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          >> GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE CONVENED FOR A REGULAR MEETING OF 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]
THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS MONDAY, AUGUST 25. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 6:01 P.M. 
          THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THIS EVENING. 
          WE WILL BEGIN WITH WELCOMING OUR BOY SCOUT, TROOP 4, WHO'S GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS AND OUR OPENING CEREMONY. 
          WE HAVE JAMIE EVANS, ROCCO CRUZ HERNANDEZ, SAM HINSLEY, AVERY MAROARS, JESSE MEDLOCK, BRADY ROBINSON, BENNETT SCHULTZ, COLE SCHULTZ, SHAN STEELMAN. 
          PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS. 
          GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. 
          ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU, BOYS. 
          [3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
WE APPRECIATE YOU KICKING OFF THE YEAR AND POSTING OUR COLORS FOR US. WELL, WELCOME BACK. 
          OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENTS ARE WRAPPING UP THIS WEEK. 
          OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES HAVE MEET THE TEACHER TOMORROW NIGHT. 
          DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL MEET THE TEACHER IS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND THEN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THEIR PARENT ORIENTATIONS ON THURSDAY. 
          QUICK REMINDER THAT THE DISTRICT WILL BE CLOSED NEXT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, FOR LABOR DAY. 
          THE APPLICATION WINDOW FOR OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 
          WE HAVE 11 DISTRICT AND CAMPUS COMMITTEES. 
          THEY'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR, AND YOU CAN APPLY ON DSISDTX.US>COMMITTEES. 
          THEN TIGER FOOTBALL WILL HAVE A SEASON OPENER THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT TIGER STADIUM. 
          WE'LL BE CELEBRATING SENIOR NIGHT FOR OUR FOOTBALL AND CHEER PROGRAMS. GATES OPEN AT 6:00, AND KICKOFF IS AT 7:30. 
          THEN, FINALLY, OUR DISTRICT WILL CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF OUR SIX ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, WILDWOOD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, WITH A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY IN FRONT OF THE CAMPUS ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, BEGINNING AT 5:30 P.M. 
          THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A BRIEF PROGRAM FOLLOWED BY A CAMPUS TOUR. 
          THERE'S OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TONIGHT. 
          >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT. 
          [4. LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT]
FIRST WAS OUR BOARD RETREAT. 
          WE DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK FOR THIS YEAR. 
          ROB, ANY COMMENTS? 
          >> I TELL YOU, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TAKES THE SUMMER AND ALL THE KIDS ARE OFF AND ENJOYING TRAVELS AND ALL THE THINGS, THIS DISTRICT IS HARD AT WORK. 
          I WILL SAY THAT. THIS IS OUR SCHOOL BOARD VERSION OF US BEING HARD AT WORK AND GETTING READY FOR WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING YEAR. 
          THE DISTRICT'S 150TH YEAR? WHAT DO WE CALL THIS? THE SESQUICENTENNIAL. 
          >> SESQUICENTENNIAL. 
          >> SESQUICENTENNIAL. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. 
          AS ALWAYS, WE COME TOGETHER AS A BOARD, AND WE TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR, SOME OF WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING TONIGHT BY WAY OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I ENJOY THIS TIME TOGETHER, NOT ONLY SPENDING TIME TOGETHER, AND OBVIOUSLY GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER, BUT ALSO PLANNING OUT OUR YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. 
          >> WE HAD CAMPUS VISITS. 
          WELCOME BACK, TEACHERS. OLIVIA. 
          >> I THINK OUR CAMPUS VISITS WERE GREAT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD SEVEN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OVER THE SUMMER. 
          SUMMERS ONLY GIVE US, I THINK 53 CONSTRUCTION DAYS. 
          THE LAST TIME WE WALKED, 
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WE HAD NINE CALENDAR DAYS LEFT OF THE SUMMER, SO WE WERE ALL BITING OUR NAILS A LITTLE BIT, BUT KUDOS TO OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. 
          [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, I'M NOT FEELING WELL. 
          EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER GREAT. 
          IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE OUR PRINCIPALS, ESPECIALLY OVER AT WILDWOOD, THE EXCITEMENT THERE. 
          ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE GOING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH MORE LEVELED AND BALANCED ENROLLMENT, AND EXCITED THAT WE COULD FINISH SOME PROJECTS AND GET THAT ENROLLMENT LEVELED FOR THEM. 
          OUR SSMS EXPANSION. 
          GLAD TO GIVE EVERYBODY A LAUGH IN THE PICTURE, BUT THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. 
          MY KIDS GO TO THIS SCHOOL. 
          IT WAS ESPECIALLY PERSONAL TO ME, AND MY DAUGHTER'S THERE NOW AND BENEFITING FROM THIS EXPANSION. 
          IT'S REALLY QUITE INCREDIBLE WHAT THEY DID THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL WHERE CONSTRUCTION REALLY ENDS AND WHERE THE OLD "SITE" ENDS. 
          GREAT JOB, AND NICE TO SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES, TOO. 
          CONVOCATION. SHANDA, OUR FEARLESS LEADER. SECOND PLACE. 
          >> SECOND PLACE. LISTEN, I DID MY BEST. 
          BEST OFFENSE IS A GOOD DEFENSE. THAT WAS MY STRATEGY. 
          [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS MY STRATEGY IS DON'T LET ANYONE POP MY BALLOON. 
          THEN I MADE IT TO THE FINAL 2. 
          IT WAS AWESOME. 
          THE CUNNINGHAM SISTERS WERE AMAZING. 
          LOVE THAT PRODUCT OF DSISD. 
          I THINK EVERYONE WAS EXCITED TO START THE YEAR. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TEXT MESSAGES I RECEIVED AFTER THIS GOING, HAVE YOU PLAYED THAT GAME BEFORE? I WAS LIKE, NO, THAT WAS JUST LUCK. 
          I THOUGHT THE BOOTS WOULD HELP, BUT IT DIDN'T. 
          BUT, I THINK OUR TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB. 
          THE CHEER PROGRAM, THEY LOOKED INCREDIBLE. 
          THE DANCERS LOOKED INCREDIBLE. 
          I LOVED SEEING ALL THE STUDENTS OUT THERE THAT DAY, MY GOSH, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SPONSORS AND THE PRIZES, AND I THINK JUST AN OVERALL, IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON FOR US. 
          >> OUR ANNUAL FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PICTURES. 
          I JUST LOVE THAT WE GET TO BE ON CAMPUSES WELCOMING IN STUDENTS. 
          KIM, YOU GOT TO WELCOME THE NEW CAMPUS IN. 
          >> YEAH. WILDWOOD LOOKED ABSOLUTELY GREAT. 
          I WAS HELPING PEOPLE UNLOAD THEIR CARS. 
          WHEN I GOT THERE, I'M LIKE, "WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT ME TO DO?" THEY'RE LIKE, "JUST FILL IN." I'M LIKE, "OKAY." I WOULD ASK WHAT GRADE THEY WERE IN, AND THEN I WOULD DIRECT THEM WHERE THEY WOULD GO. 
          BUT I KEPT LOOKING IN THE DISTANCE AT ALL THE CARS THAT WERE COMING INTO THAT CAMPUS, AND IT WAS CRAZY. 
          WE GOT THAT UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 24 HOURS, BUT STEVE. 
          IT TOOK 24 HOURS. 
          THAT'S PICK UP AND DROP OFF, BUT IT WORKS. 
          STEVE HAS JUST DONE A GREAT JOB. 
          HIS STAFF JUST REALLY ADORE HIM. 
          THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE BUILDING WAS VERY CONTAGIOUS. 
          ALL THOSE KIDS GETTING OUT OF THEIR CAR SO EXCITED, THEIR NEW LITTLE OUTFITS AND BACKPACKS JUST TELL ME WHERE TO GO. 
          THEY WERE ADORABLE, AND NONE OF THEM LOOKED AFRAID. 
          THEY WERE LIKE, I'M READY TO GET IN THERE. 
          I'M READY TO GET TO WORK, AND IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, AND IT TURNED OUT GREAT, SO IT'S A LOT OF FUN. 
          >> ACTUALLY, I GOT TO HEAR THE NUMBER 2 PENCIL STORY. 
          DOES THAT PERSON DRESS UP AS A NUMBER 2 PENCIL? 
          >> I DID FIND OUT. 
          WE'RE NEW AT WALNUT THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS AT WALNUT WITH ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, SHANA COCKRELL. 
          THAT IS APPARENTLY MR. TOM, AND HE IS VERY FAMOUS FOR A LOT OF HIS COSTUMES. 
          I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHERS SO FAR, BUT I HAD TO GET A PICTURE WITH HIM THAT MORNING. 
          I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. IF I SEE ANY MORE, WE'LL BE SURE TO PUT HIM ON HERE. 
          >> THANKS. LIAISON AND SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS, SHANDA I'LL START WITH YOU. ANY UPDATES? 
          >> NO UPDATES. COUNCIL OF PTA HAS THEIR FIRST MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 8. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AS OF NOW. 
          I KNOW THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW INITIATIVES COMING UP THAT HOLLY HAS SHARED WITH US, BUT I CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE MEETING TO SHARE THOSE. 
          >> CHAMBER MEETS WEDNESDAY. 
          >>I GOT A FEW HERE. 
          FIRST SAFETY AND SECURITY. 
          STEPHANIE AND I MET WITH THE SAFETY SECURITY COMMITTEE FOR THE DISTRICT IN JULY. 
          IT WAS A GOOD TIMELY MEETING TO REALLY REVIEW ALL OF THE EFFORTS OVER THE SUMMER. 
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NOW, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, A LOT OF THE STUFF WE TALKED ABOUT FROM A SAFETY GROUP PERSPECTIVE IS IN CLOSED SESSION. 
          AND YOU HAVE MOST OF THESE UPDATES. 
          BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE, THERE'S A COUPLE. FIRST AND FOREMOST. 
          ALL OF OUR SECURE VESTIBULE UPDATES ARE COMPLETE. 
          THAT'S PHENOMENAL, WHICH PUTS US NOT ONLY IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH NEW STANDARDS, BUT ALSO IN A BETTER POSITION FROM A PHYSICAL SECURITY PERSPECTIVE. 
          THAT'S PHENOMENAL. 
          WE'RE FULLY STAFFED IN OUR SRO ON OUR SCHOOL MARSHALL PROGRAM ENTERING THE YEAR, WHICH PUTS US FULLY COMPLIANT WITH HB 3, WHICH WE WILL DO IN THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT REAFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO THE HYBRID BETWEEN SROS AND MARSHALLS. 
          THAT'S GREAT. THEN NEW ALARM TECHNOLOGY AND DETECTORS THAT WE PASSED AS A PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE TO DETER AND PREVENT AND CATCH VAPING, ARE ALSO INSTALLED, WHICH AFFIRMS A COMMITMENT THAT THIS BOARD HAS HAD THAT WE APPROVED AS A PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE DRUG OFFENSES IN OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES, WHICH IS A COMMITMENT THAT WE'VE MADE. 
          FOR THOSE YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT, THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT. WE WANT THAT TO BE GONE. 
          THE COMMUNITY AGREED WITH US TO INVEST IN THESE TYPES OF THINGS, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT ACTED SWIFTLY AND HAS IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF THESE THINGS. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE HAD TO IMPLEMENT A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND THE DISTRICT HAS MOVED OUT ON THOSE THINGS QUITE EXTENSIVELY. 
          I ALSO ADD THAT ALL OF OUR SAFETY PARTNERS ARE THERE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ALL THERE ARE PART OF THIS MEETING. 
          IS ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON THAT, STEPHANIE? THE PRESENTATION COMMITTEE HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING. 
          STEPHANIE, MYSELF AND MARY JANE, BECAUSE TRICIA, YOU'LL BE KNEE DEEP IN SORRY, I'M USED TO YOU BEING OVER. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> TRICIA. YOU'RE NOT TRICIA. 
          >> TRICIA, YOU'LL BE KNEE DEEP IN DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. 
          YOU'LL BE DOING ALL THAT STUFF. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PRESENTING A PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE YEARS 2020 THROUGH TO 2025, THE RESOURCES AND THE EFFORTS THAT THIS BOARD COMMITTED TO IN PARTNERING WITH THE DISTRICT TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE RESULTS THAT CAME FROM IT. 
          I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          JUST A SUBNOTE I'LL ALSO BE PRESENTING WITH THE SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER AT THE SAME CONFERENCE, I THINK THE DAY BEFORE. 
          ON THE CASE STUDY OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARSHALL PROGRAM THAT WE DID AS A DISTRICT, AND TAKING THAT NOW FROM A PERSPECTIVE FROM A STATE LEVEL TO HOW TO GET OR ENCOURAGE OTHER DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING SIMILAR BECAUSE OF OUR AMAZING RESULTS HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. 
          MUNICIPALITY SUBCOMMITTEE WE'VE INVITED ELECTED OFFICIALS TO OUR RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH WAS ON THAT PREVIOUS PICTURE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR, JEFFREY FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CONSTABLE, FOR SHOWING UP TO THAT. 
          WE'LL INVITE THEM AGAIN TO WILDWOOD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY TO DO THAT, WHICH I APPRECIATE. 
          THAT'S THAT CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH ALL OF OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS, WHICH WE'RE STRIVING FOR AS A BOARD. 
          THEN THIS IS GOOD NEWS. 
          BUT ALSO, THERE'S A VOTE COMING UP. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE BODY'S CLEAR ON THE DARDEN HILL ROAD STUFF. 
          HERE'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DARDEN HILL ROAD STUFF. 
          AS WE KNOW, WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO GET THAT AS A PART OF THE ROAD BOND THAT PASSED THAT WAS THEN CHALLENGED LEGALLY, AND AS A RESULT, THAT BOND RESULT ELECTION WAS OVERTURNED. 
          IT'S CURRENTLY BEING APPEALED OUT OF I FORGET THE COURT DOESN'T MATTER FOR US. 
          BUT HERE'S THE SITUATION AS IT IS NOW. 
          THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE PUT OUT A PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE HAYES COUNTY IN REGARDS TO THE ISSUING OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO FUND DIFFERENT ROAD PROJECTS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE DARDEN HILL EXPANSION. 
          THAT WILL GO BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR A VOTE ON SEPTEMBER THE 30TH. 
          THEY HAVE TO DO A NOTICE, WE DO FOR OUR BOND ELECTION, SO ON AND SO FORTH. THEY'VE DONE THAT NOTICE. 
          IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE ON THEIR WEBSITE IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN THAT. 
          AFTER SPEAKING, HOW THAT COULD GO, THE POTENTIAL TIMELINE, THIS IS POTENTIAL, LOOKS LIKE A 2026, 2027 CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          I KNOW VLK IS GOING TO INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR PRESENTATION TONIGHT TO US ON THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THE GOOD NEWS FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS FOR THIS BOARD, IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD, ASSUMING THE COMMISSIONS COURT VOTES TO APPROVE THOSE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, TAKE THE COUNTY TAKING ON THAT DEBT FOR THAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, I THINK FOR US THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          WITH THAT, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT'S THE REPORT. 
          >> I DON'T HAVE MUCH FOR PARKS AND REC. 
          WE ARE COMING TO COMPLETION OF OUR VERY LONG DESIGN PROCESS FOR PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN. 
          WE'LL BE WRAPPING THAT UP SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. 
          EXCUSE ME. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS. 
          I DON'T SHARE WITH YOU GUYS OFTEN ENOUGH HOW OFTEN OUR STUDENTS COME THROUGH PARKS AND REC FOR THEIR VOLUNTEER, THEIR PART TIME SUMMER WORK. 
          LAST WEEK, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS CAME THROUGH A LOCAL GIRL SCOUTS TROOP CAME AND PRESENTED. IT'S SO CUTE. 
          THEY HAVE TO SIGN AND THEY CAME IN WITH THEIR PARENTS, AND THEY CAME AND THEY WANTED TO COME TO ONE OF OUR PARKS AND DESIGN AND BUILD, AND DONATE AND MAINTAIN A LITTLE LIBRARY. 
