May 19, 2025 Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WE HAVE CONVENED FOR A REGULAR MEETING OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS MONDAY, MAY 19TH, 2025.

THE TIME IS NOW 6:03 P.M.. WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT EXCEPT FOR OUR BOARD PRESIDENT DR.

REINOLD IS HOME SICK, SO WE WISH HER A SPEEDY RECOVERY.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR OPENING CEREMONY WITH PLEDGES TO THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.

AND THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

SO PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WITH US AFTER THE PLEDGES.

I'M HONORED TO INVITE THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE LEADERS UP TO THE FRONT TO LEAD US.

THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE LEADERS ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF STEVE NOVICKAS PROUD PRINCIPAL AT OUR NEWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WILDWOOD SPRINGS. WE HAVE WITH US BERKELEY NOVICKAS AND BRIELLE NOVICKAS.

SO PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US. 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 THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB [APPLAUSE]. AND NEXT WE HAVE

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

THEY WILL FACE KINGWOOD IN A BEST OF THREE SERIES BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AT 6:30 P.M.

AT CALDWELL HIGH SCHOOL. COMPLETE SERIES DETAILS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DISD WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TIGER BASEBALL TEAM ON ADVANCING TO THE REGIONAL FINALS [APPLAUSE].

THEIR BEST OF THREE SERIES BEGINS THURSDAY AT 7 P.M.

AT CALALLEN HIGH SCHOOL IN CORPUS CHRISTI, AND ALSO DETAILS WILL BE ON OUR SITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

AS A REMINDER TO PARENTS, PLEASE COMPLETE THE ONLINE VERIFICATION ON SKYWARD FAMILY ACCESS IF YOUR STUDENT WILL BE ATTENDING DISD FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE WOULD LIKE AS MANY FAMILIES TO COMPLETE THIS PROCESS AS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY, MAY 22ND.

THIS ASSISTS US WITH PLANNING FOR THE DISTRICT.

ALSO, FRIDAY, MAY 23RD IS OUR LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

ALL CAMPUSES WILL HAVE EARLY RELEASE THAT DAY.

ELEMENTARY STUDENTS GO HOME AT NOON AND SECONDARY CAMPUSES ARE RELEASED AT 1:10.

WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THE DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 25 ON FRIDAY, WITH A COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY BEING HELD AT 8 P.M.

AT TIGER STADIUM. TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE CEREMONY, AND A CLEAR BAG POLICY WILL BE ENFORCED AT THE GATE.

AND THEN DISD WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, MAY 26TH, FOR MEMORIAL DAY, BEGINNING THE WEEK OF JUNE 2ND, THE DISTRICT WILL BEGIN OPERATING SUMMER HOURS AND WILL BE CLOSED FRIDAYS THROUGHOUT JULY.

AND THAT'S OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR RECOGNITIONS, WE ARE GOING TO SWEAR IN OUR TRUSTEES FOR THEIR NEXT TERMS OF

[4. CEREMONY ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS]

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL SWEAR IN OUR REELECTED BOARD MEMBERS.

ADMINISTERING THE OATH TONIGHT IS JUDGE JOHN BURNS, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE HAYS COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR.

FIRST UP IS OLIVIA BARNARD. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT SO THAT JUDGE BURNS CAN ADMINISTER THE OATH.

STAND BEFORE THE JUDGE. FIRST OF ALL, GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND. CONGRATULATIONS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, OLIVIA BARNARD, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE FOR THE DISD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU'RE HERE [APPLAUSE]. NEXT IS TRICIA QUINTERO.

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PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, TRICIA QUINTERO, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF.

SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE FOR THE DISD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, P RESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

DOING THIS FOR US.

[5. RECOGNITIONS]

GOOD EVENING. I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR 2025 VARSITY WINTER GUARD.

THEY PERFORM WITH THE MARCHING BAND. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM ON A FRIDAY NIGHT OR AT A CONTEST, IF YOU WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS THAT.

AND THEN IN THE SECOND SEMESTER, THEY PERFORM ON THEIR OWN AND COMPETE IN INDOORS IN A SCHOOL GYM TO RECORDED MUSIC. THEY COMPETE IN THE TEXAS COLOR GUARD CIRCUIT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THEY ARE IT'S CALLED A SCHOLASTIC NATIONAL A, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE GROUPS THAT ARE, DESIGNED AND COMPETE AND PERFORM AT A LEVEL THAT WOULD BE NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE.

AND SO THIS GROUP OF 15 PERFORMED AT THE TEXAS A&M REED ARENA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WHAT DAY WAS THAT? MARCH 30TH. MARCH 30TH. END OF MARCH.

AND ALSO SCORED THE HIGHEST, OBVIOUSLY THE HIGHEST SCORE FROM BOTH OF THE ROUNDS IN THAT CLASS. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED. I'M GOING TO PASS THE MIC DOWN.

YOU'RE GOING TO SAY YOUR NAME, YOUR AGE AND HOW NOT I MEAN, YOUR GRADE, NOT YOUR AGE, YOUR GRADE, AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN COLOR GUARD. HI, I'M OPAL.

I'M THE FORMER COLOR GUARD CAPTAIN. I AM A SENIOR, AND I'VE BEEN DOING GUARD FOR SIX YEARS.

HI, I'M KAITLIN YOUNG. I AM A SENIOR AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

I'M KAITLIN, I'M A JUNIOR, AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THREE YEARS.

I'M AUSTIN, I'M A JUNIOR, AND I'VE BEEN DOING COLOR GUARD FOR FIVE YEARS FOUR YEARS.

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I'M CATHERINE BLAKESLEY, I'M A JUNIOR, AND I'VE ALSO BEEN DOING GUARD FOR FOUR YEARS.

I'M KALEN MILLER, I'M A JUNIOR, AND I'VE BEEN DOING GUARD FOR TWO YEARS.

I'M STASIA, I'M A SENIOR, AND I'VE ALSO BEEN DOING GUARD FOR TWO YEARS.

I'M EVAN, I'M ALSO A SENIOR, AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SIX YEARS [APPLAUSE].

I'LL EXPLAIN WHY THERE WERE MORE THAN MORE YEARS THAN THEY'VE BEEN IN HIGH SCHOOL LISTED IN JUST A SECOND.

THIS IS DEREK VEREEN. HE'S OUR COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR.

THIS IS HIS SECOND YEAR WITH US. HE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB FROM A TRAINING STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO CHOREOGRAPHICALLY AND DESIGN WISE AND REALLY TAKING THE SKILLS THAT THEY ALREADY HAD DEVELOPED AND MAKING THEM EVEN STRONGER.

AND THIS IS BRIAN MAYER, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AND ALTOGETHER, WE KIND OF SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE TIGER BAND PROGRAM.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

TWO MORE THINGS AND I'LL BE DONE. THE REASON WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, SIX YEARS, RIGHT? OKAY. SO BACK IN THE DAY, WE ACTUALLY HAD WHAT WE CALLED A CADET PROGRAM WHERE WE HAD 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH GRADERS THAT WOULD COME OVER TO THE HIGH SCHOOL MAYBE 6 OR 7 TIMES AFTER SCHOOL IN THE SECOND SEMESTER.

WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO START THAT BACK UP AGAIN AND CREATE AN ACTUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM IN ORDER TO REALLY KIND OF SPREAD THE GREAT NEWS OF THE COLOR GUARD ACTIVITY AND TO BUILD UP OUR NUMBERS SO THAT MORE STUDENTS CAN EXPERIENCE THIS REALLY UNIQUE AND INTERESTING ACTIVITY. THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO BEFORE WE GET TO SHAKE HANDS IS I'M GOING TO CALL UP ANGELA GOMEZ SO I CAN PRESENT HER WITH A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO WE DO HAVE GREAT SUPPORT, BOTH CAMPUS WISE AND DISTRICT WIDE.

AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE DRIPPING SPRINGS COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GO THIS WAY.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR TRACK AND FIELD STATE QUALIFIERS [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE HAVE TWO STUDENT ATHLETES THAT COMPETED AT THE STATE MEET FOR TRACK THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE A PRETTY SHORT SEASON. IT GOES FROM ABOUT JANUARY TO THE END OF APRIL.

BUT THESE LADIES GOT TO GO ALL THE WAY TO COMPETE AT THE STATE MEET THIS YEAR.

OUR FIRST ONE IS ADELINE SPIES. SHE'S OUR JUNIOR POLE VAULTER UP THERE IN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT.

ADELINE JOINED US AS A FRESHMAN, WHICH WAS ALSO HER FIRST YEAR OF POLE VAULTING, WHICH, IF ANY OF YOU KNOW, POLE VAULT, THAT'S VERY SURPRISING BECAUSE POLE VAULTING IS A VERY SPECIALIZED TRACK EVENT, BUT SHE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD AT IT. SHE HAS A BACKGROUND IN CHEERLEADING AND GYMNASTICS, SO THAT HAS HELPED HER DRASTICALLY IN IT.

SHE QUICKLY FOUND SUCCESS IN THE SPORT AS A SOPHOMORE LAST YEAR, WHERE SHE TIED THE 21 YEAR OLD SCHOOL RECORD OF 10 FEET, 6 INCHES. SHE DEFINITELY WANTED TO OWN THE RECORD HERSELF, THOUGH.

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IN DISTRICT SHE PLACED SECOND, WHICH QUALIFIED HER FOR AREA, AND THEN AT THE MEET, SHE PLACED FOURTH, AND SHE IMPROVED THE SCHOOL RECORD ALL THE WAY TO 11 FT, 6 INCHES.

THIS GOT HER INTO THE REGIONAL MEET IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE ONLY THE TOP TWO ATHLETES QUALIFY FOR STATE.

IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO THE STATE MEET.

BUT SHE ROSE TO THE OCCASION. SHE HAD AN AMAZING DAY.

AND THAT PICTURE IS ACTUALLY FROM THE REGIONAL MEET WHERE SHE WAS THE REGIONAL CHAMPION, AND SHE HAS A NEW VAULT RECORD OF 12FT EVEN [APPLAUSE].

THAT FIRST PLACE AT REGIONALS ALLOWED HER TO COMPETE AT THE STATE MEET.

IT WAS HER FIRST STATE EXPERIENCE. SHE GOT TO COMPETE AT UT WITH EIGHT OTHER ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE STATE.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE DAY THAT I THINK SHE WANTED TO HAVE AT THE STATE MEET, BUT I FULLY EXPECT HER TO BE THERE NEXT YEAR.

IT WAS STILL FUN. YEAH. SO CONGRATS ADDIE [APPLAUSE].

OUR SECOND ATHLETE THAT COMPETED AT THE STATE MEET WAS ISABELLE CREW.

SHE JOINED DSHS THIS YEAR AS A FRESHMAN AFTER HER FAMILY RELOCATED HERE FROM THE HOUSTON AREA TO BE CLOSER TO HER PARALYMPICS TRAINER IN WIMBERLEY.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US FULLY COMPREHENDED IN THE BEGINNING JUST HOW GOOD IZZY IS AND HOW WELL KNOWN SHE IS IN THE PARA SPORTS ATHLETICS, FOR TRACK AND FIELD AND IN BASKETBALL. BUT HER PATH TO STATE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS UIL CONSIDERS THE WHEELCHAIR DIVISION AS A PILOT PROGRAM. SO THEY DON'T GO THROUGH THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS THAT ADDIE DID WITH POLE VAULTS.

ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES CURRENTLY WITH THE WHEELCHAIR DIVISION IN THE PARA SPORTS IS THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS BASED ON DIFFERENT DISABILITIES.

IZZY IS CLASSIFIED AS A T54 CLASSIFICATION, WHICH REALLY JUST MEANS THAT SHE HAS FULL CORE AND UPPER BODY CONTROL.

HOWEVER, AT THE YOU'LL MEET ALL PARASPORT CLASSIFICATIONS COMPETE TOGETHER.

THIS YEAR I BELIEVE THERE IS ABOUT NINE LADIES IN ALL THE THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT THEY HOLD AT THE UIL STATE MEET.

FOR HER, YOU JUST HAVE TO HIT DIFFERENT QUALIFYING TIMES OR DIFFERENT MARKS TO QUALIFY FOR THE STATE, AND SHE COMPLETELY BLEW PAST ALL OF THEM. AND SO SHE WAS ABLE TO COMPETE AT STATE FOR ALL THREE AVAILABLE EVENTS.

AT THE STATE MEET, SHE PLACED SECOND IN THE 100, SECOND IN SHOT PUT, AND IS STATE CHAMPION IN THE 400 WITH A TIME OF 105:51.

SHE DOES HAVE A COUPLE OTHER ACCOLADES THAT I WANT TO ADD OUTSIDE OF COMPETING FOR US AS A TIGER, SHE IS ALSO A NATIONAL RECORD HOLDER, SO FOR THE U17 T54 CLASSIFICATION, SHE HAS A NATIONAL RECORD IN SHOT PUT, THE 800, 1,500, AND 5K, WHICH SHE EARNED TWO WEEKENDS AGO AT THE MEXICO GRAND PRIX.

SHE ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE PARA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EUGENE, OREGON THIS SUMMER, AND SHE CAN NOW BE RANKED IN THE US AND INTERNATIONALLY.

THIS CONTINUES HER PATH TO THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF BEING SELECTED FOR TEAM USA IN 2028 FOR THE PARALYMPICS IN LOS ANGELES, SO [APPLAUSE]. WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE VERY JEALOUS OF THIS LAST FACT, IN THAT SHE LEAVES TOMORROW TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD GRAND PRIX IN SWITZERLAND THIS WEEKEND AND PARIS THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

SO CONGRATS, IZZY [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS DAVEY HOLMES I'M THE HEAD SPEECH AND DEBATE COACH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M JOINED OVER HERE BY THE WORLD'S GREATEST ASSISTANT COACH, RYAN LOVE.

OUR SPEECH AND DEBATE PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS VERY COMPETITIVE.

IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT LARGER THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE THREE OF OUR TEAM LEADERS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, WE HAD 19 STUDENTS QUALIFY THIS YEAR FOR TFA STATE, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR STATE ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPEECH AND DEBATE.

THIS YEAR AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT, WE HAD A TOTAL OF SEVEN STUDENTS THAT ADVANCED TO ELIMINATION ROUNDS, INCLUDING A TEAM THAT MADE THE FINALS IN THEIR EVENT AND GOT SECOND TO FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS THIS YEAR QUALIFY TO UIL STATE AND CX DEBATE.

WE'VE HAD STUDENTS ADVANCE TO UIL REGION. WE ALSO HAVE SEVEN STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMPETING THIS SUMMER AT NATIONALS IN DES MOINES, IOWA. AND SO I'M GOING TO PASS THE MIC DOWN AND LET OUR STUDENTS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, WHAT GRADE LEVEL THEY'RE IN AND WHAT EVENTS THEY DO.

AND I DON'T KNOW YEAH, WHATEVER. HI, I'M SOPHIE CHAPPELL.

I'M A SENIOR I DO POLICY DEBATE WITH ABIR KULKARNI WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

AND WE QUALIFIED FOR TFA STATE AND UIL STATE.

AWESOME. HI, MY NAME IS JENNA HALL. I'M A JUNIOR AND ME AND MY PARTNER MADDIE SHEPHERD QUALIFIED TO TFA STATE IN PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE.

AND I ALSO QUALIFIED TO UIL REGION AND LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE.

HI, MY NAME IS ANNIKA [INAUDIBLE]. I'M A SOPHOMORE AND I DO LD AND I QUALIFIED FOR NATIONALS IN THE SUMMER.

THANK YOU ALL [APPLAUSE].

NOW WE HAVE OUR THEATRICAL DESIGN STATE QUALIFIERS.

THANK YOU. HEY, I'M DANIEL BAXTER, I'M THE TECH THEATER TEACHER AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE COMPETE IN MOST PEOPLE KNOW THEATER FOR ONE ACT PLAY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE THEATRICAL DESIGN CONTEST WHERE THEY SELECT A PLAY OR A MUSICAL FOR EVERY STUDENT WHO COMPETES IN THE STATE TO READ, ANALYZE, AND THEN DESIGN FOR IN A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES.

ALL OF THE CATEGORIES ARE SET DESIGN, HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN AND MARKETING DESIGN.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A GROUP DESIGN WHERE THEY SELECT FROM A VARIETY OF OPTIONS TO FORM A DESIGN AS A COHESIVE GROUP.

WE QUALIFIED IN HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN. WE HAD A STUDENT QUALIFY THERE, MOLLY GRETZINGER, WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US TONIGHT. WE ALSO HAD ADRIAN FISHER AND LEELA BERTRAM QUALIFYING INDIVIDUAL SET DESIGN AND THEN THE FOUR STUDENTS HERE ADRIAN, LEELA, HANNAH AND ELISE QUALIFIED IN GROUP DESIGN.

SO WE WENT TO THE AUSTIN ISD PACK THIS PAST WEEKEND TO COMPETE IN STATE, AND WE TOOK HOME FOURTH AND FIFTH PLACE IN INDIVIDUAL SET DESIGN.

LEELA TOOK FOURTH. ADRIAN TOOK FIFTH. AND THEN OUR GROUP DESIGN TOOK FIRST IN THE WHOLE STATE.

THEY ARE THE STATE CHAMPIONS OF [APPLAUSE] SO THEY TOOK FIRST. THEY ALL GOT A BUNCH OF MEDALS, AND WE GOT A NICE LITTLE PLAQUE.

AND WE GET TO GO AROUND, THEY'LL TAKE THE MATERIALS THAT THEY MADE AND SUBMITTED, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TOUR THEM AROUND THE STATE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

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SO THEY'LL SHOW OUR STUDENTS OFF ALL OVER THE STATE AND AT THE STATE CAPITOL, HOPEFULLY AGAIN.

THEY LIKE TO DO THAT. I'LL HAND THIS OFF TO LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES WITH THEIR NAMES, THEIR GRADES AND WHAT THEY DID IN THE GROUP DESIGN.

HI, I'M ADRIAN FISHER, I'M A JUNIOR, AND I DID LIGHTING DESIGN.

HI, I'M LEELA BERTRAM, I'M A JUNIOR, AND I DID SET DESIGN.

HI I'M HANNAH SALAZAR, AND I DID GROUP MAKEUP.

I'M ELISE TURNER, I'M A SENIOR, AND I DID GROUP COSTUME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS [APPLAUSE].

SO I'M WONDERING, DO WE NEED TO MAKE A CALL TO OUR STATE SENATOR? HOW DO WE GET THIS DISPLAYED? WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

OKAY, NOW WE HAVE OUR BITTERSWEET RECOGNITION OF ALL OF OUR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD RETIREES.

ALL RIGHT. WE BITTERSWEET IS VERY TRUE. SO DON'T FORGET, WE WOULD LOVE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME BACK AND SUBSTITUTE.

SO DON'T YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WAIT. CARLA IS RIGHT HERE.

SHE WILL TAKE YOUR APPLICATIONS. OR YOU CAN TAKE THE SUMMER AND COME BACK IN AUGUST.

SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

OUR VERY FIRST RETIREE THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE IS MISTY HURLBUT [APPLAUSE].

AND I GOT EXCITED. I FORGOT TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND NAME BRING ALL OF Y'ALL UP.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE Y'ALL LINE UP HERE. AND THEN WE WILL GET A BIG GROUP PICTURE OF ALL OF YOU.

MISS HURLBUT IS WITH US FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES.

NEXT WE HAVE FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

WE HAVE THREE OF YOU. WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP FIRST SANDY ALVARADO [APPLAUSE]. NEXT, OUR COUNSELOR, JENNY KOCH [APPLAUSE]. AND OUR TEACHER, STACY SAUERWEIN [APPLAUSE].

OUR THREE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL FROM OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE KAREN ANDRUS [APPLAUSE].

NEXT WE HAVE JAY BATES [APPLAUSE]. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP ANGELA GOMEZ IN THE BACK SO SHE DOESN'T DRAG YOU BACK. BUT NEXT WE HAVE LATREECE HAWKINS [APPLAUSE].

NEXT FROM OUR I GOT A LITTLE EXCITED FOR LATREECE.

FROM OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE PAIGE FRONTERA [APPLAUSE].

FROM OUR FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE JOHN GRAYUM [APPLAUSE].

IS AURELIO HERE? OKAY, NEXT FROM OUR CLL DEPARTMENT.

FIRST WE HAVE MISS RHONDA WHITMAN [APPLAUSE].

NEXT WE HAVE PATTI BREEN. NEXT WE HAVE MISS NADINE HOGAN [APPLAUSE].

AND YES, MISS HOGAN, YOU HAVE TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE MR. ROBERT SPEAR FROM SYCAMORE SPRINGS [APPLAUSE].

FROM TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE MR. JAMES LAPPIN [APPLAUSE].

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NEXT WE HAVE MISS LESA HANEY FROM WALNUT SPRINGS [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MISS KRIS SCHMIDL [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. UP HERE ON THIS STAGE, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 328 YEARS OF SERVICE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.

AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT 489 YEARS OF SERVICE IN EDUCATION [APPLAUSE].

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OKAY. THAT WAS SUPER FUN. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT, SO WE WILL GO INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS.

[7. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]

YES. SO. YAY! BARNARD. THAT'S AMAZING [APPLAUSE].

ROB, YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR TOUR? YES, MA'AM HAPPY TO.

I DON'T GET TO GO TO THIS CAMPUS A LOT. AND SO THIS WAS A TREAT.

THIS WAS A TREAT. AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY, AS AS MARY JANE DISCUSSED, THEY'RE CELEBRATING TONIGHT AS THEY GOT A GREAT CALL THIS WEEK.

BUT WHAT I ENJOYED MOST ABOUT THIS TOUR WAS THE JOURNEY THAT IT TAKES TO BE A AN ACCREDITED LIGHTHOUSE CAMPUS IS SUBSTANTIAL.

IT IS YEARS OF WORK. AND FOR OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE BUYING INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, GETTING OUR STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, A STRONG CULTURE IN WHICH THE STUDENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING OWNERSHIP IN THAT, Y'ALL THAT'S THAT'S THE BAR, RIGHT. THAT IS TOTALLY THE BAR.

AND THEN TO GET RECOGNIZED BY THE THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS PARTNERING WITH US IN THIS IS, IS, I THINK, JUST ICING ON THE CAKE. WHAT I ENJOYED THE MOST WAS SEEING THIS CAMPUS, THAT WHICH, BY THE WAY, WAS EXTREMELY COLORFUL. I LOVE HOW WE SHOWED OFF ALL THE STUDENT'S WORK ALL THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL.

