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FOR YOU, AND I PROMISE WE DO NOT BITE.SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SEAT, THERE ARE SEATS UP HERE,
[I. Call to Order]
LET'S GET THIS MEETING STARTED.WE'VE GOT A FULL HOUSE TONIGHT WITH A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER, I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THE T UH, A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 6:18 PM.
UM, FIRST UP ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND RECOGNITION OF OUR VETERANS AS THE STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING.
UM, I'D MENTIONED IT EARLIER, BUT THOSE OF YOU THAT JUST CAME IN, WE HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS, OTHERS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH DELL VALLEY, UM, AND SOME OF THEIR, UH, PICTURES FROM THEIR TIME AND SERVICE, UH, DISPLAYED.
SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AND AS ALWAYS, WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR COMMITMENT.
UM, AND WITHOUT THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER SO WE CAN HAVE OUR COLLINS ELEMENTARY COME IN AND PERFORM FOR US.
UM, AND IF, WHEN AS THEY COME IN AND GET SETTLED, WE CAN STAND SO WE CAN SAY THE PLEDGE.
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CAN WE GIVE IT ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR COLLINS ELEMENTARY? AND THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS FOR COMING.WE KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET HERE AT SIX 15.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND ALLOWING THEM TIME WITH US.
[III. Public Comment]
UP ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, WE HAVE SOMEONE NEW SPEAKING THIS EVENING, SO JUST TO, UM, GIVE YOU A FEW RULES.
UH, LVL WILL BE YOUR TIMEKEEPER.
SHE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP SPEAKING, SHE'S JUST LETTING YOU KNOW SO YOU HAVE THE TIME.
UM, THE BOARD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WE ARE DEFINITELY LISTENING AND WANNA THANK ANYONE WHO CAME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING FOR COMING TO JOIN US AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS.
UM, WE HAVE ROSALYN ALEXANDER, CASPER
I FORGET THAT WE'RE IN A NEW PLACE.
YES, IF YOU WANNA COME UP THERE AND THE MIC SHOULD BE ON 'CAUSE IT'S GREEN.
HOW'S EVERYONE? I'M ROSALIND ALEXANDER SPHERIC.
THE ALEXANDER FARM AT PILOT KNOB TEXAS IS 176 YEARS STRONG, BLACK OWNED AND OPERATED FAMILY FARM, JUST 1.2 MILES OUTSIDE THE SOUTHEAST AUSTIN CITY LIMITS OUR GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER, DANIEL ALEXANDER, WHO LIVED FROM 1810 UNTIL 1883, FOUNDED THE FARM AS THE THEN ENSLAVED RENOWNED THOROUGHBRED HORSE BREEDER AND TRAINER OF HIS ENSLAVE THOMAS FREEMAN MCKINNEY OF MCKINNEY FALLS STATE PARK NOTORIETY.
I AM A SIXTH GENERATION DESCENDANT OF DANIEL ALEXANDER AND HIS MOTHER SINI.
OUR FARM FARM HOLDS A STORIED HISTORY OF BLACK COURAGE, TENACITY, AND RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF OTHERWISE INSURMOUNTABLE SOCIAL OR SOCIETAL NORMS. ARCHEOLOGICALLY SPEAKING REMAINS OF THE THOROUGHBRED TRAINING TRACK.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER BUILT FROM THE BASALT ROCK OF PILOT KNOBS.
83 MILLION YEAR OLD SUBTERRANEAN VOLCANO STILL STANDS AT OUR FARM SINCE 1973.
WE'VE GRACED THE FOUNDING FAMILY'S PERMANENT EXHIBIT AT AUSTIN'S CARBON MUSEUM, A FINE ART PAINTING OF AMERICA'S FIRST GREAT RACEHORSE.
SIR ARCHIE, WHO IS THE PROGENITOR OF SECRETARIAT, DEPICTS A REPRESENTATION OF DANIEL ALEXANDER AS THE CHAMPION'S TRAINER.
THE PAINTING BY 19TH CENTURY ARTIST ALVIN FISHER, HAS BEEN RECENTLY CONSERVED BY THE TEXAS STATE ARCHIVES.
IT'S A FITTING ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE ACCOLADES DESCRIBING GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER DANIEL ALEXANDER'S POWER AS NOTED BY THE REPORTERS OF HIS DAY WHO WROTE, AND I QUOTE, WON'T THE VERY GROUND SHAKE WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER.
THESE ARE THE NAMES WHICH WILL BE HISTORIC IN THE ANNALS OF TEXAS TURF.
THE ALEXANDER FARMS GENERATIONS OF DESCENDANTS.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN BLACK COWBOYS AND AMERICAN STORY AND EXHIBIT FIRST MOUNTED BY THE WOODY MUSEUM THAT IS NOW TOURING NATIONALLY.
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVAL RESEARCH UNEARTHED IN 2020 DOCUMENTS AN IRREFUTABLE LINK BETWEEN DANIEL ALEXANDER, HIS DESCENDANTS, AND THE SOUTHERN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE THANKS TO THANKS TO DANIEL ALEXANDER'S EQUINE ACUMEN UNDER THEIR OWN AGENCY.
ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN TRAVIS AND BASTROP COUNTY RODE AWAY FROM SLAVERY ON HORSEBACK RATHER THAN RUNNING AWAY THE FREEDOM FACET OF OUR FARMLAND AND OUR HISTORY IS BEING EXPLORED BY THE BULK MUSEUM AS IT PARTNERS WITH THE ALEXANDER FARM TO PERMANENTLY PLACE DANIEL ALEXANDER'S INCREDIBLY COURAGEOUS STORY AS WELL AS THAT OF HIS DESCENDANTS IN ITS HALL HALLS.
WHY THEN HAVE I SHARED A BIT OF OUR PROUD TEXAS AND NATIONAL HISTORY WITH YOU MEMBERS OF D-V-I-S-D SCHOOL BOARD.
THE ALEXANDER FARM IS A WORKING FARM THAT DESERVES THE STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL EXEMPTION ENACTED BY THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE SOME 40 ODD YEARS AGO.
WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW ELIGIBLE AND PEAKED THE ALEXANDER FARM IS FOR THAT STATE MANDATED TEXAS HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGICAL EXEMPTION FOR TWO TAX SEASONS.
I'VE MET AND TALKED WITH D-V-I-D-V-I-S-D STAFF WHO THEN DELAYED ANY ACTION TOWARD GRANTING THE ALEXANDER FARM EXEMPTION UNTIL THE DEADLINES PASSED.
THE HOLDUP WE WERE TOLD IS THAT YOU TIME MEMBERS OF THE D-V-I-S-D SCHOOL BOARD, UH, NEED TO ESTABLISH A POLICY FOR HONORING THE STATE'S TAX LAW, CODIFIED AS 11.24 FOR HISTORICAL.
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ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING.THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING THAT HISTORY WITH US.
UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANNA GO OVER MEETING GUIDELINES.
UM, THESE ARE JUST A WAY FOR US TO, UM, THE, THE BOARD WILL INTERACT AS WELL AS STAFF IN ALL OF OUR AUDIENCE.
FIRST, WE WILL BE BRIEF AND TO THE POINT ON ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.
WE'LL KEEP THE FOCUS ON ALL STUDENTS AS WE GO THROUGH, AS WE USUALLY DO.
UM, WE'LL LISTEN WITH RESPECT.
WE'LL ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT WHILE WE'RE LISTENING AND WE'LL KEEP THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE AGENDA ITEM AT HAND.
SO WITH THESE GUIDELINES, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A VERY EFFECTIVE MEETING.
[IV.A. Recognition of Hispanic Bar Association of Austin Essay Competition Winner Dr. Laura Carlin-Gonzalez]
INTO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS. AND HERE WE HAVE OUR RECOGNITION OF THE HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN SA COMPETITION WINNER.GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD MEMBERS DR.
UM, LINDSEY LOPEZ, AN EIGHTH GRADER FROM DALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, RECENTLY WON THE HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN SA COMPETITION.
THE HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN IS AN ORGANIZATION OF HISPANIC LAWYERS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND ENERGY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
MEMBERS OF HB A'S EDUCATION OUTREACH COMMITTEE GO TO THE HIGHEST, UH, GO TO THE COUNTY'S HIGHEST MAJORITY HISPANIC MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY.
THE TOPIC OF THIS YEAR'S ESSAY WAS, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGAL ISSUE FACING YOUR COMMUNITY TODAY AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? LINDSAY'S ESSAY ABOUT IMMIGRATION WAS SELECTED AS THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER, AND SHE REPRESENTED DAILY N-D-V-I-D WITH PRIDE AT THE HBAA LUNCHEON WHERE SHE READ HER ESSAY ALOUD TO ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
LINDSAY'S TEACHER AMANDA KTU WROTE, I AM SO PROUD OF LINDSAY.
I KNOW SHE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO EVERY SENTENCE IN REVISION, MADE SURE HER POINT THOUGHT ACROSS EXACTLY THE WAY SHE WANTED.
I'M GLAD SHE HAD THE COURAGE TO WRITE AND SPEAK ABOUT AN ISSUE FACING OUR COMMUNITY IN A WORLD WITH SO MANY OPINIONS BEING THROWN OUR WAY, IT IS INSPIRING TO SEE HER SHARE HER EXPERIENCE AND LEAD A BIGGER CONVERSATION ABOUT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
LINDSAY WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE PRINCIPAL MARIO VELOS HERE TO, UM, ACCEPT THE AWARD.
WOULD THERE BE A WAY THAT THE BOARD COULD GET A COPY OF THE ESSAY? OKAY.
[IV.B. Recognition of Del Valle High School All-State Cross Country Runner Kandice Smith & Silvia Salinas]
HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, ALLSTATE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER.UM, AND I FOR THAT, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO CANDICE SMITH AND S SYLVIA SALINAS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR DELL VALLEY ISD ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER JAMES BUTLER PROUDLY REPRESENTED THE CARDINALS AT THE UIL STATE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS.
JAMES QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE MEET AFTER EARNING A SECOND PLACE FINISH, AND AT THE DISTRICT MEET AND THIRD PLACE FINISH AT THE REGIONAL MEET.
THIS IS A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
JAMES QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE MEET AT THE STATE MEET JAMES EARNED A 15TH PLACE FINISH OUT OF 150 RUNNERS IN THE SIX A RACE, FINISHING WITH AN AMAZING TIME OF 1526 WITH A TOP 15 FINISH.
HE, HE WAS NAMED AT TO THE CROSS COUNTRY COACHES ASSOCIATION, TEXAS ALLSTATE TEAM.
ADDITIONALLY, JAMES COMPETED THIS PAST SPRING AT THE TEXAS RELAYS.
HE COMPETED IN A 3000 METER STEEPLECHASE WITH THE, AND RAN, UH, WON THE EVENT WITH THE TIME OF 6 0 8, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FASTEST TIME IN THE STATE AS WELL AS THE NATION FOR A HIGH SCHOOL RUN.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER JAMES BUTLER ON A STELLAR PERFORMANCE AT THE UIL STATE CROSS COUNTRY.
AND HERE TO REPRESENT HIM TONIGHT ARE JAMES BUTLER, SENIOR CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER AND TRUMPET PLAYER IN THE BAND.
UM, WE HAVE COACH LEE, UM, HIS COACH, MOM AND GRANDMA.
AND WE HAVE FROM THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT COORDINATORS JANE MARTIN AND TODD PATMAN.
AND I'LL LET, UH, UH, PRINCIPAL SMITH CONTINUE.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DR. KELLY ON BEHALF OF DELL VALLEY, ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES DELL VALLEY, ISD AND DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
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PROUD OF YOU AND WE'LL REMEMBER YOUR NAME AS YOUR LEGACY WILL LEVONNE HERE IN DELL VALLEY, ISD.AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU A RECOGNITION FOR YOUR 15TH PLACE FINISH AT THE 2023 UIL CROSS COUNTRY MEET.
WHILE EVERYONE GETS SEATED, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS BOARD HAS SEEN JAMES, AND IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE HIM CONTINUING TO BE EXCELLENT AND SATISFIED.
[IV.C. Recognition of Excellence in Construction Merit Award - Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary ]
RECOGNITION ITEM THIS EVENING IS THE RECOGNITION OF ELE EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION BOARD FOR HUNS HORNSBY DUNLAP ELEMENTARY.AND THAT'S MR. STEVEN LES, UH, AGAIN TO THE, THE FAMILY OF JAMES BUTLER.
THAT IS PRETTY AWESOME AS A FORMER COACH, UH, THAT IS AS TOP AS YOU GET.
AND SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF HORNSBY DUNLAP ELEMENTARY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
TELLEY, UH, PRESIDENT BIRCH, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS RECOGNIZE THE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FOR HORNSBY DUNLAP ELEMENTARY.
UNFORTUNATELY, MS. JONES IS NOT ABLE TO COME THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER, THE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT IN CONSTRUCTION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IS PROVIDED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE CONSTRUCTORS OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT MEET THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
AND SO FOR THIS, UH, CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS HORNSBY DUNLAP HAS SHOWN ITSELF BOTH IN CONSTRUCTION AND THE STUDENT-CENTERED INNOVATION FOR THAT CERTIFICATE OF MERIT.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT, UH, THE CERTIFICATE TO MS OR DR. HOWARD AND IF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WOULD JOIN US FOR A PHOTO.
THAT ENDED OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS, BUT DEFINITELY NOT FUN FOR THIS EVENING.
[V. Election of Board Officers]
UP IS OUR ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS AND IF WE, I'D HAD A GO, SOME REQUESTS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY WANT TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL BOARD.I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR US TO DISCUSS.
ARE ARE YOU WANTING US TO GO TO THE CLOSED SESSION? WE CAN GO CLOSED SESSION IF THAT OR NO, I'M JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
YEAH, I MEAN WE CAN, WE'LL GO TO CLOSED SESSION AND HAVE A DISCUSSION OR IT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE COULD POSTPONE UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL BOARD.
I'M OPEN FOR WHICHEVER ONE IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE BOARD.
WOULD YOU PREFER CLOSED SESSION? UH, SORRY, I THINK AS I WAS GONNA SAY, YEAH, I MEAN IF THERE'S A REQUEST TO DISCUSS IT IN CLOSED SESSION, CAN WE DO THAT AND THEN IF, IF WE DECIDE TO POSTPONE IT, WE CAN YEAH.
SO LET'S, UH, AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL
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ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER 5 5 1 0.074, UM, BOARD, UM, BOARD OFFICER ELECTIONS.THE BOARD ENDED CLOSED SESSION AT 6:52 PM WE'RE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION CONSIDERING THE ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THE ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS UNTIL THE DECEMBER REGULAR MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? NO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING UNTIL DECEMBER.
[VI.A. 2022-2023 District Improvement Plan (DIP) & Campus Improvement Plans (CIP) Dr. Ana Rush]
NOW WE MOVE INTO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS. UM, UM, THE FIRST UP ON OUR AGENDA IS A OUR 20 22, 20 23 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.UM, DR. RUSH, IS IT 20 20 20 20 23.
ACTUALLY, LEMME CORRECT THAT THERE'S A CORRECTION ON THE ITEM.
IT IS THE 20 23, 20 24 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
TONIGHT I'M BRINGING THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS STATED IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 11, SECTION 11.251.
THE BOARD SHALL ANNUALLY APPROVE THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
AS A NOTE, THE, THE SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS AND DISTRICT PLANS ARE SEPARATE AND KEPT AT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES FOR SECURITY REASONS THEY'RE NOT, UH, DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.
THIS CYCLE WAS ESTABLISHED BY, UH, DR.
AND THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE CAMPUS.
AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, THERE ARE CAMPUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE HAVE THE DISTRICT ADVISORY TEAM, WHICH IS THE DEBTS.
SO THE CONTINUOUS, UH, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CYCLE CONSISTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHERE CAMPUSES, UH, EVALUATE THE NEEDS OF THE, OF THE CAMPUS.
THEN WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS AGAIN, THROUGH THE COMMITTEES.
UH, THEY HELP DEVELOP THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
THEN WE HAVE CAMPUS SUPPORT TEAMS WHERE THEY SUPPORT THE CAMPUS, ENSURE THAT THERE IS IMPLEMENTATION, UH, OF THE STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMPLISH OR PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS.
AND THEN WE HAVE PROGRESS MONITORING, WHICH IS ENSURING THAT, UH, WE ARE MEETING, UH, WE'RE MEETING THE GOALS.
SO HERE WE HAVE OR INSTRUCTIONAL COMPASS.
UM, THIS WAS DEVELOPED IN 2018 AND LED BY DR.
TELLI TO DETERMINE ALIGNMENT IN INSTRUCTION AND RESOURCES.
SO WE HAVE ALIGNMENT OF THE CURRICULUM ALIGNED LITERACY PLAN.
WE HAVE, OR, UH, SPECIAL GROUPS, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, UH, TEACHING.
AND WE HAVE OR ALIGN, UH, BEHAVIOR PLAN OR PLANS ARE ALIGNED TO, OR DISTRICT VISION AND DISTRICT MISSION AND OR, UH, DISTRICT, UH, GOALS ARE ALIGNED TO, OR A STRATEGIC PLAN OR DISTRICT, A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN 20 THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD IN 2021.
SO THE FOUR FOCUS AREAS ARE ACADEMIC, FOUNDATION, FUTURE READY, EDUCATION, SUPPORTING LEARNING THROUGH EQUITABLE FACILITIES, HUMAN RESOURCES AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES, AND CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PARENTS.
SO WHAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU IS WHAT THE DAT TEAM APPROVED AND FOR THE CAMPUSES, THAT IS WHAT THE CAT TEAMS, UH, APPROVED.
AND, UH, WE DO FOLLOW THE TA EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE SCHOOL FRAMEWORKS, AND THAT IS INCORPORATED IN OUR TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL PLANS OR THE OVERALL PROCESS? GO AHEAD.
SO I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, WHEN DID THE BOARD RECEIVE THESE, UM, DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS? IN, UH, LAST, LAST WEEK ON FRIDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK? NO.
HAD WE BEEN SENT THEM EARLIER? IT WAS WEDNESDAY.
WHENEVER THEY WERE ON WEDNESDAY.
JONATHAN SENT THEM OUT OR MIDWEEK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE PROCESS IN WHICH THEY WERE DECIDED? I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
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ADMINISTRATION, THE PRINCIPALS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THE COMMITTEES ON CAMPUSES.SO THANK YOU ALL AND TO YOUR CAMPUS COMMITTEES, PARENTS, ET CETERA, STAFF.
MATT, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, WE WERE IN QUESTIONS FOR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT AND DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
YOU'RE GOOD TO GO? OKAY, PERFECT.
SHIRA, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE STILL LOOKING.
I DON'T WANNA MOVE ON IF YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT 'EM.
NO, I'M JUST VERY IMPRESSED OKAY.
WITH THIS NICE PART THAT WE GOT, SO THANK YOU.
[VI.B. Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for the Construction of Del Valle ISD High School # 2]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, OR THE GMP FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO, MR. ALS.GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
TELLEY, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, TODAY IS AN EXCITING DAY, UH, BECAUSE PART OF THE 2022 BOND IDENTIFIES HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO AS A DISTRICT GOAL.
AND WITH THAT, WE BRING A PRESENTATION TO YOU, UH, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SHARED AND, AND COVERED IN OUR WEEKLY BOARD QUESTIONS AND UPDATES, UH, TO INFORM THE BOARD OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
WITH ALL OF THE PRICE INFLATIONS, UH, MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND EFFORTS, WE PRESENT THE INFORMATION FOR THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO.
SO WE CIRCLE BACK TO OUR MISSION AND VISION.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR MISSION AND VISION, ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT TO US, UH, IN THE OPERATIONAL TEAM IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A FUTURE READY EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE REAL, REAL WORLD OPPORTUNITIES.
WITHIN THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS.
AND WITH HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO, AS PART OF THE DESIGN AND THE PROCESS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UH, WE FEEL LIKE THAT WE ARE HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH TRYING TO OPEN THE SCHOOL IN AUGUST OF 2026 AND HAVE OUR FIRST GROUP OF STUDENTS WALK THROUGH THE DOORS IN AUGUST OF 2026, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UH, FIRST STEP FOR THIS EVENING IS TO CONSIDER THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
SO HOW WE GOT TO THE 2022 BOND, JUST TO RECAP, IS WE STARTED WITH A DISTRICT BOND WORKSHOP ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2021, UH, TO DETERMINE IF THE NEED WAS THERE.
AND THE BOARD WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR A BOND FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
NUMBER TWO, WE THEN SOLICITED, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND, AND OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR GROWTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, AS WELL AS DECEMBER IN 2022, UH, JANUARY.
AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PRIORITY LIST, WE THEN GOT TO A POINT IN FEBRUARY WHERE WE HAD A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, WE HAD A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING.
UH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADJUSTED THE TOTAL COST.
UH, BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION AT THE TIME, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL.
UH, TRAVIS COUNTY ELECTIONS WERE CONTRACTED TO HOST THAT ELECTION ON MAY 7TH.
UH, DEL VALLEY, ISD SUPERINTENDENT HOSTED COMMUNITY SESSIONS THROUGH THAT TIME PERIOD SO THAT WE HAD THE COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSIONS AND THE COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AT THE CAMPUSES, UH, BOTH THROUGH THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS FLYERS AND MAILERS SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS AWARE THAT THE DISTRICT WAS MOVING FORWARD WITH A BOND.
WITHIN THAT, WE HAD PROJECTIONS, AND THIS IS WHERE IF YOU, UH, HAVE FOLLOWED THE LAST THREE YEARS OF INFLATION AND PROJECTIONS, THIS NUMBER WAS PRETTY TOUGH FOR US TO, TO GET TO SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WERE IN 2021 IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC WORLDWIDE, AND WE WERE USING DATA TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO BREAK GROUND IF THE BOARD APPROVED AND THE, THE BOND MOVED FORWARD.
AND THEN IF THE COMMUNITY APPROVED AND THE BOND MOVED FORWARD, WE WOULDN'T BREAK GROUND UNTIL FALL OF 2023, WHICH WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO TWO YEARS PRIOR TO A BOND, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE SOME COST INFLATIONS.
AND WHEN WE GOT TO 2022 BOND, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF COST INFLATIONS.
AND SO THESE WERE THE COSTS THAT WERE SHARED.
UH, WE HAD 2 27 FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL PROPOSED WE HAD $27 MILLION FOR LAND, $4 MILLION FOR UH, FACILITIES.
AND, AND WITH THE BOARD'S FORESIGHT, WE DID ADD ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCIES BECAUSE I THINK AT THE TIME THE BOARD FULLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE COST OF MILK WAS CHANGING WEEKLY.
THE COST OF FUEL WAS CHANGING WEEKLY, AND THE COST OF MATERIALS FOR A SCHOOL THIS LARGE WAS CHANGING.
AND SO WHEN WE PLANNED FOR CONTINGENCIES IN INFLATION, THE DETERMINATION WAS $300 MILLION.
IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE MET AS THE SPECIAL TR UH, SPECIAL BOARD MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE LOOKED AT MARKET RATES, WE LOOKED AT FORECASTS, WE DID DATA, WE PUT A SPREADSHEET TOGETHER, WE PULLED ANOTHER SPREADSHEET, WE GOT COST COMPARISONS.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE USED A SIX MONTH INTERVAL.
WE FELT COMFORTABLE USING A SIX MONTH INTERVAL FOR PROJECTIONS.
AND SO WITH THOSE PROJECTIONS, THEY ARE WITHIN THOSE PROJECTIONS THAT WERE
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PROVIDED IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.WE THOUGHT IF WE HAD BEEN A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME AND WE COULD GET A PERMIT IN THREE MONTHS, AND THERE'S A COLLECTIVE, YOU KNOW, CHUCKLE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY GETS PERMITS IN THREE MONTHS, BUT WE THOUGHT IF WE COULD PUSH THE PROCESS ALONG JANUARY OF 2023, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AROUND 2 14, 2 13, 900 IN JUNE OF 2023 IS WHERE WE WERE TARGETED GETTING STARTED ON THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WE UNDERSTOOD THAT IF WE MADE IT TO JANUARY, 2024, THAT COST MAY BE AS CLOSE AS TWO 40 AND 2 39 200.
AND SO THOSE COST PROJECTIONS DIDN'T INCLUDE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL THAT YOU'LL SEE.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, AS A TEAM, WORK THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, WORK THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, AND INCLUDE THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE INITIALLY NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO THE FINAL GMP THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA BOARD MEMBERS BROUGHT FORWARD ITEMS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS BROUGHT FORWARD ITEMS, SPEAKING TO THE ACADEMIC STAFF AND GETTING FEEDBACK.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE DID HAVE THE CAPACITY IF WE WERE STRATEGIC TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS. AND THOSE ADDITIONAL ITEMS ARE GONNA BE A BENEFIT TO OUR STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAS ALL OF THE PARTS AND THE PIECES THAT WE NEED TO, TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE JOB MARKET, BUT ALSO IN THE EDUCATIONAL MARKET.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE IS OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THIS TIME MOVE FORWARD WITH HIGH SCHOOL BONDS.
SOME OF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECENTLY WENT BACK FOR A BOND TO FINISH THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN DELIBERATE.
WE HAD SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD WHEN WE GAVE THOSE ESTIMATES BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD UNDERSTOOD YOU'RE ESTIMATING THESE COSTS BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA.
AND TONIGHT, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROCESS THAT WE GOT TO, TO GET TO THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, WE STARTED IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.
AND WE MOVED FORWARD FROM JANUARY TO JANUARY.
AND THEN WE GOT TO A DESIGN THAT WE SAID WE REALLY NEEDED TO REVIEW.
AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE BOARD BECAUSE IN MAY AND JUNE WE HAD ADDED ITEMS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE BROUGHT BACK A PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL FEES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN OF THE ARCHITECT.
AND THE BOARD APPROVED THOSE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS.
AND WHEN WE ADDED ITEMS, IT DOES COST ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS, ARCHITECT FEES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, EVEN AS LATE AS JULY OF 2023.
WE WERE IN THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PHASE, WE WERE CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD GET THE SITE DEVELOPMENT DONE FOR ABOUT $30 MILLION.
BUT THERE'S THE UNCERTAINTY OF ROADS AND CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THE PROCESSES.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT AUGUST 23 TO NOVEMBER 23, WE WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS THAT WERE SCHEDULED TO BE INCLUDED.
AND WITH THAT, I PRESENT TO YOU $230 MILLION, WHICH IS WITHIN THE BOND BUDGET.
THAT IS AN ENCOMPASSING HIGH SCHOOL THAT INCLUDES THE ATHLETIC SPACE, IT INCLUDES THE CONNECTIVITY, IT INCLUDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE CTE COURSES THAT ARE MARRYING WHAT WE HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE IS THE ORIGINAL GMP OF $30 MILLION PLUS A PHASE TWO OF ONE NINETY NINE, EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE EIGHTY SEVEN COMBINED.
WE ARE AT A TOTAL $230 MILLION WITH BOARD APPROVAL TONIGHT.
WE WILL ISSUE THAT AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL DUE DILIGENCE AND ALL SPEED TO GET THAT SCHOOL OPEN ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO WHILE I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING ALL OF THOSE ITEMS, I DON'T ACTUALLY REMEMBER US HAVING A DISCUSSION AS A BOARD ON WHICH ITEMS WE WANTED TO INCLUDE.
I REMEMBER SENDING AN EMAIL STUFF THAT I WANTED, BUT AS A BOARD, I DON'T REMEMBER US HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.
SO THOSE ITEMS, UH, TRUSTEE WOODY, THOSE ITEMS WERE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.
INITIALLY WHAT WE DID, BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THE TEAM WAS CONCERNED, THE ARCHITECTS WERE CONCERNED THAT ADDING SOME OF THE ITEMS MAY HAVE PUSHED US CLOSER TO 2 67.
THERE WAS A POINT EARLY ON IN MAY OF 2023, WE DID A ROUGH ESTIMATE COSTING THAT ROUGH ESTIMATE COSTING CAME IN AT 2 54.
AND WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AND THOUGHT TO OURSELF, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN TAKE A BOARD AGENDA ITEM FOR 2 54.
LET'S HOLD THOSE ITEMS AND GET HARD BIDS.
AND WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS BEING ABLE TO HAVE HARD BIDS THAT CAME IN THROUGH OUR WORK WITH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS, AND THAT'S HOW YOU END UP WITH A THIRD GYM.
THE HIGH SCHOOL INTENDED TO HAVE A THIRD GYM.
HOWEVER, WE KNEW THAT A THIRD GYM WAS A BENEFIT.
AND JUST LIKE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL HERE, WE DIDN'T ADD THE THIRD GYM UNTIL LATER.
BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL BETWEEN PRACTICES AND ACADEMIC SUPPORTS AND AND TESTING ENVIRONMENTS.
AND SO THAT COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL HAD THAT LINE ITEM TO
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DETERMINE IS THE THIRD GYM GOING TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT IF WE CAN AFFORD IT, AND CAN WE GET TO TWO 30? AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR FOCUS, UH, THROUGH THE DILIGENT EFFORT AND THE STRATEGIC EFFORTS THAT WE'VE HAD.AND I APPRECIATE THAT WRONG ANSWER, BUT IT'S STILL AS A BOARD, I DON'T THINK WE DISCUSSED IF THOSE WERE GONNA BE THE PRIORITY ITEMS WE WANTED.
UM, MY ITEM IS ON THERE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR SUGGESTION FOR THE SECOND HIRE.
YEAH, I, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DID HAVE FEEDBACK WHEN WE BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL OF WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL LOOKED LIKE, AND THEN WE BROUGHT THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES.
THAT IS WHERE WE SHOWED THAT THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS, AND WE HAD BOARD FEEDBACK.
AND IN FACT, AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE OF YOUR ITEMS ARE ON THERE, UH, A, A TRUSTEE THAT'S NO LONGER ON THE BOARD.
THOSE ITEMS WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.
WE VETTED THOSE ITEMS JUST AS WE DO WITH OUR STUDENT-CENTERED PROJECTS.
AND WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM OUR CHAIR AND DANCE TEAMS THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE PRACTICE SPACE.
AND IT'S ALSO ESSENTIAL TO HAVE A, A RESTROOM AND CHANGING FACILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT NECESSARILY, UH, NEED THAT INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL SPACE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH WHAT'S ON THERE AND THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOUR OWN SUGGESTIONS AT SOME POINT.
I KNOW WE HAD, YOU ALL PROVIDED, UH, TWO NIGHTS JUST AT, AT THE, IN THE BOARDROOM WHERE THE, UH, ARCHITECTS WERE THERE AND THEY HAD ALL THE RENDERINGS.
THEY HAD THE FLOOR PLAN, AND WE ALL GOT TO COME IN AND WE, IF YOU, I REMEMBER ATTENDING, THERE WERE TWO OPTIONS, TWO NIGHTS THAT WE COULD ATTEND CHART.
I KNOW THE NIGHT I WAS THERE, AND SOME, UH, SOME PARENTS I BELIEVE.
BUT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE FACILITY AND WHAT WE LIKED, WHAT WE, MAYBE SOME SUGGESTIONS.
I ALSO, WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THE BOARD, ANY EVERY BOARD MEMBER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.
THEN I ALSO THINK IT'S BEST IF WE CAN, IF UNDER THE STATE WITH THEIR BOND AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON BONDS, NOW THE ALL THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE ORIGINAL AT THIS TIME IS BETTER.
BECAUSE WHEN WE GO BACK, ANY DISTRICT THAT'S GONE BACK TO BUILD ATHLETIC FACILITIES, ABOUT HALF OF THOSE BONDS ARE FAILING ACROSS THE STATE.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO PASS BONDS NOW FOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES.
SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE CAN ADD THIS TIME, THE BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I, I DIDN'T GET MY ORCHESTRA BOX, BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS OKAY.
SO, UM, DID THAT HELP? UH, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? I MEAN, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE I WANTED IT TO BE AS EQUITABLE TO THE SEC TO THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE ON THERE.
WHILE IT'S NOT GONNA BE WHAT WE HAVE HERE, IT'S GETTING CLOSER, BUT I I, I KNOW I HAVE A VERY VOCAL VOICE, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE ELSE HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAD.
SHIRA, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE'RE AT.
I WOULD ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY LIKE TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD.
SO WE DID A NEEDS, WE DID NOT DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE 2019 BOND.
DID WE DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE 2022 BOND? CAN I CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION? IN REFERENCE TO NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT, OR CORRECT.
WHAT DOES OUR DISTRICT NEED? DO WE ACTUALLY NEED YES.
A FACILITY FOR A SECOND HIGH SCHOOL? BECAUSE YOU SAID WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GOT THEIR FEEDBACK AND THEN WE WENT OUT TO STAFF.
SO, BUT DID WE ACTUALLY DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE IF WE NEEDED A SECOND HIGH SCHOOL? SO THE NEED, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHER'S GROWTH REPORT AND DETERMINING WHERE THE GROWTH WAS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT AND WHAT THE FIVE AND 10 YEAR PROJECTIONS WERE.
SO THAT WAS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY AT THE CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE? YES.
THAT WAS THE IN 2022 ASSESSMENT? CORRECT.
CAN YOU SEND THAT TO ME? SURE.
AND THEN DID WE ACTUALLY DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE, UM, AND AGAIN, I GUESS IT'S JUST, DID WE, WAS IT FEASIBLE THAT THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD GO? BECAUSE WE DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY, BUT IT WAS PRIOR TO THE 2019 BOND AND IT WAS LIMITED TO, UM, DETERMINE THE OPTIONS TO BUILD ON THE CURRENT SITES FOR SMITH HORNSBY, DELL VALLEY, WHILE THOSE BUILDINGS WERE STILL IN PLACE.
THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR 2019 WAS TO DETERMINE IF WE COULD BUILD ON THE LAND WHILE THE STUDENTS WERE STILL IN SCHOOL, AND IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BUILD ON THAT SAME PROPERTY WHILE UM, STUDENTS WERE THERE AND THEN TEAR IT DOWN.
THERE WASN'T A FEASIBILITY STUDY DONE ACROSS THE DISTRICT UNTIL THEY FOUND THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE WERE GOING TO PURCHASE AND DETERMINED, UM, THAT BY USING, UM, OUR TEAM AND
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OUR, UM, UH, EXTENDED TEAM THROUGH CONTRACTORS, THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS A PROPERTY THAT W THAT WE COULD BUILD OUR HIGH SCHOOL ON WITH JAMESON.CONS, WHO IS JAMESON'S? UH, JAMESON ENGINEERING WAS J JAMESON ENGINEERING IS WHO DOES THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY? MR. ALPS, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT I GET THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY AS WELL? I, SO THAT WAS PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE TO PURCHASE LAND.
WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AS PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE TO DETERMINE IF THE LAND IS SUITABLE.
YOU PRE YOU PRESENTED THAT TO US WHEN YOU DID.
WAS THAT TWO MONTHS AGO? THREE MONTHS? WHEN YOU'VE PRESENTED THAT TO US BEFORE, I KNOW AS A BOARD WHY YOU CHOSE THE PROPERTY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
I MEAN, YOU'VE ALREADY PRE YOU'VE PRESIDED THAT TO US IN A FORMER BOARD MEETING, IF I RECALL.
AS PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE FOR PURCHASING LAND, THE DISTRICT DID ENGAGE JAMESON, CIVIL ENGINEERING, UH, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO DETERMINE WHERE THE LAND COULD BE.
ONCE WE DETERMINED THAT THE LAND COULD BE PURCHASED, WE THEN EVALUATED THE LAND TO BUILD A SCHOOL ON.
HAVING NO OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, NO.
UM, MR. ALVES HAVING NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
THIS WILL COME BACK IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
LEMME GRAB, I'M ON THIS PAGE NOW.
[VI.C. Professional Service Fees for HS #2 Construction Phase Steven Alves]
THE NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO CONSTRUCTION PHASE.UM, TAKE IT AWAY, MR. S, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT BIRCH, DR.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS INFORMATION, UH, SESSION IN REFERENCE TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEE IS TO SHARE THE PHASE, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE CONSTRUCTABILITY OF DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
NUMBER TWO, PROVIDED THE BOARD DOES APPROVE THE GMP, UH, THEN PART OF THAT GMP APPROVAL WOULD, WOULD ALSO, UH, RESULT IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE COVER THE, THE MISSION AND VISION.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE READY SCHOOLS, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AS PART OF HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO PROCESS IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS.
AND SO WITH THOSE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND FACILITY STANDARDS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE FUTURE READY AND, AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE REAL WORLD, REAL WORLD OPPORTUNITIES.
WE DON'T, UH, INTERNALLY HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE MET.
AND SO PREVIOUSLY THE BOARD HAS PASSED AND APPROVED, UH, THE DUE DILIGENCE PHASE FOR THE LAND PURCHASES.
UH, THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO MAKE SURE, UH, THE LAND WAS ABLE TO BE PURCHASED AND TO MAKE SURE THE LAND WAS ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED.
WE WENT THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT PHASE WITH THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S THE ARCHITECTS, THE ENGINEERS, UH, TO VERIFY WHAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE BUILDING.
WE THEN MOVED ON TO A SITE DEVELOPMENT PHASE IN WHICH, UH, WE HAD ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, AND AGAIN, UH, A WHOLE HOST OF INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN THE VERIFICATION.
THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, FOR AN APPROVAL, IS RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.
AND SO THERE'S SOME UNIQUE, UH, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUILDING THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS INSPECTING.
WE ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE GROUPS, AND THIS IS KEY.
THEY WORK DIRECTLY FOR THE DISTRICT.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS RECEIVING THE FACILITY THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE BUILT.
THEY REVIEW THE PLANS FROM THE ARCHITECTS, THE DESIGN DRAWINGS FROM THE CIVIL ENGINEERS, THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, AND THE GROUP THAT WE HIRE INDEPENDENT OF EVERYONE ELSE, MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET OR EXCEED THE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AS SET FORTH WITHIN THE STATE, UH, OF TEXAS REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THIS EVENING, YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO, UH, THOSE ARE MATERIALS TESTING AT $450,000.
WE HAVE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES, UH, AT AN ESTIMATED $150,000 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AT AN ADDITIONAL $150,000.
AND THEN WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THERE ARE PARTS TO A HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS 432,000 PLUS SQUARE FEET THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED EXPERTS IN THEIR AREAS, UH, TO GIVE US FEEDBACK, GIVE US DIRECTION, UH, AND THEN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE.
AND SO THE COST FOR THOSE PROFESSIONAL FEES ARE WITHIN THE OVERALL BUDGET.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE $300 MILLION THAT THE BOARD, UH, RECOMMENDED IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY VOTED FOR, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES ARE WITHIN THAT SCOPE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES, QUESTIONS ON THIS WEEK.
DOES THIS ACCOUNT FOR ALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WILL BE INVOLVED? SO THIS IS IN CONSTRUCTION, THIS IS NOT ALL OF THEM WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
THESE ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
QUITE FRANKLY, WE USE THE, THE ARBORIST ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS AND RELATED SPECIALTIES PROFESSIONALS
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AS A WIDE RANGING, UH, CAPTURING STATEMENT.UM, SO WOULD THAT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE ELECTRICIANS? NO.
THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE GMP AND I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
UH, THAT'S PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING, UH, IF YOU WILL.
THIS IS THE INSPECTOR THAT COMES BEHIND THE ELECTRICIAN TO VERIFY THAT THE ELECTRICIAN FOLLOWING THE CODE, INSTALLING WHAT WE ASKED FOR AND MAKING SURE IT WORKS CORRECTLY.
SO THERE, UH, AND THAT GMP HAS ALREADY HAPPENED OR IS THAT HAPPENING? THAT GMP IS UP FOR THE VOTE TONIGHT.
BUT WITH APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE WOULD ISSUE THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR $230 MILLION, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH SCHOOL TWO.
NO, I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE SEPARATE.
UM, AND I CAN CLARIFY WHENEVER WE START TALKING ABOUT GMP.
SO THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WOULD COME IN AND SAY, UM, I MEAN, UH, SO AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WE HAD CHANGE ORDERS OVER LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS OR SOMETHING.
THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WILL MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THAT GOING FORWARD, THAT EVERYTHING'S DONE RIGHT, OR THAT AT THAT TIME WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION'S BEING DONE OR WHATNOT, THEY'LL PROVIDE THAT INPUT.
SO FOR CLARIFICATION, THE CHANGE ORDER IS APPROVED AS FINAL PAYMENT FOR HORNSBY AND SMITH OR RELATED TO A CHANGE FROM OWNER FURNISHED AND OWNER INSTALLED TO CONTRACTOR FURNISHED.
AND SO THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE HERE PROVIDE SOME OF THAT OVERSIGHT.
HOWEVER, THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE ON THIS LIST, AS WELL AS THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE IF WE ASK FOR, AND I'LL USE LIGHTING FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE ASK FOR THE LIGHTS TO DIMM AT 50% IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN NO ONE'S IN THE PARKING LOT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.
I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR, BUT WE HAVE A ELECTRICAL ENGINEER THAT VERIFIES THAT THE CONTROLS AND THE PROCESS MEETS THAT DESIGN GUIDELINE.
AND THOSE ARE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTED AS A DISTRICT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, STRUCTURAL WELDING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WELDING ON HIGH SCHOOL TOO.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HIRE A PROFESSIONAL WELDING INSPECTOR, THEY USE THEIR BEST JUDGMENT, THEY USE THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND THEY USE THEIR EXPERIENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WELDING IS STRUCTURALLY EXCEEDS OR MEETS THE STANDARD THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
SO THAT CONCERNS ME THEN, THAT THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE HIRING TO CONSTRUCT THIS DON'T HAVE THOSE EXPERTS VERIFY THAT AND WE HAVE TO GET A SECOND OPINION.
SO FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR CLARIFICATION, THEY DO.
IS THAT WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY, THEY DO.
HOWEVER, AS A PART OF DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS, OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WE ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE WHAT IS BEING DONE IS MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE DISTRICT DESIGN STANDARD.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE CONCRETE, CONCRETE IS DESIGNED AT THE FACTORY.
IT'S PUT ON A TRUCK, IT'S DELIVERED TO THE SITE, IT'S POURED AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
IT DRIES AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CERTAIN HARDNESS.
WHAT WE WANT IS AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY LAB, WHICH IS WHAT ROBA KISSNER DOES TO VERIFY THAT THAT CONCRETE MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE STANDARD THAT WE SET.
'CAUSE I WOULDN'T WANNA TRUST THE CONCRETE COMPANY UNILATERALLY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY EVALUATING THAT.
AND THEN WE DO, WE DOCUMENT THAT IF THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, DO WE DOCUMENT THAT? IF THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HIRE THESE PEOPLE NEXT TIME, IF THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, I'LL GO TO TRUSTEE WEGNER REAL QUICK 'CAUSE SHE'S BEEN WAITING REALLY PATIENTLY.
AND THEN MATT, WE'LL GO WITH YOU OR TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON, WE'LL GO WITH YOU.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES BUILDING THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY RUN TO THE CENTER MEETING TABLE.
WHO IS THE OVERSIGHT TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS HAPPEN? SO THE MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES OPERATIONS FACILITY DOWNSTAIRS CONFERENCE ROOM HAS ELECTRICITY IN TWO LOCATIONS IN THE CENTER OF THE TABLE.
IS THERE ONE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S JUST ONE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND IT WAS DESIGNED FOR LIKE A MEETING TABLE.
SO WE HAVE A MEETING TABLE AT THE MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES TABLE, UH, A MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY SHOP THAT HAS A CONFERENCE TABLE THAT WE CHANGED BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TWO OF OUR NEWEST STAFF MEMBERS HAD FURNITURE VERSUS SHARING AN OFFICE.
SO WE PUT A GENERAL CONFERENCE TABLE IN THERE AND IT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO HAVE A FLOOR BOX.
DO YOU, IS THIS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE? NO, I'M SPECIFICALLY ASKING IF LIKE WHO'S GONNA PROVIDE THAT OVERSIGHT IF THE CASE THAT'S THE CASE.
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CHANGE ORDERS.I WANT THE LIST OF ALL OF THE CHANGE ORDERS FOR THE THREE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE TWO ELEMENTARIES.
SO IF WE CAN DO THAT, THAT WOULD'VE, THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO BEEN VOTED ON.
SO THEY WERE IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING, CORRECT.
THAT'S THE, SO WE ONLY HAD TWO CHANGE ORDERS AND ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO IF WE DID, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
BUT HAVING A CONSTRUCTION HISTORY OF, I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S A CLARIFICATION OF CHANGE ORDER.
A CHANGE ORDER IS A CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
THAT RESULTS IN AN ADDITIONAL COST.
THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, WE BROUGHT THE SMITH AND HORNSBY PROJECTS AS PART OF CLOSEOUT FOR FINAL PAYMENT AND CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE WE HAD CHANGED IT FROM AN OWNER FURNISHED, OWNER INSTALLED TECHNOLOGY SCOPE TO A CONTRACTOR, FURNISHED CONTRACTOR INSTALLED.
ANY CHANGES THAT ARE WITHIN THE BUILDING THAT ARE PART OF THE GMP THAT THE BOARD APPROVES, WE DON'T BRING THOSE AS FAR AS A CHANGE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T CHANGE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND IT DID NOT CHANGE THE TOTAL GMP.
SO THERE ARE CHANGE ORDERS, BUT IT DIDN'T CHANGE IS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.
YEAH, WE CAN, I THINK WE CAN PROVIDE CLARIFICATION FOR THAT OFFLINE.
CHANGE ORDERS IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC.
OH, I'M, I'M, YEAH, I'M AWARE.
UM, AND MY LAST QUESTION OH YEAH, GO AHEAD.
IS GOING TO BE, THIS IS JUST PERSONALLY, SO WE HAVE THIS NICE FANCY NEW BUILDING AND I WOULD PREFER THAT WE HAVE TOUCHLESS PAPER TOWEL HOLDERS, TOILETS AND LABORATORIES.
THANK YOU TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? YEAH, I THINK SINCE IT KIND OF GOT RAISED, UM, I THINK THE QUESTION THAT I HAD MR. AVS WAS JUST AROUND THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS AND WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PREVENT THAT FROM ABSO ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE QUESTION.
WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE, AS I'VE MENTIONED IN OCTOBER, IS WE'VE TAKEN THAT SCOPE OUT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM'S REQUEST.
UM, AND IT'S NOT A REFLECTION ON OUR CURRENT CTO OR OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM.
IT'S THE REALITY THAT PUTTING IN WAPS SERVERS DATA POINTS, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK.
AND SO WITHIN THE GMP THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, IT INCLUDES ALL RELATED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND INSTALLATIONS.
'CAUSE WE, TO YOUR POINT, WE WOULDN'T WANNA BE IN A SITUATION WHERE OUR TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIANS ARE TRYING TO INSTALL OVER 300 WAPS IN A HIGH SCHOOL, JUST WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE.
AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED THAT WITHIN THE GMP FOR HIGH SCHOOL TOO.
AND THAT'S THE 230 MILLION? YES MA'AM.
THE 900,000 THAT'S IN THIS ITEM IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 230 MILLION IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT CORRECT IS CORRECT.
OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEES ARE ALWAYS SEPARATE AS THE BOARD HAS APPROVED FOUR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEES.
AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S FAIRLY NEW TO DEL VALLEY, THESE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEES IN YOUR, IN YOUR NO.
OR HAVE WE DONE THEM? I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE DONE 'EM RECENTLY, BUT IN THE PAST, DID WE DO THEM? SO I I WILL SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, OUR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION TEAM AND OPERATIONAL STAFF, THERE WAS LESS QUALITY CONTROL.
AND, AND PART OF THAT IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS ON THE LIST, I'M NOT AN ARBORIST.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE TREES WE'RE KEEPING ARE GONNA BE GREAT.
WE KEPT REALLY NICE TREES AT SMITH BECAUSE WE PAID FOR AN ARBORIST OKAY.
TO TELL US THAT THE TREES WERE GOING TO SURVIVE.
AND SO THERE ARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO ENGAGE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST BUILDING FOR THE STUDENTS.
WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS DONE IT, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS END? I HAVE ONE MORE.
SO I THINK, REBECCA, YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT.
IT'S NOT, IT'S A SEPARATE ITEM, BUT THE TOTAL COST IS INCLUDED IN THE $230 MILLION, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.
IT'S THE 230 MILLION AND THEN THE 900,000 IS INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL BOND BOND.
OF THE 300 MILLION, CORRECT? IT SAYS YES, MA'AM.
IT DOESN'T SAY FROM BOND FUND.
I JUST WANTED TO WHERE THE FUNDING WAS COMING FROM.
YEAH, IT SAYS IT ON PAGE 1 52 OF THE, OF THE AGENDA.
IT TELLS YOU THAT IT'S COMING FROM BOND, CURRENT BOND FUNDS ON THE, ON THE CONSENT ITEM ONE.
YEAH, I DIDN'T FOLLOW SOURCE 2022 BOND FUND.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE IT ON THE INFORMATION ITEM.
DOES IT NEED TO BE ON THERE TOO? NO, IT'S ON THE, THE ONE WE'RE TAKING ACTION ON, WHICH IS IN CONSENT.
IT'S 900,000 IN THE FUNDING SOURCE SAYS 2022 BOND FUND.
SO IT'S ON THAT ITEM THAT WE'LL TAKE ACTION ON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR S? YEAH, SORRY.
UM, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS WOULD CA YOU JUST REFERENCED THE, THE SORT OF OVERSIGHT
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ON QUALITY IN THE PAST, THIS AND THAT OVERSIGHT ON QUALITY.JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THE KIND OF THING THAT'S LED TO THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS ISSUE? IS THAT A FAIR QUESTION? I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, A MISSTATEMENT.
I, I THINK THE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THE WAPS AND, AND THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION ON PEOPLE'S PERSONALITY OR EFFORT.
THE REALITY IS THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT THAT MADE A DECISION TO RECOMMEND THAT THEY PERSONALLY PURCHASE, PROCURE, INSTALL AND CLOSE OUT THE TECHNOLOGY JOB.
THEY'RE NOT HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT WAS NOT A WISE CHOICE.
THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION AT THE TIME DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH TECHNOLOGY.
SO HE MADE A DECISION TO SAY, SURE, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
SO, SO THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A MISCALCULATION FROM CERTAIN STAFF MEMBERS, MEMBERS, UH, PARTS.
BUT IT, IS THERE OTHER COSTS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LACK OF OVERSIGHT? I THINK EVEN IF YOU'LL REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THE FINE ARTS FACILITY AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULD DO A CERTAIN THING.
SO THEY DIDN'T, WHOMEVER PUT THE PROJECT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OVERSIGHT.
WE HAD TO ACTUALLY CUT THE FINE ARTS FACILITY DOWN BY SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE LOST A BLACK BOX THEATER THAT WE WANTED.
WE LOST OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PROJECTIONS THAT WERE PUT FORTH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BUILD THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THE LAND OR THE CONCRETE OR SOMETHING.
AND I THINK WHAT MR. S IS SAYING IS THAT WITH THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME IN AND TELL US AHEAD OF TIME, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
AS OPPOSED TO LETTING US GET TO A DESIGN PHASE, LETTING US PUT EVERYTHING BACK AND THEN HAVE TO GO BACK AND START LIKE CROSSING THINGS OUT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO SINCE 20 OR 2019 BOND, ALL OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE HAD THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEE.
AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT INVESTING THIS MONEY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SORT OF SAVE ON BIG MISTAKES.
UM, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND SORT OF PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER FOR A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS THAT COULD PREVENT THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S ONE OF THEM THAT'S A VALID POINT.
I THINK THE, THE ITEM THAT IS MOST SIGNIFICANT IS HAVING THE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS TO CHECK ALL ASPECTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THE LARGEST ONE IS THE, THE SITE COMPACTION, SOIL TESTING AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS TO MAKE SURE THE FOUNDATION OF THE BUILDING MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE CONCRETE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR.
THAT IS A VERY TECHNICAL SKILL.
THAT IS A VERY TECHNICAL PROCESS FOR THE ENGINEERING GROUP.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE OF AS WE BUILD THE FACILITIES.
SINCE 2019, WE HAVE ENGAGED IN THOSE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
UH, AND THAT'S NOT TO INDICATE THAT OTHER INDIVIDUALS DIDN'T DO AS THOROUGH JOB.
IT'S JUST THE REALITY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THE 2019 BOND, THE VOTERS GAVE US A 75% APPROVAL RATING.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE VOTERS AND THEIR TRUST.
AND THE 2022 BOND, THEY GAVE US A 65% APPROVAL RATING AND THIS HIGH SCHOOL WILL LAST 50 YEARS.
SO WE WANNA BE VERY DUE DILIGENCE AND, AND DELIBERATE ABOUT IT.
I GUESS THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT.
UM, I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME WRAPPING MY, MY HEAD AROUND THAT.
THE CON THE ARCHITECTS AND THE CONSTRUCTORS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HIRING DON'T HAVE THOSE PEOPLE WITH CERTIFICATIONS THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE WORK.
WE'RE WE'RE JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THEIR WORK OF WORK
THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF LIKE, NO, WE HIRE THESE COMPANIES 'CAUSE THEY HAVE THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THOSE SPECIAL SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GO AROUND HIRING EXTRA PEOPLE TO LOOK AFTER, YOU KNOW, STUFF THAT WE DO.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS MONEY'S CORRECTLY SPENT.
WELL, I, I BELIEVE IT IS OKAY, BASED ON THE FACTUAL DATA, IT IS WELL SPENT.
AND SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LICENSING AND STATE GUIDELINES.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR ADA INSPECTIONS.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT.
WE HAVE TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL TO COME OUT AND DO THAT.
AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, WHILE IT IS $900,000 AND THERE'LL BE AN ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONING COST IN THE FUTURE, WHEN THE BUILDING'S DONE THESE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE WELL WORTH THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, SO LIKENING THIS TO A HOMEOWNER, UM, WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE OR YOU BUILD A HOUSE, YOU HAVE AN INSPECTION THAT'S DONE AND SOMETIMES THAT IS OFFERED UP BY THE BUILDER THEMSELVES, AND A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS WILL ELECT TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR THAT'S SORT OF SEPARATE, UM, SEPARATE ENTITY.
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TO THAT? ABSOLUTELY.JUST ON A $230 MILLION SCALE
WELL, AND I WAS GONNA SAY IT SOUNDS 900,000 SOUNDS LIKE IT, BUT IT'S ONE, IT'S LESS THAN 1% OF THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN THOSE TERMS. YEAH, NO, I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT AS IT SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED.
BECAUSE OF PAST BOND OR JUST BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR FUTURE, UH, CONSTRUCTIONS ARE, ARE BUILT.
IT'S NEW TO ME, SO I'M JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THAT THIS IS, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE LATTER.
WOULD YOU AGREE THE LATTER THAT IT'S FOR, TO ENSURE THAT OUR, THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING, THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
TRUSTEE WOODY, AND, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE FACILITY AND WE'RE HIRING THE BEST POSSIBLE CONTRACTORS AND ARCHITECTS.
WE STILL WANT A THIRD PARTY TO CHECK WHAT WE EXPECT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE FACILITIES FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
AND, AND JUST KIND OF STICKING WITH THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING.
SO IF, UM, THE CONTRACTORS THAT DO SERVICES, UM, NOT THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, NOT IN THIS $900,000, BUT IN BMP, THE TWO $30 MILLION, IF I'M AN ELECTRICIAN, I DO SOME, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A FRIDAY, I WANT TO GO HOME.
AND THEY CATCH THAT IN THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THING.
UM, IT IS, ARE THE CONTRACTORS UNDER THE GMP OBLIGATED TO CORRECT ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ABSOLUTELY.
BY THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? ABSOLUTELY.
AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS.
THERE HAVE BEEN ITEMS THAT WE AS A, AS A TEAM HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD.
BUT THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO CORRECT IT.
AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS HAVE CORRECTED IT AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT.
UH, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY HAVE A PHILOSOPHY THAT MATCHES OURS, WHICH IS PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL FACILITY FOR STUDENTS.
SO AGAIN, THIS WILL BE BACK IN CONSENT, UM, FOR FINAL, UH, VOTE FOR IT.
[VI.D. Proposed Sober High School Project]
NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED SOBER HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, AND I HAVE MR. OWLS, UM, MR. DEMARCUS TATE, AND MR. PATRICK LOWE, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ON THAT.TELLEY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IN OCTOBER, WE BROUGHT AN INITIAL PRESENTATION TO YOU, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THE PROPOSED SOBER HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, OUR GOAL THIS EVENING IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND GIVE SOME FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THE PRESENTATION.
THERE'S A, A SUPPORT PRESENTATION COVERING THE DETAILS OF THE SOBER HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN I'LL BE BACK FOR THE OPERATIONAL ITEMS. AND, UH, THANK YOU MR. ALICE FOR STEALING.
UH, GOOD EVENING ALL, UH, PHANTOM PRESIDENT, UH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UH, DR.
TELLEY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BRING THE INITIATIVE.
SO WILL HIRE SO TO YOU, UH, AS, UH, DR.
