Mar 25, 2025 School Board Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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THE TIME IS NOW 6 P.M. AND I CALL THE MARCH 25TH, 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 ALL FOR COMING AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN A BIT.

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

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

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

AND WELCOME AND WELCOME TO CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY.

WE ARE MEETING IN A SPECIAL LOCATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE MOVING INTO IS THEY'RE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON.

SO WE HOPE TO GET IN IN JUNE INTO OUR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING.

UNTIL THEN, WE WILL BE MEETING AT CEDAR CREEK.

THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S 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 ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT LATER IN THE MEETING.

HOWEVER, NO SPEAKERS HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS WEEK'S MEETING.

YOU ARE 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 OUTSIDE INTO THE PARKING LOT.

I SUPPOSE WE DON'T HAVE A HALL HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS ROOM IS GOING TO BE FOR SOUND, SO LET'S LET'S BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AS ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, FEEL FREE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO THE TRUSTEES AT TRUSTEES AT EANES.

NET OR CONSIDER OR CONSIDER REACHING OUT TO A TRUSTEE TO MEET AND DISCUSS THINGS FURTHER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOLS.

WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

I BELIEVE UNITE, EMPOWER, INSPIRE EVERY PERSON, EVERY DAY.

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

WE EMPOWER STUDENTS, PROVIDING AN EXEMPLARY EDUCATION THAT DEVELOPS CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY, AND INDIVIDUAL TALENTS. WE INSPIRE EACH OTHER TO LEAD PURPOSEFUL LIVES OF EMPATHY, GRATITUDE, AND COMPASSION. WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

TONIGHT, WE'RE WELCOMING STELLA BELLAIRE. STELLA IS IN THE SEVENTH GRADE AT HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE'S IN TROOP 72, WHERE SHE IS A TENDERFOOT SCOUT.

STELLA HAS BEEN AN EANES STUDENT SINCE FOURTH GRADE AT BRIDGEPOINT.

WELCOME TONIGHT. STELLA, SHALL WE RISE AND JOIN YOU? THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. PLEASE REMOVE ANY NONRELIGIOUS HEADWEAR AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

GREAT JOB. STELLA, LET ME COME AND THANK YOU REAL QUICK.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD. GOOD. START TO OUR MEETINGS AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

[7. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT]

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE AND A PRIVILEGE TO BEGIN.

THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT WITH STUDENT RECOGNITIONS, AND WE HAVE THREE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EVENING.

BUT WE ARE ALSO DISTINGUISHED TO BE JOINED BY A MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES.

SO, REBECCA, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU'LL JOIN US AT THE PODIUM AND YOU CAN INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS AND THE AWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE A WONDERFUL STUDENT.

AND I'M, I APOLOGIZE. I HAVE ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT SPELLINGS FOR THE STUDENT AND, AND I'M NOT CERTAIN OF THE PRONUNCIATION, BUT I WILL DO MY BEST. THE CERTIFICATE SAYS DEVIN KUPPUSAMY.

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SO. DEVIN, COME ON UP. WE'LL LET YOU JOIN US.

SO WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP AND TELL US YOUR REAL NAME? WELL, THE REAL NAME, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS DEVIN KUPPUSAMY.

KUPPUSAMY. OKAY. WELL I WANT TO SAY DEVIN IS A JUNIOR AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL IN EANES ISD CREATED A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THE NEW TECH PROJECTS, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS TWO PROBLEMS HE SAW IN HIS COMMUNITY.

AND THESE ARE THINGS I CARE ABOUT A GREAT DEAL.

E-WASTE AND A LACK OF TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.

HIS GROUP HAS SUCCESSFULLY PARTNERED WITH EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS AND HAS DONATED GET THIS $56,000 IN TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIES IN JUST THEIR FIRST YEAR OF WORK. THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL GOAL OF BEING A REPOSITORY FOR E-WASTE THAT THEY CAN SEND FOR RECYCLING INSTEAD OF TO LANDFILLS. AND THEY'VE COLLECTED MULTIPLE CAR LOADS OF DONATED ELECTRONICS.

I WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN TO SAN MARCOS TO OUR HOUSE? WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THAT. AT LEAST THAT MUCH, I THINK.

NOW I WANT TO PRESENT THIS MEDAL, AND I'M GOING TO PUT IT AROUND YOUR HEAD.

