Jan 28, 2025 School Board Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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THE TIME IS NOW 6 P.M. AND I CALL THE JANUARY 28TH, 2025, MEETING OF THE EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.

MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES WE DO.

[2. ESTABLISH A QUORUM]

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SEE YOU IN A BIT. THE TIME IS NOW 7 P.M. AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.

[4. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

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

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

AS ALWAYS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING A RESPECTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND WE ASK THE SAME COURTESY IN RETURN.

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM OUTBURSTS OR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.

APPLAUSE IS ALWAYS WELCOME FOR THOSE BEING RECOGNIZED DURING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

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

ONE SPEAKER HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I WILL PROVIDE FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS WHEN WE REACH THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE OPEN MEETING TO LISTEN TO THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

IF YOU DECIDE TO LEAVE EARLY, PLEASE DO SO QUIETLY AND TAKE ANY CONVERSATIONS INTO THE HALL TO AVOID DISRUPTIVE, DISRUPTING DISCUSSIONS OR PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS.

JUST A REAL QUICK NOTE. ELLEN BALTHAZAR IS JOINING US ON VIDEO TONIGHT.

SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE IN PERSON, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND VOTE IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR AGENDA WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TONIGHT. OUR PLEDGE IS BEING GIVEN BY VIVI HOWE.

VIVI IS A FRESHMAN AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, STARTED HER TIME IN EANES ISD AT BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY IN WESTRIDGE.

VIVI IS A LIFE SCOUT IN TROOP 72 AND ALSO VENTURING CREW 443, AND SHE IS WORKING ON HER EAGLE SCOUT.

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. THANK YOU. HAND ON YOUR HEART.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE WILL NOW CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING; WE WILL GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[7. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT ]

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, BOTH AT HOME AND WITH US IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING.

I WANT TO START WITH SOME GOOD NEWS. THIS IS ACTUALLY NEWS THAT WE JUST RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES.

MICHAEL BOOTHE HAS BEEN NAMED THE REGION 13 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF MR. BOOTHE. HE IS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT FOREST TRAIL ELEMENTARY, AND THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION HAS SELECTED HIM FOR REGION 13 THIS YEAR.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. BOOTH. IF HE'S WATCHING WITH US TONIGHT, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO CONGRATULATING HIM IN PERSON AS WELL.

SPEAKING OF FOREST TRAIL AND OTHER CAMPUSES, I WANT TO THANK THE TRUSTEES WHO HAVE JOINED ME ON MY REGULAR VISITS TO EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'VE BEEN TO VALLEY VIEW.

WE HAD A JOINT RECEPTION FOR THE STAFF OF BOTH BARTON CREEK AND VALLEY VIEW, SPENT TIME AT HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

EANES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE ROTARY ALSO PRESENTED A CHECK TO MRS. BROWN, THE LIBRARIAN THERE, AND ALSO SPENT TIME AT WESTRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

SO VERY EXCITED TO VISIT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT STOPS AROUND THE DISTRICT AND APPRECIATED THE TRUSTEES WHO JOINED US.

AND SPEAKING OF TRUSTEES VISITS, YESTERDAY, WE WERE AT THE CAPITOL AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR STAFF AND BETTER ACQUAINT THEM WITH SOME OF THE CURRENT CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND FINANCIAL SHORTFALLS IN THE STATE.

SO THOSE WERE VERY ENLIGHTENING VISITS. AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THESE RELATIONSHIPS, OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR SENATOR VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT, BUT ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE OF MR. SPRADLEY, MRS. SHEFFIELD AND MRS. CLARK. AND BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, IF THE THREE OF YOU HAVE ANY HAVE ANY REFLECTIONS ON THAT VISIT YESTERDAY? I WILL ALSO SAY BEFORE YOUR COMMENTS, ONE OF THE OTHER INFORMATIONAL ITEMS THAT WE SHARED WITH THE LEGISLATORS IS THIS FACT SHEET,

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IT SORT OF LOCALIZED WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF DOLLARS AND CENTS FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE WOULD HOPE THE STATE WOULD CONSIDER AS THEY GO INTO THIS UPCOMING SESSION. BUT I'LL LET THE THREE OF YOU, IF YOU HAVE REFLECTIONS ON THAT VISIT AND YOUR WORK.

YEAH, I'LL START REAL QUICK. FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GRATEFUL AND WE'RE BLESSED IN OUR AREA TO HAVE LEGISLATORS WHO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OUR MISSION. IT WAS WE WERE VERY WELCOMED IN THE OFFICES WE VISITED.

WE STARTED WITH DONNA HOWARD, WHO IS A FORMER TRUSTEE AND IS VERY INTIMATE WITH NOT ONLY OUR DISTRICT, BUT WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FACE.

AND WE WERE WE WERE GRATEFUL, HAD A NICE, LONG CONVERSATION WITH HER, AND WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND PAIN POINTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT THE LEGISLATURE CAN DO TO HELP, HELP US AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS GENERALLY AROUND THE STATE.

WE THEN VISITED WITH VICKY AT HER OFFICE AND HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION THERE, AND I'LL STOP THERE AND LET YOU GUYS PICK UP IF YOU WANT TO.

BUT NO, I WAS GOING TO JUST DITTO WHAT HEATHER SAYS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH.

NO, IT WAS IT WAS WONDERFUL TO BE UP THERE. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE FRIENDLY LEGISLATORS.

AND WE'RE ALSO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE STAFFERS THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE STOPPED BY AND GOT TO SEE, YOU SEE ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF THE STAFFERS WHO IS A PARENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE OUT THERE. AND SO WHILE OUR EXCUSE ME, WHILE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE.

STUDENT OUTCOMES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO CAN ALSO ASSIST IN THAT.

I'LL LET YOU. YEAH. I WAS JUST VERY PLEASED WITH THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY AND THE FACT THAT OUR LEGISLATORS REALLY DID WANT TO DIG IN TO THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING AND SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP US IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN.

AND THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO THIS PIECE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO MR. SCOTT FOR HELPING GET THE NUMBERS AND THEN TO MISS MCWHORTER FOR HELPING MAKE IT PRETTY.

SO, I'M JUST APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT. BUT I'M ALSO REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, PEOPLE REALLY START TO GET MORE ENGAGED AND WANT TO HELP.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OKAY, SHOULD I CALL OUR REPS? NO, PLEASE DON'T CALL THEM. THEY'RE LOVELY TO US.

THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP. SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED ARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA TO CALL THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

WE NEED EVERYBODY ELSE WHO ARE CONSTITUENTS OF OTHER PEOPLE AT THE CAPITOL TO CALL THEIR REPS.

AND SO, AND I WOULD ASK OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW EANES ADVOCATES AND THERE WILL BE DETAILED STEPS FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE SO THAT YOU CAN HELP OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WILL ALSO HELP OUR DISTRICT.

SO YOU KNOW, PUBLIC EDUCATION, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER THAT WE ALL NEED FUNDING.

AND SO THIS IS A PIECE THAT MANY DISTRICTS WILL BE CRAFTING ALSO.

SO I JUST APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY FOR HELPING AND THEN OUR, OUR BOARD FOR DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET MORE MONEY FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OUR FEDERAL AND OUR STATE GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT FUND US.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T DO IT ALL BY OURSELVES. SO THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST FINISH BY SAYING THIS WAS THE BEGINNING.

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO IN THIS SESSION, AND WE WILL BE BACK DOWN AT THE CAPITOL AND PARTNERING WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE TO HELP THEM APPROACH.

MAYBE THEIR LEGISLATORS ARE NOT AS FRIENDLY TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AS WE'VE SEEN AND WE'LL BE HELPING THEM APPROACH AND TALK TO THEIR LEGISLATORS.

YEAH, AND ONE OTHER THING REAL FAST. IT WAS NICE.

I WAS AT THE CAPITOL AGAIN TODAY, AND I SAW FOUR OF OUR PARENTS, AND THEY WERE ALL ACTIVELY ENGAGED.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY NICE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO, I WILL BE YOUR CAPITOL BUDDY ANYTIME.

AND WE ARE ALIGNED WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IN THIS INFORMATIONAL PIECE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IS A PART OF THE FUND SCHOOLS FIRST INITIATIVE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT ARE COLLABORATING WITH EACH OTHER, AND THIS IS EVIDENCE OF THAT. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE, OR, EXCUSE ME, THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, ONE OF THREE BOARD COMMITTEES AND THE OTHER TWO THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM IN FUTURE WEEKS, WILL BE OBVIOUSLY THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE PERSONNEL AND FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.

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[8. OPEN FORUM]

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

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP THIS EVENING. THE SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

PLEASE WATCH THE TIMER ON THE SCREEN WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND STOP. IF YOU DON'T FINISH YOUR PREPARED REMARKS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO EMAIL YOUR FULL COMMENTS TO TRUSTEES AT EANES. ARNETT. WHEN SPEAKING, DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD, NOT THE AUDIENCE OR OTHERS.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 PROHIBITS DISRUPTION OF BOARD MEETINGS, SO WE ASK THAT REACTIONS TO COMMENTS REMAIN BRIEF AND RESPECTFUL.

IF YOU WISH TO NAME A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE IN A COMPLAINT, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOARD MUST HEAR SUCH COMPLAINTS IN A CLOSED SESSION AS REQUIRED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551. THE BOARD CANNOT DELIBERATE OR RESPOND TO COMMENTS ON TOPICS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.

PER TEXAS LAW, THIS IS OUR TIME TO LISTEN, NOT REACT OR ENGAGE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED AND WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION.

BY SPEAKING, YOU CONSENT TO THIS PUBLICATION.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS. WE ARE NOW READY FOR OUR SPEAKER. TONIGHT'S SPEAKER IS TIM MARWELL.

PLEASE OR IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL.

THE TIMER WILL BEGIN AFTER THAT. THANK YOU. FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE THE BOARD AND DOCTOR ARNETT FOR YOUR COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A THANKLESS JOB, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT AARON SILVER'S HARASSMENT OF MY WIFE.

A TRUSTEE KELLY MARWELL. AARON WANTS TO ACT AS JUDGE AND JURY.

AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, THERE IS A JUDGE IN THIS CASE AND SHE HAS DISMISSED THE CASE AGAINST KELLY, AND WE EXPECT TO GET ALL OUR LEGAL FEES PAID BACK TO US, WHICH IS OVER 50,000 AND COUNTING.

THE CASE WAS DISMISSED FOR SEVERAL REASONS, MOST IMPORTANTLY A COMPLETE LACK OF EVIDENCE.

TRUSTEE KELLY MARWELL HAS NEVER DONE ANY OF THE THINGS THAT AARON SILVER HAS CLAIMED.

NEVER. I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AND THE COMMUNITY'S HELP TO END THIS HARASSMENT.

JAMES ARNETT. I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE YOUR WIFE OR DAUGHTER BEING VERBALLY ATTACKED AND HARASSED BY AARON SILVER. WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THE EMAILS WITH THE LIES HE SENT OVER AND OVER, SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, HECKLING AND HARASSING. IT'S NOT OKAY. I UNDERSTAND FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

I THINK WE'RE WAY BEYOND THAT. IT'S NOT OKAY.

I NEED HELP PROTECTING MY WIFE FROM THIS PERSON.

HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THIS PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR.

NEEDS TO STOP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MARWELL.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR THE REPORT SECTION OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

[9.1 Bond Oversight Committee update]

CHRIS SCOTT AND MIKE DANSBY, PLEASE APPROACH.

AND ONE MORE CHAIR FOR CJ. YES. ONE DOESN'T NEED A CHAIR.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. THANKS FOR HAVING GOT IT. HERE WE GO. OKAY. THANKS. THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

I'M HONORED TO HAVE SERVED THE DISTRICT AS THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

AND AS VICE CHAIR OF THE 2015 COMMITTEE. ANNUALLY, WE'RE ASKED TO TO COME AND PRESENT A REPORT ON OUR ACTIVITIES. WE'VE JUST FINISHED UP THE FIRST YEAR OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE 2023 REPORT.

YOU KNOW, I'LL KEEP KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF. I'LL CITE THE DUTIES THAT THE BOARD HAS GIVEN THE BARK REVIEW THE FEW ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN HERE IN THE LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW, I'M JOINED HERE TONIGHT BY CJ STANLEY.

SHE'S THE VICE CHAIR THAT WE ELECTED LAST SPRING.

YOU KNOW, AS ALWAYS, BEFORE I GET INTO IT, I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT STAFF FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY GIVE THE COMMITTEE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST FOUND CHRIS INCREDIBLY GREAT TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, AND CHRISTY AND THE REST OF THE STAFF AS WELL.

THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY PREPARED FOR THE MEETINGS, VERY OPEN TO DISCUSSION AND AND QUESTIONS AND SO FORTH.

AND AS I'LL DISCUSS IN A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A VERY INQUISITIVE GROUP THIS YEAR.

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JUST A REMINDER FOR FOR EVERYONE YOU KNOW, OUR DUTIES, IT'S REVIEW THE 2023 BOND EXPENDITURES AND TIMELINES.

REVIEW ANY POSSIBLE SCOPE CHANGES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AGAIN FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE DO NOT MAKE DECISIONS. WE PURELY ADVISE THE THE BOARD, BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO REVIEW THE FACTS AND AND GIVE YOU A GOOD BASE RECOMMENDATION MAKING THE PUBLIC REPORT. AND THEN OF COURSE, AS WE GET TO FUTURE BONDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IS WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO BECOME A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND HELP CONSTRUCT WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BOND AND WHAT ISN'T.

AND AND AGAIN, COME AND MAKE THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.

AND AS I'VE TOLD THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, AS ORGANIZED AS, AS THIS GROUP IS ON, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING BOND COMING UP WITH THE NEW BOND, THAT'S WHEN THE WORK REALLY STARTS AND THE HOURS GET LONG AND THE DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES GET HARD. OKAY. HERE IN THE LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO ELECT OFFICERS.

SO I WAS THE CONVENING CHAIR. CJ WAS ELECTED AS THE VICE CHAIR.

SHE'S A VETERAN. SHE WAS ON THE 2019 COMMITTEE.

SO SHE BRINGS EXPERIENCE TO THE ROLE. WE DID ELIMINATE THE THE SECRETARY POSITION THIS YEAR.

WE FOUND THAT THE STAFF COULD DO THAT FAR MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN ANYBODY ON THE TEAM COULD.

AND SO THEY, THEY THEY TOOK THAT UP THERE. THERE WAS ONE THERE WAS ONE CHANGE THAT WE EVALUATED THIS YEAR.

IT HAD TO DO WITH THE THE SOLAR INSTALLATION.

THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS $6 MILLION FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO SPEND ON IT? AND THAT WAS A $15 MILLION ASK IN THE ORIGINAL BOND DISCUSSION.

WE CUT IT BACK TO SIX. AS WE GOT INTO IT, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A FEDERAL REBATE THAT WE COULD APPLY FOR AND GET.

AND SO THE STAFF ASKED THAT WE INCREASE THE BUDGET SO THAT WE COULD THEN GO AND APPLY FOR THE REBATE.

WHEN YOU GET THE REBATE BACK, YOU'RE NOT EQUAL ON THE BUDGET.

SO IT WAS KIND OF A OF A NO BRAINER TO GO AND DO AND BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO DO MORE.

SO WE APPROVE THAT, YOU KNOW, BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AND MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND THE STAFF HAS HAS MOVED FORWARD. THAT WAS THE ONLY ITEM WE TOOK JUST AS A REMINDER.

WE DON'T CONSIDER ANYTHING. AND HELP ME GET THIS RIGHT, CHRIS, THAT'S LESS THAN $50,000 OR 15% OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. THE STAFF OPERATES WITHIN THAT.

IT'S. AND. YEAH. AND. RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUST A FEW COMMENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE MET SIX TIMES HERE IN THE LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WE DO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A DATE EACH MONTH.

BUT IF THERE'S REALLY NOTHING NEW TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL GO AND CANCEL THE MEETING AND GIVE EVERYBODY THEIR TIME BACK.

ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT. WE DID LOSE ONE ORIGINAL MEMBER, KELLY.

SHE ADMITTED TO ONE MEETING OR MAYBE TWO, AND THEN GOT ELECTED TO THE BOARD.

SO WE'VE GOT TWO FORMER ALUMNI HERE ON ON THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, REALLY, AS I MENTIONED, THE ACTIVITY AROUND SCOPE AND BUDGET CHANGES HAS BEEN LIGHT.

THE ONE PROJECT WE'VE PUT A FOCUS ON AS A BOARD HAS BEEN THE BUILDING DOWN THE STREET.

GIVEN THE BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD THERE.

AGAIN, THE TEAM HAS HAS YOU KNOW, THE THE BOC HAS COME AFTER THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM PRETTY HARD AND ASKED SOME HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO MEET THE SCHEDULE AND STAY WITHIN BUDGET GIVEN SOME OF THE INITIAL CHALLENGES.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE HERE THE REST OF THE YEAR AS WE GET DOWN.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 14 MEMBERS. EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES VIGOROUSLY.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY THIRD BOARD, AND I THINK THIS IS CLEARLY THE MOST INQUISITIVE AND CHALLENGING AND NOT CHALLENGING PERSONALITIES, BUT CHALLENGING IN THAT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO.

TO CHALLENGE THE DATA, CHALLENGE WHAT'S BEING SAID ASKS AS HARD QUESTIONS.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WILL WILL SERVE THE DISTRICT WELL, ESPECIALLY AS WE COME TO TO LOOK AT, AT A NEW BOND, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAY BE, YOU KNOW, A FAIRLY LARGE ONE, AS I UNDERSTAND, AND AND SO FORTH.

FINALLY YOU KNOW, AT OUR LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER YOU KNOW, I TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT THAT WOULD BE MY, MY LAST MEETING. AND AS WHEN I CONVENED THE BOARD, WHEN I CONVENED THE BOARD LAST YEAR, AND I THINK I HAD SET THAT EXPECTATION,

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MAKE SURE A BUNCH OF NEW PEOPLE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY COMES UP TO SPEED, UNDERSTANDS HOW THE COMMITTEE RUNS, WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, AND SO FORTH. THEY'VE GOT IT.

I'VE GOT EVERY FAITH IN THEIR ABILITIES TO EXECUTE THEIR DUTIES.

AND SO THIS WILL BE MY LAST DUTY HERE. CJ WILL CONVENE THE CONVENE THE NEXT.

THE NEXT MEETING. AND, YOU KNOW, A NEW A NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WILL BE WILL BE ELECTED.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF OFF THE AGENDA HERE, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH THESE, THESE PAST FEW MONTHS. YOU KNOW, ALL THE WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES ON, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO GO AND REDUCE BUDGETS AND MAKE HARD DECISIONS.

I'VE DONE THIS A BUNCH IN OUR PRIVATE SECTOR, AND IT'S HARD WORK AND IT'S GUT WRENCHING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT AFFECTS LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS AND AND SO FORTH.

AND I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO IT. YOU KNOW, CHRIS HAS GOT A DAY JOB.

I MEAN, THAT EASILY TURNS INTO A NIGHT JOB FOR FOR HIM AND HIS STAFF AND EVERYBODY HERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE GOING, YOU KNOW, TO SESSION AND SO FORTH.

SO YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY MAY NOT LIKE THE OUTCOME, BUT I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS RESPECT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE WORK AND THE DILIGENCE THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THE PROCESS.

BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I KNOW PERSONALLY, IT TAKES A LOT.

THAT'S ALL. AGAIN, IT'S IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND TO WORK WITH THE BOARD HERE AND WISH YOU ALL BEST OF LUCK AS YOU GO FORWARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MIKE BRADLEY. YES, CHRIS. I JUST WANTED TO THANK MIKE FOR ALL THE WORK HE'S DONE ON ON THE BOC.

AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THIS DISTRICT FOR TEN YEARS, AND MIKE WAS SERVING ON A BOC WHEN I GOT HERE.

AND I BELIEVE THIS DISTRICT HAS HAD FOUR BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES, AND MIKE HAS SERVED ON THREE OF THEM.

AND THAT MAKES HIM THE LONGEST SERVING BOC MEMBER WE'VE EVER HAD, SURPASSING DOCTOR FLATHOUSE.

AND SO AND HE SERVED THE LAST ONE AS CHAIR AND THIS ONE AS CHAIR WHICH IS, WHICH IS A LOT OF WORK.

AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THE THE ADMINISTRATION'S APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT MIKE HAS DONE.

OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT CJ IS GOING TO MAKE AN OUTSTANDING CHAIR.

WHETHER SHE'S ELECTED AT THE NEXT MEETING OR NOT.

SHE WILL BE OUTSTANDING NEXT TIME. THANKS, CHRIS.

TRUSTEE. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. HEATHER. YEAH. MIKE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'VE GIVEN US WAY MORE OF YOUR TIME THAN SHOULD BE EXPECTED AND HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.

I MEAN, YOUR KIDS ARE SUCCESSFUL ADULTS NOW, AND YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO GIVE BACK TO OUR DISTRICT IN A HUGE WAY.

AND SO I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GUIDE THE DISTRICT AND HELP MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ALL THAT GOES INTO THIS, BECAUSE YOU REALLY HAVE JUST GIVEN US A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I COULD GO ON FOR DAYS, BUT JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND THEN I ALSO AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, STILL WORKING ON OUR BOND.

ALSO, EVEN THOUGH YOUR KIDDO IS OUT TO YOU KNOW, JUST SHOWS HOW ENGAGED AND AMAZING OUR COMMUNITY IS.

JUST. YOU GUYS ARE TWO OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL WILLING TO DO THE HARD WORK TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH.

AND IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

HEATHER. ALL OF THE TRUSTEES HANDS WENT UP, SO I'LL GO IN THIS ORDER.

I'M GOING TO GO LAURA AND THEN ELLEN, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE TAKE ON FROM THERE.

OKAY. SO YOU SERVED ON THREE AND WE STARTED OUR FIRST BLOCK WAS IN 2011, AND THAT WAS AFTER WE HAD A FAILED BOND. AND THE THERE WAS A NEED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR TRANSPARENCY AND URGENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT STARTED THIS BLOCK AND THEN THE BACK AS WELL.

AND THE ENGAGEMENT THAT MIKE NOT JUST YOU, BUT CJ AS WELL, AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS, THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY IS SHOWING UP AND EVERYBODY IS STILL ON THAT COMMITTEE AND REALLY ILLUSTRATES THAT THAT COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS STILL VALID.

AND THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH FOR DOING IT.

AND ALSO THE FACT THAT NEITHER OF Y'ALL HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT ANYMORE.

Y'ALL ARE MAKING DECISIONS. THESE DECISIONS DON'T JUST IMPACT STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

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OUR FACILITIES ARE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND ACCESS BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. BOTH. YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED.

DEFINITELY. MIKE. THANK YOU. AND TO ELLEN, LET'S TEST THE AUDIO HERE AND SEE IF YOU WORK.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN CAN I CAN KIND OF SEE MIKE I'M NOT SURE I CAN SEE CJ, BUT ANYWAY, MIKE, YOU HAVE BEEN AT THIS SO LONG AND SO. WELL YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP HAVE JUST BEEN AMAZING. SO WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT DEDICATION OVER THE LONG TERM BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE LEADERSHIP TO A GROUP THAT IS SO COMMITTED AND REALLY DOES A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE SCENES FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND CJ, THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE AND THERE AND FOR TAKING ON THE LEADERSHIP MANTLE.

I'M THRILLED THAT YOU CAME INTO THE BOK. AND NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL BE VERY BIG SHOES TO REPLACE WITH MIKE. AND I'M REMINDED OF THE PHRASE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE PLANTING TREES UNDER WHOSE SHADE YOU WILL NEVER SIT.

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT THESE DECISIONS DIRECTLY WILL BE ONES THAT BENEFIT YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN.

BUT THEY CERTAINLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. AND YOU TO EXEMPLIFY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL GO TO DIANE AND THEN KIM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ELLEN, I'M YOUR HANDLER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT. I'M PIVOTING YOU SO THAT PEOPLE CAN WATCH YOU. TO REITERATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THESE ARE LONG MEETINGS THAT YOU ALL SIT THROUGH AND IT'S BEEN COUNTLESS HOURS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND I GUESS TO TRY TO ADD SOMETHING NEW TO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SO ATTENTIVE TO THE TRANSITION AND TAKING SUCH CARE, AND HOW TO EXIT, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE GOES ON AND FUNCTIONS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE, BUT TRANSITION IS A HUGE IT'S AN IMPORTANT DETAIL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT DOES MAKE ME WONDER, DO WE NOW HAVE TWO OPEN SPOTS ON THIS COMMITTEE.

I, I KNOW WE SOMETIMES LET COMMITTEES FLUCTUATE A LITTLE BIT IN SIZE, BUT I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT TRYING TO ADD TWO PEOPLE.

NOW THAT KELLY, THAT'S WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO DO.

THE WAY THE CHARTER IS WRITTEN IS THAT SO LONG AS WE HAVE MORE THAN NINE ACTIVE MEMBERS, WE DON'T COME TO YOU. BUT THE CHARTER ALSO SAYS THAT THE BOARD CAN ADD MEMBERS AS IT SEES FIT.

