* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THANK [00:00:01] YOU. GOOD EVENING. [I. Call to Order] WELCOME, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THIS MEETING OF THE DELL VALLEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'M HUMBLED, BLESSED, AND APPRECIATIVE TO BE SITTING IN THIS SEAT, AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW BOARD TRUSTEES FOR THEIR SUPPORT. WITH THAT SAID, I AM PRESIDENT WEGNER, AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:15 PM ON DECEMBER THE 10TH, 2024. PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT, AND THE NOTICE, NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. LET'S WELCOME HORNSBY DUNLOP ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY'S THANK YOU. [00:05:03] I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS A GREAT WAY TO START OUR MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT THING ON THE [III. Public Comment] AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND READ OUR STATEMENT ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT. INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL SIGN UP BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS AS SPECIFIED IN THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES ON PUBLIC COMMENT, AND SHALL INDICATE THE AGENDA ITEM OR TOPIC ON WHICH THEY WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. AT NO TIME WILL A TRUSTEE RESPOND TO AN INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSING THE BOARD. HOWEVER, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MEMBERS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MEMBERS MAY APPROACH EACH PUBLIC FORUM SPEAKER AND REPORT BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. ALL INDIVIDUAL'S COMMENTS TO THE BOARD SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES PER MEETING. THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL ALERT YOU AS TO WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING, AND WE'LL CALL TIME ONCE YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE EXPIRED. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE MS. T ANGEL, AND SHE IS SPEAKING TONIGHT ON ASKING THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER NAMING DVHS CARDINAL GYM IN THE MARVIN TO THE MARVIN HALL GYM. WELCOME. WELCOME. THANK YOU. CAN YOU, UH, GOOD EVENING, DR. SPEARS TURNER. YOU GOTTA PUSH THE BUTTON ON THE RIGHT. OH. ALL RIGHT. UH, GOOD EVENING, DR. GUTIERREZ AND PRESIDENT WEGNER BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN CARDINAL COUNTRY. UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHO I AM, I'M TAWNY ANGEL. I WAS A DELL VALLEY EMPLOYEE FOR 33 YEARS. I RECENTLY RETIRED IN 2023. I WAS THE HEAD GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH FOR 22 YEARS AND THE AD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. UH, AND I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO CONSIDER RENAMING THE DVHS CARDINAL GYM, THE MARVIN HALL GYM AFTER OUR CURRENT HEAD BOYS BASKETBALL COACH. AND CONSIDERING THIS ACTION, I'M SURE YOU WANNA KNOW WHY AND WHAT HE'S DONE AS A COACH. UM, DURING HIS 34 YEARS AS A COACH AT DELL VALLEY, UH, HE'S WON MULTIPLE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS. UH, HE'S LED HIS TEAM TO 16 PLAYOFF APPEARANCES. HE'S AMASSED OVER 600 WINS. HE, UM, HAS HELPED NUMEROUS ATHLETES PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL, PLAY INTERNATIONALLY, PLAY IN THE NBA. UM, BUT HE'S ALSO THE LONGEST SERVING COACH IN DELL VALLEY HISTORY IN ANY SPORT. AND HE IS STILL HERE. HE IS DEDICATED TO THIS COMMUNITY. THESE ARE GREAT COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THESE ARE NOT THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY MYSELF, FORMER COLLEAGUES, FORMER PLAYERS, WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM RECEIVE THIS HONOR. UH, WHEN I ASKED A BUNCH OF FORMER PLAYERS AND STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHY DO YOU THINK COACH HALL'S NAME SHOULD BE PUT ON THAT GYMNASIUM? UH, HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THEY SAID HE TAUGHT. HE TAUGHT US INVALUABLE LIFE LESSONS ABOUT PERSEVERANCE, DISCIPLINE, RESPECT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE GYM AND IN THE CLASSROOM. UH, ONE SAID IT WAS NEVER ABOUT WINNING GAMES. IT WAS ABOUT BUILDING CHARACTERS, SHOWING US HOW TO HANDLE BOTH SUCCESS AND FAILURE WITH GRACE, AND HELPING US BECOME PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY. UH, A STUDENT SAID HIS POSITIVE INFLUENCE REACHES BEYOND BASKETBALL. HE SHAPES LIVES, INSTILLS CONFIDENCE, CULTIVATES FUTURE LEADERS, AND INSPIRES US TO BECOME BETTER INDIVIDUALS. COACH HALL'S BEEN MORE THAN JUST A TEACHER AND COACH AT DELL VALLEY. DURING HIS 34 YEARS, HE'S BECOME A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE DELL VALLEY COMMUNITY, BRINGING TOGETHER FAMILIES, ALUMNI, AND SUPPORTERS TO CREATE A POSITIVE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT. HIS APPROACH TO MENTORSHIP HAS FOSTERED CONFIDENT, COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE READY TO FACE LIFE'S CHALLENGES. HE EXEMPLIFIES LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY, AND DEVOTION TO SERVICE THAT IS TRULY DESERVING OF THIS HONOR. DR. GUTIERREZ AND TRUSTEES, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A PATHWAY TO RENAME THAT GYM FOR COACH MARVIN HALL. THERE'S A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR THIS ACTION TO TAKE PLACE. RENAMING THE GYM AFTER COACH HALL WOULD BE A FITTING TRIBUTE TO HIS ENDURING LEGACY, HIS LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP, THE LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP THAT THIS DISTRICT FOSTERS IN ITS STAFF. AND IT WOULD ENSURE COACH HALL'S IMPACT ON DBIC WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR GENERATIONS. I PUT TOGETHER A PACKET JUST OF LETTERS, UH, I THINK I GAVE THEM TO LISA, TO TO GIVE TO YOU GUYS LETTERS FROM FORMER PLAYERS. I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WILL TALK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT TO THE PODIUM, WE HAVE MR. BRAD ALEXANDER. HE IS ALSO GOING TO SPEAK ON MARVIN HALL GYM. GOOD EVENING, DR. GG GUT AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WAS ALWAYS ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, SO I NEVER HAD TO, TO DO THIS PART. MY NAME IS BRAD ALEXANDER, AND I WAS A TEACHER AND A COACH AT DALE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL FOR, FOR 10 YEARS. 10 GREAT YEARS, [00:10:01] BY THE WAY, WITH SEVEN OF THOSE BEING COACH HALLS VARSITY ASSISTANT DAVID WILLIAMS WAS BEFORE ME. AND THEN I STEPPED IN. I AM ASKING THE BOARD TO CON CON TO CONSIDER AND NAMING THE GYM AT DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, THE, THE MARVIN HALL GYM. MOST WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD BE ASKING FOR THIS BECAUSE HE HAS WON OVER 500, 600 GAMES. HE'S ADVANCED INTO THE PLAYOFFS MULTIPLE TIMES. BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT NAMING A BUILDING AFTER SOMEONE, IT HAS TO BE BECAUSE OF SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST WINS OR, OR, OR DEFEATS. MARVIN HALL HAS DEDICATED OVER 30 YEARS OF HIS LIFE INFLUENCING STUDENTS, PLAYERS, COACHES, COWORKERS WITHIN THE, THE MATH DEPARTMENT, AND WAS DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR? I BELIEVE LAST YEAR I SPENT SEVEN VALENTINE'S DAYS WITH COACH HALL TRAVELING. THE YES, YES, VAL. I SPENT SEVEN VALENTINE'S DAYS, AND ONLY COACH WILLIAMS WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS, TRAVELING THE STATE OF TEXAS, BECAUSE THE WEEK BEFORE THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS IS ALWAYS VALENTINE'S DAY. SO WE SPENT SEVEN VALENTINE'S DAYS TOGETHER, TRAVELING THE STATE, SCOUTING AND PREPARING FOR THE PLAYOFFS. SO TRUST ME, I KNOW THE MAN'S HEART. SO WHO IS COACH HALL? COACH HALL IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A CHILD OF GOD AND A FIRM, FIRM BELIEVER IN, IN JESUS CHRIST. HE ACTUALLY GOT ME TO GO TOWARDS JESUS, SO I OWE HIM A LOT FOR THAT. UM, HE IS A STRONG, HE IS, HE IS STRONG-MINDED, BUT NOT TOO STUBBORN TO CHANGE. OVER THE PAST 30 PLUS YEARS, YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THE GAME OF BASKETBALL HAS CHANGED, EVOLVED, BUT COACH HALL HAS CHANGED AND EVOLVED AS WELL, BUT STILL HOLDING TRUE TO HIS FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TWO SHORT STORIES TO DEMONSTRATE THE MAN THAT COACH HALL IS. FIRST, AS A VARSITY ASSISTANT, I WORKED ALONG COACH HALL ON A DAILY BASIS AND WAS GIVEN A LOT OF AUTHORITY WITHIN THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM. ON ONE OCCASION, I WANTED TO REMOVE SLASH KICKOFF A PLAYER ON THE TEAM. COACH HALL SIMPLY SAID, WE ARE NOT MAKING A DECISION TODAY THAT WE CAN SLEEP ON AND MAKE TOMORROW. IN MY EYES, THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A TRUE LEADER. SECOND STORY IS, AS COACH HALL'S DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, WE HAD FOUR PILLARS THAT WE BUILT OUR DEFENSE ON. I APPROACHED COACH HALL TELLING HIM, IN ORDER TO WIN THIS GAME TIME, WE NEEDED TO RUN. GIMME ONE SECOND. WE NEEDED TO RUN A DEFENSE AND BREAK ONE OF OUR PILLARS. HE RESPONDED, FIND ANOTHER WAY. I'M NOT GOING TO SACRIFICE OUR PROGRAMS FOUNDATION. THESE ARE TWO EXAMPLES. SIMPLY PUT, GUYS, I'M A HUSBAND, A FATHER, A BUSINESS OWNER, AND I OWE A LOT OF EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE TO MARVIN HALL. HOPE Y'ALL WILL CONSIDER IT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MS. JESSICA MARQUEZ SPEAKING ON BOARD RECOGNITION. THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT, UH, PRESIDENT WAGNER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA MARCUS, AND I AM SPEAKING THIS EVENING AS PRESIDENT OF DELL VALLEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, THE LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR EMPLOYEES IN DELL VALLEY, ISD. LAST MONTH, WE TRANSITIONED TO A NEW SCHOOL BOARD. I WELCOME OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SUCCESS. SUCCESS IN BEING ADVOCATES FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND OUR COMMUNITY. AFTER 15 YEARS OF, UM, I'M SORRY. OKAY. AFTER 15 YEARS SERVING ON THE BOARD, TRUSTEE AND HU BERGER DID, UH, NOT RUN FOR REELECTION. SHE WAS AN OUTSTANDING BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS WELL EDUCATED ON ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR FACING PUBLIC EDUCATION. SHE WAS A FORMER LIBRARIAN, UH, STATE LEADER OF TEXAS STATE TEACHER ASSOCIATION, DBAS PARENT ORGANIZATION. SHE RECOGNIZED THAT TEACHERS WORKING CONDITIONS IMPACTED ITS STUDENTS' LEARNING CONDITIONS. SHE WAS AN OUTSPOKEN TRUSTEE WHO WAS COMMENDED TO JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND BELIEVED IN UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT SIDES OF AN ISSUE. HOWEVER, WHEN SHE DECIDED ON HER ON A COURSE OF ACTION, SHE WAS PASSIONATE IN PURSUING IT. THANKS TO ANNE'S SUPPORT AND INDEED THE SUPPORT OF OTHERS ON THE BOARD. SEVERAL CAUSES CLOSE TO DEVI'S HEART WERE ADVANCED AND ULTIMATELY IMPLEMENTED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE ELIMINATION [00:15:01] OF EX EXPLOIT, EXPLOIT, EXCUSE ME. UM, EXPLOITATIVE LA LANGUAGE FOR TEACHER CONTRACTS DUE PROCESS FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES, A LIVING WAGE, AN EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY GRIEVANCE TIMELINE, DBA MOVING TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE IN TERMS OF TEACHER PAY AND THE AUSTIN AREA. WE WERE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE ANN NOT RECEIVING THE CUSTOMARY COURTESY OF REPRESENTING HER PREPARED REMARKS WHEN SHE WAS HONORED FOR HER SERVICE. AT LAST MONTH'S BOARD MEETING, WE ASK THAT THE BOARD BE MINDFUL OF THIS IN THE FUTURE ONE MINUTE, AND ENSURE ALL FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RESPECT DURING THE AWARDS SECTION OF THE MEETING. AGAIN, DEVI A WELCOMES OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT, DR. GUTIERREZ, AND LOOKS FORWARD TO A FORMAL MEETING IN THE FUTURE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE DOE VALLEY ISD THE BEST IT CAN BE FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ALSO, MARVIN HALL IS ONE OF THE, MY FAVORITE HUMANS IN THIS WHOLE DISTRICT. I AM PROUD TO BE HIS DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND COLLEAGUE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR [IV.A. Recognition of Texas Art Education Association District of Distinction] RECOGNITION ITEM, AND IT IS RECOGNITION OF TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING MARK CAN PRESENTING IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANDREA. AND HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME? MILLO. JARAMILLO. I'LL WORK ON IT, I PROMISE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. DR. REZ, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND OF COURSE, OUR COMMUNITY. UH, THIS EVENING WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT, UH, THIS AWARD, BUT I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MS. HARAMI THAT SHE CAN, UH, PRESENT THE AWARD FOR US. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, DR. GUTIERREZ AND COMMUNITY, I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT DEL VALLEY ISD HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION BY THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD RECOGNIZES VISUAL ART PROGRAMS FOR EXCELLENCE ACROSS A RIGOROUS 14 POINT RUBRIC IN AREAS SUCH AS PARTICIPATION IN CONCERT CONTESTS AND, AND EXHIBITS TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THROUGH FIELD EXPERIENCES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO COLLABORATION WITH CONTENT AREAS OUTSIDE OF VISUAL ARTS. OUT OF 1200 ELIGIBLE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ONLY 94 DISTRICTS RECEIVED THIS HONOR. AS A SPECIAL NOTE, THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW. THE DISTRICT HAS ACHIEVED THIS HONOR OUT OF THE 94 WINNING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ONLY 29 OF THOSE HAVE ACHIEVED THE FIVE YEAR MARK. WE THANK OUR SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, CAMPUS LEADERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN PROVIDING OUTSTANDING VISUAL ART EXPERIENCE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ON THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE THROUGH ARTS. TONIGHT, OUR ELEMENTARY FINE ARTS LIAISON, SUMMER KALER AND OUR SECONDARY FINE ARTS LIAISON, DIONICIO GARCIA, ARE HERE TO ACCEPT THE AWARD ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS HONOR, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN US UP HERE, Y'ALL. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE MISS ELAINE KGI HERE, WHO ALSO REPRESENTS ELEMENTARY. IF I MAY, FIVE YEARS IN A ROW IS AN ACHIEVEMENT, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DEDICATION AND THE HARD WORK. SO THANK YOU. MOVING ON AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS. I JUST WANT TO, UM, STRESS THAT THAT 29 NUMBER, THERE ARE ABOUT 1200 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST UNDER 2.5% OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE ACHIEVED THAT FIVE YEARS IN A ROW. THAT IS CERTAINLY TO BE COMMENDED. CONGRATULATIONS. NOW WE HAVE INFORMATION [V.A. Superintendent's Comments] ITEMS, AND THE FIRST ONE'S GOING TO BE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS, PLEASE, DR. GUTIERREZ. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SINCE OUR NOVEMBER MEETING, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING EVEN MORE OF OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES DURING MY VISITS TO CAMPUSES AND EVENTS ACROSS THE [00:20:01] DISTRICT. IT'S BEEN TRULY INSPIRING TO SEE THE HEART AND DEDICATION THAT MAKE DELL VALLEY ISD SUCH A SPECIAL COMMUNITY. JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK, WE CELEBRATED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE DURING STUDENT TEACHER SIGNING DAY. THIS EXCITING EVENT MARKED THE OFFICIAL START OF SEVERAL STUDENT TEACHERS CAREERS WITH DELL VALLEY ISD. AFTER SPENDING MONTHS WORKING IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THEY'VE BUILT STRONG CONNECTIONS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE THRILLED THAT THEY'VE CHOSEN TO STAY WITH US. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING THEM AS FULL-TIME TEACHERS IN JANUARY AND THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE HOLIDAY. I HAD THE JOY OF VISITING CAMPUSES DURING OUR THANKSGIVING LUNCH EVENTS WHERE PARENTS JOINED THEIR CHILDREN FOR A WARM AND DELICIOUS MEAL. IT WAS HEARTWARMING TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIES GATHERED TO SHARE. IN THIS TRADITION, OUR CHILD NUTRITION TEAM DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB PREPARING TURKEY DINNERS WITH ALL THE FIXINGS, AND I WANT TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO THEM FOR MAKING THESE MOMENTS SO SPECIAL FOR OUR FAMILIES AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. AFTER RETURNING FROM BREAK, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PARTICIPATING IN OUR FIRST DISTRICT-WIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY SESSION FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS. THESE SESSIONS BROUGHT EDUCATORS TOGETHER FROM ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES TO COLLABORATE EXCHANGE STRATEGIES AND FOCUS ON ENHANCING STUDENT OUTCOMES. WITNESSING THEIR DEDICATION AND TEAMWORK WAS INSPIRING, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT WEGNER VICE PRESIDENT LED DESMO WOODY AND TRUSTEE CISNEROS, WHO WERE HERE AT THE ADMIN BUILDING AND JOINED ME IN OBSERVING THIS IMPORTANT WORK. ALTHOUGH I WAS UNDER THE WEATHER AND COULDN'T ATTEND IN PERSON, I WAS PROUD TO SEE THE STRONG TURNOUT FOR THE DELL VALLEY NIGHT AT CODA'S PEPPERMINT PARKWAY. HUNDREDS OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES CAME TOGETHER TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH FESTIVE LIGHTS AND HOLIDAY CHEER. A HUGE THANK YOU TO CODA FOR HOSTING SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT AND OFFERING A SPECIAL DISCOUNTED EVENING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MEANWHILE, OUR FINE ARTS STUDENTS HAVE BEEN BUSY SHOWCASING THEIR TALENTS THROUGH WINTER PERFORMANCES, FROM CAPTIVATING VOCALS TO IMPRESSIVE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND DANCE. THESE FESTIVE EVENTS HIGHLIGHT THE HARD WORK AND CREATIVITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS. I CAN'T WAIT TO CATCH MORE OF THESE PERFORMANCES AS WE APPROACH THE WINTER BREAK. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO REMIND OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS. APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR OUR DISTRICT'S EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, AND P-TECH PROGRAMS FOR THE 20 25 20 26 SCHOOL YEAR. THESE PROGRAMS OFFER SPECIALIZED PATHWAYS, INCLUDING DUAL CREDIT COURSES THROUGH A CC, TO HELP STUDENTS GET A HEAD START ON THEIR FUTURE PARENTS OF EIGHTH GRADERS. PLEASE CHECK PARENTS SQUARE FOR MORE DETAILS. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR STUDENTS JOIN THESE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT AS WE WORK TO ENSURE EXCELLENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN DELL VALLEY, ISD. TOGETHER, WE'RE BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT, DR. GUTIERREZ. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE [V.B. 2025-2026 Innovative Course Offerings] HAVE THE 25 26 INNOVATIVE CORE COURSE OFFERINGS. AND DR. MONK, MARK CANTU'S GONNA SPEAK TO THAT. THANK YOU. THIS EVENING, I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO BRING BEFORE YOU, UH, ONE COURSE, WHICH IS AN INNOVATIVE COURSE OFFERING. AND SO WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU TO SHARE OUR RATIONALE BEHIND THIS. SO THIS IS A PROPOSED CHANGE FOR THE 25 20, UH, SIX SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE'RE ADDING ONE COURSE THAT WE ASK, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR NEXT MONTH INFORMATION THIS MONTH, WHICH IS CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE. AS WE WERE PREPARING THIS, WE, UM, LOOKED AT OUR CURRENT COURSE CATALOG, UH, OUR ENGINEERING TEACHER, CURRENT COURSES, THE TEA UPDATES THAT ARE RELEASED, OUR AVAILABLE CURRICULUM, WHICH IS PT, UH, PROJECT LEAD WAY, UH, OUR PROPOSED CHANGES FOR ANY COURSE OF STUDY AND THE IMPACT THAT, THAT MAY HAVE, AND OF COURSE OUR TEACHER'S KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE, AND CERTIFICATION. AND SO WITH THAT COURSE, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO DO HERE WAS JUST SHOW YOU ALL WHAT IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE. SO THIS IMPACTS OUR ENDORSEMENT, WHICH IS, UH, STEM. AND OUR PROGRAM OF STUDY IS ENGINEERING. AND YOU CAN SEE IN EACH OF THOSE COLUMNS, YOU SEE YEAR ONE AND THE CLASS BELOW IT. YEAR TWO, THE CLASS BELOW IT, YEAR THREE AND YEAR FOUR. THAT IS AS IT EXISTS IN THE 24 25 COURSE CATALOG. THE PROPOSED CHANGE COMES WITH AN UPDATE FROM TEA, AND I KNOW THIS IS TEENY TINY, BUT I, UM, WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN THE RED BOX IS THIS COURSE, WHICH SAYS THAT IT IS A COURSE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR US TO, UH, PRESENT FOR YOU ALL FOR ADOPTION IN THE COMING MONTH OR FOR [00:25:01] APPROVAL IN THE COMING MONTH. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INNOVATIVE COURSE AND, AND YOUR TYPICAL COURSE IS THAT THESE ARE NOT USUALLY TESS BASED AND THEY'RE NOT OUR CORE CURRICULUM. THEY'RE SUPPLEMENTAL COURSES THAT HELP OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THESE C PATHWAYS. SO AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS HOW IT'S CURRENTLY STRUCTURED IN THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM. AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM IS A MOVE WHERE WE'RE SAYING INSTEAD OF TAKING, UH, THIS ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PROBLEM SOLVING COURSE, WE ASK THAT STUDENTS TAKE IT IN YEAR FOUR. AND IN YEAR THREE, WE REPLACE IT WITH THE COURSE THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, WHICH IS CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE. THIS COURSE, UH, AND THIS CHANGE ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY PRACTICUMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM BEGINNING THEIR JUNIOR YEAR. AND SO WITH THAT, UH, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS COURSE, UH, AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR COURSE CATALOG. THANK YOU FOR THAT BOARD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN THIS PRESENTATION, TRUSTEE FRANCO? UM, NO. I JUST WANNA SAY AS SOMEONE WHO STUDIED CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR GRAD SCHOOL AND UNDERGRAD, I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR, OUR COURSEWORK FOR SURE. I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WRIGHT HAYWOOD, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YES. THANK YOU. UM, QUESTION, JUST SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SO WHAT THEN HAPPENS WITH THE UT ENGINEERING YOUR WORLD? IS THAT JUST IN COMBINATION? 'CAUSE THAT'S UNDER THE YEAR FOUR, OR IS THAT THE LEAD? LIKE WHAT HAPPENS THERE? YEAH, SO THAT IS NOT OFFERED. AND WHAT WILL BE OFFERED IS THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PROBLEM SOLVING. IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENT. IT, WHAT IT DOES IS IT PROVIDES THEM, UH, NOW THE COHERENT, UH, PATHWAY AS TEA HAS LAID IT OUT FOR US AS AN OPTION. SO THEY STILL HAVE THE PATHWAY, THEY WILL STILL GAIN THEIR CREDIT. THIS, THIS COURSE JUST REPLACES THE OTHER ONE, SO IT REPLACES THE UT ENGINEER. SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL STILL OFFER OUR STUDENTS OR IS THIS JUST LIKE, LET'S FORGET ABOUT THAT AND WAS THIS T COMING FROM TA PREVIOUSLY? YEAH. SO TO GET IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF CTE, MR. AGENT GUTIERREZ. SO I'D LIKE TO BRING UP TO THE PODIUM SO THAT HE CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS, UH, BEHIND THAT SO THAT WE HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION FOR YOU. GOOD EVENING. UM, UH, THE QUESTION ABOUT UT ENGINEERING YOUR WORLD, UM, THAT IS A, A LEVEL FOUR COURSE, AND IT'S A OPTIONAL, UM, COURSE. UM, IT'S A SPECIFIC DUAL CREDIT OFFERING WITH UT. SO THE UPDATES WE ARE OFFERING IS BASED STRICTLY ON TA'S UPDATES. AND SO THE UT ENGINEERING YOUR WORLD IS NOT AN OPTION ON TA'S LIST. IT'S, UM, IT'S KIND OF A SEPARATE DUAL CREDIT, UH, SITUATION. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS IN KIND OF THE PINK, UH, THE YEAR ONE THROUGH YEAR FOUR, THAT'S FOR THE, THE FOUR YEAR PROGRESS OF WHAT TEA SAYS HAS. UM, THEY'RE THE KIND OF UPDATE. SO A FEW YEARS AGO THEY CHANGED THE TOP, UM, SECTION, THE YEAR THREE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PROBLEM SOLVING. THEY MADE THAT FROM A LEVEL THREE TO A LEVEL FOUR CLASS. AND SO WE'RE JUST UPDATING OUR, OUR COURSES BASED ON THAT. SO OUR COURSE CATALOG IS BASICALLY A, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE CRUX OF THIS, UM, PROPOSAL. OKAY. AND THAT, SO IT STILL REMAINS LIKE THEY CAN STILL TAKE, IT'S STILL AN OPTION. IT'S STILL AVAILABLE. THE UT ENGINEERING YOUR WORLD, BECAUSE I SEE ORIGINALLY WHERE IT SAYS YEAR THREE, IT SAYS THAT UT ENGINEERING WORLD, ONE MAY BE A DUAL ENROLLMENT. SO THEY CAN STILL TAKE IT WHETHER IN YEAR THREE OR YEAR FOUR, IF THEY DECIDE. UM, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WANTS TO OFFER. OKAY. UM, IN THE ENGINEERING, 'CAUSE THIS IS THE ENGINEERING PROGRAM OF STUDY, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THE YEAR FOUR CLASS AS THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PROBLEM SOLVING ONLY BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING. THE CURRICULUM FOR, UH, THE DUAL CREDIT CLASS, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURE IN A PARTNERSHIP IN MOU WITH UT, UM, WE INHERITED THIS. UM, WE DID NOT INHERIT A BUDGET FOR IT. OKAY. WELL THEN THAT BRINGS UP MY QUESTION. UM, BECAUSE THE DUAL CREDIT ENROLLMENT MEANS THAT THE KIDS THAT PASS IT CAN GET THAT DUAL CREDIT. SO IF WE TAKE THAT OFF THE, THE LIST, THEN THEY NO LONGER HAVE THAT OPTION TO CONTINUE. THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THAT CLASS RIGHT NOW ARE IN LEVEL FOUR. THEY'RE SENIORS. UM, AS FAR AS I LOOKED, AS I COULD TELL, THERE WAS NO ONE BEYOND A SENIOR WHO IS ENROLLED IN [00:30:01] THAT CLASS IN THE UT ENGINEERING YEAR WORLD. 'CAUSE IT'S A LEVEL FOUR CLASS. MM-HMM . SO IT'S JUST SENIORS IN THAT. SO AFTER THIS YEAR, THERE WOULD BE, OKAY, SO THE, THE JUNIORS THIS YEAR ARE NOT ABLE TO ENROLL INTO IT NEXT YEAR TO GET THAT DUAL CREDIT. IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU, THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD WANTS TO OFFER IT. BUT THERE'S, WHEN DO WE GET THAT LIST OF WHAT WE WANNA OFFER FOR OUR DUAL CREDIT? 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA, I, I GET THAT WE WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THE SITE. TOTALLY. COOL. THAT'S COOL. BUT I DON'T WANNA REPLACE OFFERING THOSE DUAL CREDITS FOR OUR SENIORS. 'CAUSE THAT'S EASY CREDIT FOR COLLEGE CREDITS. I I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. NOT EASY, BUT EASIER. YEAH, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS BRING A FULL COURSE CATALOG OF WHAT WILL BE OFFERED, UM, IN A MEETING FOR INFORMATION FOR YOU. ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE PATHWAY. SO FOR TODAY, WE, WE WILL SHARE THIS INFORMATION AS NEEDED. YOU CAN DECIDE NEXT MONTH WHAT THAT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE. AND THEN WE ALSO BRING THAT INFORMATION ON OUR COURSE SELECTION, WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS, THE OFFERINGS THAT WE OFFER FOR DUAL CREDITS SO THAT WE GET THE COMPLETE IN FACT. SO, SORRY, IS THAT, GO AHEAD. TO CLARIFY. I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLARIFYING. WE ARE JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GONNA REPLACE THIS THUS FAR, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ADDING THIS COURSE AS A YEAR THREE. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON NEXT YEAR OR CORRECT. NEXT MONTH. CORRECT. SO FOR NEXT MONTH, WE, IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD NEED YOUR APPROVAL TO BE ABLE TO ADD THIS AS PART OF THIS COURSE SELECTION SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN A COHERENT PATH SO THAT STUDENTS AFTER YOU CAN STAY IN THE YEAR 1, 2, 3, 4 PATHWAY AND IT DOESN'T INTERRUPT THAT PATHWAY. AND THEN WHAT WE CAN BRING TO YOU IS TO SAY, HERE'S THE FULL COURSE CATALOG AND HERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT STUDENTS HAVE THROUGH DUAL, THROUGH THROUGH DUAL CREDIT. UH, AND THEN THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, STEM ENDORSEMENT PATHWAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. IF I MAY, FOR THE UT ENGINEERING YOUR WORLD, ONE, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THAT? UH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS MEMORIZED. UM, DID, DID WE HAVE THE, THE LIST OF HER CLASSES ON? OKAY. AND THAT'LL BE FINE, SINCE THIS IS A FIRST READ WE CAN DO. BUT THAT IS GONNA BE MY QUESTION BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS EVEN IF WE HAVE 20 STUDENTS IN THERE FOR UT UM, ENGINEERING YEAR WORLD ONE, I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TWO AND FINISH THEIR PATHWAY RATHER THAN JUST DROP IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I BELIEVE TRUSTEE CLAUDIA, OH, IT WAS ANSWERED. WAS ANSWERED. YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE HAVE THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS BRANDING [V.C. Elementary Campus Branding Refresh] REFRESH BROUGHT TO US BY CHRISTOPHER WEDDLE, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS, DR. GUTIERREZ. TONIGHT I'M EXCITED TO SHARE, UM, THE UPDATE, REFRESH, AND STANDARDIZATION FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDING. SO, UH, WE ORIGINALLY SHARED, UM, BACK IN THE SPRING IN SOME OF OUR FRIDAY BOARD UPDATES THAT WE WERE BEGINNING A PROCESS TO TAKE A LOOK AND ENHANCE OUR CAMPUS BRANDING, VISUAL BRANDING. UM, WE STARTED FIRST WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE ENHANCED BRANDING, UM, WILL HELP US BUILD POSITIVE PERCEPTION, UM, WITH MODERNIZED LOGOS, FONTS, AND ALSO GIVE, UM, THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUSES HIGH QUALITY VECTOR FILES FOR LOGOS, UM, THAT ARE USED WHEN WE ORDER PRODUCTS, APPAREL, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND ALSO BRINGING A STANDARDIZED LOOK ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES. UM, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A VECTOR IMAGE FOR MANY OF OUR CAMPUS LOGOS IN THIS STANDARD, UM, TYPE OF FILE FOR, FOR LOGOS AND FOR, UM, GRAPHICS WHEN WE'RE OUT ORDER ANY SORT OF PRODUCTS WITH, WITH OUR BRANDING ON IT. UM, AND THEN AFTER WE COMPLETE THIS PROCESS, UM, WE WOULD PLAN TO MOVE TO OUR THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO A LITTLE, UH, BACKGROUND ON THE TIMELINE. WE BEGAN IN THE SPRING. UM, WE MET WITH THE CAMPUS ADVISORY TEAMS. WE WENT TO ALL OF THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS ADVISORY TEAM MEETINGS. UM, WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A GROUP EFFORT, UM, LED BY THE CAMPUS. WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE JUST THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL OR THE COMMUNICATIONS OR ANYBODY AT, AT CENTRAL OFFICE MAKING A DECISION. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS A, A GROUP PROJECT. UM, STARTING WITH [00:35:01] THE CAMPUS ADVISORY TEAMS, UM, SOME CAMPUSES THAT HAD A FEW MORE CHANGES DID PUT THINGS OUT TO A VOTE TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS. SO WE REALLY LET THE PRINCIPALS KIND OF DRIVE, UM, THAT DECISION MAKING AT THEIR CAMPUS TO COMPLETE THE BUILD OUT OF THESE, UM, BRAND KITS. AND AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A MINUTE, UM, MANY SCHOOLS JUST KIND OF DID A REFRESH MODERNIZATION OF THEIR LOGOS. SOME DID, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS WE DID NOT CHANGE ANY CAMPUS NAMES, COLORS, OR THE ACTUAL MASCOT. JUST, JUST THE LOOK. SO, UM, I'M EXCITED TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THE ELEMENTARY BRANDING, UM, UPDATES HERE WITH KIND OF A BEFORE AND AN AFTER. AND ON THE FIRST ONE, I'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW EACH OF THEM ARE. SO WE'LL START WITH BEATTY. UM, SO EACH CAMPUS IS GOING TO GET FOUR, UM, KIND OF PIECES THAT THEY CAN USE FOR THEIR BRANDING. SO THEY GET A PRIMARY MARK AS IT'S CALLED THE LOGO, AN INITIAL MARK, WHICH IS THE LETTERING. UM, SO A STANDARD FONT, UH, THAT WE CAN USE. AND IT, WE'RE GONNA STILL WORK WITH SOME OF THE CAMPUSES IF IT'S GONNA BE JUST A SINGLE LETTER OR MAYBE THEY'LL ADD THE ES TO IT OR IN D V'S CASE DVE. UM, AND THEN THE STANDARD FONT WITH THE LOGO. AND THEN THEY ALL GET A CIRCULAR SEAL. SO THEY'LL ALL GET THESE FOUR, UM, STANDARDIZED OPTIONS. SO BEATTY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OTHER THAN GOING TO KIND OF A BALL CAP INSTEAD OF A A SAILOR CAP. UM, CREEDMORE GETS THEIR, UM, KIND OF REFRESHED COUGAR. DVE IS PRETTY, PRETTY SIMILAR, BUT GETS A LITTLE BIT MODERNIZATION WITH, WITH THEIR OWL. SAME WITH GILBERT. WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY GRIZZLY THERE. UH, HILL C CREST MADE A LITTLE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, UM, MOVING FROM KIND OF A STOCK STYLE IMAGE, UM, TO A MORE CUSTOM HAWK THAT'S GOT KIND OF AN ACADEMIC LOOK TO, TO HIM FOR HER, I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW. UM, COLLINS GETS A, UM, VERY HAPPY AND FRIENDLY KANGAROO AND THEN POP 'EM. UM, WE NOW GET OUR, OUR HAPPY PANDA WAVING THE POPHAM FLAG. . I KNOW PAMA HAD HAD OUR PANDAS FOR A WHILE. SMITH HAD A PRETTY RECENT, UM, REFRESH WHEN WE OPENED THE NEW BUILDING. SO THEIRS HAS JUST KIND OF BEEN ADAPTED A LITTLE BIT INTO THIS NEW DESIGN. UM, AND THEN THE SAME WITH HORNSBY. THEY, AND ALREADY HAD A REFRESH WHEN THEY OPENED THE NEW BUILDING. UM, SO THEIR DESIGN JUST GOES INTO THE FORMATTING THAT IS MATCHED WITH THE REST OF THE CAMPUSES. SO THOSE ARE THE NINE ELEMENTARY BRAND REFRESH. AND, UM, THAT IS THE UPDATE THAT I HAVE ON THAT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMENTS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. THOSE ARE ADORABLE. BOARD. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? I JUST HAVE A, A COMMENT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO THE CAT TEAM FOR PUTTING THESE TOGETHER. AND THANK YOU FOR STICKING TO US CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE ORIGINALS. 'CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF Y'ALL WOULD'VE JUST CHANGED IT ALL THE WAY. SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND THE EFFORT THAT Y'ALL PUT INTO IT. I HAVE A QUESTION JUST IN, ARE WE GOING TO, WHAT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR THIS? AND ARE WE KEEPING SWAG AND KIND OF PHASING IT OUT? OR IS IT A HARD START? JANUARY 1ST, WE'RE GOING TO THE NEW ONE. WHAT'S UP? THANK YOU. SO NOW, UM, WE WILL WORK WITH THE BRANDING COMPANY TO, THEY'LL FINALIZE AND ACTUALLY VECTOR THE DESIGN. SO WE PLAN TO HAVE THOSE BY THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR. SO IN JANUARY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE THING HAS TO BE REPLACED ON THE CAMPUS. IT'LL BE AS, AS IT'S NEEDED. WE CAN REPLACE THOSE ITEMS AT THE CAMPUS. UM, APPAREL'S KIND OF ORDERED EVERY YEAR. WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT TO COME IN AND HAVE A, A HUGE EXPENSE TO REPLACE EVERYTHING. SO WE'LL PHASE IT IN AS IT'S NEEDED, AND THEN ALL OF THE DIGITAL DISPLAYS WILL BE ABLE TO CHANGE PRETTY QUICKLY ONCE WE HAVE THE, THE HIGH QUALITY, UM, FILES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. HAVING NOTHING FURTHER, WE WILL GO ON TO THE RESOLUTION [V.D. Resolution Amending Authorized Investment Officer, and Authorized Representatives for Lone Star and TexPool] AMENDING AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT OFFICER AND AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES FOR LONE STAR AND TEXT WALL. MS. DEAN EDGAR. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT WAGNER WAGNER, UM, DR. GUTIERREZ AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO THIS AGENDA ITEM RELATES TO A RESOLUTION TO ALLOW THE CFO TO BECOME AN INVESTMENT OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT FOR LONE STAR AND TEXT POOL. IT DOES REQUIRE THAT I MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT CERTIFICATION AS REQUIRED UNDER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THIS IS BEFORE THE BOARD [00:40:01] THIS EVENING FOR INFORMATION ONLY, AND WE WILL TAKE IT IN FOR ACTION AT THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THIS? THAT WAS EASY. NOPE, HAVING NONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON, IT'S [V.E. Monthly Financial Reports] YOU AGAIN FOR THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS EVENING I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDING NOVEMBER 30TH, WE PRESENTATION ONE. OKAY. OKAY. UM, THE REPORTS WE'LL BE DISCUSSING INCLUDE THE INVESTMENTS, TAX, COLLECTIONS, YEAR TO DATE, BUDGET BY FUNCTION AND OBJECT, AND THEN FUND BALANCE. SO STARTING WITH THE INVESTMENT REPORT, THIS SLIDE SPEAKS TO OUR PORTFOLIO POSITION WITH A RATED AVERAGE YIELD OF 4.58% SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM LAST MONTH. 