Nov 29, 2022 School Board Regular Meeting

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GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW 6:00.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

MR. VICE PRESIDENT, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, WE DO. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071, 551.072, 551.07 AND

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WE WILL WE WILL SEE YOU IN JUST ABOUT AN HOUR.

THANKS. OK.

[4. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION (Approximately 7:00 p.m.)]

THE TIME IS NOW 7:00, AND WE'LL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.

I HAVE SOME.

I HAVE SOME TEXT I NEED TO READ BEFORE WE GET GOING.

WE WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR BOARD MEETING.

I'M VERY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

I SINCERELY AM.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD WHEN I SAY WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD MEETING.

NOW, VERY QUICKLY.

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

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.

37 SPEAKERS HAVE SIGNED UP AND EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.

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

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

SO THERE'S THE ENTRANCE TO WHICH YOU CAME.

THAT IS AN EXIT. AND THEN THERE'S ONE RIGHT HERE AT THE END OF THE HALL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR KIDS, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOLS.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO READ THE EANES ISD MISSION STATEMENT.

[5. EANES ISD MISSION STATEMENT]

WE UNITE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS, CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING OR ALL.

WE EMPOWER STUDENTS, PROVIDING AN EXEMPLARY EDUCATION THAT DEVELOPS CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY AND INDIVIDUAL TALENTS.

AND WE INSPIRE EACH OTHER TO LEAD PURPOSEFUL LIVES OF EMPATHY, GRATITUDE, AND COMPASSION.

NOW, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING 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.

THANK YOU ALL. AND NOW LET'S GET STARTED.

FIRST ITEM IS DR.

[7. REPORTS]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HAVENSTRITE.

WELCOME, EVERYBODY, THIS EVENING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME A NEW MEMBER OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.

AND I'M ESPECIALLY PLEASED THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, ALEX ROMERO.

ALEX IS SUCCEEDING FRITZ KLABUNDE, WHO HAS BEEN OUR LONGTIME DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND ALEX WILL NOW BE STEPPING INTO THIS ROLE.

HE HAS RISEN THROUGH THE RANKS OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS A SHOP FOREMAN, A MECHANIC.

HE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED NOW THAT HE WILL BE OUR NEXT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.

ALEX IS IN THE ROOM WITH US TONIGHT.

HIS ENTIRE FAMILY [APPLAUSE] IS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.

ALEX, WE CAN TELL THAT THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU ALSO.

AND WE'RE SO PLEASED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU IN THIS NEW CAPACITY.

SO WELCOME TO THE NEW ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.

YOU'RE ELCOME. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE TYSON COOL.

TYSON'S NOT WITH US TONIGHT, BUT YOU PROBABLY SEE HIM OFTEN AT RUDY'S.

HE IS CELEBRATING 19 YEARS AT RUDY'S BARBECUE.

AND WHAT'S DISTINCTIVE ABOUT TYSON IS THAT HE IS A GRADUATE OF WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES CENTER.

HE WAS THE VERY FIRST STUDENT PLACED IN EMPLOYMENT FROM THE ATS 19 YEARS AGO, AND HE'S CELEBRATING HIS ANNIVERSARY WORKING AT RUDY'S.

HE'S BECOME A FIXTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE EQUALLY PROUD OF TYSON AS WELL.

SO IF YOU SEE HIM AT RUDY'S, PLEASE CONGRATULATE HIM.

SPEAKING OF CONGRATULATIONS, WE'RE ALSO PLEASED AND PROUD OF OUR FOOTBALL TEAM.

THEY'RE NOW 53 WINS IN A ROW.

THAT'S THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE WIN STREAK IN THE NATION AMONG CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS. AND THEY ADVANCE NOW TO THE REGION IV FINAL AGAINST BRENNAN, AND THEY'LL PLAY IN SAN ANTONIO THIS SATURDAY AT 2:00 P.M.

AT THE ALAMODOME.

WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO JOIN US FOR THAT GAME AS WE CONTINUE TO CHEER THEM ON IN THEIR MARCH TO WHAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE A FOURTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR PARENT AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.

THESE ARE THE FINAL INSTALLMENTS OF THE CAFE SERIES ON THE CAMPUSES AT THE NEXT TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, EANES ELEMENTARY TOMORROW MORNING, AND THEN BRIDGEPOINT

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SO THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PART OF OUR CAFÉ SERIES.

WE PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION OVER GOOD COFFEE.

SO IF YOU'RE ON EITHER OF THESE CAMPUSES, PLEASE JOIN US BOTH TOMORROW AND FRIDAY.

AND THEN WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING AS WELL.

THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, BEGINNING WITH AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD IN OCTOBER AS WE'VE CONSIDERED SOME POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM.

AND WHAT HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION IS THE DIALOGUE THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE COMMUNITY.

MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, WE'VE APPRECIATED HEARING YOUR PERSPECTIVES.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE DO CARE ABOUT THAT PERSPECTIVE AND THE VIEWPOINTS THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH US.

AND WE HAVE LISTENED.

AND SO WE HAVE MADE THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE NEXT 6 TO 12 MONTHS TO CONVENE A GROUP AND STUDY THE PROGRAM.

WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE OF ITS CHALLENGES AS WELL AS ITS SUCCESSES, AND WE WANT TO BALANCE THOSE AND MAKE A DECISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY TO CHILDREN WHO ARE IN SPANISH IMMERSION, BUT FOR ALL CHILDREN, THOSE WHO ARE IN THE TRADITIONAL OR THE GENERAL ED SECTIONS AS WELL.

SO FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING, AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT, THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU TODAY, WE HOPE UNDERSCORED OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE VIEWPOINTS THAT YOU HAVE SHARED AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE ANY DECISION TO CHANGE THE PROGRAM FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

IN SPITE OF THAT, WE STILL BELIEVE THAT THERE IS VALUE IN GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY NEXT MONDAY EVENING AS WE HAD PLANNED TO DO.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU.

THAT WAS THE RATIONALE AND THE CONTEXT FOR OUR CONSIDERATIONS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING WITH THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED, WILLING AND AVAILABLE.

WE KNOW IT'S A VERY BUSY SEASON, BUT NEXT MONDAY EVENING AT VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY AT 6 P.M., WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND SHARE WITH YOU A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN SHARED OFTENTIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH THE BOARD AND IN OTHER PUBLIC SESSIONS.

BUT WE WANTED TO REVISIT THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE THE SPRINGBOARD TO A CONVERSATION AND A DIALOGUE ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SPANISH IMMERSION AND IMPROVE ITS LONGEVITY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S COMING UP NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US THERE.

SO THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. DR. ARNETT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR.

YEA? NO? ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND THAT IS OUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

MARIA. MARIA ROCKSTEAD.

WELCOME. GOOD EVENING.

OKAY. ONCE AGAIN, I WANTED TO POINT OUT WITH THE FUND BALANCE THAT IT'S AT A NEGATIVE STATE RIGHT NOW.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE WITH THE.

THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE WITH OUR TAX COLLECTIONS NOT STARTING YET.

SO WE'LL EXPECT IT TO FLIP FOR SURE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

I ALSO TOLD YOU LAST TIME I WAS HERE THAT WHEN WE CAME BACK, WE WERE GOING TO PRESENT TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR, THE NEW TAX YEAR.

AND IF YOU NOTED ON MY NOTE, THERE WAS NO TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE MONTH, IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER BECAUSE THE TAX STATEMENTS DID NOT GO OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE WAITING FOR RESULTS ON TAX ELECTION, YOU KNOW, THE TAX ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER.

SO THOSE HAVE GONE OUT AT THIS POINT.

AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE START SEEING ALL THE COLLECTIONS COME IN.

AS FAR AS BUDGET AMENDMENTS, THE GENERAL FUND HAD THE REGULAR BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED BY DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES.

THE NET EFFECT ON FUND BALANCE IS ZERO.

AND THEN THERE WERE NOT ANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND OR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? KIM.

MARIA, SINCE YOU SAID THE TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN DELAYED COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS, DO YOU SEE ANY ANY HICCUPS OR DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHETHER THAT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON REVENUE COMING IN? IT'LL BE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE I THINK THE SAME THING HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO AND I THINK IT'S HAPPENED PROBABLY A FEW YEARS BEFORE THAT AS WELL.

AND SO IT ENDS UP BEING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WHAT WE REGULARLY WILL SEE COME IN.

BUT IT DOES CATCH UP.

JAMES.

I NOTICED ON THIS CHART OUR INVESTMENT INCOME YIELD IS WAY UP YEAR OVER YEAR.

AND I MEAN LIKE FROM 0.04% TO 3.1.

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THAT'S JUST JUST WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS IN INTEREST RATES THEM GOING UP, WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENT WITH THE MONEY IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE INVESTING IT.

THEY'RE STILL IN THE POOLS.

IT'S JUST BRINGING IN THAT MUCH MONEY.

WE'RE NOT MOVING TO HIGHER RISK INVESTMENTS.

WE ARE SIMPLY. NO, RIGHT.

THEY'RE ALL STILL IN THE POOLS WITH LONESTAR AND TEXPOOL.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT FOR YOU, MARIA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT.

SORRY, CHRIS SCOTT, MARIA ROCKSTEAD AND JOHN MANNING.

MR. MANNING, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT THE SEAT TO YOURSELF.

WELL, THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. ARNETT, APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US BE HERE TONIGHT.

I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.

I KNOW YOU ALL GET INTERIM INFORMATION ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT EANES ISD IS THAT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE GETTING ON YOUR REGULAR FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE VERY CLOSE TO THIS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME YEAR END ENTRIES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO GET TO OUR 630 YEAR END.

SO WHAT YOU'RE GETTING EVERY MONTH IS SUMMED UP HERE VERY NICELY.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT PATTILLO, BROWN & HILL HAS CONDUCTED THE AUDIT FOR EANES ISD.

YOUR PREVIOUS AUDITORS KIND OF GOT OUT OF THAT PART OF THEIR INDUSTRY.

YOU WENT OUT FOR BIDS, WHICH IS A GREAT PRACTICE, AND WE WERE ACTUALLY SELECTED TO THE AUDIT.

SO THIS IS A FIRST YEAR AUDIT AND FIRST YEAR AUDITS ARE ALWAYS ROUGH BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BUILD EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH.

BUT, EVERYBODY THAT WE DEALT WITH HERE AT THE DISTRICT WAS SUPER HELPFUL AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE HERE IN NOVEMBER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS PRESENTED ON TIME.

LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS JOHN MANNING.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE FIRM FOR 29 YEARS.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE AUDIT HIGHLIGHTS, TALK ABOUT OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS, FRAUD, RISK PREVENTION, AND THEN LOOK AT AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIALS.

OUR AUDIT PROCESS IS BROKE UP INTO TWO PARTS: INTERIM OR PLANNING AND FIELDWORK.

AND PLANNING IS WHEN WE COME OUT EARLY, WHERE WE JUST COME OUT AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROLS.

WHAT ARE YOUR SYSTEMS? HOW DO YOUR THINGS WORK? WHAT SYSTEMS DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FINANCIALS ARE PRESENTED ACCURATELY? THAT'S WHAT WE COME OUT AND DO IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED FINAL NUMBERS TO DO THAT.

JUST KIND OF TALKS ABOUT WHEN WE DID IT, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ASSIGNED AND WHAT WE LOOKED AT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE DO A LOT OF OUR FRAUD INTERVIEWS WHERE WE ACTUALLY RANDOMLY SELECT EMPLOYEES, CALL THEM IN AND POINT BLANK SAY, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON? IS YOUR SUPERIOR DOING SOMETHING? AND WE HAD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE RESPONSES ABOUT NO FRAUD THAT ANYBODY WAS AWARE OF OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE INTERVIEWED.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T INTERVIEW EVERY EMPLOYEE, BUT THE FEEDBACK FROM THAT GAVE US A VERY GOOD FEELING THAT PEOPLE KNEW THAT CONTROLS WERE IN PLACE.

AND THERE'S A TONE AT THE TOP THAT PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TRY SOMETHING THAT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT.

THE AUDIT PROCESS WE DID IN AUGUST, WE HAD TWO ORDERS AND A MANAGER.

THAT'S WHERE WE ACTUALLY GET FINAL NUMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT AND WE ACTUALLY APPLY OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES.

THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE TEST SINGLE AUDIT, WHERE YOUR FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHICH I'LL GO OVER IN JUST A MINUTE.

AND WE LOOK AT COMPLIANCE.

YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, DID THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENTS CHANGE BECAUSE YOU PUT IT IN SOMETHING RISKY? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT COMPLIANCE THAT WE DO LOOK AT.

THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT PROHIBITS CERTAIN INVESTMENTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND YOU GUYS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE IN IS 100% APPLICABLE UNDER PFI AND EXTREMELY SAFE.

IT'S JUST WHAT THOSE BUMP IN RATES, THEY'RE HAVING A HIGHER RETURN AS WELL.

THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN THAT REPORT ARE YOU ALL'S.

THE ONLY THING IN HERE THAT'S REALLY OURS ARE THESE AUDIT REPORTS.

AND OUR AUDIT REPORT, WE GAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH MEANS WE DID NOT HAVE TO MODIFY OUR OPINION FOR A MATERIAL GAP DEPARTURE.

WE HAVE SOME DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL TO KEEP UP WITH THINGS LIKE CAPITAL ASSETS, OR THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE THE NUMBERS ARE GETTING PRESENTED PROPERLY.

EANES ISD DID NOT HAVE THAT.

SO, OF THE FIVE TYPE, FOUR TYPES OF OPINIONS THAT WE CAN OFFER, THE UNMODIFIED IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST, FINANCE AND BUSINESS OFFICE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT.

BUT CONTROLS ARE DISTRICT WIDE, SO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS MAINTENANCE, LUNCH GRANTS, EVERYBODY, ADMINISTRATION, EVERYBODY HAD A HAND IN GETTING AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

IT'S NOT JUST TWO OR THREE PEOPLE.

THAT'S A DISTRICT WIDE DOCUMENT.

WE ALSO, BECAUSE YOU'RE SINGLE AUDIT, MEANING YOU SPENT OVER $750,000 OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

WE ALSO HAVE TO DO OUR AUDIT UNDER GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES THERE.

AND THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE ESSER OR THE COVID MONEY, WE HAD TO TEST TWO OF YOUR PROGRAMS ALSO BECAUSE OF COVID.

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SO, THAT NUMBER SOMETIMES ISN'T BIG ENOUGH TO BE AUDITED.

THIS YEAR IT WAS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO AUDIT THE ESSER AND THE CHILD NUTRITION.

AND WE DO THAT WITH THE OMB COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT WHERE THEY SAY THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THESE FUNDS, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.

WE PULL EXPENDITURES AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GRANTS ARE BEING SPENT FOR ALLOWABLE ITEMS, THAT THEY'RE BEING SPENT ON TIME AND THAT THEY'RE BEING REPORTED PROPERLY.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES TO REPORT UNDER THE FEDERAL SIDE EITHER.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE EVER READ THOSE NOGAS OR THOSE GRANT AWARDS.

THERE'S A LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO RIGHT.

AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE DEALT WITH WERE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND WE HAVE A VERY GOOD FEELING THAT GRANTS ARE BEING DONE PROPERLY HERE.

INTERNAL CONTROLS.

THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THAT'S WHAT WE DID DURING [INAUDIBLE]. WE GET TO UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT.

WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE CONTROLS IN PLACE.

AND NOT ONLY DO WE JUST STOP THERE, WE ACTUALLY PULL TRANSACTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTROLS THAT PEOPLE TELL US ARE IN PLACE.

WE ACTUALLY TAKE TRANSACTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONTROLS ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

IF THEY WEREN'T, WE WOULD HAVE WHAT WE CALL A MATERIAL WITNESS OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY WHERE WE FEEL THERE WOULD BE A CHANCE THAT A TRANSACTION COULD GET RECORDED IMPROPERLY.

LET ME GET TO.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY, OBVIOUSLY, IS TO WE OFFER REASONABLE ASSURANCE, NOT ABSOLUTE.

WE SAMPLE. WE CAN'T LOOK AT EVERY TRANSACTION, WE CAN'T LOOK AT EVERY PAYCHECK, BUT WE LOOK AT A LOT.

WE LOOK AT THE HIGH DOLLAR ITEMS. WE LOOK AT THE HIGH RISK ITEMS. IF WE DO FIND ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS OR NONCOMPLIANCE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT THOSE.

AND ALSO WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR TESTING, WE CAN DO A LOT LESS DETAILED TESTING HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE CONTROLS ARE SO GOOD.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE CONTROLS DOCUMENT THAT THEY WORK AND LETS US TEST LESS AMOUNTS OF SAMPLES INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DO MORE WHERE PLACES HAVE WORSE CONTROLS.

YOUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS BASICALLY BROKE UP INTO THESE FOUR SECTIONS: YOUR BASIC FINANCIALS, YOUR REQUIRED SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION, WHICH HAS YOUR PENSION AND OPEB SCHEDULES IN THERE.

YOUR OTHER INFORMATION ARE FUNDS THAT DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA TO BE MAJOR, WHICH IS MOSTLY YOUR GRANT FUNDS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE SINGLE AUDIT SECTION.

