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>> WE'VE CONVENED FOR AN AGENDA REVIEW MEETING OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 14.
WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.
AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF AGENDA REVIEW MEETINGS IS TO REVIEW ALL THE LISTED AGENDA ITEMS IN PREPARATION FOR THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL THE REGULAR MEETING.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF NEEDED, SO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS FULLY PREPARED FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY? NO. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RECOGNITIONS, AS ALWAYS, FOR LOVELY MAY MONTH, AND WE WILL HAVE OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT.
WE DO NOT HAVE A LEARNING SPOTLIGHT THIS MONTH.
WE CAN GO THROUGH WHAT YOU DO HAVE, SO OUR CAMPUS TOUR, SENIOR SIGNING CEREMONIES, WE HAD SEVERAL.
YES. ANY OTHER PICTURES YOU HAVE, YOU CAN SHARE WITH KATI FOR TRUSTEES AROUND TOWN.
>> WE JUST GOT SOME ADDITIONAL ONES FROM OLIVIA, SO WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE TO ADD. [BACKGROUND] IT'S A BUSY MONTH.
>> [OVERLAPPING] IT'S BEEN A FAST MONTH.
>> I SHOULD GIVE YOU THAT PICTURE.
>> IT'S BEEN A FAST MONTH TOO BECAUSE OUR APRIL MEETING WAS SO LATE.
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MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL JUST HANDLE IT ALL, SO IF YOU HAVE ONE, YOU CAN REFERENCE TO THE LETTER. [BACKGROUND]>> 7C , I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS GETS.
LOOKS LIKE RHONDA WHITMAN'S NAMES ON IT.
BUT WHERE IT GOES TO, JUST SOME CONTEXT.
OBVIOUSLY, PHONICS CURRICULUM IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT IN LINE WITH SBOE.
I GET THAT BUT, DR. KUENTZ, IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT CONTEXT TO THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT ON MONDAY, THAT'D BE GREAT.
>> FOR SURE. WHEN WE FIRST ADOPTED DISCOVER VISTA PHONICS, THAT WAS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER HAD A LIST, AND WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO TAKE ACTION ON GIVING RESOURCES TO TEACHERS WHEN THE SCIENCE TEACHING AND READING WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THE STATE.
WE WENT AHEAD THROUGH ESSER FUNDING, PURCHASED THAT.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT CURRENTLY ON THE SBOE LIST, THAT WE STARTED EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS.
THE OPTIONS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE CHOOSING TO GO WITH IS THE OPTION YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, THE SADLIER INC, AND IT'S CALLED FROM PHONICS TO READING, K-3.
THE TEACHERS REALLY LIKED THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THAT.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO VISTA PHONICS, BUT THEN IT HAS EXTRA THAT THE TEACHERS WERE REALLY ENJOYING.
IT NOT ONLY MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR CLASSROOMS, BUT IT'S ALSO ON THE LIST, SO WE COULD USE FUNDING FROM THE INSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR THAT.
>> THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO FOLLOW UP. THAT'S GOOD.
FOR OUR TEACHERS, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS.
OUR TEACHERS DO THAT, IT'S IN LINE WITH SBOE FOR THE CURRICULUM.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO THE DISTRICT.
WHAT WE ADOPT CURRICULUM FROM SBOE ON THE APPROVED LIST, IS THIS APPLICABLE?
THERE'S AN EXTRA MULTIPLIER FOR THOSE CURRICULUM THAT YOU ADOPT THAT'S ON THE LIST, YES.
>> THAT'S ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ONE TOO.
>> HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS DID WE HAVE THAT CAME OR VIEWED BEFORE? THE WINDOW IS OPEN.
>> I'LL HAVE TO GET WITH KAREN [INAUDIBLE] TO SEE WHO CHECKED IN FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD A SIGN-IN SHEET, BUT I'LL GET WITH RHONDA WHITMAN TO SEE.
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY BECAUSE I KNOW SO OFTEN, IT'S LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRICULUM IS, AND THEN WE HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES, AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF ANYBODY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR ASKING. I WILL FIND OUT.
>> ON 7H APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE, I THINK WE HAD TALKED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP THAT CONSISTENT.
ARE WE STILL LOOKING AT RENEWING HER TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR US?
>> I THINK THERE'S PROS AND CONS EITHER WAY.
I THINK IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT OR IF TRICIA AND OLIVIA WANT TO DO IT AGAIN, WE CAN DISCUSS, AS A BOARD.
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KIM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE INVOLVED? [LAUGHTER]>> NO, I'M JUST SAYING I'D LIKE THE CONSISTENCY BECAUSE GOING IN THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I THINK WE TALKED A YEAR OR TWO AGO ABOUT EVERY TIME IF WE KEEP SENDING A NEW PERSON, THEY HAVE TO LEARN, FIGURE IT OUT.
I LIKE THE CONSISTENCY, BUT I'M OPEN TO OTHER SUGGESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
>> I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF A NEW ALTERNATE EVERY YEAR JUST BECAUSE, I THINK, IF SOMEONE DOES ROLL OFF, SOMEONE HAS SEEN IT BEFORE THEY'RE THE DELEGATE THE NEXT YEAR.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT, AND I WAS A TOTAL NEWBIE.
I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR I WAS ON THE BOARD, AND YOU CAN PICK UP ON IT PRETTY QUICKLY TOO, BUT I SEE THE PROS TO HAVING CONSISTENCY TOO.
A LOT OF IT'S WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
TRICIA, OLIVIA, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN OUR DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
DON'T MIND STAYING ON OR ROLLING OFF, HAPPY TO DO EITHER OR.
I WILL SAY IT REALLY TAKES YOUR FIRST YEAR TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, AND THEN YOU FEEL LIKE, NEXT YEAR, I GOT IT.
BUT THE ONE AREA WHERE I THINK THAT WE CAN IMPROVE, THERE'S STILL A PERCEPTION THAT TASB ITSELF CREATES PRIORITIES.
THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT THE PRIORITIES THAT COME OUT OF THAT AREN'T MATCHING OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS, AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALMOST VERBATIM.
WE HAVE 1,200 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
EACH OF US, THE REFLECTION OF THAT ASSEMBLY IS A REFLECTION OF THE DISTRICT'S.
AS A DELEGATE AND AS AN ALTERNATE, I FEEL LIKE THAT WE COULD HAVE BROUGHT BETTER INFORMATION TO THE BOARD SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS THAT ACTUAL FACTUAL PERCEPTION.
IF I STAY ON OR WHOEVER DOES THAT, I FEEL LIKE WE MAYBE FELL SHORT ON SETTING PROPER EXPECTATIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES.
THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE FAILED. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHAT I HEAR, BECAUSE FOR THE BODY AS A WHOLE, WE'RE NOT ALL SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> I THINK TO YOUR POINT, HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A ROBUST PRESENTATION AFTER ACTION REPORT FROM THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KEEP DOING IT, TRICIA, OR FOR BOTH OF Y'ALL, [OVERLAPPING] PART OF IT.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE THE ACTUAL ASSEMBLY, THAT WAY YOU ARE GOING IN THERE WITH THE TEAM'S VOICE INSTEAD OF JUST HOPING YOU'RE GETTING IT RIGHT. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE POINT OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
>> WELL, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO THIS DELEGATE ASSEMBLY THAN IS ON OUR PRIORITY LIST. [OVERLAPPING]
>> FOR US IS THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO TRY AND NAME YOU ALL NOW BECAUSE IF WE GET INTO IT NOW, THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THE PAPER PACKET AHEAD OF TIME.
>> YOU JUST ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
>> REALLY BE, I THINK, DIVE DEEP INTO IT BEFORE WE THEN GET TO THE MEETING.
WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET YOU ALL THE INFORMATION SOONER SO THAT ALL CAN DO YOUR PART OF BEING PREPARED TO THEN COME BACK TO YOUR COLLEAGUES.
>> THE DELEGATE BOOKLET WAS SHARED WITH OUR ENTIRE BOARD AND OUR ENTIRE BOARD.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS, LIKE PICKING ON ANYONE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK THE WHOLE BOARD SEES THE WHOLE PACKET, BUT IT WAS SENT OUT, AND IT WAS ASKED IF ANYONE HAD ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET THE DELEGATE OR ALTERNATIVE KNOW.
I'VE NEVER HAD A SINGLE RESPONSE.
OUR BOARD HAS NOT HAD THIS CONVERSATION TOGETHER.
WE HAVE SO MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CREATING OUR PRIORITIES, AND I CAN SAY TO OUR TEAM THAT THE TASB PRIORITIES ARE COMPLETELY ALIGNED BECAUSE EVERY DISTRICT IS WALKING AND SAYING THE SAME THING.
BUT WE'VE NEVER ASKED THEM TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
WE'VE GONE TWO YEARS, AND TRICIA HAS NOT MADE ANY REQUEST TO CHANGE, BUT YET STILL WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S THIS MISPERCEPTION.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT A LOT.
OUR BOARD DID RECEIVE THE BOOKLET, AND OUR BOARD WAS ASKED TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS, AND NOT A SINGLE ONE HAS EVER COME THROUGH.
BUT SOMEHOW THERE'S STILL THIS PERCEPTION THAT TASB IS TELLING US WHAT TO DO AND CREATING THE PRIORITIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.
>> WELL, FOR PURPOSES OF THE DELEGATE, TO KIM'S ORIGINAL COMMENT AND I'M HEARING, YOU ALL WOULD STILL BE OPEN.
