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[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]
AUGUST 21ST. THE TIME IS NOW 2:02 P.M.. WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON.THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED. AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF AGENDA REVIEW MEETINGS IS TO REVIEW ALL THE LISTED AGENDA ITEMS IN PREPARATION FOR THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL THE REGULAR MEETING.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF NEEDED.
SO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS FULLY PREPARED FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE WILL GO OVER OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT MONDAY NIGHT SO WE CAN KIND OF RUN THROUGH THESE SLIDES.
[4. LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT]
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING FOR YOU GUYS TO ADD TO OUR BOARD RETREAT THAT FELT LIKE SUCH A LONG TIME AGO.OKAY. THAT WAS JUST IN THE LAST MONTH. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT SLIDE. OUR CAMPUS VISIT. WHAT WAS THIS ONE? THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY. TEACHERS AND STAFF AT CONSTRUCTION.
OH. GOT IT. OKAY. OKAY. CONSTRUCTION TOOLS. OUR RIBBON CUTTING.
CLEARLY MY FACE. I WAS VERY EXCITED. IT'S A GREAT PHOTO I LOVE IT.
I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, I LOVE IT. IT'S ALL GOOD.
ALL RIGHT. CONVOCATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
CHANDI. ALMOST ONE. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MESSAGES, TEXT MESSAGES I GOT AND LIKE VIDEOS OF IT.
SHANA HAD THE BEST STRATEGY. THE DEFENSIVE STRATEGY? YES. DEFENSE HAS THE BEST OFFENSE. ALL RIGHT.
AND OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER, LIKE, TRUSTEES AROUND TOWN? ANY OTHER EVENTS? SEND THEM TO KATIE BEFORE MONDAY. ALL RIGHT. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS AFTERNOON.
PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSION. WE WILL HAVE A SHAC ANNUAL REPORT THAT'S COMING MONDAY.
[6. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]
CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT ALSO COMING MONDAY.[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
ANY QUESTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA? I DO.SHANDA. ON 7.E THE MOU WITH THE CANINES DO WE, ARE WE GOING TO GET A REPORT ON THE FINDINGS AND THE SUCH THAT WE GET A REPORT AT A DIFFERENT TIME? WHEN SERENA DOES A SAFETY REPORT IN THE SPRING, THAT'S USUALLY WHEN SHE DOES THIS. THE CANINE DETECTION, ALL THE HOW MANY AND ALL THAT. SHE'LL DO THAT IN THE SPRING FOR YOU ENCLOSED.
OKAY. MARY JANE. SO ALSO ON 7.E I NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE VISITS AT HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE I'M HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT HAVE IT START IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE MORE COVERAGE AT THAT LEVEL.
IS THAT A SERENA QUESTION? SORRY. NO. THAT'S OKAY.
SERENA, DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DOGS MORE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL? OR THINK THE DOG SHOULD BE MORE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL? AND WHY WE DON'T RUN THEM MORE THERE. WE ACTUALLY.
SO YEAH, I CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH THEM. BUT WE DID INCREASE THEM.
WE DOUBLED THEM LAST YEAR FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
IS THAT WHAT? I APOLOGIZE. I THINK THEY WENT FROM 2 TO 4 IS WHAT I THINK.
HOLLY'S LOOKING. WELL, YEAH. BUT WE ADDED AT MIDYEAR, SO I CAN ABSOLUTELY CIRCLE BACK AND AND BASED ON IT'S SIX.
SO IS THAT NOT ENOUGH? SIX AT EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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JENNA IS THE NEXT GRAD PARTNERSHIP. IS THIS NEW NEXT GRAD? IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK, RETTA.YES, MA'AM. IT'S NEW. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY NEW TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS A KIOSK THAT SITS OUTSIDE THE COUNSELING CENTER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT HAS A ROTATION OF COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE ON A TWO WEEK ROTATION.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALSO SUBMIT SCHOLARSHIPS AND THINGS THAT ARE LOCALLY APPROVED.
BUT WE JUST SEND IT TO THE COMPANY AND THEY POST IT FOR US.
SO THERE'S NO, IT'S JUST A VIEW ONLY ESSENTIALLY.
AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE COLLEGE TOURS BUT VIRTUALLY.
OKAY. SO THERE'S NO DATA GOING INTO IT? NO, MA'AM.
FROM STUDENTS. THAT WAS THAT WAS MY QUESTION WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY COLLECTING FROM US? AND THEN WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT. AND THEN THEY'RE OFFERING A $500 SCHOLARSHIP JUST ESSENTIALLY TO HAVE THIS WHERE THEY CAN MARKET COLLEGES TO OUR KIDS.
THE. I'M SO SORRY. OUR STUDENTS HAVE SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
IS THERE A WAY WHERE THE DISTRICT, LIKE HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THE CHANGES TO THE STUDENTS ON CELL PHONES? I DIDN'T SET THAT UP VERY WELL. LET ME BACK UP.
OKAY. AS IT RELATES TO CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE STUDENT HANDBOOK, OTHER THAN IT JUST BEING ON THE WEBSITE, HOW LIKE FROM COMMUNICATIONS, HOW DO WE PORTRAY THAT TO THE STUDENTS? YEAH. I MEAN IT GOES TO APPEARANCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR PARENTS TO SIGN OFF ON AND TO DISCUSS WITH THEIR KID AND THEIR KID TO SIGN.
SO TO SIGN THAT WAS THE QUESTION, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR, WAS THE EXPECTATION.
HOW ARE THEY SIGNING IT? HOW DID KIDS SIGN IT? IS IT IN THE SKYWARD? AT SECONDARY THEY DO CLASS MEETINGS WHERE THEY GO THROUGH WITH THE GRADE LEVELS AND DISCUSS STUDENT HANDBOOK, ALL THE CODE OF CONDUCT EXPECTATIONS. LAST YEAR WE HAD MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE WAS A SIGNATURE ON IT, THAT THE KIDS SIGN IT. NOT THAT I HAVE SEEN. OKAY, SO IT'S JUST PARENT SIGNATURE AND SKYWARD PARENT SIGNATURE ON SKYWARD FOR SECONDARY. THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REGISTER THOUGH.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING. SO AGAIN TO OLIVIA'S QUESTION, I LIKE NOW WITH SEVERAL UPDATES HERE COMING THAT ARE AFFECTING THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN IMPLEMENTATION? ONE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO WE HAVE STUDENTS USING I DON'T THEY'RE NOT DISTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, BUT WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE CREATED DISTRICT WEBSITES WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE HOUSE BILL AND NOT AGREEING WITH THE HOUSE BILL AND WHATNOT.
AND LIKE ON THE YOU KNOW, THEY DO LIKE A NEWSPAPER AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
SO IT'S HOW ARE THEY GETTING IT AND ARE THEY SIGNING IT.
AND AS FAR AS THE NEWSPAPER, YES, MERAKI, I THINK THEY HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THAT.
AS FAR AS ONE OFF STUDENT SOCIAL MEDIA THAT A STUDENT MIGHT CREATE ON THEIR OWN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO POLICE THAT, BUT I DO THINK THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THAT AND HAVE BEEN WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HAILEY AS FAR AS MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR WE HAVE DISCLAIMERS ON THAT AS FAR AS WHAT'S STUDENT VOICE AND WHAT IS MONITORED BY US. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN MANAGING THAT VERY CLOSELY AS FAR AS ALL OF OUR PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING, THAT ARE UNDER OUR UMBRELLA AND COMING OUT FROM THE DISTRICT.
AND I APOLOGIZE, IT WAS TWO THINGS. OH. THEY'RE SEPARATE. OKAY. I JUST THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO.
HOW ARE WE DISTRIBUTING IT? BECAUSE WE. WE HAVE ENROLLMENT.
ENROLLMENT IS BEFORE THE STUDENT HANDBOOK AND CODE OF CONDUCT ARE BEING APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
SO ONCE IT GOES OUT, HOW IS IT BEING DISTRIBUTED AND SIGNED ON BY STUDENTS? BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR, HAVING SOME TYPE OF MECHANISM WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY SIGNING IT,
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KIND OF LIKE A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY. SO I WAS FOLLOWING UP ON ARE THEY RECEIVING IT AND SIGNING IT? AND THEN THE KIND OF FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT, I WAS ACKNOWLEDGING THEY'RE NOT DISTRICT SITES, BUT THEY'RE STUDENTS AND THEY LOOK LIKE DISTRICT SITES, AND THEY'RE COUNTERING THE POLICY SO THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING IT, THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S LAW AND THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW.SO WE PROBABLY CAN'T PLACE THAT ON THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT SIDE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE NOT HAVING THEM SIGN OFF, BUT THEY ARE GETTING TRAINED ON IT.
THANK YOU. JUST AS AN INTERLUDE, SINCE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC, I WOULD ACTUALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU IN THE SPRING WHEN WE DO LIKE MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL READY THINGS, HIGH SCHOOL READY THINGS LIKE THAT'S WHEN YOU INTRODUCE IT.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT MAY CHANGE BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.
AND THERE'S SORT OF A REVAMP. BUT GIVEN THIS WAS JUST SUCH A HEAVY CHANGE, I THINK SOMETHING HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, HEY, LOOK HERE. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF IT'S BEEN INTERWOVEN INTO THOSE SECONDARY COMMUNICATIONS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT AS MORE OF EVEN A LITERAL THIS IS A COPY OF OUR STUDENT.
IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY.
OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. ON THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ADDRESS THIS TO. MAYBE HOLLY.
ON IT'S ON PAGE FIVE, AND IT'S UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGY FOUR.
IT TALKS ABOUT ALL OF THE TEACHERS WILL COMPLETE THREE PEER OBSERVATIONS.
HOW HOW WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? ARE WE GOING TO HIRE SUBS OR WHEN WILL THOSE TEACHERS DO THOSE THREE OBSERVATIONS? I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
ARE THEY GOING TO GO DURING A CONFERENCE PERIOD OR WHERE ARE YOU AT? KIM. SORRY. PAGE OKAY. IT'S 7.F ITEM SEVEN F DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, IT'S GOING TO BE PAGE 5 OF 17.
I JUST WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? THEY DO THAT DURING CONFERENCE PERIODS. OKAY.
IT'S PART OF ADS. OKAY. THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT.
OKAY. AND SO NOW IT'S ALIGNMENT. ALL THE PRINCIPALS HAVE AGREED ACROSS THE DISTRICT. IT'S A GOOD PRACTICE FOR TEACHERS TO SEE OTHER TEACHERS AND BEST PRACTICES. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THEY WILL HAVE TIME DURING THEIR PLCS, WHETHER THEY DO THAT AS A GROUP WALK OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL OKAY, TO GO DURING CONFERENCE PERIODS AND SEE. THANK YOU.
MARY JANE. SO MINE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS AND I CAN TOTALLY WAIT TILL NEXT.
