Feb 02, 2026 Regular Meeting

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

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THIS EVENING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MARY JANE HETRICK.

I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME OUR PLEDGE LEADERS FOR TONIGHT.

IVY PICKERING IS A THIRD GRADER AT DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, AND SIDNEY STEIN IS A FIFTH GRADER AT DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

YOU CAN STAND FOR THE PLEDGES. OKAY. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND NOW FOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INVISIBLE. THANK YOU.

YOU WILL NOW BE SEATED. WAY TO GO! [APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

WE ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO TWO OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

KELLIE RAYMOND IS THE TEXAN OF THE YEAR RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANGELA GOMEZ, WHO IS RECOGNIZED WITH THE BRAVO AWARD THROUGH THE TEXAS COUNCIL OF WOMEN SCHOOL EXECUTIVES.

DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD WILL HOST TAXPAYER TUESDAY TOMORROW AT 9:30 A.M.

AT CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. YOU CAN JOIN US FOR A GUIDED TOUR OF THE CAMPUS, FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION FROM OUR CHIEF FINANCE.

OUR CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, I GAVE YOU A NEW TITLE, SCOTT, SORRY, SCOTT BERRY, WHO WILL BE FEATURING UPDATES ON THE 23 AND 25 BOND PROGRAMS. ON MONDAY, WE WILL BE HOSTING A WORKSHOP HERE FROM 8:30 TO 11:30 A.M.

ENTITLED SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE FAMILIES.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO REGISTER THROUGH A LINK THAT WAS SENT OUT IN YOUR CAMPUS NEWSLETTERS, AND THEN A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE STUDENT HOLIDAYS ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH AND A DISTRICT HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH.

AND THEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL MINUTES ADDED TO THIS YEAR'S ACADEMIC CALENDAR, STUDENTS WILL NOT NEED TO MAKE UP THE TIME FOR THE RECENT BAD WEATHER CLOSURE, SO WE WILL STILL BE OUT OF SCHOOL ON THE 13TH AND 16TH.

AND THAT'S OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

[4. LEARNING SPOTLIGHT]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

AND HAPPY BELATED SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

SORRY WE COULDN'T CELEBRATE YOU LAST WEEK, BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT WITH OUR LEARNING SPOTLIGHT.

SO I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, KELLIE RAYMOND.

AND WE HAVE SOME READING AMBASSADORS AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THEIR NAMES SUPER QUICK FOR YOU.

MY NAME IS CASH BAWA. MY NAME IS NOAH [INAUDIBLE].

MY NAME IS OLIVER DEAVERS. MY NAME IS LEILA COFFEY.

MY NAME IS EVELYN CASTRO. MY NAME IS PAYTON RUSS.

NICE JOB. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME TEACHER LEADERS HERE WITH ME TONIGHT.

MISS ELENA JESPERSON, WHO IS OUR INTERVENTIONIST.

MISS JENNY HOSFORD, WHO IS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER.

AND MS. ALLIE JONES, WHO TEACHES KINDERGARTEN FOR US.

SO WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT TONIGHT FROM MANDATE TO MISSION.

SO WE WENT FROM BEING MADE TO DO THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING TO ACTUALLY REALLY SEEING THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR AND SEEING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SPOTLIGHT. SO IT STARTED OUT THAT IT WAS A LULL THAT ALL OF US HAD TO GET THE TRAINING.

AND WE ALL REALLY ENJOYED IT. RIGHT? YES WE DID.

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IT'S LIKE A PROBABLY ABOUT AN EQUIVALENT TO A MASTER'S DEGREE ONLINE IS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THAT TRAINING IS.

BUT WE ARE SEEING A HUGE PAYOFF. AND SO NOW IT'S BECOME A CAMPUS MISSION TO TEACH THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING.

SO IT'S KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE. IS THE SHIFT IN INSTRUCTION.

AND WHAT IS IT? WELL, BASICALLY IT'S EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION.

SO IT'S SYSTEMIC AND EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION. SO OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR READING.

AND SO WE WENT FROM KIND OF HAPHAZARD TEACHING.

HERE'S MY LEVEL TEXT FOR YOU. AND HERE'S THE SKILL WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON TO HERE'S THE SKILL.

THEN I'M GOING TO PICK THE BOOK. SO IT'S VERY MUCH ALIGNED TO THE STATE STANDARDS.

AND ALSO WE'RE SEEING BRAINS THAT ARE BEING BUILT TO READ.

SO IT'S FOCUSING ON DECODING. SO NOT JUST MEMORIZING OR USING THE PICTURE FOR CLUES.

NOW IT'S REALLY BREAKING DOWN THE WORDS AND UNDERSTANDING THE SYLLABLE TYPES.

SO BY SECOND GRADE WE TEACH ALL SIX SYLLABLE TYPES.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS TREE REPRESENTS THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING FROM A HOLISTIC VIEW.

SO WHAT WE'VE NOTICED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING IS THAT STUDENTS WERE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED BECAUSE OF STRUGGLES WITH FLUENCY AND COMPREHENSION, AND THOSE STRUGGLES WERE OFTEN LOOKED AT HIGHER LEVEL DEFICITS WHEN REALLY THE TRUE ISSUE IS WEAK PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE TREE, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSING ON THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS THAT ARE REALLY THE ROOT OF READING. READING ITSELF IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC SKILL.

IT HAS TO BE TAUGHT. SO WHAT WE ARE REALIZING IS THAT UNDER A PHONOLOGICAL UMBRELLA, IF WE CAN TARGET OUR FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TARGET READING IN THE TIER ONE CLASSROOM.

SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS UMBRELLA, IT STARTS AS LOW AS WORD LEVEL WITH RHYMING AND ALLITERATION AND SENTENCE SEGMENTATION FOLLOWED BY SYLLABLE LEVELS ONTO UNCENSORED RHYME AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS.

SO WHAT WE'RE REALIZING IS THAT AS WE TEACH THE PHONOLOGICAL UMBRELLA, IT IS NOW WIDER AND LESS KIDS ARE GETTING WET, AND SO THEY'RE NOT LOSING AS AS MUCH INSTRUCTION.

THE UMBRELLA IS MORE ALIGNED WITH HOW THE BASIC BRAIN LEARNS TO READ.

SO THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING REDUCES COGNITIVE OVERLOAD.

BUILDS AUTOMATICITY AND DECODING AND FREES UP MEMORY FOR COMPREHENSION.

AS A RESULT, STUDENTS PROGRESS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND DON'T STALL IN THE EARLY GRADES, WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS INFLATED INTERVENTION NUMBERS.

TEACHERS CAN IDENTIFY WHICH SKILLS THAT ARE MISSING AND TARGET SHORT.

SORRY I'M SO NERVOUS. [LAUGHTER] I'VE BEEN TEACHING READING FOR A LONG TIME AND I'M LIKE, I'M GOING TO FORGET EVERYTHING THERE IS ABOUT READING WHEN I GET UP HERE.

BUT BASICALLY FEWER STUDENTS ARE MISIDENTIFIED BECAUSE WE'RE CATCHING THOSE PHONOLOGICAL SKILLS AT AN EARLIER AGE.

I'LL TALK TO SIX AND SEVEN YEAR OLDS ALL DAY, BUT PUT ME IN FRONT OF ADULTS.

[LAUGHTER] SO AS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER, I WISH THAT I COULD GO BACK AND RETEACH THE KIDS THAT I HAD BEFORE THIS. IT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IT WAS.

AND SO BEFORE TEACHING THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING, READING, GUIDED READING, I CHOSE THE SKILL IN THE DECODABLE READER.

WE WOULD READ IT, DISCUSS IT, TEACH ANY UNFAMILIAR WORDS, DO THE WORD WORK PRACTICE.

WE WERE TAUGHT TO IDENTIFY UNFAMILIAR WORDS BY USING THESE SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES OVER HERE AND LIKE EAGLE EYE, LIPS THE FISH, STRETCHY THE SNAKE, CHUNKY MONKEY.

AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN YOUR READING GROUPS.

AND SO WE DID DRILLS HOW TO MEMORIZE WORDS. LET'S DO A PICTURE WALK.

YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE GREAT. BUT THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING HAS REALLY CHANGED FOCUS IN OUR CLASSROOMS. AND I HAVE SEEN A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY CLASS.

JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS A FOUNDATION, THE PHONICS FOUNDATION.

SO YOU KNOW OKAY, SO NOW FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS ARE TAUGHT IN A STRUCTURED AND SYSTEMATIC WAY, LIKE KELLIE SAID.

AND BASICALLY THIS IS TO ENSURE MASTERY OF BASIC CONCEPTS.

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SO IT'S EXPLICITLY TAUGHT IN AN ORDER. WE DO HEGGERTY AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY.

AND THEN WE USE SOUND WALLS AND WE TEACH THE SYLLABLE TYPES.

IT'S DIRECT. IT'S SYSTEMATIC. WE USE OUR DECODABLE READERS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THAT MATCH THE CERTAIN SKILL THAT WE'RE TEACHING.

IT'S NICE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FIND A BOOK. IT'S RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.

AND THEN HIGHLY STRUCTURED DAILY ROUTINES. AND THEN WE USE THINGS SUCH AS MIRRORS.

SO LIKE IF WE'RE DOING A PARTICULAR SOUND, SOMETIMES A CHILD WILL BE SAYING, BUT IT'S NOT.

HIS TONGUE IS STICKING OUT. I'M LIKE WATCH IN THE MIRROR. WE USE ELKONIN BOXES, SAND, VERY TACTILE ALPHABET LETTERS, WHITEBOARDS, AND THEN THEY HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY READING BUDDY IN OUR CLASSROOM.

SO AND THEN I KIND OF POSTED SOME PICTURES OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING.

SO THERE'S THE LITTLE MIRRORS THAT WE USE. THIS ONE UP HERE WAS FOCUSED ON SHORT YOU WITH THE ELKONIN BOXES, THERE'S OUR SOUND WALL INSTEAD OF OUR WORD WALL.

THERE'S A LOT OF PRACTICE GOING ON SAND, READING, BUDDY READING WITH THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER.

JUST VERY HANDS ON. SO. DID YOU PUT YOUR PHONE BACK? ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK PEEK INSIDE OUR CLASSROOM AND SHARE HOW WE BUILD STRONG READERS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, USING THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING. IN KINDERGARTEN, READING SUCCESS STARTS WITH PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS THE ABILITY TO HEAR, IDENTIFY, AND MANIPULATE SOUNDS IN SPOKEN LANGUAGE.

ONE OF OUR MOST POWERFUL TOOLS FOR TEACHING THIS IS A DAILY SYSTEMATIC AND KINESTHETIC PHONICS ROUTINE CALLED HEGGERTY.

THERE ARE THREE KEY BENEFITS TO THIS ROUTINE THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU.

FIRST IS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. HEGGERTY IS FAST PACED, INTERACTIVE AND JOYFUL.

STUDENTS ARE CLAPPING, TAPPING, MOVING, LISTENING AND RESPONDING TOGETHER.

BECAUSE THE ROUTINE IS PREDICTABLE AND ACTIVE, STUDENTS ARE EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE AND THEY CAN REMAIN ENGAGED IN THE INSTRUCTION.

SECOND IS STRONG PARENT COMMUNICATION. EACH DAY, ONE STUDENT IS CHOSEN AS OUR HEGGERTY HERO FOR OUTSTANDING PARTICIPATION AND EFFORT DURING THE LESSON, THAT STUDENT BRINGS HOME A NOTE WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE CELEBRATING THEIR SUCCESS, AND THEY ALSO GET TO HOLD THE HEGGERTY HIPPO.

THIS CREATES A POSITIVE HOME AND SCHOOL CONNECTION, REINFORCES THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LITERACY, AND HELPS FAMILIES SEE EXACTLY HOW LEARNING IS HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM.

THIRD IS MEASURABLE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, OUR CLASS DATA SHOWS 100% MASTERY IN LETTER IDENTIFICATION AND LETTER SOUNDS. THESE RESULTS ARE NOT ACCIDENTAL. THEY ARE THE OUTCOME OF INTENTIONAL RESEARCH BASED INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS DELIVERED CONSISTENTLY EVERY SINGLE DAY.

IN JUST A MOMENT, SOME OF MY STUDENTS WILL HELP ME TO DEMONSTRATE A SMALL GLIMPSE INTO WHAT PART OF A TYPICAL HEGGERTY LESSON LOOKS LIKE IN OUR CLASSROOM.

THIS DAILY ROUTINE IS USUALLY ONLY ABOUT TEN MINUTES, BUT IT BUILDS THE FOUNDATION FOR PHONICS AND READING INSTRUCTION IN THE YEARS TO COME.

OKAY.

READY? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE FOR YOU TWO PARTS OF OUR HEGGERTY LESSON.

WHEN WE SPELL WORDS, WE LISTEN FOR THE SOUNDS WE HEAR.

I WILL SAY A WORD AND YOU WILL SAY IT BACK TO ME.

AND THEN WE WILL SEGMENT IT INTO THE THREE SOUNDS YOU HEAR.

ARE YOU READY? OUT. OUT. CLAP. CLAP. CHOP. CHOP.

SAY BAG. BAG. CHOP IT. [INAUDIBLE] SAY RUN. RUN.

