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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM?[2. ESTABLISH A QUORUM]
WE DO. THANK YOU.WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074.
[3. CLOSED SESSION ]
WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 PM.THANK YOU FOR COMING. SEE YOU IN A BIT.
[4. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION (Approximately 7:00 p.m.)]
THE TIME IS NOW 7:01 AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE EANES ISD BOARD MEETING.
I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THE BOARD WHEN I SAY WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM OUTBURSTS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT LATER IN THE MEETING.
THREE PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP AND EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
LAST THING IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, WHICH WE CERTAINLY DON'T EXPECT, BUT IF ONE WERE TO ARISE, PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE TWO EXITS FROM THIS ROOM AND PLEASE HEAD TO THE NEAREST EXIT IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOLS.
WHAT DO WE HAVE FIRST? FIRST IS OUR EANES ISD MISSION STATEMENT.
[5. EANES ISD MISSION STATEMENT]
UNITE, EMPOWER, INSPIRE EVERY PERSON, EVERY DAY.WE UNITE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS, CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR ALL.
WE INSPIRE EACH OTHER TO LEAD PURPOSEFUL LIVES OF EMPATHY, GRATITUDE AND COMPASSION.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[7. REPORTS ]
ARNETT FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO FOR TONIGHT'S SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, BUT WE WANT TO START WITH A BIT OF A MELANCHOLY ANNOUNCEMENT.
AFTER 13 YEARS OF SERVING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS GENERAL COUNSEL, THIS IS ALLYSON'S LAST MEETING BEFORE SHE LEAVES US, AND ALLYSON, WE JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU, AND I KNOW THAT THE TRUSTEES OVER MANY YEARS HAVE ALSO APPRECIATED THAT PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.
SO ANY TRUSTEES WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY REFLECTIONS.
THAT YOU DON'T GET TANGLED UP IN THE LEGALESE AND THE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS RISK MANAGEMENT.
THAT YOU LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE BEST FOR KIDS AND YOU'RE JUST SO DARN WISE, AND I LOVE THAT, AND I WILL MISS THAT.
I HAVE NOT KNOWN YOU AND WORKED WITH YOU AS LONG AS ELLEN AND SOME OF THE OTHERS ON THE BOARD, BUT I HAVE IN MY TIME REALLY ENJOYED YOUR COUNSEL, YOUR, AS ELLEN SAID, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR WISDOM, AND REALLY HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU, AND I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR. I LOOK FORWARD TO RUNNING INTO YOU AT SOME POINT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE SO MISSED.
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YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SUCH A STEADY, EVEN VOICE IN THIS DISTRICT THAT THROUGH.SMALL CHALLENGES, LARGE CHALLENGES HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF WHAT HAS KEPT EANES STABLE AND STEADY, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR GETTING TO KNOW YOU PERSONALLY, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE GONE FAR AND WE WILL MISS YOU.
THANK YOU, JEN. HEATHER? YEAH I WANT TO ECHO WHAT ELLEN SAID ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU ALWAYS DO KIND OF KEEP OR YOU DO KEEP THE KIDS IN MIND FIRST, BECAUSE THAT IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE ALL HERE , AND I LOVE THAT, AND I MEAN, PERSONALLY, YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON THAT I TOLD IN THE DISTRICT THAT WORKS FOR THE DISTRICT THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING, AND I WAS LIKE, CAN I STILL SAY THE THINGS THAT I SAY AND ADVOCATE? SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU KEEP US OUT OF TROUBLE AND IN LINE AND JUST REALLY LOOK OUT FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I'VE REALLY LOVED WORKING WITH YOU AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, AND I AM MAD AT LAKE TRAVIS A LITTLE BIT, SO THANK YOU, HEATHER.
LAURA. YEAH, I REMEMBER DURING COVID WHEN KIM AND I WERE ELECTED AND WE SAT IN THIS BOARDROOM AND DID SORT OF OUR NEW TRUSTEE TRAINING, AND YOU WERE SPEAKING WITH US AND YOU SHARED WITH US SORT OF YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHAT YOUR ROLE WAS IN THE DISTRICT AND WHERE YOU CAME FROM, AND YOU SHARED WITH US YOUR WHY, WHY YOU WERE HERE AND YOU IT WAS THE KIDS. IT IS THE KIDS, AND IT WAS SO EVIDENT AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL OF THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, IT IS VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT THE KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO I THANK YOU NOT FOR THE NOT JUST FOR THE GUIDANCE YOU'VE GIVEN US, BUT I THANK YOU FOR BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR BEING THEIR VOICE. I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT GOING FAR, BUT.
UNLESS, DIANE, DID YOU WANT TO SHARE? AS OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER, OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T KNOWN OR WORKED WITH YOU VERY LONG AT ALL, BUT, AND I LEARNED RIGHT AFTER MEETING YOU THAT YOU'D BE LEAVING, AND I WAS SO SADDENED BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR THAT YOU'VE BEEN SUCH AN ASSET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY CHAIR IS SLOWLY SINKING BY THE WAY.
[CHUCKLING] I DON'T THINK JEFF WANTS ME TO BE TALLER THAN HE IS.
SO WHEN I GET DOWN BEHIND MY COMPUTER.
WE HAVE SEVEN TRUSTEES AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AND THAT'S A TRADITIONAL TEAM OF EIGHT, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHEN IT'S BEEN A TEAM OF NINE AND WE'VE REALLY VALUED YOUR YOUR VOICE IN THAT ROOM AND HELPING US MEET A LOT OF THESE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED AND IT'S DONE NOT OUT OF I DON'T THINK YOU DO IT BECAUSE OF A PAYCHECK.
ALLYSON, THANK YOU, AND WHILE IT'S BITTERSWEET TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR COLLEAGUE, WE'RE ALSO ENJOYING THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO WELCOME HER SUCCESSOR, AND SO TONIGHT WITH US IS AUDREY [INAUDIBLE], AND AUDREY IS WITH US, ALONG WITH HER FIANCÉ, JOHN [INAUDIBLE], AND THEY'RE JOINING US FROM ALTHOUGH JOHN IS HERE IN AUSTIN.
AUDREY IS JOINING US FROM SPRING BRANCH ISD IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
AUDREY, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR TEAM, AND ALLYSON, SHOES ARE GOING TO BE HARD TO FILL, BUT THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU BRING, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A PERFECT FIT AS WELL, AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, AUDREY COMES TO US WITH GREAT EXPERIENCES, BUT ESPECIALLY THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE IN SPRING BRANCH ISD WILL BE VERY FITTING FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ALONGSIDE OF US HERE IN EANES ISD.
SO WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND DO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE NIGHT BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT TO JOIN US IN PERSON
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AND JOHN, WELCOME AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS.WELL, AS WE TRANSITION TO SOME OTHER NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WANTED THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING IN EARNEST IN RESPONSE TO THE POLICY THAT YOU PASSED ON JUNE THE 6TH TO NOW BEGIN TOWARDS THE FORMAL IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY STEPS, AS YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ALONG THE WAY, BUT ONE OF THE FIRST IS THAT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHO OUR LEADERSHIP WILL BE FOR THE NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT IS OFFICIALLY COMMISSIONED.
SO THIS EVENING, WE WANTED TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE THAT IN THE INTERIM, UNTIL WE ARE FORMALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE'RE INTRODUCING MATT GREER AS OUR CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER AND BRANT KELLY AS HIS LIEUTENANT AND OUR SAFETY OFFICER AS WELL.
I WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE TWO GENTLEMEN.
WE KNOW THEM AND THEY'RE HIGHLY RESPECTED IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK JUST TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR THEIR QUALIFICATIONS IN THESE NEW LEADERSHIP ROLES, MATT COMES TO US WITH MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP COMMAND COLLEGE.
TO 3 A.M. THAT HAD TO BE VERY INTERESTING.
MATT, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF STORIES TO TELL.
BEFORE JOINING EANES ISD, MATT SUPERVISED OFFICERS, CIVILIAN ANALYSTS AND DETECTIVES AT THE AUSTIN REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER, WHERE HE COORDINATED DETECTIVES ON THE FBI'S JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE AND OFFICERS IN THE US MARSHALS LONE STAR FUGITIVE TASK FORCE.
SO MATT ALSO COMES TO US WITH GREAT QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE AND BK, HE'S GOING TO BE OUR LIEUTENANT ENTERING HIS 25TH YEAR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND WE APPRECIATE HIS BACKGROUND IN INVESTIGATING ONLINE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, INCLUDING THE EXPLOITATION OF MINORS AND ADULTS INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING. HE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN AS AN INVESTIGATOR OF CYBER TIPS, AND HE WAS PREVIOUSLY A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM, WHERE HE TRAINED HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS ON HOW TO ASSESS, INTERACT AND COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH EPISODES. SO MATT AND BK, WELCOME TO THESE NEW LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND SPEAKING OF CONGRATULATIONS, WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE JT BLAIR, THE COACH OF THE YEAR FOR HIM, LEADING THE CHAPS TO THE FINAL FOUR THIS YEAR AND A RECORD OF 40 AND FIVE.
THAT'S THE MOST WINS EVER IN THE HISTORY OF CHAPARRAL BASEBALL AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE CALLAN NOKES, WHO WAS NAMED THE BOYS TEAM COACH OF THE YEAR IN TEXAS.
THIS WAS THEIR SIXTH STRAIGHT UIL STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
LAST WEEK WAS A VERY EVENTFUL WEEK FOR OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE BEGAN A WEEK AGO WITH THE TEXAS SCHOOL COALITION ANNUAL POST LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOP, AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY, WE ALL MOVED DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO, WHERE WE PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, SPONSORED BY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, AND MR. SPRADLEY WANTED TO GIVE YOU AND YOUR FELLOW TRUSTEES AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANT TO REFLECT ON SOME OF THE LEARNINGS FROM THOSE TWO OPPORTUNITIES.
ABSOLUTELY. SO THE JUST REAL QUICK AS AN INTRODUCTION, THE WORKSHOP THAT WE WENT TO AND MOST OF US WENT TO IN ROUND ROCK LAST WEEK WAS IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE THAT TRUSTEES ATTEND A SESSION AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO GET A DOWNLOAD AND AN EDUCATION ON ALL THE DIFFERENT BILLS THAT WERE PASSED IMPACTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THERE ARE VERY MANY, AND SO THAT WORKSHOP WAS LAST TUESDAY IN ROUND ROCK, AND THEN MOST OF THE TRUSTEES HEADED TO SAN ANTONIO ON WEDNESDAY FOR A CONFERENCE AT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, AND THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR IN THE SUMMER IN JUNE.
ONE SESSION HAPPENS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT'S WHERE SIX TRUSTEES WENT LAST WEEK AND I'M GOING TO THE ONE IN FORT WORTH THIS WEEK.
I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE POST LEGISLATIVE SESSION DUE TO SOME WORK COMMITMENTS, BUT I WILL BE ATTENDING ONE LATER IN THE SUMMER, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
SLI WAS REALLY GREAT THIS YEAR.
THIS WAS MY NINTH YEAR TO GO TO SLI.
I DID THINK THAT THIS YEAR WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG.
THE SESSIONS THAT I ATTENDED WERE ALL GOOD.
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THIS. THIS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY ALWAYS KIND OF FILLS MY CUP BECAUSE I GET TO TALK TO BOARD MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN DISTRICTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN OURS.SPEND TIME WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK PARTICULARLY FOR ME, SOME OF THE SESSIONS I ATTENDED, THERE WAS THERE WAS ONE ON DEVELOPING YOUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO US, AND IT WAS GRATIFYING TO ME TO HEAR THAT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY AN EXPERT LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO SPECIALIZES IN SCHOOL BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT, HER RECOMMENDATIONS VERY MUCH LINED UP WITH WHAT WE PUT IN OUR BOARD POLICY AND THAT MADE ME FEEL SO CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS COME OUT OF IT THAT I KIND OF OFFHAND SHARED WITH JEFF, BUT I'LL PUT THOSE IN WRITING FOR HIM AND HIS TEAM, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS PARTICULARLY EXCELLENT.
THERE WERE SOME THINGS ON JUST GOOD GOVERNANCE WHICH WERE GOOD REMINDERS TO HEAR AND ALSO BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD IDEAS FOR ME OF THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE UPON AS A TEAM OF EIGHT AND WORK TOWARDS DOING BETTER SO THAT WE HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THEN LASTLY, I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OF US THAT ATTENDED ONE ON AI AND CHAT GPT, RIGHT, AND I THINK WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THAT ONE WAS THAT NO ONE REALLY HAS ANSWERS YET ON I WENT IN EXPECTING I WANTED SOMEONE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS BEST PRACTICE, THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING.
THIS IS A GOOD POLICY AND NOBODY HAS THAT YET.
SO WHAT I WALKED AWAY WITH WAS IT'S HERE AND IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, AND WE NEED TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE THAT GOING FORWARD , AND AT THIS POINT, IT'S REALLY KIND OF UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO SET SOME POLICY AND MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE BOARD TO SET SOME POLICY, BUT DEFINITELY THINGS FOR US TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT.