SO PAGE SEVEN REFERENCES A STUDENT SURVEY, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT OUR YOU KNOW, JUST BIG PICTURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE RETURN? MY GUESS IS THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH MRA DATA, WHICH CAMPUSES USE THAT DATA AND THEN GIVE THAT TO THEIR STUDENT LIGHTHOUSE TEAMS AND THEIR LIGHTHOUSE TEAMS RESPOND AND REACT TO THAT.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM. AND THEN ALSO JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTION, I'M SEEING A WHOLE LOT, EVEN OVER THE SUMMER, ABOUT USING AI TOOLS SO THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE UP SO MANY HOURS OF A TEACHER'S TIME.
AND DO WE HAVE A PULSE OF HOW THAT'S BEING USED IN OUR.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PULSE WITH APRIL ON HOW AI IS BEING USED FOR TEACHER DIFFERENTIATION? MAYBE ALICIA.
OKAY. YOU WILL SEE IN THE LNI REPORT FOR THIS MONTH.
SO OF COURSE, IN THE FIRST 4 OR 5 DAYS OF SCHOOL, IT'S WELCOME INTRODUCTIONS DIVING INTO.
ALREADY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, WE'RE SEEING THAT FOR LESSON PLANNING.
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AND LIKE YOU SAID, JUST CONSOLIDATING THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO PREPARE FOR THE DIVERSE LEARNERS THAT WE HAVE.SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SEEING IT.
OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION WAS THE REFERENCE TO THE NEW TEACHER ACADEMY ON PAGE 12.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST? WE HAVE HAD A NEW TEACHER ACADEMY.
THEY HAVE REVAMPED IT. ALICIA'S ALSO DOING THAT.
BUT YES, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SEEING MORE, YOU KNOW, YOUNG TEACHERS THAN YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH I LOVE THAT, IN THE LAST REPORT, LINDA WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'VE ACTUALLY HIRED A TON OF EXPERIENCED STAFF.
BUT WE KNOW HISTORICALLY WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF YOUNG TEACHERS, AND THAT'S THAT'S GROWING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING IN THAT ACADEMY, BUT THAT WAS, WE'VE HAD IT BEFORE. WE'RE JUST MAKING IT EVEN BETTER. OKAY. I MAY NEED HELP. THANK YOU. WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HELD NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION, AND THEN, AS PRINCIPALS FELT NECESSARY, THEY WOULD ACTIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES TO SUPPORT WHERE NEEDED.
THIS YEAR FOR ZERO YEAR TEACHERS AND ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION TEACHERS WHO DO NOT HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE OR MAYBE DIDN'T GET THE STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HOLD MONTHLY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE TEACHERS AFTER SCHOOL.
AND OF COURSE, ANYONE IS WELCOME TO COME. IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EMERGENT TREE BEST PRACTICES, OR YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LEADER IN ME AND HOW IT INCORPORATES INTO A THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM.
ANYONE CAN COME. BUT SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE GUIDING THOSE ZERO YEAR OLD CERT AND FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.
ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT SUPPORT IS EMBEDDED IN COACHING CYCLES THAT ARE GUARANTEED EACH SEMESTER.
IT'S VERY EXCITING IN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO MY ONLY, MY LAST QUESTION IS PAGE 16, THE THE NEW ZONING THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH, HAS THAT CHANGED OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES? AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA THAT SAYS IT'S CHANGED.
WE'LL HAVE THAT DATA AFTER WE GET ALL OF OUR FREE AND REDUCED MEAL PROGRAMS. SO THOSE ARE STILL COMING IN. AND SO ONCE WE GET ALL OF THAT, THEN WE'LL WE'LL KNOW IF THAT HAS CHANGED ANY TITLE CAMPUSES IF WE HAVE 2 OR 3 YEAR.
THANK YOU. ROB. A COUPLE HERE REAL QUICK. FIRST, ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, IS THAT A NEW FOR THE, OH BOY, PRACTICUM SITE AGREEMENT? I GET THAT RIGHT. PRACTICUM I THINK THAT'S 7 A.M..
IS THAT A NEW AGREEMENT OR IS THAT AN EXISTING AGREEMENT. THAT'S ON MY LIST TOO, I.
BROOKE. THAT'S YOU. WE'VE HOSTED INTERN STUDENTS FROM TEXAS STATE BEFORE.
THIS IS A PRACTICUM WHICH IS PRE INTERNSHIP. OKAY.
OKAY, GREAT. I LOVE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. I THINK I SAID THIS LAST TIME WE ENTERED AN AGREEMENT.
SO I HAVE THAT CORRECT. ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S TWO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.
THERE'S TWO PRACTICUM STUDENTS AND TWO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS WHO WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE TWO OF THEM.
AND THERE ARE TWO MOST SENIOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST WHO HAVE SPECIFIC TRAINING AND SUPERVISION.
PERFECT. AND THEN ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING POLICY AND PRACTICES HERE IN THE DISTRICT, THESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL NOT ENGAGE WITH ANY STUDENTS WITHOUT A PARENTAL CONSENT. DO WE HAVE THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL ALL OF THEIR WORK WILL BE AS PART OF THE IEP PROCESS.
AND SO ALL ALL CONSENT WILL BE PROVIDED BY PARENTS.
PERFECT. THAT ALL SOUNDS GREAT. THEY DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO CAMPUSES AND TO STUDENTS.
ABSOLUTELY. AND I ALWAYS JUST WHEN I SEE THESE, I JUST WANT TO DRILL DOWN AND MAKE SURE THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR WITH THE PARTNER THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, THAT WE VALUE THAT HERE IN DETROIT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S A BENEFIT TO US AS WELL. AND BUT THOSE THINGS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WE EXPECT.
SO PERFECT. THE OTHER ONE'S GOING TO BE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TWO RFQS THAT WE HAVE.
ONE IS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES. OH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ONE TOO.
SORRY. I WELL. ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU, BROOKE.
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SORRY, SORRY. I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO SIT AND GET BACK UP.SO IT TALKS ABOUT THE DISTRICT DESIGNATING AND QUALIFIED SITE SUPERVISOR.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS. ABSOLUTELY.
IS THAT PUTTING MORE OF A LIFT ON THEIR PLATE? NOT NECESSARILY. IS IT HELPING THEM WITH, YOU KNOW, IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO DO THIS NOW IN ADDITION TO MY DUTIES? NOT NECESSARILY, THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EXTRA LIFT.
I VIEW THEM KIND OF AS ASSISTANCE AND ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF THE LOAD, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OFF INDEPENDENTLY PRACTICING WITHOUT A SUPERVISOR. OKAY. AND IS THIS MORE OF AN ON CAMPUS? LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO BE ON CAMPUSES FOR THE MOST PART OR A LOT IN ADMIN OR SO.
MOST, MOSTLY ON CAMPUSES. ALL OF OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE HOUSED ON CAMPUSES.
KIND OF ALL OVER THE THE GRAD STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE DISTRICT. SO THERE'LL BE ANY WILL BOTH BE WITH THEIR SUPERVISING SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST.
SO JUST WHEREVER THEY GO, THEY'RE GOING. YES. OKAY.
OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL GRAB IT BACK FROM YOU.
IS THAT OKAY? IT'S OKAY, MADAM PRESIDENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FOR RFP, I'M TALKING ABOUT, BOY, WHERE AM I HERE? RFP FOR CHARTER BUS SERVICES AND RQ FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES.
IF I HAVE THIS RIGHT. YEAH, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE ONES, BUT IT'S REALLY A GENERAL QUESTION.
SO ON BOTH OF THESE, I THINK WE'RE DOING THIS MORE AND MORE RECENTLY IS WE'RE WE'RE DOING RQS AND RFPS AND WE'RE GETTING A A GROUP, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES KIND OF TOGETHER FOR, THESE THINGS.
DO I GENERALLY HAVE THAT CORRECT? AND MY FIRST QUESTION IS CAN YOU JUST GO THROUGH THE STRATEGY BEHIND THAT? AND THEN I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION AFTER THAT. IT DIFFERS A LITTLE BIT FOR BOTH OF THEM. THE POOL. IT'S MEANT TO BE A POOL TO HELP US FOR CHARTER BUSSES WE NEED A POOL BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND SO IT'S GIVING US THE ABILITY TO FILL THAT NEED.
FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES THERE'S LOTS OF SPECIALTIES.
FOR SURE. AND SO IT'S. MEP, STRUCTURAL. RIGHT.AND I'M FINE WITH THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING. HERE'S MY CONCERN A LITTLE BIT. RIGHT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PAINTING TOO BROAD OF A BRUSH WITH WHO WE ACCEPT A PARTNER WITH.
RIGHT. BECAUSE ONCE THIS BODY APPROVES THESE PARTNERS, THEY'RE IN THE POOL, RIGHT? WHEN I, AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS, I'M SEEING SOME, SOME THING.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE JUST BRIEFLY. RIGHT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ON THE BUSSES. AND I GET INTO THIS BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHO WE LET TRANSPORT OUR KIDS.
RIGHT. WE DO THIS INTERNAL TO THE DISTRICT WITH ALL THE BUS DRIVER REQUIREMENTS, CDL.
AND WE HAVE A VERY GOOD TRACK SAFETY, A SAFETY RECORD HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
WE'RE NOW ALLOWING SOMEONE EXTERNAL TO THE DISTRICT TO TO HAVE THAT SAME ABILITY.
SO WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL. AND AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS EVERYTHING MATCHES. BUT THEN THERE'S ONE FIRM THAT'S LIKE, WELL WE SUBCONTRACT OUT OUR CHARTER SERVICES. WELL I'M LIKE, WELL THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING, RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GETTING TO THE POOL TOO BIG.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT QUALIFYING AN APPLE AND AN APPLE ACROSS THE BOARD AND DISQUALIFYING PEOPLE THAT OTHERWISE MAYBE WOULDN'T BE QUALIFIED WITHOUT A LINK, PLEASE. SO WE'VE HAD A BID WITH FOR CHARTER BUSSES EXPIRED.
SO THAT DROVE THE NEED FOR A NEW ONE. WHEN WE GOT THIS LIST, I SENT IT TO FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF THESE COMPANIES BEFORE? I PUT THEM ON THE LIST. THEY SAID NO. THIS GIVES US A POOL, LIKE YOU SAID, ESPECIALLY WITH CHARTER BUS.
THERE'S OTHER STATES OR OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE GOING TO THOSE SAME EVENTS.
AND SO THE ABILITY TO FIND A CHARTER BUS WHEN WE NEED ONE GETS HARDER AND HARDER, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY COMPANIES IN THE STATE AND EVERY DISTRICT IS LOOKING FOR A ONE. SO THE ONE THAT CONTRACTS THEM OUT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD EVEN USE THEM, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO ONE OF THESE OTHER COMPANIES, AND WE WOULD HAVE GONE TO THEM FIRST. SO WE DIDN'T ELIMINATE THEM, BUT I DOUBT WE WOULD USE THEM.
BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS GIVES US THE ABILITY, IF OUR FIRST ONE THAT WE WANT TO USE DOESN'T HAVE AVAILABILITY, THEN WE CAN GO TO ANOTHER ONE AND GET AVAILABILITY.
SO WE NEED THIS LARGE OF A POOL FOR CHARTER BUSSES SPECIFICALLY.
OKAY. AND THAT'S COMMON SENSE. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. AND I'M NOT NOT AGAINST IT IN PRINCIPLE.
