Jan 25, 2022 School Board Regular Meeting

GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW SIX O'CLOCK, AND I CALL THE JANUARY 25TH MEETING OF THE EISD

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, WE DO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

WE WILL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY SEVEN O'CLOCK.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING.

WE WILL SEE YOU IN JUST A BIT.

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE EMERGENCY EXITS NEAREST YOU.

[4. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

IF THE NEED ARISES, PLEASE HEAD TO THE EXIT NEAREST YOU IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOLS. WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR AGENDA.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, AND THAT IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

[5. EANES ISD MISSION STATEMENT]

EVERY DAY.

WE UNITE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS, CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR ALL. WE EMPOWER STUDENTS PROVIDING AN EXEMPLARY EDUCATION THAT DEVELOPS CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY AND INDIVIDUAL TALENTS, AND WE INSPIRE EACH OTHER TO LEAD PURPOSEFUL LIVES OF EMPATHY, GRATITUDE AND COMPASSION.

AND WITH THAT, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE] OK. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS AN UPDATE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS.

[7. UPDATE ON SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS]

IT'S A IT'S ONE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN OCTOBER, THE BOARD SELECTED THOMPSON AND HORTON TO ASSIST US WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH.

WITH THEIR ASSISTANCE, WE REACHED OUT TO THE EANES COMMUNITY FOR HELP.

DEFINING THE LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT WILL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SOMETHING LIKE EIGHTEEN HUNDRED PARENTS, STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS RESPONDED, AND THAT INPUT WAS ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE TO THE BOARD.

IT INFORMED OUR INTERVIEWS AND IT INFORMED OUR DELIBERATIONS.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO TONIGHT.

I'M NOW PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE BOARD HAS SELECTED DR.

JEFF ARNETT AS THE LONE FINALIST IN OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH.

[APPLAUSE] NOT YET, JEFF. AFTER INTERVIEWING DR.

ARNETT FOR SEVEN HOURS ACROSS MULTIPLE DAYS AND CONSULTING FOR YET MORE HOURS WITH DR.

MIKE MOSES AND DAVE THOMPSON ARE SEARCH TEAMS, OUR SEARCH.

OUR SEARCH TEAM LEADS.

IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE HAD OUR CANDIDATE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS YOUR LIFE THING.

SO BUCKLE UP.

MOST OF YOU KNOW JEFF, HE'S BEEN EANES DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SINCE 2016, OVERSEEING THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP OPERATIONS PRINCIPLES AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PLANNING EFFORTS AND VITAL COMMITTEES LIKE ENVISION EANES AND THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.

PRIOR TO JOINING EANES, JEFF SPENT EIGHT YEARS WITH BERRINGTON IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO, WHERE HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS AND OUTREACH AND AS CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

BEFORE THAT, HE WORKED AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN COOPERSTOWN.

DR. ARNETT HOLDS BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN BOTH EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS.

HE HAS MASTER'S DEGREES IN EDUCATION AND CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, AND HE HAS A DOCTORATE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

BUT PERHAPS MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN ANY OF THAT.

JEFF HASN'T FORGOTTEN HIS ROOTS.

HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A PUB ED IN PUB ED, AS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER IN ED TECH, AND TO HIS GREAT CREDIT, JEFF STILL HOLDS THAT K8 TEACHING CERTIFICATE, HE IS CERTIFIED TO TEACH

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AND SO IT IS WE ARE MINDFUL OF AND GRATEFUL FOR OUR UNIQUE POSITION.

WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SOMEONE WHOSE LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS ALIGN WITH THE WANTS AND NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE IN DR.

ARNETT, ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATES IN THE COUNTRY.

AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HAS HELPED US WITH OUR SEARCH.

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK DR.

ARNETT IF HE HAS ANYTHING HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I DON'T MIND AT ALL.

CONGRATULATIONS, JEFF.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. I DON'T NORMALLY READ MY REMARKS, BUT AT THE RISK OF FORGETTING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, I HOPE IT'S OK IF I JUST JUST BRIEFLY READ THIS AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER EQUALLY IMPORTANT INTRODUCTIONS TONIGHT, SO I'LL BE VERY CONCISE.

WHENEVER SOMEONE IS NAMED TO A NEW POSITION, IT'S NEVER AS MUCH ABOUT THE PERSON AS IT IS A CREDIT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE TRANSITION POSSIBLE.

GRATITUDE LIKE LEADERSHIP IS A GROUP EFFORT.

I AM IMMENSELY GRATEFUL TO THE EANES ISD COMMUNITY OF OUTSTANDING STUDENT, STAFF AND FAMILIES WHO ARE SO INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WITHOUT BEING PRESUMPTUOUS BEFORE THE NEXT 21 DAYS OR EVEN THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS.

IT WILL BE A HUMBLING AND AWESOME HONOR TO REPRESENT AND SUPPORT YOU IN THIS ROLE.

WITH ME TONIGHT IS MY WIFE KAREN, WHO FOR 35 YEARS KAREN IS IN THE BACK FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS HAS SHARED MY FAITH AND VALUES.

I WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT HER.

AND OUR ADULT CHILDREN, SCOTT AND CARLY, WHO NOW WITH THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLDS UNDERSTAND, LIKE SO MANY SPOUSES AND FAMILIES, THE SACRIFICES AND LONG HOURS REQUIRED TO BE A PUBLIC EDUCATOR TODAY.

NO ONE MODELS THAT MORE THAN DR.

LEONARD, WHO HAS BEEN MY COLLEAGUE AND MENTOR ACROSS TWO STATES, TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

TOM, I SPEAK FOR MANY IN SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP OF EANES ISD THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.

IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE INSPIRED BY AN OUTSTANDING TEAM OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, COACHES, CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND THE EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION, MANY OF WHOM ARE IN THIS ROOM WITH US TONIGHT.

THEY ARE TALENTED, DEDICATED, SELFLESS AND CLOSE KNIT IN THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE AND LEAD ALONGSIDE THEM.

FINALLY, TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HIGH STANDARDS AND THE PRIORITY YOU PLACE ON CONTINUITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FURTHERING EXCELLENCE FOR WHICH EANES IS SO WELL KNOWN. FINDING EQUILIBRIUM AND BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER DURING THESE INTERESTING TIMES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF.

LAST NOTE OVER THE NEXT JEFF ALLUDED TO 21 DAYS OVER THE NEXT 21 DAYS, THE BOARD WILL FINALIZE THE TERMS OF DR.

ARNETT'S FUTURE EMPLOYMENT AND NEGOTIATED CONTRACT.

THE BOARD WILL THEN MEET AT THE END OF FEBRUARY TO FORMALLY VOTE TO MAKE JEFF THE NEXT EANES ISD SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] OK. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DR.

LEONARD, SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

DR. LEONARD, ARE YOU READY?ABOUT. PLEASE.

THE BOARD MESSED UP.

NO, NO, NO.

YOU KNOW, ELLEN, YOU'RE ABOUT THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THIS.

WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, A RESPECTED BOARD MEMBER NAMED BO ROSS AND ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS SAID, WHAT'S YOUR SUCCESSION PLANS? I JUST GOT HERE, YOU KNOW? BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT WHEN I MET JEFF THE FIRST TIME IN BARRINGTON, I WASN'T TOO SURE IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES.

ABOUT MINUTE SIX, I WAS SURE THAT HE WOULD BE GREAT EDUCATOR AND A GREAT LEADER, AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HIM.

AND WHEN OUR DEPUTY POSITION OPENED HERE, SOME OF YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PERSON I TEXT TO

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AND HE HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE.

AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR HIM, HIS FAMILY AND HAPPY FOR THE EANES COMMUNITY AND THE STAFF. YOU ARE GETTING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATOR PERSON AND.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE GREAT. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.

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OK, I'M SORRY. I JUST COULDN'T NOT DO THAT.

WE, JEFF, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH A TEAM OF SOME OTHER PEOPLE, AND JEFF HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ME ABOUT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO MEET TONIGHT.

BUT IT DOES TAKE A TEAM.

HE WILL NOT BE DOING THIS ALONE.

AND THE FIRST PERSON I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS DR.

KRISTY SAILORS.

KRISTY, YOU'RE IN THE BACK IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP AND WAVE.

KRISTY HAS BEEN SERVING AS OUR INTERIM CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, AND TONIGHT I AM OFFICIALLY TAKING OFF THE WORD INTERIM.

SHE WILL NOW BE OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, AND SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE KRISTY.

[APPLAUSE] YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, SHE'S ALSO BEEN IN HOUSTON ISD.

SHE WAS IN BLUE VALLEY AND WE BOTH HAVE A MUTUAL FRIEND, TOM TRIGG, WHO'S THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHLAND PARK ISD, WHO WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT IN BLUE VALLEY, AND HE SAID WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT YOU.

WHEN WE HIRED YOU HERE AND HE WAS RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE SHE HAS HER PH.D., SHE HAS A MASTER'S IN TECHNOLOGY AND A BACHELOR'S IN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL TONIGHT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, KRISTY.

[APPLAUSE] I KNOW YOU SAID THINGS THE LAST TIME.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO TO THE PODIUM OR YOU? OKAY.

I'M ALSO THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS.

AND THAT'S CALLAN NOKES.

CALLAN, YOU WANT TO WAVE FOR A SECOND? OK. [APPLAUSE] I WAS MISTAKEN.

I THOUGHT YOUR FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE WAS HERE, BUT IT WAS LIKE A YEAR IN THAT YOU CAME TO TO WESTLAKE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT HE HAS COACHED, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW HIM AS THE HEAD GOLF COACH AND AND A VERY GOOD HEAD GOLF COACH.

WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THIS, OUR GOLF TEAM HAS PLAYED IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, 16 OF HIS 18 YEARS AS HEAD COACH, WESTLAKE HAS WON MORE STATE TITLES.

LISTEN TO THIS [INAUDIBLE] OK, MORE STATE TITLES 11 TODD 11.

OK, I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HARD TIME, OK? AND INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTS MORE THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE HISTORY OF 6A GOLF IN TEXAS. IN 2009, HE WAS TEXAS STATE COACH OF THE YEAR.

IN 2021 HE WAS NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE COLLEGES THAT HE ATTENDED AND I WANT, AND HE HAS HIS FAMILY MEMBERS HERE. CALLAN, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GO TO THE OK? WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU GO TO THE PODIUM AND SAY A FEW THINGS.

AND BY THE WAY, TODD IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND TODD IS OUR SOON TO BE RETIRED A.D.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, TODD.

REALLY GONNA MISS YOU, BUT ALSO THE GUY HAS GOT TO GO SOMETIME.

OK. CALLAN? MUCH LIKE DR.

ARNETT, I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK TONIGHT AS WELL, AND I WANT TO START WITH MY FAMILY, MY WIFE OF 25 YEARS, KELLY, WHO HAS BEEN SUPPORTING ME FOR ALL THESE YEARS OF EDUCATION AND LONG HOURS AND LEAVING EARLY AND GETTING HOME LATE.

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, WHO'S NEAREST TO ME, CARTER, SHE IS A SENIOR AT UT BUSINESS HONORS MAJOR WITH A DOUBLE MAJOR IN MIS.

SO SHE'S LOOKING FOR A JOB HERE SOON.

ANYBODY IN THE ROOM, SHE'S PRETTY QUALIFIED AND SHE CAN TELL SHE'S NOT.

SHE'S FAIRLY SHARP. MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, HUNTER, IS A FRESHMAN AT UT AND SHE WANTS TO BE A PHYSICAL THERAPIST. SO WHEN MY BODY STARTS BREAKING DOWN AS IT ALREADY IS AT AGE 50, SHE'S GOING TO WORK ON ME AND EVERYONE ELSE AND MAKES ALL OF US OLDER FOLKS FEEL BETTER.

