Jul 23, 2024 Board Meetings

[I. Public Hearing: House Bill 3 Goals Progress Update]

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MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. HARRIS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

TONIGHT I AM PRESENTING THE HB 3 GOALS UPDATE DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

EXCUSE ME. POINT OF ORDER.

DID YOU CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER? WE'RE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY. OKAY, LET ME JUST CALL TO ORDER.

OKAY. I CALL THIS MEETING 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.

THE TIME IS 6:21.

ALL RIGHT. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. HARRIS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING THE HB 3 GOALS UPDATE IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AS MANDATED BY HOUSE BILL THREE FROM THE 86TH LEGISLATURE.

SCHOOL BOARDS ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT PLANS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY AND MATH BASED ON STAR, AS WELL AS COLLEGE AND CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

AFTER THIS BILL PASSED, THE DEL VALLE ISD WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING THE GOALS.

THE BOARD ADOPTED THE GOALS ON MARCH 2ND, 2021 DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, USING THE PREVIOUS DATA AS A BASELINE. AND THEN WE ADOPTED A FOUR YEAR PLAN FOR THE GOALS.

THE BOARD ADOPTED HB 3.

GOAL FOR CCMR WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES THAT MEET CRITERIA FOR CCMR WILL INCREASE FROM 59% TO 67% BY AUGUST OF 2024. OR SCORES FOR THE CLASS OF 2023 IS 82% OF CCMR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.

WE ARE OVER 70% THAT HAVE ACHIEVED COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

THE WINDOW FOR OR CCCMR SCORES FOR THE CLASS OF 2024 IS AUGUST, AND WE'RE STILL SUBMITTING SOME NUMBERS, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER 70%. SOME OF THE THINGS TO CONSIDER ARE THE CHANGES IN ACCOUNTABILITY THAT IMPACTED OR HOW WE EARN OUR CCCMR POINTS.

SO CHANGES IN THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS THAT THE STATE TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE OSHA, OSHA 10, THOSE ARE CERTIFICATIONS THAT HAVE GONE AWAY.

WE HAVE A SUNSETTING LIST.

AND THE DISTRICT IS WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE, THE PLAN OF THE, THE, THE PROGRAMS OF STUDIES AND NEW CERTIFICATIONS IN PLACE.

SO FOR THE STUDENTS TO EARN THEIR CCMR POINTS.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE PRIOR TO ADOPTING THE GOALS WERE THE CHANGES IN ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO REVIEW QUICKLY.

SO THE CHANGE, THE CHANGES IN ASSESSMENT.

SO WE HAD A STAAR REDESIGN WHERE ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE ONLINE.

THE NEW QUESTION TYPES, THE CROSS-CURRICULUM PASSAGES AND THE EVIDENCE BASED WRITING.

AND WE ALSO HAD THE ACCOUNTABILITY PASSING SCORE CHANGES.

SO SOME OF THE SCORES PRIOR TO THE CHANGES IN ACCOUNTABILITY MAY NOT BE APPLES TO APPLES BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES.

SO THE HB 3 GOAL FOR EARLY LITERACY AND MATH ADOPTED BY THE BOARD WAS THE FIRST ONE.

THE PERCENT OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THAT SCORE APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE ON STAAR READING WILL INCREASE FROM 56% TO 6464% BY JUNE 2024. FOR MATH.

THE PERCENT OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THAT SCORE APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE ON STAAR, MATH WILL INCREASE FROM 61% TO 69% BY JUNE 2024. OUR CURRENT SCORES ARE WE ARE AT 57% OF APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE IN READING FOR THIRD GRADE AND 48% OF APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE FOR MATH IN THIRD GRADE.

SO THE NEXT STEPS ARE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THE SUPERINTENDENT PROPOSES EARLY CHILDHOOD AND CCMR FIVE YEAR PLAN.

THIS CAN BE DURING THE NEXT MONTHS.

WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A YEAR TO ADOPT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

THAT WILL COMPLY WITH THE HB 3 BILL.

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AND THE CCCMR PLAN AS WELL.

AND AT THIS TIME I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE'LL START OVER HERE. TRUSTEE WEGNER.

SO I THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS, BUT WHERE IS THE LIST OF ALL OF THE GOALS? LIKE WHERE CAN WE GO TO FIND THAT? BECAUSE 2021 WAS A LONG TIME AGO THAT IS ACTUALLY PUBLISHED.

IT IS REQUIRED BY THE HB 3 BILL THAT THEY ARE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE.

SO THEY ARE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE CURRENTLY AND WE CAN SHARE THAT LINK.

BUT YEAH, IF YOU'LL SEND THAT TO ME, THAT'S GREAT.

AND THEN SO THAT ON THIS SLIDE IN FRONT OF US, IT SAID THE BOARD ADOPTS FIVE YEAR PLAN GOALS.

AND YOU SAID THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

NO. YOU WOULD HAVE A TIMELINE OF A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A YEAR.

SO BY THE NEXT TIME THAT WE DO AN UPDATE, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO ALREADY HAVE ADOPTED THE NEW THE NEW GOALS.

SO CAN WE DO IT EARLY? SINCE THERE WAS A STAR REDESIGN IN OUR GOALS? DON'T EVEN LINE UP ANYMORE.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO BE PROFICIENT IN THIS AND JUST DO IT? ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DATA TO PROPOSE SOMETHING, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY THROUGH THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE. THANK YOU.

AND MY LAST QUESTION IS GOING TO BE WHEN WAS THE STAR REDESIGNED? THE STAR REDESIGN KICKED IN LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH. TRUSTEE WELLINGTON? DO YOU? CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE? JUST AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR THE THIRD GRADE IN CCCMR FOR THE CCCMR. FOR THE CCCMR, WE WERE AT 82%.

AND THE CHANGES TO THAT FROM 82% TO THE TO THE 70% IS BECAUSE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW OF THE NEW SYSTEM.

IT IS A YEAR BEHIND.

SO EACH YEAR IT'S CHANGING THE LIST OF THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO EARN CCCMR POINTS, AS WELL AS THE CTE PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT NOW THE STUDENTS HAVE TO TAKE THE COURSES TO TAKE THE TEST AND THEN EARN THE POINT FOR THE SCORES, THE SCORES.

LAST YEAR WE TOOK THIS NEW ASSESSMENT AND THIS COURSE LOOKS SIMILAR.

I DON'T HAVE A MAP AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD TO BE ABLE TO SAY THE NUMBERS, BUT I THINK THAT IT FOLLOWS A SIMILAR, SIMILAR TREND.

OKAY. AND SO, I THINK IN MY MIND IT MAKES SENSE THAT LIKE, LIKE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE CCMR CHANGES ABOUT WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I REMEMBER ONE OF THE ONES THAT THEY GOT RID OF WAS I THINK MICROSOFT OFFICE.

LIKE IF YOU TAKE A CLASS IN MICROSOFT OFFICE THAT USED TO COUNT TOWARDS CCMR CREDITS.

NOW IT DOES NOT.

IS IS THAT CORRECT? YES. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT PARTICULAR.

I KNOW THAT THE OSHA AND THE POLICE CERTIFICATION ARE ONE OF THE ONES, BUT YES, SOME OF THOSE COURSES WERE CUT FROM THE LIST OF CCMR. AND SO IN MY MIND IT MAKES SENSE THAT LIKE 82% GOING DOWN TO 70%, I CAN CONNECT THOSE DOTS BECAUSE THEY'VE CHANGED WHAT COUNTS TOWARDS CREDIT.

I THINK I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE THIRD GRADE APPROACHES OR ABOVE GOALS, LIKE THE IMPRESSION I HAVE WHEN I LOOK AT THE RANGE OF LIKE, HEY, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE FROM 56 TO 64%, AND IT'S THAT 57%.

I'M LIKE, OKAY, MAYBE, MAYBE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'RE IN THAT RANGE.

IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

I UNDERSTAND WE HAVEN'T MET THE TARGET.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE THIRD GRADE MATH SCORE, IT JUST SEEMS SO MUCH LOWER THAN EVEN THE RANGE THAT WE HAD SET OUT IN.

THE GOAL IS THERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE AN AWARENESS OF WHAT HAPPENED OR WHAT IS SORT OF AT THE ROOT OF THAT 48% BEING DOWN FROM THE 61% BASED ON THE TRENDS THAT I HAVE SEEN.

AND THIS IS FROM THE ACCOUNTABILITY PERSPECTIVE THE INCORPORATION OF THE WRITING ON ALL THE ASSESSMENTS.

SO NOW THE MATH HAS WRITING, SCIENCE HAS WRITING, THE RLA HAS WRITING.

THAT IS WHAT HAS HURT US THE MOST ON THE REDESIGN.

AND IS IT IS IT HANDWRITING OR IS IT LIKE TYPING? I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO.

LIKE I JUST LOOK AT THE AT THE DATA.

SO I WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT THOSE SCORES ARE AFFECTING, BUT I'M NOT SURE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY IF IT'S THE STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING IS STRUGGLING WITH THE WITH THE TYPING. I WOULD SAY AS A THIRD GRADER AND I TESTIFIED THIS AT THE AT THE CAPITOL REGARDING THE THIRD GRADE STUDENTS NOT BEING PROFICIENT IN TYPING, AND THAT IS TAKING THE

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BUT WE WOULD NEED TO DO FURTHER ANALYSIS TO CONFIRM THAT THAT IS THE CASE.

GOT IT. NO.

YEAH. AND I THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF THOSE JUMPS.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WOODY.

THANK YOU. SO I KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, WE'VE KIND OF USED CLOSING THE GAP.

AND, YOU KNOW, INCREASING GROWTH WAS OUR PRIMARY GOAL AS A DISTRICT.

THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT OUR THIRD GRADE.

GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE PUT A LOT OF TRAINING AND A LOT OF FUNDING INTO FIDELITY AND TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO ALL THESE KIND OF THINGS.

SO KIND OF UNDERSTANDING DO WE NEED TO REEVALUATE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THESE, TO BE IN LINE WITH THE CHANGES TO STAAR? BECAUSE HAVING MORE THAN HALF OF OUR STUDENTS NOT EVEN MEET GRADE LEVEL IS DISTURBING.

MEANING WE PLAN ON DOING A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF STAAR SCORES AS WE DO FINALIZED REPORTS.

AND INCLUDED IN THAT IS GOING TO BE THE COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT APPROACH, WHICH IS GOING TO ADDRESS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, ADDRESS CURRICULAR DESIGN, AS WELL AS REVISIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE GAPS THAT ARE SEEN WITHIN OUR STUDENT NEEDS.

SO WE'RE PREPARED OR WE'RE PREPARING TO DO THAT PRESENTATION NEXT MONTH TO HELP MAKE THE BOARD MAKE A MORE INFORMED DECISION.

ALSO, AS WE HAVE A YEAR TO HELP IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE GOALS ARE AS WELL.

SO OUR GOAL IS NEXT YEAR, EXCUSE ME, NEXT MONTH IN COLLABORATION WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PLAN TO THE BOARD.

DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS PLAN OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT BECAUSE GIVE ME SOMETHING THAT I CAN ACTUALLY REVIEW AND UNDERSTAND AND THEN SEE IF THIS ACTUALLY MEETS UP, WHAT IS THE PLAN GOING TO LOOK LIKE OR WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE TALKING TO US ABOUT.

SO, THE HOUSE BILL GOALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON OR THE SUPERINTENDENTS CAN WORK ON WITH THE BOARD WITHIN THE UPCOMING YEAR, IS SOMETHING THAT DOES GET APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

SO WHAT WILL BE PRESENTED NEXT MONTH IS GOING TO BE THE DISTRICT SCORES THAT RECEIVED BY CAMPUS AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL BEING FINALIZED, AS WELL AS A PLAN THAT THE DISTRICT HAS WORKED ON TO ADDRESS THE GAPS THAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN INSTRUCTION.

AND TO FOLLOW UP TO THAT.

SO I DID SEE THE SCORES, AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF REVIEWING THIS OFFLINE FOR A WHILE.

FROM A STATE LEVEL, THE STATE HAS AVERAGED MET GRADE LEVEL OR WHATEVER.

SO ARE WE LOOKING TO OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO US THAT DID MEET THE GRADE LEVEL, THAT HAVE BETTER SCORES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE THINK IS BEST? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU GUYS ARE GETTING YOUR INFORMATION FROM, AND TO HAS PUBLISHED ALL THE DISTRICT DATA.

WE HAVE NOT DISAGGREGATED BY ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED TO MATCH SCHOOLS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OURS.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF THAT SINCE THE DATA IS SO RECENT.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DISSEMINATING THAT DATA.

ONLY THROUGH THE SITE AND COME BACK.

OKAY. SO FROM THE DATA THAT Y'ALL WILL BRING NEXT MONTH, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT CAN NARROW DOWN WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS BETWEEN THE 61% AND DROPPING DOWN TO 48%, LIKE NARROWER? I KNOW YOU SAID FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW IT WAS THE WRITING AND THE WRITING READING WRITING AREA AND THE MATH.

BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET ACTUAL DATA THAT'S LIKE, THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY STRUGGLED AS A WHOLE IN OUR THIRD GRADE, BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE DECREASE IN OUR OVERALL GRADE.

YES. AND I'M SAYING, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE I ONLY I LOOK AT EVERYTHING THROUGH THE NUMBERS.

AND I'M HOPING THAT, AS MR. HARRIS MENTIONED, THAT DURING THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT INCLUDES ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIABLES OF THAT.

I JUST CAN'T SEE ON THE DATA, BUT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SEE BASED ON DIFFERENT REVIEW.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

WEGNER, IF I MAY, CAN I REQUEST THE HISTORICAL DATA FOR THIS FOR 21, 22, 23 AND 24? IF I GUESS 24 IS NOT AVAILABLE, BUT FOR WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

AND LAST, LAST COMMENT.

I KNOW THAT AS A DISTRICT, AGAIN, WE DON'T REALLY STRIVE TO LIKE HITTING WHATEVER THE STATE IS.

WE STRIVE TO INCREMENTAL GROWTH.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS STRIVED TO.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT FROM A PARENT PERSPECTIVE, COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, LIKE FOLKS LOOK AT THESE SCORES, FOLKS LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND IF THEY SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S GOING TO DETER THEM FROM COMING TO OUR DISTRICT.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK WE JUST BASICALLY JUST TO REITERATE, WE'LL HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

THAT WILL HAVE MORE DATA, MORE ANALYSIS.

BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD ASK THAT IF WE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR THINGS WE BROUGHT UP RIGHT NOW, IF WE COULD PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO MR. HARRIS AND COPY THE OFFICES.

THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION FOR US READY TO GO AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

YES. IF THE PUBLIC HAS A THANK YOU, IF THE PUBLIC HAS ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS THAT THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE REVIEWED, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OR MYSELF. BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT.

OH, ACTUALLY, DR.

RUSH, COULD THEY SEND THE QUESTIONS TO YOU? THE PUBLIC? AND IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

YEAH. IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO SPEAK TO IT RIGHT NOW, FEEL FREE.

OKAY. MADAM PRESIDENT, REAL QUICK, WHAT WAS YOUR COMMENT? IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR WHAT? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ANY DATA POINTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR OR SEE AT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION, NEXT MEETING.

THEN EMAIL THEM OUT TO MR. HARRIS. OKAY, CAN WE JUST GET A LITTLE BLURB OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO US? SO I KNOW WHAT MY QUESTIONS SHOULD BE AROUND.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:38 P.M. WE WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

[II. Call to Order]

AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.

WE DO. THE TIME IS 6:38 P.M.

AND LET'S ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

OKAY. TODAY WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YES. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE PUBLIC HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP BEFORE THIS MEETING.

IF THEY HAD CHOSEN TO DO SO, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THREE MINUTES IN ORDER TO SPEAK.

SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR INFORMATION UPDATES.

[V.A. Local Policy Update 123]

MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PERIODICALLY TASB WILL PROPOSE CHANGES TO THE DISTRICT'S LOCAL CHANGES.

BELOW ARE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES.

AS THIS IS A FIRST READ, THESE POLICY CHANGES ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ACTED ON AT THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING.

STAFF FROM HUMAN RESOURCES, COMMUNICATIONS, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND OPERATIONS ARE HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THESE RECOMMENDED POLICY CHANGES.

I DO HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CHAPTER 313.

OKAY. TRUSTEE.

WHAT? GO AHEAD. I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ADDRESS THIS TO, BUT PART OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE REMOVING IS BASICALLY THE PROCESS ON WHAT WE DO WHEN WE GET INTO A CHAPTER 313.

GIVEN THAT THE LEGISLATION HAS CHANGED AND THOSE ARE KIND OF GOING AWAY, BUT NOT REALLY.

IF WE EVER DO GET INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A COMPANY OR CORPORATION, SHOULD WE KEEP SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE? THAT KIND OF ADDRESSES A PROCESS FOR US TO GO INTO, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO INCENTIVE ANYMORE FROM WHAT I RECALL OR WAS TOLD SHOULD WE KEEP SOME KIND OF PROCESS IN OUR POLICY SO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE.

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SO YOU ARE RIGHT.

THE REASON WHY THAT WAS REMOVED IS BECAUSE IN DECEMBER OF 2022, THAT CHAPTER 313 AGREEMENTS WERE REMOVED OR THE LAW WAS RESCINDED.

SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE PASSED SOMETHING SIMILAR, AND IT'S BEEN REPLACED BY THE TEXAS JOBS ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.

BUT THAT PROCESS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE FORMER 313 AGREEMENT.

SO THAT GOES THROUGH THE STATE.

AND THE FUNDING WOULD GO TO THE STATE AND NOT DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT.

SO IT'S NOT A SIMILAR PROCESS AT ALL.

WHAT IT WILL DO IS THAT THEY THE STATE WILL THEN REPLACE THE FUNDING AND IT WOULDN'T BE ADDITIONAL.

IT WOULD JUST GIVE US WHAT WE WOULD LOSE IN THAT TAX COLLECTIONS, AS OPPOSED TO NOW WHERE IT'S ADDITIONAL TO WHAT WE ALREADY GET.

OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WILL ADDRESS IF WE GO INTO AND I'M BRINGING UP THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONCEPT BECAUSE PART OF THAT WAS GIVING WAS A PARTNER TAX INCENTIVES IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, BE A PARTNER WITH US AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO HOW WOULD THAT WORK? IS THAT A PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, OR IS IT DIFFERENT OR SIMILAR OR THAT I'M AWARE? NO, THIS ONLY REMOVING THE CHAPTER 313 LANGUAGE FROM THE POLICY.

SO THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A BOARD CONSIDERATION ON THE SPECIFIC PROJECT.

AND IT'S NOT IMPACTED BY THIS.

YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS SHOULD WE AS A BOARD, I THINK MAYBE CONSIDER SOME TYPE OF POLICY OR PROCESS THAT WOULD ADHERE TO THAT ANY OF THOSE KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH ANYONE? I DON'T KNOW. YEAH.

I JUST POINT OF INFORMATION.

SO I KNOW THAT THE PFC, THAT VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED THROUGH A DIFFERENT PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT IS UNRELATED TO CHAPTER 313 AGREEMENTS.

BUT I DO THINK THAT, LIKE IT'S A GREAT QUESTION IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DEL VALLE ISD IS A VERY RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITY.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BEING HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF NEWS ABOUT COMPANIES TRYING TO MOVE HERE.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY, BUT WHAT GUIDANCE SHOULD THE BOARD CONSIDER IN TERMS OF IF A COMPANY APPROACHES THE DISTRICT AND DON'T HAVE CHAPTER 313 AGREEMENTS AS A TOOL? AND THERE'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A VERY LIMITED SCOPE OF AGREEMENTS.

YES. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT HELPS YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

YOU'D HAVE TO DEVISE SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S RELATIVELY NEW IDEA, FOR EXAMPLE, TO GET HOUSING TAX CREDIT ASSISTANCE FOR TEACHERS AND SO FORTH.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT WOULD TRY TO ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES THAT YOU ANTICIPATE MIGHT COME ACROSS.

IT'S A NOVEL IDEA.

IT'S RELATIVELY NEW FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN ACTIVE DISCUSSION WITH YOUR DISTRICT, AND THEN OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE PASSED THAT KIND OF CONCEPT.

BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF POLICY GUIDANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO HELP YOU WITH, THAT YOU'D HAVE TO BE REFERRING DIRECTLY TO STATE LAW AND TRYING TO SORT THAT OUT.

AND SO THERE ISN'T YOU'D HAVE TO REALLY KIND OF DEVELOP SOMETHING, FRANKLY, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT YOU THINK ARE IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD.

THE EXTENT OF THESE KINDS OF AGREEMENTS, THE TERMS THAT YOU WOULD REQUIRE, THE KIND OF PROTECTIONS YOU'D WANT IN THOSE AGREEMENTS, BECAUSE, AS I RECALL, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DETAIL AT THE INITIAL PHASE OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING AN AGREEMENT WITH A THIRD PARTY WHO WOULD PROVIDE THESE KINDS OF RESOURCES TO A DISTRICT.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE, IF YOU'VE GOT CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING PARAMETERS, TO DEFINITELY DEVELOP SOME KIND OF POLICY THAT WOULD OUTLINE THOSE ISSUES.

CAN I JUST ASK A FOLLOW UP? SO I THINK FOR ME, JUST TO BE VERY DIRECT OUTSIDE OF PFC, OUTSIDE OF HB 5, IS THERE SOME SORT OF STATUTORY PREEMPTION THAT SAYS, I DON'T CARE IF YOU WANT TO CREATE AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH A COMPANY, YOU CANNOT DO THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHOUT THE STATE'S BLESSING.

IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR IF A COMPANY DOES APPROACH US AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE SOME KIND OF FORMAL PARTNERSHIP, AND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDS OF STATE LAW.

IS THAT A THING WE CAN DO, OR IS THAT LIKE A NO-NO.

SO THIS IS A LARGER ISSUE, A LARGER QUESTION, BECAUSE THE VERY NATURE OF WHAT WAS BEING CONTEMPLATED WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE YOU MAY RECALL YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND YOUR BOND COUNSEL AT THE TIME WERE SORT OF IDENTIFYING THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE MORE FLESHING OUT IN TERMS OF THE RATIONALE, THE LEGAL JUSTIFICATION, FRANKLY, TO PURSUE THOSE KINDS OF

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SO I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL ISSUES.

I WOULD NOT SAY THAT IT'S AN ENTIRELY RESOLVED MATTER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, BY REMOVING THIS, IT JUST IT JUST REMOVES THAT LANGUAGE OF THE CHAPTER 313, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE DISTRICT AND FROM THE THIRD PARTY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR THE CURRENT.

CORRECT. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND MAYBE WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE NEW BUSINESS.

AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WE CAN ADD THAT AS AN ITEM FOR US TO CONSIDER AS A BOARD.

ACTUALLY COMING UP WITH THIS POLICY AND THE TERMS OF THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. HARRIS.

OKAY, NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO INFORMATION ITEM B, STUDENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM UPDATE.

[V.B. Student and Family Support Program Update]

YES. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

MADAM PRESIDENT AND MR. HARRIS, I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE OUR TEAM BE HERE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU GUYS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH INTEGRAL CARE CARRY AND BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN OUR DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS AND WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS AS WELL AS INCREASING COLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS TO OUR KIDS.

WE ARE FIRST GOING TO START OFF WITH INTEGRAL CARE AND I HAVE FOR YOU STACY SPENCER.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS STACY SPENCER AND I'M A PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR AT INTEGRAL CARE.

WE ARE THE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY THAT SERVES AUSTIN-TRAVIS COUNTY, AND WE SERVE ADULTS AND CHILDREN LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AND INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

WE ARE A NONPROFIT, AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SERVE AS THE SOCIAL SERVICES SAFETY NET FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

GO TO THE THIRD SLIDE.

YEAH. OOPS.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

ON THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE FORMALLY STARTED OUR MOU WITH DELL VALLEY ISD IN 2014.

FROM FUNDING THAT INTEGRAL CARE SECURED EACH SUCCESSIVE YEAR, WE HAVE EXPANDED SERVICES BASED ON NEED THROUGH FUNDING SECURED BY DELL, VALLEY ISD AND INTEGRAL CARE.

THIS IS THE FUNDING FOR THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

BASED ON THE DISTRICT'S IDENTIFIED NEED, WE HAVE A THERAPIST ON EVERY CAMPUS, AND WE HAVE THREE THERAPISTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ALSO HAVE A THERAPIST THAT FOCUSES ON SERVING SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

THE EXCITING NEWS IS THAT THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE EVEN MORE FUNDING THROUGH STATE GRANTS.

SO THEREFORE WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THE FUNDING THAT WE WOULD NEED FROM DEL VALLE ISD, FROM 788,977 TO 400,000, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE SAME COVERAGE.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE SERVED 531 STUDENTS THROUGH 10,395 SERVICES.

IT INCLUDED ASSESSMENTS.

INDIVIDUAL FAMILY AND GROUP COUNSELING, SUMMER SERVICES, CRISIS SERVICES, AND PARENT SUPPORT.

WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED PSYCHIATRIST TO SERVE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES.

OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON CAMPUS SO THAT FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE INTO AUSTIN FOR THE SERVICES.

WE CAN EASILY REFER AND COORDINATE WITHIN INTEGRAL CARE FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER SERVICES, SUCH AS ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

YES, WAIVER AND HOUSING.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ARE NOT ON THESE SLIDES.

ONE BASED ON EVIDENCE BASED EVALUATION THAT WE COMPLETE AT INTAKE, AND EVERY 90 DAYS WITH EACH OF THE STUDENTS IT SHOWS THAT 83% OF THE STUDENTS SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN MULTIPLE LIFE DOMAINS, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, SCHOOL AND THEIR FAMILY SITUATION.

ANOTHER THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT BASED ON THE NEEDS THAT WE'VE OBSERVED, WE'VE SECURED OTHER GRANTS, INCLUDING ALMOST $100,000 WORTH OF FUNDING THAT'S GONE DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF DELL VALLEY ISD FAMILIES FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, BASIC NEEDS AND HOUSING SUPPORT.

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TWO QUOTES I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE FROM A FAMILY MEMBER SAID, THIS YEAR, MY CHILD HAS FLOURISHED BECAUSE OF THE COPING SKILLS HE'S RECEIVED FROM HIS INTEGRAL CARE THERAPIST.

I'M TRULY GRATEFUL THAT HE'S BECOME MORE CONFIDENT AND THE NADEL VALLEY ISD PERSONNEL REPORTED.

