Oct 22, 2024 School Board Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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THE TIME IS NOW 6 P.M.

AND I CALL THE OCTOBER 22ND, 2024 MEETING OF THE EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.

MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM?

[2. ESTABLISH A QUORUM]

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE, 51.071 AND 551.074.

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

SEE YOU IN A BIT. THE TIME IS NOW 7:06

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

GOOD EVENING. I AM JAMES SPRADLEY, PRESIDENT OF THE EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION, WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE INTEREST YOU HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WE ALSO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE VIEWING ON VIDEO LIVE TONIGHT AND THE RECORDING IN THE FUTURE.

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

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

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM OUTBURSTS, ALTHOUGH APPLAUSE IN CELEBRATION FOR HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE SHARE ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

AND IF YOU ARE HERE FOR A SPECIFIC TOPIC TONIGHT, IT'S FINE IF YOU DUCK OUT AFTERWARDS, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU DO SO QUIETLY.

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

WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THEY WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE WILL NOW, WELL, YOU'RE TELLING ME MY SCHEDULE.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR AGENDA.

WE WILL START WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

[5. EANES ISD MISSION STATEMENT]

INSPIRE EVERY PERSON, EVERY DAY.

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

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

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

WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE AUGUST HEISNER HERE VISITING US TO SAY OUR PLEDGE.

AUGUST IS A STUDENT AT HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN EIGHTH GRADE.

HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 30 AND HE IS A STAR RANK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

PLEASE.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[7. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT]

THANK YOU, MR. SPRADLEY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME.

IT HAS BEEN A BUSY TWO WEEKS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER AS A BOARD, AND WANTED TO SHARE JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS WITH YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, LAST WEEK I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPENDING TIME AT THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL CLUB FAIR.

I DON'T KNOW IF MANY PEOPLE REALIZE, BUT THERE ARE 205 CLUBS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS TO CHOOSE FROM, AND SAW A WIDE VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I MEAN, THERE LITERALLY IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE DEPENDING UPON YOUR INTERESTS AND YOUR PASSIONS.

SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, TO CREDIT THE STUDENTS.

AND MR. RAMSEY, WHO IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

ALSO IN THE TWO WEEKS SINCE WE LAST MET, THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TOURING MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES.

LET'S SEE, THEY HAVE BEEN TO HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, TO VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO FOREST TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, REALLY SPENDING A LOT OF TIME GETTING TO KNOW OUR CAMPUSES AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE SCHOOLS OF THE FUTURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

AND THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE ARE SCHEDULED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD AT YOUR DECEMBER MEETING.

SO THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS.

SPEAKING OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY CAMPUSES THAT WE VISITED TOGETHER, AND I THINK THAT I GOT ALL OF THE STOPS THAT WE MADE, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE TRUSTEES SPENDING TIME VISITING WITH THE PRINCIPALS, INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF, SEEING THE CAMPUSES.

SO WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.

MRS. CLARK AND MR. SPRADLEY WERE THERE FOR THAT STOP, AND THEN AT BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

IT WAS MRS. BALTHAZAR AND MRS. MARWILL, AND WE VISITED A NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS AND SO MANY STAFF THERE AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY.

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AND THEN TODAY IT WAS MRS. BALTHAZAR AND MISS HEARN WHO WERE WITH US AT EANES ELEMENTARY.

SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GROUND AND COVERED A LOT OF GROUND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND ANOTHER STOP THAT WE MADE TODAY, AND THIS IS WHERE I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.

AND THAT WAS EARLIER TODAY AT HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AGAIN, A FABULOUS PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE AUSTIN WESTLAKE ROTARY CLUB.

AND EVERY MONTH AN EDUCATOR IS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE A SURPRISE CHECK.

AND SO TODAY WE WERE THERE TO VISIT WITH A FIRST YEAR TEACHER AT HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WAS CHOSEN BY THE CAMPUS TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.

SO I WANT TO THANK DIANE AND HEATHER, WHO WERE WITH US ON THAT STOP.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE IN THAT PHOTO IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, FORMER TRUSTEE JIM STRICKLAND WAS THERE AS WELL TO PRESENT THE CHECK TO OUR EDUCATOR OF THE MONTH.

SO REALLY PROUD TO MAKE THOSE VISITS EVERY MONTH.

AND WE'VE ALREADY STOPPED AT A NUMBER OF THE CAMPUSES AND WE HAVE MANY MORE TO COME.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, DR. ARNETT, I BELIEVE I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE TRUSTEES TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THESE CAMPUSES.

PERSONALLY, I CAN VISIT A CAMPUS MULTIPLE TIMES AND SEE SOMETHING NEW EVERY TIME AND LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL EVERY TIME WE VISIT. SO IT'S A WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND WE THANK THE OUR HOSTS AT THOSE SCHOOLS AND DOCTOR ARNETT FOR HELPING US HAVE THOSE TOURS.

SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE INTO OPEN FORUM NOW.

[8. OPEN FORUM]

I'M GOING TO GET OUT MY OFFICIAL WORDS TO READ HERE.

OKAY. IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP THIS EVENING AND SHE WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

ONCE YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT YOUR TIME UP IS UP CATHERINE, YOU KNOW THE DRILL.

PLEASE FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND THEN STOP.

AS A GENERAL RULE, JUST FYI TO THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE ATTENDING IN THE ROOM.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM RESPONDING TO COMMENTS MADE IN OPEN FORUM.

SO WE MAY LOOK LIKE STONES UP HERE BECAUSE WE'RE LISTENING, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REPLY TO THAT.

IF THERE ARE ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES, WE ASK THAT THOSE BE GIVEN TO US IN PRIVATE SESSION.

JUST FYI 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 A POSTED AGENDA.

OKAY. SO WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR OPEN FORUM.

THANK YOU AGAIN, CATHERINE, FOR BEING HERE AND CATHERINE WALKER IS HERE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT DISTRICT FINANCES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR ARNETT.

MY NAME IS CATHERINE WALKER AND I AM A PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS AT BRIDGEPOINT ELEMENTARY AND ONE AT HILL COUNTRY.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET DEFICIT THAT OUR CFO, CHRIS SCOTT, PRESENTED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

I HEARD CHRIS ASK FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD AFTER OUTLINING A PROJECTED $6.5 MILLION DEFICIT FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ALSO KNOW RECENTLY THAT LAKE TRAVIS ISD JUST LAST WEEK PASSED A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR A $6 MILLION SHORTFALL.

I URGE THE DISTRICT TO ENGAGE IN OPEN AND FRANK CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL, RATHER THAN FOCUSING SOLELY ON THE AGGREGATE BUDGET.

AT THE VERY LEAST, CONVERSATIONS SHOULD BE CENTERED ON THE FINANCIAL BREAK EVEN POINT FOR EACH SCHOOL, MEANING DO THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES RETAINED FOR ENROLLED STUDENTS COVER THE STUDENT'S DIRECT OPERATING COSTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD.

THIS IS NOT A PANACEA, BUT ONE POWERFUL TOOL IN A TOOLBOX TO HELP THE CONVERSATION GOING.

I RECOGNIZE THAT ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR MAY BE MAY FEEL SINGLED OUT.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXAMINE THAT FINANCIAL BREAK EVEN FOR ALL SIX ELEMENTARIES, BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WHILE IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO CONSCIENTIOUSLY OPERATE ONE SCHOOL AT A LOSS WHILE ANOTHER OPERATES IN THE BLACK, WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE NO INSIGHT INTO THIS CRUCIAL INFORMATION RIGHT NOW. I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THIS ANALYSIS CONSIDERS THE IMPACT OF THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM, BOTH FROM AN ENROLLMENT AND COST PERSPECTIVE ON EACH SCHOOL'S FINANCIAL STANDING. ADDITIONALLY, EEF DONATIONS SHOULD BE SHOWN SEPARATELY FROM THIS ANALYSIS SINCE THE IEF CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT GUARANTEED.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS A GIVEN IN ANY FINANCIAL REVIEW AIMED AT GUIDING TOUGH DECISIONS TO REDUCE A POTENTIAL $6.5 MILLION DEFICIT.

SIMPLICITY, TRANSPARENCY AND STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS ARE ESSENTIAL AT THIS POINT.

LASTLY, I REALIZE THAT ADMINISTRATION HAS COMMITTED TO NO REDUCTIONS IN STAFF DIRECTLY TIED TO THIS ENDEAVOR, AND PERHAPS WITH NATURAL ATTRITION.

THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE SERIOUS, IMPACTFUL CONVERSATIONS PUBLICLY.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE CHRIS, THE EANES ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD TO UTILIZE WHATEVER COMMUNITY RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO DIG INTO THESE NUMBERS.

I'M A CFO, ALSO OF A PUBLIC AGENCY, BUT I'M POSITIVE THAT THERE ARE OTHER ADDITIONAL FINANCIALLY MINDED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD HAVE SKILL SETS EQUAL TO THE

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I WILL ADD, SINCE I HAVE 45 SECONDS LEFT, THAT I'M HAPPY TO ALSO SEND THIS TO YOU ALL IN AN EMAIL.

THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU, CATHERINE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR REPORTS WITH STARTING WITH MARIA ROCKSTAD FOR OUR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATINGS SYSTEMS OF TEXAS REPORT.

[9.1 Report on Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST)]

GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE MORE THAN ONE SLIDE THIS TIME.

SO, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING SYSTEM FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEN TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE PRESCRIBES WHAT THOSE INDICATORS ARE.

AND THEN THEY ALSO REQUIRE A THERE'S REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND THEN A HEARING IS REQUIRED AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY SYSTEM HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2003, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO MEASURE CRITICAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INDICATORS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT THIS IS A 2024 FIRST REPORT, BUT IT'S BASED ON 22-23 FINANCIAL DATA AND STUDENT DATA.

EVERY YEAR SINCE ITS INCEPTION, EANES ISD HAS RECEIVED THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING.

EVERY FEW YEARS OR SO, THE FIRST REPORT KIND OF GOES THROUGH SOME REVISIONS.

AND SO THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS UPDATED WAS IN 2021.

AND SO THERE WAS SEVERAL INDICATORS THAT WERE ADDED AT THAT POINT.

THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL INDICATOR ADDED FOR THIS YEAR.

BUT THE OTHER ONES HAVE REMAINED THE SAME.

SO NOW, RATHER THAN THERE BEING 20 INDICATORS, THERE ARE 21.

THE CRITICAL AND SALINE INDICATORS THAT ARE IN THE FIRST REPORT ARE TO ADDRESS THE OVERALL COMPETENCY OF THE DISTRICT'S BUSINESS OPERATIONS, AND ADHERENCE TO STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES.

THERE ARE INDICATORS ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR ARE CALLED CONSIDERED CRITICAL INDICATORS.

SO THESE ARE JUST YES NO QUESTIONS.

IN THESE INSTANCES, IF THE ANSWER IS A NO, THEN THE DISTRICT AUTOMATICALLY FAILS THE RECEIVES A FAILING SCORE.

AND THESE ARE QUESTIONS LIKE DID WERE THE FINANCIAL REPORTS SUBMITTED IN TIME TO TEA? WERE TIMELY PAYMENTS MADE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES? WERE TIMELY PAYMENTS MADE FOR BOND INDEBTEDNESS.

AND THEN INDICATORS FOUR, FIVE, SIX, 16, 17, 20 AND 21 ARE ALL CEILING INDICATORS.

SO THIS MEANS THAT IF A DISTRICT DOES NOT MEET THESE INDICATORS, THEY ARE CAPPED ON HOW MANY POINTS THEY CAN RECEIVE FOR THAT INDICATOR.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT FOUR IS IN BOTH PLACES.

IT'S KIND OF A HYBRID ONE.

SO THERE'S CERTAIN INSTANCES WHERE IF YOU DON'T MEET IT, YOU JUST GET A DEDUCTION ON POINTS.

AND THEN IF IT GOES EVEN FURTHER, YOU WOULD FAIL THE YOU WOULD RECEIVE A FAILING GRADE.

THE REMAINING INDICATORS ARE FINANCIAL RATIOS.

AND THESE ARE THE TYPES, THE THINGS YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN WHEN YOU'RE DOING COMPARISONS FOR BUSINESSES.

AGAIN, THEY'RE TESTING THE OVERALL FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT.

EACH ONE OF THESE INDICATORS HAS A RANGE OF POINTS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN EARN.

THEY RANGE FROM 0 TO 10, EXCEPT FOR TWO INDICATORS WHERE RANGES FROM 0 TO 5.

AND THEN THE SUM OF ALL THESE POINTS IS WHAT GIVES US OUR FINAL SCORE.

I'M LISTING THESE AS NEW INDICATORS, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE INDICATORS THAT WERE MADE IN THE LAST REVISION OF THE FIRST.

BUT THESE ARE THE SAME INDICATORS THAT WE SHOWED LAST YEAR, EXCEPT LIKE I SAID, INDICATOR 21.

SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS ADDED THIS YEAR.

AND IT IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVED AN ADJUSTED REPAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR MORE THAN ONE FISCAL YEAR FOR AN OVERALLOCATION OF FSB FUNDS, BECAUSE OF A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THAT DIDN'T APPLY FOR US.

THE RATING DETERMINATION THAT TEA USES FOR THEIR FIRST REPORT IS YOUR TYPICAL A, B, AND C THAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING IN SCHOOL.

EVERYTHING ABOVE A 90 IS AN A 80, 89 IS A B, 70 TO 79 IS A C, AND THEN ANYTHING BELOW A 70 WOULD BE CONSIDERED FAILING.

THIS YEAR, EANES ISD EARNED A 92, SO THAT'S CONSIDERED A SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT.

I'M GIVING YOU A COMPARISON TO THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ABOUT 85% OF ALL DISTRICTS RECEIVED A RATING OF A SUPERIOR OF SUPERIOR.

THIS ACTUALLY WENT DOWN FROM LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT 90%.

YEAH, IT WAS ABOUT 90%.

SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT DOWN FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

AGAIN, WHICH WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE INDICATOR THAT EANES ALWAYS LOSES POINTS ON IS INDICATOR

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SO BASICALLY IT'S TRYING TO MEASURE HOW MUCH SHORT TERM ASSETS THE DISTRICT HAS IN ORDER TO COVER ITS SHORT TERM LIABILITIES.

THIS ISN'T REALLY A GREAT MEASURE FOR EANES BECAUSE WE'RE CHAPTER 49 DISTRICT.

SO WHEN WE REACH THE END OF A FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE WE DECIDE WE MAKE THE, SELECT THE OPTION TO NOT PAY OR RECAPTURE UNTIL AUGUST.

THEN WE HAVE A REALLY HUGE LIABILITY AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

IN THIS EXAMPLE WE HAD TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS OF 203 MILLION.

OUR TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES WERE 150 MILLION, BUT 120 MILLION OF THAT WAS RELATED TO RECAPTURE.

SO THAT ENDS UP WE END UP LOSING EIGHT POINTS ON THAT IN THAT INDICATOR BECAUSE OF THAT REASON.

IF WE EXCLUDED THAT RECAPTURE LIABILITY, I MEAN, IF YOU, IF WE ACTUALLY IF WE PAID, IF WE PAID THE RECAPTURE BEFORE JUNE 30TH, THAT WOULD REMOVE THE LIABILITY, THAT WOULD REMOVE THE ASSETS FROM THE BOOKS, AND THAT WOULD CHANGE THE RATIO TO 2.79.

AND WE WOULD ACTUALLY EARN EIGHT POINTS.

WE WOULD ONLY LOSE TWO POINTS ON IT.

SO IF THE RECAPTURE BURDEN CONTINUES TO INCREASE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS.

THIS INDICATE US LOSING POINTS ON THIS INDICATOR.

AND AS A COMPARISON, LAST YEAR WE HAD THE POINT SYSTEM ON THIS WAS THE RATIO WAS 1.45 AND THIS YEAR IT'S DOWN TO 1.36.

SO ONCE YOU GET BELOW ONE IT WILL YOU'LL LOSE ALL THE POINTS FOR THAT INDICATOR.

