VIEW DOWN BOTH OF THOSE HALLWAYS. 
          AND SO THE IDEA WAS WE'RE WE HAVE COLLABORATION AND STUDENTS SPILLING OUT OF THOSE
CLASSROOMS. WE WANT TO HAVE SUPERVISION OF THEM, WHICH WAS DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE WHAT YOU SAW AT
SCHEMATIC DESIGN. 
          OKAY. THAT WAS ALL I HAD. YES. THOUGHTFUL. ALL RIGHT. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OKAY. KIM. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HIGH
SCHOOL NUMBER TWO PROJECT. 
          A MOTION FROM KIM. A SECOND FROM MARY JANE. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF ACTION ITEMS AHEAD OF US AND REPORTS POINT
OF PRIVILEGE. 
          JUST A REQUEST FOR A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. WE CAN TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK,
AND I THINK IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE FIVE MINUTES, BECAUSE ROB ISN'T HERE TONIGHT, SO WE MIGHT 
          [01:45:03]
ACTUALLY STAY ON TIME. ALL RIGHT. TIME IS 7:47. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK. IT IS 7:51. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR CONSIDERATION,
APPROVAL OF GMP NUMBER THREE FOR OUR CAPITAL RENOVATIONS AT DSC AND DSMS. YES, MA'AM. THIS IS THIS IS OUR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO START PHASE TWO OF THE DSCS DSMS REDO WITH RO,
ROGERS O'BRIEN AND OUR ARCHITECT WITH PBK. 
          THIS IS FOR LONG LEAD ITEMS. WE DID THIS LAST YEAR FOR THE SUMMER RENOVATION. 
          THIS YEAR IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER. WE HAVE BIGGER EQUIPMENT. THIS IS THE IS THE CHILLERS,
THE BIG AIR HANDLERS, ALL THE HVAC EQUIPMENT AND THE FINISHES. 
          WE WILL HAVE A GMP 4, THAT WILL BE SOMETIME IN MAY AFTER OUR BOND RESULTS. 
          AND WE CAN KIND OF PACKAGE THOSE TOGETHER AND GET THAT LAST ONE OUT. WE ARE TRACKING ON
BUDGET FOR THIS, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF GMP THREE TO FOR SUMMER WORK AND THE LONG LEAD ITEMS
OF $12,282,064. 
          I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY. 
          TRICIA. I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. GO AHEAD. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. 
          NUMBER THREE FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY,
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF 12,000 OR $12,282,064. A MOTION FROM TRICIA, A SECOND FROM KIM. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX-ZERO. 
          SO THANK YOU, JAMES. ONE MORE ITEM FOR YOU. I'M GOING TO THE NEXT ITEM IS MINE TOO. 
          I WANTED TO IT'S THE FINAL APPROVAL. THIS IS,
IT'S A BOARD POLICY TO APPROVE THE RETAINAGE FOR THE LAST PAYMENT DUE. 
          THIS IS FOR THIS BUILDING. SO THIS IS FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER,
WEAVER JACOBS. 
          WE WENT THROUGH. WE WENT THROUGH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WITH THEM. THAT WAS DONE IN JUNE
OF 2723. 
          WE'RE THROUGH THAT ONE YEAR WARRANTY. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE PUNCH LIST. 
          I WENT THROUGH THAT MYSELF AT CHRISTMAS. WE ARCHITECT WENT THROUGH THAT. WE ONLY PNG
ENGINEER AND CONSULTANT GO THROUGH THE MECHANICAL SYSTEM OF THAT. 
          THAT WAS ALL VETTED. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON,
BUT MOST OF THAT HAS BEEN FOR OUR CAMERA INSTALL BECAUSE WE SAW SOME BLUE TAPE IN A FEW AREAS, AND THAT'S KIND OF ANOTHER CONTRACTOR. WE DID GO THROUGH ALL THEIR CLOSEOUT
DOCUMENTS. 
          IT'S ABOUT A THREE HOUR PROCESS. WE DO WITH THE ENGINEERING TEAM AND OUR ARCHITECT. 
          WENT THROUGH ALL THE CLOSEOUTS, O AND MS, ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS,
AS BUILTS. 
          THE ONLY THING THEY'RE MISSING WAS THE ASBESTOS REPORTS AND THERE WAS NO ASBESTOS USED IN
THIS BUILDING. 
          AND I HAVE THAT IN MY HAND. WE GOT THAT ABOUT A WEEK LATER. 
          SO THOSE RECORDS WERE COMPLETE. SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE FINAL RETAINAGE TO
BE RELEASED TO THEM AND CLOSE THIS PROJECT OUT. 
          TRICIA, I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION ON THIS ONE,
IT'S THE CHANGE ORDER DESCRIPTIONS AREN'T THERE. 
          WHERE DOES THAT -10,000? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T,
I DIDN'T. 
          THERE'S A NET CHANGE. NET CHANGE BY CHANGE ORDERS. 
          AND IT'S A NEGATIVE NUMBER. THEY REDUCED THE AMOUNT BY 10,000. 
          IS THAT IT WAS JUST A REDUCED AMOUNT FOR THE PROJECT? YEP. OKAY. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. KIM. YEAH. 
          I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE WORK PERFORMED UNDER RFP 20-21-003 FOR
THE RENOVATIONS OF THE DSISD ADMINISTRATION, RELOCATION AND RENOVATIONS,
AND APPROVE THE FINAL PAYMENT TO WEAVER AND JACOBS CONSTRUCTION. 
          A MOTION FROM KIM. A SECOND FROM OLIVIA. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT IS OUR CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL OF UTILITY LINE EASEMENT AGREEMENTS. 
