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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE A QUORUM, DON'T WE? WE DO. GREAT.[3. CLOSED SESSION]
551.071. WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00.THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING.
WE WILL SEE YOU IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
THE TIME IS NOW 7:09 AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.
[4. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION (Approximately 7:00 p.m.)]
I HAVE A FEW THINGS I NEED TO READ, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.WELCOME TO THE EISD BOARD MEETING.
THE DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO TREATING EVERYONE HERE WITH RESPECT, AND WE EXPECT THE SAME IN RETURN.
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM OUTBURSTS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT LATER IN THE MEETING.
THIS EVENING WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO HAS SIGNED UP AND THAT SPEAKER WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK.
LAST THING, IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE EXIT NEAREST YOU.
THERE ARE TWO EXITS ON THIS FLOOR, THE ONE DOOR THROUGH WHICH YOU ENTERED.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE HERE AT THE END OF INTO THE HALL.
IF THE NEED ARISES, PLEASE HEAD TO THE EXIT NEAREST IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
[5. EANES ISD MISSION STATEMENT]
NOW. UNITE, EMPOWER, INSPIRE EVERY PERSON, EVERY DAY.WE UNITE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS, CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR ALL.
WE INSPIRE EACH OTHER TO LEAD PURPOSEFUL LIVES OF EMPATHY, GRATITUDE AND COMPASSION.
PLEASE JOIN ME NOW IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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.
[7. REPORTS]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU.
SOME OF THEM ARE FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES THAT WE'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH FOR A LONG TIME.
THE FIRST I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S COMING TO US FROM JARRELL ISD.
THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO KNOW ABOUT IS CASSIE WINTER.
SHE'S ALSO A NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND JOINING HER AS ANOTHER NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HILL COUNTRY IS KIMBERLY DEWRELL.
SHE'S JOINING US ALL THE WAY FROM HADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY.
AND SHE'LL BE COMING TO US LATER THIS SUMMER.
AND ALSO IN OUR DISTRICT OPERATIONS CENTER, WE HAVE T.J.
WASHBURN, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME T.J.
TO HIS NEW ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
HE HAS GROWN IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES WITH US AND NOW STEPPING INTO THIS NEW ROLE.
SO T.J. IS WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO CONGRATULATE HIM.
AND THEN WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL, SEATED ALONGSIDE T.J..
IN FACT, WHY DON'T THE TWO OF YOU STAND? SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AND THIS IS BRENT KELLY, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.
T.J. IS TRYING TO BE JUST AS TALL AS BRENT, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME BRENT TO HIS NEW ROLE.
HE IS RETIRING FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND JOINING US NOW AS OUR DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.
SO BRENT ALSO GOING BY BK, WELCOME.
AND THEN FINALLY TONIGHT, WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT FOREST TRAIL ELEMENTARY.
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WE OFTEN SAY THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THAT OF CAMPUS PRINCIPAL.AND WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME HOLLY REID TO HER NEW POSITION AT FOREST TRAIL ELEMENTARY.
HOLLY IS JOINED BY HER FAMILY THIS EVENING.
WE'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THEM IN JUST A MOMENT.
HOLLY BUT HOLLY HAS HER MASTER'S DEGREE FROM TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY, HER BACHELOR'S FROM TCU.
SHE'S BEEN AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
SO, HOLLY, TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEW PRINCIPAL'S ROLE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY TO US AND SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES AT FOREST TRAIL ARE WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.
THERE WE GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND TO DR.
I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY PARTNERSHIP THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD WITH THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, COMMUNITY AND PARENTS AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY. AND I AM SO EXCITED TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE AT FOREST TRAIL ELEMENTARY.
I WOULD REGRET IF I DIDN'T TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK MY FAMILY THAT'S HERE WITH ME, MY HUSBAND PATRICK, AND MY DAUGHTERS, GEORGIA, MARY AND OLIVIA, WHO ARE ALWAYS MY BIGGEST FANS AND BEYOND SUPPORTIVE.
ALL RIGHT, HOLLY, CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SURE. YOU WANT ME? OH.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
AND I SHOULD MENTION AS WELL THAT HOLLY IS ALSO A GRADUATE OF OUR INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE.
SHE WAS UP AGAINST SOME VERY STIFF COMPETITION.
BUT WE'RE THRILLED THAT YOU'RE STEPPING INTO THIS NEW ROLE.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT RACHEL IS WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.
RACHEL, WHERE ARE YOU? THERE SHE IS, RACHEL.
SO IT'S OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO MEET.
[APPLAUSE] SO, RACHEL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FROM JARRELL.
SO WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE COMING TO EANES ISD.
SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.
KIM SAYS, WELCOME TO OUR DISTRICT.
AND HOLLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAST SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT AND OUR STUDENTS.
AND WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN YOUR NEW ROLES.
THANKS. KIM AND I ECHO KIM'S REMARKS.
THANK YOU ALL. WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
LET'S SEE. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
WE'RE, MISSING PEOPLE. SO THIS IS OUR FINAL REPORT FOR THE 21-22 FISCAL YEAR.
WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS SOME BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THIS ONE HAD A LOT OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.
SO IT'S OUR FINAL TIME FOR US TO GIVE PRESENT THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE YEAR.
SO DEFINITELY SAW A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE FUNCTION CODES ARE HAVE AN ADEQUATE BUDGET TO COVER THEM.
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WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WILL SEE AT LEAST A SMALL POSITIVE BALANCE, POSITIVE ADDITION TO THE FUND BALANCE.DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND SO FOR BOTH THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, THERE WERE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, BUT THE NET EFFECT WAS ZERO IN THE FUND BALANCE.
LET ME CLARIFY THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARIA.
LET'S SEE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ENVISION EANES UPDATE.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE JEREMY TRIMBLE HERE.
OKAY. I'VE GOT TEAM MEMBERS WITH ME TONIGHT.
CHANNING, ALAN, WELCOME ABOARD.
THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD EVENING.
SO THIS IS THE ANTICIPATED ENVISION EANES UPDATE REPORT.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE HERE TONIGHT WITH US.
SO THE COMMITTEE CHARGED THIS WAS ADJUSTED FOR THIS SPECIFIC TASK.
AND WHAT I'LL POINT EVERYONE TO IS JUST A COUPLE OF THESE.
I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE READ IT AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT TO YOU.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A NARROW FOCUS OF THE GROUP, BUT IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.
AND SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS MAY INVOLVE NEW BUILDINGS, NEW SPACES TO EXISTING BUILDINGS, OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, NEW TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND A NEW FACILITIES AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE SCOPE AND KIND OF THE BUCKETS THAT WE WANTED TO WORK WITH, WITH ALL THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS GOING TO DEVELOP.
AND THIS IS THE FULL LIST OF OUR MEMBERS AND THE MEMBERSHIP.
SO, AGAIN, THANK THEM FOR ALL THE LONG HOURS THAT WE PUT INTO THIS, BECAUSE I WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO OUR TIMELINE AND THE TIMELINE, WHICH WAS PRETTY QUICK.
AND WE KICKED IT OFF IN JANUARY.
WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED GETTING TO WORK.
WE HAD TO GATHER A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND SO WE CRAWLED FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE WENT FROM A CRAWL TO A RUN REALLY, REALLY QUICK.
BUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT HAPPENED FROM JANUARY UNTIL THE END OF MAY.
AND KIND OF COMPILING ALL THE INFORMATION AND LONG HOURS GOING INTO THE REPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PUT ALL THE DATA THERE IN A CONSISTENT WAY BETWEEN ALL THE GROUPS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE VERY CONSISTENT EVERY TWO WEEKS.
WE JUST PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR AND WE HAD A DATE EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY FOR 2 HOURS.
AND WE RESPECTED EVERYONE'S TIME.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAPPENED IN ALL THESE MEETINGS OVER ABOUT A SIX MONTH PERIOD.
IN THE PROCESS THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT WE HAD TO GATHER.