HEATHER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE? I DON'T HAVE A TON TO ADD AFTER ALL THAT, JEN, [CHUCKLING].
RIGHT? THAT'S GOOD. WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I WENT TO A SESSION ON DATA AND ALSO FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AT THE DATA AND HOW WE USE MORE THAN JUST THE STAAR SCORE IN EANES BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE WAY MORE THAN JUST THE STAAR, AND I, TOO, ENJOY GETTING TO MEET WITH TRUSTEES FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEE HOW THESE THESE SESSIONS KIND OF MAKE YOU THINK AND THEN YOU GET OUT INTO THE ROOM AND TALK ABOUT IT WITH OTHER TRUSTEES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AND THINK, OKAY, WELL, HOW DO YOU DO IT? HOW DO YOU DO IT? WHAT'S THE BEST PRACTICE FOR KIDS AND STAFF? AND SO I REALLY ENJOY THEM, THE SESSIONS AND THEN THE TEXAS SCHOOL COALITION'S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WAS JUST I MEAN, IT WAS THE BEST TAKE POSSIBLE ON A HORRIBLY INSULTING AND DISAPPOINTING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO AT LEAST THEY HAD ROUND ROCK DONUTS.
ELLEN, DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS? YES. [INAUDIBLE] DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF ANALYZING WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN GO FORWARD AFTER A LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO I WAS THRILLED THAT WE SO MANY OF US GOT TO GET HER TAKE ON THAT.
IT REALLY WAS AN EXCELLENT SESSION AT SLI I CONCENTRATED ON THINGS THAT RELATED TO CURRICULUM, TO STUDENT SAFETY AND TO ACCOUNTABILITY PLANNING, KIND OF THAT TRACK, AND ONE OF THE SESSIONS I WENT TO WAS FASCINATING ON READING INSTRUCTION.
I KNOW WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE READING ACADEMIES AND TALKING ABOUT OUR STAFF AND GOING TO READING ACADEMIES AND WHAT THAT HAS, WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT IT HAS PRODUCED.
THIS SESSION WAS ABOUT QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT IN THE READING ACADEMIES ARE ACTUALLY FILTERING BACK THROUGH THE DISTRICTS INTO INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULUM MATERIALS AND ASSESSMENTS AND ARE THEY ALIGNED WITH THE TEKS AND HAS THE WHOLE SYSTEM REALLY BEEN REVISED AS OPPOSED TO JUST BITS AND PIECES OF IT?
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IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING.I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON IT.
I'VE TALKED TO JEFF ABOUT IT AND I KNOW HE AND MOLLY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
THERE IS A PODCAST THAT THEY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
IT'S CALLED SOLD A STORY, SOLD A STORY.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT OR HEARD THAT PODCAST, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO TO THAT AND BASICALLY IT ARGUES THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND MANY ARE CONTINUING TO DO BALANCED LITERACY AND WE SHOULD REALLY BE TAKING WHAT THEY CALL A STRUCTURED LITERACY APPROACH.
WE TYPICALLY DON'T GET THAT KIND OF DETAIL ON CURRICULUM AT SLI, AND SO IT WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF COURSE.
I WAS PLEASED THAT I HAD ENDED UP IN THAT ONE.
THERE WAS ALSO A GREAT SESSION ON THE TEXAS ECONOMY THAT SEVERAL OF US WENT TO.
I WAS STRUCK IN THAT ONE HOW HE EMPHASIZED ONE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY VARIOUS PATHWAYS FOR SUCCESS AND THAT KIND OF ALIGNS WITH OUR CHALLENGE SUCCESS NOTIONS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALTERNATIVES THAT WE TRY TO LAY OUT FOR OUR KIDS, AND HE HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS OF THINGS WE MIGHT WANT TO DO TO ADVANCE THAT, BUT ALSO THE EMPHASIS ON MATH IT IS PART OF STEM OR STEAM, BUT HE REALLY ZEROED IN TERMS OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ON THE MATH SEGMENT.
THAT'S NOT GENERALLY HOW SPEAKERS WHAT THEY FOCUS ON WENT TO A GREAT SESSION FROM MOAK CASEY YOU KNOW WE'VE DEPENDED ON THEM FOR YEARS TO BE THE FOLKS THAT DID THE RUNS WHENEVER THERE WAS LEGISLATION ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE AND THEY WERE ALWAYS THE SCHOOL FINANCE GUYS.
WELL THEY SEEM TO HAVE REALLY EXPANDED THEIR SCOPE IN TERMS OF OF TRYING TO HELP DISTRICTS AND BOARDS FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS TO PROMOTE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND JUST SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
THEY PROPOSED A BALANCED SCORECARD TO USE FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHICH I'VE MENTIONED TO JAMES, MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE THE SUMMIT NEXT YEAR.
THEY ALSO INCLUDED A PIECE ON SELF-REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS WHICH MIGHT HELP US WITH OUR DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO SOME REAL GOOD IDEAS THAT AND THEN I WENT TO A SESSION ON AI WAS TERRIFIED TO GO TO IT.
I REALLY WAS RATHER AFRAID OF AI.
THE TITLE WAS AWESOME OR AWFUL, AND I WAS DEFINITELY ON THE AWFUL END GOING IN.
IT WAS GOOD FOR ME TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THEY, THE EDUCATORS ON THE PANEL ACTUALLY GAVE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE CAN, IN FACT TEACH OUR KIDS TO USE THIS AS A PRODUCTIVE TOOL.
I REMEMBER I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN IN THE IN THE BIG SENSE BEING LIKE A PENCIL COMPUTERS BEING LIKE A PENCIL, THAT IT WAS JUST SO NATURAL THAT KIDS KNEW HOW TO USE IT IN A WAY THAT ACHIEVED WHAT THEY NEEDED TO ACHIEVE, AND AS JEN SAID, IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS IS HERE TO STAY, AND SO OUR JOB IS NOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN EQUIP OUR KIDS TO NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY IT OR FOOLED BY IT OR DEVELOP POOR HABITS, BUT IN FACT CAN USE IT FOR THINGS LIKE PERSONALIZED LEARNING, INTELLIGENT TUTORING, ENHANCED TEACHER SUPPORT, AND EFFICIENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
THANK YOU, ELLEN, AND HOW MANY SLIS IS THIS FOR YOU? PROBABLY 23.
OKAY, AND I DID THINK THESE SESSIONS WERE PARTICULARLY GOOD.
I AGREE THAT THESE SESSIONS WERE FANTASTIC.
I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT MANY SLIS IN PERSON, [CHUCKLING] BUT I CHOSE BOTH INFORMATIVE SESSIONS AND SESSIONS THAT I THOUGHT WERE RELEVANT TO OUR DISTRICT, AND SO I WAS A LITTLE BIT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
YOU GUYS HAVE COVERED SOME THAT I ATTENDED AND I AGREE.
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I MEAN, THE TEXAS ECONOMY AND STEM AND ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO.WHERE MANY STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT GO WAS EYE OPENING TO LOOK AT CAREERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF A COLLEGE PATH, AND WHAT THE ECONOMISTS DID IN THE SESSION FOR THE COMMUNITY WAS LOOKED AT STARTING SALARIES AND LOOKED AT SALARIES FIVE YEARS OUT , AND HE WAS A PROFESSOR AT TEXAS STATE TSTC, TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
THANK YOU, AND IT WAS FANTASTIC THAT THERE ARE THOSE ROUTES AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AS A DISTRICT.
THE OTHER SESSION THAT I WOULD THAT HADN'T BEEN COVERED HERE WAS A SESSION ON LEGISLATION AROUND LIBRARY BOOKS, AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED CERTAIN PARAMETERS IN LIBRARY BOOKS GOING FORWARD, AND ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT SESSION WAS NOT ONLY ARE THINGS GOING TO CHANGE AND THERE ARE RESPONSIBILITIES MORE PUT ON, PUT ON THE DISTRICTS, BUT THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE GOING TO THE VENDORS, AND SO THAT'S ADDED COST AND INDIRECTLY IT'S GOING TO BE ADDED COST FOR OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THOSE VENDORS ARE GOING TO PASS THROUGH THOSE COSTS OF WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH AGAIN ADDS TO THE COST.
SO I THINK THAT ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS LEGISLATION, WHETHER SOMEONE IS FOR OR AGAINST IT, WILL BE ADDED COST TO OUR TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID, IT'S FANTASTIC LEARNING OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S A FANTASTIC ABILITY TO JUST MEET OTHER PEOPLE AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS FROM AROUND THE STATE AND DIFFERENT TRUSTEES AND THE WAY THAT THEY LOOK AT SCHOOL GOVERNANCE.
I FELT THAT WAY MYSELF, BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO.
YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT OF GOVERNANCE WAS BROUGHT UP ONCE AGAIN.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITHIN THIS GROUP ABOUT WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN STEERING THE SHIP VERSUS THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT WAS IMPRESSED UPON US OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THE SPECIFIC ROLES OF THE BOARD TRUSTEE AND HOW WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE A VOTE.
LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ALPHABET ALPHABET SOUP OF POLICYMAKING.
I'LL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT AS TIME GOES ON.
I WASN'T IN MANY OF THE SECOND DAY SESSIONS WITH YOU.
I DOUBT THAT ANY OF YOU HAD STUDENTS PRESENTING IN YOUR SESSIONS, AND WE DID, AND WE HEARD ALL ABOUT THEIR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT THEY HAVE AND THE SOFTWARE THAT THEY USE TO GET INPUT FROM STUDENTS ON TOPICS WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING.
I ALSO WENT TO A TALK ABOUT EFFECTIVE PARENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY AND LAURA WAS THERE WITH ME AS WELL, AND JUST THE IDEA OF GOING TO THE SCHOOLS, WHICH AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS A BOARD AND HOW WE CAN MAYBE BE DOING THAT DIFFERENTLY OR A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND MEETING WITH THE TEACHERS AND ENGAGING WITH THE PARENT LEADERS AND WE DO ALL OF THESE THINGS, BUT IN PARTICULAR SUPPORTING THIS CONCEPT OF REGULARLY MEETING WITH PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
A FEW OF THE OTHER ONES I WENT TO WERE ON RISK MANAGEMENT.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNER BECAUSE INSURANCE IS GOING UP.
COVERAGE IS GOING DOWN, AND I LEARNED THAT THE LARGEST HAIL EVER RECORDED IN TEXAS IS SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER, AND THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THINKING ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN AND MOVING FORWARD.
REAL PROPERTY, CYBER SECURITY, WORKERS COMP, ALL THESE TYPES OF THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, OF COURSE.
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SO IT'S JUST VERY INSIGHTFUL.I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP.
I ALSO FOUND THE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW EXTREMELY HELPFUL, OF COURSE, AND WHAT A RESOURCE.
PLEASE, LAURA, YOU SKIPPED ME.
HOWEVER, I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO ANY LONGER.
EXCEPT I WILL SAY CLEARLY WE LOVE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SO TO HAVE 48 HOURS OR HOWEVER LONG WE WERE DOWN THERE STRAIGHT TO JUST SIT AND TALK ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION, I THINK WE WERE ALL IN HOG HEAVEN, TO BE HONEST. MY THE ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT AND I WAS IN A LOT OF SESSIONS WITH YOU ALL.
IT'S HERE. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
THE POTENTIAL FOR IT IS JUST SO AMAZING, AND [INAUDIBLE] AND MOLLY, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE PUT Y'ALL ON THE SPOT. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HOW OUR STUDENTS I KNOW OUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY UTILIZING IT AND I CANNOT AND I'M SURE OUR TEACHERS ARE AS WELL , BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AMAZING TO SEE THE THINGS THAT OUR DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE POLICIES THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT THIS.
THE LEARNING THAT'S INCLUDED WITH AI.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU LAURA AND I GUESS WE DIDN'T MENTION IT AT THE BEGINNING, BUT THERE ARE OVER 1000 SCHOOL BOARDS IN TEXAS, AND IF EACH ONE HAS 7 TO 9 MEMBERS, THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF TRUSTEES IN SAN ANTONIO AND IT'S LIKE GOING TO THAT CONVENTION FOR YOUR HOBBY AND YOU LOVE IT, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT IS FOR US.
THAT'S WHY WE LOVE GOING THERE.
WELL, THE LAST THING THAT I'LL MENTION IS IT FINALLY FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE SUMMER, AND WHILE IT'S NO LESS BUSY BECAUSE OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM WORKS YEAR ROUND, IT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT QUIETER IN JULY, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL NOT MEET AGAIN WITH THE TRUSTEES UNTIL AUGUST THE 8TH.
THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL GO TO MARIA FOR OUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.
GOOD EVENING. SO THE MAIN ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT ARE OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
SO WE PRESENT BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR FUNCTION LEVELS COVERED, AND SO FOR THE MOST PART, THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF MOVEMENT BETWEEN DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
ANYTIME THERE'S AN OVERAGE IN A FUNCTION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL WRITE US A LETTER ABOUT.