THIS IS A FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHT OF WHERE YOU'RE AT AS FAR AS YOUR THREE MAJOR FUNDS AND YOUR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.

FUND BALANCE WENT UP ABOUT $1.3 MILLION.

IN THE GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE WENT UP ONE.

THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DECREASED BY 13, BUT THAT'S 100% NORMAL.

THAT'S USUALLY WHERE YOU DUMP BOND FUNDS OR FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO YOU USUALLY SEE A LARGE INFUSION OF CASH AND THEN YOU START SEEING A LOT OF EXPENDITURES AS THOSE TRANSFORM FROM CASH INTO THE PROJECTS THAT THOSE BONDS WERE ISSUED TO COMPLETE.

SO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE REGULAR CYCLE OF DEBT, CASH, CAPITAL ASSET.

PAY THE DEBT, DEPRECIATE IT, AND ALL THOSE THINGS KIND OF COME TOGETHER.

SO AGAIN, YOUR FUND BALANCE IS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.

IN YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WHICH HAVE YOUR FOOD SERVICE AND SOME OTHER PROGRAMS FOR ABOUT $7.5 MILLION, YOUR EXPENSES WERE ABOUT 7.3 WITH AN ENDING NET POSITION OF ABOUT $3MMILLION IN THAT SECTION.

GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS ABOUT 14.1 OF OPERATING EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT INCREASES A LITTLE BIT TO ABOUT 14.36.

AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WITH REMOVING THE RECAPTURE PAYMENTS BACK TO THE STATE OR THE PROPERTY TAXES.

SO AGAIN, IN LOOKING AT THIS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS REPORT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE THAT BRING A LOT OF AUDIT RISK, YOUR CASH, YOUR INVESTMENTS.

WE CONFIRM ALL OF THOSE WITH OUTSIDE PARTIES, YOUR TAXES, WHICH ARE YOUR LARGEST REVENUE STREAM.

WE CONFIRM THOSE WITH ANOTHER ENTITY THAT COLLECTS THOSE FOR YOU.

THE TEA, ALL THE MONEY THAT YOU GET IN YOUR GRANTS, WE GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND WE CAN MATCH.

THEY SAY, HEY, WE SENT EANES $2 MILLION.

WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT.

SO THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF RISK WHEN YOU LOOK AT A GOVERNMENT AND HOW WE CAN DO AUDIT PROCEDURES TO VERIFY THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT.

SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

WE ALSO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT.

WE DID NOT SEE ANY NUMBERS TRENDING IN A DIRECTION.

I KNOW SOMETIMES AS SCHOOLS GROW, YOU MAY SEE THEIR FUND BALANCE START DEPLETING.

Y'ALLS IS STILL IN A GOOD SPOT AND THERE'S JUST NOTHING THAT'S STICKING OUT THERE THAT WE FEEL AS, I KNOW WE'RE AUDITORS, BUT WE'RE KIND OF ALSO FINANCIAL ADVISORS AS WELL.

IF WE SAW SOMETHING THAT WAS TRENDING IN A BAD DIRECTION, WE WOULD TRY TO BRING THAT UP AND TRY TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD LOOK AT.

BUT I THINK YOU ALL HAVE GOT A REALLY GOOD HANDLE ON THINGS AND EVERYTHING FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT LOOKED REALLY GOOD.

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WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK MS. ROCKSTEAD, MR. SCOTT FOR ALL THEIR HELP.

AND REALLY EVERYBODY THAT WE DEALT WITH WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL.

THEY GOT US WHAT WE NEED VERY QUICK AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AS AUDITORS.

SO, HOPEFULLY THEY LIKED WORKING WITH US AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH WITH THE DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

I'M HERE FOR AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU WANT.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MANNING.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JAMES. AND THEN KIM.

THANK YOU, MR. MANNING. THE QUESTION I USUALLY ASK AT THIS POINT IS, AND IT'S REALLY NOT MEANT TO BE A JUDGMENT ON OUR STAFF.

I TRUST OUR STAFF, BUT IT'S ALWAYS TO ASK IF YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD OPEN CONVERSATION AND FREE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION YOU NEEDED, BUT YOU COVERED THAT.

YOU SAID EVERYONE WAS SUPER HELPFUL AND YOU WERE ABLE TO DO YOUR RANDOMIZED QUESTIONS OF STAFF AND STUFF.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBTS THERE, AND I NEVER HAD ANY DOUBTS.

I TRUST OUR STAFF TO DO THAT.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR THOROUGHNESS AND THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE WORK THAT YOUR FIRM HAS DONE.

AND I DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN THAT.

I FAILED TO MENTION THERE IS ANOTHER LETTER.

AUDIT STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT WE REPORT CERTAIN THINGS TO GOVERNANCE, AND YOU CAN EITHER DO THAT ORALLY OR NARRATIVELY.

SO WE PREFER TO DO IT IN WRITING.

AND THIS ENDS UP BEING KIND OF A BOILERPLATE.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LET YOU KNOW OF THIS.

THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE CONTROVERSIAL AT ALL.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN HERE IS IF BUSINESS OFFICE OR PEOPLE WEREN'T GETTING US WHAT WE NEEDED WE WOULD PUT THAT IN HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW THAT, HEY, WE WEREN'T GETTING A LOT OF COOPERATION.

WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, IF WE EVER HAVE TO GET TO THAT POINT, THAT'S WHERE THIS WOULD BE.

BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I ANTICIPATE.

AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, EVERYBODY DID GET US WHAT WE NEEDED AND WAS VERY HELPFUL.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR THOROUGHNESS AND I ALSO APPRECIATE OUR STAFF FOR SUPPORTING YOU AND BEING OPEN WITH THAT INFORMATION.

NOT THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE, BUT I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE CLEANLINESS OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

KIM. THANK YOU, MR. MANNING. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, ONE ON PROCESS AND THEN JUST ONE COMMENT.

YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE THIS WAS THE INITIAL AUDIT, THAT THE PROCESS WAS ELONGATED, IT WAS THREE WEEKS.

WHAT DO YOU SEE GOING FORWARD? IS THAT STILL A THREE WEEK PROCESS OR WOULD THERE BE ANY DEVIATIONS? IT WOULD STILL BE A THREE WEEK PROCESS.

BUT WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BUILD ALL OF OUR PLANNING FILES AND OUR CONTROL DOCUMENTATION FROM SCRATCH, WE CAN START ROLLING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD AND UPDATE INSTEAD OF HAVE TO CREATE FROM NOTHING.

SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL TAKE THAT TIME THAT WE SAVE THERE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOME DEEPER DIVES INTO AREAS LIKE CAPITAL ASSETS, LONG TERM DEBT, GO MORE INTO INTERNAL CONTROLS AND TAKE THAT TIME INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CREATE THOSE DOCUMENTS, BE ABLE TO PUT EXTRA ATTENTION ON DIFFERENT AUDIT AREAS AS WE ROTATE THINGS OF IMPORTANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME NEW STANDARDS COMING OUT WITH LEASES AND WITH SUBSCRIPTION BASED IT AGREEMENTS.

WE'LL SPEND SOME EXTRA TIME THERE MAKING SURE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS EVALUATED THEIR SOFTWARE AGREEMENTS AND THAT THEY'RE GETTING RECORDED PROPERLY SO THEY KEEP US ON OUR TOES WHERE A LOT OF OUR FREE TIME THAT WE THINK WE CAN GO DO OTHER THINGS ENDS UP BEING IMPLEMENTING NEW STANDARDS AND MAKING SURE THEY GET INTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PROPERLY. SO, THEY USUALLY, NO MATTER IF IT'S A BRAND NEW ONE OR A RETURN, THEY GENERALLY TAKE ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

BUT, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS WE'RE ABLE TO GET INTO MORE AREAS IN MORE DEPTH THAN JUST TRYING TO CREATE EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH THE FIRST TIME.

GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU.

AND THAT BENEFITS THE DISTRICT YEAH. SO, YOU CAN LOOK AT CAPITAL ASSETS IN DETAIL THEN THE NEXT YEAR YOU CAN LOOK AT DEBT AND YOU CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS AND KEEP YOUR FEES PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, BUT GET SOME EXTRA ATTENTION TO AREAS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE BIG OR NEW.

PERFECT. GOOD.

THEN, I JUST HAD A COMMENT AND I NOTICED IN YOUR REPORT THAT THERE WERE, AND YOU JUST MENTIONED IT, THERE ARE NO MATERIAL, NONCOMPLIANCE FINDINGS, WHICH I THINK IS FANTASTIC. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CONTROLS.

BUT IT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR DISTRICT, I THINK THAT THERE WERE NO FINDINGS.

IT IS. AND IT'S DISTRICT WIDE BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE ADMINISTRATION SET ALL THE POLICIES YOU WANT, IF PEOPLE DON'T FOLLOW THEM, THEY DON'T WORK.

RIGHT. GOOD.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. LAURA. WELL, KIM GOT ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT, SO I JUST HAVE A COMMENT AND THANK YOU FOR SPECIFICALLY THOSE GRANT FUNDS AND

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I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE EXTENSIVE AND IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO SHOUT OUT TO THE TO THE TEAM FOR KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN THOSE GUIDELINES AND ADHERING TO THEM.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I MEAN, IT'S ESSENTIALLY HERE'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.

GO DO SOMETHING WITH IT AND TRY AND [LAUGHTER].

AND WHEN IT WAS CRF, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DID.

AND THEY WERE TELLING YOU WHAT YOU COULD DO THROUGH Q&AS, THAT YOU HAD TO GO.

IT WAS, IT WAS ROUGH.

SO. RIGHT.

TEA DID A LITTLE. GETTING IT FUNNELED THROUGH THEM HELPED A LOT MORE THAN OUR CITIES AND OUR COUNTIES THAT JUST GOT, HEY, HERE'S 5 MILLION BUCKS.

GO DO SOMETHING WITH IT AND DON'T REALLY TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT.

SO I AGREE.

THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SCHOOL LUNCH BEING ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE EVERYBODY COULD EAT.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DID WHEN WE TESTED THAT WORKED GREAT.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU, MR. MANNING. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK CHRIS AND MARIA AND DR.

ARNETT AND EVERYBODY ON YOUR TEAM THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN THIS.

THIS IS A CLEAN AUDIT.

CLEAN MANAGEMENT LETTERS AREN'T AREN'T EASY TO COME BY.

AND THERE WAS A TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY, SOME OF US ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, WHEN THESE WERE TOUGH DISCUSSIONS. THOSE DAYS ARE HAVE BEEN BEHIND US FOR A LONG TIME.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORKING STAFF THAT WE HAVE.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR AFFIRMING THAT FOR US.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND THAT IS OUR OPEN FORUM.

[8. OPEN FORUM]

LET'S SEE. WE HAVE 37 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED ONE MINUTE.

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

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

OF COURSE WE HAVE NO REASON TO SUSPECT THIS WILL HAPPEN, BUT IF ANY SPEAKER REFUSES, THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED A DISRUPTION OF THE BOARD MEETING AND WE WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

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

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE AUDIO OF THIS OPEN FORUM PORTION OF THE BOARD MEETING IS RECORDED AS PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE MEETING AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION.

PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO SPEAK IN OPEN FORUM ARE CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME AND MAKING THE EFFORT TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS.

WE ARE NOW READY FOR OUR FIRST SPEAKER AND, SO IS EACH OF YOU WHO INTEND TO SPEAK THIS EVENING CAME IN.

WE CHECKED OFF A LITTLE BOX, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BOXES THAT ARE NOT READ.

I MEAN, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CHECKED.

BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T MISSED SOMEBODY, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH AND CALL EACH NAME ON HERE.

AND IF THE PERSON ISN'T HERE, WE'LL MOVE ON VERY QUICKLY.

BRIAN TALLY. IS BRIAN HERE? I DON'T SEE BRIAN.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OMAIRA BRIGHTMAN.

OMAIRA, WELCOME.

MY NAME IS OMAIRA BRIGHTMAN, AND I'M HERE TO REMIND THE BOARD OF WHERE WE WERE ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO AT CHAP COURT.

YOU HEARD FROM OVER 70 PARENTS THEN AND EVEN AND ACTUALLY, I SHOULD SAY THREE YEARS.

THE PARENTS THEN EVEN MORE IN ATTENDANCE.

MAJORITY OF THIS BOARD WAS PRESENT AT THIS MEETING AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON SPANISH IMMERSION.

YOU MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE THEN.

AND WHILE I'M THANKFUL WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN MORE TIME ON THIS DECISION, I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO HARNESS ONE OF YOUR GREATEST DISTRICT RESOURCES: THE PARENTS.

LET US BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

OVER THE LAST MONTH, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HUNDREDS OF PARENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP FIND SOLUTIONS THAT HELP SI US BECOME THE BEST PROGRAM IT CAN BE FOR THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THAT ARE A PART OF IT, BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY, THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT AS WELL.

WE'D MUCH RATHER SPEND OUR ENERGY HELPING IMPROVE THE PROGRAM THAN HAVING TO CONTINUOUSLY REMIND YOU ALL OF WHY WE ALL DECIDED TO START THIS PROGRAM IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I AM CONFIDENT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY AND IS WELL ALIGNED WITH THE DISTRICT PRIORITY ON DEI.

IN FACT, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THE WAY THAT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED AT THE STUDENT AND TEACHER LEVEL ACROSS OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS ALL.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIANN WOODY MCKNIGHT.

JENNIANN.

OKAY. WELCOME.

HI. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE SI PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, THE UNCERTAINTY THAT THE LAST MONTH HAS CAUSED THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS UNJUST.

JUST THREE YEARS AGO, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO MAKE THIS A PERMANENT PROGRAM.

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WE NEED THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND ALL FAMILIES TO LEAN IN.

PLEASE CONSIDER INCLUDING PARENTS WHEN FORMING THE COMMITTEE FOR SI.

I'D LIKE TO QUOTE MS. BALTHAZAR FROM THE 2019 BOARD MEETING.

IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONSISTENTLY HAS BEEN A DESIRE AMONG PARENTS IN OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN THE DESIRE FOR MORE DIVERSITY.

SO I CANNOT FATHOM HOW WE WOULD WALK AWAY FROM A PROGRAM OF DIVERSITY NOW THAT WE HAVE IT.

I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A SAYING THAT HUNG OVER MY FIFTH GRADE TEACHER, MR. LASSITER'S BLACKBOARD AT FOREST TRAIL ELEMENTARY ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.

DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS POPULAR, AND DOING WHAT IS POPULAR IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT.

AND THIS IS POPULAR AND RIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICK HAYES.

WELCOME, MR. HAYES.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I'M READING A LETTER FROM ALEJANDRO LEON.

MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO.

MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO TEXAS THREE MONTHS AGO FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY.

WE SPECIFICALLY LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE WE WERE SO INTERESTED IN THE FUTURO PROGRAM.

I'M FROM MEXICO AND STRUGGLE FOR MY KIDS TO SPEAK SPANISH.

WE WERE SO THRILLED WHEN MY SON ALEX PASSED HIS SPANISH ASSESSMENT TO JOIN THE SI PROGRAM.

AFTER SPENDING TWO YEARS IN VIRTUAL SCHOOL THE TRANSITION TO THE CLASSROOM IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT HAS NOT BEEN VERY EASY.

IN ADDITION, HE HAS SINCE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH VISUAL PERCEPTION ISSUES THAT AFFECT HIS ABILITY TO FOCUS.

IN SPITE OF THAT, WE'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH HOW ALEX HAS BEEN PROGRESSING AND HIS TEACHERS HAVE BEEN AMAZING.

THE PROGRAM WORKS AND ALEX HAS BENEFITED FROM HAVING TWO TEACHERS WORKING TO HELP HIM PROGRESS.

I ALSO HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD.

MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY AT YPW AND WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR HER TO START KINDERGARTEN AND FUTURO PROGRAM NEXT YEAR.

I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT IF THE PROGRAM IS CUT, MY DAUGHTER WILL NOT GET A SPOT IN SI.

I MYSELF HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE HAD A BILINGUAL EDUCATION, GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS AND KNOW THE DOORS THAT CAN OPEN.

I WANT THAT FOR MY KIDS.

IF MY DAUGHTER ISABELLA DOESN'T GET A SPOT BOTH OF MY KIDS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO A HIGH QUALITY BILINGUAL EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BOB WOODY.

MR. WOODY, WELCOME.

I THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN SINCE 1972, GREW UP HERE, AND I REPRESENT THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION FOR 17 YEARS, ON THE MUSIC COMMISSION FOR 17 YEARS, AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THREE NON-PROFITS IN DOWNTOWN ALSO.

S,O A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE HAD QUESTIONS BEING PART OF THOSE COMMISSIONS, WE WOULD APPOINT A TASK FORCE.

THE QUESTIONS WE HAD WOULD GO OUT TO THAT TASK FORCE.

THEY WOULD BRING BACK A REPORT.

GAVE US GOOD INFORMATION.

IT'S A COLLECTION OF DATA.

AND IT WAS IT WAS FUNDAMENTAL.

SO BY HAVING THOSE OR GOING THROUGH THAT FORM OF APPOINTMENT, I'D RECOMMEND THAT TO Y'ALL'S GROUP ONLY FOR THE FACT IT CAN BRING YOU BACK THE REPORT AND GIVE YOU BETTER ANSWERS AS TO HOW YOU MIGHT COME UP WITH YOUR ANSWER ON THIS.

