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GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
[I. Call to Order]
GOOD EVENING.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.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL POPHAM ELEMENTARY TO DO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I WILL STAND AND I'LL BE BRAVE.
I WILL CHOOSE TO BE THE CHANGE.
I WILL STAND AND I'LL BE BRAVE.
I WILL CHOOSE TO BE THE CHANGE.
OH! ME TOO. AND MY MOM IS WORTH IT.
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THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING AND GIVING US THIS WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.IT ACTUALLY BRINGS ME BACK TO THE CONVOCATION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE THERE.
OKAY. NEXT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT.
[IV.A. Recognition of Texas Educational Theatre Association Award of Distinction]
WE'RE GOING TO DO RECOGNITION ITEMS. FIRST. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THOSE.I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RECOGNITION ITEMS ARE HERE TO PRESENT EARLY ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND OR CHILDREN ANY TO GET BACK. SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO CALL UP DR.
MAGGIE DE LA ROSA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION AWARD OF DISTINCTION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE AND INVITE OVER HERE TO MR. JOE RUSH TO SO THAT HE CAN PRESENT AN AWARD THAT OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT RECEIVED.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. HARRIS, I HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE TO KICK OFF THE RECOGNITION PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
DEL VALLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION, OR ETA, AS A COMMENDABLE DISTRICT IN THEATER EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME DVISD HAS RECEIVED THE RT AWARD OF DISTINCTION.
THE AWARD IS ALSO THE RESULT OF THE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES DV ISD HAS TAKEN TO INCREASE STANDARDS IN THEATER EDUCATION, RESULTING IN HIGH ACHIEVEMENT CURATION OF RESOURCES, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
BEFORE YOU ARE THE THEATER FACULTY MEMBERS REPRESENTING ALL FOUR OF OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES JUAN LEYVA, KATIE TOWNSEND, RAQUEL SCHMIDT AND BEN MONTEIRO AND STUDENTS.
AND THERE'S ALSO STUDENTS HERE WITH US TONIGHT WHO USE THEIR EDUCATORS MAGIC TO MAKE A SCRIPT COME ALIVE AND STUDY THEATRICAL LIGHTING, SOUND REINFORCEMENT, STAGE MANAGEMENT AND SET DESIGN AND BUILDING.
WE THANK OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DVISD WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE ANNUAL THEATER FEST IN GALVESTON THIS SEPTEMBER.
SO ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR THEATER STUDENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE THEATER ARTS.
CAN I DO A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, PLEASE, SIR? MR. PRESIDENT, MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE THEATER ARTS AREA AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
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VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE WITH THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE.AND I'M HOPING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVIDE YOU EQUITABLE RESOURCES IN THE FUTURE.
OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF CAMPUS DESIGNATION FOR NO PLACE OF HATE.
[IV.B. Recognition of Campus Designation for No Place for Hate]
I'M GOING TO CALL UP MISS VICKI ESPERAZA GREGORY.GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, MADAM PRESIDENT AND MR. HARRIS. DURING THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, CAMPUSES HELD STUDENT LED ACTIVITIES TO OBTAIN THE DESIGNATION OF NO PLACE FOR HATE.
CAMPUSES. WHILE ALL OUR CAMPUSES HAVE A NO PLACE FOR HATE ZONE, THESE DESIGNATIONS ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF CAMPUSES WHO HELD STUDENT LED, SCHOOL WIDE ACTIVITIES THAT FOCUS ON RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF A DIVERSE COMMUNITY, HOW ASPECTS OF IDENTITY SHAPE OUR WORLDVIEW, AND TO BUILD CAPACITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CONFRONT BIASES WITHIN OURSELVES, OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE STAFF THAT SUPPORTED STUDENT COMMITTEES FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO CULTIVATE STUDENT LEADERSHIP, UNITE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND ENGAGE STUDENTS AND STAFF IN ACTIVE LEARNING.
THE FOLLOWING CAMPUSES WILL BE RECEIVING A NO PLACE FOR HATE BANNER AND A CERTIFICATE TO HANG IN THEIR OTHER CAMPUSES. THE FOLLOWING CAMPUSES ARE DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL.
MISS CAVALLI. MISS RAMCHANDAR.
Y'ALL CAN COME UP HERE. DEL VALLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MISS SANCHEZ. SOCIAL WORKER AND MR. HERNANDEZ. PRINCIPAL.
MISS SHER. SOCIAL WORKER AND MR. PALACIOS. PRINCIPAL.
MR. MORENO AND MISS HAZELWOOD.
HORNSBY ELEMENTARY, MISS JONES AND MISS DYSON.
MISS MARY, SORRY AND MISS STRADLING, SOCIAL WORKER.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SMITH ELEMENTARY.
MISS MALDONADO AND MISS ROURKE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU COME BY, YOU CAN SWING BY AND PICK UP YOUR BANNER.
MAY THE 14TH COME TO THE HALL OF RECORDS.
I THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE GOOD. AND THEN LET'S HAVE LUNCH.
AND AS SHE TALKED ABOUT, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE NO PLACE FOR HATE.
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DESIGNATED ZONES WITHIN THEIR CAMPUSES.AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE CAMPUSES THAT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO GET THE DESIGNATION.
SO THANK YOU, MR. ESPARZA. GREGORY.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL BACK OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT THEATER TO COME BACK UP SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE MORE OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO SHOWED . CHECK CHECK CHECK.
WE'LL DO A PICTURE IN JUST A SECOND.
MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MR. HARRIS, WHEN WE LEFT THE FIRST TIME, I TOLD THEM.
MISS MARTINEZ, FOR BRINGING YOUR STUDENTS OVER FROM REHEARSAL TO BE PART OF THIS.
THE DEL VALLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION, ETA AS A COMMENDABLE DISTRICT FOR THEATER EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME DVISD HAS RECEIVED THE ETA AWARD OF DISTINCTION.
THE AWARD IS ALSO THE RESULT OF THE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES DVISD HAS TAKEN TO INCREASE STANDARDS IN THEATER EDUCATION, RESULTING IN HIGH ACHIEVEMENT CURATION OF RESOURCES, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
BEFORE YOU ARE THE THEATER FACULTY MEMBERS REPRESENTING ALL FOUR CAMPUSES JUAN LEYVA.
DIAMANTE. AMONTE MARTINEZ, KATIE TOWNSEND, RAQUEL SCHMIDT AND BEN MONTEIRO, WHO AND STUDENTS OF THESE OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHO USE THEIR EDUCATORS MAGIC TO MAKE A SCRIPT COME ALIVE AND STUDY THEATRICAL LIGHTING, SOUND REINFORCEMENT, STAGE MANAGING AND SET BUILDING.
WE PRESENT TO YOU A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM THE DEL VALLE ISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE THANK OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN PROVIDING OUTSTANDING THEATER ARTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
DVISD WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE ANNUAL THEATER FEST IN GALVESTON THIS SEPTEMBER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR RECOGNITION. AND WE WILL NOW MOVE BACK.
[III. Public Comment]
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.
I WILL HAVE YOU COME UP AND WHILE YOU COME UP, I'M JUST GOING TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT PUBLIC COMMENT THAT YOU INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL SIGN UP BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO TALK.
THE ONE MINUTE IS TO BE SHORT AND SWEET.
NO PROBLEM. OKAY WITH THAT? GO AHEAD. BOARD.
THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU IN THIS COMMUNITY BUT NOT OF THIS COMMUNITY, AS I'M WONDERING IF FAILURE TO FILE A PROTEST OF THE WATER INCREASE IN THE HORNSBY AREA IS DUE TO BENIGN NEGLECT, WILLFUL, WILLFUL, WILLFUL IGNORANCE, OR CALLOUS DISREGARD
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AS THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA RECEIVED NOTICES.SO I'M SURE THEY MADE YOU AWARE THAT THE WATER RATES ARE GOING TO BE INCREASED BY 20%.
AND AS THE DISTRICT IS THE LARGEST USER OF WATER, IT WOULD HAVE HELPED TREMENDOUSLY IF YOU WOULD HAVE JOINED OUR FIGHT TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY HAS EXTREME DOWNWARD FINANCIAL PRESSURES.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH THIS BOARD CARES ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
OKAY, NEXT WE WILL MOVE INTO INFORMATION ITEMS.
[V.A. District Happenings ]
THE FIRST ONE IS A DISTRICT HAPPENINGS.GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MR. HARRIS. WE ARE BACK.
WE HAD ONE MONTH THAT WE HAD SUMMER, BUT WE'RE BACK AND WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO.
AND LIKE I ALWAYS DO, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THIS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, SO FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW US THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THAT ENERGY GOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THANK YOU. CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? YES. I THINK BEATTY GOT ROBBED.
OKAY, SO NEXT WE WILL MOVE INTO THE 2024 2025 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
[V.B. 2024-2025 Student Code of Conduct]
DOCTOR MAGGIE DELAROSA.BOARD OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MR.
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DEMARCUS TATE, OUR DIRECTOR OF DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND STUDENT AFFAIRS.GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MR. HARRIS, AS YOU KNOW, THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT IS SUBJECT TO LEGAL UPDATES DURING EACH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO SCHEDULED SESSION THIS YEAR.
THE FOLLOWING TASB RECOMMENDATION WILL REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL TO BE ADOPTED INTO THE 2024-25 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, AND WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS TO ADD NICOTINE PATCHES TO THE LIST OF PROHIBITED ITEMS. SO I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION. MORE OF A COMMENT OR A SUGGESTION.
I ALWAYS HAVE ISSUES WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT ARE WE DOING OUR BECAUSE WE HAD AMBASSADORS OR OUR AMBASSADORS HAVING FEEDBACK INTO THIS PROCESS AND THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND MAYBE LIKE CHANGES THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO SEE IN.
DID THEY DO THAT LAST YEAR OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO MAYBE GOING FORWARD? I CAN DEFINITELY MAKE THAT HAPPEN GOING FORWARD.
NORMALLY IN THE OFF SEASON, WE JUST GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH OUR TASB WEBINAR.
SO I'M SURE FROM THE LEGISLATURE SESSIONS THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME UPDATES.
SO WE CAN DO THAT GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK TRANSPARENCY IS HUGE AND I DON'T, I'LL BE HONEST, I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS DON'T EVEN READ IT, AND THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW THEIR RIGHTS OR WHAT THEIR CHILDREN HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
AND SO MAYBE HAVING SOME AMBASSADORS REALLY LOOK AT IT AND THEN TELL THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY WHAT, WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE AND KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO YES, MA'AM, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. I COULDN'T HEAR THE LAST THING THAT YOU SAID IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE OR YOU WERE SUMMARIZING THE CHANGES.
THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE ADDING NICOTINE PATCHES TO THE LIST OF PROHIBITED ITEMS. OKAY. BASED ON TASB RECOMMENDATION.
AND IS THAT THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OKAY. AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE.
[V.C. Accountability Update]
GOOD EVENING AGAIN.SO AS WE KNOW AS WE KNOW, A RECENT JUDICIAL RULING HAS BLOCKED TIA FROM RELEASING OUR OFFICIAL CAMPUS RATINGS.
AS A RESULT, THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL RATINGS FOR US TO REPORT TONIGHT.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE STUDENT DATA THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, AND WE'RE USING THE STUDENT DATA TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AN ACTION PLAN AND RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
OUR ACTION PLAN WILL IDENTIFY SYSTEMS TO ENSURE THAT WE KNOW EVERY STUDENT BY NAME AND BY NEED.
OUR ACTION PLAN INCLUDES IT INCLUDES OUR ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY DEPARTMENT.
AND WITHIN OUR ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY DEPARTMENT, WE ARE WE ARE PROVIDING ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS TO OUR CAMPUSES, BY CAMPUS, BY TEACHER AND BY STUDENT.
ANY MISCONCEPTIONS IN IN IN THE STUDENT RESPONSES, WE ARE GOAL SETTING WITH OUR CAMPUSES.
THERE'S A CAMPUS ACCOUNTABILITY VISITS AS WELL, WHERE OUR WHERE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY DEPARTMENT IS DOING CAMPUS VISITS TO ENSURE WE ARE BEING EFFECTIVE USE.
WE'RE HAVING EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR DATA AND CREATING THOSE ACTION PLANS IN PLACE.
THE STRATEGIES WITHIN THE ACTION PLAN ARE PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THE GOALS OF THE CAMPUS OF THE TEACHER AND THE DISTRICT ARE IN PLACE AS WELL. THERE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL ADJUSTMENTS MADE OVER THE SUMMER.
WE KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT WORKS WITH THE PLC FRAMEWORK, SO WE ARE REFINING WHAT THE PLC FRAMEWORK IS, IS WE'RE PUTTING PROTOCOLS AND PROCESSES IN PLACE SO THAT WE BUILD A COMMON VOCABULARY THROUGHOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
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STARTING WITH STARTING WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, WITH CAMPUS LEADERSHIP, WITH TEACHERS AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AS WELL.WITHIN THE CURRICULUM, WE HAVE PROVIDED CRITICAL ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE CURRICULUM WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL CORE.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WITHIN THE CURRICULUM, ANY STUDENT EXPECTATION THAT WAS NOT MASTERED IN LAST YEARS, IN THE PREVIOUS GRADE LEVEL, WE'RE EMBEDDING THOSE SKILLS WITHIN THE CURRENT CURRICULUM SO THAT WE CAN RETEACH AND MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS THERE.
SO THAT'S THE SPIRALING OF THE STUDENT EXPECTATIONS AS WELL.
AS FOR CAMPUS SUPPORTS, WE ARE PROVIDING CAMPUS VISITS BETWEEN DR.
BORIS AND MYSELF WALKING WITH LEADERSHIP TEAMS ON CAMPUSES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INSTRUCTIONAL CORE.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THAT TIER ONE INSTRUCTION, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENT SEE THE TEACHER INSTRUCTION AND THE CONTENT IS ALIGNED WITH THE TASK THAT THE STUDENT IS BEING ASKED TO DO.
AND WE'RE ADDRESSING THE FOUR CRITICAL QUESTIONS OF THE PLC FRAMEWORK.
WE'RE MONITORING WITH ACTION PLANS.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL TASK AT HAND.
SO AS CAMPUSES ARE CREATING THE ACTION PLANS, WE HAVE THE ACTION PLAN IN PLACE AND WE'RE WALKING THE CAMPUSES IN THE CLASSROOMS, MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO IS IN PLACE.
ALL THE DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING THROUGH THESE CAMPUS VISITS IS GOING TO GUIDE OUR MONTHLY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, AND OUR COORDINATORS ALL ALONG THE AUTHOR OF ATOMIC HABITS BY JAMES CLEAR.
STATES YOU DON'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR GOALS.
YOU FALL TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR SYSTEM.
PROVIDE US A SENSE OF DIRECTION, AND THEY GUIDE OUR EFFORTS FOR SHORT TERM ATTAINMENT.
THE IDEA IS THAT WE KNOW EVERY STUDENT BY NAME AND BY NEED.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SYSTEMS TO ENSURE THAT WE ATTAIN OUR GOALS.
EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK IS A TOOL THAT TEA HAS CODIFIED ALL RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES INTO ONE COMMON FRAMEWORK THAT IS USED BY THE DISTRICT TO IMPROVE SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS AND STUDENT OUTCOMES AT THE CENTER.
AT THE CORE IS EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION.
SO THE INSTRUCTIONAL CORE IS STRENGTHENED AND SUPPORTED BY STRONG SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING, STRATEGIC STAFFING, POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND ASSESSMENTS, AND EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION.
SHE'S GOING TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER IN THE SYSTEMS WE ARE CREATING IN LEVER ONE AND IN LEVER FIVE.
SO GOING BACK TO THE SCHOOL'S FRAMEWORK, THIS IS THIS IS AN APPROACH.
SO AS CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAM, ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT TEAM, WE THROUGH THESE SYSTEMS, SUCH AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, DISTRICT LEADERS, CAMPUS LEADERS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS. THOSE ARE ALL CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF STUDENT SUCCESS.
BUT ALSO WHAT OUR STUDENTS GROWTH GOALS ARE, OUR PROFESSIONAL GOALS.
ALL OF THIS IS TIED INTO TO DATA.
AND IT'S A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CYCLE.
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AND AGAIN, THIS GOES THROUGH NOT ONLY WITH THE CAMPUS LEADERS, BUT ALSO WITH THE DISTRICT LEADERS AND TEACHERS AND THEN PARENTS.AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LAST BULLET, THE PARENT COMMUNITY LIAISONS ARE NOW GOING TO HOLD MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH PARENTS AND PRINCIPALS TO EMPOWER AND EDUCATE OUR FAMILIES SO THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO NOT THE CAPACITY, BUT THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS.
AND SO THESE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD MONTHLY, AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING WILL BE DRIVEN BY WHAT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT BY THE STUDENT GROWTH GOALS, THE PROFESSIONAL GOALS.
AND ALL OF THAT IS DRIVEN BY OUR STUDENT DATA AND OUR STUDENT NEEDS.
AND THEN THE SECOND LEVER, WHICH IS EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION, GOES BACK TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL CORE.