I LOVE MY INTEGRAL CARE THERAPIST.

SHE REALLY CENTERS STUDENT NEEDS AND WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CARE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS.

WHENEVER I ASK FOR UPDATES ON INCOMING FOR YOU GUYS TO COME IN AND SHOW US, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, IS THAT INCREASE THAT POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS IMPACTED OUR STUDENTS.

AND I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR.

83% HAVE BENEFITED FROM YOUR YOUR PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND IF WE CAN GET THAT NEXT TIME AHEAD THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE.

ANOTHER UNIQUE PART IS THAT THEY ALSO SERVE OUR CANCER OF OUR ADULTS AND TEACHERS.

AND THAT'S FROM A CONFIDENTIAL STANDPOINT.

SO THEY DO SERVE SOME OF OUR ADULTS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY BENEFIT US.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE.

I HEARD YOU SPEAK ON THE GRANT THAT WERE ALSO IN COMBINATION TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.

DO YOU GUYS ALSO BILL LIKE, MEDICAID MEDICARE TYPE THING? AND HOW DOES THAT OFFSET THE COST FOR YOU? YEAH, THE COST THAT WE PASS ALONG TO THE DISTRICT BASICALLY DEDUCTS THE AMOUNT WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE THROUGH REVENUE FROM BILLING, MEDICAID AND AND OTHER COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANIES.

SO IS THAT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH WHAT THE DISTRICT IS, ALONG WITH THE GRANTS? ALONG WITH GRANTS? YEAH.

THANK YOU. SORRY.

CAN YOU CAN YOU CLARIFY, IS THAT ANY OUT OF POCKET FUNDING FROM OUR PARENTS? NO, NONE OF THE PARENTS PAY ANY FEE FOR SERVICES.

NONE OF THE TEACHERS PAY ANY FEE FOR SERVICES EITHER.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE WEGNER IS IT? SORRY. OH, AND I WAS GOING TO ASK.

SO IS THIS, LIKE, PARENTS ARE BEING REQUESTED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION? INSURANCE? IF THEY DO NOT, ARE THEY IN ANY WAY AFFECTED WITH THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVE? IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION? NO. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION AT ALL.

WE DO REQUEST THAT THEY PROVIDE INSURANCE INFORMATION JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DOCTOR APPOINTMENT, BUT IF THEY DON'T PROVIDE IT, THEY DON'T PROVIDE IT.

IT DOESN'T HINDER THEIR SERVICES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. TRUSTEE.

WEGNER. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO.

I KNOW IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I BELIEVE IN THE PAST WE USED TO GET THE DETAILED REPORT.

CAN Y'ALL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT? BECAUSE THAT JUST HELPS US REINFORCE THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY HOSTING Y'ALL.

AND SO THEN IF WE CAN STAY ON THIS SLIDE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW AND MAYBE I'M JUST MISREADING IT, BUT IT SAYS 390 REFERRALS AND THEN 531 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS AND THEN 10,395 SERVICES.

SO IF YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT, THAT'S EVERYBODY GETS 19.

I MEAN, WHAT AM I MISSING? PEOPLE START SERVICES AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

THE REASON WE HAD 531 STUDENTS WERE SERVED, BUT WE ONLY RECEIVED 390 REFERRALS IS BECAUSE WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH STUDENTS ALREADY IN SERVICES LIKE RIGHT NOW, THIS SUMMER WE ALREADY HAVE STUDENTS IN SERVICES.

THE NUMBER OF SERVICES VARY.

SOME STUDENTS COME IN AND THEY'RE ABLE TO KIND OF LIKE ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES WITHIN, YOU KNOW, TEN WEEKS OF SESSION AND SOME OF THEM ARE IN SERVICES FOR A YEAR.

SO EVERY CLIENT KIND OF VARIES BASED ON THEIR NEED.

OKAY. HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO A SERVICE COULD BE TEN WEEKS OF THERAPY.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, EACH ONE OF THOSE SERVICES OR EACH ONE OF THOSE THERAPY SESSIONS COUNTS AS A SERVICE.

CORRECT. OKAY. THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR INTEGRAL CARE? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PARTNER IS KERRY.

AND I'LL PRESENT TO YOU MISS SHAYNA FOX.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS SHAYNA FOX.

LIKE VICKI SAID, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS KERRY'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR EIGHTH YEAR OF COLLABORATION WITH DEL VALLE, AND I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST GIVE YOU A REALLY BROAD BRUSH OF OUR MISSION.

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OUR OVERALL MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EMPOWERMENT SKILLS FOR STUDENTS TO AVOID ANY TYPE OF CONTACT WITH JUVENILE OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE. WE DO THAT BY PROVIDING A FULL TIME, LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ON EACH CAMPUS THAT WE ARE AT.

WE ARE AT ALL THREE OF YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND YOUR HIGH SCHOOL.

EACH ONE HAS A FULL TIME CARRIE YOUTH ADVISOR THAT CONDUCTS MULTIPLE SERVICES.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THE BREAKDOWN IN SERVICES THAT THAT WE JUST KIND OF SUSSED OUT PRIOR TO ME.

AND SO WE DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS.

WE HAVE GROUP INDIVIDUAL PARENT CONTACTS AND THEN ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

THOSE ARE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS.

THOSE ARE HOUSE VISITS.

ANY KIND OF CASE MANAGEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE KIDDOS.

BUT WHAT SETS CAREY ASIDE IS THAT WE SPECIFICALLY ONLY WORK WITH KIDS THAT ARE ENTRENCHED IN THE DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM, SO THE KIDS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY GOING TO YOUR OPPORTUNITY CENTER, CONSTANTLY IN Y'ALL'S OFFICES, DISRUPTING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

AND SO WE WORK WITH THOSE KIDS.

AND SO WE WORK WITH 408 KIDS THIS LAST YEAR, BUT THAT AFFECTS EACH AND EVERY STUDENT ON CAMPUS AS FAR AS THE ENTIRE CLIMATE OF THE SCHOOL GOES. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS OUTCOMES.

WE'VE REALLY, REALLY STRONG OUTCOMES.

WE USE AN EVIDENCE BASED CURRICULUM CALLED AGGRESSION REPLACEMENT TRAINING.

WE DON'T CALL THAT THAT WITH THE KIDS.

WE CALL IT ART.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEE AND DEMONSTRATE STATISTICALLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THAT WHEN A STUDENT PARTICIPATES IN THE CARRY PROGRAM FOR ONE YEAR, TWO WHOLE SEMESTERS, WE'RE SEEING THESE STATISTICS, THE REDUCTION IN SERIOUS DISCIPLINE REFERRALS THAT INCLUDES GANGS, WEAPONS, DRUGS, ALL OF YOUR TIER THREE TYPE OF OFFENSES.

SO THREATS, HARASSMENT, ALL OF THAT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

BUT I DID JUST WANT TO SAY ONE OF THE VERY UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITIONS THAT KARI BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS THAT OUR ASK OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FINANCIALLY IS HALF OF WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING, SO WE COVER TWO SCHOOLS.

CURRENTLY, DALY IS COVERED THROUGH TRAVIS COUNTY JUVENILE PREVENTION.

JUVENILE DETENTION SHOULD BE PREVENTION.

AND ALSO DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IS COVERED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE STATE.

SO WE ARE ABLE TO BRING IN 50% OF THE REVENUE TO KEEP THIS MOVING SO THAT WE CAN IMPACT MORE KIDS.

WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE A LOT MORE STUDENTS COMING IN.

THIS YEAR ALONE, WE HAD OVER 850 STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.

WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO SERVE 100 OF THEM.

SO WE KNOW THE NEED IS THERE.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. TRUSTEE.

ON THE SERVICES SLIDE, IT SAYS SO THE STUDENTS ATTEND GROUP SESSION.

AND SO THE AMOUNT OF TIMES IN EACH ONE IS THIS PER STUDENT, IS THIS LIKE THE GROUPS OF STUDENTS? THIS IS TOTAL FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THAT'S ALL FOR ALL SCHOOL.

EVERY STUDENT AND I DO HAVE A SEPARATE REPORT THAT BREAKS OUT.

IT'S LIKE AN IMPACT REPORT.

IT BREAKS IT OUT BY CAMPUS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW MANY, BECAUSE THAT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT CONVOLUTED WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, 2000.

YEAH. BUT YEAH, THAT IS BETWEEN 400 AND 8 STUDENTS OVER FOUR CAMPUSES.

OKAY. AND THEN HOW MANY REPRESENTATIVES DO Y'ALL HAVE AT EACH.

SO WE HAVE ONE CARRY COUNSELOR.

AND THEN OFTENTIMES THERE'S A SOCIAL WORK INTERN OR SOME TYPE OF CO-FACILITATOR.

BUT AS FAR AS LIKE A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE, IT'S ONE PERSON, AND THIS INDIVIDUAL IS ABLE TO GO TO EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS HOMES, GROUP SESSIONS, ALL OF THAT STUFF, LIKE THEY FOLLOW THEM THROUGH THAT ENTIRE TIME AND DOING IT TO EACH STUDENT.

THEY HUSTLE, THEY HUSTLE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF, AND IT'S NOT LISTED HERE, IS POST COVID.

GETTING STUDENTS BACK ENGAGED IN SCHOOL WAS REALLY, REALLY TOUGH, SPECIFICALLY WITH DELL VALLEY AND OUR COUNSELORS.

THAT KIND OF BECAME THEIR MANDATE BECAUSE THEY HAD THOSE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FAMILIES.

THEY WEREN'T.

IT WASN'T LIKE A NEGATIVE THING.

WE WERE GOING THERE, BRINGING THEM TECHNOLOGY PROVIDED BY Y'ALL.

AND SO IT WAS IT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT, THAT RELATIONAL PIECE OF IT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO BREAK THOSE OUT BY SCHOOL.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND ONE MORE QUESTION.

YES. SO IF ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE TO NOT BE THERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND WE'RE SEEING WITH YOUR DATA, LIKE THE OUTCOMES, WHICH LOOKS POSITIVE, HOW IS THAT LIKE COVERED? IS THERE DO YOU HAVE EXTRA STAFF THAT KIND OF POPS IN THERE AND DOES STUFF? IS SOMEONE ELSE TAKING OVER LIKE THEIR WORKLOAD? LIKE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? YOU'RE SAYING IF WE HAVE STAFF TURNOVER?

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HOW IS THAT COVERED? IS DO Y'ALL HAVE LIKE COVERAGE STAFF? IS SOMEONE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DOWN THE ROAD, DELL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL? DO THEY STEP OVER AND TAKE COVERAGE? AND HOW DO Y'ALL WORK THAT OUT? YEAH, NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND AS WE'VE GROWN WE'VE REALLY HAD TO THINK ABOUT THAT STRATEGICALLY.

SO NO, WE DO NOT MOVE COUNSELORS FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER.

THAT IS THEIR THAT IS THEIR DOMAIN.

THOSE ARE THEIR KIDS.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE SEEN ON THAT CAMPUS CONSISTENTLY.

IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT GOES ON MATERNITY LEAVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON STAFF, A PROGRAM DIRECTOR OR PROGRAM MANAGER, AND THEN ALSO A SENIOR YOUTH ADVISOR THAT CAN STEP IN AND TAKE ON THAT CASELOAD FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

WHEN THERE IS TURNOVER, WE TRY TO FILL IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT AS CORRECTLY AS POSSIBLE.

YES, OF COURSE I'M OKAY.

AND THEN SO I KNOW YOU STATED LIKE AT DELL VALLEY YOU HAVE THE JUVENILE SYSTEM WHICH FUNDS THAT.

DOES THIS GIVE THEM ANY TYPE OF EXTRA ACCESS TO OUR STUDENTS OR OUR STUDENTS? ARE THEY AWARE OF THIS? IS THAT LIKE A DETERRENT FOR STUDENTS OR FOR PARENTS WANTING TO PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE OF THAT? NO. THE ONLY THE THE.

OKAY, I THINK THERE'S TWO QUESTIONS HERE.

I CAN CLARIFY.

ONE OF THEM IS IT SOUNDS LIKE IS KIND OF LIKE A DATA SHARING QUESTION IN THAT DOES THE COUNTY GET THIS INFORMATION? AND THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT THEY GET IT DE-IDENTIFIED.

AND SO WE'RE COMPLETELY YOU KNOW, WE GET AGGREGATE REPORTS AND WE'RE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS STUDENT THE ONLY THING THAT I DON'T LOVE ABOUT THAT GRANT IS THAT IF A STUDENT DOES GET PUT IN GARNER, BETTS OR JUVENILE, WE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO WORK WITH THEM UNTIL THEY ARE NO LONGER IN THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE OR THE COUNTY. AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY COME BACK TO SCHOOL, THEY CAN RESUME SERVICES.

THAT'S THE ONLY GRANT THAT WE HAVE THAT'S LIKE THAT.

BUT IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO NOT INTERRUPT SERVICES TO PROVIDE A REALLY SOLID CONTINUUM.

AND I WAS JUST ASKING JUST IN GENERAL IN THE AREA LIKE DAILY, THAT'S LIKE IN MY AREA.

AND I JUST HAVE CONCERNS WITH OTHER PARENTS THAT I'VE HEARD, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FEELING AS THOUGH MAYBE THEIR CHILD IS PERCEIVED IN A CERTAIN WAY BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION, OR THEY'RE KIND OF POINTED OUT IN THE JUVENILE, AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF THEM OR THOUGHTS OF THEM.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS AND WANTED THEM TO KIND OF HEAR WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OUTCOMES DATA.

THAT'S GREAT.

FOR ME, WHAT I LIKE TO SEE IS I LIKE TO SEE YEAR OVER YEAR OUTCOMES BECAUSE IF IF THIS IS AN OUTCOME OR IF THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S ACTUALLY BENEFITING OUR KIDS, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU NEED MORE FUNDING TO GET MORE KIDS IN THERE BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SERVICES, THEN THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO AND PROVIDING THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO GET MORE FOLKS OUT HERE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISON.

JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS DURING THE BUDGET TIME AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO INCREASE AT ANOTHER POINT IN TIME.

THANK YOU. 2020 MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHERS, BUT I THINK THAT'S NORMAL FOR ALL STATISTICS.

BUT NO, I'M HAPPY TO TO PRESENT THAT.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE FOR US AS WELL TO SEE TRENDS.

YEAH. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

ANY. TRUSTEE.

WEGNER. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I'M SOUND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW, AGAIN, CARRIE'S SERVED MY FAMILY, SO I APPRECIATE IT.

MY QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IS CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE PART THAT YOU SAID Y'ALL HAD TO TURN AWAY STUDENTS BECAUSE YOU HAD MORE REQUESTS THAN YOU ACTUALLY HAD SLOTS? SO WHAT'S THAT DIFFERENCE? SO THE OVERPRESCRIPTION THERE WOULD BE 800 STUDENTS, SO WE'RE ONLY ABLE CURRENTLY.

AND THIS IS JUST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE OTHER ONES ARE PRETTY WELL BALANCED.

YEAH, THAT'S. YEAH, BUT WE HAD 875 KIDS THAT QUALIFIED FOR CAREER SERVICES IN THAT THEY MET THE CRITERIA OF HAVING AT LEAST ONE SERIOUS DOCUMENTED REFERRAL BEHAVIORALLY.

AND WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO HELP 100 PER YEAR.

I'M SORRY YOU WERE ABLE TO HELP. HOW MANY 100 PER YEAR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE HAD A REQUEST FOR 875 REFERRALS THAT THEY MET THE CRITERIA AND WE MADE.

Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO SERVE 100.

THAT'S. YEAH. PER COUNSELOR.

THAT'S THAT'S THE LIFT, RIGHT? NO, I, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY.

SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

SO AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT QUESTION, YOU SAID PER COUNSELOR ONE.

SO IDEALLY, IF YOU HAD HAD NINE COUNSELORS, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HAVE SERVED THE POPULATION THAT NEEDED.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FOR CLARITY, JUST CLARIFICATION.

IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU TAKE SOMETHING OUT, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT TAKES ITS PLACE.

BUT YES, IDEALLY FROM A VOLUMETRIC POINT OF VIEW, THAT WOULD BE THE LOGIC.

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THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

THAT IS DONE HIGHLY COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICE TEAM MEETINGS THAT HAPPEN ON CAMPUS.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE TRIAGE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM THAT'S BEST FOR A, B OR C, YOU KNOW? AND THEN I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY THAT EACH PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AS WELL WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU A LIST OF THE TOP 50 KIDS RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD. SO WE TRY TO REALLY SERVE THE THREE FILTERS WE REALLY USE IS THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR SERVICES.

THAT'S A HUGE ONE. SO UNMET NEED ANOTHER ONE IS THE SEVERITY OF INSTANCES AND FREQUENCY.

SO IF THERE'S SOMEBODY, A STUDENT THAT IS JUST COMPLETELY KIND OF GOING DOWNHILL, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THAT KID.

SO WE DO A RISK ASSESSMENT AT INTAKE TO KIND OF GAUGE THE THE SEVERITY AND THE INTERVENTION.

OKAY. SO I HAVE TWO FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO THAT.

ONE OF THEM IS YOU KNOW IT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE GOING TO STAY THE ENTIRE YEAR OF PARTICIPATING OR BE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING.

SO IF THEY DROP OUT OF THE PROGRAM, THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THIS OUTCOMES PAGE THAT YOU YOU SAID THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO WHO BASICALLY STAYED IN IT FOR A YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD IMPACT THAT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE SPACES? DO YOU FILL THEM WITH THOSE OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE KIND OF ON A WAIT LIST? AND HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO WE HAVE TWO POINTS OF INTAKE.

ONE, OBVIOUSLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN JANUARY.

AND SO IF THERE'S A STUDENT THAT, LET'S SAY ARRIVES ON CAMPUS AT NOVEMBER, THAT PERSON WILL START GROUPS IN JANUARY, BUT WE'LL GET THE PARENT CONSENT.

WE'LL GET THAT RELATIONSHIP STARTED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, BOOM, JANUARY HITS.

THEY'VE GOT SOMEBODY READY.

BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A ROLL OFF AND ROLL ON.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY A VERY INTENTIONAL PROCESS.

OKAY. AND THEN LAST QUESTION WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO SERVE THOSE 100 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WAS THERE ANY OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED? AND THAT MIGHT BE A LARGER QUESTION, NOT JUST THROUGH THE CARRY PROGRAM TO THOSE OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT WAS THAT WE DO HAVE A CARE TEAM PROCESS WHERE WE ARE TRIAGING AS SHE HAS, SHE STATED. SO WE HAVE OUR COUNSELORS AND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AND OUR LCDC BECAUSE AS WE IDENTIFY THE NEED AND WE LOOK AT PRIORITIZING, WE THEN WORK WITH THE STUDENTS IN THAT REGARD.

WE ALSO TALK WITH INTEGRAL INTEGRAL CARE.

AND SO WE'RE WE ARE A CARE TEAM, LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CHILD FROM A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LENS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES. AND IT MAY BE THAT THERE'S INTENSE SERVICES ON OUR CAMPUSES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SERVICE LIKE T CHAT OR RESOURCES THAT WE USE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE THEN REACH OUT TO FROM A SOCIAL WORK COUNSELING PERSPECTIVE WITHIN OUR OUR CAMPUSES.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE MORE THAT POPPED IN MY HEAD WHILE YOU SAID THAT QUESTION ABOUT DAP.

SO THAT FALLS UNDER THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE DO YOU HAVE A YOU DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBER THERE? SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBER. HOWEVER, IF A STUDENT GETS PLACED THERE, WE FOLLOW THEM THERE AND PROVIDE SERVICES AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

WE SEE THEM, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT IS THEIR ASSIGNED PLACE, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES.

ALL RIGHT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE BREAKTHROUGH.

WE ARE REPRESENTED HERE BY ZAKIA KARIM AND MICHAEL GRIFFIN.

COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. MR. HARRIS. WE'RE HONORED FOR THIS TIME.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL GRIFFITH.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BREAKTHROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS, AND ZAKIYA WILL INTRODUCE HERSELF.

GOOD EVENING. ALL. MY NAME IS ZAKIA KARIM.

I'M THE CHIEF STUDENT SUPPORT OFFICER.

I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE A HANDOUT IF YOU'D LIKE IT.

HANDOUTS. HANDOUTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE LEAD WITH GRATITUDE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WE KNOW IT MATTERS. WE KNOW YOU HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT DISTRICT WITH WITH REALLY OUTSTANDING STUDENTS TO, TO ATTEND TO.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL. WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL TO MANY, MANY IN THIS ROOM WHO MAKE THIS PARTNERSHIP POSSIBLE.

WE STARTED ALSO ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO IN 2017.

ON THE SCREEN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR FIRST GROUP OF STUDENTS.

THEY WERE IN SIXTH GRADE AT THE TIME.

WE COMMIT A RADICAL 12 YEAR COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS STARTING AS EARLY AS 12 YEARS OLD, 11 YEARS OLD.

AND WE SUPPORT THEM THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN FOR UP TO SIX YEARS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL OR UNTIL THEY REALIZE THEIR DEFINITION OF POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS.

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WE'RE PROUD TO SAY OUR FIRST CLASS THAT WE STARTED WITH BACK INTO IN 2017 JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEY'RE RIGHT NOW MAKING THEIR STEPS INTO POST-SECONDARY SETTINGS ACROSS THIS REGION AND STATE.

AND WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO HELP THEM.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, A MORE RECENT PICTURE OF OUR CLASS LAST YEAR THIS SUMMER WE EVERY SUMMER WE CONVENE OUR STUDENTS AND SUPPORT THEM IN MANY, MANY WAYS.

AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE LESS FAMILIAR WITH US.

WE ARE A COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS PROGRAM.

WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2001 WORKING WITH AUSTIN ISD AND MANOR ISD, AND NOW DEL VALLEY ISD.

WE PROUDLY SUPPORT NON-CHARTER PUBLIC ISD'S TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS SUPPORTS TO MAKE POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS IN THE CCMR. OUTCOMES HAVE POSSIBLE.

WE BECOME THE LEADING COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS PROGRAM IN OUR REGION.

OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE MAY BE SELF-EVIDENT TO A ROOM FULL OF EDUCATORS AND CARING PEOPLE, BUT WE BELIEVE IT'S A HUMAN RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL OF THE EDUCATION YOU DESIRE AND BECOME THE FIRST IF YOU DESIRE TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.

THAT MEANS EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN OUR PROGRAM IS FIRST IN THEIR FAMILY TO GO OFF AND ASPIRE FOR EDUCATION.

IN THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR, TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS, WE SERVED JUST UNDER 400 STUDENTS, 395 TO BE PRECISE.

IN SIXTH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE, WE BRING ON A COHORT OF ABOUT 60 STARTING THAT SIXTH GRADE YEAR AND THEN SUPPORT THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH EVERY YEAR OF THEIR TIME IN DEL VALLE AFTER WE DEDICATE 12 FULL TIME STAFF MEMBERS YEAR ROUND.

BUT IN ADDITION, WE ALSO BRING IN 32 TEACHING FELLOWS.

THOSE ARE COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO COME FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO TEACH YOUR STUDENTS IN THE SUMMER.

WE'RE IN THE LAST WEEK OF THE SUMMER PROGRAM.

IT'S REALLY BUSY WITH US RIGHT NOW.

WE ALSO HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WHO SUPPORT US, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

SO A BIG TEAM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME NUMBERS HERE AGGREGATE FOR YOUR NUMBER OF STUDENTS, MORE THAN 1500 HOURS OF DIRECT ADVISING FOR THOSE NEARLY 400 STUDENTS, MORE THAN 80 PLUS WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO ATTEND TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PATHWAY AND LEARN TOGETHER.

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WE JUST ADMITTED A BRAND NEW GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM THE CLASS OF 2031, WHICH MAKES ME FEEL REALLY OLD.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE HONORED.

THE CLASS OF 24, THEY'RE TAKING THEIR NEXT STEPS INTO COLLEGE, AND WE'LL BE WITH THEM FOR SIX MORE YEARS.

THE KEY IS GOING TO SHINE SOME MORE LIGHT ON WHAT WE DO WITH STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. MICHAEL.

AND WHEN A BREAKTHROUGH, A FAMILY AND A STUDENT JOINED BREAKTHROUGH, WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL.

FOR THE 12 YEARS THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THE PROGRAM.

THEY ARE WILL BE SUPPORTED HOLISTICALLY, THAT IS ACADEMICALLY, THAT IS US PROVIDING OUR SPECIALIZED SKILL IN POST-SECONDARY APPLICATIONS AND FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS FULL WRAPAROUND SUPPORT.

WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND EMERGENCY STUDENT SUPPORT FUNDS AS THEY NEED IT.

SO THAT'S THE COMMITMENT WE MAKE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE COMMITMENT THAT IT TAKES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT FAMILY.

HE'LL BE THE FIRST THE FIRST TO DO THIS.

WHEN STUDENTS JOIN THE PROGRAM, AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, WE WE SUPPORT THEM WITH PROGRAMING DURING SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL AND IN THE SUMMER.

WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS FROM THE SUMMER PROGRAM HERE, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WHO ARE DEL VALLE TEACHERS, AND JESSICA, WHO IS ACTUALLY A DELL VALLEY GRADUATE, CLASS OF 2024 WHO'S ABOUT TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE.

SO AND I BRING THESE FOLKS UP, GLAD THAT YOU GUYS COULD COME AND JOIN US BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED.

WE ARE EMBEDDING OURSELVES WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITIES BECOMING EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL, ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. AND WE ARE SEEING SOME WE ARE SEEING RESULTS.

OF COURSE, BREAKTHROUGH IS NEW TO DELL VALLEY, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN CENTRAL TEXAS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THIS CLASS OF 2024.

NEARLY 100% GRADUATED ON TIME.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT BREAKTHROUGH STUDENTS AS A WHOLE OVER THE PAST 20 ODD YEARS, YOU'LL SEE THAT BREAKTHROUGH STUDENTS WERE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO ENROLL DIRECTLY INTO A POST-SECONDARY OPTION, AND THEY'RE GRADUATING AT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATES THAN THEIR PEERS.

STUDENTS FROM CENTRAL TEXAS WHO HAPPEN TO BE FROM LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.

SO WE ARE MAKING AN IMPACT.