I WANT TO THANK ABBY NEPTUNE, WHO GAVE ME MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY HERE IN 1998, AND AS ELLEN REMEMBERS, I COACHED HER SON MY SECOND YEAR WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND THEN WORKED INTO GOLF AND ABBY GAVE ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE HEAD GOLF COACH.

AND THEN WE KIND OF TOOK OFF AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

AND THEN I WANT TO THANK TODD DODGE FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IN 2014 WHEN WE STARTED TOGETHER.

AND I'VE DONE THAT FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM AND ALL OF HIS GREAT STAFF, MANY OF WHICH ARE HERE TODAY, WHO ARE TRUE PROFESSIONALS AT WHAT THEY DO.

LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM AND FROM ALL OF THEM, AND I HOPEFULLY THAT FEELING WAS MUTUAL.

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LEONARD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

DR. ARNETT, ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, LAURIE LEE, THAT I GET TO WORK WITH ALL THE TIME, ALISON.

TIFFANY, EVERYBODY.

I JUST HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE THAT I GET TO WORK WITH EVERY DAY THAT ARE TRUE PROFESSIONALS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO WORK.

IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WORK AND IT NEVER REALLY HAS, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY I'M STILL HERE AFTER TWENTY FOUR YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE LONGER.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR COMING TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

[APPLAUSE] THERE'S STILL A COUPLE MORE I'M SORRY, GUYS, BUT THEY'RE AND THEY'RE ALL GREAT PEOPLE. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, A YOUNG WOMAN MADE A MISTAKE AND LEFT US.

ABBY, SORRY, BUT SOMETIMES YOU GO FOR YOU, GO WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES.

ABBY IS GOING TO BE OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

SHE'LL BE WORKING UNDER LAURIE LEE.

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER.

YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE WAS HERE.

SHE WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, TEACHER, TEACHING ASSISTANT.

SHE WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WEST RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN SHE MOVED ON TO DRIPPING SPRINGS.

IT'S OK. SHE WAS WENT TO LEANDER.

SHE IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING AND STAFFING COORDINATOR FOR AUSTIN ISD, AND SHE DECIDED SHE WANTED TO COME BACK. AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT YOU'RE BACK AND IT WILL SOLIDIFY A GREAT TEAM.

AND AGAIN, DR.

ARNETT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK. WE GOT THESE PEOPLE FOR YOU, OK? THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER EDUCATION.

YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE WENT TO CONCORDIA AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.

ABBY ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY.

I FEEL LIKE I'M COMING BACK HOME.

I STARTED OUT AS A TEACHER'S AIDE HERE, AND FOR ME, THIS IS A REALLY PROUD, PROUD MOMENT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO DIVE IN AND START WORKING WITH LAURIE AND JUST BE HERE TO SUPPORT.

AND I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

HAPPY TO BE BACK. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

ONE MORE IN THE LAST INTRODUCTION, I DON'T THINK SHE IS HERE TONIGHT, BUT I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE CATHERYN CHAIREZ.

SHE'LL BE THE COORDINATOR OF ASSESSMENT.

YOU CAN SEE AGAIN SOME OF THE PLACES SHE HAS WORKED.

OUR STAFF'S EXCITED THAT SHE WILL BE JOINING US, AGAIN.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EDUCATION THAT SHE HAS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES, EVEN IN ILLINOIS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. BUT SHE'S BEEN AROUND DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER AS WELL. BUT SHE'S NOT HERE, SO NO SPEECH.

OK, MOVING ON.

OK. COVID HAS SLOWED DOWN CERTAIN THINGS.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT HAS.

THE WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR REALLY CLOSE TO THE END OF THIS MONTH. WE WILL HAVE THE BUILDING COMPLETELY ENCLOSED AND THE BUILDING WILL BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. THE POOL IS A SPECIAL POOL.

IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC POOL, BUT IT NEEDS A CERTAIN CREW THAT NEEDS TO WORK ON THAT POOL AND IT'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

THEY ALL HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED.

YOU CAN'T JUST PUT ANYONE IN THERE PUTTING THIS POOL TOGETHER, UNFORTUNATELY.

COVID ON LOTS OF CREWS IN LOTS OF PLACES AND LOTS OF SITUATIONS.

SO THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH LESS THAN A FULL CREW.

WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE POOL WILL BE FULLY INSTALLED BY VALENTINE'S DAY, BUT THEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT TAKES ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO FILL IT UP WITH WATER.

I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN PUTTING IN A GARDEN HOSE.

YOU'VE GOT TO FILL IT, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE CHEMICALS RIGHT AND ALL THAT.

SO WE'RE HOPING THE END OF FEBRUARY IT SHOULD BE OPEN AND OPERATIONAL.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY, BUT AGAIN, THIS POOL WILL BE WITH US FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND WE ARE STILL OUR COACHES ARE STILL HAVE EXTENDED.

WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ROLLING WOOD POOL THROUGH FEBRUARY, SO THE COACHES ARE AWARE.

JEFF BUCK IS AWARE, THE BOC IS AWARE.

SO IT'S JUST IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE NAVIGATE COVID AND WE'RE NAVIGATING IT AS WELL AND THIS ENDEAVOR.

FINALLY, WE'LL BE STARTING TO DO SOME STATE OF THE DISTRICTS FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE THE DATES.

BOARD MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO COME TO ANY OF THOSE.

DR. ARNETT IS GOING TO JOIN ME ON SOME OF THESE, WE COULDN'T PUT HIS PICTURE UP BEFORE THIS, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE HIM JOIN ME ON SOME OF THESE.

SO IT'LL BE IT'LL BE SOME OF ME, MAYBE SOME OF HIM.

WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT GOES OR HOW HE WANTS THAT TO GO.

BUT I'M EXCITED TO DO THOSE AND THAT SHOULD BE FUN.

OK? AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A BIG PERIOD OF TIME.

HONESTLY, WHEN I THINK OF.

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IT'LL START WITH THURSDAY MORNING, WHERE STAFF WILL BE DOING A PROBABLY A LENGTHY MORNING REPORTING OUT ON THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE PAST YEAR IN MULTIPLE AREAS.

THE BOARD WILL BE TAKING ALL THAT IN, WRITING DOWN QUESTIONS AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK THERE'S A THURSDAY EVENING AND A FRIDAY MORNING WHERE WE REALLY WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO DECIDE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TWEAK? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ADD NEW? AND SO THEN THAT WILL KIND OF LEAD INTO THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND THE DIP AND ALL OF THAT.

AND FINALLY, WE DID GET A HOLD OF SOME TESTS.

WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET SOME TESTS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING TESTING OF STAFF EMPLOYEES. AND SO EVERY MORNING YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF CARS OUT HERE WHERE STAFF WHO WANT TO GET TESTED CAN GET TESTED.

SO THAT IS MY REPORT.

I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.

LET ME HAVE LET ME MAKE YOU STICK AROUND FOR ONE MORE ITEM AND THEN THEN I KNOW SOME OF YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO EXIT BECAUSE WHILE BOARD MEETINGS ARE EXCITING, SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE OTHER THINGS THEY WANT TO DO IN THEIR LIVES, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IF I CAN DO ONE LAST THING, OK, IF THAT OK? IT IS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RECOGNITION MONTH AND.

I'LL SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SOME OF YOU KNOW, I WAS A I WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR NINE YEARS.

IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB.

THE COMPENSATION IS ZERO.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF GET THERE.

YOU GET A PIECE OF PIZZA HERE.

ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU GET A FANCY FOOTBALL.

WHEN WE WHEN WE WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING.

BUT. THIS IS A JOB YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.

IT'S OVERSIGHT, YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A BUDGET OF ABOUT 180 ISH MILLION DOLLARS NOW.

A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT GOES TO THE STATE AND RECAPTURE, BUT IT'S STILL A BIG BUDGET.

WE HAVE ABOUT 8000 STUDENTS, OVER A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVE 10 CAMPUSES, INCLUDING THE ADULT TRANSITION CENTER, AND WE RELY ON YOU TO BE THOSE REPRESENTATIVES OF SET DIRECTION.

YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATION DOES THE IMPLEMENTATION.

THE TEACHERS ACTUALLY DO ALL THE WORK AND THE STAFF DOES THE WORK.

BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION NEEDS PEOPLE TO STEP UP AND DO THESE JOBS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE TOKEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND I KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A MOMENT WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET UP AND LEAVE, AND I DON'T LIKE THAT TO BE WHEN JOHN STARTS TALKING. SO IF YOU WANT, IF YOU THINK IT'S YOUR TIME TO, IF YOU WANT TO GO, IS THAT OK? YOU ARE WELCOME.

THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] LEAD THE WAY COACH.

CONGRATULATIONS. I KNEW THEY WERE GOING.

WE DIDN'T WANT MARIA RUNNING THEM OFF, SO SORRY, MARIA.

THEY ALL WEREN'T HERE FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT TIME ON THE AGENDA IS OUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AND WE HAVE MARIA ROCKSTEAD, MARIA TAKE IT AWAY.

OK, SO.

WITH OUR I GUESS, WE'LL TOUCH ON THE TAX COLLECTIONS FIRST, AS I HAVE BEEN SAYING THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THIS IS THE MONTH WHERE THOSE NUMBERS TURN AROUND.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE IN THE FUND BALANCE AS WELL, THAT NOW IT'S UP, IT'S IN A POSITIVE STATE. SO WE'VE BEGUN BEGUN TO TOUCH THE COLLECTION OF THOSE TAXES.

THE BIG ITEM ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS THAT THIS IS THE POINT WHERE WE DO OUR MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENTS, SO WE GO THROUGH AND THREW UP AS MUCH AS WE KNOW AT THIS POINT FOR EXPENDITURE, SO FOR THE GENERAL FUND WE HAD.

I'M SORRY WE I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU.

IT'S OK. AND SO THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE MADE FOR THE GENERAL FUND INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE DEFICIT, THE BUDGET AT FUND BALANCE DEFICIT BY ONE POINT THREE MILLION.

SO THE BUDGETED FUND BALANCE DEFICIT IS GOING FROM ONE MILLION TO TWO POINT FOUR MILLION, APPROXIMATELY. AND THEN.

AND WHO ARE YOU? NO.

[LAUGHTER] THIS IS BASED OFF OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU ADOPTED IN JUNE.

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THIS IS WHAT WAS BUDGETED, WHAT YOU ADOPTED BACK IN.

ACTUALLY, DECREASE IN WHAT WE [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, THERE WAS NOT ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE AT THIS POINT.

FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, AGAIN, WE DID HAVE AN ADJUSTMENTS MADE FOR THIS RELATED TO THE FACT THAT FOR OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, WE ARE DOING FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH FOR ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. ALL THE LUNCHES ARE FREE AND BREAKFAST.

AND SO THAT BROUGHT IN A LOT MORE REVENUE ON THE FEDERAL SIDE.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT COLLECTING IT FROM PARENTS THEMSELVES, COMING IN ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, AND SO THAT MADE THEIR POSITION BETTER.

SO FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, THE WE ORIGINALLY HAD A BUDGETED FUND BALANCE DEFICIT OF APPROXIMATELY 18000.

AND SO THAT INCREASED TO A SURPLUS OF TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE? ELLEN. CORRECT.

RIGHT. SO LAST LAST YEAR WAS WHEN WE HAD OUR TAX ELECTION, AND SO WE HELD OFF ON SENDING TAX STATEMENTS WITH STATEMENTS GO OUT IN OCTOBER.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT WE REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT TO PRESENT THIS LAST YEAR, LAST MONTH, WE WERE BEHIND THE OTHER WAY BECAUSE WE HADN'T COLLECTED AS MUCH THE PREVIOUS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, THOUGH.