OLIVIA, DO YOU WANT TO BE THE DELEGATE, TRICIA, THE ALTERNATE THIS YEAR, CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT? WHAT I'M HEARING THOUGH IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I'M NOT SURE IF A SEPARATE MEETING IS EVER FEASIBLE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET IT EARLY ENOUGH, EVEN RIGHT BEFORE THE TRIP, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION WITH EVERYBODY.
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BUT I DO THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CALL TO ARMS WHEN WE GET THE PACKET AS A BOARD, IF THERE IS SOMETHING IN THERE THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK UP.>> DOES THE ENTIRE BOARD GET THE PACKET THOUGH?
>> MARY JANE, I THINK YOU FORWARDED IT TO US LAST YEAR.
BUT HISTORICALLY, I DON'T REMEMBER EVERY YEAR.
>> THERE'S BOTH. THERE'S A DIGITAL COPY, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE HARD COPY THAT'S REALLY THICK, THEN THAT'S STILL AN OPTION.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE I HAVE OBVIOUSLY THIS INTERNAL VIEW AS A TASB BOARD MEMBER, AND I REMEMBER YOU SAYING IN A FORUM THAT YOU THOUGHT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY WAS OF WASTE OF TIME.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE DIFFERENTLY SO THAT YOU DON'T FEEL THAT WAY.
WELL, MAYBE WASTE OF TIME WAS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD USE OF WORDS.
IN ORDER TO HAVE ANY VOICE, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NECESSARY.
BUT AS FAR AS ADVOCATING FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, I THINK WE WOULD BE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THAT BECAUSE IT IS A WHOLE OF THEIR MEMBERS' VOICE.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY OUR VOICE.
>> WELL, SOME THINGS GET WATERED DOWN, OR JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.
I WILL SAY, I THINK LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, IT'S BECOME MORE AND MORE OF EVERYONE SAYING THE SAME THING.
WHEREAS, WHEN I WAS DELEGATE, I GUESS THREE YEARS AGO, I DO REMEMBER A LOT MORE DIVERSITY.
WHAT HAPPENS IN A NUTSHELL WHEN WE VOTE ON OUR PRIORITIES, OH, MY GOSH, THE WORD IS NOT COMING TO MY BRAIN.
>> WHATEVER. OUR PROPOSAL, ESSENTIALLY, EVERY DISTRICT IS DOING THAT.
THEN WHAT TASB DOES IS THEY'RE BRINGING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
IF THERE'S DUPLICATES, IF THERE'S ONES THAT ARE JUST SO EXTRANEOUS OR SPECIFIC, SOMETIMES THEY THROW THOSE OUT.
MARY JANE, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, THEN THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING OVER.
>> AT THE ASSEMBLY, YOU HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE SOMETHING OR ADD A WORD OR MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN THINGS.
I GUESS, OLIVIA'S HEARING THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY EVER ADDED SOMETHING.
ARGUABLY, ON THE OTHER SIDE, I THINK SOME OF THESE AREN'T AS IMPORTANT TO DRIPPING SPRINGS AS A UNIT.
SOME ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND MAYBE WE NEED TO BE ADVOCATING MORE LOUDLY FOR SOME OF THESE.
BUT A LOT OF THEM RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'VE SEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THEY'RE ALL WITHIN THE SAME BIG CATEGORIES.
BUT I THINK A CHARGE FOR THE BOARD TO LOOK AT THIS.
CAN WE JUST HAVE AN ATTACHMENT EVEN BEFORE NEXT MONDAY'S MEETING, OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AS A WHOLE? BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY BIG SWATH OF OUR VALUES, WHICH WE'VE ALL AGREED TO.
SO TO YOUR CONCERNS, TRICIA, THAT'S YOUR LIST, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU CAN STAMP ON BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALL AGREED TO.
THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC, WE AS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS SEE AS PART OF THE LARGER PACKET.
>> THAT'S MORE OR LESS WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING.
>> I WILL JUST SAY, I THINK THAT THE VALUE OF THIS PROCESS IS, ONE, HEARING FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, SHARING WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, AND THEN GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE SO THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION, AS A WHOLE, HAS A VOICE.
THEN THE SECOND PIECE FOR OUR DISTRICT IS HAVING OUR SUBCOMMITTEE AND HAVING Y'ALL GO TO THE CAPITOL, AND THE LETTERS THAT YOU'VE WRITTEN AND THE ADVOCACY THAT YOU'VE DONE ABOUT HOW SPECIFIC BILLS SPECIFICALLY IMPACT OUR DISTRICT.
BOTH HAVE TO HAPPEN, AND I THINK BOTH ARE IMPORTANT.
THEY SERVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES FOR OUR DISTRICT.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO REITERATE REALLY QUICKLY, AND THEN HOLLY'S GOT EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REITERATE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
>> SORRY. THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY IS TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
IT'S TO TAKE PUBLIC EDUCATION, TAKE THE CONCERNS OF THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT.
THE PART THAT IS A WASTE OF TIME IS PEOPLE WILL PUT THE PADDLE UP AND WAIT TO CHANGE VERNACULAR AND WORDS, NOT PART OF IT, BUT THE REFLECTION IS VERY SIMILAR, AT LEAST THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT OUR LOCAL ADVOCACY COMES FROM US AND WRITING THE LETTERS AND DOING THE THINGS, SO THE RESULT IS TYPICAL AND AS IT SHOULD BE.
BUT, YES, I THINK THAT EXACTLY THE CALL TO ACTION I'M ASKING FOR IS IF INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING, YOU HAVE TO READ THE PACKET,
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AND YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION FORWARD.I CAN SAY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE GOTTEN NOTHING. THAT'S ALL.
>> I THINK IT'S A BIG ASK. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE DO THE BIG WORK OF TALKING THROUGH LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
ADMITTEDLY, THAT'S WHY WE ARE NOMINATING A SUBCOMMITTEE IN AND OF THEMSELVES IN YOU AND TRICIA BECAUSE THESE ARE SPECIFICS THAT PERSONALLY, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, NOT EVEN FOR THE BOARD, I'M COUNTING ON Y'ALL TO INTERPRET, BASED ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, WHAT THE VALUES OF DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD ARE FOR ANY OF THESE.
>> I AGREE COMPLETELY, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, BUT WE DO STILL HAVE BOARD MEMBERS SAYING THAT TASB DOESN'T REPRESENT.
THEN THERE'S A BREAK SOMEWHERE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THE WORK AND INVESTING THE TIME AND VOLUNTEERING THE TIME TO TAKE ON THAT EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THERE'S STILL SOMEHOW A DISCONNECT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE SPEAKING OUT OF LINE, BUT SOMEHOW THERE'S STILL A PERCEPTION THAT I KNOW IS COMING FROM EVEN MY OWN CONVERSATIONS AMONGST BOARD MEMBERS THAT TASB IS NOT REFLECTING OUR VALUES.
I'M LIKE, THEN IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THIS IS THE TIME.
>> TIME TO SPEAK UP. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
>> OR BE FULLY INFORMED TO SEE HOW ALIGNED THEY ACTUALLY ARE BECAUSE WHAT I WANT AS A BOARD IS THAT WE'RE ALL SPEAKING THE SAME THING.
THE ONLY REASON I BRING THIS UP TODAY IS BECAUSE THERE IS A DISCONNECT THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
MY ONLY FIX IS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WANTS TO ADD, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL GET THAT IN THERE.
WE'RE VOTING ON AN ENTIRE BOOK OF OTHER PEOPLE'S VALUE TOO.
IF WE WANT OUR VOICES WITHIN THE WHOLE TASB CONFERENCE, THEN WE DO NEED TO PUT IT THERE, INSERT IT, IF YOU WILL.
>> WHATEVER DIRECTION WE WOULD LIKE TASB TO GO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY AS A WHOLE.
>> WE WILL ALL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THROUGH THESE AND OFFER OUR OPINIONS TO TRICIA, AND OLIVIA, OR MARY.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PATHS.
THERE'S THE GRASSROOTS PROCESS WHERE WE CAN GO THROUGH REGION 13, AND THAT'S WHEN WE DISCOVERED FOR INSTANCE, OUR COLLEAGUE IN FREDERICKSBURG WAS EXCITED THAT WE WERE ALSO LOOKING INTO TEACHER HOUSING, FOR INSTANCE, THOSE THINGS.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP, OLIVIA.
IT GETS HARD TO DEFEND THE TRUTH OF THE PROCESS.
BUT I HAVE DONE WHAT I CAN TO ENCOURAGE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE TO COME TO DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT IS WHERE THE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
WE'RE A VERY DIVERSE STATE, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SMORGASBORD OF PERSPECTIVES, BUT IT'S WHO'S IN THE ROOM AT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY THAT MAKES THE FINAL DECISIONS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON CONSENT AS IT STANDS?
>> WE MIGHT MOVE MORE THINGS TO CONSENT BUT I HAVE MARCHED IN IT.
>> ON 7E FOR THE FUSE, THAT WAS THE PROGRAM WE LEARNED ABOUT AT SYCAMORE, RIGHT? HOW DO WE CHOOSE HOW MANY TEACHERS GO OR HOW DO WE MAKE THAT DETERMINATION OF WHO'S GOING TO GO TO THAT?
>> THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY MATH TEACHERS THAT WAS CHOSEN FROM FUSE AND SPECIFICALLY MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO IT ALIGNS THAT WAY.
THE FIRST YEAR WE STARTED WITH JUST DSMS IN YEAR 1.
THE SECOND YEAR WE INCLUDED SSMS IN YEAR 1, SO THEN WE HAD DSMS IN YEAR 2.
WE HAVE THIS COHORT MODEL GOING.
FOR THIS THIRD YEAR, IT'S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE YEAR 2 SSMS TEACHERS.