THE AMOUNT OF WHAT THE AMOUNT OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS DECREASED THE BUDGETED FUND BALANCE SURPLUS BY 621,000.
THERE WAS AGAIN JUST ADJUSTING FOR ACTUAL DATA.
THE BUDGETED FUND BALANCE DEFICIT WAS INCREASED FROM 143,000 TO 332,000.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? ANY QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? NO, THANK YOU, MARIA.
THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE DEI ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE.
AWESOME. I'LL DO THAT PROPERLY.
DOCTOR. DID YOU GET MY CHAIR? [CHUCKLING] MAYBE. SO LET ME DO THIS PROPERLY.
DR. MONIQUE PIKE IS [INAUDIBLE], WHO WE'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS.
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THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.OUR PLEASURE. THIS SHOULD BE ENTERTAINING, JUST SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I ENJOYED MY FIRST REAL LIVE OFFICIAL DAY OF SUMMER TODAY , AND SO I'M ON SUMMER MODE AND MONIQUE.
[INAUDIBLE] YEAH IS A LITTLE JET LAGGED, SO BEAR WITH US, BUT IT'LL BE OKAY.
CLICKER. OKAY. THAT'S THE CLICKER OVER THERE.
OH, YOU'RE CLICKING. AM I CLICKING? YEAH. ALL RIGHT, I'M CLICKING.
TO ME. COULD BE REALLY ENTERTAINING.
YEAH. [CHUCKLING] SO JUST FIRST OF ALL, YOU GUYS, WE'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY AS A COMMITTEE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE'VE DEFINITELY COME A LONG WAYS SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2020, AND I'D SAY WE'VE DEFINITELY PROGRESSED FROM A PLACE OF, AT THE TIME, TURMOIL WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, WITHIN OUR COUNTRY, AND WE WERE, I WOULD SAY WE WERE SORT OF AT A PLACE OF MAYBE SOME FEAR AND A GREAT DEAL OF CONTENTION, AND OVER THOSE THREE YEARS, WE'VE, I WOULD SAY, MOVED MOVED TO A PLACE OF A GREATER WILLINGNESS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH I THINK IS IS HUGE, AND THAT'S I'D SAY THAT'S A WIN.
IT'S NOT A TANGIBLE WIN, BUT IT'S A WIN, AND DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND BUSINESSES HAVE DONE THIS DIFFERENTLY , AND OUR CHALLENGE HAS BEEN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS.
THAT'S RIGHT FOR EANES, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED THE CONVERSATION AND HAVE NOT ABANDONED OUR EFFORTS TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO BE SURE EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY BELONG, TO BE SURE THAT NOBODY FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE TO CHECK THEIR IDENTITY AT THE DOOR AND TO BE SURE THAT EVERYBODY FEELS SEEN AND HEARD AND LIKE THEY ARE REPRESENTED.
WE DID A SURVEY AND WE CAME UP WITH THESE FOUR PRIORITIES IMPROVING COMMUNICATION ABOUT DEI SUPPORT, MORE CONCRETE ACTIONS RELATED TO STUDENT SUPPORT, STAFF TRAINING AND INCREASED STUDENT CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT IN DEI.
AFTER WE MET WITH YOU, WE HAD THE TOWN HALL, WHICH DR.
ARNETT WAS AT, AND THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WELL ATTENDED.
WE ALSO CREATED SUBCOMMITTEES, AND SO PART OF THE JOB WITH OUR SUBCOMMITTEES WAS TO EXPLORE THESE TOPICS IN MORE DETAIL, AND BECAUSE THE DISTRICT LOVES DATA AND PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME KNOW I LOVE DATA, WE ALSO CREATE A DATA SUBCOMMITTEE THAT BEGAN TO DELVE A LITTLE BIT INTO THE STAFF CLIMATE SURVEY AND MORE RECENTLY AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FALL, WE'LL DIVE MORE INTO THE STUDENT AND PARENT SURVEY.
ALL RIGHT. SO AS AS A COMMITTEE, WE REALIZED WE NEEDED TO WE NEEDED TO LEARN SOME THINGS.
WE NEEDED TO LISTEN TO SOME FOLKS.
WE ALSO WERE GRATEFUL TO HAVE AN EVENING WHERE WE HAD NICOLE TUCKER SMITH ACTUALLY SHARED WITH US AN OVERVIEW. IT WAS A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT SHE SHE SHARED A LOT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME JUST TO GIVE US A GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR STAFF HAS ENJOYED IN THEIR TIME WORKING WITH HER.
WE ALSO GOT TO HAVE TEACHERS COME AND SHARE STORIES AND REALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO SOME TEACHER STORIES, AND WE ALSO ENJOYED SPENDING SOME TIME LEARNING MORE ABOUT SPANISH IMMERSION AND SOME OF THE WORK AND THINKING BEHIND THAT WORK, TOO, JUST TO LEARN.
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RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE FOR MOVING FORWARD.I REALLY NEED TO GET NEW GLASSES.
SO WE ASKED OUR COMMITTEE ON THE AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN YOUR MIND FROM THE YEAR? SO WE'LL SHARE SOME OF THOSE REAL QUICK.
FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE BIGGIES WAS JUNETEENTH IS NOW A HOLIDAY FOR US.
HOPE EVERYBODY ENJOYED THE DAY OFF YESTERDAY, AND THEN WE ALSO CELEBRATED THE FACT THAT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS WAS REPRESENTED AT THE BEST BUDDIES WALK.
SO THAT WAS WE CONSIDERED THAT DEFINITELY A HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR.
ANOTHER THING THAT OUR COMMITTEE DEFINITELY TALKED ABOUT IS IS HEARING SPECIFIC TEACHER STORIES, BECAUSE THAT'S I MEAN, TEACHERS ARE SHARING HOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IMPACTING KIDS AND HELPING OUR KIDS SEE THE NEED AND THE IMPORTANCE FOR EVERYBODY TO FEEL REPRESENTED AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
OUR COMMITTEE ALSO REALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO OUR EQUITY TEAMS AND LEARNING THAT EACH OF THOSE IS TRULY A GROUP FOR EACH CAMPUS THAT HAS DEDICATED INTENTIONAL TIME TO VIEW THEIR CAMPUS FROM THIS DEI LENS , AND THAT TIME SET ASIDE IS HUGE, AND IT'S, I THINK, AWESOME THAT THERE'S A THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO DO WHAT IS UNIQUE AND MEANINGFUL FOR THEIR CAMPUS, AND THAT WAS CLEAR AS THEY SHARED WITH US THAT WAS THE CASE, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT.
WELL, YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SLIDE, WWE'VE GRADUALLY LANDED OURSELVES IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS AS OPPOSED TO SHUTTING PEOPLE DOWN AND TO TRY NEW THINGS.
IT MAY BE MESSY, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO TRY NEW THINGS AND THAT'S.
I DON'T KNOW. WE WILL NEVER MAKE PROGRESS WITHOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S HUGE, AND I GUESS ONE OTHER THING TO KIND OF POINT OUT WITH THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, WHAT I ENJOY IS OUR DEBATES BECAUSE WE DO HAVE DEBATES.
THE JUNETEENTH ONE WAS A VERY HEATED BUT RESPECTFUL DEBATE ON KIND OF THE PROS AND CONS OF MAKING IT A HOLIDAY AND SIMILARLY, TALKING ABOUT HAVING THESE THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS AND ACTIVITIES ON HOW TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR STUDENTS HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING.
SO SOME OTHER THINGS WE LEARNED FROM OUR EQUITY TEAMS IS THAT ALL CAMPUSES NOW HAVE WORLD CULTURE DAYS OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO CELEBRATE THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT ARE REPRESENTED WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL.
ALSO, WEST RIDGE THIS PAST YEAR DID A CULTURAL CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE AND EANES, WHICH WAS A DISCUSSION WITH IMMIGRANT FAMILIES TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEIR STUDENTS MIGHT BE HAVING WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
SIMILARLY WITH THE CLIMATE SURVEY RESULTS, YOU ALL ALREADY HAD A REPORT ON THAT.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT, AND I WAS PLEASED TO SEE YOU ALL ALREADY MAKING PROGRESS ON SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE WITH THE TEACHERS AND MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS, WHICH THEY'RE REALLY TAKING TO HEART.
SO MOVING FORWARD, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID THIS YEAR WITH YOUR APPROVAL AND WE REALLY LOVED IS WE HAD MORE STUDENTS ON THE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS AMAZING TO GET THEIR INPUT AND HAVE THEIR VOICES, AND WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO MOVING FORWARD IS INCREASING OUR INTENTIONAL SEEKING OUT AND INCLUSION OF STUDENT VOICES AT EACH CAMPUS, ALL STUDENT VOICES, ALL PERSPECTIVES, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITH WHATEVER ACTIVITIES WE HAVE IN THE COMING YEAR.
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ALSO, SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT WITH OUR EQUITY TEAM AND THE COMMITTEE IS WE DON'T JUST WANT TO HAVE A WORLD CULTURE DAY.SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAME UP WAS THE NEED TO CREATE TIME AND SPACE FOR CAMPUSES TO COLLABORATE SO THEY DON'T FEEL AS SILOED AND THAT THEY HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL AND KIND OF RELATED TO THAT WHAT WE AS A COMMITTEE THOUGHT MIGHT BE A USEFUL USAGE OF OUR TALENT IS BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE BY SERVING AS A RESOURCE HUB.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE EQUITY TEAM CURRENTLY SHARES RESOURCES, BUT IT MAY NOT BE AS USER FRIENDLY.
SO IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF YOU WERE TRYING TO FORM SOMETHING AND YOU ALREADY HAD A LIST OF VENDORS THAT OTHER CAMPUSES HAVE WORKED WITH, PERFORMERS THAT OTHER CAMPUSES HAVE WORKED WITH, TEACHERS WHO ARE DOING PHENOMENAL THINGS IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE HOPING WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD IS TO HELP CREATE I SHOULDN'T SAY CREATE, BUT EXPAND THE EXISTING RESOURCES THAT ARE SHARED AND MAKING IT MORE SYSTEMATIC AND USER FRIENDLY FOR EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT.
IN THE FALL, TOO, WE HAVE THE ANNE FRANK EXHIBIT AT WEST WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
NEXT FALL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME STUDENT DOCENTS, WHICH WILL BE GREAT.
THE DISTRICT IS FUNDING THAT, AND EANES FOR EQUITY IS ALSO HELPING TO COVER SOME OF THAT EXPENSE.
SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE DISTRICT AND THEN CONTINUING TO SHARE THE STORIES OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND EXPERIENCES AND VOICES OF OUR STUDENTS.
THAT'S THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
ARNETT HAVE, HAVE SPENT SOME TIME BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIFFERENT FOLKS WITHIN OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THEM AND THEIR NEEDS AND KIND OF IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT, A COUPLE OF GROUPS THAT OUR COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED, WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME LISTENING TO AND LEARNING MORE FROM ARE BOTH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE FROM THEM.
WE WANT TO DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO.
I LOVE THAT Y'ALL ALREADY TALKED ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
IT'S HUGE. WE'D LOVE TO CONTINUE COMMUNICATION.
MONIQUE ALREADY MENTIONED THE TOWN HALL.
WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT FOR SURE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR EANES ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS, MATT AND BK AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S A CRYSTAL CLEAR FOCUS ON GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND ALSO BEING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TRAINING TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF OUR KIDS.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING ANYTHING WE CAN TO HELP WITH THAT.
ALSO, I HAVE GOT TO GET BIFOCALS.
WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING AND TO BUILD ON THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT ONE, OR ARE YOU GOOD? NO, I THINK [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY.
AWESOME. DEFINITELY THINK MORE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.
SO LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SHUFFLING AMONG OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, BUT THESE ARE THE VACANCIES THAT WE'LL END UP WITH NEXT YEAR. WE'RE SHARING THESE WITH YOU GUYS NOW, ESPECIALLY SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUMP ON THIS AND GET THOSE BOARD APPOINTED VACANCIES TAKEN CARE OF ASAP NEXT YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN THOSE NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN JOIN IN THE FUN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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SO WE'VE DEFINITELY MADE PROGRESS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.WE HAVEN'T ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING, THAT'S FOR SURE, AND I'M QUITE HONESTLY NOT SURE WE EVER WILL IN THIS REALM, BUT I'M DEFINITELY GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS CLEARLY HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK AND TO CONTINUING TO STRIVE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY FEELS THAT THEY BELONG AND THAT NOBODY HAS TO CHECK THEIR IDENTITY AT THE DOOR AND EVERYBODY FEELS REPRESENTED AND SEEN AND HEARD.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE DEI COMMITTEE AND THE EQUITY TEAMS AS GROUPS THAT SET ASIDE TIME TO INTENTIONALLY HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND VIEW THINGS FROM THAT LENS, AND SO WE WILL WE WILL KEEP THAT CONVERSATION GOING.