EXCUSE ME, MR. AL SAID, UH, THAT WE BROUGHT THE NEED, UH, LAST MONTH, UM, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, UH, BUT THE PARENTS AS WELL.
UH, AND SO TONIGHT WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS BRING, UH, THE HOW.
AND OF COURSE, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MISSION, THIS IS ABOUT BEING CULTURALLY RESPONSIBLE, NOT TO, NOT ONLY TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT TO OUR FAMILIES AS WELL.
AS WE PROVIDE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, UH, AS FAR AS THEIR ACADEMICS IS CONCERNED.
UH, AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS TURN IT OVER TO MR. LOWE, WHO IS OUR RESIDENT, UH, EXPERT.
HE IS A LICENSED CHEMICAL DE DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR.
AND, UH, HE'S GONNA DISCUSS WITH US TONIGHT THE, THE HOW.
AND I'LL BE HERE AT THE END IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, UH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
UM, I'M ALSO TRULY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE SOBER HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS.
SO I, I WANTED TO KIND OF REITERATE AGAIN ON THE WHY.
UH, AND, AND I'M GONNA START OUT WITH THE FIRST ONE.
IT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH THE EDUCATIONAL CHOICE TO MEET THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS.
WE, WE, FROM OUR EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH ADDICTION, WE KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE EDUCATION IS CONCERNED UNTIL THEY ADDRESS THEIR ISSUE.
SO, OUR GOAL IS, IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS' WILLINGNESS TO ASK FOR HELP, STRENGTHEN STUDENT AND TEACHER RELATIONS WHILE ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING ISSUES.
SO, HERE'S MASLOW'S HIERARCHY FOR NEEDS.
IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, WE ARE AT THE VERY BOTTOM RUNG OF THIS
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PYRAMID.THE PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, EVEN THE LOVING AND BELONGING.
YOU CAN LOOK AT EITHER ANY ONE OF THESE AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE THAT COME IN THAT, THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES.
SO, THE SELECTIVE PROCESS, THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS CAN REQUEST FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE SOBER HIGH SCHOOL.
AND HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AFTER ACCEPTANCE INTO THE PROGRAM, THE STUDENTS WILL BE REVIEWED EVERY SIX WEEKS, WHICH IS EVERY GRADING PERIOD.
AND AFTER THAT, THEY WILL HAVE A CHOICE TO EITHER REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM, A RETURN BACK TO THEIR, UH, RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.
AGAIN, THE OBJECT IS, IS FOR US TO TRY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS ON THE COUNSELING SIDE OF THINGS, TO GIVE THE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, FOR THE TEACHERS AND, AND FOR THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT.
SO, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT.
WHAT MAKES A SOBER HIGH SCHOOL DIFFERENT FROM DAAP? ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTS OF IT THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM THE DAP IS THE STUDENTS IS A VOLUNTARY, INDEPENDENT, SOBER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE ALSO, AGAIN, WE ALL, WE HAVE A COUNSELING TEAM IN PLACE TO HELP THE STUDENTS TO DEAL WITH THEIR TRAUMA.
WE ALSO HAVE A COUNSELING TEAM IN PLACE TO HELP DEAL WITH THE FAMILIES.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE ADDICTION ISSUES, IT'S NOT JUST A STUDENT.
THIS ATTACKS NOT ONLY THE FAMILY, BUT EVERYBODY IN AND AROUND THAT FAMILY.
SO THIS IS WHY WE THINK THAT THIS MUST BE DONE FIRST IN ORDER FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO, OR WILLING TO EVEN GET INTO THE BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.
STUDENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO SELF-HELP GROUPS ALONG THE WAY, AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL COUNSELING.
LET'S LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNSELOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
WHY, WHILE THESE STUDENTS ARE AT THE SOBER HIGH SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL ADDICTION COUNSELING, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN STUDENTS COME IN, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER AT THE, AT THE DEAP, BUT AT THE SOBER HIGH HIGH SCHOOL, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT MORE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING.
AND WHAT THIS IS, IS WHERE THE STUDENT MAY BE DEALING WITH SOME UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT'S NEVER BEEN TOUCHED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED IN DEALING WITH STUDENTS, IF WE CAN GET TO THOSE UNDERLYING ISSUES, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN, REGAIN FOCUS, AND SEE, RIGHT, LIVING AS A PATHWAY TO SUCCESS.
SEE THE EDUCATION OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY EDUCATIONAL GROUPS, THIS IS WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE IN, IN AN ACTUAL GROUP.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE FAMILIES TO COME TO.
ALSO, BECAUSE A LOT OF FAMILIES DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ADDICTION IS, THEY HAVE NO CLUE OF WHY THINGS ARE COMING UP MISSING IN THE HOUSE.
THEY HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY THAT, THAT THEIR LOVED ONE IS, IS, IS NOT GOING TO SCHOOL.
WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME AT THE DAEP.
THERE'S OFTENTIMES WHEN, WHEN A PARENT AND A STUDENT SHOWS UP TO THE INTAKE PROCESS, I'M SORRY, THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS, WHAT HAPPENS IS WE SEE THE MOTHERS, WE SEE THE FATHERS, WE HEAR THEM CRYING.
SOMETIMES IT IS TO A PLACE TO WHERE WE HAVE TO SEPARATE THE PARENT AND THE STUDENT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY TELL US WHAT THEY SEE THAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH THEIR SON OR THEIR DAUGHTER.
PROCESS GROUP AND MEDITATION PROCESS GROUP, THIS IS WHERE THE STUDENTS GET TO LEARN HOW TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS. THEY GET TO DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, LIKE I DO NOWADAYS, THE WAY STUDENTS, UH, THE YOUNGER GENERATION, I GUESS I'M OLD, THE WAY WHERE THE YOUNG, YOUNGER GENERATION HANDLES THINGS, IT'S ALL THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF THE FIGHTING.
ALSO, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE DRUG TRANSACTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT GOES ON.
THESE STUDENTS, IF THEY CAN COME TOGETHER AND START ACTUALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS, THIS WILL EMPOWER THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE WILLING TO GO BACK AND LEARN FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOL.
YOU, WE SEE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS WHO COME IN AND THEY'RE LIKE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS GOING IN ON INSIDE OF 'EM, OR THEY USING DRUGS OR WHATEVER.
THIS IS A TOOL THAT'S USED TO HELP THE STUDENT TO BE ABLE TO RELAX AND RESU, REDUCE THE ANXIETY OR STRESS THAT THEY MAY BE FEELING, BECAUSE A LOT OF 'EM JUST WANT
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TO GET HIGH.THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES IN A CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER.
AND SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE NEXT ONE, INTRODUCTION INTO SELF-HELP GROUPS AND FAMILY COUNSELING.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE YOUR AA, YOUR NA, YOUR CA YOUR MA WHICH IS MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS.
AND THEN FOR THE PARENTS, THEY HAVE WHAT'S CALLED AL-ANON.
WE REALLY, REALLY SINCERELY ENCOURAGE THE FAMILY.
WHEN WE HAVE ENROLLMENTS THAT COME TO DEAP, I TRY TO GET THEM TO START WORKING ON THEMSELVES BECAUSE WHAT FAMILY MEMBER, IF THEY SEE THEIR LOVED ONE, SAY FOR INSTANCE, MY SON STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION, WHAT FAMILY WOULD NOT WANT TO HELP? THEY LOVED ONE.
WHAT FAMILY WOULD NOT, WHAT PARENT, WHAT MOTHER, WHAT FATHER WOULD NOT WANNA HELP THEIR LOVED ONE.
SO THESE GROUPS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS TO DEAL WITH THE ALCOHOLISM IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH LIKE, EXPERIENCES, WHICH USUALLY HELPS THAT OTHER, PER THAT INDIVIDUAL STAY SOBER.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPONENTS THAT I THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE VERY BENEFICIAL IF WE'RE AFFORDED TO HAVE THE SOBER HIGH SCHOOL IS TO BRING FAMILIES IN AND HAVE FAMILY COUNSELING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY ENJOY BECAUSE THE FAMILY MEMBERS, AGAIN, FAMILY MEMBERS, THESE ISSUES COULD BE EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL.
SEE, THE STUDENT, MY SON ACTING OUT LIKE HE, HE WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE ACTING OUT.
I, I REMEMBER HIM GOING THROUGH SOME ISSUES WHEN, WHEN HIS MOTHER DIED AND I HAD TO TAKE ON MY TWO KIDS AND COMB THAT, A SINGLE, SINGLE DAD, THANK GOD I GOT SOBER ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF MY, MY SON AND MY DAUGHTER.
AND I REMEMBER MY SON BEGAN TO ACT OUT AND AS HE BEGAN TO ACT OUT, I WONDERED WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON.
SO I HAD MY DAUGHTER TO TAKE HER TABLET INTO, TO GO INTO HIS, UH, WHAT HE WAS WATCHING ON HIS COMPUTER.
AND I FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS WATCHING THINGS TO SELF HARM.
'CAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I FELT AT THAT POINT THAT I HAD, I WAS A BAD DAD.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HAD TO DIVE IN AND HELP MY SON.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE WITH THE FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR LOVED ONE.
NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER DIE FROM THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.
THE, THE BEST WAY I'VE SEEN BREATH WORK HELP PEOPLE IS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE SUPPRESSED ISSUES.
AND IT'S GOOD WITH ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, TRAUMA, ADDICTION, AND OBSESSION.
I THINK THIS, THIS IS A VERY DEEP MEDITATION THAT WE WANT TO UTILIZE BECAUSE AGAIN, IF A STUDENT IS BLOCKED OFF, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS SCHOOL IS CONCERNED.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANNA READ A BOOK, THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANNA DO ANYTHING.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA, ONLY THING THEY'RE GONNA WANNA DO IS GET HIGH TRAUMA THERAPY, TRAUMA FOCUSED THERAPY.
AND WHAT TRAUMA THERAPY IS, IS, IS BASED ON WE HAVE A TEAM.
WE, WITH OUR TEAM, WE ARE ABLE TO DEAL WITH STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE TRAUMA.
A LOT OF STUDENTS USE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ABANDONED.
A LOT OF STUDENTS USE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
A LOT OF STUDENTS USE BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE ANYBODY CARESS.
AND THE ONLY WAY THEY KNOW HOW TO COPE IS TO USE DRUGS.
AND SO, WHAT TRAUMA THERAPY CAN DO FOR THAT STUDENT, IT CAN GET THEM TO THE PLACE TO WHERE THEY CAN DEAL WITH THEIR MENTAL, THEIR BEHAVIORAL, THEIR EMOTIONAL, THEIR PHYSICAL AND THEIR SPIRITUAL WELLBEING, ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY CAN AND BE WILLING TO GO BACK INTO THE SCHOOL AND LEARN.
'CAUSE THE ULTIMATE FOCUS IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS TO GO BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS AND BECOME SUCCESSFUL.
JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACH.
AND WE JUST HIT ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE.
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN ORDER
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TO GET THE BEST RESULTS SO THESE STUDENTS CAN GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND LEARN AND BE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE.I I, I LOOK AT DELL VALLEY AND I SEE A LOT OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT DELL VALLEY HAS DONE AS FAR AS LIKE EARLY COLLEGE WITH THE TRADE SCHOOLS.
I LOOK AT HOW THEY HAVE TESLA AND, AND A BUNCH OF PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED.
ONCE AGAIN, I DON'T SEE OUR STUDENTS AS THROWAWAYS.
I WANT SEE OUR STUDENTS BE ABLE TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE AND GET THE EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED AND BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND HAVE A FAMILY OF THEIR OWN AND BE ACCOUNTABLE.
BE ACCOUNTABLE NOT ONLY TO THEIR FAMILIES, BUT TO THEIR OWN SELF.
WHEN YOU GO TO ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, YOU GET THIS CHIP, AND ON THAT CHIP IT SAYS, TO THY OWN SELF, BE TRUE.
I WANT THESE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEBODY OUT THERE CARES ABOUT THEM.
THE PROPOSED STAFFING FOR THE SOBER HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD OUR STUDENTS THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
AND FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS STAFF WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MEET SOME OF THOSE NEEDS.
SO THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE CAN GO OUT AND BE ABLE TO LEARN AND DO WHAT THEY WERE CALLED TO DO.
SO I'M GONNA BRING UP MR. AL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, THE FIRST PHASE WE'D GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD? YES, MA'AM.
I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UH, QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.
AND, UM, I KNOW I WASN'T HERE LAST BOARD MEETING, SO I'M ACTUALLY REAL EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS CAME BACK SO THAT I WAS ABLE TO HEAR YOUR SPIEL.
SO, UM, AND MR. LOW, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOU 'CAUSE I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING A, A WONDERFUL CHAT WITH YOU AT THAT WAS IT THE DE VALLEY HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR AT THE TABLE? UM, AND IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY CONVERSATION AND YOU WERE SHARING THIS AND IT JUST SHOWED YOUR PASSION.
SO SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, UM, SLASH COMMENTS, I DON'T NEED ANSWERS FOR THEM TODAY.
IT'S MORE OF SOME THINGS THAT POPPED INTO MY MIND AS WE WERE, AS YOU GUYS WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION.
SO YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE FAMILIES TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE GETTING THE COMMITMENT, IT IS THE COMMITMENT OF THE STUDENT RIGHT, TO COME IN AND ALSO THE COMMITMENT OF THE FAMILIES SAY, YES, I'M GONNA SUPPORT YOU, I WANNA DO WITH YOU.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED FAMILY COUNSELING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA, UM, TOP OF MIND KEEP, UH, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION.
'CAUSE THIS ISN'T A LOCATION THAT, I MEAN, OUR DISTRICT IS SO VAST, RIGHT? AND SO I KNOW THAT, UM, JUST AS A PARENT, UM, OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILD, AND I'VE TALKED TO OTHER PARENTS WHERE THERE'S SO MANY AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES THAT DELL VALLEY OFFERS, NOT JUST FOR THE S****Y FAMILIES, BUT I'VE SEEN WHERE TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WHERE THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY GET TO THE SITE.
SO WHEN YOU OFFER THESE THINGS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU COME UP WITH SOME AMAZING OPTIONS, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPLANT WHERE A LOT OF THEM CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THE SITE.
SO MAYBE GET CREATIVE ABOUT WHERE THAT COULD BE OR WHAT THAT MAY BE.
UM, ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE JUST MAKING SURE, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT THE, THE PARENTS OR THE FAMILIES ARE COMMITTED.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE THIS LIKE SIX MONTH, UH, SIX WEEK EVALUATION, KIND OF REVIEW WITH A STUDENT, MAKE SURE THAT FAMILY'S THERE TOO, AND GET THEIR COMMITMENT.
'CAUSE YOU MAY HAVE WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE REALLY WANTING TO DO THIS, BUT AS YOU SAID, THE FAMILIES MAY NOT BE IN THE RIGHT MENTAL SPACE TO BE COMMITTED TO DO THAT TOO.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE STUDENT WHO'S LIKE, I WANNA DO THIS.
I LOVE HAVING THE SUPPORT THAT I HAVE.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FAMILIES WHO ARE JUST LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THEM INTO.
AND UM, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS PAGE RIGHT HERE, YOU JUST HAVE ONE LCD FOR THE 30 STUDENTS AND THEN IT INCREASES WITH MORE STUDENTS.
WOULD THAT PERSON ALSO BE TO KIND OF SUPPORT THE FAMILIES AS WELL? 'CAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
THE, THE, THE LCDC AND, AND THE, UH, SOCIAL WORKER COUNSELOR WILL BE SUPPORTING.
OF COURSE WE COULD, WE COULD ALWAYS USE MORE, USE MORE HELP.
AND THAT'S ALSO, BUT, BUT I, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET GREEDY.
BUT I
AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO SEE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT COME TO OUR DISTRICT FOR THESE HEALTH FAIRS AND WHATNOT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT OUT THERE.
SO THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR YOU TO PARTNER WITH SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH MAY, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST GOALS OKAY.
IS TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE TREATMENT
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FIELD FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, AND I'M SURE THAT, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WE CAN ALSO GET SOME SUPPORT FROM THEM.BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM THAT, THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO COME IN AND DO GROUPS AND HELP WITH FAMILY SUPPORT YEAH.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT WAS ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, SO THANK YOU PRESIDENT BIRCH.
I, I APOLOGIZE IF, IF WE COULD COVER THE OPERATIONAL ITEMS. WE MAY HAVE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS TIE IN, FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSPORTATION MAY TIE INTO SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL ITEMS. AND THEN WE'LL ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
SEE, ACTUALLY WHAT I MEANT IS, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION? OKAY.
SO I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, FROM A TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EVALUATE.
UH, WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS.
THERE ARE SOME, UH, POLICY ITEMS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COOPERATIVE TRANSPORTATION IF WE'RE GONNA HOST THOSE EVENTS.
UM, AS YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE, THE DESIGN LAYOUTS OF THE FACILITY, WE DO HAVE GROUP COUNSELING AND FAMILY SPACES.
AND SO WE WOULD WANNA BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE THOSE FAMILIES TO GET THERE.
AND, AND YOU MENTIONED, UH, TRANSPORTATION MAY BE A BARRIER.
SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE LIST OF ITEMS TO CONSIDER.
AND WITH THAT, UH, PRESIDENT BURCH, MAY WE GO FORWARD PROGRAMMATIC QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR THIS PART, AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO PROJECT QUESTIONS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO DO YOU WANT THE PROGRAMMATIC QUESTIONS NOW? YEAH, NO, NO.
I'M, I'M HAPPY TO LET YOU GUYS GO FIRST.
UM, SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE, SO HOW MUCH DO EACH OF THESE COST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, EACH STAFF MEMBER FROM AN M AND O PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO PASS TONIGHT IS ABOUT $1.7 MILLION TO BUILD THE FACILITY.
IS THAT FAIR? THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT DESCRIBES HOW MUCH THIS COSTS ON AN END.
THE, THE COST FOR THE STAFF, WE COULD PROVIDE THAT, UM, ITEMIZED BY POSITION.
UM, THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY COME FORWARD WITH THE, THE BUDGET WHEN WE COME WITH OUR STAFFING RATIOS.
BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE, UH, SUSIE WALLACE COST THOSE OUT, PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
YEAH, I ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THAT AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED FOR.
WELL, AND I'M JUST, I'M JUST ASKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT FOR ME IT'S, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE COMMIT TO SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE CAN AFFORD IT, UM, IN AN ONGOING MANNER, RIGHT.
THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
SO I THINK SUZY, DID WE, WE DID, UM, HAVE AN, UH, APPROXIMATE COST FOR THE 30 STUDENTS.
COULD YOU SHARE? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE IT FOR 60 AND 90, BUT WE DO HAVE 30, FOR 30 STUDENTS, IT'D BE APPROXIMATELY 500,000 WITH BENEFITS.
NOW, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS MO POINT ARE ALL OF THESE NEW FTES, IT'S POSSIBLE WE COULD REPURPOSE, RESTRUCTURE.
I, YOU KNOW, I WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL I FINISH BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR 24 25.
SO THE $500,000 IS A, A GENERAL FIGURE, OR IS IT SPECIFICALLY BASED OFF OF THIS DISTRIBUTION OF STAFFING? IT'S BASED ON THAT DISTRIBUTION.
SO SHE'S REFERRING TO SOME OF THE STAFF COULD POTENTIALLY COME FROM OTHER CAMPUSES, SO THEY AREN'T NECESSARILY NEW F RIGHT? NO.
UM, SO I'VE GOT, OKAY, SO LET ME JUST KINDA BACK UP A, A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING TO BE AS VULNERABLE AS YOU ARE, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS WORK.
I SAID THIS LAST TIME, UM, IN THE LAST MEETING THAT I COME FROM A FAMILY THAT IS BEEN RIDDLED WITH ADDICTION, UM, SINCE I WAS A CHILD AND WATCHED FAMILY MEMBERS OVERDOSE, UH, ALMOST FATALLY.
AND, UM, AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, A PERSONAL TRAUMA THAT I CARRY WITH ME.
SO I TAKE THIS WITH THE UTMOST GRAVITY AND APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND YOUR PASSION FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, WORK IN LIFE.
UM, AND, AND I WANT THIS TO SUCCEED.
AND I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF MY QUESTIONING IS, IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT.
SO THE SERVICES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED, THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT SERVICES.
WE'VE GOT TEACHERS AND WE'VE GOT A NURSE.
UM, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WHO IS PROVIDING THE SEVEN SERVICES THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT PROGRAMMING? THE PROGRAMMING FOR LIKE THE COUNSELING IS GONNA, IS GONNA HAVE TO BE THE COUNSELOR.
SO, I'M SORRY, THE SLIDE, I THINK RIGHT BEFORE THIS ONE THAT HAS THE KIND OF SEVEN DIFFERENT TRAUMA THERAPY, INDIVIDUAL ADDICTION COUNSELING, LIKE THOSE SERVICES, THAT
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WOULD BE THE LC.AND WITH THE TRAUMA THERAPY IT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE COUNSELOR.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT CAN COME IN AND, AND, AND HELP US OUT.
I'M ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IF THIS, IF IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS, UH, I'M IMMEDIATELY START WORKING ON THAT.
THERE'S PEOPLE JUST CHOMPING AT THE BITS TO WORK WITH THE KIDS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW SOME OF THE, UM, TREATMENT FACILITIES, LIKE I CAME, I TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAD SENT THE TREATMENT A WHILE BACK.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH IT AT THIS POINT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THIS IS, I KNOW IT'S GROUNDBREAKING.
I KNOW IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WHY NOT US? AND THE, AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS TOO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENT CENTERED, WE TALK ABOUT GIVING THIS STUDENT WHAT THE STUDENT NEEDS.
AND STUDENT MIGHT NOT NEED ALL OF THESE SERVICES AT ONCE.
BUT AGAIN, HAVING THOSE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENT IS OF COURSE GONNA, UH, PLAY INTO THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENT.
OH, AND, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FOR MYSELF, MM-HMM.
KIND OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS SERVICE MODEL.
SO WE HAVE ONE LDC, UH, LCDC, YOU SAID JUST A MINUTE AGO THAT YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO BE GREEK.
UM, I GUESS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT IS, WHAT WOULD BE A BEST PRACTICES RATIO OF LCDC TO STUDENTS? UM, BECAUSE I THINK I'D ALSO SHARE THE CONCERN OF, AS A FORMER SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER WHO TAUGHT STUDENTS WITH VERY UNIQUE NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND I, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS DISSIMILAR IN THAT SENSE THAT YOU HAVE A STUDENT THAT MAY HAVE UNIQUE AND THAT MAY NEED A DIFFERENT SET OF SERVICES RELATIVE TO THEIR CLASSROOM PEER.
UM, IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? RIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU, YOU TALKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, SAY FOR INSTANCE, UH, UH, MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUE, JUST THE 30 STUDENTS THAT MAY COME INTO THIS FACILITY UNDER THE 30 STUDENT MODEL, THEY'RE NOT ALL GOING TO NEED THE EXACT SAME THINGS.
AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE GROUP COUNSEL, WE WANT TO AFFORD THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE GROUP COUNSELING STORE BECAUSE WE THINK BUILDING THAT COMRADERY IS GONNA BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
SAY FOR INSTANCE, A GROUP OF STUDENTS DECIDE TO LEAVE OUT AND GO BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.
WHO BETTER TO, TO LEAN ON THAN HAVING THAT BUDDY WITH YOU? BECAUSE THEIR CHANCES OF SUCCESS WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAT WAY.
NOW, UH, THE WAY, THE WAY IT'LL LOOK IS, IS AN LCDC WILL HAVE 15 STUDENTS ON THEIR CASELOAD.
SO WITH 30 STUDENTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST TWO LC DCS.
AND I'M AN LCDC, I DON'T MIND ROLLING UP MY SLEEVES AND DOING WHAT I NEED TO DO EITHER.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WE, WE WANNA BRING OVER AN LCDC, SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA DEFINITELY NEED THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE A TRAUMA THERAPIST AS WELL TO, TO HELP US ALONG THE WAY.
AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE, UM, LCDC AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AS AN LCDC.
SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD COUNSELOR THERE WITH THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
SO THERE'S A COUNSELOR, I KNOW A 30 STUDENT MODEL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A, SO THE, THE COUNSELOR, COUNSELOR SHARED BY, UH, DAP, BUT THE LCDC PORTION OF THERE ARE TWO LCD WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL LCDC.
SO IF THEY BOTH CARRIED 15 INDIVIDUALS ON THEIR CASELOAD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS 30 STUDENTS.
AND MR. TATE, I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, 'CAUSE I JUST HAD IT, IS IT SAYS THAT THERE IS NO COUNSELOR ON OUR DOCUMENT THAT THEY'RE SHARING IT WITH DEAP.
THAT WOULD BE A COUNSELOR FOR THAT CENTER.
THEY WOULD'VE A FULL-TIME COUNSELOR.
THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN COUNSELOR.
AND DOES THAT, IS THAT REFLECTED IN THE 500,000? YES.
NO, NO, I'M SORRY, THAT WASN'T CORRECT.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT 560.
AND JUST AS A, I GUESS A FOLLOW UP GOING, KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION I HAD IS, WHAT IS AN IDEAL RATIO? OR WHAT, SORRY, LET'S ASK THIS.
WHAT IS A BEST PRACTICE RATIO? WHAT IS BACKED BY RESEARCH AS FAR AS STUDENTS TO AN LCDC IN A SETTING LIKE THIS? AND THEN TWO, WHAT IS THE IDEAL RATIO THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? I, I THINK 15 IS A, IS A FAIR NUMBER, UH, STUDENT TO COUNSELOR RATIO TO GET, GET THE BEST.
'CAUSE YOU, ALS YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TOO MUCH MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE WAY TOO MUCH FOR THE, FOR THE COUNSELOR.
AND WE DON'T WANT THE STUDENTS NOT TO GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AS WELL.
SO WE THINK 15 IS, IS, IS A GOOD NUMBER.
NOW I'VE WORKED IN SYSTEMS WHERE THE NUMBER WAS ASTRONOMICAL AND IT WAS JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT.
AND, AND WE ALSO LOOK FOR, WE DON'T WANT OUR COUNSELORS TO BURN OUT EITHER.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING IS BEING ABLE TO PROTECT OUR COUNSELOR.
WHAT WAS THAT OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION YOU ASKED? SO ONE,
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WHAT IS SORT OF THE BEST PRACTICE OR BACKED BY RESEARCH? WHAT WOULD BE SORT OF AN IDEAL SCENARIO TO HAVE THAT? THAT'S IT.AM I, AM I UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY LCDS AT A CAMPUS, THAT THAT IS PROBLEMATIC? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HERE.
WE'RE WE'RE, I THOUGHT YOU WAS TALKING STUDENT TO COUNSELOR RATIO.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S LIKE EVEN THE STATE DOESN'T WANT A COUNSELOR TO HAVE MORE THAN 15 ON THAT CASE LOAD.
IT WOULD BE 15 TO ONE AND THEN IDEALLY ABOUT 10 TO ONE.
IDEALLY THAT'S, IF, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD WANT.
SO I'M NOTICING IN THE 90 STUDENTS, ONE, THAT THAT IS STILL TWO LCDS.
IS THERE ANY REASON IS THAT A HYPO THREE THREE LC FROM 60 TO 90, IT DOESN'T CHANGE.
SO I, I THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT THE LOGIC IS IN TERMS OF, 'CAUSE OTHER FIGURES CHANGE, FOR EXAMPLE, CLASSROOM TEACHERS CHANGE, UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF LCD.
AND, AND THAT'S PROBABLY A TYPE.
UM, SO YEAH, I, I THINK I'M, I'M KIND OF JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN ALSO WHAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ASSISTANT HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMIT TO A CASELOAD OF FAILURE.
IF THAT'S NECESSARY, THEN YES, I NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT THEM IN A SITUATION WHERE IT'S NECESSARY.
I'M TRYING, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING LIKE COST EFFECTIVE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, IF THAT'S AN ISSUE TO WHERE IT CAN'T BE DONE, THEN YES.
I MEAN, WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
NOT THAT I WANNA, YOU KNOW, OVERLOAD ANYBODY, BUT SO YOU JUST SAID COST EFFECTIVE.
I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS, ARE WE, ARE WE PUTTING TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS, IS VIEWED AS A GOOD MODEL? OR ARE WE KIND OF SETTING THIS UP RIGHT NOW TO SORT OF DO WHAT WE CAN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SUFFICIENTLY SET UP A PROGRAM THAT IS, SO WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STAFFING, IT STARTED WITH WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR 30, 60, 90.
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THEN FROM THERE, AS WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD DETERMINING ARE THERE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER? AND IF SO, WHAT DO THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE? SO THIS WAS A BASE OF WHERE TO START WITH.