ABOUT HOW MANY, IT'S HARD BECAUSE IT'S SUMMER, AND SO WE WANT TO HONOR TEACHERS' TIMES, AND IT'S EXTRA TIME FOR THEM.
I DON'T HAVE THAT LIST YET TO SAY WHO'S GOING.
THIS MOU IS JUST SAYING, CAN WE ENGAGE WITH UT TO PROVIDE THIS FOR TEACHERS, AND THEN I CAN BRING AN UPDATE ABOUT HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE WANTING TO DO THEIR YEAR 2 LEARNING.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU. THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS 7G ON BAND INSTRUMENTS.
DO WE PRICE THOSE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMIND ME BECAUSE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN BEFORE I WAS HERE ON THE FIVE-YEAR REPLACEMENT COST, THE YEAR 1 COST IS GOING UP A LITTLE BIT.
WHY AND DO WE PRICE THOSE OUT ANNUALLY?
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WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OBO FOR X AMOUNT IN YEAR 3, IS THAT HOW MUCH IT COSTS NOW, OR ARE WE PLANNING FOR THAT TO BE HIGHER IN THOSE YEARS, JUST TO GET AN IDEA, IF IT'S GOING UP NOW, IS IT GOING TO GO UP EVERY YEAR?>> IT COULD. I ASKED DEREK WOODS TO UPDATE THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.
WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR IS HE WAS CODING SOME THINGS TO THOSE FUNDS THAT WEREN'T INSTRUMENTS TO USE THE MONEY, AND I SAID, "NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT." AND SO HE REVISED THE LIST OF INSTRUMENTS AND ORDERED SOME THIS YEAR THAT WERE ON NEXT YEAR'S LIST.
THE INSTRUMENTS THEY NEED VARIES EVERY YEAR BASED ON WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE PLAYING.
IF THIS INSTRUMENT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST ESTIMATE OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
I ASKED HIM ALSO TO REPRICE, KNOWING WITH TARIFFS, AND INFLATION, AND EVERYTHING, THE PRICING LIST MAY NOT BE ACCURATE.
HE DID THAT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND '25 '26 REPLACEMENT.
HE DID NOT REPRICE THE 3, 04, AND 5-YEAR INSTRUMENTS.
DOING THAT RIGHT NOW MIGHT BE AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY.
WE'LL UPDATE THIS AGAIN THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON WITH INSTRUMENTS THIS YEAR, AND JUST THAT HE WAS TRYING TO ORDER THINGS THAT WEREN'T INSTRUMENTS.
I ASKED HIM TO GO BACK AND ORDER INSTRUMENTS.
HE DID THAT TO USE ALL OF THE MONEY THAT THE BOARD APPROVED, AND IT CAME IN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT AMOUNT.
>> BUT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE FULL FIVE YEARS, REGARDLESS, OR CAN WE CHANGE?
>> IT'S A FUND BALANCE DESIGNATION.
IN JUNE, WE'LL COMMIT FUND BALANCE FOR EVERYTHING WE KNOW OF BASED ON THESE DOLLARS, BUT THEN I HAVE THE BOARD APPROVAL THEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR WHAT THE ACTUAL COST IS.
>> WE COULD CHANGE IF WE HAVE SOME SORT OF WINDFALL AND GET THAT COULD CHANGE.
>> EVERYONE'S SO CONFIDENT TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WINDFALL IS COMING FROM.
WE'VE NEVER HAD ONE FOR BAND INSTRUMENTS.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A FUND BALANCED DESIGNATION, SIMPLY SO THAT IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO THAT 2% REQUIREMENT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP OUR BUDGET AND KEEP IT UNDER THE 2% PARAMETER.
>> CAN PINE IN ON THAT SAME THING? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
I WAS TRYING TO RECALL, BECAUSE I VOTED ON THIS PREVIOUSLY, WHY THIS ISN'T AN M&O EXPENSE.
>> BUT IT'S A FUND BALANCE DESIGNATION BECAUSE OUR BUDGET IS OKAY?
>> OBVIOUSLY, I'M HUGELY SUPPORTIVE OF GETTING THE BAND THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED FOR OUR KIDS, THAT PROGRAM IS DOING PHENOMENAL, SO JUST HEAR ME IN THAT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SIMPLY PUT FROM AN M&O BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE, DOESN'T FIT.
WE'VE BEEN TAKING IT FROM THE FUND BALANCE DESIGNATION, WHICH, WHEN WE ARE RUNNING A SURPLUS ANNUALLY, OR YOU ARE LANDING THE PLANE WITH A LOT MORE RUNWAY, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY, THAN WE HAVE NOW, THAT'S A GOOD SITUATION.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, NOW WITH WHERE WE ARE, IT'S BECOMING PROBLEMATIC I THINK.
>> WELL, EARLIER IN THE MONTH, I WAS TEMPTED TO JUST PUT IT INTO THEIR BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY NOMINAL AMOUNT, 50,000 INSTEAD OF TRACKING IT AS A FUND BALANCE DESIGNATION, BUT NOW MIGHT, NO, I NEED TO LEAVE IT AS A FUND BALANCE DESIGNATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO FALL WITHIN THAT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE ME CUT MORE TO GET TO THE TWO [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING]
>> BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE TO BE AN EXPENDITURE TO THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT FOR THE M&O THAT WE DO FOR MOST THINGS.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT TO HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE GOAL WOULD BE TO DO THAT EVENTUALLY, BUT WE'RE JUST [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING]
>> KEEP IN MIND YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T HAVE REALLY GOOD REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES, AND SO A DEPARTMENT LEAD WOULD COME TO ME AND SAY, HEY, I NEED $250,000 FOR X. I'M LIKE, "WHOA, I DON'T HAVE THAT." WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SCHEDULE SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN THESE THINGS ARE COMING, SO I CAN BUDGET BETTER, AND THESE ITEMS THAT WERE MORE IN CAPITAL NATURE THE BOARD CHOSE TO DO AS FUND BALANCE DESIGNATIONS, AND SO WE'VE KEPT THAT SYSTEM.
>> GOT IT. UNDERSTOOD. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> DIDN'T WE PUT THIS IN FUND BALANCE THREE YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING?
>> HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN FUND BALANCE.
>> IT WAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN? MAYBE IT WAS THE CONVERSATION.
>> YOU HAVE THE CONVERSATION EVERY YEAR, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE REMEMBERING.
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>> FIRST ACTION ITEM IS A CONSIDERATION APPROVAL TO CALL A MEETING FOR OUR BUDGET AND TAX RATE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? NEXT ACTION IS OUR RFP FOR DEPOSITORY SERVICES.
>> DO YOU WANT US TO BACKGROUND ON THIS?
>> THE LAST TIME I DID THIS, I TOLD MYSELF,
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I WILL NEVER EVER HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN AND NEVER SAY NEVER.WITH THE DEPOSITORY CONTRACT, YOU HAVE YOUR INITIAL TERM, AND THEN YOU CAN EXTEND FOR TWO YEARS THREE TIMES.
WE WERE AT THE END OF THAT EXTENSION PERIOD.
WE DID ISSUE A BID FOR DEPOSITORY SERVICES.
THE LAST TIME WE BID THIS, WE HAD THREE RESPONSES, THIS TIME WE HAD JUST ONE, WHICH IS OUR INCUMBENT, PROSPERITY BANK.
WE DID REACH OUT TO A COUPLE BECAUSE I HAVE BANKERS IN THE COMMUNITY ALWAYS ASKING ME, WHEN IS THIS GOING OUT TO BID? WE WANT TO BID ON IT.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO SEND NOTICE TO EVERY BANK IN THE DISTRICT, SO WE DID THAT.
WE ONLY GOT ONE. WE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE TO SEE WHY THEY DIDN'T BID.
ONE SIMPLY FORGOT, ONE COULDN'T MEET THE SAFE-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS.
I THINK WHEN BANKS REALLY LOOK AT IT, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK, AND THEY DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY OFF OF THIS.
WE DON'T PAY PROSPERITY ANY FEES.
THEY PAY US GUARANTEED NOMINAL RATE OF INTEREST ON OUR DEPOSITS, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A CLEARING SYSTEM FOR OUR CHECKS.
WE DON'T KEEP MONEY THERE AS FAR AS AN INVESTMENT.
IT'S JUST MONEY IN, MONEY OUT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
I'M NOT SURPRISED WE DIDN'T HAVE A TON OF PEOPLE BID ON IT, BUT WE DO HAVE TO TAKE ACTION BEFORE THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS JUNE 30.
WITH THE ONE RESPONSE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM PROSPERITY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING ACCEPTING THAT BID.
PROSPERITY HAS BEEN OUR BANKER SINCE, I CAN'T REMEMBER, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS THAT IS.
>> WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED AN INITIAL CONTRACT WHERE WE CAN EXTEND THAT AGAIN AND SAY [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING]
>> [INAUDIBLE] START THE CLOCK OVER.
THIS INITIAL TERM WILL BE TWO YEARS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THREE, TWO-YEAR EXTENSION CAPABILITIES UNLESS THE LAW CHANGES.
>> THIS IS POTENTIALLY A CONSENT ACTION, IF WE WANT TO.
>> I WOULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, MADAM PRESIDENT, IF THERE'S NO STATUTE THAT PREVENTS.
>> IF IT'S GOING TO CONSENT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THAT BACKGROUND, BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD BANKERS REACH OUT TO ME WHO HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH YOU.
AGAIN, THE PERCEPTION VERSUS REALITY.
>> WE CAN ALSO MOVE A TO CONSENT.
IT'S JUST CALLING THE MEETING.