          YES. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MADAM PRESIDENT,
SUPERINTENDENT MORRIS, DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ. 
          THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR QUITE A WHILE,
AND THIS INVOLVES RUNNING FIBER TO WILDWOOD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. 
          I CALLED IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT EARLIER TODAY. 
          SO WE HAVE FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE NEED ACCESS TO THE UTILITY LINES TO HANG OUR FIBER
ON THE EXISTING POLES. 
          SO AFTER WORKING THROUGH THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WITH LEGAL,
WE'RE PRESENTING FOUR EASEMENT AGREEMENTS FOR APPROVAL SO WE CAN GET FIBER RUN TO THE NEW CAMPUS. OLIVIA, JUST MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE THE PROVIDED
UTILITY LINE EASEMENTS PERTAINING TO WILDWOOD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY FIBER CONSTRUCTION. 
          [01:50:03]
A MOTION FROM OLIVIA, THE SECOND FROM SHANDA. 
          ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. 
          ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF LEASE OF TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT. 
          SO, THIS ITEM AND THE FOLLOWING ITEM ARE KIND OF CONNECTED. 
          SO IF YOU'LL RECALL WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING BOND PLANNING,
THERE WAS A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE WAS FOR THE SUMMER OF
SUMMER OF 2026 FORWARD. 
          WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF TECHNOLOGY THAT NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED NOW FOR REFRESHES THIS
SUMMER. 
          SO PART OF THAT IS REFRESHING DEVICES FOR TEACHERS,
STAFF AND STUDENTS. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS REPLACING PROJECTORS AT SOME CAMPUSES AND INSTALLING
PROJECTOR, I'M SORRY, REPLACING PROJECTORS WITH INTERACTIVE FLAT PANELS WHERE WE HAVE PROJECTORS AND
THEN THE INTERACTIVE FLAT PANELS FOR WILDWOOD SPRINGS, THE SYCAMORE EXPANSION, ETC.. SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT $1.6 MILLION. 
          AND SO WHEN WE RECEIVED INFORMATION ON LEASES,
APPLE DID SURPRISINGLY OFFER A THREE YEAR, 0% LEASE ON THEIR PRODUCTS, BUT NOT 0% ON OTHERS. 
          SO, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO LEASE THE APPLE PRODUCTS WITH THE ANNUAL LEASE PAYMENT COMING
OUT OF FUND BALANCE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND THAT AMOUNT IS ABOUT 387,000, I BELIEVE. AND THEN TO PURCHASE THE NON-APPLE PRODUCTS
FOR THE REFRESH AND THE INTERACTIVE FLAT PANELS OUT OF THE 2018 BOND FUNDS,
AND THAT AMOUNT IS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION. 
          AND WE HAVE THAT REMAINING IN 2018 FROM INTEREST,
EARNINGS, OTHER REVENUES AND PROJECT SAVINGS. 
          AND THAT DOES FIT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          MARY JANE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING
THAT PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM GO TO IN DIVVYING UP, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR US TO GET THE BEST VALUE. 
          SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I CAN MAKE A MOTION. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE A LEASE PURCHASE OF THREE YEARS FOR THE PURCHASE
OF $387,582 FOR TECHNOLOGY TO REFRESH TECHNOLOGY AND PROVIDE FOR GROWTH WITH THE ANNUAL LEASE PAYMENT OF $129,194 TO BE MADE OUT
OF FUND BALANCE. 
          A MOTION FOR MARY JANE. A SECOND FROM KIM. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. AND THE NEXT TECHNOLOGY ACTION. 
          THAT WAS THE ONE SHE JUST DISCUSSED, RIGHT? I CAN MAKE A MOTION. PART TWO. 
          PART TWO. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE USE OF 2018 BOND FUNDS TO PURCHASE
TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,233,000 $233,508. MOTION FROM SHANDA. A SECOND FROM MARY JANE. 
          ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. 
          ALL RIGHT. LAST ACTION ITEM. CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL OF 2526. 
          COMMUNITY SERVICE FEES FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE. 
          SO THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. KIDS CLUB. WE MOVED TO A LOTTERY SYSTEM LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT
FILLS UP SO QUICKLY. 
          AND THAT SEEMED TO WORK WELL. NOW THAT WE'RE DOING THE LOTTERY,
WE'RE ALSO ALIGNING ENROLLMENT FOR OUR PRE-K PROGRAM AND THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND WE WANT TO OPEN THAT UP ON MARCH 3RD. AND SO THIS IS PUSHING US SOONER TO LOOK AT OUR
FEES FOR AFTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PRE-K. AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING THIS EVENING IS TO APPROVE AN INCREASE IN THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE FEES FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE. 
          IT'S $5, A MONTHLY INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES AND $25 A MONTH INCREASE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          JUST REALLY TRYING TO ALIGN THE ALIGN THE ENROLLMENT OF ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND THE FEE
STRUCTURES FOR THOSE. 
          AND AFTER THIS INCREASE, WE'RE STILL COMPARABLE TO OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE AREA. 
          TRICIA. I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. CAN I. 
          OLIVIA. WHERE ARE WE IF WE'RE STILL DOING LOTTERY,
WHERE ARE WE ON CAPACITY? BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE. OR I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION THAN A COMMENT. 
          HOW MUCH MORE SPACE DO WE HAVE? AND DO WE STILL LIKE STAFFING? 
          [01:55:05]
SO OUR CAPACITY IS REALLY LIMITED BY OUR STAFFING. 
          IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT POSITION TO FILL BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THREE,
TWO AND A HALF, THREE HOURS A DAY. 
          AND SO FINDING A LOT OF OUR WORKERS IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM ARE OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS. 
          SO THEY WORK A REALLY LONG SHIFT IN THE CAFETERIA,
AND THEN THEY GO HELP OUT IN KIDS CLUBS. 
          SO, BUT STAFFING IS STILL THE REASON THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A LOTTERY SYSTEM BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING TO MAKE THE PROGRAM BIGGER. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. I LIKE THAT YOU PUT THE COMPARISON IN THERE WITH WHAT,
LIKE DISTRICTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS ARE DOING IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. I MEAN, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING A GREAT,
GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE FEE STRUCTURE THAT YOU'VE OFFERED. 
          WHEN THERE'S PLACES OUT THERE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW,
SO MUCH MORE EACH MONTH. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT LIST. AND BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW,
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE HOW ARE WE IN LINE WITH PROGRAMS NEARBY. 
          SO GREAT JOB ON THAT. I THINK THE FEES LOOK REALLY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT, TRICIA. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE RATES FOR THE
AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES AS PRESENTED. MOTION FROM TRICIA, A SECOND FROM MARY JANE. 
          ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. 
          ALL RIGHT. LEARNING AND INNOVATION. OKAY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN TONIGHT FOR THE LEARNING AND
THE L&I REPORT. 
          [10. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]
WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE ARE WITH GUARANTEED VIABLE CURRICULUM,
ALSO KNOWN AS GVC. 
          SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AROUND THAT. 
          ALSO, THE WINTER MAP GROWTH SCORES FOR MATH AND READING WERE ADDED TO THAT. 
          YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHLIGHT ABOUT ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING FROM THE
COUNSELING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE AWARE OF THE COURSE OFFERINGS, BOTH FIFTH GRADERS RISING TO SIXTH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE,
RISING TO HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED,
INCLUDING SOME NEW THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T TRIED IN THE PAST, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OPENING UP AWARENESS ABOUT PATHWAYS AND OPTIONS. 
          AND SO THERE'S A VIRTUAL TIGERS RISING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE,
THAT'S BEING PUT ON BY OUR HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS. 
          IT STARTED TONIGHT VIRTUALLY, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING A ZOOM PROCESS WITH
THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND THEN A Q&A COMING UP AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND THEN WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF VISITS TO CAMPUSES. 
          SO STUDENTS TOURING AND COUNSELORS GOING DOWN TO OTHER GRADE LEVELS JUST TO SPREAD THE
INFORMATION. 
          YOU ASKED ABOUT WHAT WHAT'S THE ENROLLMENT LIKE FOR THE ENGINEERING CLASS? WE WILL KNOW MARCH 7TH WHEN EVERYTHING IS FINALIZED,
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THE KNOWLEDGE BOTH WITH PARENTS AND WITH STUDENTS WITH ALL OF THAT. AND YOU DID HEAR THAT THE DSMS AND THE SSMS PTAS ARE PARTNERING WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND
OFFERING TOURS TO PARENTS, AND I LOVE WHAT THEY CALLED THEIR SESSION. IT'S WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING A
SIXTH GRADER, WHICH IS KIND OF FUN. SO THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PTA PRESIDENTS AT THAT,
AT BOTH CAMPUSES. 
          SO WE'RE LOVING THAT. AND PARENTS GET TO ASK THOSE REAL QUESTIONS RIGHT THERE. 
          PARENTS TALKING TO PARENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW,
THE INS AND OUTS. ONE HIGHLIGHT IS OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 
          WE HAVE JACK MCCLURE AND WE ASKED HIS PARENT PERMISSION TO SAY HIS NAME AND PRESENT HIS
NAME IN HER, QUOTE UNQUOTE, HER. HER QUOTE WAS THE MOM IS SO PROUD. 
          SHE DOESN'T CARE WHO WE TELL. SHE WANTS TO TELL THE WORLD. BUT JACK RECEIVED A GOLD AWARD
AND HE DID THIS ALL ON HIS OWN, REALLY LOOKING AT TIGER SHAC, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL BASED ENTERPRISE PROGRAM,
AND HE TOOK THAT TO STATE BECAUSE OF ALL THE ADJUSTMENTS AND CHANGES. 
          REMEMBER SHAC IS ASKING FOR THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND CHANGES. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT TO PRESENT BECAUSE JACK,
ALONG WITH HIS TEACHER, LOOKED AT THE UPDATES FOR BOTH HEALTH AND THEN WHAT'S SELLING AND HE PRESENTED THE TOP AWARD WAS GOLD. AND SO HE GETS TO GO INTERNATIONAL. 
          YES, HE'S GOING TO AN INTERNATIONAL DECA CONFERENCE WITH HIS PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF HIM. AND THEN THE LIONS CLUB I DIDN'T KNOW THIS. 
          THE LIONS CLUB DONATES TO ALL OF OUR NURSES THEIR MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL OF NURSING. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. I'D NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. SO WE WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WELL. MARY JANE. 
          SO NOW I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHERE THIS WAS IN YOUR REPORT BECAUSE I READ IT,
I THINK FRIDAY NIGHT. 