SO IF YOU WANT TO ADD MEMBERS, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED IS BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT NOW THAT ARE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND ASKING, HOW CAN HOW CAN I GET MORE INVOLVED IN SERVING ON A COMMITTEE AND ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY OPERATE? SO, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT TURN THEM TO YOU, MIKE, IF I HEAR OF ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE BOC AND WHO WANTS TO LEARN ABOUT IT.

SO JUST TO WRAP UP, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING AND THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND.

THANK YOU, DIANE KIM. I WILL BRIEFLY SO THAT OTHERS CAN SPEAK, BUT I WILL BRIEFLY ADD MY THANKS TO EVERYONE SITTING AT THE AT THE TABLE.

I REMEMBER WHEN I MET MIKE WHEN I FIRST MET YOU.

I'VE SERVED WITH BOTH OF YOU ON THE BOC. CHRIS, I'VE SERVED WITH YOU IN THAT IN THAT CAPACITY, TOO. AND IT WAS ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE BECAUSE THE BARK RAN FROM AN ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT SO WELL.

AND AS AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, BEING ABLE TO SERVE AS YOU TWO SERVE, YOU DO SO MUCH FOR THE COMMITTEE.

IT'S A TESTAMENT, I THINK, TO THE VARIOUS BOX THAT WHEN YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHEN YOU BECOME AN ADVISORY BOARD AND YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE'S VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT FROM THE TRUSTEES.

THE TRUSTEES TRUST, THE THE THOROUGHNESS THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS ALWAYS DONE IN PRESENTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO, TO THIS BOARD AND THEN TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

CJ, I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST MET WHEN YOU WERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

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THANK YOU. KIM. WE'LL GO TO KELLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I WANT TO JUST REINFORCE THAT IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE THESE COMMITTEES WHERE OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN PARTICIPATE AND BE A PART OF PLANNING AND THE FUTURE OF EANES.

AND I KNOW RUNNING COMMITTEES CAN BE DIFFICULT, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPINIONS AND DIFFERING VIEWS, AND THAT THE WAY YOU GUYS BRING THAT ALL TOGETHER IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT WORK.

AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU TAKE ALL THE TIME TO DO IT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU KELLY. I'LL WRAP IT UP HERE WITH A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I WANTED TO I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS AT THE BEGINNING.

BUT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT BONDS ARE AND HOW THEY HOW THEY HELP OUR DISTRICT.

BONDS ARE A COMMUNITY SAYING, WE VALUE OUR SCHOOLS AND WE WANT TO INVEST IN THEM.

BONDS ARE VOTED ON BY THE COMMUNITY. IT STARTS WITH A PROCESS OF PERHAPS THE ADMINISTRATION IDENTIFYING SOME NEEDS.

IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT'S ACTUALLY OPERATING RIGHT NOW.

AND LOOKING OUT INTO THE FUTURE, 20 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, TO SAY, WHAT DOES OUR DISTRICT NEED AS FAR AS FACILITIES GO OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS? AND THEY'RE LOOKING OUT THAT FAR. AND THEN THE NEXT PROCESS WILL BE WHAT YOU MENTIONED AT BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THAT WILL BRING TOGETHER THOSE THOUGHTS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION SAYING WE MIGHT NEED NEW IPADS, WE MIGHT NEED NEW TILE ON THE FLOOR, WE MIGHT NEED DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THEN WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE CHOSEN TO HAVE A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE CAPACITY OF PROVIDING OVERSIGHT FOR BONDS.

THESE ARE BIG INVESTMENTS BY OUR VOTERS, BY OUR BY OUR CITIZENS, IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR BUILDINGS, AND HAVING A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT CAN DO THE DEEP DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS THAT WE WE WOULD OUR MEETINGS WOULD BE SO MUCH LONGER IF WE NEEDED TO TAKE THAT ON AS A BOARD. SO IT'S A HUGE SAVINGS TO THE BOARD.

BUT IT'S ALSO, I THINK, A BIG BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AND SO I REALLY THE, THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR DISTRICT.

I DID WANT TO SAY THAT A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. THE YOU MENTIONED THE SOLAR.

AND IN THIS IDEA OF WE'RE LOOKING OUT AT THE FUTURE OF OUR BUILDINGS.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED EARLY ON WAS, CAN THE SOLAR BE MOVED? CAN CAN WE UNINSTALL THESE THINGS AND REINSTALL THEM ON A NEW BUILDING? AND I SEE CHRISTY SALAS NODDING HER HEAD. THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE I THINK THAT THAT I THINK THAT THAT WAS GREAT OVERSIGHT BY THE BY THE COMMITTEE AS WELL, TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BIGGER ON THAT INVESTMENT.

AND RELATED TO THAT, THE SOLAR GETS PLUGGED RIGHT INTO OUR TESLAS AND THE TESLAS.

THE POLICE CARS WERE ALSO PART OF THIS BOND. AND IT'S I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF HEAT ON THAT EARLY ON, BUT THAT WAS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE OPTION, MOST COST EFFECTIVE, TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP BID THAT WE RECEIVED.

THE TESLAS ARE NOT A LUXURY ITEM FOR A FANCY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING AT THOSE NOW BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFICIENCY AND TOTAL THE LOW COST OF OWNERSHIP OVER TIME.

AND WE GET TO PLUG OURS RIGHT INTO OUR BUILDINGS, WHICH IS COOL.

I DID WANT TO ASK REAL QUICK. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, KE, YOU'RE STAYING ON THE COMMITTEE. AND, MIKE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM THE BOARD, IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL MEMBERS, IF YOU NEED SOME SPECIAL SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY HAVE A SPECIAL FOCUS THAT WE COULD BRING ON AS WELL, JUST PLEASE REACH OUT AND LET US KNOW. WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THE BOC DOES.

THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH THE WITH THE COMMITTEE.

AND JUST TO WRAP UP AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND A VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, HEATHER. ONE MORE THING TO JAMES'S POINT.

I DO LOOK TO YOU, CJ AND CHRIS. IF WE DO NEED TO ADD MORE PEOPLE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

ALSO, TO DIANE'S POINT AND THEN ONE OTHER PIECE, YOU KNOW, I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO THE HEAVY LIFTING ON FIGURING OUT WHAT WE CAN PUT IN OUR EANES OUR DEBT SERVICES WITHOUT RAISING OUR TAXES.

WE'VE BEEN VERY COGNIZANT ABOUT NOT RAISING OUR TAXES, AND IN FACT, HAVE CONTINUALLY LOWERED OUR TAXES HERE IN THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT. AND I'M ALSO SO APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE PUT INTO A BOND ALLOWS US TO FREE UP MONEY IN OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN PAY OUR TEACHERS.

AND WITH 86% OF OUR BUDGET GOING TO PAYING OUR TEACHERS, THAT IS HUGE, THAT WE'RE NOT LIKE HAVING TO FIX AIR CONDITIONING OR HEATERS OR WHATEVER.

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AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE OF THE COMPARABLE DISTRICTS.

WE ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST I THINK WE ARE THE LOWEST IN THOSE COMPARABLE DISTRICTS.

SO THANKS VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND MIKE AND MIKE.

DON'T BE A STRANGER. WE THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR NEXT REPORT, WHICH IS THE AROUND OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITY FOR SAFE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES ASSESSMENT AND CARE TEAM.

[9.2 Board Strategic Priority: Safe and Inclusive Communities: Assessment & Care Team update ]

WELCOME, CHIEF GREER, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

AND HEIDI SAUER, OUR DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING, IS COMING AS WELL.

OH, I DON'T HAVE THAT ON MY SLIDE. THERE IT IS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, HEIDI, FOR COMING.

SO, THANK YOU ALL.

SO I DO, ALONG WITH HEIDI CO-CHAIR OUR ASSESSMENT AND CARE TEAM, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT TONIGHT.

AND OUR ASSESSMENT AND CARE TEAM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MY THREE LAYER APPROACH TO SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE PAST.

AND I'M TYPICALLY UP HERE TALKING ABOUT LAYERS TWO AND THREE, WHICH ARE DOOR LOCKS IN LAYER TWO AND FENCING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND OF COURSE, LAYER THREE, WHICH IS RESPONSE OR POLICE OFFICERS.

SO TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND THAT'S OUR ASSESSMENT AND CARE TEAM WHICH IS IN THE PREVENTION AND PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.

LAYER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHICH IS MAYBE EVEN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.

AND SO AND WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM IN THE ROOM.

AUDREY IS ON THE TEAM, AND SO IS MOLLY. SO WHEN I SPEAK OUT OF TURN OR SAY SOMETHING WRONG, THEY'LL. I'M SURE JUMP IN AND HELP ME OUT. SO OUR TEAM REPRESENTS A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING COUNSELING, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CURRICULUM, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH.

AND WE MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS OR AS NEEDED. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO ARE EXHIBITING CONCERNING BEHAVIOR AND NOT ONLY TO IDENTIFY THAT BEHAVIOR, BUT TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND THEN PROVIDE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.

WE USE A RESEARCH BASED RUBRIC, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND, TO PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTS AND INTERVENTIONS ACCORDING TO THE APPROPRIATE RISK LEVEL.

WE TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO INTERVENE EARLY ON, BUT WE ALSO DO RESPOND TO CASES THAT ARE MORE IMMINENT.

SO ACTUAL THREATS TO SCHOOLS IMMINENT OR THREATS.

AND WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THE DISCIPLINE PROCESS, WHICH IS SORT OF A MISCONCEPTION I THINK SOMETIMES.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT OUR TEAM. WE STARTED IN 2019 WITH SENATE BILL 11.

IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK WHEN I FIRST STARTED AT THE DISTRICT, I CAME FROM, OF COURSE, FROM APD, AND I HAD RETIRED FROM THE AUSTIN REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER AND THOUGHT I WAS DONE WITH THAT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GATHERING INFORMATION AND PROVIDING INTERVENTIONS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SENATE BILL 11 PASSED, AND ACTUALLY REQUIRED EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS TO CONDUCT THREAT ASSESSMENT OVER THE YEARS.

THAT TERMINOLOGY HAS CHANGED. THE LEGISLATURE HAS CHANGED FROM THREAT ASSESSMENT AND MOVED MORE TO SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS.

IS WHAT WE CALL THE PROGRAM NOW, WHICH IS A MORE ACCURATE, I THINK, DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE NOT ONLY SEEK TO ADDRESS THREATS, BUT TO REALLY INTERVENE EARLY ON WITH BEHAVIOR, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS SOMETIMES EXHIBIT CONCERNING BEHAVIOR AT A VERY EARLY AGE, BEFORE WE EVER GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE MAKING A THREAT OR COMMITTING AN ACT OF VIOLENCE.

WE ADOPTED THE RISK RUBRIC FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION AND THREAT ASSESSMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT I WAS AWARE OF, AND SOME OF US WENT TO THE TO THE TRAINING.

HEIDI AND MOLLY AND I WENT UP TO DALLAS AND WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT ORGANIZATION.

AND WE'RE STILL VERY ACTIVE IN THAT ORGANIZATION.

AND SO WE ADOPTED THEIR RISK RUBRIC, WHICH WE FOUND THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT CASES AND DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AS MUCH OF A

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BUT THEN WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A PLAN FOR INTERVENTION.

AND SO THIS THE EDA HAS GIVEN US THAT THAT PROCESS AND SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS NEW LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED IN 2023 AND PROBABLY WILL BE AGAIN IN IN THIS SESSION, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY SESSION, THEY'VE SORT OF TWEAKED THE LEGISLATION REGARDING THREAT ASSESSMENT AND BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION.

THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS INTRODUCED LAST TIME REQUIRES US TO US TO NOTIFY PARENTS EVERY TIME WE DO A THREAT ASSESSMENT.

A FORMAL THREAT ASSESSMENT. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN.

A THREAT ASSESSMENT AND BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION IN JUST A SECOND.

AND THEN IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT WE. ATTACH THAT THREAT ASSESSMENT TO A STUDENT'S RECORD.

SO, WHEN A STUDENT IF WE DO A THREAT ASSESSMENT.

MOVES ON TO ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE STUDENT'S RECORD AND VICE VERSA.

IF WE GET A. STUDENT THAT'S HAD A THREAT ASSESSMENT, WE GET THAT RECORD.

ALSO, I'VE GOT SOME NUMBERS HERE THAT ARE NOT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME NUMBERS.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN NUMBERS.

SO WE LOOKED AT IN THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, WE LOOKED AT 18 CASES.

AND SO FAR, THIS YEAR WE'VE LOOKED AT 15 CASES.

AND THOSE CASES WE DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT THEM AND THEN WE'RE DONE, AND WE JUST MOVE ON.

WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE CASES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE'VE DECIDED ON BASED ON HEIDI'S COUNSELING TEAM AND THE REST OF THE TEAM, THAT THOSE ARE BEING FOLLOWED, AND THAT THE STUDENT IS MAKING, WE HOPE, PROGRESS. AM I MISSING ANYTHING YET, HEIDI? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE FUTURE OF OUR TEAM, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME NEW LEGISLATIVE UPDATES THIS YEAR, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THOSE ARE. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE TEA IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO DO ALL OF OUR THREAT ASSESSMENTS IN THEIR NEW PROGRAM CALLED SENTINEL. THAT I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE IN THE PAST, WHICH IS THE NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY PLATFORM THAT TEA HAS PUT OUT.

WE ARE ONE OF THE PILOT DISTRICTS FOR THAT PROGRAM.

SO WE JUST STARTED THAT LAST WEEK. SO WE'LL BE USING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ACTUALLY. SO, THAT WILL BE INTERESTING.

WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT PROGRAM AND HOW OTHER DISTRICTS ADOPT THE PROGRAM.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT A THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM.

WE ARE A BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION TEAM. AND WE ALSO CONDUCT THREAT ASSESSMENTS.

THREAT ASSESSMENTS ARE A SMALL PART OF WHAT WE DO.

BUT AGAIN, OUR TEAM SEEKS TO IDENTIFY LOW RISK BEHAVIORS THAT NEED TO BE REFERRED TO OTHER OFFICES.

WE INCLUDE THREAT ASSESSMENT IN OUR WORK, BUT WE WANT TO INTERVENE AT ALL LEVELS.

SO THE GOAL IS THAT WE'RE INTERVENING EARLY ON AND ADDRESSING THESE SITUATIONS AS SOON AS THAT BEHAVIOR IS NOTICED.

A THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS A THRESHOLD FOR WHAT THE TEAM ADDRESSES.

SO IT'S USUALLY THEY WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY ACTUALLY MAKES A THREAT OR COMMITS SOME ACT OF VIOLENCE.

SO WE'RE NOT WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS.

WE WANT TO GET WE WANT TO GET IN EARLY ON AND PROVIDE THE RIGHT INTERVENTION.

SO WE NEVER SEE THREATS OR ACTS OF VIOLENCE. AGAIN, WE USE THE RISK RUBRIC IN ALL CASES.

SO THAT RUBRIC HELPS US DETERMINE IT GIVES US A RESEARCH BASED PROCESS TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THAT STUDENT MIGHT SIT AT WHAT LEVEL, AND NOT JUST A LEVEL, BUT IT GIVES US INTERVENTIONS THAT CORRESPOND TO THAT LEVEL.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT WE NOT ONLY OBSERVE THE BEHAVIOR AND RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE, BUT WE KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT AND HOW TO HELP.

AGAIN, WE DO SOME THREAT ASSESSMENTS. IN SOME CASES, IF WE HAVE AN EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED DIRECT THREAT, WE WILL CONDUCT A THREAT ASSESSMENT IN THAT CASE.

AND SOMETIMES IF A STUDENT IS JUST EXHIBITING VERY CONCERNING BEHAVIOR AND IS CONSISTENTLY HIGH ON OUR RISK RUBRIC, WE WILL ALSO CONDUCT A THREAT ASSESSMENT. SO ANYTHING TO JUMP IN ON.

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SORRY I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT GO BACKWARDS. OH, THERE WE GO.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HARD. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD WITH A BIT OF RISK RUBRIC, WE'RE LOOKING AT SORT OF TWO DIFFERENT SCALES.

ONE OF THEM IS SORT OF LIFE STRESS AND MENTAL WELLNESS.

AND SO THERE'S A SERIES OF FOUR LEVELS THAT WE LOOK AT THERE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A SCALE THAT'S LOOKING AT HOSTILITY AND PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE FOR THREAT.

AND SO THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER ARE KIND OF GIVING US A WHOLE PICTURE.

THE RISK RUBRIC PROVIDES FOUR LEVELS FROM MILD TO CRITICAL THAT WE WORK THROUGH.

AND THEN IT ALSO, AS MATT HAS SAID, GIVES US INTERVENTIONS AND ALLOWS US TO CONSIDER TRAJECTORY AS WELL.

AND SO WHEN HE'S MENTIONING ABOUT THE FORMAL THREAT ASSESSMENT BEING USED ON OCCASION WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF CONSISTENTLY HIGH THREAT, THAT'S WHEN WE MIGHT HAVE HAD THESE REALLY HIGH CONCERNS HAPPEN REPEATEDLY.

AND WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, THEY HAVEN'T LITERALLY EXPRESSED A THREAT.

BUT WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS. WE WANT TO BE SURE WE CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC AND PRESCRIPTIVE IN OUR APPLICATION, AND WE GO BACK TO A CASE OVER AND OVER. AND SO WHEN WE'VE HAD A KID HAVE ONE RISK RUBRIC, YOU KNOW, IN ONE YEAR, AND THEN MAYBE IT HAPPENS THE NEXT SEMESTER OR THE NEXT YEAR, IT STARTS TO BUILD FOR US.

AND WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE A LITTLE MORE INTENTIONAL AND HELPFUL.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RISK RUBRIC AND THE INTERVENTIONS ALMOST ALWAYS WE'RE ALREADY DOING EVERYTHING ON THE LIST OF INTERVENTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT TEAM OF COUNSELORS THAT THESE ISSUES ARE ALREADY BEING ADDRESSED.

WE'RE JUST SORT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING. SO WHAT CASES DO WE DISCUSS? I MENTIONED WE REALLY WANT TO WE WANT TO GET IN EARLY ON.

IF WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE HIGH LEVEL BEHAVIORS, THAT'S TOO LATE.

WE WANT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE CONCERNING BEHAVIOR.

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A STUDENT WHO IS SUDDENLY LATE TO CLASS ALL THE TIME OR WAS A GREAT STUDENT AND SUDDENLY GRADES HAVE JUST DROPPED OR IS JUST NOT SHOWING UP ANYMORE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE PUT THOSE TOGETHER, WE HAVE A CONSTELLATION OF LOWER LEVEL BEHAVIORS AND NOT NECESSARILY ONE SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT. AND SO WHERE DO WE GET OUR INFORMATION FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF SOURCES. YOU ALL, I THINK, ARE AWARE OF GAGGLE, WHICH IS OUR SYSTEM THAT MONITORS EMAIL AND AND STUDENT DRIVES, GOOGLE DRIVES. WE GET A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM GAGGLE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I WASN'T SURE HOW MUCH WE WOULD GET.

I JUST WASN'T I JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT STUDENTS WERE GOING TO BE EMAILING EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS THEY THEY DO.

BUT I THINK YOU'D BE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH INFORMATION WE GET FROM THERE THAT'S CONCERNING AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE HELP TO KIDS WHO ARE ASKING FOR HELP, EITHER FROM FRIENDS OR FROM TEACHERS.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND PROVIDE THAT HELP.

SO ALSO, WESTLAKE WATCH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

WE GET A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM WESTLAKE WATCH.

SOME OF IT IS REGARDING DIRECT THREATS, WHICH WE'VE DEALT WITH THIS YEAR, AND SOME OF IT IS JUST ABOUT A FRIEND OR SOMEBODY WHO A WHO A STUDENT MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT, OR ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT JUST SAYS, I'M WORRIED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MY FRIEND IS SAYING.

AND AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

OF COURSE, WE GET INFORMATION FROM TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND COACHES, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DEALING WITH OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.

BEHAVIOR RECORDS. IF WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING JUST CONSTANT DISCIPLINE, WE MIGHT TALK ABOUT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME, SOME INTERVENTION THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF ALREADY.

SO SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENTS ARE ANOTHER ANOTHER WAY THAT WE KIND OF LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND SEE IF WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO'S SUDDENLY MISSING CLASS OR IN A HISTORY OF DISCIPLINE RECORDS, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, SUICIDAL IDEATION. HEIDI'S TEAM IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT INTERVENTIONS THERE AS WELL.

SOCIAL MEDIA, WE DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT WE GET A LOT OF DIRECT INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA JUST BECAUSE ACCOUNTS ARE SO PRIVATIZED NOW, BUT WE DO GET STUDENTS WHO BRING FORWARD INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT'S PRETTY COMMON, WHERE A STUDENT SAYS, I SAW THIS ON SNAPCHAT OR INSTAGRAM, AND, YOU KNOW, A FRIEND SAID SOMETHING THAT'S CONCERNING. AND SO SO WE GET WE GET IT IN THAT WAY.

JUST REAL QUICK. AGAIN, SOME SOME NUMBERS GAGGLE.

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THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, VERY FEW ARE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT WE DO GET SOME.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND AT THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS COMBINED, WE HAD ABOUT 230 CASES. GOOGLE ALERTS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN.

I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THE TYPES OF INCIDENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM GOOGLE CONCERNING A LOT OF SUICIDAL IDEATION.

I WILL SAY THAT SOME OF THAT IS LIKE PAPERS, ESSAYS THAT THEY'RE WRITING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A FRIEND THAT THEY, THAT THEY KNEW THAT HAD SOME THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE OR A BOOK THAT THEY READ ABOUT SUICIDE.

SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMEBODY EXPRESSING YOU KNOW, INTENT TO, TO ACT ON THAT.

SO BUT WE GET A LOT OF YOU KNOW, BULLYING TYPE INFORMATION FROM GAGGLE, AND I'LL JUST LET YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN THERE. WESTLAKE WATCH. THIS IS KIND OF THE NUMBERS AGAIN. A LOT MOSTLY FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE DO GET QUITE A FEW FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SOME OF IT IS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE MY SPANISH TEACHER OR, YOU KNOW, WE GOT HOMEWORK ON A NO HOMEWORK NIGHT.

WE'VE SEEN THOSE BEFORE. I THINK DOCTOR ARNETT HAS BEEN WESTLAKE WATCHED A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR VARIOUS INFRACTIONS, BUT BUT WE DO GET A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD WE NOT HAD WE NOT HAD THIS TOOL, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE MIGHT MISS SOME THINGS. SO AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN ON TYPE.

AGAIN, A LOT OF BULLYING. AND THE OTHER IS THE, YOU KNOW, DON'T LIKE MY ENGLISH CLASS OR WHATEVER.

AND I MENTIONED ALREADY THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE LOOKED AT.

AND HERE IT IS, KIND OF OVER THE LAST WHEN I MADE THIS, IT WAS AT 11.

WE'RE NOW AT 15 FOR THIS YEAR, BUT AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ANY ANYTHING THAT I MISSED. I DON'T THINK SO.

IT WAS PRETTY THOROUGH. WELL THANK YOU. THANKS TO HEIDI FOR BEING HERE.

AND HEIDI HAS BEEN A REALLY AWESOME CO-CHAIR FOR THIS TEAM AND HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH WITH ESPECIALLY THE INTERVENTION SIDE. I'M MORE OF THE, YOU KNOW, LOGISTICS PERSON.

AND HEIDI IS THE, I SAY, THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATION.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. HEATHER AND THEN KELLY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR DOING THIS.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ON, I THINK, THE FIRST SB 11 COMMITTEE A MILLION YEARS AGO NOW.

AND SERVED ON THERE FOR LIKE THREE YEARS. AND IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE HOW FAR YOU GUYS HAVE GROWN THIS AND HOW MUCH YOU'VE IMPROVED IT.

JUST IT'S IT'S GREAT HOW. AND I KNOW WE'VE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET BETTER AT HELPING OUR KIDDOS AND HOW DO WE INTERVENE EARLY ENOUGH. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE ALL PUT IN ON THIS.

AND MOLLY, I THINK YOU'RE ON EVERY COMMITTEE POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU.

ALSO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SENTINEL SYSTEM.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE PART OF THE PILOT.

THAT IS GOOD. I GUESS WE GET A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO WORK WITH IT, BUT I AM WONDERING, IS THAT A FUNDED OR UNFUNDED MANDATE? DO WE HAVE TO PAY? WE DON'T PAY FOR SENTINEL.

NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY FUNDED BY THE STATE. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A MIRACLE.

OKAY, GREAT. THAT MAKES ME HAPPY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO KELLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WANTED TO REALLY REINFORCE HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR YOUR PROACTIVE APPROACH WITH THE REACTIVE AS WELL.

JUST AS A NURSE, WE ALWAYS KNOW, LIKE BEING AHEAD OF THINGS AND IDENTIFYING THESE RISK FACTORS EARLY AND ADDING THAT SUPPORT INTO THE STUDENTS IS SO IMPORTANT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED TO SEE OUR OUR POLICE FORCE COME IN AND WORK WITH OUR COUNSELORS IN SUCH AN EFFECTIVE WAY.

I HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HELPED OUT IN THAT IN THE SCHOOL.

AND SO THANK YOU JUST SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR JUST MAKING A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR KIDS.

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BUT, YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ASK ELLEN IF YOUR HAND IS UP. I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. WE'LL GO TO DIANE.

OKAY. I'M STILL GETTING USED TO THIS ELLEN THING.

SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ALL ARE DOING AMAZING WORK.

I KNOW THAT YOU CARE A LOT AND THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS.

WE'RE JUST GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT THIS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON SOME OF YOUR.

YOU DID SHARE ON ONE OF YOUR CHARTS SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION.

I'D BE CURIOUS IF YOU COULD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE IT NOW.

I JUST LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW ARE WE TRENDING OVER TIME WITH SOME OF THESE INFORMATION SOURCES.

YOU KNOW, THE COUNTS OF SELF-HARM, SUICIDE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'D BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE A TREND. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

CONSISTENT OR. THANK YOU. AND TO YOUR POINT, HEATHER, ABOUT WE'RE DOING GREAT WORK, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS ASKING OURSELVES, HOW DO WE GET BETTER? YOU KNOW, DOCTOR ARNETT MENTIONS THAT AS WELL.

AND YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, HEATHER, ARE WE INTERVENING EARLY ENOUGH? ARE THERE THINGS ON THE HORIZON THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT? ANYTHING? YOU KNOW. AGAIN, THIS IS PHENOMENAL WORK. I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T DO? PERHAPS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING, ENOUGH STAFF? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO. ARE THERE THINGS MAYBE YOUR ANSWER IS NO, BUT OTHER THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT YOU CAN'T DO NOW BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES? I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S SOME TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES TO WHAT WE DO AND WITH THE DATA AND HOW TO COLLECT THE DATA.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE EXPLORING THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A THERE'S AN ANSWER BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT ANYBODY IS ACTUALLY DOING WHAT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO DO.

SO BUT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY AS A WAY TO TRY TO HELP US IDENTIFY THAT CONCERNING BEHAVIOR. AND SO I THINK IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO KEEP WORKING WITH YOU KNOW, WITH THE WITH THE VENDORS THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH TO TRY TO TRY TO FIND THAT INFORMATION AS EARLY AS WE CAN.

I WOULD ADD, IT'S NOT REALLY THAT SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY THAT WE NEED, BUT A PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN GROWING IN IS A LOT OF EMPHASIS THAT MOLLY PUSHES FORWARD WITH REGARD TO PRINCIPALS BEING ABLE TO DOCUMENT DISCIPLINE FOR EVEN OUR REALLY YOUNG CHILDREN, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A CHANGE, EVEN IN THE SMALL NUMBER OF YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS IS SEEING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF YOUNGER KIDS INVOLVED IN OUR PROCESS, WHICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE BEHAVIORS. WE'RE STARTING TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE.

OR LIKE MATT SAYS, IT'S ALREADY THERE, BUT IT BECOMES PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE AS THEY'RE TRANSITIONING FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN TO HIGH SCHOOL, WE CAN START TO WATCH THE TRENDS. AND IN SOME CASES, THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE THAT KIDS ARE GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED SO THAT THE BEHAVIORAL TRENDS ARE COMING DOWN AND THEY ARE NOT COMING BACK TO OUR TEAM.

AND THEN I THINK A RELATED MAYBE CONCERN WOULD BE WITH THE ROLLOUT OF SENTINEL, WHICH IS EXCITING THAT WE'RE A PART OF IT, AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IT. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WHEN ALL THIS WAS IMPLEMENTED, WE WEREN'T GIVEN THIS PROCESS.

SO DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING OURS, MADE UP OUR OWN THING.

SO WE'VE GOT A PROCESS. WE'RE GOOD, AND WE'RE EVOLVING IT EVERY YEAR AND MAKING IT BETTER.

AND SO NOW IT'S SORT OF THIS WEIRD PHASE AGAIN, WHERE NOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO SENTINEL, AND WE NEED TO NOW FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ADAPT THAT WITH WHAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT GOING. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. SO I'M CURIOUS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, CONCERN OR NOT, BUT ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK BECAUSE WE'RE GOOD.

WE'RE DOING GOOD. WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL. YES.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A VERY WELL FUNCTIONING TEAM OF SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES.

WE DO. AND I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THE KEY PIECES OF OUR TEAM IS SOME OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON IT THAT SUPPORT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

EMILY DUNLAP IS THERE, ADRIAN DORSEY, MEGAN NYITRAY, AND OF COURSE, MOLLY BEING PART OF THE OF THE TEAM.

SO WE JUST HAVE A REALLY STRONG SUPPORT OF ALL OTHER KINDS OF STAFF THAT ARE HAVING DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENTS AND HOW TO HELP THEM.

HOW DO YOU THINK OUR PARENTS ARE DOING AS PART OF THIS TEAM? ARE THEY? I KNOW I RECALL A CONVERSATION ONCE WHERE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES CAN BE THAT SOMETIMES PARENTS AREN'T MAYBE SHARING WHAT'S GOING ON AT HOME, SO THE SCHOOL IS COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT THEIR CHILD MIGHT NEED SUPPORT.

ARE WE MAKING ANY STRIDES THERE, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS STILL A CHALLENGE, THAT THERE'S A DISCONNECT SOMETIMES OF REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON AT HOME? YOU HAVE SOME GREAT TOOLS IN PLACE TO TRY TO BE IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WHEN A CHILD, YOU KNOW, OBSERVATIONAL THINGS THAT YOU SHARED ARE THERE MORE YOU HAD SIX ON YOUR SIX EXAMPLES? IS THAT JUST A LONG LIST THAT THESE ARE SIX EXAMPLES YOU HAPPEN TO PRESENT US WITH? IS THAT A PRETTY LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?

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THE STUDENT HAS VERY OLD CLOTHES. YOU KNOW THESE? YEAH. THESE ARE. YEAH. JUST JUST EXAMPLES. YEAH.

YEAH. THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY AND I GUESS. YEAH.

JUST AS A LAST COMMENT SORT OF QUESTION, I'M ALWAYS WONDERING TO IF AGAIN TO THIS EARLY ENOUGH, THE STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST QUIET, YOU KNOW, THE ONES YOU JUST DON'T THEY'RE SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS, YOU KNOW, DO WE THINK THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO DO YOU THINK OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE ABLE TO? IS THAT A PLACE FOR US TO IMPROVE, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE JUST QUIET STUDENTS WHO NEED HELP? AND I DON'T MAYBE I'M NOT PHRASING THIS RIGHT. SO I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR IMPROVEMENT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ARE WORKING ON EVERY YEAR, IS THAT CREATION OF A SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS AND CONNECTION ON THE CAMPUS. TEACHERS DO THAT FOR 50 MINUTES AT LEAST.

AT SECONDARY LEVEL. I FORGET HOW LONG EVERYTHING IS WITH ELEMENTARY. IT'S ONE LONG DAY. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERY DAY ON OUR CAMPUSES, IS TRYING TO BUILD THAT CONNECTION AND HOPING TO REACH KIDS THAT ARE QUIET.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE. NO, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT.

AND AGAIN, WITH SOME OF THE REPORTING SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE HEARING FROM EVEN FRIENDS OF THOSE KIDS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING.

SO SOME QUIET KIDS WRITE THINGS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, STUFF THAT EMAIL.

AND SO WE CATCH IT THROUGH GAGGLE. THEY MAY NOT BE SPEAKING IN CLASS, BUT THEY'RE WRITING. SO WE HAVE A TOOLBOX OF YEAH, YEAH, THINGS THAT ARE DISPOSAL. I THINK THAT COVERS ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM. WE'LL GO TO ELLEN AND THEN KIM.

MATT AND HEIDI, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY ON THE FRONT LINE OF THIS IMPORTANT AREA AND IMPORTANT WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.

THAT IS SO HUGE. AND IT IS AN AREA THAT OFTEN GOES NEGLECTED BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE FIRES THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT.

OR, OR THAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE PUTTING OUT THE OTHER END.

SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF THE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.

CONGRATULATIONS ON IDENTIFYING THAT RUBRIC. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS A TOOL TO USE.

AND THE FACT THAT IT'S EVIDENCE BASED. I THINK TAKES TAKES IT A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING BEST PRACTICES AND EVERYTHING WE CAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO KIM AND THEN LAURA.

THANK YOU BOTH. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE, AS OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE SAID, ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND, AND WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS. AS, AS OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE PUT, PUT OR HAVE ASKED THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION AND THAT TYPE INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE.

I THOUGHT OF HOW WE ALSO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS OR I'M I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE PROTECT OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF PRIVACY. SO, MATT, IN YOUR PRESENTATION OR IN YOUR WORDS, YOU SAID THAT ANY THREAT ASSESSMENT THEN SOUNDS LIKE GOES INTO A STUDENT'S FILE. WHAT HAPPENS ALONG THE WAY WHEN THOSE BEHAVIORS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED DECREASE? OR THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT OR THOUGHT THAT THAT STUDENT IS NO LONGER A THREAT.

WHAT PRIVACY? ASPECTS ARE AROUND OUR LOOKING OR OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE STUDENT? WELL, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, HEIDI, I THINK YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT OR TALKED AROUND THIS ON ONE ON ONE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS SOMEONE BEING EVER STIGMATIZED IN A THREAT ASSESSMENT.

SO HOW DO WE PROTECT OUR STUDENTS? AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.

YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION WITH THREAT ASSESSMENTS IN PARTICULAR.

AND IT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'VE REALLY MADE IT A POINT TO SEPARATE THREAT ASSESSMENTS FROM RISK ASSESSMENTS, BECAUSE A THREAT ASSESSMENT DOES IS ATTACHED TO A STUDENT'S RECORD.

BUT THE GOAL IS TO TALK ABOUT MORE KIDS SO THAT WE CAN HELP AND INTERVENE EARLY ON.

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SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF HOW WE HOW WE'RE DOING THAT AND ENSURING PRIVACY.

AND AND I KNOW THAT EVERY RECORD THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS, IS PROTECTED AND PART OF A SCHOOL RECORD.

SO IT'S NOT, NOT EVER RELEASED OUTSIDE OF OUR, OUR TEAM OR OUR DISTRICT.

I WOULD ADD A SOMEWHAT HYPOTHETICAL COMMENT IN THE SENSE THAT THIS RECORD DOES GO WITH A STUDENT, BUT I THINK IF I'M RECEIVING THAT RECORD ON THE OTHER END OF IT OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, I CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE THAT.

YES, BECAUSE DISCIPLINE GOES ALSO. AND SO ANY RECEIVING SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S US RECEIVING OTHER STUDENTS INFORMATION OR OUR INFORMATION GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE CAN SEE THAT TRAJECTORY SO WE CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF BAD BEHAVIORS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER THAT HAVE DIMINISHED.

AND WE WHEN WE RECEIVED A THREAT ASSESSMENT THIS YEAR FROM A STUDENT THAT THE CAMPUS STAFF ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THAT SCHOOL TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT STUDENT. AND WE DID DISCUSS THAT STUDENT AT OUR TEAM, NOT BECAUSE THAT STUDENT HAD DONE ANYTHING WRONG IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PUT EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE STUDENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE BEHAVIORS HAD BEEN.

AND WE ARE WATCHING, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT KIND OF THING.

SO THERE'S AN ELEMENT THERE THAT YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THAT WE ALL HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT A CHILD HAVING A THREAT ASSESSMENT ONE TIME IN SIXTH GRADE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THAT BEHAVIOR HAS NECESSARILY CONTINUED FOR THE DURATION. SO THAT'S A GOOD A GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW IT'S COMPLEX AND I KNOW IT'S FACT BASED.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. SO A LOT UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE THREAT ASSESSMENT.

SO OKAY. THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS ON YOUR ON THE EXAMPLES, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT EXAMPLES THAT CAME OUT OF WESTLAKE WATCH, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME EXAMPLES THAT WERE CONCERNS BROUGHT UP ABOUT STUDENT BEHAVIOR THAT WAS OFF CAMPUS.

WHAT WHAT RIGHTS DO WE HAVE AND WHAT ACTION DO WE TAKE FOR THINGS THAT MAY HAPPEN OR MAY BE ALLEGED TO HAVE HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF OUR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY? WELL, IF IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, WE YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADDRESS THAT THROUGH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH ALL THE AGENCIES AROUND US.

SO AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP ALL OF OUR KIDS SAFE.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT IF THE BEHAVIOR IS THREATENING TO ANOTHER STUDENT, EVEN IF IT HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, I THINK WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS IT TO KEEP KIDS SAFE WHEN THEY GO TO SCHOOL.

AND IS THAT IS THAT THEN A A POLICE OFFICER OR A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS INDIVIDUAL DECISION, OR IS THAT PART OF THE RUBRIC OR PART OF A PROCESS? I THINK AGAIN, KNOWING IT'S IT'S ALL FACT BASED.

YEAH, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS. YEAH, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION.

OUR TEAM ISN'T GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERY IN EVERY, YOU KNOW, WESTLAKE WATCH TIP THAT COMES IN.

WE, WE ONLY ARE INVOLVED IN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CASES WHERE A STUDENT IS EXHIBITING THE KIND OF BEHAVIOR THAT WE THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ABLE TO HELP WITH WHILE THE STUDENTS AT SCHOOL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO LAURA AND THEN HEATHER.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS. KIDS, FEELING SAFE IN SCHOOL IS SORT OF THE FOUNDATION OF LEARNING.

THEY CANNOT LEARN IF THEY'RE IN, YOU KNOW, FIGHT FLIGHT OR FAWN MODE.

THEY THEY CAN'T LEARN. SO WHAT YOU ALL DO IS SO, SO VERY IMPORTANT.

AND WE'VE COME SO FAR IN HOW WE LOOK AT SAFETY AND JUST IN THE FEW YEARS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HEIDI, YOUR, YOUR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE WITH THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT IS JUST PHENOMENAL.

AND EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU ALL COME AND REPORT TO US THERE'S MORE AND MORE.

WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST SYSTEM IN PLACE. SO PLACE.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. CHIEF. YOU ALL. I LOVE THE LENS THAT YOU ALL ARE, THE DIFFERENT ANGLE THAT YOU BRING TO LOOKING AT OUR STUDENTS,

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AND. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MULTIPLE STOP GAPS ALONG THE WAY, WHICH I LOVE.

YOU ARE DIANE. YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE QUIET KID.

AND AND I LOVE THAT WE DO HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT TOOLS SO THAT WE CAN CATCH KIDS, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A ONE TIME THING, AND WE MIGHT NOT CATCH THEM THE FIRST TIME, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL CATCH THEM THE SECOND TIME OR BEFORE SOMETHING BAD REALLY BAD HAPPENS.

SO JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ONE IS STAFFING.

HOW ARE YOU ON YOU ON STAFFING? I KNOW FOR A WHILE IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO FILL SOME OF THE KEY ROLES WITHIN THE COUNSELING AND THERAPIST AREA. WE DO STILL HAVE SOME OPENINGS.

SO IT'S STILL A CHALLENGE. AND THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO EANES.

IT'S ACROSS AUSTIN AND THE STATE, PROBABLY THE COUNTRY.

I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE CURRENTLY TWO OPEN POSITIONS.

ONE HAS BEEN OPEN ALL YEAR AND THE OTHER JUST OPENED IN JANUARY.

IS THAT ONE OF THOSE SCHOOL THERAPISTS POSITIONS? SCHOOL COUNSELOR, OKAY. SCHOOL COUNSELOR, SCHOOL COUNSELOR POSITIONS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT SCHOOL THERAPIST IS SORT OF THAT SPECIFIC KIND OF A TRICKY ONE TO FILL.

I KNOW THAT ONE'S BEEN DIFFICULT. THE YOU SAID WE HAD EIGHT, 18 CASES LAST YEAR AND 15 SO FAR THIS YEAR.

ARE THOSE THE THREAT ASSESSMENTS OR RISK ASSESSMENTS? NO, THOSE ARE JUST CASES THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT.

OKAY. YEAH. SO THE THREAT ASSESSMENT NUMBER IS MUCH SMALLER THAN THAT.

OKAY. DO YOU SEE? IS THERE A TREND? I MEAN, I'M KIND OF.

IT KIND OF HURTS MY HEART THAT WE'RE ALREADY AT 15 BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF THE YEAR LEFT, AND IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVEN'T HIT SOME OF THE ROUGHEST PARTS OF THE YEAR.

SO IS THERE IS THERE A TREND? I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT NUMBER IS NOT A BAD THING BECAUSE LIKE MATT SAID, THEY'RE NOT ALL THREAT ASSESSMENTS AND THEY'RE NOT ALL BECAUSE A STUDENT IS DOING SOMETHING BAD.

SOME OF IT IS THEY HAVE BAD CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SUPPORT.

SO THAT STUDENT'S LIFE MAY BE TOUGH, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN INDICATOR THAT THERE'S THIS, THIS THREAT HANGING IN THE OFFING. OKAY. WE REALLY, REALLY HAVE BEEN MAYBE MORE PROACTIVE THAN WHAT'S LEGISLATED FOR THE, THE, THE TEAM TO BE BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO BE SURE TO GET ALL EYES POSSIBLE ON A KID TO PROVIDE THAT SAFETY NET.

OKAY. SO THAT'S GREAT, I LOVE THAT. SO A HIGHER NUMBER IS NOT NECESSARILY BAD.

IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE CATCHING MORE AND YOU'RE MORE PROACTIVE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. HEATHER. I THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE AND KIND OF TO PIGGYBACK ON SOME OF THE STUFF THAT LAURA WAS TALKING ABOUT.

BUT FIRST, I KNOW WHEN WE DID CREATE THE POLICY TO CREATE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND IT TOOK US A LONG TIME, AND WE WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT, AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS, WAS MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES WERE CONSIDERED IN ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE KIDDOS DO HAVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION PLANS.

AND SO ARE WE. HOW ARE WE BEING MINDFUL OF THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERIDENTIFYING OR THAT THEY'RE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED? AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS. THEN I'LL COME BACK TO THE OTHERS.

I MEAN, I THINK JUST THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON THE TEAM IS REALLY PROACTIVE.

I THINK THAT WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND WHAT THE LIMITS MAY BE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AGAIN, THAT WE DON'T DEAL WITH DISCIPLINE AT ALL THROUGH THIS TEAM.

SO THAT'S HANDLED COMPLETELY SEPARATELY AS PART OF THAT.

SO WE'RE MOSTLY JUST IT'S KIND OF JUST THE FACTS, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR SITUATION IS, A THREAT HAPPENED OR A SITUATION HAPPENED. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THE SAME WE WOULD FOR ANY STUDENT THAT THAT HAPPENS, WE'RE STILL TALKING TO PARENTS. WE'RE STILL TALKING TO TEACHERS.

AND THEN WHATEVER A STUDENT'S CIRCUMSTANCE MAY BE IS A FACTOR IN THE NEXT STEPS.

AND AS MATT SAID EARLY ON, A LOT OF THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO FOR A STUDENT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM AND CASE MANAGERS AND THE SUPPORT THAT'S BASED ON THE CAMPUS FOR THE STUDENT.

THANK YOU. AND I KNOW WE DID PUT A LOT OF EXTRA STUFF INTO THAT POLICY FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, BUT I AM APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU GUYS GO THE EXTRA MILE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SERVING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THE BEST WAY WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF IN THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION, I KNOW WE HEAR OUR AMAZING PRINCIPAL, STEVE RAMSEY GET ON HIS SOAPBOX EVERY NOW AND THEN ABOUT WHY WE DON'T HAVE BLOCK SCHEDULE.

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AND I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT THAT WAY BEFORE. I WAS JUST LIKE, OH, IT MAKES IT EASIER, YOU KNOW? WHATEVER. BUT SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE EVEN HAVE OUR ADMIN THINKING ABOUT LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE, WE KIND OF IT WAS IN THE PACKET, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, OUR STRATEGIC BOARD PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES. BUT WE'VE PUT A LOT INTO THIS DOMAIN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND I AND WE'VE SPENT, YOU KNOW, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF OUR BUDGET MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN OUR, OUR STAFF AND STAFF AND STUDENTS THE APPROPRIATE COUNSELING.

AND WE'VE GOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SO IT'S JUST SO NICE TO SEE THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WE APPROPRIATED FOR THAT ARE WORKING, AND IT'S DOING WHAT WE WANTED IT TO DO. SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL.

AND I KNOW THAT THESE ARE TOUGH BUDGET TIMES FOR US, BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO MAKE SACRIFICES ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.

AND SO I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL THAT THAT THIS IS GOING AS WELL AS IT IS.

AND FINGERS CROSSED FOR SENTINEL. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT'S WORKING AS A FALLBACK IF THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU LOVE. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS IMPORTANT WORK.

THANK YOU DIANE. THE CONVERSATION AROUND SHARING OF STUDENT INFORMATION FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER SPARKED ANOTHER QUESTION FOR ME. I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW ONE. IF A STUDENT MOVES FROM OUT OF STATE FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOL, DOES INFORMATION TRANSFER? AND THEN ALSO IF A STUDENT MOVES FROM A PRIVATE SCHOOL, DO WE GET WE GET INFORMATION THAT IS, YOU KNOW, OF THIS TYPE IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE AS WELL? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I MAY NOT HAVE A COMPLETE ANSWER TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF IT IS THROUGH T REX.

AND THEN I THINK A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON WHAT A SCHOOL DECIDES TO SEND FROM OUT OF STATE.

I HAVE NO IDEA WITHIN STATE. I BELIEVE EVERYTHING STILL FOLLOWS ASSUMING THE SCHOOL IS SENDING IT.

IS IT A LAW? IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK, OKAY, THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE WORTH ADVOCATING FOR.

SO I WAS I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT SINCE THIS IS A TEXAS LAW THAT THINGS DO NOT COME TO US FROM OTHER STATES WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO SEND OUR RECORD, WHATEVER A STATE REQUESTS FROM US, WE WOULD SEND.

BUT THERE'S VERY DIFFERENT LAWS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SEND PUBLIC SCHOOL TO PUBLIC SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS PRIVATE SCHOOLS IS KIND OF THE SAME THING, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ASK FROM US OR ACTUALLY WHAT ACTUALLY WHAT THEY SEND TO US.

SO THAT IS NOT AS CONCRETE AS PUBLIC SCHOOL TO PUBLIC SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THAT'S VERY DELINEATED IN THE OTHER THINGS ARE MORE BASED ON THAT STATE OR THAT SCHOOL.

AND I SAID THAT IT'S THIS IS ACTUALLY IT'S A IT'S A VERY NEW LAW FROM THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO ALL OF THIS COULD CHANGE WITH WITH OTHER STATES SENDING MORE.

BUT UP UNTIL THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION YOU KNOW, EVEN PUBLIC SCHOOL TO PUBLIC SCHOOL, THESE RECORDS DIDN'T DISCIPLINE, RECORDS DIDN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW. AND NOW IT'S NOW IT'S REQUIRED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO THERE.

ALWAYS. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? I'LL JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I WAS ON A CAMPUS, AND JUST WE WERE VISITING AND WENT INTO A CLASSROOM AND A STUDENT. IT WAS REALLY RANDOM, BUT THE STUDENT STARTED TELLING ME THAT HER MOM'S CAR HAD BEEN REPOSSESSED AND THEIR HOUSE WAS THREATENED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T I DON'T THINK SHE WAS KIND OF SAYING THEM LIKE IT WAS JUST PART OF OUR CONVERSATION.

IT WAS REALLY UNUSUAL. AND I REACHED OUT TO THE PRINCIPAL LATER AND PASSED THAT INFORMATION ALONG.

IF I WAS A DAD VOLUNTEERING ON A CAMPUS, A CHAPERONING A TRIP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OR SOMETHING, AND HEARD SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHAT IS THE AVENUE FOR ME TO PASS THAT ALONG? I THINK TALKING TO THE PRINCIPAL IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM.

AND THEN OUR WESTLAKE WATCH PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER.

SO WE DO GET TIPS SOMETIMES FROM PARENTS, WHICH CAN BE VERY VALUABLE.

THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I REACHED OUT TO THE PRINCIPAL, THE PRINCIPAL ALREADY KNEW.

I MEAN, IT SHOWS HOW STRONG THE NET IS THERE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.

I WANTED TO SAY, TOO, THAT WHEN WE STARTED WRITING OUT, WHEN THE BOARD STARTED WRITING OUT ITS VISION FOR THE I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS IS REALLY A BIG PART OF WHAT WE HAD IN MIND.

IT WAS NOT A AN ARMED GUARD IN A UNIFORM STANDING, YOU KNOW, IN THE LOBBY AS A STATUE.

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AND I IT'S REALLY HEARTWARMING TO SEE THAT COMING TO FRUITION.

SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND FOR HELPING ENACT THAT VISION.

I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THE LAST ONE, I'M GOING TO ASK IT AND IF IT'S IF I'M EXPOSING SOMETHING SECURITY WISE THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE OFFLINE, YOU COULD JUST SAY THAT, DO WE? AND THIS GOES TO PRIVACY.

WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF EMAILS OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.

DO WE USE CAMERAS OR AUDIO ON OUR IPADS TO RECORD OUR STUDENTS ON OUR DISTRICT ISSUED IPADS? NOT THAT I KNOW OF. THIS IS I THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN REACHING OUT WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.

SO NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. SO WE DO NOT USE MICROPHONES OR CAMERAS ON OUR DISTRICT ISSUED DEVICES TO RECORD ANYTHING OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND I RESPECT THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOTH OF YOU, FOR BEING HERE.