HEATHER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT, MARIA, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND I THINK IT'S NICE THAT OUR FAMILY'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK WITH THE FEDERAL RELIEF FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.

THAT'S ALWAYS AN ADDED BONUS, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THE FACT THAT SO MUCH OF OUR MONEY GOES TO THE STATE FOR RECAPTURE.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON RECAPTURE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY FAVORITE SUBJECT.

SO THE RECAPTURE, I KNOW CHRIS CAN GIVE MORE DETAIL INFORMATION, BUT DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THE NUMBERS THAT CHANGE THE GENERAL FUND WERE RELATED TO THE STATE REVENUE CHANGES, PROPERTY TAXES AND RECAPTURE.

SO THE RECAPTURE WENT UP THE TWO POINT FIVE MILLION.

YEAH. A LITTLE OVER ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR MILLION RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THAT'S RELATED PRIMARILY LIKE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE [INAUDIBLE] DECREASE AND WHAT OUR ACTUAL ENROLLMENT WAS OVER WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE DURING THE SUMMER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO, THANK YOU, MARIA.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF OUR

[9. OPEN FORUM]

WHILE YOU MAY REMOVE YOUR MASK WHILE SPEAKING, PLEASE WEAR IT AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM AND RETURN TO YOUR SEAT.

I'LL CALL YOU WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

ONCE YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND THEN STOP.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE NO REASON TO SUSPECT THIS WILL HAPPEN.

BUT IF ANY SPEAKER REFUSES, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED A DISRUPTION AT THE BOARD MEETING AND WE WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION AND RECITATION OF EXISTING POLICY MAY BE FURNISHED IN RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES, BUT THE BOARD CANNOT DELIBERATE REGARDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF THE BOARD MEETING IS RECORDED AS FAR AS THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE MEETING AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION. PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO SPEAK IN OPEN FORUM ARE CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME AND MAKING THE EFFORT TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US.

WE ARE READY FOR OUR FIRST SPEAKER.

IT APPEARS THAT A NUMBER OF OUR SPEAKERS ARE NOT ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT, SO OUR OPEN FORUM PORTION MAY BE A LITTLE SHORTER THAN I SUGGESTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

THE FIRST PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP IS JEFF BALDRICK.

JEFF, ARE YOU HERE? DON'T SEE MR. BALDRICK, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MAGGIE.

MAGGIE, YOU ARE, ARE YOU READY? GREAT. MAGGIE SOUTER IS GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT INCLUSION.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

LEONARD AND BOARD, I AM GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT INCLUSION, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK AS NOT JUST A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, BUT AS THE PRESIDENT OF

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AND IT'S A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION WITH MORE THAN 35 CHAPTERS, AND WE'RE ALL ABOUT INCLUSION. WE PUT ON CONFERENCES ABOUT INCLUSION FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS.

WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT INCLUSION AND ADVOCATING FOR INCLUSION AT THE LEGISLATURE. SO.

IT'S BEEN SURPRISING TO ME TO SEE THAT.

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY LEFT OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT DEI BECAUSE THE I AND DEI STANDS FOR INCLUSION.

THE DEI CONVERSATION HAS BECOME LARGELY ABOUT RACE, WHICH IS A VERY LIMITED INTERPRETATION OF THAT BECAUSE INCLUSION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT ONE GROUP.

INCLUSION REFERS TO ALL GROUPS AND THAT MEANS THAT WE INCLUDE EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR ABILITY IS, RACE, ETHNICITY, WHAT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE IS, RELIGION, GENDER, SEXUAL PREFERENCE OR INCOME LEVEL.

INCLUSION IS NOT A BAD WORD, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RACE, ALTHOUGH SOME OF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT. SO THIS CURRENT CONVERSATION IS EXCLUDING THE VERY LARGEST GROUP OF MARGINALIZED STUDENTS WHO WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM INCLUSION, AND THAT IS THE 14 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION WHO HAVE DISABILITIES.

INCLUSION IS GOOD.

IT'S GOOD FOR COMMUNITIES, FOR SOCIETY IN GENERAL, AND THAT'S WHY WE TEACH IT TO CHILDREN BEGINNING AT AN EARLY AGE.

DO WE WANT OUR OWN CHILDREN TO BE EXCLUDED? NO, OF COURSE NOT.

IT HURTS. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALL FELT AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES.

THERE'S NO BOTH SIDES TO INCLUSION.

THERE'S NO BEING FOR OR AGAINST INCLUSION.

MAYBE SOME PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THINK THAT INCLUSION IS A NON-ISSUE HERE.

AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME AND VALUED AND RESPECTED AND INCLUDED.

WELL, JUST BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED TO YOU DOES NOT MEAN IT'S NOT HAPPENING TO OTHERS.

IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, MY OWN CHILD WHO ATTENDS THE HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS DOWN SYNDROME HAS BEEN HARASSED AND TEASED IN THE BOY'S BATHROOM BY GENERAL ED KIDS.

HE'S BEEN TOLD TO DO HUMILIATING THINGS AND BECAUSE OF HIS INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND HIS TENDENCY TO BELIEVE EVERYONE IS HIS BEST FRIEND, HE DID THEM.

I ALSO HEARD A STORY JUST YESTERDAY ABOUT A GIRL IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY WHO WAS EXPOSED TO SOME PARTICULARLY ATROCIOUS AND HATEFUL RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION.

SO TRUST ME, IT HAPPENS EVEN IF YOU DON'T SEE IT.

THERE'S MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.

INCLUSION IS NOT REVERSE RACISM OR INDOCTRINATION OR TAKING AWAY PARENTAL RIGHTS.

INCLUSION IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN ALL OF US STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES TO RESPECT AND VALUE PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE.

OK. I HAD A LITTLE MORE OF IT.

THANK YOU, MAGGIE. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIM ALAN, KIM, ARE YOU HERE? I DON'T SEE KIM.

ANGELA [INAUDIBLE].

ANGELA. NOT THIS EVENING.

KERRY COLLIER BROWN. GOOD EVENING, KERRY.

HELLO. WAS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT BROADER, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT.

SO THIS SCHOOL BOARD, LIKE ALL SCHOOL BOARDS, IS NAVIGATING THROUGH UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES AFFECTING OUR SCHOOLS.

AND TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY, THIS SCHOOL BOARD AS INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES AND TOGETHER AS THE GOVERNING BOARD OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP, COURAGE AND THE WILL TO GOVERN THE DISTRICT ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND THE FIRST THING I'M UNDER THAT THAT EVERYONE IS WORKING THROUGH IS EDUCATIONAL EQUITY. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE.

IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT FULFILLS ITS CORE MISSION TO SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATE ALL STUDENTS SO THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND ENGAGED CITIZENS. OUR KIDS AND COMMUNITY ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO ONE OF THE TOP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF INCREDIBLE ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES.

EANES MUST SUPPORT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND PROVIDE THEM A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN AND THRIVE. WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S GROWING IN DIVERSITY AND COMMITTED TO CONTINUED STUDENT SUCCESS AND UNDERSTANDING THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHER PEOPLE CAN HELP OUR KIDS NAVIGATE THE WORLD, WORLDS OF SCHOOL, SPORTS, TRAVEL AND WORK WITH INCREASED CONFIDENCE AND EMPATHY. WE ARE PREPARING THEM TO BE THE BEST ADULTS THEY CAN BE.

THE EANES COMMUNITY SUPPORTS YOUR THOUGHTFUL AND STRONG LEADERSHIP ON DEI, AND WE SUPPORT

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THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN WAYS THAT YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS COMMUNITY IS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING SAFE COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

AND THAT'S NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE, EITHER.

IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO THE EXCELLENT IN-PERSON LEARNING RESOURCES THAT EANES OFFERS.

WE'RE ALL GOING INTO OUR THIRD YEAR OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND WE'RE ALL EXHAUSTED AND SICK OF IT. BUT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THOUGHTFULLY AND STRONGLY LEAD TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF COVID IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND REDUCE THE CHAOS AND STRESS ON STAFF AND STUDENTS RESULTING FROM GETTING SICK AND MISSING SCHOOL.

EVEN IF MOST OF THE CASES ARE MILD, WHICH WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THAT'S BEEN THE CASE WITH OMICRON GETTING COVID FROM SCHOOL MEANS THAT AT LEAST A WEEK OF DISRUPTION FOR FAMILIES THAT MUST CARE FOR SICK KIDS AND MISS WORK, AND THAT'S THE BEST CASE SCENARIO.

THE CDC HAS IDENTIFIED A PACKAGE OF RECOMMENDED MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT SCHOOLS CAN USE TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND STAFF AND LIMIT THE DISRUPTION TO IN-PERSON LEARNING CAUSED BY HIGH LEVELS OF COMMUNITY SPREAD OF COVID.

WHEN THESE STRATEGIES ARE IMPLEMENTED, SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN SAFELY KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL KIDS.

CREATE A I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ALL TO CREATE A PROACTIVE PLAN AND IMPLEMENT CONSISTENTLY THOSE MITIGATION STRATEGIES SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY REACTING TO EACH WAVE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNY DAVIS, MS. DAVIS. NO.

THE NEXT SPEAKER, KELLY [INAUDIBLE] KELLY.

KELLY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT GOING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF LESSONCAST, I BELIEVE.

HI, MY NAME IS KELLY [INAUDIBLE].

I'M A MOM OF TWO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT AND AN AVID VOLUNTEER, ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER AND SUBSTITUTE NURSE.

PLEASE VOTE YES FOR LESSONCAST TODAY.

WE CAN'T LET OURSELVES GET DISTRACTED BY THE NAME CALLING AND THE MISLABELING.

WE ARE A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION, GROWING FUTURE WORLD LEADERS.

DEI ISN'T CHANGED FOR US.

DEI IS PART OF OUR GROWTH.

NOT ONLY DOES INCLUSION GIVE ALL STUDENTS.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISUALIZE A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE, BUT IT EXPOSES THEM TO MORE IDEAS AND INFORMATION. DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES PRODUCES A MORE ENERGIZED AND DYNAMIC ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT. PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCES ASK DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS AND INCLUSION HELPS ALL STUDENTS SUCCEED BY ENCOURAGING ACCEPTANCE, AND IT WILL PREPARE OUR KIDS TO THRIVE IN AN EXPONENTIALLY DIVERSE WORLD.

SIDEBAR, I VERY MUCH ENJOY MY TIME SUBBING HERE AS A NURSE.

FROM THEIR PROFESSIONALISM TO THEIR EMPATHETIC DISPOSITION.

OUR CHILDREN ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE OUR NURSES THERE.

THE CHILDREN ARE ADORABLE.

THE PARENTS ARE NOT.

BUT I HOPE THAT DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES THAT WE CAN ALL REMEMBER TO BE ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR AND SHOW KINDNESS AND GRACE TO THOSE WHO ARE SUPPORTING OUR CHILDREN.

IN CONCLUSION, I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE YES FOR LESSONCAST.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIE [INAUDIBLE], JULIE.

AND JULIE IS GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT DEI TRAINING AND CURRICULUM.

HELLO. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CARE.

TONIGHT YOU ARE CONSIDERING HIRING A CURRICULUM CONSULTANT FOR DEI, A LOGICAL NEXT STEP ON THE ROAD TO ANTI-RACISM AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOR EANES STUDENTS.

CARE'S LEADERS AND MEMBERS URGE YOU TO PUT MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES IN PLACE IN THE CONTRACT YOU EXTEND TO THIS CONSULTANT.

WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE ARE NOT MORE CONCRETE AND MEASURABLE RESULTS FROM THE WORK DONE BY DR. GOODIN AND THE DEI ADCOM.

