May 11, 2026 Board of Trustees Agenda Review Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. WE HAVE GATHERED FOR AN AGENDA REVIEW MEETING OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS MONDAY, MAY 11TH. THE TIME IS NOW 2:06 P.M.. THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.

WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT.

AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF AGENDA REVIEW MEETINGS IS TO REVIEW ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS IN PREPARATION FOR THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK.

NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL THE REGULAR MEETING. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF NEEDED SO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS FULLY PREPARED FOR THE REGULAR MEETING. ALL RIGHT.

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A FEW RECOGNITIONS ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING. SOME ON THIS LIST ARE GOING TO COME IN JUNE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE IT AND SOME THAT ARE NOT ON THIS LIST ARE GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE. SO WE'LL HAVE YOU ALL AN UPDATED LIST. SO JUST KNOW THEY'LL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. AND A NUMBER OF BOARD HIGHLIGHTS. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY PHOTOS FOR TRUSTEES AROUND TOWN, BE SURE TO SPREAD THEM ALONG TO KATIE.

THAT WAS A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT EVENT. I WILL FORGIVE OLIVIA FOR CALLING ME STEFANI [LAUGHS].

THAT HAS BEEN WEIGHING ON ME SO HEAVILY. IT'S OKAY [INAUDIBLE] AND STEFANI, I WILL SAY YOUR TRUSTEES ARE IN TOWN.

IT'S HYSTERICAL BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ON A SKI HAT IN APRIL.

I KNOW. MAY 1ST, MAY 1ST. IT WAS FREEZING. THAT WAS THAT FIRST BASEBALL GAME.

I THINK IT'S CRAZY. [INAUDIBLE] THERE WAS A LOT THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR, I GUESS. ALL RIGHT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR AGENDA REVIEW? NO? OKAY. OKAY. SO FIRST PRESENTATION IS ALL THE TALK OF THE TOWN. OUR HIGH SCHOOL TWO NAMING AND BRANDING COMMITTEE WORK.

DID WE TALK ABOUT MOVING THIS TO ACTION? WE DID TALK ABOUT MOVING INTO ACTION.

IF YOU ALL WANTED ON ACTION FOR ME, YOU CAN DECIDE TO VOTE ON IT OR NOT STILL.

FOR THE SAKE OF TODAY, WE. SO WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP ABOUT THIS TWO WEEKS AGO? WHAT WAS THIS? GOSH, IT'S ALL RUNNING TOGETHER IN MAY SUMMER.

IT WAS OKAY, ALL RIGHT. NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS AGO.

OKAY. AND SO WE HAD HAD A VERY ROBUST THREE HOUR DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME.

THE NAMING AND BRANDING COMMITTEE JUST MET FOR THEIR FINAL.

THIS WILL BE KIND OF THE PROCESS LED BY JENNIFER.

SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT NEXT MONDAY. ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNS FROM BOARD MEMBERS TODAY, SPECIFIC THINGS WE WANT TO SEE? IT IS AS A REMINDER FROM JUST OUR UNDERSTANDING OUR POLICY IS TO APPROVE THE NAME AND HOLLY WHAT IS DO WE KNOW THE DATE WHEN THAT FORMAL LIKE JUST EVEN THE NAME HAS TO BE APPROVED.

I DON'T HAVE THAT FOR YOU YET, BUT I'LL NAME.

NAME IS THIS SUMMER WE NEED TO GET NAME PROBABLY BY AUGUST BOARD MEETING.

BEFORE AUGUST BOARD MEETING. OR BY AUGUST BOARD MEETING NO LATER THAN AUGUST BOARD MEETING.

OKAY, SO I THINK MY QUESTION FOR YOU BOARD MEMBERS TODAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INCLUDE ANY OF THESE ELEMENTS INTO AN ACTION ITEM NEXT WEEK? I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT FOR THIS MEETING.

PUTTING A NAME. VOTING ON A NAME. I THINK ONLY NAME ONLY.

OKAY. YEAH. A LOT OF NAME ONLY. OKAY. I WILL GO WITH THE GROUP.

MY PREFERENCE IS TO NOT. MAYBE I'LL GET THERE.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PRECLUDE US FROM OBVIOUSLY, CONSIDERING THAT AS IT RELATES TO HAVING IT THAT FOR POSSIBLE ACTION ON MONDAY NIGHT. BUT I DO WANT TO STATE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THERE.

SO. GIVEN IT'S AGENDA REVIEW. DO WE WANT TO PUT IT ON ACTION OR DO WE NOT COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH? WE WANT TO PUNT IT AT LEAST TO JUNE. I'M HEARING FROM THE MAJORITY YES, WE CAN VOTE ON A NAME, BUT I AM HEARING SOME OPPOSITION. I'D RATHER IT BE.

I MEAN, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT DECISION. AND IF HOLLY'S SAYING WE DO HAVE SOME TIME, I WOULD I WAS IN FAVOR OF.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. TRICIA. SO IF WE IF WE DID IT IN JUNE, WHAT INFORMATION WOULD CHANGE?

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GETTING DONE BY JUNE TO BRING Y'ALL BACK. I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE ASKED FOR MORE INPUT AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING ON THAT.

BUT IN TERMS OF REALLY FEELING LIKE THAT'S FULLY VETTED OUT IN TIME FOR POSTING AND PLANNING FOR JUNE MEETING, I JUST WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS OF NOT OVERCOMMITTING.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND OUR GOAL HAS TO BE AT THIS VERY MOMENT TO GET STUDENT GROUPS, AND THEN PEOPLE GO ON VACATION, AND THAT WILL MAKE IT HARD TO GET THE REST OF THE FEEDBACK.

OKAY. AND I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE THE KIDDOS ARE LEAVING.

THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS OF ANY SURVEY THAT WE WOULD GET DONE IN ORDER TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN, INTO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO DEFINITELY, IF THERE'S NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE COULD BRING TO THE CONVERSATION, I DON'T REALLY FORESEE ANY REASON WHY WE SHOULD PUNT IT TO JUNE.

YEAH, NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SAY THE SAME.

I THINK THAT GIVEN WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, GIVEN THE STEPS THAT THE BOARD HAS FULFILLED THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE SET FORTH, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO VOTE ON THE NAME.

LET EVERYONE MOVE ON AND THEN CONTINUE ANY ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

WHAT MORE INFORMATION DO YOU NEED, ROB? WELL, I DON'T I DON'T NEED I MEAN, NUMBER ONE, I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAVEN'T HAD A RECOMMENDATION. WE'VE SEEN THE DRAFTS, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT FIRST AND FOREMOST. SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL ON THE DAIS ABOUT IT AND THEN DETERMINE FROM THAT POINT, ARE WE CLOSE? ARE WE THERE? I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS.

ONCE WE HAVE A FIRM RECOMMENDATION AND WE'VE HAD A PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, BASED UPON WHERE THE BOARD IS LEANING AND WHICH I THINK WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SENSE OF UNITY ON THIS, ON THIS DAIS ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE PILLARS AND SO ON.

BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH INFORMATION WILL CHANGE, BUT ALSO.

WELL, FEEL FREE TO SHARE. I MEAN, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION HERE AND YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THE PRESENTATION AND STUFF, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD A PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

I KNOW I STARTED THOUGH. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ALL OF THE DISCUSSION TO NEXT WEEK AND IT TURNS INTO, I MEAN IT. I AM HEARING THE VAST MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO VOTE.

I THEN THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S YOUR. I'M. I'LL GO ALONG WITH THE WITH THE TEAM AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE STRUCTURED THE AGENDA AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION.

WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES. YEAH. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE TODAY? NO. NO. DOES ANYONE WANT TO SHARE TODAY? WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION, THE WORKSHOP. I THINK WE'RE ALL. THERE'S A LOT OF ALIGNMENT THERE. RIGHT? I THINK IT'S I, I WAS HOPING AS IT RELATES TO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, AT THE WORKSHOP, I DISCUSSED SOME OF MY CONCERNS AROUND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MISSING. MAYBE JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT.

YEAH, LET ME, LET ME DO THAT REAL QUICK. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE WORKSHOP, I HAD EVERYTHING.

OKAY, IT'S ALL RIGHT. LET'S MAKE SURE IT'S EVERYTHING IS OKAY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE IN THE RECORDING, HOLLY GETS ALL THE EMERGENCY ALERTS. SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SHE'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GO THERE. SO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS COMMITTEE HAS COME TOGETHER. IT'S WORKED REALLY HARD. IT'S IT'S IT'S COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. IN THE WORKSHOP IDENTIFIED SOME THINGS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. I, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THE COMMITTEE IN ALL THEIR WORK AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK DONE, REACHED A CONSENSUS IN THE FIRST MEETING ABOUT THE NAMING OF THE SCHOOL.

STATISTICALLY WHEN YOU DO GROUP DYNAMICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IS A VERY RARE CIRCUMSTANCE, VERY RARE CIRCUMSTANCE. NOW, THERE WAS ALIGNMENT WITH THE DATA IN SEVERAL CASES, NOT IN ALL, BUT IN SEVERAL CASES. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK I DON'T THINK WE'RE TOO FAR OFF TRACK, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NOT A LOT OF THERE WERE SOME VOICES AS IT RELATES TO FOLKS WHO HAVE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY A LONG TIME THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY NECESSARILY INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS, THAT WEREN'T REPRESENTED AS A PART OF FULLY REPRESENTED IN MY MIND AS A PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION PROCESS.

AND MY CONCERN GOING FORWARD IS I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT.

NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S NOT ALIGNMENT. I MEAN, DON'T INFER ANYTHING. I'M SAYING WE MAY HAVE COMPLETE AND UTTER AND TOTAL ALIGNMENT. AND TO BE HONEST, DIRECTIONALLY, I KIND OF LIKE WHERE WE'RE HEADED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS INDEED THE CASE. RIGHT? WE JUST DID THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY. I'M LOOKING AT 150 YEARS OF HISTORY AND TRADITION IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT THE COMMITTEE, BASED ON WHAT I SEE THE RECOMMENDATION IS, WE DIDN'T ALIGN WITH A LOT OF THE PILLARS.

OKAY. IN THIS CASE, I THINK IN THE NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION, I DON'T THINK WE ALIGNED WITH ANY OF THE PILLARS WITH THAT TO TAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD TO A DECISION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PRUDENT.

AND THAT IS WHY THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. AND AND THAT'S ALL.

AND AGAIN, THIS WE MAY HAVE ALIGNMENT. WE MAY DECIDE THAT, HEY, COLLECTIVELY, THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH. WE'VE HAD SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I

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AND IF THERE IS A LITTLE TIME NOT TO DISREGARD WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE, BUT TO TAKE THAT IN ADDITION TO SOME TIME TO GET SENTIMENT AND FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'M VERY OPEN TO THAT PROCESS.

BUT THAT SAID, IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD. I WILL, OF COURSE, ALIGN MYSELF WITH YOU GUYS ON THAT.

I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT ROB SAID BECAUSE IN THE WORKSHOP, WE DID HAVE A REALLY IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND HOW THAT FACTION OF THE COMMUNITY, THOSE STAKEHOLDERS WERE MISSING FROM THE CONVERSATION. HOWEVER, I THINK BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT I'M SEEING AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO US NEXT WEEK, THAT IF WE ARE. I THINK IF WE WERE VOTING ON A WHOLE PACKAGE, I WOULD NOT BE THERE AT ALL.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE MORE CONVERSATION AND THE MORE INFORMATION COMES IN THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION TO DO TO GET FOR US THE NAME RECOMMENDATIONS, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS IN THERE THAT REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

AND SO FOR ME, THAT'S WHERE I AM THAT I CAN I FEEL CONFIDENT IN VOTING ON A NAME BASED ON THESE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS NEXT WEEK.

SO I AGREE WITH WHAT ROB IS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO WE SAT IN THERE AND SAID WE KIND OF NEED MORE INFORMATION, BUT IF WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NAME, I'M CONFIDENT THAT, YOU KNOW, SYCAMORE SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, CYPRESS SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, THOSE NAMES ARE OF CURRENT SCHOOLS.

THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY LIKE TRADITIONAL, ROOTED IN HERITAGE NAMES.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD OPTIONS ON THIS TO BE ABLE TO SAY THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY ARE IN THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE SLIDE HERE. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH THE NAME.

I WAS JUST GOING TO POINT OUT AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG GIVEN THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE MAKES A RECOMMENDATION AND THE BOARD VOTES ON THE NAME, BUT IF WE WERE MOVING FORWARD, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DO, BUT IF WE WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION ON THE DAIS, WHICH TO ROB'S POINT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE SEQUENTIAL, THE CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS, RIGHT, IT NARROWS IT DOWN TO MAKING A DECISION QUICKLY.

BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH WITH UPDATES AND WHATNOT. HOWEVER, ON THE DAIS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE 90% ON AND WE MAKE A MOTION TO SAY, YES, WE WANT TO ADOPT THIS, WITH THIS CHANGE, I'M COMPLETELY PULLING SOMETHING OUT OF THE AIR.