WE ACTUALLY TOOK SOME OF THE DATA GATHERING THAT WE DID PRIOR TO COVID WITH THE ORIGINAL ENVISION EANES AND THAT FACILITY SUBCOMMITTEE KIND OF BROUGHT THAT BACK TO THE TABLE TO REVIEW.
AND WE WANTED TO LIST THOSE AND START THERE WITH A FOUNDATION.
AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF EXERCISES WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DONE THEM WRITE POST-IT NOTES AND TRY TO IDENTIFY REALLY WHAT ARE THOSE BIG PRIORITIES THAT WE WANTED TO WORK ON AS A COMMITTEE.
SO WITH THAT, IN ORDER TO GET WORK DONE IN 5 TO 6 MONTHS, WE HAD TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
SO THOSE ARE OUR BIG BUCKETS THAT THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES WORKED WITH.
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INDIVIDUALS IN THE DISTRICT, FROM STUDENTS, FROM STAFF.AND AGAIN, TRY TO DECIPHER THOSE AND FOLD THOSE INTO THE CONSIDERATIONS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ THE SLIDES TO YOU, BUT THERE'S SOME BULLETS THERE.
THAT ONE. THAT ONE. THANK YOU, OK.
FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER.
SO I'LL GO OVER THE CHARGE AND OBSERVATIONS.
THIS TEACHERS AND STAFF SUBCOMMITTEE FOCUSED ON WAYS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TOP TALENT.
IF WE COULD, WE WOULD JUST ADD A LINE ITEM FOR STAFF SALARIES AND A BOND AND BE DONE.
SINCE WE CANNOT DO THAT WE CAME UP WITH THE LIST OF CATEGORIES AND ENDED THE REPORT WITH ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS THAT RELATE TO THE ENHANCEMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH BOOSTER CLUBS, EEF, LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
COMPENSATION IS KEY TO ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TOP TALENT.
THE BIGGEST BOND ITEM THAT SURFACED THROUGH THE SURVEYS AND CONVERSATIONS FOR US WAS THE IDEA THAT STAFF HOUSING, WHETHER THAT BE LEVERAGING COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO PAIR UP STAFF WITH EXISTING RENTALS OR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
ACCESSIBLE, APPROPRIATE ADULT RESTROOMS WERE MENTIONED MORE THAN YOU PROBABLY WISH TO KNOW.
THE OTHER ITEMS ADD TIME AND OR A LEVEL OF COMFORT TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF WORK LIFE.
THANK YOU. CHANNING IS ALSO GOING TO COVER OUR DISTRICT PROGRAMS SECTION.
OKAY. THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE SOUGHT TO DEVELOP SHORT TERM, MID-TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS, EXPANSION AND INNOVATION ACROSS EISD FOR A FUTURE BOND.
MUCH OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS OUTDATED AND IN INADEQUATE QUANTITIES.
I'LL MENTION HERE THAT CHAD BURNETT, DIRECTOR OF STEM, HAS DEVELOPED A LIST WHICH HE SHARED WITH US A LIST OF NEEDS WITH ASSOCIATED COSTS THAT COULD BE HELPFUL TO THE ADMINISTRATION. STEM AND CTE EMPHASIZE HANDS ON EXPERIENTIAL TEACHING AND LEARNING.
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.THERE'S BEEN A NATIONWIDE FOCUS ON CTE EDUCATION, FOR EXAMPLE.
THE LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ADDED 17,900 JOBS AND GREW BY 15%.
EDUCATION AND HEALTH ADDED 8,300 JOBS AND GREW 6.3%.
PROVIDING CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY SUCH AS THESE PREPARE STUDENTS WITH TECHNICAL, ACADEMIC AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS FOR SUCCESS IN THE WORKPLACE AS WELL AS IN POST SECONDARY EDUCATION.
THERE ARE SAFETY ISSUES FOR BAND STUDENTS AND DANCE STUDENTS THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED.
FOR EXAMPLE, INJURIES ARE BEING SUSTAINED BY DANCERS DUE TO PRACTICING ON AN IMPROPER FLOOR.
EXCUSE ME. IN 1984, THE CURRENT BAND FACILITIES WERE DESIGNED FOR 79 STUDENTS.
THERE ARE NOW APPROXIMATELY 250 BAND STUDENTS.
THERE IS NO STORAGE SPACE FOR PERCUSSION, FOR EXAMPLE.
DURING SUMMER BAND CAMP MARCHING SEASON AND FOOTBALL SEASON, WHICH WE KNOW IS EXTENSIVE THANKFULLY.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 250 STUDENTS CROSSING WEST BANK FOR REHEARSALS, LOADING AND UNLOADING BUSSES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT TRAILER, SOMETIMES VERY LATE AT NIGHT IN THE DARK ON WEST BANK, PARENTS DROPPING OFF OR PICKING UP STUDENTS LINE WEST BANK AND TRAFFIC CAN BACK UP TO THE WEST BANK LIBRARY.
THEY SHARE SOME SPACE AND ASSOCIATED CHANGING AREAS WITH BASEBALL, SOCCER AND CHEERLEADERS, AND INCLUDING WITH VISITING TEAMS. THIS FACILITY IS IN USE YEAR ROUND FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAM SEASONS.
THE ELITE VISUAL ENSEMBLE WITH 50 TO 60 STUDENTS CURRENTLY HAS NO DEDICATED SPACE TO PRACTICE.
A MODERN FINE ART SPACE WITH ROOM AND APPROPRIATE FACILITIES FOR ALL ACTIVITIES AS SUGGESTED.
AND FINALLY, BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL THEATER DEPARTMENTS ARE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE.
EXPLORE EXPANSION OF TLC TO INCLUDE CTE PROGRAMS AND DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS AND EXPLORE CO-LOCATED SPACE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS. WE NOTED THAT THIS GOAL IS IN LINE WITH 2022 BOARD PRIORITIES.
AND IT COULD BE SO MUCH MORE WE BELIEVE.
DESIGNING A TLC BUILDING TO HOUSE ALL YEARS AND ALL PROGRAMS WITH ADEQUATE SPACE FOR CTE AND DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS COULD BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO STUDENTS AT WHS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 125 STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES WITH MODIFIED CURRICULUMS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TLC.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.
[LAUGHTER] ONE THING THAT WE SHOULD POINT OUT IS ALSO THAT OUR CHARGE WAS TO BRING IDEAS, TO BRING A LIST OF TOPICS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT NOT EVERYTHING THAT WE PUT ON PAPER IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED, AND SOME OF THESE THINGS MIGHT EVEN KIND OF COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSION AND WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE ABOUT EVERYTHING ACROSS THE COMMITTEE.
AND SO I THINK SOME OF THAT IS IN THE REPORT.
BUT WE KNOW IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO.
AND SO THE INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT IS IS A MIXTURE OF IDEAS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT AN ONGOING DISCUSSION.
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AND I WOULD SAY, GIVEN THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE, AS WE START TO TALK ABOUT CAMPUS MONETIZATION'S, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE EXPENSIVE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT TONIGHT NEEDS TO BE FURTHER VETTED.IT NEEDS TO BE FURTHER RESEARCHED.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY, WE'RE NOT COMING WITH ANY TYPE OF SOLUTION HERE.
SO JUST KIND OF WANT TO PRE-QUALIFY THAT.
I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE EXTRAORDINARY ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF OUR DISTRICT.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE THEY'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE AND THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IDEAS, WE FEEL IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT, A LONG RANGE PLAN AT EACH CAMPUS.
WE DON'T WANT TO CHASE AFTER A SHORT TERM PROBLEM THAT BECOMES A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR A LARGER GOAL THAT MIGHT BE A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT IS TO BE AS THE ENVISION EANES COMMITTEE IS TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT BOND, BUT TO ALSO BE THINKING BEYOND THE NEXT BOND TO THE NEXT TWO OR THREE BONDS.
AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE AS A DISTRICT WITH OUR FACILITIES AND EDUCATION LONG TERM? SO WHAT WE ALSO OUR OBSERVATIONS ARE ORGANIZED AS SHORT TERM, MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS.