THE REPORT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE INCLUDES THE 2024 OVERALL RATING, WHICH IS OUR SUPERIOR RATING, AND THEN THE OVERALL 2024 STATEWIDE DISTRICT RATINGS.

THE 2024 FIRST REPORT, THE 2023 FIRST REPORT.

AND THEN ONCE WE POST THESE TO THE WEB AND THE REPORT THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET INCLUDES THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED.

SO A COUPLE OF THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED IS THAT WE NEED TO EITHER INCLUDE THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT IN THE REPORT OR PROVIDE A LINK TO THE TO THE WEBSITE.

ALSO, WE PROVIDE A SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF ALL THE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT ARE MADE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS DURING THAT PERIOD.

THE 22-23, THAT IS IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEATHER, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I WANTED TO ASK.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF KNOWING I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE RECAPTURE THING IN ADVANCE.

SO THANK YOU FOR COVERING THAT.

IT IS JUST INFURIATING THAT WE GET DINGED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY RECAPTURE.

SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND MAYBE TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE GET DINGED FOR THE STATE MANDATING US TO DO SOMETHING. BUT I AM CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE A HYPOTHESIS ON WHY THERE WAS LIKE A 5% DROP STATEWIDE.

AND THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO WITH US.

BUT, I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S AN INCREASE IN RECAPTURE, BUT LIKE WITH COMPRESSION, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE YOU CAN LOSE POINTS IF YOU'RE NOT BUDGETING WITHIN A CERTAIN YOU KNOW, LIKE WITHIN 3% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO YOU COULD LOSE SOME POINTS BASED ON THAT.

SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF INDICATORS THAT T HAS STILL BEEN PAUSING ON BECAUSE WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT WITH THESE NEW INDICATORS, COVID HAD JUST HAPPENED.

RIGHT. AND SO THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DO YOU BUDGET.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY KIND OF AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING HIT BECAUSE IT'S GETTING HARD TO BUDGET IN SOME AREAS TO BE ABLE TO PREDICT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU AND CHRIS AND YOUR TEAMS REALLY LOOK OUT FOR ALL THE THINGS SO THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE SAME QUESTION.

AND PART OF ME WANTS TO HYPOTHESIZE THAT AS THE FUNDING BECOMES MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE THAT MAYBE WERE, SOME OF THEM ARE FALLING INTO WORSE FINANCIAL SHAPE.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHEN WE IF WE EVER SEE AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OR SOME OTHER STATE FUNDING, MAYBE WE'LL SEE SOME OF THAT PICK UP.

BUT YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING THAT I THINK THEY WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.

I THINK THAT IF EANES FALLS INTO A B RATING, CERTAINLY WOULD BE A HUGE, YOU KNOW, INDICATOR TO THE STATE THAT THEIR SYSTEM IS MESSED UP.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND THERE IS AN APPEALS PROCESS WITH THEM.

BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN ONLY APPEAL IF IT'S GOING TO CHANGE YOUR RATING FROM A B TO A OR, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN APPEAL THE POINTS WITHIN AN A.

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I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY APPEALS ARE OVERTURNED.

SO YEAH.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD BE OPPOSED TO EXPOSING A FLAWED SYSTEM AND EATING A B BECAUSE WE KNOW THE REASON.

KIM, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YEAH, I DID.

SO, HEATHER, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION ALSO ON THE DOWNWARD TREND.

BUT ALSO MARIA, I HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER JUST QUICK QUESTIONS AND THEY ARE ON INDICATOR EIGHT, WHICH I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW, A LOT.

SO YOU SAID THAT WE LOST EIGHT POINTS, RIGHT, BECAUSE OF INDICATOR EIGHT.

SO IF WE HADN'T LOST THOSE IF THE CALCULATION WAS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, UNFAIR TO CHAPTER 40, 49 SCHOOLS, WOULD WE THEN HAVE GOTTEN 100 AS A SCORE? SO WHEN I LOOK AT IT, IF, FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE THE AMOUNTS WOULD END UP.

BUT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD MADE THE RECAPTURE PAYMENT BY JUNE 30TH, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT 120 MILLION ON THE BOOKS.

AND SO WE ALSO WOULDN'T HAVE THE CORRESPONDING ASSET WITH IT.

BUT WHEN YOU REDO THAT CALCULATION, ASSUMING WE MADE THE PAYMENT BY JUNE 30TH, THEN WE'D ONLY LOSE TWO POINTS.

OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT A POINT FOR POINT.

WHEN I HEARD THE EIGHT POINTS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR THAT THAT WASN'T THAT BIG OF A JUMP.

RIGHT. AND I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHERE THAT BREAK WAS, LIKE WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE TO GAIN THE FULL TEN POINTS.

BUT THEY'RE ALL RANGES, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE IF YOUR RANGE IS IN THIS SECTION, THEN YOU'VE LOST FOUR POINTS HERE.

THEN IT'S SIX POINTS. OKAY.

AND THEN IF THERE IS THIS TREND DOWNWARD, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IN MANY WAYS OUT OF OUR CONTROL, AND WE CONTINUE TO GO DOWNWARD AND WE CONTINUE TO, I'M ASSUMING, HAVE CORRESPONDING LARGER GAPS IN THIS.

AND WE FALL TO A, B.

WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE FOR THIS DISTRICT.

WE JUST DON'T GET TO SAY WE HAVE ANY.

OKAY, OKAY.

BUT YEAH, BUT LIKE I SAID, AT THAT INSTANCE, THERE WOULD BE AN APPEAL BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IN AUGUST, WE MAKE THE PAYMENT.

AND SO THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE WHERE WE COULDN'T MAKE THE PAYMENT.

RIGHT. OKAY.

TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE. SALARIES WOULD BE CUT 25%, 25% OF ZERO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU. MARIA.

APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE HEARING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEMS OF TEXAS FIRST

[9.2 Public Hearing on Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST)]

SO WE WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AT THIS TIME AND MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS A DISCUSSION OF LED BY MR.

[10.1 Request to approve annual independent financial audit report]

CHRIS SCOTT.

THANKS, JOHN. IS THERE A MOTION TO START THIS? IS THIS AN ACTION ITEM? AND THAT WE START WITH A MOTION? OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR.

SO LET'S START WITH A MOTION ON THIS.

THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND THEN WE CAN VOTE.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION? HEATHER. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE ANNUAL INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2024.

MOTION BY HEATHER, SECOND BY KELLY.

ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S START.

LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION.

WELL THANK YOU, BOARD, PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME HERE TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS JOHN MANNING AND I'M WITH PATILLO BROWN AND HILL.

AND WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE 2024 AUDIT REPORT.

I HAVE A SLIDE SHOW, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG MEETING, SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF WE JUST LOOK AT THE FINANCIALS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU AND JUST MAYBE CUT IT A LITTLE BIT SHORTER JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.

BUT REALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE TWO.

THIS IS REALLY THE REASON THAT WE WERE HERE.

IT'S TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS PRESENTED BY EANES ISD.

AND WHAT WE'RE OFFERING HERE IS WHAT WE CALL AN UNMEANING.

WE DID NOT HAVE TO MODIFY OUR OPINION FOR THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT WASN'T KEEPING TRACK OF.

WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SMALLER THAT DON'T KEEP TRACK OF THINGS LIKE CAPITAL ASSETS.

SO WE HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY GIVE AN OPINION THAT SAYS EVERYTHING IS OKAY EXCEPT FOR THESE THINGS.

WE DO NOT HAVE TO MODIFY YOUR OPINION.

SO I KNOW WE WENT OVER THE FIRST RATING EARLIER AND AN UNMODIFIED.

IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING LESS THAN AN UNMODIFIED, YOU CANNOT GET AN A.

SO ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE TO DO THE AUDIT, THIS IS A DISTRICT WIDE REPORT YOU GUYS PUT IN AS THE BOARD.

YOU PUT IN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND IF PEOPLE DON'T FOLLOW THEM, THEY DON'T WORK.

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AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE CONTROLS IN PLACE, WE'RE ABLE TO RELY ON THOSE CONTROLS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE TESTING THAT WE DO WORKS GREAT.

SO ESSENTIALLY ONLY THREE PAGES HERE.

BUT YOU GUYS ISSUE BONDS, YOU GUYS GET GRANTS.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT THREE PAGE LETTER WITH A LOT OF SCRUTINY.

SO HATS OFF TO YOU GUYS FOR HAVING AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

REALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO GO TO IS TO PAGE 11, WHICH IS YOUR STATEMENT OF NET POSITION.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE DISTRICT COMBINED INTO TWO COLUMNS.

YOUR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MORE ENTERPRISEY, LIKE YOUR LUNCH, YOUR RENTAL FACILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE GOVERNMENTAL IS EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND THAT'S YOUR BIGGEST COLUMN HERE.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BOTTOM THERE AND YOUR NET POSITION IS A LITTLE OVER $92 MILLION.

THE REASON THAT THAT UNRESTRICTED IS A DEFICIT IS BECAUSE OF THE NET PENSION AND NET OPEB LIABILITY THAT WE'VE HAD TO START PUTTING IN 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO.

THOSE ARE JUST PROJECTED LIABILITIES THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY IN THE FUTURE.

SO THEY MADE US START INCLUDING THOSE WITH THAT.

SO IF YOU'LL LOOK AT PAGE 14 AND 15, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE MORE ACCUSTOMED TO LOOKING AT.

AND WHEN YOU GUYS BUDGET THIS IS THE WAY YOU BUDGET.

YOU HAVE YOUR GENERAL FUND, YOUR DEBT SERVICE.

THIS LOOKS MORE LIKE WHAT WE DO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

AND SO HERE, IF YOU LOOK, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 15, YOU GO TO THE TOP.

THERE'S $220 MILLION IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE GET OUTSIDE CONFIRMATION FROM ALL YOUR BANKS, TECH SCHOOL, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOLDING YOUR MONEY, AND THEY CERTIFY THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE THERE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT $227 MILLION WORTH OF ASSETS, WE GET THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION ON 220 MILLION OF THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, VERY LOW RISK BALANCE SHEET WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT CASH, YOU'VE GOT TAXES RECEIVABLE, WHICH IS JUST YOUR UNPAID PROPERTY TAXES.

SO REALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT A SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM AN AUDIT STANDPOINT, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF RISK.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THINGS LIKE ENRON, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE ON THE BALANCE SHEET WHERE NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE VALUED.

CASH IS YOU HAVE CASH IN A BANK, YOU HAVE A RECONCILIATION, AND IT'S THERE.

SO YOU ENDED THE YEAR IN THE GENERAL FUND WITH ABOUT $29.3 MILLION WORTH OF FUND BALANCE.

ALMOST 28 MILLION OF THAT IS UNASSIGNED.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE SWEET SPOT OF WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AS FAR AS RESERVES FROM TO WHERE WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE.

NOT SUPER HIGH, BUT NOT SUPER LOW EITHER, KIND OF RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER HERE TO AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DO THESE THINGS AS A BOARD TO LOOK AT THEM AND HOW THEY SHOW UP IN THE FINANCIALS IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, Y'ALL DID A BOND ISSUE IN 2023 THAT FOR 2024 AND IF YOU LOOK OVER ON PAGE 17, YOU CAN SEE THE PROCEEDS OF THAT 69.6 $9.6 MILLION BOND ISSUE THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE FUNDS WERE PUT IN THAT FUND.

623 AND THOSE WILL, YOU KNOW, LARGE INFLUX OF CASH, AND THAT CASH WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN AS YOU TURN THOSE DOLLARS INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS OR WHATEVER THOSE BONDS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT FOR.

DEBT SERVICE FUND ENDED THE YEAR WITH ABOUT $22.5 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN ANYBODY LOOKS AT THESE FINANCIALS, THEY LOOK AND THEY SEE FINANCIAL STABILITY.

THEY SEE RESPECT FOR THE BUDGET.

IF YOU LOOK OVER ON YOUR BUDGET ACTUAL, I THINK IT'S G ONE, PAGE 50, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT JUST KIND OF, WELL, IF WE NEED IT, WE JUST SPEND IT.

AND YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT IN YOUR EXPENDITURE COLUMN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE NO NEGATIVE VARIANCES THERE.

SO AS EXPENDITURES ARE COMING THROUGH, THERE IS A PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT ARE THERE.

SO YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING THE CONTROL PROCESSES ARE THERE.

THE FINANCIALS WHEN WE GET THEM ARE A LOT LIKE WHAT YOU GET IN YOUR MONTHLY UPDATES.

THERE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A FEW ENTRIES THAT WE HAVE TO DO AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE CAPTURING THE BALANCE SHEET AS OF ONE DAY AS OF JUNE 30TH AND THE INCOME STATEMENT IS FOR 12 MONTHS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT WE FOUND, THE CONTROLS ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

YOU HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD CONTROL PROCESS AND YOUR FINANCIAL TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB.

YOU YOU SHOULD SEE THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE ASK FOR.

IT'S TEDIOUS AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR REGULAR JOB AND STILL GETTING US ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO PRESENT AN 80 PAGE REPORT.

SO THE LAST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO GO OVER IS IF YOU GO TO THE BACK TOWARDS THE COMPLIANCE SECTION.

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BUT WITH THE LAST PART OF ESSER AND YOUR IDEA, B, YOU STILL HAVE ALMOST $4 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDS, SO WE HAVE TO TEST THOSE AS WELL.

WE HAD TO TEST IDEA B AND AGAIN WE TEST FOR CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE.

MEANING WE SELECT A SAMPLE OF EXPENDITURES MAKING SURE THAT WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS ON ARE ALLOWABLE.

AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES OR NONCOMPLIANCE TO REPORT TO THE BOARD.

SO ALL IN ALL, MR. SCOTT AND MISS ROCKSTAD DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

THEY GET US WHAT WE NEED ON TIME.

AND I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY BIG DISTRICT AND YOU'RE CLOSE ON JUNE 30TH AND WE'RE HERE WITH AN AUDIT REPORT ON, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER 21ST OR 22ND.

SO VERY GOOD REPORT.

AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP THAT WE RECEIVE WHILE WE'RE HERE.

AND I KNOW THIS IS A BIG DOCUMENT.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO GO OVER THIS AS LONG AS YOU WANT TO.

BUT A VERY GOOD REPORT.

THANK YOU, MR. MANNING.

QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

I ASK IT EVERY YEAR, AND I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT ANYWAY.

DID YOU OR YOUR FIRM HAVE ANY TROUBLE GETTING ACCESS? WAS THERE ANY HESITATION ON YOUR PART OR ON THE PART OF THE DISTRICT IN PROVIDING YOU WITH INFORMATION? NONE. I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW, WE ASKED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THINGS, BUT WHEN LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS NEW BOND.

YEAH, WE GET ALL THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ASK FOR THAT.

THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ASKED FOR LAST YEAR.

AND WE GET EVERYTHING EXTREMELY TIMELY.

THERE'S NEVER ANY.

AND THIS OTHER LETTER.

YEAH. IF WE DID HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ANYTHING FROM MANAGEMENT I MEAN, WE WORK WITH THEM, BUT WE WORK FOR YOU.

AND IF WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING THINGS FROM THEM, A YOU WOULD PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW, BUT THIS LETTER WOULD BE A VEHICLE TO SHOW THAT WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THEM GETTING THINGS. AND IT STATES THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY REALLY UNFETTERED ACCESS, GAVE US ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM.

I MEAN, JUST READ ONLY SO WE CAN RUN OUR OWN REPORTS.

WE CAN RUN OUR OWN TRIAL BALANCE.

SO TRANSPARENCY ALL OVER THE PLACE AND VERY EASY TO WORK WITH.

AND THANK YOU TO CHRIS, MARIA, DOCTOR ARNETT THE WHOLE TEAM FOR PROVIDING THAT TRANSPARENCY.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS WILL THIS REPORT AND THIS IS MORE OF A QUESTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION, WILL THIS REPORT, IS THIS PUBLICLY POSTED AND AVAILABLE FOR.