          BUT I WAS WONDERING IF IN OUR SOFTWARE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRACK STUDENTS WHO MAYBE
JUST MOVED HERE A YEAR OR TWO AGO VERSUS STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN OURS FOR MANY YEARS IN TERMS OF PARTICULARLY READING AND MATH SCORES TO IDENTIFY MAYBE
MISSING BUILDING BLOCKS THAT THEY WEREN'T TAUGHT IN A PREVIOUS DISTRICT. AND JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT IS PART OF OUR
STORY HERE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE FAST GROWTH, 
          [02:00:07]
EVEN THOUGH THAT RATE IS DECREASING, WE'RE STILL FAST GROWTH. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ALL OF THESE STUDENTS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          AND JUST WONDERING WHAT TOOLS WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHETHER THOSE BUILDING BLOCKS ARE
MISSING BECAUSE IT AFFECTS OUR SCORES AND THEREFORE OUR A THROUGH F RATING. 
          AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. WE DO HAVE A MASTER IN SKYWARD,
RANDY HORNSBY, WHO CAN PULL THAT BASED ON THEIR ENROLLMENT DATE AND WHO'S BEEN WITH US. 
          HE COULD PROBABLY GO BACK YEARS AND YEARS. HE'S REALLY GOOD WITH PIVOT TABLES. 
          SO I'LL START WITH HIM AND I'LL LOOK TO RETTA TO SEE IF SHE KNOWS OF ANYTHING ELSE. 
          SHE'S ALSO A SKYWARD GURU. I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT DATA POINT THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY
SHARE WITH YOU. 
          I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BY NEXT MONTH, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT'S ON THE PLATE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET
THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT INFORMS THE WHO WE ARE AND THE WORK OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING. 
          BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, WHEN STUDENTS COME FROM OTHER STATES TO OUR DISTRICT OR EVEN TO OUR
STATE, THERE ARE GAPS INHERENTLY BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING FROM DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS. SO OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING HARD TO FILL THOSE GAPS. 
          I WONDER. WE SAW THE SOFTWARE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON THE CAMPUS TOUR. 
          IF THAT'S SUPER NERDY DATA SOFTWARE COULD DO THAT WOULD BE GREAT,
YOU KNOW? YEAH. JUST WONDERING HOW YOU TIE THAT TOGETHER. 
          SORRY. WE'LL GIVE IT TO THAT TEAM, THAT CLASS TO FIGURE OUT. 
          YES. GREAT IDEA. SO I'VE GOT A QUESTION. A FEW QUESTIONS,
I GUESS, ABOUT THE CURRICULUM. 
          AND I KNOW A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN KIND OF ASKING FOR A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION ON
CURRICULUM. 
          ARE WE GOING TO WORKSHOP THAT OR IS THIS. NO,
WE CAN DEFINITELY WORKSHOP THAT. 
          BUT BECAUSE THE QUESTION COME UP, KAREN PUT SOME STUFF TOGETHER JUST TO SHARE IT OUT,
JUST SO THAT WE HAD A STARTING POINT WITH SHARING INFORMATION WITH OKAY, PERFECT. SO, THEN I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT. THE TEXAS CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM CO-OP,
THAT JUST THE NAME ASSUMES THAT IT'S A GROUP WHO IS. SO, I MIGHT UNDERSTAND THIS IS A DATABASE OF RESOURCES FOR
TEACHERS WHERE THEY CAN GO AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, I'M TEACHING. YOU KNOW, NINTH GRADE ENGLISH. 
          AND THEY LOG IN AND THEY CAN PULL FROM ALL THESE RESOURCES. 
          IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? NOT REALLY. OKAY. IT'S MORE OF A LESSON FRAMEWORK. 
          SO IT'S BUILT UPON THE PREMISE OF UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN. 
          SO IT'S OVERARCHING. IT'S BASED ON UNITS. IT GOES THROUGH VOCABULARY. 
          SO IT'S STILL LIKE THE FRAMEWORK OF A TEK OR A UNIT OF TEKS WITH SEVERAL. 
          AND IT'S ALL IDENTIFYING MISCONCEPTIONS FOR NEXT WHAT THEY'VE COME TO. 
          IT'S VERTICALLY ALIGNED. SO TEACHERS KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD KNOW OR WHAT THEY SHOULD COME
WITH KNOWING WHERE THEY'RE GOING. 
          IT'S BASICALLY THE FRAMEWORK. AND THEN WE HAVE RESOURCES SEPARATE THAT AREN'T A PART OF
THAT SYSTEM. 
          WE CAN DEFINITELY DIVE INTO THAT. IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE OFTEN GET ARE. 
          SO I GET EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE TEKS, WHAT TO TEACH. 
          YES. BUT THE HOW TO TEACH, I THINK, IS WHERE THE DISCONNECT IS BETWEEN SOMETIMES ME AND A
COMMUNITY MEMBER SAYING, WELL, WHAT'S THE CURRICULUM? AND I'M LIKE, WELL,
THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN A, IN A DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF US WHEN WE'RE GETTING THOSE
QUESTIONS TO SAY, JUST TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND SAY, HERE'S THE,
YOU KNOW, DATABASE OF RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN PULL FROM TO TEACH THAT CLASS. 
          YES. BASICALLY, IT'S THE WHAT THE TEACHERS WITH THEIR PLCS DETERMINE HOW WITHIN OUR
RESOURCES. 
          SO REMEMBER THE TRIANGLE. YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS AS AN EDUCATOR. 
          THE TRIANGLE OF WHAT'S WRITTEN, TAUGHT AND TESTED. 
          SO WHAT'S WRITTEN AND TESTED? WE CAN. IT'S CONCRETE. 
          WE CAN SEE IT IN OUR SYSTEM. AND THE CO-OP IS VERY HUGE. 
          IT'S BUILT BY TEACHERS AND IT'S INFORMED BY TEACHERS ALL ACROSS THE STATE AND REGION. 
