[00:00:02] >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE. [III. Call to Order] AT THIS TIME, I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPENS [INAUDIBLE]. THE TIME IS 6:42 PM. AT THIS TIME, IF WE COULD PLEASE WELCOME, LET'S SEE, POPHAM ELEMENTARY TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> COME IN. >> I THINK WE LET THEM GO SIT DOWN FOR A MINUTE SINCE WE WERE LATE. SO WE'LL JUST GIVE THEM A MINUTE TO GET HERE. THANK YOU, POPHAM ELEMENTARY FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> >> COME THIS SIDE. [BACKGROUND] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. [00:06:55] GREAT JOB. [BACKGROUND] >> THANK YOU STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOR COMING OUT AND ALLOWING YOUR STUDENTS TO BE PART OF THIS MEETING TODAY. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO PUBLIC HEARING. [II. Public Hearing: Truth-in-Taxation] [BACKGROUND] WE'LL GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING WITH MISS CANSIDO, AND I WILL LET YOU DECIDE WHICH ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO FIRST. >> THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT. BOARD MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH OUR TRUTH-IN-TAXATION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS HERE REPRESENTING AND THEY'LL BE PRESENTING PART OF THAT PRESENTATION. IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE BOARD? >> THAT IS FINE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. HERE WE GO. AS PART OF THE BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUBLISH A NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING CREATED BACK IN JUNE TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE IN THE BUDGET. THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED ON JUNE 25TH, SO THIS IS THE SECOND PORTION OF THAT PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE. HERE IS THE TIMELINE FOR THAT APPROVAL ON THE 14TH. WE PUBLISHED THAT NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING ON 25TH. WE HAD THE PUBLIC MEETING WHERE THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED. ON JULY 19TH, WE RECEIVED OUR FINAL CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUE ESTIMATE. BEFORE THEN, WE WORKED WITH A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE. ON AUGUST 29TH, THE TEA FINALIZED THE COMPRESSED M&O TAX RATE. TODAY, WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM LATER FOR THE TAX RATE ADOPTION. AS YOU KNOW, OUR TAX RATE IS COMPRISED OF TWO MAJOR RATES. ONE IS M&O OR IT'S FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, [00:10:03] AND THIS IS A PORTION OF THE TAX RATE THAT IS USED TO OPERATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR MAINLY OUR GENERAL FUND. THE SECOND PORTION OF THAT TAX RATE IS OUR INS OR OUR INTEREST IN SINKING, AND THAT IS PRIMARILY USED OR IT'S SOLELY USED ACTUALLY FOR THE PAYMENT OF DEBT. WE HAVE BOND PAYMENTS, THE DISTRICT HAS GONE OUT FOR BONDS IN RECENT YEARS TO BUILD THE BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 2. THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE THAT PAYS FOR THAT BOND. IN THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, I KNOW WE HAVE HAD EITHER A WORKSHOP OR THE ACTUAL BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS. WE HAVE DISCUSSED OUR M&O TAX RATE IN THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN THE POINT 0.669. THAT HAS BEEN FINALIZED BY TAS, SO THERE IS NO CHANGES TO THE RATE THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. THAT IS A HALF A PENNY DECREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. LAST YEAR, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO SENATE BILL 2 THAT WAS PASSED, AND THAT WAS FOR THE REDUCTION, A $0.1 REDUCTION IN THE TAX RATE, AND AS WELL, THERE WAS JUST THE NORMAL COMPRESSION LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO THIS YEAR. THE INS, THE INTEREST AND SINKING RATE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE HOLD THE $0.33 AND THAT IT WILL GENERATE A REVENUE, ADDITIONAL TAX COLLECTIONS, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT TESLA CHAPTER 313 AGREEMENT WHICH EXCLUDES TAX COLLECTIONS ON THE M&O SIDE, BUT NOT ON THE INS SIDE. THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL ABOUT $16-17 MILLION IN TAX COLLECTIONS, WHICH WOULD BE UTILIZED TO DEFEASE OR TO PAY OFF A DEBT, AND THERE'S TWO ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS RELATED TO THAT PROCESS. THE TOTAL TAX RATE FOR THE YEAR WILL BE 0.9969, AND THAT IS AGAIN, A REDUCTION OF HALF PENNY. WE DO HAVE HERE FOR THE INS PORTION OF OUR DISCUSSION AND ALSO TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS LATER. ONE IS FOR THE DEFEASANCE OF DEBT AND THE OTHER ONE IS FOR A REFUNDING. WE HAVE HERE REPRESENTATIVE FROM MCCALL PARKHURST? >> SPECIALIZED. >> SPECIALIZED. WE HAVE SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE. THEY ARE THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL ADVISORS, SO HE HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THAT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS COLE GILMORE WITH SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE. AS MENTIONED, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT. WE'VE COVERED SOME OF THIS. THE I&S RATE SET AT $0.33. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT THROUGH DEFEASANCES AND BY EVEN ISSUING NEW MONEY BONDS. THE LARGEST TAXPAYER, TESLA, VALUED AT 6.5 BILLION ON THE TAX ROLLS. BECAUSE OF THAT 313 AGREEMENT, AS MENTIONED, IT CAN'T BE TAXED ON THE M&O SIDE FULLY, BUT CAN ON THE INS SIDE. THAT'S GOOD. A BOND PREPAYMENT OR A DEFEASANCE, THIS ALLOWS US TO HOLD THE TAX RATE AT $0.33. YOU CAN PREPAY UP TO 16.38 MILLION IN EXISTING BONDS BASED ON THIS $0.33 TAX RATE. THIS ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO ISSUE ITS REMAINING 20 MILLION IN AUTHORIZED BONDS IN 26 IF NEEDED WITHOUT A TAX RATE INCREASE, KEEPING IT AT THAT $0.33. IT ALSO DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF OUTSTANDING DEBT, WHICH IS GOOD FROM A CREDIT PERSPECTIVE. STANDARD AND POOR'S ALWAYS POINTS OUT THAT THERE'S A HIGH DEBT LIMIT FOR THE DISTRICT, SO ANY TIME YOU CAN PREPAY IT, IT'S A GOOD THING FROM A CREDIT STANDPOINT. THIS DEFEASANCE WON'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL JUNE OF 2025, BUT OUR BOND ATTORNEY MCCALL, PARKHURST ADVISES THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TAX RATE. THE REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY, THE DISTRICT HAS 33.685 MILLION IN BONDS THAT ARE CALLABLE IN JUNE OF 2025. THE SERIES 2015 BONDS ARE CURRENTLY CALLABLE AND THE SERIES 2016 BONDS BECOME CALLABLE IN JUNE OF 2025. FEDERAL TAX LAW PREVENTS YOU FROM REFUNDING THESE BONDS ON A TAX EXEMPT BASIS PRIOR TO THEIR CALL DATE. BUT TAX LAW DOES ALLOW YOU TO REFUND THEM ON A TAX EXEMPT BASIS 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THE CALL DATE. THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE STARTING THIS PROCESS NOW. THAT TRANSLATES TO A FEBRUARY 2025 PRICING WITH A MARCH '25 CLOSING DATE, WHICH IS 90 DAYS PRIOR TO JUNE. THE PRELIMINARY SAVINGS THAT WE'VE RUN, REFUNDING 19.75 MILLION OF THE SERIES 2016 BONDS YIELD SAVINGS OF 898,000 IN CHANGE. [00:15:08] THAT'S ROUGHLY 70,000 A YEAR THROUGH 2041, AND THE TRUE INTEREST COSTS FOR THE INTEREST RATE OF REFUNDING THESE BONDS IS 3.55%. THESE ARE ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE PRICING DATE, WE CAN PROVIDE MORE ACCURATE FIGURES. THROUGH A DELEGATION PRICING, THE DISTRICT HAS DONE THIS IN THE PAST WITH THE REFUNDING PREVIOUSLY THIS YEAR AND IN THE PAST. THE BOARD DELEGATES THEIR PRICING AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR CFO TO PRICE ON THEIR BEHALF, AS LONG AS CERTAIN PARAMETERS ARE MET. THE BOARD SETS MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE, TERM, AMOUNT, ETC. THIS ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO SELL BONDS ON THE BEST DAY IN THE MARKET RATHER THAN HAVING TO ALIGN WITH REGULAR BOARD MEETING DATES. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF REFUNDING PARAMETERS. THE PRICING OFFICER WOULD BE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR CFO, MAX PAR AMOUNT OF 33.685 MILLION. THAT'S JUST THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT'S CURRENTLY CALLABLE. MINIMUM SAVINGS WOULD BE 3% ON A PRESENT VALUE BASIS, WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD. THEN THESE PARAMETERS WOULD EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. HERE'S A SAMPLE TIMELINE STARTING IN WITH TONIGHT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER OF 17TH, THE BOARD WOULD AUTHORIZE THE ORDER, ALLOWING US TO MOVE FORWARD. OTHER KEY DATES WOULD BE THE FEBRUARY 20TH, 2025 PRICING, AND THEN CLOSING IN MARCH OF '25. THIS IS A GRAPH OF THE DISTRICT'S TAX ASSESSED VALUATION. AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE UP, WE CAN USE EXCESS COLLECTIONS TO HOLD THE TAX RATE FLAT THROUGH A DEFEASANCE OR PREPAYING BONDS. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, HERE'S THE DECREASING TOTAL TAX RATE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> TRUSTEE WEGNER. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE, IF ANY, REPERCUSSIONS ARE THERE FOR NOT DOING THIS TONIGHT AS OUR CFO IS NOON, AND THEN WE ARE ONE MEETING AWAY APPARENTLY FROM NAMING A LOAN FINALIST? >> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT? IF YOU FAIL TO AUTHORIZE THAT, IT DOESN'T ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE DISTRICT TO HOLD THE TAX RATE. AS VALUES CONTINUE TO INCREASE, THE INS RATE THAT WILL BE RECOMMENDED WILL BE LOWER. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO USE A DEFEASANCE TO HOLD THE TAX RATE FLAT, THEN THAT'LL BE LOSS SAVINGS AND LOSS FLEXIBILITY. SAME THING ON THE REFUNDING SIDE. IT'S NOT AN OBLIGATION TO PURSUE A REFUNDING, BUT IT IS SAVING TAXPAYERS INTEREST COST SAVINGS. SO IT'S JUST THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THESE THINGS. >> BUT IF WE DID IT AT A NEXT MEETING, SAY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, WOULD WE STILL RECOUP THAT SINCE THEY'RE NOT SELLABLE UNTIL JUNE OF 2025? >> WHAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IS HOLD OUR I&S TAX RATE AT $0.33. WE WOULD NEED TO LOWER IT IN $17 IN ADDITIONAL TAX COLLECTIONS, AND THE DEADLINE TO ADOPT A TAX RATE IS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH? >> CORRECT. >> SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT NEEDS TO GO IN [INAUDIBLE]. >> WE COULD DO THIS AT A LATER MEETING? >> THIS IS JUST AUTHORIZING IT. NO, YOU NEED TO HAVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE DEFEASANCE TO HOLD THE TAX RATE. SO THOSE HAVE TO BE IN CONJUNCTION. THE TRANSACTION IS GOING TO BE LATER IN THE YEAR, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A CFO IN PLACE IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR. THAT'S WHEN THE TRANSACTION WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE. >> BUT SINCE TODAY IS SEPTEMBER THE 17TH, POTENTIALLY WE COULD WAIT. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STOP. SO THAT WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 30TH AND ACTUALLY ADOPT THE TAX RATE BECAUSE TONIGHT'S JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING. THEN WE COULD ADOPT THE TAX RATE AND THIS AT A LATER DATE, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS UP TO THE BOARD. >> BUT IT COULD BE. >> THAT IS UP TO THE BOARD. >> THANK YOU. >> IF I CORRECT. IF WE DON'T DO IT TONIGHT, WE COULD LOSE $17,000,000. >> BY THE END OF THE MONTH. >> ANYWAY, I WOULD PREFER TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT TONIGHT. >> YES. RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE? I WAS READY TO MOVE TO APPROVE. >> YOUR FACE, I HAVE TO STAND UP. SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ON THIS? [00:20:08] >> RICHARD [INAUDIBLE]. >> TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] FIRST? >> [INAUDIBLE]. I MOVED TO PROOF. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> HE MOVES TO A PROOF. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT A LATER TIME. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PART, BUT THANK YOU TRUSTEE RENDAL. AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. YES. >> YES [INAUDIBLE]. >> YOU HAVE TO SET THE TAX RATE PRIOR TO THE FISCAL YEAR END. WE ALWAYS DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DES. YOU CAN'T SET THAT RATE WITHOUT THAT DEFEASANCE, OTHERWISE, IT'S YOU'RE LEGALLY HOLDING THE TAX RATE TOO HIGH. >> SO WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE ADOPTED A 33 CENT TAX RATE WITHOUT THE DEFICIENT, WE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE EXCESS TAX COLLECTION. WE WOULD NEED TO LOWER OUR TAX RATE IN ORDER TO MEET OUR BOND PAYMENTS. OUR BOND PAYMENTS FOR THE COMING YEAR IS ABOUT $49 MILLION. WITH A 33 CENT TAX COLLECTION, WE ARE ESTIMATED TO COLLECT ABOUT $67,000,000. WE WOULD LOSE ABOUT 18:17 TO $18,000,000 THAT WE WOULD NEED TO LOWER IN ORDER TO MEET THE TAX RATE WOULD NEED TO MEET WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN DEBT PAYMENT RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE DEFEASENCE. [INAUDIBLE] >> CORRECT. CORRECT. UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO DEFEASE, CORRECT? YES. IN ORDER TO HOLD IT AT THE $0.33, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE DEFEASANCE IN PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> I THINK IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE TO THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [I. Public Hearing: Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) Report] >> OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING IS ON THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT OR MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS OUR FIRST REPORT. SO THIS IS FOR THE DATA OF FISCAL YEAR 22/23, AND THIS WAS FOR THE ACTUAL REPORT IS FOR THE 23/24 WITH THE DATA OF 22/23. THE PURPOSE OF THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING SYSTEM IS A PRIMARY GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES. THE DISTRICT'S RATING IS BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF STAFF AND STUDENT DATA REPORTED FOR THE 22/23 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE BUDGETARY AND ACTUAL FINANCIAL DATA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023. THIS ENSURES THAT DISTRICTS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ACHIEVE IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCE. THE DISTRICT, THESE ARE THE SCORES. A, A SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IS THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT WITH A 90 TO 100 SCORE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT B, C AND F. THE DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR RECEIVED A, SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT WITH A SCORE OF 94. THEN I WILL GO OVER THE INDICATORS INDICATOR NUMBER ONE. I WAS A COMPLETE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FILED TIMELY WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND THE RESPONSES OF VC'S ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR END OF JUNE 30, 2023, WAS FILED WITH THE TEA BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF NOVEMBER 27TH. WAS THERE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IN THE AFR ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A WHOLE? THE RESPONSE IS, YES, THE OPINION EXPRESSED BY OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR ON JUNE 30, AUDIT REPORT WAS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. A MODIFICATION WOULD MEAN THAT THEY HAD THERE WAS A CONCERN ISSUE, SO THE HIGHEST YOU CAN GET IS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. FOR INDICATOR NUMBER 3, WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN COMPLIANCE WITH PAYMENT TERMS OF ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS AT FISCAL YEAR END? THE RESPONSE IS YES, THE DISTRICT COMPLIED WITH ALL PAYMENT TERMS OF ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS AT FISCAL YEAR END. DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO TRS, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, THE IRS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE RESPONSE IS YES, THE DISTRICT MADE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. [00:25:02] FOR INDICATOR NUMBER FIVE, WAS A TOTAL NET POSITION BALANCE IN THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES COLUMN IN THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION GREATER THAN ZERO. AND THIS IS NOT BEING GRADED, SO IT'S SEALING PAST. INDICATOR NUMBER SIX WAS A TOTAL NET POSITION IN THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES COLUMN IN THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION. GREATER THAN ZERO, AND THE RESPONSE IS, YES, THE TOTAL NET POSITION WAS 77.7 MILLION DOLLAR. THE INDICATOR WAS PASSED. INDICATOR NUMBER SEVEN WAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND IN CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO COVER OPERATING EXPENDITURES, AND THE RESPONSE IS, YES, THE DISTRICT HAS 208.08 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND. NUMBER 8, WAS THE MEASURE OF CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES RATIO FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO COVER SHORT TERM DEBT? THE RESPONSE IS, YES, THE DISTRICT HAS A 6.609 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. RECEIVE THE MAXIMUM POINTS OF TEN. INDICATOR NUMBER 9, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GENERAL FUND REVENUES EQUAL OR EXCEED EXPENDITURES? THE RESPONSE IS, YES, THE DISTRICT HAD A SURPLUS OF 5.2 MILLION DOLLAR LAST YEAR, RECEIVE TEN POINTS. NUMBER 10, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AVERAGE LESS THAN 10% VARIANCE WHEN COMPARING BUDGETED REVENUES TO ACTUAL REVENUES FOR THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, AND THIS IS NOT BEING SCORED THIS YEAR? NUMBER 11 WAS THE RATIO OF LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT LONG TERM SOLVENCY. THE RESPONSE TO VALLEY ISD RATIO FOR 2023 SCHOOL YEAR WAS 0.7569. IT RECEIVED SIX POINTS, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBT OR WHAT WE HAVE, MAINLY THE LAST BOND PAYMENT. IT BASICALLY MEANS THAT WE HAVE TOO MUCH DEBT COMPARED TO OUR ASSETS. JUST TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT WE DISCUSSED ON HOLDING THE TAX RATE, THIS WOULD HELP THAT INDICATOR BY PAYING OFF THAT DEBT FASTER AND LOWERING THAT LIABILITY AND INCREASING THE AS TWO LIABILITY RATIO. WHAT IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN FUTURE DEBT REQUIREMENT AND THE DISTRICT'S ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE? THE VALUE I ASSESS PROPERTY VALUE RATIO FOR THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR WAS 5.335 AND THE DISTRICT RECEIVED EIGHT POINTS. AGAIN, THIS IS RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM ON THE BOND OR THE DEBT THAT WE THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS. WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD AND THE DISTRICT RECEIVED TEN POINTS, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO WAS 0.0 846? NUMBER 14, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT HAVE 15% DECLINE IN THE STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO OVER THREE YEARS? DO VALLEY ISD HAD A 0.0 346 DECLINE IN STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO OVER THE THREE YEARS AND REACHED THE MAXIMUM OF 0.10. NUMBER 15, THIS INDICATOR WAS NOT SCORED THIS YEAR. NUMBER 16, DID THE COMPARISON OF PMS DATA TO LIKE INFORMATION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S AFR RESULT IN A TOTAL VARIANCE OF LESS THAN 3% OF ALL EXPENDITURES AND THE INDICATOR WAS PASSED? NUMBER 17, DID THE EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR INDICATE THE AFR WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCE OF MATERIAL WEAKNESS IN INTERNAL CONTROLS OR FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE FOR LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS AND THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR INDICATED THE AFR WAS FREE OF MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS OR FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR THE FISCAL 2023, AND THE CEILING WAS PASSED? NUMBER 18, DID THE EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR INDICATE THE AFR WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCES OF MATERIAL NON COMPLIANCE OR GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND LAWS RELATED TO LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS. AND DEL VALLE THESE EXTERNAL AUDITORS INDICATED THE AFR WAS FREE OF MATERIAL NON COMPLIANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND RECEIVED MAXIMUM OF TEN POINTS. AND DID THE DISTRICT POST THE REQUIRED FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND OTHER STATUTES, LO LAWS AND RULES THAT WERE IN EFFECT AT THE SCHOOL YEARS FISCAL YEAR END. AND THE RESPONSE IS, YES, THE DISTRICT POSTED ALL REQUIRED FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE AND RECEIVED A MAXIMUM POINT OF FIVE. NUMBER 20, DID THE SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSS DISTRICT'S PROPERTY VALUES AT A BOARD MEETING WITHIN A DISTRICT ADOPTED A IS A BUDGET IN THE RESPONSE IS, YES, THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD, AND THE CEILING WAS PASSED. [00:30:02] WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENTS RECEIVED BY SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, AND WE HAVE HERE THE LISTING WITH THE AMOUNTS FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER THAT WAS REIMBURSED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022/23. WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO NOTE IF THERE WAS ANY GIFTS RECEIVED BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS AND THERE WERE NON REPORTED. THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST PRESENTATION. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST PAGE? >> NO. >> THIS CORRECTED ON THAT ONE. THE ONE THE AGENDA THAT WAS RECEIVED TO US, THERE WAS A, I GUESS A TYPO. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD JOB. >> YES. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, TRUSTEE WEGNER? >> LOOKING AT THE LIST OF REIMBURSEMENTS REINCEIVED BY SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS. IT LOOKS LIKE SUSANNA WOODY AND I HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT. BUT THEN IF YOU GO TO LODGING AT ONE POINT, WE'RE ABOUT $600 DIFFERENT. SO CAN WE GET THE BREAKDOWN OF THESE AND THEN THIS YES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S FOR, BUT DOES IT NEED TO BE CORRECTED? >> IF WE NEED TO WE CAN CORRECT IT, BUT YEAH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU. >> CAN WE PULL IT BACK UP? >> YES MA'AM. RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME. >> BUT WE CAN SLIDE AGAIN. >> SURE. >> IT'S NUMBER 25. YES, MA'AM. >> YES. >> WE WILL PROVIDE YOU THE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR THOSE NUMBERS. >> THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME AMOUNTS GOING ACROSS, BUT THE TOTAL IS THE SAME. SO THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? OH, TRUSTEE WELLINGTON. TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON. GO AHEAD. >> I WAS LOOKING AT MY NOTES FROM THIS HEARING LAST YEAR AND I NOTICED THAT LAST YEAR, WE HAD A SCORE OF 96, AND THE INDICATORS THAT WE GOT DOCKED ON WERE ALSO 11 AND 12. I'M CURIOUS, WHICH OF THOSE DID WE RECEIVE TWO LESS POINTS FOR THIS YEAR? >> TWO LESS. I BELIEVE, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME ONE SECOND. >> THIS YEAR, OUR SCORE IS 94. >> I BELIEVE IT IS THIS ONE. IT WAS AN EIGHT LAST YEAR, INDICATOR NUMBER 11. >> DOES THAT CONCERN YOU THAT WE GOT LESS POINTS THIS YEAR? JUST GIVEN THAT IT'S ABOUT THE LONG TERM LIABILITIES, TOTAL ASSETS. >> YES, I KNOW, BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE ARE DEFEATING DEBT, WE ARE SO WE ARE DEFEATING DEBT, SO IT WILL DECREASE OUR LONG TERM LIABILITIES, BUT THEN THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT WE MAY NOW HAVE A CASH FLOW ISSUES TOWARDS THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING MORE LIKE AT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. BECAUSE OUR EXPENSES, YOU KEEP GIVING PAY INCREASES, EXPENDITURES KEEP INCREASING. YOUR MONTHLY EXPENSES INCREASE BECAUSE YOUR PAYROLL GOES UP YEAR OVER YEAR, SO IT INCREASE. IT MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH THAT I DON'T FORESEE THAT HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON WHERE THAT MAY BE AN ISSUE. I THINK THAT FOR THIS COMING YEAR THAT SHOULD GO BACK UP TO EIGHT POINTS, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE SEEN AS WE CLOSE THE FISCAL YEAR. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THIS SIDE OF THE DIS? YEAH. WELL, WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MISS CACINO, I DO WANT TO WISH YOU WELL ON YOUR NEXT CHAPTER. AS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE STARTING A NEW CHAPTER AT ANOTHER PLACE AND LEAVING OUR DISTRICT, BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO GET US TO SUCH A GREAT SPOT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] >> NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5, PUBLIC COMMENT. [V. Public Comment] WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE WILL GO IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SIGNED UP. INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL SIGN UP BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS AS SPECIFIED IN BOARD PROCEDURES AND SHALL INDICATE THE AGENDA TOPIC OR TOPIC ON WHICH THEY WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. YOU WILL EACH GET 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN YOU'RE DOWN TO 1 MINUTE LEFT, THAT WILL BE REMINDED. DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU NEED TO STOP SPEAKING. IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU HAVE 1 MINUTE LEFT. IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE MS. AMINA DASANI COME FIRST. SHE WAS HERE 1 MINUTE EARLIER. [00:35:02] >> POINT OF ORDER, DO WE NEED TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER SINCE WE JUST ENDED. >> I CALL HEARING THE VERY BEGINNING. >> BUT ARE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS SEPARATE? >> OH, DO I NEED TO DO THAT? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> I APOLOGIZE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> DEAR PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE DEL VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS AMINA DASANI. I AM SECRETARY OF DVA. I AM READING THIS STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF MS. ELIS, A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT BATY ELEMENTARY. SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE OPEN HOUSE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS A REQUIRED EVENT FOR STAFF TO ATTEND. LAST YEAR AT BATY, WE HAD MANY STUDENTS TRANSFER INTO OUR SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE, TWO DIFFERENT FIRST GRADE CLASSES THAT BEGAN THE YEAR WITH 17 STUDENTS, EACH HAD REACHED 30 STUDENTS EACH EARLY IN THE SPRING SEMESTER. THIS YEAR HAS SHOWN A SIMILAR PATTERN OF TRANSFERS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AT BATY, WE STARTED OUT THIS YEAR WITH TWO DUAL LANGUAGE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES THAT EACH HAD 26 STUDENTS AFTER THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. ONE OF THOSE CLASSES WAS STAFFED BY A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AS THE VACANCY THAT HAD BEEN POSTED SINCE LAST SPRING HAD NOT BEEN FILLED. TWO WEEKS AGO, DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS ADVISED OUR ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE A DUAL LANGUAGE FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AND AN ESL PRE-K TEACHER TO CREATE A NEW KINDERGARTEN CLASS AND FILL THE POSITION THAT WAS VACANT. THE STATEMENT THAT IS BEING READ ON BEHALF OF OUR PRE-K TEAM STATES HOW THIS TRANSITION HAS AFFECTED PRE-K. I AM SPEAKING ABOUT THE EFFECTS IN FOURTH GRADE. BECAUSE THREE DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSES IN FOURTH GRADE WERE COMBINED TO CREATE TWO DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSES. THOSE CLASSES NOW HAVE 26 STUDENTS EACH. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I PROVIDE INCLUSION SUPPORT IN THOSE CLASSES DAILY. TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 25.12 STATES THAT A DISTRICT MUST SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR A CLASS SIZE EXEMPTION FOR ANY CLASSROOMS IN PRE-K THROUGH FOURTH GRADE THAT EXCEED- >> YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> THE 22 STUDENTS CLASS SIZE LIMIT, AND THAT PARENTS MUST BE NOTIFIED. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ROSTERS FOR THESE CLASSES, ONLY 22 STUDENTS APPEAR ON THE ROSTERS. THE OTHER FOUR STUDENTS ARE ROSTERED ON MONOLINGUAL CLASS ROSTERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY SPEND ALL OF THEIR TIME IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSES, INCLUDING LUNCH IN RECESS. THEY NEVER ARE NOR HAVE BEEN PART OF THE MONOLINGUAL CLASSES. WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU AS A BOARD REQUIRE THAT THE DISTRICT FOLLOW STATE CLASS SIZE GUIDELINES AND APPLY FOR A WAIVER WHEN THEY CANNOT. REQUIRE THAT CLASS ROSTERS REFLECT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. RECOMMEND THAT THE DISTRICT CONSIDER THE PAST YEAR'S ENTRY AND WITHDRAWAL DATA WHEN MAKING LEVELING DECISIONS AND CREATE A BUFFER THAT REFLECTS ANTICIPATED ENROLLMENT, AND RECOMMEND HIRING AND RECRUITING FOR TWO TEACHING POSITIONS AT BATY TO ALLEVIATE THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS RESPONSES TO THIS SITUATION. I RESPECTFULLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT INDIVIDUAL IS MR. GEORGE FLORES. >> HI. MY NAME IS GEORGE FLORES. THIS STATEMENT IS BEING READ ON BEHALF OF THE PRE KINDERGARTEN TEAM AT BATY ELEMENTARY. DEAR PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BOTH MONOLINGUAL PRE-K CLASSROOMS AT BATTY ELEMENTARY BEGAN WITH FIVE AND SIX STUDENTS RESPECTIVELY. WITHIN JUST SIX WEEKS, WE SAW A STEADY INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT, AVERAGING ABOUT ONE NEW STUDENT PER WEEK. BY LABOR DAY, THESE CLASSROOMS HAD GROWN TO NINE AND TEN STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THREE STUDENTS FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM JOINED ONE CLASSROOM AT VARIOUS TIMES FOR INCLUSION. THIS BROUGHT THE TOTAL IN ONE CLASSROOM TO 13 STUDENTS. ANTICIPATING THAT ENROLLMENT AT BETA ELEMENTARY IS UNPREDICTABLE AND OFTEN ENROLLING, WE HAD PLANNED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF REACHING 12-14 STUDENTS PER MONOLINGUAL PRE-K CLASSROOM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. HOWEVER, THIS YEAR'S UNEXPECTED SURGEON ENROLLMENT HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES. ONE OF OUR MONOLINGUAL PRE-K TEACHERS WAS REASSIGNED TO FILL A THIRD DUAL LANGUAGE POSITION IN KINDERGARTEN. AS A RESULT, THE TWO MONOLINGUAL PRE-K CLASSROOMS ARE COMBINED INTO ONE, CREATED A CLASSROOM OF 19 STUDENTS. [00:40:02] INCLUDING THE THREE ECSC STUDENTS RECEIVING INCLUSION TIME, THIS NUMBER EFFECTIVELY RISES TO 22, ALREADY AT THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY REGULATIONS. TODAY THE CLASSROOMS COMBINES, THE REMAINING MONOLINGUAL PRE-K TEACHER RECEIVED A NEW STUDENT. THE FOLLOWING DAY, ANOTHER STUDENT ENROLLED BY THE THIRD DAY, YET ANOTHER STUDENT JOINED. THIS SUDDEN INFLUX PUSHED THE TOTAL ROSTER TO 22 STUDENTS, AND WITH THE INCLUSION STUDENTS, THE CLASSROOM NOW ACCOMMODATES 25 PRE-K STUDENTS. GIVEN LAST YEAR'S TREND OF INCREASING ENROLLMENT IN JANUARY, AND WITH THIS BEING ONLY THE SEVENTH WEEK OF SCHOOL, IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE NEW STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO ENROLL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE HAD BEEN PERMITTED TO MAINTAIN TWO SEPARATE MONOLINGUAL PRE-K CLASSROOMS, EACH WOULD CURRENTLY HAVE TEN AND 11 STUDENTS. THIS ARRANGEMENT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR A MANAGEABLE CLASS SIZE. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR THE INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION, A CRUCIAL FACTOR FOR PRE-K STUDENTS. COMBINING CLASSROOMS MID YEAR AND ALLOCATING TEACHERS HAS PLACED AN UNREASONABLE BURDEN ON A PRE-K STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. A CLASSROOM OF 21 STUDENTS UNDERMINES THE ABILITY TO DELIVER DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION. WE QUESTION WHY A THIRD KINDERGARTEN TEACHER WAS NOT PLANNED FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND WHY ONE WAS NOT ADDED AS SOON AS THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. WE URGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO RECONSIDER AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PROMPTLY TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT AND ATTENTION THEY NEED TO THRIVE. RESPECTFULLY, C KRISTIN HAZARD, ELSA LAKES, NORMA PRATO, AND VICTORIA MURPHY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WELL, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM, I DO WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE TWO OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT I DIDN'T AT THE BEGINNING. AND THAT WOULD BE MR. BRETT SPRINGSTON. HE IS HERE TODAY AS OUR ACTING SUPERINTENDENT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT MET HIM BEFORE. HERE YOU GO. HOPEFULLY, YOU'LL GET TO MEET HIM IN PERSON IN A OFFICIAL CAPACITY, BUT NOT UP HERE. WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US DURING THIS TRANSITION TIME. AND THEN THE OTHER PERSON I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE IS TRUSTEE RAN DAN, WHO'S RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A MEETING, BUT WE TRULY DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND FOR BEING ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY. SO SINCE WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE HIM YOU JOIN US VIA ZOOM, I GUESS, WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S WHO THAT IS IN CASE ANYBODY IS WONDERING WHOSE FACE IT IS ON THE SCREEN. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT ITEM, [VI.A. Election of Board Officers] WHICH IS ACTION ITEM ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS. SO WE DO HAVE AN ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS, WHICH HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS OF THE BOARD SEATS HAVE COME THROUGH, WHICH IS IN NOVEMBER. WE HAVE A FEW SEATS THAT ARE UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR. THAT SAID, I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY INTEREST IN HOLDING BOARD OFFICER ELECTIONS TONIGHT, HAVING DOING AN EARLIER ELECTION. AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN ONCE WE HAVE FILLED THE SEATS. BUT IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST, I JUST WANTED TO SEE. TRUSTEE WEDY. >> LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION. TALK ABOUT THE INTEREST AND WHY. >> YOU WOULD LIKE TO START A DISCUSSION. >> I'LL DISCUSS. I DON'T SEE WE'VE GOT TWO MONTHS BEFORE NOVEMBER MEETING. AND WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE NEW BOARD MEMBER REPLACING ME. AND I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR TO WAIT. I JUST THINK IT TAKES UP TIME THAT WE DON'T NEED TO LOSE TONIGHT THAT WE'RE TWO MEETINGS AWAY FROM BOARD ELECTIONS. SO LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS AND WAIT TILL NOVEMBER WHEN WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE NEW BOARD MEMBER. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HEBERT. >> CLARIFYING ONE THING, PLEASE. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT- >> WELL, THE TRUSTEE PAZ FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL COME TO TRUSTEE RONDON. >> TYPICALLY, THESE DISCUSSIONS, DON'T WE NORMALLY HAVE THEM AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE HAVING IT OPEN, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THIS IS JUST MORE OF A DISCUSSION OF IF WE WANT TO HAVE A BOARD ELECTION. IF WE DO, THEN YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THIS WOULD GO INTO. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE RONDON. >> PARDON ME? >> TRUSTEE RONDON, GO AHEAD. >> I JUST SAID IF WE CAN WAIT, IT'D BE BETTER. WHY WOULD WE DO TWO ELECTIONS WITHIN TWO MONTHS IF IT'S OF ELECTING A BOARD OFFICER. [00:45:07] >> THANK YOU. >> JUST MY OPINION. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS OR TRUSTEE WAGNER? >> SINCE IT'S ON THE AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> SO I WOULD ASK, IS IT OKAY WITH THE BOARD IF WE DO THIS IN CLOSED SESSION WHEN WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION INSTEAD OF DOING A CLOSED SESSION NOW COMING BACK AND THEN GOING BACK. >> EXCUSE ME. BUT I DON'T SEE THAT UNLESS WE'RE PLANNING TO ELECT OFFICERS, THE DISCUSSION WE SHOULD ONLY LIMIT CERTAIN THINGS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. DOES THAT FALL UNDER JUST A DISCUSSION OF WHETHER WE WANT TO HAVE OFFICER ELECTIONS? THAT SEEMS TO ME THAT SHOULD BE MORE PUBLIC THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW WHY WE WANT TO HAVE OFFICER ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN HAVE THEM AGAIN IN NOVEMBER. >> SO YOU'RE PUBLIC OFFICERS AND UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, YOU CAN DISCUSS YOUR POSITIONS ON THE BOARD IN CLOSED SESSION? IT'S A CHICKEN AND EGG QUESTION, I SUPPOSE, BECAUSE WHETHER YOU WISH TO CHANGE OFFICERS MAY HINGE ON DISCUSSING THE ISSUES REGARDING THE OFFICER PERFORMANCE, FOR EXAMPLE. IF HOWEVER, THE BOARD AT THIS SESSION, AT THIS TIME, SAYS THERE'S A MAJORITY NOT TO DO THAT, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROCEED TO A CLOSE SESSION DISCUSSION. IT'S IT'S REALLY AT THE PREROGATIVE OF THE BOARD. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> SO WITH THAT LIGHT, I MOVE THAT DO MOVE THAT WE HOLD ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER AS THE BOARD HAS DONE SINCE FOR YEARS AND YEARS, THAT WE HOLD THEM IN NOVEMBER AND NOT HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION TONIGHT. >> DO I HAVE A SEC. >> YOU HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF JUST KEEPING THINGS AS IS AND HAVING THE NEXT ELECTION IN NOVEMBER WHEN THE KNEE SEATS ARE FILLED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> WELL, I'D LIKE A DISCUSSION FIRST BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT. THAT'S THE PROTOCOL. SINCE WE'RE DOING IT, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT [NOISE] OUR PRESIDENT BEING OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT, WHEN DOES THAT START? HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? DO WE NEED TO HAVE IT THEN? AGAIN, I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING IT UP HERE, BUT SINCE WE'RE VOTING ON IT NOW, THERE WAS SOME OTHER DEEPER THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL GO FORWARD. SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT OUT HERE BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD AS OPPOSED TO ONE ON ONE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION. >> MY UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR LEGAL ADVICE WAS THAT IF THERE IS A MAJORITY HERE WHO DOES NOT WISH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THEN WE COULD JUST NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO READ THE BOARD RIGHT NOW AND SEEING IF THERE IS INDEED. I CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE COMMENT THAT YOU MADE ABOUT MY LEAD. THERE IS NO SECRET HERE. I AM PREGNANT. IT'S VERY OBVIOUS NOW, AND SO YES, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY FOR THE NEW FEATURE WHEN I'M DUE. I'M HOPING TO GO AS FAR AS I CAN, BUT I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT VICE PRESIDENT TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON, WILL BE ABLE TO UPHOLD HIS ROLE AS VICE PRESIDENT MOVING IN AND DOING PRESIDENTIAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UP UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION WHEN THAT WOULD BE UP FOR ELECTIONS AT THAT TIME FOR WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO RUN. >> AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE DON'T HAVE OFFICER ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE THE ELECTION ITSELF IS IN NOVEMBER AND THEN THEY'RE NOT SEATED UNTIL. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION. IT WOULD BE DECEMBER WHENEVER. >> NO, THAT WAS JUST LAST YEAR WAS AN ANOMALY. IT WAS BECAUSE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION WAS THE WAY THE NOVEMBER STARTED, THE ELECTION WAS ALMOST THE SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER, AND WE DIDN'T GET THE RESULT, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, OFFICIAL CANVAS. AND SO WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE THEM IN NOVEMBER, THE ELECTION THE WAY IT'S SET UP, THE ELECTION IS SO EARLY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE CANVAS AND HAVE THE NEW BOARD MEMBER TAKE THE SEAT AND THEN HAVE ELECTIONS. >> WE CAN GET CLARITY ON THAT AND FIGURE OUT THE DATES FOR SURE. I THINK FOR CLARITY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND FOR US, BASICALLY WHENEVER THE NEW SEATS ARE FOLDED, IT'S GOING TO BE THE MEETING FOLLOWING THAT OR AT THAT MEETING WHEN THEY'RE SWORN IN BY OATH CEREMONY AT THE BEGINNING, THEN YES, IT WOULD BE THAT I GUESS THEIR FIRST MEETING THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN. SO WITH THAT I HAVE YOU HAVE YOUR MOTION? >> CAN I GET CLARITY OR RE QUE? >> YES. >> SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE VOTING IF WE JUST TO GO INTO DISCUSSION? ARE WE JUST WHAT IS WANTS? >> IF WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BOARD ELECTIONS RIGHT NOW AS WELL. >> BUT WE CAN'T SAY JUST A DISCUSSION. >> WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND THEN IF THERE'S NO INTEREST IN ACTUALLY DOING THE ELECTIONS, THEN WE JUST DO THE ELECTIONS RIGHT NOW, [00:50:01] WE JUST KEEP IT TO THE NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER WHEN THE NEW SEATS ARE FILLED. >> THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK THE MOTION THAT WAS ON THE TABLE THAT WAS SECONDED WAS TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF ELECTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE NEW OFFICERS OR NOT OFFICERS, BUT NEW MEMBERS ARE SWORN IN AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. >> SO I GUESS I DON'T KNOW. I'M CONFUSED HERE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHY I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE, WHICH IS FINE, WE ALL COME TO THAT CONSENSUS. BUT AS A BOARD, AND WE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER THAT IS REQUESTING THAT WE JUST DISCUSS THINGS, WHAT'S THE HARM IN IT? >> I FEEL LIKE WE'VE STARTED THE DISCUSSION HERE, SO IF WE WANT MORE DISCUSSION WE CAN, AND THEN IF WE NEED TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION LATER AND CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION, I GUESS IF THERE'S A MAJORITY WANTS TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION, THEN WE CAN HAVE. >> THAT WAS MY POINT. ARE WE VOTING ON CONTINUE A DISCUSSION, ARE WE VOTING ON MAKING A VOTE? THAT'S THE CLARITY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO AD BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO JUST VOTE FOR SOMETHING I'M NOT SURE THIS DISCUSSION OR ARE WE VOTING TO MAKE A VOTE? WHAT ARE WE- >> MY MOTION THAT WAS SECONDED, IT WAS TO LEAVE THE OFFICERS AS IS AND HAVE THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER AS WE'VE DONE FOR TEN YEARS. >> SO THAT'S NO DISCUSSION. BECAUSE YOU CAN DISCUSS IN NOVEMBER. ONCE WE HAVE THE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER, THEN THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND YOU GET TO, I DON'T SEE A NEED OF HAVING A DISCUSSION IN POSSIBLE ELECTIONS TONIGHT AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ELECTIONS AGAIN IN NOVEMBER, THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME IT'S JUST AN INSULT. THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND AS SHORE SAID, MATT CAN TAKE OVER FOR A MONTH. IT WOULD BE AT A MONTH AT THE MOST MORE THAN LIKELY. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE JUST SPINNING OUR WHEELS RIGHT NOW WHEN WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AND DISCUSS AND VOTE ON. >> YES, JUST FOR CLARITY, IT WASN'T FOR THE DISCUSSION. IT WAS WE MOVED PAST THE DISCUSSION PART STRAIGHT INTO THE MOTION. >> THE DISCUSSION IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO GO BACK AND HAVE ELECTIONS. BUT TO TRUSTEE PANTOJA'S EARLIER OR CLARIFICATION, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS RELATED TO THE ELECTIONS THEMSELVES. >> I FULLY UNDERSTAND, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M JUST SAYING FROM HERE, I JUST HEARD A BOARD MEMBER STATE THAT THERE WAS THINGS THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SAY OUT AND THEY JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD. I JUST DIDN'T, I'M HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD. I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. I FEEL YOU. I GET THE POINT AND WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I GET THAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF A BOARD MEMBER ASKED THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO BYPASS IT, IS MY QUESTION. >> I THINK THAT WAS TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL WHERE HE STATED THAT IF THERE IS A MAJORITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, THEN YEAH, WE CAN DO IT, BUT IF NOT, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD. JUST FOR REPETITION PURPOSES AND CLARIFICATION, TRUSTEE HIBERGER, IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR MOTION. >> I MOVE THAT WE LEAVE THE OFFICERS PLACES NOW AND HOLD OUR ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER FOLLOWING THE ELECTIONS WHEN WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST ONE NEW BOARD MEMBER, AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE MOVE FOR US TO MAKE AS A BOARD. >> THEN WE HAD A SECOND BY TRUSTEE RON DUNN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? SO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, MOTION PASSES. SORRY. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. WE HAVE THREE, AND THEN ALL THOSE ABSTAINING. ONE. YOU GOT THAT. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS INFORMATION ITEMS. [VII.A. District Happenings] WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DISTRICT HAPPENING WITH MR. WETELLE. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD MEMBERS, MR. SPRINGSTON, AS WE DO EVERY MONTH, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE [INAUDIBLE]. EXCITED TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST MONTH THAT ME AND MY TEAM HAVE PUT TOGETHER, AND AS I DO EVERY MONTH. FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THESE HIGHLIGHTED THERE AND IN CAMPUS AND DISTRICT NEWSLETTER. [MUSIC] [BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO [00:58:14] MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. ALWAYS LOVELY TO SEE ALL THE AMAZING THINGS. WELL, A FEW OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT'S NOT CAPTURED IN THAT SO THANK YOU. OUR NEXT INFORMATION ITEM IS WITH DR. MAGGIE DE LA ROSA ON A PLATFORM. [VII.B. Age of Learning Platform] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MR. SPRINGSTON. WHILE WE SAW SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AROUND THE DISTRICT, ALL THE FUN STUFF, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FUN STUFF GOING ON IN THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT. AS YOU REMEMBER FROM THE BOARD PRESENTATION LAST MONTH, WE TALKED ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. WE TALKED ABOUT STUDENT SCORES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MOVE FORWARD. A TEAM OF 20-15 PARTICIPANTS TO INCLUDE TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, PRINCIPALS, AND COORDINATORS HAVE BEEN MEETING TO REVIEW SOME LEARNING PLATFORMS SO THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE THE PLATFORMS AND WE CAN MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS AS WE ARE MOVING INTO THE ACADEMIC WORLD. ONE OF THE PLATFORMS THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE ACTION ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING, WE DO HAVE AGE OF LEARNING, AND WHAT IT IS, IT'S A PRE-K TO THIRD GRADE LEARNING PLATFORM THAT HAS TWO COMPONENTS. IT HAS MY MATH ACADEMY. IT ALSO HAS MY READING ACADEMY WITH A COMPONENT OF SPANISH THAT'S CALLED MY READING ESPANYOL ACADEMY. THE THE COMMITTEE MET, WE REVIEWED SEVERAL PLATFORMS, AND THIS IS THE PLATFORM THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND PUT FORTH SO THAT THE BOARD CAN RECOMMEND. [01:00:04] THE LEARNING PLATFORM WITH THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, IT IT IS SKILL BASED, IT'S INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES. IT REINFORCES SKILLS THAT ARE TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM WHILE BRIDGING ANY GAPS THAT THE STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE BY GRADE LEVEL. THE WAY IT WORKS, IT'S CONSTANTLY GIVING STUDENTS FEEDBACK ON ANY OF THE SKILLS THAT ARE PUT IN FRONT OF THEM. IF A STUDENT GETS A RESPONSE WRONG, IT AUTOMATIC GIVES FEEDBACK. IT'S REAL TIME FEEDBACK FOR THE STUDENT. BUT IF THE STUDENT GETS IT RIGHT, THEN IT CONTINUES TO REINFORCE WHAT THE STUDENT IS GETTING RIGHT. AFTER SEVERAL QUESTIONS OF THAT SKILL BEING CORRECT, THEN IT STARTS TO INTRODUCE A HARDER SKILL OR THE NEXT SKILL ABOVE THAT. PART OF THE REASON THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE IT IS PHONICS. THERE'S A STRONG COMPONENT OF THE READING OF SCIENCE, SO THE PHONICS INSTRUCTION IS THERE. AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, IT GIVES US ACCESS TO SEE WHERE KIDS ARE AND WE CAN PROGRESS MONITOR WHERE KIDS ARE OVER THE DISTRICT. AT THE TEACHER LEVEL, IT DOES GIVE THE TEACHER TOOLS AND REPORTS. IT GIVES THEM ONE ON ONE LESSON. IF A STUDENT IS STRUGGLING WITH A PARTICULAR SKILL, THE TEACHER CAN PULL THE STUDENT ASIDE AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE A LESSON WITH THAT. BUT IT ALSO GROUPS THE STUDENTS. IF IT'S JUST NOT ONE STUDENT AND IT'S FIVE STUDENTS THAT ARE MISSING A CERTAIN SKILL, THEN THE TEACHER CAN ALSO PULL A CERTAIN GROUP OF STUDENTS AND REALLY IDENTIFY AND GIVE THEM THAT EXTRA SUPPORT THERE. IT DOES ALIGN WITH EFFECTIVE SCHOOL FRAMEWORK WITH 5.3 ACTUALLY WITH DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION. IT HELPS US IDENTIFY EVERY STUDENT BY NAME AND BY NEED THE WAY WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO BY TRACKING STUDENT ACCESS. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WHITTY. START WITH YOU. >> SORRY. I HAD QUESTIONS THAT I SENT ON THURSDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY ASKING SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT BOTH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED. ONE OF THEM WAS, ONE, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE USING? THE OTHER ONE IS, HAVE WE EVALUATED THE DIFFERENCES AND WHY THIS ONE IS BETTER OR WORSE THAN THE OTHER ONE? THEN IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BRINGING THIS INTO THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW WOULD PUT SOME UNDUE PARAMETERS AGAINST OUR TEACHERS RIGHT NOW THAT THEY HAVE TO NOW INTRODUCE A NEW PROGRAM AFTER THE YEAR HAS ALREADY STARTED. WILL WE BE STARTING THIS PROGRAM AS SOON AS WE PAY FOR IT OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE JUST JUMPING AHEAD? >> WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DISTRICT WIDE ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO MONITOR ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES. WE DID EVALUATE THIS PROGRAM ALONGSIDE ANOTHER ONE OR TWO PROGRAMS AS WELL WHERE THE VENDORS CAME IN AND THEY PRESENTED, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A 45 MINUTE PRESENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY CAN EVALUATE. THE REASON THEY WENT WITH THIS ONE, A BIG REASON WAS THE SPANISH COMPONENT BECAUSE AUTHENTIC SPANISH WITH THE READING ESPANYOL ACADEMY. IF IT'S PURCHASED TONIGHT, WE WILL ROLL IT OUT. THE IDEA IS TO START ROLLING IT OUT AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT ONBOARDED AND PROVIDE TEACHERS SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT AND SLOWLY START DOING IT. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE CLASSROOMS IS THAT TEACHERS HAVE LEARNING STATIONS. WHILE A TEACHER IS DOING SMALL GROUP AND REALLY INDIVIDUALIZING THAT INSTRUCTION WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS, OTHER STUDENTS ARE EITHER WORKING ON LETTER RECOGNITION WHILE OTHERS ARE WORKING ON WRITING. THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE ON AN IPAD AND THEY ARE ON A COMPUTER PROGRAM. BUT SOME OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS THAT I'M SEEING IN THE CLASSROOM ARE PROBABLY THE FREE ONES THAT TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO, BUT NOBODY'S MONITORING THAT OTHER THAN THE TEACHER. IF WE DO HAVE A STREAMLIGHT PROGRAM ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT, THEN WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE KIDS ARE AT, WHERE ARE THE GAPS SO THAT WE CAN ALSO AS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, START TO LOOK AT OUR CURRICULUM AND IDENTIFY SOME GAPS AND MAYBE PUSH SOMETHING ELSE IN THE CURRICULUM SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT GAP. THANK YOU. >> I WILL GO WITH TRUSTEE WEGNER AND THEN WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE]. TRUSTEE WEGNER. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I REALIZED AS AN INFORMATION ITEM, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING, BUT WHAT IS THE COST THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? >> THE COST IS THERE'S AN ATTACHED QUOTE ON THERE AND THE COST IS 155,500 FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT FOR PRE-K TO THIRD GRADE. [01:05:04] >> THANK YOU. SOMEWHERE IN THE PRESENTATION, I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT AS WELL. BECAUSE I KNOW WE JUST DID THE ASSESSMENT LAST TIME AT 400,000 OR 350,000 OR SOMETHING. >> WE REPLACED RENAISSANCE THAT WAS 400 AND SOME THOUSAND WITH MAP, WEA AND MAP THAT COST 130 SOMETHING THOUSAND. THAT FREES UP SOME MONEY THERE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PURCHASE LEARNING PLATFORMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. YOU SAID THIS IS 155. THEN IT'S GREAT THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD A PRESENTATION, BUT THE BOARD ISN'T SEEING ANYTHING FOR THIS. IT'S NOT TOWARDS YOU, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING SOMETHING WITH A FIRST READ THAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THIS EVENING AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN, SAY, I'D PREFER NOT TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THESE ARE BACK TO BACK PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A NEW CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S A DISSERVICE IN MY OPINION TO GET ANYTHING NEW WHILE WE ARE SO CLOSE TO HAVING A SUPERINTENDENT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THEIR OWN IDEAS. IF WE'RE CHANGING IT, WE MIGHT AS WELL WAIT FOR THEIR INPUT IN MY OPINION. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. >> TRUSTEE PANTOJA. >> QUESTION. YOU SAID DISTRICT WIDE AND GETTING EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE IS GREAT. BUT THE QUESTION IS DEVELOPMENT. WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS WE ROLL THIS OUT AND A TEACHER WOULD BE DOING IT ON THEIR OWN TIME IN BETWEEN SMALL SESSIONS, OR ARE WE CARVING OUT TIME DIST WIDE AT SOMETIME IN THE COMING WEEKS, MONTHS, ONCE THIS IS ROLLED OUT, WHERE EVERYONE'S LEARNING AT THE SAME TIME? >> THE IDEA IS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ON IT THREE TIMES A WEEK, 15 MINUTES EACH SESSION, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. >> WE'RE SEEING [OVERLAPPING]. >> JUST TO LEARN THE PROGRAM ITSELF FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND IT TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS. AM I MISSING THE DISCONNECT? >> THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS? >> YES. >> WE WILL HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE THINKING OF ROLLING THIS OUT DURING DVU WEEK, DEL VALLEY UNIVERSITY, THAT WE HAVE FOUR DAYS OF PD FOR OUR TEACHERS. >> THAT WAS THE QUESTION. >> GOOD. THAT'S OKAY. YES. >> I GUESS, CAN I ADD TO THAT? I'M SORRY. >> WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION HERE. >> IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION. IT'S A COMMENT. IT'S WE CAN'T PUT DISTRICT BUSINESS ON HOLD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE IN A POSITION. I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE TO KEEP GOING. THANK YOU. >> TRUSTEE WHITTY. TO TRUSTEE PATOJA'S COMMENT. WHO'S GOING TO BE TRAINING THEM ON THIS PROGRAM? DID YOU SAY YOU HAVE SPECIALISTS COMING IN OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE GOOD AT? >> SPECIALIST OF VENDORS. >> SPECIALISTS. IS THAT ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE PRICING? >> YES. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. >> COMMENT TOO. I THINK TOO, THE BOARD, I KEEP A MINUTE REMINDING THE BOARD THAT WE OVERSEE THE DISTRICT. WE DON'T RUN IT. NOBODY SITTING THAT THIS BOARD IS A CURRICULUM SPECIALIST, AND A NUMBER OF OUR STAFF FROM TEACHERS ON UP TO ADMINISTRATORS EVALUATED IT. THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE IN SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE TO TRUST OUR STAFF TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND I THINK WE ALWAYS NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTION? YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, MRS. SPRINGSTON. >> DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU JUST A FEW QUESTIONS AND MORE OR LESS PARALLEL WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY PROGRAM? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY HERE UNDERSTAND WHY? THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT A PLATFORM. I THINK YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT MATH, WHY WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT READING, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PRE K THROUGH THE THIRD GRADE. I'M GOING TO ASK JUST A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS SO THAT YOU AND I CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD. BEING HERE YOURSELF FOR JUST THREE MONTHS, WHAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO FOR THESE LOWER GRADE LEVELS? >> WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS IN TIER 1 INSTRUCTION. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL. WE NEED TO PROGRESS MONITOR STUDENTS AND ENSURE THAT WHAT WE'RE TEACHING THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY MASTERING AND AS WE CONTINUE TO TEACH ON TO WEEK BASIS. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT OUR TIER 1 LEVEL IS? >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> WHAT YOU SAID THEY HAVE TO WORK ON A TIER 1 LEVEL. WHAT LEVEL WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> TIER 1 IS WHEN A TEACHER IS ACTUALLY TEACHING THE SKILL. [01:10:02] THE TEACHER CAN TEACH A SKILL, INTRODUCE A SKILL, FOR EXAMPLE, ON MONDAY, THEN THE KIDS HAVE TO PRACTICE IT. YOU PUT OUT DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK TO PRACTICE. THESE LEARNING PLATFORMS DO THE SAME THING. BUT IF A STUDENT IT REINFORCES WHAT THE TEACHER HAS ALREADY TAUGHT. BUT IF THE STUDENT HAS ALREADY MASTERED THAT SKILL, THEN THE PLATFORM TAKES THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND ACCELERATES THE LEARNING THEREAFTER. IF THE STUDENT IS STRUGGLING WITH THAT CERTAIN SKILL, THEN THE PLATFORM GIVES THEM MORE PRACTICE AND PRACTICE. AS A TEACHER, THE TEACHER CAN SEE WHERE THE STUDENT IS AT BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR BY THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE THERE'S DASHBOARDS AND REPORTS THAT SHOW WHERE THE STUDENT IS AT ON A DAILY BASIS. >> CORRECT. THANK YOU. I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC HERE THAT IS BEING A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND THINGS THAT I WANT TO REITERATE WITH THIS BOARD IS IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO WAIT, AND ESPECIALLY ANOTHER MONTH, MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER TWO MONTHS THAT OUR KIDS COULD BE GETTING BEHIND MORE. I SAY THAT WITH DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE AFTER REVIEWING SOME OF OUR STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES. I THINK THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THAT'S WITH DUE DILIGENCE BY DOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR TEACHERS. THAT'S BY GIVING OUR STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SOME RICH LANGUAGE THAT IS REQUIRED IN THIS TYPE OF PLATFORM BECAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE FLUENT READERS. IF WE CAN GET OUR KIDS TO READ NOW AT AN EARLY AGE AND WE CAN USE PLATFORMS THAT ARE COLORFUL THAT KEEPS KIDS ENGAGED. THEN WE CAN ALSO TEACH OUR TEACHERS THAT RELEVANCE OF RIGOR AND HOW WE CAN GET OUR KIDS TO DO MORE WITH LESS TIME. IF WE CAN DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BENEFIT GREATLY FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR THE SOCIETY AND RIGHT HERE IN DELVALLEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION. YES, TRUSTEE WEGNER. >> JUST TO CLARIFY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE CURRENT BIO LITERACY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IS NOT SUFFICIENT? >> NO. THIS IS NOT TO REPLACE THE TEACHER. THIS IS NOT TO REPLACE ANY PROGRAM. THIS IS TO REINFORCE SOME OF THE SKILLS THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM AND FOR US TO PROGRESS MONITOR WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE AT AND HOW THEY'RE PROGRESSING EITHER ON A WEEK TO WEEK BASIS OR ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS BECAUSE OF THE REPORTS AND THE DASHBOARDS THAT THE PROGRAM GIVES US. >> NOW I'M EVEN MORE CONFUSED. HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM MAP THAT WE JUST DID, AND HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM OUR BILITERACY PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? >> MAP IS A SCREENER AND WEA IS A SCREENER, AND THAT IS GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THIS IS A LEARNING PLATFORM THAT IS, CAN BE USED ON A DAILY BASIS IF THE TEACHER DECIDES TO PUT IT ON IN A STATION DURING HER READING OR MATH TIME BECAUSE IT HAS TWO COMPONENTS TO IT. WHILE A TEACHER IS WORKING IN A SMALL GROUP, THE TEACHER ALSO HAS STATIONS TO MAKE SURE THE OTHER STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT IN THE SMALL GROUP ARE ENGAGED WITH THE SKILL THAT SHE'S TEACHING OR REINFORCING ANY SKILL THAT HAS BEEN TAUGHT. THIS IS JUST AS A STATION, WHERE WE'RE MONITORING HOW KIDS ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS. >> THEN I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD THAT PROGRAM WHICH WAS EUPHORIA. WHAT IS THAT OTHER PROGRAM? >> EDUPHORIA. >> EDUPHORIA. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WITH THE T? >> TFR >> YES. I THOUGHT THOSE ARE THE SAME THING. >> WELL, ALONG WITH THE CURRICULUM BECAUSE THERE'S A CURRICULUM THAT NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT EVERY DAY, ALL THE TICKS. THERE'S ALSO ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE CREATED BY OUR CURRICULUM PEOPLE IN CNI. THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE UPLOADED IN EDUPHORIA AND IN TFR. STUDENTS TAKE THE TEST IN EDUPHORIA OR ON TFR EVERY TWO WEEKS AFTER A UNIT OR EVERY THREE WEEKS TO MONITOR THE MASTERY OF THE CURRICULUM. IT'S NOT A LEARNING PLATFORM THAT IS DONE EVERY DAY. IT'S MORE OF AN ASSESSMENT PLATFORM WHERE WE UPLOAD. ONCE WE UPLOAD THE ASSESSMENTS, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO PULL OUT ALL THE ANALYTICS THAT GO WITH ANALYZING THE RESULTS OF A STUDENT OUTCOMES. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. >> THANK YOU. >> A QUESTION. THE PLATFORMS THAT YOU JUST SPOKE OF, [01:15:03] ARE WE ABLE TO USE THOSE TO ADJUST WHAT THE KIDS WOULD BE DOING ON DAY-TO-DAY BASIS WITH THIS APP ALSO, OR IS THAT JUST TOTALLY SEPARATE? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MIGRATE TOGETHER AND THE STUDENTS WILL GO IN, THEY'LL DO THE TESTING OR WHATEVER WITH THOSE APPS THAT YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF YEAR, THE MIDDLE AND THE END OF THE YEAR? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN MIGRATE INTO THIS OR USE IT TO PLACE THEM? >>NO. THIS IS A DIFFERENT PLATFORM. SO THIS ONE ASSESSES THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS ASSESSING EVERY THREE TO FOUR MINUTES DEPENDING HOW LONG IT'S TO FOR THE STUDENT TO RESPOND, WHETHER THE STUDENT IS RESPONDING RIGHT OR WRONG. IT'S CONSTANTLY. IT'LL DESIGN A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALIZED PATHWAY TO DEPENDING ON HOW THE STUDENT IS DOING. IT IS ANOTHER DATA POINT. WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IN CNI AND THE PRINCIPALS, WHAT WE SAY TRIANGULATE THE DATA. NWA WILL GIVE US A DATA POINT. THE EDUPHORIA WILL GIVE US ANOTHER DATA POINT. THIS LEARNING PLATFORM MIGHT GIVE US ANOTHER DATA POINT. NOW WE HAVE THREE TO FOUR DATA POINTS LIKE ON HOW MAGGIE IS DOING OVERALL IN READING AND IN MATH. IT GIVES US A REAL PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE A BAD DAY, IF AND WHEN WE TAKE A TEST AND WE DO HORRIBLY, THAT DOESN'T IDENTIFY HOW I'M DOING OVERALL. BUT WHEN WE TRIANGULATE THE DATA AND WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS OVERALL, WE GET TO SEE HOW THE STUDENT IS PROGRESSING OVERALL AND NOT LOOKING AT JUST ONE DATA POINT. >>ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >>JUST TO CLARIFY, IN DVU, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS WITH THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS MAP, OR IS THAT GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS WELL? THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN ALL OF THIS IN THAT ONE WEEK? >>YES. >> FOUR DAYS. >> OKAY. >>THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>THANK YOU. >>YES. >> YOU ARE UP ACTUALLY FOR THE NEXT ITEM. [VII.C. IXL Learning Accelerated Instruction Learning Platform] THE NEXT. I'LL LET YOU STAY UP THERE. THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR. I'M GOING TO LET YOU TO LET. >>I EXCEL. IT IS HOW IT IS. >>IT IS HOW IT IS. >>IT'S I EXCEL LEARNING ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION. >>OKAY. THE PREVIOUS PLATFORM IS PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON PRE K TO THIRD GRADE. I EXCEL LEARNING IS FOR FOURTH TO 12TH GRADE. TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 28.2-11 REQUIRES ANY STUDENT THAT RECEIVED APPROACHES, DID NOT RECEIVE APPROACHES OR HIGHER ON THEIR STAR GRADE THREE TO EIGHT OR END OF COURSE EXAMS DO REQUIRE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION WITH A FOUR TO ONE TUTORING RATIO. THAT MEANS ONE TEACHER TO EVERY FOUR STUDENTS THAT DID NOT GET APPROACHES OR HIGHER. THAT IS REALLY HARD TO MAINTAIN, IT IS REALLY HARD TO IMPLEMENT AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL. WHAT TEA DID, TEA HAS PROVIDED AN APPROVED LIST OF PRODUCTS THAT HELP AND WAVE THE FOUR TO ONE STUDENT TEACHER RATIO REQUIRED BY STATUTE. THE REASON WE WENT WITH I EXCEL IS BECAUSE IT IS ON THE APPROVED LIST FOR TEA FOR ALL THOSE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT GET APPROACHES OR HIGHER. AGAIN, IT HAS THE READING AND THE MATH COMPONENT TO IT, AND IT'S A PLATFORM THAT ENABLES US TO IMPLEMENT THAT MASTERY OF LEARNING. >> AGAIN, WHERE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE THE PROFICIENCY ON PREREQUISITES BEFORE MOVING ON TO A MORE ADVANCED SCALE. IT'S THE SAME IDEA. EACH SKILL IS BROKEN DOWN INTO SEVERAL KEY PIECES TO THE MOST BASIC AND THEN GENTLY INTRODUCES A HIGHER SKILL SO THAT STUDENTS CAN CONTINUE AND ACCELERATE THEIR LEARNING ON THE DIFFERENT SKILLS. IT IS ALIGNED TO ARTICS, AND LIKE I SAID, IT IS TEA APPROVED FOR OUR CAMPUSES TO BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE PANOVA. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. GOING BACK TO DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS DURING DVU. NOW, IS IT AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE CLASSROOM, THERE ARE THE TEACHER AND SUPPORT, WHERE THAT SUPPORT IS. IS THAT SUPPORT ALSO GOING TO TAKE THIS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OR IS IT JUST THE TEACHERS? >> IT'S EVERYBODY TO INCLUDE OUR PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE THE IDEA IS TO MONITOR WHAT WE IMPLEMENT BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT GETS MONITORED, GETS DONE. AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE ALSO WANT TO MONITOR TO SEE HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE MASTERING WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHERE THERE'S GAPS. >> OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WILL ALSO BE TRAINED. [01:20:03] WE WANT ALL OUR READING SPECIALISTS AND MATH SPECIALISTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS ALSO DURING GROUP TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE REPORTS AND I CAN PULL THESE GROUP OF KIDS AND WORK ON A SKILL. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING EVERY STUDENT BY NAME AND BY NEED. WE CAN CLOSE THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL GAPS. BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT THE PLATFORMS IS GIVING US, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUALIZED SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, WHERE THE STUDENTS NEED. INSTEAD OF GIVING AN OVERALL TUTORING SESSION. IT'S LIKE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DO MAIN IDEA. NOT KNOWING WHERE IF THE STUDENT HAS ALREADY MASTERED THAT SKILL OR NOT. >> JUST SO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THIS IS A MANDATE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS. THERE'S NO SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS. WE HAVE TO PICK FROM THE LIST THAT TEA PROVIDED, CORRECT? >> EITHER, WE PROVIDE AN ONLINE DIGITALIZED PLATFORM OR WE DO A FOUR TO ONE RATIO. >>ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEDINGTON,. >>NOW IN YEARS PAST TEA WAS SUBSIDIZING THE COST OF SEVERAL DIGITAL LEARNING PLATFORMS THAT THEY APPROVED, IS ANY OF THIS SUBSIDIZED BY TEA? >>NO. >>TRUSTEE WEGNER. >> THEN WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE TO MEET THE FOUR TO ONE RATIO OR PURCHASE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS? >>WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR. >>THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, THIS ONE IT SAYS CITE LICENSE, BUT THEN IT REFERENCES LICENSES. SO MY UNDERSTANDING AND LOOKING AT THIS INVOICE OR THE QUOTE, THE CITE LICENSE IS 137,000 ABOVE 62.50, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR EVERYONE FOR ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION, IS THAT AN ACCURATE? >>THAT'S CORRECT. >>UNDERSTANDING? >>EVERYBODY IN FOURTH TO 12TH GRADE. >>OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PENSOVA? >>OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU. >>OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR POLICE VEHICLES. [VII.D. Purchase and Installation of Equipment for Police Vehicles] CHIEF ROBERT VELA. >>GOOD EVENING MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS; MR. SPRINGSTON. ACTION ITEM DEL VALLEY ISD, APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED THE FUNDING FOR SAFE CYCLE TWO GRANT, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY NOTIFIED THE OF AIIST, THAT THE GRANT APPLICATION HAD BEEN APPROVED, AND THE DISTRICT WOULD BE ALLOCATED $354,289,000. ON AUGUST THE 20TH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR SAFE CYCLE TWO GRANT, FOR THE SIX VEHICLES, THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLES OF SIX PATROL VEHICLES, EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS, SIRENS, COMMUNICATION DEVICES, RADIOS, LAPTOP MOUNTS, AND STORAGE. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, DIRECTING TRAFFIC, CONDUCTING TRAINING, EXERCISE, AND RESPOND TO HAZARDS ON THE ROADWAY. STAFF WILL UTILIZE APPROVED VENDOR SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ORDERING THE EQUIPMENT, 45,000 FOR THE INSTALLATION AND 22,300 FOR THE EQUIPMENT FOR SIX VEHICLES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS AGENDA ITEM. >>THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. >> AGAIN, I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE SENT TO ME, BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS COMING TO US WHEN WE APPROVED THIS LAST MONTH ON AUGUST 20TH TO INCLUDE ALL OF THIS. IS IT MORE THAN WHAT THE GRAD IS FOR? IS THAT WHY IT'S COMING TO US AGAIN? >>YES, MA'AM. IT WAS APPROVED IN THE AUGUST MEETING, BUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT THE ITEMS COME BEFORE THE BOARD TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT INSULATION WITH THE VENDORS LISTED ON THE AGENDA ITEM. >>BUT WE VOTED FOR IT TO INCLUDE THE EQUIPMENT AS WELL. >>YES. ARE WE SAYING THAT WHEN SOMETHING COMES BACK, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE VENDOR EVERY TIME? >>OKAY. [01:25:03] >>THE LAST AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS PRESENTED WITH BOARD MEETING. ON THE AUGUST 25TH IT MENTIONED THE RELATED EQUIPMENT, BUT DID NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY THE COST OF THE RELATED EQUIPMENT. BECAUSE THE COST ENDED UP BEING OVER 50,000. AFTER DISCUSSING THIS WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, HE RECOMMENDED THAT WE BRING IT BACK JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES SO THAT WE LISTED THE VENDOR. THE DELAY IS NOT SIGNIFICANT. THE PURCHASE ORDER WOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED LATE LAST WEEK. BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD A BOARD MEETING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES SO THAT THE BOARD WAS AWARE THAT THE AMOUNT WAS GOING TO BE OVER 50,000 AND WE HAD EXPLICIT APPROVAL FOR THAT ITEM. BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE AMOUNT WAS NOT DISCLOSED FROM THE PREVIOUS BIA. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY AND NO, THE TOTAL COST IS STILL NOT GOING TO GO OVER THE GRANT AMOUNT. IT'S STILL WITHIN THE GRANT AMOUNT. >> THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL COST OUT OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE DISTRICT. >> I GUESS BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY DO THAT EVERY TIME A BUILDING BEING BUILT. SO I'M TRYING, I'M QUESTIONING, I'M ASKING IS THIS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPECT GOING FORWARD THAT WE GET EVERY EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE APPROVED VEHICLES PLUS ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. IT DIDN'T YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT DIDN'T SPECIFY EVERYTHING, BUT IT DID INCLUDE THAT STATEMENT TO BE INTERPRETED AS THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW GOING FORWARD, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS FOR EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT? >> I DO NOT HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. SINCE THIS IS MY LAST BOARD MEETING, I WILL DEFER THAT TO THE NCFO AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DECIDE. THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU. >>TRUSTEE WEGNER. >>THANK YOU. WITH THIS ONE, CHIEF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER, IF NOT, WILL NCFO. IS THERE ANOTHER ITEM OR GROUP OF ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO US OR WILL THIS FULFILL THE $354,000 GRANT? >>THIS WILL COVER EVERYTHING. THIS IS WHAT THE VEHICLES NEED. YES, MA'AM. >>THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW VEHICLES. >>THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT ITEM IS SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECT INFORMATION, MR. STEPHEN ALS. [VII.E. Safety and Security Project Information] >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PUBLIC, MR. SPRINGSTON. THIS EVENING, WE HAVE A DEB LISD SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECT UPDATE. THIS PROJECT UPDATE IS IN REGARDS TO THE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC POLICE RELATED IMPROVEMENTS, CHIEF AND I HAVE SPOKEN AND THOSE ITEMS CAN BE COVERED. IF THERE'S ITEMS REGARDING TECHNOLOGY, WE WOULD DEFER THAT TO ANOTHER TIME AS MR. BANDERO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY UPDATES. OUR VISION AND MISSION, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO BE CRITICAL THINKERS. OUR GOAL IS TO BE PREPARED FOR THOSE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, ENHANCED ACADEMIC FOUNDATION. THERE ARE ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECT UPDATES FALL REALLY INTO TWO CATEGORIES FROM A SAFETY AND SECURITY STANDPOINT. THERE ARE TA MANDATED ITEMS, THERE ARE DISTRICT RELATED ITEMS, THERE ARE CAMPUS BASED REQUESTS, AND WE COVER THOSE ITEMS INTO FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, AND THOSE FALL UNDER THE VESTIBULE IMPROVEMENTS MODIFICATIONS, AS WELL AS DOOR HARDWARE, EXTERIOR FENCING, CANOPY LIGHTING AND RELATED CAMERAS. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE DISTRICT STAFF HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WORKING WITH OUR CFO, WORKING WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A VERY CLEAR PROCESS TO OBTAIN GRANTS. I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE $5.5 MILLION THAT THE DISTRICT HAS OBTAINED SPECIFIC TO FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM CHIEF VELA, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE VEHICLES AND GET THOSE VEHICLES OUTFITTED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE TEAM FROM THE OPERATIONAL STAFF, POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THE $5,500,000 IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. I JUST A FEW MOMENTS, WE'LL COVER THE FENCING COSTS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT TA, AND I BELIEVE VICE PRESIDENT, WORTEND HAD POINTED THIS OUT PREVIOUSLY, TA REQUESTED THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT SIX FOOT FENCING AROUND AREAS, AND THEN THEY DID NOT SEND ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE DISTRICT. THEY DID OFFER GRANT FUNDING IN WHICH IT WAS AN ARDUOUS PROCESS TO COMPLETE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH IS WE WERE ABLE TO OFFSET THAT $5,500,000SO THAT WE WEREN'T DIPPING INTO THE 2019 BOND FUND. WE WEREN'T DIPPING INTO THE INTERESTS FROM 2019 OR EVEN THE GENERAL FUND, AS MISS ANNA HAD COVERED EARLIER. [01:30:02] THE BOND FUNDS AND BOND INTERESTS ALSO WITH APPROVAL FROM THE DEL ASD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE ABLE TO COVER SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECTS AS WELL AS VESTIBULE IMPROVEMENTS WITH BOARD APPROVAL, WE BRING THOSE ITEMS FORWARD. GENERAL FUNDS COVER SMALL SCOPE PROJECTS. THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET THAT ARE GENERAL FUND BUDGETS, BUT WE TRY TO LIMIT THOSE TO SMALL SCOPE PROJECTS. NOW THAT WE'VE COVERED FUNDING, WE'RE GOING TO COVER A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS. THE BETTY VESTIBULE FRONT OFFICE RENOVATION THAT WAS ON THE SCHEDULE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE AND COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. WHAT IT DID WAS BASICALLY MODIFY THE FRONT ENTRANCE AND PARENT WAITING AREA. IT CREATED AN AREA IN WHICH PARENTS CAN NOW COME INTO A SECURE VESTIBULE. BETTY WAS ONE OF OUR FEW CAMPUSES WITH THE MANDATE FROM THE STATE TO REQUIRE AN OFFICER. WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ESTABLISHED LOCATION FOR THAT OFFICER TO BE INACCESSIBLE TO THE DIRECT FRONT OFFICE. WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A FRONT OFFICE FOR THE CAMPUS OFFICER. THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE TO THE FRONT. THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE TO THE PARKING LOT, THEY'RE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THE FRONT OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE SECURE VESTIBULE, AS WELL AS WE ARE TESTING A PASS THROUGH DRAWER FOR QUICK ACCESS. WHAT WE FOUND AT ELEMENTARY IS WAS THERE A HIGH NEED WHAT WE CALL QUICK DROP OFFS AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, WE'RE TESTING AN OPTION AT BETTY ELEMENTARY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED AS WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES. BECAUSE PARENTS NEED TO DROP OFF A SICK NOTE. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO COME INTO THE FRONT OFFICE. PARENTS NEED TO DROP OFF A LUNCH BOX THAT A STUDENT FORGOT OR AN ID, AND THAT GIVES THAT ACCESSIBILITY TO COME IN THE VESTIBULE, DROP IT OFF IN THE PASS THROUGH BOX AND MOVE FORWARD. THE BETTY FRONT OFFICE PICTURES ARE REPRESENTATIVE. I WILL SAY, OUR PHOTOS DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ACTUAL ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED. IF YOU TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL, YOU TALK TO THE STAFF, IT'S A MUCH MORE WELCOMING OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO COME IN. OUR OFFICER IS ABLE TO GREET PARENTS WHEN THEY COME IN BECAUSE THEY'RE IN ADJACENCY. IT'S A REALLY WELCOMING SPACE AND SO WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VESTIBULES. WE DID MAKE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THE SAFETY AND SECURITY FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. DEL SOL HIGH SCHOOL BROUGHT FORWARD A CONCERN IN REFERENCE TO THE NURSING OFFICE, SPECIFIC TO STUDENT PRIVACY, ACCESSIBILITY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY BEING ABLE TO SERVE ENOUGH STUDENTS AND KEEP THEIR SPACE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL STUDENTS. THE NURSES OFFICE DOES HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS COME IN FOR QUICK DROP OFFS OR QUICK CHECK INS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE STUDENTS THAT HAVE MEDICAL CONCERNS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF THOSE STUDENTS, WE INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY FOR THEM TO INTAKE STUDENTS AND IMPROVE THAT. THAT IS A IN CONSTRUCTION PHOTO WITH THE FINISHED PRODUCT I HAVE VISITED EVEN TODAY, THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO SEE A LOT MORE STUDENTS IN THAT CAPACITY AND HAVE PRIVACY FOR THOSE STUDENT BEDS JUST AS YOU WOULD IN A MEDICAL CLINIC, BE ABLE TO CHECK IN, HAVE SERVICE, GO TO A CURTAIN AREA TO RECEIVE SERVICE AND THEN MOVE FORWARD. THAT WAS ONE FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY GUIDELINES. THEN WE'LL BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE EXTERIOR GUIDELINES. THE EXTERIOR SECURED AREA, WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THIS WITH THE PRINCIPLES AS RECENT AS LAST PRINCIPAL MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO. THE STATE HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR IN REFERENCE TO COURTYARDS. WE ARE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF WHERE WE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ON THE COURTYARD FENCING. COURT YARDS ARE VIEWED AS AN EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION OF THE CLASSROOM. IF THEY ARE VIEWED AS AN EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION AT OUR CLASSROOM LEVEL, THEN WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SECURED WITH A SIX FOOT FENCE. THEY HAVE THE EGRESS PER CODE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A SPACE IN WHICH TEACHERS CAN TEACH, LEARN, STUDENTS CAN ENGAGE, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO GET THOSE ESTABLISHED TO MEET THE TA GUIDELINES. THE SITES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE, GILBERT, DEL VALLE ELEMENTARY, HILLCREST, POPHAM SMITH, DEL VALLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, DAP. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AS FAST AS THE CONTRACTORS CAN GET THAT WORK DONE, AND THAT IS FUNDS THAT ARE BEING PAID FOR OUT OF THE $3.6 MILLION GRANT FOR TA TO COVER FENCING. WE'RE ABLE TO ACCELERATE THAT BY USING SEVERAL DIFFERENT VENDORS AND GET THAT WORK DONE. WE DID INDICATE SUMMER 2025 BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IS HAVE A PHASE 1, AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE IN JUST A MOMENT. WE WANT TO GET THE MINIMUM DONE BY TA GUIDELINES, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE THE PRINCIPAL FEEDBACK, THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE WITH AN UPDATE OF SAYING, WE MET THE TA GUIDELINES AND WE WERE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND SOME ADDITIONAL FENCING. YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE LEFT IS DEL VALLE ELEMENTARY. DEL VALLE ELEMENTARY HAS A FRONT FACING PLAYGROUND. WE HAVE THAT ENCLOSED WITHIN FENCING AND THEN THEY HAVE A COURTYARD AREA THAT IS ALSO FENCED AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE SCREEN. THAT IT ENCOMPASSES THE BACK PLAYGROUND AREA AS WELL, AND WE ARE IN PROCESS OF FINISHING THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE TRACK, SO THAT WILL BE WITHIN THE SIX FOOT FENCE AS WELL. TO THE RIGHT IS A DIFFERENT CAMPUS, SAME FOOTPRINT. HOWEVER, POPHAM HAS AN ADJACENCY OF A PLAYGROUND THAT'S IN ADJACENCY TO THE PARKING LOT. [01:35:06] WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED THE PARKING LOT AND THEIR CAMPUS HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SECURING THAT GATE. THEY HAVE THE GATE OPEN FOR STAFF TO COME IN AND PARK. THAT GATE IS THEN LOCKED. IF THE STAFF NEED TO LEAVE, THEY COORDINATE WITH THE FRONT OFFICE TO OPEN AND RECLOSE THE GATE SO THAT OUR PLAYGROUND, WHICH WAS OPENED LAST SPRING, IS ALWAYS SECURED BOTH BEHIND THE REGULAR PLAYGROUND FENCE, BUT ALSO AS A SECOND LAYER BEHIND THE SIX FOOT TA REGULATED FENCE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH FOR EXTERIOR FENCING. WE WORK BOTH WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR, ERNEST FENICE, AS WELL AS CHIEF VELA, THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, WE REVIEW THE TA. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TA REPRESENTATIVE. WE SEND THIS INFORMATION IN AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE DOING THIS FITS THE CAMPUS. YOU'LL NOTICE HERE, THERE'S A ACCESS POINT FOR ALL OF THE REQUIRED FIRE ACCESS THAT IS A DOUBLE GATE. WE ALSO HAVE AN ENCOMPASSING FENCE AROUND THE PLAY SCAPE AREA, AND THEN AN EXTENSION AROUND THE TRACK IN THE PARKING LOT. IN THIS CASE, THAT CAMPUS PARKING LOT IS IN ADJACENCY TO THE RUNNING TRACK, AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ACTUAL FENCE TO ENCOMPASS THAT AREA. ONE BENEFIT OF THIS SPACE IS IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE PLAYGROUND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE EXIT FOR THE CAMPUS SO WE DON'T HAVE A SECONDARY FENCE. SOME OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS ARE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER AWAY FROM THE CAMPUS, SO WE HAVE TWO FENCES FOR KIDS TO GET IN AND OUT. IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE ONE FENCE THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO PLAY IN AN OPEN SPACE AND THEN GET BACK INTO THE COURTYARD AND INTO THE CAMPUS. SOME OF THE PENDING IMPROVEMENTS AND THESE ARE EITHER UNDERWAY OR IN PROCESS. THE VESTIBULE IMPROVEMENTS AT ITEM 1, 2, AND 3 WOULD MIRROR WHAT WE'VE DONE AT BETTY. WE DO HAVE THE CONSULTANTS ON BOARD. IT HAS BEEN PLANNED OUT. WE DID HAVE A DRAFT PLAN TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD START OCTOBER 14 AND BE DONE BY DECEMBER 30. IN LOOKING AT THE WHOLESALE IMPACT TO THE CAMPUSES, MEETING WITH THE THREE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, FOLLOWING UP WITH THE TIMELINE, WE FELT IT WAS BEST TO PAUSE THAT PROJECT, ORDER THE MATERIALS SO THAT WE RECEIVE THE DISCOUNTED COSTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY NEGOTIATED, STORE THOSE, MAKE SURE WE SECURE ALL OF THE ITEMS AND THEN START THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE, NOT TO INTERRUPT THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADVANCE THE ACTUAL PURCHASE OF THE DOORS, WINDOWS, ETC. THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THEY TAKE 12-18 WEEKS TO GET HERE. TIMING WISE, IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET THOSE OCTOBER PROJECTS KICKED OFF AND STARTED. THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION COURTYARD RENOVATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BOTH TO THE CAMPUSES, BUT TO THE SPECIAL ED TEAM. IT ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO BE IN THE ECSC PROGRAM AND HAVE ADJACENCY TO A COURTYARD THAT IS POURED IN PLACE, WHICH IS THE PIP SOFT SURFACE, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR PLAYGROUNDS. WE'VE ADOPTED THAT AS A SOFT SURFACE AS OPPOSED TO TRADITIONAL GRASS. WE ALSO INSTALL TURF SO THAT THERE'S NOT A NEED TO WEEDY OR MOW IT HAS BEEN A REALLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AT POPHAM, WHICH WAS OUR FIRST RENOVATION AT CREED MORE, WHICH WAS THIS PAST SUMMER IN DEL VALLE ELEMENTARY IS SCHEDULED. OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO TRANSITION THAT ONE IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS IN WHICH STUDENTS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE OUTSIDE. DRIVEWAY IMPROVEMENTS. WE DO HAVE THE FIRST SET OF FLASHING BEACONS GOING IN AT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. THAT FIRST PHASE HAS BEEN INSTALLED THIS WEEK. YOU PUSH THE BUTTON, IT FLASHES. STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS. WE ALSO ARE TESTING A SAFETY AND SECURITY ITEM THAT ERNEST FOR OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR BROUGHT FORWARD. WE LOOKED AT IT FROM A CONSTRUCTABILITY STANDPOINT. IT'S A FLASHING STOP LIGHT, WHICH INITIALLY, WE REVIEWED IT AND WE WANTED TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS FEASIBLE AND LOOKING AT THE IMPROVEMENT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY STOPPING AT A FLASHING STOP LIGHT WITH A SPEED BUMP. OUR DATA SIMPLY IS OBSERVATION. WE BELIEVE THAT MOVING FORWARD USING SOME OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY FUNDS, OUR GOAL IS TO INSTALL FLASHING STOP LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS AND GARGANTUAN ROAD HUMPS AT THOSE STOP SIGNS TO HELP PEOPLE STOP. IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF IF WE TESTED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS, AND I THINK WE'VE SETTLED ON THOSE. THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH EXTERIOR LIGHTING. SOME OF THAT IS INTERNAL, AS I MENTIONED, SOME OF THE SMALL PROJECTS. WE HAVE HAD A MASTER ELECTRICIAN ON STAFF NOW FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PURCHASE THE MATERIALS AND HE DO THE WORK, WHICH HAS SAVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. THEN LATER TODAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY SUGGEST, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION SUGGESTS, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP FOR TA. WE NEVER HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER TA WILL CREATE ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT. [01:40:01] WE LOOK AT OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECT PROPOSALS THROUGH A REALLY SIMPLE LENS. HOW DOES THIS IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING? THEN IS THIS PROPOSAL BEST FOR STUDENTS? THERE MAY BE PROPOSALS THAT COME FORWARD AND WE EVALUATE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION, WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN DETERMINE WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS WELL AS THE CAMPUS STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE IF THAT IS THE BEST ANSWER FOR STUDENTS. SIMILAR TO THE ERA COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STOP SIGNS AND LIGHTS. WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO FOR THE ECHS STUDENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE WALKING ENVIRONMENT IT'S THE SAME AS OUR LITTLE ONES IN THE ELEMENTARIES TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SAFE COURTYARDS. THAT FEEDBACK RESULTS IN HOW THOSE PROJECTS COME FORWARD. OBVIOUSLY, SOME PROJECTS ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE. THAT IS THE INFORMATION UPDATE FOR THE EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEGNER. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. THAT'S HELPFUL. I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE POP ON PICTURE IF I CAN. IT'S NOT THE BEST ANGLE, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY THERE. >> YES, MA'AM. >> WHEN THEY PUT THAT FENCE UP, THEY BLOCKED THE SIDEWALK FROM THE CROSSWALK? >> YES, MA'AM. >> ARE ALL LOOKING AT DOING AN ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK JUST OUTSIDE THAT FENCE BECAUSE OF OLD MILITARY, YOU CAN'T WALK IN THE GRASS. FOR ME, IT WAS PROBLEMATIC TO WALK IN THE GRASS, BUT THEN THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO FOLLOW THAT SIDEWALK AROUND TO THE END OF THAT OTHER PARKING LOT. >> CORRECT. THAT WAS PART OF THE CAMPUS DISCUSSION. THE CAMPUS WAS VERY ADAMANT THAT THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE THE FENCING AT THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION. FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, STUDENTS HAVE A DIRECT EGRESS OUT OF THAT SPACE. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT NOW THAT IT'S DONE AND WE HAVE A NEW PRINCIPAL, CAN WE CONSIDER THROWING IN THE SIDEWALK? [OVERLAPPING] >> WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, WE CAN EVALUATE THAT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE PRINCIPAL THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHETHER OR NOT SHE SEES THAT AS A NECESSARY NEED. BECAUSE WE DID TAKE HER FEEDBACK. SHE WAS ONE OF THE ADVOCATES THAT INDICATED SHE WANTED THE GATE AT THE SIDEWALK. THAT WE COULD PREVENT STUDENTS FROM JUST EXITING AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WALKING ACROSS THE GRASS, SHE WANTS THEM TO USE THE SIDEWALK. >> WHEN WAS THIS PUT IN? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THAT NEW? >> IT WAS PUT IN. WE STARTED THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS HERE. WE STARTED THIS ONE LATE AUGUST. >> I WAS JUST CURIOUS. IT'S FINE. MY LARGER CONCERN FOR THIS ITEM IS THAT THERE'S $5,500,000 IN GRANTS, AND IT JUST SAYS IN FUNDING FOR VARIOUS GRANTS. MEANWHILE, ONE OF THE LAST ITEMS THAT WE HAD WAS AN ITEMIZED LIST FOR ABOUT 67,000 THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. MOVING FORWARD, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET CONSISTENCY? IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR THESE ITEMS, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE ALSO GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE 5,500,000 BECAUSE I WAS VERY IMPRESSED, BUT ALSO SLIGHTLY OVERWHELMED THAT WE'VE GOT $5,500,000 IN GRANTS AND EIGHT PAGES WORTH OF PICTURES. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. I WILL MAKE A NOTE TO HAVE A LINE ITEM TO MOVING. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEGNER DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> I HAVE A COMMENT WHEN YOU. >> I WASN'T SURE IF HE HAD A QUESTION. >> I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL THE VESTIBULE AT BETTY IS BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS SO WELL DONE AND I'VE ACTUALLY USED THE DROP OFF BOX. I JUST HAD TO DROP SOMETHING OFF, SO I JUST TOLD THE SECRETARY AND IT WAS GREAT. I THINK IT WORKS WELL. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S TAKEN US HOW MANY 200 YEARS TO COME UP WITH THAT FOR SCHOOL. [LAUGHTER] BANKS HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS, SO IT'S BEAUTIFUL. YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB BETTY. IT REALLY IS A BEAUTIFUL. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> IT'S A CREDIT TO THE TEAM. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. [INAUDIBLE]. >> MISS CANSINO, YOU ARE UP FOR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS. [VII.F. Monthly Financial Reports] >> FOR THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE MONTH ENDING AUGUST 31ST, 2023, OUR ROUTINE REPORTS, OUR INVESTMENT REPORT, TAX OFFICE REPORT BUDGET REPORT, BUDGET REPORT BY OBJECT, FUND BALANCE REPORT, AND FOR THIS MEETING, I'VE ADDED A FINANCIAL UPDATE. I WANT JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE 2023/24 AUDIT AND ENDING FUND BALANCES FOR THE THREE MAJOR FUNDS. SOME OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE DID AT YEAR END, [01:45:02] WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON OUR 2024/25 BUDGET, I THINK ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, AND YOU'LL SEE LATER ON, THERE IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND YOU'LL SEE THAT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN IT DID WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED. THAT WILL NOW BECOME OUR OFFICIAL BUDGET REPORTED TO TA THAT WILL GO IN IN OCTOBER. FOR OUR INVESTMENT REPORT, OUR PORTFOLIO SETTING ABOUT THE SAME WITH ALMOST A FIVE PERCENT AVERAGE YIELD MATURITY. FOR THE INTEREST FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE EARN 1.3 MILLION DOLLARS BRINGING THE FISCAL YEAR DATE TO THREE MILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR. FOR THE TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE MONTH, WE HAD ALMOST 203,000 DOLLARS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. AGAIN, IT'S TOWARDS THE END OF THE TAX YEAR. IT'S AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, BUT IT'S THE END OF THE TAX YEAR, SO YOU'LL START SEEING THAT DECREASE MORE SIGNIFICANT IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND THEN IN OCTOBER, WE START A NEW TAX YEAR, AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE COLLECTIONS START COMING IN NOVEMBER, PICK UP DECEMBER, PEAK IN JANUARY AND THEN THEY START TILING BACK DOWN. FOR THE YEAR, THE TAX COLLECTIONS, IT'S BEEN 130 AND FOR THAT TAX YEAR. I'M GOING TO CORRECT THAT, NOT FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR, BUT FOR THAT TAX YEAR AT ALMOST 137.5 MILLION DOLLARS. FOR OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR, AGAIN, WE ARE EARLY ON IN THE YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM NUMBER, WE ARE AT ALMOST 17 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET SPEND, THAT IS AN AVERAGE OF 11.8 MILLION DOLLARS PER MONTH, WHICH THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED WHEN WE WENT OVER THE CASH FLOW FOR THE YEAR OR ANTICIPATED CASH FLOW NEEDS. FOR THE BY OBJECT, IT'S THE SAME REPORT. IT'S GOT THE SAME PERCENT. OUR BUDGET, IT'S AT ALMOST 139.6 MILLION DOLLARS. EXPENSES OF THAT, WE HAVE EXPENSE 23.6 MILLION DOLLARS, BRINGING THE PERCENT SPEND TO ABOUT 17 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET. THERE IS NO CHANGE IN OUR FUND BALANCE REPORT. WE STILL ANTICIPATE THE SAME. WE DO HAVE THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO GO OVER. FOR LAST YEAR, ENDING OUR FISCAL YEAR, IT ENDED IN JUNE. WE ARE TOWARDS THE END OF CLOSING OUR GENERAL LEDGER AND WE WILL HAVE OUR AUDITORS ON SITE. THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR FINAL. IT IS STILL AN ESTIMATE PENDING AUDIT YEAR END AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING OUR GENERAL FUND TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SURPLUS OF ABOUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS. OF THAT, I HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO TRANSFER OUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CDC, AND THAT IS TO BUILD A FUND BALANCE IN THAT FUND. BY DOING THAT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSFER OUT THIS YEAR, AND WE COULD REMOVE THAT 1.8 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE THAT YEAR, WHICH IT IS PART OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT IS PART OF THE AGENDA LATER ON. IF WE DO THE TWO MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER OUT TO THE CD THAT WOULD STILL LEAVE AN INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND OF ABOUT ONE MILLION DOLLARS, BRINGING OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE TO 55.2 MILLION. OUR DEBT SERVICE, EVEN THOUGH WE DID DEFEAT SOME DEBT, WE DEFEASE SIX MILLION DOLLARS SOURCE OF DEBT. WE'RE STILL PUTTING IN 4.4 MILLION DOLLARS INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. THE REASON WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT MONEY IN OUR FUND BALANCE IS BECAUSE OUR TAX COLLECTION DON'T START COMING IN UNTIL DECEMBER AND OUR PAYMENT IS IN DECEMBER. THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WORRY WITH OUR CASH FLOW BECAUSE OUR PAYMENT OUT OF A DEBT SERVICE EXCEEDED OUR FUND BALANCE. LUCKILY WE HAD SOME MONEY COME IN AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT FROM OUR DEBT SERVICE. THIS PAST YEAR, WE PURPOSELY KEPT 4.4 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD UP OUR FUND BALANCE, AND WE SHOULD BE FINE IN OUR DEBT SERVICE FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE OUR PAYMENT COMES IN BEFORE OUR TAX COLLECTIONS COME IN. THAT'S VERY GOOD FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GOING FORWARD. FOR THE FOOD SERVICE FUND, WE DID HAVE A SURPLUS OF ABOUT 800,000 DOLLARS BRINGING OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE TO 2.2 MILLION DOLLARS. FOR AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, SOME OF THE THERE WILL BE OR THERE IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT LATER IN THE AGENDA, AND THAT IS PRIMARILY DUE TO WE RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES. WE ARE NEEDING TO ADJUST OUR TAX COLLECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE ADJUSTMENT, BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE JUST MOVE OVER FROM TAX COLLECTIONS TO STATE AID. IT REALLY IS A WASH. THERE IS NO NET EFFECT, AND THAT IS JUST SHIFTING REVENUES FROM ONE CATEGORY TO ANOTHER. WE ARE REMOVING THE 1.8 MILLION DOLLAR CDC TRANSFER OUT, BECAUSE OF THE TWO MILLION THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING OUT ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO GET AND HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. ALSO, WE ARE RECOGNIZING OR INCREASING OUR SHARS BUDGET BY 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS. [01:50:06] THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE. WHAT HAPPENS IS OR THE REASON WHY THAT HADN'T BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR THIS YEAR IS IF IT COMES IN WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING, THEN WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IT PRIOR YEAR. BECAUSE WE'RE PAST THOSE 60 DAYS, THEN WE ARE NOT GOING TO RECOGNIZE THAT PRIOR YEAR, SO THAT WILL KICK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OF THE SHARS MONEY THAT WE WERE ENTITLED TO LAST YEAR. WE HAD THAT 2.4 MILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION, BUT WE WERE ENTITLED TO 1.7 THAT WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE. THAT WILL COME IN THIS YEAR. ONCE WE FACTOR ALL THAT IN, THAT WILL INCREASE OUR REVENUES TO 140, 000,000.3, AND OUR EXPENDITURES, THERE IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FORENSIC AUDIT. IT'S PART THERE IN 150,000 DOLLARS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COST. THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREASE THAT STILL BRINGS A SURPLUS OF 993,556 DOLLARS AS OPPOSED TO THE 2.8 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT THAT WE HAD. THAT WILL NOW BECOME THE OFFICIAL DISTRICT BUDGET. >> THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. YES, SIR. >> I THINK AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS MENTION OF A POSSIBLE LOAN TO PAY FOR SERVICE PAYMENT IN DECEMBER. IS THAT NOW NOT A CONCERN GIVEN. >> NOT FOR DEBT SERVICE, I WOULD STILL SAY THAT IS A CONCERN FOR OUR GENERAL. IF WE KEEP A PACE OF ABOUT 12 MILLION A MONTH IN EXPENSES, THEN WE WILL BE SHORT IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH WELLS FARGO, THAT IS OUR DEPOSITORY BANK, SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT. SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS DO THE SAME THING BECAUSE OF THE SAME SITUATION, THEY'RE HEAVILY RELIED ON TAX COLLECTION, AND THAT MONEY DOESN'T START COMING UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN YOUR FUND BALANCE TO OPERATE THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, YOU DO RELY ON YOUR FUND BALANCE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, SO WE MAY BE IN NEED OF A ONE MONTH LOAN. >> JUST TO FOLLOW UP. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RELYING ON THE FUND BALANCE IN TAX COLLECTIONS, IS THE DYNAMIC AND, I GUESS, SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WITH POTENTIALLY NEEDING THAT LOAN A FUNCTION OF US BECOMING MORE PROPERTY WEALTHY? CORRECT. RECEIVING LESS STATE AID AND NOW HAVING TO RELY PRIMARILY ON TAX COLLECTIONS? THAT IS CORRECT. YES. AS YOU KNOW, THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE HAD THE BOARD HAS HAD TO APPROVE THAT KNITTING CHAPTER 48 AGREEMENT, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS ONLY ONE YEAR THE YEAR BEFORE, THAT WE BECAME A RECAPTURED DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THAT THAT WE HAVE TO FILL OUT THAT AGREEMENT EVERY YEAR. BECAUSE TA'S CALCULATIONS HAS US IN RECAPTURE. WE KNOW WE HAVE BETTER NUMBERS THAN THEY DO, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT. BUT WE ARE RIGHT ON THAT BORDER LINE THAT EVENTUALLY, WE'RE JUST KIND OF CROSS OVER TO THAT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, THAT IT NOT THIS YEAR, IT MAY NOT BE NEXT YEAR, BUT I THINK MAYBE THE YEAR AFTER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE A TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION, I THINK, OR A VOTER OR EVADER WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE DISTRICT TO MORE OF THOSE TAX COLLECTIONS HERE AND NOT PAY RECAPTURE. >> LAST FOLLOW UP QUESTION. IN THE YEARS AHEAD AS PROPERTY WEALTH EITHER MAINTAINS AT CURRENT LEVELS OR INCREASES, IS THAT AN EXPECTATION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT WE MIGHT BE IN THE SITUATION IN THE FUTURE, LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT RELY ON TAX COLLECTIONS? FOR REVENUES THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO TAKE OUT HAVE THAT KIND OF, I GUESS, MUSCLE DEVELOPED OF HAVING A LOAN IN PLACE TO OFFSET THAT THAT DEBT SERVICE FUND PAYMENT IN DECEMBER. >> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JESSIE WORTHINGTON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY DATE. [VII.G. Engagement Survey Update] THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH PUBLIC. I'VE KIND OF KEPT IT ON EVERY BOARD MEETING TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW. WE DID KIND OF JUST RECAPPING WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. WE DID A NUMBER OF SURVEYS WITH GIBSON CONSULTING. WE RECEIVED SOME DRAFT RESULTS FOR SOME OF THEM, AND FOR THE OTHER ONES, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, AND FOR THERE WAS ONE OTHER THAT WAS MORE RECENTLY. THEY'VE CLOSED THOSE OUT, AND SO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE RESULTS YET, BUT WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE DRAFT RESULTS SOON. THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IS THE RESULTS HAVE NOT BEEN SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC YET. WE ONLY HAVE THEM IN DRAFT FORM. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THEM SOLIDIFIED YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH GIBSON CONSULTING YET WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER THE RESULTS AND GUIDE US THROUGH WHAT THAT MEANS. [01:55:06] THE BOARD, WE PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS. I DON'T WANT IT TO GET FORGOTTEN. I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO THINK THAT WE JUST DID THE SURVEY AND DIDN'T DO WITH IT. IT IS AN ITEM THAT WE NEED TO GET SCHEDULED IN SOME SPECIAL WORKSHOP OR SPECIAL MEETING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATIONS AND CONSULTING AND SEE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD ARE. YES. >> YEAH. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION OUT BECAUSE I'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THEY KIND OF ROLL THEIR EYES AND THINK LIKE IT'S WHAT'S BEEN THE USE OF THE SURVEY WHEN NOW? IT'S GOING TO BE SIX MONTHS INTO OUR NEW SCHOOL YEAR. IF THE PROBLEM WITH GIBSON THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT THAT GREAT AT OPERATING BECAUSE I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US A FINAL PRODUCT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WASN'T THAT PART OF THE DEAL? >> I WOULD SAY IT'S ACTUALLY I DON'T BELIEVE. SIDE THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONNECT WITH US TO HAVE A SCHEDULE A MEETING. WITH THE BOARD, THEY WANT THE ENTIRE BOARD THERE, WHICH IS HOW WE WOULD LIKE IT, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER MEETINGS, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY GOT PUSHED. THEY COULD PROVIDE US WITH THE DATA, BUT WE, I THINK AS A COMMITTEE, HAD AGREED AT THE BEGINNING THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST GET DATA AND MAKE OUR OWN ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON IT. WE WANTED THEIR EXPERTISE TO HELP US TELL THE STORY. >> I GUESS I'M CONFUSED. I THOUGHT THE COMPANY WOULD DO THE FINAL REPORT, AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THAT REPORT AND LOOK AT IT AND PRESENT IT TO THE COMMUNITY. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY IT TAKES BOARD A MEETING OF THE ENTIRE BOARD TO DISCUSS DEVELOPING THE FINAL REPORT. >> WELL, THAT EXACTLY TO YOUR POINT. THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED THE FINAL REPORT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND THEN PRESENT THE FINAL REPORT AT THAT POINT. I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD KIND OF DISCUSSED. >> SOMETHING WE DECIDED AS A BOARD THAT WE WANTED TO DO. THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING THAT WAY. I DON'T THINK IT WAS JUST THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS THE ENTIRE BOARD. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH MEETING IT WAS, BUT I GUESS I JUST THOUGHT THEY WOULD DO THE FINAL REPORT, AND THEN IT WOULD BE PRESENTED AS A FINAL REPORT TO US AND I DON'T KNOW. HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM THEM WHAT WE OWE THEM. DO WE HAVE A CLUE? >> I THINK IT WAS ALREADY A SCHEDULE OF HOW MUCH WE OWE THEM. IT WAS PART OF THE INITIAL CONTRACT. I UNDERSTAND. >> ALL WE VOTED ON ALL THAT I'VE SEEN WAS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UP TO 200,000. >. WE'VE NOT EXCEEDED THAT. IT WAS WHATEVER THE THING [INAUDIBLE] I SPOKE TO MISS CANSINO LAST. PAYMENT WAS ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR. THEY HAD ALREADY SET UP KIND OF A PAYMENT PLAN BASED ON THE CONTRACT. >> I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT HAS MADE THIS SURVEY LAST LONGER IS THAT WE ENGAGED A LOT MORE STAKEHOLDERS. IT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS, IT'S NOT JUST STAFF. IT'S NOT JUST DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS, IT'S PARENTS, IT'S PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT THAT DON'T HAVE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT, BUT PAY TAXES. I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF SURVEY WORK. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS ALSO EXTENDED THE DURATION OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT. >. IF I MAY, THERE WERE DELAYS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSITION. WHEN WE STARTED THIS, WE HAD A SITTING SUPERINTENDENT AND NOT A SUPERINTENDENT THAT HAD ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT. THERE WERE DELAYS IN JUST THAT CHANGE, BUT THEN ALSO GETTING THE DATA TO GIBSON AND THEN FINALIZING TO YOUR POINT, FINALIZING NOT FINALIZING BUT FINALIZING THE QUESTIONS AND THEN DETERMINING WHERE WE WERE MOVING WHICH DIRECTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DID, IF I REMEMBER PROPERLY, EXTEND SOME OF THE SURVEYS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAD EXPECTED AND SO THAT THAT WAS ADDITIONAL DELAYS. AGAIN, NO FAULT TO GIBSON. I THINK THAT THEY HAVE DONE FABULOUS, AND WE GOT AN EMAIL THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK, BUT AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS IN A VERY BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME. I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT. WE GET THERE. >> THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT WAS JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC GO WHERE WE'RE AT. IT'S NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN. IT'S NOT IN A FINAL STATE, BUT AS SOON AS WE HOPEFULLY, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU WITH FURTHER ALONG PROGRESS. >> OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FIRM UPDATE. [VII.H. Superintendent Search Firm Update] JUST WANTED TO AGAIN LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE DID CONDUCT FIRST ROUND INTERVIEW. WE HAVE THE WEBSITE ON OUR WEBSITE. IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE TIMELINE, AND I THINK BEEN UPDATED NOW, THAT SHOWS THAT WE DID RECEIVE 41 APPLICANTS. OF THOSE 41, THE BOARD WAS ABLE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO SIX WHO WENT THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND INTERVIEWS, AND WE ARE DELIBERATING AND FIGURING OUT NEXT STEPS, WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO NAME A LOAN FINALIST OR WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECOND ROUND IN A [INAUDIBLE]. [02:00:03] SO MORE TO COME. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. IDEN RAMIREZ AND HIS FIRM THAT HE'S PART OF FOR HELPING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND HAVING LOTS OF MEETINGS AND INTERVIEWS WITH US TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO THE TIMELINE, THAT WILL BE REFLECTED ON THE WEBSITE ONCE WE HAVE THOSE UPDATES. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. [VIII.A. Discussion Regarding Parking Lot Expansion - Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary] THE FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM WE HAVE IS DISCUSSION REGARDING PARKING LOT EXPANSION, HORNSBY DUNLAP ELEMENTARY. I WANT TO JUST PREFACE THIS A LITTLE BIT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAD REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION ON. WE PUT IT UNDER DISCUSSION ITEM BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT. IT ALSO IS AN ACTION ITEM, BUT AGAIN, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ACTION. IT'S SOMETHING ON THERE. IN CASE WE WANTED TO TAKE AN ACTION ON IT, IT'S MORE OF JUST AN INFORMATION ITEM, I WOULD SAY AT THIS TIME. BUT MS. ALICE, THANK YOU. I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND PRESENT. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, COMMUNITY, MR. SPRINGSTON. IN A DISCUSSION WITH OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER, TRUSTEE RIGHT HAYWOOD, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION IN REFERENCE TO THE HORNSBY PARKING LOT DISCUSSION. FOLLOW UP FROM OUR BOARD PRESIDENT REQUESTING STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER A DISCUSSION OVERVIEW. WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER. THE PARKING LOT AT HORNSBY DUNLAP ELEMENTARY SHARES THE PARKING LOT WITH THE NORTH CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER. WHEN THE NORTH CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND THE NEW HORNSBY DUNLAP ELEMENTARY WERE BEING PROPOSED THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS, THE ORIGINAL HORNSBY DUNLAP ELEMENTARY WAS STILL IN PLACE. UNDER THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR PERMITS, YOU HAVE TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PARKING AS WELL AS IMPERVIOUS COVER. INITIALLY, WE HAD THREE SEPARATE BUILDINGS BEFORE THE DEMOLITION OCCURRED. WITH THAT DEMOLITION, IT OPENS UP ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE BASED ON PRESIDENT RAMZALI'S REQUEST. THE STAFF MOVED FORWARD WITH THE ORIGINAL INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TO OBSERVE, AND THEN WE'LL PASS IT TO THE BOARD FOR A DISCUSSION. THIS IS THE TRAFFIC PLAN. I VISITED THE SITE BOTH WHEN IT OPENED. WE'VE MONITORED THE SITE, THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MANAGING THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AFTERNOONS. THIS IS THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE MORNING. THIS IS THE TRAFFIC FLOW. IN THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY FROM THE CAMPUS, THE CAMPUS HAS APPROXIMATELY 720 STUDENTS. TWO HUNDREND AND FORTY STUDENTS ARE DAILY RIDERS IN WHICH THOSE STUDENTS ARE PICKED UP. APPROXIMATELY 720, AND AGAIN, THAT NUMBER MAY FLUCTUATE. 240 STUDENTS RIDE ON A DAILY BASIS THAT ARE PICKED UP BY CARS, AND THAT COULD BE SIBLINGS IN ONE VEHICLE, THAT COULD BE COUSINS IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THERE ARE 240 THAT INDICATE THAT THEY DO RIDE IN A PICK UP CIRCUMSTANCE. THEN THERE ARE AN AVERAGE OF 18 INDIVIDUALS THAT VISIT THE CAMPUS BASED ON THE CAMPUS VISITOR LOG. SOME DAYS THAT MAY BE 22, SOME DAYS IT MAY BE 16, BUT OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, IT'S BEEN AN AVERAGE OF 18 VISITORS. THERE ARE PARKING SPOTS IN THE FRONT BACK, AS WELL AS THE NORTH CDC. THIS IS THE TRAFFIC PLAN THAT IS CURRENTLY UTILIZED FOR BOTH CDC. THERE ARE THREE DESIGNATED SPOTS FOR THE CDC FOR DROP OFF THAT ARE PAINTED, SPECIFIC FOR PARENT WITH YOUNG CHILDREN FOR DROP OFF, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE FOR THOSE LOCATIONS. THESE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE BOARD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THROUGH THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PARKING LOT EXPANSION AT HORNSBY DUNLAP ELEMENTARY IN THE NORTH CDC. TIMELINE CHANGES TO POTENTIALLY HOUND DOG TRAIL. THE DISTRICT IS THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR HOUND DOG TRAIL BETWEEN DALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE CDC NORTH HORNSBY DUNLAP ELEMENTARY. THE DETERMINATION OF THE ACTUAL PARKING LOT DESIGN WOULD BE DONE BY A CIVIL ENGINEER. IT'S NOT A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD MAKE BASED ON WHAT THE AUTHORITIES HAVE IN JURISDICTION WOULD APPROVE FOR THE IMPERVIOUS COVER. IT WOULD IMPACT THE GREEN SPACE AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY TREE MITIGATION. IN THE JURISDICTION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, IF YOU TAKE TREES DOWN, YOU NEED TO IMPROVE THE SITE BY PLANTING ADDITIONAL TREES. TRAFFIC FLOW TO THE FRONT PARKING LOT AND ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES, AS WELL AS COST IMPLICATIONS ARE BASED ON ROUGH ORDER COSTING. AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT PUT THIS OUT FOR AN OFFICIAL BID. THESE ARE ROUGH COST ESTIMATES BASED ON CALCULATIONS FROM CURRENT PROJECTS AS EARLY AS THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND AS LATE AS A FEW DAYS AGO TO VERIFY WHAT CONTRACTORS ARE SEEING IN THE MARKET. THESE ARE THE COST PROJECTIONS. [02:05:01] IT IS $413,000 FOR 50 SPACES. THAT IS A ROUGH ORDER COSTING. THOSE ARE THE ENGINEERING FEES AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL TRAFFIC COST AS WELL AS SIGN STRIPING, ETC. THERE'S A CONTINGENCY COST IN ADDITION TO AN ACTUAL FEE COST FOR THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE OVERALL SITE PLAN AND WITH THAT, I'LL DEFER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR ANY DISCUSSION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE. >> THANK YOU, MR. TRUSTEE, RIGHT HERE WITH. >> WELL, FIRST, I HAVE A STATEMENT, AND FOLLOWED BY A QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE I JUST WANTED, LIKE OVERALL OF WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS AND EVERYTHING. THIS AT HORNSBY, OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP IN THAT AREA WITH MY KIDS ATTENDING THIS SCHOOL. I THINK WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR PARENTS, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE OUR PARENTS TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH THEIR STUDENTS BECAUSE THE MORE OUR PARENTS ARE INVOLVED WITH OUR STUDENTS, THE MORE OUR STUDENTS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE BETTER STUDENT OUTCOMES. THEY'RE MORE INVOLVED AT SCHOOL AND IN THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. BEING AT HORNSBY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS OR WHATEVER, AND SEEING THAT THERE'S A UPRISE IN THE ENROLLMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I LET CHECK, HORNSBY ELEMENTARY IS OUR BIGGEST ELEMENTARY IN ENROLLMENT IN THE DISTRICT. THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PARKING, AND EVEN LIKE, I MEAN, I'M ONE OF THE PICK UP AND DROP OFF PARENTS. I'M VERY INVOLVED. I GO TO EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS WHY I WAS LATE TONIGHT [INAUDIBLE] HELP THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT. WE HAVE PARENTS THAT LITERALLY ARE PARKING IN NO PARKING ZONES, WHICH ARE FIRE HAZARD ZONES, PARKING ALONG HOUND DOG TRAIL FROM 969 ALL THE WAY BACK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE INITIAL ONE WHEN YOU GET THE TRAFFICKING. WELL, EVEN ON THIS, WELL, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT. I'M SORRY. AS YOU SEE UP IN THAT LEFT CORNER, ALL THEY HAVE IS IF YOU CANNOT PARK WITHIN THIS PARKING AREA, THE ONLY PARKING THAT YOU DO HAVE IS THAT LITTLE BIT AVAILABLE SPACE, WHICH I BELIEVE USUALLY FITS ABOUT 7-8 CARS RIGHT THERE. THAT'S WHEN OUR PARENTS START TO PARK DOWN HOUND DOG TRAIL, WHICH IS RED ZONE PARKING. FROM 969 UP TO THE ENTRY IS ALL NO PARKING, WHICH IS VISIBLE SIGNS, NO PARKING. TONIGHT, WHEN I WENT TO OUR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, AS YOU ALL HAVE BARRICADES THAT ARE IN BETWEEN HORNSBY AND THE CDC ARE BARRICADES, WHICH THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKING THERE. WE HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE PARKING DOWN THAT NO PARKING, WHICH ARE GOING AROUND THE BARRICADES AND ARE PARKING IN NO PARKING. IT'S HARD TO TELL THEM TO COME AND WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING ELSE AVAIL LIKE NO OTHER OPTIONS FOR OUR PARENTS IN PARKING. YOU HAVE TO GET THERE REALLY EARLY. I'M NOT EVEN SPEAKING ON OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS LIKE IN SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY, WE ONLY HAVE OUR STAFF AND VISITORS THAT COME A FEW VISITORS A DAY. BUT WE AS THE PARENTS, WE GO TO THE MEETINGS WITH OUR CHATS WITH THE PRINCIPAL. WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM, CAN WE HAVE MORE INVOLVEMENT? US AS PARENTS, WE WANT TO BE HERE. CAN Y'ALL HAVE MORE ASSEMBLIES HAVE FOR US TO DO OR WHATEVER THAT CAN INVOLVE US MORE IN OUR KIDS, WHETHER THEY'RE DOING ANY PRODUCTIONS OR WHATEVER. BUT THEN I HAVE PARENTS THAT HAVE SAT BY ME IN ASSEMBLIES AND THEY'RE ON THE PHONE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND A FAMILY MEMBER LIKE THERE'S NO PARKING. I CAN'T COME. THEN OUR KIDS AREN'T GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT I FEEL THAT THEY NEED. LOOKING AT THESE COSTS, OBVIOUSLY. FOR OUR DISTRICT IS A BIT OF A COST, BUT HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO SUPPORT WHETHER IT'S LIKE BUSSING OUR PARENTS DOWN FROM DAILY OR HAVING ANY LIKE PARKING, MAYBE SOME TRACK CONTRACTOR OR SOMETHING WITH THE CHURCH OR LIKE JUST SOMETHING OR LOOKING INTO THE NO PARKING ALL THE WAY DOWN HOUND DOG TRAIL. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP OUR PARENTS IF WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM TO COME AND BE APART. THEN WE'RE LIKE, WELL, THERE'S NO PARKING, THERE'S NO SPACE, WHICH THEN IN ACTUAL REALITY MAKES IT VERY UNSAFE WHEN WE HAD OUR GRANDPARENTS TO COME FOR OUR BREAKFAST. THAT WASN'T EVEN HALF OF, LIKE, WHAT ARE NORMAL, WHAT WE GET IF WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING. WE HAVE PARENTS OR WELL, GRANDPARENTS AT THE TIME, WERE PARKING LITERALLY ON THE CURB AREA ON OUR WAY OUT. IF YOU PULLED UP THE ONE WHERE IT SHOWS THE TRAFFICKING OUT, THE GREEN ARROWS. OUR RESOURCE OFFICER SPENT TIME AWAY FROM DIRECTING OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE HE'S HAVING TO FIND THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLES THAT LITERALLY, IF I CAN YES, SOMEONE PARKED HERE AND SOMEONE PARKED HERE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED A RED ZONE. THAT'S NOT NO PARKING. IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SIGN, [02:10:01] WHICH THEY WERE RIGHT. BUT, IT MADE TRAFFIC REALLY BAD FOR OUR PARENTS TRYING TO GET OUT FOR WORK, WHICH THEN MADE IT, UNVISIBLE FOR STUDENTS THAT WERE GETTING OUT OF CARS IN THE PARKING LOT. THAT WAS REALLY, LIKE MY THOUGHT ON THIS. TO WANT TO GET EXTRA INFORMATION OR TO WANT TO UNDERSTAND BETTER. BUT EVEN IF WE HAVE LIKE OTHER OPTIONS, OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO AS A DISTRICT. >> FOR CLARITY, TRUSTEE, RIGHT HAYWOOD, WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION ACROSS THE WAY. WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PARK THERE. IT IS THE CAMPUS COMMUNICATION WITH THAT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION IN WHICH THE PRINCIPAL, WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP. ARE YOU USING YOUR OVERFLOW PARKING? CAN WE USE SOME OF THAT PARKING BECAUSE THEY HAVE BUILT A REALLY NICE PARKING LOT AT THEIR LOCATION. I KNOW THAT IS AN OPTION. I CAN ASSIST WITH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL IN MAKING THAT CONNECTION IF THAT HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING. I THINK THAT'S AN OPTION THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD IN THE COMMUNICATION. WE OFFER THAT SPACE FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY TO POTENTIALLY PARK AT THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION ACROSS THE WAY. ONE ITEM OF NOTE, IT'S A BOARD DISCUSSION. WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE ACTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL EVALUATE EVERY POSSIBLE OPTION. >> WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION [INAUDIBLE]. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? WOULD IT BE DO WE HAVE BOND MONEY? CAN WE USE THAT? >> WE WOULD WORK BACK TOWARDS THE NEXT BOARD AGENDA ITEM. CURRENTLY, THE WAY THAT IT IS PROPOSED THIS EVENING, IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD, IT WOULD BE BASED ON BOND INTEREST FUNDS, AND I KNOW TRUSTEE WOODIE HAD PREVIOUSLY SHARED. WE WANT TO COMPLETE OUR ASSESSMENTS. WE ARE DONE WITH OUR CREED MORE ASSESSMENT. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET THE OTHER CAMPUSES COMPLETED IN THE ASSESSMENTS AND BE ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK FORWARD. IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM A BOARD MEMBER THROUGH THE BOARD PRESIDENT, AND THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. THE FUNDS TO BE SCYNC, WOULD BE BOND INTEREST FUNDS. OR POTENTIALLY FUNDS FROM THE ORIGINAL SAVINGS THAT WE TURNED IN WHEN THE HORNSBY DUNLAP PROJECT CLOSED, EITHER OF THOSE WOULD BE THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD FOR VOTING. >> WOULD IT BE ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST? >> FOR CLARITY, IT'S 50 PARKING SPOTS. I THINK TO TRUSTEE RIGHT HAYWOOD'S CONVEYANCE, IF WE HAVE THE PRE K KINDER EVENT. WE HAVE PRE K AND KINDER STUDENTS WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS? AND WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED 80 PRE K STUDENTS AND 80 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, THAT'S POTENTIALLY 320 SETS OF GRANDPARENTS PARENTS. TO ADD 50 SPOTS WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT. BUT IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ADD 100 SPOTS, WE COULD DO THAT FOR APPROXIMATELY $852,000. THAT WOULD GIVE 100 ADDITIONAL SPOTS CONTINGENT UPON OBVIOUSLY APPROVAL THROUGH THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PROCESS, THE COUNTY APPROVALS. I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD ON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD 100 SPOTS FOR CLOSE TO $1 MILLION? >> I'M GOING TO TAKE TRUSTEE WOODIE OVER HERE FIRST. >> THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING ME BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT. AS I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT REPORT. >> I BELIEVE YOU SPECIFICALLY SAID DON'T BRING ANYTHING BACK AND I SAID, I WOULDN'T. >> YEAH. I APPRECIATE THAT. I GET AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE PARENTS. BUT AS A BOARD, I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY HAVE THAT WORKSHOP AND PRIORITIZE BECAUSE FOR ME, KIDS WALKING TO THE ECH IN FRONT OF BUSES IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN TRYING TO FIND PARKING RIGHT NOW FOR PARENTS THAT COME IN SPECIAL EVENTS. WHEN WE CAN PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE METHODS LIKE PARKING AT DAILY LIKE, WORKING WITH THE LOCAL VENDORS OR CHURCHES OR WHATEVER WE HAVE. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THE BOARD WOULD REALLY CONSIDER WAITING ON PUSHING THIS THROUGH UNTIL WE GET THAT FACILITY ASSESSMENT AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT'S PRIORITY. >> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PANTOVA, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AROUND. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] WOODY. IF WE COULD DO THE ASSESSMENT. I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THIS IS AN ISSUE HERE. WHAT ELSE IS THAT ISSUE? I CAN GO WITH MY OWN EXPERIENCE, BUT WHAT ELSE IS THE ISSUE WITHOUT THE PARKING. >> IN SHORT, I KNOW WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN AT POPHAM ELEMENTARY. WE ACTUALLY MEASURED THE POPHAM PARKING LOT. THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE AT POPHAM WOULD INDICATE BETWEEN THE STAFF AND THE VISITORS IN ADDITION TO THE LATEST CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY LIGHT THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED, IT HAS REALLY IMPACTED TRAFFIC ON PROUD PAMPA WAY. WE WOULD COMPLETE THAT FACILITY ASSESSMENT AND BRING THAT BACK FORWARD TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL PARKING AT PAMPA ELEMENTARY AS WELL. >> I'M GOING TO SUPPORT TRUSTEE LES WOODY, [02:15:01] LET'S HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION SEE IT FROM A CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE. WHAT IS THE TRUE IMPACT OVERALL? I LOVE THAT WE STARTED WITH ONE CAMPUS, BUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ACROSS ALL 13 CAMPUS? >> YEAH. TRUSTEE WETHINGTON? >> YEAH. >> I GUESS, THIRD NOW, THE SUPPORT FOR TRUSTEE WOODY'S FACILITIES ASSESSMENT BEING COMPLETED. THE THOUGHT THAT COMES TO MIND IS. I THINK TRUSTEE HAYWOOD IS DEEPLY CONNECTED TO HER COMMUNITY. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT MY KIDS ATTEND, WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS, PEOPLE ARE PARKING ALL ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WALKING TO. I THINK THERE'S SAFETY CONCERNS. THE OTHER THOUGHT THAT COMES TO MIND IS AS ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO GROW AT OUR CAMPUSES, THESE PROBLEMS AT EACH CAMPUS WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO FINISH GETTING A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT ALL THE NEEDS ARE SO THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE WHO HAS THE GREATEST NEED. AT THE CURRENT MOMENT, IT'S ENCOURAGING THAT I THINK WE'RE NOW AT A SURPLUS, ALBEIT A SMALL SURPLUS, BUT I THINK THAT STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT WE KNOW WHAT IS THE GREATEST NEED RIGHT NOW AT THE PRESENT MOMENT AND GOING FROM THERE. >> THANK YOU. I DO AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. ARE THE PARENTS NOTIFIED THAT THEY CAN PARK AT THE CHURCH? I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S RELAYED TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT. >> WHAT WE CAN DO FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, AS WELL AS OUR ACADEMIC TEAM WE WILL TOUCH BASE AT OUR NEXT PRINCIPAL MEETING, BUT ALSO BEFORE THE NEXT EVENT, WORK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. FOR EXAMPLE, TOMORROW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. WELL, WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW. IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SHARE WITH OUR DAILY PARENTS THAT YOU'RE ALL FREE TO PARK AT THE HORNSBY DUNLAP, NORTH CDC AND WALK FROM THERE TO DAILY AND IF WE HAD THAT PRE PLANNING, WE COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH DALEY, THAT THERE WOULD BE AVAILABLE PARKING THERE, BUT I WILL SHARE TRUSTEE WRIGHT HEYWOOD, THAT I WILL PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO MISS JONES, THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION AND THEN VERIFY THAT WE CAN PARK AT THAT LOCATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. ALST FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. I THINK WE WILL, WITH TRUSTEE WOODIE HOW, SHE SAID IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THE REST OF THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING A DECISION. >> I WANT TO SAY, I THINK THIS ALSO BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT OF POSSIBLY AS TRUSTEE WANG MENTIONED, REDISTRICTING SCHOOL ZONING, SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARIES BECAUSE I DID NOTICE SOME WERE DISPROPORTIONED TO OTHERS. >> TRUSTEE WOODY I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP NEXT MONTH AT THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING, WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD A PROPOSAL. WE'LL START SHARING THE INFORMATION IN WEEKLY BOARD QUESTIONS SO THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY START WORKING ON THAT PROCESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL TWO, BUT ALSO INCLUDE OUR DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, IF WE HAVE AN ELEMENTARY THAT IS EXTREMELY HIGH IN ENROLLMENT, AND WE HAVE OTHER ELEMENTARIES THAT ARE LOWER IN ENROLLMENT, THEN HOW DO WE POTENTIALLY EQUALIZE THOSE AND POSSIBLY ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PARKING CONCERNS AS A SIDE EFFECT. >> OKAY, DISTRICT, YOU SAID WE HAVE A DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT OR WE'RE GOING TO GET ONE? >> WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD BOTH THE PROPOSAL FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REDISTRICTING DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK'S WEEKLY BOARD QUESTION. WE WANTED TO GET THROUGH THIS BOARD MEETING AND THEN BRING THAT FORWARD. WE WILL ALSO SHARE THE UPDATED DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT. I BELIEVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM HAS THAT COPY, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT AS FAR AS WHERE WE SEE OURSELF IN GROWTH. BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE FACILITY ASSESSMENTS. IF WE NOTICE THAT A CAMPUS HAS LOW ENROLLMENT, AND HOW DO WE INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT BY POTENTIALLY REDISTRICTING OR EVALUATING, AND AGAIN, THAT'S A BOARD DISCRETION. OUR GOAL IS TO BRING IT FORWARD IN THE WEEKLY BOARD QUESTIONS. AS TRUSTEE WOODY AND TRUSTEE WAGNER HAD MENTIONED BEFORE. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THINGS THE SAME NIGHT. OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THOSE FORWARD IN THE WEEKLY BOARD QUESTIONS THIS WEEK. NEXT WEEK, SHARE THE INFORMATION SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD HAS SEEN IT SEVERAL TIMES AND HAS THE ABILITY TO DECIDE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HIRE A FIRM TO MOVE FORWARD ON HOW THIS PROCESS COULD POTENTIALLY WORK? >> WE ACTUALLY CHANGED SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK TO SEE IF THAT'S THE CORRECT PATH. IT DID CHANGE SLIGHTLY. >> OKAY. I DO APPRECIATE THAT. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADHERE TO IT. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD SOME ADJUSTMENTS, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS. >> THEN WHEN YOU'RE SAYING REDISTRICT, DO YOU MEAN REZONING FOR THE SCHOOL ZONES? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. >> FOR CLARIFICATION, WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING FORWARD A PROPOSAL IN REFERENCE TO THE STAGGERED OPENING OF HIGH SCHOOL TWO. WITH THAT STAGGERED OPENING, WE NEED TO AS A DISTRICT, FORWARD THINKING AND PLAN FOUR, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY, AS TRUSTEE WOODY MENTIONED. >> RIGHT. MY SPECIFIC QUESTION THOUGH IS, [02:20:01] YOU'RE SAYING REDISTRICTING REZONING FOR OUR SCHOOL ZONES? >> THAT WOULD BE THE CORRECT TERM. YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> IT'S A UNIVERSAL TERM AND I DO APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T USE THE APPROPRIATE TERM REDISTRICTING IS BOARD MEMBER LOCATIONS. REZONING IS THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH STUDENTS CAN GO TO SCHOOL FOR CLARITY. >> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE CENTER. >> QUESTION. I LOVE THAT THIS IS COMING FORWARD TO US NEXT MONTH. WHAT IS THE ABSOLUTE DEADLINE? BECAUSE WE DON'T WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS FOR COMMUNICATION FROM OUR BROADER PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE FOR LIKE FUNDING PURPOSES. WHEN IS THE ABSOLUTE DEADLINE THAT THIS IS DUE? >> I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT QUESTION TO SOME SMARTER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET BACK TO YOU. >> OKAY. >> I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE. WE ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD WHAT OPTIONS THERE ARE FOR HIGH SCHOOL TWO. IN ORDER TO OPEN HIGH SCHOOL TWO AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION, WE NEED TO START PLANNING FOR WHICH STUDENTS ACTUALLY ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL TWO. >> NO, PERFECT. I WANT TO RESPECT TIMES. I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT BY DECEMBER 1. >> NO, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT ASK. OUR GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE THAT SITUATION. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEMOGRAPHERS, THEY ADVISE 18 MONTHS TO 24 MONTHS FOR TWO THINGS, COMMUNICATING YOUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATING THE PLAN, BUT ALSO HAVING TIME FOR THE BOARD TO MEET WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND UPDATE BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL IN WHICH HISTORICALLY I WENT TO POPHAM ELEMENTARY. MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS GO TO POPHAM ELEMENTARY. IF YOU MOVE LARKDALE LANE TO ANOTHER CAMPUS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE PHONE CALL OF FOR 10 GENERATIONS OR 10 RIDIATIONS, WE HAVE GONE TO POPHAM ELEMENTARY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THE BOARD THE EFFECT AND OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO MOVE IN 18 MONTHS OR TWO YEARS, AS OPPOSED TO SOME SCHOOLS. SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS ARE TELLING PARENTS THREE MONTHS BEFORE THEY'RE ENROLLING. THEY'RE TELLING THEM IN MAY THAT THEY HAVE A NEW SCHOOL IN AUGUST, AND WE WANT TO GIVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO OUR COMMUNITY THAN THAT. WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD IN AUGUST OR OCTOBER FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. >> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE READINGTON. >> I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT AND MAYBE YOU SAID THIS AND I MISSED IT, BUT WHAT IS THE EXPECTED TIMELINE OF COMPLETION FOR THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT? >> WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO HAVE MOST OF THE SITES COMPLETE BY LATE DECEMBER REALISTICALLY BECAUSE OF SOME INTERNAL RELOCATIONS AND STAFFING CIRCUMSTANCES. OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT BEFORE THE PROPOSAL IN MARCH IN WHICH WE WOULD BRING ITEMS TO THE BOARD IN MARCH FOR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, FOR SUMMER OF 2025. IF YOU COULD GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND GET A CALIBRATED TIMELINE. I CAN GET THAT TO YOU IN THE WEEKLY BOARD QUESTIONS AND ANSWER. >> WOULD THAT BE A POTENTIAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE CONSIDERING FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET? >> NO. BECAUSE THE BOARD DID APPROVE THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT FROM BOND FUNDS, THOSE BOND FUNDS ARE ABLE TO ROLL OVER FISCALLY WITHOUT ANY IMPACT TO THE ACTUAL GENERAL FUND. THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT IS COMING FROM BOND FUNDS, AND SO THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO START IN ONE FISCAL YEAR AND CONTINUE TO ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT FISCAL >> I'M SORRY. LET ME CLARIFY. I WASN'T ASKING IF COST FOR THE ASSESSMENT. I'M TALKING ABOUT ANY DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT EXECUTING PROJECTS POTENTIALLY IN THE SUMMER OF 2025. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. >> THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE FUNDED AS WE SHARED EARLIER. THE FUNDS COME FROM THREE MAIN SOURCES. THOSE SOURCES PRIMARILY ARE BOND FUNDS, BOND INTEREST FUNDS, OR GENERAL FUND. THE FUNDS THAT WE WOULD BRING FORWARD TO EXECUTE THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE PRIMARILY BOND OR BOND INTEREST. IT WOULD NOT HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND, NOR WOULD IT HAVE A TIMELINE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO IMPACT THE FISCAL YEAR. WE WOULD BE BRING IN BOND FUNDS OR BOND INTEREST FUNDS BASED ON OUR CURRENT INVESTMENT RATE, WE HAVE PUT A TEMPORARY PROJECT PROPOSAL TOGETHER, AND WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT EVEN IN THE CURRENT FEDERAL RESERVE MARKET, WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH BOND INTEREST FUNDS OR BOND FUNDS IN GENERAL TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS. >> YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT HAS NO BEARING ON THIS CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET OR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET? >> THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE REMEMBER, BOND FUNDS SEPARATE THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE GENERAL FUND, [02:25:01] AND AS MISS CONCINO SAID EARLIER, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPLUS THIS YEAR. FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, THOSE ARE SEPARATE FUNDS, AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY TOUCH THOSE FOR PROJECTS. WE TRY TO MAKE SURE OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENSES ARE EXCLUSIVE TO BONDS. SO MUCH SO THAT WE ACTUALLY TRY TO ITEMS THAT ARE ABOVE $10,000 THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. >> THANKS FOR CLARIFYING. >> THANK YOU, SIR FOR THE QUESTION. >> TRUSTEE HEUBERGER. >> THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION. COULD YOU ALL IN THE FRIDAY BOARD UPDATE, INCLUDE THE ENROLLMENT FOR EACH CAMPUS BECAUSE I KNOW IT CHANGES WEEKLY, AT LEAST AT BEATTY IT DOES, BUT IF YOU ALL COULD DO THAT, INCLUDE JUST THE CAMPUS ENROLLMENTS? >> I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO OUR CURRICULUM TEAM AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM. I BELIEVE THAT. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. ALSO, JUST TO COMMENT THAT WHEN YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT THE REZONING OF OUR CAMPUSES, I KNOW THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES WE DID IT. IT SEEMED TO AFFECT [INAUDIBLE] WHOLE LOT. SOME OF OUR PARENTS, THEY WALK OUR KIDS, AND SOME OF THEM WERE SO REZONED TO SMITH THAT IT TOOK TWO BUSES IF THEY COULD TAKE A BUS TO GET THERE, AND THEY ENDED UP GOING TO SOME AISD SCHOOLS BECAUSE IT ONLY TOOK ONE BUS TO GET TO AISD. I THINK AND THEN YEARS AGO WHEN REZONED WE SENT OUR PRE K OVER TO GILBERT, AND OUR PARENTS COULDN'T GET THERE BECAUSE THEY A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE CARS AND THERE'S NO BUSES OVER THAT DIRECTION. I THINK WE NOT ONLY JUST LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR STUDENT TO LOOK AT HOW REZONING AFFECTS OUR PARENTS AND THEIR ABILITY TO GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, IF THE KIDS HAVE AN ISSUE, HOW CAN THE PARENTS GET THERE, SO JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, THINKING ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF REZONINGS WE DID. >> YES, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IN OCTOBER SO THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY HIRE A FIRM. I BELIEVE THE LAST COUPLE OF REZONINGS WERE INTERNAL STAFF MAKING DECISIONS, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL FIRM GET THE DATA, PUT THE REPORT TOGETHER, SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD, AND THEN THE BOARD HAVE TIME TO DIGEST THAT INFORMATION, GET FEEDBACK FROM THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS SO THAT IT'S NOT A VERTICALLY ALIGNED ONE OR TWO PEOPLE MAKING A DECISION FOR AN ENTIRE 11,822 KIDS AS OF TODAY. >> WELL, AND I DO KNOW SOME BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK WE'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE. BUT I THINK WE SEND THE LAST TWO TIMES. WE TENDED TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE, WHICH I AGREE WITH, MAKING SURE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR STUDENTS BALANCED OUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BUT IT IMPACTED THE FAMILIES AT BEATTY, I THINK, SO MUCH THAT WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT IN MIND. >> TRUSTEE HEUBERGER, THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE IT DID IMPACT MY FAMILY. THEY DROVE QUITE A BIT OF WAYS WHEN BEATTY WAS DOWN THE BLOCK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> I JUST COMMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS NOW THAT ARE AVAILABLE AS FAR AS ANALYSIS GOES, AND I THINK THAT YOU CAN IN A STUDY LIKE THAT, NOT JUST EVALUATE DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT YOU CAN ALSO EVALUATE DRIVE TIMES, WALK TIMES, AND BIKE TIMES AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S A VERY REASONABLE ASK TO CONSIDER. >> YOU MENTIONED THAT WE MAY HAVE A REPORT ALREADY WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT? >> TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE HR DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THEM IN JUNE. I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE TRANSITIONS IN THE HR DEPARTMENT. I CAN VERIFY WHERE THAT REPORT IS AND THEN GET IT RELEASED IN THIS WEEK'S WEEKLY BOARD QUESTIONS. >> YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT IF SOMEBODY CAN TEND TO US. THANK YOU. >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM IS DISCUSSION [VIII.B. Discussion Regarding New Attorney for District and for Board] REGARDING NEW ATTORNEY FOR DISTRICT AND FOR THE BOARD. THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP. THIS WAS ON OUR AGENDA. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS LAST BOARD MEETING OR THE ONE BEFORE. THE SAME WORDING WAS PUT ON THIS AGENDA. JUST TO SEE IF THERE IS I FEEL LIKE IN OUR LAST TWO MEETINGS AGO, THERE WAS INTEREST IN MOVING FORWARD WITH DOING AN RFP RFQ TO SEE WHAT OTHER FIRMS ARE OUT THERE. I THINK WHY IT DID NOT PASS WAS FROM A TIMELINE ISSUE THAT WE WEREN'T ALL IN AGREEMENT ON WHEN WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. THERE WERE SOME WHO WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME WHO SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BACK UP FOR DISCUSSION SO THAT WE KNEW THAT IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS FORGOTTEN AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD. TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON. >> YEAH, I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE ME INTERESTED IN IT WAS THE MENTION THAT THERE WASN'T AN RFP THAT WAS DONE LAST TIME. I THINK IN ADDITION TO THAT, MAYBE YOU WONDER JUST WHAT OTHER I GUESS, [02:30:01] LARGER CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WE HAVE THAT DID NOT HAVE AN RFP ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I THINK I WAS IN THE CAMP OF SUPPORTING ISSUING AN RFP JUST ON A DIFFERENT TIMELINE, I THINK THAN THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS PROPOSED LAST TIME. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT RFP. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR FEEDBACK? WE DO HAVE IT AS AN ACTION ITEM LATER, WE CAN BRING IT UP IF WE WANT TO MOVE. >> CLARIFYING QUESTION. IS THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING FOR RFP OR ARE WE WAITING I'M CONFUSED NOW? SORRY. >> I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IF WE WANT TO, ONE IS, DO WE EVEN WANT TO ISSUE AN RFP AND IF WE DO, THEN WHAT WOULD THE TIMELINE? >> I WAS JUST GOING TO CLARIFY. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF BIT AS WELL. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK PART OF THE DISCUSSION WAS ISSUING OUR HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A DESIRE FOR A SEPARATE LIKE ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD AND THEN A SEPARATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. THAT WAS ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE CAN. I THINK WE HAD SAID, WELL, WE WOULD BE FINE WITH JUST FINDING OUT WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT OPTIONS THERE ARE. IT WOULD BE A MORE OPEN REQUEST FOR RFP AND THEN WE COULD DECIDE MOVING FORWARD. >> I WOULD JUST SAY I WOULD SUPPORT, LIKE HAVING I THINK LAST TIME WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND THE POSSIBLE PATHS OF A SEPARATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT AND A SEPARATE ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD. I THINK WE HAD DISCUSSED ASKING FOR A PRESENTATION ON THE PROS AND CONS. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING. >> I TOTALLY COULD MISREMEMBER THIS. THAT'S STILL POSSIBLE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS AN ASK TO HAVE SOME PRESENTATION ABOUT WHY SOME DISTRICTS DO THIS? WHAT THE BENEFIT IS? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE FOR US? >> YEAH, THAT DOES SOUND FAMILIAR. YOU SAID IT, BUT I THINK IT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION AS, LET'S SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE? LET'S SEE THE PROS AND CONS. I THINK IT WAS LIKE THAT FLOW. >> I'D BE OPEN TO BOTH SOME DISCUSSION OR EVALUATION OF WHY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR SOME DISTRICTS AND NOT OTHERS AND WHETHER THAT MAKES SENSE FOR US, WHAT THE PROS AND CONS ARE. THEN ON TOP OF THAT, I WOULD ALSO BE OPEN TO AN RFP, DEPENDING ON WHAT PATH WE FEEL IS THE BEST ONE FOR US, AN RFP EITHER WAY. >> OKAY. JUST FOR CLARITY, THE RFP OUT, WE WOULD ASK FOR WHOEVER WAS INTERESTED. THEN WITHIN THAT ASK, ONE OF THE THINGS WOULD BE TO SHARE WITH US, WHETHER IT WOULD BE JUST FOR THE BOARD, FOR THE DISTRICT, PROS AND CONS, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ASKF. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE BEFORE YOU PUT THE RFP. WHO WERE YOU THINKING THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT SO WE WOULD KNOW? >> I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. I THINK IT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO KEEP THE WORDING AS IT IS IN THE AGENDA. AND WHEN WE GET THAT STUFF BACK, THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO GO STRICTLY WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS OR COMBINE THEM TOGETHER ONCE WE GET THE TWO SEPARATE ONES THAT COME IN. BECAUSE THAT I THINK THAT'S HOW IT'S WRITTEN IN THE AGENDA. >> OR TO HAVE LIKE TWO, ONE FOR THE BOARD, ONE FOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, [IX. Consent Agenda] WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE MANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A THROUGH M. DO I HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WANT TO BE PULLED? >> CAN I PULL J AND K? I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT K IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND PERSONNEL. >> WE WANT TO PULL I, J AND K. THEN YOU WANT TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF K WITH OUR ATTORNEY? >> YES. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO POST? >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> THANK YOU. WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES FROM THE AUGUST 20TH MINUTES. IT'S A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM H. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EDITS TO THAT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF YOU, IT'S BEEN PLACED IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE DICE. [02:35:04] THIS IS LIKE THE ENTIRE MINUTES, THE PACKET, AND THEN THE ONE PAGE WITH THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE ACTUAL CHANGES. ONE OF THEM IS WE HAVE ON PAGE 4. THERE'S ACTUALLY JUST A STATEMENT PUT IN HERE, AND THIS IS JUST FROM LEGAL STANDPOINT, WE NEEDED TO ACTUALLY WRITE OUT THIS INFORMATION, AND THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF NETTING CHAPTER 48 FUNDING, THE ACTUAL STATEMENT IS WRITTEN OUT. THAT'S ALL THAT'S BEEN ADDED THERE. THEN ON PAGE 6, UNDER THE MOTIONS, I'LL JUST READ THE WHOLE THING. IT SAYS HUBER MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE DEL VALLEY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION. WE ADDED IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION AS PRESENTED. THEN WE HAVE WHO SECONDED THE MOTION, WHO CARRIED THE MOTION, AND THEN WE ADDED IN THE WHO OPPOSED THE MOTION. THAT'S THE ONLY ADDITIONAL EDIT THAT WAS ADDED TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM H. ANY QUESTIONS? >> IS THAT MORE OF A POINT OF ORDER? DO WE NEED TO AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY, DOES THERE NEED TO BE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA FOR AUGUST 20TH? IF THERE ARE CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THEM? >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> EVEN THOUGH THE CORRECTIONS WERE MADE TODAY. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. GOOD TO KNOW, WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH H AND L THROUGH N? WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND POINT OF ORDER. >> I THINK YOU SAID L THROUGH M, BUT THERE'S AN ITEM N. >> L THROUGH M. JUST FOR CLARIFY. I'M SORRY, EVERYBODY BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO HEAR. YES, L THROUGH N. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. NINE, 0. MOTION PASSES. NOW WE WILL MOVE AND WE WILL PULL OUT CONSENT AGENDA ITEM I, [IX.I. Approval of Travis County 4H Resolution/Adjunct Faculty Agreement] APPROVAL OF TRAVIS COUNTY FOUR H RESOLUTION ADJUNCT FACULTY AGREEMENT. TRUSTEE WOODY. >> I SENT A QUESTION IN AND I DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE. DO WE HAVE A THRIVING FOUR H PROGRAM? THE LAST I HEARD THAT IT WAS NOT THERE AND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE STUDENT INTEREST. I WAS CURIOUS AS TO IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE, WHY ARE WE ENTERTAINING THIS AGREEMENT? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING? HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK OUT? AND IF WE DO HAVE ONE, AGAIN, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK OUT WITH THE CURRICULUM THAT THEY HAVE NOW? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S NOT A SCHOOL. IT'S OUTSIDE. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. WE'VE ADOPTED THIS EVERY YEAR. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. IT'S NOT A SCHOOL FOUR H CLUB. IT'S FOUR H FOR THE TRAVIS COUNTY. IT'S GIVING OUR KIDS THAT IF THEY GO ON ANY TRIPS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING WITH FOUR H, THEY GET AN EXCUSED ABSENCE, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> WE'VE ALWAYS ADOPTED THE FACULTY MEMBERS OF IT, TOO. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE ADOPTED EVERY YEAR. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I BELIEVE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> YOU'RE CORRECT. >> WHAT IS THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY AND AGREEMENT TO APPOINT COUNTY EMPLOYEES AS UNPAID ADJUNCT FACULTY? I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THAT PART. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DOES THAT INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENTS? IS IT JUST WHEN WE GO OVER THERE? >> IF THERE ARE ANY STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE FOUR H PROGRAM, THEY WILL INTERACT WITH THE ADJUNCT PROFESSORS, FACULTY THAT IS ON HERE. IF THEY HAVE TO MISS SCHOOL, THEN THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN ATTENDANCE. >> WE DO HAVE A FOUR H PROGRAM? >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT HORNSBY DUNLAP, THAT WE DO HAVE STUDENTS, BUT I'M NOT 100% SURE. >> THANK YOU. >> IT'S STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN FOUR H, AND THIS IS TO GIVE NECESSITY THAT WE HAVE A FOUR H PROGRAM, [02:40:01] BUT WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. [OVERLAPPING] IT'S AN UNPAID AGENT >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> IS THAT THE OPPORTUNITY? >> THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. AT ANY CAMPUSES. I WAS JUST LIKE WHY DO WE HAVE THIS IF WE DON'T HAVE IT. BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING WE DO HAVE PROGRAM SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >> FOUR H NECESSARILY DOESN'T HAVE TO CONNECT TO A SCHOOL CAMPUS. YOU CAN JUST HAVE A FOUR H CLUB. I GREW UP IN FOUR H. YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND YOU HAVE DIFFERENT ADVISORS, WHICH IS WHAT THE ADJUNCT PROFESSORS ARE TO ADVISE THE STUDENTS ON LOTS OF THINGS. >> IF WE DO HAVE THAT, CAN WE GET THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN SHARE IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNOWS THAT'S A POSSIBILITY OR THAT'S SOMETHING WE MAY HAVE. >> WE CAN DO THAT. IF PARENTS, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE EXTENSION SERVICE OF TRAVIS COUNTY IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LETTER FROM THE COUNTY EXTENSION IS THE PROGRAM THAT'S THROUGH THE COUNTIES. WHERE IS THAT? YEAH, THE EXTENSION AGENTS. >> CAN I JUST CLARIFY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST SHARED? THIS FUNCTIONALLY, THIS RESOLUTION ENABLES STUDENTS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN A FOUR H PROGRAM TO BE CONSIDERED IN ATTENDANCE BY CLASSIFYING THE ADJUNCT OR COUNTY EMPLOYEES AS UNPAID ADJUNCT. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THERE'S NO COST? >> STUDENT AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT, IT GIVES STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY DO WANT TO PARTICIPATE FOUR H ACTIVITY, THAT THEY COULD DO SO WITHOUT PENALTY AND BEING COUNTED ABSENT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEM I. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. WE HAVE NINE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM J, TRUSTEE WOODY. [IX.J. Approval of Interlocal Agreement between Del Valle ISD and City of Austin] THAT ONE IS APPROVAL OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN. >> THANK YOU. MY QUESTION WAS, HOW MANY PRE-K CLASSES DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE? DOES THIS ADD IN ADDITION TO IT, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE REPLACING WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? BECAUSE AS PART OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, IT SAYS TO CREATE NEW CLASSROOMS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND USE THE MONEY FOR EQUIPMENT OR CHAIRS AND ALL THAT STUFF. >> THIS IS TO REPLACE ANYTHING WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR IF THERE IS A NEW UNIT OPEN, THEN WE WOULD ORDER ALL THE FURNITURE AND ALL THE MATERIALS, THE CURRICULUM, AND EVERYTHING FOR THAT PRE-K CLASSROOM AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN WOULD REIMBURSE ANY EXPENSES THAT WE. >> I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE-CHECK. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE CREATING NEW CLASSES BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I HAD READ. THIS IS FOR EXPANDING THE CURRENT PK PROGRAM. >> THE IDEA BEHIND THE INITIAL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WAS TO SUPPORT PRE-K 3 PROGRAMS. BECAUSE THE DISTRICT DID PUT OUT SERVICES FOR PRE-K 3 PROGRAMS. WE DID NOT MAKE ANY CLASSROOMS. THERE WASN'T AN INTEREST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. >> PRE-K 3? >> PRE-K 3, THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT AN INTEREST, THE CITY OF BOSTON SAID, THEN WE CAN ALSO APPLY IT FOR OUR PRE-K 4 PROGRAMS. >> I AGREE I WAS UPSET TOO. I WAS LOOKING TO PUT MY SON IN PRE-K 4 PROGRAM, BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION. >> I WANT TO KNOW HOW THAT WOULD COME ABOUT? >> TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE CALLING THIS MORNING AND LIKE, HEY, WHY DID YOU CANCEL IT? I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. LET ME FIND OUT. I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP TONIGHT TO THE BOARD. I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED. >> I JUST PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY FACEBOOK GROUPS WHERE I LIVE, WHERE PARENTS WERE LITERALLY RALLYING OTHER PARENTS. TO CALL AND SAY, I WOULD LIKE PRE-K 3? I'M BEING TOLD THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INTEREST. THEN IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS OTHER INTERESTS IN THE COMMENTS. I'M ALSO CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. CAN I ASK CLARE? I WANT TO GET BACK TO THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL. WELL, I WANT TO THREAD THE NEEDLE ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT ABOUT THE LACK OF INTEREST IN PRE-K 3 AND HOW THAT HAPPENED. BUT THE OTHER PART, THAT I'M CURIOUS OF, IS THIS A CONTINUATION OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BETWEEN [02:45:03] DEL VALLEY ISD AND THE CITY THAT INITIALLY STARTED BECAUSE OF ARPA FUNDS PROVIDING AN EXPANSION OF PRE-K SUBSIDIES. IS THAT WHAT PART OF THIS IS OR ALL OF IT IS? >> I DO NOT HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. I CAN GET THAT ANSWER WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN IN PREVIOUS IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO. >> NO. THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOME OF THIS I'M WONDERING, TRUSTEE, WHAT DO YOU IF SOME OF THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE NEW PRE-K CLASSROOMS? ORIGINALLY, THAT FUNDING WAS MEANT TO PROVIDE NEW PRE-K CLASSROOMS, AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT LANGUAGE IS RETAINED AS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT TO EXPAND. >> THAT'S WHY I WANT TO CLARIFY, ARE WE CREATING NEW? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I'M SURE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO JOIN AS PRE-KINDERGARTEN CLASSES. BUT THAT WOULD ALSO HOST A WHOLE OTHER SET OF POTENTIAL ISSUES WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET STAFF? IS THERE ACTUAL SPACE FOR IT? THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CLARIFY, WILL THIS BE FOR NEW SETUP OR IS IT JUST FOR REPLACING CURRENT FURNITURE, WHICH I THOUGHT ALL OF OUR PRE-K CLASSES ALREADY HAD THAT GIVEN THE BOND FUNDING THAT WE'VE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON. WHAT IS THIS MONEY GOING TO? >> THAT'S CORRECT. THE BOND FUNDS HAVE REPLACED A LOT OF THE FURNITURE IN OUR PRE-K CLASSROOM. FORTUNATELY, OUR PRE-K CLASSROOMS ARE NOT IN NEED OF NEW FURNITURE, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS USE A LOT OF THE MANIPULATIVES, A LOT OF THE GAMES, AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MENTIONED ON HERE. IT'S NOT JUST FURNITURE, IT'S OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS CAN USE. >> I GUESS I JUST REOPEN THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LACK OF INTEREST IN PRE-K 3 TOO. I KNOW THAT WAS AN EXPRESSION. >> YES, AND WHAT I CAN DO IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS A PARENT WHO HAD INTEREST IN IT, I WAS SHARED WITH AND ACTUALLY, MR. WETTLE, IF I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN PUT THIS IN THE WEEKLY BOARD UPDATES. THERE WAS SOME NUMBERS. I THINK TEAMS HAD SOME NUMBERS AND SURVEYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MAYBE IF WE COULD HAVE THAT SHARED WITH THE BOARD AND THE REASONING AS TO WHY. WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN IT, BUT IT'S ONLY THERE WAS TWO SESSIONS. IT WAS 7:30-10:30, AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER OPTION. IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS. BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, AND ALSO PEOPLE WEREN'T INTERESTED IN JUST TWO HOURS. THEY WERE INTERESTED IN A FULL DAY, AND WE ONLY GET FUNDING FOR THAT. HALF-DAY, AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT LOGISTICS AND FUNDING FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. I'LL LET MR. WETTLE PUT IT IN WRITING MORE EXPLANATION. >> WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU THE DATA ON HOW MANY ACTUALLY TRIED TO ENROLL AND THEN DIDN'T ENROLL, AND THEN THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T MAKE. WE CAN PUT THAT. >> WOULD THIS FUNDING BE POSSIBLY USED TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM, OR IS THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR PRE-K? >> IT'S ONLY FOR PRE-K. >> FOUR OR PRE-K 5? >> WELL, THERE'S NO PRE-K 5. THERE IS A KINDERGARTEN. WHEN THEIR KIDS ARE FIVE-YEARS-OLD THEN THEY GO TO KINDERGARTEN. >> THERE'S A PRE-K 4. WE COULD TRY AGAIN FOR A PRE-K 3 NEXT YEAR. IT'S A FOUR-YEAR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IF WE DECIDE TO OPEN PRE-K 3 BACK UP, WOULD THIS FUNDING BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED TO SUPPORT FULL DAY PRE-K 3 CLASSES? >> FULL DAY, I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD HAVE TO GO IN AND INVESTIGATE IS, ARE WE GOING TO DO FULL DAY OR WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO TO A HALF-DAY? >> HALF-DAY IS ALREADY PAID BY THE STATE. >> PRE-K 3? >> PRE-K 3 IS NOT. >> I THINK WE GET A SUBSIDY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MAYBE THAT CAN BE ADDED IN THE WEEKLY BOARD UPDATES FOR CLARITY. >> ONE THING I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT. >> I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. MY STANCE IS GOING TO BE ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE HAD THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, AND I REALIZED THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER. BUT THIS SAYS THAT IT'S BEEN WORKED ON BY OR APPROVED BY THE CITY SINCE APRIL 18TH, AND THEY ACTUALLY EXPECTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO ADOPT IT MAY THE FIRST, WHICH I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WISHFUL THINKING. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE WE'RE AT. CAN WE GET THESE SOONER IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD IT, BUT POTENTIALLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THAT'D BE MY ASK. THANK YOU. >> STEVE EVINGON. >> THE LAST COMMENT I WOULD MAKE JUST RELATED TO PRE K3 IS I WOULD BE CURIOUS IF WE COULD EVALUATE, [02:50:01] FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO OTHER PRE K3 PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE NEEDED CARE FOR OUR SON WHEN HE WAS THREE, WE STRUGGLED TO FIND A PLACE AND EVENTUALLY LANDED AT HOUSE IN AUSTIN ISD, WHICH I BELIEVE HAD A WAITING LIST. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS THE ONLY OPTION FOR US, AND IT WAS A HALF DAY PROGRAM. BUT I THINK THAT THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF INTEREST IN UP HOUSE. UP HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S FARTHER, IS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, SEEKING OUT THAT, AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS THE ABILITY TO FACILITATE PRE K3 AND WAS TRYING TO GENERATE THAT INTEREST. I'D BE CURIOUS TO EVALUATE AND MAYBE SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS I GUESS ARE ZONED FOR DEL [INAUDIBLE] ISD, BUT THAT ARE ATTENDING PRE K3 PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF DEL VALLEY ISD, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> WE CAN ADD THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENTS AGENDA ITEM J? >> [INAUDIBLE] MOTION. >> THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. MOTION PASSES. THEN THE LAST UNCONSENT AGENDA ITEM IS K AND TRUSTEE WOODIE, AM I CORRECT IN SAYING YOU WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS ITEM. WE'LL DO THAT ONE IN CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL MOVE THAT DOWN TO DISCUSSING CLOSED SESSION AND THEN WE CAN ACT ON IT AFTER. [X.A. Consider and Act on Approval of Purchase over $50,000 - Age of Learning Platform] THE NEXT ONES ARE GOING TO BE OR ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST ACTION ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OVER 50,000 H OF LEARNING PLATFORM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE INFORMATION ITEM B. >> I MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ACTION ITEM A. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> A SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. WE HAVE SEVEN. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. TWO. MOTION PASSES. THE ACTION ITEM B. [X.B. Consider and Act on Approval of Purchase over $50,000 - IXL Learning Accelerated Instruction Learning Platform] CONSIDER AN ACT ON APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OVER 50,000 IX LEARNING ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION LEARNING PLATFORM. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM B. >> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? [INAUDIBLE] SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. WE HAVE SEVEN, ALL THOSE OPPOSED? TWO, MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS ACTION ITEM C. CONSIDER AND [X.C. Consider and Act on Approval of Purchase and Installation of Equipment for Police Vehicles] ACT ON APPROVAL OF PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR POLICE VEHICLES. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR POLICE VEHICLES. >> WE HAVE A SECOND OVER HERE. WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE A SECOND, MR. TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE], ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. NINE ZERO, MOTION PASSES. THEN THE NEXT ONE IS CONSIDER AN ACTUAL APPROVAL OF PARKING LOT. [X.D. Consider and Act on Approval of Parking Lot Expansion - Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary] EXPANSION HANES B DUNLOP ELEMENTARY. I THINK WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THIS UNTIL THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETED AND PRESENTED IN A WORKSHOP. >> MOTION TO WAIT UNTIL THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT. >> POSTPONE UNTIL THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETED AND PRESENTED IN A WORKSHOP. >> PRESENTED IN A WORKSHOP? >> YES, MA'AM. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND FROM TRUSTEE WOODIE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NINE. >> WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT REALLY QUICK. BEING THAT THIS IS A HOT TOPIC, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER LIKE, DISCUSSION ON FINDING ALTERNATIVE METHODS OR THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY IMPLIED IN THE DISCUSSION? >> COULD YOU REPEAT THAT, PLEASE? >> DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO FIND OUT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR OUR PARENTS, OR WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY IMPLIED DURING THE DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD SAY THAT MR. ALVES UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT IS SOMETHING HE'S GOING TO TAKE. FOR THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION AND FIGURE OUT THE OTHER OPTIONS FOR NOW. [02:55:06] >> PERFECT. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS E. CONSIDER AND ACT ON THE TAX RATE ORDINANCE ADOPTION OF 2024,2025 TAX RATE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I MOVE APPROVAL OF [INAUDIBLE]. >> UNDERSTOOD. WE WILL MOVE SECTION ITEM E, CONSIDER AN ACT ON TAX RATE ORDINANCE AND ADOPTION FOR 2024,2025 TAX RATE. WE'LL LUMP THAT IN AFTER WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION IN CLOSE. >> YEAH. I WAS GOING TO SAY, [INAUDIBLE] >> E, F, G, YES. THEN THE LAST ONE IS CONSIDER AND TAKE [X.H. Consider and Take Possible Action Regarding New Attorney for District and for Board] POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING NEW ATTORNEY FOR DISTRICT AND FOR BOARD. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE ANY ACTION ON THIS? >> YEAH. I MOVE TO TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE NEW ATTORNEY RFP FOR DISTRICT AND FOR BOARD. THE REASON I SAID POSSIBLE ACTION IS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BUT I THINK. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> YES. >> DO YOU WANT TO RESTATE THAT? >> I MOVE TO CONSIDER AN RFP REGARDING A NEW ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR THE BOARD. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. DO ARE WE SAYING WHEN THAT RFP IS GOING TO BE POSTED? >> I THINK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LONGER TIMELINE AND WE DON'T DO A RUSH, GO GET IT DONE IN TWO WEEKS KIND OF THING, BUT MAKE SURE IT'S A GOOD TIMELINE FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT FIRMS TO RECOGNIZE IT AND SUBMIT IT. >> DO AN RFP, WE CAN POST IT SOONER RATHER THAN [INAUDIBLE]. WE HAD A MOTION, WE HAD A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FATE. >> WE SEE SOONER, ARE WE SAYING WITHIN THE NEXT BOARD MEETING? >> NO. >> THIS MOTION DOES NOT HAVE A TIMELINE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. >> BUT WE ARE SAYING SOONER THAN LATER. I THINK THE EARLIEST YOU CAN POST IS SEVEN DAYS OR SOMETHING OR YOU HAVE TO WAIT SEVEN DAYS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S WHATEVER THE GUIDELINES ARE. THEN I THINK THE WHOLE POINT WAS WE GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, BUT AS A BOARD, THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE OUR TIME AND DECIDE ON WHAT WE WANT. THE PROCESS WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO START AND GET IT DONE. BUT IS DISCUSSING IT AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY WANT IS GOING TO BE THE LONGER PIECE OF IT, NOT THE ACTUAL RFP. IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? >> FROM EVERYBODY ELSE? >> MY POINT WAS, WELL, THAT'S PART OF IT, BUT MY POINT WAS TO MAKE SURE ALLOW THE STAFF THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER PUT IT TOGETHER WELL AND THEN ALLOW UP TO A MONTH OR THE LAST TIME WE'VE DONE A COUPLE, WE RUSH THEM, AND YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE FIRMS TIME TO EVEN SEE IT AND THEN COMPLETE THE FOR TALK ABOUT IT AND COMPLETE IT. I WOULD THINK AT LEAST A MONTH FOR THE RFP. >> I THINK PRESTON. >> WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN IN HOUSE ATTORNEY AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD. WE CAN DO AN RFP, BUT I THINK YOU NEED AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MONTHS JUST ONE, SEND IT OUT AND THEN GO OUT FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REQUEST AND LET THEM GET TIME TO FILL OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE REQUIRING AND THEN GET IT IN SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE IT. BY THEN, YOUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT WILL HOPEFULLY BE ON BOARD AND A CAN MOVE FORWARD. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A NEW MOTION. >> THANK YOU. HE WANTS TO DO A NEW MOTION. >> I MOVE TO ISSUE AN RFP REGARDING A NEW ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT IN A. >> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. MINES MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [03:00:06] >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION. [XI. Closed Session] BEAR WITH ME A MINUTE SO I CAN GET MY LIST. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL NOW ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN [INAUDIBLE]. TGC 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY. TGC 551.071 AND TGC 551.074. DISCUSSION ON MATTERS RELATED TO CONSULTANT AGREEMENT WITH LAN FINALIST CANDIDATE FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. TGC 551.074, DISCUSSION ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CANDIDATES COMPENSATION TIMELINE AND OTHER ISSUES, DISCUSSION OF PERSONNEL, INCLUDING ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. REVIEW AND APPROVE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STUFF, DISCUSSION OF BOARD ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND TGC 551.076 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, DISCUSSION OF INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT FINDINGS. I ALSO NEED TO ADD THOSE OTHER ITEMS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DISCUSS CONSIDER AND ACT ON THE TAX RATE ORDINANCE AND ADOPTION OF 2024, 2025 TAX RATE. JUST ITEM K? IS GOING TO BE DEFERRED TO. ITEM K, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE A TAX RATE CALCULATION OFFICER FOR 2024 TAX YEAR. CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY? THE TIME IS 9:43. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 1:43 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 18. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2024, [XII. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session] 2025 COMPENSATION PLAN ADJUSTMENTS ASSENTED IN CLOSED SESSION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WE'RE MISSING ONE RIGHT HERE. SIX. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. TWO MOTION PASSES 6, 2. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS, AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> NINE, MOTION PASSES. >> I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM K AND ACTION ITEMS E, F, AND G. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? RICHARD SECOND IT RIGHT THERE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> THEN THE OTHER ONES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT. THANK YOU. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR. NINE ZERO. MOTIONS PASSES. [XIII. New Business/Future Board Agenda Items] IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS OR BOARD AGENDA ITEMS? YES. >> I'D LIKE TO JUST REVISITING SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AROUND. CONTRACTS NOT HAPPENING WITHOUT RFPS. I'D LOVE TO KNOW JUST MAJOR CONTRACTS. I GUESS THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL THAT DID NOT COME TO THE BOARD WITHOUT AN RFP. >> DID YOU GET THAT LEASE? >> YES. >> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE CAN GET A UPDATE ON THE LIBRARY THAT'S BEEN CLOSED. THE SECOND ONE IS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY, THAT ONE WAS ANSWERED. [03:05:01] THEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS COMPLEX, WHICH IS THE BACKSIDE, THE ENTRANCE FROM KELEM PREVIOUSLY HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT IN EARLY AUGUST, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS, IF ANYTHING, I DON'T THINK AS A BOARD, WELL, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD A CONVERSATION AS A BOARD. WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MANY SPECIFICS, IS THAT ENOUGH? >> CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT? >> AT ONE POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN. FOR THIS BACK ROAD TO GO TO KELEM AND SO I WANT TO KNOW UPDATE ON THAT. >> IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? WITH THAT, THERE IS NO OBJECTION. I WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 1:47 A.M. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.