CHOP IT [INAUDIBLE]. SAY MOP. MOP. CHOP IT. [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A SKILL WE USED TO DEMONSTRATE LISTENING FOR THE MIDDLE SOUND.

IN A WORD. OKAY. WE USE SOMETHING CALLED ROLLER COASTER HANDS.

PUT ROLLER COASTER HANDS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR BELLY.

SAY TAP. TAP. ROLLER COASTER. [INAUDIBLE] SAY MAKE.

MAKE. ROLLER COASTER. [INAUDIBLE] GOOD. SAY THIN.

THIN. ROLLER COASTER. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY. YOU WANT TO TAKE A NAP?

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SO THE PROOF IS IN THE PROGRESS. SO THIS IS A CHART WE PUT TOGETHER.

AND THIS CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE OVER THE YEARS AND HOW THE IMPACT OF STR HAS REDUCED OUR NUMBER OF TIER THREE STUDENTS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 2019, 2020, THAT WAS WAY BEFORE NONE OF US EVEN HAD THE TRAINING. 2020 2021 WE STARTED THE TRAINING THAT YEAR AND THEN 21-22 WE WERE IMPLEMENTING. SO YOU ALREADY SAW A QUICK DIVE DOWN IN THE TIER THREE NUMBERS.

AND THIS IS DESPITE THE NUMBERS AT DSE. WE WENT FROM 1000 TO MAYBE 921 WHEN CYPRESS OPENED.

SO THIS IS JUST THE PERCENTAGE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE AFTER FULL IMPLEMENTATION AND REALLY BUYING THE RESOURCES SUCH AS SOUND WALLS AND HEGGERTY, THEN IT HAS REALLY MADE AN IMPACT. A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT.

WE HAD A 1% INCREASE SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT OUR ENROLLMENT WENT DOWN, BUT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T INCREASE OUR NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN EMERGENT BILINGUAL OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

BUT OUR PERCENTAGE DID GO UP WHEN WE LOST SOME STUDENTS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT THERE.

BUT IT IS DEFINITELY MAKING AN IMPACT. AND WE SEE IT IN OUR READERS.

AND THEN ONE MORE SLIDE. THIS IS WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW ASSESSMENT LAST YEAR CALLED MAP FLUENCY.

SO IT'S FROM NWEA AND OUR FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS TAKE IT.

AND SO IN FIRST GRADE THEY'RE EXPECTED TO MASTER THE FOUNDATIONAL LEVELS OF READING.

AND THEN THEY MOVE INTO SENTENCE FLUENCY. SO NOW THEY'RE APPLYING IT AND THEY ARE RECORDED.

THEY READ INTO A MICROPHONE. AND THEN THE TEACHER CAN GO AND HEAR THEIR READING AND CAN INTERVENE IN ANY WAY THAT THEY NEED TO SEE HOW THEY ARE APPLYING THEIR READING SKILLS. SO IN THE FALL, WE HAD 43% OF OUR STUDENTS IN SECOND GRADE THAT WERE ALREADY MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE SENTENCE FLUENCY STANDARD, AND WE'VE ALREADY GONE UP IN WINTER TO 62%.

SO THE GOAL IS BY THE END OF THE YEAR THAT THAT GROWTH CONTINUES.

SO IT IS ALL ABOUT THE GROWTH BECAUSE WE KNOW IF THEY CAN DECODE AND THEY CAN HAVE LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION, THEY CAN READ. AND THEN WE HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S GOING TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU ASK US SOME QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THEM? ACTUALLY I HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE HAD A KINDERGARTNER.

SO ARE WE, HAVE WE MOVED AWAY FROM THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING? DO SIGHT WORDS STILL FALL INTO READING? GREAT QUESTION.

SORRY. YES THEY DO. SO THERE ARE SOME WORDS THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE WORD THE RULES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH DECODING.

SO WE TEACH THOSE AS HEART WORDS. THERE ARE SOME WORDS LIKE SAID S A I D THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO MEMORIZE.

SO YES. OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. NO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS RAYMOND.

AND THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] HOLD ON A MINUTE, BUDDY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOU ALL BECAUSE WE WERE SO IMPRESSED BY WHAT YOU'RE DOING. OKAY, GIVE ME ONE SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.

OBVIOUSLY, I LOVE WHAT YOU LIKE. THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE DID IN KINDERGARTEN LIKE THAT IS THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

AND I LOVE THAT YOU STARTED YOUR PRESENTATION, RIGHT.

THIS WAS A STATE REQUIREMENT, RIGHT, THAT WERE IMPOSED ONTO DISTRICTS.

AND YOU FOUND A WAY TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN A VERY STRATEGIC AND IMPRESSIVE WAY.

AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WELL DONE. AND THANK YOU.

AND ALSO IT SPEAKS TO LIKE THIS IS THE WHY, RIGHT? WE KNOW THROUGH STUDIES THAT LITERACY BETWEEN PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN AND THIRD GRADE IS ESSENTIAL IN A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. WE KNOW THAT IT AFFECTS DROPOUT RATE AND SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL ON TIME.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME STUDIES OUT THERE THAT REFLECT THAT 88% OF KIDS THAT CANNOT READ BY THIRD GRADE WILL NEVER CATCH UP.

SO THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK, WHICH Y'ALL ARE DOING.

AND I KNOW YOU ARE NERVOUS IN YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'VE SEEN YOU IN THE CLASSROOM. WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT NERVOUS. OKAY. DON'T WORRY. [APPLAUSE] SHE ROCKS IT WITH INTERVENTION AND ALL THE THINGS. THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT. I LOVE THAT YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS IN SUCH A WAY.

AND BRING THESE KIDS TO DEMONSTRATE. WAS EXCELLENT.

SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO TELL OUR FRIENDS THAT YOU GUYS DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB PREPARING AND INTRODUCING YOURSELVES AND TELLING US ABOUT THIS TODAY. SO THANK YOU GUYS AND MOMS AND DADS FOR BRINGING OUR STUDENTS IN TODAY.

I REMEMBER WHEN THIS BECAME A MANDATE AND AS A BOARD, WE WERE ACTUALLY CONCERNED, LIKE WE ALWAYS ARE ABOUT IS IT TOO MUCH LIKE WE HAVE ALL OF

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BUT ALSO IT'S SUCH A WIN AND FOR US TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT, IT HELPS US TO SEE WHY THESE PROGRAMS ARE SO IMPORTANT AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE CLASSROOM.

SO THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WE ARE READY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. NOW GO FOR IT.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOK? OH NO. HE ASKED. SHANDA GO AHEAD. SORRY, I FORGOT WHO I DIRECTED THE QUESTIONS TO.

DIFFERENT THAN THE FAVORITE BOOK THAT I READ TO MY KIDS WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE.

SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU MY FAVORITE BOOK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WILL HAVE HEARD OF IT.

IT IS CALLED THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF. HAVE YOU HEARD OF THAT BOOK? HAVE YOU EVER READ THAT BOOK? A COUPLE OF YOU? WELL, I WILL NOT SPOIL THE ENDING. I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU THE WHOLE STORY, BUT I'M NOT.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO HOME AND READ IT, BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY FUN BOOK.

AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH BECAUSE MY GRANDPA USED TO READ IT TO ME, AND HE WOULD MAKE THE NOISES OF THE BILLY GOATS, AND IT WAS REALLY FUN. BUT I ACTUALLY ASKED MY KIDS WHAT THEIR FAVORITE BOOK WAS THAT WE WOULD READ TO THEM AND THEY SAID, CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM. I BET YOU ALL KNOW THAT ONE, DON'T YOU? OH YEAH. YEAH, WITH ALL THE LETTERS.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT TO SAY? HOW DO YOU HELP CHILDREN TO READ? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WE ARE FOCUSED ON EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES AND WHO WE HIRE AS PRINCIPAL.

MISS RAYMOND DOES A GREAT JOB. WE LOOK FOR HER TO HIRE THE VERY BEST TEACHERS WHEN SHE HIRES THOSE TEACHERS THAT HAVE A BACKGROUND IN CERTAIN CONTENT AREAS, SUCH AS READING. SHE PROVIDES AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT, A LOT OF TRAINING, WHICH WE HEARD IN YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

THESE TEACHERS SPEND HOURS AND HOURS OF TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO READ.

WE GET MANY STUDENTS READING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS, AND YOUR TEACHERS ARE SO GOOD TO SPOT EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE WITH YOUR READING, AND THEY WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU EVERY DAY. AND WE WANT YOU TO ALL GROW UP AND JUST BE THE BEST READERS IN THE WORLD.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB TONIGHT AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR RECOGNITIONS.

[5. RECOGNITIONS]

THAT COST EXTRA.

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IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN WE WERE EXPECTING. IF WE HAD DONE IT LAST WEEKEND LIKE WE HAD PLANNED.

SO WE APPRECIATE THESE STUDENTS MAKING THEMSELVES AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENING.

JUST A SHORT LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SEASON. IT STARTED VERY TYPICALLY VERY HOT.

AND THEN IT CONTINUED TO BE HOT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND WE ARE REALLY, REALLY THANKFUL THAT WE REHEARSE MOST OF THE TIME IN THE MORNING BECAUSE IT'S NOT SO HOT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT BULB TEMPERATURE ELIMINATING SOME OF OUR PRACTICE TIME OUTSIDE.

SO THAT WORKS REALLY WELL. AND IT SHOWS BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, THERE WAS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF JUST THE GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO MOVE BODIES, HOW TO MOVE BODIES WHILE THEY'RE PLAYING, HOW TO INCORPORATE MOVING AND PLAYING, AND ALSO CHARACTERIZATION AND CHOREOGRAPHY.

AND SO BY THE END OF THE SEASON THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST FULLY PRODUCED PROGRAM THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER FROM A STAFF AND STUDENT STANDPOINT.

SO WE'RE I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IN MY 23 YEARS HERE THAT WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO GET BETTER AT, AND I THINK WE DID FOR SURE. THE END OF THE SEASON WAS A LOT IN TERMS OF OUR CONTEST SCHEDULE WE HAD. REGION UIL REGION ON A TUESDAY. THE NEXT SATURDAY WE HAD AREA.

THE NEXT SATURDAY WE HAD SAN ANTONIO SUPER REGIONAL.

THEN WE HAD STATE MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK WE WENT TO INDIANAPOLIS FOR THE BANDS OF AMERICA GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WHILE THAT WAS A LOT IN ABOUT THREE AND A HALF WEEKS WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

FIRST TIME MAKING OUR SAN ANTONIO SUPER REGIONAL FINALS.

AND WE'VE GONE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 23 YEARS, BUT THIS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE MADE THAT FINALS.

THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE ACTUALLY MADE THE UIL STATE FINALS 6A.

AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY WE'VE BEEN IN 6A AS A DISTRICT FOR FOUR YEARS NOW, FOURTH YEAR. AND WE QUALIFIED FOR STATE ALL OF THOSE YEARS.

BUT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE FINALS, WHICH MEANS OUT OF 264, 6A SCHOOLS WE WERE IN THE TOP 12. SO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THEN WE GOT TO GET ON A PLANE AND GO TO CHICAGO.

WE SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS REALLY KIND OF LIKE AN AFTERNOON.

WE GOT TO GO TO EITHER THE FIELD MUSEUM OR THE SHEDD AQUARIUM.

AND THEN WE HAD DINNER AT GIORDANO'S. IF ANYBODY KNOWS.

DEEP DISH CHICAGO PIZZA. AND IT GOT CHILLY. IT WAS A GOOD REMINDER WHY I DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE.

[LAUGHTER] AND THEN WE GOT ON BUSSES, GOT DOWN TO INDIANAPOLIS.

INDIANAPOLIS IS A THREE COMPETITION OPPORTUNITY PRELIMINARIES, SEMIFINALS AND THEN FINALS.

WE DID GO TO THE SAME CONTEST IN 2023, AND WE MADE IT TO THE SEMIFINALS.

SO WE WERE IN THE TOP 15 OUT OF THE OVER 100 BANDS THAT WERE AT THAT COMPETITION FROM ALL LITERALLY ALL OVER THE NATION THIS YEAR WE NOT ONLY MADE SEMIFINALS, BUT WE ALSO MADE FINALS, SO WE WERE NINTH OUT OF 12 IN THE NATION.

SO THE MEDALS THAT THE KIDS ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW, THAT'S FROM THAT TIME.

I WASN'T GOING TO HAVE THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BECAUSE I FIGURED WE'D HAVE A LOT OF KIDS, BUT I THINK WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW THIS PART. NAME GRADE INSTRUMENT.

MY NAME IS KEEGAN HELLER. I'M A SOPHOMORE AND I PLAY THE TRUMPET.

MY NAME IS RORY VETTER. I AM IN THE NINTH GRADE AND I PLAY THE TROMBONE.

I'M JACOB STODDARD, AND I PLAY TUBA. I'M PARKER WISHAM, I'M A JUNIOR, AND I PLAY TENOR SAXOPHONE AND SYNTHESIZER.

MY NAME IS ALEXANDER VALENCIA, AND I AM IN 10TH GRADE AND I PLAY THE SOUND BOARD.