          WE APPROVED THAT. 
          I WAS JUST VERY PROUD BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL OUR STUDENTS HERE IN THE DISTRICT. 
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THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE VOTED ON THAT RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM, AND THEY GOT APPROVED, AND IT WAS REALLY COOL. 
          >> CHAT COMMITTEE MET AUGUST 5, AND THEY WERE VIRTUAL. 
          WE'LL SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY MET ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE, SO STAY TUNED. 
          I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY YOU CAN FIND THE RECORDINGS ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THEIR COMMITTEE INFORMATION PAGE. 
          >> I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE. 
          I HAVE NO REPORTS TONIGHT. 
          ALL MY PEOPLE WERE OUT OF SESSION IN JULY, SO GET READY FOR ME NEXT MONTH. 
          I'LL HAVE FULL BLOWN REPORTS ABOUT ALL THE EVENTS I GO TO. 
          >> THANK YOU GUYS. 
          >> MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, 
          [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING. 
          THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENTS ABOUT THE DISTRICT FROM RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, FROM EMPLOYEES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          EACH PRESENTATION CAN BE NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES PER PERSON OR SIX MINUTES PER PERSON USING A TRANSLATOR. 
          UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD IS NOT PERMITTED TO DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. 
          THIS MEANS THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE UNABLE TO DELIBERATE, ASK QUESTIONS, PROVIDE YOU WITH A RESPONSE OR TAKE ANY ACTION RELATED TO YOUR COMMENTS. 
          SPEAKERS SHALL BE HEARD ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS AND ARE NOT PERMITTED TO RELINQUISH TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON. 
          WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, INTRODUCE YOURSELF WITH YOUR NAME AND CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT. 
          ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, THE TIMER WILL BEGIN. 
          WHEN YOU HEAR THE TIME OR SOUND, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD. 
          LINDSAY FREDENBURG. 
          >> I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WHILE THAT'S BEING PASSED OUT. 
          GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDSAY FREDENBURG. 
          I AM A PARENT. 
          I AM A VOLUNTEER, AND I AM ACTUALLY A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE. 
          I SUBSTITUTE TEACH IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. 
          TONIGHT, I WANT TO SPEAK FOR SOME OF OUR TEACHERS WHO MIGHT BE TOO INTIMIDATED TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES OR WHO ARE WORKING A SECOND JOB TO MAKE THEIR ENDS MEET. 
          I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN EDUCATION FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND UNIVERSITIES OF ALL SIZES. 
          ALL OF THEM, CLASSROOM TEACHER COMPENSATION HAS BEEN A CORE ISSUE AND AN AREA TO BE IMPROVED. 
          TONIGHT, YOU WILL VOTE ON OUR DISTRICT COMPENSATION PLAN. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE 12.5 OPEN POSITIONS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO DO SOME SERIOUS SELF REFLECTION AS TO WHY. 
          THE BUDGET PROPOSED TONIGHT OFFERS THE TRA FLAT $5,000 INCREASE FOR TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE. 
          AFTER TAXES AND TRS CONTRIBUTIONS, THAT AMOUNT EQUATES TO ABOUT $100 PER PAY PERIOD, WHICH IS A NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT FOR THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE'RE ENTRUSTING WITH OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, SINCE 2023, DSISD HAS DROPPED THE HSA CONTRIBUTION FROM $75 TO A PAY PERIOD TO NOTHING THIS YEAR. 
          ADDITIONALLY, TEACHERS WITH EMPLOYEE PUSH CHILDREN INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASED $49 A MONTH. 
          THIS LESS THAN STELLAR INSURANCE OFFERING HAS A $5,600 DEDUCTIBLE. 
          I SPOKE TO A 25 YEAR TEACHER VETERAN WHO SHARED THE FOLLOWING. 
          AFTER 25 YEARS TEACHING, I BRING HOME LESS THAN $4,000 A MONTH. 
          AFTER HER EXPENSES, SHE'S LEFT WITH $8 IN HER BANK ACCOUNT, AND SHE HASN'T EVEN BOUGHT HER GAS OR GROCERIES YET. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE TRA FUNDS, I WOULD EMPLOY YOU TO RE-EVALUATE OUR AVAILABLE LOCAL DOLLARS, AS WELL AS SSRA FUNDING FOR OUR OVERWORKED AND OFTEN TOO OVERLOOKED SUPPORT STAFF. 
          THESE FOLKS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR SCHOOL, AND OUR SCHOOLS WOULD CEASE TO OPERATE WITHOUT THEM. 
          I'VE DONE MY DUE DILIGENCE, AND I SEE THAT THIS PAY INCREASE DOES LOOK TO BE ON PACE WITH OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. 
          HOWEVER, IF DSISD WANTS TO BE A LEADER IN AN INNOVATOR IN EDUCATION, THEN WE HAVE TO RECRUIT HIRE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY RETAIN TOP TALENT. 
          OUR PAY SCALE IS NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE AMONGST THE PACK, IT'S WHERE WE NEED TO SET THE PACE. 
          HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AFFILIATED WITH DSISD FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN A NUMBER OF CAPACITIES. 
          BUT MY FIRST JOB IN DSISD WAS AS THE DIRECTOR OF OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION. 
          AT THAT TIME, ONE OF MY JOBS WAS TO RECOGNIZE A TEACHER OF THE YEAR AT EACH CAMPUS ONCE A MONTH WITH A GIFT CARD AND A SMALL CELEBRATION, SOMETHING TO LET THEM HAVE A TANGIBLE WAY OF KNOWING THAT WE SAW THEM, THAT WE APPRECIATED THEM. 
          IN FACT, WE OPENED EVERY MEETING BY TELLING THEM, THANK YOU. 
          THAT IF NO ONE TODAY TOLD THEM, THANK YOU. 
          SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE TO ASK YOU. 
          HAVE WE REALLY CHECKED ALL OF THE AVAILABLE COFFERS FOR A COMPETITIVE TEACHER SALARY IN DRIPPING SPRINGS? ARE WE PAYING OUR TEACHERS LIKE THE EDUCATED AND EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS THAT THEY ARE? DO OUR EDUCATORS AND CHANGERS KNOW AND BETTER YET? 
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DOES THEIR BANK ACCOUNT SHOW THAT YOU SEE THEM AND THE DIFFERENCE THEY ARE MAKING? THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, SUBSTITUTE TEACHING. 
          WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE ON OUR AGENDA LATER THIS EVENING. 
          OUR FIRST PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS FROM OUR STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE? 
          [6. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION]
          >> GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M KENDRA AKERSON. 
          >> I'M LAURA WARD. 
          >> I AM SERVING MY SECOND YEAR OF MY TERM ON COMMITTEE AS WELL. 
          JUST TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY OF HOW THE SHAC COMMITTEE IS FORMED. 
          IT IS MADE UP OF CURRENTLY 15 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          NAMES WERE PRESENTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          WE REPRESENT EVERY CAMPUS AND SECONDARY PTA, PRIMARY PTA, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE PROFESSION AND STUDENT VOICES, AS WELL. 
          THEN, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WHO ALSO ATTEND THE MEETINGS. 
          >> WHICH ONE DO I HAVE? THIS ONE? SHAC IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND FOUR MEETINGS PER YEAR. 
          WE DO HAVE TWO SUB COMMITTEES AT THE MOMENT. 
          ONE IS FENTANYL, AND THE OTHER IS NUTRITION. 
          CURRENTLY, THE NUTRITION COMMITTEE IS MEETING ON DISTRICT NUTRITION CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS AND ISSUES. 
          BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE MOMENT. 
          >> THEY MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF CHILD NUTRITION, AND I THINK ADDRESSED LIKE HAVING SALAD BAR PROVIDED AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          HIGHLIGHTS ARE CONCERN OF HAVING ICE CREAM ON CAMPUSES, HIGHLY CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES IN TIGER SHAC, WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DECREASED THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. 
          NO RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND A SHACK IN GENERAL, REGARDING NUTRITION, BUT DISCUSSIONS WILL CONTINUE NEXT YEAR. 
          >> THE OBJECTIVE OF THE FENTANYL COMMITTEE WAS TO REVIEW AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE GRADE LEVELS AND CURRICULUM FOR INSTRUCTION REGARDING THE DANGERS OF OPIOIDS, INCLUDING INSTRUCTION ON OPIOID ADDICTION AND ABUSE, INCLUDING ADDICTION TWO AND ABUSE OF SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS, SUCH AS FENTANYL, AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST. 
          WE ARE TO RECOMMEND THE LOCAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE APPROPRIATE GRADE LEVELS AND CURRICULUM FOR INSTRUCTION OF OPIOIDS, INCLUDING ADDICTION TWO AND ABUSE OF SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS SUCH AS FENTANYL. 
          >> WE FORMED THE SUBCOMMITTEE BASICALLY TO ADDRESS HOUSE BILL 3908, ALSO KNOWN AS TUCKER'S LAW, WHICH WAS PASSED BY TEXAS LEGISLATORS IN 2023. 
          AS YOU RECALL, IT'S AN UNFUNDED MANDATE REGARDING FENTANYL ABUSE, PREVENTION, AND DRUG POISONING AWARENESS EDUCATION. 
          IT HAD A NUMBER OF NEEDS TO GO ALONG WITH IT, BEING RESEARCH BASED, BEING PROVIDED ANNUALLY, AND NEEDING TO BE GIVEN TO GRADES SIX THROUGH 12. 
          >> THERE WERE FOUR DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS THAT SHAC REVIEWED. 
          CATCH, CENIKOR, F, AND THE TUCKER PROJECT. 
          CATCH WAS COSTLY, $349 PER YEAR FOR EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS WITHOUT TRAINING WITH AN ADDITIONAL COST OF IN PERSON TRAINING OF $4,000 PER YEAR, AND TEACHERS DELIVERED THE CONTENT. 
          >> ANOTHER CON OF THAT TWO WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF LESSONS THAT THEIR CURRICULUM REQUIRED WAS IN THE RANGE OF 8-10 CLASSES. 
          IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF INSTRUCTION TIME TO COMPLETE. 
          THAT A LOT OF THOSE PROS AND CONS, 
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ALSO WENT WITH CENIKOR. 
          IT WAS GREAT, MATERIAL, VERY PROFESSIONALLY DONE. 
          BUT THE COST OF IT AND THE DELIVERY WOULD, AGAIN, HAVE TO BE BY TEACHERS. 
          AGAIN, JUST TAKE UP TOO MUCH CLASS TIME TO COMPLETE. 
          >> IT WAS ALSO GEARED MORE TOWARDS DELIVERING IN INDIVIDUAL CLASSES AS OPPOSED TO LARGER GROUPS. YOU WANT TO DISCUSS? 
          >> TUCKER PROJECT. THE PEOPLE MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH IS A VERY IMPACTFUL PROGRAM, AND WE'VE HAD TUCKER PROJECT COME AND GIVE ASSEMBLY, WHICH WAS FREE TO THE DISTRICT AND VERY IMPACTFUL. 
          BUT THE CURRICULUM THAT THEY PROVIDE, AT THE TIME WE WERE REVIEWING EACH CURRICULUM, AT THE TIME IT WAS ONLY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          IT WAS ONLY FOR SIX THROUGH EIGHT, WHICH I THINK NOW THEY MAYBE HAVE EXPANDED IT TO HIGH SCHOOL. 
          BUT THE COST WAS REALLY PROHIBITIVE. 
          THEY HAD QUOTED US $42,000 PER CAMPUS. 
          >> TEACHERS WERE DELIVERING THE CONTENT. 
          >> YES. THAT'S A YEARLY COST. 
          LUCKILY, HAYES COUNTY HAS BEEN GIVEN AN OPTION CALLED FESTA, WHICH IS FENTANYL EDUCATION SUPPORT TRAINING AND AWARENESS. 
          IT IS A GRANT OF $1.8 MILLION THAT IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT GIVEN BY SAMSA WHICH IS A SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. 
          IT'S BASED OUT OF TEXAS STATE, AND THE PROGRAM WORKS WITH GRADUATE STUDENTS AT TEXAS STATE IN THE SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK. 
          >>SCHOOL. 
          >> THE GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE CURRICULUM, AND THEN THEY WILL COME AND TEACH IT TO THE STUDENTS, AND THEY'LL PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR US YEARLY. 
          IT ONLY TAKES 45 MINUTES, SO ONE CLASS PERIOD. 
          IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE WITH THE STUDENTS. 
          THEN THEY WILL ALSO TRAIN THE TEACHERS IF THE GRANT SAY RUNS OUT AFTER FIVE YEARS. 
          BUT IDEALLY, THEY HOPE TO CONTINUE THE GRANT SO THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER THE INSTRUCTION TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          >> THIS CURRICULUM IS ALSO GEARED TOWARDS THE NEEDS OF THE DSISD COMMUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY, AND IT ALSO OFFERS COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS AND RESOURCES. 
          DID I SAY? THERE IS NO COST. 
          >> THERE'S NO COST. WIMBERLY IS ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT STARTED TO ROLL OUT THE PROGRAM WITH FESTA LAST SPRING. 
          THE BENEFIT OF US USING GOING WITH FESTA IS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE IN TALKS WITH THEM ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAM WENT FOR WIMBERLY, WHAT CHANGES WE WANT TO MAKE, FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND CONTINUE THAT RELATION RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. 
          AS WE ROLL IT OUT, IF WE CHOOSE TO, AND WE SEE THAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE, WE HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. 
          >> WE ALREADY COVERED TUCKER PROJECT. 
          >> THE RECOMMENDATION, FENTANYL EDUCATION SUPPORT TRAINING AND AWARENESS IS A GRANT FUNDED CURRICULUM DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12. 
          IT IS DELIVERED ONCE PER YEAR DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IN A 45 MINUTE SESSION. 
          FESTA IS PART OF A FIVE YEAR 1.87 MILLION INITIATIVE LED BY TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO HELP HAYES COUNTY SCHOOLS COMPLY WITH THE HB 3908 OR TUCKER'S LAW. MAKE SURE I DID. 
          >> AT THIS TIME, SHAC IS RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD THE FESTA CURRICULUM. 
          WE ARE READY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. 
          >> THERE'S A PART OF THE PARENT. 
          >> THE PRE AND POST SURVEY. 
          >> YES. WE'LL SPEAK TO THIS A MINUTE. 
          THE PART OF THE INSTRUCTION HAS A SURVEY THAT CAN BE OPTED IN TO BE A PART OF VERY GENERIC QUESTIONS, BUT TO GET A BASELINE OF WHERE STUDENTS ARE AT WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF FENTANYL, ANOTHER DRUG USE. 
          THEN THEY TAKE A POST SURVEY A WEEK AFTER THE PRESENTATION TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH THEY RETAINED, HOW IMPACTFUL IT WAS. 
          >> THAT FEEDBACK WILL GO DIRECTLY BACK TO TEXAS STATE FOR THEM TO 
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REVIEW HOW THE CURRICULUM IS BEING RECEIVED HERE WITH OUR DISTRICT STUDENTS. 
          >> THE DEFAULT PARTICIPATION IS THAT ALL STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN IT, SO PARENTS WOULD HAVE TO ACTIVELY OPT OUT FOR THEM TO NOT BE PART OF THE INSTRUCTION. 
          BUT THEN THE SURVEY IS PARENTS DO HAVE TO AGREE FOR THEIR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PREAMPO SURVEY. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WONDERFUL. ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS. I LOVE YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, LADIES SO MUCH. 
          I'M SO SORRY. IF I CAN, GO BACK TO VERY HOT TOPICS. 
          ICE CREAM, CANDY, AND CAFFEINE AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS SO SO IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU. BUT I AM CURIOUS. 
          DID YOU SAY WE'RE NOT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL MAYBE NEXT YEAR? 
          >> NUTRITION SUBCOMMITTEE THEY DIDN'T COME TO ANY CONCLUSION OF BRINGING ANYTHING TO THE BOARD. 
          I THINK CHANGES WERE MADE THAT DIDN'T NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD HAVING SALAD BAR. 
          LIKE, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE APPROVED BY ALL. 
