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          GOOD EVENING. WELCOME, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THIS MEETING OF THE DEL VALLE ISD
SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          [I. Call to Order]
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS MONTH IS BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH AND
SAY THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR DISTRICT. ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF
FOR THE RECOGNITION OF OUR BOARD THAT HAS BEEN VISIBLE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH. IT IS APPRECIATED. 
          I AM PRESIDENT WEGNER, AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:15 P.M. 
          ON JANUARY 23RD, 2025. PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT,
AND THAT A NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. LET'S WELCOME BEATTY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          WELCOME BEATTY ELEMENTARY. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          [III. Public Comment]
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          AND I HAVE A WHOLE SPEECH. SO INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE DURING THE 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 AND BOARD. 
          AN INDIVIDUAL'S COMMENTS TO THE BOARD SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES. THE BOARD SECRETARY
WILL ALERT YOU AS TO WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT AND WILL CALL TIME ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE EXPIRED. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS TONIGHT,
SO LET'S SEE. 
          THE FIRST PERSON THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IS BRET COVINGTON WANTS TO ADDRESS IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT CONCERNS. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT WEGNER BOARD MEMBERS. 
          SUPERINTENDENT, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT TO JUST SHARE A COUPLE OF ANECDOTES. 
          WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS MORE
PERSONAL OR REAL. 
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I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS AN IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN THE 1990S UNDER
REAGAN. 
          AND I REMEMBER AN INCIDENT WHERE MY MOTHER WENT OUT TO LOCK THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS UP AT
NIGHT IN OUR DETACHED GARAGE BECAUSE THEY HAD A SEPARATE DOGHOUSE INSIDE THE GARAGE. AND SHE FOUND A BOY IN THERE WHO WAS CLEARLY SCARED AND CLEARLY ONE OF THE ILLEGAL
ALIENS WE WERE REFERRING TO IN OUR CURRENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND SHE WAS TORN. BECAUSE AS A MOTHER, AS A TEACHER,
SHE WANTED TO TAKE THAT CHILD IN HER ARMS AND TAKE HIM IN THE HOUSE AND TAKE CARE OF HIM. BUT AS A SINGLE PARENT,
WITH THE CRACKDOWN THAT WAS THREATENED OF PROSECUTIONS AND CHARGES AGAINST ANYONE WHO HELPED, SHE WAS AFRAID OF LOSING HER JOB AND SHE. 
          SO, SHE FELT TORN BETWEEN HELPING THE CHILD IN FRONT OF HER AND BEING ABLE TO KEEP HER JOB
AND CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF HER FAMILY. 
          SHE FELT A REAL MORAL QUANDARY. FORTUNATELY,
SHE HAD CONTACTS WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS, QUIETLY GET SOME HELP THROUGH A CON. SHE TAUGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AT
CARROLL ELEMENTARY IN HARLANDALE. 
          SHE REACHED OUT AND FOUND A CATHOLIC PRIEST WITH PARISHIONERS WHO HAD A CHILD WHO HAD
DIED, AND VERY QUIETLY, THEY AGREED TO COME GET HIM AND RAISE HIM AND LET HIM USE THEIR DEAD
SON'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE. 
          AND SHE SHUT UP. SHE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT. SHE HELPED IN THE ONLY WAY SHE KNEW HOW. 
          BUT SHE HAD TO LIMIT HER EXPOSURE. MY OWN EXPERIENCE CRACKED DOWN ON IMMIGRATION IN THE
AUGHTS WHEN WE LIVED IN NEW YORK, AND THEY WERE RAIDING ONE MINUTE RAIDING FACTORIES. 
          MY DAUGHTER'S BEST FRIEND'S PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS FROM PERU AND FROM EL SALVADOR IN THE
CIVIL WAR. 
          THE THREE GIRLS PLAYED TOGETHER ALL THE TIME IN MY HOUSE,
ALL THE TIME, AND I HAVE HAD TO CONSOLE A CHILD WHO WAS CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY AND TREMBLING WITH FEAR. WHAT DO I DO IF THEY PICK UP MY PARENTS? WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF ME? AND THAT'S A TOUGH THING TO TRY AND CONSOLE. 
          A SIX-YEAR-OLD WHO'S TERRIFIED. PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS THAT PUT OUR STAFF AND
FACULTY IN THAT KIND OF MORAL QUANDARY. AND PLEASE GIVE US THE TRAINING WE NEED FOR TRAUMA FIRST AID AND
FOR HOW TO ASSIST OR REFER OUR FAMILIES TO PLAN AHEAD TIME. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE RICHARD FRANKLIN SPEAKING ON FILTERS ON WATER FOUNTAINS. THANK YOU. 
          I'LL BE BRIEF. GO AHEAD. 
          AND THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT IS BECAUSE I SAW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE ON A FINANCIAL
CONSULTANT. 
          SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID YOUR HOMEWORK IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE IT. 
          PROBABLY NOT. ANYWAY MONDAY, I AM SPEAKING. I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK
TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ABOUT THE WATER RATE HIKE IN,
THAT THE PRIVATE WATER COMPANY HAS. 
          AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE VERY CONCERNED. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE RATES 20%. AND THIS IS A PRIVATE WATER COMPANY THAT HAS DONE THIS
TIME AFTER TIME. 
          THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE LARGEST USER OF WATER IN THE HORNSBY BEND AREA. 
          AND I'M SAYING ALL THAT TO SAY THIS, THAT 20% IS GOING TO HIT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FIRST
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO FILTER DOWN TO US BECAUSE YOU'RE A NONPROFIT AND YOU DON'T HAVE A WAY OF RAISING MORE MONEY. SO, WE'RE GOING TO WIND UP PAYING FOR THAT. 
          I WAS HOPING THAT SOMEONE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD OR SOMEONE FROM DISTRICT WOULD HAVE ALSO
BEEN A PRESENTER FOR THAT. 
          I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING UP IS THE FACT THAT
WE CANNOT USE THE WATER IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT WATER FILTERS AND THE UT HAS COME OUT AND DONE SOME STUDIES OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT WATER FILTERS CAN REMOVE A LOT OF THE CONTAMINANTS,
ESPECIALLY LEAD, THAT HAS BEEN FOUND IN OUR WATER IN OUR COMMUNITY BY THIS PRIVATE WATER COMPANY. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED RECENTLY THAT THE SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA DON'T THE FILTERS AREN'T
BEING CHANGED OFTEN ENOUGH TO 
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REMOVE THE LEAD OR AT LEAST REMOVE THE CONTAMINANTS. 
          SO, I'M ASKING THIS BOARD TO LOOK INTO AND DO THE PROPER THING TO PROTECT THESE KIDS AND
THEIR HEALTH. 
          ALSO, YOUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO MIGHT BE USING THE WATER FOUNTAINS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT,
WE HAVE MARIANA HANSEN. 
          I BELIEVE I'M PRONOUNCING THAT PROPERLY. THANK YOU. SHE WILL BE SPEAKING ON VOUCHERS AND
FUNDING. 
          GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WAGNER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ENERGY TO CHAMPION PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE BASIC FUNDING ALLOTMENT OF $6,160 PER STUDENT HASN'T BEEN RAISED SINCE 2019. 
          THAT, PLUS INFLATION ARE PRIMARY REASONS THAT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SUFFERING BUDGET
PROBLEMS. DESPITE CLAIMS BY ABBOTT AND DAN PATRICK THAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOT FULLY FUNDED AND
WON'T BE WITH THESE NEW BUDGET PROPOSALS FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. BUT THEY STILL WANT TO SPEND $1 BILLION ON VOUCHERS FOR PRIVATE
SCHOOLS. 
          MUCH OF THAT MONEY WILL GO. TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T SERVICE OUR POPULATIONS. 
          I ASKED WHAT IS HOW ARE YOU ALL ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING AND FOR VOUCHERS? HOW WILL YOU BE LOBBYING TESTIFYING FOR STUDENTS? AND I ALSO WANT TO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ASHLEY SAILOR, AND SHE IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WATER CONSERVATION. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY TO BE HERE AGAIN,
GUYS. 
          THANK YOU FOR TAKING ALL THE TIME THAT WE HAVE ON THIS. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AS YOU KNOW, I WAS PRETTY FRUSTRATED THAT THE BOARD ORIGINALLY
DECIDED TO TABLE IT. 
          PENDING THEIR CONCERNS. AND THEN I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT THE CONCERNS WERE,
BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO STATE THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONNECTIONS THAT I HAVE GAINED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF COMMUNICATING WITH TEXAS
AGRILIFE SCIENTISTS AND CHEMISTS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AISD STAFF, LOCAL NURSERIES,
RAINWATER HARVESTING INSTALLATION COMPANIES, CITY OF AUSTIN WATER AND CITY OF AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL,
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATION DIVISION. 
          SO, LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT I'VE KIND OF HELPED DO THE RESEARCH WITH YBARRA. 
          THROUGH ALL THIS RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION WITH EXPERTS,
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT QUALITY TESTING FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES IS NOT REQUIRED. EXACTLY. 
          SO, SINCE WE ARE USING IT FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES ONLY,
QUALITY TESTING IS NOT REQUIRED. 
          TO QUOTE JAY PORTER, CITY OF AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT MANAGER WITH
THIS NON-PRESSURIZED RAINWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM. 
          AS LONG AS THE RAINWATER IS ONLY USED FOR IRRIGATION AND DOES NOT RELY ON AUSTIN WATER AS
A BACKUP. 
          THERE ARE NO FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL REGULATIONS REQUIRING YOU TO DO ANY ANALYTICAL
TESTING OF THE WATER QUALITY. 
          THE COMPANY YOU ARE USING INNOVATIVE WATER SOLUTIONS TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL THE SYSTEM IS
VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN CODE COMPLIANCE AND IS AWARE OF THE SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS. SO, I DO WANT TO ADD THOUGH THAT ALTHOUGH WATER QUALITY TESTING IS NOT
REQUIRED, WE THINK IT POSSESSES AN EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS,
STAFF AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. 
          THE BOARD HAS MADE US REALIZE THAT THERE DOES EXIST A FEAR OF THE BENEFITS OF RAINWATER
HARVESTING, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF INCREASING KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS. WE WILL BE WORKING
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY OF AUSTIN TO PROVIDE PROTOCOLS FOR PROPER WATERING, HANDLING AND WASHING OF EDIBLE GARDEN PLANTS,
AS WELL AS PROTOCOLS FOR EDUCATIONAL TESTING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SALT AND METAL TESTING. 
          HOPEFULLY OUR EDUCATIONAL STEPS CAN HELP OTHER DVISD CAMPUSES AS WELL AS AISD. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE RUTH WUNDERLICH. 
          RUTH WUNDERLICH SPEAKING ON PHONES IN THE CLASSROOMS,
PLEASE. 
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HI. I'M RUTH WUNDERLICH, AND I TEACH ALGEBRA TWO AND PRE-CALCULUS OVER HERE AT DEL VALLE
HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM OR PHONES NOT IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          AS WE ALL KNOW, THE PHONES ARE VERY DISTRACTING. 
          AND THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE ADDICTIVE. WE ALL KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE ALL OWN PHONES. 
          AND MAYBE SOME OF US HAVE TRIED TO MITIGATE OUR USE OF THE PHONE,
AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE. 
          BECAUSE THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE ADDICTIVE. THERE ARE THINGS THAT SORT OF THAT THAT ABOUT
HOW YOU WOULD HANDLE THE PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM, FOR EXAMPLE, INTERMITTENT EXPOSURE IS GOING TO FEED YOUR
ADDICTION. 
          SO YOU REALLY CAN'T HAVE LIKE CERTAIN TIMES WHEN YOU LET THE KIDS USE THE PHONES BECAUSE
THAT FEEDS THE, THE ADDICTION, LIKE UNTIL THE TEACHER STARTS THE LESSON OR AFTER YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR WORK
AND STUFF LIKE THAT, OR EVEN USING THE PHONE AS PART OF A LESSON. BECAUSE OF THAT SORT OF ADDICTIVE NATURE OF
THEM PEOPLE ARE DISTRACTED. 
          STUDENTS ARE DISTRACTED EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT ON THEIR PHONES. 
          THEY MAY BE THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT THING THEY'RE GOING TO DO ON THEIR PHONE. IT'S THE
NATURE OF ADDICTION. 
          THEY MAY HAVE THEIR PHONE IN CLOSE ENOUGH PROXIMITY TO THEM THAT THEY CAN TELL THEY JUST
GOT A TEXT, OR THEY JUST GOT, AND THEN THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS. 
          AND LIKE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO US,
RIGHT? AND THEY MIGHT. SO, THEN SOME STUDENTS, NOT ALL THE STUDENTS,
BUT SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE REALLY NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THAT AND LEAVE THE PHONES ALONE, EVEN IF THAT'S THE RULE IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          THEY'RE NOT EQUIPPED TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S TRIGGERING. 
          AND THEY AND THEY HAVE THAT ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR TOWARDS THE PHONES. 
          IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM TO IGNORE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IN PROXIMITY TO THEM. 
          THANK YOU. SO IT REALLY IS A KINDNESS TO HAVE ALL THE STUDENTS PUT UP THEIR PHONES OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF REACH. BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE NOT SIGNALING OUT THE STUDENTS
THAT HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THIS. 
          IT'S JUST ALL THE STUDENTS DO IT, AND IT'S REALLY A KINDNESS TO THOSE STUDENTS AND TO THAT
HAVE A HARD TIME DOING THIS. 
          AND IT ALSO IS, OF COURSE, VERY GOOD FOR THE CLASSROOM,
FOR THE KIDS NOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE PHONES AND ATTRACTED TO IT. 
          AND THEY NEED SOME MECHANISM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          AND IT'S A KINDNESS TO HAVE THE PHONES OUT OF THEIR REACH,
OUT OF THEIR POSSESSION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE SITUATION. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I BELIEVE THIS IS AMINA DASANI. AMINA. AMINA DASANI. 
          I'LL GET THERE. SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THANK GOOD MORNING. GOOD EVENING. OH, MY GOODNESS. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I SAID MORNING. 
          GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. GUTIERREZ,
ALSO THE DVA WAS AT THE END. 
          IT WAS SEPARATE FROM THE TOPIC. SORRY. MY NAME IS AMINA DOSANI,
AND I AM A COUNSELOR AT DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL AND SECRETARY OF DVA, THE DISTRICT'S LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION. 
          BEFORE BECOMING A COUNSELOR, MY TEACHING CAREER WAS AS A BILINGUAL AND ESL TEACHER,
SPECIFICALLY SERVING STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
          SO, THIS IS CLOSE TO MY HEART. IN ORDER TO LEARN,
STUDENTS NEED TO FEEL SAFE. 