HI, I'M KELLER BREELAND. I AM A SENIOR, AND I'M IN I ALREADY SAID THAT I'M A BASS TROMBONIST,

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SO I DO WANT TO MENTION AGAIN MR. MAYER AND MR. EHLERS. AND MR. CUEVAS IS ACTUALLY AT A REHEARSAL WITH THE JV WINTERGUARD RIGHT NOW AS OUR SEVERAL OF OUR COLORGUARD STUDENTS WHO WOULD NORMALLY HAVE COME, BUT THEY'RE PRACTICING GETTING BETTER RIGHT NOW.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS YOU GUYS WANT TO SHAKE HANDS.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE GOING TO START HERE AND GO UP AND AROUND, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT MEDALS TO EVERYBODY ON THE DAIS.

JUST WRAP AROUND AS WE GO BACK OVER HERE.

WELL. YOU.

GUYS. HAVE GONE BACK UP. SO WE CAN GET A PICTURE NEXT TO YOU? OF COURSE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR BEST ROBOTICS TEAM.

OH, WE GOT QUITE A FEW. DO THEY STAND UP AND FACE THAT WAY? I'M SORRY. ONE MORE. I THOUGHT WE DID IT ALL TOGETHER AND I WAS MISTAKEN.

WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR GUYS TO STAY. YOU CAN STAY.

WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR ALL-STATE BAND MEMBERS.

WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE JONAH SAYGER.

HE'S A FRESHMAN WHO MADE THE ALL-STATE 6A BAND.

YEAH. SO I'LL BE TRAVELING WITH HIM NEXT WEEK.

WE LEAVE ON WEDNESDAY. THERE'S REHEARSALS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.

AND THEN THEY PRESENT A CONCERT AT THE LILA COCKRELL THEATRE IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO PLAY. GREAT PLACE TO HEAR A CONCERT ALSO AND SO THAT'LL BE NEXT SATURDAY.

AND HE WILL HAVE HIS PICTURE ON A PLAQUE ON THE WALL IN THE BAND HALL WITH THE MANY, MANY OTHER ALL STATERS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, JONAH.

NOW, Y'ALL CAN COME ON OVER. THAT WAY YOU CAN SAY HI.

THAT WAY IF YOU WANT. FIRST, I USUALLY DON'T NEED A MIC, SO THIS WILL BE AWKWARD FOR ME TO ADJUST TO.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE DRIPPING LOGISTICS BEST ROBOTICS TEAM AT DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS JUST A PORTION. WE'RE MISSING A COUPLE MEMBERS.

IF YOU REMEMBER, FROM LAST YEAR, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BECAUSE WE'VE GROWN A LITTLE BIT. EACH YEAR WE'VE GROWN. THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR BEING THE COACH FOR THIS TEAM.

AND MY FIRST YEAR I HAD FOUR KIDS, FOUR SENIOR BOYS.

AND IT'S GROWN TO WHAT IT IS NOW AND IT'S AMAZING AND I LOVE IT.

WHAT THEIR SEASON INCLUDES BASICALLY, IN AUGUST, WE START MEETING UP RIGHT WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS AND THEN THREE DAYS A WEEK DURING THE SCHOOL WEEK, AND ON SATURDAYS THEY HANG OUT WITH ME LEARNING HOW TO BUILD A ROBOT, LEARNING HOW TO BUILD A BUSINESS, DO A MARKETING PRESENTATION, CREATE A BOOTH. I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE AM I FORGETTING?

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THE ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK, WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO BE VERY TECHNICAL.

IT'S LIKE A 95 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO WRITE, WHICH INCLUDES A RESEARCH PAPER ABOUT OUR TOPIC.

THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS AI AND ROBOTICS. AND HOW DO WE USE AI AND HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THAT AND IMPROVE UPON IT? AND SO THAT WAS OUR CHALLENGE. WE COMPETED AT A HUB COMPETITION HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THE SATURDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK.

SO INSTEAD OF STARTING BREAK, THEY WERE COMPETING ON SATURDAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WITH THAT, WE WON SIX AWARDS AT THAT COMPETITION.

AND BECAUSE WE WON THOSE AWARDS, WE WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE TO STATE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WHICH WAS THE SECOND YEAR I'VE EVER BEEN TO STATE WITH THEM. AND IT WAS I THOUGHT I'D BE MORE PREPARED, BUT IT WAS MORE CHAOTIC. AND I LOVED THE CHALLENGE OF IT, BECAUSE WHEN THESE KIDS WANT TO DO SOMETHING, THEY WILL TELL ME THEY WANT TO DO IT AND I WILL FIGURE IT OUT FOR THEM. SOMETIMES NOT AS FAST AS THEY ALWAYS WANT, BUT THAT JUST TELLS ME HOW MOTIVATED THEY ARE.

SO THEY SPENT ALL THEIR SATURDAYS AND WE WENT TO DALLAS DECEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE 13TH AND COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND I'M GOING TO GO ON.

JUST YOU EVER HAVE THOSE STORIES WHERE LIKE, JUST THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE TO HAPPEN FOR YOU TO KIND OF KEEP MOVING FORWARD SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENED TO US AT OUR COMPETITION AT STATE LEVEL.

SO WITH THAT, THE TOP 11 ROBOTS THAT COMPETE ON THE FIELD, THEY ADVANCE AUTOMATICALLY BASED OFF POINT SCORING ON THE FIELD.

THE 12TH ROBOT GETS PICKED BASED OFF THE BEST ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK OUT OF THE REMAINING.

WE WERE THAT SELECTION. BECAUSE OUR NOTEBOOK WAS THE BEST OF THE REMAINING TEAMS WE GOT TO COMPETE IN THE WILD CARD ROUND IN THAT WILD CARD ROUND.

RIGHT BEFORE THAT, WE WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ONE PRACTICE ROUND BECAUSE THEY NEEDED JUST A DUMMY DRIVER TO KEEP THE FIELD EVEN FOR THE OTHER TEAMS. LAURA HERE WAS OUR DRIVER THAT GOT TO DO THAT. SO SHE GOT TO PRACTICE RIGHT BEFORE THE WILD CARD ROUND.

AND WITH THAT WE WON BY FIVE POINTS, WHICH IS SCORING ONE MORE OBJECT THAN THE OTHER TEAM WHICH ADVANCED US TO THE FINALS OR THE SEMIFINALS TO COMPETE.

WE GOT TO THE SEMIFINALS, WHICH IS THE FURTHEST WE'D EVER BEEN.

WE WON TWO AWARDS. WE GOT THIRD PLACE FOR OUR VIDEO DESIGN AWARD, CREATED BY NIKO AND KIROV AND OUR MARKETING TEAM DOWN THERE.

[APPLAUSE] AND THEN WE ALSO GOT SECOND PLACE FOR OUR ENGINEERING DESIGN AWARDS CREATED BY HALEY WARREN, WHO'S NOT HERE, AND OUR MANUFACTURING TEAM, WHICH IS STANDING..

COOPER, RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT OVER THERE. [APPLAUSE] AND SO THOSE WERE SECOND AND THIRD OUT OF ALL 6A SCHOOLS IN THE STATE THAT WENT TO COMPETE.

SO WE TOOK HOME OUR FIRST SET OF HARDWARE AT STATE THIS YEAR. WE TOOK TWO AWARDS. AND THAT WAS AWESOME. I'M TRYING TO THINK THEY SAID THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY THEIR NAMES, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THEIR NAMES FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY WANT ME TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE MICROPHONE.

SO I'LL GO FROM BEHIND, SEE IF I CAN DO THIS. RIGHT HERE WE'VE GOT LAURA AND THEN WE'VE GOT SARAH, AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SARA. AND THEN WE'VE GOT SINEAD.

WE'VE GOT HANSONI, WE'VE GOT GUADALUPE. WE'VE GOT TAYLOR, NICO, COOPER, CODY, EVERETT, CAMI, SRI, ZOE AND ALEXA. THAT'S OUR TEAM, I DID IT.

[APPLAUSE] I COULD DO LAST NAMES, BUT I'LL SAVE THAT TRICK FOR LATER. BUT THIS IS YOUR DRIPPING LOGISTICS BEST ROBOTICS TEAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY KIDS THAT WANT TO COME OUT AND TRY OUT, LET THEM COME, BECAUSE WE WILL TAKE ANYBODY.

WE'LL GET YOU BUILDING STUFF, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S MY SPIEL. I THINK I'M DONE. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU ALL START DOING HANDSHAKES? [APPLAUSE] START OVER THERE. ALEXA, YOU START THE HANDSHAKE LINE.

I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT PART WITH THEM, THE HANDSHAKES.

CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR UIL WINNERS.

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GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB.

READY TO GO. PERFECT. OKAY. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR TIGER STUDENTS WHO PLACED FIRST PLACE IN THEIR EVENTS AT THE DSISD 25-26 ELEMENTARY UIL DISTRICT MEET.

EACH YEAR, EVERY DSISD ELEMENTARY CAMPUS HOSTS A LOCAL CAMPUS MEET AND THE TOP PLACING STUDENTS FROM THOSE CAMPUS MEETS THEN COMPETE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

THIS YEAR, OUR DISTRICT MEET WAS AT SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6TH.

WE HAD OVER 260 STUDENTS COMPETE IN NINE DIFFERENT EVENTS AT OUR DISTRICT MEET, AND OUR UIL EVENTS INCLUDE CHESS, PUZZLES, CREATIVE WRITING, MAPS, GRAPHS AND CHARTS, MUSIC, MEMORY, NUMBER SENSE, ORAL READING, READING, WRITING, SPELLING, AND STORYTELLING.

WE HAD AN AWESOME TEAM OF UIL CAMPUS COORDINATORS THAT SUPPORTS THESE STUDENTS EVERY YEAR AS WELL, SO I'D LOVE TO INTRODUCE THOSE FOLKS. CASSIDY BLOISE FROM CYPRESS.

ASHLEY GRAHAM FROM WILDWOOD. CAROLEA MORENO FROM WALNUT ISN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.

ELIZA WRIGHT AND STEPHANIE SMITH FROM SYCAMORE.

WHITNEY DUNN FROM ROOSTER AND MADISON DEATON AND BRITTANY HAMILTON FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

THEY'RE HIDING, THEY'RE HIDING. AND NOW WE WOULD LOVE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO YOU.

THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THEIR CAMPUS, THEIR GRADE LEVEL, AND WHAT EVENT THEY PLACED FIRST IN.

ARE YOU READY? OKAY. HI. MY NAME IS KENNEDY HALBROOK.

I GO TO ROOSTER SPRINGS AND I COMPETED IN MUSIC AND MEMORY AND I AM THIRD GRADE.

HI, MY NAME IS NISHTHA. I GO TO ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I PLACED FIRST IN SPELLING SIXTH GRADE. MY NAME IS ZOEY DINH, AND I ATTEND ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I COMPETED IN FOURTH GRADE READY WRITING AND I GOT FIRST PLACE IN READY WRITING.

HI, MY NAME IS OLIVER GODARD, AND I GOT I GO TO ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND I GOT FIRST PLACE IN FOURTH GRADE CHESS PUZZLES.

MY NAME IS PAXTON ZAROVY. I GO TO CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, FIFTH GRADE, AND I PLACED FIRST IN FIFTH GRADE CHESS PUZZLES.

MY NAME IS EVERETT, AND I GO TO CYPRESS SPRINGS, AND I PLACE FIRST IN SPELLING.

MY NAME IS GEORGE. I PLAY MY. WAIT. NO. I ATTENDED A CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I PLACED FIRST IN SECOND GRADE STORYTELLING.

MY NAME IS ILIANA FLORES. I ATTEND CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I PLACED FIRST IN MUSIC MEMORY.

MY NAME IS CAROLINE DIETZ. I GO TO CYPRESS SPRINGS AND I GOT FIRST PLACE IN MUSIC MEMORY UIL.

MY NAME IS ANNIE JAMES FREDENBURG. I ATTEND WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND I PLACED FIRST IN THIRD GRADE STORYTELLING.

HI, MY NAME IS HAYES EDWARDS. I ATTEND WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND I PLACED FIRST IN FIFTH GRADE ORAL READING.

MY NAME IS WILLIAM SCHLECK. I ATTEND WALNUT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I PLACED FIRST PLACE IN MAPS, CHARTS AND GRAPHS. HI, MY NAME IS RAPHAEL. I ATTEND WILDWOOD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

I PLACED FIRST PLACE IN NUMBER SINCE FOURTH GRADE.

HI, MY NAME IS DEZI DIEZ, AND I GO TO SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.

I'M IN SECOND GRADE AND I WON FIRST PLACE IN CHESS PUZZLES.

MY NAME IS LILY EHLERS. I ATTEND SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I PLACED FIRST AND SECOND GRADE MUSIC MEMORY.

HI, MY NAME IS ANIKA PENDSE. I ATTEND SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I PLACED FIRST IN FOURTH GRADE SPELLING. HI, MY NAME IS ANANYA VISHNUBHATLA.

I ATTEND SYCAMORE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND I PLACED FIRST IN FOURTH GRADE SPELLING.

WE TIED. HI, MY NAME IS WILLIAM NICKERSON. I ATTEND SYCAMORE SPRINGS

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[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE GOING TO START.

ALL OVER. CONGRATULATIONS, GET YOU ANOTHER PICTURE. OKAY.

CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING.

WELL, NOW WE GOT TO DO. SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE. WE ALL TALK ABOUT.

GREAT TO MEET YOU. YEAH, WELL, I WILL SAY, WHILE EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE HEADING OUT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAME TO SEE THEIR KIDS TONIGHT.

YOU GUYS ONLY HAVE ABOUT 9000 KIDS. AND YOU KNOW, THAT IS REFLECTED IN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ALL THESE KIDS THAT WERE UP HERE RECOGNIZING, I MEAN, I CAN THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE BAND COMPETITIONS THAT I HAVE SEEN YOU GUYS AT TRICIA, WHO WENT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE WITH HER OWN KIDS, BUT LOTS OF BOARD MEMBERS WHO WOULD OTHERS WITHOUT ANY KIDS IN BAND.

AND SO YOU ALL REALLY GIVE A LOT OF YOUR TIME TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THESE KIDS WHO ARE EXITING THE MEETING.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS FOR YOUR DEDICATION, FOR THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT YOUR OWN CHILDREN, BUT GIVE SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME TO THESE KIDS AND LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THEM.

LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE RESOURCES TO OUR TEACHERS SO THAT THESE KIDS SUCCEED AND HAVE THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

AND THAT REALLY DOES COME FROM THE HEART AND THE PASSION WITH WHICH YOU ALL SERVE, AND THE MEANINGFUL WAY THAT YOU GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND.

SO BLAKE PUT TOGETHER JENNIFER'S TEAM, PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE SLIDESHOW, AND WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS.

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AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A LOT OF FUN TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITH ALL OF YOU.

AND WE DO GET THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN CLASSROOMS AND SEEING KIDS EXCEL AND SUPPORTING THEM WHEN THEY'RE LEARNING AND GROWING.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR DEDICATION.

THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT.

[6. LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT]

AND WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW. OLIVIA, I KNOW YOU PRIORITIZE THESE IN YOUR CALENDAR.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH NEW. I'M KIND OF A BROKEN RECORD.

I WISH THAT WE HAD BROADER ATTENDANCE, BUT IT WAS A GREAT CAMPUS TOUR.

I GOT TO SEE MY FAVORITE STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT THERE.

NO. IT WAS GREAT. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE REALLY STRONG PRESENTATIONS AND DON'T HAVE MUCH ON THAT TODAY.

YEAH. GO AHEAD SHANDA. YES. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THREE OUT OF THE FOUR PERFORMANCES OF INTO THE WOODS BECAUSE MY LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD WAS IN IT. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. THE LEVEL OF TALENT IN THE ACTORS, THE TECH CREW, THE DIRECTORS IT BLOWS ME AWAY. AND WE'VE GONE TO SEVERAL PRODUCTIONS OVER THE YEARS, AND I THINK THAT THEY JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER.

IT WAS SO, SO GOOD. AND I'M HOPING I HEARD THAT THE HELLER AWARDS, THEY ENTERED THE HELLER AWARDS, WHICH IS A BIG AREA WIDE CONTEST. AND SO THEY'RE HOPING TO FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE NOMINATED FOR AWARDS COME MARCH, I THINK IS WHEN THAT HAPPENS. ONE THING THAT I WANT TO KNOW, I TALKED TO THE DIRECTOR, MISS CEDAR.

IT'S HER FIRST YEAR HERE. SHE'S FROM ARIZONA, AND I TALKED TO HER.

KIM AND I TALKED TO HER BEFORE THAT FIRST SHOW THAT WE WENT TO, AND SHE SAID.

SHE SAID SHE'S BLOWN AWAY BY IT. SHE SAID THE LEVEL OF TALENT HERE IS UNLIKE WHAT SHE'S SEEN.

AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE AN IDEA.

I WANT THIS DRESS TO FALL FROM THE SKY. AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY.

AND SHE SAID, OH, I WANT A BEANSTALK TO GROW FROM THE GROUND.

AND THEY SAID, OKAY. AND SHE'S LIKE, I DON'T.

THIS IS SHE SAID, THIS IS COLLEGIATE LEVEL PERFORMANCE.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL THAT WE HAVE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. YEAH. WHO'S THAT? WHO'S THAT? WHO'S THAT? KIM, WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT IT FIRST? YOU WERE THERE WITH THEM. OKAY. IT WAS COLD THAT DAY.

OUR STUDENTS DID GREAT. WE HAD MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THERE.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THERE. I'M SHOWN IN THAT PICTURE WITH KELLEN EMBRY, WHO WAS GRAND CHAMPION MARKET GOAT AND LAMB IN HER PARTICULAR CATEGORY.

AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO WATCH THESE KIDS, THE HOURS THAT THEY SPEND IN THE BARN EVERY SINGLE DAY, TRAINING, YOU KNOW, GETTING READY FOR AUCTION, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND IMPRESS THOSE JUDGES. AND YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT JUDGE YOU'RE GOING TO GET. SO WHAT DOES THAT JUDGE LOOKING FOR? BUT OUR STUDENTS ALL AROUND, ALL DAY DID GREAT.

I BELIEVE AG MECHANICS BROUGHT HOME GRAND CHAMPION STATUS.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN THIS ONE OVER TO ROB AND LET HIM TALK ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER, WHO DID EXTREMELY WELL.

YEAH, MAKING IT GREAT. SO PROUD OF HER. I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM MORE BROADLY.

LET ME TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING ARE FEEDING THEIR LAMBS, RIGHT? AND SO IT SPEAKS TO THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE AT DRIPPING SPRINGS.

IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM. THE KIDS WORK VERY, VERY HARD.

AND LET ME THANK THE BUYER. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, THESE KIDS SHOW THEIR ANIMALS THEY PLACE OR THEY DON'T.

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RIGHT. AND THEN THEY GO TO THE AUCTION FOR THE KIDS WHO PLACED WELL, AND THEN ALL OF THESE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY BY THESE ANIMALS.

AND IT'S A PREMIUM SALE, SO THEY DON'T LEAVE WITH THE ANIMAL, BUT THEY SUPPORT THESE KIDS IN THEIR FUTURE IN FFA AND 4H, BUT ALSO IN THEIR FUTURE FOR COLLEGE. SO I TALKED TO SEVERAL PARENTS AT THAT HAD SENIORS, AND FOR SEVERAL OF THEM, THEIR COLLEGE IS PAID FOR THROUGH FFA. THAT'S ALL ON THE BACKS OF THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO, YES, MY DAUGHTER EXCELLED. WAY TO GO.

WAY TO GO. AND ALL THE OTHER KIDS IN OUR PROGRAM THAT DID WELL. BUT ALSO THANK YOU TO ALL THESE FOLKS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM THROUGH THEIR DONATIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE ALLOWING THESE KIDS TO CONTINUE AND ALSO TO PAY FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

PHENOMENAL WORK. ON A FRIGID DAY, WHERE ACTUALLY TRUCKS WERE FROZEN IN THE PARKING LOT.

THAT AUCTION BARN WAS STILL PACKED WITH PEOPLE.

WAY TO GO, KIDS. PROUD OF YOU, TIGERS.

THAT'S GREAT. WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I WAS AT THE TABLE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE CTE.

OH. NOT FAIR. WHAT DID WE CALL IT? HOLLY IS THE SHOWCASE.

YEAH. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT CTE WHEN WE DO LIAISON, BUT IT WAS A BLAST.

IT WAS ALL THE TABLES SET UP BY CAREER CLUSTER.

EACH ONE HAD TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THAT WERE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM.

AND I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB MEETING WITH LIKE RISING NINTH GRADERS AND STUDENTS GREAT PRESENTATIONS.

AND THE STUDENTS THAT WERE PRESENTING WERE SUPER, INVOLVED.

THEY WERE EXCITED TO BE THERE. TOP RIGHT. I'M WITH MARY JANE, AND WE WERE AT THE GRASSROOTS MEETING WITH ABOUT 42 OTHER TRUSTEES FROM AROUND THE AUSTIN AREA TO COME UP WITH THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO SEND TO THE NEXT LEVEL TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SO IT'S JUST GREAT TO GET IN A ROOM WITH PEERS OF OURS, AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME ISSUES.

AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE TOP FIVE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND TRY TO GET DOWN TO THAT STATE CAPITOL AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO REALLY ENJOY THAT MEETING. BOTTOM RIGHT.

I MET THE CARE CREW ASSEMBLY THESE STUDENTS PRESENTED TO US IN DECEMBER, AND THEY ASKED US, YOU KNOW, HEY, COME CHECK OUT ONE OF OUR LITTLE ASSEMBLIES.

SO WE GOT THE NOTICE THE DAY BEFORE. I JUST HAPPENED TO BE FREE THAT MORNING AT 7:30 A.M., AND THESE KIDS WERE GREAT. THEIR PRESENTATION FOR SLIDES AND THINGS DIDN'T WORK.

THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION IN THE EQUIPMENT, AND SO THEY HAD TO GET OUT THERE AND WING IT.

AND THEY JUST DID GREAT, GREAT SKITS ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BULLYING AND MEANNESS.

THEY GAVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO.

AND GOT A LOT OF AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. BUT THESE KIDS WERE GREAT, AND I JUST COMMENDED EACH ONE OF THEM BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE PRESENTATION THEY WERE EXPECTING TO DO. AND THEN YOU HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW.

MAKES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE NERVOUS. NOT THEM.

MAYBE THE TEACHER, BUT NOT THEM. THEY DID GREAT.

THEY'RE JUST AMAZING. AND I LOVE THE MESSAGE THAT THEY'RE SPREADING AND CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK AND SEE ANOTHER ONE.

ALL RIGHT, KIM, I'LL START WITH YOU. GO DOWN.

ANY LIAISON REPORTS OR COMMITTEE UPDATES? NO, I THINK SHANE IS PROBABLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION FOUNDATION, BUT I DID WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE PAW PATROL, WHERE WE WENT OUT AND AWARDED TEACHER AND STUDENT GRANTS.

AND THAT IS JUST SUCH AN EXCITING THING TO GET TO WITNESS.

AND THE SURPRISE ON THEIR FACE, OH ME, I WON.

OH MY GOODNESS, I'M GETTING ALL THIS MONEY. AND THEN THEY TELL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESENTING THE PATROL YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE AND MEANING BEHIND, THE GRANT THAT THEY JUST WON.

SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. SO CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WE HAD AN EXCELLENT MEETING. WE THE DIRECTOR SEPARATED THE TABLES BY SAME BY CLUSTERS.

AND EACH TABLE TALKED ABOUT THE CURRENT COURSE OFFERINGS THAT ARE APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, AS A BOARD, WE DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY OPTIONS THERE ARE AND HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO STREAMLINING PATHS FOR OUR STUDENTS SUCCESS AND CERTIFICATIONS.

SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU CAN PULL ANY OF OUR CAREER CLUSTERS LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATION, THERE'S PROBABLY 100 CLASSES IN THE STATE THAT ARE APPROVED.

SO OUR ADMINISTRATION WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS SIT AND THEY SHIFT THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, AND THEY HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHICH CLASSES BEST FIT ONE, THE WANTS AND NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO BEST FIT INTO THAT CHRONOLOGICAL PATH.

I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN CTE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I DID NOT SEE KNOW HOW MUCH GOES INTO MAKING THAT COURSE SELECTION.

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SO THAT WAS GREAT. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS AHEAD, BUT THEY ARE ON A TIGHT TIMELINE BECAUSE THAT WILL ACTUALLY IMPACT OUR COURSE SELECTION FOR NEXT YEAR. TALK MUNICIPALITIES BRIEFLY. MOST OF YOU APPRIZED OF THIS REALLY JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR PUBLIC FORUM HERE. TWO BIG THINGS. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS RIGHT NOW. ONE IS VERY STRATEGIC.

THE FIRST IS A LITTLE MORE TACTICAL. I THINK WE'RE VERY CLOSE ON THE ISSUING OF OUR CONDITIONAL SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO PROJECT.

THAT WILL GO BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW NIGHT.

SCOTT, I THINK YOU'RE DUE TO PRESENT ON THAT AGENDA ITEM WITH THEM. CORRECT. AND IT'S AGAIN, THAT'S JUST THE DISTRICT'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO KEEP THAT PROJECT ON TIME AND FINALIZE THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THAT, BUT THAT'LL GO BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW NIGHT. AND THEN SECONDLY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BROKER A LAND REALLY A LANDMARK INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS THAT WILL REALLY HELP SOLIDIFY OUR PARTNERSHIP IN FUTURE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF LIKE ANY OTHER PERSON WHO MIGHT BUILD A BUILDING OR APPLY FOR A PERMIT IN THE CITY. AND SO THE CITY HAS SHOWN A COMMITMENT AND OF COURSE IN CONCERT WITH US TO DEVELOP AN AGREEMENT THAT BENEFITS BOTH PARTIES.

AND ULTIMATELY, WE HOPE AND ARE CONFIDENT WE'LL SAVE THE TAXPAYERS A LOT OF MONEY.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST KICKOFF MEETING. THE SUPERINTENDENT, MYSELF, AND OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ARE WORKING WITH OUR THREE COHORTS FROM THE CITY, AND SO FAR, WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START. WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT THING WORKED OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THAT WILL COME BEFORE THIS BODY FOR CONSIDERATION ONCE WE'VE AGREED TO TERMS. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO UPDATES, SO I ATTENDED MY FIRST SLACK MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

THIS IS IN DOCTOR KIDD'S L AND I REPORT TO YOU, BUT I WANTED TO JUST NOTE IT OUT LOUD.