NOT YET, BUT IT WILL BE OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO READING ABOUT 100 PAGES OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION WHILE THEY WAIT FOR IT EVERY YEAR, I'M SURE.

NO, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU, MR. MANNING. APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE YOU. HAVE A GOOD MEETING.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM.

[10.2 Request to approve Educational Specifications for facilities]

SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA.

ANY DISCUSSION? WE DISCUSSED THIS IN OUR LAST MEETING.

AND JUST IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

YES, HEATHER. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S REALLY BEEN INTERESTING TO GO ON THE TOURS WITH THE LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE AND TO GO INTO SOME OF OUR CLASSROOMS AND FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE UNDERSIZED OR, YOU KNOW, THAT PER TIER THERE SHOULD BE THIS OR THAT OR WHATEVER IN SOME OF THOSE ROOMS. AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO CONTINUE TO BE AN EXEMPLARY DISTRICT GOING FORWARD, AND WE'RE PROVIDING THE THINGS THAT THE STATE SEES AS IMPORTANT TO OUR CHILDREN GETTING THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE.

SO I APPRECIATE THIS.

THANK YOU. HEATHER. YEAH, I IN TOURING THE SCHOOLS, IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 25 YEAR OLD BUILDINGS AND WE'RE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT OF 25 YEARS AGO AS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND WE LOOK AT IT TODAY AND IT'S WE DON'T USE IT AT ALL AND I THINK THAT I HOPE THAT WE WILL ALL BE VERY MINDFUL OF TRENDY VERSUS WHAT FULFILLS OUR EDUCATIONAL GOALS, OR LIKE CLASSROOMS THAT JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN THAT WE PUT IN THEM.

AND LIKE, NO WINDOWS.

YEAH, A SKYLIGHT THAT'S CURVED AND DOESN'T BRING ANY LIGHT IN.

AND WE CALL IT NATURAL LIGHT.

YEAH. THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PERFECT. THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

LET'S SEE. WE ARE WE MOVING INTO FINANCIAL REPORTS FROM MARIA AGAIN DIFFERENT TOPIC.

[11.1 Monthly financial report and budget amendment(s) for the period ending September 30]

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OKAY. SO FOR OUR THIS IS FOR THE MONTH ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH.

THE KIND OF IMPORTANT THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT, WHICH IS WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN THIS MONTH.

THIS AT THIS POINT IS THAT YOU SEE A NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE AT THIS POINT.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY AT OUR LOWEST POINT IN TERMS OF THE TAX MONEY THAT WE'VE COLLECTED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND WE'RE SPENDING IT DOWN.

AND WE, OF COURSE, JUST MADE OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT LAST MONTH AND SO AND WE'RE JUST ACCRUING THAT RECAPTURE PAYMENT FOR 24-25.

SO AT THIS POINT, THE FUND BALANCE THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE FINANCIALS IS NEGATIVE.

ONCE. ONCE WE REALLY GET INTO NOVEMBER IS WHEN WE START PICKING UP SOME MORE COLLECTIONS.

AND THEN THIS WILL ALSO BE THE LAST MONTH OF THE 2023 TAX LEVY REPORT THAT YOU'LL SEE BECAUSE THEIR FISCAL YEAR ENDS SEPTEMBER. SO, WE END IT AS OF SEPTEMBER, WE ENDED WITH A COLLECTION OF 99.44%.

AND THEN AS FAR AS BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO APPROVE, WE HAD A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE GENERAL FUND AGAIN, REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE BY CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS.

THE NET EFFECT ON THE BUDGET IS ZERO.

AND THEN THERE WAS NOT ANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND OR FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND AT THIS POINT.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU MARIA.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR ANNUAL COLLEGE ADMISSIONS REPORT.

[11.2 College admissions report]

WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.

NO, THAT'S A ROOF.

YEAH. SO ANYWAY, QUESTION CAME UP HERE.

PROCESS ON WHEN WE'RE APPROVING THAT FINANCIAL REPORT.

WE ARE NOW WELCOMING MR. PRINCIPAL STEVE RAMSEY HEIDI SAUER AND MATT ZEMO.

THANK YOU. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

I'M HERE IN PLACE OF LISA SAUNDERS WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

NICE TO BE HERE WITH STEVE AND MATT AGAIN AS WELL.

DO I HAVE THE. OH, IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

SO THIS IS THE CLASS OF 2024.

BY THE NUMBERS.

WE HAD 681 STUDENTS IN THE CLASS OF 2024, WHICH MEANS THAT 68 STUDENTS WERE IN THE TOP 10%.

AND AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY REMEMBER, THE TOP 10% MATTERS FOR AUTOMATIC ADMISSION INTO TEXAS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS TOP 6%.

AND THEN FOR OUR JUNIORS WHO ARE CLASS OF 2026, THEY WILL BE TOP 5% ADMISSION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

THAT WAS NEW INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY.

THE CUTOFF GPA WAS ABOUT 102.4 WITH THE HIGHEST GPA, 106.8 AND SOME CHANGE.

WE HAD 35 NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS, AND 422 SENIORS, TOOK OVER 1300 AP EXAMS. AND FOR THOSE SENIORS THEY THAT WAS AN INCREASE IN BOTH THE NUMBER OF SENIORS AND EXAMS FROM LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT 50 MORE STUDENTS AND ABOUT 160 MORE EXAMS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AND THE SENIORS REPRESENTED ABOUT 26% OF THE AP EXAMS. THEY EACH TOOK AN AVERAGE OR THEY TOOK AN AVERAGE OF 3.18 EXAMS. THESE ARE THE CLASS OF 24 OUTCOMES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR A SECOND, WITH THE GREEN NUMBER BEING A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE OUTCOME, 88.5% TWO YEAR COLLEGE WAS 8.1%, 0.15% OF THE GRADUATES ARE AT ATS, AND 3.25% ARE DOING SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE TAKING A GAP YEAR.

THEY JOIN THE MILITARY, THEY'RE WORKING, OR IN SOME CASES WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

THEY DIDN'T REPORT BECAUSE THIS IS ALL SELF-REPORTED DATA.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THE OTHERS THAT ARE SUPER INTERESTING ARE WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS STUDYING AUTO BODY AND RACE CAR DESIGN, ONE WHO'S DOING AUTOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, ANOTHER GOING INTO WILDLIFE RESCUE, SOMEONE GOING TO A BASKETBALL PREP SCHOOL, SOMEONE DOING INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BEFORE GOING TO COLLEGE, ANOTHER WORKING IN THEIR FAMILY YOGA STUDIO WHILE THEY'RE APPLYING TO SCHOOLS IN EUROPE, SOMEONE DOING REAL ESTATE INTERNSHIP AND ANOTHER STUDYING FRENCH THROUGH A CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MATT.

ALL RIGHT, SO OUR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB IN THE IEP TEAM MEETINGS TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ARMING OUR YOUNG

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AND SO THE INFORMATION HERE IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES AND THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WE SUPPLY THE INFORMATION TO IN A THIRD PARTY, MAKES COLLECTS THIS DATA FOR US AND SENDS US A REPORT.

AND SO IF YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS REPORTING THAT THEY'VE CONTACTED THE OFFICE OF DISABILITY SERVICES, WHICH IS ALWAYS OUR GOAL BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE SERVICES THAT CAN CONTINUE, WHETHER YOU'RE AT OCC OR HARVARD AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.

AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK, WORK TOWARDS CLOSING THAT GAP AS IT RELATES TO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT.

AND SO WE'LL DO THAT WITH THE TEAM.

AND THEN THIS NEXT REPORT IS AROUND STUDENTS THAT EITHER ARE IN HIGHER EDUCATION OR REPORT THAT THEY'RE COMPETITIVELY EMPLOYED.

AND SO IF YOU CAN, IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT YOU CAN SEE WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR RESPONSES.

SO WHEN WE'RE MAKING CONTACT WE'RE GETTING AN INCREASE IN RESPONSES.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS IN TOTALITY BETWEEN EITHER BEING IN HIGHER EDUCATION OR COMPETITIVELY EMPLOYED.

WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 91%, WHICH IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE THAT NUMBER'S YOU KNOW, OVER 30% HIGHER.

AND SO AGAIN, WE DO HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT DID NOT FALL INTO THOSE CATEGORIES.

AND PART OF SOME OF THE GOALS FOR STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, OR ATS WOULD MAYBE NOT BE MEETING A GOAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN HIGHER ED OR BEING COMPETITIVELY EMPLOYED, BUT WE MEET THEIR CONTINUE THEIR POST-SECONDARY GOALS AS WE CAN.

AND THEN AS A CORE AREA FOR ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES, CONTINUING EDUCATION IS A PRIORITY AND SO KUDOS TO OUR FAMILIES. THEY'VE BEEN THE PIONEERS OF ACCESSING INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

NOT ONLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AND SUPPORT THEIR POST-SECONDARY GOALS IN SUPPORTING THEM IN MEETING AND GETTING INTO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND FULL TRANSPARENCY.

SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE HARDER TO GET INTO THAN SOME OF OUR IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST SUCH A FEW NUMBER OF SEATS AND THERE'S HIGHER AND HIGHER DEMAND.

BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE STATES.

AT THE HIGHER ED COMMUNITY AND THEN SOMETHING THAT OUR TRANSITION SPECIALIST, CARLY ROBACH, PUTS TOGETHER, THIS IS JUST A SMALL SNAPSHOT OF THE FULL DOCUMENT, BUT SHE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY ALL THE PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WHETHER THE ONES THAT ARE.

I'M GETTING CALLED FOR MY DAUGHTER RIGHT NOW.

I'M SORRY. I'M NOT SURE YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT.

BUT WHETHER THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS AT UT AND A&M OR SOME OF THOSE MORE NICHE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE.

SHE TRIES TO WORK REALLY HARD AT GIVING PARENTS THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION POSSIBLE.

AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION OUT THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND THEN JUST THROUGH INDIVIDUAL FAMILY CONNECTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO OUR BANNER THAT WE DO ANNUALLY WITH OUR SENIORS, WE HAVE 169 COLLEGES REPRESENTED FOR THE CLASS OF 2024 THAT ARE ATTENDING.

AND I LOOKED BACK TO 2017, WHICH IS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TRACKING THIS INFORMATION, THE TALLYING, THE NUMBER AND IN 2017, THERE WERE 151 SCHOOLS THAT OUR SENIORS WENT TO.

AND LOOKING UP, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS YEAR, PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR, THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE.

WHAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING WAS 2020 HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER TO DATE WITH 172 COLLEGES, WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE REFLECTED, JUST SORT OF THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE.

AND MAYBE SOME STUDENTS WITHOUT THE IN-PERSON PRESSURE OF THEIR PEERS WERE PERHAPS EXPLORING SOME OTHER COLLEGE OPTIONS THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD THEY BEEN SITTING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THEIR CLASSMATES IN SCHOOL.

AND ONE THING TO COMMENT ON THIS TOO.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, TEXAS AND A&M FLIP FLOP EVERY YEAR.

AND THE POSTER THAT BECOMES A VERY BIG DEAL TO THE KIDS.

SO WE JUST LET THEM EVERY YEAR.

YES. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NUMBER OR CALIBER.

WE JUST ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.

THAT IS A GOOD DAY. AND I THINK ONE THING TO KIND OF ADD TO THAT IS WHEN YOU WATCH THE KIDS COME IN AND SIGN, YOU REALIZE THAT EACH KID HAS THEIR OWN STORY WHERE THEY WERE,

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AND IT'S PRETTY COOL.

THEY USED TO BE ALL KIND OF DONE IN ONE DAY, AND NOW OUR KIDS KIND OF SPEND 4 OR 5, SIX, SEVEN DAYS, AND IT'S MORE OF A REFLECTIVE THING FOR THEM THAN A RUSH IN, GET IT DONE AND GET OUT OF THERE. SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO KIND OF WATCH AS THEY MOVE ON, HOW MUCH THEY REALLY KIND OF TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION, AND TALKING TO THEM THAT DAY IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I GET TO DO EACH YEAR IS SPEND TIME AROUND THE SIGNING TO SEE WHY THEY'RE GOING WHERE THEY HAVE CHOSEN.

WE IN THE COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELING.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN WE BREAK DOWN THESE COLLEGES, 50% OF OUR STUDENTS STAYED IN STATE, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL.

WE KIND OF RANGE BETWEEN 5,054% IN STATE.

THEY'RE ATTENDING COLLEGE IN 42 DIFFERENT STATES AND THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SPAIN, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UK.

AND THEN 96 STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING A COLLEGE THAT NO ONE ELSE IN THEIR GRADUATING CLASS IS ATTENDING, WHICH I THINK WE THINK WE THINK THAT SPEAKS TO JUST PEOPLE FOLLOWING WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM, FINDING FIT.

SO THIS IS OUR TOP 20 COLLEGES FOR THIS YEAR BY THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.

I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR A SECOND.

THE BIGGEST JUMP WAS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE IN KNOXVILLE AND THEN ALSO UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN SEATTLE.

AND THEN ALSO KIND OF NEW TO THIS LIST WAS SMU THAT HAD NOT BEEN ON THE LIST FOR A WHILE.

AND THEN BOTH UNC AND COLORADO STATE FELL OFF THE TOP 20 BY APPLICATION FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

FOR THIS CLASS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT ADMITTED STUDENTS, THIS DOES INCLUDE THE ALTERNATE PATHWAYS TO ADMISSIONS AND THE BIGGEST JUMP FOR UT DALLAS, ARIZONA STATE, UTSA, SMU, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.

WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE BEING NEW ONTO THIS LIST.

AND THEN UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FELL OFF THE LIST FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.

YEAH, WE'RE NOT SURE.

YEAH, LISA AND I KIND OF LOOKED AT IT AND WONDERED, THEY DO HAVE SOME GOOD STEM PROGRAMS. LISA KIND OF LOOKED INTO THAT, AND SHE'S WONDERING IF SOMETHING ABOUT SOME OUTREACH FOR THEM HAS SORT OF CONNECTED WITH OUR KIDS OR, YOU KNOW, DID WE HAVE A COUPLE KIDS GO THERE AND THERE'S JUST BEEN REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF FILTERED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILIES THAT WAY.

BUT IT'S FUN TO SEE THAT, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND IT'S ALSO FUN SINCE I HAVEN'T DONE THIS IN A WHILE TO SEE THINGS LIKE UT DALLAS AND UTSA POPPING BACK IN BECAUSE THOSE USED TO BE IN HERE ON THESE TOP 20 LISTS, YOU KNOW, MORE. SO IT KIND OF SHOWS JUST SORT OF THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF OF HOW THIS ALL GOES.

GOOD QUESTION. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TOP 20 COLLEGES THAT ARE CLASS OF 24 IS ACTUALLY ATTENDING.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE THERE WITH AGAIN THE BIGGEST JUMP BEING THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, ARIZONA STATE, UT, DALLAS, LSU AND PURDUE WERE ADDED TO THIS LIST COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. WHEREAS OKLAHOMA, MICHIGAN, BLINN, RICE AND MCGILL UNIVERSITY BOTH FELL OFF THE LIST FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.

YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S MORE THAN.

YEAH. YEAH, IT IS.

IT IS. I THINK, AGAIN, IT KIND OF REFLECTS THAT NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO STRAIGHT TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE.

SOME OF THEM MAYBE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING YET.

AND SO IT'S A WAY TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD YOUR POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION WITHOUT AS MUCH OF A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT AS YOU HAVE GOING TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE.

AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AS SORT OF A TERMINAL POINT FOR THEIR EDUCATION FOR RIGHT NOW, AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT. YEAH.

GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.

WOULD THAT ALSO INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO GET CAPPED TO UT AND DO THAT PROGRAM THIS DOES THESE NUMBERS DO INCLUDE CAP AND BLIN TEAM FOR A&M.

YEAH. AND THEN THESE WERE THE TOP COLLEGES WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS. NEW THIS YEAR WAS SMU AND UT DALLAS.

AND BOTH BLINN AND RICE FELL OFF THIS TOP TEN TEXAS COLLEGE LIST.