          MY BIG DREAM DOWN THE ROAD IS FOR US TO HAVE OUR OWN CURRICULUM,
BUT THIS IS A GREAT STARTING POINT FOR US TO JUST UNDERSTAND GOOD, RICH LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND BUILDING THAT. AND THAT TEKS RESOURCE SYSTEM. 
          THAT WAS ITS OLD NAME. TCMPC ALLOWS TEACHERS TO GET THAT UNDERSTANDING OF FRAMEWORK,
OF HOW TO BUILD LEARNING EXPERIENCES, ALONG WITH OUR RESOURCES THAT ARE, THAT OUR TEACHERS SAY THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT,
AND WE ADOPT AS A BOARD THE CURRICULUM RESOURCES. 
          OKAY. AND THEN THERE'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES THAT ARE APPROVED,
SUPPLEMENTAL, SOMETIMES SOFTWARE THAT'S APPROVED AS WELL. THAT'S WHERE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF IT. YEAH. YEP. WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF CREDIT IN THIS AREA. 
          SO, I HAD ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CURRICULUM AS WELL. 
          AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I JUST I WANT YOU TO AFFIRM WHAT I WAS SAYING AS WELL. 
          BUT WHEN YOU CAME, DSISD WAS VERY DECENTRALIZED AND KIND OF STILL IS THAT WAY ON SOME
CAMPUSES, 
          [02:05:06]
BUT IT HAS BECOME MUCH MORE SYSTEMATIC. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM A CURRICULUM STANDPOINT
EDUCATIONALLY. 
          A LOT OF YOUR WORK IN THOSE FIRST KIND OF YEARS YOU WERE HERE WAS JUST LITERALLY
STANDARDIZING OUR CAMPUSES, AND IT'S TAKING YOU KIND OF THIS LONG TO GET THERE. 
          YES. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. SO, I UNDERSTAND CLEARLY. 
          SO NOW IT'S MY ASSUMPTION THAT WITH A CURRICULUM LIKE YOU'RE SAYING,
IT'S YOUR GOAL ULTIMATELY TO HAVE OUR OWN CURRICULUM, BUT WE NEED A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF WAITING FOR. 
          SO MORE MONEY. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GETTING AT. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND IT. THERE IS A BUDGET PIECE TO THAT,
AND THERE IS JUST LITERALLY A TIME CONSTRAINT OF YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO BECAUSE IT'S AN ISOLATED FEEDBACK, THIS IS NOT LIKE THE WIDE MAJORITY OF THE
COMMUNITY. 
          PLEASE HEAR ME CLEARLY, BUT I AM NOT AN EDUCATOR. 
          I DO NOT HAVE THAT BACKGROUND. SO I FEEL WILDLY INEXPERIENCED HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO AS MUCH INFORMATION. SO I'VE KIND OF PIECE THINGS TOGETHER ON MY OWN,
JUST IN CONVERSATIONS AND GETTING UPDATES. 
          AND SO I'VE UNDERSTOOD IT THAT WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED HERE,
BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST SO MANY LITERALLY DIFFERENT LESSONS ON DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, YOU KNOW, EVEN DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, NOW, EVERY ELEMENTARY DOES A MARKET DAY,
EVERY ELEMENTARY DOES THIS, EVERYONE DOES A JOURNEY DAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK DOES ANYONE DO A JOURNEY DAY? NOT EVERYONE. OKAY. JUST KIDDING. WELL, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF FORMULA TO THAT,
WHICH I THINK IS GOOD BECAUSE IN A GROWING DISTRICT, WE NEEDED THAT BECAUSE NOW WE CAN VERY AUTHENTICALLY SAY,
I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL OFTEN THIS IS A VERY, VERY OFTEN SOCIAL MEDIA POST, LIKE WHICH ELEMENTARY IS BEST,
WHICH MIDDLE SCHOOL IS BEST? AND I VERY AUTHENTICALLY CAN SAY THEY ALL HAVE WONDERFUL STRENGTHS. 
          LIKE THEY ALL ARE FABULOUS CAMPUSES. AND I CAN ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE TRULY,
I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ACADEMICALLY TO BUILD THAT UP. 
          WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK EVEN WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL ELECTIVE OFFERINGS LIKE GETTING THOSE
VERY EQUITABLE ACROSS THE CAMPUSES. 
          AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO JUST GET THINGS KIND OF AT A SYSTEMS LEVEL,
THE SAME. 
          AND NOW WITH MORE MONEY AND KIND OF JUST GIVE ME LIKE BROAD,
HIGH LEVEL, LIKE WHAT THAT ACTUALLY TAKES. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S AN ISOLATED FRUSTRATION IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS NOT BROAD BASED, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME EDUCATED CONVERSATIONS WITH
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHERE I FEEL LIKE I CAN ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS BETTER, BECAUSE IT'S THIS RUNNING SENTIMENT. WE DON'T HAVE A CURRICULUM,
WE DON'T HAVE A CURRICULUM, AND I COULD GIVE THEM A CURRICULUM, BUT THEY WON'T TAKE IT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A CURRICULUM? SO JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND, KIND OF AT A BROAD LEVEL,
WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. 
          OKAY? SO, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO HEAR THAT TCMPC IS BAD. 
          IT IS THE FRAMEWORK IN OUR TEACHERS, THE WAY THEY'RE TEACHING. 
          THEY RAISE THE RIGOR OR LOWER THE RIGOR BASED ON THE ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY'RE SEEING. 