          THIS IS AT THE BASE OF MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WITH DONALD TRUMP NOW IN OFFICE,
A LONG STANDING POLICY THAT ICE NOT CONDUCT ARREST IN SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND CHURCHES HAS BEEN REVERSED. THE THREAT IS REAL THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE,
THAT OUR SCHOOLS COULD BECOME AN UNSAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS COULD BE EXPOSED TO TRAUMA AND FEAR. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE REMOVAL OF GUARDRAILS ON ICE,
ANOTHER THREAT LOOMS LARGE. 
          TEXAS HOUSE BILL 371 WOULD UNDERMINE ACCESS TO A FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION TO CHILDREN OR
STUDENTS DEEMED TO BE, QUOTE UNQUOTE, UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          THE BILL SEEKS TO PREVENT TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM RECEIVING FUNDING TO COVER THE COST OF
THESE STUDENTS' EDUCATION, AND IT REQUIRES SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM PROOF OF EVERY STUDENT'S U.S. 
          CITIZENSHIP TO OR LAWFUL PRESENCE, QUOTE UNQUOTE,
IN THE UNITED STATES AS PART OF THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS, 
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MEANING WE'D HAVE TO VET A STUDENT'S IMMIGRATION STATUS BEFORE THEY CAN ENROLL. 
          BOARD MEMBERS. DR. GUTIERREZ, WE ARE IN VERY UNSETTLING TIMES. 
          WE NEED YOU. OUR STUDENTS NEED YOU. OUR SCHOOLS MUST BE SACROSANCT,
SAFE PLACES FOR STUDENTS TO FOCUS ON LEARNING. STUDENTS MUST NEVER FEEL MARGINALIZED OR BE DISENFRANCHISED
FROM RECEIVING A QUALITY EDUCATION. 
          THESE ARE THE THINGS WE REQUEST FROM YOU. WE ASK THAT DEL VALLE ISD MAKE A PUBLIC
STATEMENT TO EXPRESS ITS SUPPORT FOR STUDENT SAFETY AND STATE ITS OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGE IN ICE PROTOCOLS, WHICH PERMIT ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS IN SENSITIVE LOCATIONS SUCH AS
SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND CHURCHES. A LETTER ON THIS MATTER SHOULD BE SENT TO THE PRESIDENT WHO MADE
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
          WE ASK THAT DEL VALLE ISD WRITE A LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT,
COMMISSIONER MIKE MORATH, HOUSE SPEAKER DUSTIN BURROWS, AND STATE LEGISLATORS WHO REPRESENT THE DEL VALLE ISD AREA TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO HB
371. 
          WE ASK THAT DURING THE CURRENT STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT YOU LOBBY AND TESTIFY
AGAINST THIS BILL. 
          WE RECOMMEND BANDING TOGETHER WITH OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL BOARDS IN TEXAS TO
COLLECTIVELY VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO THESE MEASURES THAT TARGET MARGINALIZED STUDENTS, THEIR WELL-BEING, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION OVERALL. 
          THERE IS POWER IN NUMBERS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
WE REQUEST A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING FOR ISD STAFF TO EDUCATE THEM ON HOW TO NAVIGATE INTERACTIONS WITH ICE INSIDE OF SCHOOLS, BUSSES OR DISTRICTS OR DISTRICT SPACES. 
          INFORM THEM ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO OUR
DEL VALLE FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MISS DASANI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AMY FULLER SPEAKING ON CONCERNS ABOUT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL. 
          OUR KIDS FLOW INTO OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL. HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS AMY FULLER. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. 
          THIS IS MY FIRST TIME COMING TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS,
AND SO I JUST. WHAT WE WANTED TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT WAS SOME CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD, OR WE'VE HELD ABOUT OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL. I MOVED INTO THE DEL VALLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
2020. 
          IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE. WE'VE LOVED. MY KIDS ARE IN SECOND AND THIRD GRADE,
AND OUR EXPERIENCE AT NEWTON COLLINS HAS BEEN AMAZING. 
          I THINK OUR EXPERIENCE WITH DEL VALLE OVERALL HAS BEEN GREAT,
BUT WHAT WE HAVE HEARD SINCE WE'VE MOVED IN AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS AROUND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN TERMS OF THE ACADEMICS SCORES THAT WE'VE SEEN OUT OF THERE,
AND REALLY A LOT OF A CULTURE OF BULLYING OR STUDENTS NOT FEELING SAFE IN THAT SPACE. AND SO I'M HERE WITH ANOTHER A FEW OTHER
PARENTS WHO WANT TO JUST DISCUSS OR FIND OUT WHAT IS BEING DONE. 
          WELL. SO FIRST LET ME BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THINGS. AND SO, I LOOKED INTO SOME OF THE FACTS OF SOME OF THE
STATS. 
          AND SO, WHAT I HEAR FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE CURRENTLY FROM THE STATS THAT I SAW THERE
IN THE BOTTOM 25% OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN TEXAS. 
          30% OF STUDENTS MEET OR EXCEED PROFICIENCY IN MATH AND IN ENGLISH,
AND ONLY 20% OF STUDENTS ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING PROFICIENCY IN IN ENGLISH. I MEAN, IN MATH. SORRY,
THE FIRST THE 30% FOR ENGLISH, THE 20% IS FOR MATH. 
          BUT REGARDLESS, REALLY CONCERNING STATS THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT HOW THE ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE IS THERE. 
          AND SO, IN TERMS OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN TO MEET WHO GO THERE,
ALSO A LOT OF THEM HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR PARENTS HAVE NOTICED SOME MORE DEPRESSIVE QUALITIES,
LOW SELF-ESTEEM, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND BULLYING HAPPENING THERE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S RELATIVELY NEW. 
          WE'RE NEW TO DEL VALLE, BUT WE ARE REALLY PASSIONATE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE CONTRIBUTING TO
THIS COMMUNITY. 
          SO WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT INTERVENTIONS ARE BEING DONE
TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ACADEMIC CONCERNS, AND HOW CAN WE ALSO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION. 
          ARE THERE SUPPORTS THAT ARE NEEDED FROM THE PARENTS,
LIKE A PTA OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO? YOU KNOW, IS IT HELP FINDING INFORMATION ABOUT INTERVENTIONS LIKE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR
BULLYING OR TRAUMA BASED RELATIONAL INTERVENTIONS, THINGS THAT HELP SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY SO THAT OUR STUDENTS AND ALL THE
STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING INTO THAT SCHOOL CAN FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THE EDUCATION THAT THEY DESERVE, AND AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FEELS SAFE FOR THEM TO LEARN. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT UP IS GOING TO BE CATHERINE, AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. 
          ZAREMBA. ZAREMBA. THANK YOU. SHE WILL BE SPEAKING. 
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YOU WILL BE SPEAKING THE CONCERNS ABOUT OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL. HI. 
          YES, IT'S KATHRYN ZAREMBA. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME AS AMY ALREADY KIND OF
SPOKE ON THE MATTER. 
          I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW PARENTS,
THAT WE ARE FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD IN DEL VALLE , AND AS AMY SAID, WE REALLY DO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING GOOD CHANGES FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WE FEED INTO CURRENTLY IS OJEDA. 
          AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TEST SCORES THAT WE SEE COMPARED WITH THE REST OF TEXAS
PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS THE BULLYING THAT WE'VE HAD DOCUMENTATION BY CHILDREN CURRENTLY ATTENDING. 
          OJEDA TELLING US ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED THAT ARE VERY
WORRISOME. 
          WE'RE HERE JUST TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND BE A VOICE FOR POSSIBLY ALLOWING
SOME CHANGE TO HAPPEN AT THAT SCHOOL AND DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP THAT. 
          AND, WE HAVE SEEN GREAT THINGS AT NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
AND WE FEEL LIKE THE LEADERSHIP THERE IS VERY THEY LISTEN TO ALL OF OUR CONCERNS AND REALLY TAKE OUR CONCERNS SERIOUSLY,
AND THE SAFETY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE VALUE IN EDUCATION THAT WE SEE WITH TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          SO WE JUST WANTED TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS AND KIND OF GET IT SOME TOPICS TO THINK ABOUT
GOING FURTHER TO IN THE FUTURE TO HELP, TO GET TO BE,
YOU KNOW, UP TO PAR WITH OTHER TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT UP WE HAVE MISS YOLANDA LOPEZ OJEDA, MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING. MY NAME
IS YOLANDA LOPEZ. 
          I'M THE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN IN THE DEL VALLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          MY YOUNGEST IS A SECOND GRADER AT NEWTON COLLINS,
AND MY OLDEST IS A FRESHMAN AT DEL VALLE'S EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          MY CHILDREN ARE THRIVING ACADEMICALLY, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PARENT. 
          SO MUCH SO THAT I'M A ROOM PARENT IN MY DAUGHTER'S CLASS,
AS WELL AS THE TEACHER APPRECIATION CHAIR FOR THE PTA. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO MY CHILDREN AT THEIR RESPECTIVE
SCHOOLS, THAT THERE WAS NEVER ANY DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THESE WERE THE SCHOOLS I WANTED TO SEND MY
CHILDREN TO. 
          HOWEVER, THIS WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE FOR MY FAMILY,
AND IT ISN'T NECESSARILY THE CASE WHEN I CONSIDER MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTIONS FOR MY YOUNGEST IN A FEW YEARS AHEAD. WHEN MY FAMILY FIRST MOVED TO THE DISTRICT,
MY ELDEST WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AND SHE ATTENDED NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY. 
          I UNDERSTOOD AT THE TIME THAT I HAD SEVERAL OPTIONS WHEN CHOOSING A MIDDLE SCHOOL,
BUT HOPED TO KEEP MY DAUGHTER IN DISTRICT WITH HER PEERS. 
          BUT IN OUR TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY, I WAS TOLD ABOUT SEVERAL NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES BEING HAD
AT OUR ZONED SCHOOL. 
          THESE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES INCLUDED THINGS LIKE POOR TEST SCORES,
LACK OF MOTIVATION, BULLYING, AND AN OVERALL NEGATIVE SCHOOL CULTURE. AS A PARENT,
I WANT THE BEST FOR MY CHILDREN AND SADLY, WE CHOSE TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THREE YEARS AND CHOSE A LOCAL CHARTER MIDDLE
SCHOOL WITH BETTER REVIEWS INSTEAD. 
          I HAD HOPED THAT OVER THE YEARS, CHANGE WOULD COME IN TIME FOR MY YOUNGEST WHEN SHE
REACHED MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          BUT THE YEARS ARE PASSING AND THE STORIES ARE THE SAME,
EXCEPT THE STORIES SOUND LOUDER AND FEEL HEAVIER BECAUSE THE CLOCK IS TICKING. 
          I SPEAK FOR MYSELF; MY FRIENDS AND MY NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE ALL HAD THESE SAME CONCERNS AND
HEAR THE SAME NEGATIVE STORIES. 
          ON THE CONTRARY, I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HEARING REALLY GREAT STORIES AND EXPERIENCES
COMING FROM COMING FROM STUDENTS AT DEL VALLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          THEY FEEL MOTIVATED, ARE HIGHLY ENGAGED, FEEL SUPPORTED BY TEACHERS AND STAFF,
AND FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING. 
          ONE MINUTE I'M HOPEFUL THAT MY YOUNGEST WILL BE ABLE TO STAY IN DEL VALLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT SHE'LL BE ABLE TO REMAIN WITH HER PEERS. 
          BUT IN ORDER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT CHANGE IS ON THE HORIZON BECAUSE
CHANGE TAKES TIME. 
          I'M HERE ASKING THAT RESOURCES AND ATTENTION BE PUT ON OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL SO OUR CHILDREN
CAN HAVE THE BRIGHTEST START. 
          IF THEY ARE TO CONTINUE ON WITH DVISD AND THEIR SCHOOL. 
          WE NEED RESOURCES TO ADDRESS CLASSROOM SIZES,
APPROPRIATE STAFFING, STUDENT SAFETY, POLICY ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL CULTURE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. AS A COMMUNITY,
WE OWE THIS TO OUR CHILDREN. 
          AND AS PARENTS, I THINK WE ALL WANT THIS FOR OUR CHILDREN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VALUABLE TIME, OPEN MINDS AND CONSIDERATION. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. NEXT UP,
I'M GOING TO CALL MARIA ALLEN SPEAKING ON SCHOOLS, 
          [00:30:05]
PLEASE. 
          GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WAGNER, BOARD MEMBERS,
DR. 
          GUTIERREZ. MY NAME IS MARIA ALLEN. I'M AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT. 
          EVERY YEAR IS CRUCIAL IN EDUCATION, IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          BUT THIS YEAR IS PARTICULARLY CRUCIAL WITH THE LEGISLATION NOW IN SESSION. 
          PUBLIC EDUCATION FACES, FACES, THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THE THREATS ARE COMING IN THE FORM OF AN UNPRECEDENTED PUSH TO DIVERT MONEY FROM PUBLIC TO
PRIVATE SCHOOLS BY CREATING AN EDUCATION VOUCHER SYSTEM. 
          THERE IS A LACK OF COMMITMENT FROM THOSE IN POWER TO INCREASE FUNDING TO OUR STATE'S
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DESPITE THE STATE OF TEXAS HAVING RECORD REVENUES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY IN LIGHT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION TO
REVERSE A LONG STANDING POLICY THAT IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS NOT CONDUCT ARREST IN SCHOOLS. 
          I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY CHILDREN. I LOVE MY STUDENTS. 
          I LIVE HERE, I WORK HERE, I VOTE HERE, I PAY TAXES,
HERE, I ADVOCATE HERE. 
          WE HAVE POWER IN NUMBERS. DURING THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION,
OUR VOICES MUST BE HEARD THROUGH LOBBYING AND TESTIFYING. 
          LET THE LEGISLATORS KNOW THAT WE ARE ANTI VOUCHER AND PRO STUDENT IN EVERY WAY. 
          LET THEM KNOW THAT IF IT IS TIME I'M SORRY. LET THEM KNOW THAT IT IS TIME THAT THE STATE
STEPPED UP TO FUND ACROSS THE BOARD PAY RAISES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. 
          LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS NO GREATER RIGHT THAN THE RIGHT TO DIGNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING UP. NEXT, WE HAVE JESSICA MARQUEZ SPEAKING ON SAFETY,
PLEASE. 
          GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WAGNER, BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. 