WE'RE AFTER A STUDENT LEAVES YOUR SCHOOLS, WE'RE HELPING THEM ALONG THEIR WAY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SHINE ONE SPOTLIGHT ON ONE STUDENT IN PARTICULAR WHEN WE EXPANDED HERE IN 2017, THAT ENABLED US TO ACCESS STUDENTS FROM OUR OTHER COHORTS, AUSTIN AND MAIER, WHO MOVED INTO DELL VALLEY.

THAT MEANS WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM THAT INDIVIDUALIZED ADVISING AND LOOP.

BRENNA IS ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS.

SHE'S THE DELL VALLEY CLASS OF 2019.

SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST STUDENTS WHO DID THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND WHEN SHE. SO WE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER AND HELP HER NAVIGATE THAT, HELP HER WRITE SOME COLLEGE PAPERS.

BUT ALSO WHEN SHE GRADUATED, SHE HAD ENOUGH CREDITS TO COMPLETE COLLEGE IN TWO YEARS.

SHE GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS IN 2021.

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YEAH. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL START TRUSTEE? I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT.

I REALLY LOVE YOUR PROGRAM.

I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT WONDERFUL THINGS.

I THE SAME TO THE OTHER PROGRAMS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A YEAR TO YEAR OUTCOMES FOR YOUR PROGRAM AND THE STUDENTS AND WHERE THEY'RE AT.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROMOTE AS A DISTRICT AND HOW GREAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE AND WHY WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO END AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO FOR OUR KIDS.

I SEE WEGNER ONE COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS I WENT TO ONE OF THEIR SATURDAY PROGRAMS AND I SAW A FAMILY TOGETHER AND FIRST, FIRST TIME TO KIND OF GET ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT COLLEGE.

AND THERE WAS A THE MAMA AND THE MIJITO ESTAMOS HACIENDO PARA LA PARA EL COLEGIO.

RIGHT. COME ON, COME ON, LITTLE ONE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR COLLEGE.

AND SHE WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY.

AND SO THEY ENGAGED WITH THIS FAMILY AND REALLY SUPPORTED MOM AND DAD AS WELL BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY WERE NERVOUS RIGHT, OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.

SO WHEN I SAW THAT, I WAS JUST LIKE, THIS IS REALLY SO AMAZING TO HELP SUPPORT OUR KIDS WHO DON'T KNOW, RIGHT, WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.

YEAH. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND THAT IS A SWEET STORY JUST IN THAT.

YEAH, I CAN IMAGINE HOW I MEAN, I'VE DONE IT, BUT I KNOW HOW INTIMIDATING IT WAS WITH SIXTH GRADERS AND LOOKING AT THE NEXT 12 YEARS AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IT'S FOREVER.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WITH THIS SCREEN SPECIFICALLY ON THE RESULTS, THIS IS OVERALL Y'ALL'S PROGRAM.

DO YOU ALL HAVE AND I REALIZE Y'ALL HAVE JUST BEEN HERE A MINUTE WITH US, BUT DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC FOR US THAT Y'ALL CAN EMAIL US LATER? YEAH, I JUST TO POINT THE FIRST NUMBER, THE 98% OF STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON TIME IS DEL VALLE ZERO DEL VALLE NUMBERS.

THANK YOU. THE OTHER TWO ARE FROM BREAKTHROUGH AS A WHOLE FROM OUR PRIOR COHORTS.

BUT I'LL ADD I'LL ADD ONE THING THERE.

THE THE CLASS OF 24.

WE WILL VERIFY AS THEY TAKE THEIR FIRST STEPS, AND THEN WE'LL DO NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE.

AND OUR STAFF IS WITH THEM AT EVERY.

SO WE'LL VERIFY.

BUT THEY ARE LOOKING TO BE AT LEAST AT THAT LEVEL, THIS STRONG CLASS.

AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL IN CCMR OUTCOMES.

WE UNDERSTAND THE HOUSE BILL REQUIREMENTS AND WANT TO TALK MORE WITH YOU ALL OVER TIME ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP YOU GAIN THAT OUTCOME BONUS AT AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL AND FUND SOME OF THESE EFFORTS. WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

ONE LAST THING.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL FOLLOW THE STUDENTS.

I MEAN, THE STUDENT CAME FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT AND YOU ALL STILL SUPPORTED HER.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ONCE YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT TO A STUDENT, AND THEY MIGHT MOVE TO ANOTHER DISTRICT? YES, WE ARE COMMITTED.

WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENT AND THEIR FAMILY.

WHEN I TALKED TO JESSICA AND HER FAMILY MANY YEARS AGO, SEVEN YEARS AGO AND SAID, HEY, I WANT YOU TO JOIN THIS PROGRAM.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN IT FOR HALF OF YOUR LIFE.

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. AND SO WHEN WE MAKE THAT COMMITMENT, WE DO FOLLOW THE STUDENT WITH THEY HAPPEN TO LEAVE DEL VALLEY, AND THEY GO TO AN AUSTIN SCHOOL, OR AUSTIN WILL SCOOP THEM UP AND START SEEING THEM PROVIDING THE EXACT SAME SERVICES.

SO IF THEY STAY WITHIN CENTRAL TEXAS, WE WILL STAY WITH THAT STUDENT AND FAMILY AND THEY OFTEN COME BACK.

IN. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE WETHINGTON. FIRST OFF, THANKS.

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM.

I KNOW SOME OF YOUR STAFF, AND THEY'RE PHENOMENAL.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS.

I'M CURIOUS JUST ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL DATA THAT YOU GUYS ARE COLLECTING.

DO YOU GUYS SHARE THAT WITH DISTRICTS ABOUT LONGITUDINAL OUTCOMES? SO OUR LONGEST LONGITUDINAL STUDIES IN MAIER ISD, WE STARTED THERE IN 2011.

SO NOW MORE THAN 12 YEARS OUT.

SO WE'RE SEEING THAT WE'VE DONE SOME QUASI EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN LOOKING AT COMPARING PARTICIPANTS WITH NON PARTICIPANTS.

WE STARTED THAT IN DOE VALLEY.

WE DON'T YET HAVE THE OUTCOMES AROUND COLLEGE, BUT WITHIN THIS DISTRICT AND IN MAYNOR WE SEE STUDENTS BECAUSE OF PARTICIPATION, IS A PROGRAM OF IMPACT ON GRADES, ATTENDANCE AND TESTING SCORES AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, MATRICULATION AND PERSISTENCE AND THEN ULTIMATELY GRADUATION.

MAYNOR ISD, IT'S SHOWING ABOUT A2X IMPACT BECAUSE OF PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO SEE AND HAPPY TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE STUDIES WITH YOU.

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AND THERE IS A CLEAR DIFFERENCE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A CONVERSATION AROUND, WELL, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO GROW THIS PROGRAM AND THE SCOPE OF PARTICIPATION IN THE DISTRICT AND KIND OF HELP INFORM THE DISTRICT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF FUNDING PRIORITIES OUGHT TO EXIST, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS LIKE BREAKTHROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS, BUT ALSO WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO LONG TERM SUCCESS, OR WHAT ARE STUDENTS DOING IN THE LONG RUN, AND HOW CAN WE SET THEM UP FOR BETTER SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE? SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO SHARE THAT DATA, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO TO SEE THAT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

WE ALSO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE LEVEL.

WE HAVE A POLICY ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND PROUD TO ADVOCATE FOR HIGHER FUNDING LEVELS TO MAKE ALL OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE BOARD.

THAT'S VICKY'S SUCH A GREAT PARTNER OF POSSIBLE FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HUBER.

NOT A QUESTION, BUT WELL, KIND OF YOU.

I KNOW I'VE BEEN TO YOU ALL HAVE OPEN HOUSES IN THE SUMMER.

CORRECT? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO A FEW AND WE'VE GOTTEN THE EMAILS SO.

AND WE GET SO MANY EMAILS AND I THINK ONE OF THEM KIND OF GOT LOST AS WE WERE GETTING YOU GETTING OUR NEW PASSWORDS.

BUT IF THE BOARD WOULD LOOK FOR THEIR EMAILS, BECAUSE THEY DO INVITE US DURING THE SUMMER, AND IT'S REALLY FUN TO SEE THE PROGRAMS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ONE IN DEL VALLEY THIS SUMMER, BUT WE HAD.

IS IT COMING UP? COMING UP. IT'S FRIDAY, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, 10:00 AT OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OKAY, OKAY, I MISSED THAT THEN I MISSED THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SOME IN AUSTIN.

SO AND SO IT'S REALLY YEAH IT'S REALLY GOOD TO GO BECAUSE YOU SEE THE PROGRAMS THE KIDS PRESENT IT'S IT'S REALLY FUN.

SO GOOD JOB.

YEAH IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO SEE HOW THE WHAT THE SUMMER PROGRAM DOES AND HOW IT IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY SAY THAT FOR THIS THURSDAY IN THE MIC RIGHT THERE FOR ANYBODY ELSE THAT MAY.

THURSDAY 10:00 TO 11:00.

OH HEY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU ARE WELCOME AND INVITED TO OUR PRESENTATIONS OF LEARNING.

OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PREPARING A CULMINATING ACTIVITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED THIS SUMMER.

PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE INVITED, AND OF COURSE, YOU ALL AS WELL.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

CAN WE MAKE IT? CAN WE MAKE IT? A NOTE TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH BREAKTHROUGH AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS? YEP. WE'LL HAVE A WE'LL SCHEDULE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH YOU GUYS.

OH, ONE MORE QUESTION OVER HERE.

SORRY, STEVE. FOR YOUR PROGRAM, IS THIS SPECIFIC TO STUDENTS WHO THEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE AND HOW FAR DOES THIS GO BACK? LIKE IS THIS I MEAN, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE ADOPTED FOSTER CARE.

THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY AWARENESS OR KIDS THAT I MEAN, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THAT ATTACHMENT TO FAMILY.

IS IT JUST SOMETHING BY LIKE THEY'RE REALLY DEDICATED TO WANT TO JOIN? HOW DO Y'ALL DEPICT THAT? AND DO Y'ALL SAY NO? LIKE, WHAT IS Y'ALL'S INTENTION WITH THIS? YEAH. SO WE DEFINED FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT AS NEITHER ADULT.

ANY ADULT. THEY LIVE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

GRADUATED FROM A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

SO THAT MEANS IF THEY, YOU KNOW, SO JUST THAT THAT'S THE MAIN CRITERIA.

AND AFTER THAT, WE KNOW THAT INTEREST WILL WANE OVER TIME, BUT THAT THEY CAN COMMIT AT THAT POINT IS REALLY THE CRITICAL PIECE.

ONCE THEY MEET THAT BASE CRITERIA, THEN ONE MORE THING.

SO SO IT'S 56 STUDENTS LIKE Y'ALL'S PRETTY MUCH AVERAGE.

ARE Y'ALL ONBOARDING ABOUT 56 BETWEEN ALL THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE IT STARTS ABOUT THEIR SIXTH GRADE YEAR.

WE RECRUIT, WE GO TO ALL THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AND WE GET TO A NUMBER ABOUT 60.

WE TEND TO ADMIT A FEW MORE THAN 60 JUST TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN DO IT, BUT THEY CAN'T.

BUT 60 FROM ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS EVERY YEAR.

THEN THEY START THE SUMMER BEFORE THEIR SIXTH GRADE YEAR.

AWESOME. AND IS THERE LIKE A PROCESS IN WHICH A PARENT IS INTERESTED AND THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS? OR HOW DO Y'ALL DO Y'ALL REACH OUT TO SPECIFIC STUDENTS? IS SOMETHING GOING HOME WITH THEM TO MAKE THEIR FAMILIES AWARE OF THIS? ALL OF THE ABOVE.

LIKE WE KIND OF HIT IT AT ALL THE ANGLES, BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE PARTNER WITH THE COUNSELING.

THE COUNSELORS ON EACH OF THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, DO PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS ON THE ACTUAL APPLICATIONS, AND TALK TO STUDENTS AND THEIR GUARDIANS ABOUT WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS.

SO WE TRY TO REPEAT OURSELVES MULTIPLE TIMES SO THAT STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE APPLICATION.

AND THEN WE CAN EVALUATE THOSE AND ADMIT THOSE STUDENTS.

AND ONCE THEIR APPLICATION IS DONE, THEY HAVE A FORMALIZED ORIENTATION FOR, OH, THEY HAVE A FORMALIZED ORIENTATION ON A SATURDAY WHERE ALL THOSE FAMILIES AND

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GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL.

OKAY. AND JUST TO NOTE FOR THE BOARD THAT THE PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST HEARD DOES HAVE ITEMS AND CONSENT AGENDA.

SO IT'S ALL RELATED TO THAT.

OKAY. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT INFORMATION ITEM.

[V.C. Children's Wellness Center Update]

MISS MARTINEZ AND TEAM.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.

MR. HARRIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH THAT TEAM BUILDING, WORKING WITH TEAMS. AND I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR PARTNERS AT THE CHILDREN'S WELLNESS CENTER, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.

WE HAVE DOCTOR STEPHANIE MORGAN, WHO'S WITH UT SCHOOL OF NURSING, WHO OVERSEES THE WELLNESS CENTER, AND WE HAVE ANNA LUERA, WHO IS THE NURSING SUPERVISOR THERE.

SO I'LL LET THEM TALK ABOUT THAT.

HI. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS THIS EVENING.

IT WAS FANTASTIC TO FOLLOW THAT PRESENTATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE TONIGHT.

IF WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT BRIEFLY, AND WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHOW IS ABOUT OUR SERVICES.

ABOUT OUR IMPACT AND THEN ABOUT SOME FUTURE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE GOING ON IN PARTNERSHIP.

ONE THING TO NOTE, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE STOOD UP HERE A FEW YEARS AND GIVEN SOME INFORMATION OVER THE, OVER THE PAST, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN DEL VALLEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 29 YEARS.

SO IN 1995 WAS WHEN WE WERE FIRST ENGAGED WITH THE DISTRICT, AND IT STARTED WITH A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, WHERE THERE WAS A NEED FOR VACCINES AND HELPING TO PROVIDE SOME BASIC CARE TO THE TO THE STUDENTS.

AND THEN IN 1996, WE STARTED PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

AND SO SINCE THEN THINGS HAVE CONTINUED TO EVOLVE AND GROW.

AND WE JUST SOME BASIC INFORMATION.

WE PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE SERVICES TO CHILDREN.

ZERO WE TECHNICALLY CAN GO TO 21, BUT 0 TO 18 IS PRETTY MUCH THE THE RANGE THAT WE SEE.

WE DO THIS THROUGH A LOT OF GRANT MONEY THROUGH DONATIONS, THROUGH THE PROVOST OFFICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF NURSING. WE DO DO BILLING, OF COURSE, FOR MEDICARE, NOT MEDICARE, MEDICAID.

YOU WON'T DO MEDICARE AT THIS AGE.

WE HAVE A FAMILY WELLNESS CLINIC CLOSER TO ON CAMPUS THAT WE PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES TO FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

SO IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP TO PULL THIS OFF.

AND NOT ONLY IS IT IS IT FINANCIAL STEWARDS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING THINGS TOGETHER, IT'S ALSO PARTNERSHIPS AS WE LOOK INTO BESIDES THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE, WHICH IS THE PHYSICAL CARE, THE VACCINES.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME DATA ON THAT IN A MINUTE.

MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

WE HAVE JUST STARTED WITH THAT.

IN THE LAST YEAR, SAINT DAVID'S FOUNDATION ALLOWED US.

WE HAVE ONE HALF FTE OF A PSYCH MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER AND PARTNERS AND IT'S AND IT'S FUNDED BY THE SAINT DAVID'S FOUNDATION.

FOR SOME SEED MONEY TO START THIS PROGRAM.

WE HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO FUND IT EVERY YEAR.

WE CONTINUE TO REACH MORE AND MORE STUDENTS AS PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE THERE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE DENTAL SERVICES THROUGH THE SAINT DAVID'S DENTAL VAN, WHICH I KNOW IS PARKED NOW CLOSER THIS WAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHANGES BACK THERE ALL OF WE KEEP THEM BUSY WITH ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SEE THAT, OF COURSE, THAT NEED JUST PREVENTATIVE DENTAL CARE IN GENERAL IN THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS.

I WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK WE CLOSED FOR THE SUMMER.

WE DO NOT CLOSE. WE ARE OPEN.

THESE ARE THE DAYS WE'RE CLOSED.

FOR THE MOST PART.

WE'RE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 TO 5.

THE ONLY OTHER DAYS THAT MIGHT WE MIGHT HAVE TO SHUT DOWN.

AS IF. TO CLOSE, YOU KNOW, IF TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE WATER OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN'T FUNCTION.

BUT SHORT OF THAT, WHERE WE ARE HERE IN THE SUMMER.

OUR SOCIAL RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY STARTED IN 2019, WE WERE GIVEN SOME SEED MONEY BY SAINT DAVID'S FOUNDATION BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, IN THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS A LOT OF NEED FOR A LOT OF THINGS.

AND SO WE STARTED WITH THEM AND THEY CONTINUE TO FUND THIS.

AND WE HAVE ESTABLISHED GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER FOLKS THAT HELP US TO KEEP IT GOING, SUCH AS O'BRIEN.

THE TEXAS FOOD BANK SUPPORTS US.

WE HAVE OTHER GROUPS, SUCH AS WE PROVIDE DIAPERS AND SANITARY THINGS FOR WOMEN, AND A LOT OF THIS THROUGH THE DIAPER BANK.

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AND OF COURSE, ANNA DOES A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THE TEAM OUT THERE TO TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP, HELP PEOPLE AND DO LOTS OF THINGS.

IT TAKES A LOT OF PARTNERS.

IT'S NOT ONE, IT'S NOT THE SUCCESS OF ONE.

SO EVEN THOUGH I'M STANDING HERE AND WE'RE REPRESENTING CHILDREN'S WELLNESS CENTER, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER FOLKS, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO'S DONE A WHOLE LOT FOR US SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS WE'RE DOING.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS OUR IMPACT.

SO WHAT I DID IS WE WENT BACK AND JUST LOOKED AT A YEAR.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WE JUST RAN IT THROUGH THE END OF 2020 FOR JUNE.

AND OUR TOTAL VISITS FOR PHYSICAL CARE WERE A LITTLE OVER 40, ABOUT 4600 MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

WE'VE DONE ABOUT 141 VISITS.

AND THOSE ARE CONTINUING TO RAMP UP AS PEOPLE KNOW OUR SERVICES OUT THERE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S ONLY HALF RIGHT NOW.

WE HOPE TO INCREASE THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

SPORTS PHYSICALS.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE COACHES, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THE STUDENTS IN FOR THEIR SPORTS PHYSICALS AND THE VACCINES IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE THING WE DO. AND WE GO EVERYWHERE FOR ALL KINDS OF VACCINES.

AND WE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO MAKE FROZEN VACCINES MOVE AND LOTS OF COLD VACCINES MOVE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS LEARNED LOTS OF OF TRICKS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE VACCINE SPACE.

SO WE GIVE A LOT OF VACCINES.

THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE THING.

WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF VACCINES IN THAT CLINIC.

SO WHEN WE HAVE ANYTHING EXCITING HAPPENING IN REGARDS TO THINGS HAPPENING ON CAMPUS, WE HAVE TO CAREFULLY GET RID OF THOSE VACCINES AND MOVE THEM TO ANOTHER LOCATION SO THEY STAY SAFE.

SOCIAL RESOURCE CENTER.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE FEW YEARS IT IS GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER AND BUSIER.

AND WE, WE WE SET IT UP AS UNDUPLICATED AND THEN DUPLICATED HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.

WE SERVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, AS YOU CAN SEE, INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS IS HOW WE BREAK IT DOWN.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE DATA ON THIS.

I JUST ROLLED IT UP A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGH NUMBERS.

AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE STOOD IN FRONT OF YOU AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WE DO SOME THINGS FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR THE FOR THE WHEN THE STUDENTS COME OVER, CAN WE DO MORE? SO OF COURSE, BEING A TEACHING INSTITUTION, WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM OUR UT CAMPUS THAT COME IN DOCTORAL STUDENTS, GRADUATE STUDENTS, NURSING STUDENTS.

BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN ENGAGING MORE WITH THE DVISED STUDENTS.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR MEDICAL ASSISTANT, STUDENT PROGRAM AND OTHER PROGRAMS. WE'VE INCORPORATED THEM.

I WILL SAY THERE'S AN ERROR ON THIS SLIDE AS ON AN UPDATE.

AS I WAS SITTING THERE, WE ACTUALLY THE FIVE CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT STUDENTS, THAT WAS ONLY THIS MAY LAST YEAR, WE DID EVEN MORE SO FOR THE TOTAL YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO 15.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY TWO EMPLOYED PART TIME PEOPLE THAT WE EMPLOY WITH US RIGHT NOW.

SOMETIMES I GET GRANT MONEY FROM SAINT DAVID'S TO ALLOW US TO BRING STUDENTS ON SO THEY CAN GET SOME EXPERIENCE.

AND SO WE PASS THAT MONEY ALONG AND BRING ON SOME DVISED STUDENTS.

AND THEN WE'RE ALWAYS, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO VOLUNTEER.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS.

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF WORK TO DO ALWAYS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF LEARNING.

AND SO IT ALSO HELPS FOLKS THAT STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THAT WANT TO BECOME INVOLVED IN HEALTH CARE.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY SURE IF THEY WANT TO BE A NURSE.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW ELSE THEY CAN HELP.

THIS GETS THEM IN SO THEY CAN KIND OF JUST BE EXPOSED AND, AND DO SOME OTHER GREAT THINGS BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A NURSE, A NURSE PRACTITIONER OR OTHER, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO HELP.

DO WE NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP SUPPORT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE? IF WE COULD GET PHLEBOTOMY, WE WOULD DO THIS MORE OUT HERE.

BUT SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF OUR IMPACT AND SOME OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR.

AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE HAVE IS NOT ANYTHING TOO HOT AND SIGNIFICANT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS NEXT YEAR, TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY, OF COURSE, WE'RE DOING THE VACCINE, A WALK IN VACCINE CLINIC THAT IS ALWAYS A BIG EVENT.

AND AND THEN OF COURSE, THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, WHICH IS COMING ON AUGUST 3RD, WE'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH, OF COURSE, WITH KATHY AND HER TEAM AS THINGS ARE NEEDED WITH THE WITH THE NURSES ON CAMPUS, WITH ANY TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL THINGS THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED.

AND OUR THE DOCTOR, STEVEN BLAIR, IS THE OVERSIGHT PHYSICIAN FOR OUR CLINIC, AND HE IS ALSO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT SIGNS ALL THE ORDERS SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THE MEDICATIONS YOU GUYS NEED HERE.

SO AND THAT'S WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM FOR MANY YEARS.

SO ANYWAY, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST QUESTIONS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY TRUSTEE WEGNER.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO.

WHERE IS IT THAT THE CLINIC IS ACTUALLY LOCATED? SO WHERE ARE THE VACCINES GOING TO BE TOMORROW? AND THEN THE NEXT DAY I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

HELLO EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS ANNA LLOYD.

I AM THE CLINIC SUPERVISOR AT CHILDREN'S WELLNESS CENTER.

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THE I'M SORRY.

RIGHT, BUT NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THAT IS.

SO I'M TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU. OH OKAY.

YEAH YEAH.

SO THURSDAY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 9 TO 4 IS A WALK IN NO APPOINTMENTS.

AND YEAH IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED HERE IN THE CLINIC.

I HAVE A COMMENT I, I LOVE YOUR SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTER AND SUPPORT STAFF.

THEY ARE SO HELPFUL.

THEY ARE ALWAYS LIKE HAVE A SMILE ON THEIR FACE.

I WISH THAT THEY COULD GET MORE FUNDING TO HELP SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE, BECAUSE I SEND PEOPLE THERE ALL THE TIME, AND EVERY TIME THEY GO, OH, WE'RE OUT OF FOOD, OR OH, WE'RE OUT OF DIAPERS.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW.

IF YOU GUYS NEED A LETTER FROM THE BOARD TO SEND TO SEND TO SOMEBODY TO SAY, HELP US SOME MORE, DO THAT.

I WILL PERSONALLY DO THAT BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A NONPROFIT AS WELL.

AND WHEN I, WE CAN'T HELP WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S UT WELLNESS, THERE'S THIS AND THIS, AND I SEND THEM TO Y'ALL FIRST BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE JUST ALWAYS SO HELPFUL AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND WE'LL KEEP YOU IN MIND.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU. OKAY WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT INFORMATION ITEM.

[V.D. Superintendent Search Firm Presentation]

SO MR. EDEN RAMIREZ, I WILL HAVE YOU COME UP AND SPEAK ON MY BEHALF.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS JORDAN RAMIREZ, AND I WORK WITH THE LAW FIRM OF O'HANLON AND CASTILLO.

WE ARE THE SEARCH FIRM FOR THE DISTRICT, ASSISTING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FOR DEL VALLEY ISD.

AND SO TONIGHT, WE PREPARED AN UPDATE FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THAT EVERYONE CAN KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS AND THE NEXT COMING MONTHS. AS WE CONTINUE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, AS WELL AS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH TIMELINE.

THIS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND IT STARTED SPECIFICALLY AT THE PUBLIC WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD WITH THE BOARD, WHERE THE PUBLIC WAS INVITED.

AND WE HAD A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT IT WAS GOING TO INCLUDE AND ENCOMPASS.

FOLLOWING THAT, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MR. HARRIS AND MR. WEDDLE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU WHO ASSISTED US IN FINE TUNING THE TIMELINE TO ENSURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT AS WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THIS. AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU AND GO OVER BRIEFLY AS WE DIG INTO MORE DETAILS TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, IS GOING TO BE THE GENERAL TIMELINE OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED JUNE 27TH MEETING WITH THE BOARD, AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE WORKING ON A TIMELINE TO APPROVE WITH THE BOARD AND MEET WITH THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE AND UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH OF THE SEARCH AND WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO INCLUDE THAT QUICKLY WORKED ITS WAY INTO WHAT IS GOING TO GOING TO LOOK FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND WHAT KIND OF INPUT IS OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS GOING TO HAVE.

I'M VERY PROUD TO REPORT THAT WHEN I MET WITH THE BOARD, THE BOARD SORT OF CHOSEN ALL OF THE ABOVE MENU, ENSURING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE AS MUCH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AS POSSIBLE. AND SO SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDER EVENTS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THE COMMUNITY INCLUDE BOTH SURVEYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PASSED OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY STARTING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 5TH, RUNNING THROUGH AUGUST 16TH.

