[I. Call to Order] [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. BEFORE WE START OUR MEETING, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WE ARE THRILLED TO HONOR MS. OLGA LOPEZ, WHO HAS DEVOTED 36 YEARS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND 28 YEARS TO DELL VALLEY ISD. SHE IS THE TEXAS NOMINEE FOR THE 2026 NEA EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD. MS. LOPEZ HAS SERVED STUDENTS IN MANY ROLES. BUS DRIVER, CAFETERIA MANAGER, DISPATCHER, AND MOST RECENTLY AS A TEACHER'S AIDE AT DALY MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HER. SHE REPRESENTS NOT ONLY DEL VALLEY ISD, BUT THE ENTIRE STATE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. THANK YOU, MS. LOPEZ, FOR SHOWING US THE TRUE MEANING OF DEDICATION. DEL VALLEY ISD CELEBRATES YOU. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. LET THE RECORDS SHOW THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS MEETINGS. AT THE TIME IS 6:17. AND NOW I WELCOME THE DEL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL JROTC WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES. PLEASE STAND. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GUARD, ONE INDIVIDUAL. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TONIGHT, SO WITH THAT WE'LL GO ON [IV.A. Budget Development 2026-2027] INTO OUR PRESENTATION ITEMS. FIRST UP IS MS. EDGAR ON THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GUADIAN, DR. GUTIERREZ AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS MEETING WILL CONTINUE OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSIONS FOR THE 2627 FISCAL YEAR. SO WE'LL START WITH THE EARLY 2627 BUDGET FORECAST, SOME BALANCING STRATEGIES. WE'LL WORK THROUGH SOME VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION MODELING AND THEN NEXT STEPS. SO WE'VE STARTED THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT BASED ON SEVERAL KEY WORK IN PROGRESS ASSUMPTIONS WHICH INCLUDE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AT 10,533, PROPERTY VALUES ESTIMATED AT 17.1 BILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS A 3% INCREASE. AND AT THIS STAGE WE HAVE COMPENSATION AND NEW POSITIONS LISTED AS NA. AS WE WORK THROUGH THE INITIAL DEFICIT, CURRENTLY OUR TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUE IS 137.4 MILLION, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THAT COMING FROM TAX COLLECTIONS. HOWEVER, TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED AT 145 MILLION, PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY 127.5 MILLION IN SALARIES, LEAVING US WITH A PROJECTED DEFICIT OF ROUGHLY 7.5 MILLION. THIS IS UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. SO, TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET DEFICIT, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL STRATEGIES INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS TO ADA, LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES AND ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES, POSITION FREEZES OR REDUCTIONS THROUGH ATTRITION, OFFSETTING EXPENDITURES TO GRANT FUNDS, THE USE OF FUND BALANCE AND THE CONSIDERATION OF A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OR VADER IS WHAT WE CALL IT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES ARE TEMPORARY STOP GAPS. THEY OFFER A MOMENT OF STABILITY, BUT IGNORE THE UNDERLYING INSTABILITY OF OUR FUNDING MODEL. WITH [00:05:01] NORTHDALE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL BRINGING IN MILLIONS OF NEW PERMANENT COSTS, THESE ONE TIME OVERLAYS ARE NOT A SOLUTION, THEY'RE A DELAY. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO MISTAKE TEMPORARY BREATHING ROOM FOR A SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL PLAN. REMEMBERING THAT 81 MILLION THAT I DISCUSSED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THAT WAS ALSO TEMPORARY FUNDING AND IT JUST EXITED OUR SYSTEM. SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR DISCUSSION SURROUNDING A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION. LOOKING AT SOME BENEFITS AND RISKS. VADER WOULD PROVIDE RECURRING ANNUAL REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND. THIS IS CRITICAL FOR MEETING COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS, MANAGING INCREASING COSTS AND PREPARING FOR THE OPENING OF NORTHDALE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 2728. IT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO MAXIMIZE STATE AID THROUGH THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELDS. SO EACH GOLDEN PENNY IS WORTH ABOUT A HALF A MILLION IN ADDITIONAL STATE. THAT'S ON TOP OF THE INCREASED TAX COLLECTIONS. AND THAT'S FOR THE FIRST THREE GOLDEN PENNIES. THEY'RE NOT RECAPTURABLE. IT WOULD ALSO LIKELY INCREASE OUR CHAPTER 313 PAYMENT BASED ON ANY ADDITIONAL GROWTH FROM TESLA PROPERTY. THE RISKS INVOLVE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE VADER BEING VOTED DOWN. THE DISTRICT WOULD FACE MORE SEVERE REDUCTIONS AND FIND IT CHALLENGING TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES. ADDITIONALLY RELYING ON FUND BALANCE TO BRIDGE THE GAP. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE AND COULD WELL WILL LEAD TO FUTURE CASH FLOW ISSUES. ALSO, FUTURE LEGISLATION MAY CAUSE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DISAPPEAR. SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK CRITICALLY AT WHO IS ACTUALLY CARRYING THE VALUE IN DELL VALLEY. THIS CHART SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF PROPERTY VALUES BY CATEGORY. WE HAVE 66% OF OUR VALUE CONCENTRATED IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS, WITH UTILITIES REPRESENTING ONLY 4% OF THAT GROUP. AND THE REMAINING 34% IS RESIDENTIAL. OUR RESIDENTIAL PROFILE IS UNUSUAL. ONLY 11% OF OUR TOTAL PROPERTY VALUE IS GENERATED BY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTED PROPERTY. THE REMAINING 23% OF RESIDENTIAL VALUE IS SITTING IN INVESTMENT PROPERTIES. THIS MEANS THAT WHEN WE DISCUSS TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT OR EVADER, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE IMPACT IS EXPORTED TO COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AND OUTSIDE INVESTORS RATHER THAN THE FAMILIES WHO ACTUALLY LIVE AND ATTEND OUR SCHOOLS. WHAT'S EVEN MORE COMPELLING IS THAT TESLA AND THE COLORADO RIVER PROJECT MAKES UP 42% OF OUR TOTAL TAX BASE WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. THIS HIGHLY CONCENTRATED TAX BASE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE OUR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH TO MAXIMIZE NEW REVENUE GENERATION TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS NEXT CHART SHOWS OUR TAX RATE. OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. WE HAVE HAD A REDUCTION OF 58 CENTS WHILE PASSING TWO BOND ELECTIONS IN 2019 AND 2022. WHEN WE COMPARE OUR TAX RATE TO SURROUNDING REGION 13 DISTRICTS, WE HAVE THE THIRD LOWEST TAX RATE AND WE'RE ONLY ONE OF THREE DISTRICTS THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE VADER PENNIES TO SUPPLEMENT DISTRICT FINANCE. AND I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IN A FEW SLIDES. SO THIS ILLUSTRATES WHAT EACH ADDITIONAL PENNY YIELDS IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND THE IMPACT OF THE 11% OF HOMESTEADED TAXPAYERS ANNUALLY. SO FIRST PENNY RANGING FROM 2.1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE AT $13 ANNUALLY TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 12 PENNIES AT 13.6 MILLION IN REVENUE IT WOULD COST 218 ANNUALLY FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER OR $13 PER MONTH. SO MOVING INTO VADER SCENARIO NUMBER ONE, WE INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING BY 12 PENNIES, LOWERING INTEREST AND SINKING BY 3 CENTS FOR AN OVERALL 9 PENNY INCREASE AT A TOTAL COST OF $13.54 MONTHLY TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER. THIS SCENARIO WILL BRING IN $13.6 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND, LEAVING US STILL IN THIRD PLACE AS THE LOWEST TAXING ENTITY COMPARED TO THE REGION. SCENARIO TWO IS STILL YIELDING AN ADDITIONAL 13.6 MILLION, BUT CREATES AN INCREASE OF 7 CENTS BY LOWERING THAT INS TAX RATE AN ADDITIONAL 2 PENNIES. THAT WOULD CAUSE AN IMPACT OF $10.43 TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, AGAIN STILL IN THIRD PLACE. AND SCENARIO THREE ASK VOTERS FOR A TOTAL INCREASE OF 5 CENTS BY LOWERING THE INS 3 PENNIES AND ONLY GOING UP 8 CENTS ON THE M AND O SIDE. THIS MODEL ONLY YIELDS 10.4 MILLION AND WOULD COST $7.33 MONTHLY TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, STILL LEAVING US IN THIRD PLACE AS THE LOWEST TAXING ENTITY [00:10:01] IN THE REGION. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS SCENARIO ONE, AN OVERALL INCREASE OF BRINGING IN 13.6 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL RECURRING REVENUE. AND I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME STRONG ARGUMENTS TO SUPPORT THIS DIRECTION. SO FIRST LET ME READ YOU THIS QUOTE FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT THAT HE CAME OUT WITH ABOUT A MONTH AGO. HE SAYS IT'S TIME TO FIX TEXANS PROPERTY TAXES FOR GOOD. CHIEF AMONG MY PROPOSALS IS ELIMINATING SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAXES FOR HOMEOWNERS AND HAVING THE STATE FULLY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT HIS PROPOSAL TO USE THE STATE SURPLUS FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, COMBINED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT 2/3 VOTE VOTE REQUIREMENT FOR ANY TAX RATE INCREASE CREATES A CRITICAL THRESHOLD MOMENT FOR THE DISTRICT. IF HIS PLAN MOVES FORWARD, THE STATE WILL BACKFILL FUNDING BASED ON OUR CURRENT TAXING AUTHORITY. WITHOUT EVADER IN PLACE. WE'RE EFFECTIVELY CAPPING OUR OWN POTENTIAL, WE RISK LOCKING OURSELVES INTO A LOWER TIER OF STATE SUPPORT, PERMANENTLY TRAILING OUR PEERS WHO HAD THE FORESIGHT TO MAXIMIZE THEIR FUNDING FORMULAS BEFORE THE STATE'S RESET. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LET DEL VALLEY BE RELEGATED TO LOWER FUNDING BRACKETS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ESTABLISH OUR BASELINE BEFORE THE STATE FINALIZES THIS STRATEGY. SECONDLY. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? I DON'T THINK IT WENT THROUGH MY HEAD VERY WELL. SO THE FIRST REASON IS. SO IT'S A CRITICAL THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW FOR THE DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH A HIGHER TAX RATE BECAUSE WHEN THE STATE REMOVES THE HOMESTEADED TAX RATE, HOMESTEADED TAXPAYERS WON'T EVEN PAY TAXES, BUT WILL BE BACKFILLED AT THE HIGHER RATES. COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, THEY'LL STILL PAY THE HIGHER TAX RATE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TAXED AT THE HOMESTEADED. YES. YES. AND IF THIS GOES THROUGH, THE HOMESTEADED TAX BASE WON'T PAY TAXES ANYWAY. IT'LL JUST BE SUPPLEMENT. IT'D JUST BE STATE AID AT THAT POINT. SO THE SECOND IMPORTANT THING IS NOT PURSUING THE MAXIMUM VADER SCENARIO IS NOT OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S LEAVING CORPORATE REVENUE ON THE TABLE WHILE OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT GROWS AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR STUDENTS. SO, MOVING ON TO NEXT STEPS. VADER TIMELINE BEGINS WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET IN JUNE. IT TYPICALLY WOULD REQUIRE AN EFFICIENCY AUDIT BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO CALL AN ELECTION. HOWEVER, THERE'S A PROVISION THAT EXEMPTS DISTRICTS THAT WERE DECLARED IN A DISASTER DECLARATION UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE. AND TRAVIS COUNTY WAS INCLUDED IN A SEVERE WEATHER PROCLAMATION BACK IN JANUARY. SO WE BELIEVE THE DISTRICT WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT. I NEED TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE CASE. WE DO NEED TO USE CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES RECEIVED FROM THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THAT USUALLY HAPPENS ON JULY 25TH. AND THEN FROM THERE WE HAVE A VERY TIGHT TURNAROUND. SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE TAX RATES BEFORE WE CALL THE ELECTION. AND THE ELECTION NEEDS TO BE CALLED BEFORE AUGUST 17TH. SO THAT PUTS US AT ADOPTING THE TAX RATE AT THE AUG. 4 BOARD MEETING, FOLLOWED BY THE ORDERING OF THE ELECTION AT THAT SAME MEETING. THEN THE ELECTION WOULD NEED TO BE HELD AT THE NOVEMBER 3RD GENERAL ELECTION. SO WE ARE ENTERING A VITAL PHASE OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE WILL NEED TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN OUR ONCE BUSINESS AS USUAL BUDGET AND OUR FISCAL REALITY. EXCUSE ME. YES, MA'. AM. SORRY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO THE TAX RATE THAT WE ADOPT AS A BOARD IS THE SAME TAX RATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO APPROVE? YES. WE'RE GOING TO LET THE COMMUNITY VOTE ON IT. YES. SO EVEN THOUGH WE ADOPT IT IT STILL MAY NOT PASS IN NOVEMBER. OKAY, SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE CLEAR ON ALL THAT. YES. THANK YOU. YES. SO THE VITAL PHASE OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE WILL NEED TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN BUSINESS AS USUAL BUDGET AND OUR FISCAL REALITY. NOW WE'RE ANALYZING EVERY VACANCY, RESIGNATION, OPERATING EFFICIENCIES TO FIND BALANCING SOLUTIONS. OUR UPCOMING SCENARIOS WILL ILLUSTRATE THE DIRECT IMPACT THAT EVADER WILL HAVE ON COMPENSATION MODELING. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2627 FISCAL YEAR AND THE EXPANSION TOWARD NORTHDALE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. THE BOARD RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED VADERS BEFORE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GOING [00:15:01] TO MAKE SURE IS THAT OUR PUBLIC IS AWARE JUST BECAUSE THIS BOARD APPROVES IT, THE PUBLIC STILL HAS TO PHYSICALLY GO AND VOTE YES OR NO. YES, MA'AM. THEY GET TO CHOOSE TO PASS OR FAIL THIS INITIATIVE. MY SECOND QUESTION. WELL, ACTUALLY MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE IF WE GO FOR ALL 12 CENTS ON YOUR PAGE 19, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE TO SPEND THE EARNED OR TAXES OR FINANCES? SO I WILL COME IN WITH A PLAN FOR THAT. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD SET SOME ASIDE AND FUND BALANCE FOR THE OPENING OF HIGH SCHOOL TOO. AND WE'LL DO ALL THAT CALCULATION THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GROWING INTO THIS TOO QUICKLY. AND WE HAVE THE ROOM TO GROW INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOL TOO. ALL YOU KNOW, OPENING UP TWO GRADES INITIALLY AND THEN BRINGING ON AN ADDITIONAL GRADE AS WE AS THE YEARS GO BY. SO WE NEED TO SECURE THAT PROJECT. SO WE'LL BE THRIFTY WITH OUR FUNDING. THANK YOU. MY NEXT QUESTION AND LAST QUESTION IS ON PAGE 19 AND PAGE 26. I APOLOGIZE. THE TWO SLIDES, IT DOESN'T ADD UP. YOU HAVE ON THE FIRST ONE THAT $0.12 IS 13.6 MILLION. AND THEN ON THE SECOND ONE ON PAGE 26, YOU HAVE $0.09 IS 13.6. SO I'M CONFUSED. OKAY, SO IN SCENARIO NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO UP 12, DOWN THREE. AND THEN IN SCENARIO NUMBER TWO, WE'RE GOING TO GO UP TWELVE, DOWN FIVE. SO UP TWELVE STILL ON THE M AND O SIDE, WHICH STILL YIELDS THE 13.6 WHERE WE'RE GOING DOWN TO KIND OF CREATE THAT MORE RELIEF IS ON THE INS SIDE. WE HAVE CAPACITY THERE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT FIVE CENTS, FIVE CENTS IS GOING DOWN. FIVE CENTS IS TIGHT. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH IT? I PREFER THREE. OKAY. THANK YOU, BOARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [IV.B. Monthly Financial Report] NO, THANK YOU. MS. EDGAR. NEXT UP IS OUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT. AND MS. EDGAR, YOU'RE UP AGAIN. GOOD EVENING. THIS EVENING I'M HIGHLIGHTING THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT COVERING THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 31ST. THE REPORTS WILL BE DISCUSSED. DID I SAY JULY? JANUARY 31ST. THE REPORTS WE'LL BE DISCUSSING INCLUDE INVESTMENTS, TAX COLLECTIONS, YEAR TO DATE, BUDGET BY FUNCTION AND FUND BALANCE. SO STARTING WITH THE INVESTMENT REPORT, THIS SLIDE SPEAKS TO OUR PORTFOLIO POSITION. WITH A WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD DROPPING TO 3.82%. OUR LIQUIDITY STRATEGY IS VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR OVERALL DISTRIBUTION RESIDING IN 0 TO 1 YEARS TO MATURITY RANGE WITH ABOUT 1 AND A HALF IN LONGER TERM VEHICLES. THE NEXT SLIDE OUTLINES THE SECURITY DIVERSIFICATION BY VALUE AND PERCENT OF PORTFOLIO. ABOUT 81% RESIDES IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOLS WITH 11% IN MONEY MARKET FUNDS AND 7.27% IN US TREASURIES AND AGENCIES. INTEREST EARNINGS FOR JANUARY WERE 921,000 WITH 6.0 EARNED FISCAL YEAR TO DATE. THE NEXT REPORT IS TAX COLLECTIONS. JANUARY IS A CRITICAL MONTH FOR TAX COLLECTIONS. WE COLLECTED A TOTAL OF ALMOST 110 MILLION IN NET COLLECTIONS, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THAT COMING IN AT THE VERY END OF JANUARY. WE'LL BEGIN TO SEE COLLECTIONS SLOW RIGHT DOWN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. AND THEN OUR YEAR TO DATE BUDGET BY FUNCTION, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 59% OF OUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. AS OF THE END OF JANUARY, WE'RE UP A LITTLE LESS THAN 1%. SO STILL ON THE TRACKS. FUNCTION 11 INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES REMAINS OUR LARGEST INVESTMENT MAKING UP 59% OF OUR UTILIZATION. AND OUR FUND BALANCE IS POSITION REMAINS UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, THE PRIOR MONTH. AND WITH THAT. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO ON TO [IV.C. Child Nutrition Services Transition] OUR CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES TRANSITION. AND AGAIN, MISS EDGAR? S YES, MA'. AM. SO THIS EVENING WE'RE DISCUSSING THE TRANSITION OF OUR CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES TO AN IN HOUSE OPERATION AS WE HAVE LABELED RECLAIMING THE PLATE. SO UNDER SELF OPERATED MODEL, THE DISTRICT BECOMES THE DRIVER. IT ALLOWS US TO MANAGE THE DEPARTMENT INTERNALLY, RECRUIT STAFF AND OVERSEE OUR ASPECT OF DISTRICT OPERATIONS. THE BIG DIFFERENTIATOR IS INSTEAD OF HAVING AN OUTSIDE COMPANY MAKE PURCHASING DECISIONS, WE WILL CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH THE DISTRIBUTORS. THIS ALLOWS US TO NEGOTIATE BETTER PRICING AND SET STRICT REQUIREMENTS FOR WHERE OUR FRUIT COMES FROM. [00:20:05] WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECTLY MANAGE OUR EXPERIENCED FOOD SERVICE TEAM THAT ARE ALREADY DEL VALLEY ISD EMPLOYEES. ALSO, WE ALREADY OWN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS TO SUCCEED. AND THIS GIVES US FULL CONTROL OVER OUR PROFIT TARGETS. IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PIVOT QUICKLY TO MEET STUDENT PREFERENCES. SO RETAINING CONTROL OVER PROCUREMENT IS THE TOP REASON WHY DISTRICTS MAKE THIS TRANSITION. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH BUT I WOULD CONTEND THAT MONIES PREVIOUSLY SPENT ON EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT FEES WILL NOW STAY IN OUR DISTRICT, ALLOWING US TO PRIORITIZE VALUES LIKE ORGANIC OR LOCAL SOURCING OR WHOLE MUSCLE CHICKEN, WHICH MAY COST A LITTLE MORE. RIGHT. BUT WE'LL BE CONTROLLING OUR PROFIT MARGIN SO WE CAN REINVEST IN THOSE PRODUCTS. AND AGAIN, WE CAN ADAPT TO. ADAPT MENUS QUICKLY TO STUDENT PREFERENCES. SO WE WILL NEED TO DIRECTLY HIRE FOUR TO FIVE POSITIONS, INCLUDING A FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR, A CHEF DIETITIAN, ONE TO TWO AREA MANAGERS, AND AN ASSISTANT. THESE POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SODEXO. AND BY BRINGING OUR NUTRITION SERVICES IN HOUSE, WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR STUDENT HEALTH AND FOOD WHILE MAINTAINING OUR OWN PROFIT MARGINS. THE BOARD DOES NOT NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS TRANSITION, BUT IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH CHANGE TO BRING IT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AS A PRESENTATION ITEM. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE. SO WE DON'T. YOU'RE SAYING WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION? WILL WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION AT ANY POINT? WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ACTION FOR OUR FOOD CONTRACTS. OKAY. SO. BUT IF THIS IS IN HOUSE, THEN WE WON'T NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION. SO YOU'RE BASICALLY DOING IT AND JUST TELLING US THAT YOU'RE DOING IT WELL. AND ANY PHYSICIANS, LIKE THE DIRECTOR LEVEL AND ABOVE PHYSICIANS, Y' ALL WOULD TAKE ACTION ON, LIKE THE DIRECTOR OF CHILD NUTRITION WOULD. OKAY. CAN WE POSSIBLY GET A COST ANALYSIS OF WHAT IT COSTS NOW VERSUS WHAT IT WILL COST WITH THIS, WITH OUR OWN MONEY HAVING TO BE PUT OUT AND ALL THAT? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, BOARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE WRIGHT HAYWOOD. SORRY. WOULD THIS CHANGE AFFECT US SUPPLYING FOOD FOR OUR KIDS FREE OF CHARGE AT ANY POINT IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE SECRETARY WICKNER. IS THIS GOING TO TAKE EFFECT IN AUGUST OF 2026? POTENTIALLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE SIERRA. I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO STUDENT NEED. AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL THINK ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE METRICS FOR UPTAKE? I'VE JUST HEARD THROUGH MORE PTA IS THAT THE. ESPECIALLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY EATING LUNCH IS CONCERNING IN SOME GRADES AND SOME POPULATIONS. SO I'M EXCITED THAT THIS WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD. OH, WHO OH RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE. OKAY. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT COME DOWN FROM THE TEXAS AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. THE FOLKS THAT WE HIRE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE EXPERTISE. RIGHT. AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE I DO SEE, LIKE WE GET TO ADAPT OUR OWN MENUS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. YES, MA'AM. VERY CRITICAL THAT WE HIRE AN EXPERIENCED FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR. YEAH. SO FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PROCESS TRYING TO DO A LOT OF THESE THINGS LOCALLY AND WHATNOT. THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE COST VERSUS WHAT'S NOT. DO WE HAVE CERTAIN VENDORS THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING INTO TO HELP PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE THINGS OR HOW IS THIS WORKING? YES, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE REGION AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AG AND THEY HAVE POINTED US TO SEVERAL VENDORS THAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE WITH THAT PROVIDE A VERY, VERY GOOD COST POINTS FOR US. AND THEY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN A VERY, VERY GOOD POSITION TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND DO WE HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM ANY. ANYONE TO DO THIS OUTSIDE OF OUR. I MEAN, OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING? NO. WE HAVE ALREADY TOLD TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AG THAT WE WERE GOING TO AN IN HOUSE AND THEY PREFER THAT. OKAY, SO WE HAD TO TELL THEM THAT. YES. [00:25:01] AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT OR WE JUST HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW. WE JUST HAD TO LET THEM KNOW. OKAY, JUST CHECKING. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FOR THE OTHER STUFF. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT. THANK YOU. MISS EDGAR. NEXT ON [V.A. Teacher Incentive Allotment Compensation Plan] OUR AGENDA IS THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT COMPENSATION PLAN AND MS. MURILLO, GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GUADIAN, DR. GUTIERREZ AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THIS EVENING I'M PROVIDING YOU WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE FORMAL COMPENSATION PLAN THAT WILL BE OUTLINED IN THE DISTRICT'S APPLICATION FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT. THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY TONIGHT, BUT WILL BE ON THE MARCH 24TH AGENDA FOR ACTION. SO THE CORE PURPOSE OF HOUSE BILL 3 AND THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT WAS TO SOLVE A HISTORICAL PATIENT. AND THAT'S THE FACT THAT OFTEN OUR TEACHERS NEEDED TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM AND BECOME ADMINISTRATORS IN ORDER TO GAIN A SIGNIFICANT RAISE. SO TIA CHANGES THAT BY CREATING A PATHWAY FOR OUR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS TO REACH HIGHER SALARY BRACKETS WHILE KEEPING THEM WHERE THEY HAVE THE MOST IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM. THE STATE HAS ESTABLISHED A MANDATED MINIMUM BREAKDOWN FOR TIA FUNDS, AND THAT'S A 9010 SPLIT. OUR PLAN IS BUILT DIRECTLY ON THAT TO ENSURE THAT 90% OF EVERY DOLLAR GENERATED GOES TO THE TEACHER. WHEN WE SAY 90% GOES TO THE TEACHER. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT TIA STIPENDS CAN ANYWHERE FROM 3,000 TO 25,000 ANNUALLY. AND THAT DEPENDS ON THE CAMPUS THAT THE TEACHER IS BASED AT. WE MADE TWO VERY INTENTIONAL CHOICES REGARDING THIS 90% ALLOTMENT. THE FIRST IS RETIREMENT IMPACT. SO WE CHOSE TO PAY THE EARNED COMPENSATION AS AN ANNUAL STIPEND AND ONE LUMP SUM. THIS COUNTS AS CREDITABLE COMPENSATION FOR TRS, MEANING WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR TEACHERS LONG TERM RETIREMENT SECURITY, NOT JUST PROVIDING A ONE TIME BONUS. THE SECOND IS EQUITY AND RETENTION. BECAUSE THE STATE GENERATES THESE FUNDS BASED ON CAMPUS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, OUR TEACHERS IN THE HIGHEST NEED SCHOOLS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE HIGHEST ALLOTMENT TIERS. THIS ALLOWS US TO REWARD OUR BEST TALENT TO STAY IN THE CLASSROOMS WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED MOST, ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO TOP TIER EDUCATORS. WHILE 90% GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR EDUCATORS, THE REMAINING 10% IS RETAINED AS OUR SUSTAINABILITY FUND. WE ARE REINVESTING THESE FUNDS INTO FOUR CRITICAL AREAS. THE FIRST IS SYSTEM CALIBRATION AND AUDIT READINESS. AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT USE OF OUR FUNDS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE PRINCIPAL CALIBRATION TRAINING SO THAT T TEST OBSERVATION SCORES AT ONE SCHOOL ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS A SCORE AT ANOTHER. THIS CONSISTENCY ENSURES THE SYSTEM IS FAIR AND THAT OUR DATA IS VALID AND RELIABLE WHEN AUDITED BY TEXAS TECH AND TEA. THE SECOND IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT MORE OF OUR TEACHERS TO REACH THESE HIGHER PAYING TIERS. SO A PORTION OF THIS FUND WILL BE USED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE TARGETED COACHING TO ALLOW OUR RECOGNIZED TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TO EXEMPLARY AND OUR EXEMPLARY TO MASTER. THE THIRD IS DATA MANAGEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. BECAUSE TIA IS HIGH STAKES AND DATA HEAVY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THE SYSTEMS REQUIRED TO ACCURATELY TRACK STUDENT GROWTH AND TEACHER PERFORMANCE TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT DOLLARS GET TO THE RIGHT TEACHERS. AND THE FOURTH IS STRUCTURES AND SUPPORT FOR SCALABILITY. WHILE WE ARE STARTING WITH OUR INITIAL COHORT THAT INCLUDES 48% OF OUR ELIGIBLE TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO PROVIDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT NEEDED TO ENSURE WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT CAN ROLL OUT NEW ELIGIBLE TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. SO ONCE OUR APPLICATION IS APPROVED, THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO CAPTURE A FULL YEAR OF DATA. THAT'LL BE THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. THEN THE DATA IS SUBMITTED TO TEXAS TECH AND TEA FOR VALIDATION IN THE FALL OF 2027. ONCE THAT DATA IS VALIDATED, THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF TIA DESIGNATIONS SPRING OF 2028. ONCE WE GET THOSE DESIGNATIONS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR TEACHERS AND BE ABLE TO PAY THEM OUT IN AUGUST OF 2028. THAT'S WHEN OUR FIRST TIA STIPENDS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ROLLED OUT TO OUR TEACHERS. BETWEEN NOW AND OUR AUGUST 15TH SUBMISSION, OUR FOCUS IS ON COMMUNICATION. SO WE PLAN TO BEGIN TIA INFORMATION SESSIONS AFTER SPRING BREAK TO ENSURE EVERY TEACHER KNOWS EXACTLY HOW WORKS AND HOW THEY CAN QUALIFY. [00:30:02] PART OF OUR SUBMISSION DOES INCLUDE A TEXAS TECH TEACHER SURVEY. TEXAS TECH WILL ROLL OUT THAT SURVEY TO OUR TEACHERS ONCE OUR APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED AND HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR TEACHERS AND THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES. SO THE SURVEY WILL GO TO OUR TEACHERS. AND THIS ENSURES THAT OUR EDUCATORS HAVE A VOICE IN THE PROCESS AND THAT THE STATE SEES THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT. SO, AGAIN, NO ACTION IS REQUIRED TONIGHT. HOWEVER, THIS ITEM WILL RETURN FOR ACTION AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON MARCH 4TH. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE SIERRA. THANKS FOR THIS. I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE PUTTING SO MUCH MONEY BACK IN THE POCKETS OF TEACHERS. I AM CURIOUS. SO I KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE THE 10% STARTING IN 2028. IS THERE STATE SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, OR IS THERE AN ESTIMATED COST TO SORT OF GETTING THESE OFF THE GROUND? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. PART OF THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE UPFRONT INVESTMENT IN SOME OF THE. IN SOME OF THE TRAINING AND SOME OF THE RESOURCES TO GENERATE THE ALLOTMENTS. IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY PAY OURSELVES BACK WITH THAT 10%. WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WAGNER. THANK YOU. SO MY QUESTION'S GOING TO BE. WELL, FOR STARTERS, THANK YOU. BECAUSE THIS IS A WAY, AS HE SAID, TO GIVE MONEY BACK TO OUR TEACHERS POCKETS WITHOUT IT COSTING US. SO I REALIZE THERE'S UPFRONT COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE TESTING AND VALIDATION, BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS BECAUSE IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY ONES IN THIS ROOM THAT DON'T DO IT, AND WE'RE LOSING TEACHERS BECAUSE OF IT. SO THANK YOU. WHAT IS AND I WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU SAID OUR SUBMISSION IS AUGUST. IS IT APRIL OR AUGUST? APRIL. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THIS. THAT'S FINE. LOTS OF MOVING MONTHS AND DATES. GOT IT. SO THEN MY QUESTION BECOMES, HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR THE FIRST TIA STIPEND? SO THE FIRST. IT'S 48% OF OUR ELIGIBLE TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS, WHICH I BELIEVE. I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I BELIEVE ABOUT 400 AND SOME TEACHERS. SO IT'S QUITE A FEW. CORRECT. ARE THEY SPREAD ACROSS THE DISTRICT OR IS IT ONE SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY? THEY'RE SPREAD ACROSS THE DISTRICT, ACROSS ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. VERY MUCH BOARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE FRANCO. JUST FOR CLARITY, WHAT WILL WE BE APPROVING NEXT? NEXT OUR NEXT MEETING? WHAT'S THE ACTUAL ACTION THAT WE'LL. THE ACTION WILL HAVE APPROVING THIS COMPENSATION PLAN IN THE 9010 SPLIT. THE 9010 SPLIT. APPRECIATE THAT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE WRIGHT HAYWOOD ON THE CLAIR CLARIFICATION FOR THE TESTING. IS THIS BASED ON LIKE THE STATE MANDATE TESTING AND THE GROWTH WITHIN A CLASSROOM OF THE SPECIFIC TEACHER, OR IS THIS LIKE BROKEN UP TESTING SCORES, LIKE THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR FOR LIKE BENCHMARKING? LIKE, WHAT'S EXACTLY ARE WE LOOKING AT THE GROWTH? HOW ARE WE LOOKING? RIGHT. SO IT DEPENDS ON THE ELIGIBLE TEACHING ASSIGNMENT. SO THE GROWTH MEASURE COULD EITHER BE MAP TESTING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OR IT COULD BE STAR TEST THAT WE USE AS THE GROWTH MEASURE TO DETERMINE WHETHER STUDENTS HAVE GROWN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND IS THAT DEPICTED BY THE DISTRICT OR IS THAT LIKE A MANDATE? IT'S A DISTRICT DECISION WHICH. WHICH MEASURE WE DECIDE TO USE. AND THEN WE SET THE ACTUAL MEASURE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR TESTS. AND THEN WITH THAT. THAT'S WITH ALL GRADE LEVELS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT TESTING IN THOSE AREAS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. SO IT COULD BE A GRADE LEVEL THAT DOES NOT HAVE A STAAR TEST. IT'S NOT A STAAR TESTED GRADE LEVEL. BUT IF THERE'S A GROWTH MEASURE ATTACHED TO THAT GRADE LEVEL, LIKE MAP TESTING OR CIRCLE IN PRE K, THEN WE CAN USE THAT TO DETERMINE WHETHER GROWTH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. THANK YOU. ON THE 9010 SPLIT FOR THE ALLOTMENT AND THEN THE SUSTAINABILITY FUND. IS THAT PRETTY COMMON OR ARE WE JUST BEING OUTLANDISH AND KEEPING 10% AND INVESTING IN OUR OWN? THAT'S PRETTY COMMON, ESPECIALLY FOR DISTRICTS FIRST GOING INTO TIA BECAUSE AGAIN, WE NEED TO BUILD THAT FOUNDATION. RIGHT. FOR SUSTAINABILITY FOR SUBSEQUENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS. SO IT IS PRETTY COMMON FOR DISTRICTS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR TO GO THE 9010 SPLIT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE SIERRA. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN ADJUST THAT AFTER THE FIRST YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO SORT OF PROPORTIONS IF WE WANT, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS IF. BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE IS [00:35:03] GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION FOR OUR EDUCATORS IN GENERAL, JUST AS WE LOOK AT THOSE FUTURE COMPENSATION ALLOTMENTS, HOW WE THINK ABOUT THE TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND THE TEAM OF FOLKS THAT SUPPORT THOSE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE EXCELLING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SORT OF TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND THINKING ABOUT HOW TO ALSO RAISE UP THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE CLEARLY SUPPORTING THE TEACHERS AT. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IT TAKES A VILLAGE, RIGHT? IN THE CLASSROOM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS. BOARD. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE. OKAY, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS. ONE IS HOW MUCH PRESSURE IS THIS GOING TO BE PUT ON STUDENTS? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GOING TO PUT A WHOLE, A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF PRESSURE ON TEACHERS TO PERFORM TO HELP OUR STUDENTS PERFORM BETTER. AND I GET THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT'S HOW WE GET FUNDING, THAT'S HOW WE GET RATINGS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO EVALUATE OUR STUDENTS MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH? IF YOU'RE TESTING, YOU KNOW, JUST TESTING, TESTING, TESTING, OR YOU KNOW, JUST FOCUSING ON THAT, LIKE IS THERE SOME KIND OF BOUNDARIES OR LIMITS OR YOU KNOW, EQUAL OF SOMETHING TO WHERE WE BALANCE IT ALL OUT? IF I MAY, MS. MURILLO, JUST BECAUSE I'VE BROUGHT THIS IN BEFORE AND TRY TO BRING IT INTO A DISTRICT BEFORE, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN IS WHAT IT DOES TO, TO BOTH STUDENT AND ESPECIALLY TEACHER MORALE. OUR TEACHERS ARE. OUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY TESTING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING LIKE THE MAP TESTING, THE CIRCLE TESTING AND PRE K AND THE STAR TESTING. SO IT'S TESTS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING AND WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE ALREADY DOING. AND SO IT'S JUST SIMPLY RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THOSE TEACHERS WHO ARE BRINGING IN THAT DATA AND CONTINUING TO INVEST IN OUR TEACHERS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS, THE RESOURCES AND THE SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TOP NOTCH, QUALITY, TIER ONE INSTRUCTION. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM IS DOING RIGHT NOW. AND SO AS A COUPLE OF BOARD MEETINGS BACK, WE RECOGNIZED TEACHERS WHO WERE SHOWING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND STUDENTS WHO WERE SHOWING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. AND SO OUR CAMPUSES, AND SOME DO A BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS AND THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB, ARE ALREADY RECOGNIZING STUDENTS FOR SHOWING GROWTH. I WENT IN TO PICK UP MY BOYS EARLY FOR AN APPOINTMENT AFTER THE MID YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS MAP. IT WAS MID YEAR AND THERE WERE THESE CARTS OF SONIC DRINKS EVERYWHERE. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I SAW ALL THIS LINE OF KIDS JUST COMING AND I'M LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? NEVER SEEN SO MANY SONIC DRINKS IN ONE PLACE. THEY WERE AWARDING STUDENTS WHO HAD SHOWN THE MOST GROWTH. AND SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MONEY, THE DOLLARS THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS PUT ASIDE, LIKE EVERY OTHER DISTRICT IN REGION 13, AND AWARDING OUR TEACHERS. AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS THINK OF INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE WAYS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS TOO, NOT JUST OUR TEACHERS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THROUGH OUR BOARD MEETINGS. AND OF COURSE, OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS ARE COMING UP WITH UNIQUE IDEAS, BUT STILL ACKNOWLEDGING THAT TEST PRESSURE IS A REAL THING, TEST ANXIETY IS A REAL THING. AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT ON CAMPUSES THROUGH COUNSELORS, THROUGH CIS AND, AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF AND STUDENT SERVICES TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS. OKAY, COOL. SO Y' ALL ARE DOING THAT. GREAT. OKAY, SO THEN MY NEXT QUESTION GOES INTO HOW DOES THIS ALLOTMENT IMPACT TEACHERS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION? DO THEY STILL GET TO QUALIFY FOR THAT? DO THEY STILL. I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS. RIGHT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TEACHERS ARE ALSO COMPENSATED PROPERLY. ABSOLUTELY. WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSIGNMENTS IN THE FIRST COHORT. AND THEN AGAIN. RIGHT. CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WHAT GROWTH MEASURES ARE IN PLACE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO BUILD AS A DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW AS MANY OF OUR TEACHERS AS POSSIBLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO BE A PART OF THE ALLOTMENT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, IF I MAY. REALISTICALLY, HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE WE EXPECTING TO ACTUALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT? OR WHAT DO WE CALL THIS? YES, THIS ALLOTMENT. THANK YOU. WE WANT TO GET AS CLOSE TO 100% AS POSSIBLE, BUT REALISTICALLY, THERE ARE SOME TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE A LITTLE HARDER TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE IN THE ALLOTMENT. [00:40:01] WE THINK OF CAMPUSES LIKE DAEP, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND THERE'S IN AND OUT. AND SO BECAUSE PART OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE ALLOTMENT IS LOOKING AT A SNAPSHOT DATE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WHO'S ENROLLED AT THAT TIME. AND IT MAKES A LITTLE HARDER FOR US VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF ASSIGNMENTS TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE ALLOTMENT. BUT AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT AS CLOSE TO 100% OF OUR TEACHERS LOOKING AT ALL OF THE ASSIGNMENTS, WHAT GROWTH MEASURES WE HAVE IN PLACE AND WHAT OTHER STRUCTURES WE CAN PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THERE. OKAY, SO IT'S KIND OF A FOLLOW UP. SO DOES THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE A GOAL IN MIND FOR THE FIRST YEAR? SO SECOND YEAR, THE THIRD YEAR, AS WE GO INTO THIS ALLOTMENT? YES, WE DO HAVE A PHASE OUT PLAN WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS OVER THREE YEARS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE A THREE OR FOUR YEAR ROLLOUT. AND I CAN'T, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, REMEMBER WHAT THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE. BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN SHARE IN THE COMMUNIQUE WITH THE BOARD. I ALSO THINK, I MAY THINK, I THINK YOU'RE ASKING, WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE? WHAT DO WE PROJECT TO BE THE AWARD PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS WHO ARE PART OF THIS FIRST GROUP? YES, THAT AND OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, DO WE, DO WE. DO WE HAVE A SET GOAL? AND ARE WE MEASURING OURSELVES AND MONITORING OURSELVES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ACHIEVE THAT SO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO TEACHER IS LEFT, YOU KNOW, BEHIND AND NOT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT A TEACHER TO FEEL THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THIS, THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. I MEAN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY TEACHER KNOWS THAT WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE IN THIS ALLOTMENT PROGRAM OR NOT. S I THINK ULTIMATELY YOU DO WANT TO GET TO 100%, BUT REALISTICALLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO. AND SO I THINK THE INCENTIVE IS FOR TEACHERS TO GO INTO THOSE, THOSE CONTENT AREAS OR THOSE AREAS WHERE YOU CAN EARN THOSE EXTRA. YOU KNOW, AS A TEACHER, I, I WORKED TO BECOME BILINGUAL CERTIFIED, SPECIAL EDUCATION CERTIFIED BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME INCENTIVES AND OTHER REASONS PERSONALLY THAT I WANTED TO DO THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MOTIVATING. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE ULTIMATELY, WE WOULD LOVE EVERY TEACHER TO QUALIFY AND BE AWARDED THE 03,000 TO $25,000. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE BUILDING CAPACITY TOO. WE'VE GOT NEW CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE USING. WE'RE ALSO IN A PLACE WHERE MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS COMING INTO THE DISTRICT, NINE OF THE 14 RATED WERE, WERE D'S AND F'S. AND SO THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. WE MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS AND I AM CONFIDENT WE WILL MAKE MORE IMPROVEMENT. IT VARIES BY DISTRICT DEPENDING ON VARIOUS SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT ARE PUT IN, IN PLACE. YOU REALLY CAN'T PREDICT, BUT WE CAN AIM TO. OUR GOAL IS FOR EVERY TEACHER WHO'S PART OF THAT 48% IN THIS FIRST YEAR TO EARN BETWEEN 3,025%. AND WHAT IN THE BENCHMARK YEAR IS GOING TO BE THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR? THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DATA COLLECTION HERE WHERE WE REALLY GET TO SET THE BENCHMARK FOR WHAT WE'RE WANTING IN THAT SECOND YEAR OF DATA COLLECTION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE FRANCOIS. I MAY USE THE WRONG WORD, BUT YOU. HOW DO WE DESIGNATE A HIGH NEEDS OR HIGH CAMPUSES THAT HAVE THE HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNTS? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT DESIGNATION YOU GAVE IT. IT'S THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. THE STATE DETERMINES WHICH CAMPUSES THOSE ARE THAT GENERATE THE HIGHER ALLOTMENTS. BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, HOW OFTEN IS THAT EVALUATED? IS THAT YEARLY? IT'S YEARLY. DO WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO, LET'S SAY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE TEACHERS MASTERING AT MASTER'S LEVEL AND THEY'RE GIVEN $20,000 THE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS ARE IMPROVING, THAT AMOUNT GOES DOWN. DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK UP, TO BRING THEM ON PAR? BECAUSE IF WE GET MORE TEACHERS THE FOLLOWING YEAR GETTING MASTER'S LEVEL, HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE DUE IS LESS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE UPSET. RIGHT. HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO REMEMBER, IT'S THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, NOT NECESSARILY THE TEST SCORES. BECAUSE THE CAMPUS IS IMPROVING, DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. SO IF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CAMPUS STAY THE SAME, THE ALLOTMENT SHOULD STAY RELATIVELY STABLE EVEN IF THE CAMPUS IS ACHIEVING HIGH GROWTH AND IMPROVING IN TEST SCORES. UNDERSTOOD. BUT JUST REGARDLESS, AT SOME POINT, IF IT GETS DESIGNATED, IF THEY CHANGE THE DESIGNATION AND THEY DROP THE AMOUNT, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW MASTER'S TEACHERS OR MASTER LEVEL TEACHERS STAY ON PAR WITH THE OLD MASTER LEVEL TEACHERS? THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT AS A DISTRICT TO SEE WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE THOSE TEACHERS [00:45:01] TO BRING THEM BACK UP TO PAR. BECAUSE THE, LIKE I SAID, THE STATE IS THE ONE THAT SETS THE COMPENSATION THAT IS GENERATED BY THE CAMPUS. THANK YOU. AND IT IS EVOLVING. SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET 20,000 EVERY YEAR BECAUSE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND GROWTH MEASURES CHANGE TOO, AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM CHANGES. SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE A GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THAT $10,000 YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR A CERTAIN DESIGNATION. IT'S GOING TO BE EVOLVING AS DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE, AS GROWTH MEASURES CHANGE. AND SO YOU'RE NOT GUARANTEED. BUT ONCE YOU'RE DESIGNATED, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A SOLID TEACHER. IT'S HARD TO REGRESS. SORRY, THAT JUST LENDS ANOTHER QUESTION. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF ONE YEAR IT'S $10,000, USE THAT NUMBER, IT'S $10,000 THE NEXT YEAR DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE, SOMETHING CHANGES AND THE STATE LOWERS IT TO 8,000, YOU'RE REDUCING THE TEACHER THAT MASTER LEVEL TEACHERS PAY AS WELL. I MEAN, IT'S EVOLVING BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS. BUT WHAT YOU SEE IS YOU DON'T SEE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT SIGNIFICANTLY. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR OWN DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR CAMPUSES, THEY STAY RELATIVELY THE SAME. I MEAN, YOU SEE CAMPUS LIKE NEWTON COLLINS, THAT HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY. BUT THERE'S, BUT THAT'S NOT COMMON SCHOOLS USUALLY STAY 82% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR 89% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND MAYBE GO UP AND DOWN A PERCENTAGE OR 2 OR 3. SO YOU DON'T SEE THOSE SHIFTS HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT YOU ALSO SEE THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGE. AND SO THE BAR RISES. AS THEY SEE DISTRICTS ARE STARTING TO PERFORM, THEN THEY RAISE THE BAR. AND SO IT TAKES MORE TO GET TO THAT DESIGNATION. BUT AGAIN, IT'S STILL A FREE POT OF MONEY THAT IS AVAILABLE THAT WE HAVE NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT TO WORK THROUGH. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COST COMES IN. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE SYSTEM FROM THE GROUND UP, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT. BUT HERE'S THE WONDERFUL THING, BUT THE AWFUL THING, IN MY OPINION, THAT WE ARE NOT TIA DESIGNATED, BUT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE. WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT HASN'T WORKED. BUT IT ALSO AFFORDS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH CONSULTANTS AS PART OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COST AND BUILD SYSTEMS AS PART OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COST TO REALLY TRACK THE DATA. SO THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. I COMPLETELY GET THAT. BUT THAT'S ALL PART OF THIS PROCESS TO GET APPROVED. AND ONCE WE'RE APPROVED, WE JUST TAKE OFF AND START ESTABLISHING REALLY CONCRETE DESIGNATIONS FOR THE ELEMENTARY MATH OR FOR PRE K MATH OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. IT'S. IT'S A MATTER OF APPROVING THE 9010, AND THAT 10 IS GOING TO HELP US ADDRESS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS AND. AND THE CONCERNS THAT Y' ALL ARE BRINGING UP. ALL RIGHT, DID CHAIR RECOGNIZE THIS? SECRETARY WAGNER, THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, WE WERE TIA CERTIFIED PREVIOUSLY, NOT WITH OUR IMMEDIATE PAST SUPERINTENDENT, BUT THE ONE BEFORE THAT, THAT WAS FINANCE. WE WERE CERTIFIED. I SEE OUR FINANCE PERSON SHAKING HER HEAD. SO, YES, THIS ISN'T NEW TO THE DISTRICT AS MUCH AS IT'S NEW TO US CURRENTLY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT. BUT THEN ALSO WITH THIS. SO IF SOMEBODY GETS THIS CERTIFICATION OR THIS ALLOTMENT FOR AUGUST OF 2028, IT WAS BASED ON THEIR 2728 NUMBERS, IS THAT CORRECT? 2627 NUMBERS. 26. SO IT SAYS SKIP A YEAR, BECAUSE THERE'S A YEAR THAT. THAT 2726, 2728 YEAR IS WHEN THE VALIDATION IS THE VALIDATION YEAR. OKAY. SO THEY VALIDATE THE DATA FROM 2627 TO BE PAID IN AUGUST OF 2028. SO NOW FOR THE RENT IS HOW OFTEN DO THOSE TEACHERS NEED TO REQUALIFY? IS THERE A REQUALIFYING EVERY YEAR? SO ONCE THEY GET THEIR DESIGNATION, THEY KEEP THAT DESIGNATION FOR FIVE YEARS. OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL. OKAY, SO IT'S NOT REQUALIFIED, BUT WE CAN ADD OTHERS IN ADDITION TO THAT. AND THEY WOULD START A NEW FIVE YEAR PERIOD. CORRECT. AND A TEACHER WHO EARNS A DESIGNATION OF, LET'S SAY THE LOWEST, LET'S SAY IT'S A RECOGNIZED DESIGNATION, THEY ARE ABLE TO EARN A HIGHER DESIGNATION THE NEXT YEAR AND KEEP IT FOR FIVE YEARS. SO THEY CAN GO UP AND THEN THEY KEEP THAT DESIGNATION FOR FIVE YEARS. THEY GET TO UPGRADE. VERY NICE. I LIKE THAT. OKAY, PERFECT. AND IT WOULD JUST, AS WE'VE SAID, IT'S AN EVOLUTION. SO THAT WOULD EVOLVE AND TO. YOUR STATEMENT WOULD START THE FIVE YEARS OVER. CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I MAY STILL HAVE QUESTIONS. I JUST DO WANT TO CLARIFY. THE DISTRICT HAS NOT BEEN TIA. WE HAVE NOT BEEN TIA BEFORE. WE [00:50:03] MAY HAVE STARTED THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT WE'VE NEVER SUBMITTED FOR TIA. IT'S ONLY SHOCKING AND SURPRISING TO A COUPLE OF US. SO I KNOW THERE MAY HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD APPLIED, BUT WE HAVE NEVER SUBMITTED. I DO APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE HONESTLY, I THOUGHT WE'D FOLLOWED THROUGH, BUT I GUESS NOT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE. THAT'S MY WOODY. OKAY, SO AT ANY POINT, WILL ANY OF THIS BE A REFLECTION ON ANY STAFF MEMBERS EVALUATION AT IF THEY DON'T DO THIS OR IF THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OR ANY OF THAT? BECAUSE I GUESS WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS IF THERE ARE TEACHERS WHO ARE JUST LIKE, I KNOW I'M DOING A GOOD JOB. I KNOW THAT. WHATEVER, WHATEVER. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROGRAM OR WHATEVER, WILL THAT HINDER THEIR JOB OR WOULD THAT BE A DING ON THEM DURING EVALUATIONS OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF? NOTHING CHANGES IN THE EVALUATION. WE'RE STILL USING T TESTS. WE'RE STILL USING THE SAME RUBRIC. RUBRIC. THEY'RE STILL BEING EVALUATED THE SAME WAY. THE TIA IS TWO PARTS, RIGHT? IT'S THE T TEST OBSERVATION SCORE, AND THEN IT'S THE GROWTH MEASURE AND HOW MUCH THEIR STUDENTS HAVE GROWN. SO IT'S, IT'S. IT GOES HAND IN HAND. RIGHT? TEACHERS WILL STILL GET THEIR YEARLY OBSERVATIONS. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATED USING THE T TEST RUBRIC. BUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE COMPLETING ANY OTHER COMPONENTS OR CHOOSING TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE OR ANY OF THAT WILL NOT AFFECT THEIR EVALUATION BECAUSE THE EVALUATION TOOL REMAINS THE SAME. THE WAY WE USE THAT EVALUATION TOOL REMAINS THE SAME. CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE. SIERRA, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. SO NEXT TIME, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, IS IT SIMPLY THE 9010 NUMBERS OR DO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE ANY SORT OF. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THE 10% FOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IS THERE ADDITIONAL? IT'S SIMPLY THE 9010 SPLIT. OKAY. IT'S JUST THE NUMBERS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD. ALL RIGHT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING DILIGENT, BEING PATIENT WITH US, BECAUSE THIS IS. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED SOME OF IT HERE AND THERE, BUT AS OTHERS WERE ASKING QUESTIONS, THERE WERE DEFINITELY MORE QUESTIONS, NOTES THAT I TOOK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU. MS. MARILLA. OH, EXCUSE ME. AND THIS IS JUST FOR. HAS OUR STAFF BEEN FULLY AWARE THAT THIS IS COMING? ANY OF THEIR CONCERNS? HAVE THEY ALL BEEN ADDRESSED OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADDRESSED? BECAUSE I KNOW WE DID INFORMATION LAST. LAST TIME WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE DO THIS OR NOT, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S OPINION AND CHOICES AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS THING. SO HAVE WE ADDRESSED A LOT OF THEIR CONCERNS? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTS OF TEACHERS AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL AS DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, AND THEY'VE HAD A VOICE IN THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING, REGARDING THE ALLOTMENT AND THE SPLIT BETWEEN THE 6040 FOR THE TEACHER OBSERVATION AND FOR THE STUDENT GROWTH MEASURE. THEY'VE HAD A VOICE IN THE 9010 SPLIT FOR THE COMPENSATION PLAN. THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN THIS INFORMATION BACK TO THEIR CAMPUSES. A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY GIVEN TIA PRESENTATIONS WITH THEIR CAMPUS PRINCIPAL. BUT WE DO HAVE PLANS TO HOLD INFORMATION SESSIONS AND CONTINUE TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO OUR TEACHERS AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK, FOLLOW UP TO THAT. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE OUR PARENTS ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO FORWARD? I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT MORE INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARENTS ARE AWARE THAT, HEY, WE'RE MOVING TO THIS. AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO, AS DR. GUTIERREZ SAID, WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORK. BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE, OH, NO, Y' ALL ARE TESTING OUR KIDS ALL THE TIME AND ALL OF THIS STUFF, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THE WORK. SO ARE WE GOING TO BE EXPLAINING THAT TO OUR PARENTS AS WELL SO THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE, OH, Y' ALL JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET OUR KIDS TO TEST, TEST, TEST ALL THE TIME? MS. MARILLO, I CAN CHIME IN. SURE. THIS IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS STAFF FOR TEACHERS SPECIFICALLY. SO A LOT OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND INFORMATION, THE SURVEYS GO TO TEACHERS. AS WE THINK ABOUT COMMUNICATING OUTSIDE OF THAT GROUP, WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, STATE OF DISTRICT OPPORTUNITIES, OR WE'LL HAVE COFFEES [00:55:02] WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT MOST OF OUR EFFORTS ARE GOING TO BE COMMUNICATING AND EDUCATED AND INFORMING OUR STAFF MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY OUR TEACHERS, WHILE ALSO GIVING PARENTS A GENERAL OVERVIEW SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE DOING FOR TEACHERS. BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SOMETHING TO BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED AS WELL. THIS MAY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION. JUST SAYING. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WAGNER. SO MY QUESTION BECOMES, DON'T WE HAVE TEACHERS? AND MAYBE THIS IS WHERE I WAS THINKING AS WELL. DON'T WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT RECEIVE TIA ALLOTMENTS OR TIA BECAUSE THEY TRANSFERRED IN FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT, BUT THEY QUALIFIED? CORRECT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE TEACHERS WHO HAVE ALREADY EARNED DESIGNATIONS IN ANOTHER DISTRICT WHO HAVE TRANSFERRED INTO OUR DISTRICT. AND SO THOSE FUNDS WILL FOLLOW THEM. THE STATE WILL PROVIDE THOSE FUNDS TO US FOR US TO PAY OUT TO THOSE TEACHERS. SO SAY THAT THEY BEGAN THIS YEAR WITH THE TIA. WILL THEY GET IT NEXT YEAR? AUTOMATICALLY. THEY BEGAN THIS YEAR, WILL BE NOTIFIED THIS YEAR IN APRIL OF WHO THOSE TEACHERS ARE AND WILL RECEIVE THE FUNDS IN AUGUST, I BELIEVE, TO BE ABLE TO BE PAID OUT. SO WE WOULD STILL GET TO PAY THEM. OKAY, SO THEY DON'T LOSE A DESIGNATION BECAUSE THEY CAME TO OUR DISTRICT. CORRECT. THEY DON'T LOSE THEIR DESIGNATION AND THEY DON'T LOSE THEIR PAYMENT. THEY WILL RECEIVE THEIR PAYMENT. THAT'S VERY GOOD. OKAY, SO IT DOES FOLLOW THEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. THANK YOU, MS. MURILLO. THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, OUR BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES. DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES? ARE WE DISCUSSING THE COMMITTEE ITSELF BEFORE WE DO THE UPDATES? WE'RE NOT. WE'RE GOING TO. THAT'S AN ACTION ITEM. THIS IS. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES AS FAR AS THE COMMITTEE? I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR Y' ALL UPDATES. I KNOW Y' ALL ARE HAVING MEETINGS, SO COULD Y' ALL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT THOSE MEETINGS WERE ABOUT? [Additional Item] SO ON THE AGENDA UNDER ACTION ITEMS IS THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THIS COMMITTEE OPERATES IN ITS CURRENT MEANS OR IF WE CHANGE THAT TO AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT WE CAN'T. NOT ON THAT. I THINK WHAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IS HOW WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE BOARD'S HEALTH EVALUATION. RIGHT. WE'VE BEEN KIND OF WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'LL BE. IT'S DUE AND WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS IT. IT'LL BE AN AGENDA ITEM, I THINK, ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. SO THAT WOULD BE AN UPDATE. CAN I CLARIFY? SO THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING ON THE BOARD SELF EVALUATION, JUST LOOKING AT IT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT SO THAT WE CAN ALL LOOK AT IT. YOU KNOW, HOW WE GO OVER IT. SO WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY EVENTUALLY WE'LL ALL BE TAKING TURNS, HOPEFULLY DOING THE EVALUATION OR PRESENTING IT. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT WHEN DID THE BOARD PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE THAT DIRECTION? I THOUGHT THAT THE COMMITTEE IS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD. THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS. UNDER THE GUIDANCE FROM CINTO. CORRECT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS. I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT. SO THERE IS A TIMELINE THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE FULL BOARD THAT OUTLINES EACH MONTH WHAT THE BOARD IS TO WORK ON. THEREFORE, THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE WORKS ON. AND ONCE WE PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE BRING IT. SO IF YOU HAVE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT TIMELINE, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS EMAILED TO YOU. SO THAT WAY YOU STAY ON TASK WITH WHAT. WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS DOING EACH AND EVERY MONTH. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A COMMITTEE UPDATE RIGHT NOW. SO YOU COULD PROVIDE UPDATES TO US. RIGHT. SO WHAT YOU SAID, MADAM PRESIDENT, WAS THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS WORKING ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT SELF EVALUATION TO THE BOARD. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. TRUSTEE SIERRA WAS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE, BUT I BELIEVE ASKED A QUESTION AND WE'RE JUST PROVIDING UPDATES. NOT. NOT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. WE'VE HAD. I THINK WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS BEEN KNOWN THAT UNTIL WE HAVE DESIGNATION FROM THE BOARD, WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTION AND SO DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME UNTIL WE'RE GIVEN AUTHORITY BY THE BOARD. [VI.A. Board Committee Updates by Board Trustees] OKAY. I DO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE SHACK WILL BE. THEY'LL BE PRESENTING OR COMING. PRESENTING TO THE BOARD. SEXUAL CURRICULUM. SEXUAL. HUMAN SEXUALITY CURRICULUM. [01:00:02] AND THEY'RE HAVING. WE'RE. WE'LL BE HAVING OPEN MEETINGS WITH PARENTS AND THEY'LL BE TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD. WELL, THAT ONE ALREADY HAPPENED AT GILBERT AND WHEN THEY WERE. WELL, THEY WERE TUESDAY THE 3RD, WEDNESDAY THE 4TH, AND TODAY THERE WAS ONE AT DEL VALLEY ELEMENTARY AT 5:45. AND THOSE WOULD BE WITH THE COMMUNITY JUST TO BRING THEM UP TO DATE AND GIVE THEM INFORMATION ON THE CURRICULUM THAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED FOR HUMAN SEXUALITY. ANY OTHER UPDATES? IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT DID THE MASCOT AND ALL OF THAT STUFF OR DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBERS ON THOSE COMMITTEES? NO. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. IT'S IN THE COMMUNIQUE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMITTEE UPDATES. MY FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE FOR THE AUSTIN 2030 NETWORK ADVISORY BOARD MEETING THAT I ATTENDED ON FEBRUARY 20TH. THAT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING. I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROGRESS AND THE FUTURE SCOPE FOR THE COLLEGE PROMISE INITIATIVE. WE REVIEWED, WE ENGAGED AND WE ADOPTED OUR NORTH STAR VISION FOR THE AUSTIN 2030 NETWORK. SO THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME TO DO THAT. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON NEXT ADOPTING THE VISION AND THE ADDITIONAL PROMISE INFORMATION. SO THAT IS ONE UPDATE. MY SECOND UPDATE IS GOING TO BE ON THE BELL VALLEY SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE. WE REVIEWED A FEW THINGS. THE FIRST THING BEING THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESSMENT. WE ALSO REVIEWED BEHAVIOR THREAT ASSESSMENT TRAINING AS WELL AS TRAFFIC SAFETY AT COLLINS ELEMENTARY AND ALSO UPCOMING EVENT SAFETY AND PLANNING WAS WHAT WAS REVIEWED THERE. MY THIRD COMMITTEE WAS IS THE MASBA SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE THAT I THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS CLOSED LAST MONTH. I WILL BE WORKING ON PROCESSING APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 100 APPLICATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH FOR COMMITTEE REVIEW. AND THOSE ARE MY THREE COMMITTEE UPDATES THAT I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER UPDATES? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE. HELLO. I'M GOING TO UPDATE US ON THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION. SO WE WE MET LATE FEBRUARY AND THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOPICS, TWO OF THE BIGGEST TOPICS WERE THANKING EVERYONE FOR THE PARTNERS BREAKFAST. SO FOR THOSE ON THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO YOUR NETWORKS AND THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SECOND PIECE, REALLY THE FOCUS WAS ON THE GOLF TOURNAMENT COMING UP. IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR CALENDARS. IF IT'S NOT ON YOUR CALENDARS, PLEASE LET MYSELF OR TRUSTEE FRANCO KNOW SO WE CAN GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS. OTHER THAN THAT AT A HIGH LEVEL. THAT'S IT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER UPDATES. [VII.A. Lone Star Governance Committee] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS. AND IT'S A LONE STAR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. DR. G, ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT UP THERE? GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR. GUTIERREZ, THIS EVENING BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE AND THE WORK HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW AND THERE'S SOME UPCOMING WORK THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. SO BEFORE YOU TODAY IS ONE, AN UPDATE OF THE APRIL 28TH THAT IS ON THE BOARD CALENDARS. AND I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE THERE. IN A BOARD COMMUNIQUE, THERE WAS A MAY DATE THAT WAS PROPOSED. I STILL BELIEVE WE NEED TO HEAR BACK FROM A FEW OF YOU. AND THEN JULY, THERE WAS TWO DAYS THAT WERE PROPOSED. ALSO IN BOARD COMMUNITY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PROVIDING AN UPDATE SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE DATES RESERVED FOR US. SO THE PHASES OF WORK CONTINUES. AND SO NOW THE DECISION BEFORE YOU IS TWO OPTIONS. CONTINUE WORKING AS THE COMMITTEE EXISTS AS A LONE STAR COMMITTEE, OR FORM SOME AD HOC COMMITTEES TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE SOME OF THIS WORK [01:05:01] AND THE COMMITTEE CAN DISSOLVE AND OR SHIFT TO AD HOC COMMITTEES. AND SO OF COURSE, I BRING THIS BEFORE YOU AS A CONVERSATION THAT YOU ALL CAN HAVE AND THEN MOVE TO ACTION. OKAY. SO TONIGHT, AS DR. CANTU STATED, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AS A BOARD. WE DETERMINE THE MOST APPROPRIATE STRUCTURE TO COMPLETE UPCOMING LONE STAR GOVERNANCE WORK. AND AGAIN, THE OPTIONS INCLUDE CONTINUING WITH THE EXISTING LOAN START GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OR FORM AD HOC COMMITTEES, IN WHICH CASE DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS WILL TAKE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED ON AND WORK ON THAT AND THEN COME AND REPORT TO THE BOARD. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE SIERRA. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT BEING ON THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. HAVING THE TIME WITH CINTO, BE COACHED IN SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS AND I. I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF THE BOARD COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK IN FRONT OF US THAT HAVING EVERYONE INVOLVED WHEN WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND SO IF THERE'S POSSIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT WORK, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LEAD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE LEVES MANGOODI. OKAY. WHILE I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE CURRENT COMMITTEE HAS DONE, I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE MOVING TOWARD AN AD HOC COMMITTEES AND SPECIFICALLY ASSIGN BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE THE TIME TO DO SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THE BOARD HAS AGREED FOR US TO DO AND THEN HAVE THE COMMITTEES COME BACK WITH THOSE SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO. JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE IS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY DOING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THE BOARD HAS OFFERED OR WHAT THE BOARD WAS EXPECTING. AND I WANT TO KIND OF ELIMINATE ALL OF THAT. SO WHEN WE DO HAVE WORKSHOPS WITH THE LSG AS A BOARD, WE THEN CAN DEFINE WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT WE FORM AD HOC AT THAT TIME. SO I BELIEVE AT THE WORKSHOP, CINTO DID ADDRESS THE DIFFERENT AD HOCS. RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE. WE WOULD HAVE ONE FOR THE POLICY DIET, I THINK BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND BUDGETING, I DON'T RECALL. SO WE HAVE A BOARD OPERATING COMMITTEE ALREADY. WE HAD A POLICY COMMITTEE WAY BACK WHEN, WHICH I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM. WE CAN DO ANOTHER COMMITTEE, BUT THE THEORY OF ACTION WORK, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A COMMITTEE FOR THAT. WELL, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO OPEN UP FOR OTHER NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANT TO SERVE ON CERTAIN THOSE COMMITTEES, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WERE ON IT BEFORE. SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO BE ON IT? I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE OPEN UP IF THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS. CAN I HEAR FROM THIS END? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE PRESIDENT SUE SNETTOS. YEAH, I THINK I WANT TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY SAID HERE. I THINK FORMING THE AD HOC COMMITTEES IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED. THE LSG FRAMEWORK THAT WILL HELP US ALL BE IN ALIGNMENT AND GET US TO THE END GOAL. BOTH OPTIONS ARE GREAT. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE US WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS ONE, BE SUCCESSFUL AND REACH THOSE GOALS. BUT HAVING MORE HANDS ON. I CAN JUST TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, THE LSG COMMITTEE, WE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED. MORE OPINIONS AND MORE INPUT, I THINK TAKES A VILLAGE. SO I DO LIKE THE AD HOC COMMITTEES. HOWEVER, IF WE VOTE ON THAT, THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND GET WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO SERVE ON. SO THAT WAY WE CAN START THE WORK IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WE'LL START PLANNING MEETINGS AND START CREATING THE WORK AND PUTTING IT INTO PLAY. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. WELL, THE VOTE IS TO DECIDE TONIGHT. HAVE YOUR CALENDARS READY TO GO AND GET SCHEDULED FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW. SO WITHIN THE AD HOC COMMITTEES, YOU'LL STILL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH YOUR PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOARD APPROVAL, CORRECT? RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. SO ANYBODY ELSE THOUGHTS ON THAT? I KNOW THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TIME COMMITMENTS AND EVERYTHING, BUT IF WE GO WITH AD HOC, [01:10:01] THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. SO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WAGNER. I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE PANTO. I DIDN'T KNOW I CHANGED MY NAME AND MY TITLE. THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE. SO I SEE ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE IT AS LOAN GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. AND THEN THE COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION. AND I DON'T KNOW, MY QUESTION FALLS BECAUSE THE QUESTION. AND I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION AND PLEASE DIRECT ME WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. REFERRING TO THE AD HOC. ONE CONCERN I HAVE WITH THE AD HOC, OR ACTUALLY WITH THE WHOLE COMMITTEES IN GENERAL, IS FOUR MEMBERS. I DO BELIEVE THAT'S ALREADY. IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE QUORUM. SO WE ALLOWED FOR THIS OR DO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE BOARD OPS TO IDENTIFY WHAT A NUMBER COULD BE? HOWEVER, THE DOWNFALL TO THAT THOUGH IS IF WE DO THREE. I MEAN, THAT'S THREE OUT OF NINE. THAT'S A THIRD. SO IT'S LIKE THOSE THREE WOULD HAVE TO BE REALLY COMMITTED TO THOSE COMMITTEES OR TO THOSE AGREEMENTS OVERALL. BUT I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM LIKE A GOVERNANCE STANDPOINT. HAVING THE THREE ALLOWS. LET'S SAY YOU'RE NOT ON THERE. IF I NEED TO COME TO YOU AS THE PRESIDENT. HEY, XYZ, HOW CAN WE PRESENT THIS TO THE BOARD? THAT'S NUMBER FOUR. AND THEN I'M STUCK. LIKE I TECHNICALLY I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE RIGHT NOW. 4. IF YOU'RE NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE, I COME TO YOU. I JUST BROKE QUORUM OR I HAVE A WALKING QUORUM AT THAT POINT. OR IF I'M SENDING AN EMAIL TO YOU WITH EVERYBODY, WITH ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND THAT'S WHY I GO BACK TO IS THERE. HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY AT LEAST THE CAP IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A LARGE OR AN AD HOC OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. CAN YOU HELP WITH THAT, DR. CANTU? I'M NOT SO SURE ON THAT. I CAN SAY WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST WITH COMMITTEES, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THEM, WE HAD DETERMINED, OKAY, NO MORE THAN THREE, NO MORE THAN FOUR. WE DECIDED THAT AS A BOARD AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN GO FORWARD TO DO THAT TOO. IF YOU GUYS. WELL, KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE WITH THE LSG COMMITTEE. RIGHT. IT'S ONLY FOUR. IT CAN BE MORE THAN THAT. YES. SO WE COULD DO THAT WITH ANY COMMITTEE WE MAKE. YEAH. AND YOU CAN OVERLAP COMMITTEES. RIGHT. SO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE SIERRA. JUST IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH CINTO, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULD NEED, IF WE DID IT, AD HOC COMMITTEES, WE'D NEED PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE TO START WITH, WHICH MEANS WE PROBABLY NEED EVERYBODY TO SERVE ON ONE COMMITTEE AND THERE WILL BE THREE PEOPLE ON EACH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE ON THAT TONIGHT. MAYBE, MAYBE WE DO. BUT I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS TWO WAY COMMUNICATION. IT WAS BOARD POLICY DIET AND IT WAS THE BOARD SCHOOL. IS THAT CORRECT OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT. CAN I ADD TO THAT? YES, YOU'RE CORRECT. SO IT'S THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE, THE POLICY DIET COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE COMMITTEE. SO THERE'S THREE COMMITTEES, THAT'S THREE MEMBERS ON EACH COMMITTEE AND THAT'S WHERE THE VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT, SO WE CAN START WORKING IMMEDIATELY. SO I KNOW TRUSTEE BURTON, YOU HAD SOME CONCERNS OVER SOME OF THIS. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE THAT? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF IT'S THREE ON A COMMITTEE. WE JUST MET FOUR TIMES IN FOUR WEEKS IN A ROW. SO WITH THOSE MEETINGS, I HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON TOP OF THOSE MEETINGS AND THEN SOME MAY HAVE TO SERVE ON MULTIPLE COMMITTEES. IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? CORRECT. AND TOUCHING ON THIS BEFORE GOING BACK AND REVISING THE INFORMATION AND ACTION ITEMS OF A SCHEDULE THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT SET IN POLICY. ALSO, MEETING DATES WERE AVAILABLE TONIGHT. SO WE CAN SCHEDULE THESE MEETINGS MOVING FORWARD IF WE GO AD HOC. CORRECT. IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? DO WE HAVE TO SET THE DATES TONIGHT? NO, THAT WOULD. I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO THE BOARD THE WAY YOU WANT TO MOVE. I CAN JUST. THE PREVIOUS SHEET TELLS YOU THE DATE. SO YES, WE DO HAVE TO START WORK IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR WORKSHOPS THAT WILL HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND WE ALSO HAVE TO PUT IT INTO PLACE PLAY. WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND ON THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, SO THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT NEEDS TO GET STARTED LIKE TOMORROW OR YESTERDAY. BUT YES, SO WE HAVE THOSE TWO UPCOMING. SO ALL THREE OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE WORKING NOW. I'M STILL CONFUSED ON THE ISSUE WITH THE CURRENT COMMITTEE WE'VE ALREADY GOT IN PLACE. AND IS IT THE WAY WE'RE GETTING FED INFORMATION FROM THE COMMITTEE? IS IT THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE INPUT? LIKE ISN'T THERE A WAY TO GIVE OR RECEIVE INPUT [01:15:02] BEFORE WE GET TO A BOARD MEETING? SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THAT ALSO BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN. I'M NOT GONNA LIE, I'VE BEEN ENJOYING THE WORK Y' ALL HAVE BEEN DOING, RELAYING THE MESSAGES AND KIND OF EVERYBODY KIND OF GETTING A FOOTING. SO IF I COULD BE HONEST. TRUSTEE RENT HEYWOOD DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I GUESS FOR ME I CAN. I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE MIDDLE. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S LIKE SOME GRAY AREA. I CAN TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT Y' ALL HAVE DONE. IN ALL HONESTY, I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE NOT ALL OF US CAN PUT IN THOSE MANY HOURS WITH PERSONAL THINGS IN OUR LIVES GOING ON. I THINK FOR ME IT'S MORE SO THE VERBIAGE AND JUST THE GUIDELINES THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THE COMMITTEE SO THAT THOSE THAT AREN'T ON THE COMMITTEE DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH IT'S MORE SO US BEING GUIDED, I GUESS BY THE COMMITTEE VERSUS IT'S THE BOARD GUIDING THE COMMITTEE. NOT AS IN POINTING, GO DO THIS, GO DO THIS, GO DO THIS NECESSARILY, BUT MORE SO LIKE CLARITY, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY AND THEN STAYING ON TASK WITH THOSE THINGS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IT DOES. AND TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT, WE DO HAVE A POLICY AND IT'S IN HERE AND IT CLEARLY STATES. I MEAN, I'VE CHAIRED COMMITTEES, I SERVE ON COMMITTEES. AND A COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITY AND EXPECTATION IS TO CREATE OR GO OUT, DO THE LEGWORK, RESEARCH AND COME WITH PROPOSALS OR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD WHICH THEN THE BOARD VOTES ON AND DECIDES WHETHER TO TAKE THEM OR NOT. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT A COMMITTEE SHOULD BE DOING. AND IT IS ON THE. I MEAN YOU CAN LOOK AT. WE DO HAVE POLICY. IT'S RIGHT THERE. AND YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE EXHIBIT IN YOUR, IN YOUR FOLDER AS WELL. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE LEDESMA. WOODY AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BY THAT SCHEDULE. WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN SCHEDULE. LIKE IF WE FEEL THAT WE'RE BEING, YOU KNOW, RUSHED. THIS IS A LOT GOING ON. THE LSG GOVERNANCE IS OUR, IS OUR PROJECT, OUR AGENDA. WE DICTATE WHEN, HOW AND WHY. WE WANT THINGS TO GET DONE, NOT SOMEBODY ELSE COMING IN TELLING US ALL THIS STUFF. WE GET TO DO THAT. SO IF WE DECIDE THAT, HEY, THE BOARD OPS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ACTUALLY. WE JUST DID IT IN NOVEMBER. YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE WAIT TILL NOVEMBER AGAIN TO DO IT AGAIN? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DECIDE AS A BOARD OR WE CAN HAVE OUR COMMITTEE GO AND DO THINGS. WE GET TO DECIDE THAT AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TOGETHER. AS A BOARD, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BY WHAT IS GIVEN TO US. THIS IS OUR OBJECT. THIS IS WHAT WE CREATED. SO WE GET TO CHANGE IF WE NEED TO. SO JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. WE DID BUY INTO LSG. THERE IS A TIMELINE AND IF WE WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS, WE REALLY WANT TO TRY AND STICK TO THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE NEED TO TRY AND THAT'S FINE. THAT IS YOUR FEEDBACK. BUT WE HAVE OTHER. I MEAN AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S A BOARD DECISION AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS. THANK YOU FOR THAT STATEMENT. THE DESMOUL ALSO I WANT TO ADD TO THAT THAT THE BOARD. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE DO A SELF BOARD EVALUATION QUARTERLY. SO IF WE'RE NOT ABIDING BY THE TIMELINE AND DOING THE FRAMEWORK OF LSG, THEN WE'RE NEVER GOING TO MEET OUR TARGET AND OUR GOAL. YES, WE CAN DO IT IF WE WANT TO LAX ON IT, THAT'S FINE. BUT WE ARE QUARTERLY. WE'RE EVALUATING OURSELVES. WE'RE LETTING OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THIS IS WHAT WE PROMISED. HAVE WE DELIVERED, HAVE WE NOT QUARTERLY. SO ALSO TAKE THAT IN MIND WHEN WE WANT TO NOT TO GO BY A TIMELINE AND GET BEHIND PERHAPS REGRESS IN GOVERNANCE. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT MY STATEMENT HERE TONIGHT IS THAT BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS ARE GREAT. THEY'RE GOING TO GET US TO OUR END GOAL. AND IT'S WRITTEN IN POLICY WHAT THE AUTHORITY IS BETWEEN A COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD. THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THAT. THE LSG DESCRIPTION WAS JUST OUTLINED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE LSG FRAMEWORK IS BASED ON. TEA APPROVAL OF IT. SO I DO ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IF WE GET BEHIND AND WE DON'T DO OUR JOB, WE ALSO IMPEDE OUR ADMINS FROM DOING THEIRS AND REACHING THEIR GOALS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE BURTON. [01:20:02] I KNOW SO. AND I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH WHAT MS. WOODY. SUSANNA WOODY SAYS. SO. TRUSTEE WOOD. SO I'M GOING TO SAY THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL CALENDAR IS OUR SCHEDULE. AND OUR JOB IS TO BE ON SCHEDULE FOR THE KIDS BECAUSE WE ARE THERE TO FEED INFORMATION TO THE STAFF, TO FEED THE INFORMATION TO THE KIDS SO WE COULD GET THE DESIRED RESULTS. SO I DON'T THINK, AS FAR AS THE COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED, I DO NOT THINK THAT IS ON OUR SCHEDULE. IT IS ON THE SCHEDULE OF THE SCHOOL CALENDAR AND US TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO BE INFORMED WITH WHATEVER WE'RE REQUESTING SO WE COULD GET THE DESIRED RESULTS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE FRANCO. TRUSTEE BURTON. YOU STOLE MY WORDS. NO, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. LOOK, EITHER WAY IS FINE. LSG COMMITTEE OR AD HOC COMMITTEE. THE POINT IS, FROM THIS IS MY PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT. THE POINT IS THE WORK STILL HAS TO GET. AND WHETHER IT'S THREE OF US ON THREE COMMITTEES OR IF IT'S LONE STAR GOVERNANCE, THE WORK STILL HAS TO GET DONE. AND TO ECHO TRUSTEE BURTON'S COMMENTS, FOR ME, THE WAY I SEE IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE. WE. WE ENTER INTO THIS LSG JOURNEY TO BE A BETTER BOARD AND TO BE A BETTER BOARD TO BE FOR NOT JUST THE NINE OF US THAT ARE UP HERE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR STAFF. AND WE DID IT. WE DID. WE DID ADOPT A TIMELINE FOR THAT. WE CAN PUSH IT BACK ALL WE WANT, BUT ALL WE'RE DOING IS PUSHING BACK THE TIME IT TAKES FOR US TO BE AN EFFECTIVE BOARD THAT CARES THAT I SHOULDN'T. I'M NOT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY CARE, BUT THAT GETS OUR KIDS THE GOAL. PROGRESS MEASURES, IMPLEMENTS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE DOING ARE THE BEST THEY CAN BE. SO FOR ME, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT, WHATEVER, HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT, WHOEVER THIS BOARD WANTS TO SET IT UP, WHETHER IT'S LSG OR COMMITTEES, BUT THE TIMELINE IS NOT MOVABLE BECAUSE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT LOSE ARE OUR KIDS, CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. THANK YOU. I WANT TO BACK UP TO THE UPCOMING PHASES WHERE THE DATES WERE LISTED. I DID MISS A MEETING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE. I HAD OBVIOUSLY A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE SOLICIT DATES FROM THE BOARD, I'D LIKE A TEXT, AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING. SOMEBODY SAID THAT THIS WAS IN THE FRIDAY BOARD UPDATE, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED THE ONE THAT IT WAS IN. IF IT WAS IN THREE AND I MISSED THEM ALL. I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE USED TO SEND OUT THE WORKSHEETS THAT SAID, HEY, WHAT CAN YOU DO? SO ARE WE NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE? YEAH, IT'S OUT THERE. THERE'S A SPREADSHEET. THE APRIL 28 HAD BEEN THERE SINCE BEFORE I TOOK THIS. OKAY, OKAY. AND THAT'S FINE. I JUST. IT WAS SAID THAT WE'RE WAITING ON PEOPLE FROM THE FRIDAY BOARD UPDATE, AND AT THAT POINT, I'M JUST GOING TO RAISE MY HAND AND SAY IT'S PROBABLY ME BECAUSE THE SITUATION THERE IS A SPREADSHEET. THEN I'LL WRITE NICOLE TO PUT IN. I'LL. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE SPREADSHEET OUT TO YOU, AND THEN WE CAN SELECT THE DATES. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. IF THAT'S YES, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE WOODY. OKAY, SO WHAT WE'RE DECIDING TONIGHT IS WHETHER OR NOT WE GO TO KEEPING THE COMMITTEE OR WE DO AD HOC COMMITTEES. AND THEN ARE WE ALSO DECIDING THE TERMINOLOGY OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS? I DON'T. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T. NOT THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO DO IT. I JUST. SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE POLICY, DO WE NEED TO GO AND DO A SPECIAL ONE FOR THESE AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT IS FOR. WELL, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. SO, I MEAN, THE POLICY IS ALREADY THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING. I MEAN, THIS IS WHY WE SEPARATED THEM. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE NEED TO DECIDE DO WE WANT TO GO KEEP THE LSD COMMITTEE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? NOTHING SAYS THOSE CAN'T BE ROTATING MEMBERS EITHER. RIGHT. WE CAN DO THAT. AND THEN. OR DO WE WANT AD HOC COMMITTEES, WHICH MEANS THAT EVERYBODY HITS THE GROUND RUNNING. RIGHT. THE COMMITTEE. AND I'M ON IT, AND I'M COMMITTED TO SAYING WE CAN DO THE RESEARCH WE CAN DO AND BRING THEM HERE FOR ALL THE BOARD TO DECIDE. RIGHT. WE JUST DO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DECIDE WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO AT THAT POINT, THEN WE MAY NOT NEED THE. OKAY, SO IF WE DO THE OTHER ONE, WE WON'T NEED TO DO THE OTHER ONE EITHER WAY. EVEN IF WE DO. IF YOU. I MEAN THIS IS WHY IT'S. THE VOTES ARE SEPARATED, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF NOT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH THE, WITH THE DESCRIPTION. WE DO HAVE ONE ALREADY. RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT THAT. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING. SO IT'S TWO SEPARATE THINGS. BUT IF WE, IF WE DECIDE TO DO AD HOC, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO DEFINE EACH COMMITTEE. IT'S ALREADY THERE. AND EVEN IF YOU DECIDE TO KEEP THE LSD AND YOU LIKE THE DESCRIPTION, WE ALREADY HAVE A POLICY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE PANTOJA. I [01:25:03] BELIEVE WE DO NEED TO DESCRIBE IT BECAUSE UNDER BDB LOCAL IT SAYS FORMATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE SHALL BE BY BOARD ACTION. WHEN ESTABLISHING A BOARD COMMITTEE, THE BOARD ACTION SHALL AT MINIMUM SPECIFY NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS, PROCESS TO APPOINT, TERM OF COMMITTEE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE. SO DOES THAT FALL UNDER ACTION A OR ACTION B? I LOOK AT IT RIGHT, WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED THERE'S FOUR MEMBERS. YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN THAT. NOT TO EXCEED FOUR PROCESS TO APPOINT BOARD MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE THAT CAME UP BY. RIGHT. WE VOLUNTEER AND THOSE WERE THE FOUR THAT VOLUNTEERED THE TERM COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. AND THAT'S FOR US TO DECIDE WHETHER IT. WHEN WE END LSD, IT ENDS. RIGHT. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE AND THEY'RE ALREADY LISTED RIGHT HERE. THE BOARD COMMITTEE SHALL BE A FACT FINDING DELIBERATE AND ADVISORY AND SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AREAS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. BOARD COMMITTEES SHALL REPORT THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND SHALL NOT ASSUME ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES RESPONSIBILITIES. SO THAT'S ALREADY IN POLICY. RIGHT? UNLESS SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD, A BOARD COMMITTEE SHALL NOT HAVE FINAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY. BOARD COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS MUST BE REPORTED TO THE BOARD AT A REGULAR OR SPECIAL MEETING. THE BOARD SHALL NOT ACCEPT THE BOARD COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT DUE CONSIDERATION OF THE MATTER. AND A BOARD COMMITTEE SHALL BE DISSOLVED UPON BOARD ACTION. SO ALL THAT'S ALREADY THERE. RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE SHAW. RIGHT. HEYWOOD. I DID WANT TO SAY CONCERNING THE LSG COMMITTEE VERSUS THE AD HOC IS I FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT THAT NO ONE WANTS TO NOT NECESSARILY BE INVOLVED AND I FEEL LIKE EITHER ONE WOULD DEFINITELY BE BENEFICIAL IN THEIR OWN CAPACITY. IN THEIR OWN. BUT TWO, IT'S HARD FOR INDIVIDUALS ON A BOARD THAT WE DON'T GET PAID TO BE HERE. THIS IS TOTALLY VOLUNTEER. WE HAVE TO HAVE A HEART FOR THIS TO REALLY BE IN THESE SEATS AND BE AS DEDICATED AND COMMITTED AS WE ARE. IT'S HARD TO FEEL LIKE IN ORDER TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MEET EVERY SINGLE WEEK, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN DO. AND I FEEL LIKE WITHIN A CAPACITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A REQUIREMENT EITHER, BECAUSE THAT DOES MAKE THINGS HARD. AND AS MUCH AS I DO WANT TO BE A PART, AND AT ONE POINT I EVEN WANTED TO VOLUNTEER TO BE ON THE LSU COMMITTEE, AND THEN I HEAR WE'RE MEETING ONCE A WEEK. WELL, THAT'S. I CAN DO THAT. LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO WHERE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE OR BE INVOLVED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT ON A TIME AND SCHEDULE THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE EXCESSIVE. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IS IT FOR THE LSG COMMITTEE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND A WHOLE EVERY SINGLE WEEK WHEN EVERYTHING THAT THE LSG COMMITTEE IS DOING IS REALLY A BOARD NECESSITY AS WELL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. LIKE, AS A BOARD, WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS. THIS IS. THESE ARE BOARD THINGS TO DO. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MEET EVERY SINGLE WEEK OUTSIDE OF MEETING AS A BOARD OR WORKSHOP. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT THE LSG COMMITTEE, IF YOU DECIDE TO VOTE ON THAT, WE DO HAVE A VACANCY. WE HAD A VACANCY THAT MATERIAL LIFE. SO PLEASE, SOMEBODY JOIN US. PRESIDENT GUADIAN HAS BEEN NICE ENOUGH TO HELP US OUT IN THAT VACANCY. BUT, YEAH, THERE'S A VACANCY. SO THE MORE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO FILL IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT THAT GOES BACK TO THE WEEKLY MEETINGS. THAT'S. THAT'S THE THING. IT'S NOT. I DON'T. I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T MIND BEING ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT EVERY WEEK IS EXCESSIVE IF WE'RE DOING THE WORK OF WHAT THE BOARD IS DOING ANYWAYS. SO. AND MAYBE THIS IS TO, YOU KNOW, I GET THESE IDEAS AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT. IT MIGHT BE A QUESTION. COUNCIL, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE. A ROTATING POSITION? YES OR NO? YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THAT I DO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT TRUSTEE [01:30:03] WRIGHT HAYWOOD HAS A LOT ON HER PLATE RIGHT NOW, AS DOES TRUSTEE BURTON. I MEAN, A LOT OF. SOME OF US NEED TO STEP UP, OTHERS DON'T, BUT. AND WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE. IT'S JUST THEY'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON. I DO KNOW THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE, THEY. IT'S JUST DOING THE LEGWORK AND THE RESEARCH AND THEN COMING UP WITH THE. AND THE BOARD WILL STILL HAVE A SAY SO, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO VOTE FOR. DO WE WANT TO KEEP THE COMMITTEE OR DO WE WANT AN AD HOC? WE WANT TO DO AD HOCS. I HAVE A CLARIFYING STATEMENT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. YEAH, THANK YOU. SO THERE IS AN EXISTING BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES COMMITTEE. PER OUR OWN POLICY, LOCAL BDB. YES. WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. DISSOLUTION, A BOARD COMMITTEE SHALL BE DISSOLVED UPON BOARD ACTION. AND THAT COMMITTEE HAS NOT BEEN DISSOLVED BY BOARD ACTION. SO IT STILL STANDS. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT'S JUST BEEN INACTIVE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT. BUT AGAIN WE CAN OPEN IT UP AND IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO SERVE, WE CAN DO THAT. I'M ON IT AND I. I WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO STAY ON THAT. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR EITHER OR. YOU CAN GO. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FOR AD HOC, I THINK. WHAT DO YOU WANT? OKAY, GO AHEAD. JUST FOR CLARIFYING, JUST BEFORE WE DO THAT. OKAY. FOR GOING. WAS IT BAD HOG. WHAT IS. WHATEVER IT'S CALLED NOW? THAT TOO. IS THIS STATING THAT IN REPLACEMENT OF LSG WE WOULD LITERALLY BREAK INTO THESE SMALLER SUBCOMMITTEES, I GUESS AND STILL MEET ONCE A WEEK OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE THEN WOULD THAT. I THINK THE AD HOC COMMITTEES. IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE COMMITTEE FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHEN, WHEN AND HOW OFTEN YOU MEET. RIGHT. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. AND IT'S NOT. YOU'RE NOT DOING LSD. WE'RE STILL DOING IT. RIGHT. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE SEPARATED. I MEAN WE'RE ALL HAVE OUR HANDS IN IT AND WE'RE ALL DOING PART OF THE WORK. BUT EVERY COMMITTEE COULD MEET SEPARATELY FROM. YES, THAT'S THE OTHER COMMITTEE. SO WHETHER ONE CAN BE TWICE, ANOTHER ONE CAN MEET ONCE. YEAH, AS LONG AS WE. WE HIT OUR DEADLINES. OKAY. THAT MAKES. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? ALSO TRUSTEE, I APOLOGIZE. NO, GO AHEAD. NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE. I GOT OVER 20 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND BEING ON THE BOARD WITH THE LSG COMMITTEE. I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS OR WORK OR FRAMEWORKS OR GUIDELINES OR WHATEVER ELSE TO BE OUT OF BOUNDS OR BE CAUSE FOR CONCERN. AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO ENSURE THAT I'M ABLE TO SAY THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? I MAKE THE MOTION FOR AD HOC. TRUSTEE PANTOJA MAKES A MOTION FOR AD HOC COMMITTEES. DO I HAVE A SECOND TRUSTEE LEDESMA, WOODY. SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE AGAINST? MOTION FAIL. THREE TO SEVEN. SO THAT'S TEN. I MEAN THREE. YEAH. TWO TO SEVEN. I'M SORRY? THREE. NO. OH, YEAH. ANYWAY. YES. THREE. SIX. YES. YEAH. DID YOU WALK? OH, NO. OKAY. BAD. I CAN'T SEE PAST HERE. SO IT WAS THREE. IT WAS THREE. FOUR. YES. THREE. FIVE. ONE. FIVE AGAINST AND ONE ABSTENTION. SO MOTION FAILS FOR AD HOC. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO KEEP THE LSG COMMITTEE TRUSTEE? VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE BURTON MAKES A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THERE'S ONE BACK [01:35:02] THERE. ONE, TWO, THREE. IT'S FIVE. ALL THOSE AGAINST? THREE AGAINST. AND THE ABSTAINING. ONE ABSTENTION. THANK YOU. SO THE LSD COMMITTEE STAYS. [VII.B. Lone Star Governance Committee Description] WITH THAT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE LOSAR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION. AND I THINK YOU'VE ALL HAD THE CHANCE TO READ THEM. I SENT OUT AN EMAIL I FORWARDED THIS AFTERNOON THAT WAS BACK IN JANUARY. WE ASKED FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR TO SUBMIT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OR CHANGES. WE HAD ONE THAT WAS SENT OUT AND VICE PRESIDENT C. SNETROS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK MORE ON HOW THAT WAS HANDLED? WE'RE ALL WELL, MINE IS OKAY. OH, THERE WE GO. SORRY. NO, MINE'S BLUE. NOW IT'S GREEN. THAT'S WEIRD. YEAH. YEAH. SO BACK IN JANUARY, WE ASKED THE BOARD FOR SOME FEEDBACK ON A DESCRIPTION BECAUSE WE WANT TO KIND OF JUST BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS TASKED TO DO. WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK. WE INCORPORATED THAT FEEDBACK WITH AN ALREADY DESCRIPTION THAT WAS CREATED JUST OFF THE FLY BECAUSE IT WAS NEW. SO WE NEEDED A DESCRIPTION TO OUTLINE WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S PURPOSE WAS. SO WITH THE FEEDBACK AND THE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION, WE TOOK BOTH OF THAT INFORMATION, TOOK BOTH OF THOSE, CONSOLIDATED THEM, AND ALSO ADDED THE LSG FRAMEWORK TO THE DESCRIPTION THAT'S APPROVED BY TEA AND CAME UP WITH THE ONE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET TODAY. THAT IS HOW WE RESULTED TO THAT GENERAL DESCRIPTION. JUST BECAUSE THIS COMMITTEE IS NONE LIKE THE OTHERS THAT WE SERVE ON, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THIS IS JUST THE BOARD THAT INVOLVES THE BOARD. SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT ONE WE ADDRESS THE AUTHORITY WHICH HAS BEEN RAISING A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND THEN OF COURSE IT IS AN IN BOARD POLICY WHAT THAT AUTHORITY OUTLINES. AND BASICALLY THE DESCRIPTION JUST ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE LSG COMMITTEE DRIVES THE WORK AND PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD SO IT CAN BE APPROVED AND THEN INITIATED SO WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND REACH OUR GOALS. SO THE DESCRIPTION ENTAILS THAT INFORMATION. TRUSTEE SECRETARY WAGNER. THANK YOU. SO THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS IS ON PAGE OUR, PAGE 65. IT AGAIN SAYS BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. THERE IS A BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE COMMITTEE AND AS IT IS IN EXISTENCE, WE CAN'T DISSOLVE IT BASED ON THIS AGENDA THIS EVENING. SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TAKEN OFF OF THIS GOVERNANCE AUTHORITY AND BOARD DECISION FOR THE LSG COMMITTEE, PLEASE. MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE. IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE. ON PAGE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. THIS IS FOR CLARITY PAGE PDF. PAGE 62. CORRECT. IN THE. IN THE AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION, IS THAT THE. THAT'S THE ACTUAL DESCRIPTION THAT WE'RE APPROVING, NOT WHAT'S IN THE PRESENTATION. SO IF YOU GO. IF YOU GO TO YOUR AGENDA ON PDF, PAGE 62, IT DESCRIBES THE AGENDA ITEM, THE DATE, THE CATEGORY, FISCAL IMPLICATIONS. THAT. IT'S THAT ONE PAGER IN THAT BODY. THAT. THAT BODY OF TEXT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY. OKAY, JUST FOR CLARITY, FOR CLARIFICATION, IT SAYS IF APPROVED, THE LSG COMMITTEE BECOMES A STANDING COMMITTEE ONE. OKAY. CHECK. IT SUPPORTS ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK. CHECK. IT ASSISTS WITH REGULAR BOARD SELF EVALUATION POLICY DIET, BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. PAGE 65, AGAIN, FOR CLARITY, [01:40:01] THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE. WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT. WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS ON PAGE 62. UNLESS I HAVE A DIFFERENT COPY AS YOU. WHAT WAS SUBMITTED AS THE DESCRIPTION IS. WHAT IS PAGE 62? THE. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN BREAKS UP THE WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, CORRECT? YEAH, BUT WHAT WAS SUBMITTED OFFICIALLY IS WHAT'S ON PAGE 62. SO THE LANGUAGE WE'RE APPROVING IS ON. IS ON PAGE 62, WITHIN THAT ONE PAGER THAT DESCRIBES THE. OKAY. YEAH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY THEN HAVE TO. IF YOU WANT TO TABLE THE DESCRIPTION, WE CAN TABLE THE DESCRIPTION. WE ALREADY HAVE THE POLICY TO SECRETARY WEGNER'S. WE CAN ALSO PUT IT OUR NEXT AGENDA TO DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IF WE WANT TO DISSOLVE THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO. I'M SORRY, YOU DIDN'T CALL ME. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE PANTO. I'M TRYING TO MAKE GOVERNANCE. MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO KEEP OUR BOARD POLICY AS THE LANGUAGE RATHER THAN CREATING THE DESCRIPTION? IS THAT A MOTION YOU WANT TO MAKE? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE THE MOTION TO KEEP OUR BOARD POLICY AS A DESCRIPTION. DO I HAVE SECOND? TRUSTEE LES MAWI MAKES A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SO 01, 2, 3, 4, 5. IT'S 5. ALL THOSE AGAINST? 4 AGAINST. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 4. AND DISCUSSION. YES, TRUSTEE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE PORTION OF IT. SO WHENEVER IT GETS TO. SO THAT I'D LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. HOW DO WE. YEP. TRUSTEE SIERRA. YES. WHAT IF IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IT DOES NAME THAT WHEN WE CREATE A COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT HAS BEEN THE PLACE WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN CLEAR. AND IF WE'RE NOT PASSING THAT, JUST GETTING CLARITY FROM THE BOARD ON WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. SO IT DOES SAY THE BOARD COMMITTEE SHALL BE FACT FINDING, DELIBERATIVE AND ADVISORY AND SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE AREAS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY. BOARD COMMITTEES SHALL REPORT THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. RIGHT. SO YOU'VE BEEN. WE'VE BEEN TASKED. WE ALREADY HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. RIGHT? WE ALREADY HAVE. IT'S LISTED UP THERE, THE THEORY OF ACTION, TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, ALL THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON THAT. YOU BRING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. AM I INCORRECT IN THAT? I GUESS IT'D BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR IF, IF WE, IF I HEAR, I HEAR JASON, RIGHT, LIKE I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING. THAT'S NOT WHAT, WHAT'S UP THERE. THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRE LSG PROCESS. SO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU GUYS CONSTANTLY. AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. BUT IT'S, IT'S SIMPLE TO SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF LIKE THE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENSURE THAT THE TIMELINE OR THAT THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK IS, IS, IS ACHIEVED. SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. I MEAN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? TRUSTEE LIZ MAWITI. I HEAR, I HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING AND I THINK THAT THE, THE BOARD HAS GIVEN GUIDANCE ON WHAT WE WANT THE COMMITTEE TO DO. AND THEN IT'S UP TO YOU ALL TO GO AND HAVE YOUR MEETINGS AND SAY, HEY, BASED OFF OF THE THEORY OF ACTION, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE. HOW DOES THE BOARD FEEL BASED OFF OF THE BOARD? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO THE BOARD OPS BY THIS TIME. BOARD MEMBERS SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK. COMMITTEE GETS TOGETHER, WE ASK, WE DRAW A TIMELINE OR WHATEVER. WE FOLLOW THE TIMELINE OF LSG. SINCE WE DO HAVE THAT AND WE DO WHAT WE DO RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. THIS IS WHEN WE NEED IT. BOARD PROVIDE FEEDBACK, HAVE A DISCUSSION, DO WE HAVE A WORKSHOP AFTER IT. WE GET TO DECIDE THAT AS A BOARD AND AS A COMMITTEE. FOR SURE. FOR SURE. I GUESS FOR US. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN DID WE DECIDE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO? I GUESS I DON'T REMEMBER THE MEETING WHEN WE WERE LIKE, OH, THE LSG COMMITTEE SHOULD DO ALL OF THIS, ALL OF X, Y AND Z. IF I WASN'T PRESENT FOR THAT MEETING, I MEAN, I. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER EVER HAVING A MEETING. I JUST. I DON'T. I DON'T REMEMBER EVER US EVER VOTING ON THAT. LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. WE DISCUSSED, AND I THINK PROBABLY TRUSTEE FRANCO, YOU WEREN'T AT THAT MEETING WITH. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS WITH STINTO, IS WE, AS THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY KIND OF [01:45:07] TACKLE THESE THINGS SEPARATELY, LIKE KIND OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER AND THEN BRING IT HERE. BECAUSE THE POLICY DIET WILL BE A WORKSHOP. SO THAT'S VERY STRUCTURED AS THE SAME THING. WE'LL WORK WITH THE ATTORNEYS TO LOOK AT THE POLICY. I'VE ALREADY BEEN LOOKING AT OUR BOARD POLICIES, AND WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AND THEN BRING IT TO THE. COMMIT TO THE BOARD FOR THAT. SO THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IS THE SAME THING. IT'S GOING TO BE A WORKSHOP TO UNDERSTAND BETTER. I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT IT WAS DURING A LONE STAR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT I WAS. THAT I DIDN'T ATTEND. SO, AGAIN, THE BOARD HAS NOT GIVEN US DIRECTION. LONE STAR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO OR PLANS IN THE FUTURE THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF, BUT THE BOARD, THIS BODY, HAS NOT GIVEN DIRECTION. THAT'S. THAT'S. I THINK WHAT THE HEART OF THE QUESTION THAT TRUSTEE SIERRA AND MYSELF ARE POSING IS WHAT ALL IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT. WHAT. HOW DO YOU ALL ENVISION THIS? TO COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN. OKAY, SO THE NEXT. SO THE NEXT THING YOU WANT US TO DO IS COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR LONE STAR GOVERNANCE? NO, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, GO AHEAD. IT'S JUST. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT. SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS IN THAT JOB DESCRIPTION THAT WAS NOT VOTED, BUT YOU CAN. WELL, THAT WAS NOT APPROVED. SORRY. BUT YOU CAN REFER TO THAT AND THAT. THAT GUIDES YOU WITH THE QUESTION THERE, TRUSTEE. OKAY, SO I THINK I CAN HELP, BUT IF I CAN'T, I APOLOGIZE. SO THE BOARD HAS GIVEN THAT COMMITTEE THE RESPONSIBILITY, BASED OFF OF THE PREVIOUS VOTE, TO START TALKING ABOUT THE. WAS IT THE ACTION THING. THEORY OF ACTION. THEORY OF ACTION, THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THE COMMITTEE SHOULD GET TOGETHER, DEPENDING ON YOUR SCHEDULES, AND START TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. RIGHT. THE BOARD HAS GIVEN YOU ACTION TO GO DO THIS. SO YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO US AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE BOARD. THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IT LOOKS LIKE. BOARD PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD, HAVE A DISCUSSION AND APPROVE IT OR NOT APPROVE IT OR WHAT? OKAY, SO THEN FOR CLARIFICATION, MY UNDERSTANDING, AND WE DIDN'T TAKE AN ACTUAL VOTE ON THAT, NUMBER ONE. BUT NUMBER TWO, FOR MY UNDERSTANDING, JUST SO I HAVE THIS CLEAR ON PDF PAGE 57, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION, DR. CANTU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST THAT WE'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT HERE AND NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT WAY AND THAT WE'VE GOTTEN CLEAR DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY. IF ON PDF PAGE 57 IT SAYS THE BOARD HASN'T BEEN ENGAGED IN LSG FRAMEWORK AND ESTABLISHED AN LSG COMMITTEE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE DISTRICT'S LSG COACH TO GUIDE IMPLEMENTATION UPCOMING PHASES. AND THIS IS THE STUFF THAT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY, TRUSTEE WOODY, IS THAT THIS IS THE STUFF THAT THE BOARD IS AGREEING TO HAVE THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE WORK ON ARE JUST THESE THREE THINGS. THEORY OF ACTION WORKSHOP POLICY, DIET, BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES REVIEW. YES. CAN I, CAN I ANSWER THAT? MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I ANSWER THAT? YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION. OKAY, YEAH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. CORRECT. OTHER THAN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COME BACK FOR ANOTHER VOTE. SO THE BOARD, BASED OFF OF THE PREVIOUS KEEPING THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE HAS ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT WE APPROVE THIS COMMITTEE TO GO IN AND DO WORK THAT INCLUDES THEORY ACTION WORKSHOP, WHICH MEANS YOU GET TOGETHER, YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT WORKSHOP IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO THE, TO THE BOARD DURING THAT WORKSHOP, AND THEN YOU'RE DOING ALL THE LOGISTICAL STUFF TO FACILITATE, TO HELP FACILITATE THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO FOR CLARIFICATION, THE BOARD DID NOT VOTE ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID. JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. THE VOTE. THE BOARD DID NOT VOTE TO TAKE OUT BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES REVIEW. WE DID NOT TAKE AN OFFICIAL VOTE ON THAT. WE TABLED IT. IT'LL BE, I AM GOING TO PUT IT AS A ACTION ITEM ON OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING BECAUSE WE NEED TO VOTE IF WE'RE GOING TO DISSOLVE THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE COMMITTEE. SO THEN, THEN, AND IT CAN ALSO BE, THE COMMITTEE CAN COME BACK AND BE LIKE, OKAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE OR COMMITTEE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE BOARD OPERATING COMMITTEE TO GO AND FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION. GOTCHA. AND YOU GUYS COULD DECIDE THAT. AND ANOTHER POINT JUST FOR THE RECORD UP THERE IS NOT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AND WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, BUT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPECTING TWO WAY COMMUNICATION FROM US. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS. THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE VERY VAGUE AND NEBULOUS. THAT'S WHY I THINK TRUSTEE SIERRA AND MYSELF ARE MAKING [01:50:01] THE POINT OF WHAT IS OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY. BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE TALKED ABOUT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AND HERE'S OUR PLAN, SOMEONE ON THIS BOARD MIGHT SAY WE DIDN'T TELL YOU TO TALK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR THE CLARITY ON THIS. GO AHEAD. SO THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. SO IF WE TALK ABOUT THEORY OF ACTION, WORKSHOP. OKAY, HOW DO WE DO TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THAT PARTICULAR ITEM? SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY SHOULD ALREADY BE IMPLEMENTED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO GOING FORWARD. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THERE IS NOT A, A RECORD OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DISCUSSED AND, OR A PLAYBOOK FOR ALL OF THIS. AND IF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO IS GO BACK, MAYBE IT SOUNDS THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO. GO BACK AND TAKE OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE EVER DISCUSSED AND SAY HERE'S EVERYTHING WE'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT FROM A LONE STAR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING YOU. I THINK WE'RE GOING AROUND IN CYCLE. I'D LIKE TO CHIME IN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT NINE PEOPLE AND THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE AGREEMENT ON EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S GOING TO DO. AND YOU CAN'T MICROMANAGE AND OUTLINE EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMITTEE WILL DO BECAUSE WE WILL BE HERE UNTIL 2AM THE COMMITTEE HAS TO HAVE THE FREEDOM AND FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE THAT FRAMEWORK AND BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. AND I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE WAS GOING TO BE THE THINGS THAT THE, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON BECAUSE WE'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT, BEYOND THOSE, YOU'VE GOT THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION. THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT ARE QUITE EXHAUSTIVE. THE BOARD SELF EVALUATION. THERE'S GOT TO BE THE FREEDOM AND FLEXIBILITY. SINCE WE'RE GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LSG COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH THE COACH ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH ANY RECOMMENDATION. NOTHING IS, IS, IS DONE UNTIL THE BOARD MAKES A RECOMMENDATION. BUT IF WE'RE HERE JUST TRYING TO OUTLINE THE WORK AND SAY THAT WE FOCUS ON JUST THESE THREE, FOUR OR FIVE THINGS THEN WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE BOAT ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK. AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IN MAKING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT POLICY, IT'S VERY. IT'S BROAD, BUT IT'S ALSO SPECIFIC AT THE SAME TIME. AND SO THE POLICY REALLY DICTATES WHAT A COMMITTEE DOES. AND MY FEAR IS WE'VE MADE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROGRESS, THAT IF WE REALLY TIE THE HANDS OF THE COMMITTEE, THEN THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WON'T HAPPEN. AND THAT'S MY FEAR. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE NINE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO REALLY AGREE UPON WHAT EXACTLY A COMMITTEE IS GOING TO WORK ON. BUT KNOW THAT WHEN A COMMITTEE, WHOEVER IS ON THAT COMMITTEE, IS GOING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOTHING MOVES FORWARD. THE OTHER IDEA IS THAT IT COULD BE THE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE STANDING, AND THEN SOMEONE MAY BE ROTATING IN ON A REGULAR BASIS SO THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD GRASP ON THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING. THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION. I KNOW THIS IS THE BOARD'S WORK, BUT IT'S ALSO MY WORK BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT'S OUTLINED AS FAR AS CONSTRAINTS AND GOALS, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SO FOR ME, IT WOULD BE. SINCE I WAS THE LAST MEMBER ON THERE, BY DEFAULT, I AM WILLING TO ROTATE. SO WHENEVER SOMEBODY CAN SIT IN ON A COMMITTEE MEETING, ALL RIGHT, THAT'S WHY IT'S ALWAYS ONE PERSON. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AD HOC. IT'S ONE PERSON ROTATING, AND I WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL ROTATE. KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE INVITE BOARD MEMBERS TO JOIN US IN AGENDA PLANNING MEETING. RIGHT. WILL THAT WORK? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT. YOU KNOW, I. I UNDERSTAND ALL THE CONCERNS. THAT WAS WHY THE COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION WAS CREATED, BECAUSE IT CLEARLY OUTLINES WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON, WHAT THEY'LL BE WORKING ON, AND THEN EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE TIMELINE. SO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. I FEEL LIKE THE COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION SUPPORTS THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AND IT'S OUTLINED THERE. I KNOW THAT IT WASN'T APPROVED, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS REFER TO IT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND ALSO, AS PRESIDENT GUADIAN MENTIONED, ROTATING WOULD BE GREAT. THE MORE INPUT, MORE OPINIONS THAT WE HAVE, I THINK THE FASTER WE'LL BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE WORK. AND I THINK WE'RE FOCUSING A LOT ON SEMANTICS. IT IS AN LSG COMMITTEE. IT'S THERE. LSG. ALL THINGS LSG THAT WE CAN, IF WE HAVE RECOMMENDATION OR WHATEVER, WE CAN BRING IT TO THE BOARD. ALL THINGS LSG IS MUCH MORE CLEAR, TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH. [01:55:01] I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. ALL THINGS LSG IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AGREEING TO RIGHT NOW, ALL THINGS LSG, IT'S MUCH MORE CLEAR AND LESS FOR AS WIDE AS IT IS, IT'S LESS VAGUE, TO BE QUITE HONEST. LSG COMMITTEE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON LSG ISSUES OR GOALS, GUARDRAILS, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE RECOMMENDATION COMES TO THE BOARD AND IT'S A VOTE AND IT'S A DECISION OF THE BOARD TRUSTEE. LESLIE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE BOARD APPROVED THE LSG COMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON THEORY, ACTION WORKSHOP POLICY DIALECT AND BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE REVIEWS. NO, THIS IS WHAT IS COMING UP AS PHASES OF LSG. OKAY, BUT THEN WHAT DID WE APPROVE? WE APPROVED TEACHING THE COMMITTEE, RIGHT? YES, THE COMMITTEE. SO BASED OFF OF THIS PIECE OF PAPER RIGHT HERE THAT WE, WE VOTED ON, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. IT SAYS UPCOMING PHASES. THE LSG WORK INCLUDES THEORY OF ACTION WORKSHOP POLICY, DIET AND BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SO ARE WE SAYING WE WANT TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING ELSE TOO? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT CLARIFICATION. THIS IS WHAT IT TO ME, THIS IS WHAT IS INCLUDED. THAT'S COMING UP. RIGHT. THESE PHASES ARE PART OF THE LSG CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK AND ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN GOVERNANCE, ALIGNMENT, POLICY COHERENCE AND BOARD OPERATING SYSTEMS. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD MAY DETERMINE THE MOST APPROPRIATE STRUCTURE TO COMPLETE THIS WORK. OKAY, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK, LST FRAMEWORK. AND AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ANY RECOMMENDATION COMES TO THE BOARD. YEAH. RIGHT. SO, OKAY, SO TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE SOME DIRECTION, THE BOARD BY APPROVING THIS SAYS WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON THESE UPCOMING PHASES. NO, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ENTIRE FRAMEWORK. OKAY, RIGHT. THIS IS JUST WHAT'S COMING UP THAT. OKAY, SO WHAT IS THE BOARD GIVING THEM DIRECTION JUST TO GO DO EVERYTHING LSG OR TO FOCUS ON THESE ITEMS? THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE. WE LOOK AT THE TIMELINE. OKAY. AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. YES. RIGHT. YES. SO WE COME UP, HEY, THIS IS COMING UP. WE GOT TO WORK ON THIS. HOW DO WE WANT TO GO ABOUT IT? WHAT ARE OPTIONS, WHAT ARE IDEAS? AND THEY COME TO THE BOARD. OH, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS. RIGHT. WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING. WE JUST LOOK AT THIS IS COMING UP. WE HAVE A TIMELINE. KEEP US ON TRACK. LET'S KEEP GOING, LET'S FOCUS AND WE BRING IT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT. WE HAVE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION. HEY, THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND BE. AND WE OPEN IT UP AND PEOPLE SHOW UP. SO WITH THAT SAID, THEN WHAT IS IT THAT THE LSG COMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON? WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING BECAUSE WHAT'S COMING UP AND IS DUE IS A BOARD SELF EVALUATION. SO WHERE. YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED THAT. YEAH, I FORGOT. THANK YOU. OKAY, BUT JUST FOR. FOR CLARITY, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE IT GETS AMBIGUOUS. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE. THE. THE. OUR. OUR BOARD SELF EVALUATION. ACCORDING TO WHAT I'M HEARING, WE'RE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DO THAT. WE NEED TO START FOCUSING ON JUST TWO THINGS. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE SAID. WE JUST CLEARED THAT UP AND SAID ALL THINGS LSG. OKAY, PERFECT DAY. IT PERFECT TO THE BOARD. RIGHT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS ON OUR OWN. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I WILL BE. WE WILL BE ROTATING MY POSITION ON THE LSG COMMITTEE SO THAT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMITTEE DOES AND HAVE A SAY. SO DO WE NEED TO OUTLINE HOW OFTEN WE ROTATE THAT POSITION? PARDON ME? DO WE NEED TO OUTLINE HOW OFTEN WE ROTATE THAT POSITION OR JUST WHENEVER SOMEONE WANTS TO ROLL OFF? IT CAN BE WHEN SOMEONE CAN MAKE IT BECAUSE WE'LL PUT IT OUT THERE JUST LIKE I DO WITH THE AGENDA. THE AGENDAS. IT'S. WE INVITE PEOPLE. AND I WANT TO BACK UP BECAUSE ALSO AS A BOARD, THE REASON WE HAVE WORKSHOPS IS BECAUSE MAJORITY OF US SAY, HEY, I WANT IN ON THAT. AND SO WE CAN'T HAVE A FIVE PERSON COMMITTEE. AND SO THAT. THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE A WORKSHOP. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE LSG COMMITTEE. IF SIX OF US ARE LIKE, HEY, I WANT IN [02:00:01] ON THAT, IT BECOMES A WORKSHOP. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. ANYTHING ELSE, WARD? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 8:16PM [VIII. Closed Session] WE WILL NOW RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE UNDER SECTIONS 551-074-551071. AGAIN, THE TIME IS 8:16. ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD ENDED ITS [IX. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session] CLOSED SESSION AT 9:45PM WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION ON ITEM 9A WITH THAT BEING SAID AND OTHER ITEMS FOR THE BOARD. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 9:48. PLEASE. SECRETARY WAGNER MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE PANTOJA SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. DO I HAVE IT RIGHT? NINE ZERO. I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY. NOBODY'S ABSTAINING. THE TIMING IS 9:48. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.