THING. WE'RE ABOUT TO GET STARTED TALKING ABOUT. [00:00:07] WE ARE ABOUT TO GET STARTED. THANK YOU. OKAY, I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. [I. Call to Order] LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT. WELCOME, EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 619. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP GILBERT ELEMENTARY. . [00:05:07] I FINALLY GOT TO THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF WHO MADE THAT POSSIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. [III. Public Comment] PUBLIC COMMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTED TO COME AND SHARE SOMETHING WE DO. ONLY ALLOW THREE MINUTES FOR YOU TO BE UP HERE AND TALK. AND AT THE ONE MINUTE MARK WE WILL GIVE YOU A WARNING JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU NEED TO STOP TALKING. IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE TO GO. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS OR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING TO TALK TODAY. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO IN ORDER OF WHAT WAS SUBMITTED. SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MISS LINDA ROYSTER. I APOLOGIZE IF I SAID THAT INCORRECTLY. THANK YOU. WAIT. OKAY, PERFECT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. DOCTOR KELLY. I AM SPEAKING AS A DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAMS PARENT AND A EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS PARENT AND OF A THREE SPORT ATHLETE. MY SON. I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN HIS SCIENCE TEACHER IN BOTH SIXTH AND EIGHTH GRADE AND ALSO HONORED TO HAVE BEEN HIS CROSS COUNTRY COACH. SO AS A SINGLE MOM, I WEAR A LOT OF HATS, BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. BUT ONE OF THE EASIEST DECISIONS I'VE EVER HAD TO MAKE WAS JOINING OUR ISD FAMILY. WHEN I ACCEPTED MY TEACHING POSITION, I ALSO ENROLLED MY SON IN THE DISTRICT. AND THROUGH DOCTOR TULLY'S LEADERSHIP, I FELT THE PEACE OF MIND DURING THE PANDEMIC AND ALSO DURING OUR RECENT ICE STORM. DOCTOR TULLY'S LEADERSHIP HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO OUR LITTLEST FAMILY MEMBERS WITH OUR THINKERY PARTNERSHIP, AND SHE'S ALSO EXTENDED THAT COMMITMENT UP TO OUR OLDER STUDENTS WITH OUR INFINEON AND TESLA PARTNERSHIPS. WE RECENTLY WE HAVE CELEBRATED THE GROUNDBREAKING OF OUR SECOND HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE EAGERLY AWAIT THE OPENING OF OUR TECH AND EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS AND GIGAFACTORY STUDIO. DOCTOR TELLEE IS ALSO SEEN THE PASSAGE OF 600 MILLION IN BOND PACKAGES. SHE HAS VOICED HER OPPOSITION OPPOSITION OF QUESTIONABLE LEGISLATION SUCH AS SENATE BILL 2565 AND ITS COMPANION HB 1605, WHICH WOULD HAVE STANDARDIZED CURRICULUM AND LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO TAILOR CURRICULUM TO OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDA AS WE VOTE TO APPROVE OUR SCIENCE CURRICULUM. DOCTOR KELLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THREE DECADES OF LEADERSHIP, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR CHOOSING DEL VALLE AS THE CLOSURE OF THIS CHAPTER OF AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE MISS STEPHANIE NANEZ. [00:10:04] YOU WANT TO GO? GOOD EVENING. WE ARE PARENTS FROM OUR CHILDREN ATTEND POPHAM ELEMENTARY AND FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS OUR STUDENTS OR OUR CHILDREN'S TEACHER HAS NOT BEEN IN SCHOOL AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION WHY SHE'S NOT IN SCHOOL. IT DOES AFFECT THEIR EDUCATION. TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE AS PARENTS WE CAN SEE THE GOOD THAT SHE'S DONE. MY CHILD'S BEEN A STUDENT SINCE SHE'S ATTENDED WITH HER, SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS IT? AND TO BE TOLD THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION FOR YOU. IT'S NOT GOING TO CUT IT FOR US NOT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR CHILD'S TEACHER, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS OUR CHILDREN. SO THEY'RE IN SECOND GRADE AT POPHAM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. WE ACTUALLY CAN'T RESPOND RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH YOU. OKAY. BUT I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MATTER. MY NAME IS ON THERE TOO. THAT'S STEPHANIE, BUT WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. MR. JONATHAN HARRIS CAN SPEAK WITH YOU AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T SPEAK FROM THE DAIS. OKAY. AND THAT'S FINE. BUT I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE. SO MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN BEING BULLIED AT THAT SCHOOL, AND I'VE HAD TO SIT DOWN IN JANUARY WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, COUNSELORS, WHATEVER THE CASE IS. AND I ASKED THEM TO GIVE ME THE DEFINITION OF BULLYING. SHE CANNOT COME OUT OF HER MOUTH AND TELL ME THE DEFINITION. SHE SAID I WOULD SEND IT TO YOU. I DON'T WANT THAT. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER? BULLYING BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO HER. DOORS BEING SLAMMED ON HER. VULGAR THINGS BEING SAID TO HER BECAUSE OF HER RACE. AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL ME. YOU TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF BULLYING. THAT'S NOT GOING TO CUT IT FOR ME, BECAUSE I LITERALLY TOOK THEM OUT OF ANOTHER SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION. AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF I DON'T GET ANY CLOSURE FOR WHAT I FEEL THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? ONE MINUTE. I ALSO GOT TOLD THAT A RED CARPET HAS BEEN LAID OUT FOR ME AT POPHAM WHEN IT CAME TO MY KIDS, BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE I'M AN ACTIVE PARENT. I MADE SURE THAT ON BOTH SIDES, IF MY CHILDREN IS DOING WRONG, I'M GOING TO HANDLE THAT. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THEM, I WANT TO KNOW. AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I KNOW FULLY WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CHILD IS BECAUSE OF HER PARENTS. I MEAN HER TEACHER. AND THAT SAYS A LOT. A LOT OF STUFF GETS SWEPT UNDERNEATH THE RUG WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRINCIPAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND I'M TIRED OF IT BEING SWEPT UNDERNEATH THE RUG. WE WANT ANSWERS WHERE OUR TEACHERS ARE. THE CHILDREN DESERVE IT. YEAH. SO? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE FRANCIS MALDONADO. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR TALLEY. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK BEFORE YOU ON ANOTHER POTENTIAL ACCOLADE FOR DELL VALLEY. IT WAS RECENT THAT I FOUND OUT THAT DOCTOR TALLEY WAS NOMINATED FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT. YAY! RECENTLY, I SHARED LETTERS WITH ALL OF YOU FROM STAFF MEMBERS AND STUDENTS ON MY CAMPUS. FORMER STUDENTS OF MY SCHOOL WHO HAVE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT DOCTOR TALLEY HAS DONE FOR US, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO I STAND BEFORE YOU TO TO TO HOPEFULLY ASK YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND SUPPORT HER NOMINATION. BECAUSE WHEN WE DO THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT GIVE IT A POSITIVE LIGHT BUT ALSO IT'S GOING TO BE THE POTENTIAL TO REAFFIRM OUR REPUTATION AS A DESTINATION DISTRICT AS WE SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. THESE TYPE OF ACCOLADES JUST HELP THAT WHOLE SITUATION. SO I HOPE THE BOARD RECOGNIZES AND ACCEPTS HER NOMINATION FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR. BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY WELL-DESERVED, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT BRINGS POSITIVE TO OUR DISTRICT, SOMETHING POSITIVE TO OUR DISTRICT. AND I KNOW THAT SHE WILL I'M CONFIDENT THAT SHE'S GOING TO OUTSHINE THE COMPETITION AND WIN THE THE THE THE [00:15:09] COMPETITION. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU SUPPORTING THIS. BECAUSE A SPOTLIGHT ON OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS A SPOTLIGHT ON OUR DISTRICT. THROUGH THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT, EVERYONE WILL LEARN ABOUT THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN DELL VALLEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MISS CHRISTINA PEREIRA. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WILL BE READING SOMETHING THAT MY MOM WROTE. SO EVERYTHING THAT I AM READING IS COMING FROM HER. SHE JUST WILL NOT BE SPEAKING BECAUSE SHE HAS A VERY HARSH ACCENT THAT CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND FOR SOME. SO SHE SAID, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN DEATH VALLEY FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WENT TO DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL THE YEAR BEFORE DOCTOR TELE ARRIVED. IN COMPLETE HONESTY, MY FIRST YEAR IN THE DISTRICT, I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO SEND MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER TO THE D ISD. AFTER MY OLDER DAUGHTER GRADUATED, THERE WAS NOT MUCH SAFETY, TEACHERS WERE UNHAPPY AND THE ENVIRONMENT WASN'T VERY FRIENDLY OR COMMUNITY. WHEN DOCTOR TELLEE ARRIVED, I DECIDED TO GIVE DAVID ANOTHER CHANCE AND I'M GLAD I DID. EVERYTHING STARTED TO CHANGE. OLD SCHOOLS GOT IMPROVED, TEACHERS GOT RAISES, AND PARENTS WERE BEING LISTENED TO FOR ONCE BECAUSE OF DOCTOR TELLEE TEACHERS PREVIOUSLY UNDER. BECAUSE DOCTOR TELLEE WAS A TEACHER PREVIOUSLY, SHE KNEW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL EFFECTIVELY. SHE GIVES OUR KIDS OPPORTUNITIES MORE THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICTS IN TEXAS, AND WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOVE DOCTOR TELE. SHE IS THE FACE OF OUR PROGRAMS AND OF DV ISD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ORLIN. ORLIN. EDWARD. OH, YOU ALREADY DID. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT UP WE HAVE MISS AMINA DOSANI. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR TULLY. MY NAME IS AMINA DOSANI. I AM A TRILINGUAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT DEATH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE BILINGUAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION. I AM A DVA MEMBER, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF. I'M SPEAKING AGAIN ABOUT FURTHER ABOUT HAVING A BILINGUAL STIPEND FOR OUR BILINGUAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN THE DISTRICT. I WE WANT THIS TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AS WELL AS TO COMPENSATE OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS FOR THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION AND VALUE THAT WE PROVIDE, ESPECIALLY IN A DISTRICT LIKE OURS. LAST TIME I HAD SPOKEN WITH SOME STATISTICS ABOUT HOW MORE THAN ALMOST 50% OF OUR DISTRICT STUDENTS AND ABOUT 40% OF DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AS THEIR PRIMARY HOME LANGUAGE. AGAIN, ALSO AS AS WELL AS THEIR PARENTS. ALSO PRIMARILY SPEAKING IN SPANISH. I ALSO HAD MENTIONED THE INCREASE IN NEWCOMERS AS BEING NEWCOMERS, STUDENTS AS BEING A PART OF IT. AND I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY FIND SOME MORE CONCRETE DATA. SO ACCORDING TO REGION 13 DEL VALLE ISD ACTUALLY HAS THE SECOND LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF NEWCOMER STUDENTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH AUSTIN ISD BEING FIRST. WE HAVE 3.9%. AUSTIN ISD HAS 4.1% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION LIVING HERE. BEING NEWCOMERS HERE, LIVING HERE FOR TWO YEARS OR LESS. AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CATERING TO OUR POPULATION, THE SERVICES WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, THE SERVICES WE ARE GIVEN THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FOR, FOR OUR NEWCOMER STUDENTS AND LEP STUDENTS IN GENERAL. IT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN COUNSELORS WITH THIS VALUABLE SKILL AND AND PAY US EQUITABLY. I, WE THERE ARE OTHER IMPORTANT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, SUCH AS OUR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND DIAGNOSTICIANS WHO SHARE THE SAME [00:20:02] PAY SCALE AS SCHOOL COUNSELORS DO, WHO DO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL STIPENDS FOR BEING BILINGUAL. AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS POSSIBLE TO DO, AND WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT EQUITABLE PAY, THAT EQUITABLE COMPENSATION FOR WHAT WE DO. AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE TRANSLATION SERVICES. HOWEVER A LOT OF TIMES WITH OUR ROLES, WE DO CPS REPORTS WHERE FACTS, SPECIFIC, ACCURATE FACTS MATTER. WE CAN'T HAVE SOME MISCOMMUNICATION. WE ALSO HAVE SUICIDAL IDEATION ASSESSMENTS IN THOSE SITUATIONS. THEY ARE VERY DELICATE. SITTING WITH A STUDENT. AND THEN LATER WITH THEIR PARENT, WITH A PHONE WITH A STRANGER THAT THE PERSON THE STUDENT CANNOT SEE IS VERY DIFFICULT AND CAN GET IN THE WAY OF A STUDENT OF BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT SUFFICIENTLY. AND SO OUR THANK YOU SKILLS REALLY HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE PAT GORE. HELLO, MY NAME IS PAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT BE HAPPENING ON DEARBORN DRIVE FROM THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THAT WALKWAY THAT WE HAVE BEHIND OUR HOUSES. THE KIDS ARE DOING A LOT OF PROPERTY DESTRUCTION. AND THE LADY'S YARD ON THE STREET TRASH. THEY DONE MESSED UP THE TRESPASSING AND HER YARD. THEY DONE TORE UP TREES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GATHER TOGETHER FURNITURE AND EVERYTHING BROKE PICKETS AND THEY WALKED WINDOWS. THAT WALKWAY NEEDS TO BE CLOSED BEHIND DALE VALLEY. ABOUT BEHIND THE HOUSES. IT NEEDS TO BE CLOSED. THE KIDS ARE USING OUR ELECTRICITY. TO PLUG IN THEIR PHONES. WE DON'T BLOCKED IT OFF, BUT THEY FINDING A WAY. I GOT PICTURES OF OF THEM COMING UP ON OUR PORCH TO TRY TO USE UP OUR ELECTRICITY. DEL VALLE GOING TO PAY FOR MY ELECTRICITY TO WHAT THEY'RE USING OR THE HOME ASSOCIATION OR WHOEVER. THE KIDS THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS, A LITTLE YOUNG KIDS IN HERE. I HATE TO SAY EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT THEY'RE DOING INAPPROPRIATE STUFF OUT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. THEY'RE THREATENING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY THEY VANDALIZING. AND THIS LADY RIGHT HERE, SHE WILL HAVE A LOT TO SAY. THE WALKWAY NEEDS TO BE CLOSED. IT'S A LOT OF SHOOTING OVER THERE. SHE HAVE OPENED UP HER HOME TO LET THE KIDS IN. WHEN SHE SAW THE GUN, SHE LET THEM IN. TWO DAYS LATER, THEY DESTROYED SOMETHING IN HER YARD THAT CAUSED HER NOT TO HAVE INTERNET TO HAVE FOR HER CAMERA. BUT I MEAN, IS THAT HOW WE HAVE TO LIVE? I'VE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SHE'S BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR LIKE 15 FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. DAVE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL HAVE NOT DID OR DONE ANYTHING TO KEEP US SAFE. THEY KNOW SHE'S A SINGLE PARENT. THE KIDS ARE JUST CURSING HER OUT. THE KIDS ARE LIKE GETTING THEIR PARENTS TO LIE AND CURSING. CURSE EVERYBODY OUT. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE KIDS ARE BEING PICKED UP ON DEARBORN DRIVE. WHY ARE THEY FAMILY MEMBERS PICKING THEM UP? IT'D BE LIKE 30 TO 40 OR 50 KIDS OUT THERE HAVING FIGHTS, THROWING GUNS IN OUR BACKYARD AND EVERYTHING. IMMA LET HER HAVE THAT MINUTE. WELL, I HAVE A LOT OF CASE NUMBERS IN CASE YOU NEED TO SEE THEM, BUT BORDERLINE IS THAT HALLWAY NEEDS TO BE CLOSED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DANGER, NOT ONLY TOWARDS ME AND MY SON, WHICH IS AUTISTIC. BUT TO THE OTHER KIDS YOUR KIDS, IF THEY EVER PASS BY DEARBORN DRIVE. WELL, THE WALKWAY IS RIGHT THERE BY THE FENCE. THERE'S BEEN SHOOTINGS, AND IT'S INEVITABLE, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY DEAD SOON, UNFORTUNATELY. AND THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY'S GOING TO WAKE UP AND SAY, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY DIDN'T YOU CLOSE IT BEFORE? AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL IS THERE AND THE KIDS ARE GETTING THEIR EDUCATION. AND I SEE THAT BUILDING MORE AND MORE ON WITH THE KIDS. BUT SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE. THE WALKWAY NEEDS TO CLOSE BEFORE SOMEBODY GET HURT. AND AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET HURT AND WE LIVE THERE. THANK YOU. [00:25:05] NEXT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE CANDY CASTILLO. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR TILLY. MY NAME IS CANDY CASTILLO, AND I'M ONE OF THE COUNSELORS AT OHANA MIDDLE SCHOOL. I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER INCLUDING BILINGUAL COUNSELORS IN THE STIPEND ALLOTMENT THAT IS GIVEN TO BILINGUAL TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, AND LRSP. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS DIRECTORS THAT STIPENDS ARE GIVEN FOR HARD TO FILL POSITIONS. SCHOOL COUNSELING POSITIONS ARE BECOMING AT DEL VALLE ELEMENTARY WENT WITHOUT A COUNSELOR FOR ONE AND A HALF YEARS, COLLINS ELEMENTARY A YEAR, BEATTY ALMOST HALF A SEMESTER. AND THE HIGH SCHOOL TYPICALLY HAS ONE POSITION THAT GOES UNFILLED EVERY YEAR. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THE BILINGUAL STIPEND IS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS. UNTIL RECENTLY, ONE COULD NOT BE HIRED AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR UNLESS THEY HAD TWO YEARS CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE. THAT MEANS THEY WERE A CLASSROOM TEACHER. THAT MEANS THAT DEL VALLE ISD COUNSELORS ARE CERTIFIED CLASSROOM TEACHERS. MOVING INTO THE ROLE OF A SCHOOL COUNSELOR DOES NOT MEAN WE STOP BEING TEACHERS. WE PROVIDE GUIDANCE, LESSONS, SMALL GROUP, AND INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS TO ALL GRADE LEVELS ON OUR CAMPUS. DURING THOSE TIMES, WE ARE TEACHING STUDENTS SKILLS TO HELP MANAGE BEHAVIORS, REGULATE EMOTIONS, MAKE SELF AND HEALTH SAFE AND HEALTHY DECISIONS. THESE ARE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED THEIR PART OF THE SEL CURRICULUM. WE ARE TEACHERS. FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ABLE. WE ARE PROVIDING THESE LESSONS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND SOME ARE EVEN PROVIDING THEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES. WE JUST LIKE WE JUST LIKE THE OTHER BILINGUAL CLASSROOM TEACHERS, ARE CREATING LESSON PLANS, SEARCHING FOR AND CREATING RESOURCES, AND CONSULTING WITH PARENTS IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGES. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO INCLUDE COUNSELORS THAT ARE PROFESSIONALLY PROVIDING SERVICES IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE IN THE STIPEND ALLOTMENT. WE PROVIDE SO MUCH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND DESERVE TO BE VIEWED AS VALUED MEMBERS OF THE ISD BILINGUAL STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE EFRAIN GARZA. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. MEMBERS SCHOOL BOARD. DOCTOR TELLEE. WHAT I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS JUST WANT TO GIVE PRAISE TO THE SCHOOLS THAT MY DAUGHTERS GO TO. MY. BOTH MY DAUGHTERS HAVE BEEN IN THE IN THE DISTRICT SINCE KINDERGARTEN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE REALLY LIKED ABOUT THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TO WOULD BE POPHAM DVMS AND THEN THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IS THAT THEY'VE HAD GOOD TEACHERS, THEY'VE HAD GOOD ADMIN ADMINISTRATION. THEY'VE BEEN SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS HAVING TROUBLE IN SCHOOL, SO THEY GOT HER CHECKED FOR DYSLEXIA. SO SHE WAS DYSLEXIC. THEY GOT HER INTO THE PROGRAM QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE HOURS YOU GOT TO DO ALL THIS, BUT THEY JUST THEY SAW IT, THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT IT WAS, AND THEY STARTED GETTING THE HELP SHE NEEDED. SHE WENT FROM MOSTLY SEES TO SOME BEES, AND NOW SHE'S, YOU KNOW, A A BEE WITH LIKE ONE C. SO SHE'S HAD A BIG ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT. AND THAT'S THANKS TO THE TEACHERS AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION THERE AT POPHAM. AT THE SCHOOLS, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A COMMUNITY SCHOOL. WHEN THEY HAVE EVENTS FULL, LOTS OF PEOPLE. RIGHT. YOU SEE THE PROBLEM? LIKE THE FACEBOOK PAGE, STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU ALWAYS SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY COME TO HELP THE KIDS. IT IS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL. YOU SEE THAT AS WELL WITH THE VMS, WHEN THERE'S EVENTS THERE, YOU SEE THE PARENTS BRING THE KIDS BECAUSE IT IS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, THE ADMIN AND THE TEACHERS, THEY HELP THE STUDENTS FEEL AS PART OF A GROUP. AND THAT CANNOT BE I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR MY CHILDREN. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO THAT'S WHAT I WANT IN SCHOOL. EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING USED TO JUST THE FACT THAT THERE'S 3000 PLUS STUDENTS THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY'VE HELPED HER OUT ONE MINUTE. WHAT'S NEEDED TO GET HER ACCUMULATED TO THE CLASS OR TO THE SCHOOL. AND SHE'S THRIVING, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST I WANT Y'ALL HERE SO MUCH NEGATIVITY, STUFF LIKE THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL GUYS CAN HEAR THAT. WE DO HAVE GOOD ADMIN. WE DO GOOD, HAVE GOOD TEACHERS, AND THAT THEY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES. [00:30:02] THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MISS CRISTEL URRUTIA. NOT ONLY THAT BASTARD, I APOLOGIZE. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU CAN INDULGE ME REAL QUICK WITH SOME AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. YES. SO WHEN I SAY SNAP, SNAP, YOU CAN SNAP YOUR FINGERS. BUT THOSE OF US THAT CAN'T DO THAT, GUESS WHAT YOU CAN SAY SNAP, SNAP. ARE WE READY? ON THE COUNT OF THREE. SNAP, SNAP. THANK YOU. AND JUST LIKE THAT, A YEAR IS OVER. WE'RE IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SNAP, SNAP! AND JUST LIKE THAT, WE TURN THE PAGE AND WE HAVE A BRAND NEW GRADUATING CLASS. SNAP, SNAP! AND JUST LIKE THAT, WE BECOME A MORE TRANSPARENT DISTRICT THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN. LET ME EXPLAIN THAT. IT'S FOR ME. I'M SPEAKING ON MYSELF, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW ME. AND I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ATP ON DIFFERENT TOPICS. RECENTLY, I HAD TO FILE A REPORT. THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY. PERSONAL. AND I HAD TO FIND MY PERSONAL INFORMATION. AND THE PERSON ON THE OTHER LINE WAS LIKE, OH, I CAN REQUEST THAT INFORMATION. I SAID, NO, GIVE ME 10S. I'LL LOG INTO SKYWARD AND I CAN GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED. SHE'S LIKE, WHAT? I USUALLY HAVE TO REQUEST THAT INFORMATION. MOST DISTRICTS DON'T ALLOW THEIR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THAT. DEL VALLE DOES NOT DO THAT TO US. WE HAVE EASY ACCESS. WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL SOMEONE TO ASK. SO IT'S EASY TO FIND OUR OWN EMPLOYEE INFORMATION. WAGES, DAYS MISS, DAYS WE HAVE. IT'S ALSO EASY TO FIND DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS. AND IF I CAN'T FIND THAT PERSON, THEY WILL CONNECT ME WITH THE PERSON THAT CAN. I HAVE NOT HAD THAT ISSUE AND THAT'S NOT ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CONNECTED. SNAP, SNAP. AND JUST LIKE THAT. WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. THERE ARE SOME OF US THAT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, AND THERE ARE SOME OF US THAT DON'T. SO HAVING THOSE ON THE WEBSITE EASY, ACCESSIBLE IN SPANISH, SPANISH, ENGLISH, WHATEVER LANGUAGE THAT HELPS. THAT HELPED ME SNAP, SNAP. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN IN TRANSPARENCY, IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT I'M REALLY NAME, YOU ALL KNOW. I'VE ASKED THOSE SAME QUESTIONS. I NEED TO KNOW. CAN YOU TELL ME? AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES BECAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION, YOU CANNOT SHARE THAT. AND THE BEST ANSWER THAT WE CAN SAY, CAN I GET BACK TO YOU OR I CANNOT ANSWER THAT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT YET WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO GIVE INFORMATION SO THAT PARENTS FEEL THAT THEY CAN TRUST US. AND THE SAME THING FOR STUDENTS. SO WE'VE GOT SOME WAYS TO GO, BUT WITH PARENT INPUT AND STUDENT INPUT, WE'RE GETTING THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEL VALLE AMBASSADORS, THE ADULTS AND THE STUDENTS. SNAP, SNAP. AND JUST LIKE THAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT BRUNO, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BRUNO IN MAY. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE THERE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. PAY RAISES. AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT PAY RAISES, I'M TALKING ABOUT EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE PAY, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN DISTRICT THAT HOURLY WAGES OR WHATEVER, THAT WE'RE NOT AS COMPARABLE OR COMPARABLE TO OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP THEM HERE AND SNAP, SNAP. AND JUST LIKE THAT, IN MAY, I WILL BE THERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BRUNO AGAIN KNOW THAT I AM HERE FOR THE STUDENTS. EVERY TEACHER THAT'S HERE IS FOR THE STUDENTS, AND SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE OF PERSONAL SITUATIONS THAT WE CANNOT EXPLAIN. BUT I WISH YOU HAD A BETTER ANSWER. SNAP, SNAP. AND ON THE LAST. THANK YOU, DOCTOR KELLY, FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE VERY HONEST TIME. SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THE BEST. SAME THING WITH THE BOARD. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, BUT LET'S NOT BE A DIVIDED BOARD BECAUSE WE'RE HERE FOR THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR LAST ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY IS GINA BOUTTÉ. APOLOGIES IF I YOU YOU WENT WITH THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS. [IV.A. Recognition of 2023 AP Scholars] OUR FIRST RECOGNITION ITEM IS RECOGNITION OF THE 2023 AP SCHOLARS. THANK YOU. HEY. [00:35:07] MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR, TELE AND COMMUNITY. IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THE RECOGNITION OF 2023 ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLARS. THE AP SCHOLAR AWARDS RECOGNIZE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY COLLEGE LEVEL ACHIEVEMENT ON AP EXAMS. DEL VALLE ISD IS PLEASED TO SHARE THAT 13 DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EARN AP SCHOLAR RECOGNITION FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD IN 2023. SO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS ARE AP SCHOLARS. AP SCHOLAR IS AWARDED TO A STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE A SCORES OF THREE OR HIGHER ON THREE OR MORE AP EXAMS, AND THESE ARE THE STUDENTS. IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE COME TO TO THE FRONT, OKAY? MARISSA CABRERA, MARICELA RODRIGUEZ, VALERIA NUNEZ ESTRADA, EVELYN SALAS, MARAVILLAS VELASQUEZ, FLOYD CHAPUIS, ROSITA DRISCOLL, BRIAN GONZALEZ, JESSE PENA REYNA, JONATHAN TORRES AND JASMINE ORTIZ. OKAY. UN APLAUSO. GOOD JOB. AND WE HAVE THIS LOVELY SWEATERS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO ARE AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR. AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR IS AWARDED TO A STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED AN AVERAGE SCORE OF AT LEAST 3.25 ON ALL AP EXAMS TAKEN, AND WITH THE SCORES OF THREE OR HIGHER ON FOUR OR MORE OF THESE EXAMS. AND THEY ARE CLAIRE CRAWFORD AND DIEGO SANCHEZ. GONZALEZ. OKAY. SO SOME OF THESE STUDENTS ARE GRADUATED ALREADY. SO THEY WILL RECEIVE THE PRESENT AND WE WILL SEND THEM THE PRESENT. OKAY. SO GREAT JOB. SO WOULD YOU LIKE. WILL THE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS OF DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL COME UP FOR A PICTURE WITH OUR STUDENTS? FOR THE PICTURE, YES. YES. YOU GO. NEXT WE HAVE ANOTHER RECOGNITION ITEM. [IV.B. Recognition of Del Valle High School Track & Field Texas ] RECOGNITION OF DEL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. TRACK AND FIELD. TEXAS STEEPLECHASE RECORD. THE SOVIETS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. THANK YOU, DOCTOR TELLEE, FOR HAVING US. HERE TONIGHT. I AM DOCTOR SYLVIA SALINAS, THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR DEL VALLEY ISD. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETES THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY, AND NOT A COUPLE A LOT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH DEL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR JAMES BUTLER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COME UP TO THE FRONT AND ALONG WITH COACH HANSEN AND COACH LEE'S. [00:40:04] ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL ANNOUNCE EVERYBODY HERE. SECONDLY IN A SECOND, DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR JAMES BUTLER BROKE THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL 2000 METER STEEPLECHASE RECORD AT THE TEXAS RELAYS WITH A TIME OF FIVE MINUTES, 54.14 SECONDS. WITH THIS TIME. WITH THIS TIME, JAMES IS RANKED NATIONALLY IN THIS EVENT. JAMES WILL BE COMPETING THIS WEEKEND IN THE 3200M AND THE 1600 METER RACES AT THE UIL REGION FOUR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SAN ANTONIO. A TOP THREE FINISH. I THINK IT'S 3 OR 2. IN EITHER OR BOTH EVENTS WILL QUALIFY HIM TO THE UIL STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUSTIN MAY 2ND THROUGH THE FOURTH. BUTLER IS COACHED BY JIM HENSON, DOMINIQUE LEES AND WITH HIM TO TONIGHT IS ARIAN HOSKINS. HE IS REPRESENTED WITH HIS FAMILY. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL. AND PRINCIPAL SMITH AND HER ADMINISTRATION TEAM ARE HERE AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, JAMES, AND BEST OF LUCK THIS WEEKEND AT REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. SO STAY RIGHT THERE. PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL SMITH AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION TEAM. IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND COMING UP HERE, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TWO ATHLETIC COORDINATORS, JANE MARTIN AND TODD PATMAN. THEY ARE HERE AS WELL. SO Y'ALL COME UP AND TAKE THE PICTURE. SAY IT AGAIN. COME ON IN THE PICTURE. YOU'RE IN THE PICTURE WITH JAMES. OH, ME? YEAH. OH, OKAY. GREAT. AND THEN WE CAN GO IN. YEAH. HI EVERYONE. THAT'S REALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I KNOW THIS NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE FUN. ALL RIGHT. [IV.C. Del Valle High School Powerlifting] I HAVE TWO. SO HERE'S HERE'S OUR NEXT ONE. WATCH WATCH THIS. LISTEN TO THIS. DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL POWERLIFTING TEAMS HAD A STRONG SEASON THIS YEAR. COME ON UP. LOOK AT ALL THOSE. Y'ALL HAVE TO GET IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER, Y'ALL. SOME OF Y'ALL GET IN THE FRONT. SOME OF Y'ALL GET IN THE FRONT BECAUSE Y'ALL CAN'T BE IN ONE LONG LINE. YEAH. SOME OF Y'ALL STEP FORWARD. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE QUALIFIED 36 LIFTERS FOR THE REGIONAL MEET THIS SEASON. AND 23 OF THOSE WILL BE RETURNING NEXT SEASON. WE HAVE AN EXCITING YEAR COMING UP. THE TEAM ADVANCED SEVEN LIFTERS TO THE STATE MEET IN FRISCO. SENIOR ROSIE DRISCOLL, WHERE ARE YOU? THERE YOU GO. SENIOR ROSIE DRISCOLL PLACED THIRD AT THE STATE MEET AND IS THE FIRST RECORD HOLDER IN THE BENCH PRESS OF 135 POUNDS IN THE 123 UNEQUIPPED DIVISION. 15 LIFTERS. 15 LIFTERS WERE SELECTED FOR THE ACADEMIC ALL STATE TEAM. THE DEL VALLE POWERLIFTING TEAM IS COACHED BY ANDREW ALLAN, FULANI PETTIS AND RUSSELL TUCKER AND JOHN DRISCOLL. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AMAZING STUDENT ATHLETES. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AMAZING STUDENT ATHLETES AND COACHES FOR A JOB WELL DONE. CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION AND ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION. Y'ALL COME ON UP FOR THE PHOTO. [00:45:03] THANK YOU. THESE ARE ALL CERTIFICATES FOR THEM. OKAY. IF WE WENT HERE OR WHATEVER, IF ANY OF THEM ARE MISSPELLED, LET US KNOW. WE'LL MAKE A DIFFERENT ONE. OKAY? GREAT. ALL RIGHT. READY? ONE, TWO. BE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. [V.A. District Happenings] OKAY. WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR SECTION OF INFORMATION ITEMS. WE WILL BEGIN WITH DISTRICT HAPPENINGS. MR. CHRIS WEDEL, YOU'RE UP. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DOCTOR TELLEE, AS WE HAVE BEEN EVERY MONTH NOW FOR THE FOR A WHILE NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE. BUT WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT HAPPENINGS VIDEO SHOWCASING OUR STUDENT STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS FROM THE LAST MONTH. AND AS YOU'LL SEE, EVERYTHING'S ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND YOU CAN FIND ALL OF IT ON ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IN OUR NEWSLETTER. SO ALWAYS WANT TO GIVE A PLUG FOR THAT. SO HERE'S THIS MONTH'S VIDEO. OKAY. CENTRAL TIME. SO WE HAVE TO SEND THAT TO MONDAY AND THEN WE HAVE. SO I NEED TO GO BACK GUYS. THAT'S WHAT I. [00:50:07] THAT'S WHERE I. HERE AND. NOW. THE GRAND. THANK YOU. THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE POSTED ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA. SO COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT TOO. SO SO MANY THINGS. EVERY TIME I'M LIKE, THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT UP AND LOOK, WE HAVE OUR RIGHT THERE. THOSE ARE THE STARS RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE UP ON THE SCREEN. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. [V.B. Strategic Plan Update] MR. JONATHAN HARRIS, YOU'RE UP NEXT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCTOR TELLEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'S A PLEASURE TO ONCE AGAIN TO PROVIDE OUR MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AS WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE SEEN UPDATES FROM THE BUSINESS OFFICE, ACADEMICS, HUMAN RESOURCES, FINANCES. AND TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON AN UPDATE ALIGNED TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING. ALL OF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. AT THE DAIS. SO AS A RECAP, WE START OFF WITH THE MISSION AND VISION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. OUR VISION IS TO CREATE A BILITERATE, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, ENHANCED ACADEMIC FOUNDATION BY PROVIDING A FUTURE READY EDUCATION WITH REAL WORLD OPPORTUNITIES. THE MISSION ALSO ADOPTED IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO BE CRITICAL THINKERS AND INNOVATIVE, WORLD CLASS VISIONARIES. WE HAVE GONE OVER GOAL ONE PREVIOUSLY, WHICH ADDRESSES THE GAINS THAT WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENTS. THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE SUPPLEMENTED OUR STUDENTS ACADEMIC SUCCESS AS WELL. OUR SECOND GOAL IS DEVELOPING A SYSTEM TO MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON STUDENT DRIVEN GOALS, IN ORDER TO ADAPT AND CONNECT TO A CHANGING WORLD BY INCREASING COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE ADDRESSED OUR ADVANCEMENTS WITHIN COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READINESS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PROGRAMS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. GO THREE ADDRESSES OUR EQUITABLE FACILITY, STAFFING INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF ALL DIVERSITY STUDENTS, WHICH WAS ADDRESSED AT A HIGHER LEVEL WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL REPORTS, AS WELL AS THE ADVANCEMENTS WE'VE SEEN WITHIN OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. GO FORWARD, WHICH WE'LL BE ADDRESSING TONIGHT, ALIGNS WITH CREATING A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE COMMUNICATION TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY TO BUILD THE DISTRICT'S BRAND THROUGH MULTI-MEDIA PLATFORMS WITH STRATEGIC STORYTELLING AND MESSAGING. SO WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETING THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS SEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ONE THING THAT MOST OF US HAVE NOTICED AS WE DRIVE UP AND DOWN 71, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, ARE THE BILLBOARDS. A BILLBOARDS ARE IN FIVE PROMINENT LOCATIONS EACH MONTH, WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF 339,000 VIEWERS. ONE THING TO NOTE ALSO IS THAT THESE BIG BILLBOARDS ORIGINATE WITHIN THE DEL VALLE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. [00:55:02] THESE ARE HOME GROWN EFFORTS, SO ALL THE GRAPHICS ARE GENERATED HERE, AND THEY'RE PROJECTED UP ONTO BILLBOARDS LOCATED THROUGHOUT DEL VALLE ISD. IN ADDITION TO THE BILLBOARDS, THE DISTRICT ALSO HAS ADOPTED SENDING OUT POSTCARDS. AND THE POSTCARDS DON'T JUST GO TO OUR STUDENTS FAMILIES, BUT THEY GO TO ALL RESIDENCES OF DEL VALLE ISD, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 47,000 RECIPIENTS. THEY ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR AROMAN, WHICH IS NOW ISSUE THE APRIL MAY, AND THOSE TWO ARE ALSO DESIGNED IN HOUSE AND MAILED OUT TO 47,000 ADDRESSES. OTHER AREAS WHERE THE DISTRICT HAS ADVANCED IN MARKETING IS THE USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE SOCIAL MEDIA IS PREDOMINANTLY USED NOT ONLY AS INFORMATION REGARDING THE HAPPENINGS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ALSO USED FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES FOR ENROLLMENT AND CAREERS. AND THE PAST 12 MONTHS, THERE'S BEEN OVER 425,000 VIEWS ON OUR POST, WITH SOCIAL MEDIA ALLUDING TO ALMOST 15,300 CLICKS. WHAT THE MARKETING TEAM HAS DONE, AS WELL AS THEY'VE IMPROVED THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT PAGE, WHERE PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE ENROLLMENT SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE WEBSITE, AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS EFFECTIVELY WORKED WITH STREAMLINE THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS, WHERE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR ENROLLMENT IS ON ONE PAGE. AND THIS YEAR, OVER 20,000 VIEWS HAVE GONE TO THOSE ENROLLMENT PAGES. A FEW YEARS AGO. THE DISTRICT ALSO ADOPTED A NEW WEBSITE, WHICH IS VERY VIBRANT, A LOT OF AUDIO AUDIO VISUAL ON IT LAUNCHED THREE YEARS AGO IN 2021. IN ADDITION TO HAVING A PLATFORM ONE CAN ACCESS ON THEIR COMPUTERS DESKTOP, IT'S ALSO MOBILE FRIENDLY. THERE'S ALSO PORTALS WHICH ARE WITHIN THE WEBSITE, WHICH ARE FOR STAFF ADMINISTRATION WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS INFORMATION. AS MISS ROSA WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THERE'S A TRANSPARENCY THERE AND ACCESSIBILITY THAT WE PROVIDE OUR DISTRICT. OVER 1 MILLION VIEWS HAVE BEEN IN THE SCHOOL IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL. AND WHEN WE GET ASKED ABOUT WHAT ARE THE TOP WEBSITES THAT ARE VIEWED ON OUR WEB PAGE, IT'S THE EMPLOYEE WEB PAGE, THE DISTRICT CALENDAR, OUR COURIERS, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES SMARTTAG USER INFORMATION REGARDING STUDENTS WHO ARE IN TRANSPORTATION. IT WAS A REGISTRATION WEB PAGE. PARENTSQUARE, WHICH IS A WEB AND APP BASED PLATFORM FOR ALL COMMUNICATION, WAS LAUNCHED IN THE 20 2223 SCHOOL YEAR, WHERE FAMILIES ARE AUTOMATICALLY OPTED INTO THE PROGRAM SO THEY DON'T NEED TO ENROLL. THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED, AND 66% OF OUR FAMILIES OPT FOR EMAIL MESSAGING, 34% OF OUR FAMILIES OPT FOR TEXT MESSAGING, AND OF OUR FAMILIES, 40% HAVE THE APP. THE APP IS NOT NECESSARY FOR ONE TO ACCESS THEIR EMAILS OR THEIR TEXT AS WELL. AND WITH PARENTSQUARE, THERE'S BEEN OVER 235,000 DIRECT MESSAGES BETWEEN PARENTS AND STAFF. IT'S AN EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR OUR STAFF TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS. THIS SCHOOL YEAR ALONE, THERE'S BEEN OVER 130 DISTRICT POSTS, 2000 SCHOOL POSTS, OVER 5300 CLASS POSTS, AND OVER 100 GROUP POSTS. SO GROUP POSTS MIGHT BE FOR A SPECIFIC GROUP, FOR INSTANCE THE MARIACHI BAND OR ROBOTICS. SO IT'S A SPECIFIC GROUP THAT IS ON A CAMPUS. THERE'S ALSO BEEN OVER 140 ALERTS ALERTING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR FAMILIES TO WEATHER'S EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION. AND