THEY REVIEWED OUR NEW BOARD POLICY EF LOCAL THAT WE APPROVED RECENTLY.

THEY VOTED ON THEIR BYLAWS. THEY HAVE A CHAIR FOR THEIR COMMITTEE, AND THEY ELECTED A CO-CHAIR IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR CHAIR CAN'T BE THERE.

SO THERE'S ONLY FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

SO THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST IN CASE WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE THEY APPROVED THIS NEW POSTING, THE NEW LIST OF REQUESTED LIBRARY MATERIALS. THERE'S ABOUT 500 BOOKS ON IT.

SO IT'S QUITE A LENGTHY LIST. AND THEY OPENED PUBLIC COMMENT, FEEDBACK QUESTIONS ON THE SLACK WEBSITE.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE UPCOMING BOOK ORDERS TO GO ON AND PERUSE THROUGH THAT LIST.

THAT'LL BE OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 20TH FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND THEN WE WILL GET THAT LIST AS A BOARD AT OUR FEBRUARY MEETING, I BELIEVE.

AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN THIS MEETING SOMETHING THAT CHANGED FROM LAST TIME WAS THAT OUR FLIES WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE BOOK LIST AND IF, AVAILABLE, PULLED THREE DIFFERENT SITES THAT WERE REVIEWS BOOKS AND PASTED THOSE REVIEWS IN EVERY SINGLE BOOK. SO ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO GET CLARIFICATION ON IS THAT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DR.

MAPHIES OR NO THAT. THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR Y'ALL? OKAY. SO IT IS. OKAY. OKAY. JUST CHECKING. SO THE PUBLIC HAS THE LIST OF TITLES AND ISBN NUMBERS AND AUTHORS AND THEN WE CAN SEE ACTUAL BOOK REVIEWS. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PRIOR AS WELL.

THE OH EDUCATION FOUNDATION. YES. WE WERE ALSO AT THE GRANT PATROL.

IT WAS AWESOME. HOLLY WAS THERE. I GOT TO GO TO THREE CAMPUSES.

KIM YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE THE WHOLE DAY. I DON'T REMEMBER.

HALF DAY. IT WAS HOLLY WAS THERE ALL DAY. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL.

SO THE ED FOUNDATION, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 17 INNOVATIVE TEACHING GRANTS TOTALING $53,000, AND THEN A TOTAL OF THREE STUDENT LEADERSHIP GRANTS TOTALING $8,000.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO SEE TO GET TO BE A PART OF THAT.

THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION GALA THIS THURSDAY IS SOLD OUT.

SO THEY MET AND EXCEEDED THEIR BUDGET FOR TICKET SALES.

THE THEME OF THE GALA IS THE HEART OF A TIGER.

AND THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL. THEY ARE RECOGNIZING A LEGACY DONOR.

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TERRY GARNETT OF GARNETT PROPANE. THEY, YOU KNOW, LONGTIME LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND SO THEY ARE RECOGNIZING TERRY GARNETT AT THE GALA.

THEY ALSO INVITED ALL OF THE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING THEM AT THE GALA AS WELL.

SO I'M ATTENDING I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF US ARE GOING, BUT I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THEIR NEXT FUNDRAISER, CLAY'S FOR CLASSROOMS, IS COMING UP ON APRIL 2ND AT HOG HEAVEN, AND THE REGISTRATION IS LIVE FOR THAT. SO THAT WAS FUN LAST YEAR.

YEAH, IT WAS FUN. THAT'S IT. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR SHANDA.

I'M GOING TO ASK IT HERE IN CASE ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE EVER WONDERED ON SLACK, IS THERE ANY EXPECTATION, LIKE THERE'S 500 BOOKS AND THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS DO WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ON LIKE, WHO DO THEY DELEGATE? I DOUBT ALL FIVE MEMBERS ARE REVIEWING EVERY BOOK.

YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF HAD A DISCUSSION ON THAT AND I TALKED TO THE CHAIR FOR A BIT AFTER A COUPLE DAYS AFTER.

AND, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID SHE HAD, YOU KNOW, GONE THROUGH AND PICKED OUT SOME TITLES AND LOOKED AT THEM.

AND THEN I KNOW ANOTHER SHE TOLD ME THAT ANOTHER ONE OF THE SLACK MEMBERS PRIOR IN THE LIST, PRIOR HAD REACHED OUT TO HER AND SAID, HEY, THERE ARE A COUPLE ON THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT.

CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE? AND SO I THINK THAT THEY DID, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT A COUPLE.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S UNREALISTIC TO THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE TITLE. SPLIT THEM UP OR SEPARATE.

THEY CAN OPERATE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANY DELEGATION.

YEAH. I THINK THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY DID SAY THAT THEY TRUST A LOT IN THE FLIES THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING A GOOD JOB OF CHOOSING AGE APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE MATERIAL.

AND ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT I DID HAVE WITH THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION IN A SLACK MEETING COMING UP ABOUT ASKING THE FLIES THE PROCEDURE ON GUIDING KIDS, EVEN WITHIN THE LIBRARIES, TO CHOOSING AGE APPROPRIATE MATERIAL.

SO WHEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A FIRST GRADER IN THERE, PULL IN A FIFTH GRADE BOOK OFF THE SHELF AND SAYING, I WANT TO CHECK THIS OUT. ARE THEY AWARE AND YOU KNOW, OF I MEAN, APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF READING AND ALSO CONTENT WHENEVER WE GET UP INTO, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. SO.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[8. CONSENT AGENDA]

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MOTION FROM ROB. A SECOND FROM SHANDA. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM.

[9. ACTION]

EXCUSE ME. SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, BACK IN OCTOBER, Y'ALL APPROVED THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.

AND AT THAT TIME, THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OMB DID NOT RELEASE THEIR FEDERAL COMPLIANCE CIRCULAR SO THE AUDITORS WERE UNABLE TO RELEASE THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD DONE THEIR TESTING AND DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING, THEY JUST THEY COULDN'T RELEASE IT. IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT GOT RELEASED.

OH, GOSH. I THINK IT WAS EARLY JANUARY. AND SO WITH THAT RELEASE, THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL.

ONCE YOU APPROVE IT, THIS KIND OF COMPLETES THE AUDIT PROCESS.

WE'LL TAKE BOTH REPORTS. THE AUDITORS WILL COMBINE THEM AS ONE, AND THEN WE CAN SEND THAT TO TEA.

AND AS YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR FIRST REPORT, TURNING THE AUDIT IN ON TIME IS KIND OF A MAKE OR BREAK DEAL FOR A PASS OR FAIL.

FORTUNATELY, WITH THE OMB, DELAY AND TEA GOING TO A NEW AUDIT PORTAL SYSTEM.

WE'VE GOT UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY TO SUBMIT THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET THAT GOING JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET IT IN.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE THOSE NOW.

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MOTION FROM TRICIA, SECOND FROM KIM. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF OUR 26-27 BUDGET. ASSUMPTIONS AND PARAMETERS.

OKAY. ON IF YOU'LL REMEMBER BACK IN THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE PRESENTED THOSE FOR REVIEW.

TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THESE ASSUMPTIONS OR AS A STARTING POINT IN BUILDING THE BUDGET.

THEY'RE INTENTIONALLY PRELIMINARY. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY SO THAT WE CAN START BUILDING AND COMING UP WITH SOME OF THOSE BASE REVENUE CALCULATIONS JUST AS SOON AS OR AS LATE AS TODAY SOME OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS CHANGED WHEN WE GOT OUR CERTIFIED VALUES IN FOR FROM THE STATE JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY.

SO I'VE BEEN WORKING EVEN TODAY ON SOME OF THE REVENUE CALCULATIONS.

BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST A STARTING POINT TO GET IT GOING.

AND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON THOSE ASSUMPTIONS AND BE LOOKING FOR A BUDGET WORKSHOP HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO KIND OF UPDATE Y'ALL ON THOSE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? OLIVIA. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. IT MAY BE HERE I NEED TO PUT MY GLASSES ON.

IN ADJUSTED PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT FOR TIER ONE IS THAT CALCULATION HERE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE USED TO PROVIDING? ONCE WE RUN IT ON ACTUAL ADA. JUST ONE SECOND.

LET ME GET THERE. AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE LESS THAN PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT.

AND IT'S GOOD JUST EVERY YEAR TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER ACTUALLY COMES OUT TO BE.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GET BACK TO US THROUGH HOLLY. OKAY, I CAN DO THAT.

ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE SHEET THAT WAS PROVIDED? I THINK SO. I'M LOOKING AT THE ATTACHMENT. YEAH. AND THEN I SAW HOW YOU WERE GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN.

I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT STUDENT ALLOTMENT PROJECTIONS, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T.

SO YOU CAN. CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION THAT MAYBE SOMEONE KNOWS? DO WE IS THAT OUR NORMAL DAILY ATTENDANCE RATE THAT WE CALCULATE FOR OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, OR HAVE WE DONE DIFFERENT IN THE PAST? THAT'S WHAT WHEN I WAS LOOKING BACK AT PRIOR YEARS, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE AVERAGE CAME OUT TO BE.

OKAY. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE SIX WEEKS ATTENDANCE REPORTS THROUGH THE FIRST SEMESTER, AS OF TODAY, WE WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER 95%. SO EVEN THIS YEAR, WE'RE KIND OF TRACKING.

OKAY, BECAUSE I, I REMEMBER AT SOME POINT BECAUSE THIS IS NOW YEAR TWO OF IT BEING A PRETTY BIG PUSH IN THE DISTRICT.

AND I WAS CURIOUS EVEN I THOUGHT WE WERE AT CLOSER TO 96.5, WHERE WE ENDED LAST YEAR.

NO. WHERE WE ENDED LAST YEAR ON ATTENDANCE. OR MAYBE IT WAS CLOSER TO 95.

I'M JUST CURIOUS MORE THAN ANYTHING. YEAH. WE CAN GET YOU ALL AN ATTENDANCE REPORT AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.

YEAH. NO RUSH. I'M SORRY. THAT QUESTION MAKES SENSE ON THE ADJUSTED. YES. THANK YOU. YES. THERE'S NOT A SERIOUS DEVIATION FROM PREVIOUS PARAMETERS ON THIS IS THERE RANDY IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STICKS OUT.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE KIND OF SCALED BACK A LITTLE BIT ON WAS THE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH.

OKAY. I SAW THAT YOU'RE AT 4%. YEAH I THINK LAST YEAR WE WERE AT FIVE.

BUT YOU KNOW, SINCE THEY CHANGED GOING FROM THE 100,000 TO 140,000, IT ALMOST RESET EVERYTHING.

SO THE YEAR WE'RE IN IS ALMOST LIKE BASE YEAR.

SO I KIND OF WANTED TO SCALE IT BACK AND KEEP IN MIND SOME OF THESE WERE DONE BEFORE WE EVEN GOT OUR STATE VALUES IN THIS PAST.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY, RIGHT, YOU GOT SOME ANALYSIS TO DO PRETTY QUICK ON THAT, BUT I'D SAY 4% IS PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE. I WOULD HOPE.

YEAH, RIGHT. BECAUSE AGAIN, WITH THE BUDGET PARAMETERS TRADITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES. RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START AT 1% ON INFLATION.

WE'RE GOING TO START AT 1% ON STAFF PAY INCREASE AND SEE WHERE SEE WHERE THE CHIPS BEGIN TO FALL.

AND SO YEAH, I THINK I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.

FROM A LOCAL PROPERTY VALUE PERSPECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE TAX RATE THE SAME. AS FOR YOUR INITIAL PARAMETERS, WHICH IS GOOD, I LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE'LL FIND OUT MORE BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THE PASS A BRIEF.

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THEN WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE AN INDICATOR THERE.

AND AGAIN, I LIKE THIS FOR CONTINUING TO STAY ON THE LOW GROWTH PROJECTION. BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION A LATER DATE. SO I MEAN EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH LINES UP FOR ME UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE ABOUT THESE PARAMETERS.

NO. THE ONLY THING I LIKE TO DO IS IS LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A STARTING POINT AND THERE'S DIFFERENT POINTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, APRIL 30TH, WE GET OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATES AND THEN WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER ON THE VALUATION PERCENTAGE.

AND SO AS WE MOVE, ALONG THINGS WILL CHANGE. BUT AT LEAST WE CAN SEE THAT THIS IS A STARTING POINT.

AND HOW THEY'VE CHANGED FROM, YOU KNOW, POINT A TO THE TIME WE GET TO WHERE WE ADOPT THE BUDGET IN JUNE.

OKAY. WE'RE AT THE CRYSTAL BALL STAGE. YEAH 100%. SO HE'S MAKING HIS VERY BEST GUESS AND A LOT OF PLACES.

AND THEN USING KIND OF HISTORICAL DATA TO BUILD THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL DO A BUDGET WORKSHOP AND BRING YOU ALL ANY AMENDMENTS.

