Apr 28, 2025 Regular Meeting

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GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE CONVENED FOR A REGULAR MEETING OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS MONDAY,

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EXCITING RECOGNITIONS AND STUDENT PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, SO BEAR WITH US ON TIMING. BUT BEFORE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE LEADERS UP TO THE FRONT FOR OUR OPENING CEREMONIES TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.

THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE LEADERS ARE FOURTH GRADERS AT OUR LEARNING SPOTLIGHT CAMPUS THIS MONTH, ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, BEN TABARRO AND NOEL LINDIG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU, STUDENTS.

YOU DID WONDERFUL.

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

THE TIGER SOFTBALL TEAM DEFEATED ROUND ROCK, STONY POINT LAST WEEKEND TO ADVANCE TO THE AREA PLAYOFFS AND WILL FACE SAN ANTONIO O'CONNOR THIS WEEK. BASEBALL TEAM DEFEATED WESTLAKE ON SATURDAY AND WILL BEGIN THEIR PLAYOFF RUN THIS WEEK AGAINST ROUND ROCK MCNEIL.

PLAYOFF DETAILS FOR BOTH TEAMS WILL BE SHARED ON THE DISTRICT'S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

WE ALSO HAVE TWO TIGERS WHO WILL REPRESENT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL IN THE UIL STATE TRACK AND FIELD MEET ON MAY 2ND AND THIRD IN AUSTIN.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JUNIOR ADELINE SPIES AND FRESHMAN IZZY CREWE ON CAPTURING REGIONAL TITLES IN THE EVENTS POLE VAULT AND SHOT PUT.

A REMINDER THAT EARLY VOTING FOR OUR MAY 2025 ELECTION ENDS TOMORROW, APRIL 29TH AND ELECTION DAY IS SATURDAY, MAY 3RD. POLLING LOCATIONS ARE OPEN FROM 7 A.M.

TO 7 P.M. BOTH TOMORROW AND SATURDAY, AND YOU CAN VISIT DSISD 2025 BOND FOR MORE INFORMATION AND MORE SITES.

THE ANNUAL ONLINE VERIFICATION PROCESS FOR ALL FAMILIES FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN LAST WEEK.

THE PROCESS MUST BE COMPLETED BY ALL FAMILIES FOR EACH STUDENT EACH YEAR.

PARENTS CAN LOG INTO SKYWARD FAMILY ACCESS TO COMPLETE THOSE FORMS. AND THAT'S OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. ALL RIGHT.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

FIRST IS OUR HISTORY DAY STATE CHAMPIONS.

BEFORE THEY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN OF NATIONAL HISTORY DAY.

I THINK THIS IS MY EIGHTH YEAR THAT I'VE DONE THIS FOR YOU ALL, AND FIFTH FOR YOU AND SECOND FOR YOU.

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY IS A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS ACTUALLY GET TO DO HISTORICAL RESEARCH, AND IN THAT HISTORICAL RESEARCH, THEY GET TO CREATE SOME SORT OF PRODUCT.

AND FROM THAT PRODUCT, THEY GO TO A REGIONAL COMPETITION, AND YOU HAVE TO PLACE FIRST OR SECOND IN THE REGIONAL COMPETITION TO GO TO THE STATE COMPETITION AND YOU GET TO PLACE IF YOU PLACE FIRST OR STATE FIRST OR SECOND IN THE STATE COMPETITION, YOU GO TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION. AND THESE TWO GET TO GO TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION AGAIN.

HI, MY NAME IS NORA GILLAM. I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE.

HI. MY NAME IS GRANT GILLAM, I'M A JUNIOR. OH, MY PROJECT WAS CALLED BEYOND THE BLAST AND IT WAS ABOUT THE TEXAS CITY DISASTER.

MY PROJECT WAS ABOUT WORLD WAR ONE VETERANS AND THE EVENTS OF THE BONUS ARMY.

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THANK YOU. HELLO. I'M MISS GOLD AND I AM THE AGRICULTURE SCIENCE TEACHER TEACHING THE ANIMAL SCIENCE PATHWAY OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I ALSO OVERSEE THESE FANTASTIC STUDENTS WITH THEIR LIVESTOCK PROJECTS.

AND WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW PROUD I AM OF THESE STUDENTS WITH THEIR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THEIR ANIMAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORKING WITH THEM.

THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB THIS YEAR. AND THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO PASS THE MIC AND ALLOW THEM TO ANNOUNCE THEIR NAMES AND WHAT THEY PLACED AT OUR HAYS COUNTY SHOW THIS PAST YEAR.

HI, MY NAME IS KELLEN EMBRY. I'M A JUNIOR. I GOT GRAND CHAMPION OVERALL MARKET GOAT.

GRAND CHAMPION, GRAND CHAMPION, LAMB SHOWMANSHIP.

AND I GOT RESERVE CHAMPION WITH MY TRACTOR IN MY GROUP.

HI, I'M KELSEY, AND I GOT TWO BREED CHAMPIONS AND ONE MY SHOWMANSHIP.

HI, I'M SYDNEY IPPOLITO. I'M A JUNIOR, AND I GOT RESERVE BREED CHAMPION AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION OVERALL.

HI, I'M MEGAN MCCLELLAND, I'M A FRESHMAN AND I GOT BREED CHAMPION MARKET LAMB.

HI, EMILY GILBERT AND I GOT GRAND CHAMPION IN BAKED GOODS.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR FIRST ROBOTIC STATE CHAMPIONS.

THANK YOU, SIR. HELLO, I AM ZADOC BISSET. ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM CALLED THE SPRING CONSTANT.

IN JANUARY, WE ARE GIVEN A GAME WHERE WE HAVE TO COMPLETE CERTAIN CHALLENGES.

SO THIS YEAR, WE HAD TO GRAB THESE PVC PIPES THAT ARE CARVED CORAL AND THEY WOULD GO AROUND THIS A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. SO I CAN START TELLING YOU ABOUT OUR ACHIEVEMENTS.

AT OUR FIRST COMPETITION, WE WERE AWARDED WITH THE EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING AWARD.

AT OUR SECOND COMPETITION, WE WERE AWARDED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS IMPACT AWARD FOR OUR OUTREACH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY SPREADING STEM.

AND THEN AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WE WERE ON THE WINNING ALLIANCE OF BOTH OUR FIELD AND THE WHOLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH ALLOWED US TO ADVANCE ONTO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, WHERE WE UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT PERFORM AS WELL AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED, BUT WE HAD AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR FUTURE.

HERE'S A QUICK DEMONSTRATION. L3.

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THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR VASE STATE QUALIFIERS.

THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M LINDSAY THOMAS. I TEACH ART AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS JAY BATES. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS HIS LAST YEAR.

HE'S TAUGHT FOR 37 YEARS. [APPLAUSE] HE'S A HE'S POURED A LOT INTO THIS PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLAP FOR HIM. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE IN STATE VASE. WELL, IN VASE, WE HAVE 3200 ENTRIES THAT HAVE COMPETED TOGETHER THROUGHOUT TEXAS. WE HAD 42 DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTED PIECES AT THAT COMPETITION, AND NINE OF OUR STUDENTS WENT ON TO COMPETE AT STATE LEVEL.

SIX ENDED UP WITH RUNNER UPS BEFORE GAINING THE GOLD SEAL.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

AND I MIGHT POINT OUT A FEW THINGS. WHEN WELL, I'LL DO IT AFTERWARDS.

HERE YOU GO. JUST SAY YOUR NAME. AND I'M DAKOTA BRINK, AND I AM A JUNIOR.

I'M RAYNE ANDERSON, AND I'M A FRESHMAN. I'M LONDON SNYDER AND I'M A SOPHOMORE.

I'M LAUREN JENNINGS AND I'M A JUNIOR. I'M LUCY TIMMONS, AND I'M A JUNIOR.

I'M JOSEPHINE RICE, I'M A JUNIOR. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S THREE MORE THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP TODAY BUT COULDN'T MAKE IT, AND LEILA BERTRAM, AUDREY AVERY AND BRISTOL CLARK WERE ALSO A PART OF THAT, THIS GROUP, LUCY TIMMINS AND LAUREN JENNINGS AND AUDREY ARE TWO TIME STATE QUALIFIERS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT. [APPLAUSE] AND OUR SIX THAT ENDED UP AS RUNNER UPS ARE JOSEPHINE RIZA, DAKOTA BRINK, RAYNE ANDERSON, LUCY TIMMONS, AUDREY AVERY, AND LEILA BERTRAM.

THANK YOU.

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HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS KAYLA ROPER AND THIS IS ALYSSA WISDOM.

AND WE'RE THE DIRECTORS OF THE DANCE TEAM AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. THE DAZZLER AND HIGH STEPPERS DANCE TEAMS HAVE HAD AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR MAKING HISTORY BY CAPTURING REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL TITLES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR PROGRAM'S HISTORY.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, DANCE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IS A YEAR LONG SPORT, AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE.

THROUGH DEDICATION, TEAMWORK, AND COUNTLESS, EMPHASIZE THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF PRACTICE.

THESE TALENTED ATHLETES SHOWCASE THEIR SKILL AND DETERMINATION, EARNING GRAND CHAMPIONS IN THEIR SIZE, CLASSIFICATION, AND OVERALL GRAND CHAMPIONS REGARDLESS OF SIZE.

THEIR INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECT THEIR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS IN OUR PROGRAM, AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THESE DANCERS.

SO PRESENTING YOUR REGIONAL, YOUR STATE AND NATIONAL TITLE WINNING DANCE TEAMS. WE'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF HISTORY THIS YEAR IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS. ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS OUR COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS.

THANK YOU. I'M CHRISTINE EPPENDORF, AND I'M KATE CLARK.

WE'RE TWO OF THE COUNSELORS AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. AND OUR TWO NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT WE HAVE ELLIOT KLING AND JACKIE TRUESDELL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. SORRY. AND THEN WE'RE READY FOR OUR TOP

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WE'RE GOING TO SAY THEIR NAME AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHAT THEY'RE MAJORING IN. SO WE HAVE EBEN SEBASTIAN, SOPHIA RAHMANI, HANNAH BROCK, AVA AZURA, KATIE NEWMAN, HANNAH GILCHRIST, KATARINA THOMAS, REITER, TRENT, REBECCA AVALOS OVIEDO, AND AUDREY STECKER.

SO NOW TELL US WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO STUDY. HI, I'M GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AND I AM MAJORING IN BIOLOGY. HOOK EM. I'M HANNAH BROCK AND I WILL BE ATTENDING SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY AND I WILL BE MAJORING IN MUSICAL THEATER. HI, I'M AVA ZAUCHA.

I'LL BE ATTENDING BOSTON UNIVERSITY, MAJORING IN PSYCHOLOGY WITH A MINOR IN STATISTICS.

I'M KATIE, AND I'M GOING TO A&M TO GET A DEGREE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING.

GIG EM. HELLO? I'M RYDER. I'M GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE GET TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR OWN TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS, THE PAST PRESIDENT. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP TRACY GINSBERG TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS, RECOGNIZING ELAINE COGBURN.

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR KOONTZ. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING ELAINE WITH US FOR THE PAST YEAR AS SHE FINISHED HER TERM AS PRESIDENT.

I KNOW IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM THE DISTRICT AS SHE ATTENDS OUR MEETINGS AND EVENTS, BUT SHE WAS SPECTACULAR.

AS A PRESIDENT, I HAVE TO TELL YOU. AND YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE ADDED BONUS DURING THE FIRST GENERAL SESSION SECTION OF OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE, THE DRIPPING SPRINGS DRUMLINE PERFORMED, AND ELAINE LED THEM IN AS THE DRUM MAJOR.

AND IT WAS, GOSH, IT WAS GREAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW RESPECTED ELAINE IS AS A LEADER.

SHE HAS A WAY OF EXPLAINING SCHOOL FINANCE THAT MAKES EVEN THE NEWEST AMONG US UNDERSTAND THE INTRICACIES OF THIS DIFFICULT FORMULA.

AND WE RESPECT HER SO MUCH AS AN INSTRUCTOR AND AS A LEADER.

AND DURING HER TERM, WE FINISHED A REBRANDING, AND SHE HELPED GUIDE THAT PROCESS.

BUT IT'S KIND OF TRADITION THAT WE ALWAYS GIVE THE PRESIDENT THE PICTURE THAT'S BEEN HANGING IN OUR OFFICE SO SHE CAN HANG IT IN HER OFFICE NOW.

SO IT'S ALL YOURS. NO PRESSURE.

THANK YOU. ELAINE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU RUN THE GAUNTLET.

OH, YOU GOT TO SHAKE HANDS. I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE YOU DO IT.

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HERE WE GO. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE OUR CAMPUS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.

OUR VERY FIRST TEACHER OF THE YEAR WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE FROM CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY IS MISS MOLLY MCPHEE.

FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE MISS LISA O'BANNON.

FROM ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, SARAH APPLE.

FROM SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. JENNA BERNHART.

FROM WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY STEFANI HENDRIX.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, MISS KATIE MARBLE.

FROM SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, CANDICE TORRES.

I THINK THERE'S A DISADVANTAGE WITH ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WE HAVE IN HERE. BUT FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, NICK OVERMYER.

