Jun 16, 2025 Board of Trustees Agenda Review Meeting

[00:00:01]

I THINK. HELLO? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE CONVENED FOR AN AGENDA REVIEW MEETING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE TO WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC HEARING NEXT WEEK

[5. PUBLIC HEARING]

[7. REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD]

[8. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]

SO WE WILL HAVE A LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT OF OUR BOARD.

JUST AS A REMINDER I WILL ASK YOU ALL ABOUT SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

SO SHARE YOUR FAVORITE SESSION OR LEARNING POINT OR SOMETHING, JUST MEMORABLE TAKE HOME.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY TRUSTEES AROUND TOWN? YOU HAVE ONE FROM KIM. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SEND IN? IT'S BEEN A SHORT MONTH AND WE'VE BEEN OUT OF TOWN FOR A WEEK.

SO JUST CHECKING, THOUGH I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY HAVE. JUST IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING, PLEASE GET IT TO US.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

BUT LET'S START AT 9.B. ANY QUESTIONS DISCUSSION ON THE INSURANCE RENEWAL? OKAY, WELL THERE'S TWO OH WORKER'S COMP? I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT AUTO.

IS IT BECAUSE WE ADDED FLEET OR? YEAH, THAT'S FOR OUR SCHOOL BUSSES AND OUR MAINTENANCE VEHICLES.

SO THIS ONE ON B IS EVERYTHING BUT PROPERTY BECAUSE WE BID PROPERTY.

SO IT'S AN ACTION ITEM UNDER CONSENT IS THE RENEWAL FOR AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL LIABILITY CYBER SECURITY WORKER'S COMP.

SO THE INCREASE WAS DUE TO ADDED FLEET OR IS IT JUST AN INCREASE IN OUR? Y'ALL'S AUDIO IS LOW. OUR AUDIO IS LOUD, SO.

IT'S LIKE MY AUTO INSURANCE LIABILITY IS THROUGH THE ROOF YEAH. ELAINE? SORRY? I WAS TRYING TO OPEN THAT PAGE.

NO, THAT'S PERFECT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO HEAR IF WE COULD HEAR YOU THAT'S BETTER. MARY JANE, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? MOST LIKELY JUST BECAUSE OF OUR CLAIMS AND OUR EXPERIENCE ON THERE.

WE HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL BUSSES, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THOSE YET.

OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS, THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE I WOULD RECUSE MYSELF? I DON'T TECHNICALLY HAVE TO. I'M NOT ON THE BOARD OF RISK MANAGEMENT FUND.

BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH CHATTER ABOUT TAXPAYER MONEY.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE DETAIL THAT YOU WENT INTO OF HOW YOUR TEAM DECIDED TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT TO THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT NEEDED TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT ? SO THAT I COULD RECUSE MYSELF, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'M RECUSING FROM THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA.

YOU'LL PROBABLY NEED OR YOU CAN JUST RECUSE FROM THE ENTIRE CONSENT [LAUGHTER] WE'LL JUST PULL IT THAT'S FINE.

BUT IS THAT FOR THE OTHER INSURANCE AS WELL, OR IS THIS JUST FOR THIS LINE ITEM? OKAY. OKAY. YEAH YOUTH, GINA. I JUST NOTICED ON THE, THAT CONTRACT THAT IT'S SEPTEMBER OF 24 THROUGH AUGUST OF 25.

SO IS THAT? AND THEN REALLY I WAS GOING TO ASK HOW MANY IS IT? CAN WE ADD? HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE HAVE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AND HOW LONG HAS IT?

[00:05:04]

IT'S NOT ELAINE'S. SO IT'S GOT THE RIGHT DATE.

IT DOESN'T THIS IS NOT A NEW PROGRAM TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM.

HOW LONG? DO YOU KNOW? IT'S REGION 13 . IT'S A COLLABORATIVE MOU WITH REGION 13 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS.

AND THEN WE GET A SMALL LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING, THAT REGION 13 TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF IT, BUT GIVES US MORE FUNDING IN RETURN FOR THAT.

CURRENTLY, NOT EVERY STUDENT WOULD QUALIFY FOR SUPPORT FOR REGION 13 .

THIS IS REALLY MORE DISTRICT LEVEL SUPPORT. AND THEN IF ANYTHING, WERE FINANCIALLY LARGE THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR, WE WOULD GO THROUGH REGION 13 CURRENTLY FOR THE ENDING OF YEAR 24, WE HAD 48 HOMELESS STUDENTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BENEFIT FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR SUPPORT THROUGH THE REGION.

DO WE KNOW IF ANY OF THEM DID USE IT? HAVE WE USED REGION 13 A LOT.

JUST FOR ANYTIME WE GET AN APPLICATION THAT WE NEED GUIDANCE ON, THEY DO TRAINING FOR OUR TEAMS AND OUR COUNSELORS.

SO YES, WE DO USE THE SERVICES FOR MOSTLY THE ADULTS THAT WORK WITH THE CHILDREN.

OKAY. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A SET ASIDE IN OUR TITLE FUNDS FOR ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT POTENTIALLY HOMELESS STUDENTS MIGHT NEED THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THOSE CATEGORIES. HISTORICALLY, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE NOT USED ANY OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD OTHER WAYS TO GET THE STUDENTS THAT THE THINGS THEY NEEDED. OKAY MARY JANE. JUST A SIDEBAR CONVERSATION WITH ROB.

THE OTHER RISK MANAGEMENT FUND INSURANCE IS AN ACTION ITEM, AND I ASSUME THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE THRESHOLD REQUIRES.

BUT MAYBE THEY COULD JUST BE COMBINED? WELL, ONE IS A BID ONE, SO WE BID PROPERTY INSURANCE SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ON ACTION.

AND THE OTHER IS JUST A RENEWAL OF THE OTHER LINES.

SO THEY CANNOT BE COMBINED. YES GOT IT. OKAY ALL RIGHT 9.D APPROVAL OF THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE PROGRAM AGREEMENT.

TRICIA. JUST ONE, NOTHING'S CHECKED. AND SO ARE WE AGREEING TO SECTION ONE, TWO AND THREE? OR MAYBE ONE AND TWO OR NOTHING AS FAR AS THIS AGREEMENT IS CONCERNED? THERE'S A. BY CHECKING THE SIGNING ON THE SIGNATURE PAGE, WE AGREE TO SECTION ONE, TWO AND THREE? YES, WE WILL HAVE THAT UPDATED AND CHECKED. AND WE'RE AGREEING TO ALL THREE SECTIONS? LET ME JUST VERIFY DATA PRIVACY PROGRAM REQUIREMENT.

YES. OKAY. IN ORDER TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, WE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO THEM ALL THEY'RE ASKING US.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

IT YET. OKAY PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT 9.F .

9.G GO AHEAD, MARY JANE. UNDER 9F DOCTOR KIDD, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE DONE WHILE YOU'RE HERE? I KNOW WE DID UNDER DOCTOR GERING, BUT THIS KIND OF.

IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY WORDED ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

THIS IS ACTUALLY AN MOU BETWEEN THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND OUR CHAMBER.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT I'M NOT SURE IF DOCTOR GARIN HAS DONE THIS TYPE OF WORK, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BROUGHT THE TWO THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD AN EXTERNSHIP SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

OKAY. IT'S SOMETHING WHERE SIMULTANEOUSLY IT'S REALLY DELIGHTFUL TO SEE THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO BOOST MORALE OF TEACHERS AND STAFF OTHER THAN PAY? AND THIS ALWAYS COMES UP AS A POSSIBILITY. BUT I REMEMBER WITH MY MIDDLE KIDDO, WE, HE LOST THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH A TEACHER THAT WE WERE HOPING HE'D HAVE, BECAUSE THIS WORKED SO WELL THAT THE OUTSIDE INDUSTRY HIRED HER.

SO THAT WAS MY FIRST YEAR HERE. YES, I DO REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING WAS THAT THE AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TEACHER? WAS IT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE? YEAH. DO THEY DO THESE HOURS OVER THE SUMMER OR DO THEY HAVE TO DO IT? YEAH.

[00:10:03]

AND ACTUALLY, YOU CAN JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH DOWN TO L WITH PBK.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT AND ANY QUESTIONS DISCUSSION FOR THE ROOSTER? 9.M AND 9.N ALL RIGHT OR 9.O THE SYCAMORE EXPANSION? EVERYTHING ELSE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD.

ALL RIGHT, SO OUR FIRST ACTION IS OUR CONSIDERATION / APPROVAL OF FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

[10. ACTION]

THIS AMENDMENT, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE COLUMNS.

THIS IS REALLY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE IN EVERY FUNCTION SO THAT WHEN THE YEAR IS OVER, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEGATIVE VARIANCES IN THE AUDIT REPORT.

I WANT TO FOOTNOTE THIS I DO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AGAIN THIS WEEK TO MAKE SURE WE'VE PUT ENOUGH IN EACH FUNCTION.

SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE MIGHT AMEND THE FINAL AMENDMENT ONE MORE TIME BEFORE IT GETS TO YOU MONDAY FOR APPROVAL.

BUT THIS IS TO CLOSE OUT THE 2024-2025 YEAR AND MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR FUNCTIONS ARE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT MOVING ON TO 10.B OUR CONSIDERATION / APPROVAL OF 2025-2026 ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION BUDGET.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A CARVE OUT OF A PIECE OF THE BUDGET THAT IS WITHIN THE 2025-2026 WHOLE BUDGET.

BY LAW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THIS PART FIRST.

AND SO THIS IS SIMPLY A LEGAL REQUIREMENT PULLING THAT AMOUNT OUT AND ADOPTING IT PRIOR TO ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET. ROB. NORMALLY, BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE A REASON THIS SPECIFIC BUDGET AMENDMENT NEEDS TO BE AN ACTION ITEM? YOU CAN PUT IT IN CONSENT. I JUST I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

SO BECAUSE IT'S A BIG LOFTY FINAL BUDGET I PUT IT HERE FOR ACTION.

BUT YOU'RE YOU HAVE WILL TO MOVE IT. I MEAN JUST CONSIDERING PRECEDENT IN RELATION TO THIS, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR ME I'D PROPOSE TO THE PRESIDENT THAT IT BE GOOD IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

CONSIDERING I MEAN IT DOESN'T I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE PURPOSE IS .

DIFFERENT THIS YEAR SO I MEAN, IF THAT IS OKAY WITH THE BOARD, WE CAN DEFINITELY MOVE IT TO CONSENT.

I MEAN, AND I OFFER THAT I'LL GIVE YOU THE REASON ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR ACTUALS ARE TRENDING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING CORRELATING TO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT. THIS IS A BASICALLY A BOOKKEEPING EXERCISE AS IT RELATES TO THAT.

SO I WOULD, FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD OFFER THAT UP TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TO DO THAT.

WITH MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT. I THINK THAT'S FINE.

AND THEN ON, AND THEN I THINK 10.B WOULD BE THE SAME, UNLESS THERE'S A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN THAT AS AN ACTION ITEM.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT JUST HAS TO BE APPROVED BEFORE THE BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS TO BE A CARVED OUT ACTION.

WE'VE DONE IT ON CONSENT BEFORE THE OTHER. I WOULD THINK YOU COULD DO IT AS LONG AS IT'S BEFORE THE OTHER BUDGET.

SO I'D OFFER THOSE UP AND YOU CAN DECIDE. YEAH.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I THINK IT'S FINE YEAH, WE CAN MOVE THEM BOTH.

OKAY OKAY AND WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF UPDATES THUS FAR. IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR FROM THE BOARD WE NEED TO HEAR NEXT WEEK? OTHERWISE, IT'LL KIND OF JUST BE A CONGLOMERATE.

I MEAN, NOTHING'S NEW YET, OKAY. NO. FROM LAST MONTH? WHERE WE ENDED UP WAS JUST OVER $1 MILLION. $1,046,438 IS THE DEDICATED TO UTILITIES OUT OF FUND BALANCE UNTIL WE AMEND THE BUDGET IN AUGUST TO INCORPORATE ALL OF HOUSE BILL 2.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ENDED UP WHEN WE TOOK OUT ALL THE RAISES.

AND TO GET IT TO THE 2%, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CLEARLY SHOW WITHIN THE BUDGET.

SO RIGHT NOW, THE BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND HAS A DEFICIT OF 03,068,000, WHICH IS OVER THAT 2% BY THAT MILLION DOLLARS.