AND THE FIRST BULLET IS THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
AGAIN THIS GOES BACK TO THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR THAT IS GOING TO BE CREATED BASED ON TEACHER NEEDS AND FOLLOWED BY STUDENT NEEDS, AS WELL AS ANY SYSTEMS THAT MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED OR REFINED, INCLUDING CULTURE, PLCS AND DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS. AND ANOTHER LEVER OF EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION IS OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK.
AND HOW DO WE KNOW OUR TEACHER NEEDS IS THROUGH OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK, THROUGH THIS DATA THAT PRINCIPALS COLLECT AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CALENDARS WITH ALSO AN INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THE TEACHER NEEDS.
AND THEN WE CAN ALSO SEE AS WE COLLECT DATA WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED.
THE TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE KEY PLAYER.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY 5.3, WHICH IS THE DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION.
ANY ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT THE TEACHER OR THE STUDENT MAY HAVE? ALSO, THIS ASSESSMENT TRACKER RIGHT BEHIND RIGHT UNDERNEATH IS THE ASSESSMENT CALENDAR.
THIS ALLOWS PRINCIPALS TO HAVE, AGAIN, A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO MONITOR STUDENT GROWTH.
THROUGH PLCS, WHICH WOULD BE A PROTECTED TIME THROUGH RIGHT AFTER AN ASSESSMENT.
ONCE WE LEAVE THE PLC, WE REALLY COME OUT WITH A WITH AN ACTION PLAN WHERE THEN THE PRINCIPAL AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM CAN THEN GO BACK THROUGH OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK AND MONITOR AND SUPPORT THE INSTRUCTION AND THE PLAN THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE THROUGH PLCS THROUGH DATA DRIVEN DIALOG.
WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO TEACH.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE I ALREADY MENTIONED THE FOLLOWED AND FOLLOWED UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN IN HAND.
AND FINALLY THE MTS, WHICH IS 5.4.
THERE IS THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A STUDENT TRACKER NOT ONLY TO TARGET BEHAVIOR, BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MONITORING, MONITORING, ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMICS AND THROUGH THAT IS REALLY WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE CHILD AND ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS NEEDS ARE BEING MET.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THE IDEA IS THAT IF WE BUILD A COMMON VISION USING THE HIGH LEVERAGE SCHOOL PRACTICES, ASSESSING OUR CURRENT PRACTICES AS WE ARE ON CAMPUSES AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LEADERS AND OUR TEACHERS, WE WILL PRIORITIZE AND IDENTIFY THE GAPS OF EVERY STUDENT, BECAUSE THE IDEA IS THAT WE KNOW EVERY STUDENT BY NAME AND BY NEED TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE INSTRUCTIONAL GAPS, NOT JUST CLOSE THE INSTRUCTIONAL GAPS, BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS HAVE MASTERED SOME SKILLS.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE NEED TO ENRICH THOSE STUDENTS THERE.
AND RECEIVING THAT ONGOING TARGETED SUPPORT, THEN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR OUTCOMES WILL IMPROVE.
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TRUSTEE HEUBERGER.I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS ONLINE, ARE WE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH KEYBOARDING AT THE LOWER GRADE LEVELS? SINCE EVEN THIRD GRADE HAS TO THEY HAVE TO TYPE IN EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE, WRITING AND ALL.
AS FAR AS KEYBOARDING, I KNOW YOU'RE NEW, SO I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE THE KIDS HAVE TO TYPE ALL THEIR, IT'S ALL ONLINE.
PART OF THE ASSESSMENT CALENDAR IS GOING TO INCLUDE END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT THAT WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO ENTER THEIR RESPONSES ON THEIR, ON THEIR DEVICE.
SO THEREFORE THEY'RE GETTING PRACTICE FROM, FROM I THINK WEEK THREE IS WHEN WE START.
ALSO, I KNOW NOW THAT I GRADED OUR WRITING PORTIONS.
HOW IS TEA GIVING US ANY? HAVE THEY GIVEN US ANY GUIDANCE ON THAT OR THEY'RE JUST SAYING LIKE IN THE PAPER HEY IT'S ALL GOOD.
WE HAVE NOT AT LEAST I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY GUIDANCE FROM T ON THE GRADING.
WE HAVE RUBRICS THAT WE USE AND THOSE, THOSE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR ASSESSMENT SO THAT WE MONITOR AS WELL HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING USING THE RUBRIC THAT TEA HAS PUT OUT SUPPOSEDLY THE AIS, THAT RUBRIC HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO THE GRADING SYSTEM.
SO IN REGARD TO THE MONTHLY LEADERSHIP WITH THE PARENT COMMITTEE LIAISONS, ARE YOU GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT LIKE SURVEYS FOR PARENTS TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS IN GENERAL? ARE THESE HELD LIKE AT EACH SCHOOL? HOW INVOLVED CAN LIKE THE PARENTS? AS A PARENT, I WOULD WANT TO ATTEND A MEETING LIKE THIS TO GET TO KNOW.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY HAVE A TOMORROW.
TO THE DATE IS GOING TO GUIDE THE TOPICS OF CONVERSATION.
SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DOES PARENTS NEED TO KNOW NOW? RIGHT. AND WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PARTNER UP WITH THE PRINCIPAL SO THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD ON A CAMPUS.
SO EVERY CAMPUS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN COFFEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL KIND OF MEETING IN OUR LAKE SURVEY IS GOING TO BE SENT OUT TO THE PARENTS TO KNOW, LIKE THIS GROUP OF PARENTS AT THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL, WHETHER 5:00 PM OR THEY RATHER 7 A.M.
MEETINGS SO THAT MORE PARENTS ARE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED.
THANK YOU. AND I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO ADD ON TO THAT.
ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME PARENTS.
ALSO, GETTING TO THE CAMPUS IS DIFFICULT FOR SOME PARENTS.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT CLOSE FOR THEM.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS INVOLVED AS THEY CAN BE.
AND THEN I'LL GO A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND INFORMATIVE.
SO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE HAD A PUBLIC WORKSHOP WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT CRITICAL ISSUES THAT THE DISTRICT WAS EXPERIENCING AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, STAFF, THE BOARD LEADERSHIP.
AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP WAS ATTENDANCE.
AND SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR TO TRY AND INCREASE ATTENDANCE. AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, I'VE KIND OF HAD CONVERSATIONS JUST AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTING UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE SCHOOLS CAME UP AS A TOPIC.
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BUT I'D BE CURIOUS SPECIFICALLY JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST KIND OF PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? SURE.
SO A TRADITIONAL STUDENT WHO IS A MIDDLE SCHOOLER WOULD TAKE STAAR SIX STAR SEVEN STAAR RATE MATHEMATICS, WHERE STUDENTS WHO WE IDENTIFY IN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS WOULD TAKE STAR SIX, STAR EIGHT AND THEN ALGEBRA.
SO WE ARE OVER IDENTIFYING THIS YEAR OUR STUDENTS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO PILOT TO SEE HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO PERFORM, BECAUSE WE DO EXPERIENCE THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN OUR GRADE SEVEN MATHEMATICS, WHICH WE SEE STATEWIDE AS WELL.
AND CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION JUST ABOUT THAT IS THIS IS THE STATE NOT ALLOWING DISTRICTS TO HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE PERFORMING AT AN ADVANCED LEVEL IN THIS? JUST USE THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU JUST GAVE SEVENTH GRADE MATH.
YOU KIND OF GET BUMPED UP TO EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND NOW YOU'RE LEARNING EIGHTH GRADE MATH.
IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE STATE HAS KIND OF SAID IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.
RIGHT. SO STAR IS ALIGNED TO THE CURRICULUM THAT'S INSTRUCTED.
IN SEVENTH GRADE, BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING THE EIGHTH GRADE CURRICULUM IN SEVENTH GRADE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT WITH ME IS.
AND YOU SAID IT MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THE FIRST TIME YOU SAID IT WAS WITH THE ACTION PLAN.
AND THE FIRST ONE BEING WE WANT TO KNOW EVERY STUDENT BY NAME AND BY NEED.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN BE SENT? I MEAN, IS IT FIVE? I REALIZE IT'S NOT FIVE PAGES, BUT IS IT CLOSER TO FIVE OR CLOSER TO 200 PAGES? WELL, KNOW THAT WHEN WE SAY ACTION PLANS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ASSESSMENTS.
OKAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE A TASK FORCE FORMING A TASK FORCE OF PRINCIPALS AND STAFF COORDINATORS SO THAT THEY CAN ADVISE US AND HOW OFTEN WE CAN, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MONITOR STUDENT GROWTH ALL ALONG THE WAY.
SO AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE DATA, WE CREATE AN ACTION PLAN.
SO EVERY CAMPUS IS GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT ACTION PLAN.
EVERY CONTENT, LIKE A SEVENTH GRADE MATH, MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT ACTION PLAN.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT LITTLE ACTION PLANS GOING AROUND WITHIN ONE CAMPUS.
OKAY. SO THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE ACTION PLAN THAT WILL BE INDIVIDUALIZED.
ARE THEY WORKING? DID THEY MOVE STUDENT GROWTH.
AND IF THEY DIDN'T THEN WE NEED TO TWEAK THE STRATEGY RIGHT THERE.
PERFECT. ON THIS LIKE IN THE PAST, I FEEL LIKE WE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THE YOUNGER GRADES, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL ARE ACTUALLY DOING THIS FOR EVERY GRADE, EVERY PRINCIPAL, EVERY CAMPUS. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
WE EXPECT HIGH SCHOOL TO BE DOING THIS WITH DIFFERENT CONTENT AREAS AS WELL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAD ONE MORE.
OKAY. ON THE ESF LEVER FIVE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION.
WHAT WAS THE 5.4 MTSS? WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY STAND FOR? THAT'S MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
THOSE ARE THE INTERVENTIONS THAT GO INTO PLACE.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERY CAMPUS TO HAVE A STUDENT WHAT WE CALL A STUDENT TRACKER.
SOME CAMPUSES HAVE WHAT THEY HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THEM WHERE WE'VE GOT STUDENTS.
BUT THEN SOME OF THEM ARE ALSO ON DIGITAL.
SO WE'RE MONITORING ACADEMIC BEHAVIOR AND ATTENDANCE JUST TO TRIANGULATE THE DATA AND REALLY GET TO KNOW WHO THE STUDENT IS, WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT, AND WHAT THEY'RE COMING IN WITH SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND I'M GRATEFUL.
I PROBABLY HAVE THE TOUGH QUESTION.
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WHAT IF A PARENT COMES UP AND ASKS, WHY ARE YOU ALL DOING ALL OF THIS STUFF, LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON? LIKE WHAT? WHAT ARE THESE UNOFFICIAL RATINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE NOT TELLING AND MEANS OF TRANSPARENCY? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER READING A LOT WAS WE ARE NOT TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.WHAT DO WE TELL THEM AT THIS POINT? AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING FOR OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY LIAISON, THAT'S SOMETHING THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH.
AND AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW THAT TEA HAS NOT RELEASED RATINGS.
SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL RATINGS AT THIS POINT WE DON'T BECAUSE TEA HAS NOT RELEASED IT, SO WE CAN'T SAY THE DISTRICT IS AT ANY OFFICIAL RATING BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING OUT.
SO BASED ON THAT DATA, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS AT NOT JUST THAT ONE PIECE OF DATA, BUT AT THE BIG PICTURE.
SO KUDOS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS.
WELL DONE. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED.
SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR RECOGNIZING THAT.
OFFICIAL BLOCKED BY THE JUDGE.
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO COME TO OUR DISTRICT WITH THESE RATINGS.
SO AGAIN, KUDOS TO THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT DID REALLY GREAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS ACTION PLAN, BECAUSE SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR SURE.
WE'RE EXCITED. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE HUMBLED AND WE'RE GLAD TO LEAD THE GROUP OF PRINCIPALS THAT ARE HERE AND THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAMS AND THE COORDINATORS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
WE'RE CREATING THE GOALS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE IS VESTED IN OUR STUDENTS.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WELLINGTON.
JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION FOR ANYONE THAT IS CONFUSED BECAUSE I KNOW THIS BOARD TOOK ACTION LAST YEAR DURING THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE JOINED A LAWSUIT AS A BOARD TO SUE THE STATE OF TEXAS, ALONG WITH, AT THIS POINT, IT'S HUNDREDS OF OTHER DISTRICTS TO LET THE STATE KNOW THAT IT WAS UNFAIR THAT THEY CHANGED THE METHOD OF EVALUATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, AND THAT IS SOMETHING BY THE EDUCATION CODE THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO. AND SO THEY CHANGED THE RULES.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GRADING PERIOD, YOU DECIDE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GRADE YOUR STUDENTS DIFFERENTLY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE KIND OF BEEN PLAYING BY YOUR GRADING RULES THE ENTIRE TIME.
BUT AT THE LAST MINUTE YOU KIND OF CHANGE THINGS.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED TO DISTRICTS ALL AROUND THE STATE.
AND THEY MADE PRETTY BIG SWINGS TO VARIOUS CUT SCORES WITHOUT GIVING US BY THE CODE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE EDUCATION CODE OF TEXAS, GIVING US A HEADS UP. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT ONLY FRUSTRATED WITH THAT, BUT THERE'S ALSO CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW ABOUT ANOTHER GRIEVANCE THAT DISTRICTS HAVE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THAT THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LEARNED THAT THE SYSTEM IS IT'S ON A CURVE.
SO IT'S IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY GREAT WHAT THE STATE IS DOING.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE TAKING OUR KIDS SERIOUSLY THAT THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOT WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM ANYBODY, BUT IT'S THE STATE THAT CAN'T SHARE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE THE JUDGE HAS TOLD THEM THAT.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING THE ACTION PLAN.
AND CREATING THIS CREATE ACTION PLAN ARE WHO IS INVOLVED IN IT.
DO WE HAVE ANY TEACHERS INVOLVED IN THE ACTION PLAN? DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIAL ED WHO'S INVOLVED IN CREATING IT? BECAUSE IT'S GREAT THAT UP HERE WE HAVE THIS HOLISTIC VIEW, BUT IN THE CLASSROOM IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE PLC COMES IN.
SO DURING THAT PLC TIME, THAT DATA DIALOG, THAT'S WHEN TEACHERS COME IN AND THEY'RE ABLE TO BUILD THE ACTION PLAN FOR THEIR OWN CONTENT, FOR THEIR OWN STUDENTS ON THEIR OWN CAMPUS.
OKAY. I THINK THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE CONVERSATION THAT TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON HAD IN REGARD TO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THIS HUGE THING ABOUT ATTENDANCE AND PEOPLE FOLKS WANTED TO FOCUS ON THAT. ARE YOU HEARING THE FOLKS AT THE TEACHING LEVEL BEFORE WE START IMPLEMENTING ALL OF THOSE?
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I UNDERSTAND THAT INDIVIDUALLY THEY HAVE THE STUDENT.THIS IS THE STUDENT'S ACTION PLAN.
BUT UP HERE FILTERING DOWN, ARE THEY INVOLVED AT ALL WITH THIS ACTION PLAN? THIS IS A FRAMEWORK.
THIS IS NOT ACTUAL STRATEGIES.
WE'RE JUST CREATING PROCESSES AND PROTOCOLS TO PUT IN PLACE SO THAT PRINCIPALS, WHEN THEY DO GET TO THEIR CAMPUS, WE ALL HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE'RE DIVING INTO THE DIALOG OF THEIR DATA, OF THEIR STUDENT.
EVERY CAMPUS HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS.
SO WE'RE NOT COMING IN AND SAYING EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE DOING DAILY TALK, BECAUSE THAT'S A STRATEGY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT MIGHT NOT BE A NEED ON THEIR CAMPUS.
IT COULD BE A SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.
RIGHT. SO THIS IS WHERE THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPALS COME TOGETHER TO CREATE THEIR PLAN.
OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO ADD IF, IF, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS, YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN, WE'D BE MORE THAN WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND COLLABORATE.
YEAH, I ACTUALLY ASKED FOR AN ACTUAL WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS PLANS GOING FORWARD.
SO I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT WE ALREADY HAD AN ACTION PLAN.
TRUSTEE HEUBERGER YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I UNDERSTAND THE ACTION PLANS ARE VERY MUCH INVOLVED.
THE CLASSROOM TEACHER. IT'S INDIVIDUAL, AS YOU SAID, INDIVIDUAL STUDENT BY STUDENT, CLASS BY CLASS.
SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD EVER BE PART OF FOR THE CAMPUS ACTION PLAN.
GRADE LEVEL, STUDENT LEVEL ACTION PLANS.
I JUST WANTED TO I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT RIGHT NOW, BUT TO MAYBE STOP, AS THE BOARD THINK ABOUT, DO WE WANT TO BE PART OF THIS SECOND LAWSUIT THAT HAS BEEN FILED, THAT THE JUDGE PUT A HOLD ON THE RATINGS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE VERY PROUD THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOLLOWERS OF THE LAWSUIT ON THE FIRST ONE THAT MATT MENTIONED.
THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? TRUSTEE. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE OVER HERE.