OKAY, I GUESS I'LL SAY ONE MORE THING.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CO-FACILITATE THIS AMAZING GROUP OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE WORK IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
OKAY. DID I SPEAK FOR YOU? YEAH. WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER THREE YEARS.
WE KIND OF KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT.
TRUSTEES, QUESTION? ELLEN? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT.
YOU TWO HAVE BEEN STALWARTS FROM THE BEGINNING, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU WERE WILLING TO TAKE UP THE MANTLE AND LEAD THIS CHARGE FROM THE BEGINNING AND HAVE US TO WHERE WE ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO FORWARD.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT WAS A QUESTION THE BOARD HAD WHEN WE SET UP THE SELECTION PROCESS AND KIND OF THE STRUCTURE, AND THAT WAS WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED EACH CAMPUS TO HAVE AN EQUITY TEAM, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE THIS DISTRICT WIDE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT THE INTERFACE OR THE OVERLAP WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? ARE OUR MEMBERS OF EQUITY TEAMS ON EACH CAMPUS, ON THE COMMITTEE OR SOME CAMPUSES? YES, AND SOME NO.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? SOME. YES. SOME NO.
SO, YEAH, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE CAMPUSES ARE REPRESENTED.
WELL, YEAH, ALL THE CAMPUSES ARE DEFINITELY REPRESENTED, BUT ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AREN'T NECESSARILY AREN'T DEFINITELY ON THE EQUITY TEAM ON THAT CAMPUS EQUITY TEAM, AND THAT'S HONESTLY, THAT'S, I THINK AT THE ROOT OF A LOT OF OUR HOPE TO FIND WAYS TO SORT OF BE THE THE.
I'M GOING BIOLOGY TEACHER ON YOU, BUT THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE FOR THOSE EQUITY TEAMS. SO AND THAT'S DEFINITELY A NEED THAT WE SEE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO WORK ON.
THANK YOU, ELLEN. JEN AND THEN KIM.
YEAH. I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR TAKING ON THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COMMITTEE AND TO EVERYBODY WHO SERVES ON YOUR COMMITTEES AND THE EQUITY TEAMS THE WILLINGNESS TO HAVE SOME AT TIMES CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS AND UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS IS ADMIRABLE AND FRANKLY, WAS NEEDED, AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOUR TEAM FEELS THAT PROGRESS IS MADE , AND I LOVED YOUR QUOTES UP THERE.
I BINGE WATCHED TED LASSO'S LAST SEASON THIS WEEKEND, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE ANYTHING AWAY, BUT THERE'S A THERE'S A LINE IN THERE ABOUT IT'S NOT ABOUT PERFECTION.
IT'S ABOUT CONTINUALLY MOVING FORWARD AND HAVING PERSONAL GROWTH, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'RE NEVER WE WON'T ACHIEVE PERFECTION IN ANYTHING IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT WHAT WE DO ALWAYS EXPECT IS FOR US TO BE MOVING FORWARD, AND I LOVE THAT YOU ALL ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS.
CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR SELECT THE BOARD SELECTING THESE NEW NEW PARENTS TO JOIN THESE COMMITTEES? YES, IN AUGUST.
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BOARD TO WALK THROUGH WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO APPLY FOR THOSE OPEN POSITIONS.OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU BOTH AGAIN.
THANK YOU, KIM. OKAY, I'LL BE QUICK.
IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING BACK TO VACATION TIME AND OFF OF ITALIAN TIME, BUT I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU, AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR SERVING AND THE COMMITTEE FOR SERVING FOR THIS, AND SOMEONE I WROTE THIS DOWN AND I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS QUOTING YOU, BUT THIS IS FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN TO BELONG AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S A LOFTY GOAL.
DIANE, YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THE--ELLEN ASKED QUESTION ABOUT THE EQUITY TEAMS, AND DIANE, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND THE UNIQUENESS OF THE EQUITY TEAMS AND THAT CONNECTIVITY--ARE THERE CHALLENGES WITH THE EQUITY TEAMS? NOT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ALL TAKE THEIR OWN MOLD.
THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN FOCUS, BUT DOES THAT THEN PRESENT CHALLENGES? AND I DON'T NEED SPECIFICS OR CONFIDENTIALITY, BUT I JUST WONDERED IF THERE'S KIND OF IF YOU'RE COMING OUT OF THIS WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE GO FORWARD ON THE EQUITY TEAMS AND HOW WE USE THEM.
YES, THERE ARE CHALLENGES FOR SURE, AND IT'S FUNNY IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I WAS AT AKINS AND WE WERE REDESIGNING INTO ACADEMIES.
MY PRINCIPAL MADE THE MADE THE ANALOGY.
YEAH, WELL, IT'S LIKE WE'RE DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE, AND IT'S I WOULDN'T SAY WE'RE QUITE THAT DRASTIC, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF FIGURING OUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR US AS WE GO.
SO IN THAT SENSE, ABSOLUTELY THERE'S A CHALLENGE, AND I THINK THAT AS WE CAN CREATE MORE INTENTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND SYSTEMATIC WAYS FOR EACH EQUITY TEAM TO COMMUNICATE, IT WILL BECOME EASIER.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I APPRECIATED THAT YOU GUYS MENTIONED WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE GOING FORWARD THE HUB IS ONE AND MENTIONING THE EQUITY TEAMS, I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE.
SO I HOPE TO HEAR MORE FROM THAT, AND I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING SOME MESSY BUT RESPECTFUL CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THAT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER ON THIS.
SO I'M ALWAYS ON BOARD FOR MORE STUDENT VOICES AND COMMUNICATING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY WHAT OUR KIDS ARE SAYING AND WANTING AND NEEDING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM. SO AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, HEATHER. LAURA AND THEN DIANE.
THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE IS EVIDENT.
I HAVE SEEN THE RESULT OF YOUR LABORS.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GAVE US SOME MARCHING ORDERS THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS WHERE WHERE WE COULD IMPROVE AND SOME GROUPS THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON.
YEAH, COMMUNICATION IS A BIG THING, I THINK, FOR ALL OF US, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH WITH OTHER GROUPS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU ALL.
I ALSO VERY MUCH LOVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE BREAKOUTS THAT YOU'RE DOING AND BEING KIND OF A DATA NERD MYSELF, I LOVED IT THAT YOU'RE DIGGING INTO THOSE AND REALLY LOOKING AT EACH OF THOSE CLIMATE SURVEYS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THAT AND JUST BECAUSE ANECDOTALLY I AM ALSO HEARING POSITIVE THINGS COMING OUT OF THE COMMUNITY FROM STUDENTS, FROM PARENTS AND TEACHERS, BUT THOSE ARE ANECDOTES, SO SEEING THE DATA IS REALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK.THANK YOU, DIANE. ANYONE ELSE? I'LL WRAP IT UP. I'LL JUST ADD THAT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU STARTED WITH, WHICH IS DO THIS RIGHT FOR EANES, AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING A COOKIE CUTTER OFF THE SHELF.
I AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEEN SAID HERE.
I THINK THAT I'VE HEARD EITHER FIRST HAND OR SECOND HAND SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR WHERE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED, HAVE RECEIVED THE TRAINING AND BEEN EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE SITUATIONS THAT COME UP THAT MAYBE THEY WEREN'T EQUIPPED WITH BEFORE AND I THINK THAT'S MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE EVER GOING TO SEE PERFECT DATA AND STATS ON THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS HAVE GONE DOWN AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MORE AWARE OF THESE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE COME UP AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN HANDLED, AND I THINK THATTHAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT METRIC FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
I WILL ECHO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID STUDENT VOICES.
I'VE BEEN IN THESE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.
I'VE BEEN AT LISTENING DINNERS, AND STUDENTS MAKE SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THEY OFTEN OUTSHINE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM WITH THEIR DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR ABILITY TO PUT THAT INTO WORDS, AND I THINK THAT'S HUGE, AND THEN I DO LIKE THE BULLET ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND ONE OF THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS I WAS PARTICIPATED IN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE READ WORD FOR WORD ALL OF THE NEWSLETTERS THEY GET, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT SOME OF THAT CAN BE SHARED AND SAY, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING WE DID, I THINK THAT'S HUGE AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT COMING FORWARD. WE'RE SEEING THAT NOW, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE IS DOING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU BOTH AND YOUR WHOLE COMMITTEE.
OKAY, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING.
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IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING.I'LL CALL YOU FORWARD WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
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 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 READY FOR OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
IT'S TONIGHT'S FIRST SPEAKER IS WENDY CONTRERAS SPEAKING ON EANES ELEMENTARY SPANISH IMMERSION.
COULD YOU MOVE THE MICROPHONE? WE'LL GET YOU A MICROPHONE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT OVER THERE.
HI. I JUST WANTED TO USE THIS TIME TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF OUR LETTERS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND LISTENING TO US, TO OUR CONCERNS FOR THE SPANISH IMMERSION TO TRY TO TAKE TO TRY TO MAINTAIN OUR SPANISH IMMERSION FAMILY INTACT, AND BY ALLOWING EVELYN JAMES AND [INAUDIBLE] TO STAY IN THE PROGRAM FOR FOURTH GRADE NEXT YEAR, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING 29 KIDS IN ONE CLASSROOM BECAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE STRESSFUL FOR THE TEACHER AND FOR THE KIDS AND IT'S NOT SAFE, BUT I WOULD BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO JUST SAY THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP COME UP WITH IDEAS TO [INAUDIBLE] YOU GUYS CAN CONTINUE SUPPORTING US TO STAY OUR FAMILY TOGETHER AND THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM.
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THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING ON ARMING EDUCATORS IS AN UNFUNDED, RISKY IDEA.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH [INAUDIBLE].
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT HB THREE, A BILL THAT RECENTLY PASSED IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE THAT WILL REQUIRE AN ARMED PRESENCE ON EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL CAMPUS, INCLUDING AT ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING HOW TO BEST COMPLY WITH THIS NEW ARMED PRESENCE REQUIREMENT, AND THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR. EVEN SO, I'M SUBMITTING A PUBLIC COMMENT TO URGE THE BOARD TO AVOID USING THE SO CALLED GUARDIAN OR MARSHAL PLANS. EVEN IN THE INTERIM, WHILE THE POLICE FORCE IS BEING ASSEMBLED, THE GUARDIAN OR MARSHAL PLANS ENABLE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF TO BRING FIREARMS TO SCHOOLS WITH ONLY MINIMAL TRAINING.
OUR CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO THIS DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT.
ALSO, TEACHERS AND STAFF WANT TO BE FOCUSED ON CREATING A POSITIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE CHILDREN, NOT BURDENED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SAFELY CARRYING A FIREARM IN THE SCHOOL PREVENTING STUDENT ACCESS TO IT, OR, GOD FORBID, USING IT AGAINST AN INTRUDER.
ARMED TEACHERS ARE NEVER ACCEPTABLE REPLACEMENTS FOR TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER RECEIVES AT A BASIC TRAINING ACADEMY IS 840, AND OFFICERS ARE GENERALLY REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TRAINING REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS.
HOWEVER, ARMING TEACHERS COULD STILL COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, IF NOT MORE, FOR TRAINING, EQUIPMENT AND INSURANCE, AND IF THERE'S EVER AN ACCIDENT AT A SCHOOL INVOLVING A GUARDIAN OR MARSHAL, THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MIGHT BE LIABLE FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IN CONCLUSION, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE EANES ISD SHOULD REJECT THE USE OF THE GUARDIAN AND MARSHAL PROGRAMS. ARMING TEACHERS AND STAFF POSES SIGNIFICANT RISKS TO OUR STUDENTS SAFETY AND SACRIFICES THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF OUR EDUCATORS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREA [INAUDIBLE].
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPEN FORUM FOR TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING.
[9.1 Discussion and Proposed District Plans for Use of Federal Grant Funds ]
HOORAY. WELCOME, MOLLY.SO ALL THE GRANTS OPEN IN THE SUMMER AND THEN OUR THE DISTRICT SPENDS THAT TIME DECIDING KIND OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC SHOULD THEY WANT TO PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL REVIEW THIS EVENING WITH YOU ALL.
SO OUR FIRST GRANT IS THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT.
YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL ESSER FUNDING THAT WE GET, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE DIFFERENT PARTS ARE SEPARATED, AND I'LL GO INTO EACH ONE OF THOSE PARTS AND HOW THAT MONEY IS UTILIZED.
THERE'S TWO TYPES OF WAYS YOU CAN USE THIS, AND IN TERMS OF EITHER A SCHOOL WIDE PROGRAM OR TARGETED ASSISTANCE, WE DON'T MEET THE ELIGIBILITY FOR A SCHOOL WIDE PROGRAM, BUT WE DO FOR TARGETED ASSISTANCE CAMPUSES, AND SO THE WAY WE LOOK AT THAT IN EANES IS OVER THE YEARS AND THE WAY WE'VE DECIDED IS WE LOOK AT OUR LOW SES CALCULATION ON EACH CAMPUS.