AND SOMETHING THAT WAS NEW FOR THIS YEAR.

FOR THE FALL OF 2024, THERE'S THIS FREE TUITION PILOT PROGRAM AT ACC WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE 44 WESTLAKE GRADUATES THAT ARE DIRECTLY ENROLLED AT ACC RIGHT NOW THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROGRAM WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE 30 STUDENTS WHO WERE ENROLLED AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, FALL OF LAST YEAR. SO THE PILOT PROGRAM IS NEW.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE SEE AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS GOING FOR THAT.

AND THE PROGRAM IS FREE TUITION AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN THE TAX DISTRICT.

AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE OUT, WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE THAT YOU STILL GET FREE TUITION, BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY THE OUT OF DISTRICT FEE FOR THAT, WHICH WE HAVE STUDENTS IN BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IN DISTRICT OR IN THE TAXING DISTRICT AND THEN SOME ARE OUT.

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GOOD REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF UNIVERSITIES PUBLIC, PRIVATE.

AND THIS IS A NEW SLIDE.

THIS WAS KIND OF ADDED IN THERE SINCE WE KIND OF KNOW WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF GUESSING TO GO WITH THIS KIND OF FINALIZES WHERE THEY DID MAKE THEIR CHOICE.

KIND OF NICE TO KNOW FOR SURE INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM ON THE SPOT.

THEY'RE STILL MAKING DECISIONS.

AND THEN WHEN WE DO LOOK AT OUR HIGHLY SELECTIVE COLLEGES YOU CAN SEE THIS WITH THE NUMBERS IN PARENTHESES WHERE LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS IN THE COLUMNS ARE NUMBER APPLIED, NUMBER ADMITTED, NUMBER OF ATTENDING.

I KNOW THIS SLIDE IS ALWAYS OF INTEREST.

LISA DID TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO LOOK JUST AS A POINT OF CURIOSITY.

SHE WAS KIND OF WONDERING WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, COLUMBIA, WE HAD TWO KIDS WHO WERE ADMITTED, BUT THEN NOBODY WENT.

SO SHE WAS KIND OF DIGGING INTO SOME OF THOSE WHO WERE ADMITTED AND DIDN'T GO.

AND WHAT SHE FOUND WAS THAT THE TWO STUDENTS WHO GOT INTO COLUMBIA ENDED UP AT STANFORD AND MIT.

AND THEN WHEN SHE LOOKED AT HARVARD, THE ONE STUDENT ADMITTED THERE ENDED UP AT GEORGE WASHINGTON.

AND THEN THE FOUR STUDENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED TO CORNELL WENT TO STANFORD, UT, AND TWO WENT TO BROWN UNIVERSITY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN HER WORDS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT HIGHLY SELECTIVE COLLEGES, BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE HIGHLY SELECTIVE STUDENTS.

AND THAT KIND OF IS ALWAYS THE SPIRIT OF THIS PRESENTATION, THE MESSAGE THAT WE HOPE COMES THROUGH TO YOU AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE MOST RELEVANT SLIDE OF ALL IS WHEN WE LOOK AT A&M AND UT, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE THAN JUST THE TOP TEN OR THE TOP 6%.

AND THESE NUMBERS DO INCLUDE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS.

SO THE CAP PROGRAM OR BLEND TEAM, THOSE ARE ADMITS.

AND SO REALLY SIMILAR NUMBERS WERE AUTOMATICALLY ADMITTED FOR TOP 10% TO TEXAS A&M AND TOP 6% TO UT.

AND THEN SIMILAR NUMBERS AGAIN FOR THOSE ADMITTED BASED ON HOLISTIC REVIEW.

AND SO WHEN WE DIG INTO THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE CLOSER WHEN YOU LOOK AT A&M, WHICH BY THE WAY, IS NUMBER ONE IN THE SEC.

STEVE, WELL, JUST IF I'VE LEARNED ONE THING, THERE'S A FEW MORE GAMES LEFT.

SO THERE'S A BIG ONE AGAIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

SO WE'LL SEE. YEAH, I KNOW EXACTLY.

SO WITH A&M THERE WERE 226 TOTAL STUDENTS, BUT OF THOSE, 167 WERE ADMITTED STRAIGHT TO COLLEGE STATION'S CAMPUS.

FOR THAT, 27 CAME FROM THE TOP 10%.

AND THEN 140 OF THOSE ADMITS WEREN'T RANKED AT ALL.

SO THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FOR A&M AND THEN FOR UT, THERE WERE 316 TOTAL ADMITS THAT WOULD INCLUDE CAP 134 WENT DIRECTLY TO UT AUSTIN. 35% OF THOSE WERE FROM THE TOP 6%, AN ADDITIONAL 11 WERE FROM THE TOP 10% 7 TO 10%, AND THEN 88 OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE NOT RANKED AT ALL.

SO AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE STUDENTS GOING TO THESE UNIVERSITIES DESPITE NOT HAVING RANK.

THANK YOU.

OH, WELL.

I THINK IT'S JUST SUCH A BROAD POSSIBILITY BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON MAJOR.

IT DEPENDS ON ACTIVITIES.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY VARIABLES THAT WE'LL NEVER KNOW BECAUSE IT'S WHAT THOSE INSTITUTIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, SITTING AROUND A DESK AND MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHO THEY WANT IN THEIR INCOMING FRESHMAN CLASS.

SO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIAL INSIGHT INTO THAT.

WE'D ALL LIKE TO KNOW THAT.

SOME SAMPLING OF OTHER COLLEGES.

MANY OF THESE ARE FAMILIAR NAMES TO YOU.

THERE MAY BE A FEW ON HERE THAT ARE LESS FAMILIAR.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OR DESIGN INSTITUTES ON THERE.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE SCAD.

WE JUST I PERSONALLY WORK WITH SEVERAL STUDENTS THAT HAVE GONE TO SCAD AND ARE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AND HAPPY WITH THE CHOICES THAT THEY'VE MADE BY GOING THERE.

NOW WE'RE SHIFTING GEARS JUST A LITTLE BIT TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN EARN CREDIT, COLLEGE CREDIT WHILE YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND STUDENTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT, BOTH THROUGH DUAL CREDIT COURSES AND THROUGH OUR AP PROGRAM, THROUGH THEIR EXAM SCORES, AND WHETHER OR NOT CREDIT IS AWARDED AND WHAT CREDIT IS AWARDED SORT OF DEPENDS ON THE COLLEGE.

THERE'S NOT WITHIN TEXAS, THERE IS A LAW THAT SAYS IF YOU MAKE A THREE OR ABOVE, YOU HAVE TO BE AWARDED CREDIT AT A TEXAS PUBLIC INSTITUTION, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CREDIT IT MIGHT BE. AND THE SAME IS TRUE, OBVIOUSLY, ACROSS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY OR OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

AND IN THE CASE OF AP SCORES, WHAT SOME COLLEGES ARE DOING IS USING THE SCORE TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO BYPASS INTRODUCTORY LEVEL COURSES AND SKIP STRAIGHT INTO 2 OR 300 LEVEL

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WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DUAL CREDIT, THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE EARNING HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CREDIT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, MOST COMMONLY STUDENTS ARE TAKING SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES.

ALSO FINE ARTS, HEALTH AND WORLD LANGUAGE.

MOST OF OUR STUDENTS DO THIS DURING THE SUMMER, UNDERSTANDABLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING MANY OTHER THINGS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT WE DO HAVE STUDENTS WHO ALSO EARN DUAL CREDIT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AS AN EXAMPLE, IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, WE HAD 61 STUDENTS TAKE 86 DUAL CREDIT COURSES.

NOW STEVE WILL TAKE US.

AND I THINK THE ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS IS THIS IS WE DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT AP BECAUSE LOOK HOW MANY TESTS WE TAKE, HOW AWESOME WE ARE.

A LOT OF IS THAT THESE KIDS ARE EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.

SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE HAD KIDS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, BUT ALSO WHAT IT DOES TO THEM EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY AS THEY HEAD INTO THE NEXT STEP AS WELL.

SO IF YOU SEE UP THERE, ALMOST 1600 KIDS TOOK OVER 4000 EXAMS. 4000 IS QUITE A GARGANTUAN NUMBER.

A LOT OF COMPARABLE HIGH SCHOOLS MAYBE DO 1500 TO 2000.

SO THAT'S A VERY LARGE NUMBER.

AND LISA'S NOT HERE FOR ME TO CONGRATULATE, BUT ANYTIME YOU HAVE THAT MANY EXAMS OVER TEN DAYS IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL.

WHEN YOU HAVE ONE IN THE MORNING, ONE IN THE AFTERNOON AND YOU'RE SPREAD OUT AND SCHOOL IS GOING ON AND YOU HAVE SENIORS WHO ARE FIXING TO GRADUATE.

SO IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. SO YOU HAVE 1500 KIDS EARNED ABOUT A THREE OR HIGHER ON AT LEAST ONE EXAM, AND WE OFFER 36 OUT OF 40 AP COURSES. WE DON'T OFFER COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT.

ITALIAN, JAPANESE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES JUST ENTERED INTO BEING A FULL FLEDGED COURSE.

IT HAD BEEN A PILOT PROGRAM, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY STARTING THAT IN 26-27, ALONG WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AS A NON AP OR HONORS CLASS, ALONG WITH MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AS WELL, THOSE ALREADY ESTABLISHED BY THE TECH.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF WHAT WE DID KIND OF WITH PHYSICS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR KIDS NEED MOST.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DELVE INTO THAT SUBJECT MATTER IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.

AND THEN JUST A REMINDER SCORES ONE THROUGH FIVE.

YOU WANT A THREE, 4 OR 5.

AND THE KIDS, WHEN THEY GET THE SCORES, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED.

THREE FOURS OR FIVES. THEY CAN ALMOST TELL YOU THE 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS THAT DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN A FIVE AND A FOUR, BUT THREE IS REALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING FOR TO EARN THAT COLLEGE CREDIT, FOR SURE.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK HERE, THIS IS A PRETTY AMAZING LITTLE GRAPH HERE.

THE 93% OF OUR KIDS ARE MAKING A THREE OR HIGHER, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT MANY STUDENTS TAKING THAT MANY TESTS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OVER FIVE YEARS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN 87.4, WHICH IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL AS WELL.

OBVIOUSLY, WE TOOK THE DIP 20 TO 21 DURING THE COVID YEAR, BUT I THINK OUR REBOUND HAS BEEN VERY, VERY NICE.

EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN.

I SAY THAT EVERY YEAR AND IT HASN'T, WHICH IS AWESOME, SO I HOPE IT DOESN'T AGAIN, SO I KEEP SAYING IT OUT LOUD TO CHALLENGE UNIVERSE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL KEEP GOING UP.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER GET TO 100%.

IF WE DO THAT. I EXPECT A BIG RAISE ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN BENEFITS OF TAKING AP COURSES.

OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'VE HAD STUDENTS TAKE AP COURSES, IF YOUR STUDENTS ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING IT IN A COLLEGE CLASS AND IT RUNS AT THAT PACE AND AS MUCH TIME AS I SPEND WITH KIDS WHILE THEY'RE IN SCHOOL, THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK, THE CONFIDENCE IS TRULY AMAZING WHEN THEY GO OFF TO UNIVERSITIES BECAUSE THEY GO OFF TO DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES, WHETHER IT'S IN-STATE OR OUT OF STATE.

YOU MAY HAVE VALEDICTORIANS, SALUTATORIANS WHO MAY HAVE TAKEN 2 OR 3 AP COURSES, AND YOU HAVE KIDS HERE.

TAKE 2 TO 4.

YET WE HAVE KIDS WHO TAKE A LOT MORE AND THEY FINALLY REALLY START FIGURING OUT.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY GO, MAN, I AM REALLY SMART.

I AM HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, I'M HARD WORKING AND COLLEGE IS GOING TO BE A FABULOUS EXPERIENCE.

MR. RAMSEY SAID I WOULD RATHER PAY THE TIME NOW TO BE AWAY FROM MY PARENTS AND HAVE A GOOD 4 OR 5 YEARS.

THEY SMILE AND THEY GO, YES, I AM READY TO GO AND THEY'RE HIGHLY PREPARED.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S VERY RIGOROUS.

KIDS LIKE SKIPPING THOSE INTRODUCTORY COURSES OF 2 TO 300 LARGE AUDITORIUMS. THERE'S A LOT OF US SAT IN.

THAT DOES HAPPEN. IF YOU'RE IN TEXAS, OF COURSE, THREE OR HIGHER, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME SORT OF CREDIT.

THE LEGISLATURE DID DO THAT.

THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS ON COLLEGE TUITION CAN BE QUITE MEANINGFUL WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY, BUT WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED WITH MY OWN CHILDREN IS WHEN THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THEY GO 12, 18, 24 HOURS.

IT FREES THEM UP BECAUSE BY THE TIME THEY'RE ENTERING THEIR SECOND YEAR, THEY MAY BE MORE OR LESS HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR, JUNIOR YEAR.

AND SO THEY GET TO DO THINGS LIKE HAVE REALLY MEANINGFUL INTERNSHIPS WHERE THEY'RE NOT STRESSED ABOUT HAVING TO TAKE 15 OR 18 HOURS.

THEY CAN GO DOWN TO 12 AND DO MEANINGFUL THINGS.

A LOT OF THEM GET ACCESS TO DOUBLE MAJORS OR HAVING SOME REALLY MORE THAN ONE MINOR.

AND SO IT JUST OPENS THEIR WORLD UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ABOUT GETTING ALL THAT COLLEGE CREDIT, WHETHER IT'S WHETHER IT'S DUAL CREDIT OR AP, AS THE KIDS GET MORE TIME AND OUR KIDS BECAUSE THEY GO THROUGH THAT AMBITIOUS AND AMBITIOUS HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WANT TO USE THAT TIME, IT'S NOT SO MUCH, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TO WASTE TIME? IT BECOMES, WHAT CAN I DO? SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL FOR SURE.

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THE TIME THAT THEY SPEND WITH A TEACHER, WE ALWAYS SAY THIS EVERY YEAR.

IF YOU WANT TO FIND A SUBJECT MATTER THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU, FIND A GREAT MENTOR AND A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS WHO TEACH AT THAT LEVEL, WHETHER THEY'RE AP, NON AP, WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS WHO REALLY BUILD CAPACITY IN KIDS.

THEY FIND WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO, AND THEY'VE GOT THAT PASSION FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.

YOU HAVE TO SEE THEM DAILY.

AND I THINK THAT REALLY IS ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT HAVING A TRADITIONAL BELL SCHEDULE.

OUR TEACHERS ARE HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE.

THEY'RE HIGHLY TRAINED. OUR TEACHERS CAN GO TO SUMMER INSTITUTE EVERY YEAR IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.

THEY GRADE. IF YOU'VE EVER DONE AP GRADING, YOU GO SPEND, YOU KNOW, A WEEK OR TWO WITH SOME OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST TEACHERS, AND YOU SPEND ALL DAY WITH THEM GRADING AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR CRAFT, TALKING ABOUT CONTENT KNOWLEDGE.

SO YOU CAN ONLY GROW AS A TEACHER THAT WAY.

AND THE SKILLS THAT OUR KIDS GO OFF TO COLLEGE.

AND I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, THE SENIORS I'VE HAD NOT HAD ONE EVER COME BACK AND SAY YOU WERE WRONG.

THEY KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME, AND IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE ANECDOTAL, AS I KNOW KIDS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SYSTEM THAT THERE'S LIKE, I HAVE MY DAILY CALENDAR, I HAVE MY WEEKLY CALENDAR, I HAVE MY MONTHLY CALENDAR.

I PULL OUT MY I HAVE A PHONE, MACBOOK AND MY IPAD, AND I KNOW WHICH ONE I WANT TO USE IN WHAT CLASS.

SO OUR KIDS AS THEY GO BECAUSE THEY ARE ENJOYING MANAGING SO MUCH WHEN THEY'RE 14 TO 18.

IT GIVES THEM DEFINITELY AN ADVANTAGE AS THEY GO OFF INTO COLLEGE OR THE REAL WORLD.

SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR AP PROGRAM AND JUST KIND OF OUR PACE AND KIND OF THE AMBITIOUS NATURE OF OUR CAMPUS REALLY BUILDS THAT CAPACITY.

AND THAT'S FOR KIDS WHO GO OFF TO THE MILITARY ACADEMIES, THEY GO TO IVIES, THEY CAN GO TO STATE SCHOOLS.

WHATEVER THE CASE IS, THEY USUALLY COME BACK AND SAY, YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE MOST PART, NOT EVERYBODY, OBVIOUSLY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR US.

DIANE, AND THEN ELLEN.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE DATA.

I GUESS I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT IN OUR, IN THE BOARD PACKET, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, THERE'S EVEN MORE DATA.

SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO REALLY LIKE TO DIG INTO THIS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, JUST.

ADD ONE THING THAT I THINK IS TELLING AS WELL IS ON PAGE 163 OF THE 1000 PAGE BOARD PACKET IT, AND THAT'S NOT MOSTLY YOUR DATA, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THE ADMISSION TO HIGHLY SELECTIVE SCHOOLS.

NOW I VERY MUCH SUBSCRIBE TO FIT FOR STUDENTS.

I DON'T THINK A HIGHLY SELECTIVE SCHOOL IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR EVERYONE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HOW WE COMPARE NATIONALLY IN EVERY HIGHLY SELECTIVE SCHOOL, THE RATE IS TWICE, IF NOT MORE FOR OUR SCHOOL.

SO THAT SPEAKS AGAIN TO HOW WELL PREPARED THEY ARE AND HOW THEY LOOK AS APPLICANTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE DATA.

THANK YOU FOR THROWING IN SOME MORE OF THAT HISTORICAL DATA.

I WAS TRYING TO TAKE SOME NOTES.

IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET THAT IN AN EMAIL FORM OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS MAYBE ALL IN THE BOARD PACKET, BUT I WAS REALLY INTERESTED.

THANK YOU. I HAD A FEW MORE NOTES HERE.

OH, YOU TALKED AT THE TOP ABOUT SELF-REPORTED DATA AND THE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGES OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE OTHER CATEGORY OR WHETHER THEY'RE EMPLOYED.

HOW DO YOU COLLECT THAT? IS THAT A SURVEY THAT YOU DO WHEN THEY'RE EXITING? I'M CURIOUS. IT IS SO PART OF THE PROCESS AT THE END OF THE YEAR BEFORE GRADUATION IS JUST A SENIOR CHECKOUT.

THERE'S A SERIES OF THINGS THAT JUST THE SCHOOL NEEDS THEM TO DO IN GENERAL, AND WE ASK THEM TO TELL US WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITHIN WHICH WE'VE, YOU GUYS HAVE PREVIOUSLY HEARD OF NAVIANCE. WE'VE SWITCHED TO A PROGRAM CALLED SCORE THIS YEAR, AND SO THEY'LL BE DOING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THAT PROGRAM.

BUT THEY GO IN AND THEY DOCUMENT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A PLACE WHERE THEY INDICATE A FORM THEY FILL OUT FOR US THAT SAYS, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO A 2 OR 4 YEAR COLLEGE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE GET ALL OF THAT OTHER DATA.

AND SOME OF THAT IS FROM THE FINAL TRANSCRIPT, WHICH IS PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL, WHERE THEY WANT THEIR FINAL TRANSCRIPTS TO AS WELL FOR THE ACTUAL COLLEGES.

YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN FOR MILITARY, THERE'S A FORM THAT HAS TO BE FILLED OUT.

IT'S CALLED THE FORM DD.

IT HAS TO BE FILLED OUT, SIGNED BY A RECRUITER AND GETS UPLOADED INTO A SYSTEM, AND THAT WE DOCUMENT.

OKAY. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE OVERLOADED ALREADY WITH DATA.

I IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS ARE SO SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY LEAVE.

AND HOW DO THEY CONTINUE TO DO.

DO WE HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION THAT WE ASK THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR EMAIL OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT FOLLOW THEM FOREVER SO THAT IF YOU KNOW, AS ALUMNI, JUST TO HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS ONGOING TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE DO WE ASK THEM AS PART OF THAT CHECKOUT PROCEDURE TO PROVIDE A NON EANES EMAIL ADDRESS.

OKAY. OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THIS IS DONE BY A STUDENT.

I HAVE CERTAINLY FOUND THAT SOMETIMES STUDENTS PUT THEIR PARENTS EMAIL IN THERE.

MOST OF THEM DO PUT ONE OF THEIR EMAILS.

BUT I'VE NOTICED SOMETIMES STUDENTS WHO'VE ALREADY BEEN ADMITTED INTO A COLLEGE AND ALREADY HAVE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS.

THEY PUT THEIR COLLEGE EMAIL IN THERE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THAT MAY WORK FOR A WHILE, BUT IT WON'T WORK FOREVER.

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YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER NOTES.

THE OF COURSE, VERY PROUD OF ALL THOSE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS.

BUT I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE THAT WHILE THAT'S A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT, THAT'S NOT YOUR NECESSARILY YOUR TICKET INTO ONE OF THESE TO ANY SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW IT. THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT GOES INTO GETTING INTO THE RIGHT SCHOOL OF YOUR FIT AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT SPECIAL SAUCE IS, IS INTERESTING. WE HAVE THE 200 PLUS CLUBS.

THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING.

BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT JUST MAKES WESTLAKE SO SPECIAL IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE KIDS TO NOT JUST BE ACADEMICALLY STELLAR AS A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR, BUT TO BE WELL-ROUNDED AND YOU KNOW, GET THESE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND WESTLAKE.

AND FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WITH NATIONAL MERIT, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND EVEN FULL RIDES.

BUT YOU HAVE AND WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A RESOURCE THAT LETS THEM KNOW WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE.

SO SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS ON A FAMILY SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN FINANCIALLY.

BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH THE NATIONAL MERIT DESIGNATION COULD GET A FREE RIDE OR JUST SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED TUITION AS A RESULT, WHICH IS GREAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

AND ONE THING WE'VE SEEN TOO OVER THE YEARS IS OUR KIDS APPLY TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

HOW MANY OF THEM WILL SUDDENLY GET, WHETHER IT'S MERIT BASED MONEY OR SUDDENLY THEY'LL GET OFFERED LIKE THE PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP.

AND THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS EVEN A POSSIBILITY OF SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES.

AND THEN THAT CHANGES THEIR WHOLE PERSPECTIVE ON NOW THEIR PURSUIT OF WHICH SCHOOL THEY WANT TO GO TO, BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY BRILLIANT.

AND IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO PAY FOR ME TO GO TO SCHOOL, WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? AND THEY KIND OF IT BROADENS THEIR HORIZONS RATHER QUICKLY BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS COME IN RATHER QUICKLY AND EARLY IN THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

WE DO RECEIVE A FAIR NUMBER OF THOSE AS WELL, WHICH IS PRETTY EYE OPENING FOR THEM, AND THAT'S PRETTY FABULOUS WHEN YOU SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND THE KID DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY.

DO YOU HAVE DO YOU COLLECT THAT INFORMATION FROM THE STUDENTS.

HOW MUCH SCHOLARSHIP. WE USED TO, BUT IT GOT A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.

JUST BECAUSE ONE STUDENT MAY APPLY TO 29 UNIVERSITIES AND SOME APPLY TO TWO.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY PUT IN THE GRADUATION PROGRAM.

BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE ODD AFTER A WHILE AND NOT EVERYBODY REPORTED IT.

SO IT ENDED UP SORT OF BEING NOT AS.

YEAH. NOT AS MEANINGFUL.

THE LAST COMMENT I WAS GOING TO MAKE WAS WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE AP CLASSES, IT ALSO ALLOWS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MY SON, IT HELPED HIM PLACE OUT OF CLASSES AND PARTICIPATE IN A CO-OP PROGRAM AND GRADUATE ON TIME.

EVEN SO, IT JUST OPENS UP SO MANY DOORS, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T GET YOU OUT OF OR DOESN'T GIVE YOU CREDIT NECESSARILY.

YOU CAN PLACE OUT IN JUST ADVANCE IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE DATA.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE LITTLE TIDBITS YOU THREW IN THERE.

AND IT'S I'M NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THAT OUR KIDS CONTINUE TO DO WELL.

I'LL BE EXPECTING THE 100 NEXT YEAR, MR. RAMSEY. AND IF IT GOES DOWN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I TAKE A PAY CUT EITHER.

SO YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THE LEDGE, YOU KNOW, GIVES US SOME MORE FUNDING, WE'LL WORK ON THAT BONUS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DIANE.

WE'LL GO TO ELLEN AND THEN HEATHER.

THANK YOU. THIS IS ALWAYS SUCH A FUN DISCUSSION, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU PRESENT THE DATA AND ARE SO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD.

STEVE, THIS IS PROBABLY MORE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

I KNOW IN YEARS PAST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, LOOKING AT AP SCORES CAN GIVE US SOME DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION ON THE CONSISTENCY AND QUALITY OF OUR TEACHING.

DO YOU STILL USE AP TESTS IN THAT WAY AT ALL? I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD MEASURE FOR HOW WE'RE DOING AS A CAMPUS.

YES, 100%.

ESPECIALLY FOR OUR TEACHERS, BECAUSE IT IS BROKEN DOWN BY TEACHER.

SO IT GIVES YOU PRETTY CLEAR DATA ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO AND WHAT KINDS OF I MEAN, IF WE FOUND THAT, SAY IN ONE CLASS THERE WERE LOTS OF FIVES, IN ANOTHER CLASS THERE WERE LOTS OF TWOS.

WHAT STEPS WOULD THE HIGH SCHOOL TAKE TO MAKE THAT DECISION? WHETHER WE THINK THEY CAN GET IT DONE WITH SUPPORT, OR DO WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER TEACHER FOR THAT? SO AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IS MAKING SURE THEY'RE TEACHING THE RIGHT LEVEL.

SOME TEACHERS THRIVE WITH FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES AND WOULD BE MISERABLE WITH SENIORS AND VICE VERSA.

AND SO WE DO TRY TO FIND THE BEST FIT FOR THAT.

I PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BEST EXAMPLES IS LIKE OUR AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY GROUP.

AND WHEN YOU PUT THOSE GENTLEMEN UP AGAINST ANYBODY IN THE NATION, I'D SAY THEY'RE PROBABLY AT THE TOP.

AND THEY LOVE FRESHMEN AND THEY LOVE HAVING THAT BE THEIR FIRST AP EXPERIENCE, AND THEY DO A FABULOUS JOB WITH THEM AND THEIR SCORES FOLLOW THEM.

SO. AND THEN I PROMISE YOU, THERE'S I, SOMEONE WHO MAYBE TEACHES ONE A HIGHER LEVEL MATH.

I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD BE VERY THEY WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT THEY WOULD NOT ENJOY IT AS MUCH IF THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, WITH ALGEBRA ONE VERSUS MAYBE THE BC CALCULUS AND STUFF.

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SO WE TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR OUR TEACHERS.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AT VARIOUS YEARS, WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THE AP VERSION OF A CLASS, SAY, ENGLISH THREE.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT PERCENTAGE HAS BEEN A 5050 SPLIT BETWEEN TRADITIONAL GRADE LEVEL CLASSES AND AP AND AS HIGH AS 90 OVER TEN.

WHERE IS IT THIS YEAR? IT'S ABOUT 50 OVER 50.

I MAY HAVE COME UP WITH SOME NUMBERS.

OH, OKAY.

SO FOR, YOU KNOW, SINCE SOME OF Y'ALL HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST 8 OR 9 YEARS, FIRST GOT BACK TO WESTLAKE.

IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. OUR AP ENGLISH FOR OUR SENIORS WERE 22 SECTIONS OF AP THREE REGULAR.

AND SO THERE ARE ABOUT 50 OVER 50 NOW.

RIGHT NOW IT'S 14 TO 12 AP.

BUT WITH OUR JUNIORS AND THAT'S THE BIG YEAR WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOT A REALLY OVERLOAD.

SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES TO AP CLASSES THAT DIDN'T EVEN SPLIT IT 13 SECTIONS APIECE NOW.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE NICER THINGS TO SEE IS THAT THE JUNIOR YEAR IS NOT YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AP, WE HAVE TEN SECTIONS OF AP, US HISTORY.

WE HAVE 14 OF ON LEVEL.

SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW KIDS ARE LOOKING AT WHAT COURSES THEY'RE TAKING.

AND SO THOSE ARE JUST PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS.

AND WE DID THINGS LIKE WE BROKE OUT AP PHYSICS.

YOU COULD TAKE AP PHYSICS ONE AND TWO IN THE SAME YEAR.

AP PHYSICS ONE AND ONE YEAR, AP PHYSICS TWO OVER A YEAR.

THAT'S DEFINITELY CHANGED HOW KIDS APPROACH SCIENCE.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF BROKEN UP TO A FIVE AND A FIVE.

AND THEN WE HAVE 12.

NON-AP SECTIONS, AND I THINK THAT'S TEACHER DRIVEN TOO, IF YOU KNOW SOME.

MR. MOREY AND MR. HORTON, THERE ARE PROBABLY TWO OF OUR BEST, JUST AWESOME PHYSICS TEACHERS IN THE WORLD, AND THEY'RE VERY ASTUTE AND VERY INTELLIGENT WITH SOME FINE UNIVERSITIES LIKE RICE AND UT.

AND THEY TEACH THAT AT A RATHER HIGH LEVEL.

AND SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO COME TO WESTLAKE TO HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCES WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO. WELL, THANK YOU FOR AFFECTING THAT CHANGE.

I THINK THAT'S A MUCH MORE HEALTHY BALANCE.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF MESSAGING AROUND CHALLENGE SUCCESS AND THAT SORT OF THING AND I KNOW YOU ASSIGN TEACHERS DIFFERENTLY OVER TIME. WHAT OTHER STRATEGIES DID YOU USE TO GET THAT BALANCE MORE IN PLACE? I THINK IT WAS REALLY GETTING INTO TALKING TO THE STUDENTS AND GETTING THE TEACHERS TO ALSO HAVE THAT MESSAGE TO THEM.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO MAKE THEMSELVES COMPLETELY MISERABLE.

AND IT'S OKAY TO BE A STEM KID AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE CAPSTONE APPROACH AND WELL, IS AP ENGLISH TO GET INTO A SCIENCE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY.

IF YOU'RE A HUMANITIES STUDENT, YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE BC CALCULUS JUST TO TAKE BC CALCULUS.

AND SO OUR STUDENTS ARE DEFINITELY, I THINK, GRAVITATING TOWARDS WHAT THEIR INTEREST LEVELS ARE MORE.

AND I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY CHANGED.

I JUST THINK IT'S I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU QUANTIFY IT, BUT I THINK THERE'S AN ATTITUDE THAT THERE'S NOT, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THIS WHEN WE WERE MAKING THE ROUNDS.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE GPA THING, THE GPA SAGA, THAT THERE'S A SHEET AND YOU MUST TAKE THESE AS A FRESHMAN, IF YOU EVER PLAN TO BE IN THE TOP 10% END OF CONVERSATION.

WELL, WE HAVE LOTS OF KIDS WHO WENT AWAY FROM THAT SHEET WHO DON'T TAKE ALL THOSE COURSES ANYMORE AND SO THOSE NUMBERS WENT DOWN.

AND SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE KIDS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE SUBJECTS TAKING THEM VERSUS CHASING THAT MAGICAL FORMULA.

SO I THINK ONCE IT TOOK A WHILE FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES TO REALIZE, LOOK, HEIDI DID NOT DO THAT AND LOOK WHERE SHE'S GOING TO SCHOOL.

MAYBE THAT CAN ALSO BE THE PATTERN FOR ME, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAD RESISTANCE AT FIRST BECAUSE THEY YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

I THINK ONCE IT HAPPENED, PEOPLE WERE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF AN AMAZING SHIFT OVER THE PAST 8 TO 9 YEARS.