I SUSPECT THAT WILL CHANGE WHEN WE AMEND FOR HOUSE BILL 2.

AND THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUDGET YEAR, ONLY BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY UPDATES LEGISLATIVELY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL. THIS IS SORT OF JUST A STOP GAP VOTE.

AND THIS WILL BE VERY LIKELY CHANGED IN AUGUST SO.

DEFINITELY WILL BE CHANGED. DEFINITELY WILL BE CHANGED IN AUGUST YES, ROB.

[00:15:06]

WOULD YOU MIND HELPING ME OUT THERE? WE DID THIS PAST YEAR HE HAS EXCESS FUND BALANCE AND SO TO SPEND THAT DOWN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A DEFICIT.

OKAY NOW I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION OKAY. SO WE'RE REQUIRED STATUTORILY I BELIEVE RIGHT TO ONLY MAINTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CHILD NUTRITION? IT WAS THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING IS ALL YOU COULD HAVE IN FUND BALANCE FOR CHILD NUTRITION, I BELIEVE THAT JUST CHANGED TO SIX MONTHS. BUT LOOKING AT HIS FUND BALANCE CURRENTLY AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH 2024-2025, I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE TO THAT SIX MONTHS.

WE'RE CONSERVATIVE ON OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR THAT FUND SO WE COULD HAVE REVISED THOSE UP AND PROBABLY GET CLOSER TO A BALANCED BUDGET.

BUT THIS ONE TOO, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DO WITH THE ENTIRE COMP PLAN, MAY REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT SO.

OKAY, IF WE COULD JUST CAVEAT THAT WHEN WE PRESENT THE BUDGET, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

I JUST, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF YOU LOOK AT IT AT THE SURFACE, WE'RE RUNNING DEFICIT BUDGETS ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD WITH EXCEPTION OF INS. AND SO NOT A HEALTHY PLACE SO I THINK JUST SOME DILIGENCE AND EXPLAINING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I DON'T, I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK I DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S EVER HAD A DEFICIT IN OPERATIONS.

OKAY. SO. ALL RIGHT VERY GOOD THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT SPEAKING OF FUND BALANCE, 10.D.

SO THIS IS OUR ANNUAL COMMITMENT OF FUND BALANCE.

THE FIRST ITEM TO COMMIT IS THAT AMOUNT FOR UTILITIES, WHICH I DON'T THINK WILL COME TO FRUITION AND THEN THE FIVE YEAR OF BAND INSTRUMENTS.

NOW WE HAVE AN AMOUNT IN HERE FOR BUSSES. AND THIS IS THE 27 REPLACEMENT BUSSES THAT WAS IDENTIFIED DURING BOND STEERING.

THAT DIDN'T GO INTO BOND OR ANYTHING ELSE. THOSE WOULD NEED TO BE ORDERED IN 26 FOR TO BE HERE BY 27, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT WELL OVER A YEAR LEAD TIME ON BUSSES RIGHT NOW.

AND A REMINDER WE WOULD COME TO THE BOARD AND ASK FOR APPROVAL TO START THIS PROCESS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SPEND THIS MONEY.

THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF COMMITTING FUND BALANCE IS TO JUSTIFY THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE THAT WE HAVE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GET SPENT.

THEN THE TECHNOLOGY REFRESH THAT IS THE LEASE THE BOARD DID APPROVE .

FOR THAT'S THREE YEARS OF LEASE PAYMENTS TO COME OUT OF FUND BALANCE.

THAT 75,000 IS TIME CLOCKS. AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF BOND THAT DIDN'T GET IN THERE.

SO THE TIME CLOCKS AND THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR FACILITIES, THOSE TWO ITEMS WE SAID WE WOULD USE OUT OF 23 BOND SAVINGS.

I WENT AHEAD AND PUT THEM OVER HERE IN FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR ALL OF THE 2023 PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE YOU CAN USE THE SAVINGS, THE TIMING ON THIS MAY NEED TO BE DONE OUT OF FUND BALANCE.

SO THIS IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER. AND THEN THE LAST THREE ARE THE SAME THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AGAIN JUST JUSTIFYING OUR FUND BALANCE. YOU'VE GOT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS EXPENDITURES FOR PORTABLES, FURNITURE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THEN A PROPERTY INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE PLACEHOLDER IN CASE WE WERE TO HAVE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

OUR DEDUCTIBLE ON PROPERTY IS 2% OF THE BUILDING VALUE.

AND SO IF WE HAD A MAJOR HAIL STORM THAT AFFECTED SEVERAL OF OUR BUILDINGS, CAMPUSES, WE WOULD HAVE PRETTY BIG DEDUCTIBLE.

AND SO THIS IS THERE TO PLAN FOR THAT RAINY DAY TO SAY.

SO NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY SPENT UNTIL WE BRING THEM TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL TO PURSUE THAT EXPENDITURE.

O N THE TIME CLOCKS AND THEN THE MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS.

SO IF WE DON'T HAVE SAVINGS FROM THE 2023 BOND.

SO ARE YOU SAYING WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET, THAT WE HAVE SAVINGS FROM THAT YOU HAVE INTEREST EARNINGS. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WITH THE LAW AND I'VE GOT MY BOND ATTORNEY RIGHT HERE, ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE COMPLETE. EVERYTHING WITHIN THE 2023 BOND BEFORE YOU CAN START USING THE SAVINGS FOR OTHER PROJECTS.

SO MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETE THIS SUMMER.

BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE LAND AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LAND PLAYS INTO THAT.

SO IF WE CAN'T SPEND ANYTHING UNTIL WE SPIN THE LAND MONEY, IT'S GOING TO BE YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN ACCESS THE SAVINGS.

AND SO THE TIMING OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, LIKE THE TIME CLOCKS, IF WE NEED TO REPLACE TIME CLOCKS WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS, YOU MAY NEED TO DO THAT OUT OF FUND BALANCE AND NOT THE 2023 SAVINGS.

IS THERE A SCENARIO IN WHICH WE JUST SAY, WELL, WE CAN'T REPLACE THE TIME CLOCKS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY? THAT WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO OPERATIONS.

OKAY. AND SAME WITH THE CURTAINS, LOCKERS, THAT KIND OF ? I MEAN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN BOND PLANNING, DIDN'T GET APPROVED. SO I DON'T SEE THOSE AS BEING CRITICAL,

[00:20:07]

OKAY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND IT THOUGH? RIGHT.

WE'RE PUTTING IT IN THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER JUST IN CASE.

RIGHT. OKAY, THIS GIVES YOU ALLOWANCE BUT WE STILL VOTE WHEN THESE THINGS ARE EACH COMING.

YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A KEEPING THE BALL ROLLING.

KEEP IN MIND, MANY YEARS AGO THE LEGISLATURE WAS TARGETING SCHOOL DISTRICT FUND BALANCES.

AND SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COMMITTED PLANNED USE FOR YOUR FUND BALANCE, THE STATE IS LOOKING AT IT AS YOU'VE GOT TOO MUCH MONEY AND YOU NEED TO SPEND IT DOWN.

SO THIS IS OUR WAY TO SAY WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THIS FUND BALANCE.

BESIDES DEFICIT BUDGETS THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD DO.

CAN YOU REMIND ME OF THE PHASE OUT ON NOT FLEET BUT ON BUSSES? LIKE HOW MANY MILES, HOW MANY YEARS OLD? BECAUSE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE GROWTH BUSSES, BUT WHEN ARE WE PHASING OUT AND REPLACING JUST A BUS THAT'S BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR A FEW YEARS. I THINK THE LIFESPAN IS 15 YEARS I DON'T REMEMBER THE MILEAGE AMOUNT.

PAM DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING TRACK OF ALL OF THE FLEET AND WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GET 15,000 MILES. MAYBE THEY'VE HAD THE ENGINE WORKED ON SEVERAL TIMES AND THAT BUS JUST NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT 10.E AND THIS ONE IS ALSO THE ONE YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, MARY JANE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON PROPERTY INSURANCE? NOT A QUESTION BUT AGAIN, I JUST I APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH AND IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OF THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK YEAH, AND IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO READ ALL OF IT, THERE'S A REPORT, A BENCHMARKING REPORT IN HERE.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT WE WERE THE LOWEST IN OUR CATEGORY OF RATE PER 100 VALUE FOR INSURANCE.

SO THAT MADE ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.

IT'S NOT I MEAN, WE OUR PERCENTAGES HAVE THAT LITTLE CHART IN THE MEMORANDUM IN 2023-2024 OUR PREMIUMS WENT UP 46% THE NEXT YEAR, 47% THIS YEAR 30%. SO THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IS SLOWING DOWN, BUT IT'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY.

BUT THIS IS EVEN SOMETHING THE LEGISLATURE TRIED TO ADDRESS IN GIVING FUNDING FOR COASTAL DISTRICTS ADDITIONAL MONEY.

THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH WE GOT THE ABC ALLOTMENT INSTEAD.

BUT WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT OF ALL OF THE DISASTERS ACROSS THE STATE IT'S NOT JUST US.

IT'S WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS GET HIT WITH HAIL OR FIRE OR WIND WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT AS WELL.

ROB. JUST I'M A LITTLE SHOCKED THAT AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE INSURANCE STUFF PRETTY WELL.

I MEAN, IT'S HIT OUR AUTO POLICY THIS YEAR. IT'S HITTING OUR PROPERTY POLICY.

HOW DO WE ONLY GET TWO PEOPLE TO REPLY TO THE RFP? THAT SEEMS SHOCKINGLY LOW TO ME WITH AS MUCH MONEY AS ON THE TABLE HERE.

WELL, THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T BEAT THE RATES WHEN THEY SEE THAT WE'RE GETTING $0.14 PER HUNDRED THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T BEAT IT.

SO THEY CAN LOOK UP OUR EXISTING POLICY AND SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RATES ARE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE OBVIOUSLY, COMPARED TO WHAT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO OFFER OKAY. I JUST SAW THAT TOO AND I'M LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE .

IT IS BUT FOR A CHEAP RATE, YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON THAT LIABILITY.

IS THERE A, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY.

IS THERE A CEILING TO THIS ANNUAL INCREASE? I MEAN, IT'S BECAUSE THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IN THIS AREA IS JUST INCREASING DRAMATICALLY.

AND DO WE EVEN HAVE A CLAIM THIS YEAR? I MEAN, DO WE PUT A BUILDING, A BUILDING ON A CLAIM I DON'T KNOW ABOUT? I DON'T THINK WE DID.

THAT MAKES SENSE WITH THE AUTO LIKE I GET THAT. I CAN'T THINK OF ANY PROPERTY CLAIMS WE HAD THIS YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE RISK MANAGEMENT POOL SO WHEN OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE POOL HAVE CLAIMS, IT COSTS EVERYBODY. OH THAT'S RMF PIECE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND I SEE.

WHERE WE GO ONE, WE GO ALL AND WE'RE DOING GREAT AND THE OTHERS ARE GOING TO CLAIMS AND SO WE PAY MORE.

ALL RIGHT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THIS IS THE STUFF THAT FRUSTRATES ME, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO PUT MORE MONEY IN THE CLASSROOM.

YEAH, WE'RE PUTTING MORE MONEY IN THIS A SUBSTANTIALLY A LOT MORE MONEY AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATING, I GUESS. SO LET ME JUST AIR MY FRUSTRATION, I'M DONE THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT TWO ARE ON OUR BONDS AND BOND COUNCIL IS HERE THIS EVENING IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC FOR THEM.

BUT, ELAINE, CAN YOU JUST LAY THIS OUT IN LAY SPEAK FOR US TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE CLEARER? [LAUGHTER] WE'LL JUST TACKLE ONE AT A TIME BUT I KNOW THEY KIND OF GO TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT NUMBER F IS GIVING US PERMISSION TO DEFEASE DEBT,

[00:25:04]

SO THE WAY THIS WORKS IS WE PUT MONEY ASIDE IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT, AND THOSE BOND HOLDERS ARE PAID WITH THOSE FUNDS IN ESCROW.

WE GET TO TAKE THEM OFF OUR BALANCE SHEET. SO IT'S AS IF THOSE BONDS HAVE BEEN PAID OFF, BUT THEY'RE NOT CALLABLE.

SO WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THE BONDHOLDERS UNTIL THOSE BONDS ARE PAID.

SO THIS ESCROW ACCOUNT FUNDS THAT THIS INCREASES OUR CAPACITY.

AND SO WE'RE USING INS FUND BALANCE TOWARDS THIS TRANSACTION.