I GUESS I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE WE'RE VOTING ON THIS AND APPROVING THIS, THAT THERE'S A LEVEL OF TRUST THAT GOES WITH LIKE, WE'RE WE'RE SOLID ON ALL OF THESE FIRMS THAT WE'RE WILLING AND READY TO PARTNER WITH THEM.
AND IF THEY DON'T MAKE THAT CUT, JUST DON'T BRING IT TO US.
WOULD JUST BE MY ASK. OKAY. SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THEIR SAFETY RECORD, WE LOOK AT THEIR TRAINING, I PUT THEIR TRAINING IN THE TAB SHEET. AND THEN I DID MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH ANY OF THEM FROM THE USERS.
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OKAY. AND I GET THE ENGINEERING PIECE ON STRUCTURAL MEP AND DIFFERENT ONES.BUT AGAIN JUST ASK FOR THE SAME THING, RIGHT? THAT INDEED WHEN AN RFQ FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD COMES UP YOU'RE NOT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT EASY STREET, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE DOING THAT. I'M JUST SAYING I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO THAT. FAIR ENOUGH. AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. TRICIA.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT.
IF WE WERE TO ACTUALLY USE ONE OF THESE THAT ARE THE ONE THAT SUBCONTRACTS OUT, ARE WE ABLE TO, LIKE, DICTATE WHO THEY WERE TO CONTRACT OUT TO, OR IS THAT DOOR CLOSED, WE'RE JUST WITH THEM IN THE THAT'S IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SAY, BUT I WOULD THINK WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHICH COMPANY IT IS.
OKAY, OKAY. AND THEN ANOTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT IS WHENEVER WE ARE USING CHARTER BUSSES AND THIS IS KIND OF IN GENERAL IS IT THE BOOSTERS THAT PAY FOR THE CHARTERS OR IS IT THE DISTRICT? DEPENDING ON THE EVENT, SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE A BUS.
AND THE BOOSTER COVERS THE EXTRA. OKAY. THANK YOU.
YEAH. YOU'LL SEE SOMETIMES ON OUR DONATION FORMS, IT'S A DONATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF A CHARTER TRIP, SO. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM THAT WE WILL HAVE MONDAY EVENING.
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CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL TWO ALL RIGHT.ALL RIGHT. SO WE WE HAVE 100% CDS, AND WE'RE PREPARED TO PRESENT THAT AT THE BOARD MEETING.
BUT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM VLK AND AMERICAN HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WHATSOEVER ON THAT.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE RODEO BEFORE, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION AS WE MOVE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, VERTICAL AND STILLS LIKE COMMODITIES CHANGE. AND WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON LIKE FINISHES FROM THIS POINT FORWARD BOARD ENGAGEMENT LIKE WE'RE TYING IN. BUT ALONG THE PROCESS THERE'S STILL SAY LIKE WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS. NO I THINK WE'VE DONE THE FLY THROUGH.
THE BLUE AND YELLOW, BLUE, YELLOW. I MEAN YEAH. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS. OKAY. YES. SO THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
NAMING, ALL OF THAT IS STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SO A LOT OF PLACES. GENERAL BUILDING, THOUGH IS.
IN THE DECK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BLUES AND YELLOWS AS PLACE KEEPERS.
PLACE KEEPERS OKAY. BUT YOU CAN SEE WHY I'M ADDRESSING THAT NOW.
I UNDERSTAND NOW WHERE THE QUESTION IS GOING.
YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND WELL YOU GUYS SIGNED OFF ON IT AND WE YOU KNOW, WE SAW WHAT WE HAD IN THE FLY THROUGH. BUT ALONG THE WAY.
AND THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THOSE IN THERE IS THAT THEY GET PRICED BY THE CONTRACTOR.
AND WE'VE GOT TWO PACKAGES. ONE IS SITE AND THE NEXT ONE IS BUILDING.
SO THAT WAY WE OWN SOMETHING AS PART OF THE PROCESS SO THAT WHEN YOU GET THAT GUARANTEED PRICE COMING THROUGH, YOU OWN THE GRAPHICS, THEN WE JUST REFINE WHAT THOSE ACTUAL ART PIECES, WHAT THE ART LOOKS LIKE.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE SEE THAT IS FINAL THAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
SO WITH THE LIKE INTERIOR MATERIALS WHERE YOU'RE SEEING ANYTHING THAT HAS COLOR THOSE ARE ALL MATERIALS THAT ARE INTERIOR DESIGNERS HAVE PICKED OUT THAT THE COLOR CAN CHANGE WHILE WE KEEP THE SAME MATERIAL DOWN THE LINE. SO WHENEVER WE PICK COLORS OF MASCOTS, WHEN THE COMMUNITY HAS INPUT, WE'RE ABLE TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE MATERIAL WHILE STILL KEEPING THE SAME ONE WE'VE PRICED.
YES. THAT THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. YEAH. SO THE MATERIALS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON. YEAH. ROB.
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I'LL WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I LOOK FORWARD TO JUST HEARING IT ALL AND AND JUST GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE DEAL. I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING THIS FOR TWO YEARS NOW. PLUS, THIS IS THIS HAS COME A LONG WAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK TIM'S GOING TO KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK.RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WE CAN SAVE MONEY ON THIS PROJECT WHEN IT COMES TO THE END DELIVERABLE HERE, I MEAN, FINISHES, YES, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT IT'S TRULY HOW LONG THE PROJECT TAKES TO COMPLETE, RIGHT? HOW MUCH GENERAL CONDITIONS NEED TO GET ABSORBED AS PART OF THE PROJECT. SO HAVE WE LANDED AS I MENTIONED, WE PUT OUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BREAK GROUND HERE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. CORRECT. HAVE WE LANDED ON HOW LONG WE ANTICIPATE THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS GOING TO IS GOING TO GO? WHO'S GOING TO GIVE THAT ONE A SHOT? I CAN GIVE THE RANGE.
OKAY. SO WHEN WE DO THE GMP, MAYBE THIS IS FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM.
OR BECAUSE. HAVE WE DONE THE DOCUMENT ON THIS ALREADY? WE SIGNED A CONTRACT? YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ON MONDAY NIGHT, SO I WANT TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY NOW. RIGHT. SO ARE WE PLANNING ON? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE, BETWEEN 28, 26, 30, 32.
RIGHT. THERE'S THERE'S BIG MONEY IN BETWEEN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. ARE WE ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO LOOK AT AN OPPORTUNITY POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME BENEFITS BOTH TO OUR GC PARTNER AND TO THE DISTRICT FOR COMPLETING THE PROJECT, MAYBE AHEAD, SAVING THE DISTRICT SUBSTANTIALLY A LOT OF MONEY ON GENERAL CONDITIONS AND THEN ALLOWING THE GC TO POTENTIALLY BENEFIT FROM THAT BY COMPLETING IT EARLY.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE FROM A COST SAVING PERSPECTIVE ON THIS PROJECT. WE'LL KNOW A LOT BETTER AFTER THE BID DOCUMENTS GET OUT, AND THEN WE GET OUR BIDS IN AND SEE WHAT KIND OF COMPLETION WE HAVE. WHAT KIND OF A HOW MANY, HOW MANY BIDS ARE WE GETTING FOR THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS? SO WE'LL WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND TAKE THEM. IF WE SAY WE GET PAINTERS AND WE GET TEN PAINTERS, WE CAN DIVIDE THAT UP BETWEEN TWO PAINTERS AND ATTACK THAT BETTER. WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE TIME MONEY SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
SO YES, WE WILL BE DOING THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SO I THINK THERE'S, I GUESS I JUST THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US. AND THERE'S ON A 32 MONTH I WOULD HATE BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED UNTIL THE BOARD, YEAH, WE CAN KNOCK THIS DOWN. DON'T DO THAT.
GAS PRICES WHATEVER. ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
SO REALLY HESITANT TO SIT THERE JUST THIS FAR OUT IN.
DON'T DO THAT BUT AS WE'RE DOING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, I THINK THERE COULD BE A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL OPPORTUNITY THERE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU CONSTANTLY, CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT PART OF THIS.
PART OF THE BEST THING ABOUT THE CMR IS THAT IS THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN ON BOARD WITH THIS THE WHOLE TIME, GIVING US THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON SPEED, TIME, CONSTRUCT, ABILITY, EVEN THE WAY WE BUILT THIS BUILDING TO WALL AND STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS FOR SPEED AND PRICE, OBVIOUSLY. COOL. SECOND QUESTION REAL QUICK.
REAL QUICK ON THAT, THOUGH. I MEAN, IT SAYS ON OUR DOCUMENTS WE'RE BRINGING Y'ALL IS 32 MONTHS.
I WOULD JUST AND THE ONLY REASON I BRING IT TO THE TABLE IS AS WE'RE FINALIZING THE CONTRACT, IS IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IT MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO POTENTIALLY SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY THE PROJECT GETTING DONE SOONER. AND THERE'S A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL OPPORTUNITY THAT'S WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT THAT COULD INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE CHANCE THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BRING THAT UP. AND OF COURSE, I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD YOU TO JAMES. 28 MONTHS, MAN. LIVE OR DIE. HERE WE GO. NO, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. LET US GET ALL THE DETAILS AND THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT.
OKAY. IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY OF DOING THAT AT ALL. I DIDN'T SEE PRICING ON THE CDS IN HERE.
MY QUESTION IS THOUGH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR THAT ARE WE IN LINE BASED ON OUR CD PRICING SET, I'M SURE AMERICAN HAS PROVIDED US WITH THE INITIAL PROJECTED COSTS THAT WE WERE SHOOTING FOR.
YES, SIR. WE ARE GOOD. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. OLIVIA, IF YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED, THOUGH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK CLARIFICATION.
BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK SUDDENLY WE'RE TAKING OUT WINDOWS OR NOT PUTTING UP A GRAPHIC THERE, OR IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE LIGHTING, WHATEVER. LIKE NOW'S THE TIME WHEN WE WANT TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET Y'ALL'S EXPECTATIONS ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSAL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.
I KNOW, I KNOW, I KEEP LOOKING OVER HERE. LINDA.
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SORRY. WE MAY JUST START MOVING AROUND JUST BEFORE YOU GUYS OFF, AND I'LL BE IN DIFFERENT SPOTS [LAUGHS] ALL RIGHT, SO FOR OUR COMP PLAN AS WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THE BIG TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO BE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR SCALES, ALL OF THEM BY 1.5%, MOVING OUR MINIMUM RATES UP.BUT THEN ALSO THAT 3% INCREASE FOR ALL 24-25 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE COMING BACK TO THE RETENTION PIECE.
SO THAT'S THAT 3% INCREASE ON THE MIDPOINT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
ALSO THE $500 LOCAL INCREASE MOVING THAT STARTING PAY SCALE FROM FOR TEACHERS FROM 55 TO 56,000.
AND THEN FOR OUR ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE IN TWO YEAR EXPERIENCE, THE 1250.
FOR YEARS THREE AND FOUR THE 2500. AND THEN THE $5,000 FOR THAT TRA.
SO THE TEACHER PAY SCALE. WE'RE LUCKY TO BE THE PASS THROUGH FOR THE TRA.