IMAGINE THAT THERE'S TWO COLORS OR THREE COLORS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED, AND WE ADD A COLOR OR TAKE AWAY THE COLOR, VOTING ON IT AND ADOPTING IT. THERE CAN STILL BE CHANGE FROM THE BOARD BODY IN THAT MOMENT.

RATHER IT'S JUNE, JULY, AUGUST. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, TECHNICALLY, YEAH. I MEAN, YOU YOU'RE SAYING YOU COULD VOTE ON SOMETHING IN MAY AND THEN CHANGE YOUR MIND IN JUNE OR.

NO, I'M SAYING IF THE IF A PACKAGE WAS PRESENTED, BEAR WITH ME AND SAY WE'RE NOT VOTING ON A PACKAGE.

LET ME JUST KNOW. AND POLICY ACTUALLY ONLY REQUIRES WE VOTE ON NAME.

YES. SO. OKAY, LET ME JUST REWIND REAL QUICK.

SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THE BOARD THAT IS UNANIMOUS IS WE WANT TO SEPARATE OUT THESE THINGS.

I'M OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE ALL IN ALIGNMENT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE VOTING ON THE FULL PACKAGE NEXT WEEK.

OKAY. THE ONLY THING POTENTIALLY WE COULD HAVE ACTION ON NEXT WEEK IS NAME.

I DO THINK WE SHOULD ADD IT TO OUR ACTION. WE CAN ALWAYS DECIDE AFTER DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK.

IF WE ARE NOT IN ALIGNMENT LIKE THAT, IT'S THAT WE'RE READY FOR THAT DECISION, WE CAN DECIDE AS A BOARD BODY AT THAT POINT TO DELAY, WHICH HOLLY HAS SAID AT LEAST TILL JUNE. THE CONCERN IS, AS OF THIS POINT IN DISCUSSION, WE POTENTIALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DATA.

I CAN SHARE MY CONCERNS, BUT I'LL LET YOU FINISH.

NOW, JUST SO WE'RE KIND OF CAUGHT UP TO THE MOMENT. SO NOW I'LL ASK YOUR QUESTION AGAIN.

I THINK I WAS JUST MAKING THE POINT THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE PUT ON ACTION, AND WE VOTE THAT THROUGH CONVERSATION ON THE DAIS, WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A CHANGE. SO IF THERE WAS, FOR EXAMPLE, A COLOR PALETTE AND WE WERE DISCUSSING.

SURE. YOU'RE SAYING IF THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE IS SAYING ONE THING, WE CAN.

CORRECT. SURE. YEAH. YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT. THERE MIGHT COME A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN WE ALL ARE IN FAVOR AND THEN WE VOTE ON THAT.

SO I THINK THAT THAT JUST LEADS BACK TO THE POINT THAT THAT CONVERSATION CAN IMPACT THAT ULTIMATE.

YES. KIM, A COUPLE OF THINGS. I'M I FEEL LIKE AFTER THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WITH THE NAMES OF THE LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN HERE.

I'M COMFORTABLE MAKING A DECISION WITH THAT LIST.

A COUPLE ANOTHER THING THAT COMES TO MIND WITH ME, AS THE ORIGINAL SURVEY THAT WENT OUT HAD ALMOST 4000 PEOPLE RESPOND TO IT, AND IT WAS OPENED UP TO ANYBODY, ANY CITIZEN, ANY STUDENT, ANY PARENT, ANY EMPLOYEE.

AND THOSE ARE THE 4000 PEOPLE THAT VALUED IT AND TOOK THE TIME AND THEY DID IT.

SO THERE'S THAT. AND I VALUE THAT INFORMATION.

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THEY GOT A LOT ON THEIR MIND. THEN EVERYBODY BREAKS FOR THE SUMMER AND THEN THEY COME BACK, YOU KNOW, EARLY TO MID AUGUST. AND WE NEED A DEADLINE OF PICKING ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR BY AUGUST FOR A DATE FOR CONSTRUCTION. WHEN WOULD THAT INFORMATION BE COLLECTED? I MEAN LIKE THE NIGHT BEFORE OR I MEAN THAT THE TIMING CONCERNS ME.

EVERYBODY COMING BACK IN AUGUST. THAT'S GREAT.

YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T SEE A SURVEY BEING READY TO GO WITH RESULTS TO DRIVE A DECISION ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW BY THEN. BUT THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS. BUT I WOULD BE READY TO GET A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AND TAKE ACTION ON A NAME ONLY NEXT WEEK.

WHAT I AM HEARING, THOUGH, IS THAT I DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE STUDENT INPUT ON A NAME.

THAT'S I GUESS I THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S A LARGER PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DID NOT FULLY HEAR FROM MY CONCERN ON THE NAME. I MEAN, AND QUITE FRANKLY, NONE OF THESE WAS MY FIRST CHOICE.

BUT HONESTLY, NONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SIX OPTIONS WERE MY FIRST CHOICE EITHER.

I STILL LOVE CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONE DAY.

YOU KNOW, BUT THAT SAID, I AM OKAY VOTING ON THE OPTIONS PRESENTED BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THERE WAS QUITE A SIGNIFICANT, OVERWHELMING POPULATION OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY DID WANT ONE THING.

I DO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS, ROB. AND AT THE WORKSHOP I SHARED IN A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS.

I DO THINK AS I'VE SAT ON IT, I DO THINK A HIGH SCHOOL IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN REALLY ANY OTHER KIND OF CREATIVE WORK.

AND SO I, YOU KNOW, AND I HAD COMPLAINTS TO THE COMMITTEE, I WAS THE BOARD LIAISON, AND I SHARED MY CONCERNS TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY WERE NOT GETTING OUTSIDE THE BOX AT ALL. BECAUSE THESE NAMES WERE LITERALLY PULLED JUST FROM THE SURVEY.

THE ONE THING ABOUT THE SURVEY I PERSONALLY DID NOT LIKE IS THAT IT REALLY WAS.

IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE EXISTING SPRINGS WAS NOT POPULAR TO MOST PEOPLE.

I GOT BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK.

SO THEN WE ARE NOW BASING ALL OF OUR TOP RECOMMENDATIONS ON WRITE INS.

THAT IS MY ONE CONCERN. I DO NOT LOVE THAT. BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT PREVENT ME FROM ALSO JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH A VOTE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS AN EXCITING THING. AND I THINK THE LONGER WE WAIT, I THINK IT ADDS MORE ANXIETY UNNECESSARILY TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I, I WOULD LIKE JUST AT LEAST ONE NICE WIN TO WALK INTO THE SUMMER AND GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AMAZING CAMPUS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, A WONDERFUL CAMPUS.

I PERSONALLY THINK MASCOT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. I DON'T EVEN THINK THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT THEY WANT ANYMORE. I THINK PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED THEIR MINDS.

I THINK I'M HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS FROM THE SAME PERSON NOW.

AND SO I THINK MASCOT AND TO HOLLY'S REFLECTION, THAT'S THE ONE WE CAN WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

WHAT'S WHAT DO YOU SAY THAT WHAT IS THAT TIMELINE WISE EVEN MEAN? I THINK WE THINK THAT CAN BE FULL. RIGHT. WE'RE WE'RE NEEDING NAMING COLORS FAIRLY QUICKLY.

OKAY. NAME AND COLORS AT THE SAME TIME. NO, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE TO BE THE SAME TIME, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE FASTEST.

SOUNDS LIKE NAME IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER. AND I THINK YOU KIND OF TAKE IT ONE BITE AT A TIME, RIGHT? SO NAME, THEN COLORS, THEN MASCOT, AND COLORS AND MASCOT GO TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT TOO. SO, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THOSE.

COLORS IS STILL AUGUST KIND OF TIME FRAME OR? NO, I THINK EARLY FALL, THAT'S LIKE SEPTEMBER.

OCTOBER. YEAH, SOMETIME IN THAT FRAME. I APOLOGIZE, YOU DON'T INVITE ME UP HERE, BUT WHAT'S DRIVING THE COLORS IS WE'RE LOOKING AT, I AM BUILDING A PRETTY EXTENSIVE SPREADSHEET THAT'S CAUSING IT, THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE THIS.

THERE'S ABOUT 50 ITEMS ON THAT SHEET RIGHT NOW.

THE BIG ONES RIGHT NOW ARE LOCKERS, THE LOCKER COLOR, THE BLEACHER COLOR WHERE YOU PUT THE INITIALS IN THERE, ANYTHING RELATED TO SPORTS, THE TURF, CAUSE WE'RE HAVING LOCKERS IN LIKE ATHLETICS.

OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE COLORS.

SO SOME OF THOSE LEAD TIMES, LIKE JUST GO FOR THE BLEACHER ASSEMBLIES.

SO WE HAVE THE BLEACHERS. LET'S JUST SAY FOR ARGUMENT, THEY'RE MAROON AND SILVER MAROON.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SILVER. THOSE CAN BE THOSE RIGHT NOW ARE 152 DAYS OUT THE TIME WE NEED THEM TO INSTALL.

SO DEPENDING ON THE COLOR PALETTE THAT WE PICK OUT, WE HAVE TO BACKTRACK THAT.

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LIKE THEY'LL HAVE TWO BLUES, TWO REDS, ONE YELLOW, WHATEVER.

DEPENDING ON THE COLOR THAT WE PICK, IT COULD BE A CUSTOM COLOR AND THAT COULD BLEED INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO THAT'S WHY THOSE LEAD TIMES ARE OUT THERE.

THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THIS. THAT'S A SUPER, SUPER INTERESTING POINT OF FEEDBACK.

IF IT'S A CUSTOM COLOR. YEAH. THAT'S INTERESTING.

OKAY. MARY JANE, SINCE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE MOVING THIS TO ACTION.

AND I HAVE NOT BEEN WEIGHING IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I JUST DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE SURPRISED FOR ME, MY NUMBER ONE KIND OF HARD AND FAST ON ANY NAME IS THAT IT DOES INCLUDE SPRINGS.

I MEAN, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY I INHERITED IN 2012.

AND I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING THAT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS HAS SPRINGS.

IT JUST IT MEANS DRIPPING SPRINGS TO ME. SO I JUST WANTED TO LAY THAT OUT THERE.

ON ON THE FLOORING FOR THE GYMNASIUMS. I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH COLOR AND MASCOTS.

LIKE WHERE IN THE PROCESS DO THEY START WITH THAT FLOORING BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A MASCOT AND A COLOR.

YES, MA'AM. SO MOST OF THAT IS PAINT. SO THE, THE FLOOR IS GOING TO GO DOWN.

IT'S GOING TO BE IN OAK AND ASH THAT'LL GO DOWN. AND THEN THAT'S ALL COLOR OR PAINT.

THE MASCOT THAT GOES ON THERE. THERE IS SOME TIME TO GENERATE THAT OR MAKE THAT MASCOT AND GET OUR ALL OF OUR DISTRICT STANDARDS KIND OF EFFECT INTO THAT.

BUT THAT THAT CAN WAIT A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO JUST, JUST THAT, THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.

OKAY. AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT AS WELL, BUT I, JENNIFER'S TEAM IS GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TIME AS WELL FOR THAT MASCOT PIECE AND, AND THE BRANDING. SO IT'S A LOT OF IT CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUSH IN OR THEIR TIME CONSTRAINTS ARE ALSO GOING TO NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.

YEAH. DESPITE ALL THE CHATGPT EXCELLENCE THAT IS FLOATING AROUND, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET COPYRIGHTED.

AND SO IT'S ALL GOT TO BE FULLY VETTED THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FIRST.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND CONCUR. ANY WEIGHT, ANY KICKING IT DOWN THE PATH REALLY GIVES ME ANXIETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT WE SET FORTH THE COMMITTEE THAT HAD A JOB TO DO, AND THEY HAVE DONE THAT JOB.

AND THEN AS THE BOARD BODY, I'VE SAID THIS TO SOME FRIENDS WITHIN THE COMMITTEE OR THAT ARE HEARING THINGS THAT HAPPEN ABOUT THE COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE HAS AN INCREDIBLE JOB TO DO IN COMING TO THAT, BUT THE BOARD ALSO HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS WITH MAYBE A 100 YEAR PLAN AHEAD OF US FROM A 1000 FOOT VIEW. AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE MIGHT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT POSSIBLY THE MEMBERS ON A COMMITTEE DON'T.

SO IN MY OPINION, WE REALLY HAVE WHAT WE NEED.

I VALUE THE 4000, NEARLY 4000 PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY AS A BOARD BODY AND LEADERS TO LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION, INSERT THE THINGS THAT AS A BOARD BODY WITH THE DISTRICT'S GUIDANCE THAT WE FIND ARE VERY IMPORTANT, LIKE SOME PILLARS AND MESH THAT TOGETHER AND MAKE A DECISION AND, AND MOVE FORWARD.