TRUSTEE. THIS IS NOT A QUESTION, JUST MORE OF A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION, I GUESS.
I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, WHEN WE DO THIS IS GOING BACK TO BOTH ATTENDANCE AND HAVING GROUPS AT THE SCHOOLS WITH OUR PARENT LIAISONS, JUST MAYBE REALLY KEYING IN ON THE HOW BIG OF A DEAL THAT ATTENDANCE IS.
I KNOW OF KIDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT LITERALLY DID NOT GO TO FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, DID NOT GO TO.
AND I HAD TO LITERALLY GO SPEAK TO THEIR PARENT TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO BE IN OUR KIDS, TO BE IN THE CLASSROOMS IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO BE UPSET ABOUT OUR RATINGS AND BE UPSET ABOUT OUR TEST SCORES AND EVERYTHING, AND IN ORDER TO TEACH THEM, THEY HAVE TO BE THERE.
SO JUST LIKE REALLY KEYING IN, BECAUSE WE CAN ALL SAY THAT THIS IS COMMON SENSE, BUT NOT EVERYBODY'S COMMON SENSE IS ON THE SAME LEVEL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND I THINK AS A PARENT AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND FULL TRANSPARENCY AND THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL, LIKE BEING THAT CHEERLEADER PER SE, AND JUST KIND OF COACHING OUR PARENTS OR WHATEVER, WOULD BE A BIG HELP TO OUR PARENTS, WHICH WILL THEN BE A GREAT ASSET FOR OUR STUDENTS.
OKAY. AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT, TOO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY HELPFUL.
AND SO IT IS REALLY, LIKE THEY SAID, REFRESHING AND REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE UPDATES.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO SEE EVERY SIX WEEKS DATA SUMMARIES.
I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
THAT'S FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT.
BUT IF WE COULD GET SOME KIND OF SUMMARY OR SOMETHING, AND YOU CAN DECIDE ON THE CADENCE OF WHAT WORKS BEST AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, I THINK WE WOULD ALL APPRECIATE KIND OF HAVING THAT TO JUST HAVE THAT IDEA KIND OF CHECK INS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON INFORMATION ITEMS IS THE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY UPDATE.
[V.D. Engagement Survey Update]
THIS IS GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY SHORT AND SWEET.IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR WANTED TO ADD THEY CAN.
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ON COLLECTING ALL THAT DATA.SOME OF THE DATA FOR THE SURVEYS THAT CLOSED EARLIER HAS BEEN COLLECTED.
SO THEY HAVE SOME DATA TO SHARE, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY OR EVEN WITH LEADERSHIP YET, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED GUIDANCE FROM THEM ON WHAT IT EVEN IS.
SOME OF US ARE MORE, YOU KNOW SOME OF US ACTUALLY CAN UNDERSTAND DATA THAN THE REST OF US.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US ARE ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT WE CAN TELL THE STORY OF WHAT THE DATA IS SAYING, AND NOT JUST WHAT IT'S SAYING, BUT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR EXPERTS THAT WE HIRED ARE GOING TO PROVIDE.
SO ONE OF OUR ITEMS AS BOARD MEMBERS IS TO DECIDE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH GIBSON, HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, SHARING IT WITH LEADERSHIP AND ACTUALLY GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT FROM A SUMMARY LEVEL, AND NOT JUST WHAT THE DATA IS, BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE DATA THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
SO ANY ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD TRUSTEE WEGNER.
YES. SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE STARTED THIS QUEST FOR THE SURVEY.
WAS IT LAST LIKE NOVEMBER COMES TO MIND? I DON'T REMEMBER, IT WASN'T APPROVED.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHILE, AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT OUR DISTRICT FACE HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY SINCE THEN, AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO CHANGE AS WE COME FORWARD TO THE ELECTION.
OKAY. THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FIRM UPDATE.
[V.E. Superintendent Search Firm Update]
SO WE HAVE HAD NO APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, WERE OPEN SO PEOPLE COULD APPLY.THE DEADLINE IS ACTUALLY TOMORROW.
AND WE'VE HAD WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING FEEDBACK.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO REMIND ME OF THE NAME OF THIS SEARCH FIRM THAT WE HIRED, O'HANLON.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US TO COLLECT FEEDBACK.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CHOSE TO DO.
THIS WASN'T KIND OF A COOKIE CUTTER KIND OF DECISION.
SO WE HAD THREE COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
AND THEN THIS WEEK WE HAD BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LUNCHEON WHERE WE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES OF PARTNERS WHO WE WORK WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVES JUST ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY NICE TURNOUT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY ALL CAME OUT.
AND THEN WE HAD WE HAD STAFF ON ALL LEVELS.
AND THEN I BELIEVE TODAY WE ALSO HAD A STUDENT GROUP WHO PROVIDED FEEDBACK.
AND THAT WAS ALL ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT DATA IS SOMETHING THAT THE THE O'HANLON IS GOING TO BE COLLECTING FOR US OR IS COLLECTING FOR US, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US DETERMINE WHO WE SELECT, WHO WHICH CANDIDATES WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
I JUST GOT THIS BEFORE THE MEETING.
OKAY. AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 26 APPLICANTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE UPDATE THAT WE HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING TO ADD FROM THE BOARD.
OH, AND WE ALSO DID SURVEYS, COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYEE SURVEYS.
I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE. BUT WE DID COLLECT INFORMATION FROM THERE TOO.
PANTOJA. THANK YOU FOR UPDATING THE PUBLIC ON THE PROCESS THAT UP UNTIL THIS POINT.
ARE WE ABLE TO AT LEAST SHARE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD AT A HIGH LEVEL? YES. SO MOVING FORWARD, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TIMELINE THAT I BELIEVE IS POSTED ON OUR SITE AS WELL.
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WHEN YOU HAVE THE TIMELINE RIGHT HERE.SO BASICALLY WE PUT THE APPLICATIONS CLOSE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL HAVE ABOUT A WEEK I BELIEVE, FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO VIRTUALLY.
IT'S ALL GOING TO BE LOCKED DOWN.
AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE PHYSICAL COPIES FOR US AT O'HANLON'S OFFICE DOWNTOWN.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING HERE ON, YOU KNOW, THE DVISD CAMPUS.
WE WILL THEN DO INITIAL SELECTION OF CANDIDATES AND THEN FIRST ROUND INTERVIEWS.
AND THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL SELECTION IS AUGUST 20TH.
YEAH. WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING THEN.
AND THEN WE HAVE FIRST ROUND INTERVIEWS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 10TH AND MAYBE 11TH.
I THINK IT'S JUST SEPTEMBER 9TH AND 10TH, BUT ALL OF THIS IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO STICK TO THIS TIMELINE AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET THE BASICALLY DO THE APPROVAL.
AND THEN THE APPROVAL, THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL WE'RE HOPING TO DO AT THE OCTOBER 15TH BOARD MEETING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? TRUSTEE PANTOJA THAT YOU WANT ME TO SHARE AT THIS TIME? OKAY. THANK YOU.
AND NEXT, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS.
[V.F. Monthly Financial Reports]
MISS CANSINO.MR. HARRIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PUBLIC.
PRESENTING LIKE WE DO EVERY MONTH, OUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS.
THIS IS FOR THE MONTH ENDED JULY 31ST, 2023.
YOU MEAN 2024? YES I TRIED, THANK YOU.
APOLOGIES. FOR THE INVESTMENTS FOR THE MONTH ENDING JULY 31ST WHERE OUR AVERAGE YIELD WAS AT 5%, WAS AT 5%, AND THE PORTFOLIO WAS VALUED AT $336 MILLION.
WE ALSO HAD INTEREST EARNINGS IT SAYS MAY, BUT IT SHOULD SAY THE MONTH OF JULY THERE IN THAT TEAL BOX OF 1,410,111, BRINGING THE FISCAL YEAR TO DATE TO 19, ALMOST 19.5 MILLION.
THE TAX REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY HAD NET COLLECTIONS OF $251,592, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE TAX YEAR TO $137.3 MILLION.
WE ARE VERY EARLY ON OUR BUDGET FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
SO THIS IS WE HAVE BUDGETED EXPENSES OF ALMOST 150.
150, $140 MILLION, EXCUSE ME, WITH EXPENDITURES, ACTIVITY OF 11 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT IF WE DIVIDE THE 100, 140 MILLION DIVIDED BY 12, IT BRINGS US TO $11.6 MILLION.
SO WE'RE ON TRACK TO ON OUR MONTHLY EXPENDITURES AT 7.9%.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE SAME REPORT BY OBJECT.
THE AMOUNT THAT WE SEE THERE IN THE RED IS PURPOSELY BUDGETED THAT WAY.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE RED.
IT IS WHAT WE ARE CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS PAY OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S AN INTERNAL TRANSACTION.
SO WE'VE GOT THE EXPENSE ON ONE THE CREDIT ON THE OTHER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT NEGATIVE BALANCE FOR THE FUND BALANCE REPORT.
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I KNOW IT'S VERY SMALL PRINT, BUT WE HAVE A BUDGETED DEFICIT OF $1.8 MILLION.STILL THE SAME BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE END AT THE END OF JULY.
THE ONLY THING THAT I LIKE TO ADD HERE, AND IT'S NOT PART OF THE PRESENTATION, SO I'M JUST GOING TO ADD THIS, IS THAT IF WE DO HAVE A SURPLUS ENDING LEFT FOR PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IT'S PROJECTED TO BE A SURPLUS FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT WE TRANSFER OUT SOME MONEY INTO THE CDC SO THAT WE CAN DECREASE THIS $1.8 MILLION AND ALLEVIATE THIS COMING THIS YEAR, USING SOME OF THE FUNDS FOR LAST YEAR AND NOT HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON EITHER YEAR. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO DOING AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO TO LET THE BOARD KNOW AS WE CLOSE OUR BOOKS, I'LL BRING MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR MONTHLY REPORTS.
WILL WE GIVE ALL DEPARTMENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY WHERE TO UTILIZE THAT SURPLUS FUNDING? USUALLY IT ROLLS INTO THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE YEAR.
SO IT'S A NORMAL PROCESS EVERY YEAR.
SO IT WILL SIT THERE EXCEPT MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT TRANSFER OUT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT AND STILL MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT GOING TO FUND BALANCE AND SOME OF IT INTO CDC AND REDUCE THAT 2.2.
$8 MILLION THAT WE HAVE BY THAT AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSFER OUT.
AND THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT.
AND THEN WE AS A BOARD, DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE AND DECIDE HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US.
SO THE END OF YEAR PROCESS, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE CLOSE OUR EXPENDITURES OF OUR REVENUES, TRANSFERS OUT ALL THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE A SURPLUS OR A DEFICIT THAT ROLLS INTO THE FUND BALANCE. SO IN ORDER THAT HAS REALLY NO IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, UNLESS THE BOARD GOES AND SPEND OUT OF FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF ALL ROLLED INTO THERE. SO IT GOES INTO BASICALLY THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
SO UNLESS THE BOARD AUTHORIZES AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, THEN IT'LL SIT AS A SAVINGS.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO.
OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CONSENT AGENDA.
[VI. Consent Agenda]
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN CONSENT AGENDA? MOVE SOME ITEMS OUT.OKAY. YOU SAID E, CORRECT? YEAH, E FOR SURE.
OKAY. IS THAT THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVE? TRUSTEE WOODY, CAN I PULL F, PLEASE? OKAY. THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE J AND J? ANY OTHER ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA? I. I.
OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH D.
SO MOVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SORRY. SECOND WAS ELVIA GUADIAN, AND THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. SEVEN AND THAT WAS FOR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH D, G AND H.
OKAY, SO WE'LL JUST TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.
LET'S JUST START WITH E TRUSTEE.
[VI.E. Approval of Universal Screener NWEA MAP Suite]
WOODY. OKAY. THANK YOU.SO I WAS I DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, BUT FROM LOOKING AT OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES OVER $50,000, IT SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO RENAISSANCE SUITES.
IT LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WILL WE BE GETTING RE? I MEAN, BECAUSE ONE OF THEM IS $400,000 AND THE OTHER ONE IS 170,000.
AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS DOUBLING DOWN ON SOMETHING.
DOES THIS NOT WORK. LIKE WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS? YOU KNOW, WHERE DID WE GET THIS NEW SERVICE FROM? OKAY. SO YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.
NWEA IS A UNIVERSAL SCREENER AND IT'S THE SAME AS RENAISSANCE SUITES.
SO WITH THAT, WE HAD WE WENT AHEAD AND I FORMED WE FORMED A TASK COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT AND HEAR AND GET A BIG PICTURE OF WHAT RENAISSANCE SUITES IS, HOW WE USE IT, AND IS IT UTILIZED EFFECTIVELY.
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WE THERE WAS 17 INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE TASK FORCE TO INCLUDE SOME PRINCIPALS THAT HAD VOICE IN AND EVALUATE RENAISSANCE SUITES.WE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER UNIVERSAL SCREENERS.
SO WE BROUGHT ON REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER ONES.
AND NWEA MAP WAS ONE OF THEM WHO STOOD OUT.
PRINCIPALS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND REPLACE RENAISSANCE SUITES.
SO THIS MEANS THAT THE UNIVERSAL SCREENER THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE IS NWEA MAP, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE RIGOR OF THE STAR IT'S ABLE TO GIVE US.
IT'S A UNIVERSAL SCREENER THAT HAS MATH, READING, LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENCE.
IT GIVES TEACHERS AND OUR CAMPUSES REPORTS THAT SHOW THAT GIVES US GROWTH GOALS.
IT PREDICTS PROFICIENCY WITHIN STAR AS WELL.
SO THIS ASSESSMENT WOULD BE TAKEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND SO IT WOULD BE A BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, A MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND AN END OF YEAR.
OKAY. THEN GOING BACK TO MY QUESTION.
SO THEN WE WILL NO LONGER BE PAYING FOR RENAISSANCE.
DID WE PAY AT ALL FOR ANY OF IT.
IT WAS VERY PRETTY, VERY VISUAL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL OR WE DIDN'T LIKE IT.
HOW DO WE EXPECT THIS ONE TO WORK? LIKE WHAT? WHAT'S THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCE? SO WE RAN WE RAN A CORRELATION REPORT OF THE STAR OUTCOMES THAT TEA GAVE US FOR 2024.
AND WE CORRELATED IT TO THE RENAISSANCE SUITES END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT.
SO WE COMPARED AND WE RAN THAT CORRELATION REPORT.
AND IT SHOWED LIKE A HUGE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO.
MAP IS USED BY A LOT OF DISTRICTS, AND BEING A PREVIOUS MAP USER MYSELF, THE PREDICTIONS AND THE GUIDE AND THE REPORTS THAT ARE PROVIDED IN MAP ARE MORE RELATED AND CLOSELY RELATED, THEIR NATIONALLY NORMED AS WELL TO THE STAR.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REPORTS, WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT DVISD STUDENTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW THEY RATE AMONG THE WHOLE NATION.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT BASED OFF OF THE TOOL THAT YOU'RE WANTING US TO APPROVE.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
IT'S A IT'S TRYING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
SO YOU HAVE THIS TOOL AND BASED OFF OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU RECEIVED IN THE RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE DONE, THIS INFORMATION ALIGNS WITH WHAT STUDENTS ARE DOING AND HELPING THEM IMPROVE IT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
CORRECT. SO THE REPORTS THAT ARE GIVEN BY MAPP ARE IT'S AN ADAPTIVE TEST.
SO IF STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING ABOVE GRADE LEVEL, THE TEST IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
AND THE TEST IS GOING TO TELL US THE STUDENT IS PERFORMING ABOVE GRADE LEVEL.
OKAY. SO THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE, SO AT WHAT POINT ARE WE GOING TO GET TEACHER FEEDBACK, PRINCIPAL FEEDBACK THAT, HEY, THIS WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO WORK, BUT AFTER ALL, IT'S NOT WORKING AFTER ALL, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE RENAISSANCE.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL WE GET WHOLE NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE FIGURE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE DISTRICT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING NWEA MAP.
LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS 17 INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMITTEE.
RIGHT NOW WE WILL GATHER FEEDBACK.
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FOR CONTINUATION.BUT WE DO NEED A SCREENER SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE STUDENTS ARE AT THE BEGINNING.
OKAY. AND THEN SO THAT'S GREAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE ME A TIMELINE.
ONE YEAR TWO YEAR, THREE YEAR FIVE YEARS.
LIKE BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO SEE WHAT THIS IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND GET THE DATA BACK.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST GO FIVE YEARS SPENDING MONEY ON YOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR APP.
THAT'S NOT BENEFICIAL TO OUR DISTRICT, SO I AGREE.
SO THAT'S WHY SO THAT'S WHY AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL RUN THAT CORRELATION AGAIN TO SEE.
IS IT DOES IT CORRELATE TO THE RIGOR OF THE STAR AND THE OUTCOMES THAT STAR IS GIVING US? IF IT DOES THEN IT'S AN INSTRUMENT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULUM ALL ALONG THE WAY.