THE NEXT PART OF OUR PRESENTATION IS WE WILL CHOOSE AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND A SECONDARY ELEMENTARY TEACHER OR SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

EACH OF THESE TEACHERS WILL GO ON TO OUR REGION 13 COMPETITION.

AND SO OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR FROM SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

JENNA BERNHARD.

AND OUR SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MR. NICK OVERMYER.

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CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THIS EVENING.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

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.

IF AN ISSUE MENTION IS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, THE BOARD'S DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSIONS OF THE ISSUE WILL BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE APPROPRIATE TIME DURING THE MEETING. FOR ISSUES NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY DIRECT A SPEAKER TO THE APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. SPEAKERS SHALL BE HEARD ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS AND ARE NOT PERMITTED TO RELINQUISH TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON.

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

MONICA NEWTON.

HI, MONICA NEWTON, PARENT EDUCATOR, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER.

WITH ANOTHER ELECTION ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW A FEW THINGS THAT WE TEACH OUR KIDS.

THEY MIGHT SOUND SIMPLE, BUT AFTER READING SOME THINGS THIS WEEK, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME FOR A REFRESHER.

WHILE MOST OF THE THINGS IN THE WORLD ARE OUT OF OUR LOCUS OF CONTROL, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN WORDS AND ACTIONS.

BEFORE YOU SPEAK, POST, SHARE, OR TEXT, REMEMBER THE ACRONYM THINK.

IS IT TRUE? IS IT HELPFUL? IS IT INSPIRING? IS IT NECESSARY? IS IT KIND? THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF SOMEONE SAID THAT ABOUT YOU, YOUR PARENT, SIBLING, FRIEND OR CHILD IN PERSON OR ONLINE. TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WISH TO BE TREATED.

LIES AND SLANDER MAY WIN ELECTIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY WE ALL LOSE IF THAT BEHAVIOR IS MODELED FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THANKS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR LEARNING SPOTLIGHT THIS EVENING FROM ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

[6. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOPEFULLY I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.

I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL AT ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I HAVE A LOT OF MY LEARNERS HERE, PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH, AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT STEM LEARNING ON OUR CAMPUS.

I FIGURED IT OUT AND THERE'S OUR BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS. OKAY, SO REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BACKGROUND.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, 2024, THAT CEA AND THE TEKS HAS IMPLEMENTED THE NEW SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES.

AND SO IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THESE YOUNG CHILDREN SCIENTISTS.

SO IT'S A LOT ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS, MAKING OBSERVATIONS, MOVING TOWARDS DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS, COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND MAKING THEM EVIDENCE BASED, ANALYZING DATA AND MAKING ARGUMENTS.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED TO REALLY EXPAND AND GROW FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. AND YOU'LL JUST NOTICE ON THAT KINDERGARTEN SIDE, WE SEE THINGS LIKE ASK, OBSERVE, SORT, PARTICIPATE, LISTEN. AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE OLDER GRADE LEVELS WHERE IT'S APPLY, ANALYZE, DEFEND, KIND OF COME UP WITH YOUR SOLUTIONS THAT ARE EVIDENCE BASED.

SO AGAIN, KINDERGARTEN. THAT'S THAT HANDS ON OBSERVATION.

YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT TODAY WITH OUR PRE-K KINDER KIDDOS AND KIND OF THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH OBSERVATIONS AND BUILDING,

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WE'RE STARTING TO KIND OF USE THAT DATA AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS ALL THE WAY UP TO FIFTH GRADE WHERE THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS DESIGN, TEST, REVISE. IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. SO AT ROOSTER SPRINGS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THE STEM CULTURE ACROSS, OF COURSE ALL THE GRADE LEVELS. WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS ON OUR CAMPUS.

OUR TEACHERS HAVE PLANNING TIME THAT IS DEDICATED FOR STEM.

PLC IS WHAT WE CALL IT. WE ALSO HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PTA.

THEY ORGANIZE OUR SCIENCE LAB AND HELP US PLAN FOR EXPERIMENTS.

WE'VE GOT A STEM DAY COMING UP THAT THEY ORGANIZED FOR US IN MAY, AS WELL AS A FUN STEM PRESENTATION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IT IS ONE OF OUR GOALS, OF COURSE, FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND STUDENT GROWTH TO IMPROVE OUR SCIENCE SCORES AS WELL.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO START IT OFF, AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO THESE EXPERTS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH YOU.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IN PRE-K. LIKE I SAID IT STARTS WITH THAT OBSERVATION.

LET'S CLASSIFY LET'S SORT LOOKING AT COLORS, LOOKING AT LINES AND CURVES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

ALL RIGHT. STUDENTS REMEMBER THEY DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

SO REMEMBER WE START WITH OUR NAME RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR PRE-K STUDENTS.

HI, MY NAME IS LOGAN AND MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE LESSON IS TINKER.

HE WAS NAMED AFTER MISS LANDRY'S DAD BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, HIS MIDDLE NAME WAS TINKER, AND HE LIKED TO TINKER AROUND WITH THINGS. PLUS, I LIKED IT BECAUSE TINKER WAS THE ONLY YOUNG T-REX FOUND. GREAT JOB! HI, MY NAME IS JAMES.

MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE DINOSAUR LESSON IS GETTING TO LOOK AT THE BONES.

YOU LOVE IT. AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT REPLICAS? YOU WANT TO TELL THEM? OKAY, GO TO RUBY. HI, MY NAME IS RUBY.

MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT IT WAS HOLDING THE BONES.

WHAT ARE THOSE PEOPLE CALLED? THE PEOPLE CALLED THAT STUDY.

THE BONES ARE CALLED PALEONTOLOGISTS. GOOD JOB.

LET'S MOVE ON TO KINDER. YOU READY? HI. MY NAME IS ESMEE.

AND MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE PRESENTATION WAS THAT WE GOT TO SEE WHICH ONE DISSOLVED FIRST.

AND THERE WAS WATER, VINEGAR, SODA AND JUICE.

JUICE DISSOLVED FIRST BECAUSE IT GOT ALL THE SUGAR OFF OF IT.

AND THEN WE MADE A PREDICTION. MINE WAS WATER, BUT IT WAS WRONG.

THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S HOW WE LEARNED, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. TESTING, BEN. YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. MY NAME IS BEN AND MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT PEEP DAY? WHAT'S SO FUNNY? IS THAT WE GOT TO TASTE THE PEEP, AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD. I FELT LIKE IT WAS VERY SUGARY. THE FIVE SENSES WERE SIGHT, TASTE, SMELL, TOUCH, HEAR. AND THEN ON THE NEXT WAS MY JELLY BEAN PEEP HOUSE. IT WAS FIRST WE HAD TO DISSOLVE OR DRAW OR DESIGN A PEEP HOUSE.

THEN WE HAD TO BUILD IT WITH JELLY BEANS OR MARSHMALLOWS.

HI, MY NAME IS NADIA, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN FIRST GRADE IN STEM.

WE WERE MAKING GINGERBREAD HOUSES, AND WE NEEDED A BASE TO SUPPORT THE GINGERBREAD HOUSES SO THEY COULD HAVE A JOINT.

AND WHEN THEY JOINED, YOU COULD MAKE MORE OF THEM TO CONNECT ALL OF THEM AND THEY WOULD MAKE A WHOLE HOUSE.

AND THE PEPPERMINT WAS IF YOU KEEP THE PEPPERMINT IN WATER, WE WERE PREDICTING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO IT.

AND WHAT HAPPENED TO IT WAS WHEN THEY ALL CAME OUT AND IT LOOKED LIKE A STAR.

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THEN IF YOU WERE BUILDING A HOUSE WITH THE TOOTHPICKS, POPSICLE STICKS MARSHMALLOWS AND GUMDROPS. THEN YOU'D HAVE TO START WITH THE BASE, WITH THE TOOTHPICKS, AND THEN YOU'D USE THE GUMDROPS TO CONNECT THE TOOTHPICKS TOGETHER. AND THEN YOU USE THE MARSHMALLOWS TO DESIGN IT.

I'M SAHANA, AND I'M DOING THE BIRD BEAK EXPERIMENT.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT YOU MADE DIFFERENT BIRD BEAKS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT BIRDS HAVE DIFFERENT BEAKS. SO DUCKS, THEY PROBABLY HAVE LIKE, SMOOTH AND ROUND ISH BEAKS AND BLUEJAYS, THEY HAVE, LIKE, POINTY AND BEAKS.

AND WE PICKED UP DIFFERENT MATERIALS USING DIFFERENT STUFF.

PERFECT. HI, I'M AUDREY, AND I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE SECOND GRADE BIRD BAG EXPERIMENT.

SO WE USED THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOOLS AS BIRD BEAKS. AND WE HAD DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT WE USED AS THE FOOD FOR THE BIRDS.

AND WE PREDICTED HOW MANY OF THE THINGS OR THE OBJECTS THAT WE COULD PICK UP IN A MINUTE. AND. YEAH.

OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. HI. MY NAME IS GEORGE, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EGG DROP CHALLENGE.

SO FIRST WE BRAINSTORMED, THEN WE SKETCHED, AND THEN WE BUILT IT.

AND IT TOOK ME THREE TIMES TO GET IT RIGHT. THE FIRST TIME, I USED A PAPER BAG CONNECTED TO A PLAY-DOH BUCKET, AND WE PUT THE EGG, BUT IT CRACKED THE SECOND TIME WE USED A PLASTIC BAG. AND THEN. WE PUT A PLAY-DOH CUP, BUT IT BROKE.

AND THEN WE USED A TRASH BAG AND A TISSUE BOX WITH COTTON BALLS.

WE WRAP THE EGG WITH COTTON BALLS AND BUBBLE WRAP.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ADELA AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE THIRD GRADE EGG DROP.

SO FIRST, WE FIRST WE IN CLASS GOT A PARTNER, AND WE START.

WE THOUGHT ABOUT DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO WORK.

THEN WE BUILD BUILT THE I GUESS YEAH PROTOTYPE FOR THE EGG. AND I MADE IT, AND THE FIRST TIME IT DIDN'T WORK. AND THEN IT I TINKERED IT A LITTLE BIT AND.

EDIT IT AND THEN IT DID WORK. SO AND THEN WE DROPPED THE EGG AND IT DID NOT BREAK, SO I. SUCCESSFULLY MADE MY EGG. HI I'M NOEL AND I'LL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT

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WE HAD TO GUESS WHICH ANIMAL THE OWL ATE. WE HAD TO DEFEND OUR ANSWER.

WE HAD THE CHANCE TO WEAR GLOVES, BUT I DIDN'T.

ME AND MY PARTNER THINK WE FOUND A BIRD BECAUSE WE FOUND A SKULL WITH A BEAK ON IT.

WE ALSO FOUND LOTS OF FEATHERS. MY FAVORITE PART WAS FINDING ALL THE BONES AND IDENTIFYING THEM.

HI, MY NAME IS BEN AND ME AND MY PARTNER. WE FOUND A MOLE BECAUSE WE FOUND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT BONES.

AND WE FOUND LIKE SKIN AND WE HAD A CHART TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS. IT COULD BE A BIRD, A MOLE, A MOUSE OR A RODENT.

MY GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. HI. MY NAME IS OLIVE. AND WE BUILT A BRIDGE THAT SUPPORTED A MUG. WE READ A NOVEL THAT WAS CALLED WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON AND IT IS ABOUT A GIRL NAMED MINLI WHO TAKES A JOURNEY TO NEVER ENDING MOUNTAIN.

TO ASK A QUESTION TO THE OLD MAN OF THE MOON.

SHE WAS BORN POOR IN HER GREATEST DESIRE WAS TO BRING FORTUNE TO HER FAMILY.

SHE LEARNED THAT THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD TRY TO ACHIEVE THIS WAS TO ASK THE OLD MAN OF THE MOON.

WHEN SHE REACHED NEVER ENDING MOUNTAIN, SHE HAD TO BUILD A BRIDGE IN ORDER TO SEE THE OLD MAN OF THE MOON.

AFTER WE READ THE BOOK, OUR CLASS WAS TASKED TO BUILD A BRIDGE THAT CAN HOLD OUR TEACHER'S MUG, WHICH REPRESENTS MINLI AND THAT OUR TEACHER LOVES COFFEE.

HI, MY NAME IS NUPUR AND I'M ALSO IN FIFTH GRADE.

FOR THE EXPERIMENT, WE HAD SOME CONTROLS THAT ALL GROUPS CONSISTENTLY HAD.

WE HAD 11 STRAWS, THREE FEET OF STRING, TWO STRIPS OF TAPE, A PAIR OF SCISSORS, AND A BOOK BOX WHICH REPRESENTED WHERE MINLI WAS AND THE MOUNTAIN SHE HAD TO CROSS. BEFORE WE COULD START BUILDING THE BRIDGE AS A TEAM, WE HAD TO COLLABORATE AND GENERATE IDEAS FOR OUR MODEL.

AFTER THAT, WE STARTED TO ASSEMBLE THE BRIDGE WITH LIMITED TIME ON THE TIMER.

SOMETHING DID NOT WORK BECAUSE OF PHYSICS AND GRAVITY, SO WE HAD TO PROBLEM SOLVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

WE TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL WE FIGURED OUT THAT USING.