          I THINK THAT THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          >> THE ANNUAL BEEN MADE. 
          >> CHANGES AND LIKE THE TIGER SHAC ACTUALLY, STUDENTS. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED TAKING AWAY SOME OF THOSE HIGHLY CAFFEINATED DRAINS. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND. THAT CAME FROM YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          SOME CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. 
          THEY JUST DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO COME TO THE BOARD. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> SOME OF THE ENERGY DRINKS. 
          HAVE WE REDUCED ANY OF THE ICE CREAM OFFERINGS ON THE CAMPUS? 
          >> THIS SNACK FORM WAS. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THAT MIGHT BE MORE FOR NUTRITION, BUT. 
          >> WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT MORE DETAILED WHEN PARENTS DID GO TO FILL IT OUT FOR ENROLLMENT EVERY YEAR. WAS IT IT FOR HOW? 
          >> WE COULD HAVE AN INCREASED EDUCATION FOR PARENTS ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS THAT THEY CAN PUT ON STUDENTS CAFETERIA CHOICES BECAUSE A LOT OF STUDENTS. 
          >> AS ALL OF YOU KNOW FOR PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW THE ONLINE PROGRAMMING WORKS. 
          >> RIGHT. 
          >> THE PARENTS ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, LIKE THE OPTIONS THAT KIDS HAVE AND WHAT THEY CAN OPT IN AND OUT OF. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 
          >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I KNOW, FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE KIDS, WE LITERALLY WERE ABLE TO SAY, YES, THEY CAN HAVE ICE CREAM ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY OR NEVER, OR IT WAS VERY ANYTHING EXTRA. 
          AS A PARENT, YOU FILLED THAT OUT IN YOUR CHILD'S HOMEROOM CLASS. 
          THAT WAS SHAC LAST YEAR. 
          THANK THANKS TO THOSE GUYS. 
          >> SHANDA. 
          >> I THINK THIS SOUNDS LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE BEST OPTION THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE THAT IT'S FREE. 
          WHEN THIS MAY BE A HOLY QUESTION, I GUESS. 
          WHEN WILL THESE RESOURCES FOR PARENTS LIVE ON OUR JUST UNDER IN THE SHAC? 
          >> KATA, YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? WHERE WILL THE RESOURCES BE? 
          >> WE WILL LIST THEM ON THE SHAC WEBSITE. 
          WE ALSO A PART OF THIS WOULD BE PARENT NIGHTS OR INFORMATION SESSIONS BASED ON THEIR STUDENTS GRADE LEVELS AND THE INFORMATION THEY HAD RECEIVED. 
          OUR GOAL IS AGAIN TO PARTNER WITH OUR FAMILIES AND MAKE THIS A GROUP EFFORT TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. 
          >> I REMEMBER THE TUCKERS LAW ASSEMBLY, LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS SO INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL. 
          MY DAUGHTER WENT TO IT AT DSMS, AND SHE SAID THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE IN THE ENTIRE ROOM. 
          IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT WE STILL WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE ASSEMBLIES IN THE FUTURE, OR WAS IT A ONE AND DONE, AND THEY'RE NOT TO SHE'S NOT GOING TO PROVIDE THOSE ANYMORE? 
          >> NO, THEY WILL STILL SPEAK. 
          IT'S JUST TRYING TO ALTERNATE WHAT WE DO SO THAT IT STILL REMAINS IMPACTFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT ABSOLUTELY, THEY WILL STILL COME AND SPEAK. 
          >> I LOVE THE ADDITION OF THAT. 
          I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO THIS, HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE PRICE TAG ON THE WHOLE CURRICULUM WAS PRETTY ASTRONOMICAL, BUT THAT ASSEMBLY, I THINK WAS SUPER VALUABLE. 
          I'D LOVE TO STILL SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          >> I'LL ADD, BUT I KNOW OUR SROS. 
          I SAW SERENA WALKING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE DISAPPEARED TO NOW, BUT SHE'S. 
          >> BUT I KNOW OUR SROS ALSO DO SOME PROGRAMMING, SO I KNOW THAT THEY HIT THAT THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LEVELS JUST TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH STUDENTS. 
          AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          >> WELCOME 
          >> I'LL A TOO. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ALL GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH EACH OF THE GRADE LEVEL INSTRUCTION THAT THEY WOULD BE GIVEN. 
          LIKE, I'LL ADMIT THAT WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT, 
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IT DOESN'T HAVE A PROFESSIONAL, SHINY APPEARANCE AND THEN I HAD TO BE REMINDED THAT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHER DOING IT. 
          IT'S STUDENTS AND SO TAKING THAT IN, IT COMPLETELY MEETS OUR NEEDS. 
          >> GREAT, J. I THINK IT'S TO THAT POINT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT BECAUSE IT'S FREE. 
          PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER ABOUT ITS CREDIBILITY, BUT ONE, I'VE ONLY HEARD POSITIVE THINGS, AND TWO, DR. CLARY, WHO'S SPEARHEADING THE GRANT. 
          I'VE GOT TO WORK WITH HER ON A DIFFERENT GRANT, ACTUALLY, FOR VETERANS AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HER FIDELITY TO THE PROGRAMMATIC, REQUIREMENTS, CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSES, ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT YOU RECOMMENDED IT. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP TOO. 
          JUST TO POINT OUT THAT CENIKOR, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CURRICULUMS WE REVIEWED. 
          THE FESTA IS COLLABORATING WITH THEM. 
          EVERYTHING THAT FESTA DOES STILL HAS TO BE RESEARCH ORIENTED, AND THEY HAVE TO USE ACCURATE INFORMATION. 
          A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS COMING FROM CENIKOR. 
          >> ROB. 
          >> JUST A QUICK COMMENT, THOUGHT AND THEN A COMMENT. 
          WE'RE DOING THE FESTA CURRICULUM IS BEING IMPLEMENTED AS A RESULT OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. 
          DO I HAVE THAT CORRECT? IS THAT'S CORRECT? WHAT LAW WAS THAT? THAT WAS? 
          >> TUCKER'S LAW. 
          >> TUCKER'S LAW. OKAY. TO SHANDAS POINT, THANK YOU ALL, BY THE WAY, SHACK FOR DOING THE WORK AND GOING THROUGH THE CURRICULUM AND DOING THE DETAILS AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN TYING THIS TO A FEDERAL GRANT THAT CAN HELP FACILITATE AND OFFSET THE COST TO IT. 
          THAT'S YEOMAN'S WORK. WONDERFUL JOB. 
          WHAT I JUST WANT TO ECHO SHANDAS POINT. 
          I THINK THE ENTIRE BOARD FEELS THIS WAY THAT WHAT I MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO NOW THAT WE HAVE A 45 MINUTE CURRICULUM, SIX THROUGH 12, WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AGAIN, GREAT JOB IS THE WORK STOPS THERE. I'M LOOKING OVER AT YOU. 
          WE ALREADY KNOW IN HAYES COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY, THE IMPACT OF FENTANYL ON OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEVASTATING. 
          WE HAVE BROUGHT IN SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. 
          WE BROUGHT IN FAMILIES AND PARENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS AND THOSE PRESENTATIONS, THOSE EMOTIONAL. 
          THAT IS WHAT FAMILIES WILL FEEL IF THEY SUCCUMB TO SOMETHING WITH FENTANYL AND OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES GOT TO KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE TO THAT. 
          WHAT I ASK IS WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND IMPROVE THIS. 
          THE SHACKS THEY ENGAGE WITH THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EVALUATING THE CURRICULUM AND MAKE IT SURE IT'S RIGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO FACE THAT REALITY IN DRIPPING SPRINGS IN ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS. 
          I JUST SAY THAT JUST TO SAY LET'S GO GET THEM. 
          LET'S IMPLEMENT THIS, AND LET'S CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH OUR FAMILIES SO THAT THIS DOES NOT BECOME SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH HERE. INDRA THERE? 
          >> MOST DEFINITELY. WE'VE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOSS THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IN SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. 
          WE WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE THAT. 
          OUR GOAL IS FOR THIS CURRICULUM TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FALL, HOPEFULLY, OCTOBER FOR THAT FIT AWARENESS MONTH BY THE GOVERNOR. 
          THEN THE SPRING, WE COULD LOOK AT THE ASSEMBLIES. 
          WE HAD A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION FROM BERNARKAN WITH HILL COUNTRY, AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING IN THIS SPRING AS WELL. 
          >> WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THE PREVENTION IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE RESPONSE, WHICH BETWEEN OUR SAFETY TEAM AND OUR COUNSELING TEAM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO PREPARE FOR. 
          BUT NONETHELESS, PREVENTION IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT. 
          THANK YOU ALL, SHACK AND VERY GOOD JOB. 
          >> I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION WAS GREAT, AND I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO RESEARCH THESE OPTIONS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM HERE IN DSISD AND GETTING THE FEEDBACK ON HOW OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THE INFORMATION AND COMMENTS FROM PARENTS. 
          BUT I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK TO PRESENT TO US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORTS. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. 
          >> READY. 
          >> OKAY. LINDSAY HEARING, PROBABLY. 
          YOU MAY NOT KNOW ME. 
          I'M TEDDY WELLS. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR ANNUAL REPORT FOR 24/25. 
          BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE 150 YEARS AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM ONE SCHOOL TO A DISTRICT THAT'S GOT OVER 8,000 STUDENTS. 
          IT'S QUITE A WONDERFUL STORY, 
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AND I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LOT OF GOOD CELEBRATIONS THIS YEAR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HOPEFULLY A PART OF IT. 
          SINCE 2010, WE HAVE RAISED AND GIFTED BACK TO THE DISTRICT OVER $3,000,000. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY KNOW THAT. 
          WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER MONIES FOR ITGS, OVER $855,000, 181,000 IN SLGS AND OVER 1.8 MILLION DOLLAR AS A GIFT TO THE DISTRICT. 
          WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, MADE UP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE VERY DEDICATED TO WORK TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN DRIPPING STRINGS ITSELF. 
          WHAT YOU SEE HERE OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS. 
          THIS IS ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE ALL THE FUNDS COME FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          I'M SURE YOU RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THOSE. 
          MANY OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY MANAGED AND RUN BY ALUMNI THAT HAVE GOT MANY, MANY YEARS HERE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          TERRY GARNETT IS ONE OF THEM. 
          HE'S ONE OF OUR LARGEST DONORS, AND HE STILL TALKS ABOUT PLAYING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. IT'S GREAT. 
          IN 2024, OUR 24/25, WE HAD THREE KEY PROGRAMS THAT WE FUNDED. 
          WE SUPPORTED TEACHERS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE TEACHING GRANTS. 
          WE HELPED DEVELOP LEADERSHIP IN OUR STUDENTS THROUGH SUPPORTING THEIR GRANT IDEAS. 
          WE CHAMPION DISTRICT WIDE TEACHER SUPPORT, AS WELL AS HELPED BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE DISTRICT AND REALLY WHAT THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND WHAT THEY NEED. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 12 INNOVATIVE TEACHING GRANTS, THREE STUDENT LED GRANTS, INCLUDING A PROGRAM CALLED THE BRIDGE PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY UNIQUE. 
          IT'S DEVELOPED BY THE STUDENTS. 
          IT PARTNERS INCOMING STUDENTS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH JUNIORS AND SENIORS THAT HELP GUIDE THEM INTO AND ACTUALLY ARE LIKE A BUDDY PROGRAM, BRINGING THEM INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND EASING THEIR WAY. 
          WE ALSO SUPPORTED THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR TEACHERS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS. 
          WE FUNDED FOUR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE PROVIDED FOR USE BY TEACHERS AND STAFF AND STUDENTS TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE DAYS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE. 
          IF YOU SEE ON THIS PIE CHART, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MONIES THAT CAME FOR LAST YEAR. 
          THIS LAST YEAR, WE GIFTED $446,000 TO THE DISTRICT. 
          AGAIN, THAT WAS ALL TO FUEL INNOVATION IN CLASSROOM AND TO STRENGTHEN THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WE RAISE THAT MONEY THROUGH THREE MAJOR EVENTS, OUR SCHOOLHOUSE SCRAMBLE, WHICH IS OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT, OUR GALA, THIS YEAR IT'S THEME WAS HEART OF A TIGER, AND THEN OUR CLAYS FOR CLASSROOMS. THE EVENT TOTAL ITSELF WAS ABOUT 351,000, AND THEN WE RAISED THE REST, AS I SAID, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, AND THROUGH OUR DONORS, INCLUDING MANY OF THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS. 
          AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE COMING YEAR, WE'VE GOT THREE FUNDING PRIORITIES AND THREE AREAS. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTINUING TO FUND OUR INNOVATION FOR THE CLASSROOMS WITH FRESH IDEAS AND THE INNOVATIVE TEACHING GRANTS. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED MANY YEARS AGO AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE STUDENT LED OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THIS HELPS THEM EMPOWER THEIR ABILITY TO LEAD AND TO BECOME PROBLEM SOLVERS AND STRENGTHEN THEIR CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES. 
          ONE THING ABOUT OUR STUDENT LED GRANTS AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP GRANTS IS THE FACT THAT ANY STUDENT CAN APPLY, NOT JUST THOSE THAT ARE ANY OF THE SPECIAL OR ENHANCED EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ADVANCED EDUCATION, ANY STUDENT CAN APPLY FOR THOSE. 
          AS WELL AS FACT THAT WE WILL THIS YEAR, TEAM UP WITH THE DISTRICT, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE DISTRICT TEACHER RETENTION PROGRAMS TO HELP KEEP TEACHERS HERE IN THE CLASSROOMS IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. 
          WE HAVE PRESENTED OUR FUNDING AGREEMENT TO HOLLY AND HER OFFICE, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT NEXT MONTH. 
          BUT PART OF THAT, WE'VE PROPOSED $100,000. 
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THAT WE WOULD BE GIVING TO THE DISTRICT FOR YOU TO USE IN ORDER TO HELP WITH TEACHER RETENTION HERE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO EARN MONEY AND PROVIDED HERE TO THE DISTRICT. 
          I'D LIKE TO AT THIS POINT IN TIME SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          >> KIM. 
          >> WELL, I VOLUNTEER WITH YOU ALL A LOT, AND I JUST LOVE YOUR ORGANIZATION. 
          I LOVE WHAT YOU ALL STAND FOR, AND I GET TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PATROL WHERE YOU GET TO AWARD THE GRANTS, AND IT JUST PUTS SUCH A HAPPY SMILE ON THESE TEACHERS' FACES AND ON STUDENT FACES. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO BECAUSE I'M OUT THERE SWEATING RIGHT ALONG THE SIDE. THANK YOU. 
          >> WE APPRECIATE IT, KIM. 
          >> GANDA. 
          >> NO QUESTIONS. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANKS BECAUSE YOU GUYS WORKED SO HARD AND I LOVE ATTENDING YOUR EVENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M THRILLED TO SEE THE THIRD INITIATIVE ON HERE THIS YEAR, AND I AM SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH, AND EXCITED THAT THE DISTRICT IS PARTNERING WITH YOU GUYS TO FUND THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT A LOT OF WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY WAS THAT WE WANT TO APPRECIATE OUR TEACHERS MORE AND AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          TO HAVE A PARTNER LIKE YOU WITH US DOING IT IS HUGE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
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ANY DISCUSSION, AND IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MARY JANE. 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          >> A MOTION FROM MARY JANE, A SECOND FROM ROB. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? 
          >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          >> SEVEN. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. 
          >> THAT WAS ROB THE SECOND. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM WITH 
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VLK HERE TO PRESENT OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL TWO. 
          >> THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING. AS A REMINDER, I'M MADISON WILSON VLK. 
          I'M THE PROJECT DESIGNER FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO AND I'M EXCITED TO BRING TONIGHT OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR APPROVAL. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, TONIGHT, WE DO NOT HAVE TIM AND JULIE WITH US. 
          WHEN YOU SEE THEM, LET THEM KNOW I DID IT BETTER. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TONIGHT IS THE PROJECT UPDATE, WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW, AND THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS UPDATE, THE SCHEDULE, AND NEXT STEPS. 