IN MY OPINION, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE NAME AND COLORS DONE VERY QUICKLY, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE'S ANYONE THAT ATTENDED OR LISTENED TO THE WORKSHOP, I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF ALIGNMENT, BUT MY CONCERN WOULD BE PUSHING ANYTHING IF I, WHEN I HEAR FALL, IT JUST GIVES ME ANXIETY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN ALSO STILL INSERT THE WILL OF THE BOARD AND THE GUIDANCE OF, OF THE DISTRICT. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS AND WAITING GIVES ME, I DON'T THINK IT HELPS WITH THE COMMUNITY OR WHAT CONSTRUCTION NEEDS.

OKAY, SO IN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, I THINK ONE SPECIFIC REQUEST I HAVE IS TIMELINE AS CLOSE, LIKE ON EACH OF THESE THINGS. WHEN SPECIFICALLY DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THEM? ALSO KEEP IN MIND WE DO NOT USUALLY HAVE A JULY BOARD MEETING.

SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT ONLY JUNE, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER REALLY.

SO I DON'T THINK ANY LATER THAN SEPTEMBER IS KIND OF WHAT I'M HEARING.

YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'RE ALL KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE ISH WITH TIMELINE, BUT ANY MORE HARDER THAN THAT? AND THEN WHAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR COLORS AND MASCOT DO MY COLLEAGUES NEED? I MEAN, DO WE, DO WE NEED ANOTHER SURVEY? DO WE NEED FOCUS GROUPS? DO WE NEED MORE STUDENT INPUT? I MEAN, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT READY.

SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE TO HOLLY AND HER TEAM FOR US TO BE READY IN? BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COME UP QUICKLY. AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAN KIND OF THEIR OWN NEXT STEPS IF THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE THIS SUMMER.

I DIDN'T SEE WHO WAS FIRST. TRICIA, GO AHEAD. I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD PROBABLY MAYBE RELY ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND HOLLY MORE

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DAVE DID A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY FOR OUR 150 YEARS.

SO THEY ARE EQUIPPED BETTER THAN US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE DIRECTIVES.

AND THEN ANY INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE OVER AND BEYOND THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AT OUR BOARD MEETING.

BUT I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO RELY ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND HOLLY TO BRING US WHAT THEY FEEL IS NECESSARY TO MOVE US FORWARD.

YOU WANT THEM TO BRING FORWARD ONE RECOMMENDATION OR OPTIONS? I WOULD SAY AT LEAST TWO. OKAY. OLIVIA. THE ONLY THING I NEED, AS IS HOW THE DECISION FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL TO COLOR PALETTE IMPACTS BRANDING UPWARD FOR DISTRICT BRANDING, SO THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT REBRANDING THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, MAYBE ARE WE ADDING A COLOR BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DRIP? WE'RE ONE FAMILY. WE'RE ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BRANDING UP, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT US? AND THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE A RESPONSIBLE DECISION ON EXPENSES AND THE OVERALL SYSTEM.

YEAH, I AGREE, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING TO SO I TURNED OFF, BUT I FULLY AGREE WITH WHAT THAT IS, IS FISCALLY WE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS ON ALL OF THIS TOO.

AND SO I KNOW THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE A, YOU KNOW, DEFINITIVE NUMBER, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE'RE BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A COMPLETE CHANGE OF A COLOR PALETTE, DOES THAT TRICKLE? NOT ONLY IS IT BRANDING UP, BUT DOES IT, ARE WE TRICKLING DOWN TO OTHER CAMPUSES WITH WHAT DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS FAR AS THE COLORS AND THE, THE MASCOT AND EVERY ONE SPECIFICALLY, I, I LIKE THIS LAST SLIDE ON THE PRESENTATION.

THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT I DON'T THINK, AND I THINK MY THING IN THE, IN THE WORKSHOP IS WHAT I SAID IS WE DIDN'T, WE DID A SURVEY. AND YES, THE PEOPLE WHO FILLED OUT THE SURVEY WERE THE ONES TO KIM'S POINT.

THEY WERE THE ONES WHO ENGAGED, I THINK, AND WHAT I TOLD THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHAT THEY DID REALLY, REALLY WELL WAS THEY WENT OUT AFTER EVERY MEETING AND THEY RELAYED ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR SOCIAL GROUPS AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THESE, YOU KNOW, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED HEARING PEOPLE COMING BACK SAYING, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

I DIDN'T FILL OUT THE SURVEY. I DON'T LIKE THAT.

SO YES, THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT ALSO WE CAN'T IGNORE THAT THEY DID COME BACK AND SAY, I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT, DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A SURVEY OR WHATEVER IT WAS.

SO HOWEVER, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SEEK FEEDBACK FROM THESE STUDENT AND PARENT GROUPS THAT ARE LISTED ON THIS IS FINE. AND AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'VE SAID THIS.

IF WE GET NO FEEDBACK FROM THEM, THEY WERE GIVEN PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES.

SO. I KNOW ONE THAT'S NOT ON THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF I GUESS PARENT VOLUNTEER LEADERS THAT WOULD INCLUDE, LIKE THE COUNCIL OF PTA, THE BOARD OF THE COUNCIL OF PTA, AND MAYBE ALL OF THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SMATTERING. OH FOR SURE. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. ROB.

YEAH, I THINK THIS SOUNDS GOOD. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MADAM PRESIDENT, ON WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, I THINK IT'S ADDRESSED HERE WITH THE FOCUS GROUPS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAD UNANIMOUS CONSENT ON REALLY THE PILLARS.

RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN TAKE THAT. WE CAN TAKE A COMPLETE ALIGNMENT WITH THE FOUR PILLARS OR VERY LITTLE.

RIGHT. AND SO WHAT I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AS WE EVALUATE THIS, SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL LAND ON A NAME ON, ON MONDAY NIGHT, WHICH I, BY THE WAY, I DO THINK IS A GOOD THING. I JUST TRYING TO GET THERE WITH YOU ALL. OKAY, TRY I REALLY AM, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LAND A REALLY GOOD SPOT. I'M CONFIDENT IN US IS TO SEE HEY HERE ROB TEAM, ETC. HERE'S COMPLETE ALIGNMENT WITH THIS NAME AND THESE OPTIONS.

AND HERE IS A COMMITTEE FEEDBACK AND KIND OF WHERE THEY WERE GOING.

AND THEN ALSO, HEY, HERE ARE SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THAT KIND OF VARY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PILLARS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? IS THAT HELPFUL, DO YOU THINK? RIGHT? BECAUSE AGAIN, WE REACH CONSENSUS ON THAT. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN LET'S THEN BUILD OFF OF THAT TO HELP KIND OF GUIDE WHERE ULTIMATELY WE KIND OF LAND.

OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU, JENNIFER. YES. OKAY. AND SO AGAIN, COMPLETE ALIGNMENT.

HEY, HERE'S LIKE LITERALLY. AND THEN, HEY, HERE'S TWO OF THE PILLARS ACCOMPLISHED.

IF WE WERE TO PULL IN DIFFERENT THINGS. EXACTLY. PULLING DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, OF COURSE. RIGHT. WE WANT TO WE WANT TO REALLY GO THROUGH THAT AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MAKES SENSE. OKAY. I WANT TO JUST KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING OLIVIA SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE ALMOST 4000 RESPONSES. WE'VE GOT THESE GROUPS, WHAT HAVE YOU.

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TALKING ABOUT A FUTURE SURVEY, OUR, OUR EMAILS ARE PUBLIC.

THEY CAN EMAIL US SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY.

AND THEY HAVE. AND THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE. AND SO AND SO WE'RE WE WE ARE RECEIVING INFORMATION ON A DAILY BASIS.

AND THAT HAS NOT SHUT DOWN TO ME. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, I'M I'M READING IT EVERY DAY. I'M READING IT 4 OR 5 TIMES A DAY.

SO THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN LOOKING AT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AND LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL SURVEY.

YOU KNOW, I, I'VE GOT INFORMATION THAT I NEED AND CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE AND PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO ON A STATE LEVEL, PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS 150 YEAR DECISION.

IT'S NOT A DECISION THAT WELL, WE DIDN'T LIKE THE NAME WE'LL CHANGE IN A YEAR.

OR THE MASCOT OR THE COLOR. I JUST FEEL LIKE I HAVE PLENTY OF INFORMATION AND AND I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BUT ROB, I WANT TO SUPPORT YOU TO GET THERE TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THE DECISION THAT YOU MAKE.

BUT I LIKE THE PROCESS WE'VE DONE. I, I'VE GATHERED INFORMATION I DIDN'T, I, THINGS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO ME THAT I HAD NO IDEA.

YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT IDEA. OH, WHAT ABOUT THAT? SO, YOU KNOW, MY EYES AND EARS HAVE BEEN OPEN TO EVERYBODY.

EVERY PERSON, EVERY CHILD. I'VE TALKED TO KIDS, YOU KNOW? HEY, YOU. YOU'RE GETTING A NEW SCHOOL. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU KNOW AND THEY'RE HONEST, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SAY EXACTLY HOW THEY FEEL. SO THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT.

WE COULD TALK ALL DAY. I'M DONE. I THINK IF WE LOOK AT THE THE SURVEY DATA IS OUR QUANTITATIVE PIECE.

WE'VE GOT THE COMMITTEE PIECE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. AND THE FOCUS GROUP IS OUR QUALITATIVE KIND OF BOUNCE BACK, RIGHT. THAT'S JUST WHEN THE COMMITTEE HAS EMAILED ME TO SAY WHAT YOU'RE.

YOU'RE GOING BACK TO FOCUS GROUPS OR I'VE HEARD THIS.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE SAID. THEY'RE NOT. NO ONE'S SCRAPPING THE COMMITTEE WORK.

IT'S JUST A QUALITATIVE PIECE TO SAY, HEY, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THIS? HOW DO HOW ARE CERTAIN GROUPS FEELING ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS? LET'S GET SOME QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK. SO WE'VE GOT QUANTITATIVE THE RECOMMENDATION.

AND NOW LET'S JUST DO SOME QUALITATIVE CHECKS ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

SO. WELL, AND IF I COULD PRESIDENT REAL QUICK, I WANT TO LIKE, LET ME SHARE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK JUST REAL QUICK.

I MEAN, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT WE'RE GETTING. RIGHT.

AND SO I THINK FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WHO MAY HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY INTO A CAMP BASED ON A WEBSITE, WHATEVER, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THIS.

NONE OF THE FEEDBACK MATCHES. NONE. IT DOESN'T.

RIGHT? FOR ONE THING, WE'RE HERE ANOTHER. AND ALSO LIKE, SO THIS IS A CONSIDERABLE WEIGHTY DECISION.

AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT'D BE SO KIND OF CHALLENGING TO LAND ON THESE THINGS? BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT LIKE THE. AT SOME POINT IN THE CHRONOLOGICAL LIST, SOMEBODY DECIDED IT SHOULD BE THE DRIPPING SPRINGS TIGERS.

AND I NOW COACH AT DRIPPING SPRINGS 12U TIGER BASEBALL TEAM IS GETTING READY TO GO TO COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK. RIGHT. AND SO THOSE DECISIONS CARRY SIGNIFICANT TRADITIONAL VALUE, LEGACY, ETCETERA, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. AND SO FOR US, JUST UNDERSTAND TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND OBVIOUSLY ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ACCEPTED THIS RESPONSIBILITY. THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO REALLY BE LOOKED AT CAREFULLY. AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

AND I HAVE TRUST IN YOU, MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, AND YOU, JENNIFER AND THE TEAM TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING.

REALLY FOCUS IN ON THE AREAS THAT ALIGN WITH THE BOARD'S SENTIMENT THAT WE AGREE ON IN PUBLIC HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.

AND LET'S COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMUNITY WOULD BE PROUD OF 150 YEARS FROM NOW.

AND THE LOOK ON THAT BOARD IN 2026 SAY, MAN, THAT WAS A SMALL GROUP OF LADIES PLUS ONE.

ALRIGHT? [LAUGHS] AND I HOPE THAT'S WHERE WE I'M CONFIDENT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

I AM TRULY CONFIDENT. SO DON'T TAKE MY DELIBERATENESS HERE, IS IT NOT I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I AM, IT'S JUST.

YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE STEFANI YOUR SENTIMENT ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE WIN.

AND I AGREE, I HAVE MANAGED THE EXPECTATION WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT IT WILL BE JUNE.

I SAID I DO NOT EXPECT THEM TO VOTE IN MAY. SO DON'T DON'T EXPECT THEM TO VOTE IN MAY.

THIS IS A VERY BIG DECISION. SO BE PREPARED THAT IT WILL TAKE THEM TWO CYCLES.

IT'S A HUGE DECISION. SO HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT OF COURSE IS GREAT.

IT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN I'VE MANAGED THAT EXPECTATION THAT IT WILL PROBABLY IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE YOU TWO CYCLES.