DAN MILLER AND HIS TEAM ARE STILL WORKING ON EXACTLY WHICH BONDS WE PAY OFF EARLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW ISSUE, SO THAT OUR OVERALL DEBT PORTFOLIO WORKS. SO THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PACKET RIGHT NOW ARE PRETTY BLANK.

HOPEFULLY BY MONDAY WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THOSE BLANKS FILLED IN AS FAR AS WHICH SERIES WE'RE TARGETING AND WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE GOING TO DEFEASE.

I WAS UNDER THE MISUNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD DO THE DEFEASANCE AS PART OF THE BOND SALE, BUT THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. LAST YEAR WE DID A DEFEASANCE A STANDALONE WITHOUT ANOTHER SALE, AND YOU'VE SEEN ON OUR WEBSITE HOW MUCH WE SAVE FROM THESE DEFEASANCE.

SO THIS IS USING EXCESS DOLLARS IN THE INS FUND TO PAY OFF SOME DEBT EARLY. ONE THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS KEEPING THAT ON THE WEBSITE I LOOK AT THAT OFTEN AND IT'S GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN WE LOOKED, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE BOND, WHEN WE'RE RUNNING THE NUMBERS ON CAPACITY, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT WE INCLUDED THIS POTENTIAL DEFEASANCE AM I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY? WE DID SO IN THE MODEL THAT DAN RAN TO COME UP WITH THE $460 MILLION OF CAPACITY W E WERE DEFEATING SOME.

THANK YOU I DID NOT REMEMBER THAT. ALL RIGHT YOU WANT TO SLIDE INTO THE NEXT ONE? AND THEN IF ANY QUESTIONS POP UP Y'ALL CAN ASK ABOUT BOTH OF THEM.

ALL RIGHT, SO G IS THE BOARD GIVING MYSELF DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ AND RANDY THE ABILITY TO GO AND PRICE BONDS IN JULY TO SELL SOME OF OUR AUTHORIZATION. SO AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE'RE LOOKING AT ISSUING ALL OF THE REMAINING AUTHORIZATION ON THE 2023 BONDS. THAT'S $123.7 MILLION, AND THEN A PORTION OF THE 2025 BONDS, SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON THOSE PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT $209.7 MILLION OF PROP A AND $1.6 MILLION OF PROP B, SO THE TOTAL SALE WOULD BE $335 MILLION. THAT WOULD HELP US FINISH OUT THE 2023 PROJECTS AND THEN GET STARTED ON THE 25 PROJECTS.

WE SOLD ONCE ON THE 2023 AUTHORIZATION, WE SOLD $100 MILLION IN NOVEMBER OF 2023.

THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED. WE'RE BORROWING MONEY FROM GENERAL FUND TO CONTINUE TO PAY CONSTRUCTION BILLS UNTIL WE GET THESE DOLLARS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A PRICING IN JULY AND THEN SETTLEMENT OF THE FUNDS IN AUGUST.

AND THEN I BELIEVE THE 25 WELL, BOTH OF THESE CELLS WILL BE SUBJECT TO SOME HOLD HARMLESS WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION GOING INTO INCREASING FOR THIS TAX YEAR, AS LONG AS WE HAVE A TRANSACTION BY AUGUST 31ST.

AND ANDY BRACEWELL IS HERE DAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE JOINING US, HE'S NOT HERE YET.

ANDY, IF I'M SPEAKING INCORRECTLY ABOUT THE HOLD HARMLESS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW I HAVEN'T HAD A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, BUT. OKAY SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US ON THE INSIDE.

SO THE $123,000,000 PLUS THE $200 AND X, I'M LOOKING FOR IT, WAIT FOR IT $297,000,000 UNDER THE LAW. UNDER, WHAT WAS IT? ASB 3. WHAT WAS THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE BILL? WE TRACKED A LOT OF BILLS EVERYBODY [LAUGHTER] SO WHAT'S THAT FOR? I THINK MAYBE. YES, MAYBE.

ALL RIGHT SO THESE BOND SALES WILL BE HELD HARMLESS FROM THE PROP, FROM THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASE THE DISABLED INCREASE FOR THIS SALE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING SO THEN WE'LL HAVE A DELTA OF $190,000,000? 190.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE STORY IN 2026 FOR THAT $190 MILLION? SO WHEN YOU SELL THE $190 MILLION THE HOMESTEAD INCREASE WILL BE IN EFFECT AND SO YOU'LL HAVE A LOWER PROPERTY VALUE TO ASSESS TAXES ON. SO STAYING UNDER 35, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE ALL OF THIS OVER TIME AT $0.35.

[00:30:08]

WHAT WOULD BE? I'M NOT SUGGESTING THIS, I'M JUST OFFERING THIS AS A THOUGHT.

WHAT WOULD BE THE NEGATIVE? OBVIOUSLY, OUTSIDE OF OBLIGATING OURSELVES TO DEBT EARLIER THAN WE NEED IT.

WHAT WOULD BE THE NEGATIVE FROM A CAPACITY PERSPECTIVE, OR JUST FROM A PRACTICAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE IN SELLING THE MAJORITY? NOW, WHEN IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, WHEN WE GET MORE FOR THE TAX DOLLARS OR THE RATE THAT WE'RE AT NOW.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THE NEGATIVE WOULD BE, WELL, FIRST I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SELL, WELL HOW MUCH WE CAN SELL AND STAY AT $0.35 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE BOARD WANTS TO INCREASE $0.35 .

THAT'S RIGHT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT LET ME SAY THIS TO MAKE SURE I'M RIGHT. THAT WAS PREDICATED ON GROWTH OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AT $0.35 TO GIVE US THE CAPACITY WE NEED TO SELL THOSE BONDS. RIGHT. GOT IT I'M LEAVING THAT OUT.

THAT'S NOT OUR INTENT OUR INTENT IS TO STAY AT $0.35.

I DIDN'T GO UP TO THE FULL CAPACITY LIMIT BECAUSE, ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBABLY MORE CASH THAN YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND IN TWO YEARS.

SO ARBITRAGE WILL PROBABLY KICK IN, WHICH ARBITRAGE IS NOT A BAD THING.

IT JUST MEANS YOU EARNED INTEREST SO YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP IT A LL.

RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CASH TO MANAGE BUT A PRETTY LEAN TEAM.

NOW WE ARE HIRING A BOND ACCOUNTANT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT CASH MANAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE TOTALLY UNDER THEIR PURVIEW THAT WILL BE UP TO RANDY.

SO, I MEAN, YOU WANT TO ISSUE THE CASH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET THE PROJECTS DONE.

YEAH, SURE SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THOSE OTHER VARIABLES AND GONE INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST, I WOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHING YOU TO SELL ALL OF THE AUTHORIZATION NO MATTER WHAT, BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ISSUE IT IN THE FUTURE.

REMEMBER THAT 20% CAP THAT WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD HAVE REALLY, REALLY SO THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN I DON'T HAVE THE PAPERS WITH ME, AND DAN'S NOT HERE.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW MUCH HE SAID WE COULD ISSUE AT $0.35.

I THINK IT WAS 526, BUT IT WASN'T ALL RIGHT NOW IT'S OVER THREE YEARS.

OKAY YEAH. SO I DON'T, WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE HITTING $0.35, SO.

ALL RIGHT BECAUSE WE MADE SOME DECISIONS. I ONLY OFFER THIS BECAUSE WE MADE SOME DECISIONS BASED ON BOND CAPACITY AT THAT RATE OVER GROWTH. AND NOW BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M ALL ABOUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASING AND THE TAX BREAKS TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND FROM NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE HELD HARMLESS AS WELL THAT'S GOOD NEWS. HOWEVER, OUR BOND CAPACITY WILL SHRINK IN THAT.

AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL HAVE DONE THE ANALYSIS TO BRING THIS RECOMMENDATION FORTH, BEING OUR BEST OPTION FOR THE NEXT 2026-2027? I MEAN, IF WE SELL 209 OF 25, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TILL 27 BEFORE YOU HAVE TO ISSUE BONDS AGAIN.

OKAY AND YOU DO HAVE A BIG SESSION HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE A LARGE PROJECT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IF THAT GETS KICK IN AND DRAWS COME DOWN, I MEAN IT, IT IS SO HARD TO GAUGE YOUR CONSTRUCTION DRAWS.

CONTRACTORS ALWAYS TELL YOU THEY'RE GOING TO DRAW FASTER THAN THEY DO AND THEY DON'T. I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU COULD MAKE IT TILL THE END OF 26 INTO EARLY 27, IF NOT LATER, BEFORE YOU HAVE TO SELL AGAIN.

OKAY WELL, IF WE ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, THEN LET'S PROCEED.

I'M JUST THROWING THOSE THINGS OUT THERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GIVEN THE VARIABLES AND THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS, WE'RE NOT IN A DISTRICT THAT FINDS OURSELVES IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN'T.

BUT THAT HOLD HARMLESS COMES AND GOES. THEY TOOK SOME AWAY THIS SESSION AND THEY'LL THEY CAN TAKE IT AWAY IN THE FUTURE.

SO IT MIGHT BE HELD HARMLESS FOR A YEAR OR TWO AND THEN THE HOLD HARMLESS GOES AWAY AND YOU'RE BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED SO.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING MY THOUGHT, I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M A VERY SMALL QUESTION ABOUT PROP TWO.

JUST KIND OF SAME THING. WHAT WE'RE SELLING, WHAT WE'RE KEEPING.

WHY DO WE'RE TAKING $1.6 OUT OF PROP TWO? SO WHAT'S THE VARIABLE THE DIFFERENCE WHY NOT JUST TAKE IT ALL? I WAS LOOKING AT THE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS AND THE TIMELINE FOR THEM, AND JUST TRYING TO SELL TWO YEARS WORTH OF PROJECTS AND NOT THE WHOLE THING.

ALL RIGHT OUR LAST ACTION FOR NEXT WEEK IS THE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACTING OF OUR MINOR CONSTRUCTION TRADES.

[00:35:03]

OKAY, SO WE DID A BID FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACTING.

WE HAD A BID THAT RAN THROUGH THIS YEAR AND WHAT JOB ORDER CONTRACTING IS WHEN WE NEED TO GET A SIDEWALK OR SOME MINOR CONSTRUCTION REPAIRS, ETC. WE HAVE A POOL OF CONTRACTORS THAT WE CAN GO TO WITHOUT HAVING TO ISSUE A BID FOR THAT SPECIFIC LITTLE PROJECT.

SO WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE SUBMIT PROPOSALS THREE OF THOSE WERE FOR ALL OF THE TRADES LISTED.

ONE WAS FOR ROOFING ONLY AND TWO WERE FOR MOST OF THE TRADES BUT THEN THEY WOULD SUBCONTRACT OUT OTHERS.

SO WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THIS CSP FOR ALL FIVE THAT SUBMITTED AND THAT WILL GIVE US A POOL TO LOOK TO FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION NEEDS FOR FIVE YEARS.

TRICIA. SO WOULD YOU ASK THEM FOR BIDS JUST USING THIS POOL OR YOU WOULD JUST GO? YEAH DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT. IF IT WAS ROOFING ON A SECTION OF A BUILDING THAT WAS SMALL, WE WOULD GO TO THREE OF THEM AND SAY, WHAT IS YOUR BEST PRICE? OKAY I KNOW THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION THANK YOU ALL RIGHT ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON ANY ACTION ITEMS? I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A BIT NEXT WEEK, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION FOR NEXT WEEK? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND INFORMATION LEARNING AND INNOVATION REPORT.

[11. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AND HAPPY THAT WE'RE SEEING WHERE OUR GOAL IS AT THE 50TH PERCENTILE OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS, SOME AREAS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO WHY.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY THE STANDARD DEVIATION IS PLUS OR MINUS THREE.

SO WE LIKE TO GO WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT. FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE A LITTLE LESS THAN 50TH PERCENTILE.

BUT JUST REMEMBER IT'S ON A NORMATIVE SCALE. SO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

WE'RE PRETTY PLEASED WITH THOSE UPDATES FROM THE COUNSELING HEALTH SERVICES WITH OUR EFFECTIVE ADVISING FRAMEWORK.

THEY'VE CLOSED OUT THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEY'VE HIGHLIGHTED THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THERE AND THEY'VE MET THEIR GOALS, IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE REPORT, THEY'VE IN THE FOUR AREAS, THEY'VE EXCEEDED THE GOAL IN EVERY AREA, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN THEY GAVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2025-2026.