AND THE STUDENTS LITERALLY WALKED US THROUGH AND SHOWED OFF ALL THE HARD WORK THEY'VE DONE TO GET ACCREDITED. VERY PROUD OF THIS CAMPUS AND THE STUDENTS THAT WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO CONGRATULATIONS, WALNUT SPRINGS. THANK YOU.

THERE WERE SEVERAL CEREMONIES THIS WEEK. AND IN THIS SLIDE IS BOTH THE CTE CERTIFICATE.

I FORGOT TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF MY OWN CHILD WHO WON, WHO WAS SO PROUD OF HIS CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER.

BUT I APPRECIATE OLIVIA AND KIM GOING TO THAT.

OLIVIA, DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? I WILL NOT PASS UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON OUR CTE PROGRAM.

EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S A PASSION OF MINE, AND IT'S ONE OF MY PERSONAL COMMITMENTS TO SHARE THOSE STORIES WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

SO ALL DAY LONG, I WAS SAYING WE HAD 144 CERTIFICATES GIVEN, BUT I WAS CORRECTED LATER BY OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS 145.

BUT TO ME, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SPECIFICALLY DRIPPING SPRINGS AND WHAT SETS US APART AND WHAT DO WE DO DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO WATCH OUR STUDENTS WHO RATHER IT'S AUTOMOTIVE OR WELDING OR VET SCIENCES OR HEALTH SCIENCES, 145 STUDENTS LEFT OUR LEAVING ARE CAMPUS WITH REAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, WITH JOB READY SKILLS OR SKILLS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THEM ADVANCE IN THEIR UNIVERSITY. SO IT'S ONE OF MY HAPPIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR, AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY GIVE PROPS TO THE DISTRICT FOR SUPPORTING THESE PROGRAMS AND FOR THE CTE DEPARTMENT. EVERY YEAR IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER.

AGREED. AND MY SON'S TEACHER, MISS MILNER, IS A ROCK STAR.

NEXT WAS THE FINE ARTS SIGNING DAY, AND I THINK KIM WAS THE ONLY ONE ABLE TO GO TO THAT.

THAT WAS FUN. WE HAD 11 STUDENTS SIGNED. WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING IN THAT PARTICULAR CEREMONY WAS THEY'RE GETTING ALMOST AS MUCH ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP AS THEY ARE IN THEIR FINE ARTS AREA CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.

TWO ARE GOING TO SCAD. ONE IS GOING TO GO TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND BECOME A TEACHER.

ONE'S GOING TO PACE IN NEW YORK. ONE'S GOING TO LONDON TO THE GUILD SCHOOL.

I MEAN, THESE KIDS ARE ROCK STARS. AND IT WAS JUST SO IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH AND HEAR THE TALENT THAT EACH ONE OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR PROGRAM. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, DRIPPING SPRINGS IS ON THE MAP IN THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, AND IT SHOWED ON THIS DAY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE OUR TRUSTEES AROUND TOWN, AND I GUESS I'LL JUST GO AND CLOCKWISE OLIVIA,

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ON TOP. I WAS AT YOU GUYS. I WENT TO SO MANY STUDENT PERFORMANCES.

THAT WAS ORCHESTRA. AND IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SHOW.

AND THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR STUDENTS MOMS BECAUSE IT WAS SO FUNNY. IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU START TO MAKE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS OUT THERE AND THEY APPRECIATE IT.

SO THAT WAS ORCHESTRA. AND THEN DOWN BELOW IS AT THE CAPITOL.

THIS IS THE TERRY FRANKS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR CARRIE ISAACS.

SO I'LL COVER THAT WHEN WE DO UPDATES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE'S ROCCO? OH, Y'ALL, THIS IS QUITE EMBARRASSING. WE DID SO MANY THINGS THIS WEEK, LITERALLY I DON'T WELL SO ONE.

OKAY. IT'S ON MY INSTAGRAM. OLIVIA AND ROCCO GO TO ALL.

THE PERFORMANCE WAS THAT WE HAD A BAND PERFORMANCE AND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE.

OH THAT WAS AND I WENT TO ENCORE. I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE THAT WAS.

WE SAW MULTIPLE STUDENT PERFORMANCES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AND I ALWAYS LEAVE AGAIN, KIND OF LIKE CTE.

VERY PROUD OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE.

VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR PROVIDING THE RESOURCES THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED.

BUT ALSO JUST I ALWAYS WANT TO DO BETTER AT INVITING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR 65 PLUS OUR COMMUNITY, AND TO SEE, BECAUSE MOMS AND DADS ARE ALWAYS THERE, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT I WOULD LOVE ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN TO FURTHER INVITE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I DO ACTUALLY, I'LL PLUG THIS REALLY QUICK.

I OFTEN PERSONALLY INVITE OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES.

I SENT A TEXT TO ANTHONY IPPOLITO. I SENT A TEXT TO MATT WALKER.

I'M MAKING A PERSONAL EFFORT TO TO BRING PEOPLE IN, AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE TWO SHOWED UP FROM MY TEXT MESSAGE.

THANK YOU. KIM, WHAT IS THE ED FOUNDATION DOING THERE? THAT WAS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

WE WERE SERVING THEM LUNCH FROM CHICK FIL A, AND THAT'LL BE IN MY REPORT.

AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT PICTURE RIGHT BELOW THERE OF YOU AND I IN THE DUGOUT AT A BASEBALL GAME CHEERING ON OUR TIGERS.

AND THAT WAS DURING A LIGHTNING DELAY. WE DID GET CAUGHT BY THE COACH AND THAT LITTLE DUGOUT PICTURE AS THEY WERE BOARDING THE BUS TO ESCAPE THE LIGHTNING.

BUT WE SURVIVED AND WE WON. SHANDA, WHAT IS THAT OCCASION? THAT WAS THE JC SEVEN FOUNDATION. ROB IS ACTUALLY A BOARD MEMBER ON THIS FOUNDATION.

IT'S A LOCAL FAMILY WHO LOST THEIR SON IN A CAR ACCIDENT, AND THEY RAISED MONEY TO SUPPORT GRIEF COUNSELING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR OTHER FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN. AND IT WAS THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER.

IT WAS AMAZING. THAT'S OUR HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF THERE WITH US AND A FEW OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE REALLY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO ROB INVITED US TO THAT. AND IT WAS IT WAS GREAT.

I DON'T KNOW, ROB, HOW MUCH DID THEY MEET A GOAL THAT NIGHT? WAS IT? WE EXCEEDED OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL FOR THE EVENT.

AND SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AMAZING HELPING FAMILIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH TRULY THE IMPOSSIBLE.

AND SO IT'S A TOUGH THING TO DO. BUT IT'S I'M JUST SO GLAD THAT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE AND SHANNON, THANK YOU FOR COMING. THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY, THIS EVENT WAS JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS. I WANT TO SUPPORT A CAUSE LIKE THIS TO HELP THESE FAMILIES WAS TRULY REMARKABLE.

YES. WE WERE ONLY IN THE DUGOUT FOR A HOT SECOND.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY OUR GIRLS SOFTBALL GAME.

AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE PERFORMANCES WHEN OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS JUST KEEP WINNING AND WINNING, YOU LOSE TRACK OF EVEN WHO YOU WERE PLAYING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR BASEBALL TEAM WILL MISS GRADUATION BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO STATE.

BUT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE DISTRICT'S EFFORTS TO HAVE A SPECIAL TIME FOR THEM TO WEAR THEIR CAP AND GOWN AND GET THEIR DIPLOMAS.

I BELIEVE, AT THEIR BASEBALL BANQUET. OKAY. WE WILL GO TO OUR REPORTS.

KIM, WE'LL START WITH YOU. OKAY. THE LAST WOMEN'S CLUB MEETING IS TOMORROW, AND IT'S OUR SPRING FLING.

AND WE'LL MEET TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:00 AND THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP THIS YEAR AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR.

EDUCATION FOUNDATION. WE FINISHED UP WITH TEACHER APPRECIATION LUNCHES FROM CHICK FIL A.

COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT OUR SPONSORS. HERE'S THE MATH 1158 SANDWICH COOKIES AND CHIPS, 80 SALADS, AND COUNTLESS SMILES. WE REALLY DID HAVE A GOOD TIME SERVING THOSE.

AND THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS CELEBRATING OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

IT'S BEEN A PHENOMENAL YEAR FROM PROVIDING OUR STAFF WITH LUNCHES, FUNDING STUDENT LEADERSHIP GRANTS TO SUPPORTING CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMING IN DISD.

NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANKS TO EACH OF YOU.

YOUR VISIBLE SUPPORT FROM ATTENDING THE HEART OF A TIGER GALA, TO TEEING OFF AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE SCRAMBLE, TO JOINING US AT CLAY'S FOR CLASSROOMS, IT HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED.

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WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU GUYS [APPLAUSE]. THAT WAS VERY SWEET.

SHANDA, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? YES. THE COUNCIL OF PTAS HELD THEIR LAST MEETING LAST WEEK.

WE ENDED THE YEAR AS A DISTRICT WITH 3248 MEMBERS OF PTA, WHICH WAS HUGE.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT NUMBER. ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT NOT NECESSARILY A HIGHLIGHT OF THE MEETING, BUT WE RECOGNIZED A STUDENT HERE A BIT AGO. THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS RESULTS CAME OUT.

REFLECTIONS IS A PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART IN RESPONSE TO A STUDENT CREATED THEME.

AND SO THIS YEAR, THE THEME, THE THEME WAS ACCEPTING IMPERFECTION.

AND CATEGORIES ARE DANCE, FILM PRODUCTION, LITERATURE, MUSIC COMPOSITION, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND VISUAL ARTS.

THEY GO FROM THE LOCAL LEVEL TO STATE TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

AND THIS YEAR THEY HAD OVER 850 STUDENT ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM.

OF THOSE, THEY RECOGNIZED ABOUT 200 STUDENT ARTISTS WITH AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND MERIT.

AND THEN SEVEN STUDENTS WERE HONORED WITH OUTSTANDING INTERPRETATION.

BUT ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WAS RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL PTA MERIT AWARD WINNER FOR HER MUSIC COMPOSITION CALLED PERFECTLY IMPERFECT. AND SHE'S FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND HER NAME IS ELISE ACOSTA.

SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE HONOR TO GET NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BY THAT PROGRAM.

THE PTA COUNCIL REMINDED EVERYONE ABOUT THE SUMMER CONFERENCE, AND THEY ENCOURAGED IT WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR EVERY PTA TO SEND A GROUP TO THAT. IT IS JULY 18TH THROUGH 20TH.

I'M NOT SURE IF EVERY PTA IS GOING, BUT I KNOW I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THE LEADERS IN THAT ROOM AND THEY SAID THEY DID HAVE A GROUP GOING, AND THEY WANTED TO REMIND ALL THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS OF ANY PTA BOARD MEMBERS THAT THEY HAVE TO REGISTER FOR THEIR POSITION AND DO THE ONLINE TRAINING, AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OLIVIA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING REALLY QUICKLY ON TO AROUND TOWN.

ONE THING THAT THERE WASN'T A PHOTO OF. I ATTENDED THE SCHOLARSHIP CEREMONY AND WAS SO TOUCHED BY HOW MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND WAS TOUCHED THAT WE HAD THREE LOCAL FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN, WHO WERE STUDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, THAT HAVE GONE ON TO CREATE FOUNDATIONS, AND THAT WAS REALLY POWERFUL AND ENLIGHTENING. SO THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

SO, COLLEAGUES, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR A MOMENT.