SO JUST THEY'RE PREPARED THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL HEAR IN JUNE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE VOTE WOULD TAKE WOULD TAKE PLACE IN JUNE, ALTHOUGH I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY COMING IN MAY. DO WE I MEAN, COULD YOU GET ANY OF THESE FOCUS GROUPS DONE BEFORE A JUNE MEETING? IF WE DID WANT TO PUNT THE NAME OR NOT? POSTPONE DEPENDS.

WE'LL WE'LL DO OUR BEST. I, I DO REALLY GET ANY OF THEM?

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I MEAN, THAT'S JUST NOT HUMAN. YEAH, SURE. SURE. YEAH. AND SO IT'S JUST THE TOTALITY OF INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT.

I PERSONALLY I DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF ANOTHER SURVEY.

I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MATERIAL, I EVEN HONESTLY HAD ISSUES WITH HOW THE FIRST SURVEY WAS DONE.

I THINK IT'S I HAVE MY OWN CONCERNS THAT IT'S BEING MISREPRESENTED IN CERTAIN WAYS, BECAUSE IT REALLY, I THINK, WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF INFORMATION AND RESULTS.

I THINK IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JUMPING OFF POINT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO DO SOME DEEPER WORK.

THAT IS PROBABLY MY ONE DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE COMMITTEE, THAT THEY KIND OF WERE REALLY TRYING TO READ, LIKE BIG T TRUTH OUT OF THE SURVEY.

AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT EITHER ONE DIDN'T FILL OUT THE SURVEY BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LIKE IF THIS, THEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S NOT A CLEAR, I WANT THIS FOR THE NAME, I WANT THIS FOR THE COLORS, I WANT THIS FOR THE MASCOT. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WELL, IF IT'S THIS NAME, THEN I WOULD CHANGE MY OPINION ON COLORS AND I WOULD CHANGE MY OPINION ON MASCOTS. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T DO THE SURVEY THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME VERY THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK FOR US FOR REASONS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

AND THEN NOW WE'RE USING THIS AS LIKE BIG T TRUTH, AND IT'S NOT QUITE EVEN SPECIFIC.

I MEAN, ONE VERY CLEAR EXAMPLE IS 51% OF PEOPLE FROM THE ORIGINAL SURVEY SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TIGERS.

BUT THAT DOES MEAN EVEN THE ORIGINAL SURVEY, 49% OF PEOPLE DON'T CARE IF WE STAY TIGERS.

AND SO MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NOW EVEN CHANGED THEIR MIND AND COME AND TOLD ME THAT THEY LOVE TIGERS AND NOW UNDERSTAND THE COSTS.

AND SO I LOVE A FOCUS GROUP BECAUSE YOU CAN GIVE SOME GREATER CONTEXT, HAVE A BACK AND FORTH, HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION. AND I DO NOT WANT THAT TO BE SEEN LIKE WE DIMINISH ANYBODY'S OPINION.

BUT I DO THINK ADDING SOME LIKE SOME DEPTH TO A CONVERSATION YOU KNOW, THAT HONESTLY, THE COMMITTEE WAS EVEN ASKING FOR THE WHOLE TIME. WE JUST HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET AS A BOARD, EVEN AS IT WAS, MARY JANE WAS VIRTUAL.

SO BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO BE ABLE TO MEET BEFORE THEY WERE DONE WITH THEIR WORK.

SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF FOCUS GROUPS. IF WE DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE ON A NAME I ALSO DON'T WANT TO RUSH, BUT I AM HEARING FROM THIS BODY THAT WE WANT TO VOTE.

I, I FEEL LIKE IF WE HAVE A NAME, THE FOCUS GROUPS COULD BE EASIER BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO YOUR POINT OF IF THIS, THEN THAT, IF THERE'S A NAME THAT MIGHT CHANGE WHAT PEOPLE'S OPINIONS ARE AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF SPLITTING UP THE DECISIONS.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF DECIDING ON A NAME AND TAKING THAT NAME KIND OF AS A NEW JUMPING OFF POINT, LIKE A NEW STARTING LINE OF, OKAY, NOW WE HAVE THIS.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS NOW? SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD PLAN STILL AND AGAIN, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I THINK THAT IT FITS INTO THOSE VALUES THAT WE SAID WE WANTED, WHICH WAS THE, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN IDENTITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, STICKING TO HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS AND ALL THE THINGS OF DRIPPING SPRINGS.

SO THAT COULD BE IT. OLIVIA EXPLAIN IF YOU WOULD, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A HOLLY QUESTION OR WHAT, BUT IF WE ARE ASKING THE DISTRICT TO GO OUT AND DO THIS, WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT LOOK LIKE? EACH GROUP ARE WE REACHING OUT? ARE WE TRYING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING? ARE WE GIVING THEM A GROUP OF QUESTIONS? WHAT DOES IT BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE EVERYONE IN THIS BOARD HAS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE GROUPS.

IS THIS JUST GENERAL CONVERSATION? WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT LOOK LIKE? I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT TYPE OF RESOURCES WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRING FROM THE DISTRICT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF TIME. I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FOR THE KIDS THAN IT IS FOR THE ADULTS.

IT'S TALKING WITH THE KIDS FIRST AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THEM HERE.

WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT WE CAN GET ADVISORY COUNCILS AND LIGHTHOUSE TEAMS PROBABLY WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN SCHOOL.

WE CAN PROBABLY GET LEADERSHIP TEAMS FOR ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS IN THIS SUMMER, BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ARE WE GOING AND SHOWING THEM OPTIONS? ARE WE SAYING, HEY, WHAT'S IMPORTANT? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT. OLIVIA. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANT TO COMMIT TO ANYTHING YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SAT DOWN AND PLANNED THAT WELL. I UNDERSTAND AND FULLY APPRECIATE YOU NOT WANTING TO COMMIT TO THAT, BUT I WANT TO WAVE A FLAG HERE TO SAY THIS SOUNDS LIKE A HODGEPODGE TO ME.

I DON'T THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A HODGEPODGE. IT'S JUST WE HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO SIT DOWN. AND IT'S NOT THAT I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I AGREE WITH TRICIA.

I REALLY WANT TO LEAN ON WHEN WE MAKE, LIKE I KEEP SAYING, A 30,000 FOOT VIEW, 30 YEAR DECISION THAT POSSIBLY HAS REALLY HUGE IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY AND FISCAL IMPLICATIONS. BUT IF WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO NOW DO THIS STEP AND GO OUT TO THE THE FOCUS GROUPS.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME IDEA OF THE CONTENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GRASP.

[00:40:01]

ARE WE ASKING THEM WHAT COLORS THEY LIKE, WHAT MASCOTS THEY LOOK? DOES IT LOOK SIMILAR TO? DOES IT LOOK SIMILAR TO THE COMMITTEE QUESTIONS? THE SURVEY QUESTIONS? JENNIFER AND I HAVE NOT SAT DOWN AND PLANNED THAT.

SO, BUT I DO ENVISION PROBABLY A SIMILAR SET OF QUESTIONS FOR EACH GROUP SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE THEMES WHEN WE LOOK AT THE QUALITATIVE DATA, RIGHT. I MEAN, I THINK SHE'S ASKING WHAT ARE WE ASKING THEM? WHAT ARE WE SHOWING THEM IS THE GOAL? AND MAYBE IS THE GOAL FROM THE ADDITIONAL GROUPS TO GIVE ADDITIONAL IDEAS TO RESPOND TO THE COMMITTEE'S CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS? WHAT IS THE GOAL? WHAT? ROB, WHAT IS THE GOAL? TO COME BACK? I THINK JENNIFER ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.

AND I'LL DEFER TO WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE I LIKED IT.

THIS IS A QUALITATIVE DATA EXERCISE. IT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS.

RIGHT? SO WE HAVE SOME QUALITATIVE DATA AND WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID RIGHT, THAT THAT WAS THAT'S NOT.

BUT WE HAVE QUANTITATIVE DATA IN 4000 SURVEY RESULTS.

THE GOAL HERE NOW IS TO TAKE A NAME. ASSUMING WE VOTE ON THAT MONDAY NIGHT.

FOCUS THAT IN ON OPTIONS FOR COLORS BRANDING LETTERS, ETC., FOCUS GROUP THAT TO NOW GET QUALITATIVE DATA THAT ALIGNS WITH A VARIED GROUP OF RESPONDENTS THAT LET US HELP SHAPE OVERALL SENTIMENT.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS TO SAY WE'RE REALLY ZEROING IN NOW ON DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND HOW DIFFERENT FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY RESPOND TO THAT.

SO THEN THAT CAN BE PRESENTED TO US AND WE CAN MAKE HOPEFULLY THE BETTER DECISION IS THE RIGHT WORD, BUT A MORE INFORMED DECISION. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WELL, MY, CAN I JUST INTERJECT ONE THING? MY ONE RECOMMENDATION.

OR MY HOPE IS NOT THAT WE JUST TAKE THESE FIVE PACKAGES TO A FOCUS GROUP BECAUSE AS YOU ALL.

AND WELL, I MEAN, YOU COULD YOU COULD SEE OUR EMAILS.

THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. TRULY. AND THESE POSTS ON FACEBOOK ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO I, I THINK THAT'S A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO A LOT OF QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK BECAUSE EVEN WITHIN THE OWN THE COMMITTEE, THEY CHANGED THEIR OPINION ON MASCOTS AND COLORS.

AND I THINK MAYBE COLORS IS A LITTLE TIGHTER, BUT MASCOTS ARE TRULY ALL OVER.

THEY'RE ALL OVER. RIGHT. AND I DO THINK THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION TOO, SPECIFICALLY IN THE COMMITTEES PACKAGES, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT SPECIFICALLY THE BOARD LIKES OR DOESN'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, ROB TWO YEARS POINT ABOUT TAKING THINGS IN OR OUT, SWAPPING THINGS IN AND OUT TO GET THOSE PACKAGES EVEN A LITTLE CLOSER RIGHT. THAT WOULD HELP US, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN WE COULD HAVE A BETTER SET OF PACKAGES TO SHOW, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, YES, I LIKE THAT, BUT I DON'T LIKE THAT, THAT MASCOT, WHATEVER IT IS.

SO BUT YES, STEFANI, I AGREE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE ALL OVER THE MAP ON CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF IT.

OLIVIA. YES ROB THAT DOES MAKE SENSE. THANK YOU.

I AGAIN, IT CAME BACK KIND OF TO THIS POINT, BUT WHAT ARE WE TAKING TO THEM? ARE WE TAKING TO THEM THE COMMITTEE? SO IF WE'RE OPEN TO A QUESTIONNAIRE.

I MEAN THAT'S A FOCUS GROUP, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC QUESTIONNAIRE THAT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME QUESTION, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR STUDENTS, MAYBE JUST AGE APPROPRIATE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY, BUT CONVERSATIONAL, NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE.

FOCUS GROUP IS USUALLY YOU'RE GIVING A LITTLE I DON'T KNOW, I'M SORRY.

I'M JUST I'VE DONE A LOT OF FOCUS GROUPS AND IT'S LIKE YOU GIVE A SPIEL, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS PROBABLY SOME SEMBLANCE OF THIS PRESENTATION PLUS SOMETHING WHATEVER FROM THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE. AND THEN YOU'RE NOW PRESENTING, YOU KNOW, I'M ENVISIONING PROBABLY NO MORE THAN LIKE TEN QUESTIONS SHORT.

HEARING THE FEEDBACK. I MEAN, I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE THINGS LIKE HOW IMPORTANT ARE EVEN THE UNIFIERS ALTOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT DO THEY THINK OF TIGERS GIVEN A POTENTIAL COST THAT IS, YOU KNOW, RELIANT ON THAT? WHAT DO THEY THINK OF A LARGE CAT? AND THEN GETTING MORE SPECIFIC INTO LIKE, HERE'S SOME TOP FIVE MASCOTS THAT KEEP COMING UP OVER THE COURSE OF ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS KIND OF YOUR TOP THREE CHOICES OUT OF THAT? AND SAME WITH COLORS, RIGHT? I MEAN, COLORS, THESE FIVE COLORS.

THAT WAS EVEN TRUE FROM THE SURVEY DATA. I MEAN, BLUE AND GOLD COMBINATION WAS VERY POPULAR.

GREEN AND GOLD WAS VERY POPULAR. THEY LIKED BLACK AND GOLD UNTIL THEY NIXED IT BECAUSE OF THE JOHNSON CITY.

MAROON AND SILVER HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAN FAVORITE BECAUSE IT KIND OF KEEPS THE SYCAMORE LINE.

SO I THINK YOU COULD. SORRY. JUST JUMPING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK.

NO THAT'S GREAT. I THINK COLORS IS PRETTY CLEAR.

I DON'T THINK MUCH BEYOND WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CLEAN.

I THINK MASCOT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TRICKIER FOR Y'ALL AND MAYBE DEPENDENT ON OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT MASCOT NEXT WEEK.