THESE SURVEYS WILL BE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.

IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS AS MUCH PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS INTENDED TO CAPTURE THE BIGGEST SNAPSHOT POSSIBLE OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HERE.

FOR DEL VALLE ESTEEM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING EMPLOYEE SURVEYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING THE SAME WEEK.

THESE ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GAUGING THE EMPLOYEE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, ALSO AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING A SERIES OF THREE COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS.

AND I HAVE A SLIDE FURTHER DOWN THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY TOWN HALL AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED AUGUST 13TH, 14 AND 15 FOR COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS IN ORDER TO GET PERSPECTIVE AND INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING SOME ROUNDTABLE AND SOME FOCUS GROUPS.

THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS, WHICH IS OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND FROM OUR STUDENTS WHAT IT IS.

THEY ARE UNDERSTANDING THEIR ENVIRONMENT TO BE, THEIR CLASSROOMS TO BE, AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT TO KNOW, BUT ALSO WHAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO

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WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MEETING WITH OUR COMMUNITY BUSINESS LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS ALREADY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF THE DYNAMICS AND THE ISSUES SURROUNDING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY BUSINESS INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DIALOG.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A TEACHER UNION REP ROUNDTABLE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH OUR TEACHERS FROM DIFFERENT TEACHER UNIONS AND REPRESENTATIVES, IN ADDITION TO INCLUDING OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES IN OUR DISTRICT, SUCH AS OUR AUXILIARY CNS, TRANSPORTATION AND JANITORIAL SERVICES, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A WIDE SCOPE OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

NOW, NOTABLY, YOU WILL SEE HERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MANAGEMENT IN ANY OF THESE BECAUSE THE GOAL BEHIND THIS IS TO INCLUDE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND NOT THE MID MANAGEMENT OR MANAGEMENT GROUP OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING FIRSTHAND FROM THE GROUND WHO IS HEARING WHAT AND WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW FOR OUR INCOMING SUPERINTENDENT IN ORDER TO GUIDE OUR DECISION HERE MOVING FORWARD.

SO WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW? WE'RE KIND OF IN THE JULY 10TH WHERE WE STARTED, WHERE WE ACTUALLY POSTED THE POSITION ALREADY.

AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVELY RECRUITING AS A SEARCH FIRM.

PART OF OUR JOB FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TO FACILITATE THIS SEARCH, GO OUT THERE AND FIND AND IDENTIFY CANDIDATES WHO HAVE A STRONG BACKGROUND, WHO MR., WHO MEET THE KIND OF LEADER THAT YOU NEED HERE IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT TO ALL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE CAN RECRUIT FROM TO ENSURE WE HAVE A GOOD, STRONG CANDIDATE POOL.

OUR INTENTION IS NOT TO BRING 70 APPLICATIONS TO THE BOARD WHERE ONLY TEN MEANS SOMETHING.

OUR GOAL IS TO BRING 20 OR 30 THAT ARE QUALIFIED, QUALITY CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WHO APPLIES TO DEL VALLE ISD INTENDED TO APPLY TO DEL VALLE ISD, AND NOT FROM A CANDIDATE STABLE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THE APPLICANT DEADLINE BE AUGUST 21ST AT 12 NOON, AND THEN THE BOARD WILL BEGIN REVIEWING THIS DATA FROM AUGUST 22ND THROUGH AUGUST 27TH.

NOW, THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS THAT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT ABOUT 4 OR 5 APPLICANTS WHO HAVE ALREADY FULLY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD, BECAUSE IN OUR EXPERIENCE WITH OUR FIRM, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF OUR APPLICATIONS DON'T COME IN UNTIL THE WEEK OF.

AND OUT OF THAT THREE QUARTER GROUP, HALF OF IT COME IN THE DAY OF THE APPLICANT REVIEW.

SO WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT RIGHT NOW.

I FEEL CONFIDENT WITH WHERE WE'RE AT AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED, I THINK, WITH THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US IS THAT AS EARLY AS AUGUST 28TH, I'M GOING TO BE BACK HERE WITH THE BOARD AS WE REVIEW THE CANDIDATES, AND THEN WE HAVE INTERVIEW SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH, TEN AND 11.

NOW, ONE THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AS PART OF THIS SEARCH IS THAT IN TEXAS, A SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS IS GENERALLY, BY DEFAULT CONSIDERED A CLOSED SEARCH, AND MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS OPERATE UNDER THAT MANNER.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOT ABLE TO DISCLOSE WHO THE APPLICANTS ARE UNTIL WE GET TO A LONE FINALIST POSITION.

AND THE REASON WHY I MAKE SURE THAT I ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE GIVE THESE PRESENTATIONS IS SO THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THE BOARD IS COMING FROM AND WHAT SOME OF THEIR CONSTRAINTS ARE WITH RESPECT TO DISCLOSING THE CANDIDATES.

NOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE KIND OF FORCED TO OPERATE THIS WAY IS BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS OPERATE LIKE THIS.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM OUR EXPERIENCE IS THAT WHEN WE DO OPEN SEARCHES WHERE CANDIDATES ARE DISCLOSED, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT FOR APPLICANTS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE LOOKING TO MOVE LATERALLY BETWEEN DISTRICTS, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED OUT BY THEIR CURRENT BOARD FOR LEAVING SOMEWHERE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE OPERATING UNDER A CLOSED SEARCH.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE'RE DOING IT.

THEN AROUND SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A COURSE OF CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD AND TALKING ABOUT HOW DOES IT HOW DID THE FIRST ROUND LOOK AND WHO DO WE NEED TO BRING IN FOR A SECOND ROUND.

AND WE'RE AIMING FOR THAT TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND SEPTEMBER 23RD AND 24TH.

AND THEN LASTLY AFTER THAT, WE SHOULD BE NAMING A LONE FINALIST AROUND THAT TIME, PUTTING OUR 21 WINDOW PERIOD BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 25TH AND OCTOBER 15TH.

NOW, WHAT IS THE 21 DAY WAITING PERIOD? IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ALSO KNOW THAT BY TEXAS LAW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A 21 DAY COOLING PERIOD BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY SIGN A CONTRACT WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. THAT MEANS THAT FOR 21 DAYS, THE BOARD WILL HAVE DISCLOSED THE LOAN FINAL LIST, SO THE COMMUNITY CAN ALSO KNOW WHO THAT IS BEFORE A CONTRACT IS APPROVED, GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHO THE LOAN FINALIST IS AS WELL BEFORE A CONTRACT IS APPROVED.

AND IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, OCTOBER 15TH SHOULD BE THE DAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO APPROVE OUR LONE FINALIST AT OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING ON OCTOBER

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IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE PROFESSIONAL COURTESY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE CANDIDATES WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF.

SO WE HAVE A VERY BIG OVERALL, ALL ENCOMPASSING SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF, THAT THE VALLEY ISD HAS CHOSEN BECAUSE THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST EXHAUSTIVE ONES WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT THAN WHAT SOME DISTRICTS DO.

YOU'D BE SURPRISED THAT SOME DISTRICTS DON'T DO ANY OF THIS, AND ALL THEY DO IS LET THE BOARD CHOOSE WHO THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT IS.

SO KUDOS TO THE BOARD AND THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR STAKEHOLDERS HERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO A QUICK LITTLE INTO SOME.

WHAT ARE THE TOWN HALLS LIKE I MENTIONED TO YOU EARLIER TODAY.

AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THE TOWN HALLS ARE OF COURSE ARE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THREE TOWN HALLS AUGUST 13TH, AUGUST 14TH, AUGUST 15TH.

NOW, ONE GREAT THING WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ABOUT THE TOWN HALLS IS THAT THE COMMUNITY TOWN HALL ON AUGUST 13TH WILL BE FULLY IN SPANISH.

I'LL BE DOING THAT COMPLETELY IN SPANISH.

HOWEVER, WE WILL HAVE HEADSETS IN ENGLISH FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO HEAR THE TOWN HALL IN ENGLISH, THE TOWN HALL.

ON AUGUST 14TH, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A BILINGUAL TOWN HALL, KIND OF A BILINGUAL MASS.

SO WE GO TO SOMETIMES AND I'LL BE JUMPING BETWEEN BOTH LANGUAGES.

NO HEADSETS THAT DAY AND THEN AUGUST 15TH WE'LL BE HAVING THE ENGLISH TOWN HALL WITH SPANISH HEADSETS.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE AS MANY AUDIENCE AS POSSIBLE AS PART OF THIS SEARCH.

NOTABLY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CAMPUS IS DESIGNATED ARE ALSO LISTED ON HERE.

AND WITHIN THE NEXT COMING DAYS AND WEEKS, YOU'LL START SEEING SOME OF THE FLIERS AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION.

GO OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH MEANS OF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, THROUGH YOUR NORMAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS HERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO KEEPING A LOOK OUT FOR SOME OF THAT.

OUR COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND OUR EMPLOYEE SURVEYS BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT THIS ALREADY.

BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN HERE IS WHERE EVERYONE'S AT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF INDIVIDUAL YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

WHAT WE DO AS A FIRM IS THAT WE SIT IN HERE, WE COLLECT THE DATA, WE AGGREGATE THE DATA, WE PREPARE A REPORT FOR THE BOARD SO THE BOARD CAN UNDERSTAND AND KNOW SORT OF WHAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM THESE SURVEYS AND FURTHER DOWN THE LINE FROM SOME OF THESE DISCUSSION AND ROUND TABLE ROUND TABLE GROUPS.

AND SO THAT WE'RE AIMING TO GET ALL THIS DONE BEFORE THE BOARD MEETS TO REVIEW THE CANDIDATES IN ORDER THAT THE BOARD HAS THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF THEIR CANDIDATE REVIEW DURING THE SEARCH THAT WE'RE DOING ON HERE.

AND SO LASTLY, WE ARE STARTING OFF WITH OUR APPLICATION.

AND SO WHEN WE SPOKE TO THE BOARD, WE STARTED OFF WITH A VERY ROBUST CRITERIA, BUT THAT WAS ALSO WIDE ENOUGH TO CAST A GOOD NET OF GOOD APPLICANTS LIKE WE'RE LEARNING NOW IN THE YEAR 2024.

SUPERINTENDENT, APPLICANT CANDIDATES NOW HAVE A WIDE ARRAY OF SKILLS THAT ARE NOT SOMETIMES JUST CLASSROOM ORIENTED.

AND WITH A VERY COMPETING WORLD IN EDUCATION, WE'RE LOOKING TO CAPTURE AS MUCH TALENT AS POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, KEEPING TRUE TO BEING AN EDUCATOR.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CANDIDATES HAVE A CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE, PRINCIPAL EXPERIENCE, AND AT THE VERY MINIMUM, ASSOCIATE OR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE. HOWEVER, WE ARE PREFERRING SOMEONE THAT HAS SUPERINTENDENT EXPERIENCE.

WE ARE PREFERRING SOMEONE THAT HAS A LARGER AMOUNT OF YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM, AS WELL AS BEING BILINGUAL, HAVING A DOCTORATE.

BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE BOTH MINIMUM AND PREFERRED, WE'RE HOPING TO CAST A WIDE NET OF APPLICANTS THAT WE CAN REACH.

AND PART OF THE INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING FOR FROM OUR APPLICANTS INCLUDES OUR APPLICATION, LETTER OF INTEREST, STATEMENT OF EDUCATION, PHILOSOPHY.

THERE ARE, OF COURSE, THEIR RESUME CERTIFICATION.

AND ONE THING THAT THE BOARD REALLY WANTED TO INCLUDE IN HERE WAS STRONG EVIDENCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SKILLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FUNDAMENTAL TO THEIR SUCCESS HERE AT DOE VALLEY ISD. AND SO I THINK WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A REALLY ROBUST SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH.

MY JOB WITH OUR FIRM IS TO FACILITATE THIS FOR THE DISTRICT.

BUT LIKE I TOLD THE DISTRICT DAY ONE WHEN WE MET HERE, THIS SEARCH BELONGS TO DOE VALLEY ISD.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE BRANDING IT.

AND SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD CAN EXPECT IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS AS WE KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS ALONG THE WAY.

BUT WE ARE EXCITED AND I'M HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD THAT I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT. ALL HANDS UP.

LET'S GO. WE'LL START ON THIS TIME.

SO TRUSTEE PANTOJA.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

QUESTION REGARDING THE CAMPUSES.

JUST A COMMENT.

OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, I BELIEVE, WOULD BE MORE OF A SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY THAN DALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GOT YOUR INFORMATION.

JUST BY UNDERSTANDING THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY OJEDA IS STRICTLY ENGLISH, AND THEN DALEY IS STRICTLY TO FLIP.

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ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE BOTH OF THEM IS THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE BOTH LANGUAGES AVAILABLE VIA HEADSET, ONE OR THE OTHER.

AND SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY LANGUAGE SPEAKERS STILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE TOWN HALLS.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

CAN I JUST FOLLOW UP TO THAT? I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND IF WE COULD POSSIBLY SWITCH THOSE TWO.

I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO GET MORE AUDIENCE, TO ATTEND MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IT JUST A SUGGESTION.

IF THAT'S BECAUSE I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT.

IT MAY JUST MAKE SENSE JUST TO SWITCH THEM.

AND I THINK IT'S SUPER EASY TO DO.

I DIDN'T CATCH THAT.

SO GOOD CATCH.

DAMIAN. TRUSTEE HAYWOOD, DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THIS ONE, OR IS IT SEPARATE? OH THAT'S IT. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A VERY LARGE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY IN MY AREA, THOUGH.

WELL, YEAH, THE ENTIRE THE HORNSBY AREA AND ALL THAT.

WE HAVE A LARGE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY.

SO AS LONG AS IT'S BILINGUAL, DO WE WANT IS THERE AN APPETITE TO SWITCH IT? THE TWO I HEAR THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN APPETITE.

I MEAN, I THINK REGARDLESS OF THE LANGUAGE.

SO I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR ACTION THAT THE BOARD WILL TAKE ON TODAY.

BUT YOUR FEEDBACK, CERTAINLY I'LL GO BACK AND TOUCH BASE WITH MR. HARRIS AND WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY.

IF THAT SEEMS THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT JUST TO CONSIDER IT.

THANK YOU. SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST WELL, FIRST, I THINK WE NEED TO JUST LEAVE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF THEY'VE WORKED WITH.

WE NEED TO FOLLOW THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THE WE HAVE SEPTEMBER 17TH IS WHAT OUR USUALLY REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

AND THEN YOU HAVE SEPTEMBER 24TH AS OUR LONE FINALIST ANNOUNCEMENT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS THAT FOR A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OKAY, I JUST WANT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGS COMING UP.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, MA'AM. BUSY MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

OKAY. TRUSTEE WEGNER.

AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH MEETING ON THE 27TH.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RUN THROUGH.

MY QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IS HOW FIRM ARE THESE DATES WHERE YOU SAID SEPTEMBER LIKE NINTH, 10TH AND 11TH TO HAVE THE BOARD MEETINGS? DID EVERYBODY AGREE TO THAT? HOW FIRM IS THAT? SO TO STAY ON THE TIMELINE, I WOULD SAY WE ARE WE'RE TRYING TO BE FIRM ABOUT THE DATES THAT WE PROPOSED.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING JUST COMPLETELY THAT WHERE NOBODY CAN MAKE IT, WE WILL, OF COURSE ENTERTAIN.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM OF A COUPLE OF DAYS TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH WITH SOME OF THESE JUST SORT OF BASED ON THE INITIAL DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD THAT DAY, WE JUST KIND OF TOSSED THOSE AS BEING THE MOST CONVENIENT AND IN MEETING WITH YOUR STAFF, WE REALIZE THERE'S NOTHING ON THOSE DATES THAT WOULD DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH YOU ON SOMETHING MAJOR.

AND SO THAT'S SORT OF HOW WE CAME ABOUT THOSE DATES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S THE THING, IF THEY'RE FIRM, THEN I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THEM ON MY CALENDAR TENTATIVELY.

SO. SO THEY'RE FIRM ENOUGH THAT YOU SHOULD PUT THESE DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR.

BUT AGAIN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING JUST COMPLETELY CRAZY AT THAT POINT, WE'LL TOUCH BASE.

BUT THIS IS THE DATES WE'RE TRYING TO STICK TO.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

THE COMMUNITY THE ENGAGEMENTS ARE HAVING IN PRETTY MUCH ALL OF AUGUST.

ARE THEY ALL IN PERSON OR IS THERE A HYBRID MODEL? FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T ATTEND IN PERSON, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECORDED SO PEOPLE CAN VIEW THEM LATER? OR IS IT JUST YOU'RE IN THE ROOM DISCUSSION AND THEN THAT'S IT.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE TOWNHALLS OR THE ROUNDTABLES? BOTH. SO NORMALLY WE WE DON'T RECORD AND WE NORMALLY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE FOR LATER BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ENSURE WE HAVE MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION AND NO ONE FEELS LIKE SOMEONE'S GOING TO COME BACK.

AND THEY RECORDED ME SAYING X, Y, AND Z.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT AS OPEN AND FLOWING AS POSSIBLE BY NOT RECORDING.

BUT WE DO TAKE DOWN OUR NOTES, AND WE DO DO OUR JOB AS A FIRM TO COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE FROM THEM.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

I THINK THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR APPROVING THIS THIS TIMELINE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF FEEDBACK AND GETTING THIS GOING.

SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. MY THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT HERE AND DOING THE PRESENTATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND OF COURSE, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HEAR IT FROM YOU AS WELL, WHAT THE TIMELINE IS AND HOW WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER.

BOARD DO WE HAVE A APPETITE OR DO WE HAVE A NEED FOR MR. RAMIREZ TO SPEAK WITH US IN CLOSED SESSION ABOUT ANY ITEMS TODAY?

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NO. OKAY, SO. WELL, I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR TODAY.

IN THE FUTURE, WE. WE MAY NEED YOU.

WE'LL KEEP. YOU WILL SUGGEST THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE A STANDING ITEM IN EXECUTIVE.

JUST BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY START TALKING ABOUT NAMES AND PEOPLE AND THAT MATTER, THAT WILL HAVE TO BE SUBJECT TO CLOSED SESSION.

PERFECT. ONE MORE QUESTION I HAD WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT WILL, WE WILL BE SEEING WE WILL BE HERE AS A GROUP LOOKING AT EVERY APPLICATION.

WE WON'T GET THEM ONLINE TO LOOK AT EARLY.

NO. SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

SO YOUR REVIEW PERIOD AND WE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH YOU AT THE L1.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A DROPBOX SECURE LINK WITH THE PASSWORD THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCESS IN ORDER TO VIEW THE DATA YOURSELVES.

AND SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD IT, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PRINT, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO VIEW ON YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PAPER, WHICH IS FINE, WE CAN WORK WITH THAT.

WE DO COORDINATE WITH THE DISTRICT FOR A SECURE ROOM UNDER KEY TO BE ABLE TO COME AND ACCESS IT AND LOOK AT IT.

I HAVEN'T FOLLOW UP.

I REMEMBER YOU TELLING US THAT NOW, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD NOT DO OUR OWN DIGGING INTO PEOPLE'S BACKGROUNDS.

WHAT DO YOU ALL RECOMMEND ON THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW DO AS MUCH DIGGING AS POSSIBLE ONCE WE HAVE THE LIST AND ONCE WE HAVE THE THE, THE LIST FOR APPLICANTS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.

YES. SO IF WE, IF WE WANT TO KEEP IT, IF PEOPLE ARE APPLYING BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THEIR NAMES OUT THERE.

SORRY. BUT THEN WE START DIGGING, CALLING PEOPLE AND WELL, YEAH, SO SO LET ME, LET ME LET ME CLARIFY.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE JUST THAT VERY GOOD DIFFERENTIATION.

SO YES. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND DIGGING ON GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK AND ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO FIND RIGHT DATA.

NO, DON'T CALL THEIR BOSS AND ASK THEM, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SO AND SO AND THEN APPLYING.

SO YES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING SOME ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF.

AND I KNOW I MENTIONED TO YOU I WAS GOING TO BE ISSUING BOARD UPDATES COMING IN, AND SO SOME OF THOSE TIPS AND STUFF WILL BE COMING IN TO THE BOARD UPDATES THAT WE'LL BE ISSUING FOR THAT. YES.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

AND AGAIN TO YOUR STAFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK YOU ALL DID AND HELPING US WITH THAT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR NEXT INFORMATION ITEM.

[V.E. Engagement Survey Update]

THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A VERY BRIEF UPDATE THAT I WILL BE PROVIDING.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GIBSON CONSULTING WITH OUR ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS.

WE HAD A NUMBER OF THEM THAT WENT OUT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE STILL OPEN RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, RAMP UP AS MANY RESPONSES AS WE CAN GET.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE QR CODES UP FRONT RIGHT HERE.

SO IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO OR IF YOU WANT TO PASS THEM OUT, WE HAVE PLENTY.

WE HAVE HAD OUR DISTRICT ACTUALLY GO OUT AND HAND THEM OUT TO AS WELL AS REACH OUT THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES.

SO THAT ONE'S STILL OPEN.

WE ALSO HAVE A FORMER STAFF SURVEY THAT IS OPEN AS WELL RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE STILL PULLING IN DATA FROM OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE STUFF THE STUDENT AND THE PARENT SURVEYS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT THAT THOSE ARE CLOSED AND WE DID JUST RECEIVE THE DATA THE BOARD JUST RECEIVED THE DATA FROM THOSE SURVEYS.

IT WAS EITHER YESTERDAY OR TODAY.

TODAY, YES.

I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT MYSELF.

THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY OR TODAY.

AND SO WE HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THAT.

WE'VE ALSO GIBSON CONSULTING HASN'T JUST GIVEN US LIKE RAW DATA.

THEY'VE GIVEN US DATA, BUT THEY'VE ALSO GIVEN US EXPLANATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM ON WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS, ON HOW TO TELL THE STORY.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH MR. HARRIS ON A ROLLOUT PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE DISPERSING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY GAVE US THE INFORMATION.

IT'S ONLY RIGHT FOR US TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL WHAT WE RECEIVED.

AND KIND OF NEXT STEPS.

YES. TRUSTEE. WOODY WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED AS MUCH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS WE WOULD LIKE, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR SOME PAID ADVERTISEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

BUT PLEASE SHARE THOSE LINKS TO EVERYONE THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET OUT.

EVEN IF YOU'VE ALREADY FILLED IT OUT AGAIN, YOU'RE STILL A COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER VERSUS A PARENT VERSUS A STAFF.

AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. OKAY.

SO NEXT WE WILL MOVE INTO INFORMATION ITEM F MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT MISS CANSINO.

[V.F. Monthly Financial Reports]

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FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

THE REPORTS INCLUDE THE INVESTMENT REPORT.

TAX OFFICE REPORT, BUDGET REPORT BY BUDGET REPORT, BUDGET REPORT BY OBJECT.

AND I'VE ADDED A SLIDE TO BRING BACK SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING ON THE GOLDEN PENNIES AND THE COPPER PENNIES.

SO THE VALUE OF THAT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, OUR PORTFOLIO WAS AT ABOUT FIVE 5% YIELD.

OUR INTEREST FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE WAS ALMOST $1.5 MILLION.

IT DECREASED SLIGHTLY FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS BECAUSE OUR PORTFOLIO DECREASED AS WE MADE OUR BOND PAYMENTS IN THE MONTH OF OF JUNE.

SO THAT'S THE MAIN REDUCTION OR ACCOUNT FOR THE REDUCTION IN OUR PORTFOLIO FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, TAX COLLECTIONS WERE A LITTLE OVER $85,000.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY STARTED WINDING DOWN.

AS WE GET THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, WE WILL SEE THEM PICK UP AGAIN, START INCREASING IN NOVEMBER DECEMBER, AND REALLY PEAK IN JANUARY.

THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE YEAR TO $137 MILLION.

THE BUDGET REPORT AS IT STANDS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

IT. WE'VE CLOSED THE FISCAL YEAR.

IT ENDS IN JUNE.

SO WE ARE AT 98% EXPENSE.

WE STILL HAVE SOME CLOSING ENTRIES AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE TO RUN THROUGH.

SO WE'RE BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 98% OF THE BUDGET SPENT.

CAN CAN YOU.

YES. REAL QUICK. SO I SEE THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF PAYROLL COST EXPENDITURES THAT ARE UNDER THE UNENCUMBERED BALANCE.

WHAT ARE THOSE FOR? ARE THOSE FOR, YOU KNOW, PAYROLL COSTS THAT WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR OR WE GOT NEW HIRES OR WHAT? THAT THEY WENT OVER ALL THE FUNCTION.

THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THE FUNCTION.

BUT WHEN WE BREAK IT DOWN BY MAJOR OBJECT, WHICH IS THE PAYROLL COST, IT MEANS THAT YES, THEY WERE SLIGHTLY UNDER BUDGETED.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THOSE NEGATIVE BALANCES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.

LIKE IT MEANS HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN.

IT MEANS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN EITHER A POSITION OR AN EXTRA DUTY PAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT MADE IT GO SLIGHTLY OVER WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR.

BUT OVERALL BY THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL, WHICH IS WHAT THE BOARD APPROVES, THE BUDGET, THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THE BUDGET.

IS IT THE INCREASE IN THE STIPENDS THAT HAPPENED SINCE THOSE WEREN'T BUDGETED AND APPROVED? I WOULD NEED TO GO AND LOOK AT IT.

IN SOME CASES, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, FOR EXAMPLE, LET ME SEE WHICH ONE.

TRYING TO SEE WHICH ONE.

AND SOME OF THEM. THEY HAVE ENCUMBRANCES.

SO ONCE THOSE ARE RELEASED, THOSE FUNDS WILL GO BACK.

I'M TRYING TO SEE WHICH 1ST MAY HAVE AN ENCUMBRANCE, BUT I DON'T SEE I'M JUST THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE WE WE ARE IN A DEFICIT.

AND YES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING EXTRA THINGS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR HOLE.

AND THAT MAYBE WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY, MAYBE WE GOT TO GET IT APPROVED, OR IS IT OVERTIME OR WHATEVER? JUST IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S CAUSING THESE RED.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

AND SO WHAT? I'LL POINT. YES, MA'AM.

IT SPECIFICALLY FUNCTION CODE 6000.

OBJECT CODE 13.

ON THAT FIRST LINE, IF I UNDERSTAND IT, 13 PAYROLL COSTS 18,000.