IDEALLY NEXT MONDAY, AS SOON AS IT'S APPROVED, WE'LL GET THAT COMMUNICATION.
BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF ALL IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
BECAUSE THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL. ALL OF OUR STIPENDS WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE.
THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN OUR COMP PLAN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? SO WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE WORKSHOP, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ASKING THIS THE RIGHT WAY.
SO ON THE PAY SCALE FOR TEACHERS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF RAISE THAT THE TRA IS COVERING.
SO BUT AND YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A REALLY HIGH PERCENTAGE, YOU KNOW, $5,000 ON TOP OF 61,000 IS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN $5,000 ON TOP OF 71,000. ARE WE IN ANY OF OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE GETTING TRA, ARE WE UNDER THAT 3% MARK THAT WE'RE GIVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO ALL OTHER STAFF? I DON'T KNOW, CAN'T REALLY DOUBLE CHECK THAT BECAUSE THAT BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE.
OKAY. WE'LL RUN IT IN. DOUBLE CHECK. OKAY. BECAUSE FOR ME, THAT WOULD HURT TO SAY, OKAY, IF YOU'VE GOT A 26 YEAR VETERAN TEACHER WHO'S GETTING A PERCENTAGE RAISE, THAT'S LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE GIVING TO ALL OTHER STAFF ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS. OKAY. YEAH. NO, BECAUSE 3% OF 71,000 BE 2000.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY NO, BUT WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK.
OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. NOT TRYING TO RUN THE MATH, BUT SOMEONE.
BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID A 2%, I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE $600.
WHAT FOR THE MIDPOINT. AND SO USUALLY WE DO 15 YEARS IS OUR MIDPOINT FOR OUR TEACHER SCALE.
AND SO I THINK LAST YEAR WAS LIKE AROUND $617.
AND SO 5000 IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, MUCH HIGHER THAN THE 3%.
AND I'VE EVER SEEN A $5,000 INCREASE FOR I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
YEAH. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS SO YOU MENTIONED THAT WE PULLED BACK ON THE MAXIMUM.
IS THERE ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, DO WE DO WE HAVE TEACHERS OR WHO APPLY THAT ARE PAST THAT 26 YEAR MARK? CAN CAN WE CREATE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CATEGORY OF, YOU KNOW, 26 TO 30 OR 30 TO 35? BECAUSE IF THERE'S AN INSTANCE IN WHICH A TEACHER WHO HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, WHO YOU KNOW IS NOT READY TO RETIRE, COMES HERE AND THEY'VE GOT 30 YEARS. WE DON'T OFFER ANYTHING ABOVE THE 26.
SO DOES THAT CAN WE GO FURTHER WITH THIS? IS THIS THE TIME TO DO IT? WE CAN. I'M GOING TO BE HONEST. THIS IS GENEROUS.
DRIPPING SPRINGS IS GENEROUS. THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT STOP AT 20, SO 26 IS GENEROUS THERE.
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER SEEN A DISTRICT THAT GOES TO 26.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A DISTRICT THAT CONTINUES ALL THE WAY.
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I USUALLY I MEAN, EVEN TRS THEY STOP AT 20 WHEN THEY'RE DOING ON BEHALF SO LOTS OF SKILLS STOP AT 20 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE TEA AND TRS'S GUIDANCE STOPS. SO WE ARE GENEROUS TO GO BEYOND.YOU COULD NEVER SEEN IT, BUT OKAY. I'M OKAY. SO I WILL SAY WE ARE I WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYONE PUSHBACK.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE HIRED ANYONE. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW HOW LIKELY IT IS FOR US TO HIRE A TEACHER WITH 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BUT YOU MENTIONED IN THE WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD A TEACHER WHO HAD, YOU KNOW, WAS WAY PAST THAT.
AND GRANTED, I MEAN, THE COMPENSATION THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, SCALED UP LIKE WE SEE.
BUT OKAY, THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW LIKELY IT IS THAT WE GET A 30 YEAR.
USUALLY STAY IN THEIR DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE BECAUSE ONCE THEY REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL, THEY'RE GETTING 5000, ONE YEAR, 6000 OR VERY UNIQUE RAISES BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL.
AND SO THIS DRIPPING SPRINGS IS VERY GENEROUS IN GOING BEYOND 20.
SO THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PAY SCALE. SO I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
OKAY. THAT WAS JUST I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THANK YOU.
MARY JANE. IN ALL OF THE CONVERSATION, I DON'T REMEMBER THIS BEING SPECIFICALLY STATED HERE, THAT THESE PAY RAISES ARE RETROACTIVE TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? TO JULY, YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, JENNIFER, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THAT COMMUNICATIONS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE WE TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THE BUDGET WAS GOOD SO THAT WE COULD GIVE A BETTER RAISE, THAT WE ARE RETRO-ING THAT. AND THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY BE IN YOUR MOTION THAT YOU MAKE AS WELL TO.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO 8.C, OUR CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF OUR FINANCIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM.
SO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. FESTA.
YES. SO WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE WILL DO A PRESENTATION.
BUT WE ESSENTIALLY REVIEWED SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR CURRICULUM.
AND THE ONE THAT THE SHAC COMMITTEE WILL BE RECOMMENDING IS THE FESTA CREATED PROGRAM, THIS IS A GRANT WITH TEXAS STATE WHERE THEY CREATED THE EACH PRESENTATION ONE SEPARATE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL.
THERE ARE ABOUT 45 MINUTES IN LENGTH AND IT WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE CLASSROOMS OF OUR CHOICE.
HOWEVER, WE DECIDE THAT BY GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED AT TEXAS STATE, OF COURSE OUR PERSONNEL WILL BE IN THERE AS WELL AND AT NO COST FOR US AT ALL. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR GRANT, SO AT THE END OF THE GRANT, THEY WILL WORK ON THE TRAIN AND TRAINER MODE SO THAT WE WILL THEN AS A DISTRICT, BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT OVER AND CONTINUE.
SEVERAL REASONS THIS CONSIDERATION IS BEING MADE.
FIRST, BECAUSE THEY WERE THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT WE COULD FIND THAT WAS OFFERING SIX THROUGH 12.
SO INSTEAD OF PIECEMEAL MULTIPLE PROGRAMS, WE WENT WITH ONE.
THEY ALSO ARE COMPLETELY OPEN TO OUR COMMUNITY'S OUTLOOK OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. AND EACH TIME THAT THEY PRESENT THE MATERIAL, THEY DO A STUDENT SURVEY, AND THEN THEY TAKE THAT SURVEY AND ADJUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING IS ACTUALLY GETTING THROUGH TO OUR STUDENTS AND MOST OF THE OTHER CURRICULUM THAT WE SAW WAS STATIC.
THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU GOT. SO WE ENJOYED THAT PART.
THEY'RE ALSO A PARENT COMPONENT FOR EACH TEACHER OR EACH LESSON.
SO WE APPRECIATED THAT ADDITIONAL SERVICE AS WELL.
SO THIS PARTICULAR ACTION ITEM IS ALSO GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY SHAC? OR IT'LL BE WITHIN THEIR ANNUAL REPORT. IT IS WITHIN THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.
OKAY. SO I'LL BE HERE IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
YES. AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO IT IN NOTE OF ALL OF THE LESSONS ALREADY.
OKAY. GREAT. OF THE SPECIFIC CURRICULUM. YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. 8.D OUR ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS RESOLUTION.
SO AS A REMINDER, RIGHT, 2023 YOU ALL WERE FACED WITH HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE HOUSE BILL THREE BACK THEN, AS FAR AS THE ARMED REQUIREMENT ON EACH CAMPUS.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, HAYS COUNTY CAME FORWARD AND SAID, WE DON'T HAVE BODIES.
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SO NOW WHAT HOUSE BILL 121 IS SAYING NOW BOARDS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN EACH YEAR TO DETERMINE IF THAT'S THE SOLUTION THAT'S BEST FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND CORRECT ME, IS THIS HAVING TO VOTE ON THIS EVERY YEAR? IS THIS ALSO PART OF LEGISLATION, OR IS THIS JUST HOW WE'RE? ANNUAL REVIEW TO DETERMINE IF IT'S STILL THE SOLUTION FOR OUR DISTRICT.THAT THE BOARD HAS TO TAKE ACTION OF. CORRECT. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, THEN. 8.E IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
ALSO FOR THE BOARD WE HAVE SEVEN ACTION ITEMS. WE USUALLY LIKE TO KEEP UNDER SIX. SO IF ANYBODY HAS RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE ANYTHING ELSE TO CONSENT I WILL ENTERTAIN THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ON CONSENT. DID I NOT SEE IT ON CONSENT? NEED TO BE ON ACTION OR CAN THEY BE ON CONSENT? I THINK THIS A BIT IS THEY WANTED TO BE BECAUSE IT'S A RETROACTIVE.
OH, THIS IS DIFFERENT. WELL SO YEAH. HOW IS IT DIFFERENT THAN 7.N [INAUDIBLE] SORRY.
SO THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT WAS WAS APPROVED IN JUNE FOR THE 24-25 BUDGET.
AFTER THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED.
WE DISCOVERED THERE WERE THREE SBITAS. AND DO Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY SBITAS? SO REVIEW FOR US. SO IT'S A SUBSCRIPTION BASED SOFTWARE FOR, LIKE, TECHNOLOGY AND WHATNOT.
AND SO NORMALLY THESE ARE VERY SMALL IN NATURE.
SO THEY DON'T REALLY AFFECT THE FUNCTIONS. THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS OUT THERE THAT WAS AROUND $1 MILLION BEFORE YOU GET HEARTBURN. IT'S A BOOK ENTRY SIMILAR TO ON BEHALF WHERE YOU BOOK THE EXPENSE AND YOU BOOK AN OFFSETTING REVENUE.
SO THERE IS YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO BEAT IT ON IT BECAUSE WE USED TO JUST EXPENSE THESE.
OH, IT'S THE GAS. WE USED TO JUST EXPENSE THESE.
AND NOW WE HAVE TO RECORD THEM AS DEBT. YEAH.
SO IT'S AN INVOLVED ENTRY, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY FOR THE AUDIT.
YOU HAVE TO BOOK THE EXPENSE FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE OF THE SABINA OR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE SOFTWARE IN THIS CASE. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVEN'T MADE A PAYMENT ON IT YET, BUT WE HAVE TO BOOK THE INITIAL OUTLAY. WE'VE VISITED WITH THE AUDITORS.
AND SO THERE'S A SCHEDULE IN THE AUDIT THAT COMPARES BUDGET TO ACTUAL THAT THE AUDITORS FELT OKAY.
IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BRING A ITEM TO THE BOARD SO THAT Y'ALL COULD SEE IT AND APPROVE IT, SO THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND THE AUDIT AND QUESTION WHY IT DOESN'T MATCH TO THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT, YOU COULD SEE THE TRAIL. SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN AUDIT INFORMATIONAL TYPE ITEM THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE BOARD SO THAT Y'ALL CAN BLESS IT. AND WE CAN LET THE AUDITORS KNOW THAT WE BROUGHT IT AND EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DONE.