ABSOLUTELY. DOES THAT HELP? IT, YES, YES. BECAUSE YOU SAID LIKE THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK WHAT ROB WANTS TO HAVE TO OKAY, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS DO WE HAVE? SO FOR EXAMPLE, ADDING A PILLAR, THE NAVY AND GOLD HAS BEEN VERY,

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YEAH. SO AT WHAT POINT SHOULD WE ASK TO SEE THAT? IT SOUNDS LIKE NOW. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS NOW BECAUSE WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THE NAME NEXT WEEK.

I WOULD HATE FOR YOU TO DO ANY MORE WORK OUTSIDE OF WHAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, RIGHT? YEAH. WE DON'T NEED TO SEE ANY MORE. I THINK WE'RE JUST OFFERING WHAT I AM SAYING.

I'M TRYING TO GET AHEAD BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO SUMMER.

WE'RE GOING TO LOSE STUDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ALL OF THESE GROUPS. SO AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN GIVE THEM TO WHAT WE EXPECT OUT OF THESE GROUPS.

I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE YOU COULD GET A FOCUS GROUP TOGETHER LATE MAY. IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TILL AUGUST. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL FLEXIBILITY SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. SO NO, WE ARE NOT VOTING ON COLORS AND MASCOT NEXT WEEK.

THAT HAS BEEN CLEAR. WE MAY NOT EVEN VOTE ON NAME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THERE. BUT I DO THINK IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC YOU WANT ASKED FROM A FOCUS GROUP, THEN I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU. YOU WANT MAROON, NAVY AND GOLD TO BE AN OPTION TO A FOCUS GROUP.

IS THAT CLEAR? YES, I WOULD LIKE IT, BUT IT'S STILL THAT GRAY AREA.

ROB MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA. MARY JANE MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA.

THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO SEE AS OPTIONS.

AND AT WHAT POINT SHOULD THAT BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION? I THINK WE CAN SHARE ANYTHING, AND I THINK WE LEAVE IT UP TO OUR HOLLY AND HER TEAM TO THEN REFINE THAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT WE SHARE AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE, AND Y'ALL CAN TAKE THAT AND HONE IT INTO A MUCH TIGHTER.

IS THAT HELPFUL TO YOU? YEAH. I MEAN, OUR GOAL IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GETS US THE BEST DATA, WHICH IS THE CONVERSATION. WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE. OLIVIA. BUT JENNIFER AND I NEED TO SIT DOWN AND SAY, WHAT GETS US THE BEST DATA, THE BEST FEEDBACK THAT'S THE MOST USABLE TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD, TO SAY WHAT REALLY RESONATES WITH THE KIDS WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MASCOTS IS THEY LIKE X, Y, OR Z. WHAT REALLY RESONATES WITH ATHLETES WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT COMPETING, YOU KNOW, IN A DIFFERENT SCHOOL IS X, Y, AND Z SO THAT WE CAN BRING YOU BACK SOME DATA SO THAT YOU HAVE THE QUALITATIVE PIECE, NOT JUST THE QUANTITATIVE PIECE.

WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD. IT'S, IT'S ABOUT CRAFTING THE RIGHT CONVERSATION TO REALLY BE OPEN SO THAT THEY FEED US INFORMATION AND WE'RE NOT DOING A WHOLE LOT OF TALKING AND PRESENTING. AND SO THAT'S, BUT THAT HAS TO BE STRUCTURED AND THAT TAKES SOME TIME TO PLAN, WHICH IS WHY I TOLD JENNIFER WE NEED TO BE QUICK, BUT WE'VE HAD THING AFTER THING AFTER THING TO PLAN.

AND SO WE HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND DO THAT YET.

TRICIA. I JUST WANTED TO ADD, THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING, GOING, GOING TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE PROBABLY MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME UP AND LET US KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT ALL THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER ROBUST CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK.

SO I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE CAN STOP HERE AND THEN JUST PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION AGAIN NEXT WEEK AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. I THINK JUST BE THINKING ABOUT THE FEEDBACK YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT PROBABLY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THERE THE MORE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK WE OFFER TO HOLLY AND HER TEAM, THE MORE HELPFUL THE NEXT STEP TO THIS IS. THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO SAY.

AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO COME SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

I DON'T WANT BOARD MEMBERS TO START THAT DISCUSSION IN JUNE.

SO YES. I THINK THE FOUR PILLARS THAT WE GAVE THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY ENJOY, BUT THEY TRIED TO STICK TO IS A PERFECT ROADWAY TO TO GET TO JENNIFER, FOR HER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY DIRECTION THAT SHE NEEDS TO GO.

AND I WILL SAY, I THINK WHAT WE TOOK AWAY FROM THE FOUR PILLARS IN Y'ALL'S CONVERSATION WAS THAT FINDING A MIDDLE GROUND FOR TRADITION IS IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD. TO MARY JANE'S POINT ABOUT SPRINGS AS AN IMPORTANT TRADITION TO HER, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT Y'ALL JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH FROM THAT LENS, THAT IT CARRIES THAT FORWARD. AND SO YOU'RE NOT MARRIED TO ANY ONE, BUT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE CONVERSATION SO THAT WE GET THE FEEDBACK, PARTICULARLY FROM GROUPS WHO MAY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT TRADITION, HOW ARE THEY FEELING ABOUT THIS AS A PART OF A NEW TRADITION AND JUST GET YOU THE QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT. YES. SOUNDS GOOD.

I WOULD BE OPEN TO OR SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE KIND OF THIS RUNWAY AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T WANT TO PUSH IT OUT FAR, BUT WILL WE OR COULD WE HAVE SOME SORT OF ONCE ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, WORK IS DONE THAT WE'RE NOT RUSHING YOU ON? SO A BOARD WORKSHOP OR BEFORE. OKAY, PERFECT.

SO WE WILL JUST SAY HERE TODAY WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BOARD WORKSHOP OVER THIS.

ONCE WE GET ALL THE FEEDBACK AND WE CAN DISCUSS AGAIN, BECAUSE AGAIN, JUST SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS,

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SO THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT ABOUT THIS AND WHY YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT HEARING FROM US IS BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT CONSTITUTES A QUORUM AND WE HAVE TO DO IT IN AN OPEN MEETING. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. CONSENT AGENDA. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON CONSENT?

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SORRY. GOT DISTRACTED. ALL RIGHT, I THINK. IS THIS YOUR ITEM, SCOTT? THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT? YES. IT IS. OKAY. NO.

NO OBJECTION. HIGH LEVEL TO HELPING OUT A LOCAL BUSINESS AND TRYING TO GIVE THEM ACCESS.

FIRST, YOU JUST GIVE ME A HIGH LEVEL ON THE EASEMENT. AND MY QUESTION WILL BE, WHEN YOU'RE DONE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FUTURE OPTIONS FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THIS PROPERTY, RIGHT? THIS BEING THE OLD ADMIN BUILDING, THE, THE LAND ADJACENT TO IT, THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, A LOT OF THINGS COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE WITH THIS WHOLE PLAT AND PROPERTY, WHATEVER IT IS.

AND SO I'M JUST CONCERNED OF POTENTIAL IMPACT ON GRANTING THIS EASEMENT ON ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE THINGS THE DISTRICT MAY WANT TO DO WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SO THIS EASEMENT THE, THE OWNER OF SUDS BROTHERS CAR WASH IS REQUESTING THIS, IT'S JUST FOR ACCESS.

A COUPLE OF THINGS IS IT SPECIFICALLY FOR UTILITY ACCESS, SO GARBAGE, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND THEN ALSO EMERGENCY SERVICES. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A NORMAL, YOU KNOW, EXIT FOR THEM.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ON 290. SO IT'S THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT YOU WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS IT IS WE CAN GET OUT OF THAT.

IT IS NOT A PERMANENT EASEMENT. IT, IT DOES AUTOMATICALLY RENEW, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GET OUT OF THAT ANYTIME WE WANT.

THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SCOTT. THE MOU THAT WE ARE APPROVING WITH WE'RE LOOKING AT 240 TEXAS STATE AND REGION 13. AND READING THROUGH ALL OF THAT IS THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER FOR HARD TO FILL TEACHING POSITIONS, OR WOULD IT BE OPEN TO ANY TEACHER POSITION? SO FOR THE 240 IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE. THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A MAXIMUM LIMIT OF HOW MANY WE CAN GIVE THAT DISCOUNT TO.

OKAY. FOR TEXAS STATE FOR THE GROW YOUR OWN WE WILL BE RECEIVING SIX SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEM TO ATTEND CLASSES AT TEXAS STATE. WE'RE HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE $8,000.

BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN APPLICATION. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARDING THE MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A GOOD PATHWAY WITH US. AND SO IT'S SOMEBODY WHO IS PROBABLY A CURRENT INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE RIGHT NOW WHO WANTS TO BE A TEACHER, HOPEFULLY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION OR ONE OF THOSE HARD TO FILL.

SO YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE TEACHER RESIDENCY, I THINK THAT'S THE ONE YOU ASKED FOR.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SIX RESIDENTS NEXT YEAR FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND TWO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO ANYTIME WE HAVE SECONDARY TEACHERS, ONE IS GOING TO BE ENGLISH AND ONE IS GOING TO BE SOCIAL STUDIES.

IT'S THAT SAME THING WHERE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT ENTIRE YEAR OF CLINICAL ONE ON ONE EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH A CO-TEACHING MODEL. SO DSC WILL BE OUR ELEMENTARY AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE OUR OTHER RESIDENCY HOME.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM NEXT WEEK WILL BE THE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF OUR

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FOLLOWING THAT APPROVAL, THE INITIAL GMP CAME IN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER BUDGET, AS YOU KNOW.

SO THE DESIGN TEAM, PBK, CONSTRUCTION TEAM, SWINERTON, AND THEN OUR OWN TEAM, THEY, THEY BEGAN AGGRESSIVELY REEVALUATING THE PROJECT DESIGN AND ALSO THE SCOPE.

AND SO PBK IS HERE TODAY AND SWINERTON IS ALSO HERE TODAY, BUT PBK IS HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM TODAY. OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. BUT THEY'RE HERE.

AND THEN LIKE I SAID, THE ENTIRE DESIGN TEAM IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY. I RECOMMEND WE HEAR IT TODAY SINCE WE MAY HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, A LOT OF RECOGNITIONS NEXT WEEK.

SO IF YOU ARE PREPARED, YOU WOULD.

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WELL, LIKE SCOTT MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO PRESENT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO YOU AND HAVE SOME ANECDOTAL COMMENTS AND TAKE SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. THE PROJECT TIMELINE AND THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WHICH ARE COMPLETE.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU ALONG WITH THE PROJECT TIMELINE WHERE WE ARE. SO THE PREVIOUS SCHEDULE THAT YOU SAW, THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THAT THAT YOU'RE SEEING, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY THAT YOU DISCUSSED DURING YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING WHEN I PRESENTED THIS INVOLVED HAVING TWO GMPS, ONE GMP FOR SOME SITE AND FOUNDATION WORK, ANOTHER GMP FOR THE REST OF THE BUILDING, AND THE BOARD FELT A LITTLE BIT AT RISK HAVING TWO GMPS APPROVING A DOLLAR AMOUNT, NOT KNOWING WHERE YOU'D BE AT THE FINAL BUDGET. SO WE AGREED WE'D GO AWAY, SET A NEW SCHEDULE, PRODUCE NEW CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT RELATE TO THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NOW RELATIVE TO THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO ECONOMIZE THIS BUILDING, I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT NEW SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE.

AND EFFECTIVELY THEN THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE NEW SCHEDULE, WE'RE COMING BACK WITH ONE GMP.

SO WE COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND ISSUED THEM AT THE END OF LAST WEEK.

SWINERTON HAS THOSE DOCUMENTS TO GO OUT TO BID TO THE CONTRACTORS.

YOU CAN SEE OUR TIMELINE HERE, BUT EFFECTIVELY SWINERTON BIDS THE PROJECT SO THAT THEY CAN COME TO THE DISTRICT, CAN REVIEW AND APPROVE A GMP AT YOUR JUNE BOARD MEETING.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS SCHEDULE REPRESENTS. THE PREVIOUS SCHEDULE HAD A COMPLETION THE LATTER PART OF DECEMBER.

THIS SCHEDULE IS A COMPLETION AT THE VERY END OF DECEMBER.

SO THOSE ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SCHEDULE. SO ONE GMP COMING TO YOU IN JUNE.

THEN COMPLETION AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.

SO RELATIVE TO SCHEDULE, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

AND JUST ONE ONE THING I'LL MAKE NOTE ABOUT THAT SCHEDULE.

ONE THING YOU CLEARLY ASKED US TO DO WAS ALL GET OURSELVES TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY KNEW THEY COULD DELIVER.

ON GMP, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR NUMBERS TIGHT AND THEN COME TO YOU WITH A REAL COMPLETION DATE THAT WE KNOW WE COULD LIVE UP TO, IDEALLY KEEPING THAT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE.

AND SO WHAT DID YOU GET OUT OF THIS EXERCISE? WE GOT BETTER, CLEANER, TIGHTER DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE CHANGED FUNDAMENTALLY SOME COMPONENTS OF THIS BUILDING AND DOCUMENTED THEM DIFFERENTLY.

THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET BETTER BIDS. WE'VE GONE A LITTLE LONGER PERIOD THAN WE ANTICIPATED PREVIOUSLY, SO THAT SWINERTON CAN GET TO THE SUB MARKET PROPERLY AND GET VALID NUMBERS THAT MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE AND ULTIMATELY WILL BE TIGHTER.

AND THEN AGAIN, NO SCHEDULE IMPACT. WE'RE KEEPING THIS FACILITY CONSTRUCTION PROCESS TO WHERE IT WILL OPEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO, TO GET THE BOARD TO APPROVE IS WE'VE GOT THE 100% SET OF DOCUMENTS.

WE WANT APPROVAL FOR SWINERTON TO PROCEED, BID THOSE DOCUMENTS OUT TO THE SUB MARKET SO THAT THEY CAN BE BACK AND YOU CAN HAVE A GMP APPROVAL IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. AND THEN JUST TO REITERATE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT WHAT DID WE ADHERE TO IN THIS PROCESS? THERE WERE SOME NON-NEGOTIABLES THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO GIVE ON IN THAT THE PROGRAM OF SPACE IS WHAT'S GOING IN THIS BUILDING FOR THE STUDENTS YOU'RE SERVING.

THAT HASN'T CHANGED. THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE BUILDING, AND THE WAY IT'S ORGANIZED HASN'T CHANGED AT ALL.

AND THEN THE ESTHETICS, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE BUILDING THAT YOU PRESENTED TO YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE DONE. IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY. I'LL DESCRIBE THAT TO YOU, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ESTHETICALLY THE SAME BUILDING THAT YOU PRESENTED TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND THEY APPROVED DURING THE BOND ELECTION.

AND SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WE'VE HELD TO THE FACT THAT WE KNOW OUR BUDGET IS THE BUDGET YOU SEE HERE.

AND TO GET TO THAT BUDGET, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE SCOPE.

I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME. WE'VE EFFECTIVELY BACKED OUT EVERY COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT AND REBUILT THAT PROJECT TO MATCH YOUR BUDGET.

AND SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH WITH YOUR TEAM, WITH THE SWINERTON TEAM, WITH THE ENTIRE PBK AND THE WHOLE ENGINEERING TEAM, EVERY PIECE OF THE PROJECT TO SEE HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS MORE EFFICIENT.

AND SO ALONG THE WAY, WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERY CONSISTENTLY, EVERY COMPONENT OF THE, OF THE PROJECT.

SO WE CAN SEE WHERE DOES EACH ONE OF THOSE GET MORE EFFICIENT TO GET TO YOUR BUDGET? WE NEEDED TO DO THAT. AND THEN SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

FROM A SITE STANDPOINT, YOU CAN SEE THOSE ITEMS THAT I WON'T READ ALL OF THEM TO YOU, BUT WE'VE EFFECTIVELY EVALUATED THAT SITE FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF MAKING IT MORE EFFICIENT. LOOKING AT THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE, AND SEEING HOW WE CAN ADJUST THE SITE, THE PARKING AND THE ORIENTATION SO THAT WE HAVE LESS TOPOGRAPHY THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND EFFECTIVELY SIT THAT ON THE FLATTEST PART OF THE SITE AND NOT EXTEND INTO THE AREA THAT YOU SEE THE TOPOGRAPHY FALL OFF, WHICH CAUSES MORE COMPLICATIONS AND COSTS.

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THE DISTRICT WILL IT WILL OPERATE VERY EFFECTIVELY.

WE'VE GONE TO WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE LOOKED AT, AGAIN, EVERY COMPONENT OF THE BUILDING, BUT THE BIGGIES THAT YOU WOULD THAT YOU WOULD CERTAINLY NOTICE THAT ARE DIFFERENT WHILE THE BUILDING IS GOING UP, IS THIS GOING TO BE A WOOD FRAME BUILDING. COMMERCIALLY, WOOD FRAME BUILDING, LIKE YOU SEE THEM ALL AROUND, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD IN THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.

HERE'S A RENDERING OF WHAT THE PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE. AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT THE RENDERING RENDERINGS THAT WE ORIGINALLY CREATED, VERY SIMILAR BUILDING CONSTRUCTED A BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT STILL SAME BUILDING THAT YOU PROPOSED TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND RELATIVE TO WOOD FRAME COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IS THAT GOING TO BE A BUILDING OF LESSER QUALITY? 100% IT WILL NOT. THERE ARE BUILDINGS AROUND HERE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT ARE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS BUILT WITH WOOD FRAMING.

THEY RANGE EVERYWHERE FROM SCHOOL SYSTEMS OF A VARIETY OF TYPES, AND THEN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS OF OF RETAIL TYPE, ALL TYPES ALL OVER THE THIS COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND.

SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE IF ANYONE HAD CONCERNS THAT WERE LINGERING ABOUT US SHIFTING TO A WOOD FRAME BUILDING, THIS BUILDING WILL BE A RESILIENT, LONG LASTING BUILDING, JUST LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD PREVIOUSLY WITH A STEEL FRAMED BUILDING. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. KIM. I'M NOT A CONSTRUCTION EXPERT, BUT REDUCING THE CANOPY SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS THERE A PICTURE OF THAT? YES, MA'AM. I'LL GO BACK TO THE PICTURE OF THE RENDERING.

THE RENDERING SHOWS YOU THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE CANOPY.

WE HAD THE TWO SIDE BY SIDE BEFORE. KEEP GOING.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOT A DOME. OH, WE HAD ONE WITH TWO.

WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING? JUST GO BACK. GO BACK TO THE ONE. I'M SORRY. GO TO THE RENDERING. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO? THE FLOOR PLAN. THE FLOOR PLAN. SO IF YOU SEE THAT THAT COVERED AREA RIGHT THERE, KIM, THAT COMES OUT FROM THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

AND ORIGINALLY WE HAD THAT WRAPPING AROUND THE BUILDING. SO WE TOOK THAT PART OFF THIS WRAPPING AROUND. SO IT STILL GETS YOU TO YOUR CAR SAFELY IN WEATHER.

AND IN THE BACK WE HAD LIKE A COVERED PORCH. WE TOOK THAT OFF.

THOSE ARE THE TWO AWNINGS THAT WE KIND OF DECREASED.

OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT, THAT WHITE SPACE HAS COVERED AREA.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE RENDERING, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING COMING OUT. IT JUST DOES NOT WRAP AROUND THE ENTIRE BUILDING. ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE A CANOPY THAT GOES FROM THE DROP OFF COVERED ALL THE WAY INTO THE BUILDING. OKAY, OKAY.

AND THAT WAS JUST GOING TO BE LARGER AND GO, YES, MA'AM.

LIKE, OKAY, YES, MA'AM. IT WRAPPED AROUND THE BUILDING OR IT'S COMING OUT TO THE DROP OFF.

OKAY. WHAT DOES A GREENHOUSE COST? I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

GREENHOUSES CAN BE ALL OVER THE PLACE. I MEAN, THERE'S A VARIETY OF SIZES AND QUALITIES OF GREENHOUSES.

I THINK THERE'D HAVE TO BE AN EXERCISE OF WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT IN A GREENHOUSE? BECAUSE THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF GREENHOUSES OUT THERE. OKAY.

TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, GREENHOUSE COULD BE $30,000.

IT COULD BE $300,000. IT COULD BE A MATTER OF DECIDING WHAT GREENHOUSE AND WHAT THE FUNCTIONALITY IS, WHAT POWER, WATER, IT MIGHT NEED FANS, EXHAUST.

THEY CAN GET PRETTY ELABORATE. OKAY. OKAY, ROB.

OKAY. HEY, DARRYL, THANKS FOR COMING BACK. AND I APPRECIATE THE TEAM'S WORK.

YOU HAD TO STAND THERE AND TAKE ALL THE HEAT ROUNDS AT THE LAST MEETING.

NO PROBLEM. JUST KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE HEAT ROUNDS, BROTHER.

OBVIOUSLY, THE BOARD IS FRUSTRATED WITH WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES. WE'RE EXCITED TO JUST OPEN THIS BUILDING IN THE FALL.

NOW IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE'LL OPEN THIS IN THE SPRING. A COUPLE QUESTIONS, JUST CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOUR PRESENTATION WAS EXCELLENT, SIR. LOOKS LIKE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN SITE WORK AND PARKING STALLS, CORRECT? YES, SIR. BUT WE STILL MEET ALL ADA REQUIREMENTS FOR STALLS AND FOR EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO FOR PARKS FOR THIS BUILDING.

CORRECT? YOU DO. CORRECT. ANY WAS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING DECREASED, AND IF SO, BY HOW MUCH? THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE BUILDING HAS REMAINED THE SAME.

GOOD. SO WE'VE NOT. AND WHEN I MENTIONED THAT WE WE DIDN'T MODIFY ANY OF THE PROGRAMED SPACES AS A RESULT, DIDN'T MODIFY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WE'VE HELD TO THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING. SO REALLY, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR EFFICIENCIES BY WAY OF TIMBER BUILDING, WHICH I AGREE WITH YOU. TIMBER BUILDINGS ARE JUST FINE. THERE'S THERE SHOULDN'T BE A LONG STANDING CONCERN AROUND THAT. AND THEN I DO GET REALLY EFFICIENT ON THE FINISHINGS. IS THAT WHAT WE DID? SITE COST, FRAMING, SOME FOUNDATION EFFICIENCIES AND REDUCED SITE IMPACT.

OKAY. AND THEN ASIDE FROM THAT, YOU'RE STILL KEEPING ALL THE DISTRICT SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU NEED AND REQUIRES A STANDARD TO BE INCORPORATED IN THAT BUILDING.

NONE OF THAT'S BEEN COMPROMISED. VERY GOOD. LAST QUESTION.

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HAVE WE DONE A GOOD ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COST BY DIVISION, AND WE FEEL THAT THIS DESIGN IS GOING TO COME IN FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE, LIKE, WHAT HAVE WE DONE OUTSIDE OF A FULL BID DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? YEAH, WE'VE SPENT CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME WITH SWINERTON AND SUB TRADES TO VALIDATE WHERE WE ARE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE FOLKS IN TOW, SO THAT WE'RE NOT BLINDLY REDESIGNING A BUILDING AND JUST CROSSING OUR FINGERS.

SO WE'RE THIS BID PROCESS IS UNDERWAY. I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN RANGE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT 100% NUMBER TODAY WITH THE PROJECT BID.

THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING BID CURRENTLY. SO WE CAN COME TO YOU WITH THE GMP THAT SHOULD LAND ON TARGET.

NO. AND I UNDERSTAND AND THANK YOU FOR ABIDING, OBLIGING, ABIDING.

WHAT'S THE RIGHT WORD? OBLIGING MY COLLEAGUES AND I ON ONE GMP.

I KNOW THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANYBODY'S LIFE EASIER, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING ANY CHANCES ON THIS DEAL RIGHT? OKAY. ARE YOU ALL FOLKS FROM SWINERTON? YOU ARE.

OKAY. HI, Y'ALL. Y'ALL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WELCOME.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S NOT, WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES IS FRUSTRATING.

WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO GET OVER IT WHEN WE DELIVER AN EXCELLENT PROJECT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ASKING YOU AND ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. OKAY.

SO LET'S IF YOU CAN DELIVER ON THIS, THAT'D BE GREAT.

THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS THIS, WANTS THIS. AND WE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT.

WE'RE READY TO DELIVER THEM A PROJECT. SO LET'S HAVE A GOOD, GOOD DAY. VERY WELL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU DARRYL. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HOLLY. I'M EXCITED. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

I JUST REITERATE ANYTHING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID IN THE PAST ALSO.

BUT SPEAKING OF NAMING, WHEN WILL WE DEVELOP A NAME FOR THIS CAMPUS AND WHAT WOULD BE A PROCESS? OR HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT OF THAT? I KNOW WE HAD KIND OF BRIEFLY STARTED THAT DISCUSSION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT IT'S NOT A CAMPUS, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO WE'LL DO IT MORE LIKE WE NAMED THIS BUILDING WHERE THE BOARD WILL DO THAT. OKAY.

WILL YOU COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS FOR US, I GUESS? OKAY. THE TEAM HAS STARTED ON THAT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN YET.

JENNIFER KNOWS FROM THE BUILDING RUNS FROM THE MEETING WHEN WE FINISHED.

ONE PIECE OF ADVICE I WOULD OFFER RELATIVE TO THAT, THIS WILL IN THIS ENTIRE PROJECT WILL BE FAST TRACKED.

SO THE NAMING OF THAT BUILDING AND ANY SIGNAGE AND LEAD TIMES THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT CERTAINLY NEEDS TO DOVETAIL INTO YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

SO THAT IS ALSO A DECISION WE NEED TO MAKE THIS SUMMER PROBABLY.

YEAH, I KNOW OLIVIA HAVE COLORS AND MASCOTS OR NO COLOR MASCOT.