          MY NAME IS JESSICA MARQUEZ. I AM A TEACHER AT DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL AND PRESIDENT OF DEL
VALLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. 
          I AM SPEAKING TODAY IN REGARD. I'M SPEAKING TODAY REGARDING SAFETY IN THE VALLEY POLICE
DEPARTMENT. 
          MY CONCERN IS THAT VALLEY PD DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES THAT
A TRAVIS COUNTY OFFICER CAN PROVIDE, THUS ALLOWING CRIMES TO BE COMMITTED WITH NO CONSEQUENCES. 
          THIS IS A DISTRICT LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE AND SIMPLY AND NOT SIMPLY A CAMPUS ISSUE. 
          MY PRINCIPAL HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO FIX THE ISSUE WITH PARKING AT THE AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL. 
          SO MUCH SO THAT SHE HAS SECURITY PLACED OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT DURING LUNCH WHEN THEY
COULD BE BETTER SUITED IN THE BUILDING WHEN WE'RE FEEDING 3600 STUDENTS. 
          LAST WEEK, A CRIME WAS COMMITTED ON MY CAMPUS. 
          A STUDENT HIT MY VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT. THE STUDENT DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE,
NOR WAS SHE PERMITTED TO PARK ON CAMPUS. 
          I CALLED SECURITY AND BPD TO HANDLE THE SITUATION. 
          THE STUDENT WAS NOT ISSUED A CITATION FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE OR CAUSING AN
ACCIDENT. 
          NOR DID THE VEHICLE GET TOWED. THE KEYS WERE TAKEN AND THE PARENT HAD TO COME TO THE
SCHOOL TO COLLECT THE VEHICLE. 
          OUR PARKING LOTS ARE NOT SAFE DUE TO THE FACT THAT BPD IS NOT ALLOWED TO CITE SUSPICIOUS
VEHICLES AS IT'S STATED OR HANDLE CRIMINAL ISSUES THAT ARISE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENCES WHERE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE ALMOST
BEEN HIT BY STUDENTS DRIVING RECKLESSLY, WHO ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BE ON CAMPUS YET. PD,
DVPD CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS PLACED UPON THEM BY THE DISTRICT. APPARENTLY, DVPD HAS NO AUTHORITY TO STOP STUDENTS FROM LEAVING CAMPUS. 
          THEY CAN'T EVEN TELL STUDENTS TO GET TO CLASS. 
          THEY CANNOT ISSUE CITATIONS. AND IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT BASIS THEY CAN MAKE ARRESTS. 
          THIS DOES NOT MAKE A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. 
          YET WE WERE TOLD THAT THE POLICE FORCE WAS CREATED TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFER. 
          THIS IS NOT THE ONLY CRIME THAT HAS OCCURRED. CARS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. 
          GAS TANKS HAVE BEEN CUT. AND NO CONSEQUENCES OR ACTIONS FROM OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED. 
          HOW CAN THIS BE WHEN THE BOARD POLICY STATES THAT EACH DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER SHALL
ENFORCE ALL LAWS, INCLUDING MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES, COUNTY ORDINANCES,
AND STATE LAWS? BACK IN FEBRUARY. BACK ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2020,
THE DISTRICT ISSUED A MEDIA RELEASE WHICH STATED THE FOLLOWING. 
          THE DISTRICT'S NEW POLICE FORCE WILL ALIGN DISTRICT'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITH POLICE
DEPARTMENT ACTIONS WHILE CONTINUING THE SAME LEVEL OF SAFETY AT ALL CAMPUSES. 
          [00:35:03]
SADLY, IT APPEARS THAT THE GOAL OF PROVIDING A HIGH LEVEL OF SAFETY AND SECURITY IS NOT
BEING REACHED. 
          I HOPE THAT THE SITUATION DOES NOT ARISE WHERE DVPD MUST ACT IN URGENCY AND SIMPLY CANNOT
BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS PLACED ON THEM. 
          OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF DESERVE MUCH BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE EFRAIN GARZA SPEAKING ON SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. 
          GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES. 
          MY NAME IS EFREN GARZA. NORMALLY I SPEAK HERE AS A PARENT,
BUT TODAY I AM SPEAKING AS A STAFF MEMBER FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          SO THIS YEAR, I AM TEACHING A COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING CLASS INFORMALLY KNOWN AS OR MORE
WIDELY KNOWN AS THE SALSA CLUB. 
          SO WE TEACH ENTREPRENEURSHIP, GARDENING AND MAKING SALSA. 
          SO AS A GESTURE FOR APPRECIATING THE TIME AND EFFORT AND LEADERSHIP THAT I SHOW HERE TO
BE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR OWN DAY JOBS, BUT YOU HAVE TO YOU GUYS ARE HERE. 
          YOU GUYS ARE HERE LATE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MEETINGS,
WHENEVER YOU GUYS GET CALLED, YOU ALWAYS GOT TO, YOU KNOW. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE SEE THAT EFFORT THEY PUT IN AND JUST A LITTLE
SOMETHING TO JUST SHOW OUR APPRECIATION. WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 
          AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. 
          I GOT ONE. I CAME PREPARED. THANK YOU. HOW MANY? HOW FAR DID THEY GET? TWO MORE. I MAY GIVE YOU FOUR MORE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. YES. THIS IS A PERIOD OF ABOUT ONE [INAUDIBLE]. 
          AND THE STUDENTS MAKE IT. I ACTUALLY, I'VE GOTTEN SET UP NOW WHERE THEY ALL HAVE Y'ALL
HAVE JOBS AND I HAVE FOUR MEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL WATCH CERTAIN AREAS AND KEEP THINGS GOING THE WAY
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING. 
          SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP, I AM GOING TO CALL MISS ANGELICA ROSE FROM POPHAM ELEMENTARY TO PUBLICLY THANK
THE BOARD. 
          OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL ABRAHAM MONTOYA FROM POPHAM. 
          CASEY FROM POPHAM, FELIX OJEDA FROM POPHAM BEACH,
ALICIA CASTILLO FROM POPHAM, ADELINA MANUEL. 
          THANK YOU, GUYS FOR COMING. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          COME ON GUYS. OKAY. SO GOOD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. 
          I BROUGHT HERE IN MY CLASS. WE WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD,
AND THEY NOW UNDERSTAND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BETTER AND TO AS THEY SAY IMPLEMENT RULES AND HELP THEIR LEARNING. 
          SO, THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO SAY,
BUT I REALLY WANT TO COME OUT AND SAY THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT WEGNER. 
          YOU TAKE THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAYS ON WEDNESDAY TO COME VISIT MY CLASS AND TO HELP THEM
AND TO HEAR IT COME OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS. 
          THAT YOU SHOW UP FOR THEM REALLY MAKES ME EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH
YOU. 
          AND THEY KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE, AND TO SEE THEM READING AND WANTING TO DO WELL HAS REALLY, LIKE, MADE A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT FOR THEM TOO. 
          AND SO, THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SAY. 
          WHICH ONE WANTS TO GO FIRST? GO FIRST. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. 
          I'LL BLOW IT UP. OKAY. BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. I HAVE TO CLOSE. 
          HI. MY NAME IS ANNA. LENA AND I GO TO POPHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MISS ANDERSON'S CLASS. 
          [00:40:04]
AND I AM HONORED TO BE HERE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE,
ESPECIALLY MISS DARLA. THANK YOU, DARLA, FOR MISS DARLA FOR COMING TO OUR CLASSROOM AND TEACHING US NEW THINGS TO LEARN. EVERY WEDNESDAY,
I GIVE HIM MY LESSON. I SAY, HI, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEAN,
I'M ABRAHAM. I GO TO POPHAM ELEMENTARY AND I'M IN MISS ALICE'S CLASS. 
          SECOND GRADE CLASS. I WILL ONE MINUTE. LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALL THE GOOD RULES AND DECISION. 
          DECISIONS YOU MAKE. 
          TO. KEEP US SAFE AND LEARNING. I WANT TO THANK BOARD MEMBER JARA FOR TEACHING EVERY WEDNESDAY TO COME TEACH US MATH SPENDING TIME WITH US. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON THAT BASKET. HELLO. MY NAME IS MANUEL, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND
SHOWING UP TO HEAR EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS. AND I WANT AND I WANT TO THANK FOR MISS WEGNER,
BECAUSE SHE COMES TO OUR CLASS AND TEACHES US THINGS THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND IN WAYS,
IN WAYS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. 
          RIGHT? CASEY, YOU WANT TO GO? NO. YOU WANT TO GO AFTER HIM? OKAY, OKAY. OKAY, OKAY. I GOT YOUR OTHER ONE. 
          YOU GOT IT. SORRY. THEY WROTE THEIR OWN SPEECHES. 
          OKAY. HI. MY NAME IS CASEY, AND I AM FROM POPHAM ELEMENTARY AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR SCHOOL. THANK YOU. DALA FOR COMING EVERY DAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. BO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU DARLING. YES,
SIR. 
          GOT IT. GOT IT. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU,
MISS DALA. 
          GOOD JOB. I FEEL IT. GOT THIS NAME? MY NAME IS FELIX. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR. 
          I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR CLASS AND TEACHING US IN A WAY THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. 
          ALL RIGHT, NOW YOU CAN GO FIRST. YOU CAN GO. HEY,
WE'LL GIVE THEM YOUR CARDS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH,
GUYS. 
          AND I WILL SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY. YOU GOT IT. 
          YOU SAID THAT ONE PERSON. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE I'M NOT CRYING. 
          YOU'RE CRYING MOMENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE MY KIDS,
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          RECOGNITION ITEMS IS THE NEXT ON THE AGENDA. AND SO THAT WE WILL HAVE SCHOOL BOARD
RECOGNITION MONTH. 
          [IV.A. School Board Recognition Month]
AND THAT IS GOING TO MR. CHRISTOPHER WEDDLE. GOOD EVENING,
TRUSTEES. 
          [00:45:07]
DR. GUTIERREZ TONIGHT I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD
TRUSTEES DURING SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. 
          THIS IS CELEBRATED EACH JANUARY, AND THIS YEAR'S STATE THEME IS LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW'S
TEXAS, WHICH REFLECTS THE CRITICAL ROLE OUR BOARD MEMBERS PLAY IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY. 
          OUR TRUSTEES ARE MORE THAN DECISION MAKERS. THEY ARE VISIONARIES,
ADVOCATES, AND CHAMPIONS FOR EVERY CHILD IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          THEY DEDICATE COUNTLESS HOURS TO UNDERSTANDING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS,
COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND ENSURING THE DECISIONS MADE TODAY CREATE BRIGHTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOMORROW. 
          THIS YEAR, THEY'VE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO STRENGTHEN OUR DISTRICT,
NAVIGATING CHALLENGES WITH DETERMINATION AND ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS REMAIN AT THE CENTER OF EACH DECISION. ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS,
STAFF AND FAMILIES, WE EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          TOGETHER, WE WORK TO AIM HIGHER FOR OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. 
          TONIGHT, BEFORE OUR MEETING, WE HAD A VARIETY OF VIDEOS THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES CREATED
FOR EACH OF OUR TRUSTEES. 
          THESE VIDEOS WERE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS PRESIDENT WEGNER REFERENCED,
AND THERE ARE STILL A FEW MORE TO COME BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          SO KEEP AN EYE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THAT. AND IN ADDITION,
BEHIND YOU ALL, THERE ARE A FEW SPECIAL GIFTS FROM THE CAMPUSES. 
          SO WE EACH CAMPUS HAD A TRUSTEE. THERE'S A VARIETY OF MAYBE SOME STUDENT ARTWORK,
SOME CAMPUS SWAG, SOME HELPFUL GIFTS IN THERE FOR EACH OF YOU TO HELP AS YOUR ROLE AS A TRUSTEE. 
          AND FINALLY, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO WELCOME OUR BEATTY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS BACK FOR A SPECIAL
PERFORMANCE THAT SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM OUR TRUSTEES. 
          PLEASE WELCOME BEATTY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AS THEY PERFORM. 
          OH, YEAH, THEY'LL BE PERFORMING. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME FROM TOY STORY. 
          THANK YOU, GUYS COMING OUT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? [SINGING]. 
          THEY'RE 
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GONNA TAKE A PHOTO. OKAY. OKAY. SECOND ROUND. 
          MIC]. 
          THAT WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING UP AND SHOWING OUT TODAY. 
          LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THEY WERE AWESOME. 
          NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS WHO READ 1000 BOOKS BEFORE
KINDERGARTEN. 
          [IV.B. Recognition of Students Who Read 1000 Books Before Kindergarten]
MR. CHRISTOPHER WEDDLE. ON HERE TODAY, THE DEL VALLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER SPORTS PROGRAM OF 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN,
BY ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO READ 100 BOOKS AT A AT A TIME AND RECORD IT ON THEIR READING LOG FOR EVERY 100. BOOKS THEY READ, THEY GET A FREE BOOK,
PENCIL AND BOOKMARK, AND THEIR PICTURE IS DISPLAYED AND MOVED ON A CHART PER 100 AS THEY MOVE UP THE LOG. TONIGHT, WE HAVE OUR CENTRAL CDC DIRECTOR,
SCOTT WILLEY, HERE, AND I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO HIM TO INTRODUCE THEIR STUDENT WHO HAS COMPLETED THE 1000
BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES. 
          AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL
BOARD. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AND CELEBRATING ONE OF OUR VERY YOUNGEST LEARNERS IN OUR
SCHOOL DISTRICT, 
          [00:55:02]
WHO HAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN. 
          SO YAY! THIS IS A THRILLING MOMENT FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE READING IS JUST SO IMPORTANT, BUT A THOUSAND BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN IS FANTASTIC. 
          IT MEANS THAT HIS PARENTS, SO PABLO AND KATIE,
HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR JOB IN THE HOME SUPPORTING THEIR CHILD. 
          SO, WE WOULD LOVE TO RECOGNIZE ROBBIE SANCHEZ FOR READING A THOUSAND BOOKS. 
          WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO COME AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH ROBBIE? SO, ROBBIE, HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU READ? HOW MANY IS IT? 1000. I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF DOWNHILL FROM HERE. SORRY,
GUYS. OH, WAIT, I APOLOGIZE. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. 
          [V.A. Superintendent's Comments]
DEFINITELY NOT DOWNHILL. WE'RE GOING UPHILL. HERE WE GO. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT HAS BEEN AN EVENTFUL MONTH SINCE WE WERE LAST TOGETHER AT OUR
DECEMBER BOARD MEETING. 
