GOOD EVENING. I'M CALLING THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER. [I. Call to Order] [00:00:06] THE TIME IS 6:16 P.M.. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551, THIS IS OFFICIALLY OPEN WITH A QUORUM PRESENT. OKAY, FIRST OFF, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL JROTC THAT WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES. IF YOU'LL ALL PLEASE STAND. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. NEXT, WE HAVE SOME RECOGNITION ITEMS. FIRST UP IS RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS WHO READ A THOUSAND BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN. [III.A. Recognition of Students Who Read 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Dr. Katrina Bailey, Chief of Learning and Leadership] AND DOCTOR WILL BE PRESENTING THAT. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GUADIAN, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. ACTUALLY, TONIGHT, THE PRESENTATION WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR CDC STAFF DIRECTOR DELICIA. [APPLAUSE] I'LL START. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD I BROUGHT MY SCRIPT FOR TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. SUPERINTENDENT, I'M TRULY EXCITED TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS IN DEL VALLE ISD. THROUGH OUR 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN INITIATIVE, WE ARE BUILDING SOMETHING POWERFUL. EARLY LITERACY HABITS, FAMILY CONNECTION, AND A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING. STARTING LONG BEFORE A CHILD EVER STEPS INTO A KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM. THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE SHOWN INCREDIBLE DEDICATION, READING TOGETHER STORY AFTER STORY, PAGE AFTER PAGE, ALL ADDING UP TO A MAJOR MILESTONE 1000 BOOKS. WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM SO SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE NUMBER, IT IS ABOUT THE MOMENTS, BEDTIME STORIES, CAR RIDE, RIDE ALONGS, GIGGLES OVER FAVORITE CHARACTERS AND FAMILIES MAKING READING A DAILY HABIT. TONIGHT, I AM ESPECIALLY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUR LITTLEST LEARNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT. YOU ARE SETTING THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE SUCCESS IN THE MOST JOYFUL WAY POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING US AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN COMPLETERS. YOU ARE ALREADY SHINING AND MAGICAL STARS AS YOU KNOW IN DEL VALLE ISD. SO FIRST UP. IS KARTER GRIFFIN AND HIS MOM, TIARA. [APPLAUSE] YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE HEAVY. NEXT UP IS MILO SOLIS. AND HE'S COMING WITH MOM MORGAN AND DAD NICK. COME ON MORGAN NICK. Y'ALL DID ALL THIS WORK TOO. YAY! NEXT UP IS SADIE AND JIMMY YAFFEE. [APPLAUSE] YAY! [00:05:01] AND I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP THE TEACHERS FOR SADIE CARTER. AND MILO IS MISS YVETTE AND MISS ISIS. IT WOULDN'T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP MISS JACKIE, JIMMY'S TEACHER. THIS WOULDN'T BE COMPLETED. AND NEXT UP IS JEREMIAH MEIER. AND HIS DAD, JASON. AND I'M HIS MOM. BUT WE DON'T NEED TO MENTION THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP MISS DESTINY, HIS TEACHER AS WELL. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE DOCTOR KATRINA BAILEY FOR OUR AP SCHOLARS. [III.B. AP Scholar Recognition Dr. Katrina Bailey, Chief of Learning and Leadership] ALRIGHTY. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME EVERYONE FROM OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS TO NOW OUR HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARS WE GET TO RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING, THE AP SCHOLARS AWARD HONORS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY COLLEGE LEVEL ACHIEVEMENT ON THEIR ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS. THE AP SCHOLARS ARE GRANTED AT VARIOUS LEVELS. AND SO STUDENTS, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, I'M GOING TO CALL YOU UP BY LEVEL. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU COME UP, YOU SHAKE DOCTOR GUTIERREZ'S HAND BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL THIS EVENING AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU ALL HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL. SO WHEN WE CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WILL COME UP, AND IF YOU WILL REMAIN STANDING, AND WE'LL DO A PICTURE AT THE VERY END. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR FIRST CATEGORY IS THE AP SCHOLAR, WHICH IS AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE SCORES OF THREE OR HIGHER ON THREE OR MORE AP EXAMS. AND THIS EVENING, WE ARE RECOGNIZING ARIANA CUADRA, SERVANDO DOMINGUEZ, SANDY ESCALANTE TAMAYO, VANESSA ESQUIVEL-GAONA, GAONA. EXCUSE ME. DEYSI GARCIA, SURYA GHULAM. I DON'T KNOW WHY I TRY TO READ WITH MY GLASSES ON, I KNOW I CAN'T. DASTAGEIR, LUIS GONZALEZ, ALEXANDER MATURANO, WYATT KINCHELOE. KINCHELOE. SPRRY. AMERIE MORALES, FATIMA NIÑO NIÑO, EDUARDO ESCAMILLA, YASMIN ORTIZ, GERARDO RAMIREZ, XATZIRI SANJUANA RANGEL SALINAS, GEAR RASCO, ELISSA RIVERA, LORIANA, LORIANA SORIANO AND AMINATA TURAY. AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER STUDENTS HERE TONIGHT, BUT LET'S GO GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE]. THAT'S OKAY. I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET UP AS YOU WERE CALLING. THE AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR IS AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE AN AVERAGE SCORE OF AT LEAST A 3.25 ON ALL AP EXAMS TAKEN, AND WITH SCORES OF THREE OR HIGHER ON FOUR OR MORE OF THESE EXAMS. [00:10:04] AND THAT IS VERY HARD TO DO. PARENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL RECOGNIZE THAT. IT'S VERY HARD. SARAH BENAVIDES MENDEZ, MAYRELI, J. CAMPOS HERNANDEZ, KINGSTON CHAMBERLAIN, JOCELYN MENDOZA MONSIVAIS, STEPHANIE OBREGON AND ALEXA ROJAS, ROJAS TAPIA, IF YOU WILL COME UP. ALL RIGHTY. AND WHAT'S EVEN HARDER TO DO IS TO RECEIVE THE AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION, WHICH IS AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE AT LEAST A 3.5 ON ALL AP EXAMS TAKEN IN SCORES OF THREE OR HIGHER ON FIVE OR MORE OF THESE EXAMS. AND THAT IS VERY, VERY HARD TO DO. HENCE TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION. WE HAVE EDEN ASHENAFI, JESUS H. ESPINOZA CERVANTES, BRYAN G. GONZALEZ, BRANDON OLIVARES-GARCIA, COLEMAN PATMON, CAMILA RODRIGUEZ-CERDA, SOFIA M RODRIGUEZ-MURO, AND CAITRIONA M VALERIO MEANS, IF YOU WILL COME UP [APPLAUSE]. THEY ARE. AND SOME OF THESE STUDENTS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY GRADUATES ALREADY. SO SOME OF THESE STUDENTS TOOK THEIR EXAMS IN THE SUMMER OR LAST SUMMER. SO THEY'RE PROBABLY STUDYING FOR THEIR COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS RIGHT NOW. AND THIS EVENING. BUT LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR SCHOLARS ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE]. [IV. Public Comment] OKAY, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'LL SIGN UP BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS, AS SPECIFIED IN THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES ON PUBLIC COMMENT, AND SHALL INDICATE THE AGENDA, ITEM OR TOPIC ON WHICH THEY WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY BOARD POLICY AND THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES ON PUBLIC COMMENT AND INDIVIDUALS, COMMENTS TO THE BOARD SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES. SECRETARY WEGNER WILL GIVE EACH SPEAKER A ONE MINUTE WARNING. FIRST UP ON THE PODIUM IS EFRAIN GARZA SPEAKING ON A PAY AND RETENTION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GUADIAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. TODAY I AM GOING TO SPEAK ON TA PAY THE PARAPROFESSIONAL PAY AND KIND OF HOW TO RETAIN TAS SO I KNOW TODAY WE'RE DISCUSSING THE BUDGET AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS INCREASING THE PAY FOR HOURLY STAFF. NOW FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, WHEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT COMES UP, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT IS ASKED IS WHAT VALUE DO THEY BRING? [00:15:01] RIGHT? THAT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO PAY SOMEBODY, IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THEIR PAY, WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY BRING TO THE TABLE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DISCUSS HERE IS JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF JUST WHAT I'VE GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL, AS A TA. I AM CURRENTLY A LITERACY AIDE AT OAKHAVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND OUT OF THOSE FOUR YEARS, THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR. THERE'S ONLY ONE ONE YEAR WHEN MY DUTIES HAVE BEEN STRICTLY AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL. MY FIRST YEAR I WAS PULLED IN TO TEACH INTERVENTION. MIND YOU, I AM NOT A CERTIFIED TEACHER. I DON'T HAVE ANY COLLEGE COURSES IN EDUCATION. BUT I WAS PUT HERE TO TEACH THESE KIDS. NO TRAINING, NO HELP. AND THEN AFTER ABOUT A MONTH, WE REALLY NEEDED A PERSON TO FILL IN FOR THE. IT WAS DURING COVID OR RIGHT AFTER COVID WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE DOUBLE CLASSES. SO HEY, WE NEED SOMEBODY TO TEACH IN OUR CLASS. LET'S MOVE THIS PERSON OVER. SO I WAS TEACHING IN CLASS ONCE AGAIN, NO TRAINING, NO HELP. I DIDN'T EVEN GET A INSTRUCTIONAL COACH TO COME IN AND MODEL FOR ME. JUST HERE YOU GO FIGURE IT OUT. AND WE DID. YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE TEACHER. WE MADE IT WORK. WAS IT GREAT? NO. BUT WE MADE IT WORK. SECOND YEAR. ONCE AGAIN, DOUBLE CLASS. THIS TIME THEY TORE DOWN A WALL AND WE HAD 30 TO 60 KIDS IN THERE. TEACHER WAS IN THERE TEACHING. I WAS IN THERE HELPING OUT. DID WE MAKE IT WORK? YES. WAS IT GREAT? NO. ONE MINUTE REMAINING. BUT THAT'S LAST YEAR I TAUGHT, AND I DID PUSH AND SUPPORT. THIS YEAR I WAS TEACHING AN INTERVENTION CLASS. NOT ONLY DID WE DO THAT, BUT MANY TIMES WE ARE SET UP FOR FAILURE. WE DO NOT GET TRAINING. THIS YEAR I HAD NO WAY, NO, I HAD NO CONFIDENCE. PERIOD. NOT ALLOWED TO WORK OVERTIME. SO THERE'S NO WAY FOR ME I'M COMING IN THERE. I'M SEEING THE MATERIALS EVERY TIME