BY USING ALL OF YOUR SUPPLIES AND SOME CREATIVE THINKING THAT YOU COULD FIND A SOLUTION TO ANY PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ACTUALLY HAD SOME PROBLEMS. IT WAS HOW CAN YOU KEEP THE GINGERBREAD ON THE BRIDGE WITHOUT IT BREAKING? AND THEN WITH THE BIRD BEAKS, THEY REALLY HAD TO COME UP WITH WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIRDS COULD EAT.

AND THEY HAD TO MAKE THOSE PREDICTIONS SO WONDERFUL.

THE OWL PELLETS, THEY REALLY HAD TO DEFEND THEIR RESPONSES.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM FOR THAT. AND OF COURSE, WITH OUR BRIDGE, WITH THE CONTROLS, THEY HAD TO HOLD THE COFFEE MUGS UP.

THEY HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB STANDING UP HERE AND BEING STILL FOR YOU GUYS.

SO. WAIT, WE GOT QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS? OKAY, WAIT JUST A SECOND.

OKAY. DO WE GO WITH OUR QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE GREAT JOB STUDENTS.

WE'RE SO THRILLED FOR YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OTHERWISE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US. I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT IF THAT'S OKAY. YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, WAY TO GO ROOSTER TIGERS.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU ALL. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, ALL PRESENT AT ONE TIME. AND THAT WAS AMAZING.

NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU DID VERY, VERY WELL, BUT THIS IS THE JOURNEY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON DISPLAY AND HOW WE'RE INTEGRATING STEM AT EVERY LEVEL OF WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR HANDS ON LEARNING, WHICH, BY THE WAY, GUYS LIKE ME LEARNED THE BEST IN THAT KIND OF REGARD.

I'VE LEARNED THAT OVER TIME. NOW IS PHENOMENAL.

AND SO AND I KNOW WE GOT A BUNCH OF OUR TEACHERS OVER HERE, ALL OF OUR ROOSTER TEACHERS AS A AS A ROOSTER DAD, AS MY KID IS ON HIS LAST FIFTH GRADE AT ROOSTER MY DAUGHTER WAS CELEBRATED UP HERE AS A FRESHMAN.

I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT'S HAPPENED ON THIS CAMPUS, SO PROUD OF WHAT'S HAPPENED ON THIS CAMPUS, THE HARD WORK THAT GOES IN EVERY DAY, WATCHING THESE KIDS LEARN AND GROW, SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH MY OWN.

I'M JUST SO PROUD OF YOU ALL, AND I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THESE KIDS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO OUR FIRST QUESTION IS, WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO JOIN THE SCHOOL BOARD? KIM. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

PERSONALLY, FOR ME, I'VE GOT A 40 YEAR BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION.

I USED TO BE A TEACHER. I USED TO BE A PRINCIPAL.

I SPENT THE LAST 60 YEARS OF MY LIFE EITHER GOING TO SCHOOL OR WORKING IN A SCHOOL OR CONTRIBUTING TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO I FEEL LIKE I KNOW JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOLS, AND I HOPE TO BE HERE TO HELP, AND I'M PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU.

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AND IT WAS, ON ONE HAND, A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE BECAUSE WE WERE HEARING FROM PARENTS ALL OVER THIS DISTRICT THAT THEY WANTED TO STAY AT THEIR CAMPUS.

THERE ARE LOTS OF DISTRICTS ACROSS THIS STATE WHERE THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

BUT I WAS REMINDED LISTENING TO Y'ALL OF THE PROCESS THAT WE USED OF ASKING QUESTIONS AND DEFINING PROBLEMS, CREATING MODELS, ANALYZING THE DATA. WE HAD TO DO ALL THAT.

AND THEN IN THE END, THERE ARE PARENTS WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED AND KIDS WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THEY'RE WITH THEIR FRIENDS RIGHT NOW.

BUT I KNOW THAT EVERY SCHOOL IS AMAZING. I HEARD A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF THE CHEERS FROM THE KIDS WHEN YOUR PRINCIPAL WAS ANNOUNCED, SO THAT MADE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD.

AND Y'ALL ARE SO SWEET. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE YOUR NEW FRIENDS WHO ARE NEW TO YOUR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR FEEL VERY WELCOME.

YES, I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION. AND THE THIRD QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU BALANCE YOUR HOME LIFE WITH YOUR ROLE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD? OLIVIA. HI, GUYS. IT'S SO NICE TO MEET EVERYONE.

YOU GUYS. IT'S SUCH A GOOD JOB TONIGHT. WELL, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT QUESTION.

I WROTE SOME THINGS DOWN, AND THE WORD THAT CAME TO MIND FOR ME IS TO INTEGRATE.

I ACTUALLY TAKE MY BOARD WORK AND INTEGRATE THAT INTO MY EVERYDAY LIFE AND A FEW THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, MY SON SEES ME WORK ON SCHOOL BOARD STUFF A LOT.

SO I TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH HIM ABOUT CIVICS.

ALSO, WE NEVER BEFORE I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE HAD NEVER BEEN TO A SINGLE PERFORMANCE AT OUR SCHOOL, AND NOW WE GO TO EVERY HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.

WE GO SEE THE BAND. WE NOT EVERY SINGLE BUT THE THEATER, BUT WE GO SEE BAND AND ORCHESTRA AND WE GO SEE OUR THEATER.

AND THAT'S SO MUCH FUN. SO WE INTEGRATE WATCHING OUR STUDENTS PERFORM INTO OUR LIFE.

ALSO, I JUST BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD SERVE.

AND FOR EVERYONE THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT AT A DIFFERENT TIME IN LIFE.

SO YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO INTEGRATE IT WHEN YOU HAVE THE TIME AND THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.

AND I'VE ALSO MET SO MANY NEW FRIENDS. I GET TO STAY CONNECTED WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE COFFEE WITH MORE PEOPLE, AND GET PHONE CALLS FOR MORE PEOPLE. SO FOR ME, I'VE JUST INTEGRATED IT INTO MY LIFE SO THAT THAT WORK BALANCE AND BOARD BALANCE IS GOOD AND STRONG AND HEALTHY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE HAVE AN IMPROMPTU QUESTION. IS IT OKAY? ALL RIGHT. OH. WHAT? OKAY. WHAT IS YOUR JOB? I'LL GIVE THAT QUESTION TO ROB. OH, THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION. I LIKE YOU, YOUNG MAN.

YOU'RE GREAT. YOU REMIND ME A LOT OF ME WHEN I WAS A KID.

IN A YOUNG KID. I THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT.

YES. MY DAUGHTER DOESN'T THINK SO. HERE'S WHAT OUR JOB IS.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK THAT SAME QUESTION.

OUR JOB IS TO DO OUR VERY BEST AS A TEAM OF AS SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS, ALONG WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT UP HERE TO MAKE THE VERY BEST DECISIONS FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIZENS OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. SO WE OVERSEE YOUR EDUCATION.

WE MAKE DECISIONS COLLECTIVELY THAT GOVERN WHAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES AND HOW IT OPERATES.

AND SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME VISITING YOUR SCHOOLS, SEEING HOW YOU'RE DOING THINGS.

WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT CURRICULUM, ABOUT WHERE WE BUILD SCHOOLS, HOW WE BUILD SCHOOLS, WHERE YOU GO TO SCHOOL. THOSE ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME OVERSEEING THE FUTURE OF YOUR EDUCATION HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU.

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OUR LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHT THIS MONTH.

FIRST WAS CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOUR.

KIM. I REALLY DID ENJOY THAT SCHOOL VISIT THE LIGHTHOUSE TEAM.

THEY TOOK US AROUND AND WE GOT TO WATCH THE FIRST GRADE EGG DROP WITH PEDERNALES ELECTRIC.

THEY SHOWED UP AND BROUGHT THEIR BIG BUCKET IN THE BACK OF THEIR TRUCK, AND THOSE KIDS GOT TO DROP ALL OF THEIR EGGS FROM THE TOP OF THE TRUCK.

WE ALSO GOT TO SEE A LESSON ON FOSSILS, AND WE ACTUALLY GOT TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOM AND DIG IN THE DIRT AND TRY TO FIND THE PARTICULAR FOSSILS THAT THE TEACHERS WERE LOOKING AT. WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT CAMPUS PLANS FOR A NEW GARDEN.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A FARMERS MARKET ON CAMPUS.

AND I GUESS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE VISIT FOR ME WAS ALL OF THE PERSONAL THANK YOU CARDS AND POSTERS AND MESSAGES THAT WERE WRITTEN TO EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. WELL, KIM, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE OF US THAT MADE THE TAXPAYER TUESDAY. GO AHEAD. GIVE US YOUR HIGHLIGHT OF THAT TOO.

JUST KEEP TALKING. THIS WAS THERE THAT THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN AS WELL.

WE GOT TO LISTEN TO OUR BOND ROAD SHOW, WHICH WAS I MEAN, IT JUST GETS BETTER EVERY TIME YOU HEAR IT, AND I LEARN SOMETHING, BUT I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT TO ME WAS WATCHING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR NEW PRINCIPAL WALKING UP TO HER IN THE HALL AND HUGGING HER AND HIGH FIVING HER. AND YOU COULD JUST FEEL THE ATMOSPHERE IN THAT BUILDING, BECAUSE AT OUR LAST MONTH'S MEETING THAT DECISION WAS MADE TO HIRE HER AS THE PRINCIPAL, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THAT FEEDBACK AND ACTUALLY GET TO WITNESS IT IN PERSON.

ON WHAT A GREAT JOB SHE'S DOING ON THAT CAMPUS.

TO THINK THAT THIS IS THE OLD SCHOOL, IT IS JUST HARD BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THE NEW SCHOOL FOREVER.

MY DAUGHTER WENT THERE AND IT WAS NEW AND NOW IT'S OLD.

THAT MAKE, SO I'M OLD, BUT IT'S SHE WENT THROUGH THE DESIGN AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

AND THERE'S SOME GREAT PLANS AHEAD. IF THE MOD IS SUCCESSFUL.

ALL RIGHT. WILDWOOD SPRINGS SITE, VISIT TRICIA.

THIS CAMPUS IS COMING TOGETHER. SO AWESOME. I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE THIS WEEKEND AT FOUNDERS DAY TO TALK TO SOME FAMILIES THAT ARE HEADED THERE BECAUSE JUST, I DON'T KNOW, THE LAYOUT IS PERFECT. THE KIDDOS IN THE CLASSROOM ARE GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW JUST THE HALLWAYS, LIKE IN THE BACK, I DON'T KNOW, JUST THAT WHOLE SETUP TO ME IS AMAZING.

I THINK THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO LOVE IT WITH THE WINDOWS IN EVERY CLASSROOM. THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THEIR NEIGHBOR TO BE ABLE TO CHECK ON THEM AND WATCH THEIR KIDDOS IF THEY HAVE TO GO DO ANYTHING. BUT THIS CAMPUS IS REALLY COMING AROUND.

THE PLAYGROUND, I THINK IS GOING TO BE SUPER FUN.

THE WAY THAT THEY DESCRIBED HOW THE HILL WAS GOING TO BE A SLIDE OR A ROCK CLIMB BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE KIDDOS THAT GET TO GO HERE, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT.

STEFANI GO AHEAD. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS ON THE DESIGN COMMITTEE FOR ELEMENTARY SIX BEFORE I WAS BOARD MEMBER, AND I WANTED TO I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED THIS TO ALL OF YOU WHENEVER WE WERE THERE, BUT I FELT LIKE WALKING AROUND THAT SCHOOL.

IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMITTEE WAS GOING FOR.

SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE COMMITTEE, BUT YOU KNOW, I WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND AS WE WERE GOING AROUND, I WAS SAYING WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO I FELT REALLY GREAT ABOUT IT AND REALLY PROUD. VERY COOL FEEDBACK. YES. AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF EVENTS.

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AND BETWEEN OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES SOME OF OUR DISTRICT PARTNERS I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER RAISED.

I IMAGINE KIM DOES. SHE'LL GIVE IT A REPORT, BUT IT WAS IT WAS. IT WAS EXCELLENT. IT WAS I THINK ALMOST ALL OF US WERE OUT THERE AT SOME POINT. OUR SUPERINTENDENT CAN SHOOT. I APPRECIATE THAT, 12 GAUGE TOO.

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. KIM IS ALSO QUITE THE SHOT.

QUITE THE SHOT RIGHT. WHAT'S WRONG? COME ON, YOU WERE GOOD. LISTEN IT'S A, WE SIT UP HERE AND WE MAKE DECISIONS.

YES, BUT WE'RE ALSO. I'M JUST PROUD OF HOW WELL THIS TEAM ENGAGES IN ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS SLIDE IS ABOUT, RIGHT? IS TAKING TIME TOGETHER. AND YES, MY BUSINESS WAS A PART OF THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL OUT THERE COMING TOGETHER WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE POURING MONEY INTO OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION SO THEY CAN ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO DO SOME COOL THINGS. SO YES, WE GOT TO GO SHOOT. THAT'S AWESOME. BUT LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF GOODNESS HAPPENING THERE. AND SO I APPRECIATE OUR FOUNDATION THAT'S WORKING THEIR TAILS OFF ON THIS.