POSITIVE CHANGE IS EVIDENT, THOUGH, TO MANY STUDENTS AND PARENTS.

IN THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT TEACHERS PAUSING CLASS AFTER STUDENTS USE OF A RACIAL SLUR TO AGREE ON RULES AND EXPECTATIONS OF RESPECT FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THAT CLASS.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CHOOSING A WEEKLY WORD THAT FOCUSES ON INCLUSION, EQUITY OR EMPATHY.

HISTORY LESSONS THAT INCLUDE DIVERSE CULTURES AND PEOPLE YEAR ROUND, THE DISTRICT COULD MEASURE AND REPORT OUTCOMES LIKE NUMBERS OF TEACHERS TRAINED, HOURS SPENT ON INCLUSIVE

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ADMINISTRATIVE TIME SPENT RESOLVING RACIALLY BIASED INCIDENT INCIDENTS.

LIKEWISE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS DATA POINTS FOR CURRICULUM CONSULTATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.

PLEASE MAKE SURE WHICHEVER CONSULTANT YOU HIRE MAKES MEASUREMENT AND DATA REPORTING INTO THEIR PLANS FOR THIS DISTRICT.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO HONOR DIVERSE HOLIDAYS IN THE DISTRICT CALENDAR.

IT TRULY INCREASES THE SENSE OF BELONGING IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR STUDENTS SEEING AND EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF HATE CRIMES TARGETING THEIR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND LEADERS. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO HELP THEM FEEL SEEN AND RESPECTED.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JILL [INAUDIBLE].

JILL STILL HERE? IF JILL COMES BACK IN, WE'LL PLUG HER INTO THE INTO THE ROTATION.

MEGAN GIBSON, IS MEGAN HERE? HI, MEGAN. MEGAN'S GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF EANES FOR EQUITY.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE BOARD FOR MAKING THE HISTORIC DECISION TO MAKE DEI A DISTRICT PRIORITY IN 2021.

WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO RENEW YOUR COMMITMENT TO PRIORITIZING EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS AT YOUR UPCOMING STRATEGIC BOARD SUMMIT.

WE KNOW THAT THIS WORK IS NECESSARY BOTH TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT AND FAMILY IS INCLUDED AND VALUED, AND TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND DEVELOP THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE, COLLEGE AND BEYOND.

DOING THIS WORK TAKES TIME AND CHANGE CAN BE HARD.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR AMAZING TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF FOR ENGAGING IN THIS WORK WITH OPEN HEARTS.

STEPS SUCH AS OFFERING TRAINING TO STAFF ON HOW TO HANDLE UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGING DIVERSE HOLIDAYS MAY SEEM SMALL.

BUT THESE MOVES MADE SOME STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FEEL HEARD AND SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME BY THEIR EANES ISD COMMUNITY.

IT IS NOT LOST ON US THAT YOU HAVE MANAGED TO DO THIS WORK IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. OUR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO SO MUCH.

AS YOU REFLECT UPON AND RENEW EANES ISDS COMMITMENT TO DEI.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT THIS WORK IS DONE WITH STUDENTS AT THE CENTER AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEACHERS AND STAFF, SO THAT WE BENEFIT FROM THEIR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE AND SO THAT THEY RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAS JILL REENTERED THE ROOM.

OK, JILL, YOU'RE YOU'RE UP.

AND JILL'S GOING TO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DEI.

HI, GOOD EVENING, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THIS PARTICULAR ENDEAVOR, AND I KNOW THAT I'M SPEAKING SOMEWHAT TO PEOPLE THAT ALL BELIEVE IN THE DEI PROGRAM, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING.

I DIDN'T WRITE A SPEECH, BUT I WAS STRUCK YESTERDAY BY MY SON, WHO HAD BEEN UPSTAIRS STUDYING, AND HE CAME DOWNSTAIRS AND JUST COLLAPSED IN THE CHAIR BY THE BAR.

AND I SAID, WHAT? WHAT'S WRONG? BECAUSE HE LOOKED DEVASTATED AND I SAID, I JUST I'M READING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN AMERICAN HISTORY. HE'S IN 11TH GRADE AP HISTORY AND.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS THIS FEAR THAT THIS OTHER GROUP ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS PUTTING IN WITH THE CRT AND TRYING TO EQUATE THAT TO DEI TO TO FRIGHTEN TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS INTO TEACHING HISTORY AS IT AS IT IS AND AS IT WAS.

AND IMPLEMENTING THAT, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF WHITE GUILT.

AND MY SON JUST SAID, I, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THIS, BUT I DIDN'T.

I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, HE LITERALLY WAS ABOUT TO CRY AND THIS IS A SIX FOOT THREE YOUNG MAN WHO DOESN'T CRY EASILY.

AND I SAID, WELL, SO HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL? HE GOES, WELL, I'M SICK.

I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, DO YOU FEEL ANY GUILT BECAUSE WE'RE WHITE AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE IN OUR FAMILY? HE SAID. WELL, NO, OF COURSE NOT.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH HORRIBLE VALUES.

AND I GUESS THAT'S THE THING THAT I THINK I WANT TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN IMPORTANT.

MY MOM WAS AN ENGLISH TEACHER, SO I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT TEACHING IS THAT WE DO HAVE TO TEACH THE TRUTH, AND THAT'S OK.

THAT'S HOW WE LEARN AND THAT'S HOW WE IMPROVE GOING FORWARD.

SO I THINK THE DISTRICT AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR PROTECTING OUR TEACHERS, TO ALLOW THEM TO TEACH AND TO TEACH ACCURATELY.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT CONTINUE.

SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, JILL.

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NO KRISTIE, THIS EVENING.

OK, THAT THAT CONCLUDES THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF OUR OF OUR AGENDA.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE BUDGET DISCUSSION, AND I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT CHRIS SCOTT AND LAURIE

[10.1. 2022 - 23 Budget Discussion]

THANK YOU. WELL, I GUESS MARIA DRIVES OFF HALF THE PEOPLE AND I GET THE STRAGGLERS.

SO IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR.

WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, SO IT'S TIME TO START TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND IT'S A PROCESS AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE JUST KIND OF SETTING THE TABLE FOR WHAT'S COMING.

SO THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR, AS YOU KNOW, IT STRETCHES MORE THAN A YEAR.

IT STARTS TONIGHT AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF MILESTONES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE PROCEED. THE NEXT BIG ONE IS, OF COURSE, IN APRIL WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF THE CERTIFIED VALUES, AND THAT WILL GIVE US OUR FIRST IDEA.

THAT'S BETTER THAN A GUESS OF WHAT OUR TAV IS GOING TO BE FOR NEXT YEAR IN MAY, NO LATER THAN MAY. YOU CAN DO IT EARLIER IF YOU WANT, BUT NO LATER THAN MAY.

WE'LL ASK YOU TO LET US KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH PAYROLL NEXT YEAR AS FAR AS SALARIES. AND THEN IN JUNE, YOU'LL ACTUALLY ADOPT THE BUDGET.

THERE'S THREE BUDGETS YOU HAVE TO, BY STATUTE, ADOPT THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE FOOD SERVICE FUND.

AND AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE WE WILL HAVE THE HEARING FOR THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE, BUT YOU WON'T ACTUALLY ADOPT THE TAX RATE AT THAT TIME BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL THE CERTIFIED VALUES COME IN, WHICH HAPPENS IN JULY.

AND SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY ADOPT THE TAX RATE IN EITHER AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.

YOU CAN DO IT UP TO SEPTEMBER.

WE'LL PROBABLY BRING IT TO YOU IN AUGUST, PROVIDED THAT TCAD GETS THEIR NUMBERS CERTIFIED ON TIME. BUT AS YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS AN ESTIMATE THIS IS OUR BEST GUESS OF WHERE WE ARE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS DON'T SOLIDIFY FOR SOME TIME. THE NEXT BIG STEP WILL BE IN OCTOBER, WHEN WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE SNAPSHOT DATE, THEN WE'LL HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT OUR ADA IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THAT FOR THAT SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEN MARIA WILL COME UP SOMETIME AFTER THAT IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY IN THIS CASE AND LET YOU KNOW HOW WE'VE ADJUSTED THE BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED UP UNTIL THEN. THEN FINALLY, IN JUNE OF THE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL CLOSE THE BUDGET.

UM, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HISTORICAL DATA COMPARISONS WITH LIGHT DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT COMPARISONS WITH OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH LAURIE'S STUFF BECAUSE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAYROLL, NOT HOW WE COMPARE WITH HIGHLAND PARK, BUT HOW WE COMPARE WITH LEANDER AND LAKE TRAVIS.

BUT WE DO LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME COMPARISONS TO THESE DISTRICTS THAT LOOK A LOT LIKE US, AND THEY'RE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE STATE.

AND SO I'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO THAT.

AND SO THESE ARE ALL DISTRICTS LIKE US THAT HAVE HIGH PROPERTY WEALTH, VERY SIMILAR LOOKING STUDENT PROFILES, DEMOGRAPHICS, GENERALLY ONE HIGH SCHOOL.

I BELIEVE COPPELL ACTUALLY HAS ONE BIG HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN A SMALLER MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAY THAT CAN ONLY HAVE ONE FOOTBALL TEAM.

LAKE TRAVIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO GO THAT ROUTE, TOO, AND WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK AS FAR AS THE SIZE ON THAT.

A TAX RATE, WE'VE GOT THE LOWEST AMONG THIS GROUP, AND THAT'S DUE PRIMARILY TO 14 CENT INS TAX RATE, AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS TRUE IN ALL OF THESE SLIDES HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ACTUAL DATA FROM 2019-20 BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST RECENT FINANCIAL DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE STATEWIDE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE HAD A 99 CENT M.A.

RATE, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF COMPRESSION.

AND SO MOST OF US HAD 99 CENT.

CARROLL WAS AT 97 BECAUSE THEY WERE AT A DOLLAR FOUR NOT A DOLLAR SIX LIKE US.

AND COPPELL IS AT A HIGHER BECAUSE THEY WERE AT A DOLLAR SEVENTEEN.

THEY HAD THE NINE COPPER PENNIES BEYOND THE GOLDEN PENNIES.

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AND IT DID FOR US JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR HIGHLAND PARK, JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THE REDUCTIONS FOR THE OTHER SCHOOLS ALAMO HEIGHTS, CARROLL, COPPELL, LAKE TRAVIS WERE MORE SIGNIFICANT.

THEY WERE MORE, WHEREAS OURS WAS ABOUT A FIVE PERCENT REDUCTION.

AND THE NEXT YEAR WE WENT UP TO ESSENTIALLY THE SAME LEVEL WE WERE BEFORE HB 3.

THOSE DISTRICTS ALL SAW A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER PERCENTAGE DROP, AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THE REASONS FOR THAT.

BUT IT WAS IT WAS DEFINITE, DEFINITELY CLEAR AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE DATA.

PAYROLL, I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS, AND IN MY MIND, THE HIGHER THE PERCENT THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON M&O ON OUR PAYROLL, THE BETTER JOB YOU'RE DOING.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB THAN THAN ALL THE REST OF THEM, BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'RE CLEARING OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN MAKE ROOM FOR COMPENSATION FOR OUR TEACHERS, OUR NURSES FOR OUR STAFF ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND SO TO ME, THAT'S A REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

CARROLL LOOKS LIKE AN OUTLIER HERE, AND I WAS WONDERING, WHY IS THAT NOT? I CAN SEE ELLEN SHAKING HER HEAD, WONDERING WHY.

AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT I HAVE A SUSPICION.

SO AS I WAS LOOKING AT IT, CAROL HAD A REALLY HIGH TRANSFER OR PAYMENT TO OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.