IT'S CALLING THE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE TAX RATE.
JUNE, WE WILL HAVE MORE BUDGET, SO PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH MOVING THAT ALSO?
>> MOVING ON, THESE ARE OUR MORE SOLID ACTION ITEMS. WE'LL JUST LUMP C AND D DISCUSSION ALTOGETHER, ACTUALLY, WE'LL JUST DO THEM ALL SEPARATE.
WE'LL JUST DO THEM ALL SEPARATE. C IS OUR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER SERVICES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION.
I KNOW THIS MONTH, WE HAD ASKED YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A RUNWAY IN OUR REPORTS AT THE MEETING MONDAY TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THIS SUMMER PROJECTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BUT THIS IS AN EXTENSION FROM THAT FOR THESE CAMPUSES. ROB, WHAT YOU GOT?
>> IF I JUST ASKED THE DISTRICT TO REMIND OUR COLLEAGUES WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ON MONDAY NIGHT.
OUR CURRENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE ARCHITECTS, THE POOL THAT WE'VE HAD BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS RFP THAT WE HAVE, AND THE METHODOLOGY WE'RE USING TO CIRCULATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOND PROJECTS TO SAID ARCHITECTS, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
>> HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD, SO I THINK HE'S GOT IT.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME.
>> YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TEAM OF ARCHITECTS WE HAVE?
>> YEAH, JUST IF YOU COULD REVIEW THAT MATERIAL.
WE HAD 27, I THINK THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD 27 ACTUALLY APPLY.
WENT THROUGH RFQ, GRADED THOSE OUT.
WE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED NINE OF THEM.
WE HAD A BOARD MEMBER ATTEND ON THAT COMMITTEE.
AT OF THOSE NINE, WE PICKED A POOL OF THREE, THE THREE ARE VLK, PFLUGER, PBK.
ROUTINELY, DISTRICTS WILL GO EITHER BOND TO BOND.
MOST DISTRICTS LIKE WHEN WE ENTER WE GO FROM 3-5 YEARS, WE REDO THAT EVERY TIME WE DO A BOND, REDO THAT POOL.
HERE, SINCE IT'S SO CLOSE, WE'VE HAD THREE BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK BONDS.
WE'RE JUST KEEPING THAT. I THINK IF WE DID ANOTHER ELECTION, WE'D PROBABLY RECOMMEND REDOING THAT POOL.
IT'S ALL THAT WORK OBVIOUSLY TO DO THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE FEEL BLESSED AND WE HAVE REALLY THREE GOOD ARCHITECTS WORKING FOR US.
KEEPING THAT POOL TOGETHER, THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW US BETTER AS A DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE ALL PERFORMING WELL.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW FOR THIS [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. SORRY, GO AHEAD PLEASE.
>> SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I'M NOT CONSTRUCTION, SO I JUST MAKE IT LAY SPEAK, BUT FOR THESE ARE THE FIRMS THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH THE FULL PROCESS THREE YEARS AGO?
>> BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO USE THE SAME FIRMS
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FOR EACH SITE BECAUSE THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH EACH SITE.THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF PBK TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE PROJECTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON THIS MONTH DOESN'T ACTUALLY START UNTIL NEXT SUMMER.
>> NO, MA'AM. [OVERLAPPING] IT SAYS THAT CLAIMS WOULD OCCUR SUMMER 2026 AND 2026.
>> THIS WOULD BE FOR NEXT SUMMER.
>> THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THAT NOW IS WHAT WE WERE TO TRYING TO DO IS WE NEED TO GET THESE PLANS OUT FOR NEXT SUMMER.
WE HAVE LONG LEAD ITEMS. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO BEAT ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS TO THE PUNCH ON GETTING CONTRACTORS.
THIS LAST TIME WHEN WE DID OUR LAST ONE FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND [INAUDIBLE] ES, WE HAD THREE CONTRACTORS BID ON THAT. THAT'S THE FIFTH [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT THESE ARE THE SAME? [OVERLAPPING]
>> PBK IS CURRENTLY, DOING THE SUMMER.
>> BUT JUST FOR THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH MORE VETTING AND THE FORMAL PROCESS, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD BOND-TO-BOND AND OUR PROJECTS ARE NOW BLEEDING INTO EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT WITH THESE BONDS, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE RECOMMENDING WE JUST STICK WITH THE SAME FIRM THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ON THOSE CAMPUSES?
>> THAT AND THEN PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE PULLING FROM A POOL, WE LOOK AT THOSE ARCHITECTS, THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS.
PBK HAS GOT A PRETTY STRONG HISTORY OF DOING BIG REMODELS, SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WE'RE TYING THEM TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE DOING THAT.
PFLUGER, I'VE JUST DID WILDWOOD, SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM IN THE SECURE VEGETABLE IN THE FRONT OF THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS OF A JOB.
I'VE DONE FOUR OR FIVE OF THOSE IN LEANDER WITH THEM.
JUST THAT FAMILIARITY OF THOSE SCHOOLS, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THAT.
BUT THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING THIS YEAR.
>> REMEMBER THAT, LIKE PBK IN PARTICULAR, I REMEMBER THAT WAS THE BIG SELLING POINT EVEN FROM THE RFP PROCESS BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF RENOVATIONS.
>> OUT OF THE THREE FIRMS WE HAVE NOW, THEY HAVE THE MOST EXPERIENCE OF DOING REMODELS, AND THOSE ARE THE HARDEST JOBS WE DO.
>> JUST ONE FOLLOW UP TO THAT. THAT WAS GOOD.
THE FEE STRUCTURE FOR EACH OF THESE ARCHITECTS, WAS THAT ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED WHEN WE DID THE RFQ BACK IN THE DAY, OR IS THAT RE-ESTABLISHED FOR EVERY PROJECT IN WHICH THEY ARE AWARDED?
>> IT'LL BE RE ESTABLISHED FOR EVERY PROJECT THEY'RE DOING. THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THE ARCHITECT'S FEE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS, AND WE'LL NEGOTIATE WITH THEM AND BRING YOU GUYS THAT INFORMATION.
>> I LOVE YOU. I WAS GOING TO ADD ONE SMALL NOTE.
MOBILIZATION IS A BIG PART OF IT, TOO.
IF THAT PARTICULAR FIRM IS ON THREE OTHER JOB SITES AT THE MOMENT, TIMING AND THEIR AVAILABILITY.
I SAT ON THAT COMMITTEE AND SAT IN ON THE INTERVIEWS ON THE RFQS, IT WAS AN AMAZING PROCESS, BUT I WAS CURIOUS, WHEN DO WE DO THAT AGAIN? THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO.
WE ESTABLISHED OUR POOL, WHEN DOES THAT COME UP AGAIN?
>> WE'LL PROBABLY DO THAT WITH OUR NEXT BOND.
>> I WANT TO JUST ADD, THE REASON WE'RE NOT DOING IT NOW IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROJECTS IN THE '25 BOND, THE HIGH SCHOOL IS THE BIGGEST PROJECT.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE ARCHITECT, SO THE REST OF IT IS REMODEL WORK.
WITH THE NEXT BOND, IF YOU HAVE NEW CAMPUSES, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU GO RE-ESTABLISH THE RFP THEN BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE SOME BIGGER PROJECTS, BUT AS JAMES MENTIONED, WE WANT TO GET THE DESIGN WORK ON THESE REMODELS HAPPENING NOW SO WE CAN BID THOSE PROJECTS EARLIER AND BE READY TO HIT THE GROUND FOR NEXT SUMMER.
THERE AREN'T ANY MAJOR PROJECTS IN THIS '25 BOND THAT DON'T ALREADY HAVE AN ARCHITECT ESTABLISHED, SO IT DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO PUT THAT OUT RIGHT NOW, SO I WOULD DO THAT WITH THE NEXT BOND.
>> WE'VE BEEN HAPPY WITH THESE ARCHITECTS?
>> YES, MA'AM. [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING].
>> OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN OUR POOL BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE SOME ONE-OFF THINGS FOR US.
>> THEY'RE ALL DOING A GOOD JOB FOR US.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS IT WOULD TAKE US A GOOD 6-8 WEEKS TO DO THAT.
AGAIN, WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON THE JOBS RIGHT AWAY JUST TO [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I APPRECIATE THE EFFICIENCY. SHANDA.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ROOSTER PROJECT.
OUR '25 BOND IS NOT STARTING UNTIL '26 '27, THE CL&I RENOVATION WASN'T THAT IN THE '23 BOND THOUGH?
>> YOU GUYS WILL BE GETTING UPDATE OF THAT. WE WILL BE DOING THAT.
WE'RE DOING THE SECURE VESTIBULE AT ROOSTER AND THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS SUMMER.
THOSE TWO HAPPEN, WE'LL BE DOING SOME ROOFING WORK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE GOT THAT IN MY PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT THE SUMMER WORK.
ROOSTER, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME ADA STUFF IN THE FRONT, FIXING THAT RAMP IN THE FRONT, THAT STAIRCASE COMING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE DOING THE SECURE VESTIBULE IN THE FRONT, AND WE'LL BE DOING THE CL&I, WE'LL BE ADDING THAT MAKER SPACE TO THAT THIS SUMMER..
>> YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE FOR THIS IS FOR THE ACTUAL [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THIS IS THE REST OF THE BUILDINGS.
WE'RE STILL DOING THAT STUFF THIS SUMMER, THE CL&I.
>> IT GETS CONFUSING BECAUSE WE HAVE '23, '25, AND WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS ON TWO DIFFERENT CAMPUS, YOU DO TWO SAME CAMPUSES BECAUSE YES MA'AM.