          AND BEFORE SOME OF OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TRUSTEES DURING SCHOOL
BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD SITTING UP HERE WITH ME IS A GROUP OF TRUSTEES WHO HAVE AN
UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEIR COMMITMENT TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS EVIDENT EVERY TIME THEY DEVOTE TO GUIDING OUR
DISTRICT. 
          A FEW WEEKS AGO, THEY PARTICIPATED IN AN INTENSIVE TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON A SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY TO DEEPEN THEIR FOCUS ON IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES. 
          THEY CAME TOGETHER, GIVING UP TIME WITH FAMILY FRIENDS TO PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF OUR
CHILDREN HERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THIS DEMONSTRATES THEIR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AS WE RECOGNIZE BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE WORK THEY DO IN BUILDING
MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH OUR PARENTS, STAFF, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT FOSTER COLLABORATION TO ENSURE THE VISION OF OUR
DISTRICT REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, FOR THE WORK YOU DO IN STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE AS WE STRIVE FOR
EXCELLENCE. 
          I AM HAPPY TO SHARE THAT I CONTINUE TO SEE THE POINTS OF PRIDE AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AS
I VISIT AND WALK THROUGH OUR CAMPUSES. 
          WHILE WE DO HAVE CHALLENGES, OUR CAMPUS LEADERS HAVE ENGAGED IN MEANINGFUL PLANNING TO
SUPPORT TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON BUILDING RIGOROUS ACADEMICS IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          DURING MY CAMPUS VISITS, I HAVE ALSO VIEWED A VARIETY OF CLASSROOMS WHERE STUDENTS WERE
ENGAGED IN ACADEMIC DISCUSSIONS AND PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE WITH WELCOMING TEACHERS WHO ARE FULL OF POSITIVE ENERGY. SEEING OUR TEACHERS WILLING TO TAKE ON THE WORK
FOR OUR STUDENTS GIVES US MODELS OF SUCCESS THAT WE CAN USE TO BUILD UPON. SINCE WE HAVE BEEN BACK FROM WINTER BREAK,
WE'VE HAD A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. 
          LAST WEEKEND, THE DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL DECA TOOK FIVE STUDENTS TO MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL FOR
THE DISTRICT COMPETITION WITH ALMOST 3000 COMPETITORS. 
          THREE OF DEL VALLE 'S OWN QUALIFIED TO GO TO THE STATE COMPETITION,
WHICH WILL BE HELD IN DALLAS. 
          WE HOSTED OUR ACADEMIC SHOWCASE NIGHT GIVING FAMILIES OF EIGHTH THROUGH 11TH GRADE
STUDENTS A CLOSE UP LOOK AT OUR HIGH OUR HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES WITH EXPERT ADVICE FROM 
          [01:00:07]
COUNSELORS ON COURSE PLANNING. I WAS PLEASED TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIES JOIN US TO BE PART OF
THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR FUTURE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. IN SPEAKING OF HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES,
WE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT A GROUP OF DHS HEALTH SCIENCE STUDENTS WERE SELECTED FOR PAID INTERNSHIPS WITH ASCENSION MEDICAL CENTER. UPON COMPLETION OF THE INTERNSHIP,
THE STUDENTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THEIR CERTIFICATION EXAMS TO BECOME STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIANS. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL
JOURNEYS. 
          FINALLY, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT AN IMPORTANT FOCUS FOR TEXAS SCHOOL
DISTRICTS THIS SPRING. 
          AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE CONVENES FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
IT'S TIME THAT WE ALL CALL ON OUR STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ADEQUATELY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. TEXAS INVESTS ABOUT 5000 LESS PER STUDENT THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE,
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE EIGHTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, WITH ONE RECENT STUDY FINDING THAT 73% OF TEXAS DISTRICTS ARE UNDERFUNDED,
WITH THAT NUMBER EXPECTED TO GROW. 
          THESE FUNDING DEFICIENCIES CONTRIBUTE TO LOWER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT RATINGS BY INCREASING
THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND ALSO FUNDING BASED ON ENROLLMENT AND NOT AND NOT JUST ATTENDANCE. ALL TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN PROVIDE MEANINGFUL PAY INCREASES TO TEACHERS,
IMPROVING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, AND ALSO REDUCING THE RISK OF MAKING CUTS TO PROGRAMS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED AND RELY ON
IN ORDER TO SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. 
          I INVITE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP US URGE OUR LEGISLATORS TO TAKE ACTION,
TO BRING THE FUNDING GAPS, TO BRIDGE THE FUNDING GAPS AND ENSURE A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR EVERY STUDENT IN OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT A DOWNER. SO WE'RE GOOD. 
          NEXT, WE'VE GOT THE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT PRESENTATION AND MR. 
          [V.B. Demographics Report Presentation]
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. GUTIERREZ. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ROCKY GARDNER HERE WITH XANDER. 
          DEMOGRAPHICS. HE'LL BE LEADING THE PRESENTATION. 
          ROCKY. THANKS. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD,
DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I CAN'T FOLLOW THAT. 
          I CAN'T HOLD A TUNE. SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY TALK THROUGH MY PRESENTATION AS OPPOSED TO
SINGING THROUGH IT. 
          WE'VE WORKED WITH DEL VALLE FOR A FEW YEARS,
SO YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THE REPORT. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A COPY OF IT BEFORE TOO. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLY,
BUT WE CAN ALWAYS BACK UP, TAKE QUESTIONS YOU KNOW IF THAT, IF THAT HELPS AS WELL. OUR TEAM ALWAYS WAIT A SECOND. 
          OH, THERE WE GO. WE START BY JUST KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. 
          LOCAL ECONOMY, WHICH IN THE AUSTIN AREA IS VERY STRONG. 
          THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE HERE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES,
IT'S BEEN PRETTY FLAT EVER SINCE WE BOUNCED BACK FROM COVID. 
          UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AT 4.1 TO 3.4%. FULL EMPLOYMENT IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED 5%. 
          SO, WE ARE WELL UNDER WHAT'S CONSIDERED FULL EMPLOYMENT,
AND WE DON'T REALLY SEE ANY HICCUPS WITH THAT. 
          I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT HERE WHERE WE HAVE THE TESLA PLANT. 
          WE'VE GOT SPACEX. THERE'S 22,000 WORKERS RIGHT NOW OUT THERE. 
          AT LEAST THERE'S GOING TO BE AS MANY AS 60,000 THAT TESLA THINKS THEY CAN ADD. 
          THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE GIGAFACTORY THAT'S GOING TO ADD TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF JOB CREATION IN THE AUSTIN AREA IS NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN. 
          AND SO, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT TREND IN THE AUSTIN AREA CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          THERE'S HOUSING DEMAND EVEN THOUGH THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWDOWN. 
          AUSTIN IS THAT IS NUMBER SIX IN THE COUNTRY IN NEW HOME STARTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT DALLAS AND HOUSTON ARE ONE TWO. 
          SO, THREE OF THE TOP SIX ARE IN TEXAS. YOU SEE SAN ANTONIO IS ON THAT LIST AS WELL. 
          IF WE LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN AUSTIN AREA,
THE PURPLE LINE HERE ARE OUR HOUSES. 
          OUR NEW HOME STARTS. SO THAT MEANS THEY BROKE GROUND. 
          THAT PINK LINE OR THAT THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO PINK. 
          THAT'S AQUA. RIGHT? CAN I USE AQUA? THAT AQUA LINE OF 19,000. 
          THAT'S THE NUMBER OF CLOSINGS THAT THAT MEANS THE HOME IS OCCUPIED. 
          STARTS GOT WAY AHEAD OF CLOSINGS. WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF WE LOOK BACK ON THAT CHART WHY
THOSE STARTS GOT AHEAD OF CLOSINGS. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN INTEREST RATES BEGAN TO GO UP,
THEY YOU KNOW, WE HAD CONTRACTS THAT BACKED OUT. 
          THINGS SLOWED DOWN, CLOSINGS FLATTENED, AND THE STARTS HAD TO BE BROUGHT DOWN. 
          SO, THINGS REALLY SLOWED DOWN. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S BEEN PRETTY VOLATILE,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE COMING CLOSER TOGETHER NOW THAT THAT 18 TO 19,000 PROBABLY GOING TO BE A SWEET A SWEET SPOT FOR AUSTIN FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE. THAT WILL CHANGE AND GO BACK UP. 
          [01:05:01]
THE HOUSING MARKET ITSELF, PRICES HAVE BEGUN TO DROP A LITTLE BIT. 
          SALES, PRICES. THIS IS BASED ON SALES PRICES ONLY. 
          SO WHAT THE HOUSE IS SOLD FOR. SO, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HAD A DROP IN BOTH AVERAGE
PRICE, MEDIAN PRICE AND ACTUALLY SALES HAVE DECLINED. 
          NOW THE SALES HAVE CONTINUED TO DECLINE PROBABLY BECAUSE OF INTEREST RATES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THOSE LAST TWO THINGS. LISTINGS HAVE INCREASED. SO MORE PEOPLE MORE PEOPLE ARE
TRYING. 
          BUT IT'S TAKEN ALMOST FIVE MONTHS TO SELL A HOME. 
          WE LIKE TO SEE THREE MONTHS THAT THAT'S THE EQUILIBRIUM THAT THEY LIKE TO SEE THAT 90
DAYS. 
          SO 4.8 MONTHS IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE. IN DEL VALLE ,
WE CLOSED 695 HOMES IN A TRAILING 12 MONTHS. 
          SO THAT WAS FROM THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. 
          THIS IS THIRD QUARTER DATA. FOURTH QUARTER DATA WILL NOT BE RELEASED FOR ABOUT TWO MORE
WEEKS. 
          WE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON TO YOU IS YOU'VE GOT 2000 LOTS THAT
STANDS FOR VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS. 
          THESE ARE LOTS THAT ARE READY TO BE BUILT ON RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY COULD BREAK GROUND TOMORROW. 24,391 FEATURES. 
          I THINK ONLY ONE DISTRICT UP THERE. TWO DISTRICTS HAVE MORE FUTURES THAN DEL VALLE. 
          ACTUALLY, JUST ONE. AND THAT'S THE HAYES AREA. 
          SO, IN TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DEL VALLE MOVE UP THIS CHART. 
          YOU KNOW, AS WE START WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THAT FUTURE INVENTORY AND 819 STARTS. 
          SO, STARTS ARE RIGHT NOW OUTPACING OUTPERFORMING CLOSINGS OR OUTPACING CLOSINGS. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT A BAD THING AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE SPRING AND SUMMER WHEN THINGS GET A
LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          WE'VE ALREADY STARTED MORE HOMES THROUGH THREE QUARTERS THAN WE DID ALL OF LAST YEAR IN
DEL VALLE CLOSINGS HAVE TRAILED BEHIND. 
          YOU'LL PROBABLY FINISH THE YEAR WITH ABOUT 700 800 CLOSINGS. 
          IT'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR,
BUT YEAR, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY STARTING MORE HOMES, WHICH WILL GET US READY FOR THOSE NEXT QUARTERS. 
          IF WE LOOK AT IT BY ATTENDANCE ZONE, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD,
THIS IS BASED ON WHERE THE HOUSING IS SUMMARIZED BY ATTENDANCE ZONE. 
          I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT WHERE YOU SEE COLOR ON THIS CHART IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOST
ACTIVITY IN DEL VALLE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE COLLINS, CREEDMOOR, DEL VALLE CAMPUSES,
ESPECIALLY COLLINS THERE WITH OVER 1000 VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL. NOW WHERE THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE THIS CHART HERE HAS THOSE SPREAD OUT. 
          THE GREEN AREAS THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE WHERE WE HAVE ACTIVELY BUILT BUILDING SUBDIVISIONS. 
          THEY'RE BUILDING HOMES RIGHT NOW. THE YELLOW THAT THOSE YELLOW ONES ARE WHERE WE HAVE
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          NOW KEEP IN MIND WITHIN SOME OF THOSE LARGE ACTIVE DEVELOPMENTS,
THERE'S FUTURE PHASES. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THAT THAT TOTAL AMOUNT, THAT 24,000 FUTURES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS
GOING TO COME FROM THE YELLOW AND THE GREEN AREA. 
          THE RED OUTLINES REPRESENT AREAS WHERE THEY'VE ACTUALLY ARE TAKING A TAKING A FUTURE. 
          AND NOTE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN NO MOVEMENT AND NOW MOVING DIRT. 
          AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT IT TAKES ABOUT TWO YEARS FROM THE FIRST TRACTOR YOU SEE ON THE
PROPERTY, UNTIL YOU SEE A STUDENT. THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A HEADS UP FOR WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. 
          NOW, DEPENDING ON PRICE POINT, IT COULD BE A LITTLE QUICKER. BUT BEFORE THEY REALLY GET IN
FULL MODE, IT'S ABOUT TWO YEARS AND THERE WE GO. 
          THE SWETMAN TRACK IS THE NEXT TRACK THERE. WE'RE JUST GOING TO SHOW A FEW PICTURES. 
          I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICK. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE AN UPDATED SHOT THERE
IN OCTOBER WHERE THEY BEGAN TO ADD LOTS. 
          YOU'VE GOT 500 TOTAL LOTS, 171 VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS THERE. 
          THAT'S AN ASPEN WOODS PRODUCT. NEXT, WE HAVE LEXINGTON PARK. 
          YOU CAN SEE LEXINGTON PARK'S GOT THE FUTURE PHASE GOING BACK IN OCTOBER. 
          GROUNDWORKS UNDERWAY. 94 OCCUPIED HOMES. I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT. 
          I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT YIELDS IN THESE HOMES TO SEE IF THE STUDENT YIELD. 
          SO, WE MAP YOUR STUDENTS SO WE GET AN IDEA ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS PER HOME. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILD PROJECTIONS. YOUR STUDENT YIELDS IN DEL VALLE ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT
WE SEE IN A LOT OF AREAS, BUT IT'S LIKE ABOUT 0.6 TO 0.65, WHICH IS LIKE THINK OF IT AS SIX STUDENTS FOR EVERY TEN
HOMES IS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE NEW HOME. 
          YOU CAN SEE LONG VIEW HERE. THIS IS ANOTHER PRODUCT YOU CAN SEE A YEAR OR SO. THERE WASN'T
ANYTHING THERE. 
          NOW, WE'VE GOT OCCUPIED HOMES. YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT 300 PLUS PRICE POINT. 
          63 HOMES WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE THIRD QUARTER. 
          SO, HOW MANY OF THOSE HAVE FINISHED. AND I'M SURE THEY'VE STARTED MANY,
MANY MORE. 
          SUNCHASE. NOW KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ONE THAT USED TO,
AND I THINK WE'VE PROVIDED AN UPDATED REPORT TO THIS. 