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AND FOR THOSE CAMPUSES WE ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL CAMPUS SUPPORT STAFF FOR THOSE.SO YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR OUR LOW INCOME PERCENTAGE FOR THE DISTRICT IS 4.29%.
THE TWO CAMPUSES WITH THE HIGHEST ARE VALLEY VIEW AND CEDAR CREEK.
BOTH WESTRIDGE AND EANES ARE ABOVE THE DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE WE ONLY ALLOCATE MONEY FOR THE TWO HIGHEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'VE SELECTED, AND THE REASON WE DO THAT AND ONLY PICK THOSE TWO IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO IF YOU START DIVIDING THAT BY 4 OR 6, THEN IT REALLY IT DOESN'T REALLY GO VERY FAR, AND SO AGAIN, OUR FUNDING PROPOSAL IS TO FUND ADDITIONAL STAFF AT THOSE TWO CAMPUSES.
OUR PART TWO, OR TITLE TWO PART A FUNDS THAT'S REALLY MORE AROUND CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AND TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS, AND SO WE USUALLY ON THAT FUND A PORTION OF EVERY EDUCATIONAL PARTNER AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND SO THAT REALLY IS THOSE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS ARE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE TEACHERS, AND SO WE FIND THAT TO BE A REALLY GREAT VALUE AND A GOOD USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
IN TERMS OF OUR PART THREE, OUR TITLE THREE, SORRY, PART A FUNDS, THOSE ARE FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS AND WE USE THOSE FUNDS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMING FOR OUR STUDENTS RECEIVING ESL SERVICES, AND SO USUALLY THAT MONEY PAYS FOR SOME SALARIES, TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIALS AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE $21,000 DOESN'T GO VERY FAR FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS , AND THEN THE LAST ESSER FUND IS OUR TITLE FOUR PART A FUNDS, AND THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES YOU CAN USE THIS FOR, AND BUT IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT A WELL ROUNDED EDUCATION. WE'VE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED OUR BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. WE'VE USED EMERGENT TREE.
SO AGAIN, AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD USE DISTRICTWIDE FOR KIND OF JUST LOOKING AT THOSE STUDENTS, AND YOU CAN USE IT AGAIN FOR WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION OR AROUND TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE LOOK AT MORE FOR STUDENT SUPPORTS WITH THIS PARTICULAR FUND.
THE NEXT FUNDING SOURCE IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CONSOLIDATED GRANT, IDEA.
IN TERMS OF OUR PROPOSAL, USUALLY THE MAJORITY OF THIS MONEY GOES TO STAFF AND THEN WE DO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL SET ASIDE THAT WE HAVE TO PUT ASIDE. I TALKED TO YOU GUYS USUALLY ABOUT THAT EVERY YEAR.
SO PART OF THAT, THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO BE SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
WE ALSO SOMETIMES LOOK AT CONTRACTED SERVICES OR VERY SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO USE.
SO THAT'S REALLY HOW WE USE OUR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE GET FOR THAT.
WE GET A VERY SMALL AMOUNT FOR OUR PRESCHOOL AND THAT PAYS FOR THE PARTIAL SALARY OF ONE OF OUR ECSE TEACHERS EVERY YEAR, AND THAT'S OUR PROPOSAL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST PROBABLY 20 YEARS OF HOW WE'VE USED THAT FUNDING.
THE NEXT CATEGORY FOR FUNDING IS OUR PERKINS.
THAT'S SOMETIMES MORE COMMONLY KNOWN JUST AS LIKE PEOPLE THINK OF CATE OR OUR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY.
THE TITLE ON THIS SLIDE IS WRONG.
I'M SORRY, BUT THAT SHOULD SAY IT SHOULD SAY PERKINS UP AT THE TOP, AND THIS AGAIN IS JUST AROUND HOW WE CAN ENHANCE OUR CTE PROGRAMING, AND USUALLY FOR THIS IN OUR FUNDING PROPOSAL IS JUST A COST ASSOCIATED WITH ANYTHING RELATED TO THOSE COURSES, AND SO IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR WE'VE BOUGHT WE BOUGHT SEWING MACHINES IN THE PAST.
LINDSEY STOKES, WHO'S OUR CTE COORDINATOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I KIND OF WORKED TOGETHER TO DECIDE LIKE WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN THIS YEAR AROUND OUR CTE PROGRAMING? AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS OUR ESSER FUNDS, WHICH THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME.
JUST LIKE THE LAST TIME I TALKED ABOUT [INAUDIBLE].
THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ESSER BECAUSE OUR MONEY IS RUNNING OUT AND SO I JUST THERE REALLY ISN'T THIS ISN'T TONIGHT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO SAY WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE ESSER FUNDS BECAUSE THEY'RE ENDING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THEY ARE ENDING AND WE ARE USING EVERY LAST DOLLAR THAT WE CAN THIS SUMMER WORKING WITH MARIE IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE.
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LOT OF THE WAYS WE'VE USED IT.SO WE'VE DONE SOME BENCHMARKING ASSESSMENTS, CREDIT RECOVERY, OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
WE'VE DONE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
SO THERE WERE ON THIS FIRST ESSER FUNDS, THAT WAS 20% OF IT HAD TO GO TO LEARNING LOSS AND THEN THE REST OF IT ON THIS ONE, IT WAS 62 AND ONE HALF PERCENT SPECIFICALLY HAD TO GO TO LEARNING LOSS, AND SO WE HAVE ALL THAT.
IF SOMEBODY WERE TO ASK US, WE CAN SHOW THEM EXACTLY HOW WE SPENT THAT MONEY AND HOW WE TIED THAT BACK TO LEARNING LOSS, BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE USED THE FUNDS ON IN THE PAST.
WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOOL BASED THERAPIST POSITION LAST YEAR.
READING ACADEMIES BRINGING IN LESSON CASTS A LOT AROUND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
THE STEM SCOPES WORK, A LOT OF THE STEM SCOPES MATERIALS, SO JUST A REALLY NICE FUNDING SOURCE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE EXTRA BOOST TO GET OUR KIDS THROUGH THAT HARD TIME OF COVID AND THEN ON TO THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THOSE FUNDS WILL END THIS SEPTEMBER.
JUST A REMINDER THAT IN ALL OF OUR FUNDING, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A PROCESS BY WHICH OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME OF OUR FUNDING, AND SO I WORK WITH OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SEND OUT COMMUNICATION, HAVE MEETINGS, AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT THAT ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, BUT THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. THEN THOSE STUDENTS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE POSSIBLY FOR SOME OF OUR SERVICES.
THERE'S A PRETTY EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION PROCESS THAT GOES ALONG BEFORE THAT WOULD HAPPEN , BUT WE DO REACH OUT EVERY YEAR TO ALL OF OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND IF THEY'RE WATCHING, THEY KNOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REACH OUT TO ME FOR THAT.
THEN AGAIN, PART OF THIS IS THAT WE ARE OBLIGATED TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IF ANYONE HAS SPOKEN OR SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT, THEY CAN, BUT THEN THEY CAN ALSO SEND ME FEEDBACK PRIOR TO JULY 15TH, WHICH IS WHEN I HOPE TO GET THESE APPLICATIONS ALL TURNED IN , BUT HAPPY TO TAKE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE USE OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.
BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, HEATHER? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AT USING THE FEW ESSER FUNDS THAT WE DID RECEIVE AND REALLY STRETCHED THAT AS FAR AS YOU POSSIBLY COULD. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR THAT WE GO OVER THIS, I JUST CONTINUALLY THINK ABOUT HOW IDEA IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FULLY FUNDED, BUT THAT THEY ONLY FUNDED AT 16%, AND I HAVE MET WITH CONGRESSMAN ROGER WILLIAMS ABOUT THIS AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD HELP GET MORE MONEY IF WE PUT A CAP ON IT, BUT WE DON'T GET A CAP PUT ON HOW MANY KIDS COME TO OUR DISTRICT WHO REQUIRE SERVICES.
SO I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT HERE WE ARE, BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM DOES AND THE TEAM AND OUR FINANCE PEOPLE TO MAKE ALL OF THIS THE BEST THAT IT POSSIBLY CAN BE FOR KIDS.
THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
[9.2 PUBLIC HEARING ON FEDERAL GRANTS]
SO WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING FEDERAL GRANTS, AND MOVE INTO THE 2023-2024 PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET[10.1 Discussion of 2023-24 Proposed Budget & Tax Rate]
AND PROPOSED TAX RATE AND WELCOME, CHRIS SCOTT, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.THANK YOU, CHRIS. COULD WE TURN OFF THAT MICROPHONE OVER THERE, PLEASE? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
WELL, ABOUT FIVE MONTHS OF WORKING ON THIS AMONGST ALL OF YOU AND ME AND MARIA AND EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT CULMINATES TONIGHT, AND SO WE'VE GOT A BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE BUDGETS YOU HAVE TO ADOPT TONIGHT.
THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS GENERALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE ALL THESE MEETINGS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THERE ARE TWO OTHER ONES THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ADOPT TONIGHT, AND THAT IS A DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND FIRST.
SO HERE ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'VE BASED THIS BUDGET ON.
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JUST FYI JEREMY WILL PRESENT IN A LITTLE WHILE AND THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE LOW.SO BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET HAS TO BE FINISHED A GOOD TIME BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PRESENT IT FOR YOUR REVIEW, AND SO 7500 WAS THE NUMBER WE WENT WITH, AND SO THE FINAL PRODUCT WILL PROBABLY THAT'S NOT GOING TO REFLECT TONIGHT, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BETTER THAN 7500 KIDS.
AGAIN, THAT'S BASED ON THE APRIL ESTIMATE.
WE'LL GET THE FINAL VERSION IN JULY, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT'LL BE HIGHER THAN 4.3%.
SO ANY INCREASE THERE IS OBVIOUSLY HELPFUL TO US, PARTICULARLY WITH THE GOLDEN PENNIES, AND ON THE I&S SIDE, AGAIN, A BIG PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AS IT WAS THIS YEAR, WAS INCREASED INVESTMENT EARNINGS, AND SO RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THAT THIS ASSUMPTION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE OVERNIGHT RATE REMAINING UNCHANGED FOR A YEAR.
IT SEEMS PRETTY SAFE, AND IN FACT, MOST MOST OF WHAT I'M HEARING NOW IS THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY ANTICIPATE TWO MORE INCREASES OF MAYBE 50 BASIS POINTS TOTAL BY THE END OF THIS THIS CURRENT YEAR, 2023.
AT THAT TIME, I THINK THEY'LL PROBABLY FREEZE FOR A WHILE, AND SO I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS, AND IN FACT, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE NUMBERS THAT I'VE PRESENTED TO YOU ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE LOW ON THE REVENUE SIDE .
SO AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROCESS BY WHICH TAXES OR TAX RATES GET COMPRESSED EACH YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE GROWTH OF THE TAX BASE.
SO UNDER THE SCHOOL FINANCE LAW AS IT EXISTS TODAY ON JUNE 20TH, I ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A TAX RATE OF ABOUT 87.4 CENTS AND SO ON THE M&O SIDE, AND SO THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM, AND ACTUALLY THAT WILL COME TO US FROM TEA ONCE THOSE CERTIFIED VALUES COME IN.
HOWEVER, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY WELL AWARE, THE GOVERNOR HAS MADE THIS A PRIORITY, AND SO I SUSPECT THAT THE CURRENT LAW WON'T BE THE CURRENT LAW BY THE TIME YOU ADOPT THE TAX RATE IN AUGUST AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THAT NUMBER IS ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN $0.87 ON THE M&O SIDE.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE CAN NAIL THIS ONE TO THE WALL.
CHRIS, REAL QUICK, YOU'RE NOT ASSUMING ANY CHANGE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AT THIS POINT? NO. OKAY.
WELL, WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING PASSED.
SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT $180,000 MORE IN POTENTIAL REVENUE BASED ON ON LEGISLATION THAT DID PASS, AND IT IS GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT , BUT THAT'S ALL THAT WE KNOW OF SO FAR, AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE COUNTING ON.
SO HERE IT SHOWS OUR HISTORICAL TAX RATE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE CONTINUED TO LOWER OUR TOTAL TAX RATE ON BOTH THE M&O AND THE I&S SIDE, AND SO I THINK THAT'S ADMIRABLE THAT YOU AS A BOARD HAVE HAVE REALLY WORKED TOWARDS LOWERING THAT EANES RATE WHEN YOU'VE HAD THE ABILITY TO AND WE'RE AT $0.12 NOW.
SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE GENERAL FUND IS A DEFICIT.
AGAIN, THIS IS A BUDGETED DEFICIT OF ABOUT $1.9 MILLION.