>> THANKS, JAMES. LET'S GO TO AE, THE GMP FOR DSC AND DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE.
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QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.>> I'M GOING BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WITH GMP 4, WE'RE GOING TO HIT OUR BUDGET TARGET FOR BOTH CAMPUSES, BOTH PROJECTS AND HAVE ABOUT 950,000 LEFT IN CONTINGENCY.
AM I READING THAT RIGHT, JAMES?
>> YES, SIR. WE'VE GOTTEN INTO CONTINGENCY A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU'RE CORRECT ON YOUR GENERAL.
>> WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PRETTY CLOSE, YOU HAVE 500,000 CONTINGENCY IN DRIPPING MIDDLE, 410 IN DRIPPING ELEMENTARY AND WE STILL HAVE LEFT AFTER GMP 4, 968,000.
IS THAT MAGGIE MATH DID IT WORK?
>> DID MAGGIE MATH WORK, SCOTT?
>> YES. ON THAT BUDGET SUMMARY SHEET, IT SHOWS THAT THE TOTAL BUDGET WAS 559,808,064, AND WE'RE COMING IN AT 550,201,803, WHICH IS ABOUT 900,000 IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I WANT TO JUST REMIND YOU THAT BUDGET IS SPLIT AMONG SEVERAL PLACES ON THE BOND SUMMARY SHEET.
BECAUSE SOME OF THIS BUDGET IS SAFETY AND SECURITY.
SOME OF IT IS THE ACTUAL RENOVATION, AND I THINK SOME OF IT IS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO TIE OUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 23 BOND EXPENDITURE SHEET BECAUSE THAT BUDGET IS IN MULTIPLE PLACES.
>> YOU ACCUMULATED THOSE FUNDS TOGETHER FOR A TOTAL PROJECT REVIEW BECAUSE WE BROKE IT OUT BEFORE WE DID. UNDERSTOOD.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT TOTAL FOR DSC OR DSMS IN ONE PLACE ON THAT BUDGET SHEET SO THAT'S MY SUMMER PROJECT, TOO.
>> TO TIE THAT TOGETHER. CONSIDERING THE COMPLEXITY OF THOSE AND I MIGHT HIGHLIGHT THIS MONDAY NIGHT, MADAM PRESIDENT, IF THAT'S COOL WITH YOU, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECTS, RENOVATIONS TYPICALLY ALWAYS RUN COST OVERRUN AND YOU'VE HAD SOME CONTINGENCY SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE HAD TO EAT UP BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT NONETHELESS, FROM A CUMULATIVE PERSPECTIVE, TO BE $1 MILLION SOUTH OF THE BENCHMARK.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD. IF YOU DON'T MIND ME HIGHLIGHTING THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, I'D LOVE TO DO THAT MONDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST ACTION FOR MONDAY NIGHT IS THE APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER TO THE BARTLETT CONTRACT.
CAN I GET A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS ONE?
>> YOU PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE BARTLETT COCK IS DOING THE EXPANSION AT THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE 25 BOND HAD A PROJECT FOR THE HVAC REPAIRS AT THE WHOLE SYCAMORE SPRINGS CAMPUS.
THIS IS GETTING A JUMP ON SOME OF THOSE REPAIRS AND USING BARTLETT COCK WHILE THEY'RE STILL THERE ON THE PROJECT AND SO THIS WILL BE PROBABLY PHASE 1 OF MANY PHASES OF REPAIRING THAT HVAC SYSTEM.
BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THEIR CONTRACT, WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT AS A CHANGE ORDER RATHER THAN REBIDDING THIS AS A SEPARATE PROJECT AND ALLOWING THEM TO GET STARTED.
JAMES CAN TELL YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER.
BUT THAT CONVERSATION EARLIER ABOUT THE GYMS BEING HOT, THIS WOULD BE REPLACING THE UNIT FOR THAT GYM AND I BELIEVE MAYBE THE CAFETERIA OF THE LARGER SPACES SO THAT THEY DO COOL BETTER.
THEN WE'LL BE RUNNING THIS THROUGH VLK AS WELL AS THE ARCHITECT FOR THE ENGINEERING, WON'T BE A FULL 6% ARCHITECT FEE, BUT TO RUN THOSE ENGINEERS THROUGH THAT, BUT THIS WILL HELP US GET A HEAD START THIS SUMMER ON SOME OF THAT HVAC REPAIR.
WE'RE DOING AS A CHANGE ORDER, NOT A GMP, BECAUSE GMP FOR THE EXPANSION, THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROJECT.
>> MONEY AND TIME. YOU'VE EXPLAINED THIS BEFORE, BECAUSE THIS IS TECHNICALLY MONEY FROM THE 2025 BOND SO WE WON'T HAVE CASHED ANY OF THAT OUT.
WHERE IS THIS MONEY GOING TO COME FROM UNTIL.
>> WE APPROVED A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION EARLIER THIS YEAR AND SO THAT REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION WILL COVER EXPENDITURES ON THE 25 BOND TO COVER THESE THINGS BEFORE WE SELL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SELLING AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LEGISLATURE.
IN JUNE, WE'LL BE EITHER HAVING A WORKSHOP OR BRINGING YOU A PERIMETER ORDER TO APPROVE OF SELLING THE 23 BONDS AND A PORTION OR ALL OF THE 25 BONDS THIS SUMMER SO THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT CASH.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, TO YOUR POINT,
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IS THIS A SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS TO START IT, WHICH I'M A BIG FAN OF STARTING IT EARLY.IS IT A SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT THIS WAY?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A SAVINGS.
IT'S JUST A WAY TO GET IT GOING.
>> I THINK THE FASTER YOU DO CONSTRUCTION WORK, WE'RE GOING TO GET SAVINGS.
WE DO SOMETHING TODAY, I COSTS LESS THAN TOMORROW SO THAT PART IS TRUE.
WE'RE NOT DOING THIS FOR SAVINGS WE'RE DOING THIS TO FIX THE PROBLEM WE HAVE ON THE CAMPUS.
REAL QUICK EXPLANATION WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SYCAMORE ES SIDE.
THEY'RE BOTH [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOLS. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON BOTH OF THEM, THE ES SIDE.
WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE GYM HVAC RIGHT NOW. IT'S ON GEOTHERMAL.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS AS A TEST CASE.
WE'RE GOING TO TERMINATE, FREEZE THOSE LINES, CAP THEM OFF.
WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT WITH THE ROOF TYPE DX UNIT.
THERE'S TWO OF THEM ON THAT GYM.
THAT WILL BE COST SAVINGS BECAUSE INSTEAD OF RUNNING THE WHOLE COOLING TOWER, WE CAN JUST RUN THOSE DX UNITS ON THOSE BIG SPACES OUR GOAL IS TO DO ALL THE SPACES I CAN THERE'S A 30 MINUTE CONVERSATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEMS OVER THERE, AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON THE ES SIDE, THOSE TWO REPLACEMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME REPAIRS ON THE COOLING TOWER.
WE ARE TRYING TO REPLACE THE COOLING TOWER WE NEED A BIGGER ONE ON THAT SITE TO DROP OUR PRESSURES DOWN SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BLOW OFF HOSES.
WE DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT THIS YEAR, BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ORDER ONE, SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS OR AT LEAST REPAIRS OF THE ONES WE HAVE THE THIRD THING IS GETTING A GAS LINE SO THESE NEW DX UNITS WILL BE GAS HEAT THAT IS A SAVINGS.
THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. OUR GAS LINE THAT EXISTS THAT GOES TO THAT SCHOOL IS TOO SMALL NOW, SO WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THAT FROM SYCAMORE, SPRINGS ROAD ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ELEMENTARY SIDE DRIVE, THAT'LL BE BESIDE THE DRIVE AND UP TO THE TOP OF THE ROOF.
THAT WAY, WHEN I BRING BACK THE FULL SOLUTION WOULD BE ALL THE BIG BOX AREAS.
TURNING INTO DX, WE'LL HAVE THE GAS LOAD UP THERE.
WE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE ELECTRIC.
THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO ON THAT CAMPUS THIS YEAR.
>> MY OTHER QUESTION JUST TO FOLLOW UP IS I AM ALSO NOT IN CONSTRUCTION TELL ME IF THIS IS A NORMAL PART THAT JUST READING AT THE CONTRACT, THAT THE NUMBER THEY'RE GIVING US IS 1.6 MILLION THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE.
BUT IT SAYS, IF THIS VALUE IT'S NOT ENOUGH, WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT INTO THE LARGER MECHANICAL UPGRADE CHANGE.
DO YOU EXPECT ANY VARIATION IN THIS 1.6?
>> FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, PROBABLY NOT.
BUT CONTRACTS GOING TO PUT THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENGINEER PLANS TO LOOK AT SO THEY'RE NOT BIDDING THIS.
WE'RE BIDDING THIS OFF A CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT SCOPE.
>> WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE ENGINEERING SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXCEED DO WITHOUT COMING BACK TO YOU GUYS.
WE CAN'T GET THE EQUIPMENT IF YOU GUYS HAND ME THE WHOLE THING AT 4.1 MILLION RIGHT NOW, I COULDN'T GET THE EQUIPMENT THIS YEAR ANYWAY SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO ABOVE THAT.
IT WAS REALLY TO TRY TO GET THAT COOLING TOWER.
IF WE GET THAT ORDER THAT WAS THE BIG PART OF THAT NUMBER.
THE GAS LINE AND THOSE DX UNITS, THOSE WOULD BE WELL IN WITH THAT BUDGET.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP DOING.
THE COOLING TOWER WOULD BE SOME SMALL REPAIRS.