I'M GOING TO START WITH PARKS AND REC BECAUSE IT'S THE QUICKEST.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY WE ARE ADVANCING IN OUR PLANNING FOR PARKS AND AND CONNECTIVITY.

WE HELD ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE AND IT WAS FAIRLY WELL ATTENDED.

AND WE LAID OUT OUR CURRENT PLANS AND DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR ALL OF THE PARKS AND HOW THOSE WILL CONNECT.

AND I HAD SHARED WITH YOU THAT IT'S A MISSION OF MINE.

WE'RE IN A UNIQUE POSITION THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CREATING A NEW PARK.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON ROTHGEBER, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING ON A PARK OFF OF 290 THAT SITS RIGHT NEXT TO DSMS. AND CURRENTLY IT'S KIND OF CALLED HEADWATERS. DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL BE THE NAME FOREVER. I BROUGHT TO.

I BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION AND I WANT TO BRING TO THE CITY.

I REALLY, REALLY AM PASSIONATE ABOUT BRINGING AND ALL ABILITIES ASPECTS TO THIS PARK.

SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE ASKED FOR A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE BASKETBALL COURT FOR OUR PATHS TO HAVE SENSORY INTEGRATION PATHS ON THEM AND FOR SOME TYPE OF LIKE VERTICAL, INTERACTIVE, ALL SENSORY COMPONENTS.

IT'S VERY INEXPENSIVE TO DO, AND I JUST THINK WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING AND THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT IT'S REALLY TIME TO DO THAT. AND THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC WROTE ME BACK TODAY, AND HE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO SEND THAT TO THE ARCHITECT FOR DESIGN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ADVANCEMENT, THAT LITTLE TINY THING THERE.

SO WE'RE MOVING ALONG. THAT PROCESS IS GOING VERY WELL.

NEXT UP IS LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, AND I'LL START BY SAYING, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A COMMITTEE FOR THIS, EACH OF US AS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, ADVOCATE, WE ADVOCATE PERSONALLY WE ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OBVIOUSLY, THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD. SO THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'RE TRACKING RIGHT NOW IS HOUSE BILL TWO AND HOUSE BILL 19.

AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET ME PUT MY GLASSES ON.

BASICALLY WE JUST WE NEED TO CONTINUE MAKING PHONE CALLS, TALKING TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS TO DO IS WHEN WE'RE EDUCATING OUR FRIENDS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OTHER PARENTS THEY ALSO CAN REACH OUT.

AND AS SIMPLE AS IT SOUNDS, ONE THING, ONE THING THAT I KEEP SAYING TO MY NEIGHBORS OR FRIENDS,

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WE'RE JUST ASKING TO KEEP MORE OF THE MONEY THAT WE COLLECT LOCAL.

AND THAT WOULD FIX A LOT OF PROBLEMS, AS WE ALL KNOW.

SO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WERE EXPECTING THE HOUSE TO MAINTAIN A HIGHER PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT.

WHILE IT WAS A DISAPPOINTING NUMBER, WE WERE HOPING TO GET $6,555 PER YEAR FROM $6,1 60.

THAT HASN'T CHANGED SINCE 2019 AND WE'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR IN A SENATE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BEING PROPOSED THAT THE PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT ONLY BE INCREASED BY $55.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT. IT'S STILL IN COMMITTEES AT THE MOMENT. THE JUSTIFICATION IS THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO ALLOCATE AND PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO SOME OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS, LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION, LIKE CTE.

SOME OTHER BUCKETS THAT I'M PROBABLY NOT NAMING RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

WHILE THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD ON PAPER AND EVEN SOME OF THE PRESS IS GOOD WHEN YOU ACTUALLY TAKE THOSE NUMBERS, WE HAVE 1200 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS.

WE HAVE 5.5 MILLION STUDENTS. SO WHEN YOU DIVIDE THAT UP AND LOOK HOW THAT IMPACTS A DISTRICT FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS, THOSE BUCKETS WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT $500,000 PER YEAR.

AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, FOR US TO GIVE A 1% TEACHER PAY INCREASE PER YEAR IS ABOUT $700,000.

CORRECT ME IF I'M STATING ANY WILDLY INACCURATE NUMBERS, SO NO PUN INTENDED, BUT IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE PURSUING VERY SPECIFICALLY AND VERY PASSIONATELY PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT.

IT IS THE ONLY LEVER THAT WILL HELP ALL OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT IT REALLY IS THE ONLY LEVER THAT'S GOING TO FIX THESE DEFICITS.

FORGIVE MY TANGENT HERE, BUT OUR TAXPAYERS CONTINUE TO PAY MORE.

WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT MORE, AND WE CONTINUE TO LITERALLY, FACTUALLY KEEP LESS.

AND THAT IS MY MIC DROP MOMENT. YES, IT WAS $65 MILLION.

RIGHT. SINCE 2019, IN RECAPTURE MONEY TO OLIVIA'S POINT.

PARDON ME. AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDS CEREMONY.

I THINK THAT WAS MY SLIDE, AND I JUST LOOKED RIGHT OVER IT, BUT WE HAD A STUDENT GET THE NATIONAL JUNIOR ROTC AWARD. PARDON ME. AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT KEEP GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR KIDS YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO IT'S AMAZING. FOR ME WE'RE WE'RE A WEEK AHEAD, SO CHAMBER ISN'T UNTIL WEDNESDAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? JUST TO OPEN MY COLLEAGUES SO AFTER SLI IN JUNE, I'LL BE GOING TO THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN MY CAPACITY AS A BOARD MEMBER THERE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH KIND OF SECURITY THOUGHT LEADERS, SCHOOL SECURITY, SAFETY THOUGHT LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE ON YOU KNOW, THE COMING OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING FOR THAT WHICH IS ENCOURAGING ESPECIALLY FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, I'M ENCOURAGED ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO BEST PRACTICES.

I'M VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS DOING.

I PLAN TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE I THINK FROM AN SRO AND A SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE, THE PHYSICAL SECURITY UPGRADES THAT WE'RE MAKING, THE VESTIBULES THE THE CONSTANT PERFORMANCES ON OUR TEA INSPECTIONS, WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN YOU SEE ACROSS THE STATE.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO NOT ONLY ENGAGING AND SHARING SOME OF THAT, BUT ALSO LEARNING SOME THINGS, MAYBE ACROSS THE INDUSTRY AND ENGAGING WITH SOME FOLKS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT GOING INTO OUR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU. TRICIA. I AM TERRIBLE AT PHOTOS, BUT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO SEE OUR SYCAMORE MIDDLE KIDDOS PERFORM THEIR BAND CONCERT ON MONDAY, AND IT WAS AN AMAZING SHOW.

THEY ALWAYS DO OUR BAND KIDS ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

BUT I'M TERRIBLE AT PHOTOS, SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT OUR OUR BAND DIRECTORS DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH EVERY SINGLE KIDDO FROM I KNOW FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS HIGH SCHOOL AS WE SAW ALL THE AWARDS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS TIME.

SO A HUGE KUDOS AND SHOUT OUT. AND I AM STARTING TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE BAND PARENT LIFE LOOKS LIKE.

IN HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE GONE THROUGH SPENT MY WEEKEND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE NOT MISSING THE BOAT ON ANYTHING.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SHAC I, I DID.

DID THEY MEET MONDAY? YES, IT WAS THE 7TH. OH, OKAY.

SO I MISSED THAT ONE. BUT I DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE SHAC MEETING THIS TIME.

OH, GO AHEAD, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I GOT TO GO BACK AGAIN BECAUSE I HAD A NOTE AND I FORGOT.

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I'VE BEEN SHARING OUR STUDENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, MAYBE AT NAUSEAM.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR OUR SENATORS. ACTUALLY HAVE THE IMAGES AND ANY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING WITH PHOTOS AND I CAN CONNECT WITH YOU ON THAT AND WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'VE HAD A VERY BUSY MONTH.

WE WILL MOVE NOW TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. I BELIEVE LAST WEEK AT AGENDA REVIEW, WE MOVED UP AT LEAST ONE

[8. CONSENT AGENDA]

SO, TRICIA, YOU DO WANT TO BE THE TASB DELEGATE? YES. OKAY. AND, OLIVIA, YOU WANT TO BE THE ALTERNATE? YES. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN CONSENT TO DISCUSS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE A MOTION FOR YOU. I MOVE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. HAVE A MOTION FROM ROB. A SECOND FROM OLIVIA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY.

SIX ZERO. NEXT IS APPROVAL OF OUR

[9. ACTION]

WE HEARD ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ROB. GOOD NEWS JAMES, I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY YOU OUT TONIGHT.

OKAY. YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS OR AGENDA REVIEW ON THIS BUT I DO I THINK I'D BE REMISS CONSIDERING IT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IF WE DIDN'T TAKE A QUICK SECOND AS A BOARD IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE AND JUST CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO THE BOND PROPOSAL THAT WE PUT ON THE BALLOT.

AND SO, FIRST, I JUST THANK OUR COMMUNITY 71% ISH THAT CAME BEHIND THIS BOND PACKAGE AND PASSED THAT.

AND WITH THAT, THIS BODY HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO, RIGHT? WE HAD A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN PREPARING THAT. PREPARING A BOND THAT WE FELT THE COMMUNITY WOULD RALLY BEHIND AND SUPPORT US.

WE HAD SOME BIG, HAIRY, AUDACIOUS GOALS. I REMEMBER WE THREW OUT THE 70% NUMBER AND WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE, OOH, THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. WELL, HERE WE ARE IN ENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR IN 2025.

AND THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. AND SO TO MY COLLEAGUES I THINK WE SHOULD PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK A LITTLE BIT.

THAT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK. AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US.

THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING THIS BODY TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THOSE TAX DOLLARS $400 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY.

AND SO YOU HAVE THE GUARANTEE AT LEAST OF THIS TRUSTEE THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.

AND AS YOU CAN TELL WITH ACTION ITEM 9A, WE'RE NOT WASTING ANY TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK IMMEDIATELY ON THESE THINGS, BRINGING IN OUR ARCHITECT PARTNERS THAT ARE PART OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED POOL TO GET TO WORK ON THESE PROJECTS STARTING HERE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE TAKE SHAPE BECAUSE IT'S MUCH NEEDED THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO WITH THAT, OF COURSE I'LL YIELD. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING INTO BUILDING A STRONG FUTURE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE TO MEET THE GROWTH DEMANDS IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. AND WITH THAT, I YIELD. THANK YOU. SO, YES I APPRECIATE THE SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO CIRCLE BACK TO WHAT OLIVIA SAID, THERE'S LEGISLATION STILL ALIVE THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM FULFILLING WHAT IS IN THE BOND.

SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE. PARDON? OH, SURE.

I'M SO SORRY. WHILE WE'RE TALKING I APOLOGIZE, I REALLY DID I GOT AWAY FROM MY NOTES A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS REALLY IS IMPORTANT. YES, THERE IS CURRENT LEGISLATION CURRENTLY UNDER HOUSE BILL 19 THAT SUGGESTS A 20% CAP.

IT'S VERY COMPLICATED NUMBERS, BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN ONLY USE A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR TAX LEVY TO GO TOWARDS I&S PAYMENT.