IN ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THAT PERSONALIZED GRADUATION CAREER PLAN STARTING IN SEVENTH GRADE, THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING. AND THEN ALSO INCREASING OUR 11TH GRADE STUDENTS READINESS FOR THAT COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS. AND THAT PERCENTAGE IS 35%.

WE WANT IT TO BE AT LEAST 50% SO THAT THEY'RE GOING INTO THEIR JUNIORS THEIR SENIOR YEAR EXCUSE ME.

ALREADY READY FOR THAT POST-SECONDARY EXPERIENCE.

AND THEN THE PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT INCREASING THAT FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS FROM THE 26% TO 40% IS A PRETTY LOFTY GOAL. BUT I THINK THEY CAN MEET THAT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND FOR THAT.

AND THEN DECREASING DISCIPLINE REFERRALS BY 25% WE DON'T HAVE THE BASELINE YET FOR THAT.

THAT WILL COME OUT IN THE FALL. SO THEY'LL WORK ON THAT DECREASE IN DISCIPLINARY REFERRALS.

AND THEN NADINE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HER GRANT FOR ECEC AND PRE-K FOR ACTUALLY PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND RESOURCES TO GET TEACHERS CERTIFIED IN THOSE YOUNGER GRADES. WE HAVE FREE MONEY THAT WE CAN FORWARD RIGHT TO BUILDING CAPACITY IN OUR STAFF, WHICH IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WE WANT TO STRIVE FOR TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AS WELL.

AND THEN THE ASSESSMENT OBVIOUSLY STAAR IS GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED IN MID-JUNE TO FAMILIES AND THEN ACCESSIBLE AND FAMILY ACCESS.

AND THEN SHE GAVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE FITNESS GRAM.

BUT THEN IN THERE SHE DOES HAVE OUR SUMMER CREDIT BY EXAM WHICH WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN WORKSHOP.

WE HAD 242 CREDIT BY EXAM TESTERS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 11TH GRADE THIS PAST ROUND.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY ABOUT THE FAFSA GOAL.

YES. BECAUSE MY KIDDO JUST HAD THAT REQUIREMENT.

AND IT SURPRISED ME WHEN OUR TEXAS LEGISLATURE DECIDED THAT, ANYWAY, IT IS A REQUIREMENT, BUT THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE HAD 45% OF OUR SENIORS.

DO THAT OPT OUT FORM WHERE THE PARENT DECLINES? YES. THAT'S WOW MAYBE THOSE PARENTS SHOULD CIRCLE BACK TO THEIR LEGISLATORS AND SAY [LAUGHTER].

[00:40:07]

HOW ARE WE DOING IT CURRENTLY AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO DIFFERENT TO INCREASE THAT? SO I CAN BRING THAT INFORMATION ON MONDAY TO YOU.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF DETAIL. SO THE WAY THIS EAF GRANT AND THE GOALS ARE DETERMINED, IT'S EDUCATORS, IT'S TEACHERS, COUNSELORS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE WORKED ALL YEAR WITH OUR REGION 13 CONSULTANT, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT OUR DATA AND THEN LOOKING AT JUST OUR GAPS FOR ANY COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS FOR PARENTS OR FOR STUDENTS.

AND THEN THEY WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE NEEDS AND WHAT KIND OF GOALS CAN WE CREATE TO FULFILL THAT, THAT'S PART OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE COUNSELING. THEY HAVE VERY DETAILED INFORMATION THAT I JUST DON'T HAVE IN THE REPORT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ON MONDAY.

SO NOT THE CCMR ONE THE EIGHTH GRADE THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT FOR EIGHTH GRADE.

OKAY THAT'S WHAT AND THEN THE DISCIPLINE REFERRALS IS THAT OVER K12.

IS THAT AT SECONDARY? W HAT'S THE? I'M ASSUMING IT'S SECONDARY.

BUT I WILL GET CLARIFICATION AND HAVE THOSE TWO ITEMS FOR YOU.

OKAY. AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE A BASELINE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TRACKING? I MEAN SURELY WE TRACK.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL JUST ON WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE CAN GET THAT.

THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT STAAR.

BECAUSE UP WHEN I WAS READING THIS, I WAS LIKE, OH, LET ME GO CHECK MY KIDS STAAR SCORES.

WHERE IF MY FIFTH GRADERS SCORES ARE NOT IN THERE YET? NO MIDDLE JUNE, SO I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE EXACTLY, BUT ANY DAY NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO RELEASE IT.

BUT MY EIGHTH GRADER, TWO OF HER TESTS WERE IN THERE SO WE'RE JUST WAITING.

IF PARENTS ARE ASKING LIKE. THEY'RE PROBABLY ROLLING OUT AS THEY GET THEM SO ANY DAY NOW.

GOT IT. WE DON'T HAVE THEM YET FROM THE STATE EITHER.

OKAY. IN THAT WAY THAT WE NORMALLY GET THEM SO.

YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME DOCTOR KIDD, OH HOLD ON.

YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY, SO I'M USED TO THE MAP VIEWING THE MAP WITH MY KIDS WITH THE NICE LITTLE GRAPH.

THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, HERE'S WHERE YOU ARE. SO I'M A VERY VISUAL GUY SO WHEN I SEE THE SPREADSHEET OF, LIKE, JUST A BUNCH OF NUMBERS AND PERCENTILES, I GET A LITTLE CONFUSED. SO IF YOU COULD HELP ME OUT, MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES ARE COULD BE THE SAME WAY. SO WHAT? WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO EVALUATE THIS IS ONE OF THE WAY WE EVALUATE STUDENT OUTCOMES IS THROUGH MAP TESTING, RIGHT? SO IT'S A VERY VALUABLE TOOL FOR US. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT, I GUESS OBJECTIVELY LOOKING FOR.

AND AS WE'RE AS WE'VE ACCUMULATED NOW, KIND OF STUDENTS TESTED BY GRADE, WHERE DO WE HAVE TARGETS? LIKE AS IT RELATES TO? WELL, LET ME JUST PAUSE.

SO THIS CAME FROM THE BOARD OUR GOAL AS A DISTRICT THAT WE SET HAD A THREE YEAR, AND THIS IS THIRD YEAR NOW OF THAT GOAL THAT WE WOULD GET TO. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO BASE OUR ACADEMIC GOALS BASED ON STAAR WE WANTED IT BASED ON GROWTH.

AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY PREDATING EVERYBODY BUT MARY JANE.

SO WE SET THE GOAL WE WANTED MAP AS OUR KIND OF DATA METRIC.

SO WE KIND OF WENT ALL IN ON MAP BECAUSE WE WANTED GROWTH.

AND 50% YOU COULD MARY JANE YOU CAN CHIME IN, BUT 50% IS KIND OF OUR BIG BOTTOM LINE NUMBER.

WE WANTED 100% OF EVERYBODY AT 50%. SO WE WERE ON KIND OF A TIER BECAUSE WE STARTED LOOKING AT CERTAIN GRADES, FIRST YEAR AND THEN MORE, AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE DISTRICT AND SO WE'RE PRETTY TO DOCTOR KIDD'S POINT.

WITH THE STANDARD DEVIATION I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE, WE MIGHT KIND OF BE A LITTLE LOW ON.

WE'RE ALMOST MEETING THAT GOAL. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY EXCEPTIONAL DATA BASED ON THE GOAL WE HAD SET FOR OUR DISTRICT SO OUR GOAL, BOARD GOAL FOR EACH GRADE WAS TO HAVE A GROWTH PERCENTILE AT 50%? CORRECT. AT 50%? OKAY. BECAUSE WHAT'S THE NATIONAL OR WHAT'S THE TEXAS STANDARD? BECAUSE WE LOOKED, IT DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE BLUE.

WE LOOKED AT NATIONAL AND WE LOOKED AT STATE AND WE LOOKED AT OUR REGION.

AND 50% WAS A PRETTY GROSS GOAL. I MEAN, IT WAS BEYOND EVEN HOW OUR REGION AND HOW OUR STATE PERFORMS, BECAUSE I THINK, I WANT TO SAY THE NUMBER, WAS LIKE 25TH? IT WAS MAYBE LOWER THAN THAT. IT MIGHT BE 10'S? AND WE WANTED A VERY HIGH GOAL. OKAY. THE 50TH PERCENTILE IS ACTUALLY EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE, THE MEDIAN OF, AND MAYBE I SHOULD LET YOU EXPLAIN THIS [LAUGHTER].

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS, MAYBE TO KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN FOR ROB IS THAT YOUR MEDIAN STUDENT IS GROWING

[00:45:02]

YES. WHICH IS THAT'S GOOD LIKE OUR KIDS ARE GROWING.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT ALL OF THIS SAYS, IS THAT THE AVERAGE STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT IS MAKING LEAPS AND BOUNDS GROWTH EVERY YEAR.

YES AND THE COMPANY THAT PUTS ON MAP IS VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR DATA.

THEY DO HAVE THESE HEAT MAPS THAT THEY'RE SENDING US THAT I CAN IT'S MORE VISUAL THAT ONCE I GET THEM, I WILL SHARE. WITH MORE VISUAL, THE BETTER FOR YOUR TRUSTEE OVER HERE.

I CAN GET YOU THIS YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE SO I WAS LIKE I CAN'T GIVE THAT TO THE BOARD THEY'RE GOING TO LAUGH AT ME SO [LAUGHTER] WE JUST DID IT THIS WAY FOR RIGHT NOW.

REITERATE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE OUTPERFORMING SO IF YOU LOOK BY GRADE LEVEL, THE KIDS IN THAT SAME GRADE LEVEL, NATIONALLY AND EVEN GLOBALLY, OUR KIDS ARE OUTGROWING THOSE STUDENTS BY IN THE 63TH PERCENTILE.

THEY'RE GROWING HIGHER THAN 63% OF THE OTHER KIDS TAKING THE TEST.

WITH THE SAME INSTRUCTIONAL WEEKS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF COMPARISON.

SO, YES, TO YOUR POINT, WE ARE WE WANT EVERY STUDENT GROWING.

THIS IS SAYING A MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE WE HAVE A HARDER TASK BECAUSE OUR KIDS, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR ACHIEVEMENT, OUR KIDS ARE ALSO HIGH ACHIEVING. AND SOMETIMES THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE HARD TO GROW EVEN FURTHER, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS, BUT WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY.

WE NEED TO INCREASE THE TRANSFER SO THAT THEY CAN APPLY KNOWLEDGE DIFFERENTLY, SO THAT WE CAN SEE CONTINUED GROWTH IN OUR HIGH LEARNERS.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE POINT OF HOW WE ENDED UP WITH MAP.

STAAR TESTS THE BASELINE LEVEL FOR WHAT THE STATE WANTS TO SEE IS THEIR STANDARD.

MAP IS HOW DO YOU TAKE EVEN YOUR HIGHEST ACHIEVING KIDS AND KEEP MOVING THEIR LEARNING FORWARD, SO THAT WE KNOW EVERY STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM IS LEARNING.

AND SO THAT WAS PART OF WHY WE WERE LOOKING FOR DATA THAT WOULD TELL US WE WERE FOCUSED ON TRULY LOOKING AT EVERY INDIVIDUAL LEARNER AND THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH AND PUSHING THAT BAR AS OPPOSED TO, OH, THEY'RE ALL MEETING A BASELINE, RIGHT.

AND SO A DIFFERENT BENCHMARK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT INTENTION FOR US.

OKAY SO NOW THAT I HAVE ALL THAT CONTEXT, THANK YOU STEFANI FOR [LAUGHTER], I MISSED OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD AND I'M USED TO THE GRAPHS, SO WE'LL GET GRAPHS NEXT TIME. I'LL LIKE YOU. I REMEMBER THIS, SO I SHOULD TAKE FROM THIS THAT THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD BETWEEN SPRING AND 2024 AND SPRING OF 2025 RANKS IN MOST OF OUR GRADES, AT OR SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE 50% PERCENTILE, WHICH IS SOUNDS LIKE DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AS IT RELATES TO GROWTH OVER THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY GREAT. THAT SAID, ALSO THE ACHIEVEMENT PERCENTILE CATEGORY IS HOW OUR KIDS SCORE IN PERCENTILE IN COMPARISON TO ALL THE OTHER KIDS THAT TAKE THIS TEST.