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT WE CAN GET ONE THAT QUICK.
WE HAVE TO FIND ONE THAT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY ORDERED THAT WAS SIZED RIGHT FOR US THAT DIDN'T TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHY THE LANGUAGE IS THEN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER THAT.
>> IT'S A GOOD EFFICIENT WAY TO DO BUSINESS.
MY ONLY CONCERN AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO OVERCOME IT HERE IS ON A CHANGE ORDER LIKE THIS, WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND OUT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON THE ORIGINAL PROJECT BY A YEAR.
>> NO, SIR. ON THIS CHANGE ORDER, THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT.
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WILL STILL STAY THE SAME OUR WARRANTIES WILL START AND THE END ON THAT SAME TIME.
WE'RE NOT GIVING THE EXTRA TIME ON THE WHOLE PROJECT SO OUR CHANGE ORDER, YOU CAN DO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
WE KEEP BROKEN DOWN ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CONTRACT.
THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THAT DATE.
I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THAT WILL STILL STAY THE SAME.
ALL THE ORIGINAL WORK WILL SOLVE THAT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, WHICH IS COMING UP QUICKLY.
THIS NEW STUFF, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S MORE REALISTIC, TO TIE TO THIS CHANGE ORDER. I CAN BRING YOU THAT DAY.
OBVIOUSLY FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON IN CONSTRUCTION, THE IMPACT POTENTIAL IMPACT IS IF YOU EXTEND OUT THE FULL CONTRACT WITH A CHANGE ORDER, YOUR ABILITY TO COLLECT ON LIQUIDATED DAMAGES GOES AWAY.
THAT PUTS US AT SOME RISK, DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT?
>> WHICH YOU'RE MITIGATING THROUGH WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME.
THE SECOND THING IS, MAYBE MORE FOR LANE, WHAT I DON'T WANT, WE ALREADY LEARNED THE ARBITRAGE LESSON A LITTLE BIT OF THE HARD WAY BY HAVING TO DO THAT SO EXTENDING OUT A 2023 BOND PROJECT BY ANOTHER YEAR COULD POTENTIALLY OPEN US UP FOR THAT.
DOES THIS DO THAT? BECAUSE IT'S A NEW BOND PROJECT TIED TO AN EXISTING BOND CONTRACT.
>> REMEMBER ARBITRAGE IS BASED ON EARNING INTEREST AT A RATE THAT'S HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU BORROWED THE BONDS AT.
ON THE 23 BOND, WE ISSUED 100 MILLION IN NOVEMBER OF 23.
WE'VE SPENT EVERY DIME OF THAT SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY ARBITRAGE.
>> WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE THIS SUMMER WILL BE SUBJECT TO ARBITRAGE AGAIN, DEPENDING ON, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IT AT A HIGHER RATE THAN WE'RE GOING TO BORROW NOW RATES HAVE CHANGED.
WE AVOIDED ARBITRAGE ON THE 23 ISSUE BECAUSE WE SPENT IT ALL WITHIN THREE YEARS.
>> THE CONTRACTOR IS STILL GOING TO BILL US FOR EVERYTHING ON THE EXPANSION SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EXTEND BILLING US BECAUSE WE ADDED THIS CHANGE.
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>> WELL, IT WAS AROUND THE PROJECT GOING FURTHER, RIGHT VERSUS CLOSING OUT THE 2023 BOND IN AN EXPEDITION MANNER, WHICH IS A GOAL OF ALL OF OURS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT MITIGATES HIGH CONCERN.
>> WE'RE MOVING FURNITURE IN THERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SO THEY BETTER BE DONE.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT COULD ACTUALLY HELP BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION SO ONCE YOU ISSUE THE BONDS, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT BONDS TO SPEND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING PROJECTS SO IT'S ACTUALLY MAYBE SHORTENING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
>> I'LL BE REALLY QUICK, I PROMISE.
I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THIS I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A QUESTION OR IT'S A THOUGHT, BUT I'VE SHARED THIS SO MANY TIMES WHEN WE GO THROUGH FACILITY PROJECTS, LIKE HOW OFTEN AC ISSUES COME UP AND HOW EXPENSIVE THEY ARE.
I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY ASKS THAT, HOW IS ANOTHER HVAC MULTI $10 MILLION? THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AT I THINK I'M LOOKING FOR PEACE OF MIND.
THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING AT SYCAMORE, WHICH I'VE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCED SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON THAT CAMPUS.
THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN NOW, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE NOW, THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING NOW, WE WON'T BE COMING BACK HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ON CAMPUSES THAT ARE ONLY LIKE EIGHT TO 10-YEARS-OLD.
>> WELL, TO BE CLEAR WITH YOU, HVAC IS LIKE OUR CAR ENGINE OR YOUR TRANSMISSION IN YOUR CAR YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT.
HVAC WORKS HARD WE'RE IN TEXAS IT'S 103 TODAY THINGS HAPPEN.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM.
OUR SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO LAST US 20-22 YEARS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN MECHANICAL MEZZANINES SO THAT'S OUR GOAL FOR THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
BUT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE ON A SCHOOL THAT HAS 148 HVACS HAVE SOME PROBLEM.
YOU CAN'T HAVE ENGINEERING PROBLEMS AT A PARTICULAR CAMPUS, COULD GET A LITTLE HOT IN A GYM.
MAYBE THE INSTALLATION WASN'T WELL ENOUGH BACK IN THE DAY, ESPECIALLY OLDER CAMPUSES.
SOME OF THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY WE'RE DOING, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY FIX THAT WE MODELED A LOT BETTER.
WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD ENGINEER FORM WORKING FOR US NOW WITH THE EP ENGINEERING, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIX THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, LIKE AT A SYCAMORE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THAT AND THIS IS A COMPLEX PROBLEM OVER THERE.
GEOTHERMAL USE DOESN'T HAVE COOLING TOWER TIED TO IT YOU'RE USING TWO TECHNOLOGIES TO DO THAT.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ONE OVER THERE, WE DON'T JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG SCHOOL THE WAY THAT THING WAS MARRIED.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE HEAD PRESSURES DOWN, SO THAT LINES CARRYING ABOUT 62 PSI.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE BLOWN OFF HOSES, THOSE HOSES THAT KEEP FLOODING THE SCHOOL, SO WITH OUR INSURANCE GOING UP THIS YEAR, WE NOW WE HAVE TO PAY MOST OF THAT COULD BE PINNED TO US.
I THINK THE LAST ONE WAS ALMOST $2 MILLION, THE LIBRARY ONE SO OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO INCUR THAT AGAIN.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET THAT PRESSURE DOWN, SO ALL THESE HVAC FIXES YOU HAVE THAT WE'RE DOING NOW SPECIFICALLY ARE TO GET THAT PRESSURE DOWN ON THAT MAIN LINE.
GETTING THOSE BIG DX UNITS OFF THE BIG BOX AREAS, THAT WILL HELP GET THAT.
UPSIZING THE COOLING TOWER, A BIGGER RADIATOR ON THE SCHOOL WILL HELP DROP THOSE PRESSURE HOPEFULLY DROPPING THOSE PRESSURE IS GOING TO STOP THE LIKELIHOOD OF THOSE HOSES BLOWN OFF.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO ON THAT SCHOOL.
THOSE BEING THE GEOTHERMAL ON THE ROOF, WE'LL HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE, PROBABLY BIT EARLIER THAN OUR MECHANICAL MEZZANINES.
WE ARE LEARNING OUR NEWER SCHOOLS WILL LAST 20-22 YEARS IN MECHANICAL MEZZANINE.
THE SYCAMORE ONES, WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING GEOTHERMAL ON THE ROOF, IT'S NOT AS EFFICIENT AS BUILDING A MEZZANINE SO THAT ONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN A NORMAL ONE.
THEN THAT TECHNOLOGY PUTTING THE GEOTHERMAL ON THE ROOF, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY JUST DIDN'T WORK WELL FOR THAT CAMPUS AND WE JUST LEARN AND DO IT BETTER AND MAKE THAT
>> IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF THE CONTRACTORS EXPERIENCE, THE MEP ENGINEERS EXPERIENCE, THE ARCHITECTS EXPERIENCE, OUR EXPERIENCE HERE.
I WAS REALLY LUCKY TO BE BROUGHT UP IN THIS INDUSTRY IN LEANDER WHERE THEY'VE BEEN DOING GEOTHERMAL FOR LIKE 23 YEARS NOW, 24 YEARS.
A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON OUR SYSTEMS I BROUGHT WITH ME FROM THERE.
WE JUST HAVE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE WORK ON THOSE NEW SYSTEMS. EVEN A NEW ADDITION AT SYCAMORE, IT'S NOT TIED TO THE COOLING TOWER AT ALL, IT'S THE SAME TECHNOLOGY JUST PUT IN IN A MORE ADVANCED WAY BY A BETTER ENGINEERING TEAM, BETTER ARCHITECT, BETTER CONTRACTOR, A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPERIENCE ON OUR SIDE AND THAT'S NOT TIED TO THE COOLING TOWER AT ALL IF YOU GET IT ALL PUT TOGETHER, IT WORKS REALLY WELL.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND INFORMATION, LEARNING INNOVATION REPORT.
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>> THIS REPORT IS VERY SHORT AND SWEET, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT BUSY IN MAY.
WE ARE PLANNING FOR SUMMER SCHOOL AND THOSE DATES ARE THERE JUNE 2 THROUGH THE 26TH WITH THE 19TH BEING A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
WE WILL HAVE SCHOOL THAT FRIDAY.
WE TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL ON FRIDAYS.