AND GIVEN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE MARKET AND ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF OUR STAFF, AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOCUS EFFORTS TO REDUCING COST THROUGH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN ORDER TO MAKE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AVAILABLE, THAT WAS A RESOUNDING KIND OF COMMON LIKE RALLYING CRY ACROSS THE COMMITTEE.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING JUST TO MAKE IT GLITZY, NEW AND SHINY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.
SO AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST, SHORT TERM GOALS.
LET'S FIND EVERY ENERGY EFFICIENT STRATEGY THAT WE CAN FROM SOLAR, FROM LIGHTING, FROM INSULATION, FIGURING OUT WHERE WE CAN, WHERE WE CAN CUT COSTS, MODERNIZING THE LIBRARIES.
WHAT WE START TO TALK ABOUT IN THE REPORT IS A NEED FOR FLEXIBLE SPACE.
AND SO WITH THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, WITH BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE A BOOK IS, YOU KNOW, TAKING A GOOD LOOK AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CAMPUSES, AND HOW CAN WE PUT THAT TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE? DO WE NEED TO BE WAREHOUSING ALL OF THE BOOKS IN ONE SPACE, OR ARE WE ABLE TO ADAPT OUR LIBRARIES TO MORE OF A MULTIPURPOSE OR FLEX SPACE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOUSING OF BOOKS, UPGRADING SECURITY CAMERAS AND DOOR ACCESS CONTROLS, IMPLEMENTING FLEXIBLE FURNITURE PACKAGES DUE TO THE CURRENT AGE OF SOME OF OUR CURRENT FURNITURE.
SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT EARLY ON TO LOOK AT A CAMPUS UTILIZATION STUDY JUST TO FIGURE OUT HOW EFFICIENT ARE OUR BUILDINGS, HOW EFFICIENT IS OUR CURRENT DISTRICT BEING AND THE BOUNDARIES.
I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.
AT THE OBSERVATION 2 THE MID-TERM GOALS.
AND SO WE THINK THAT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES NEED SOME LOVE.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NEXT BOND FOCUS SOME EFFORTS THERE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT CONSTRUCTING EANES LAB AT EACH CAMPUS, KIND OF IN SUPPORT OF WHAT WE JUST HEARD THROUGH THE GROWING KIND OF STEM PROGRAM.
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ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR VARIOUS CLASSROOM SIZES.WE ALSO SENT REPORTS OUT AND GOT FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP.
AND SO IN THE REPORT WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS FROM ENCLOSING CERTAIN AREAS AT SCHOOLS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST BECAUSE AS YOU HAVE IT, BUT THESE ARE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ENCLOSING SPACES, LOOKING AT ADDITIONS, LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL NATURAL LIGHTING. DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THOUGH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A MAJOR KIND OF PAIN POINT ITEM WITH TRAFFIC IN THE DISTRICT.
THAT SAID, ANY MAJOR PROJECT LIKE THAT, WE WANT THAT TO BE CONSIDERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY LONG TERM PROJECT SO THAT ANY WHEN WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A PROJECT, WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BECOME A HINDRANCE FOR A FUTURE PROJECT.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NOSTALGIA THERE.
THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE CURRENT SYSTEMS THERE.
AND SO HOW CAN WE LOOK AT MODERNIZING THAT CAMPUS WHILE RESPECTING THE NOSTALGIA AND WHAT EVERYONE LOVES ABOUT THAT CAMPUS? WE WANT TO LOOK AT CREATING ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS VERY MUCH TIED TO THE PREVIOUS SECTION THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL MAJOR PIECE OF REAL ESTATE AT BARTON CREEK MALL THAT MAY CHANGE.
AND SO BEING AWARE OF WHAT THAT PROPERTY MIGHT MEAN FOR THE FUTURE ATTENDANCE RATES AT EANES ISD . AND THEN CONSIDERING A MORE SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OF WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WESTLAKE HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS THROUGH A SERIES OF ADDITIONS AND THAT HAVE ADDRESSED LOCALIZED ISSUES OR HAVE BEEN ADDITIONS THAT WERE BUILT FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN WHAT THE NEEDS ARE TODAY.
AND SO MORE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, A LONG RANGE PLAN, LOOKING AT THE EFFICIENCIES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL IN TERMS OF CIRCULATION AND ENERGY USAGE WHERE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT A STUDY COULD BE BEGUN.
AND THEN ALSO, AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES OR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, NEW PROGRAMS, THERE'S A LOT OF PARTS AND PIECES IN THIS DISTRICT.
AND SO WITH TALKING ABOUT TEACHER HOUSING AND WHERE DO WE FIND LAND AND CAN WE BUILD AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE A STUDY OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE.
ANY THAT MAY BECOME AVAILABLE IS EVERY PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE AT ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE.
AND SO WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME EFFORTS FOR BEING ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR TEACHERS THROUGH AN ONGOING COLLABORATION OF STUDY AND INVESTIGATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU. SO THANKS THAT CHANNING AND ALAN AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO A CONCLUSION WE THE GROUP TRIED TO PRESENT THIS IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BUCKETS LIKE I MENTIONED, SHORT TERM, MID TERM, LONG TERM.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO PLAN FOR A MAY OF 2023 BOND IF THAT'S AN OPTION, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE TO DEVELOP SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
CAN'T WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE AN OBSTACLE FOR A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES.
SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
SO WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS IN THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SHORT TERM ARE MUCH EASIER TO IMPLEMENT IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO WHEN WE PRESENT THESE, WHEN YOU EVALUATE THOSE ARE THE BUCKETS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING IN UNDERSTANDING THAT LONG TERM WOULD PROBABLY BE BEYOND MAY OF 2023 BOND OR EVEN FARTHER THAN EVEN FIVE YEARS.
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WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE SAME STEPS THAT ENVISION EANES DID AND DEVELOPING WHAT THOSE CRITICAL NEEDS ARE ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BUT ALONGSIDE THE ENVISION EANES IDENTIFYING SOME OF THOSE NEEDS.SO TOGETHER, THAT CREATES A POTENTIAL MAY OF 2023 BOND THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
BUT WHAT ADMINISTRATION, WHAT WE MAY NEED FROM THE BOARD IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION ON WITH THE INFORMATION YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN IN THE REPORT, WHAT DOES THE ADMINISTRATION NEED TO FOCUS ON IN GATHERING ADDITIONAL DATA ON? WE NEED ASSOCIATED COSTS WITH PROJECTS.
AND SO WHAT WE NEED FROM THIS IS SOME DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD ON WHAT YOU DEEM CRITICAL TO THE DISTRICT AND WANT TO TAKE OUT OF THIS REPORT AND MOVE FORWARD IN THE SHORT TERM, MID-TERM, AND LONG TERM.
SO WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION, THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT WOULD LOVE SOME DIALOG WOULD LOVE SOME FEEDBACK AND CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU BOARD MEMBERS. LET ME START WITH A THANK YOU.
THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THAT REPORT.
IT'LL TAKE US A WHILE TO DIGEST IT ALL.
THANK YOU. YEAH. I WANT TO ECHO JOHN.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE AND THANK YOU TO THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE.
THIS IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK IN SIX MONTHS.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A MINUTE TO LET IT SINK IN.
BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, DEFINITELY KIND OF ON THE SAME THOUGHT AS YOU BROUGHT UP, JEREMY, THINKING ABOUT THAT TIMELINE THAT YOU SHOWED US AT THE BEGINNING AND YOU KNOW, WE GO FROM HERE, WE SEND IT TO THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BUT AT SOME POINT, THE BOARD NEEDS TO WORK IN PARALLEL DETERMINING THE CAPACITY OF THE NEXT BOND, NOT HOW BIG IT'S GOING TO BE, HOW MUCH ARE WE WILLING TO PUT FORWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR VOTERS? SO ONE QUESTION THERE.
AT WHAT POINT DO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT NUMBER? AND WE I MEAN, I FOR SURE, SPEAKING FOR THE ASSUME THE REST OF THE BOARD, I'M GOING TO NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM CHRIS ON ALL OF THE DETAILS AROUND THE BUDGET THERE.