CERTAINLY EACH OF YOU COULD APPOINT, AS COUNCIL DID, AND MANY TIMES THAT I WAS THERE, WE WOULD APPOINT TWO PEOPLE FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEY WOULD MEET AT A GIVEN AMOUNT OF TIME. WE DID ALWAYS HAVE A CITY STAFF PERSON THERE, SO IT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S JUST AN IDEA TOWARDS MOVING FORWARD.

MS. MILANO. I'M SO SORRY.

MILENA MILANO.

WELCOME MS. MILANO.

HI, I'M MILENA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

AND I LIKE TO ASK FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY, MORE TRANSPARENCY ON DATA CHALLENGES AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS.

AS MANY HAVE ASKED, WE'VE LIKED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT HAVE NOT TRULY CREATED A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL OF US TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS.

THAT COMMUNICATION SEEMS REALLY BROKEN, AND WITH THAT, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GET TO A COMMON UNDERSTANDING, MUTUAL BENEFICIAL PLACE AND A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR ALL.

WE'RE LIVING, BREATHING AND HIGHLY ADAPTABLE HUMAN BEINGS.

SO WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER.

JUST HAVE US BE PART OF THIS.

THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CAITLIN SWEETLAMB.

MS. SWEETLAMB. I LOVED YOUR DAUGHTER'S NOTE, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU. HI.

I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT AS A PARENT, AS AN EDUCATOR MYSELF, WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND A COORDINATOR OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION AT THE SCHOOL WHERE I TEACH.

AND ONE OF THE DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EANES ISD GRADUATE IS BEING A WELL-ROUNDED PERSON WHO VALUES CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY.

WE ALSO AIM TO RAISE HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THE RESILIENCE TO RECOVER AND PERSEVERE IN THE FACE OF SETBACKS.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MODEL THAT RESILIENCE AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING BY INVESTING IN THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM RATHER THAN SCALING IT BACK.

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I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT ALL DECISIONS SHOULD BE BACKED BY DATA RESEARCH, INPUT FROM EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.

AND I ALSO SUPPORT THE BOARD CALLING FOR A SPANISH IMMERSION COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS AND PARENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT.

THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNABELLA MILANO.

MS. MILANO.

MY DAUGHTER HAS A LETTER HERE FOR YOU.

OKAY. SO. HI.

AND THIS IS FROM ANNABELLA MILANO FROM BCE.

SHE'S IN FOURTH GRADE.

SHE SAID HI AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE THIS LETTER.

HERE ARE SOME THREE REASONS FOR YOU TO KEEP THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM.

IT CHALLENGE US TO LEARN MORE AND PUSH OURSELVES TO SPEAK TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

MY FAMILY IS FROM VENEZUELA AND MY CULTURE IS SPANISH, AND WHEN TRAVELING IT COMES IN HANDY.

LIKE IF WHEN YOU GO TO SPAIN OR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, THEY SPEAK SPANISH THERE.

I WAS THERE LAST SUMMER AND ENJOYED THE CONVERSATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICES YOU DO AND FOR, I HOPE THAT YOU KEEP THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM EXPANDS AND NOT.

PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THE PROGRAM.

[LAUGHTER] AND SHE HAS A SUGGESTION.

IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH SWITCHING, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER SWITCHING THE TEACHERS AS OPPOSED TO SWITCHING ALL THE KIDS.

PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THE PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] PLEASE THANK YOUR DAUGHTER ON OUR BEHALF.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID PAGE.

MR. PAGE. WELCOME, MR. PAGE. GOOD EVENING.

I APPLAUD THE DECISION TO DELAY THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO SI IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE CONCERNS IN OTHER WAYS.

I WANT TO REAFFIRM THE COMMITMENT OF SI PARENTS WHO INCLUDE SOME WITH NON SI CHILDREN TO FINDING AND SUGGESTING SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT ALL CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH A VIEW TO RESOLVING ALL ISSUES AROUND EQUITY WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE INCLUSION OF ANY CHILD OR SACRIFICING DIVERSITY IN OUR DISTRICT. WE ARE DEDICATED TO WORKING TOWARD A SOLUTION THAT BRINGS ALL CHILDREN UP AND HAVE PLENTY OF GOOD IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS BY OVERCOMING RESOURCE SCARCITY.

WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GOODWILL THAT YOU COULD HARNESS TO HELP THE DISTRICT BEST SERVE ALL CHILDREN.

WE REQUEST THE OPPORTUNITY, IDEALLY THROUGH PARENT PARTICIPATION IN A COMMITTEE OR SOME OTHER FORMAL MECHANISM.

BE PARTNERS IN A TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT IS CONSTRUCTIVE AND IMAGINATIVE, THAT DRAWS ON EXPERTISE AND BEST PRACTICE, AND SOUND RESEARCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH HAYES.

MS. HAYES. WELCOME, MS. HAYES. THANK YOU I'M HERE REPRESENTING FUTURE EISD SPANISH IMMERSION FAMILIES.

SO MY SON BENNETT IS THREE AND ONE HALF AND ENROLLED AT YPW, A SPANISH IMMERSION PRESCHOOL.

HE'LL BE ENROLLING AT BRIDGE POINT KINDER IN 2025.

WE LOVE THAT. HE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SPANISH IMMERSION AT BRIDGE POINT ELEMENTARY AND HOPEFULLY OUR LITTLE GIRL DUE IN APRIL WILL AS WELL. SO WE INTENTIONALLY STRUCTURED OUR SON'S EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AROUND SPANISH IMMERSION AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE HAS.

AND HIS FLUENCY AMAZES US EVERY DAY.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF OUR LOCAL DISTRICT FOR OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.

AND SPANISH IMMERSION MAKES THE DECISION TO ENROLL AT EANES REALLY EASY FOR US.

I KNOW I SPEAK FOR MANY OTHER PARENTS NOT YET ENROLLED IN KINDER WHO SHARE OUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE FUTURO PROGRAM, AND I APPLAUD YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM.

I URGE YOU TO INVEST NOW FOR FUTURE GROWTH AS ENTHUSIASM AND PASSION WILL CONTINUE TO GROW OVER TIME.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PIA ARTHUR.

MS. ARTHUR, ARE YOU HERE? I DON'T SEE HER.

THEN NEXT SPEAKER, ADRIAN SNEED.

SNEED? MR. SNEED? NO.

JESSICA HANOVER.

MS. HANOVER HERE? WELCOME MS. HANOVER.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.

MY FAMILY LIVES NEAR DOWNTOWN AUSTIN AND MY DAUGHTER IS A OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY IN SPANISH IMMERSION. AND WHEN WE WERE ASSESSING WHERE WE WOULD SEND HER FOR KINDERGARTEN IN THE FALL, WE WERE EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSED ON SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAMS.

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AND WE ONLY BY HAPPENSTANCE LEARNED ABOUT THE EANES DISTRICT BECAUSE WE DON'T LIVE HERE, FROM A FRIEND WHO HAD REALLY ENJOYED THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM.

AND SO WE WERE THRILLED THAT OUR DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO GET A SPOT THIS YEAR IN THE PROGRAM.

AND WE ADMIRE AND ARE VERY IMPRESSED BY THE PROGRAM, THE TEACHERS.

AND I THINK THAT HAVING THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM, ALONG WITH ALL OF YOUR OTHER OFFERINGS, REALLY ELEVATES OUR CHILDREN SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SYLVIA COX.

MS. COX, ARE YOU HERE? I DON'T SEE MS. COX.

JOVHANNA MAY. MS. MAY. WELCOME, MS. MAY. HI, MY NAME IS JOVHANNA MAY AND I'M LATINA.

I'M HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE SI PROGRAM.

I HAVE A FIFTH GRADE SON WHO STARTED THE PILOT PROGRAM AT CCE.

MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY AT YPW SPANISH IMMERSION SCHOOL, BUT WILL ATTEND CCE NEXT FALL.

OUR FAMILY MOVED FROM CIRCLE C TO WESTLAKE IN HOPES OF GETTING INTO THE SI PROGRAM.

WE FOUND OUT THAT OUR SON COULDN'T GET IN BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ANY SPOTS LEFT.

HOWEVER, WE GOT A CALL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FROM DR.

ARNETT SAYING THAT THERE WAS ONE SPOT LEFT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE WERE BEYOND THRILLED.

THE SI EXPERIENCE HAS BROADENED MY SON'S DIVERSITY VIEWPOINT BY BRINGING IN MORE HISPANIC FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND CULTURES.

HE'S ACTUALLY OPENED UP TO ME THAT HE'S PRETTY UPSET THAT THIS PROGRAM IS AT RISK AND HE REALLY WANTS TO CONTINUE IT PAST FIFTH GRADE.

HE SAID ALL THIS WORK FOR NOTHING, MOM, WHY? THAT BEING SAID, THESE ARE MY SINCERE ASK OF YOU ALL GOING FORWARD.

PLEASE CONTINUE THE IMMERSION PROGRAM BEYOND FIFTH GRADE.

PLEASE DON'T CUT THE PROGRAM THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCUS REESLUND.

MARCUS. OKAY.

WELCOME, MR. REESLUND.

WELL, WITH THREE KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF SIX, I PLAN TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM FOR AT LEAST A DECADE.

BUT I WORRY THAT THE ONGOING SPECTER OF DEEP CUTS TO THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO DO PERMANENT DAMAGE.

IT CREATES UNCERTAINTY FOR PARENTS WONDERING WHETHER TO ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN, OUR CURRENT TEACHERS FOR WHAT THEIR JOB IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN A FEW YEARS, EVEN FOR PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS THAT WE WANT TO HIRE.

I'VE REALLY BEEN IMPRESSED AND INSPIRED BY THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE.

I'VE SEEN A COMMUNITY THAT IS IMPASSIONED, DEDICATED, WILLING TO PUT IN THE CREATIVITY, THE WORK, THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO BUILD A PROGRAM THAT'S SUCCESSFUL FOR EVERYONE. THE DISTRICT ASKS A COMMITMENT OF ALL OF ITS FAMILIES TO THE PROGRAM WHEN WE ENROLL.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR A COMMITMENT FROM YOU.

I ASK THAT YOU WORK WITH US, THAT THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES APPROVAL, BOARD APPROVAL FOR ANY STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM DESIGN THAT YOU CREATE A FORMAL COMMITTEE FOR SI THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL BRIGHTMAN.

OH. WELCOME, MR. BRIGHTMAN. HI, MY NAME IS MICHAEL BRIGHTMAN.

I AM IN THIRD GRADE SPANISH IMMERSION AT EANES ELEMENTARY.

I WROTE YOU A LETTER ABOUT MY THOUGHTS ON SPANISH IMMERSION, BUT ASKED MY PARENTS TO LET ME COME HERE TODAY SO THAT YOU CAN MEET ONE OF THE KIDS THAT GETS THE BENEFIT FROM SPANISH IMMERSION.

PLEASE THINK OF ME AND THE MANY OTHER KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY PART OF THE PROGRAM.

AND PLEASE THINK OF THE KIDS WHO ARE STILL TOO LITTLE TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM LIKE MY LITTLE SISTER, SYDNEY OR MY BABY NEIGHBOR, LILA, WHO WILL BE IMPACTED IF YOU REDUCE THIS PROGRAM.

I HAVE LOVED THE PROGRAM OVER THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND I HAVE LEARNED THINGS FROM MY TEACHERS, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, THAT I'M JUST GETTING STARTED.

PLEASE GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH WHAT WE HAVE STARTED TOGETHER.

I'M WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK.

HELP ME AND MY FRIENDS BE A PART OF THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BRIGHTMAN. [APPLAUSE] THAT WAS

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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DON HOGAN.

MR. HOGAN. TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, MR. HOGAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT.

[LAUGHTER] LET'S SEE. YOU GET 30 SECONDS.

[LAUGHTER] HELLO.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. LIKE MOST PARENTS WITH KIDS WHO ARE IN SI PROGRAMS, WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE CHOICES OF EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN.

MY WIFE AND I ARE PLANNING ON HAVING OUR FIVE YEAR OLD, WHO'S AT YPD AND AN EIGHT MONTH OLD, WHO'S ALSO AT YPW TO CONTINUE THEIR IMMERSION EDUCATION AT EANES BECAUSE WE SEE IMMENSE VALUE IN THE GIFT OF LANGUAGE.

WITH OUR OLDEST STARTING PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR EANES IS OUR FIRST CHOICE TO TRANSFER INTO FOR ITS WELL-REGARDED SI PROGRAM.

THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL TO SCALE BACK THE SI PROGRAM CREATED LONG TERM CONCERNS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD ACTUALLY COMMIT TO EANES FOR THE COMMITMENT OF THE FULL EDUCATION FOR BOTH OF OUR KIDS.

SO IN LIGHT OF THE NEWS, I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THIS NEXT YEAR BRINGS AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO LISTENING AND THE RESEARCH THAT IT HAS FOR OUR FIVE YEAR OLD AND OUR EIGHT MONTH OLD IN THE HOPES THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN SI.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ARLENE PADILLA.

MS. PADILLA, WELCOME.

THANK YOU. ME AND MY FAMILY ARE BEYOND GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THE EANES COMMUNITY SINCE 2018.

I TRANSFERED MY SON FROM CASEY ELEMENTARY TO CEDAR CREEK WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM.

AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS THE BEST DECISION I COULD HAVE EVER MADE FOR MY CHILD'S EDUCATION.

AS A NATIVE SPEAKER, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT MY SON NOT ONLY SPEAK SPANISH AT HOME.

I WANT HIM TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT AN ACADEMIC LEVEL.

MY SON IS CURRENTLY IN FIFTH GRADE AND NEXT YEAR HE AND HIS CLASSMATES WILL BE ATTENDING HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM CONTINUING THIS AMAZING PROGRAM.

OTHER DISTRICTS LIKE ALAMO HEIGHTS IN SAN ANTONIO ALSO OFFER SPANISH IMMERSION FOR GRADES ONE TO FIFTH AND HAVE THE OPTION OF CONTINUING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

CORE CONTENT CLASSES ARE OFFERED IN GRADES 6 TO 12.

THIS GIVES STUDENTS A FULL IMMERSION EXPERIENCE IN THE TARGET LANGUAGE, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOLYNN CUNNINGHAM.

MS. CUNNINGHAM.

SHE HERE? DOESN'T APPEAR.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CATHERINE WILDER.

MS. WILDER. WELCOME, MS. WILDER. HI THERE. I AM A PARENT WITH TWO STUDENTS AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY, ONE IN THE PILOT YEAR OF THE FIFTH GRADE AND ANOTHER IN FIRST GRADE.

MY MAIN FOCUS TODAY IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINUATION OF THE SPANISH PROGRAM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE MOST URGENT MATTER AT THIS TIME.

THE CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL SPANISH II, III, IV DOES NOT FOLLOW AN IMMERSION MODEL.

THE CURRENT PLAN WOULD END BILINGUAL EDUCATION AT FIFTH GRADE.

TEACHING KIDS TO CONJUGATE VERBS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN IMMERSION EDUCATION.

THE DISTRICT HAS CONCERNS ABOUT FINDING A SECONDARY CERTIFIED TEACHER ABLE TO TEACH CORE SUBJECTS IN SPANISH, BUT SO FAR THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED AS FAR AS I KNOW.

I WOULD IMPLORE THEM TO REACH OUT WITHIN THE EXISTING EANES TEACHERS TO SEE WHO MIGHT BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THEIR RANKS CURRENTLY.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. WILDER. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ASHLEY QUIRK.

MS. QUIRK HERE.

FOLLOWING MS. QUIRK, WE HAVE KIMBERLY BEGUIN.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? BEGUIN.

BEGUIN, I'M SORRY.

WELCOME MS. BEGUIN.

I'M KIMBERLEY BEGUIN. WHEN I HAVE A KINDERGARTNER AT BRIDGEPOINT.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN IN AUSTIN FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO WE DECIDED SPECIFICALLY TO MOVE TO WESTLAKE, WHERE NEITHER ONE OF US HAD EVER BEEN IN ANY OF THOSE YEARS SO THAT OUR SON COULD, WHO HAD BEEN IN A THREE YEAR SPANISH IMMERSION MONTESSORI PROGRAM, COULD CONTINUE THAT SPANISH EDUCATION.

WE LITERALLY PICKED UP AND MOVED HOUSES TO GIVE OUR SON A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING IN AS AN IN DISTRICT STUDENT.

I AM VERY GRATEFUL, AS MANY OTHERS HAVE SAID, FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO RECONSIDER THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE GIVEN.

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ALSO, I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A WIN WIN SOLUTION HERE FOR ALL INVOLVED, STUDENT TEACHERS AND PARENTS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SOFIE POMPA.

MS. POMPA. WELCOME.

HI. HI. HI.

I'M HERE FOR A STRONGER EANES FOR EVERYONE.

MY ASK IS SHORT.

ONE, CAN YOU COMMIT TO CONTINUE TRANSPARENCY, AS OTHER PARENTS HAVE SAID NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE? AND TWO, CAN YOU COMMIT TO COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING? LET'S INCORPORATE THIS INCREDIBLE, RESOURCEFUL COMMUNITY.

LET'S BE BETTER TOGETHER.