AND THANK YOU FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR CONTINUING TO ENGAGE THAT I KNOW BEYOND KIM'S ROLE AS THE LIAISON, ALL OF US ARE HEAVILY GETTING INVOLVED IN DOING STUFF IN THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S THAT BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO THANK YOU. WELL, NEXT WE HAD A COUPLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT REACHED OUT THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A MOCK BOARD MEETING, WHICH WAS A REALLY INTERESTING ASK FOR US. AND WE HAD THREE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO KIND OF RUN THE SHIP AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF A MINI TRAINING FOR THEM.

TRICIA, YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THAT EVENING? SO THAT EVENING WAS SUPER FUN. IT WAS ACTUALLY THE SAME DAY AS THE CLAY SHOOT, BUT.

SO I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE CLAY SHOOT. AND THEN IN THE EVENING TIME, WE SAT DOWN WITH THE TROOP WHO ALL SAT AROUND THE, THE PODIUM, AND THEY ENJOYED OUR MICROPHONES AND ASKED US QUESTIONS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER AND LET THEM KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE DID AND HOW WE IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY, OF COURSE, HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT RUNNING, AND THERE WERE JUST ALL THESE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE GROUP ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US, BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD TO BE ABLE TO LET THE KIDDOS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE DO, WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS, THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THEM AND TO HELP THEM.

AND JUST CIVICS, LIKE OLIVIA SAID EARLIER. SO BUT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME AND I THINK, I THINK ALL PARTIES INVOLVED HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME. SO. AND THEN MARY JANE AND KIM, YOU WAS THAT AT BAND? IS THAT JAZZ? YES. KIM, TELL US ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS AN EVENING OF JAZZ.

IT'S MY FAVORITE EVENT TO ATTEND EACH YEAR. IT WAS AT CANYON WOODRIDGE, AND IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY IN THERE.

WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT, IT'S A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, SO THE STUDENTS IN SYCAMORE MIDDLE, DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE, AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY VOLUNTEER AFTER SCHOOL AND WORK WITH ONE OF THEIR INSTRUCTORS, AND THEY COME TOGETHER AND THEY PUT ON A JAZZ CONCERT THAT PEOPLE WOULD STAND IN LINE AND BUY TICKETS TO, TO COME AND SEE THESE KIDS.

THEY ARE INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY TALENTED. I MEAN, I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE IN A ROOM JUST REALLY PRAISING THOSE CHILDREN.

KIND OF. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENT WAS ONE OF THE BAND DIRECTORS AT SYCAMORE MIDDLE HAD WON A TEACHER GRANT A YEAR AGO, AND SHE INTRODUCED THE EQUIPMENT IN THE CONCERT AND TOLD EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM ABOUT IT AND HOW SHE LIKES TO SHARE THAT WITH THE DISTRICT AND THE PURPOSE OF THE EQUIPMENT. AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO WITNESS.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENING. AND MARY JANE, IS THAT TENNIS? YES, YES, AND I JUST YOU SAID GRANT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY SPECIFICALLY A DRIPPING SPRINGS EDUCATION FOUNDATION GRANT.

GOT A PLUG WITH THE. YES. AND SO LOWER LEFT. LEFT IS THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP GRANT KIND OF PAW PATROL, AS WE CALL IT. AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT'S A FAIRLY NEW DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS.

SO ON THE LEFT, COURTNEY DEAVERS IS SOMEONE WHO YOU KNOW, CHOSE A GRANT THAT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL TO HER TO AWARD SPECIFICALLY AS OPPOSED TO JUST SLF'S IN GENERAL.

AND YES, THAT IS A DAY AT A HOME TENNIS MATCH.

COACH NORMAN, THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR. SHE WAS A PLAYER HERSELF, I LEARNED DID THE USTA CIRCUIT, AND THERE ARE SIX SENIORS, SO I KNOW THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT COACH THIS YEAR.

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EVEN IN OUR AUDITORIUM, I THINK THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 30, 40 PEOPLE HAVING TO STAND.

WHICH IS YET ANOTHER REASON WHY WE ACTUALLY NEED A SECOND HIGH SCHOOL.

BECAUSE TALKING TO THE SPONSOR, SHE SORT OF HALF JOKINGLY WAS LIKE, EITHER WE NEED TO MAKE OUR, YOU KNOW, CREDENTIAL, LIKE OUR QUALIFICATIONS MORE STRICT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TAKE AS MANY KIDS THAT TRULY ARE QUALIFIED OR, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER SPACE, BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY OTHER SPACES, AS YOU KNOW AROUND DRIPPING SPRINGS.

SO IT WAS STILL A LOVELY EVENING FANNING OURSELVES WITH THE PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING.

IT WAS REALLY AN HONOR TO BE IN FRONT OF THE HONOR SOCIETY.

NO PUN INTENDED, BUT ALL RIGHT LIAISON AND SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS WILL START WITH TRICIA.

I DON'T BELIEVE I HAD ANYTHING THIS MONTH. SO, ACTUALLY, OUR NEW, NEWLY SCHEDULED WORKSHOP AND AGENDA REVIEW PRECLUDED MY ABILITY TO GO TO CHAMBER THIS MONTH.

BUT I DID WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT AT SOME POINT IN THESE REPORTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUGE PIECES OF LEGISLATION COMING UP LIKE TOMORROW IS HOUSE BILL FOUR WHICH WOULD REMOVE STAAR AND PUT IN ITS PLACE A NATIONALLY NORM REFERENCED TEST.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD HOUSE BILL TWO FOR SCHOOL FUNDING, AND THERE IS NO SENATE EQUIVALENT AT THE MOMENT.

SO WE NEED TO BE CONTACTING OUR ARE STATE SENATORS ASKING THEM TO PLEASE GET ON THAT IN THE LAST? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT, 36 DAYS THAT WE HAVE LEFT? OLIVIA. THANK YOU. I'LL DO MY PARKS AND REC. SO A LOT OF THINGS WE CONTINUE TO NARROW DOWN OUR PROCESS OF, LIKE, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR REIMAGINED DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND THIS LAST WEEK.

SORRY. IT'S SO MUCH FUN. LIKE, I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS BEFORE, IT'S SUCH A SIMILAR PLANNING PROCESS WHEN YOU'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION GROWTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES AND BUDGETS AND ALL THE THINGS WE DIALED IN LAST WEEK SPECIFICALLY ON MOST PEOPLE MAYBE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S CITY PROPERTY OR A PARK, BUT THE PARK THAT WILL BE KIND OF IN BETWEEN.

OH MY GOSH, NEXT TO BUNKER RANCH AND ARROWHEAD, WE'VE GOT SOME ACREAGE THERE.

AND I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO SHARE ONE OF MY THOUGHTS AND I HOPE TO SEE IT INCORPORATED.

IT'S IN THE EARLY STAGES, BUT WE ALL GET TO COME TO A TABLE AND WORK WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND GIVE INPUT ON WHAT DO WE THINK WILL WORK.

AND I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CITY INVESTING IN ALL ABILITY EQUIPMENT, WHETHER IT'S SENSORY INTEGRATION OR ACTUAL MOBILITY.

AND THAT WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED. AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IF I THINK WE HAD ONE PARK THAT COULD OFFER THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN I JUST HAD TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT TALK ABOUT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN OUR LAND MASS, OUR AREA OF OPERATION AND OUR RESOURCES. IT'S A REALLY, REALLY BIG THING FOR THE PARK, TOO, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY BUDGET, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SHARING LIKE CITY BUDGETS, LIKE 15 MILLION BUCKS, RIGHT? BUT THE LAND MASS THAT WE SERVICE IS HUGE.

AND WE HAD A REALLY HARD CONVERSATION ABOUT BUDGET.

AND WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, DO WE START CHARGING TO ENTER OUR PARKS.

AND FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES. I GET EMOTIONAL, BUT IF YOU LOVE PARKS AND PARKS ARE PART OF THE EXPERIENCE AND NATURE, WHETHER IT'S BOY SCOUTS, YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. FOR SOME FAMILIES THAT THEY'RE IN. THEIR ENTERTAINMENT IS REALLY LIKE JUST GOING TO THE PARKS MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY. BUT THOSE ARE REALLY HARD CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING AT THAT LEVEL, TOO. BECAUSE CITY BUDGET, OUR LANDMASS, THE AREA IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE USING THESE PARKS ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, FROM ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FOOTPRINT OF THE DISTRICT, BUT VERY, VERY EXCITING, WONDERFUL THINGS COMING.

IT'S A LONG TERM, PROBABLY A TWO DECADE PLAN, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.

GOOD AGENDA. YES. WE HAD THE COUNCIL OF TT DELEGATE MEETING.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE ALREADY REPORTED ON THIS. I DON'T TELL ME WILDWOOD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY DID ELECT THEIR NEW BOARD, RIGHT? OKAY. ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT THREE OF THOSE POSITIONS ACTUALLY REQUIRED BALLOT VOTES BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN SERVING THERE.

SO IT WASN'T JUST LIKE, HEY, PLEASE COME AND SERVE.

AND EVERYONE WHO WAS THERE GOT APPOINTED. SO YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT.

THEY VOTE RIGHT. NO, NO, NO. I ALSO WANTED TO UPDATE.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT NUMBER. WE HAD 3245 TOTAL PTA MEMBERS IN OUR DISTRICT

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THE SUMMER CONFERENCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS, PTA BOARD MEMBERS IS JULY 18TH THROUGH 20TH, AND THEY ARE ENCOURAGING EVERY PTA IN THE DISTRICT TO SEND A GROUP THERE. THEY HELD THEIR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM, AND ALL THREE OF THE CANDIDATES ATTENDED.

I WAS THERE. IT WAS GREAT. THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB HOSTING THAT.

THE OH, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE COUNCIL RECEIVED A PTA ADVOCACY IMPACT AWARD FOR THEIR WORK AT THE PTA RALLY DAY AND THEN SEVERAL OF THE LOCAL PTAS ALSO RECEIVED A RECOGNITION FOR THAT.

THEY ALSO PARTNERED THE COUNCIL PARTNERED WITH EACH OF THE LOCAL PTAS TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE UPCOMING BOND REFERENDUM. THE LOCAL PTAS WERE ALL GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY.

HOLLY. THEY DID THE BOND ROADSHOW, LIKE KIM WAS SAYING, AND TO EACH OF THE PTAS AND ALL OF OUR LOCAL PTAS DID CALL FOR A RESOLUTION. PASSED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE 2025 BOND.

SO THEY DID A ROLL CALL AT THIS MEETING, AND EACH OF THEM TALKED, YOU KNOW, GAVE THEIR DATE OF PASSING THIS REFERENDUM.

SO OUR RESOLUTIONS, WE ARE HAVING OUR NEXT MEETING ON MAY 12TH.

AND THEN THEY ALSO ELECTED NEW OFFICERS FOR THE COUNCIL.

OUR PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR WILL BE KRISTOPHER SCHULTZ AGAIN.

SO TWO YEAR TERM THERE. I THINK THAT'S IT. KIM I STARTED LAST WEEK ATTENDING THE FINAL ATHLETES SIGNING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 33 ATHLETES THAT HAVE SIGNED THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A NEW DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL RECORD.

INTERESTING LITTLE STORY. WHEN I WAS DRIVING UP IN THE PARKING LOT, THERE WAS A FAMILY NEXT TO ME GETTING OUT OF THEIR CAR.

I MET WITH THEM SIX YEARS AGO. THEY'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHERE THEIR CHILDREN WERE GOING TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE SAT AND WE TALKED FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, AND I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING I KNEW ABOUT DRIPPING SPRINGS.

AND AS WE WERE WALKING IN AND ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN WERE SIGNING A LETTER OF INTENT TO GO PLAY COLLEGE SPORTS.

THEY SAID IT WAS THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE AND JUST HAD GREAT, GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THAT WAS A PLUS FOR US. ANOTHER THING IS, WHEN YOU GO TO THESE CEREMONIES, EACH COACH HAS COME UP WITH ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE THE ATHLETE AND STEFANI. YOU'RE GOING TO GET A KICK OUT OF THIS.

COACH Z DESCRIBED ONE OF HIS FOOTBALL PLAYERS AS GRIT, AND I SAID, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND TELL HER THAT IN OUR BOARD MEETING.

SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD. DRIPPING SPRINGS WOMEN'S CLUB HAD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, AND KATHY RAPP WAS OUR GUEST SPEAKER.

AND SHE OWNS A COMPANY OF HOME BY RED DOOR, AND IT'S ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS.

IT WAS GREAT. I'M A PRETTY ORGANIZED PERSON, BUT AFTER HER SPEECH, I WENT HOME AND I CLEARED OUT TWO BAGS OF CLOTHES TO GO TO GOODWILL.

AND MY HUSBAND WAS UPSET THAT I DIDN'T SELL THEM.

BUT ANYWAY, I DONATED THEM. SO SHE'S GREAT. MY LAST REPORT IS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR ATTENDING AND SUPPORTING OUR CLOTHES FOR CLASSROOM EVENT.

THANKS TO YOUR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT, WE RAISED NEARLY $70,000, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE 65,000 INITIALLY REPORTED.