AMONG THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT FROM THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH WOULD LOWER THAT TO ABOUT $1.7 MILLION, AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON HERE, HOW IT SWUNG FROM LAST YEAR JUST TO KEEP IT IN YOUR MIND, WHAT WHAT HAS
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CHANGED? AND I'VE GOT A LITTLE LIST HERE.SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS, OF COURSE, IS THAT YOU'VE DECIDED TO CREATE A DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURES BY ABOUT $700,000. WE HAD A NUMBER OF MOVEMENTS IN WHERE WE'RE ALLOCATING OUR OTHER PERSONNEL.
SO IT'S ROUGHLY FLAT, BUT WE HAVE INCREASED IN CERTAIN AREAS, EVEN AS WE'VE REDUCED IN OTHER AREAS, AND ONE OF THOSE AREAS WE'VE INCREASED IN IS SCHOOL BASED THERAPISTS, AND SO THAT'S A DECISION THAT YOU GUYS MADE AND THAT'S INCORPORATED INTO THIS AS WELL.
OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIG MOVERS OF THE BUDGET IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE WHAT IS THE CHANGE IN THE COMPENSATION AND 5% WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, OBVIOUSLY AND SO WE SAW A BIG MOVEMENT THERE AND IN THE POSITIVE DIRECTION THAT BASICALLY TOOK SOME EXPENSES AWAY.
OF COURSE, THE BOND PASSED AND WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE ABOUT $2.2 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS YEAR'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET HAD THAT NOT PASSED, BUT BECAUSE IT DID, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THEM OUT ON THE REVENUE SIDE.
THE BIG DRIVER IS THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
WE HAD ENROLLMENT OF 7731 STUDENTS ON THE SNAPSHOT DATE THIS YEAR.
THIS BUDGET IS BASED ON 7500, WHICH IS A DIFFERENCE OF IF I CAN SUBTRACT THAT 231 KIDS, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.
SO LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE BETTER THAN THAT 7500 KIDS, WHICH IS GOING TO MOVE IN THE POSITIVE DIRECTION TOWARDS THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BIG DRIVERS OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $0.12, WHICH IS UNCHANGED, AND AGAIN, THE TAV GROWTH IS THE SAME AS IT IS ON THE M&O SIDE, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING HERE BECAUSE THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE LOOKS WEIRD BECAUSE LIKE MANY THINGS IN EDUCATION, THE FISCAL YEARS DON'T MATCH UP VERY WELL, AND SO THE MONEY THAT WE'VE COLLECTED IN THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WE'VE MOSTLY NOT SPENT IT YET.
IT'S STILL SITTING IN OUR BANK ACCOUNTS AND WE WILL MAKE OUR BIG PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT IN AUGUST, AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS THE MONEY YOU COLLECT IN ONE FISCAL YEAR YOU MOSTLY EXPENDED IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND SO UP HERE, YOU SEE THAT WE'RE SHOWING A BUDGETED SURPLUS OF $11.1 MILLION. THAT'S NOT REALLY TRUE BECAUSE THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE SPENT ON DEBT NEXT YEAR, AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING DEBT THAT WE'VE GOT, WE ALSO INTEND TO RETIRE THE REMAINDER OF THOSE 2019 B BONDS, THE VARIABLE RATE BONDS THAT ARE SET AT A NEW INTEREST RATE IN 2025.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THE REST OF THOSE THIS YEAR.
PLUS WE'RE GOING TO SELL BONDS THIS YEAR, $75 MILLION WORTH OF THEM, AND SO WE'LL PAY SOME PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THAT NEW DEBT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE ON HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
SO THIS $27.6 MILLION THAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE ON THE REVENUE SIDE WILL ALMOST EXACTLY MATCH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN FINALLY, THE CHILD NUTRITION BUDGET.
SO WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ACTUALLY INTERNALLY AND SOMEWHAT TO YOU FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THAT IS THE IDEA OF LEAVING THE FEDERAL FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
WE ALREADY DO NOT PARTICIPATE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS TO DO THAT.
IT'S DIRECTLY TIED TO THAT POVERTY NUMBER THAT MOLLY JUST SHOWED YOU, A 4.3%.
ALL IT MEANS IS THAT WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, AND THAT ALLOWS US SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THE TYPES OF MEALS THAT WE CAN SERVE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT AT WORST, THIS WILL BE A BREAK EVEN AND AT BEST THAT WE ACTUALLY MIGHT DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST. SO IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAM HISTORICALLY HAS LOST MONEY AND OUR SECONDARY PROGRAMS HAVE HISTORICALLY MADE MONEY AND
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THEY ROUGHLY BALANCE EACH OTHER OUT, AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT BY EXITING THE PROGRAM THAT WE CAN MAKE THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE FINANCIALLY STABLE.AS YOU MIGHT ALSO GUESS, THE MEAL AND A LA CARTE PRICES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO UP.
SO PRICES HAVE GONE UP ON FOOD.
THAT 5% INCREASE THAT YOU GRANTED TO THE DISTRICT ALSO APPLIES TO THOSE PEOPLE, AND SO THAT'S GOT TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PRICES AS WELL, AND SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. I WISH WE COULD KEEP THE MEAL PRICES AT A LOWER LEVEL THAN WHAT WE CAN, AND STILL BREAK EVEN , AND SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SHOWING A BUDGETED DEFICIT OF ABOUT $120,000.
I THINK WE'VE BUDGETED VERY CONSERVATIVELY.
HONESTLY, WE'VE PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE THAT WE THINK WILL HELP US, NUMBER ONE, CONTROL COST AND NUMBER TWO, BE MORE EFFICIENT.
SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT'LL ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE A SURPLUS OR AT LEAST A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT WE WANTED TO GO CONSERVATIVE ON HERE AND WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SHOWING THAT $120,000 DEFICIT, AND THEN FINALLY, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 39 OF 118 OUT OF YOUR PACKET, THAT'S PART OF THE BUDGET THAT I THAT I GAVE TO YOU THE BOARD PACKET EXCUSE ME, THE BUDGET PACKET AND WHICH IS MULTIPLE PAGES.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT 12 PAGES OR SO.
THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ADOPTING, AND A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE BUDGET WILL PERFORM BETTER THAN BUDGET AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT LIST UNDER THE GENERAL FUND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE GOT 19 DIFFERENT FUNCTION LEVELS WHERE WE'RE SHOWING DIFFERENT EXPENDITURES AND AS MARIA MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT, WE CAN'T EXCEED THE ADOPTED BUDGET LEVEL AT ANY ONE OF THOSE FUNCTION LEVELS, WHICH IS WHY WE AMENDED THE BUDGET TONIGHT TO SHOW HIGHER EXPENDITURES, TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING COMES IN AT THE LAST MINUTE AND CAUSES US TO EXCEED THOSE, AND THAT'S ALSO WHY WE ANTICIPATE, AGAIN, THAT WE'LL COME IN BETTER THAN WHAT WE BUDGET, BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN , AND AT THAT WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION, AND THEN LIKE MOLLY AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU, CHRIS. BOARD? HEATHER? THANK YOU, CHRIS AND MARIA AND THE REST OF YOUR TEAM FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT CHILD NUTRITION THING FOR A WHILE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT HERE WE ARE AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN OUR BOARD PACKET, WE GOT THEIR NEW RECAPTURE NUMBER, WHICH MAKES ME SICK, BUT $126,128,179 GOING BACK TO THE STATE.
SO IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DID NOT GET THE PREPAYMENT LEGISLATION PASSED, BUT THERE IT IS.
THANK YOU, HEATHER. ELLEN? THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING THE CHANGES THAT THIS BUDGET REPRESENTS, BECAUSE TO ME, THAT'S WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS, IS WE GET TO CLARIFY WHAT IT IS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE 5% RAISE.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES WITH THE SCHOOL BASED THERAPIST.
REALLY PROUD THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROCEEDING IN THE WAY IN THE TONE THAT IT IS REALLY PROUD THAT THE BOND PASSED AND WE'RE ABLE TO SHIFT SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES AND HOW CRITICAL THAT IS. SO I'M THIS IS A BUDGET I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IT IS ONE IN WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPRESS PRIORITIES IN A VERY MEANINGFUL WAY.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR SPRINKLING ALL THE FAIRY DUST ON TOP TO MAKE ALL OF THAT COME TOGETHER.
THANK YOU, ELLEN. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO. GO AHEAD, JAMES.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY REAL QUICK THAT I KNOW YOU INCLUDE THE EEF DONATION AND I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO ON BUDGETING, BUT LIKE WE SAID LAST WEEK OR LAST MEETING, THEY DO A LOT OF WORK AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO, AND WE KNOW THEY START FROM ZERO EVERY YEAR AND DO AN AMAZING JOB TO BRING US THAT DONATION, AND WHILE
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WE NEED TO INCLUDE IT IN OUR BUDGETING, IT WOULD IT WOULD.LEGALLY, I THINK YOU SAY WE HAVE TO BE SO CLOSE TO OUR BUDGET WE CAN'T GO OVER.
I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT THEY DO A LOT OF WORK TO BRING THAT TO US, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
WE WANT TO INCLUDE THAT NUMBER, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T WE DON'T COUNT ON IT.
WE DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY DO.
CAN YOU MENTION OR CLARIFY WHAT THAT'S EARMARKED FOR? SURE. MOST OF IT ABOUT 135 TO $140,000 OF IT IS RELATED TO HB THREE, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY , AND SO THAT WILL GO TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN CAN YOU ALSO EXPLAIN THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN A BUDGETED SHORTFALL AND A PROJECTED SHORTFALL? SURE.
SO A BUDGETED SHORTFALL, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADOPTING TONIGHT IS THE BUDGET, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TEXAS LAW IS WRITTEN, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU CAN'T EXCEED YOUR BUDGET.
HERE. SO YOU SEE THERE UNDER ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR THE GENERAL FUND ON THE LEFT THAT WE ACTUALLY BUDGET WITHIN 19 DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, AND SO THEY RANGE FROM REALLY BIG LIKE FUNCTION 91, WHICH IS RECAPTURE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT GOES IN FUNCTION 91 TO REALLY SMALL OF ABOUT $10,000 OR SOME KIND OF MISCELLANEOUS DEBT SERVICE STUFF THAT WE THAT WE HANDLE ON THE IN THE GENERAL FUND BUT IF YOU TAKE OUT THAT FUNCTION 91, THE BIG ONE IS OBVIOUSLY FUNCTION 11, WHICH IS INSTRUCTION, AND THAT'S WHERE TEACHERS ARE.
THAT'S WHERE CLASSROOM AIDES ARE.
THAT'S WHERE THE SUBSTITUTES ARE, THAT'S WHERE SUPPLIES ARE THAT GO INTO THE CLASSROOM, AND SO IF BUDGET REPRESENTS WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE.
THEN YOUR PRIORITY IS FUNCTION 11, INSTRUCTION.
THANK YOU. DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENT.
OKAY. THANK YOU, CHRIS, AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR OPEN PUBLIC HEARING HERE ABOUT THE SO WE WILL MOVE INTO A PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE 2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP.
[10.2 PUBLIC HEARING Regarding 2023-24 Proposed Budget & Tax Rate ]
SO WE WILL CLOSE THAT COMMENT TIME AND MOVE ON WITH OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM, WHICH IS THE 2023-2024 ENROLLMENT UPDATE.[11.1 Preliminary 2023-24 Enrollment Projections]
JEREMY TRIMBLE AND RACHEL HIGGINS.OBVIOUSLY. I'M JOINED HERE BY RACHEL HIGGINS, DISTRICT REGISTRAR, BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE REALLY TOUCHED THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS EVER SINCE IT STARTS IN THAT MARCH TIMEFRAME, WORKING THROUGH CURRENT TIME RIGHT NOW, AND SO ABOUT EVERYONE IN THIS DISTRICT TOUCHES THIS THIS PROCESS IN SOME WAY.
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT AND ALL THE LONG HOURS WE PROCESSED PROBABLY MORE TRANSFERS THAN WE'VE EVER PROCESSED BEFORE AND SO WITH THAT TASK, I'M GOING TO SHOW SOME DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT AN UPDATE ON ENROLLMENT, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE SHARED A TIMELINE A WHILE BACK ON HOW THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE STARTING IN MARCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD EVENING, AND JUST TO REFLECT ON THIS BRIEFLY, AS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE AND AS WE'VE SHARED BEFORE, WE DID OPEN ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS AND OUR TRANSFER WORKFLOW IN MARCH.
THIS ALLOWED NEW AND RETURNING RESIDENTS, NEW AND RETURNING TRANSFERS, EMPLOYEES AND NEW TRANSFERS TO THE DISTRICT TO START THEIR ENROLLMENT WORKFLOW, AND THIS TOUCHED ON NOT ONLY APPLYING FOR TRANSFER BUT ALSO STARTING THEIR NEW STUDENT ONLINE ENROLLMENT.
ALL OF THESE WORKFLOWS BEGAN IN MARCH, FOLLOWED BY KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP IN APRIL.