I CAN GO AND RESEARCH WHAT IT IS SPECIFICALLY.

SO I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

WHAT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE IS OVERALL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE FOR EACH FUNCTION, YOU'LL SEE THAT NONE OF THEM ARE IN THE RED.

SO WHEN THE BOARD APPROVES THE BUDGET, IT'S APPROVED AT THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL.

WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENDITURE BY THE MAJOR OBJECT, BUT OVERALL THEY'RE ALL WITHIN THE FUNCTION EXCEPT IF YOU LOOK AT 71, BUT THAT ONE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THERE IS A PROCESS WHEN IT GETS REDISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT ALL THE FUNCTIONS.

SO THAT WILL BRING IT BACK IN LINE ONCE WE CLOSE OUR BOOKS.

SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING OUR BOOKS.

SOME OF THOSE MAY SHIFT.

WE ARE STILL PAYING.

SOME OF THE STUFF THAT GETS PAID IN JULY GOES BACK TO JUNE, BECAUSE THE SERVICES WHERE THEY'RE RENDERED OR GOODS RECEIVED BY THE END OF JUNE, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE INVOICE TO PROCESS. SO THERE STILL MAY BE A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGES AS WE CLOSE OUT THE YEAR.

BUT THAT FUNCTION 71 IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS ABOVE.

BUT WE'LL GET REDISTRIBUTED AND IT WILL BE IN LINE.

THIS IS THE SAME REPORT.

IT THIS ONE IS BY MAJOR OBJECT AND NOT BY FUNCTION, YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING THAT I WAS MENTIONING ON THE RECLASSIFIED, IF YOU'LL SEE THERE ON THE

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IT IS AN INTERNAL CONTRA ACCOUNT.

SO IT'S BASICALLY PAYS BACK OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SO THAT WHEN WE DO BUDGET AS A NEGATIVE.

FOR THE FUND BALANCE REPORT, YOU WILL SEE THAT FOR THERE ARE NO CHANGES.

WHAT IS INCLUDED HERE IS THE LAST BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED.

IT DOES STILL HAVE AN ANTICIPATED DEFICIT OF 267,304.

I WILL GO BACK AND BRING YOU A BETTER NUMBER.

WE'LL BRING BACK A BETTER NUMBER NEXT MONTH, ONCE WE GO TIE BACK ALL OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND OUR STATE FUNDING.

INCORPORATE ALL THAT. OUR SUMMER SUBMISSION WAS DUE TODAY, SO WE'LL GO AND PULL THOSE NUMBERS, RUN OUR STATE FUNDING AGAIN, AND BRING YOU A BETTER NUMBER AND PROJECTION FOR OUR FUND BALANCE.

THE I KNOW THAT THE MONEY DID NOT COME IN SO THAT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO DECREASE A LITTLE BIT IN THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS, BUT I HAD ALREADY MADE AN ADJUSTMENT PREVIOUSLY, SO IT SHOULD NOT BE VERY DRASTIC BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY ADJUSTED DOWN.

SORRY. REAL QUICK.

CAN YOU ALSO LOOK AT CODE 41? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED 71, BUT YES, I DIDN'T HEAR 41.

YES, SIR. GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

SO THE LAST SLIDE THAT I HAVE, THIS ONE IS I'M SORRY, THIS IS THE SECOND TO THE LAST SLIDE.

THIS IS THE SAME ONE THAT I BROUGHT DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT I UPDATED THE TAX RATE ON THE PREVIOUS ONE.

IT WAS THE ONE THAT WE HAD USED FOR OUR NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE 6728.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING OUR TAX RATE TO BE FOR FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A FINAL NUMBER UNTIL NEXT MONTH, WHEN TI RELEASES THAT NUMBER AND GIVES APPROVAL.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE TAX RATE IN THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING FOR APPROVAL.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THAT TIER ONE TO BE AT 61, 69.

PLUS WE HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL PENNIES FIVE PENNIES THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED.

AND THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL TAX RATE TO 6669.

AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE STILL HAVE ELIGIBLE 12 ADDITIONAL PENNIES THAT WE HAVE NOT ADOPTED, THREE OF THOSE BEING GOLDEN.

AND THEN THE REST ARE COPPER PENNIES.

AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION AS TO HOW MUCH IS ARE THOSE PENNIES WORTH.

SO I PUT TOGETHER THIS SLIDE TO BRING BACK THAT INFORMATION.

YOU'LL SEE. AND I TRIED TO COLOR CODE IT.

YOU SEE THE ONES IN THAT LOOK KIND OF GOLDEN.

THOSE ARE THE THREE GOLDEN PENNIES.

AND THEN THE, THE THE RUST COLOR ARE THE COPPER PENNIES.

SO THE FIRST THREE PENNIES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE YOU'LL SEE THE ADDITION OF ONE PENNY.

IT WILL YIELD THE DISTRICT AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION IF WE DO A SECOND PENNY.

YOU'LL SEE THAT GOES UP TO $4 MILLION.

SO THERE YOU HAVE THEM ALL.

AND YOU'LL SEE THERE ON THE FOURTH PENNY.

THAT'S WHEN THE DISTRICT WILL GO INTO RECAPTURE.

AND BASICALLY WHAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE MORE REVENUE THAN WE SHOULD.

SO THEN WE START PAYING BACK AND THAT MONEY WILL BE FROM OUR TAX COLLECTIONS.

THE PERCENT AND AS I MENTIONED IN VARIES FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT.

BUT FOR DEL VALLE ISD, THE PERCENT, BECAUSE OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND WE ARE CONSIDERED A PROPERTY RICH.

IF WE WERE UNDER THE PREVIOUS FUNDING FORMULA AND THAT WOULD YIELD 69% OF AN INCREASE PER PENNY, 69% WOULD COME FROM LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS AND 31% WOULD COME FROM STATE REVENUE.

SO IF YOU SEE IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE MAX WITH THE 12 PENNIES, THAT WOULD YIELD AN ADDITIONAL 13 MILLION, AND WE WOULD BE ROUGHLY PAYING BACK ABOUT SIX, $5.7 MILLION, AND THOSE WOULD COME FROM TAX COLLECTION.

AND I DID HAVE THE NUMBER FOR THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD.

MR. WORTHINGTON, I KNOW THAT YOU ASKED THAT BEFORE.

THAT'S $129.52, AND THE COPPER PENNIES YIELD 4928.

TRUSTEE WEGNER. THANK YOU.

SO YOU SAID THAT THE TEA WILL RELEASE THE INFORMATION ON IN AUGUST OF 2024, AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET IT? IN SEPTEMBER FOR ADOPTION.

OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A MEETING OR SOMETHING BEFORE THEN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE INFORMATION OR DATA BEFORE THEN OR SOMETHING? JUST SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GETTING IT IN SEPTEMBER AND VOTING IN SEPTEMBER AT THE SAME MEETING.

PLEASE. WHAT THE.

I THINK THEY JUST NOTIFY US OF WHAT THE STATE'S RATE FOR US IS, AND THEN WE JUST HAVE TO RATIFY IT.

BUT WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DO GOLDEN PENNIES OR NOT.

NO, NO.

SO I THINK IN THE LAST MEETING AND SOMEBODY CORRECT ME IF I MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT I THINK WE'RE OUTSIDE OF THE TIMELINE TO GO FOR A TREE THIS YEAR FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT IS,

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I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE, AND IN ORDER TO DO IT PROPERLY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRING BACK THIS INFORMATION TO FOR CONSIDERATION FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT THAT WAY YOU KNEW HOW MUCH EACH PENNY OR EACH INCREASE IN PENNY WAS WORTH FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS DECIDED.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR NEXT ITEM.

I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING IF WE COULD MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND ON THE AGENDA, LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OBJECTION.

BUT INSTEAD OF DOING THE DISCUSSION ITEMS, MAYBE WE GO STRAIGHT INTO CONSENT AGENDA.

SINCE THERE WE KIND OF JUST TALKED ABOUT SOME OF IT AND INFORMATION AND IT WOULD ALLOW SOME OF OUR FOLKS HERE TO GO HOME IF THEY DON'T WANT TO STAY AND LISTEN TO US.

SO ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM SEVEN CONSENT AGENDA.

[VII. Consent Agenda]

OKAY. I CAN MOVE APPROVAL.

YEAH. SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL.

WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL. OKAY.

DO I HAVE TRUSTEE WHICH YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION AFTERWARDS.

I'D LIKE TO PULL J G F E D AND I'M PULLING THESE BECAUSE THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, BUT I FELT THAT THEY SHOULD BE AN ACTION ITEM, NOT IN CONSENT.

AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON SOME OF THESE.

DID I SAY I AS WELL? I AND I HAVE D E F G AND J.

I AND H AS WELL.

H AND I AS WELL.

YEAH. OKAY, OKAY.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO FOR CONSENT AGENDAS, ITEMS A THROUGH C? HAVE A OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS A THROUGH C AND THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY, A QUICK COMMENT ON ITEM C.

WAS THERE CAN WE GET A IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IF WE ADDED ANY NEW ROUTES? SORRY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

JUST. BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. WOODY.

THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE ADDED, AND THOSE WERE IN THE COLLINS GROUP.

WE ALSO JUST TODAY, OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, DAN LEE, DROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE OPENED HERE ON KELLUM.

AND BECAUSE OF THE SIDEWALK OR THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS ON PIERCE LANE, WE'LL BE ADDING THAT ROUTE AS A HAZARDOUS ROUTE.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADD THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE UPDATE IN THE WEEKLY BOARD QUESTIONS AS WE ADD THOSE HAZARDOUS ROUTES.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PANTOJA.

I SEE THAT THE BEATTY AREA IS PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE LIST IN THAT AREA.

I MEAN, I GET IT, RIVERSIDE, IT'S 45 AND PEOPLE GO 55.

HAVE WE HAVE WE'VE ADVOCATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR LIKE THE AUSTIN REGION AND THEN THE CENTRAL REGION ABOUT CONCERNS WITHIN A SCHOOL BEING THERE AND HOW FAST THOSE LANES ARE.

WE HAVE IN FACT, WE WERE JUST ASKING.

YEAH, WE HAVE. WE WORKED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT'S THERE ON ROWE AS WELL.

AND THEY HAD THE SAME CONCERN BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS MOVING AT SUCH A PACE.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN MOBILITY AUTHORITY IS REVIEWING IS HOW TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN ON RIVERSIDE, WHILE ALSO CREATING A THOROUGHFARE FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE AIRPORT.

AND SO IT'S THIS, YOU KNOW, CONSTANT BATTLE OF PEOPLE WANT TO GO FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE AIRPORT, AND RIVERSIDE IS THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

IN THE MEANTIME, OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THOSE STUDENTS ON THE BUSSES.

SOME OF OUR BUS ROUTES ARE A MILE FROM THE SCHOOL, BUT THEY REALLY, TRULY WANT TO PICK UP THE STUDENTS IN A SAFE ZONE.

AND SO DAN AND OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

AND THEN ON FARO, ACROSS THE STREET IS THAT A STOP OR ARE THEY STILL WALKING?

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SO WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED PICKING UP THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL.

ONE OF THE REASONS IS IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE CROSSING IS DIFFICULT FOR KIDS TO GET THERE BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE FIVE LANES EACH DIRECTION.

A TOTAL OF 10 TO 12 LANES.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.

TRUSTEE. WEGNER. THANK YOU.

SO WHEN YOU MAKE CHANGES TO THE HAZARDOUS ROUTES FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR, DOES THAT HAVE TO BE READOPTED BY THE BOARD OR DO WE ADOPT THE ADDENDUMS? HOW DOES THIS WORK? SO WHAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING IS WE ADOPT THE INITIAL HAZARDOUS ROUTES.

AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS PUT AN ADDENDUM THAT SIMPLY SAYS TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE ROUTES AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, AND WE ADD THOSE.

THERE'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT TO APPROVE THOSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC OKAY.

SO JUST FOR CLARITY ITEMS A THROUGH C ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

MOTION PASSED EIGHT ZERO OKAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO WE CAN JUST GO IN ORDER THEN OF THE ITEMS THAT TRUSTEE WOULD YOU, YOU PULLED IF YOU'D LIKE TO START WITH D

[VII.D. Approval of Contract Over $50,000-Slingerland Training]

THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE JENNIFER GONZALEZ, WHO OVERSEES OUR DYSLEXIA PROGRAM FOR THE DISTRICT.

HELLO, BOARD MEMBERS. MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. HARRIS, I'M JENNIFER GONZALEZ.

I OVERSEE DYSLEXIA INTERVENTION FOR AND HOMEBOUND.

SO SLINGERLAND IS A TRAINING INSTITUTE THAT TRAINS TEACHERS ON HOW TO USE ORTON-GILLINGHAM MULTI-SENSORY STRATEGIES FOR TIER ONE.

SO THIS IS A TRAINING FOR K THROUGH TWO TEACHERS USING EXISTING CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE IN DEL VALLE.

OUR DEL VALLE PHONICS ROUTINE IS ACTUALLY BASED ON SLINGERLAND.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO TRAIN OUR TEACHERS ON HOW TO USE ORTON-GILLINGHAM STRATEGIES FOR TIER ONE, MEANING FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM.

OKAY, SO MY SPECIFIC QUESTION THEN IS GOING TO BE HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN USING IT IN THE DISTRICT? THIS STARTED THROUGH A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM TIA.

SO IT STARTED TWO YEARS AGO.

AND IT'S BEEN SUFFICIENT THAT YOUR I.

WHAT'S YOUR TITLE? I'M SORRY.

I AM DIRECTOR OF INTERVENTIONS 504 DYSLEXIA AND HOMEBOUND.

OKAY. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE TO.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S IN LINE WITH OUR CURRENT CURRICULUM.

I'VE RECEIVED GREAT FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS.

I HAVE EMAILS FROM TEACHERS SAYING THIS IS THE BEST TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE ATTENDED.

IT'S HANDS ON AND IT INCLUDES COACHING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO IT'S NOT A ONE AND DONE TRAINING.

THE TEACHERS DO A PRACTICUM AND THEN THEY RECEIVE COACHING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IN ADDITION, THE COACHING INCLUDES THE CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AND THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN THEY GO IN CLASSROOMS. SO IT WAS GRANT FUNDED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO IT WAS GRANT FUNDED FOR TWO YEARS AND NOW WE'RE HAVING TO START PAYING FOR SERVICES.

NO, IT'S STILL UNDER THE GRANT.

IT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE TA DYSLEXIA GRANT OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO MY QUESTIONS REGARDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING THAT WE DO WITH OUR STAFF.

AND HOW IS THIS BENEFITING OUR STUDENTS? ARE WE SEEING ANY OUTCOMES THAT ARE POSITIVE WITH OUR STUDENTS? AND I, I LOVE THAT THE TEACHERS LOVE IT AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS WITH WHAT WE SAW IN READING AND MATH RECENTLY.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS THIS ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP US, OR DO WE NEED TO LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAT'S MORE BENEFICIAL? ON TOP OF THAT, WITH OTHER PROGRAMS WHERE WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE USUALLY HAD SOMEBODY ON STAFF OR 2 OR 3 THAT WOULD TAKE THIS TRAINING, AND THEN THEY WOULD THEN TEACH IT TO THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AND WHATNOT.

SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ONE AND WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE, OR IS AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO HELP WITH ADDITIONAL LEVELS OF STUDENT. SO WE'VE WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS BEFORE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS TYPE OF TRAINING BEFORE.

SO THIS TRAINING IS IN ADDITION TO THE CURRICULUM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

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AND THIS TRAINING IS TEACHING THE TEACHERS HOW TO USE THAT PHONICS ROUTINE USING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIFFICULTIES.

SO IT'S FOR MONOLINGUAL AND BILINGUAL CLASSROOMS. SO IT INCLUDES BOTH OF THEM THERE.

YOU ASKED WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST OH, THE FIRST QUESTION WHAT RESULTS HAVE WE SEEN? SO SINCE WE STARTED USING THIS, WE HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED AT RISK FOR DYSLEXIA AND OTHER READING DIFFICULTIES.

SO AT THE END OF KINDERGARTEN AND IN JANUARY OF FIRST FOR THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS, WE DO A DYSLEXIA SCREENER.

AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN USING THIS, THE SOME CAMPUSES HAVE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT RISK BY HALF AND ONE CAMPUS REDUCED IT BY TWO THIRDS.

SO WE ARE SEEING THAT THE STUDENTS ARE GRASPING THIS IS SPECIFICALLY PHONICS AND PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, AND WE ARE SEEING GREAT RESULTS WITH IT.

YOU WOULDN'T SEE THE RESULTS YET IN STAR BECAUSE THESE ARE KINDER FIRST.

SO BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL SEE GAINS WHEN THEY DO GET TO A STAR TESTING GRADE.

AND THEN I APOLOGIZE GOING BACK FOR THIS GRANT.

SO IT WAS GRANT FUNDED IN AND I'M GOING TO MESS UP MY YEARS 2223 AND THEN 23, 24.

I MEAN, IS IT LIKE A TWO YEAR GRANT? A ONE YEAR GRANT? IS IT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR EVERY MONTH? I MEAN, EVERY YEAR? NO.

THE GRANT WILL END AT THIS YEAR, AT THE END OF 24, 25.

OKAY. SO AS PART OF THIS TRAINING, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND THE PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THIS AND SO THAT WE BUILD CAPACITY WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE THIS MODEL.

AND IF I MAY, TO THAT POINT, I REALIZE PEOPLE LEAVE THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO US FOR FUNDING, CAN WE PLEASE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE, I BELIEVE YOU WERE.

AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT GROUPS WHEN THEY PRESENTED THEIR NUMBERS, WE WANT THE HELPS OF WHAT IT DID FOR THESE STUDENTS.

AND AS YOU SAID, THEY'RE LITTLES, SO WE WON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW ALL THE THINGS.

BUT I THINK IN GENERAL WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE DIFFERENCES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY ASK.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY WANTED TO.

OH, SORRY. NO. GO AHEAD.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, WAS THE GRANTS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS TRAINING? IT'S OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR THE 106, 160 HOURS OF COACHING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WHEN ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO THAT? SO WE HAVE A SLINGERLAND INSTRUCTOR THAT WILL COME IN, AND THEY WILL OBSERVE TEACHERS DURING THE PLANNING PERIOD OR AFTER SCHOOL, PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND HELP WITH PLANNING. OKAY.

ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TO.

SO MOVE I MOVE. ADOPTION OF THE SUNDERLAND TRAINING CONTRACT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? EIGHT ZERO. PASSES.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR E, F AND G.

[Items VII.E, VII.F. and VII.G ]

SO FOR THOSE THREE, I WOULD JUST LIKE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.

IF WE COULD GET A YEARLY COMPARISON OF THE STUDENT OUTCOMES ATTENDANCE, ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY.

AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU GUYS CAN ALSO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DISTRICT ON HOW WHAT YOU NEED FROM US IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT.

IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. HOW MANY YEARS WOULD YOU LIKE? JUST THREE. IT WAS GOOD.

THREE YEARS. OKAY.

OKAY. AND IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE.

AS PRESENTED. OKAY, SO WE MOVE.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS? E, F AND G. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. MOTION PASSES.

SIR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO CAME OUT FOR THIS INFORMATION.

MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR ITEMS H AND I, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, AND IT WAS TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION

[Items VII.H. and VII.I.]

THEY SAID THERE'S 100.

CAN WE GET THE INFORMATION ON WHO ACTUALLY HAS THOSE PHONES? AND BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE LIKE WHAT, TEN, 15 CAMPUSES, BUT WE HAVE 100 PHONES AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHO WHERE IT IS.

IS IT? YEAH.

THE INVENTORY BASICALLY.

YES. IT'S MOSTLY OPERATIONAL STAFF NOW WHICH HAVE WHICH USE CELL PHONES BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS ON THE RUN FOR ON THE FIELD.

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WHO IS USING THE PHONES? OKAY. BECAUSE, YEAH, I THINK I READ THAT THESE WERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DISTRICT IN CASE THE LANDLINE SYSTEMS GO DOWN.

YES. SO WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE STATIONED AT THE CAMPUS.

YES. EACH CAMPUS HAS ONE APART FROM THE THE REST IS OPERATIONAL STAFF.

OKAY. YEAH. IF WE COULD JUST GET SOME DETAILS ON THAT LATER.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

IF NO OTHER. OKAY. GO AHEAD.

WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

IS THERE A REASON WHY WE USE DIFFERENT JUST THE ONE OR WHAT IS THE.

SO ARE YOU COMPARING WITH AT&T AND VERIZON.

IS IT THE QUESTION.

SO AT&T IS BASICALLY A LANDLINE, WHICH WE CAN MAKE INBOUND AND OUTBOUND CALLS AND YOU KNOW, AND LONG DISTANCE CALLS.

SO VERIZON IS A CELL PHONE SERVICE WHICH YOU KNOW, WHICH YOU KNOW WHICH IS USED AS A CELL PHONE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR A FOR MOBILE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND OVER HERE.

TRUSTEE. PANTOJA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND THAT IS. YES.

CLARIFICATION FOR H AND I.

MOTION PASSED FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. OUR LAST CONSENT AGENDA ITEM IS FOR THE THINKERY.

[VII.J. Approval of Contract Over $50,000-Thinkery]

SO IF SOMEBODY COULD JUST CLARIFY THAT FOR ME.

I WASN'T ABLE TO PULL UP THE MOU AND COMPARE SO WE CAN GET A COMPARISON FOR THAT PLEASE.

SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH TO YOUR QUESTION.

ACCORDING TO THE MOU AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE THINKERY, IS THAT AT THE THINKERY, ALL ALL THE PRE-K TEACHERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE DELL VALLEY THINKERY.

THE MOU THAT IS COMING THROUGH IS MORE ON THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WIDE.

SO IT'S INTEGRATING SOME OF THE STEAM ACTIVITIES WITH OUR CURRICULUM.

SO AS I KNOW IT'S A PLANNING YEAR THIS YEAR WITH THE MOU.

SO IT'S TAKING IN AMBASSADORS, TEACHER AMBASSADORS AND IDENTIFYING SOME AREAS WHERE WE FEEL WE CAN INTEGRATE SOME STEAM ACTIVITIES INTO THE CONTENT.

SO IT'S PROVIDING THAT PD TO SPECIFIC WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS AND FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS.

THE CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PRE-K FOR TEACHERS DISTRICT WIDE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT TO OUR BOARD BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THE STEAM STUFF GOING THROUGH TECH AND ROBOTICS AND SOME STUFF GOING ON WITH THE TESLA COMPANY AND STUFF.

SO I KIND OF WANT TO, IF WE CAN GET A GENERAL IDEA FROM STAFF OR HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO'S DOING WHAT AND HOW THIS IS ALL BENEFITING OUR DISTRICT AND OUR STUDENTS, OR IF WE'RE HOPEFULLY WE'RE DOING IT EQUITABLY THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS.

BUT HOW DO THESE ALIGN WITH EACH OTHER? THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEGNER A CLARIFICATION QUESTION ON THIS.

THE AMOUNT LISTED ON THE DOCUMENT PROVIDED TO THE BOARD SAYS 80,000.

IS IT UP TO 80? IS IT LIKE IF WE ONLY USE HALF THE SERVICES, IS IT A FLAT RATE OR IS IT.

BY SERVICE? HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? SO THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTRACT IS FOR $80,000.

WE DID RECEIVE A QUOTE FROM THE THINKERY.

SO THAT'S FOR A YEAR WORTH OF SERVICES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO IT'S A FLAT RATE OF 80,000.

YES. THE QUOTE THAT WE RECEIVED IS JUST UNDER $80,000.

YES. AND IT SERVES OUR PRE-K THROUGH FOURTH OR PRE-K FOUR ONLY CLASSROOMS. RIGHT? PRE-K FOUR TEACHERS ARE THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES, AND THOSE ARE THE TEACHERS WHO WILL BE RECEIVING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEY WORK. I'M SORRY.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS IT THROUGH FOURTH OR FOUR YEAR OLDS? IT'S JUST PRE-K FOUR.

GOOD QUESTION. YES, PRE-K FOUR IS THE PRE-K PROGRAM WE HAVE FOR OUR FOUR YEAR OLD THAT WE HAVE AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

YES. THANK YOU.

THAT'S OKAY. I HAVE A HEADACHE ENOUGH THAT I WAS LIKE, WAIT, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE.

THANK YOU. SURE THING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?

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THANK YOU. HAVE WE HAVE A SECOND TRUSTEE? WEATHINGTON? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. EIGHT ZERO.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO WE ARE DONE WITH CONSENT AGENDA.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF BACKTRACK.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO SOME DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE HAVE THREE DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ALL UNDER MY NAME.

SO I WILL START THE DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD ON EACH OF THESE ITEMS. I'M JUST GOING TO PREFACE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMMUNITY, A REMINDER THAT WE CAN'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE BOARD ROOM OR BOARD MEETINGS, HENCE WHY THESE WERE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT HERE IN PUBLIC WITH YOU GUYS.

SO BEAR WITH US.

WE'RE HERE TO TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2025 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.

[VI.A. Discussion Regarding 2025 High School Graduation]

HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT.

AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE.

THAT WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

AND I'M GOING TO LET THE BOARD KIND OF TAKE THIS DISCUSSION.

BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO SAY IS THAT THE, THE ACTUAL CEREMONY ITSELF IS WHAT WE'RE ADDRESSING.

AND THE CEREMONY HAS BEEN AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOR HOW MANY YEARS? I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG SITE FOR FOR A LONG TIME.

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

20 YEARS. OKAY.

A VERY LONG TIME.

AND SO WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LOCATION, THE TIMING MAYBE SOME OTHER ITEMS TO DO WITH THE GRADUATION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE YEAR TO WHERE IT'S TOO LATE TO MAKE THESE CHANGES, OR TOO LATE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, HENCE WHY WE'RE STARTING IT NOW.

SO WITH THAT I WILL LOOK OVER TO TRUSTEE.

PANTOJA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? SURE. I ASKED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TO JUST HAVE THE, LIKE YOU SAID, HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

I DO BELIEVE TEXAS STATE IS A LITTLE TOO FAR FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

GOING ON THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, MIDDLE OF THE WEEK TO SAN MARCOS CAN BE CAN BE HEAVY FOR FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD IF WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WHERE WE CAN FIND SOMETHING MORE CENTRAL TO TO THE DISTRICT.

I WOULD SAY SOMETHING WITHIN A TEN MILE RADIUS OF THE DISTRICT.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT I'M ASKING TO HAVE WITH ALL OF YOU.