YOUR PARTICIPATION DIRECTLY FUELS CLASSROOM INNOVATION ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, DEMONSTRATES TO OUR COMMUNITY HOW DEEPLY OUR BOARD VALUES THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS AT THE CLAY SHOOT THAT THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE ATTENDING.

IT WAS VERY APPRECIATED. THE COMMUNITY NOTICED IT, THE EVENT PLANNERS NOTICED IT.

SO PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ATTENDING.

UPCOMING TEACHER APPRECIATION LUNCHES ARE GOING TO START NEXT WEEK, BEING HOSTED BY CHICK FIL A, AND THESE LUNCHES ARE JUST A SMALL WAY OF SHOWING OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK OUR TEACHERS DO EVERY DAY.

I'LL START MY WEEK ON MONDAY ATTENDING THE LUNCHEON AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M GOING TO MISS THE REST OF THE WEEK, BECAUSE I WILL BE IN COLORADO AT MY DAUGHTER'S GRADUATION, AND I GOT TO GO CELEBRATING NEW STUDENT LEADERSHIP GRANTS.

THREE OF THOSE WERE AWARDED. THE FIRST ONE WAS CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND FORENSICS CLUB.

THEY RECEIVED FUNDING TO PURCHASE SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNITY EVENT SUPPORT AND HELP STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN STATE COMPETITIONS.

THIS ALSO REVIVES THEIR STUDENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, GIVING STUDENTS A REAL WORLD READINESS AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

THE COLTS ORGANIZATION COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATION FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING STUDENTS THAT'S A STUDENT LED NONPROFIT,

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I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT THROUGH OUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

ADDITIONALLY, BRIDGE, OUR STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, CONTINUES TO RECEIVE SUPPORT FOR EMPOWERING PEER TO PEER GUIDANCE AND FOSTERING A CULTURE OF LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

LAST IS PRESIDENT'S REPORT. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER, BECAUSE WE'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN AWAY FROM OUR BOOK GRANT THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT YOU'LL LEARN NOT OFF THE HOOK. SO NEXT MONTH, WE'RE COMING BACK TO IT.

WE WILL FINISH THE BOOK. NO, BUT IT'S OKAY TO HAVE A BREAK, TOO.

OTHERWISE, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE OUR AGENDA REVIEW IN MAY IN THE AFTERNOON AGAIN, SO BE SURE TO CHECK THOSE TIMES. AND MAY MEETING IS A VERY THICK MEETING.

SO JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND ALL THE DATES KIND OF COME IN OUR WAY.

SO ANYWAY, SO NEXT IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PRESENTATION.

YES. ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE EXCITED. I'M GOING TO KICK US OFF.

IT'S GOING TO BE A KIND OF COLLABORATIVE PRESENTATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND DOCTOR KIT AND LINDA HALL TODAY, BUT I'M GOING TO GET US STARTED. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, LAST SEPTEMBER, WE LAUNCHED THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITH WE HAVE A WEBSITE, VIDEO MESSAGE COMMUNITY MESSAGE.

AND SINCE THEN, THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE GOALS.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT OUR PROGRESS IN THOSE AREAS.

THERE WERE FOUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN.

THE FIRST IS THE ACADEMIC GOAL. THE SECOND IS AROUND ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS, PRIMARILY AROUND THE GUIDANCE, COUNSELING AND ADVISING AREA. THE THIRD IS RECRUITING AND HIRING, AND THEN THE FOURTH IS COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THOUGH, WE HAD TO PRIORITIZE, AND WE'RE ONLY DOING THREE OF THOSE IN YEAR ONE.

AND SO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ONE FELL OFF FOR YEAR ONE IN THE FOCUS AREA.

PRIORITY FOR YEAR ONE IS THOSE FIRST THREE. AND SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE DOCTOR KIDD AND LINDA PROVIDE UPDATES ON THOSE GOALS, STARTING WITH CURRICULUM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

SO THIS CURRICULUM GOAL IS REALLY AROUND CONTINUING THE WORK OF A GUARANTEED VIABLE CURRICULUM.

SOMETIMES YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY GVC. AND IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT ALIGNMENT OF COURSES NOT ONLY IN CORE BUT ALSO IN ELECTIVES AND ALSO INCLUDING FINE ARTS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR STUDENTS GET TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME OR EQUAL LEARNING, NO MATTER WHAT CAMPUS THEY'RE GOING TO OR ZONED TO.

THAT MAKES THAT ZONING PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER, DOESN'T IT? SO THIS FIRST YEAR, WE REALLY LOOKED AT THAT ALIGNMENT AND DEFINING OUR CURRICULUM FOR ALL COURSES. AND WE ARE IN THE STAGES OF DOING THAT.

SO IT'S NEVER DONE IN CURRICULUM LAND. SO I THINK THAT'S JOB SECURITY.

BUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY IS 100% COURSE OFFERING ALIGNMENT BETWEEN BOTH OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

YOU MIGHT BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT THEY SOMETIMES DIDN'T ALIGN THIS YEAR.

THEY DID. WE'RE ACTUALLY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

WE HAVE A COURSE GUIDE OR COURSE CATALOG THAT IS HOUSED HERE INSTEAD OF TWO SEPARATE.

IN THE YEARS PAST, WE HAD TWO SEPARATE CATALOGS THAT EACH PARENT WOULD GET.

NOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU'RE ZONED TO, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE OFFERED THE SAME COURSES.

AND IN THERE YOU SEE THAT WORD YAG THAT STANDS FOR YEAR AT A GLANCE.

THAT'S THE WHAT AND THE WHEN WE TEACH, REMEMBER WE LEAVE THE HOW UP TO A TEACHER.

AND THAT'S REALLY A YEAR TWO GOAL OF CREATING THOSE LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

BUT THOSE YAGS ARE THOSE FOUNDATIONAL CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS THAT WE BUILD ON TO MAKE SURE THAT ALIGNMENT IS THERE FOR GVC.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING THROUGH OUR FINE ARTS JUST AS RECENT AS LAST FRIDAY, WORKING THROUGH FINE ARTS YEARS.

AT A GLANCE, SOMETIMES YAG SOUNDS TERRIBLE YEAR AT A GLANCE SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE ALIGNED.

NO MATTER IF YOU'RE A PRE-K STUDENT GOING TO MUSIC OR YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR, THEY WON'T BE TEACHING THE SAME THINGS.

BUT THE TWEAKS ARE THERE FOR EACH COURSE. WE'RE ALSO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CHANGING WITH HOUSE BILL 1605. EXCUSE ME.

AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PROCLAMATIONS, THOSE LARGE ADOPTIONS THAT WOULD TAKE EIGHT YEARS.

NOW IT'S A LITTLE MORE FLUID. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROCESS WAS SOLID, SO THAT WHEN WE CAME OUT TO A DECISION AND WE BROUGHT IT TO THE BOARD, WE COULD ALL STAND BEHIND IT AND SAY, YES, WE WANT THIS. NOTHING IS MORE FRUSTRATING THAN GOING THROUGH A PROCESS, HEARING TEACHERS SAY, WELL, I DIDN'T WANT THAT ONE. AND WE PICKED A MATERIAL THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND TEACHERS ARE NOT WANTING TO USE IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE IN IT.

THIS IS ALLOWING A BETTER VOICE FOR TEACHERS, WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR EACH CAMPUS TO HAVE THE MATERIALS FOR TEACHERS TO LOOK AT AND WEIGH IN AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. WE ALSO HAVE THAT CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

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THAT MEANS MORE FUNDING FOR US. AND THE COURSES JUST CHANGED JUST A LITTLE BIT AND GOT ADAPTED AND ADJUSTED TO IT.

SO WE'VE HAD THE COURSES THE WHOLE TIME. WE JUST IDENTIFIED THE STANDARDS, NUMBERED IT TO BE ALIGNED TO THE STATE, AND NOW WE CAN GET EXTRA FUNDING FOR IT. THERE'S THREE COURSES THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED. I KNOW.

THEN LET ME GO BACK TO MY SLIDES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

DO THEY SEE THIS ONE? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THEN WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

MAKE SURE I GOT ALL THOSE. YES. OKAY. OUR CONTINUED WORK.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS ON THIS SLIDE, IT'S NEVER DONE.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT A K-12 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ADOPTION POTENTIAL AND ALSO A K-12 MATH.

AND THOSE COME IN TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS, K-8 AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL WITH THOSE DIFFERENT MATH SUBJECTS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT POSSIBLY HAPPENING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL IN MAY.

WE'RE STILL ANALYZING THAT BLOCK SCHEDULE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL TO SEE FOR STUDENTS TAKE AWAY THE FUNDING FOR STUDENTS.

WHAT'S THE BEST INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH FOR STUDENT LEARNING.

SO WE'RE ANALYZING THAT AS WELL WITH TEACHERS ON THAT PANEL.

AND THEN WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A REVISED K-5 ESSENTIAL STANDARDS.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHAT WE GUARANTEE BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE SECOND GRADE, YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO WALK OUT OF SECOND GRADE KNOWING THESE THINGS.

IF WE SAID EVERY TEK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, WE'D GET TO NOTHING.

SO WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY USING A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN DURING THAT SECOND GRADE YEAR AND EVERY YEAR.

SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS, NUMBER TWO, THIS IS REALLY AROUND COUNSELING AND ACADEMIC ADVISING.

AND AS YOU RECALL WE DID HAVE THANK YOU. WE DID HAVE JENNIFER'S NOT HELPING.

WE DID HAVE, WE PARTICIPATE IN EFFECTIVE ADVISING FRAMEWORK GRANT WITH RETTA AND HER TEAM.

AND THIS HAS BEEN A THREE YEAR, RETTA THREE YEAR GRANT.

AND IT INCORPORATES A LOT OF DIFFERENT VOICE INTO WHAT THAT FRAMEWORK LOOKS LIKE.

AND THROUGH THAT, HERE ARE SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THAT COME OUT OF THAT.

SO THE MILESTONES WOULD BE AGAIN CREATING A YAG OR A YEAR AT A GLANCE FOR ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS TO LEAN ON AS A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT ABOUT WHAT AND WHEN THEY ARE PROVIDING GUIDANCE COUNSELING NOT ONLY INDIVIDUALLY, BUT ALSO GROUP GUIDANCE, COUNSELING AND ADVISING.

THEY'RE ALSO ALIGNING OUR ACADEMIC ADVISING AND COURSE GUIDES FOR BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES BECAUSE OF THAT ALIGNMENT.

NOW WE ADDED THAT TO THE YAG. AND THEN WE HAD A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS TO DIG INTO THE SEVENTH GRADE CAREER EXPLORATIONS CLASS AND COURSE AND REALLY IDENTIFIED CAREERS, BUT ALSO HAD A FINANCIAL LITERACY COMPONENT TO THAT.

AND THE COUNSELORS WERE A PART OF CREATING THAT.

AND THE TEACHERS DELIVERED. THAT IS PRETTY POWERFUL. AND THE NEXT IS LINDA.

ALL RIGHT. SO FOR OUR RECRUITING AND HIRING FOR OUR YEAR ONE, OUR GOAL WAS REALLY TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE HIRING FRAMEWORK.

AND ALTHOUGH WE TALK ABOUT RECRUITING AND ONBOARDING, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE REALIZED IS THAT WE'RE REALLY NOT JUST RECRUITING, WE'RE REALLY MOVING TO SOURCING. BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN GO TO A JOB FAIR AND SHOW UP.

AND SO WE'VE REALIZED THAT WE HAVE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE.

AND SO THE THINGS WE'VE REALLY DONE ARE HAVING A DISTRICT RECRUITER WHO FOCUSES ON THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WHEN WE GO TO A JOB FAIR BEFORE THE JOB FAIR, WE'VE STARTED HOSTING LIKE COFFEE NIGHTS THE NIGHT BEFORE.

AND SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE DEAN OR THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.

AND SO LIKE ONE OF OUR THINGS IS LIKE SIP BY SIP, COME AND LEARN ABOUT DRIP.

AND SO LIKE THE FIRST 15 PEOPLE WHO COME WE GET THEM A FREE CUP OF COFFEE, AND SO THEY GET TO LEARN ABOUT DRIPPING SPRINGS.

AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENGAGE AND CONTACT THEM AND REACH OUT TO THEM AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE.

HOPEFULLY NOBODY'S SPYING ON US AND TRYING TO STEAL OUR STUFF, BUT IT'S JUST FIGURING OUT HOW TO STAND OUT AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL.

WE KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO COME HERE, BUT WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT ONE ON ONE OPPORTUNITY, NOT IN A ROOM WITH 2000 OR NOT 2000, BUT 200 OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT A ONE ON ONE OPPORTUNITY.

OUR PRINCIPALS ARE FANTASTIC. THEY REALLY LIKE GOING WITH ANDREA AND MEETING THE APPLICANTS.

THEY WANT TO MEET THE CANDIDATES. CANDIDATES CAN TALK TO HR.

THEY CAN TALK TO PEOPLE, BUT THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO THEY'RE GOING TO SEE EVERY DAY ON THEIR CAMPUS.

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THEY DROVE HERE. THEY KNOW WHAT THE DRIVE IS LIKE.