AND THERE'S MANY CONSEQUENCES TO THAT PARTICULARLY.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I MISSED IT. IN MY NOTES, I MET SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF CARRIE ISAAC, AND I SAT DOWN AND I WAS ABLE TO REALLY LAY OUT OUR PROJECTS, OUR GROWTH, OUR OUR POPULATION DATA, NEW DEVELOPMENTS, AND REALLY PAINT A PICTURE FOR BOOTS ON THE GROUND PRACTICAL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU CAP THAT. BECAUSE WHAT IT COULD DO IS IT COULD LITERALLY PREVENT YOU FROM BEING ABLE TO BUILD FACILITIES THAT YOUR VOTERS HAVE APPROVED.

AND IN THAT MEANTIME, YOU CAN EXPERIENCE FINANCIAL VOLATILITY IN THE MARKETS, INCREASING INTEREST RATES, COMMODITIES AND LABOR GOING UP. SO IT IT REALLY COULD BE DETRIMENTAL.

NOW IT'S WITH GOOD INTENTION, I THINK THAT THEY WROTE THIS BILL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

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EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE HOUSE BILL 19 MIGHT NOT MAKE IT THROUGH.

THE CONCERN IS THAT CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE BILL WILL SHOW UP ATTACHED TO OTHER HOUSE BILLS IN COMMITTEES.

SO WE'RE WATCHING THE LINE ITEMS. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO BACK TO OUR ACTION ITEM.

OR IS THERE ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 9A .

OKAY. NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'M HAPPY TO DO IT, MADAM PRESIDENT.

HOLD ON, LET ME GET THERE. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A LONGER ONE, SO BEAR WITH ME, 9A I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED PBK ARCHITECTS FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECTS, BASED ON THE PROFESSIONALS DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS AND FURTHER DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OR HIS AND OR HER DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH PBK ARCHITECTS IN THE FORM APPROVED BY LEGAL COUNSEL, AND TO BRING BACK THE FINAL PROPOSED AGREEMENT TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MOTION FROM ROB. A SECOND FROM TRICIA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS CONSIDERATION OF ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY'S RENOVATION. ANOTHER 2025 BOND PROJECT.

RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? KIM. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION WHEN WE'RE READY.

OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS, INC.

FOR THE ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY RENOVATION PROJECTS BASED ON THE PROFESSIONALS DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS AND FURTHER DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HER DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS, INC.

AND A FORM APPROVED BY LEGAL COUNSEL AND TO BRING BACK A FINAL PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.

THANK YOU. A MOTION FROM KIM, SECOND FROM ROB.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS APPROVAL OF A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATIONS PROJECT.

WE AGAIN TALKED ABOUT THIS. YES. NO, THAT JUST THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM A MOM A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH PHOTOS OF SOME BLINDS AT DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE ATHLETIC AREAS, AND SHE WAS FRUSTRATED AND JUST SENT ME A PICTURE OF THE BLINDS AND HAD ALL THIS MONEY WAS GOING TO WHERE IS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? AND I LOOKED IN THE BUDGET IN THE PROJECT SUMMARY AND SAW SPECIFICALLY A LINE ITEM FOR BLINDS.

AND SO I AM GOING TO LET HER KNOW THAT IT'S COMING UP.

SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL MAKE A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE NUMBER FOUR FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATIONS.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,866,518. MOTION FROM SHANDA, SECOND FROM KIM.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY.

SIX ZERO. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF CHANGE.

ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE BARTLETT CONTRACT FOR THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT.

SO AGAIN, WE HEARD LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW THIS ENABLES US TO GET A HEAD START, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE CAMPUS AND IS FAMILIAR WITH IT, ETC.. OLIVIA JUST IF NO DISCUSSION. MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO BARTLETT CONTRACT FOR THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,595,509.

OKAY. MOTION FROM OLIVIA, SECOND FROM TRICIA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? JUST A QUICK COMMENT. SO LITERALLY WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING FAST IN MY PREVIOUS COMMENTS.

WE'RE LITERALLY GOING TO DO THAT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, RIGHT? 2025 BOND DOLLARS. USING ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND A CHANGE ORDER TO GO ON AN EXISTING PROJECT TO GET SOMETHING DONE THAT'S ESSENTIAL FOR THE CAMPUS.

AND SO FOR ME, AND THIS IS FOR OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND FOR JAMES AND THE TEAM, LIKE,

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RIGHT? OH, YOU GET THE VOTERS APPROVED AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENS AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. LIKE WE'RE PUTTING THESE THINGS IN THE FAST LANE, BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING IT RIGHT. TAKE TAKE THE KUDOS. JUST BEAR WITH ME.

WE'RE ALSO DOING IT IN A WAY IN WHICH WE'RE MEETING THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS OF THE PROJECT THAT THIS BODY HAS APPROVED WITH EXCELLENT RESULTS.

AND THAT'S COMING FROM A GUY IN THE INDUSTRY. AND SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, JAMES, I SEE YOUR HARD WORK, AND I APPRECIATE YOU. YOU KNOW, MR. BARRY, SAME FOR YOU, SIR. I KNOW YOU'RE JUST JOINING ON THE TEAM, BUT THIS IS THE EXPECTATION OUR COMMUNITY HAS FOR DELIVERING ON THESE RESULTS. IT'S CERTAINLY WHAT I HAVE FOR DELIVERING ON THESE PROJECTS.

AND I'M EXTREMELY IMPRESSED NOT ONLY WITH THE 2023 BOND PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED TO DATE.

BUT HOW WE'RE STARTING OUT 2025. AND SO I'D BE REMISS IF, MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I DIDN'T TALK TO THE TEAM ABOUT THE EFFORT SO FAR AND HOW IMPRESSED I AM WITH IT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. SIX ZERO. I GOT A LITTLE THROWN OFF BY THE ACTION ITEMS, BUT THAT'S THE THAT WAS THE LINEUP LAST WEEK.

OKAY, SO WE'RE WE'RE DONE WITH ACTION, AND WE WILL MOVE NOW TO REPORTS AND INFORMATION.

[10. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. YES I'M GLAD TO OVERVIEW SOME HIGHLIGHTS.

SO SUMMER SCHOOL IS PLANNED FOR JUNE 2ND THROUGH JUNE 26TH WITH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19TH AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

SO THOSE STUDENTS WILL GO TO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY THAT WEEK INSTEAD OF THE 19TH.

WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE NUMBER OF STUDENT HOURS THAT WE GET FROM A NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE TEACHER PREP PROGRAM SUPPORTING THE SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS. LAST YEAR, THEY PROVIDED 500 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL.

AND THEN TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT FOR THE EVENING IS OUR COMMUNITY IS AMAZING.

AT ROOSTER SPRINGS THEY HAD THEIR CAREER DAY AND A LOT OF THAT WAS PUT ON BY OUR OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS FROM ROOSTER, AND IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. I DON'T I DON'T REMEMBER US. MAYBE WE DID LAST WEEK, BUT THE QUOTE THAT YOU INCLUDED IS JUST ENCAPSULATES DRIPPING SPRINGS, WHICH IS THIS CAREER DAY IS INCREDIBLE. WE JUST SAW A GUITARIST FROM BLUE OCTOBER CHATTING WITH AN NFL PLAYER.

THAT THAT IS OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE SPECTRUM OF AMAZING OCCUPATIONS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR. KIDD? OKAY. THANK YOU.

NEXT ARE OUR FINANCE REPORTS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ELAINE AND THOSE THREE? NOPE. OKAY. I BELIEVE IN OPERATIONS. THIS IS WHEN WE WERE GOING TO HAVE JAMES GIVE US A MORE SUBSTANTIAL UPDATE. APOLOGIZE, YOU GUYS HAVE SOME MAPS. THE BOARD HAS MAPS OF THE SCHOOLS.

YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF RUN THROUGH ME WITH THE REPORT.

THE AUDIENCE CAN'T SEE THOSE OBVIOUSLY FOR SECURITY REASONS. SO I'M GOING TO START FIRST ONE IS WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT UP. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO WE'RE STILL OPENING THAT UP PROBABLY MID-JULY. ASSUMING I PASS ALL THE FINAL INSPECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO GET STEVE AND HIS TEAM IN THERE. SO THAT BLUE SECTION YOU GUYS SEE ON YOUR MAP IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM. WE'LL FINISH PUNCHING OUT THE SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND GET IT READY FOR A FIRST YEAR OPENING IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

I WILL GO THROUGH ALL THESE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, RAISE YOUR HAND AND INTERRUPT ME AND I WILL STOP AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. JUST QUICK ON WILDWOOD SO NOT A PHASED OPENING A FULL OPENING.

YES, SIR. BECAUSE OF ENROLLMENT WE'RE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, WHEN THEY WHEN WE OPENED THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, USUALLY THE THE FRONT STAFF OPENS UP.

SO YOU HAVE THE, THE RECEPTIONIST, THE PRINCIPAL COUNSELOR, USUALLY THE LIBRARIAN THERE IN THAT FRONT SECTION.

THEN A COUPLE 3, 5, 3 OR 4 WEEKS LATER, THE REST OF THE STAFF COMES THE NEW HIRES, THE REST OF THE TEACHERS.

AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE OFF THE SECTIONS THAT WE'RE NOT USING. SO WE'RE NOT HEATING AND COOLING AND CLEANING THOSE OFF. SO THE ROOMS HE'S NOT USING, WE WON'T WE WON'T OCCUPY.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL AGAIN YOU GUYS HAVE THAT MAP.

THE THE ADDITION IS GOING TO OPEN IN 25. I HAD THE, THE THE LOVELY DUTY TODAY TO GIVE TOURS TO ALL THE 8TH GRADERS.

IT WAS PHENOMENAL. I SPENT THE WHOLE DAY WE TOURED 200 OF THEM AND 40 TEACHERS.

WE HAD 10 TOURS. SOME KIND OF WORE OUT, BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN SEEING THE KIDS.

THESE ARE THE 8TH GRADERS THAT GOT TO LIVE THROUGH THE PAIN OF THE THE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THERE, BUT ARE NOT GETTING TO SEE IT. SO THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED.

IT WAS FUNNY, THE STUFF THAT THEY, THEY LIKED. THE BATHROOMS WERE BIG HIT.

THE THE COURTYARD WAS A BIG HIT. THEY REALLY THEY REALLY LIKED THE BATHROOMS.

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SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE ADDITION UP. FURNITURE SHOWS UP JUNE 4TH.

WE'LL MOBILIZE THAT, PUT THAT TOGETHER, GET THAT MOBILIZED. WE'LL DO FINAL COMMISSIONING TESTING FINAL PUNCH.

WE'LL COMPLETE THAT BY MID-SUMMER. THE PORTABLES THAT ARE OVER THERE, THE PORTABLES THAT ARE ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE, WILL BE GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE WILL BE RELOCATING THE SECOND WEEKEND, SECOND WEEK OR SO OF SUMMER.

WE ALREADY GOT THE ELECTRICAL GOING IN. WE GOT THE FENCE GOING AROUND WITH THE PORTABLES GOING TO BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GOING IN ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW. THE STAFF WILL MOVE BACK IN LATE SUMMER. WE'RE GOING TO START THE HVAC WORK THAT YOU GUYS JUST APPROVED A FEW MINUTES AGO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT COOLING TOWER UP AND OPERATIONAL ON THAT SIDE.

ON THE ES SIDE WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THOSE TWO BIG UNITS.

THIS WILL BE OUR TEST CASE TO GET THAT GEOTHERMAL BACK ONTO A ROOFTOP UNIT.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO EXTEND THE GAS LINE FROM THE ROAD TO THE SCHOOL, GET THAT OPERATIONAL SO WE CAN FINISH THE REST OF THAT COMING FOLLOW UP, SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS ONE IS AGAIN THOSE MAPS YOU GUYS HAVE THE [INAUDIBLE] THE SOFT MOVE OUT AGAIN.