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WE THIS YEAR STAGGERED THE SPANISH IMMERSION APPLICATION WORKFLOW TO THEN FOLLOW IN APRIL SO THAT WE COULD COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AT KINDER ROUNDUP WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES WERE.FAMILIES FELT THEY MISSED THAT IN YEARS PRIOR, SO WE WERE SURE TO CLARIFY THAT THIS YEAR, MAY 1ST.
THAT'S WHEN OUR NEW TRANSFERS OPENED.
SO WITH THE NEW TRANSFER APPLICATION OPEN AND THEN ALL APPLICATIONS CLOSED IN MAY, WE COMPLETED OUR REVIEW AT THAT TIME WITH ALL ADMINISTRATION AND THEN WE BEGAN EARLY THIS MONTH, BEGAN OUR COMMUNICATION PROCESS.
THIS HAS BEEN AN INTENTIONAL AND STAGED WORKFLOW.
IT'S NOT BEEN A BLAST COMMUNICATION.
IT'S NOT A BLIND BCC EMAIL OUT.
THIS IS A VERY METHODICAL AND INTENTIONAL WORKFLOW AND FAMILIES DO GET FRUSTRATED WITH THAT AND REASONABLY SO, BUT WE'VE HAD MANY TEAM MEMBERS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO FAMILIES , AND THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING ALL OF THE VARIABLES, THE NEEDS THAT FAMILIES HAVE TO SEAT MORE THAN ONE SIBLING IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PROGRAM SPECIFIC INFORMATION, IF THERE ARE SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL TO PROVIDE THAT, AND DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHICH CAMPUS MAYBE WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY BEST WITH? WE'VE HAD MANY TEAM MEMBERS, AS JEREMY HAS MENTIONED, SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS.
I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE AND CALL OUT AND HONOR THEIR PRIVACY AT THE SAME TIME.
STEVE [INAUDIBLE] AND GINGER AND BETH HAVE ALL HELPED TRIAGE THE NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS NUMEROUS.
I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY VOICEMAILS I HAVE.
IN 2022 WE DID ULTIMATELY BLIND COPY MANY COMMUNICATIONS TO FAMILIES.
SO THERE'S A PERSONALIZED EMAIL, THERE'S A PERSONALIZED EMAIL FOR EACH STUDENT.
WE'VE ALSO UPGRADED OUR WORKFLOW TO INCLUDE A CONFIRMATION FORM.
IF WE'RE OFFERING A NEW FAMILY AN APPLICATION, A SEAT.
IF WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE HAVE A SEAT FOR THEM, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THAT SEAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TO FIND OUT IF THE STUDENT IS GOING TO ARRIVE.
WHAT'S THE INTENT? LAST YEAR, WE DID HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME NEW FAMILIES AND THEN THEY HAD OTHER PLANS, AND THAT'S TRUE OF NEW.
THAT'S TRUE OF RETURNING, THAT'S TRUE OF RESIDENT, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO MINIMIZE THE VARIABLES, AND WE'VE ALSO IMPROVED OUR WORKFLOW FOR CAMPUS TEAMS. WE'RE WORKING AHEAD OF SCHOOL START.
WE WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTS THE CAMPUS TEAMS. WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEY UNDERSTAND VERY WELL WHAT THE ROSTER LOOKS LIKE, HOW WE EXPECT THE STUDENTS TO BE ORGANIZED SO THAT IT STREAMLINES THEIR WORKFLOW INTO OUR SYSTEM AS WELL. WE WANT TO MINIMIZE WHAT THEY COME BACK TO SO THEY CAN MAYBE BE LESS STRESSED OUT WHEN THEY WALK BACK ONTO THE CAMPUS.
WE BEGAN IN JUNE WITH OUR EMPLOYEE POPULATION AGAIN, WE'RE INTENTIONAL WITH LETTING ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES 200 SOME ODD I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT ALMOST 300 STUDENTS KNOW THAT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM BACK AND REALLY FOCUS ON OUR EMPLOYEE POPULATION.
WE HAVE COMPLETED MOST OF OUR OUTREACH TO RETURNING POPULATION.
THANK YOU. THANK THANKS, RACHEL, AND SO THIS NEXT CHART YOU'VE SEEN, THIS IS THE THIRD ITERATION OF THIS CHART BECAUSE WE STARTED KIND OF BACK IN MARCH , AND THEN WE CAME AGAIN IN MAY.
JUST SHOWING JUST IN THE BEGINNING, WE JUST TAKE PROJECTIONS.
WE TRY TO ROLL THINGS JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE.
THE LAST TIME YOU SAW THIS, IT DIDN'T INCLUDE TRANSFERS.
THIS TIME IT DOES INCLUDE THOSE APPROVED TRANSFERS.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE CAMPUSES DIALED IN VERY CLOSE TO WHAT THOSE PROJECTIONS WOULD BE, ACCORDING TO THE DEMOGRAPHER, BUT YOU'LL SEE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'RE PROBABLY FOCUSED ON THAT NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS 7533 IS WHERE WE SIT AS OF SIX, 15, 20, 23.
YOU HEARD CHRIS SCOTT JUST SPEAK ON THE 7500.
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WE TRADITIONALLY SEE A GOOD GROUP OF STUDENTS ENROLL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MONTH OF JULY.IT'S A TREND THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS.
SO WE EXPECT THAT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN OVER THE SUMMER.
FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL BE, BUT IT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING TODAY, YOU'LL SEE ACROSS ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR GRADE LEVELS THAT WE'RE JUST UNDER LAST YEAR BY ABOUT 60 TO 70 STUDENTS JUST ACROSS THAT.
THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I'LL SHOW IN A MINUTE, BUT I WANT TO BRING IT UP RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE JUST GRADUATED AROUND 700 SENIORS AND WE HAVE ABOUT 375 KINDERGARTNERS COMING IN.
THAT IS THE OBSTACLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OVERCOME WITH THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, AND SO THAT'S JUST ONE SMALL FOCUS ON KINDERGARTEN, BUT WE LOOK ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE WITH TRANSFERS.
THIS IS KIND OF THE OVERALL 40,000 FOOT VIEW AT OUR ENROLLMENT ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES.
NEXT TRADITIONAL BREAKDOWN OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
A LOT OF DATA HERE, A LOT OF COLORS, A LOT OF BOXES.
I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO JUST A FEW THINGS I'LL HIGHLIGHT AND YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT OTHERS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT OUR ORANGE BOXES REPRESENT THOSE CLASSES K THROUGH FOUR THAT ARE OVER THAT 22 TO ONE RATIO.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A FEW OF THOSE ACROSS THE GRADE LEVELS, AND ALSO YOU'LL SEE THE ONE SECTION OF SPANISH IMMERSION, THAT FOURTH GRADE SECTION AT EANES ELEMENTARY, WHICH WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, CURRENTLY SITTING AT 29, MOVING THOSE STUDENTS BACK INTO THOSE INTO THAT SI CLASSROOM.
ANOTHER THING, CURRENTLY WE'RE SITTING AT A REDUCTION YEAR OVER YEAR OF FOUR FTE.
WE COULD GET NEW STUDENTS ENROLLING NEXT WEEK, WHICH COULD SO THAT COULD BE ADJUSTED BY THE TIME WE GET BACK HERE IN AUGUST PRESENTING THIS TO YOU, BUT WHAT SOME CHANGES FROM LAST TIME WE MET WAS AT BRIDGEPOINT SPECIFICALLY.
WE HAD SOME NEW ENROLLEES ON THE RESIDENT ENROLLEES THAT WE HAD TO ADMINISTRATIVELY MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO ADD A SECTION, A TRADITIONAL SECTION IN BOTH KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE.
SO YOU'LL SEE IN FIRST GRADE AT BRIDGEPOINT ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX SECTIONS ACROSS THAT GRADE LEVEL FOR TRADITIONAL AND TWO SPANISH IMMERSION CLASSES, AND SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN. THIS IS WHAT WE ANALYZED.
THIS IS WHAT OUR WORKSHOPS ABOUT WHEN WE LOOK AT TRANSFERS AND WHAT AVAILABLE SEATS WE HAVE.
ONE THING TO UNDERSTAND IS WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, SAY, IN FIFTH GRADE.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE TRANSFERS IN CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS.
WE HAVE THAT SITUATION EACH AND EVERY YEAR, AND SO IT'S JUST SOME OF THE OBSTACLES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH AS WE APPROVE OUR TRANSFERS, AND THEN JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT OUR OVERALL PRELIMINARY RESIDENT ENROLLMENT IS DOWN AND WE COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR, BUT ALSO TO THE DEMOGRAPHERS PROJECTION THAT WE ARE.
WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 100 OR SO BELOW THE DEMOGRAPHERS PROJECTION, AND SO LIKE I SAID, THAT COULD CHANGE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS DURING THE SUMMER, AND THEN SUBBULLET HERE IS THAT GRADUATING CLASS WAS PRETTY LARGE AND WE'RE BRINGING A LOW KINDER GROUP, AND SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE DO HAVE.
WE DO SEE TRADITIONALLY A LOT OF GROWTH BETWEEN KINDER AND FIRST, OUR TREND IS ABOUT EIGHT, 8.5%.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S WITHIN RANGE OF WHAT THAT TREND SHOWS.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS THIS LOW KINDER ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR AND WE'VE AT THIS POINT SURPASSED THAT 7500 BUDGETED NUMBER FOR FOR ENROLLMENT FOLLOWING ALL THE PROCESSES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE, AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT IS THIS YEAR WE'VE REVIEWED AND PROCESSED APPROXIMATELY 322 TOTAL TRANSFER APPLICATIONS.
THAT'S UP FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS AROUND 254, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE SITTING NOW AT 47% APPROVAL COMPARED TO 50% LAST YEAR.
JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT ALWAYS MORE SEATS EACH YEAR, AND SO WE PROCESS MORE TRANSFERS.
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I WANTED TO GIVE THIS OPPORTUNITY QUESTIONS.THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, TO HELP ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT HEATHER AND THEN ELLEN.
IT'S ALWAYS SO INTERESTING TO HEAR ALL OF THE WORK, AND I LOVED HEARING ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE GETTING IT DOWN TO A WELL-OILED MACHINE.
SO I'M GUESSING I JUST COMPARED THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES THAT WE GOT FROM OUR LAST MEETING AND THEN TO THESE AND IT LOOKED LIKE ESPECIALLY FOREST TRAIL GOT A LOT OF TRANSFERS, ESPECIALLY IN LIKE KINDERGARTEN POTENTIALLY.
IS THAT WHAT I'M SEEING? THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT NUMBER JUST BECAUSE WE HAD A NUMBER OF RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLL AS WELL.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF HOUSES ON THE MARKET IN THAT AREA, SO IT MAKES SENSE.
OKAY, AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO MARK HOW MANY SECTIONS OF COLLABORATIVE CLASSES WE HAVE? I DON'T KNOW. LET US LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE.
NO, NO, I DON'T NEED THE ANSWER TONIGHT. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HEATHER ELLEN AND THEN JEN, THANKS.
JEREMY, WHERE WERE WE OFF THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS IN ANY SPECIFIC AREAS OR WE ARE UNDER KINDER PROJECTION BY ABOUT 30-35 STUDENTS.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT A COLLECTIVE OVER FROM KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE, THERE'S DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE UNDER BECAUSE THERE'S ANALYTICS INVOLVED, RIGHT? AND SO IF YOU DON'T HIT THAT GROWTH PROJECTION, THEN THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT 100 STUDENTS, SO YOU TAKE THAT ACROSS 13 GRADE LEVELS.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL MISSES HERE AND THERE.
OUR NUMBER IS OUR LARGEST MISS CURRENTLY.
SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES THERE EXCEPT FOR FOR KINDERGARTEN AND DO WE KNOW WHAT THE KINDER RATE FROM THE DEMOGRAPHER IS TYPICALLY BASED ON, I WOULD GUESS BIRTH RATE, BIRTH RATE AND HOUSE HOME TURNOVER? IT IS, AND ONE THING TO CONSIDER, THEY TAKE BIRTH RATE PER ZIP CODE, AND SO THERE'S A SMALL VARIABLE THERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THE WEST SIDE ZIP CODE THAT WE SHARE WITH LAKE TRAVIS.
I THINK THERE MAY BE A MARGIN FOR ERROR THERE, BUT BEYOND THAT, IT'S BASED ON BIRTH RATE, WHICH IS PRETTY ACCURATE OR CURRENT CONSENSUS DATA, BUT THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT KINDERGARTEN IS JUST WHAT IS IT? ARE WE STILL HAVING STUDENTS WHAT WE CALL REDSHIRT KINDERGARTNERS JUST WAITING ONE MORE YEAR? THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES OUT THERE THAT A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH.
I DO NOTICE THAT WE HAVE SOME CLASSES THAT ARE STILL IN THE 15 TO 17 RANGE.
IS THERE OPPORTUNITY AT THIS POINT FOR ADDITIONAL TRANSFER APPLICATIONS IF THEY HAPPEN TO FIT IN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES? WELL, ONE THING TO UNDERSTAND IS WE DO WANT TO HAVE SOME ROOM, RIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DOWN TO TWO SECTIONS.
