Aug 09, 2022 School Board Special Meeting

>> GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW SIX O'CLOCK,

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[1. CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER]

>> WE DO.

>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION

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

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. SEE YOU IN A BIT.

LET'S SAY THE TIME IS NOW 7:04.

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GOOD GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I NEED TO COVER VERY QUICKLY.

FIRST PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING IS FOR THE BOARD TO DELIBERATE AND VOTE ON MATTERS LISTED ON ITS AGENDA.

THE DISTRICT HAS COMMITTED TO TREATING EVERYONE HERE WITH RESPECT AND WE EXPECT THE SAME IN RETURN.

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM OUTBURST OR ANY OTHER FORM OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.

THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT LATER IN THE MEETING.

TWO SPEAKERS HAVE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING AND EACH WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

LAST THING IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE EXIT NEAREST YOU.

THERE ARE TWO ON THIS FLOOR, THE DOOR THROUGH WHICH YOU ENTERED, AND A DOOR HERE AT THE END OF THE HALL.

PLEASE HEAD TO THE NEAREST EXIT IN AN ORDERLY MANNER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR SCHOOLS.

NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA,

[5. REPORTS REPORTS]

WE HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION FOR YOU, HEATHER.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TONIGHT.

[LAUGHTER] I HAVE ANOTHER THING I NEED TO READ, SO BEAR WITH ME AS WE TALK ABOUT HEATHER FOR A FEW MINUTES.

IS MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO RECENTLY COMPLETED, IN HER CASE, A TWO-YEAR LONG LEADERSHIP TASB PROGRAM.

LEADERSHIP TASB WAS BEGUN IN 1993 AND IS A WAY OF OFFERING ADVANCED TRAINING TO EXPERIENCE BOARD MEMBERS AND IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS THE NATION'S PREMIER ADVANCED LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES.

UPON THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, PARTICIPANTS ARE AWARDED A TITLE MASTER TRUSTEE.

LEADERSHIP TASB IS A HIGHLY SELECTIVE PROGRAM WHERE FEWER THAN 25% OF THE APPLICANTS ARE ACCEPTED IN CLASSES TYPICALLY AVERAGE 35 TRUSTEES.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 1100 YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY ROUGHLY SEVEN, AND YOU GET TO NEARLY 8,000 TRUSTEES AROUND THE STATE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

WHEN COVID FINALLY BROKE, HEATHER'S COHORT BEGAN TO MEET AND DID SO FIVE TIMES OVER 10 MONTH PERIOD IN FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES.

EACH TIME MET FOR THREE VERY LONG DAYS OF INTENSIVES.

THEY HEARD FROM NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SPEAKERS ON A VARIETY OF LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION TOPICS, THEY TOURED A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CONDUCTED PERSONAL RESEARCH ON TOPICS OF INTEREST AND RELEVANCE TO TEXAS SCHOOLS.

CLASS MEMBERS REPRESENT DISTRICTS FROM ALL PARTS OF TEXAS WITH VARYING SIZES OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT, VARYING LEVELS OF PROPERTY, WEALTH, VARYING TRADITIONS, AND VARYING EXPECTATIONS.

LEADERSHIP TASB ASK PARTICIPANTS TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER, TO BE OPEN-MINDED, CREATIVE, AND TO CONSTANTLY RENEW THEIR COMMITMENT TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ACROSS THE STATE.

TONIGHT, HEATHER JOINS THE RANKS OF LTASB ALUMNI INCLUDING DONNA HOWARD, CHRISTY BYBI, JEN, AND MYSELF.

WELCOME HEATHER. PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING HEATHER SHEFFIELD, MASTER TRUSTEE. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELCOME ABOARD.

>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.

>> THE NEXT FORMAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. JEFF.

>> THANK YOU, MR. HAYDEN STRIKE.

WELL, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE BUSY GETTING READY FOR THE BEGINNING OF A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE STILL CELEBRATING A LOT OF THINGS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE SUMMER AND THERE WAS EXTENSIVE SUMMER CURRICULUM WRITING THIS PAST SUMMER RCA CURRICULUM DIRECTORS HEATHER MEEK AND CHAD BURNETT BROUGHT TOGETHER 74 TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN CURRICULUM RIDING AND TRAINING THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF SUPERVISION AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.

THE TEACHERS APPLY THEIR NEW LEARNING TO UPDATE, EDIT, RESTORE THE DISTRICT SCOPE AND SEQUENCE PACING GUIDES, UNIT PLANS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARTS, READING, AND MATH, AND THEN STAFF WERE COMPENSATED USING SOFUNDS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AHEAD TO THIS FALL, WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING MORE UPDATES ON THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ALONG WITH RCIA DEPARTMENT AND YOU ACTUALLY HEAR A BOARD PRESENTATION IN OCTOBER THAT IS SCHEDULED.

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THEN TO PREPARE FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD OUR ADMINISTRATIVE RETREAT ON AUGUST 1ST AND 2ND, ABOUT 70 OF OUR DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS AND DIRECTORS OUR PRINCIPLES ALL CAME TOGETHER AND WE HAD TWO VERY QUALITY DAYS OF LEARNING ABOUT A VARIETY OF TOPICS AND IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO RE-ENGAGE AND BUILD TEAM FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

THEN THIS PAST WEEK A WEEK AGO ON THE LET'S SEE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN AUGUST THE 3RD.

WE HAD OUR EDUCATOR INSTITUTE.

WE HAD A 150 NEW EDUCATORS JOINING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS YEAR.

THEY MET AT BRIDGE POINT ELEMENTARY AND OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

IT WAS A GREAT BEGINNING FOR THEM.

I'M SURE THEY ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED BY ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND ALL OF THE MATERIAL THAT THEY HAVE TO PROCESS TO BEGIN GETTING READY FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT NEARLY A 150 NEW STAFF JOINED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AGAIN, THANKS TO MOLLY MAY, OUR CIA DEPARTMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND LAURIE LEE AND MANY OTHERS WHO PUT THAT EXPERIENCE TOGETHER FOR THEM.

BY THE WAY, AS OF TODAY, AT THIS MOMENT, WE ARE FULLY STAFFED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF POSITIONS AT HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL.

WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION POSITIONS AND JUST A SMALL NUMBER OF BUS DRIVERS THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR.

WE'RE OPTIMISTIC, WE'RE CONFIDENT, WE KNOW THAT YOU HEAR A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY FILLING A LARGE VOLUME OF POSITIONS.

BUT WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE A LOT OF HARD WORK HAS GONE INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NEARLY FULLY STAFFED AS THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS TO OPEN.

BY THE WAY, IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN BEING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL.

THEN YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME NEWS STORIES THANKS TO CLAUDIA MCWHORTER.

SHE ARRANGED GREAT NEWS COVERAGE OF VERY POSITIVE EVENT AT AMES ELEMENTARY YESTERDAY WHEN THEY CUT THE RIBBON ON THEIR NEW CREATIVE CORRAL.

THIS IS A MAKER SPACE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING AN AREA FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO GET HANDS-ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ART AND MATH INSTRUCTION.

VERY COLORFUL ROOM, EXTREMELY WELL-ORGANIZED, BUT GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE AMES PTO.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN THAT ROOM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THEIR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT.

THAT WAS AN EXCITING DAY FOR AMES ELEMENTARY, VERY SIMILAR TO THE COLLABORATORIUM THAT BRIDGE POINT ELEMENTARY HAS AND I HAVE A FEELING THIS IS A TREND THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN MANY OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS TOO.

JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THIS SUMMER, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN RESPONSE TO THE CONCERNS AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE KNOW ARE OUT THERE REGARDING LIBRARY BOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE OF OUR LIBRARIANS TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR PRACTICES TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND MORE PROACTIVE.

PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT SELECTION CRITERIA FOR LIBRARY BOOKS.

EVEN TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR LIBRARIES ARE ORGANIZED TO TRY TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND MORE SUPPORTIVE OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM PARENTS.

WE ARE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE IN THIS AREA AS WELL.

THEN SPEAKING OF BEING PROACTIVE, A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE ON THIS SUMMER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SECURE AND SAFE FOR THE RETURN OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF NEWS STORIES.

WE'VE INCREASED OUR PERIMETER FENCING ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE 2019 BOND.

OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, WORKING ALONGSIDE OF OUR SECURITY STAFF, HAS BEEN DOING THAT.

EVERY DOOR LOCK AND DOOR JAM HAS BEEN INSPECTED IN THE DISTRICT.

WE'VE AUDITED EVERY SINGLE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DOOR THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SECURE.

THEN ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW TEA REQUIREMENTS, WE'VE BEEN DOING TRAINING WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF.

OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE STAFF ON EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES AND THEY WILL BE FULLY TRAINED BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THAT'S BEEN A VERY INTENSIVE EFFORT ON THEIR PART.

AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE HAVE OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL CONVOCATION WITH ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 1200 EMPLOYEES WHO WILL GATHER IN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ACROSS THE STREET AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S THIS THURSDAY MORNING.

THAT'S ALWAYS A VERY FESTIVE EVENT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN ONE PLACE AS A FAMILY WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR.

WE HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE.

THEN FINALLY, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WILL BE AUGUST THE 17TH.

BEEN OUT ON THE CAMPUSES WE'RE EXCITED, THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY AND OUR STAFF ARE NOW THERE, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR CLASSROOMS READY, GATHERING ALL OF THEIR MATERIALS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ORGANIZED.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF STUDENTS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW ON THE 17TH.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT THIS EVENING.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? [LAUGHTER] VERY GOOD.

[6. OPEN FORUM OPEN FORUM]

I AGAIN HAVE SOMETHING TO READ.

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I'M SORRY. BRIAN IS NOT GOING TO COME.

[NOISE] MR. MALLORY IS OUR ONLY SPEAKER.

HE'S GOING TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT CONCERNS WITH EISD AND MR. HOLLOWAY, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HERE HAS HEARD THE WORD TO PAVE, SO YOU'RE UP, WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A BOOK THAT I'M REVISITING.

I DID IT LAST YEAR.

THERE WAS A COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST THIS BOOK, IT WAS DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO BE IN THE LIBRARY BY A REVIEW COMMITTEE.

THEY WERE CONSIDERING TAKING IT OUT, BUT IT'S BACK IN.

THIS BOOK CURRENTLY RESIDES IN WEST RIDGE AND HILL COUNTRY AND IS AVAILABLE TO 11 AND 13-YEAR-OLDS.

ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL BY JESSE ANDREWS.

MY EARLIER READINGS STARTED ON PAGE 59 AND DISCUSSED EATING PUSSY FOR THREE PAGES.

TONIGHT, I'LL BEGIN ON PAGE 249.

NOW, SHUT THE FUCK UP.

YOU CARE SO FUCKING MUCH ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK YOU GOT TO BE SECRETIVE AS SHIT.

YOU GOT TO GO ROUND, SUCKING EVERYBODY'S DICK PRETENDING LIKE YOU'RE THE FRIEND BECAUSE YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK.

LET ME FUCKING TELL YOU, NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT YOU.

NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT YOU.

YOU AIN'T GOT NO FRIENDS, YOU AIN'T GOT NOBODY WHO GIVE A FUCKING SHIT ABOUT YOU.

OKAY. FUCKING NOBODY.

EVERYBODY AT THE SCHOOL COULD GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU MAN.

EVERYBODY, [NOISE] YOU ALL FRIENDLY WITH AND SHIT COULD GIVE A SHIT.

YOU ALL WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT YOU, THEY DON'T GIVE A FUCK.

THEY DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF YOU LIVE OR DIE, YOU PUSSY ASS BITCH.

THEY DON'T GIVE A FUCK. LOOK AT ME.

THEY DO NOT GIVE A FUCK. OKAY, MAN.

[NOISE] MAN, JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP BECAUSE I CAN'T BE HEARING NO MORE OF THIS.

YEAH, I FUCKING TOLD RACHEL ABOUT THE FILMS. I FUCKING GAVE HER SOME OF THEM DUMB-ASS FILMS TO WATCH BECAUSE SHE LIKED THE ONLY PERSON THAT DO GIVE A FUCK.