THANK YOU. SO FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE HEARD GRUMBLINGS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT RENAISSANCE SUITES.
SO I'M THANKFUL THAT WE ARE PURSUING LOOKING AT SOMETHING ELSE.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR.
IT DOES SOUND LIKE THIS TIES INTO THE ACTION PLAN AS WELL.
MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T BECAUSE I'M JUST I DON'T THINK THAT RENAISSANCE WENT ALL THE WAY UP.
WILL THIS GO ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
INTERESTING. OKAY THE QUESTION WILL REMAIN AS TO IF THIS IS IF THIS CAN BE UTILIZED EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WITH OUR EOCS OR SOME OF THE COURSES.
AND THEN I WAS ALSO GOING TO ASK IF WE PAID FOR RENAISSANCE THIS YEAR.
SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT THAT WAS ALREADY ASKED AND ANSWERED.
WE PUT A HOLD ON THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BOARD APPROVES TONIGHT.
AGAIN, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE DIDN'T.
TRUSTEE WETHINGTON, JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU GUYS LOOKED AT THE RESULTS OF RENAISSANCE, THE END, OF COURSE, RENAISSANCE EXAMS. IS THAT CORRECT? DID I GET THAT RIGHT LAST YEAR? THE END, OF COURSE. THE END OF YEAR.
END OF YEAR. SORRY. END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT RESULTS.
END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT RESULTS FROM RENAISSANCE.
AND THEN YOU RAN A CORRELATION REPORT AGAINST STAAR RESULTS.
CORRECT. AND SAW THAT THAT RENAISSANCE WAS KIND OF A UNDERSHOOTING WHERE STUDENTS OUGHT TO BE. THERE WAS HUGE DISCREPANCIES IN CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS WITH CERTAIN CONTENT.
YES. SO IT WAS GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT MAYBE STUDENTS WERE DOING BETTER.
AND THEN WHEN THEY TOOK THE STAR EXAM, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.
IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? YES.
AND THAT MAP PART OF THE DECISION MAKING AND MAP IS THAT IT HAS MORE RIGOR AND LIKELY IS GOING TO NOT ENCOUNTER THAT SAME EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN WITH THE UNIVERSAL SCREENER, IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THE MTS SYSTEM? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ON THIS SIDE? NO. OKAY. TRUSTEE WITH THE UNIVERSAL SCREENER.
THAT PORTION OF IT, DOES IT COMPARE TO STATE OR NATIONAL OR REGIONAL? I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER. YOU SAID NATIONAL.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO STATE? I THOUGHT YOU SAID NATIONAL. BUT IT'S NATIONAL.
YES. THIS IS A NATIONALLY NORMED ASSESSMENT.
OKAY. SO IT LETS US KNOW HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING.
OKAY. HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THE STATE AND REGION? WE DON'T DO STATE AND REGION.
SO WHEN WE TAKE OUR STAR, OUR STAR IS A STATE LEVEL TEST.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CORRELATES.
SO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT US.
AND SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING.
EVEN WITH RENAISSANCE, WE DON'T LOOK TO SEE HOW WE'RE COMPARED.
IT DOESN'T BECAUSE NOT EVERY DISTRICT USES THE SAME SCREENER.
SO IT'S HARD TO COMPARE WITHIN A REGION OR WITHIN A STATE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST OUR DATA.
SO THE PLATFORM BECAUSE IT'S NATIONALLY, IT RANKS AND IT COMPARES TO ALL THE DISTRICTS NATIONWIDE THAT ARE USING THE SCREENER.
YEAH I GUESS THAT'S MY CONCERN, IS THAT WE'RE COMPARING US TO SOMEBODY THAT'S IN NEW YORK WHO IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT TESTING THAN WE HAVE IN TEXAS. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COURT SO I GUESS IT DOESN'T CORRELATE TO THE STATE.
IT ALIGNS TO OUR TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
AND IT ALIGNS TO OUR STAR ASSESSMENT.
OKAY. AND CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS MORE DISTRICTS AREN'T USING THIS?
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I MEAN, YOU SAID THAT THEY USE DIFFERENT ONES, BUT SO THEN THAT MEANS NATIONALLY FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE USING DIFFERENT ONES.I'M JUST TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, LIKE THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS OUT THERE.
LIKE WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ONE AND THE OTHER ONES.
IS THIS ONE ACTUALLY THE BEST ONE.
JUST ONE POINT OF INFORMATION. JUST SPEAKING.
AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, I USED MAP WHEN I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT I FEEL LIKE I'M, LIKE, AGING MYSELF.
BUT SO IT IT'S IT IS AN ASSESSMENT PLATFORM THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE'S A LOT OF ASSESSMENT COMPANIES COMPARING AGAINST A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF STUDENTS, I THINK IS ACTUALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT EXPANDS THE POOL OF STUDENTS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASSESSING AGAINST.
BUT FROM ALIGNING TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE STAR OR EVEN TEKS, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF ALIGNMENTS CAN OCCUR WITH ALMOST ANY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.
AND SO THE SCREENER IS MORE SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY SON WHO JUST STARTED OR, YOU KNOW, A KID WHO COMES INTO THE DISTRICT WHERE, WHERE ARE THEIR ACADEMIC SKILLS AT, YOU KNOW, NOW, LIKE TODAY, RELATIVE TO EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW THAT'S TAKING THIS.
SO IT IS LIKE A I'D SAY IT'S A PRETTY LARGE POOL OF STUDENTS THAT, THAT THIS RESOURCE IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO COMPARE AGAINST. AND I THINK OTHER TO BE FAIR, LIKE OTHER PLATFORMS PROVIDE THAT.
BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT MAP IS, IS AND PART OF THE DECISION MAKING IS THAT IT APPEARS TO BE MORE RIGOROUS THAN RENAISSANCE AND HOW IT ASSESSES STUDENTS AND EVALUATES.
IT'S MORE RIGOROUS. IT HAS DIFFERENT COMPONENTS WITHIN THE TEST.
THAT WAS ANOTHER BIG ITEM FOR OUR GROUP.
I WAS GOING TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT, AND MAYBE WE'LL TALK OFFLINE TO GET FOR ME TO BE MORE FAMILIARIZED WITH IT, BECAUSE ALL THE DATA AND EVERYTHING THAT WE ALWAYS COMPARE IT TO IS WHAT STATE, DISTRICT AND REGION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE COMPARE TO EVERY, EVERY TIME.
AND SO IF GOING FORWARD, WE CAN FIND A SCREENER THAT FOCUSES ON THAT AS OPPOSED TO NATIONALLY BECAUSE SOME STATES ARE TEXAS IS WHAT, 50, 50 OR 50 WHATEVER.
LIKE I MEAN, WE'RE VERY LOW IN TOTAL WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION.
SO COMPARING US TO NATIONALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR FOR US.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE SOMETHING MORE FOCUSED ON OUR AREA.
AND MAYBE WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE AND SEE HOW THAT GOES.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WAS PULLED BECAUSE I WANT TO TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CNI AND OUR STAFF THAT WORKED ON THIS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. THREE.
SEVEN. ONE MOTION PASSES FOR CONSENT.
OKAY. THE NEXT ONE WE'LL MOVE TO IS APPROVAL OF NETTING CHAPTER 48 FUNDING.
[VI.F. Approval of Netting Chapter 48 Funding]
THIS IS ITEM F MISS CANSINO.WEGNER. I THINK THIS WAS ONE THAT YOU PULLED.
SO I GUESS MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS, ARE WE IN RECAPTURE OR NOT YET? OR MAYBE. OKAY.
WE'RE NOT. SO THEN WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS? THIS IS ACTUALLY, YOU'VE SEEN IT THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND ONLY ONE YEAR.
WE WERE RECAPTURE THE FIRST YEAR.
AND LAST YEAR WE STILL HAD TO SUBMIT THIS THIS AGREEMENT.
AND BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS IN CASE THAT WE DO BECOME A RECAPTURED DISTRICT, IT SAYS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO PHYSICALLY SEND A WIRE OF THE MONEY THAT WE OWE. THEY WILL NET IT AGAINST OUR FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM.
SO THEY DO NOT HAVE OUR CORRECT PROPERTY VALUES.
THEY DO NOT HAVE OUR CORRECT STUDENT INFORMATION TO MAKE AN EXACT DETERMINATION.
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WE ARE WE ARE PRETTY SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE A RECAPTURED DISTRICT.AND THAT'S SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I BROUGHT DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
SO THIS IS JUST A STANDARD PROCESS THAT TI GOES THROUGH.
IT DEPENDS ON THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT, BUT IN OUR ADA.
BUT I THINK THAT OUR NUMBERS LOOK A LOT BETTER THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR, WHICH MEANS THAT ACTUALLY WE SHOULD GENERATE MORE MONEY TO, TO OFFSET ANYTHING, ANY RECAPTURE THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE IT GENERATES MORE STATE FUNDING.
OKAY. IS THERE A CUTOFF DATE THAT WE ACTUALLY USE FOR THAT, OR IS IT JUST FIGURING IT OUT? OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.
YES. TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON, JUST IN ANTICIPATION OF THE FACT THAT I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO ENTER RECAPTURE. I WOULD LOVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE BOARD THAT GOES OVER THE ALTERNATIVES TO PURCHASING ATTENDANCE CREDITS.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT IS OFTEN THE ONLY OPTION THAT DISTRICTS ARE PRESENTED WITH.
AND I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION PROBABLY SOONER THAN LATER.
I THINK YOUR FIRST OPTION WOULD BE AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON A TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION BECAUSE THIS WOULD HELP MINIMIZE ANY RECAPTURE PAYMENT, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO KEEP MORE OF THAT TAX MONEY.
THEN WE HAVE TO SEND SOME BACK.
SO WE HAD TO MAKE AN ACTUAL PAYMENT LAST YEAR.
SO IN REALITY, IT SHOULD ALL WASH OUT.
BUT I THINK THE FIRST STEP, IF WE DO EVER GET INTO THAT RECAPTURE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS OR THE BOARD HAS ALREADY IT KNOWS ABOUT IS THAT VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION AND THAT WILL HELP ELIMINATE THE RECAPTURE, PROBABLY FOR A FEW YEARS.
THANK YOU. FOLLOW UP TO THAT WOULD BE SO WHAT MONTH SHOULD WE HAVE A WORKSHOP TO CORRESPOND WITH THAT INFORMATION? I THINK IT PROBABLY IS EARLY SPRING OR IF YOU WANT LATE FALL OR EARLY SPRING, WE DON'T GET OUR VALUATION.
START TALKING ABOUT TAX RATE UNTIL THE SPRING MONTHS OF LEADING INTO THE SUMMER.
BUT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO CALL AN ELECTION, I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE A GOOD, SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AS A BOARD AND THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO DO, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF IT'S THE SAME AS A BOND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO PLAN IT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD PLAN OF ACTION TO MAKE SURE THE VOTERS UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO. YOU ARE PROPOSING BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE, THE LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT IS CONFUSING.
CORRECT. SO YOU NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IT.
SO I WOULD SAY EARLY SPRING, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF UNDERSTOOD WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, OR AT LEAST THAT I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT IS WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY. SO I THINK EARLY SPRING BUILD A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
AND THEN THE BOARD WOULD CALL FOR THE ELECTION ON AUGUST FOR THE NOVEMBER.
SO WOULD YOU SUGGEST FEBRUARY OR MARCH? I WOULD SUGGEST FEBRUARY, JUST TO GIVE YOU MORE TIME.
HAVE THAT ADDED TO OUR BOARD CALENDAR, PLEASE.
CAN I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THIS? SO I KNOW THERE WAS TALKS ABOUT A POTENTIAL BOND AS WELL.
SO IF WE GO AND WE, WE GO FOR A TAX RATE INCREASE THAT OFFSETS SOME OF THE COST.
OKAY. WELL LET ME REPHRASE IT.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT A BOND IN THAT SAME YEAR? YES. BUT THEN I THINK YOU RUN THE RISK THAT YOUR TAXPAYERS MAY NOT.
I'LL JUST REMIND YOU THAT WE DO HAVE THAT BUDGET DEFICIT SO THAT IF WE DO, WE DID DO A VATRE THAT WOULD HELP OFFSET THAT THAT DEFICIT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. OKAY. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT WAS LIKE MY REAL QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO DO THAT IN THE SAME TIME FRAME? AND THE ANSWER IS NO, NOT PROBABLY A GREAT IDEA.
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WHEN WE BRING THE TAX RATE UP FOR VOTE NEXT MONTH, WE ARE STILL RECOMMENDING HOLDING THE $0.33, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE ABOUT A $16 MILLION SURPLUS. SO WE ARE ABLE TO PAY OFF SOME MORE DEBT.BUT WHAT'S ALSO GOOD ABOUT THAT IS THAT YOU'RE HOLDING THE $0.33.
SO YOU MAY BE ABLE THE NEXT YEAR SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CAN DECREASE BECAUSE WE GENERATE ENOUGH WITH $0.33.
WE HAVE PLENTY TO PAY OUR DEBT.
AND YOU DECREASE YOUR INS SLIGHTLY SO THAT YOU CAN INCREASE THE THREE PENNIES ON YOUR NO.
AND MAYBE YOUR TAXPAYER STILL DOESN'T ACT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO TELL THE BOARD THAT BOTH AUSTIN ISD AND MAIER ISD ARE CALLING VATRE.
I THINK AUSTIN JUST VOTED LAST NIGHT TO DO THAT.
SO JUST TO SEE HOW THAT GOES AND ALL.
SO I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA F DO I HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. 8-0.
OKAY. THE NEXT ONE WE'LL MOVE TO IS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
[VI.I. Approval of Purchase over $50,000 - Legal Fees for services from Escamilla & Poneck LLC.]
I THINK IT WAS PULLED FROM THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS.TRUSTEE WEGNER. IN REFERENCE TO THE LEGAL FEES FOR SERVICES FROM ESCAMILLA.
I GOT AN INVOICE BREAKDOWN, LIKE A SUMMARY PER MONTH.
I STILL WANT THE ACTUAL INVOICES AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE RFQ.
SO THIS IS JUST SO THAT IT DOESN'T EXCEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
OR IS THIS FOR SERVICES RENDERED? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I CAN'T REMEMBER.
DO WE KNOW WHAT WE HAD IN DURING THE BUDGET? BUDGET PRESENTATION AND THE OVER 50,000 WAS $275,000.
AND THAT IS THE AVERAGE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR RIGHT NOW, NOT TO EXCEED OR IT DOES.
IT JUST HAS THAT IT WILL BE OVER 50,000.
BUT IF THE BOARD WANTS TO PUT A LIMIT ON IT, THEN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN LINE WITH WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST, AND THEN ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, WE COME BACK, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST TIME.
IF THAT'S AMENABLE TO THE REST OF THE BOARD.
YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE PANTOJA YOU HAVE A.
YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT WE'RE DONE.
OKAY. I THINK WE CAN SEE IF THE BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT TO THAT.
BUT LET'S SEE WHAT TRUSTEE PANTOJA HAS TO SAY FIRST.
OKAY. OUT OF THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE SHARED, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IS DISTRICT AND BOARD? BECAUSE I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTS BOTH BODIES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, LIKE, IS THERE A WAY TO SEE WHAT'S BEING SPENT WHERE? BECAUSE 275 IN A DEFICIT.
I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
YES. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ONE MORE QUESTION. TRUSTEE WELLINGTON.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT I HEARD YOU SAY.
SO YOU SAID THAT THE 275 COMES FROM THE BUDGET THAT WE JUST RECENTLY PASSED.
THAT'S HOW MUCH WE HAD SET ASIDE TO PASS.
YES. AND THAT THAT'S ALSO THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN THE AVERAGE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
TRUSTEE WOODY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT.
AMENDMENT AMENDED. I'LL SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ONE. OKAY.
AND THE LAST CONSENT AGENDA ITEM IS J.
[VI.J. Approval of Contract over $50,000 for Consultation Services provided by Gabril Munoz of Independent Education Consulting Services]
OKAY. I JUST HAD A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.I MEAN, HOW LONG DO WE ANTICIPATE NEEDING THESE SERVICES? AND I HONESTLY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO FOCUS ON HIRING DISTRICT STAFF RATHER THAN CONTRACTING OUT.
SO MISS CANSINO OR MR. HARRIS, MISS CASINO.
THE TIME FRAME. I AM UNAWARE, MR. HARRIS. I'LL DEFER TO YOU ON THE ON THE TIME SPAN.
SURE. WE DON'T HAVE A SET TIME FRAME ON THERE, AND I CONCUR THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO HIRE STAFF TO HAVE FULL TIME STAFF EMPLOYED WITH THE DISTRICT TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.
YES, BECAUSE THAT IS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.
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SO THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN.I HAVE A A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THIS.
AND WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE? WELL, I MEAN FOR THE I MEAN HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO GO, BUT WHAT IS THIS 100,000 FOR.
IS THAT JUST FOR UP UNTIL NOW SERVICES.
SO, I KNOW I WAS GOING TO MAKE, I WAS GOING TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO NOT TO EXCEED 100,000 IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2023, UNLESS IT COMES BACK FOR APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME EXACT QUESTIONS LIKE HOW LONG? HOW MUCH? I MEAN, WE'RE IN A DEFICIT.
WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH OUR FUNDING.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PROVIDE WITH THE COMMUNITY IF EITHER MISS CANSINO OR MR. HARRIS, IF YOU COULD SHARE MORE OF WHAT THESE CONSULTING SERVICES ARE FOR THE DISTRICT SO THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING.
WHAT PAGE IS THIS ON? 188. MR. MUNOZ IS PROVIDING SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION.
CAN WE ELABORATE ON THAT AT ALL? I THINK THE COMMUNITY. I'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT PERSONNEL CAN WE TALK ABOUT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GO INTO LEGAL? BECAUSE IF IT GETS INTO PERSONNEL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS CONSULTANTS OR PERSONNEL.
YEAH. SO JUST I MEAN, JUST HIGH LEVEL.
WHAT ARE THE CONSULTANTS? AND I'LL DEFER TO MR. HARRIS FROM. CORRECT SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING DISTRICT AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS BUSINESS AND I'M SORRY, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
CORRECT. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU.
KNOWING WHAT? WHAT'S GONE ON SO FAR AND EVERYTHING.
HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING TO HAVE THIS NEED IN THE DISTRICT? OR CAN WE MOVE FORWARD TO LOOKING FOR STAFF TO DO THIS? SURE. VALID QUESTION.
WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE OUTLOOK FOR STAFF TO HIRE INTO THE DISTRICT TO FILL OUR VACANCIES.
WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WE DON'T HAVE VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT HE'S PROVIDING SERVICES THAT THE DISTRICT ASKED HIM TO PROVIDE.
SO GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU HAD SAID, PRESIDENT, THE AMOUNT IS THIS FROM THE MOMENT HE STARTED? OR IS THIS LIKE FROM TODAY MOVING FORWARD? AND SHOULD WE UTILIZE THE SERVICES ONLY FOR TO THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, SO END OF DECEMBER? IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF PAID FULLY, OR IS THAT JUST THE ALLOCATED AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING ON A ROLLING BASIS.
AND THAT GOES BACK TO MY AMENDMENT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2023, SCHOOL YEAR 2024, 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
NO, I GET THAT. WHAT MY QUESTION WAS LIKE, IF WE'RE EMPLOYING THE CONSULTANT FOR THREE MONTHS, IS HE MAKING 100 K IN THREE MONTHS OR IS IT LET'S SAY WE ONLY NEED HIM FOR SIX MONTHS. IS HE MAKING THE 100 K IN SIX MONTHS? I GET THAT WOULD BE ON TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, RIGHT.
SO THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS HE'S WORKING.
IS THIS BROKEN UP INTO A DAY THEN LIKE, IS THERE A SPECIFIC DAY? SO, HE WORKS ONLY 60 DAYS.
THAT'S THE AMOUNT WE'RE PAYING FOR THE 60 DAYS.
SO, IF I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME.
BUT YES, WE COULD BREAK IT DOWN TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS BASED ON THE DAILY RATE.
DO YOU HAVE HIS DAILY RATE AVAILABLE? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME.
THANK YOU. BUT WHAT DOES THE CONTRACT SAY? YEAH. CAN YOU GET THAT FOR US? I WILL GET THAT FOR YOU. YES, I AGREE, WE'RE IN A DEFICIT.
TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON, POINT OF INFORMATION.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY.
CORRECT. CORRECT. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO TAKE ACTION AT THAT MEETING ON THURSDAY? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH? WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
OKAY. IT'S ALREADY POSTED. WE COULD DO IT FOR THE FOLLOWING.
WE COULD GO TO THE 27TH OR 28TH.
IS IT POSSIBLE? BECAUSE I THINK FOR ME, I SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF OKAY, IF WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS AMOUNT IS THAT IT'S A POT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE RESERVING SET ASIDE FOR THESE SERVICES, AND THAT OVER TIME, THIS POT OF MONEY WILL START TO DRAIN AS THE SERVICES ARE RENDERED TO THE DISTRICT.
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IT MAKES SENSE TO ME WHAT TRUSTEE PANTOJA IS SAYING IS THAT, WELL, IF YOU ASSUME A FULL TIME WORKWEEK, LET'S JUST ASSUME 40 HOURS A WEEK THEN HOW LONG DOES THAT MONEY GO FOR? YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WHEN IS WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT TO RUN OUT? I THINK AS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO TRUSTEE WOODY'S QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT EXCEEDING ONE THING THAT IS ON MY MIND RIGHT NOW IS IF WE FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE DON'T NEED THOSE SERVICES IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR AT ANY POINT, IS THAT $100,000 JUST GOING TO BE ALLOCATED, OR IS IT? IT'S ONLY WHEN SERVICES ARE RENDERED CORRECT.IT'S WHEN SERVICES ARE RENDERED RIGHT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S A WORLD IN WHICH WE MAY NOT USE ALL $100,000.
OKAY. DEPEND ON THE BOARD, ON HOW FAST WE ACT, ON THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT DAILY RATES.
OKAY. SO WHO WILL MAKE THE DECISION? JONATHAN, YOU WOULD KNOW WHEN WE NO LONGER NEED THE SERVICES.
WOULD THAT DECISION? WOULD THAT GO TO YOU? THAT IS CORRECT. YES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THIS.
WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
AND ONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONTRACT.
AND I'M JUST READING IT FROM RIGHT HERE.
AND THIS IS FROM LEGAL RESPONSE.
SO LET ME KNOW IF I GET THIS INCORRECT.
SO POLICY CH LEGAL PERMITS PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITHOUT A SOLICITATION PROCESS AS MIGHT OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED ON A CHAPTER 44 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. SO BASICALLY, EDUCATION CODE 44.031 DOES NOT APPLY TO A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED, INCLUDING SERVICES OF AN ARCHITECT, ATTORNEY, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, ENGINEER, A FISCAL AGENT.
A DISTRICT MAY, AT ITS OPTION, CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED BY A FINANCIAL CONSULTANT OR TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT, IN A MANNER PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT CODE 2254 .003, WHICH IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROCUREMENT ACT.
THE QUESTION WAS BASICALLY, ARE WE REVIEWING THE CONTRACT AND HOW COME THERE WASN'T MORE INFORMATION PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS? AND SO WHAT THIS IS BASICALLY SAYING, TO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT SAME PROCESS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR THIS TYPE OF POSITION.
SO WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE CONTRACT SAY? I THINK THEY HAVE TO PULL THE CONTRACT FIRST, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE AT THIS MOMENT.
SO CAN WE MOVE, MADAM? YEAH. MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE AUGUST 27TH SPECIAL MEETING AND ENSURE THAT AT THAT SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION AND THEN ADD THIS AS AN ITEM? AND THAT'S AUGUST 22ND.
TO WHAT POINT? WHAT? BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO PAY HIM FOR SERVICES RENDERED.
SO I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT ARE Y'ALL TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT? OUR TIMELINE OR THE.
WELL TWO THINGS. POINT OF ORDER.
I MADE A MOTION. SO I'M JUST BUT I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A TON OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR, INCLUDING WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS.
HOW LONG IS THE MONEY GOING TO LAST FOR? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF ANSWERS THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHY I MADE THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION, PLEASE.
SO TO SECOND, THE POINT THAT I'M TRUSTEE WOODY MADE LEDESMA WHAT HE MADE.
YEAH. WE STILL NEED TO PAY HIM.
WHY? I MEAN, THESE WEREN'T PROVIDED.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S.
THAT'S FINE. WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO.
WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED OR WHATNOT.
I MEAN, THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S HE'S STILL DOING A JOB.
YOU STILL HAVE TO GET PAID. AND WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY.
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I WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THAT 100,000 WE'VE SPENT SO FAR.AND SO TO THAT WOULD GIVE US A TIMELINE ON HOW MUCH MORE WE WOULD HAVE.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. SO WE HAVE SEVEN HAVING HARD TIME COUNTING TODAY.
SEVEN. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ONE MOTION PASSES.
SEVEN. ONE. AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO JUST TABLE THIS UNTIL THE AUGUST 27TH.
AND THEN IF WE CAN ADD AN ACTION ITEM TO THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM TO THE AUGUST 27TH AGENDA.
THANK YOU. AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THE WBCA FOR FRIDAY? THANK YOU. YES.
OKAY. IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS DO WE SEND THEM TO JONATHAN? YES. OKAY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE.
OKAY. SO WE ARE DONE WITH CONSENT AGENDA.
NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS.
[VII.A. Consider and Act on the Student Code of Conduct]
SO THE FIRST ACTION ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. YOU HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO.
OKAY. THE NEXT ACTION ITEM IS.
[VII.B. Consider and Act on Resolution for Human Sexuality Curriculum]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON RESOLUTION.THE HUMAN SEXUALITY CURRICULUM.
SINCE I THINK WE'RE TOLD THIS WAS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE DO. OH, THERE IS A PRESENTATION.
YEAH, THERE IS A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
MR. HARRIS. WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ACTION NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE LAST TIME THAT I COULD FIND THAT THIS TOPIC WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD WAS BACK IN 2015.
SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THE TEKS AS WELL AS IN 2022.
HOUSE BILL 1525 MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE PROCESS OF HOW THIS THIS IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
SO SOME OF THE NEW TEKS CONTENT SHOULD INCLUDE THOSE THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN.
SOME OF THE BIG ONES THAT WE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ARE DEFINITELY IN THIS NEW CURRICULUM IS HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS RESPECTING BOUNDARIES, CHILD ABUSE, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND SEX TRAFFICKING? BECAUSE WE KNOW OVER THE YEARS THAT HAS CHANGED.
NEXT SLIDE. SO ACCORDING TO HOUSE BILL 1525, THIS IS THE NEW PROCESS.
AND THE FIRST PROCESS WAS THAT THE BOARD WAS ADOPT A POLICY AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT IN LOCAL POLICY, HR THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW THIS PROCESS.
SO ONCE WE GET THAT RESOLUTION, WE THEN WOULD HAVE TWO SHAK WOULD HOLD TWO OPEN MEETINGS TO INVITE THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND LOOK AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS. VERONICA AND I HAVE ALREADY TALKED WITH BETWEEN 2 TO 4 DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW BEFORE WE COME TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT SO WE CAN GET THAT STARTED. SO AT THOSE MEETINGS, WE WOULD HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THESE DIFFERENT CURRICULUM COMPANIES, AND THEY WOULD COME AND PRESENT THEIR CURRICULUM.
SO ONCE WE GET THAT AFTER THE TWO MEETINGS, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE WOULD HAVE A VOTE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS IN AGREEMENT ON, YOU KNOW, WHICH CURRICULUM WE WERE TO USE.
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BILL 1525 IS THAT IT IS NO LONGER OPT OUT.SO THEY HAVE TO DO A MINIMUM OF 14 DAYS BEFORE THE PRESENTATION.
SO ONCE WE DECIDE ON THE CURRICULUM, WE EITHER HAVE TO HAVE IT ONLINE, OR THEY CAN COME IN PERSON TO THE CAMPUS TO REVIEW THE CURRICULUM SO THEY CAN DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN THOSE.
SORRY. SO THAT'S THAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT WAS CHANGED.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
YES. DO WE KNOW ARE WE STILL WORKING ON KIND OF WHAT METHOD WE'RE GOING TO USE? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE USED MAYBE PARENTS SQUARE I DON'T KNOW FOR LIKE THINGS LIKE THAT ON HOW TO GET IT OUT OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AS YOU GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN SENDING HARD COPY FORMS HOME.
AND THEN ON THE HARD COPY PHONE FORMS ARE THE TEACHER COMMUNICATION SO THEY CAN RELAY ANY ISSUES OR QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT IT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. AND THEN ACCORDING TO THIS, THIS EXHIBIT A, IT SAYS THAT YOU WOULD PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AT A PUBLIC MEETING ON NOVEMBER 19TH IS THAT THAT IS OUR HOPE.
THE HOPE. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PRESENT IT IN OCTOBER, BUT IT JUST ALL DEPENDS ON WHEN WE CAN GET THESE MEETINGS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO GET THE WORD OUT AND FIND THE BEST TIME AND LOCATIONS TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.
OKAY. SO YOU WOULD JUST NEED OUR KIND OF APPROVAL SO THAT YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD.
YES. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WE RESOLUTION FOR HUMAN SEXUALITY CURRICULUM.
TRUSTEE. PANTOJA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. EIGHT ZERO.
[VII.C. Consider and Act on Resolution for Compensation for Hourly Employees During School Closures for the 2024-2025 School Year]
YEAR. NO.EB LOCAL AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CLOSE SCHOOLS FOR REASONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES PAYING ALL EMPLOYEES WHEN THE DISTRICT HAS TO SHUT DOWN AS EXEMPT.
EMPLOYEES CAN BE PAID WITHOUT APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS LIKE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.
IT'S MORE OF A SUGGESTION OR RECOMMENDATION.
BEFORE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR ADMINISTRATION OR WHOEVER RECOMMENDS A CLOSURE THAT THEY.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THE BOARD TO BE NOTIFIED AHEAD OF TIME AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
THE WHOLE ECLIPSE THING WAS KIND OF LIKE, WHO'S DOING WHAT? WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE WERE HEARING DISTRICTS HAD MEETINGS ABOUT IT 3 OR 4 MONTHS BEFOREHAND.
SOMETIMES WE UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY OR NEED TO HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.
AND AT THAT TIME ADMINISTRATION WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION.
THE ECLIPSE WAS A WHAT, A ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.
MY THING IS THAT, YEAH, THERE'S A BLUE MOON TONIGHT.
USUALLY THIS IS A SNOW DAYS THAT I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENTS MAY HAVE A 2 A.M.
CALL. AND SOMETIMES IT'S FLOODING.
SO USUALLY THEY DO NOTIFY THE BOARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT'S SOMETIMES THEY DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.
I KNOW THEY'RE DRIVING THE ROADS TO MAKE SURE IF THEY'RE ICY OR WHATEVER.
SO I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT TO LET OUR STAFF NOT WORRY ABOUT NOTIFYING US, AS OPPOSED TO KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE ON THE ROADS OR THE SCHOOL SAFE, WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED. SO I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND.
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SO, MR. PANTOJA, YOU HAVE A MOTION.WE HAVE A SECOND TRUSTEE HEUBERGER.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, SIR. MOTION PASSES.
[VII.D. Consider and Act on Del Valle ISD Education Foundation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Del Valle ISD]
CONSIDER AN ACT ON DEL VALLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DEL VALLE ISD.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM PRESIDENT.
IN JUNE, THE DEL VALLE ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION PROVIDED THE DEL VALLE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH AN UPDATE ON THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS AND PROVIDED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR REVIEW.
TONIGHT, WE BRING THE MOU FOR APPROVAL.
THAT RELATIONSHIP WOULD PROVIDE BENEFIT TO BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF HERE IN DEL VALLE ISD.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE FOUNDATION MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME? I DO. TRUSTEE WEGNER THANK YOU.
AND I FIND IT INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM TO US.
BUT PART OF THE MOU SAYS THAT THEY WILL GIVE THEM TO US, SO THAT'S CONFUSING IN ITSELF TO ME.
IF I RECALL, THE AUDIT WAS THE AUDIT WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD AND THE FORM 990 WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD.
YES. THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED WERE THE FINANCIAL AUDIT THAT THE FOUNDATION COMPLETED AND THEN THE MOST RECENT TAX FILING, WHICH IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT AND IS POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE.
RIGHT. AND THEN MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE WHAT? BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2021, IS THERE A NEED THAT HASN'T BEEN MET BY THE DISTRICT THAT THE BOARD'S NOT AWARE OF? I MEAN, WE RARELY HEAR FROM THEM, SO I'M JUST ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE.
LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I GUESS, WHY WE NEED THE MOU NOW.
WHEN WE HAD THE AUDIT DONE THE AUDITOR RECOMMENDED THE MOU AND I THINK WELL, AS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND INVOLVED IN THE FOUNDATION, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN THE MEMBERS WHO ARE SO DEDICATED, HAVE BEEN SO IMMERSED IN RAISING FUNDS AND EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING, I LOOKED BACK AT SOME OF OUR NOTES THAT WE STARTED THE STEERING COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2021, STARTED ORGANIZING JANUARY 2022, AND IN THE MIDST OF EVEN ORGANIZING AND BRINGING ON NEW MEMBERS AND GETTING OFFICERS SET, THEY STILL THE FOUNDATION STILL AWARDED 20,000 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND 5800 TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
THAT WAS A SIX MONTH TIME PERIOD FROM THE TIME THAT WE ORGANIZED.
AND THEN 2022, 2023, THEY INCREASED SCHOLARSHIPS TO 30,000, ADDED $15,000 GRANTS.
AND THEN THIS YEAR DID THE SAME.
AND WHILE DOING TWO GOLF TOURNAMENTS.
SO I THINK I THINK THAT AS I'VE WORKED WITH THE FOUNDATION AND THESE THESE MEMBERS ARE VOLUNTEERS.