          THEY WERE BOUGHT BY MIRADOR. MIRADOR. SO THAT YELLOW SECTION NOW IS CALLED MIRADOR 3,232
LOTS. 
          SO THAT RIGHT NOW IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THIS,
THIS GROUP OF MIRADOR. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO A MULTIFAMILY THAT YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR OTHER CHART AS WELL THAT THERE'S A
SMALL MULTIFAMILY SECTION THAT'S BEING ADDED RIGHT NEXT TO SUNCHASE, WHERE THAT ROAD KIND OF LOOPS OUT THERE. SO,
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE THERE. 
          IN THIS REPORT, STONEY CHASE 523 LOTS. THEY HAVE GROUNDWORK UNDERWAY LIKE SHOWING THAT
GROUNDWORK MOVING. 
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SO IT KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA. KB HOMES, ONCE THEY GET THOSE ROADS IN KB HOMES BUILDS
PRETTY QUICK. 
          SO THOSE COULD GO UP PRETTY QUICK. IT COULD BE MORE LIKE AN 18 MONTH TURNAROUND FOR
STUDENTS. 
          DAXTON MOVING DIRT. I MEAN, THEY'RE MOVING DIRT IN A LOT OF AREAS HERE IN DEL VALLE. 
          GROUNDWORK IS UNDERWAY ON ALL LOTS. SO THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICK. 
          AND LAWS RANCH, WE'VE GOT THAT FIRST PHASE OF LAW'S RANCH THAT THEY'RE MOVING. 
          THEY'RE MOVING ON. SO, THERE'S 527 TOTAL LOTS. 
          INITIAL GROUND GROUNDWORK ON ABOUT HALF OF THOSE. 
          MULTIFAMILY IS ALSO GETTING PRETTY CRAZY IN DEL VALLE RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'VE GOT 4400 UNITS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          THAT THAT MIGHT BE MORE THAN I'VE SEEING JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ELSE,
CERTAINLY IN AUSTIN AREA. 
          THE PURPLE POLYGONS THAT YOU SEE THERE, THOSE PURPLE AREAS THAT THAT'S ALL THE AREAS WHERE
WE HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING. 
          BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 4600 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS,
INCLUDING SOME SINGLE FAMILY. 
          RENTAL IS BECOMING A NEW THING. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS ALL ACROSS ALL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WHERE THERE ARE ACTUALLY DEVELOPERS ARE BUILDING A SUBDIVISION OF, THEY'RE BUILDING OUT ALL THOSE HOMES AND USING THAT AS RENTAL PROPERTY. 
          WE ADDED ANOTHER SLIDE IN RELATION TO THIS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN YOU. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO SHOW UP HERE, BUT YOU'LL HAVE IT WHERE WE BROKE DOWN THE LOCATIONS. 
          AND A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT MULTIFAMILY. 
          THE UNDER CONSTRUCTION MULTIFAMILY. I THINK YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA SLIDE ON THAT;
RIGHT? THIS IS AIRPORT GATEWAY, 288 APARTMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          AGAIN. LOOK AT THAT SEPTEMBER AERIAL. THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE THERE. THEY'LL PROBABLY BE
LEASING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EARLY OR BUT THEY'LL SOON BE LEASING IT THIS SPRING. YOU ALSO GOT MEADOW APARTMENTS WITH LOTS OF LOTS OF MOVEMENT GOING ON. 
          OCCUPANCY DATE SAID DECEMBER 2024. I DON'T THINK THEY QUITE MADE THAT,
BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY LEASING THIS JANUARY I THINK AIRPORT CROSSING AND NOT ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE GOT 334 UNITS THAT'S OFF OF ROSS ROAD HERE. 
          SO THAT'S NOT TOO FAR AWAY. YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS THERE COMING UP PRETTY QUICK. 
          SO JUST TO GET INTO PROJECTIONS. SO, NOW WE'VE GOT WE LOOK AT SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE YIELDS ARE, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF
THOSE. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TURNOVER IN YOUR EXISTING HOUSING,
JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WHAT KIND OF REGENERATION IS GOING ON. 
          NOW, ONE THING THAT'S HAPPENING, OR I SHOULD SAY NOT HAPPENING,
IS THEY AREN'T TURNING OVER AS FAST. 
          SO WE'RE NOT SEEING REGENERATION JUST YET IN DEL VALLE ,
WHICH IS KIND OF SLOWED. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THEORY, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT,
I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD EXPECT THAT GROWTH WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP. 
          AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT MY FORECAST WILL SHOW. THIS CHART HERE JUST SHOWS HOW WE DID
LAST YEAR. 
          WE FORECASTED 11,712 STUDENTS ARE OUR SNAPSHOT NUMBER OR THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE USING THERE
11,787. 
          SO WE WERE WITHIN ABOUT 15 STUDENTS. WE THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 
          WE OUR TARGET IS 1%. YOU CAN SEE THAT. THAT'S 0.1%. 
          OUR TARGET AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL IS 5%. SO WE'RE WELL UNDER THAT TARGET AS WELL. 
          SO WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD YEAR. YOU SAW THERE THAT YOUR ELEMENTARY IS GETTING GREW BY ABOUT
3%, FOLLOWED BY YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AVERAGING ABOUT ONE. 
          YOU KNOW, ABOUT 2% GROWTH. THAT'S THAT 1.019. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE YOUR HIGH SCHOOL AVERAGE HAVING A POSITIVE AT HIGH SCHOOL I SELDOM SEE
THAT. 
          AND WE DON'T SELDOM WE DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN. 
          WHAT THAT'S TELLING ME IS HOW MANY HOW MUCH OF YOUR RETENTION,
HOW MANY THIRD GRADERS BECOME FOURTH GRADERS? FOURTH GRADERS BECOME FIFTH GRADERS. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT YOU WANT THAT TO BE
POSITIVE. YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT; RIGHT? WE JUST SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR 12TH GRADE CLASS,
I THINK IN YOUR 10TH GRADE WERE THE ONLY AREAS THAT WE SAW IT DROP BELOW ONE. 
          12TH GRADE IS PRETTY COMMON. OF COURSE, 10TH GRADE IS NOT REALLY A BIG CONCERN BECAUSE
WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS IN NINTH GRADE, YOU GET THESE KIND OF FRESHMAN STUDENTS THAT DON'T QUITE HAVE ENOUGH CREDITS TO BE 10TH
GRADERS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THAT NINTH GRADE COHORTS REAL LARGE. 
          BUT IT GOES TOGETHER WITH THAT 10TH. THAT'S NOT REALLY A CONCERN. 
          THEY'RE SO STRONG. ONCE YOU GET THE STUDENTS,
YOU KEEP THE STUDENTS. 
          NEXT YEAR. WE'RE FORECASTING GROWTH VERY SIMILAR TO THIS YEAR ABOUT 204 STUDENTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT NUMBER REALLY BEGINS TO GROW AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT WE THINK YOU'LL AVERAGE MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS PER YEAR WITHIN
ABOUT 3 TO 4 YEARS. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME UNCERTAINTY THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN AUSTIN THAT COULD
IMPACT THIS. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO FORECAST BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW,
CAMPUS LEVEL. 
          YOU CAN SEE THESE CAMPUSES. THESE CAMPUS NUMBERS. 
          THE YELLOW AREA REPRESENTS AREAS THAT ARE OVER CAPACITY OR APPROACHING CAPACITY. 
          SO WE DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, SOME CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF US. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBERS ALL YELLOW THERE. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. RIGHT. LIKE 2027. 
          SO THAT'S GREAT. SO SINGLE FAMILY START RATE IS APPROACHING 900 HOMES. 
          SO, IF YOU THINK OF THAT IN TIME, I THINK YOU'LL BE GENERATING ABOUT 500 STUDENTS. 
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YOU KNOW IN THOSE NINE, YOU KNOW, PER YEAR GROUNDWORKS UNDERWAY ON 1300 LOTS. 
          SO THAT'S ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 500 LOTS ON WHAT'S ALREADY ON
THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE THINK YOU'LL BE AT 16,500 STUDENTS WITHIN TEN YEARS. 
          SO THERE I AM. I SPOKE PRETTY FAST, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BACK UP OR TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU'D
LIKE. 
          PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION BOARD. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE LEDESMA YEAH,
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS. 
          MY ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THE HIGH SCHOOL,
THIS 3380 CAPACITY. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ACCURATE. I DON'T THINK IT INCLUDES THE EARLY COLLEGE,
HIGH SCHOOL OR ANY OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WE PRESENTED THE VILLAGE OUT THERE AS WELL. I THOUGHT THAT THAT NUMBER WAS A LOT HIGHER. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS 3600. SO THAT MAY NEED TO BE CORRECTED BECAUSE THAT WILL AFFECT THE
WHOLE, WE GET THAT CAPACITY DATA FROM THE DISTRICT. WE DON'T. 
          SO, WE'LL CHECK WITH THEM AND TRY TO UPDATE THAT,
LOOK INTO THAT AND UPDATE THOSE ACTUAL NUMBERS. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN CONTENTIOUS FOR A WHILE,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE A SECOND HIGH SCHOOL BEING BUILT, BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS WERE STILL AT THE 3000 AS OPPOSED TO THE 3600. 
          SO IF WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS CORRECTED, THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE ACTUAL
CAPACITY, THE MAX CAPACITY IN OUR BUILDINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD IT PROBABLY DOESN'T INCLUDE
THE CTE WING. 
          SO I AGREE, IF WE CAN GET THAT UPDATED THAT . 
          WE'LL UPDATE THOSE CAPACITIES AS YOU SEE FIT. 
          TRUSTEE FRANCO. YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION,
GENERALLY SPEAKING. 
          AND THIS MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          HOW DO WE AT WHAT POINT DO WE START LOOKING AT KIND OF REZONING FOR OR ZONING FOR OUR
DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BASED ON CHANGES IN DENSITY AND HOUSING DENSITY AND WHATNOT? IT KIND OF BECOMES A DISTRICT CHALLENGE. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT UTILIZATION. SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE CAPACITY AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
WHERE WE CAN CREATE SOME RELIEF. 
          THE AREAS THAT TURN YELLOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT THAT. 
          IT'S KIND OF, IT'S A DISTRICT DECISION. I MEAN,
I THINK THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES HERE IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS. LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THERE AT NEWTON COLLINS,
WE CAN LOOK AT THEM ANY TIME. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO BEGIN THAT IS KIND OF HAVE SOME TARGETS,
YOU KNOW HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, WHAT YOU WANT, WANT TO ACCOMPLISH GOING FORWARD,
AND THEN LOOK AT THE AREAS SOMETIMES ONE GOOD THING THAT WE CAN DO THAT COULD MITIGATE GROWTH, MITIGATE GROWTH AT SOME OF THESE AREAS IS SIMPLY REZONE AREAS BEFORE THERE'S
ANYONE THERE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVEN'T BROKE GROUND YET. 
          YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE AT LIKE NEAR A DISTRICT,
ANOTHER ATTENDANCE ZONE BOUNDARY, YOU CAN MOVE THOSE. 
          SO, WHEN THAT GROWS, THAT GROWTH WILL HAPPEN IN THAT AREA. 
          AND THEN IT MIGHT LIMIT SOME OF THE OTHER. YEAH. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A QUESTION I AGREE.
IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION FOR DISTRICT STAFF. AT WHAT POINT DO WE BASED ON THE INFORMATION YOU'RE PRESENTING NOW; AT WHAT POINT DO WE START KIND OF LOOKING AT MAYBE REZONING OR
MAKING UP FOR CHANGES IN IN WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO AND HOUSING DENSITY? A GOOD EXAMPLE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME AREAS IN MY DISTRICT THAT WHILE
THEY WERE, THEY WERE MULTIFAMILY. NOW THEY'RE GETTING CONVERTED OVER TO MULTIFAMILY AT A HIGHER
DENSITY. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR ELEMENTARY AND WHATNOT? SO SURE. AND THAT'S THE REASON WE WANTED THIS. 
          IF YOU'LL NOTICE, IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT HILLCREST ELEMENTARY HAS 376. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S OUR LOWEST POPULATION WHILE OTHERS HAVE OVER 700. 
          SO, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED THIS INFORMATION TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT AND SEE WHAT
NEEDS TO BE REZONED. 
          SO, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? PERFECT. THANK YOU. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE MR. FRANCO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION LATER THIS YEAR. 
          WE NEEDED THIS. WE NEEDED THIS IS STEP ONE, SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT LATER THIS YEAR,
I BELIEVE. 
          JUST A COMMENT. I JUST WANT FOLKS TO JUST TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT AS WELL,
BECAUSE THIS IS A PROJECTION, NOT NECESSARILY AN ACTUAL. AND WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THOSE YEARS,
WE WILL DEFINITELY SEE BETTER RESULTS AND REALLY IDENTIFY IF THESE ARE ACCURATE, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SEVERAL REPORTS AND IT ALWAYS CHANGES EVERY YEAR. 
          SO I DO WANT OUR SCHOOLS TO BE AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE,
BUT NOT TOO MANY CHANGES. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NEED BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE STILL UNDER CAPACITY. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HAVING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          APPRECIATE IT. ALWAYS A PLEASURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDED 2526 ACADEMIC CALENDAR PRESENTATION,
DR. 
          [V.C. DAT Recommended 2025-2026 Academic Calendar Presentation]
MARK CANTU. 
          [01:20:10]
GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT WEGNER AND DR. 
          GUTIERREZ, THIS EVENING I BRING TO YOU A RECOMMENDATION OF THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE
2526 SCHOOL AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SOME DATA THAT WAS SHARED ORIGINALLY THAT WAS
GATHERED IN OCTOBER. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS STARTED. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS A WEEK LONG BREAK IN OCTOBER. 
          AND THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IS IT MEETING THE NEED OF STAKEHOLDERS OR NOT? SO, IN OCTOBER THIS WENT OUT TO STAFF. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 5,
ONE BEING THE LEAST IMPORTANT, FIVE BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT. FOR THIS QUESTION,
THE ONE WAS THE MAJORITY. 
          SO HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE A WEEK LONG BREAK IN OCTOBER? AGAIN, THIS IS COMING FROM STAFF. SECOND QUESTION ON THERE IS HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR
STAFF TO HAVE MORE STAFF DEVELOPMENT TIME AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR VERSUS IN OCTOBER? AGAIN, THIS IS A FIVE. THE MAJORITY IS IS SAYING THAT IT IS IMPORTANT,
WITH FIVE BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT. 