NOW THE ONE, UH, CHANGE TO THAT IS A COUNSELOR BE THERE.
SO IT'S BASED ON, FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WHAT, UH, MR. LOWELL AND MR. TATE, UM, RECOMMENDED FOR OUR, OUR BASELINE.
AND THEN CERTAINLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS TO DETERMINE WHERE THE BOARD'S COMFORTABILITY IS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
SO I THINK I, I HAVE A COUPLE MORE OTHER QUESTIONS.
I DON'T, I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS SO I CAN JUST PAUSE AND BREAK.
'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF IN RELATION TO, UM, WHAT WE JUST CHATTED ABOUT.
AND THAT IS, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T WANNA BE GREEDY,
BUT WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS YOU TELL US I WANT THREE, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THAT THREE IS NECESSARY.
I I DO, IF THERE'S ONE MM-HMM,
BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU WOULD, AND TEACHERS DO THAT EVEN NOW WITH, WITH CLASSROOMS, RIGHT? WE, WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE CLASSROOMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, JUST REGULAR WITH STUDENTS TO TEACHER RATIOS AND IT'S PRETTY HIGH AND THEY MAKE IT WORK.
BUT IDEALLY, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE A, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE FROM YOU GUYS.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
OKAY, WELL YOU'RE ASKING FOR 500,000 FOR LIKE, IN ADDITION IS KIND OF THE BALLPARK.
I MEAN, I COME FROM AN HR BACKGROUND, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A LOT OF MONEY FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE.
IF YOU WANT THEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, QUALIFIED AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS IS A LOT OF WORK.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO COMPENSATE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
SO I WOULD LOVE, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO COME BELOW AND SAY WE WOULD LIKE 600,000, BUT THEN WE ACTUALLY GO LOWER.
THAN FOR IT TO COME IN AND YOU'RE LIKE, I WANT 500,000, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT, ACTUALLY I NEED 550,000 LATER.
SO, I MEAN, I JUST WANT, THAT'S KIND OF MY COMMENT IS IF YOU NEED MORE AND YOU FEEL TO HIS POINT LIKE THAT, YOU REALLY DO THINK TO BE EFFECTIVE, TO BE LIKE THE BEST WE CAN BE.
PUT THAT OUT THERE TO US RIGHT NOW.
AND I, I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I SEE
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THE NEED, I SEE THE NEED FOR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.AND, AND MAYBE I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT DRIVEN FOR IT, BUT I, I TELL YOU WHAT, WHATEVER OUR STUDENTS NEED, I'M WILLING TO DO.
I SEE THEIR FACES, I SEE THE PARENTS' FACES, I SEE THE SUFFERING, AND I JUST WANNA DO WHATEVER WE CAN.
AND, AND ALSO WITH ONLY HAVING TWO, IF ONE OF THEM IS OUT SICK OR HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO, YES, WE CAN PULL FROM ANOTHER CAMPUS IF WE NEED TO, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW THAT CAMPUS AND THOSE STUDENTS LIKE THOSE TWO DO.
SO I JUST WANNA BE LIKE THOUGHTFUL.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT.
DON'T FEEL THAT YOU'RE BEING GREEDY GONNA SAY, OKAY, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT OUR KIDS.
AND THEY, THIS IS ABOUT OUR FUTURE.
AND THESE KIDS, I BELIEVE NEED, THEY, THEY, THEY SHOULD BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY LIKE ANY OTHER STUDENT.
I THINK TO TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON, WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT IT IS, I KNOW TONIGHT IS ONLY THE PROJECT COST, SO TO SPEAK, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE ASKED TO DO THE PROJECT COST, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT, ALMOST 2 MILLION ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE FINAL NUMBERS ON AS TO WHAT THE ONGOING COST IS FOR US.
AND COMING SEEING IS HOW WE'RE COMING IN.
LIKE THIS TIME WE CAME IN RIGHT AT BUDGET, MAYBE HAD TO GO A LITTLE BIT INTO DEFICIT BUDGET.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY 600 TO TRUSTEE IL'S POINT, LET'S SAY 600, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A $600, $600,000 ANNUAL COST.
CAN OUR BUDGET TAKE THAT SUSTAINABLY? BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE SPENDING ALMOST 2 MILLION FOR SOMETHING THAT WE THINK THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION OVERALL IN THE BIGGEST PIECE.
AND THEN THERE'S PROGRAMMATIC QUESTIONS, AND I STILL HAVE SOME AS THAT.
I THINK THAT WAS, SO YES, THIS IS SUSTAINABLE.
WE MET WITH OUR CFO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.
IT STARTED OFF WITH WHAT WOULD THE PROGRAM NEED? IS THERE PROPERTY? IS THERE, UH, IS THERE A FEASIBLE PROPERTY FOR US TO BUILD UPON? AND BEFORE WE COULD EVEN LOOK AT THE COST OF STAFFING, KIM, IS THERE, IS THERE A LOCATION? SO THAT WAS THE FIRST STEP.
LOOKING AT STAFFING, IT WAS WHAT I SAID EARLIER.
WHAT IS THE BASELINE FOR THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL? AND THEN HAVING THE CONVERSATION LIKE WE ARE TONIGHT BASED ON THE BOARD SO THAT SUSIE WALLACE CAN GO BACK AND GET AN EXACT NUMBER FOR WHATEVER THE CONVERSATION IS.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS COMING OUT OF TONIGHT AND IT IS SUSTAINABLE FOR 30, 60, OR 90 STUDENTS ONGOING.
UM, WE ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, AND MS. NCINO CAN EXPLAIN MORE LATER, WE ARE PUTTING MORE INTO FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF OUR REVENUE PROTECTION.
SO AS WE PROJECT OUT, WE CAN SUSTAIN THIS.
AND THAT IS PART OF WHY WE'RE LEAVING THIS OPEN-ENDED RIGHT NOW FOR THIS DIALOGUE, UM, AND CONVERSATION TO DETERMINE AGAIN, UM, WHAT OUR TEAM IS RECOMMENDING AND THEN HOW THE BOARD FEELS IN TERMS OF COMFORTABILITY MOVING FORWARD.
BUT YES, WE CAN'T SUSTAIN IT ALL THE WAY TO 90 STUDENTS FOR AN ANNUAL BASIS IF IT'S COMING ON A FUND BALANCE.
WE ARE PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR.
SO NO, THIS WOULD NOT BE COMING OUT.
OH, IT WOULDN'T COME OUTTA FUND BALANCE? NO.
MY, WE JUST WOULD NOT PUT MONEY BACK IN.
WE, BECAUSE IF WE'RE DOING THE NUMBERS RIGHT, IF WE GO 600, THEN 60 SHOULD BE 1.2 90 SHOULD BE 1.8.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PROJECTIONS FOR STUDENTS AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE PUT BACK INTO FUND BALANCE, UH, FACTORING THAT IN YEAR OVER YEAR, WE HAVE THE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET.
AND MS. CANINO, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE MORE? DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING MORE OR, OH, THAT'S, I DON'T, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE OKAY.
I THINK WE STILL HAVE PROGRAMMATIC QUESTIONS.
I, YEAH, I MEAN, ON THE FINANCE PIECE, I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I FEEL RETICENT ABOUT, I LEMME JUST SAY, I THINK FOR ME, I FEEL SOMEWHAT CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS KIND OF A, UM, AN ONGOING DIALOGUE ABOUT THE SPECIFICITY OF SPECIFIC FACETS OF THIS WHOLE INITIATIVE.
UM, AND THERE'S A, A BIG PRICE TAG TO THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-TIME PRICE TAG, EVEN THOUGH IT IS $500,000 OR EVEN IF IT WAS A MILLION DOLLARS, IF IT, IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU JUST MULTIPLY IT TIMES THREE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET TO 90 STUDENTS.
EVEN WITH THINGS LIKE THE REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENTS, THAT, THAT IS NOT A PERMANENT SOURCE OF FUNDING.
BUT IT'S WHAT, LIKE ANYTHING THAT WE DO WHEN WE BUILD A PROGRAM, IT WOULD NOT BE, UM, FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBLE TO NOT LOOK FORWARD AND INVOLVE THE CFO TO DETERMINE IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED.
THAT'S THE SAME WAY THAT WE MAKE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT RAISES.
WHEN WE ADD A 6% RAISE, WE LOOK TO DETERMINE
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CAN THAT 6% RAISE BE SUSTAINED OVER TIME OR WILL WE HAVE TO EVENTUALLY RIFF TEACHERS IF WE'RE GOING TO NOT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN IT FOR FIVE YEARS, WE DON'T MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH THIS.
IF WE CAN'T SUSTAIN THIS FOR FIVE YEARS, WE WOULDN'T MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION.
STARTING WITH 30 STUDENTS IS ABSOLUTELY SUSTAINABLE.
STARTING WITH 30 STUDENTS ALSO ALLOWS US TO DETERMINE IF WE CAN CREATE A STRONG PROGRAM THAT HAS THE LONGEVITY THAT IT NEEDS AND THE, UM, SUCCESS RATE THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE, RATHER THAN STARTING WITH A VERY LARGE NUMBER NOW, SHOULD WE MOVE TO 60 OR 90 STUDENTS? THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS.
ONE WOULD BE, WOULD WE, DO WE HAVE THE NEED? TWO IS DO WE HAVE THE SUSTAINABILITY? AND THREE IS DO WE HAVE THE MONEY AND THE BUDGET? NOW AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT I SHARED WITH MS. CANINO, WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY.
HOWEVER, IF WE WERE GOING TO GO BEYOND THAT OR MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO GO BEYOND FIVE YEARS AND WE DID NOT HAVE THE SUSTAINABILITY, WE WOULDN'T MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
SO I I, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE JUST THE DATA THAT KIND OF SHOWS HOW THIS WORKS OVER TIME FROM A SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT, ONCE REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENTS IN, BECAUSE I DO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT FINANCIAL SUCCESS RIGHT NOW, BUT I, ONCE THOSE IN HB FIVE HAS GOTTEN RID OF A LOT OF THOSE KICKBACKS.
SO I HAVE A SPREAD A SPREADSHEET THAT I CREATE THAT I HAVE OUR BUSINESS OFFICE, UM, CONTINUE TO UPDATE, WHICH HAS ALL OF THE, UH, THE REVENUES THAT WE BRING IN, NOT JUST FROM M AND O, BUT ALSO FROM, UM, ANY FEDERAL GRANTS OR REVENUE PROTECTION OR ANY OF THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT HOW MANY STUDENTS WE ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE, AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES.
SO THROUGH THAT SPREADSHEET YOU CAN PROJECT FORWARD UP TO FIVE YEARS.
REALLY GREAT, UM, TO HAVE, I THINK FOR ME, I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE PROGRAMMATIC SIDE OF THINGS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THE FIGURE THAT YOU PROVIDED WAS THAT THERE'S AROUND 150 STUDENTS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD WANT OR THAT THEY WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A RESOURCE LIKE THIS.
AND THAT THIS MODEL GOES TO 30.
SO I THINK FOR, FOR ME, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE MODEL.
SO MY MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU, YOU HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL, IT HAS TO BE ACCREDITED.
UM, IN ORDER FOR A STUDENT TO GRADUATES FROM, SO IS THE IDEA, LET'S SAY THAT I'M A STUDENT AND I ELECT TO ATTEND THIS HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I I I'M ASSUMING THAT I WOULD APPLY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH MY PARENTS.
I GET IN AND THEN WHAT IS SORT OF THE PATH FOR ME FROM, LET'S SAY I'M A FRESHMAN MM-HMM.
YES, THAT'S, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE AN OPTION FOR YOU TO STAY THERE ENTIRE TIME TO, TO GET YOUR DIPLOMA.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIX WEEK EVALUATION.
THAT'S WHERE YOU, THE STUDENT AND PARENT AND THE COUNSELORS AND, AND THE TEAM GET TO DETERMINE, OKAY, AM I GOING BACK TO MY, TO, TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OR AM I STAYING HERE? SO THAT GIVES THEM THAT CHOICE, UH, TO EITHER STAY THERE AND CONTINUE GET THOSE SUPPORTS AND THOSE SERVICES, OR THEY FEEL READY TO GO BACK TO, UH, TO THE CAMPUS.
AND, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACTUALLY, IN DEALING WITH THE STUDENTS, A LOT OF STUDENTS DEAL BETTER IN SMALLER CLASS SETTINGS THAN THE LARGER CLASS SETTINGS OR IN A SCHOOL THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY BIG LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AFFORD THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
YES, THEY CAN, THEY CAN STAY AND THEY HAVE THAT CHOICE, RIGHT.
THEY WOULDN'T, UM, NECESSARILY HAVE THE ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL OF THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO SOME OTHER PROGRAMS, UM, THAT WOULDN'T OFFER EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WOULDN'T OFFER DUAL CREDIT.
SO IT TRULY IS A LIFESTYLE CHOICE THAT STUDENTS ARE DETERMINING THAT THIS IS BETTER FOR THEIR WELLBEING AND HEALTH.
AND IT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS ASPECT.
NOW, THE ACADEMICS WOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A HYBRID MODEL OF WHAT WE USE AT THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER OF HOW WE SHARE ASSIGNMENTS AT DAEP COMING FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IT WOULD NOT, PROBABLY, WHAT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE IS THAT IT'S NOT A TYPICAL FOUR BY FOUR THAT YOU GET AT A HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S MORE OF A HYBRID MODEL THAT YOU WOULD USE, UM, THAT WE HAVE AT SOME OF OUR ALTERNATIVE CAMPUSES.
SO I THINK THE OTHER, THE OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE JUST KIND OF ABOUT, UM, THE, THE MODEL IS HOW DOES, HOW DOES THE SPACE ITSELF SCALE? SO I THINK LAST TIME I I EXPRESSED THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITE ITSELF.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST IT NOT BEING SUITABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
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THINK FOR ME, HOW DOES THIS SITE SCALE TO, LIKE, DOES THE CURRENT LAYOUT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US ACCOMMODATE 30 STUDENTS, 60 STUDENTS? I THINK, I THINK MR. AL IS GONNA, UH, SPEAK, SORRY, TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON.THAT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN OUR SECOND HALF OF OUR PRESENTATION.
WELL, I THINK FROM A PROGRAMMING PROGRAMMATIC STANDPOINT, I KNOW WE HAVE A SECOND PRESENTATION, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, DOES THE SPACE ITSELF, THE PROPOSED SPACE, IT, IT DOES SCALE.
WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID WAS WORK WITH OUR ARCHITECTS, UH, ON THE GROUP AND WORK WITH, UH, MR. TATE AND MR. LOWELL TO VERIFY WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN THE FIRST YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AS WE SCALE? HOW DOES THAT LOOK AS WE MOVE IT FORWARD WITH YEAR THREE? AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING BECAUSE IT CAUSED US TO REALLY DIG INTO WHAT IS THE SITE UTILITIES, WHAT IS THE AD ADVANTAGE OF ADDING ITEMS, AND THEN WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FROM AN ACADEMIC SETTING? SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, I THINK THAT SHOWS A LITTLE BETTER.
AND THE MI THE MINDSET BEHIND THAT IS TO, TO GO SLOW TO, TO GO FAST AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF STUDENTS IN THE PROPER WAY AND THAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE.
SO NO MATTER HOW LONG IT'S THERE, IT CAN CONTINUE ON.
AND I, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE SORT OF PHYSICAL SPACE ITSELF.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT FROM A PROGRAMMATIC STANDPOINT, CAN THIS SPACE AS IT'S DESIGNED RIGHT NOW, ACCOMMODATE 90 STUDENTS? YES.
UM, AND THEN IF IT EXPANDS BEYOND THAT TO THE FIGURE THAT YOU HAD REFERENCED OF 150 STUDENTS, IT DOES THIS SPACE, CAN IT ACCOMMODATE THAT? YES, IT DOES.
AND, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT, UH, OUR TOTAL CAPACITY IN 2026, PROVIDED THE BOARD PROVIDES APPROVAL AND CONTINUED SUPPORT, OUR TOTAL CAPACITY WOULD BE STUDENTS.
AND THAT IS FULLY BUILT OUT WITH ALL OF THE AVAILABLE SPACES THAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE ON THE MCKINSEY SITE.
SO I, I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
UM, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE KNOW ME THAT I'M A BIG SYSTEMS GUY.
SO I THINK I'M CURIOUS JUST KIND OF ABOUT THE GOALS AND THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE SOBERING HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO IF YOU WERE TO THINK ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW, THE END OF NEXT YEAR, THE, THE IDEA IS THAT THIS WOULD START AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO AT THE END OF THAT FIRST SCHOOL YEAR, GOING FROM YEAR TO ONE TO THREE, WHAT ARE THE MARKERS OF SUCCESS THAT WOULD SORT OF SAY, HEY, WE DID REALLY WELL.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS WHERE YOU WOULD SAY, HEY, HEY, WE HAD SOME SUCCESS, BUT WE NEED TO KIND OF MAKE SOME BIG CHANGES.
AND THEN WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD SAY, I DON'T THINK THIS IS WORKING? OR PERHAPS TO TRUSTEE RAMON'S POINT, YOU KNOW, IS IF, IF WE HAVE A SCENARIO WHERE PARENTS JUST SAY, I'M NOT GONNA ALLOW MY KID TO ENROLL IN THIS, OR THIS IS TOO INCONVENIENT.
I DON'T KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY, OR IF STUDENTS JUST DON'T SHOW UP LIKE THEY SAID THEY WOULD, MAYBE THEY EXPRESSED, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR ANSWERS SET FIRST, BUT IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP, WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD SORT OF DEFINE THIS AS A, A SUCCESS OR I DON'T THINK THIS IS WORKING PARTICULARLY WELL.
AND HOW DO THOSE RELATE TO THE, THE GOALS OF, I MEAN, HIGH SCHOOL, I MEAN WE, WE SEE, LIKE SAY FOR INSTANCE, IF A PARENT DECIDES THAT THEY DON'T WANT THEIR CHILD THERE, THEN, THEN THEY, BY ALL MEANS THEY, THEY HAVE THAT OPTION, YOU KNOW, TO NOT HAVE THEIR CHILD THERE.
BUT WHAT WE CONSIDER AS A SUCCESS IS IF THEY ARE ABLE TO SUSTAIN RIGHT.
LIVING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, IF THEY CAN SUSTAIN THAT, LIKE, LIKE WHEN I WORKED IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, THAT THAT WAS KINDA LIKE ONE OF THE MARKERS THEY COULD SUSTAIN, RIGHT? LIVING FOR A YEAR, THEN WE CONSIDER THAT A SUCCESS.
YOU KNOW, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE THERE FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
SAY FOR INSTANCE, THAT ONE OF THE STUDENTS LEAVE OR WHATEVER, WE STILL WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE TO THAT STUDENT FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST GONNA THROW 'EM OUT THERE AND SAY, WELL, YOU'RE GONE.
YOU CAN GO DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
NO, WE WANNA STILL BE ABLE TO BE A, A, A RESOURCE TO THEM TO HELP SUSTAIN THEIR SOBRIETY FOR THE LONG TERM, OR AT LEAST THE RIGHT LIVING PATH.
SO THE, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, IF WE GET 30 STUDENTS IN THE GOAL FOR THE, FOR THE FIRST YEAR IS THOSE 30 STUDENTS ARE STILL THERE WITH US AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEY'RE DOING RIGHT.
LIVING, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE PROGRAM, UH, PASSES THAT THEY'RE RIGHT, WHETHER THEY'RE THERE OR NOT.
WE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM IF THEY NEED US.
SO FOR THIS, WE'RE AT THE ANNUAL STAFFING OF 560,000.
IF I'VE KEPT UP AND DONE MATH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED ONE, BUT DOES THIS INCLUDE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND JANITORIAL SERVICES? WHAT ABOUT THE
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NEW HB THREE REQUIREMENT FOR A POLICE OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS? AND THEN DOES THIS INCLUDE THE BUSING AND FOOD FOR THE INDIVIDUALS? SO WITH, WITHIN THE OPERATIONAL COST, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE STAFFING.FOR OUR PURPOSES THIS EVENING, OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION FOR THE PROJECT COST.
WE CAN WORK TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS WE ADD THE STAFFING.
BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE MEALS, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE JANITORIAL, CUSTODIAL SERVICES WITHIN THE FTES THAT WE HAVE.
OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO ADD MINIMAL NUMBER OF FTES, WHICH IS WHY YOU DON'T SEE ANY OF THE PROPOSED STAFFING THERE, BECAUSE FROM A STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT, WE FEEL LIKE WE COULD GET THOSE THINGS DONE.
UH, BACK TO OTHER TRUSTEE QUESTIONS, COULD WE ASSIGN A CUSTODIAN IN THE FUTURE? IS THAT PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION? THOSE ITEMS WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK TO YOU AS A TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING.
BUT FROM A OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, AS FAR AS UTILITIES, WE HAVE THE BUDGETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT THE PORTABLE PROPOSAL WOULD, WOULD CREATE, UH, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR UTILITY COSTS.
SO THOSE COULD BE INCLUDED WITH OUR CURRENT UTILITY BUDGET.
UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR MEAL SERVICE, OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE FREE LUNCH, UH, AND FREE BREAKFAST.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT AT THIS LOCATION AS WELL.
BUT THERE'S STILL COSTS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SERVING OR TRANSPORTING.
AND THEN THE SAME THING FOR THE FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN, NOT TO BE GRAPHIC, BUT IF SOMEBODY GETS SICK, RIGHT? I MEAN, DO WE WAIT TWO DAYS UNTIL SOMEBODY COMES OVER FROM ANOTHER CAMPUS? I MEAN, AND THESE ARE JUST EXPLORING BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO INCREASE THE STAFFING IN MY OPINION.
SO, AND WE CAN BRING THOSE ITEMS BACK TO YOU.
MS. RES, WOULD YOU CLARIFY WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE 30 STUDENTS, AND MAYBE I, MAYBE I'M INCORRECT.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE 30 STUDENTS, WAS THAT NOT PART OF SHARING CUSTODIAL SERVICES JUST FOR THE 30, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT IT WOULD BE THIS YEAR, 90, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ABSORBED WITH THE CURRENT STAFF THAT WE HAVE.
IT, IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE 30 STUDENTS.
WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO, TO, AS WE MENTIONED, HAVE CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES FROM NEWTON COLLINS, PROVIDE MEALS, AND WE WOULD WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS AND, AND INCLUDE THE CUSTODIAL SERVICE.
DO YOU, YOU A QUESTION? I DO A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
SINCE YOU SAID NEWTON COLLINS, HOW FAR IS NEWTON COLLINS FROM OH, IT'S LIKE A MILE ISH.
SO MY QUESTION COMES IN, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS, BUT WE HAVE YOU, THIS, IT STATES THAT WE HAVE FOUR, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR CLASSROOMS. THEY'LL HAVE FOUR, FOUR CORE CLASSES AND AN ELECTIVE, BUT THERE'S ONLY THREE TEACHERS LISTED.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NINTH, 10TH, 11TH, AND 12TH GRADE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING FROM MR. TATE TO EXPLAIN.
HE HAS A VERY CREATIVE MODEL THAT HIS TEACHERS CURRENTLY
AND AGAIN, IT WOULD ALSO BE A HYBRID MODEL OF WHAT WE USE AT OC WITH THE ONLINE CLASSES.
SO, SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE CREATED AT DAP, IT'S A CROSS-CURRICULAR MODEL WHERE ALL TEACHERS TEACH ALL SUBJECTS.
AND SO WE TAKE THAT BASE MODEL AND THEN JUST, UH, MOVE IT OVER TO, TO THE SOBER HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WHEN YOU SAY ALL TEACHERS TEACH ALL CLA ALL SUBJECTS, DOES THAT MEAN AN ENGLISH TEACHER IS NINTH, 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH GRADING? YES.
AND THEN ALSO THEY TEACH SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE AND MATH.
SOMEBODY DOESN'T GRADUATE FROM DEAP.
THEY, THEY GRADUATE AND MOVE ON TO WITH A CERTIFICATE AS
SO THEY GRADUATE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WAS SAID THAT THIS COULD BE A GRADUATION POINT.
AND WOULD IT BE AN ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOL IN WHICH THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GRADUATE? YES.
TELLER SAID, THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS THE HYBRID MODEL THAT THE OC USED BY USING THE, THE ONLINE MODEL.
SO THE, SO A PERSON, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I JUST WANNA FINISH THE THOUGHT.
SO AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD CHOOSE THIS AND NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A REGULAR GRADUATION OR THOSE PIECES BECAUSE THEY CHOSE THIS MODEL, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GRADUATE, IT WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL CODE.
IT WOULD BE LIKE EARLY COLLEGE.
HIGH SCHOOL HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE BUILDING, BUT IT IS PART OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CODE.
THIS WOULD STILL HAVE THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL CODE.
AND THE WAY THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM GRADUATE IS, UM, WITH THEM HAVING THAT, UM, HYBRID MODEL THROUGH THE OC AND THE COURSES THAT WOULD BE OFFERED THROUGH THE, THE TEACHERS AT THE CAMPUS.
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GRADUATE UNDER OC.THEY DON'T GRADUATE UNDER HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE FULL HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE OC STUDENTS ASKED TO HAVE THEIR, THEIR OWN GRADUATION? I'M JUST TRYING GET TO YEAH.
THE OTHER THING I HAVE A QUESTION ON IS, THERE ARE ACTUALLY RECOVERY SCHOOLS.
THERE'S A RECOVERY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
THERE ARE ACCREDITED SCHOOLS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT.
IS THAT WHAT THIS MODEL'S GOING TO BE? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CREATING ON OUR OWN THAT WE'RE HOPING WILL FIT INTO THE MODEL? NO, THIS ISN'T PART OF THAT MODEL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO FIT INTO THE PARAMETERS OF DEA.
SO WE COULD SHARE THE AC ACCREDITATION PLAN TO SHOW YOU HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
ARE THERE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SIMILAR MODELS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING? IS THAT WHERE WE GOT THIS FROM? NO.
THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A SCHOOL MODEL.
AND DO WE HAVE APPROVAL? AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TONIGHT IS THE PROJECT COST.
MY QUESTION IS IF WE SPEND $1.6 MILLION TO START A PROJECT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT I THINK THAT THIS BOARD SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AND CONSIDERING IT MAKES ME NERVOUS TO, TO, TO SAY, YES, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROJECT.
WE'LL BRING BACK OPPORTUNITIES, WE'LL BRING BACK THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT US HAVING AN IDEA.
I, I THINK FOR ME, SEEING THE WHOLE PICTURE, AND I AGREE.
I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T WANT THIS.
I THINK OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT, OUR KIDS DESERVE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
BUT FOR US, FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS, I NEED THE WHOLE PICTURE.
I NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING AND WHAT THE COST AND EVERYTHING WILL BE.
BECAUSE I CAN'T, I DON'T WANNA, I'M TRYING NOT TO USE A BAD, I DON'T WANNA, HALFWAY THIS
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS THIS COUNSELOR, WILL THEY BE, 'CAUSE YOU SAID THE TRAUMA THERAPY, YOU, YOU LISTED THAT SEPARATELY AS THOUGH THAT'S A SEPARATE PIECE.
IS THAT WHAT THE COUNSELOR DOES? BECAUSE YOU, YOU LISTED IT, YOU SAID THE TEAM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TEAM IS BECAUSE YOU, THAT THAT COUNSELOR IS PART OF THE, THE COUNSELING TEAM.
TRAUMA THERAPY IS FOR STUDENTS WHO MAYBE HAVE BEEN ABUSED IN THIS TYPE OF WHAT? SO THIS COUNSELOR WON'T BE A COUNSELOR, LIKE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.
THIS COUNSELOR WILL BE A TRAUMA THERAPY CERTIFIED COUNSELOR.
SO WE SHOULD BRING THIS UP TO LIKE SIX 20.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE CERTIFICATION FOR THAT? THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY, IS IT SOCIAL WORK? LPC FOR TRAUMA THERAPY? MM-HMM.
THOSE ARE, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF MY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHERS, BUT I THINK THAT, SO I THAT GOT THEM IN GIST.
THE LCD IS A SEPARATE TYPE OF COUNSELOR.
WITH, UH, LCD CS HANDLE, LIKE THE CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SIDE OF IT AND THINGS AS IT RELATES TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE, LIKE WITH FAMILIES OR, OR EVEN SOME TRAUMAS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
BUT LIKE ON SOME OF THE DEEPER ISSUES, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT LIKE IN, IN AND LOOK IN, IN DIFFERENT PLACES THAT I'VE WORKED AT.