THEY KNOW WHAT TRAFFIC IS LIKE, BUT THEY NOW KNOW THAT THIS IS THE PERSON WHO THEY GET TO GO TO FOR SUPPORT.

THIS IS THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO SHOW UP IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A STUDENT OR WITH THE PARENT.

AND IT'S NOT IT'S NOT JUST A TALK. THIS IS THEIR DAY TO DAY PERSON.

AND SO WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS TO MAKE THOSE CONTACTS HAVE THAT SUPPORT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF OUR FRAMEWORK, IS BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FROM THE FIRST CONNECTION, FIRST IMPACT, FIRST INTERVIEW.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT FIRST IMPRESSIONS, AND OUR PRINCIPLES ARE THAT FIRST IMPRESSION.

WHEN WE GO TO JOB FAIRS, WE STAND OUT, BUT ALSO WHEN THEY COME TO DRIPPING SPRINGS AND THEY GET TO MEET THE PRINCIPAL FOR THE FIRST TIME RIGHT AWAY AND GET TO INTERVIEW MR. NOVICUS. WAS HE WAS HOT. I MEAN, HE EVERY SINGLE PERSON HE WAS PULLING THEM BACK.

WILDWOOD IS PROBABLY I THINK THERE ARE FOUR POSITIONS AWAY FROM BEING FULLY STAFFED ALREADY.

I THINK HE WAS AWAY FROM HIS TABLE AS MUCH AS HE WAS AT HIS TABLE.

BUT THAT'S THEY'RE EXCITED BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BEST OF THE BEST.

AND WE HIRE EARLY AND WE HIRE WELL. BUT THEY GET TO TALK TO THE PERSON, THE PRINCIPAL.

SO WE'RE SUPER STRATEGIC WITH WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, WE'RE SUPER STRATEGIC.

WHEN WE BRING PEOPLE HERE, WE HAVE NOT JUST ONE JOB FAIR FOR EVERY POSITION, BUT WE'VE HAD SPECIFIC JOB FAIRS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE, SPECIFICALLY SPECIAL EDUCATION AIDES. AND MISS HOGAN HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

SHE AND HER TEAM, WHEN WE'VE HAD INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE JOB FAIRS, WE ALSO DO A INFORMATION SESSION.

SO WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF HER TEAM WHO WILL DO LESSONS? NOT LESSONS, BUT INFORMATION SESSIONS. WHAT IS SLC? WHAT IS STRUCTURED LEARNING? WHAT IS ACC? WHAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE CLASSROOM? THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT JUST PUTTING IN AN APPLICATION FOR A JOB, BUT THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS.

BECAUSE ANYONE CAN APPLY FOR A POSITION. BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE APPLYING FOR, YOU MAY NOT, YOU MAY NOT STAY. AND SO IT'S GREAT TO HIRE PEOPLE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO RETAIN THEM.

AND SO WHEN WE DO INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE POSITIONS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY TEACHING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THE POSITION WHAT GOES INTO THAT POSITION.

WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TRAININGS THAT WE OFFER FOR THOSE STAFF MEMBERS, SO THAT THEY ALSO KNOW WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, SO THAT WE DON'T JUST HIRE THEM AND THROW THEM IN A CLASSROOM.

WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THEM AND TRAIN THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND THOSE ARE ALL PART OF THAT HIRING FRAMEWORK.

IT'S NOT JUST GETTING THEM IN THE DOOR, IT'S BRINGING THEM ON.

IT'S SUPPORTING THEM AND THAT'S ALL EMPLOYEES.

WE DO THE SAME THING FOR OUR HARD TO FILL FOR CUSTODIANS, FOR OUR HVAC, FOR OUR AUXILIARY POSITIONS, BECAUSE TO RUN THE DISTRICT, ITS OPERATIONS, IT'S GOT ITS OPERATIONS, ITS INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES, ITS CHILD NUTRITION. BUT IT REALLY IS A WHOLE IT'S A WHOLE SCHOOL THAT IT TAKES TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS.

AND SO FROM TEACHERS TO PRINCIPALS, ADMIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IT'S DIFFERENT TO HIRE AND SOURCE FOR EVERY POSITION.

SO WE KNOW THAT FOR ADMIN ASSISTANTS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO NECESSARILY TO UNIVERSITY.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LINKEDIN OR IT'S GOING TO BE AN INDEED.

AND SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOURCING AND RECRUITING WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF POSITIONS.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING SUPER EFFICIENT WITH OUR TIME SO THAT WE CAN HELP ALL OF OUR HIRING MANAGERS BE EFFICIENT AS WELL.

WE DON'T WANT TO GET THEM THE WRONG KIND OF APPLICANTS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING THEM THE VERY, VERY BEST. AND SO WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND AND SOURCE THE VERY BEST.

SORRY, I GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS STUFF. SO THE REALLY SPECIFIC JOB FAIRS AND THEN THE ON SITE JOB INTERVIEWS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S REALLY EFFECTIVE. SO IF WE CAN BRING TEN GREAT APPLICANTS AND THEY SHOW UP ON SITE, AND THEN OUR HIRING MANAGERS CAN HIRE THEM OR INTERVIEW THEM RIGHT THEN AND THERE, IT MEANS A LOT, BECAUSE IF IT TAKES WEEKS FOR SOMEBODY TO GET A CALLBACK OR WEEKS TO GET AN INTERVIEW, THEY'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND FIND A JOB.

SO WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THOSE FAST TURNAROUND TIMES SO THAT WE CAN BE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AND THEN FILL OUR VACANCIES AND GET PEOPLE HIRED QUICKLY.

AND THAT ALSO GOES INTO OUR IN-HOUSE FINGERPRINTING.

THAT HAS CUT OUR OUR WAIT TIMES FOR POSITIONS FROM WEEKS TO DAYS, BECAUSE IF WE HIRE SOMEONE OR IF ELAINE MAKES

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AND WE CAN FINGERPRINT THEM TOMORROW SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE TO SAN ANTONIO.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE TO AUSTIN. THEY CAN COME TO OUR OFFICE TOMORROW AND GET FINGERPRINTED, AND WE CAN HAVE RESULTS THE NEXT DAY. AND SO AS OPPOSED TO BEFORE, WHERE THEY WERE WAITING TWO WEEKS, OR IF IT WAS A BUSY HIRING TIME, SOMETIMES EVEN LONGER.

BEING ABLE TO COME DOWN INTO THE HR OFFICE AND GET FINGERPRINTED RIGHT AWAY HAS REALLY CUT THAT WAIT TIME.

PROBABLY BY DAYS OR WEEKS. SO THAT IS OUR SO THE NEXT STEP IS REALLY THE OTHER PIECES ARE ONBOARDING.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HIRE SOMEONE AND THEY GET TO THE CAMPUS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE THEM AS FAR AS WHAT TYPE OF LEAVE IS AVAILABLE, HOW YOU REQUEST A DAY OFF, HOW DO YOU GET YOUR PAY STUB INFORMATION, HOW DO YOU WHAT IS OUR EAP? IF THEY NEED SOMETHING, WHO DO THEY REACH OUT TO? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THEY GET TO CAMPUS, SO THAT THE ADMIN ASSISTANTS ON CAMPUS AND THE PRINCIPALS, THEY'RE READY TO PROVIDE CAMPUS SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

BUT WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON THE FRONT SIDE SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT SUPPORT AND THEY'RE READY TO GO WHEN THEY GET TO CAMPUS.

SO WE HELD THIS LAST YEAR WE HAD 167 NEW EMPLOYEES ONBOARDED THROUGH 36 BIWEEKLY ONBOARDING SESSIONS IN OUR OFFICE. AND SO WE WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A FACE THAT THEY KNOW WHO TO GO TO AND WHO TO CALL.

AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT ALTHOUGH WE'RE GETTING BIGGER, WE STILL HAVE THAT SMALL FEEL WHERE THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN EMAIL SOMEBODY, CALL SOMEBODY, OR JUST COME AND SEE US, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THAT PERSONAL SUPPORT.

BACK TO YOU, JENNIFER. RIGHT. SO SO WHAT'S NEXT? WE'RE READY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE OVER THE SUMMER FOR YEAR TWO PLANNING.

SO WE'LL ASSESS WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE DID ON WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO, WHICH WE HAVE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED A LOT GOING BACK ON OUR ACTION PLANS THAT WE BUILT LAST YEAR. AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER, THE APPROACH IN THIS PHILOSOPHY IS YEAR BY YEAR.

SO WE ONLY PLAN FOR YEAR ONE. WE'LL RECONVENE THE TEAMS OVER THE SUMMER AND WE'LL DO ACTION PLANS FOR YEAR TWO.

SO WE'LL WE'LL REPRIORITIZE IN THESE SAME FOUR FOCUS AREAS, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO WHAT WE THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IN YEAR TWO, AND THEN BUILD OUT THOSE ACTION PLANS AND START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER.

SO THAT IS THE UPDATE. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? WELL, I JUST COMMEND ALL OF Y'ALL. I MEAN, FOR A MINUTE, I FORGOT WE'RE IN A STRATEGIC PLANNING YEAR ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMMUNICATIONS AND FINANCE AND HR AND OPERATIONS AND BOND. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF Y'ALL FOR JUST RIDING WITH US THIS YEAR.

YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF GRIT, AND IT'S BEEN A HARD YEAR.

AND I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT OUT LOUD.

IT'S BEEN SO MANY MOVING PARTS AND REALLY EXCITING THINGS, BUT I KNOW ALL THINGS THAT TAKE A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF TIME AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES. AND SO THANK YOU.

AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL UPDATE ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PROGRESS.

MARY JANE. SO I WON'T REPEAT ALL OF THAT. ALSO JUST INCREDIBLE WORK.

BUT I WILL SAY THOUGH, IS THAT WOVEN THROUGH ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, HUGE AREAS OF FOCUS IS THE ABILITY TO DO SO MUCH MORE IN THIS BUILDING. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S TAKEN FOR GRANTED.

WE GOT A LOT OF GRIEF A FEW YEARS AGO FOR REMODELING THIS BUILDING.

AND WHEN I LISTENED TO WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO IN L AND I, AND IN COMMUNICATIONS, IN HR AND IN BUSINESS SERVICES, IT IS GREATLY FACILITATED BY THIS REMODELED BUILDING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. I WILL SECOND THAT.

MARY JANE SCOTT IS NEW, AND HE AND I WERE JUST TALKING LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW THIS BUILDING HAS ENABLED US TO DO SO MUCH TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TO DO ALL OF THIS COMMITTEE WORK. AND WE ARE NOW TO THE POINT ALREADY WHERE WE'RE DOUBLE BOOKING OVER EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A BUSY YEAR WITH SO MUCH GOING ON TO YOUR POINT.

AND WE HAD ONE SPACE TO MEET OVER THERE. AND SO THE ABILITY TO HAVE LOTS OF SPACES TO MEET, TO HAVE AN EVENT GOING ON WHILE WE STILL HAVE A BOOK ADOPTION GOING ON, WHILE WE STILL HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING GOING ON ALL AT THE SAME TIME IN THE BUILDING, WHILE WE ALSO HAVE VOTING GOING ON, JUST REALLY GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE SERVICES BOTH TO OUR STAFF AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

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WHAT OUR PRESIDENT KIND OF SHARED. I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS HARD ENOUGH TO DO WHEN IT'S THE ONLY THING YOU'RE FOCUSED ON.

BUT WE PASSED THE STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE FOCUS ON WHAT WE WERE DOING, KNOWING THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT MAY BE FOR YOU, BUT IF IT'S NOT PUNT, OKAY. SO OBVIOUSLY EVALUATING THE SUCCESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EACH PLAN, WE TALKED A LOT DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH US ABOUT EVALUATING IT OBJECTIVELY, LOOKING AT OBJECTIVE METRICS AS A PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS TO DETERMINE, HEY, ARE WE ON TRACK? DID WE ACCOMPLISH THE OBJECTIVE BY WAY OF SOMETHING OBJECTIVE TO LOOK AT OBVIOUSLY FROM FOR 3.1 THAT THAT'S IN AND OF ITSELF, YOU PRESENTED THE OBJECTIVE RESULTS OF A LOT OF THAT EFFORT AND CONCUR WITH THAT FULLY.

I'M SUPER IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

1.1 AS IT COMES TO THE KEY MILESTONES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, OBVIOUSLY FULLY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE MILESTONES AROUND COURSE OFFERINGS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND THEN STUDENT OUTCOMES, I IMAGINE IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT IN EVALUATING.

ARE THESE EFFORTS PROVIDING THE NEEDED BENEFIT.

AND SO THE ONE I'M A LITTLE BIT YOU MAY NEED TO REFRESH MY MEMORY ON IS ON IS ON THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR FOCUS.

I THINK WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION AS A BOARD SAYING, HEY, WE REALLY WANT THE COUNSELING EFFORT THAT WE'RE DOING TO ENSURE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE GUIDANCE AND ACADEMIC COUNSELING COMPONENT, REALLY FOCUSING ON CLOSING THE GAPS.

RIGHT. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT, NOT ONLY FOR OUR KIDS, BUT ALSO, I MEAN, WE GET EVALUATED BY TO VERY STRINGENTLY ON.

OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT WITH OUR KIDS. IS ALL THAT TO SAY IS, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED THAT OBJECTIVE KPI, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO KIND OF EVALUATE THE STUFF WE DID THIS YEAR AND WHAT OBJECTIVE BENEFIT THAT THAT PROVIDED BEYOND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE ALREADY PRESENTED TONIGHT. I'LL MAYBE START OFF KAREN.

SO REMEMBER THAT OUR COUNSELING FRAMEWORK IS COMING FROM THE STATE'S EFFECTIVE ADVISING FRAMEWORK, AND WE'RE EARLY ADOPTERS OF THAT. SO TO YOUR POINT, TEA DOES HAVE A MODEL THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT AND ROLL OUT.

RETTA'S TEAM APPLIED FOR A GRANT WITH THAT. AND SO WE ARE FOLLOWING THEIR STATE PROCESS.

THEY HAVE A RUBRIC THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED THAT THEY THINK MAKES ADVISING FRAMEWORKS BETTER ACROSS THE STATE.

AND WE ARE ONE OF THE EARLY DISTRICTS WHO HAS ELECTED TO TAKE THAT ON AND IMPLEMENT THAT.

SO THERE IS A FRAMEWORK FOR IT, AND THERE ACTUALLY IS A RUBRIC FOR BEING EFFECTIVE.

AND ALL OF OUR PROGRAMING IS BASED OFF OF THEIR STATE RUBRIC.

SO THAT MAY HELP. THEY ACTUALLY BUILT THAT MODEL.

AND WE ARE THE FIRST ONE OF THE EARLY ADOPTERS, FIRST DISTRICTS TO BE IMPLEMENTING THAT MODEL.

OKAY. LOVE THAT. SO THE STATE HAS GUIDED US IN SOME IN SOME OF THOSE DIRECTIONS AS A RESULT OF, HEY, IMPLEMENTING THIS SHOULD YIELD THESE RESULTS.

AND THEN WE CAN EVALUATE THOSE DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EXIST IN OUR DISTRICT EARLY ON.

OKAY, GREAT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY BRAIN WENT TO AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS IS I'M NOT LOOKING TO BREAK NEW THINGS IN. THAT'S NOT THE TIME FOR THIS. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED MTSS WAS ON THE SLIDE.

RIGHT. WHICH IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO CLOSING THE GAPS.

AND BY THE WAY, I THINK THAT PROGRAM WORKS VERY, VERY WELL IN OUR DISTRICT.

I'VE SEEN IT WORK. I WONDER IF THAT IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND YOU GUYS MAY ALREADY BE DOING THIS IS KIDS THAT ARE GRADUATING THROUGH THE MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS SUPPORT.

I MAY HAVE MESSED THAT UP. SORRY IF I DID. THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND HOW LONG THE DURATION FROM TIER ONE TO TIER TWO AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

I JUST THINK THAT THOSE ARE VALUABLE METRICS TO EVALUATE.

SOME OF THOSE THINGS. RIGHT. AND THAT MAY COME INTO STRATEGIC FOCUS TWO UNDER 2.2.

THIS YEAR WE WERE WORKING ON 2.1, WHICH WAS THE GUIDANCE COUNSELING FRAMEWORK.

2.2 WAS THE INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT SYSTEM. SO THAT COULD BE A YEAR OR TWO OBJECTIVE.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH. BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT. MY COLLEAGUES AND I TALK ABOUT THE NECESSITY TO ENSURE THAT WHILE WE CELEBRATE A LOT OF KIDS UP HERE AND WE'VE DONE IT TONIGHT.

AND BY THE WAY, CAN I TAKE A SIDEBAR? WOW. ARE OUR KIDS NOT AMAZING? LIKE. COME ON. AMAZING. THAT IS. THAT'S EXCELLENCE.

RIGHT? ARE WE EVER UP HERE? EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION, LIKE ALL SEEING ALL THAT? ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS WHO STRUGGLE, A LOT OF KIDS WHO STRUGGLE.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE EVALUATING THIS, OUR COUNSELORS ARE HYPER FOCUSED ON THAT COMPONENT RIGHT.

WHICH WE AGREED TO IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE BUILDING THE FRAMEWORK, IF I HAVE THIS RIGHT. WE'RE ALIGNING OURSELVES WITH THIS NEW KIND OF STATE TEA DRIVEN CONCEPT AROUND GUIDANCE COUNSELING, THE FRAMEWORK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WHICH THEN WILL LEAD INTO NEXT YEAR'S PLANNING AROUND.

OKAY. MTSS PROGRAMING DELIVERABLES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THAT PROGRAM, ETC.. DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? YES. THERE'S 2.1, 2.2 AND 2.3 AND THE MTSS IS IN 2.2.

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AND 2.2 IS MTSS. PERFECT. THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I KNOW OUR COUNSELORS, I'LL END WITH THIS.

I KNOW OUR COUNSELORS HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

AND SO IN IN THE MIDST OF THAT, I THINK PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS TO REALLY TRY TO DIVE IN AND ALIGN THE PRIORITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THEIR JOB, WHICH IS CRITICAL. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT SOUNDS GREAT TO ME.

I APPRECIATE THE UPDATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU AGAIN. MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

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

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OH, WAIT. MOTION FROM ROB.

DID I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM MARY JANE. SORRY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO. WHO'S THE SECOND? MARY JANE WAS THE SECOND.

SORRY. ALL RIGHT. OUR ACTION ONE. WE'LL DO A AND B TOGETHER.

[8. ACTION]

AND ALSO DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL SECURITY.

MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, [INAUDIBLE] KUENTZ, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO YOU GUYS WITH THIS.

I WANT TO ASK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPROVAL.

JAMES IS THAT MIC ON? I THINK SO. OH. I'M SORRY.

OKAY. I'M USUALLY TOO LOUD, SO I APOLOGIZE. MAYBE IT'S, LIKE, TOO LOW OR SOMETHING.

I'M ASKING FOR THE CONSIDERATION, THE APPROVAL OF JOB ORDER CONTRACT, THE GLC METHOD FOR ROOSTER SPRINGS AND DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.

TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS IN 2023, THE BOND FUNDING, YOU GUYS APPROVED THE BOND FUNDING FOR THE SECURE VESTIBULE FOR THESE.

THESE WOULD BE THE LAST TWO SECURE VESTIBULES FOR OUR FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WE STILL HAVE WE STILL HAVE A FEW DEFENSIVE THINGS TO DO ON OTHER OUTBUILDINGS, BUT THAT WOULD COMPLETE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

SO THE BOARD APPROVED A PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS TO DO ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

THEY DID WILDWOOD. SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD MATCHUP. SO THEY CAN MATCH THAT. SO I'M HERE TO RECOMMEND USING AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS FOR THE PROJECT UNDER JOC TO DO THE DELIVERY METHOD AND THE DISTRICT BID. WE HAVE RECEIVED COST ESTIMATES FROM THEM.

THEY ARE IN LINE WITH OUR BUDGET. I THINK ROB ASKED FOR THAT LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE ALL TRACKING GOOD.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? ROB, MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE A MOTION FOR JUST BEFORE.

JUST A QUICK COMMENT. NOT A QUESTION, JAMES. YOU ANSWERED IT LAST WEEK. I APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE MOVING SECURITY AND SAFETY PROJECTS FORWARD IN A VERY TIMELY MANNER. IT ALIGNS WITH THIS BODY'S OBJECTIVE, STATED OBJECTIVE OF HAVING THE ABSOLUTELY SAFEST SCHOOLS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER EFFORT IN DOING THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT.

NOT ONLY THAT WE'RE DOING IT, BUT WE'RE DOING IT AND WE'RE PRIORITIZING IT AND DOING IT VERY TIMELY. SO WITH THAT, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE JOB ORDER, CONTRACT DELIVERY METHOD OF PROCUREMENT TO COMPLETE THE SECURITY VESTIBULE RENOVATIONS AND OTHER SECURITY UPDATES AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL AND AT ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

I THINK WE HAVE TO SAY THE MOTION SEPARATE STILL, SORRY.

EXCUSE ME. I WITHDRAW THE MOTION. I HAVE ANOTHER ONE IF YOU'RE PREPARED FOR IT. GO AHEAD.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT DELIVERY METHOD OF PROCUREMENT TO COMPLETE THE SECURITY VESTIBULE RENOVATION, SECURITY UPDATES, AND OTHER PROJECTS AT ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION FROM ROB. A SECOND FROM TRICIA.

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

ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU CAN JUST BE ON A ROLL, ROB.

ALTHOUGH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL? I'M SORRY. BECAUSE YOU JUST PRESENTED ABOUT ROOSTER JAMES. NO, MA'AM. SAME THING FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. YOU APPROVED THAT. SO I'M CLEAR.

UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR JAMES? THANK YOU. ROB. MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT DELIVERY METHOD OF PROCUREMENT TO COMPLETE THE SECURITY VESTIBULE RENOVATIONS AND OTHER SECURITY UPGRADES AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. MOTION FROM ROB, SECOND FROM TRICIA AGAIN.

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

ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING.

CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF HAZARDOUS TRANSPORTATION ROUTE DESIGNATIONS.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL APPROVAL OF HAZARDOUS TRANSPORTATION ROUTES.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FUNDING ON ROUTES THAT ARE WITHIN TWO MILES OF A CAMPUS.

WE ARE DOING IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR TO GIVE TRANSPORTATION TIME TO ROUTE FOR NEW ROUTES RELATED TO WILDWOOD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

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THERE WAS HIGHLIGHTS FROM BOARD ASKING OUR SUPERINTENDENT IF WE'VE HEARD ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HEADWATERS THAT WILL NOT BE RECEIVING BUS SERVICE NEXT YEAR, AND WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION KIND OF STANDS AS IT DID LAST WEEK.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I WILL MAKE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE 2025 2026 HAZARDOUS TRANSPORTATION ROUTE DESIGNATIONS AS INDICATED HERE IN ADDING STREETS IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION FROM SHANDA.

A SECOND FROM KIM. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. LEARNING INNOVATION REPORT.

[9. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

NO FINANCE REPORTS. NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY.

NO, WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP ON FINANCE LAST WEEK, KIND OF ON BUDGET UPDATES, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE INFORMATION NEXT MONTH WHEN WE HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE, HOPEFULLY FROM LEGISLATURE AND WE FIND OUT IF OUR BOND PASSES, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE BIG BUDGET IMPLICATIONS FOR US AS WELL.

SO, MARY JANE, I'M SORRY TO BACKTRACK, BUT I JUST KIND OF FEEL LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY INCREDIBLE IN THE LAB REPORT, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WATCH AGENDA REVIEW.

DOCTOR KIDD, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE, YOU KNOW, A 32ND OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, WHAT NADINE HAS DONE. OH, ABSOLUTELY. SO EVER SINCE NADINE HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE WITH DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, IT'S BEEN HER DESIRE TO MAKE THE REFERRAL PROCESS DIGITAL.

AND SO FINALLY, IN HER LAST YEAR, SHE HAS HER TEAM EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS A DIGITAL REFERRAL SYSTEM, WHICH SAVES OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR TEACHERS, OUR NURSES AND OUR COUNSELORS A LOT OF TIME TRACKING DOWN PAPERS.

AND SO IT'S OUR NEW SYSTEM THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED INFORMED K12.

AND SO THEY UTILIZED THAT. WORKED HARD TO BUILD IT BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO WE'RE PRETTY PLEASED. I HOPE IT'S VERY EXCITING.

YES. BUT HOW CRAZY IS THAT? THAT IT'S THE FIRST IN TEXAS.

WHAT UP DISTRICTS LIKE REALLY. BUT AMAZING. THANK YOU, NADINE AND YOUR TEAM.

EXCITING. ALL RIGHT. NOTHING ON FINANCE. MOVING ON TO A QUICK ONE ON FINANCE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LOT OBVIOUSLY, LEGISLATION COMING ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE FOR THE FUTURE. WHAT SHOULD BE ARTICULATED, I THINK, IS THERE ARE DISTRICTS ALL OVER THAT ARE CURRENT PAIN RIGHT NOW AS IT RELATES TO THEIR FUNDING SITUATION AND TRYING TO END THE YEAR AND CLOSE THE YEAR.

I'M EXTREMELY PLEASED TO SEE THAT A MAJORITY OF WHERE IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE'RE IN A DEFICIT, BUT A MAJORITY OF THAT IS PRE-AUTHORIZATIONS THAT THIS BODY HAS MADE ON TOP OF OUR 2% AUTHORIZATION FOR BUDGET DEFICIT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE GAP SUBSTANTIALLY, IF NOT ALMOST ELIMINATE IT, RIGHT? BASED ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO SAY. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ARTICULATE THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WHILE THINGS ARE TOUGH FINANCIALLY IN DISTRICTS, MAINLY FOR US BEING A RECAPTURE DISTRICT, LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THE DISTRICT HAS DONE AN EXTRAORDINARILY IMPRESSIVE JOB WITHOUT IMPACTING SPENDING IN THE CLASSROOM TO CLOSE THE GAPS AND TO GET AS BALANCED OF A OF A ACTUAL EXPENSES TO BUDGET EXPENSES AS POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, NUMBER ONE, AND ALSO NUMBER TWO, JUST ME AS A AS YOU KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT FISCAL MATTERS TO ARTICULATE HOW IMPRESSED I AM IN THAT.