SO WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE? SURE. AND SO IN AN AUGUST BOARD MEETING, YOU'LL GET THAT UPDATE.
AND CHRIS SCOTT WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION ON BOND CAPACITY AND GET YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, ANY DECISIONS JUST ON WHEN IT COMES TO THE OVERALL BOND CAPACITY.
AND WHAT THE PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE IS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE LIST THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING IN COLLABORATION WITH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS AND CAMPUSES, WE'RE DEVELOPING WHAT THAT BOND LOOKS LIKE.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THAT AS A TOTAL PACKAGE AND WE'LL AND THEN WE WILL WALK THROUGH THAT AS A TOTAL PACKAGE WITH A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. AND THAT PROCESS WILL TAKE US ALL THE WAY THROUGH DECEMBER BEFORE YOU, AS A BOARD WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE TO CALL ELECTION BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.
RIGHT. SO I GUESS THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION AND CONCERN AT FIRST BLUSH, LOOKING AT THIS, MY THOUGHT IS THAT DOING ANYTHING BEYOND WHAT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR FACILITIES GOING, KIND OF THAT BARE BONES BOND THAT THIS IS A REALLY TIGHT TIME LINE TO TURN SOMETHING AROUND IN MAY BEYOND YOU KNOW THAT BARE BONES BOND AND I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON SOME OF THESE BIGGER ITEMS, BUT I THINK WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.
ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME YET, LIKE YOU SAID, TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU KNOW, I THINK, ALAN, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPEDE PROGRESS IN A FUTURE BOND.
THIS IS GOING TO BE TO GET ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE VERY NEEDED.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI BOND PROCESS.
SO HOW DO WE DEVELOP A MULTI BOND PROCESS THAT DOESN'T IMPEDE THE FUTURE BOND? SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
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I PERSONALLY I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE BOARD WOULD FEEL, BUT I PERSONALLY AM NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO PUSHING IT TO NOVEMBER OF 23, BUT OF COURSE STILL NEEDS SOME FEEDBACK FROM CHRIS ON FINANCIAL IMPLICATION.SURE. SO MAYBE IN THE AUGUST REPORT WE COULD HAVE THAT AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A MIDTERM ELECTION, SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND IT WOULDN'T GET LOST IN ALL OF THE OTHER ELECTION THINGS FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION IN 23. AND THEN.
SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES REAL QUICK.
I'LL PASS TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR NOW.
AND I SEE THESE FAMILIAR FACES WHO HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK FOR YEARS, AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE OR I CAN'T EVEN PUT INTO WORDS HOW MANY HOURS YOU GUYS HAVE PUT INTO THIS AND HOW MUCH LOVE AND JUST DEDICATION.
OUR DISTRICT IS BETTER BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU AND I LOVED THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME THINGS THAT ARE CLOSE TO MY HEART, ESPECIALLY AND THE BOARD PUT THE TLC AS ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS THIS YEAR.
AND SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE.
AND THE ATS KITCHEN, YOU KNOW, THE MAKER-BREAKER SPACES LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ON SOME THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICT UP TO JUST THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS WORK AND YOU GUYS DID DREAM BIG AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU DID SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN AFFORD, BUT ALSO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO JUST REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT IS THE BEST.
ELLEN. WELL, IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT I SAY THANK YOU AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A JUST A HUGE, HUGE BODY OF VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL WORK.
AND HEATHER SAID IT WELL, THE LOVE THAT CLEARLY IS BEING SHARED IN HERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT IS HARD TO CHEW THE ELEPHANT AT THIS POINT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE QUALITY OF WORK LIFE.
WE HAVE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND THESE ARE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD WAYS THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SO WITHOUT AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY WITHIN OUR EXISTING SPACES TO SAY TO OUR STAFF HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO US, AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE THEIR WORK LIFE SITUATION BETTER. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF THING THAT I THINK CAN BE DONE WITH RELATIVELY LOW COST.
I'M FASCINATED BY SOME OF THE LONG TERM PIECES, GREAT THINKING AND GREAT RESEARCH.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES FROM ALL OVER.
I'M INTERESTED IN THE TLC IN THE SHORT RUN AND THE REASON WHY IS I WAS ON A SIMILAR COMMITTEE GOSH IN 1998, A REALLY LONG TIME, I WAS YOUNG ONCE.
[LAUGHTER] AND WE TALKED ABOUT DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE TLC.
AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD AT THAT POINT WAS THAT PART OF THE MAGIC OF THE TLC IS THAT IT FEELS LIKE A FAMILY AND IT'S THE SIZE IT IS.
AND YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT JUST ADDING STUDENTS.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO IF YOU ADD IN A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMING AND A LOT OF OTHER AGE GROUPS, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? BUT I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
BUT I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW IF THE PHILOSOPHY HAS CHANGED OR HOW WE CAN KEEP THAT FAMILY NATURE WHILE EXPANDING, IF YOU WILL.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SO MANY THERE'S JUST SO MUCH RICHNESS HERE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
AND I ALSO WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PRIORITIES ARE COMING OUT OF THIS, THAT Y'ALL TALKED TO A ARGUABLY A BROADER GROUP OF CONSTITUENTS THAN HOW WE TYPICALLY OR IN MORE RECENT YEARS HAVE HAD THINGS BUBBLE UP THROUGH OUR FACULTY AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS. SO IT'D BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE AND SEE HOW THE TWO MATCH.
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SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE GO WITH ALL OF THIS AND GET TO GET TO MANY OF THOSE LONG TERM OPPORTUNITIES.SORRY. I HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS.
BUT I GUESS. KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THOSE NEXT STEPS.
ARE THERE NEXT STEPS FOR YOUR COMMITTEE? DO YOU ALL PLAN ON COMING BACK TO US WITH YOUR VISION OF WHAT HE NEXT 2 TO 3 BONDS COULD LOOK LIKE ? HOW WOULD YOU CHUNK THESE THINGS OUT? YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TONS OF VARIABLES THERE THAT ARE HARD TO PREDICT, BUT I MEAN, I'M CURIOUS IF THE COMMITTEE HAD ANY. WE'D LIKE TO.
I THINK THAT'S I FEEL LIKE OF THE PRESENTATION OF THIS REPORT THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU KNOW, LONG RANGE IDEAS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE SAW PRESENTATIONS OF EXAMPLES OF HOW YOU MIGHT UNDERGO A MULTI-PHASED PROJECT.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO TEST DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF LONG RANGE PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO ASSOCIATE POTENTIAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND NUMBER OF YEARS THAT IT MIGHT TAKE.
AND THAT'S ALL EXTREMELY RICH DATA THAT WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNCOVER.
SO. WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TO THAT, GET FURTHER.
NO I UNDERSTAND. THANKS, JENN.
LET'S SEE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS COME TO MIND.
ONE IS KIND OF RELATES TO THE STRUCTURE OF CONVERSATIONS GOING FORWARD AND A BIT OF WHAT JENN SAID. SO AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE PRIORITIES ARE DEVELOPED FROM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE BALANCE OF JUNE AND TO JULY AND AUGUST.
RIGHT NOW, JEREMY, YOU'RE ANTICIPATING BRINGING THINGS BACK TO US IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL DISCUSSIONS AND MAYBE EVEN THE VERY EARLIEST SORT OF CONTEMPLATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE OF WHAT A BOND MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AND IN THAT RANGE.
THE ENVISION EANES COMMITTEE HAS JUST LAID OUT A SERIES OF PRIORITIES.
SOME ALL OF THEM ARE WHAT I'LL SAY, LOOSELY SKETCHED, BUT PRETTY WELL DEFINED.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO, ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP THE COMMITTEE ENGAGED DURING THE BALANCE OF JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST AS YOU WORK TOWARDS SETTING UP THE WHATEVER YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE PRIORITIES ARE? HOW IS THE COMMITTEE AND HOW ARE THEIR IDEAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INTERFACE WITH YOUR GROUP AND THE IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE? SURE.