THEIR LUNGS, THEIR PARENTS, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOME OF OUR COMPANIES THAT WE WORK WITH.
THEY HAVE WORKED SO INCREDIBLY HARD TO DO SO MUCH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO A DISCUSSION POINT OF DISCUSSIONS.
YEAH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF QUESTIONS.
BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TRUSTEE HEUBERGER COME BACK TO YOU FOR A MOTION, I GUESS.
SO NO ONE'S ASKING ANY QUESTIONS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
SO WE JUST ASKED FOR THE FINANCIALS FROM THE DIOCESE IN JUNE.
YOU GOT WHAT YOU ASKED FOR. YOU ASKED FOR THE TRUSTEE TRUSTEE.
TRUSTEE WEGNER THAT YOU ASKED FOR FINANCIALS.
AND I'M JUST CLARIFYING IN THE MOU, IT DOES STATE IN HERE THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE ANNUAL REPORT.
WE'LL RECEIVE SOME FINANCIALS.
IT DOESN'T SPECIFY THE DETAIL OF WHAT FINANCIAL WE'RE ASKING FOR.
I THINK MY ASK WOULD BE IF WE WANT TO AMEND THE MOU, WHAT DO WE WANT IT TO BE AMENDED? AND WHY DO WE NEED THAT DETAIL? LIKE WHAT IS WHAT IS IT THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, TO SEE? I CAN ACTUALLY HELP ADD TO THAT.
SO THANK YOU, FOUNDATION, FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.
I DID SEE SOME DISCREPANCIES IN SOME OF THIS STUFF, SO I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
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THE AUDIT HAS EXPENSES AT ABOUT $19,000 AS GRANT AWARDS.$15,000. HOLIDAY PARTY, WHATEVER, WHATNOT.
BUT THE DATA THAT YOU GAVE US IN THE JUNE DOESN'T MATCH UP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CLARIFICATIONS ON WHAT EXACTLY THE MONEY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO CAUSE.
THE EXPENSES AND THE REVENUE AREN'T ONE PLUS ONE IS NOT EQUALING TWO.
AND THEN I THINK WE HAD A QUESTION OVER HERE TOO.
BUT LIKE, AS I READ AND UNDER AUDIT, UNDER, LIKE, COMMITMENT AND STATING, LIKE I GUESS THE IS THIS SAYING THAT THE BOARD HAS HAD AGREED TO LIKE EMPLOYEES ASSISTING AND THEN SPECIFIC OFFICE SPACE AND IF SO, LIKE HAS THAT DETAILED WHERE IS THIS GOING TO TAKE PLACE? AND ARE WE STILL PAYING THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES TO BE A PART OF THIS.
LIKE WHAT ARE THE DETAILS IN THAT? I THINK. THERE IS ONE DISTRICT EMPLOYEE THAT PARTIALLY PART OF THEIR TIME SUPPORTS THE FOUNDATION.
THIS MOU SOLIDIFIES THAT RELATIONSHIP SO THAT IT IS SET.
SO IT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THAT ITS ONLY PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND SORRY, AND UP TO THIS POINT, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC OFFICE SPACE, THIS BOARD OR Y'ALL PICKED THE OFFICE SPACE OR HOW IS THAT? I MEAN, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO SPECIFIC SPACE IN THE BUILDING.
IT'S IT'S JUST THE PERSONNEL THAT WOULD ASSIST.
AND THEN IT ALSO DOES GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF THAT TIME THE EMPLOYEE CAN DEDICATE TO THE FOUNDATION. OKAY.
TRUSTEE. PANTOJA. SO FOR THE PIGGYBACK, THE COMMENT ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE, SINCE I BELIEVE THE FOUNDATION OPENED ITS OPERATION IN 2021, HAS THE EMPLOYEE WITHOUT THE MOU HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION SINCE THEN, OR HAS A EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT THAT'S GETTING PAID THROUGH THE DISTRICT THROUGH OUR BUDGET? BEEN WORKING FOR THE FOUNDATION.
OKAY. AND THEN TO I READ IT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE BYLAWS OR THE MOU THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE INDIVIDUALS ON THIS BOARD SITTING ON THEIR BOARD AS A NON-VOTING, NON-VOTING MEMBER.
WHO ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS? YES. THE THEIR BYLAWS ALLOW TWO BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS, NON-VOTING, AND THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE SO THE THE BOARD COULD ELECT.
CURRENTLY, THE ONLY ONE SERVING AS A NON-VOTING IS MISS HEUBERGER.
AND HOW LONG HAS MISS I MEAN, HOW LONG HAS IT ONLY BEEN MISS HEUBERGER? THERE'S BEEN ONLY ONE FOR THE, I THINK JUST THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
YES. SO THERE WERE PREVIOUSLY TWO AND THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOLLOWED THE BYLAWS ON THE ATTENDANCE PROCEDURE. AND SO THERE'S ONLY ONE CURRENTLY.
OKAY. AND I DON'T KNOW THOSE QUESTIONS TO YOU OR MAYBE TO THE FOUNDATION.
I MEAN WE'RE NOT EVEN THEY'RE NOT EVEN FOLLOWING THEIR OWN BYLAWS.
SO IT'S LIKE, HOW CAN WE GET A SECOND PERSON, A SECOND TRUSTEE ON THAT BOARD? I. HOW SOON CAN THAT HAPPEN? DO YOU DO YOU KNOW THE EXACT.
GOTCHA. OKAY, COOL. THAT'S COOL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN HAS OUR ATTORNEY SEEN THIS? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS WAS REVIEWED OVER A YEAR AGO BY THE DISTRICTS.
YES. DO YOU SEE IT, DOUG? YES. AND THEN WHAT ARE THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE BOARD? FROM THE VOTING BOARD MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION.
WHAT IS THAT? I WILL DEFER TO THE FOUNDATION.
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AND THEN WE ARE NOW DEVELOPING.THE BOARD IS DEVELOPING A COMMITMENT FORM COMMITMENT AGREEMENT FOR EVERYONE THAT COMES ONTO THE FOUNDATION BOARD TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION AND INVOLVEMENT IN ALL THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES, AND BY AND LARGE, MAJORITY OF THE PLANNING OF THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
ALSO, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME WHEN DOING THE GRANTS.
BECAUSE THE GRANTS COME IN, THEY REVIEW THEM, AND THEN THEY MAKE A DECISION OF WHO GETS THE GRANTS.
AND AND AS A NON-VOTING MEMBER, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THAT.
AND THEN THE TOP HOW MANY 20 ARE INTERVIEWED THEN THEN THE COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS.
INTERVIEWS THE FINAL APPLICANTS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THEN DECIDES HOW TO AWARD THOSE.
I MEAN, HOW MUCH TO AWARD DEPENDING ON THE MONEY AND THE ONES THAT THEY FEEL THE MOST DESERVING.
OKAY. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE NOW IS FOR DOUG.
DOES THE MOU AND THE BYLAWS, CAN THEY EVER CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER? AND IF THEY DO, WHAT IS GROUND? SO YES, OF COURSE, THE TWO DOCUMENTS MAY NOT BE TOTALLY IN SYNC.
BUT YOUR YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM IS BOUND BY THE MOU.
SO IF YOU FIND THAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS NOT BEING LIVED UP TO REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR INTERNAL DOCUMENTS SAY, YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER EVEN HAVING THIS RELATIONSHIP. AND YOU CAN CANCEL THE MOU IF YOU FIND THAT THEY'RE NOT LIVING CONSISTENT WITH THE MOU.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU NEED TO GO AND FIX.
THE CONTROLLING THING FOR YOU IS, IS THE PROTECTION YOU HAVE IN THE.
THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
I'LL START AT THE END. TRUSTEE, WOODY.
SO AS A FOUNDING MEMBER WITH TRUSTEE HEUBERGER FOR THE DISTRICT OR FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND THEN PREVIOUSLY WHAT WE HAD CALLED IT BEFORE WE GOT TO 500 AND 1C3. I'M VERY AWARE OF HOW IT WORKS.
WHEN I WAS A SITTING MEMBER, I WORKED FOR THE COMPANY THAT I GOT TO FUND THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTIONS CONSECUTIVELY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS.
I ALSO WAS ABLE TO DONATE A LARGE CONTRIBUTION, MY OWN MYSELF, AND WE HAD LEVELS.
SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM AND I DON'T WANT TO.
I'M NOT CASTING SHADE FOR ANYTHING Y'ALL DO.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A MUTUALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY HASN'T BEEN DONE TO MEET Y'ALL'S NEEDS, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE THE ONLY ENTITY THAT LITERALLY STARTS WITH DEL VALLE ISD BESIDES US.
IT'S IN Y'ALL'S NAME, DEL VALLE ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
SO WITH THAT, THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE FOR THE FINANCIALS IS THE VENDORS.
AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO ME THAT THE FINANCIALS, LIKE THE FIRST YEAR, THE SCHOLARSHIPS WEREN'T ON THERE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T THERE YET, BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE DON'T GET PAID OUT UNTIL APRIL MAY.
SO IT'S THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN GET WITH LISA ON AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE VENDORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I DO WANT THE FINANCIALS.
AND IT'S NOT TO SEE WHERE EVERY PENNY GOES.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DISCUSS AS A BOARD.
THIS IS COMING TO US READING AS THE BOARD WANTS THIS.
BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE FOUNDATION THAT PROVIDED THIS MOU.
YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS BASED ON THE CONSULTANT THAT HELPED SET UP THE FOUNDATION WITH US.
THIS WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME EDITS MADE, BUT THEN TO MY NEXT QUESTION, THEN IT FOLLOWS UP WITH MISS SHANTÉ THAT WE AS A BOARD NEVER DISCUSSED THIS AS A WHOLE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO, BEING THAT A LOT OF THE STUFF WAS ALREADY HAPPENING.
SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE IF WE SIGN THIS AND WE DO THIS TODAY, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO FULFILL THESE ITEMS. ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THAT WE HAVE TO INFORM THEM OF EVERY SINGLE GRANT THAT WE GET.
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IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I GUESS MY UNDERSTANDING IS LIKE, HOW DOES THAT WHY IS THAT NEEDED? HOW IS IT GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THEM, AND WHAT IS THAT PURPOSE? IF WE GET A GRANT FOR $100,000 FOR DYSLEXIA? ARE WE GOING TO GIVE THEM THAT VENDOR? ARE WE GOING TO GIVE THEM? HOW DOES THAT WORK? DO THEY GET TO DECIDE WHERE THAT MONEY GOES OR WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT PART GIVEN THE ITEM NUMBER? I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT. I JUST REMEMBER READING IT.MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. HARRIS AND GENERAL PUBLIC.
MY NAME IS SAMUEL FRANCO. I'M A DVA ISD RESIDENT, AND I AM ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD.
COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? I'VE. I HELPED TO DRAFT SOME OF THESE BASED JUST ON THE EDITS.
THERE'S NOTHING FROM A FROM A REVERSE POSITION.
JUST IF I COULD IF I COULD PLEASE FINISH.
WE REPORT TO YOU ALL THE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE.
YEAH, I KNOW IT SAYS THE DISTRICT SHALL PROMPTLY ALERT THE FOUNDATION TO PROSPECTIVE GIFTS THAT EACH OPPORTUNITY FOR ENHANCING GIFT POTENTIAL AND DONOR RELATIONS IS FULLY UTILIZED.
THE SAME THING. IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AND THAT THE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE WERE SET UP FOR ARE BEING MAXIMIZED BECAUSE AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL DOLLARS ARE DIMINISHING, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT.
AND SO WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY DOLLAR POSSIBLE.
AND SO IF WE'RE OVERLAPPING, THERE'S NO POINT IN US EXISTING.
YEAH. AND THAT'S GOING TO BRING UP MY NEXT CONCERN, BECAUSE EACH SCHOOL HAS A COMMUNITY LIAISON THAT GOES AND TALKS TO VENDORS AND GETS DONATIONS FOR THEIR SPECIFIC THINGS.
SO ONE, WOULD YOU BE TAKING THEIR VENDORS AWAY FOR THE FOUNDATION AS OPPOSED TO THEM? AND THEN TWO, HAVE Y'ALL EVEN REACHED OUT TO ANY OF THE SCHOOLS? I KNOW Y'ALL ARE MOSTLY AT A HIGH LEVEL, WHICH I APPRECIATE THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE.
BUT FROM BECAUSE SOME OF THIS READS THE COMMUNITY WANTS THIS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
YEAH. LIKE HOW MUCH OF THAT HAVE Y'ALL ACTUALLY DONE? SO WE DO HAVE BOARD TRUSTEES ON OUR, ON OUR BOARD THAT THAT LIAISE WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WITH THE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES.
WE'RE NOT WE DON'T GO I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY REACHED OUT TO EVERY SCHOOL.
AND HONESTLY, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE.
IT WOULD BE A A HUGE OVERLAP AND A HUGE INJUSTICE TO THE TO TO THE DISTRICT TO HAVE EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL PULLING FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL COMMUNITY DONOR, AS OPPOSED TO PULLING THE FUNDS AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
OKAY, SO THEN THAT GOES BACK TO ME, HAVE YOU? BECAUSE THAT'S A PROBLEM. BECAUSE THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE DONORS, RIGHT.
COULD YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE WOULD BE TAKING AWAY POOL OF FUNDING? A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, SAY THE TORTILLA FACTORY GIVES SMITH ELEMENTARY $1,000 FOR A FALL FESTIVAL.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT AS A PARTNER, WE HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND THEN YOU GET TO REDISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE DISTRICT? NO. IF IF THEY'RE IF THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE COMMUNICATION, THAT'S WHY WE UNDERSTAND WE WOULD NOT WANT TO TAKE AWAY THOSE FUNDS FROM THE SCHOOL.
YOU COULD TELL US, HEY, WE'RE ALREADY GETTING $1,000.
THAT'S WHY WE WANT THAT COMMUNICATION AND TO WORK WITH THE BOARD.
THAT'S WHAT THAT IS FOR. IT'S ALREADY.
IT'S A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES.
OKAY. SO WE HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE THAT THOUGH, RIGHT? SO I'M JUST WORRIED LIKE NOT.
BUT THAT'S WHY THIS MOU IS BEING SET UP.
SO WE CAN SET UP THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SO THAT WE DON'T DO THAT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT DEALT WITH WHEN WE DID ADOPT A SCHOOL, WHEN WE HAD EDUCATION PARTNERS, THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT DOES FUNDRAISING FOR VARIOUS THINGS. CTE, I KNOW IN THE YEARS HAS PASSED.
SO I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WE TALK ABOUT THAT OFF AND ON ABOUT MAKING SURE BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION BASICALLY GOES TOWARDS THE BIGGER DONATIONS FOR A LOT OF OUR FROM OUR MAJOR VENDORS.
THERE'S NOT THE CONFLICT, BUT THE SCHOOLS DO THE SAME THING.
THE SCHOOLS GO AFTER THE SAME PEOPLE TO ASK FOR DONATIONS FOR VARIOUS THINGS.
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ET CETERA. ET CETERA.BUT THE IT'S LIKE SAMUEL SAID, OUR OUR FOCUS IS THE RAISING THE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND AND WE DID OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT.
AND IF PEOPLE WE'VE LEARNED NOT IF PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO.
WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN TO THIS CAMPUS.
IF WE GO TO SOMEONE, THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF TELLING US NO.
AND WE'RE LEARNING THE FOUNDATIONS.
SO THE FUNDRAISING WORLD IS CHANGING.
OH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD, MR. FRANKEL. I WAS JUST GOING TO CLARIFY MY OWN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, BECAUSE I.
AND I APPRECIATE TRUSTEE LEDESMA FOR RAISING THAT.
IS IT? WHEN I READ THROUGH THE MOU, THE IMPRESSION THAT I GOT IS THAT IT'S TRYING TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WHEREBY THE DISTRICT HAS AN ADDITIONAL FUND RAISING RESOURCE AT FOR A LACK OF A BETTER WORD RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY AT ITS DISPOSAL TO HELP WITH FUND RAISING FOR THE DISTRICT.
BUT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE PICK IN THE COMING MONTHS IS, YOU KNOW, HAS A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A DONOR, AND THAT DONOR SAYS, HEY, I'M THINKING ABOUT GIVING TO YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DOES THIS ITEM BASICALLY OUTLINE A SORT OF RELATIONSHIP WHEREBY THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN COME TO YOU ALL AND SAY, HEY, I KNOW YOU KNOW, MISS SO-AND-SO AND SHE'S A CEO OR A CFO OF THIS ORGANIZATION SHE'S EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN DONATING TO A DISTRICT LIKE DEL VALLE.
CAN YOU PLEASE CONTACT HER AND HAVE A CONVERSATION? IS THAT WHAT THIS SPECIFIC PART IS GETTING AT ABOUT ALERTING THE DISTRICT OR ALERTING THE FOUNDATION TO PROSPECTIVE GIFTS SO THAT EACH OPPORTUNITY.
THAT'S WHY IT SAYS PROSPECTIVE GIFTS.
SO IT'S BENEFITING 11,000 KIDS AND NOT KIDS IN ONE PARTICULAR SCHOOL, BY ALL MEANS.