AND THE RIPPLE EFFECTS AROUND EDUCATION SPENDING ACROSS THE STATE ARE IMPACTING US HERE.

YES, BUT NOT TO THAT EXTENT. AND I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH OUR STRONG FISCAL MANAGEMENT.

AND SO I GIVE CREDIT TO OUR FINANCE TEAM. I GAVE CREDIT TO OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR DOING SO.

AND I ALSO WANT OUR PUBLIC TO KNOW AND OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION. AND THE STATE PASSING LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING TO HELP INCREASE THE STUDENT ALLOTMENT IS GOING TO BENEFIT US SUBSTANTIALLY.

GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE HAVE AROUND RECAPTURE.

SO I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. AND I KNOW A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF LANE AND THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN IN THAT WEARING THREE HATS RIGHT NOW.

GOD BLESS YOU FOR THAT. AND ON TOP OF THAT, BEING AWARDED BY YOUR, YOUR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AS THEIR LEADER.

[01:50:01]

YOU'VE LED THIS DISTRICT WELL, FINANCIALLY. YOU PUT US IN A GREAT POSITION. WE'RE ONE OF THE STRONGEST NOW DISTRICTS RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE STATE FOR OUR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. AND I LOVE THAT, AND I'M IMPRESSED BY THAT.

WITH THAT, I'LL BE QUIET. YES. GO, ELAINE. WONDERFUL.

ALL RIGHT. I'D SAY DON'T GO AWAY. YEAH. DON'T GO LIKE THAT.

GO LIKE GO, GIRL, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. GO ANOTHER YEAR.

OKAY. BOND UPDATE. WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING WHERE'S JAMES CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

YES. WE'RE GOING TO GET A FURTHER UPDATE IN MAY.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM THE BOARD THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT HR WE DID HIGHLIGHT A. LOT OF CERTIFICATION CONVERSATION LAST WEEK AND SOME GOALS AROUND TEACHER CERTIFICATION.

AND YOU ALSO HIGHLIGHTED. A GOOD REMINDER FOR ALL OF US ABOUT DISTRICT OF INNOVATION AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR SOME OF OUR CTE TEACHERS THAT DO NOT HAVE CERTIFICATION.

AND STAY THAT WAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM BOARD MEMBERS? YEAH, I DO, I KIND OF WANT TO. BECAUSE AFTER HEARING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH SOUNDS PHENOMENAL, IT KIND OF TOOK ME BACK TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT MARY JANE SAID LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW SHE WAS SO IMPRESSED AT HOW MANY TEACHERS? HOW FEW TEACHERS WE HAVE THAT ARE THAT ARE NON-CERTIFIED.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF COMPARISON OF HOW WE RANK WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LIKE OURS, OR IS THAT DATA AVAILABLE ANYWHERE? OR WHERE COULD WE FIND THAT? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. OKAY. OKAY.

YEAH. GIVE US A. OH YEAH. YEAH. NO, NOT LIKE TODAY.

CAN YOU PULL IT OUT? JUST A QUESTION. I DIDN'T.

YEAH. I MEAN I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S MAYBE RESEARCHABLE.

AT LEAST THERE ARE SOME STATE DATA FOR WHAT THE STATE HAS PUT OUT.

THE GENERAL TRENDS AND WE CAN KIND OF TELL YOU WHAT OUR GENERAL TRENDS BY COMPARISON TO THE STATE, GENERAL TRENDS. SO MAYBE SOME DATA THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTIGATION WE CAN BRING YOU BACK AN ANSWER.

OKAY. AND THEN IS OUR YOU KNOW, KIND OF LAST WEEK WASN'T SUPER CLEAR.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF DEADLINE. LIKE ARE WE GIVING ANY OR DO WE.

SORRY. THAT WAS KIND OF UNCLEAR ABOUT WHEN WE HIRED NON-CERTIFIED TEACHER.

ARE WE SAYING THERE IS A DATE IN WHICH WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO BE CERTIFIED? YEAH. SO THEY HAVE THE CONTRACT ADDENDUM. LINDA, DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE DONE OF SITTING DOWN WITH TEACHERS AND ACTUALLY EXPLAINING THAT TO THEM? YES. SO I'M NOT I JOKE THAT I'M NOT SURE IT WAS PRE-LINDA .

BUT WITH THE CERTIFICATION ADDENDUM WE GIVE THEM ONE YEAR.

NOW, SOMETIMES THERE ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE IT WITHIN A YEAR.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT AN EXTENSION PROCESS WHERE THEY CAN REQUEST AN EXTENSION, BUT IT'S NOW TWO YEARS.

SO WITHIN TWO YEARS, REGARDLESS OF IF THEIR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION AND WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE, IT'S TWO YEARS WHERE THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATE BE FULLY CERTIFIED.

OKAY. AND WE'RE HELPING THAT PROCESS ALONG. LIKE WE HAVE RESOURCES, WE'RE.

YES, WE I MET WITH EVERY UNCERTIFIED TEACHER LAST FRIDAY, AND SO THEY'RE ALL FILLING OUT A FORM, LETTING ME KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. SO WE'RE BUILDING PERSONALIZED SUPPORT PLANS FOR EACH UNCERTIFIED TEACHER, FINDING OUT WHAT PROGRAM THEY'RE IN OR IF THEY'RE NOT IN A PROGRAM LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT.

THERE MAY BE A TEACHER WHO'S CERTIFIED FOUR THROUGH EIGHT SCIENCE, BUT THEY NEED MATH.

AND SO THEY'RE A CERTIFIED, FULLY CERTIFIED TEACHER.

THEY JUST NEED ANOTHER TEST. AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THEY GET CERTIFIED SIGNED UP FOR THE CORRECT TEST.

AND SO WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PERSONALIZED PLAN TO GET THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR THE RIGHT TEST, GET THEM THE CORRECT STUDY MATERIALS. AND SO WE'RE DOING PERSONALIZED PLAN PLANS FOR EVERYONE WHO IS NOT CERTIFIED.

OKAY. ALSO, I JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE NOT THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE YOU KNOW, THAT'S UNREALISTIC TO THINK, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DRIPPING SPRINGS LOOKS GOOD TO PEOPLE. AND IF THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE AND THAT WE HAVE A BETTER, YOU KNOW, MORE QUALIFIED CANDIDATE POOL TO CHOOSE FROM AND THAT, YOU KNOW, A DIRECT REFLECTION ON CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND STUDENT OUTCOMES, THEN I THINK, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S WHERE I WOULD WANT TO BE IDEALLY IN THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT BOAT.

SO AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT, THOSE GO HAND IN HAND RIGHT.

ONE, IT'S ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE FOR SOURCING SO THAT WE'RE GETTING BETTER CANDIDATES, MORE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND THEN HAVE A BETTER POOL TO HIRE FROM WHERE THERE'S MORE CERTIFIED PEOPLE IN THE POOL, AS OPPOSED TO JUST PUTTING IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND HOPING.

[01:55:03]

YEAH. AND I WILL SAY I DID NOTICE LIKE SOME AND I DON'T KNOW, CERTIFIED OR NOT, I LOVE THAT WE THAT WE BRING BACK, YOU KNOW, DRIPPING SPRINGS GRADUATES. AND SO YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES THOSE MAY NOT BE CERTIFIED TEACHERS, BUT BRINGING THOSE BACK HERE, YOU KNOW, BACK HOME WHERE WE'RE HELPING THEM ON THAT PATH.

I DO LOVE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT. SO THAT WE OFFER THAT AS, AS A PLUS FOR ME.

SO AND THAT IS PART OF OUR, OUR PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ACP PROGRAMS. IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERY PROGRAM IS DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE.

AND SO IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH PROGRAM REQUIRES.

DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE 18 OBSERVATIONS OR 20 OBSERVATIONS.

AND IS IT OBSERVATIONS BEFORE THEY CAN TEST? OR IS IT TWO PRACTICE TESTS BEFORE THEY CAN TAKE THEIR FINAL EXAM.

AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT EACH WE UNDERSTAND EACH INDIVIDUAL TEACHER'S PLAN AND THEIR PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE CLASSROOM. AND SO THEY JUST NEED THE MORE WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON THE CLASSROOM.

I THINK WE'RE JUST HELPING SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS BECAUSE IT'S A LOT FOR THEM.

WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT. THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS ARE A LOT.

AND SO NOT THAT THEY CAN'T DO THAT, BUT EVERYONE NEEDS WE JUST WE DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DROWNING.

ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP AND JUST LOVE ON THEM, WE WANT.

YEAH, WE WANT TO KEEP THEM. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO, DID CONTRACTS DO THEY GO OUT THIS PAST WEEK? IS THAT RIGHT? THEY ARE GOING OUT TODAY. YES.

OH, THEY'RE GOING OUT TODAY. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR THOSE TO BE RETURNED? THEY WILL HAVE SEVEN DAYS. SEVEN DAYS? YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. WE FOUND THEM AND BUG THEM A LOT. OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK. AS I REMINDED Y'ALL LAST WEEK, CANON RANCH, PHASE THREE AND FOUR IS NOW GOT THE FINAL PLAT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED FROM THE CITY. SO WE'VE ADDED THAT FOR Y'ALL JUST TO SEE.

THAT'S A LOT OF NEW HOMES COMING IN. SO WORTH JUST TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT.

ALL RIGHT, NOW I GET TO READ MY LOVELY SCRIPT.

BEAR WITH ME. UNDER STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULE, COMPLETING REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION EACH YEAR OF SERVICE IS A BASIC OBLIGATION EXPECTATION OF ANY SITTING BOARD MEMBER. AS BOARD PRESIDENT, I AM REQUIRED TO ANNOUNCE THE NAME OF EACH MEMBER WHO HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION, HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND IS DEFICIENT IN MEETING THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION.

REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING ARE MEASURED AS OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DATE OF THE TRUSTEE'S ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT, OR TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS OR HER PREVIOUS TRAINING, AS APPLICABLE.

THERE ARE EIGHT TRAINING AREAS FOR BOARD MEMBER CONTINUING EDUCATION.

LOCAL DISTRICT ORIENTATION TWO. ORIENTATION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE THREE POST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

FOUR, TEAM BUILDING. FIVE, ADDITIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION.

SIX, EVALUATING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE, AND SETTING GOALS.

SEVEN, IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ABUSE, TRAFFICKING AND OTHER MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN.

EIGHT. SCHOOL SAFETY. TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETION OR DEFICIENCY AS TO REQUIRED TRAINING FOR MEMBERS WHO STILL HAVE TIME REMAINING TO COMPLETE REQUIRED TRAINING I WILL ANNOUNCE THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE SCHEDULED TIMELY TRAINING, AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET SCHEDULED THE TRAINING. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, I WILL ANNOUNCE ANY BOARD MEMBERS TRAINING IN EXCESS OF THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

THE FOLLOWING FIRST YEAR BOARD MEMBER HAS COMPLETED THE LOCAL DISTRICT ORIENTATION TRAINING.

SHANDA DE LEON. THE FOLLOWING FIRST YEAR BOARD MEMBER.

HAS COMPLETED THE ORIENTATION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

TRAINING. SHANDA DELEON. THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE ANNUAL TEAM BUILDING TRAINING.

STEFANI REINOLD MARY JANE HETRICK. OLIVIA BARNARD KIM COUSINS.

ROB MCCLELLAND. TRICIA QUINTERO. SHANDA DELEON.

THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE ADDITIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. STEPHANIE REINOLD, MARY JANE HETRICK OLIVIA BARNARD. KIM COUSINS.

ROB MCCLELLAND. TRICIA QUINTERO. SHANDA DELEON.

THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE TRAINING ON EVALUATING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SETTING GOALS.

TRICIA QUINTERO. THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE BIENNIAL TRAINING ON IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING.

MARY JANE HETRICK. OLIVIA BARNARD. ROB MCCLELLAND.

STEFANI REINOLD. TRICIA QUINTERO. THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE BIENNIAL TRAINING ON SCHOOL SAFETY STEFANI REINOLD, MARY JANE HETRICK.

SORRY, IT DOESN'T HAVE LIKE A LEAD IN TO THIS BOARD MEMBER.

SHE EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING BY 9.75 ADDITIONAL HOURS.

BOARD MEMBER KIM COUSINS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING BY 20.5 ADDITIONAL HOURS.

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BOARD MEMBER OLIVIA BARNARD EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING BY 10.25 ADDITIONAL HOURS.

BOARD MEMBER ROB MCCLELLAN EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING BY 11 ADDITIONAL HOURS.

BOARD MEMBER STEFANI REINOLD EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING BY 13 ADDITIONAL HOURS.

BOARD MEMBER TRICIA QUINTERO EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING BY 7.25 ADDITIONAL HOURS.

ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS

[10. CLOSED SESSION]

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

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

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD IS BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 8:37 P.M..

[11. OPEN SESSION]

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.

A MOTION FROM KIM. A SECOND FROM SHANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO DRIPPING SPRINGS.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU JOINING THE TEAM.

AND I KNOW WE ARE READY FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS TIGERS AND WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER ACTION. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:38 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.