IT'S A RETROACTIVE. SO WE'RE RE AMENDING THE FINAL BUDGET SO THAT THE FINAL AUDIT WON'T HAVE A NEGATIVE BUDGET LINE IN THAT SCHEDULE. YES. THAT CLEAR? YEAH. THANK YOU. WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE 8.D TO CONSENT IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT. THE ARMED OFFICERS.
WE CAN MOVE THAT TO CONSENT. WE'RE JUST CONTINUING WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ALREADY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THAT FROM SHAC OKAY.
WE CAN MOVE THAT ALSO OKAY. AND THEN 8.F IS KIND OF SIMILAR NOT THE SAME AUDIT PROCEDURE BUT PROCEDURALLY. BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN ACTION AS WELL.
OKAY. F IS JUST YOUR RECAPTURE. IT'S JUST THE ENTRY FOR IT.
BUT IT DOES HAVE TO STAY WHEN WE'RE CONFIRMING.
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AND SO PUTTING IN A CONSENT BLURS THAT. THAT'S A FIVE LINE MOTION.OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS OR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT.
[INAUDIBLE]. OKAY, THEN. OUR LAST ACTION FOR MONDAY NIGHT IS OUR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE RENEWAL.
AND WE LEFT THIS ON ACTION SO THAT DOCTOR HETRICK WOULDN'T HAVE TO ABSTAIN.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND INFORMATION LEARNING AND INNOVATION REPORT.
[9. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]
YOU WANT TO STRUGGLE WITH THIS? OH. IT'S ON. YAY! IN OUR LNI REPORT THIS MONTH, YOU WILL SEE THE AWESOME PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HELD PRIOR TO WELCOMING STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL FROM NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TO THE DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY, WHERE WE EXPLORED NEWLY ADOPTED RESOURCES.WE HAD ALL OF OUR SECONDARY TEACHERS PARTICIPATE IN AI EDUCATION AND START DIGGING INTO STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES THAT THEY COULD USE, WHETHER TO LESSON PLAN OR CREATE ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS OR WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER.
AND ALSO, WE DIVED INTO DATA AS WE PREPARED FOR OUR STUDENTS RETURNING.
WE ARE ALSO EXCITED AND PROUD OF MAINTAINING OUR RATING RELEASE.
SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT RATING RELEASE. AND LAST YOU WILL SEE OUR SPECIAL SERVICES TEAM HIGHLIGHTED FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK AND SUPPORT THAT THEY PROVIDE TO A PRETTY BIG MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS IN DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE DATA AND THE NUMBERS CONNECTED TO WHO OUR SPECIAL SERVICES TEAM SUPPORTS.
THANK YOU. I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION. WAS THERE ANY CHANGES THIS YEAR TO HOW Y'ALL DID THE WELCOME BACK PD AS COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS? BECAUSE I JUST, IT'S COMING.
MY QUESTION IS COMING FROM SOME KIND OF ANECDOTAL CONVERSATIONS WITH TEACHERS THAT THEY FELT LIKE THIS YEAR THEY DIDN'T GET A LOT OF BREATHING ROOM BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED AND FELT LIKE A LITTLE RUSHED INTO THEIR LIKE, NOT AS MUCH TIME TO SIT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, DEVELOP THEIR LIKE THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE IN MEETINGS ALL DAY.
SO THE PRESSURE OF MOVING OR IF THERE'S CAMPUS OR ADDITIONAL MEETINGS MAYBE THAT TOOK, YOU KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE CAMPUS. I THINK EVERYONE TRIED TO BE PRETTY COGNIZANT, BUT YEAH, KEEP IN MIND YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING, AND THAT ADDS A LAYER THAT NORMALLY YOU DON'T HAVE IN THE YEAR.
SO MAYBE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. I WILL SAY, ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I THINK ON OUR REQUIRED TRAINING, HR HAS STREAMLINED THE HECK OUT OF THAT AND IT'S PRETTY TIGHT.
SO THE AFTER PD TRAINING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOVING THAT.
YEAH. LEGISLATION JUST LIKE YOU ALL HAVE REQUIRED TRAININGS. THEY DO. AND SO SOME OF THAT'S BEEN STREAMLINED. BUT I REALLY DO THINK IT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE MOVING INTO CAMPUSES, AND THAT'S JUST NOT TYPICAL FOR OUR START OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS HARD ON STAFF.
ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SHANNA, ARE WE MAYBE ON THE CALENDAR ALREADY? WE'RE DOING A WORKSHOP ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY TO SEE THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING.
YEAH KAREN BRINGS YOU THAT IN THE FALL. AND THEN SHE BRINGS YOU [INAUDIBLE] IN JANUARY.
NO. SHANNA IS TALKING ABOUT AS A BOARD WE WANTED MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT LIKE AN UPDATE OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M AT. IT'S SCHEDULED TO BRING SOME DATA THIS FALL. YES.
YEP. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE DOES IT AS A WORKSHOP. SHE USUALLY. I STILL THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. NO. YES. WE GET THE UPDATES SHANA IS TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE TALKED A YEAR AGO ABOUT GRADES AND MAKING THAT INTO KIND OF MORE AND ELABORATED CONVERSATION
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AROUND, LIKE, ALMOST LIKE A PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GRADING WITH OUR CURRICULUM, WITH KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING POST-GRADUATION, YOU SAID.WE'RE DOING THAT AT RETREAT. AND YES, IT IS ON THE BOOKS FOR THIS FALL, TOO.
PERFECT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. THANK YOU.
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I WAS THINKING. YES. YES, I COULD TELL.
ROB, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO. AS LONG AS THE SAME QUESTION. JUST ON THE ON THE RATINGS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE NEW STANDARDS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED. NOW, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SPECIAL SESSION? THE STAR MAY IMPACT FUTURE ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS, RIGHT? SO WE KNOW THAT FOR THE FUTURE. SO YEAH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW.
BUT AS I'VE KIND OF LOOKED A LITTLE BIT AT IT, A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN SOME AREAS MAINLY RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. I JUST THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE THE FIGURE OUT THE STORY THERE, RIGHT. AND HOW WE CAN GO FROM, YOU KNOW, 89 TO 91, 92, 93.
RIGHT. SO I JUST FRAMING THAT CONVERSATION AS WE CAN LOOK BACK ACROSS THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THEN FIGURE OUT, I SEE YOU WAVING, DAN. YEAH, I POINTED OUT. SO I WAS JUST NOT.
YEAH. HI, DAN. SO IS THAT YOU NOW? DAN I GUESS I DIDN'T MEET YOU.
HAVE I MET DAN? IT'S IT'S DAN. HE'S ALREADY ON IT.
HE'S ALREADY MET WITH EVERY PRINCIPAL AND HE'S ALREADY WORKING ON TWEAKS AS WELL AS LAST YEAR OR NOW WE'RE HAVING AS WE'RE DOING IT KIND OF COMMITTED THIS YEAR AS A BOARD TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON ACADEMIC AND STUDENT OUTCOMES AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WONDERFUL.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, DAN, SO YOU'RE YOU'RE THAT'S YOUR BALL.
SO THERE'S JUST NO, THAT THERE'S A VESTED INTEREST BY SOME OF US ON HERE ABOUT THAT BALL. SO THERE YOU GO. AWESOME. WELL, AND JUST TO MAKE CLEAR PROCEDURALLY THESE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE A PHASED CONVERSATIONS OKAY.
SO BUT FOR SHANDA'S QUESTION ON LIKE GRADING, I THINK WE WERE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE PLANS FOR MEETINGS, WE WANTED TO WAIT TILL WE GOT TEA'S FULL RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE SOME THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ANYWAY ON LIKE GPA AND STUFF.
SO I WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE A LITTLE MORE OF THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT AS EARLY IN THE YEAR AS WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN SORT OF A SECONDARY QUESTION TO THAT IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, A GRADUATE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR GRADUATES BEING SUCH A COMPETITIVE DISTRICT, HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY GPA, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS AS SORT OF A THIRD PRONG TO ALL OF THAT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN ONE LUMP SUM. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A ONE HOUR MEETING.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A PHASED CONVERSATION OVER THE NEXT PROBABLY YEAR OR TWO.
ALSO. SO OKAY EVERYONE JUST MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
COOL. ALL RIGHT. HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT I KEEP LOOKING OVER HERE NOW I KNOW.
I WAS JUST TELLING JENNIFER THAT I WAS THERE, SO I SAID, OKAY.
LOOKING AT OUR VACANCY NUMBERS REALLY ARE FANTASTIC.
WILDWOOD. A LOT OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE FULLY STAFFED.
I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY, BUT I'M GOING TO BLAME SOMEBODY.
DPS KIND OF THREW US A LITTLE WRENCH HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
THEY THREW ALL THE SCHOOLS AND RESET A SYSTEM SO OUR FINGERPRINTS WERE DELAYED.
AND NO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WERE GETTING FINGERPRINTS, WHICH IS GREAT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR CLASSROOMS ARE FULLY VETTED. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE, AND WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL INFORMATION, THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. BUT IT CAUSED US A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD DO OUR FULL VETTING AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR STAFF, WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN OUR CLASSROOMS, HAD GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE PROPER CHECKS AND BALANCES.
BIT OF STRESS ON OUR CAMPUSES, BUT WE'VE NOW GOTTEN EVERYTHING MOVED THROUGH.
BUT WE ARE NOW SITTING AT FIVE TEACHER VACANCIES.
WE WERE ABLE TO WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL SEEING SOME GROWTH.
WE DID NEED TO RELEASE A COUPLE OF POSITIONS THERE, SO WE'VE ACTUALLY MOVED IT UP TO SEVEN.
BUT PEOPLE STILL WANT TO COME AND THEY STILL WANT TO WORK HERE.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO STILL FIND REALLY HIGH QUALITY, FANTASTIC TEACHERS TO FILL OUR POSITIONS.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE LOTS OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE LOTS OF VACANCIES, BUT PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS AND BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT WE ARE RETAINING STAFF AND WE'RE GIVING RAISES AND WE ARE VALUING OUR EMPLOYEES IS GOING TO BE HUGE.
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TOTAL NEW HIRES. LAST YEAR IN AUGUST, WHEN WE REPORTED WE HAD 88 NEW HIRES, 44 OF THOSE WERE NEW TEACHERS.NOW, WE HAD HIRED SOME OF THEM AND REPORTED THEM IN JUNE, BUT IN AUGUST WE HAD 44 NEW TEACHERS.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE 39 NEW TEACHERS. AND JUST SO OUR RETENTION RATES, I'LL BRING YOU ALL SPECIFIC RESIGNATION AND ATTRITION AND RETENTION, BUT JUST FROM 44 TO 39. AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP GREAT TEACHERS HERE AND RETAIN THEM, CONTINUE TO ATTRACT GREAT STAFF.
BUT ALSO JUST LOOKING AT OUR TURNOVER. WE'VE GOT GREAT NUMBERS AND SO WE'VE GOT GREAT SUPERVISORS, GREAT PRINCIPALS. SO 39 NEW TEACHERS THAT WE WILL HELP COACH AND GET THROUGH OUR NEW TEACHER ACADEMY AND GIVE THEM THAT EXCELLENT SUPPORT.