          ALSO, TONIGHT, I HAVE BRIAN COTSWORTH, OUR PA FOR THE PROJECT, AND JOE CHARLETON WITH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS TO HELP. 
          IF YOU'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, THEY'RE HERE AS WELL. 
          FOR OUR DRAWING ISSUANCES, WE HAVE TWO PACKAGES THAT WE HAVE NOW RELEASED. 
          THE FIRST OF THOSE IS MAINLY SITE WORK. 
          THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BID THE FIRST GMP, AND THAT HAS ALREADY STARTED. 
          WE HAVE THAT BIDDING FIRST AS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT STARTED FASTER THAN BID PACKAGE TWO SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          BID PACKAGE TWO HAS ALSO NOW BEEN PUT OUT. 
          THAT ONE IS ALSO NOW BEING LOOKED AT BY AMERICAN AND THAT ONE IS OUR FULL SITE AND FULL BUILDING PACKAGE. 
          IN TOTAL, WE HAVE ACTUALLY THREE BID PACKAGES THESE TWO, AND THEN THE WASTE WATER AS WELL. 
          THAT WILL BE OUR THIRD BID PACKAGE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET. 
          THE FINAL SIZE ON THIS IS GOING TO BE DETERMINED BY OUR CAPACITY FOR THE CAMPUS. 
          THEN OUR T-LAP HAS FORMALLY BEEN ISSUED FOR TCEQ. 
          THEN THERE ARE COORDINATION THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH WITH THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING ON THIS CONTINUES AS NEEDED. 
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THIS ONE, ROB ACTUALLY ALREADY BEAT ME TO IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH HAYES COUNTY RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT DARDEN HILL IS COORDINATED AS FAST AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WHEN THIS IS ABLE TO GET KICKED OFF, IT IS GOING TO WORK WELL WITH OUR SITE AND CONSTRUCTION AS WE ARE GOING ALONG. 
          HOPEFULLY, AS THIS PROCEEDS, THESE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE ABLE TO BE SOLD QUICKLY, AND WE CAN MOVE ALONG WITH THIS. 
          ONE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO TOUCH ON FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE EFFICIENCY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE SITE. 
          ONE OF THOSE IS THE CISTERNS. 
          WE HAVE SIX CISTERNS THROUGHOUT THE SITE. 
          THOSE COLLECT BOTH THE ROOF RUNOFF AND THE CONDENSATE FROM THE HVAC UNITS. 
          THOSE WILL BE USED TO WATER ALL OF THE GROUNDS DIRECTLY SURROUNDING THE BUILDING AND ALSO WITHIN THE COURT YARDS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP ALL THAT NICE AND GREEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          WE ALSO HAVE GEOTHERERMAL ON THIS CAMP CAMPUS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A NICE THING THAT IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD AND SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO DID AT SYCAMORE SPRINGS. 
          THIS ALLOWS US TO USE THE GROUND TO HEAT AND COOL THE BUILDING THESE UNITS ARE ALSO LOCATED WITHIN A MECHANICAL MEZZANINE, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO BE MORE EFFICIENT OVERALL AND HAVE A LONGER LIFESPAN. 
          THE SUNLIGHT ON THE CAMPUS. 
          WE'VE TRIED TO USE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT NORTH AND SOUTH FAÇADE TO GET THE DAYLIGHT WHILE NOT USING MANY WINDOWS AT ALL ON THE WEST FAÇADE SO THAT WE DON'T GET MUCH OF THAT HARSH SUNLIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND OVERHEAT THE BUILDING. 
          THEN WE ALSO HAVE A USE OF DARK SKY FRIENDLY LIGHTING ON THE SITE THAT IS USED WHERE WE CAN. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S SOME AREAS LIKE ATHLETIC FIELDS THAT IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND. 
          BUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WE USE DARK SKY FRIENDLY EXTERIOR LIGHTING. 
          THEN THERE'S ALSO AN EFFORT TO TRY TO PRESERVE AS MANY HERITAGE TREES ON THIS CAMPUS AS POSSIBLE. 
          THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS UPDATE. 
          NOT A LOT ON THE DESIGN HAS CHANGED. 
          ACTUALLY, NOT MUCH AT ALL SINCE THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED THIS TO YOU. 
          IT'S JUST BEEN DIVED INTO MORE AND 
          >> THERE'S A MISSING VIDEO THERE, BUT THAT'S FINE. 
          THE VIDEO WAS JUST TO SHOW THE PAT AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND HOW THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROJECT. 
          ARE ALL ABLE TO SEE IT? THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU. BUT IT IS JUST TO SHOW THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. 
          SO THE PAT TEAM AND THE LAUNCH HAD A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT ON WHAT THIS PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THE FOCUS OF IT. 
          THAT COURTYARD IN THE CENTER WAS ONE OF THE BIG FOCUSES OF THIS PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SECURE LOCATION FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO SPILL OUT AND FOR TEACHERS TO TAKE THEIR CLASSES. 
          THEN I ALSO JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE LOCATIONS OF EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THIS PLAN. 
          ACROSS THAT NORTH FACADE IS ALL THE MAIN ACADEMICS AND ADMIN. 
          IN THE LIGHT GREEN, WE HAVE THE CTE, WHICH IS ALL ON THAT FIRST FLOOR. 
          IN THE DARK GREEN, WE HAVE AN ATHLETICS BUILDING, WHICH IS SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN CAMPUS, STILL ALL SECURED WITHIN FENCING, BUT IT'S JUST STEPPED AWAY A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WHENEVER THERE IS ANY EVENTS, THAT AREA CAN BE SHUT OFF, AND NOBODY IS ACCESSING THE MAIN BUILDING. 
          THE LIGHT PINK IS ALL OF THE FINE ARTS AREAS. 
          THAT IS THE AUDITORIUM, THE MUSIC, AND THE VISUAL ARTS. 
          THOSE VISUAL ARTS ALSO HAVE SPILL OUT WITHIN THAT COURTYARD SPACE SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND WORK IN THERE AND THEY HAVE POWER, WATER, BE ABLE TO BE CREATIVE OUT IN THE OUTDOOR SPACE. 
          THE STUDENT UNION IS MADE UP OF THE CAFETERIA AND LIBRARY SPACES, SO THAT IS THE RED AND YELLOW. 
          THAT IS WHERE THE STUDENT ENTRY IS AND WHERE THEY CAN ALSO ACCESS OUTDOOR DINING FOR THE COURTYARD. 
          THEN ON THE SECOND FLOOR, ALL THOSE MAIN ACADEMICS ARE ACROSS THAT TOP BAR AGAIN. 
          THEN AT ATHLETICS, WE HAVE DANCE AND THE TWO AUXILIARY GYMS. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE COURTYARD PLAN. 
          ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO HIT ON THIS IS ONE 
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THAT MAIN EVENTS PLAZA THAT GOES UP INTO THE COURTYARD AREA. 
          THAT IS A SECURE PLAZA THAT HAS A LARGE WALKWAY BETWEEN THEM, AND THAT IS FOR BOTH EMERGENCY ACCESS WHEN NEEDED, AND IT'S A NICE LARGE AREA FOR ALL THOSE EVENTS SPILL OUT BECAUSE THAT IS BOTH THE AUDITORIUM AND THE ATHLETICS EVENT PLAZA. 
          THEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE AREAS WITHIN THIS COURTYARD, BASED OFF OF STUDENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND INVOLVEMENT, THEY WANTED TO SEE AREAS THAT THEY COULD SPILL OUT, HAVE SMALL GROUP LEARNING, GET TO COLLABORATE, BUT ALSO LARGE AREAS THAT ARE COVERED, HAVE SOME SHADE, WHERE A WHOLE CLASS COULD COME OUT WITH THEIR TEACHER AND BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME OUTSIDE AND LEARN. 
          I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO THE RENDERINGS. 
          THIS IS AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE CAMPUS. 
          ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE DARDEN HILL AND THE MAIN ENTRY OF THE CAMPUS. 
          THEN AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY AROUND, YOU SEE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OFF TO THE SIDE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. 
          THE BAND PRACTICE YOU CAN SEE IS BACK THERE ON THE BACKSIDE OF FINE ARTS. 
          THE BAND STUDENTS ARE RIGHT THERE AND ABLE TO SPILL DIRECTLY OUT INTO THAT SPACE WITHOUT HAVING TO TRAVERSE THE CAMPUS. 
          THE STADIUM IS THERE AS WELL, SO THAT IS A JV STADIUM WITH 1,000 SEATS FOR NOW, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN PROVIDED SO THAT IF ONE DAY IT EVER BECOMES A FULL STADIUM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN ALL THAT LATER. 
          IT'S ALL THERE PROVIDED. 
          WHEN THE TIME COMES, YOU'RE READY TO GO. 
          THERE'S ALSO TWO ATHLETIC FIELDS BACK THERE FOR PRACTICE, THE TENNIS COURTS AND THEN BASEBALL SOFTBALL. 
          THERE'S ALSO AN AG BUILDING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE SITE THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE, AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY BUILDING AS WELL SO THAT THEY HAVE A SEPARATE SPACE THERE. 
          AT THE MAIN ENTRY, THIS IS THE MANGLE HERE WAS TO PROVIDE A SECURE BUT ALSO SHELTER DROP OFF LOCATION FOR THESE STUDENTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BUILDING WAS USED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A COVERED AREA FOR STUDENTS TO BE DROPPED OFF AND ENTER THE BUILDING DIRECTLY. 
          AT THE STUDENT ENTRY. 
          THE MAJORITY OF STUDENT PARKING IS LOCATED RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE STUDENT UNION, AND IT HAS A SECURE PATHWAY DIRECTLY TO THE STUDENT UNION CUTTING THROUGH THE PARKING SO THAT THEY HAVE A SECURE PLACE TO WALK THAT NO CARS ARE CROSSING OVER. 
          THIS ALSO ENTERS DIRECTLY INTO THE CAFETERIA SPACE, AND THERE IS A SECURE VESTIBULE THERE AS WELL TO KEEP THAT SEPARATION. 
          AT THE EVENTS ENTRY, AT THIS PLAZA, YOU CAN SEE THE AUDITORIUM AND GYMNASIUM. 
          THE BIG FOCUS HERE AND SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY HEARD FROM THE PAT AS WELL WAS KEEPING THAT EQUALITY ACROSS FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM SHOWCASE TOGETHER. 
          ALSO THIS EVENTS ENTRY ALLOWS US TO HAVE ONE AREA THAT WE'RE SECURING AND LANDSCAPING, SO IT PROVIDES EFFICIENCIES THERE AS WELL. 
          THIS IS SHOWCASING A BIT OF THE STUDENT COURTYARD. 
          ANY OF THE GRASS THAT YOU SEE IS ACTUALLY ARTIFICIAL TURF TO MINIMIZE MAINTENANCE IN THESE AREAS. 
          AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THOSE CISTERNS THERE. 
          THEY WILL BE USED TO WATER THE SPACES WITHIN THERE, SO ANY TREES OR PLANTING THAT YOU SEE WOULD BE WATERED BY THOSE CISTERNS. 
          THEN YOU CAN SEE ALSO IN THIS BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE, SOME OF THOSE SMALL STUDY PODS THAT HAVE THE SHADED COVER THERE. 
          THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME SHADE OVER THOSE TURF AREAS TO CREATE LARGER STUDY AREAS. 
          THIS IS INSIDE. 
          AS WE MOVE INSIDE, I DO WANT TO PREFACE THAT THERE IS BLUE AND GOLD BEING USED THROUGHOUT FOR THE COLORS RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IS DUE TO BOK NOT QUITE HAVING COLORS BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE FOR COLORS AND MASCOTS IS CURRENTLY BEING FORMED. 
          THAT IS ACTUALLY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR NOW WE ARE USING THESE COLORS TO BE ABLE TO JUST PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOWCASE THE COLORS OF THE CAMPUS. 
          THIS IS WITHIN THE STUDENT UNION, THAT CAFETERIA SPACE. 
          YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE BACK IN THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE SPIRIT SHACK FOR THIS CAMPUS AS WELL WHERE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP THEIR COFFEE OR WHATEVER THAT SPIRIT SHACK DECIDES TO SELL HERE. 
          BUT IT IS A LARGE SPACE THAT THEY CAN SPILL OUT AND 
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CONGREGATE AND ALSO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE OUTDOOR DINING OF THE COURTYARD. 
          THIS IS WITHIN THE CL AND I, SO THE LIBRARY. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE SMALL GROUP AREAS WITHIN THERE. 
          BUT THIS SPACE HAS MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF COLLABORATION. 
          THIS IS ONE FLEXIBLE FURNITURE SPACE, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME SMALL CLUB SPACES AND LARGER THAT ARE ALL VISIBLE FROM THAT FRONT DESK AREA THAT ALLOW STUDENTS TO GET TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE IN THE WAY THAT THEY WANT TO. 
          THIS IS SHOWING THE MAIN COMPETITION GYM. 
          ONE THING ABOUT THIS GYM IS IT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY AROUND WANTING TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THAT MAIN GYM FLOOR. 
          TO KEEP EVERYBODY AWAY FROM THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF THAT ARE USING THAT SPACE AND UP IN THEIR OWN AREAS. 
          THIS IS WITHIN THOSE MAIN ACADEMIC COLLABORATION AREAS. 
          THAT SAW TOOTH ON THE FRONT FACADE ALLOWS US TO USE THE CORRIDORS AS THE COLLABORATION SPACE AS WELL, AND TO MINIMIZE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE NEEDED TO PUT INTO THE BUILDING. 
          BUT THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, PROVIDES A SPACE FOR SOME FLEXIBLE FURNITURE. 
          YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE MARKER BOARDS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED INTO THE WINDS COAT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE WALLS, SO IT'S ALL ONE SYSTEM. 
          THEN THERE IS SOME BUILT IN SEATING AND SOME FLEXIBLE SEATING, AND THEN EVEN THE ACOUSTIC BAFFLES THERE WILL JUST HELP CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A QUIETER SPACE FOR THOSE STUDENTS AS THEY'RE WORKING IN THOSE AREAS. 
          THIS IS WITHIN THE HEALTH SCIENCE LAB. 
          THIS SPACE WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED WITH THE CTE INSTRUCTORS. 
          THEY NEEDED A SPACE WHERE THEY COULD COLLABORATE AND ALSO BE DIRECTLY OFF OF THEIR CLASSROOMS SO THEY WEREN'T SENDING STUDENTS TO A DIFFERENT SPACE. 
          THIS IS A LARGELY FLEXIBLE SPACE FOR THEM, AND IT ALLOWS FOR REAL LIFE ITERATIONS OF HOW THEY WOULD BE WORKING. 
          THIS IS INSIDE THE ART CLASSROOM. 
          THIS SPACE WAS MAINLY DESIGNED WITH FLEXIBILITY IN MIND. 
          YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CHORD RAILS TO ALLOW THEM TO MANIPULATE THE TABLES AND WORK WHERE THEY NEED TO WITHIN THESE SPACES. 
          THEN THIS IS WITHIN THE AUDITORIUM. 
          THIS IS ABOUT 730 SEATS WITHIN THIS AUDITORIUM WITH TWO TIERS TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE VISIBILITY OF THAT STAGE AREA. 
          THEN ALL THE MATERIALS IN HERE ARE ACTUALLY SIMILAR MATERIALS WE'RE USING THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS JUST TO KEEP THE BASIC MATERIALS AS WE GO THROUGHOUT. 
          THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. 
          ON THE PROJECT SCHEDULE, WE WANTED TO POINT OUT MAINLY THAT THIS IS THE THIRD PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE DOING FOR APPROVAL FOR YOU, BUT WE WILL ALSO STILL HAVE THE GMP BOARD APPROVAL FOR GMP 01 AND GMP 02. 
          THOSE BOTH STILL NEED TO COME TO YOU ONCE WE GET PRICING BACK FROM AMERICAN. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PAT MEETING THAT WE'LL BE DOING LATER IN OCTOBER, AND TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE THAT GROUP ON HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING AND WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY. 