IS THAT ALRIGHT? OKAY. YOU CAN KIND OF. HEAR.

AND. AND I HAVE A PLAQUE. I HAVE LEFT IT IN PLASTIC SO AS NOT TO GET FINGERPRINTS ON IT. I FIGURE YOU MIGHT WANT IT NICE AND FRESH WHEN YOU HANG IT UP ON YOUR WALL.

THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CONGRATULATES DEVIN KUPPUSAMY WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL EANES INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2024 STUDENT HERO DISTRICT FIVE FOR OUTSTANDING ACTS OF KINDNESS, CHARITY AND SELFLESS SERVICE TOWARD OTHERS.

GIVEN THIS 28TH DAY OF JUNE, THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT DATE, OF COURSE, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU IN 2024 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. AND THERE'S BEEN A DELAY, BUT WE'VE FINALLY GOTTEN IT TO YOU.

AND THEN HERE'S THE JUST A PLAIN PAPER VERSION FOR, I DON'T KNOW, SECONDARY PURPOSES.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE TWO OF DEVIN'S CLASSMATES WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT.

SID MANAPOO AND DHARMA SABAPATHY ARE HERE, I'M GOING TO ASK THE THREE OF THEM TO COME FORWARD, BECAUSE WE'D LOVE TO GET A PHOTOGRAPH WITH YOU AS WELL, AND ALLOW THE TRUSTEES TO BE A PART OF THAT PHOTOGRAPH TO COMMEMORATE THIS PRESENTATION.

OF OTHER ITEMS THAT I'LL MENTION AS A PART OF MY REPORT THIS EVENING.

EARLIER TODAY, WE WERE AT BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH JENNIFER DUSEK, THE PRINCIPAL AT BARTON CREEK, AND DIANE AND KELLY WERE BOTH THERE.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS STANDING NEXT TO MRS. DUSEK IS JEREMY DONALDSON. JEREMY IS A MEMBER OF OUR ASPIRING ADMINISTRATORS ACADEMY, AND HE WAS SHADOWING ME FOR THE DAY.

SO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO SEE THE TYPE OF INTERACTION THAT WE ENJOY WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, AND WE LEARN ABOUT THEIR CAMPUSES AND ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE VISITS.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT LATER IN THE MEETING, YOU'LL SEE THIS PHOTOGRAPH TO THE RIGHT.

WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE THE SITE OF WHERE THE NEW CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER PORTABLES WILL BE LOCATED.

YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT FROM DOCTOR GARCIA IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

BUT WE ENJOYED BEGINNING OUR DAY AT BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NUMBER. MOLLY MAE SHARED THIS WITH ME THIS MORNING.

92% OF OUR CURRENT FAMILIES HAVE COMPLETED STUDENT INFORMATION VERIFICATION FOR NEXT YEAR, SO THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL. WE'RE ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLETE THEIR INFORMATION VERIFICATION AND THEIR ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THE SOONER THEY DO THAT, THE SOONER WE'LL KNOW HOW WE CAN STAFF OUR CAMPUSES AND BE PREPARED TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO BE HERE FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO 92%, THAT'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE NUMBER. A LOT OF HARD WORK HAS GONE INTO THAT, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE CURRENT FAMILIES HAVE COMPLETED THAT PROCESS.

AND SO WE ONLY HAVE 8% MORE TO GO, AND PERHAPS THE NUMBER IS EVEN HIGHER BY THIS TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO LAURA AND THE STAFF HERE AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING THIS MEETING PROBABLY FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FIVE, PERHAPS SIX MEETINGS AS WE APPROACH EARLY JUNE AND THE THE NEW BUILDING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING IN. BUT NOT ONLY THE CEDAR CREEK STAFF, BUT I WANT TO THANK PATTY GRAY AND ROLANDO GONZALEZ.

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IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO MOVE A BOARD MEETING LIKE THIS.

SETTING UP THE FURNITURE, MAKING SURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS FUNCTIONAL.

SO I WANT TO THANK ANTHONY DAVIS AND HIS STAFF AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'VE MOVED ALL OF THE FURNITURE THAT WE'LL BE USING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AS WE PREPARE FOR YOUR PERMANENT HOME, WHICH WE'RE HOPEFUL WE'LL BE READY FOR THE JUNE 10TH BOARD MEETING.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ARNETT.