YEAH. SHE DON'T HAVE BIG ASS TITTIES, SO YOU DON'T FUCKING CARE, BUT THAT OTHER BITCH DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU AND FUCKING RACHEL DO AND YOU DON'T FUCKING GIVE A SHIT BECAUSE YOU'RE A DUMB LITTLE BITCH.

I DO. STOP FUCKING CRYING BITCH ASS.

OKAY. GOD DAMN, STOP CRYING.

OKAY. NOW GO ON AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE.

I'M TIRED OF LOOKING AT YOUR PUSSY ASS CRYING AND SHIT.

I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING [NOISE] I MOVED BECAUSE THIS CAUSED EARL TO GET UP IN MY FACE.

GOD DAMN, I'M SICK OF FUCKING TIRED OF WATCHING YOU TREAT THIS GIRL LIKE SHE'S SOME KIND OF BURDEN WHEN SHE'S CLOSEST THING TO YOU FUCKING HAVE A MOTHERFUCKING FRIEND, AND SHE'S ABOUT TO DIE ON TOP OF THAT.

YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? YOU DUMB MOTHERFUCKER.

[NOISE] SHE HOME NOW BECAUSE SHE'S ABOUT TO DIE.

THAT GIRL LYING THERE ON THAT GODDAMN DEATHBED AND YOU COME TO MY HOUSE ALL WHINING AND CRYING AND SHIT ABOUT SOME IRRELEVANT BULLSHIT, I WANT TO KICK YOUR ASS. YOU HEAR ME? I WANT TO BEAT THE FUCK OUT OF YOU RIGHT NOW.

GO FOR IT. YOU WANT ME TOO? I DON'T CARE. MOTHER FUCKER, YOU WANT ME TOO? DO YOU CONSIDER THREE PAGES OF DISCUSSING EATING PUSSY AND TONIGHT'S 23 FUCKS, FIVE SHIFTS AND ONE OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DICK, PUSSY ASS BITCH, BIG ASS TITTIES, DAMN LITTLE BITCH, BITCH ASS, PUSSY ASS, BULLSHIT, AND ASS IS HAVING LITERARY VALUE NECESSARY TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE EANESISD STUDENT'S LIBRARIES, IN OUR LIBRARIES? EVERY PARENT-TEACHER LIBRARIAN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBER AND BOARD MEMBER AT EANES SHOULD BE ASHAMED THAT THIS AND OTHERS LIKE IT ARE IN THE LIBRARY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING.

THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE FIRST OF

[7.1. 2022-23 Student Code of Conduct]

>> THANK YOU. EVERY SUMMER RIGHT BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE BOARD REVIEWS AND ADOPTS THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

IN A LEGISLATIVE YEAR THERE ARE QUITE A FEW CHANGES THAT WE PROCESS ADMINISTRATIVELY WITH ADMIN TEAM ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND PRINCIPALS IN A NON-LEGISLATIVE YEAR, WHICH THIS IS WE JUST MAKE SURE WE'VE CAPTURED ALL OF THE BEHAVIORS WE EXPECT AND DON'T EXPECT AT EANESISD.

WE HAVE ONE REAL CHANGE [LAUGHTER] TO BRING TO YOU TONIGHT AND THAT IS TO CLARIFY THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING ANIMALS TO SCHOOL.

I KNOW YOUR PET SNAKE IS VERY COOL, BUT WE NEED TO LEAVE HIM AT HOME.

WE DON'T NEED HIM AT SCHOOL.

JUST THAT ONE CHANGE AND THEN A COUPLE TO THE BUS TRANSPORTATION SECTION RELAY THE SAME.

THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FROM THE TEAM THIS EVENING.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU. LET'S HAVE KIM AND THEN ELLEN.

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>> ALLISON, I GUESS WHAT HAS PROMPTED THESE CHANGES? IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH STUDENTS BRINGING LIVE ANIMALS TO SCHOOL AND ON BUSES? I'M ASSUMING SO.

>> I WILL JUST SAY EVERYTHING IN HERE WAS PROMPTED BY AN ACTUAL INCIDENT HAPPENING IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

USUALLY, WITHOUT ANY BAD INTENT, NO ONE WAS INTENDING HARM BY BRINGING AN ANIMAL.

IT WAS REALLY PROBABLY JUST COOL BUT VERY DISRUPTIVE.

WE JUST WANT STUDENTS TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

>> GOOD.

>> JUST LEAVE YOUR ANIMALS AT HOME.

>> IS THERE ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATION? IF THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WHICH PROMPTS A CHANGE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT GO OUT JUST SO THAT THOSE THAT WANT TO BRING THEIR ANIMALS KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE?

>> SURE. YEAH. I THINK THE CODE OF CONDUCT HAS POSTED ONLINE EVERY YEAR AND WE PUT THE RED LINE CHANGES UP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT CHANGED.

I THINK THE SITUATIONS THAT IT HAS COME UP HAS BEEN ADDRESSED NOT ONLY WITH THE STUDENT BUT ANY PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT.

I THINK THE MESSAGE GETS OUT WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE THIS.

BUT WE CAN CONSIDER WHAT OTHER ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.

>> IT WASN'T PROPOSING A COMMUNICATION.

>> YEAH.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE NOW COMES INTO SCHOOL WITH AN ANIMAL WITHOUT KNOWING.

>> WELL, I CAN'T PROMISE THAT THAT WON'T HAPPEN STILL.

[LAUGHTER] BUT WE WILL DO THE BEST WE CAN TO ADDRESS IT. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU.

>> SURE.

>> THANK YOU. ELLEN.

>> THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO, BUT REMIND ME, HAVE WE GONE THROUGH THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND REVIEWED IT FROM A DEI LENS, TO SEE IF THERE'S LANGUAGE OR POLICIES THAT SHOULD BE REVIEWED FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, IN WHOLESALE, WE HAVE NOT.

THAT WAS, I THINK ON THE LIST OF GOALS THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YET IN THAT ARENA.

YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS, WE DID ADD SOME CONSIDERABLE COMMENT ABOUT OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE AND HARASSING BEHAVIOR AND SOME GUIDELINES AROUND THAT.

THAT WAS DEFINITELY PROMPTED AS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION THAT WE TOOK.

BUT NO, WE HAVEN'T YET GOTTEN TO THE DEI PROCESS IN WHICH WE'VE REVIEWED THIS AND THE STUDENT HANDBOOK.

BUT IT IS ON THE LIST, I HOPE.

>> OKAY. WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS THAT IN THE LIST OF DEFINITIONS WE'RE VERY CLEAR ABOUT GENDER-BASED HARASSMENT.

BUT I REALIZED THERE WASN'T A CAMPAIGN ABOUT LANGUAGE AND SLURS AND THAT THING.

THERE'S A LOT ABOUT BULLYING, BUT THAT'S THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF BULLYING, WHICH STARTS AT A DIFFERENT PLACE.

A LOT OF THE BEHAVIORS WE'RE TRYING TO MODIFY.

>> IT DOES. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

A LOT OF THOSE DEFINITIONS, AS YOU NOTED, ARE STRAIGHT FROM STATE LAW AND SO THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THE EASIEST FOR KIDS TO UNDERSTAND.

THERE IS A WHOLE SECTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT ABOUT OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE, BUT I'VE STRUGGLED FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE PIECEMEALED.

I DO THINK AS PART OF THAT REVIEW, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT, IS THERE A BETTER WAY PERHAPS TO STRUCTURE SOME OF THIS OR EVEN REPEAT CONTENT WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS BAD.

BUT TO HAVE THINGS GROUPED TOGETHER THAT MAY BE RELEVANT IN THAT AREA.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANYBODY ELSE? CLARK.

>> JUST FOR NEXT YEAR, MAYBE, WHEN WE REVIEW THIS, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT LOOK A LITTLE OBSOLETE TO ME SO MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT TAKING THIS OUT SPECIFICALLY, THE PROHIBITED ITEMS THAT WE CAN'T SELL.

>> NO. I HEAR YOU VERY RARELY DO THINGS COME OUT.

I TAKE THAT POINT.

>> YEAH. I MEAN, CD OR DVD PLAYERS.

>> YOU'D BE SURPRISED. [OVERLAPPING] I TRIED TO HAVE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF DO'S AND DON'TS THAT I COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

>> IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ON AIR, IF WE FEEL THAT THAT NEEDS TO STAY IN THERE, THEN WE CAN SAY ON THERE MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF THAT THAT WE DON'T WANT KIDS SELLING.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.

[7.2. 2022-23 Enrollment & Class Size Update]

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

RACHEL HIGGINS IS GOING TO JOIN ME.

SHE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPORT.

ALSO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE OUR ENROLLMENT LIES ADDITIONALLY WITH CLASS SIZES ACROSS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

FIRST OFF, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE RACHEL AND THE HARD WORK THAT SHE'S PUT IN.

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THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GET THEIR HANDS IN ENROLLMENT BECAUSE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

THERE'S FINE TOOTHCOMBS THAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS JUST GOING THROUGH ALL THE DATA.

WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS AND PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH IF SOMETHING STANDS OUT TO YOU.

BUT THE FIRST SLIDE IS JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERLOOK ON WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.

EVEN IN THE FIRST BULLET POINT, ALL THIS IS PRETTY FRESH DATA SO THAT SHOULD READ 7,818 NOT 7,819, THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE REMAINING SLIDES.

BUT THAT'S WHERE WE STAND AS OF YESTERDAY FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT'S COMPARED TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTION OF 7,756.

WE ARE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN THAT WAS PROJECTED, ALSO HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, AND REPORTED BACK IN JUNE.

THAT TELLS US THAT THERE'S TRANSFERS COMING IN, BUT ALSO RESIDENT STUDENTS COMING IN ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS.

ONE THING TO POINT OUT IS WHEN WE HAD OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, WE DID DISCUSS 7,875 AS A GOAL.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT A FINAL NUMBER, THIS IS STILL PRELIMINARY.

A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT ALSO BETWEEN NOW AND THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, A LOT OF THINGS COULD CHANGE.

WE CAN GET MORE RESIDENTS COME IN.

TRADITIONALLY WE DO SEE RESIDENTS MOVE IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO WE MAY GROW EVEN CLOSER TO THAT 7,875 GOAL.

KINDER ENROLLMENT, AS YOU CAN EXPECT, REMAINS LOW.

BUT WE'VE BEEN DILIGENT AND WORKING WITH OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ON TRANSFERS, TRYING TO FILL IN SOME OF THOSE SPOTS WHERE WE CAN WHERE WE'RE SEEING LOWER KINDER ENROLLMENT ON OUR CAMPUSES.

BUT OVERALL, WE ARE LOW, BUT NOT AS LOW AS THE DEMOGRAPHER PROJECTED US TO BE IN KINDERGARTEN.

IT'S JUST A HARD TARGET TO TRY TO PINPOINT. YES, YOUR HONOR.

AM I TOO LOUD. NO. OKAY. FOCUSING ON TRANSFERS.

THEY'RE BEGINNING IN THAT TRANSPORT PROCESS THAT WE EXPLAINED BACK IN THE SPRING, PROCESSED OVER 1,000 TRANSFER APPLICATIONS.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF FORMS THAT TRANSFERS COULD BE IN THAT COULD BE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT COMING IN.

THAT COULD BE FROM INSIDE THE DISTRICT WANTING TO GO FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS AND ALSO EMPLOYEES ARE INVOLVED IN THAT WORKFLOW PROCESS.

EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY, SO ABOUT 85 PERCENT OF THOSE WERE APPROVED.

BREAKING THAT EVEN DOWN MORE, LOOKING AT THE MAKEUP OF WHAT THAT 850 IS, THE THREE CATEGORIES OUT OF DISTRICT ARE INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS, 413.

THEN WE HAVE OUR EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS, 267.

THOSE HOW WE REPORT IT AS A DISTRICT, WE CAN REPORT THOSE AS RESIDENT TYPE STUDENTS FOR OUR PURPOSES HERE.

BUT TEA REPORTS THEM AS AN OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL NUMBERS THAT WE LOOKED AT BEFORE, 661 LAST YEAR.

CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 680 TECHNICAL TEA CLASSIFIED OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

THEN IN DISTRICT 170.