          SO IT'S IN THE TEACHER'S HANDS STILL, THE PART OF THE TRIANGLE,
THE TAUGHT PART. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE POURING IN FOR WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND WITH PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING COMMUNITIES TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND TO CALIBRATE. 
          HOW ARE YOU GRADING VERSUS HOW AM I GRADING? THE GRADING GUIDELINES ARE PART OF A GVC. 
          LIKE WE HAVE TO BE CALIBRATED ON THAT OR ELSE OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING DIFFERENT FEEDBACK.
AND SO I JUST TALKED TO A PRINCIPAL TODAY WHO'S GOING THROUGH THAT WORK WITH HER GRADE LEVEL TEAM STILL. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU THINK YOU'RE DONE,
YOU STILL HAVE TO REVISIT IT WITH TEAMS AS WE GET NEW TEACHERS ON BOARD AND THAT SORT OF THING, HIGH LEVEL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, IF WE ARE ABLE TO WRITE OUR OWN,
WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS FINE. 
          GETTING TEACHERS ON BOARD WITH THE WAY THAT YOU BACKWARDS PLAN BACKWARDS DESIGN LESSONS. 
          THAT'S OUR WORK RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY DOWN THE ROAD,
IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST SIX YEARS TO GET A WRITTEN CURRICULUM. 
          THAT'S ALL OF OUR OWN. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF YEARS OF TRAINING,
SO THERE'S TRAINING THAT'S INVOLVED. 
          THEN YOU WRITE IN THE WAY WE EITHER WRITE IN THE SUMMER,
SO THAT'S MONEY FOR PERSONNEL, OR WE HAVE BIGGER TEAMS IN THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WHEN IN 2020, WHEN I CAME IN MAY,
IT WAS SEVEN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. 
          WE ONLY HAD SEVEN CAMPUSES AT THAT TIME, SEVEN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS,
BECAUSE EVERY PRINCIPAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN CURRICULUM. 
          AND THROUGH THE YEARS WE HAVE REALLY ALIGNED. 
          THAT PRINCIPAL SUPPORT IS AMAZING, AND THEY ARE ALL ON BOARD WITH CREATING THAT EQUITABLE
EXPERIENCE FOR ALL KIDS. 
          AND EVEN AT OUR REALTOR LUNCHEON, I SAID FOR NOT THE FIRST TIME,
BUT I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOUR STUDENT ENROLLS. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO GET A REALLY GOOD EDUCATION,
AND IT'S GOING TO BE EQUITABLE ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR THE FUTURE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH OUR CURRICULUM
MANAGEMENT PLAN NOW IS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON GRADING AND THAT UNDERSTANDING OF GRADING GUIDELINES AND PHILOSOPHIES AND CREATE SUCCESS CRITERIA FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO
FOR STUDENTS. 
          JUST INTERRUPT YOU. THIS IS THE GRADING WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
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THAT KIND OF GRADING PHILOSOPHY. YEAH. AND IT KEEPS GOING. 
          AND IT NEVER THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THE GBC NEVER STOPS. 
          THAT'S WHY I HAVE JOB SECURITY. IT'S NEVER GOING TO END. 
          THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE A PRODUCT. WE GO, WELL,
WE'RE DONE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AT 100% IN EVERYTHING. 
          SO THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR GROWTH. WHERE I ENVISION US GOING NEXT. 
          YOU HEARD A SPEAKER TONIGHT TALK ABOUT SCREEN TIME. 
          I THINK WE NEED BELIEF STATEMENTS BASED OFF OF OUR GRADUATE PROFILE THAT TRICKLE ALL THE
WAY DOWN. 
          WE HAVE THE LEARNER PROFILE NOW. WE NEED BELIEF STATEMENTS ON HOW WE FEEL ABOUT
TECHNOLOGY, HOW WE FEEL ABOUT TEACHING SCIENCE, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT TEACHING MATH SO THAT WE ALL HAVE
SOMETHING TO CONCRETE CENTER ON TO MOVE FORWARD? I THINK THAT WOULD AND I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY THIS BEFORE YOU SAID IT,
BUT YOU GAVE ME A GREAT DOVETAIL. 
          HOLLY, WHEN WE DO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON CURRICULUM,
I THINK WITHIN THAT SAME MEETING, HAVING THAT AND WHAT'S THE ACTUAL WHAT'S HER ACTUAL TITLE? TECHNOLOGY [INAUDIBLE] APRIL, WHAT'S HER JOB? WHAT'S. SHE'S INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY. SO, I WOULD LOVE IF SHE'S PRESENT AS WELL TO KIND
OF BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS LIKE CELL PHONE CONVERSATION, BUT A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE
TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE CONCERNS. AND SO BRINGING THAT INTO OUR CURRICULUM CONVERSATION,
I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. I AGREE. I WANTED TO ADD TO THE COMMENT THAT I WANT TO BE ASSURED BY YOU,
DOCTOR KIDD, THAT HAVING THIS, YOU KNOW, WISH FOR KIND OF A STREAMLINED CURRICULUM ISN'T GOING TO TAKE
AWAY AUTONOMY FOR THE TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO. 
          I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL TEACHERS WHO HAVE AMAZING LESSONS THAT ARE PLANNED,
AND THIS ISN'T GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT AUTONOMY THAT THEY HAVE. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. AS LONG AS IT'S ALIGNED. RIGHT. 
          SO THE DECADES PROJECTS? YEAH, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PRINCIPALS SUPPORTING TEACHERS THROUGH
UPPING THE RIGOR AND TYING IT TO THE STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S LEARNING THROUGH THOSE PROJECTS. THOSE LOVE PROJECTS FOR TEACHERS. 