          THEN NEXT STEP. AS I SAID, WE'LL BE BRINGING GMP 01 AND 2 TO YOU. 
          PERMITTING HAS BEGUN FOR BOTH OF THOSE PACKAGES. 
          THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMMENCING ONCE WE CAN BE ABLE TO GET ALL THAT PERMITTING DONE AND GMP IS APPROVED. 
          THEN WASTEWATER DESIGN AND PERMITTING IS UNDERWAY, AND THEN THE PAT MEETING UPDATES WILL BE COMING IN OCTOBER. 
          THANK YOU. DO YOU'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> GREAT. THANK YOU. WHAT QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS. GO AHEAD. 
          >> I LOVE GOING FIRST. MISS YOU DID A GOOD JOB. NICE JOB. 
          THE VIDEO DIDN'T WORK THOUGH, SO TEAM'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT OVER. I GOT A SMARTER. 
          FIRST, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FLOOR PLAN SINCE I GOT ELECTED AND GOT PUT ON THIS BOARD. 
          OBVIOUSLY, NOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO THAT. 
          CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE WITH THE WHOLE SITE WITH THE RENDERING OF THE THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO. 
          WHICH I THINK IS VERY GOOD FOR THE PURPOSE OF MY COMMENTS AND CONVERSATION. 
          FIRST, I JUST POINT OUT. 
          SCOPE AND SCALE OF THIS PROJECT IS SUBSTANTIAL. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT. 
          I TELL A LOT OF PEOPLE I TOLD PEOPLE DURING THE BOND PRESENTATIONS, 
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WHEN YOU PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, IT'S THE LARGEST SINGLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, NOT RESIDENTIAL IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY SO FAR. 
          I HOPE FOREVER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL BE TRUE WITH OUR GROWTH. 
          BUT LET'S JUST SAY THAT IS THE SITUATION IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES. 
          IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR DISTRICT. 
          FIRST, I THANK THE VOTERS, SEVEN OUT OF 10 OF YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT BY WAY OF ABLIGATING THE BOND DOLLARS NEEDED FOR IT. 
          THANK YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THAT REGARD. 
          NOW, AS I LIKE TO CALL, IT'S GO TIME. 
          LET'S GO TIME. MY QUESTIONS ARE AROUND THERE. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT AN OCTOBER ISH MOBILIZATION FOR THE DIRT WORK. 
          DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? WE'LL LOOK OVER HERE TOWARDS PROBABLY THESE TWO. 
          IS THAT OUR TENANT CURRENT PLAN AS IT IS NOW? 
          >> YES. 
          >> PERMIT GIVEN. 
          >> IMAGINE WE'RE GOING TO GET A DIRT PERMIT FOR THIS FOR GRADING BEFORE WE GO FOR A BUILDING PERMIT, IS THAT RIGHT? DO WE HAVE A HISTORY OF THAT BEING A PROBLEM? 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> COME ON UP, SO YOU GET YOUR COMMENTS ON THE RECORD HERE. 
          >> ELEMENTARY SIX WAS OUR FIRST GO AT THAT. 
          DRIPPING SPRINGS HASN'T REALLY DONE THAT IN THE PAST. 
          THAT WAS A KIND OF A NEW BEGINNING. 
          THAT WENT OKAY, LOT OF BACK AND FORTH IN THE CITY, SO I THINK THEY'RE MORE UP TO IT ON THIS ONE. 
          >> TENA PLAN DIRT PERMIT GMP 1 TOWARDS LATE SEPTEMBER, AND ASSUMING OUR BODY APPROVES GMP ONE MOBILIZATION ON OR AROUND OCTOBER ISH. 
          >> SOON AS WE CAN GET. 
          >> GOT IT. THAT ALL SOUNDS GOOD. 
          NOW, AN IMPORTANT MEETING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, AND BOARD PRESIDENT, MYSELF, AND WHO WAS IN THAT MEETING WITH THE COUNTY? WAS IT JUST MEAN YOU AND OLIVIA? WERE IN THAT MEETING? THIS WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT, SO I WANT TO HIT ON IT ONE MORE TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD ON THIS. 
          BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE COUNTY IS GOING TO ISSUE THE COS IN SEPTEMBER, ABOUT THE TIME WE'RE GETTING READY TO MOBILIZE AND START MOVING DIRT AND START CUTTING IN DRIVEWAYS. 
          WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IS WE WORK OUT THE DETAILS AROUND THAT ENTRANCE TO DARDEN HILL ROAD AND THE OPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THAT FOR THIS BOARD? 
          >> NOT AT THIS MOMENT, THERE ISN'T. 
          >> MY ASK WOULD BE, IF WE NEED TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS ON THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE HERE NECESSARILY, BUT WE NEED TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS ON THAT WITH I THINK A DUCT, WHO'S STILL DO WHO DO ALL THE ENGINEERING FOR IT, BECAUSE WE GOT TO GET FIDELITY ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A CRITICAL PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          IF WE DON'T GET ALIGNMENT ON THAT, THAT BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SCENARIO, FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYBODY, WHERE THIS APPLIES IS, DARDEN HILL ROAD IS ON THE SOUTH OR THE BOTTOM LEFT PART OF THIS SLIDE, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT DOWN THERE. 
          WE HAVE A PLAN THERE THAT MIGHT CREATE SOME CHALLENGES IN AND OUT OF THE CAMPUS, WHICH WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS WE DON'T WORK TOGETHER TO FACILITATE THESE THINGS, NOT ONLY FOR SOMETHING OPENING OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT FOR LONG INTO THE FUTURE. 
          IT'S BEEN THE WISHES OF THIS BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. 
          WHAT I MY ASK IS, COME BACK TO US IF WE NEED TO GET ENGAGED IN THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN TO FACILITATE THAT, BUT FOR ME, I VIEW THAT, AND I'M SPEAKING FOR EVERYBODY HERE BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS AN IMPERATIVE. 
          >> WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME TIME ON THAT. 
          WE'LL HAVE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS FOR A YEAR OR TWO. 
          BEFORE THOSE ROADS GET PUT IN. 
          WE GOT SOME TIME WORK ON THAT. 
          >> A 100%. I JUST CHANGE ORDERS BLAH BLAH BLAH. 
          >> NO. WE WILL PLAN THAT TOGETHER. 
          WE'VE GOT GOOD MEANS WITH. 
          >> COOL. AGAIN, I JUST SAY IT, SO WE'RE ALL TRACKING. 
          COMMENT ON RECLAIM WATER. 
          I THINK THAT'S PHENOMENAL. I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND. 
          WE HAVE CHALLENGES IN DRIPPING SPRINGS WITH DOMESTIC WATER. 
          AN ABILITY TO DO IRRIGATION. 
          RIGHT NOW, DRIPPING SPRINGS ID DRIPPING NO DIFFERENTLY THAN ANOTHER DEVELOPER OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. 
          BUT RECLAIMED WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR IRRIGATION. 
          I LOVE THAT THIS PROJECT DOES THAT. 
          I IMAGINE THE ENGINEER TEAM HAS DONE SOME CALCULATIONS ON NEEDS AND STUFF. 
          I JUST APPRECIATE THE EFFORT DONE IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S A CRITICAL WAY TO GET WATER DONE. 
          COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE GOT A PAT MEETING IN OCTOBER. 
          WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING OUR FIRST IS THAT GOING TO BE 2026, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DOING THE PROCESS? LET ME ASK THE QUESTION, TELL EVERYBODY WHAT WE'RE DOING FIRST. 
          COME ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS PROJECT ISN'T OVER. 
          WE HAVE TO NAME THE SCHOOL. 
          WE GOT TO COME UP WITH COLORS, AND AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE EXACTLY WHAT I WANT. 
          JENNIFER WILL NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE DISAGREEMENT OVER THAT. 
          I THINK OUR BOARD PRESIDENT HAS COMMITTED TO THAT BEING A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS, AND I LOVE THAT. 
          HOW I LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT, IF YOU COULD? 
          >> JENNIFER HAS A NAMING AND MASCOT, BASICALLY COMMITTEE OUT RIGHT NOW. 
          ALL OF THAT NAMING COLORS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THAT WAS THAT THOSE COMMITTEES THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, 11 OPEN COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE ADDED FOR THIS YEAR. 
          >> EVERYBODY HAS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 5? SEPTEMBER 5. 
          DRIPPING PEOPLE, IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY PROCESS, FOR THAT, PLEASE APPLY. 
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          >> WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO WITH THE SEVEN BUS WANT TO DO, WE DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS WITH US. 
          >> THE PROCESS ALSO INCLUDE A BROAD COMMUNITY SURVEY AS WELL JUST SO WE CAN GET QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK AS WELL FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. 
          >> YEAH, WE WILL BRING YOU THAT PROCESS SO THAT. 
          >> THAT'S A SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GET OUT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MEETING OBVIOUSLY, MOVING FORWARD IN THAT. 
          LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY BE NEW TO THIS PROCESS. 
          YOU'RE SEEING WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO ON THE EAT SIDE OF TOWN. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ALL THE RENOVATIONS THAT THIS BODY AND THE COMMUNITY HAS APPROVED TO DO THAT AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WILL BE AN EXCITING DEAL. 
          WHO'S DESIGNING THAT FOR US? 
          >> IT'S PBK. 
          >> PBK IS DOING THE DESIGN ON THAT. 
          WE'LL BE HAVING SIMILAR MEETINGS, CORRECT WITH THEM ON THAT THIS YEAR. 
          >> KEEP IN MIND, IT DOESN'T HAVE NEARLY THE SAME SCOPE. 
          >> YES, IT'S NOT A $290 MILLION PROJECT. 
          >> YES, SOME OF IT'S NOT. 
          >> THERE WILL BE SOME MECHANICAL THINGS OBVIOUSLY TIED TO THAT, BUT IT'S ALL IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. 
          ALSO, IT JUST SHOWS THE COMMITMENT OF THIS BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INVEST IN BOTH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES. 
          VERY EXCITED. THAT'S NO QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THAT AND AGAIN, MY KEY POINTS ABOUT JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT PIECE BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT. 
          WELL DONE, TEAM BLK, 
          AMERICAN, YOU HAVE THE BALL. >> SIR. 
          >> YOU HAVE THE BALL. AND AGAIN, 30 MONTHS. 
          I WROTE IT DOWN RIGHT HERE. SO MY 30 MONTHS. 
          OKAY, 32 CAMP PLUS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> I DID HAVE ONE MORE NOTE SINCE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RENOVATIONS AT THE CURRENT CAMPUS. 
          AND THERE WERE A LOT OF RENOVATIONS ON THE CAMPUSES THIS YEAR RELATING TO STANDARDS ON HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO BE DONE WITHIN DRIPPING SPRINGS AND HOW SECURITY WAS BEING HANDLED. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ALSO BEING IMPLEMENTED AT THIS CAMPUS SO THAT IT IS DONE IN CONCURRENT WITH ALL THE OTHER CAMPUSES. 
          >> SHANDA. 
          >> HONESTLY, A SIMILAR QUESTION THAT, ROB BROUGHT UP IS, AS FAR AS TONIGHT GOES, THE APPROVAL FOR TONIGHT. 
          I'M ALSO SEEING THIS PROJECT MANUAL IN HERE THAT HAS SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS IN IT. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING WE ARE APPROVING, THESE VERY, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC THINGS IN THIS, OR IS THIS MORE OF A PROPOSAL? 
          >> THERE'S SOME PLACEHOLDER LANGUAGE IN IT. 
          I MEAN, LIKE STEPHANIE AND I TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE IT SAYS WILDCAT OR THAT TYPE OF THING THAT ARE PLACEHOLDERS. 
          IT IS THE BROAD PROJECT, THOUGH, OVERALL. 
          >> THERE'S FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THAT ON PROGRAM? 
          >> RIGHT. YEAH. LIKE WHERE IT SAYS, COSMETOLOGY, THAT'S NOT A PROGRAM THAT'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          YES, THERE IS SOME BROAD, LIKE, CTE, A PLACEHOLDER FOR THOSE. 
          >> WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? BECAUSE IT'S LIKE IT'S PRETTY, SAYING COSMETOLOGY, WE NEED THIS MANY CHAIRS AND THIS MANY SINKS. 
          IS THIS A COMPANY WHO'S PROPOSED THIS FOR US TO SAY? 
          >> A STANDARD SPEC IS? 
          >> STANDARD SPECS FOR LIKE OUR CTE SPACES. 
          ONE REASON THAT WE KEPT SOME OF THAT IN THERE IS JUST BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE SOME SLACK SPACES THAT MIGHT BE DECIDED LATER. 
          SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN THERE JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REFERENCE IF NEEDED. 
          SO WE'RE NOT MARRIED TO THIS DOCUMENT TO SAY, WE ARE GETTING THAT ICE MACHINE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. 
          IT THE EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE STEPHANIE EARLIER WAS THERE'S A SCOREBOARD TO SAY AND I THOUGHT, OH, GOODNESS. 
          IT SAYS, TO SAY WILDCATS INSTEAD OF HOME TEAM. 
          I WAS LIKE, OH, GOODNESS. 
          WE'RE NOT THERE YET, RIGHT? 
          >> SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE LIKE OUR BASIS OF DESIGN. 
          THOSE WILL ALSO BE FIGURED OUT LATER, THINGS LIKE WILDCATS, WHERE IT WOULD SAY, LIKE, HOME TEAM. 
          WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT WITH THE DISTRICT. YEAH. OKAY. 
          >> YEAH. IT WAS A LONG DOCUMENT. 
          I'M CLICKING THROUGH AND I'M LIKE, JUST SO THERE IS FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THAT THAT WE'RE NOT APPROVING THESE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC THINGS TONIGHT. 
          >> WELL, SO LIKE THE BASIS OF DESIGN, THOSE WILL BE WHAT ARE BID BY AMERICAN UNLESS THEY HAVE SUBSTITUTIONS TO US OR SOMETHING MIGHT BE PRICED OUT BETTER. 
          THOSE ARE BASIS OF DESIGN, WHICH IS BEING PROVED. 
          >> BUT LET ME JUST INTERRUPT REAL QUICK. 
          SO IN TERMS OF, LIKE, NUMBER OF CTE COLLABORATIVE SPACES, LIKE, THAT IS A HARD COST THAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT. 
          BUT WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY USED FOR IF THEY WERE BUYING LEGAL BENCHES FOR A COURT ROOM SET UP. 
          WE'RE GETTING COSMETOLOGY CHAIRS OR EVEN THE EXAMPLE IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT STAYED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, EVEN THE HEALTH. 
          I MEAN, THAT IS A PROGRAMMING TO BE DETERMINED IN THE FUTURE, CORRECT? MOST OF THE PROGRAMMING IS ALIGNED TO THE CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THERE ARE FLEX SPACES THAT GIVE US OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER PROGRAMMING, 
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WE DID NOT DUPLICATE AUTO TECH. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROGRAM TO DUPLICATE. 
          WE HAVE THAT HERE. 
          >> WE HAVE A SPACE THAT CAN BE ANOTHER TRADE TYPE PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION FOR JULIE CTE COORDINATOR TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GROW INTO THIS SPACE AND GROW PROGRAMMING. 
          THEY'RE GIVING US THAT OPTION WITHIN THIS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          >> WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT FOR BID ON THIS, THEY'RE NOT BIDDING. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE TO JUST USE SOMETHING SPECIFIC. 
          THEY'RE NOT BIDDING THE COSMETOLOGY CHAIRS. 
          >> NO. IT'S BID OFF OF THE DRAWINGS. 
          THEN THE SPECS SUPPORT THE DRAWINGS. 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
          JUST SINCE WE'RE ON IT, HOLLY, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR PROGRAMMING RECOMMENDATIONS? 
          >> WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF RUNWAY ON THAT. 
          I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE UNTIL 2027. 
          FRANKLY, BY THE TIME WE KNOW WHAT GRADE LEVELS ARE ROLLING IN, THAT MAY EVEN GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY DEPENDING UPON IF IT'S UNDERCLASSMEN, AND YOU MAY NOT NEED UPPER LEVEL TRADES FOR LATER. 