          WE ASKED PARENTS AS WELL ABOUT THIS AND THIS HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE MIXED RESULTS,
BUT IT'S STILL VERY IMPORTANT TO PARENTS FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT WEEK LONG BREAK IN OCTOBER. 
          SO KNOWING THAT INFORMATION BASED ON THAT, THE CNI TEAM,
ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, CAME UP WITH FOUR CALENDAR OPTIONS THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE DISTRICT ADVISORY TEAM. 
          THE DISTRICT ADVISORY TEAM, RECEIVED FEEDBACK THROUGH THESE MEETINGS ON THE CALENDARS. 
          AND AFTER THAT MEETING, THE CNI TEAM CAME BACK,
AND THEY DEVELOPED THREE OPTIONS. 
          FROM THE FOUR, IT GOT NARROWED DOWN TO THREE. 
          THAT WAS THEN PRESENTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
          AND THE SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM SAID,
WE WILL SHARE ALL THREE WITH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY TEAM, BUT WE PREFER THE TWO OF THE OPTIONS. SO, THE DISTRICT ADVISORY TEAM VOTED ON ALL THREE
OPTIONS, AND THE TWO WITH THE HIGHEST VOTES ARE THE ONES THAT MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT WE SHARED WITH OUR COMMUNITY FOR IN THE SURVEY. 
          SO WE HAD THIS COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE AND OPEN TO OUR COMMUNITY DECEMBER 13TH
THROUGH JANUARY THE 10TH. 
          IT WAS FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE HAD 990 RESPONDENTS. 
          AGAIN, THIS WAS ON THOSE TWO OPTIONS THAT WERE CONSIDERED BY THE DISTRICT ADVISORY TEAM. 
          AND HERE ARE THE RESULTS. MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED WERE PARENTS WITH 57%. 
          AND THEN TEACHERS THERE COULD HAVE BEEN HAVE SOME,
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME OVERLAP. 
          AND THEN CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS DOWN TO OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          AND THE MAJORITY OVERWHELMINGLY CHOSE OPTION A. 
          AND SO, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT OPTION A IS. 
          AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OPTION A AND B. 
          SO, THE FIRST MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THE START OF SCHOOL. 
          THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO START ON A MONDAY AND SO THAT IS OPTION A. 
          THE NEXT BIG CHANGE IS THE OCTOBER STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE ONE IS ON A FRIDAY THE 10TH AND THE OTHER ONE IS A THURSDAY THE 16TH AND
THEN F1 HOLIDAY. 
          OPTION ONE HAD TWO DAYS OFF A FRIDAY AND A MONDAY VERSUS OPTION B,
WHICH WAS JUST A FRIDAY AND THEN FEBRUARY. 
          STAFF DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE GOT THIS IN THE CURRENT CALENDAR COMING UP HERE NEXT MONTH,
A FRIDAY AND A MONDAY FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT STUDENTS ARE OFF THOSE TWO DAYS AND THEN THE APRIL HOLIDAY. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS IF WE HAVE FRIDAY AND MONDAY OFF BACK TO BACK OR
JUST THAT FRIDAY. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD ADOPTS CALENDAR A NEXT MONTH. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION BOARD. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE TWO CALENDAR PRESENTATIONS? JUST IF NO ONE ELSE. IF JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          I KNOW THAT I HAD A LOT OF PARENTS CONTACT ME ABOUT THE OCTOBER BEING TAKEN OFF SO MANY
DAYS BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS A MENTAL RETREAT FOR THEIR STUDENTS. AND SO,
THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE INITIALLY PUT IT ON, GRANTED THAT STAFF DID HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT THE WHOLE WEEK,
BUT FOR ME IT WAS MORE FOR STUDENTS AWARENESS AND STUDENT MENTAL REPRIEVE FROM SCHOOL. 
          SO, MY CONCERN IS, OR MY QUESTION IS, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ADD A COUPLE OF MORE DAYS? HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT US? FROM A DISTRICT MAKING SURE WE GET ALL OF OUR HOURS. 
          [01:25:04]
IF WE COULD AT LEAST MAYBE ADD A THURSDAY, MAYBE THURSDAY,
FRIDAY, MONDAY OR SOMETHING TO THAT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHARE ONE WHAT THE CALENDAR AFFORDS US TO DO IS STILL GIVE A BREAK BY
HAVING THAT FRIDAY AND MONDAY IN OPTION A, AND SO STUDENTS DO HAVE THAT FOUR DAYS. 
          THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH THAT WEEK LONG OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS THAT IT IN REALITY
IT'S TOO LATE WHEN TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY NOVICE TEACHERS WHO ARE COMING IN AND MORE TEACHERS COMING IN WITHOUT THE
TRADITIONAL TRAINING THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO AS FEWER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY. IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE FRONT LOAD THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SO THAT ON DAY
ONE, OUR TEACHERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          BECAUSE WHEN YOU WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER AND TEACHERS ARE LIMITED IN THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
TIME, THEN WE'RE DOING A DISSERVICE TO ALL TEACHERS IN REALITY,
AND ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE, YOU KNOW, I ANTICIPATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHARE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AT SOME POINT WHEN MOST OF OUR
SCHOOLS ARE D'S AND F'S, AND IN THE STATE'S EYES, A D IS FAILING. IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE EQUIPPED
WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, AS WE DO A REFRESH WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AS WE WORK TO
ENHANCE RIGOR IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          AND THE LIST GOES ON. MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO FRONTLOAD THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING,
BECAUSE BY THE TIME OCTOBER COMES, THERE'S NO TIME TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN YOUR CLASSROOM TO MAKE CHANGES IN YOUR
CLASSROOM TO ALIGN WITH THE WITH THE TRAINING. 
          AND BY THE TIME THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT TRAINING,
IT COULD BE THE LATTER PART OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OR EVEN JANUARY, WHEREAS WE COULD HAVE GIVEN TEACHERS THAT LEARNING AT THE VERY
BEGINNING IN AUGUST SO THAT THEY ARE READY ON DAY ONE. AND SO, WE KEPT THAT IN MIND UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT NEED FOR A BREAK. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE THAT BUILD IN OF IT'S NOT FIVE DAYS. 
          IT'S TWO DAYS ALIGNED WITH THE WEEKEND TO GIVE STUDENTS FOUR DAYS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY TRUSTEE FRANCO. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY. DR.
GUTIERREZ, IS THAT THE OPTION THAT STAFF HAS OR THAT IS BEING PRESENTED WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME OVERALL AND STUDENT OUTCOMES? AND WOULD STILL ALLOW REPRIEVE IN OCTOBER TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF MENTAL HEALTH BREAK. 
          AS TRUSTEE WOODY NOTED IN THAT IN THAT INTERIM PERIOD. 
          YES, SIR. AND IT'S EVIDENT THAT IT HAS NOT WORKED WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR DATA WHEN MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS. AND THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE A REASON THAT WE'RE,
WE COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT EARLY ON AND ENSURING THAT WE PUT SOME STRUCTURES IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WHAT EDUCATORS CALL SHOCKTOBER. 
          OCTOBER IS A IT'S A TOUGH TIME FOR STAFF, FOR STUDENTS. 
          YOU PUT FORTH ALL OF THIS ENERGY AND EFFORT INTO TEACHING AND LEARNING. 
          IT IS A TIME THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE AWARE OF,
OF JUST THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND ENSURING THAT WE PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THEM, WHILE ALSO HONORING THAT THAT NEEDED BREAK BY GIVING THEM
THAT FOUR DAY WEEKEND. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GUADIAN. NOT ONLY THAT,
AND I KNOW IN MY COMMUNITY IT ACTUALLY PUTS AN PUTS AN ADDITIONAL STRAIN HAVING THAT ENTIRE WEEK OFF IN OCTOBER. AS FAR AS FINDING DAYCARE PLACES FOR THE KIDS TO STAY DURING
THAT WEEK WHEN THEY'RE WORKING. 
          TRUSTEE PANTOJA I HAVE A QUESTION. I BROUGHT THIS UP,
BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE. 
          WHY DON'T WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH? I OWE IT TO STAFF. LIKE, WHETHER IT BE YEP. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? WHY DON'T WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH? I'VE ASKED FOR IT BEFORE. LIKE WHY WE DON'T DO IT BEFORE WHILE WE STILL OPERATE? WHEN THAT IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, LET'S HOPE IT CONTINUES A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. 
          SO, THE QUESTION IS, WHY DON'T WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AS A STAFF HOLIDAY? 
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JUNETEENTH, JUNE THE 19TH. RIGHT. WE ARE, I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND. 
          DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, WE ARE CLOSED ON FRIDAYS. 
          DURING THE SUMMER, WE ADJUST OUR HOURS. SO, IT FALLS ON A FRIDAY THIS YEAR. 
          SO THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY GOING TO. 
          FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE YEAR LONG CALENDAR,
WE ADJUST OUR SUMMER HOURS AND WORK LONGER MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS. 
          AND BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY A DAY OFF, THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED THIS YEAR. 
          GOTCHA. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. I DIDN'T SEE IT AS ON THE FRIDAY. 
          I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. AND THEN TWO, I DIDN'T SEE IT. IT WAS,
IT'S NOT LABELED AS A HOLIDAY BUT WE'RE GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. BOARD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. 
          MOVING ON TO THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS. DINA. 
          [V.D. Monthly Financial Reports]
THANK YOU. DINA. EDGAR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          SO, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR
EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THIS DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THIS EVENING, I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDING
DECEMBER 31ST. 
          THE REPORTS WE'LL BE DISCUSSING INCLUDE INVESTMENTS,
TAX COLLECTIONS, YEAR TO DATE, BUDGET BY FUNCTION, AND OBJECT AND FUND BALANCE. STARTING WITH THE INVESTMENT REPORT,
THIS SLIDE SPEAKS TO OUR PORTFOLIO POSITION WITH A WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD OF 4.47%, DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM LAST MONTH. 91% OF OUR OVERALL DISTRIBUTION DOES REMAIN AT THE 0
TO 1 TO 0 TO 1 YEARS TO MATURITY. THIS NEXT SLIDE OUTLINES THE SECURITY DIVERSIFICATION BY VALUE AND
PERCENT OF PORTFOLIO ALMOST 53% RESIDES IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT POOLS,
WHICH HAS 100% LIQUIDITY. 
          IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, THE DISTRICT EARNED JUST SHORT OF $1 MILLION IN INTEREST
EARNINGS, WITH ABOUT 7.5 MILLION EARNED FISCAL YEAR TO DATE. 
          LAST MONTH, THE FEDERAL RESERVE DID CUT INTEREST RATES BY A QUARTER POINT,
AS WE ANTICIPATED. 
          THEY DID INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL CUTS IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THIS NEXT REPORT IS TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE MONTH,
WHICH CAME IN WITH A VENGEANCE IN DECEMBER AT 52 MILLION FOR THE MONTH. WE DID BUDGET 152 MILLION TOTAL COLLECTIONS. 
          SO 34% OF COLLECTIONS CAME IN AT THE END OF DECEMBER. 
          NOW, I WILL SAY THIS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE COLLECTIONS DID NOT COME IN TIME
FOR THAT DECEMBER PAYROLL, THAT WE HAVE THAT BACK TO BACK PAYROLL BEFORE WE GO OFF ON BREAK. 
          THEY CAME IN AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO THAT TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE THAT WAS THAT WAS
APPROVED BY THE BOARD WAS INDEED. 
          IN LOOKING AT A YEAR TO DATE BUDGET BY FUNCTION,
WE HAVE SPENT ALMOST 51% OF OUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES AS THE END OF DECEMBER. 
          WE'RE EXACTLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. PRESIDENT WEGNER MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT MANY OF
THE YEAR'S EXPENSES ARE FRONT LOADED, WHICH IS CORRECT. SO I FEEL THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION. 
          AND THEN HERE'S A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE BUDGET BY OBJECT CODE. AND I MENTIONED LAST MONTH
ABOUT MONITORING PAYROLL. 
          WE'RE AT 52% OF THE SPEND YEAR TO DATE. SO IN GOOD POSITION THERE AS WELL. 
          AND FINALLY LOOKING AT THE FUND BALANCE POSITION,
WE REMAIN AT A FAVORABLE 154,001ST. 
          AND THAT IS CONCLUDES. ANY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          BOARD MELINDA TRUSTEE CISNEROS. YES. SO, I HAVE A QUESTION I DON'T SEE DETAILED HERE. 
          MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT INFORMATION LIKE YOUR BONDS,
INFORMATION, FIXED ASSETS, GRANTS, THOSE DETAILED INFORMATION. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS THAT HAVE THAT? WE DO. 
          I CAN PREPARE THOSE. THIS IS JUST GENERAL FUND. 
          BUT YES, WE COULD PREPARE OTHER FUNDS AS WELL. 
          YES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 
          WOULD IT BE SUFFICIENT TO SEE THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS? THAT WOULD BE GREAT. QUARTERLY WOULD BE GREAT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
BOARD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. NEXT UP FOR DISCUSSION THE DISCUSSION OF SCHOOL BOARD TRAINING. SO, I THINK. I CAN START BOARD. THANK YOU, BOARD. SO JANUARY 11TH WE ALL DID THAT TRAINING. 
          [VI.A. Discussion of further School Board Training]
THAT WAS VERY LONG BUT VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING US IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE COULD VERY MUCH
IMPROVE IN. 
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AND SO, TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS JUST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO,
WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND TO THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE RECOGNIZING THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE AS A BOARD DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO THIS IS OUR EFFORT TO TRY TO IMPROVE IN OUR IN DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          BOARD BEFORE YOU THERE ARE DIFFERENT TRAINING OPTIONS THAT WE CAN GO WITH. 
          ONE OF THEM IS THE LONE STAR GOVERNING BOARD TRAINING. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. 
          TASB BOARD TRAINING ALSO HAS VERY SIMILAR OPTIONS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE], WHICH HAS THEIR CUSTOMIZED ONE. 
          SO, THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION TO HAVE TO SEE,
YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE, AND IF YOU WANT ANY MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS,
THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING, BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THIS BOARD WANTS. 
          SO, LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. THOUGHTS? BOARD. I HAPPEN TO I MEAN I LIKED THE LSG TRAINING AND THE COACH. 
          I THINK THAT THEY CAN REALLY COACH US GOING FORWARD. 
          GRANTED I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER TRAINING WILL BE AS LONG. 
          CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. THE FIRST DAY OF TRAINING,
WHICH IS THE TRAINING AFTER THAT, IS ONE ON ONE COACHING. 