NO, PROBABLY NO SPRINGS, PROBABLY NO SPRINGS.

BUT I DON'T KNOW. OLIVIA HAD SHARED SOME IDEAS MONTHS AGO ABOUT ACRONYMS AND SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS I KNOW I SHARED WITH YOU.

WE HAVE THOSE AND WE'VE AND I'VE SHARED THOSE WITH BROOKE. SO WE'VE STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

SO YES, WE HAVE THAT. TRICIA. I JUST, I JUST HAD SOME THOUGHTS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE NON-NEGOTIABLES.

I FEEL LIKE THIS PARTICULAR PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY ANGRY ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T GET IN THERE IN AUGUST. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU DID SPECIFICALLY SAY THE PROGRAM OF SPACES, FUNCTIONALITY OF THE BUILDING AND ESTHETICS WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE. AND THE BUILDING THAT WAS GIVEN TO US THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE APPROVING OR WE APPROVED THE LAST TIME WAS IT HAD EVERYTHING. AND I HOPE THAT WE ARE NOT LOSING ANY OF THAT IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THESE KIDDOS ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

I WANT TO REITERATE SOMETHING OF A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE EFFORT AND TIME AND ATTENTION THAT'S BEEN PAID SINCE I WAS UP HERE LAST, WAS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'RE NOT COMPROMISING AND CHANGING AND REDUCING A THING RELATIVE TO WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO YOUR COMMUNITY WHEN YOU BROKE GROUND AND TOLD EVERYBODY WHAT FACILITY THEY'RE GETTING AND ALL THE VALUE AND ALL THE SPACES AND ALL THE FUNCTIONALITY, NONE OF THAT'S BEEN COMPROMISED WHATSOEVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. YES, MA'AM. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. LET ME GET THIS TO THE END.

OKAY. OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM NEXT WEEK IS OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.

WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP OVER THIS. JUST A COUPLE THINGS I WOULD HIGHLIGHT ARE FOR OUR TEACHER PAY SCALE WE ARE ADJUSTING OUR STARTING PAY SCALE FROM 56,500, 56,000 TO 56,500.

SO WE ARE INCREASING THAT BY 500. WE SEPARATED OUR TEACHER PAY SCALE OUT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BASE AMOUNT, A LOCAL FUND, LOCALLY FUNDED INCREASE FOR OUR YEARS ONE AND TWO AND THEN SHOWING THAT TRA INCREASE THAT.

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AND THEN EACH OF THE PAY GRADES IS GOING TO REFLECT A 0.5% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S PAY GRADES.

AND SO WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS WHEN WE'RE HIRING NEW EMPLOYEES FROM THE OUTSIDE, WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT SMALL ADJUSTMENT.

SO LOOKING AT THE 1% FOR OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, WE MADE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE COMPRESSION WHERE WE'RE KEEPING NEW EMPLOYEES AND NOT BEING ABLE TO HIRE THEM AT COMPETITIVE RATES.

AS OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEE RATES ARE INCREASING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO BRINGING NEW EMPLOYEES FROM THE OUTSIDE, NOT AT 1%, BUT AT A SLIGHT INCREASE AS WELL. MARY JANE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE WORKSHOP, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JUST SUMMARIZE THE CONUNDRUM THAT WE FACE WITH WITH JUST A HANDFUL OF WOULD BE ADMINISTRATORS WHO WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE A PAY CUT BECAUSE OF WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE STRINGS ARE ON OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.

YES, MA'AM. SO FOR AN EXAMPLE, A TEACHER WHO HAS 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WOULD COME IN AT OR IS GOING TO EARN NEXT YEAR 66,452. THAT AMOUNT BROKEN DOWN BY 187 INTO A DAILY RATE.

THE TRA I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT INFLATES IT, BUT IT, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER A ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL WHO DOES NOT HAVE ALL 15 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE COMING OVER TO THE AP SCALE AND BECAUSE THE $5,000 IS WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS, BUT IT'S JUST SUCH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL MASTER'S STIPENDS, BECAUSE WE DO COMPENSATE OUR EMPLOYEES FOR EVERY MASTER'S STIPEND.

SO A MASTER'S STIPEND PLUS A SUBJECT SPECIFIC OR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION STIPEND, THEY CAN BE UP TO $3,000 ON MASTER'S STIPENDS.

A SPECIAL EDUCATION STIPEND, UP TO $4,000, AND THEN THAT EXTRA $5,000 FROM THE STATE.

THOSE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE COMPENSATING TO OUR TEACHERS DO NOT FLOW OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PAY SCALE.

SO WHEREAS THAT $5,000 INCREASE FOR OUR TEACHERS, IT'S A 0.5% INCREASE FOR OUR ADMIN PROFESSIONAL SCALE.

DOES THAT KIND OF HELP? JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE FACES OF PARTICULAR PEOPLE THAT THIS IMPACTS REALLY MAKES IT REAL. I KNOW THAT WE WILL DO OUR BEST IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO MAKE WHAT IS POTENTIALLY AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.

YOU KNOW, VERY CLEAR FOR OUR LEGISLATORS. BUT I WOULD JUST APPRECIATE IN THE REGULAR MEETING NEXT WEEK IF YOU COULD ALSO INCORPORATE THAT INTO YOUR PRESENTATION. YES, MA'AM. I THINK IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SITUATION, A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WHERE WE GAVE A 3% INCREASE.

WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO WORK WITH TASB TO DO EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL SKILL WAS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO RELEASE SOME COMPRESSION AND GIVE INDIVIDUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO HELP BUILD THAT LADDER FROM A TEACHER PAY SCALE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PAY SCALE.

IT IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND KIND OF REALIGN INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR LONGEVITY. IT'S JUST IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY INDIVIDUAL EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS THIS YEAR OR TO THAT PAY SCALE AS A GROUP. I'LL JUST HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION THAT I'VE JUST BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT.

HOW DO WE, FOR THE PAY GRADES, HOW DO WE DETERMINE A MINIMUM MIDPOINT MAXIMUM AN INCOMING NEW EMPLOYEE? IS THAT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE? IS IT OKAY? BUT THAT'S JUST NOT A DEFINITIVE NUMBER.

IT'S NOT X NUMBER OF YEARS LIKE IT IS ON A TEACHER SCALE.

OR IS IT? IT'S A RANGE BECAUSE IT'S ONLY RELATED EXPERIENCE, WHEREAS TEACHERS COME IN WITH A SERVICE RECORD.

PAST EXPERIENCE MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY RELATED. SO WE TRY TO PROVIDE CREDIT FOR AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AS WE CAN.

BUT NO, MA'AM, IT'S NOT A SET INDEX. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF A SUBJECTIVE BASED ON EXPERIENCE IN THAT ROLE.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. AND THEN FOR ALL OF OUR NONPROFESSIONALS ON OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AID SCALE AND OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL SCALE AND OUR AUXILIARY SCALE, THEY ALSO GET LIKE A YEAR OF EXPERIENCE FOR HAVING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND THAT EXTRA EDUCATION.

SO THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO JUST TO MAKE OUR HOURLY RATES AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF OUR TASB DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE.

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SO WE JUST USUALLY TRY TO HAVE IT READY FOR Y'ALL BEFORE CONFERENCE AND THEY NEED IT THIS SUMMER.

SO I THOUGHT WE'D PUT IT ON HERE AND START THE CONVERSATION.

Y'ALL USUALLY TALK AND RETREAT AND FINALIZE, BUT WE MAY NEED IT AHEAD OF THAT.

AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE LATE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE WANT TO GET THE PACKETS BACK SO THAT WE'D ADD IT ON HERE.

I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION A DIFFERENT WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES TO DELEGATE ASSEMBLY THIS YEAR, INCLUDING MOVING THE DAY, BUT ALSO THE ALTERNATE CAN BE RIGHT THERE ON THE FLOOR WITH THE DELEGATE.

THERE'S ONLY ONE VOTE, BUT YOU CAN TALK WITH EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF FEELING LIKE YOU'RE WAY IN THE BACK AND AS AN OBSERVER.

THE LAST TWO YEARS IT'S BEEN TRICIA AND OLIVIA.

DO WE WANT OLIVIA AND TRICIA? DO WE WANT NEW PEOPLE? I THINK THEY'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IF THEY WANT TO STAY IN THAT ROLE.

I THINK THE CONTINUITY OF IT IS IS HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT.

BUT IT'S. MARY JANE HAS A DIFFERENT. OH, NO. OH, OKAY.

OKAY. SOMETIMES THAT'S LIKE IN YEARS PAST. SORRY.

JUST SOMETIMES IN YEARS PAST, THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO WERE, LIKE, REALLY WANTING A BREAK FROM.

OH, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE YOU AWAY FROM. IT DOES TAKE YOU AWAY.

IT IS A LONG. TRICIA WANTS TO KNOW. I THINK NO, I, I ACTUALLY RIDICULOUSLY, I ACTUALLY ENJOY IT.

BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO BE IN THE KNOW, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW AND SO I, I REALLY DO ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF BE IN THERE AND LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY GIVING MONEY TO.

SO I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, I ENJOY IT. I DON'T MIND BEING THE DELEGATE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ALTERNATE BEING THERE BECAUSE I THINK OUR CONVERSATION COULD REALLY IMPACT KIND OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE SAY AS WELL IN THE VOTING.

SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD AD FOR THAT POSITION.

Y'ALL ARE REALLY GOOD AT IT. I MEAN, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE MAKING A CHANGE.

I MEAN, Y'ALL BEEN DOING IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU'RE SO INFORMED. YOU'RE YOU REPRESENT US WELL AND YOU TAKE OUR NEEDS AND CONCERNS STRAIGHT TO THAT FLOOR.

AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL KUDOS BECAUSE YOU DO SUCH A GOOD JOB.

WE DON'T GET TO HEAR THAT VERY MUCH, DO WE? BUT YOU DO A GOOD JOB AND I WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP IT UP.

PLEASE. YES. OKAY. SO TRICIA IS OUR DELEGATE, OLIVIA IS OUR ALTERNATE AS IS.

OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE IT ON CONSENT? YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. LEARNING AND INNOVATION REPORT.

[10. REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE HAVING SUMMER SCHOOL BOTH FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AT THE DSMS WALNUT COMPLEX.

THAT'S AN EFFICIENCY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN ALLOW FOR EVEN COMMUNITY SERVICES TO TAG ALONG WITH SUMMER SCHOOL.

IT'S GOING TO BE FUN. WE DO HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL STARTING JUNE 3RD FOR ELEMENTARY.

AND IT GOES THROUGH JUNE 25TH. SO THREE SHORT WEEKS.

WE WILL NOT HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL ON FRIDAYS AND SUMMER SCHOOL SERVES ELEMENTARY SERVES TWO PURPOSES FOR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADERS WHO DID NOT YET MEET STAR REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN ALSO THE REQUIRED EMERGENT BILINGUAL KINDER THROUGH SECOND GRADE THAT'S REQUIRED FROM THE STATE, AND THEN SECONDARY WILL TAKE PLACE AT DSMS FOR STUDENTS WHO DID NOT MEET STAR OR ANYBODY WHO NEEDS A CREDIT RECOVERY, AND THEN EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS REQUIRING ADDITIONAL LINGUISTIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND JUST AS IN YEARS PAST, WE HAVE BOTH OUR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY STUDENTS AND OUR CTE TEACHER PREP PATHWAY STUDENTS SUPPORTING AND GETTING SOME VOLUNTEER HOURS WITH THOSE DUTIES. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

LEADER IN ME DISTRICT ALIGNMENT DAY WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE 20TH, I'M SORRY, MAY 26TH.

THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING. IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE DATA, BUT IT'S REALLY DIVING INTO THE DATA AND REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT STUDENT LEADERSHIP PIECE WITH THAT ALIGNMENT OF ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AROUND THE SAME TABLE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT REALLY INFORMS OUR IMPROVEMENT PLANS MOVING FORWARD AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEY'RE FOCUSED ON SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS THERE. WE DO HAVE STAR SCORES WERE ANTICIPATING EOCS ON MAY 22ND AND THEN THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SCORES ON MAY 29TH.

THAT IS A VERY FAST TURNAROUND. PARENTS WON'T GET THEIR SCORES UNTIL JUNE, SO THAT LITTLE NOTE FROM ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHERE IT SAYS JUNE 16TH,

[01:20:01]

UNOFFICIAL SCORES, THAT IS. AND THEN ALSO HAPPENING AT THE END OF MAY IS OUR REQUIRED YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING 500 MORE EMPLOYEES GETTING TRAINED ON THAT REQUIRED TRAINING AT THOSE TWO DAYS.

AND THEN WE'LL BE IN WE'RE ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THAT 75% OF OUR DISTRICT TRAINED BY NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S IT. DID I JUST HAD A QUESTION FROM A PARENT. DID ALL STUDENTS GET INTO PRE-K OR ARE WE ON A WAIT LIST FOR ANYTHING? DID HOW DID THAT GO? WE HAVE A WAIT LIST, I BELIEVE AT THREE CAMPUSES WITHOUT THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT, I THINK IT'S THREE. AND SOME PARENTS, EVEN WHEN THEY GET GOT INTO PRE-K, SAID, NO, THANK YOU.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET SOME OFF THE LIST.