SOFT MOVE OUT WAS NOT ALL YOUR STUFF. IT'S REALLY JUST THE STUFF OFF THE FLOOR SO WE CAN GET THE FLOORING IN THERE. THEY CAN LEAVE ALL THE POSTERS UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS ON THIS ONE. THE SSES PORTABLE IT'S IN THE BACK SIDE THAT WOULD BE RELOCATING TO DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE TWO OLD PORTABLES THAT ARE ON THIS NORTH SIDE WILL BE REMOVED.

WE'RE GETTING RID OF THOSE. THEY'RE JUST OLD AND OUT OF COMMISSION. IT WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE SUMMER TO COMPLETE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE FLOORING LIKE WE DID ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAST YEAR. SO THAT SAME [INAUDIBLE] FLOORING, NON-WAXABLE, NON-SLIPPERY FLOOR, IT HELPS WITH SOUND. IT REALLY DID A BIG IMPROVEMENT ON THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO WHAT I SAID BEFORE UPDATE THAT GYM WITH THE NEW HVAC CONTROL NEW HVAC ON THAT GYM. NEXT ONE IS DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THIS MAP YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS OUR LOCATION PLAN WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR JUST GETTING ALL THIS, THE CONTRACTOR SET UP, YOU SEE CONTRACTOR PARKING, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO COME IN WITH THE TRUCKS. WE'RE GOING TO STORE MATERIALS, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO OPERATE FROM THE EXTERIOR PART OF THE BUILDING.

THE NEXT MAP, YOU GUYS HAVE THE MAP. AGAIN, THE BLUE ZONES ARE A TOTAL MOVE OUT.

WE'LL BOOT THIS. THIS WILL BE DOING WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

BASICALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU GUYS GOT TO TOUR THAT SEES THAT WHOLE SCHOOL HAVE A TOTAL REFRESH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REDOING THE HVAC, LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, INTERIOR FINISHES. WE ARE ALSO DOING A SWITCHGEAR UPDATE.

THIS IS THE MAIN GEAR THAT SERVES THAT SCHOOL.

THAT'S A 45 YEAR OLD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WE DON'T WANT THAT THING GOING OUT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T REPLACE THEM IN TWO MINUTES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT PROBLEM. THAT WILL TAKE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THE PRINCIPAL OUT FOR A FEW WEEKS.

WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP HER IN HER OFFICE, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS, WHEN WE GET THAT SITUATED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NO POWER AT THAT SCHOOL FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS. WHILE WE SWAP THIS OUT, WE ALSO HAVE TO ENLARGE THE HOLE TO GO IN THAT ROOM.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME STRUCTURAL WORK TO DO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DONE THIS SUMMER. WE'RE ALSO YOU GUYS APPROVED IN THE LAST 23 BOND. THERE'S A KITCHEN HOOD REPLACEMENT. SO JOHN'S GOT THAT ORDER. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT IN WITH OUR CONTRACTORS. WORK WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE SUMMER TO COMPLETE JUST LIKE LAST YEAR.

WE'LL MOVE THEM IN LATE JUST LIKE I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THOSE TWO PORTABLES ON THAT NORTH SIDE, GET THEM OUT OF THERE, AND THEN REPLACE IT WITH ONE NEW ONE FROM THE SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE'LL MOVE THAT OVER THERE. WHAT'S THE STORY WITH THOSE PORTABLES? WHAT'S NUMBER ONE.

WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE OLD ONES? THEY'RE THEY'RE TRASH. I MEAN, THEY ARE GROSS.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SELL THEM A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY'RE THAT OLD, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF OUR OPTIONS, BUT WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET TOP DOLLAR FOR WHATEVER WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THEY ARE VERY OLD, NON PLUMBING. SO USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE IS YOU GET SOMEBODY TO HAUL THEM OUT. IT'S KIND OF BECAUSE IT COSTS ABOUT TEN GRAND TO MOVE ONE. SO IF WE COULD JUST GET SOMEBODY TO MOVE THEM OUT FOR FREE WOULD KIND OF BE A WIN.

BUT WE'RE EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS RIGHT NOW OKAY.

DO THEY NEED THAT OTHER ONE. DO WE NEED TO MOVE THAT JUST EVENTUALLY AS A PRECAUTION OKAY.

YEAH. THEY'RE USING IT AS A BOOK STORAGE RIGHT NOW WHICH THEY NEED.

THEY JUST DON'T HAVE A ROOM FOR THAT FOR ALL THE SECURE BOOKS. THAT'S WHAT KELLY'S GOING TO DO WITH IT RIGHT NOW. SO WE'LL USE WE'LL USE HALF THAT FOR A BOOK STORAGE.

DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL THE THE SAME MAP.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A LOCATION WHERE OUR OUTSIDE STUFF'S GOING TO BE. YOU CAN SEE OUR CONTRACTOR PARKING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR DUMPSTERS LOCATION TO ATTACK THIS PHASE OF THE SCHOOL. YOU GUYS HAVE THAT MAP AGAIN THE BLUE ZONE IS A TOTAL MOVE OUT.

YELLOW ZONE IS A SOFT MOVE OUT. THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PUNCH WORK WE'RE DOING OVER THERE. WE HAVE SOME HVAC STUFF WE NEED TO KIND OF MOVE MOVE AROUND AND KIND OF MESS WITH KILLING THOSE FLOORS. WE HAD SOME GLUE OUT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THE YELLOW ZONE IS.

WORK WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE SUMMER, YOU GUYS KNOW HOW MUCH WORK YOU GUYS GET TO TOUR ONE OF THOSE MID MID GO LAST YEAR.

WE'LL TRY TO GET YOU GUYS THROUGH ON ANOTHER ONE THIS YEAR. WE'LL COMPLETE THAT SECOND PHASE OF THE HVAC, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING LIGHTING AND AND ALL THAT.

GET THAT DONE. THERE'S ALSO TWO I PUT TWO LITTLE RED SQUARES ON THAT MAP THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE THOSE ARE THE TWO STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS WE GOT TO FIX.

WE IDENTIFIED THEM LAST YEAR WE NEED TO GET A PLAN OF ACTION.

GET A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER ON BOARD. WE GOT THAT LAST YEAR. WE JUST COULDN'T GET IT ALL THE WAY DONE COMPLETE LAST YEAR. SO WE PUSHED IT OFF TO THIS YEAR.

THEY WERE LOOKED AT BY AN ENGINEER. NOTHING THAT WAS GOING TO. IT'S JUST A IT'S A CRACK.

SO IT'S NOTHING THAT WAS GOING TO PUT THE THE BUILDING IN DANGER.

SO WE PUSHED IT OFF TO THIS YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT FIXED PROPERLY WITH SOME PIERS.

WE HAVE TO GET UNDER THE FOUNDATION, GET THOSE PIERS JACKED UP, WE'LL GET THAT DONE AND THEN WE'LL FIX ANY COSMETIC DEFECTS THAT CAUSED BY THAT.

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THIS IS THE WORK WE'RE GOING TO START WHEN YOU PROVE THE THE ARCHITECTS.

SO THE ROOFING, HVAC AND STUFF. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH THAT THIS YEAR.

SO PFLUEGER WILL BE DOING THIS WORK. BUT THE MAIN WORK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS THIS SUMMER IS THE VESTIBULE UP FRONT.

SO THAT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, LET'S TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO THE CNLI. AND THERE'S AN ADA ELEMENT IN THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE THOSE STAIRS COMING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A PROPER RAMP THERE. SO KIDS COMING FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CAN USE THAT RAMP TO GET DOWN THERE, NOT WALKING ALL THE WAY AROUND. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'LL BE DOING AT ROOSTER SPRINGS THIS SUMMER.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE A MAP FOR THAT THAT MATCHES THAT.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START THE 2025 BOND RENOVATIONS TO ROOSTER SPRINGS? IS THAT GOING TO BE NEXT SUMMER. YES, MA'AM. WE'RE GOING TO START THAT WORK.

THE REASON WE HAD YOU APPROVE THAT RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE TRYING TO BEAT OUT THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO IS WE GET OUR ARCHITECTS WORKING ON THOSE RIGHT NOW. WHAT I WANT IS A BID, A BID SET OF DOCUMENTS OUT IN NOVEMBER TO GET ON TOP OF THAT.

SO WE BID BEFORE ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS. THERE'S ABOUT $6 BILLION WORTH OF OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, NOT ALL THIS SUMMER, BUT IN TOTAL WITH ALL THE BONDS OF ALL THE OTHER.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE GATE SO WE GET PREFERENCE ON OUR BIG GOOD CONTRACTORS AND WE GET OUR PREFERENCE OF THAT. AND WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION LAST WEEK, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT RENOVATION SPECIFICALLY, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD IT, THE CONVERSATION. YES, MA'AM. THE FRONT WILL BE THE NEW THE NEW FINISHES IN THE FRONT SECURE VESTIBULE, THE SCENE OUT OF THAT BACK ROOM, THAT THAT MAKERSPACE.

WE'LL DO THAT IN THE ADA. THAT WILL BE ALL UPDATED.

AND THEN THE REST OF THE SCHOOL WILL ATTACK. WE'LL ATTACK NEXT SUMMER. PERFECT. THANK YOU. WELL, AND WE APPROVED THAT ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES AGO.

SO, LOOKING AT DESMOND OVER HERE, WONDERING WHY IT'S NOT DONE YET.

I MEAN, YOU'VE HAD SEVEN MINUTES TO DESIGN THE DEAL.

WELL, DESMOND CHANGED FIRMS ON US. HE NO LONGER WORKS FOR PFLUEGER, SO WE DON'T WANT HIM WORKING ON THAT.

BUT THAT'S OKAY. WELL, THAT JUST GOT AWKWARD.

DISREGARD STRIKE THAT FROM THE RECORD. MADAM PRESIDENT, HE STILL OBVIOUSLY WORKS FOR SOMEONE THAT WORKS FOR US. SOMEBODY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON FROM THAT CONVERSATION. HE JUST GOT A CONTRACT FROM YOU, SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIX THAT HERE IN A MINUTE. SO. BUT YEAH, DESMOND HAD JUST MOVED ON.

HE'S GOT HE GOT A PROMOTION. BETTER JOB. THAT'S RIGHT. WE DON'T NEED TO GO THERE. SORRY. THAT'S A BAD JOKE. MY BAD.

IF YOU CAN HANG ON. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

OLIVIA. QUESTION OR COMMENT? NOT SURE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT SYCAMORE PARKING.

SO BECAUSE WE DO SPEND SO MUCH TIME THERE IN THE EVENINGS AT STUDENT PERFORMANCES, WHEN YOU HAVE FINE ARTS PERFORMING AT THE SAME TIME AS ATHLETICS PARKING IS A REALLY, REALLY BIG CHALLENGE TO THE POINT I LOOK AT EGRESS BECAUSE I COME FROM A CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND AND THERE'S NO EGRESS.

I MEAN, JUST THE WAY PEOPLE GET A LITTLE WONKY IN PARKING.

SO I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. ONCE WE HAVE THIS HIGHER CAPACITY AND THOSE EVENTS GET BIGGER.

SO THOUGHT QUESTION. NO, NO NO SMS. YEAH. WE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON GRASS AND I'M WORRYING ABOUT OUR IRRIGATION AND PARKING ON SIDEWALKS. AND I JUST SEE THAT EVEN WITH MORE CAPACITY.