WE'RE IN THE 68% TO 74%. AND THERE'S A CAVEAT TO THAT TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS MAP ACHIEVEMENT.

SO IT'S BECAUSE MAP THIS ISN'T LIKE STAAR OR AN SAT SCORE.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND YOU CAN FILL IN THE GAP LIKE THIS BECAUSE YES, IT'S EASY TO SEE, OH WE'RE ONLY IN THE 74TH, BUT IT'S NOT IT'S LOOKED AT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN JUST THAT.

AND IT'S A NORMATIVE CURVE. SO ANYTHING THIS IS WHERE THE 25TH PERCENTILE AND THE 75TH PERCENTILE IS AVERAGE.

SO THAT LARGE CURVE THOSE ARE OUR AVERAGE MEDIAN, RIGHT? THERE'S HIGH AVERAGE. WE ARE HIGH AVERAGE UP TO THE 25TH PERCENTILE IS OKAY.

RIGHT? IT'S AVERAGE IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE IT'S A PERCENTILE. SO IT'S A NORM TEST THEY TAKE A IT'S ON FULL DISPLAY FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. THE ACHIEVEMENT IS A LITTLE IT'S HARD TO INTERPRET, BUT ACTUALLY, I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD SEE THIS AND THINK, OH, HOW ARE WE ONLY IN THE 69TH PERCENTILE? THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY HOW TO READ THIS DATA. THE WAY IT READS ON OUR INDIVIDUAL PRINTOUT IS IF IT'S 68 OR 60, WHATEVER IT IS, YOUR STUDENT SCORED 69% BETTER THAN EVERY OTHER STUDENT.

I DO, YES IN THAT CONTEXT, I'M FULLY TRACKED.

THEY'RE NOT IN THE 69TH LIKE PERCENT OF ALL IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE IT'S A PERCENTILE . YEAH THANK YOU SHANDA RIGHT YES.

NOW THAT I'VE SUCCESSFULLY CONFUSED EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO SHUT UP [LAUGHTER]. IF IT WAS JUST A REGULAR PERCENTAGE, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SCORE ALL THE TESTS, IN A NORMATIVE TEST THEY LINE EVERYBODY UP AND IF YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THAT LINE.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET WHEN I DO THE NORMATIVE CURVE AND I DO THAT A LOT.

THAT'S THE LINE OF TESTERS. AND SO IT STARTS GOING WAY UP AT 25 IT HITS MAX AT 50 AND IT STARTS GOING DOWN AT 75.

[00:50:05]

AND THAT'S GOING TO SHOW US EITHER GROWTH OR ACHIEVEMENT OR BOTH.

OUR DISTRICT SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE AT 50 OR HIGHER SO WE'RE EVEN ABOVE THE ABOVE AVERAGE.

OH, YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE BUT THIS TELLS ME TWO THINGS. WE HAVE ROCK STAAR TEACHERS.

WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE TEACHING ABOVE AND BEYOND.

I THINK WHAT OUR STATE IS REQUESTING THAT THEY DO.

AND WE HAVE KIDS HERE THAT LIVE HERE THAT WANT TO BE CHALLENGED.

THEY WANT THAT BAR SET HIGH, AND THIS SHOWS ME THEY'RE JUMPING IN AND THEY'RE MEETING THE CHALLENGE AND THEY'RE DOING SOME PHENOMENAL THINGS.

BUT OKAY, LINDA, THAT'S ANOTHER ATTRACTION TO GET TEACHERS TO WANT TO WORK HERE.

WHEN THEY LOOK AT THIS KIND OF DATA, THIS WOULD BE THE KIND OF PLACE I WOULD WANT TO TEACH, BECAUSE WE JUST SET THE BAR HIGH AND THEY ACHIEVE IT SO WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. IS THIS WHERE WE DO THE CONVERSATION MARY JANE? OH, PROBABLY. YEAH MY, THE THOUGHT THAT BROUGHT TO MIND IS I'M NOT SURE WHEN WE DID THE WALK THROUGH WHERE THE KIDS THEMSELVES SHOWED THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF MAP AND THEIR OWNERSHIP, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO PLAN AGAIN FOR SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN, WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR OWN GROWTH.

YOU ALSO SEE IT WHEN WE DID RECENTLY. WHO DID WE DO THE END OF YEAR, THE END OF YEAR CONFERENCES AT WALNUT? AND THEY DO THAT IN THEIR END OF YEAR CONFERENCE THEY SHOW YOU THEIR MAP DATA, THEIR TARGET GOALS THAT THEY SET AND THEN THEIR INDIVIDUAL GROWTH SO.

IS THIS WHERE WE SHOULD CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION FROM OUR WORKSHOP? OKAY I'LL THROW A COUPLE THINGS IN HERE.

AND JUST JUST FOR THOUGHTS, IT'S MORE I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE DISTRICT IS AS IT RELATES TO THAT.

HERE'S WHAT I'LL JUST OFFER FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE. ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDST OF DISSECTING MATH GROWTH, WHERE OUR KIDS ARE A T A GRAND SCALE FAR EXCEEDING THEIR PEERS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH.

HERE'S WHAT I'LL SAY. IF NOT THIS TOOL, LET'S FIND THE TOOL RIGHT? AS IT RELATES TO GIVING STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCELERATE.

AND I OFFER THAT FOR THIS YEAR PERSPECTIVE. I HAVE A SAYING LESS IS LESS.

AND I KNOW SOMETIMES FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS REQUIRE US TO DO SOMETIMES LESS THINGS, RIGHT? THAT SAYS, THOUGH, WHEN WE DO LESS THINGS THAT CAN SOMETIMES LEAD TO LESS BENEFIT, IT CAN LEAD TO LESS OUTCOMES.

AND SO WHAT I CHALLENGE US TO DO, AND THE TEAM TO DO IS TO THINK THROUGH ACADEMICALLY.

IF THERE'S A PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO HELP KIDS ACCELERATE, OR ANOTHER OF THE OTHER REASONS THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS BROUGHT INTO EXISTENCE, AND I'M NOT SURE ALL OF THEM, AND WE TRY TO SCALE THAT BACK FOR THE THREE REASONS NOTED IN THE WORKSHOP, RIGHT? SOME FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AROUND THAT WHICH WE CONTROL.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE CONTROL THAT OPERATIONAL STUFF THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO IMPLEMENT BASED ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE.

AND THEN THE THIRD WAS THE ACADEMIC DEALS, THE VARIABLES AS IT RELATES TO PASSING.

AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. OKAY BE THAT AS IT MAY, WHAT I WOULD ASK US TO DO IS SAY, OKAY, WELL, THAT TOOL ISN'T WORKING. WE STILL HAVE A POPULATION OF STUDENTS THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

RIGHT. WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL THE KIDS IN LIKE A DEAL AND SAY YOU'RE IT'S THERE'S GOING TO BE INDIVIDUAL REASONS THAT THEY'RE BENEFITING.

WE SHOULD HARNESS THAT IN SOME OTHER WAY THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR GREATER SUCCESS AT A LARGER SCALE.

SO THAT WOULD JUST BE MY PHILOSOPHIC THOUGHT FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.

IF WE PULL BACK ON THIS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO FIND ANOTHER PROGRAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO FOCUS ON THAT STUDENT POPULATION, BECAUSE I TALK A LOT ABOUT CLOSING THE GAPS. SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME, RIGHT? BECAUSE MY KIDS, ONE OF MY KIDS WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM WHERE, YOU KNOW, INTERVENTION WAS THE KEY DRIVER OF HER SUCCESS.

WELL, THE KIDS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY, ACCELERATION, MAYBE OR IS THE KEY TO THEIR SUCCESS.

SO WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS DO LESS THERE, RIGHT? SO MY PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENT IS REALLY IF NOT THIS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO FIND THE THING.

RIGHT? MAYBE WE DO A PROOF OF PRINCIPLE. MAYBE WE DO A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HOLD KIDS BACK IN AN EFFORT TO EXCEL AND FIND THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM THAT HAS THEIR PARENTS SUPPORT.

AND NO QUESTIONS JUST A THOUGHT THAT I'LL THROW OUT THERE. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. I'M GLAD THAT YOU STARTED THERE, BECAUSE I FULLY AGREE WITH ALL THOSE THINGS YOU SAID.

AND I HAVE TO KIND OF WEAR TWO HATS IN THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE AS, LIKE YOU SAID, THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND, I MEAN, ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS GOT UP THERE AND SAID, THIS IS REALLY A DIFFICULT PROGRAM.

[00:55:02]

I WAS LIKE, OH GOSH, SHE'S VERY BRIGHT I KNOW THAT.

SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN WILDLY UNDERSERVED IN A REGULAR ED CLASSROOM, NOT HAVING HAD THE ACCELERATION.

NOW I, WE HAVE SPENT NINE YEARS HERE, SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT FROM YOU KNOW, WITH MY NOW GOING INTO FRESHMAN YEAR.

AND I KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM HAS CHANGED A LOT, AND I WONDER IF WE DIDN'T JUST OPEN IT TOO WIDE BECAUSE WE USED TO JUST DO MATH AND READING FOR SINGLE SUBJECT ACCELERATION. AND THEN ACTUALLY, I WANT TO SAY MAYBE IT WAS ONLY MATH WHENEVER MY YOUNGEST STARTED.

AND THEN MAYBE WE ADDED READING AND THEN IT WAS SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE AND WE'VE ADDED ALL OF THESE THINGS.

AND I DO WONDER BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT REPORT AND WE SAW, OKAY, THERE WERE ONLY, YOU KNOW, A HANDFUL OF KIDS EVEN WANTING TO TEST IN SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE.

I THINK WE SHOULD THINK THROUGH NOT SCRAPPING THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAILORING IT DOWN BACK TO THE BASICS OF WHAT WE USED TO DO IT AS.

MAYBE HAVING THE WITH THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, HAVING PARENTS HAVE THE OPTION TO PAY FOR THE EXAMS, WHICH AGAIN, AS A PUTTING MY PARENT HAT ON, THAT IS SOMETHING I ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE DONE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE SERVED, YOU KNOW, MY CHILD IN A BETTER CAPACITY. I THINK THAT FOR ME THAT SPEAKING TO WHAT RHONDA WHITMAN SAID IN THAT MEETING AND SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT OTHER DISTRICTS AREN'T OFFERING IT.

AND WHILE IT WAS BROUGHT UP AS LIKE, WELL, LOOK AROUND, EVERYONE'S STRUGGLING WHEN THEY LEAVE DRIPPING SPRINGS BECAUSE OTHER DISTRICTS AREN'T OFFERING IT, AND SO THEIR KIDS CAN'T TRANSFER THOSE CREDITS IN.

WELL, THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THERE STAYING IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM, AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PARENTS WHO SAY WE CAME TO DRIPPING SPRINGS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ISD'S AROUND US DON'T OFFER SINGLE SUBJECT ACCELERATION.

SO THAT'S A FACTOR FOR ME, TOO. AND I THINK HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF HOW IT CAN BE TAILORED BECAUSE LIKE ROB SAYING, CLOSING THE GAPS HAS TO WORK BOTH WAYS. AND IF WE'RE KEEPING THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STIFLING THEM AND SAYING, WELL, SORRY, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, CAN'T AFFORD IT, DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION CANCEL IT.

TO ME, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT DECISION. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSERVE CERTAIN KIDS BY SCRAPPING THE WHOLE PROGRAM COMPLETELY.

I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT SCRAPPING THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

SO JUST IF SOMEONE HEARS A SOUNDBITE, THIS IS ONLY AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, BEING THAT IT IS A PHASE, THERE IS ALWAYS OPEN TO FLEXIBILITY AND FURTHER DISCUSSION AS THIS GETS IMPLEMENTED DOWN THE ROAD. SO THIS ISN'T LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE ENDING EVERYTHING. SO JUST FOR ANYBODY LISTENING I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION, THAT THIS IS NOT LIKE A FUNDAMENTAL WE DON'T LIKE THIS PROGRAM ALTOGETHER.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ELEMENTARY K - 5 STUDENTS THAT'S EVEN UNDER DISCUSSION.

YES BUT. AFTER THIS YEAR, K - 5, WE ARE NOT TESTING ANY OTHER STUDENTS FOR SINGLE SUBJECT ACCELERATION.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S THE PLANS AS OF TODAY BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MAYBE THEY MANDATE AGAIN FOR K- 12. I MEAN, THE REASON WE DO IT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO I JUST WANT TO ADD SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THIS CONVERSATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF RIGID, VERY STRONG OPINIONS.