ALMOST 100% OF OUR FAMILIES ARE REACHABLE ON PARENT SQUARE. SOMETHING THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED AS WELL, OR NEWSLETTERS, AND BOTH A DIGITAL AS WELL AS A PRINTED FORMAT. COMPARABLE TO OUR POSTCARDS THAT GO OUT TO THE ENTIRE DEL VALLE ISD COMMUNITY. THE NEWSLETTER GOES TO OVER 47,000 RESIDENTS OF DELL VALLEY ISD. SO THESE ARE TAXPAYERS. THERE ARE FAMILIES WITH OR WITHOUT KIDS GO TO THE DISTRICT, BUT IT PROMOTES IN BOTH OCTOBER AND APRIL. WHAT ARE DISTRICT HAPPENINGS? IN ADDITION TO THE PRINTED MATERIALS, THE DISTRICT IS ALSO SUPPORTING A WEEKLY DIGITAL PARENT NEWSLETTER, WHICH IS PUSHED OUT ON PARENT SQUARE, AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS AVERAGING ABOUT 8000 VIEWS PER WEEK. AND IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT A HIGH LEVEL LENS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT ON FACEBOOK THIS YEAR, STARTING FROM JULY 1ST, UP TO THE CURRENT DATE, WE'VE HAD OVER 841,000 VIEWS ON FACEBOOK, OVER 39,000 VIEWS ON INSTAGRAM, AND OVER 322,000 VIEWS ON TWITTER. AND DOWN BELOW. WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT INTERACTIONS, WHICH ARE THE COMMENTS, LIKES AND SHARES ON THE THREE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AS WELL. ONE OF OUR STRONG FOCAL POINTS OF OUR DISTRICT ALSO IS THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS, WHICH IS SPEARHEADED BY DOCTOR TELLEE. THERE'S A MONTHLY MEETINGS WHICH THE ATTENDEES INCLUDE PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TEACHERS, HOURLY STAFF, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATORS. AND YOU SEE BELOW THERE'S DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN COVERED, WHICH RANGE FROM COMMUNICATION, BUDGETING, FINANCE TO ACCOUNTABILITY, LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, SAFETY, [01:00:05] SECURITY, STAFF RECRUITING BONDS, UNIVERSAL FREE MEALS, HIGH SCHOOL TWO, MENTAL HEALTH, DISTRICT INNOVATION AND STAFF HOUSING, WHERE IT'S A TWO WAY PLATFORM HERE WHERE DOCTOR TELLEE, AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE CAMPUSES, THE DEPARTMENTS AND THESE ATTENDEES AS WELL SHARE INFORMATION TO DOCTOR KELLY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS IS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE ATTENDEES, BUT THE PURPOSE IS ALSO FOR THE ATTENDEES TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO GO BACK TO THEIR CAMPUSES, THE DEPARTMENTS, THEIR SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY, TO SHARE THE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DEL VALLE ISD AS WELL. ANOTHER FOCAL POINT OF DEL VALLE ISD IS OUR STUDENT AMBASSADORS GROUP, WHERE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS IN BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS HIGHEST LEVEL OF FIFTH GRADE AND ELEMENTARY, AS WELL AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET INTIMATELY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL AS DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT. AS NOTED, THERE WERE TWO GROUPS OF STUDENTS THAT SOMETIMES THEY ATTEND SEPARATELY AND SOMETIMES THEY ATTEND TOGETHER, WHICH ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND THE SECOND GROUP IS GRADES FIVE THROUGH EIGHT. STUDENTS FOR THESE GROUPS ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION EACH YEAR. THE TOPICS ADDRESSED WITHIN THESE STUDENT AMBASSADORS INCLUDES SPREADING POSITIVE MESSAGES. AND IF WE NOTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, STUDENTS SELF-IDENTIFIED AS STUDENT AMBASSADORS, CREATED A VIDEO TO PUSH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY SHARING THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN DEL VALLE ISD, AN INITIATIVE THAT THEY TOOK ON AFTER BEING AMBASSADORS WITHIN THIS GROUP, ALSO OPENING UP TO OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO PROMOTE THE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND ALSO REGIONALIZING STUDENTS TO ATTEND ATHLETIC EVENTS AND OTHER EVENTS THAT OUR STUDENTS PUT ON AS WELL. TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH THE STUDENT AMBASSADORS INCLUDE SPREADING A POSITIVE MESSAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY, STAR TESTING, SAFETY AND SECURITY, MENTAL HEALTH, FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS, AND CHILD NUTRITION. AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED THIS PAST NOVEMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS DISCOVERED DEL VALLE DISCOVERED DEL VALLE WAS MADE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THE PARENTS WHO DRIVE BY THIS BEHEMOTH OF A COMPLEX AND SAY, I WONDER WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE? THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO GET TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN OUR BELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. IT WAS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAD OVER 1200 ATTENDEES OVER THE THREE EVENINGS, WHERE THEY WERE ALSO ENCOUNTERED A TOUR AND GOT TO SEE STUDENT PERFORMANCES, BUT ALSO HEAR ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMING THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN DEL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. DOCTOR TELLEE IS ALSO HAVING STAFF MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN THE FALL, DOCTOR TELLEE VISITED ALL OF THE CAMPUSES TO MEET WITH ALL THE STAFF FACE TO FACE. THIS SPRING WE WENT AHEAD AND WE COMBINED THE CAMPUSES TOGETHER WHERE THERE WERE FOUR DIFFERENT CLUSTERS THAT HAD MEETINGS SPEARHEADED BY DOCTOR TELLEE. IT WAS HELD IN MARCH 18TH AT DEL VALLE ELEMENTARY. AND THEN THAT THAT AFTERNOON, DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL, MARCH 20TH WAS AT DALEY. ON MARCH 21ST WAS OJEDA. AND BASED ON WHERE THE SCHOOLS WERE GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED, STAFF ATTENDED ONE OF THOSE FOR US TO HEAR UPDATES, AS WELL AS BE EXPOSED TO THE STUDENT AMBASSADORS TO TELL THEIR STORIES, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEARD FROM A STUDENT LENS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DEL VALLE ISD, AND ALSO TO EXPERIENCE SOME STUDENT PERFORMANCES AS WELL. SO UPCOMING ACTUALLY STARTING THIS WEEK, TOMORROW AT DOVE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THERE'S UPCOMING PARENT MEETINGS WHERE ALL FAMILIES ARE INVITED INTO A SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT SHOWCASE, WHICH WILL BE HOSTED AT THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TOMORROW EVENING. THE FIRST ONE IS HELD AT DELL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. THURSDAY. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE HELD AT OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NEXT TUESDAY. THE THIRD ONE IS AT DAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE ALL THREE SESSIONS ARE OPEN TO ALL DEL VALLEY ISD FAMILIES. THEY CAN ELECT TO GO TO THE ONE CLOSEST TO THEM, OR ONE THAT'S MORE CONVENIENT TO THEM DUE TO TIME WISE. THESE SESSIONS, ONCE AGAIN LED BY DOCTOR TELLEE, WILL INCLUDE STUDENT PERFORMANCES, THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR SHARING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A STUDENT AT DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. REFLECTIONS ON THE DISTRICT'S SUCCESSES AND FOOD IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NICE TO HAVE FOR OUR FAMILIES TO COME AS WELL FOR THIS EVENING EVENT. AND FINALLY, OUR AMAZING COMMUNICATIONS TEAM KICKED OFF THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, WHERE THEY HOSTED A WORKSHOP MEETING WITH BOTH PRINCIPALS AND PARENT LIAISONS TO GO OVER WHAT BRANDING LOOKS LIKE FOR THE DISTRICT. THEY TALKED ABOUT BRANDING, THE CAMPUS QUALITY, WHAT GOES OUT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORDSMITHING GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE PUSHING OUT TO OUR FAMILIES. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ALSO, WHICH INCLUDE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, OUR WEBSITE AND PARENTSQUARE AND HANDHELD PEOPLE THROUGH HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THESE, HOW TO WITH THE HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE FEEL AND WHAT TO CONCLUDE WITH A PHOTO OF OUR AMAZING COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WHO HAS SPEARHEADED OVER THE YEARS THE [01:05:04] ADVANCEMENTS THAT I JUST WENT OVER TODAY. SO MR. WEDEL, NEW TEAM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THAT'S THE PRESENTATION. WOW. THANK YOU. AND THAT THAT WAS DEFINITELY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, MR. HARRIS. OKAY. NEXT UP WE HAVE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL UPDATE. [V.C. School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) Update] KATHLEEN MARTINEZ. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCTOR TILLEY AND BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KATHLEEN MARTINEZ. I'M DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, AND I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, ALSO KNOWN AS SHACK. SO FIRST WE NEED TO KIND OF START WHAT IS SHACK. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST QUESTION I GET A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I'M TRYING TO RECRUIT PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. BUT ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE A DISTRICT, IT'S SHACK IS A DISTRICT LEVEL ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT ASSISTS THE DISTRICT IN ENSURING THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY VALUES ARE REFLECTED IN THE DISTRICT'S HEALTH EDUCATION INSTRUCTION. THEY THE WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE COMMUNITY, WHOLE CHILD MODEL IS USED FOR SHAQ. AND THIS WAS DEVELOPED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL TO STRENGTHEN A UNIFIED AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH DESIGNED TO IMPROVE LEARNING AND HEALTH IN SCHOOLS. SO KIND OF BRINGING LEARNING AND HEALTH TOGETHER. THERE'S TEN COMPONENTS OF THE SK MODEL THAT INCLUDES PHYSICAL EDUCATION, NUTRITION, HEALTH, EDUCATION, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN, HEALTH SERVICES, COUNSELING AND SOCIAL SERVICES, EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AS WELL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. OKAY. THIS YEAR WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS SCHEDULED. ACCORDING TO TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, WE ONLY NEED FOUR, BUT WE GENERALLY TRY TO SCHEDULE FIVE IN CASE WE NEED TO CANCEL ONE. OR JUST WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION WE WANT TO DISCUSS WITH, WITH THE GROUP. BUT OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR WILL BE IN MAY. AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING OUR MEETINGS MAINLY VIRTUALLY. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BEST ATTENDANCE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE HERE EITHER AT LUNCHTIME OR AFTER AFTER WORK IS REALLY HARD, AS WE ALL KNOW. SO WE'VE KIND OF STUCK WITH THE VIRTUAL OPTION AND THAT'S BEEN VERY POSITIVE WITH THE MEMBERS. IT'S PARENTS, DISTRICT STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE THE ONES THAT PARTICIPATE. AND THE MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND UPLOADED. AND THAT WAS ANOTHER THING BACK IN, I THINK IT WAS 2022 HOUSE BILL 1525. IT'S REQUIRED THAT ALL MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND THEN UPLOADED TO THE THE WEBSITE. SO THERE'S A TAB ON THE DISTRICT HEALTH SERVICES WEBSITE FOR SHACK THAT HAS ALL THE MEETINGS AND MINUTES AND AGENDAS FOR THE THIS PAST YEAR. AND HOW WE'VE DECIDED WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE. WE'VE GENERALLY HAVE DONE A POLL WITH PARENTS TRYING TO SAY WHAT TIME FRAMES ARE THE BEST. THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE HAD THEM IN THE EVENING AND THIS YEAR WE'VE TRIED THEM AT LUNCHTIME AS AND THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE PARENT CO-CHAIR AT THE TIME. AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING MORE STAFF. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GETTING MULTIPLE PARENTS AS WELL CALL IN DURING LIKE THEIR LUNCH TIME. SO PARENTS IS A BIG PIECE OF THIS COUNCIL. AND WE HAD A WE HAD A NEW PARENT CO-CHAIR IDENTIFIED AT OUR MOST RECENT MEETING IN MARCH BECAUSE OUR PREVIOUS CO-CHAIR HAD TO LEAVE FOR PERSONAL REASONS. SO THEY'RE IN THIS LEARNING PHASE. I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AND GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WE'RE STILL DOING. PARENT. RECRUITMENT IS CONTINUED CONSTANTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHETHER WE'RE AT CERTAIN EVENTS. WE'VE SENT STUFF OUT THROUGH PARENTS SQUARE MESSAGING. ALSO WORD OF MOUTH. I'VE HAD SOME STAFF MEMBERS RECOMMEND PARENTS TO ME, AND SO THEN I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A CALL OR EMAIL INVITING THEM TO COME OR IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 23 PARENTS ON OUR LISTSERV. THAT ARE SAYING THEY'RE COMMITTED AND WANT. AND SOME SAY, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REALLY ATTEND THE MEETINGS AT THOSE TIMES, BUT I STILL WANT TO BE I STILL WANT TO RECEIVE THE EMAILS WHEN THE MEETINGS AND KNOW ABOUT THE MINUTES. SO THE DISTRICT PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE ARE PARENTS. [01:10:05] THE CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT, MY DEPARTMENT, HEALTH SERVICES THE HEALTH WELLNESS COORDINATOR, OTHER CAMPUS STAFF, SCHOOL COUNSELORS. WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS JOIN IN SOCIAL WORK. AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE ALSO IN PUBLIC HEALTH, CHILDREN'S WELLNESS CENTER AND TRAVIS COUNTY. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES. SO TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED. THIS YEAR WE HAD A CHILD NUTRITION UPDATE, AND THE BIG THING THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED THIS YEAR FOR US WAS THE FUTURE CHEF COMPETITION. THAT'S AN EVENT. THEY HAVE A FUN COMPETITION THEY HAVE FOR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS. AND THEY MAKE THIS YEAR IT WAS THEY MADE THEIR FAMOUS FAVORITE FAMILY RECIPE. AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE CULINARY ARTS, THEY MADE A RECIPE, LIKE A DESSERT THAT HAD TO HAVE A PEPPER. SO IT WAS A LITTLE KICK TO IT. AND I WAS LUCKY TO BE A JUDGE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. AND THESE KIDS DID AMAZING WORK, AND THEY WERE ALL EXCITED BECAUSE THEY GOT TO COOK IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA AND EVERYTHING. SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE ALSO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DID THIS YEAR IS WE FINALLY FINISHED UPDATING THE WELLNESS PLAN. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE EVERY THREE YEARS, AND WE FINISHED MAKING THE CHANGES AND IT'S BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE CAMPUSES HAVE SOME GARDENS. THERE'S A COUPLE THAT PARTICIPANTS ON THE COUNCIL THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT, AND THEY'VE PROVIDED UPDATES. AND THEN AT ONE POINT THIS YEAR, WE HAD AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AIR QUALITY. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS IDLING. AND I THINK WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR AREA, IT'S LIKE THE IDLING. AND I THINK IT KIND OF STEMMED FROM LIKE LAST YEAR, HOW HOT IT WAS. PEOPLE WERE JUST SITTING IN THEIR CARS WAITING TO PICK UP KIDS, AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S SO HOT, YOU KNOW? SO THEY HAVE THE CAR GOING AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DID DISCUSS IN DETAIL. SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES. THERE'S THE STUDENT, THE ELEMENTARY AND THE ON THE ON THE LEFT, AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THE RIGHT. OTHER PARTNERS. I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGH HEALTH SERVICES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE SHARE THROUGH SHAQ IS SAINT DAVID'S FOUNDATION DENTAL VAN. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR NUMEROUS YEARS. THIS YEAR THEY WENT TO THREE CAMPUSES. THEY WENT TO HILLCREST, GILBERT BEATTY. AND JUST A REMINDER THAT NO ONE IS SEEN UNLESS THEY HAVE A PARENT CONSENT FORM FILLED OUT AND EVERYTHING. BUT YOU CAN SEE, LIKE, THEY SPEND ABOUT A MONTH, SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT MORE, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS. AND YOU ALSO SEE THAT SEVERAL STUDENTS NEED MAYBE MORE THAN 1 OR 2 VISITS. SO BUT IT'S A HUGE SAVINGS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS FREE DENTAL CARE FOR THESE FAMILIES. SO IT'S AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE SAINT DAVID'S FOUNDATION. HERE'S THE TWO OTHER SCHOOLS. SO GILBERT AND BEATTY. SO EVERY YEAR THEY PICK 3 TO 4 SCHOOLS DEPENDS ON THEIR SCHEDULE. AND THEN THEY KIND OF ROTATE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THESE THREE ARE THIS YEAR THEY MAY NOT BE SEEN AGAIN MAYBE FOR TWO YEARS. AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES WILL BE NEXT YEAR. ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE WORK WITH IS HALF HEALTH FOUNDATION. THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT I LOVE WORKING WITH. I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THE DISTRICT'S WORKED WITH THEM. THAT'S THEIR MOBILE UNIT. IF YOU'VE VISITED YOUR KIDS AT AN ELEMENTARY OR IF YOU'VE BEEN TO AN ELEMENTARY, WHEN THEY'RE THERE, YOU'LL SEE IT. IT TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE IN THE PARKING LOT. AND THEN THAT ON THE RIGHT, IT SHOWS WHEN THE WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN, THAT'S THE GLASSES THE KIDS GET TO PICK FROM. LIKE, IF THEY'RE THEY DISCOVER THEY NEED A PRESCRIPTION. SO WHAT? HOW THEY GET CHOSEN FOR THIS, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY CHOSEN, BUT WE RECOMMEND ALL STUDENTS THAT FAIL THE VISION SCREENING THAT WE HAVE TO DO YEARLY. THEY RECEIVE A LETTER, THE PARENTS RECEIVE A LETTER, AND THEY THERE'S A CONSENT FORM IN THAT LETTER. AND THEN, LIKE THE DENTAL VAN, THEY'RE NOT SEEN WITHOUT THE CONSENT FORM BEING FILLED OUT. BUT IT'S BOARD CERTIFIED OPTOMETRISTS GIVING COMPREHENSIVE EYE EXAMS AND A NEW PRESCRIPTION IF NEEDED. AND THE GLASSES AND IT'S ALL FREE. LIKE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT INSURANCE OR ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT. THEY MADE IT REALLY SIMPLE. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT RIGHT NOW, POPHAM DOESN'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS IS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO RESCHEDULE THEIRS. BUT THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO GO THERE THIS THURSDAY, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME NUMBERS THEN. BUT TO DATE, THEY'VE SEEN OVER 190 STUDENTS THIS YEAR SO FAR, AND ABOUT 130 HAVE RECEIVED GLASSES. AND THOSE GLASSES WERE DISTRIBUTED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. SOME OF THE CAMPUSES WITH LARGER NUMBERS OF KIDS SEEING IF THEY'RE USUALLY OVER LIKE 30 KIDS, THEY'LL SEND TWO OPTOMETRISTS, BECAUSE THIS YEAR THEY WERE ONLY ACCORDING TO THEIR SCHEDULE, BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE WORKING WITH MORE DISTRICTS. IT'S GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. SO THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO DO ONE DAY AT EACH CAMPUS. BUT IF WE HAD LIKE OVER 30 CONSENT FORMS, THEY WOULD USUALLY SEND TWO OPTOMETRISTS. SO THEY WORKED WITH US ON THAT. [01:15:02] SO MOVING FORWARD, WHAT ARE WE PLANNING TO DO? SO MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE VIRTUAL AND TRY TO HAVE SOME IN-PERSON MEETINGS. SEE IF PEOPLE CAN TRY TO GET, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM THEIR DESKS FOR, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR. IT'S ONLY 4 TO 5 TIMES A YEAR THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEET. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY REVIEWING HEALTH RELATED CURRICULUM. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH CNI TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR BOOKS ARE WE'RE TEACHING THE RIGHT SUBJECT INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO RECRUITING OF PARENTS. NEW PARENTS, RETURNING PARENTS, MAKE SURE THEY STILL WANT TO BE INVOLVED. AND THEN AT THE MAIN MEETING IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET THE NEW PARENT CO-CHAIR GOING, AND WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE, LIKE, KIND OF SET OUT SOME DATES FOR OUR MEETINGS FOR NEXT YEAR. SO WE KIND OF ALREADY KNOW THAT HAVE AHEAD OF TIME. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO NOMINATE OR RECOMMEND ANY PARENTS. AND YOU CAN JUST SEND ME THEIR EMAIL PHONE NUMBER AND I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED. AND THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES. AND NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS AMAZING STUFF. ESPECIALLY REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING ALL THE DATA ABOUT SAINT DAVID'S FOUNDATION AND IMPACT OF THAT PROGRAM. AND ALSO HALF HELEN. WHEN I WAS LISTENING, I HEARD YOU NOTE THAT ONE OF THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THAT IS THOSE CONSENT FORMS. IS THERE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THIS BODY CAN DO TO HELP KIND OF SUPPORT GETTING THOSE CONSENT FORMS? I GUESS MAKING IT EASIER FOR FAMILIES TO SIGN THOSE CONSENT FORMS. WELL, WE HAVE WITH WORKING WITH SAINT DAVID'S I KNOW IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT, HELEN, WE STARTED THE FIRST YEAR PAPER. THEN THEY CREATED, LIKE A GOOGLE FORM. MAKE IT EASY AS POSSIBLE. IT'S LIKE ENGLISH. SPANISH. IF IT WAS ENGLISH, YOU WENT THE ENGLISH ROUTE. IF YOU WENT SPANISH, I WENT THERE. SO THEN IT PUTS ALL THE FAMILIES IN A SPREADSHEET. SO IT MAKES IT REALLY EASIER. AND ONCE WE START RECEIVING MORE, I REALLY KIND OF PUSH MY STAFF TO START MAKING THOSE CALLS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE DOING MOST OF THE SCREENINGS IN THE FALL AND THEY DON'T COME TILL EARLY, LIKE WINTERTIME, LIKE FEBRUARY, MARCH. SO WE REALLY TRY TO PUSH THAT. AND I THINK REALLY WITH THE DISTRICT GOING TO PARENT SQUARE, THAT HAS HELPED A LOT BECAUSE WE CAN WE KNOW WHAT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FAILING THE VISION SCREEN AND NEED MORE SERVICES. SO WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF JUST TARGET THOSE EMAIL LIKE THOSE PARENTS, WHICH HAS HELPED A LOT. BUT I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN BETTER AT THAT. THE FIRST YEAR WAS A STRUGGLE COLLECTING ALL THOSE PAPERS, AND THEN IT'S LIKE THE TEACHERS LIKE, OH, WAIT, I FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE. AND, YOU KNOW, BUT WITH THEM GOING ONLINE HAS HELPED A LOT. AND I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD FROM SAINT DAVID'S THAT THEY'RE HAVING AS MUCH ISSUE. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I COMMUNICATE WITH THEM REGULARLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COMMENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL. AND JUST A LITTLE FUN FACT ABOUT HALF HELEN, SHE IS ONE OF OUR SAINT EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY ALUMS. AND IF YOU'VE NEVER READ HER STORY, YOU REALLY SHOULD GO AND READ IT. IT'S AMAZING. YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT INFORMATION ITEM, THE PROCLAMATION 2024 SCIENCE ADOPTION K THROUGH 12 AND PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY [V.D. Proclamation 2024-Science Adoption K-12 and Personal Financial ] ECONOMICS. TERM PROCESS. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND AND THE PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ECONOMICS CURRICULUM ADOPTION. THESE ADOPTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN PROCLAMATION. OH, SORRY, I HAVE TO. YES. IN PROCLAMATION 2024, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SCIENCE. AND THIS WAS A SELECTION PROCESS. AND THIS SELECTION PROCESS WAS VERY THOROUGH. WE STARTED WITH A COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED 51 MEMBERS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BREAKDOWN THERE IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE WERE FOUR MEETINGS, AND ALL SCIENCE TEACHERS WERE INVITED TO ATTEND THE DISTRICT SHOWCASE. THE COMMUNITY SHOWCASE TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY 2024, AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE [01:20:04] FEEDBACK. THIS IS THE TIMELINE AND SOME ACTIONS INCLUDED ARE CREATING THE COMMITTEE, DEVELOPING THE RUBRIC, ANALYZING AND EVALUATING, EVALUATING THE RESOURCES, GATHERING FEEDBACK, AND RECOMMENDING THE BEST OPTION FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR BOARD APPROVAL. THE REASONING FOR SELECTING THESE MATERIALS AS A SUMMARY, IT WAS THE LEVEL OF RIGOR AND THE ALIGNMENT TO THE TEXT. A STUDENT AND TEACHER SUPPORT AND DIFFERENTIATION. AND THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SCIENCE COMMITTEE WAS SURVEYS FROM K TO EIGHTH BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS AND SPECIFIC MATERIALS FOR RESOURCES FOR SPECIFIC HIGH HIGH SCHOOL COURSES, AS YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE. THE TOTAL COST IS UP TO 1,000,007 $7,000. SO 700,000, SORRY, 700,000 DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO BIENNIUMS. THE FIRST YEAR WE WILL PAY UP TO 1 MILLION. AND THE SECOND YEAR UP TO SEVEN 700,000. THE FUNDING RESOURCE OR SOURCE? THE FUNDING SOURCE WILL BE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY ALLOTMENT FROM THE STATE. THIS IS AN ALLOTMENT THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE. AND. THE LENGTH OF THE ADOPTION WILL BE FOR SURVEYS AND SUPPLY KITS FOR YEARS AND ALL OTHER HIGH SCHOOL RESOURCES. EIGHT YEARS. AND THAT IS FOR SCIENCE. THEN FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY, WE FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS. AND WE STARTED WITH THE COMMITTEE IN THIS CASE THERE WERE 30 MEMBERS. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS JUST ONE COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT ROLES THERE. THERE WERE FIVE MEETINGS AND ALL THE TEACHERS WERE INVITED TO ATTEND THE DISTRICT SHOWCASE. THE COMMUNITY SHOWCASE TOOK PLACE IN FEBRUARY 2024, AND AGAIN, ALL STAKEHOLDERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. THE TIMELINE VERY SIMILAR TO THE SCIENCE. AGAIN, THOSE ACTIVITIES OR ACTIONS INCLUDED CREATING THE THE COMMITTEE. THEY DEVELOPED THE RUBRIC, EVALUATING MATERIALS, GATHERING FEEDBACK AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION. THE REASONING FOR SELECTING THE MATERIALS WERE, AGAIN RIGOR, STUDENT AND TEACHER SUPPORT AND DIFFERENTIATION. AND THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION. MCGRAW HILL FOR FIVE YEARS ADOPTION. AND THE COST IS 3330 2100. AND 90. I'M. I'M THINKING ABOUT MY NUMBERS. I'M SORRY ABOUT MY LANGUAGE IN ENGLISH. SO 32,190 MATERIALS PLUS THE SHIPPING A TOTAL OF 33,838. AND AGAIN, THE SOURCE WILL BE THE THE AMA RESOURCES FROM FROM THE STATE. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT IS FOR SCIENCE K 12. FROM K TWO, EIGHTH GRADE. SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, ALL THAT. AND THEN THE REST OF THE RESOURCES FOR HIGH SCHOOL COURSES IN SCIENCE AND THEN MCGRAW HILL FOR THE PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ECONOMICS. AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THE END. OKAY. AND. OKAY. AND THAT'S IT. I MEAN, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. YES I APOLOGIZE I ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL. OKAY. SO THE. AGENDA ITEM IS PROCLAMATION 2024. BUT THEN THE LIKE, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ACTUAL PROGRAM THAT WE'RE BUYING? IS IT CHAVEZ? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE. WELL WE IS THERE THE SCIENCE ADOPTION FOR KINDER TO 12. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE APPROVING AND THE MATERIALS OF THE RESOURCES THAT THE COMMITTEE IS. BOTH COMMITTEES SELECTED WAS SURVEYS AND THEN OTHER THE OTHER SOURCES FOR THE REST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES. OKAY. WHAT WHAT WHAT? DO YOU NEED FURTHER CLARIFICATION OR YES, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO? I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT PROCLAMATION. YES. WHAT DID THAT COME FROM? [01:25:01] OH, FROM THE STATE. FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. THAT THAT'S THE NAME OF THE ADOPTION FROM TIA PROCLAMATION 2024 FOR THE SCIENCE ADOPTION AND FINANCIAL LITERACY. SO LIKE WHEN WE SAY HOUSE BILL THREE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY'RE CALLING. EVERY PROCLAMATION IS LIKE PROCLAMATION 2023, PROCLAMATION 2024. NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE PROCLAMATION 2025. WHEN RESOURCES UP FOR ADOPTION. DIFFERENT CONTENT AREAS ARE ON A CYCLE. THE CYCLE THAT CAME UP THIS YEAR WAS SCIENCE AND FINANCE WERE ESTABLISHING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS CONFUSING. OKAY. HI. THANK YOU FOR THIS. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK ALL THE TEACHERS AND STAFF BECAUSE THIS IS VERY INVOLVED AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK THROUGH ALL THE MATERIALS. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE OUT THERE. THAT WAS PART OF THIS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. I GUESS THE FIRST ONE IS I KNOW THAT THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE EASILY ADAPTABLE. ARE THESE SUBJECTS SUBJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER OR THAT WE WILL BE OFFERING? NO, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS CONFUSED THAT WE HAVEN'T OFFERED THEM BEFORE. WHY ARE WE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT KIDS, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN OFFERED? NO. THESE ARE SUBJECTS THAT WE THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER. AND EVERY YEAR. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE THE TECH CERTIFICATION. SO TIA ROLLS OUT AN ADOPTION OF RESOURCES TO ALIGN TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FROM THE TECHS. THE TECHS ARE WHAT THE STATE HAS FOR THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FOR STANDARDS. THE RESOURCE WITH WHICH TO TEACH THOSE STANDARDS IS THE ADOPTION. SO WHEN WE'RE CREATING AN ADOPTION, IT'S TIA ASKING DISTRICTS TO CHOOSE WHAT RESOURCES YOU WANT TO USE TO TEACH THE TECHS. YEAH, THAT'S. FOR THE COURSES THAT WE OFFER. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THESE WERE COURSES THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER. AND WE'RE NOT JUST WANTING THESE TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO OFFER, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE KIDS THAT ARE INTERESTED. SO AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS WHAT IS IPC? I LOOKED AT ONLINE AND THERE ARE LIKE SO MANY DIFFERENT YEAH, THINGS FOR IPC. AND SO I WANTED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS. COULD YOU TELL US? IPC I'M SORRY I WAS DISTRACTED DURING THAT QUESTION. COULD YOU IPC WHAT IS IT? IT STANDS FOR INTEGRATED PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. SO IT'S WE IN THIS DISTRICT. WE USE IT AS A CLASS TO INTRODUCE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY BEFORE STUDENTS WOULD GO INTO CHEMISTRY. OKAY. THAT MAKES WAY MORE SENSE THAN, LIKE, PIPING AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS COURSE? THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. MANY OF OUR NEWCOMERS ARE ENROLLED IN THESE CLASSES TO PREPARE THEM FOR AND FOR FOR THOSE COURSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE WE HAVE A TWO YEAR PAYMENT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE SERVICES FOR 5 TO 8 YEARS. YES. OKAY. SO SO THIS IS WHEN WHEN WE BUY THE ADOPTION, THE COMPANIES OFFER DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT OFFERS. AND THEN WHEN, WHEN YOU BUY FOR MORE YEARS, IT'S NORMALLY CHEAPER THAN BUYING YEAR BY YEAR. SO THEY OFFER LIKE MAYBE ONE YEAR, FIVE YEARS OR EIGHT YEARS. AND, AND AS THE LONGER THE, THE ADOPTION, THE CHEAPER IT GETS. SO. SO THAT'S WHY WE BUY FOR MORE YEARS. THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A BIENNIUM IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 1,000,290 $90,000 IN THE CURRENT BIENNIUM. SO WE HAVE TO SPLIT THE COST SO WE CAN PAY FOR FOR THE ADOPTION IN TWO YEARS. RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? ME? NO. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK IN TWO YEARS AND SAY WE NEED THE WE HAVE ANOTHER NO INSTALLMENT. NO. THIS IS FOR THE FOR THE COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS ADOPTION. YES. OR EIGHT YEARS DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. OKAY. YES. AND THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL THIS INFORMATION. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THE THE YEARS AND THE AMOUNT, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY TWO. THE OTHER ONE I HAVE IS SO I NOTICED THAT ON HERE IT SAYS THAT MANY OF THEM ARE DIGITAL ONLY. ARE THE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL LIKE THE BIOLOGY, THE CHEMISTRY, THE PHYSICS, ALL OF THAT THAT THEY'RE ALL DIGITAL ONLY. BUT THEN I ALSO SEE THAT THE REASON WHY WE SELECTED MCGRAW-HILL, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS TO DO WITH, IS THAT IS MCGRAW-HILL A HIGH LIKE THE HIGH LEVEL OR IS THAT ONE JUST FOR PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL LITERACY? IT'S IT'S OKAY. [01:30:02] SO THAT ONE JUST FOR PERSONAL FINANCE OKAY. SO MY QUESTION THEN IS. TO TWOFOLD. ONE IS DIGITAL ONLY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL IF THEY WANTED, IF SOME STUDENTS OR IF THERE WERE NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL PRINTED COPIES. I'M OLD SCHOOL. I WANTED TO KNOW IS THAT EVEN AN OPTION AND IS THAT BUDGETED FOR ALREADY? SO THE REASON WHY WE WANTED DIGITAL ONLY IS BECAUSE THE TEACHERS SAID THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO PRINT THE MATERIALS THEMSELVES AND PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO PRINT. ALL THE MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE WORKBOOKS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND ARE PRINTABLE. OKAY. SO THEY THEY HAVE OPTIONS OF HOW THEY WANT TO USE THOSE MATERIALS. OKAY. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE WE WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF BUDGET SOMEWHERE FOR, FOR THOSE FEW STUDENTS OR THOSE FEW TEACHERS WHO WANTED IT PRINTED. WE COULD. YES, YES, THEY WON'T. THEY WON'T BE DOING THEIR WORK ENTIRELY ONLINE. SOME OF THEIR WORK WILL BE ON PAPER. I ENCOURAGE MIXED MODALITIES BECAUSE STUDENTS WORK BEST WHEN THEY GET TO A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF LEARNING. PERFECT. AND THEN WITH THE PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ECONOMICS ONE WITH MCGRAW-HILL. SO THAT INCLUDES THE MATERIALS AND THE SHIPPING. AND IS THAT DO THEY UPDATE THEIR CONTENT WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS, AND IF SO, DO THEY RESEND OUT THE CONTENT, THE DIGITAL ONLY. SO, OKAY, THE STATE LEGISLATURE MAKES A NEW LAW THAT SAYS. THE UPDATED WITH THE DIGITAL BUT NOT THE PAPER. OKAY, WE JUST WANT THE CLASS SET OF THE PAPER PRODUCTS AND THEN WE'LL UPDATE EVERYTHING AND THEN WE CAN UPDATE THEM AS NEEDED IF NECESSARY. OKAY. I FOLLOW ON TO YOU WITH YOUR QUESTION ABOUT DIGITAL THE PORTALS THAT THE THAT THE, THE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO. FROM A PARENT'S STANDPOINT, ARE WE ABLE TO REVIEW IT? IF OUR CHILD NEEDS HELP WITH A SUBJECT? BECAUSE I FIND SOMETIMES THEY'LL BRING HOME A PAPER AND THERE'S NOTHING FOR US TO HELP THEM WITH OF STORIES. I'M STILL LEARNING THE PORTAL MYSELF, SO I'M NOT SURE. AT THE VERY LEAST, YOUR STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO LOG IN AND BE ABLE. SAME GROUP, OF COURSE, BUT WE CAN FIND OUT IF THERE'S A. WE CAN FIND. THANK YOU. YES. OF COURSE. GO AHEAD. I APOLOGIZE, THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION FOR ME. DOES THE PORTAL SPEAK TO SKYWARD? THE CURRENT GRADING SYSTEM THAT WE USE, WILL IT AUTOMATICALLY? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE SEPARATE AND IT'S DIFFICULT. YEAH. AS FAR AS I KNOW, NONE OF THEM AUTO IMPORT INTO SKYWARD, BUT THEY DO WORK WITH OUR CLASS ROSTERING SYSTEM. CLASS LINK. AND SO THEY, WE STUDENTS CAN ACCESS IT EASILY THROUGH CLASS LINK, BUT THE TEACHERS WOULD STILL NEED TO GRADE AND ENTER IN GRADE. SO I DON'T AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPORT. THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT DO AND THEY GENERALLY THEY I DON'T KNOW OF ANY THAT AUTO IMPORT. THEY STILL REQUIRE SOME MANUAL IMPORTING TO MAKE THAT WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST ONE LAST COMMENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PROVIDING THIS TO US AND GIVING GREAT EXPLANATIONS ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL THE TIME THAT YOU ALL SPEND ON IT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT OF THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE MR. RUSSELL AND MISS HALLMARK. THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS. IT WAS A TASK AND THEY DID GREAT JOB. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS AN ITEM. OKAY. WE'RE ON INFORMATION ITEM E, THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS. [V.E. Monthly Financial Reports] MISS CANSINO. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS. DOCTOR TELLEE. COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE MARCH FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH INCLUDE THE INVESTMENT REPORT, TAX OFFICE REPORT, BUDGET REPORT, A BUDGET REPORT BY OBJECT, AND A FUND BALANCE REPORT. FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, THE PORTFOLIO HAD A VALUE OF 428.5 MILLION. WITH AN AVERAGE YIELD OF 5% AND AN AVERAGE MATURITY OF LESS THAN HALF A YEAR. THE MARCH INTEREST WAS 1,832,000, BRINGING THE FISCAL YEAR TO DATE TO $14.5 MILLION. THE TAX OFFICE REPORT FOR THE MARCH FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. TAX COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH WERE 1,254,000. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL FROM OCTOBER THROUGH MARCH TO $136.5 MILLION. [01:35:03] THE BUDGET REPORT. FOR THE MONTH. THEN HAS THE BUDGET SPEND AT 71%, WITH AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF $35 MILLION STILL, AND EXPENSES OF 96.5 MILLION. AND THE SAME INFORMATION IS BY OBJECT. IT JUST HAS A DIFFERENT BREAKDOWN. IT'S STILL THE SAME PERCENT AT 71.7% SPENT. AND THERE IS NO CHANGES IN THE FUND BALANCE PROJECTION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SIMPLE, I LOVE IT. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SO I SAW RECENTLY THAT THE SENATE PUT IN THEIR INTERIM CHARGES TO EXPLORE ELIMINATING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PROPERTY TAX REVENUES AS PART OF THIS UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. PRIORITIES. AND THE IDEA THAT I'VE HEARD AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT FUNDS IS SALES TAX. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO SORT OF ESTIMATE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO, NOT RIGHT NOW, THEN I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT. NO. NOT YET, NOT YET. OKAY, THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY. [V.F. Update on the Status of the Community Engagement Survey] SO I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE'VE COME AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH IT. HOLD A SECOND. MAKE SURE I GET MY NOTES OUT. HERE WE GO. OKAY, SO AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAVE BEEN USING GIBSON CONSULTING AS OUR VENDOR, AND A NUMEROUS SURVEYS HAVE GONE OUT. SO, SO FAR, WE HAVE ALREADY SENT OUT AND COMPLETED THE STUDENT SURVEY AS WELL AS THE STAFF SURVEY. THE ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING IS THE PARENT SURVEY. AND OUR NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND FORMER STAFF. SO THAT IS KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE FLOW OF IT. SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE STUDENT SURVEY. SO THE STUDENT SURVEY WAS THIRD GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE. THAT IS WHO IT WAS PROVIDED TO. AND WE HAD 8442 STUDENTS WHO WERE INVITED WITHIN THAT. OUR RESPONSE RATE WAS 39.8% AT CLOSING. AND THAT, ACCORDING TO GIBSON CONSULTING, WAS WAS REASONABLE, WAS WITHIN WHAT THEY HAD SEEN. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE DATA PROVIDED AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY LOOKING THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY DOING THE DATA COLLECTION AND THE ANALYSIS ON THE DATA. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OF THAT OTHER THAN THE RESPONSE RATES AND HOW MANY IT WENT TO THAT WILL BE PROVIDED AT A LATER TIME, AND THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE NOT ONLY THE DEBT LIKE THE, THE DATA OF THE THE NUMBERS, BUT THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND KIND OF A STORY THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT BASED ON THEIR EXPERTISE. SO THAT IS THE THE STUDENT FOR THE STAFF SURVEY WE HAD 1876 STAFF MEMBERS WERE INVITED, AND WE HAD A 46.6% RESPONSE RATE. AND THAT WAS ALSO CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE STANDARD RANGE, ACCORDING TO GIBSON CONSULTING. AGAIN, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE ON THAT. JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT. IT HAS CLOSED. WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AND FOR AND EVEN THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS JUST SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT FOR US TO GATHER THE FEEDBACK. LIKE I SAID, IT IS IT IS LOOKED AT BY A THIRD PARTY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ANALYZED IN THE CORRECT WAY, AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRODUCED SO THAT WE CAN DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THAT SAID, THAT'S THE STUDENT AND THE STAFF ONE, THE PARENT ONE IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. AND IT ACTUALLY LAUNCHED JUST THIS WEEK. SO WE HAVE ONLY HAD A DAY AND A HALF OR I GUESS TWO DAYS UNDER OUR BELT. I DO NOT HAVE THE NUMBERS OF, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSE RATES YET. I CAN SAY AS A PARENT, I DID RECEIVE IT, SO I KNOW IT WENT OUT. AND IT IS GOING TO ALL ALL PARENTS THAT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE THE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE FAMILIES, THERE'LL BE LIKE A FIRST FAMILY, SECOND FAMILY, WHATEVER. [01:40:06] HOWEVER IT IS IN THE SYSTEM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL ARE AVAILABLE. AND IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, YOU WILL GET MULTIPLE SURVEYS. EVEN THOUGH THAT MAY BE CUMBERSOME, IT MAY BE A LOT. WE UNDERSTAND AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DIFFERENT STUDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AT DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THAT IS AND TAKE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION INTO CONSIDERATION. AND THEN LET'S SEE. YES I WAS GOING TO SAY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE BY THE COMMITTEE WHO WANTED TO SHARE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. AS A PARENT, I GOT MINE, BUT I HAD TO FIND IT IN MY SPAM FOLDER. IT ACTUALLY WENT OUT YESTERDAY. SO LOOK IN THE SPAM IF YOU DON'T SEE IT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THE BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE FOR THAT. ANOTHER THING WHICH WE HAVE WE'RE TRYING TO SECURE AND THAT IS HAVING GIFTS AND CONSULTING OUR MAIN CONTACT, WHO HAS ACTUALLY DONE A LOT OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF THE ANALYZATION AND KIND OF THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HERE AT OUR MAY BOARD MEETING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN PERSON TO THE MAY BOARD MEETING. IT IS NOT WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT TRAVEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE HAVE INVITED AND THEY HAVE AGREED THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE HERE TO KIND OF SHARE SOME OF THE DATA, SHARE SOME OF THE THE RESPONSES AND KIND OF THE STORIES THAT THEY'VE GATHERED, AS WELL AS ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, FROM THE COMMUNITY STAFF. THEY WILL BE HERE FOR THE MAY BOARD MEETING. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? A QUESTION HOW WILL THE COMMUNITY SURVEY BE DISTRIBUTED AND WHEN WILL IT ROLL OUT? OKAY, SO THE COMMUNITY GOOD QUESTION. AND THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS STILL WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT ALL THE DETAILS. WE DON'T HAVE A DATE OF WHEN IT'S GOING TO GO OUT YET. THAT'S STILL BEING FIGURED OUT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. LIKE EARLIER THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MAILERS AND HOW THAT GOES OUT. SO WE'VE DECIDED THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY THINK IT'S IT'S BEST FOR US TO SEND OUT A BUNCH OF MAILERS TO PEOPLE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS. SO FAR, WHAT I HAVE IS WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING PARENT COMMUNICATION, LIKE DOING IT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, LIKE PARENT COMMUNICATIONS ON A SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEN ALSO HAVING QR CODES THAT ARE OPEN SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND WE WILL POST THEM IN LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY PLACES AND JUST REALLY TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THEM AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, IF THE COMMUNITY HAS ANY IDEAS OF HOW THEY FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE GREAT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT INFORMATION. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO GET THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST PARENTS, BUT WE'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SEEING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. YEAH. AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLE TOWN HALLS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH BOARD MEMBERS. AND IF STAFF IS AVAILABLE, IF NOT, IT WOULD JUST BE BOARD MEMBERS. AND SOME OF THE PARTNERS FROM GIBSON TO COME IN AND JUST TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE SURVEY AND POTENTIALLY TAKE IT AT THAT TIME. I KNOW AT OTHER TIMES WE'VE REACHED OUT FOR DIFFERENT I THINK FOR THE BONDS ESPECIALLY INFORMATION IS FOR THE THROUGH THE HOSE THAT CAN REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE A COMMUNICATION. YEAH, THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU. THE PRINCIPALS HAVE ASKED IF I WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THE DATA WITH THEM BEFORE IT'S SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY, SO IF GIBSON'S COMING TO SHARE THE RESPONSES IN MAY, WILL I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE CAMPUS DATA WITH PRINCIPALS? I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE RIGHT CHANNELS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE RECEIVE IT, WE UNDERSTAND IT FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INFORMED BEFORE IT IS, YOU KNOW, OUT HERE AS WELL. SO WE'LL RECEIVE IT TOGETHER. YES. WE'RE GOING TO THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECEIVE AND DOCTOR TALLY, WE'RE ALL GOING TO RECEIVE THE DATA TOGETHER FROM GIBSON. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONVERSATION, SOME MEETINGS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, FOR GIBSON TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE DATA AND EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANS. AND THEN AT THAT TIME, WE CAN FIGURE OUT KIND OF THE ROLLOUT PROCESS. AND AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T REALLY NAILED OUT EXACTLY HOW THE MAY MEETING IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE. I'M GOING TO KEEP IT FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL, BUT I ALSO WANT THERE TO BE SOME KIND OF SOME MEAT IN IT. RIGHT? I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR MORE THAN JUST THESE NUMBERS. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'D ASK A COUPLE OF TIMES WAS WHY CTE WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY. WHEN WE ARE, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMPANY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, BECAUSE WE ARE RATED BY THE STATE. THAT'S SUCH A HIGH PART OF OUR RATING NOW ON CERTIFICATIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS. WHAT IS IT LIKE 88% OF OUR KIDS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HAVE TO FIT? 88% OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO MEET COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. AND LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 85%. SO I JUST I KIND OF QUESTIONED THE COMPANY THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE RATED ON SO HIGHLY IN THE STATE. IT'S THE STATE RATING SYSTEM. WHY THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT IN THE SURVEY. AND THAT IS A QUESTION THAT YOU CAN BRING UP. I CAN TELL YOU AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE QUESTIONS AND WHY DON'T WE TRY TO KEEP IT VERY HIGH LEVEL? [01:45:05] AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE FOR SURE. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL. WE DID MAKE A FEW LITTLE CHANGES BASED ON FEEDBACK, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE KEPT AT VERY HIGH LEVEL, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS FIRST GO AROUND THAT IS HIGH LEVEL. AND I THINK, YEAH, WHEN WE'RE RATED ON IT, THAT IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL. AND SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE, I WOULD THINK THE PARENTS WOULD HAVE WANTED AND THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE WANTED TO COMMENT, GOOD OR BAD, NEGATIVE. POSITIVE. SO. WELL, THERE IS A QUESTION IN THE SURVEY THAT THAT ASKED IF THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING THE ADEQUATE EDUCATION THAT YOU FEEL THAT YOUR CHILD IS RECEIVING, AND THEN THERE'S A COMMENT SECTION. SO IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL OR IF YOUR CHILD'S IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEN YOU CAN PUT, YOU KNOW, THAT COMMENT IN THERE. IT WAS A COMMITTEE DECISION TO NOT INCLUDE SPECIFICS BECAUSE WE DID WANT TO KEEP AT A HIGH LEVEL. WE DID GET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NOT JUST CTE, BUT ALSO SPECIAL EDUCATION, FINANCE AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THAT FOR THIS SURVEY, WE WANTED TO JUST AS WE SAID, KEEP IT AT A HIGH LEVEL. THANK YOU AND WE WILL HAVE MORE OPTIONS OR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE SURVEYS IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS JUST OUR FIRST OUR FIRST GO AROUND. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? WELL THE COMMUNITY. WELL, THEY'LL GIVE US THIS IN WRITING, RIGHT. AT SOME POINT, THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE THIS ALL THIS INFORMATION IN WRITING TO US, NOT JUST A VERBAL WHICH WHICH INFORMATION. WELL, ALL THIS STUFF YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE AND EVERYTHING. YES. I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM PUT IT MORE INTO A PRESENTATION, LIKE LET THEM PRESENT IT IN THE WAY THAT THEY FEEL BEST. THIS WAS JUST ME TAKING MY NOTES WITH A COUPLE OF NUMBERS, BUT I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF PRESENTING IT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE THAN A POWERPOINT, JUST A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IN PRINT. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, WE CAN REQUEST THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, I WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE UPDATE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FIRM. [V.G. Update on Superintendent Search Firm] OKAY, SO THIS ONE IS JUST A VERY AGAIN, THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT. AND AS WE KNOW, KELLY HAS PUT IN HER RETIREMENT FOR THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND SO AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, THAT IS WHEN WE WE ALL KIND OF AGREED THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FIRM. AND SO WE PUT OUT FOR RFPS, AND THERE WAS A TIME FRAME, LIKE A TWO WEEK TIME FRAME FOR DIFFERENT VENDORS OR COMPANIES TO SUBMIT THEIR INTEREST IN BEING ONE OF THOSE SEARCH FIRMS. WE HAVE RECEIVED THE APPLICATIONS, THE APPLICATION PROCESS HAS CLOSED. AND SO NOW AS A BOARD, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THOSE APPLICATIONS. WE DID RECEIVE MORE THAN FIVE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THOSE. AND THEN KIND OF THE TIMELINE OR HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IS WE WILL REVIEW ALL THOSE TIMELINES. WE WILL NARROW IT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, TWO, THREE, HOWEVER MANY WE FEEL ARE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER A LITTLE FURTHER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM FORWARD FOR INTERVIEWS. THE INTERVIEWS WILL HAVE TO BE DONE YOU KNOW, IN PERSON. SO WE WANT THEM TO BE IN PERSON AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE. AND SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE THE WHOLE BOARD INVOLVED, IT WILL BE A POSTED MEETING. AND WE'RE HOPING TO DO THAT IN THE MAY TIME FRAME. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW THINGS GO, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IN MAY SO THAT ONCE WE HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO INTERVIEW THEM, WE CAN DECIDE ON WHICH SEARCH FIRM WE WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH AT THAT TIME. ONCE WE DECIDE AND WE AGREE AND SIGN THAT CONTRACT, IT WILL. IT IS PART OF OUR ASK OF THESE FIRMS TO PROVIDE US WITH A TIMELINE OF HOW THEY WOULD, WITHIN THEIR EXPERTISE, FEEL THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, SEARCH WILL GO WHETHER HOWEVER MONTHS IT IS FROM UNDERSTANDING FROM PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS, FROM, YOU KNOW, CONSULTANTS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM, IT IS NOT A QUICK PROCESS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE TIME. IT IS WITH ANY RECRUITING. IT TAKES TIME. AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE WE NEED TO TAKE TIME AND WE NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND WE DO. WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER TO, TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION PLAN AS POSSIBLE. SO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC, SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT. WE ARE REVIEWING THEM IN MAY WE HOPE TO DO SOME INTERVIEWS, SELECT THE FIRM AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TIMELINE AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. BOARD MEMBERS. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS. I WILL EMPHASIZE WHAT YOU SAID. IT'S 4 TO 6 MONTH PROCESS IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. SO. AND WE DO WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE GOVERNANCE UPDATE FROM OUR TASBIH CONSULTANT, MR. [V.H. Governance Update from TASB Consultant] DAVID COPPELL. [01:50:02] GOOD EVENING, MADAM BOARD, PRESIDENT, BOARD, DOCTOR TELLEE STAFF AND COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE OF OUR RETREAT FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME NEXT STEPS. SO AT THE RETREAT, WE COVERED SEVERAL THINGS. THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE WE. WE TALKED ABOUT A BOOK THAT WE'VE ALL READ AND MANY OF THE STAFF HAVE READ ALSO THE RESPECTFUL LEADER. SO WE HAD A DEBRIEF ON ON THAT SEVERAL HOURS LONG. I THOUGHT THE DISCUSSION WAS GOOD. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THE INSIGHTS THAT FOLKS HAD WERE, WERE, WERE GOOD. AND WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING, WORKING ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT AREA AND ALL, ALL AVENUES OF LIFE. THEN WE THEN WE TALKED ABOUT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. WELL, WE DIDN'T JUST TALK ABOUT IT. WE IT WAS VERY. WOULD YOU SAY THAT WAS VERY INTERACTIVE WAY OF DOING WITH THAT. SO WE WE HAD AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE ABOUT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE BOARD'S ROLE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF'S ROLE AND THEN IN SOME CASES, SHARED ROLE IN CERTAIN AND CERTAIN KEY THINGS. AND THEN AND THEN WE AT THE END OF THAT DISCUSSION, WE TALKED ABOUT OVERSIGHT, THE PROPER OVERSIGHT OF MANAGEMENT FROM THE BOARD'S ROLE, STATUTORY ROLE TO OVERSIGHT OF MANAGEMENT. AND WE MADE DISTINCTIONS ABOUT THAT AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE TOOLS AND SOME OF THE KEY QUESTIONS AND THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. AND THAT AND THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE NEXT STEPS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO COMMITTEES WORKING. ONE IS WORKING ON UPDATING THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WE'VE ALREADY MADE SOME PROGRESS. WE'VE GOT A FAIR AMOUNT TO GO, BUT WE'VE STARTED IT IN GOOD STEAD. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT PERFORMANCE GOALS. THOSE TWO COMMITTEES WILL BE WORKING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, PROBABLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF MAY TO FINALIZE THAT AFTER WE HAVE THOSE TWO PROCESSES NEAR COMPLETION TO ACTUALLY COMPLETED. THEN WE'LL, WE'LL START WORKING ON BOARD ACTIVITY CALENDAR. IN FACT, I'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON THAT PIECE, BUT WE'LL WORK AS A, AS A GROUP ON THAT AND POPULATING THAT. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE WORK DONE. ON THE SUPERINTENDENT PERFORMANCE GOALS SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN ALSO ON THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO REALLY FULLY DEVELOP AND POPULATE THE ACTIVITY CALENDAR. AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY START WORK ON, ON, ON THE BOARD, THE, THE OVERSIGHT SYSTEM, WHICH, WHICH I THINK WILL, WILL REALLY BE BENEFICIAL TO THE BOARD AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR, FOR YEARS TO COME. GETTING THAT, GETTING THAT PROCESS DEVELOPED TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT WE NEED TO DO THIS GROUNDWORK. JUST ONE SIMPLE QUESTION FOR FOLKS THAT WERE AT THE AT THE RETREAT THAT WANT TO SHARE. AGAIN, IT'S VOLUNTARY. WHAT WAS ONE THING THAT YOU TOOK AWAY FROM FROM THE WEEKEND THAT THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE GOOD FOR FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM AND FOLKS WATCHING ONE INSIGHT POINT. I REALLY LIKED WE HAD A CONVERSATION WHERE WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT HOW STUDENTS DESERVE RESPECTFUL LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS OF ANY ORGANIZATION WHERE EDUCATION IS HAPPENING. AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT JUST STUCK WITH ME. THANKS, MATT. WHO'S NEXT? I REALLY LIKE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND IDENTIFY SIMILAR EXPERIENCES THAT WE ARE HAVING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE WE DON'T NORMALLY TALK AS A BOARD AND OPENLY UNLESS WE'RE ON THE DAIS. AND EVEN THEN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET TO SAY EVERYTHING UNLESS IT'S ON THE AGENDA. SO I REALLY APPRECIATED, YOU KNOW, HEARING EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE DISTRICT AND IDENTIFYING SOME AREAS WHERE WE'VE ALL HAD IT AND WE'RE JUST LEARNING FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES. I'LL GO NEXT. I THINK IT WAS JUST KNOWING THAT WE ARE UNIFIED, THAT WE DO HAVE THE SAME PURPOSE, AND BEING REMINDED OF THAT CONSTANTLY THAT STUDENTS ARE NUMBER ONE AND HOW EVERYTHING REALLY DOES REVOLVE AROUND THAT AND JUST BEING RESPECTFUL IN GENERAL. THE CONVERSATIONS WERE REALLY GOOD TO HEAR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN STILL BE RESPECTFUL. THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT I TOOK AWAY IS HOW WE REALLY HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER. I ALSO ENJOYED SOCIALIZING. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH I HAD MISSED THAT SOCIALIZING WITH SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE BOARD. THANK YOU. I AGREE, I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M THANKFUL TO THE SIX OF US THAT WERE THERE BECAUSE WE DID HAVE VERY PRODUCTIVE, MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION. AND MOVING FORWARD, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS. [01:55:02] THANK YOU FOR THAT, DAVID. YOU AND AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS ONE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE COMMENTED, IT WAS REALLY NICE THAT WE GOT TO SLOW DOWN AND TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS AT AT DEPTH RATHER THAN RACING THROUGH THEM. AND YOU ALL HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT'S KIND OF MY STYLE, A LOT TO REALLY GO IN DEPTH, BECAUSE I THINK THE CONVERSATION IS MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL THAN MOST OTHER THINGS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SAID THIS, AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE, THEIR HEADS WERE NODDING AS WE NEED TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING. NOT NECESSARILY A DAY AND A HALF, BUT, YOU KNOW, A QUARTERLY THING WHERE WE GET TOGETHER, AT LEAST FOR A FEW HOURS TO DO, DO SOME SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT WORK. AND I THAT, THAT THAT WAS GOOD TO HEAR TOO. I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD AND AND WE'RE MAKING WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. WE STILL HAVE MANY STEPS TO GO, BUT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. [VI. Consent Agenda] THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS IN CONSENT AGENDA. SO BEFORE I GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED? MATT. GO AHEAD. PULL! ITEM E. E! OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL OVER EVERYTHING. OVER 50,000 THAT'S ON HERE THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT. SO IN MY OPINION JAY CAN STAY. BUT LET'S SEE A, B, C, D, E AND I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ON F. AND THEN THAT MAY BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE ATTORNEY. SO G H AND I PLEASE. OKAY. AND J AND K ARE OKAY TO KEEP ON THERE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT WE WANT TO PULL THESE APPROVAL OVER PURCHASE 50,000 IS WE ALSO WANT TO WE HAVE QUESTIONS. BUT THERE'S ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF WHAT THESE ARE, INSTEAD OF JUST A ONE LINE ITEM. WE MAY HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF IT A LITTLE BIT MORE US ON THE BOARD, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHAT THIS IS AS WELL. THAT'S CORRECT. SIR. I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE ANYTHING OVER 50,000. YES. THAT'S WHY IT'S ON HERE. AND I DO KNOW ALL THE DETAIL WAS IN OUR AGENDA THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IF ANYONE WANTS TO WRITE. THE AGENDA IS POSTED ON FRIDAY, SO ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN PULL IT UP AND LOOK AT ALL THE DETAILS. YEAH, I JUST KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY SITS IN THROUGH THE PACKETS. SO IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST PART OF THE REASON OKAY. SO WITH THAT WE WILL WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE DIDN'T PULL. SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE CONSENT OR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS APPROVED. SO WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A MINUTES FOR MARCH 19TH, 2024 REGULAR BOARD MEETING. AND THAT INCLUDES THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS MINUTES PRESENTATION, THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR MINUTES PRESENTATION AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN FINANCIAL UPDATES MINUTES PRESENTATION. SO THAT'S CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A AND THEN WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM J APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF THE SCIENCE K THROUGH 12 ADOPTION AND PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ECONOMICS INSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT IN INFORMATION. AND THEN ITEM K WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE 2024 2025 TEAKS CERTIFICATION. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AS A. J AND K PRESENTED. THAT SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNT HOW MANY ARE HERE? SEVEN. ZERO. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO LET'S JUST GO AND GO IN ORDER. [VI.B. Approval of Purchase over $50,000 for District Facility Condition Assessment] SO WE WILL START WITH THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE 50,000 FOR DISTRICT FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT ITSELF. AND DARLA, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC. NOT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THEN JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE US A SUMMARY OF WHAT THAT IS FOR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AS WELL AS THE RFP THAT WAS RELEASED, IS IN RELATION TO EVALUATING OUR FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE [02:00:01] BRING FORWARD ITEMS, AS WE NORMALLY DO IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, AS WELL AS THE MONTH OF MAY, THAT WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL DATA OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT EVALUATION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS OF OUR FACILITIES. IF YOU REFLECT BACK, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD IN 2020, WE DID A FACILITY ASSESSMENT. AND AT THAT TIME, WE MADE A DETERMINATION TO MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS OF HILLCREST ELEMENTARY AS WELL AS HVAC SYSTEMS AT OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OUR ELEMENTARIES FOR DEL VALLE ELEMENTARY AS WELL AS POPHAM ELEMENTARY. AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT AT THIS TIME IS TO MAKE A CONCERTED STRATEGIC EFFORT FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY CLOSED AND SAVED FUNDS ON. THOSE FUNDS GO BACK TO THE 2019 BOND ACCOUNT, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING ADDITIONAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR REPLACEMENTS AND REPAIRS TO THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DATA OUTSIDE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK FOR THE DISTRICT. PART OF THAT FACILITY ASSESSMENT IS BEING ABLE TO EVALUATE THE CONDITION, THE OVERALL LIFESPAN. WE KNOW THAT CREEDMOOR ELEMENTARY HAS NOT HAD AN HVAC REPLACEMENT YET. IT WAS BUILT AT THE SAME TIME AS SOME OF OUR OTHER CAMPUSES IN LATE 99 TO 2000. BRINGING THAT DATA FROM AN ENGINEERING REPORT ALLOWS US TO THEN VALIDATE THAT THOSE UNITS ARE OVER 24 YEARS OLD, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE REPLACED. THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE, NOT JUST ONE SINGLE FIRM. WE WOULD UTILIZE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FIRMS TO PRODUCE A FACILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT. THE BOARD WOULD HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THAT FACILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT. AND IN THE FUTURE HOPEFULLY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP TO PUT THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THE BOARD SO THE BOARD CAN SEE THE PROPOSED LIST OF PROJECTS AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHICH PROJECTS WOULD ALLOW FOR EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? SO JUST I THINK FOR THE. OH. OH, SORRY. I WAS GOING TO SAY, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC'S. SO WE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO TARGET SCHOOLS THAT WERE ALREADY TARGETED DURING THE 2019 BOND. BUT WE HAD SAVINGS AND WE REINVESTED THOSE SAVINGS, GOT INTEREST FROM THEM. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND CONTINUE SOME MORE IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE CAMPUSES. THAT IS CORRECT. AND IN FACT, MISS CASINO SHARED EARLIER, THE BOND FUND INTEREST ACCOUNT HAS BEEN ABLE TO EARN $14 MILLION. OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT $14 MILLION IN FACILITY ASSESSMENTS AND SPECIFIC UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS AS THE BOARD SEES FIT WITH BOARD APPROVAL TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AS ITEMS COME FORWARD, BUT ALSO FROM AN ASSESSMENT STANDPOINT, FROM ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL OVERALL COMPLIANCE WITH ADA AS WELL AS TEXAS EDUCATION STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE OUR FACILITIES THAT WERE BUILT PRIOR TO 2020 ARE UP TO THE SAME STANDARD AS THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE EVEN AN ASK. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP JUST TO GO OVER ALL OF THESE POTENTIAL AND EXPECTED FINDINGS REGARDING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T HAD A CONVERSATION AS A BOARD REGARDING WHAT WE FEEL, WHAT WE THINK, WHAT WE WANT. AND I KNOW THAT HAVING AN ASSESSMENT IS PART OF THAT. I GET THAT, BUT FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A DEEPER CONVERSATION AS A BOARD THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING AS OPPOSED TO JUST, HEY, THIS IS NEEDED. JUST BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO GET AN OVERALL, WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED IN THE DISTRICT THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY USE THOSE BOND INTEREST FUNDS FOR? I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE BRINGING THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT FORWARD, BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE ASPECTS THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF VOTING FOR AND APPROVING IS WHAT DO WE WANT TO USE THE BOND INTEREST FOR? AND IF WE BRING FORWARD THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT AND WE CAN SHOW THAT WE NEED IMPROVEMENTS, THEN THAT WOULD BE A DISCRETION OF THE BOARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM B. RIGHT NOW. SECOND. OH, YEAH. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. OKAY, SO FIVE TWO MOTION PASSES. OKAY. SO THAT WAS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. WE'LL NOW MOVE. CAN I BEFORE WE MOVE ON, CAN I ASK IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON OUR PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT AND HOW GONE THROUGH AND HOW MUCH WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE HAVE LEFT FROM THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT? THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT WAS A DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDED THE INFORMATION THAT HELPED SUPPORT THE RENOVATIONS THAT WE HAD FOR THE 2020 AND 2019 [02:05:06] BOND THAT FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC CAMPUSES. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE HVAC REPLACEMENTS AT THE TWO ELEMENTARIES. OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN EVERY SINGLE THING, BUT CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THE STUFF THAT'S ACTUALLY DONE? IF IT'S ALL DONE, GREAT, THEN THIS SHOULD BE PRETTY EASY TO GO. YES, MA'AM. I CAN REFER BACK TO THE I BELIEVE OCTOBER 2023 BOARD UPDATE IN REFERENCE TO THE BOND PROJECTS. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IF I WANT THE THE ASSESSMENT PART OF IT. THE THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SAID WE WENT OUT PREVIOUS FACILITY ASSESSMENT. YES. YES MA'AM OKAY. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID THEN THAT WE DID THE ASSESSMENT AFTER WE PASSED THE LAST BOND, IS THAT TRUE THAT THAT ASSESSMENT 2019 BOND. AND THEN THIS ASSESSMENT WAS IN 2020. IN 2019, THERE WASN'T AN ASSESSMENT DONE PRIOR TO CALLING THE BOND. AND WHEN I BECAME INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, I ASKED STEVEN AND THE OPERATIONS TEAM TO COMPLETE A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT SO THAT AS WE WERE MOVING THROUGH WITH THE BOND, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE ISSUES WERE BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE THE CHICKEN BEFORE THE EGG. SO YES, THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT WAS DONE AFTER THE BOND WAS CALLED. AND THEREFORE WHEN THERE WERE BOND FUNDS THAT WERE EXCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ITEMS IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND COMPLETE THEM. AS I WAS SAYING, THANK YOU, STEVEN, FOR DOING THIS ONE. FIRST, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT CONSENT AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS PULLED, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OVER 50,000 BOND FUNDED BUSSES. [VI.C. Approval of Purchase over $50,000 Bond Funded Buses] ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR DO WE JUST WANT A SUMMARY FIRST? OKAY, LET'S DO THE SUMMARY. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE BOARD PACKET REGARDING THE 2019 BOND FUNDED REPLACEMENTS. WE HAVE BEEN ON A BUS REPLACEMENT SINCE THE BOARD SUPPORTED THE 2019 BOND, AND THE COMMUNITY PASSED THE BOND IN 2019. PART OF THAT PROCESS IS EVALUATING OUR BUSSES, MAKING A DETERMINATION ON WHICH BUSSES NEED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, EVALUATING THE BUS CONDITION, OVERALL SERVICE LIFE OF THE BUS AND THEN MAKING A STRATEGIC EFFORT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RIDING THE BUSSES TO REPLACE THOSE BUSSES. DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE DID DELAY ONE YEAR, AND SO THIS YEAR WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD THE ADDITIONAL ROTATION OF TEN BUSSES FOR GENERAL ED STUDENTS AND FOUR BUSSES FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATION. WHAT THAT WILL DO IS ALLOW BUSSES THAT HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY, OR BUSSES IN SOME CASES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR DUE TO ACCIDENTS NOT RELATED TO THE DISTRICT DRIVERS. HOWEVER, IT DOES OCCUR IN WHICH BUSSES ARE DAMAGED AND THEN THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU WOULD ALLOW THE BUSSES TO BE PURCHASED. WE ARE RUNNING ABOUT 16 MONTHS FROM ORDER TO DELIVERY, AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM TO PURCHASE THE BUSSES AS PART OF THE BOND FUND FROM 2019, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE THOSE BUSSES. IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR FALL OF 2025. I MEAN, TO THE QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW. ARE YOU ASKING QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? THERE'S A SWIMMING POOL. NO, NO. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. WILL THESE BUSSES HAVE SEATBELTS? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. PERFECT. IN FACT, ALL OF OUR BUSSES THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AFTER MODEL YEAR 2017, BY STATE LAW ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE BUSSES. AND SO THE 2019 BOND WAS PASSED WITH A WITH AN ALLOWANCE SO THAT WE COULD PURCHASE THE BUSSES WITH SEATBELTS, BOTH FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AS WELL AS OUR GENERAL POPULATION. IN ADDITION, OUR DIRECTOR, DAN LEE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR BUSSES PRIOR TO THE CIRCUMSTANCE AND TRAGEDY WITH THE HAYES BUS, ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION FIELD TRIPS WERE TRAVELING WITH BUSSES, WITH SEAT BELTS, EVEN BEFORE THE LATEST TRAGEDY ON A BUS. OKAY. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY, THANK YOU. DO WE? DO WE STILL HAVE SOME IN PSYCHO THAT ARE OR DID WE GET THEM ALL OUT OF OUR DISTRICT? NO MA'AM, WE DO NOT HAVE THEM ALL OUT. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THEM OUT. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME WE ARE PROPOSING TO PURCHASE TEN THIS YEAR AND AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 NEXT YEAR. WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS EVALUATE THE NUMBER OF BUSSES WE HAVE ON THE ROUTE. OUR CURRENT ROUTE ALLOWANCE, WE HAVE 20. SIX BUSSES ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT DO NOT HAVE SEATBELTS. AND SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO ROTATE THE TEN BUSSES OUT THIS YEAR, HAVE THOSE FOR 2025 AND THEN CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH PURCHASING BUSSES. OUR GOAL IS BY THE SCHOOL YEAR 2026, TO HAVE ALL OF OUR BUSSES FULLY STAFFED WITH DRIVERS, BUT ALSO WITH BUSSES THAT HAVE SEATBELTS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ARE ARE ARE THE BUSSES BY ANY CHANCE GETTING LONGER? JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR KIDS ARE A LOT BIGGER THAN OTHER KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, FITTING A SEATBELT. [02:10:05] THREE TO A SEAT. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT ALWAYS AN OPTION. SO WHAT'S WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS PER BUS TO WHERE THEY ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SAFETY SEATBELTS? SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. AS WE PUT STUDENTS ON THE BUSSES, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ENCOURAGING THOSE BUS DRIVERS AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WHEN WE LOAD BUSSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TWO STUDENTS PER SEAT SO THEY CAN BUCKLE IN THE SMALLER GRADE LEVELS, WE CAN BUCKLE THREE TO A SEAT. BUT TO YOUR POINT THE SEAT BELTS ARE BASED ON ABOUT THAT MUCH ROOM FOR A SMALL STUDENT. AND WHAT THAT RESULTS IN IS SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE THREE TO A SEAT, AND IT IS SNUG TO PUT THEIR SEAT BELTS ON. BUT AGAIN, OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT ROUTING THOSE BUSSES MAKING SURE THAT THOSE BUSSES DO NOT HAVE OVER CAPACITY. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH DRIVERS, BUT THERE ARE TIMES IN WHICH WE HAVE FULL BUSSES AND WE ENCOURAGE THOSE STUDENTS ON THOSE BUSSES WITH SEAT BELTS TO BUCKLE UP. DEFINITELY. WITH OUR FIELD TRIPS, WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR TEACHERS TO CHECK THOSE STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BUCKLING UP. SO THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE BUSSES. WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE SAME. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. YES, SIR. I AM. SEE. OKAY. ANY, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, I'LL BE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY, SEVEN ZERO. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OVER 50,000 FOR DISTRICT WIDE SAFETY FENCE PROJECT. [VI.D. Approval of Purchase over $50,000 for District Wide Safety Fence Project ] ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S DO THE SUMMARY FIRST. YES, MA'AM. THIS ONE I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. BECAUSE AS I BELIEVE TRUSTEE WOODY MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THE DISTRICT WAS EXTREMELY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IN PURSUING A GRANT. WE WERE ONE OF THE LARGEST GRANTS BEING AWARDED FOR THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY GRANT PROVIDED BY TO. WHAT WE DID WAS DO AN ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF OUR FACILITIES TO MEET THE TIA GUIDELINES. WITHIN THAT ASSESSMENT, WE DETERMINED THE NUMBER OF FENCING THAT WE WOULD, THE AMOUNT OF FENCING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PROCURE. WE THEN SOUGHT THE GRANT. ALTHOUGH THE STATE DID NOT GIVE US THE FULL GRANT AMOUNT, WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE GRANT TO GO TO A PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE FENCING PROGRAM. PHASE ONE WILL BE ROLLED OUT AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE CONTRACTORS APPROVED. AND THAT ALLOWS US TO SAVE BOND FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE REQUIRED TO BE UTILIZED SPECIFIC TO DISTRICT FENCING. AND SO BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY AND BE AWARDED THE GRANT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO USE BOND FUNDS OR BOND INTEREST FUNDS TO PUT IN THE REQUIRED FENCING AS I BELIEVE TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON HAS SAID BEFORE, THE STATE GIVES UNFUNDED MANDATES THIS IS A CASE IN WHICH THEY GAVE A MANDATE, THEY GAVE GRANTS, AND WE APPLIED FOR IT. AND VERY PLEASED THAT THE TEAM FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO THE OPERATION STAFF WORKED TOGETHER TO TO REALLY PUT TOGETHER A SUCCESSFUL GRANT PROGRAM. WE WERE AWARDED THE GRANT. AND SO WE HAVE $3.669 MILLION RELATED TO FENCING. WE WILL USE THOSE FULL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO MAKE SURE OUR CAMPUS IS A FULLY SECURE AND MEET THE TIA GUIDELINES WITH REALLY HIGH QUALITY FENCING. AND WE DID INCLUDE THAT FENCING DIAGRAM WITHIN THE DOCUMENT SO THAT YOU COULD SEE WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE A CHAIN LINK FENCE. FRONT ENTRY. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY FENCING. AND PART OF THAT IS THE TIA GUIDELINES DO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CHAIN LINK YOU CAN USE, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE AN AMERISTAR MONTAGE PLUS, WHICH IS A HIGH QUALITY, ATTRACTIVE FENCING THAT ALSO PROVIDES SIX FOOT SECURITY AS PER THE TA GUIDELINES. IS IT SIMILAR TO THE FENCE THAT'S AT SMITH? THE BACK AND IN THE BACK COURTYARD. IS IT BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO KIND OF. I MEAN, I SAW IT, BUT I DIDN'T LIKE IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE AND LIKE SKETCHY, SMITH AND HORNSBY HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL ARCHITECTURAL DECORATIVE FENCE. THAT FENCING DOES MEET THE TIER GUIDELINES. HOWEVER, THE FENCE THAT IS MOST REPRESENTED HERE IS THE FENCE THAT IS GOING IN AT THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AS YOU GO UP ROSS ROAD. THAT FENCING IS ACTUALLY THE SAME MATCHING FENCE. THE FENCE AT HORNSBY AND SMITH. BECAUSE WE HAVE. SMALLER CHILDREN AT THAT LOCATION, AND IT WAS GOING TO BE A COURTYARD. IT'S A SEE THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL FENCE, IF YOU WILL, BUT IT STILL MEETS THE T GUIDELINES OF BEING A SIX FOOT ARCHITECTURAL FENCE THAT PROTECTS US STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE INTRUDERS. [02:15:01] JUST THE LOOK SIMILAR TO THE BABY. IT'S VERY GOOD. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YOU WANT TO GO BY AND SEE, BABY? THE ONE ADJUSTMENT WE DID MAKE FOR CLARIFICATION IS WE WENT TO A TOP RAIL. THE RULE CHANGED AFTER WE HAD INSTALLED THE BABY FENCE. THE CITY OF AUSTIN ACTUALLY HAS INSTALLED A REGULATION IN REFERENCE TO PICKET FENCE. SO WE HAVE GONE TO THE STATE REGULATION, WHICH IS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED TO US. I'M THANKFUL THAT THE TEAM PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GOOD GRANT PROPOSAL, AND WE RECEIVED THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO PROVIDE THIS FOR THE DISTRICT. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. WILL THE GRANT FUNDS COVER THE ENTIRE EXPENSE? I BELIEVE SO, BUT I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK. ARE THERE MATCHING FUNDS OR IS ANYTHING WE HAVE TO PROVIDE AT THIS POINT? WE HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK THAT WILL BE COVERED BY THE GRANT. IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE WOULD NEED, THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD. BUT WE DO BELIEVE WITH OUR AGGRESSIVE REQUEST FOR THE GRANT FUNDS, WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER ALL OF IT IN PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, AND THEN HAVE AN EVALUATION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL UNFUNDED OPPORTUNITIES THAT TIA MAY PRESENT TO US REGARDING FENCING. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO APPROVE. OH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. WHEN WE PRIORITIZE WHICH AREAS WHICH SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE FIXED FIRST? WHAT'S THE DETERMINING FACTOR? SO OUR CURRENT METRIC TO DETERMINE WHICH SCHOOLS ARE FINISHED FIRST IS TWOFOLD. ONE, IS IT AN ELEMENTARY? AND TWO, WHAT IS THE ACCESS POINT THAT WE WOULD CURRENTLY BE FENCING? FOR EXAMPLE OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS COURTYARDS THAT BY RULE HAVE TO BE FENCED. THAT'S A SMALLER JOB THAT COULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT A WEEK. CREEDMOOR ELEMENTARY HAS A FRONT FACING 1327 DRIVEWAY THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SECURE RELATIVELY QUICKLY. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS DETERMINE WHICH ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WE CAN GET DONE PRIOR TO THE START OF SCHOOL AND WHICH ELEMENTARIES WE COULD POTENTIALLY DELAY, AS WELL AS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL OF OUR FENCING BY PHASE THREE, WHICH IS EARLY SPRING NEXT YEAR. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, EVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE IS OPTIMALLY TRYING TO BUY FENCING. AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THAT, CUT THAT CURVE AND, AND GET POTENTIALLY 2 TO 3 CONTRACTORS WORKING IN THE DISTRICT. AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SUCCINCTLY, WE'RE FOCUSING ON ACCESS POINTS TO MEET THE STANDARD THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO MEET BY AUGUST 1ST. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND ACTUALLY SO THIS IS SET TO START SCHEDULED TO BEGIN MAY THE 28TH. IS THAT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT ON THE BOND FUNDS. HOW WHY IS IT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S SIX WEEKS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 6 TO 8 WEEKS BETWEEN THE TIME THE BOARD APPROVES IT. WE ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED TO A CONTRACTOR. FENCING MATERIALS ALONE ARE TAKING 6 TO 8 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY. OUR GOAL IS TO START MAY 28TH. NOT TO INTERRUPT THE TESTING SEASON, NOR THE ACADEMIC FINISH TO THE CALENDAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU SIR. SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM E. [VI.E. Approval of Purchase over $50,000 for Replacement District Vehicles] APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OVER 50,000 FOR REPLACEMENT DISTRICT VEHICLES. AND MR. WORTHINGTON, GO AHEAD. MR. ALVES, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING ALL THIS INFORMATION AND DIALOGING WITH US. I KNOW IT'S A LOT. BUT IN MY VIEW, I THINK THIS IS GOOD AND HEALTHY JUST FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HERE. RIGHT. AND SOME OF THAT IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TAXPAYER FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO US TO INVEST AND STEWARD WISELY. AND, AND A LOT OF THIS ALSO WAS KIND OF PUT TOGETHER BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I JOINED THE BOARD OR MY COLLEAGUE. MADAM PRESIDENT HERE DURING THE BOARD. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TALKING WITH US. MY QUESTION FOR ITEM E IS. WHEN WE PASSED RESOURCES FOR HB THREE TO PURCHASE SERVICE VEHICLES OR PATROL VEHICLES FOR HB THREE, I NOTICED THAT EANES ISD THAT THEY ACTUALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SOME CREDITS OUT OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT BY PURCHASING ELECTRIC VEHICLES. AND I REALIZE THAT IN THIS QUOTE, OR AT LEAST IN THE ATTACHMENTS THAT YOU PROVIDED HERE, THAT WERE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON GAS VEHICLES. AND I WAS CURIOUS, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THOSE THOSE CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE, THERE'S A LOT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, EVEN FLEET VEHICLES AVAILABLE THROUGH DEALERS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD CONSIDER SORT OF LOOKING INTO, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IN THE CASE OF ESD, WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLES, I THINK [02:20:02] IT WAS A NET DIFFERENCE OF $10,000 PER VEHICLE BETWEEN EANES ISD AND DEL VALLE ISD WHEN WE WERE WORKING TO COMPLY WITH HB THREE. AND I WOULD LOVE TO FIND WAYS TO SAVE MONEY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SORT OF TIGHT FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENTS THAT I FEEL LIKE THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO PUT US IN. AND GIVEN THAT THERE ARE TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES LIKE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND AGENCIES, PUBLIC HOSPITALS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. JUST CURIOUS IF IF THE DISTRICT WOULD BE OPEN AND WILLING TO LOOK INTO ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO SEE IF THEY'RE GOOD FITS AND ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. YES, SIR. I DO APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. AND PART OF OUR STRATEGIC EFFORT OF, OF THE OPERATIONS TEAM IS TO EVALUATE THE BEST OPTION FOR THE DISTRICT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID CROSS REFERENCE IN THE CONVERSATION WITH REGARDS TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. WE DID CROSS REFERENCE THE POTENTIAL FOR PURCHASING ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO CONTACT THREE DEALERS AS LATE AS THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE A PROPOSED COST PRICE THAT IS WITHIN OUR BUDGET FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE. AND WE HAVE VERIFIED THAT THAT VEHICLE WOULD QUALIFY FOR A $7,500 CREDIT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO VERIFY WHAT IS THE BEST VALUE TO THE DISTRICT. AND SO SOME OF THE VEHICLES, IF YOU'LL LOOK THERE A TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE USED TO TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY, GOODS AND SERVICES FROM THE CENTRAL LOCATION AT THE OPERATIONS FACILITY TO OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT. POTENTIALLY AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE WOULD SERVE THAT. VERY WELL. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS ACTUALLY MET WITH OUR CTO THIS AFTERNOON BRIEFLY TO GIVE AN UPDATE THAT POTENTIALLY, IF THE BOARD WOULD PROVIDE APPROVAL, OUR GOAL IS TO SEEK AND NEGOTIATE THE BEST VALUE TO THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE A COST PROPOSAL WITHIN YOUR PACKET FOR A, A VAN AND A. VEHICLE THAT IS GAS POWERED. THOSE VEHICLES ARE APPROXIMATELY $43,000. WE HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT CAME IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT IS IN THE PRICE POINT OF $42,000, AND SO IF YOU CALCULATE THOSE OVERALL TOTALS AND WE UTILIZE THE $7,500 POTENTIAL CREDIT BY FILING A 903 T, I DID VERIFY WITH MISS CASINO. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WORK, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. BUT I BELIEVE OUR CFO IS IS WELL VERSED ON OPTIONS FOR US TO COME FORWARD. SO POTENTIALLY WITH BOARD APPROVAL, IT WOULD BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A DISTRICT STAFF TO GO OUT, SEEK THE BEST VALUE, GET THE BEST COMPREHENSIVE VEHICLE TO SERVICE THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. AND IF THAT TURNS OUT TO BE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, I WOULD WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY. I DO APPRECIATE THE QUESTION BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE ACCESSIBLE, THEY ARE FINANCIALLY VIABLE, AND IF THAT IS THE BEST VALUE TO THE DISTRICT, THEN WE WOULD WHOLLY SUPPORT PURCHASING ELECTRIC VEHICLES. AND THAT'S PART OF THAT DISCUSSION. WITH BOARD APPROVAL. ONE ITEM OF NOTE, WE DID RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $13,000 FOR INSURANCE FUNDS FOR ONE OF OUR VEHICLES. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE WOULD SEEK THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO GET CREDIT BACK FROM THE IRS FOR THE $7,500. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE SERVICE TRUCKS THAT WOULD NEED A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RANGE AND OBVIOUSLY TOWING CAPACITY THAT MAY END UP BEING GASOLINE VEHICLES. AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. ONE QUICK NOTE IN REFERENCE TO THE SUBURBANS, OUR DISTRICT HAS SEEN AN INCREASE OF MCKINNEY-VENTO STUDENTS SPECIFIC TO PROVIDING SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THE FOUR SUBURBANS BEING REQUESTED ARE IN ADDITION TO OUR BUSSES, BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES IN WHICH SIX STUDENTS NEED TO GO TO A LOCATION. YOU MENTIONED EARLIER OR WE OBSERVED EARLIER THAT WE HAD STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE MEET FOR BOTH THE POTENTIAL FOR TRACK CROSS COUNTRY BUT ALSO FOR POWERLIFTING. IT'S MORE EFFICIENT AND OPTIMAL FOR THE DISTRICT TO PUT THOSE SIX STUDENTS INTO A SUBURBAN, HAVE THE SPONSOR GO THROUGH A TRAINING AND HAVE THOSE SUBURBANS TRANSPORT THOSE STUDENTS, THEN TAKE A FULL PASSENGER BUS OFF ITS ROUTE. AND SO I WOULD ASK FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE SUBURBANS FOR OUR STUDENT NEEDS. I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. AND YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW MY MY CONCERN ABOUT THE BOND INTEREST FUNDS AND UTILIZING THOSE WITHOUT HAVING DISCUSSION. BUT MY OTHER QUESTION IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR CURRENT VEHICLES? BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN THOUGH LIKE, I HAVE MONEY, I DON'T JUST GO OUT AND BUY A NEW VEHICLE JUST BECAUSE IT'S TEN YEARS OLD. IS THERE SOMETHING PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH OUR CURRENT VEHICLES? ARE THESE ACTUAL NEEDS OR WANTS? I GET THE SUBURBANS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THOSE SMALLER BUSSES THAT WE UTILIZE FOR THE SMALLER TEAMS. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, ARE WE ADDING TO OR ARE WE COMPLETELY REPLACING BECAUSE IT SAYS REPLACING? [02:25:05] YES, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, TRUSTEE. WOODY, IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT PAGE 150 IN YOUR PACKET, WHAT I TRIED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SUPPORT INFORMATION FOR THE SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE VEHICLES YOU'LL NOTICE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THOSE ARE THE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR INVENTORY FOR OPERATIONS LOG. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A 2001 DODGE VAN WAS DONATED TO THE AUTO TECH PROGRAM SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A VEHICLE TO TO REALLY AND TRULY MOVE SOME OF THEIR EQUIPMENT FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT. WE ARE ASKING FOR A REPLACEMENT VAN THAT WOULD BE USED DAILY BY OUR TECHNICIANS. YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT THERE'S A 2500 TRUCK THAT WAS AT A SALVAGE BECAUSE OF A ACCIDENT, SO WE ACTUALLY SOLD THAT ONE BACK TO THE INSURANCE. AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT ONE. WE THEN HAVE A SALVAGE VEHICLE THAT WE WILL NOT BE ASKING FOR REPLACEMENT. AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER THAT WAS WRECKED. AND THEN A SECOND THAT WAS STOLEN BY AN UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES WHILE WE WERE AT OUR PREVIOUS LOCATION ACROSS FROM THE AIRPORT, I'M HAPPY TO SAY SINCE WE'VE MOVED TO OUR NEW LOCATION, WE HAVE HAD NO VEHICLES DAMAGED OR STOLEN. BUT I WILL ASK THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER THE APPROVAL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKED. ADDING VEHICLES, WE ARE SIMPLY REPLACING THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR STOLEN TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR SERVICE TECHNICIANS TO READILY GET THROUGH THE DISTRICT AND PROVIDE SERVICE TO THOSE CAMPUSES. OKAY, SO THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE UTILIZED SPECIFICALLY FOR KIDS ARE THE SUBURBANS, OR ARE THOSE GOING TO BE UTILIZED BY THE ENTIRE DISTRICT? THEY SHOULD BE ONLY UTILIZED FOR FOR STUDENTS AS A PRIMARY, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL, IF THERE'S NOT A FIELD TRIP ON A TUESDAY THAT HAS A NEED FOR A SUBURBAN AND FOR FOR DISTRICT, STAFF ARE GOING TO SAN ANTONIO FOR A CONFERENCE. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THOSE SUBURBANS WOULD BE USED FOR THAT PROCESS. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS WITH OUR OUR VEHICLES ARE THEY ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE UTILIZED FOR DISTRICT PURPOSES AND DO STAFF TAKE THEM HOME? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME ALL OVER AUSTIN, AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF IT'S FOR DISTRICT PURPOSES AND WE'RE BUYING THEM FOR DISTRICTS, SHOULD THEY STAY IN THE DISTRICT OR THE STAFF TAKE THEM HOME, OR HOW DOES HOW DOES ALL THAT WORK? THE VEHICLES ARE FOR DISTRICT USE AND I'LL BE AS CLEAR AS I CAN. VEHICLES FROM THE OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT ARE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES. OUR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES. OUR SERVICE TECHS FOR OUR TECHNOLOGY. THOSE VEHICLES ARE PARKED EVERY NIGHT AT THE OPERATIONS FACILITY OR TRANSPORTATION. WE DO HAVE VENDORS THROUGHOUT AUSTIN THAT WE PICK UP SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS FROM DURING THE WORKDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE A VEHICLE ON SOUTH LAMAR OR CONGRESS, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT SEE A MAINTENANCE SERVICE TRUCK. ANYWHERE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. YOU SHOULD NOT SEE IT PAST 7 P.M. BECAUSE OUR WORK STAFF FINISHES AT NINE. SO OUR SERVICE TEAM PROVIDES SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO THE DISTRICT, AND THOSE VEHICLES STAY WITHIN THE DISTRICT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN A POLICE VEHICLE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT, BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT OUR WHITE FLEET, WHICH HAS THE DV LOGO ON THE SIDE OF IT, AND OUR RED FLEET FOR OUR SUBURBANS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE DISTRICT UNLESS THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE TRANSPORTING STUDENTS OR PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT. AND I WOULD. I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH COMMUNICATION WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO LET US KNOW IF WE HAVE A VEHICLE THAT'S AT THE MOVIE ON A FRIDAY EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD IS THOUGH, AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING RIGHT NOW. LIKE WHAT? I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE TIME OKAY. SO ON THE SAME LIST THAT YOU REFERENCED, THERE'S A 1999 CHEVY. T 6500 BOX TRUCK. IT ONLY LISTS 58,000 MILES. IS THAT BECAUSE IT FLIPPED, OR IS THAT A TRUE ODOMETER READING? THAT'S. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED THE. WE HAVE A LARGE BOX TRUCK THAT IS USED FOR INTER-DISTRICT TRANSPORTS. IT GOES APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 50 MILES A DAY. IT'S ONLY DRIVEN BY FOUR OF OUR DRIVERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WE CALL IT A CLASS C PLUS. AND SO IT DOES BOOK DELIVERIES FOR OUR BOOK BUS. IT DOES WATER DELIVERIES FOR OUR EMERGENCY WATER PROTOCOLS. SO THAT IS THE ACTUAL MILEAGE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVEN'T ASKED FOR REPLACEMENT. WE KEEP SERVICING IT. IT HAS A REALLY NICE LIFTGATE ON IT, PROVIDE PALLET DELIVERIES TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE DISTRICT. AND IT IS A LIMITED USE WITH ABOUT FOUR DRIVERS TOTAL. OKAY. AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS, DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT PASSING OR REPLACING IT? BUT NO, IF IT'S IF IT'S BABY, THE WAY THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A GOOD THING. THANK YOU SIR. YES MA'AM I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MATT. SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? [02:30:03] SEVEN ZERO MOTION PASSES. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. [VI.F. Approval of the Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) for the District Wide Safety and Security Renovations and Access Control Replacement Project] AT RISK FOR THE DISTRICT WIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY RENOVATIONS AND ACCESS CONTROL REPLACEMENT PROJECT. YES, MA'AM. SO, JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THIS. THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROJECTS. IF YOU'LL REFERENCE BACK TO PAGE 156, IN YOUR AGENDA, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE SAFETY, SECURITY, ACCESS CONTROL RENOVATION LEVEL WORK THAT WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE 2019 BOND FOR CAMPUS RENOVATIONS, OR IT WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE 2022 TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION. AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS BECAUSE OF THE INFLATIONARY COST AND THE OVERALL MARKET, OUR BEST VALUE TO THE DISTRICT WAS TO SEEK A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AND HAVE THEM MANAGE THE PROJECT WHOLLY WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, OUR CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT AND OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED THE BEST VALUE. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND ON OUR SMALLER PROJECTS IS IF YOU BID OUT A SMALL PROJECT, THEN THE COST PER ITEM IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. BY UTILIZING A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, THEY CAN LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, DETERMINE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CAMERAS THAT WE WILL BE REPLACING, AND ORDER A BULK ITEM VERSUS SMALL PROJECT ORDERS INDEPENDENT. AND THAT IS THE REASON WE ARE RECOMMENDING BROWN AND BUTLER. THEY PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED THE WORK AT HILLCREST ELEMENTARY AS WELL AS DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WERE ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE OJEDA HVAC PROJECT. WE HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH BROWN AND BUTLER. IN REVIEWING THE RUBRIC PROCESS, WE DID FEEL LIKE THAT THEY WERE THE BEST VALUE TO THE DISTRICT. AND THEN WE HAVE THEIR PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TO MANAGE THE EXTENSIVE PROJECT RELATED TO SAFETY, SECURITY, ACCESS CONTROL. WE HAVE HALF OF OUR SYSTEMS THAT ARE ON THE OLDER ARCHAIC SYSTEM, AND WE HAVE A HALF OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT WERE BUILT AFTER 2020. ON THE NEWER SYSTEM, OUR GOAL IS TO TRANSITION ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS TO THE GENETECH SYSTEM SO THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY STAFF AND OUR OPERATIONS STAFF HAVE A TRAINING AND A FULL AWARENESS TO MEET THE TIA STANDARDS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. SO IT LISTS THE FUNDING SOURCE AS GRANT FUNDS, 2019 BOND FUNDS AND THEN 2022 BOND FUNDS. HOW MUCH OF IT'S ACTUALLY GRANT FUNDS PLEASE, SIR. I WILL NEED TO GET YOU THAT EXACT NUMBER. I BELIEVE IT'S OFFSET AT $360,000 FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY CAMERA IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO PENDING AN ADDITIONAL COST. IF WE CAN SAVE SOME FUNDS FROM OUR PRIMARY GRANT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO THIS. SO THE ASK IS IN EXCESS OF 2 MILLION AT THIS POINT, $2.5 MILLION. YES, MA'AM. RIGHT. BUT IF 360 IS GRANT, THEN IT'S STILL AN EXCESS OF 2 MILLION. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THIS IS THIS WAS THIS AN ASSESSMENT THAT WE DID SO THIS ASSESSMENT FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY CAMERAS? YEAH. SO THE CAMERAS ARE A LIKE, FOR, LIKE, REPLACEMENT. WE ARE TAKING OUT CAMERAS THAT ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONING OR CAMERAS THAT ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO BE UTILIZED ON THE UPDATED SYSTEM. AND SO IT'S A ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT. IT'S NOT A THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE VESTIBULE IS REPLACING A FLOORING. AND THEN HOW DOES THAT KIND OF COUNTERACT OR COINCIDE WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR FACILITIES? VERY GOOD QUESTION. THE POSITIVE IS THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE LATER IN THE PROCESS. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WITH THE BOARD APPROVAL TONIGHT PRIORITIZING THOSE FACILITY ASSESSMENTS. FIRST, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ON FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE POPHAM ELEMENTARY RENOVATION OF THE ENTRANCE COMMON SPACES. WE KNOW FROM OUR PREVIOUS 2019 BOND. THAT THOSE CAMPUSES WERE SCHEDULED FOR A FRONT ENTRY RENOVATION. WE THEN RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM THE TIA THAT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FRONT ENTRY VESTIBULES AND ACCESS TO FRONT OFFICES, IT DICTATES HOW FRONT OFFICES BASICALLY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED. SO WORKING WITH OUR ARCHITECT FIRM, PBC, THEY WERE ABLE TO DESIGN A FRONT OFFICE RENOVATION THAT MEETS THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY STANDARDS. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE A ASSESSMENT THROUGH PBC SPECIFIC TO THAT CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET OR EXCEED THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY SAFETY STANDARDS FOR FRONT ENTRIES. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WORK WOULD BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT 18 TO 20 MONTHS. YES, MA'AM. THAT IS THE GOAL. AND I DO PUT AN ASTERISK BY THAT WITH WITH SIGNIFICANT ASTERISK. [02:35:05] TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT IN ITS MARKET VOLATILITY. OUR GOAL IS, AS WE MENTIONED, BY HAVING A CMR, WE CAN WORK WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM. WE HAVE THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CAMERAS AND GO AHEAD AND ORDER THOSE ITEMS IN LARGE BULK. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE ORDERING PHASE, WE MAY NEED TO UPDATE THE CAMERAS, AND AS A RESULT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE VERY CAUTIOUS AND VERY STRATEGIC IN REFERENCE TO THESE PROJECTS SO THAT WE DON'T END UP INSTALLING A CAMERA THAT'S 18 MONTHS OLD. MY LAST QUESTION IS I DON'T SEE DAPPY ON HERE OR IS EVERYTHING GREAT OVER THERE? WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE APP. THE APP ACTUALLY HAS AND I WISH MR. TATE WAS HERE BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE COLOR BLUE. WE HAVE FOUR BLUES THAT WE WERE WORKING THROUGH. TO REPAINT DAP. THE BOARD DID APPROVE. IN OCTOBER OF 2023, A GROUNDS AND RAMP IMPROVEMENT. WE HAVE EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF THAT. AND SO IDEALLY IN MAY, WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU BACK AN ADDITIONAL BOARD AGENDA ITEM. BECAUSE WE HAVE INCREASED THE SCOPE OF IMPROVING DAP, WE'RE NOT ONLY REPLACING THE RAMPS BUT THE CONCRETE. AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO DAP. BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, EVERYTHING'S NOT PERFECT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DAP THIS SUMMER OVER TO THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER, AND WE ARE GOING TO RENOVATE THAT CAMPUS TO THE BEST POSSIBLE SPACE, JUST TEMPORARILY FOR THE SUMMER. THEY'LL BE HOUSED AT THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER SO WE CAN DO A FULL RENOVATION OF THAT CAMPUS, AND WE'LL BRING ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE BOARD IN MAY. WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THOSE PROPOSALS. I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FULL AMOUNT FOR THE GROUNDS THAT WERE APPROVED IN OCTOBER OF 23, AND OUR GOAL IS TO REPLACE THE RAMPS, THE SIDEWALKS AND THE GROUNDS, AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH UP AGAINST OUR MAXIMUM BUDGET. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BRING SOME BOARD AGENDA ITEMS BACK. FOR THE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE AT DAP. SO MY BAD. DO YOU HAVE CAMERAS IN HERE FROM ABC AND AP? AND IT'S, LIKE, JUST SPELLED OUT. YEAH. AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS THE THE DEL VALLE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, LIKE, WE LITERALLY SPENT, YOU KNOW, JUST GOT THAT DONE. SO I'M CURIOUS, IS THE PARTIAL REPLACEMENT INTEGRATION RENOVATIONS? WHAT EXACTLY DID WE NOT UPGRADE? I THOUGHT WE UPGRADED THE SECURITY SYSTEMS IN THIS. WE UPDATED THE SECURITY SYSTEMS FROM THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE NEW SECTION. WHAT WE DID NOT DO WAS CONVERT THE CAMERAS, BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS VERY CLEAR THAT IT WAS AN ADDITION. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM NOW, FROM, FROM PREVIOUS WE LIKE TO KEEP PROJECTS VERY SEPARATE. THE ADDITION WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CAMERAS IN THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS WAS NOT. SO WE WRAPPED IT INTO THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE WOULD KEEP THOSE PROJECTS SEPARATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING ALL THAT TO ME. I APPRECIATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION TO CALL. QUESTION. SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE ITEMIZED LIST AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE ACCESS CONTROL REPLACEMENT. DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RAPTOR SYSTEM? IT DOES NOT. OKAY. THE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM IS RELATED TO YOUR BADGE. AND THERE'S A I'M GOING TO SAY IT IN NON-TECHNOLOGY TERMS. SO IF ANYBODY CORRECTS ME THAT'S OKAY. THE BRAIN OF THE SYSTEM IS DZ. DZ NO LONGER TALKS TO OUR NEW BADGES. WE WOULD LIKE ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS TO BE ON GENETEC, BECAUSE THAT INTEGRATES WITH OUR CAMERA AND OUR BADGES, AND IT TELLS US A LOT MORE INFORMATION SO THAT OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM, HAVE BETTER ACCESS POINTS. SO THAT IS OUR GOAL IS TO CHANGE THE BRAIN. SO IT TALKS BETTER. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO ADOPT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? RICHARD? SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF PURCHASE. [VI.G. Approval of Purchase Over $50,000 Early College High School PTECH Equipment, Materials and Related Supplies] OVER 50,000 EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PE TECH EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND RELATED SUPPLIES. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, WE HAVE, IN ESSENCE, THREE BUDGETS. OUR FIRST BUDGET ARE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS, TESTING, ETC.. OUR SECOND BUDGET IS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST. WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY COST TO BUILD THE BUILDING? AND THEN OUR THIRD BUDGET, WHICH WE NORMALLY ESTABLISH WELL INTO THE PROJECT IS OUR FFA. [02:40:01] THAT'S FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT. OUR FURNITURE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT IS UTILIZED TO PURCHASE EXACTLY THAT. THE FURNITURE WHICH YOU HAVE IN A BOARD AGENDA ITEM. NEXT, THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EQUIPMENT IN THE CAMPUS FROM A CUSTODIAL STANDPOINT TO A KITCHEN TO AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, ARE PREPARED FOR THOSE STUDENTS. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A EQUIPMENT PURCHASE, YOU HAVE A TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE LATER ON, AND YOU HAVE THE FURNITURE PURCHASE. ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE LINE ITEM BUDGETS THAT WE ESTABLISHED FOR FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT. MORE SPECIFICALLY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S $460,000 REQUESTED THAT $460,000 IS ALLOCATED AS PART OF THE 2019 BOND. WE DO NOT EXPECT TO SPEND THAT AMOUNT. HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU NEED TO DO TO OPEN A SCHOOL, AND WE NORMALLY DON'T CLOSE OUR FURNITURE FIXTURE AND EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT UNTIL AFTER THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN OPEN A YEAR. BECAUSE SOMETIMES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T REALIZE THAT YOU NEED A HIGH LIFT TO CLEAN THE AREA BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, WE THOUGHT WE COULD CLEAN IT ONCE A YEAR AND BRING OVER A LIFT FROM ANOTHER CAMPUS. BUT GIVEN THE POTENTIAL OF HOSTING EVENTS AT THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, WE PROBABLY NEED TO CLEAN THOSE ONCE A WEEK. WHICH MEANS WE NEED A LIFT AT THAT CAMPUS. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH THE $460,000, IT'S FOR THINGS AS SIMPLE AS A HIGH VALUE LAMINATOR THAT COSTS $3,000, $4,000, $5,000 TO ALLOW THOSE PUBLICATIONS TO BE PRODUCED. IT MAY BE A BUFFING MACHINE. IT MAY BE A WRITE ON SCRUBBER. WE WILL HAVE HIGHLY POLISHED CONCRETE AT THAT CAMPUS. IN ORDER TO CARE FOR THAT FLOORING, WE NEED CERTAIN EQUIPMENT. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU IS $460,000 FOR EQUIPMENT. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE WOULD NOT BE SPENDING THAT LEVEL. BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE TAKEN THE TEAM. WE STRATEGICALLY SAVED ITEMS FROM DEL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAD THEM PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED AND INSTALLED AT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL TO SAVE APPROXIMATELY $180,000 OF EQUIPMENT THAT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE HAD TO BEEN SPENT. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO TO SAVE THOSE ITEMS FROM DEL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAVE THEM REFURBISHED AND INSTALLED AS PART OF THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL KITCHEN PACKAGE. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO THAT TO TO MOVE IT OVER. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF WHAT ARE WE ON G. YEAH. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I'LL BE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER WAIT, I DON'T THINK. [VI.H. Approval of Purchase over $50,000 Early College High School PTECH Furniture] DO WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU? H YES. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF 50,000 EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FURNITURE. YES, MA'AM. AND THAT IS FOR THE FURNITURE FOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. I AM VERY PLEASED THAT THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWED THE TEAM TO NEGOTIATE A BETTER PRICE BECAUSE THE THE VENDORS FOR FURNITURE UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WERE COMPETING. AND SO OUR TOTAL PRICE FOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER THE PROJECTED ORIGINAL BUDGET. AND SO WE ARE ONLY BRINGING A TOTAL COST OF $980,000 FOR THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL TECH PROGRAM. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST HAD A COMMENT. I WAS I WAS REALLY CONFUSED BECAUSE ITEMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, FURNITURE AND THE OTHER ONES WAS EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS. I WAS WHEN I FIRST READ IT, I THOUGHT MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT WERE LIKE BIG ITEMS THAT THEY NEEDED FOR IN THE CLASSROOM. AND THEN WHEN I SAW THE REST OF IT, IT WASN'T. SO IT WAS JUST A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME. AND I'M GLAD YOU ADDED ALL THAT STUFF IN HERE, BUT THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND THERE'LL BE THE NEXT ONE PROVIDED THE BOARD APPROVES THE FURNITURE. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE OUR TECHNOLOGY FOR THE STUDENTS. THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED AND THIS ALLOWS FOR THE FURNITURE, THE FURNITURE, PLUS THE TECHNOLOGY GOING ON THOSE DESKS. I JUST ONE QUESTION. JUST ABOUT THE VAPE DETECTORS. ARE THE VAPE DETECTORS AND THE RELATED EQUIPMENT, ARE THEY GOING TO COVER THE ENTIRE CAMPUS? THE VAPE DETECTORS WILL ACTUALLY COVER ROOMS. THEY'LL COVER THE RESTROOMS, AS WE HAVE AT OUR OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS. AND WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED THAT AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST, BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM WOULD NEED TO INSTALL THOSE INSTEAD OF DOING THAT POST JOB, DO THAT AS PART OF THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF H. I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM H. [02:45:03] THANK YOU. SEVEN ZERO. AND THEN OUR LAST ONE IS ITEM I. [VI.I. Approval of Purchase over $50,000 ECHS P-TECH Campus Technology Equipment] IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST REFERENCED OR IS THAT. YES, MA'AM. IS THAT OUR. THAT'S OUR CTO, MR.. SHERKHAN. BANDARU. MR. TECHNOLOGY. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER TWO. JUST THE TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE. MR.. BANDARU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. HELLO. ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR JUST A SUMMARY FIRST? I CAN ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. SO FOR LINE ITEM ONE ON THE PROPOSED CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, HOW MANY STUDENT AND STAFF DEVICES, LAPTOPS, CHROMEBOOKS, MACBOOKS WOULD WE RECEIVE FOR THESE? 75,000, PLEASE. APPROXIMATELY. SO 30 STAFF DEVICES, LAPTOPS. AND YOU'RE BUYING 35 MACBOOKS AND 25 CHROMEBOOKS. YES, MA'AM. AND ARE THESE EXPECTED FOR NEW STAFF OR REPLACEMENT OF CURRENT LAPTOPS? BECAUSE I KNOW WE DID A BIG PURGE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND UPDATED A BUNCH OF LAPTOPS AND CHROMEBOOKS AND MACBOOKS. IS THIS FOR EXPECTED NEW STAFF AND STUDENTS? YES, THIS IS FOR 1330 STAFF. DEVICES ARE FOR NEW STAFF. AND, YOU KNOW REGARDING THE MACBOOKS AND THE CHROMEBOOKS, THESE ARE FOR, YOU KNOW, AS A BACKUP BECAUSE THEY'RE SEPARATE CAMPUS. AND THEN, IF I MAY, THE CLASSROOM COMPUTERS AND LAB DEVICES FOR 130,000, THE NUMBERS ON THAT. SO WE HAVE FOUR LABS, WHICH IS A NETWORKING CYBER SECURITY AND TWO ROBOTICS LABS. AND THOSE FOUR LABS AND THE CLASSROOM WOULD BE THE SCREENS FOR ALL THE CLASSROOMS, LIKE DESKTOP SCREENS. THANK YOU. AND THEN THAT'S ENOUGH VAPE DETECTORS TO COVER THAT ENTIRE CAMPUS. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MOVE APPROVAL OF. L SECOND I MEAN I I'M SORRY OF I. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. GOT A SECOND? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, THAT IS ALL OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY. OKAY. SO WE WILL NOW ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION. [VII. Closed Session] IT IS 906. SO. I HAVE A LOT TO SAY. HOLD ON. PLEASE. WE WILL ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TGC 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY. TGC 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL OFF CAMPUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND POTENTIAL AUDITS OF PROGRAMS. TGC 551.074 REVIEW AND APPROVE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF. TGC 551.074 DISCUSSION OF PERSONNEL MATTERS. TGC 551.074 DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. TGC 551.074 DISCUSSION TO FILL BOARD VACANCY FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT SIX. TGC 551.074. CONSIDER SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING POSSIBLE HIRING OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. AND LASTLY, TGC 551.074 DISCUSSION REGARDING BOARD PROTOCOLS AND REQUESTS FROM SUPERINTENDENT AND LEGAL COUNSEL. THANK YOU. IT IS NOW 908. WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. [VIII. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session] CLOSED SESSION ENDED AT 12:39 P.M.. DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS? ON THE TABLE. IT WAS AWFUL. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF AS PRESENTED. [02:50:05] I HAVE A MOTION TO. I HAVE A SECOND. DARLA SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. SORRY. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL THOSE ABSTAINING. DO YOU GOT IT, MAGGIE? OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? DO YOU HAVE MORE? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF, TO ISSUE AN RFP FOR A FIRM TO CONDUCT A FORENSIC AUDIT OF AIR, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND FINANCE. ALSO TO WORK WITH THE BOARD OFFICERS TO ESTABLISH THE NECESSARY PARAMETERS FOR THE RFP. OKAY. A MOTION ON THE TABLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SUSANNA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. TO HAVE ANY OTHER MOTIONS ON THE TABLE. WITH THAT, WE ANY NEW BUSINESS REQUESTS FOR THE FUTURE. [X. New Business/Future Board Agenda Items] I DO HAVE A NEW BUSINESS. WE DID WE HAVE AN UPDATE OR. I'D LIKE TO HAVE AT SOME POINT, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I DON'T THINK WE EVER GOT AN UPDATE OR I DIDN'T SEE ONE. SO IF SOMEBODY CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD. OKAY. I JUST LIKE TO REMIND YOU ALL YOU'VE GOTTEN THE INVITATION TO THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR. SO IF YOU COULD RSVP AND REMEMBER, IT'S YOU ONLY KNOW PLUS ONE. BECAUSE THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, THE FOUNDATION, WANTS TO ALLOW THE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR TO BRING SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS. SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, PLUS ONE IF YOU ALL SO DO BECAUSE YOU GET TO CHOOSE YOUR FOOD. SO IF YOU DON'T RSVP, YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING. SO NO PLUS ONE, RIGHT? NO PLUS NO PLUS ONE. NO. NO SPOUSE DATE PARTNER CHILDREN. JUST YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER MOTIONS OR NO OTHER BUSINESS, WE CAN ADJOURN SESSION AT 1240 3PAM. P M ON APRIL 17TH. WEDNESDAY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.