          I THINK THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF FLEXIBILITY STILL IN THE SCHEDULE UNTIL WE MAKE SOME OF THE OTHER DECISIONS TO HELP US WITH THAT. 
          >> POTENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE MAY EVEN PHASE IN SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES IF? 
          >> YES. 
          >> YEAH. OKAY. 
          >> OLIVIA. I WAS GOING TO SHARE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, HOLLY AND STEPHANIE, I WAS GOING TO SHARE WITH MY OTHER COLLEAGUES SOME FEEDBACK THAT I SHARED WITH BOTH OF YOU AFTER WE TOWARD CAMPUSES. 
          FORGIVE ME. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AT THIS PHASE. 
          IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST CAMPUS THAT WE'VE BUILT THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT OUR COMMUNITY HAS MADE. 
          LIKE YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE SEVEN PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR FACILITIES TEAMS AND OUR VENDORS. 
          BUT WHEN WE WALK THROUGH, I THINK WE ALL LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS, LIKE, COULD, ONE, WE ALL HAVE PERSONAL OPINIONS. 
          THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT MAYBE, COULD WE SAVE SOME MONEY HERE OR THIS OR THAT. 
          I WALKED THROUGH SOME CAMPUSES AND I CALLED HOLLY AND I WAS LIKE, HEY, I HAVE SOME FEEDBACK, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SHARE SOME THINGS. 
          ONE THING THAT COLLECTIVELY AS A BOARD WE DISCUSSED WAS WHERE IS THE POINT IN THIS PROCESS, THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. 
          IT TOUCHES THE BOARD LIKE SIX TIMES. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT, WHERE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS, ARE WE GIVING IT LIKE THAT STAMP OF APPROVAL BEFORE WE GO INTO A CAMPUS AND SEE SOMETHING VERTICAL. 
          I CALLED HOLLY FIRST THING AS ALWAYS, IS LIKE, HEY, LET'S TALK, LET'S MEET ABOUT IT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO WALK WILDWOOD ON FRIDAY, THE 29TH. 
          WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WE'RE APPROVING, OBVIOUSLY, THE BONES AND EVERYTHING, AND THESE AREN'T CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OUR COLLEAGUES. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE ARE GIVING OUR DESIGNER MAYBE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AS WE GO ON. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING DRASTICALLY, BUT THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES CHANGE THAT WE HAVE, LIKE, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I'M NOT ARTICULATING IT WELL. 
          BUT I WORRY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON FINISHES AT THE END. 
          FINISHES ARE NOT OUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT. 
          I THINK IT'S 10% OF OUR TOTAL COST AT THE END. WHAT'S THAT? 
          >> 4%. >> FINISHES? 4%. IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST. IT'S VERY SMALL. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANY OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY RELY TRANSPARENT. 
          BUT I'M SHARING IT NOW JUST BECAUSE I'VE SHARED IT WITH YOU. 
          I STILL FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AS MISS. 
          I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING FINISHED. 
          AM I CONVEYING THIS CORRECTLY? YEAH. I HOPE WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH VLC TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, WHICH WAS THE WALK OF THE CAMPUS IN THEIR VIRTUAL MODEL TO GIVE US A MUCH MORE TANGIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS BUILDING IN A WAY THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE PREVIOUSLY. 
          WELL, AS AN EXAMPLE, I MEAN, WE ALL GOT ALARMED WHEN WE SAW THE TWO TONE TILES. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE DID OUR KIND OF WHATEVER YOU CALL IT THE FLY THROUGH THIS SUMMER. 
          YOU GUYS HAD SAID IT WAS THE EXACT SAME COST. 
          LIKE, THAT IT JUST OFFERS A LITTLE BIT OF AN AESTHETIC UPGRADE. 
          I THINK SOME OF THE FINISH OUTS ARE LIKE THAT, WHERE, WE MIGHT LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OH, IT'S NOT REALLY OUR STYLE, OR MAYBE IT EVEN HAS A PERCEPTION OF, LIKE, COSTING A LOT. 
          SO WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY COST ANYMORE. 
          THEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS, I THINK IN OUR CAMPUSES THAT DOES INDEED COST MORE. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO STRAY AWAY FROM ALTOGETHER, AND IF ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE, REALLY HAVE A FINAL APPROVAL ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS, LIKE, 
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TILE ALL THE WAY TO THE CEILING THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY NEED IN THAT ONE LOCATION, OR, OLIVIA'S POINT, LIKE BRICK INSTEAD OF STONE ON THE EXTERIOR, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT TO HOLLY'S POINT, THIS PROJECT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WILDWOOD BECAUSE WE NEVER GOT A FLY THROUGH OF WILDWOOD. 
          WE NEVER GOT TO FLY THROUGH OF CYPRUS OR OF THE NEW WALNUT CAMPUS. 
          >> WE ARE GETTING SO MUCH BETTER EVERY SINGLE TIME BECAUSE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING HOLLY, WE'RE GETTING SO MUCH BETTER EVERY TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME OUT THERE. 
          YES, THE FLY THROUGH IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. 
          THEN LAST WEEK, I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHY DOES THE PRESENTATION NOW NOT LOOK LIKE THE FLY THROUGH THOSE VISUALS ARE SO IMPORTANT. 
          YES, YOU ARTICULATED THAT PERFECTLY. 
          WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT EITHER OR, LIKE, ANYTIME THAT THERE'S. 
          I THINK WE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE SHOCKED. 
          LIKE, I MEAN, WE SEE HERE AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN THE FLY THROUGH, WE DON'T WANT ALL OF A SUDDEN BE WALKING THROUGH A BRAND NEW CAMPUS THAT HAS LOTS OF RANDOM THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T APPROVE. 
          WE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE SURPRISED. 
          >> KEVIN. 
          >> YEAH. BEING INVOLVED IN THE MEETINGS IN THE VERY BEGINNING, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE SPACE OF THIS BUILDING AND WHAT IT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          WE HAD STUDENTS IN THERE, WE HAD PARENTS IN THERE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THERE, AND CTE WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN FOUR YEARS OR 12 OR 15 YEARS? BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO STAND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          ARE WE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TEAR WALLS DOWN TO MAKE A NEW CTE COURSE COME IN? I THINK THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN DESIGNING A GIVEN AREA FOR CTE THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US FLEXIBILITY TO ADD, I THINK, WHAT STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE DRIVING THE SCHEDULE WITH, IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          I LOOK AT ADDING CTE COURSES NOW IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          I THINK OUR HIGH SCHOOL COURSE SELECTION COULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT BY THE TIME WE OPEN THIS BUILDING, BUT I THINK THE FLOOR PLAN THAT YOU ARE PRESENTING US TONIGHT. 
          THIS IS KIND OF LIKE OUR SHELL, I THINK ROBBIE SAID THAT THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. 
          I THINK IT'S GOING TO SUIT THE NEEDS THAT OUR COMMUNITY LIKES. 
          I JUST LOVE WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TONIGHT. 
          I THINK IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN ALL THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WITH STUDENTS, PARENTS, FACULTY. 
          I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF FACULTY INPUT ON THIS, AND I KNOW HOLLY, YOU HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH A LOT OF TEACHERS AND YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DRILL DOWN WHAT WAS GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS, AND NOT BE ANYTHING EXTRAVAGANT, BUT OUR KIDS DESERVE A TOP NOTCH EDUCATION. 
          WHAT'S THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THIS BUILDING WITH WHAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD? NOBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS. 
          I'D LOVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. ANY MORE COP? 
          >> I JUST HAVE A QUICK ONE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO WHAT OLIVIA WANTS TO DO WITHOUT A SECOND ORDER EFFECT. 
          SO SPECIFICALLY TO JAMES AND AMERICAN, SO I'M LOOKING AT THE PROJECT TIMELINE. 
          ALL WANT TO HAVE SOME FOLLOW UPS ON SOME FINISHES, BUT I THINK IT'S PRUDENT FOR SURE. 
          PROJECT BIDS ARE DUE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          IS THAT FOR GMP ONE, OR IS THAT FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT ON THE CDS THAT WE'RE APPROVING? I'M TALKING NOW SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE FINISHING SCHEDULE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IN THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT. 
          SO IF WE'RE APPROVING THE CDS THAT INCLUDES THE FINISHED SCHEDULE. 
          WHICH IS GOING TO GET BID BY WHEN? 
          >> I GUESS WEDNESDAY. 
          >> OKAY, SO NOW THAT WAS IN THE DETAILS. 
          SO IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE. 
          >> THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROCESSES, I THINK YOU GUYS THAT WILL GET YOU GUYS BACK ON THAT'LL DO WHAT YOU GUYS WANT. 
          WE'LL HAVE SOME MIDDLES AND SHOP DRAWINGS THAT WE GET FOR ALL THESE FINISHES. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE'LL BRING YOU GUYS BACK IN. 
          THE FINISHES THEMSELVES, LIKE A TILE WALL OR A PLAN WALL OR MEMORIAM ON THE GROUND. 
          THAT'S A GIVEN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BIDDING. 
          THE COLORS, THE SHAPES, THE STYLE OF THAT. 
          LET'S GET THE SHOP DRAWINGS, LET'S GET OUR BRANDING DONE. 
          LET'S GET ALL THAT TAKEN CARE OF. 
          WE CAN GET THAT INTO A RENDERING. 
          YOU GUYS CAN SEE A FINAL PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BUY THOSE PRODUCTS. 
          WE KNOW WHAT PRODUCTS WE'RE BUYING. 
          WE'RE BUYING A CHEVY. 
          WE HAVEN'T PICKED THE COLOR, WE HAVEN'T PICKED THIS. WE HAVEN'T PICKED THAT. 
          WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT KIND OF PICK THOSE. 
          GIVE YOU GUYS ONE LAST SHOT. 
          WE GET THE SHOP DRAWINGS AND GET ALL THE RENDERINGS IN THERE. 
          THE COLORS, AND I THINK THAT'LL MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE TO YOU GUYS. 
          YOU'LL GET ONE MORE LOOK AT THAT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PURCHASE THOSE PRODUCTS. 
          TO CLARIFY AT THAT POINT, OLIVIA CAN SAY, I DON'T WANT TO TILE PATTERNED WALL. 
          I WANT A SIMPLE TILE ON THAT WALL. 
          I'M SAYING THAT'S BUT I'M SAYING THAT THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT EXACT FEEDBACK IF THEY SEE SOMETHING IN THAT, AND THEY WANT TO SAY, LET'S NOT DO THAT. LET'S DO THIS. 
          >> BEFORE THAT I. 
          >> WE KNEW. 
          >> THAT'S CLOSE TO THE END, THOUGH, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE A YEAR. 
          >> NOT NECESSARILY. WE GET THOSE SHOTS BEFORE. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY APPROVE. 
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          >> WHAT IS THE TIMELINE ON THAT? THAT'S A WHILE AWAY, STILL. 
          >> THAT IS A WHILE AWAY. 
          >> I MEAN, THE NUMBERS THOUGH, TO ROB'S POINT STILL DOESN'T CHANGE. 
          THIS WAS FROM THE FLY THROUGH FROM THIS SUMMER. 
          I DO WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD WE HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT QUITE A BIT OF DESIGN BECAUSE WE DID. 
          WE WERE ALL ALARMED BY SOME OF THE TWO TONE PATTERN. 
          WE WANTED TO BE REASSURED ON COST OF THESE THINGS. 
          I THINK THERE IS, AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO SOME OF THESE ARE STYLE AND OPTICS THAT WE WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. 
          SOME OF IT IS, INDEED. 
          MAYBE STYLE AND PERSONAL PREFERENCE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALSO REPRESENTATIVE. 
          I THINK THAT'S GOING TO COME AFTER THE BRANDING, MASCOT, NAMING COLORS. 
          I MEAN, SOME OF THAT WILL BECOME CLEAR AFTER SOME MORE COMMITTEE CONVERSATION TOO. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE A YEAR FROM NOW CONVERSATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          >> LET'S GET THAT BUILT IN. THE CLEAR PICTURE OROVING IT LOOKS, YOU WON'T SEE A BLUE WALL, YOU'LL SEE IT ACTUALLY BRAND TO MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE TO YOU. 
          IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS JUST DON'T LIKE, AS LONG AS WE SEE THE SAME PRICE POINT, THE SAME MATERIAL, WE SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT. 
          >> WELL, THAT'S TO MAKE GOOD. 
          IF WE DO DECIDE TO DO WE JUST NEED TO BE REALLY CLEAR WITH THIS BODY THAT IT'S A CHANGE ORDER. 
          BUT IF IT'S NO COST CHANGE ORDER, FINE, BUT IF IT'S A CHANGE ORDER THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT AMERICAN, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET 10% ON THAT AND FEE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          LIKE, THAT'S WHERE WE COULD RUN INTO A PROBLEM. 
          WE WANT TO AVOID THAT. I THINK WE WANT TO AVOID THAT THAT. 
          OKAY. COOL. THAT'S IT. 
          >> I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GUYS SEE THAT BEFORE WE'RE ACTUALLY PRODUCING DOLLARS. 
          UNLESS YOU UNLESS WE THE DISTRICT, YOU GUYS, THE BOARD CHANGE THOSE MATERIALS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL BE LOCKED IN THAT PRICE. 
          >> VERY GOOD. 
          >> MARY JANE. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, AND THIS IS FROM EXPERIENCE WHEN I DID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TRYING TO DIVE IN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY AREA OF EXPERTISE. 
          BUT WE WERE AT THE GOVERNANCE LEVEL. 
          I THINK THE KEY IS THE DIRECTIVES ABOUT OPTICS, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FAIR. 
          WE LIVED THAT WITH SYCAMORE WHEN PEOPLE ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD HAVE ASTRONOMICAL UTILITY BILLS, AND WE DID NOT. 
          THAT WAS JUST AN ASSUMPTION BASED ON OPTICS. 
          THAT WOULD BE MY ENCOURAGEMENT THAT WE GIVE OUR ONE EMPLOYEE THOSE BROAD GUIDELINES AND JUST TRY TO STAY ABOVE DOUBLE CHECKING ALL OF THE TILES, FOR INSTANCE, THAT'S FINE. 
          >> I DO ALSO WANT TO KNOW- 
          >> WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JAMES A LOT AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF STANDARDIZING A LOT OF THE MATERIALS THROUGH THE DISTRICT. 
          A LOT OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE USING ARE SOMETHING THAT DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD IS STARTING TO CONTINUOUSLY USE SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THOSE MATERIALS LOOKING GOOD FOR THE YEARS TO COME. 
          A LOT OF THOSE MATERIALS ARE NOW STANDARDS FOR YOU. 
          IF COLORS OR SOMETHING START TO BOTHER YOU, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT WITHIN THAT MATERIAL AS WELL. 
          >> GO AHEAD. 
          >> YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT COLORS? 
          >> NO, I THINK IT'S TRENDY THINGS. 
          THINGS THAT ARE NOT SIMPLE, ELEGANT. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE HAD AMPLE CONVERSATION AS THIS BODY. 
          I DO THINK WE ACTUALLY ARE ALL ON BOARD WITH THIS. 
          EVEN KIM, WHO REPRESENTED US WITH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. 
          I THINK WE WANT THINGS SIMPLE. 
          WE WANT THINGS HIGHLY EFFICIENT. 
          THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO LAST A LONG TIME. 
          I THINK OUR ONE EMPLOYEE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE WE STAND ON THIS ISSUE. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> TIMELESS AND A BUILDING THAT LASTS FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS. 
          >> YES. 
          >> I THINK SOME THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP WITH SOME OF OUR NEWER CAMPUSES. 
          THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT DO NOT FIT THOSE DESCRIPTING WORDS. 
          TRICIA, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> NOW, A MOTION. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE A CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 2 PROJECT AS PRESENTED. 
          A MOTION FROM KIM. 
          A SECOND FROM ROB. 
          ANY MORE DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SEVEN UP. 
          ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. VERY EXCITING. 
          IT'S BECOMING REAL, Y'ALL. 
          OUR COMP PLAN. 
          >> FIRST, I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR THEIR PATIENCE AS WE FINALIZED THE COMP PLAN. 
          AS A TEAM, THERE WERE LOTS OF DETAILS TO GO THROUGH AFTER LOTS OF BILLS CAME THROUGH, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID IT RIGHT. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT THAT WE ALSO REALLY REWARDED OUR STAFF, AND THAT CAME WITH DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE MOST EXCITING CHANGES OF THE COMP PLAN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A TEACHER PAY SCALE. 
          OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE FROM 
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LAST YEAR OF $500 FROM STEP 0 BEING 55,500 TO OUR BRAND NEW ZERO YEAR EXPERIENCE, STARTING AT $56,000. 
          THEN OUR TEACHERS WITH YEARS 1 OR 2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A $1,700 SALARY INCREASE. 
          OUR TEACHERS WITH THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE $2,500 INCREASE, AND THEN OUR TEACHERS WITH FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT $5,000 SALARY INCREASE. 
          WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE CAN NEVER PAY OUR TEACHERS ENOUGH, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR THOSE TEACHERS. 
          WE DO HAVE THAT SCALE. 
          IT'S A STRAIGHT. 
          THIS IS YOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. 
          THIS IS YOUR SALARY. 
          WE WILL HAVE THOSE CHANGES COMING IN SEPTEMBER. 
          FOR OUR NON-TEACHING STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN ORDER TO REWARD AND RETAIN THOSE EMPLOYEES, WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THIS COMPENSATION PLAN WITH A 3% MIDPOINT INCREASE. 
          FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ON PAY SCALES, SO THAT'S A CLERICAL, TECHNICAL, OR AUXILIARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL OR ALL OF THOSE PAY SCALES. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 3% MIDPOINT SALARY INCREASE. 
          BUT THEN ADDITIONALLY, WORKING WITH FINANCE, HE'S BEEN ABLE TO ADJUST ALL OF THOSE SCALES. 
          ALL OF THOSE MINIMUM MIDPOINTS AND MAXIMUMS ARE GOING TO REFLECT A 1.5% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S SCALES. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE IMPACT, IT IS GOING TO HELP US OFFSET THOSE INFLATION INCREASES THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          ALL OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS ARE GOING TO HELP US TO STAY COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT ALSO JUST HELP US NOT ONLY ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY CANDIDATES, BUT REALLY REWARD, AND RETAIN OUR FANTASTIC STAFF BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY HERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD. 
          YOUR MOTION LANGUAGE TONIGHT WILL REFLECT THAT THESE CHANGES ARE RETROACTIVE TO JULY 1ST. 
          SOME OF OUR SALARIES, DEPENDING ON CALENDARS, SOME PAY STARTS ON JULY, SOME STARTS IN AUGUST, AND SOME OF THEM START IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE'LL WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR FINANCE STAFF, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INCREASES IF OUR BOARD APPROVES OUR COMP PLAN, THAT THEY ARE RETROACTIVE JULY 1ST. 
          >> SHANDA. 
          >> I JUST HAVE A QUICK CLARIFICATION. 
          WHEN WE SAY PERCENTAGE ON THE MIDPOINT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE MIDPOINT NUMBERS AND WE'RE SAYING, NO MATTER WHAT, IF THEY'RE IN THE MINIMUM OR THE MAXIMUM, THEY'RE GETTING THAT PERCENTAGE BASED ON THAT MIDDLE NUMBER. 
          >> EVERYONE IN THAT PAY GRADE. 
          CT 1, CT 4, EVERYONE GETS THE SAME MIDPOINT YES. 
          >> IS THAT JUST A STANDARD THAT IS JUST IN EDUCATION IN GENERAL, IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS? THAT'S HOW THAT GOES. IS THAT A? [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> IT'S A REGRESSION SCHEDULE FOR COMPENSATION SO THAT YOU'RE NOT BUNCHING UP YOUR NUMBERS AND OVERLAPPING. 
          IT'S A CALCULATED FORMULA THAT WE GET WORKING WITH TASB. 
          THEY HELPED US WITH BUILDING THAT OUT. 
          THEN WE MAINTAIN THAT IN ALL OF OUR PAY GRADES GOING FORWARD. 
          >> THAT'S HOW MOST SCHOOLS DO IT. 
          TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
          >> MAGEN. 
          >> I FOUND MYSELF HOPING THAT THE EXAMPLE FROM PUBLIC COMMENT WAS BASED ON THE SALARY BEFORE TONIGHT'S VOTE. 
          I HOPE THAT'S THE CASE. 
          BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE PROCESS OF THE PAST YEAR WHEN THE CHARGE WAS, LET'S SEE, ARE THERE ANY BIG EXPENSES? [NOISE] PARDON ME THAT COULD BE CUT FREEING UP MORE FUNDS FOR TEACHER PAY. 
          WE HAD THE BUDGET COLLABORATION COMMITTEE, AND THEY FOUND NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE. 
          MY TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE COMMITTEE JUST FOUND A FEW AREAS WHERE WE COULD OFFSET COSTS BY PASSING THAT ON TO THE FAMILIES USING THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT MY POINT IS THERE WERE NO MAJOR CUTS AFTER MONTHS OF REVIEW. 
          WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN, AND IT'S JUST A REMINDER TO KEEP TALKING TO OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT THE REALITY ON THE GROUND. 
          THIS LAST SESSION, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS THIS HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN TEACHER PAY, THERE WERE ALSO A PLETHORA OF BILLS THAT HAVE UNFUNDED OR UNDERFUNDED MANDATES. 
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THAT'S MORE COSTS FOR US TO ABSORB. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO COMES TO PUBLIC COMMENT KNOWS THAT WE HEAR YOU WHEN WE'VE BEEN LIVING IT, AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE THE BEST POSSIBLE JOB THAT YOU CAN IN THIS PROPOSAL. 
          >> ROB. 
          >> SURE. A COUPLE OF NOTES. FIRST, JUST ON THE FINANCES OVERALL. 
          RANDY, I NEED YOU TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON ANYTHING I SAY. 
          JUST TO GET THE RECORD RIGHT. WITH TRA AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ALLOTMENT WE GOT FROM THE STATE FOR COMPENSATION? IT WAS THE SECOND ONE? 
          >> IT WAS THE SUPPORT STAFF ALLOTMENT. 
          >> SUPPORT STAFF ALLOTMENT. 
          THE TOTAL AMOUNT WE GOT FROM THE STATE THROUGH THOSE TWO ALLOTMENTS. 
          CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT ROUGH NUMBER AGAIN? 
          >> IT WAS ROUGHLY RIGHT AT THREE LITTLE OVER THREE MILLION. 
          >> A LITTLE OVER THREE MILLION, THAT WE'RE GIVEN DIRECTLY TO DO THAT. 
          THEN IN ADDITION TO, WE'RE COMMITTING LOCAL FUNDS TO COVER 0, 1 AND 2 STEP YEARS, WHICH IS 500, 1700,1700 RESPECTIVELY, AND THEN ADDITIONAL 3% ON THE MIDPOINT. 
          DO I HAVE ALL THAT RIGHT SO FAR? 
          >> PRETTY MUCH, YES. 
          >> THEN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WE APPROVED TONIGHT, WHERE DID ALL THAT MONEY COME FROM? 
          >> MOST OF IT WAS FLOW THROUGH. 
          WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THE DEFICIT THAT DISTRICTS WOULD SEE. 
          MOST OF IT IS COMING FROM THE STATE AND THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT. 
          THE REST IS COMING OUT OF THE DISTRICT'S LOCAL COFFERS. 
          >> WHAT I THINK REFLECTS TO NIGHT IS WE'RE MAKING SOME HEADWAY HERE. 
          THE TRA HELPED US. 
          THE SRA, WHATEVER THAT SORRY. 
          MISS UP THE ACRONYM. I'M SORRY. 
          HELPED US. BUT WE'RE NOT WHERE I WANT TO BE YET. 
          IN THIS. I THINK I'M SPEAKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES AS WE'RE WORKING ON THIS. 
          BUT THIS AVERAGE IS OUT FOR ME TO A 78% RAISE FOR MOST OF OUR TEACHERS. 
          WHICH AFFIRMS A GOAL OF MINE THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THE BEST TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOM FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. 
          I THINK WHAT WE SEE A LOT ACROSS THE STATE IS THE COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THAT. 
          FOR REASONS LIKE WE GOT PRESENTED TONIGHT, THE NUMBERS JUST DON'T WORK AT HOME. 
          WE MAY LOSE A TEACHER FROM A CLASSROOM TO GO MAYBE INTO ADMINISTRATION, BUT THAT'S NOT THEIR GIFT OR THEIR CALLING, BUT THEY DO IT BECAUSE THE NUMBERS DON'T WORK. 
          I LOVE THAT FOR TEACHERS IN CLASSROOMS FROM STEP 3-STEP 26 PLUS. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO GET 78% FOR ALL OF THEM. 
          I APPLAUD THE DISTRICT, RANDY FOR MAKING IT WORK, ELAINE FOR MAKING IT WORK TO FIND ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AT A 3% RATE FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE YEAR, WAS IT AT 2022, THE HIGHEST SINCE THEN. 
          I'M LOOKING AT MARY JANE AS OUR LONGSTANDING BOARD MEMBER WHO REMEMBERS THAT A LOT BETTER THAN I DO. 
          >> WELL, AND EVEN AT THAT TIME, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GIVE AN 8.5%, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATES ON OUR TEACHER PAY SCALES [OVERLAPPING]. 
          WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GIVE THAT AT THAT TIME. 
          WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN MY HISTORY HERE, SO. 
          >> THIS IS GOOD. BUT I ALSO POINT OUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THOUGHT OF, WELL, ON LOCALLY FUNDED INCREASE FOR STEPS 3 THROUGH 26, WE DIDN'T COMMIT ANY MORE LOCAL FUNDS. 
          LET ME SPEAK TO THAT REAL QUICK, BASED ON EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN. 
          THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL PAYING MONEY TO THE STATE, BUT WHAT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH RECAPTURE THIS YEAR, EVEN AFTER ALL THAT. 
          I THINK IT'S DOWN TO FIVE NUMBER, JANE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE NUMBERS WORKED OUT. 
          ALL IT DID WAS LOWER OUR RECAPTURE. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S ALL THAT HAPPENED HERE, RIGHT, RANDY? ALL WE DID WAS LOWER OUR PAYMENT BACK TO THE STATE. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE NEED TO DO IT, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO IT, BUT WE STILL HAVE THIS CRIPPLING REQUIREMENT ON THIS DISTRICT THAT PREVENTS US FROM GETTING TO WHERE I THINK WE CAN GET. 
          WE'LL KEEP FIGHTING THAT FIGHT ON BEHALF OF ALL YOU TEACHERS OUT THERE, BEHALF OF ALL THE STAFF. 
          THE DECK IS STACKED IN THAT REGARD. WE'LL KEEP FIGHTING. 
          BUT TO OUR TEAM, LINDA, WELL DONE IN THE COMP PLAN. 
          GOOD JOB OVER HERE, MAKING THE NUMBERS WORK. 
          MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          I THINK THIS COMP PLAN REFLECTS THAT AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT OUR STAFF THAT WORK DRIVE BUSES, CLEAN OUR BUILDINGS, FACILITATE CHILD NUTRITION, WORKING WITH OUR [INAUDIBLE], ALL OF THOSE FOLKS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR PRINCIPALS ARE ALSO NOT BEING LEFT OUT, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BY WAY OF THE MONEY THAT CAME BY THE STATE. 
          I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT WELL DONE. WITH THAT, THANK YOU. 
          >> HAVE A VERY QUICK QUESTION. 
          THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO TO THE MOTION. 
          CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME REALLY QUICK WHERE WE ARE ON HSA? JUST THAT QUESTION FROM PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. 
          >> WE MOVED THE REMAINING $25 FROM HSA TO COVER THE INCREASE FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. THANK YOU. 
          >> WE ARE NOW AT $405 FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION. 
          >> MARY JANE. 
          >> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PROPOSED 2025/2026 COMPENSATION PLAN AS 
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PRESENTED TO TAKE EFFECT RETROACTIVELY BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025. 
          >> A MOTION FROM MARY JANE. 
          A SECOND FROM TRICIA. 
          ANY MORE DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          SEVEN UP. MOVING ON TO OUR 2024/2025 BUDGET AMENDMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE GOT AN UPDATE LAST WEEK. 
          ELAINE AND RANDY ON THIS. TRICIA? 
          >> I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION. 
          >> GO FOR IT. 
          >> I'M MOVING THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE RETRO AMENDMENTS TO THE 2024/2025 BUDGET AS PRESENTED. 
          >> MOTION FROM TRICIA, A SECOND FROM KIM. 
          ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          OLIVIA IS READY TO RAISE THAT HAND. 
          [LAUGHTER] MOVE IT ON. 
          NEXT IS OUR PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS. 
          WE HAVE DONE THIS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          SPEAKING OF, WE ALSO GOT AN UPDATE ON THIS LAST WEEK, BUT ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? SHANDA. 
          >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THIS IS A LONG ONE. 
          I MOVE THAT FOR THE 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR, WE DELEGATE CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 11.1511C4 TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBLIGATING THE DISTRICT UNDER TEC 48.257 AND TEC CHAPTER 49 SUB-CHAPTERS A AND D, AND THE RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEC 49.006. 
          THIS INCLUDES APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT OR THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT NETTING CHAPTER 48 FUNDING. 
          >> WELL DONE. MOTION FROM SHANDA. 
          SECOND FOR MARY JANE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          SEVEN NO. OUR LAST ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING, CONSIDERATION APPROVAL FOR OUR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE RENEWAL. 
          >> [BACKGROUND] JUST TO NOTE THAT I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM MY AFFILIATION WITH TASB, EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT ON THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND BOARD. 
          >> KIM. 
          >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE RENEWAL PROPOSAL ISSUED BY TASB RISK MANAGEMENT FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE 2025/26. 
          >> A MOTION FROM KIM. 
          A SECOND FROM OLIVIA. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          ALL THOSE ABSTAINING, 601. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACTION THIS EVENING. 
          REPORTS AND INFORMATION, L&I. 
          [9. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]
          >> LAST WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE GREAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT HAPPENED ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN PREPARATION AND FOR OUR STUDENTS COMING BACK TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR, WHETHER THAT'S THE 80+ TEACHERS THAT WE WELCOMED DURING NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION OR EXPLORING NEW RESOURCES, DATA, OUR ESSENTIAL STANDARDS, AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENED ON OUR DISTRICT PD DAY. 
          THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY AROUND SECONDARY TEACHERS AND THE AI PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT THEY DID. 
          JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT THERE, WE FOCUSED ON INCREASING TEACHER LITERACY AND UNDERSTANDING AROUND AI. 
          WE FOCUSED ON DATA FIPA AND PRIVACY AS IT COMES TO USING AI, SPECIFICALLY WITH EDUCATION, OF COURSE. 
          WE DID INTRODUCE TEACHERS TO NEW AI TOOLS AND RESOURCES LIKE GOOGLE GEMINI, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO CHAT GPT, BUT IT IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT OR AN INTERNAL RESOURCE HERE THAT IS NOT OPEN TO THE WORLDWIDE WEB, LIKE CHAT GPT MAY NECESSARILY BE, ALSO A RESOURCE CALLED GOOGLE NOTEBOOK THAT ALLOWS TEACHERS TO, GOODNESS, USE AI IN REGARDS TO THEIR CALENDAR FOR LESSON PLANNING. 
          IT WAS AN INTRODUCTION, LIKE WE TALKED LAST WEEK, ABOUT WORKING SMARTER AND NOT HARDER USING AI TOOLS. 
          [01:45:02]
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 
          >> TOO GOOD UPDATE. THANK YOU. 
          >> INTERESTING, GINA. 
          THERE'S A LITTLE NOTE ABOUT IT IN HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF YOU WOULD SHARE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT THE CELLPHONE POLICY. 