          AS A BOARD OR INDIVIDUALLY AS NEEDED TO DO THE WORK. 
          AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US, ESPECIALLY GOING FORWARD WITH OUR CALENDAR AND ALL THE
OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TO HELP US GET THROUGH THAT, ALL THE GOALS AND, RIGHT, THE GOAL, PROGRESS REPORTS AND ALL THAT. 
          I THINK WE DO NEED THAT. JUST TO CLARIFY, ALL OF THESE OPTIONS HAVE THOSE TRAININGS
AVAILABLE. 
          THEY ALSO DO HAVE ONE ON ONE COACHING. I LIKED LSG. 
          OKAY. AND I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT FROM OTHER BOARDS WHO HAVE BEEN TO CONFERENCES,
LEADERSHIP THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE LSG TRAINING AND HOW IT'S WORKED FOR THEM. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? TRUSTEE FRANCO? YEAH. JUST I GUESS MY QUESTION. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS UP JUST FOR ACTION NEXT MONTH. 
          IS THAT IS THAT THE INTENT? AND I DO HAVE A COMMENT BASED ON WHAT THE RESPONSE IS. 
          I THINK WHAT WE'RE WANTING IS DIRECTION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          WE SPENT TWO FULL DAYS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WE INVESTED TIME AND ENERGY INTO THAT,
THAT TRAINING, WHICH I FOUND TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL. WHAT WE ARE NEEDING TO KNOW AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE
TEAM, WE WANT DIRECTION AS TO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. OF COURSE,
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO ENGAGE IN BOARD LEVEL TRAINING, BUT CONSIDERING THE NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES,
ENSURING THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT LASER FOCUS TO GET TO WHERE WE ULTIMATELY WANT TO BE,
AND ENSURING THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS A TEAM OF TEN, IN OUR CASE, IS ALIGNED TO THE PROCESS IN WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING A NEW
STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING THE I HAVE NOT WORKED WITH LSG,
BUT I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE WORK WITH TASB WITH BOARDS AS WELL AS MO CASEY IN THE PAST. I FEEL LIKE WITH LSG THEY HAVE A REALLY SOLID STRUCTURE IN
PLACE TO GET YOU TO POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES WHILE PROVIDING SUPPORT WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING,
ESTABLISHING THOSE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT GOALS, THOSE BOARD CONSTRAINTS,
THOSE SUPERINTENDENT CONSTRAINTS, THE CALENDAR. 
          THERE'S A VERY WELL LAID OUT PROCESS OF SUPPORT WITH BOARD TRAINING,
BUT ALSO A ONE ON ONE COACH. 
          NOW TASB HAS HAD AN XG GOVERNANCE, VERY SIMILAR,
BUT MAYBE NOT AS STRATEGIC THAT I'VE UTILIZED IN THE PAST TO DEVELOP BOARD SUPERINTENDENT GOALS. AND THAT IS ALSO EXTENSIVE. 
          IT'S ABOUT 6 TO 8 MONTHS, ONCE A MONTH. I THINK AS A TEAM,
WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE BEST FIT FOR US TO GET US TO WHERE WE ULTIMATELY WANT TO BE. 
          THANK YOU. AND FOR THOSE LISTENING THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHAT LSG IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T BEFORE,
WE WERE HERE FOR TWO SOLID DAYS. 
          IT IS LONE STAR GOVERNANCE, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT,
AS WE SAID, WE DID GO THROUGH, AND OUR NOTES INDICATE THAT WE DID GET THE CREDIT FOR BOTH 
          [01:40:05]
DAYS AS A LONE STAR GOVERNANCE TEAM. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE WHAT IS ISO TRAINING? THE ISO TRAINING IS THE DIFFERENCE IN OUTCOMES WITH EVALUATING AND IMPROVING STUDENT
OUTCOMES. 
          TRUSTEE, CAN YOU TURN OFF YOUR MICROPHONE? OKAY. 
          YES. SO, THE ISO TRAINING IS EVALUATING AND IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND SO,
IT'S REQUIRED FOR EVERY BOARD MEMBER FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS ACQUIRED IN THE FIRST, I BELIEVE, 120 DAYS AND FOR EVERY OTHER BOARD MEMBER EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          SO YOU ALL RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THAT, AND THEN YOU RECEIVE THE THREE HOURS FOR TEAM OF EIGHT
TRAINING IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THERE WAS EIGHT. 
          AND THEN YOU ALSO RECEIVE FOR FRAMEWORK TRAINING,
WHICH WAS THE OVERALL TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD FRAMEWORK THAT WE REVIEWED THROUGHOUT THE TRAINING. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. 
          ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. TRUSTEE FRANCO. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANT I GUESS THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE TRAINING WAS AMAZING. 
          AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING. WE LEARNED A LOT AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT EACH
OTHER. 
          IT WAS FANTASTIC OUT OF TEAM BUILDING. MY ONLY MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT LONE STAR
GOVERNANCE TRAINING WAS ALL NEW TO ME. 
          OF COURSE, I'M A NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, SO I'M MAYBE YOU ALL HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME OF
THESE TRAININGS BEFORE, SO YOU KNOW THE CONTEXT FOR IT. 
          I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE CONTEXT FOR IT, NOR AM I AWARE OF THE CONTEXT OF SOME OF THESE
OTHER TRAININGS. 
          SO, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO RESEARCH A FEW OF THESE DIFFERENT TRAININGS BEFORE WE GIVE
DIRECTION, BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SOME OF THESE ARE TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU. SO LONG
STORY SHORT, I DON'T FEEL PREPARED TO GIVE DIRECTION WITHOUT CONTEXT FOR AND FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER
TRAININGS. 
          AND THAT MAKES SENSE. NONE OF US HAVE BEEN THROUGH IN MY 13.5 YEARS OF BOARD SERVICE. 
          WE HAVE NEVER BEEN THROUGH LONE STAR GOVERNANCE TRAINING,
SO THAT WAS NEW TO ALL OF US. AND SO, THANK YOU AS WELL FOR PARTICIPATING. IT WAS GREAT. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE PANTOJA I'M WITH TRUSTEE FRANCO HERE. 
          IF I WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND READ ABOUT THESE AND THEN GIVE DIRECTION. 
          SO, IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN BUILD A SYSTEM, A PROCESS TO ALLOW US TIME TO GET BACK TO YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, TO GIVE, TO MAYBE FACILITATE SOME CONVERSATION DOWN THE LINE JUST SO WE
BECAUSE I WANT TO DO THE BOARD TRAINING, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. CORRECT. 
          AND THAT'S THE REASON. YES. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THIS PURPOSE. 
          SO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I
APOLOGIZE, I DO WANT YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING THROUGH THESE,
BECAUSE ALL OF THESE I'M GOING TO CALL THEM VENDORS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE TO ME. 
          THEY PROVIDE SIMILAR TRAINING. SO, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT STRATEGIC PLANNING,
THEN WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE A STRATEGIC PLANNING TRAINING. 
          IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, GOALS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT,
THEN WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE THE SUPERINTENDENT GOALS TRAINING. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW, EACH OF THESE THINGS THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN PROVIDE. 
          IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE BOARD WHAT OUR TOP PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE. 
          AND I THINK WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST. 
          BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY REITERATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS,
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT KIND OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO. 
          AS WELL AS WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, AND WE FOCUSED ON BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND
SUPERINTENDENT GOALS, WHICH WE DIDN'T FINISH THAT PART. BUT THOSE WERE SIMILAR TRAININGS THAT WE HAD WITH TASB. 
          THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT OPTION FOR US TO DO FOR THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE TRAINING. 
          I PARTICULARLY WAS NOT FOND OF IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE RIGID FOR ME. 
          BUT IN TALKING TO DR. CANTU AND DR. GUTIERREZ,
LIKE WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AS RIGID IN OUR OWN TRAINING IF WE HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TRAIN WITH. SO IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT,
BUT THE MATERIAL WILL BE THE SAME. 
          I HAVE TO CLARIFY, AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I GUESS MY QUESTION OVERALL WITH REGARDS TO
THE CONTEXT AND THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT WOULD BE WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE TRAINING SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT BEST WOULD SERVE US. THANK YOU. 
          AND THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE. 
          WE'RE ALSO WAITING ON SOME AS YOU CAN SEE RESPONSE FROM TASB ON THE XG GOVERNANCE. 
          THEY HAVE THE WEBSITE UP. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY STILL DO IT. 
          BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO, TO ME AS A SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD AND I WOULD
PERHAPS, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW THIS,
BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL BE SENDING YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND PERHAPS IN AN UPCOMING WORKSHOP, WE CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS. 
          THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DECISION, ONE THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY,
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GOING TO DRIVE THE DIRECTION OF NOT JUST THE BOARD OF THE TEAM OF TEN, BUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING. 
          [01:45:05]
YES. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GUADIAN I DO LIKE THE STRUCTURE THAT LSG HAD. 
          THEY KEPT US ON TASK, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL GOING FORWARD,
ESPECIALLY SETTING THE GOALS, SETTING BOARD CONSTRAINTS, SUPERINTENDENT CONSTRAINTS,
LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, WHAT WE WANT. 
          THEY REALLY, I MEAN, IT WAS LONG, IT WAS LONG AND TIRING SOMETIMES. 
          BUT I THINK THE I LIKE THE STRUCTURE. THEY KEPT US ON TASK,
AND WE DIDN'T GO OFF ON TANGENTS. 
          AND I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE DID HAVE SOME BOARD TRAINING PREVIOUSLY AND I DON'T THINK IT
WAS AS STRUCTURED. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT BOARD. ANYTHING FURTHER? I JUST,
IF I JUST MAY ADD SORRY, I JUST DO WANT TO CELEBRATE Y'ALL ONE MORE TIME. 
          I HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR YOU ALL FOR LSU. AND SO I'D LIKE TO PASS. 
          AND I THINK JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE HERE AND THE AUDIENCE THAT'S JOINING US,
THIS REALLY IT WAS TWO DAYS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING. 
          IT IS NOW A LONE STAR GOVERNANCE CERTIFIED BOARD. 
          AND SO, I JUST THINK YOU ALL DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          WE'LL COME TO MIC]. EVERYBODY MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S FINE. 
          DR. CANTU, I HAVE A QUESTION. DR. CANTU I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION, TOO. SORRY, SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE WAS THIS EMAIL TO US OR DO YOU MIND EMAILING US SO THAT WE CAN
USE THE HYPERLINKS? YES. THEY WILL BE ACTIVE. THEY WILL ALSO BE IN THE BOARD COMMUNIQUE TOMORROW. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. 
          ONE MORE QUESTION. SO, DR. GUTIERREZ, CAN YOU GIVE US KIND OF A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE
NEED TO PRIORITIZE THAT WE NEED LIKE ASAP WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING BECAUSE I GET WE NEED,
YOU KNOW, BOARD GOVERNANCE AND HOW BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD, YOU KNOW, DO CERTAIN THINGS. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE ASAP. 
          AND IF YOU CAN GIVE US THAT LIST, THAT WILL HELP US LOOK AT THESE DIFFERENT VENDORS AND
SEE WHICH ONE WE THINK WORKS BEST FOR US. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. PERFECT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THIS. OH, OKAY. 
          I APOLOGIZE. QUICK QUESTION. SO, WOULD THESE BE SET UP ALSO IN THE SAME WAY AS WHAT WE
EXPERIENCED THIS PAST WEEKEND? LIKE, ARE THEY COMING TO US? ARE THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GO ATTEND OR HOW WOULD THAT
WORK? SO, IF WE GET A BOARD COACH THAT LONESTAR GOVERNANCE,
THE BOARD COACH WOULD COME TO US. 
          SAME THING WITH TASB. NOW, TASB, WHEN YOU SEE THE OPTIONS,
THEY DO HAVE A VIRTUAL TRAINING THAT WE COULD COME TOGETHER STILL RIGHT AS A TEAM AND DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS VIRTUALLY. BUT THERE WOULD BE IF WE NEEDED TO,
IF WE WANTED TO, IF WE COULD INVEST IN A BOARD COACH AS WELL. 
          SAME THING FOR MO CASEY. THEY WOULD COME TO US AND WE WOULD DO IT HERE. 
          VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID, JUST NOT TWO DAYS. 
          PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVING NONE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,
WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [VII. Consent Agenda]
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HAVING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'VE GOT TRUSTEE GUADIAN AS THE FIRST TO MAKE THE MOTION AND THEN THE MOTION. 
          SECONDED BY TRUSTEE DAMIAN PANTOJA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RIGHT HAND. ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. SIX. 
          SEVEN. PASSES 7 TO 0. UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 
          [VIII.A. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on Submission of Waiver for Remote Homebound Instruction for Special Education Students]
          [01:50:04]
GOING TO BE AN ACTION ITEM. DISCUSS, CONSIDER,
AND POSSIBLY ACT ON. 
          SUBMISSION OF WAIVER FOR REMOTE HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. 
          NICOLE ROBERTS, DR. MARK CANTU COMING UP. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. 
          I SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED UP HERE. RIGHT? SO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. 
          IT IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME WE HEAR OF THIS, HOWEVER,
THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO I WILL SHARE THE KEY POINTS ON THIS REMOTE HOMEBOUND WAIVER. 
          SO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MUST PROVIDE A FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICES FOR OUR
STUDENTS, INCLUDING HOMEBOUND SERVICES. AND SO THE HOMEBOUND SERVICES ARE FAIRLY TYPICAL. 
          THERE ARE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. I WON'T READ EACH BULLET POINT. 
          BUT IT'S THINGS LIKE A STUDENT MUST BE CONFINED TO THEIR HOME OR TO A HOSPITAL BEDSIDE FOR
A MINIMUM OF FOUR WEEKS. 
          THE STUDENT HAS SOME SORT OF MEDICAL NEED OR PSYCHOLOGICAL REASONS,
REASONINGS OF WHY THEY QUALIFY FOR THAT. 
          THE PART THAT WE'RE ASKING HERE IS FOR REMOTE HOMEBOUND. 
          THESE ARE FOR REMOTE SERVICES OR VIRTUAL SERVICES. 
          SO IN A HOMEBOUND SITUATION, THE TEACHER STILL GOES TO THE HOUSE OR TO THE BEDSIDE OF THE
STUDENT. 
          THEY STILL PROVIDE FACE TO FACE SERVICES. IN THIS CASE,
IT IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED VIRTUALLY OR REMOTELY. 
          THIS MUST BE AGAIN A HARD DECISION COMMITTEE,
AND THIS MUST BE DOCUMENTED IN THE STUDENT'S IEP. 