AND SO MY GUESS IS THAT THEY ARE CONTRACTING OUT SOME OF THEIR FUNCTION THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE DONE IN-HOUSE.

PERHAPS IT'S TRANSPORTATION.

PERHAPS IT'S FOOD SERVICE TOR SOME OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SO THAT THEY'RE PAYING A LUMP SUM PAYMENT TO THEM AND THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT CARRYING THAT PAYROLL.

THAT'S MY GUESS, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY AN ACCURATE GUESS.

AND FINALLY, THE GENERAL FUND DATA PER STUDENT, AGAIN, WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND AS FAR AS OUR FUND BALANCE GOES.

AND WE'RE ON SOLID FOOTING.

WE DON'T HAVE TO PANIC, BUT WE ARE AMONG THE LOWEST IN THIS GROUP.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO HARP ON IT, BUT I THINK ABOUT IT A LOT.

AND SO I WANT TO BRING IT UP TO YOU AGAIN THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ABSOLUTELY GOT TO KEEP OUR EYES ON.

UM, I'M GOING TO LET LAURIE LEE, TAKE OVER FOR A LITTLE BIT HERE.

YES, AS CHRIS HAD MENTIONED, WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT OUR SALARY COMPARISONS WITH OUR DISTRICTS THAT ARE LOCAL, THE ONES THAT ARE AROUND US, AND THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS THAT WE ALWAYS BRING TO YOU EVERY YEAR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SALARY OR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF THOSE COMPENSATION INCREASES THAT WE SAW THIS SCHOOL YEAR FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN IS THE ACTUAL COMPENSATION INCREASE IN THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN. IT'S THE ONE TIME PAYMENTS THAT THESE DISTRICTS DID OFFER AFTER THEY DID AN INCREASE TO SALARIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF VARY AND BASICALLY SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE WERE PAID IN DECEMBER, AND SOME MAY EVEN BE LOOKING AT PAYING THEM IN MAY.

MIC].

THE QUESTION IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT.

SORRY, BUT THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.

JUST HAVE CURIOSITY ON LAKE TRAVIS.

I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.

IS THERE ONE TIME PAYMENT THE SAME AS THEIR TWO PERCENT CORRECT? SO THAT'S AN ADDITION.

IT'S AN ADDITION TO THEIR TWO PERCENT.

SO IT'S TWO PERCENT AND THEN PLUS TWO PERCENT? PLUS TWO PERCENT AND THREE PERCENT MIDPOINT ON OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.

YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JUST AS A REMINDER, MOST OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE MAKING THOSE ONE TIME PAYMENTS OUT OF THEIR ESSER FUNDS.

AND I KNOW I'VE SHOWN YOU THIS SLIDE, BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE SHOWN YOU THE SLIDE BEFORE.

I THINK I MAY HAVE INCLUDED IT IN A MEMO SOME SOME MONTHS AGO.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THE ESSER FUNDS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS BASED ON TITLE ONE PART A STATUS AND WHICH MEANS HOW MANY LOW INCOME KIDS FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH KIDS DO YOU HAVE

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BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS DONE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT ACROSS THE BOARD, THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS AROUND US.

LAKE TRAVIS WAS THE CLOSEST TO US AND THEY GOT 54 PERCENT MORE PER STUDENT, NOT 54 PERCENT MORE. 54 PERCENT MORE PER STUDENT.

LEANDER, 83 PERCENT MORE ON DOWN TO ROUND ROCK, 132 PERCENT MORE.

AUSTIN, 732 PERCENT MORE.

AND I DID A COUPLE OF CALCULATIONS JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I DO.

IF WE HAD BEEN FUNDED AT THE LEVEL OF LAKE TRAVIS INSTEAD OF THREE POINT TWO MILLION, WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT FIVE POINT ZERO MILLION.

IF WE'D BEEN FUNDED AT THE LEVEL OF ROUND ROCK, WE WOULD HAVE HAD ABOUT 7.5 MILLION.

AND I'LL THROW IN AUSTIN ISD THERE.

THEY WERE THE HIGHEST FUNDED.

THAT $3.2 MILLION WOULD HAVE TURNED INTO $27.1 MILLION.

HAD WE BEEN FUNDED AT THAT LEVEL? AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

TYPICALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMPENSATION, WE DO LOOK AT BENEFITS AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FEELING LIKE WE'RE REALLY PRETTY GOOD ON THAT CONTRIBUTION FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE.

REMEMBER THAT WE MUST AT LEAST CONTRIBUTE 225 DOLLARS TOWARDS THE COST OF THE EMPLOYEE'S HEALTH INSURANCE.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CHANGE THIS YEAR.

WE WILL GO STRICTLY TO TRS BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1ST.

WE WILL NOT HAVE THOSE RATES FOR THE TRS HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN UNTIL PROBABLY THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER. SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR INCREASES WILL LOOK LIKE.

BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THERE'LL BE A RATE INCREASE CURRENTLY.

WITH OUR SECOND PLAN IN PLACE, WE HAVE ABOUT THREE PLANS THAT ARE FREE FOR THE EMPLOYEE ONLY COVERAGE WITH THIS 473 PER MONTH.

AND THEN WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT A POTENTIAL ONE TIME ADJUSTMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 1200 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING AT LEAST FOUR HOURS A DAY. SO THIS WOULD COVER ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION AND CHILD NUTRITION EMPLOYEES. AND WE WANTED YOU TO SEE JUST KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TOWARDS OUR BUDGET EXPENDITURE IF WE DECIDED TO DO THIS ONE TIME PAYMENT OPTION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THERE IS A RECURRING PAYMENT OPTION AT THE ONE PERCENT. THE ONE PERCENT INCREASE IS ABOUT 620 THOUSAND PER YEAR.

SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WELL, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ASSUMPTIONS, AND I HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THEM TO REMIND ME THAT I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THESE, AND IN THE FIRST THREE ON THERE, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM BECAUSE WE'RE TREATING THEM DIFFERENTLY THAN HOW WE'VE TOLD YOU. WE'VE TREATED THEM IN THE PAST.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE VERY UPFRONT ABOUT THAT ON THE TV.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY GIVEN YOU THE FIVE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.

WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TAV OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PREDICTING IT'S GOING TO BE.

NOW WE'VE GOT REASONS TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT.

THE AVERAGE WOULD BE LESS THAN SEVEN PERCENT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS YEAR WE WERE 9.1 PERCENT AFTER PEAK DID NOT INCREASE HOUSING PRICES DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THEN WE SAW A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT JUMP LAST YEAR.

BUT REMEMBER, ON HOMESTEADS, THE THEY'RE LIMITED THAT THEY CAN ONLY INCREASE A HOMESTEAD EVALUATION BY 10 PERCENT PER YEAR.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'VE NOT DETERMINED THAT IT'S GOT A HIGHER VALUE THAN THAT.

SO FOR YOU KNOW, IF THEY SAID THIS HOME HAS A VALUE OF ONE POINT THREE MILLION, BUT WE CAN ONLY TAX YOU ON ONE POINT TWO MILLION, THAT THAT VALUE IS STILL SITTING THERE.

THAT HASN'T BEEN TAXED.

AND SO. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS BASED ON WHAT WAS THE ONES WE'RE WORKING ON NOW.

THE NINE POINT ONE WAS WHAT WAS ITS VALUE ON DECEMBER 31ST OF 2020.

AND SO THE NEW VALUES ARE WHAT WAS ITS VALUE ON DECEMBER 31ST OF 2021, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO? NUMBER ONE, WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED TO AUSTIN REAL ESTATE OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND SO I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT OUR HOMESTEADS HAVE APPRECIATED IN VALUE OVER THAT TIME. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT LAST YEAR THERE WAS AN APPRECIATION SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 19 PERCENT.

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AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE OF THE STORED VALUE THAT WAS ALREADY ON THE HOMESTEADS, PLUS THE ADDITIONAL GROWTH THAT THEY SAW THIS YEAR THAT.

FAIRLY, PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD, OUR HOMESTEADS WILL PROBABLY SEE A 10 PERCENT INCREASE IN THEIR VALUATION.

LAST YEAR, WE WE SAW A LIMITED AMOUNT OF GROWTH ON OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

I SUSPECT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER THIS YEAR.

AND SO WHAT WE DID, INSTEAD OF GOING WITH THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE, WE SAID WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND USE THE NUMBER THAT WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR.

MY PERSONAL BELIEF IS WE'LL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT, I THINK.

AND IF AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE'LL ADJUST ONCE WE GET THOSE PRELIMINARY RESULTS IN APRIL. SO THAT THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING.

BY THE WAY, WE'VE NORMALLY DONE THINGS SECOND ONE.

AND TRADITIONALLY WE'VE BASED OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTION BASED ON WHAT OUR MOST RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY HAS TOLD US.

OUR MOST RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY IS SEVERAL YEARS OLD, AND IT COMPLETELY FELL APART OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE BASED OUR LAST TWO BUDGETS, SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO TREND, AND WE WERE DISAPPOINTED BOTH TIMES.

AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.

AND SO INSTEAD, WHY WE WANTED TO DO WAS JUST GO WITH OUR MOST RECENT TRENDS, ACTUAL TRENDS. NOW WE'RE GETTING WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A NEW DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY AND WE SHOULD GET THE RESULTS FOR THAT SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY.

WE'LL OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT IT AND AND MAKE OUR BEST PROJECTIONS ON ON WHAT TRANSFER STUDENTS MIGHT, HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE THAT.

BUT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE BETTER NUMBERS, OF COURSE, MOVE TO THOSE BETTER NUMBERS.

BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH WHAT IS OUR ENROLLMENT AS OF LAST WEEK, AND LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.

INFLATION INCREASE FOR NON PERSONNEL COSTS, I'VE BEEN USING 1.5 PERCENT PER YEAR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WE KNOW THAT THE HEADLINE INFLATION IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.

WE'RE SEEING THAT, ESPECIALLY IN FOOD AND A LOT IN JEREMY'S DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE SEEING IT IN FUEL NOW.

FOOD IS IN A SEPARATE FUND.

WE'RE DOING FINE, AS MARIA SAID ON OUR FOOD SERVICE FUND.

A LOT OF THE THINGS WE BUY ARE NOT SEEING AS HIGH OF INFLATION.

WE THINK 2.5 WILL PROBABLY BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER OUR INCREASED COSTS ONCE WE PULL FOOD OUT OF THAT SITUATION.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT WITH A HIGHER INFLATION INCREASE THERE.

HERE'S ONE THAT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US, ACTUALLY.

RIGHT NOW, I'VE BUDGETED THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE FEDERAL RESERVE OVERNIGHT RATE. REMEMBER THAT THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER OF HOW MUCH WE EARN ON OUR INVESTMENTS.

SO WE'VE BEEN SITTING AT THE ZERO LOWER BOUND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH MEANS RATHER THAN EARNING.

WELL, GOING BACK TO 2019 20, BEFORE THEY CUT US TO THE ZERO LOWER BOUND WE WERE, WE WERE ON TRACK TO PROBABLY HAVE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 1.5 MILLION IN INVESTMENT INCOME IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 100000.

NOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS GOING TO MOVE THE OVERNIGHT RATE AS MANY AS THREE TIMES OVER THE NEXT YEAR, 2022.

WELL, IT'S NOT THE NEXT YEAR, IT'S THE CURRENT YEAR.

AND IN FACT, THE FIRST ONE MIGHT COME TOMORROW.

AND IF THEY START MAKING THOSE MOVES, THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW IF WE WERE TO GET TO 0.75.

OF A DECIMAL POINT BY BEFORE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, THEN THAT'S PROBABLY INCREASING OUR REVENUE BY SIX OR SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY MOVE IT MORE THAN A QUARTER PERCENT PER MOVE, IT COULD BE MORE.