COULD I CLARIFY SOMETHING, DOCTOR ARNETT? CHIEF GREER MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A WESTLAKE WATCH SUBMITTED ON ME.

THAT WAS BY A STAFF MEMBER WHO THOUGHT THAT I WAS SPEAKING TOO LONG IN A STAFF MEETING.

SO, YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. YES. THEY SAID THEY WERE BEING HELD HOSTAGE.

YES, THAT'S THAT IS TRUE. NONETHELESS, THEY DID A RISK ASSESSMENT.

SO. I THINK YOU'RE GIVING THE TRUSTEES IDEAS HERE AT THIS POINT, I MIGHT GET REPORTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOTH OF YOU, AND APPRECIATE IT.

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO ONCE AGAIN THANK THE TEAM AND THOSE IN THE ROOM AND THOSE THAT AREN'T IN THE ROOM.

WE ARE THE TEAM THAT OTHER DISTRICTS ASPIRE TO HAVE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR TEAM AND PROCESS AT THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER CONFERENCE AT THE THE NATIONAL, THE ADA CONFERENCE IN FLORIDA.

WE SPOKE ABOUT OUR PROCESS THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE ADA K-12 ADVISORY BOARD.

SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THEM AND SO THAT THEIR RESEARCH CAN HELP US DO OUR JOBS EVEN BETTER.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WE. HAVE TO CONSOLIDATE. YEAH. I FEEL WARM IN HERE TONIGHT.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ACTION. WE'RE JUST. IT'S UNUSUALLY COMFORTABLE IN HERE TONIGHT.

WE. MARIA IS NOW COMING UP TO GIVE US OUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.

[9.3 Monthly Financial Report and Budget Amendment(s) for the period ending December 31 ]

I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SLIDES. SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT OUR WE SEE OUR TAX COLLECTIONS ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANT THIS PAST MONTH FOR DECEMBER, AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECTED TO SEE.

IN TURN, WE ALSO SEE THAT THE FUND BALANCE THAT SHOWS UP ON OUR BALANCE SHEET IS ACTUALLY POSITIVE.

IT'S BEEN NEGATIVE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE BIGGEST THING, THE BIGGEST THE REASON I HAVE TWO SLIDES IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WE SUBMIT. AND SO OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT GET SUBMITTED BY THE CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT WE SEE EVERY SINGLE MONTH. AND SO THE NET EFFECT OF THOSE ARE ZERO.

BUT THEN WE, CHRIS AND I GO IN AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR OTHER THINGS THAT WE KNOW OF THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT THIS POINT.

WE ARE HAVE BETTER ESTIMATES OF THOSE ITEMS. AND SO WE GO IN AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

AND JUST LIKE CHRIS HAS BEEN PRESENTING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW TO YOU GUYS THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND ARE MAKING THE THE DEFICIT WORSE, THE BUDGETED FUND BALANCE DEFICIT WORSE BY APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION.

SO IT'S MOVING FROM 1.2 TO 4.2 MILLION. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT SUBMITTED FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND.

AND THE BIG ONE OF THE BIG THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE HAD FOR CHILD NUTRITION, AGAIN, JUST TRUING UP FOR ACTUAL NUMBERS.

BUT WE HAD IF WE IF YOU IF YOU RECALL, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, THE GENERAL FUND HAD TO LEND MONEY TO THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND TO MAKE IT POSITIVE, WITH THE INTENTION THAT THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND IS PAYING IT BACK. WE OUR INTENTION ALL ALONG WAS TO GIVE THEM APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS TO RETURN THAT.

AND SO WE JUST MADE THE ADJUSTMENT ON THE TIMELINE OF HOW THEY RETURN, HOW THAT'S BEING REIMBURSED.

BUT WE ARE WE HAVE IT SET UP WHERE THEY'RE REIMBURSING AN AMOUNT EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT ADJUSTMENT THERE. AND OF COURSE, BECAUSE THE INTENTION, OF COURSE, STILL IS THAT THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND SHOULD END AT A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

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YES THEY ARE. OKAY. AND I MEAN, I WILL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CHILD NUTRITION BECAUSE MY SON OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK MISSED THE SCHOOL FOOD AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO SHOUT OUT TO OUT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING DELICIOUS THINGS THAT I AM HAPPILY PAYING FOR, SO MAYBE THAT HELPS THEM PAY IT BACK SOONER BECAUSE HE EATS A LOT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THANK YOU, DIANE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ONE, I NOTICED THAT OUR STATE FUNDING IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS GOING UP BY $440,000 FROM 5.5 MILLION.

WHAT IS BEHIND THAT? AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CHRIS IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LOT IN HIS PRESENTATION.

OKAY. SURE. THANK YOU. AND YES, AND DEFINITELY LIKE OVERALL, THE THE BIGGEST PIECE THAT'S MAKING THE CHANGE FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS RELATED TO THE CHANGES IN THE STATE FUNDING AND CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS.

SO THOSE ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN UPDATED. AND THAT'S THE BULK OF THE CHANGE THAT YOU'RE SEEING.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, THE 2.5 MILLION.

NO. OKAY. THAT'S IN THE PROPERTY TAX. THE PROPERTY TAX LINE IS 5711.

OKAY SO SORRY. I WAS ALSO LOOKING THEN SEVERAL LINES DOWN AT MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE WHICH IS INCREASING BY 2.5.

THAT WAS SO THAT WAS JUST A RECLASS. WE GOT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM OUR AUDITORS ON WHERE WHERE THE REBATES THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FOR SOLAR.

THE, THE SOLAR FUNDING THAT NEEDED TO BE PLACED IN A DIFFERENT AREA.

SO IT'S JUST BEING MOVED FROM INTO THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, BUT IT'S MOVING OUT OF THE OTHER RESOURCES.

OKAY. LINE ITEM. GOT IT. YES.

OKAY. AND THEN SORRY, I HAD A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK I'LL HOLD OFF ON THOSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? OKAY. THANK YOU, MARIA, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW GET OUR 2526 BUDGET CALENDAR AND INITIAL PROJECTION FROM CHRIS SCOTT.

[9.4 2025-26 Budget Calendar and Initial Projection]

AND I BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND VARIES EACH YEAR.

AND WE WE BASICALLY ESTIMATE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN THEY TELL US SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINES. AND SO THIS IS TRUING UP TO WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY TELLING US.

HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT ANYTHING WE GET FROM THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GETS ADDED TO INCREASE OUR, OUR RECAPTURE. AND SO IT'S REALLY A WASH ON THAT.

ON ALL OF OUR STATE FUNDING. WHATEVER WE GET IN, STATE FUNDING GETS ADDED ON TO THE RECAPTURE AND GOES AWAY.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS SO THIS IS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET EARLIER THAN WE NORMALLY DO.

THIS IS WHEN WE NORMALLY START TALKING ABOUT THE THE FOLLOWING YEAR BUDGET.

AND IT'S AS AS YOU WELL KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A NUMBER OF TIMES DURING THE SPRING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING.

AND SO I'M GOING TO START OUT JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR.

AND I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN EACH OF THESE MONTHS. AND THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET IN EACH OF THESE MONTHS, I BELIEVE PROBABLY THE ONE IN APRIL AND MAY WILL ALSO INVOLVE MISS LEE TALKING ABOUT HR TYPE THINGS, BUT I WANTED TO GO DOWN THERE. OF COURSE, JANUARY IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.

BUT IN APRIL IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF THE 2025 CERTIFIED VALUES FROM THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AND ALONG WITH THAT WE HAVE A REQUIRED PROPERTY VALUE PRESENTATION.

AND WE'LL DO THOSE BOTH IN APRIL. BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CERTIFIED VALUES TONIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'LL ADDRESS LATER. BUT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE SEEING AT EACH OF THOSE MONTHS.

AND SO IN APRIL, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS, AS YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AS THE 2025 CERTIFIED VALUES EVENTUALLY IN JULY IS WHAT THE VALUE OF ALL OF THE THE TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT WAS AS OF DECEMBER

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AND THEY'LL GO IN THERE AND. SAY MAKE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH OF THAT PROPERTY VALUE THEY EXPECT TO LOSE.

THROUGH THE APPRAISAL REVIEW PROCESS. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET YOUR, YOUR APPRAISAL.

AT HOME, YOU CAN YOU CAN APPEAL THAT AND YOU GO BEFORE THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD.

WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF TCAD. THEY REVIEW YOUR APPEAL AND THEY COME YOUR TAXABLE VALUE.

AND SO BY THE TIME WE GET AROUND TO JULY, THEY WILL HAVE RESOLVED 95% OF THE CHALLENGES.

SO 95% OF THE TAX BASE WILL BE SET, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL CERTIFY TO US.

ALTHOUGH WE ALSO KNOW THAT THOSE THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO COME ONLINE DURING, DURING THE YEAR.

AND, AND OUR FINAL APPRAISED VALUE ASSESSED VALUE BY JUNE OF 2026 IS GOING TO BE LESS THAN WHAT IT SAYS IN JULY, AND SO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT ON AN AVERAGE BASIS ON ON HOW IT'S GOING TO DECLINE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BUT IN APRIL, WE'RE LOOKING AT NUMBER ONE, WHAT THE WHAT THE TOTAL VALUE OF OF THE APPRAISED PROPERTY IS THAT THEY SAY IT IS WHAT THEY ESTIMATE WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THROUGH THE APPRAISAL REVIEW PROCESS.

AND THEN I LOOK AT HISTORICALLY, HOW HAS IT REALLY CHANGED FROM WHERE WE START TO WHERE WE END UP.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL START ESTIMATING ONCE APRIL COMES, I'LL START USING THAT NUMBER AS WHERE WE THINK IT'S GOING TO END UP.

BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW IT WON'T BE THAT IT WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE.

AND LAST YEAR IT WAS MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT WE ESTIMATED IT WAS GOING TO BE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE LAST YEAR THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD GRANTED MANY MORE REDUCTIONS TO THE TO THE APPRAISED VALUES THAN WHAT THEY HISTORICALLY HAVE.

AND SO WE DON'T KNOW YET IF THAT WAS AN ANOMALY OR IF THAT'S A NEW TREND THAT WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE, I THINK, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP IN JULY.

BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND I KIND OF WANT YOU TO GIVE YOU A HISTORY AND AN IDEA OF HOW THE WHOLE PROCESS WORKS, BECAUSE, AS I SAID I'VE GOT SOME NEWS ABOUT THE APPRAISAL REVIEW TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT.

SO IN MAY, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT COMPENSATION PLANS, AND THEN IN JUNE, THAT'S WHEN YOU WILL HAVE THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE HEARING, AND YOU WILL ADOPT THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE AND THE CHILD NUTRITION BUDGET AT THAT TIME.

BUT AFTER YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET, THINGS DON'T STOP THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNTIL JULY THAT WE LEARN WHAT OUR CERTIFIED VALUES ARE, AND WE GET AN EVEN BETTER IDEA OF ACTUALLY WHERE WE STAND TAX WISE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS CAN CHANGE. AND IN AUGUST YOU WILL ADOPT THE KNOW AND THE INS TAX RATES.

SO IF YOU, YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT A TAX RATE ABOVE THE, THE MAXIMUM VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE, THEN YOU WOULD CALL A TREE AT THAT TIME TO HAVE AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

BUT THAT'S THAT WOULD JUST BE THE PROCESS OF HOW THAT WOULD WORK IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO THAT WAY.

IN OCTOBER, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GET THE SNAPSHOT ENROLLMENT.

AND THEN BY DECEMBER, WE'VE GOT AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FISCAL YEARS OR THEIR CONTRACT YEARS START NOT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

SOME OF US START IN JULY, SOME OF US START IN AUGUST, SOME OF US START IN SEPTEMBER.

AND SO BY LATE NOVEMBER, WE WILL HAVE RUN EVERYBODY'S NEW PAYROLL, AND WE CAN GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE STAND PAYROLL WISE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE TYPICALLY COME TO YOU IN DECEMBER TO TRUE UP THE BUDGET WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED UP UNTIL THAT POINT.

AND SO IT'S REALLY NOT UNTIL WE'RE HALFWAY DONE WITH THE YEAR WHEN WE HAVE REALLY NAILED DOWN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR THE COMING YEAR. HISTORICALLY IN THIS MEETING, I GAVE YOU SOME DATA COMPARISON WITH SIMILAR DISTRICTS, AND WE USE THE SAME DISTRICTS THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR, AND WE JUST START WITH THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT.

AND YOU SEE THAT WE KIND OF FALL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS GROUP OF ALAMO HEIGHTS, CARROLL, COPPELL, HIGHLAND PARK AND LAKE TRAVIS. AND WE CHOOSE THESE GROUPS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS TO US.

THEY'RE ALL RECAPTURED DISTRICTS, ALL PROPERTY WEALTHY, AND THEY'RE ALL COINCIDENTALLY, ONE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT,

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AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, YOU'LL SEE THAT. AND LET ME PREFACE ALL THIS, THAT TEA IS JUST NOW COLLECTING ALL THE FINANCIAL DATA FROM THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, FROM DISTRICTS THAT HAD A SEPTEMBER 1ST FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO THAT DATA FOR THE YEAR WE JUST FINISHED WON'T BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SUMMER BY THE TIME THEY'VE ANALYZED ALL OF IT AND MADE IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND SO THIS IS LOOKING AT DATA FROM 22-23 ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PART WHERE I'M DOING THE COMPARISON.

BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT IN 2223 WE HAD THE LOWEST TAX RATE AMONGST THESE COMPARABLE DISTRICTS.

AND INCIDENTALLY, THE PART OF THAT THAT'S IN THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE EANES PORTION.

WE HAD THE LOWEST INS TAX RATE OF ALL OF THOSE DISTRICTS.

AND THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY WE HAD THE LOWEST OVERALL TAX RATE RECAPTURE PER STUDENT, SECOND HIGHEST ONLY BEHIND HIGHLAND PARK, WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING. A LITTLE OVER 15,500 DOLLARS PER STUDENT WE SENT TO THE STATE AND RECAPTURE.

AND THIS IS ONE THAT I HIGHLIGHT A LOT. AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN A DIFFERENT SCALE, SO YOU COULD REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE HERE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT PAYROLL AS A PERCENT OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT A LOT. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST WE SPEND THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGET ON PAYROLL VERSUS OUR COMPARABLE DISTRICTS, 87.3% IN 22-23.

WE SOMETIMES THROW OUT THE NUMBER OF 86%. AND THAT'S TYPICALLY ABOUT WHERE WE BUDGET.

BUT TYPICALLY, ONCE WE GET THE FINAL NUMBERS, THEN IT'LL CREEP UP A LITTLE BIT EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT.

AND THEN HERE'S ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. AND THAT IS SHOWING FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENT OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

AND AGAIN, IN 22-23, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE AT 36.2%.

AND AGAIN, FOR ALL OF YOU KNOW, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU LISTENING AT HOME 25% IS REALLY THE NUMBER WE WANT TO STAY ABOVE.

AND WE'RE MOVING WE'VE MOVED DOWN A LITTLE BIT SINCE THEN, AND SOME OF OUR COMPARABLE DISTRICTS HAVE A LOT MORE ROOM TO, TO MOVE THERE THAN WE DO, WHICH IS KIND OF WHY WE'VE BEEN IN THE POSITION THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR.

TOTAL INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT.

WE ARE SECOND HIGHEST ONLY TO ALAMO HEIGHTS AT MORE THAN $6,400 PER STUDENT IS GOING TOWARDS OUR $6,400 PER STUDENT IS GOING TOWARDS INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF AS WELL. SO HERE'S WHERE I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGETING ASSUMPTIONS.

AND I'M GOING TO THROW UP THIS CHART, WHICH I'VE NEVER REALLY SHOWN YOU BEFORE.

BUT THIS TRACKS WHAT OUR CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUE WAS IN JULY GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2007.

AND THEN THE NUMBER RIGHT THERE BELOW THAT NUMBER SHOWS THE GROWTH FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU SEE, IT'S JUST IT SEEMS TO BE RANDOM FROM YEAR TO YEAR WHAT THE CHANGE IS GOING TO BE.

SO THE AVERAGE CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR OVER THAT TIME PERIOD IS 5.6%.

BUT THERE MIGHT THERE'S VERY I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVEN ONE YEAR IN THERE WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY 5.6%.

IT'S MORE OR LESS. AND THE TWO PARTS, TWO PLACES THAT I'VE GOT HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IN 2010 AND THEN AGAIN IN 2023 WERE THE ONLY YEARS THAT WE SHOWED A DECLINE IN TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE.

AND SO HAVING A DECLINE IN TAV IS PRETTY RARE.

HOWEVER WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT NEXT YEAR, WE BELIEVE.

SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE GET NOTIFICATION FROM TCAD IN APRIL, WHICH IS GIVING US AN ESTIMATE OF THE TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE. I'VE NEVER GOTTEN ANY KIND OF FORMAL NOTIFICATION FROM TCAD EARLIER THAN THAT UNTIL THIS YEAR.

AND JUST LAST WEEK I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE CHIEF APPRAISER, WENT OUT TO DIFFERENT CFOS ACROSS THE COUNTY, SAID THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A DECLINE IN RESIDENCES OF IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 4 TO 7% AND A ROUGHLY EQUAL DECLINE IN THE, NOT, YOU KNOW, NON-RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

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I'M ESTIMATING THAT ARE A MORE PROBABLE NUMBER FOR US TO LOOK AT BASED ON WHAT SHE TOLD ME IN THAT EMAIL IS A DECLINE OF -5%. AND SO, WHAT YOU HAD SEEN UP UNTIL THIS POINT WAS SHOWING A GROWTH OF THAT AVERAGE OF 5.6%.

THAT DIFFERENCE TO -5% IS OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN 10% WHICH CORRELATES TO ABOUT $2 MILLION PER YEAR.

AND LET ME TELL YOU WHERE THAT COMES FROM. SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE MONEY THAT WE COLLECT ON THE TIER ONE PORTION DOESN'T REALLY MATTER HOW MUCH YOU COLLECT. YOU HAVE A TIER ONE ALLOTMENT.

ANYTHING YOU COLLECT ABOVE THAT GOES TO THE STATE AND RECAPTURE.

OF COURSE, THIS YEAR, THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $95 MILLION.

BUT THE GOLDEN PENNIES, OF WHICH WE HAVE ALL EIGHT.

THOSE HOWEVER MUCH WE COLLECT ON THAT, THAT'S HOW MUCH WE KEEP.

AND SO THAT THIS YEAR WE COLLECTED JUST SHY OF $17 MILLION.

AND SO THAT DECREASE OF -10.6% FROM WHERE WE WERE ESTIMATING IS NEIGHBORHOOD OF $1.7 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS MY CHANGE IN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ON OUR INVESTMENTS.

AND SO THE, THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE GOLDEN PENNIES CHANGE WOULD BE ABOUT -1.7, BUT OUR TOTAL NO COLLECTIONS WOULD BE DECREASING BY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 17, 18 MILLION.

AND SO THAT'S 17 OR $18 MILLION LESS THAT WE HAVE TO INVEST BETWEEN WHEN WE COLLECT THE COLLECT THE TAXES AND WHEN WE PAY OUR RECAPTURE, AND THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE COME OUT TO BE ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR.

SO THAT IS REALLY BAD NEWS. AND I HATE TO GIVE IT TO YOU, BUT THAT IS THE BEST INFORMATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

ADDITIONALLY, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SHAH'S PROGRAM.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE WERE COLLECTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 8 TO $900,000 A YEAR THROUGH THE SHAH'S PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHERE WE COLLECT FEDERAL MONEY FOR MEDICAID SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS.

THIS YEAR, WE BECAUSE OF SOME CHANGES TO THE TO THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT ABOUT $225,000.

AND NEXT YEAR WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FURTHER INFORMATION THAT WE SHOULD REDUCE THAT EVEN FURTHER.

AND SO NEXT YEAR RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUDGETING, ABOUT $75,000 THAT WE EXPECT TO GET FROM THE PROGRAM.

SO A DIFFERENCE OF MORE THAN $700,000 FROM WHERE WE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

LOOKING AGAIN AT WHAT I THINK IS THE MORE REALISTIC ESTIMATE OF WHERE THE TAV IS GOING TO COME IN, WHICH IS ABOUT -5%. I ANTICIPATE THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOU KNOW, THE RATE INCREASES THAT WE HAD ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR.

SO YOU KNEW ABOUT THE, THE EXPECTED RATE DECREASES THAT WERE GOING TO BE EARNING ON OUR MONEY.

BUT WITH THE WITH THAT AND WITH THE CHANGE IN THE TAV, I'M LOOKING AT A DECREASE IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS OF APPROXIMATELY HALF $1 MILLION. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE INCLUDING EVERYTHING THAT YOU LOOKED AT JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.

THE ELEMENTARY BLEND THE ELIMINATION OF THE PLC PERIODS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AND THE C PROGRAM IN 25, 26. WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'LL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE ABOUT $3.2 MILLION IN SAVINGS.

SO THAT'S NOT ALL OF THE MONEY. BUT AS WE'VE SAID ALL ALONG, WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THAT MONEY RIGHT AWAY.

IT'S SOME OF IT'S GOING TO COME IN IN FUTURE YEARS.

ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING REVENUE BY LOOKING AT RENTAL AND STUDENT FEES.

AND WE THINK THAT THAT WILL BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL ROUGHLY $450,000.

AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ONE OF THE BIG DRIVERS OF, OF THE BUDGET IS HOW MANY KIDS DO WE HAVE? HOW HOW OFTEN ARE THEY HERE? AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER DECREASE IN STUDENT ATTENDANCE OR, EXCUSE ME, STUDENT ENROLLMENT OF ABOUT 140 KIDS, ROUGHLY, WHICH CORRELATES TO A DECLINE OF ABOUT $1 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR.

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AND SO I THINK THIS IS A POSSIBLE BUT PROBABLY OVERLY OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS WITH 0% GROWTH AND WITH THOSE CHANGES THAT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE, YOU SEE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUDGETED DEFICIT OF ABOUT $5.9 MILLION AND A PROJECTED DEFICIT OF ABOUT $4.9 MILLION WHICH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IS DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHERE WE HAD HOPED TO BE WITH ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE. THE MORE REALISTIC SCENARIO, I THINK, IS LOOKING AT A -5% GROWTH OR DECLINE. AND THAT SHOWS US WITH A BUDGETED DEFICIT OF ABOUT $7 MILLION AND A PROJECTED DEFICIT OF ABOUT $6 MILLION.

AND THEN THE FINAL SCENARIO IS, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, THAT THIS IS NOT ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT. AND I THINK UNTIL I KNOW BETTER, I'LL PROBABLY ONLY SHOW YOU THE 5% SCENARIO FROM HERE ON OUT.

BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS AT A 10% TRV LOSS.

AND THERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUDGETED DEFICIT OF 8 MILLION AND A PROJECTED DEFICIT OF 7 MILLION.

AND IN ALL THESE SCENARIOS, WE GO BELOW THAT 25% OF OPERATING EXPENSES.

SO IN THIS WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE LOOKING AT A FINAL FUND BALANCE PERCENT OF ABOUT 20.1%.

SO THE OPTIONS THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER SOME OF THEM ARE STILL ON THE TABLE OR POSSIBILITIES THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER OR LOOK AT INCLUDING THE NON-COPPER PENNIES WHICH YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A DECISION BY JUNE. IF THE LEGISLATURE IS ABLE TO DO ITS WORK AND, AND, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, PUSH IT OFF TO SPECIAL SESSIONS WE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHAT, IF ANYTHING, THEY'RE DOING BY THEN. AND SO, I LIKE THAT. AND THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF HOLDING SALARIES AT 2425 LEVELS, WHICH AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION YET.

YOU COULD YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE THAT UNTIL MAY. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS A BUTTON DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS NOT ONE THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PULL, BUT THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION.

AND I KNOW THAT EANES ISD IS NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT THEY'RE HEARING FROM.

IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS LATELY, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE SAME POSITION THAT WE ARE.

AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY. AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU OR ANYONE WANTS TO DO, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE SCENARIO LOOKS LIKE IF YOU CONSIDER THOSE TOP TWO BULLET POINTS.

AND SO, IF YOU LOOKED AT THOSE TWO THINGS, LOOKING AT THE AT THE NINE COPPER PENNIES AND HOLDING SALARY BENEFITS UNCHANGED FROM CURRENT YEAR. YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT OF ABOUT BUDGETED DEFICIT OF ABOUT 1.6 MILLION AND A PROJECTED DEFICIT OF ABOUT $600,000, WHICH AT THIS POINT IS ABOUT AS CLOSE TO BALANCED AS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE A LOT BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE. BUT AGAIN, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE STARTING FROM.

AND THIS IS, THIS IS OUR BEST ESTIMATE OF WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND.

AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE NOW.

THANK YOU, CHRIS, VERY MUCH. VERY THOROUGH. QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES.

HEATHER, DO YOU WANT TO START? IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE NOT SHOCKED BY THAT THANKFUL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. THIS ALL MAKES ME REALLY MAD.

NOT AT ANYONE AT THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WE AS A BOARD, ASKED THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO DO ALL THAT YOU CAN TO HELP US GET THROUGH THESE TIMES WITHOUT IMPACTING OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

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AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME THE MOST MAD ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION ARE JUST FACTS COMING AT US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET FROM THE STATE $6,160 PER STUDENT IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

WE ARE SPENDING $6,415 APPROXIMATELY IN INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES ON OUR STUDENTS, WHICH I AM SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THAT TINY BUDGET AND THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE.