WELL, I'LL SAY THE STAGE THAT WE ARE ADMINISTRATIVELY ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE THOSE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN ASSOCIATED COST MODE.
HOW I FORESEE THIS GOING FORWARD POSSIBLY IS FOLDING IN SOME OF THOSE SHORT TERMS AND IDENTIFYING MAYBE ASSOCIATED COSTS THERE. THERE MAY BE NEED TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE MAY ENGAGE EACH OTHER ON IN TERMS OF IF THERE'S ANY, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE SOME OF THE DETAILS OF SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS SO WE CAN ATTACH ASSOCIATED COSTS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THAT MODE OF GETTING COSTS SO WE CAN BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SIZE OF THE BOND MAY BE.
HAVE YOU SHARED THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE LINING OUT RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR COST ANALYZES ON WITH ANY OF THE ENVISION EANES COMMITTEE MEMBERS? I WOULD SAY NOT ALL PROJECTS BUT SOME OF THE BIG ROCKS AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE BEGINNING.
WE DID DISCUSS IT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SOME OF THE PRIORITIES.
BUT WE DID NOT RUN THROUGH ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS.
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WE WERE WORKING ON THEM.WE'RE COINCIDING AT THE SAME TIME FRAME.
WE'RE GOING TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO WEIGH IN ON THE BACK END.
BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN SOME SORT OF VALIDATION THAT THE STUFF THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER LINES UP WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THE ENVISION EANES COMMITTEE HAS SET UP DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 1 TO 1.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PARALLELS AND WHERE THEY ARE.
I'D ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT THAT THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID TO IDENTIFY WAYS THAT WE COULD BETTER SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS WAS REALLY GOOD.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF IN THERE, AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS WITHIN OUR REACH.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING SOME REALLY WORKABLE IDEAS FORWARD.
AND I HOPE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET SOME MOMENTUM BEHIND THEM.
OUR TEACHERS NEED A BREAK IN THAT REGARD.
HOW TOWARD TO JENN'S COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL BREATHING ROOM.
IF WE CAN GET OUR PROJECTS LINED UP AND BUT I'M NOT WED TO IT.
AND I WILL SAY, I THINK TO SOMETHING A COUPLE OF OTHERS HAVE SAID, WE DON'T HAVE, IF WHAT'S GOING ON IS KIND OF WHAT I THINK IS GOING ON AND THAT'S IT, WE'RE PREPPING FOR A LOT OF ADDITIONAL WORK AND A LOT OF THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO.
AND WE HAVE TO DO IT CONSISTENTLY TO KEEP OUR FACILITIES OPERATIONAL AND EFFICIENT.
THE TLC COMES TO MIND AS A POTENTIAL PROJECT THAT HAS PAN DISTRICT APPEAL.
AND IT ALSO SUFFERS IF IT IS, THE LONGER WE PUT IT ON HOLD.
SO IF WE DON'T IF THAT IS A PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO DO, I LIKE PERSONALLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I LIKE ONE I'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER IT MORE SERIOUSLY NOW AS OPPOSED TO LATER.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF KIDS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM IT.
WE'VE GOT A FACILITY THAT COULD BE IMPROVED.
NOW TO ELLEN'S POINT, WE'VE GOT A CULTURE CHALLENGE.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT FIT.
AND I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS EARLIER, RATHER THAN LATER.
AND I GUESS I'D LEAVE IT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD AS TO WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE.
BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO GET US THIS FAR.
WE'VE NOT WE'VE NEVER STRUCTURED A BOND LIKE THIS BEFORE.
AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT GOES FORWARD.
I GUESS WE CAN DO ONE MORE ROUND.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY I STRONGLY PREFER MAY TO NOVEMBER BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THE VOTERS ATTENTION IN MAY AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT SCHOOL NEEDS. HAS THIS REPORT OR THIS REPORT HASN'T BEEN SHARED YET, I'M SURE, WITH THE PRINCIPALS, BUT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THEM BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT, BECAUSE SOME THINGS IN HERE, I THINK, MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE CREATIVELY SOLVED PROGRAMMATICALLY IN THE SHORT TERM.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS HOW AND THIS IS KIND OF TO THE COMMITTEE AND KIND OF TO YOU, DR.
ARNETT. HOW CAN WE GIVE FEEDBACK THAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE IF WE HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THAT SORT OF THING? SHOULD WE WRITE IT TO YOU? I THINK TO BOTH JEREMY AND TO ME, AND TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THOSE, BECAUSE THOSE WILL HELP US FURTHER REFINE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE OBSERVATIONS THAT MAY COME OUT OF ENVISION EANES ULTIMATELY.
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THEIR OWN SCHOOL.TEAMMATES. WELL, THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH THE PROCESS.
I THINK YOU'RE DOING GOOD WORK.
THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU'VE ALL BEEN IN THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING.
[8. OPEN FORUM]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OPEN FORUM, AND I HAVE AN OPEN FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I'M GOING TO NEED TO READ EVEN THOUGH MR. O'LEARY'S OUR ONLY SPEAKER THIS EVENING.LET'S SEE. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, AS I JUST MENTIONED.
MR. O'LEARY, I'LL CALL YOU FORWARD AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
WHEN YOU'RE NOTIFIED THAT YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND THEN STOP.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE NO REASON TO SUSPECT THIS WILL HAPPEN.
SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION, RECITATION OF EXISTING POLICY, MAYBE FURNISHING RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES BY 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 PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE BOARD MEETING AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME AND MAKING THE EFFORT TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US THIS EVENING.
I APPRECIATE IT. WHAT I'M GOING TO READ IS FROM A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, DR.
VICTOR KLEIN. HE'S TREATED OVER 240 SEX OFFENDERS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH SEXUAL ILLNESSES.
AND IT'S ALL RELATED TO PORNOGRAPHY.
FIRST WAS AN ADDICTION EFFECT.
ONCE INVOLVED IN THE OBSCENE MATERIAL, THEY KEPT COMING BACK FOR MORE AND MORE.
THE PORNOGRAPHY PROVIDED EXCITING FANTASIES, WHICH THEY RECALLED IN THEIR FANTASIES.
SECONDLY, THERE WAS AN ESCALATION EFFECT.
IT WAS REMINISCENT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AFFLICTED WITH DRUG ADDICTIONS.
THIRD WAS DESENSITIZATION MATERIAL THAT WERE MATERIALS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PERCEIVED AS SHOCKING, TABOO, BREAKING, REPULSIVE OR IMMORAL BECAME ACCEPTABLE AND COMMONPLACE. THE SEXUAL ACTIVITY THEY WITNESSED, NO MATTER HOW GROSS OR DEVIANT IN TIME, BECAME LEGITIMIZED.
AND FOURTH WAS AN INCREASING TENDENCY TO ACT OUT SEXUALLY THE BEHAVIORS VIEWED IN THE PORNOGRAPHY AND WHAT THEY READ, INCLUDING COMPULSIVE PROMISCUITY, EXHIBITIONISM, GROUP SEX, VOYEURISM, HAVING SEX WITH CHILDREN, RAPE, INFLICTING PAIN ON THEMSELVES OR PARTNER DURING SEX.
DR. KLEIN ALSO SAYS, QUOTE, FOR SOMEONE TO SUGGEST THAT PORNOGRAPHY CANNOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON YOU IS TO DENY NOT ONLY ITS UNIQUE EDUCATIVE IMPACT, BUT TO DENY THE WHOLE NOTION OF EDUCATED PROCESS ITSELF.
IF YOU ASSUME THAT THIS IS SO, THEN YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THE POSSIBILITY THAT FILMS, MAGAZINES AND BOOKS WHICH MODEL RAPE AND DEHUMANIZATION OF FEMALES IN SEXUAL SCENES ARE ANOTHER POWERFUL FORM OF SEX EDUCATION, AND THUS EDUCATE TOO.