YEP. LOOKS GOOD. THANK YOU RANDY. KIM. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION IF Y'ALL ARE READY.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE 2026 2027 BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND PARAMETERS PRESENTED TO BE USED IN DEVELOPING THE PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 2026 2027, COVERING ALL ESTIMATED REVENUES AND PROPOSED EXPENDITURES.

A MOTION FROM KIM, A SECOND FROM TRICIA. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS APPOINTMENTS.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF NINE MEMBERS AND TWO ALTERNATES.

ONE OF OUR STANDING MEMBERS HAS BECOME INELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT.

AND SO IN OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES, IT STATES THAT THE BOARD SHALL APPOINT ALL MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES.

AND IF A VACANCY OCCURS ON THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE THE BOARD SHALL SELECT AN ALTERNATE TO BE ELEVATED TO A FULL MEMBER.

JEFF HABER CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN ALTERNATE ON THE BACK, AND HAS EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO MOVE INTO THE COMMITTEE MEMBER ROLE.

THIS WOULD LEAVE US WITH ONE ALTERNATE. IT IS ALSO YOUR JOB TO APPOINT AN ADDITIONAL ALTERNATE.

AND SO FORTUNATELY WE HAVE APPLICATIONS WERE SOLICITED IN THE FALL OF 2025 FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

AND WE'VE REVIEWED THE APPLICATIONS FROM THE FALL OF 2025.

AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING DARRELL WESTCOTT FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS AN ALTERNATE.

HE'S AN ARCHITECT BY TRADE, NOT ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH.

HE HAS TWO CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT. I THINK IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY'RE AT WILDWOOD.

AND SO HE'S ALSO AGREED TO FILL THAT POSITION.

IF YOU GUYS APPOINT HIM. YOU GO FOR IT. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER AND ALTERNATE AS PRESENTED. MOTION FROM A SECOND FROM ROB.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SIX ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF GMP ONE FOR THE ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT.

ALL RIGHT, SO PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE ROOSTER SPRINGS RENOVATION PROJECT.

AND IN NOVEMBER, THE BOARD APPROVED BRAUN AND BUTLER AS OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR SERVICES AT ROOSTER SPRINGS.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AS THEY DO IN A, IN A CMAR DELIVERY TYPE OF METHOD.

AND THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER GMP ONE AND IT'S TO COVER LONG LEAD ITEMS. WE'RE PLANNING ON STARTING THAT CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER. SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO ORDER THESE ITEMS IN TIME TO MEET THAT, THAT START DATE. THE TOTAL GMP IS $6,111,685.

WE EXPECT ANOTHER GMP TWO LATER THIS SPRING TO FINALIZE ALL OF THE SUMMER 2026 WORK.

THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS $21,250,000.

ANY QUESTIONS? ROB. ALL RIGHT, SO WE JUST APPROVED, AND LET'S SEE.

DD'S FOR ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, RIGHT? SO WE JUST APPROVED DEEDS.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO A GMP FOR 6.1 FOR HVAC ELECTRICAL.

THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE. IT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS DO.

ALWAYS TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS BOARD HAS BEEN OVERSEEING PROJECTS.

SO FINE WITH THAT. WHICH MEANS WHAT'S THE TOTAL PROJECT MR. BERRY AGAIN? 21. 21 MILLION. SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR COST ESTIMATES THAT WE CAN BRING IN THE REST OF THIS PROJECT FOR THE DELTA,

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YEAH. OKAY. 14 FIVE, LET'S CALL IT. RIGHT. YEAH.

YOU SEE WHAT I'M DOING THERE, SCOTT? I DO SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I'M DOING THERE? 14. FIVE.

ARE YOU PICKING UP WHAT HE'S LAYING DOWN. PICKING UP WHAT I'M LAYING DOWN. SO DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE ROMS AT THIS POINT THAT ALIGN WITH THAT ESTIMATE FOR FUTURE GMP? NUMBER TWO. CAN YOU CAN YOU REPEAT THAT LAST? DO WE HAVE A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COST ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW SINCE WE'RE IN DDS WITH. WHO'S THE GC ON THIS? BRAUN AND BUTLER. OKAY. THAT WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LAND WITHIN $13.5 MILLION LIKE I DID AGAIN.

I DID IT AGAIN TO YOU, $15 MILLION, $15 MILLION.

WE DON'T. WE ACTUALLY DO. WE HAVE WE'RE ACTUALLY VETTING.

HE'S MAKING FUNNY MATH. HOLD ON. $15 MILLION.

IF WE NEED WE NEED THEM. WE ARE ACTUALLY VETTING GMP TWO RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AND WE'RE LOOKING GOOD. WE HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU COMING IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. GOOD. BECAUSE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE SURPRISED.

DON'T WANT TO BE DELAYED BECAUSE WE AUTHORIZE 6.1 FOR THIS.

AND WE FIND OURSELVES AT 18.2. RIGHT. AND SO WE NEED YOUR HELP ON THAT.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE AS A CMAR TO FACILITATE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR DESIGN ALIGNS WITH THE COSTS THAT WE CAN DO THIS ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.

ABOUT 12. GOOD TO GO. 12.5. THAT'S RIGHT. MAYBE 11.

FIVE. NO, I'M KIDDING ABOUT THAT. BUT THIS BOARD HAS NEVER.

WHAT IS HAPPENING. [LAUGHTER] I KNOW, BUT HERE'S WHAT I SAY. THIS BOARD HAS NEVER ALLOWED THESE COSTS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL.

AND IT NEVER ALLOWED US TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DELIVER SOMETHING ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. AND SO WE'RE DOING THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS TIME, BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FEEL ON CDS, ON OUR TOTAL PROJECT COST.

WE DO NOT. AND JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND, WE DON'T AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR ABOUT THE WAY AHEAD.

YEAH. TO BE FAIR, THE STUFF THAT YOU GUYS AREN'T SEEING IS THE FINE DETAILS AND WE KNOW THOSE COSTS, WE KNOW WHAT PAINT IS. WE KNOW WHAT CARPET IS. WE KNOW WHAT VCT IS.

SO THOSE ARE THE FINAL THINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING INTO THE LAST CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

THOSE DETAILS, WE KNOW THOSE ALREADY. SO THOSE HAVE BEEN PRICED OUT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I HAVE NO OBJECTION. I'M CERTAINLY GOOD WITH PROCEEDING. I'D ALSO SAY REMEMBER THERE'S ALTERNATES IN THERE. SO WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE SAID IF WE CAN DO THESE THINGS WE WANT. SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT ARE CHOICES THAT WE'LL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY A SAFE BUDGET.

OKAY. MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I'M GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON THIS. SCOTT AND JAMES.

OKAY. AND TO OUR GOOD FRIENDS OVER HERE AT BRAUN AND BUTLER.

I'M SORRY. WE JUST WERE NOT ACQUAINTED. OKAY.

WHERE IS THIS DOG GONE MOTION? HERE IT IS. I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE GMP AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $6 BILLION 111 DOLLARS.

EXCUSE ME. SCRATCH THAT. SCRATCH THAT. FROM THE RECORD, MADAM SECRETARY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE GMP AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,111,685 FOR THE ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY RENOVATION PROJECT.

I FURTHER MOVE THE BOARD TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE GMP AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IN THE FORM, IN A FORM APPROVED BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL. A MOTION FROM ROB, A SECOND FROM SHANDA. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALMOST VOTED NO. 6 MILLION? YES. LET THE RECORD REFLECT.

THAT WAS 6,111,685. [LAUGHTER] I THINK WE FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT, THOUGH.

WE NEED TO BRING THE KINDERGARTNERS BACK AND HELP YOU WITH SOME READING. [LAUGHTER] I TOLD YOU, IF YOU FALL BEHIND BY THIRD GRADE, YOU NEVER CATCH UP. OKAY. WE USE THE HEGGERTY METHOD HERE.

THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING. READING. YES, WE MIGHT. WE MIGHT NEED TO BRING THEM BACK.

MRS. RAYMOND, IF YOU'RE LISTENING. ALL RIGHT.

MAN, RECOVER. OKAY. CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT.

ALL RIGHT. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT.

IN MAY OF 2025, THE BOARD AWARDED PBK ARCHITECTS THAT PROJECT THEY BEGAN WORKING SHORTLY AFTER THAT, AND THEY ACTUALLY PRESENTED SCHEMATIC DESIGN TO YOU AT OUR CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP IN JANUARY.

THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT TO YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THEM.

I'M KIND OF A LOUD TALKER, SO. I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL PRESENTATION OF THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS YOU'VE SEEN.

I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH. DO I NEED, A CLICKER OR SOMEBODY?

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WHAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING HIGH LEVEL EVALUATION OF THE BUDGET OF THE PROJECT AND THE COMPONENTS THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE BULLET ITEMS. I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ARE TAKING PLACE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE AREAS WITHIN THE CAMPUS THAT ARE THE PROJECT AREAS WHERE THE SCOPE OF WORK IS TAKING PLACE. SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS BEING MADE TO THE FLOOR PLAN.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME BEFORE AND AFTERS OF THE FINISH, UPGRADES AND INTERIOR RENDERINGS SO YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE CURRENTLY. LET'S HOPE I HIT THE RIGHT BUTTON.

NO. ALL RIGHT. LANDSCAPE UPGRADES. YOU CAN SEE THE THE GREEN SHADED AREAS, THE LIGHT GREEN AND SHADED AREAS.

IT REALLY REFLECTS THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE CAMPUS AND THE COURTYARD SPACES THAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED THERE.

ON THE INTERIOR OF THE CAMPUS. SO THOSE COLORED AREAS IDENTIFY THE LIGHT BLUE IS WHERE THE BULK OF ALL THE SCOPES TAKING PLACE HVAC IMPROVEMENTS, ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, PLUMBING IMPROVEMENTS. SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE A DECADE OR MORE OLD THAT ARE BEING IMPROVED AS A PART OF THE MODIFICATION OF THE CAMPUS.

THEN WALL FINISHES, CEILINGS, LIGHTING. SO THE FULL SCOPE TAKES PLACE IN THE LIGHT BLUE AREA.

WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE DASHED BOX HAS TO DO WITH THE FIELDHOUSE AND THE TENNIS COMPLEX.

THEN THE GRAY THE LIGHT GRAY AREA IDENTIFIES JUST WHERE SECURITY UPGRADES ARE TAKING PLACE.

SOME CIRCULATIONS BEING IMPROVED, RESTROOMS BEING ADDED, AND WE HAVE FIRE ALARM SCOPE.

SO THOSE ARE THE PIECES OF THE LIGHT BLUE SCOPE THAT ARE BEING INCORPORATED IN THE GRAY AREA.

THEN THE AREA THAT HAS NO SHADING AT ALL HAS SOME JUST MODEST PLUMBING IMPROVEMENTS SELECTIVELY THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.

ZOOMING INTO THE LECTURE HALL, THAT SPACE IS GETTING ALL NEW DESKS WITH INTEGRATED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS.

SO THROUGHOUT THE BLUE HIGHLIGHTED AREA, ALL THAT IS GETTING UPGRADED COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT SPECIFICALLY, I'M ZOOMING IN ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE LECTURE HALL HERE.

THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE FLOOR PLAN, THE AREA THAT I SHOWED YOU THAT WAS SHADED IN LIGHT BLUE IS ALSO HAVING SOME FINISHED MODIFICATIONS WHERE YOU SEE THE CIRCULATION SPACES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. THOSE ARE GETTING PLASTIC LAMINATE WALL PANEL SYSTEMS INSTALLED, WHERE YOU SEE THE AREAS THAT HAVE ALONG THE WALL ALONG THE WINGS THERE THAT HAVE A RED LINE ON THE WALL.

THOSE ARE GETTING WALL TILE. THEN THE SHADED AREAS THAT YOU SEE IN RED ARE WHERE YOUR COLLABORATION SPACES ARE ARE BEING SPACES ARE BEING MODIFIED TO DEVELOP COLLABORATION SPACES. ALL THE AREAS THAT ARE THAT ARE NOT HIGHLIGHTED ARE GETTING PAINTS.

YOU HAVE PAINT THROUGHOUT. AND THEN IN THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT, THE AREA IN HIGHLIGHTED IN LIGHT GRAY HAS NO SCOPE.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME BEFORE AND AFTERS YOUR EXISTING PHOTOS OF CL&I WITH THE PROPOSED FINISHES AND MODIFICATIONS.

ONE THING I'LL POINT OUT, IF YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE COLUMNS THAT EXIST ON THE RIGHT PICTURE ARE GOING TO GO AWAY.

THEY'RE NON-LOAD BEARING. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT SPACE UP MORE. SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEXT PHOTO THE IMAGERY WILL IDENTIFY WHAT THIS SPACE WILL LOOK LIKE.

SO BEFORE AFTER. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND THIS IS TO.

SO YOU'LL HAVE SOME FINISH UPGRADES, SOME MODIFICATION OF SPACES A BIT AN APPEARANCE THAT REFLECTS A COMPARABLE LEVEL OF FINISH AND COMPARABLE PRESENTATION TO WHAT WILL BE IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TWO PROJECT.