AND I, AS AN ACCELERATED LEARNER, I HAVE MY OWN STRONG OPINIONS.

I ALSO HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

I'VE ALSO SEEN WHAT HAPPENS AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SO THERE'S A LOT THAT IS STILL TO BE DISCUSSED.

AS OF NEXT YEAR THERE WILL NOT BE TESTING BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS FACTORED INTO OUR BUDGET, AND IT WILL BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD.

BUT I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO LAY THAT FRAMEWORK THERE ALSO.

BUT TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR NEXT, AS OF AFTER THIS SUMMER, PENDING ANY OTHER LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, WE ARE NOT TESTING K- 5 STUDENTS SINGLE SUBJECT ACCELERATION.

WE MAY CHANGE OUR MIND A YEAR FROM NOW. MAYBE WE GET A TON OF FEEDBACK THAT THIS IS A HORRIBLE, AWFUL THING WE'VE DONE AND WE NEED TO REASSESS.

I MEAN, YES, WE ARE PLANNING A BUDGET NOW, BUT THINGS ARE ALWAYS UP TO FLUX.

NO WELL, I HOPE THAT THEY ARE BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT I, I ALSO JUST WHILE I HAVE THE FLOOR WILL ALSO SAY SOMETIMES AS A PARENT AND AS A PARENT OF SOMEONE WHO'S ALSO GT VERY GIFTED,

[01:00:05]

AND I DO NOT. I VERY MUCH WANT TO CORRECT FROM THIS DAIS THAT THE DECISION WAS NOT HOW YOU MADE IT SOUND, THAT WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT HOW OUR DISTRICT OFFICIALS CAME TO THIS DECISION.

THESE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN LIKE FOUR YEARS IN DISCUSSION BECAUSE OUR BUDGET CRISIS IS A MASSIVE CRISIS.

AND THIS WAS SOMETHING FROM CAMPUSES WHEN LAST YEAR THEY WENT ON A ROAD SHOW BASICALLY DESPERATE FOR WAYS TO CUT MONEY.

IT WAS THE CAMPUSES THAT BROUGHT THAT TO OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND.

THIS IS A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL THING. EVEN JUST AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE'RE NOT EVEN TOUCHING HIGHER SECONDARY.

AND THEY DID NOT MAKE THAT DECISION JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.

IN FACT, IT WAS ME AND MYSELF THAT SAID THOSE EXACT TIPS TO OUR DISTRICT.

LIKE, WHY CAN'T WE JUST PAY FOR OUR TESTS? WHY CAN'T PARENTS JUST LIKE, GIVE THEIR OWN STUDENTS? SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT OUR DISTRICT CAME TO THIS DECISION VERY MINDFULLY AND VERY INFORMED WITH A LOT OF THIS FEEDBACK ALREADY. BUT YES, WE ARE FLEXIBLE AND WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE COURSE AS A BOARD.

BUT KIM, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. YEAH AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB SERVING OUR GT KIDS, BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO A POCKET OF KIDS IN ELEMENTARY WHO HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO BE TESTED FOR GT WHO ARE VERY BRIGHT PERFORMING KIDS WHO I KNOW WHO ARE BORED, LIKE IN A REGULAR SETTING.

AND I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THEM KIND OF MOVING UP BY GRADE LEVEL, BUT DON'T WANT TO HOLD THEM BACK BY SUBJECT OR CONTENT AREA.

YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A PROGRAM LOOK LIKE THAT IS AFFORDABLE FOR US TO MEET THE NEEDS TO CHALLENGE THIS POCKET OF KIDS WHO ARE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF BORED, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE SITTING, BUT THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING THAT GT ROUTE.

IS THERE AN ADVANCED ELEMENTARY TYPE CLASSROOM THAT COULD SERVE THESE TYPE OF STUDENTS? YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAD THAT IN THE PAST. THERE WERE PROS AND CONS OF THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, I WAS AROUND A LOT OF KIDS WHO WENT THROUGH AN ADVANCED ELEMENTARY PROGRAM IN GRADES FOUR AND FIVE.

IT WASN'T OFFERED IN K ONE, TWO AND THREE. AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THOSE STUDENTS WERE AND HOW LIGHT BULBS CLICKED.

AND THEY JUST RAN WITH THE CHARGE, YOU KNOW, IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.

SO I'M KIND OF WITH ROB, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING TO KIND OF LOOK AT OR DISCUSSIONS THAT WE COULD HAVE OR, YOU KNOW, OFFER A TYPE OF TRAINING FOR THOSE CAMPUSES TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THOSE KIDS GRADE LEVEL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE ADVANCED CONTENT, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE UPPER GRADES.

BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW I'M NOT AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER.

I DON'T HAVE AN ELEMENTARY BACKGROUND, BUT I'M A PARENT OF TWO KIDS THAT WENT THROUGH ELEMENTARY SO.

THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I DON'T NEED ANY ANSWERS TONIGHT I'M JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REDUNDANCY, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I'M LIKE A HYBRID OF THINGS THAT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES JUST SAID.

I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY KIDS THROUGH THE GAPS, BECAUSE IF THEY LOSE FOCUS AND THEY'RE NOT CHALLENGED, THEY DO BECOME ULTIMATELY UNDERSERVED. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REITERATE WHAT STEFANI WAS SAYING. THIS IS FEEDBACK THAT CAME FROM OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, AND THEY CONSIDER NOT ONLY FISCAL, BUT ACADEMIC AND OPERATIONAL.

I LOOK AT OUR MASTER SCHEDULE, OUR PRINCIPALS DO AMAZING WORK, AND IT'S LITERALLY LIKE TETRIS GOING AT 100 MILES AN HOUR WITH UNEXPECTED GLITCHES.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE THAT SCHEDULE WORK. ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS DATA.

HOW MANY KIDS WERE SERVING AND HOW THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE TESTING. I MADE THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS, LIKE, CAN PARENTS PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION? CAN PARENTS PROVIDE TESTING? CAN WE GET GRANTS FOR FAMILIES THAT CAN'T AFFORD THE TESTING? SO I DO THINK THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS TO ANSWER A LOT OF THOSE.

ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS HOW MANY KIDS SHOW INTEREST.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY KIDS. IT MAY BE MORE COMING FROM THE PARENTS.

HOW MANY PARENTS HAVE INTEREST AND THEIR CHILDREN TAKING THESE ADVANCED VERSUS THE NUMBER THAT ULTIMATELY TEST BECAUSE WE HAVE DOUBLE DIGITS THAT DROP OUT BEFORE THEY EVER TAKE THE TEST. AND THEN HOW MANY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY ACTUALLY PASS WITH ABOVE AN 80.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE HAVE AN 80, THAT'S A 20% LACK OF MASTERY.

SO IT'S HARD FOR ME. I SUPPORT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK YOU GUYS DID IN THIS, BUT THEN ALSO MY KIND OF BACK TO OTHER COLLEAGUES.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TEACHERS IN OUR ELEMENTARY RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY SEE THE ONE CHILD THAT IS STRUGGLING AND NOT KEEPING UP, OR THE ONE CHILD THAT IS EXCELLING, I THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TEACHERS DO AN AMAZING JOB MEETING THE NEEDS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL LEARNER.

[01:05:08]

WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS, WAS THERE A CONSIDERATION JUST TO DIAL IT DOWN? LIKE YOU SAID, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING K -3 .

WE'RE GOING TO DO GRADES FOUR AND FIVE ONLY, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO MATH AND SCIENCE ONLY, LIKE THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST STUDENTS WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE, HIGHEST INTEREST, HIGHEST SCORES.

I THINK WE'RE STILL HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE AREA THAT IS THE MOST TESTED AND THE MOST PASSED WAS MATH, AND COULD WE LOOK AT STILL OFFERING FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE BECAUSE THEY'RE DEPARTMENTALIZED, MEANING THEY ONLY TEACH THAT MATH CONTENT, AND THEN THEY GO TO ANOTHER TEACHER FOR ELA AND ANOTHER TEACHER FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.

THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION. I DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT IF WE JUST LIMIT IT.

SO WE'D HAVE TO STUDY THAT TO SEE. WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO TRANSPORT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL SOME OTHER THINGS. WE WON'T HAVE THE COST SAVINGS. BUT IF IT'S WHAT'S RIGHT FOR STUDENTS, IF WE CAN JUST SCALE BACK, I THINK THAT WAS OKAY.

IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF K-5 ACCELERATION ALTOGETHER, CAN WE SCALE IT TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING UTILIZED? AND FROM EXPERIENCE IN OTHER DISTRICTS, THAT'S WHERE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GIFTED IN THAT AREA SEEM TO ACCELERATE MORE IS IN THE MATH AREA.

SO THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL AND POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN EXPLORE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SEPARATE SOME ISSUES HERE OF THE WHY.

BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD EVERYTHING FROM KIDS WILL BE BORED TO KIDS WON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE HIGHER GRADES TO TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, ADVANCED MATH. YOU KNOW, MY OLDEST IS JUST ONE DATA POINT BUT BACK THEN, THERE WAS LITTLE TO NONE IN TERMS OF ACCELERATION, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW SHE CAME IN THE HIGH SCHOOL I GUESS THANKS TO KIM COUSINS CAME UP WITH THE SOLUTION OF ADDING HER AS THE ONLY STUDENT AP CALCULUS BC TO AN AP CALCULUS AB CLASS.

EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT, THOUGH, BAYLOR ENGINEERING DIDN'T TAKE A LOT OF THESE ADVANCED CLASSES AND SHE HAD TO TAKE THEM OVER.

THAT WAS THEIR STANDARD. BUT THEN BACK TO ELEMENTARY KIDS WHO MIGHT BE BORED.

I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, THERE'S ALMOST A FALSE DICHOTOMY BECAUSE IT'S ALL WE'VE EVER KNOWN EITHER A KID IS WILDLY UNDERSERVED OR WE OFFER THIS, YOU KNOW ACCELERATION.

AND WE HEARD IN THE WORKSHOP THE ABILITY NOW OF TEACHERS TO DO DIFFERENTIATION IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND I JUST FEEL LIKE AGAIN, I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT THERE'S SUCH POWER IN THE POSITIVE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE NOW.

I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO LOOK AT THE MAJORITY OF KIDS WHO ARE NOT LIKE SHANDA'S KIDDO, AND WERE AT THE 80% MARK, LIKE, BARELY GOT THERE. MEANING THEY MISSED DID NOT UNDERSTAND 20% OF CORE CONTENT.

THAT'S HUGE. BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME 20%, I'M ASSUMING, FOR ALL THE KIDS.

THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE POWERFUL IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRACK THOSE STUDENTS.

AND THEN THAT ALLOWS EACH CAMPUS TO DO GROUPINGS AND MORE DIFFERENTIATION.

SO I JUST I WANT US TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT AN EITHER OR BROAD STROKE DECISION.

SO I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I LOVE YOU. I DO THINK WE NEED TO TIE THE RED BOW, THOUGH.

BUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT STARTING NEXT YEAR, THE PLAN, OF COURSE, AS OF TODAY, IS NOT OFFERING NEW STUDENT TESTING FOR SINGLE COURSE ACCELERATION K - FIVE. THAT IS NEXT YEAR. I THINK TYING THE RED BOW RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT IS THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS WHO WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THEIR THOUGHTS ON PROGRAMING AND THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THAT.

AND THEN GETTING FEEDBACK ABOUT ALL OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ROLL THIS NEXT PIECE OUT.

I MEAN, WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.

THEY SHARED THEM WITH US. WE FELT LIKE IT WAS COMPELLING, BUT THEN WE ALSO FELT LIKE YOU NEEDED TO KNOW THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME DIALOG ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON INSTRUCTIONALLY IN OUR DISTRICT AND HOW DO WE MEET STUDENT NEEDS OVERALL IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS, IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS. SO IT WAS ONE PIECE OF A MUCH LARGER CONVERSATION, WHETHER IT WAS THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE OR LOTS OF COMPONENTS, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD SOME DIALOG ABOUT INSTRUCTION THAT WAY.

THEN WE CAN SPEND THIS SUMMER PLANNING, MAKE A ROLLOUT PLAN FOR WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE WE NEED TO, BOTH FROM A BUDGETARY SIDE YES, BECAUSE THAT IS A PIECE OF THE DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS SUMMER, BUT ALSO JUST FROM AN IMPLEMENTATION SETTING EXPECTATIONS IN CLASSROOM, SETTING EXPECTATIONS WITH PRINCIPALS AND SETTING SOME GOALS.