MANY OF THE EDUCATED, COMMENTATORS OR EVEN EXPERTS THAT I KNOW WHO SUGGEST PORNOGRAPHY HAS NO EFFECTS, REALLY DON'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, AND THEY WILL RELUCTANTLY ADMIT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HARM FROM JUST VIOLENT PORNOGRAPHY.
THUS, FOR SOME OF THEM, THE ISSUE IS REALLY POLITICAL.
IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH THEIR PERSONAL VALUES AND MUCH LESS WITH WHAT THE OBJECTIVE TRUTH IS.
PROTECTING KIDS FROM SEXUAL GROOMING SHOULD BE EVERYONE'S PRIORITY.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.[9. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING 2022-23 PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE]
LET'S SEE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE 22-23 PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE.AND SO WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ON, AT LEAST ON THE M&O SIDE, IS MY BEST ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE COMPRESSED TAX RATE WILL END UP BEING, BUT IT MIGHT VARY SOMEWHAT FROM THAT.
SO. THERE ARE THREE BUDGETS THAT YOU ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO ADOPT.
AND THOSE ARE THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TONIGHT.
SO HERE ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE THINGS ON THE BOTTOM THREE THERE, WE KNOW THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY SET.
SO FIRST OFF, WHERE I THINK WE PROBABLY MIGHT LOSE A LITTLE GROUND IS A 7,875 STUDENTS EXCUSE ME.
RIGHT NOW, OUR ENROLLMENT IS RUNNING BEHIND THAT.
HE'S THINKING MAYBE 50 OFF OF THAT.
AND SO KEEP IN MIND, THAT'S $300,000 DOLLARS.
AND SO TAKING A HIT OF ABOUT $300,000.
BUT THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A HUGE SWING EITHER WAY, I DON'T BELIEVE.
SINCE I PUBLISHED THIS, THERE'S BEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MOVE BY THE FED LEADING ME TO BELIEVE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT THIS ON A PROFESSIONAL BASIS THAT WE MIGHT MOVE CONSIDERABLY FURTHER THAN 1.75 BY DECEMBER, MAYBE AS HIGH AS 2.5, AND MAYBE AS HIGH AS 3% BY MID 2023.
IF WE WERE TO GET TO 2.5% IN DECEMBER RATHER THAN 1.75% AND STAY THERE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR THAT WOULD BE A SWING OF ABOUT $800,000.
AND SO EVERY QUARTER PERCENT THAT THE FED INCREASES IS GOING TO BE MONEY THAT ENDS UP HELPING OUR BUDGET. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE OF INFLATION AND INFLATION IS HITTING US IN OTHER PLACES.
BUT ON A SHORT TERM BASIS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A POSITIVE THING FOR OUR BUDGET.
AND AS I SAID, THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW FOR THE TAX RATE OF 0.8846.
IT'LL PROBABLY END UP SWINGING BY A FEW TENTHS OR ONE HUNDREDTHS OF A PENNY BASED ON THE FINAL RESULTS AND WHAT TEA COMES OUT WITH.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE LAST 10, 12 YEARS WE HAVE CONTINUALLY SEEN LOWER AND LOWER TAX RATES. AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR TAX RATES ARE NOT GOING UP, OUR TAX RATES ARE GOING DOWN AND HAVE BEEN FOR SOME TIME. NEXT YEAR, OUR TOTAL TAX RATE WILL BE SOMEWHERE JUST OVER $1.
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AND PROBABLY THE YEAR AFTER THAT WILL GO UNDER A DOLLAR.THIS IS AN INTERESTING LOOK AT IT AND PART OF THIS INCREASE IN TAXES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RECAPTURING A LITTLE BIT THAT KIND OF PLAYS INTO THIS WHOLE LOCAL VERSUS STATE BALANCE OF WHO'S FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SO I GOT THIS DATA FROM THE STATE DATA, STATEWIDE DATA ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF TAXES COLLECTED, TOTAL AMOUNT OF STATE AID PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS BY THE STATE.
AND IN 2011, 12, TEN YEARS AGO, THE SPLIT WAS ABOUT 52% FOR THE STATE AND ABOUT 48% LOCALLY.
AND THIS YEAR, IT'S PRETTY MUCH FLOPPED.
IT'S ABOUT 53% LOCAL, 47% STATE.
BUT THAT REPRESENTS A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BECAUSE THE STATE, WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE PUTTING TOWARDS EDUCATION, THEY INCLUDE THE MONEY THAT WE PAY TO THEM IN RECAPTURES, NOT JUST US, ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE PAYING IN RECAPTURE.
AND SO I DID A LITTLE MATH AND I MOVED THAT MONEY FROM THE STATE'S SIDE TO THE LOCAL SIDE. AND THE NUMBERS LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
TEN YEARS AGO, WE WERE ALREADY PAYING MORE THAN HALF WE MEANING LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS PAYING MORE THAN HALF OF THE TOTAL BILL FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND IN 21, 22, IT'S PUSHING 60%.
HERE'S PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHANGE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OVER TIME, IF YOU LOOK BACK A NUMBER OF YEARS, YOU SEE WHENEVER I'VE GOT IT IN BOLD UP THERE, THAT'S A YEAR THAT IT CHANGED, WENT UP. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU SEE THAT JUST 15 YEARS AGO, IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO UPDATE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS BASICALLY DETERMINING NOT BASICALLY IT IS DETERMINING HOW MUCH MONEY ON AND TIER ONE THAT DISTRICTS HAVE TO WORK WITH. AND SO FOR DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT PROPERTY WEALTHY, THEY COLLECT A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND THEN THE STATE WILL BUILD THEM UP, YOU KNOW, SO AS IF THEY HAD THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY PER [INAUDIBLE].
FOR DISTRICTS THAT ARE RECAPTURE, ANYTHING ABOVE THAT AMOUNT GETS RECAPTURED.
AND SO EVERY YEAR THAT'S GOING UP, EVERY YEAR OUR EXPENSES GO UP.
BUT YOU SEE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST FINANCIAL CRISIS, THE STATE WENT INTO A MODE WHERE THEY LEFT IT THE SAME FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, FOUR YEARS FROM 2009-10 TO 12-13, WHERE IT DIDN'T GO UP.
SO EXPENSES CONTINUED TO GO UP.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH DIDN'T.
AND THEN WE SEE THE SAME THING IN 15-16 WHERE WE HAD FOUR YEARS AT THE SAME LEVEL.
THE LAST BIG UPDATE WAS, OF COURSE, HB THREE, WHEN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS UPDATED.
AND AGAIN, THINGS CONTINUE TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS, NUMBER ONE, TO REDUCE EXPENSES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEVOTE THAT TO PAYROLL AS THE ENVISION EANES COMMITTEE VERY, VERY RIGHTLY POINTED OUT.
AND IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO MAKE THINGS WORK.
HERE'S A BASIC BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WITH THAT 21.4% GROWTH IN OUR TAX BASE, I PREDICT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES OF ABOUT $194 MILLION DOLLARS NEXT YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T GET TO KEEP MOST OF THAT.
OUR RECAPTURE IS GOING TO GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, UP TO ABOUT $125 MILLION DOLLARS.
ACTUALLY, IF WE ARE CORRECT AND OUR ENROLLMENT IS NOT WHERE WE BUDGETED RIGHT HERE, THEN THAT RECAPTURE NUMBER WILL GO UP.
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THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THAT MOVEMENT.SO THIS IS LOOKING AT A BUDGETED DRAW IN FUND BALANCE OF $1,000,000 DOLLARS.
BUT I WANT TO STATE IT FOR THE AUDIENCE.
WE ALWAYS EXPECT TO OVERPERFORM ON OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE HAVE TO BUDGET.
WHEN YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET AND WE'LL SHOW THAT JUST A MINUTE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADOPT BY AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL, MEANING THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS WITHIN A FUND AND WE CAN'T EXCEED THE BUDGET ON ANY OF THOSE.
AND SO WE BUDGET HIGHER THAN WHAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND.
USUALLY IT'S ABOUT $1,000,000 DOLLARS.