BECAUSE I BELIEVE, AGAIN, GOING TO SAN MARCOS AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON ON A WEDNESDAY CAN BE HEAVY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE. WOODY? YEAH.

THE GREAT POINT.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK SOMEWHERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY, EAST TRAVIS COUNTY WOULD BE IDEAL FOR ME ANYWAY IF IT'S WITHIN THE DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE VERY MANY OPTIONS, BUT DEFINITELY WE DO IN TRAVIS COUNTY.

THERE'S PLENTY OF OPTIONS THAT WAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, AND I'VE SEEN THAT OTHER DISTRICTS DO, IS HAVING A SENIOR A PARENT SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT, WHERE PARENTS THAT ARE STUDENTS OF JUNIORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SENIORS NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WANT THE CEREMONY TO BE AND WORK WITH THE STAFF TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT CERTAIN SASHES TO REPRESENT THEIR NATIONALITY, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT WHATEVER, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR, OUR DISTRICT'S ABILITY AND, YOU KNOW, LEGAL PROFESSIONAL.

MAKE SURE IT STILL LOOKS UNIFIED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS THAT DON'T HINDER PEOPLE FROM EXPRESSING THEIR, THEIR CULTURE.

SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH.

OKAY, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

I KNOW WHEN I BECAME A BOARD MEMBER, I WAS TOLD THAT FOR SALT TEXAS STATE, THEY DO GIVE PRIORITY TO DEL VALLE.

IF WE TRY TO DO IN AUSTIN, WE ARE COMPETING WITH AUSTIN ISD AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOLS AND PROBABLY WOULD BE AT THE VERY END OF AN OPTION. I ALWAYS LIKE THE FACT THAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IT OUTSIDE EVER.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW THAT MANY OPTIONS IN TRAVIS COUNTY OTHER THAN OUTSIDE AND EVEN AUSTIN'S HAVING TO DO SOME.

THE MOODY CENTER, I THINK WOULD BE SO EXPENSIVE FOR THE DISTRICT TO DO.

PLUS YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING IF YOU CAN FIND IT, BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME ABOUT AUSTIN ISD GRADUATIONS.

THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR PARKING SPOTS BECAUSE ONE GRADUATIONS COMING IN AND THE NEXT ONE'S LEAVING AND ALL OF THAT.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE I DON'T THINK WE GET TO DICTATE TO ANY, ANY GROUP, ANY LOCATION OTHER THAN OUR FOOTBALL STADIUM, WHICH I WOULD

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THAT IS TO TELL THEM THIS IS THE DATE WE WANT, TIME WE WANT IT, ETC.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR SCHEDULES, THEIR FUNCTIONS.

AND I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FREE PARKING AT TEXAS STATE, THEY'VE BEEN SO ACCOMMODATING TO US FROM WHAT EVERYONE THAT'S I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD WORKED WITH THEM AND PARENTS. I MEAN, WE DRIVE GREAT DISTANCES FOR LOTS OF REASONS, BUT I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR WANTING TO HAVE IT CLOSER, BUT THERE JUST AREN'T THAT MANY OPTIONS TO HAVE IT CLOSER TO WHERE IT DOESN'T COST OUR PARENTS TO PARK AND TO.

FOR THE HAVOC OF TRYING TO FIND A PARKING SPOT IN TRAVIS, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER.

SO THOSE ARE MY POINTS ON THAT.

AND I THINK TO YOU HAVE TO DO THE CONTRACTS MONTHS OUT.

YOU JUST CAN'T WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE OR YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY, MARCH TO WE WANT A CONTRACT WITH YOU.

SO I KNOW WE DO MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH TEXAS STATE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

SO, MR. HARRIS, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE CONTRACT PIECE? SO WE DO HAVE DATES THAT ARE ON HOLD WITH US, WITH TEXAS STATE, BUT WE HAVE NOT ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH THEM AT THIS POINT.

YES. TRUSTEE.

OKAY. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO FINDING SOMETHING CLOSER.

I THINK, THOUGH WE WOULD I WOULD BE OPEN TO LOOKING FOR SOMETHING CLOSER, AND THEN WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO CONSIDER THE COST, RIGHT.

AND SEE WHAT, WHAT HOW MUCH MORE IT WOULD COST.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG POINT.

TRUSTEE WEGNER. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ME, AND I WAS ALWAYS TOLD BY PREVIOUS STAFF THAT THE ALUMNI, THAT'S WHERE THEY GRADUATED.

SO THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT THEIR SIBLINGS OR COUSINS OR WHOMEVER TO GRADUATE.

AND MY OWN KIDDOS, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.

AND SO FOR ME, I'M I WOULD BE I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO EXPLORING THE OPTIONS.

I ALSO DO THINK THAT TO MR. OR TRUSTEE PANTOJA POINT, GETTING TO SAN MARCOS 3:00 ON THURSDAY IS CUMBERSOME, SO I'M SUPPORTING LOOKING INTO OTHER EFFORTS.

TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON YEAH, I WOULD YEAH, I WOULDN'T IMPOSE.

I THINK I'M VERY MUCH LIKE OF THE MIND THAT TRUSTEE GUADIAN IS IN THAT I THINK IT'S TOTALLY APPROPRIATE TO EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MAY EXIST.

I THINK TRAVIS COUNTY IS A BIG COUNTY.

IT'S GROWN A LOT.

IT MAY BE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MOVE GRADUATION CLOSER.

I KNOW WHEN I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, I GRADUATED IN BEXAR COUNTY, AND THERE WAS 16, 17 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND WE STILL FOUND A WAY TO HAVE GRADUATION IN OUR COUNTY.

AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I THINK, A GOOD IDEA TO EXPLORE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST AND IF THERE ARE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND EVERYBODY KIND OF COMES TO A CONSENSUS THAT, HEY, THAT'S NOT FINANCIALLY VIABLE FOR US TO GO TO THAT LOCATION THAT'S CLOSER.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME AND PLACE WE CAN COME TO THAT DECISION.

BUT I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN LOOKING AT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR US TO MOVE GRADUATION CLOSER.

AND AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THE THE OTHER IDEA ABOUT JUST LOOKING AT WHAT ARE OUR POLICIES AROUND GRADUATION.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS IN THE PAST RAISED ABOUT GRADUATION STOLES AND OTHER EMBLEMS THAT REPRESENT HERITAGE.

AND WHEN I GRADUATED, I COME FROM A MIXED FAMILY AND I WANTED TO CELEBRATE MY LATINO HERITAGE, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS ALLOWED TO DO WHEN I GRADUATED.

AND SO I THINK FOR ME, I DON'T I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ALSO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN THEY'RE GRADUATING.

SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVING THINGS THAT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS WANTED THEM TO ACHIEVE AND MAYBE DIDN'T ACHIEVE FOR THEMSELVES.

AND SO I'D LOVE FOR US TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF REVIEW OUR GRADUATION POLICIES AND, AND SEE HOW WE CAN UPDATE IT TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO CELEBRATE IN THE WAYS THAT ARE MOST MEANINGFUL TO THEM.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

I DO AGREE WITH THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE STORY.

WHY I WANT TO I WANT THIS TO BE CLOSER.

I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO COULD NOT ATTEND GRADUATION LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF WORK AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CAR.

THEY ARE A MAID AND I DON'T THINK THEY DO HOUSEKEEPING WITHIN THE AREA.

THEY RELY ON THE NEIGHBOR TO TAKE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE HOUSEKEEPERS AND THEY COULDN'T WATCH.

IT WAS THEIR NEPHEW.

THEY COULDN'T GO TO GRADUATION BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET TO TEXAS STATE BY 5:00.

SO TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE TRANSPORT ACROSS THE REGION, ACROSS THE AREA, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T DON'T WANT TO CELEBRATE AND TO TO TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON IS LIKE LEARNING THAT THESE STOLES, THESE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THIS COMMUNITY, COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE

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I MEAN, THAT WAS EVEN FRUSTRATING FOR ME TO LEARN.

SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD, CAN WE OPEN UP THE MIND OF THE LOCATION AND NOT RESTRICT OUR STUDENTS ON HOW THEY CAN CELEBRATE THEIR GRADUATION? THANK YOU. ONE MORE TRUSTEE WEGNER AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU.

TRUSTEE. THANK YOU TO THE COMMENT ABOUT THE PARKING.

I THINK THAT THE GAS MONEY TO GO DOWN TO SAN MARCOS CAN BE OFFSET BY THE PARKING IF PAY FOR PARKING AS PARENTS OR ATTENDEES.

JUST MY $0.02.

ONE THING TOO I'D LIKE TO WHEN WE WERE IF WE WANT.

AND IT'S FINE TO LOOK FOR PLACES THAT'S.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND THERE JUST AND MAYBE THERE'S NEW OPTIONS NOW IS THAT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT AT TEXAS STATE, WE DON'T HAVE TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT CAN COME.

IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BRING 25 FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY CAN.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER LOCATIONS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE TO TELL A KID, YOU CAN ONLY BRING YOU GET FOUR TICKETS OR TWO TICKETS, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE HOLDING THE EVENT.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO BRING WHOMEVER, HOW MANY THEY WANT TO ATTEND THEIR GRADUATION.

THANK YOU. AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A PRO AND CON LIST WHEN WE'RE 100% TRUSTEE.

YEAH, I MEAN WE DURING COVID WE HAD IT AT SHORELINE CHURCH AND MASSIVE.

WE DIDN'T TURN ANYBODY AWAY.

THERE'S ALSO THE EXPO CENTER.

I MEAN, THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR US TO GO AND LOOK INTO WITH THE CONSIDERATION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT WHO CAN GO AND WITH THE CONSIDERATION THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO EVEN TRAVEL THERE.

MAYBE WE CAN WRITE A LIST OF WHAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO OTHER OPTIONS.

OKAY. I HAVE A SECOND TO FURTHER MOVE FOR STAFF TO LOOK INTO.

EXPLORE OPTIONS CLOSER.

WITH THE DISTANCE.

NOT TO RESTRICT STALLS.

AND TO LOOK INTO THE POLICIES TO DO WITH WHAT THEY CAN WEAR AT TO RIGHT NOW.

OH, YEAH. WE'RE NOT ON ACTION. SORRY.

THANK YOU. FOR KEEPING IT UNDER ACTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE CAN MOVE INTO ACTION.

YES. TRUSTEE WETHINGTON.

I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING.

I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER IS THAT MAYBE IN REVIEWING SOME OF OUR OPTIONS, IT MIGHT BECOME APPARENT THAT MAYBE THERE'S NOT A GOOD OPTION FOR SWITCHING DURING THE 2025 GRADUATION, BUT THAT MAY BE FOR THE 2026 GRADUATION.

THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY MUCH CLOSER AND THAT IS MORE IDEAL.

AND I'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER BEING OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.

OKAY, SO JUST FOR CLARITY WE'RE LOOKING AND WE CAN HAVE A MOTION.

I'M JUST GOING TO CLARIFY FIRST THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPLORE OUR OTHER OPTIONS.

IT'S SOMETHING CLOSER.

WHETHER IT BE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR OR THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE'RE GOING TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF TO LOOK AND WE CAN HELP PROVIDE SOME PROS AND CONS OF WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE OR WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, ARE REALLY STRONG TO.

AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR THE POLICIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SET FOR GRADUATION.

YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY CAN WEAR, WHAT HOW THEY CAN REPRESENT THEIR HERITAGE ETC.

AS WELL. OKAY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION?

[VIII.A. Consider and Take Possible Action Regarding 2025 High School Graduation ]

SORRY. THAT WAY WE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

DON'T LIMIT IT. TO WHAT? JUST DO IT TO COVER.

OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE 2025 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.

AS AS DISCUSSED ON THE BOARD THE DICE.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? EIGHT ZERO. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR.

WE ARE ON. WE ARE ON ACTION.

YES, WE'RE ON ACTION ITEM A, YES.

SO WE DID DISCUSSION ITEM A, AND THEN WE MOVED DIRECTLY INTO ACTION ITEM A.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO NOW WE WILL MOVE BACK INTO DISCUSSION ITEM B WHICH IS DISCUSSION REGARDING CLEAR BACKPACKS.

[VI.B. Discussion Regarding Clear Backpacks and Consider Feedback from Principals and Other Personnel]

SO TO OPEN UP THIS DISCUSSION THIS IS AGAIN SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS VERY CLOSE TO THE START OF THE YEAR.

WE START SCHOOL IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE SUPPLY LIST FOR SECONDARY LEVEL.

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THE DISCUSSION HERE IS TO UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE AS A MANDATORY OPTION.

AND ALSO JUST TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THINGS AND HOW IT RELATES TO OUR SECURITY MEASURES AS WELL.

SO DO I HAVE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO START THE DISCUSSION? I HAVE A COMMENT.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. CAN I READ SOMETHING FROM HERE? YEAH, I THINK SO.

ONE THING I LEARNED IN MY IN MY CAREER, THANKS TO SOME AMAZING TRUSTEES ON HERE, I THINK.

TRUSTEE GUADIAN. I'M LOOKING AT YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS TOLD ME IF SOMEONE CANNOT ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES, HOW CAN YOU HELP THEM? SO THIS FEEDBACK GIVEN TO US, THE FIRST THING SAYS, I WOULD ADVOCATE TO CONTINUE THE USE OF CLEAR BACKPACKS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS.

SO THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THIS IS.

AND I LOOK AT THE DISTRICT AND ASK, WHY CAN'T WE KNOW WHO THIS WAS? I, I WILL SAY THAT I THINK WE JUST MY DIRECT MY WAS ASK WAS JUST FOR FEEDBACK AND I THINK SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY IS IT'S A PRINCIPAL FEEDBACK ON CLEAR BACKPACKS.

SO WE HAVE THE STAFF KIND OF JUST GATHER SOME FEEDBACK FROM PRINCIPALS.

WE DON'T HAVE NAMES ON HERE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

AND I MEAN, I IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? WHO SAID WHAT? WHO? BUT IT'S LIKE. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I'VE LEARNED IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADVOCATE, YOU KNOW, WE GET PEOPLE COMING SPEAKING, ADVOCATING FOR WHAT, WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY NEED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

AND I LOVE THAT.

HOWEVER, IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS BEING DONE BY THROUGH A LOOPHOLE TO HIDE.

IT'S LIKE, WELL, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING COME FORWARD, LIKE, LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

OH, NO. I'M SORRY.

WELL, JUST MAYBE THIS MIGHT HELP CLARIFY, BUT ON THE FRIDAY BOARD.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

THIS WAS INCLUDED. AND IT TOLD US THAT THE INFORMATION WAS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND APS.

SO MAYBE NOT BY NAME SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT CAME FROM OUR ADMINISTRATION STAFF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

NO, TO CLARIFY, IT CAME FROM THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS AND I WAS ASKED TO COLLECT THE FEEDBACK FROM THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS THIS WAS PROVIDED ON THURSDAY.

THERE WASN'T AN ATTEMPT TO HIDE ANYBODY'S NAME, BUT IT WAS JUST TO PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK.

SO THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS PROVIDED WAS FROM ALL OF THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS, WHICH INCLUDED OPPORTUNITY CENTER, THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.

YEAH, AND I WILL SAY THAT I DID ASK FOR WHEN WE HAD THIS ITEM THAT I WANTED TO RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK AND THE FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO CHOOSE WHAT WE DO WITH THE FEEDBACK.

WE GET TO DECIDE IF WE WE LIKE IT, WE DON'T LIKE IT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

BUT I WANTED TO HAVE AT LEAST SOME SAY FROM THEM.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ASKED OF THEM.

THEY DIDN'T COME FORWARD AND AND SPEAK TO US ABOUT IT.

TRUSTEE WEGNER, IF I MAY, THE TO ME THE ONE THAT SUMS IT UP THE MOST, SAYS IT IS CONSIDERED A DETERRENT AND AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURE.

HOWEVER, THERE IS NO DATA AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.

CLEAR BACKPACKS HAVE PREVENTED CONTRABAND OR WEAPONS ON OUR CAMPUSES, AND WE ALL SAT THROUGH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY EXPERT LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH. AND THAT DATA WAS ASTOUNDING.

AND AT THAT POINT, TO ME, IT'S NOT A DETERRENT.

IT IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.

AND I GET THAT WE NEED THAT.

BUT IN TERMS OF REAL NUMBERS, IF SOMEONE'S WANTING TO DO SOMETHING, THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT.

I MEAN, THIS HIDES IN A CLEAR BACKPACK AND NOBODY'S GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TO ME.

BUT THAT'S JUST MY $0.02.

THAT TO ME SUMS IT UP THE BEST.

THERE IS NO DATA AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THAT CLEAR BACKPACKS HAVE PREVENTED.

OKAY. TRUSTEE WOODY.

YES. SO MY STATEMENT IS THAT I AFTER, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND THE SAFETY EVALUATION TO ME, I THINK THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO FIND WAYS TO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES FROM OUR DISTRICT, FROM ENTERING OUR SCHOOLS.

THAT IS NOT A BURDEN TO OUR PARENTS.

AS A PARENT, I'VE HAD TO BUY THREE BACKPACKS JUST LAST YEAR ALONE FOR ONE CHILD.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT PARENTS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL HAVE TO DO.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T HAVE CLEAR BACKPACKS, BUT I DO NOT WANT IT TO BE A MANDATORY, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOT PREVENTING THESE THINGS FROM COMING INTO OUR SCHOOL.

AND I WOULD LOVE THE BOARD TO LOOK INTO OTHER OPTIONS AND CONSIDER OTHER WAYS.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD REAL QUICK TO THAT.

MY DAUGHTER IS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SAME KIND OF THING.

WE HAD TO PURCHASE MULTIPLE THE FIRST YEAR.

BUT LAST YEAR THE DISTRICT AND I THINK THE BOARD EVEN APPROVED THIS OR PRESENTED THIS IDEA, AND IT DID HAPPEN WHERE THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY PAID FOR ADDITIONAL BACKPACKS TO BE

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SO THERE WAS ACCESSIBILITY FOR THESE FAMILIES BECAUSE, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRICING OF BACKPACKS, YOU CAN GET A CHEAP REGULAR BACKPACK, BUT YOU CAN'T GET A CLEAR BACKPACK.

THAT'S THE REALITY. SO IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN, IT'S A LOT.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, WHICH IS HAPPENING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THE THIRD. YEAH THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING SOME BACKPACKS AT THE DISTRICT HAS, HAS PURCHASED.

SO THERE WILL BE ACCESSIBILITY THERE.

AND I'M GOING TO GET MR. HARRIS JUST TO CONFIRM, BUT WE'VE ALSO PURCHASED THE DISTRICT HAS ALSO PURCHASED CLEAR BACKPACKS FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS TO HELP OFFSET THIS BURDEN ON FAMILIES.

I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE DO HAVE A DISTRICT REGULATION THAT STATES THAT FOR BACKPACKS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

CURRENTLY, IT STATES THAT CLEAR BACKPACKS ARE REQUIRED TO ASSIST WITH DISTRICT SAFETY MEASURES.

WHEN A STUDENT'S CLEAR BACKPACK BECOMES UNUSABLE, THEY CAN EXCHANGE THE USED CLEAR BACKPACK FOR A NEW CLEAR BACKPACK AT THE CAMPUS MAIN OFFICE.

SO. SO ALL THE CAMPUSES ARE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL BACKPACKS.

IF THERE IS A NEED FOR A STUDENT TO GO AHEAD AND EXCHANGE THEIRS.

TRUSTEE. HUBER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. COMMENTS ON ON.

I THINK IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL FOR US TO MAKE A CHANGE IN WHAT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT.

I ALSO THINK AS A BOARD, WE ARE TO OVERSEE THE DISTRICT, NOT TO RUN THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S UP TO OUR STAFF.

AND I THINK IF OUR ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE ON THE CAMPUS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, RECOMMEND THAT WE USE CLEAR BACKPACKS AS A BOARD, WE SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTIONS.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE EVERY DAY TAKING CARE, OVERSEEING THE SAFETY AND THE SECURITY.

AND SEE WHAT IS BEST FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO, AS A BOARD, REMEMBER, WE DO NOT RUN THE DISTRICT, WE OVERSEE IT, WE HIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HIRES AND PUTS THE STAFF IN PLACE.

AND THE STAFF FOLLOWS THE REGULATIONS, THE RULES, THE LAWS, ETC., THE STANDARDS.

SO I THINK AS A BOARD, WE NEED TO PUT MORE FAITH INTO OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

AND I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING CLEAR BACKPACKS FOR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT OUR PARENTS KNOW, IT'S WHAT OUR STUDENTS KNOW, AND I THINK IT ONLY HAS. AND THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE DATA ON, BUT I THINK CLEAR BACKPACKS, IF IT'S SHOWN BY OUR OUR ADMINISTRATORS, IT IS A DETERRENT. THEN I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN PLACE.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON.

I WOULD SAY WHERE I'M AT IS WE'VE ASKED STAFF FOR FEEDBACK.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EXPLICITLY ASKED FOR THEIR NAMES TO BE ATTACHED TO THE FEEDBACK, BUT WE DID ASK FOR FEEDBACK.

AND I THINK IN REVIEWING THE FEEDBACK WHAT I'VE SEEN IS MOST PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO KEEP THEM AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK I SHARE CONCERNS AROUND AFFORDABILITY OF BACKPACKS.

BACKPACKS ARE EXPENSIVE, AND I DO THINK THAT IT'S IT'S BECOME CLEAR AND, YOU KNOW, LAST SCHOOL YEAR, NOT ONLY ARE THEY EXPENSIVE, BUT ALSO THERE WERE TIMES WHEN IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY GET A CLEAR BACKPACK.

AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT IS ALSO A REALLY CHALLENGING THING.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE CLEAR BACKPACKS FOR FAMILIES THAT CANNOT AFFORD THEM OR WHO CANNOT ACCESS THEM, THEN I THINK GIVEN THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE SHOULD MAINTAIN THAT.

THE OTHER REASON THAT I WOULD SUGGEST MAINTAINING IT, AT LEAST FOR NOW, IS I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN CONVERSATION ABOUT OTHER WAYS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF STUDENTS AT OUR CAMPUSES.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE SORT OF COME FULL CIRCLE ON SOME OF THOSE IDEAS.

AND I THINK, AS WE DO AND WE FIND OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO DETERRENCE TO ENSURE OUR STUDENT SAFETY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE IN FAVOR OF REVISITING, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOOL BACKPACKS.

IF THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES AND DETERRENTS OUT THERE THAT I KNOW WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RIGHT NOW, BUT HAVEN'T COME FULL CIRCLE ON THIS JUST YET.

THANK YOU. GUADIAN DO YOU WANT TO GO? AND THEN I'LL GO AFTER YOU.

YES. GO AHEAD.

I DO AGREE WITH MATT.

AND ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY PURCHASED THE BACKPACKS THAT WE KEEP THEM FOR THIS YEAR AT LEAST, AND MAYBE EXPLORE OTHER AVENUES ON WHAT OUR OTHER OPTIONS ARE AND JUST REVISIT IT LATER.

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I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. SO THE FIRST ONE IS WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT DATA AND MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION OFF DATA.

AND YET HERE WE HAVE AGREEING THAT EVEN THOUGH THE DATA IS SUPPORTED, WE'RE GOING TO GO BASED OFF FEELINGS BECAUSE OF, I THINK, RIGHT.

OR I BELIEVE AS SOMEONE WHO WENT THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE BACK IN THE DAY OF BEING TOLD AS A YOUNG STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SUCCEED IN LIFE.

YOU'RE YOU'RE FROM THE MONTOPOLIS AREA.

YOU WENT TO DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

THOSE LABELS ALREADY STAY WITH YOU.

AND THEN ENFORCING THESE VERY DISCRIMINATORY, SOCIOECONOMIC, DISCRIMINATORY POLICY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THESE BACKPACKS ARE EXPENSIVE.

$23 JUST OUR FAMILIES IS A LOT.

AND IF YOU HAVE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, TWO HIGH SCHOOL, I MEAN, THAT'S $100.

THAT'S SOMEONE'S LIGHT BILL DOING THAT EVERY QUARTER.

YOU'RE ASKING SOMEONE, IS IT THE LIGHT BILL OR IS IT MY KID'S BACKPACK? YES. WE HAVE BAGS THAT WE CAN GIVE AWAY.

BUT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE UTILIZE EVERY DOLLAR AT THE DISTRICT.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS MAJORITY WANTS TO KEEP THEM.

IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THEN LET'S HAVE EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE ADULTS FROM SUPERINTENDENT DOWN TO HOUSEKEEPING.

EVERYONE HAS THE CLEAR BACKPACKS.

NO ONE SHOULD BE WALKING IN WITH THEIR CHANEL PURSES.

NO ONE SHOULD BE WALKING IN WITH THEIR NORTH FACE BACKPACK.

EVERYONE WALKS OUT AND WALKS IN WITH THESE BUILDINGS IN A CLEAR BAG, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TREAT OUR STUDENTS LIKE THIS AND TELL THEM THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEN EVERYONE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT, NOT LOOKED.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING A POLICY THAT IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND THEN THERE WAS A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT IT BEING TOO CLOSE WHEN THIS WAS ENFORCED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SCHOOL ALREADY STARTED.

IT WAS THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL, THIRD WEEK OF SCHOOL WHEN SCHOOL STARTED AND WE DID THIS ENFORCEMENT OVER LUNCH.

SO HEARING THAT IT'S TOO CLOSE TO CHANGE SOMETHING BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, I MEAN, WHEN IT WAS ENFORCED, WE DID IT OVERNIGHT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WOODY.

YEAH. SO I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE PANTOJA.

THIS IS A LOT OF FEELINGS.

I FEEL, I FEEL, I FEEL, AND I DO CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M LOOKING AT THE DATA.

I'M LOOKING AT WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND AGAIN, IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS ROUTE, WE NEED TO GO ALL THE WAY BECAUSE SOMEONE STILL WAS ABLE TO BRING A GUN, SOMEONE STILL WAS ABLE TO BRING A BOTTLE OF VODKA, SOMEONE WAS STILL ABLE TO DO X, Y, Z.

BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT OR DO NOT HAVE TO BRING CLEAR BACKPACKS, OR WE HAVE ATHLETICS, WE HAVE DANCE, WE WE HAVE EVERY OTHER SPORT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR BACKPACK.