CAN YOU GIVE ME THE SCHOOLS? BY ALL MEANS. THE SCHOOLS CAN GO AND AND RAISE AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY WANT FOR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
NO ONE'S TRYING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM.
BUT IF IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS FOR THE BETTERMENT, LIKE OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR ALL STUDENTS, OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS FOR THAT, THAT BENEFIT EVERY EVERY SCHOOL, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT.
IN THE BEGINNING, WE WERE TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD.
WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE DOLLARS SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE STUDENTS.
AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
WE JUST WANT TO SET FORTH THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES CONTINUE.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PANTOJA, YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING 11,000 STUDENTS AND I LOVE THAT.
BUT I'VE ONLY SEEN IT BEING GIVEN TO SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND YOU MENTIONED SCHOLARSHIPS A FEW TIMES.
SO OTHER THAN SCHOLARSHIPS, WHAT OTHER METHODS HAVE THE STUDENTS AT 11,000 CAPACITY HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE FOUNDATION? WELL, THROUGH TEACHER GRANTS AS WELL, THROUGH GRANTS AND THROUGH TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
AND EVERY STUDENT HAS THE ABILITY TO APPLY AND EVERY STUDENT HAS THE ABILITY TO BE NOMINATED.
WHILE WE CAN'T GIVE 11,000 SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS, WE WOULD LOVE TO.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WITH THE WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE, WE UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT.
SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE THAT WORKS TIRELESSLY FOR WEEKS ON END TO CHOOSE WHO THOSE WHO THOSE STUDENTS ARE, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF AND FROM AND FROM TEACHERS.
SO YEAH, WE ARE WORKING FOR EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT.
WE ALSO I KNOW DEL VALLE ELEMENTARY DID THIS REALLY COOL BACKPACK SOMETHING PROGRAM.
I IT'S IN THAT WHICH I THINK IS ACCESS FOR ALL THE STUDENTS THE THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS THAT THAT IMPACTS THE ALL THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I KNOW THE ONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
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SO THAT'S ONE OF THE POINTS OF THE GRANTS, IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IMPACTING, PROVIDING FUNDING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOT IN THE BUDGET, IT'S NOT IN THE CAMPUS BUDGET, IT'S NOT IN THE OVERALL DISTRICT BUDGET.AND AS WE MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, FINANCES ARE GETTING WE'RE IN THE DEFICIT.
SO THE FOUNDATION CAN HELP ALLEVIATE AND HELP HELP OUR CAMPUSES PROVIDE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT IN THE CAMPUS BUDGETS RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, TOO.
SO I WASN'T HERE WHEN THE THE FOUNDATION, THE INCEPTION OF THE FOUNDATION.
I DO WANT TO ADD THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU GUYS.
I THINK WE'RE HEARING FROM YOU GUYS MORE OFTEN, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND TO YOUR POINT, YOU WANT TO SERVE ALL 11,000 PLUS STUDENTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS I, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE MOU SIDE.
BUT SINCE WE'RE KIND OF DISCUSSING THE WHOLE PARTNERSHIP, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PUT OUT THERE THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME AND PRESENT WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST ONCE A YEAR.
GIVE US A REPORT OF WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING AS WELL.
AND THEN IN THAT WAY, WE CAN ASSIST YOU WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'RE HERE AS PARTNERS.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO ASSIST YOU, I THINK WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO IT'S LIKE MAYBE WE DO QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF MY COMMENT ON THERE.
THEY'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO TO BE ON OUR AT OUR MEETINGS.
BUT THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO US.
AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE BOARD PRESIDENT, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO THROW MORE WORK ONTO HER BECAUSE SHE ALREADY DOES AN AMAZING JOB AND WORKS TIRELESSLY JUST TO KEEP THE FOUNDATION RUNNING, BUT I THINK I CAN.
I'M PRETTY ACCURATE WHEN I SAY THAT WE ARE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS ON WHATEVER CADENCE THIS.
THIS BOARD NEEDS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND PARTNER WITH US AND PARTNER WITH THE ENTIRE DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN GROW TO WE CAN SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 11,000 STUDENTS.
TRUSTEE WEGNER. MY LAST STATEMENT OR QUESTION ALSO IS SINCE THIS IS TASKED FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR OVER A YEAR, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER TABLING UNTIL WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT? SINCE WE DON'T EVEN I MEAN, THE APPLICATIONS AREN'T EVEN DUE UNTIL TOMORROW.
SO THIS I MEAN, SHOULD WE WAIT TWO MORE MONTHS? I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THIS WORK IS ALREADY MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING.
IT'S NOT GOING TO IT WON'T PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING.
AND MAYBE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS, OR MAYBE THEY DID IT THIS WAY OR SOMETHING.
WE DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I JUST THINK THAT WOULD GO WITH ALL OF THE MOU THAT WE SIGN.
IT WOULD BE THE SAME WHERE IF WE WERE TO PASS THIS TODAY, YOU KNOW, THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO GO IN AND SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THIS BY FOR ANY OF THE MOU, NOT JUST FOR THIS ONE.
THAT WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING.
WHERE WHERE IS THAT STATED? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT THAT STATED WHERE WE CAN AMEND IT.
MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I MAKE A POINT OF INFORMATION? SO WHEN I WAS READING THE MOU, IT DID HAVE A STATEMENT TOWARDS THE END THAT SAYS THAT THE MOU CAN BE TERMINATED WITH A 60 DAY NOTICE.
AND SO IN THAT SENSE, IF A NEW SUPERINTENDENT CAME IN AND DID WANT TO SAY, HEY, LET'S REVISIT THIS, THEY COULD JUST ISSUE A TERMINATION AT ANY POINT, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN THEY COULD GO BACK AND SAY, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TALK AGAIN.
LET'S COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, LET'S REVISIT THIS.
THIS IS NOT FOREVER. THIS IS A STARTING POINT FOR US TO WORK.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, ABOUT COLLABORATION.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OR 15, I'M SORRY 15.
SO WE NEED A WE NEED TO BUILD UP ANOTHER 18 MEMBERS.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM WHY THEY EXIST AND WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS.
AND IF WE TELL THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS JUST GOING TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ANOTHER TWO MONTHS AND THEN ANOTHER TWO MONTHS, IT IS NOT DOING THE COMMUNITY OR THE FOUNDATION BOARD ANY JUSTICE.
SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE THIS.
BUT NOT HAVING CLARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY IS IS NOT HELPING THE SITUATION.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
CAN I OKAY, SO PAGE TWO OUT OF FOUR.
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IT SAYS OFFICE SPACE REQUIRED FACILITIES, UTILITIES FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OR THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVING THE FOUNDATION.IS THAT ALREADY BEING DONE? I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF THAT? IS THIS ALREADY BEING DONE? WHAT IS THE THIS AND OTHER REQUIRED FACILITIES, UTILITIES FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OR THE FOUNDATION SERVING THE FOUNDATION? CORRECT. RIGHT NOW, MISS LISA ACOSTA IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB OF SUPPORTING US.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE IT'S AT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
SO AT NO POINT CAN WE BE A DRAIN ON THE DISTRICT.
YEAH. SO WHAT ABOUT FOUNDATION MEMBERS? WHAT ABOUT US? ARE WE ARE WE GOING TO BE PROVIDING OFFICE SPACE FOR FOUNDATION MEMBERS? DO WE DO THAT NOW? NO. IT SAYS DISTRICT OR THE FOUNDATION, LIKE FOR THE EMPLOYEES, FOR THE DISTRICT OR THE FOUNDATION.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE EMPLOYEES POTENTIALLY, WHO SUPPORT US.
BUT IF NOBODY ON THE FOUNDATION JUST, JUST.
EXACTLY. THAT'S THE INTENT OF THAT IS WE DO HAVE OUR MEETINGS AT SOMETIMES AT THE ELEMENTARY.
WELL, EVERY TIME AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND SO THAT EXPENSE DOES GET PASSED ON TO, TO THE DISTRICT.
YES. OKAY. AND THEN I'M SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
THE INTERNET HOSTING OR ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, HARDWARE SUPPORT.
SO WE ARE ALREADY DOING ALL OF THAT.
CAN YOU GIVE ME, LIKE, SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS? IF THEY USE THEIR COMPUTER FOR WORK, I WOULD IMAGINE IF THEY USE ANY PINS, PENCILS, IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHITEBOARDS, THEY MAY BE USING THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
OKAY. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A I DON'T WANT TO ASK, MISS ACOSTA AS FAR AS WHAT HER WORKLOAD IS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE IN THIS DISCUSSION. BUT MISS ACOSTA IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TO WHAT EXTENT THIS MOU IS GOING TO BE GIVING YOU.
ARE THERE GUIDELINES? ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AS A BOARD AND THEN BE LIABLE FOR IT LATER, I THINK.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A STIPULATION THAT SAYS WE WILL NOT BE A BURDEN ON THE DISTRICT.
WE NEED TO BRING IN MORE MONEY THAN WE ARE, THAN WHAT WE ARE COSTING THE DISTRICT.
SO AS A BOARD, OF COURSE, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET AND SAY, HOW MUCH ARE WE COSTING THE DISTRICT AND HOW MUCH ARE WE BRINGING IN? WE'RE HAPPY. THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD BE PROVIDING YOU ALL WITH A REPORT OF OUR OF OUR FINANCIALS.
OKAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU IN THE MOU.
YEAH. SO POINT OF CLARIFICATION, ITEM C-2 IS I THINK THE ONE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AND THAT SAYS THAT THE FOUNDATION SHALL CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE DISTRICT THAN THE VALUE OF THE DISTRICT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE FOUNDATION.
CORRECT. THE DISTRICT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE FOUNDATION.
MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD INCLUDE OFFICE SUPPLIES, INTERNET, WEB HOSTING, STAFFING, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT'S ITEMIZED UNDER SECTION B3.
IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT'S THE INTENT OF THAT.
BUT THE LANGUAGE HERE THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT TOGETHER SAYS THAT IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN IT'S GIVING THE SCHOOL BOARD DISCRETION TO CEASE FUNDING OR TO CEASE WHATEVER STAFF OR SUPPLIES THAT YOU THAT YOU ALL MAY BE PROVIDING, AND AT THAT POINT RELOOK THE MOU AND SAY, ARE WE PROVIDING THE VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDING? AND IS IT ALSO TRUE THAT IF LET'S JUST SAY THAT SOMEBODY MADE A POOR DECISION, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I JUST PLAY IT OUT. SOMEBODY MAKES A REALLY TERRIBLE DECISION AND SPENDS A BUNCH OF THE FOUNDATION MONEY.
THE ITEM THAT SAYS THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE TERMINATED BY EITHER PARTY GIVING A 60.
DAYS NOTICE. WOULD THAT ALSO APPLY IF JUST SOMEBODY MADE A TERRIBLE DECISION THAT WAS SO AWFUL THAT.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE.
NO, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
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THEY MAY NOT BE VOTING MEMBERS, BUT THEY'RE THERE TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE.RIGHT. AS FAR AS WHY WE DID IT.
RIGHT. THEN WE HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH 100%.
AND AGAIN, TO ME, THIS IS PLAYING THROUGH THE LANGUAGE THAT'S WRITTEN HERE.
AND MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY.
IS THAT CORRECT? GIVEN THE LANGUAGE OF THE MOU FOR ANY OR ANY REASON YOU CAN.
SO WE'RE NOT LOCKED INTO JUST WILD, TERRIBLE SPENDING.
I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION.
YEAH. I WASN'T DONE WITH MY QUESTIONS.
SO JUST FOR TIME, I THINK WE HAVE THREE MORE TRUSTEES WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AT THIS TIME.
I'M GOING TO START ON THIS SIDE, IF THAT'S OKAY, AND THEN WE'LL WORK BACK THIS WAY.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD.
IF WE CAN AMEND THE MOU TO STATE THAT TWO BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE SITTING ON THEIR BOARD AS NON-VOTING AT ALL TIMES AND THAT THE BOARD SHOULD SELECT THOSE TWO BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS BOARD SHOULD SELECT THOSE TWO BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE I.
AS FAR AS HOW THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE PLACED ON THERE.
I BRING IT UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT MONTHS HAVE PASSED AND IT'S ONLY BEEN ONE BOARD MEMBER.
I AGREE WE NEED SO IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE, WE HAVE THAT.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? IT'S NOT REQUIRED.
FULL DISCLOSURE, FULL DISCLOSURE, WE THAT'S WHY I ASKED OUR ATTORNEY THE MOU WHAT WOULD BE STANDING MOU OR BYLAWS. BECAUSE IF THIS IS WHAT THE DISTRICT WANTS AND HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE RELATIONSHIP? WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY AND BREVITY IN THIS CONVERSATION AND TO BE ABLE TO PASS THIS POTENTIALLY THIS, THIS EVENING, WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO THE AMENDMENT STATING THAT OUR MOU WILL MIRROR THE LANGUAGE THAT IS CURRENTLY SET UP IN THE BYLAWS? NO, BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT'S ONLY I'M WANTING.
I'M ASKING THE BOARD IF WE CAN HAVE TWO PEOPLE ON.
OUR BYLAWS CURRENTLY STATE TWO MEMBERS.
THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE IS NOT.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENTED WITH ANOTHER MEMBER WHO WANTS TO BE ON THE BOARD.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOUR BYLAWS STATE THAT YOU PICK.
NO, THE BOARD PRESIDENT NOMINATED US, BUT THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE VOTED ON US.
I MEAN, EVERYONE'S VOTED BY THE FOUNDATION BOARD.
THE. BUT IF SOMEONE A NON-VOTING MEMBER, YOU STILL HAVE TO MEET THE GUIDELINES, WHICH IS IF YOU MISS MORE THAN THREE MEETINGS, CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS, YOU'RE REMOVED FROM THE FOUNDATION BOARD. THAT'S PART OF THE BYLAWS.
I THINK WHAT MR. TRUSTEE PANTOJA IS SAYING IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY OUR BEST TO HAVE TWO.
WE WANT TO COMMIT THAT TO THE FOUNDATION IS TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO FOLLOW YOUR BYLAWS.
BUT I THINK MOVING FORWARD, WE WANT TO TRY TO DO THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. AND JUST AGAIN, JUST FOR THE RECORD, OUR BYLAWS STATE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND UP TO BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE NON-VOTING.
SO IT WOULD BE IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING.
CORRECT. BUT MY QUESTION IT'S JUST NOT IN THE MOU.
YOU'VE MENTIONED UP TO [INAUDIBLE].
I WANT TO RESPECT IT. I LOVE THE FOUNDATION.
I DIDN'T WRITE THE BYLAWS. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY THEY WERE WRITTEN.
BUT I WOULD SAY JUST MY OPINION.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S TO GIVE THE BOARD AS MUCH LEEWAY AS POSSIBLE AS FAR AS WHO THEY PUT ON THERE.
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SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY IN LINE OR IT'S SET UP, I THINK, TO GIVE YOU ALL AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE.THAT'S MY OPINION. I AGAIN, I DIDN'T WRITE THE BYLAWS WELL.
THE FOUNDATION BOARD IS A SEPARATE ENTITY.
IT'S NOT AN EXTENSION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE WORKED IN CONJUNCTION, BUT IT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO IT'S A LOT OF COMMITMENT TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD.
SO I THINK IF AS A IT WOULD BE AN AWFUL LOT IF YOU JUST KIND OF WANTED MORE AND MORE ALMOST A QUORUM OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THAT FOUNDATION BOARD, THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND OF HEARING. YOU WERE SAYING WANTED MORE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
OH, OKAY, I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU.
THANK YOU. THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED.
OKAY. WHAT I WAS ASKING IS, LIKE, RIGHT NOW YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
IT'S ONLY ONE. BUT MAYBE YOU SOMETIMES CAN'T GO ALL THE TIME.
SO IT'S LIKE, WHO IS YOUR BACKUP? ONE AND TWO.
EXACTLY. THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, RIGHT, IS TO REVIEW THIS, DISCUSS IT, POSSIBLY MAKE SOME CHANGES.
THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE STILL NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP AND ACTUALLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOUR BOARD, BECAUSE I CAN CALL ONE OF Y'ALL UP AND BE LIKE, HEY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BUT I DON'T SPEAK FOR THE BOARD.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD CLEAR UP A LOT OF THESE THINGS, BECAUSE I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INCONSISTENCIES IN THE BUDGET AND THE AUDIT, AND I WANT CLARIFICATION ON THAT BEFORE I GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH Y'ALL.
MAYBE JUST SOMEBODY DIDN'T PUT SOMETHING IN THERE CORRECTLY, BUT IT'S JUST NOT ADDING UP.
AND I'D FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF THE FINANCES WERE UP TO PAR.
SO THEY MATCH AND WE WERE ON AN EVEN PLATE, RIGHT? WE'RE ON AN EVEN FIELD.