THEN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXISTING HUB AND LECTURE HALL, EXISTING FINISHES AND LIGHT LEVELS PROPOSED THROUGH THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE, FINISHES IN LIGHT LEVELS AND TREATMENT IN THAT SPACE, CERTAINLY MUCH MORE CONTEMPORARY AND AGAIN MUCH MORE ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU'RE DESIGNING AND APPLYING TO HIGH SCHOOL TWO. THEN YOUR EXISTING CORRIDOR SPACES AND THEN PROPOSED CORRIDOR SPACES.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A FEW THINGS RELATIVE TO FLOORING FINISHES AND SELECTIONS, BUT RELATIVE TO THE APPEARANCE, THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT.

EXISTING CLASSROOMS AND LABS. EXISTING APPEARANCE.

PROPOSED FINISH. AND WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE BACK UP TO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SEE OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

SO THE CLASSROOMS THAT'S NEW LIGHTING OR IS THAT THE SAME LIGHTING? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S NEW LIGHTING, NEW PAINT, NEW FLOORING.

YES, MA'AM. OBVIOUSLY THE HVAC, THAT'S THE BIG ONE.

YES. YEAH. IS IT NEW FURNITURE? YES. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY, SO THE IMAGERY YOU SEE THERE REPRESENTS NEW FINISHES, NEW FLOORING, NEW ALL NEW FLOORING, WALL FINISHES, CEILING LIGHTING FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT.

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YEAH. IN THIS IMAGE IT'S ALL NOT. IT HAS NO FILL COLOR.

AND IN THIS IMAGE IT'S ALL GRAY. THAT AREA IS NOT BEING TOUCHED.

SO WE'RE NOT APPLYING FINISHES TO THAT AREA. AND THAT'S YOUR LIKE LARGER SPACES LIKE AUDITORIUM GYM.

YES MA'AM. GOTCHA. OKAY. THIS ALL THE COLLABORATIVE SPACING, THE EDUCATIONAL SPACES.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE STARTING. THAT'S CORRECT OKAY.

OKAY. BECAUSE WE WERE THINKING AT SOME POINT PRIOR TO EVEN THIS BEING DONE, THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER BOND THAT WE WOULD KIND OF PUT THE BACK OF THE PROJECT IN.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION ONE WAS TO INTRODUCE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND ASK THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. GO AHEAD.

SORRY. YEAH, I THINK THIS LOOKS GREAT. I GUESS WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS AS WE'RE TAKING ON BUILDING HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO, EVERYBODY SAID, DON'T FORGET ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER ONE, WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO THAT THESE STUDENTS DESERVE YOU KNOW, A QUALITY ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN IN. AND I JUST LOVE THE FLOOR PLAN AND THE DESIGN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT INTO THIS BUILDING.

I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT. AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT.

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. SO TRUSTEE COUSINS THIS CERTAINLY REPRESENTS THE EQUITY YOU'RE PUTTING IN PLACE TO DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH RELATED TO YOUR SECOND HIGH SCHOOL? YES, MA'AM. YEAH. SO REAL QUICK. I'M FINE WITH THE DESIGN.

EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GREAT, DARRELL. I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, JUST REALLY IN REGARDS TO WHAT KIM KIND OF POINTED OUT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, WE JUST CELEBRATED HOW MANY KIDS? HUNDREDS OF KIDS FOR EXCELLENCE. WE HAD EXCELLENCE ON THE GRIDIRON.

WE HAD EXCELLENCE ON THE VOLLEYBALL COURT. WE HAD EXCELLENCE LACROSSE THIS HIGH SCHOOL WAS PRODUCING EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE BOARD.

CAN WE AGREE ON THAT COLLEAGUES. AND SO I'M THANKFUL THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED A LITTLE BIT OVER $50 MILLION FOR US TO PROVIDE SOME EXCELLENCE IN INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND I THINK THIS DESIGN SO FAR REFLECTS THAT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINAL STUFF AT CDS AND MAKE SURE THE COST COMES IN. RIGHT. BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, YEAH, WE'RE MOVING DIRT ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, BUT HERE COMES HERE COMES SOME EXCELLENCE HERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN IN REGARDS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND HOW WE OFFER SPACES AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR KIDS THAT JUST BREATHE AND FEEL AND LOOK AND SMELL LIKE EXCELLENCE. RIGHT.

SO WELL DONE. WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. LET'S KEEP THE PEDAL TO THE METAL, BECAUSE I KNOW WE GOT TO GET GOING ON THIS HERE PRETTY SOON.

SO AND WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TRY TO GET THIS ONE FULLY CORRECT ON THE FIRST TRY.

I'VE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT AS PRESENTED.

A MOTION FROM ROB. A SECOND FROM OLIVIA. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO OUR REPORTS AND INFORMATION. LEARNING AND INNOVATION REPORT.

[10. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.

BEING THAT IT'S FEBRUARY, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS SO LONG AGO.

DOCTOR MORRIS-KUENTZ DID MENTION THE SEVEN HABITS TRAINING COMING UP AND HOW PARENTS CAN ACCESS THAT.

TRUSTEE, NOT REINOLD TRUSTEE DELEON DID TALK ABOUT SLACK IN THAT LIST IS ON THAT SLACK COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP WEBSITE, AND I CHECKED EVERYTHING IS WORKING APPROPRIATELY.

IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO DOCTOR MAPHIES. I BELIEVE HER CONTACT INFORMATION IS ALSO THERE.

WE DID SURVEY OUR BRAND NEW TEACHERS. AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN INITIATIVE BOTH WITH OUR IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS. AND WE DID A MID-YEAR SURVEY TO SEE HOW ARE HOW ARE THEY FEELING SUPPORTED.

SO OUT OF THE 103 NEW TEACHERS DURING OUR LITTLE CHECK POINT, 96% SAID THEY FEEL SATISFIED OR HIGHLY SATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF MENTORING THEY'RE RECEIVING, INCLUDING THE MENTORING MEETINGS, CAMPUS MEETINGS AND NEW TEACHER ACADEMY.

AND THEN 98.6% SAID THEY INDICATED THAT THEIR MEETINGS HAVE SUPPORTED THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S NOT 100%. AND SO IF IT'S NOT, OUR TEAM IS REACHING OUT TO EACH ONE WHO SCORED LOWER THAN THAT AND WORKING ON A PERSONALIZED PLAN AND SEEING HOW WE CAN BOLSTER THAT SUPPORT. WE DO. THERE IS LITTLE ATTENDANCE BLURB IN OUR REPORT AS WELL.

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AND OUR GOAL IS 96%. SO I KNOW IT'S COLD AND FLU SEASON.

IT'S HARD. WE DON'T WANT STUDENTS TO BECOME SICK, BUT WE DO WANT THEM TO COME IF THEY'RE WELL.

SO IF THEY ARE HEALTHY, PLEASE DO COME TO SCHOOL BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND THE ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT MR. BROWN IS GOING TO BE SHARING OUR ANNUAL REPORT AT THE END OF.

I WAS GOING TO SAY NEXT MONTH, BUT IT'S THIS MONTH, THE END OF THE MONTH. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I KNOW OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES ABOUT THE FIELD TEST FOR STAAR. WE GOT CHOSEN BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.

ALL ELEMENTARIES EXCEPT WILDWOOD. THEY'RE AND IT'S WEIRD HOW WE DO.

IT'S LIKE A LOTTERY. I GUESS THEY JUST THROW THE DARTS.

SO CSC, DSC AND RSC ROOSTER ARE ALL DOING THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE ELAR.

SO READING TEST. SSC AND WALNUT JUST THIRD GRADE READING AND THEN FRIDAY SSMS DOING SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ELAR. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T SAY NO THANK YOU TO THE STATE.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THE TYPICAL STAAR TEST WHERE IT'S DONE IN A WINDOW.

AND SO IT'S A ONE DAY KIND OF TEST. IF THE STUDENTS AREN'T THERE, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT UP IF YOU WILL.

SO IT'S A FIELD TEST JUST FOR READING. AND THEN WE DID GET CHOSEN FOR THE NAEP TEST, THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CORRECT, BUT NAEP THAT'S A READING OF MATH TEST.

WAS THE ONLY CAMPUS TESTED OR SELECTED, AND THAT'S NEXT WEEK FOR OUR EIGHTH GRADERS.

IT'S A LOT. A VERY QUICK QUESTION ON ATTENDANCE.

DO WE HAVE DATA THAT SHOWS HOW MANY OF THOSE OF THE ABSENCES MISSED THE FULL DAY VERSUS PARTIAL DAY? WE CAN GET IT OUT OF SKYWARD. YES. LIKE IT'S JUST AS A PARENT, EVERY WEEK WE GET LIKE THE ATTENDANCE FOR THE CAMPUS.

BUT I STILL DON'T THINK WE'RE MESSAGING ENOUGH ABOUT THE TIME OF DAY THAT WE TAKE ATTENDANCE AT EACH CAMPUS AND TO TRY TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS AROUND THAT.

JUST AN OBSERVATION, BUT I WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS OF THE ABSENCES IF THERE'S IF IT'S EASY TO GET JUST GET THAT TO HOLLY TO GET TO US.

I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MANY OF THOSE ABSENCES ARE NOT FULL DAY ABSENCES. SO THEN THEY'RE PROBABLY LIKE DENTAL AND, YOU KNOW, APPOINTMENTS. AND SOMETIMES STUDENTS WILL COME AND THEN THEY'LL GET CHECKED OUT FOR AN APPOINTMENT AND THEY'LL COME BACK AND THEY'LL BE COUNTED ABSENT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HERE FOR THAT ONE MOMENT IN TIME. SO THAT HAPPENS TOO.

SO WE'LL CAPTURE THAT DATA TO SEE HOW MANY. IT'S EASY.

RANDY ALSO WILL BE CAPTURING THAT DATA. SO I'LL ASK IT.

I, HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST MAYBE SOMETHING FOR JENNIFER, HOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW AMAZING THE NEWSLETTERS ARE THAT THE PRINCIPALS AND THE, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEM ALL THE SAME. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT SPECIFICALLY IS IN THOSE LIKE THE PAW PRESS FROM DSMS. I'M SITTING HERE THINKING, OH, I WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF HER ATTENDANCE IS TAKEN AT X TIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD REALLY EMPHASIZE IN THOSE THAT MIGHT HELP.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? OLIVIA IS HAVING MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THAT TIME.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. JUST BECAUSE IT NEVER HURTS TO DO ANOTHER ROUND OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I KNOW A LOT OF THEM DO COMMUNICATE ABOUT ATTENDANCE, BUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT.

DEFINITELY DO TALK ABOUT ATTENDANCE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A BIG PUSH, BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT ME READING THE NEWSLETTER, IT DOESN'T STICK OUT IN MY MIND THAT THAT TIME RIGHT IS INGRAINED IN ME.

AND I KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I READ THOSE SO. RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT'S NOT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NEWSLETTERS I GET AT THREE SCHOOLS, BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO JUST DO ANOTHER REFRESHER.

ON THE FIELD TEST. WHAT DO THEY USE THAT DATA FOR? IT'S NOT. THEY GIVE IT BACK TO US, I IMAGINE, BUT ARE THEY USING IT? DON'T GET ANYTHING FROM IT. IT'S REALLY JUST FOR THE STATE.

WE DON'T SEE ANY SCORES. IT'S JUST INFORMING THE NEXT TEST TO SEE HOW THEIR ITEMS PERFORM.

DO THEY MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE TEST BASED ON HOW THESE ITEMS PERFORM? DO YOU KNOW? I WOULD IMAGINE THEY WOULD. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.

IT'S BASED ON THE STATE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE OVERALL, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WE HAVEN'T DONE A FIELD TEST AS A STATE IN A WHILE.

SO BECAUSE OUR READING TEKS HAVE NOT CHANGED, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE STATE DECIDED WE DID GET AN EMAIL SAYING IT'S MANDATORY, IT'S REQUIRED PER CODE, BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH, BUT IT DOESN'T GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE INSTRUCTIONALLY AT ALL.

YEAH. AND I THINK THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I MEAN, I KNOW HAS THERE HASN'T BEEN A BIG EMPHASIS ON IT, THANKFULLY WITH THE KIDS. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING IN NERVOUS OR, YOU KNOW.

LOW STAKES. LOW STAKES. YEAH. YEAH. THEY'RE SAYING IT'S A PRACTICE.

IT'S A PRACTICE. SO. OKAY. JUST CURIOUS WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT DATA.

I'LL ASK OUR TEA EXPERT LATER AND INFORM YOU ABOUT IT.

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MOST RECENTLY, THEY HAVE ARE HIGHLIGHTING OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM OVER AT DSC AND HAVE BEEN USING OUR TEACHERS TO DO OBSERVATIONS FOR OUR TEACHERS, FOR TEXAS STATE WHO WANT TO GET INTO EDUCATION, SPECIFICALLY BILINGUAL.

SO THEY'RE COMING OVER AND LOOKING AT MISS ALVARADO'S CLASS SPECIFICALLY.

SHE'S A TEXAS STATE GRADUATE, BUT SHE'S COMING OVER AND THEY'RE REALLY USING HER AS THE MODEL OF WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND SO THAT REALLY HELPS US CONTINUE TO RECRUIT BECAUSE TEXAS STATE WANTS TO PUSH TEACHERS OVER HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY SEEING THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH OUR TEACHERS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE DID HIGHLIGHT OUR SUBSTITUTE FILL RATES.