A LOT OF THOSE INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS ARE SPANISH IMMERSION SINCE WE DON'T OFFER THAT AT ALL ELEMENTARY.

SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF MOVEMENT TIED TO PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY.

BUT THAT'S THE MAKEUP OF THE 850.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSFERS, WE REALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 413 NUMBER.

THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE DISTRICT THAT ARE NOT EMPLOYEES.

BUT WANT TO BREAK THAT DOWN.

IT MAY BE CONFUSING. LET ME KNOW IF IT'S CONFUSING, BUT WE WANT TO PUT THESE NUMBERS AND BUILD THEM SO WE CAN COMPARE THEM TO RECENT YEARS.

BUT NOW HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN.

AGAIN, WE COMPARE IT TO LAST YEAR AND WHERE WE STAND.

AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT ELEMENTARIES ARE STILL LOW, BUT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARIES ARE IN THE 500 RANGE, EXCEPT VALLEY VIEW, SITTING AT 302 TOTAL STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.

HAD A SLIGHT DECLINE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE HAD A LARGE EIGHTH GRADE CLASS ROLLING UP TO HIGH SCHOOL.

FIFTH GRADE WAS NOT A WEAK CLASS, BUT WE HAD THIS REALLY STRONG EIGHTH GRADE CLASS THAT DREW THOSE NUMBERS DOWN ACROSS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH BOTH OF THEM ARE UNDER A THOUSAND CURRENTLY.

WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, 2877.

THAT'S A VERY HEALTHY ENROLLMENT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE SAW A BIG SURGE.

WE ALWAYS EXPECT A SURGE IN JULY, AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR NEW ENROLLEES.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE?

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>> IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT BUILDING AND PROGRAM CAPACITY.

>> RIGHT.

>> MY RECOLLECTION FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO IS THAT WESTLAKE'S CAPACITY IS RIGHT AROUND THAT NUMBER.

WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE ARE WITH THE CAPACITY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL?

>> LAST TIME THAT WE DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT, WE WERE AT 2,805, 2,805 WAS OUR OPTIMAL CAPACITY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE DONE RENOVATIONS TO DESIGN LAB.

WE'VE ADDED THE ROBOTICS CENTER FOR CLASSROOMS. WE'VE INCREASED THAT CAPACITY PROBABLY BY ABOUT 100-125 STUDENTS.

THIS 2877 FALLS WITHIN A COMFORTABLE OPTIMAL CAPACITY THERE WHEN WE LOOK AT CLASSES AND AVAILABILITY.

>> WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE CAPACITY THERE NOW? I MEAN, GIVEN THE FACT THAT MORE INCREASED CLASSROOM SPACE, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T INCREASED HALLWAY SPACE NECESSARILY, LUNCH SPACES.

I UNDERSTAND YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T STUDIED THIS IN-DEPTH RECENTLY, BUT WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT IS?

>> I WOULD SAY RIGHT AROUND THAT 2920-2930 RANGE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE.

WE DO HAVE SUPPORT SPACES THAT CAN SUPPORT A LITTLE BIT MORE GROWTH.

WE DO HAVE TWO CAFETERIAS, WE HAVE MULTIPLE GYMS. WE HAVE MORE GYMS THAN MOST CAMPUSES HAVE.

SOME OF THOSE SUPPORT SPACES THAT YOU SEE WITH SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE DRAWING TIGHT.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CLASSROOMS AND LOOKING AT OVERALL ACROSS EIGHT PERIODS IN YOUR EFFICIENCY AROUND 85 PERCENT, WE'D BE COMFORTABLE AROUND 2920-2930.

BUT I THINK IT'S A GOAL OF OURS TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

>> YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ACTUALLY, GIVEN THE REPORT WE HAD RECENTLY FROM ENVISIONING AND THE FACT THAT WE MAY BE CONSIDERING A BOND IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON. THANKS.

>> NO PROBLEM.

>> THANK YOU, JEN. ELLEN.

>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT I KNOW IT TOOK TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY YOU, RACHEL.

I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS STAYING THE SAME.

BUT I NOTICED THERE'S A LOT MORE DISPARITY BETWEEN CAMPUSES THAN THERE USED TO BE.

WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE DOWN IN THE 18S AND ONE THAT'S UP AT 22.

THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

IF THAT DISPARITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE TO THAT, IT'S NOT A TREND I'D LIKE TO SEE GO ANY FURTHER.

>> I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT AND SOMETHING TO REALLY FOCUS ON IN THAT OCTOBER-NOVEMBER TIME WHEN WE DO OUR SNAPSHOT REPORTING TO SEE WHERE WE LIE.

BECAUSE EVEN WITH LOOKING AT TRANSFERS, WE DON'T FILL THEM TO 22 BECAUSE THEN WE DON'T GIVE US ENOUGH ROOM FOR RESIDENT STUDENTS THAT MAY ENROLL OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WE WANT TO ALLOW SOME ROOM IN THERE, SO WE'RE NOT GETTING CLASSROOMS OVER 22.

>> UNLESS YOU'RE AT FOREST TRAIL, THEN ALL YOUR CLASSES ARE IN 22,.

>> YEAH. IT'S RUNNING VERY EFFICIENT.

SPEAKING OF THAT GOOD SEGUE INTO JUST BREAKING DOWN OUR ELEMENTARIES AND OUR SECTIONS.

OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE WHAT ALL THE CLASS SIZES, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DO HIGHLIGHT IN ORANGE.

THE ORANGE IS CUT COLOR ANY CLASSES K THROUGH FOUR THAT ARE OVER THE 22:1 RATIO.

THE FIRST ONE BEING, YOU'LL SEE FOREST TRAIL IS OVER THAT RATIO ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF FOURTH-GRADE.

IF WE LOOK BACK TO LAST YEAR, WE WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION WHERE WE ARE OPERATING AROUND 24 IN EACH ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS.

WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR PRINCIPLES ON HOW COMFORTABLE THEY ARE WITH THESE SCENARIOS IN THEIR TEAM.

A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR TEACHER TEAM.

THEY ALSO HAVE CONVERSATIONS EVEN WITH CEDAR CREEK AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND.

IF YOU WANTED TO BREAK THIS DOWN AT SECTIONS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT STAFF WILL BE THERE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE MAY HAVE.

YOU WANT TO ADD AN FTE TO DRAW THOSE CLASS SIZES DOWN, THE FTE TEACHER MAY NOT BE THERE.

YOU MAY BE TRYING TO GET SUBSTITUTES IN THERE AND THAT CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING.

PRINCIPALS ARE COMFORTABLE OPERATING WITHIN THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE HERE.

THE SECOND ONE I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS BRIDGE POINT FIRST GRADE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT ACROSS THREE SECTIONS, THERE'S 43 STUDENTS.

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WE HAVE 155 TEACHERS.

NOW, IF I LOOK AT BRITISH POINTS SPECIFICALLY, TRADITIONALLY THEY DO ADD QUITE A BIT OF STUDENTS OVER THE SCHOOL YEAR.

EVEN IN FIRST GRADE, THEY ADDED EIGHT STUDENTS AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL LAST YEAR.

TO PROVIDE US THAT FLEXIBILITY HERE, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL SEE MORE FIRST GRADERS COME IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, OR POSSIBLY INTO THE FALL.

BUT WITH THAT TEACHER, WE ALSO HAVE ANY FLEXIBILITY THAT WE MAY NEED AS SECTION SIZE POPS UP IN ANY OTHER CAMPUS.

WE DO HAVE THAT STAFF THERE, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT AT FIRST GRADE AT BRIDGE POINT THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO RISE TO FILL THOSE SECTIONS A LITTLE LARGER.

IT ALSO REPRESENTED IN FOURTH GRADE AT BRIDGE POINT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SPANISH IMMERSION SECTION, DOWN TO ONE SECTION IS DOWN TO THE 22 IN THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.

>> HEATHER.

>> THANK YOU. TWO THINGS.

ONE, I'M JUST WANTING TO SEE IF WE'RE ALSO WATCHING IN THE ELEMENTARY THIRD GRADE SPANISH IMMERSION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT IS A SMALLER NUMBER.

>> YES.

>> FOREST TRAIL, FOURTH GRADE, DO WE HAVE COLLABORATIVE CLASSROOMS OR TEACHER'S ASSISTANCE IN THOSE CLASSES?

>> WE HAVE STAFF ON THE PREMISES TO ASSIST IN THOSE.

I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE SITUATIONS ARE NOW.

HOW MANY WILL NEED COLLAB SERVICES, ETC.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR THOSE CLASSES AT THAT CAMPUS.

>> WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A DESIGNATED COLLABORATIVE CLASS IN FOURTH GRADE AT FOREST TRAIL. [BACKGROUND]

>> I'M NOT I'M NOT [OVERLAPPING]

>> GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER THEN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. KIM.

>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP ON FOREST TRAIL, FOURTH GRADE.

YOU LOOK AT THE PAST HISTORY OF CERTAIN SCHOOLS AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONS.

BUT I DON'T SEE IN THIS SCENARIO, A FOURTH GRADE AT FOREST TRAIL SPECIFICALLY, THAT WE HAVE CAPACITY TO GROW AND TO HAVE TRANSFERS COMING IN THROUGH THE YEARS.

IS THERE A CONTINGENCY PLAN? I'LL DRAWBACK ON MEMORY THAT I'VE LIVED THROUGH THAT WHERE THERE WAS CAPACITY AND THEN EVEN AS THE YEAR STARTED, THERE WAS A TEACHER ADDED AT ANOTHER SCHOOL.

I JUST WONDER THAT'S PRETTY HIGH IN FOURTH GRADE AT FOREST TRAIL AND HOW DO WE PLAN FOR AN INFLUX OF STUDENTS IN THAT GRADE?

>> YEAH. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

BUT IF IT WAS TO HAPPEN, WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

IF WE NEED TO DRAW DOWN THAT CLASS SIZE, RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THEM BECAUSE IT IS A THRESHOLD THAT WE'RE MONITORING VERY CLOSELY.

IF THAT WAS TO EXCEED THAT, WE WANT TO TRY TO BE AHEAD OF THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO WHAT THE REGISTRARS DO IS THEY UPDATE THESE NUMBERS DAILY OR EVERY OTHER DAY THAT RACHEL AND I CAN SEE AND SO IF WE SEE ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, TRUST ME, WE WILL HEAR ABOUT IT.

RIGHT NOW, THE CONTINGENCY, WE DO HAVE THAT TEACHER AT BRIDGE POINT IF WE HAD TO GO AND GRAB THAT.

BUT WE HAVE THESE SITUATIONS EACH AND EVERY YEAR THAT THINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED AND WE'LL HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE ACCORDINGLY.

>> IF I COULD, THEN JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT SITUATION.

IS THERE A PARENT RESPONSE? IS THERE A PARENT CONCERN? OR HAVE THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PARENTS AND THE FOURTH GRADE TEACHING TEAM TO HANDLE THAT?

>> HOW I UNDERSTAND IT IS THE PRINCIPALS ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THEY'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY STARTING WITH THEIR TEAM OF TEACHERS AND THEN PARENTS AS WELL, AT BOTH OF THOSE CAMPUSES ACROSS THOSE FOURTH GRADE SECTIONS TO TRY TO TALK THEM THROUGH WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM ON THEIR CAMPUS.

THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HAD.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IF I COULD ADD TOO, HISTORICALLY, 23 IS NOT THAT LARGE IN FOURTH GRADE, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY YEARS WHERE WE'VE MAINTAINED 23 AND 24 IN FOURTH GRADE OR FIFTH GRADE, AND IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THERE ARE SEVEN SECTIONS IN GRADES K-4 THAT ARE ABOVE THEIR GUIDELINE.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME YEARS WE'VE STARTED THE YEAR WHERE WE'VE BEEN ANYWHERE FROM 14-20 SECTIONS ABOVE GUIDELINES.

WE'RE SEEING MORE MANAGEABLE NUMBERS.

IT JUST HAPPENS THAT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF BUBBLES THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.

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>> CORRECT, YEAH. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO BEYOND, WE LOOK IF THERE'S EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS IN THOSE GRADE LEVELS.