AND I WOULD SAY ONE THING TOO, IS WHETHER IT'S THE COUNSELORS OR STUDENT SUPPORT COUNSELORS JUST THE STUFF THAT WE DO TO TRY TO LET THE KIDS KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST GRADES.

AND WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, HOLDING A BUNNY RABBIT DURING STUDENT APPRECIATION WEEK FOR 10S.

IF THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT COLLEGE ESSAYS, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

OR THEY'RE GUESSING, HAVING DIFFERENT GIFTS AND GAMES AND STUFF.

AND I THINK WE DO THAT WITH OUR STAFF, TOO, AND THERE'S A WHOLE LIST.

WE COULD JUST SPEND AN HOUR AND A HALF ON THAT.

WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE DIFFERENT CHANGES WE'VE MADE LIKE HAVING A TRUE DEAD WEEK VERSUS TAKING A QUARTER FINAL, THEN A FINAL THE NEXT DAY.

I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME ATROCIOUS THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON.

SO ONCE YOU LET KIDS KNOW AND REMIND KIDS OF THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE MESSAGING OUR KIDS AND STAFF, AND WE DO THAT WITH OUR STAFF A LOT.

THIS IS HOW THINGS USED TO BE.

THIS IS WHY WE DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO.

AND THIS WAS HOW THINGS WERE.

I TEND TO TALK TOO LONG, BUT I WON'T.

BUT I JUST REMEMBER WHEN I GOT TO WESTLAKE, ONE OF THE WORST WEEKS I SAW WAS WINTER BREAK.

THE FINALS BEFORE WINTER BREAK.

KIDS HATED THE TEACHERS, TEACHERS HATED THE KIDS, AND EVERYBODY WAS MISERABLE, END OF CONVERSATION.

IN MOST PLACES, IT WAS VERY EXCITING.

WHEN I WAS AT AUSTIN HIGH, DUNCANVILLE AND KINGWOOD, I WAS LIKE, OH, IT'S EXAM WEEK, THIS IS FABULOUS.

AND EVERYBODY WAS VERY BITTER AND ANGRY GOING INTO THE SUMMER OR THE WINTER BREAK.

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AND I THINK THAT'S HELPED OUT TREMENDOUSLY A LOT OF THAT STUFF OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

I THINK PERSONAL WORK DAY WEEKS THAT WE DO.

I THINK THAT SENDS THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO THE KIDS THAT WE WANT YOU TO BE PREPARED.

AND WE DID THAT AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER THIS TIME.

SO THEY USED LIKE SOCIAL STUDIES DAY.

YOU GET TO MAKE UP TESTS, MAKE UP QUIZZES, WHATEVER YOU DO WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY, YOU BETTER BE CAUGHT UP OR YOU GET TO DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN YOU WANT TO.

SO THOSE ARE PERSONAL WORK DAYS.

WE STARTED THAT DURING 2021, AND THOSE WENT OVER REALLY WELL.

SO WE'VE CONTINUED THAT. SO THE KIDS KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE GIVING US TIME TO DO IT VERSUS DO THIS ON YOUR OWN AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S TOO EXTRAORDINARY FOR SOMEONE OF THAT AGE.

WELL CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OUTCOMES.

AND PARTICULARLY TO HAVE THE LEVEL OF TESTING THAT WE STILL HAVE.

I MEAN WE STILL OFFER THE 4000 TESTS AS YOU INDICATED, WHICH IS AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER.

BUT TO HAVE A MORE BALANCED APPROACH TO THE ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE I THINK IS EXCEPTIONAL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ELLEN, WE'LL GO TO HEATHER AND THEN KIM.

SO OBVIOUSLY I LOVE THIS.

WE ALL LOVE THIS REPORT.

BUT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE I HAVE A SENIOR THIS YEAR AND SHE'S JUST NOW FINISHED ALL OF HER APPLICATIONS AND ESSAYS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

AND SO I JUST HAVE TO SAY, LIKE, IT GIVES ME A NEW LENS ALSO BECAUSE IT GIVES I THINK PARENTS HOPE TOO, THAT YOU'RE LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? IS THIS ALL GOING TO WORK OUT? AND YES, IT DOES.

IT WORKS OUT. AND TO YOUR POINT WITH THE FIT, LIKE I THINK THAT'S MY FAVORITE PART AND THE POINT THAT YOU MADE, HEIDI, THAT OUR KIDS ARE ACTUALLY REALLY SELECTIVE.

AND IN THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD RECENTLY OF TOURING COLLEGES AND LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WE'VE BEEN ON SO MANY TOURS, BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT.

AND TO YOUR POINT, STEVE, AND YOU KNOW, REALLY TALKING ABOUT AND ELLEN, YOUR QUESTION LIKE, WHAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE? LIKE HOW DO HOW DO OUR KIDS GET IN HERE? I DO THINK THAT OUR SHUFFLE AND OUR, OUR OUR SHIFT TO KIND OF RETHINK THINGS HAS ACTUALLY WORKED OUT REALLY WELL BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE SAYING, LIKE, WE DON'T CARE IF YOU TAKE ALL APPS, LIKE, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO BE A GOOD FIT IN OUR SCHOOL, AND THAT YOU ARE GENUINELY INTERESTED IN GOING TO THAT SCHOOL AND GENUINELY INTERESTED IN THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO STUDY. I DO HAVE SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE LIKE, YOU HAVE TO PICK A MAJOR AND YOU CAN'T DEVIATE FROM THAT.

THAT'S AN ISSUE, I THINK. BUT THAT'S NOT OUR ISSUE NECESSARILY, EXCEPT FOR OUR KIDS THAT HAVE TO PICK.

BUT SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL ON THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO REALLY TRANSFORM THE CULTURE, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE THAT IT'S PAYING OFF AND IT'S WORKING FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

SO OTHER THINGS THOUGH I LOVE MATT THAT OUR TEAMS ARE REALLY BEING MORE MINDFUL OF TRANSITION PLANNING. AND MENTIONING THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.

I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BONE TO PICK WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, I THINK, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE HELPING OUR STUDENTS QUITE AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE THEM TO.

THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING THAT YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER TRYING.

BUT I DO ALSO AND YOU KNOW, HEIDI, TO YOUR POINT, IN LIKE WHERE KIDS GO AND WHAT THEY DO, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO UNIVERSITY.

AND I KNOW WE'VE MADE GREAT GAINS IN YOU KNOW WHAT THE BOBCAT.

THE ONE AT TEXAS STATE AND RICE.

YEAH. AND THEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM AT UT NOW.

SO LIKE, WE HAVE AN EXPANDED PROGRAM THERE.

BUT I DO STILL YEARN FOR MORE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES.

YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A KIDDO DOING REAL ESTATE.

AND STEVE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR AT THIS REPORT.

YOU KNOW, THAT COSMETOLOGY IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT SOME OF OUR KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN.

AND I DO STILL WISH FOR MORE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR OUR AN OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE.

AND IT COULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING.

OR IT COULD BE A CAREER LATER ON.

SO I AM STILL LOOKING INTO THAT.

MY QUESTION ABOUT OCC AND DUAL CREDIT.

SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE 44 KIDDOS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FREE TUITION.

DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE KIDDOS THAT ARE OR STUDENTS? I SHOULD SAY SORRY, STUDENTS WHO ARE IN DUAL CREDIT WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

IS THAT A DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURE? NUMBER IS PEOPLE WHO GRADUATED ARE PART OF CLASS OF 24 AND ARE NOW AT ACC.

OKAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I AM ALSO STILL OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED IN ANY WAY WE CAN EXPAND OUR DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS DID BENEFIT FROM THAT.

AND FRANKLY, THAT IS WHY SOME OF THEM GOT INTO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY GOT INTO.

SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THERE.

AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO AND I KNOW THIS IS LIKE A PIPE DREAM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF TO DIANE'S POINT, LIKE FOLLOW UP

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AGAIN, I KNOW THAT'S A PIPE DREAM, BUT I WOULD LOVE THAT BECAUSE I DO.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HEAR ABOUT KIDDOS WHO GET ACCEPTED AND THEY GO AND THEY'RE LIKE, EEK, THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT FIT OR SHOOT.

I NEED TO PIVOT AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND GETTING GOOD OUTCOMES FOR EVERYBODY IN THE LONG RANGE.

THANK YOU TO YOUR DAUGHTER AND FINISHING.

FINGERS CROSSED.

NOW IS THE STRESSFUL POINT.

THANK YOU HEATHER. WE'LL GO TO KIM.

THE STRESS CONTINUES ON EVEN IN COLLEGE.

LOTS OF GOOD QUESTIONS.

I ONLY HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

AND, MATT, IT'S I SEEM TO RECALL FIVE YEARS AGO THERE WAS CONTINUING EDUCATION AND COLLEGE EXPERIENCES ONLY AT TEXAS A&M.

AND SO IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HAVE ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS OR HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES GROWN.

AND MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT I REMEMBER A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND I WAS SITTING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, ARE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT EITHER THE PAST PROGRAM OR THE AGGIE ACHIEVE. BUT MY QUESTION IS, HAVE THERE BE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES ARISEN IN THE TEXAS COLLEGE SPACE OR THE TEXAS VOCATIONAL SPACE OVER JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME? YEAH, I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT'S ACCURATE.

TEXAS STATE STARTED THEIR FOUR YEAR PROGRAM, I THINK TWO YEARS AGO.

AND I KNOW UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HAS THE FOUR, WHICH IS MORE OF A VOCATIONAL 18 MONTH PROGRAM.

I'VE CONTINUED TO HEAR RUMBLINGS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING STARTED FOR A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, I SAT WITH A FAMILY IN MY OFFICE AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A HANDFUL ACROSS THE ACROSS THE WHOLE UNITED STATES.

AND SO YOU JUST YOU SEE THAT MORE AND MORE NOW.

GOOD, GOOD.

WELL, THAT'S GOOD FOR, FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU MADE THE COMMENT WHICH I WROTE DOWN, WHICH IS BECAUSE OF A VARIETY OF FACTORS.

IT'S VERY HARD TO GET INTO THOSE PROGRAMS. IS THERE? I KNOW WE HAVE A VERY DEVELOPED PROCESS FOR FOR STUDENTS GOING INTO UNIVERSITIES OR THE UNIVERSITY SETTING, BUT IS WHAT IS OUR PROCESS OR WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO HELP FAMILIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT THESE, THIS PATHWAY? YEAH, I THINK STARTING THOSE CONVERSATIONS EARLY IN THE TRANSITION PLANNING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, STARTS AROUND 14 FOR OUR KIDS, AND THEN GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING IF THAT'S A REALISTIC POST-SECONDARY GOAL FOR THEM AND DOING THAT RESEARCH ALONGSIDE THEM.

CARLY ROEBUCK, WHO'S ONE OF OUR TRANSITION SPECIALISTS, WORKS REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AND THE ATS TEACHERS TO, YOU KNOW, TARGET THOSE TRANSITION ASSESSMENTS. AND SOME OF THOSE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT ON THE MORE DENSE SIDE OR MORE OF A VISUAL PLANNING THAT WOULD KIND OF CARVE OUT SOME OF THOSE DOMAINS. I THINK THE OTHER THING TO, TO, TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE MORE INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THROUGH OUR DISTRICT AND THEN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE STATE.

IT JUST OPENS MORE PEOPLE'S EYES TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF OUR KIDS DESERVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES OF ALL STUDENTS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME.

AMEN ON THAT. AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THIS HAS BEEN GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I'LL JUST WRAP UP BY SAYING THAT ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE WORK YOU'RE DOING? WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR BUDGETING AND POLICY WRITING SEASON, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET US KNOW ON THE SPOT.

I REALIZE THAT'S A LONGER TERM TYPE OF QUESTION.

BUT PLEASE PASS IT ALONG IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE REPORT ON BOARD STRATEGIC PRIORITY ASSET MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY UPDATE FROM DOCTOR CHRISTI

[11.3 Board Strategic Priority: Asset management, technology & cybersecurity updates]

SAILORS. I JUST NOTICED WHO DOES

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I'LL DO A LOT OF LOOKING.

WE'RE AWESOME. OKAY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE OF OUR BOARD PRIORITIES.

IT'S KIND OF A MIX BECAUSE WE TOUCH EVERYTHING IN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO I'M SPEAKING FOR THE TEAM AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE VARIOUS AREAS.

HERE ARE THE PRIORITIES.

HERE ARE THE THREE THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCE FACILITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT FOCUSING ON ASSET MANAGEMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES FOCUSING ON THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EDTECH WORK FOR SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS.

SO KIND OF A VARIETY TONIGHT.

FOR FINANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT, BOTH OPERATIONS AND THE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTED NEW SOFTWARE.

FMX IS THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM FOR THE OPERATIONS TEAM.

THAT'S WHERE WE DOCUMENT EVENTS WHILE NEEDS PAINTED.

WE NEED FURNITURE PUT TOGETHER.

THINGS NEED TO BE MOVED.

SOMETHING'S BROKE.

THERE'S A PROJECT THAT'S COMING ON.

WE DOCUMENT ALL OF THE NEEDS AND THE RESOURCES FOR THOSE NEEDS, INCLUDING STAFFING IN FMCS IN TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, WE IMPLEMENTED INCIDENT IQ AS OUR HELP DESK TICKET SYSTEM.

IT ALSO HAS AN ASSET MANAGEMENT MODULE IN THE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO SET THRESHOLDS FOR OUR INVENTORY.

SO IF WE HAVE A TEACHER WHO'S REQUESTING A NEW APPLE PENCIL, OR WE HAVE A TEACHER WHO NEEDS A NEW CORD OR A REMOTE, AS THE TECHS TAKE THAT OUT OF THE SYSTEM, WE GET AN ALERT WHEN IT REACHES OR COMES CLOSE TO OUR THRESHOLD BEFORE WE HAVE TO REORDER.

SO IT KIND OF HELPS US GOVERN.

WHAT DO WE HAVE IN STOCK? WHAT DO WE NEED? WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS AND HELPS US WITH BUDGETING? BOTH SYSTEMS HELP US IDENTIFY WHERE THE CONSUMABLES ARE ON THE CAMPUSES.

LIKE WHAT ARE WE USING? THE OPERATIONS TEAM.

HOW MANY CASES OF TOILET PAPER? WHERE ARE THE PAPER TOWELS? THE CLEANING SUPPLIES.

DID THEY USE THAT TO TRACK THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? AND WHEN THEY NEED TO BE DELIVERED TO THOSE CAMPUSES, AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR THE CAMPUSES TO COME IN AND SAY OR CALL AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED PAPER TOWELS, WE USE THE SYSTEM TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME TO PREPLAN BOTH OF THOSE SYSTEMS WE USE TO FUTURE FORECAST.

WE LOOK AT THE WORK ORDERS THAT ARE COMING UP ON CAMPUSES AND SAY, OKAY, WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING IN AUGUST.

WE KNOW IT'S COMING IN DECEMBER.

WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF PAPER IN MAY.

SO WE ALREADY TRY TO PREDICT THE BEHAVIOR USING BOTH OF THOSE SYSTEMS. THE NEXT ONE IS SAFE AND INCLUSIVE.

SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE FIRST SLIDE, WE REPLACED ALL OF THE DISTRICT, EVERY FACILITY, EVERY CAMPUSES, INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH MEANS THE SERVERS, THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS, THE ROUTERS, CABLING, YOU NAME IT IF IT TOUCHES THE SYSTEM.

WE REPLACED IT THIS PAST SUMMER, WE ARE NOW IN A MORE SECURE, BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME SECURITY MEASURES ON THESE NEW SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW US TO STOP ISSUES BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.

IN THE PAST, WE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE PLUG A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT INTO THE WRONG PORT, AND WE WOULD SHUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DOWN BECAUSE THE SYSTEM THOUGHT WE WERE BEING ATTACKED.

AND SO IT WOULD JUST TURN EVERYTHING OFF, CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT EXTRA PHONE WAS PLUGGED IN.