BUT WE'RE ROCKING AND ROLLING. KIM THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND AIDES IS THAT, LOOKED KIND OF HIGH TO ME, IS THAT IS THAT TYPICAL OR IS THAT HIGH FOR US? IT'S UNFORTUNATELY IT'S TYPICAL. AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION AIDES WE'LL BE WORKING SUPER CLOSE WITH BROOKE.
IT'S A VERY IT'S A VERY TOUGH JOB. AND SO.
THE PRINCIPALS JUST HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY YET TO INTERVIEW AND SCREEN THEM.
AS OUR PRIORITY HAS DEFINITELY BEEN TO FILL OUR TEACHER ROLES AND SO THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN THEIR FOCUS, ESPECIALLY IF WE NEEDED TO BRING IN CONTRACTORS FOR THOSE ROLES.
IT'S BEEN TO GET THE TEACHERS FILLED FIRST, AND NOW WE'LL SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO THE AIDES.
OKAY. SO THAT'LL PROBABLY DROP. YES, IT USUALLY DOES.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE RATE A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH. THAT WILL HELP AS WELL. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TRY TO GET SOME OF OUR SUBS.
WE HIRE LOTS OF SUBS EVERY YEAR. THEY GET TO KIND OF GET IN THERE, SEE WHAT THE ROLE IS LIKE WHEN THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT TEACHER, IT MAKES THE JOB THAT MUCH EASIER AS WELL. AND SO WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING SOME OF THOSE IN.
AND SO WE'LL PROBABLY HOLD ONE OF OUR JOB FAIRS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT POSITION AS WELL.
BROOKE WILL GET TO BE A PART ONE OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION JOB FAIRS.
DID WE LOOK AT SUBCONTRACTING WITH A COMPANY A YEAR AGO TO HELP US FILL A LOT OF THOSE POSITIONS, OR ARE WE STILL DOING THAT? THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE ANOTHER HIGH NUMBER TO ME.
WE HAVE ADDED A CAMPUS, AND SO WE NOW ADDED WILDWOOD AS ANOTHER CAMPUS.
WE KEPT THE SAME NUMBER. SO SYCAMORE, ROOSTER, SYCAMORE, ROOSTER AND CYPRESS ARE STAR IQS, SO WE STILL HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH THAT COMPANY, BUT WE DID ADD WILDWOOD AS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR DSISD DISTRICT CUSTODIAL CAMPUSES. AND SO THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO COVER? I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A HIGH.
YES. SO WE'RE WE'RE COVERING EVERYTHING. WE DID LOSE A COUPLE OF CUSTODIANS RIGHT AT THE VERY END OF SUMMER, AND THAT MAY BE WHAT'S KIND OF SHOWING. OKAY.
AND WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME MOVEMENT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT ALSO WHERE WE HAD SOME CUSTODIANS WHO MOVED INTO CHILD NUTRITION, SOME CHILD NUTRITION INTO AIDES. SO YOU MAY ALSO SEE SOME TRANSFER.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, YOU'LL SEE THE SAME NAME WHO MOVED INTO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THEY DON'T ALWAYS JUST LEAVE THE DISTRICT COMPLETELY.
SOMETIMES THEY JUST MOVE INTO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
THANK YOU OLIVIA. HOW MANY TOTAL AIDES, AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU SAID IT, BUT HOW MANY TOTAL AIDE POSITIONS ARE THERE? I DON'T SEE THAT. THAT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE. TOTAL AIDES IN THE DISTRICT.
YEAH. LIKE 15.5 OUT OF. I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE.
I THINK IT'S LIKE 95. YEAH, WE CAN LOOK THAT UP AND GET THAT TO YOU.
I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S LIKE 95 SPED. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER AREA WE REALLY HAVE IS ESSENTIALS, BUT. AND THEN PRE-K. BUT I CAN GET YOU A NUMBER.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GETTING A PERCENTAGE OF HOW MANY VACANCIES.
AND TRY TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S APPLICATIONS TO CONSIDER.
WELL, WHEN I FIRST OPENED THIS DOCUMENT, I DIDN'T SEE THE DECIMAL AND I THOUGHT IT SAID 155.
SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT'S GOOD. SO JUST TO CLARIFY THOUGH, WE HAVE SEVEN.
I WAS, WE HAVE SEVEN TEACHER VACANCIES AS A YEAH, I FEEL GREAT ABOUT 15.5.
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MY EYES. I THINK I NEED TO GET MY EYES CHECKED.OLIVIA, I NEED YOUR READERS. WE HAVE SEVEN TEACHER VACANCIES AS OF TODAY.
AS OF TODAY. HOW MANY CAMPUSES ARE THIS? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? ONE HERE, ONE THERE? OR IS IT. I MEAN, TWO OF THEM ARE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE JUST POSTED THEM.
OKAY. AND THEN THEY'RE JUST KIND OF SPORADIC AROUND. OKAY.
IT'S NOT LIKE ONE CAMPUS IS REALLY HURTING FOR, YOU KNOW, FIVE TEACHERS.
OKAY. NO, MA'AM. THANKS. YES. ALL GOOD NEWS. OKAY.
FINANCE. WELL, THERE'S ROB POINTED OUT EARLIER. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ENDING WITH 24, $26,000 DEFICIT IN THE GENERAL FUND, SO THAT'S GOOD.
HE'S GOING TO COVER THAT. [INAUDIBLE] GONNA FIND $26,000 SOMEWHERE.
YEAH, AND IT'S A [INAUDIBLE], RIGHT? [LAUGHS] SO BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT FUNCTION 53, WE'RE AT 97% ON THE BUDGET SPENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE THAT RETRO AMOUNT COMES INTO PLAY.
I WOULD HAVE TO HIT THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM AND IT WOULD CAUSE IT TO GO OVER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE RETRO BUDGET.
AND SO JUST BE READY FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, I'M JUST OVERJOYED, CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE FACING SO MANY DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
RIGHT. AND SO IT'S ONE THING TO CELEBRATE 26,000, LET'S JUST CALL IT 0.02% TO BUDGET ACTUALS, RIGHT, TO RUN A BALANCED BUDGET. IT'S A HARD THING TO DO IT WITHOUT DISRUPTING WHAT WE PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY.
SO LET'S GO TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND 599. SO OBVIOUSLY WE MADE OUR PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS RIGHT.
OUR DEBT SERVICES PAYMENT IN THE FUNCTION 71.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO LAND WITH UNDER 23 MILLION.
ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT A DEFICIENCY PAYMENT BEING.
LIKE 20. YEAH I CAN GET THE NUMBER FOR SURE. BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 20, 23 MILLION.
RIGHT. THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH TAXPAYERS ABOUT WHETHER ENOUGH DOLLARS ARE GOING. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE PAYING OFF ANOTHER 24, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, OF DEBT EARLY.
AND IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A ROUGH INTEREST SAVINGS FOR THAT BASED UPON OUR AMORTIZATION SCHEDULES FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FEES, I'D APPRECIATE HIGHLIGHTING THAT AS WELL. ON MONDAY NIGHT.
AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OPERATION REPORTS.
CAN I GO OVER THE BOND REPORTS FIRST? YES. SKIP THOSE.
IT'S NOT A SEPARATE NUMBER NOW. OH, WAIT, IT IS.
BUT NO, IT'S UNDER FINANCE. WE'LL KEEP IT. YEAH.
THERE'S STILL AN ENCUMBRANCE THERE. SO WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THOSE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT ABOUT 350,000 IN SAVINGS IN 2018. THAT'S NOT DESIGNATED TOWARDS ANYTHING AFTER WE USED EVERYTHING FOR TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THERE.
SO WE MAY BE COMING TO YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS WITH SOME PLANS FOR SPENDING THAT DOWN THE 23 BOND.
THE REPORT YOU SEE IN HERE IS STILL THE OLD NUMBERS.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN YOU DO HAVE A 25 BOND REPORT.
AND THAT IS SIMPLY REFLECTING SETTING UP THE BUDGET AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
SO YOU'VE GOT A 25 REPORT, BUT IT'S THE FIRST STEP.
AND SO THAT WILL BE CHANGING. WE ARE STARTING TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
WE'VE GOT THE BUS SEATBELT RETROFIT GOING ON.
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I THINK SOME OTHER POS HAVE BEEN ENTERED TOWARDS THE 25 BOND PROJECTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT YOU HAVE THOSE THREE.WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT LEFT IN 2018 THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT OUTSIDE OF THE LAND.
AND THEN THE 23 IS GETTING CLEANED UP AND I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, LIKE ROUGH BALLPARK, AN AREA YOU THINK THAT MONEY IS NEEDED? 2018. SCOTT DOES. HE'S WANTING TO DO SOME HVAC WORK ON THIS BUILDING.
OKAY. AND WHAT ELSE? THE I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE ROOM ACROSS THE THE HALL, THE ELECTION ROOM, THE ROOFING. YEAH, THERE'S SOME ROOFING ISSUES.
OKAY WITH THAT. SO. OKAY. IT'S, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OPERATIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO SUMMER CONSTRUCTION WAS HECTIC WITHOUT A DOUBT.
WE WERE WORKING ON SEVEN OF THE DISTRICT'S NINE CAMPUSES.
I DO WANT TO SAY OUR NEW PROJECT MANAGER, DARRELL METCALF, IS HERE.
CAME IN IN EARLY JUNE AND MADE AN IMPACT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
WAS WAS WORKING MOSTLY ON OUR REMODELS, HELPING JAMES WITH WITH THAT PIECE OF IT.
I WANT TO SAY ALL OF THE INTERACTIVE PANELS WERE INSTALLED, BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING A FEW REQUESTS OF, FOR TEACHERS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE ORIGINAL LIST TO HAVE INTERACTIVE PANELS.
THEY MOVED WHITEBOARDS, PUT INTERACTIVE PANELS UP.
THEY CAN WRITE ON THEIR WHITEBOARDS, THEY CAN USE THEIR TECHNOLOGY ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED THAT PERSONALLY WHENEVER I WAS TEACHING, SO IT TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD.
BUT STUFF HAPPENS WHEN SUMMER GOES WE WE HAVE WOODPECKERS, WE HAVE SQUIRRELS.
THEY GET IN, THEY CAUSE DAMAGE. AND SO SOMETIMES THAT'S OUR INTERNET.
SO THEY'VE BEEN BEEN RUNNING DOWN ALL OF THOSE ISSUES.
THEY'VE ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME PREPARING FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY CREATED SECURITY FOR NEW STAFF. THEY PROVISIONED ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS, AND THAT INCLUDES ROSTERING AND ENSURING THAT THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THEM FOR FOR TEACHING AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS ALSO BEGINNING OF THE YEAR PROCUREMENT FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS, WHICH THEY'RE WORKING WITH FINANCE BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE ARE SBITAS.
SO THAT SORT OF THING. SO FACILITIES JUST BUSY, BUSY ESPECIALLY THE LAST MONTH.
AND SO CUSTODIANS WERE WORKING A LOT OF DAYS WE WERE MAKING USE OF OUR IQS, OUR CONTRACTED CUSTODIANS AS WELL. WE BROUGHT THEM ON TO HELP CLEANING UP CONSTRUCTION, CLEANING UP CAMPUSES THAT DIDN'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION, JUST ALL OF THE THINGS TO GET GET READY FOR SCHOOL, OUR MAINTENANCE.