THERE'S ALSO SIBLINGS TIED TO OTHER GRADE LEVELS ACROSS THE CAMPUS AND SO WE REALLY DUG DOWN DEEP AT THESE, AT BOTH OF THESE CAMPUSES, AND NOT A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE TO ADJUST ANY TRANSFERS.

THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENT STUDENTS IN THERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANOTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, THAT REFLECTS AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL A REDUCTION OF THREE FTES.

NOT THREE PEOPLE, BUT THREE FTES YEAR OVER YEAR.

SECONDARY, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN ACROSS THOSE GRADE LEVELS.

VERY CONSISTENT AND WE HAVE A DECENT SIZE NINTH GRADE CLASS, LIKE I SAID, FROM THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ROLLING UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? JAMES?

>> I CHECKED BACK TO LAST YEAR, THIS SLIDE, THIS DAY LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 8,050 AND BY NOVEMBER, THE NOVEMBER UPDATE, WHICH I THINK IS OUR TRUE-UP ISN'T THAT AROUND THE TIME WE WERE ACTUALLY REPORTING THE STATE, WE WERE DOWN TO 7,850 AND THEN I DIDN'T, I KNOW WE GOT LATER REPORTS AND I THINK THAT WE SAW AN INFLUX COMING IN JANUARY.

>> YES, WE DO.

>> WHAT IS YOUR SENSE FOR WHAT WE'LL SEE OVER THE NEXT? ANY THOUGHTS? I REALIZE YOU'RE LOOKING INTO A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO?

>> WE HAVE WHAT I FEEL IS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE ASK OUR PARENTS.

WE DO ASK THEM TO COMMIT EARLY.

WE ASK THEM TO VERIFY LATER IN THE SPRING IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK.

WE DO HAVE OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESSES.

I'M CONFIDENT IN A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU IF THEY'RE ALL GOING TO SHOW UP NEXT WEDNESDAY.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEE. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THEY DO ALL SHOW UP.

BUT AGAIN, IT COULD FLUCTUATE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT COVID IS GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH IMPACT AS IT HAS IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

I HOPE NOT AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET CLOSER TO WHAT WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THOSE LIMITATIONS.

>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS BASED ON THINGS WE'VE ACTUALLY HEARD FROM PARENTS.

WHAT IS PROJECTION AND WHAT IS ACTUAL PEOPLE HAVE SAID, YEAH, WE'RE COMING.

>> AGAIN, THEY COULD ENROLL AND UNENROLL AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

WE EXPECT THEM TO SHOW UP, BUT THEY MAY NOT SHOW UP.

BUT BASED ON THE PROCESSES, YOU WOULD THINK THAT YOU'D GET PRETTY CLOSE TO THIS WITHOUT ANY COVID LIMITATIONS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ELLEN.

>> JEREMY, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE ACCEPTED 85 PERCENT OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PROCESSED.

CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT AS TO WHEN APPLICATIONS WEREN'T ACCEPTED? WHAT WERE THE ISSUES?

>> YES. WE REVIEW ALL TRANSFERS, EXISTING TRANSFERS THAT ARE GOING TO ROLL OVER IT.

WE ALSO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS EACH AND EVERY YEAR IF YOU'RE A TRANSFER.

WE HAVE OUR RETURNING TRANSFERS AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NEW TRANSFERS AND WE MEET WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND WE GO OVER ALL OF THEM AND WE GO OVER CLASS SIZES WHERE THEY MAY NEED A FEW STUDENTS.

THEN THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS AS PART OF THAT PROCESS.

THE PRINCIPALS REVIEW THOSE AS WELL AND WE TALK ABOUT THOSE.

THERE IS NEVER A NO, IF THERE'S A REASON BEHIND A NO, BASED ON MAYBE SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY PROVIDE.

BUT WE WALK THROUGH THAT WITH THE PRINCIPALS.

IT IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL DECISION, IT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION WHEN WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF INPUT AS TO WHICH TRANSFERS WE MAY TAKE AND WHICH ONES WE MAY NOT.

>> JEREMY AND RACHEL, WHAT ARE THE MAIN CRITERIA THAT YOU LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING TRANSFERS, ESPECIALLY RETURNING TRANSFERS?

>> SPACE IS ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA.

WE ALSO LOOK AT PROGRAM AVAILABILITY.

DO WE HAVE THE SERVICES THAT THEY MAY NEED AT THAT CAMPUS? IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SERVICES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESIDENCE STUDENTS NEEDING THOSE SERVICES, THEN THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST PLACE FOR THAT TRANSFER.

ALSO, WE LOOK AT ATTENDANCE RECORDS FOR THAT STUDENT AND THEIR PREVIOUS DISTRICT OR THEIR PRIVATE SCHOOL.

WE ALSO LOOK AT PERFORMANCE AND ACADEMICS AS WELL IN EVALUATING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

>> I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR TOO IS THE DESIRED CAMPUS OR IF

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IT'S NOT ALWAYS A FIT IN THEIR FIRST OPTION AND SO WE DO MAKE OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE CAMPUSES TO SUPPORT THE RESOURCES, CLASS SIZES, BUILDING AVAILABILITY AND SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS A FIT BASED ON WHAT THEIR REQUEST IS.

THEY MAY ASK TO BE PUT ON A WAIT-LIST OF SOME SORT.

NOT THAT THERE IS A WAIT-LIST, BUT THEY'D RATHER WAIT UNTIL THERE MIGHT BE A SEAT AVAILABLE CLOSER TO START.

>> DO YOU OFTEN FIND SIBLING GROUPS WHERE YOU CAN PLACE ONE STUDENT, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM AND SO THEY REJECT OR THEY WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATION? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY COUNT THE NUMBERS OR NOT.

BUT DOES THAT HAPPEN FREQUENTLY?

>> WE GIVE THEM AN OPTION, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE MAY NOT HAVE ROOM FOR THAT SIBLING, WE MAY GIVE THEM OUR ALTERNATIVE, BUT WE PROVIDE THE PARENT WITH THAT OPTION.

WE MAY JUST HAVE ROOM FOR THAT ONE STUDENT.

SAY IF YOU'RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR IN ELEMENTARY MAY JUST HAVE ROOM FOR THAT ONE, WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S UP TO THEM TO ACCEPT OR NOT.

SOMETIMES LOGISTICS IS A LIMITING FACTOR FOR THEM.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER, WE GET THROUGH THE SUMMER, THERE'S SOME AVAILABILITY THAT WE SEE AS THE NUMBERS GET UPDATED AND WE'VE GONE BACK OUT THERE TO SOME OF THEM THAT COULDN'T FIT THAT CAMPUS LIKE.

BUT HOW ABOUT BRIDGE POINT? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT BRIDGE POINT AND GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THEM AND SEE IF THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO ENTERTAIN? BECAUSE WE HAVE ROOM FOR THEM AT ANOTHER CAMPUS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AT THE TIME THAT WE EVALUATED IT.

WE'VE GONE BACK OUT TO THEM AND TRIED TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A SPOT FOR THEM.

>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE ONE QUICK ONE AND IT TIES BACK TO THE Q&A THAT YOU HAD WITH JEN AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TOTAL CAPACITY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOUR ROUGH ESTIMATE BEING SOMEWHERE LITTLE NORTH OF 2,900, AND PART OF THE CALCULATION WAS 85 PERCENT EFFICIENCY.

IS THAT A WATER? WHAT'S THE 85 PERCENT?

>> SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT PERIODS OF THE DAY, IS AN EFFICIENCY RATE THAT YOU RUN, THINKING THAT EACH CLASSROOM IS GOING TO BE OCCUPIED FOR SIX OR EIGHT PERIODS A DAY.

WE TAKE YOUR TOTAL CAPACITY, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DO A PERCENTAGE BECAUSE THAT CLASSROOM IS NOT USED FOR ALL EIGHT PERIODS OF THE DAY.

>> OKAY, THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.

IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHERS, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

>> THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, RACHEL.

APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING.

THE NEXT ITEM IS 2023 BOND CAPACITY AND WE'VE GOT CHRIS SCOTT

[7.3. 2023 Bond Capacity]

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

OKAY. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BOND CAPACITY, OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST THING THAT POPS IN YOUR MIND IS THE GENERAL FUND.

FOR US, IT'S IMPORTANT AND REALLY THE LAST POINT IS THE MAIN ONE I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, AND THAT IS THAT OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS OR SO, THE RATE AT WHICH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO USE FROM THE STATE SYSTEM, WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM, THE FSP HAS GROWN.

BUT IT'S GROWN AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE THAN INFLATION HAS.

WE'VE CONSTANTLY HAVE THIS ISSUE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT ABOUT HOW DO WE PAY FOR TEACHERS AND TEACHERS MAKE UP THE BIGGEST HUNK OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, IN THE GENERAL FUND, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 85, NOT TEACHERS, BUT THEY'RE ALL STAFF, 85-88 PERCENT DEPENDING ON THE YEAR.

WE'RE ALWAYS CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE IN THE GENERAL FUND IN ORDER TO PAY SALARIES.

IN FACT, IT'S ONE OF OUR PRIMARY BUDGETING STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING IN, NUMBER 1 MORE REVENUE THAT'S NOT RECAPTURED, AND ALSO HOW CAN WE LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S GOING OUT? ON THE REVENUE SIDE, OBVIOUSLY OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS.

EEF WELL, JUST LOOK AT IT.

THEY WENT FROM $58,000 IN THE 2002, '03 SCHOOL YEAR, $2.75 MILLION THIS YEAR.

OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AGAIN 20 YEARS AGO, BROUGHT IN ABOUT $50,000.

THIS PAST YEAR, BROUGHT IN ABOUT TWO MILLION.

A BUDGETED 1.4 THE YEAR WE'RE IN NOW.

BUT I THINK IT'S QUITE LIKELY THAT WE'LL END UP BRINGING IN CLOSER TO TWO, MAYBE MORE, AND COST OF GOLDEN PENNIES.

THE SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS BACK THEN.

THERE WEREN'T GOLDEN PENNIES 20 YEARS AGO.

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BACK THEN, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, WE HAD FOUR OF THEM, AND THOSE FOUR PENNIES WERE WORTH $3.4 MILLION TO US.

THIS YEAR WE'VE GOT EIGHT, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GOLDEN PENNIES YOU CAN HAVE, THEY'RE WORT 17.2 MILLION, AND AS OUR TAX BASE GROWS, THOSE GROW WITH IT.

BUT ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE MAIN THING THAT WE LIKE TO DO, AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY WAYS THAT WE MAKE ROOM THERE IS WE FIND ANY EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE IN THE M&O SIDE AND FIND A WAY TO SEE IF WE CAN CAPITALIZE IT.

SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH ROOFING, HVAC, BUSES, STUDENT TECHNOLOGY, ALL OF OUR TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE PUT ON THESE BONDS AND WE COME TO YOU ABOUT EVERY FOUR YEARS AND TALK ABOUT THEM.

NEXT TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE.

THERE'S BEEN SOME RECENT CHANGES IN GATSBY RULES.

IT'S GOING TO LET US CAPITALIZE A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE THINK TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $3 MILLION A YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T CAPITALIZE THE MONEY YOU'RE PAYING TO THE UTILITY COMPANY.

BUT YOU CAN CAPITALIZE SOLAR PANELS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING SOLAR PANELS MAYBE ON ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT MAY ALLOW US TO CUT OUR UTILITY BILLS ABOUT IN HALF.

WE PAY ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS A YEAR TO THE UTILITY COMPANY, IF WE COULD CUT THAT $500,000, THAT'S MORE MONEY WE CAN SPEND ON SOMETHING ELSE.

THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, THAT'S HOW WE PAY FOR THIS DEBT.

YOU CAN SEE IN POINT NUMBER 3 THAT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, OUR DEBT SERVICE RATE HAS TRADITIONALLY GONE DOWN AND AS OUR TAX BASE GROWS, WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE NEED WE LOWER IT DOWN.

WE'VE DONE THAT A NUMBER OF TIMES, JUST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE DONE IT TWICE.

WE WENT FROM $17.25 BACK IN 2017 TO 14, AND THEN IN 2020, WE WENT FROM 14 DOWN TO 12, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEBT, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT GRAPHIC THAN WHAT I NORMALLY SHOW YOU.