[01:10:06]

AND THAT MEANS EVERY CHILD IN EVERY CLASSROOM, WHETHER IT'S LOOKING AT MAP DATA AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR MAP DATA IS TELLING US EVERY KID IS GROWING, OR WHETHER THAT'S TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S SPECIAL ED OR ACCELERATED LEARNING, THAT WE'RE BEING REALLY INTENTIONAL IN WHAT WE DO AND IN WHAT WE PROVIDE AS SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES.

SO THAT WAS OUR GOAL TONIGHT WAS TO HAVE A DEEPER DIALOG WITH YOU ALL, NOT NECESSARILY COMMIT TO MAKING A DECISION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT LEARNING SO THAT THEN WE CAN WORK ON THIS THIS SUMMER.

IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THAT BEING YOUR RED BOW, THAT'S WHERE.

YEAH HOLLY, YOU MADE A GOOD STATEMENT ACCELERATED LEARNING.

YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I THINK WE JUST REVISIT THAT TOPIC, ACCELERATED LEARNING AT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, I MEAN THAT [LAUGHTER].

I THINK IT IS I HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS WE CAN TALK LATER.

YEAH I MEAN, IF WE REMEMBER AND I GUESS THIS WASN'T CLEAR, I THOUGHT THIS WAS CLEAR, I WILL MAKE IT CLEAR SPECIFICALLY FOR US.

WE ONLY THING WE ARE DOING THIS MONTH ON BUDGET IS ACTUALLY A BUDGET THAT WILL BE PROBABLY CHANGED.

ABSOLUTELY CHANGED, ACCORDING TO ELAINE, IN TWO MONTHS.

SO THAT WAS A TENTATIVE MEASURE THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY BOARD COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER STRONGLY, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN CUT AND WE ARE STILL MASSIVELY WORKING OUT OF A DEFICIT.

SO EVEN WITH THINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE, I ALSO JUST WANT TO REITERATE THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, INCREDIBLY MINDFULLY, AFTER MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS, EVEN WITH MYSELF.

SO I HEAR ALL OF THE ISSUES AND THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE.

SO THAT IS CLEAR AND TIED UP OKAY. WE WILL TALK AGAIN IN AUGUST AROUND FINAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.

IF MIRACULOUSLY, WHEN WE RUN ALL THE COMPS AND THIS ISN'T EVEN AN ISSUE, MAYBE WE JUST DON'T EVEN TOUCH IT.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL LEAVE THAT TO THE EXPERTS IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CURRICULUM TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.

AND WE'LL WE CAN TALK MORE THEN SHANDA. THE BOW THAT THIS CONVERSATION WE HAD IN OUR LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP, JUST KIND OF IN PASSING A OH, WE'D LIKE TO BRING YOU ALL THAT, TODAY FOR ME, IT FELT LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THAT WASN'T THE CASE SO. THAT SO THEN. IS THIS CLEAR NOW? YES, IT'S CLEAR NOW THANK YOU. YES. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO FINANCE REPORTS.

ALL RIGHT IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL FINANCIALS, YOU HAVE THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL PROJECTIONS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

I AM EXCITED AND HESITANT TO SAY THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE PROJECTING AN ACTUAL BREAK EVEN A $211,000 TO THE POSITIVE AFTER TRANSFERS IN AND OUT. FINGERS CROSSED THAT MY ESTIMATES ARE CORRECT.

SCOTT OVER HERE KEEPS PUTTING IN POS, SO THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN [LAUGHTER].

BUT YOU DO HAVE THIS THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY.

AND SO AS WE GET TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, IT'S OBVIOUSLY MORE FINAL THAN IT WAS IN JANUARY.

BUT I THINK WE'VE PULLED OUT OF THIS YEAR'S DEFICIT AND WE'LL HAVE A SMALL SURPLUS.

FINGERS CROSSED. OKAY. THAT'S AWESOME. YOU ALWAYS FIND THE POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW SOMEWHERE ELAINE.

SO, RANDY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ELAINE KEEPS THE POT OF GOLD [LAUGHTER] AND FIGURE THAT OUT.

SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, THOUGH, TO THAT. OBVIOUSLY I SAW THIS AND THAT IMMEDIATELY STUCK OUT AS LIKE, ARE YOU SERIOUS? REALLY? THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS. OKAY SO THIS ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE $49,312, WHICH AGAIN, LET ME CAVEAT SO AN ESTIMATE. IS THAT WITH THE DESIGNATION OF EXPENDITURES ACTUAL AT $1.455 MILLION? OR IS THAT BEFORE? THAT IS WITH. THAT IS WITH? WOW. OKAY. SO THEN AS WE MAKE FUND BALANCE OBLIGATIONS IN THE MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT, WE SHOULD ROUGHLY ASSUME BASED ON YOUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO BE OPERATING WITHIN $40,000,000 OR SOMEWHERE AROUND $49 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE.

WELL, THAT'S A WONDERFUL POSITION TO BE IN NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO. CAN YOU REMIND ME? MISS ELAINE OR ANYBODY. ARE WE STILL STATUTORILY REQUIRED THAT THE THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING RESERVES? THERE'S NO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AROUND FUND BALANCE.

THIS IS SOMETHING I RESEARCHED IN DEPTH WHEN WE DEVELOPED OUR FUND, OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY.

AND THE BOARD AT THAT TIME CHOSE FOUR MONTHS OF OPERATING AS BOARD POLICY.

BOARD POLICY I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE I ALWAYS WONDER IF THERE'S LIKE A TA REQUIREMENT. MANY, MANY YEARS AGO IT WAS SIX MONTHS.

[01:15:03]

UNDERSTOOD SO OUR CURRENT BOARD POLICY IS FOUR MONTHS, WHICH AT, LET'S JUST SAY IT LOOKS LIKE AT $80,000,000 TOTAL REVENUES OF $87 MILLION.

WHAT'S THE MATH ON THAT ROUGHLY? I THINK WE'RE BETWEEN 6 AND 7 MONTHS THAT WHERE WE'RE AT.

OR 6 TO 7 MONTHS SO OKAY, OKAY WOW. THAT'S I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL FEEL, BUT GIVEN YOU KNOW, THE CONFERENCE WE JUST CAME FROM AND HAVING DISTRICTS HEARING THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH.

AND THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. THIS IS BECAUSE OF EXCELLENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT.

IT'S LET ME CAVEAR OUR BETTER SELVES BACK A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK PRETTY GOOD DECISION MAKING AS WE LOOK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT OBLIGATION OF FUNDS, WHERE WE'RE PUTTING OUR MONEY, WHAT WE'RE ACCEPTING SOME RISK IN. TO SIT HERE IN A YEAR WHERE FOR A LOT OF PLACES, IT WAS REALLY ROUGH TO SIT THERE STARING AT $211,000 IN THE BLACK.

WOW EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THIS TEAM. IF I CAN THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO WHY THE 2% PARAMETER WORKS.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, WE WERE LOOKING AT A $2.9 MILLION DEFICIT.

IF WE HAD TRIED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD HAVE MADE MAJOR PROGRAM CUTS.

AGREE. BUT BECAUSE WE'RE OKAY WITH A DEFICIT OF 2%, YOU CAN SEE THROUGH PEOPLE WATCHING THEIR BUDGETS AND NOT SPENDING EVERYTHING AS COMING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN REVENUES.

AND REMEMBER, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ENROLLMENT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS ALL YEAR THINKING OUR DEFICIT WAS GOING TO BE EVEN WORSE.

THIS IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO CAMPUSES DIDN'T SPEND ALL THEIR MONEY.

DEPARTMENTS DIDN'T SPEND ALL THEIR MONEY. WE HAD MORE IN INTEREST REVENUE SO WE'VE REALLY WE'VE MANAGED THE DOLLARS ALL YEAR.

AND NOW WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE BLACK. BUT THIS IS, FOR ME, A LOVELY ILLUSTRATION OF WHY THE 2% WORKS. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT PROGRAMING.

WE INCREASED CLASS SIZE, BUT WE DIDN'T CUT INTO THE BONE.

WE CUT SOME FAT, WE CUT SOME MUSCLE, BUT WE'RE STILL IN FINANCIALLY GOOD SHAPE.

OUR KIDS ARE PERFORMING AND WE'RE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN A LOT OF OUR PEERS.

HEAR, HEAR WELL SAID AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, I KNOW WE SAID SOME ADA GOALS FOR THIS YEAR.

CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT WHAT THAT GOAL WAS? AND DO WE KNOW WHERE WE CAME IN TO THAT GOAL? I KNOW KIM WAS REALLY BIG ON THIS. I KNOW KIM REALLY WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT THIS. I KNOW CAMPUSES WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD ON ATTENDANCE AND I KNOW EACH CAMPUS HAD A GOAL.

I HAVE NOT SEEN OUR FINAL TEAM'S NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR.

THEY'RE SUBMITTED PROBABLY TODAY OR TOMORROW.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FINAL ADA POINT WAS AROUND 700,000. WE WANT TO GET TO 96? WE WANTED TO GO 95 TO 96. 95 TO 96. BECAUSE THAT ONE PERCENTAGE I'LL REFRAIN FROM THAT QUESTION UNTIL A LATER MEETING. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A GOAL I KNOW IT 'S BEING TRACKED.

EVERY CAMPUS I GOT, EVERY EMAIL ABOUT IT FROM ALL THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS.

THEY DID A GOOD JOB ADOPTING THE DISTRICT EFFORT IN THAT REGARD.

AND SO I'D JUST BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, IF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PERTINENT IN OUR ON US BEING ABLE TO LAND THE PLANE.

YEAH AND THE TEAMS REPORT JUST ISN'T FINAL YET BUT WHEN WE GET THAT, WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU. OKAY THANK YOU.

SO TWO THINGS, ONE, THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT 2% RULE BECAUSE MY GOODNESS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY YEARS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN BEATEN UP OVER LOOK AT THEM ADOPTING A DEFICIT BUDGET AGAIN.

BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN THE THEME OF TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE.

WE CAN BE THRILLED WITH THESE FINAL NUMBERS, BUT IT COMES AT AN OPPORTUNITY COST.

AND I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT, BECAUSE CERTAINLY OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE FEELING THAT OPPORTUNITY COST.

ALL RIGHT. OPERATIONS? ANY UPDATES? I INCLUDED AN OPERATIONS REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTED OTHER AREAS OF OUR OPERATIONS.

SO JUST REAL QUICKLY AND I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO STEAL ANY OF JAMES'S THUNDER OR LANE'S THUNDER, BUT I'M IN CONSTRUCTION. YOU CAN SEE WE'RE WORKING ON JUST ABOUT EVERY CAMPUS.

I THINK THE TWO THAT WE'RE NOT WALNUT AND CYPRESS, BUT WE DID HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER START IN JUNE AND HE JUMPED RIGHT IN.

AND I THINK HE'S PROVIDING A LOT OF SUPPORT TO JAMES, WHICH IS GREAT.

COMMUNITY SERVICE, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A RECAP OF 2024-2025 AND LET YOU KNOW THE IMPACT THAT THAT MAKES.

AND SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN THERE AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE SUMMER, ALL OF THE CAMPS. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

TECHNOLOGY IS KIND OF THIS IS THE THINGS THEY PLAN TO DO.

[01:20:01]

SO BUT AS FAR AS PLANNING THE NEW CONSTRUCTION FIBER AT WILDWOOD, IT'S A HUGE DEAL THAT WE'VE GOT THAT ALREADY.

AND I BELIEVE CINDY SENT AN EMAIL TODAY THAT SAID IT'S POWERED UP AND READY TO GO SYCAMORE SPRINGS, MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION ALL THE NETWORK COMPONENTS ARE INSTALLED THERE. WE HAD OUR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING THERE THURSDAY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET ON THE INTERNET AND THINGS WERE WORKING AS THEY SHOULD BE.

THEY'RE ALSO BUSY WORKING ON THE DEVICE REFRESH FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY'RE INSTALLING PORTABLE INTERACTIVE PANELS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THEN WALL MOUNTED PANELS AT THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AND THEN THEY ALSO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THEY PLAY A BIG ROLE IN SUMMER SCHOOL, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS HAVE THE ACCESS AND ACCESS TO DATA AND TO APPS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO DO THAT, HIGHLIGHT THAT. ALSO FACILITIES THEY'RE A REACTIVE GROUP AS WELL.