AND WE PROVIDE ALL THESE AMAZING THINGS TO OUR STUDENTS ON THAT SMALL AMOUNT.

BUT THE PART THAT REALLY GETS ME IS THAT WE'RE SPENDING $15,496 OR WE'RE NOT SPENDING IT, WE'RE SENDING IT BACK TO THE STATE.

AND THAT INFURIATES ME AT THIS POINT. IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION IF THAT MONEY WAS GOING TO OTHER DISTRICTS WHO HAVE LESS RESOURCES, AND IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION IF WE WERE ABLE TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET BEFORE WE HAD TO SEND THAT MONEY BACK.

THE OTHER PART THAT REALLY MAKES ME ANGRY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GIVEN ALMOST 2 BILLION WITH A B, $2 BILLION BACK TO THE STATE IN RECAPTURE SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

AND TODAY AT THE CAPITOL, THEY'RE HEARING A BILL THAT IS TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT DON'T SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND YET WE ARE BASICALLY FUNDING THAT. SO YOU KNOW, OUR $95 MILLION ALONE THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE SENDING BACK, I AM NOT AGAINST RECAPTURE WHAT IT IS. BUT SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE AS CHRIS MENTIONED, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE LEGISLATORS ARE AT THE CAPITOL RIGHT NOW IN THE 87TH OR 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND SO IT IS TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL SPEAK UP AND WE I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, GET OUR FRIENDS IN OTHER DISTRICTS TO WORK ON THIS BECAUSE THIS ISN'T OKAY. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO BE RESPONSIBLE GOOD STEWARDS AND FIDUCIARIES OF OUR DISTRICT, AND WE NEED HELP, FRANKLY. THANK YOU.

HEATHER, WE'LL GO TO KIM. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, CHRIS.

AND HEATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE ADVOCACY AND EXPLAINING TO NOT THOSE OF US, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE, THE TOUGH SPOT THAT WE'RE IN. CHRIS, AND ALL OF YOUR PROJECTIONS.

THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE CAN'T CHANGE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT SITTING UP HERE.

THAT'S WHAT STATE OFFICIALS HAVE TO DO. IF ANYTHING IS DONE IN THAT ASPECT OF HELPING OUT TEXAS PUBLIC ED STUDENTS, IT HAS TO COME FROM THE STATE.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE 2019.

I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

KIM. WE'LL GO TO LAURA AND THEN ELLEN. THIS IS SORT OF A PUNCH IN THE GUT AFTER OUR LAST MEETING. I HAVE LOTS OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M JUST I'M JUST GOING TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE GOT TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR FUND BALANCE. SORRY? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR FUND BALANCE GETS BELOW 25%? SORRY. BEYOND THE FIRST RATING. SURE. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT WHAT A FUND BALANCE IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS.

AND SO IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE RAINY DAY FUND THAT YOU SEE AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A BIG POOL OF MONEY THAT THEY CAN TAP INTO WHENEVER THEY NEED IT.

AND IF THEY DON'T NEED TO TAP INTO IT, THEN IT JUST GROWS WITH WHATEVER THEIR INVESTMENTS ARE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE FUND BALANCE IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF YOUR TOTAL ASSETS MINUS YOUR TOTAL LIABILITIES.

AND SO, FOR US, THAT'S AT THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS JUNE 30TH.

AND THAT MONEY, HOWEVER MUCH IT IS NEEDS TO LAST US UNTIL WE START GETTING NEW MONEY IN NOW, WE ALWAYS GET THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY COMING IN.

BUT THE BIG BULK OF OUR MONEY COMES IN IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY WHEN PEOPLE PAY THEIR TAXES.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS OUR FUND BALANCE DECREASES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

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BUT WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH. WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY WHEN WE'RE ABOVE 25% THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FUND BALANCE GOES NEGATIVE, WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO OPERATE THE SCHOOL.

ONCE WE GO BELOW 25%, THEN IT STARTS GETTING MUCH HARDER TO MEET OUR CASH FLOW NEEDS IN THE FALL.

AND TYPICALLY OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR LOWEST POINT IS GOING TO BE IN NOVEMBER.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE PAY OUR STAFF EVERY MONTH.

AND SO EVENTUALLY WE MIGHT GET TO A POINT WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE OUT SHORT TERM FINANCING IN ORDER TO MAKE PAYROLL UNTIL WE UNTIL WE OUR TAX RECEIPTS COME IN.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE START PLANNING FOR ONCE WE GET BELOW THAT 25%.

AND I WOULD THINK THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE MONEY.

YES, IT WOULD. YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY WANT TO PAY FOR, FOR THE USE OF THAT MONEY, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO. OKAY. THE SLIDE WHERE YOU HAVE BUDGET PROJECTION SHOWING TO BE DOWN 5% WITH EVADER AND THAT ONE.

WHEN WOULD WE ACTUALLY REALIZE IF WE WERE TO GO AFTER VADER? AND PLEASE DON'T ANYBODY READ INTO WHAT THE FACT THAT I'M EVEN ASKING ABOUT THE VADER.

IF WE WERE TO GO AFTER A VADER, THAT WOULD BE A SPRING BALLOT.

NO, WE WOULD DO IT FOR NOVEMBER. RIGHT? SO, THE WAY THE PROCESS WOULD WORK WAS, WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE MAXIMUM VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE, WHICH IS BASICALLY GIVING YOUR KNOW, RATE THAT YOU CAN'T ADOPT HIGHER THEN. BUT IF YOU DO ADOPT HIGHER THAN THAT AND YOU CAN LEGALLY UP TO $0.09, WHICH WOULD BE THE COPPER PENNIES ABOVE THAT, THEN THAT WOULD TRIGGER YOUR NEED TO CALL A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION.

AND SO THAT COULD HAPPEN IN AUGUST AND THE ELECTION WOULD ELECTION WOULD HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER, AND IT WOULD BE FOR THE 25-26 TAX YEAR. AND SO THAT WOULD SO ESSENTIALLY THE TRAVIS COUNTY TAX OFFICE WOULD HOLD OUR, WOULD NOT SEND OUT TAX BILLS FOR EANES ISD UNTIL THAT ELECTION, UNTIL THEY KNOW THE RESULTS OF THAT ELECTION AND THEN THEY'D SEND THEM OUT. OKAY. THAT WAS DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON THAT? CHRIS, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY, TOO, IF WE WERE TO GO FOR THE NINE COPPER PENNIES, HOW MUCH REVENUE WOULD THAT GENERATE AND HOW MUCH WOULD WE NET AS A RESULT? WELL, WE WOULD BOTH COLLECT AND NET LESS THAN WHAT I TOLD YOU EARLIER BECAUSE WE EXPECT OUR, OUR TAX BASE TO GO DOWN. SO I DON'T HAVE A GOOD NUMBER.

I DO HAVE A GOOD NET NUMBER, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL NUMBER.

IT'S ROUGHLY. WE WOULD NET ABOUT 3.6 3.7 MILLION.

AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD INCREASE OUR RECAPTURE BY WOULD BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 15, $16 MILLION. AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A, I DIDN'T CALCULATE THAT EXACT NUMBER, BUT I'LL GET IT FOR YOU LATER.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. RIF TIMING WITH THAT, IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THAT, WOULD THAT GO ALONG AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BUDGET APPROVAL WITH THE RAISES? IF WE WERE TO ENGAGE IN A RIF.

I DON'T THINK WE WOULD DO THAT IN THE FALL. I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY IF WE GOT TO THAT POINT, LOOK AT THAT FOR NEXT SPRING. OKAY. JUST REAL QUICK.

RIF IS REDUCTION IN FORCE WHICH IS LAYING PEOPLE OFF.

JUST. RIGHT. AND THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON WHEN AND HOW YOU CAN DO THAT.

AND WE WOULD NEED TO IF WE IF WE LOOKED AT GOING THAT WAY, WE'D NEED TO DO A LOT OF CONSULTATION.

OKAY. AND OUR DISTRICT HAS DONE A RIF IN THE PAST.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE. I THOUGHT WE DID. AND I BELIEVE EVERY REDUCTION WE'VE DONE HAS BEEN THE SAME WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT THIS YEAR.

JUST BY ATTRITION. OKAY. YEAH. NO, WE HAVE WE HAVE CONSIDERED IT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY HAD TO DO THAT.

IT WAS ATTRITION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE 48 POSITIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, ELLEN. YEAH. IT WAS IT WAS YEARS AGO BEFORE ANY OF US WERE ON THE.

YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME. I CAN SEE YOU NOW. YEAH,

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OKAY SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK IT SO THAT WE COULD DO WE COULD ACHIEVE THE STAFF SAVINGS THROUGH ATTRITION.

OKAY. THANK YOU, ELLEN, FOR THAT INFORMATION.

LAST QUESTION, CHRIS. AND I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS BACK OF THE ENVELOPE MATH IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PICKING UP PENNIES OFF THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT AND THE DISCOUNT EARLY PAYMENT, EARLY RECAPTURE PAYMENT DISCOUNT. WHERE ARE WE SITTING? HOW MUCH? WITH THE WITH THE 5% LOWER TAB. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT? I BELIEVE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT BILLS FILED, SO IT DEPENDS ON WHICH ONE WAS ULTIMATELY ADOPTED. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR WOULD BE A LOWER RECAPTURE PAYMENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR. SO WITH, WITH THE LOWER COLLECTIONS, YOU KNOW, LOWER RECAPTURE AS WELL.

I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. I BELIEVE THAT NUMBER, MY ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 86, $87 MILLION. AND SO ONE OF THE NUMBERS I'VE SEEN IS A 4%.

AND SO 4% OF THAT WOULD BE 3.5 MILLION, ROUGHLY.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. ALAN. HI, CHRIS.

I DIDN'T THINK THINGS COULD GET MUCH WORSE, BUT YOU HAVE PROVED ME WRONG, UNFORTUNATELY.

IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE TOTAL TAX RATE SLIDE THAT YOU KIND OF AT THE TOP OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

THERE WE GO. LOOKING AT US AND CAROL AND LAKE TRAVIS, WE ALL HAVE BASICALLY AN 88 CENT TAX RATE.

WOULD YOU ASSUME THAT THAT'S THE STANDARD RATE PLUS THE EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES FOR THOSE THREE THOSE THREE DISTRICTS.

RIGHT. AND SO, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME VARIATION.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, COPPELL HAS COPPER PENNIES AS WELL.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME VARIATION BECAUSE THE COMPRESSION THAT YOU SEE AS A DISTRICT IS A FUNCTION OF HOW MUCH YOUR TAX BASE GROWS.

SO THOSE WITH HIGHER TAV GROWTH IN A GIVEN YEAR SEE A LARGER COMPRESSION.

AND SO, THERE'S A RANGE THAT YOU WILL BE IN. AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ALL PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME LEVEL.

I THINK SOME OF THEM HAVE COMPRESSED MORE THAN US NOW, PARTICULARLY THE ONES UP IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.

THEY'VE SEEN MORE PROPERTY GROWTH THAN WE HAVE HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO HOWEVER, AFTER THE LAST LEGISLATIVE OR THE SPECIAL SESSION THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF COMPRESSION.

AND SO, OUR CURRENT THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR IS 76.5 $0.05, SO ABOUT $0.12 LOWER THAN WHAT WE WHAT WE WERE TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE SAME 12 CENT EANES TAX RATE.

THANK YOU. AND THAT MAY HAVE CLARIFIED MY QUESTION, BECAUSE I WAS REALLY ASKING WHETHER OR NOT ALAMO HEIGHTS, COPPELL AND HIGHLAND PARK TO A LITTLE DEGREE HAD TAKEN COPPER PENNIES OR.

IT SOUNDS LIKE, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED IT, THAT ALAMO HEIGHTS AND HIGHLAND PARK, PROBABLY.

THAT'S COMPRESSION. AND COPPELL IS THE ONLY ONE AMONG THIS COMPARISON GROUP THAT'S DONE.

COPPER PENNIES. YEAH. ALAMO HEIGHTS MAY HAVE COPPER PENNIES, I BELIEVE THEY PROBABLY DO.

I'D HAVE TO CHECK. COPPELL DEFINITELY DOES. OF COURSE, I ALSO REALIZE THAT COPPELL HAS BY FAR THE LOWEST RECAPTURE PER STUDENT.

SO, IT MAY MAKE SENSE FOR A DISTRICT LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. PROBABLY THE BULK OF THE RECAPTURE IS COMING OFF THOSE COPPER PENNIES.

THANK YOU. DIANE OR KELLY. AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO HEATHER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M SPEECHLESS.

BETTER ANSWER. YEAH. HEATHER, I AM NOT SPEECHLESS TONIGHT.

SORRY. I DO WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, POINT OUT THAT MOST OTHER DISTRICTS ARE GOING THROUGH THIS.

SO WHILE THIS SOUNDS LIKE SUPER DOOM AND GLOOM BECAUSE IT IS DOOM AND GLOOM, MOST OTHER DISTRICTS ARE GOING THROUGH THIS.

AND I THINK, WHAT IS IT? 60% OF OTHER DISTRICTS ALSO HAVE A DEFICIT BUDGET AROUND THE STATE.

AND MOST OF THEIR DEFICIT BUDGETS ARE WAY LARGER THAN OURS.

I'M CONCERNED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A WHOLE IF THE STATE DOES NOT STEP UP.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, TO CHRIS'S POINT ABOUT OUR RAINY DAY FUND IS NOT A RAINY DAY FUND.

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THEY HAVE A HAVE A SURPLUS OF $22 MILLION, I BELIEVE.

BILLION. SORRY. THANK YOU. WITH A B. YES. AND $4 BILLION WAS APPROPRIATED LAST SESSION AND NOT ALLOCATED OR ALLOWED TO FLOW BECAUSE THEY HELD IT HOSTAGE. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THE STATE HAS THE ABILITY TO GIVE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I KEEP COMING BACK TO THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT TO ALL WORK ON THIS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT PARENTS TO HEAR, OH MY GOSH, THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE INSOLVENT, YOU KNOW, OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND WE WILL FIGURE THIS OUT.

AND I YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR STAFF, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE SO WELL STAFFED BECAUSE I LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS AND THEY ARE HAVING HUGE DEFICITS AND THEY CAN'T EVEN STAFF CLASSROOMS AS IT IS.

SO I AM GRATEFUL. AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS RIDICULOUS AND I SAY IT EVERY DAY, AND YOU PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY TIRED OF HEARING IT, BUT I YOU KNOW, IF WE ALL PUT OUR DISTRICT PROBLEMS ON THE TABLE, I'M GRABBING OURS RIGHT BACK, BECAUSE WHILE THIS IS TERRIBLE, WE ARE STILL IN A BETTER SITUATION AND WE ARE EDUCATING CHILDREN AND SUPPORTING OUR STAFF BETTER THAN MOST.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT. SO WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

SO, BUCKLE UP. I'M READY TO DO THE WORK. ANY OTHER? YEAH. GO AHEAD. DIANE. I DON'T WANT TO BE REPETITIVE OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, SO I DON'T WANT TO SEEM GLIB IN WHICH WHEN I SAID I'M SPEECHLESS.

I DO HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS HERE. TO YOUR POINT, HEATHER, OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE VERY FRIENDLY LEGISLATORS, THAT IS TRUE. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND ENCOURAGING ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW AROUND THE STATE TO, YOU KNOW, START ADVOCATING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. BUT THERE'S ALSO SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WE ELECT WHO IS LISTENING TO US.

AND THAT'S GOVERNOR ABBOTT. AND HE HAS PROMISED US THAT HE WILL FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND WE WILL HAVE NOT JUST ESAS, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE BEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS POSSIBLE.

SO, LET'S, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR WHAT WE NEED HERE, BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR OUR NEEDS ARE PRETTY DIRE.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN PAST YEARS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ASSESSED VALUES, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE YEAR, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAD AN INCREASE OF SOME NUMBER 5%, LET'S SAY.

BUT THE ASSESSED VALUE HAD GONE UP BY 10 OR 15%.

AND SO WE HAD BANKED SORT OF THIS ASSESSED VALUE.

SO CHRIS, WE'VE SEEN THAT BANKED AMOUNT GO AWAY AND GO DEEPER.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A 5%. IT COULD BE A 15% DROP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO. WELL SO YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THAT HOMEOWNERS ARE LIMITED ON HOW MUCH GROWTH THEY CAN SEE IN ONE YEAR TO 10%. AND SO THERE WERE THERE WAS A YEAR JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN OUR AVERAGE, OUR TV WAS, I THINK 19% AND, AND MOST OF THAT WAS IN HOMESTEAD.

AND SO, A LOT OF OUR HOMESTEADS WENT UP 30% OR SO.

AND SO THOSE PEOPLE SAW A 10% INCREASE. AND THEN IN THE YEARS SINCE THEN, WE'VE SEEN MINIMAL TO NEGATIVE GROWTH.

AND SO THEY COULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THE 10% IN EACH OF THOSE YEARS AND KNOW THAT'S ON, THAT'S ON A PER INDIVIDUAL HOUSE BASIS.

BUT THAT I'D HAVE TO GO IN AND DIG INTO THE NUMBERS.

BUT MY GUESS IS THERE'S NO MORE BANKED VALUE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPING US OUT SO WE CAN HOPE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT THERE TO HELP MINIMIZE THAT. NEGATIVE FIVE. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO COUNT ON THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD COUNT ON THAT. NO. JUST TO GO BACK TO HEATHER TALKING ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

I THINK THAT DOCTOR ARNETT HAS HEARD FROM SEVERAL SUPERINTENDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS WHO HAVE SAID, WE'RE HERE BEHIND YOU. WE'RE LOOKING AT CLOSING IN ELEMENTARY. WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE WERE FIVE ELEMENTARIES.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ELIMINATING OUR PLCS. WE'RE A LOT OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN ARE THE ACTIONS THAT OTHER DISTRICTS WILL ALSO TAKE.

I HEARD FROM A FRIEND TODAY WHO LATER THIS NEXT MONTH, THEY ARE GOING TO TELL THEIR DISTRICT THAT THEY ARE CLOSING THREE ELEMENTARIES AND ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I HEARD FROM ANOTHER WHO SAID THEY HAVE A $7 MILLION DEFICIT AFTER CUTTING 8 MILLION OUT OF THEIR BUDGET.

SO THESE PROBLEMS ARE STATEWIDE. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

AND WE YOU FAIRLY POINT OUT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, BUT THE CAUSES OF THIS DEFICIT ARE NOT THINGS THAT WE DID.

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AND I THINK THAT WHAT I MEANT BY THAT IS, FIRST OF ALL, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR ME AS A TRUSTEE.

BUT WHEN I SAY I PERSONALLY. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, 87%, PROBABLY $0.87 OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT THE STATE GIVES US, IF THEY INCREASE, THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WILL GO TO PEOPLE.

AND IT'S OUR PEOPLE THAT WE VALUE AND WANT TO KEEP AND HAVE.

WE'VE GIVEN AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN RAISES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.

AND IT CERTAINLY HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH INFLATION.

AND THAT REFLECTS WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE TO US.

AND IF THE STATE FAILS TO INCREASE BASIC ALLOTMENT OR GIVE SOME OTHER MONEY THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO TEACHERS, WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING SOME UGLY DECISIONS COME MAY WHEN WE WHEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT PAYROLL.

AND SO I JUST I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT IT'S PEOPLE.

PEOPLE ARE THE THINGS WE INVEST OUR M&O IN AND THAT THOSE ARE THE TEACHERS WE LOVE, THE ADMINISTRATORS WE LOVE AND VALUE, THE BUS DRIVERS. WE LOVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE LOVE.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE'RE INVESTING OUR MONEY IN. I'M GOING TO END THERE AND SAY I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE NEWS.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT MORE TOUGH DECISIONS COMING UP.

THIS IS WHERE OUR COMMUNITY SAYS, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO SOMETHING TWO YEARS AGO? AND IT'S LIKE, DO WE NEED TO SHUT ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TODAY BECAUSE WE SEE THAT THIS IS COMING.

THAT'S NOT THE ACTION WE'RE GOING TO TAKE. WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE OUR BUDGET AND DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO AND BE REACTIVE AND PROACTIVE AND HOPE THAT OUR LEGISLATORS COME THROUGH. BUT WE WILL TAKE THE ACTIONS NEEDED TO KEEP OUR DISTRICT AFLOAT.

HEATHER, ONE MORE TIME, YOU DID MAKE ME THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. SO, SO MANY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS DO LIVE IN OTHER PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS.

THEY DRIVE THROUGH OTHER DISTRICTS. THEY ALSO PROBABLY ARE REPRESENTED BY OTHER REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF TO ALSO REACH OUT TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ASK FOR HELP WITH THIS, BECAUSE IT'S THEIR PAYROLL THAT'S ON THE LINE ALSO.

SO I WOULD REALLY CHALLENGE OUR STAFF TO START SPEAKING UP ABOUT THAT IF THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHRIS. WELL, THANK YOU CHRIS, AND NO THANK YOU TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE THAT ARE POUNDING ON US ONCE AGAIN. WE WILL WELCOME CHAD BARNETT AND MOLLY MAY.

[9.5 Barton Creek/Valley View Blend update: Enrollment and Attendance Zones ]

GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE VALLEY VIEW, BARTON CREEK BLEND.

APPRECIATE. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. YEAH. THANKS FOR HAVING US. YOU KNOW, TAKE A DEEP BREATH AFTER THAT. AND JUST EVERYBODY KIND OF NEEDS TO RECENTER. SO TONIGHT DO YOU HAVE ANY CLICKER? YEAH. NO WORRIES. I DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP TELLING YOU.

CLICK NOW. YEAH. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH KIND OF OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENTS AT THE BLEND CAMPUS OF VALLEY VIEW AND BARTON CREEK.

GIVE US SOME CLASS SIZE UPDATES AND THEN TALK ABOUT A POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS WE COULD LEVERAGE IF WE WANT TO DECREASE.

AND WHAT THAT THE ENROLLMENT AND WHAT THOSE RESULTING ADJUSTMENTS COULD MEAN FOR OVERALL ENROLLMENT.

WHEN WE GET INTO THIS, I WANT TO KIND OF GROUND US IN TWO THINGS AND TWO OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT AND WHY WE'RE KIND OF THINKING THROUGH HOW TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN ENROLLMENT OR POTENTIAL ENROLLMENT AT THE BERLIN CAMPUS.

ONE IS LOOKING AT GETTING THAT 700 AND TOTAL ENROLLMENT DOWN FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AT BARTON CREEK NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ENSURING THAT WE MAINTAIN THE CLASS SIZES THAT WE COME TO LOVE AND KNOW HERE AT EANES.

YOU HEAR A LOT OF THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, 22 TO 1.

SO A LOT OF KIND OF OUR PARAMETERS OF OF MEASUREMENT.

DOES SOMETHING WORK? DOES IT GET US TO THE 22 TO 1 OR BELOW ON THE CLASS SIZES? WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, AND I'M SURE MOLLY CAN SPEAK SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT THIS, IS ENSURING THAT WE STILL CONTINUE THE SERVICE MODEL RATIOS THAT WE KNOW AND WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND KEEPING THOSE EQUITABLE ACROSS ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

THE OTHER THING I WANT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A NEW NUMBER, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF LURKING THERE.

WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT SECTION NUMBERS AND SECTIONS BEING TOTAL K-5 CLASSROOMS. THE REASON FOR THAT IS OBVIOUSLY OUR FOOTPRINT AT BARTON CREEK.

IT DOES LIMIT HOW MANY SECTIONS WE CAN PUT THERE.

AND SO WITH THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR OF ADDING TWO PORTABLES AT THE END OF THE 300 HAUL, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING OR LOOKING AT KIND OF OUR CAPACITY OF 33 CLASSROOMS BEING UTILIZED FOR K-5.

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SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THREE NUMBERS AT EVERY CAMPUS FROM THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.

AND THOSE THREE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE TOTAL ENROLLMENT SECTION SIZES WHICH ARE SECTION NUMBERS WHICH IS CLASSROOMS. SO LOOKING AT 33 AT BARTON CREEK OR UNDER AND THEN AVERAGE CLASS SIZE.

AND SO WHEN WE GO INTO THESE MODELS THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO THEN DISCUSS.

WHAT COULD FURTHER IMPACT THOSE ENROLLMENTS, THOSE SECTION SIZES AND THE AVERAGE CLASSROOM.

THE FIRST ONE IS, OF COURSE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS CDC AND RELOCATING CDC.

CURRENTLY CDC AT BARTON CREEK UTILIZES CLASSROOMS IN THAT 200 HALL.

SO MOVING THEM OFF CAMPUS AND RELOCATING THEM SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE US EVEN MORE CAPACITY WITHIN THAT 200 HALL FOR THOSE PULL OUT SERVICES.

MOVING FORWARD FROM THIS POINT, EVERY MODEL WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT ALREADY ASSUMES THAT HAS HAPPENED.

SO OUR COUNTS ARE ENROLLMENT COUNTS. OUR SECTION SIZES WILL BE STRICTLY K-5 CLASSROOMS. ASSUMING CDC HAS BEEN MOVED OFF, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COUNTS.