WE, OUR LPCS AND, AND MAINLY OUR LPC, I'M SO MUCH AS A SOCIAL WORKER, BUT THE LPC SOCIAL WORKERS CAN DO IT AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, SO SOMETIMES WE, WE JUST KINDA WANT THEM TO BE ON PART OF THAT TEAM WITH US TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING SOME DEEP TRAUMA THAT'S HAPPENED TO THEM.
AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PERSON.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET INTO, WELL, IT'S GONNA BE A SEPARATE PERSON THERAPY, YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT'S FAR BEYOND, WELL, IT, IT IS THE COUNSELOR WHAT A SOCIAL WORKER WOULD DO.
NOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT GETTING A PSYCH NURSE PRACTITIONER OR, OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE COULD WORK ON THAT PART, BUT A LOT OF THE STUDENTS, WE CAN GAIN A LOT JUST THROUGH THE COUNSELOR.
THAT'S, WE, WE, THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE DO QUITE A BIT ANYWAY OVER AT THE DAP WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS.
UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY A COMPONENT TO HELP THE STUDENTS GET TO A PLACE TO WHERE THEY ARE GONNA GO BACK INTO THEIR CLASSES AND LEARN.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE DEFIANCE SOMETIMES WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE IN CLASS AND, AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY WANTING TO LEARN AND NO, NO.
NO, I, I, I'M GETTING THAT PIECE.
I'M NOT SAYING, I'M JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THAT'S FIT INTO THIS OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THIS.
BECAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED IT WAS SOMEBODY SEPARATE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT WITH THE, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT AS THOUGH, I MEAN, AGAIN, THE, THERE WE'RE A TEAM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT YEAH.
THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS THAT LICENSURE TO OPERATE WITHIN THEIR LICENSURE.
AS A, AS AN ADDED SUPPORT TO US IN, IN THE LCD REALM.
I THINK JUST TO CLARIFYING ON THE NURSE QUESTION, SO IT IT, THE REGISTERED NURSE IS NOT THE PSYCH NURSE.
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OKAY.BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WOULD NEED A PSYCH NURSE? NO, I MEAN, I, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL AT THIS POINT.
I THINK THAT A PSYCH NURSE PRACTITIONER WOULD BE A, UH, BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER DOWN THE LINE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, CAN I JUST ASK ONE FOLLOW UP SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY, I JUST, WHAT WERE THE MODELS THAT WERE CONSIDERED SORT OF FOR THE DESIGN OF THIS IF WE'RE NOT GOING BASED OFF OF THE RECOVERY ACCREDITATION MODEL? SAY WHAT? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? HOW DID YOU DEVELOP THE MODEL? RIGHT? LIKE WHAT, WHERE DID THIS MODEL COME FROM VERSUS LIKE WHAT THE RECOVERY MODEL IS? PRESIDENT BURCH HAD SAID THAT THERE WAS A, YEAH.
AND THEN IT WAS SAID THAT WE DID NOT USE THAT AS A MODEL FOR DESIGNING THIS.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHERE THIS MODEL ACTUALLY CAME FROM.
I COME FROM THE TREATMENT WORLD AND SEEING WHAT MR. TATE AND HIS STAFF HAD GOING ON OVER THERE, AND WE SAW THE NEED FOR IT IMMEDIATELY.
IT WAS ME, THE COUNSELOR, AND THE BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST.
WE, WE FORMED OUR, WE FORMED A TEAM.
AND SO INSTEAD OF BEING PUNITIVE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS AS Y'ALL KNOW, ARE PLACED THERE FOR THEIR BEHAVIORS, WE SAW THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER NEED FOR IT FOR, FOR MORE TO START TO HELP.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE PREVENTATIVE PART OF PROGRAM CAME IN.
SO WHEN WE SAW THE STUDENTS COMING IN, THEY WERE EITHER HIGH, THEY WERE ACTING OUT IN SOME KIND OF WAY.
WE GOT RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT REALLY QUICKLY, AND WE STARTED APPLYING THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING IN OUR RESPECTIVE FIELDS OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT STOPPED THE FIGHTING.
THAT'S WHAT TURNED THE, TURNED THE WHOLE SYSTEM AROUND AT DAP WAS WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE STUDENTS TO A PLACE TO WHERE THEY STARTED GETTING HONEST WITH US.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS MODEL CAME FROM.
WELL, INSTEAD OF IT BEING A PUNITIVE PROGRAM, IT CAN BE MORE OF A EDUCATIONAL PLUS A RECOVERY BASED PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO WHAT YOU DO IS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, TAKE THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR LICENSURE AND ALSO MAKING EA MODEL THAT WE'RE STILL FITTING UNDER THAT TEA MODEL, RIGHT? WE'RE SAYING, HEY, WE CAN TAKE THIS PIECE, WE CAN TAKE THIS PIECE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND STILL BE, BE GOOD TO GO AND GET APPROVED BY TEA.
RIGHT? YOU USE THE OTHER MODELS.
'CAUSE NO, NOBODY'S USING THAT USE.
THAT WAS MY PART IN IT TO TAKE WITH ALL OF THEIR LITTLE LICENSURE AND BUILD THE PIECE THAT WE KNOW THAT COULD GET APPROVED BY TA NUMBER ONE, BUT THEN ALSO GIVE THE STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEEDED AS WELL.
BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE, WHAT WE FOUND OVER THIS LAST PAST YEAR, WE SAW HOW LITERARY LITERACY RATES WENT UP AS FAR AS THE STUDENT'S WILLINGNESS TO, TO START LEARN, WANTING TO READ AND START TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CLASSES.
AND, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT WE GET OVER THERE, PRETTY MUCH PEOPLE SEE THEM AS THEY'RE JUST BAD KIDS AND WE'RE JUST GONNA SEND THEM THERE.
THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING ALL KIND OF STUFF ON THE BUSES OUT THERE IN PUBLIC, IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND THEY'RE JUST KIND OF WROTE OFF.
AND I, I THINK, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, SO THIS WAS NOT BASED OFF OF ANY PARTICULAR MODEL CORRECT? IT IT WAS BASED OFF PIECES OF MODELS LIKE MODELS.
LIKE MODELS THAT I'VE WORKED IN OUT IN THE FIELD.
AND, AND THE REASON IS, IS THAT IT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMPLIES WITH TEA AND THAT RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHAT MY PORTION OF THAT TAKING THE MODELS FROM THEIR LICENSURE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE FIELD, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY HAD, WE GOT A SOCIAL WORKER ON THE TEAM, WE GOT A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST ON THE TEAM.
ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE WORKED IN THE FIELD IN TREATMENT, IN MENTAL HEALTH.
AND, AND AGAIN, TAKING WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE, THE MODELS AND THE CURRICULUM AND THE PROGRAM THAT'S OUT THERE IN THEIR FIELDS AND MAKING SURE WHAT WE CAN USE HERE, UH, IN EDUCATION WILL WORK AND, AND THEN ALSO GET APPROVED BY TA.
SO ENHANCES THE WILLINGNESS OF THE STUDENT TO ACTUALLY LEARN AND GET WHAT THEY NEED AS FAR AS THEIR EDUCATION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, SO THIS, THIS ISN'T, THERE'S NO OTHER ISD THAT HAS A RECOVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WE'RE SORT OF LOOKING AT AS A MODEL OF SUCCESS.
SO THE, UM, THE ACCREDITATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL IN TEXAS IS, IS NOT A, IS IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OR A MODEL FOR US TO FOLLOW.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT WHAT THE TEA REQUIREMENTS ARE, WHICH AGAIN, IS WHAT MR. TATE HAS BUILT, AND THEN, UM, BRING FORWARD WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR HELP HELPING STUDENTS HAVE A SOBER LIVING LIFESTYLE.
SO YES, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, AND YES, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE EXACTLY WHAT IS REQUIRED THROUGH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AGENCY.
AND, AND SO THE, THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED FROM OTHER MODELS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT,
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WHAT ARE THOSE MODELS? SO BASICALLY THE, THE MODEL OC MODEL, UM, AGAIN, WE THE, THAT EARLIER THE, THE CROSS CURRICULUM MODEL THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THERE.AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I, I DON'T HAVE THE BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST HERE, UH, TO SPEAK ON THOSE MODELS, BUT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE SEEN IN TREATMENT AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THESE SERVICES.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CAME IN.
WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE, THE SIX PARTS OF IT THAT WE UTILIZED TO, TO HELP THE STUDENTS GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AS FAR AS LIKE THE MEDIATIONS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF WE DO TO SQUELCH THE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE AT DEAP.
I GOT THAT FROM LIKE THE PRISON, WORKING IN THE PRISON SYSTEMS AND IN VARIOUS OTHER TREATMENT CENTERS.
AND EVEN THE ONE THAT, THAT WAS ABLE TO START OUT THERE IN SMITHFIELD, THAT THE, THAT ONE PROGRAM OUT THERE, I WAS ABLE TO GET STARTED UP BECAUSE I WAS DOING STARTUPS AT THE TIME IN
AND WE WOULD TAKE THOSE PIECES AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, LIKE, THESE ARE OUR KIDS HERE AT DELL VALLEY.
WE, WE KNOW OUR KIDS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND WITH THESE KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND THEY COME TO US AND AS THEY TALK TO US AND WE GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM, WE CAN SEE WHERE THEIR NEEDS ARE ALONG WITH THEIR PARENTS.
YOU'RE JUST NOT GONNA GET TO GO TRUSTEE WOODY, YOU ARE.
SO MY FOLLOW UP, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENT.
ARE YOU ALSO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL? ARE YOU JUST SPEAKING ABOUT THE, HOWEVER MANY STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY AT THE AEP? WELL, WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT QUESTION UP.
I WAS JUST UP HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LA MOST OF LAST WEEK DOING MEDIATIONS AND HANDLING, UH, STUDENTS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES ALL LAST WEEK.
I'VE ALS ALSO GO TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
SO I, I, LAST WEEK WAS THE FIRST WEEK THAT YOU'VE GOT EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF THE AEP.
NO, I'VE BEEN UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M NOT, I LOVE WHAT YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DO SHARE YOUR STORY AND I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
SO NO, NO, WE, WE GO UP THERE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE BECAUSE I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE WOODY.
ONE OF 'EM IS, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL LIABILITY ON OUR PART WITH THIS NEW CENTER? OH, THIS, WITH THAT? DID YOU HEAR ME? I GUESS FOR, THIS IS A QUESTION THE BOTTOM, BUT THE, YOU HEAR ME? I CAN.
THIS ONE'S NOT, I DON'T THINK THAT MATTERED.
SO I'LL JUST GIVE A GENERAL ANSWER BECAUSE I THINK IF WE GET INTO SPECIFIC SCENARIOS, I PROBABLY WOULD WANNA GIVE YOU SOMETHING IN CLOSED SESSION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GENERALLY ARE ONLY LIABLE FOR TORTS INVOLVING THE UCR OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
YOU KNOW, SO BUS ACCIDENTS, MAINTENANCE TRUCK TYPE THINGS, UH, TYPICAL TORTS SLIPS AND FALLS.
UH, GENERAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS WOULD NOT BE, UH, UH, COGNIZABLE UNDER STATE LAW AGAINST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HAVING SAID THAT, YOU STILL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW YOU TREAT FOLKS AND STUDENTS AND SO FORTH.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF, OF THE, UH, THE FACTS IN QUESTION.
I I THINK THAT ONCE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT PROGRAM WE ACTUALLY ARE GONNA IMPLEMENT OR, OR DO IN THIS CENTER THAT WE FI FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF LIABILITY OR INSURANCE OR WHATNOT WE NEED TO INVEST IN.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO OUR DISTRICT.
UM, THE SECOND THING I NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON, EARLIER IT WAS THAT IT WAS A SIX WEEKS COURSE, BUT NOW WE'RE SAYING, OH, THESE KIDS CAN STAY HERE A WHOLE YEAR.
AND MAYBE I HEARD THAT WRONG, BUT CAN SOMEBODY CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? SO, SO BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, IT SAYS EVERY GRADING PERIOD THERE'S EVALUATION THAT GOES ON.
AND AGAIN, LIKE THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY IF THE STUDENT IS SAYING, THIS IS NOT FOR ME, AND THEN LET'S GO BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT IS THE GRADING POINT, IS THAT STICKING POINT RIGHT THERE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S UP TO THE STUDENT HOW LONG THEY WANT TO STAY IT AFTER EACH GRADING PERIOD.
IF THEY WANT TO STAY THERE, THEY, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAY THERE TO GET THEIR EDUCATION, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMMITTING TO SIX WEEKS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WANNA STAY THERE OR NOT.
THERE'LL BE A, A EVALUATION EVERY SIX WEEKS.
SO THEY HAVE TO KNOW THAT GOING FORWARD, THEY CAN'T JUST LEAVE WHEN OR NOT SHOW UP ONE DAY AND THEN IT'LL BE CONSIDERED TRUANCY OR SOMETHING.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO GO BACK TO THE REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO WHEN, WHEN YOU DO THE ENROLLMENT PIECE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD WANT.
UM, IT'S AGAIN, SPEAKING TO MR. LOWE ABOUT THE, THE TREATMENT SIDE OF THINGS.
THAT'S HOW LONG YOU WANT THEM TO THERE TO GET THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING OUT.
AND SO, YES, THAT'S THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU WOULD WANT FROM THE STUDENT AND THE, AND THE PARENT.
BUT OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, IF IF THEY DON'T WANNA STAY THERE, THEN THEY CAN OF COURSE GO BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
RIGHT? AND, AND THE OBJECT IS FOR THEM TO, TO, TO GET BACK INTO SCHOOL AND CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION.
IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO WORK ON
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THE, WHAT'S BLOCKING THEM FROM GAINING THAT WHEREWITHAL TO GET BACK IN THERE TO GET THEIR EDUCATION, THEN YEAH, THERE'S GONNA PROBABLY BE PROBLEMS AND WE PROBABLY WILL SEE THEM AGAIN.THE NEXT ONE IS GOING BACK TO, UH, PRESIDENT BURCH'S QUESTION ABOUT THE CORE CLASSES.
UM, IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE DAP, I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS REGARDING THAT CURRICULUM AND HOW A FRESHMAN HAS THE SAME COURSES AS A SENIOR, WHICH IN REALITY FRESHMENS HAVE ALGEBRA SENIORS HAVE MAYBE PRE-CAL OR ONE OF THOSE OTHER COURSES.
SO HOW DOES THAT GO TO THE ACCREDITED PORTION OF THIS WHOLE, UH, CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING? AND AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE YOU TAKE THE PIECE OF THE SAME THING THAT THEY'RE DOING AT OC OR THE, FOR THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE JUNIORS AND, AND SENIORS OVER THERE, AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU USE THAT PIECE OF THE MODEL TO SO THAT FOR THE ACCREDITATION AND THE STUDENT GETS WHAT THEY NEED ON THEIR LEVEL.
SO THEN IF THE STUDENT DECIDES TO GO PAST SIX WEEKS MM-HMM.
AGAIN, WHEN THEY'RE COMING OVER THERE, THEY'RE COMING FOR PUNITIVE THINGS.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO REALIZE, OKAY, THESE ARE THE DECISIONS AND THE JUDGMENT CALLS YOU NEED TO MAKE VERSUS THE ONES YOU'VE MADE.
EDUCATION, THIS IS TIER ONE EDUCATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING YOU OF THE, THE, THE, THE JUDGMENT CALLS THAT YOU MADE.
YOU NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CORE CLASSES.
RIGHT? THE CORE, CORE CLASSES.
DO THEY REPEAT OR DO, DO YOU THEN GO TO THE NEXT SECTION TO GET YOUR CREDIT FOR THAT COURSE? YOU'RE YOU'RE USING THE SAME SPOKEN SEQUENCE THAT ALL OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES ARE USED BY AND THROUGH THE, THE CNI FOLKS.
RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE A DIFFERENT SCHOOL THAN DEAP.
AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THOUGH, IF YOU'RE DOING SIX WEEKS, EVERY SIX WEEKS, UM, WHEN THEY GO BACK TO, I GUESS THE HIGH SCHOOL, IF THEY DECIDE TO GO BACK AFTER THE FIRST SIX WEEKS, AT WHICH COURSES WILL THEY BE TAKING AND HOW DOES THAT ACCREDIT TO WHAT THEY'RE TAKING AT THE SOBER NIGHT CENTER? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT DEFINED.
SO CAN I SUGGEST, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA BE TAKEN, BUT CAN I SUGGEST, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMMATIC QUESTIONS WE HAVE ON THIS.
I DON'T THINK THIS, THERE'S A, I THINK THAT THERE IS A DESIRE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE IT HAPPEN PROPERLY.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN MAYBE THAT, AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STEVENSON.
STEVEN, YOU'VE BEEN WAITING SO PATIENTLY OVER THERE IN THE CORNER.
CAN WE TAKE IT BACK, HAVE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, YOU GUYS KIND OF NOW YOU KNOW WHERE OUR THOUGHTS ARE, WHERE OUR THINGS ARE, TRUSTEE WOODY, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, WE CAN SEND THEM.
YEAH, NO, I JUST THINK AS A BOARD WE CAN DO BETTER.
UM, I THINK WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING FOR OUR KIDS, RIGHT? AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE BOTH THESE FINANCIALLY AND IDENTIFY IF WE CAN DO A BRICK AND MORTAR OR IF WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE ACCREDITED COURSES THAT THE OTHER, UH, UT HAS FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR RECOVERY CENTER.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN DO.
WE WANNA BE EQUITABLE IN THIS SITUATION.
IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO POSTPONE THIS SO THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAN KIND OF PUT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER, SOME OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER, HAVE CONVERSATION AROUND IT, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO US? I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE ACTUALLY DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND OR A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO, IF THAT'S THE BEST LOCATION AND HOW MANY STUDENTS WE CAN ACTUALLY SERVE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO RAMP UP TO 1 75, AND I DIDN'T GET TO ASK MY QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME, THAT MEANS THERE'S 175 KIDS THERE THAT POTENTIALLY WE COULD HELP.
AND SO NINETIES NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BARELY TOP OF THAT.
OR MAYBE EVEN A WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AS A BOARD.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA, JOSE.
DOES THAT, IS ANYBODY OPPOSED TO THAT RIGHT NOW? OKAY.
UM, OKAY, SO THEN WE'LL, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, MY ONLY COMMENT OR QUESTION WOULD BE YES, I AGREE.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T, IF WE WANNA POTENTIALLY OPEN THIS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU GUYS NEED AFTER AN APPROVAL FROM US TO GET THINGS MOVING? BECAUSE IF WE TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, YES.
AND TRUSTEE WOODY, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, A WORKSHOP COULD GET US TO A POINT, UH, AND OUR CFO'S PROBABLY GONNA THROW SOMETHING AT ME.
I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF A BRICK AND MORTAR LEASE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF A LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BUILDING THAT IS A STANDALONE BUILDING IN A MORE
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ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT.BUT WHAT I CAN ASSURE YOU IS WE ARE KEEPING STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF THE DISCUSSION.
AND SO IF IT'S BETTER FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE A WORKSHOP AND WE BRING BACK POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL IDEALS AND UTILIZE, UH, A LEASE OPTION, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S MORE COST COSTLY.
WE, WE UTILIZE, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN A YEAR? UM, FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, THE SLIDES THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU ARE SOLELY FOCUSED ON A COST EFFECTIVE MEASURE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S ENCOURAGEMENT OF STAFF TO SAY, LET'S PAUSE ON THE COST EFFECTIVE MEASURE AND FIND THE BEST AVAILABLE SOLUTION.
I THINK WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WHAT WOULD BE, UH, APPROPRIATE WOULD BE FOR US TO COME BACK, YOU CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, UM, WHAT WE COULD HANDLE IN TERMS OF CAPACITY ON THAT PROPERTY.
BECAUSE IF WE WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, THEN THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION OF A BOND.
SO JUST THE BOARD'S COMFORTABLE BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR, OR WAITING, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN, UM, AN OVERALL PROGRAMMATIC PERSPECTIVE OF NOT ONLY THE, UM, HEALTH AND WELLBEING, BUT ALSO THE ACADEMIC PLAN SO THAT THERE'S A BIG PICTURE AND THEN PUTTING NUMBERS TO EACH OF THE POSITIONS FOR 30, 60, 90.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, IF THE BOARD IS COMFORTABLE WITH IT, THAT SHOULD BE THE, THE FURTHEST WE GO WITH THE PROPOSAL IN TERMS OF A SHORT AND LONG-TERM PLAN UP TO FIVE YEARS.
NOW, IF YOU WANT US TO BUILD IT OUT FOR 175 STUDENTS, WE COULD DO THAT.
BUT JUST UNDER, WE WOULD UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SOONER THAN FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE.
I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING THAT.
WHICH, I MEAN, IF WE'RE PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO REACH OUT TO THE RECOVERY CENTER AT UT, ASK IF WE COULD DO SOME TYPE OF INTER LOCAL SO WE COULD GET OUR KIDS IN THERE NOW, UM, AND PROVIDE THOSE FUNDING AS A GRANT OR WHATNOT SO THAT THE BOARD COULD HAVE A ROBUST AND DETAILED CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I THAT'S AN OPTION THAT WE COULD DO AS WELL.
I WAS JUST GONNA FOLLOW UP AND SAY I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SECOND JUST AT LEAST CONSULTING WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE SET UP RECOVERY SCHOOLS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE UNDER TA'S GUIDANCE, JUST TO SORT OF SAY, IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS UNDER TA'S GUIDANCE, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE HAD TO GO MORE OF THE PRIVATE ROUTE, UM, OR, OR ON A CHARTER ROUTE BECAUSE OF THOSE REGULATIONS.
BUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO, UM, HOW WOULD YOU SORT OF IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE THINGS UNDER THIS, UM, UNDER THESE CONSTRAINTS? I THINK THE OTHER THING TOO IS I DON'T MIND SOMEBODY SAYING, WE'RE GONNA LIMIT THIS FACILITY TO 30 STUDENTS, BUT HAVING A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BEYOND 30.
AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND LIKE WHY WE WOULD CHOOSE ANY OF THESE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
OR, OR, YOU KNOW, WHY WE WOULDN'T CHOOSE MORE.
SO I THINK JUST KIND OF HAVING THAT SENSE OF CLARITY, NOT JUST FROM A PROGRAMMATIC STANDPOINT, BUT FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT AND ALMOST FEELS LIKE SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT ABOUT THE COST OF BUILDING IT IS LIKE ONE OF THOSE LAST PIECES THAT WE KIND OF LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT.
SO PRESIDENT BIRCH, JUST JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I, I DO WANT IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, IF THE BOARD WOULD TO WERE TO RECOMMEND AND MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY SOBER HIGH SCHOOL PROPOSAL, WE WOULD BE VERY TIGHT ON THE TIMEFRAME IF WE DON'T GET ROLLING.
AND SO I THINK THAT THE ANSWER IS THAT IT IS GOING TO BE D VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN A PROJECT AND BE READY FOR AUGUST 1ST WITH BOARD APPROVAL THIS EVENING AND TRISTY, OH, OR MR. ELS, IT SAYS HERE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE 'EM ORDERED BY JANUARY, 2024, WHICH GIVES US THE DECEMBER MEETING AND POTENTIALLY EVEN THE JANUARY MEETING TO MEET THE JUNE, 2024 ON SITE LEAD TIMES.
AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS WE WOULD GET A PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CERTAIN SITE DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE IN THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO DETERMINE ARE THEY GOING TO REQUIRE US A SIX MONTH SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCESS.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON OF BRINGING THE YEAH.
IS BECAUSE NO, I I OF THE TIMING, I GET THAT, I, I THINK THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING, SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO, I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO ADJUST OUR TIMELINE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IN FULL TRANSPARENCY YEAH, WE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS AND, AND THANKFULLY OUR PROJECTS HAVE COME IN ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET, BUT THIS ONE IS PUSHING IT, IT'S GONNA BE TIGHT.
TRUSTEE HUBER, IT'S, OH, NO, SHE GETS TO SPEAK.
SHE'S BEEN WAITING SO PATIENTLY YOU'LL TAKE, YOU ALL HAVE CONTROL.
I JUST WANNA GO BACK TO THE PROGRAMMING.
AND I DID, I, THE SHOWER WENT TO THE HEALTHY
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FALL FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS EXCELLENT.UH, AND THERE WERE SO MANY GREAT RESOURCES.
I MET THE, AS SHE MENTIONED, AND A LOT OF RESOURCES I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WERE ALREADY UTILIZING.
SO I THINK WHEN, IF YOU ALL COULD, NOT TONIGHT, BUT I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE PRESENTATIONS OF THAT, THE FOUR OVER 15 FROM HAYES COUNTY, THE FENTANYL, AND ANOTHER GROUP THAT DOES COUNSELING ALREADY WITH OUR, OUR STUDENTS.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD FOR YOU ALL TO SHARE THOSE.
IT IS NOT JUST GONNA BE THE STAFF THAT WE'RE PAYING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OUTSIDE RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY USE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD JUST SUPPLEMENT OUR STAFF AND WHAT WE DO.
AND I DO THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF ANYTIME YOU START A NEW PROGRAM FROM SCRATCH IS TO START SMALL.
TELLY ALREADY MENTIONED THAT TONIGHT TO START SMALL, TO MAKE SURE YOU GET IT IN PLACE.
'CAUSE YOU WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO YOU START AND THEN YOU BUILD UP.
AND ALSO KNOW THAT THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS NEED THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU ALL THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TREATMENT AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN COUNSELING WITH KIDS WITH, UH, ALCOHOL AND ADDICTION, ET CETERA.
SO I DO THINK THERE'S A, UH, I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND TO START SMALL TO GET THAT PROGRAM GOING, GET IT ESTABLISHED, MAKE SURE IT WORKS.
AND THEN GO, I CAN ALSO, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
I CAN PICTURE OUR KIDS BECOMING A, AS THEY GRADUATE OR MOVE OUT OF THE PROGRAM AS A RESOURCE.
DO YOU ALL USE THE STUDENTS IN SOME OF YOUR PROGRAMS THAT COME BACK AND ALSO WORK WITH KIDS TO KEEP THEM KIND OF STRAIGHT AND NARROW IN A WAY? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, ONE OF THE TREATMENT CENTERS THAT I WORKED AT WAS CALLED A LAST RESORT RECOVERY CENTER.
AND, AND IT WAS A PILOT, SO WE WERE BUILDING IT.
AND AS WE BEGAN TO ACQUIRE, UH, CLIENTS INTO THAT FACILITY, AS THEY BEGAN TO GRADUATE OR COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND THEY STARTED LEAVING, I STARTED RECRUITING A LOT OF THEM BACK.
AND I REMEMBER THE OWNER CAME UP TO ME, HIS NAME IS BILL, AND HE GOES, HE GOES, PATRICK, WHY ARE YOU RECRUITING THESE CLIENTS BACK? HE SAID, THEY DON'T NEED ANY TRAINING.
AND, AND, AND NUMBER TWO, THEY KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH PEOPLE LIKE THEM.
AND NOT ONLY IS THAT GOOD FOR THE, THE CLIENTS THAT WERE COMING, IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR THEM.
LEGAL WISE, DOUG, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE OR ARE WE OKAY TO JUST SAY JUST PULL IT.
I STILL HAVE A QUESTION ACTUALLY.
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OTHER PROPERTY.
I KNOW, I GUESS SOMEBODY SAID, WE HAVE THIS PROPERTY.
YES, WE'VE HAD THIS PROPERTY FOR YEARS, BUT WE ALSO DON'T, WE STILL OWN THE PROPERTY NORTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TO HIGHWAY 71.
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT GOES BACK HERE, BUT TO ME, WE NEED TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY BECAUSE I DON'T ASSUME THAT THE KIDS AT OC JUST GO THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE CAN BENEFIT MORE STUDENTS IF WE'RE CLOSER TO MAJORITY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, TRUSTEE WAGNER, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WHEN YOU ARE REFERENCING A FEASIBILITY STUDY, CAN I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? TO MAKE SURE THAT I PROVIDE THE INFORMATION APPROPRIATELY, BASICALLY IS THE BEST PLACE FOR THIS SEVEN AND A HALF MILES AWAY FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
I REALIZE THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ONES WE'RE HOPING, BUT THAT IS IN THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF OUR DISTRICT.
AND SO I WANT TO KNOW, BASED ON THE LOCATIONS AND THE PROPERTY, OR BASED ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE, ARE THERE BETTER LOCATIONS? I'M, I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE, YEAH, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION? BECAUSE THAT IS A, UH, THAT IS A PERSPECTIVE AS OPPOSED TO FROM, FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, WE LOOK AT FEASIBILITY IN, IN FOUR CATEGORIES.