TYPICALLY I'LL SHOW YOU A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS JUST THE TOTAL DEBT SERVICE WE OWE IN A GIVEN YEAR.

IT MIGHT HAVE THE PRINCIPAL AND THE INTEREST.

THIS IS BROKEN UP BY ISSUANCE.

YOU SEE WE'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF ISSUANCES OF DIFFERENT DEBT.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE HAVE THESE CLIFFS THAT GIVE US MORE CAPACITY, AND THAT'S WHY THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

IN 2022, YOU SEE THERE'S A BIG DROP-OFF.

WE JUST MADE THAT PAYMENT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND SO THE LAST OF OUR 2015 B BONDS ARE NOW RETIRED.

STARTING WITH THE MONEY WE'RE COLLECTING THIS YEAR WILL BE DUE IN 2023, WE'VE COME DOWN TO A TOTAL DEBT SERVICE OF ABOUT $16 MILLION.

THEN WE SEE ANOTHER BUMP AFTER WE FINISHED OFF THE 2013'S AND ON DOWN THE LINE.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TODAY.

FIRST ONE IS SO CONSERVATIVE, IT'S CRAZY.

LET ME THROW THAT ONE OUT THERE FIRST.

>> CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN TAV, OR AT LEAST THE ACRONYM REALLY QUICK?

>> TAV IS TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE.

I'M SORRY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE JARGON.

THAT'S JUST A SHORTHAND WAY OF REFERRING TO OUR TAX BASE.

LOOKING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, REJECTING A CONSTANT DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE OF $0.12 TAV GROWTH RATE THIS YEAR, WE'VE SEEN 19.5 PERCENT.

THEN ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING DROPS OUT FROM UNDER US AND WE HAVE ZERO GROWTH OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PAY OUR DEBT EACH OF THOSE YEARS, SO ABOUT $26.3 MILLION.

HERE'S HOW MUCH DEBT WE CURRENTLY NEED TO PAY, AND YOU'LL SEE, OBVIOUSLY, WITHOUT A BOND ISSUE, WE HAVE WAY MORE THAN WHAT OUR DEBT SERVICE ACTUALLY IS.

HOWEVER, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS PICTURE.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE SOLD BONDS BACK IN 2019, WE SOLD SOME, THIS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD DONE THAT.

BUT THERE'S A WAY OF ISSUING BONDS AT THEIR VARIABLE RATE.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS YOU CAN ISSUE LONG-TERM DEBT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S MATURING FROM 2036 OUT TO 2039 AND GET PAY

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IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE GREEN BARS ON EVERYTHING BEFORE 2036, THOSE REPRESENT THE INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THOSE.

IF YOU LOOK THROUGH FROM 2021 THROUGH 2025, YOU SEE IT'S SHORTER.

THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING THAT LOWER INTEREST RATE.

IT'S ABOUT 1.75 PERCENT COUPON RATE.

THAT'S GOING TO QUADRUPLE STARTING IN AUGUST OF 2025 UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING.

THOSE PAYMENTS THAT YOU SEE AFTER THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER AND THAT REPRESENTS MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF INTEREST.

WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR CAPACITY THAT WE'VE GOT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO DO FEES THAT ROUGHLY $15 MILLION WORTH OF VARIABLE RATE BONDS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ACROSS HERE NOW I'M SHOWING THE EXISTING DEBT SERVICE, INCLUDING THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING ASIDE TO DEFEES THAT $14.9 MILLION WORTH OF VARIABLE RATE BONDS, AND IN TWO WEEKS I'LL BE COMING TO YOU WITH A REQUEST FOR YOU TO DESIGNATE SOME OF THE MONEY FROM THIS YEAR TO DO THAT.

IT'S NOT CALLABLE UNTIL 2024, MEANING WE CAN'T ACTUALLY PAY IT BACK.

THIS WILL HAVE TO GO INTO ESCROW THIS YEAR.

BUT WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS WE'LL EASILY BE ABLE TO PAY OFF AT $15 MILLION.

YOU SEE A HIGHER PAYMENT, 2022, '23 THROUGH IF YOU ARE REALLY OBSERVANT, YOU'LL SEE THAT 25 TO 26 THROUGH THE END, THE LAST TWO YEARS, OUR DEBT SERVICE IS ACTUALLY GONE DOWN.

IT WAS ABOUT 11.5 MILLION NOW IT'S 10.4 BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER PAYING THAT INTEREST OUT THERE.

WE COME IN HERE AND LOOK AT 2023, '24.

HOW MUCH MONEY? WE'RE COLLECTING ABOUT 26.3 MILLION.

HOW MUCH MONEY WILL WE NEED TO PAY OUT? ABOUT 16.5 MILLION.

THAT LEAVES ABOUT $9.8 MILLION IN ORDER TO SERVICE NEW DEBT, AND THAT CORRESPONDS TO ABOUT $130 MILLION BOND.

YOU CAN SEE I'VE PUT A STAR THERE THOUGH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.

IF YOU CAME TO ME AND SAID, CHRIS, WE REALLY WANT TO DO $150 MILLION.

CAN WE DO THAT AT 12 CENTS? THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY YES.

WE WOULD JUST MANIPULATE WHEN WE SELL THE BONDS, WE WOULD MANIPULATE WHEN THE MATURITIES ON THOSE WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT FIT IN THERE.

ANYTIME I'M GIVING YOU A NUMBER HERE PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT IT'S GOT SOME LEEWAY IN IT.

TYPICALLY, THIS WOULD BE THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND I'D GO SIT DOWN.

BUT UNFORTUNATE FOR YOU, I'M GOING TO KEEP TALKING. YOU CAN.

>> SORRY. JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ROOM BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED WE HAVE ALL THESE GRANDPARENTS HERE, THEY CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD ON THIS.

BUT THIS IS A WEIRD THING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WHY DO WE NEED ALL OF THIS MONEY? WHY DO THESE BONDS MATTERS SO MUCH? CAN YOU JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PRIMER ON WHY WE NEED BOND MONEY BECAUSE OF RECAPTURE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE M&O AND I&S BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU.

>> MOST OF OUR MONEY, WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S WHERE MOST OF YOUR EXPENSES GO.

PRIMARILY, YOU'VE GOT, LIKE I SAID, PAYROLL IN THERE.

NOW, LOTS OF DISTRICTS, PARTICULARLY DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE TAX BASE WE HAVE, THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF THINGS IN THERE.

THEY'RE BUYING BUSES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THEY'RE DOING THOSE ROOF REPAIRS AND THE HVAC REPAIRS, THEY'RE BUYING COMPUTERS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

WE'VE MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT NOT TO DO THAT, TO MOVE THOSE EXPENSES TO DEBT SERVICE, TO DEDICATE MORE OF THE GENERAL FUND, TO PROVIDING SALARIES FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

[LAUGHTER] OF COURSE. ACTUALLY, MARIA PUT IN AN ORDER TO OUR BANK TO SEND A WIRE OF 100 AND SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS TO THE STATE TODAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ME TOMORROW AND SAY, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO SEND $100 MILLION? AND I'LL SAY I DON'T WANT TO, BUT YES, WE'RE GOING TO SEND $100 MILLION.

THAT'S WILL ACTUALLY END UP PAYING ABOUT $105 MILLION.

WE'VE GOT BETTER DATA RIGHT NOW THAN THE STATE DOES, AND SO THERE'LL BE A KETCHUP PAYMENT LATER ON.

OUR TOTAL PAYMENT THIS YEAR IT'D BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 105 MILLION.

FOR THE YEAR THAT'S JUST COMING UP, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

[00:55:02]

THAT'LL BE NEXT AUGUST.

>> CHRIS, ANY FUNDS RAISED THROUGH BONDS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

>> EXACTLY. BOND FUNDS ARE NOT RECAPTURED.

HOPEFULLY THEY NEVER WILL BE.

HERE'S THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO CONTINUE ON.

LOOKING AT THE PAGE THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU A SECOND AGO, IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE IF WE ASSUME THAT THAT 9.8 MILLION EXTENDED OUT OVER THOSE THREE YEARS, THEN WE STILL GOT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE I&S SIDE AND WE CAN'T JUST LET THAT MONEY ACCUMULATE.

WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PAY OUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE COLLECTING AND TAX REVENUE, AND WE CAN ONLY PAY IT FOR ONE THING AND THAT IS DEBT SERVICE.

YOU'VE NOTICED THAT I'VE MARKED SOME BONDS WHICH ARE CALLABLE IN THAT TIMEFRAME, WHICH WOULD COVER THIS EXCESS COLLECTION THAT WE HAVE HERE.

HOWEVER, IT JUST BARELY COVERS IT.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE SCENARIO WHICH PLAYED OUT FOR US, THEN LET ME JUST PLAY THIS THROUGH.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A TAV GROWTH OF ZERO FOR FOUR YEARS AND SOMETHING MORE REALISTIC, LIKE 12 PERCENT FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN DROPPING DOWN TO SIX PERCENT, AND ACTUALLY, I FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE ON THE CONSERVATIVE END OF REALISTIC.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO NUTS HERE.

[LAUGHTER] I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE THAT WITH THE EXCESS ASSESSED BUT UNTAXED HOME VALUES AND OUR DISTRICT IS ABOUT SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS.

WE EXPECT THAT TO COME ONLINE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

TYPICALLY, YOU'LL HAVE SOME TURNOVER WITH HOUSES AND THOSE PEOPLE GET ASSESSED AT WHATEVER THEY BOUGHT THE HOUSE AT.

OR IF THEY KNOCK ONE DOWN AND BUILD A NEW ONE, THEY GET ASSESSED AT THE FULL VALUE.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LIMITED TO 10 PERCENT GROWTH PER YEAR FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR AWHILE, IT'S REGISTERED AS OUR HOMESTEAD, YOUR ACTUAL GROWTH WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THAT BECAUSE OF THAT TURNOVER EFFECT.

THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 11.5 PERCENT.

REALLY THE ONLY LIMITING FACTOR THAT WOULD KEEP IT BELOW THAT WOULD BE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WITH COMMERCIAL VALUES.

NOW, COMMERCIAL VALUES ARE TAXED AT THEIR ASSESSED VALUE.

IF THEY CONTINUE TO GROW OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH PROBABLY IN THE 12 PERCENT RANGE FOR 3, 4 OR 5 YEARS PERHAPS.

IF THERE'S A RECESSION HOWEVER, AND THE VALUE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY GOES DOWN, THEN THEIR TAXABLE VALUE ALSO GOES DOWN.

WE COULD SEE THAT THERE'S A DROP-OFF.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I PUT THE SIX PERCENT IN THERE, IS THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HIT A RECESSION HERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

BUT WHEN I DO THAT, SHOWING AGAIN 12 CENTS DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, DURING THAT WHOLE TIME.

YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM LINE, YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE MUCH MORE EXCESS COLLECTIONS THAN WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT A WHILE AGO.

IN FACT, MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE CALLABLE BONDS TO HANDLE.

THERE I JUST MARKED WHICH ONES I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IF WE LOOK AT THE 12 CENTS, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AT THAT POINT REDUCING THAT MAYBE TO NINE CENTS, FOR EXAMPLE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE CAPACITY GOES DOWN PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT IT WAS IN THAT ZERO GROWTH SCENARIO WHICH WORKS OUT FINE BECAUSE ON EVERY FOUR-YEAR MNO BOND TYPE THING, WE'D BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER BOND THAT WOULD START MAKING PAYMENTS ON IN '27, '28.

WE'D HAVE ENOUGH EXCESS CAPACITY OR CALLABLE BONDS TO USE THAT EXCESS CAPACITY, AND THEN IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR US TO SERVE AS NEW BONDS STARTING IN '27, '28.

THAT'S SCENARIO NUMBER 2, WHICH WOULD BE WE KEEP OUR 12 CENT TAX RATE FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS, AND THEN WE DROP IT DOWN TO ACCOUNT FOR THE GROWTH OF OUR TAX BASE.

I'LL JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE AS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, IS THERE ARE STILL NINE COPPER PENNIES BEYOND THE GOLDEN PENNIES.

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HERE'S A THIRD SCENARIO.

FOR THIS ONE, I WANTED TO STRETCH OUT THE TIMEFRAME I WAS LOOKING AT JUST TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE THINGS THAT ARE COMING INTO PLAY HERE.

AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT 12 CENTS ACROSS THE BOARD, THAT SAME 12 PERCENT GROWTH FOR TWO YEARS FOLLOWED BY SIX PERCENT, AND HERE'S OUR PROJECTED REVENUE BECAUSE OF THAT.

HERE'S THE DEBT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AGAIN, ASSUMING THAT WE'RE DIFFUSING THAT 14.9 MILLION OF THE VARIABLE RATE BONDS.

HERE $110 MILLION.

NOTICE I DIDN'T PUT SAY 130 BUT 110, AND THEN 130 IN 2027.

YOU SEE THAT IN '27, '28, THE PAYMENT WOULD JUMP UP BECAUSE OF THOSE NEW BONDS WE'D BE INTRODUCING.

THEN I INTRODUCED SOMETHING WHAT IF IN 2025, WE WENT OUT FOR A MAJOR PROJECTS TIGHT BOND.

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE WITH THE MNO EVERY FOUR YEARS, THIS WOULD BE A ONETIME TYPE OF PROJECT WHERE YOU WOULD GO IN AND SEE WHAT DOES THE DISTRICT NEED TO DO, MAYBE ALONG THE LINES OF THE OUTLINE THAT VISION INT HAS GIVEN YOU TO BRING OUR DISTRICT UP TO STANDARDS.

OUR NEWEST SCHOOL, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S PUSHING 30 YEARS OLD, AND SO THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE LONG IN THE TOOTH, AND WE DO HAVE TRIANGULAR CLASSROOMS. HERE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE DEBT SERVICE AMOUNT VARIES FROM '25/'26 TO '26/'27, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD BREAK THAT UP INTO TWO PIECES, 125 MILLION IN ONE YEAR, 125 MILLION THE NEXT.

REALISTICALLY, IF WE WERE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE LIKE 50-100 THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN HOLD ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AS THOSE THINGS COME ON BECAUSE A PROJECT OF THAT SCOPE COULDN'T BE DONE IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

YOU'RE TALKING PROBABLY 5-8 YEARS, I WOULD GUESS.

TOTAL DEBT SERVICE THEN, OUT STANDED THERE. THEN EXCESS CAPACITY.

YOU SEE THAT IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THAT SCENARIO, WE'VE GOT SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT SURPLUSES AND THEN SOME DEFICITS LATER ON.

WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT.

HERE I'VE GONE WITH A REALLY SIMPLE MODEL FOR WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT BY EITHER SELLING MORE BONDS EARLIER THAN LATER, OR MAYBE HAVING SOME CALL DATES THERE.

IN THAT '27/'28 TIME-FRAME, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO SHIFT SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES BACK TO WHERE WE HAVE MORE CAPACITY IN '24/'25.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT IT'S EMINENTLY DOABLE.

TONIGHT WHAT I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY IS, WE WANT TO DO $250 MILLION, AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING BIG, YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT.

THAT'S OUR THIRD SCENARIO.

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> YOU CAN.

>> THANK YOU. THE MAJOR PROJECTS IN 2025 IS INSTEAD OF THE TWO IN 2023 AND 2027, OR ADDED TO? [OVERLAPPING]

>> THAT'S IN ADDITION TO.

>> SO WE'D HAVE '23, [OVERLAPPING] '25, AND '27?

>> OUR NEED FOR MOVING THOSE EXPENSES OUT OF MNO DOESN'T GO AWAY.

WE'RE STILL THINKING THAT WE WOULD DO THAT ON THE SAME SCHEDULE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT '23, PERHAPS, THEN AGAIN IN '27, '31, EVERY FOUR YEARS DOWN THE LINE.

THIS WOULD BE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE THING THAT WE HIT BETWEEN THE '23 AND THE '27 MNO BONDS.

IT'S A STANDALONE.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO DO IT, IT DOESN'T IMPACT THOSE MNO BONDS AT ALL.

[LAUGHTER]

>> WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK AND SHOWING US THE SCENARIO WHERE THE I DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE GOES DOWN TO NINE PERCENT, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR BOND CAPACITY FOR THE FUTURE YEARS OF '25/'26, THOSE YEARS.

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>> I DIDN'T WORK IT ALL OUT HERE, BUT IF YOU LOOK IN '26/'27, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GOT A CAPACITY IN THAT YEAR WELL ABOUT $7 MILLION.

AGAIN, USING THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GROWING BY SIX PERCENT PER YEAR, THEN THAT'S GOING TO PUT US SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PROBABLY NINE-ISH MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO START SERVICING THE 2027 BOND.

I TRIED TO STRUCTURE IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT, WHEN I DROPPED IT TO NINE RATHER THAN DOWN TO SIX OR EIGHT, BUT TO LEAVE CAPACITY FOR 2027 MNO BOND.

>> I'M SORRY. WHAT WOULD BE THE CAPACITY FOR THAT BOND? IS THAT THE NINE PERCENT RATE?

>> YEAH, SURE. IT'D BE SOMEWHERE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 110, 130.

NOW, AS YOGI BARROW SAID, YOU'D KNOW BETTER THAN I, YOU'RE FROM THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF PREDICTIONS ARE HARD, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE FUTURE.

[LAUGHTER] PREDICTIONS ARE HARD ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TAV IS GOING TO BE IN THOSE YEARS.

I BELIEVE THAT I'VE SHOWN YOU A REASONABLE GUESS ON WHAT IT MIGHT BE, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY SLIGHTLY ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE.

IT COULD VERY WELL BE THAT COME 2027, THE CAPACITY IS CONSIDERABLY LARGER, AND IT COULD VERY WELL BE THAT IF IT'S NOT MEASURING OUT HOW WE THINK IT'S GOING TO IN THAT YEAR THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DROPPING THE TAX RATE, WE MIGHT NOT ONLY DROP TWO RATHER THAN THREE.

>> OKAY. I'M GOING TO LET MY FELLOW TRUSTEES HAVE ADD AT THIS ONE.

>> THANK YOU. JEN.

>> THE IDEA OF HAVING A BOND EVERY TWO YEARS GIVES ME HEARTBURN, [LAUGHTER] AND I REALLY WORRY ABOUT VOTER FATIGUE AT THAT POINT.

HAVE YOU LOOKED AT ANOTHER SCENARIO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A 2025 BOND AND WE SPLIT THAT BETWEEN THE TWO, BETWEEN 2023 AND 2027, MAKING THEM MORE MEDIUM-SIZE RATHER THAN MNO?

>> I'VE NOT WORKED THAT ONE OUT PRIMARILY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME TO PREPARE FOR A 2023 BOND. THAT'S DONE THAT.

HOWEVER, I DID THINK OF THE SITUATION WHERE, WHAT IF WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL 2027? I DIDN'T WORK OUT ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I BELIEVE THAT'S EMINENTLY DOABLE.

WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO THEN IS WHEN YOU GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ABOUT 2023, IF YOU'RE THINKING THIS IS A 2027 PROJECT, NOT A 2025 PROJECT, THEN THAT WILL DETERMINE HOW WE STRUCTURE ANY NEW DEBT THAT WE TAKE ON IN 2023 TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FITS OUT THERE.

BUT, YES, I THINK THAT'S DOABLE.

>> WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE TIME-FRAME, MAY OF 2023 IS CHALLENGING, BUT WE COULD DO NOVEMBER OF 2023.

WE'VE HAD A SUCCESSFUL TRE IN NOVEMBER BEFORE.

IT'S NOT A MIDTERM YEAR, AND I THINK PEOPLE WOULD LOOK DOWN THE BALLOT AND HAVE A LOOK AT IT.

WE COULD HAVE SOME TIME THERE, AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO SOME BENEFIT TO NOVEMBER BOND ELECTION IN THE PLANNING SENSE BECAUSE ONCE IT PASSES, WE DON'T START CONSTRUCTION IMMEDIATELY.

THERE'S SOME LEAD TIME FOR PLANNING SO THAT MEANS WE COULD GET STARTED THAT NEXT SUMMER WORKING ON PROJECTS FOR ONE, WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT THE TIMING OF IT OR EVEN PUSHING IT TO 2024 AND THEN WE DO 2024 AND 2028.

I JUST REALLY LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS.

I'M GOING TO REALLY LIKELY PUSH BACK HARD ON THREE BONDS IN SIX YEARS.

>> I THINK THE CHALLENGE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WAITING LONGER THAN 2023, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO OUR TECHNOLOGY IS THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY BY THAT POINT WILL BE PROBABLY TWO YEARS BEYOND ITS LIFE CYCLE.

IF WE DELAY THAT LONG, THEN OUR TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CONSIDERABLY OUT OF DATE, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY CONSIDER IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. KIM, AND THEN I'VE GOT HEATHER.

>> WELL, MY CONCERNS ARE ALSO ABOUT, I WOULDN'T GET TO FRAME IT AS VOTER FATIGUE, BUT IT IS SO MUCH TO ADDRESS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

[01:10:07]

IN 2019, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, BECAUSE OF THE MAJOR WORKS THAT WE HAD IN THAT 2019 BOND, BUT ALSO THE CAPACITY.

I LIKE THE TERM FATIGUE, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE IF THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO IT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CONFUSION.

WELL, I JUST VOTED FOR THAT.

I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF A SPREAD ON BONDS, BUT I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW WE DO THIS AND HOW WE DO IT SUCCESSFULLY.

KNOWING THAT THERE'S NEED THERE, AND KNOWING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, I DON'T WANT US TO HURT OURSELVES BECAUSE OF A BOND EVERY TWO YEARS.

WHEN I LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BONDS ON A FREQUENT BASIS, THOSE BONDS FAIL AND THIS DISTRICT HASN'T HAD A BOND FAIL IN QUITE AWHILE BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A NEED AND THERE HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEED.

MY CONCERN IS IF WE GET ON SUCH A FREQUENT BASIS OF BONDS, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORT OR UNDERSTANDING [OVERLAPPING].

>> WE WOULD ENVISION IT THE MAJOR PROJECT BOND AS BEING AN ONGOING THING.

WE REALLY THINK OF IT AS A ONE-TIME AFFAIR, AND SO IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE WE'LL COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER BIG ONE IN FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT COMPLETELY.

PART OF WHAT WE WERE THINKING ON THAT IS THAT BY SEPARATING OUT THE MNO BONDS AND KEEPING THEM ON THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE, THAT ALLOWS YOU AND THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE TWO YEARS TO SAY, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.

ARE YOU INTERESTED OR ARE YOU NOT INTERESTED? THAT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, NUMBER ONE, TO GAUGE.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL A 2025 BOND IN 2023, BUT IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FIND OUT, IS THIS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO OR NOT.

IF IT IS, THEN THEY COULD COME IN AND LOOK AT JUST THAT'S ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS UPDATING OUR FACILITIES.

>> THANK YOU, HEATHER.

>> THANK YOU. JUST TO BE CLEAR ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, SO WE'RE DISCUSSING ALL OF THIS BOND MONEY WITHOUT RAISING TAXES FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND POTENTIALLY LOWERING OUR TAXES, CORRECT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY STAFF SALARIES OUT OF BOND MONEY.

WELL, THAT SOUNDS AWESOME, IT'S ILLEGAL, SO WE CAN'T DO THAT.

BUT WE'LL ALSO SAY THAT TODAY, I WAS IN THE HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION INTERIM HEARING ON ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING HOUSE BILL 3906 THAT PASSED A COUPLE OF SESSIONS AGO, IN REGARDS TO MOVING ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS ONLINE.

THERE WAS A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO GIVE ASSESSMENTS ONLINE AND THE FACT THAT BONDS HAVE NOT PASSED IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS, AND THAT PUTS A HAMPER ON THE EDUCATION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FINANCING TO PAY FOR IPADS FOR OUR KIDS OR LAPTOPS OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO JUST HAVE CURRICULUM NOW BECAUSE MOST DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE BOOKS AND THE ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS BY LAW, ALL ONLINE.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY, AND/OR GIVE SOME OTHER WAY TO DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR TECHNOLOGY.

GREAT AND I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF STRINGS WITH THAT, AND IT WILL BE WHATEVER THEY DEEM WE NEED.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE OUR VOTERS ALWAYS APPROVE OUR TECHNOLOGIES, SO THAT'S LOVELY, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.