THE SECTION NUMBERS, THE CLASSROOMS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT COUNT.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND EXPLORE TWO POSSIBLE ENROLLMENT ADJUSTMENTS WE CAN PULL.

FIRST, BEING A PARTIAL REZONING OF CURRENT, A CURRENT BARTON CREEK PORTION OF ATTENDANCE ZONE TO FTE OR FOREST TRAIL, AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS THAT CURRENTLY ATTEND BARTON CREEK AND VALLEY VIEW, AND THE POTENTIAL OF OFFERING THEM A SEAT AT OTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THOSE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ENROLLMENT.

WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE TODAY. AND I'LL JUST KIND OF JUMP INTO THIS FIRST SLIDE.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. UP TO THIS POINT, WE'VE KIND OF SOLELY FOCUSED ON THE MERGE OR THE MERGE CAMPUS OF BARTON CREEK.

HOWEVER, IF WE ARE MOVING KIDS AROUND, IT'S TIME TO START LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER CAMPUSES AND THE IMPACT THAT MOVEMENT IS GOING TO HAVE ON THEIR SECTION NUMBERS, THEIR ENROLLMENT, AND THEIR AVERAGE CLASS SIZES.

WHAT YOU HAVE IS WE'RE GOING TO START FROM KIND OF A BASELINE CHART.

THIS CHART ON YOUR LEFT THREE COLUMNS IS OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT AS OF JANUARY 21ST.

SO IF YOU LOOK BACK IN OCTOBER, SOME OF THESE NUMBERS MAY HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT AFTER SNAPSHOT.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE COMING, THEY'RE GOING WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FLUCTUATION.

IT'S USUALLY 1 OR 2 KIDS HERE AND THERE KIND OF THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR OR MONTH TO MONTH.

BUT WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO FOR THIS MODELING IS TAKE WHAT WE KNOW IS REAL NUMBERS AS OF LAST WEEK.

AND SO EVERY CAMPUS YOU HAVE YOUR REAL NUMBER TOTAL, YOU HAVE YOUR SECTION NUMBERS PER CAMPUS AND THEN YOUR AVERAGE CLASS SIZE ACROSS THOSE SECTIONS. ON YOUR RIGHT, THREE COLUMNS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AT THE FIVE CAMPUSES NEXT YEAR, BARTON CREEK BEING THE BLENDED CAMPUS FOR NEXT YEAR.

NOW, LET ME KIND OF WALK THROUGH HOW WE GOT TO THESE NUMBERS.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE SOME VARIABILITY IS IN THERE, WHY SOME THINGS HAVE SHIFTED AND MAY HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

SO HOW WE DID THIS WAS WE TOOK ALL CURRENT AND K THROUGH FOUR STUDENTS, ROLLED THEM UP THE GRADE AND SEEDED THEM AT THEIR CURRENT CAMPUS.

WE HAVEN'T MOVED ANYBODY IN THIS CHART. ONCE THAT WAS DONE, WE THEN LOOKED AT GENDER AND WE DECIDED THE BEST THING WE CAN DO FOR KINDER IS TAKE THIS YEAR'S CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ENROLLMENTS, NOT OUT OF DISTRICT AND ANYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL, AND APPLY GROWTH TO THAT AND THEN APPLY GROWTH TO ALL OF THEM.

THE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT INCLUDING OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS IN KINDER AT THIS POINT IS JUST SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE.

AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE, DO WE HAVE ROOM? DO WE MOVE FORWARD? THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONTROL. WE CAN CONTROL HOW MANY WE LET IN WHERE WE LET THEM IN AT.

SO WE THEN APPLIED A 5% GROWTH ON EVERY GRADE AT EVERY CAMPUS NEXT YEAR, JUST FOR SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, OUR AVERAGE COHORT GROWTH HAS BEEN 4.2%.

AND OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS, OUR AVERAGE COHORT GROWTH AT ELEMENTARY HAS BEEN 4.8.

SO 5% IS ACTUALLY LARGER THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 13 YEARS AT ELEMENTARY.

BUT WE DECIDED TO DO THAT JUST TO GIVE US LIKE, OKAY, WHAT? LET'S JUST SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF GROWTH, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD FOR PER CHRIS'S LAST CONVERSATION.

IT WOULD HELP OUT FINANCIALLY. BUT WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY NEED TO BE CAPACITY CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT GROWTH? AND THAT WAS APPLIED EQUALING OUT WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOUR ESTIMATED ENROLLMENT FOR THE FIVE CAMPUSES.

ONCE THAT WAS DONE, WE THEN WENT GRADE BY GRADE AND WENT AHEAD AND SECTIONED THOSE GRADE BY GRADE, GIVING US OUR TOTAL SECTION NUMBERS. NUMBERS TO SERVICE THOSE KIDS.

AND THEN FROM THERE YOU GET YOUR AVERAGE CLASSROOM.

SO THIS IS THE CHART WE'RE GOING TO START FROM.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS WHAT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS COULD DO, WHAT THEY MEAN.

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AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THAT ENROLLMENT ADJUSTMENT.

SO THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IS A PARTIAL REZONING OF BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

CURRENT ATTENDANCE ZONES TWO FOREST TRAIL FOR NEXT YEAR.

WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A MAP OF OUR CURRENT ATTENDANCE ZONES FOR ELEMENTARY FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THESE LITTLE BITTY NUMBERS.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO KIND OF BLOW THEM UP TO SEE THEM, BUT THEY'RE THERE. THEY'RE CALLED PLANNING ZONES. AND SO WHAT A DEMOGRAPHER DOES IS THEY COME IN AND THEY DIVIDE UP YOUR DISTRICT INTO AREAS THAT HAVE NATURAL BREAKS, WHETHER IT'S A NATURAL BREAK IN A COMMUNITY, A NATURAL BREAK IN AN AREA. YOU ALL ALL KNOW, SINCE WE LIVE IN SUCH A HILLY AND A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE OR USED TO BE COUNTRYSIDE.

WE'RE NOT ON A GRID. THERE'S NO NORTH SOUTH, EAST WEST.

SO THERE'S NO FIRST STREET. LET'S JUST CUT THAT OFF.

AND SO THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THESE LOOK A LITTLE WEIRD.

THEY'RE NOT SQUARE. THEY'RE NOT ROUND. BUT WHAT THAT HELPS US DO IS THINK ABOUT HOW DO YOU MOVE WHOLE COMMUNITIES OR NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT REZONING THE OTHER THING TO THINK HERE IS THESE ARE NOT EQUAL.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE 274 AND 273, THEY DON'T HAVE THE EQUAL AMOUNT OF KIDS.

THEY'RE NOT DIVIDED UP LIKE LET'S SAY A REPRESENTATIVE MAP FOR THE STATE WHERE THEY KIND OF GO IN AND CUT EQUAL PORTIONS OF POPULATIONS TOGETHER FOR REPRESENTATION.

WHAT YOU JUST HAVE HERE IS COMMUNITY WISE. SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND THINKING ABOUT FOR ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR IS THE POTENTIAL REZONING OF THE EASTERN PART OF BARTON CREEK, WHICH IS PLANNING ZONES 273, 274 AND 275.

JUST SO YOU KIND OF KNOW, PLANNING ZONES ARE NEW TO MOST PEOPLE, SO WE'LL KIND OF TALK THROUGH THIS DOES INCLUDE ROB ROY AND THE LAKE, CANYON OAKS, CYPRESS BANKS, WOOD ISLAND. THE EASTERN PART OF DEER CREEK AND CARRIAGE CROSSING ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IN THIS ZONE.

THESE THREE AREAS. MOVING THEM TO FOREST TRAIL NEXT YEAR WOULD GIVE US THE FOLLOWING ATTENDANCE ZONES.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS IS TWOFOLD. WE'VE TAKEN VALLEY VIEW, REZONED THEM TO BARTON CREEK, AND THEN WE'VE MADE THAT NATURAL KIND OF CUT OFF THERE FOR FOREST TRAIL.

THIS WOULD BE OUR ZONING MAPS, THE POTENTIAL ZONING MAPS FOR THIS REZONING.

NOW, WHAT THAT DOES FOR ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS KIND OF WHY WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF START FROM THE TOP AND MOVE DOWN. SO IT DOES DROP 34 STUDENTS OUT OF OUR BARTON POTENTIAL BARTON CREEK OR BLEND ENROLLMENT.

IT DOES GET OUR SECTION NUMBERS DOWN TO THAT 33.

BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T MET THAT 700 NUMBER. SO WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF REZONING OUR OUR WITH 33, WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING THE BELOW THE 21. HOWEVER THAT IS REALLY REALLY CLOSE TO 22 TO 1.

AND SO THAT THAT DOES GIVE A LITTLE PAUSE AND KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH CUSHION HAVE WE BAKED IN FOR JUST NATURAL GROWTH? IS IT THERE? THERE ARE SOME GRADES THAT ARE PRETTY TIGHT.

WHAT THAT ALSO DOES TO FORCE TRAIL DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

IT DOES MOVE OVER THOSE 34 STUDENTS TO THE FOREST TRAIL ATTENDANCE ZONES.

IT DOES INCREASE THEIR SECTION NUMBER FROM TWO OR, SORRY, ONE UP.

AND THEN THEIR AVERAGE CLASS SIZE IS AROUND 21.

WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS ZONING AREA IS MOST OF THESE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY IN FIRST AND FIFTH GRADE OR FOURTH GRADE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SECTIONING.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, THAT'S 34 KIDS.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, SCATTERED OVER SIX GRADES.

ACTUALLY, MOST OF THOSE KIDS ARE IN THOSE TWO GRADES FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO KINDER AND FOURTH GRADE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THE ACTUAL DROP AND INCREASE IN SECTIONING NUMBERS.

SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER POTENTIAL STRATEGY FOR ADJUSTING ENROLLMENT.

AND THAT WOULD BE OUR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS THAT CURRENTLY ATTEND BARTON CREEK AND VALLEY VIEW OR THE TWO BLENDED CAMPUSES.

WHAT WE WANTED TO START WITH IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ALL OF OUR TRANSFERS WITH SPANISH IMMERSION THIS YEAR AND IN THE PAST, WE DO HAVE A PRETTY COMPLEX TRANSFER SYSTEM. WE HAVE KIDS KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE IN SOME PLACES.

IN OUR DISTRICT TRANSFERS, YOU'LL NOTICE IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS THAT NUMBER HAS DROPPED AT BARTON CREEK.

WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE WE WENT AHEAD AND TOOK ALL THE VALLEY VIEW IN DISTRICT TRANSFERS THAT ATTENDED THERE, MOSTLY FOR SPANISH IMMERSION AND MADE THEM RESIDENTS SO THEY ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED A TRANSFER OF ANY SORT.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT WHY THAT NUMBER HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY AT BRIDGE POINT, CEDAR CREEK AND EANES MOST OF YOUR IN DISTRICT? I WOULDN'T SAY ALL, BUT MOST ARE SPANISH IMMERSION.

SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR, THOSE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOME CAMPUS.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY CLOSE TO 80 KIDS THAT COULD CHOOSE TO GO BACK TO A HOME CAMPUS, WHICH WOULD SHIFT OTHER THINGS IN ENROLLMENT.

FOR NOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SAY THERE'S SEATING UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT OR ARE TOLD OTHERWISE FROM THE FAMILIES.

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THOSE 51 STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING BARTON CREEK AND VALLEY VIEW COMBINED RIGHT NOW.

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NEXT IS JUST A MODEL. IT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I JUST WE'RE KIND OF THINKING THROUGH WHAT'S THE WAY TO SHOW HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN.

AND ONE THING WE DECIDED TO DO IS WE JUST WENT AHEAD AND FOUND A CAMPUS WHICH IS EANES, WHERE WE CAN SEAT ALL 51 OF THOSE KIDS RIGHT NOW.

WHY WE DID THAT WAS THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES.

THERE'S A LOT OF MULTIPLE GRADES. AND SO WHEN YOU GET INTO TRANSFERS AND SEATS, IT GETS REAL, REAL KIND OF CONFUSING ABOUT WHO'S GOING WHERE AND WHAT.

AND WE THOUGHT IT'D BE BEST JUST. CAN WE PICK THEM UP AND OFFER THEM A SEAT SOMEWHERE ELSE? WITH PROJECTED ENROLLMENT, WE CAN OFFER THEM A SEAT AT EANES. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT'S THE ONLY ONE OR THE ONLY AVAILABLE SEAT.

BUT JUST FOR THIS MODELING, WE FELT LIKE IT WAS BEST TO SIMPLIFY THINGS.

INSTEAD OF SCATTERING THEM AMONGST OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE WILL NOT PROBABLY OFFER THEM SEATS AT FOREST TRAIL JUST BECAUSE OF THE MOVEMENT FROM THE REZONING AND THE CAPACITY AT THE FOREST TRAIL.

BUT THEY COULD GO TO BRIDGEPOINT, THEY COULD GO TO CEDAR CREEK BASED ON KIND OF WANTS AND AND OR AVAILABILITY.

WHAT THAT DOES THOUGH, THERE, BY DOING THAT WE GET DOWN BELOW THE 700 AT THE BLEND CAMPUS, THE 665, WE GET OUR SECTION NUMBERS WHERE WE NEED THEM AT 33, AND WE GET THAT AVERAGE CLASS SIZE JUST DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, ALMOST A FULL STUDENT PER CLASS, WHICH GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE BREATHING ROOM AND COMFORTABLE.

FEEL A LITTLE COMFORTABLE THERE. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT ADJUSTED WOULD BE YOUR EANES ENROLLMENT THAT DID SHOOT UP THOSE THOSE 50 OR.

YEAH, THOSE THOSE STUDENTS. AND THEN YOU GO UP SECTIONS BECAUSE OF THOSE STUDENTS ADDING.

SO WE WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY ONE MORE I THINK SECTION.

AND THEN YOUR AVERAGE CLASS SIZE GOES UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE.

THAT DOES IF YOU'RE KEEPING KIND OF TOTALS AT THE BOTTOM IT DOES INCREASE OUR NEXT YEAR'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN OUR PROJECTED.

BUT WE'RE STILL BELOW WHERE WE WERE THIS YEAR.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAD 146 SECTIONS. EVEN WITH THESE CHANGES WE'RE PROJECTING 139 SECTIONS NEEDED FOR NEXT YEAR TO MAINTAIN THAT 22 OR BELOW AND GIVE US SOME KIND OF CAPACITY. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM AT CAMPUSES.

I'M GOING TO LET MOLLY GO NEXT. YEAH. SO JUST SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BLEND. WE WOULD NOT TAKE ANY NEW IN OR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER STUDENTS AT BARTON CREEK AND FOREST TRAIL, AND THIS INCLUDES SIBLINGS. AND SO WE JUST NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT TRANSFER POLICY.

AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE CAMPUSES AND WE'RE FOCUSING IT ON BARTON CREEK.

AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY NEW IN OR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

WE WOULD STILL CONSIDER EMPLOYEE TRANSFER STUDENTS AT BARTON CREEK.

WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS, OBVIOUSLY, MAYBE MOVING OVER TO BARTON CREEK.

THEIR STUDENTS ARE AT THEIR CHILDREN ARE AT VALLEY VIEW.

OR IF WE HIRE OVER THERE, WE WOULD WANT TO AGAIN LOOK AT OUR STAFF RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT AND TRY TO OFFER THEM THAT BENEFIT.

WE WON'T BE GRANDFATHERING ANY STUDENTS THAT ARE ZONED OR THAT ARE OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

SO WE DO UNDERSTAND AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AT BARTON CREEK FOR THEIR ELEMENTARY CAREER.

YOU'RE BOTH OUT OF DISTRICT. OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING REZONED.

AND THAT IS DIFFICULT. AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND IT IS NOT AN EASY DECISION. BUT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO NOT GRANDFATHER THOSE STUDENTS IN.

AS CHAD MENTIONED, CURRENT OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER TRANSFERS WILL BE OFFERED SEATS AT OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY EANES AND BRIDGEPOINT HAVE THE MOST CAPACITY.

CEDAR CREEK SOME BUT NOT FOREST TRAIL. THEN LASTLY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE PUT GROWTH INTO THE PROJECTION, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO END UP.

WE MAY END UP HAVING SOME CAPACITY AT BARTON CREEK.

AND WE WILL THEN OFFER THOSE FAMILIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO COME BACK INTO BARTON CREEK, EITHER AS A ZONED STUDENT WOULD HAVE FIRST PRIORITY.

AND THEN IF OUR OUT-OF-DISTRICT FAMILIES WOULD HAVE THE NEXT PRIORITY AND IF NEEDED, WE WOULD USE A LOTTERY SYSTEM TO MOVE THOSE STUDENTS BACK INTO BARTON CREEK.

SO WE DO WANT FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT WHILE WE'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT GRANDFATHERING, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO GET THEM BACK TO BARTON CREEK IF THAT IS TRULY WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. AGAIN, JUST BASED ON WHERE ALL THE NUMBERS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SUSS OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT WILL BE A LOT OF YOU KNOW, US MOVING KIDS, TABULATING NSO AND CIV.

THOSE ARE BOTH OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESSES. THOSE BEGIN ON MARCH 3RD.

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WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SENDING OUT SOME SURVEYS STARTING NEXT WEEK TO FAMILIES THAT ARE JUST SURVEYING THEM ABOUT SOME OF THEIR SOME OF THEIR DESIRES FOR NEXT YEAR, SOME OF WHAT THEIR WISHES SO THAT WE CAN START LOOKING AT THAT, THAT DATA.

THE QUICKER WE CAN GET ACCURATE DATA, THE EASIER IT WILL BE FOR US TO SAY, YES, WE HAVE SOME SEATS, YES, WE HAVE SOME CAPACITY. WE CAN REACH BACK OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES.

SO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN AT BARTON CREEK.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT MOVING THEM IS A SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THEM BACK.

BUT AGAIN, THIS WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THAT NUMBER BELOW 700.

AND THESE TWO OPTIONS ARE WAYS FOR US TO DO THAT.

SURE. THE COMMUNICATION ASPECT OF THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND WE KNOW THAT REZONING IS ALWAYS EMOTIONAL.

SO EARLIER THIS EVENING, THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WENT OUT TO ALL OF THE FAMILIES THAT CHAD INDICATED WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS. WE WANTED THEM TO KNOW OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION SO THEY COULD WATCH IF THEY WOULD LIKE OR LOOK AT THE AGENDA MATERIALS.

ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT, WE'RE PLANNING AN OPEN HOUSE AND AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING AT FOREST TRAIL FOR THE FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND SEE THE SCHOOL, MEET THE PRINCIPAL, AND GET ANY OF THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

SO WE WANT TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO TOUR THE CAMPUS AS WELL IF THEY'VE NEVER BEEN THERE.

AND THEN WE WE DO WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT THIS IS FINALLY A DECISION THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE YOUR APPROVAL, YOUR ACTION. SO ANYTIME WE REDRAW ZONES, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE.

WE MIGHT BE READY TO DO THAT AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY THE 11TH IF WE MAKE THAT A SPECIAL MEETING.

OR IT COULD BE FEBRUARY THE 25TH. BUT REGARDLESS, WE WANT THE FAMILIES TO KNOW BEFORE THE END OF FEBRUARY WHERE THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE WITH CERTAINTY FOR NEXT YEAR. WITHIN THAT AS WELL, WE WE ALSO HAVE HAVE COMMUNICATION TO THE FAMILIES OF OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS BECAUSE, AS MOLLY AND CHAD SAID, THEY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS TOO.

AND WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY EITHER. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT RESIDENTS, WE VALUE THOSE FAMILIES AND WILL BE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AS WELL SOMETIME DURING THE NEXT MONTH, SO THAT BY THE TIME WE OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR ON MARCH THE 3RD, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE OR THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE, AT LEAST, AND THEY CAN CONSIDER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, IN ADDITION TO MOLLY AND CHAD, THERE ARE EIGHT OTHER INDIVIDUALS, A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, RUNNING MULTIPLE MODELS AND SCENARIOS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MANAGE THE NUMBERS AND TO GET THEM TO THE POINT THAT CHAD PRESENTED TO YOU.

SO, DOCTOR CHRISTY, SAILORS, CLAUDIA MCWHORTER, ALEX ROMERO, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, LOOKING AT ROUTES AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO INCORPORATE THAT.

LAURIE LEE. DOCTOR MIGUEL GARCIA. CHRIS. SCOTT.

AUDREY. HIPP. SO, VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE CABINET, AS WELL AS OTHER LEADERSHIP.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET CHALLENGES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN MAKE UP THAT SHORTFALL.

WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON THIS AS WELL, TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WE CAN DO TO TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES.

SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT LAYERS TO THIS, BUT WANTED TO ASSURE THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE HEARD EVERYTHING THEY HAVE SHARED WITH US.

WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE. AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE EFFORTS REFLECTED TONIGHT IN THIS INFORMATION.

AND I KNOW THAT CHAD, MOLLY OR I OR OTHERS WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

CAN I ADD ONE THING REAL QUICK? YEAH, JUST THIS IS A QUICK UPDATE TOO.

AS OF TONIGHT, WE DO HAVE A LIVE, INTERACTIVE PROPOSED MAP FOR NEXT YEAR FOR ELEMENTARY FAMILIES.

SO ON OUR EANES WEBSITE, THERE IS A BOUNDARY MAP THAT IS CALLED PROPOSED 2526.

AND YOU CAN ENTER YOUR ADDRESS IN AND IN AND IT WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOU WOULD BE ZONED TO WITH THE PROPOSALS FOR THE REZONING.

WE HAVE A LIVE INTERACTIVE ONE THAT'S THE TOP LAYER, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW SO FAMILIES CAN FIND OUT NEW FAMILIES.

IT'S USED FOR ENROLLMENT PROCESS. BUT I ALSO KNOW FAMILIES PROBABLY HAVE QUESTIONS LIKE, DO WE REALLY FIT THERE IS THAT KIND OF WHERE'S THE CUT OFF? SO YOU CAN GO IN AND TYPE IN AN ADDRESS AND IF IT'S IN OUR ATTENDANCE ZONES, IT WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN OUR ZONE TWO FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU BOTH. TRUSTEE QUESTIONS. ELLEN. GOOD EVENING.

CHAD, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE 5% GROWTH ASSUMPTION THAT YOU KNOW, CHRIS'S PROJECTION IS THAT WE'LL HAVE 140 FEWER

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SO, I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW BOTH OF THOSE FIT TOGETHER.

YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION. AND ONE THAT I SIT DOWN AND SAY, LIKE, DID I DO THE MATH WRONG AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT? SO SO HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING TO KIND OF JUST KEEP IN MIND AND I'LL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE STARTING TO ROLL OUT. SO THIRD, FOURTH, CURRENT, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE ARE THE LAST GRADES OF KIND OF THOSE BIGGER CLASSES THAT WE HAD. RIGHT AROUND COVID OR PRE COVID.

SO FIFTH GRADE ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW IS 535. EVEN WITH GROWTH.

SO EVEN IF YOU GROW YEAR OVER YEAR, OUR STARTING POINT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AT THE KINDER LEVEL.

SO OUR KINDER ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW IS 403 WITH OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

TOTAL. SO WHEN AS A TOTAL DISTRICT. SO WHEN YOU START AT A LOWER NUMBER, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE GROWTH AND WE DO HAVE HISTORIC GROWTH AS A COHORT LEVEL, WE'RE STILL SEEING THAT EVEN THE LAST COUPLE OF COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR STARTING POINT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DROPPING.

AND THEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IS NOW YOU'VE GOT WE'VE GOT THIS REALLY UNIQUE KIND OF FLIPPING SITUATION.

HALF OF YOUR CAMPUS IS WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED LOW STARTING POINTS FOR US.

SO BELOW 400 OR RIGHT AROUND 400. WE'VE GOT THREE YEARS OF THAT IN.

AND NOW WE'RE PUSHING OUT THE LAST THREE YEARS OF KIND OF SOME OF THOSE BIGGER FIVE, 600, FIVE, 50, 600 YEARS THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SIX YEARS AGO.

AND SO THE AS FIFTH GRADE GOES OFF AND REALLY, WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN IS A LOT OF THESE MODELS, WE'RE PUSHING OFF THE LARGEST GRADE NEXT YEAR AT ALMOST EVERY CAMPUS.

SO EVEN WHEN WE ADD GROWTH IN OUR NET GAIN IS NOT NEAR WHAT OUR NET LOSS IS OF TOTAL STUDENTS MOVING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE A BARTON CREEK. I'M JUST GOING TO IT'S LIKE FIVE WHEN THE MERGES TOGETHER.

NEXT YEAR'S CURRENT FIFTH GRADE WOULD BE LIKE 135.

BUT FOR THEIR CURRENT MERGE TOGETHER. KINDER IS AROUND 66 OR 77.

AND SO, A RESIDENTIAL KID. SO, YOU'RE NOT BRINGING IN OR WE'RE NOT STARTING WITH EVEN CLOSE TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT WE'RE ENDING WITH BECAUSE WE'RE PUSHING THOSE LARGER GRADES OUT. SO EVEN IF WE APPLY GROWTH TO THAT, OUR STARTING POINTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST.

SO, ARE WE MAKING THE 5% ASSUMPTION ON KINDERGARTEN AS WELL? YES. YEAH. AND WHY IS THAT? IF OUR KINDERGARTENS HAVE BEEN GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER JUST TO GET A BIGGER, THE BIGGEST NUMBER WE THINK COULD EVEN BE MATHEMATICALLY POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME.