IF AN AC GOES OUT AND THAT'S A LOT OF THE POS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE WANT AIR CONDITIONING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY REACT. BUT THEY ALSO PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN MOVING.

AND THEY REALLY HAD THREE TYPES OF MOVES. THEY HAD TEACHERS THAT WERE STAYING IN THE CLASSROOM THAT NEEDED TO PACK THEIR BELONGINGS, AND WE'D MOVE THEM IN OR OUT OF IF THERE WERE WORK OR CLEANING BEING DONE, TEACHERS THAT WERE MOVING WITHIN A SCHOOL WE HAD A PLAN AND A PROCESS.

AND SO THEY'VE MOVED THOSE TEACHERS TO THEIR NEW CLASSROOMS AND THEN ALSO TEACHERS THAT ARE MOVING TO DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.

AND WILDWOOD'S NOT QUITE READY TO RECEIVE OUR BOXES YET.

THEY WILL BE SOON, BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN MOVED TO A DISTRICT FACILITY.

SO THEY'RE OFF OF THE HOME CAMPUS AND READY TO MOVE.

WE DID HAVE AN AUCTION FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORTABLES THEY WERE AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY ON JUNE 12TH AT 12:17 PM JUST A FEW HOURS BEFORE IT WAS OVER, WE SOLD THOSE TWO PORTABLES, AND THAT PROBABLY SAVED THE DISTRICT ABOUT $10,000 EACH IN MOVING COSTS.

SO WE DID WE SOLD THEM FOR $250 EACH [LAUGHTER].

WE PAY WE PAY 7% TO THE AUCTION HOUSE. BUT IT WOULD HAVE COST US PROBABLY $20,000 TO MOVE THOSE. SO THAT WAS GREAT. DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL IS SLATED FOR NEW FURNITURE.

SO FACILITIES IS FACILITATING THE THE GETTING THE OLD FURNITURE, REPURPOSING WHAT'S IN GOOD CONDITIONING AND THEN REMOVING THE REST. WE'VE REPURPOSED FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WENT ALONG WITH ANGELA AND IDENTIFIED SOME FURNITURE THAT THEY LIKED.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM NEW TO THEM, FURNITURE AND THEN ALSO FOR 18 PLUS CLASSROOMS. AND THEN THEY CLEAN THEY DO ALL THE SUMMER THINGS THOSE ARE WELL UNDERWAY.

AND THEN FINALLY CHILD NUTRITION THEY'RE PROVIDING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR SUMMER SCHOOL THAT'S GOING ON.

AND YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S HOPEFULLY HELPING SUMMER SCHOOL BE SUCCESSFUL SO THAT STUDENTS HAVE A MEAL AND AREN'T HUNGRY.

SO THAT'S THE OPERATIONS OTHER THAN THE BOND.

AND SO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND OTHERWISE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ELAINE AND JANE .

I LOVE IT. THANK YOU FOR OPERATIONS REPORT. FIRST TIME WE'RE SEEING THIS.

YES, I LIKE IT I APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU. YEAH, THIS WAS GREAT.

I MEAN, THE DETAIL I HAD NO IDEA. I KNEW A LOT WAS GOING ON, BUT I LIKED THAT YOU BROKE IT DOWN BY CATEGORY, GAVE US ALL THE STATS OR WHATEVER I MEAN, THIS WHAT KUDOS.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON BOND PROJECTS? JAMES, YOU WANT TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON THIS SUMMER? DO YOU WANT ME TO RUN THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OR DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS? EITHER WAY, I'M FINE WITH. HOW ABOUT NEXT WEEK? DO PRESENTATION. BUT ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE OR TALK ABOUT NEXT WEEK? I WILL NOT BE HERE ON MONDAY, BUT SCOTT CAN RUN THROUGH IT OR I CAN JUST RUN THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY TONIGHT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO TELL ME YOU SAVED THE MURAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT IN THERE. I SAW THAT AS THAT MEANT IT JUST IT'S STILL THERE? THAT'S THE LAST PICTURE I'M SORRY THAT'S DANGEROUS JAMES, DANGEROUS. THAT WAS A PAIN.

I HAVEN'T HAD A GOOD WEEKEND, SO I NEED SOME GOOD NEWS HERE I NEED SOME GOOD NEWS [LAUGHTER].

IT'S FUNNY, I'VE GOTTEN SO MANY EMAILS FROM THE STAFF OVER THERE.

I'VE GOTTEN SO MANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR THING MORE THAN ANYTHING. WE'RE DOING THIS SUMMER, WE DID SAVE IT.

WE ACTUALLY MOVED IT THIS MORNING SO WE HAVE THAT MOVED IN ITS NEW LOCATION.

[01:25:04]

SO WE HAD TO MOVE THAT WHOLE WALL ASSEMBLY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF EMBED THAT IN SO, SOME CREATIVE THOUGHT. WE HAD DIGITAL IMAGING OF IT WE PUT WE COVERED IT WITH PLASTIC TO PROTECT IT.

WE KIND OF KEPT IT INSIDE BUT WE GOT IT MOVED SO IT'S.

I LOVE IT I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO REPORT TO SO.

THE STUDENTS THAT DESIGNED IT, THE ARTIST, IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT.

AND I'VE GOTTEN EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS THEY HAVE TO SAVE IT.

AND KIM, YOU HAVE TO SAVE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

SO PLEASE SHOW ME.

OH MY GOODNESS, I LOVE IT'S JUST STILL THE TIGER.

I LOVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION I NEEDED GOOD NEWS.

TRICIA. I JUST HAVE A SO MY FIVE YEAR OLD KEEPS ASKING ME WHY ARE THEY UPGRADING THE FRONT OF MY CAMPUS? SO THERE'S IT'S LIKE THEY TOOK THE ROOF OFF AT SYCAMORE, THE AWNING.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY JUST REPLACING THE AWNING? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WE ARE REPLACING THAT. SO WHEN WE TOOK THE WOOD OFF OF IT SO WE HAD SOME WOOD ROT ON THE BOTTOM OF IT WE DID THAT WOOD AWNING.

WE ALWAYS, WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT OFF LAST YEAR.

WE TOOK THAT OFF. WE NOTICED WE HAD SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT WINDSTORM THAT WE HAD.

SO THE THING WAS MOVING AROUND A LOT. SO WE BROUGHT IN THREE DIFFERENT EXPERTS TO LOOK AT. OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER ON SITE LOOKED AT IT, OUR CONTRACTOR LOOKED AT IT. AND THE ONLY WAY ANYBODY WOULD TOUCH IT WAS ACTUALLY TO REBUILD THAT.

SO WE ARE REBUILDING THAT WHOLE STRUCTURE. SO TAKING THAT WOOD OFF, THAT'S GOING TO BE A SOLID METAL FRAME.

WE'RE GOING TO LEVEL IT OUT, REDO THAT FRAME, WE'RE USING THE SAME SUPPORTS AND THEN THE WHOLE THING WILL BE ALUMINUM.

SO IT'LL BE ONE CONTINUOUS PIECE. IT'LL BE ENCLOSED THAT SAME AVADEK SYSTEM WE USE SO NO BIRDS, BATS, BEES HOLES LIKE THAT IN IT. JUST BE A CLEAN LOOKING THING.

IT'LL BE MAINTENANCE FREE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFE AND WE WON'T TOUCH IT AGAIN. MAINTENANCE FREE. I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT. IT WILL BE SOLID ALUMINUM THAT'S WHY WE LIKE THAT AVADEK SYSTEM. IT'S JUST SOLID ALUMINUM AND IT'S MAINTENANCE FREE NO HOLES LIKE I SAID, FOR THE BATS, BIRDS AND BEES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY FROM THAT ONE STORM AND THE STUFF THAT WE LOOKED AT, WE JUST NEED TO REPLACE IT. OKAY. SO THE BACK ONE TOO THAT ONE, THE BACK WAS THAT SAME KIND OF THING.

IT WAS A SMALLER ONE. BUT THAT BACK PORTABLE IN THE BACK ELEMENTARY WE'RE DOING THAT ONE TOO.

SO THEY'RE BOTH BEING DONE BY AVADEK. OKAY. AND SO ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY? CONTINGENCY OF THAT JOB YES. OKAY PERFECT THANK YOU.

IT'S ALL STAYING WITHIN BUDGET. AWESOME THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. JAMES, YOU WANT YOUR PHONE BACK? OH, YEAH I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET LINDA. SO WE ARE RIGHT NOW FOCUSING ON HIRING SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND STAFF.

THAT'S OUR AREA WHERE WE'RE REALLY PUTTING OUR FOCUS.

WE HAD A SPECIAL EDUCATION JOB FAIR IN HERE JUST LAST WEEK, JUST TO GIVE OUR PRINCIPALS A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THOSE PEOPLE RIGHT THEN AND THERE AND GET THEM HIRED IF POSSIBLE. AS OF RESIGNATIONS, WE ARE TEACHER WISE EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO WITH 15 TEACHER RESIGNATIONS.

SO WE ARE NOT SEEING AN INCREASE IN RESIGNATIONS THIS YEAR AT ALL.

WE'RE EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE PRETTY MUCH LAST YEAR.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO TRY AND FIND THOSE SUPER HIGH QUALITY STAFF MEMBERS TO ROUND OUT THEIR ROSTERS.

TRICIA. SO WITH ALL THE DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE NOT ALL THE DISTRICTS, BUT SOME OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND US KIND OF CUTTING THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. ARE WE SEEING AN INFLUX IN PEOPLE COMING TO US POTENTIALLY? INTERESTINGLY, A LOT OF THEM ARE SPECIFICALLY SAYING THAT THERE'S NOT AN IMPACT IN THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY LIKE AUSTIN ISD. THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERYONE. BUT THAT GROUP, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU CAN DO A LOT WITH CLASS SIZES AND OTHER AREAS, BUT NOT WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION. AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FRIENDLY RECRUIT FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.

BUT DEFINITELY IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE AVAILABLE AND LOOKING WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS TO SELL ABOUT DRIPPING SPRINGS ALREADY.

AND SO WE WENT TO ANOTHER JOB FAIR LAST WEEK FOR TASBO.

THAT WAS ALL OF REGION 13 . BUT ANDREA CAN SHE'S NOT AFRAID TO GET IN THERE AND WRESTLE AROUND AND FIND THOSE BEST PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME AND VISIT WITH US AND COME AND TALK TO OUR PRINCIPALS. ALL RIGHT SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

WE HAVE ONE OUT OF STATE STUDENT TRAVEL FOR Y'ALL FOR NEXT YEAR SO FAR THAT'S COME IN.

AND THEN WE HAVE BOARD MEETING DATES FOR 2025-2026 FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR WILL BE IN 2026, NOT 2025.

SO JUST TO NOTE I'VE GOT A TYPO ON THERE FOR YOU.

WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT AGENDA REVIEWS ON THURSDAYS AT TWO AND HAVE GOTTEN ONE LEGAL OPINION ON THAT.

[01:30:01]

BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY AS WELL SO.

BUT SO FAR SO GOOD ON THESE DATES BEING OUR DATES FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO WILL THE NEW LEGISLATION NOT IMPACT THIS AT ALL WITH THE I GUESS WHAT THEY SAY 5:00 PM OR AFTER? OUTSIDE WORKING OH, GOTCHA. OKAY HOLLY SAID, BECAUSE WE DO TWO MEETINGS AND IT'S THE SAME CONTENT AND ONLY AT OUR REGULAR MEETING IS THERE ACTION TAKEN THAT'S THE MEETING THAT, AT LEAST AS OF NOW, WHAT WE UNDERSTAND.

SO WE'LL LEAVE THINGS AS THAT WAY FOR NOW. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS JUST POSTING REQUIREMENTS WILL CHANGE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR DATE AROUND.

BUT I THINK WE CAN WAIT AND SEE HOW THAT GOES AND DECIDE YEAH.

FOR WHAT? SO IT DOES MAKE THINGS MORE COMPLICATED FOR MONDAYS.

SO WE'LL KIND OF HAVE TO JUST SEE HOW THINGS GO AND COURSE CORRECT IF WE NEED TO FOR THE TEAM OKAY.

ALL RIGHT THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, AS ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS

[12. CLOSED SESSION]

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

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

ALL RIGHT THE BOARD IS NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 9:58 PM WITH NO ACTION THIS EVENING WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 9:58 PM GOOD EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.