I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND KNOWING THAT WE'RE COMING INTO LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THEN ALSO, THE LEDGER IS ALSO REALLY TALKING ABOUT JUST HOW BONDS ARE BROKEN OUT, SO I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF BREAKING THAT OUT AND OUR COMMUNITY WAS GREAT AND WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE A POOL IF THINGS HAD NOT GONE THE WAY THAT THEY DID, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

BUT THE OTHER BIG HOT TOPIC IS TAX COMPRESSION AT THE LEDGE, AND WHILE WE CONTINUE TO LOWER THE TAXES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THE LEDGER WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND TAKE SOME CREDIT.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ANY POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR

[01:15:04]

>> I'VE NOT HEARD OF ANY, AND YOU'D PROBABLY KNOW BETTER THAN I, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY REPORTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT COMPRESSION ON THE I&S SIDE, ARE THEY?

>> I DON'T THINK SO. I'M JUST THINKING THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO JUST COMPRESS SOMEWAY, SOMEHOW AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR M&O TO OUR I&S.

>> I FIND IT UNLIKELY BECAUSE THEY'VE HISTORICALLY REALLY UNDERFUNDED I&S FOR THOSE DISTRICTS THAT NEED STATE SUPPORT, AND THAT WOULD MEAN MORE STATE SUPPORT, AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE PROBABLY THE M&O SIDE IS MORE LIKELY AND MAYBE ACCELERATING THE COMPRESSION OVER THERE.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT THE COMPRESSION ON THE M&O SIDE UNDER CURRENT LAW, IT'S NOT REALLY IMPACTING OUR REVENUE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT'S TAKING MONEY THAT COULD GO TO INCREASING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> ELLEN.

>> I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED A SCENARIO THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK BROADLY ABOUT BRINGING OUR BUILDINGS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING THAT.

I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT TIMING AND SHARE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT JEN ARTICULATED.

I THINK LOOKING AT NOVEMBER, IF WE GO IN 23, LOOKING AT THAT TIMING MIGHT HELP.

I INTRODUCE INTO THE CONVERSATION, GIVEN THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS TO BE ON A SEPARATE PACKAGE NOW, THAT MEANS THAT THAT BOND WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN ANY BOND WE'VE EVER DONE BEFORE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE COULD DO A LITTLE BOND FOCUSED ON TECHNOLOGY IN '23, TAKE CARE OF THAT IMMEDIATE NEED AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND SPACE TO GET TO 2024 WITH A BIG PLAN? I DON'T KNOW. I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND WHAT JUST A TECHNOLOGY BOND LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE OTHER THINGS, SAFETY WOULD BE ONE THING, AND SAY, ARE THERE SAFETY EXPANSIONS? WE NEED TO DO THAT.

>> I WOULD HATE TO SPEAK TO THAT WITHOUT JEREMY AND CHRISTY WEIGHING IN ON WHAT THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS ARE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN EXPLORE WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE US TO, BUT I FEEL LIKE I'D BE STEPPING OVER THE LINE TO SAY, YES, WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT SEEING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.

>> WELL, I JUST INTRODUCED INTO THE CONVERSATION, GIVEN THAT THAT BOND IS GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT ANYWAY.

DOES IT GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY OR LESS?

>> JAMES.

>> A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.

THANKS, CHRIS, FOR THE PRESENTATION, VERY DETAILED.

I AM NOT OPPOSED TO A NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR A BOND, AND IF ANYTHING, I HAVE MULTIPLE CONCERNS ABOUT A TWO-YEAR TIMING.

BUT ONE CHIEF AMONG THOSE IS JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE NEED TO SPEND PREPPING FOR THOSE BONDS, WE REALLY OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO DO A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE THERE.

I SUSPECT THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH 130 MILLION IS PROBABLY MOSTLY A TECHNOLOGY, AND PAINT, AND TILE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

IT'S NO FRILLS, THERE'S NO SWIM CENTER IN THERE, THAT IS THE KEY TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON BOND AT THIS POINT, I'M SUSPECTING.

I FEEL LIKE ALSO THAT THE LAST BOND THAT WAS PASSED WAS 2019 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FOUR YEARS BETWEEN BONDS AND IT STILL FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AS WE GOT THE BACK AND THE BACK, AND THEN WE'VE GOT PRIVATE GROUPS THAT WORK TO SUPPORT PASSING BONDS, THAT'S NOT US, THAT'S NOT DISTRICT RELATED, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FATIGUE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN AS THERE SO MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS.

THREE TO FOUR YEARS FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT AMOUNT.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, I WAS ON A TOUR OF HIGHLAND PARK, I THINK THAT WAS A $350 MILLION BOND THAT THEY DID TO REBUILD.

THEY HAVE A SIMILAR NUMBER OF CAMPUSES TO US THAT'S WHY I BRING THEM UP.

BUT I THINK THAT WAS A HUGE SALES CAMPAIGN TO THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY CLARIFY, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? BECAUSE THEY TORE DOWN SACRED GROUND AND BUILT NEW MODERN CAMPUSES, AND I'M SURE THEY HAD A BATTLE WITH THAT.

I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT, DON'T COME AFTER ME, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN YOUR SCHOOL, DON'T SAY THAT.

WHEN I SAY NOVEMBER, I'M SAYING LIKE, IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME, BUT I DEFINITELY DO THINK WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING NOW BECAUSE OUR TECHNOLOGY IS GETTING OLD, NOT OLD, BUT TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING ON FROM WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY WE BOUGHT IN 2019.

[01:20:08]

BUT HERE IS THE PART, IS THAT TO BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO 2050? I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T IMAGINE, BUT WE NEED TO START THINKING THAT WAY.

THAT SORT OF THINKING IS YEARS OUT FROM HERE.

THAT'S MY THOUGHT ON THAT.

>> JEN.

>> JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. BOUNCING OFF ELLEN'S COMMENT OF TECHNOLOGY NOW NEEDS TO BE SEPARATED OUT INTO ITS OWN BOND DUE TO A BILL PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

>> CORRECT.

>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

THAT BASICALLY JUST LOOKS LIKE TWO SEPARATE MEASURES ON THE BALLOT.

>> WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT SO FAR, WE BELIEVE WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THREE PROPOSITIONS.

ONE OBVIOUSLY IS TECHNOLOGY, ONE WOULD BE RELATED TO THE STADIUM AND I HATE THAT WE HAVE TO BREAK IT OUT BECAUSE IT'D BE REALLY SMALL, BUT THAT'S A NEW REQUIREMENT AND IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE OUR TURF IS REACHING ITS LIFE SPAN AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

I FEEL LIKE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONLY DOING A MUST-HAVE, THAT'S A MUST-HAVE AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WOULD BE THE BIG ONE, WHICH WOULD LOOK MORE LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE IN A SINGLE PROPOSITION, SO IT WOULD INCLUDE ALL THAT OTHER STUFF, AGAIN, THE ROOF AND THE AGE FACTOR AND THE PAINT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THE BASIC REPAIRS TO ADD TO THE FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER.

>> RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS THE OTHER PART OF MY QUESTION, WAS WHAT OTHER ITEMS BESIDES TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO BE SEPARATED INTO DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS, SO IT'S STADIUM AND TECHNOLOGY.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

>> IF WE WERE BUILDING A STANDALONE PACK, BUT WE'RE NOT.

OUR PACK BECAUSE IT'S A PART OF THE HIGH-SCHOOL, ANYTHING THAT WE WERE DOING FOR THAT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT IT DOWN IN A SEPARATE PROPOSITION.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

>> LAURA, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY, PLEASE.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSING.

AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO PUT TECHNOLOGY INTO A BOND IF WE DON'T HAVE TO, IF THE STATE IS GOING TO GIVE US MONEY FOR THAT, AND I KNOW THAT THAT ISN'T A GIVEN, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE SO MAYBE IN NOVEMBER WOULD BE BETTER SO THAT WE ACTUALLY KNOW IF THAT'S A THING OR NOT. JUST SAYING.

>> CHRIS, WE CUT YOU OFF, YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION YET.

>> I DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE. DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DONE?

>> I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU ONE MORE SLIDE, I THINK.

>> OKAY, ONE MORE.

>> [LAUGHTER] LET ME POP IT ON DOWN THERE. OOPS, THERE WE GO.

THIS WAS JUST CLARIFYING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK YOU'VE ALL ALREADY ADDRESSED THEM HERE, THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT.

BUT I'VE GOT TO PUT SOME TIMELINES ON THERE.

AGAIN, IF YOU WANTED TO CALL A BOND ELECTION IN MAY 23, YOU'D HAVE TO DO THAT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, IF YOU'RE CALLING FOR NOVEMBER, OBVIOUSLY THAT'D BE AUGUST WHEN YOU WOULD DO THAT.

AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME MORE TALK. QUESTION NUMBER 2.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IF YOU CALL THE 2023 BOND, WHETHER IT'S IN MAY OR WHETHER IT'S IN NOVEMBER.

I WOULD LIKE SOME GUIDANCE BEFORE WE SELL OUR BONDS BECAUSE THE ANSWER TO THE YES OR NO ON QUESTION 2 WILL DETERMINE HOW WE'LL STRUCTURE THAT SALE.

THAT'S THREE IS THE EASIEST ONE [LAUGHTER] THAT'S JUST IF WE END UP DROPPING THE I AND S TAX RATE.

THEN THE QUESTION OF, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THOSE COPPER PENNIES OUT THERE? AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT VALUABLE.

UNLIKE THE GOLDEN PENNIES, THEY DON'T GROW WITH YOUR TAX BASE.

THEY ONLY GROW WHEN THE LEGISLATURE SAYS THEY GROW.

>> THANK YOU. LAURA.

>> WELL, I'M GOING TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S BROUGHT TO US.

WE NEED IS ESSENTIALLY A MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BOND

[01:25:03]

DEFINITELY WE NEED ONE, WHETHER IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE CONCERNED THAT MAY IS A TIMELINE AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I'M FINE GOING FOR NOVEMBER.

THEN THAT MAJOR PROJECTS BOND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS AND PLANNING FOR THIS AND THAT WAS ENVISIONED AGENTS, AND SO 25, I WOULD LOVE TO WORK TOWARDS THAT.

IT'S TIME. WE DO HAVE A FRANKENSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH I LOVE.

I KNOW STEVE RAMSEY LOVES THAT HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT'S TIME TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT OUR TRIANGLE CLASSROOMS AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

FOR ME WHAT THREW ME OFF WAS THAT 27 BOND WAS THE ONE THAT I THINK I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT, I WAS STARTLED BY THAT.

YOU ARE MY ANSWERS FOR THE FIRST 29 COPPER PENNIES HAVE NO INTEREST IN A COUPLE PENNIES [LAUGHTER] THANKS.

>> THANK YOU. COULD I ADD A GO AHEAD, JEN.

>> COULD WE MAYBE GET SOME CLARIFICATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION? I MEAN, YOU HAVE YOUR TIMELINE LISTED HERE OF WHEN YOU NEED THESE DECISIONS, BUT WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE REVISITED? SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU SO THAT WE CAN REALLY TRULY GIVE A RECOMMENDATION.

>> YEAH. TO SET THE STAGE AT THE AUGUST 23RD MEETING, JEREMY TRUMBULL IS GOING TO COME BACK AND HE'S GOING TO DESCRIBE TO YOU THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN TO IDENTIFY THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE A PART OF A BOND IN 2023, EITHER MAY OR NOVEMBER.

YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE BOND CAPACITY THAT CHRIS HAS DESCRIBED WHAT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND THOSE NEEDS ARE.

BUT THE WINDOW IS SLOWLY DRAWING ON THIS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, PARTICULARLY IN MAY OF THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE NEED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS THIS FALL ALONGSIDE THE BACK.

WHAT ADVICE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE WORSE IF WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE SPRING OR RATHER THE FALL OF 2023 IN NOVEMBER, THEN IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, BUT JEREMY IS GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS MIGHT BE.

>> OKAY. ELLEN.

>> I JUST HAVE TO ADD A HISTORICAL NOTE THAT EANES ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL ALREADY QUALIFY FOR HISTORICAL MARKERS.