          JUST PUBLICLY SHARE SO [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I'M SO EXCITED TO SHARE. 
          IT IS FANTASTIC AND INSPIRING TO GO INTO LUNCHES. 
          THE KIDS ARE TALKING AND INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER. 
          THEY'RE PLAYING UNO. 
          THEY'RE PLAYING RUMMY WITH EACH OTHER, JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS, SOMETIMES WRITING NOTES TO EACH OTHER, WHICH IS JUST SWEET. 
          THEY'RE THRILLED. THE TEACHERS ARE THRILLED. 
          LUNCHTIME IS ENJOYABLE TO SEE THE KIDS INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER. 
          THERE ARE A FEW SELECT INSTANCES WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING PHONES, BUT THAT IS SO MINOR COMPARED TO THE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS AND THE POSITIVE ASPECTS THAT WE SEE TO THIS NEW POLICY. 
          >> I LOVE THAT. MY INCOMING SIXTH GRADER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I TOLD HER, YOU'VE GOT TO START WRITING NOTES TO YOUR FRIENDS. 
          THAT'S HOW WE USED TO DO IT, AND I WANTED TO SHOW HER HOW TO PULL THE NOTES AND STUFF. 
          WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO IT, BUT THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, SHE SAID, MUM, I NEED POSTED NOTES. 
          YOU DON'T NEED POSTING NOTES. 
          THAT'S NOT ON YOUR LIST. 
          WHAT DO YOU NEED THOSE FOR? SHE'S, TO WRITE NOTES. 
          SHE SAID AND I WAS, NO, WITH NO BOOK PAPER. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, SO SUPER HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AND IT'S REFRESHING. 
          I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THE SAME FEEDBACK SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS SHARED PUBLICLY. 
          >> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          >> HR, ANY MORE UPDATES? 
          >> WE GOT TO TEAM UP WITH SPECIAL SERVICES ON FRIDAY AND DO TOUCH POINTS WITH EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS. 
          WE'RE SUPER GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNING AND KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE IN ALL OF OUR POSITIONS. 
          OUR RECRUITER AND I START A TOUCH BASE TODAY, AND SO WE ARE IN THE WORKS OF PLANNING A SPECIAL SERVICES PARAPROFESSIONAL JOB FAIR. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO RECRUIT, AND NOT 155, BUT JUST GET THAT 15 THOSE PAIR OF SPOTS FILLED. 
          HOPEFULLY OUR HIGHER POSITION, WE DO HAVE THAT $3 DIFFERENTIAL, AND SO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND JUST REALLY BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED, BUT LUCKILY WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH MR. ROBERTSON JUST WITH THE CAMPUSES AND SPECIAL SERVICES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED. 
          >> GREAT. THANK YOU. FINANCE. 
          >> I'D LIKE TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THE REPORTS REAL QUICK. 
          ON THE FINANCIALS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ALL THE NUMBERS ARE SUBJECT TO AUDIT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO END IN A STABLE FINANCIAL CONDITION. 
          OUR GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 49.1 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE, WHICH EQUATES ABOUT SIX MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES, AND THAT EXCEEDS THE DISTRICT'S POLICY OF FOUR MONTHS. 
          WE'RE ALSO WELL WITHIN THE 2% POLICY ON DEFICIT, AND SO IN YOUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS YOUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT REVENUES ENDING THE YEAR, ABOUT 98.5 MILLION AND EXPENDITURES ABOUT 99. 
          AS I SAID, FUND BALANCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ENDING AROUND 49.1 MILLION RECAPTURE TO ROB'S POINT, 11.7 MILLION THAT EQUALS ABOUT 12% OF TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES. 
          YOUR CHILD NUTRITION OR YOUR CAFETERIA PROGRAM, TOTAL REVENUES WERE ABOUT 4.6, EXPENDITURES 4.1. 
          WE INCREASED THE FUND BALANCE TO 1.9 MILLION, SO IT WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 500K. 
          DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS YOUR BOND PAYMENTS REVENUES 42.2, EXPENDITURES 18.4, AND THE FUND BALANCE GREW TO ABOUT 59.5 MILLION DOLLAR. 
          NOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT FUND BALANCE IS USED TO PAY THE AUGUST BOND PAYMENTS. 
          THE BOARD ASKED THIS QUESTION LAST WEEK ABOUT THE DEFEASANCE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 23.9 MILLION IN DEFEASANCE, AND THAT'S GOING TO SAVE AN ESTIMATED 4 MILLION IN INTEREST COSTS. 
          THE AVERAGE RATE THAT WE WERE PAYING ON THE BONDS BEING DEFEACED WAS ABOUT 4.87%. 
          THAT'S GOOD FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          IT ALSO HELPS WITH CAPACITY GOING FORWARD AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE MAY NEED TO DO. 
          THEN LASTLY, TAX COLLECTIONS, 
          [01:50:03]
WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT 119 MILLION IN TOTAL. 
          81.5 OF THAT WAS WITH M&O, AND 37.7 MILLION WAS IN IMS. REAL QUICK. 
          WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, BUT IN THE REPORTS IS A 10 YEAR HISTORY OF CERTIFIED VALUES. 
          THIS WAS SOMETHING, SINCE I'M NEW TO THE DISTRICT, JUST GOING BACK AND LOOKING FROM 2016-2025, THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY VALUES NEARLY DOUBLED. 
          WE WERE AT 3.3 BILLION IN 2016, 9.9 BILLION IN 2025, I SHOULD SAY IT MORE THAN DOUBLED. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT 10 YEAR HISTORY IN 2023, 2022-2023, YOU'LL SEE A DECREASE IN THE VALUES, BUT KEEP IN MIND IN 2023, THAT'S WHEN THE VOTERS WENT OUT IN NOVEMBER AND ELECTED TO BRING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION UP TO 100,000. 
          LIKEWISE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VERY LAST COLUMN, YOU ONLY SEE A 0.88% INCREASE IN VALUES. 
          THAT'S ASSUMING THIS NOVEMBER, THE VOTERS WILL GO OUT AND APPROVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF 140,000. 
          THEN LASTLY, ON OUR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT, THIS IS THROUGH THE YEAR, BUT WE'VE EARNED ABOUT 8 MILLION IN INTEREST INCOME IN TOTAL. 
          ALL OUR INVESTMENTS ARE EITHER AAA RATED OR FULLY INSURED COLLATERALIZED. 
          OUR PORTFOLIO IS VERY SHORT-TERM, AVERAGING ONLY 25 DAYS TO MATURITY. 
          94% OF OUR FUNDS CURRENTLY ARE IN HIGHLY RATED STATE INVESTMENT POLLS IN MONEY MARKETS. 
          WE GOT ABOUT 6% HELD IN COLLATERALIZED BANK DEPOSITS, AND OF THOSE POLLS, OUR LARGEST ALLOCATIONS ARE IN TEXAS CLASS AT 59%, TEXAS DAILY AT 14 AND TEXAS FIT AT 17. 
          OUR CURRENT YIELD IS 4.24%, WHICH IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE US TREASURY BENCHMARKS. 
          THEN JUST A POINT OF INTEREST OR CLARIFICATION, THE NEXT MAJOR MATURITY IS COMING IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE HAVE ABOUT $20 MILLION IN PRINCIPAL AND 342,000 IN INTEREST COMING BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE HAD AN INVESTMENT LOCKED UP SOMEWHAT LONG TERM, AND THAT WAS WHY WE WERE AT 25 DAYS TO MATURITY WHEN MOST POOLS ARE AVERAGING ONE DAY, BUT THERE ARE NO LIQUIDITY CONCERNS FROM NOW TILL THEN. 
          WE'RE GOOD. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A TAKEAWAY, THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENTS ARE SAFE, CONSERVATIVE, AND I THINK THEY'RE EARNING SOME STRONG RETURNS. 
          THOSE ARE MY REPORTS. 
          IF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THEM. 
          >> IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          >> I WAS GO TO COMMENT, I SAID I WOULD DO AN AGENDA REVIEW. 
          THERE'S FISCAL HOCKS ON THIS BOARD, THERE'S FISCAL HOCKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DISTRICTS CAN CLAIM THAT WITH A DIFFICULT FINANCIAL PICTURE FACING US IN 2024/2025 WE TOOK SOME RISK IN OUR BUDGET. 
          WE TOOK SOME RISK, AND WHEN WE LANDED 0.02% WITHIN REVENUES FROM EXPENSES. 
          THAT'S A PHENOMENAL RESULT BECAUSE THAT CONTINUES TO PRESERVE THE FISCAL STRENGTH OF OUR DISTRICT. 
          WE'RE NOT IN DEFICIT SPENDING SCENARIOS TO WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE LONG TERM HEALTH OF THE FINANCIALS OF THIS DISTRICT AT RISK. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT, AND SO I APPLAUD THE TEAM. 
          I APPLAUD OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR THAT EFFORT. 
          WE DIDN'T LEAVE WITH EXTRA MONEY. 
          WE GAVE EVERY MONEY ALL MONEY WE COULD TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE COULD FOR THIS YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO BALANCE AND DO THAT BUDGET. 
          MS. GINA, WHERE IS SHE NOW? IS SHE IN LANDER? I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE HER SOME CREDIT IN BUILDING THAT BUDGET, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, AND ELAINE, WHO JUST WALKED OUT TO GO DO THAT STUFF. 
          RANDY, YOU'RE INHERITING A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL PICTURE SO YOU HAVE THE BURDEN OF KEEPING IT THAT WAY. 
          WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          THAT'S A HIGH BAR Y'ALL. 
          IF YOU KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE YOU LANDED IN A SIMILAR SCENARIO, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT. 
          ALSO A TOTAL BETWEEN DEFEASANCE AND DEBT THAT'S $28,000,000 OF DEBT GONE THIS YEAR, $28,000,000 OF DEBT GONE IN ONE YEAR. 
          THAT IS GOOD STEWARDSHIP. WE ALSO JUST GOT ANOTHER RATING. 
          DO WE CELEBRATE THAT YET? YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT? 
          [01:55:01]
          >> WE DID GET A VERY GOOD BOND RATING. 
          WE DO HAVE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. 
          I WILL HAVE ALENE AND RANDY HIGHLIGHT THAT NEXT MONTH. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS ON PAPER. 
          THE STRONGER THIS DISTRICT IS FINANCIALLY, THE MORE THINGS WE CAN DO, THE MORE RESOURCE WE CAN PORT IN EDUCATION, THE MORE WE CAN PAY OUR TEACHERS, AND IT'S ALL IMPORTANT. 
          IT ALL MATTERS SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. 
          >> OPERATIONS, ANY UPDATES FROM LAST WEEK? I KNOW WE GOT A LENGTHY UPDATE AND ALSO BIG BOND CONSTRUCTION UPDATE AS WELL. 
          >> I'LL JUST SAY WITH CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'VE STARTED PUNCHING SOME OF THE SUMMER CONSTRUCTION THAT SEVEN OUT OF NINE CAMPUSES, IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DO THAT AND DO IT WELL BUT THAT HAS BEGUN. 
          THEN ALSO JUST OUR FACILITIES AND OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAMS ARE STILL SCRAMBLING FROM THE START OF SCHOOL AND REACTING AND FIXING THINGS AS THEY COME IN, BUT PUTTING IN THE TIME AND DOING A GOOD JOB WITH IT. 
          >> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S LIKE ONLY THE SECOND REAL FULL WEEK BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BACK IN SCHOOL FOR A MONTH IN MY HOUSE, BUT YES, THERE'S SO MANY LOOSE ENDS AND A LOT OF SCRAMBLING HERE, SO BUT IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE WHAT THE DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS SUMMER WITH ALMOST ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVING VERY LARGE PROJECTS AND STUDENTS CAN'T REALLY TELL A DIFFERENCE. 
          FOR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, NO SUBDIVISION IS COMING [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD LAST WEEK, FROM THE DETAILED REPORT THAT YOU GAVE US, AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THE JUST EXTRAORDINARY WORK, AND PARTICULARLY OF OUR MAINTENANCE CREW. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING THAT. 
          WE WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN JUST THE BREADTH OF WORK THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. 
          I REMEMBER THE SHOUT OUT JUST FOR CONVOCATION AND ALL WHAT A HEAVY LIFT THAT WAS FOR OUR INTERNAL TEAM, SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE PUBLIC KUDOS. 
          >> THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD TOO IS THAT THERE WAS SO MANY CONVERSATIONS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED WHERE PEOPLE WERE ROARING ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY, BAN AND WHATNOT. 
          I HAVEN'T BEEN PERSONALLY PRESENTED WITH ANYONE COMPLAINING ABOUT NOT GETTING A CHROMEBOOK OR NOT HAVING ACCESS TO SOMETHING. 
          YOUR TEAM, THEY'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT'S EITHER GOING AROUND US OR WE JUST HAVEN'T HEARD IT. I DON'T KNOW. 
          >> HELSON. 
          >> SORRY [OVERLAPPING] I WAS DOING A SIDE BAR WITH HOLLY OVER HERE, AND I CAME TO [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> YOU'RE NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT, ROB. 
          IT'S SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT NEXT. 
          >> HOLD ON REAL QUICK. NO, IT'S SILL ON THIS. 
          IT'S ON OPERATIONS BECAUSE WE GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO SOMEBODY. 
          THERE'S A LADY IN THE BACK OVER THERE. 
          YOU CAN'T HIDE, MS. CINDY, WOULD YOU STAND UP FOR US, DARLING? [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THAT BECAME MY TO DO CONVERSATION, BUT ROB JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THE HONOR? WOULD WE CELEBRATE MS. CINDY? I APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> CINDY, YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. 
          YOU'VE BEEN HERE MUCH LONGER THAN THAT. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. 
          OFTEN YOUR NAME IS NOT ON A LOT OF THINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE THE BONES, BUT WE KNOW WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE WE ALL NEED OUR TECHNOLOGY. 
          I JUST APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE, LIKE ME PERSONALLY, FOR JUST MAKING SURE THE BOARD IS TAKING CARE, YOUR SERVICE WILL DEFINITELY BE REMEMBERED HERE. 
          WE WILL MISS YOU. 
          WE'RE VERY SAD TO SEE YOU LEAVE, BUT YOU'RE RETIRING TO GREENER PASTURES, HOPEFULLY GETTING SOME MORE FREE TIME AND SOME LOVELY TIME OFF TO DO MORE THINGS. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT. 
          >> I'VE GOT TO JUMP IN THERE WITH HER. CINDY WAIT. 
          BACK WHEN I WAS PRINCIPAL, THERE WERE DAYS WHERE I STRUGGLED AND IT JUST WASN'T HAPPENING ON THE COMPUTER. 
          I WOULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL HER AND SHE WAS THERE IN A NEW YORK MINUTE. 
          SHE WAS, I'LL BE RIGHT OVER. 
          WE'LL HAVE YOU UP AND RUNNING. 
          SHE WOULD JUST COME OVER AND TOUCH A BUTTON, AND THE WHOLE WORLD STARTED FUNCTIONING AGAIN, BUT I KNOW YOU DID THAT FOR EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I PERSONALLY, THE FIVE YEARS I WORKED WITH YOU, YOU WERE A ROCK STAR. 
          YOU WILL BE MISSED, BUT MOST OF ALL, WELCOME TO THE CLUB. YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. 
          >> BACK TO ME SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU. CAN I HAVE IT BACK? 
          >> YES, MA'AM. IT'S ALL YOURS. 
          >> GUESS WHAT? THERE ARE NO NEW SUBDIVISIONS BEING BUILT SINCE LAST THURSDAY, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT. 
          >> THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THAT'S OKAY. 
          [02:00:01]
THE BOARD WILL NOW CAN MEET IN A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS POSTED ON 
          [10. CLOSED SESSION]
OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING 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, AND 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. WE ARE 
          [11. OPEN SESSION]
BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 9:30 P.M. WITH NO FURTHER ACTION THIS EVENING, WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 9:30 P.M. GOOD NIGHT. 
          >> GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.