THE KIDS ARE SEEING IT. AND AGAIN, TIME AFTER TIME WE MAKE IT WORK. IT'S NOT GREAT, BUT WE MAKE IT WORK. AND THAT IS NOT JUST ME. IT'S EVERY TA THAT I'VE TALKED TO HAS BEEN IN THAT SITUATION. TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRETT COVINGTON SPEAKING ON BUDGET PRIORITIES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCTOR GUTIERREZ AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I RISE TONIGHT TO ALSO SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT OF PAY FOR OUR PROFESSIONALS OR AS THE UNION CALLS NON TEACHERS EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS. I SIMPLY WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE IT COVERS MORE THAN TEACHERS AIDES OR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES, IT COVERS EVERY EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT WHO'S NOT A CERTIFIED TEACHER. AND THAT AT LAST TIME, TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU SAW THE CHILD'S NUTRITION WORKERS HERE. IT COVERS OUR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. EVERYONE WHO MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR KIDS TO GET HERE AND BE AVAILABLE FOR US TO TEACH. WE APPRECIATE THEM. THIS IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. I KNOW I'VE SEEN PHOTO OPS OF THE CAKES AND THE DONUTS AND THE VARIOUS EVENTS TO DRAW ATTENTION AND SAY THANK YOU, AND THAT'S APPRECIATED. DON'T DON'T GET ME WRONG, I DON'T MAKE LIGHT OF THAT, BUT A PAYCHECK, A REAL PAY RAISE, THAT'S WHAT MATTERS MORE. THAT'S WHERE YOU REALLY SAY WHAT YOU VALUE. I APPRECIATE THAT HE FOCUSED HIS ATTENTION ON WHAT VALUE THE INDIVIDUALS BRING TO THEIR JOBS, BUT I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS, WHAT KIND OF EMPLOYER DO YOU WANT TO BE? DO YOU WANT TO BE EMPLOYERS WHO DO THE TYPICAL CORPORATE RESPONSE OF DOING LABOR SURVEYS AND PAYING THE LEAST YOU CAN GET BY WITH BECAUSE YOU CAN? OR DO YOU WANT TO BE THE KIND OF EMPLOYERS WHO SAY, NO, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR OUR PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO PAY A LIVING WAGE. NOW, I KNOW MOST OF YOU ALL, AT LEAST, AT LEAST SOCIALLY, SOME OF YOU, WE'VE HAD LONGER CONVERSATIONS. ONE MINUTE. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU'RE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GOING TO SEE WHAT'S THE LEAST WE CAN GET BY WITH, BUT WHAT'S THE MOST WE CAN DO FOR OUR PEOPLE? [00:20:03] AND I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A PARTNER IN OUR CFO WHO CAN WORK THE NUMBERS TO MAKE TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO ON TO INFORMATION ITEMS. [V.A. North Del Valle High School Construction Update Mark Willoughby, Chief Operations Officer] WE HAVE NORTH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE AND MR. WILLOUGHBY. IT'S YOUR SHOW. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GUADIAN, DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, TONIGHT I HAVE WITH ME MR. CODY LESTER, PROJECT MANAGER FROM AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS. MR. TAVO REYES. REYES, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FROM PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS. AND MR. TERRY HOYLE, THE PRINCIPAL AND CEO OF PFLUEGER PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS. THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AFTER THE PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THESE GENTLEMEN FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROJECT. THEY'VE HELPED US OVERCOME SEVERAL CHALLENGES AND ROADBLOCKS AND REALLY JUST CAN'T COMMEND THEM ENOUGH FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND WHAT THEY DO FOR DEL VALLE ISD. IN MAY OF 2022, VOTERS APPROVED A $300 MILLION BOND PACKAGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF DEL VALLE ISD HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS NORTHDALE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAND PURCHASES FOR FUTURE SCHOOL SITES AND FOR TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES. THE NORTH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION REPORT FOR APRIL OF 2026 HIGHLIGHTS THE PROJECT'S PROGRESS THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL AND PLANNED WORK FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS CONTINUES TO PERFORM AT HIGH LEVELS TO MAINTAIN THE APPROPRIATE SCHEDULING AND THE PACING OF THE WORK. SO AS WE CAN SEE, TO BE TO BEGIN WITH, THERE'S THE FRONT BUILDING. IF WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO BE OUT THERE TO LOOK AT ITS PROGRESS, I CAN'T WAIT TO TO GET YOU OUT THERE TO, TO SIDEWALK. IT'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE, BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE. AND AS SOON AS WE CAN GET YOU OUT THERE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO WALK. YOU HAVE YOU WALK THOSE PREMISES. SO BEGINNING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, THIS IS THE FLOOR LAYOUT. THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING IS CURRENTLY AROUND 75% COMPLETE WITH CONSTRUCTION DRY IN OF THE BUILDING IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE WITH THE ROOFING SYSTEM'S EXTERIOR, METAL WALL PANELS, MASONRY, AND A LOT OF THE EXTERIOR WINDOWS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. PAINTING, POLISHED FLOORS, TILE CASEWORK, RAILING, CEILING GRIDS, AND LIGHT FIXTURES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN A MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING, AND MILESTONES FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH INCLUDE ELECTRICAL BREAKER TESTING, THEATER EQUIPMENT, AND THEATER RIGGING IS BEING INSTALLED ON THE STAGE AND CEILING CLOUD FRAMING FOR THE AUDITORIUM. WORK, EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MAY, INCLUDES THE CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION AT THE GYM, TAPE, FLOAT AND PAINT IN THE FINE ARTS AND AUDITORIUM AREAS, COMPLETION OF CEILINGS, INSTALLATION OF CAR LIFTS IN THE AUTO MECHANIC SHOP AND COMPLETION OF THE WELDING BOOTHS AND FUME HOODS AT THE WELDING SHOP. CRITICAL MILESTONES FOR FOR THIS PART OF THE BUIL0DING IS THE PERMANENT POWER FROM AUSTIN ENERGY. WE ARE CURRENTLY PREDICTING TO HAVE THAT PERMANENT POWER TO THE HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER. THAT WORK IS ABLE TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF THE APPROVAL BY THE BOARD LAST MONTH, OR THE MARCH TO INCREASE THE GNP FOR THAT SCOPE OF WORK TO BE COMPLETED. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WORK TO BE FINISHED IN SEPTEMBER. THAT WAY WE CAN GET THAT BUILDING PERMANENTLY POWERED. THE FIELD HOUSE BUILDINGS OUT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 60%, COMPLETE. WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIELD, HOUSE AND CONCESSION BUILDINGS. YOU CAN SEE THERE LABELED BUILDING P, BUILDING N AND THE WEST AND EAST Q BUILDINGS. THOSE ARE THE CONCESSIONS. DRYING OF THE BUILDING IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. EXTERIOR METAL WALL PANELS, MASONRY, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE EXTERIOR WINDOWS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. PAINTING POLISHED FLOORS, TILE AND CEILING GRID AND LIGHT FIXTURES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. CONTINUING TO COMPLETE THE WORK ON EXTERIOR METAL WALL PANELS. AND WORK THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE PERFORMED IN MAY INCLUDE THE FOUNDATION PREPARATION FOR THE COVERED MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING. THAT'S THAT AREA THAT'S DESIGNATED AS AREA P RIGHT THERE. THEY HAVE TO DO SOME SOIL INJECTIONS TO STABILIZE THE SOIL. SO THEY'LL PUT SOME CHEMICALS INTO THE GROUND TO HELP STABILIZE THE SOIL TO KEEP IT FROM FLUCTUATING. AND THAT'S WHERE THE PRACTICE FIELD WILL BE. IT'LL BE A COVERED PRACTICE FACILITY. AND THAT PLANNING WILL BEGIN IN JULY. SO THEY'RE STARTING TO CLEAR OUT THAT AREA, START THAT CHEMICAL INJECTION. WE'LL GET THAT FIELD WORK STARTED IN JULY. AROUND THE ENTIRE SITE OF THE PROJECT, IT'S ABOUT 45% COMPLETE. 65% OF THE PAVING HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WITH DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS AND DRIVEWAY AREAS AROUND THE BUILDING. WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK IN THE FLOODPLAIN AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FIELD. SO THAT'S ON THE LOWER PART OF THAT DIAGRAM. THAT'S TO ALLOW THE WATER THAT'S BEING KEPT ON PROPERTY. [00:25:05] RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL THAT DRAINAGE SO IT CAN PASS THROUGH OUR PROPERTY AND DOWN THE CREEK, AS IT'S BEEN DESIGNED TO DO. THE WORK EXPECTED TO BE PERFORMED IN MAY INCLUDE RETAINING A WALL, A RETAINING WALL ON THE OUTFIELD OF THE BASEBALL FIELD THERE ALONG TAYLOR LANE. FINAL GRADING AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX, THE BOX CULVERT INSTALLATION ALONG TAYLOR LANE AND THE FOUNDATION WORK FOR THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS. AND SO ONCE THOSE RETAINING WALLS AND BOX CULVERTS ARE COMPLETED IN JUNE AND JULY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE FIELDS THEMSELVES. THE WHISPER VALLEY PHASE, A WORK, A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WHISPER VALLEY CONTINUES TO O THE DISTRICT. THE THREE ROADS THAT LEAD TO THAT CAMPUS. AND SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THE PROGRESS ON THEIR FUNDING PROPOSAL WITH THEIR FUNDING PARTNERS. HERE ARE SOME AERIAL PHOTOS. A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO SEE IN YOUR IN YOUR PROJECT PACKETS, BUT THESE ARE THE AERIAL PHOTOS OF THE SITE. SOME INTERIOR PHOTOS OF THE COMPETITION GYM UPSTAIRS AREA AND AN AREA THERE APPROACHING THE MAIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. SOME INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SIGHTS. YOU CAN SEE THE TILE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE CEILING TILES ARE BEING INSTALLED, EXTERIOR METAL PANELS ARE BEING COMPLETED, AND THE PAVING THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AROUND THE BUILDING, AROUND THE CAMPUS. ANY QUESTIONS OR DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY. THANK YOU. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE PART ABOUT THE ROADS, PLEASE? WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATION TO US? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. QUESTION. TRUSTEE WOODY. SO CLUB DEAL WHISPER VALLEY IS OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THOSE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS TO THE DISTRICT. THEIR FUNDING PROPOSAL TO PERFORM THAT SCOPE OF WORK WAS REJECTED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, RENDERING THEM IN DEFAULT OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS. CURRENTLY IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE MEETING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY TO TRY TO REESTABLISH THEIR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THAT WORK. BUT AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO TIMELINE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT SCOPE OF WORK WHICH PUTS US IN JEOPARDY OF BEING ABLE TO OPEN THAT CAMPUS IN AUGUST OF 2027. SORRY, IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. AND SO WHY WOULD WE NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN IT IF THEY CANNOT INCREASE THOSE ROADS? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A TEMPORARY ROAD RIGHT NOW. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO ON THIS DIAGRAM LET ME FIND A BETTER PICTURE HERE. WE'LL GO WITH THIS ONE. SO IN ORDER TO GET A PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE SITE, THE ENTIRE SITE AND FOR THE BUILDING THAT REQUIRES THE IMPLEMENT THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE THREE ROADS AND APPROVAL BY TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THOSE ENTITIES OF JURISDICTION THAT WOULD THEN ALLOW US TO OCCUPY THAT BUILDING. SO WITHOUT THOSE ROADS, WE ONLY HAVE ONE TEMPORARY DRIVE TO THE BUILDING, AND IT ONLY LEADS TO JUST PAST THE FIELD HOUSE. IT DOES NOT PROVIDE ACCESS AROUND THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE CAMPUS. SO WITHOUT THOSE THREE ROADS RIGHT THERE, THERE'S NO WAY TO ACCESS THAT SITE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES AND FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES. SORRY. LAST LAST THING. I'M SORRY. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF THEY DO NOT PRODUCE THOSE ROADS, REGARDLESS OF US BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS, WE WILL STILL NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN OUR BUILDINGS. THAT IS CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. THANK YOU. SO WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE COULD PAY FOR THE ROADS THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR TIMELINE? HOW MUCH ARE THE ROADS? AND. SORRY, DINA. BUT BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE FUNDED THE ELECTRICITY, WHICH WE WEREN'T GOING TO. AND I REALIZED THAT WAS A HIT TO THE BUDGET. BUT IF WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO FUND THE ROADS OURSELVES, THE DRIVEWAYS? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO TWO THINGS TO REMEMBER. SO NOT ONLY DOES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OF THOSE ROADS NEED TO TAKE PLACE, THAT SCOPE OF WORK IS RANGES FROM 12 TO $14 MILLION. SO 12 TO $14 MILLION TO INSTALL ALL OF THOSE, THE ROAD AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT WOULD JUST BE ONE PART OF THE EQUATION. WHAT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER IS WE HAVE TO SPEND SOME MONEY TO PUT FURNITURE INTO THAT BUILDING. [00:30:05] THAT'S A 400 SQUARE, 400,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IN. THE FURNITURE FOR THAT WOULD COST IN THE RANGE BETWEEN 10 TO $14 MILLION. SO NOT ONLY WOULD WE HAVE TO PAY FOR FURNITURE, WE'D ALSO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ROADS. SO WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO NUMBERS, IT'S A VERY LARGE NUMBER. AND TO CONSIDER SELF-PERFORMING, THAT WORK WOULD PUT US IN FINANCIAL RISK AS A DISTRICT. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND, ARE WE I THOUGHT THE FUNDING FOR THE FURNITURE WAS ALREADY INCLUDED IN IT. NOW, IS THAT IN JEOPARDY? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. IS IT A ONE OR THE OTHER, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE PANTOJA. MARK, THANK YOU FOR THIS. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD A ROAD? SO LET'S SAY IN AN OPTIMAL WORLD, LIKE WE'RE GOOD TO GO, WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD. HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO IN THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, THE SCHEDULE. THE ROADS WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY IN ORDER TO BE FINISHED BY DECEMBER. SO FROM MAY TO DECEMBER WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT SIX TO 6 TO 10 MONTHS, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? IS MY MATH RIGHT. SO THAT THAT'S AN EXTENSIVE TIMELINE TO INSTALL ALL OF THAT. SO IF WHISPER VALLEY IS NOT ABLE TO COME THROUGH WITH THEIR FUNDING TO BEGIN THAT SCOPE OF WORK BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THEN THE TIMELINE IS IS SHOT AND WE WOULD NOT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S JUST THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE. THEN WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THE TIME FRAME PERMITTING PROCESS AS WELL. EXACTLY. YES, SIR. ALONG ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL OF THAT WORK. AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS AND PFLUEGER WOULD HAVE TO THEN APPLY FOR SITE PERMITS. SITE ACCESS PERMITS OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATES. AND THAT TAKES TIME AS WELL. SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING PAST A 12 MONTH TIMELINE TO EVEN HAVE A ROAD. EVEN IF WE GOT THE GO AHEAD TODAY. IF WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD TODAY AND THE FUNDING TODAY, WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE TEACHERS RUSHING TO GET INTO THAT BUILDING TO OPEN IN AUGUST, AUGUST OF. IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE TO GET IT OPEN. 27 IN 27 YES, SIR. YOUR QUESTION. LET ME GO DOWN THIS WAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE WRIGHT HAYWOOD. SO, WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE GET NO FUNDING FROM WHISPER VALLEY. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT WITH OPENING IF WE'RE PUSHING IT OFF? IS THIS BY A YEAR BY YEAR THING? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE BUDGET, IT'S IT'S NO WAY. IT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT JUST TAKING OUR DISTRICT INTO A BIG HOLE OF DEBT. SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WHAT WHAT CAN OUR COMMUNITY LOOK AT FUTURE WISE, OUR STUDENTS THAT WILL PARENTS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR KIDS ENTERING INTO A NEW HIGH SCHOOL COMING UP, OR LOOKING FORWARD, THE CONVENIENCE OF THEIR KIDS ATTENDING THIS HIGH SCHOOL. IS THIS A YEAR BY YEAR THING? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT EXACTLY? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. TRUSTEE HAYWOOD, IT IS A CHALLENGE. AND JUST NOW AND NOW THINKING THAT IF WE'RE IF WE HAVE TO PROJECT THE OPENING OF THAT CAMPUS OUT TO 2028 ARE OUR ETERNAL, OPTIMISTIC LOOK OUTLOOK ON THAT IS THAT WHISPER VALLEY SECURES THEIR FUNDING SOURCE WITH WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TRAVIS COUNTY. THOSE ARE NOT PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS. AND WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THOSE. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ON THEM. BUT WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SECURE THAT FUNDING IN ENOUGH TIME SO THAT WE COULD GET THE ROADS INSTALLED IN ORDER TO OPEN IN AUGUST OF 2028. DOOMSDAY SCENARIO. IF THEY CAN'T, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO SEE HOW WE COULD COLLECT REIMBURSEMENTS, DAMAGES FOR THEM BEING IN DEFAULT. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER OPTIONS, WHAT THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT CAMPUS OPEN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MR. WILLOUGHBY. WITH WHISPER VALLEY NOT PRESENT TONIGHT TO PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE, HOW OFTEN ARE WE GOING TO REQUIRE THEM TO PROVIDE US UPDATES ON THE FUNDING FOR THESE ROADS? BECAUSE THIS IS PUTTING THE DISTRICT IN A BIND. YES, MA'AM. AND WE'VE COME TOO FAR TO TO STOP OR GO BACK. SO WE NEED THIS TO HAPPEN. AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS GETTING UPDATES REGULARLY IN ENSURING THAT THIS IS GETTING DONE. PAID FOR. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. SO I'M IN I'M IN CONSTANT, I SAY CONSTANT COMMUNICATION, REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM WHISPER VALLEY AT LEAST MONTHLY, IF NOT TWICE A MONTH TO GET A PROGRESS UPDATE ON THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THEIR FUNDING OPTIONS. OKAY. AND AS YOU GET THOSE UPDATES, THEY'LL BE COMING TO THE BOARD. [00:35:01] YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. THANK YOU. SO THAT I REALIZE THE 12 TO $14 MILLION IS NOT POCKET CHANGE LYING ON THE GROUND. WE DON'T HAVE IT IN THIS BUDGET. WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE OUR EXISTING BUDGET, THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE COULD USE EXCESS BOND FUNDS OR INTEREST BOND FUNDS? FOR STARTERS, MY FIRST QUESTION IS GOING TO BE IS THAT POSSIBLE? AND SECOND, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH? IS THAT AN OPTION? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND MISS EDGAR AND I HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH OVER THIS SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES. IF WE DECIDED TO TO ENTERTAIN THAT OPTION AGAIN, WE WOULD BE PUTTING THE DISTRICT AT A BIG FINANCIAL RISK, WHICH WOULD MEAN WE WOULD EXHAUST ANY AND ALL FUNDS THAT HAD BEEN AVAILABLE TO TO ADDRESS ANY EMERGENCIES THAT COME UP IN THE DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE PLUMBING ISSUES WE'VE HAD THINGS THAT FAIL CHILLERS THAT GO DOWN. WE WOULD, WE WOULD EXHAUST OUR FUNDS AND NOT BE ABLE TO PERFORM SOME OF THOSE EMERGENCY PROJECTS. SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, BECAUSE THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO GO INTO OUR OWN RESERVES. YES, THAT IS MORE THAN ACCEPTABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY. YEAH. WE ALSO HAVE LIKE $4 MILLION IN FACILITY ASSESSMENTS THAT WE NEED TO GO AND ADDRESS AS WELL. SO I DON'T EVEN THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. MY, MY THING WOULD BE AT WHAT POINT DO WE START HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A BOND OR LOOKING FORWARD INTO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN DO IT WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE NOW. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY OFF THE TABLE. BUT WHEN WE START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT, HEY, WE DO NEED TO LOOK INTO A BOND BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELY ON THIS DEVELOPER TO COME AND PROVIDE THESE ROADS. AND WE CAN'T JUST HAVE A SCHOOL SITTING THERE WITH NO STUDENTS IN IT. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. TRUSTEE WOODY AND I THINK I THINK WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT WATER. I THINK WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT AREA NOW AS WE TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING VATRES, WE TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING BUDGET AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AND THE AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES. I THINK IT WILL THEN LEND ITSELF INTO A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION ABOUT PREPARING FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO US. I THINK IT'S TIME THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WOULD OBVIOUSLY WANT THE GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD TO TO PROCEED IN THAT DIRECTION. I GUESS MORE CLARIFY, WHERE IS OUR STOPPING POINT TO WHERE, OKAY, WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER ON THEM TO FIGURE OUT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION. WE NEED TO PUSH THE BUTTON AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I THINK IF WE HAD A PROJECTION NOW, THE PROJECTED OPENING DATE OF AUGUST OF 2028, WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK BACKWARDS FROM THAT. THAT WHICH WOULD MEAN I'D HAVE TO GET WITH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS AND CREATE THAT CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, MOVING BACKWARDS TO SAY, OKAY, BY THIS DATE, WE NEED TO TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE PANTOJA. THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE TO MY QUESTION. MR. WILLOUGHBY, WHAT I KNOW THIS IS INFORMATION PRESENTATION ITEM ONLY. WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THE BOARD? LIKE, IS THIS AT SOME POINT? DOES IT COME TO US? WE HAVE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING. WHAT IS WHAT'S THE ASK FROM THE BOARD? BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU JUST PROVIDED. WE A LOT OF FOLKS NEED TO DIGEST HAVE QUESTIONS. SO WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? AND IS THERE A TIMELINE I KNOW YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT? WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DATES, START DATES AND BACK, BUT LIKE FOR THE NEXT 30, 45, 60 DAYS, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THE BOARD? I THINK YOUR CONTINUED PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AND WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SHOWN IN YOUR SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN LIKE AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD. AGAIN WE, WE OWN THIS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I THINK THE BOARD HAS SHOWN OWNERSHIP BY APPROVING THE INCREASE TO THE GMP TWO MONTHS AGO TO MAKE OUR CAMPUS WHOLE, AND WE ARE STILL ON THAT PROJECTED TIMELINE TO MAKE OUR CAMPUS WHOLE. BUT AT SOME POINT, WE MAY HAVE TO DECIDE, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TO SELF-PERFORM AT WHATEVER RISK THAT MIGHT BE. AND WHAT, WHAT IT MIGHT ENTAIL, WHETHER THAT MEANS GOING OUT FOR A BOND, SEEKING OTHER HELP FROM TRAVIS COUNTY. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR TRAVIS COUNTY, BUT IT WAS SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY HAVE THEY ARE PROACTIVE AND WANTING TO HELP WISPER VALLEY ACHIEVE THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE COUNTY. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE OR HE IS YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER TRAVILLION EXPRESSED TO ME THAT HE IS A BIG PROPONENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR FUNDING SOURCE IN TIME. BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TIMELINE FROM 2028, WORKING BACKWARDS AND COMING UP WITH A GAME PLAN ON ACTIONABLE ITEMS TO TAKE. SO CONTINUED SUPPORT, CONTINUED UNDERSTANDING. MR. PANTOJA TO GET US THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. [00:40:04] AGAIN. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE HAD A SURPRISE ON THE ELECTRICAL. WE NOW HAVE A SURPRISE ON THE DRIVEWAYS, ROADWAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT'S THE NEXT BIG SURPRISE? I MEAN, ARE YOU AND I HATE TO SAY. ARE YOU PREDICTING ANYTHING? IS THERE ANYTHING FORECASTED THAT YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ALSO DO THIS? IT'S ONLY 10 MILLION, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THEIR WORD ON THAT. I UNDERSTOOD THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IT'S A VALID QUESTION ALSO. THIS IS THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IT. THIS IS THE BIG ONE. THESE THREE ROADS AND ALL OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT. WE CAN GET EVERYTHING ON OUR SITE COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR THE TIE INS, WHICH MEANS OUR TIE INS TO THOSE ROADS AROUND OUR CAMPUS. SO THERE WOULD BE BASICALLY THE END OF OUR DRIVEWAY INTO DIRT, INTO DIRT WHERE A DIRT ROAD IS. AND THAT'S AS FAR AS WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET. AND IN THAT PART OF IT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET A TEMPORARY VARIANCE TO, TO GET CERTIFICATES TO MAYBE INSTALL OR STORE THE FURNITURE INTO THE BUILDING. SO THERE'LL BE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. BUT AS FAR AS COSTS ARE CONCERNED, THIS IS THE LAST HURDLE AND IT'S THE BIGGEST. GO AHEAD. AND I WANT TO BE SURE I ASKED MY QUESTION PROPERLY. ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO PER THE CONTRACT, THAT THEY HAVE NOT STARTED OR THE POTENTIAL IS THERE TO FALL THROUGH? NO, MA'AM. I THINK EVERYTHING THAT'S OWED TO US IN THE POST-CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT IS IS THIS WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AM I CORRECT? YEAH. YEAH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE WRIGHT-HAYWOOD. SO FOR CLARITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AT OUR MAIN HIGH SCHOOL, WE DO HAVE WE ARE WITHIN PARAMETERS FOR OCCUPANCY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ALL BE THERE SAFELY. I KNOW BECAUSE HIGH SCHOOL TOO WAS PRETTY PUT OUT THERE DUE TO OVER CAPACITY AND PEOPLE FEELING THAT OUR KIDS WEREN'T SAFE, AND IT WAS JUST CHAOS IN THE HALLWAYS. I KNOW THAT THAT'S A STILL A BIG TOPIC WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO ARE WE STILL UNDER CAPACITY? I KNOW WE'RE SAYING THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE DISTRICT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BECAUSE WE ARE PUSHING LOOKS LIKE THE OPENING OF HIGH SCHOOL TO OUT. DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING INTO OUR BUILDING AT HIGH SCHOOL ONCE SAFELY? YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE CAPACITY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE PANTOJA. I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT. IF WE CAN PLEASE COMMUNICATE THIS TO THE STAFF AND TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND IN A MEETING. SO PEOPLE NEED TO AGAIN, PEOPLE NEED TO DIGEST AND, AND REALLY SEE WHAT THIS WHAT'S HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT A COMMENT OUT THERE FOR THAT. TRUSTEE PANTOJA. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE DO HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN READY TO GO. IT WAS CONTINGENT UPON THE WAY THAT THIS CONVERSATION WENT. AS EVIDENCED THAT THE TIMELINE IS RIGHT NOW TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROADS. AND WHEN MARK WILLOUGHBY ASKED FOR PATIENCE, IT'S A REAL THING BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WAS INHERITED. THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE DID NOT CHOOSE TO HAVE TO HAVE A BUILDING BUILT FULLY, TO SIT THERE FOR A YEAR IS TRULY JUST ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. BUT THIS IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE RIGHT NOW THAT THE TRAVIS COUNTY IS LOOKING AS IF THEY WANT TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT AND WHISPER VALLEY ON THIS, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEYOND OUR CONTROL, AND WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED 7.5 MILLION FOR THE UTILITIES, AND WE'RE AT RISK OF NOT GETTING THAT MONEY BACK. IF WE WERE TO INVEST THIS THIS 13, 14 MILLION FOR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WOULD BE AT RISK OF NOT GETTING THAT MONEY BACK. AND THAT WOULD REALLY PUT THE DISTRICT IN A VERY. WE'RE ALREADY EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DISTRICT IN TEXAS. IT WOULD MAKE THE CONDITIONS EVEN, THEY WOULD, THEY'D BE DIRE AND WOULD PREVENT US FROM DOING OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT A DELAY WOULD ACTUALLY HELP US FINANCIALLY BY NOT OPENING. BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO IF WE CAN'T GET THIS ROAD CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN MAY, THEN WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AN OPENING AND WORKING HARD TOWARDS [00:45:06] A FALL 28 OPENING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOL IS SAFE. THE KIDS GET IN AND OUT BEFORE WE PUT ANYBODY IN THERE. SO. YES, MA'AM. ONE MORE QUESTION. TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY. OKAY, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM. SO CURRENTLY WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REZONING BECAUSE OF THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL. WE ANTICIPATED IT TO BE OPEN SOON. AND SO WE ARE REZONING A LOT OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS. ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PATHWAY WITHOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL PART OF IT? YES, WE WOULD CONTINUE WITH THAT PATHWAY JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE BALANCE. AND ALSO TO ASSIST OUR FAMILIES WHO TRAVEL FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, ESPECIALLY OUR KIDS ON BUSSES, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT MAKING THOSE BOUNDARY CHANGES FOR THE FALL OF 2027, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S THAT POSSIBILITY THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD NOT OPEN, BUT WE WOULD BE READY FOR THAT REZONING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD IT OPEN FALL 2027 OR FALL 2028. SO WE ARE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REZONING. OKAY. AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS AROUND SECURITY. AND I KNOW THERE WAS A HUGE PERCEPTION THAT WE WERE OVERCROWDED AND UNDER OVER CAPACITY IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WE NEVER WERE AT ANY POINT. BUT WE HAVE UPGRADED OUR SECURITY. WILL WE BE INFORMING OUR PARENTS ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A LOT OF FOLKS KNOW ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO KEEP THIS SCHOOL SAFE AND SECURE. I MEAN, NOT THE EXACT DETAILS, BUT THE GATING, THE THE DETECTORS, THE MONITORS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. AND WE DO, YES, WE WILL COMMUNICATE THAT. AND WE ALSO DO PLAN TO HAVE DEL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION COME AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE PRIOR TO SCHOOL STARTING AT A BOARD MEETING, JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL AND THE COMMUNITY THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE NEXT YEAR WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP. AND SO THAT WILL BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO SHARE THE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN ADDITION TO COMMUNICATING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. I'M ALMOST DONE, I PROMISE. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION ON THE REZONING BECAUSE I ALSO HAD THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE FORWARD BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT WILL BALANCE OUR ELEMENTARIES. I DO HAVE A REQUEST WHEN THIS IS PRESENTED TO TO THE COMMUNITY TO TRUSTEE. WRIGHT-HAYWOOD'S POINT. CAN YOU ALL MAKE SURE AND INCLUDE THE SLIDES ON THE CAPACITY, INCLUDING ALL OF THE BUILDINGS FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER ONE? BECAUSE IT'S AT 5000, BUT THAT WAS NEVER COMMUNICATED AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE BIG PUSH ON WE'RE OVER CAPACITY AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT. SO IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT, I THINK IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THEN WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE [VI.A. Purchasing Cooperatives for Child Nutrition Dina D. Edgar, Deputy Superintendent of Administrative Services] INFORMATION ITEMS PURCHASING COOPERATIVES FOR CHILD NUTRITION AND EDGAR. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GUADIAN, DOCTOR GUTIERREZ AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO WE'RE REQUESTING THE ADDITION OF TEXAS 20 AND REGION TEN MULTI-REGIONAL COOPERATIVE TO OUR APPROVED LIST. THESE COOPERATIVES PROVIDE LEGALLY COMPLIANT PROCUREMENT VEHICLES SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM, AND THIS IS AN INFORMATION ONLY ITEM TONIGHT WILL RETURN FOR APPROVAL ON THE MAY 20TH CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS JUST SO WE CAN GET STARTED WITH OUR COMMODITIES FOR GOING IN HOUSE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY. WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING THEM TO PROVIDE OR WHAT, WHAT ARE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND TEDESCO OR ONE OF THE OTHER COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE CHILD NUTRITION? SO THEY, THEY PROVIDE A VARIETY OF ITEMS, BASIC ITEMS FOR US TO PURCHASE, INCLUDING THE CHICKEN ITEMS. AND JUST ALL THE THE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO GET STARTED. THEY WON'T BE THE ONLY TWO PROVIDERS THAT WE WILL USE. BUT THIS IS JUST TO ALLOW US TO GET STARTED WITH COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT AND BEING LEGALLY COMPLIANT. OKAY. SO WOULD THESE BE PART OF THE CONTRACTS OVER 50 K COMING TO US? YES. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. BOARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MISS EDGAR. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE 2026 2027 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. [VI.B. 2026-2027 Budget Development Update Dina D. Edgar, Deputy Superintendent of Administrative Services] AND. EDGAR. EDGAR. YOU'RE UP. YES, MA'AM. SO THIS MEETING WILL REVIEW OUR WORK IN PROGRESS BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. [00:50:03] WE'LL START WITH THE LATEST 26-27 BUDGET FORECAST AND BALANCING STRATEGIES. WE'LL LOOK AT COMPENSATION MODELS COMPARED TO THE REGION AND WE'LL, WE'RE ALSO MODELING COMPENSATION FOR NEXT YEAR WITH AND WITHOUT A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE BUDGET. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEXT STEPS. SO WE HAVE SOME NEW ASSUMPTIONS THAT HAVE COME IN SINCE OUR LAST PRESENTATION, WE RECEIVED THOSE PRELIMINARY PROPERTY VALUES FROM THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THE VALUES WE WERE ESTIMATING HAVE NOT CHANGED. HOWEVER, WHAT DID CHANGE WAS OUR CHAPTER 313, WHICH WE WERE MODELING A $3 MILLION PAYOUT FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THAT HAS GONE DOWN SINCE 1 MILLION. SO $2 MILLION HIT THERE AND WE ADDED FOUR NEW POSITIONS, THREE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND ONE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BT. AND THAT CAME IN AT ABOUT 300,000. SO THE IMPACT ON THE NEW ASSUMPTIONS BRINGS OUR BUDGET SHORTFALL FROM IT WAS PREVIOUSLY SEVEN AND CHANGE TO ABOUT 9.5 MILLION. SO THAT'S ADDING THAT TWO AND A HALF, 2 MILLION BASICALLY TO THE DEFICIT. BUT TO ADDRESS THE DEFICIT, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOME BALANCING STRATEGIES. AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OVER 12 MILLION IN POSITION FREEZES OR CHANGES. 2 MILLION. I MEAN, DID I SAY 12? 2 MILLION IN POSITION FREEZES OR CHANGES. WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN CONTINUE ON REDUCING OVERTIME AND CAPTURING ANOTHER 150,000 IN SAVINGS. WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE SUBSTITUTES FOR SUPPORT STAFF, WHICH HAVE HISTORICALLY AVERAGED ABOUT 250,000 PER YEAR. BUT THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'RE SEEING NUMBERS AS HIGH AS 600 AND 700,000. THE NEXT GROUP OF REDUCTIONS OFFERS TEMPORARY ONE TIME STOPGAPS TO ASSIST WITH BALANCING, INCLUDING OFFSETS TO GRANT FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS. PREPAID EXPENDITURES, WHICH WILL USE PROCEEDS OF A PROPERTY VALUE AUDIT TO PREPAY PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE. WE HAVE DEFERRED REVENUE FROM ANOTHER PROPERTY VALUE AUDIT STUDY OF 1 MILLION THAT WILL COME IN IN JUNE OR JULY. IF IT COMES IN JUNE, WE'LL DEFER IT TO JULY TO USE IT FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WE PLAN ON USING 3 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS 5%. SO THE NEXT SECTION LOOKS AT EXISTING COMPENSATION AND COMPENSATION MODELS WITH AND WITHOUT A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION. SO FIRST LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE MAP OF OUR DISTRICT. THE LARGEST SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION HAS BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR 0 TO 5 YEARS, AND MAKES UP 39% OF OUR TEACHING STAFF. THE NEXT TWO GROUPS OF 6 TO 20 YEAR TEACHERS MAKES UP NEARLY HALF AT 48%, AND THE VETERAN TEACHERS WITH 21 OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ARE OUR SMALLEST SEGMENT, BUT THEY'RE STILL PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AT 14%. THIS CHART IS STARTING TEACHER SALARY COMPARED TO THE REGION 13 DISTRICTS. DEL VALLE IS CLEARLY AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION IN THE LARGE GREEN BAR TO THE RIGHT. AND NOT ONLY ARE WE AHEAD OF WITH STARTING SALARY, BUT WE CONTINUE TO PAY MORE THAN THE MEDIAN THROUGHOUT THE PAY SCALE THROUGH. THIS CHART COMPARES NINE COMMON STIPENDS WITH THE REGION 13 MEDIAN. AND AGAIN, WE'RE THE HIGHEST PAYING DISTRICT AMONG OUR PEERS. AND THEN LOOKING AT OTHER POSITIONS COMPARED TO THE MARKET, WHICH INCLUDES LIKE DISTRICTS AND NON SCHOOL DISTRICT EQUIVALENT POSITIONS. WE PAY ABOVE THE MARKET IN AUXILIARY, TECHNICAL, CLERICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT. THE STUDY DOES LOOK AT HOURLY PAY, KEEPING IN MIND THE ANNUAL PAY MAY BE LOWER DUE TO OUR CALENDAR WORK DAYS, WITH MOST OF THESE POSITIONS NOT WORKING A 260 DAY CALENDAR. WE'RE JUST UNDER THE MARKET WITH PROFESSIONAL STAFF, CAMPUS ADMIN AND CENTRAL ADMIN ON AVERAGE. AND FINALLY, THIS CHART LOOKS AT DISTRICT'S MONTHLY CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH CARE. OUR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND DEL VALLE CONTRIBUTES THE HIGHEST AMOUNT COMPARED TO OUR PEERS. AND ACTUALLY THIS SAYS $520 PER MONTH, BUT WE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE $568 TO ACTIVE CARE PRIMARY PLUS, WHICH IS THE MOST SELECTED PLAN THAT WE OFFER. AND WE HAVE 700 EMPLOYEES ON THAT PLAN, AND WE CONTRIBUTE $568 TO THAT PLAN. SO THAT BAR REALLY SHOULD BE EVEN HIGHER. SO BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE COMPENSATION MODELING, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT WHILE THE DISTRICT MAY LOSE EMPLOYEES THROUGH RESIGNATIONS AND ATTRITION IN THE SUMMER, IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THE REASON WOULD BE FOR MORE COMPENSATION UNLESS IT WAS A PROMOTION. WE ARE THE HIGHEST PAYING DISTRICT IN THE REGION ACROSS THE BOARD, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT'S ACKNOWLEDGED. AND ALSO, WE WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR SUPPORTING OUR STAFF IN THIS REGARD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO OUR COMPENSATION SCENARIO. THIS IS ASSUMING NO VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION. [00:55:02] WE'RE PROPOSING OFFERING A ONE TIME RETENTION PAY OF $1,000 FOR FULL TIME STAFF, $500 FOR PART TIME STAFF AT A COST OF $2. THIS WOULD BE PAID OUT IN JANUARY DUE TO OUR CASH FLOW ISSUES, AND THE SOURCE WOULD BE FROM FUND BALANCE. THE NEXT MODEL ASSUMES A SUCCESSFUL TAX RATE ELECTION, AND WE WOULD HAVE THE CAPACITY AT THAT POINT TO OFFER A 3% INCREASE FOR TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, NURSES AND ADMIN PROFESSIONALS, AND A 5% INCREASE FOR OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF. AND THAT INVESTS 4 MILLION INTO OUR OUR PEOPLE. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN THE BUDGET. SO THIS SLIDE PROJECTS A SCENARIO WITHOUT THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION. OUR LEFT COLUMN INCORPORATES THE REDUCTIONS, INCLUDING THE USE OF THE $3 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE, LEAVING ONLY ABOUT 300,000 OF ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS TO FIND. THE MIDDLE COLUMN INCLUDES THE REDUCTIONS AND THE ONE TIME RETENTION PAYOUT TOTALING 2 MILLION USING FUND BALANCE. SO THAT BRINGS OUR FUND BALANCE DOWN BY 5 MILLION, WHICH SPENDS 8.7% OF OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS IT'S A LOT. THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY HIGH NUMBER. AND AGAIN, LEAVING ABOUT 300,000 OF ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS TO IDENTIFY, THEN THE RIGHT COLUMN MOVES US INTO 27-28, WHERE WE HAVE SOME PAYROLL OFFSETS COMING BACK INTO THE BUDGET, SOME OPERATING EXPENSES COMING BACK THAT WERE ONE TIME OFFSETS. IT ALSO INCLUDES AN INFLATION FACTOR OF 2.5%. THE EARLY ESTIMATED COST OF NORTH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS POINT IS 4.75 MILLION. AND THAT WOULD LEAVE US IN A $10 MILLION SHORTFALL. AND THAT'S WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL COMING ON IN 27-28. SO THAT'S YOUR VATRE SCENARIO NUMBER ONE. OOPS. RIGHT HERE. OKAY. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MODELING A SUCCESSFUL VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION, BRINGING IN 13.6 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE. WE BAKE IN THE 3% AND THE 5% COMPENSATION INCREASES WHILE MAINTAINING THE REDUCTIONS IDENTIFIED. WE DON'T HAVE TO APPLY FUND BALANCE. WE END UP WITH A $6.2 MILLION SURPLUS THAT CAN BE USED FOR ONE TIME PURCHASES IN 26-27, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN JUST A SECOND. SO LET'S MOVE INTO 27-28. WE NEED TO COVER THAT 4 MILLION OF THE RAISE ADMINISTERED IN 26-27, ALONG WITH THE COST TO OPEN NORTHDALE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. IN THIS SCENARIO PROVIDES US WITH A BREAK EVEN BUDGET WITHOUT A RAISE. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER A 2% RAISE WITH THE USE OF FUND BALANCE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE MODELED HERE USING SOME OF THAT SURPLUS. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THIS THE SURPLUS IS RESTORING OUR 25-26 DEFICIT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ABOUT A $1 MILLION LOSS THIS YEAR. WE CAN USE SOME FUNDS TO COVER DEFICITS AT THE CDC, WHICH COST ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TO 2 MILLION ANNUALLY. AND THE REMAINING COULD BE USED TOWARDS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST PUT TOGETHER AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO HOLD ON TO THIS FUND BALANCE TO COVER SOME DEFICITS IN 28-29 AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT NEXT. SO LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF NORTH DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL BEING DELAYED INTO 28-29, WE HAVE THE 4 MILLION IN RAISES FROM 2627 MOVING FORWARD. THEN THE ADDITIONAL 2% IN 27-28 MOVING INTO 28-29 WITH THE EXPENSE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. THEN WE RUN INTO A $3.4 MILLION SHORTFALL, BUT WE SAVED THE SURPLUS FROM THE PRIOR TWO YEARS. WE CAN EASILY COVER THE SURPLUS WITH A LITTLE LEFTOVER. AND AGAIN, I HAVE PUT SOME IDEAS TOGETHER. I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE CDC ANNUAL LOSSES. BUT WE COULD DO DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THIS. NOW, WE DO HAVE A LEGISLATIVE YEAR IN 27-28. SO THIS COULD ALL CHANGE. BUT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE HEARING NOW, WE DON'T EXPECT ANY NEW FUNDING IN THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO I CAN PAUSE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY. SO FOR THESE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OPTIONS, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO USE BOND INTEREST FUNDS INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH OUR FUND BALANCE OR ANY OF THOSE? OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER, I'M GOING TO BACK UP LIKE FOUR PAGES, MAYBE SIX TO PAGE 41. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE WITH THE BOARD, WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS PAY SUPERINTENDENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED. I TAKE GREAT PRIDE AS A LONG STANDING TRUSTEE THAT WE HAVE NOT GIVEN CAR ALLOWANCES. WE HAVE NOT PAID PHONES, WE HAVE NOT PAID ALL THE EXCESS THAT SURROUNDING DISTRICTS GET PAID. [01:00:02] AND I'M SORRY, BUT HE'S NOT ALSO THE HIGHEST PAID SUPERINTENDENT IN OUR AREA. SO I TAKE PRIDE IN THAT. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HISTORICALLY THE BOARD HAS STOOD ON. SO THE FACT THAT WE DID WHAT WE DID THIS LAST YEAR I JUST WANT THAT COMPARISON OUT THERE IF WE CAN DO THAT. AND THEN SECONDLY, I WANT TO CLARIFY ON THE INSURANCE SHEET, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK TO THAT ONE. THERE YOU GO. SO THAT 520 SHOULD BE 568. IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? YES. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ON THE THE PLAN THAT WE PAY 568 OKAY. AND SO THAT'S MY QUESTION IS THAT'S A MONTHLY PAYMENT THAT WE AS A DISTRICT, PER EMPLOYEE, PER EMPLOYEE INCUR EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR. AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, HEALTH CARE IS A JOKE. IT'S MY JUST, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT WE AS A TRUSTEES, AS A BOARD, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE GET CREDIT FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OUT LIKE JOBS ON THE ECONOMY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M SAYING IT THAT WAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER JOBS, NOT IN OUR DISTRICT PAY ALMOST $600 A MONTH PER EMPLOYEE EVERY MONTH FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. SO WE STILL HAVE TWO FREE PLANS. AND WE HAVE 1400 EMPLOYEES ON OUR PLANS. YEAH. SO AGAIN, I, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BOARD. WE'VE DONE THAT. SO GOOD JOB AND THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. YES, MA'AM. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS. I JUST HAVE A STATEMENT. AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. SO IF THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT PASS THE VATRE, THE DISTRICT STILL OPERATING AT A DEFICIT IS STILL GOING TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE RAISES. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OUT OF FUND BALANCE. AND IT'S NOT A RAISE. IT WOULD BE A ONE TIME ONE TIME ONE TIME PAY. SO I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO BE VOTING FOR THE VATRE THAT'LL GIVE THE THREE OR THE 5%. AND IF THAT DOES NOT PASS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN A DEFICIT, WE'RE STILL GOING TO GIVE OUR STAFF A ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR BECAUSE WE VALUE OUR STAFF AND WANT TO RETAIN. AND EVEN AT A DEFICIT, WE'RE STILL GOING TO PAY OUT. YES, MA'AM. NOW, THOSE PAYMENTS AT 1K AND 500, ARE THOSE GOING TO BE THE FULL AMOUNT AFTER TAXES. AND IT WILL BE SUCH NOT WITHHOLDINGS. THEY WILL BE THE FULL 1000 AND THE FULL 500 THAT EACH STAFF MEMBER GET. YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO JUST GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE. IF YOU, IF YOU RECALL THE $13 MILLION DEFICIT, WE HAD TO JUST BALANCE THIS BUDGET IN 25-26, WE'RE FACED WITH NINE AND A HALF COMING INTO 26-27. WITHOUT THIS VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION, WE'D BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER 10 MILLION. THAT'S 30 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS THAT WE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE. ITS A LOT. YES. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. AND WE DO HAVE THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNICATION WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THE SCENARIOS WILL DO TO THE DISTRICT AND. OKAY. THANK YOU, DANA. AND I KNOW WE'VE I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH YOU. ARE YOU ABLE TO MAYBE BREAK DOWN IF WE PASS A VATRE? EXACTLY, MORE OR LESS, HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE PER HOUSEHOLD, PER MONTH? YES. I THINK THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW WITH UNDER CURRENT LAW IT $13 PER MONTH. HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THAT THE 90TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS LOOKING AT FURTHER TAX COMPRESSION. THEY'RE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. I WOULD EAT MY HAT IF THAT DOESN'T COME DOWN TO $8 A MONTH OR YOU KNOW, EVEN LOWER. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME ACTION. SO THIS IS UNDER CURRENT LAW RIGHT NOW, WE WILL SEE ADDITIONAL TAX COMPRESSION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. THANK YOU. SO FOR THE VATRE AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE THROUGH WITH VATRE CONVERSATION OR NOT, BUT WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US AS A BOARD? WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? LOOK FOR THAT. ISN'T IT STILL IN THIS? OKAY. YOU'RE STILL BRINGING THAT UP. OKAY. SHE'S LIKE, MA'AM, WAIT JUST A SECOND. THAT'S IN OUR JUST IN OUR NEXT STEPS. BEFORE WE MOVE ON. TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY HAS A QUESTION. SORRY. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS FACING RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A LOT OF SURROUNDING SCHOOLS THAT ARE ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS IS $81 MILLION IN DEFICIT. SOME OF OUR OTHER SURROUNDING SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS. SO I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING THIS LIGHTLY. WE ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE HAVE TO THINK LONG TERM, AND WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO OUR DISTRICT AS [01:05:04] A WHOLE. SO IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHERE OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ARE SO FOLKS CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE HAVE BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO DO SOME, YOU KNOW, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX IN ORDER TO GET THESE, GET OUR TEACHERS THE COMPENSATION THEY DESERVE. BECAUSE EVERY TEACHER, EVERY STAFF MEMBER DESERVES COMPENSATION. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATED. AND IT TAKES MONEY. PEOPLE FEEL MORE APPRECIATED WHEN THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKET. AND SO I'D LIKE THAT TO BE PRESENTED AS WELL IF POSSIBLE. AND WE ARE ONLY ONE OF THREE DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE VATRE PENNIES. HAYES ISD, CISD WENT OUT FOR VATRE LAST YEAR AND IT FAILED. SO DEL VALLE, BASTROP AND HAYES CISD ARE THE THREE DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE VATRE PENNIES IN THEIR BUDGETS. AND I WILL ADD THAT MOST OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, INCLUDING THE BIG $180 MILLION DEFICIT DISTRICT. THEY'VE TAPPED INTO FUND BALANCE ALREADY. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE WRIGHT-HAYWOOD. DO WE HAVE A PLAN OR ARE WE GOING TO START MAKING A PLAN TO PUT IN PLACE ANYTHING THAT CAN OFFSET, LIKE THE CDC IN UPCOMING YEARS AT ALL? SO WE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE CDC'S THAT ARE NOT AT CAPACITY WHERE WE COULD INVITE OUTSIDE CHILDREN TO COME BECAUSE OUR CDCS ARE WONDERFUL. MY GRANDSON'S IN THE CDC NORTH AND I JUST LOVE IT. SO YES, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH HOW TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BENEFIT FOR OUR STAFF AS WELL BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE VERY COMPETITIVE, COMPETITIVELY PRICED, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY INCREASE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE EMPLOYEE HAS TO PAY MORE. AND THEN THAT TAKES THAT TAKES MONEY OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECKS AS WELL, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET CREATIVE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO YOU KNOW, MITIGATE EVEN JUST BREAK EVEN. BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. DINA. AND THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN HAD IN PAST YEARS. SO, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE WORTH PURSUING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE LEDESMA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR SAYING THAT, BECAUSE, YES, I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP, BUT I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOME LAWS IN THE PAST THAT PREVENTED US FROM GETTING OUR SCHOOLS FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS TRUE OR NOT, IF THEY COULD HAVE JUST BEEN TELLING US SO THAT WE COULDN'T OPEN IT UP. BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS A FABULOUS IDEA. WE, YOU KNOW, OPENING IT UP TO OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DAYCARES IN OUR AREA. AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A HUGE NOT TO LIKE OVER PRICE AND MARKET PRICE THAT, BUT TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD AND SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THAT COST OF LIVING. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL PROGRAM. IT'S NOT A DAYCARE. IT IS SCHOOL. EVEN AT THE AT THE EARLIEST. I MEAN, WE SAW IT. WE WITNESSED THAT TONIGHT, RIGHT? TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. TRUSTEE PANTOJA. THANK YOU AGAIN. A LOT TO DIGEST. YES. WHAT WORRIES ME IS EARLIER THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT POTENTIALLY BONDS. AND THEN THERE'S THIS VATRE COMPONENT AND I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE. WHOA. THIS IS A LOT. SO I KNOW THIS IS TOUGH. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY AND WE HAVE SOME THINGS AND WORK TO, TO DO. I WILL SAY REGARDING THE BOND, OUR BOND CAPACITY. YES, WE ARE GOING DOWN THE THREE PENNIES. HOWEVER, THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH IN COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND GOING ON IN CODA HERE. THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT THAT ARE GOING TO START HAPPENING, AND THAT'LL ALL COME ON THE TAX ROLL VERY SOON, WHICH WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, MEANING THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO INCREASE OUR TAX RATE TO GO OUT FOR A BOND. ALMOST 99% CONFIDENT THAT I COULD SAY THAT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR MONTHLY FINANCIALS. OKAY. I HAVE TWO MORE SLIDES. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT WE WERE FINISHED. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. NEXT STEPS. JUST CONTINUING TO TRACK ENROLLMENT, REGISTRATION, REFINING PROJECTIONS AND LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES TO GET TO CLOSE THAT REMAINING $300,000 GAP, WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO. WORKING THROUGH VACANCIES AND FREEZES AND FINALLY BEGINNING TO PREP FOR THE NOVEMBER 2026 VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION. JUST A QUICK TIMELINE. AT THIS POINT, WE'LL HAVE ONE MORE BOARD BRIEFING BEFORE WE HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE. [01:10:06] WE'LL RECEIVE THOSE CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN JULY, WHICH THEN WILL BE USED TO CALCULATE THE TAX RATE. AND OUR TAX COLLECTIONS WILL HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING EARLY AUGUST. FOR THE TAX RATE, WE NEED TO ADOPT OUR ANTICIPATED TOTAL TAX RATE WITH THE NINE ADDITIONAL PENNIES, SO INCREASING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BY $0.12 AND DECREASING INTEREST IN [INAUDIBLE] BY THREE. AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE BOARD CALLING THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION AT THAT SAME MEETING. AFTER WE ADOPT THE TAX RATE, THEN THE ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD. AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE. SO WE WOULD BE ADOPTING TO GO FOR THE VATRE IN AUGUST. YES, MA'AM. AND THAT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO GO OUT AND, WELL, THIS YEAH. THERE'S VERY, VERY TIGHT TIMELINES WITH THIS VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION. AUGUST 4TH WOULD BE THE BOARD MEETING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AT. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE PANTOJA. [INAUDIBLE] OPPORTUNITY. OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 16TH OF JUNE. HOWEVER, IF THERE'S SOMEONE FROM NOW UNTIL THEN THAT WANTS TO LEARN MORE, TALK MORE, WHO DO THEY GO TO FROM THE DISTRICT? THEY CAN COME RIGHT TO ME. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. CHAIR RECOGNIZES TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY. OKAY. SO. WE. OKAY, SO WE'RE APPROVING OUR BUDGET IN JUNE OR JULY, RIGHT? IN JUNE. BUT IT'S CONTINGENT ON IF THE VATRE PASS FOR THE RAISES. HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? YES. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL APPROVE THE LOWER THE LOWER BUDGET AMOUNT WITH THE RETENTION BONUS. BUT WE'LL ALSO AT THE SAME TIME APPROVE A CONTINGENCY. AND I HAVE TO GET THAT LANGUAGE. IT'S LEGALESE. SO WE'LL GET THAT LANGUAGE. WE'LL APPROVE THE CONTINGENT BUDGET, IT, SHOULD THE VATRE PASS. AND SO WE'LL HAVE BOTH IN PLACE AND THOSE. THOSE WOULD BE RETROACTIVE. YES, MA'AM. SO THE PLAN WOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE CASH FLOW SITUATION. I NEED TO START COLLECTING MY MY TAX COLLECTIONS AT THE END OF DECEMBER AND INTO JANUARY. THEN I'LL HAVE ENOUGH TO GO RETROACTIVE. OKAY. SO EITHER WAY, FOLKS WILL KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET BY JANUARY NEXT YEAR. SO WE'LL APPROVE IF WE SAY WE APPROVE THE 2% OR 3% OR WHATNOT. AND THE VATRE PASSES AND THEY'LL GET THAT. IF WE DON'T, THEN WE'LL DO THE, THE ONE TIME OR WHATEVER WE DECIDE WHETHER IT'S THE ONE TIME THING OR THE ONE. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. THE BOARD RECOGNIZES SECRETARY WEGNER. SO FOR CLARIFICATION, WAS OUR LAST BOND IN 2022? IS THAT THE LAST? OKAY. SO THAT WE HAVEN'T GONE OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY IN OVER FOUR YEARS. AND I DO NOT BY ANY MEANS WANT TO BE OVERCONFIDENT, BUT AS A BOARD, WE HAVE BEEN VERY FRUGAL AND NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT THE BIGGEST KEY TO PASSING EVERY BOND THAT HAS GONE TO THE PUBLIC IN MY 15 YEARS THIS MONTH ON THE BOARD IS THAT WE HAVE EDUCATED OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THIS TIGHT TIMELINE, CAN YOU STILL DO THAT? AND IT NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR TO THE POINT OF EXPLAINING WHAT THE VATRE IS, BECAUSE NOWHERE ON THIS, WHEN IT DOES VERY EARLY ON, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SAY EVERY TIME, RIGHT? SO IT NEEDS TO BE THIS IS WHAT IT IS AND THIS IS HOW. AND IT'S ALSO, IN MY OPINION, NEEDS TO BE CLEAR THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S PASSED BY THE BOARD, LIKE WE ADOPT IT, THAT JUST MEANS IT GOES TO OUR CITIZENS, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR VOTERS TO STILL SAY YES OR NO. WE DON'T JUST MAGICALLY SAY, OKAY, THIS IS HAPPENING. NO, IT'S A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'D LIKE TO BE SURE THAT THERE IS EDUCATION BEHIND THIS, BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PASS EVERY REQUEST TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. YES, MA'AM. WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO SAY CERTAIN THINGS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY FORMALLY CALL THE ELECTION. ONCE WE CALL THE ELECTION, WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE FACTS ONLY SO WE CAN KIND OF INFORM OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN DOING THAT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY FORMALLY CALL IT. SO I THINK WE'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I THINK ALSO WE CAN ASK FROM THE BOARD THAT WE BE PRESENT AT SOME OF THESE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT AND BE OUT THERE AND BE SEEN. ABSOLUTELY. THAT WOULD BE WELCOMED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS. [01:15:07] YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT THAT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON A PLAN TO REACH THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE BUDGET. HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO, ALL THE HOT TOPICS THAT ARE COMING IN THIS SUMMER. SO THE BOARD WILL BE PARTICIPATING. AND A SCHEDULE WILL COME OUT SOON THAT'S GOING TO WORK WITH SENIOR LEADERSHIP AS WELL. THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. WE DID PRESENT TO THE PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS MORNING, AND THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE AND OFFERED THEIR FULL SUPPORT. THAT'S PART OF THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT THE BOARD HAS HAS ADOPTED ON TO DO. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NOW FOR REAL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR MONTHLY [VI.C. Monthly Financials Dina D. Edgar, Deputy Superintendent of Administrative Services] FINANCIALS. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR YOUR REVIEW FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN THE NEW FORMAT INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY PRESENTING THE. SO I'M HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR FOURTH FIFTH [VI.D. 4th/5th Puberty/Maturation Curriculum - School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) Nikki Elaine Bittings, Chief Student Services Officer] PUBERTY MATURATION CURRICULUM. THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL AND MISS BITTINGS ARE UP. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I AM HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU TWO MEMBERS OF OUR SHAC COMMITTEE, AND WE'LL START WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, MISS KATHY MARTINEZ, WHO WILL LEAD US THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE PUBERTY, PUBERTY, MATURATION CURRICULUM THAT WAS VOTED ON BY SHAC RECENTLY. THIS IS JUST A REFRESHER SLIDE. WE FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS LAST YEAR WHEN WE APPROVED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD SO THEN YOU GUYS CAN VOTE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADOPT IT FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. JUST A QUICK REFRESHER. THE REASON THIS NEEDED TO BE DONE WAS BECAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN DONE FOR MANY YEARS PRIOR TO THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THERE WAS NEW TEKS THAT CAME OUT. AND ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHICH AID, WHICH GRADES EACH TEK WAS FOCUSED ON. SO NOW ALL OF OUR CURRICULUM SHOULD FALL IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT TEKS. SO HOW ARE WE, HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY WAS, BACK IN OCTOBER WE CAME TO YOU GUYS TO FOR YOU TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR US TO CONVENE TO DISCUSS THE CURRICULUMS. WE ACTUALLY HAD THREE OPEN MEETINGS. WE'RE ONLY REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO TRY TO GET IN EVERY SECTION OF THE DISTRICT TO THE BEST WE COULD. BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE, OH, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD THEM HERE, YOU KNOW, AND NOT EVERYONE CAN MAKE IT TO CENTRAL. SO WE TRIED TO HAVE ONE, THE NORTH SIDE CENTRAL AND THEN THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE DISTRICT. AND THEN ON MARCH 25TH AFTER WE REVIEWED THE, THE, WE HAD THE PRESENTATIONS, WE REVIEWED THE EVALUATIONS. SHAC HAD A VOTE ON MARCH 25TH WITH THE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, VERONICA CUELLAR IS GOING TO GO OVER THE CURRICULUMS AND THE EVALUATION PROCESS. THANK YOU. SO THERE WERE SIX DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS THAT WERE REVIEWED, QUAVER ED, THE GREAT BODY SHOP, AISD HUMAN SEXUALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY CURRICULUM, HEALTHSMART, THE PUBERTY WORKSHOP AND ALWAYS CHANGING. DURING EACH OF THE OPEN MEETINGS, THE PARTICIPANTS WENT FROM ROOM TO ROOM TO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE CURRICULUMS AND EVEN TALK TO SOME OF THE VENDORS AND GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED. AT THE END OF EACH SESSION, THERE WAS AN EVALUATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN WHICH THE ATTENDEES RATED EACH OF THE CURRICULUMS BY GRADE LEVEL. AND SO, ACCORDING TO THE EVALUATIONS FROM THE OPEN MEETINGS FOR FOURTH GRADE, THE FIRST CHOICE WITH THE MOST VOTES WAS ALWAYS CHANGING CURRICULUM OR VIDEO. THE SECOND CHOICE WAS A PUBERTY WORKSHOP, WHICH IS ALSO VIDEOS. FOR FIFTH GRADE, THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WAS THE GREAT BODY SHOP. THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS HEALTHSMART AND THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION WAS THE AISD CURRICULUM. AFTER WE REVIEWED THE DATA AND WE MET AS A COMMITTEE, WE ALSO DISCUSSED SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE DIFFERENT CURRICULUM. AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FIFTH GRADE CURRICULUM. [01:20:01] SO THE TWO TOP CHOICES WERE AGAIN HEALTHSMART AND THE GREAT BODY SHOP. HOWEVER, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE HEALTH CURRICULUM. THEY DON'T HAVE A STANDALONE OPT IN CURRICULUM THAT COVERS HUMAN SEXUALITY. AND SO THAT WOULD IN TURN CAUSE US TO PURCHASE ITEMS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE USING. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH HEALTHSMART, WE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THEIR ENTIRE FOURTH GRADE, FIFTH GRADE, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH CURRICULUM AND THEN PIECE IT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MEET THE FIFTH GRADE TEKS AND THEN FOR THE GREAT BODY SHOP, WE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE A SURPLUS OF MATERIALS BECAUSE THEY COME WITH PHYSICAL MATERIALS TO SEND HOME THAT WE WOULD KNOW WE WOULD NOT USE. IT COMES WITH TEN DIFFERENT MAGAZINES TO SEND HOME. WE WOULD ONLY LITERALLY BE USING TWO OF THE TEN. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE HAD A SURPLUS OF, OF RESOURCES THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO WASTE BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY USE IT FOR THE REGULAR HEALTH CURRICULUM IN ELEMENTARY. THE OTHER CONCERN FOR THE AISD CURRICULUM, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH A CONCERN, BUT MORE OF A CHANGE IN THE WAY WE WOULD DELIVER THIS CURRICULUM TO THE STUDENTS. USUALLY WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE A GRADE LEVEL COME, IT'S BEEN FIFTH GRADE. WE SEPARATE FEMALES AND THE MALES AND THEY'RE PRESENTED THE CURRICULUM. ALL OF THESE CHOICES AND INCLUDING THE AISD ONE, THEY'RE SET UP TO BE MORE OF AN INTIMATE CLASSROOM SETTING WITH SMALLER GROUPS, WHICH IS BETTER FOR THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. AND SO, SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN COMING UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS A COMMITTEE IS THAT THE FOURTH GRADE RECOMMENDATION IS THE ALWAYS CHANGING VIDEO, AND THAT FOR THE FIFTH GRADE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE USE, THE AISD HUMAN SEXUALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY VIDEO, AND ALSO RECOMMENDING TO REVISIT IN 2020 WHEN OUR QUAVER HEALTH LICENSE EXPIRES AND THEN, OH. 2030. 2030. SORRY. YES. THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THE 2026 2027 SCHOOL YEAR THAT THE ALWAYS CHANGING VIDEO, IT WILL BE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS. AND THEN AFTER THAT, ONLY FOURTH GRADERS. I THINK THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CONCERNS. BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE TO DO MY COMMITTEE UPDATE BECAUSE YOU JUST DID. I JUST APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE PRESENTATION AND EXPLAINING THE PROCESS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRICULUMS AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE DECISIONS. IT JUST MADE IT VERY CLEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT WE'LL MOVE UP TO GOVERNANCE ITEMS. [VII.A. Board Committee Updates by Board Trustees] DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES? ANY UPDATES I HAVE? I MEAN I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT. TRUSTEE PANTOJA. THANK YOU. THE FOUNDATION HAS THEIR TEACHER AND STAFF OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION NEXT FRIDAY. IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL, Y'ALL CAN PLEASE ATTEND. IF Y'ALL NEED SOME INFORMATION, LET ME KNOW. AND THAT'S IT. TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE. I MEAN, VICE PRESIDENT CISNEROS. I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE SPED PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAD OUR FINAL MEETING ON APRIL 23RD WHERE WE CAME TOGETHER. WE PROVIDED INPUT ON SPED SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, NOT JUST INTERNALLY BUT EXTERNAL SERVICES. WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH DISTRICT STAFF ON YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING, WHAT, WHAT WE WANT TO START WORKING ON AND STOP WORKING ON. SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH PARENTS JUST TO GET THAT DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM THEM WAS REALLY GOOD. AND THEN WE ALSO JUST DISCUSSED WAYS TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FAMILIES BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN SOME CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD. SO WE ARE WORKING ON WAYS TO STRENGTHEN THAT COMMUNICATION. AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR THAT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER UPDATES? I HAVE ONE MORE AND I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE PANTOJA. THE ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING ON THURSDAY. SO WE'LL HAVE MORE UPDATES NEXT WEEK. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WITH THAT, WE'RE THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ON CLOSED SESSION HAVE BEEN MOVED. [01:25:01] AND THEY'LL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. SO WITH THAT, WE WON'T BE HAVING A CLOSED SESSION TODAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECRETARY WEGNER MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE PANTOJA MAKES A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 7:42. I'M STILL STAYING TILL NINE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.