          BUT AUTONOMY FOR SURE. THE TEACHER CRAFT IN ANY SYSTEM,
WHETHER YOU'RE BUILDING IT YOUR OWN OR WE'RE USING WE WANT THAT TEACHER CRAFT. 
          AND IF IT'S A BRAND NEW TEACHER, THEN WE SUPPORT THAT TEACHER UNTIL THEY GAIN THAT SKILL
SET SO THEY CAN BUILD THAT CRAFT ON THEIR OWN. 
          RIGHT. AND MY CONCERN, HALF OF IT REALLY STEMS FROM HAVING THOSE NEW TEACHERS THAT HAVE
NOTHING AND DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND WHERE THEY'RE NOT JUST GRASPING, YOU KNOW, GOOGLING THE NIGHT BEFORE, THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH A LESSON PLAN AND GOING,
WELL, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TOMORROW? AND HOW AM I GOING TO DO IT? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ENDING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT MAYBE DOESN'T SUPPORT THE STANDARDS OR LOOKS FUN,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GETTING VALUE OUT OF. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM IN IT. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND YOU HOPE THAT THEIR PLC, THEIR PLANNING TOGETHER. 
          SO THAT BEING SUPPORTED BY A GROUP OF EXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND NOT YES,
GOING TO GOOGLE IS THEIR ANSWER. 
          YEAH. YEAH. AND WE ADJUSTED OUR TEAM TO ALSO OFFER THAT SUPPORT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL WE USED TO HAVE DECENTRALIZED CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION. 
          THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE IN L&I BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
CURRICULUM. 
          THEY WERE ALL ON CAMPUSES SUPPORTING THE WORK. 
          BUT IT WAS I DON'T THINK IT WAS AS ROBUST BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY GOOD AT ONE CAMPUS WHERE
THAT LEAD WAS, BUT NOT AT THE OTHERS. THROUGH THAT WORK THAT WE ARE,
WE'VE PULLED THAT CENTRALIZED THAT SUPPORT AND COACHING BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING MORE TEACHERS THAT DON'T GO THROUGH A TRADITIONAL TEACHER PREP PROGRAM,
AND THEY NEED DIFFERENT KIND OF MENTORSHIP. 
          AND SO, WE WERE JUST TALKING THIS WEEK ABOUT HOW THAT CAN BE ONGOING AND THEN MORE ROBUST, EVEN FOR SECONDARY. TRICIA. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK. 
          WELL, I WAS GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT, AND I WAS ALSO GOING TO ASK,
WHAT IS THE DATE OF TIGER MADNESS? YES. TIGER MADNESS IS MARCH 12TH, 5:30 TO 7. MARCH 12TH. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO ATTEND TIGER MADNESS BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH
FUN LAST YEAR. 
          I MEAN, WE HAD A REALLY AMAZING TIME. AND I KNOW MCKINLEY'S ALREADY ASKED WHEN WE GET TO
GO AGAIN. 
          AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND COME ON WITH IT SO WE CAN
ALSO VOLUNTEER. 
          THERE'S A SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER. SHE WANTS TO WATCH. 
          SO, YEAH, WE WERE GOING TO VOLUNTEER. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, DOCTOR KIDD. ALL RIGHT. FINANCE REPORTS. 
          YOU DO HAVE THE FINANCE REPORTS FOR DECEMBER. 
          ON THE BUDGET TO ACTUALS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 
          REVENUES ARE STILL TRENDING SLIGHTLY ABOVE BUDGET,
AND EXPENDITURES ARE STILL TRENDING BELOW BUDGET BY ABOUT $1 MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. OUR TOTAL DEFICIT RIGHT NOW IS PROJECTED AT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION,
WITH 1.3 MILLION OF THAT BEING ITEMS THAT THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY 
          [02:15:01]
APPROVED TO BE PURCHASED OUT OF FUND BALANCE. 
          SO, YEAR IS LOOKING BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD EARLY FALL. 
          YOU ALSO HAVE A REPORT IN HERE ABOUT DISTRICT PRE-K. 
          SO RELATED TO THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS OPENING UP THE LOTTERY FOR PRE-K REGISTRATION ON
MARCH 3RD. 
          WE DO HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY OUR TUITION AMOUNT. 
          AND THIS WAS A CONSIDERATION BY THE BUDGET COLLABORATION COMMITTEE AND A RECOMMENDATION TO
INCREASE THE PRE-K TUITION FOR NON DISTRICT EMPLOYEES BY $100 A MONTH. AND SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE INFORMATION TO TEA AND WILL AWAIT THEIR APPROVAL OF THAT TUITION
AMOUNT. 
          BUT WANTED TO BRING YOU THAT AS PART OF A BUDGET UPDATE. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OPERATIONS. NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON THE 18 OR THE 23 BONDS. 
          AS YOU APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF TECHNOLOGY, WE ARE CLOSING OUT OUTSTANDING POS ON THE 2018
BOND FUNDS AND TRYING TO WRAP THAT UP AND TIE IT UP AFTER THE PURCHASE OF TECHNOLOGY. 
          THERE STILL IS A LITTLE BIT REMAINING. AND SO WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU IN MARCH. 
          ANTICIPATE BRINGING YOU SOME BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO MOVE FUNDS AROUND IN THE 2018 BOND
FUNDS. 
          AND THEN JAMES HAS A BOND PROJECT UPDATE IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT. 