AND LET'S BE SURE WE'RE CANDID ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.

WHICH SYMPTOMS? WHICH SIGNALS? I IMPLORE YOU TO SPEND TIME ON THOSE ROOT CAUSES OF THE ISSUES AT HAND.

WITH OPEN DIALOGUE I REALLY BELIEVE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THE SOLUTION.

WHEN I READ ABOUT THE PROPOSED CUTS TO SPANISH IMMERSION, I SAT IN JUST FIERCE OPPOSITION TO SUCH A CORE VALUE I HAVE.

I'M TRYING TO TEACH MY KIDS TO HAVE RESILIENCE IN TOUGH TIMES.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE SURVIVED THIS PANDEMIC.

YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE HARD. WE DON'T SHRINK.

WE DON'T WALK AWAY.

WE BRAINSTORM, WE EXPLORE, WE APPLY OUR GROWTH MINDSET, AND WE TACKLE THESE CHALLENGES EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD.

SO LET'S BE AN EXAMPLE TO OUR KIDS AND WORK TOGETHER.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL [INAUDIBLE].

HOW DID I DO? GREAT.

WELCOME. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HERE TRYING TO JUSTIFY A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.

WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE IT AND FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES THAT IT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE SPANISH IMMERSION.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND MAKE IT BETTER AND MORE INCLUSIVE.

NOT QUITTING.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO TEACH OUR KIDS TO QUIT WHEN FACED WITH A CHALLENGE? THE IDEA TO DOWNGRADE THE PROGRAM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO A CLASS RATHER THAN IMMERSION IS SHOCKING.

TEACHING A LANGUAGE CLASS DOESN'T WORK.

I WENT TO SCHOOL OUTSIDE THE U.S.

AND TOOK ENGLISH FOR SIX, SEVEN YEARS.

AS MOST OF YOU, I'M SURE, TOOK A LANGUAGE, SPANISH OR OTHER LANGUAGE IN SCHOOL.

AND YOU'RE NOT PROFICIENT.

THESE KIDS ARE.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE. PICK SOMETHING THAT'S PROVEN NOT TO WORK OR CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, YOU PROVED THAT IT WORKS.

WHY NOT MAKE IT AS STRONG AS ELEMENTARY PROGRAM? IT'S ALWAYS EASIER TO DESTROY RATHER THAN CREATE.

LET'S NOT TAKE THAT PATH.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NICOLE [INAUDIBLE].

WELCOME. HI. HI.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US ADDITIONAL TIME WITH THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM.

I GREW UP WITH IMMERSION BEING PART OF MY EDUCATION, ENGLISH NOT BEING ONE OF THE LANGUAGES, GIVEN MY THICK ACCENT.

BUT I GREW UP AND I SAW HOW THE PEOPLE THAT HAD THE LEAST OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE THEY ONLY SPOKE ONE LANGUAGE IN THEIR HOUSE, GREW INTO BEING WORLDLY CITIZENS, WORKING AT NASA, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, BEING POLITICIANS INSTEAD OF BEING STUCK IN MEXICO CITY WHERE I GREW UP.

MY POINT BEING IS SPANISH IMMERSION WORKS.

IT'S REALLY HARD WORK.

IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN ELEMENTARY TO MAKE IT WORK.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EANES MAKES THAT DECISION AND COMMITMENT TO MAKING THIS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.

WE ALL ARE HERE BECAUSE EANES IS OUTSTANDING.

WE NEED TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM OUTSTANDING.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFFREY [INAUDIBLE].

YES. WELCOME. MR. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

AS SPEAKER NUMBER 27, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A LOT OF UNIQUE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SAID ALREADY [LAUGHTER] BY FELLOW PARENTS, BUT I CAN AT LEAST SHARE MY EXPERIENCE, WHICH I THINK IS INFORMATIVE.

I REPRESENT MY THREE KIDS, JULIA, WHO'S A FIRST GRADER AT BRIDGE POINT RIGHT NOW, AND THEN MY THREE AND A HALF YEAR OLD TWINS THAT WE HOPE TO BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE. AND, YOU KNOW, I MYSELF STUDIED SPANISH IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND TOOK AWAY A MINOR FROM IT, BUT LACKED SPANISH LANGUAGE SKILLS.

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I HAD MY OWN IMMERSION PROGRAM, WHICH WAS MARRYING MY WIFE FROM MEXICO CITY [LAUGHTER], UNTIL I ACTUALLY GOT APPRECIATION AND KNOWLEDGE FOR NOT ONLY THE LANGUAGE AND THE CULTURES.

AND I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT A REALLY POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY HERE.

AND WHILE AT TIMES IT'S FELT LIKE A US VERSUS THEM TYPE DISCUSSION, I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER.

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EVERYBODY WANTS TO HELP.

WE JUST NEED THE OUTLETS TO DO SO AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND EMPOWER OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT MCKNIGHT.

MR. MCKNIGHT. WELCOME, MR. MCKNIGHT. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME TO YOUNG MICHAEL.

ARNETT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT YOUR EMAIL THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, THOUGH, THAT MADE ME A LITTLE NERVOUS.

YOU HAD SAID, WE BELIEVE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MUCH NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PROGRAM.

YOU ALSO STATED THAT YOU CONCEDE THAT THE TIMING IS NOT RIGHT, AND LASTLY, THAT THE ADMIN AND YOU SUPPORTED CHANGING THE MODEL BEGINNING IN 2023.

SO TO ME IT FEELS LIKE A DECISION HAD KIND OF BEEN MADE AND IT TOOK US MAYBE GETTING A LITTLE LOUD FOR US TO HAVE SOME OF THESE CHANGES AND TO PUT A PAUSE ON IT, WHICH AGAIN, I'M GLAD IF THAT IS THE CASE, THAT YOU LISTENED AND WE'RE HAVING THIS NEEDED PAUSE, BUT YOU HAD SAID YOU WERE RELUCTANT TO POSTPONE A NEEDED CHANGE BASED ON THE DATA AND THE EDUCATOR FEEDBACK.

SOME PEOPLE HAD ALLUDED EARLIER THAT THE DATA AND THE FEEDBACK WE JUST DISCUSS. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA LEE.

WELCOME, MS. LEE. HI, MY NAME IS CINDY LEE.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM AT EANES ELEMENTARY AND A THIRD WHO IS AN SI ASPIRANT FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

EANES ADOPTED A HIGHLY ACCLAIMED TWO TEACHER MODEL WHEN IT ESTABLISHED FUTURO.

OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING THE EXPECTED ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.

RATHER THAN SUDDENLY MAKE CUTS OR CHANGE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE WHEN FACED WITH CHALLENGES, WE CAN AND SHOULD DO MORE TO MATURE THE PROGRAM WITH DISTRICT WIDE TOOLS AND TEMPLATES THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.

THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL EACH YEAR.

FROM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, TAILORING CLASSROOM SCHEDULES TO OPTIMIZE HOW THEY DELIVER THAT CURRICULUM.

THE PROPOSED SINGLE TEACHER MODEL IS NOT A SILVER BULLET THAT WILL MAKE ALL THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED JUST GO AWAY.

I'M CERTAIN IT WILL BRING ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES AND COUPLED WITH A PROPOSED 50% REDUCTION IN CAPACITY, THESE CHANGES WILL HAVE A DEVASTATING RIPPLE EFFECT ON THE VIABILITY AND SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.

I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE CONCESSION TO PAUSE THE DECISIONS AROUND SI AND ASK FOR THE EANES BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE THAT CAN COMPREHENSIVELY UNDERSTAND IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS CAMPUSES THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAN ROMERO.

WELCOME, MR. ROMERO.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

WHILE I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THE NEWS EARLIER TODAY THAT THERE'LL BE A PAUSE IN ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE SI PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT A SOLUTION.

AND I THINK NOW IS WHEN THE TRUE WORK BEGINS.

I AM AFRAID THAT SOME OF THE WAFFLING THAT'S OCCURRED IN THE SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM WITHIN 2019 AND NOW HAS CAUSED AN EROSION OF TRUST AMONGST PARENTS AND TEACHERS. AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEXT 6 TO 12 MONTHS, AS YOU MENTIONED, TO RESTORE SOME OF THAT TRUST THROUGH TRANSPARENCY.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER THROUGH SOME ESTABLISHED COMMITTEES, BOTH TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND ANY FUTURE CHALLENGES THAT THIS PROGRAM MIGHT FACE SO THAT WE CAN CREATE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ROMERO. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANGELA SCHRIFT.

MS. SCHRIFT. WELCOME MS. SCHRIFT. HI.

THANK YOU. SO FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DELAYING THE DECISION TO HAVE AN ACTION VIA YOUR EMAIL TODAY.

CURRENTLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE GOT A FIRST GRADER IN SI PROGRAM AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY, AND I HAVE ANOTHER DAUGHTER THAT'S IN PRE-K THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE ENTER THE PROGRAM. AND CLEARLY, I'M A BIG FAN OF THE PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM LATER IN LIFE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE STILL IN DISTRICT WAS, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, WAS FOR THIS PROGRAM.

I HAVE BEEN DENIED JOB OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE I WASN'T FLUENT IN SPANISH FOR JOBS THAT I WANTED.

AND I WAS TOLD, OH, YOU DON'T SPEAK SPANISH.

AND SO SPANISH SPEAKERS ARE A HUGE PROPORTION IN THIS COUNTRY.

THERE'S A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL WORK THAT'S AVAILABLE.

SO I WANT BETTER FOR MY CHILDREN.

AND THE OTHER THING I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, AS OTHERS HAVE ASKED FOR COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE.

I KNOW WE ARE NOT THE ONLY SI PROGRAM IN THE STATE

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MS. MILLER. IS MS. MILLER HERE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFF SIMPLER? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT, JEFF? [LAUGHTER] GO AHEAD.

WELL, THANK YOU TO MY MANY FRIENDS HERE AND THOSE WHO HAVE TO BE HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES TONIGHT.

WHAT YOU ALL DO IS UNSUNG.

IT IS SOMETIMES UNDERAPPRECIATED AND OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.

SO HERE IS A CHANGE OF TOPIC.

AS WESTLAKE BAND PARENT PRESIDENT, I REPRESENT THE 650 FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT BAND WHO HAVE STUDENTS IN BAND.

AND AS THE ADMINISTRATION, THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THE MANY IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF HOW TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OUR VARIOUS CAMPUSES AND STUDENT PROGRAM NEEDS COMING UP, I'D LIKE TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE SPACE AND FACILITIES ISSUES THAT OUR AWARD WINNING BAND AND ELITE VISUAL ENSEMBLE FACE EVERY DAY.

OUR PRIMARY BAND HALL WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT DURING THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, AND FOR A BAND THAT WAS ABOUT A THIRD THE SIZE THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.

AND THIS WAS BEFORE WINTER GUARD AND ALL THE THINGS YOU KNOW ABOUT MARCHING.

SO WE RANK FIRST IN SO MANY CATEGORIES BECAUSE OF OUR EXPECTATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE HIGH.

SO AS YOU BEGIN TO DEBATE THE VALUE OF THE MERITS OF THE UPCOMING PROPOSED BOND PACKAGE, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO THINK BROADLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALAN WILLIAMS. MR. WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, MR. WILLIAMS. WELCOME.

MY NAME IS ALAN WILLIAMS. MY FAMILY MOVED TO WESTLAKE IN THE MID 1950S.

I WENT TO EANES.

MY CHILDREN WENT TO EANES.

MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE IN EANES, GOING TO EANES.

WHEN I FIRST WENT TO EANES, IT WAS THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.

IT WAS FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADE.

THERE WAS NO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, NO HIGH SCHOOL, NO OTHER SCHOOLS OF ANY KIND.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN.

THE EANES SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE TWO OR THREE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

OUR GREAT SPORTS TEAMS PLAY A PART IN THIS.

BIGGEST PART, I BELIEVE, THOUGH, IS OUR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN THAT.

ANY REDUCTION OF THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM WOULD BE A BIG STEP BACKWARDS.

OUR ACADEMIC REPUTATION IS VITAL.

EVERY STUDENT BENEFITS TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE OF IT.

WE ATTRACT BETTER ADMINISTRATORS WE GET A BETTER EDUCATION.

WE GET INTO BETTER COLLEGES, AND WE GET BETTER JOBS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DUKE FAMILY. MR. FAMILY? NO.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ADAM HELSINGER.

MR. HELSINGER. WELCOME.

HI. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A FIRST GRADER IN SPANISH IMMERSION AT BRIDGE POINT AND A SON JOINING IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

I APPRECIATE DR.

ARNETT AND THE BOARD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN CHOOSING TO SUSPEND THE DECISION ON THE PROGRAM FOR A YEAR.

AND I BRING A FEW DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE K 12 TECHNOLOGY SPACE, PARTICIPATE IN AN IMMERSIVE SPANISH PROGRAM IN MEXICO, AND TEACH AN IMMERSIVE LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN JAPAN, WHICH HAS ENABLED ME TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW BENEFICIAL THESE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ARE.

IF THE PROGRAM CONTRACTS, IT'LL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT ADVANCEMENT AS WELL AS.

TEXT MESSAGES I GET.

ADVANCEMENTS ON HOW WELL THE DISTRICT IS PERCEIVED BY OTHER DISTRICTS AND PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF EANES ISD.

I HOPE THAT IN THIS YEARLONG DELAY THERE WILL BE AN OPEN DIALOGUE BETWEEN PARENTS AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON SOLUTIONS TO OPERATIONAL STAFFING, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. AND THE LAST SPEAKER THAT SIGNED UP MAY OR MAY NOT BE HERE, MICHAEL CHOATE.

HEY, WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME'S MICHAEL CHOATE.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, ONE WHO'S SIX, AND AT EANES ELEMENTARY IN THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM AND A THREE YEAR OLD, ALMOST FOUR YEAR OLD WHO IS A YPW, YPW CENTRAL.

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IF THE PROPOSED CHANGES GO THROUGH, WE FIND IT UNLIKELY THAT TRANSFER FAMILIES LIKE OURS WILL BE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM BASED ON THE PROGRAM'S HIGH DEMAND FOR AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED STUDENTS FROM NEARBY.

AND THIS IS DEEPLY CONCERNING TO US.

WE HAVE THROWN OUR FULL WEIGHT BEHIND SUPPORTING EANES ELEMENTARY.

MY WIFE IS ROOM MOM.

I'VE PULLED CAR DOORS IN THE MORNING.

WE DON'T MISS AN EVENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE IN.

BUT IF THE BOARD IS WILLING TO LET GO OF TRANSFER FAMILIES LIKE OURS, THEN WE'LL NEED TO CONSIDER ALL OF OUR FAMILY'S EDUCATION OPTIONS, WHICH INCLUDES LEAVING THE DISTRICT.

IF WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS AND OPTIONS TO KEEP TRANSFER FAMILIES LIKE OURS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS THAT MADE TIME TO COME AND SPEAK TO US THIS EVENING.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR INSIGHTS.

AND WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

[9. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN (RIPICS)]

GOOD EVENING. I AM HERE TO REVIEW ONCE AGAIN THE RIPICS PLAN THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO EVERY SIX MONTHS NOW RELATED TO COVID AND OUR ESSER FUNDS.

AND SO AS YOU SEE THAT THIS IS A NATIONWIDE REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT RECEIVED THE ESSER FUNDING.

WE HAD TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO RETURN FROM COVID.

WE HAVE DONE THAT AND WE ARE BACK.

BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS AT LEAST TWO MORE TIMES ACCORDING TO FEDERAL GUIDELINES.

AND SINCE WE'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB ON OUR GRANTS THAT WE HEARD EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE PLAN, UPDATE IF NECESSARY, AND REVISE.

SO WE WILL DO THAT TONIGHT AND THEN WE WILL DO THAT ONE MORE TIME THIS SUMMER AND THEN WE WILL BE DONE AND THEN WE SOLICIT PUBLIC FEEDBACK.

SO AFTER MY PRESENTATION, IF ANYONE HAS SIGNED UP TO COMMENT ON OUR PLAN, THEY CAN.

AND JUST TO REVIEW VERY, VERY QUICKLY, WE ARE STILL IN OUR DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY RELATED TO COVID.

WE ALLOW ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO WEAR A MASK.

WE ARE ALLOWING MASKING.

WE HAVE A LIMITED SUPPLY OF PPE, AND SO ANY STAFF MEMBER THAT REQUESTS PPE HAS THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THE BOARD EXTENDED COVID LEAVE THIS YEAR FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR FOR OUR STAFF.

WE ALSO HAVE A CLEANING PROTOCOL IN PLACE, NOT JUST FOR COVID.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING FLU OR RSV.

SO WHEN WE HAVE A CLASSROOM OR AN AREA THAT WE'RE SEEING A LARGE POPULATION OF STUDENTS ABSENT, WE HAVE A PROTOCOL WHERE WE CAN GO DO MORE INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE CLEANING IN THAT AREA.

AND THEN WE ALSO JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER HAD A COVID BOOSTER CLINIC FOR OUR STAFF THAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH ATB.

SO WHILE WE ARE SORT OF BACK TO NORMAL AND LIVING WITH COVID, THE DISTRICT STILL HAS THESE PROTOCOLS AND DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN PLACE RELATED TO OUR RETURNING BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MOLLY. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, SEEING NONE.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

AND THAT'S PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN.

NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE WILL OPEN AND CLOSE THAT HEARING.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM, AND IT IS THE 22-23 ENROLLMENT REPORT, OUR PEIMS SNAPSHOT.

[10. DISCUSSION]

I THINK YOU'RE UP. GOOD EVENING.

RACHEL HIGGINS FROM THE BACK IS GOING TO COME UP AND JOIN ME IN THIS PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, RACHEL.

WELCOME. [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT'S YOUR THING. SO EXCITING TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THIS MEANS IN THE LATE IN THE FALL, WE HAVE OUR ENROLLMENT PEIMS SNAPSHOT.

AND SO THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IN THE WORLD PEIMS IS, THIS IS OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT IS DONE WITH TEA.

THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE A SNAPSHOT.

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THERE'S FOUR TOTAL SUBMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT THIS IS OUR MAIN FALSE SUBMISSION THAT WE PROVIDE TO TEA.

THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION WITHIN THIS SNAPSHOT.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE, BUT THIS IS HOW WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO OURSELVES IN THE PAST, BUT ALSO TO OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS.

ENROLLMENT IS IT'S VERY FLUID.

IT CHANGES ALL THE TIME. BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT IS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AND REPORT IT TO TEA.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT.

BUT ONE THING I WANT TO REPRESENT IS WHERE THAT NUMBER IS 7731 STUDENTS THAT WE RECEIVE FUNDING FOR.

THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE DO AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS SERVE.

HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF THOSE ARE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM PEER MODELS THAT WE HAVE, THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE.

ECSE PROGRAM.

WE DO RECEIVE FUNDING, BUT THESE ARE THE PEER MODELS THAT ARE STILL BEING SERVED WITHIN OUR CAMPUS AND ALSO OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE EMPLOYED CHILDREN OR COMMUNITY CHILDREN, THAT WE SERVE AT THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT WE REALLY ARE SERVING EACH AND EVERY DAY, EVEN OUTSIDE THE TA SNAPSHOT.

SO SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE TRY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.

SO BACK TO PIEMS TEA SNAPSHOT.

FAMILIAR ON THE LEFT IS OUR 2122 SNAPSHOT OF 7850 STUDENTS ON THE RIGHT.

IS THE CURRENT YEAR BROKEN DOWN BY CAMPUSES FOR A TOTAL OF 7731 STUDENTS? THIS IS TAKEN THE LAST FRIDAY IN OCTOBER, WHICH THIS YEAR FELL ON OCTOBER 28TH.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A DECLINE IN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

AND IN A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A BAR GRAPH THAT REPRESENTS THIS VERY WELL.

BUT YOU ALSO SEE IN THE SECONDARY LEVEL, ESPECIALLY THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S REMAINING PRETTY CONSISTENT AROUND THAT 2800 STUDENT MARK.

BUT AGAIN, AS SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF STUDENTS MATRICULATE THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WE'LL HAVE SOME BUBBLES THERE THAT WE'LL SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.

THEN WE GET TO THIS SLIDE.

THIS IS TAKING ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, BREAKING THEIR TOTAL ENROLLMENTS DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL BY NUMBER OF SECTIONS, AND BY NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITHIN THOSE SECTIONS.

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES HERE FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE PRESENTED.

WE DO HAVE SOME ORANGE BOXES THAT ARE ABOVE OUR 22 TO 1 RATIO THAT WE WANT TO SHOW THAT HAPPENED K THROUGH FOUR.

CEDAR CREEK ACTUALLY DROPPED OFF ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS DROPPED OFF OF THAT OVERAGE.

SO WE JUST HAVE THAT ONE REMAINING CLASS IN FOURTH GRADE AT CEDAR CREEK.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S OUR BREAKDOWN IN THE PURPLE.

YOU'LL SEE THE LAST YEAR'S SNAPSHOT BROKEN DOWN AS WELL.

THEN WE MOVE ON TO OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

ALL THE CELLS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE THIS YEAR SNAPSHOT NUMBERS FOR WESTRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE COLUMN TO THE RIGHT IS JUST TO GIVE COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR'S SNAPSHOT NUMBER AND SOME OF THE TOTALS YOU SEE, THE HIGH SCHOOL IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR.

EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THEIR GRADE LEVELS ARE DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR EIGHTH GRADE CLASS IS NOT ENORMOUS THIS CURRENT YEAR.

BUT EVEN IF YOU LOOKED AT LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, WE GET A LOT OF NEW STUDENTS COMING IN TO NINTH GRADE AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL RESIDENT STUDENTS.

WHY? BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES CAN'T AFFORD A HOUSE WITH THOSE AGE CHILDREN.

SO THAT'S OUR ASSUMPTION THAT WE CAN MAKE FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE CHART THAT I REPRESENTED.

YOU'LL SEE A DIP BACK IN 2001 STARTED GOING DOWN IN 2003, AND IT CAME BACK UP.

I WILL TELL YOU, AT THAT TIME WE INTRODUCED OUR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER POLICY AND IT INCREASED OUR ENROLLMENT OVER THE YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN VERY STEADY AT A HEALTHY NUMBER OF OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

AND GIVEN THIS YEAR THAT THIS IS THE MOST OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD APPROVED FOR THIS YEAR.

SO WHAT WE CAN DO AS A DISTRICT, KNOWING THAT OUR ENROLLMENT MAINLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IS DECLINING, WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A 1 TO 1 CORRELATION, BUT WE CAN TRY TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT DECLINE.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NATION, IT'S A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHERE YOU MAY BE INCREASING IN NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS YOU WERE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

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SOME OF OUR RURAL DISTRICTS ARE NOT EXPERIENCING IT AS SEVERE AS WE ARE, BUT WE ARE GRADUATING FIFTH YEAR, FIFTH GRADE CLASSES AND NOT AS LARGE OF A KINDER CLASS TO REPLENISH THAT.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR DISTRICT.

BUT WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THAT TREND.

THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRICTS SEEING THE SAME THING.

SO WITH THIS, YOU SEE THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 7731.

WHERE DO WE STOP IN THE DIP BEFORE WE START COMING BACK UP? WE DON'T KNOW. BUT THE DEMOGRAPHER HAS REPRESENTED A POSSIBLE SETTLING IN AT AROUND 7500.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT REPRESENTS SOME OF THAT.

THAT'S JUST WHERE THE DEMOGRAPHER THINKS THAT WE MAY KIND OF SETTLE IN BASED ON OUR CURRENT STATUS.

INCLUDING TRANSFERS, CORRECT? OK NEW INFORMATION HERE.

SOME OF THE REASONS OF WHERE ARE OUR STUDENTS GOING? THOSE STUDENTS THAT LEAVE.

WHERE ARE THEY GOING? AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME STUDENTS COMING IN.

AND SO WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THAT.

I'M GOING TO LET RACHEL HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE HER AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD ON THIS DATA IN ORDER TO GET YOU SOME REALLY VALUABLE INFORMATION TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND OUT OF OUR DISTRICT.

SO, RACHEL, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, LEAVER DATA IS REQUIRED BY TEXAS TO BE TRACKED GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12.

OUR TEAMS COORDINATOR AND STUDENT INFORMATION COORDINATOR, ELISA SMITH AND BETH KEMP RESPECTIVELY, HAVE WORKED IN GREAT DETAIL WITH OUR TALENTED CAMPUS TEAMS TO EXPAND THIS DATA COLLECTION TO NOW INCLUDE K 12 POPULATION.

WE HAVE HAD SOME K SIX LEVER INFORMATION TO REFERENCE OVER THE PAST YEARS.

YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN PAST PRESENTATIONS AND NOW WITH MORE INTENTIONAL WORKFLOW, WE ARE INTERESTED TO MONITOR THIS K 12 DATA OVER THE GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEARS TO SEE WHAT TRENDS WE MIGHT BE NOTICING.

A FOOTNOTE YOU'RE SEEING SUMMARY OF THE DATA HERE IS RELATED TO OUR MOST FREQUENT LEVER CODES COMPARING CURRENT YEAR AS OF SNAPSHOT AND IN THE PAST TWO SCHOOL YEARS IN FULL. SO THIS IS NOT EXPLICITLY SNAPSHOT TO SNATCH A SNAPSHOT.

AND THEN OPPOSITE ON THE RIGHT COLUMN, OPPOSITE OF THE LEVER CONCEPT AND THE FAR RIGHT, YOU HAVE COLUMNS REFLECTIVE OF A SPECIFIC DATA POINT RELATED TO ENROLLMENT FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. WE CAPTURED THIS INFORMATION AS OF LAST YEAR.

WE'RE REFLECTING A COMPARATIVE THIS YEAR.

THIS IS OVER THE SAME TIME PERIODS YOU'RE SEEING 2021, 21-22, 22-23.

SO THE TEAM HAS REALLY TAKEN A LOT OF TIME TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR STUDENTS MAY BE GOING.

IF WE'RE SEEING A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT, WE WANT TO KNOW THOSE IN UNENROLLED STUDENTS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING? AND THIS DONE A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM AS AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF OUR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

THESE ARE ALL OUR NON EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS BROKEN DOWN FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AND THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS ARE TOTAL.

NON EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS, YOU'LL SEE HAS INCREASED EACH YEAR.

AND ALSO PERCENTAGE OF ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED, WHICH MEANS THE STUDENT FUNDING VALUE AS INCREASED AS WELL.

MM HMM. REMIND ME HOW MANY EMPLOYEE CHILDREN WE HAVE.

250, OR APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATELY 250 TO 260.

MM HMM. YEAH. AT 251, I THINK IS THE NUMBER.

OKAY. THAT'S A THAT'S OUR SNAPSHOT UPDATE.

SO I'LL FIELD ANY QUESTIONS YALL MAY HAVE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OH, ELLEN.

THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.

I LOVE THIS STUFF.

ON THE CLASS ENROLLMENT, I MEAN, THINGS ARE LOOKING VERY GOOD, WHICH IS GREAT AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR.

I DO JUST WANT TO SAY.

FOURTH GRADE AT FOREST TRAIL.

I KNOW AT LEAST SEVERAL CLASSES ALREADY HAVE 24 KIDS THIS CHAIN.

AND THEY GOT FOUR NEW MOVE INS IN FOURTH GRADE.

EVERYBODY WHO BUYS A HOUSE IN LOST CREEK HAS TO HAVE A FOURTH GRADER.

I THAT'S A NEW RULE. YEAH.

AND SO IT'S JUST RAISE THAT FLAG TO SAY IF WE COULD WATCH THAT.

I KNOW WE'RE LOATHED TO CHANGE AT A LATE POINT IN THE YEAR, BUT IT'S ONLY NOVEMBER.

YES. AND IT'S CLOSE TO DECEMBER, I GUESS.

AND DEFINITELY APPRECIATE PRINCIPAL LETTING LETTING US KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING AND BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEEING LARGER NUMBERS COMING IN. SO WE'RE WATCHING THAT, VERY CLOSE.

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AND SO WE CAN COME TO YOU IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THERE IN THAT FOURTH GRADE.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NOW. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THAT WRAPS UP.

CAN I JUST MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT? THANK YOU FOR THIS DATA ON TRANSFERS.

I JUST WANT TO LOBBY FOR US CONTINUING THIS POLICY IN A ROBUST WAY BECAUSE IT GIVES US SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO MANAGE OUR BOTTOM LINE AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS.

BUT I LOVE THE TRANSFER PROGRAM AND IT I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OVER TIME, IT CLEARLY SHOWS HOW WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY LEVEL OUT OUR NUMBERS, WHICH MAKE OUR OPPORTUNITIES MORE CONSISTENT BY HAVING TRANSFERS.

CORRECT. OKAY.

LET ME JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT WITH ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE SLIDE THAT PRECEDED THIS ONE.

OUR CURRENT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT TRANSFER.

A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT.

IT'S STILL VERY LOW AT FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT, 5%, 4%.

SO WE ARE NOT.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE MAXED OUT THE CAPACITY OF THE TRANSFER PROGRAM.

I DON'T KNOW. UNDERSTOOD.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE 23.

OH, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, RACHEL. THANKS, RACHEL.

I'M NOT LEAVING. OK THE BOND CATEGORY REVIEW FACILITIES.

AND WE'VE ALL RIGHT, WE GOT PEOPLE COMING UP THAT AREN'T ON MY CHEAT SHEET.

SO WELCOME ANYWAY.

THIS IS OUR TEAM. WE SEE THE TEAM EVERY MONTH.

GOOD MORNING. I MEAN, GOOD.

GOOD EVENING, HOLLY. HI, CHRIS.

DO YOU WANT TO HOLD THAT? CHRIS OK.

SO WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH A NUMBER OF TABLES FOR THE POTENTIAL 2023 BOND.

WE MET WITH OUR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK TO DISCUSS FACILITIES TABLE.

SEE, WE HAVE ONE MORE TABLE STUDENT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT LEFT THAT WE'LL MEET NEXT WEEK AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU THE FOLLOWING MEETING.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A BIG PACE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS INFORMATION TO YOU BECAUSE THE BANK IS DOING INCREDIBLE HARD WORK.

WE SPENT THIS WAS A LONGER MEETING.

THIS IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DATA.

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE JUST AS LONG WE DID.

WE DID HAVE COMMUNITY PRESENT THERE.

WE DID HAVE EMPLOYEES PRESENT THERE.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT.

AND I IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE EVEN MORE INVOLVEMENT NEXT TUESDAY.

SO HERE'S OUR PROCESS.

I PROBABLY NEED TO START MOVING OUR LOGO DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE MOVED A FAIR SHARE.

BUT THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE STEP IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH JANUARY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT YOU CAN EVALUATE ON YOUR ROAD TO A POTENTIAL CALLING FOR A BOND IF YOU ELECT TO DO SO IN THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.

THAT ELECTION WOULD BE ON MAY 6TH, NEXT SPRING.

THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN.

TOTAL ESTIMATED NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED.

155 MILLION BOND CAPACITY, 130 THAT WE'VE SPOKE ABOUT, TAX RATE NEUTRAL IN THESE FOUR CATEGORIES OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHICH WE COVERED. FIRST, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION FACILITIES TONIGHT AND THEN ON THE 13TH.

STUDENT PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT PROPOSITION REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE NOT HEARD THIS YET.

WE HAVE OUR GENERAL PROPOSITION, WHICH WE'VE SEEN MANY TIMES FOR CONSTRUCTION, LAND ACQUISITION, SCHOOL BUSSES, ETC.

THAT IS OUR GENERAL PROPOSITION THAT WE WILL HAVE ONE OF THOSE.

BUT SOMETHING NEW NOW FROM THE LEGISLATURE IS SEPARATE SPECIAL PROPOSITIONS.

WE ANTICIPATE BASED ON THE EVALUATED NEEDS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROPOSITION B, WHICH WOULD BE EQUIPMENT FOR A STADIUM WITH SEATING CAPACITY OVER 1000. THAT IS OUR STADIUM AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE TONIGHT.

THAT'D BE PROPOSITION B.

AND THEN LASTLY, PROPOSITION C WOULD BE THE ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT.

THIS IS NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THIS IS IPADS, THIS IS LAPTOPS, THIS IS COMPUTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE NOT INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD HAVE TO BE ON.

IT'S SEPARATE PROPOSITION.

TWO TYPES OF BONDS ARE MAJOR CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION BOND AND THEN OUR PROGRAM, MAINTENANCE AND EFFICIENCY BOND.

THIS WAS DEVELOPED AS MORE OF A PROGRAM MAINTENANCE IN AN EFFICIENCY BOND, NOT A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

BOND OUR FUNDING VERSUS OUR IMO, OUR BOND, WHICH IS OUR INTEREST IN SINKING EVERY DOLLAR WE COLLECT IN TAXES, WE KEEP

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SO THAT TELLS YOU HOW VALUABLE A BOND DOLLAR IS AND WHY WE TRY TO STRUCTURE THESE BONDS IN A WAY THAT CAN REALLY HELP US ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES ON THE MONO SIDE.

OUR TAX RATE.

OUR INS TAX RATE IS $0.12 -0.8846 FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1 0046.

THE POSSIBLE MAY 23 BOND WOULD BE A NO TAX RATE INCREASE.

THESE ARE FOR TABLES WITH SOME EXAMPLE PROJECTS.

THIS IS OUR TIMELINE.

WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THAT TIMELINE.

WE'RE RIGHT AT THE END OF NOVEMBER MOVING INTO STUDENT PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FINALIZE A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION RIGHT WHEN WE GET BACK FROM HOLIDAY BREAK.

BUT WE'RE BE READY TO DO SO.

CATEGORIES, CATEGORY ONE, TWO AND THREE.

JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME CATEGORIZATION ACROSS THIS TABLE.

CATEGORY ONE IS A PROJECT THAT IS AN IMMEDIATE PRIORITY, AND IF WE DON'T USE BOND FUNDS, WE'RE GOING TO USE MANAGED FUNDS, BUT ALSO A PROJECT THAT COULD SAVE US POTENTIALLY ON THE MACRO SIDE.

SOLAR IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

CATEGORY TWO IS SOMETHING THAT IS HIGHLY LIKELY TO NEED REPLACEMENT OR UPGRADES WITHIN THE BOND CYCLE ITSELF.