DOES IT HAVE ROAD ACCESS? DOES IT HAVE UTILITY ACCESS? DOES IT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, TO HOLD THE FACILITY? AND I, AND I WANNA UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A EDUCATIONAL CAPACITY, IS THAT CORRECT? A LOGISTICAL CAPACITY NOT RELATED TO THOSE THINGS.
SO I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS BEYOND THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, THAT AREA IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THEN OTHERS, OTHER PIECES.
ARE THERE MORE FEASIBLE PLACES TO PUT THE, PUT THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD, WOULD DO THIS, THAT WOULD BE EASIER FOR TRANSPORTATION, BE EASIER? I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS BRING BACK ALL OF THE DISTRICT PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE AND POTENTIALLY AT THE WORKSHOP AS YOU MENTIONED, AND, AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THAT THE DISTRICT OWNS.
AND I, YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ACTUAL FEASIBILITY STUDY DONE.
YOU'RE ASKING LOOK AT FEASIBILITY OVERALL.
AND THEN, AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I CLEAR WHAT I SAID LAST TIME WAS, I DON'T KNOW THE CAPACITY AT THE
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OC AND I REALIZE THAT FLUCTUATES.AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE MOVE SPECIFIC NEEDS IN THERE, BUT IF THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE FOR THOSE REASONS, WE NEED TO REACH AS MANY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THIS.
LAST MONTH, YOU ALL EXPLAINED WHY NO.
LAST MONTH, YOU ALL EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD WHY IT NEEDS TO BE LOCATED AWAY FROM 3,500 STUDENTS, RIGHT? WELL, YES.
AND, AND, AND THE REASON WHY WE WANTED THEM NOT TO BE IN THAT PROXY, THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR FRIENDS AT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THEY DO ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM DOING.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE SOME SPACE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT JUST, IT JUST MAKES BETTER SENSE.
LIKE IF A, IF A PERSON IS USING DRUGS IN A CERTAIN AREA, YOU DON'T REALLY WANNA PUT A TREATMENT CENTER IN THE AREA WHERE THEY'RE USING DRUGS.
IT'S KIND OF COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT TRUSTEE WAGNER'S LOOKING AT, IF THAT'S INCLUDED IN ALL THE CONVERSATION.
BUT TO THAT STATEMENT, THEY'RE STILL GOING HOME AT NIGHT AND LIVING IN THE SAME COMMUNITIES.
AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE PUT THEM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY CAN PASS DRUGS THROUGH THE FENCE, AS WITH STATED LAST TIME, I'M SUGGESTING THAT THEY'RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO USE THE EXISTING SERVICES, USE THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE.
I, AND I JUST MAKE, I JUST KNOW WE'RE GETTING LATE AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I AGREE.
I THINK THAT THEY HAVE THE, I THINK YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOOD.
YOU'LL BRING BACK WE APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS THAT THIS, IT'S NOT A NO, IT'S JUST A MORE
PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT BURCH, COULD YOU SAY, I, I HOPE THAT WE DON'T FEEL BOUND BY THE TIMELINE AND THERE'S OH, NO, THAT'S WHAT I JUST TOLD MR. S WE MIGHT HAVE TO ADJUST OUR TIMELINE.
I THINK IF WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON SOMETHING, IT'S THE, THE BEST POSSIBLE.
[VI.E. Monthly Financial Reports 1. Investment Report for October 2023 2. Tax Office Report for October 2023 3. Budget Report for October 2023 4. Budget Report by Object for October 2023 5. Fund Balance Report for October 2023]
UP IS, UH, MS. KINO WITH THE FIN MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS.UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PUBLIC, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT OUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS AS REQUESTED.
AND DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING, JUST YES, MA'AM, OF COURSE.
UM, WE ALSO MOVE THE ITEM FROM CONSENT TO INFORMATIONAL.
AND I THINK GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA GET AN INFORMATIONAL THAT WAY WE JUST A LITTLE PRESENTATION ON IT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THE MONTHLY REPORTS.
UH, BY NATURE, THEY DON'T REQUIRE APPROVAL.
I APOLOGIZE BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME FIND IT IN THE PRESENTATION SO I CAN FOLLOW ALONG? IT'S PAGE 60 62.
UH, THE REPORT ARE INFORMATIONAL BY NATURE, SO THEY DON'T REQUIRE ACTUAL APPROVAL.
SO EVERY MONTH WE HAVE, UH, WE PRESENT THE INVESTMENT REPORT TAX OFFICE REPORT, A BUDGET REPORT, A BUDGET REPORT BY OBJECT CODE, AND A FUND BALANCE REPORT.
SO THIS IS THE INVESTMENT REPORT THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR, ON YOUR MONTHLY PACKET.
IT IS A BREAKOUT OF OUR PORTFOLIO BY, UH, INVESTMENT CATEGORY BY POOLS, COMMERCIAL PAPER AGENCY AND TREASURIES.
WHAT I ADDED ON THE SIDE THERE IS THE AMOUNT INVESTED BY EACH, UH, MAJOR FUND.
SO YOU, WE'VE GOT THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S HOLDING ALMOST $26 MILLION.
IT'S ABOUT 7% OF THE TOTAL, UH, PORTFOLIO.
THE LARGEST, UH, FUND IS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OUR BONDS.
AND IT'S 89% OF THE TOTAL PORTFOLIO.
THIS IS THE OTHER REPORT THAT'S, UH, INCLUDED THERE.
AND I KNOW THIS IS SMALL PRINT, BUT AFTER, UH, THE PRESENTATION, THE ACTUAL REPORTS ARE THERE IN LARGER PRINT.
UH, THIS REPORT HAS, UH, THE SAME CATEGORIES.
WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, IT'S TOWARDS THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE TOTAL EARNINGS.
THOSE ARE THE INTEREST EARNINGS FOR THE MONTH.
SO YOU HAVE THERE FOR THE MONTH ENDING OCTOBER 31ST, UH, IT WAS A MONTHLY INTEREST OF $1,552,373 AND FISCAL YEAR TO DATE.
AND THE FISCAL YEAR STARTS IN JULY.
IT IS SIX, ALMOST $6.5 MILLION.
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THE SIDE A LITTLE TABLE THAT GIVES YOU LAST YEAR OF STARTING JULY 20TH, 2022 THROUGH JUNE, 2023, UH, THE EARNINGS FOR THE PORTFOLIO WERE 13 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.AND THEN FOR YEAR TO DATE, IT SAID ALMOST SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
AND YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENT, UH, MONTHS THERE LISTED.
AND FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF LAST YEAR AND THIS PARTIAL YEAR OF A LITTLE OVER $20 MILLION.
SO IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR THAT IT'S GROWING FASTER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR? YES.
I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT FROM PUBLIC.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING, MS. CANINO.
I, WE DIDN'T APPROVE THIS UNTIL LIKE NOVEMBER, 2022, UH, DECEMBER.
YEAH, SO THAT, SO IT'S NOT THAT, THAT WAS ONLY 13 MILLION FOR THE YEAR.
JUNE, NO, ACTUALLY NO, IT IS FOR THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR.
OH, WELL WE HAD, UH, WE NORMALLY KEPT THE POOLS LIKE TECH SCHOOL, THOSE, SO THEY ARE STILL ARE EARNING INTEREST.
RIGHT, BUT NOT THIS KIND OF INTEREST.
BUT WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS IT WAS COMBINED WITH OUR OLD POOLS.
THIS IS STRICTLY THE NEW POOLS THAT THEY JUST APPROVED IN DECEMBER? NO, THIS IS ALL COMBINED
SO BEFORE
SO RIGHT HERE, LONE STAR TECH SPOOL, THESE WE PREVIOUSLY HAD, WE ADD THEM, WE ADD THEM TO THE REPORT.
SO OUR EARNINGS FROM JULY, 2022 THROUGH JUNE, 2023 ARE INCLUDED.
NO, YEAH, NO, NO, I'M WITH YOU.
I WAS SAYING THE INVESTMENT OF GOING THIS LARGE AMOUNT MAY MAKING IT WHERE WE GET MORE INVESTMENT INSTEAD OF LIKE THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT INVESTMENT.
SO THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IF YOU LOOK FROM JULY TO OCTOBER, IT'S NOT GROWING FASTER.
IT'S DROP JULY IS SEVEN 1.7 AND OCTOBER'S 1.5.
I JUST MEANT THE CUMULATIVE FOUR MONTHS RELATIVE TO THE MONTHS THAT SHE HAD YEAH.
AND I'M SAYING THAT THE 13 MILLION BULK OF THAT IS FROM DECEMBER TO JUNE.
AFTER WE INVESTED, AFTER WE STARTED INVESTING.
SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE IS IN THE LAST UH, BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAD, OUR BOND INTEREST FUNDS AT 17 MILLION.
SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW, IT IS ROUGHLY 89% GOES IN TOWARD, TOWARDS, UH, THOSE BOND INTEREST FUNDS.
THAT'S, UH, THE PORTION OF OUR INVESTMENTS THAT IS BOND RELATED, THE 310000089%.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT INTEREST EARNINGS, 89% OF THAT GOES TOWARDS THE BOND INTEREST FUNDS.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THOSE BOND INTEREST FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THEN? CORRECT.
SO 89% OF THAT 20 MILLION CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS? CORRECT.
AND THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE HAD REFERENCED IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAD 17 MILLION IN BOND INTEREST.
THAT'S THAT PORTION TO CLARIFY, NOT ITEMS THAT ARE IN OUR CURRENT BOND, BUT CAN BE USED AS CAPITAL FOR ANY CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD.
SO LONG HAVE TO BE IN OUR BOND PREVIOUSLY.
J THE WAY OUR BONDS ARE WRITTEN, THEY'RE VERY WIDE WHERE IT IS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF CAP, UH, UH, SCHOOL FACILITIES.
ANY SCHOOL FACILITIES, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
AND, AND ALSO JUST KIND OF FOR THE, THE, I THINK THE PUBLIC TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE MONEY THAT GOES AT THAT 89%, UH, THE MONEY THAT GOES INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS, CAN THAT ALSO BE USED TO SERVICE BONDS RELATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS? OR IS THAT ONLY THE 3% THAT GOES INTO, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SERVICE? LIKE PAYING OFF? NO.
THAT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT RIGHT.
THIS IS FOR, FOR PROJECTS THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND.
AND IS THAT A, THAT DISTRIBUTION, IS THAT A CHOICE THAT WE MADE INTENTIONALLY? THAT IS THE MONEY.
SO WHEN WE LOOK HERE AT CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE BULK OF THAT, UH, AND, AND THIS IS PROBABLY WHERE YOU SEE MORE EARNINGS, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, THAT'S WHEN THE MONEY FOR THAT BOND CAME IN.
THOSE $280 MILLION, THAT'S THE BULK OF THAT MONEY THERE.
SO THAT IS SET ASIDE ALREADY FOR THAT.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT START DECREASING AS WE START BRINGING BACK THOSE FUNDS TO START PAYING OFF THE PROJECT AS IT KEEPS GOING AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH FLOW, WE PULL BACK AND INSTEAD OF REINVESTING, WE SAY, NO, WE NEED THAT MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE LARGE PAYMENTS
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AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES.AND SO THIS, THIS SORT OF, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP FOR THE PUBLIC STANDPOINT UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHY WE'VE EXPLICITLY CHOSEN THE 89% THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE, UH, PROTECTION AGAINST INFLATION, THINGS LIKE THAT FOR COSTS.
THE NEXT REPORT IS OUR TAX OFFICE REPORT.
AND YOU SHOULD GET TWO REPORTS.
UH, THIS ONE ONLY HAS ONE BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST MONTH OF THE TAX YEAR.
SO NEXT MONTH YOU WILL SEE TWO, YOU WILL SEE THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER PLUS YOU WILL SEE ONE THAT COVERS NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, AND NOVEMBER.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST MONTH OF THE TAX YEAR.
23 NET BASED TAX COLLECTIONS ARE AT 39,000.
AND, UH, PENALTY AND INTEREST ARE 72,000 FOR TOTAL COLLECTIONS OF 111,000.
TYPICALLY IT IS VERY LOW COLLECTIONS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT START INCREASING IN DECEMBER PEAK IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
AND THEN AGAIN, IT STARTS, UH, SLOWING DOWN, UH, BUDGET REPORT.
UH, AND THIS ONE IS, AND IT, IT'S GOT TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
THIS ONE HERE IT IS AT THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL, WHICH IS WHAT THE BOARD APPROVES IN JUNE FOR THE BOARD, UH, FOR THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO HAS A BREAKOUT BY MAJOR OBJECTS.
SO THERE ARE SIX MAJOR OBJECTS.
WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WE HAVE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES, DEBT SERVICE, AND CAPITAL OUTLAY.
SO IT HAS ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, UH, BY BROKEN OUT BY OBJECT IN YOUR PRINTOUT.
IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE, UH, BIT, UH, EASIER TO SEE.
BUT SO FAR WE HAVE SPENT, SORRY, LET ME LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.
UH, WE ARE AT 43,000,205 SPENT.
SO WE HAVE SPENT A LITTLE OVER 32% OF THE BUDGET.
AND BEING THAT WE ARE ONE THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH OUR BUDGET, WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH OUR BUDGET.
THE NEXT REPORT, IT IS AGAIN THE SAME EXPENDITURES.
WE ARE STILL AT THE SAME PERCENT SPEND.
IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT, UH, REPRESENTATION OF THE SAME INFORMATION.
THIS ONE IS NOT BY OBJECT, THIS IS BY, I'M SORRY.
IT'S NOT BY FUNCTION, IT'S BY OBJECT.
SO IT GIVES YOU THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE, UH, WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE.
WHAT IS SALARIES, WHAT IS SUPPLIES, WHAT IS UTILITIES? UH, IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT SPENT, UH, THE 43.2 MILLION.
AND WE ARE AT 32.25% SPENT OF THE BUDGET.
WHAT IS THE RECLASSIFIED TRANS EXPENSE? IS THAT TRANSPORTATION? YES.
THAT IS WHEN WE PAY OUR OWN, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
AND THE NEXT REPORT IS A FUND BALANCE REPORT, WHICH HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE OF LAST YEAR LATER IN THE, UH, WE HAVE OUR AUDITORS HERE TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
SO OUR NEW, IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR NEW BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS AT 54 POINT DOLLARS.
UH, IT IS OUR AMENDED BUDGET, THE FIRST COLUMN, AND IT INCLUDES THE LATEST, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO THERE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE AMENDED BUDGET.
UH, THIS WE PRESENTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE, WHEN WE DID THE, THE TECHNOLOGY AMENDMENT POSITIONS.
AND THAT'S THE, THE LATEST AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE.
IT STILL HAS A PROJECTED, UH, DEFICIT OF $961,820.
WE HAVE AN EXPECTED DEFICIT OF NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS OF 961,000.
SO CLOSE TO CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THEN, SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING ONE DO ANTICIPATING A DEFICIT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WILL REALIZE.
SO RIGHT NOW, JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, IT'S ANTICIPATED YES, MA'AM.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION AT THE PREVIOUS, SORRY, SLIDE.
YOU HAD TWO ITEM LINE ITEMS THAT WERE PARAPROFESSIONAL SUBSTITUTES 6 1 2 2 AND 6 1 2 8.
UH, WHAT'S THE DISTINCTION OF THIS DIFFERENCE? THOSE ARE, OR THOSE ARE SUBSTITUTES? IT CAN BE FOR, FOR PARAPROFESSIONAL, BUT IF WE HAVE A TEACHER A THAT'S OUT, UH, IT MAY BE FOR, FOR THOSE TYPE OF POSITIONS, SUBSTITUTES FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THERE'S TWO LINE ITEMS. IT, IT, UH, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE 6 1 20 IS.
I, I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
IT MAY BE SUBSTITUTE, BUT IT MAY BE EXTRA PAY.
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LOOKS MORE LIKE AN EXTRA PAY.I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LINE ITEM 61 46.
THE TEACHER RETIREMENT AND TRS CARE? YES.
IS THAT ONE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REHIRES? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? IT IS ALSO PART OF THAT, YES, IT IS THE NORMAL DEDUCTION THAT WE DO OR BENEFIT THAT WE PAY ON BEHALF OF OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE SURCHARGES.
CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN, NOT TONIGHT, BUT OF THE SURCHARGES THAT WE PAY FOR THEM AND THEN BY POSITION POSSIBLY.
SO YOU WANT THE SURCHARGE BY POSITION.
DO YOU HAVE A TIMEFRAME? UM, DO YOU HAVE A, A SPECIFIC TIME? DO YOU WANT THIS YEAR, ONE MONTH? UM, IF WE CAN DO, I GUESS LIKE THE LAST TWO YEARS, JUST FOR A SNAPSHOT, HOW MANY, HOW MANY POSITIONS IS THAT? I MEAN, IT'S $3 MILLION, THREE POINT.
IT'S NOT, SO NOT ALL IT'S 3 MILLION.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN SURCHARGE.
IT IS THE REGULAR, UH, TRS THAT EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS.
THE 7% PAY TRS CARE IS THE INSURANCE WE PROVIDE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS EVERY MONTH MONEY GOES INTO EVERY STAFF PERSON'S TRS RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.
AND THEN THE TRS CARE IS THE INSURANCE WE PAY, WHICH IS, UM, WHAT IS THAT, 500 A MONTH NOW? RIGHT AROUND A LITTLE OVER 500 A MONTH FOR EVERY SOMETHING.
NO, IF YOU CAN GET IT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY REHIRES DO WE? THEN IT'LL BE A SHORT LIST.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
[VII.A. Discussion of all District audits and priorities moving forward]
NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR, UM, IS IT DISCUSSION ITEMS? UM, AND THIS IS THE DISCUSSION OF ALL DISTRICT AUDITS AND PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD.AND THIS WAS A REQUESTED ITEM, UM, FROM TRUSTEE WOODY.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF BOARD MEETINGS AGO, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHICH ONE.
WE HAD GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION OF THE AUDITS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE PAST.
UM, MOST OF THE AUDITS WERE LIKE SUPER OLD.
THE DATA WAS FROM 20 18, 20 19.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD TO SEE GOING FORWARD, WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO DO? DO WE WANNA DO A COMMITTEE? DO JUST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OF WHAT PRIORITIES WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN REGARDS TO AUDITS.
AND ALSO, UH, MAYBE DURING A WORKSHOP WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE AUDITS THAT WE DID GET AND HOW ARE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS BEING, UM, LOOKED AT AND UM, WORKED ON AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
'CAUSE THOSE AUDITS DID HAVE SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND CHRISTIE, WHAT DO YOU, JUST FOR MY PURPOSES, THE AUDITS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE CROSS-CUTTING THEIR TECH AUDITS, THEIR FINANCIAL AUDITS.
WELL, THERE WAS ONE, THERE WAS THREE THAT I LOOKED AT REALLY CLOSELY.
ONE WAS THE FORENSIC AUDIT, WHICH WAS EYE-OPENING.
UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS THE, UH, CTE ONE.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE TECH AUDIT THAT WE GOT.
BUT THERE WAS ALSO SOME SPECIAL EDUCATION AUDITS THAT WERE DONE THAT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO READ.
BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A PARTICULAR TOPIC FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND IS YOUR REQUEST THAT WE DISCUSS WHETHER WE WANT TO DO THOSE AUDITS AGAIN? CONTINUE THOSE AUDITS.
WHAT THE FINDING, LIKE HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THE FINDINGS OF THOSE AUDITS? KIND OF ALL ALL ALL THE WAY AROUND.
THE CONVERSATION TO START SO WE CAN START MAKING PROGRESS ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND ACHIEVE GOING FORWARD.
I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH, UM, WHICH AUDITS ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT WAS GONNA BE, AND HOW OFTEN WE HAVE TO DO THOSE.
'CAUSE WE MAY BE, I'M ASSUMING WE'RE PROBABLY IN LINE WITH THOSE 'CAUSE WE FOLLOW ALL THE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND, AND YEAH.
AND FOR THOSE, THOSE ARE GONNA BE MORE OF LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS THE AUDIT THAT WE GOT.
HAVE WE ADDRESSED THOSE ISSUES THAT CAME THROUGH THAT AUDIT? AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THOSE AUDITS, ARE THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT OR CONSIDER? NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, AND THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO ADD TO OUR BOARD ACTIVITY CALENDAR SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN AUDITS I'M LOOKING AT THAT WE KNOW WHEN AUDITS ARE COMING BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD KNOW THOSE THINGS.
LIKE THE ONES THAT TRUSTEE BERG IS MENTIONING.
WE KNOW THOSE, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE WORKSHOP, THIS MOST RECENT WORKSHOP.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU OKAY IF IT HAPPENS? YOU JUST WANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? YEAH, I MEAN, AND IF ANYONE ELSE HAS COMMENTS ON WHAT
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THEY'VE READ OR WHAT THEY SAW, UM, BECAUSE THERE, IT'S A LOT AND THERE'S A, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME, BUT YEAH.UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED OR NOT.
I'LL SAY THE TWO THINGS I'D BE INTERESTED IN FOR AUDITS IS ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE STATE REQUIRES THESE THINGS.
THE STATE HAS CHANGED SO MUCH.
I, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS THE CASE, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE, WE MAYBE HAVE LEGACY AUDITS OR THINGS THAT ARE JUST SORT OF LINGERING AND WE DO THEM AND LIKE MAYBE THEY DON'T ACTUALLY TELL US ANYTHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL ANYMORE.
UM, AND SO I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO JUST UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT EACH AUDIT IS ALIGNED TO.
AND THEN I THINK AS, AS WE ALIGN THOSE AUDITS TO THE BOARD ACTIVITY CALENDAR, I THINK UNDERSTANDING KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES AND MAYBE JUST HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE AUDITS TO SEE IF WHAT, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HEY, THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS, AUDIT THE BOARD, OUGHT BE AWARE OF THESE AND SORT OF TAKE ACTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THOSE KIND OF THINGS WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO JUST SORT OF KNOWING WHEN THEY HAPPEN, HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT 'EM, THE THE IDEA OF PILING THEM ALL INTO A GIGANTIC WORKSHOP SEEMS OVERWHELMING.
UM, AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF PIECEMEALING IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND TAKING A BITE, UH, AT A TIME.
AND THEN I THINK IF, IF WE DO ENCOUNTER AUDITS THAT AREN'T MEANINGFUL ANYMORE, MAYBE THEY WERE MEANINGFUL AT ONE POINT IN TIME, UM, THEN JUST KIND OF SAYING, LET'S NOT SPEND MONEY ON THIS.
LET'S NOT EVEN INVEST THE TIME AND ENERGY FOR THIS.
AND I WILL SAY EVERY AUDIT WE'VE DONE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE THAT'S NOT, THEY'VE ALL BEEN PRESENTED IN FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
AND I THINK THE CTE WAS TO SEE WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS TO SET UP TO ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM.
AND SO THERE'S, I THINK I HAVE, REMEMBER WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROVIDED THE AUDITS.
IT'S BEEN A, YOU KNOW, THE, JUST DEPENDING ON WHEN, BUT I AGREE, PUTTING, DOING THEM ALL AT ONE TIME WOULD BE KIND OF OVERWHELMING.
AND NO, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME.
I'M SUGGESTING WE START THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO FIGURE OUT YEAH.
HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED AND TO EVALUATE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
SO YOU SUGGESTED A COMMITTEE, WOULD YOU THINK THAT A COMMITTEE COULD BRING TOGETHER, COULD LOOK AT THE AUDITS, BRING THE QUE BRING LIKE PROPOSALS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN HANDLED, BRING THAT, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION? WOULD THAT BE, YOU'D MENTIONED A COMMITTEE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT THE BOARD TO DISCUSS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO GOING FORWARD.
I JUST WANT THE CONVERSATIONS TO START HAPPENING.
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAPPENING.
I, REBECCA FOR ME IT'S THIS, THE STAFF NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT INTO THIS.
SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE OVERLOADING OURSELVES.
I THINK THE BOARD AND WE NEED TO GIVE STAFF THE TIME TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON ALL THE VARIOUS AUDITS WHEN THEY WERE HELD.
I THINK, I THINK TRUSTEE WOODY'S ASKING ABOUT THE AUDITS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE, THE ONES THAT WE GOT, I THINK THAT'S, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE GOING FORWARD.
BUT I THINK HER QUESTION IS, THERE ARE AUDITS THAT HAD RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHERE ARE WE AT ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? HOW ARE WE DOING THEM? DO WE NEED TO DO THEM? AND THEN AS FAR AS THE OTHER AUDITS GO, I THINK SHE'S JUST SUGGESTING, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT WE HAVE 'EM ON THE CALENDAR SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA HAPPEN AND WE KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT THE RESULTS.
AND AND ALSO THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, DO WE NEED TO REDO THE AUDIT BECAUSE THAT DATA IS SO OBSOLETE AND THAT MAKES SENSE TO JUST GO OUT FOR A NEW AUDIT OR TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE TIME TO INVEST IN WHAT THAT AUDIT SAID.
'CAUSE WE MAY HAVE HAD NEW PERSONNEL OR WHATEVER.
YEAH, I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T THINK SHE'S SUGGESTING THAT WE GO FORTH WITH A WHOLE, A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW AUDITS.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, IN MY MIND, RIGHT, LIKE I THINK THE FINANCIAL AUDIT WE HAD LAST TIME, UM, YEAH, EXACTLY.
AND KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THAT DATA AND SAYING, HEY, Y'ALL GOT A 96, IT'S AN A, IT'S AMAZING.
THERE'S NOT ANY LIKE, OUTSTANDING CONCERNS THAT Y'ALL SHOULD TAKE.
IS THAT THE FIRST THAT WAS WHAT WE JUST DID.
OH, NOT, NOT THE ONE TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OH, OKAY.
SO, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS TWO ISSUES WHERE LIKE WE GOT LIKE A TINY DINGING ON OUR SCORE.
UM, BUT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT WASN'T THOSE, THOSE TWO THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T GET FULL CREDIT ON.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY'RE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I HAVE THEM IN MY NOTES.
BUT, UM, BUT THEY DIDN'T SEEM SO PRESSING THAT THE BOARD NEEDED TO LIKE, TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.
SO TRUSTEE WOODY, WHAT IF WE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, KIND OF NARROW DOWN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND GO FROM THERE? I WAS BEING PATIENT ACTUALLY.
UM, SO I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE QUESTION ON THE FORENSIC AUDIT REPORT THAT WAS EMAILED ON THE LINK THAT I ASKED FOR COPIES IN SEPTEMBER SO THAT I COULD GO, UM, TAKE THEM WITH ME.
AND IT SAYS IT WAS PRESENTED APRIL THE 29TH OF 2022.
AND SO THEN READING THIS, I ASKED WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED AND I ASKED FOR THE AGENDA AND THE MINUTES AND IT WAS NEVER PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.
AND SO I FIND THAT PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE
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IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.SO I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS GOING TO BE CAN THIS BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD? BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN, AND WE'RE HOLDING, I MEAN THE DRAFT REPORT YEAH, YOU'RE, YEAH.
THERE'S NOT BEEN A FINAL REPORT.
WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FINAL REPORT ON THE TL ASSESSMENT.
IT'S STILL IN DRAFT FORMAT AND WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON IT.
SO WHICH ASSESSMENT? THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE DID THIS SUMMER THAT WAS ONLY PRECIPITATED IN CLOSED SESSION.
WELL, I MEAN, THIS ONE CAN BE, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DO IT IN OPEN SESSION.
I'M SUGGESTING WE JUST HAVE A PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE PRESENTATION.
WE CAN TALK LEGALLY AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL REPORT.
I CAN ASK, WE CAN ASK AND ASK THAT QUESTION WHEN WE GO BACK AND CLOSED SESSION.
WELL, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE KEEP THEM IN DRAFT FORMAT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT, THAT I, THAT REPORT WAS DIFFERENT.
SO WE CAN DISCUSS WHEN WE GO BACK IN CLOSED SESSION, WE CAN DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS FOR THAT.
AND THEN I GUESS I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT AUDIT WOULD, COULD WE DO TO FIND OUT ABOUT ALL OF THE OFF-CYCLE RAISES IN CENTRAL ADMIN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS? WOULD THAT BE A
DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT? THAT QUESTION CAME UP, UM, FROM TRUSTEE WEGNER TO OUR AUDITOR.
SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE JUST CONCLUDED OUR FINANCIAL AUDIT AND QUESTIONS WERE, WERE BROUGHT UP AND WE DID PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENTATION FOR AUDITOR, WHICH HERE, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO BRING THAT ITEM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK HER.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS GOING TO BE, WOULD IT BENEFIT US TO HAVE A COMPARISON OF OUR POLICIES TO OUR PROCEDURES THAT WE ACTUALLY DO FOR HR, SPECIAL ED, UM, COMPLIANCE.