IT'S A GREAT POINT. HISTORICALLY, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, OUR KINDER ENROLLMENTS DROPPED BY, LIKE A -2%.

AND SO THE REALITY IS, OUR KINDER NUMBERS WILL PROBABLY BE LOWER THAN EVEN WITH OUR 5% PROJECTION.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE EVEN LOWER THAN THAT. BUT WHAT WE DID WITH THESE MODELING IS JUST TRY TO PICK A NUMBER WE THOUGHT WAS REASONABLE TO START MAKING ASSUMPTIONS FROM.

BUT TO MOLLY'S POINT, AS WE GET TRUE NUMBERS, WE CAN TIGHTEN THESE UP A LOT BETTER AND KNOW WHERE OUR CAPACITY REALLY IS.

CHAD, I HATE TO USE THIS PHRASE, BUT IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY THAT YOU'VE PLANNED FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO? SO, WE BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE THE BIGGER NUMBERS THAT WE'RE WE CAN POSSIBLY ACCOMMODATE? YES, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. THE WORST CASE REALLY BOTHERS ME.

BUT YEAH, BUT IT IS KIND OF IF WE HAD THE MOST MAXIMUM WE EVER THOUGHT WE COULD GET, WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO DO? AND WE KIND OF WORK FROM THERE. YEAH, I WOULD SAY WE WERE JUST ULTRA CONSERVATIVE IN THOSE, IN THOSE PROJECTIONS SO THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T GET ANY SORT OF SURPRISE, THAT IF WE THOUGHT IT WAS 33 SECTIONS, THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DIDN'T COME AT 34 OR 35.

SO YES, IT WAS IT'S IT'S HIGHER THAN, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WE'RE EXPECTING.

BUT WE DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR THE MAXIMUM CASE SCENARIO AND, AND COULD AND COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD FIT THAT INTO WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED. THANK YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND WHY AT THIS POINT YOU'RE PROJECTING IT THAT WAY.

BUT AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS YOU KNOW, REALLY FINE TUNING THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING, WILL, WILL PERHAPS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GAIN GAIN SOME ADVANTAGE ALONG THE WAY.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

MY SECOND QUESTION IS IF I'M READING THE CHARTS CORRECTLY THERE ARE THERE WILL BE 33 SECTIONS AT BARTON CREEK WITH OR WITHOUT IN DISTRICT TRANSFERS, AND THERE WILL BE 26 SECTIONS AT FOREST TRAIL WITH OR WITHOUT TRANSFERS.

IS IS THAT CORRECT? NO. SO THE THE 33 AT BARTON CREEK IS WITHOUT OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

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SO THE MOVEMENT, THE LAST CHART WE SEE, THE 665 IS MOVING ALL OUT OF DISTRICT OFF TO EANES FOREST TRAIL.

WE KEPT ALL OF OUR TRANSFERS THERE. WE HAVEN'T THE ONLY FOR THESE MODELS, THE ONLY TRANSFERS, WHETHER IT'S THREE BUCKETS THAT WE MOVED WAS THE OUT OF DISTRICT THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT BARTON CREEK AND VALLEY VIEW.

EVERYBODY ELSE STAYED WHERE THEY'RE AT. THEY KEPT THEIR SEAT WHERE THEY'RE AT.

OKAY. BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENTS AFTER REZONING ONLY AND THEN ENROLLMENTS AFTER REZONING AND RELOCATING TRANSFER STUDENTS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SECTIONS STAY CONSTANT.

YEAH. BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE MORE SPREAD OUT.

THE WHEN YOU MOVE THE OUT OF DISTRICT, THEY ARE MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE GRADES.

SO THE REALITY IS YOU'RE MOVING FIVE, SIX, SEVEN KIDS PER GRADE WITH THE WHEN YOU'RE MOVING THE OUT OF DISTRICT.

WHY THE WHEN AND WHY? WHEN WE MOVED, THE REZONING WAS SO IMPACTFUL ON SECTION NUMBERS.

THEY WERE PURELY CONCENTRATED AT KINDER AND FOURTH GRADE RIGHT NOW.

SO THEY HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THOSE SECTION NUMBERS AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL GRADES.

ALSO, WITH THE DISCONTINUATION OF SPANISH IMMERSION, THERE WAS A LOT MORE ABILITY TO BALANCE CLASS SIZE.

SO YOU COULD ABSORB THOSE 7 OR 8 KIDS ACROSS MAYBE FIVE SECTIONS INSTEAD OF JUST PREVIOUSLY, LIKE THREE SECTIONS. SO THAT'S WHY THE SECTION NUMBERS DIDN'T GO UP AS SIGNIFICANTLY AS YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED.

OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE THE RATIONALE FOR GOING THE SECOND STEP IF THE SECTIONS STILL STAY THE SAME. MAYBE IT'S THE OVERALL NUMBER YOU WERE.

IT WAS TO GET BELOW. IT WAS TO GET BELOW THE.

WITH OR WITHOUT THE TRANSFER STUDENT. RIGHT? IT WAS TO GET BELOW THE 700.

YEAH. ELLEN. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT WAS THE. IT WAS TO DROP THE BELOW THE 700.

SO OUR GOAL IN THESE MODELS WAS THREE WAS TO GET BELOW 700, TO GET TO 33 OR BELOW SECTIONS AND TO KEEP THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE AT 22 OR BELOW.

OKAY. MOVING ON. IF IT'S NECESSARY TO TRANSFER THE TO DO THE REZONING I AM VERY I THINK IT'S VERY WISE THAT THEY'RE BEING TRANSFERRED TO FOREST TRAIL.

I THINK FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD CONTINUITY STANDPOINT AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN.

THAT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD, SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT.

I DO THINK THAT LONG TERM, I JUST WANT TO PUT THIS OUT THERE THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN NEEDS SOME EXAMINATION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WITH ALL OF THESE NUMBERS, WE HAVE 1200 KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WILL BE FEEDING INTO WEST RIDGE OVER THE NEXT X NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WE HAVE 1600 AT HILL COUNTRY.

SO OUR FEEDER PATTERNS ARE OFF BY 400 KIDS AT THIS POINT.

NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO SOLVE FOR THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF RAISE A FLAG AND ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT TRANSFER STUDENTS THAT MAY THAT WILL MAY END UP ON ANOTHER CAMPUS OTHER THAN FOREST TRAIL OR, OR BARTON CREEK, BUT WHO HAVE BEEN AT BARTON CREEK.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY COULD BE GRANDFATHERED INTO WEST RIDGE? AND THAT QUESTION MAY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, MOLLY, EARLIER IN THE WEEK, AND I I'M NOT REAL CLEAR ON IT IF THEY ARE AT. IF SO, IF THEY'RE AT BARTON CREEK OR FOREST TRAIL TO GO TO WESTRIDGE.

SORRY I MISSED I MISSED THE QUESTION. THE TRANSFER STUDENTS AT BARTON CREEK NOW AND THEY GO TO EITHER EANES, BRIDGEPOINT OR CEDAR. I'M SORRY. YES. YES, THEY THEY COULD THEY COULD PUT IN FOR IT.

YES, THEY COULD PUT IN FOR THEIR TRANSFER TO GO TO WESTRIDGE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. THEY WOULDN'T AUTOMATICALLY BECAUSE IF THEY'RE AN OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER, THEY WOULD BE SELECTING WHICH MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY WANTED TO GO TO ANYWAY AND COULD ABSOLUTELY SELECT TO GO TO WESTRIDGE.

YES. OKAY. AND TO YOUR POINT OF THE WESTRIDGE POPULATION AND TO YOUR POINT, IF THE IF THE YOU KNOW, IF THOSE TWO CAMPUSES ARE SO DISPARATE IN ENROLLMENT, WE WOULD WANT TO BE HELPING WESTRIDGE IS ENROLLMENT ANYWAY? YES, YES. THANK YOU. YES. SORRY. MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT KIND OF PRIORITY WILL THE

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THERE'S A FAIR NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE DISPERSED ACROSS OTHER CAMPUSES, INCLUDING BARTON CREEK.

WILL THEY HAVE PRIORITY TO GO BACK TO FOREST TRAIL? YES. OR HOW WILL THEY BE FIGURED INTO THE CALCULATIONS? SO YEAH. SO MARCH OR. SORRY. NEXT WEEK, THAT IS ONE OF OUR FIRST COMMUNICATIONS OF THEY'LL BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO GO BACK TO THEIR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL OR STAY AT THEIR CURRENT CAMPUS THAT THEY ARE AT.

AND SO IF THEY WANT TO GO BACK, THEY CAN GO BACK.

IF THEY WANT TO STAY, THEY CAN STAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORCE THEM EITHER WAY.

AND SO YES, THEY'LL IF YOU'RE ASKING PRIORITY, THEY CAN GO BACK TO FOREST TRAIL.

AND YES, YOU HAVE A VALID POINT THAT DOES. WE HAVE TO WATCH THOSE NUMBERS AS A LOT OF THOSE IN DISTRICT DUE TO SPANISH IMMERSION WERE FORCED TRAIL RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS. WE DO THINK WE HAVE THE ROOM, BUT THAT'S WHEN LIKE THIS IS THE THAT WOULD BE THE VERY FIRST PHASE OF OKAY, WE SHORE UP NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WE CAN START SHORING UP THOSE NUMBERS.

WE SHORE UP THE OUT OF DISTRICT. WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

WE GET A LOT TIGHTER AROUND WHERE SEATS AND SECTIONS ARE GOING TO LIE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND THIS THIS LAST QUESTION IS, IS SOMETHING WE I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION OF WHERE WE ARE NOW, BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE US AN IDEA AS TO WHEN WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FOR BLENDING THE CULTURES OF THE TWO SCHOOLS? ANY PLANS THAT ARE BEGINNING TO GET UNDERWAY FOR CELEBRATING THE 44 YEARS OF VALLEY VIEW AS A WONDERFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND WHEN WE WILL BEGIN TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON THE SHORT TERM USES OF VALLEY VIEW AS A CAMPUS, AS A PROPERTY THOSE MIGHT BE PRODUCT ARNETT.

THAT'S. WELL, I'LL SPEAK TO THE LAST OF THOSE FIRST.

WE'RE ALREADY GETTING INQUIRIES AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT VALLEY VIEW.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT AT SOME POINT LATER THIS SPRING, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE THINK AT LEAST A SHORT TERM USE OF THAT CAMPUS MIGHT BE. AND AS WELL AS LONG TERM, I THINK LONG TERM IS PROBABLY GOING TO OCCUR MORE WITHIN THE CONVERSATIONS BY THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE.

BUT SHORT TERM OR NEAR TERM LATER THIS SPRING, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT SOME OPTIONS MIGHT BE FOR THE VALLEY VIEW CAMPUS.

AND AND PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE A WAY FOR US TO GENERATE SOME REVENUE BASED UPON THE INQUIRIES THAT WE'RE GETTING NOW.

I'LL LET MOLLY TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS AROUND THE CULTURES AND THE WORK THERE THAT WE'RE STARTING AND TRANSITIONING TO THE BLENDED CAMPUS.

YEAH. SO BRANDIS SMOLIN, WHO WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OVER AT THE BLENDED CAMPUS, IS ALREADY KIND OF WORKING ON YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME, SOME STAFF AND PARENTS AND JUST KIND OF A GROUP TOGETHER.

OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A BLEND COMMITTEE. THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE INVITED TO CONTINUE ON SHOULD SHOULD THEY WANT TO.

BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO ADD SOME OTHER PEOPLE INTO THE MIX TO LOOK AT THAT CULTURE PIECE, LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE CELEBRATIONS ON THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES THAT ARE GOING TO STAY.

AND SO BRANDIS IS WORKING TO WORKING TO START THAT.

HEATHER MEEK, WHO IS IN MY DEPARTMENT, IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE WORKING ALONGSIDE BRANDIS.

HEATHER WAS IN FRISCO WHEN SHE OPENED A CAMPUS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT.

WE'RE CLOSING ONE, BUT SHE BLENDED THREE CAMPUSES INTO ONE.

AND SO SHE HAS THAT EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT TAKES WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF CREATING SOMETHING, SOMETHING NEW.

AND SO SHE'LL BE WORKING ALONGSIDE BRANDIS, AS WE ALL WILL.

BUT SO THAT THAT'S ALL GETTING STARTED RIGHT NOW.

WE WERE ACTUALLY AT VALLEY VIEW TODAY. WALKING AROUND.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR WALLS AND MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT AT THE AT THE AT BARTON CREEK? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BRING OVER? WHERE ARE THE YEARBOOKS GOING TO GO? YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, ABOUT MAKING SURE THE HISTORY OF VALLEY VIEW IS RESPECTED AND CAPTURED AND KEPT.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE CELEBRATION OF VALLEY VIEW, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING A CELEBRATION.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS YET. WE WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE YOUR HELP.

ELLEN. ON CELEBRATING A CAMPUS IN OUR DISTRICT IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE.

AND BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR RADAR TOO.

WE WILL WE WILL HAVE A VERY NICE BIG CELEBRATION OF ALL THE HISTORY OF VALLEY VIEW, FOR SURE.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ELLEN. WE'LL GO TO KELLY.

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I WOULD MY QUESTIONS COME AROUND INITIALLY AROUND THE THE SMALLER CLASSROOMS. THE 200 SECTION. SO HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED BY THE CDC? SO THERE'S FIVE FULL. SO THE FOUR ON THE END AND THEN ONE THAT'S A LITTLE PAST KIND OF THAT THE BREEZEWAY IN AND OUT.

AND THEN IT'S NOT LABELED ON THIS, THE PRESENTATION.

BUT THERE IS A LITTLE IT'S OFFICE SLASH LIKE BREAKOUT ROOM THAT THEY ALSO OCCUPY.

SO THERE'S SIX SPACES BUT IT'S FIVE OF THOSE CLASSROOMS. SO UP ON THAT MAP WOULD BE THAT 206 OFFICE ONE, TWO, THREE, SEVEN, EIGHT AND 206 ARE CURRENTLY BEING OCCUPIED BY CDC.

OKAY. AND THEN FOR AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL SIX ARE BEING UTILIZED BY THE OTHER SIX LEFT.

YEAH. THEY ARE CURRENTLY FOR SPECIAL ED FOR CS STAFF.

AND SO THE SERVICES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND INTO, THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY CDC.

SO LIKE INTERVENTIONS PULL OUT SERVICES ONE ON ONES ONE ON THREES THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

OKAY. SO YOU'LL NEED ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS FOR THAT.

WHAT RIGHT NOW ARE SO OUR CS STAFF, OUR SPECIAL ED, OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL ED AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND THEN OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT ALL LOOKED AT, AND THEY ESTIMATED ABOUT TEN CLASSROOM NEEDS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT ENTIRE HALL FREE.

THAT'S AN ESTIMATE. IT'S ALSO WHO SHOWS UP THE FIRST DAY.

AND SOMETIMES THINGS CHANGE. SERVICES CHANGE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY.

OUR MAIN GOAL WOULD BE NOT TO TOUCH THE 200 HALL WITH ANY CORE CLASSROOM.

YOUR K-5 CLASSROOMS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. OKAY.

AND THEN I KNOW RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO ON THE END THERE THAT ARE LABELED ONE AND SEVEN.

IS THAT THAT'S WHERE THE PLAYGROUND FOR THE CDC IS, RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. SO IF WE WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO RELOCATE IT TO A SUITABLE LOCATION IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, WOULD THAT BE CLOSE TO THEIR PLAYGROUND? IS THERE ROOM AROUND THERE? NO. I MEAN, SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW THE THE CONVERSATION IS MOVING COMPLETELY OFF OF BARTON CREEK AND HAVING A DIFFERENT FOOTPRINT FOR OUR CDC SERVICES.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT THAT PLAYGROUND WOULD NOT BE PART OF IT, NOR NOTHING.

ANYTHING IN THIS MAP WOULD BE PART OF IT. SO SO WE'LL HAVE THAT PLAYGROUND THERE.

IS THAT A MOVABLE PLAYGROUND OR. THAT'S A TRUSTEE.

IT'S JUST REALLY NICE, I SAW IT. I THINK WE'RE LEAVING IT.

NO, IT WILL GO WITH THE CDC. SO IT'S MOVABLE? YES. OKAY, COOL. I ALSO NOTICED, LIKE, THEY HAD A LITTLE KITCHENETTE IN ONE OF THE KITCHENS BECAUSE ONE OF THE BABIES WAS EATING WHEN I VISITED.

SO THE NEW LOCATION, IS THAT GOING TO BE A PORTABLE TYPE BUILDING? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING? YES, MA'AM. AND THEN WOULD THAT HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO HAVE THAT KITCHENETTE AS WELL? YEAH, THEY'LL HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE NOW. THEY'LL HAVE THEIR STORAGE SHEDS THAT THEY HAVE OUTSIDE NOW.

THEY'LL HAVE THE TWO DIFFERENT PLAY AREAS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO ONE FOR THE LITTLES LITTLES THEY'LL HAVE THE AREA FOR THEIR BUGGIES, EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE NOW, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FUNCTIONALITY. WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY ACCESS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST MIRROR WHAT THEY HAVE NOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S ALSO JUST HAVING HAD A CDC FORMERLY AT CEDAR CREEK WHEN WE WERE THERE, THEY ALSO UTILIZED OUR LUNCHROOM A LITTLE BIT, AND THEY UTILIZED OUR LIBRARY SOMETIMES FOR STORYTIMES AND STUFF.

SO WILL THAT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM STILL? WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE FOOD SERVICE FOLKS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN GET A VAN AND TAKE THE FOOD OVER TO THEM.

HOW IT WOULD BE WHERE IT DEPENDS ON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP.

WOULD IT COME FROM WESTRIDGE? WOULD IT COME FROM CEDAR CREEK? NOT CEDAR CREEK. THAT'D BE A LONG DRIVE. BUT WOULD IT COME FROM BARTON CREEK? WHERE WILL THEY BE? CLOSE PROXIMITY. AND THEN I KNOW THAT THE BARTON CREEK LIBRARIAN SAID, I'M HAPPY TO COME FOR A DAY TRIP. I'M HAPPY TO WALK OVER THERE.

I'M HAPPY TO DO STORYTIME THERE. I'M HAPPY TO.

LET'S DO A LITTLE FIELD TRIP. LET'S DO A LITTLE WALK WHEN IT'S NICE OUTSIDE.

SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL STOP. EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO PLAY AND SEE THE BABIES.

OH, YEAH. FOR SURE. I'M SURE THE WESTRIDGE LIBRARIAN WOULD LOVE TO GO SEE THE BABIES.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ALSO I WAS WONDERING WHEN THE WHEN KENDRA ROUND UP IS THIS YEAR.

WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT. WE MIGHT BE CHANGING KIND OF HOW WE HOW WE DO THAT.

MORE TO COME, IF THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN THE SURVEY THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT

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IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DESIGNATED NECESSARILY PER CAMPUS, IT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNATED PER GROUP.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT SO I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

SO WE'VE GOT THE IN DISTRICT ELEMENTARY TRANSFER.

SO ALL CAMPUSES, ALL IN DISTRICT TRANSFERS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OFFERED A SEAT BACK AT HOME OR A SEAT BACK AT WHERE THEY'RE AT.

WE HAVE. THEN THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE OUT OF DISTRICT AT BARTON CREEK AND VALLEY VIEW.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM WHAT IS THEIR PREFERENCE IF TO STAY IN DISTRICT? WHERE WOULD THEIR PREFERENCES BE? IF SEATS AVAILABILITY THEN WE HAVE STAFF.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKED IF THEY'RE RETURNING WITH THEIR KIDDOS AND OR BRINGING A NEW ONE.

I THINK THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW. YEAH. SO THAT'S IT FOR THOSE THREE.

OKAY. AND THEN SO AT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS YOU'RE AND YOU HAVE IT LISTED FOR BARTON CREEK AND VALLEY VIEW, BUT YOU'RE ALSO HAVE WE INCLUDED FOREST TRAIL IN ANY OF THAT YET.

NO, IT IS JUST PURELY BARTON CREEK AND VALLEY VIEW OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS RIGHT NOW. OKAY.

IT JUST SEEMS INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED AS WELL. SO WE CURRENTLY THINK WE CAN GET THEM IN.

SO THE WHERE WE NEEDED THE CAPACITY WAS AT THE BLAND CAMPUSES.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO INSTEAD OF BROAD STROKING ALL OUT OF DISTRICTS AND KIND OF UPSETTING, WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY BE TARGETED WITH WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF FIND IT.

AND AT THIS POINT, WE FEEL LIKE THAT CAN GET US TO THE NUMBERS WE NEED IF WE JUST FOCUS ON THAT GROUP.

AND THEN AGAIN, AT THE HOPE THAT IF THERE IS SOME SPACE, WE CAN GET AT LEAST SOME OF THEM BACK TO BARTON CREEK IF THERE'S SPACE.

I HAD I HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY SOME VALLEY VIEW PARENTS THAT HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM VALLEY VIEW AT THIS POINT.

AND THEY WERE WONDERING, TOO, IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANY SORT OF WAY THEIR KIDDO COULD COME BACK TO HAVE A VISIT, YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF CELEBRATION THERE TO, TO BE LIKE, THIS IS WHERE WE CAME FROM AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. YES. AND WE ARE STILL HAVING SENIOR DAY.

SO SO ALL OF THE SENIORS WILL GO BACK TO VALLEY VIEW ALSO, AND WE WILL STILL HAVE THAT TRADITION THIS YEAR.

AND THEN YOU GUYS DID THAT AMAZING BLEND PAGE THAT WE'VE HAD.

WILL YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE BLEND PAGE FOR UPDATES AND STUFF FOR PARENTS TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE PROGRESS.

YES. YES. AND WILL THERE BE I KNOW, LIKE THESE ARE THE FIRST STEPS, BUT WILL THERE BE KIND OF LIKE YOUR NEXT STEPS KIND OF LAID OUT SO PARENTS CAN KIND OF KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHEN TO KIND OF WATCH OUT FOR WHERE YOU'RE HEADED NEXT.

YES, I WILL. WE ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE AND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS SOON AS WE KNOW THINGS AND TRYING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

OKAY. SO I COULD SEND THEM TO THE PAGE. AND THEN I WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW STRONGLY YOU GUYS ARE STAYING TO THE 22 TO 1 RATIO IN THAT K THROUGH THREE LEVEL. I KNOW THAT'S REALLY HARD TO DO.

AND THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE. AND HOW FOCUSED YOU'VE BEEN ON THAT, BECAUSE THE SIX OTHER SUCCESSFUL DISTRICTS HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THAT DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THAT A BIG FOCUS.

I THINK THAT'S ALL. OKAY, WE'LL GO TO DIANE AND THEN HEATHER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS HAS COME A LONG WAY.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO IT. THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES, AS YOU'VE INDICATED HERE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS. THERE'S SOME VARIABILITY.

A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE STILL.

A LOT OF FOCUS HAS BEEN PUT ON THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS AND THE SIZES OF THE CLASSROOMS, WHICH ARE OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

THERE'S SOME OTHER VARIABLES THAT DID CONCERN PARENTS WITH THE BLEND, SUCH AS HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE IN THE CAFETERIA, HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE ON THE PLAYGROUND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS? YOU KNOW, SIX 60 POTENTIALLY GOING DOWN, MAYBE FIVE.

YOU PUT THAT 5% BUFFER IN THERE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE SAYING THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IS PICKING UP AGAIN, SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL. SO I APPRECIATE BEING CONSERVATIVE THAT WAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THE BARTON CREEK COMMUNITY, THE BLENDED COMMUNITY BE LESS THAN SIX 60, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING PEOPLE IN SO THAT WE HIT THAT SIX 60 LEVEL? I'M JUST WONDERING AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES IS SIX 60 THE GOAL OR WOULD LESS THAN SIX 60 BE POTENTIALLY BETTER? I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO REALLY HAVE TO BE KIND OF A CASE BY CASE,

[03:00:04]

AND SO WE FELT LIKE TODAY WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SAY WE WILL TRY TO WELCOME YOU BACK IF WE CAN, BUT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO. AND IF WE'RE COMPLETELY HONEST, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FOR A YEAR OR TWO UNTIL THINGS KIND OF SETTLE DOWN, UNFORTUNATELY. AND AS WE ON THAT LAST SLIDE, IT IT MAY BE LATE SUMMER BEFORE WE KIND OF KNOW REAL NUMBERS AND FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH SAYING, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN INVITE FIVE KIDS BACK IN A GRADE OR ACROSS GRADES.

SO I WOULDN'T SAY SIX 60 IS A GOAL. IT IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE FEEL COMFORTABLE STARTING FROM THERE, AS ALL THIS ROLLS OUT, WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF REVISIT AND LOOK BACK AT, DO WE WANT TO INCREASE? DO WE WANT TO JUST KEEP ON THE TREND WE'RE KEEPING RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE KINDER IS ANOTHER VARIABLE THAT WE'RE ALL JUST EVERYBODY'S KIND OF GUESSING AT ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN? HOW FAR DOES IT GO DOWN? DOES IT COME BACK UP? IS THERE POPULATION GROWTH WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT COUNTING FOR. AND SO I THINK THE EASIER QUESTION IS WHAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW IS THE REZONING, THE OUT OF DISTRICT THAT GIVES US THE CAPACITY AT THIS POINT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE, TO KIND OF WAIT AND SEE HOW THINGS START WORKING OUT.