THIS BOND IS PROJECTED TO GO THROUGH THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN CATEGORY THREE IS WE CAN CONTINUE OUR DISTRICT OPERATIONS, BUT THE ADDITION OF THE PROJECT MAY ENHANCE OR IMPROVE A STUDENT PROGRAM OR OTHER BENEFITS TO THE DISTRICT.

SO I'M GOING TO GET STARTED REAL QUICK ON FACILITIES.

I WILL NOT GO INTO GRANULAR DETAIL HERE UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO.

AND SO JUST LET ME KNOW IF WE WANT TO CIRCLE BACK ON ANY OF THESE.

BUT I WILL GIVE A HIGH LEVEL DETAIL HERE FOR THESE PROJECTS.

BUT WHAT WE DID LAST TUESDAY, WE SPENT THE ENTIRE MEETING GOING LINE BY LINE JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MAKEUP OF THE PROJECTS WERE.

AND THEN BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THE COMMITTEE COMES TOGETHER AND VOTES ON WHAT CATEGORY WOULD THEY CLASSIFY THAT LINE ITEM.

SO HERE'S ALL OF YOUR LINE ITEMS. THERE'S I THINK THERE'S 17 OF THEM THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR A TOTAL OF 64 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ACROSS THE FACILITIES TABLE.

THAT FIRST LINE ITEM IS FACILITY REFURBISHMENTS.

THIS IS FAMILIAR LINE ITEM BECAUSE IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE 2019 BOND WE HAD IN 2015 BOND AS WELL.

SO THE STRUCTURE IS A LOT THE SAME.

A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU SEE IN FACILITIES TABLE WILL BE BASED ON REPLACEMENT CYCLES OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.

SO THIS INCLUDES PAINTING, FLOORING, CEILINGS.

THIS IS GETTING INTO THE CLASSROOM.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF A GREAT EXAMPLE, SAY BARTON CREEK.

YOU WALK THROUGH BARTON CREEK, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW FLOORING, NEW PAINTING CEILINGS, BUT YOU GO INTO THE CLASSROOM, THEY STILL REMAIN VERY ORIGINAL.

AND SO GOING FROM THE PUBLIC SPACE INTO THESE CLASSROOMS, THE MORE PRIVATE SPACE THIS IS THE INTENTION OF THIS REFURBISHMENT PHASE IS TO GET MORE INTO THE ACTUAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES.

ONE OF THE LARGE LINE ITEMS WE HAVE.

IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALKBOARDS IN THIS DISTRICT.

A LOT STILL REMAIN IN THIS DISTRICT.

SO UNDER THIS LINE ITEM WOULD REPLACE ALL THOSE CHALKBOARDS WITH WHITEBOARDS.

SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE AT WEST RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROJECT BUT IS VERY COSTLY.

AND SO THIS WOULD COVER THE REST OF THE CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SO THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOTED TO CATEGORIZE THAT AS A CATEGORY TWO.

REMEMBER WHAT CATEGORY TEAM MEANS.

COULD IT COME UP? YES. COULD YOU NEED FLOORING? YES, WE ARE REPLACEMENT CYCLES, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO.

SO THERE'S GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS FIRST LINE ITEM.

ELECTRICAL. AS OUR BUILDINGS AGE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEIR SYSTEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, ELECTRICAL AGES AS WELL.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.

THESE ARE IF THEY FAIL, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED THAT WE CAN'T NOT REPLACE AN ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF AGING TRANSFORMERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

ALSO, WE HAVE LIFT STATIONS THERE.

SEWER LIFT STATIONS DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO IT.

BUT IF POWER GOES DOWN, WE CAN'T PUMP OUR SEWER OUT OF OUR CAMPUSES AND THAT'S A BAD THING.

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THE COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED THAT AS A CATEGORY ONE.

STADIUM FACILITY REFURBISHMENTS.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ON IT.

ON PROPOSITION B, THIS INCLUDES REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE STADIUM, SOME SAFETY HANDRAILS THAT THE STADIUM.

ARE SOME PAINTING IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS ARE BLEACHER REPAIRS TO THAT STADIUM THAT ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED.

PROPOSITION B, THE COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED CATEGORY ONE NOW FIELD ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL TURF REPLACEMENTS AND UPGRADES.

THESE AREN'T REPLACEMENT CYCLES, SO WE HAVE AN EIGHT YEAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE FOR OUR ARTIFICIAL TURF.

WHY? BECAUSE THEIR SAFETY INVOLVED AND THIS TURF DOES WEAR DOWN.

AFTER ABOUT EIGHT YEARS, YOU NEED TO BE PULLING THAT TURF UP AND PUTTING NEW TURF DOWN.

AND SO THIS WOULD REPLACE THE TURF WITHIN THE BOND CYCLE FIELDS ONE AND TWO PRACTICE FIELDS, ONE AND TWO.

IT LOOKS LIKE ONE FIELD, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY TWO FIELDS ALSO FIELD THREE.

AND IN THE BASEBALL INFIELD, THE SOFTBALL INFIELD, WHICH WAS DONE A YEAR PRIOR, WOULD FALL JUST OUTSIDE OF THIS BOND CYCLE.

AND THEN LASTLY, GRASS FIELD REPLACEMENTS DISTRICT WIDE.

THE FREEZE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THIS, IS THAT IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT OUR ELEMENTARY PLAY FIELDS, THERE'S NOT MUCH GRASS.

THE GRASS IS DEAD AND IT'S JUST HARD GROUND AND DIRT.

SO WE. ESTIMATE, REPLACING ALL THOSE FIELDS AND UPGRADING THOSE FIELDS TO A BETTER STATE.

AND IT A LOT OF IT DID HAVE TO DO WITH THE FREEZE.

AND THERE'S NOT A LOT WE CAN DO WITHOUT COMPLETELY RENOVATING THOSE FIELDS.

AND THEY ARE UTILIZED BY RENTALS AS WELL.

THE COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED THAT IS AS A CATEGORY ONE.

STADIUM TRACK SURFACE REPLACEMENTS.

THESE TRACKS NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 11 TO 13 YEARS.

SO I'LL TELL YOU, THIS ONE IS GETTING A LITTLE OLD, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME SURFACE REPAIRS ON THE ON IT, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED.

IT WAS INSTALLED BACK IN 2011.

SO THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THAT PROPOSITION B TO REPLACE ALL THAT TRACK SURFACE.

THE COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED THAT AS CATEGORY ONE.

THE FUTURE BOND PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS.

THIS IS THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EVEN IN THE 2019 BOND.

ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, ANY PLANNING THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A DISTRICT FOR FUTURE BONDS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO PAY THOSE PROFESSIONALS TO COME AND HELP US DEVELOP WHAT THOSE FUTURE PLANS MAY BE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS LINE ITEM WOULD FUND.

COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED AS CATEGORY ONE.

WE'RE NOW ON TO HVAC.

WE DON'T HAVE COMPLETE HVAC RENOVATIONS ON THIS BOND.

WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THOSE IN THE LAST TWO BOND CYCLES, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT NOW WE'RE DOWN TO COMPONENTS AND SOME OF THESE COMPONENTS, LIKE A CHILLER OR A COOLING TOWER, VERY COSTLY.

BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE, WE DON'T HAVE COOLING.

AND SO WE'RE DOWN TO COMPONENTS RIGHT NOW.

AND THESE, AGAIN, ARE ON REPLACEMENT CYCLES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING UPGRADES WITHIN THE REPLACEMENT CYCLE.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THINK OF FUTURE PLANS AND DON'T GO OUT AND REPLACE SOMETHING IN 2023 THAT MAY BE OF CONVERSATION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

COMMITTEE CATEGORIES ADDED CATEGORY ONE CAMPUS KITCHEN EXPANSION RENOVATIONS WE HAVE AT THE ATS HAS ITS OWN KITCHEN.

IT'S AN ADA KITCHEN, BUT THEY'VE GROWN KIND OF OUT OF THAT KITCHEN.

THEY NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WITHIN THAT KITCHEN IN A DIFFERENT LAYOUT IN ORDER TO SERVE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE.

IT JUST DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL.

OBVIOUSLY, THE APPLIANCES ARE OUT OF DATE AS WELL.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE TO UPDATE THAT ADA KITCHEN AT ATS, ALSO AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE OUR TEEN SKILLS PROGRAMS AND OUR SPED PROGRAMS THAT HAVE APPLIANCES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.

AND INSTEAD OF FUNDING THOSE OUT OF IMMINENT UTILIZING BOND FUNDS IN ORDER TO DO SO AND BRING THOSE UP TO DATE.

WOULD BE WITHIN THIS CATEGORY.

AND THEN LASTLY, BARTON CREEK AND CEDAR CREEK EXPANDING THE KITCHEN AND RENOVATING THE KITCHEN AREA.

THE BEST EXAMPLE OF CEDAR CREEK.

CEDAR CREEK IS HAS A VERY SMALL KITCHEN.

IT HAS ONE SERVING LINE IN THAT KITCHEN.

IT DOESN'T WORK EFFICIENTLY.

SO WITHIN THIS PROJECT WOULD BE TO RE-ARRANGE THAT KITCHEN IN ORDER TO GET TWO LINES.

ALSO, WE HAVE NO WALK IN COOLER.

WE ONLY HAVE A WALK IN FREEZER.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WALK IN COOLER, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF LARGE COOLERS IN A SMALL KITCHEN.

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THAT'S THE SAME TYPE OF STORY THAT WE HAVE AT BARTON CREEK AS WELL.

BARTON CREEK DOESN'T NEED AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THE SERVING LINES, BUT IT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION TO THE WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER AT THOSE CAMPUSES.

THE COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED AS A CATEGORY TWO.

MOVING ON TO THE PLUMBING.

WE DO HAVE OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHEN IT COMES TO PLUMBING, WHETHER THAT BE A FAUCET, WHETHER THAT BE A TOILET, WHETHER THAT BE A FIRE HYDRANT.

WE HAVE PLUMBING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND ALSO CEDAR CREEK, WE FOUND A WEAKNESS AND THAT WAS DURING THE FREEZE WHEN WE HAD TANKLESS WATER HEATERS, CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY ON TOP OF THE ROOF, AND THEY JUST EXPLODED DURING THE FREEZE.

SO WE NEED TO MOVE THOSE OFF OF THE ROOF INTO A BETTER SPACE.

AND SO THIS PROJECT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT ADJUSTMENT.

THAT'S WHY IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC PROJECT, BUT IT'S BASED ON EXPERIENCE.

THE COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED THAT AS A CATEGORY ONE PORTABLE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS REPLACE THE PORTABLE LOCATED IN CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.

RIGHT BEHIND US HERE WE HAVE A VERY OLD PORTABLE THAT IS PRACTICALLY SITTING ON THE GROUND.

AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THAT PORTABLE.

IT TAKES THE SCHOOL COALITION OFFICES OUT OF THAT PORTABLE.

IT'S UTILIZED BOTH FOR FOR STORAGE BUT ALSO CONFERENCE SPACE WHEN IT CAN BE IT'S UTILIZED FOR MATERIALS AS WELL.

SO SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THAT PORTABLE.

REPLACING IT WOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER RESOURCE, A BETTER RESOURCE AND BETTER CONDITION THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, PORTABLE BUILDINGS ARE NOT CHEAP ANYMORE.

THE COST OF PORTABLES HAVE GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY.

COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED THAT AS A CATEGORY THREE.

ROOFING. THIS IS NOT EXCITING, BUT ROOFING WILL BE ON.

IT'S JUST LIKE PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL.

IT'LL BE ON EVERY MAINTENANCE BOND THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE AREAS OF ROOFS.

WE CAN'T DO ALL THE ROOFS AT ONE TIME AND THEY'RE SPACED OUT.

WHY? BECAUSE ADDITIONS WERE DONE AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND SO THEY COME UP ON DIFFERENT REPLACEMENT CYCLES.

AND SO THESE ARE ALL THE CAMPUSES AND FACILITIES THAT HAVE COME UP FOR REPLACEMENT.

COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED THAT AS A CATEGORY ONE.

WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THIS SITE REFURBISHMENTS.

THIS IS JUST UNDER $12 MILLION.

THERE'S THINGS ON HERE THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW, BUT THERE'S ALSO THINGS ON HERE THAT WE NEED PAVEMENT REPAIRS.

HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN THROUGH HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL OR CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? THERE'S A LOT OF JUST PARKING FAILURES.

WE HAVE ONE UP HERE IN THE PARK, IN THE PARKING LOT.

HERE ARE OUR LITTLE HILL THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO THAT'S JUST FAILURE IN THE PAVEMENT THAT WE NEED TO REPAIR.

AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE THOSE RENOVATIONS.

ALSO, THE I WANT TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LAST LINE ITEM CONSTRUCT ACCESS ROAD FROM UPPER TO LOWER PARKING LOT AT EANES ELEMENTARY.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF WESTLAKE HILLS FOR THE LAST WELL, VERY CLOSELY FOR THE LAST 3 TO 4 YEARS ON A CONSTANT BASIS BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC CONCERNS.

WE MOST RECENTLY MOVED THE BUS LINE BUS PICK UP FROM THE LOWER TO THE UPPER, AND THEN WE SHIFTED THE CARS DOWN TO THE LOWER TO ALLOW MORE CARS TO QUEUE IN THAT PARKING LOT.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE MIDDLE PICKUP AS WELL.

SO PRINCIPAL RYAN HAS TO BALANCE ALL HER GRADE LEVELS EACH YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE MINIMIZES THE IMPACT ON THAT MIDDLE DRIVE.

AND SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY.

WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT, BUT THEY HAVE EXPRESSED A NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT CAMPUS.

AND A PROJECT LIKE THIS COULD HELP.

CARS QUEUING UP ON THE CAMPUS, THAT'S TRADITIONALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

YOU WANT THE CARS TO BE WAITING IN LINE ON YOUR CAMPUS, EANES ELEMENTARY.

IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO DO THAT.

SO WE CONSTANTLY HEAR FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AND IN THE CITY.

AND SO THEY ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN, WITH THE NEXT BOND, INCLUDE A PROJECT THAT WOULD IMPROVE THAT SITUATION.

COMMITTEE CATEGORIZE THAT AS CATEGORY ONE.

OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

THIS IS OUR PLAYGROUND.

JUST LIKE OUR TURF.

OUR PLAYGROUND. THOSE SERVICES NEED TO BE REPLACED.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, WE'VE INSTALLED THESE IN 2014 AND 2015, SO THESE ARE COMING UP FOR REPLACEMENT WITHIN THIS BOND CYCLE.

THIS IS NOT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

THIS IS JUST THE SURFACE ITSELF ACROSS THESE CAMPUSES.

ALSO OUR PLAYGROUND, THEY HAVE SHADE COVERS, THE SHADE COVERS, THE STRUCTURE IS GREAT.

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AND WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME REPAIRS ON THESE CAMPUSES.

SO WE NEED TO DO TOTAL REPLACEMENTS AND UPGRADES.

THE REST OF IT IS JUST ON REPLACEMENT CYCLES.

COMMITTEE CATEGORIZE THIS AS A CATEGORY ONE.

THEN WE GOT SPECIAL SYSTEMS. THESE ARE JUST SPECIAL SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE.

THEY'RE CATEGORIZED THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY FIT INTO A CATEGORY ALL BY THEMSELVES.

WHEN IT COMES TO BLEACHERS AND TO BASKETBALL GOALS, THINGS LIKE THIS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPAIR WITH HIM OR NO FUNDS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE BOND FUNDING, YOU'LL SEE ELEVATOR MODERNIZATIONS.

WE HAVE A MOST OF OUR ELEVATORS SIT AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND SO THOSE ARE COMING UP FOR FOUR MODERNIZATIONS.

COMMITTEE CATEGORIZE THAT AS CATEGORY ONE INSTALL COVERED AWNINGS AT PICKUP DROP OFF BUS LANES.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT A LOT OF THESE ITEMS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE SPECIFIC, CAME FROM OUR MEETINGS AND INTERVIEWS WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE.

BUT THIS ONE ALSO CAME OUT OF IN VISIONS.

AND WHAT IN WHAT WAY CAN WE HELP OUR STAFF THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE IN THE ELEMENTS AT THE END OF THE DAY TO PROTECT THEM FROM THOSE ELEMENTS DURING RELEASE? AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT COULD KIND OF HELP.

FROM BOTH THE CAMPUS AND IN JANINE'S PERSPECTIVES.

COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED THAT AS A CATEGORY TWO.

AND THEN CAMPUS RESTROOM ADDITIONS, MODERNIZATIONS.

WE MET WITH MANY PRINCIPALS THAT REPRESENT THAT THEY HAVE A MAJORITY OF THEIR STAFF ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF RESTROOMS TO USE FOR STAFF RESTROOMS. AT CEDAR CREEK, WE HAVE 75 STAFF MEMBERS ON CAMPUS AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND WE HAVE 2 TO 3 FACULTY RESTROOMS. SO THERE'S OFTEN THE LINE FOR THOSE RESTROOMS OR MEETING CODE.

YES, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WITHIN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH THOSE LOGISTICS WHEN YOU HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF RESTROOMS. SO THAT'S THE CASE AT BARTON CREEK AND AT CEDAR CREEK.