AND THIS IS JUST AUGUST 1ST THROUGH THE 12TH.
THAT WAS ONLY WHEN TEACHERS WERE BACK. THEY THEY COMPLETED 150 WORK ORDERS.
WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE MAINTENANCE TEAM. SO THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF WORK ORDERS EACH DAY.
ONCE SCHOOL STARTED, I THINK IT PROBABLY INCREASED BECAUSE IT'S JUST AS YOU AS YOU USE THOSE ROOMS, MORE AND MORE, YOU FIND OUT THE HVAC DOESN'T WORK LIKE IT SHOULD.
OR YOU KNOW, THIS OUTLET IS NOT WORKING OR WHATEVER.
SO THEY'VE BEEN BUSY WITH ALL OF THAT. AND THEN OUR GROUNDS TEAM ALSO THEY ASSISTED WITH MOVING WAS ONE THING ABOUT THIS GROUP IN THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. THEY DON'T THEY MAY BE HIGHLY SKILLED PLUMBERS, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT DOING PLUMBING THAT DAY, THEY'RE HELPING WHEREVER THEY'RE NEEDED. AND THEY DON'T THEY DON'T COMPLAIN.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. BUT THE GROUNDS WERE THEY MOVED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
LOTS OF TEACHERS RELOCATING WITH THE OPENING OF A SCHOOL.
THEY ALSO PUT WINDSCREENS UP ON TENNIS COURTS AND FENCES, AND THEY WERE DOING THEIR GENERAL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AS WELL, MAKING SURE GRASS WAS CUT. AND WE NEEDED THE CHILD NUTRITION.
THEY SPENT THE SUMMER DOING SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE MANAGERS THEY HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES AND MOST OF THEM TOOK ADVANTAGE OF BOTH OF THEM.
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BUT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NUTRITION AT A WORKSHOP IN JUNE AND THEN REGION 13 HAD A WORKSHOP ALSO.ALSO THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION ON SOME OF OUR CAFETERIAS, MOSTLY OUR REFRIGERATORS AND COOLERS.
AND THAT WAS PART OF BOND THAT, THAT WE DID SO THREE REFRIGERATORS FROM 2009 AT DSMS AND FIVE REFRIGERATORS FROM THE SAME YEAR AT DSHS WERE REPLACED BY CONDENSING UNITS ON THE COOLERS AND FREEZERS AT SYCAMORE MIDDLE WERE REPLACED, AND THEN THE WALK IN FREEZER AT CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY WAS ALSO REPLACED THIS SUMMER.
MAJORITY OF THE REPLACEMENTS WERE DONE USING 23 BOND FUNDS AND THEN FINALLY TRANSPORTATION.
TRANSPORTATION. THEY DID OPERATE FOR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR AND OTHER SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO THEY WERE THEY WERE DRIVING ROUTES AND DELIVERING CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
THEY COORDINATED THE PRINTING AND DELIVERY OF ELEMENTARY BUS RIDERS SMART TAGS AND ALSO THE SMART TAGS FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS AS WELL. THEY ALSO PERFORMED, THERE'S A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING THAT BUS DRIVERS GO THROUGH.
SO THEY WERE THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF THAT THIS SUMMER.
THEY TRAINED THREE NEW BUS DRIVERS AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE YOUR CDL.
IT'S A LOT TO GET THAT. SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE CAN DO THAT HERE.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TRAIN THREE NEW BUS DRIVERS.
WE ALWAYS NEED BUS DRIVERS. AND THEN TWO NEW COACHES ALSO GOT TRAINED AND THEY HAD SUBSTITUTES.
TWO SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS ARE CURRENTLY IN TRAINING.
THE FULL TIME OPERATIONAL TEAM ATTENDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN FINALLY PLANNING CREATED AND FINALIZED BUS ROUTES FOR THE 25-26.
AND THEN WE'VE STARTED OUR SEAT BELT RETROFIT.
AND THAT'S BEEN COORDINATED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE 25 BOND. SO THAT'S THAT IS OPERATIONS.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I LET JAMES TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION? NOT A QUESTION. JUST I HOPE THAT ONE OF US WILL REMEMBER TO THANK YOUR DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, WHEN I READ YOUR REPORT, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG THINGS.
BUT WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE 150 SOMETHING OF THE LITTLE, IT SEEMS LITTLE.
BUT THE EXAMPLE THAT CAME TO MIND WAS A BOARD WALKTHROUGH AND THE CLASSROOM HAD THE BLINKING LIGHTS.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD DRIVE ME BANANAS.
AND THAT'S A WORK ORDER THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
SO AND I WILL SAY THAT GROUP IN TECHNOLOGY FIELDED A TON OF WORK ORDERS, AND THEY STILL ARE AS WELL.
BUT BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS ARE SUPER AGILE AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY GET TO THINGS QUICK.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO THEM. AND I'LL BE SUPER QUICK.
KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM ESPECIALLY IN PREPARING THE CAMPUSES FOR OCCUPATION.
RIGHT. SO THAT WAS THE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHEN JAMES AND DARRELL FINISHED UP THEIR STUFF, YOUR TEAM HAD TO GET EVERYTHING READY TO GO. AND DOGGONE IT, IT HAPPENED, RIGHT? NOT WITHOUT STRESS AND CHALLENGES, BUT IT HAPPENED SO THAT THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU THIS, SCOTT, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I SEE NOT ONLY HAS TO BE EXCELLENT IN WHAT WE DO IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT WE GOT TO BE EXCELLENT IN THE WAY IN WHICH THE SYSTEM OPERATES. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I THINK WE'RE KICKING ON A LOT OF CYLINDERS IN THAT REGARD.
RIGHT? I GET TO TRAVEL ALL OVER CENTRAL TEXAS.
IN MY JOB, I DO CONSTRUCTION, AND SO I'M TRAVELING, I'M TRAVELING, AND I GO TO AND DRIVE BY SCHOOLS, AND IT'S LIKE, WHERE'S THE SCHOOL? SOMEWHERE IN THE GRASS IS THE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S NOT MAINTAINED, RIGHT? THE CAMPUS DOESN'T, IT'S NOT THERE'S NO PRIDE IN THAT.
AND THAT'S MY PERSONAL REQUEST. NOT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. WE ARE. I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU IN THAT. AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THOSE THINGS AS WE'RE DOING BUDGETS AND REQUIREMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE OF THIS DISTRICT HAS DONE FOR A LOT OF YEARS. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM AND IN THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT A BOND UPDATE. YES. CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
DO YOU GUYS WANT THE FULL REPORT OR JUST YOU GUYS WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS? WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT? GIVE US THE FULL REPORT TONIGHT. YES, MA'AM. THIS AFTERNOON.
START AT WILDWOOD, SO WE GOT THAT THING OPEN.
SCHOOL IS AWESOME. SO STEVE WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH, THE STAFF'S REALLY EXCITED.
YOU GUYS CAN SEE SOME PICTURES HERE. THAT SIGN WELCOME TIGERS WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE.
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SO I'VE STILL GOT SOME PUNCH WORK TO DO. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SOME SITE STUFF.WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE ROAD. WE GOT THE ROAD IN FOR THE BACK FOR THE RATHGEBER.
WE'RE GOING THE HALFWAY POINT WHERE WE AGREED WITH THE CITY.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE RETAINING WALL. THAT WOULD GO ON FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS, AND WE'LL WRAP THAT, WRAPPED UP THAT PHASE PART UP, AND THEN WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THE FENCES DOWN SOME SITE WORK AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL AND THE CONTINUING PUNCH.
WE STILL HAVE TO PUNCH SOME MEZZANINES WITH THOSE PUNCH EXTERIOR.
WE STILL HAVE TO PUNCH THE ROOF. SO THINGS LIKE THAT WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AMERICAN STILL ON SITE DOING ALL THE WARRANTY WORK. THEY'LL CONTINUE OUT FOR THE FIRST YEAR. THEY WON'T STAY ON SITE. THEY'LL CONTINUE TO WARRANTY THE BUILDING FOR THE FIRST YEAR. THAT TEAM IS GOING TO BE RELOCATING.
THEY MOVED DANIEL OUT, THE MAIN SUPERINTENDENT OUT LAST WEEK, AND HE'S GOING TO GO TO HEADQUARTERS, AND THAT TEAM IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING HIGH SCHOOL TOO FOR US.
SO A LOT OF SUCCESS, THEY GET TO KNOW THE DISTRICT TO GET TO KNOW ME AND DARRELL REALLY WELL. AND SCOTT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG HELP TO US. LET ME TAKE QUESTIONS PER SLIDE OR JUST GET THROUGH IT. SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY WE GOT THE NEW FLOORS IN HERE.
NOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. WE DID ALL THE FLOORS IN THE SCHOOL SO YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE PICTURES HERE. ALL THE HALLWAYS, THE CLASSROOMS GOT DONE, OFFICES GOT DONE, CAFETERIA GOT DONE, GOT ALL THOSE IN PLACE. SO THESE ARE THE NEW MAINTENANCE FREE, MAINTENANCE FREE FLOORS BUT NON WAXING FLOORS.
THIS IS OUR MARMOLEUM. THERE YOU GO. LOOKS GOOD.
IT TURNED OUT REALLY, REALLY NICE. THE CAMPUS IS SUPER EXCITED.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OUT THERE TO SEE HOW THE NEW DROP OFFS POINTS TO, ONCE WE LET SCHOOL KIND OF CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND GET THAT TEAM IN THERE. FF&E WENT GOOD. CAMPUS IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT AWNING SAID THAT THING'S A DONE DEAL.
SO THE NEW GAS LINE WAS INSTALLED. WE WENT FROM THE FRONT OF THE DRIVE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, GOT IT UP THE SIDE OF THE BACK OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT WILL FEED SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NEXT YEAR FOR THE NEW HVAC UNITS, WHICH IS PART OF THAT. THAT PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING, WE'RE OVERLOADING THOSE LOOP WELLS.
BUT WE HAVE THAT GAS LINE UP THERE, AND THOSE WILL BE TAKING THE PLACE OF SOME OF THE GEOTHERMAL.
AND THAT'S ONLY 25 BOND MONEY. DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
WE DID THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT. THAT TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD. YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF PICTURES AT THE GYM. BOTH GYMS LOOKED LIKE THAT. THEIR COLOR CODED LIKE THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YOU SEE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE KIND OF FUN FLOOR AND THE GREEN.
THIS PHASE HAD THE TWO KINDS OF GREEN. LAST PHASE HAD THE TWO KINDS OF BLUE.
WE GOT THE CUBBIES IN THE BACK. SO EVERY CLASSROOM HAS GOT CUBBIES. WE GOT THE TILE. WE GOT THE TILE ON THE WALL IN THE HALLWAY, ALL THE NEW LED LIGHTING. IT LOOKS LIKE A BRAND NEW SCHOOL.
SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE THE EXTERIOR FIX THAT ISSUE.
BUT FOR ALL THE INTERIOR WORK, WE'RE AGAIN PUNCHING AND FINISHING ALL THAT WORK UP RIGHT NOW.
ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRONT SECURE VESTIBULE, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT THERE.
THE OTHER PICTURE YOU'RE SEEING IS THE ADA RAMP THAT IS IN, EXCEPT FOR THE INSET IN THE MIDDLE.
WE'LL BE OUT THERE AFTER THE DROP OFF GETS IN THERE.
WE'LL COME IN THERE AND DO THE INFILL OF THIS. IT'S ABOUT A TWO HOUR POUR.
WE'LL DO THE FINISH OUT IN THE BACK, FILL IN THAT ADA RAMP AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S QUITE EXTENSIVE.
THAT WAS ABOUT AN EIGHT FOOT DROP FROM THE ROAD TO GET DOWN.
WE ALSO DID THE ONLY SO THEY HAD THE MAKERSPACE IN THERE.
THAT'S IT'S BROUGHT UP TO JUST LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE IN WILDWOOD. SO THEY'RE STILL LEARNING HOW TO USE THAT. WE'VE GOT SOME NEW FURNITURE COMING. THAT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING SPACE FOR THE KIDS OUT THERE. DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT WAS QUITE A BITE. AGAIN, DARRELL, IF IT WASN'T HERE, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
BUT WE GOT THAT DONE. YOU'RE SEEING A PICTURE BETWEEN THE CAFETERIA AND THE GYM RIGHT THERE.
WE DO HAVE SOME GRAPHICS THAT WE HAVE COME IN FOR HOLLY AND THE TEAM TO APPROVE.
WE GOT TO COME. THE OTHER PICTURE YOU'RE SEEING IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS NEVER GET TO SEE AS A MECHANICAL MEZZANINE. SO SOME OF THE NEW EQUIPMENT UP THERE, IT'S MASSIVE. WE HAD TO RIP A HOLE IN THE BUILDING AND GOT THAT. ALL THOSE MEZZANINES EQUIPMENT WAS DONE, NEW CHILLERS WERE SET, ALL NEW LIGHTING. IF YOU GUYS HAVE WALKED THROUGH THAT, THE CAFETERIA, THE BAND AREA IS AWESOME.
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SO ALL THOSE NEW ACOUSTIC CEILINGS AND BAND AND CHOIR. SO THOSE ARE BRAND NEW, BROUGHT UP TO DISTRICT STANDARDS. A SECURE VESTIBULE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.WE SAVED THE TIGER, SO I GOT THAT PICTURE IN THERE.
IT WAS QUITE A FEAT. SO WE STUDIED THAT AND STUDIED THAT.
THE WAY WE ENDED UP DOING THAT IS WE ACTUALLY MOVED THE WHOLE WALL. SO WE CUT THE WALL OUT AND THEN WE PLAST, WE PLASTIC SHRINK WRAP THE FRONT OF THE TIGER.
AND THEN WE SPUN IT AROUND ABOUT 180, 180 DEGREES, AND WE MOVED ABOUT NINE FEET OVER.
AND THEN WE REAPPLIED THAT. SO THAT'S HOW WE DID THAT.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST, I DIDN'T THINK WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT AMERICAN GOT IT DONE. AND IT'S IT'S. YEAH.
ONE TILE FELL OFF SO WE GOT IT FIXED. IT LOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY COOL.
IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. SO AGAIN ALL NEW FRONT SECURE VESTIBULE, NEW FRONT OFFICE.
WE REDID ANGELA'S OFFICE. HER ADMIN ASSISTANT, MOVED THE NURSE UP FRONT.
SAME THING WE DID AT ROOSTER SO THEY HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY. SO IF YOU AS A PARENT GO UP THERE, YOUR CHILD CAN WALK RIGHT OUT OF THAT NURSE'S, YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE ALL IN FRONT. BRAND NEW ATTENDANCE AND REGISTRATION IN FRONT.
AGAIN, ALL THE WORK THAT I WENT THROUGH ON THIS, THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE STILL PUNCHING, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT WORK, THOSE LITTLE LOOSE ENDS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
EXTERIOR FENCING. SO WE GOT DSES DONE, WALNUT SPRINGS DONE, SYCAMORE SPRINGS DONE, SYCAMORE SPRINGS ESN MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE COMPLETE, THE NEW PORTABLES ARE ALL TIED INTO HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY ARE COMPLETELY SECURED.
WELDING SHOP AREA, WE GOT THOSE GATES IN, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE GOT STALLED ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TO MOVE THE FTD SITE OUT. SO WE HAD SOME PERMITTING ISSUES AND WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GET THAT. SO WE GOT THAT MOVED OUT. THAT'S THE PICTURE ON THE FAR RIGHT RIGHT THERE. SO WE MOVED THE FTD WAS ON THAT BRICK WALL. AND WHEN YOU OPENED OUR GATES THERE, IT WAS GOING TO BLOCK THAT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE HAD TO MOVE THAT TO THE ROAD. SO THAT WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE. A LITTLE, LITTLE JOG THERE. BUT NOW THOSE GATES ARE AUTOMATIC. SO WE HAVE A WELDING TRUCK COMING IN THE BACK. THAT WAS A BIG HOLE IN THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL THAT WE NEED TO GET FIXED. SO I THINK WE GOT HIT ON THAT IN ONE OF OUR AUDITS.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE TOP OF OUR LIST TO GET FIXED.
SO THAT IS DONE. WE'RE STARTING ON THAT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS NOW.
WE HAD SOME GATEWAY, SOME OF THE GATES, A MANUFACTURER, WE'RE GOING TO START SELLING THOSE PRETTY QUICK. MOST OF THAT CAMPUS IS GOING TO BE A RE-FENCE WITH THAT MICRO MESH, WE'RE GOING BACK, WE'RE GOING TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO THE POLES.
WE'LL LEAVE THOSE, THOSE COST SAVINGS THERE. WE'LL JUST REDO THE FABRIC.
SO THAT'LL GO PRETTY FAST. FUTURE PROJECTS, 26 CAN BE ANOTHER BUSY YEAR.
DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL TWO START ON FALL, DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY WE GOT THE SUMMER, THE EXTERIOR WE NEED TO DO, DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAVE SOME EXTERIOR WORK, THAT'S PAINTING. THAT'S THE NEW PUMP HOUSE IN THE BACK AND SOME WINDOW REPLACEMENT, ROOSTER SPRINGS WE HAVE THE CAMPUS UPGRADES, THAT WILL BE A TWO YEAR, THAT'LL BE A TWO YEAR EVENT. WE'LL DO THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS THING. THAT'LL BE REAL SIMILAR. WHAT WE DID DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, WE'LL DO ALL THE NEW INTERIOR FINISHES.
SO THOSE FIRST THREE ZONES WILL START. WE'LL PUT THAT INTO TWO SUMMERS.
AND THOSE THOSE WINGS THAT KIND OF JET OUT, BUT NOT THE OUTER RIM. THAT WILL BE THE SECOND YEAR. AND ALSO GET THE SHOPS, THE AG SHOPS OVER THERE THAT DON'T HAVE AC. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DONE THE FIRST YEAR.
OF FUTURE SCHOOL SITES, WE'RE STILL CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSIONS OF VARIOUS POTENTIAL SITES.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT. 18+ SD IS UNDERWAY.
I'M ALWAYS GOING TO GET HER FIRST LOOK AT THAT.
WE HAVE MET WITH THE WHOLE TEAMS. WE HAVE THE PROGRAMING PUT IN THE FOOTPRINT.
IT'S ON BUDGET THAT THAT FOOTPRINT IS IT WILL FIT ON WHERE WE WANT TO PUT IT.
SO ALL THAT IS GOING TO BE IN REVIEW FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO LOOK AT.
CONSTRUCTION WILL START EARLY IN 2026 FOR THAT, ASSUMING WE GET PERMITTING EVERYTHING ELSE GOING THROUGH, WE SHOULD HAVE A THING OPERATIONAL BY FALL OF 26.
ANY QUESTIONS? TRICIA? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT VERY IMPRESSIVE WHAT YOU DID THIS SUMMER.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAD A HUGE LIFT IN A LOT OF WORK, AND IT WAS EVEN SUPER EXCITING FOR ME, EVEN AS A PARENT, TO SEE WHAT THESE CAMPUSES LOOK LIKE.
WHEN WE DID OUR WALKTHROUGHS AND THEN ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT, THE START OF SCHOOL.
SO I KNOW OUR ADMINISTRATION AND OUR OUR TEACHERS WERE VERY IMPRESSED AS WELL.
AND YOU, YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB. I MEAN, I THINK ALL THE NEW TALENT WE BROUGHT IN FROM FOR HELP, FOR ME, THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE DONE THIS FOR MYSELF THIS YEAR. SO SCOTT WAS A BIG HELP, HIS LEADERSHIP HELPING US OUT HERE.
DARRELL JUST SAVED ME SO MUCH. ALL OF OUR PARTNERS STEPPED UP.
OUR ARCHITECTS, OUR CONTRACTORS DID A GREAT JOB.
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AND THEN SCOTT'S, WE TALKED ABOUT IT. OUR STAFF IS REALLY SMALL IN THE BACK, BUT I MEAN, THEY ALL DID WHATEVER WE NEEDED TO AND THEY WERE ALL HELPING TECHNOLOGY GETTING TO STEP UP. WE YOU KNOW, WE GAVE SYCAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRETTY LATE IN THE GAME TO TECHNOLOGY.GET THE INTERACTIVE PANELS OF MADE THEM ALL OPERATIONAL FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. SO EVERYBODY STEPPED UP. IT WAS DEFINITELY A GROUP EFFORT BY THE TEAM. SO YEAH, IT FELT REALLY WEIRD ACTUALLY TO GO INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL THE OTHER DAY, I THINK YESTERDAY I WENT TO GO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER AND IT WAS LIKE, THIS IS SO DIFFERENT. LIKE IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE FEEL OF IT FEELS BETTER.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE OFFICE STAFF WERE IMPRESSED WITH IT.
THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO LEARN ALL THE THINGS, BUT MORE OR LESS IT WAS AN AMAZING JOB.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING SYCAMORE BACK UP ON THE ROOF BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL, BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG QUESTION THAT I KEPT HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY. LIKE, ARE THEY GOING TO PUT THAT UP? IS IT COMING BACK UP? AND I'M LIKE, JUST BE PATIENT.
WE BE WAITING. WE BEEFED IT UP TOO. SO YEAH, IT WAS FLOPPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE BEEFED IT UP. SO IT LOOKS AMAZING. SO THANK YOU.
IT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
YEAH. ONLY NEW DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE IS TWO LOTS, SO NOT MUCH TO REPORT.
OKAY. TWO LOTS IS NOT MOVING ANYTHING, SO WE'RE GOOD.
[10. CLOSED SESSION]
AS ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTIONS 551.071, 551.072, 551.074, 551.076, 551.082, 551.0821, 551.089, AND 551.129. NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CLOSED MEETING.ANY ACTION THE BOARD WISHES TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE BOARD RECONVENES. IN THE OPEN MEETING, THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CLOSED MEETING. THANK YOU.
[11. OPEN SESSION]
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 4:04 WITH NO FURTHER ACTION.WE SEE AN ADJOURN AT 4:04 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.