          IF YOU WANT TO, JUST GIVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ANYTHING THAT'S CHANGED,
LIKE IN LIKE IN THE LAST MONTH. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK. A LOT OF CHANGE. WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD THE SUBS,
CONTRACTORS, ARCHITECTS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. 
          THIS IS SOME OF THE BEST TALENT I'VE EVER WORKED WITH IN 20 YEARS OF DOING SCHOOL
CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'VE HIRED GREAT GUYS, ARE DOING GREAT. EVERYTHING IS ON BUDGET. EVERYTHING'S ON TIME. 
          EVERYTHING'S PHENOMENAL. I'VE GOT NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT. SO,
A FAST, EASY WAY TO DO THAT. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS SOME UPDATES AND SOME PICTURES,
BUT I'VE GOT NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT. WE'RE DOING GREAT. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING. 
          TRICIA. I JUST, I MEAN, SYCAMORE MIDDLE. I KNOW BECAUSE I SEE IT EVERY DAY. 
          IT'S JUST COMING ALONG REALLY WELL. AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE CLEANLINESS
OF EVEN THE PROJECT. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THERE FOR BAND OR A FOOTBALL GAME OR,
YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER TRACK IS BEEN GOING ON. 
          AND JUST I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYBODY'S TIRES GETTING,
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE CLEANLINESS OF THE OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE TOO, SO I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S HARD SOMETIMES. 
          SO WE TAKE IT REAL SERIOUS WORKING ON A LIVE CAMPUS. 
          I MEAN, SAFETY IS A MOST IMPORTANT WITH STAFF AND KIDS,
OBVIOUSLY. 
          AND BARTLETT COX IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB. ARCHITECTS DOING AN AMAZING JOB. AGAIN,
MY SUBS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. KNOW T HE INSIDE BUILDING'S LOOKING FABULOUS. I CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A TOUR OF IT. SO, ON A POSITIVE NOTE,
WE DID GET, WE STARTED WITH OUR SECURITY FENCING. 
          WE GOT IT UP MOSTLY AROUND THE PERIMETER OF DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. 
          SO, NO MORE COWS, COWS ARE DONE. NO MORE COWS. 
          WON'T HAVE ANY COWS ON THE PLAYGROUND ANYMORE. SO,
WE HAVEN'T SHED THAT UP. SO. AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE? A TALL TALE. THE POLES THAT ARE UP IN THE BACK OF SYCAMORE. 
          WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE? WE'RE DOING THE ENCLOSED FENCING. 
          OKAY. WE'RE WAITING TILL WE HAVE THE. OH. OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JAMES. 
          HR. WE SENT OUT OUR EMPLOYEE INTENT FORM DISTRICT WIDE AND HAD TWICE AS MANY EMPLOYEES
RESPOND THIS YEAR AS LAST YEAR. SO, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR EMPLOYEES WHO TOLD US THAT THEY WANT TO GO NOT TO ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL, BUT TO WILDWOOD, AND SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO SEND THOSE TO MR. SO HE CAN START NOT HIS
DRAFT, BUT HIS STAFFING. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING THEM TO ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS. 
          ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT WORKING IN DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD IS THAT WE GIVE OUR CURRENT
EMPLOYEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER DISTRICT BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE FROM THE OUTSIDE. AND SO THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO COME HERE. 
          BUT BEFORE WE ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE TO COME HERE,
WE ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES FIRST TO GET THOSE TRANSFERS. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START DOING THOSE TRANSFERS INTERNALLY FIRST. 
          AND SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO LET OUR EMPLOYEES GET THOSE FIRST DIBS AT THOSE JOBS. 
          TRICIA I JUST NOTICED ON THIS SPECIFIC REPORT CHILD NUTRITION AND CUSTODIAL POSITIONS. 
          KIND OF THE TURNOVER HAPPENING ARE WE HAVE ARE WE GOOD THERE. 
          IT'S PRETTY STANDARD FOR THOSE POSITIONS. IS IT OKAY. 
          ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT UNFORTUNATELY. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WORKING FAST FOOD SERVICE. 
          [02:20:06]
YOU KNOW YOU SEE JUST A LOT OF TURNOVER. AND THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE WORK. 
          OKAY. I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE REFILLING THE POSITION AT THE SAME TIME. 
          I MEAN, IT'S JUST KIND OF A TRANSITION, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE TODAY. 
          YEAH. THEY'RE NOT SMALL TEAMS EITHER. YEAH. SO IT'S KIND OF THE BALANCE OF BOTH. 
          PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. SO I'LL JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          THERE IS A NEW SUBDIVISION IN THEIR 27 ACRES BEING PLATTED. 
          LUNARIA. IT'S ON THE BACK SIDE OF DOUBLE L. SO IF YOU KNOW WHERE DOUBLE L IS GOING TO BE
ONE MORE, ONE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THERE CONNECTED IN. 
          SO JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO THROUGH THERE AND KIND OF LOOK. THEY'VE GOT ALL THE
PLANNING AND WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THAT 27 ACRES BEING A NEW SUBDIVISION TO DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD. ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE
FOLLOWING ITEMS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, 
          [11. CLOSED SESSION]
AS ALLOWED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071,
551.074, 551.0076, 551.082, 551.0821, 551.089, AND 551.129. NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CLOSED MEETING. 
          ANY ACTION THE BOARD WISHES TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION WILL TAKE
PLACE AFTER THE BOARD RECONVENES IN THE OPEN MEETING. 
          THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CLOSED MEETING. THANK
YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD IS BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 9:10 P.M. 
          [12. OPEN SESSION]
WITH NO FURTHER ACTION THIS EVENING. WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 9:10 P.M.. 
          THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.