AGAIN, MY EXPECTATION IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BETTER THAN THAT NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL SEE IF I STILL SAY THAT IN THE FALL.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE WAY I'M THINKING.
I'M GOING TO GO WITH MY OPTIMISTIC MOOD.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
SO WHEN TAXPAYERS GET THEIR TAX BILL, IT DOESN'T LIST OUT.
TIER ONE, TIER TWO I&S, M&O, IT JUST GIVES SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX RATE.
BUT IT'S REALLY MADE UP OF MULTIPLE PARTS.
WE HAVE THE M&O PORTION WHICH FUNDS THE M&O BUDGET, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, AND WE HAVE THE I&S ALLOTMENT OR TAX RATE WHICH GOES TO PAY OUR BONDED DEBT.
AND WE'VE BEEN AT $0.12 FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO KEEP IT AT $0.12.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE AN EXPECTED TAV GROWTH OF 21.4%.
THERE'S NO RECAPTURE ON THE I&S SIDE OF THINGS.
AND SO WE EXPECT OUR REVENUE TO GO UP 21.4%, TAX REVENUES TO GO UP THAT MUCH NEXT YEAR.
AND HERE'S WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND OUR OVERALL BUDGETING STRATEGY, WHICH INCLUDES BONDS AND MOVING AS MUCH M&O EXPENSES FROM M&O TO BOND AS WE ARE LEGALLY PERMITTED TO DO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS UP HERE, YOU SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DROP OFF IN 2023.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN EXPENDITURE THAT'S THE 2022.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WEIRD THINGS WHEN YOU MOVE FROM THAT SEPTEMBER ONE TO JULY ONE FISCAL YEAR, IT USED TO BE THAT THE TAXES YOU COLLECTED IN DECEMBER WOULD PAY, WELL, IT STILL PAYS THE BOND PAYMENTS THAT YOU HAVE IN AUGUST, BUT IT USED TO BE IN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR.
NOW IT'S IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO THE MONEY THAT WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED, IT'S SITTING IN OUR BANK RIGHT NOW.
IT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE BULK OF THAT 2022 PAYMENT AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT IN TWO MONTHS.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SAVINGS.
AND SO OUR BONDED DEBT PAYMENT IN 2023 TOTAL IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 16 POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS. WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $26 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO COME TO YOU IN THE FALL AND ASK YOU TO PLEDGE TO PAY OFF SOME DEBT EARLY.
AND WE PROBABLY GOING TO ASK YOU TO DEDICATE $10 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUYING THOSE DOWN.
THIS WAS ALWAYS OUR INTENT WAS THAT WE WOULD EITHER PAY THEM OFF IF WE WERE ABLE OR REMARKET THEM BEFORE THOSE VARIABLE RATE BONDS RESET IN 2025.
AND WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR, WE THINK THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO DEFEASE ALL OF THOSE AND NOT HAVE TO GO OUT AND INCUR THE EXPENSE OF REMARKETING THEM.
SO 2022, AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE PAID.
[01:15:03]
IN 2023 THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS A MUCH LOWER REQUIRED DEBT PAYMENT, BUT A HIGHER DEBT COLLECTION.I'M ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW ABOUT 150 MILLION-ISH.
AND WE'LL GIVE A MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION ON OUR BOND CAPACITY IN AUGUST.
BUT THE WAY IT WORKS OUT IS FOR THIS YEAR, WHAT WE'LL ACTUALLY BE PAYING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE COLLECT THIS YEAR WILL HAVE, LIKE I SAID, A SURPLUS OF ABOUT $10 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND FINALLY, THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND.
SO AS YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FREE MEALS FOR ALL CHILDREN AT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THROUGH THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PROGRAM.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED AS OF YET BY CONGRESS.
WE'RE NOT COUNTING ON IT, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE.
IF IT IS FORGET WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FREE MEALS FOR OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
AND THAT IS EXIT THE FEDERAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, NO KIDS IS GOING TO BE DEPRIVED OF FOOD BECAUSE WE'RE ELECTING TO GO OFF THE PROGRAM.
BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY AND MAYBE THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING A MORE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THAN WE ARE ON THE FEDERAL PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
AND THE COST NUMBER ONE OF THE RAW MATERIALS TO MAKE OUR FOOD, THE COST TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES HAS GONE UP. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING OUR MEAL PRICES AN A LA CARTE PRICES TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT, ROUGHLY ABOUT A DOLLAR PER MEAL. IF YOU NEED MORE DETAIL, WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
BUT THIS IS TO ACCOUNT FOR JUST AN INFLATION THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND SO IF THE USAGE RATE REMAINS, PROBABLY IT WON'T REMAIN AS HIGH AS IT WAS THIS PAST YEAR.
BUT IF IT'S CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN IT HAD BEEN BEFORE, THEN I EXPECT THAT THAT DEFICIT THAT WE'RE SHOWING THERE WILL WORK ITSELF OUT AND WE'LL SHOW A PROFIT ON THE CHILD NUTRITION BUDGET.
AND FINALLY, YOU'VE GOT STARTING ON PAGE 71 OF YOUR PACKET, THE FULL BUDGET, WHICH I GIVE YOU LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT IT AND CONSIDER DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE.
AND SO YOU FIND THAT ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE, I BELIEVE IT'S PAGE 72 OF YOUR PACKET.
AND I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU, CHRIS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? ELLEN.
IN GENERAL, COULD YOU HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES IN THIS BUDGET VERSUS OUR PREVIOUS BUDGET? OBVIOUSLY, THE COMPENSATION HAS GONE UP, BUT WHAT OTHER CHANGES WOULD YOU HIGHLIGHT FOR US? HMM, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
[01:20:06]
SIGNIFICANT. AND IF YOU REMEMBER BEFORE THAT CAME IN, IN APRIL, WE WERE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT BUDGET AND WHERE THAT REALLY IMPACTS US IS, WELL, I MENTIONED THE I&S SIDE AND OUR TAX COLLECTIONS THERE, BUT ALSO WE HAVE GOLDEN PENNIES ON THE M&O SIDE, WHICH ARE NOT RECAPTURED.AND SO THIS YEAR WE COLLECTED SOMEWHERE AROUND 17.
WE COLLECTED 14 POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS ON THE GOLDEN PENNY SIDE.
NEXT YEAR, IT'LL BE MORE LIKE 17 MILLION.
AND SO IT WAS LIKE A $3 MILLION-ISH DOLLAR SWING ON THE REVENUE SIDE, NOT TO MENTION THE REVENUE SWING THAT WE'RE PROJECTING BECAUSE OF OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE MOVES THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS MAKING.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT TAXES AND WE HEAR IT AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WE HEARD ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT PAGE THAT YOU SHOWED THAT IS THE HISTORICAL DECLINE OF THE TAX RATE IS HUGE.
AND I DON'T THINK MANY DISTRICTS CAN SEE THAT THEIR TAX RATE CONTINUES TO GO DOWN.
AND SO I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT AND FOR HIGHLIGHTING THOSE THINGS.
NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO US THIS EVENING.
[10. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING DISTRICT USE OF FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS FUNDS]
FUNDS. MOLLY.WELCOME. HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.
SO I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR FEDERAL GRANTS PROGRAMS. ALL OF THESE OPEN DURING THE SUMMER.
AND SO WE WORK ON THEM AND GET THE GRANTS SUBMITTED THE VARIOUS TIMES DURING THE SUMMER.
AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT AND JUST PRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT OUR PROPOSALS ARE FOR USING THESE GRANT FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW TONIGHT, AND I WILL GO THROUGH THOSE.
SO OUR FIRST IS OUR ESSER FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND SO THIS EVENING WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR ESSER 3 MONEY.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ESSER 3 GRANTS WE HAVE JUST WHAT IS THE ARP ESSER 3, WHICH WAS $1.184 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN OUR 2021-23 ESSER SUPPLEMENTAL, WHICH WAS AROUND $2.7 MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THESE FUNDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR.
IN THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING SOURCE, 20% OF THOSE FUNDS WERE DEDICATED FOR LEARNING LOSS.