87% OF OUR OVERALL DISTRIBUTION REMAINS AT ZERO TO ONE YEARS TO MATURITY. SO THIS NEXT SLIDE OUTLINES THE SECURITY DIVERSIFICATION BY VALUE AND PERCENT OF PORTFOLIO, ALMOST 50% RESIDES IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOLS, WHICH HAS A HUNDRED PERCENT LIQUIDITY. IN THE NOVEMBER, UM, IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THE DISTRICT EARNED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS WITH ABOUT SIX, SIX AND A HALF MILLION EARNED FISCAL YEAR TO DATE. SO THE PROBABILITY OF THE FED CUTTING RATES BY AN ADDITIONAL 25 BASIS POINTS ON DECEMBER 18TH AT THEIR MEETING, THAT HAS INCREASED NOW TO 90%. UM, LAST MONTH I REPORTED THAT THE PROBABILITY WAS KIND OF IFFY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN. SO THAT YIELD'S GONNA START COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THIS NEXT REPORT IS TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE MONTH, WHICH TOTALS QUICK QUESTION REAL QUICK. OH, YES MA'AM. UM, WHAT DO, WHAT DO WE THINK THE MARKET'S GONNA LOOK LIKE WITH THE, UH, THE ELECTION, WITH THE RECENT ELECTION THAT JUST HAPPENED? SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE BEST TREASURY, THAT THEY'RE GONNA SLOWLY TAKE THE, THE YIELDS DOWN, BUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT IT'S NOT GONNA GO BELOW LIKE FOUR AND A HALF OR FOUR, 4.25. SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA STAY IN THE FOURS FOR A WHILE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE MARKET. OKAY. SO THE, THIS NEXT REPORT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS OUR TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THIS TOTAL OVER A LITTLE BIT OVER 1 MILLION. AGAIN, WE'LL START TO SEE THOSE TAX COLLECTIONS PICK UP AT THE END OF DECEMBER. AND THEN IN LOOKING AT OUR YEAR TO DATE BUDGET BY FUNCTION, WE'VE SPENT ALMOST 42% OF OUR BUDGET AND AGGREGATE THIS TRANSLATES INTO ABOUT FIVE MONTHS OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. AND THAT ALIGNS WITH WHERE WE ARE IN OUR FISCAL YEAR. AND THIS, HERE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE BUDGET BY OBJECT CODE, SINCE SUCH A LARGE PORTION OF OUR BUDGET IS IS PAYROLL, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO LOOK AT THOSE EXPENDITURES IN ISOLATION. SO YOUR PAYROLL CODES ARE 61 HUNDREDS, THAT'S IN YOUR TOP LEFT. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE AT 41%. AGAIN, THAT'S TELLING ME WE'RE ON TRACK, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, LOOKING AT FUND BALANCE POSITION, WE REMAIN AT A FAVORABLE 154,000 AS OF NOVEMBER 30TH. AND THAT IS THE LAST REPORT I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YEAH. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG TO ITEM [VI.A. Discussion regarding the Use of Video Technology in Closed Sessions] SIX, WE ARE AT OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. SO WE HAVE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE USE OF VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, ENC CLOSED SESSION, AND THEN DISCUSSION REGARDING ADVANCED PAYMENT POLICY FOR BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING CONFERENCES. ARE BOTH OF THOSE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN CLOSED SESSION? THOSE ARE NOT, THOSE ARE OPEN. OH, OH, IT'S TECHNOLOGY IN CLOSED SESSIONS. NOT WE'RE GOING TO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS. CORRECT. OKAY. I'LL GET THERE. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, WHO'S PRESENTING THAT? IT'S THE BOARDS. I I CAN START IT OFF. YOU GOT IT? OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO ONE OF THE, UM, THINGS THAT HAD BROUGHT, THAT BROUGHT TO, YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, UM, AS NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS WAS SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND CLOSED SESSION AND NOT BEING AS SECURE AS WE THINK OR HOPE IT WOULD BE. UM, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN THE BACKGROUND, UM, OF THE HOUSE OR OFFICE OR WHATEVER. UM, SO THIS IS A DISCUSSION FOR US TO HAVE IF WE WANT TO LOOK INTO POLICIES TO POSSIBLY, UH, REMOVE THAT OPTION TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE PRESENT IN AT THE ADMIN BUILDING IN ORDER TO RECEIVE WHAT'S GOING ON IN CLOSED SESSION OR, YOU KNOW, UM, AND ONLY HAVE VIDEO ACCESS DURING OUR OPEN SESSION, UH, MEETING [00:45:01] PART. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THAT IS. UM, WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO POLICIES. ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR COMMENTS? TRUSTEE PANTOJA. SORRY, I JUST CAME IN. I, BUT I CAUGHT THE TAIL END OF THAT. UM, SO IS THIS GONNA BE A FIRST, LIKE WE'RE DISCUSSING IT NOW OR IS THIS GONNA BE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS? YEAH, THE OPEN DISCUSSION, THE THING BROUGHT UP WAS THAT, IS THIS SOMETHING WE EVEN WANNA CONSIDER? IT WAS, IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE OFFICERS BY A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS. AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO WANNA LOOK INTO AND WE CAN, UH, HAVE THE DISTRICT PROVIDE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS AND THEN WE CAN MODIFY THOSE POLICIES TO FIT OUR DISTRICT AND OUR PREFERENCES, DO WE HAVE THEM WITH US? I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TO GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PROCEED. WHETHER WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORT IN, UM, LOOKING AT OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, OUR POLICY, I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS, UH, LEGALLY, UM, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A, IN A PUBLIC BOARD MEETING, SO LONG AS THEY, THEIR, THEIR FACE IS, UM, VISIBLE TO THE AUDIENCE. UM, THE SAME GOES TOWARDS THE LEGAL OBLIGATION FOR A BOARD MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN CLOSE SESSION AS WELL. I THINK THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE HAVE IS CREATING GUIDELINES FOR WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE BACKGROUND, UM, WHAT THE PROTOCOLS ARE GONNA BE AS FAR AS WHERE, WHERE YOU ARE ENSURING THAT THAT CONFIDENTIALITY, UM, I IS IN ORDER. UM, SO THIS ISN'T, UH, FIRST READ INFORMATION. IT'S MORE TO PROVIDE US GUIDANCE SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE BOARD IN DEVELOPING A POLICY PROCEDURE, WHATEVER IT ULTIMATELY ENDS UP BEING, UH, TO, TO GUIDE OUR WORK. COOL. THANK YOU. UM, I GUESS I HAVE A COMMENT FOR THIS. I KNOW WHEN I TRAVEL FOR WORK, THE CONNECTIVITY MAY BE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT STRONG. SO LET'S JUST SAY I AM ATTENDING A MEETING VIRTUALLY, I MAY NOT HAVE STRONG CAPACITY 'CAUSE OF THE INTERNET BANDWIDTH THAT I'M SHARED WITH THE HOTEL OR THE SPACE THAT I'M IN. SO IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE WANTING TO GO DOWN THIS ROUTE, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT THAT IF I CAN ATTEND VIRTUALLY AND BY MYSELF IN THOSE IN THE SPACE, IS THAT BANDWIDTH? LIKE, IS THE DISTRICT GONNA BE ABLE TO OFFER A HOTSPOT? YEAH, I, I THINK THAT FOR ME, I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT FOR THE LEAST INVASIVE PROCEDURE POLICY THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT. I MEAN, FOR, FOR MY PREFERENCE. UM, I KNOW THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS HAVE KIND OF BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADACHE OF, YOU KNOW, SIGNALS HERE, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF. SO IT'S BEEN A LOT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. UM, I PREFER TO JUST, IF NOT HAVE IT, BUT THAT'S MY PREFERENCE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TO SEE WHAT THE REST OF THE BOARD, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA CONTINUE TO HAVE, THEN WE DO NEED TO MAYBE PROVIDE HOTSPOTS FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY'RE GONNA BE TRAVELING OR SOME OTHER OPTIONS, UM, FOR SECURITY PURPOSES AND TO KEEP THAT CONFIDENTIALITY. THANK YOU TRUSTEE FRANCO? UH, YEAH, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, WHAT I HEARD, UH, DR. GUTIERREZ SAY WAS THAT BY STATE LAW WE'RE ALLOWED TO, TO JOIN IN VIA, UH, REMOTELY. SO US TAKING THAT AWAY WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY BE VIOLATING STATE LAW. IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? YES, WE HAVE TO AFFORD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO, ESTABLISH SOME GUIDELINES, UM, FOR WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TO ENSURE MINIMAL DISRUPTION, BUT ALSO CONFIDENTIALITY AS WELL. AND ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE CAN LOOK LIKE AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED IS THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF HOTSPOTS, UH, TO, BUT IF, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU CAN'T REALLY CONNECT TO YOUR PHONE, THE PROBABILITY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO A HOTSPOT IS PROBABLY, UM, PRETTY LOW TOO, IF YOU'RE HAVING CELL PHONE CONNECTIVITY ISSUES BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY CONNECT. SO IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN, OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING THAT WAY, TYPICALLY WE DO ENGAGE IN, IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS ON, ON OUR PHONE, ON OUR DEVICE. AND IF THERE IS A CONNECTIVITY ISSUE, LIKELY THAT'S GONNA WITH THE, WITH THE HOTSPOT TOO. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY. SO TRUSTEE WOODY, THEN, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF MAKING THIS A NON, A NON-STARTER. UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. SO, SO WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE MORE, I GUESS IT WOULD BE MORE ALONG THE LINES OF PROTOCOLS, LIKE YOU NEED TO WEAR HEADPHONES AND NOT HAVE IT PUBLICLY, YOU NOT HAVE IT ON, ON, UH, SPEAKER OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, DIRECTION THAT, IN THAT REGARD? WELL, AND THAT WOULD BE THE GUIDELINE. SO YES, THAT'S, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. [00:50:01] AND TO ME, BECAUSE OF THE TRANSITION LAST MONTH AS WELL, WE HAD MULTIPLE MEMBERS THAT WERE ONLINE VIRTUALLY AND KEEPING TRACK OF WHEN THEY DROPPED OR WERE THEY DROPPING AND COMING BACK, IT WAS VERY CUMBERSOME AND JUST MADE IT BUMPY FOR THE REST OF US, I FEEL LIKE. AND SO MAYBE WE CAN LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY DROP, MAKE IT MANDATORY THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO JOIN US VIRTUALLY, THAT THERE IS A EITHER A HARD CUTOFF OR THEY STAY FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE IT WAS, I MEAN, I, I LOOKED UP AT ONE POINT AND REALIZED ONE OF YOU HAD DROPPED AND ONE OF YOU HAD COME BACK. AND SO IT WAS JUST DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH WHO WAS THERE AND WHO WASN'T. SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, AS SITTING IN THIS SEAT, IT WOULD MAKE IT CLEARER IF WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A GUIDELINE. BUT I AGAIN, DEFER TO WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO AND SHOULDN'T, SHOULD DO. WELL, AND I, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS RELATIVELY NEW, THAT WE HADN'T HAD THIS IN PRACTICE. WE, WE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD IN PLACE FOR OUR TRUSTEES. SO IT WAS, THIS WAS NOVICE TO US IN, IN, IN TRYING TO ADAPT TO THIS. UM, AND SO I THINK WHAT WILL ENSURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS SMOOTH AND OF COURSE CONFIDENTIAL IS HAVING THOSE GUIDELINES IN PLACE, WHICH ALSO, WHICH ALSO HELPS THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE, UM, THAT THAT HELPS TECHNOLOGY, THAT HELPS OUR COMMUNICATIONS IN MAKE, IN ENSURING THAT WE KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THE, THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT IS WHEN IT COMES TO DEVICES, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GETTING WHEN WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND THE CONNECTIVITY IS DISRUPTED, THEN THE DISCUSSION HAS TO COME TO A HALT, UM, ALL AND, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND, AND RESTART THE CONVERSATION. SO I THINK IF WE DO HAVE SOME TYPE OF GUIDELINES IN PLACE, IT'LL HELP US, UM, THE TEAM OF OF 10, BUT ALSO HELP THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AS WELL. SO I JUST WANNA VERIFY THAT IT, IT IS STATE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT OPTION. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT I HAD READ THAT, UM, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T ENCUMBER OR DISRUPT PLANNING. SO I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT, THAT IT IS STATE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT OPTION. DO WE HAVE THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. IF, IF I MAY JUST ADD, I THINK, NOT TO PUT ANYONE ON THE SPOT, BUT I'D BE AMENABLE TO MR. GONZALEZ BRING, YOU KNOW, RESEARCHING BEST PRACTICES IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IF, IF ANYONE HAS HAD THESE THINGS AND BRINGING 'EM TO US AS OPPOSED TO US TRYING TO COME UP WITH 10 DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR HOW BEST TO SOLVE THIS. I WAS GONNA SAY THAT AS WELL. I THINK IT, IT, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE, IN MY PRIOR DISTRICT AND MY PRIOR PRIOR TWO DISTRICTS THAT, THAT WE'D DONE SINCE 2020. SO IT BECAME SOMETHING THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH, UM, AND, AND PUT A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT IT, IT WENT SMOOTHLY AND, AND, AND IT DID ON THE OCCASIONS, UM, NOT TOO OFTEN THAT WE HAD A BOARD MEMBER PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY. UM, THERE WAS MINIMAL DISRUPTION. UM, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE BOARD MEMBER OPTED TO DISCONNECT DURING CLOSED, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TRANSITION THAT HAPPENED. AND OF COURSE THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE BOARD MEMBER OPTED TO CONTINUE ON AND CLOSED, BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DONE IN PRACTICE AND HAD DONE FOR NOW FOUR YEARS, UM, ALMOST FIVE YEARS. AND SO IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE GOTTA WORK THROUGH THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD IN PRACTICE FOR SOME TIME. DID YOU HAVE, UM, THE PROBLEM WITH CONNECTIVITY WHEN PEOPLE WERE, WERE IN CONFERENCES BECAUSE I KNOW I LOG ONTO ZOOM AND STUFF WHEN I'M IN MY FOR MEETINGS SOMETIMES WHEN I'M TRAVELING, BUT I ALWAYS PAY THE EXTRA TO GET THE, THE INTERNET AND THE WIFI. WELL, AND WELL THEY COVER IT FOR ME, BUT THAT, YEAH, NO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS IT. SO, SO THEN ARE WE, ARE WE SAYING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK INTO PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES, NOT NECESSARILY POLICY CHANGE BECAUSE THE POLICY CAN'T BE CHANGED 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO GO ABIDE BY STATE LAW, RIGHT? BOARD OPERATING. YEAH. SO BOARD OPERATING I WAS GONNA SAY THAT. YEAH, IT WOULD BE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE POLICY AS WE CREATE THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, SO WHAT ARE WE, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY BRING SOME EXAMPLES TO US OR ARE WE GONNA GO LOOK LIKE I KNOW WE WHO DID WHO? YEAH. DR. GUTIERREZ, CAN YOU HAVE STAFF PRESENT US WITH POLICIES? ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN LOOK AT SOME, UM, PROCEDURES, UH, TO, TO CONSIDER, UM, FOR YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AS WELL AS LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN SUPPORT, UM, YOU ALL TO ENSURE, UM, CONFIDENTIALITY. [00:55:03] PERFECT. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU BOARD FOR, UM, ENTERTAINING THEM. YES, THANK YOU. AND FOR THE NEXT ONE, WE HAVE DISCUSSION REGARDING [VI.B. Discussion regarding Advance Payment Policy for Board Members attending Conferences] ADVANCED PAYMENT POLICY FOR BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING CONFERENCES. SO FOR THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, OUR PROCEDURE HAS NOT LINED UP WITH OUR PRACTICE. THE POLICY, THE POLICY DOESN'T LINE UP WITH OUR PRACTICE SO THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DO ALIGN MOVING FORWARD. AND SO SAME, I BELIEVE THE SAME ASK IS GOING TO BE, YEAH, I TRIED TO LOOK UP SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT IT SAYS CONTACT YOUR TAS B REP. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN HELP CONTACT US, THE TAS B REP, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. THE, THE REASON FOR THIS DISCUSSION AGAIN WAS TO PROVIDE US SOME GUIDANCE, HOW TO PROCEED AND, AND GET INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD AS FAR AS WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE POLICY, UM, DOESN'T AFFORD THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT ADVANCE WHEN YOU ARE ATTENDING A CONFERENCE AND YOU KNOW THAT, THAT THAT ADDS UP AND BECOMES VERY EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU THINK OF THE TRAVEL, THE ACCOMMODATIONS AND, AND THE MEALS. AND SO LIKE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS DO, IT IS A COMMON PRACTICE THAT TRUSTEES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT ADVANCE WHEN TRAVELING. AND SO WE WANT TO ENSURE, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED THE ADVANCES, IT'S NOT ANYTHING ILLEGAL. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRACTICE WE HAVE IN PLACE IS ALIGNED TO THE POLICY THAT THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST COMMENTS? I MEAN, USUALLY IN MO MOST PLACES AND EVEN WHERE I WORK, WE JUST DO THE GOVERNMENT PER DIEM PER DAY. AND THAT'S AN ADVANCE FOR THE, I MEAN IF I DO UBER WELL CREDIT A CREDIT CARD AT WORK. BUT, UM, FOR ANYTHING ELSE WHEN I'VE TRAVELED, ALL I WOULD ASK FOR WOULD BE THE, IF I HAD THE UBER FROM THE HO FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE HOTEL AND BACK, AND I USUALLY TO PAY THAT OUT OF POCKET AND IT'LL PUT IN FOR A REIMBURSEMENT IF I WANT TO. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, USUALLY THE HOTEL PARKING ALL AND PAID FOR WHEN I GET THERE. AND THEN JUST THE PER DIEM, THE GOVERNMENT PER DIEMS. ISN'T THAT WHAT WE DO FOR STAFF TOO? THANK YOU. CORRECT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO AGAIN, NO, I JUST WANNA SAY I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL AND I APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT, UM, GOING THROUGH THIS WITH THIS BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHERE BOARD MEMBERS JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS AND WE DON'T, AGAIN, WE DON'T GET PAID TO DO THIS. UH, BUT GOING THROUGH THESE CONFERENCES WE DO LEARN A LOT. WE DO, UM, BRING BACK SOME OF OUR KNOWLEDGE FROM THESE CONFERENCES. AND SO NOT HAVING TO PAY SEVEN, $800 ON HOTEL COST, UM, OUT OF POCKET IS VERY HELPFUL TO A LOT OF BOARD MEMBERS. SO, UH, APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT'S HELP ON ALL THAT. TRUSTEE FRANCO. YEAH, AND JUST, AND ALSO FOR CLARIFICATION, A LOT OF THESE CONFERENCES WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO CONTINUING EDUCATION AND WHATNOT, AND THIS TAKES A PLACE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION. SO THESE CONFERENCES ARE ALMOST SORT OF MANDATORY, UM, UH, FROM THE STATE. AND I JUST WANNA REINFORCE, UM, TRUSTEE WOODY AND TRUSTEE FRANCO, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, VOLUNTEER TO DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND UH, AS I HAD JUST SHARED, THE CONFERENCES DO ADD UP. THEY, THERE IS REQUIRED TRAINING THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND THAT TRAIN, THOSE TRAINING HOURS, UM, ARE MET BY ATTENDING CONFERENCES THAT ARE HELD BY, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN TEXAS TASB. AND AGAIN, THOSE COME AT A COST AND WE FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BENEFIT, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BENEFIT OUR BOARD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ADVANCE, UM, WHEN NEEDING TO TRAVEL FOR, FOR A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU TRUSTEE GUION? SO I WOULD SAY WE JUST HAVE POLICY AND BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, UH, SYNC UP TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO THEY MATCH SO THAT WE DO THAT. AND IT'S MAINLY WE HAVE IT IN BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IT'S POLICY THAT DOESN'T FINE WITH IT. SO MAYBE IF WE CAN GET 'EM TO GET TO MATCH, WE WOULD BE OKAY. WELL THOSE TWO AND OUR PRACTICE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S DIFFERED COMPLETELY IS WE'VE DONE IT ONE WAY AND THEN WHEN WE WERE QUESTIONED ABOUT IT, IT WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. WE'VE BEEN GETTING CHECKED. SO YES. AND AGAIN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU AND STAFF CAN PRESENT TO US? THANK YOU SIR. I WAS JUST GONNA REITERATE THAT BOARD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? WE GOOD? THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG, [VII. Consent Agenda:] WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE GOT MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER THE 16TH SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, NOVEMBER THE SPECIAL BOARD WORKSHOP, AND THEN NOVEMBER THE 19TH, REGULAR [01:00:01] BOARD MEETING. DOES ANYBODY YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION. THEY DID GET FIXED AND I HAVE THEM. YES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE SIGNING AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO THERE WERE, FOR THOSE OF YOU, THERE WERE SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE EXISTING MINUTES AS THEY WERE PRESENTED IN THE PACKETS. AND SO THAT I WAS GIVEN THOSE RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, PREVIEWED THEM AND THEY'RE FINE TO GO. SO AT THIS POINT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO THE QUESTION TO THAT, YES SIR. WERE THE UPDATED ONE SENT TO US? 'CAUSE I STILL HAVE THE DOCKET FROM LAST WEEK. THOSE WERE NOT, APPARENTLY WE JUST, I'VE GOT THE COPIES HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE, WELL, DO YOU MIND, SORRY, DO YOU MIND JUST KIND OF HIGH LEVEL GOING OVER WHAT THE CHANGES WERE YOU I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE WAS THE, UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS IN THERE WAS THAT THE, THE DISTRICT WOULD, UH, FOR ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE DONATIONS, THE DISTRICT WOULD PAY COST OF ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS LATER ON IN THE PROCESS. I THINK IT WAS EITHER, UH, COLLINS OR HILLCREST. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED DURING THE MEETING. SO THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. RIGHT. SO THAT ITEM ACTION, THAT WAS THE INFORM THAT QUESTION THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN ACTION. ACTION. SO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THIS IS WRITTEN AS IT WAS PRESENTED, BUT I THOUGHT HE CHANGED IT ON THE DAIS AND SAID THAT HE HAD DOUBLE CHECKED AND THAT THAT'S THE ACTION AND IT'S GONNA BE REPRESENTED FARTHER DOWN. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WAS ON ONE OF THE ITEMS, UM, ITEMS MR. FRANCO WAS BROUGHT, THERE WAS A TYPO ON ONE. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. 85 CORRECT. THAT CORRECT. ALL DOCUMENT. CORRECT. UM, CORRECT. OTHER ITEMS WAS I ADDED POSITION ALL OF YOU AND THEN THERE WAS BOARD, VICE PRESIDENT BOARD. OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ARE THERE MORE AND WE CAN TABLE THIS AND THEN REVIEW IT AND THEN BRING IT BACK UP AT THE END. IF SOMEBODY, UNLESS Y'ALL JUST WANNA MAKE A MOTION? NO. ARE THERE MORE? NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OH, I AGREE. OKAY. THAT WE'RE NOT, THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT. OH, THAT MEETING. WE AGREED TO DO THAT WHEN WE DID NOT AGREE TO. AND SO, OKAY. CORRECT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PANTOJA MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRE ELVIA GUION SECONDS. AND DO I HAVE A VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX. 1, 2, 3. OKAY. ALL THOSE. NO ONE, THE MOTION CARRIES. 6 2 1. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NUMBER EIGHT. [VIII.A. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on District Improvement Plan (DIP) and Campus Improvement Plans (CIP)] ACTION ITEMS, DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND POSSIBLY ACT ON DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THE DIP AND THEN THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. CIP. WE HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S ANDREA ELLO AND DR. CANTU COMING TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO FOR THIS ITEM, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS ASK YOU ALL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ITEM. IT IS A COMPLIANCE ITEM THAT WE MUST DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UH, THE SIPS AND DIPS, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR SIPS AND DIPS, WE WILL UPDATE YOU, UH, WITH OUR GOALS. AND THEN AS WE START THIS PROCESS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, WE WILL ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN OUR LAST MEETING. THANK YOU FOR THAT BOARD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT PAGE IS THIS ON? THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 'CAUSE THE, THE AGENDA DOESN'T HAVE PAGE NUMBERS. NO, THE AGENDA DOES NOT HAVE ANY PAGE NUMBERS. DOES ANYBODY KNOW PAGE NUMBER ONE? CAN YOU LOOK IT UP ON YOUR COMPUTER? 1, 1 13 IS [01:05:02] IT IS PAGE ONE 12 AND THEN ONE 13. I'M CONTINUING. I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE COMMENT. UM, I'M, I'M JUST, I'M STILL . YEAH. SO THAT WE ARE STILL PRESENTING THIS WITH ALL OF THE, UH, COMMENTS THAT WE PROVIDED LAST TIME. AND I, I REALIZE THAT THIS IS A TIME COMPLIANCE TYPE THING, I GET THAT, BUT THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR WE DIDN'T TELL THE BOARD, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THIS, AND THIS, IT WAS JUST LIKE, WE ARE GOING TO DO IT. I STILL HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ON THIS. UM, THAT'S JUST THE ME THING. UH, I, AND IT'S HARD FOR US TO DO ANY TYPE OF, UM, EVALUATIONS WHEN WE'RE GOING OFF OF SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO BECAUSE OF TIME COMPLIANCE. SO THAT'S REALLY MY ONLY COMMENT ON THAT ONE. UNDERSTANDABLE BOARD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. THE LAST MONTH I HAD WAS LAST, LAST MONTH. THE QUESTION I HAD WAS FROM NOVEMBER TO JANUARY, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME OFF. HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE THE STUDENTS WITH SO MUCH TIME OFF? AND I NEVER GOT THAT FOLLOW UP. THAT MAKE SENSE? I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION PLEASE, SIR? SO THE, THE FORMULA IS LIKE, THERE'S THESE BENCHMARKS NOVEMBER, JANUARY, MARCH AND JUNE. SO WE'RE USING NOVEMBER AS A BENCHMARK, AND THEN JANUARY IS THE SECOND ONE. THERE'S LIKE A WHOLE MONTH OFF BETWEEN THOSE TWO WITHIN THAT WINDOW. SO HOW IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PREPARE THE STUDENTS? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THE STUDENTS, UM, IF EVERYONE, IF IF WE'RE, IF EVERYONE'S ALREADY IN HOLIDAY MODE WITH, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE STUDENTS, SO WE'RE GONNA TEST THEM NOW OR WE JUST FINISHED TESTING THEM AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TEST 'EM AGAIN IN A MONTH IF EVERYONE'S OFF. I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. AND ACTUALLY THAT LEADS ME TO ANOTHER QUESTION. DON'T WE GRADUATE THIS YEAR IN MAY? WE DO. OKAY. SO THE JUNE SUMMATIVE DOESN'T EVEN APPLY TO US. WE WILL, WE WILL BRING BACK THE DATA OKAY. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL CLOSE OUT THE YEAR. AND SO TO ADDRESS A PART OF YOUR QUESTION, MR. PANTOJA, UM, THESE, THESE CYCLES, UM, ARE ARE FAIRLY TYPICAL FOR WHAT WE SEE. AND IN THAT WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE, ARE ASSESSED IN THE CORE CURRICULUM. AND SO WE HAVE CREATED A DISTRICT, UH, ASSESSMENT CALENDAR TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE DATA AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT ON, UH, ON THE SCORES OR THE GOALS THAT ARE SET TO BEFORE YOU. UH, WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT THAT DISTRICT CALENDAR. IN FACT, TODAY WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, UM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO TWEAK IT SLIGHTLY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST DATA. SO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE PROTOCOLS AND PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT AS AN ACADEMIC TEAM, WHEN WE GO OUT TO CAMPUS, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CHECKING TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING AND THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE MEASURES, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DEPENDING ON ONE ASSESSMENT. SO I FEEL, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WITH THE ASSESSMENT CALENDAR AS IT'S LAID OUT, AND WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS WE CAN, WE CAN BRING BACK DATA THAT SHOWS HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING, UH, BETWEEN THE MONTHS. AND AS I SAID, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN TIGHTEN THIS SO THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTIONS, WE CAN SAY, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW HAS HAPPENED, UH, BASED ON PROJECTIONS, HERE'S WHO WE ARE, HERE'S WHO WE BELIEVE STUDENTS CAN GROW, HERE ARE STILL OUR AREAS OF CONCERN OR OPPORTUNITY, AND WORK WITH A PLAN WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, AND OF COURSE OUR TEACHERS TO DO THAT. THAT'S ALSO PART OF OUR PLC PROCESS AND WHY WE ENSURE THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TIGHTEN OUR, OUR PLC PROCESS. UM, WE'VE GOT OUR EARLY RELEASE ON FRIDAYS FOR TEACHERS TO LOOK AT THAT DATA SO THAT WE'RE INFORMED, AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE CAN COME BACK AND GIVE YOU ALL THESE BENCHMARKS AS A BOARD AND YOU STILL HAVE, UH, PROGRESS MEASURES THROUGHOUT. THANK YOU. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IS, IS HELPING OUR CAMPUS, UM, PUT IN PLACE SYSTEMS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING THAT TIME WE HAVE ON THE EARLY RELEASE FRIDAYS, BECAUSE WE'VE INVESTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO ALLOCATE THAT TIME EVERY SINGLE WEEK. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AS DR. TU SHARED, IS ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT MIDYEAR DATA, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THAT MIDYEAR DATA WITH THE BOARD SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, WHICH WILL ALSO INFORM HOW, HOW WE, UM, CAN PREDICT HOW STUDENTS ARE GOING TO PERFORM AT THE END OF THE YEAR ON STAR AND EOCS. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, SO BASED ON LAST MONTH'S, UM, MEETING, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, EVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS 5% INCREASE. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT STILL OUR BASE POINT? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT FOR OUR STUDENTS? ARE WE WAITING FOR MORE DATA? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO INCREASE NEXT YEAR? WHAT IS OUR GOAL IN THAT ASPECT? [01:10:01] AND HAVE WE REVIEWED THAT? YEP. SO FOR, FOR TODAY'S PURPOSE, WE'RE ASKING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GOALS AS PRESENTED LAST MONTH, KNOWING THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN, RIGHT? SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE STUDENTS ARE AT CURRENTLY AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE WELL-INFORMED, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA SET GOALS BASED ON THAT. THE GOOD THING IS THAT AS THESE ARE ADOPTED, UM, IT'S ALSO A LIVING PLAN, RIGHT? AND SO WITH THE SYSTEMS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, AND AS WE'RE MEETING WITH TEACHERS, AS WE'RE MEETING IN THEIR PLCS, AS WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINCIPALS, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN SAY, BASED ON PREVIOUS DATA, BASED ON CURRENT DATA, UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY, CAN WE CREATE A GOAL THAT'S ATTAINABLE? I LIKE TO SAY, CAN WE CREATE A GOAL THAT'S ASPIRATIONAL, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THERE. UM, BECAUSE WE CAN PROBABLY ATTAIN 5%, RIGHT? BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ATTAIN. IT'S ALSO ABOUT CAN WE ASPIRE TO PUSH, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT WE CAN AIM HIGHER? AND IF FOR WHATEVER REASON WE FALL AND WE FAIL, WE DON'T JUST SAY, OH, WELL WE GREW 1%, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND SO IF MO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, NOT IF, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA ENSURE THAT THOSE SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN AGAIN, TRACK THAT DATA AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT STUDENT PERFORMANCE WILL LOOK LIKE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. HERE'S WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT STUDENT PERFORMANCE WILL LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR. AGAIN, ALL DATA INFORMED AND BASED ON WHAT STUDENTS ARE TAKING THIS YEAR, IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR THIS? LIKE, I MEAN, WE'RE HEARING THIS NOW, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE, OH, NEXT SPRING. NEXT FALL, AND WE COME NEXT SPRING, NEXT FALL. AND WE'RE STILL AT THIS LIKE, WELL, WE'RE COLLECTING DATA, WE'RE COLLECTING DATA. IS THERE LIKE A TIMELINE WHERE WE'RE SITTING DOWN WITH THE PRINCIPALS, THIS, YOU KNOW, EVERY THREE MONTHS AND THEN ON THIS, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA REASSESS. YES, MA'AM. WE CAN BRING THAT BEFORE YOU. UH, AS DR. GUTIERREZ SHARED, UM, AS SOON AS WE HAVE OUR MID-YEAR BENCHMARKS, UM, ALREADY TODAY WE TALKED ABOUT WITH PRINCIPALS, THE DAY AFTER WE HAVE DVU HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S A FRIDAY, UM, IN JANUARY THAT WE HAVE TIME TO SIT TOGETHER, TEACHERS CAN REVIEW THE DATA AND WE BEGIN TO CREATE ACTION PLANS. UH, AND THEN AGAIN, THOSE BENCHMARKS THERE THAT MR. PANTOJA MENTIONED, THOSE ARE QUARTERLY, UH, INTERNALLY WE ARE, WE'RE GATHERING DATA AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL DAILY THROUGH EXIT TICKETS, WEEKLY THROUGH ASSESSMENTS AT THE END OF EACH MODEL. AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE DATA POINTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH NOW, HOW WE SHARE WITH THE BOARD. WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE BOARD, WITH DR. GUTIEREZ TO SAY, WHAT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIMELINE THAT WE CAN SHARE SO THAT WE ARE VERY TRANSPARENT, UM, AND WE'RE SHARING THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE LEARNING FROM, FROM THIS, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ALL LEARNING FROM IT. AS WE, WHEN WE DEVELOP A TIMELINE FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, WE'RE GONNA SHARE THAT TIMELINE WITH YOU. AND IN FACT, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN EARLIER TIMELINE BECAUSE ADOPTING THEM THIS LATE IN THE YEAR WHEN WE'RE MID MIDWAY OR, OR EVEN IF WE WERE LOOKING AT NOVEMBER, THAT'S TOO LATE. SO WE'RE GONNA PUSH UP THAT TIMELINE, BUT WE'RE GONNA SHARE THAT TIMELINE WITH YOU BEFORE WE DISTRIBUTE IT TO, TO OUR CAMPUSES. ONE OF THE BEST PRACTICES. LAST THING, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE HEARING YOU AND THAT WE, AND WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR IT. ONE OF THE BEST PRACTICES IS THAT CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, UM, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT INFORMS THE CAMPUS, THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN BEGINS IN LATE SPRING. BY THAT TIME, OUR TEACHERS KNOW OUR STUDENTS VERY WELL. BY THAT TIME, OUR PRINCIPALS KNOW WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE GONNA FALL AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PERFORM. SO THEN, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE START MAKING THE PLAN FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. WHEN WE GET STAR PERFORMANCE DATA, WE UPDATE THE PLANS, WE SET OUR GOALS AGAIN, RIGHT? JUST DEPENDING ON FINAL DATA. AND WE CAN BRING THIS TO THE BOARD AS, UH, SOON AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, UH, AUGUST, PLANS WILL BE READY SEPTEMBER. AND THAT TIMELINE, AGAIN, WE CAN ADJUST, BUT THAT IS BEST PRACTICE. AND THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON PRACTICE. NOW, THE STATE GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT, UH, THAT LONG. TRUSTEE, WOODY, AND, UH, THANK YOU. AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION, AND I TOTALLY GET THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, WHAT, I GUESS WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE FOR ME PERSONALLY, IS GETTING THAT MINIMUM GOAL THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY TRY TO ACHIEVE, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW THAT 5%, FOR ME, A GOAL IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD TO GET THAT GOAL IN. UM, AND 15 TO 20% [01:15:01] IS MORE OF A GOAL THAT I THINK OUR DISTRICT SHOULD BE REACHING. UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, I'M PRETTY MUCH NOT GONNA BE APPROVING THIS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID ALL OF THAT, I STILL FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE CAME BACK AS A DISTRICT AND SAID, YES, THIS IS THE PLAN, BUT WE KNOW OUR KIDS CAN GET BETTER. WE MAY NOT HIT THAT 20% GOAL, BUT THAT'S OUR GOAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO. SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT RIGHT THERE ON THAT. AND I, AND I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT AND RESPECT IT. AND WHAT I WANTED TO HONOR WAS THE WORK THAT THAT DISTRICT ADVISORY TEAM DID. AND WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEM BACK IN TIME FOR THIS BOARD MEETING TO CHANGE THOSE BENCHMARKS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IS WORK WITH EVERY CAMPUS TO CHANGE THEIRS, TO HAVE A GOAL THAT IS MORE ASPIRATION AND, AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS MEETING IT BEYOND, WAY BEYOND THAT, THAT 5%, WE ALL KNOW OUR KIDS CAN GROW EASILY 5%. WE NEED TO RAISE THE BAR. AND I AGREE, IT NEEDS TO BE MUCH HIGHER IF WE WANT OUR, OUR CAMPUSES TO BE PERFORMING. UM, WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN OUR KIDS THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO BETTER THAN 5%. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST UNACCEPTABLE TO, TO BELIEVE IN. AND, AND I'M NOT, UM, I'M STILL HONORING AND RESPECTING THE WORK FOR THAT DISTRICT ADVISORY TEAM. WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT IS FACILITATED BY LEADERSHIP. AND SO IT'S NOT THE TEAM. THEY WORKED HARD ON THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. UM, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THAT TEAM AGAIN AS WE THINK ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S, UH, DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. BUT I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO EMBARK ON IN THE SPRING. UM, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO DIG DEEP INTO WHAT OUR DISTRICT NEEDS ARE AS WELL. AND, AND IT WILL HAVE VERY SPECIFIC GOALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, UM, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER WAY THAT THE BOARD CAN EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS THAT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IS GONNA HAVE VERY SPECIFIC BENCHMARKS IN A VARIETY OF AREAS THAT THE COMMUNITY OR STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFY AS PRIORITIES. I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THAT WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THIS WORK IN PLACE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, SHOW ALIGNMENT FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, TO OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, TO ANY SUPPORT PLANS THAT ARE IN PLACE. AND OF COURSE, UH, ALL TIED TO THE STU UH, SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER, OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE PANTOJA? OKAY. UM, SO THIS PLAN HERE, UH, WE VOTE ON IT IF IT'S PASSED. IS IT FOR MORE, ARE WE SUBMITTING THIS? I GUESS WHERE I'M LOST IS, ARE WE SUBMITTING THIS SOMEWHERE OR IS THIS TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE INTERNALLY? SO FROM, FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT, IT MUST BE ADOPTED. AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ADOPTED TODAY, BUT IT MUST BE ADOPTED FROM THERE. IT IS AN ACCOUNTABILITY PLACE. UM, WE TECHNICALLY DO NOT HAVE TO SUBMIT IT UNLESS THERE IS A REQUEST FROM THE AGENCY, BUT WE WILL USE IT AS A GUIDE. UH, WHAT I WANNA DO BACK, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS SIT WITH OUR, OUR TEAMS AND ENSURE THAT HERE'S WHAT WE ADOPTED, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN PUSH FURTHER. SO AS WE'RE BEING ASPIRATIONAL ON OUR GOALS, WHAT MAKES SENSE? SO THEN, OKAY, NEVERMIND. THANK YOU. YOU DID GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. TRUSTEE GUION, GO AHEAD. I MAKE THE MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. TRUSTEE FRANCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SIX. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ONE MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE. NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED [VIII.B. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act to approve a new Human Sexuality Curriculum recommended by School Health Advisory Council (SHAC)] CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT TO APPROVE, TO APPROVE A NEW HUMAN SEXUALITY CURRICULUM RECOMMENDED BY THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE SHAQ. AND IS THAT ALSO GONNA BE YOU, DR. KENTU? WELCOME. THANK YOU. [01:20:33] THANK YOU. BOARD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. HEARING NONE. CALL FOR A MOTION. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF HUMAN SEXUALITY CURRICULUM. VOTED ON BY THE SHAQ TEAM AND APPROVED AS PRESENTED. MOTION MADE BY TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PANTOJA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. IS THAT SIX ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE [VIII.C. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on the Plant Community Donation of Landscaping for Hillcrest Elementary School] HAVE DISCUSSED, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON THE PLANT COMMUNITY DONATION OF LANDSCAPING FOR HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MS. TINA EDGAR. THANK YOU. OKAY, I'M GONNA START OVER. UM, AT THE NOVEMBER 17TH BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD REVIEWED A PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED DONATION FROM PLANT COMMUNITY FOR A NATURAL GARDEN AT HILLCREST ELEMENTARY. THE PROJECT WILL SERVE TO PROVIDE WALKING PATHS AND LEARNING AREAS ON THE CAMPUS, AND WILL BE DEVELOPED OVER A ONE TO TWO YEAR TIMEFRAME. THE PROJECT IS VALUED AT NEARLY FIVE, UM, $50,000, AND WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD THIS EVENING TO ACCEPT THIS GENEROUS DONATION AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT. NOW, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE AGENDA ITEM LANGUAGE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO ANTICIPATED ADDITIONAL COSTS. IF THERE WERE UPON, UH, REVIEWING THE PROJECT, ANY ANTICIPATED COSTS, WE WOULD ASK THAT THAT BE PASSED ALONG TO THE, THE DONOR. UM, AND I WOULD SAY THIS, IN THE EVENT THAT THE DISTRICT DID HAVE TO PICK UP THOSE COSTS AT THAT POINT, WE COULD JUST DECLINE. YEAH, I, I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT EVEN BEING IN HERE, THAT ANY COSTS FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS NOT COVERED BY THE DONATION WOULD BE ALLOCATED FROM D-V-I-S-D. UM, I KNOW THAT YOU SAID WE COULD DECLINE IT, BUT THIS IS SAYING WE WOULD DO THIS. IT DOES SAY IT DOES READ THAT WAY. I AGREE WITH YOU. UM, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY, ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. IT'S, IT'S JUST NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY FORESEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD COST THE DISTRICT ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL. IS THIS WORDING REQUIRED? LIKE IT CAN'T, LIKE, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING LIKE, WHAT'S THE POINT IN THE WORDING? WELL, UM, I, I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S REQUIRED, BUT I MEAN, WE COULD RE WE COULD REVIEW IT, UM, AGAIN, PUSH IT INTO THE NEXT MONTH IF WE WANTED TO DO, GO IN THAT ROUTE. YEAH, I GUESS I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE, UM, OH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HEEL, WE NEED IT TO BE FLAT SURFACE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEMOLISH THIS WHOLE HEEL, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA COME OUTTA DISTRICT. I, I DON'T WANT ANY TYPE OF LIKE, COST ASSOCIATED WITH RENOVATIONS LIKE THIS BECAUSE I'VE DONE MY OWN YARD RENOVATIONS AND I CO UNDERSTAND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I, I MANAGE THE BUDGET, SO, YEAH. YES, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. THINK WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED IS THAT THE EXTENT OF ANY TYPE OF, UM, DISTRICT COSTS WOULD BE JUST THE MAINTENANCE LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE ON ANY OTHER GROUNDS. UM, AND I, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER ANY ASSURANCE ON ANYTHING THAT IS ON DISTRICT PROPERTY THAT CAN'T REALLY ANTICIPATE IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF NATURAL DISASTER THAT IMPACTED THAT AREA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT, THAT THE DISTRICT COST WOULD BE JUST THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE, UM, THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED, WHICH WITH THIS, UH, DONATION WAS GOING TO BE MINIMAL BECAUSE THE PLANTS WEREN'T GOING TO REQUIRE MUCH UPKEEP. THAT'S EXACTLY MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL. AND EVEN TO WHAT DR. DREW WAS SAYING, THEY WERE STATING THAT THAT WOULD EVEN BE AFTER TWO YEARS. LIKE WE WOULDN'T EVEN PICK UP THE GROUNDS RESPONSIBILITY TILL AFTER THE TWO YEAR MARK OF THEM COMPLETELY [01:25:02] DOING EVERYTHING AFTER THAT TIME PERIOD. YES. WE WOULD TAKE OVER THE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NATIVE PLANTS, THEY REALLY REQUIRE VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE. IT'S JUST REALLY WEED WHACKING OR MOWING THEM DOWN AND THEN THEY REJUVENATE. 'CAUSE YEAH, I GUESS FOR ME, LIKE THE, THE SITE IMPROVEMENT PART IS LIKE MY CONCERN BECAUSE I KNOW WE WANT THINGS TO BE PRETTY AND I GET THE, THE PLANT FOLKS ARE GONNA DO THEIR THING. BUT WHAT IF THE SCHOOL SAYS, OH, WE WANT THIS NICE BENCH, OR WE WANT THIS, OR WE WANT THAT. THAT'S NOT GONNA BE PART OF THIS. IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT WILL COME TO US SEPARATELY, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND BUDGET FOR AND PRIORITIZE THAT BUDGET. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD? DO I HAVE A MOTION? TRUSTEE PANTOJA MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. TRUSTEE GUION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN TO ZERO. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. NEXT WE [VIII.D. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on Newton Collins Parent Teacher Association Donation of Water Cistern] HAVE DISCUSSED CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON NEWTON COLLINS PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION, DONATION OF WATER CISTERN. AND AGAIN, MS. EDGAR. SO THIS NEXT ITEM RELATES TO THE DONATION OF A WATER CISTERN BY THE NEWTON COLLINS PTA TO COLLECT RAINWATER THAT WILL BE USED TO SUPPLY WATER TO THE GARDENS AT THE CAMPUS. THE SEVEN BY NINE FOOT CISTERN IS MADE FROM GALVANIZED STAINLESS STEEL AND CAN COLLECT 2,500 GALLONS OF WATER. THAT WILL BE TESTED BY THE PTA AS. UM, THE FULL PROPOSAL WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING AND WILL BE INSTALLED ACCORDING TO ENGINEERING GUIDELINES TO ENSURE LONG-TERM STABILITY. THIS PROJECT IS VALUED AT ALMOST $20,000 WITH INSTALLATION BY INNOVATIVE WATER SOLUTIONS OUT OF AUSTIN. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM? YES. UM, CAN WE REQUEST LIKE THE DETAILS IN RETROSPECT TO THE TESTING, WHAT ALL THEY, YOU KNOW, PLAN, HOW ARE THEY PLANNING ON TESTING? IS THIS LIKE A DIPSTICK? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA SPECIFICALLY BE THE PTA? DO THEY HAVE A THIRD PARTY? I AM INTERESTED TO KNOW BECAUSE ANY TYPE OF STANDING WATER, ANYTHING CAN HAVE FUNGUS OR WHATEVER. AND I KNOW THAT PLANS WERE TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY PLANT EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND THEN GIVE THEM TO THE STUDENTS OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM IN THE CAFETERIA OR WHAT HAVE YOU. SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN JUST WANTING TO KNOW LIKE, WHAT ARE THE DETAILS, WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY TESTING? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE GUIDELINE FOR RECLAIMED WATER IS, UM, RECOMMENDED THAT THE, ANY FRUITS OR VEGETABLES BE WASHED BEFORE BEING EATEN. UM, REGARDING, UH, TESTING THE WATER FOR, USUALLY THEY ONLY DO THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRINK THE WATER. UM, BUT WE, WE PROBABLY WOULD WANNA TEST THAT, YOU KNOW, PERIODICALLY AS WELL. UM, BUT IT, IT, IT'S JUST RECLAIMED WATER AND THEY'RE REALLY ADDITIONALLY USING IT FOR WATERING THEIR TREATS. SO IT'S NOT EVEN INITIALLY BEING USED FOR, UM, FOR VEGETABLES. I'M JUST, THE VERBIAGE YOU SAID WAS TESTING BY THE, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW LIKE, WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY, WELL, IT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS NEEDED. YEAH. AND, AND, AND I'M SAYING THAT IF THEY WERE GOING TO USE IT FOR DRINKING WATER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, THAT'S NOT THE PLAN. OKAY. I WAS STILL, I'M JUST INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT IS THE TESTING? THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, TESTING AS NEEDED. SO IF TESTING WAS NEEDED, WHAT IS IN PLACE FOR THE TESTING? WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY TESTING? I'M, I MEAN, IT SAYS THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU STATED. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET MORE DETAILS ON THAT. YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO, BUT SPECIFIC TESTING, GET MORE DETAILS ON THAT, BE DOING ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO LIKE, JUST CHEMICAL TESTING, BUT I CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WRIGHT? I'M SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU, SHE, SHE SAID THAT VERBALLY OR ARE YOU SAYING IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE DOCUMENT? IT SAYS, AND SHE JUST SAID TESTING AS NEEDED BY THE PTA. SO COULD YOU NO, I KNOW, I'M JUST, I'M ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION MYSELF. COULD YOU POINT OUT, OH, WHAT SHE JUST SAID? I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF IT'S SOMEONE IN THE DOCUMENT. MAYBE JUST DESCRIBE A LITTLE FURTHER. OH, I, IT HARD THROUGH, JUMPED ALL AROUND. I WAS, I WAS LOOKING THE PRESENTATION, I THINK WE, WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON THIS ITEM AND IT'S NOT GONNA IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES. I'D RATHER, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND SEEK ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ON THAT, WHAT THE TESTING ENTAILS, BECAUSE I THINK THE CONCERN IS STANDING WATER, [01:30:01] WHAT TYPE OF FUNGUS COULD, COULD GROW. AND WE JUST WANNA KNOW WHERE'S THE ONUS ON THE PTA BECAUSE THAT COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TOO. AND WE WERE SEEKING TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TODAY WITH, WITH NO, UM, SUCCESS. I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST MOVING FORWARD AND COMING BACK WITH THE, WITH THE INFORMATION OR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION IN THE COMING WEEKS SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED. YES SIR. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE TO, I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM TILL NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE? LEDESMA WOODY MAKES A MOTION. THE SECOND IS BY TRUSTEE WRIGHTWOOD. DO I HAVE ALL THOSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THERE WE GO. SEVEN. THE REQUEST IS THAT THAT MOTION THAT IS TABLED TO BRING BACK NEXT MONTH WITH MORE INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO THE TESTING. LET'S SEE, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY [VIII.E. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on Board Resolution and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Services with Integral Care for the FY2024 Juvenile Justice & Truancy Prevention and Intervention Program] ACT ON BOARD RESOLUTION AND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR SERVICES CARE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, JUVENILE JUSTICE AND TRUANCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM. MS. DINA EDGAR. SO THE BOARD RECEIVED INFORMATION, UM, PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING REGARDING A TRUE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION GRANT AWARDED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF 300,500. AND THAT'S FOR THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS GRANT DOES REQUIRE BOARD RESOLUTION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. THE DISTRICT WILL BE PARTNERING WITH INTEGRAL CARE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WITH HOUSING INSECURITIES THAT WILL ULTIMATELY ASSIST WITH TRUANCY INTERVENTION. WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM INTEGRAL CARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. GOOD EVENING, . GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS SARAH VILLE. I AM WORK FOR INTEGRAL CARE. I'VE WORKED, UM, THERE FOR OVER THREE YEARS. I SERVE AS THE TRUANCY PREVENTION SUPERVISOR FOR OUR LITTLE TEAM THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN CONTRACT WITH DELL VALLEY, ISD. SO, UM, AS SHE SAID, THIS IS A GRANT THAT, UH, WE WERE AWARDED, UM, THAT DELL VALLEY ISD APPLIED FOR AND WAS GRANTED IT, THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE, UM, HAVE THIS GRANT WITH WORKING WITH DELL VALLEY. DELL VALLEY ISC. SO WE GOT STARTED, UM, LAST YEAR AND THIS IS OUR SECOND SCHOOL WORKING. UM, SO IT'S A TEAM OF MYSELF AND TWO CASE MANAGERS THAT, UM, WORK WITH MCKINNEY-VENTO, UH, CODED FAMILIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER, UM, OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BEATTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UM, SO FAR WE'VE SERVED, UM, ROUGHLY ABOUT 15 FAMILIES AND SOME SELF ENROLLED, UM, HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OR THE OC UM, WORKING, LIKE I SAID, SPECIFICALLY WITH MCKINNEY BENTO FAMILIES, UM, THAT ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, A RISK OF HOMELESSNESS OR HOUSING INSTABILITY, HOUSING INSECURITY. AND WE'VE PROVIDED, UM, HOUSING SUPPORT, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH MEETING THOSE, THOSE HOUSING NEEDS, FINDING APARTMENTS, UM, JOB ASSISTANCE, UM, WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR OLDER, OLDER STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR JOBS TO BUILD RESUMES TO. UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH FAMILIES TO DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SERVICES. UM, CASE MANAGEMENT, WORKING WITH THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE, UM, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED, UM, A WHOLE SUPPORT AT, AT A, AT A FAMILY SYSTEM LEVEL, UM, OF JUST THE INDIVIDUAL, THE STUDENT MISSING SCHOOL, THAT IT GOES MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT, THAT OFTEN IT'S, UM, DUE TO SOME FINANCIAL HOUSING, UM, THAT KIND OF INSECURITY. AND ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS, UM, GRANT IS THE VOCA PROGRAM. I THINK THAT'S NEXT. OH, AM I JUMPING AHEAD? 