SO FOR CLARIFICATION, TO ANSWER OR NOT TO CLARIFICATION, YOUR FIRST ONE, WHAT IS YOUR REQUEST AS FAR AS THE BOARD MEMBERS, THE MAKEUP OF THE OF THE TRUSTEES VERSUS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IF I'M IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT TRUSTEE PANTOJA IS OR PANTOJA IS REQUESTING.
YEAH, I'M JUST CLARIFYING WHAT HE'S SAYING BECAUSE THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT DISCUSSION.
HE'S SAYING THAT THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO BOARD MEMBERS AT ALL TIMES ON YOUR BOARD RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WE'RE ADHERING TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE BOARD IS SAYING THAT WE SHOULD DO.
THIS SHOULD BE ALSO ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE ADD TO IT.
OKAY. THAT'S A BOARD QUESTION.
AND THEN NEXT TO THAT, A SEPARATE SENTENCE, IT SAYS TWO TRUSTEE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEL VALLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD PERMANENT OFFICIAL SEATS AS A NON-DIRECTOR WITHOUT VOTE AND SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION FROM AMONG THE ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DEL VALLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
FROM READING THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THAT ALREADY IS A PROVISION THAT THE BOARD GETS TWO SEATS IN ADDITION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WITHOUT VOTE, AND IT'S JUST THE BOARD TAKES A VOTE TO DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO SERVE ON.
SO I THINK THAT SETTLES THAT ISSUE BECAUSE THAT'S A PART OF THE BYLAWS.
THAT'S NOT THE MOU. THAT'S THE FOUNDATION BYLAWS.
I DON'T THINK IT SAYS THAT IN THIS MOU, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS IN YOUR BYLAWS.
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IN THE MOU.
IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO APPOINT THEM.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THEIR BYLAWS SAYS, IS THAT WE HAVE TO CHOOSE TWO REPRESENTATIVES.
SO. OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD SAID IT WAS THEY GET TO CHOOSE.
EXACTLY. WE JUST WE VOTE ON THEM.
CORRECT. SO IF YOU SAY, WELL, WE DON'T WANT THIS PERSON, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? OH, THIS NEVER HAPPENED.
I GUESS YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE SOMEBODY ELSE.
BUT AGAIN, IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION, IT WOULD.
I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY BE HARD PRESSED TO SAY NO TO SOMEBODY.
BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN NEVER TELL THE FUTURE, RIGHT? JUST A CLARIFICATION.
I THE LANGUAGE HERE SEEMS LIKE WE RECOMMEND TO PEOPLE.
AND THEN YOU GUYS MAKE A CHOICE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE PEOPLE SIT ON THE BOARD.
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BUT THERE ARE TWO TRUSTEE SEATS THAT ARE ALLOCATED, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ASKED.I JUST WANT TO DO A LITTLE HISTORY THAT WE HAD BEFORE EDUCATION PARTNERS AND ADOPT A SCHOOL, BUT WE COULDN'T GET WE COULDN'T GET DONATIONS FROM MAJOR CORPORATIONS AND COMPANIES BECAUSE WE WEREN'T A 500 AND 1C3, SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE TO THE EDUCATION PARTNERS.
SO THAT'S ONE REASON WE ORGANIZED THE FOUNDATION.
AND TO CLARIFY, TO HELP WITH SHANTI IS THAT WE WORKED WITH FOUNDATION INNOVATION, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT TO HELP FOUNDATIONS GET STARTED, TO HELP. THEY'RE IN TROUBLE.
AND SO A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME THROUGH THAT.
BUT ALSO, THERE'S VERY FEW FOUNDATIONS THAT CAN AFFORD TO PAY THEIR OWN STAFF, VERY FEW EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
MOST OF THEM DO WHEN WE GO TO THE CONFERENCES THAT ARE FREE TO US.
THE ONE CONFERENCE A YEAR THAT'S SPONSORED BY ANOTHER FOUNDATION IN THE STATE.
MAJORITY OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S IN THE STATE EMPLOY ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, WORKS WITH THE FOUNDATION, AND THEY PROVIDE THE OFFICE SPACE FOR THAT EMPLOYEE. SOME HAVE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THREE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK WITH THE FOUNDATION.
THERE'S A FEW OF THE VERY LARGE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, THAT HAVE RAISED ENOUGH MONEY TALKING BIG, BIG BUCKS THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY A STAFF PERSON, AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
AND IF YOU REALLY WANT US TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND WANT THE FOUNDATION MEMBERS AND OUR VENDOR, THE COMPANIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING OUR SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS, FUNDING, ET CETERA, I THINK THE FOUNDATION BOARD REALLY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPPORTS THEIR WORK, SUPPORTS WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS MADE THAT PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REALIZE PEOPLE DO WATCH OUR LIVE STREAM, THEY SEE THE VOTES WE TAKE.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVING US SOME BIG MONEY TO HELP US, THAT THE ONES AS THEY'RE COMING IN TO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN, WE'VE GOTTEN IDEAS FROM WE REACH OUT A LOT OF TIMES TO OTHER FOUNDATIONS IN THE AREA TO GIVE ADVICE AND HELP US, AS WE'RE STILL IN THE INFANCY STAGE.
THE FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DOING THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT Y'ALL BECAUSE WE DO.
Y'ALL ARE ALREADY IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO KICK YOU OUT.
MY QUESTION IS A LEGAL QUESTION.
IF ANOTHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION COMES UP AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS DOING, I WANT TO START MY OWN FOUNDATION.
DOES THIS PREVENT ANY OTHER FOUNDATION FROM COMING IN AND DOING THE SAME THING AND ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL MOU? THERE'S NO EXCLUSIVITY IN THIS AGREEMENT.
ALTHOUGH YOU WOULD BE DIVIDING, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE EFFORT, I SUPPOSE, IF YOU DID THAT.
BUT THAT'S A PRACTICAL ISSUE, NOT A LEGAL ONE.
AND WE WOULD THIS BE SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR ANY OTHER NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO OUR DISTRICT, CAPACITY TO COME IN AND ASK FOR THE SAME TYPE OF MOU.
YEAH. SO THIS ARRANGEMENT IS ULTIMATELY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE BENEFIT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE IN THIS AGREEMENT.
YEAH, THEORETICALLY, YOU COULD HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM.
NOT TO SAY THAT THE PRESENTATION SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THE AUDIT.
I'M STILL CONCERNED THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY THAT BEFORE.
TO ME, BEFORE WE GO INTO ANY AGREEMENT.
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TRUSTEE LEDESMA. CAN YOU CLARIFY THE DISCREPANCY FROM THE AUDIT? I THINK YOU HAD HIGHLIGHTED $15,000 LINE ITEM FOR GRANT AWARDS.WHAT PAGE IS THIS? PAGE EIGHT.
SO THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IS 19,000.
SO THAT DOESN'T THAT ADDS UP TO MORE THAN THE PROGRAM GRANTS AND MORE THAN THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OR THE TOTAL EXPENSES OF 28,000. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE SPECIFICS. BUT NO ONE HERE IS FROM THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO DIVE IN MORE, DEEPER, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT THAT DIALOG AND THAT DISCUSSION.
WE JUST WANT TO GET THIS THING PASSED SO WE KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS BEHIND US, AND THAT'S FINE.
I'M JUST SAYING I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH DOING THAT UNTIL THAT ON MY END.
FOR ME NOT TO SAY THEIR SUPPORT, THAT'S MY DECISION.
THANK YOU. SO THAT'S CLARIFIED FOR ME VERY MUCH.
SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT.
WHY DO YOU THINK WE WOULDN'T BE BEHIND YOU? WE ARE I MEAN I WANT TO I'M SUPPORTING IT.
BUT THERE ARE SOME GAPS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED IN.
SO LIKE NOT HAVING THE DISCUSSION BOARDS IN A WORKSHOP, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT THAT'S NOT EVEN IT'S BEEN MENTIONED MAYBE THREE TIMES TONIGHT, AND THE FACT THAT THAT'S NOT EVEN A SOLUTION THAT WE'RE WILLING TO GO TOWARDS, AND YOU'RE ASKING US TO JUST VOTE FOR THIS.
AND WE'RE HERE, WE'RE GIVING OUR TIME, OUR EFFORT, OUR HARD WORK.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, JUST LIKE YOU.
WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, JUST LIKE Y'ALL.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR THESE KIDS AND TO NOT FOR THAT, NOT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND WE'RE NOW LOSING FOUNDATION MEMBERS WHEN WE'RE ALREADY DOWN 18.
AND WE LOST ONE OF OUR MOST ESSENTIAL, ONE OF THE MOST WELL CONNECTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SO, YEAH, THERE IS TIMES WHEN WE DON'T FEEL SUPPORTED.
I JUST WANT TO. IS THERE A MOTION? NO, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
LIKE, AGAIN, YOU ARE SUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT.
I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN HERE, YOU'RE ALREADY DOING.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT CONVERSATION AT A SEPARATE TIME BECAUSE I'M NOT OKAY WITH THAT.
THANK YOU. I MOVE, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE DEL VALLE ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DEL VALLE ISD.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ABSTAINING.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM E OF ACTION ITEMS.
[VII.E. Consider and Act on Purchase over $50,000 - Grant Funded Police Vehicles ]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON PURCHASE.OVER $50,000 GRANT FUNDED POLICE VEHICLES.
THE VALLEY ISD APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED $354,289 FOR THE SAFE CYCLE TWO GRANT.
THE GRANT WAS AWARDED FOR THE PURCHASE OF SIX POLICE VEHICLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS 11 VEHICLES.
UNDER THE VALLEY ISD PROPERTY.
THE DISTRICT SOLICITED PROPOSALS FOR ELECTRIC, HYBRID, AND GASOLINE VEHICLES, AND THE SELECTED PROPOSAL IS FROM RED MCCOMBS FOR A 45,409 PLUS APPLICABLE FEES PER UNIT.
YES. YOU CAN SAY, WELL, PRESIDENT ROBINSON ONLY GETS SORTED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, PLEASE. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE 354,289 IS ALL GRANT FUNDS.
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AND SO OUR COST IS ZERO.AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE THEM IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
AND I'LL JUST GO WITH OUR SECOND.
FIRST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YEAH. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALISON.
OKAY. SO WE ARE ON TO ACTION ITEM F.
[VII.F. Consider and Act on TASB Board Nomination]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON TASK B BOARD NOMINATION.OKAY. SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
AREA SCHOOL BOARDS ARE INVITED TO ENDORSE A CANDIDATE FOR EACH POSITION WITHIN THEIR REGION.
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY THEIR LOCAL BOARDS FOR POSITIONS WHICH ARE VACANT OR HAVE EXPIRING TERMS. IF A MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE REGION ENDORSES A CANDIDATE, THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ELECTED TO THE TASB BOARD.
THE NOMINATION FROM THE INDIVIDUALS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD IS COUNTED AS AN ENDORSEMENT.
SO WE ARE WITH REGION 13 AND THERE ARE THREE THAT ARE THERE.
DO I HAVE, I THINK, TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON? YES. ALSO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK, ARE THERE ANY OF THE CANDIDATES HERE? AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR? PLEASE COME. PLEASE COME ON UP.
DO YOU MIND COMING UP? YEAH. LITTLE SPEAKER BUTTON.
THANK YOU. NOW THAT I'VE LURED YOU TO THE FRONT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW TRUSTEE HOLUBEC FROM THRALL OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR.
I THINK HIM BEING PRESENT IN THIS ROOM IS LITERALLY WHAT HIS REPUTATION IS.
I HE WAS NOMINATED AND WON ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR AT THE TASB CONVENTION, AND THE WAY THAT THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION DESCRIBED HIM AS, HE'S EVERYWHERE THAT I GO, EVERY HALLWAY THAT I'M IN.
I THINK HE'S AN INCREDIBLE REPRESENTATIVE FROM REGION 13, AND WE'D BE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A FEW SECONDS, BUT LET'S MR. PANTOJA WILL GO WHERE? THE SECOND. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY, WELL, THAT MADE IT A COMMENT AS WELL, IF THAT'S OKAY.
YES. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. I DO NOT KNOW YOU PERSONALLY, SIR, BUT I DO SEE YOU EVERYWHERE.
SO I'M SO PROUD THAT WE HAVE ENDORSED YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY FOR OUR MEETING AS WELL.
AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR KIDS IN TEXAS.
YES, SIR. WELL, THAT MADE IT NICE AND EASY.
[VII.G. Consider and Act to designate a Delegate and Alternate for the TASA-TASB Convention]
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SO WE HAVE CONSIDER AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE FOR THE TULSA TASB CONVENTION.SO THE 2024 DELEGATE ASSEMBLY HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TASB CONVENTION IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, AT THE GRAND HYATT HOTEL IN SAN ANTONIO. EACH YEAR, THE BOARD DESIGNATES A DELEGATE AND AN ALTERNATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON TASB BUSINESS AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACROSS THE STATE.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS OF OUR FULL BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ATTENDING THIS CONVENTION IN SEPTEMBER.
SO OF THOSE THREE, WE WOULD WANT TO NOMINATE A DELEGATE OR DESIGNATE A DELEGATE AND AN ALTERNATE.
I WILL SAY THAT, ELVIA, I DON'T THINK IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ONE OF THEM BECAUSE CONGRATULATIONS TO HER ON BEING PART OF THE TASB LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE.
SO THAT ACTUALLY JUST LEAVES TWO INDIVIDUALS.
TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON, I THINK YOU.
WERE YOU GOING TO SEE YOUR HAND ON THE SPEAKER? I WOULD KNOW. I WAS GOING TO I WAS GOING TO SAY, I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE HEUBERGER IS ATTENDING, AND I ALSO KNOW THAT SHE IS EXITING THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER AS SHE'S NOT DECIDED TO SEEK, RE SEEK POSITION ON THE BOARD.
AND I THINK GIVEN HER PAST ADVOCACY WORK FOR THE DISTRICT, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE HER BE THE DELEGATE ONE LAST TIME, IF SHE WANTS IT.
IF SHE WANTS IT, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THE ADVOCACY.
I LOVE TO DO THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.
SO YES, I WOULD APPRECIATE TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TRUSTEE HEUBERGER.
OKAY. SO SHE WILL BE OUR DELEGATE AND OUR ALTERNATE.
TRUSTEE PANTOJA ARE YOU? I GUESS I DON'T HAVE A I DON'T THINK I HAVE A CHOICE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR TRUSTEE PANTOJA TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. EIGHT ZERO.
WE HAVE A DELEGATE AND AN ALTERNATE AND TRUSTEE.
IT IS A GREAT IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
ANYONE. YOU CAN SIT IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO BUT WHEN WE WILL GET DAMIAN YOU WILL.
SO, IF I USUALLY TRY TO GO THROUGH IT AND IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, BRING IT TO THE BOARD.
JUST GET Y'ALL'S IDEAS ON DIFFERENT.
WE DIDN'T PROPOSE ANY RESOLUTIONS THIS YEAR AS A BOARD, SO.
SO I'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL BEFORE I GO.
CAN WE AT LEAST IN 30S, SHARE WHAT THIS ROLE DOES? BECAUSE WHAT THIS ROLE DOES IS IMPACTING ACROSS THE STATE.
YEAH. TRUSTEE HEUBERGER YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK? WELL, AT THE TASB TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS CONVENTION.
AND IT STARTS IN JANUARY WITH GRASSROOTS MEETINGS WITHIN EVERY REGION ACROSS THE STATE.
AND THEN THERE'S A THEN A MEMBERS TWO MEMBERS 2 OR 3 FROM EVERY REGION IS ELECTED AT THAT GRASSROOTS TO GO TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEETS AND THEY TAKE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GRASSROOTS AND THEN THE THEN THEY ELECT THREE MEMBERS [INAUDIBLE] REGION 13 HAS ONE FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS, I THINK, AND LEANDER ARE REPRESENTING REGION 13 SCHOOL BOARDS ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. AND THEN ACTUALLY THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE WHOLE LACC AND THEN ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS.
AND THEN ALSO BOARDS CAN SEND RESOLUTIONS.
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WE'VE DONE THAT OFF AND ON.AND THEY COVER A WIDE RANGE WHICH HELPS THE ALSO DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF IF IT'S NOT PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, BUT IF IT'S IN THE RESOLUTIONS, THEN OUR TASB STAFF AND TASB MEMBERS LIKE BRIAN THAT GO ADVOCATE AND LOBBY AT THE CAPITOL.
THEN THEY FOLLOW WHAT IS IN THE RESOLUTIONS TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF SETTING OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
SO EVEN REPRESENTATION FROM DEL VALLE WAS KIND OF MAKING ITS WAY UP TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION.
[VIII. Closed Session]
SO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL NOW ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT TGC 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY TGC 551.074 REVIEW AND APPROVE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF.DISCUSSION OF PERSONNEL INCLUDING ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND TGC 551.076.
DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.
DISCUSSION OF INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT FINDINGS.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 1:54 A.M.
[IX. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session]
SO, I'LL BE NOT HERE.I MOVE APPROVAL OF ACTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS AS APPROVED IN. AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SANCTIONS FOR A JOB ABANDONMENT FOR DONALD GADDY, MISTY KELLY AND ROSELLA MEDINA. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE MEETING AT 1:59 A.M.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.