THIS YEAR, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPTION FOR HAVING OUR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY STUDENTS AND OUR CTE TEACHER PATHWAY STUDENTS PROVIDE SUPPORT AND SO LAST YEAR, JUST FOR REFERENCE, THEY HAD 500 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME, SO THAT WE NEEDED THEM AND THEY WERE WELL USED.
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THAT'S EXCITING AND TO BE COMING THAT'S 16 DAYS. THAT'S A LOT.BUT WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS AFFORD TIME FOR THE TEACHERS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, BECAUSE THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FROM HOUSE BILL 1416 TO REMEDIATE ANY STUDENT WHO DIDN'T YET MASTER STAR OR MEET EXPECTATIONS ON STAR.
WHILE WE DO SMALL GROUPS IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND WE TRACK IT AND ALL OF THAT TAKES PLACE, THIS IS INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC FOCUSED INSTRUCTION, THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE 15 HOURS OR THE 30 HOURS, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY SUBJECTS THE STUDENT DIDN'T PASS.
IT'S A WAY THAT GIVES THE STUDENT A BOOST UP FOR THE NEXT YEAR IN READINESS, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE CONTENT TEACHER IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, JUST THE ABILITY TO MEET THE STUDENT WHERE THEY'RE AT AND TAKE THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY CAREER DAY.
I GOT TO SEE IT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT IN TIME AND IT DIRECTLY ALIGNS TO OUR EFFECTIVE ADVISING FRAMEWORK WITH THE WAY THAT IT'S INCORPORATING CAREER, FINANCIAL LITERACY.
OUR PARENTS AND IT'S MOSTLY PUT ON BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHICH SHOWS HUGE SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IT WAS PHENOMENAL, THE ENGAGEMENT.
IF I CAN CAPTURE A PICTURE OF WHAT ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE, IT WAS THAT DAY BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE IN AWE AND IT WAS WONDERFUL OUR PARENTS, THAT PARENTS OF ROOSTER, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE JUST AMAZING.
PILOTS WE HAD AN NFL PLAYER WE HAD A SOCCER PLAYER.
THE STUDENTS WERE REALLY ENJOYING THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT CONNECTION BACK TO CURRICULUM WHILE IT'S FUN, AND IT'S A WAY TO INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNITY TO OUR SCHOOL AND VICE VERSA.
IT ALSO HAD TEAKS INVOLVED WITH THAT AS WELL.
>> I JUST LOVE THAT YOU INVOLVE THOSE NHS KIDS AND OUR CTE KIDS IN THAT SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
I'M HOPING WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH THEIR LIFE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO COME BACK AND TEACH IN OUR DISTRICT.
I JUST GOT BACK FROM A COLLEGE GRADUATION IN ANOTHER STATE, 9,900 GRADUATES.
THERE WERE LESS THAN 100 THAT WERE TEACHERS THAT WERE GRADUATING.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ME, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO TOUCH THE LIFE OF THE STUDENTS THAT KNOW WHAT A GREAT EDUCATION THEY CAN GET HERE, AND KNOW THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND STEP INTO THAT ROOM AND SEE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM.
>> SHANDA. DR. KIDD, YOUR REPORTS, I LOVE THIS ONE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE DID THAT, SO THAT'S AWESOME.
THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE ABOUT THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO ONE OF THESE NOW.
WE GET A REPORT THAT SAYS, THIS KID LIKELY DID NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS, OR DO WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY DIDN'T?
>> THE REPORT WE GET JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE OUR TEACHER CONTRACTS END.
IT SHOULD BE MAYBE NEXT WEEK, BUT MORE LIKELY THE LAST WEEK IN MAY.
BUT IT'S THE ACTUAL REPORT, SO THESE STUDENTS DID NOT MEET OR DIDN'T MEET.
>> THEN WE START, DO PRINCIPALS INDIVIDUALLY CALL ALL THOSE PARENTS?
>> THE SCHOOLS, COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, YES.
HOPEFULLY NOT THIS YEAR. HOPEFULLY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CALLS TO MAKE.
>> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION IS NEXT MONTH, WILL WE GET A REPORT OF HOW MANY KIDS WE HAVE, HOW MANY TOOK THE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, AND HOW MANY DID NOT?
PROBABLY, WE DO A PRELIMINARY JUST OUT OF THE GATE STAR REPORT FOR THE BOARD.
IT WILL BE ROUGH BECAUSE IT'S PRELIMINARY, SO THEY'RE NOT OFFICIAL.
PARENTS WILL GET THEIR REPORTS SOMETIME IN MID JUNE, AND THEY'LL SEE THAT THROUGH FAMILY ACCESS, BUT WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE REPORTS THAT WE ARE GIVEN, AND SO YOU WILL HAVE AN UPDATE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE GIVEN.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. FINANCE REPORTS.
>> COUPLE THIS MONTH, ON THE BUDGET TO ACTUALS.
YOU WOULD THINK WE'RE IN MAY. I GOT THIS DOWN.
WE HAVE ONE MONTH TO GO, BUT STILL A WILD GUESS, BUT I WILL SAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL OPERATING DEFICIT COMPARED TO THE FUND BALANCE DESIGNATIONS, RIGHT NOW, PROJECTING A 200,000 OPERATING DEFICIT, SO WE'VE ALMOST CLOSED THAT GAP.
ALMOST THE ENTIRE OPERATING DEFICIT IS DUE TO PLANNED EXPENDITURES FROM FUND BALANCE.
I'M STILL BEING PRETTY AGGRESSIVE ON ESTIMATING YEAR END EXPENDITURES.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE CUT OFF THE DATE FOR ISSUING POS, WE STILL GET HEY, KIDS ARE IN PLAYOFFS, OR I NEED TO ORDER THIS,
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AND SO EXPENDITURES ARE CONTINUING, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ALMOST TO JUNE, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THAT UP.THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE THIS MONTH, THIS IS A NEW ONE, THE 25 CERTIFIED ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUES, AS I MENTIONED IN THE WORKSHOP, WE GOT THOSE ON APRIL 1.
THE TABLE IN THE BOARD LETTER IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT, I HAVE TO REFRESH MY MEMORY.
BUT WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS OUR APRIL PROPERTY VALUES, IF YOU COMPARE THEM BACK TO THE JULY CERTIFIED VALUES, IT REFLECTS A 6.18% INCREASE IN TOTAL NET TAXABLE VALUE.
IF YOU COMPARE IT TO OUR CURRENT ADJUSTED VALUES, IT'S 5.04% INCREASE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS IN THE TABLE WILL SHOW YOU HOW OUR VALUES FLUCTUATE.
LAST APRIL, IT WAS 9.8 BILLION.
THEN IN JULY, IT WAS JUST UNDER 9.8 BILLION, AND THEN CURRENTLY IT'S ALMOST AT 9.9 BILLION.
AS BS GET RESOLVED AND PROTESTS GET RESOLVED, THOSE VALUES FLUCTUATE.
WE ESTIMATED THAT OUR VALUES WOULD INCREASE BY 5%, SO WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT TARGET.
IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S TREND, THIS WOULD TELL ME THAT JULY WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
THEY ONLY CERTIFY 60% OF THE VALUE, SO 40% IS NOT CERTIFIED AT THIS POINT FOR THAT PROTEST PERIOD.
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS WE'LL START USING TO BUILD THE BUDGET UPON UNTIL WE GET JULY CERTIFIED.
THAT IS THE NEW REPORT UNDER FINANCE THIS MONTH.
>> DO YOU GUYS WANT TO GO OVER THE SUMMER PROJECTS TODAY OR MONDAY?
>> THEN, EVERYTHING'S GREAT TODAY.
>> KIM. WHEN YOU GAVE A LIST ABOUT PACKING AND STUFF, THERE'S A SOFT PACK.
>> A FULL PACK IS EVERYTHING NEEDS TO GO OUT OF THE ROOM.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE YOUR QUESTION. EVERYTHING COME OUT OF THE ROOM, WE HAVE A TOTAL REMODEL AT THE CLASSROOM.
A SOFT PACK IS REALLY, I NEED YOU TO TAKE YOUR PERSONAL STUFF HOME AND PROBABLY REMOVE YOUR DESK. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE YOUR DESK.
MOST OF THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE REALLY LIKE CONSTRUCTION WORK, OR WE'RE DOING FLOORING AT SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
WE HAVE TO MOVE THE DESK AND THE CHAIRS OUT. THAT'S A SOFT PACK.
THEY CAN KEEP STUFF ON THE WALLS, STUFF ON THE CABINETS, THAT'S THE TWO.
>> I WAS JUST MAKING SURE WHEN I SAW THAT LARGE SOFT PACK LIST, THESE AREN'T TEACHERS, TWO YEARS ON A ROW PACKING UP EVERYTHING THEY OWN.
>> NO, MA'AM. THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME MAP.
IT'S A LIGHT PACK. COUPLE OF BOXES AND GOOD TO GO.
>> I APPRECIATE THE BOND PROJECT UPDATES, THE ACTUAL BUDGET NUMBERS UP DATES.
IS IT UP TO DATE? IS THIS EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SPENT ON THE 2023 BOND PROJECTS EXPENDITURE SUMMARY?
>> YES. IT'S UP TO DATE. I THINK IT'S THROUGH MARCH.
THAT WOULD BE UP THROUGH MARCH.
>> WE'LL GET MORE OF YOUR SUMMER PLAN UPDATE ON MONDAY.
>> FOR OUR APPLICATIONS, WE'RE EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE ARE UP 12.6% APPLICATIONS OVERALL THIS YEAR.
WE CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY THAT THAT ISN'T CUSTODIANS, SO SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC ROLES AREN'T IN THERE.