'CAUSE IT'S ALSO INTERVAL HERE. I'M SORRY. OKAY, SO I CAN PAUSE. THAT'S ALMOST, YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BOARD ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I TALK? TRUSTEE LA DESMO WOODY. GREAT, THANK YOU. UM, SO I, I HAVE A CONCERN OF SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID. SO THIS IS A $300,000 GRANT, UM, BUT YOU'RE ONLY SUPPORTING 15 FAMILIES RIGHT NOW, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SERVED FOR, LIKE WITHIN THE LAST SCHOOL, SCHOOL YEAR AND LAST SCHOOL YEAR WAS, SO WE'RE STILL RECEIVING, LIKE, FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, STILL RECEIVING ONGOING REFERRALS, UM, AND NETWORKING WITH THOSE FOUR SCHOOLS. UM, SO THAT WAS THAT BECAUSE OUR PROGRAM STARTED ABOUT MID-YEAR, UM, BECAUSE IT TOOK SOME TIME TO GET THE GRANT APPROVED FOR OUR MOU, WITH MO WITH INTERVAL CARE TO GET ROLLING FOR ALL THE STAFF TO GET ON ONBOARD, ONBOARDED AND EVERYTHING, IT TOOK SOME TIME TIME. SO THAT WAS ABOUT 15 FAMILIES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE. PLUS, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SOME SELF ENROLLED OLDER STUDENTS. AND SO NOW WITH THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE FAMILIES. SO SOME [01:35:01] OF THEM HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM TECHNICALLY AND HAVE EITHER MOVED AWAY OR BECOME, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY MORE STABLE OR, UM, HOUSED MORE SECURELY. AND SO NOW WE'VE KIND OF PHASED SOME OFF AND WE'RE BRINGING IN SOME MORE, SOME DIFFERENT REFERRALS. OKAY. UM, MY NEXT QUESTION OR COMMENT IS, UM, I KNOW THAT TRUANCY AND ATTENDANCE IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR OUR DISTRICT. SO WITH THIS FUNDING, WHAT KIND OF, UM, HOW, WHAT'S THE OUTREACH GONNA LOOK LIKE TO IN ORDER TO HIT MORE, UM, STUDENTS WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AS OPPOSED TO A SMALL NUMBER OF FAMILIES? SO, WELL, THE BIG, THE BIG GOAL OF THIS GRANT SPECIFICALLY IS WORKING WITH MCKINNEY BENTO FAMILY. AND, AND ONE OF THE, UM, RECOGNIZING FACTORS IN, IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE, UM, AT A LIKE, FINANCIAL INSECURE, UM, POSITION. AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT HOW MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE EITHER DOUBLED UP OR THEY'RE, UM, UNHOUSED COMPLETELY, UM, OR JUST FACING, UM, EVICTION OR WHATEVER, ANY TYPE OF INSECURITY WITH THAT. I THINK THAT LOOKING AT IT AS REALIZING THAT IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT COMING TO SCHOOL OR STUDENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MOVING ON OR SKIPPING OR, OR WHATEVER. IT'S, IT'S A BIGGER PICTURE THAN THAT. IT'S A BIGGER, UM, PICTURE THAT PREDOMINANTLY A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES NEED EXTRA SUPPORT NEED. UM, EITHER EMPOWERMENT WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, CONNECTION TO JOBS, CONNECTION TO HOUSING, BECAUSE OUR TRAVIS COUNTY HOUSING SITUATION IS NOT PRETTY. AND SO CONNECTION TO ALL THESE RESOURCES, EVEN IF IT'S HELP APPLYING FOR MEDICAID OR APPLYING FOR, UM, SNAP OR WHATEVER, REALIZING THAT, THAT BY LOOKING AT THE FAMILY SYSTEMS AS A WHOLE, IT WILL HELP MORE STUDENTS BECOME, UM, LIKE SEEING THEIR PARENTS GETTING HELP OR, OR GETTING CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY, GETTING BETTER CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE ARE HELPING TO GET THEM THERE TO PROVIDE THE WHOLE FAMILY UNIT THERE NEEDS TO BE MET SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO, TO ANY SERVICE THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THAT AND REALIZING IT'S BETTER. IT'S, IT'S GREATER THAN JUST GETTING THEM TO SCHOOL AND, AND CONVINCING THEM THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE GIVE 'EM AN INCENTIVE TO COME, THAT THEY'LL COME TO SCHOOL AND THAT THEY'LL GRADUATE. BUT A, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT. THE, THE BIGGER PICTURE IS A LOT MORE, UM, THE, THE FAMILY USUALLY NEEDS A LOT MORE SUPPORT THAN JUST GETTING THE STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. OKAY. UM, YOU, YOU SAID A LOT, BUT I DON'T THINK MY ACTUAL QUESTION WAS ANSWERED ABOUT THE HOW ARE WE GOING TO REACH MORE STUDENTS WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY? DO WE PLAN ON IT OR ARE YOU JUST GONNA STRICTLY FOCUS TO THAT PARTICULAR MCKINLEY BENTO? SO YEAH, THIS GRANT IS SPECIFICALLY, UM, FUNDED TO WORK WITH KIN BENTO FAMILIES, BUT I MEAN, TO BE, I CAN'T, I KNOW LYDIA HAS THE NUMBERS, BUT THE AMOUNT OF FAMILIES AT, UM, OJEDA BEATTY, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND OC THAT ARE MCKINNEY-VENTO IS VERY BIG. YEAH. THE MA I MEAN, I KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S, FOR ME, I'M STILL LISTENING TO 13, BUT WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S, WHAT IS YOUR PROJECTION ON LIKE, OKAY, WE HAVE 13 NOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA WITH THIS FUNDING, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO REACH 120 300 FAMILIES. WHAT'S THAT NUMBER LOOK LIKE? AND IS THAT DIRECT ASSISTANCE? LIKE IS THIS FUNDING GONNA BE DIRECTLY ASSISTING THEM FINANCIALLY? MM-HMM . OKAY. LIKE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. I APOLOGIZE. I, I PERSONALLY DO NOT KNOW THE, LIKE, THE BIG TOTAL NUMBER. I THINK THAT THE BIG GOAL, AND I THINK THAT DELL VALLEY THE, WE'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THOSE NUMBERS. 'CAUSE I, MYSELF, INTEGRAL CARE EMPLOYEE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF, UM, THE BIGGER INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU. BUT I THINK THAT, UM, PART OF THIS GRANT, A BIG PART OF THE GRANT BESIDES, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO, UM, EMPLOY THE THREE OF US FROM INTERVAL CARE AND, AND HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS, A LOT OF OUR FUNDING GOES TO CLIENT FOCUSED, UM, SERVICES OR FUNDING SPECIFICALLY, WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER IT'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT'S FOOD SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S UTILITIES, TRANS, UM, CAR REPAIRS, ALL OF THAT KINDA STUFF. SO IT'S A, A BIG PART OF OUR FUNDING THAT WE DO HAVE GOES DIRECTLY TO THOSE CLIENT COSTS, THOSE DIRECT COSTS THAT WE CAN HELP, UM, REPAY RENT OR REPAY, UM, GETTING THEM CONNECTED TO THOSE CAR REPAIRS OR GETTING THEM CONNECTED TO FOOD, UM, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT, MAYBE THE NO, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. I THINK MY, MY BIGGEST THING IS I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GET THESE GRANTS THAT WE'RE IN THOSE SERVICES, OUR KIDS BENEFITING THEM AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE. YEAH. UM, AND SO LIKE I I, I'M SORRY, BUT I'M STILL STUCK ON THE 13 AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. SO MONEY FOR JUST 13 KIDS, THAT'S 13 FAMILIES. IT'S NOT ONLY JUST 13 FAMILIES. YEP. THESE FAMILIES ARE WITH OTHER STUDENTS. MM-HMM . AS INVOLVED. SO THEY DO WORK INTENSIVELY WITH THE FAMILY. [01:40:01] SO IT'S NOT ONLY JUST THE STUDENTS, THEY DO INTAKES WITH THE STUDENTS AND THEY ALSO DO INTAKES PARTICULARLY WITH THE PARENT TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. MM-HMM. AND SO SOMETIMES THOSE INTENSIVE, UH, TYPES OF MEETINGS DO TAKE LONGER THAN USUAL, SO THEY'RE WORKING INDIVIDUALLY WITH THOSE FAMILIES. MM-HMM. LIKE WE HAVE A FAMILY WHO WAS CURRENTLY, UM, IN A SITUATION WHERE SHE GOT SENT TO ROCKDALE AND SHE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP HER KIDS HERE IN DELL VALLEY, WHICH THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. SO WE'RE ASSISTING THEM WITH GETTING THEM CONNECTED AND FILLING OUT LIKE, EXTENSIVE APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING SUPPORT. UM, BUT THEY DO, UM, WE, WE, WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS AS, ESPECIALLY AT THOSE SPECIFIC CAMPUSES TO TRY TO GET THOSE STUDENTS CONNECTED TO THOSE SERVICES. UM, AT ONE POINT WE HAD EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY COULD HOLD ACTUALLY WORK WITH BECAUSE THEY'RE SO INTENSE, UM, TYPE OF SCENARIOS WITH THESE FAMILIES. UM, WE GET ANYTHING FROM GETTING 'EM CONNECTED TO TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMITTEE, MAKING SURE WE HAD, UM, A PARENT COME AND, UH, INTEGRAL CARE WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH EXTRA CLOTHING FOR, UH, A JOB INTERVIEW AND THEY KIND OF COACHED HER HOW TO DO HER JOB INTERVIEW RESUME. SO THEY'RE VERY DETAILED, UM, ONLY BECAUSE ALSO WITH, WITH MCKENNEY BENTO IN TRUANCY, YOU KNOW, THE STATE DOES NOT ALLOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS TRUANCY COURT FILING. SO THIS IS KIND OF MORE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO TRY TO ASSIST FAMILIES THAT ARE INTENSIVE AND WE HOPE TO GET MORE NUMBERS OUT THERE. UM, AND WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO LET YOU KNOW THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. TRUSTEE FRANCO. YEAH, JUST, UM, SO JUST FOR MY OWN CLARIFICATION, SO YOU'RE ASKING US TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE $300,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE? YES, SIR. AND THEN HOW MUCH OF THAT, SO AT, AT THE END HERE, I THINK THIS MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AT THE END, THERE'S A BUDGET FOR WHAT THIS PROGRAM COSTS, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 284,000. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST OF THIS GRANT IS GOING TO PAY THE, TO PAY THOSE, THAT STAFF MM-HMM . WITH A DELTA OF ABOUT 16,000 THAT IS USED FOR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, I WOULD IMAGINE. YEAH. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE INDIRECT COSTS WITHIN THEIR BUDGET, RIGHT? YEAH. IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO GET THAT SUPPORT FOR, UM, LIKE AN EVICTION TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE TO PUT DOWN LIKE, SAY, $600 MORE THAN THEY MIGHT NEED FOR YOUR INDIRECT COST OF ABOUT 10%. RIGHT. SO MOST OF, MOST OF THE FUNDS HERE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE WOODY, MOST OF THE FUNDS YOU'RE GOING TO TO, UH, PAY THE, PAY THE COST OF STAFF. AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE DOLLARS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF INTENT SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS. IT'S A, IT'S A WRAPAROUND SERVICE AND IT, IT'S BEYOND WRAPAROUND BY HELPING OUR PARENTS SECURE HOUSING, SECURE, UM, WORK, UH, TO RESOURCES, UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, AND, AND THE WORK INVOLVED IN BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS IS PRETTY INTENSE. AND WITHOUT THIS FUNDING, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THESE STAFF MEMBERS AVAILABLE TO HELP SOME OF OUR MOST, UM, FRAGILE STUDENTS. IF I CAN JUST ASK ONE MORE CLARIFYING QUESTION. DID, DID Y'ALL WITH YOU FOLKS FROM IN FROM INTEGRAL CARE, EXCUSE ME, DID Y'ALL IDENTIFY THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY AND BRING IT TO THE DISTRICT OR WHO DID THAT? NO. UM, EVERY YEAR WE GET WITH A CAP COG AND THEY RELEASE, UM, THIS, I THINK THE YEARS PASSED THIS DISTRICT HAD APPLIED, THIS WOULD BE OUR SECOND YEAR WITH IT. AFTER THE THIRD YEAR, I DON'T THINK I'M ALLOWED TO APPLY. I WOULD HAVE TO APPLY WITH ANOTHER TYPE OF TRUANCY PREVENTION TYPE OF PROGRAM. GOTCHA. WELL, REGARDLESS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT FOR APPLYING. THIS IS, THESE FUNDS ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR KIDS. I AGREE. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WRIGHT HAYWOOD, PLEASE. UM, SO I, I, I KNOW I HEARD YOU SAY THAT Y'ALL WORK, UM, WITH FOUR OF OUR SCHOOLS CURRENTLY IN THE DISTRICT. SO MY QUESTION WAS WHAT DEPICTS LIKE WHAT SCHOOLS AND THEN IF WE HAD LIKE AN EXCESSIVE NEED AT ANY OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS, DO Y'ALL HAVE LIKE THE BANDWIDTH TO COVER A FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN EXCESSIVE OR ARE Y'ALL JUST AT THESE SPECIFIC SCHOOLS? WE PROVIDE MCKENNEY VENTO SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE DISTRICT, BUT WITH THIS GRANT PARTICULARLY, WE CHOSE BEATTY, ODA, DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN DELL VALLEY OPPORTUNITY CENTER BECAUSE THEY'RE OUR HIGHEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS. AND THEN ALSO, UM, ESPECIALLY BEATTY AND OA, THEY HAVE THE SAFE SHELTER RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. SO THEY'RE, UM, OUR NUMBERS ARE VERY HIGH IN THOSE AREAS. SO, UM, WITHIN THAT WE FIGURED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE GRANT, WE FIGURED THAT WE WOULD BASE IT ON THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH AND ALL ACCOMPANIED STUDENTS, AND THEN ALSO OC, UM, AND THEN GETTING THAT EXTRA SUPPORT FOR THE SAFE, UM, SHELTER STUDENTS AT BEATTY AND OJEDA. SO LIKE, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME, UH, NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, UM, WHERE THE DISTRICT IS SITTING AT 272, UM, HOMELESS, UM, DISPLAY STUDENTS, UM, AND RIGHT NOW, UM, DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, UM, HAS ABOUT 87. BEATTY HAS ABOUT 36, NO HAS 39 AND DELL VALLEY 30. UM, SO WITH THAT 192 [01:45:01] OF THOSE STUDENTS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT WITHIN THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES, UM, DO ENCOMPASS THAT PROGRAM. SO I KNOW THIS MAY BE FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT, UM, KNOWING THESE NUMBERS AND KNOWING THAT OUTSIDE OF WHO WE ARE CURRENTLY SERVICING AND HAVING OTHER SCHOOLS OBVIOUSLY THAT HAVE A NEED, ARE WE LIKE SENDING THESE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES OUTSIDE OF YOU GUYS' CARE FOR OTHER CARES? THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES IN PLACE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S EQUITY AMONG THE DISTRICT AND THAT WE'RE ASSISTING ALL OF OUR FAMILIES EQUALLY ACROSS THE BOARD INSTEAD OF FOUR SCHOOLS. I MEAN, I GET THAT THESE SCHOOLS ARE HIGH PRIORITY AS IN THE NUMBERS AND THE AMOUNT, BUT IF WE HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL NEXT DOOR AND WHETHER IT'S ONE FAMILY AND WE'RE HELPING 10 OVER HERE, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THAT ONE FAMILY ALSO? YES. YES. UM, CURRENTLY, UM, WE DO HAVE OUR, UH, JUST DEGREE ENGAGEMENT STAFF THAT SUPPORTS ALL THE CAMPUSES WITH MCKENNEY, MCKINNEY-VENTO FAMILIES, AND ALSO OUR PARENT COMMITTEE LIAISONS HAVE ALL BEEN TRAINED IN MCKINNEY-VENTO TO SUPPORT THOSE EXTRA RESOURCES. WE DO, UM, WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR FOOD BANKS. UM, IF THE SITUATION WERE TO ARISE THAT IT WASN'T A PART OF THAT, WE WOULD DEFINITELY CASE MANAGE AND TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. BUT USUALLY WE KNOW WHEN THOSE, UM, THOSE, UH, FAMILIES DO GET FUNNELED BY OUR DEPARTMENT. UM, AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO ASSIST THOSE EXTRA RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED. EVERY FAMILY THAT HAS ME, WE VISIT WITH THOSE FAMILIES, WE LOOK AT AN INTAKE, WE ASK WHAT THEIR HOUSING, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS ARE, WHAT ARE, UH, OTHER EXTRA NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE. AND SO WE ADDRESS THOSE WITH EACH FAMILY THAT WE GET. I PERSONALLY GET EVERY MCKENNEY BENTO FAMILY AND I DO AN INTAKE WITH THEM. AND THEN IF THEIR FAMILIES ARE NEEDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, I DO VENTURE ON WITH THE OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, PARENT COMMITTEE LIAISONS ALSO DO SUPPORT BY IDENTIFYING AND HELPING ME WITH FAMILIES. SOMETIMES THESE FAMILIES ARE UNDER, UNDER IDENTIFIED, SO WE DO, UM, THEY DO PROVIDE THAT EXTRA SUPPORT AND DO CONNECT WITH ME AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, I HAD THIS MEETING, THIS PARENT MENTIONED THIS, AND SO I AUTOMATICALLY CONNECT WITH THOSE FAMILIES. WE ALSO HAVE A, A, A WAY OF, UM, STAFF SUBMITTING FORMS TO, UM, MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, ANONYMOUSLY OR HOWEVER THEY WANT, AND JUST TO LET US KNOW INFORMATION ON CERTAIN STUDENTS. AND WE THOSE MA'AM, THANK YOU BOARD. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ANY ADDITIONAL DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR? I'LL MOVE EIGHT E I'LL MOVE. TRUSTEE FRANCO MADE THE MOTION SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PANTOJA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK YOU LADIES FOR THAT VERY DETAILED CONVERSATION. NEXT WE HAVE [VIII.F. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on a Board Resolution and Memorandum of Understanding for Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Support Services] DISCUSSED CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON A BOARD RESOLUTION AND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT, VOCA SUPPORT SERVICES. THE DISTRICT WAS AWARDED ANOTHER GRANT FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF 324,000. THAT ALSO REQUIRES A BOARD RESOLUTION. THE DISTRICT INTENDS TO PARTNER WITH INTEGRAL CARE ON THIS ENDEAVOR AS WELL. AND THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. LADIES, GOOD EVENING. DR. GUTIEREZ, BOARD MEMBERS, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR VOCA SERVICES. THESE SERVICES, UH, IMPACT FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA OR HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE. WE ARE IDENTIFYING FAMILIES IN ALL OUR SCHOOL, UH, IN ALL OUR SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE STUDENTS, EXCUSE ME, TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THEIR SPECIFIC NEED FOR A THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION IS, IS GEARED TOWARDS, UH, HEALING FROM, FROM A TRAUMA EVENT. AND SO WE HAVE THERAPISTS IN ALL OUR SCHOOL SETTINGS AND OUR INTEGRAL CARE THERAPIST, SPECIFIC TO VOCA IS GOING TO INCREASE ACCESS FOR OUR, UM, UH, TEACHERS AS WELL AS ACCESS TO DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL. UH, DURING OUR INTAKE PROCESS WHEN WE OBTAINED, UM, REFERRALS FROM WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COUNSELING OR SOCIAL WORK TEAMS OR TEACHERS OR SELF-REFERRAL FAMILIES, UM, THE ADDED BENEFIT FOR THE VCA PIECE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT TOOL SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THIS SPECIFIC, UM, UH, INTERVENTION FOR TRAUMA TREATMENT IS NEEDED. SO IN AT THIS TIME, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS WHEN WE DO THAT INTAKE, WE'RE ADDING A NEW ASSESSMENT SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO VOCA. THANK YOU BOARD. ARE THERE ANY [01:50:01] OTHER COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? I HAD A QUESTION. THE ASSESSMENT TOOL, IS THIS JUST LIKE, LIKE WHAT EXACTLY IS IT COMPUTERIZED? IS IT SOMETHING FOR THE FAMILY, LIKE THE PARENT? IS IT A QUESTIONNAIRE? LIKE WHAT EXACTLY? THE ASSESS ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT. SO IT'S CALLED A CAT'S A CHILD AND ADOLESCENT TRAUMA SCREENER. WE ACTUALLY USE IT FOR EVERYONE THAT WE SEE WHEN WE PUT THEM. WE GET THEM INTO SERVICES, IT'S PART OF OUR INTAKE PROCESS. AND THEN IT SORT OF GIVES US AN A LITTLE BIT OF A ALERT, LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH A KID OR A FAMILY ABOUT. UM, AND IN SOME CASES IT HELPS US ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF HAVING AN IDEA OF THE HISTORY OF TRAUMA AND IF WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES, SO WHAT THEY'RE IN SERVICES WITH US REGARDLESS. BUT THEN IT HELPS US FIGURE OUT, OKAY, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PIECE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE SOME OF THESE KIDS AND FAMILIES, UM, AND HELP THEM QUALIFY POTENTIALLY FOR THIS FOCA PROGRAM. UM, I WILL SAY ONE THING THAT'S BEEN REALLY NICE, UM, MY, MY NAME IS . I GOT EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT FOCA, BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN, UH, WITH INTEGRAL CARE FOR SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS. I WAS A BASED THERAPIST FOR FIVE YEARS AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE AS A PROGRAM MANAGER AT VALLEY FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO ALSO SUPPORT PARENTS AND STAFF. UM, WE HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL LINK WHERE THEY CAN SELF REFER. UM, SO THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, ANY TELLING OF YOUR STORY. IT'S SIMPLY JUST SELF REFERRING. AND THEN THAT GETS, UM, ESSENTIALLY CHANNELED TO THE ADULT THERAPISTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 32 ADULTS IN SERVICES, SIX OF FAMILIES AND STAFF WITHIN DELL VALLEY, AND WE HAVE 17 INDIVIDUALS ON THE INQUIRY LIST. SO BEING ABLE TO ADD A SECOND THERAPIST WITH THESE FUNDS HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL. IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL BECAUSE NOW WE CAN SERVE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN ON THIS INQUIRY LIST WAITING FOR SERVICES. UM, AND, AND LIKE VICKI MENTIONED, ADDITIONAL PIECE OF THIS IS WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE ABLE TO SERVE INQUIRY LISTS AT ODEN AND DEL VALLEY HIGH, WHERE WE JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE NEED. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY FAMILIES AND KIDS HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT, AND SO IT'LL BE WONDERFUL TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL THERAPIST TO BE ABLE TO SEE KIDS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON AN INQUIRY LIST. SO I HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT, UM, YOU SAID THAT WE ALREADY PROVIDE A, A LINK FOR THE EMPLOYEES WEBSITES AND TEACHING STAFF, UM, TO ACCESS INTEGRAL CARE. WE CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE THAT AND WE HAVE A THERAPIST ALREADY CURRENTLY. SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND ONE, CORRECT? MM-HMM . AND HOW MANY DO WE HAVE FOR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW? HOW MANY THERAPIST THERAPIST DO WE HAVE? OH, ONE THERAPIST AT EVERY CAMP. ONE THERAPIST AT, EXCEPT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE THREE. YES. AND SO THIS, UM, OVERFLOW WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT 'CAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS WITH THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL AND JUST THE NATURE OF THE NEED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. OKAY. AND WE PAY FOR THE, THE STAFF ONE AS WELL RIGHT NOW. SO THE, THE DISTRICT DOES PAY FOR PART OF, UM, WE HAVE THREE GRANT MOUS. SO ONE OF THEM IS A WAIVER PROJECT THAT, UH, WE DO NOT PAY ANY FUNDS TOWARDS ANOTHER ONE. WE HAVE SIGNED AN MOU THAT HAS $400,000 THAT WE PAY FOR. AND THIS ONE A GRANT IS 300 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS. UH, LAST YEAR THE DISTRICT PAID ABOUT CLOSE TO $800,000 IN SERVICES. SO WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT ALMOST BY HALF BY BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING. AND HOW MUCH OF THAT, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS MINIMIZE MAXIMIZE SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS, UH, NOT WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM WHAT WE ALREADY PROVIDE FOR OUR STAFF. I MEAN, I, WE, I GET THAT WE, WE NEED THAT, BUT I WANT TO TRY, FOR ME, IT'S MORE ABOUT MAXIMIZING THESE SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE WAY MORE STUDENTS THAN WE DO HAVE STAFF. AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GOING ON AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS. THOSE, THOSE ARE OUR TOP PRIORITY, RIGHT? YES. UM, SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE GOING, HOW MUCH FUNDING ARE WE DOING FOR STAFF AND ADULTS VERSUS HOW MUCH IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM STUDENTS? UM, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND IS THERE EVEN RATIO OF THERAPIST TO STUDENTS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THERAPIST TO OUR STAFF? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, THOSE NUMBERS? SO IF I COULD BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT ALSO, UM, OUR DISTRICT ALSO HAS LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND LICENSED MASTER LEVEL SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ALSO, UM, ARE IDENTIFIED AS THERAPISTS. OUR INTEGRAL CARE THERAPISTS HELP TO SUPPORT OUR HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENTS AND OUR, UH, SOCIAL WORKERS HELP TO SUPPORT OUR TIER TWO STUDENTS, UM, WITH THERAPEUTIC SERVICES. SO AS WE BREAK DOWN THE NUMBERS HERE, REALLY THIS GRANT IS ONLY U UH, UTILIZING ROUGHLY WHAT, 30 TO 40, UM, ADULTS VERSUS OVER 300 STUDENTS. SO THE RATIO IS, IS VERY LOW. I MEAN, IT'S HIGHER FOR OUR, FOR, WE DO PRIORITIZE [01:55:01] OUR STUDENTS. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. BOARD. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT DELL VALLEY IS REALLY A UNIQUE PLACE TO HAVE THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING, UNLIKE ANYWHERE ELSE I'VE BEEN. AND I KNOW PEOPLE WHO'VE COME INTO THE DISTRICT SAY THE SAME. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR STAFF MEMBERS TOO, WHO EXPERIENCE THIS TRAUMA, UM, JUST REALLY SPEAKS VOLUME TO THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT IN, IN OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS. AND, AND WE SHOULD REALLY BE PROUD OF, OF THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE BY WILL, BY WAY OF THESE THERAPISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS. UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO, TO SEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE BROADCASTING THAT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE THESE SERVICES FOR STAFF. 'CAUSE I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW VERY MANY DISTRICTS THAT PROVIDE THAT. THEY MIGHT BE, BUT I DON'T KNOW OF THEM. I AGREE. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION PLEASE FOR THIS BOARD RESOLUTION AND MOU FOR VOCA. TRUSTEE PANTOJA. SECOND. SECOND. TRUSTEE GUION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS. SEVEN ZERO. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS. APPRECIATE THAT. SEE, AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE'VE GOT TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND [VIII.G. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on Tax Anticipation Note] POSSIBLY ACT ON TAX ANTICIPATION. MS. DINA EDGAR, THIS EVENING WE'RE BRINGING, UM, FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE IN ANTICIPATION OF TAX COLLECTION ACTIVITY AT THE END OF DECEMBER. WE HAVE BART FOWLER, OUR DISTRICT BOND COUNCIL HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND WE ARE REQUESTING ACTION THIS EVENING TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY OF CASH FLOW IF, IF IT SHOULD BE NEEDED. THANK YOU. IT'S, UH, GOOD TO BE HERE TONIGHT. AND FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BART FOWLING MCCALL PARKER HORTON. I'VE BEEN SERVING THE DISTRICT BOND COUNSEL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. AND, UH, MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE. THERE ARE A FEW NEW FACES. UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE, UH, THE NOTE TONIGHT. UH, BUT JUST TO KEEP IT FAIRLY BRIEF, THIS IS A VERY SHORT TERM NOTE THAT'S GONNA BE PAID OFF NEXT FEBRUARY ONCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR TAX COLLECTIONS. JUST, JUST TO GET YOU, UH, MORE OR LESS TO CREATE A BRIDGE BETWEEN NOW AND THAT TIME TO, UH, PROVIDE INSURANCE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT YOU NEED, UH, TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES AND, UH, THAT YOU NEED AND TO PAY ALL YOUR BILLS STILL DOWN JUST A LITTLE. PLEASE. YES, I'M, I'M SORRY FOR THOSE THAT ARE FOLLOWING ONLINE, I CAN FOLLOW ALONG, BUT SLOW DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. UH, BUT THIS IS A SHORT TERM NOTE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE PAID OFF VERY QUICKLY. IT'S NOT THE LONG TERM DEBT THAT YOU TYPICALLY ISSUE, UH, NORMALLY GOES ON A NUMBER OF YEARS, A LOT OF MATURITIES EACH EACH YEAR. PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS EACH YEAR, SEMIAL INTEREST PAYMENTS. THIS ONE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS JUST ONE TERM. ONE NOTE WITH A PRINCE, UH, PAYMENT DUE, UH, FEBRUARY 11TH, I BELIEVE, UH, OF NEXT YEAR, UH, IN THE FULL $10 MILLION AMOUNT, PLUS THE INTEREST THAT WILL ACCRUE, UH, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. THE INTEREST PAYMENT, UH, INTEREST RATE IS 5.28%. UM, SO IT IS FAIRLY HIGH COMPARED TO SOME OF YOUR LONGER TERM DEBT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE SHORT TERM NATURE OF THIS. UH, THIS NOTE, UM, AND ALSO THIS IS A TAXABLE NOTE. IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TAX EXEMPT FINANCING. TYPICALLY YOU WOULD DO TAX EXEMPT FINANCING FOR YOUR, UH, OBLIGATIONS. IN THIS CASE, IT DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR THAT. SO IT IS A TAXABLE NOTE AND THAT THERE'S ALSO INTEREST RATE PREMIUM ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH THAT. UH, THERE ARE SITUATIONS YOU CAN DO A SHORT TERM NOTE ON THE TAX EXEMPT BASIS. UH, BUT THE WAY THIS ONE IS STRUCTURED FOR YOU AND WHAT YOU TO MEET YOUR NEEDS, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TO DO THAT IN THIS, IN THIS INSTANCE. UH, THE, UH, ACTION TONIGHT, UH, IS TO APPROVE THE NOTE ITSELF. THE ANTICIPATED CLOSING DATE IS THIS FRIDAY, SO YOU'LL GET THE MONEY VERY QUICKLY. UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'LL NEED TO GET SIGNATURE, UH, SIGNATURES TONIGHT FROM THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY. SO I'LL BE PESTERING YOU AFTER THE MEETING TO, UH, TO GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN PLACE SO WE CAN GET THIS DONE QUICKLY FOR YOU. THAT'S A FAIRLY BRIEF OVERVIEW. HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, GET INTO THIS IN MORE DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE. UH, BUT I'LL STOP THERE JUST TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING SPECIFIC BOARD. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? TRUSTEE FRANCO? YEAH, FROM, EXCUSE ME, FROM MY OWN EDIFICATION. REMIND ME WHY, OR CAN YOU JUST, UH, EXPLAIN TO US WHY IT IS THAT WE'RE HAVING, WHAT'S THE DELAY IN, IN PAYMENT FROM OUR, FROM OUR TAXES TO, DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO, OR WHAT'S THE OFFSET THERE? SURE. I, I BELIEVE YOU'RE JUST WAITING FOR TAXES TO COME IN. THERE ARE SOME BILLS AS I UNDERSTAND IT, BETWEEN NOW AND END OF DECEMBER, 1ST OF JANUARY WHEN MOST OF YOUR TAX RECEIPTS WOULD BE COMING IN. AND I APOLOGIZE. CAN, CAN YOU SLOW DOWN JUST A TA? YES. I YOU ARE SPEAKING THE, UH, THERE ARE SOME, UH, I THINK BILLS THAT ARE COMING DUE, SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE PAID BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME YOUR TAX COLLECTIONS WOULD, WOULD COME IN AND WHILE YOU HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE, UH, TO SOME EXTENT THERE'S A, A POSSIBILITY THAT THE MONEY MAY NOT BE THERE TO MAKE, TO MEET ALL YOUR, UH, PAY ALL YOUR EXPENSES. AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE MONEY IN YOUR GENERAL FUND, ALTHOUGH IT'S IN, UH, TIED UP IN, UH, SOME INVESTMENTS THAT AREN'T LIQUID AT THE MOMENT. [02:00:01] SO WHILE THEY BECOME LIQUID SOMETIME FAIRLY SOON, YOU MAY WANNA GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM, ALSO IN DECEMBER WE DO BACK-TO-BACK PAYROLLS. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A DOUBLE PAYROLL AND IT HAPPENS BEFORE WE GO ON BREAK. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE GETTING TAX COLLECTIONS ROLLING IN UNTIL AFTER THAT. AND SO THIS WOULD BE JUST LIKE HE SAID, A BRIDGE TO BRIDGE THE GAP SO THAT WE CAN HIT THAT, UM, THAT PAYROLL. NOW, I WILL SAY THAT ONCE TAX COLLECTIONS DO START ROLLING IN, WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS INVEST THAT ALL OF THAT MONEY INTO A TEXT POOL PRIME, WHICH EARNS 4.79%. SO REALLY THE, THE COST OF THE DISTRICT WILL BE THE DELTA BETWEEN THE 5.28 AND THE 4.79. SO IT'LL BE A VERY LOW COST TO THE DISTRICT AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY. GOTCHA. AND THEN THE ONLY, ONLY OTHER FOLLOW ON QUESTION, I BELIEVE FOR MR. FOWLER WAS YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEING TAXABLE AND THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY FOR US TO GET OUT SOME NON-TAXABLE UM, DOLLARS, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A POSSIBILITY. FOR SOME REASON, IT'S, IT IS VERY LIMITED AND YOU'RE WITH, WITH THE $10 MILLION ISSUANCE, THAT'S TOO HIGH, ESSENTIALLY IS, IS THE SHORT ANSWER. IF YOU WERE GONNA ISSUE SOMETHING LESS, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT LESS, I THINK IN THE MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR RANGE, UH, IT COULD POSSIBLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR TAXES EXEMPT FINANCING. BUT BECAUSE THIS IS FOR ESSENTIALLY WORKING CAPITAL, AND THAT'S GENERALLY FROWNED UPON BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY WANT IT TO BE FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. UH, AND, UH, IT'S A HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNT THAN THEY WOULD TYPICALLY ALLOW. UH, IT DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR TAXES AND FINANCING. GOTCHA. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IF I MIGHT ADD, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS IN THE HISTORY THAT I'VE BEEN, BEEN ON THE BOARD, AND SO WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THIS AS A POSSIBILITY BY OUR FORMER CFO BACK IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WE'RE NOT UNAWARE THAT THIS WAS COMING, BUT ALSO GOING FORWARD, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY WON'T BE DOING. I UNDERSTAND. I, I, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. I WILL SAY THIS TIME OF YEAR, MY FIRM, WE GET THESE REQUESTS FAIRLY, UH, IT'S, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S FAIRLY COMMON, BUT IT, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON THAT WE GET THESE TYPES, TYPES OF REQUESTS AT THE END OF A CALENDAR YEAR WHEN PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR THEIR TAXES TO COME IN. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE THAT'S CURRENTLY CONSIDERING ONE OF THESE. UH, SO IT'S, UH, WHILE IT, IT IS RARE, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TOO OFTEN AND HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T BE IN THIS SITUATION AGAIN. UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL IN THE, IN THE LEASE. THANK YOU TRUSTEE ESMA WOODY, I HAVE, UM, ARE WE GOING TO BE GETTING AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT GOT US INTO THIS POSITION TO TRUSTEE WAGNER'S A COMMENT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE EVER REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THIS, AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T DO THIS AGAIN, BUT WHAT GOT US HERE, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE DID PASS A BUDGET THAT DEFICIT, BUT WHAT ARE THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT GOT US HERE? SO ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IS THAT WE HAVE OVER $9 TIED UP IN LONG TERM INVESTMENTS THAT ARE NOT LIQUID AND WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. IF WE HAD THAT ACCESS TO, TO THOSE LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS, AND I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT LIQUIDATING, BUT THIS WAS A BETTER OPTION, UM, WE WOULD BE FINE. AND THAT'S FINE. THAT'S, THAT'S WE CAN FIND MONEY. I'M HEARING THAT WE CAN FIND MONEY SOMEWHERE, BUT WHAT GOT US TO POINT TO WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT GOING INTO THESE INVESTMENTS AND LOOKING INTO FINDING SOME MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS STUFF? WELL, THE WAY WE GET PAID, UM, FROM THE STATE MAJORITY OF, I MEAN THE MAJORITY, AND I WANNA SAY PROBABLY MORE THAN 80% OF OUR REVENUE IS, COMES FROM TAX COLLECTIONS. UM, SO IT IS A TIMING ISSUE. UH, VERY LITTLE OF OUR, OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM STATE AID. SO WE GET ONE PAYMENT IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS PROBABLY AROUND 8 MILLION. OUR PAYROLL IS MORE THAN THAT. SO WE HAVE TO GO FROM SEPTEMBER ALL THE WAY THROUGH DECEMBER, RELYING ON FUND BALANCE TO, TO GET US THROUGH AND THEN COME DECEMBER WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR TAX COLLECTIONS. SO I'M GONNA INTERRUPT. SO YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE PAYROLL IS SO HIGH, WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE OR WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH REVENUE FROM TAX FOR PROPERTY TAXES TO PAY OUR PAYROLL CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GO, THERE'S FOR THE DOUBLE PAYMENT. SO THERE'S A RISK THAT WE COULD DIP BELOW AND, AND, AND NOT HIT A PAYROLL. WE'RE NOT WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK. UM, BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE, YOU KNOW, TAX COLLECTIONS COMING IN. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OVERSPENDING, UM, IN ANY AREA TO WHERE WE HAVE TO GO LOOK FOR THESE THINGS. AND IF WE ARE, I NEED SOMEBODY TO TELL US WHERE WE'RE OVERSPENDING SO WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT IN OUR NEXT UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE AND MAYBE NOT DO SO SO MUCH SPENDING IN CERTAIN AREAS OR RIGHT. WE'RE ON TRACK RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS SPENDING, IT'S MORE OF A CASH ISSUE BUDGET ISSUE. UM, WE DO RELY. SO FUND BALANCES, [02:05:01] WE RELY ON FUND BALANCE TO GET US THROUGH THESE TIMES, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE THE SIZE THAT WE HAVE. UM, I WILL SAY THAT BECAUSE OF TAX COMPRESSION AND THE WAY THE, THE FORMULAS WORK NOW IT'S, IT'S BECOME MORE OF A STRAIN ON, ON, UM, ON OUR FINANCES. THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS AS WELL IS, UM, WE HAVE ALL THESE GRANTS AND THE GENERAL FUND FUNDS THE GRANT, AND THEN WE SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE GRANT. SO THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL GRANTS OUT THERE. I MEAN MANY. AND SO THE GENERAL FUND IS PAYING FOR ALL THOSE GRANTS. THERE'S PAYROLL ON THOSE GRANTS. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN THOSE GRANTS. AND THAT'S RELYING ON FUND BALANCE TOO. SO THAT'S PUTTING A STRAIN ALSO ON CASH WE GET REIMBURSED. IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT. UM, MAKES SENSE. YEAH. YOU KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. BOARD. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE? TRUSTEE PANTOJA, SECOND TRUSTEE WRIGHT HAYWOOD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN ZERO. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT ITEM [VIII.H. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on Financial Advisory Services Agreement and Board Resolution with Nickel Hayden Advisors LLC] I'M GOING TO DEFER TO DR. MATTHEW GUTIERREZ, OUR NEXT ITEM H TO, TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND POSSIBLY ACT ON THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR SERVICES. AGREE. UM, AND BOARD RESOLUTION WITH NICKEL HAYDEN ADVISORS. LLC. I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE PULL THAT ITEM TO GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, UM, CONSIDERING WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP IN PLACE, A NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. I WOULD LIKE TO, TO PULL THIS ITEM FOR NOW. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM I MOTION, OR DO WE NEED A MOTION TO TABLE IT? IT, YEAH. UH, MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS. THANK YOU. UNTIL NEXT MONTH. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. TRUSTEE LEDESMA. WOODY IS FIRST TRUSTEE. GUION IS THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING THIS ITEM? MOTION CARRIES. SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM, DISCUSS, [VIII.I. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act to approve the Purchase over $50,000 for iPads for Collins and Hillcrest Elementary Schools] CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OVER 50,000 FOR IPADS FOR COLLINS AND HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. MR. DAVID JACOBSON. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THIS IS, UM, DUE TO GROWTH AT, UH, AT THESE TWO CAMPUSES, AND, UM, THIS WILL GIVE US ENOUGH TO, UH, TO MEET THEIR CURRENT NEEDS AND AN ADDITIONAL 38 FOR A NICE ROUND NUMBER OF 120 FOR STOCK ON HAND, FOR GROWTH. AND IF, UH, IF THERE'S ANY THAT, UH, THAT ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THANK YOU. BOARD, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'M HEARING , OR IS THIS THE FIRST, FIRST TIME I'M HEARING? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, UM, THAT WE ARE HEARING THIS ITEM BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT NEED TO HAVE THESE DEVICES IN STUDENT HANDS, UM, RELATIVELY SOON. WE ARE SEEKING, WE ARE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEEKING ACTION ON THIS ITEM. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? BOARD? UM, OH, GO AHEAD. I, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, SO, UM, WE VISITED EVERY SCHOOL AND ASSESSED THE NEED, OR IS THESE JUST CERTAIN SCHOOLS, LIKE THE PRINCIPAL'S, LIKE, WE NEED THIS. LIKE, ARE WE GONNA BE COMING BACK NEXT? OH, WELL, THESE TWO SCHOOLS, THEY ALSO NEED IPADS. LIKE HAVE WE ASSESSED ALL THE SCHOOLS? AND WE HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF THE NEED. THESE NUMBERS CAME TO TECHNOLOGY THROUGH CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION, WHICH I CAN ONLY ASSUME CAME UP THROUGH THE CAMPUSES THEMSELVES. UM, I CAN'T PROMISE THAT, UM, MR. GONZALEZ OR ANYBODY ELSE, UH, IN THE FUTURE MIGHT NOT ASK FOR MORE BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT. UM, WE'RE TAKING A, A, A CAUTIOUS ESTIMATE AT THE NUMBER THAT WE THINK WILL TIDE US OVER FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT I I, UNTIL THAT DEMOGRAPHER REPORT HAPPENS, I CAN'T SAY THAT WE WON'T NEED MORE. SO CAN WE NOT SEE IF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS ARE IN NEED SO THAT IT'S IN ONE BIG ASPECT OR ONE BIG PAYMENT OR, I MEAN, BECAUSE IF THESE TWO SCHOOLS ARE IN NEED, I WOULD THINK WE HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER ELEMENTARIES THAT THEIR PRESCHOOL OR HIGH, I MEAN THEIR, UH, KINDERGARTEN AND PRE-K CLASSES ALSO HAVE A NEED. I, I, I CAN, I, I CAN SAY THAT I TRUST THE NUMBERS THAT CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION GAVE TO TECHNOLOGY, AND I ASSUME THAT, UH, THAT THE DATA CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE CAMPUSES. UM, SO HONESTLY, THAT'S ALL I CAN ANSWER ON THAT. [02:10:01] I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, WITH THAT. UM, SO FOR ME, I HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE WE HAVE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED OUR FACILITY ASSESSMENT, UH, AUDIT THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. AND THIS KIND OF GOES IN LINE WITH WHAT THE FACILITY NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER IT'S NEW, YOU KNOW, BOARDS OR WHATEVER. UM, SO WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THAT? BECAUSE THIS KIND OF ALL GOES INTO THAT. AND AGAIN, TO WRITE HAYWOOD'S COMMENT IS HAVE WE EVEN ASKED ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS, LIKE WHAT WAS THE PROCESS IN ALL OF THIS? UM, YEAH, I, I'M CONCERNED. I MEAN, DEFINITELY WE, WE SHOULD DO THIS, BUT ALSO WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED? YEAH. AND, AND THIS IS BASED ON A ONE-TO-ONE STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL RATIO AND NOT THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY OR ANYTHING ELSE. THIS WAS NUMBERS THAT WERE REPORTED. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, HORNSBY WAS ONE OF THEM ORIGINALLY THAT WE HAD ENOUGH ON ON HAND TO RECENTLY PROVIDE 80 TO THEM. UM, SO IT WASN'T JUST THESE TWO CAMPUSES, THERE WAS A THIRD, BUT IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S BASED ON THE ONE-TO-ONE RATIO OF, OF DEVICE TO STUDENTS. AND THIS IS DUE TO, WE'VE SEEN AN, AN UPTICK IN OUR ENROLLMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THESE EARLY GRADE LEVELS, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE ONE-TO-ONE, UM, TO SUPPORT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO ACCESS, UM, AT, IN THOSE EARLY GRADE LEVELS. KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO GET THEM ACCUSTOMED TO THE TECHNOLOGY WHEN THEY START TO TAKE THE STATE ASSESSMENTS AS WELL. ONCE THEY, THEY GET TO THIRD GRADE. BUT THIS SPECIFICALLY IS RELATED TO THE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS IN SEATS. AS MR. GONZALEZ COMES IN, UM, HE'S GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DO A FULL ASSESSMENT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT THE CAMPUS NEEDS ARE. THAT INCLUDES MEETING INDIVIDUALLY WITH OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AS WELL. AND TO EXPAND ON THAT, THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS NEARLY NEAR FINISHING A, A DISTRICT WIDE INVENTORY OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS STARTED BEFORE I GOT HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL, OH, TRUSTEE FRANCO? NO, GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE. WHAT IF YOU HAD ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY ON THAT? UH, NOT THAT PARTICULAR ONE, BUT I HAD ASKED, UM, I NOTICED THAT THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM OUR GENERAL FUNDS AND I HAD ASKED IF WE HAD ANY BOND FUNDS THAT COULD BE USED BECAUSE WE DID IN THE LAST COUPLE OF BONDS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR TECHNOLOGY. UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS GENERAL FUND, WE, WE DID NOT FIND ANY BOND FUNDS THAT WERE ABLE TO USE. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE 2022 BOND, THERE WAS $4 MILLION SET, UH, FOR TECHNOLOGY, $2 MILLION OF THAT FOR REFRESH AND $2 MILLION OF THAT FOR CAMERAS. UH, THE DISTRICT DID A LOT OF REFRESH, ABOUT $1.3 MILLION WORTH OUT OF THAT BOND. THE CAMERA PROJECT ESTIMATE IS AT $2.9 MILLION. SO MORE THAN THAT 2 MILLION. WE, UM, THAT WAS AN OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRM. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING UPDATED QUOTES FROM EACH OF, UH, I'M SORRY FOR EACH OF THOSE CAMPUSES FROM THE VENDOR THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA DO THE WORK. AND RIGHT NOW THE GOOD NEWS IS, UM, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS IT'S COMING IN UNDER, BUT WE'VE GOTTA DO THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY. THAT'S A HIGHER PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, THERE WILL HOPEFULLY BE EXTRA MONEY IN THE 22 BOND. THANK YOU TRUSTEE FRANCO. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I THINK WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M HEARING SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SAY, BUT ALSO STAFF SAY, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE WANT EQUITY AROUND CAMPUSES. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CAMPUS IS, IS ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED WITH ALL THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT STAFF IS CERTAINLY TRYING TO DO. BUT THE OTHER THING I'M HEARING IN READING IS THAT WE HAVE 120 KIDS THAT NEED IPADS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. AND FOR A SENSE OF EXPEDIENCY. AND SO IF THEY DON'T FALL BEHIND, WE NEED TO GET THEM IPADS. AND I WILL ALSO ADD THAT SOMEBODY JUST PED IN MY HEAD IS THAT OUR CAMPUS TECH AIDES, UM, EVERY CAMPUS HAS ONE, OR THEY SHARE THEM AND THEY REPORT BACK TO US. UM, THEY'RE, THEY KNOW FOR SURE WHEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ON EACH CAMPUS. I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION. UM, SO A LOT OF THESE CAMPUSES HAVE HAD THESE KIDS ALL YEAR. WERE THESE REQUESTS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DISTRICT BEFORE AND WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING TO THEM? OR WAS IT, HEY, WE HAVE A NEW NEW PEOPLE IN CHARGE, LET'S TRY TO GET SOMETHING. WHAT, WHERE DID THIS, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'VE HAD STUDENTS IN CLASS FOR HALF THE YEAR AND WE'RE JUST NOW GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A CONVERSATION BEFORE I GOT HERE. UM, I STARTED FIVE WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND WE ACTED ON IT VERY QUICKLY. WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY MADE THE MOTION [02:15:01] SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PENTO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. 5, 6, 7. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. NOW WE GET TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION [IX. Closed Session] TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.071. CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY 5 5 1 0.074. WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF 24 25 COMPENSATION PLAN ADJUSTMENTS, DISCUSSION OF PERSONNEL. CONSIDER SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING POSSIBLE HIRING OF STUDENT CHIEF WAIT, CHIEF STUDENT SERVICES OFFICER, REVIEW AND APPROVE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF. CONSIDER SANCTIONS FOR ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT. AND THEN LASTLY, 5 5 1 0.076. DISCUSSION OF INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT. THE TIME IS NOW 8 31. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY GOOD? YEP. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ENDED. ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 10:00 PM I, IT IS NOW 10 0 5 THAT WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. [X. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session] THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ACTION TAKEN ON THE DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON SANCTIONS FOR ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT. ITEM 10 D DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR 10 A PLEASE? COMPENSATION PLAN 24 25. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE 20 24 20 25 COMPENSATION PLAN ADJUSTMENT. I'LL SECOND. MOTION MADE BY TRUSTEE GUIAN. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE KOHA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. SEVEN TO ZERO. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM B, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING POSSIBLE HIRING OF CHIEF STUDENT SERVICES OFFICER. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO HIRE NIKKI ELAINE BIDDINGS AS CHIEF STUDENT SERVICES OFFICER SECOND, OR, I'M SORRY, FIRST MADE BY TRUSTEE GUION. SECOND BY TRUSTEE WRIGHT HAYWOOD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HANDS. MOTION CARRIE. SEVEN ZERO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF AS PRESENTED. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE PANTOJA. SECOND TO ELVIA AIAN FIRST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES. SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS QUICK. UH, SO [XI. New Business/Future Board Agenda Items] FOR NEXT WE'VE GOT NEW BUSINESS FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS. DO I HAVE ANYTHING FROM FELLOW TRUSTEES? UM, SO LAST WEEK THE BOARD OFFICERS MET, UM, TO KIND OF DISCUSS ONBOARDING AND PROCESS FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. UM, WE WENT OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE WANNA DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD AT A, UM, MAYBE THE NEXT WORKSHOP WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT NOW. BUT THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WERE COMMITTEES, BOARD CALENDARS, SURVEY BOARD, OPERATING PROCEDURES, SUPERINTENDENT GOALS. UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE ONBOARDING, UM, OVERVIEW, UH, BINDER THAT WE WANNA GIVE FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND NOT JUST DO BOARD MEMBERS, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF, UH, MANDATORY TRAINING, THE TIMELINES FOR THOSE TRAININGS. UH, BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, KEY DOCUMENTS LIKE, UH, BOARD POLICIES WITH LINKS. UM, NOT THE ENTIRE BOARD POLICIES OR DISTRICT POLICIES, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE KEY IMPORTANT ONES THAT WE ALL SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. UM, SUMMARY PROTOCOLS FOR, UH, OR SUMMARIES FOR SAFETY PROTOCOLS, ACADEMIC, UH, OVERVIEW, FINANCIAL OVERVIEW, SOME COMMUNICATION PRACTICES. AND THEN ALSO WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THE SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, AND SEE WHO'S WHO AND WHO'S DOING WHAT. AND YOU KNOW, WHO DO WE GO TO FOR ANY INFORMATION, UM, AS WELL AS HAVE SOME TYPE OF TEAM BUILDING, UM, EVENT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS OFFICERS THAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD AND SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE, WHAT YOU WANNA SEE FIRST. AND UM, MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP AS WELL AND HAVE A DEEPER DISCUSSION. YES. SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS A WORKSHOP ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY. SO SEE MOST OF YOU HERE, NOT ALL OF YOU, BUT THANKS FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT. PARDON ME. OH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THE BOARD TRUSTEES BRING OUR CALENDARS AND BE PREPARED TO LOOK AT JANUARY, FEBRUARY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. 'CAUSE THESE DOODLE POLLS ARE KILLING US. WE CAN'T GET A CONSENSUS AT ALL. AND SO IT WOULD JUST MAKE IT EASIER IF EVERYBODY'S IN THE ROOM AND WE'RE LIKE, YES, DOES THIS DAY WORK? NO, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE. 'CAUSE WHEN WE SEND OUT FIVE DATES, WE CAN'T GET IT. AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO SEND OUT FIVE MORE. AND SO IT IS A MESS. AND LET'S JUST COMMIT TO DOING THAT ON [02:20:01] TUESDAY IF WE CAN. ANYTHING ELSE? COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD THAT WE NEED TO, THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO GET CONSIDER, CONSIDER? WELL, I GUESS MY ONLY THING IS, UM, WHEN DO WE PLAN ON PUTTING THIS BINDER TOGETHER? ONLY 'CAUSE GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE A HUNDRED, YOUR FIRST 120 DAYS I GUESS MANDATED BY TASB. AND SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF NEEDS TO BEFOREHAND. YES. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH DISTRICT STAFF TO HOPEFULLY GET IT TO YOU BY THE DISTRICT, UM, ON UH, DISTRICT ORIENTATION ORIENTATION. SO YOU WILL HAVE IT EITHER BEFORE THEN OR ON THAT DAY. SO JANUARY. JANUARY 10TH. 10TH. YEAH. UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT ALL THE OFFICERS ARE GONNA REVIEW THE, THE DRAFT FIRST TO MAKE SURE IT'S EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THEN WE'LL EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD WILL HAVE IT. UM, THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE LIKE CHECKLISTS BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A LOT MORE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO COMPARED TO THE REST OF US. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT HOPEFULLY BY NEXT MONTH. OKAY. AWESOME. UM, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. MY ONLY QUESTION IS FOR, I THINK LISA, PERHAPS YOU SENT AN EMAIL WITH A BUNCH OF STUFF LIKE WE HAVE TO DO IN THE FIRST HUNDRED 20 DAYS AS LONG AS WE COMPLY WITH THAT. RIGHT? AND THE ONLY REASON IS BECAUSE FANTASTIC GET IT IN JANUARY, BUT THAT'S ALREADY LIKE 90 DAYS AFTER WE GOT ELECTED. SO WE DON'T ONLY HAVE LIKE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY. SO I WANNA START MAKE SURE THAT MYSELF AND MELINDA OR TRUSTEE ROS ARE, ARE, HAVE AS MUCH TIME TO START COMPLETING ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES. YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. AND I HAVE A REQUEST. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT AHEAD OF TIME IF WE GET, UM, LIKE THE SCHEDULE OF LIKE TS B CONFERENCES AND STUFF. OH YEAH. THAT'S FOR, ESPECIALLY WITH US THAT HAVE CHILDREN, BECAUSE I LITERALLY NEED MONTHS IN ADVANCE TO HAVE CHILDCARE AND, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION. 'CAUSE I STILL, MY KIDS STILL HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL IF IT DOES OVERLAP. AND SO THAT WOULD BE, I WE DID DISCUSS THAT. RIGHT. I I DIDN'T WRITE THAT DOWN, BUT THAT WAS A DISCUSSION AS WELL. UM, AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE THE, THE BOARD TO PICK A CONFERENCE THAT WE CAN ALL ATTEND. UH, WE'VE NEVER, IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CONFERENCE WHERE ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF ATTEND. SO WE'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA DO, WHAT OUR SCHEDULES LOOK LIKE, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S POSSIBLE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY AT MY GRADUATION FROM LTAS B AT SLI IN FORT WORTH. WHAT WAS THAT IN JUNE? WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE DATES OF THE UPCOMING, WE'LL HAVE, HAVE, UM, SBA, WE'LL HAVE N WE'LL HAVE, UM, ALL OF THE CONFERENCES THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY GO TO. UM, HOPEFULLY BY JANUARY. THAT'LL BE PERFECT. YEAH. PERFECT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? FORT WORTH IS JUNE 19TH THROUGH THE 22ND. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS OR FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS TO ADD AT THIS TIME? MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? DAMIEN PANTOJA WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION SECOND BY LV IION, THE BOARD IS ADJOURNING. OH, LET'S EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT. ALL OUT THE A BOARD IS ADJOURNING AT 10:12 PM ON THE SAME DAY THAT WE STARTED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.