COMPLIANCE AND THEN PS BECAUSE THAT WAS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE FORENSIC AUDIT THAT WAS FROM 2019.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE HAVE, CAN WE AGREE AS A BOARD THAT PART OF IT IS A COMPARISON OF PROGRAMS, UM, I'M SORRY, POLICIES TO PROCEDURES MOVING FORWARD? I MEAN, THAT, THAT GOES BACK TO WHERE WE HAVE AUDITS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE STAND WITH THEM AND HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED.
AND DO THOSE MAKE SENSE? RIGHT.
UM, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON'S COMMENTS ABOUT NOT HAVING ALL OF THEM IN THE THING.
I THINK THAT A WORKSHOP WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO HAVE SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THE BOARD WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, OUR JOBS, WHAT WE NEED TO SEE IT AND GO FROM THERE.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP TO HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT 'EM.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ANSWER WITHOUT HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
AND I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY HAS THE BENEFIT OF LOOKING AT EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION, BUT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF US, SO YEAH.
DOES THAT, IS THAT SATISFY TRUSTEE WHERE, UH, WHAT I MEAN YEAH.
AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A DELAY TACTIC AND WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING PROGRESS ON SOME OF THE THINGS, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
UM, BUT I DO RECOMMEND EVERYBODY TRYING TO AT LEAST BROWSE THROUGH THOSE AUDITS SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT, UM, KIND OF PROCEDURES OR POLICIES OR CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT.
OR IF THOSE ARE EVEN RELEVANT NOW.
AND THEN DO INVITE STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THESE THINGS.
AND DOES THAT MAKE SENSE FOR TODAY'S, LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE OLD AND SO DO WE NEED TO EVEN UPDATE THEM? UPDATE THEM OR JUST, HEY, THIS DOESN'T, IT IS NOT RELEVANT NOW, SO LET'S SQUASH IT.
OR, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
ANY COMMENTS ON THIS SIDE? I DON'T MEAN TO KEEP TURNING MY BACK TO YOU GUYS.
UM, MY COMMENT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW ONE OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS WAS TO STAY ON TRACK, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF PRINCIPALS OUT HERE.
I JUST MENTIONED IT TO YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOU STAYING OUT HERE 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY LATE FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WAITING ON, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AND TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST? SO, I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO STAY AND LISTEN TO US ALL NIGHT, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE MORNING STUFF TO DO WITH THE KIDS.
SO I THINK THE ITEM THEY'RE WAITING ON IS THE NEXT ITEM.
SO WITHIN THAT WE WILL HAVE A, WE WILL SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP.
[VIII. Consent Agenda]
NEXT ITEM IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND WE NEED TO PULL ITEMS B AND ITEM E.UM, SO DO I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ITEMS, OTHER ITEMS REQUESTED TO
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BE PULLED.B HAS TO BE PULLED BECAUSE IT'S THE INCORRECT YEAR.
SO DO I HAVE, OH YEAH, I'D LIKE TO PULL ACTUALLY A, C, D WE'RE PULLING E AS A GROUP.
AND THEN E RESOLUTION AND G, BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
WE'RE GONNA JUST TAKE ALL OF THE ITEMS SEPARATELY 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
[VIII.B. Approval of 2022-2023 District Improvement Plan (DIP) & Campus Improvement Plan (CIP) Performance Objectives]
SO LET'S START WITH B SO THAT OUR PRINCIPALS CAN LEAVEDO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THERE'S GONNA BE AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 20 23 20 24 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN? PERF PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? ELVIA, DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NO, I HAVE A DISCUSSION.
THIS IS NEW FOR US, SO I DON'T, AGAIN APPRECIATE, I CAN'T FIND IT THAT WE RECEIVED THEM ON WEDNESDAY AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE ACTUALLY GOT THEM, BUT I KNOW WE GOT THE ENTIRE PACKET OF 274 PAGES ON FRIDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
AND AS A VOLUNTEER GIG, IT'S KIND OF ROUGH TO SPEND MY ENTIRE WEEKEND GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH AND NOT MISS ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THIS.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ALL THOSE ABSTAINING.
SO NOW OUR PRINCIPLES ARE FREE TO GO 'CAUSE YOUR ITEM IS DONE,
OKAY, LET'S TAKE EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
[VIII.A. Minutes for October 17, 2023 - Regular Board meeting]
A, I PULLED THAT BECAUSE, UM, LET'S SEE ON, AND IT WAS CONFUSING 'CAUSE IT HAS TWO PAGE NUMBERS.BUT ON 92, PAGE SEVEN ALSO WHERE IT SAYS OF THE MINUTES WHERE IT SAYS THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ARE DEFICIT IN PATIENT REQUIREMENTS, TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON IS NOT LISTED IN EITHER CATEGORY OF BEING DEFICIENT OR HAVING EXTENDED HOURS.
I KNOW I EXCEEDED THE CONTINUING EDUCATION.
I CAN SHOW YOU MY COPY IF YOU WANT.
NO, I THINK HE'S GOT SHIRE CONTINUING EDUCATION.
I SHOW THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ARE DEFICIENT ON THAT ONE.
I SHOW A NAME AND I SHOW, SO I SHOW HIS NAME IN 1, 2, 3 CATEGORIES.
DO YOU NOT HAVE THAT? WELL, IT'S LISTING ALL OF US AS EITHER DEFICIENT OR EXCEEDED.
AND NO, MATT, UH, WORTHINGTON, TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON IS NOT THERE.
I'M NOT GONNA LIE, I WOULD NOT NOTICED THIS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS INACCURATE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MEETING ANN READ EVERYBODY'S HOURS AND I YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO SEE FOR THE MINUTES.
YEAH, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO? 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
ADD MATTHEW WORTHINGTON'S, YOU NAME TO THE LIST.
IT'S FOR THE, IT'S FOR THE EXCEEDED CONTINUING YET, IT'S FOR THESE MINUTES FOR WHAT WAS READ INTO THE RECORD.
WELL, AND I, I, NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE TWO IN A SEPARATE CATEGORY, NOT THE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS, BUT I HAD AT THAT TIME DURING THE MEETING HAD EXCEEDED EDUCATION CREDITS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT CAN'T GET REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES THAT I HAD.
SO IT'S GONNA SHOW HE EITHER IS EFFICIENT OR EX OR EXCEEDED.
IS THAT WHAT IT THINK? IT'S NOT GONNA SHOW EITHER.
I THINK THE MINUTES ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT TRUSTEE HU BERGER READ THE RECORD LAST MONTH.
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NO, THAT'S NOT, NOT CORRECT.BUT SHE HAD, SHE HAD READ FROM MEAS, RIGHT? MY CONTINUING EDUCATION READ.
NO, SHE HAD LISTED THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT I EXCEEDED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM AND WE'LL HAVE TO APPROVE, APPROVE THEM AT THE DECEMBER.
I APOLOGIZE FOR CAUSING PANDEMONIUM.
OKAY, SO THERE WILL BE NO MOTION ON ITEM A.
WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK TO THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING.
[VIII.C. Approval of Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for the Construction of Del Valle ISD High School # 2]
C WAS PULLED YES.FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THAT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM C FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DELL VALLEY ISD HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO? I SO MOVE.
AND IS THE MOTION, UH, MATT WILL BE OUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL THOSE ABSTAINING.
[VIII.D. Approval of Professional Service Fees for HS #2 Construction Phase]
ITEM D, APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO CONSTRUCTION PHASE.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? UM, PERFECT.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE APPRO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEES.
[VIII.E. Approval of site development and construction costs for the Proposed Sober High School Project]
E WE'RE PULLING, UM, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA COME BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION AND ITEM FI WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS PULLED, APPROVED, BUT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.[VIII.F. Approval of Board Resolution by Del Valle ISD Board of Trustees Designating Non-Business Days Pursuant to the Public Information Act As Required By Law]
ITEM F, DO WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF BOARD RESOLUTION BY DELL VALLEY, ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES DESIGNATING NON-BUSINESS DAYS PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT AS REQUIRED BY LAW? I'M STILL MOVED.DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.
ALL THOSE IN OR SORRY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PERFECT.
[VIII.G. Purchase over $50,000 - GEAR UP College and Career Center Technology]
G WAS PULLED.IS THERE QUESTIONS ON IT OR DID YOU JUST WANT IT PULLED SEPARATELY? JUST A ONE MINUTE.
THIS IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR.
WE HAVE A SECOND GEAR UP GRANT.
THIS COVERS OUR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS.
WE'RE REQUIRED WITHIN THAT GRANT TO PROVIDE A COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER AT EVERY CAMPUS.
AND SO THIS IS THE, FOR THE PURCHASE OF TECHNOLOGY FUNDED SOLELY BY THE GEAR UP GRANT.
AND WHAT IS THE EXPENSE? I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER.
IT IS NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OVER $50,000 FOR THE GEAR UP COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER TECHNOLOGY.
UM, IT WAS, WELL, WELL, YOU SAID SHE WOULD SECOND SHE SAID IT OUT LOUD, SO I TOOK HERS.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE, UH, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANN, ARE YOU OKAY? PERFECT.
I THINK THAT GETS US THROUGH CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, AND I, I JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT THE MINUTES WILL NOT BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
SO I KNOW THAT QUESTION CAME EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THAT WHY IT WAS SO, THEY WILL NOT BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE UNTIL THEY APPROVED, WHICH WON'T BE UNTIL THE DECEMBER MEETING.
[IX.A. Consider and Act on Agreement between Del Valle ISD School District & The Texas Workforce Housing Foundation]
ITEMS. UM, WE, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL EARLIER THIS, UH, EVENING THAT THE, UH, CONSIDERATION CONSIDER AN ACT ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN DELL VALLEY, ISD HIGH SCHOOL, I'M SORRY, DEL VALLEY, ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE TEXAS WORTH WORKFORCE HOUSING FOUNDATION IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED.THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON THE, CAN I, CAN I SAY SOMETHING ON THAT ONE? YEAH.
I, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M, I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'RE, UM, POSTPONING THIS TOPIC.
I, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND GETTING SOME TYPE OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR STAFF.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT I, I WISH WE WOULD'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON IT.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE DISCUSSION IS NOT HAPPENING.
I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA BE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT DIS DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT TIME.
NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, I SHOULD SAY IT'S BEING POSTPONED.
THERE WILL STILL BE CONVERSATION AROUND IT.
IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING TONIGHT.
AND I THINK MY DISCOURAGEMENT IN THIS IS, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DISTRICT MESSAGES IN REFERENCE
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TO THIS.AND SO WHEN WE DID GET THE EMAIL AT ONE 30 OR TWO O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON, I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD THAT SUDDENLY NOW IT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
SO WHEN I HAD PRESENTED THE VIDEOS THAT I PASSED THAT I HAD SHARED WITH DISTRICT STAFF AND FAMILIES, IT WAS THAT THAT ITEM WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD TONIGHT AS A PROPOSAL.
AND THE REASON THAT WE AREN'T BRINGING IT FORWARD TONIGHT AS A PROPOSAL IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU ALL RECEIVED YOUR BOARD AGENDA ON FRIDAY, THE PROPOSAL AND THE PRESENTATION WAS INADVERTENTLY NOT INCLUDED.
AND WHAT I HAVE RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD IS THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW, YOU DON'T WANNA PRESENT IT, UM, OR BROUGHT FOR ACTION.
SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT YOU GET THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, YOU HAVE PERFECT.
[IX.B. Consider and Act on 2022-2023 Annual Financial Audit]
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON THE 20 20 20 23 FINANCIAL AUDIT, UH, ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT.AND THAT IS A SEPARATE DOT THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE AT YOUR SEAT.
UM, ALL FUNDS OF THE DISTRICT ARE REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TO BE ANNUALLY AUDITED BY AN INDEPENDENT AND EXTERNAL AUDITOR.
UH, THE DISTRICT ENGAGED THE, THE AUDIT FIRM OF PATILLO BROWN AND HILL LLP, AND THEY PERFORM AND PREPARE THE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING, ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2022.
MS. PAULA LO IS HERE TO PRESENT THE AUDIT REPORT.
UM, I AM PAULA LAU WITH PATELLA BROWNHILL, AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE, UH, RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL AUDIT OR FOR FISCAL YEAR OF 2023.
UH, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR GIVING OUR FIRM, UM, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A, A GREAT GROUP, UM, HERE AT THE DISTRICT.
UM, I KNOW THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR TO ACTUALLY, UH, WORK WITH EVERYONE HERE.
THERE WAS A LITTLE CHANGE IN THE CFO POSITION, UM, BUT, UM, SHE HAS STEPPED IN AND, UM, DONE A GREAT JOB.
AND ACTUALLY WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH, UM, JENNIFER AT GEORGETOWN, ISD AS WELL.
UM, BUT, UM, TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, DALEVILLE, ISD.
AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, I, I'M THE PARTNER THAT, UM, HAS WORKED ON THIS ENGAGEMENT FOR, UH, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'VE HAD, UM, A GENTLEMAN NAMED CLAYTON ROGERS.
HE'S BEEN THE ENGAGEMENT, UH, AUDIT MANAGER THAT'S WORKED ON THE ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEN WE HAD, UM, THE AUDIT SENIOR OF JACOB BOWMAN.
HE IS, THEY, BOTH OF THEM HAVE COME OUT, UH, AS WELL AS MYSELF AND INTERACTED, UM, WITH, UM, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, GROUP OF PEOPLE, NOT EVEN JUST WITHIN THE BUSINESS OFFICE, BUT TWO, GOING OUT AND, UM, CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS EVEN WITH PEOPLE ON CAMPUSES THAT MIGHT BE COLLECTING, UM, FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
UM, BUT THIS, THIS EVENING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE MAIN TOPICS HERE THAT I WANTED TO STICK WITH, UM, BUT IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AS WELL.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS, TALK ABOUT, OF THE AUDIT RESULTS, TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THE FINANCIAL, UM, HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN, UH, THE BOOKLETS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, AND THEN OPEN IT FOR DISCUSSION, UM, AS WELL.
UM, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, TWO ITEMS, UM, THE LARGE, UM, WITH THE SPIRAL DOWN THE SIDE, AND THAT MENTIONS THE
AND THEN ANOTHER LETTER AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH THE LARGER OF THE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, THIS LARGE DOCUMENT, THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT YOU SEE HERE, WHICH IS ABOUT, UM, IT'S 87 PAGES LONG.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S QUITE THE READ OBVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU OF, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION WITHIN THIS, UH, REPORT WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND THAT, UM, FIRST YOU HAVE HERE, UM, IT'S THE, AND WITHIN THE BASIC, BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UH, ONE PIECE IN THERE.
AND THIS IS THE SECTION TWO THAT WE'RE REALLY, UM, GIVING AN OPINION ON AS AUDITORS.
THERE, YOU'LL FIND THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE BUDGET INFORMATION, UM, THAT YOU SEE, AS WELL AS, UM, THE FUND INFORMATION REGARDS TO THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU'LL FIND THAT INFORMATION IN HERE.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENDING FUND BALANCE, UM, THAT WILL BE IN THAT SECTION AS WELL.
ANOTHER SECTION THAT WE HAVE IS THE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
UM, YOU'LL FIND YOUR BUDGET TO ACTUAL SCHEDULE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
ALSO TOO, THE, THE TRS YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, TRS, UM, ON BEHALF PAYMENTS OR PAYMENTS MADE ON BEHALF THE DISTRICT MAKING ON BEHALF OF, UM, THE EMPLOYEES.
UM, YOU'LL FIND SOME PENSION INFORMATION IN THERE.
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ALSO TOO, THE OTHER POST EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AS WELL, LOOKING AT, UM, HOW IT IS FUNDED, WHAT THE RATIOS ARE IN REGARDS TO THAT AS WELL.AND THEN THE THIRD SECTION YOU'LL FIND, UM, INCLUDES ADDITIONAL BUDGET TO ACTUAL INFORMATION, BUT THOSE ARE CALLED, UM, INCLUDE THE CHILD NUTRI NUTRITION PROGRAM AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AS WELL, WHICH THOSE TWO BUDGET TO ACTUAL SCHEDULES REQUIRED TO BE PUT IN HERE, UM, BY T, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE PLACE I USUALLY START, UM, AT THE PLA AT THE VERY BEGINNING, UM, AND I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
BUT IT'S THE FEDERAL AWARD SECTION.
UM, THIS IS A REQUIRED PIECE WHENEVER AN ENTITY DOES EXPEND MORE THAN $750,000 OF FEDERAL AWARDS.
UM, THEY, UM, DO REQUIRE US TO INCLUDE THIS SECTION AS A PART OF THE AUDIT.
AND I'LL GO THAT INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WELL.
UM, SO WE CAN JUST SKIP RIGHT ON INTO THE AUDIT RESULTS.
UM, YOU WILL FIND THAT ON PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE OF THE LARGE PACKET THAT YOU DO HAVE THERE, UH, BASICALLY WHAT THIS, UH, REPORT SAYS IS IT INFORMS YOU OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAD TO FOLLOW AS A PART OF THIS AUDIT.
AND THOSE INCLUDE GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.
UH, THEY REQUIRE US TO PLAN AND PERFORM THIS AUDIT TO OBTAIN A, UH, REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, RENDER AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
AND AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IS THE HIGHEST OPINION THAT CAN BE RENDERED AND ALSO KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION TO MOST INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS, UM, TO, UM, YOUR STAFF ON BEING ABLE TO, UM, BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THIS HIGH, UH, LEVEL OF ASSURANCE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED TOO, SOME ADDITIONAL AUDIT RESULTS.
WE'LL SKIP BACK TO THE VERY LAST SECTION OF THE REPORT THERE.
ON PAGES 77 THROUGH 87, THERE YOU'LL FIND TWO MORE LETTERS THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, ISSUE IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE FEDERAL AWARD SECTION.
AS I MENTIONED, OUR MAIN FOCUS POINT HERE IS LOOKING AT, UM, THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE, UH, IN THAT PIECE.
BUT ALSO TOO, WE HAVE ON PAGE 77, A LETTER THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.
AND IF WE, AS A PART OF OUR AUDIT, IF WE COME ACROSS SOMETHING WHERE WE FEEL LIKE IT, THERE'S A CONTROLLED EFFICIENCY THAT WOULD, UM, HINDER THE, UM, ABILITY TO PRESENT THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UM, MATERIALLY CORRECT.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU HERE THIS EVENING, AND I'M HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE TYPE OF ITEMS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
SO NO CONTROL DEFICIENCIES AS IT RELATES TO THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, NOW THIS SECTION DOES FOCUS ON YOUR FEDERAL AWARDS.
ON PAGES 82 THROUGH 84, YOU'LL FIND A LIST OF ALL OF THE FEDERAL AWARDS THAT WERE EXPENDED BY THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT, UM, THIS YEAR.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ABOUT, UH, $26.8 MILLION.
UM, AS PART OF THE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, WE, UH, CONDUCT A RISK ASSESSMENT OVER THOSE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. AND BASED ON THAT RISK ASSESSMENT, UH, WE WERE REQUIRED TO, UM, TEST FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THIS PARTICULAR, UH, FISCAL YEAR, I DO BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE HAD TO TEST FOUR PROGRAMS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S QUITE A FEW PROGRAMS THAT WE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
TYPICALLY IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS, IT MIGHT BE A COUPLE, UH, OF DISTRICTS THIS SIZE.
BUT, UM, AT THIS PARTICULAR ONE, UM, ENDED UP BEING FOUR THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH ARE LISTED THERE ONCE THE CHILD NUTRITION CLUSTER, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION, UM, CLUSTER, THE ESSER FUNDS, THE FAMOUS ESSER FUNDS THERE, WHICH, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT ONE WILL STOP DROPPING OFF.
I MEAN, IT'S GREAT FUNDING FOR YOU GUYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WOULD STOP BEING DROPPED AND HAVE TO BE DROPPED OFF WHERE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TEST IT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THE, ALSO THE CCDF CLUSTER AS WELL IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAD TO PICK UP THIS YEAR.
WHEN I SAY THAT WE HAVE TO TEST IT, THERE ARE SOME COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT THE GUIDELINES BRING DOWN TO US.
SOME OF THOSE, THOSE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE, UH, REPORTING THAT THE, UM, UM, THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO TEA, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE GETTING DONE PROPERLY FOR THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. AND ALSO TOO, JUST THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT AS INTENDED.
AND WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS AS WELL, WE
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HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE PARTICULAR TYPES OF COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.AND I'M HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW IN REGARDS TO THESE PROGRAMS, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE A CLEAN OPINION THERE AS WELL.
WE HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IN REGARDS TO, UH, THESE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS. AND SPECIFICALLY ON PAGE 86, UH, AN 86 IS, UH, THE SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTION COSTS.
UH, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT PAGES I THINK OF, OF THIS REPORT, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE, UM, PERSPECTIVE OF AN AUDITOR.
AND I WOULD THINK, UM, AS A BOARD MEMBER AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE IT DOES PROVIDE YOU A NICE SUMMARY OF THE AUDIT RESULTS THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU HERE TODAY.
UM, THE TYPE OF REPORT, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, YOU CAN SEE THERE AT THE VERY TOP IS MODIFIED NO FINDINGS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IN REGARDS TO THE FEDERAL AWARDS.
WE HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION THERE AS WELL.
IT LISTS OUT THE DIFFERENT, UM, PROGRAMS THAT WE ALSO DID HAVE TO FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, UM, TO YOUR STAFF AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO, UM, GET THIS REPORT TO YOU TODAY.
UM, ALSO TOO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF WORK ON THE, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT NOT ALSO TO PROGRAM DIRECTORS AS, UM, PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM DIRECTOR, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR, WE HAVE TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS.
WE'RE ASKING THOSE GUY, THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS TOO.
HOW ARE YOU MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS WELL.
ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, POINT OUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, IN THERE.
UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY, UH, YOU CAN SEE MAYBE FOCUSING ON THERE, THE GENERAL FUND ON PAGES 16 AND 17.
UH, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, A TREND INFORMATION THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, JUST FOCUSING ON, UM, FISCAL YEAR 2023 REVENUES DID EXCEED EXPENDITURES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE FAR LEFT, UM, SIDE, WE HAVE, UM, THE INCREASE WAS ABOUT $5.6 MILLION THIS PARTICULAR YEAR THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
AND, UM, I KNOW YOU HAD BEEN DISCUSSING THAT, UM, UM, THERE WERE SOME INCREASES TO FUND BALANCE IN THE YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, THOSE ARE, UH, REFLECTED THERE.
UM, LAST YEAR THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECREASE OF 283, 230 3000 AND, UM, FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UH, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN 2021 OF $1.2 MILLION.
AND A LOT OF THAT DID HAVE TO DO, UM, IN REGARDS TO SOME UNUSUAL, UH, PAYMENTS THAT NECESSARILY WILL, WILL PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, UH, MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
UM, LOOKING AT A, A TOTAL PICTURE FOR ALL YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS AND LOOKING AT FUND BALANCE FOR ALL YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS ON PAGES 13 AND 14 TOTAL, UH, FUND BALANCE INCLUDED ABOUT 395 MILLION AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2023.
AND AS EACH OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, A LARGE PORTION OF THAT WAS, UM, UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS.
IT WAS TIED UP IN GETTING CAPITAL PROJECTS ABOUT THE $329 MILLION.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GO TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE? 'CAUSE I'M, I THINK THAT OURS IS DIFFERENT THAN, YEAH, OURS IS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH, WHICH ONE'S CORRECT.
SO SPECIFICALLY 2023 HAS 128.5 AND 134, WHEREAS HERE, OH, THEY'VE REVERSED THE NUMBERS SO THAT, I SEE THAT YEARS UNDER, SO THIS
SO IT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE PAPER IS I THINK IS CORRECT AS WELL.
AND I, WE CAN ALSO VERIFY THAT BY LOOKING AT THE REPORT.
AND SO I THINK WHAT HAPPENS FROM THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, YEAH.
OKAY, SO OUR PAPER IS CORRECT, THAT'S INCORRECT.
IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? UH, LET ME LOOK AT THE REPORT REAL QUICK ON PAGES 16 AND 17, JUST TO MAKE SURE.
I THINK SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS, I MEAN, I'VE, AND, AND, UM, I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN WITH THIS FILE BEFORE FOR SOME REASON WHEN IT'S IN THE POWERPOINT, UH, FORMAT AND WE EMAIL IT, IT, IT, IT CHANGED.
I GUESS I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHICH ONE'S CORRECT.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THAT ON PAGE 16 AND 17, AND WE'RE
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SHOWING GENERAL FUND EXPENSES FOR, UH, ON PAGE 16, BUT YOU 128 MILLION, SO YES, THAT IS RIGHT.IT LOOKS LIKE THE DATA GOT INVERTED SOMEHOW THERE, BUT THEN GOING ON, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THOUGH THAT THE NEXT, UH, PIE CHART DOES LOOK CORRECT THOUGH.
WHICH ONE ARE WE GONNA BE APPROVING IN OUR, OR GONNA BE UP FOR SECTION? UM, YOU ACTUALLY WON'T APPROVE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
YOU'RE REALLY JUST APPROVING THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
UM, GOING TO THE NEXT PIECE HERE IS, UM, LOOKING AT, UM, FUND BALANCE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT INDIVIDUALS DO OR GROUPS DO IS THEY COMPARE, UM, YOUR, YOUR AVAILABLE SUB FUND BALANCE, INCLUDING YOUR UNASSIGNED AND ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO WHAT YOUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES ARE.
AND TEA, UM, GIVES SOME GUIDELINES THERE.
AND THEY SAY APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES IS, IS A GOOD NUMBER TO HAVE IN YOUR UNASSIGNED AND ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT HAS APPROXIMATELY, OR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS OVER THE THREE PREVIOUS YEARS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, I MEAN, A REALLY GOOD NUMBER IF YOU THINK TOO, EVERY DISTRICT IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING OUT AND, UM, UM, YOU'RE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING AND, AND ARE GOING TO BUILD A NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WITH THAT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO HAVING, UM, SOME FUND BALANCE THERE, UM, IS, UM, IN A GOOD POSITION, I WOULD THINK, FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION.
UM, BUT THAT'S A, A BRIEF SUMMARY OVER THE RESULTS AND SOME OF THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL.
UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE DOCUMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE ALONG THOSE LINES THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OR ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.
SO IN, IN THIS FANCY LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED, IT SAYS THAT WE CONDUCTED OUR AUDIT CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN, SCOPE AND TIMING WE PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED TO, BUT I DON'T, I WASN'T IN ON THAT.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THE SCOPE AND I DIDN'T FIND IT IN THE BOUND BOOK.
AND, AND SO THAT SCOPE WAS, IS IN, UM, THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER AND, UM, THAT ENGAGEMENT LETTER HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO MAN TO MANAGEMENT AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE SCOPE OF THE ENGAGEMENT THERE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THAT? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
AND THEN AGAIN, ON THE FANCY DOCUMENT, ARE WE ADOPTING THIS REALLY, IT'S JUST, UM, THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT? YES.
AND THE OTHER LETTER, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BRINGING THAT UP, BUT, UM, IT IS, UM, OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION, OH, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, IT'S OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION WITH, UM, WITH THE BOARD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN REGARDS TO JUST ABOUT THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAD TO FOLLOW.
AND ALSO AS WELL, LIKE IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF DISAGREEMENT TO MANAGEMENT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THERE WAS NOTHING ALONG THOSE LINES AS WELL.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THE OTHER INFORMATION YOU SEE IN HERE IS A LOT OF STANDARD, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO PASS ALONG, UM, TO YOU GUYS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT I WOULD, UM, DEEM TO BE ALARMING TO THE DISTRICT WITHIN THIS LETTER AS WELL.
SO THAT ON PAGE FOUR OF THIS, IT ACTUALLY UNDER OTHER SIGNIFICANT MATTERS, FINDINGS OR ISSUES.
CAN YOU GO TO THAT SECTION? YES.
AND THEN THE LAST SENTENCE WHERE IT SAYS, NONE OF THE MATTERS DISCUSSED RESULTED IN A CONDITION TO OUR RETENTION AS E'S ISD AUDITORS.
CAN WE CORRECT THAT TO DEL VAL? YES.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS AT? WHAT PAGE? IT'S RIGHT, IT'S HERE.
THIRD, THIRD BULLET SECTION FROM THE BOTTOM.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT MATTERS, FINDINGS OR ISSUES.
DOES THAT MATTER FOR THIS EVENING? I DON'T THINK SO.
I MEAN, AS, I MEAN, RULE, IT'S, THIS IS THE, THE PORTION THAT NEEDS TO GET ADOPTED FOR TEA.
AND TO, UM, SO WITH THAT ALSO TOO, THERE'S, UM, THE CERTIFICATE ABOARD, UM, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE SIGNED BY YOU GUYS, AND THEN THE CHECK MARK APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE.