WE KNOW SPECIFICALLY IT'S A LOT OF TEACHERS WITH THAT ONE PEAK DAY OF FEBRUARY 28, AND WE DID POST OUR THEATER DIRECTOR POSITION, SO WE HAD ABOUT 16 APPLICATIONS, I THINK, JUST FOR THAT ONE.
BUT IT'S REALLY STRATEGIC, AND SO WE DO TRACK SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE POST, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS.
WE CAN SEE OUR TRENDS, LIKE, WHERE DID WE PUT IT, AND THEN HOW MUCH BUZZ WAS THERE ABOUT IT.
WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AND SEEING HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WE HAVE, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT IT'S THEIR QUALITY, AND SO SPECIFICALLY, WE HAD SOME TRENDS WHERE WE HAD SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE QUITE A FEW RESIGNATIONS, BUT WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CERTIFIED VETERAN TEACHERS WHO ARE COMING IN FOR THOSE ROLES.
SPECIFICALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR MATH DEPARTMENT.
THEY'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT HIRES WHO THEY'VE BROUGHT IN.
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NO, THIS IS REAL WOOD. EXCITED TO SAY THAT.BUT THEY'VE GOT THAT DEPARTMENT.
MISS GOMEZ IS REALLY EXCITED THAT SHE'S GOT SOME GREAT TEACHERS WHO ARE COMING IN.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL SUMMER TO GET READY, GET THEM TRAINED, BRING THEM ON, AND BE READY TO GO IN THE FALL.
RECRUITING WISE, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THOSE APPLICATIONS COMING IN.
I KNOW YOU'LL ASKED ABOUT RESIGNATIONS.
WE ARE 17 LESS THIS YEAR AT THIS POINT THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR, AND SIX LESS TEACHER WISE.
THEY DEFINITELY ARE LETTING US KNOW EARLIER, BUT OVERALL, WE ARE FEWER RESIGNATIONS DISTRICT WIDE, AND ALSO IN OUR TEACHER AREA.
>> THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
>> WE GOT A NOTICE ON LL, SO IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 150 LOTS THEY ARE PLANNING FOR.
I JUST WANTED ALL TO LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S GOT THREE DIFFERENT NOTIFICATIONS, WHERE THEY'RE COMING IN AT.
JUST LIKE WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK THAT OVER.
>> JUST A QUESTION IN THE LINEUP OF ALL OF OUR MEETINGS.
THERE'S A SPECIALLY CALLED MEETING FOR THE SECOND FOR SWEARING IN, AND I THOUGHT WE WERE ADVISED LAST YEAR THAT WE SHOULD NO LONGER DO THAT.
>> NO, I TALKED HALEY AND SHE SAID, WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
SHE FELT LIKE AFTER LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT WE'VE DONE IT PREVIOUSLY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT DO IT, SHE DID SOME MORE REVIEW OF IT AND SAID, NO, WE ARE PERFECTLY FINE.
>> I'M OPEN IF WE WANT TO CHANGE IT, BUT I FIGURED IT WORKED WELL LAST YEAR.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM LIKED IT.
I JUST LEFT IT IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
>> WE JUST DOUBLE CHECKED LEGAL THAT WE WERE INDEED.
BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT WE NEEDED TO DO A MEETING THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK, RIGHT AFTER, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S WRITTEN.
BUT THEN WHEN HALEY SAID, WHAT WE HAD DONE WAS FINE, I TOLD HALEY TO JUST LEAVE IT.
>> I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO HR REALLY QUICK, IF WE DON'T MIND.
REMIND ME BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL, BUT I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS HOW WE DO THE EXIT INTERVIEWS WHEN WE DO GET RESPONSES, AND IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT I REMEMBER WE GOT A REALLY GOOD REPORT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DISSECT, EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS IN A REALLY WILD WHERE IT WAS REALLY HARD.
WE HAD SO MANY VACANCIES AND WHATNOT.
BUT REMIND ME OF WHAT WE DO, OR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES WHERE THE BOARD ACTUALLY GETS TO REVIEW THAT, OR WAS THAT SOMETHING WE JUST DID?
>> WE'VE NEVER REVIEWED EXIT STUFF.
>> RIGHT AFTER COVID, WE DID DO.
IT WAS A POINT IN TIME REFERENCE.
IT WASN'T EXIT. IT WAS A POINT IN TIME ABOUT TEACHER SATISFACTION, SOMETHING, RIGHT MARY JANE?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS CALLED.
>> I THINK IT WAS A SPECIFIC REQUEST OF THE BOARD FOR SOMETHING AROUND THE COVID ISSUES AND TEACHERS RETURNING.
I THINK WE HAD SOME VIRTUAL TEACHERS, SOME IN-PERSON TEACHERS, AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT.
>> IT ACTUALLY WAS DONE, I THINK RIGHT BEFORE OLIVIA AND TRICIA CAME ON, BUT WE REVIEWED THE DATA WHEN YOU GUYS CAME ON.
>> I THOUGHT THERE WAS A Q&A, LIKE SPOUSE TRANSFER.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S LIKE EXIT, LIKE FACTUAL, WHY ARE YOU [OVERLAPPING].
WE'VE ASKED THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER REVIEWING ANYTHING.
>> WE DID ADD A QUESTION TO THE RESIGNATION WHEN THEY'RE FILLING OUT THE RESIGNATION OR SEPARATION FORM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SET UP A INTERVIEW WITH HR, JUST TO GIVE THEM AN OPTION IN CASE THEY DO WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING.
BUT OTHERWISE, THEY DO JUST SAY RELOCATION OR LEAVING EDUCATION.
THEY DO TELL US WHY THEY'RE LEAVING.
IT'S A DROP DOWN, OR THERE'S THE OTHER OPTION.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
>> NO, BUT I THINK SHE REFERENCED THAT LAST TIME THAT HER TOP 2 REASONS FOR WHAT THE CHANGES WERE IN TEACHERS.
SHE CAN SHARE THAT IN A FUTURE HR REPORT.
>> BECAUSE LAST YEAR, IT WAS RELOCATION.
WHAT WE GET IS A HIGH LEVEL LEAVING THE PROFESSION AND RELOCATION, WERE THE TWO, AND THAT'S BEEN THE HIGHEST ONES.
>> A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IT MAY HAVE BEEN GOING TO OTHER DISTRICTS, LATERAL MOVES, BUT REALLY WE'VE SEEN MORE RECENTLY THIS LAST YEAR, IT'S RELOCATION AND JUST LEAVING THE PROFESSION ALTOGETHER, NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
>> I PROBABLY COULD'VE ASKED THIS OFFLINE, BUT NOW THE CONVERSATION IS GOING THERE.
IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'VE GOT SOMEONE THAT WE REALLY VALUE.
IS THERE A CONVERSATION OF IN A MUCH MORE ELOQUENT WAY, LIKE, HEY, WHAT'S YOUR DISSATISFACTION? WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO KEEP YOU?
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>> I THINK CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS HAVE THAT WITH THEIR STAFF.
IT'S REALLY SUPERVISOR TO STAFF MEMBER.
IT'S NOT LIKE DISTRICT WIDE, WE CAN'T SIT DOWN WITH EVERY EMPLOYEE AND DO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, SOME THINGS WE CAN'T SOLVE.
CERTAINLY, LEAVING EDUCATION A LOT OF IT IS THE ABILITY TO WORK FROM HOME.
IS WHAT I THINK WE MOST CONSISTENTLY HERE IS JOB FLEXIBILITY, ABILITY TO WORK FROM HOME, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A CLASSROOM OF KIDS.
[LAUGHTER] BUT THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE LOOK FOR OR THEY HAVE LIFE CHANGES, HAVING A BABY AND WANTING TO STAY HOME, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
>> IT IS TRACKED BY HR, THOUGH, TO THAT END, A LITTLE BIT, WE DO SEE CAMPUS BY CAMPUS.
I KNOW AT LEAST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE NEVER SEEN RED FLAGS, LIKE, ALL THE RESIGNATIONS ARE COMING FROM THIS CAMPUS, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS TRACK INTERNALLY JUST SO WE'RE AWARE IF THERE IS A MORE DISTRICT WIDE OR CAMPUS TREND.
>> WE SEE IT AS WELL WITH OUR ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, AND WE SHARE THAT WITH THE PRINCIPALS, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE PLANNING TO LEAVE, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE PLANNING TO RETIRE? THE PRINCIPALS AS WELL, GET THAT INFORMATION.
OUR ENGAGEMENT SURVEY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THE CAMPUS STAFF WILL SHARE THAT AS WELL, IF THEY'RE PLANNING TO LEAVE WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT'S GOOD CONVERSATION PIECES AS WELL, WHERE WHEN WE DO THEIR INTENT, THEY DO THEIR OWN, SOMETIMES THEY CALL IT PURPLE FORMS. ARE YOU PLANNING TO LEAVE? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT DOING? BUT IT'S CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE SUPERVISORS AND THEIR STAFF OF WHAT ARE THEIR PLANS? SOMETIMES, I DO WANT TO MOVE INTO A LEADERSHIP ROLE, OR I'D LIKE TO TRY A DIFFERENT GRADE LEVEL OR I'M PLANNING TO START A FAMILY, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M THINKING.
IT REALLY STARTS WITH THE SUPERVISOR ON THE CAMPUS.
WE ARE MORE OF THE PROCESSORS ON THE BACK END, BUT WE DO USUALLY HAVE AN IDEA OR THAT DIRECT SUPERVISOR WHO SEES THEM EVERY DAY HAS AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? WELL, WITH NO ACTION TODAY, WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 3:15 PM.
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