ANOTHER ISSUE IS WHEN YOU SHARE HALLWAYS WITH MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS, FROM A KINDER PERSPECTIVE AT BARTON CREEK, THE KINDER STUDENTS HAVE TO WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HALLWAY AND THEN THEY'RE SHARING IT WITH TWO OTHER GRADE LEVELS AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, WHERE THOSE KINDER CLASSROOMS ARE LOCATED, WHERE YOU WANT THEM.

THE RESTROOMS ARE THE FARTHEST AWAY.

AND SO INTRODUCING KINDER, SPECIFIC RESTROOMS TO THOSE CLASSROOMS, ADDING ON TO THE FACILITY THERE WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THAT ISSUE.

AND THEN LASTLY, AT FOREST TRAIL, WE HAVE TWO WINGS.

THE 40 AND 50 WING HAVE TO ACTUALLY SHARE RESTROOMS AND IT JUST BECOMES VERY CHALLENGING FOR THEM.

AND SO THIS WOULD INTRODUCE A NEW RESTROOM FACILITY IN THEIR COURTYARD THAT WOULD SERVE THE FORTIES WING.

THE COMMITTEE CATEGORIZE THAT AS CATEGORY TWO.

AND THEN I THINK THIS IS THE LAST ONE.

CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS, MODERNIZATIONS, RECONFIGURING OFFICE CLASSROOMS AND CONFERENCE ROOM AT ATS.

THIS IS A CHALLENGING BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S MODULAR, BUT HOW IT'S CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, HOW THEY'RE SERVING STUDENTS.

IT COULD. THERE COULD BE A BETTER LAYOUT THAT WOULD SERVE THEM A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN WHAT THEY'RE HAVING TO DO NOW JUST IN THE LAYOUT OF THAT ENTIRE FACILITY.

AND SO THIS WOULD JUST ADJUST SOME OF THOSE SPACES, SOME OF THOSE WALLS TO ALLOW THEM TO UTILIZE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENTLY.

AND THEN COMMENTARY MODERNIZATION AT CEDAR CREEK.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT ZERO AVAILABLE CLASSROOMS AT CEDAR CREEK.

WE'RE USING THEIR FLEX SPACE IN THE LIBRARY, WHICH THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS.

AND SO WE'RE MAXED OUT AT CEDAR CREEK.

WE'RE MANAGING IT. BUT THIS PROJECT WOULD ACTUALLY INTRODUCE TWO POTENTIALLY TWO CLASSROOMS INTO THEIR COMMONS AREA, TWO ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS. IN AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.

IMPROVEMENTS AT FOREST TRAIL.

THIS WAS A LARGE PROJECT THAT THE BOOSTER CLUB GOT STARTED LAST YEAR IN TRYING TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR THAT IMPROVEMENT.

AND SO THEY GOT A LONG WAY.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS INVOLVED HERE IN AN AREA THAT'S BEING NOT UTILIZED RIGHT NOW FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN THIS.

THIS OUTDOOR IMPROVEMENT WOULD INTRODUCE THAT.

BUT THEN WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH ADA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE WOULD TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY IN CREATING THAT OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SPACE FOR THEM AND IN LIEU OF BOOSTERS.

THE COMMITTEE CATEGORIZED AS CATEGORY TWO.

SO HERE IS YOUR SUMMARY OF ALL CATEGORY ONE TWOS AND THREES AND YOUR BREAKDOWN ACROSS THEM.

JUST UNDER 45 MILLION FOR CATEGORY ONES.

ABOUT 19,000,500 FOR CATEGORY TWOS AND 369,000 FOR CATEGORY THREES.

AND WITH THAT SAID, HERE'S JUST A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF OUR CATEGORY ONE, TWO AND THREES ACROSS THE THREE TABLES THAT WE'VE GONE SO FAR.

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95 AND A HALF MILLION, 68 680 HAVE BEEN IN CATEGORY ONE, 26 FOUR IN CATEGORY TUNE 369,000 CATEGORY THREE.

WE WANT TO KEEP THAT TALLY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE TABLES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THAT IS IT.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR HOW LONG THAT TOOK.

THANK YOU. QUICK, I WAS GOING TO SAY ON THIS ONE.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, INSTEAD OF TABLE A, B AND C, COULD WE SEE A PROPOSITION A, B AND C AND HOW THOSE ARE BREAKING DOWN RIGHT NOW TO.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD VIEW AS WELL.

YEAH. MM HMM.

THANKS FOR THAT, LAURA AND THEN ELLEN.

YEAH, ACTUALLY, WHAT I'D LIKE.

WHICH OF THESE ARE PROPOSITION B? I'M ASSUMING YOU NAMED OFF A COUPLE, BUT COULD YOU JUST REAL QUICK GO THROUGH THE LIST? YEAH. ON HERE.

SO I CAN JUST MARK REAL QUICK, WHAT'S PROPOSITION B? WHAT'S NOT PROPOSITION A? SO PROPOSITION B WOULD BE THE THIRD LINE ON THAT STADIUM FACILITY REFURBISHMENTS AND THEN ALSO STADIUM TRACK REPLACEMENTS UPGRADES.

OKAY. THAT'D BE B AND THERE'S NO PROP C ON THIS TABLE.

THAT'LL BE OUR NEXT ONE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER ONE, BUT THAT WAS MY FIRST.

OKAY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND TO THE BOK BACK.

THIS IS JUST A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK.

AND YOU I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT IN TERMS OF HOW YOU GOT TO THESE DECISIONS.

AND IT MAKES A HUGE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENCE THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME AND THE ENERGY TO GO LINE BY LINE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

THIS IS NOT REALLY A QUESTION, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE AWNINGS AND THE ADDITIONAL RESTROOMS ARE IN CATEGORY TWO.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO LOBBY A LITTLE BIT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW TO IMPROVE WORK QUALITY OF WORK LIFE FOR OUR STAFF.

AND SO IF WE COULD GET AT LEAST SOME QUALITATIVE INFORMATION FROM STAFF AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE HOW IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE THAT ARE TO THEM, BECAUSE THOSE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROCESSES.

AND SO THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME ANYWAY, AND I THINK PERHAPS TO THE COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T FIT IN CATEGORY ONE.

SO I UNDERSTAND TOTALLY WHY THEY AREN'T PLACED THERE.

BUT FROM A BROADER SCOPE, I WOULD QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THE PRIORITY SHOULDN'T BE EVALUATED DIFFERENTLY.

AND JUST TO COMMENT ON THAT REAL QUICK, IF YOU SEE THE ITEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, FIVE THINGS THAT WENT INTO CATEGORY TWO AND THE NATURE OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF LINE ITEMS THAT ARE INHERENT IN EACH OF THEM.

AND WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE LINE ITEMS, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, I GET IT.

SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT ACTUALLY BE CATEGORY ONES, BUT THERE WERE OTHERS THAT WERE SORT OF, WELL, THERE THEY'RE NICE TO HAVES.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EXERCISE WHEN WE GO BACK THROUGH EXCELLENT THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GET, YOU KNOW, 20 TO 25 MILLION HERE OUT OF WHAT'S IN THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND PRIORITIZE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO I THINK WE'LL PULL THOSE APART AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HOW DO WE SEPARATE THESE INTO WHAT ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, NEEDS AND SHOULD BE DONE VERSUS.

WELL, IT'S NICE.

AND SO THAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE DISCUSSION AND WONDERFUL IT UP THERE.

EXCELLENT AND EXCELLENT PROCESS.

AND IF QUALITY OF WORK LIFE FOR OUR STAFF COULD BE CONSIDERED, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.

I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE TAKING CLASSROOMS OUT OF THE COMMONS AREA AT CEDAR CREEK.

HOW WILL THEY REPLACE THAT SPACE? IT'S USED FOR QUITE A VARIETY OF THINGS.

AND ALSO THE ACOUSTICS IN THAT SPACE ARE CHALLENGING.

SO HOW DOES THAT WORK FROM A CLASSROOM STANDPOINT? SO CONSTRUCTION WISE, THEY BE CONSTRUCTED IN A SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOM, RIGHT? SO THEY WOULD HAVE CEILINGS JUST LIKE THIS, PROBABLY AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

NOW REPLACING THAT SPACE IS JUST A CHALLENGE OF WHAT DO I NEED MORE? AND BUT THAT LIBRARY, THAT'S WHAT LIBRARIES CAN BECOME AND A SPACE FOR OUR THAT ONES UTILIZE A LOT FOR PARENTS COMING INTO THE SPACE RIGHT THEY MEET THERE THEY PLAN THERE AND THEY DO WORK THERE.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN CAFETERIAS AND LIBRARY AT CEDAR CREEK TO TRY AND DO THAT WORK THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING IN THAT SPACE.

BUT RIGHT NOW AND LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT, I THINK THEY WOULD FIND A SPACE TO REPLACE THAT WITH.

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HAVE THEY DEEMED THE LEARNING LABS THAT WERE INSTALLED HOW MANY YEARS AGO? SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AGO NOW? IT'S PROBABLY WAY LONGER.

YEAH. BUT HAVE THOSE ARE THOSE CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL AND IS THERE ANY IMPERVIOUS COVER LEFT TO ADD ANY MORE OF THOSE.

I HAVE TO JOG MY MEMORY.

WELL, BUT IT'S THE CITY THAT HAS AN APPROVED PLAN AND I BELIEVE THE PLAN WAS WHEN WE HAD FOUR THERE.

SO I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE GRANDFATHERED PLAN THAT THEY APPROVED AND WE CAN INSTALL UP TO THAT GRANDFATHERED PLAN.

IT'S THREE OR FOUR, SO WE COULD PROBABLY ADD ONE OR TWO MORE.

I CAN VERIFY THAT THOUGH, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS.

THOSE TEACHERS DO NOT WANT TO MOVE OUT OF THERE ONCE THEY GET THERE.

THAT WAS WHAT I THOUGHT. AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IF WE ANY WAY TO CONSIDER, YEAH, A BIT OF AN EXPANSION, THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

JUST TO KIND OF INTERJECT AND PIGGYBACK ON THE QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMONS.

SO, HOLLY, DO YOU THINK IS HAS THE CEDAR CREEK CAMPUS TALKED ABOUT GETTING RID OF THEIR COMMONS YET? I HAVE. NOT WELL, I'M A FORMER CEDAR CREEK PARENT NOW.

I'VE AGED UP A LITTLE BIT, SO I CAN'T COMMENT ON WHAT THE PARENTS THINK OR HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

IT SURPRISED ME A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I CEDAR CREEK, STRUGGLING FOR CLASSROOM SPACE HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR.

SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS.

SO IT'S CERTAINLY NOTHING NEW.

I THINK IT WOULD BE.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTION WITH THEM.

I JUST I WOULD AGREE.

I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF CHALLENGES TURNING THE COMMENTS INTO TWO CLASSROOMS. BUT IF THAT'S WHAT THE PRINCIPALS AND THE TEACHERS THINK WOULD BE A GOOD SOLUTION, THEN I'M ALL FOR IT.

OKAY. THANKS, JAMES.

AND THEN KIM AND THEN LAURA.

YEAH, THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU AND THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

SORT OF. FOLLOWING ON SOMETHING ELLEN HAD STARTED WITH, MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE WHERE THE POINTS OF BIGGEST DISCUSSION IN THE COMMITTEE AND WHERE DID YOU REALLY STRUGGLE TO GO FROM ONE CATEGORY TO ANOTHER? BUT I THINK WHAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR IS SORT OF THE VIEW INTO.

HOW WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT WHERE MAYBE ONE THING SHOULD HAVE BEEN, MAYBE STAFF RESTROOMS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CATEGORY ONE.

BUT OTHER THINGS ON THAT LIST SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CATEGORY TWO.

SO HEARING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH THAT AND MAYBE.

RE JIGGLE EVERYTHING AND GIVE US A LIST.

MAYBE MORE GRANULAR ON ONE TO TWOS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.

BUT AGAIN, I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INSIGHT YOU CAN GIVE US INTO THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS REALLY DOUBLE CLICKING ON OR REALLY FOCUSING ON, OR THINGS THAT HAVE REALLY DRAWN A LOT OF ATTENTION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THOSE MEETINGS.

WE STAY OUT SO YOU CAN DO YOUR WORK.

YEAH, I THINK FOR I MEAN, FOR US, THE REAL LINE IN THE SAND IS WILL THIS.

COST DOLLARS BEFORE THE NEXT BOND CYCLE.

AND WHAT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TURF AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO KIND OF COME IN FROM THE OUTSIDE AND SAY, WELL, WHY IS TURF SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN BATHROOMS FOR STAFF? BUT IT'S A CLEAR QUESTION OF IF IT HAS TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THIS BOND CYCLE AND IT WILL COST DOLLARS, THAT THEN WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE MONEY WE HAVE TO PAY TEACHERS AND STAFF.

SO FOR US, THAT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE ASK, I THINK, WHERE THINGS GET A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCED AND WHERE WE SEE.

MUCH TIGHTER VOTES THAT ARE SPLIT USUALLY BETWEEN CATEGORY ONE AND CATEGORY TWO IS, LIKE MIKE SAID, WHEN THERE'S MULTIPLE ITEMS ON A TABLE AND SOME THINGS ARE A CLEAR CATEGORY ONE, SOME THINGS ARE NOT FOR ME.

HOW I THOUGHT ABOUT THE RESTROOMS ELLEN WAS.

YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS IF WE BUILT A NEW SCHOOL TOMORROW, THE ELEMENTARY OR THE KINDERGARTEN WINGS WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN BATHROOMS. THE TEACHERS WOULD HAVE MORE THAN TWO BATHROOMS. THESE ARE STANDARD.

THINGS THAT MOST SCHOOLS HAVE AND THAT OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE.

SO FOR ME, THAT BECOMES MORE OF A PRIORITY, NOT JUST A NICE TO HAVE, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT SEEMS LIKE AN OBVIOUS THAT WOULD BRING US TO AN EQUAL STANDARD OF QUALITY IN OUR SCHOOLS AND CERTAINLY A BETTER PLACE TO WORK FOR OUR TEACHERS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE SOME OF THE NUANCED THINKING COMES.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THE OTHER PIECE IS, WELL, IT'S BEEN FINE SO FAR.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BREAK.

IF WE'RE FACED WITH HARD CHOICES, THEN WHAT DO YOU REPLACE? YOU KNOW, THAT IN EFFECT, ISN'T BROKEN.

AND THE OTHER THING IS SMALLER DOLLARS.

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AND SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR SO MUCH MONEY.

WHAT'S BEEN THE ANNUAL SPEND AND DOES THIS COVER THE ANNUAL SPEND OR NOT? IS IT TO X THAT OR WHAT HAVE YOU? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME DOLLARS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE FOR STUDENT PROGRAMS OR BATHROOMS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S I THINK WAS WELL STATED BY HOLLY, THOUGH.

AND I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ARE.

I REALLY I SIT HERE AND THINK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF DETAIL YOU'RE GETTING INTO.

AND ELON TOLD US WHEN HE TOLD ME WHEN I JOINED THE BOARD, THAT SOMEDAY I'D GET TO TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE SEWER LIFT STATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

NOW, FINALLY, I COULD CHECK THAT BOX OFF, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I MEAN, THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT THE COMMITTEE IS PUTTING INTO THIS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, KIM.

OKAY, I'LL FOLLOW UP AND THANKING ALL OF YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND I APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK, MIKE, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, WHICH WAS KIND OF A TRUE UP AT THE END OF GOING THROUGH THE FOUR DIFFERENT TABLES, YOU'LL HAVE AN EXERCISE WHERE YOU'LL REVIEW AGAIN AND THINGS MAY MOVE A LITTLE BIT AND YOU HAVE SOME FEEDBACK OR YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY.

WILL THERE BE IN THAT? AND I REMEMBER THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.

WILL THERE BE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WHEN YOU LOOK AT CATEGORY ONE, TWO AND THREE, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE WHAT I'M CALLING A TRUE UP AND YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE REVIEWED SO FAR.

WELL, AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START WITH WHAT'S ABSOLUTELY CATEGORY ONE, WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE MACRO MONEY OR WHAT'S GOING TO PRODUCE MAL MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN GO AND PUT EFFECTIVELY PUT BACK INTO THE BUDGET.

SO THERE WILL BE A HARD LINE DRAWN AROUND THAT AND WE'LL EXAMINE EVERYTHING THERE.

THEN IT COMES DOWN TO HOW MUCH IS LEFT OVER.

AND, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF SORT OF CATEGORIES ONE AND TWO, MOST OF THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FACILITIES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT STUDENT PROGRAMS AND WE'VE GOT TO FIND $25 MILLION.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH STUDENT PROGRAMS NEXT WEEK.

YOU KNOW, AS JEREMY WAS SAYING, I EXPECT THAT TO BE WELL ATTENDED.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET TO GET A PREVIEW OF THAT LIST HERE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK SOME OF THE HOT SPOTS ARE GOING TO BE.

THE OTHER THING I POINT OUT HERE IS WE DID HAVE YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T A BIG CROWD, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, YOU KNOW, AT THIS MEETING.

ULTIMATELY, THE THEME WAS, YOU KNOW, EQUITY.

AND SO WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE EQUITY AMONGST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SPENDING AMONGST PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, AND SO THE BAND PARENTS WERE REPRESENTED AND, YOU KNOW, CAME IN WITH A YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A GREAT BAND.