AND SO THIS IS THIS IS ONE THAT IN AN AREA OF UNCERTAINTY WHERE THERE'S REALLY NO WAY FOR IT TO GET WORSE, IT'S AS BAD AS IT'S GOING TO GET.

IT MIGHT GET BETTER.

AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ADA.

I SENT YOU A MEMO THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.

TYPICALLY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DRIVERS OF OUR BUDGET, WE TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE ADA IS IS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FUNDED ON, WHICH IS AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AND.

EANES HAS BEEN AN ADA PREDICTING MACHINE.

YOU TELL ME WHAT THE YOU TELL ME, WHAT THE ENROLLMENT IS ON THE SNAPSHOT DATE AND I'LL

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IT'S JUST THAT PREDICTABLE.

EXCEPT THIS YEAR AND SO COVID, LIKE MANY THINGS, HAS THROWN A MONKEY WRENCH IN ADA.

WE WERE SHELTERED FROM THAT IN 19-20 AND IN 2021 BECAUSE THE TEA CAME IN AND GAVE US A HOLD HARMLESS AND ESSENTIALLY SAID, WE KNOW THINGS ARE SCREWY.

WE'RE GOING TO FUND YOU IN 19-20.

WE'RE GOING TO FUND YOU AS IF YOUR ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE FROM THE FIRST SEMESTER CONTINUED ON TO THE SECOND SEMESTER.

WORKED OUT GREAT. TOM, I'M SORRY.

DA IS AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

USUALLY WE'RE AROUND 96 PERCENT OF OUR KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

COVID OMICRON HAS LOWERED OUR ATTENDANCE RATE.

IT'S LOWERED EVERYBODY'S ATTENDANCE RATE.

SO INSTEAD OF BEING AT 96 PERCENT KIDS ATTENDING, WE'VE BEEN LOWER BECAUSE OF.

IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS, AND SO THAT DOES HAVE AN EFFECT.

AND SO IN THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD A HOLD HARMLESS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR BASED ON OUR ADA TRENDS FOR THE YEARS PRIOR TO COVID.

THIS YEAR THERE WAS THERE WAS NO ADA HOLD HARMLESS AT ALL WORKED OUT FINE FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER. OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT ENROLLMENT WAS LOW BECAUSE THAT THERE'S TWO FACTORS THAT ARE DETERMINING ADA ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE, WE KNEW OUR ENROLLMENT WAS LOW PRETTY EARLY ON, BUT OUR ATTENDANCE HELD WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD WERE OUGHT TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN 96 PERCENT ACTUALLY THE FIRST SEMESTER.

SECOND SEMESTER SO FAR, THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE, AND WE'RE STILL HOPEFUL THAT.

THAT THE COMMISSIONER WILL COME THROUGH AND AND SAY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF A HOLD HARMLESS TO GET US THROUGH THIS SITUATION AS WELL, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW AND THIS, I'M WELL AWARE THAT THAT'S NOT HOW SURGES WORK.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE AT 85 PERCENT ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN SINCE WE GOT BACK FROM THE HOLIDAY BREAK.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE AT 85 PERCENT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER.

IS IT GOING TO GET WORSE AGAIN SOMETIME IN THE YEAR? YEAH, PROBABLY, GOOD CHANCE.

BUT IF IT DIDN'T GET BETTER, IF WE DID SIT AT 85 PERCENT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A $2.7 MILLION HIT TO THE DISTRICT, WHICH OTHER MEANS 2.7 MORE THAT WE'RE SENDING TO THE STATE IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING AND THINGS GOT BETTER TOMORROW.

WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED SINCE WE GOT BACK FROM THE BREAK IS PROBABLY HIT US $4-500000.

SO IF NOTHING HAPPENS, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A HEAD.

ON THAT GOOD NEWS, I'LL SWITCH FLIGHTS.

CONTINUING ADA UNCERTAINTIES, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THE ISSUE CONTINUES, WE STILL HAVE NOT ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE ANTICIPATED THAT, THAT WE THOUGHT WERE GOING TO BE HERE, THAT IN EACH OF THE LAST TWO SUMMERS ENROLLED AND SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE AND THEN DIDN'T SHOW UP.

THERE'S THERE'S STILL MORE OF THOSE OUT THERE, NOT JUST IN OUR DISTRICT, THEY'RE ACROSS THE NATION. BUT THAT'S THE PART THAT'S ONE PART OF ADA.

AND SO THAT'S STILL OUT THERE AND IT'S IMPACTING OUR ADA.

AND AGAIN, LIKE LIKE I JUST SAID, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOLD HARMLESS? WE DON'T KNOW THAT ONE.

ONE BIT OF GOOD NEWS IS DURING THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, DESPITE THE OMICRON SURGE, ENROLLMENTS BEEN GOING UP FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY.

WE'VE WE'VE ADDED FROM SINCE SNAPSHOT DATE, WE'RE ABOUT 65 KIDS HIGHER THAN THAT NOW, WHICH IS WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.

SO WITH NO FURTHER ADO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR INITIAL PROJECTION, SO I THINK THE LAST TIME I GAVE YOU A PROJECTION, I WAS SHOWING.

SO LET ME FIRST LET ME JUST TALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

SO AGAIN, TAX BASED GROWTH, WE'VE SHOWN 9.1 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. HOW LONG WERE THIS REAL ESTATE SURGE IN AUSTIN LAST, I DON'T KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER, BUT I'M SURE IT WON'T.

AND AS THAT TAV GROWS EVERY YEAR, THAT'S GOING TO COMPRESS OUR TAX RATE.

NOW THAT DOESN'T REALLY TAX RATE GOES DOWN, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.

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THERE'S THE ISSUE.

ENROLLMENT WE'RE AT 78.57 AND ON OUR SNAPSHOT DATE AND AS I MENTIONED A WHILE AGO, WE'VE GROWN SINCE THEN. AS OF LAST WEEK, WE'RE AT SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO KIDS, WHICH IS GOOD.

AND SO WE'RE SHOWING THAT AS OUR ENROLLMENT.

MOVING ON OUT TWO PERCENT SALARY BENEFITS INCREASE PER YEAR.

AND I'VE SHOWN TWO DIFFERENT LINES HERE.

OUR PROJECTED SURPLUS OR DEFICIT, WHICH FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION.

REMEMBER, BUDGETED IS IS HIGHER, BUT TO SIMPLIFY THINGS, I'M NOT SHOWING TOO MANY LINES THERE. SO PROJECTED SURPLUS OR DEFICIT 1.4 MILLION.

AND THEN ON THE LINE BELOW THAT, I'M SHOWING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE.

DISTRIBUTE THOSE REMAINING ESSER FUNDS OVER THE REMAINING TWO YEARS.

NOW I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT'S NOT HOW THE ESSER FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EXACTLY SPLIT BETWEEN TWO.

AND IN FACT, IT COULD STRETCH OUT BEYOND THAT.

WE MIGHT GO BACK AND APPLY SOME TO YEARS PAST, BUT THAT MONEY WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO OUR COFFERS. AND SO THAT'S THE POINT HERE.

NOT SO MUCH LOOKING AT THE FINAL NUMBER, BUT THE FACT THAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE COMING IN. BUT WHEN WE INCLUDE THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY MOST OF THE MONEY WILL COME IN OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS OR SO.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THAT CLOSE TO BALANCED BUDGETS OVER THE NEXT YEAR, TWO YEARS, THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN WE START LOOKING AT THOSE DEFICITS FURTHER ON DOWN THE LINE.

23-24 AND ON OUT.

WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR PROJECTED FUND BALANCE? WELL, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE IN A SAFE PLACE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S NOT A PLACE WHERE YOU FEEL INCREDIBLY COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

BUT IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD MAINTAIN IT WHERE IT WAS AND IT WAS AND WE WERE HAVING EXACTLY BALANCED BUDGET EVERY YEAR, SAY WE'RE DOING GREAT.

BUT WHENEVER YOU WHITTLE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT, IT STARTS TO MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE LOOKING OUT AT THOSE FUTURE YEARS.

AND SO IN THIS CURRENT PROJECTION, IT SHOWS THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY GO BELOW 25 PERCENT IN THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

NOW A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I'VE CALLED THAT AT ALL ACCURATELY FIVE YEARS OUT.

IF I HAD THAT ABILITY, I'D BE MUCH RICHER THAN I AM.

BUT THIS IS JUST THE TREND, AND IT'S TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S COMING UP, WHAT IS GOING TO BE ISSUES.

NOW THERE COULD BE VERY WELL BE THINGS THAT MITIGATE THOSE THAT THE LEGISLATURE COULD DO, THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH WITH OUR INVESTMENTS.

IF THINGS GO RIGHT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS WHERE WE THINK WE'RE HEADING.

ALSO, FYI IF WE GO IN AND ADD IN A ONE TIME PAYMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE CURRENT YEAR, THEN THEN THAT DEFICIT WOULD GO UP BY HOWEVER MUCH THAT PARTICULAR ONE TIME PAYMENT WAS. SO IF IT WAS A $600000 PAYMENT, WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY A $500 PER EMPLOYEE, THEN OUR DEFICIT WOULD BE ABOUT $580000 THIS YEAR.

IF IT'S A RECURRING PAYMENT, THEN THAT WOULD HIT EVERY YEAR AND EVERYTHING WOULD DROP DOWN, IN FACT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS WORSE BECAUSE IT BUILDS ON ITSELF YEAR AFTER YEAR, SO YOU'RE AT A LOWER POINT AND THEN YOU'RE GIVING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

SO JUST FOR THAT AND I'M GOING TO SKIP THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE ALL IT IS AN EXACT COPY OF THIS SLIDE ONLY.

I HIGHLIGHTED SOME THINGS ON 2022 ONLY.

I FORGOT TO CHANGE UP ON ENROLLMENT FOR 22-23.

THROUGH THAT, WE HAD A HIGHER NUMBER.

I JUST DIDN'T CHANGE THAT, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS WHERE WE RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR NEXT YEAR, RIGHT AT BALANCED AND IT'S REALLY THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR WHERE YOU POTENTIALLY NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT SOME HARDER CHOICES AND SOME SOME THINGS THAT THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO.

AND I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRIS, THANK YOU, LAURIE.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE HEATHER'S FINGER WENT UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT.

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THAT'S A BIG NUMBER AND THAT'S A SCARY NUMBER, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THAT.

SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT TEA WILL POSSIBLY HELP US AND EXTEND A HOLD HARMLESS AGAIN.

I WILL ADVOCATE FOR THAT TOMORROW.

I'M ON A STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE AND I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONER TOMORROW, SO I WILL ASK ABOUT THAT THERE TOMORROW AND ALL THE OTHER FUN THINGS THAT WE NEED HELP WITH, OF COURSE. BUT I WAS WONDERING THERE WERE TWO ASSUMPTIONS THAT YOU DID NOT MENTION, AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT JUST HAPPEN IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE CYCLE.

AND I WOULD JUST LOVE IT IF YOU COULD KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A SNAPSHOT ON THIS.

AND I'M SORRY THAT I AM THROWING THE STATUE RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW IN MAY ON THE BALLOT THERE WILL BE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WILL POSSIBLY INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAXES FROM TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND TO FORTY THOUSAND, AS WELL AS AN AMENDMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO REDUCE THE LIMITATION ON TOTAL AD VALOREM TAXES FOR ELDERLY OR DISABLED RESIDENTS ON JUST THE M&O PORTION.

FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT ARE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE EIGHTY SEVEN PERCENT FOR OUR PAYROLL TO REFLECT ANY STATUTORY REDUCTION FROM THE PRECEDING YEAR. SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT FOR US? SURE. ON THE M&O SIDE, THAT SHOULDN'T IMPACT US SIGNIFICANTLY OTHER THAN WE WILL HAVE LOWER COLLECTIONS ON OUR GOLDEN PENNIES.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING FROM 25 TO 40, IT'S NOT A HUGE CHANGE.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE SO TIER ONE OPERATES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN TIER TWO.

SO TIER ON TIER ONE, YOU THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY MORE MONEY THAN WHAT YOUR ENROLLMENT SAYS THAT YOU'VE EARNED.

AND SO IF IF YOU GO IN AND AND YOU ENTER ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT I TALK ABOUT, SOMETIMES THE DIFFERENT SUBPOPULATIONS AND IT AND IT COMES IN AND SAYS YOU'RE TIER ONE ALLOTMENT IS $60 MILLION.

AND NORMALLY I WOULD COLLECT ON THE M.A.

SIDE IF I COLLECTED, YOU KNOW.

HERE, I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TIER ONE PART, SAY I COLLECTED $160 MILLION.

AND SO THE WAY THAT WOULD WORK IS I WOULD HAVE $100 MILLION WORTH OF RECAPTURE.

NOW IF.

IF BECAUSE OF THESE, YOU KNOW, NEW.

CHANGES THAT HAVE GONE INTO THE TAX CODE, IF I NOW CAN ONLY COLLECT 155 MILLION DOLLARS, THEN THAT WOULD ACTUALLY LOWER MY RECAPTURE PAYMENT TO ABOUT 95 MILLION DOLLARS.

NOW IT WOULD IMPACT, LIKE I SAID, THE GOLDEN PENNIES, BUT THE IMPACT WOULD NOT BE PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT.

AND THAT'S ALSO THE CASE WITH THE REGULAR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, NOT JUST THE? OK, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I DO WANT TO SAY IT ALSO IMPACTS EANES, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT A HUGE IMPACT ON THAT. THANK YOU.

OK, I'M GOING TO GO.

KIM AND THEN ELLEN. AND, LAURIE, FOR THIS, IT'S YOU KNOW, I GUESS THIS IS MY SECOND.

UM, TIME AROUND AND LOOKING AT THE BUDGET IN DEPTH AND SO I ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS AND MY QUESTIONS ARE MAINLY ON THE ASSUMPTION PAGE THAT YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED AGAIN.

DO WE KNOW? AND THESE ARE ALL QUESTIONS, NOT ANY ANY COMMENTS, BUT DO WE KNOW THE PERCENTAGE OF THE HOMES IN OUR BOUNDARIES THAT ARE HOMESTEADED? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, I COULD FIND IT OUT.

I WOULD SAY IT'S THE MAJORITY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENT.

I'M SORRY. OK. ALL RIGHT.

THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT CHANGES, BUT INTERESTING TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU JUST SAYING IT'S THE MAJORITY OF HOMES IS SURPRISING TO ME, I WOULD.

I WOULD HAVE GUESSED THE MAJORITY.

I GUESS A LARGE MAJORITY, PROBABLY, YES.

OK, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ON JUST AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMENT ON THE ENROLLMENT BASED ON RECENT TRENDS, AND YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE JUST CHANGED AND BEEN BLOWN UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU KNOW, I ASSUME THAT THAT'S EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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YES. SO WE'RE NOT UNIQUE IN THAT WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE NOT. THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS JUST ON ADA ON THE HOLD HARMLESS.

IS THERE A DEADLINE THAT WE THAT WE HAVE THAT IS IMPOSED WHERE WE WOULD HEAR FROM THE COMMISSIONER ON OUR HOLD HARMLESS? THEY IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.

AND SO IT'S REALLY NOTHING THAT WE DO OR APPLY FOR.

IT WILL JUST COME DOWN AS A DECREE.

WE'VE DECIDED THIS AND THEN WE CALCULATE RIGHT AND FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES.

I MEAN, DO YOU NEED TO KNOW BY A CERTAIN DATE AND AND AND THEREFORE WE KNOW THAT THE MECHANICS ARE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR WITHIN X TIME OR IN SOME WAY IS HARMFUL TO US OR IS, I GUESS, IS THERE A DEADLINE THERE? THERE'S A DEADLINE WHERE IT BECOMES REALLY INCONVENIENT FOR MY OFFICE IF IT HAPPENS AFTER WE DO OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT, SO LONG AS IT HAPPENS BEFORE MAY, WE'RE GOOD.

OK. ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

MAY IS REALLY A TIME PERIOD.

IF WE DON'T HEAR, IF WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO GO TO THE.

AND MY PERSONAL THOUGHT IS, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY WAIT A GOOD WHILE TO MAKE A DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TO SEE IF OMICRON IS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT WAVE WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS YEAR OR IF THERE ARE OTHERS, AND THAT WILL PROBABLY IMPACT WHAT THEY DO. SO THAT RIGHT NOW ON EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND ASK FOR WAIVERS FOR HIGH ABSENCE PERIODS.

BUT IT'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF DAYS YOU CAN DO THAT LIKE WE WANT TO APPLY IT ON FEBRUARY 3RD, BECAUSE OF SOMETHING IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF A FLU, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME FREAK REASON THAT YOU HAD A NUMBER OF KIDS MISS SCHOOL.

AND SO IT RATHER THAN WHAT THEY'VE DONE THE LAST TWO YEARS WHERE THEY JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, AT THE STATE LEVEL, HERE'S WHAT YOUR ADA IS.

THEY MIGHT COME IN AND SAY, YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA 15 DAYS OR YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA 20 DAYS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU CAN GET A WAIVER ON.

AND SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT EVEN IF THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING, THEY WAIT SOME AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THEY MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND THAT TYPE OF A WAIVER COULD HELP US A LOT.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, OUR ATTENDANCE RATE WAS PRETTY GOOD IN THE FIRST SEMESTER, IT'S JUST OMICRON HAS JUST CAUSED ISSUES EVERYWHERE IT JUST HAS WITH ATTENDANCE.

OK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, ELLEN. CAN DO THIS WITHOUT DRAMA.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I HAD A VERY QUESTIONING LOOK ABOUT THE PAYROLL AS A PERCENTAGE OF OPERATING EXPENSES GOING BACK TO CARROLL ISD AND YOUR HYPOTHESIS OF THEM CONTRACTING OUT MAKES SENSE.

BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO DIG A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO WHAT THEIR STRUCTURE MIGHT BE, BECAUSE ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, I NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE MORE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS THAN ANYBODY ELSE, AND THEY ARE ONLY ONE OF TWO DISTRICTS THAT ACTUALLY HAS EXPENSES THAT ARE LOWER THAN THEIR REVENUES.

YEAH. AND COUPLED WITH THAT, TWO MEETINGS AGO OR SO, WE GOT A REPORT ABOUT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG THESE COMPANION COMPARISON DISTRICTS.

AND CARROLL WAS STRIKINGLY BETTER THAN ANY OF US IN TERMS OF THEIR LACK OF LEARNING LOSS DURING COVID. AND I HAD ASKED FOR US TO LOOK INTO WHAT MIGHT BE CAUSING THAT.

SO ANYWAY, GIVEN THAT THEIR FINANCES SEEM TO BE GOOD AND THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SUFFERING, I CAN GIVE THEM A CALL.

OK, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR HOW THEY'RE REPORTING IT, PERHAPS.

THANK YOU. IS ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. OK, HEATHER.

JUST ONE MORE COMMENT.

IF ANYONE WANTS TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR DISTRICT, THE STATE DOES HAVE A 26 BILLION WITH A B SURPLUS RIGHT NOW, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD GIVE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE OURS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

BUT THAT'S JUST MY SOAPBOX MOMENT.

[01:25:02]

RETURN SOME OF THAT MONEY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT TO BEGIN WITH.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE BUDGET DISCUSSION PORTION OF OUR MEETING AND WE MOVE ON TO THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR AND.

DR. ARNETT?

[10.2. Academic Calendar for 2022-23 and adjustments to 2021-22]

THERE WE GO. THANKS VERY MUCH, I THINK THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THAT I'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU TO DISCUSS THE CALENDAR, BUT THE VALUE OF THAT IS THAT EACH TIME YOU HAVE PROVIDED FEEDBACK THAT HAS THEN ENABLED US TO GO BACK AND COLLABORATE WITH THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO REFINE THE CALENDAR PROPOSAL.

SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AGREEABLE AND ALSO BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO WALK THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THERE WE GO. SO THE QUESTION WAS POSED TO THE DLT AFTER THE LAST PRESENTATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BRING FORWARD ONE OR TWO CALENDARS.

AND WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY AND THE FLUIDITY AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE SEEM TO BE DEALING WITH ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE DLT AGREED WITH YOU THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO BRING BACK ONLY ONE CALENDAR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THAT IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

AND SO WE HAVE FOR YOU THE 2022=23 CALENDAR THAT WILL BE REVIEWING TONIGHT.

SO ALONG WITH THAT, YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRYING TO INSERT SOME ADDITIONAL TIME FOR OUR TEACHERS, BUT ALSO FOR FAMILIES TO ENJOY TOGETHER WHAT WE CALL CONNECT TIME. AND WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, AND WE'VE LANDED ON CONSOLIDATING THOSE HALF DAYS FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING FULL DAYS DURING THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN CONJOINING THOSE WITH WHAT OUR EXISTING HOLIDAY BREAKS OR WEEKENDS SO THAT FAMILIES WOULD HAVE A FOUR DAY BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF A TIME WHEN THERE'S TYPICALLY SORT OF AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ATTENDING SCHOOL.

SO WE WE AGREED THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT FRIDAY BEFORE THE COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND.

SO WITH THE MONDAY HOLIDAY THAT THEN PROVIDES THE FOUR DAY BREAK FOR FAMILIES, STAFF OBVIOUSLY ARE WORKING ON FRIDAYS, BUT THAT'S ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THEM TO PLAN.

WE HAVE THE DAY THAT IS ALREADY IN OUR EXISTING CALENDAR, WHERE THEY HAVE A DAY FOR STAFF AFTER THE WINTER VACATION, BEFORE THE STUDENTS RETURN THE FOLLOWING DAY.

AND THEN WE ALSO ARE PROPOSING BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, NOT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR.

WELL, EXCUSE ME, THIS YEAR WE WOULD ADD THE PRESIDENT'S DAY WEEKEND.

SO WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MLK WEEKEND, BUT WE DECIDED NOT TO ADD THAT FRIDAY BEFORE BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO THE WINTER BREAK.

BUT THEN WE WOULD ADD THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE PRESIDENT'S DAY WEEKEND, AND WE ARE PROPOSING THAT AS AN ADJUSTMENT TO THIS CURRENT CALENDAR, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT IN JUST A MOMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST REMAINING QUESTION WITH YOUR FEEDBACK FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING WAS WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD PROVIDE THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE PASSOVER EASTER WEEKEND, WHICH IS A TRADITIONAL SPRING VACATION FOR OUR FAMILIES.

THEY HAVE THE FRIDAY OFF, WHICH IS THE PASSOVER FRIDAY BEFORE OR THE GOOD FRIDAY BEFORE EASTER. SO AGAIN, IN RECOGNITION OF FAMILIES RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES, THE QUESTION AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING WAS WHETHER WE WOULD PROVIDE THE THURSDAY OFF BEFORE THAT WEEKEND OR THE MONDAY FOLLOWING THE WEEKEND.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THEIR PREFERENCES ARE.

THE DLT DID AGREE THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE THE DAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT SPRING BREAK OR THAT SPRING WEEKEND, THE EASTER WEEKEND, INSTEAD OF MONDAY AFTER SPRING BREAK.