AND AS THEY START WORKING OUT, IF THERE IS CAPACITY, WE WILL REVISIT IT.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MOLLY.

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH SAYING, WE CAN GRANDFATHER OUR KIDS IN OR WE CAN LOOK AT MOVING.

YES, WE'LL DO THIS OR PUT A LOTTERY IN. WE'RE JUST REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO SEE HOW THOSE SEATS KIND OF HAMMER OUT.

AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT FINAL FINE TUNING, WHEN YOU DO HAVE MORE INFORMATION, WHO WHO'S INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS OF, SHOULD WE INVITE FIVE MORE KIDS BACK IN OR, YOU KNOW, IS IT THE PRINCIPLE AT THE SCHOOL? IS IT THE TEACHERS? I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT ONE PERSON SITTING IN ONE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, SAYING, I THINK THIS IS BEST. YEAH, IT'S REALLY A CONVERSATION. SO WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE KIND OF KEY TO THAT IS NOT JUST NUMBERS, BUT ALSO STUDENT NEEDS IN THAT GROUP. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE TO INVOLVE NOT JUST PRINCIPAL, BUT CAMPUS STAFF. AND AS, AS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AND I SAY PROBABLY ELEMENTARY GET MAD AT ME.

BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THEY DO IS SECTIONING AND LIKE PUTTING KIDS INTO HOMEROOMS. AND SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME FOR ONE BRANDIS TO KIND OF GET TO KNOW NEW KIDS, FOR NEW TEACHERS, THE TEACHERS TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH, TO DO CLASSES AND TO GROUP.

AND SO ONCE WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE TIGHT, THEN THE CONVERSATION BECOMES, OH, WELL, YOU HAVE 18 IN 1 CLASS. IS IT WORTH TRYING TO SEE IF WE MOVE AND GET THAT CLOSER TO 22, OR DO WE JUST HOLD.

AND THE HOLD COULD BE THE CASE WHERE WE JUST LIKE, WE FEEL LIKE STARTING WITH THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE MIGHT GET TO 20 OR 21 BY CHRISTMAS TIME OR WINTER BREAK. AND SO, YEAH, IT'S NOT US. IT'S IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND TALK IT THROUGH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I THINK THAT ANSWERS ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. DIANE. HEATHER. YOU SAID NO AFTER ALL.

OKAY. KIM. YOU SAID YES. PEOPLE WERE LIKE, YES.

NO. YES. NO. SO GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS.

AND WHAT I HEAR FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, JUST LIKE WHAT I HEARD FROM CHRIS SCOTT'S PRESENTATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS CONSEQUENCE OF OF THE EARLIER CONVERSATION ON ON BUDGET.

BUT THERE ARE WHAT I SEE ARE SO MANY VARIABLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING ALMOST DAILY.

AS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE BARTON CREEK AND THIS BLENDED COMMUNITY THE BEST COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO I KNOW WHAT I HEAR IS THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY COMMUNICATIONS GOING OUT TO VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES.

DO YOU SEE MAYBE THIS IS FOR DOCTOR ARNETT. IS THERE ANY TIME OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE MORE CONCRETENESS ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE IN-DISTRICT TRANSFERS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STUDENT TRANSFERS OR THE TEACHER TRANSFERS AND LOOKING AT THAT COMMUNITY.

DO YOU SEE BUCKETS OF DATA THAT YOU MIGHT GET THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF STUDENT POPULATION AND WHEN? THAT MAY BE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THOSE NUMBERS ALSO DRIVE OTHER DECISIONS THAT THIS GROUP IS BEING ASKED TO MAKE,

[03:05:02]

AND THEN KIND OF THIS IS NEW. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE SOME STUFF OUT WITH THE SURVEYS.

THOSE WILL BE I THINK ALL OF FEBRUARY. RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A FULL FOUR FULL WEEKS AND THEN THEY'LL CLOSE. SO AT THAT POINT WE'LL HAVE THAT.

NOW HOW RELIABLE. AND WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT LIKE, COMPLETION RATE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF, YOU KNOW, 60% COMPLETED THE FORM, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE OTHER 40% MEAN.

WHAT DO WE ASSUME IN THAT 40%? THIS IS NEW TO US.

SO WE DON'T WE'LL KIND OF HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT THEN.

MASSIVE ENROLLMENT. ALL THAT OPENS MARCH 3RD.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN HISTORICALLY IS THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS ARE WE GET MOST OF OUR FAMILIES STARTED IN THE PROCESS AND THROUGH.

SO YOU COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT APRIL HAVING FIRMER NUMBERS.

I SAY THAT AND THEN COME BACK IN APRIL AND BE LIKE, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST ME. BUT I DO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RIGHT NOW REALLY GET AS CLOSE AS WE CAN, BECAUSE THIS DOES DETERMINE NUMBER OF STAFF WE NEED.

AND SO THAT FOR US THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. REAL QUICK AS WE CAN TO FIRM UP AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND THEN TAKE RISK, MEASURED RISK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN TAKE MEASURED RISK, WHETHER IT'S SIX SECTIONS IN A GRADE OR FIVE OR WHATEVER, AND AND KIND OF MOVE FROM THERE. THE REALITY OF IT IS GOING TO BE AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS, THIS IS JUST THE REALITY OF IT. AS AN IN-DISTRICT TRANSFER KID THAT WAS FOR AN C PROGRAM COULD SHOW UP TO THE RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE THERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY TOLD US THEY WERE GOING TO STAY AT THEIR C CAMPUS.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE VARIABILITY AND SHIFTING UNTIL PROBABLY OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR.

IT'S JUST HOW MUCH DO WE WILLING TO KIND OF TAKE A RISK ON.

SO I'D SAY OUR BENCHMARKS END OF FEBRUARY PROBABLY APRIL ISH END OF SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS THIS KIND OF A CHUNKING IT MONTH BY MONTH FROM THERE.

OKAY. AND THEN JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, THAT'S HELPFUL.

AND IT'S GIVING US SOME CLARITY. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT STAFFING, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BUDGETING IS THERE ANY CHANGE TO THE TRANSFER POLICY TIMELINE THAT, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY THAT'S GONE ON INTO MAY OR MAYBE EVEN LATER.

BUT WOULD THE PROCESS FOR INVITING TRANSFERS OR OPENING UP TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES, WOULD THAT CHANGE IN ANY WAY? YEAH. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO OPEN THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO NOT OPEN NEW OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS UNTIL LATER INTO THE SPRING SEMESTER, UNTIL WE HAVE FIRMER NUMBERS AT THE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

OKAY. SO SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TWO TRANSFER PROCESSES GOING ON TWO TWO KIND OF SECONDARY AND PORTAL WINDOWS.

YEAH YEAH. WE'LL DO THE TRADITIONAL SECONDARY IN MARCH LIKE WE DO HAVE ALWAYS DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE FIRMER NUMBERS.

THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS IN THE 1ST OF MAY. YEAH I THINK ONCE WE KIND OF KIND OF GET FIRMER NUMBERS, WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A TRANSFER, YOU'RE PAYING YOUR MONEY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE PUTTING IN THEIR APPLICATION WITH THEIR MONEY.

AND THEN WE DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING IN MARCH WHEN WE KNOW FULL WELL THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY HAVE AN ANSWER PROBABLY UNTIL MUCH LATER AND MAYBE EVEN THE END OF MAY.

AND SO WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A RISK THERE THAT IF IT'S NOT OPEN, BUT WE ALSO JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, APPLYING IN MARCH KNOWING THEY MAY NOT GET AN ANSWER FOR A FEW MONTHS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO BE MORE TARGETED WHEN WE OPEN TO SAY WE HAVE SPOTS AT THIS SCHOOL IN THIS GRADE, AND THEN THAT GIVES PEOPLE A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CERTAINTY THAT MAYBE THEIR APPLICATION WILL GET ACCEPTED RATHER THAN JUST LIKE, OH, I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IT IN. OR IF WE SAY WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ANYWHERE IN FIRST GRADE AND YOU HAVE A FIRST GRADER AND A THIRD GRADER, YOU MAY CHOOSE NOT TO APPLY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS DIRECTED AND JUST KIND OF ALMOST FAIR IN THE PROCESS AS WE CAN BE.

AND WE KNOW OPENING ELEMENTARY IN MARCH, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE LOOKING AT THOSE APPLICATIONS UNTIL WE GET EVERYBODY SEATED.

RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. I WOULD ASSUME THEN THAT TOTAL TRANSFERS ARE GOING TO DECREASE.

IF IF WE'RE LATER IN THE PROCESS AND IF AND IF WE ARE BEING TARGETED, WHICH IS GREAT FOR OUR FAMILIES, BUT IT ALSO MAY BE OUT OF LINE WITH WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING IN TERMS OF TRANSFER.

POSSIBLY. POSSIBLY. OKAY. AGAIN, MANY OF THE VERY THE VARIABLES, I MEAN, IF WE KNOW WE HAVE SLOT SPOTS OR WE WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT WE WILL OPEN AS SOON

[03:10:02]

SO. RIGHT. NO. AND I GUESS MY COMMENT OR MY JUST THOUGHT WAS NOT IN ANY WAY MEANT TO CRITICIZE.

IT'S JUST IT'S THE COMPLEXITY. IT'S KIND OF DEALING WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO ADDRESS.

ULTIMATELY BASED ON BECAUSE OF BUDGET. I WILL TELL YOU, ONE CONVERSATION WE HAD, I GUESS YESTERDAY WAS MAYBE THIS YEAR BEING A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE, WE COULD BE EVEN MORE TARGETED WITH SECONDARY AND MAYBE COULD OFFSET SOME OF THE LOSS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE AT ELEMENTARY WITH OUT OF DISTRICT.

IN THE PAST WE HAVEN'T. IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF YOU'RE OPENED UP.

COME PUT AN APPLICATION IF YOU CAN. WE DO HAVE A LITTLE MORE CAPACITY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, SO WE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE TARGETED WITH OUR ADVERTISEMENTS OR WHATEVER.

AND JUST SAYING WE'VE GOT SEATS AND MAYBE WE COULD OFFSET.

I MEAN, THAT MAY BE WISHFUL THINKING, BUT IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT. 612.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER TRUSTEE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I'VE GOT A COUPLE. FIRST OF ALL, I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS THIS IS THE FIRST VIEW.

THIS IS THE FIRST CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD AFTER A VOTE THAT WE TOOK TWO WEEKS AGO.

OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS NOW, BUT WE'RE GETTING WE'RE STARTING TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE TEAM IS DOING THERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO AS AS KIM WAS ASKING, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE INFORMATION AS WE MOVE ALONG THIS SPRING.

AND AND I THINK WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION SOONER.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THIS. ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CLASS SIZES AND MAYBE THIS THIS SLIDE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THE THE FINAL NUMBERS ONE.

SO IS IT I SEE THAT ON THIS CHART BARTON CREEK WITH THE KIND OF ADDER. THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE IS 20.2, WHICH IS LIKE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE CAMPUSES.

IT'S THE NUMBER THREE. IT ALSO REFLECTS THE 20.4 TOTAL OR AVERAGE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S THERE RIGHT THERE AT THE AVERAGE. BUT IT BUT IT MAY BE HIDING THAT IN SOME GRADES.

THERE'S BIGGER CLASSROOMS IN OTHER GRADES THERE'S SMALLER. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS. ARE THE CLASS SIZES PROJECTED AT THIS POINT FOR BARTON CREEK ACROSS ALL THE GRADES.

ARE THEY COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE SEE ON OTHER CAMPUSES AT THIS POINT? OKAY. SO THE MODELING WE DID. OH YEAH. THANK YOU.

THE MODELING. YES, 100%. THE MODELING WE DID THIS TIME WOULD DO WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO WITH ANY KINDER.

WE WOULD SIT DOWN AND SAY, HERE'S OUR TOTAL OF FIFTH GRADERS.

AND WE JUST SECTION OUT HOW MANY SHOULD BE IN.

NOW. VARIABILITY IN THAT IS GIVEN BY STUDENT NEEDS LAB CLASSES THAT DOES THAT.

BUT IT'S STILL THE WHAT IS REPORTED OUT IS THE AGGREGATE THE AGGREGATE THE AVERAGE ACROSS THE TWO. SO YES, IT IS COMPARABLE. WE USE THE SAME RULES THAT WE APPLY AT EVERY OTHER CAMPUS.

AND A MATTER OF FACT, FOR THIS MODELING WE PUT OUR WHAT I PLACED A THRESHOLD OF 20 AS KIND OF LIKE, OH, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS. NOT EVEN THE 22.

BUT THAT DOES I MEAN, YOU BRING UP A VALID POINT.

THAT DOES MEAN THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A 23 IN THERE.

THAT DOES MEAN THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF A 24 IN THE UPPER GRADES IN THERE.

IT JUST IT'S WHAT IT'S KIND OF THE SAME WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.

IF WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, 20, 22, 23 AND A 24, WE DON'T BRING UP ANOTHER SECTION IN FIFTH GRADE LIKE WE DO AT ANY OTHER.

WE DO THAT AT ANY OTHER CAMPUS. SO, WE DID THE SECTIONING JUST LIKE WE DO RIGHT NOW.

PERFECT. AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE NOT SEEING ANY 23, 24S IN THOSE LOWER GRADES, OR 26 IS 27 UP IN FIFTH GRADE. ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

SO WE STAYED AWAY FROM ANYTHING ABOVE 22K. I TRIED AT K3.

I DON'T WANT TO LIE AND SAY THERE'S NOT A 22 OR 23 AND THIRD, FOUR AND FIVE.

ANYTHING ABOVE ABOUT 24. WE HAD REALLY SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS AND IT WASN'T JUST ME.

SO, I DID IT. I HAD HEATHER HELP ME LOOK AT IT.

WHO'S MY PARTNER? BECAUSE SHE'S ACTUALLY ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL. LIKE, DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? WHERE DO WE KIND OF NEED THAT? MOLLY'S LOOKED AT IT. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL EYES ON IT TO KIND OF SAY, OH, WE DON'T LIKE THAT.

WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION THERE.

ONE NOTE ABOUT ROB ROY ON THE LAKE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GETTING MOVED, THOSE THREE SECTIONS THAT YOU SHOWED I HAD AN EMAIL FROM A PARENT, A REALLY GOOD EMAIL, A NICE EMAIL SAYING, GET IT? WE NEED TO MOVE TO FOREST TRAIL. UNDERSTAND? THEIR CONCERN WAS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LONG RANGE PLANNING AND EVERYTHING, THEY DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP FLIPPING. I DON'T WANT TO BE MOVED OVER HERE AND THEN MOVED OVER THERE. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE A PING PONG BALL. AND I THINK THAT THE REPLY I

[03:15:01]

DO YOU WANT TO SAY IT? WE LOOKED AT THESE AREAS.

WE CONSIDERED OTHER ZONES AS WELL, POTENTIALLY FOR A REZONING, BUT DETERMINED THAT THESE THREE MADE THE MOST SENSE NOW AND ALSO WERE THE LEAST LIKELY TO HAVE TO BE MOVED AGAIN AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE.

SO WHEN WE MAKE THESE CHANGES NOW, GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT MAKES SENSE, BUT WE THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE LONG TERM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT THESE FAMILIES THROUGH REZONING AGAIN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

AND AS CHAD SAID, WHEN YOU LOOK NOW, THAT'S A VERY CLEAN LINE BETWEEN WHAT IS THE NEW BARTON CREEK ATTENDANCE AREA AND WHAT IS FOREST TRAIL.

ANY FUTURE REZONING IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MAYBE HAVING TO HAVING TO RECONFIGURE THEIR ATTENDANCE AREAS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION ABOUT I KNOW, CHAD, YOU SORT OF PLOPPED IN THE OTHER THE EXTRA NUMBERS INTO THE EANES CAMPUS. AND SO THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, SEE THAT 553 SITTING AT EANES, YOU WERE SAYING THAT THOSE FAMILIES MAY CHOOSE TO TRANSFER TO OTHER CAMPUSES, BUT YOU KIND OF PARKED THEM THERE IF THAT WERE TO COME TRUE.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, DOES THAT PUT CLASSROOMS IN PORTABLES AGAIN AT EANES ELEMENTARY OR WE'VE WORKED HARD TO GET THEM OUT OF PORTABLES.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW IT'S JUST KIND OF A, YOU'VE JUST STUCK A PIN IN A IN THE BULLETIN BOARD THERE BUT BE CAREFUL.

YEAH. NO, NO THAT'S, I DON'T THINK IT DOES. BUT I COULDN'T SAY 100% SURE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT I DID WAS WITH WHEN I DID THIS, I SHOWED ALL OF THESE TO THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS TO GET THEIR INITIAL REACTIONS OF LIKE, WHAT CONCERNS YOU MOST? WHAT DO YOU THINK CAN'T WORK? WE WORK THROUGH THAT. LESLIE DIDN'T BRING THAT UP AT THE TIME.

SHE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT AT THE TIME. BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S ON OUR KIND OF OUR COGNIZANT OF ABOUT WHEN THOSE SEATS ARE AVAILABLE AND WHERE THEY'RE AT.

PERFECT. AND RELATED TO THAT, AND THEN I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT PORTABLE.

FOREST TRAIL. YOU'RE NOT COUNTING ON USING THE CURRENT CDC PORTABLES AT FOREST TRAIL IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THESE.

THIS IS ALL BRICK AND MORTAR. YEP. AND LOOK, I SOUND LIKE I'M TALKING POORLY ABOUT PORTABLES, BUT THESE PORTABLES THAT ARE SITTING AT THESE SCHOOLS ARE THE OLD STYLE.

THESE ARE MY KIDS WHO ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES, WENT TO SCHOOL IN THESE PORTABLES.

AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING AT BARK CREEK ARE COMPLETELY NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENT FROM THIS.

THESE ARE I'VE BEEN IN THESE, THEY'RE WONDERFUL ROOMS. LIKE WE'VE SAID MANY TIMES THE FIFTH GRADERS AT CEDAR CREEK.

LOOK AT IT AS AN HONOR. THEY GET TO GO TO THESE PORTABLES.

SO IT'S NOT THAT I'M PICKING ON PORTABLES PER SE.

I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THESE PARTICULAR PORTABLES, ESPECIALLY AT EANES, WERE REALLY RUN DOWN AND NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO MAINTENANCE.

IT JUST GOT OLD. AND WE DON'T WANT TO PUT KIDS BACK IN THOSE IF WE CAN AFFORD, IF WE CAN AVOID IT.

YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE GOT YOUR 5% BUFFER RIGHT NOW.

AND AS WE START TO GET CLOSER AND SEE THE REAL NUMBERS, YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER IF YOU COULD HONOR KEEPING SOME CURRENT TRANSFERS WHO ARE AT BARTON CREEK. YOU SAID YOU WOULD LOOK AT COULD WE FIT PEOPLE IN HERE AND THERE? AND I SUPPOSE MY QUESTION THERE IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO SORT OF BACKFILL LIKE THAT OR FILL IN THOSE EMPTY SEATS, IS 656 YOUR MAX OR I'M SORRY, IS THAT THE NUMBER WE HAVE? 665 IS 665 THE MAX OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

WHAT IS THE IDEAL SIZE OR DOES IT JUST HAVE TO DO WITH.

I'VE GOT 18 KIDS IN IN THIS THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM.

THEREFORE, I'VE GOT ROOM FOR TWO MORE TO GET TO 20.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST STARTING POINT IS LOOKING AT ONE, WE DON'T WANT TO GO ABOVE THE 33 SECTION SO NOTHING WILL BE LOOKED AT ADDED.

THAT PUTS US INTO 3435. WE DON'T WANT TO BROACH THAT NUMBER FOR SECTIONING.

THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO BE KIND OF A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL NEED TO TALK TO PRINCIPALS ABOUT IS JUST AND THIS KIND OF GOES TO THIS QUESTION OF LIKE COLLECTIVELY, WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS GRADE NEEDS? DOES IT IF IT'S IN A COLLABORATIVE CLASS AT 18, WE MAY JUST STOP THERE AND NOT SAY, LET'S ADD FOUR MORE OR LET'S TRY TO GET FOUR MORE BACK.

BUT WE DO WANT TO TRY. I MEAN, SO LIKE THE REZONE KIDS, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE SOME LOOK AT AND SEE IF THERE IS A POINT.

AT SOME POINT WE SAY, OH, WE CAN BRING TEN OF THEM BACK.

OR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME BACK CAN COME BACK.

WE DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MOVING A KID, YOU KNOW, IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE YEAR TO ANOTHER ELEMENTARY IS PRETTY TOUGH. VERY TOUGH.

AND SO GIVING SOME OF THAT IN THERE. THE 665 IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE SECTIONS.

AND THEN THE AVERAGE OF THOSE SECTIONS. THAT THAT'S WHERE YOUR KIDS WILL FEEL IMPACT.

[03:20:07]

WE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE BUILDING CAPACITY FOR LIKE LUNCHES AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

BUT THE MOST CONCERNING TO ME IS WHAT IS THE AVERAGE CLASS FOR THOSE 33 SECTIONS? IF WE'RE PUSHING THAT 22 REALLY HARD, THAT'S CONCERNING.

IT'S BUT IF WE'RE NOT, THEN I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DO WE WANT TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD? DO WE WANT TO TRY TO GET SOME CLOSER TO THAT? YEAH. AND THAT GOES TO SOMETHING THAT I TOLD A COUPLE OF PARENTS RECENTLY IS YOU COULD HAVE A CLASS OF 15 THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE HANDFUL, AND YOU COULD HAVE A CLASS OF 23. THAT'S A DELIGHT.

IT'S VERY INDIVIDUAL, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING TO THE MAKEUP OF THAT CLASS AND I AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

I KNOW I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GET FOCUSED ON MATH OF 22 TIMES 33 EQUALS.

WE GOT TO GO BEYOND THAT. WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE RIGHT MAKE UP OF THOSE CLASSROOMS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS WE'VE SAID BEFORE THAT IF A PERSON OR PARENT IS ZONED TO BARTON CREEK, THEY COULD ASK FOR A TRANSFER NEXT YEAR.

ARE THERE ANY CAMPUSES THAT YOU COULD SAY AT THIS POINT ARE SORT OF OFF LIMITS THAT ARE FULL? WOULD YOU SAY FOREST TRAIL? I WOULD DEFINITELY PUT FOREST TRAIL.

AND THEN WE NEED TO WAIT WHERE THE OUT OF DISTRICTS GO. YEAH.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AND HONESTLY WHERE THE DISTRICTS GO.

SO I THINK LIKE KIND OF THIS NEXT LEVEL IS WE'RE LOOKING AT FOREST TRAIL OFF BRIDGEPOINT HAS CAPACITY.

WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY TO EXPAND. I'D SAY CEDAR CREEK IS PRETTY CLOSE.

WE'D HAVE TO WATCH THAT REALLY TIGHT, TOO. OKAY.

EANES AND BRIDGEPOINT AT THIS POINT ARE KIND OF THE ONES WE'RE LOOKING AT AS HAVING A LITTLE MORE CAPACITY TO TAKE ON SOME MORE STUDENTS.

OKAY, PERFECT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU BOTH. AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THESE REGULAR UPDATES.

APPRECIATE ALL THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WEBSITE BEING KEPT UP AND WITH THE LATEST SO THAT PARENTS ARE AWARE.

AND EVEN IN THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING, MRS. MCWHORTER HAS BEEN UPDATING THE WEBSITE AND THE FAQS.

SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE NEW INFORMATION SHARED TONIGHT IS REFLECTED IN THE FAQS THERE.

SO, WONDERFUL. WE ARE TO THE ACTION CONSENT PORTION.

DO I HAVE I'M SORRY. ACTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? LAURA, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED.

[10. ACTION - CONSENT AGENDA ]

ANY DISCUSSION BOARD? YEAH.

I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PURCHASING THOSE AND THEIR PORTABILITY. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT REINFORCED ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BE UTILIZED IN MORE THAN JUST THE, THE ONE SPOT THAT WE DECIDE TO PUT THEM. SO AND THAT WE'RE USING BOND MONEY FOR THAT TOO AS WELL.

WE ARE USING BOND DOLLARS TO PURCHASE THEM, AND WE CAN MOVE THEM.

WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THEM MOVED IF WE DECIDED THAT WE DIDN'T NEED THEM AT THE DESIGNATED LOCATION.

AND DR. SAYLOR'S, THOSE ARE NEW PORTABLE BUILDINGS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THEY'RE BEING MADE FOR US. SO THEY'RE NOT OLDER BUILDINGS THAT WERE SOMETIMES CONCERNED ABOUT RELOCATING, BUT NEW BUILDINGS CERTAINLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND ANY RELOCATION IN THE FUTURE IF WE NEED TO.

YES. OKAY. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

DISCUSSED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO OTHER ACTIONS.

WE DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING. THAT IT WAS ALL CONSENT TONIGHT. OKAY.

OKAY. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF UPCOMING MEETINGS. WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 11TH, AND THEN THERE IS A FEBRUARY 14TH,

[11. UPCOMING MEETINGS ]

BOARD WORKSHOP. IT'S A MORNING MEETING THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING BOARD PRIORITIES.

AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT. COME ON WATCH.

10:24.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.