          THE REASON THAT WE NEED TO BRING THIS TO YOU TODAY,
AND WE ASK FOR ACTION TODAY, IS THAT WE NEED BOARD APPROVAL IN ORDER TO USE THE VIRTUAL HOMEBOUND. AND SO, WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO CURRENTLY QUALIFY FOR VIRTUAL SERVICES THAT
WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR. ALL THEIR INSTRUCTION WILL BE DELIVERED AGAIN REMOTELY OR VIRTUALLY VERSUS FACE TO
FACE LIKE A TRADITIONAL HOMEBOUND SERVICE. ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS AS THAT COME WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES STILL
CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. 
          THE ONLY THING IS THE INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS VIRTUALLY. 
          THANK YOU. LET'S START WITH TRUSTEE WRIGHT. FOR QUESTIONS,
PLEASE. 
          WITH THIS, IS THERE ANY, LIKE, ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDENS,
LIKE TO THE DISTRICT, OR DO WE HAVE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS? ARE WE PULLING TEACHERS FROM CLASSROOMS? AND HOW DOES THAT GO? LIKE, IS THERE A SPECIFIC WOULD IT BE IF THESE KIDS LIVED IN A SPECIFIC DISTRICT,
SAY THEY ATTENDED BEATTY, WOULD IT BE A TEACHER THAT WOULD BE DOING INSTRUCTION? WHAT ARE LIKE THE DETAILS TO THAT? YEAH. SO FOR THE DETAILS,
I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, MISS NICOLE ROBERTS, TO TALK TO US SO SHE CAN GIVE US ALL THE INDIVIDUAL DETAILS THAT YOU
ALL NEED TO MAKE THIS DECISION. 
          SO GOOD EVENING. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO HOMEBOUND TEACHERS HIRED BY THE SPECIAL
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY ARE CENTRAL SPECIAL EDUCATION EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD SERVICE THESE STUDENTS. 
          SO, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL BURDEN FINANCIALLY FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM YOU. TRUSTEE I WOULD TRUSTEE WHAT IF THE PARENT OPTS
OUT OF REMOTE LEARNING? SO, THESE WERE IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. SO,
WE ONLY CONSIDER WHEN IT'S A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DOCTOR AND IT'S IN CONSULTATION WITH THEIR PARENT AS WELL. SO WE WOULD WANT A RELEASE AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE
STUDENTS REQUIRED THEIR INSTRUCTION TO BE VIRTUAL VERSUS FACE TO FACE. FOR ONE EXAMPLE, MAYBE WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO MIGHT BE IN A HOSPITAL IN AUSTIN AND
WILL BE ON HOMEBOUND FOR MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS, BUT ONLY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE WEEKS. SO AUSTIN ISD WON'T PICK UP THEIR INSTRUCTION
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THAT FOUR WEEK THRESHOLD. 
          AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. SO WE WILL DO THREE WEEKS VIRTUAL AND THEN FLIP
THEM BACK TO FACE TO FACE ONCE THEY'RE HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. 
          THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT MIGHT OCCUR. 
          OKAY. AND THEN SO WHAT IF LIKE THEY'RE MAYBE IN WEEK TWO AND THEY SAID,
HEY, VIRTUAL IS NOT WORKING FOR MY KID. 
          I NEED THAT FACE TO FACE ONE ON ONE. DO WE GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY? WE WOULD GO BACK TO AN ARD MEETING AND CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS FOR THAT STUDENT. 
          AND AGAIN, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FACE TO FACE HOMEBOUND SERVICES ONLY ON VERY,
VERY RARE OCCASIONS. 
          AND TYPICALLY, IT'S DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS, SAFETY CONCERNS,
THOSE SITUATIONS OR THE SITUATION. 
          I JUST EXPLAINED WHERE WE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER THE REMOTE. 
          OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE THEY'RE NOT LOCKED INTO THAT REMOTE OPTION. 
          YEAH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENT. 
          MY LAST QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR FOOD. I KNOW THAT I HAD GOT AN EMAIL A WHILE BACK
ABOUT A PARTICULAR SITUATION WHERE 
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THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PICK UP FOOD FROM THE SCHOOL. 
          ARE WE GIVING THEM THAT OPTION GOING FORWARD OR WHAT? WHAT WAS THE DETAILS ON THAT? THE OPTION WE HAVE IS THAT THE PARENT CAN DELIVER. 
          WHAT IF WE PROVIDED THE OPTION FOR HOMEBOUND STUDENTS TO DO A DELIVERY SERVICE? IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL IT. IT REQUIRES STAFF. 
          IT REQUIRES A VEHICLE. AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THOSE MEALS WOULD BE REIMBURSABLE IF THEY
WERE DELIVERED. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, THE OPTION THAT WE HAVE IS THAT OUR,
OUR PARENTS CAN PICK UP. 
          AND IN SOME CASES, IF THERE IS A HOMEBOUND VISIT DURING THAT TIME,
THAT COULD BE AN OPTION. 
          BUT AT THIS TIME, THOSE MEALS ARE NOT DELIVERED. 
          OKAY. I'M SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE REMOTE LEARNER. 
          BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A VIRTUAL OPTION. SO THEY WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO PICK UP A
MEAL AT A AT A LOCAL SCHOOL. 
          THANK YOU. TRUSTEE CISNEROS. SO, I JUST WANT TO WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE AS A DISTRICT,
ARE WE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR THIS AS FAR AS LIKE LAPTOP WI-FI HOTSPOTS IF NEEDED, WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT REQUESTED BY THE BY THE BY THE PARENT. 
          AND WE HAVE WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AND LIKE I SAID IT'S WE ONLY HAVE TWO STUDENTS. 
          WHERE WE'RE REQUESTING THE WAIVER FOR. OKAY. AND WE WOULD HAVE ALL THAT WORKED OUT. 
          OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR THE HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. 
          MOTION IS MADE BY TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WRIGHT-HAYWOOD. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? TWO. THREE. FOUR. MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOCTOR CANTU. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. 
          WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACT ON APPROVAL OF THE 2526 INNOVATIVE COURSE
OFFERINGS. 
          [VIII.B. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on Approval of the 2025-2026 Innovative Course Offerings]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO, THIS WAS SHARED WITH YOU ALL LAST MONTH. 
          IT IS ONE COURSE THAT WE ASK. THE REASON WE ASK FOR THIS NOW IS COURSE SELECTION BEGINS,
AND THIS COURSE NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE COURSE CATALOG. SO, IT IS JUST THE ONE CTE COURSE. PERFECT. 
          TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? IT IS PAGE 124 OF YOUR BINDERS. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          TRUSTEE LEDESMA. HE MADE THE MOTION SECOND BY TRUSTEE PANTOJA. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. 
          SIX. SEVEN. MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          NEXT WE HAVE MR. STEVEN GONZALEZ FOR DISCUSS,
CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON APPROVAL OF APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OVER $50,000. 
          [VIII.C. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on Approval of Purchase over $50,000 - Partnership with Abre for Data as a Service (DAAS) and Dashboard Solutions]
PARTNERSHIP WITH AUBREY FOR DATA AS A SERVICES AND DASHBOARD SOLUTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT WEGNER DR. 
          GUTIERREZ. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH AUBRY AND FOR
THE WE COME TO YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND ACTION TO APPROVE AUBRY AS A SERVICE WITH US. AND WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK LAURIE MATSON FROM
AUBRY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. AND SO SHE PRESENTED TO YOU IN NOVEMBER,
AND WE'RE COMING TODAY FOR YOU TO APPROVE OF THE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AUBRY. 
          DATA AS A SERVICE AND DATA DASHBOARDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          BOARD. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO AUBRY? NO. IF NO QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I,
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION IN OUR DISTRICT. TRANSPARENCY IS A BIG THING WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AS A DISTRICT, I WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY WE HAVEN'T DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB. 
          SO I'M HOPING WITH THIS, WE CAN BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR PARENTS,
AND THAT DATA WILL BE RIGHT THERE, EASY FOR THEM TO ACCESS. SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APOLOGIZE WHAT? THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT IN WORKING WITH THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH AUBRY, WE WERE ABLE TO BEGIN OUR CONTRACT WITH YOUR APPROVAL ON FEBRUARY 1ST. 
          THAT WAY, WE CAN START OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRODUCT SO WE CAN GO FULL LAUNCH STARTING
IN JULY. 
          SO, WE'LL BE READY BY THE TIME WE'RE STARTING TO TRAIN PRINCIPALS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR AUBRY FOR WORKING WITH US ON THAT AS WELL. I AGREE, 
          [02:00:01]
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PANTOJA MADE THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND,
PLEASE? TRUSTEE WRIGHT-HAYWOOD SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. LET'S SEE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          NEXT, WE HAVE DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL ADVISORY
SERVICES. 
          [VIII.D. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on Approval of Financial Advisory Services from Nickel Hayden Advisors LLC]
NICOLE HAYDEN ADVISORS, LLC. DEAN EDGAR. THANK YOU. 
          I GOT IT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, AGAIN. AT THE NOVEMBER 19TH BOARD MEETING,
REPRESENTATIVES FROM NICOLE HAYDEN ADVISORS PRESENTED INFORMATION ON A COMPREHENSIVE SCOPE OF FINANCIAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT RELATED TO BOND AND DEBT SERVICE
MANAGEMENT. 
          A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR BOARD PACKET THIS EVENING,
AND WE ARE SEEKING BOARD APPROVAL THIS EVENING OF THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES AGREEMENT FROM NICOLE HAYDEN. AND WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE THIS EVENING TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS. 
          PERFECT. THANK YOU. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. 
          TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE GUADIAN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. SIX. SEVEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON LEGAL CONSULT CONSULTING SERVICES
FOR THE BOARD. 
          [VIII.E. Discuss, Consider and Possibly Act on Legal Consultant Services for the Board President Darla Wegner]
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY MY ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ON DECEMBER I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 17TH THAT WE MET IN
REFERENCE TO INTERVIEWING THE ATTORNEYS. AND SO THAT WE DID THAT HERE IN THIS ROOM AS A WORKSHOP ON
JANUARY THE 18TH, I SENT OUT THE TALLY SHEET FOR THE INTERVIEWS,
AND THE FIRM THAT ACTUALLY SCORED THE HIGHEST WAS LEON, AKA LEON ALCALA PLC. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY'RE NOT HERE THIS EVENING. 
          HOWEVER, WE'LL SET UP A MEETING WITH US LATER IF WE ARE APPROVED OR WE DO APPROVE THEM
TONIGHT BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKSHOP. 
          SO COMMENTS, QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S MORE OF A DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD. 
          I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM AS A BOARD AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ON KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR, THE DIFFERENCES, BECAUSE I KNOW DURING THE PRESENTATION THEY HAD A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT
THEY DO. 
          BUT FOR THE BOARD, I THINK THAT WE HAD SPECIFIC IDEAS THAT WE WANTED. 
          SO I'D LIKE US TO MEET WITH THEM AT SOME POINT AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          WE WILL THE ADMINISTRATION WILL FACILITATE THAT AND SQUARE AWAY SOME DATES THAT WORK FOR
THE FIRM AND THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. 
          ANYTHING FURTHER? BOARD. DO I HAVE A MOTION? TRUSTEE FRANCO MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. TRUSTEE PANTOJA SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION 
          [IX. Closed Session]
UNDER TGC 551.071, 551.076, 551.074. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 8:19 AND WE WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 11:01 P.M. AND ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 11:04 P.M. 
          IT'S THE SAME DAY, GUYS. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION,
IT'S THE SAME DAY. 
          SO THAT PART, RIGHT? NO, I SHALL SURVIVE. IN EXECUTIVE 
          [X. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session]
SESSION, WE DISCUSS SEVERAL ITEMS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO THE FOR THE
APPROVAL OF THE 24-25 COMPENSATION PLAN ADJUSTMENTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GUADIAN MADE THE MOTION. 
          TRUSTEE PANTOJA SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I'M SORRY,
I CAN'T SEE SEVEN. 
          YES. 7-0. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE HIRING OF A
CHIEF 
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ACADEMIC OFFICER. WE DO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE POSSIBLE
HIRING OF NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO HIRE LUCINDA
FISHER AS NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL. 
          THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GUADIAN MADE THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE. PANTOJA SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. FOR THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE POSSIBLE HIRING OF DIRECTOR OF 21ST CENTURY GRANT. 
          ACE AND LEAD. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO
HIRE ABIGAIL BELLINI AS DIRECTOR FOR 21ST CENTURY GRANT EIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE WRIGHT-HEYWOOD SECONDS THE MOTION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ITEM E IS DISCUSSED. 
          CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY ACT ON EMPLOYMENT, RESIGNATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT,
RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF AS PRESENTED. 
          TRUSTEE GUADIAN MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 7 TO 0. THERE ARE NO SANCTIONS FOR ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE ITEM G DISCUSS, CONSIDER,
AND POSSIBLY ACT TO FILL BOARD VACANCIES FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS SMD THREE AND SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT SMD FIVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD START THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS
FOR THE VACANCIES OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT THREE AND SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FIVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT MOTION, TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY,
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND IS TRUSTEE HEYWOOD. LET'S OPEN THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION,
PLEASE. 
          WE JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROCESS. 
          THE INFORMATION WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE. SO ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN THOSE POSITIONS,
WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON THERE FOR THEM. 
          AND DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? YEAH. NO,
JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW REPRESENTATION MATTERS. AS TRUSTEE PANTOJA ALWAYS SAYS. 
          BUT AT THIS MOMENT, WE UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS,
WE DON'T HAVE. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO FILE FOR AN
ELECTION IN MAY. 
          AND GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS WITHIN STATE LAW, FOR HOW MANY,
HOW LONG WE HAVE TO FILL THE POSITION, WE POSITION. WE DON'T HAVE TIME, NOR WILL WE BE IN COMPLIANCE IF WE HAVE AN ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER. 
          HENCE THE THOUGHT OR HENCE THE MOVE TO GET SOMEONE APPOINTED OR THOSE TWO POSITIONS
APPOINTED. 
          CORRECT. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT STAFF WILL POST THAT TOMORROW TO START THE
APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          AND THAT APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE OPEN FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY IT IS TWO WEEKS. SO, WE'VE GOT A FIRST. 
          GOT A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7 TO 0. 
          IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS OR BOARD AGENDA ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR BRING
UP AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 1109? SO MOVED BY TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PANTOJA. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 7-0. WE'RE OUT, PEOPLE AT,
11:09. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.