OKAY. DO WE ANTICIPATE TO MOVE MOVING OFF THE LIST COMPLETELY, LIKE MOVING UP THE WHOLE LIST, OR DO WE THINK. WE'LL HAVE, WE HAVE LESS THAN THERE'S SIX AT ONE CAMPUS THAT NOW HAS 4 OR 5.

SO I WOULD HOPE SO. BUT IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHO SAYS YES, I'M COMING.

AND THEN IN JUNE, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER INFLUX OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT'S WHEN OUR FIRST PAYMENTS DUE, THEY'LL SAY, NO, THANK YOU, AND THEN WE CAN GET MORE. THERE'S VERY FEW ON THE WAIT LIST, LESS THAN A CLASS WORTH.

OH, OKAY. YEAH. AND THEY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ANOTHER CAMPUS, RIGHT.

IF WE HAVE OPENINGS AT OTHER SCHOOLS, WE'RE OFFERING THEM AT THEIR CAMPUSES. OKAY. MAY NOT BE AT THEIR PREFERRED CAMPUS, BUT THERE MAY BE SOMEWHERE ELSE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE ARE REACHING OUT INDIVIDUALLY TO EACH PERSON ON THE WAITLIST SAYING WE DO HAVE AVAILABILITY AT THIS CAMPUS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HR REPORT. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO BEAT OURSELVES EVERY YEAR. SO WE POST A LOT OF WHAT WERE WE LAST YEAR AND WHERE CAN WE BE THIS YEAR.

AND SO ONE OF OUR CELEBRATIONS FOR THIS MONTH IS OUR INCREASE IN OUR APPLICATIONS.

AND NOW THAT WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM DUI AND ALL THE AREAS WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON A LOT, MOST THE MAJORITY OF THESE APPLICANTS BEING FULLY CERTIFIED.

AND SO WE INCREASED OUR OVERALL APPLICANT VOLUME FROM MARCH TO MAY BY 34% OVER LAST YEAR.

AND WITH THAT ONE DAY HAVING 58 APPLICATIONS.

AND THE REASON THAT KIND OF ALIGNED IS OUR TEACHERS ARE FANTASTIC.

WE HATE WHEN THEY MOVE OUT OF THE STATE OR OUT OF THE AREA, BUT THEY NOTIFY US EARLY SO THAT OUR PRINCIPALS CAN FIND THAT BEST APPLICANT TO REPLACE THEM. AND SO WE HAD 18 POSITIONS POSTED THAT LAST WEEK BETWEEN THE 27TH AND 28TH.

SO WHEN YOU SEE, WE HAD ONE DAY THAT HAD 58 APPLICATIONS, IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS OR A COUPLE POSITIONS THAT PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN. THAT'S THE POSITION THAT THEY'VE JUST BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON.

AND SO 58 APPLICATIONS FOR A DISTRICT OF 600 TEACHERS IS AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER, BUT IT DIRECTLY SPEAKS TO OUR PRINCIPALS JUST HAVING FANTASTIC CULTURES ON THEIR CAMPUS. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. FINANCE REPORTS.

SO THE FINANCE REPORTS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE FROM MARCH.

IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT 90 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER 90 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUE.

IT'S ABOUT 91% OF OUR BUDGET EXPENDITURES THROUGH MARCH, WE'VE SPENT 58.5%, ALMOST 60 MILLION.

THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT IS PAYROLL. 47.7 MILLION OF THE 59 IS PAYROLL EXPENDITURES.

OUR FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF MARCH IS SITTING AT 81.4 MILLION.

BUT KEEP IN MIND THIS IS DUE PRIMARILY TO GETTING OUR TAX COLLECTIONS.

THE BULK OF ALL THOSE USUALLY COME IN DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND STARTING IN MARCH, THEY KIND OF START TRAILING OFF.

TO DATE, WE'VE COLLECTED IN THE GENERAL FUND, APPROXIMATELY 78.6 MILLION IN TAXES.

AND FOR THE TOTAL LEVY, WE'VE COLLECTED 114 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS 96, A LITTLE OVER 96% OF THE TOTAL LEVY.

AND OUR COLLECTION PERCENTAGE ON THE TOTAL LEVY IS AT 99.

SO WE'RE ON TARGET TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT A REQUIREMENT.

BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE DID GO OVER THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS A LITTLE BIT IN OUR WORKSHOP EARLIER.

THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON MARCH DATA AND THEN ESTIMATING OUT APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.

OUR BOND PROGRAM REPORTS ARE THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL.

[01:25:07]

WE DID GO OVER THOSE IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. IT'S THE SAME GRAPH, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

I DID HAVE TO KNOCK THAT OFF SO I COULD FIT IT ON THE SLIDE, BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN SEE THOSE HERE.

SO IN SUMMARY, WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

CURRENT PROJECTIONS ARE INDICATING THAT WE SHOULD END THE YEAR WITH ABOUT A $47.2 MILLION FUND BALANCE.

ANY QUESTIONS? SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT. OPERATIONS REPORT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL START WITH CHILD NUTRITION.

THEY SERVED OVER 130,000 TOTAL MEALS IN IN APRIL, WHICH IS A HEAVY LIFT FOR THEM.

I MENTIONED AT THE LAST REPORT THAT THEY WERE BEING TRAINED BY A CIA CHEF, THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, AND THEY'RE BEGINNING TO PUT THAT INTO PRACTICE.

THEY'RE PLANNING THE MENU FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEY'RE THEY'RE USING ALL OF THAT.

SO USING SOME OF THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO, TO, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THEIR PRODUCT AND HOPEFULLY THE KIDS ALL LIKE IT. A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE JUST REAL, REAL QUICKLY ON THE RENOVATION PROJECTS DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. SYCAMORE HVAC, AND THEN ALSO THE WATERPROOFING AT DRIPPING SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, THOSE ARE ALL SCHEDULED TO GET A QUICK START AS SOON AS SCHOOL'S OUT AT THE VERY END OF MAY.

I DO WANT TO SAY WE'RE HAVING BI WEEKLY COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH THE CAMPUSES WHERE WE INCLUDE THE CONTRACTORS, THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATION, OUR OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING FACILITIES.

WE'RE INCLUDING SECURITY, WE'RE INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY AND OUR COMMUNICATION TEAM JUST SO THAT NOTHING IS DROPPED.

WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE ALL THE DISRUPTION THAT WE CAN AND THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING OFF.

PRINCIPALS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE TOLD ME WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.

SO REALLY HAPPY. WE'RE CALLING THAT THE DISTRICT SUPPORT TEAM.

AND REALLY THE PURPOSE IS TO JUST SUPPORT THAT CAMPUS EVERY WAY THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO IS TAKING SHAPE. TILT WALLS ARE CONTINUING TO GO UP.

I BELIEVE THE GEOTHERMAL WELLS ARE ALMOST DONE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DONE.

PIERS ARE I THINK THE LAST TIME WE SAW THAT 100% COMPLETE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS. IT DID RAIN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL PUSHING THROUGH FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE GROUP, 404 WORK ORDERS THIS MONTH.

THEY, THEY SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED. I MENTIONED LAST MONTH ABOUT THE USTA GRANT AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE ON THAT.

SO THE, THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION, THE USTA TEXAS CHAPTER, THEY ALSO DECIDED TO THROW IN SOME MONEY AND IT BROUGHT OUR TOTAL TO $45,000. SO IT'LL COST US TOTAL 78,000 TO RESURFACE THE COURTS, 45,000 OF IT IS GOING TO BE COVERED BY USTA. SO THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN ALSO WE'RE PILOTING AUTOMATIC FLOOR CLEANERS RIGHT NOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

REALLY FOR JUST THE BIG BOX AREAS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM IN HALLWAYS AND GYMS. AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS OUR STAFF TO DO IS TO FOCUS ON CLASSROOMS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE CLEAN, MAKING SURE THEY'RE SAFE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING WE'RE PILOTING IT AND, AND IF IT WORKS OUT AND SO FAR THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN POSITIVE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE PURCHASES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

TECHNOLOGY RESOLVED 680 HELP DESK TICKETS IN APRIL.

AND THAT'S RIGHT DURING STAR. SO THEY, THEY WERE DOING THAT AND ALL THE WHILE MAKING SURE THAT THE THAT STAR TESTING WINDOW WENT OFF WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. AND, AND THERE WEREN'T I MEAN, WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THEM, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE THAT TEAM WAS WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY.

AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE REPLACEMENT CYCLES FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

AND THEN FINALLY, TRANSPORTATION OVER 600 EXTRACURRICULAR FIELD TRIPS THIS SEMESTER.

AND THEN ONE GROUP THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED ONCE BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THEM AGAIN IS THE MAINTENANCE GROUP.

THEY DO A LOT OF OUR OWN MAINTENANCE. THEY DO WORK ON, ON OUR BUSSES, 452 WORK ORDERS.

THEY COMPLETED AND THEN OUR ROUTING SPECIALISTS ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW FOR SUMMER SCHOOL AND FOR, FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE OPERATIONS REPORT.

[01:30:05]

I KNOW WE'RE GOING INTO FINALS AND TRY THESE INNOVATIVE DISHES.

I MEAN, WE DON'T EVER. BUT OF COURSE, I WANT TO GO THROUGH THE RIGHT PROCEDURE, YOU KNOW, PROCESS, SIGN IN, WHATEVER. I WANT TO GO. I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

I WANT TO GO EAT LUNCH AND TRY THESE NEW THINGS.

SO SCOTT, PLEASE, ON A CAMPUS VISIT MAYBE OR DURING A WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT GIVES US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS AND ALL THAT THEY DO AND, YOU KNOW, ENJOY THEIR FOOD. BUT I JUST THAT'S MY REQUEST.

I WANT TO DO THAT, SCOTT. AND YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN.

OUR DIRECTOR, HE'S, HE'S ALWAYS TELLING ME, COME EAT, COME EAT.

WE'RE DOING THIS. SO I KNOW HE WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE DO. THAT WAS MY EXACT COMMENT TOO, IS THAT I WAS LIKE, I'M GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THAT FOOD AGAIN, THAT CHEF COMING TO TRAIN THEM. SO IF WE COULD DO A WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER, AND WE CAN GO THERE AND EAT FIRST, AND THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. SCOTT, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE NEW TEA PILOT, THE DATA WAREHOUSING AND ALL THAT. IT SOUNDED SO SIMILAR TO ME ON ONE LEVEL WITH CLASS LINK, AND I KNOW THAT'S MORE LIKE STUDENT FAMILY FACING, BUT I THOUGHT THAT AT THE BACK END PROVIDED A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION FOR OUR STAFF.

DO THEY INTERACT IN ANY WAY OR IS THIS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT? I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON THAT ONE. I CAN FIND THAT OUT, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT IS REALLY MORE FOR INSTANCE, DATA WHENEVER WE'RE ASKING FOR THOSE TYPES OF LIKE ATTENDANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND IT'S ALL CONTAINED RIGHT IN THE DASHBOARD, BUT I'LL FIND OUT AND I'LL, I'LL UPDATE THAT ON MONDAY, ON MONDAY.

I'M SUPER CURIOUS. I JUST WENT TO A SUMMIT LAST WEEK WHERE ACC, THE ACC CHANCELLOR, WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN REAL TIME TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE YOU'VE MISSED SOME CLASSES AND PROACTIVELY REACHING OUT TO THE STUDENT OR YOU'VE SIGNED UP FOR THESE CLASSES, AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO ALIGN TO WHAT YOU DECLARED AS YOUR DEGREE PATH AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION. YEAH, I'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT AND REPORT.

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. I WILL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO BOARD MEETING DATES.

THAT IS ALL THE DATES STARTING IN AUGUST FOR NEXT YEAR.

AGENDA REVIEW ON THE MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER MONTH AND THEN THE MONTHS WHERE THERE ARE HOLIDAYS THAT CONFLICT NO AGENDA REVIEW VERY MUCH MATCHES THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS YEAR. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE AFTER MONDAY'S MEETING, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FEEDBACK, THEN WE'LL PROBABLY START PUTTING THEM ON CALENDARS.

AND WE DO A LOT OF PLANNING AROUND BOARD MEETING DATES BECAUSE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS HINGE ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU. I DO LIKE THAT WE ADDED AGENDA REVIEW IN AUGUST.

I THINK LAST YEAR IT WAS IT WAS A LITTLE TOUGH COMING OFF THE SUMMER WITH NOTHING.

SO I PERSONALLY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS. IF ANYBODY HAS CONCERNS ON THESE DATES, THOUGH, SPEAK UP.

SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW COME MEET IN A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON,

[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.

[12. OPEN SESSION]

WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 4:38 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.