THEY'RE ALREADY CONSIDERED ANTIQUES.

HILL COUNTRY GETS THERE IN 2025, AND THEN WE HAVE SIX MORE CAMPUSES THAT HIT THAT WONDERFUL MILESTONE IN RAPID SUCCESSION.

WE ARE AN AGING DISTRICT, SO THE MAJOR PROJECTS IS A REALLY EXCITING POSSIBILITY AND IT'S TIME IS OPPORTUNITY.

>> EANES ELEMENTARY, PROBABLY DESERVING OF ANOTHER HISTORICAL MARKERS.

[LAUGHTER] NOT JUST BECAUSE OF ITS AGE, BUT IT'S ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT.

THAT IT WAS DESIGNED BY AARON GRANGER AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF RECOGNIZE PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY.

>> THE NEW PARTS OF EANES ELEMENTARY WOULD QUALIFY FOR HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATION.

>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON THIS PRESENTATION.

ONE, I DO APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO IT.

YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND IT SHOWS, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT THAT SAID, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT HOW SPECULATIVE IT IS, PARTICULARLY IN THE OUT YEARS.

I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING IN ANY CONTEXT ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE UNDEFINED AS A 2028 POTENTIAL BOND.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE GET OURSELVES THAT EXTENDED.

I'M ALSO CONCERNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROCESS.

I'M GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL PROJECTS IN THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

I'M WONDERING WHETHER THE BUCK HAS SEEN ANY OF THEM OR WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN BACK TO ENVISIONING FOR ENVISIONING WEDDING, OR WHETHER THE BUCK HAS BEEN FORMED YET AT THE BUCK IS FLIPPED TO THE BACK.

IF I'M CONCERNED ABOUT US GETTING AHEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL PROCESSES THAT WE'VE USED TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN DECISION-MAKING.

I DON'T WANT US TO USE UP THE ROLE THAT WE HAVE SHARED IN THAT REGARD.

WITH RESPECT TO 2025, I FEEL ABOUT 2025 OR THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT 2028.

[01:30:03]

I AM AGNOSTIC WITH RESPECT TO MAY OR NOVEMBER BOND.

I DO THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING IT.

BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.

AS BIGGER COMMITMENT AS I THINK I CAN MAKE RIGHT NOW.

ANYWAY, SO THAT'S [OVERLAPPING].

>> I CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUCK.

THEY'RE NOT YET RECONVENED AS A BUCK.

I THINK THERE'S A PART OF JEREMY'S PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK HE'S GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THAT.

THERE WILL BE A SOME A RESOLUTION FOR YOU TO OFFICIALLY CONVENE THE BUCK AS A BACK.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM FOR SOME TIME, THAT WE ANTICIPATED THAT YOU WOULD ASK THEM TO DO THAT AND THAT WE WOULD BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER.

WE'VE WORKED OUT A TIMELINE TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND TALKED WITH OUR BUCK LEADERSHIP ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THAT AND WE'LL BE READY TO MOVE IF YOU GUYS DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO CONVENE A BUCK, WE'LL BE READY TO GO.

>> THANK YOU, CHRIS.

YOU'VE BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME AND SAFETY AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM.

[8.1. Texas Education Agency (TEA) Expedited and General Waivers]

IF I HAVE A MOTION, ELLEN.

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE 2022, 2023 WAIVERS FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT MINUTES AND THE HOMEBOUND REMOTE INSTRUCTION AS PRESENTED.

>> I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND JEN?

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS A 2022,

[8.2. 2022-23 Student Code of Conduct]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? CHARLES.

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2022, 2023 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED.

>> I HAVE A MOTION, I HAVE A SECOND, LAURA?

>> I SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL CERTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION.

[8.3. District of Innovation-Local Certification Recommendation]

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE LOCAL CERTIFICATION FOR THE SELECTED EISD EMPLOYEES AS FOLLOWS.

WESTLAKE HIGH-SCHOOL FRENCH TEACHER, WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER, WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER.

SLASH ATHLETICS, HILL COUNTRY, MIDDLE-SCHOOL ROBOTICS, HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE-SCHOOL THEATER, HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE-SCHOOL TEEN SKILLS, FAMILY, CONSUMER SCIENCE UNDER THE EISD DISTRICT PLAN FOR INNOVATION AND LOCAL CONTROL.

>> SECOND.

>> OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM ELLEN.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

>> AYE.

>> THANK YOU. THEN NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION

[8.4. Resolution Expressing Intent to Finance Expenditures to be Incurred]

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT TO FINANCE EXPENDITURES TO BE INCURRED.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION FROM KIM AND A SECOND FROM ELLEN. ANY DISCUSSION?

>> YES.

>> LET'S SEE. JAMES AND ELLEN. ALLISON.

THANK YOU. JAMES.

>> WHEN I HAD A REALLY HARD VOLUNTEER JOB BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD, I WAS A BAND PARENT FOR EIGHT YEARS.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

IN EIGHT YEARS OF BAND PARENTING, I PROBABLY LOADED AND UNLOADED TRUCKS PROBABLY TOO MANY TIMES TO THINK ABOUT.

TO ME, THE NEED FOR THE ABILITY TO PULL THIS TRAILER IS NOT ONLY CONVENIENT, I SUPPOSE ISSUE, IT IS TO ME ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE AND AN EQUIPMENT ISSUE.

THAT TRUCK IS SET UP FOR THE FRONT ENSEMBLE, WHICH IS THE GUYS OUT IN THE FRONT WHO DO THEIR MAGIC RIGHT

[01:35:04]

THE REST OF THE TRUCK IS LOADED BY PARENTS WHO LOAD THAT EQUIPMENT, THOSE PROPS.

WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO THEIR SHOWS IN HOUSTON AND SAN ANTONIO AND DALLAS, WE'VE BEEN THERE, JUST ALL OVER THE STATE, WE LOAD THAT TRUCK UP.

WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT TRAILER, WE HAVE TO LOAD MULTIPLE SMALLER TRUCKS AND I'VE SEEN PARENTS FALL OFF OF THE BACKS OF THOSE TRUCKS, LITERALLY FALL OFF AND INJURE THEMSELVES.

WITH OUR BIG TRAILER, WE HAVE BIG RAMPS.

IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.

YOU HAD ME AT THE BAND PARENTS NEED AND SO I'M THERE WITH YOU, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS OR THINGS ON THIS.

I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT CREATING AN OBLIGATION FOR ANY BOOSTER CLUB TO HAVE TO ENTER INTO A FUTURE OBLIGATION DOWN THE ROAD.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WE'RE CREATING OBLIGATION FOR TOMORROW'S PARENTS TO HAVE TO BUY OR PAY FOR THIS TRUCK IF IT DOESN'T GET ON THE BOND AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESERVATION ABOUT THAT.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE BAND AND I WANT TO DO THIS, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE DISTRICTS SHOULD OWN THIS TRUCK.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE BAND PARENT SHOULD OWN THIS TRUCK AND HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE INSURANCE AND THE MAINTENANCE AND THE ONGOING PROBLEMS THAT THAT PRESENTS.

I THINK THE DISTRICT SHOULD OWN THIS TRUCK.

MY QUESTION IS, CAN THE DISTRICT OWN A VEHICLE LIKE THAT AND RENT IT OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED THE TRUCK AND THEREFORE, IT'S IN THE LONG TERM MAYBE EVEN REVENUE POSITIVE IF THEY'RE PAYING 10 TO 15000 DOLLARS TO RENT A TRUCK.

THE BAND PARENTS ARE FEELING THE PAIN OF THERE ARE NO TRUCKS TO RENT.

IN MY EIGHT YEARS OF BEING A BAND PARENT ORGANIZATION, WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT BUYING A TRUCK.

THE PAIN IS WE CAN'T FIND ONE TO DRIVE.

WE GOT A DRIVER, WE GOT A TRAILER, BUT WE CAN'T FIND A TRUCK SO IF THE DISTRICT OWNED THE TRUCK, WE WOULD RELIEVE THAT WORRY FOR THEM.

THEY'RE STILL WILLING TO PAY TO RENT A TRUCK IF THEY COULD FIND ONE SO INSTEAD OF CREATING SOME SITUATION WHERE THE BAND PARENTS OWE US MONEY IN THE FUTURE, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT DISTRICT COULD OWN A TRUCK AND RENT IT LIKE THAT? THAT'S MY RESERVATION HERE.

I KNOW THAT BAND PARENTS ARE WILLING TO DO IT. I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE.

THEY'RE HEARING IN FORCE AND I'M ONE OF THEM AND I'M WITH THEM, BUT IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE DISTRICT TO OWN THIS TRUCK AND NOT PUT AN OBLIGATION ONTO FUTURE BAND PARENTS.

>> QUICK CLARIFICATION. THE ONLY WAY THE BAND PARENTS WOULD END UP PURCHASING AND OWNING THE BUS IS IF IT WERE TO FAIL ON THE BOND.

>> THE BOND IS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

>> ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THEY WILL NOT OWN IT.

THEY WILL PERSONALLY REIMBURSE THE PURCHASE [INAUDIBLE] STILL OWN IT AND OF COURSE THE INSURANCE.

AS FAR AS THE REIMBURSEMENT, THAT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

WE CAN MAKE IT FIT BUDGET IF THERE IS NO BOND SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU.

>> I GUESS WHERE I AM IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM SIGN AN MOU TO SAY, WE WILL BUY THIS TRUCK FROM YOU.

I JUST DON'T FEEL GREAT ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER STRAPPED A BOOSTER CLUB WITH HAVING AN OBLIGATION LIKE THAT.

IN A YEAR, IF THE BOND DIDN'T PASS, WE COULD SELL THE TRUCK AND I SUPPOSE THE BAND PARENTS COULD BUY THE TRUCK, BUT IT JUST FEELS BAD CREATING OBLIGATIONS.

IT HELPS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, THIS IS LIKE A LOT OF BOOSTER CLUBS HAVE DONATED MONEY THAT WE USE TO BUY THE ASSET AND THEN WE MAINTAIN THE ASSET.

I'M GOOD WITH THAT. THAT'S FINE WITH ME.

>> LAURA.

>> CHRIS, WHO HAS BEEN PAYING TO RENT THE TRACTOR?

>> THAT'S BEEN A DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.

>> OKAY, THEN I BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE A DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT BOOSTER CLUB RESPONSIBILITY.

I DO AGREE THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING TO PUT ONTO A FUTURE GROUP OF PARENTS SO IF WE'VE BEEN PAYING THE $10,000 A YEAR TO RENT IT, THEN WE SHOULD PURCHASE THIS TRUCK.

JEREMY, YOU CAN WORK SOME MAGIC ON HOW WE COULD TURN IT INTO A REVENUE GENERATING SOURCE.

>> ALLISON, THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY'RE VOTING ON THIS EVENING IF WE WERE TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT FUTURE ARRANGEMENT.

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOOSTER CLUB BECAUSE THEY OFFERED TO ENTER INTO A FUTURE OBLIGATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO THANK YOU.

[01:40:04]

>> JAMES.

>> YEAH, I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THAT.

MY CONCERN WAS ALWAYS AROUND CREATING A FUTURE OBLIGATION FOR THE BOOSTER CLUB.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT FOR ANY BOOSTER CLUB AND I'M GLAD WE CAN AVOID THAT AND I SUPPORT THIS.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND.

LET'S SAY JUST TO BE CLEAR, MY MOTION IS FROM KIM, MY SECOND IS FROM HEATHER.

WE'VE HAD A THOROUGH DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. [OVERLAPPING].

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM IS

[8.5. Consideration of Proposed Settlement in Vengler v. Eanes ISD, C.A. No. 1:20-cv-01004 C.A.]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION FROM ELLEN.

>> I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT IN VINKLAR VERSUS [INAUDIBLE] ISDS, CASE NUMBER 1, COLON 20 DASH CB DASH 01004.

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

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

>> AYE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE ACTION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

[9. UPCOMING MEETINGS]

ONE AUGUST 23RD WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING, AND THEN WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION SET FOR SEPTEMBER THE 6TH.

WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AND THE TIME IS 8:45.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.