UM, BUT I CAN LEAVE THIS HERE WITH YOU.
AND THEN, UM, IF YOU COULD HAVE THIS DONE BASED ON, UH, YOUR DECISION THIS EVENING, YOU CAN GIVE ME APDF AS WELL.
AND SO WE CAN USE THAT PART OF THE SUBMISSION TO TEA AFTER IT'S APPROVED,
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UM, OR DISAPPROVED BY THE BOARD.WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT THIS HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD? BECAUSE I REALIZED, I MEAN, GOVERNMENT MYSELF FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND SO THAT, WELL, I'M DOING THIS FOR 12, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? WHAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR ADOPTING THIS FINANCIAL AUDIT? YES.
SO IT HAS TO BE ADOPTED AND SUBMITTED TO TEA BY THE 27TH OF THIS MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ACTUALLY, YES, I'M SORRY.
SO DID, 'CAUSE WE DO OUR QUESTIONNAIRES WERE THE THREE BOARD MEMBERS THAT SAT ON OUR BOARD FOR, I MEAN, WE HAD TWO FOR FIVE MONTHS DURING THIS PERIOD, AND THEN ONE FOR 11 MONTHS DURING THIS PERIOD WHERE THEY ALSO AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE, OR TO REPLY TO THE FRAUD QUESTIONNAIRE BECAUSE THE TWO THAT I TALKED TO DID NOT RECEIVE IT.
UM, SO JUST A PART OF THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY DEEMED A REQUIREMENT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO AFFORD THEM THE OPPORTUNITY OR, I MEAN, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TALK TO MANAGEMENT AND STAFF AND, AND, UH, PROVIDE US ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION THEY WOULD WANT TO, BUT WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT HINDERED OUR ABILITY TO GIVE AN OPINION ON THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO NOT, UM, HAVE THEM PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION.
AND I THINK THIS IS, YES, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE 20 20 20 23 ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT AS PRESENTED? I SO MOVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE APO OR YEAH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ALL THOSE ABSTAINING.
YEAH, THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, EVERYONE'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.
AND, UM, THANKS AGAIN FOR GIVING OUR FIRM AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH EVERYONE.
AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANYTHING ELSE, JUST LET US KNOW.
[IX.C. Consideration of TASB proposal for Board consultant services (Part 1 of 2)]
OUR LAST ITEM ON THE ACTION ITEMS FEDERATION OF THE TASK B PROPOSAL FOR BOARD CONSULTANT SERVICES.AND FOR THAT MATTER, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MR. DAVID FROM GOOD EVENING.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME, I WORK FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS FOR 39 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN DOING WORK, UH, WITH BOARD SUPERINTENDENT TEAMS AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR ALMOST 33 YEARS.
I'VE, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, WORKING WITH SOME AMAZING PEOPLE.
UM, I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOUR BOARD HAS CHOSEN TO TAKE ACTION.
I MEAN, THE REALITY IS WHEN MATT REACHED OUT TO ME IN JUNE, HE SAID, DAVID, WE'VE GOT SOME PROBLEMS, RIGHT MATT? AND WE HAD A AND WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION AND WE HAD MULTIPLE OTHER CONVERSATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF, OF, OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND THEN, AND THEN HE PASSED, PASSED THE BATON TO REBECCA, AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH REBECCA AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I CAN DO IS COME OUT AND DO A MEETING AUDIT.
SO THE FIRST TIME, WELL, THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT YEARS, I'VE BEEN OUT TO VAL VALLEY MANY TIMES BEFORE, BUT THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT YEAR, UM, I SAT RIGHT BACK THERE AND DID AN AUDIT OF THE MEETING.
AND THEN I PRESENTED REPORT, UH, A REPORT, A WRITTEN REPORT, AND A VERBAL REPORT, UM, ABOUT THAT.
BEFORE I DID THAT, I TOLD REBECCA, I SAID THAT, AND THE NEXT STEP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IS TO DO A BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT, WHICH WE DID AS PART OF THE MEETING AUDIT, AS PART OF THE BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT.
AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH MATT AND THEN REBECCA, IT, THINGS STARTED TO BECOME CLEAR OF SOME OF THE COURSES OF ACTION THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE.
BUT THEN THERE WAS MORE ON OCTOBER THE 11TH, 2023.
SO A MONTH AGO AND A COUPLE OF DAYS, THE BOARD AND I
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AND YOUR COUNCIL, WE SAT BACK THERE IN THAT ROOM AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE SELF-ASSESSMENT, THE BOARD OF SELF-ASSESSMENT.AGAIN, WHEN MATT REACHED OUT TO ME IN JUNE, HE SAID, LOOK, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD PEOPLE, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME ISSUES.
THE GOOD THING IS IT WAS REALLY CLEAR THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD, EVEN THOSE THAT DISAGREE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT DISAGREEING IS, OKAY, IT'S REALLY OKAY.
WE CAN WORK ON HOW WE DISAGREE TO MAKE THAT MORE RESPECTFUL.
BUT THE ONE THING THAT WAS INCREDIBLY CLEAR TO A PERSON, AND WE'RE GONNA DOUBLE CHECK IF THEY'RE STILL THERE TO A PERSON, THAT WHEN, WHEN I ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT DO YOU WANT THIS BOARD SUPERINTENDENT TEAM TO BE KNOWN FOR? MEANING WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING, WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING, WHAT THE REST OF THE STAFF IS SAYING ABOUT THIS GOVERNANCE TEAM IN TWO YEARS FROM TODAY, AND TO A PERSON, THEY ALL SAID, FOCUS ON JOB ONE.
WHAT'S BEST FOR THE WHO STUDENTS? EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM SAID THAT.
AND I SAID, WHAT PERCENTAGE? AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, EXCEPT ONE SAID A HUNDRED PERCENT, AND ONE SAID, HOW MUCH? SO SHIRA, ARE YOU STILL AT 110% ALL FOR THE KIDS? ELVIA.
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE HUNDREDS.
REBECCA, WHERE ARE YOU AT? ALRIGHT, UHOH.
INFLATION, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AGREEMENT INFLATION.
WHAT'S THAT? SO, SO NOW IT'S TEXAS HOLDEN 1 25.
NOW I HAVE GOTTA PUT ON MY AUCTIONEER HAT.
YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, SUSANNA, I'M GONNA GO ONE MORE.
NO, IT'S, IT'S NOT, THE PRICE IS RIGHT, IT'S THE FOCUS IS RIGHT.
THIS IS A GRADUATION DAY, BUT IT'S EVERY OTHER DAY LEADING UP TO THAT.
IT'S PRE-ALGEBRA IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE WELDING CLASS AT AT, AT THE KATE CENTER.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MULTITUDE OF PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SOME INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE THINGS HAPPENING IN DELL VALLEY.
I WAS AMAZED, FRANKLY, WHEN I WAS AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I ALREADY KNEW A LOT.
BUT AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHEN YOU HAD STAFF MEMBERS AND OUT OUTSIDE FOLKS COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE THING, I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOOD.
I WAS SO AMAZED THAT I HAD TO GO TO DELL VALLEY DISCOVER, EVEN THOUGH I COULDN'T STAY THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING DONE? AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOU, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER STAFF, THE TEACHERS, THE CUSTODIAL STAFF, THE BUS DRIVERS, THE CAFETERIA WORKERS, THE TEACHERS AIDES, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SPECIALISTS.
IT'S ALSO THE, THE MOMS AND DADS AND GRANDPARENTS AND AUNTS AND UNCLES.
BUT MOSTLY IT'S THE SAY IT WITH ME, THE, BECAUSE IT'S ALL FOR THEM.
I MADE A CHALLENGE TO THIS TEAM AND I MADE A PROMISE TO THIS TEAM.
I SAID, DO YOU ALL WANT TO BE A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM? AND THEY ALL SAID, YES, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE PERCENTAGE THING AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL IT, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS.
AND I SAID, I CAN HELP YOU ALL BECOME A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
AND CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM FOR A GOVERNANCE TEAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS PRETTY MUCH DEFINED BY, BY TWO AWARDS.
THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND THEN HEB, THEY BOTH HAVE AWARDS FOR GOVERNANCE TEAM.
AND I SAID, I CAN HELP YOU IN TWO YEARS OR LESS BECOME CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS. Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT? ARE Y'ALL STILL ON BOARD WITH THAT? AND THEN I SAID, HOWEVER, TO GET THERE, YOU'VE GOTTA FOLLOW MY ADVICE.
NOW, MY ADVICE, IT'S NOT FROM DAVID.
ALL I'M DOING IS I'M LOOKING AT THE RESEARCH AND THERE'S A FIELD OF RESEARCH THAT'S SAYING, HERE ARE WHAT GOOD GOVERNANCE TEAMS DO TO FOCUS ON THE STUDENTS.
THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES AND SPECIFIC WAYS
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OF BEING, AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE, TO LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER.SOME OF THE KEY THEMES THAT CAME OUT, STARTING WITH THE DISCUSSION WITH MATT AND THEN WITH REBECCA BEFORE I EVEN CAME OUT HERE, CONTINUED WHEN I DID THE MEETING AUDIT IN SEPTEMBER, CONTINUED FURTHER WHEN I GOT THE, GOT THE AUDIT, UH, THE, THE BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT BACK WHEN WE HAD AN AMAZING DISCUSSION IN THAT BACK ROOM.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BACK THERE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK THERE AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLIP CHARTS, PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLIP CHARTS, THE KEY THEMES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON IN THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS.
AND THE 26 OF YOU OF WHOM ARE IN THIS ROOM THAT I HAVE DONE ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH SINCE THE END OF OCTOBER ALL THE WAY THROUGH LAST WEEK.
I STILL HAVE A FEW MORE TO GO.
UM, BUT THE 26 OF YOU AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT I DID, THERE ARE FIVE KEY THEMES THAT I'M GONNA BE WORKING ON THIS TEAM WITH OVER THE NEXT, HOWEVER LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE.
FIVE KEY THEMES, THE THREE RS, AND C AND TD.
DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE? THE THREE R'S? THE THREE R'S ARE WHAT? REPUTATION.
THREE R, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING AN ALTERNATE.
SO THEY ARE RELATIONSHIPS, UH, RELATIONSHIPS, ROLES AND RESPECT.
LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALL THREE OF THOSE AND, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE A BETTER TEAM.
WHEN YOU'RE WITH A GROUP OF, OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITY PREFERENCES.
AND SOMETIMES WE CAN RUB ON EACH YOU THE WRONG WAY.
HAS ANYBODY EVER BEEN MARRIED? HAS EVERYBODY, ANYBODY EVER BEEN MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE? HAS EVERYBODY, ANYBODY EVER HAD A CHILD HA BEEN A CHILD? ANYBODY BEEN A CHILD? ANYBODY EVER BEEN ON A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM? COME ON, RAISE YOUR HAND.
IT'S, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A RHETORICAL.
HAS ANYBODY BEEN IN, BEEN ON A TEAM THAT IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE? WE'RE NOT CHAMPIONS, BUT WE'RE NOT AWFUL.
THAT'S MOST TEAMS. BY THE WAY, HAS ANYBODY BEEN, EVER, EVER BEEN ON A MM, LESS THAN CHAMPIONSHIP AND LESS THAN MODERATE TO, YEAH, RELATIONSHIPS HAPPEN IN, I, I'M OLD SCHOOL.
I GOT, I GOT THIS ANTIQUE, YOU KNOW, I EARNED EVERY, UH, BIT OF IT.
BUT IN, IN MANAGEMENT CLASSES, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALL, ALL KINDS OF THEORIES.
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE THEORIES THAT HAS STUCK WITH ME FOR YEARS IS TASK AND RELATIONSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS.
THE RELAT THE RELATIONSHIP PART IS MUCH HARDER.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE FOCUS ON THE TASK, THE TASK, TASK, HARD CHARGERS TYPE A'S TASK, TASK, TASK.
AND SOMETIMES RELATIONSHIPS SUFFER.
IT'S NOT TASK OR RELATIONSHIPS, IT'S TASK AND RELATIONSHIPS.
I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE SOFT SKILLS.
OH, YOU TEACH THE SOFT SKILLS HERE, HERE'S THE REALITY.
I CALL 'EM THE HARD SOFT SKILLS BECAUSE TASK, UNLESS IT'S ROCKET SCIENCE OR BRAIN SURGERY, ARE RELATIVELY EASY TO GRASP AND UNDERSTAND.
BUT IF YOU'RE DO A ROCKET SCIENTIST OR A BRAIN SURGEON, YOU'VE GOT YEARS AND YEARS OF SKILL, KNOWLEDGE, AND TRAINING.
SO THE TASK, IT MAY NOT BE EASY, BUT IT'S DOABLE.
THE RELATIONSHIPS, THE HARD, SOFT SKILLS, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THE RELATIONSHIPS PIECE.
I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA WORK WITH THIS TEAM, BEING THIS TEAM, AND THEN STAFF MEMBERS AS APPROPRIATE TO WORK ON THAT.
LEARNING HOW TO UNDERSTAND OUR DIFFERENCES AND VALUE THEM AND LEARNING HOW TO HAVE DISAGREEMENTS IN A WAY THAT IS PRODUCTIVE ROLES.
ROLE CLARITY IS, IS, IS SO, SO KEY IN ORGANIZATIONS.
HOW MANY FOLKS HERE, I'M NOT GONNA USE A FOOTBALL METAPHOR, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA GO WITH.
I'M GONNA USE A CHOIR METAPHOR.
HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE EVER BEEN IN CHOIR? HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE EVER HEARD A CHOIR SING? I I'M JUST MAKING SURE Y'ALL ARE AWAKE OUT HERE.
SO LET'S SAY THE METZO SOPRANOS DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO DO BARITONE, AND THE BARITONE DECIDE THEY WANT TO DO TENOR
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AND THEY DON'T WANNA STAND WHERE THE DIRECTOR TOLD 'EM TO STAND, THEY WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE A GOOD THING? GIMME A THUMBS UP IF THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
WOULD THAT BE A THING THAT WOULDN'T DISRUPT THE CHOIR? GIMME ONE OF THESE.
WOULD THAT BE A THING THAT WOULD MAKE THINGS CHAOS? GIMME ONE OF THESE IF THAT'S THE CASE.
YEAH, UNDERSTANDING OUR ROLES IS REALLY, REALLY KEY.
I, I HAVE DONE A TON OF DIFFERENT TRAINING AND RESEARCH THAT I CAME ACROSS OVER 30 YEARS AGO WAS REALLY CLEAR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES IT HARD, NOT JUST FOR NEW TEAM MEMBERS BUT FOR EXISTING TEAM MEMBERS, IS LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON WHAT IS THEIR ROLE.
I'M GONNA TEACH THESE FOLKS HOW TO DO THEIR ROLE EXQUISITELY AND LET OTHER PEOPLE DO THEIR ROLES.
FAYE BALLOU, WHO WAS AASB PRESIDENT, WAS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE JIM CROW AWARD FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE.
SHE'S ONE OF MY ALL, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY THIS, I KNOW I'M ON CAMERA, BUT IT'S TRUE.
SHE'S ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE TASS TASB PAST PRESIDENTS BECAUSE SHE IS THE DEFINITION OF A SERVANT LEADER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID, SO CRYSTAL CLEAR IN JUNE, IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEN IN FORT WORTH, WAS, IF YOU WANT TO BE A BETTER BOARD MEMBER, STAY IN YOUR LANE.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD ADMINISTRATOR, SHE WOULD PROBABLY SAY STAY IN YOUR LANE.
AND I WOULD SAY STAY IN YOUR LANE AND LEARN HOW TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
RESPECT IS THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE FOR EVERYTHING.
WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH A COUPLE OF BOOKS.
THE FIRST ONE SOME FOLKS HAVE STARTED READING IS THE RESPECTFUL LEADER.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR GREG WARD NEXT WEEK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO GET SOME OF HIS TIPS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THIS TEAM AND, AND WITH, WITH THE STAFF AND HOWEVER FAR YOU ALL WANNA DO IT, BUT WITH THE GOVERNANCE TEAM CABINET, WE ARE GONNA START BUILDING A CULTURE OF RESPECT.
NOW, RESPECT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
RESPECT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE SOME FIERCE CONVERSATIONS.
ON OCCASION RESPECTS MEANS WE HAVE THOSE, BUT WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT AT THE, AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, WE CAN SAY, HEY, LET'S GO HAVE AN ICED TEA OR A COKE.
OR IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED TO, YOU KNOW, SOME WINE OR A BEER OR FOR ME IT'S A COOKIE OR AN ICE CREAM SUNDAE.
BUT WE'RE GONNA BUILD THAT CULTURE OF RESPECT.
I'M GONNA SAY THE NAME OF THE BOOK ONE MORE TIME.
I HAVE READ A TON OF LEADERSHIP BOOKS IN MY CAREER.
IT'S ONE OF MY TOP FIVE FAVORITES.
AND I LOVE THE AUDIO BOOK A LOT.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ROLES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RELATIONSHIP, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RESPECT.
AND THESE THREE RS ARE THERE TO HELP YOU, TO HELP JOB ONE, FOCUS ON THEIR THREE RS.
'CAUSE THE THREE RS THAT WE TRADITIONALLY THINK ABOUT ARE, COME ON, SAY IT WITH ME, READING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC.
SO MUCH FOR GRAMMAR ON THAT ONE.
BUT THE OTHER TWO PRINCIPLES THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON ARE C AND T.
WHO REMEMBERS WHAT C AND T ARE COMMUNICATION AND TRUST.
I HAVE, I HAVE WORKED WITH THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND HUNDREDS OF SUPERINTENDENTS AND HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF STAFF MEMBERS.
I CAN DO FANCY ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, I CAN ADMINISTER TOOLS, I CAN INTERPRET THEM, I CAN READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM AT LEVELS DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THAN, THAN MOST, MOST FOLKS.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE BEAR, IT'S JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME.
BUT I'M BASICALLY A SEVEN 11 DQ GUY.
MEANING IF I CAN'T REMEMBER IT, I CAN'T DO IT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? EVEN THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I KNOW ARE THE SAME WAY.
SOME OF 'EM ARE JUST TOO PRIDEFUL TO ADMIT IT.
SO TO ME, THERE ARE TWO SIMPLE QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEED TO ASK IF YOUR ORGANIZATION IS HEALTHY, AND YOUR ORGANIZATION COULD BE YOUR CHOIR AT YOUR CHURCH, IT COULD BE YOUR SOFTBALL TEAM, COULD BE YOUR FAMILY, COULD BE YOUR CLASSROOM, COULD BE YOUR GOVERNANCE TEAM.
YOU READY? HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS.
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WHAT CAN WE DO TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN EXQUISITE COMMUNICATION? THE TOP THREE OR FOUR THINGS, PRIORITIZE THEM AND DEFEND THOSE AS IF YOUR TEAM DEPENDED ON IT, BECAUSE IT DOES THE SAME QUESTION.WHAT CAN WE DO? GO AHEAD AND SAY IT WITH ME.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN EXQUISITE TRUST? TOP THREE OR FOUR, PRIORITIZE THEM AND DEFEND THEM AS IF YOUR TEAM DEPENDED ON IT.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE FIVE THREE, THOSE ARE THE FIVE THEMES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON TOGETHER.
IT'S NOT THE EXPERT FROM TASB, IT'S NOT THE BOARD PRESIDENT, IT'S NOT THE VICE PRESIDENT, IT'S NOT THE BOARD SECRETARY, IT'S NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT.
DO YOU KNOW THE PLURAL OF Y'ALL? IF YOU'RE A TEXAN, YOU NEED TO KNOW THE PLURAL OF Y'ALL.
THE PLURAL OF Y'ALL IS ALL Y'ALL.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE ALL Y'ALL BUILDING TOGETHER THESE FIVE KEY THEMES.
BUT IT'S ALL IN SERVICE OF THE FOCUS AND THE LENS ON WHAT'S BEST FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN DELL VALLEY.
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING, I TELL THEM I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS MEETING WITH SOME AMAZING PEOPLE.
'CAUSE MY EXPERIENCE IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND OF ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS ARE SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE IN EVERY SINGLE, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, OF COURSE, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY, THEY'RE THERE AND THEY'RE THERE FOR THE FOCUS ON, ON WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS.
AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, I'VE INTERVIEWED 26 PEOPLE, I HAVE A FEW MORE TO GO IN SOME ONE-ON ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS, WHICH ARE CONFIDENTIAL.
AND I TOLD EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT THEY'RE CONFIDENTIAL, UH, AND THEY WILL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL.
UM, I I, I WILL TALK ABOUT SOME THEMES.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME THEMES THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON THE THREE RS AND C AND T, THOSE ARE SOME KEY THEMES.
AND THOSE, THOSE JUST GOT SOLIDIFIED THAT YES, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
BUT IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE LENS OF WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS.
YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE ARE ACTUAL PICTURES OF STUDENTS FROM DELL VALLEY.
I, I, I REACHED OUT TO CHRIS AND, AND I LOVED THIS PICTURE BECAUSE DELL VALLEY HAS A RICH HISTORY OF CULTURE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? DELL VALLEY ALSO HAS, IT HAS A NEW HISTORY, A COMING HISTORY, A BLENDING OF CULTURES WITH THE TRADITIONAL DELL VALLEY CULTURE WITH SOME NEW CULTURES.
I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN A. LONG TIME AND I'VE NOT SEEN GROWTH LIKE WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE AUSTIN AREA IN THE LAST, LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.
AND THE THING THAT I'M SEEING IN THE AUSTIN AREA, IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA, IN THE HOUSTON AREA, AND TO A DEGREE THE EL PASO AREA, THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE JUST OUTSIDE THE MAJOR METRO, ESPECIALLY 10 MILES.
IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, DELL VALLEY IS GONNA LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT LOOKS TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA BRIDGE FROM THE PAST CULTURE AND WE'RE GONNA MELD THAT WITH WHAT'S COMING UP.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA MAKE IT BETTER WHEN WE FOCUS ON THE THREE RS AND COMMUNICATION AND TRUST.
BUT IT REALLY ALL GOES DOWN TO RESPECTING EACH OTHER, RESPECTING OUR PAST, RESPECTING THE CHANGES, RESPECTING THE FUTURE TOGETHER.
THERE'S ONE THREE LETTER WORD THAT GETS IN THE WAY FROM BECOMING A BETTER TEAM.
IT STARTS WITH AN E, IT ENDS WITH A GO.
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TO REMEMBER TO ASK OURSELF WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.THOSE THAT ARE HERE TODAY, THOSE THAT WILL BE HERE TOMORROW, AND THOSE THAT WILL BE HERE DECADES FROM NOW WHEN WE ARE LONG GONE.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES IS AN OLD MAN TALKING TO HIS SON, SAYING, YOU KNOW, I PLANTED A GROVE OF OAK TREES TODAY.
AND THE SUN SAID, BUT DAD, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA SEE THOSE OAK TREES.
AND THE DAD SAID, EXACTLY, LET'S PLANT SOME OAK TREES TOGETHER.
LET'S SERVE THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH, EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE DECADES DOWN THE LINE.
ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU STILL AT A HUNDRED TEN, A HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE, A HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR, A HUNDRED TWENTY SIX.
UM, I JUST WANNA, YOU ALL ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS HERE IN DELL VALLEY.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE DISCOUNT IN THE PROPOSAL
I SAW THAT ME, ME AND MATT MACK.
AND FOR ME IT'S NOT A QUESTION.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
THANK YOU TO MATT FOR BRINGING THIS AND THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD FOR STEPPING UP YEAH.
AND ACCEPTING THIS CHALLENGE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT, BUT WE'RE GETTING MUCH CLOSER AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I AM, UH, I AM, UH, I AM, I AM COMMITTED.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE BOARD WOULD, WOULD AFTER A CLOSED SESSION APPROVING THIS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT TEAM FOR, UM, AND THEN THE STAFF FOR ALSO, BUT PARTICULARLY THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT TEAM.
AND I'M, AND, AND, AND I'M GONNA FAWN ON MATT AND REBECCA AGAIN BECAUSE THEY TOOK THE LEAD.
AND SOMETIME WHEN YOU'RE THE SCOUT HAS ANYBODY, ANYBODY LIKE WESTERN MOVIES, YOU KNOW WHAT THE SCOUT DOES? YEAH.
THEY GO OUT TO SEE IF THERE'S BAD, BAD FOLKS OUT THERE.
AND THE SCOUT ARE THE ONES THAT CAME, CAME BACK WITH, WITH ARROWS OR BULLETS IN THEIR BACK.
YOU ALL ARETE? USUALLY WHEN A BOARD HAS, WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS WE'RE NOT DOING WELL, USUALLY THEY'LL SAY, CAN YOU COME IN AND THEY WANT A MILLION DOLLARS OF CURE OR A THOUSAND DOLLARS OF TIME AND PAYMENT.
THEY WANT ME TO BE A MIRACLE WORKER, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE ME, GIVE ME THE TIME.
AND IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE MONEY SO MUCH AS YOU, AS YOU SEE IT, IT'S, BUT THE TIME, THIS TEAM, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENTS, SO WE'RE WILLING TO STEP UP, WE'RE WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES.
AND THEY JUST REAFFIRM THAT TONIGHT FROM 110 TO A HUNDRED AND, YOU KNOW, 26.
ANYBODY IN THE ROOM, ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS IN A RECORDING OR WATCHING THIS? THIS IS MY OFFICE NUMBER.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP AND HELP IN SOME WAY, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION, UH, IF YOU COULD DO THAT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, IF IT'S INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP.
UM, I, I'M GONNA ANSWER SOME MORE DETAILED QUESTION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
BUT, BUT I, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I TOLD THE BOARD AND I TOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I TOLD THE STAFF IS I'M GOING TO MODEL IN PUBLIC RESPECTFUL LEADERS.
AT LEAST I HOPE, I HOPE YOU NEVER HEAR ME.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I WILL DO MY BEST TO BE RESPECTFUL.
I WILL NOT GUILT, I WILL NOT SHAME, I WILL NOT TWIST ARMS. I WILL NOT CAJOLE, CAJOLE IN PUBLIC.
IF I NEED TO GIVE CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK, IT WILL BE ONE-ON-ONE EITHER IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM.
I WILL NOT GIVE FEEDBACK OVER EMAIL OR OVER TEXT AND PREFERABLY NOT OVER PHONE BECAUSE THE NON-VERBAL IS SO KEY TO THAT FIRST R THE FIRST R WAS WHAT RELATIONSHIP AND THE, AND, AND I'M GOING TO BE MODELING BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS DOING ONE-ON-ONE COACHING WITH THE BOARD.
TELL GIVES YOU ALL THE PERMISSION WITH THE STAFF, BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING THAT I KNOW WHEN I'VE WORKED, WHEN I'VE WORKED WITH TEAMS LONG-TERM TO A PERSON, WHEN THE BOARD AND, AND, AND
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YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE STAFF AND THEN PRINCIPAL AND OTHER DIRECTORS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER, BUILDING RELATIONSHIP TO A PERSON, THEY SAID IT REALLY HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE.'CAUSE NOW I UNDERSTAND SOME STUFF.
I'LL SEE YOU ALL BACK THERE AT SOME POINT.
UM, DO WE WANT TO HOLD? YOU WANNA GO? YOU'RE, ARE YOU GONNA GO DEEP INTO THIS OR SHOULD WE APPROVE THIS NOW? I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ASK ME QUESTIONS IN CLOSED SESSIONS BEFORE WE CAN I PREFER TO ASK QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL HOLD THIS UNTIL AFTER CLOSED SESSION.
OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR ITEMS AND OPEN SESSION.
[X. Closed Session]
BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY 5 5 1 0.074 DISCUSSION OF BOARD ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW REGARDING BOARD EVALUATION AS WELL AS DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYEE EXIT INTERVIEW INFORMATION AND TO REVIEW AND APPROVE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF.AND, UH, FINALLY 5 5 1 0 7 6 TO REVIEW REPORT REGARDING, UH, SECURITY AUDITS.
THE TIME IS NOW 10:31 PM SO COLD IN HERE.
UM, THE BOARD ENDED, ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 1153.
WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
[XI. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session]
DO I HAVE MOTIONS TO APPROVE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION? UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF STAFF AS PRESENTED.DO I HAVE A SECOND? DARLA HAD HER HAND UP.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY, GOOD, LISA.
[IX.C. Consideration of TASB proposal for Board consultant services (Part 2 of 2)]
I MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, TASK B PROPOSAL FOR BOARD CON CONSULTANT SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED, NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.ALIA MAKES A MOTION DARLA THE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PERFECT.
HAVING NO OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDAS AND NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS BOARD MEETING AT 11:55 PM.