WE'VE CONTINUED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SUBSTITUTES WE HAVE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SUBS WE HAVE ARE SHOWING UP EVERY DAY WHEN WE HAVE THAT NEED.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT GROWTH FROM IN 22-23 AT 79% FILL RATE TO 88% THIS YEAR.

AND SO THEY ARE REALLY JUST AN AMAZING GROUP OF RETIRED TEACHERS, VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO COME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENCY IN EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND SO OUR FILL RATES JUST CONTINUE TO GROW. BUT IT ALSO HELPS OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO COVER CLASSES.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO REALLY JUST FOCUS ON INSTRUCTIONAL LET TEACHERS HAVE THEIR PLANNING TIME PLC AND THEN HAVE THOSE VACANCIES OR THE ABSENCES FILLED WITH OUR SUBSTITUTE POOL. AND THEN ON PAGE TWO, WE RIGHT NOW HAVE ZERO VACANCIES FOR TEACHERS.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO CHIP AWAY IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS.

BUT IT JUST SPEAKS AGAIN TO OUR AMAZING KIDS AND OUR MENTOR PROGRAM AND ALSO OUR AMAZING ADMINISTRATORS.

THIS IS THAT PLACE THAT THEY WANT TO BE. AND SO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT POOL.

WE ARE ALREADY GETTING EMAILS FROM PEOPLE ASKING WHEN WE'RE GOING TO POST JOBS FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT'S OPEN BECAUSE THEY DO WANT TO BE HERE.

I THINK THAT'S ABOUT YOU AND YOUR TEAM. I THINK Y'ALL HAVE JUST WRAPPED YOUR HANDS AROUND HIRING AND RECRUITING AND MENTORING WHEN THEY GET HERE. AND THE WORD'S GETTING OUT IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

YOU WANT TO GO TO DRIPPING SPRINGS, THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO TEACHING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR BUILDING THAT REPUTATION, BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES US EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT WE ALREADY ARE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT, FINANCE.

SO THE FINANCIALS THAT YOU HAVE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE FROM NOVEMBER 2025.

IN THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE STILL SHOWING LOW.

KEEP IN MIND THIS IS THROUGH NOVEMBER. OUR TAX REVENUE WAS LOW.

BUT AS OF TODAY, WHEN I LOOKED AT JANUARY, WE WERE AT 67.2 MILLION NOT BILLION.

BUT I WOULDN'T MIND THE BILLION, [LAUGHTER] BUT SO WE'RE TRACKING ON OUR REVENUE EXPENDITURES, ESPECIALLY PAYROLL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR, THEY'RE TRACKING AS EXPECTED.

OUR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE THROUGH NOVEMBER IS 28 MILLION.

BUT THERE AGAIN ARE TAX COLLECTIONS ARE NOW COMING IN.

THE OTHER FUND SPECIAL REVENUE CHILD NUTRITION.

OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS THEY'RE ALL OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL RANGES.

OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF TYPICAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR EVERYTHING'S TRACKING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.

EXCUSE ME, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR INVESTMENT REPORT THIS IS THE SECOND QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT.

SO IT'S OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT'S FUNDS ARE INVESTED IN POOLS.

THEY GIVE US DAILY ACCESS TO FUNDS WITH COMPETITIVE RATES, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ON UNNECESSARY RISK.

A LOT OF THAT DEALS WITH CASH FLOWS. WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THE MONEY IN WHEN WE NEED IT.

DURING THE QUARTER, WE EARNED FOR ALL FUNDS APPROXIMATELY 3.3 MILLION AND 6.3 MILLION TO DATE.

EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH POLICY AND THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.

SO EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD THERE. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING?

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WHAT DO WE BUDGET ANNUALLY FOR INVESTMENT INCOME TO THE GENERAL FUND? AND YOU COULD BE ROUND ABOUT. AND LET ME JUST ASK YOU THE QUESTION. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT FIRST.

SECONDLY, I NEED TO BE MORE CURIOUS TO THE BUDGET TIME.

BUT I AM CURIOUS NOW. SECONDLY, IS BASED ON WHERE WE BECAUSE INTEREST RATES ARE HIGH AND OUR INVESTMENTS SEEM LIKE THEY'RE DOING WELL.

DO WE ANTICIPATE POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL INCOMES OR REVENUES WITH INVESTMENT INCOME VERSUS WHAT WE BUDGETED? RATES ARE ACTUALLY GOING DOWN AS FAR AS INVESTMENTS.

SO THEY'RE NOT DRAMATICALLY DROPPING, BUT THEY HAVE DROPPED A FEW BASIS POINTS.

YEP. TRACKING. I WANT TO SAY JUST IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT DON'T TAKE THIS AND I CAN LOOK IT UP, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS MAYBE TWO, 2.5 MILLION SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

OKAY. BUT KEEP IN MIND THE INTEREST, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE INTEREST THAT WE EARNED IS GOING TO BE ON OUR BOND FUNDS JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE TO INVEST. SO WE'RE NOT SEPARATING M&O INVESTMENTS AND I&S.

THESE ARE ALL INVESTMENTS. OKAY. SO THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT QUESTION TO ASK THEN OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE PAGE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT REPORT I THINK IT'S TOWARD THE END YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BREAKOUT WHERE ALL THE FUNDS ARE, AS FOR I THINK IT'S LIKE MAYBE THE SECOND TO THE LAST PAGE, BUT THAT'LL KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

IT'S CALLED CASH SUMMARY. I SEE IT. SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHERE ALL THE CASH BALANCES ARE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE INTEREST RECEIVED. NOW WE DO THIS QUARTERLY.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS $3.3 MILLION OF INTEREST RECEIVED QUARTERLY.

AND THE FIRST FOUR FUNDS, 163, 64, 65 AND 199 THAT MAKES UP THE GENERAL OPERATING.

YES. THIS REPORT ANSWERS MY QUESTION 100%. OKAY.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PAGE. YEAH. PAGE TEN.

JUST MY COLLEAGUES AND I'LL REFERENCE THAT FOR TO AVOID FUTURE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ANSWERED IN YOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU RANDY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE BOND REPORTS.

ARE YOU GOING THERE NEXT OR DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS? OKAY. IN THE 2025 BOND REPORT, THE LINE ITEM FOR ARCHITECTURE FEES IS THAT WAS THAT AN ORIGINAL LINE ITEM? BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS WERE INCLUDED IN THE 2023 BOND.

SO BUT WE'VE GOT 6 MILLION IN HERE FOR 2020 UPPER HIGH SCHOOL TOO.

SORRY. I DO HAVE A PURPOSE TONIGHT. THAT ARCHITECTURE FEE IN 25 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION PIECE.

SO THE PART IN 23 BOND WAS DESIGN ONLY. OKAY.

AND THEN AFTER DESIGN, THERE ARE MORE ARCHITECTURAL FEES FOR THE BUILDING OF THE BUILDING.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN 25. OKAY. DO WE ANTICIPATE MORE THAN THAT OR IS THAT REVISED BUDGET.

I THINK THAT'S BASED ON THEIR CONTRACT. OKAY.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE ORIGINAL COLUMN, THERE WAS BUDGET JUST IN ONE LINE ITEM.

RIGHT. AND THEN AS WE'RE GETTING THESE UPDATED COSTS WE'RE SPLITTING IT OUT OKAY OKAY.

YEAH. I FIGURED I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY AN ARCHITECT DOES KIND OF OVERSEE A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION GOING IN.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S ENGINEERING FEES THAT THE ARCHITECT MAY BE BILLING US FOR.

SO WE TRY TO SPLIT THOSE OUT, BUT THAT WILL SHOW UP ON THEIR INVOICE AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OPERATIONS. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE PRESENTED A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE TO YOU FOLKS IN IN JANUARY.

JUST WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO OBTAIN PERMITS AND SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING ON HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO WITHOUT DELAY.

OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT THEY'VE HANDLED 530 WORK ORDERS DURING THE NOVEMBER DECEMBER PERIOD.

THOSE ARE TWO PARTIAL MONTHS. SO REMEMBER, WE'RE OUT A WEEK IN NOVEMBER AND A FULL WEEK IN DECEMBER AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK ORDERS FOR THEM. THEY ALSO IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.

AND THEY ALSO SAY THEY DELIVERED SOME TRAINING TO NURSES.

SO TIPS AND TECHNIQUES. AND THEN THEY ALSO REDESIGNED THE MASTER SCHEDULING SCREENS JUST FOR IMPROVED VISIBILITY.

OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT DURING THOSE TWO MONTHS, 303 WORK ORDERS.

THEY ALSO WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S DEDICATED TO CHANGING FILTERS IN THE DISTRICT.

DURING THAT TIME, THAT PERSON CHANGED 772 FILTERS.

AND THAT'S NOT ALL OF THEM. OKAY, THERE ARE MORE.

BUT I WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT THAT. AND THAT'S ONE THAT'S IT'S ACTUALLY WE LIKE TO START PEOPLE AND GROW THEM.

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AND THEY'LL MOVE, THEY'LL GRADUATE ONTO TO DOING OTHER THINGS, BUT THEY'RE STARTING THERE.

ALSO, THE TEAM HAD TRAINING AGAIN THIS WEEK OR THIS PAST MONTH.

IT WAS AT WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY AND IT FOCUSED ON OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE WHOLE RAINWATER OR THE WATER RECLAMATION SYSTEM.

IT COVERED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF BEST PRACTICES, AND IT PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE AND INSTRUCTION ON SCHOOLS WATER RECLAMATION SYSTEM.

WE WERE CLOSED THE DAY THE TUESDAY THAT WE WERE CLOSED.

I WENT TO WILDWOOD AND THOSE CISTERNS WERE COLLECTING A TON OF WATER.

SO IT WAS KIND OF NICE TO HEAR. I WALKED BY IT AND IT WAS JUST LOADED.

SO WE'LL HAVE SOME WATER TO IRRIGATE WITH. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THEY WELCOMED A NEW DRIVER.

CURRENTLY COMPLETING THE CERTIFICATION TESTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY THEIR, FLEET MAINTENANCE GROUP. SO THIS IS FOLKS THAT WORK ON THE FLEET 444 VEHICLE WORK ORDERS OVER BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER. AND THEN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR YOU GUYS TO KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY, MAYBE NOT EXTRACURRICULAR, BUT FIELD TRIP AND ATHLETIC ROUTES WE HANDLE.

THERE WERE 399 IN THE FALL SEMESTER. THAT'S 194 FIELD TRIPS AND 205 ATHLETIC EVENTS.

SO THAT WAS THAT'S A LOT. AND THEN FINALLY IN CHILD NUTRITION THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR AUDIT.

YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT. IT IS A THREE HEADED COMPLIANCE REVIEW.

FIRST ONE IS THE FEDERAL CHILD NUTRITION GUIDELINES.

IT INCLUDES AN ON SITE VISIT, WHICH THEY'LL BE COMING IN FEBRUARY TO OBSERVE THE OPERATIONS.

THEY ALSO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REVIEW.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON THAT.

AND THEN LET'S SEE ALSO AN EXAMINATION. LET'S SEE.

FINALLY THEY DO A PROCUREMENT REVIEW. SO HOW WE ARE PROCURING ALL OF OUR ITEMS. SO THAT'S THE OPERATIONS REPORT. JUST BACK UP TO THE TOP ON THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 18 PLUS GENERAL FEELING ON OUR COMPLETION.

LIKE IF WE STILL FEEL LIKE THOSE ORIGINAL CONVERSATIONS ARE ACCURATE.

ON TIMELINE. 18 PLUS. YEAH. TIMELINE. WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A VALUE ENGINEERING PIECE.

WE'RE TRYING TO TO WORK ON THE BUDGET. AND DEPENDING ON THAT OUTCOME, IT MAY HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH PERMITTING WITH TCQ.

BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE WE'RE IN A DELAY ON IT.

OKAY. THANKS. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. SO TWO DEVELOPMENT NOTIFICATIONS FOR Y'ALL. YOU WILL SEE A PLACE IN HERE CALLED HAYDEN PLACE AT 12 AND 290, 36 NEW HOMES COMING IN NEAR DOWNTOWN DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND THEN ALSO A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING IN IN CALCATERRA RIGHT OFF 12, WHICH IS A PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

SO TWO UPDATE NOTICES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN ONE MORE THAT WE WILL PROBABLY BRING YOU ON IN FEBRUARY.

BUT THERE WAS ONE MORE THAT JUST CAME IN BUT MISSED POSTING TIME. ALL RIGHT.

[11. CLOSED SESSION]

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

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

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION, I GUESS TRICIA.

[12. OPEN SESSION]

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE SERVICE AVAILABILITY LETTER AND NONSTANDARD SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE WATER SERVICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO WITH WEST TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY AUTHORITY.

I FURTHER MOVE THE BOARD TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE THE SERVICE AVAILABILITY LETTER AND THE NONSTANDARD SERVICE AGREEMENT IN A FORM APPROVED BY LEGAL COUNSEL. A MOTION FROM ROB. SECOND FROM KIM.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SIX ZERO.

[01:55:01]

GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.