SO KINDERGARTEN IS VERY HARD TO PINPOINT.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU SEE THE DEMOGRAPHER, BUT ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE TWO SECTIONS, YOU COULD GET AN INFLUX OF RESIDENT STUDENTS THAT COULD REALLY PUSH YOU OVER REALLY QUICK AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO OVER THAT 22 [INAUDIBLE], AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE MULTIPLE REVIEWS WITH CAMPUSES ON MANY, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT SOME KINDERGARTNERS HAVE SIBLINGS THAT ARE COMING THAT NEED, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT COME IN THERE.
CAN'T SAY NO, THAT THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE REVIEWED THOSE THAT HAVE APPLIED, AND THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE. I WOULD ASSUME WE'D SEE SOME KINDER ENROLLEES OVER THE SUMMER. SO THIS NUMBER, I WOULD HOPE, WOULD CHANGE AT THAT AT THAT TIME.
I THINK OF INTEREST TO THAT TO ELLEN, IS THAT WHEN IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEAT AN APPLICANT AT THEIR FIRST PRIORITY CHOICE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AND CAMPUS TEAMS TO TRY TO FIND A CAMPUS THAT WOULD WORK FOR THEM FOR THEIR FAMILY SITUATION.
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SO IT'S NOT JUST A PRIORITY ONE YOU FIT OR YOU DON'T, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO SEAT AS MANY APPLICANTS AS WE CAN.VERY GOOD, AND I THINK WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHAT'S IN THE WATER AT LOST CREEK.
I MEAN, SOMEHOW THOSE KIDS TEND TO COME IN GROUPS OF 21 AND 22, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOREVER JUST CONSISTENTLY YEAR AFTER YEAR, THEY IT SEEMS TO BE AWFULLY BALANCED OR WELL BALANCED.
I SHOULDN'T USE THE WORD AWFULLY, BUT WELL BALANCED IN IN THAT AREA, BUT IT DOES BOTHER ME THAT NOW AT FOREST TRAIL, THE CLASS SIZES ON AVERAGE ARE FOUR KIDS OVER OUR SMALLEST AVERAGE CLASS SIZE, AND THAT'S A HUGE FOUR KIDS PER CLASS. THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON SO THAT WE DON'T END UP WITH INEQUITIES BETWEEN OUR SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR THIS REPORT, AND THANK YOU.
I KNOW THIS IS JUST AN UNBELIEVABLY DIFFICULT UNDERTAKING.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS I.
I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF ELLEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE VERY LOW CLASS SIZES, AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REALLY THINK ABOUT COULD WE REOPEN THE APPLICATION LIMITED THROUGH THE SUMMER? BECAUSE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, AND WE'VE DEFINITELY SEEN THAT HAPPEN, PARTICULARLY WITH KINDERGARTEN, THAT YOU SEE THAT BUMP LATE IN THE SUMMER, BUT SEEING THESE LOW NUMBERS IN SOME OF THE HIGHER GRADE LEVELS MAKES ME WONDER IF THERE'S NOT SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE COULD BE FAMILIES OUT THERE LATE TO THE GAME MAKING DECISIONS.
SO AGAIN, UP TO YOU ALL, BUT I REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT AND SEE IF THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO ECHO THE CONCERN THAT I RAISED LAST MEETING THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS, THAT 29 STUDENTS IN ONE CLASS IS SO FAR ABOVE WHAT WE CONSIDER ACCEPTABLE IN THIS DISTRICT AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE EDUCATION FOR THOSE CHILDREN.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE BURDEN ON THE TEACHER.
THANK YOU. COULD I SAY ONE THING ABOUT THAT, JEN? I MEAN, WE ARE ALSO UNCERTAIN OF THAT NUMBER.
HOWEVER, OUR CHOICES ARE VERY LIMITED AT EANES.
THE ONE THING TO CONSIDER REGARDING THE 29 IS THERE ARE NO CHILDREN IN THAT 29 WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED SPECIAL NEEDS, WHEREAS THERE'S A CONCENTRATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE OTHER GEN ED SECTIONS.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 29 CHILDREN.
WHILE THAT'S A LARGE NUMBER, CHILDREN IN A CLASSROOM WHO HAVE NO SPECIAL NEEDS VERSUS THOSE WHO ARE IN CLASSROOMS WHERE THERE'S A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. NONETHELESS, WE HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED AN AIDE FOR THAT CLASSROOM, AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN THAT ROOM WITH THOSE 29 STUDENTS. THE CONSTRAINT IS THAT GIVEN OUR EFFORT TO TRY TO EVENTUALLY REMOVE ALL OF THE PORTABLES ON THAT CAMPUS. WE HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO ADD A SECTION WITHOUT DISPLACING A SPECIAL ED CLASSROOM, AND WE'RE ALSO RELUCTANT TO DO THAT, BUT THERE IS SPACE IF WE UTILIZE THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD MORE SECTIONS ON THIS CAMPUS.
IN THE PAST, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS OR WHATEVER WE CALL THEM THESE DAYS HAS BEEN A LONG TERM GOAL.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVER INTENDED TO BE AT THE, AT THE TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE ARE USING THAT AS A REASON TO NOT EXPAND.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR AN AIDE.
IT WOULDN'T BE SIGNIFICANTLY MUCH MORE TO PAY FOR A FULL TIME EQUIVALENT TEACHER.
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ANY OTHER BOARD COMMENTS? YEAH. LAURA.I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE CHART ABOVE THIS ONE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I LOOK AT CLASS SIZES IS AT THIS, THIS LEVEL AND I SAID THIS LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THESE NUMBERS AND [INAUDIBLE] I STILL HOLD WITH THIS IS THAT FOREST TRAIL IS, IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLIER , AND I WOULD SAY THAT SCHOOL IS AN AREA THAT WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON AN AVERAGE CLASS SIZE OF 22 IS GETTING UP THERE FOR US, AND I THINK THAT WHATEVER WE CAN DO AT THAT CAMPUS TO BRING THAT OVERALL AVERAGE CLASS SIZE DOWN WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL.
ALSO, SORRY, REITERATE SOMETHING I SAID LAST TIME AS WELL IS THAT OUR STAFF KNOWS THESE CLASSES.
SO I LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE CHART THAT I'M LOOKING AT.
I MEAN, WE WERE AT 19.5 PRE K TO FIVE LAST YEAR.
THE OTHER NUMBERS HAVE JUST KIND OF TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE.
OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASS SIZES HAVE GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS HAS HELD THE SAME.
I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE BALANCE OF THE CLASS SIZES AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
YEAH, GO AHEAD. I ALSO LOST IN THE LAST MEETING HAD VOICED THE CONCERN ABOUT THAT HIGH CLASS NUMBER IN EANES , AND I'VE ASKED SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, AND I'VE HEARD YOU SPEAK TO THAT, DR.
ARNETT. THE PORTABLE ISSUE TO ME.
I MEAN I JUST QUESTION WHETHER WE NEED TO BE STICKING HARD TO THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFFING, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED, AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT.
SO IF THAT IS THE CASE, YOU KNOW.
THEN I BELIEVE THAT THEY'LL BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT I AM CONCERNED.
SO AND SPACE WISE WITH SAFETY, AS YOU'RE SAYING JEN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE ONE MORE TIME THAT IT IS A RED FLAG FOR ME, BUT IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE REALLY HAD THE CONVERSATIONS YOU NEED TO AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT THEN.
I RESPECT THAT. THANK YOU, DIANE, AND LOOKING AT THIS, I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED ABOUT LOOKING AT THE SIZE AT FOREST TRAIL.
MY PRIORITIES WOULD BE RELIEVING FOR HIS TRAIL BEFORE I FOCUSED ON ONE CLASS OF 29, ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH THAT CLASS AND WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN SOME ACTION THERE BUT I AGAIN, THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
AS A BOARD, WE EXPRESS OUR DESIRE FOR IDEAL CLASS SIZES AND IN MY OPINION, WE LEAVE IT UP TO THE ADMINISTRATORS TO TAKE CARE OF HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THIS.
NOW, THAT'S THE FIRST CURTSY I REMEMBER IN QUITE A WHILE.
[CHUCKLING] THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
[11.2 2023 Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Delegate Assembly Appointment]
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE NEED TO DO THIS.[02:05:03]
HEATHER, YOU'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE A BIGWIG.[CHUCKLING] THANK YOU FOR DOING.
OH, THAT'S RIGHT. AN ALTERNATE.
YEAH. WHO WOULD BE OUR DELEGATE AND OUR ALTERNATE? I'VE JUST DONE IT BEFORE.
I WOULD LIKE FOR ANOTHER TRUSTEE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU, JEN. I'VE BEEN A I THINK I WAS AN ALTERNATE AT ONE POINT TOO, SO I'VE DONE THAT AS WELL.
NOT TO BE SUPER INFORMAL, BUT LIKE, CAN I GET LIKE A LITTLE THING OF WHO'S GOING TO BE GOING TO TASA/TASB OR WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN GOING TO TASA/TASB? I'M TRAVELING THAT I CAN'T GO.
I'D LIKE TO GO NEXT YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR IS NOT GOOD FOR ME.
I ENJOY IT. IT IS A VERY, VERY INTERESTING AND EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE.
I'VE ALSO BEEN AN ALTERNATE AND AS AN ALTERNATE, YOU GET TO PARTICIPATE IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
SO YEAH, AND DIANE, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING THE ALTERNATE? YES, I WOULD. I THINK YOU WOULD BE.
OKAY. WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
OKAY. I THINK UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION.
THANKS. THANKS TO ALL FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT.
I THINK JEN'S GOING TO WIN THE LOTTERY ON THE MEETING LENGTH.
BY THE WAY, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE.
WE MOVE INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[12. ACTION - CONSENT AGENDA]
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED.I HAVE A MOTION BY ELLEN AND A SECOND BY JEN.
ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN ACTION ON THE VALLEY VIEW BOOSTER CLUB DONATION.
[13.1 Valley View Elementary Booster Club Donation]
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE DONATION OF $35,215.15 FROM THE VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY BOOSTER CLUB WITH THANKS FROM THE BOARD.A MOTION FROM KIM SECOND BY LAURA.
ANY DISCUSSION. THANK YOU TO THE BOOSTER CLUB VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.
ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. SEEING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES.
IS THE APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL.
[13.2 Approve Contract for General Counsel]
A CONTRACT FOR GENERAL COUNSEL.I HAVE A MOTION BY ELLEN AND A SECOND BY HEATHER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER, AND WE'LL MISS OUR FORMER GENERAL COUNSEL.
I WAS GOING TO AMEND THE MOTION, BUT.
OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
NONE OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
THE NEXT ACTION IS THE ADOPTION OF THE 2023-2024 BUDGET.
[13.3 Adoption of 2023-24 Budget for General Fund, Debt Service Fund and Child Nutrition Fund]
DO I HAVE A MOTION? LAURA. I MOVE THAT.I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PROPOSED 2023-24 BUDGETS AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL FOR THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CHILD NUTRITION FUND AS PRESENTED.
THANKS CHRIS AND TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK THERE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
NEXT ACTION IS ACTION AROUND THE EXTENSION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT.
[13.4 Extension of Superintendent's Contract and Delegation of Authority to Board President to Negotiate and Execute Contract Amendment]
DO I HAVE A MOTION? ELLEN.I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXTEND THE TERM OF DR.
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NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENTS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT.MOTION BY ELLEN SECOND BY HEATHER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW LUCKY WE ARE THAT YOU ARE AT THE HELM, JEFF, AND THAT THE WE THANK YOU AS TRUSTEES AND CERTAINLY THE FEEDBACK WE GET IS THAT THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL.
SO IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT YOU WOULD ENTERTAIN ACCEPTING OUR MOTION.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, LAURA? I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY ASKED YOU, DR.
ARNETT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXTEND YOUR CONTRACT.
SO THANK YOU FOR GRACIOUSLY AGREEING.
KIM. OH, I ALSO WANT TO JUST ADD MY THANKS TO YOUR SERVICE, DR.
ARNETT, AND FOR THIS DISTRICT AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
OUR FINAL ACT ACTION TONIGHT IS THE 2023 TEXAS.
[13.5 2023 Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Delegate]
IS THAT THE FINAL ACTION? YEAH.DELEGATE ASSEMBLY APPOINTMENT.
MOTION BY HEATHER, SECOND BY ELLEN.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WILLING TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
OKAY. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF OUR UPCOMING VACATION.
[14. UPCOMING MEETINGS]
THE BOARD WILL NEXT CONVENE IN SPECIAL SESSION ON AUGUST 8TH, AND WE WILL HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] YEAH.YEAH. SCHOOL BOARD FULL TIME FOR A WHILE HERE.
I STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GO, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A REGULAR MEETING ON AUGUST 22ND.
WITH THAT, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:13.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.