SO WHO'S TO SAY THEY'RE NOT BRINGING STUFF IN? AGAIN, AS THE DATA SHOWS, IT'S NOT HELPFUL.

SO I WANT EVERYONE TO CONSIDER THAT I HAVE SOMETHING TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON.

AND THEN I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS TO DATE, I'VE HEARD THAT THERE IS NO DATA AVAILABLE THAT CAN SPEAK TO THIS QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NEGATES THE NOTION THAT BACKPACKS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE.

CLEAR BACKPACKS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT SUPPORTS THAT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE EITHER.

I IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER A STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF CLEAR BACKPACKS, I THINK I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT QUESTION BROUGHT UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SAY THAT THE DATA DOESN'T SUPPORT IT IN THE SENSE THAT THE DATA SAYS IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE.

I THINK WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT THERE'S NO DATA AVAILABLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THIS.

AND AT THAT POINT, WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO IN TERMS OF MAKING A DECISION OTHER THAN TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO BARRIERS AROUND AFFORDABILITY AND ASKING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY WHAT THEIR FEELINGS ARE ABOUT THIS MATTER, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS EVERY DAY AND THAT ARE HAVING TO LIVE WITH THE REALITY.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE WOODY, I THINK YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME INCONSISTENCIES THAT ARE WORTH HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT I SUPPORT ELIMINATING THIS REQUIREMENT RIGHT NOW, ON THE CONDITION THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE TO HAVE BAGS AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD THEM BECAUSE TRUSTEE PANTOJA I SHARE THAT CONCERN.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PUT A FINANCIAL BURDEN ON ANYONE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THESE BACKPACKS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE DEEM IT TO BE A SAFETY MEASURE, THAT WE ARE ALSO ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT THIS SAFETY RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES.

THAT SAID, I THINK MUCH LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CONVERSATION, HEY, LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO REVISIT THIS CONVERSATION.

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I THINK I ALSO AM AWARE OF THE FACT THAT CLEAR BACKPACKS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS PARTICULARLY TARGETED AT OUR STUDENTS.

I THINK IT'S MORE OF A SOCIETAL GENERAL ISSUE THAT'S COME UP IN RECENT YEARS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, I KNOW WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND OTHER SAFETY MEASURES.

AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE TAKING THOSE SERIOUSLY.

I KNOW THE STATE DOESN'T ALWAYS COME FULL CIRCLE ON FUNDING A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND SAFETY, BUT I ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS BOARD IS THAT I KNOW EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD, BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD MEMBERS, HAVE TAKEN THE CONVERSATION SERIOUSLY AROUND SAFETY, AND I'M EAGER TO HAVE A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS COME FULL CIRCLE SO THAT WE CAN RECONSIDER NOT ONLY CLEAR BACKPACKS, BUT OTHER SAFETY MEASURES THAT MAY BE OUT OF DATE, OR THAT THE FUNDS USED FOR THOSE SAFETY MEASURES COULD BE USED TOWARDS OTHER THINGS.

SO REAL QUICK IS THE BOARD CONSIDERING IF WE KEEP THIS, ARE THEY ALSO GOING TO CONSIDER THAT ALL OF OUR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY SPORTS AND WHATNOT, ALSO HAVE CLEAR BACKPACKS AND WE PROVIDE THOSE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING HALF MEASURED AND EXPECT POSITIVE RESULTS.

AS IT WAS STATED IN THE THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A DETERRENT FOR US.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST FOCUSED ON WHAT THE CURRENT IS, WHICH IS THE CURRENT CLEAR BACKPACK SITUATION.

I THINK EXTENDING IT IS WOULD BE A FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION OVER HERE THOUGH TO ADDRESS.

IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT OR I GUESS, I MEAN, IF WE ALL ARE SAYING THAT THEY THEY STILL BROUGHT IN WEAPONS, THEY STILL DID.

HOW MANY MORE WOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN IF WE HADN'T HAD THE CLEAR BACKPACKS? NOT ONLY THAT.

IT'S LIKE SAYING WHEN WE, WE ASKED FOR GUN REFORM, RIGHT, THAT WE WANT GUN LAWS AND OTHER? AND WE KEEP GETTING THAT ARGUMENT THAT, WELL, THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP THE BAD GUYS FROM GETTING THEM OR BRINGING THEM IN.

RIGHT? IT'S THE SAME APPLES TO APPLES RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HEYWOOD I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TAKING A DEEPER DIVE AND EVEN, LIKE SPEAKING WITH OUR SECURITY STAFF AND OUR POLICE STAFF, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF THERE ARE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, LIKE WHERE WHAT ARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS? LIKE SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAVE THEY SEEN AS DETERRENTS AND HAVING THIS MANDATE IN PLACE? BECAUSE I MEAN, SAFETY FIRST TO ME, I MEAN, LIKE, THIS IS DEFINITELY OUR SCHOOLS AND WE'RE HERE TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT SAFE, THEY'RE NOT LEARNING.

AND ALONG WITH OUR STAFF.

SO I'M ALL FOR SAFETY.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, ESPECIALLY WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

AND, I MEAN, EVEN IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

AND I HAVE FIVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, AND THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY A HEAVY FINANCIAL BURDEN.

BUT THAT DOES NOT NEGATE THE WHOLE SAFETY.

I WANT MY KIDS TO COME HOME IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE THAT THAT IS INCREASED BY CERTAIN MANDATES.

I'M FOR IT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE AND HEAR FROM THOSE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR FRONT LINE IN THOSE INSTANCES AND TO HAVE LIKE MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION.

60 PANTOJA WOULD THE BOARD BE OPPOSED TO EXPANDING THE CLEAR BACKPACK LIKE RULE? BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY LIKE PLASTIC CLEAR.

I MEAN, IF THE SAME COST WAS LIKE THE MESH BACKPACKS WOULD DO THE EXACT SAME COST, BUT THE MESH BACKPACK IS MUCH MORE STURDIER, SO YOU'RE NOT PAYING MULTIPLE TIMES OF THAT CLEAR BACKPACK.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT, THEN LET'S, LET'S LET'S BE IT'S EXPAND THAT POLICY WHERE, YES, SAFETY IS THE PRIORITY CONCERN.

BUT LET'S ALSO NOT LIMITED TO JUST ONE SPECIFIC ITEM WHERE IT BECOMES UNACCESSIBLE BECAUSE EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT'S DOING THIS ALSO ORDERED ON AMAZON.COM THE SAME EXACT BACKPACK. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE. TRUSTEE WEGNER.

SO THAT THE ACTION ITEM LISTED IS CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CLEAR BACKPACK, WE COULD OPEN IT UP TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE CAMPUS, NOT

[VIII.B. Consider and Take Possible Action Regarding Clear Backpacks]

I MEAN, YES, THAT THAT IS.

WE KEPT IT VERY OPEN.

THE ACTION ITEM YOU SAID WE COULDN'T EXPAND IT WAS JUST FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

BUT YES, I MEAN, IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE, SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THAT, I'M JUST TOTALLY ABLE TO DO SO.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEM? I THIS IS, I GUESS A LEGAL QUESTION.

IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE DO OPEN IT UP AND WE EXPAND IT, ARE WE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO EXPAND IT TO OTHER AREAS

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SO, WITHOUT GETTING INTO SPECIFICS ABOUT TO WHAT LENGTHS YOUR SECURITY MEASURES WOULD BE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THE ISSUE OF INVASION OF PRIVACY OR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS UNLAWFUL SEIZURE, SEARCH AND SEIZURE TYPE THING.

SO BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST STRICTLY BAGS AND REQUIRING A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENCY FROM STAFF, I THINK YOU HAVE SOME LATITUDE IN THAT REGARD.

IT'S NOT A QUESTION I ANTICIPATED THAT YOU WOULD ASK FOR TODAY, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE MAYBE IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE, AND THEN WE SCRUB THOSE FOR MAYBE YOUR NEXT MEETING.

YEAH. I JUST I JUST FEEL LIKE, YES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES PROVIDE BACKPACKS.

BUT AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP WITH ECONOMICALLY, AS AN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSON, IT WAS, IT WAS EMBARRASSING AS A STUDENT TO HAVE TO GO TO THE FRONT OFFICE AND ASK FOR HELP.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE DOING IT.

BUT LIKE FOR A STUDENT, LIKE I HAVE TO BRING YOU MY MY TORN BACKPACK.

YOU CAN'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT OR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE EXCHANGE.

LIKE, THAT'S HARD ON STUDENTS WHO ARE GROWING UP IN THIS DISTRICT TO TO DO.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT AS WELL AS FAR AS SAFETY I HONESTLY, I JUST DON'T THINK CLEAR BACKPACKS ARE THE ANSWER.

I KNOW THAT SOME STUDENTS ARE AFRAID TO GO INTO BATHROOM STALLS BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS GOING ON AND WE HAVE CLEAR BACKPACKS RIGHT NOW.

SO UNTIL WE DO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF A DETERRENT, THAT'S ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE, I THINK WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING PEOPLE FEEL GOOD WITHOUT ACTUALLY PROVIDING ACTUAL SAFETY STANDARDS FOR OUR DISTRICT.

I HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON THAT ABOUT THE CLEAR BACKPACKS.

IF WE WERE TO EXTEND IT TO STAFF AND ALSO BASICALLY FOR LIKE, ATHLETICS, I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE TO BRING ANOTHER BAG THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BRING MULTIPLE BAGS.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD PROVIDE THOSE BAGS, SHOULD INCUR THE COST FOR OR PROVIDE THEM RIGHT NOW.

NO. BUT FOR ALL THE ALL THE OTHER ALL THE ADDITIONAL ONES TO FOR THE STAFF AS WELL AS THE LIKE THE ATHLETIC BAGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THE DISTRICT ALREADY PROVIDES ATHLETIC BAGS FOR STUDENTS.

THEY'RE NOT CLEAR. AS FAR AS FOR STAFF, I MEAN, THERE'S OPTIONS TO GET MESSENGER BAGS OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY CAN GET IT THEMSELVES.

I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO TREAT ONE KID IN ONE SETTING ONE WAY, THEN ALL OF THEM NEED TO BE TREATED THE SAME WAY.

IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR SAFETY, WE DON'T TRUST ANYBODY AND WE DON'T THINK THAT Y'ALL WE THINK THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BRING STUFF AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP Y'ALL FROM IT, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ALL THE WAY AROUND AND NOT JUST THE REGULAR STUDENT BODY.

OKAY. AND SO WHEN THIS WAS IMPLEMENTED THIS WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THIS WAS PRIOR TO MYSELF BEING ON THE BOARD.

WHY WASN'T THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION BACK THEN? DO YOU KNOW? THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION.

IT WAS OVERNIGHT.

IT WAS AN EMAIL WENT OUT THAT SAID, WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS MOVING FORWARD EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

OKAY. AND THEN ALSO TO CLARIFY, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS POLICY.

THIS IS JUST A WHAT DID YOU CALL IT? A IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION.

AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION.

SO THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE AS A BOARD CAN, YOU KNOW, VOTE.

WE CAN DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO UPDATE.

OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT LANGUAGE.

AND WHILE YOU'RE WALKING UP THERE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

SINCE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE IS HERE FOR DPD, CAN WE SPEAK TO HIM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? IT'S ON THE AGENDA. AND YOU ASK FOR THAT INPUT IN CLOSED SESSION, IF YOU WISH.

YES, PLEASE. SO THE TRADITIONALLY.

RIGHT, THESE ARE KINDS OF THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT ADMINISTRATION WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THE LEAD ON.

AND THERE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE BOARD ACTION FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO THAT LEADS ONE TO BELIEVE OR UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS STRICTLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION AND NOT A DISTRICT FUNCTION WITH BOARD INPUT.

BUT STATUTORILY THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY IS QUITE BROAD.

THE STATE, IN ITS WISDOM, SAID THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE ALL THE POWERS TO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT AREN'T ALREADY COVERED BY TIA OR THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

SO ANYTHING NOT RESERVED FOR T OR THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL BOARDS.

THERE IS A SMALLER SECTION FOR THE ROLE OF A SUPERINTENDENT, AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC STATUTORY POWERS THAT A SUPERINTENDENT HAS.

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THE SUPERINTENDENT IS INDEED IN CHARGE OF MANAGING THE DISTRICT'S DAY TO DAY AFFAIRS.

BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES WHEN THE SCHOOL BOARD MAY WISH TO SAY, WE THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING.

WE NEED TO APPROVE AND DIRECT STAFF TO, TO FOLLOW.

SO THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE YOU, AS A BOARD CAN DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS.

YOU CANNOT, HOWEVER, TAKE THE ROLE OF A SUPERINTENDENT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY STATUTORILY RESERVED FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND I WOULD SAY THIS DOESN'T FALL IN THAT CATEGORY.

MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN WE TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH CHIEF ELLA? FIRST I'M GOING TO SEE TRUSTEE.

HEUBERGER. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES. MICROPHONE.

JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHEN SHANTI WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TALKING TO THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY.

BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO TALK TO THE TEACHERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE POLICE OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS AND THE SECURITY PEOPLE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT'S OUR HIGH SCHOOL, OUR STAFF THAT OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINE, IN MY OPINION, THAT DEAL WITH THEIR STUDENTS ALL DAY LONG, THEY'RE THERE WHEN THEY COME THROUGH THE DOORS, THEY'RE THERE AT THEIR CLASSROOMS, THEY'RE THERE DURING LUNCH AND ETC..

SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE MAY SEE IT JUST THROUGH THE LENS OF OURSELVES, OUR OWN EXPERIENCE, OUR KIDS.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO TALK ABOUT TALK TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STAFF AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF TO WHAT THEY REALLY BELIEVE, HOW THEY HOW THE BAGS MAKE THEM FEEL, WHETHER THEY'RE SAFE OR NOT, AND ALSO THINK THERE'S A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.

AND I THINK IT'S RATHER KIND OF INSULTING, IN MY OPINION, TO TELL OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE REQUIRING CLEAR BACKPACKS FOR THE STUDENTS.

SO YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT TOO.

AND I JUST THINK OUR I JUST THINK IT'S INSULTING TO OUR STAFF TO TREAT THEM THAT WAY.

AND ANYWAY, THAT'S MY POINT.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY LOOKING AT OUR ATTORNEY.

DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK OUR TEACHERS RIGHT NOW? CAN CAN I HAVE THEM COME UP? AND, I MEAN, SINCE WE'RE GATHERING FEEDBACK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING, PLEASE.

I DO NOT WANT TO BELITTLE ANYONE'S CONCERNS.

I TOO, APPRECIATE NOT WANTING TO PUT A STUDENT IN AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION, AND I WILL CONFESS THAT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT, I'VE SNUCK IN AT THE SCHOOL BASH, BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AND ASKED FOR A 3 OR 4 BACKPACKS AND PUT THEM IN MY FILE CABINET SO THAT I CAN DISCREETLY CHANGE A BACKPACK FOR A STUDENT AND NOT HAVE TO MAKE A PRODUCTION OF SENDING THEM TO THE OFFICE.

SO I'M SENSITIVE TO YOUR CONCERNS, OKAY, AND TO YOURS.

HOWEVER, I HAVE REALLY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS.

NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN'T DISPROVE A NEGATIVE.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE DATA TO SAY THAT THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR THAT THEY DON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THIS BLOWS MY MIND.

YES, YOU COULD PUT I'M GOING TO BE VERY DIRECT HERE.

YOU COULD PUT A 38 IN THAT HANDBAG AND HIDE IT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT A 38 REVOLVER HAS SIX BULLETS IN IT.

YOU CAN PACK.

AND ONE OF THOSE.

WHAT DO YOU CALL? HELP ME OUT, OFFICER.

NO, NO, NO, THE LITTLE SHORT ONES LIKE THEY USED AT THE ROUND ROCK AT THE ROUND ROCK JUNETEENTH, WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE HURT.

IF YOU'VE SEEN THE KIDS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT MAIER HAD TECH.

NINE IS WHAT IT'S CALLED IS ABOUT LIKE THIS.

IT'LL FIT IN A BACKPACK.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUT OF THE SCHOOLS.

I KNOW ONE TEACHER WHO LEFT AFT YEAR BEFORE LAST, BECAUSE SHE WAS TERRIFIED OF THE NUMBER OF FIGHTS AND THE INCIDENT WITH THE GUN THAT WE HAD.

SHE FOUND ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I KNOW A STAFF MEMBER WHO HAD A STUDENT WITH A GUN IN HER OFFICE, AND THEY DIDN'T DISCOVER IT UNTIL ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER.

OKAY. THIS IS YOU CAN SAY IT'S NOT OUR KIDS.

IT MIGHT BE OUR KIDS.

ASK THE TWO WOMEN THAT WERE KILLED IN ROUND ROCK BY MAIER STUDENTS WHO WERE IN AN ALTERCATION AND DECIDED TO SHOOT EACH OTHER UP.

NOW, AS TO EQUANIMITY AND REQUIRING THE SAME THING OF STAFF.

EXCUSE ME SIR. TELL ME, HOW MANY TEACHERS HAVE SHOT STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN THERE ARE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS? IT'S STUDENTS, NOT TEACHERS.

SO THAT IS NOT A REASONABLE KNEE JERK RESPONSE.

IF YOU WANT TO KEEP.

THIS IS NOT ONLY A TEACHER CONCERN, I'LL EXTEND MYSELF.

THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE OF KIDS IN MY CLASS IS SCHOOL SAFETY.

THE STUDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

THEY HATE THE BACK.

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I UNDERSTAND THAT THE KIDS DON'T LIKE THE CLEAR BACKPACKS, BUT THEIR NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS SCHOOL SAFETY.

THEY ASK ME, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF WE HAD A REAL LIFE SHOOTER SITUATION? THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVE IN OUR CLASSES.

SAFETY FIRST.

THANK YOU. POINT OF ORDER.

IS THIS ALLOWED? OKAY. YEAH, I CHECKED WITH THE ATTORNEY.

OKAY, GREAT. SORRY. I WALKED OUT TO.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WAIT.

WE NEVER ALLOWED HIM. I KNOW, I WANTED TO JUST.

I THINK WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR NEXT TIME, SO BE AWARE OF THAT.

AND. THEY ARE FREE TO DO SO.

NOBODY HAS A RIGHT TO GIVE THEIR TIME FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

BUT IF THE BOARD INVITES THE COMMENT, THAT IS PERFECTLY OKAY.

AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.

YEAH, I INVITED WE THE BOARD AS A WHOLE DID IT.

I DID. OKAY, IT COULD INVITE THEM, BUT IS IT THE BOARD AS A WHOLE? IT DOESN'T REQUIRE. OKAY.

OKAY. IF BOARD DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT, IT GETS PUT ON WHETHER TO DO THAT.

BUT THE IDEA IS TO WITH THE QUESTION WAS IS IT PERMITTED IF THE BOARD WANTS TO.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WASN'T HERE, SO I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.

I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT'S GOING ON? ALL RIGHT. HELLO. SO A COUPLE POINTS.

CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME? YES. MY NAME IS JORGE FLORES, AND I WORK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

A COUPLE POINTS.

YES. I THINK TALKING TO THE ADMINISTRATION, GATHERING THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS.

JUST FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM PRINCIPAL SMITH IS THAT IT DID HELP HAVING CLEAR BACKPACKS WHENEVER THEY DID NEED TO SEARCH FOR A POSSIBLE WEAPON.

SO I THINK ASKING THE REST OF THE ADMINISTRATION, LIKE, WHAT'S HELPING THEM IN THEIR PROCESS? TO SURE.

IN SOLIDARITY. LIKE AS A STAFF MEMBER, I WOULD NOT MIND HAVING A CLEAR BACKPACK.

AS A STAFF MEMBER, I'M BRINGING MY LAPTOP AND MY STUFF.

SAME THING WITH WITH ATHLETICS.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. IF WE CAN FIND A STURDY BACKPACK THAT HOLDS ALL THEIR STUFF AND, AND YEAH, I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS LIKE THEIR BACKPACKS, WILL, LIKE, WILL TEAR UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND LIKE, THEY HAVE TO GET MULTIPLE.

I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A QUESTION LIKE ON THE VENDOR AND LIKE THEM PRODUCING STRONGER ONES.

AND IN REGARDS TO ANOTHER POINT, THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS REGARDING SAFETY TO ALSO ADDRESS.

THE CLEAR BACKPACKS DOES HELP.

AND BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER THINGS LIKE STUDENTS BRINGING IN VAPE PENS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO STAFF BRINGING STUFF THAT'S ILLEGAL, LIKE, THEY'LL BRING THERE'S A COUPLE THAT WILL BRING ALCOHOL AND THEY'LL HAVE IT IN THEIR OFFICE.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE REPORTS LIKE OR OF THAT, OR THEY'LL BRING SOMETHING ELSE THEY SHOULDN'T BRING.

SO IT'S I MEAN, YEAH, HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T.

BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING SOMETIMES.

BUT YEAH, IN SOLIDARITY LIKE I THINK I THINK WE CAN ASK THE STAFF IF SOMEHOW LIKE A SURVEY LIKE BUT IN SOLIDARITY.

YEAH, SURE. LIKE I FEEL KIND OF WEIRD, HONESTLY.

BRINGING LIKE MY FABRIC BACKPACK TO SCHOOL, AND I'M LIKE, STUDENTS HAVE TO BRING CLAIRE ONE.

SO YEAH, IN SOLIDARITY, YOU KNOW, LIKE ASKING WITH ADMIN AND SECURITY WHAT, WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE AND, LIKE, GOING OFF OF THAT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

IS IT OKAY IF I SPEAK ABOUT A TEACHER? YES, YES. GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AMINA DOSANI A COUNSELOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I HONESTLY, I CAME IN WITH A VERY STRONG OPINION ONE WAY OR THE LIKE, IN ONE DIRECTION.

AND I DO THINK THAT WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP DID AT LEAST OPEN MY MIND TO THE.

I'M. SO I'M GOING TO SAY I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE IF I HAVE ONE TAKE ON IT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS TO CONSIDER WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.

LIKE YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY CLEAR BACKPACKS AS YOU WANT.

NO ONE'S WEARING CLEAR JEANS AND KIDS HAVE THINGS IN THEIR POCKETS.

A GUN CAN FIT IN A POCKET, AND IT HAS.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING SAFETY, IT'S NOT GOING TO ALWAYS PREVENT THINGS.

VAPE PENS AND GUNS CAN FIT IN POCKETS.

BUT WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS THERE.

WHERE? OKAY.

LIKE, WHAT IS IT? IF WE WERE TO HAVE NO CLEAR BACKPACKS AND JUST REGULAR BACKPACKS, WHAT MORE COULD IT BE? AND THAT IS A GOOD POINT THAT I DIDN'T CONSIDER.

SO THE I MEAN, YEAH, I'M NOT NECESSARILY EXTREMELY ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, BUT I DO THINK THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT KIDS CAN STILL BRING THINGS IN INCLUDING WEAPONS IN THEIR POCKETS.

[03:00:04]

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO STAFF HOLISTICALLY.

ALL KINDS OF STAFF, NOT JUST ADMINISTRATORS.

ADMINISTRATORS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS, WHETHER IT'S WITH STUDENT BACKPACKS OR WITH STAFF BACKPACKS OR ANY OF IT.

AND I THINK LIKE, I CAN SIT HERE AND SAY THINGS AND OTHERS CAN, BUT WE DON'T REPRESENT 400.

I DON'T KNOW HOWEVER MANY HUNDRED STAFF MEMBERS WE HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

THANK YOU.

AND FOLLOW UP FOR THAT.

IF I CAN SAY THIS WAS AN AGENDA ITEM AND WE AS A BOARD KNOW PREVIOUSLY, IF OUR STAFF WANTS US TO KNOW SOMETHING, THEY EITHER COME AND SPEAK OR EMAIL. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE RECEIVED EMAILS.

I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE STAND UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO THAT'S JUST NOT TO NEGATE THAT, BUT JUST TO SAY THAT, YES, WE HAVE VERY OPINIONATED PEOPLE THAT DEFINITELY SPEAK UP.

AND SINCE WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING, THIS IS WHERE I CAME IN.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON, I THINK THAT WHAT I WOULD MAYBE ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IS TABLING THIS DISCUSSION AND BROADENING FEEDBACK TO TEACHERS.

BECAUSE I THINK TO MR. SAINI'S POINT THAT THERE'S PROBABLY MUCH BROADER FEEDBACK.

THE THING IS FOR ME IS THAT LISTENING TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE REQUESTED I THINK THE FEEDBACK THAT I JUST HEARD, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. SAWHNEY, WHO SEEMS TO BE ON THE FENCE ABOUT IT PERSONALLY.

RIGHT. YEAH.

BOTH. BOTH.

I THINK I HAVEN'T HEARD STRONG ARGUMENTS COMING FROM EITHER THE FEEDBACK OR THE FOLKS THAT WE JUST REQUESTED TO SHARE FEEDBACK TONIGHT AGAINST CLEAR BACKPACKS.

BUT I'D BE CURIOUS IN NOT JUST A FOLLOW UP LIKE, YOU KNOW, QUESTION TO STAFF IN SECONDARY SETTINGS AND ADMINISTRATORS, BUT I'D ALSO BE CURIOUS WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING AROUND SAFETY IN CENTRAL TEXAS IN A LOT OF MAJOR URBAN DISTRICTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REQUEST FROM, YOU KNOW, TASB OR REGION 13 AT LEAST TO GET A SAMPLE OF WHAT OUR POLICIES AROUND BACKPACKS, HOW OUR DISTRICT'S WORKING TO MAKE THIS EQUITABLE.

AND IF THEY'RE NOT DOING CLEAR BACKPACKS, THEN WHAT ARE THEY DOING? ARE THERE POLICIES TO ENSURE SAFETY? BECAUSE I WILL SAY I AM PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO THE AMOUNT OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.

I THINK THE POINT WAS MADE THAT STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SETTINGS HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY PERSON WHO IS COMMITTING.

EXCUSE ME? THAT ACT OF VIOLENCE IN THESE MASS SHOOTING SETTINGS.

AND SO I MY, MY, MY UNDERSTANDING HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT THAT'S WHY CLEAR BACKPACKS EXIST, RIGHT? I THINK YOU GO TO SPORTS VENUES, THERE ARE SHOOTINGS THAT OCCUR IN THOSE PLACES.

THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT FROM STUDENTS, BUT I THINK BECAUSE THOSE SHOOTINGS OCCUR AT CERTAIN EVENTS, THEY HAVE CLEAR BAG POLICIES FOR EVERYBODY AT THOSE KIND OF EVENTS TO TRY AND DETER THAT, WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS EFFECTIVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S EVER STUDIED THAT, BUT LIKE, I THINK THAT DOING SOME FOLLOW UP HOMEWORK TO UNDERSTAND BROADER FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS IN THE SECONDARY SETTING WHAT THEIR PREFERENCES AND FEELINGS ARE ON CLEAR BACKPACKS.

EXPANDING CLEAR BACKPACKS TO ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, OR EXPANDING CLEAR BACKPACKS AND BAG POLICIES TO STAFF.

I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT THE ANSWERS ARE TO THOSE QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT CLEAR BAG POLICIES AND DETERRENCE. THANK YOU.

SO I GUESS, WOULD THE BOARD BE OPEN TO THAT? SO WAS THIS MY ITEM, SIR? THIS WAS AN ITEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST YOURS OR IF IT WAS IF IT'S MY ITEM, I'M OKAY WITH TABLING.

I. OKAY, SO MY FIRST ASK WAS TO TABLE IT AND SPEAK TO OUR PD.

SO I'D LIKE TO DO THAT AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I MEAN THEN AND WE CAN WE CAN TAKE ACTION AFTER.

RIGHT. IF WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT LAST.

NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT SORRY, I THOUGHT I READ, SO I IN THE PAST, WHEN THINGS DON'T GO A CERTAIN WAY ON THIS DAIS, IT COMES BACK EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[03:05:02]

SO JUST HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE'RE AGREEING, NOTHING CHANGES.

COOL. NOTHING CHANGES.

LET'S MOVE ON. BUT WHAT I FEAR, WHAT I, WHAT I FEAR, AND I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE IS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND WE'VE HEARD WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, IF THE CONSENSUS ARE NOT THERE TO DO THE CHANGE OR EVOLVE OR ADAPT OR WHAT THE CASE MAY BE, THEN I GUESS WHAT'S THE ASK OF THE BOARD? LIKE, WHY ARE WE GOING TO TABLE THIS? AND THEN WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO? BECAUSE I STILL DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AT THIS POINT.

I THINK THAT FOR WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE NEVER HAD THE DISCUSSION.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO GET OUR FEEDBACK.

I MEAN, WE GET ELECTED TO MAKE WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT, NOT WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OURSELVES.

SO TO A COUPLE OF THE TRUSTEES POINTS WE ARE HEARING FROM CERTAIN PEOPLE, BUT TO STAFF LIKE THOSE PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT EVERYBODY.

SO IN MY HEAD I'M LIKE, THAT'S VERY TRUE.

LET'S SEE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SAYS.

AND IF THE MAJORITY TO ME COME BACK AND LIKE, HEY, THIS IS EFFECTIVE UNTIL Y'ALL GET SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER, THEN WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT.

BUT FOR US TODAY, JUST HAVING THE DISCUSSION OPENS THOSE AVENUES TO ALLOW THESE OTHER CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO MAKE WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT.

I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO VOTE, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYBODY AND ENSURE THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD.

NOT JUST MINE OR MY DAUGHTER'S OR A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT I'VE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND JUST HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY.

JUST BUT JUST HAVING IT AS A DISCUSSION IS THE FIRST STEP.

THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST SAY TRUSTEE PANTOJA I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS ON THE TABLE.

I THINK TRUSTEE WEGNER HAS PROPOSED TABLING THIS UNTIL AFTER CLOSED SESSION.

I PROPOSED TABLING THIS AND HAVING THE SUPERINTENDENT DO A SURVEY TO STAFF IN SECONDARY SETTINGS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR FEELINGS ARE.

ABOUT THIS.

I THINK THE WAY THAT I SORT OF IMAGINE THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SURVEY THAT WE SENT OUT AROUND CALENDARS TO FAMILIES AND STAFF MEMBERS.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT THAT WAS DONE IN A RELATIVELY QUICK MANNER.

IT GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT THE PREFERENCES WERE FOR THE CALENDARS, AND I THINK THAT GAVE THIS BOARD THE DATA THAT IT NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT THE CALENDAR ADOPTION OUGHT TO BE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.

AND I THINK THE OTHER THING IS JUST VOTING ON, YOU KNOW, A, A SPECIFIC POLICY AROUND CLEAR BACKPACKS.

BUT MY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS TABLING THIS, HAVING MORE FEEDBACK COME BACK, AND ALSO LOOKING INTO WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING AND CONSIDERING AROUND CLEAR BACKPACKS.

I THINK THERE'S ALSO THE OPTION FOR US TO NOT DO ANYTHING AT ALL.

OKAY. AND WE CAN BRING THIS BACK ANYTIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT A POLICY, IT'S JUST A DIRECTIVE.

SO I THINK ANYTIME WE IF WE COME BACK AND WE SAY, CHIEF, GO IN X, Y, Z, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WE'D BE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THIS.

I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, JUST HAVING THIS DISCUSSION IS THE FIRST STEP.

OKAY. SO YEAH, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION.

IT WAS YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO HEAR A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE WANT TO TABLE IT.

I KNOW TRUSTEE WEGNER YOU HAD ASKED TO TABLE THIS TILL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, I THINK.

WHAT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HEARD, BUT I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ACTUALLY TABLE IT FOR FURTHER SO WE CAN STILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION, BUT WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.

SURVEYING. MR. HARRIS, SUPERINTENDENT HARRIS, TO ACTUALLY GO AND DO A LITTLE EXTRA WORK FOR US SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.

SO YES.

GO AHEAD. CAN I, I WANT TO JUST BE FORMAL ABOUT THIS AND SAY I MOVE TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION PENDING A SURVEY.

WE'RE NOT DOING THAT YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN GONE TO THE CLOSED SESSION PART.

THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US HAVING A DISCUSSION.

WE'RE IN DISCUSSION ONLY, THOUGH.

OH, I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO THAT OFF OF THE LAST ONE.

OKAY. IT'S FINE. I IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM HAVING A DISCUSSION.

WELL, SHE WAS, BUT SHE SAID THE TABLE AT FIRST TO GO TO PD FIRST AND THEN YOU MADE THE, THE NEXT MOTION.

SO WE DIDN'T EVEN GO THROUGH THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION.

POINT OF ORDER.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S ABLE TO DO WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO TO TALK TO PD.

I'M NOT TRYING TO, FOR THE NEXT MOTION IS TABLING THE MATTER FOR PURPOSES OF TAKING ACTION.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION ITEM.

YOU STILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE DEFINITIVE ACTION.

[03:10:01]

I SECOND. I SECOND.

SECOND. OKAY. SO TRUSTEE HEUBERGER SECOND.

THE NICE LONG MOTION THAT WE WE GOT.

OKAY. PERFECT.

AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

OKAY, SO MOTION PASSES.

I HAVE TO COUNT SIX.

SIX. SIX.

SIX. TWO.

YES. AND I'M JUST GOING TO ADD ON THERE THAT WE CAN STILL TRUSTEE WEGNER WE CAN STILL HAVE THE DISCUSSION DURING CLOSED SESSION TO GATHER THAT FEEDBACK THAT YOU DID REQUEST FROM SECURITY. OKAY.

MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM.

[VI.C. Discussion Regarding New Attorney for District and for Board Shaira Ramzanali]

SO AGAIN THIS IS JUST A CONVERSATION A DISCUSSION FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE.

I THINK THERE WAS CONVERSATION THAT HAD COME UP IN THE PAST ABOUT AND WE HAD ACTUALLY HEARD THIS AT CONFERENCES AS WELL.

THAT SOME DISTRICTS TYPICALLY LARGER, BUT THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A MULTIPLE FOR REPRESENTATION.

THEY HAVE ONE THAT REPRESENTS THE BOARD AND ONE THAT REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT.

HERE IN OUR CURRENT DISTRICT IN DELL VALLEY, WE HAVE WE HAVE ONE ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SUPPORT THE HELP THE BOARD IN THAT TOO.

SO WE JUST HAVE THE ONE.

SO I WANTED TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION FOR DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER TWO AND AND ALSO DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER PUTTING OUT FOR A VENDOR LIKE RFPS FOR OTHER OPTIONS OF ATTORNEYS? YES. TRUSTEE WEGNER.

IN MY 13 YEARS AS A BOARD MEMBER, WE'VE NEVER DONE AN RFQ OR RFP, AND FOR ATTORNEYS, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN JUST SELECTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO DO IT AND SEE WHAT COMES BACK.

I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT TO OUR ATTORNEY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICES AND JUST SEE IF WE CAN DO AND WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE OPTION TO HAVE TWO ATTORNEYS AT THIS POINT, IN MY OPINION, BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO EXPLORE AFTER WE WOULD GET THE INFORMATION BACK FROM THE RFP OR RFQ, WHICHEVER WAY WE GO.

OKAY. TRUSTEE HUBER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HUGE DISCUSSION AND I THINK THE FACT OR DECISION, I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THIS IS IMPORTANT.

WE SHOULD PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL A SUPERINTENDENT, THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, IS IN PLACE AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON HOW THEY WANT TO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN A SUPERINTENDENT COMES IN THEY ALWAYS HAVE THEIR IDEAS OF HOW AND TO WORK.

AND I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE BEST OVERALL AS TO WAIT UNTIL THE SUPERINTENDENT'S HERE.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HAVING TWO ATTORNEYS.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALSO IN A DEFICIT.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE WANTING TO SPEND MONEY.

BUT I DO THINK THIS KIND OF THIS POSITION SHOULD BE PROBABLY PUT ON HOLD THIS DISCUSSION UNTIL WE HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON.

SORRY. DID SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE.

YEAH, I WOULD. I THINK I.

SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN TRUSTEE WEGNER AND TRUSTEE HEUBERGER.

I ABSOLUTELY WOULD SUPPORT AN RFP.

I THINK WE DO IT FOR A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER WORK THAT THE DISTRICT DOES.

AND I THINK IF WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT TO.

NOW, AGAIN, NO DISRESPECT TO OUR EXISTING ATTORNEY.

I THINK THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF INCREDIBLE WORK, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE ENGAGING IN CYCLES THAT ARE OPEN AND FAIR I THINK IS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.

AND SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

I DO THINK WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATE AS A BOARD, AND I THINK THE TIMELINE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FEELS LIKE IT'S IT WOULD BE ADDING A LOT OF WORK IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

AND SO I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT POSTPONING IT UNTIL WE'VE COMPLETED THAT SEARCH.

[03:15:04]

WHAT THOSE WOULD BE.

AND AND IF THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, I THINK I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PROS AND CONS ARE.

OKAY. TRUSTEE.

WEGNER. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT MONTH IT WAS, BUT DIDN'T WE HAVE A BUDGET LINE ITEM THAT DOUBLED OUR ATTORNEY FEES THIS YEAR? ADDED 100,000, IF I RECALL.

OKAY, SO THAT COULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR DEFICIT.

I MEAN, TO ME IT'S YEAH, WE KNOW ATTORNEY FEES ARE HIGH, RIGHT.

AND I TO ME WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN.

13 YEARS ON THE BOARD. WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE, DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE BOARDS ATTORNEY BECAUSE HE SITS AT EVERY BOARD MEETING AS THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR FOR OUR ATTORNEY.

WHEN WE BRING IN OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT, COULD THEY JUST BRING IN THEIR OWN ATTORNEY AFTER WE DID ALL OF THIS WORK? IF WE DID GO AHEAD AND DO AN RFP AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS OTHER VENDOR, COULD THEY COME IN AND SAY, WELL, I KIND OF WANT TO DO MY OWN THING.

WELL, NOT THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T DO THAT.

I'VE SEEN IT. I'VE SEEN SUPERINTENDENTS DO THAT.

BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS NOT OBJECTED TO IT, I SUPPOSE.

BUT REALLY IT SHOULD YOU.

THIS HAS BEEN ENOUGH OF A BOARD DISCUSSION.

THE BOARD FEELS VERY MUCH INVESTED IN WHO THE ATTORNEY IS, AND I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

SO A SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT LEGALLY TO DO THAT.

YOU WOULD BE LETTING THEM DO THAT IF THEY DID THAT.

BUT IT'S REALLY A BOARD FUNCTION IF YOU WISH IT TO BE SO.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN THE PAST WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY GONE OUT AND FOUND ONE.

IT'S JUST KIND OF COME WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND WE HAVEN'T OBJECT.

WE HAVEN'T OBJECTED TO IT.

THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS BROUGHT THE LAW FIRM TO US AND WE APPROVED THE LAW FIRM.

WE DIDN'T DO A IF I RECALL, WE VOTED ON WE APPROVED THE LAW FIRM.

WE JUST DIDN'T DO THE RFP OR RFQ OR ANYTHING THAT I RECALL.

BUT WE DID VOTE ON THE WE'VE ALWAYS VOTED ON THE LAW FIRMS THAT WE'VE USED.

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME WE VOTED? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE VOTED? NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WE HAD DOUG, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH US? AND DO YOU KNOW IF THAT WAS BOARD ACTION? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I WOULD SAY 2019, 2020.

OKAY. YEAH, I WANT TO SAY THAT.

I GET THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, AND I GET THAT EVERYBODY HAS A LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE BOARD.

BUT THIS DISTRICT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE RUSHING ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

I THINK A LOT OF THESE THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO.

THESE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED YEARS AGO, BUT THEY DIDN'T.

GOING OUT FOR AN RFQ.

RFP DOES NOT SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH OUT ANYBODY RIGHT NOW.

IT'S SAYING THAT WE'RE JUST STARTING THE PROCESS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO MEET AND PICK A, B, C, OR D.

WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS.

AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO START STARTING PROCESS AND MAKING ACTION AND DOING THINGS.

SO PLEASE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS FROM THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS? NO. OKAY.

SO WE I THINK WE'RE WE'RE GOOD ON THE DISCUSSION ITEM.

DO WE WANT TO MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM OF THE CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING YOUR ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE I WOULD LIKE

[VIII.C. Consider and Take Possible Action Regarding New Attorney for District and for Board]

DO I HAVE WHAT YOU SAID? YEAH. FOR CLARITY, DISTRICT AND THE BOARD.

I CARE MORE ABOUT FOR TWO DISTRICT.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH.

BUT WHO'S TO SAY THAT IT'LL BE THE SAME FOR BOTH OF THEM? LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DECIDE THAT AS A BOARD THAT, HEY, WE LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR DISTRICT AS WELL.

WE WANT TO KEEP YOU FOR BOTH OR WHATNOT.

JUST GOING OUT AND SEEING WHAT'S OUT THERE FOR US IS IS WHAT I'M REALLY LOOKING AT.

OKAY. TRUSTEE.

WORTHINGTON. I JUST WANT TO AMEND THE EMOTION.

SO I DON'T WANT TO AMEND THE.

I GUESS THAT'S TRUE. WE NEED A SECOND BEFORE.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A SECOND.

AND THEN NOW TRUSTEE WETHINGTON.

YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE EMOTION TO SAY THAT WE WOULD ISSUE AN RFP PENDING COMPLETION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER, DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THE AMENDED I SECOND YOU YOU CAN'T SAY NO TO.

[03:20:07]

WELL, DON'T YOU HAVE TO ASK THE PERSON THAT PROVIDED THE FIRST ONE IF THEY APPROVE THE AMENDMENT? NO. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE HEUBERGER ON THE AMENDED MOTION.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED MOTION TO START TO START THE PROCESS OF THE RFP? ONCE THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH IS COMPLETED.

I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT, PLEASE.

COME ON. OKAY. IF I CAN DISCUSS THAT.

SORRY, I COULDN'T GET THE BUTTON TO WORK.

SO THAT WE STARTED THE RFQ FOR THE FORENSIC AUDIT IN MARCH OR APRIL.

IT JUST FINISHED IN JUNE, AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY ACTION ON IT AT THIS TIME.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSSING IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. SO UNFORTUNATELY IT MAY TAKE THAT LONG ANYWAY, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE HINDER IT BY DOING THIS.

SO JESSIE, WOODY, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR.

NO, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

WHAT. WHAT'S THE REASON FOR DELAYING IT? I JUST, I OTHER THAN WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON, LIKE, I GET IT, EVERYBODY HAS THINGS GOING ON.

BUT YOU'RE ON THE BOARD TO DO BOARD BUSINESS.

IF YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, DO A COMMITTEE OR YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING, THEN I TOTALLY GET IT.

EXCUSE YOURSELF, I GOT IT.

BUT AGAIN, I THESE KIND OF THINGS SHOULD HAVE STARTED A LONG TIME AGO.

AND JUST STARTING THE PROCESS DOESN'T SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE SOMEBODY TOMORROW.

IT JUST SAYS WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS, MR. WETHINGTON. YEAH. I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE OBJECTION IS.

JUST CREATING A TIMELINE.

THE REASON THAT I SAY THAT IS YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE HAD AN RFQ OUT FOR THE FORENSIC AUDIT.

WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT YET.

WE HAVE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT ARE PENDING.

WE HAVE SUPERINTENDENT PERFORMANCE GOALS THAT ARE PENDING COMPLETION.

WE JUST GOT THROUGH A BUNCH OF BUDGET STUFF.

WE JUST HEARD FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FIRM ABOUT A TIMELINE THAT IS IMMEDIATELY UPON US THAT CONTAINS A NUMBER OF SPECIAL SESSIONS.

IN MY MIND, THERE IS LITERALLY NOTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.

IT'S YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'RE ON THE BOARD.

THE BOARD SHOULD BE DOING STUFF.

I AGREE THAT THIS BOARD PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO.

I WOULD SAY YOU KNOW, AS AN OFFICER NOW, AS A RELATIVELY NEW BOARD MEMBER COMPARED TO A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES, I FEEL LIKE I'VE TRIED TO BE VERY ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING A TON OF BOARD BUSINESS, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, WHICH, AGAIN, WERE NOT UPDATED IN ALMOST TEN YEARS.

I, I'M 100% IN FAVOR OF DOING BOARD BUSINESS.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT TRYING TO TAKE ON EVERYTHING AT ONCE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WISDOM IN THAT OTHER THAN WE JUST SAID WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE THE RFP, BUT WE'RE LITERALLY NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH ANYWAYS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS OR WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING, WHAT SEEING WHAT'S OUT THERE.

I KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. I GO TO CONFERENCES.

THERE'S A TON OF LAW FIRMS OUT THERE KNOW THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND I KNOW THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE, WHY HAVEN'T WE DONE THIS? WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THESE IN PARALLEL? WHAT'S GOING ON? AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS TOLD IS BECAUSE NOT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN, CAN MEET, AND I GET THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT A DISCUSSION WE HAD AS A BOARD.

THOSE WERE SIDE CONVERSATIONS THAT DIDN'T GO TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.

SO FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO START SCHEDULING THINGS AND DO DOODLE POLLS FOR THEM.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, BUT WE NEED TO GET THOSE DONE.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S NOT ME THAT'S HINDERING THEM.

SO I'M ALL FOR MOVING FORWARD.

AND TO THAT POINT, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY SPECIAL OR WORKSHOP SPECIAL MEETINGS OR WORKSHOPS FOR JUNE OR JULY.

AND A LOT OF THIS COULD HAVE, AND IN MY OPINION, SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.

I HAVEN'T MISSED A DOODLE POLL AND SAID I WASN'T AVAILABLE.

TRUSTEE WEGNER. RESPECTFULLY, I KNOW YOU AND I TRIED TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, AND YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE OUT OF TOWN SEVERAL TIMES.

I THINK WE HAD ABOUT FIVE.

THAT'S NOT A DOODLE. I CALL THE QUESTION.

I CALL THE QUESTION.

IT'S VOTE ON IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAD A AMENDMENT AND WE HAD A SECOND.

SO THE AMENDMENT IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN RFP REQUEST FOR LEGAL SERVICES. ONCE THE SUPERINTENDENT POSITION HAS BEEN APPROVED, ONCE THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE SEARCH PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

[03:25:04]

JUST ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

SO WHAT IF WE GO THROUGH THE SEARCH AND WE DON'T PICK ANYBODY? WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER SEARCH.

IS THIS GOING TO HINDER THAT AS WELL, OR DOES IT JUST THIS ONE? WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE IT IN THE FUTURE.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE INCLUSION OF MY AMENDMENT INTO TRUSTEE WOODY'S MOTION.

WE'RE NOT VOTING ON JUST THE MOTION OVERALL.

YEAH, YEAH. AND WE HAD A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE HUBERT.

IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH. OKAY, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FOR ALL THOSE OPPOSED FOR SO DIDN'T PASS.

SO SO NOW WE GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION.

IF YOU COULD RESTATE YOUR MOTION.

TRUSTEE. WOODY.

SO I MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE ACTION ON A NEW ATTORNEY FOR BOARD AND DISTRICT.

RK OKAY DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE.

WEGNER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FOR ALL THOSE OPPOSED FOR DOESN'T PASS.

SO I GUESS IT JUST STANDS AS IS.

NO ACTION IS TAKEN.

IT'S JUST KEPT AS IS.

OKAY. WELL, THAT THAT CLOSES OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS AS WELL AS OUR ACTION ITEMS. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION.

[IX. Closed Session]

TEXAS OPENS MEETING ACT.

TGC 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY.

TGC 551.71 AND TGC 551.0821.

CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING PENDING SPECIAL EDUCATION MEDIATION NUMBER ZERO ZERO DM 0424 TGC 551.04.

CONSIDER ACTING SUPERINTENDENT'S COMPENSATION.

CONSIDER SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING POSSIBLE HIRING OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.

CONSIDER SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING POSSIBLE HIRING OF DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

REVIEW AND APPROVE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND TJC 551.076.

DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.

DISCUSSION OF INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORTING FINDINGS.

THE TIME IS 948.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE WILL CONTINUE OR RESTART IN OPEN SESSION AT 1:39

[X. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session]

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE HIRING OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.

I HAVE A SECOND OVER THERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WE HAVE SEVEN.

EIGHT. SHANTI IS NOT HERE YET.

SO SEVEN.

ZERO. MOTION PASSES.

WELCOME. MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE. WE'LL DO IT AFTER I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE HIRING OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

I HAVE A SECOND OVER HERE, MR. PANCOTTO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? EIGHT ZERO. WELCOME.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AS AMENDED.

SESSION. SECOND.

TRUSTEE WEGNER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SO DO WE NEED TO DO THE ONE ON THE.

SECURITY? YES.

WE HAVE. YEAH.

WELL, I PROBABLY NEED TO.

MAY I SAY IT? YEAH. GO AHEAD.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. A MOTION IS REQUIRED WITH REGARD TO SECURITY DEVICES THAT THAT YOU AUTHORIZE STAFF TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR, AS DISCUSSED

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SO WE JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO SAY SO.

MOVED. SECOND.

SECOND. THEN WE NEED A.

SO MOVED. OKAY. SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. OKAY.

ANY OTHERS? OKAY.

AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS OVER HERE SOMEWHERE.

[XII. New Business/Future Board Agenda Items]

AND I THINK THE CURRENT PRACTICE RIGHT NOW IS THE FRIDAY BEFORE.

AND I THINK WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EXTENDING THAT OUT.

I KNOW WHEN I WAS AT SLY, THERE WAS OTHER DISTRICTS THAT THAT HAD SIMILAR POLICIES THAT EXTENDED IT OUT AND GAVE THEIR BOARD SUFFICIENT TIME TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE A MEETING.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO MAYBE PRIORITIZE THAT BEFORE WE DO THE BIGGER WORKSHOP, JUST SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION COMING UP.

MR. HARRIS, I THINK WE HAD SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT FORMALLY IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

YOU HAD A TIMELINE? YES, WE ARE IN.

OUR COMMITMENT IS TO GET OUR THE MATERIALS TO THE BOARD IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER THAN THE ONE THAT WAS HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

BUT YES, WE CAN DO SOMETHING MORE FORMALIZED TO GET IT IN THERE.

WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ADD AT THE AUGUST MEETING TO ELECT OUR DELEGATE FOR DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

YES. THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY? YES. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET.

THAT'S THE ONE I'VE REQUESTED THE INFORMATION ON.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

YES. SINCE THOSE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, I'D LIKE THE BOARD TO HAVE.

OKAY. ANY TRUSTEE WEGNER ASKED FOR THE BASICALLY ANYBODY WHO HAS SUBMITTED INFORMATION TO WHOEVER BOARD OFFICERS OR WHOEVER THEY'VE SUBMITTED IT TO TO GET IT OUT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD BEFORE WE VOTE NEXT MONTH.

I HAVE, AND I BELIEVE LISA NEEDS TO KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE CONFERENCE TEXT BECAUSE REGISTRATION HAS OPENED UP.

I WILL SEND AN EMAIL TOMORROW.

SO THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN RESPOND AND THERE IS FREE CONFERENCE THAT TAKES PLACE.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO INDIVIDUALLY ORGANIZE YOUR CONFERENCE AS WELL.

AND THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO I'LL SEND AN EMAIL TOMORROW.

AND YOU WE GET A BETTER PRICE IF WE REGISTER AS.

YOU GUYS GET A BETTER PRICE.

BUT WE DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE BASED ON AVAILABILITY.

OKAY. NEW BUSINESS.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IN PREVIOUS SESSIONS AND WHATNOT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO COVER AT SOME POINT.

SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL THOSE, AND WE START THOSE.

BEAUTIFUL. YEAH, WE WILL GET A LIST TOGETHER.

AND THEN I WILL HAVE MR. HARRIS SEND IT UP IN A ONE OF THE FRIDAY, PROBABLY NEXT WEEK'S FRIDAY BOARD UPDATES.

AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING, PLEASE BOARD, LET US KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU HAD REQUESTED AND IS NOT ON THAT LIST.

AND THEN OTHER NEW BUSINESS OR AN ITEM I'M JUST GOING TO BRING UP.

WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MR. HARRIS, I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH LISA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING ON THE CALENDAR FOR THE BOARD.

AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN EVEN COME UP WITH MORE OF A THREE MONTH VISUAL OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING THINGS.

OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL END OUR BOARD MEETING.

WE WILL ADJOURN OUR BOARD MEETING AT 146.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GENERAL PUBLIC, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST ADDITION TO THE DEL VALLE ASD FAMILY.

FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE DOCTOR DINO, DINO BORGES, WHO'S JOINING US AS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.

WELCOME. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE BOARD MEMBERS MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, OUR OTHER NEWEST ADDITION TO THE

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