AND WE ALSO FUNDED SOME OF OUR CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAMING.
AND THEN DISTRICT OPERATIONS ON THAT SIDE THEY USE THAT MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR PAYROLL.
IN THIS PARTICULAR FUND, 62.5% WAS DEDICATED FOR LEARNING LOSS.
[01:25:02]
JUST THESE TWO YEARS THAT THE FUND'S AVAILABLE, AND THAT IS A SCHOOL BASED THERAPIST FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.THE TERMINOLOGY HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.
WE USED TO CALL THOSE OUR STUDENT SUPPORT COUNSELORS AND JUST TO KIND OF REALIGN THE NAME WITH MORE OF WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING, WE'VE CHANGED THAT TO A SCHOOL BASED THERAPIST.
WE COULD SAY THAT THAT POSITION IS WELL NEEDED.
SO WE HAVE HIRED SOMEONE TO TAKE THAT POSITION.
THEY DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE POSITION IS A TWO YEAR GRANT FUNDED POSITION.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST A LIST OF, AGAIN, VARIOUS PROGRAMING PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE PAID FOR AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE'VE PAID FOR TO GO ALONG WITH THAT LEARNING LOSS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THINGS AROUND OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH LESSONCAST ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GOING ON THIS SUMMER, REALLY TRYING TO ALIGN OUR CURRICULUM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLOSING ANY OF THOSE GAPS AND ALL OF THAT IS BEING PAID FOR OUT OF THOSE ESSER FUNDS.
AND THEN ON THE DISTRICT OPERATIONS SIDE, AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO OFFSET SOME OF THE PAYROLL.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR ESSA, OUR EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT.
ESSA FOR EANES IS SPLIT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT TITLE GRANTS, SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE.
SO FOR TITLE ONE, WE GET AROUND $179,000 FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A LOT OF TIMES IN OUR DISTRICT AND GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TITLE SCHOOLS, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A SCHOOL THAT IS A SCHOOL WIDE TITLE PROGRAM. THEY DON'T MEET THE DEFINITION OF THAT BASED ON THE LOW INCOME PERCENTAGE.
BUT WE DO IN EANES, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TITLE MONEY WE RECEIVE, WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR DISTRICT LOW INCOME PERCENTAGE IS, AND THEN WE RANK ALL OF THE CAMPUSES AROUND THAT PARTICULAR METRIC.
SO AN THOSE ARE THEN DESIGNATED TO WHAT WE CALL TARGETED ASSISTANCE CAMPUSES.
SO JUST BRIEFLY LOOKING AT THIS HERE, SO OUR LOW INCOME PERCENTAGE FOR THE DISTRICT IS 3.63%.
WE DID HAVE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WERE AGAIN ABOVE THAT DISTRICT THRESHOLD, THOSE THREE CAMPUSES.
BUT OUR PROCESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO SELECT THE CAMPUSES WITH THE TWO HIGHEST PERCENTAGES.
AND SO THE FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR THAT IS TO FUND ADDITIONAL CAMPUS SUPPORT SERVICES STAFF AT THOSE TWO CAMPUSES, VALLEY VIEW AND CEDAR CREEK. TITLE TWO, YOU'LL SEE THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION UP THERE FOR THE TITLE TWO FUNDS.
AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND IMPROVING TEACHER OR LEADERSHIP QUALITY.
AND WE FUND A PORTION OF ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS THROUGH THE TITLE 2 FUNDS.
TITLE THREE IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION ABOUT $18,000 DOLLARS.
WE DEDICATE THAT SPECIFICALLY TO OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING, SO THAT PAYS FOR SALARIES, TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIALS FOR OUR ESL SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
OUR TITLE 4 MONIES ARE THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN APPLY THIS MONEY FOR WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION, IMPROVE SCHOOL CONDITIONS FOR LEARNING, IMPROVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND THERE'S ALSO A SAFETY COMPONENT.
THAT'S OUR EMERGENT TREE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE USED THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO DIFFERENT GRANTS.
ONE IS JUST CALLED THE IDEA B FORMULA AND THE OTHER IS THE IDEA B PRESCHOOL.
[01:30:07]
AND FOR YOU'LL AGAIN SEE THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY TO PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.
THE FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND TARGETED FOR PAYROLL.
WE FUND OUR LSSPS AND OUR DIAGNOSTICIAN AND SPECIAL ED COUNSELOR OUT OF THIS GRANT.
WE DO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL SET ASIDE THAT COMES FROM THIS.
WE ALSO FROM THIS GRANT LOOK AT CONTRACTED SERVICES.
SO IF WE NEED TO BRING ANYONE OUTSIDE FOR SPECIALIZED SERVICES OR LIKE LAST YEAR WE HAD JUST A SHORTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO HIRE OUR OWN EVALUATION STAFF.
FOR ID PRESCHOOL THAT $22,000 DOLLARS THE PROPOSAL IS WE FUND PART OF ONE OF OUR ECSE TEACHERS AND WE'VE DONE THAT HISTORICALLY. THE LAST GRANT IS OUR PERKINS GRANT, AND MOST PEOPLE KIND OF KNOW THIS AS CTE.
AND SO THAT'S THAT PARTICULAR GRANT THAT GRANT'S AROUND $47,000 DOLLARS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY BASICALLY FOR YOU'RE LOOKING AT TECHNICAL AND EMPLOYEE SKILLS IN STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN THOSE CATE PROGRAMS. WE TYPICALLY AND ARE PROPOSING TO CONTINUE TO FUND JUST CAREER TECHNOLOGY COURSES AND SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS CONTRACTED SERVICES.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALLOCATED SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR.
AND SO WE ARE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR TO DO OUTREACH TO THOSE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW WITH ESSA.
THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF HOW THAT WORKS.
SO FROM OUR OWN GRANTS, WE SET ASIDE SOME OF THAT MONEY FOR THOSE SCHOOLS.
THIS EVENING, WE'RE SHARING THE REPORT, SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN I ALSO HAVE INCLUDED MY EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL START MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR GRANTS GET SUBMITTED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MOLLY? SUPER EXCITING.
WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[11. ACTION - CONSENT AGENDA]
FIRST ITEM ON DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED.I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM ELLEN AND A SECOND FROM HEATHER.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[12.1. Approval of the 2022-23 School Safety & Health Advisory Council Membership Council Membership]
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31, 2022.IT'S OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE 2022 2023 LIST OF PARENTS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF TO SERVE ON THE S S H A C, SHAC FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.
OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION BY HEATHER AND A SECOND BY ELLEN.
ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC SAY THAT SSHAC STANDS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
[01:35:04]
THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE OF THOSE IN FAVOR.[12.2. Adoption of 2022-23 Budget for General Fund, Debt Service Fund and Child Nutrition Fund Fund and Child Nutrition Fund]
DO I HAVE A MOTION JENN? [LAUGHTER] TOTALLY READ THE WRONG ONE EARLIER.I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED FOR THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CHILD NUTRITION FUND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM JENN AND A SECOND FROM ELLEN.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW EXCITED I AM TO SEE CHRIS OPTIMISTIC.
[LAUGHTER] THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A CFO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[12.3. Personnel Recommendation - Forest Trail Elementary School Principal Principal]
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATION FOREST TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM HEATHER.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM ELLEN.
A SECOND FROM HEATHER. ANY DISCUSSION? VERY EXCITED. GREAT PROCESS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, STEVE AND ALLISON, AS WELL AS DR.
ARNETT. AND WHAT A GREAT SELECTION AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE ONE OF OUR LEADERS EMERGE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET ME JUST ECHO WHAT ELLEN SAID.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[13. UPCOMING MEETINGS]
THAT BRINGS US TO THE RECITATION OF UPCOMING MEETINGS.OUR NEXT MEETING IS AUGUST 9TH.
WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON AUGUST 23RD AND THAT IS A REGULAR MEETING.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING.
AND TO ANYBODY THAT'S ONLINE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
HAPPY SUMMER.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.