THIS, THIS GROUP OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE WILL SEE THAT ATTACK AND QUARANTINE THAT SPECIFIC PORT AND NOT KILL THE ENTIRE NETWORK AT THAT CAMPUS.

SO NOBODY BUT US KNOWS THERE'S A PROBLEM.

AND THIS HELPS US GO DIRECTLY TO THE CLASSROOM WHERE IT'S PLUGGED IN, FIX THE ISSUE, AND GO ON ABOUT OUR DAY.

SO EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THE NEW SYSTEM.

EVERYTHING IS UNDER WARRANTY NOW.

WE WERE WITHOUT WARRANTY FOR TWO YEARS ON SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS ON THE EQUIPMENT, SO WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED, AS A PRECAUTION, A SYSTEM ON ALL OF THE WINDOWS MACHINES.

WE DID IT ON THE WINDOWS MACHINES BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MALWARE AND MALICIOUS FILES.

THIS SYSTEM ACTUALLY SITS IN THE BACKGROUND OF ALL OF THE MACHINES.

NOBODY KNOWS IT'S THERE BUT US AND NOW THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT RANDOMLY SCANS THE HARD DRIVE ON THOSE MACHINES TO SEE IF THERE'S A MALICIOUS FILE.

WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL USER CLICKED ON THAT WOULD BE OF ALERT, YOU KNOW, ALARMING TO US OR THAT WE NEEDED TO INTERVENE? IF IT FINDS A MACHINE THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED, IT WILL QUARANTINE THAT MACHINE, WHICH MEANS IT WILL CUT IT OFF FROM ALL OF THE NETWORK SO THAT THE

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IT'LL JUST KEEP IT INTACT.

THE TEAM GETS ALERTS ON THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR US AS FAR AS ANY SECURITY ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT SEE ON STAFF.

WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED THE DISASTER RECOVERY SITE.

THIS IS A REPLICATION REDUNDANCIES OF ALL OF OUR CRITICAL SYSTEMS. IT'S NOT AT THE DOCK.

IT'S IN ANOTHER LOCATION.

WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT IN A SECONDARY FIBER CONNECTION.

SO IN THE EVENT OUR INTERNET PROVIDER GOES DOWN, HURRICANE HAPPENS.

THEY LOSE WHATEVER THEY LOSE FOR THEIR SYSTEMS. WE CAN FIRE UP THE CRITICAL SYSTEMS USING THE OTHER INTERNET PROVIDER, ASSUMING THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. SO WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT.

IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS AN WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE CAN USE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET EVERYTHING BACK UP AND RUNNING.

FOR THE CYBERSECURITY.

WE'VE DONE LOTS OF WORK HERE.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO LOTS OF WORK TO MAKES US SUBMIT ALL KINDS OF DOCUMENTATION.

WE HAVE OUR INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE FOR TEA, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE FOR OURSELVES.

WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S REQUIRED EVERY YEAR FOR ALL STAFF TO COMPLETE FOCUSING ON DATA PRIVACY, CYBER SECURITY.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET AN EMAIL THAT LOOKS WEIRD, DON'T CLICK, YOU KNOW, JUST THE STANDARD KIND OF THINGS.

AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT DATA GOVERNANCE, THEIR PERSONAL DATA GOVERNANCE, BUT ALSO THE STUDENTS.

SO LET'S PROTECT THE STUDENT DATA AS WELL.

AS WE COME UP WITH NEW MALICIOUS CONTENT AND WE UPDATE THE ONLINE SAFETY WEBSITE.

THE MOST RECENT THING IS QUISHING.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

IT'S A QR CODE THAT'S SENT IN AN EMAIL.

SOMEBODY SCANS IT AND THEY HAVE NOW HAD WHATEVER THEY SCANNED WITH IS NOW POTENTIALLY BEEN ACCESSED BY SOMEONE THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO OR IF IT'S YOU CAN'T SCAN THE QR CODE, CLICK HERE KIND OF THING AND IT WILL CAPTURE THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION OF THAT SPECIFIC USER.

SO OUR UP THAT WEBSITE IS UPDATED EVERY TIME WE LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING, EVERY TIME THAT WE WITNESS OR WE EXPERIENCE SOMETHING JUST TO KEEP IT OUT IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE COMMUNITY OF HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING, HERE'S HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND THEN WE HAVE A NORMAL SECURITY.

YOU APPROVE THIS FOR US LAST YEAR? THIS IS NOW FULLY IMPLEMENTED.

IT GOVERNS 25,000 EMAIL ACCOUNTS, AND IT HAS CAUGHT, STOPPED, PREVENTED.

USERS DID NOT SEE OVER 59,000 MALICIOUS ATTACKS, WHICH SAVES ME HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF EMAILS TO ALL STAFF.

IT'S AI SO IT LEARNS AS WE GET EMAILS SENT TO US.

IT SITS ON THE EMAIL SERVER AND SAYS, THIS IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE QUARANTINED RIGHT HERE.

THE STAFF CAN LOOK AT THAT QUARANTINE.

AND IF SOMETHING WAS BY CHANCE MISLABELED, WE CAN REMEDIATE THAT AND GO AHEAD AND SEND THAT BACK OUT.

THE APPLICATION ALSO ALLOWS US TO SEE HOW MANY USERS GOT THE PIANOS FOR SALE, EMAIL, HOW MANY OPENED IT, AND WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE RESPONDED. SO THEN WE CAN QUICKLY GET TO THOSE USERS AND SAY, WE NEED TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS.

WE NEED TO SCAN YOUR DEVICES.

LET'S FIX THIS BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND.

ALSO FOR CYBERSECURITY, THESE ARE NEW INITIATIVES FOR US.

WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS WEBSITE.

IT'S ON THE TEC WEBSITE.

AS PART OF A REQUIREMENT FOR THE TRUSTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

BUT WE DID IT BECAUSE WE HAD GRADUATES COMING BACK THREE, 4 OR 5 MULTIPLE YEARS SAYING, CAN I HAVE ACCESS TO MY GOOGLE DRIVE OR I SURE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT AP RESEARCH PAPER I DID IN 1998? NO. SO AS A RESPONSE TO THAT, WE THOUGHT, WE DON'T HAVE THIS PUBLISHED ANYWHERE OF WHAT WE DO, OUR PROCESSES, OUR PROCEDURES, OUR GUIDELINES FOR WHO HAS ACCESS TO WHAT TO WHEN.

IF YOU'RE A STAFF MEMBER AND YOU LEAVE, YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO TELL ME THAT YOU NEED SOMETHING OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT.

WE'VE DOCUMENTED OUR PROCESSES, WHAT WE HAVE.

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HOW TO ACCESS MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION ON SOME OF THE ACCOUNTS TO.

HERE'S THE RUG.

HERE'S WHERE YOU SIGN OFF ON THIS.

HERE'S WHERE THIS LINK IS.

JUST TO KIND OF BE TRANSPARENT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO CALL AND SAY, HEY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THIS.

HERE'S OUR POLICY, HERE'S WHERE WE HOW WE OPERATE.

WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ACCESS TO YOUR FULL GOOGLE DRIVE OR YOUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

IF YOU TELL ME SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED, I WILL DO THE RESEARCH AND GET THAT FOR YOU.

BUT IT HAS TO BE REASONABLE.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE WE JUST FINISHED THIS.

IT'S THE TRUSTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SEAL.

IT'S FROM COSINE.

THIS REINFORCES THE DISTRICT'S FOCUS AND EMPHASIS ON DATA PRIVACY, DATA GOVERNANCE AND OUR SECURITY MEASURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

ITS FIVE MODULES ALL ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS DATA PRIVACY AND EANES, INCLUDING OUR GOVERNANCE, OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS, HOW DO WE SHOW TEACHERS HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA? AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE FOR INSTRUCTION.

HOW ARE THE TEACHERS SHOWING THE STUDENTS HOW TO BE REASONABLE AND UNDERSTAND THEIR DATA GOVERNANCE? SO WE HAVE SUBMITTED THOSE.

IT'S A PASS FAIL.

WE'LL KNOW HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY WILL PASS OR FAIL US ON EACH OF THE MODULES AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S NOT LONG, BUT WE CAN RESUBMIT EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS WHY WE THINK WE HAVE ALIGNED WITH THAT REQUIREMENT AND THEN PUT IT BACK IN FOR RESCORING HOPING THAT WE IMPROVE OUR SCORE OR GET PASSED IT.

SO WE'LL SEE. THIS IS NEW.

THIS IS WITH OUR SAFE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS.

THIS IS VERY RECENT.

WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A COMMITTEE OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, OUR SECURITY PERSONNEL, AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO IDENTIFY HOW STUDENT ID BADGES WOULD WORK FOR SIX, 12 STUDENTS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS ARE THERE. MR. RAMSEY IS THERE.

AND WHAT WE DID AS A COMMITTEE IS WE DECIDED WHAT THE NON-NEGOTIABLES WERE.

WE WANT TO HAVE A VISUAL BADGE FOR SECURITY.

AT A GLANCE, I WANT TO KNOW THAT THIS STUDENT SHOULD BE ON CAMPUS, BUT WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF WE COULD TIE FUNCTIONALITY TO THE BADGE.

HOW DO I MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR THE STUDENT TO WANT TO HAVE THE BADGE ON THEM AT ALL TIMES? SO THE COMMITTEE WORKED OUT THE FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE WANT TIED TO THAT.

EVERYTHING FROM TRANSPORTATION.

FOOD SERVICE.

LIBRARY. BOOKS.

CAN I USE MY BADGE TO CHECK IN TO SEE THE COUNSELORS? CAN I USE MY BADGE TO CHECK IN TO SEE THE NURSES? ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, IN CRUTCHES OR THEY'RE IN BOOTS OR THEY'RE IN SCOOTERS FOR SOME TYPE OF INJURY.

CAN WE USE THESE BADGES TO GET THEM ACCESS TO THE ELEVATOR? GREAT IDEA.

SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE SAMPLE PROPOSED BADGE FOR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE ONE FOR WESTRIDGE AND ONE FOR HILL COUNTRY AS WELL.

WE ARE MEETING TOMORROW TO DISCUSS A DRAFT POLICY, DISCIPLINE AND EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS AND TO DISCUSS WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN ALL OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR KIDS THE STUDENT HANDBOOK, THE RUG.

WHERE DOES THIS LIVE? SO THE COMMITTEE HAS WORKED REALLY HARD.

WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD THOUGHTS.

WE HAVE SOME KEY THINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE TARGETED AND BRING TO YOU ALL BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PILOT IT WITH A GROUP OF EITHER THE KIDS THAT WILL BE ON CAMPUSES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, JUST TO SEE GET THEIR FEEDBACK. DID IT WORK? HOW HARD IS IT TO GOVERN? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DOES IT INTERFERE WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO DO? AND THEN FULL IMPLEMENTATION FOR 612 STUDENTS IN AUGUST OF 2526.

OKAY. SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OVER TO THE TEACHERS WORK.

THE STUDENTS WORK, THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TEAM.

THEIR EMPHASIS IS ALWAYS ON THOUGHTFUL USE, TECH INTEGRATION, STUDENT CREATION.

THE THREE PHOTOS FRED TOLD ME WHAT TO SAY.

ONE IS PROGRAMING, ONE IS CREATING A VIDEO AND THE OTHER STUDENT IS PRACTICING WRITING ON THE IPAD.

SO HOW THEY USE IT TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

ALWAYS A PRIORITY, ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL.

[01:40:02]

SO SETTING THOSE EXPECTATIONS THEY CREATED THE LESSON.

ALL TEACHERS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL DID THE K-5 LESSON, AND IT WAS JUST SETTING UP THE BASICS OF WHERE WHERE IS THIS ON MY IPAD? HOW DO I DO THIS ON MY IPAD? BUT IT WAS ALSO STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW TEACHER LEAD, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION, KEEP IT WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

IT NEEDS TO BE CHARGED.

HOLD IT WITH TWO HANDS.

NO FOOD. DON'T TAKE IT OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT HOME UNLESS YOU HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE TEACHER.

THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES TOOK IT A BIT FURTHER.

AND NOT ONLY DID THEY SAY, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE IPAD, HERE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS ON OUR CAMPUS FOR USING THE IPAD.

BUT THEY WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT HERE'S WHERE YOU FIND YOUR TEXTBOOKS.

HERE'S WHERE YOU GO TO SEE YOUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS.

HERE'S HOW YOU WOULD SUBMIT SOMETHING.

SO THEY WENT DOWN FURTHER IN THOSE LESSONS BASED ON THE NEED OF THE STUDENTS AND THE FUNCTION THAT EACH OF THOSE KIDDOS DO.

THIS IS ANIMATED.

SO ONE THING THAT THEY'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON IS APPLE CLASSROOM.

WE'VE HAD APPLE CLASSROOM FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT THE EMPHASIS HAS BEEN ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE CLASSROOMS WHERE THERE ARE STUDENTS DOING ON THE DEVICES.

THE APPLE CLASSROOM TRAINING HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ALL TEACHERS.

THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND THE PRINCIPALS RECEIVED TRAINING ON THAT RECENTLY, JUST AS A REFRESHER OF HEY, THIS IS PRETTY COOL, YOU KIND OF NEED TO SEE THIS.

SO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SETTING THE EXPECTATION THROUGH THE INSTRUCTIONAL WALKS THAT WE'RE WATCHING TEACHERS AND SEEING IF THEY'RE USING APPLE CLASSROOM.

THINGS THAT THEY USE APPLE CLASSROOM FOR IS CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, KEEPING THE STUDENTS ON TASKS, BEING ABLE TO REMOTELY STOP A STUDENT FROM BEING OFF TASK.

BUT ALSO, WE WITNESSED THAT SOME OF THE TEACHERS WERE USING IT TO WATCH HOW A STUDENT WAS MASTERING OR NOT, OR STRUGGLING WITH A CONCEPT SO I CAN WATCH THEIR IPAD FROM MY IPAD AND NOT MAKE IT OBVIOUS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CHRISTIE AND SHE'S STRUGGLING WITH SO THAT I, AS THE TEACHER, CAN GO OVER, REDIRECT, OR FIGURE OUT WHEN I CAN PULL HER TO REVIEW THOSE CONCEPTS OVER AGAIN.

SO IT HAS IT HAS A LOT OF USES.

AND LASTLY, MACHINE LEARNING AND AI.

WE'VE HAD AI TOOLS AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE AI.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS WITHIN GOOGLE ARE AI.

THE READABILITY, STATISTICS, LITTLE CLIPPY AND MICROSOFT WORD.

YEARS AND YEARS AGO WAS AI.

SO WE'RE USING AI TOOLS IN OUR CLASSROOMS. WE'RE ALLOWING THE TEACHERS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT IS FOR THAT INSTRUCTIONAL NEED.

BUT WITH SUPPORTS.

THE TEAM HAS WRITTEN GUIDELINES ON AI AND SELECTING AI TOOLS.

FRED AND HIS TEAM HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED RUBRICS ON WHAT DO I DO? HOW DO I DETERMINE IF THIS AI TOOL WORKS FOR THIS INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY? SO THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK AS WELL.

AND THERE'LL BE MORE.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE MERGED THE EDTECH SUPPORT WEBSITE WITH CURRICULUM CONNECT WHICH IS THE ONE STOP, ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.

SO THE TEAM FELT IT STRONGLY THAT IT NEEDED TO BE THERE.

SO THE TEACHERS DON'T GO HAVE TO GO IN SEARCH OF ON THE EDTECH WEBSITE, PART OF CURRICULUM CONNECT IS THE TECHNOLOGY PLAYBOOK.

THE TEAM CREATED THIS FOR NEW TEACHERS.

NEW TO EANES.

IT'S ALL THINGS ABOUT EANES.

SO HERE'S HOW WE USE THE IPAD.

HERE'S HOW YOU USE APPLE CLASSROOM.

HERE'S HOW YOU USE THE NEW LINE INTERACTIVE PANEL IN YOUR CLASSROOM.

HERE'S HOW YOU USE THE CLASSROOM AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM IN YOUR CLASSROOM.

BUT ONCE WE DID THAT, IT KIND OF MORPHED BECAUSE THE EXISTING STAFF ARE LIKE, WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT.