IT'S GROWN A BUNCH SINCE WE BUILT THE BAND FACILITY.

WE'VE GOT PEOPLE SITTING OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAYS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BUILT OUT, YOU KNOW, A WRESTLING FACILITY, A POOL AND, YOU KNOW, BUILT ON THE ROBOTICS.

TWICE WINS IN OUR TURN.

SO WE GOT THE SAME FROM JEFF NIXON, YOU KNOW, FROM CHEERLEADING, HEY, YOU'RE BUYING $4 MILLION WORTH OF ARTIFICIAL TURF.

I HAD TO RAISE $30,000 FROM OUR PARENTS TO GET TURF MATS FOR THE GYM, YOU KNOW, WHICH THE STAFF SAID, HEY, COME TO US FOR THAT.

THIS IS WHAT THE BONDS FOR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SORT OF THE YOU KNOW, THE PASSION THAT WAS IN THE ROOM.

AND I WOULD FULLY EXPECT THAT WE'LL SEE PLENTY OF THAT NEXT WEEK.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BALANCE OUT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WHAT SOME OF THOSE NEEDS ARE, YOU KNOW, AND TRYING TO GET AT THAT NUMBER BEFORE IT COMES TO US. SO, YEAH, NO.

WELL, AGAIN, WE'RE ONLY HERE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.

AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTION.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT ON THE TURF, ON THE FIELD, ARTIFICIAL NATURAL TURF.

AND THE.

STADIUM CATEGORIES.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE FIELD TURF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM, DOES IT? THAT IS TURF OUTSIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TURF.

SO THE TRACK.

BUT IT'S NOT THE FOOTBALL FIELD, THOUGH.

NOT INCLUDED IN HERE.

WE DID NOT.

AND SO WE WILL ACTUALLY BE BRINGING YOU A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO REALLOCATE FUNDS FROM 2019 TO FUND THE TURF REPLACEMENT AND THE STADIUM BECAUSE IT NEEDS REPLACED IN 23.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO WAIT FOR A BOND TO PASS.

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SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED HERE.

OKAY. SO THE STADIUM TURF IS IT WILL BE REPLACED, BUT IT'S OUT OF CURRENT AS A SCOPE CHANGE WITH THE CURRENT BOND IN ORDER TO GET IT DONE THIS NEXT SCHOOL JUST NEXT SUMMER.

THANK YOU. YEP. THANKS, LAURA.

WELL, A LOT OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS WERE ASKED, BUT I HAVE TO ASK I MEAN, THE BIGGEST LINE ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT ALMOST $12 MILLION FOR SITE REFURBISHMENTS AND IT'S THAT ROAD FOR. AND I DON'T I KNOW ALL ARE GOING TO DIG INTO IT MORE, BUT I'LL BE CURIOUS TO KNOW, OUT OF THAT 12 MILLION, WHAT'S THAT ROAD GOING TO COST US? IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

IT COULD BE AROUND $5 MILLION.

OKAY. YOU KNOW THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

YEAH. DIG IN, PLEASE.

WELL, JEREMY, I KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT IT.

JEREMY WILL KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO.

BUT THIS WAS.

THIS IS NOT NEW.

THIS ROAD.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A LONG TIME AGO.

SO IT GOES. IF IT GOES DOWN.

SO IF YOU'RE COMING FROM 360 TOWARDS ELEMENTARY, IT'S RIGHT AFTER THE SCHOOLYARD IS WHERE YOU WOULD TURN DOWN.

YOU TURN RIGHT? AND IT WOULD RUN ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE BETWEEN THE SCHOOLYARD OFFICE PARK AND AN ELEMENTARY.

AND THEN I GUESS IT WOULD MAKE THAT 90 DEGREE AND CONNECT TO AND BACK WHERE THE OLD BUS BARNS USED TO BE.

WHAT DOES IT GO THROUGH? BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH THE PLAYGROUND.

BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER.

YES, IT DOES JUST GO THROUGH THE UPPER AND LOWER.

IT DOESN'T CROSS THE CREEK? I THINK WE DON'T WANT IT TO CROSS CREEK.

YEAH, THE CREEK IS, OVER TO THE SIDE SO IT DOESN'T CROSS THE CREEK.

DO YOU KNOW THESE ANSWERS? ARE YOU JUST. I GOT STUFF WRITTEN OVER HERE WHEN IT'S MY TURN.

WELL, SORRY, BUT IT'S I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S SAY.

SO THE JOHN AND I ARE BOTH FORMER EANES PARENTS AND THAT PICK UP AND DROP OFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NIGHTMARE BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE TWO PLACES TO SIT FOR PICK UP AND DROP OFF.

YOU HAVE CAMP CRAFT AND YOU HAVE CAVES.

AND AT LEAST WE NOW HAVE THAT TURN LANE ON B CAVES BECAUSE WE USED TO HAVE TO SIT IN THE LEFT LANE OF MOVING TRAFFIC WITH YOUR HAZARDS ON WAITING TO TURN IN AND PICK UP YOUR KIDS.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

YEAH. SO NOW THAT WE'VE REACHED, NOW THAT WE'VE RESTRUCTURED AND NOW THAT ALL THAT TRAFFIC IS NOW DOWN ON CAMP CRAFT.

I'M NOT GOING TO I'M NOT MICROMANAGE.

I'M NOT TELLING YOU HOW TO DO THAT.

I'M JUST EXPLAINING THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHAT THAT ROAD IS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO, YEAH, MY QUESTION IS THE COST OF IT AND.

HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT? A TRANSFORMATIVE PLAN FOR THAT CAMPUS.

WELL, I THINK NO MATTER WHAT THE IT MEANS.

ELEMENTARY. RIGHT.

THAT ROAD.

YOU NEED SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO UTILIZE.

B, CAVE ROAD AS A ROAD TO PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE YOU'RE WAITING TO PICK UP YOUR KID OR UTILIZING CAMP CRAFT.

AND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THIS INNER LANE AND THEN THEY RUN AND THEY.

AND SO WE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TRYING TO MANAGE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOT TO WRITE JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF TICKETS AND GET WILD.

SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS PART OF THE FUTURE OF EANES ELEMENTARY, IT SEEMS THAT.

AN IMPROVEMENT TO TRAFFIC FLOW WOULD BE ON A PLAN OF SOME SORT THAT WE AS A DISTRICT WOULD HAVE.

THE WAY IN WHICH WE DO THAT COULD CHANGE.

BUT TO HAVE THE IDEA AND THE CONCEPT IN A POTENTIAL BOND, I THINK WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION THERE. IT'S SAFETY SITUATION AS WELL.

SO I THINK ON ANY PLAN THAT ROAD WOULD PROBABLY BE ON THERE.

ABSOLUTELY. I AGREE. AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS ON THE PLAN MANY YEARS AGO.

IT MAKES SENSE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT AND HEAR 100%.

YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

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SURE. THE YELLOW HOUSE.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THE YELLOW HOUSE ON CAMP CRAFT ROAD.

IT WAS BOUGHT FOR IN THE BOND PROPOSAL WHEN THE THE ROAD WAS TO BE A RING ROAD AROUND.

BUT THEN WE RAN INTO A BUZZSAW WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR AND THEY STILL LIVE NEXT DOOR AND ARE STILL INTERESTED IN STAYING NEXT DOOR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE OTHER TRUSTEES? I HAVE A FEW THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK.

LET ME START WITH THE ARTIFICIAL TURF.

WHEN WILL THE SOFTBALL FIELD NEED TO BE REPLACED? I THINK IT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE 2020, THE SUMMER 29, I BELIEVE.

OKAY, SO THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME THERE.

AND ON THE CAMPUS KITCHEN AND EXPANSIONS.

WE'VE GOT HILL COUNTRY, WEST RIDGE AND IN EACH OF THOSE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY TWO LINE ITEMS. BUT IN EACH WE REFERENCE EITHER ADA COMPLIANCE OR SPED.

DO WE HAVE A COMPLIANCE ISSUE ON THOSE CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS? NO, THEY'RE JUST SPECIFIC TO ADA COMPLIANT.

THEY'RE NOT OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

IT'S JUST THAT THEY NEED TO BE MAINLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

IT'S APPLIANCES AND IT'S IS JUST REARRANGEMENT, BUT ONE THAT I IDENTIFY, THOSE ARE ADA KITCHENS, THOSE ARE COMPLIANT KITCHENS.

AND SO ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE MAKE ON THEM WOULD HAVE TO STILL MEET THOSE RESTRICTIONS OR REQUIREMENTS.

YEAH, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE THOUGH.

THANK YOU. NOW, WITH RESPECT TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SERVICE REPLACEMENTS, WE'VE GOT PLAYGROUND RESURFACING AT BRIDGE POINT, CEDAR CREEK, EANES FOREST TRAIL AND VALLEY VIEW.

WILL THIS BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE RESURFACED THOSE PLAYGROUNDS SINCE THOSE NEW PLAYGROUNDS WERE INSTALLED IN 2011? YES IT WILL BE.

THAT'S AMAZING. WE HAD A LOT OF LIFE OUT OF THOSE PLAYGROUNDS.

WE DID. SO, YEAH.

SO EVERYTHING. BUT IT'S TRUE FOR YOU GUYS THAT THOSE ORIGINAL.

WELL, MIKE, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THOSE ORIGINAL PLAYGROUNDS CAME THROUGH AS CHANGE ORDERS, IF YOU WILL, TO THE BOND THE 2011 BOND.

AND WE SHOEHORNED IN ALL THOSE NEW PLAYGROUNDS INTO OUR EXISTING BOND FUNDS AND I THINK WE DID THE RIGHT THING WAY BACK WHEN.

SO YOU CAN DO TRANSFORMATIVE THINGS FOR STUDENTS FROM YOUR COMMITTEE.

SO. SPEAKING OF TRANSFORMATIVE THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO.

HOW WIDE IS THAT ROAD THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON? IT'D BE A ONE WAY ROAD, SO PROBABLY 20 FEET, JUST 20, 25.

SO IT'D BE A DOUBLE FIRE LANE.

OKAY. BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT? I MEAN, HOW MUCH RIGHT AWAY DO YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO THAT ROAD AND TO AND WHAT CAN YOU USE THAT RIGHT AWAY FOR? SO WITHIN THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.

AND SO WITHIN THAT IS GOING TO BE A BILL LINE WHICH WE CAN BUILD A ROAD WITHIN THE BUILD LINE.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY RIGHT AWAY ON THAT ON THAT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

WE CAN GO PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT FENCE.

SINCE IT'S A ROAD OR A SIDEWALK.

WE CAN DO THAT.

AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT.

WHY? BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT THE FIELD.

SO THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME REARRANGEMENT OF THAT PLAYFIELD TO SOME EXTENT AROUND THOSE PORTABLES.

BUT IT WOULD BE A ONE WAY WHY TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT THAT ROAD WOULD MAKE.

IF WE GO TWO LANES, IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE UP WAY TOO MUCH SPACE.

THAT ROAD WOULD BE CLOSED DURING THE DAY BEFORE EMERGENCY ONLY, AND IT WOULD OPEN FOR PICK UP AND DROP OFF.

HAVE Y'ALL RUN THIS ONE BY THE PTO OR ANY OF THE PARENTS ON THAT CAMPUS? NO. THIS THE CONCEPT HAS NOT BEEN BEEN RUN BY THE PTO SPECIFICALLY.

I MEAN, WE MAY HAVE A SPANISH IMMERSION DISCUSSION.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT? I'LL TELL YOU. LET'S SEE.

AND I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE.

NOW. I ASKED IT.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THIS.

I IT ISN'T.

IT IS KIND OF COOL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF THERE AT THE FRONT END OF THESE DISCUSSIONS.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD PLACE TO BE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PUTTING YOURSELVES OUT THERE LIKE YOU ARE.

YOUR EMAIL BOX IS IF IT HADN'T BEGUN FILLING UP, IT'S KIND OF SOON.

SO GOOD LUCK.

AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR US.

ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE DONE AND WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[11. ACTION - CONSENT AGENDA]

[02:10:08]

AGENDA AS POSTED.

I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM ELLEN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'VE GOT A SECOND FROM KIM.

I NEED TO PULL AN ITEM.

OKAY. WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL? I NEED TO PULL THE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER LAB EQUIPMENT.

2019 BOND THE FIRST BULLET OF THE TWO TO PURCHASE LAB EQUIPMENT.

THAT'S A PURCHASE OF APPLE EQUIPMENT.

AND AS AN EMPLOYEE, I'D LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST THERE.

OKAY. WITH.

SO THAT'S ITEM 11.6.

NUMBERS ON THIS ONE. YES.

OKAY. SO WE'RE PULLING OUT ITEM 11.6.

WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, ON ITEM 11.6 PURCHASE, APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER LAB EQUIPMENT.

I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM ELLEN.

A SECOND FROM LAURA.

DO I HEAR ANY DISCUSSION? ANY. NOW, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.? OKAY. ITEM 11.6 PASSES.

AND I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT JAMES ABSTAINED FROM VOTING ON ITEM 11.6 THEN.

NEXT ITEM IS OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM, AND THAT'S APPROVED BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

[12. ACTION]

YOU READY? YEAH.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION FROM LAURA.

A SECOND FROM ELLEN.

AND ANY DISCUSSION? I HAD MADE A NOTE AND THEN I DELETED MY NOTES WHEN WE GOT A NEW VERSION OF THE PACKET.

BUT IT WAS VERY SMALL.

IT HAD TO DO WITH THE WORDING OF SOMETHING.

I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.

IT WAS JUST WE SAID IT LIKE ONE WAY IN ONE THING AND A DIFFERENT WAY IN THE OTHER THING.

AND IF I FIND IT, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE ALMOST TAKEN THE WHOLE YEAR TO APPROVE THESE, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CLOSE TO THE NEXT TIME AROUND.

ALL RIGHT. THERE BEING NO DISCUSSION POINTS TO DISCUSS, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

GREAT. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? LAURA, I HAVE A MOTION FROM LAURA.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND KIM.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION FROM LAURA.

A SECOND FROM KIM.

ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH. AND THERE WERE NO CHANGES WHEN IT WENT BACK TO DLT.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM IS THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION MEMBERSHIP.

DO I HAVE? UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? LAURA. WE MAY NEED OUR NUMERICAL.

I LOOKED AT A.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE? CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE P THREE FOR BRIDGEPOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS DISCUSSED.

SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION.

GO AHEAD. MOTION.

ANY DISCUSSION, LAURA? THE FACT THAT WE HAVE COME BACK TO THIS, I THINK JUST ILLUSTRATES THE STRENGTH OF ALL THE CANDIDATES.

AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE CANDIDATES THAT PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE.

IT'S THEY WERE AMAZING.

AND PICKING JUST ONE WAS WAS A DIFFICULT CHOICE.

THIS PERSON, I THINK, BRINGS A DIFFERENT VOICE AND HAS SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE NOT NECESSARILY HEARD.

A LOT.

SO THAT IS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

[02:15:01]

OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO ECHO THAT.

I'M GRATEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE STEPPING FORWARD, THAT I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE CHOICES.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SOME REALLY GREAT CANDIDATES FOR THESE POSITIONS WHEN THEY'RE OPEN.

AND I APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY FOR STEPPING UP.

I WILL ADD, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT HAS RAISED THEIR HAND TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS CAPACITY.

SAME. SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT ITEM IS LEVEL THREE APPEAL OF PARENT STUDENT GRIEVANCE.

I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM JAMES.

[INAUDIBLE] SURE.

WHAT IS THE MOTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UPHOLD THE LEVEL TO.

WHEN I TURN ON MY MICROPHONE, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UPHOLD THE LEVEL TWO GRIEVANCE DECISION AND IT ISN'T CLOSED SESSION.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM ELLEN.

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

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? KIM. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINT JOHN HAVENSTRITE AS THE EANES ISD GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CAPITOL AREA CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

I HAVE A SECOND FROM JAMES.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON THIS.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THEY INCLUDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS DONE THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH. SO CAP COG IS THE REGIONAL MPO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND THERE ARE MPOS ALL OVER THE STATE.

OUR CAP COD IS A I MEAN OUR MPO IS A TEN COUNTY REGION THAT'S ENCOMPASSES MOST OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND MPOS ARE VEHICLES THAT THE FEDS USE TO FUNNEL PLANNING DOLLARS INTO A REGION.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT SIT ON CAP COD BOARD ARE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGERS, MAYORS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND AND THOSE ELECTED'S QUARREL OVER FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR PLANNING PROGRAMS IN THE REGION.

AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SLOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THE INS HAPPENS TO HAVE ONE AND IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE VACANT.

I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CAP COD AND ITS WORKINGS AND THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WERE THE WILL OF THE BOARD, I'D BE WILLING TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEES.

SO THAT'S THE DEAL.

THANK Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

LET'S TAKE NOTE OF THE UPCOMING MEETINGS.

[13. UPCOMING MEETINGS]

DECEMBER 13TH, SORRY.

AND THEN WE MOVE INTO THE NEW YEAR.

JANUARY 10TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST STUDY SESSION.

[INAUDIBLE]. WHAT DID I SAY? IT'S JUST 22. OH, I HAVE NOT ENJOYED 2022 AS MUCH AS I THOUGHT I MIGHT.

SO I'M READY TO MOVE ON.

AND WITH THAT, IT IS 9:24 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.