WE'RE EXPLORING SOME OTHER OPTIONS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT, INCLUDING IMPERVIOUS COVER.

I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU TONIGHT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO. YEAH.

I WANTED TO ASK TRICIA ABOUT, ARE YOU GETTING QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THIS CONSTRUCTION OVER THE SUMMER AT ROOSTER, AND ASSUME THAT IT'S 2025 BOND CONSTRUCTION. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT DOES NEED TO BE A CONVERSATION, PROBABLY WHEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, ROOSTER'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN THEY GO BACK AND THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS.

SO GOOD CLARIFICATION AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE.

IF I HEAR THEM THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, HAVING CLARITY ON THAT.

AND JUST AS A PIGGYBACK LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HVAC.

SO BEING CLEAR WHEN WHEN IT WILL ACTUALLY. YES, MA'AM.

NEXT, NEXT, NEXT SUMMER. LIKE I SAID, IT'LL TAKE US FIVE MONTHS TO GET THAT PLANNING.

AND THEN THE HVAC. HVAC IS GETTING BETTER TO GET RIGHT NOW, BUT EVEN THAT WOULD TAKE ME 5 TO 6 MONTHS TO ORDER IF I WERE TO TODAY.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

SORRY, THAT INCLUDES THE HVAC FOR SFMS OR NO, THAT'S COMING THIS SUMMER.

THERE ARE SOME REPAIRS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS SUMMER. WHAT WE CAN DO, WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THE COOLING TOWER, AND WE ARE REPLACING THE TWO UNITS ON THE ES SIDE ON THE GYM. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR TEST CASE TO GET THOSE OFF GEOTHERMAL.

SO WE ARE DOING THOSE THIS SUMMER OKAY. BUT THE GYMS SPECIFICALLY AT SFMS. YES MA'AM. THAT I MEAN I CAN GET INTO THAT LATER, BUT THAT FIXES OUR WHOLE PROBLEM GETTING THAT CAPACITY DOWN.

PERFECT. SO THERE'S A LOT TO THAT AND A LOT OF ENGINEERING WE'RE LOOKING AT.

BUT GETTING THOSE BIG SPACES OFF IS GOING TO HELP OUR PROBLEM OVER THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL SAME THING.

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WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS SECURE VESTIBULE THERE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING THE J HALL. THERE'S A COUPLE OF LABS THERE THAT NEED SOME EXTRA SINKS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WE ARE ALSO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF SUMMER STARTING THE ROOFING JOB OVER THERE.

WE'RE WORKING TO PROCUREMENT ON THAT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S THAT GREEN SECTION ON YOUR MAP THAT WILL NOT INTERRUPT THE CAMPUS.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE. IT'S THE SAME KIND OF DEAL WE'RE GOING TO BE THIS IS ANOTHER ONE CAN BE CONFUSING FOR THE TAXPAYERS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE SECURE VESTIBULES. THEY'RE WORKING ON PARTS OF THE SCHOOL, BUT NOT DOING THE HVAC.

THAT WILL COME THE NEXT SUMMER WITH YEAR TWO.

REAL QUICK, JAMES ON THAT. SO THE THE THE WHAT WE ADDED FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION IN REGARDS TO THE GYM CORDONED OFF FROM THE ACADEMIC WINGS. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IS THAT THIS SUMMER? IS THAT SUBSEQUENT? THAT'LL BE NEXT SUMMER. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH, THAT ONE'S A YEAH.

THAT'S ALSO IN DESIGN. THAT'S GOING IN. YES, SIR. THAT'S A COMPLICATED SITUATION THEY'RE TRYING TO EGRESS THE FLOWS GETTING OUT OF THOSE GYMS. THAT'S GOING TO BE A FUN ONE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT OKAY. SO MAINLY ROOF REPLACEMENT SECURE VESTIBULE.

AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, THE COMPLETION OF SUMMER 2025, EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS SHOULD HAVE A SECURE VESTIBULE.

YES, SIR. THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S GREAT.

AND OBVIOUSLY A PRIORITY FOR THIS BODY, SO THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S GREAT. AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE THE MAP THERE, THE YELLOW ZONES, THE MOVE OUT THAT FRONT OFFICE IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE GOING TO BE CONCENTRATING ON THAT SECURE VESTIBULE. SO IT'S GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ANGELA'S SUITE AROUND SOME OF THE ATTENDANCE ZONE. YOU GUYS SEE THAT ON THE MAP AND THE OTHER COLORS. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING SOME FENCE WORK OUT THERE AND PUTTING THOSE PORTABLES ON THAT SITE. SO WE GOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SITE. THAT IS THE END OF MY LITTLE BLURB. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JAMES? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION. I KNOW IT TAKES YOU A LOT OF TIME, BUT IT WAS MORE THIS SUMMER.

MAYBE AT THE END OF THE SUMMER. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD JUST GO TO ALL THE AMAZING CONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING, LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER? YEAH, WE'LL PLAN THAT AGAIN FOR YOU. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JAMES.

ON TO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT. JUST HIGH LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS FOR US.

YOU HAD SOME GOOD NEWS LAST WEEK OF. LET'S SEE WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.

OUR. RESIGNATIONS ARE DOWN THIS YEAR WE HAVE 17 LESS RESIGNATIONS OVERALL AND 6 FEWER RESIGNATIONS FOR OUR TEACHERS. WE GOT TO YOU GOT TO SEE OUR AMAZING RETIREES TONIGHT.

WE'RE SUPER SAD TO LOSE THEM, BUT WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO RECRUIT THEM TO BE SOME OF OUR SUBSTITUTES FOR NEXT YEAR.

A LOT OF OUR RETIRED TEACHERS ACTUALLY DO COME BACK, MAYBE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, MAYBE OVER THE SUMMER.

BUT ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, A LOT OF THEM DO COME BACK AND SERVE OUR CAMPUSES WHENEVER WE HAVE TEACHERS GOING ON LONG TERM, WHETHER IT'S FOR, FOR PREGNANCY OR FOR WHATEVER IT IS, A LOT OF THEM, THEY'RE JUST SO COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS AND SO COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY DO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, WHETHER IT'S MENTORING OR THOSE LONG TERM ASSIGNMENTS.

AND THEN JUST THAT OVERALL, OUR APPLICATIONS ARE UP THIS YEAR.

WE CONTINUE TO HIRE HIGHLY QUALIFIED, HIGHLY CERTIFIED APPLICANTS AND TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO JUST GET AS MANY HIRED AS WE CAN NOW.

OUR PRINCIPALS BE ABLE TO GO HOME AND HAVE GREAT SUMMERS.

BUT OUR APPLICANT POOLS ARE VERY, VERY STRONG RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE ARE JUST DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THEM SECURED, GET THEM CONTRACTS AND GET THEM HIRED NOW.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK ONE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, SO RESIGNATIONS WERE DOWN 17%, WHICH IS GOOD.

17. 17. YES. PEOPLE. PEOPLE. OKAY. 3% PERSON WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

17 HUMANS. 17. HUMANS. SORRY. PERCENT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, BUT I'LL GO WITH 17 HUMANS.

BUT APPLICATIONS ARE UP 12, WHICH MEANS WE'RE LESS VACANCIES GOING INTO THE SUMMER.

IS THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? EVEN WITH WILDWOOD COMING ON BOARD. I HAVE A I'LL GET TO MY QUESTION.

IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD ONE. YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT. I'M FOLLOWING. I'M TRACKING. SO ARE WE ARE WE GENERALLY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF VACANCIES AS LAST YEAR? ABOUT. OKAY. SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT'S ROUGHLY EVEN, WHICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRAINING IN EDUCATION IN GENERAL, HAS BEEN TRAINING IN A DIRECTION WHERE VACANCIES ARE FAR EXCEEDING APPLICANTS IN SOME CASES. RIGHT. WHICH HAS LED TO A RISE IN UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

ALL RIGHT. SO 12% MORE APPLICANTS FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF VACANCIES.

I IMAGINE WE'RE IN A SCENARIO WHERE THE APPLICANT POOL IS IS QUALIFIED, TALENTED, AND THOSE ARE GETTING MORE COMPETITIVE POSITIONS FROM A FROM A COMPETITIVE

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IS THAT A GENERALLY RIGHT PRINCIPLE? WHAT I WHAT I JUST SAID, THERE IS THAT KIND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES.

RIGHT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GOT A THERE MAY BE A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPLYING AND MAYBE GETTING DECLINED FOR POSITIONS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. WOULD THAT BE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S WE HAVE MORE TEACHERS THAT ARE CERTIFIED THAT ARE APPLYING, AND IT'S A TOUGHER APPLICANT POOL, AND WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SELECTIVE ON WHO WE GET IN THE CLASSROOM. WHAT HOW DOES THAT KIND OF SHAKE? RIGHT NOW AROUND US THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE LAYING TEACHERS OFF OR THEY'RE CLOSING SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, IT'S IN OUR AREA. THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE.

WE HAVE FANTASTIC PROGRAMS, WE'VE GOT GREAT KIDS.

WE'VE GOT GREAT SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY. SO PEOPLE A WANT TO COME HERE.

I'M EVEN GOING TO SAY TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT THE RIGHT WORD.

BUT EVEN TO OUR OPERATIONS, WE'VE GOT BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES THAT ARE WELL CARED FOR BEAUTIFUL CLASSROOMS. AND SO PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE. AND SO A THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO, TO SAY.

BUT OTHER CAMPUSES, OTHER AROUND US, OTHER DISTRICTS ARE CUTTING TEACHER POSITIONS.

AND SO THEY'RE INCREASING CLASS SIZES. THEY'RE NOT OFFERING ALL OF THE PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THE SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PROTECT THE CLASSROOMS. AND SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO COME TO DRIPPING SPRINGS.

SO RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING THAT THERE'S A POSITION OPEN, THEY'RE APPLYING FOR IT.

BUT EVEN APRIL 16TH, WHEN WE HAD OUR JOB FAIR, WE HAD LOTS OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS WHO WERE HERE.

THEY MADE THE DRIVE, THEY SAW. THEY GOT TO MEET WITH THE PRINCIPALS.

THEY GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND WHO THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH.

AND SO WHEN THAT JOB CAME OPEN, WE ALREADY HAD A PRETTY HEALTHY POOL.

AND SO EVEN WHEN POSITIONS ARE COMING OPEN, IF WE GET A RESIGNATION, IT WASN'T JUST ONE APPLICANT THAT THE PRINCIPALS WANTED.

THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A REALLY GREAT SECOND OR THIRD.

AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO VERY QUICKLY HIRE THAT SECOND OR THIRD.

AND MAYBE THEY'RE STILL THEY'RE STILL AVAILABLE.

BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT HIRING IN JUNE OR JULY. WE'RE DOING OUR HIRING REALLY EARLY, WHICH GIVES YOU THE CREAM OF THE CROP.

THEY'RE REALLY TALENTED. THEY'RE NOT ALREADY ALL TAKEN.

OKAY. WELL, I, I FINALLY GOT TO THAT DEAL. THAT IS PHENOMENAL.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION THAT I THINK WE BOTH KIND OF GOT BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT WE WANT THE ABSOLUTE BEST TEACHERS WE CAN FIND IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH OUR KIDS, RIGHT? WE TALK ABOUT THAT. IT'S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SET CONDITIONS WHERE THAT IS POSSIBLE.