SO THAT WAS EASILY RESOLVED.

BUT THEN THE QUESTION WAS DID WE PROVIDE THE THURSDAY BEFORE THAT WEEKEND OR THE MONDAY AFTER. AND SO THIS IS FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT SIXTY TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT OF PARENTS AND THE DLT PREFERRED THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

THEN WHEN WE ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION OF STAFF, NEARLY IDENTICAL PERCENTAGE, SIXTY THREE POINT SIX PERCENT OF OUR STAFF ALSO PREFER THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

AND THEN WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO PERCENTAGES, YOU CAN SEE IT'S 63 PERCENT OF BOTH STAFF AND PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE ON THE DLT PREFER THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE WEEKEND, AS OPPOSED TO THE MONDAY AFTER THE WEEKEND.

AND THE REASON WHY THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT, AS WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY, IS THAT THERE ARE SOME YEARS BECAUSE THAT WEEKEND TENDS TO FLOAT IN THE CALENDAR, SOME YEARS WHERE IT DOES COME RIGHT UP AGAINST STAR TESTING.

AND SO BY DOING THIS ON THE THURSDAY PRIOR TO THE WEEKEND, WE AVOID SOME OF THOSE CONFLICTS IN SOME CALENDAR YEARS WHERE STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE A MONDAY OFF AND THEN RETURN ON TUESDAY AND STAAR TESTING BEGINS THE DAY THAT THEY COME BACK TO CLASS.

SO THAT'S A REALLY FAST WALKTHROUGH OF THE CONSENSUS FROM THE DLT BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK

[01:30:05]

WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR.

YOU PROBABLY ARE NOTING THAT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE ADJUSTING THEIR CALENDARS. IN FACT, IT WAS IN THE NEWS YESTERDAY THAT AUSTIN ISD IS CONSIDERING IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL HALF DAYS FOR THEIR STAFF THIS SPRING SEMESTER.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE PRESIDENT'S DAY WEEKEND, AS I MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO.

SO STAFF WOULD WORK THAT DAY.

THAT'S A DAY OF PLANNING AND AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THEM.

BUT FAMILIES WOULD HAVE A FOUR DAY BREAK NOW THAT THEY CAN ENJOY TOGETHER.

AND THEN COMING BACK, AS I MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO.

THAT FINAL QUESTION WHERE WE WOULD POSITION THE FOURTH FULL DAY AND WE WOULD PUT THAT ON THE THURSDAY BEFORE GOOD FRIDAY GOING INTO THE EASTER PASSOVER WEEKEND.

OK. AND THEN THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR.

AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, THE FRIDAY BEFORE COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND, THE TRADITIONAL MONDAY AFTER THE WINTER VACATION FOR STAFF TO RETURN AND THEN STUDENTS WOULD COME BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY AND THEN THE FRIDAY BEFORE PRESIDENTS DAY WEEKEND AGAIN AND THEN AGAIN, THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE PASSOVER GOOD FRIDAY EASTER WEEKEND.

SO THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU, DR. ARNETT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? JEN? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I AM GOING TO SAY MY ONGOING CONCERN, WHICH HAS BEEN LOSS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, AND I REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

AND FRANKLY, IN THE LAST MEETING, THE LAST DISCUSSION, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE GAVE ME EVEN MORE PAUSE AS IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT STUDENTS SHOULD JUST SPEND EXTRA TIME OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM STUDYING AND CATCHING UP.

AND FRANKLY, THAT GOES AGAINST THINGS THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON IN THIS DISTRICT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS TO ALLOW OUR.

STUDENTS WHO ARE IN A DISTRICT THAT IS HAS VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS, VERY LOW TO LET THEM FIND SOME BALANCE, TO LET THEM BE KIDS AND TO REDUCE THEIR STRESS LEVELS.

SO I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE COMMITTEE LISTENED TO SOME CONCERNS AND IS COMING BACK WITH A ONE YEAR CALENDAR RECOMMENDATION.

I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD HAVE SUPPORTED TWO YEARS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? LAURA? SORRY.

MINE IS JUST A QUICK ONE.

OUR CALENDAR FOR SPRING BREAK ALWAYS SAYS PENDING.

COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY WHY THAT SAYS PENDING AND AT WHAT POINT THAT'S FINALIZED? SURE. ONE OF OUR VALUES IS TRYING TO ALIGN OUR SPRING BREAK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SPRING BREAK.

AND AS WELL AS OTHER SPRING BREAKS AROUND US.

AND SO THE UNIVERSITY DOESN'T SET ITS SPRING BREAK AS FAR IN ADVANCE AS WE DO.

AND SO WE ALWAYS WAIT JUST TO BE CERTAIN THAT THAT WEEK IS GOING TO MATCH UP WITH UT'S SPRING BREAK. AND AS SOON AS IT DOES, THEN WE DO FINALIZE THE CALENDAR.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DLT.

MM HMM.

I MOVE WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED.

[11. ACTION - CONSENT AGENDA]

[12.1. Consider Naming of Lone Finalist for Superintendent of Schools]

I'M GOING TO FIGHT YOU FOR A SECOND.

AND I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SECOND.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE ALMOST THERE, JEFF. WE'VE GOT A MOTION, AND WE'VE GOT A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

[01:35:03]

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW.

WHAT THE COMMUNITY TOLD US THEY WANTED AND WHAT WE NEEDED FOR THIS POINT AT THIS TIME IN THIS DISTRICT.

COULDN'T HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO WHAT JEFF ARNETT IS.

IN TERMS OF THE PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, IN TERMS OF THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.

HE HIT EVERY ONE OF THEM.

AND SO TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CANDIDATE WHO KNOWS US AND WHO LOVES US IN SPITE OF THAT WAS JUST EXTRAORDINARILY FORTUITOUS, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU, ALAN. HEATHER.

SO IN JOHN'S REMARKS, HE SAID THAT WE INTERVIEWED JEFF FOR SEVEN HOURS, AND THAT IS VERY TRUE. SORRY, JEFF, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY INTERVIEW HIM OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS AND WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HIM.

I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HIM AND GETTING TO KNOW HIM, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE HAD THAT PRIVILEGE BECAUSE HE'S MADE HIMSELF SO ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND IS SUCH AN INGRAINED PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AS IT IS THAT THIS REALLY WAS A NO BRAINER TO ME.

AND AFTER SEEING THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT THAT CAME OUT FOR YOU, IT WAS JUST THE OBVIOUS CHOICE IN MY MIND.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS WORK WITH YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE SUCH A STRONG LEADER AND THAT YOU REALLY LIFT UP THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AROUND YOU ALSO.

AND THAT IS JUST VERY NOTED.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

THANK YOU. AND THANKS TO TOM FOR BRINGING HIM.

THANKS. THANK YOU AGAIN.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? LAURA? YEAH.

SO WE DID INTERVIEW DR.

ARNETT FOR SEVEN HOURS, AND IT'S, ALL OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT DR.

ARNETT, IT'S NOT REALLY HIS COMFORT ZONE.

TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF AND WE APPRECIATED IT.

THERE WAS A POINT IN THE INTERVIEWS AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE SPECIFICS AND EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT YOU HAD DONE AND SORT OF YOUR IDEAS FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT YOUR VISION FOR EDUCATION.

AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT YOUR ENTIRE DEMEANOR CHANGED AND YOU'RE SO MEASURED WITH YOUR WORDS. AND SO YOU'RE SO THOUGHTFUL WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAY AND YOU WERE AT THAT MOMENT ALSO, BUT YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND THAT WAS THE MOMENT WHERE I WAS LIKE, THAT'S, THIS IS THE ONE.

I'M SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND FOR YOUR FAITH AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, LAURA. KIM? DR. ARNETT, I'M NOT GOING TO I JUST WANT TO SAY I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID TO DATE. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE TRANSITION AND BEYOND.

AND I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY IN EANES IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM YOUR YOUR TIME WITH US.

AND THEY HAVE SINCE THEY HAVE BEFORE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I'LL ECHO WHAT MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE SAYING, I'M GRATEFUL TO DR.

ARNETT TO KNOW YOU. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE YEARS I'VE KNOWN YOU AND FOR THE THE YEARS THAT I WILL WORK WITH YOU ON THIS BOARD AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ON THE BOARD AND DURING YOUR STARTUP AND SEEING ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT YOU BRING.

THE ENERGY, THE PASSION WAS THERE DURING INTERVIEWS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND AND I KNOW THAT OUR WE HAVE MADE A CHOICE THAT GREATLY SUPPORTS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY ASKED US TO DO, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND AND AND TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR PROVIDING US WITH THAT GUIDANCE. THANK YOU.

DR. ARNETT, I'M JUST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH AN INFLUENTIAL PART OF OUR DISTRICT OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS AND CONTINUING YOUR TENURE, YOU I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THIS DISTRICT, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND SEEING THE GREAT PROGRESS WE CAN MAKE.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

[01:40:01]

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. OK. IT'S UNANIMOUS.

CONGRATULATIONS, JEFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, IN OUR NEXT IN OUR FIRST TEST OF JEFF'S WORK, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE

[12.2. Approve Academic Calendar for 2022-23 and adjustments to 2021-22.]

SO I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I HAD A THANK YOU TO DR.

ARNETT AND THE DLT BECAUSE WE SENT THIS BACK A LOT, SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND I WILL ADD ONE IN OUR LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT SORT OF THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE DOMAIN OF ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS.

AND I REMAIN CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO SORT OF PUSH ALL THE BUTTONS.

AND WHEN I WHEN I SAY THAT, I THINK THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE OUR OUR ACADEMIC CALENDAR IN WAYS THAT WERE NOT YET AND I'M NOT BEHOLDEN TO THE SACRED COWS THAT SOME ARE ABOUT TO START DATE AND THE END DATE.

I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE TRIMMED THIS PROPOSAL TO ONE YEAR AS OPPOSED TO TWO.

AND IF WE FIND OURSELVES TALKING ABOUT ABOUT TO CALENDAR AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON SOME OF THOSE SACRED COWS IN AN EFFORT TO CREATE MORE, MORE SPACE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE WAYS OUR COMPETITORS ARE USING THEIR CALENDAR TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN FOLKS.

SO WITH THAT, OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING, NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ORDER OF THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAY 7TH, 2022.

[12.3. Order of General Trustee Election for May 7, 2022 Order de Elección General de la Mesa Directive, El 7 de Mayo, 2022]

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? LAURA. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE AWARD OF THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND DEI

[12.4. Award Request for Qualifications and Contract for DEI Curriculum Consultant]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD, THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION CURRICULUM CONSULTANT AND CONTRACT WITH LESSON CAST LEARNING AND DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE THE FINAL CONTRACT.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? OK I HAVE A A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? OK, SEEING, NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT, AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING

[12.5. Confidential Settlement Agreement Concerning Educational Services for Students]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS CONCERNING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR DISTRICT STUDENTS, AS PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION. OK, I HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT MEETING, THAT CONCLUDES THE ACTION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, THE NEXT MEETINGS THAT

[13. UPCOMING MEETINGS]

AH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, FEBRUARY 2ND AND FEBRUARY 3RD.

THOSE ARE WELL, THE 2ND IS A SPECIAL MEETING.

THE 3RD AND THE 4TH ARE OUR STRATEGIC SUMMIT.

FEBRUARY 8TH, WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION AND FEBRUARY 22ND, WE'VE GOT A REGULAR MEETING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT COME TO OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING A TON OF YOU, APPARENTLY IN THE NEXT SEVERAL NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.

[01:45:03]

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

THIS WAS A BIG ONE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND STICKING WITH US THIS EVENING TO SHARE WITH JEFF.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.