SO THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY.

SO IT'S ON CURRICULUM CONNECT.

EVERYTHING IS THERE.

IT INCLUDES HOW TO AND ANY KIND OF TUTORIALS OR TIPS AND TRICKS FOR USING ANY OF THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOMS. THE MIDDLE PANEL IS EDTECH MODULES.

THE TEAM CREATED MINI LESSONS ON ANYTHING THAT TEACHERS MIGHT WANT TO BE BETTER AT OR IMPROVE THEIR TECH SKILLS ON.

SO IF I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO CREATE AN INTERACTIVE NEARPOD WITH VIDEO SNIPPETS AND THEN A QUESTION TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE CONTENT THAT'S IN THERE,

[01:45:04]

SO IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY CATEGORY.

SO IF IT'S I WANT MY STUDENTS TO CREATE A VIDEO, THAT WEBSITE WILL GIVE THEM THE 4 OR 5 APPROVED APPS THAT ARE FOR VIDEO MAKING OR VIDEO EDITING, AND IT'LL GIVE THEM A SAMPLE LESSON.

PLUS, HOW TO BECAUSE I MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO USE THAT SPECIFIC RESOURCE, BUT IT'LL WALK THEM THROUGH HOW TO DO THAT.

WHAT WE FOUND IS A LOT OF STUDENTS USE THAT WEBSITE TO TEACH THEMSELVES HOW TO USE THE RESOURCE, AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR THE TEACHER TO LEARN IT AND THEN SHOW ME. I WANT TO FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF SO THEY CAN USE THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WEBSITES PUBLISHED IN TWO SPOTS, ONE FOR STUDENTS AND ONE FOR TEACHERS.

THAT'S US. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SALAS.

QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

HEATHER AND KELLY.

AND THEN HEATHER. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SAYLORS.

MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE BADGES WAS THE INTENT TO HAVE THEM JUST CARRIED ON THEIR PERSON OR LIKE TO WEAR IT RIGHT NOW? YEAH. THE CURRENT THE CURRENT VOTE WITH THE COMMITTEE IS THAT THEY MUST WEAR THEM ON THEIR PERSON.

WE WOULD PROVIDE LANYARDS FOR THEM, BREAKAWAY LANYARDS SO THEY WOULDN'T GET CAUGHT OR STRANGLED OR ANYTHING.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR SECURITY TEAM SAID, VISUALLY, IF I CAN SEE IT AT A GLANCE, I KNOW THAT THAT KID IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT.

HE LEFT PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL IS TO HAVE A DIGITAL BADGE, AND WE FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO FOR THE STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT SKILL. BUT WE ALSO FELT THAT IT STRONGLY THAT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO FORGET THEIR BADGES.

AND INSTEAD OF HER PROHIBITING THE KID FROM GOING TO CLASS OR COMING INTO THE BUILDING, SHOW ME YOUR DIGITAL BADGE AS A BACKUP AND WE'LL LET YOU INTO THE FACILITY.

BUT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GET AN ALTERNATE STICKER BADGE UNTIL YOU BRING YOUR BADGE.

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD FIND USE FOR A DIGITAL BADGE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF BOTH.

SO RIGHT NOW, 612 WILL WEAR THEIR BADGES, DIFFERENT DESIGNS FOR THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.

BUT THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE THE ONLY ONES WITH THE DIGITAL.

THANK YOU. HEATHER.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS A LOT, BUT ALL GOOD INFORMATION.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

I ALSO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS BASED ON THE BADGES, AND, WELL, ONE IS REALLY MORE POLICY.

YOU MENTIONED A POLICY AROUND THAT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE CREATING? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL GO TO LIKE OUR POLICY COMMITTEE AND THEN COME TO THE FULL BOARD? AND WHEN I GUESS WE'LL GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE POLICY COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON AT SOME POINT.

ALL THE ABOVE. YES.

GREAT. WE WANTED TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE AND YOU ALL SOMETHING TO REACT TO, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE, BASED ON THE RESEARCH FROM ALL OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE INVESTIGATED, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESSED THE EXPECTATIONS, THE STANDARDS.

YOU WILL WEAR THAT KIND OF THING WHERE IT WILL BE ALL OF THAT STUFF.

TALKING ABOUT REPLACEMENT FEES AND THE REPLACEMENT PROCESS, AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT DOCUMENT IS DISCIPLINE, SO THAT IT ALMOST LIKE THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WOULD FIT INTO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, OR IT WOULD FIT INTO THE RUG, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE AN OVERARCHING POLICY, THAT POLICY COMMITTEE, AND YOU ALL WOULD SAY, YES, THIS GOES INTO THE POLICY.

GREAT. AND I'M GUESSING WE WILL BE LOOKING INTO STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES THAT MAYBE CAN'T OR DON'T PHYSICALLY WANT TO WEAR, AND THAT WOULD MAYBE BE AN ISSUE IN HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THAT.

YES, WE HAVE A DISCLAIMER IN THAT DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TOMORROW FOR THAT REASON.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALAN.

THANK YOU. ALL SORTS OF NEW, NEW TRICKS.

AND VERY HELPFUL ONES AT THAT.

FOR THE OF THE IDS AT THE SECONDARY.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION, OR IS THERE ANY TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO INCORPORATE ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY WARNING OR PANIC BUTTON, OR THAT SORT OF THING? THAT I'VE HEARD OF THOSE ON STAFF BADGES.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN A WISE THING TO EXTEND IT TO STUDENTS, BUT HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE BADGES MIGHT BE USED IN SECURITY AND EMERGENCY

[01:50:02]

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.

WE WOULD NEED TO THINK THAT THROUGH.

AND WE WOULD NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT EVENTS LIKE, WHAT TYPE OF ALERTS WOULD WE WANT TO PUSH OUT ON, YOU KNOW, 2000 KIDS, STUDENT PHONES.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE FOCUSING ON VISUAL SECURITY AND FUNCTIONALITY, AND IT'LL BE PROBABLY A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THEM HERE WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY, OH, WOULDN'T IT BE FABULOUS IF OR WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE GREAT.

BUT SO AS SOON AS WE GET THEM HERE AND WE GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PILOT GROUP THIS UPCOMING SUMMER, WE'LL KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO TWEAK IT AND WHAT POSSIBLE OPTIONS WE NEED TO LOOK AT ELSEWHERE.

THANKS. THANK YOU, ALAN.

DIANE, THANK YOU.

THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK.

THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

ALONG THE LINES OF THE POLICY QUESTION THAT HEATHER ASKED, YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HEAR IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT EVERY DAY.

NOW, IT GIVES ME A LOT OF COMFORT TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, YOU'RE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING IT.

YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE USE IT WISELY? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE COMING TO THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, TO BE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT ROLE IT'S PLAYING IN OUR, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS EDUCATION AND OUR TECHNOLOGY USAGE ON CAMPUSES.

I THINK WE WILL EVENTUALLY, ONCE IT'S FULLY VETTED AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SIGN OFF ON IT.

RIGHT NOW, IT WAS GENERATED BY THE EDTECH TEAM.

THE CURRICULUM TEAM HAVE REVIEWED IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE REALLY DONE A DEEP DIVE INTO.

OKAY, NOW, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? I KNOW THAT WE'RE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE TOOLS TO LOOK AT.

WE HAVE ONE RESOURCE AVAILABLE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS TO USE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE THAT.

WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT CAN WE AFFORD? WHAT WE CAN EVALUATE TO IMPROVE THAT? YES, IT'S GOING TO MEET THAT INSTRUCTIONAL NEED.

AND MOLLY AND THE CURRICULUM TEAM WILL HAVE TO HELP WEIGH IN ON THAT.

THIS IS THE TOOL THAT WE WANT FOR ELEMENTARY OR THIS IS THE TOOL THAT WE WANT FOR SECONDARY.

SO WE'RE JUST NOW STARTING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THE GUIDELINES IS I THINK IT'S 7 OR 8 PAGES.

SO IT'S PRETTY IN-DEPTH, BUT I'M SURE THAT WE PROBABLY MISSED SOME AREAS.

SO ONCE EVERYBODY SIGNS OFF ON IT AND SAYS YES, WE THINK IT'S READY FOR PUBLIC VIEWING, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU. WELL THANK YOU.

GLAD YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT.

AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD.

A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I REMEMBER I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF TEACHERS OVER THE YEARS, A HANDFUL, VERY FEW, BUT SOME HAVE EXPRESSED ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC THING AND SOME HAVE EXPRESSED LIKE A DESIRE TO, LIKE SOME TEACHERS WANT TO IPADS OR TWO MACBOOKS OR NEED THIS COMBINATION OF TECHNOLOGY.

IS THERE A PROCESS? I ASSUME THERE'S SORT OF A PRESCRIBED TECHNOLOGY PER CLASSROOM BASED ON GRADES, ETC..

IS THERE A PROCESS FOR INSTRUCTORS TO REQUEST DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY AND OR MAKE SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS FOR THEIR CLASSROOM OR SUBJECT? YES, THEY CAN.

THE PRINCIPALS CAN ALSO REQUEST IT ON THEIR BEHALF.

SO IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC COURSE THAT THEY TEACH THAT THEY NEED TWO MONITORS FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT SPECIFIC TASK, OR THEY NEED A BETTER CAMERA OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT MIGHT SUPPORT THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS.

THE TEACHER CAN PARTNER WITH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL AND THEY CALL US AND WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE AS A STANDARD, WE BUY ALL OF THE STAFF THE SAME LAPTOPS. SO IF THAT DIDN'T MEET YOUR NEEDS, THEN WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT DO WE HAVE, IS IT POSSIBLE.

AND WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS THAT SAY, I DON'T WANT THE MACBOOK.

I'D RATHER HAVE THE DELL LAPTOP OR THE PC LAPTOP.

I KNOW THE PC LAPTOP.

SO WE MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING AND THEIR NEEDS.

BUT YEAH, THE PRINCIPALS CAN ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT STANDARD AND WE JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S HUGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL TEACHING STYLES, INDIVIDUAL TEACHING TECHNOLOGIES, ETC..

[01:55:05]

I JUST HOPE THAT STAFF THAT'S LISTENING IS AWARE OF THAT OR BECOMES AWARE OF THAT ABILITY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE HUGE FOR THEM TO CUSTOMIZE THEIR NEEDS OR CUSTOMIZE THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS.

THE OTHER REQUESTS I HAVE FOR YOU IS THAT THE LITTLE MEDALLIONS WE HAVE DOWN THERE.

AT THE BOTTOM ARE RELATED TO GOALS THAT THE BOARD SET LAST YEAR, PRIORITIES THAT THE BOARD SET LAST YEAR THAT THAT ARE MEANT TO BE 3 TO 5 YEAR PRIORITIES.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, AS YOU'RE HERE, TO GIVE US SORT OF AN ANNUAL UPDATE OR ON PROGRESS TO THOSE GOALS TO THINK ABOUT IS THERE ANY TWEAKING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND NOT HERE ON THE SPOT NECESSARILY, BUT BY THE TIME BY THE TIME WE START LOOKING AT THOSE AGAIN IN JANUARY, TIME FRAME, THEY'RE MEANT TO BE LONGER TERM GOALS. BUT IF THERE'S SOME COURSE CORRECTIONS WE NEED TO MAKE, WE CERTAINLY DO WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

SO IF YOU IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT MAY BE AIMED A LITTLE BIT OFF THE RIGHT DIRECTION, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER FEEDBACK.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR.

SAILORS, APPRECIATE IT ALWAYS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[12. ACTION - CONSENT AGENDA]

WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED.

MOTION BY ELLEN. SECOND BY KIM.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT IS RIGHT THERE.

YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHERE WE APPROVED IT.

THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

OUR FINAL ITEM TONIGHT IS THE BOARD HAS DECIDED TO HOLD A DEDICATED MEETING TO DISCUSSING THE BUDGET

[13. UPCOMING MEETINGS]

IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT TOPIC, AND WE REALLY WANT TO DEDICATE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS.

AND SO THE BOARD HAS PULLED THAT OUT AS A SPECIFIC STANDALONE MEETING TO BE UPCOMING.

THE CHALLENGE WE'RE HAVING IS THIS BOARDROOM IS GOING TO BE USED FOR THE ELECTION.

IT WILL BE A POLLING LOCATION ON ELECTION DAY, AND THE COUNTY REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME TO SET UP AND TAKE THAT DOWN.

I THINK LAST YOU SAID LAST YEAR IT TOOK LIKE OVER A WEEK TO GET ALL THE STUFF OUT OF THE ROOM.

YEAH. SO, WE NEED TO FIND A DAY THAT WORKS BECAUSE I WANT TO HOLD IT IN THIS ROOM.

BECAUSE THE CAMERA AND THE TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO RECORD THIS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE HERE.

IF WE WERE TO HOLD THIS IN ANOTHER LOCATION, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOSE OUR HIGH TECH RECORDING ABILITIES HERE.

SO WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT IN THIS ROOM.

AND THE 2 OR 3 OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE OCTOBER 29TH NOVEMBER 12TH AND NOVEMBER 13TH, I BELIEVE.

AND NOVEMBER THE 11TH WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR TRUSTEE INPUT? WELL, I'M ASKING PATTY, WHO ALSO HAS ACCESS TO THE CALENDAR TOO.

SO WE'RE SAYING 11TH, 12TH, 13TH, WHICH IS A MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY OR ONE WEEK FROM NOW, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH.

TRUSTEES HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THERE ARE SOME CONFLICTS, AND I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET TO THE POINT OF THE FEWEST CONFLICTS.

SO I DON'T THINK NOVEMBER 11TH WAS PRESENTED AS AN OPTION ORIGINALLY.

ELLEN, HOW DOES THAT LOOK FOR YOU? I'M PARTICIPATING AS A PRESENTER IN A MEETING, BUT I WITH NOTICE, I CAN PROBABLY GET A SUBSTITUTE.

HOW'S EVERYONE ELSE FOR NOVEMBER 11TH? OKAY, IT'S AN OFF CAM.

MAY NOT BE THERE. SHE MAY HAVE CHOKED.

I'M VERY MINDFUL THAT THE BOARD IS NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.

WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS AND I REALIZE THAT IT'S A MONDAY INSTEAD OF A TUESDAY, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF CYCLE.

BUT I THINK WITH THIS MUCH ADVANCE NOTICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ON A MONDAY NIGHT IN THIS ROOM AND RECORD IT AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC LATER, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH NOVEMBER 11TH AS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.

I DIDN'T EVEN CHECK MY CALENDAR, BUT I KNOW MY WIFE IS AT HOME SCREAMING AND NO, IT'S NOT OUR ANNIVERSARY.

BY THE WAY, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

SO THE 11TH, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE VETERANS DAY.

YOU'RE RIGHT. SOME OF US MAY HAVE ATTENDED VETERANS DAY CELEBRATIONS THAT DAY.

WE ARE IN SCHOOL ON VETERANS DAY.

YOU'RE IN SCHOOL. BUT I REALIZE THAT IS A HOLIDAY FOR MANY INDIVIDUALS.

[02:00:01]

DO YOU SEE ANY CONFLICTS? OKAY. YEAH.

IT'S STATE UIL.

BUT YEAH I THINK THEY WOULD FINISH BY THEN.

THAT'S PRELIMS. OKAY, OKAY.

WE'RE MINDFUL OF THE POSSIBLE CONFLICTS BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 11TH.

THEN AT 7 P.M.

ON THE 11TH IN THIS ROOM AND WE WILL HAVE OPEN FORUM.

IT WILL BE A REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

THERE WILL BE AN OPEN FORUM OPPORTUNITY, AND WE WILL GET DETAILED REPORTS FROM CHRIS SCOTT AND PROBABLY OTHERS ON BUDGET AND OPTIONS THAT THAT WE CAN LOOK AT FOR BALANCING THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. WITH THAT, THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING AFTER THAT WILL BE NOVEMBER 19TH AND WITH THAT, THE BOARD IS ADJOURNED AT 9:06 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.