AND WHAT I'M GETTING FROM STATISTICALLY HERE, BUT ALSO ANECDOTALLY FROM YOU, IS THOSE CONDITIONS ARE ARE SET HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

WE'RE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PUT TO THAT, FOR TEACHERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR YOU TO MAKE A MOVE, THEY ARE FORCED TO MAKE A MOVE.

OR MAYBE THEY'RE ENTERING THE PROFESSION AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE. IS THAT GENERALLY? YES, I CAN SAY SPECIFICALLY, LIKE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, WE HAD A COUPLE OF MATH TEACHERS LEAVE, AND MISS HENRY AND MISS GOMEZ ARE VERY EXCITED.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR MATH HIRES ARE EXPERIENCED, FULLY CERTIFIED QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.

THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT, THIS IS THEIR SECOND CAREER.

THEY ARE REALLY HIGH QUALITY MATH TEACHERS, AND THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THEIR POOL.

AND THEY HAD NOT JUST ONE, BUT THEY HAD SEVERAL APPLICANTS THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT THEY INTERVIEWED, WE WOULD TAKE ANY OF THESE. THEY'RE ALL REALLY GREAT APPLICANTS.

AND SO THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF TEACHER.

AND SO THAT MAKES THEM CONFIDENT IN WHO THEY'RE BRINGING ON, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING OUT WITH A SOLID FOUNDATION TO TO BRING TO THE TABLE.

AND NOW THEY'RE JUST GOING TO WORK ON THAT MASTERY AND TAKE THEM.

CAN WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT 3 TO 5 YEARS.

WELL, NOW THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THAT REALLY SOLID FOUNDATION FOR THE PEDAGOGY AND BEING A SOLID TEACHER.

SO NOW WE REALLY START TO MASTER THEIR CRAFT AND REALLY BECOME THAT FANTASTIC.

WE TALK ABOUT THE PORTRAIT OF AN EDUCATOR, REALLY, REALLY GREAT TEACHER FOR OUR KIDS.

WELL, I FIND THAT REPORT SATISFACTORY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO OLIVIA FIRST AND THEN TRICIA, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ON THAT TOPIC, ONE I LOVED WHEN I READ THE REPORT.

I LOVE SAYING THAT THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED A RECORD NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR THE 2025.

I HAVE CONVERSATIONS IN COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPER SUPPORTIVE AND AND EXCITED AND EAGER FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TO OPEN.

YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. BUT THEY HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO STOP IT? AND I SHARE. SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID LAST WEEK. SO I DON'T THINK YOU SAID IT TODAY. SO FORGIVE ME IF I MISSED IT FOR WILDWOOD SPRINGS.

NOW, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS A NUMBER THAT WE HAVE FIVE POSITIONS LEFT.

NOW I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS A NUMBER OR A PERCENTAGE, BUT IT WAS.

IT GOT STAFFED VERY QUICKLY. YES. I THINK WE HAD THE FINAL INTERVIEW THIS WEEK WHERE THEY'RE DONE.

SO SO WE ARE DONE. I THINK. I BELIEVE WHEN WE DID OUR AGENDA REVIEW THAT WE HAD FIVE LEFT TO FILL.

[01:30:03]

WHILE WE DO HAVE A MASS EXODUS. SO I'M VERY HAPPY FOR YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU CAME TO THE DISTRICT, THE REALITIES WERE SO DIFFERENT. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU AND GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

TRICIA. I JUST WANTED TO DO A PLUG WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THIS AT THE ANNUAL ONLINE VERIFICATION PROCESS IS GOING ON THIS WEEK, LIKE YOU HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER, HOLLY, BUT IT'S WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO GET GO AHEAD AND GET THEIR KIDDOS REGISTERED FOR NEXT YEAR SO THAT WE CAN DO THESE PLANNING EVENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULLY STAFFED.

SO GET THEM REGISTERED. KIM. YEAH. SO ARE WE GOING TO BE IN A BETTER POSITION THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO HIRE MORE FULLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAN NON-CERTIFIED BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT POOL I THINK YOU'RE HAVING ACCESS TO IS ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF I MEAN, I'M FOLLOWING SOME OF THOSE BILLS RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PHASING OUT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOME DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT US AHEAD OF THAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS WE CAN FILL THAT ARE CERTIFIED.

DO YOU THINK WE'RE IN BETTER SHAPE THIS YEAR IN THAT REGARD? ABSOLUTELY. MUCH BETTER SHAPE. MOST OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE FULLY CERTIFIED.

NOT JUST A FEW, BUT MORE THAN MOST OF THEM ARE FULLY CERTIFIED.

WE DO HAVE SOME WHO ARE. WE HAVE LOTS OF GRADUATES WHO COME TO US WITH SOMETHING CALLED A DEFICIENCY PLAN, WHERE THEY'VE TAKEN THEIR TEST, THEY'VE DONE THEIR STUDENT TEACHING. THEY JUST HAVE TO CROSS THE STAGE.

AND SO BY MAY 31ST, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR DEGREE CONFERRED, AND THEN THE UNIVERSITY WILL GO IN AND APPROVE THEM FOR THEIR CERTIFICATE.

AND SO THEY'LL HAVE IT BY MID-JUNE. SO EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATE YET, WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE MET ALL THEIR REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY TO BE FULLY CERTIFIED. BUT THERE'S A FEW. WE DO HAVE SOME WHO ARE GOING THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

SOME OF THEM ARE MASTER'S PROGRAMS WHERE THEY HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND THEY'RE DOING A ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY.

AND A MASTER'S PROGRAM IN EDUCATION AND THAT BUT MOST OF THEM ARE FULLY CERTIFIED WITH EXPERIENCE EVEN.

SO, OUR POOL IS VERY, VERY THEY'RE QUALIFIED.

THEY'RE CERTIFIED. IT'S A VERY HEALTHY APPLICANT POOL WE HAVE THIS YEAR.

I THINK YOUR PRINCIPALS NOT GOING TO LOOK THAT WAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CALL THEM OUT.

BUT IF I THINK IF YOU ASK THEM, THEY'VE TOLD US SEVERAL TIMES THIS IS THE HEALTHIEST APPLICANT POOL PRE-COVID THAT THEY'VE SEEN IN YEARS.

SO THEY'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF APPLICANTS. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST WANT TO ADD, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S CONFUSION SOMETIMES IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE SAY, OH, CERTIFIED TEACHER VERSUS UNCERTIFIED.

AND SO I WANT TO SAY AND CORRECT ME IF ANY OF THIS IS WRONG BECAUSE IT COULD CHANGE, COULD HAVE CHANGED.

BUT THAT WE HIRE HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS FOR SUBJECT AREAS.

AND SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THAT'S OUR GOAL AT LEAST I THINK I MEAN, FOR ME THAT AS I SIT BACK, THAT'S OUR GOAL TO HIRE HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN THEIR SUBJECT AREA.

BUT THAT CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND MOSTLY TELLING THE COMMUNITY THIS IS, IS THAT PEDAGOGY, THE TEST THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE TO BE A TEACHER.

AND SO I GAVE AN EXAMPLE THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS TALKING TO A PARENT ABOUT IT, THAT IF YOU HAVE AN ORGANIC CHEMIST AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS A CERTIFIED TEACHER, I COULD NEVER TEACH ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.

BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO THAT IS THEIR SPECIALTY AND THAT THEY MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW WHAT WE CALL A CERTIFIED TEACHER.

THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO TEACH THAT CLASS, AND THEY NEED THAT PEDAGOGY TO BE ABLE TO TEACH KIDS.

AND SO I WANT TO REITERATE, REALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY PURPOSE, THAT THAT'S OUR GOAL.

AND THAT IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE UNQUALIFIED PEOPLE TEACHING OUR KIDS SUBJECT MATTER.

IT'S IT'S THAT EXTRA PIECE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE GOING INTO IT TO, TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE PICTURE.

SO MOSTLY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY, PRETTY WIDE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

AND WE DO. WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE STARTED WITH THE DOI OR STARTED WITH NOT BEING FULLY CERTIFIED WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO THE DISTRICT, BUT THEY ARE ALL ON A PLAN. THEY ARE ALL IN AN ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE THE CONTENT AND THE VAST KNOWLEDGE, BUT ALSO BE FULLY CERTIFIED THROUGH SPEC IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

FOR THEM TO HAVE BOTH PIECES. WE DO FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE BOTH.

AND SO IF SOMEBODY WASN'T FULLY CERTIFIED, WE'VE GOT THEM ON AN INDIVIDUALIZED CERTIFICATION PLAN TO HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO HAVE BOTH PIECES,

[01:35:03]

SO, YES. BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE SO LUCKY THAT OUR POOL IS FULLY QUALIFIED AND FULLY CERTIFIED IN THEIR SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREA AND SUBJECT MATTER.

WHEN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST PUT A LITTLE POST-IT IS THAT LIST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN WITH, YOU KNOW, AN ASTERISK BESIDE THE THE TEACHERS THAT MAYBE THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT SAYING, WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT FULLY CERTIFIED. AND THEN BY NEXT YEAR YOU KNOW STAR THAT THAT THAT WAS THE GOAL AND THAT THEY MET THAT AND WERE WALKING IN NEXT YEAR EVEN IN A IN A BETTER POSITION OF WITH CERTIFICATIONS. ABSOLUTELY.

SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL PICTURE OF OUR HIRING. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT THERE ARE DISTRICTS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM US CUTTING TEACHERS, CUTTING PROGRAMS. AND I THINK IT'S JIM COLLINS THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, PART OF LEADERSHIP IS FACING THE BRUTAL FACTS OF YOUR REALITY.

AND THE REALITY IS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT IF WE DON'T GET PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING.

AND SO JUST PLEASE EVERYBODY WATCHING IF ANYBODY'S WATCHING, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REACH OUT, AND I CAN TELL YOU THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION OF HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE EMAILING AND CALLING AND GOING TO THE CAPITOL.

YEP. GO AHEAD. I'M REALLY SORRY, BUT THIS CAME UP AT ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE THIS WEEK.

OUR OUR HOUSE REPS STILL GET PHONE CALLS FROM TAXPAYERS THAT SAY DO NOT GIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL ANY MORE MONEY.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY AN ANTI-PUBLIC SCHOOL SENTIMENT.

IT IS WE'RE ALREADY PAYING THE TAXES, DON'T TAX US ANYMORE, AND WE HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR TAXPAYERS ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING COLLECTED UNDER THE ISD THAT ARE NOT STAYING IN EDUCATION OR NOT STAYING LOCAL.

THANK YOU. YES. AGAIN, $65 MILLION SINCE 2019.

ANY OTHER [INAUDIBLE]. NICE JOB. OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

SO JUST A QUICK REMINDER TO CHECK THE REPORT.

THERE'S ABOUT 150 LOTS IN DOUBLE L IN THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE ONLINE.

WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY. WELL, THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING,

[11. CLOSED SESSION]

NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CLOSED MEETING.

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

THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CLOSED MEETING, IT IS 7:41.

GOOD NIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW

[12. OPEN SESSION]

YES, MA'AM. I HAVE A MOTION FOR YOU. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE KATHY CORNETT AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM ROB. A SECOND FROM SHANDA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO.

WELCOME TO DSISD [APPLAUSE]. AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU IN YOUR SENIOR YEAR, YOUNG LADY. SO WE HEARD LOTS OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU.

WELL, HAVING NO FURTHER ACTION TONIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:28 P.M.

NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.