ANY QUESTIONS? OH, GOSH. I HAVE TO LOOK A LONG WAY.

OKAY WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR AGENDA. WE HAVE A FIRST OPEN FORUM HERE.

THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS, SO WE'LL MOVE INTO THE REPORTS.

[9.1 Monthly Financial Report and Budget Amendment(s) for the Period Ending February 28, 2025]

HELLO, MARIA. WELCOME. WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED NOW, MARIA? I'M IN THE ROCK HOUSE. OKAY. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE.

ROCKSTAD ROCK HOUSE. YEAH, THAT'S HOW WE DECIDED WHERE WE'RE GOING.

YEAH, IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S GOOD. OKAY, SO A COUPLE ITEMS TO TOUCH ON FOR THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY.

AS FAR AS OUR TAXES ARE CONCERNED, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WHERE WE WERE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S STILL VERY MUCH IN LINE WHERE WE EXPECT TO BE IN AS OF FEBRUARY.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SAME SAME PERCENTAGE TWO YEARS AGO, IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SO THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY WHERE WE EXPECT THEM TO BE.

FEBRUARY IS PRETTY MUCH THE LAST MONTH WHERE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT TAX COLLECTIONS AFTER THIS.

WE'LL OBVIOUSLY STILL BE COLLECTING TAXES, BUT THEY'LL DROP DOWN QUITE A BIT.

AND THEN AS FAR AS BUDGET AMENDMENTS, THERE IS NO THERE IS NOT ANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND.

AND FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE WHAT WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE FROM DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES WITH NET EFFECT ON THE FUND BALANCE BEING ZERO.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I WANT TO ASK REAL QUICK.

YOU SAY WE'RE BEHIND ON TAX COLLECTION. DO WE DO ANYTHING TO INFLUENCE THAT? THAT'S THE COUNTY, RIGHT? COLLECTING THE TAXES.

RIGHT. SO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TO COLLECT OUR TAXES FOR US.

I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME AS THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE ALL PAY.

THERE'S A DUE DATE ON THEM, AND SOME PEOPLE PAY THEM ON TIME AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T. YEAH.

SO BUT IN TERMS OF COURSE, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE A LOT OF THE INSTANCES WHERE WE SEE THAT THAT COLLECTIONS HAVEN'T BEEN MADE, IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT BE DISPUTING THEIR TAXES.

AND SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE THAT THE TAX OFFICE IS HAVING WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO THE, THE DISTRICT ISN'T FAILING TO COLLECT TAXES AT THIS POINT.

IT'S THE COUNTY IS COLLECTING THEM. AND. RIGHT, WE'RE WAITING ON THE COUNTY TO FINISH.

RIGHT. WE JUST GIVE YOU WE'RE JUST GIVING YOU A LOOK AT WHERE WE COMPARE TO AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.

GOT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU, MARIA .

THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS AN UPDATE ON THE BLEND BETWEEN VALLEY VIEW AND BARK CREEK ELEMENTARIES.

[9.2 2025-26 Blend update]

THANKS FOR COMING. LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATE.

WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES HERE REGARDING THE LEARNING STUDIOS AT BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

SO THIS PAST MONTH WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR SITE PLAN EXEMPTION, WHICH WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO EXPEDITE THE PROJECT.

ALSO, OUR ELECTRICAL SERVICE PLANNING APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

THIS WILL THIS WILL HELP US OBTAIN OUR ELECTRICAL PERMITS AND WILL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT IS WHAT KIND OF WATTAGE WE WOULD NEED FOR THE PORTAL, THE LEARNING STUDIOS. ALL UTILITIES HAVE BEEN LOCATED ON SITE.

THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION FOR THE LEARNING STUDIOS FOR THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP. ON TOP OF THAT MAP, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CAMPUS.

THE CLASSROOM LEARNING STUDIOS REMAIN AT THE END OF THE 103 HUNDRED HALLWAY.

SO THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. AND AT THIS POINT, THE TEAM IS PREPARING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, FOR CONTRACTORS SO WE CAN START RECEIVING BIDS AND START PLACING THE PORTABLES ON SITE.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE STAFFING IS REALLY A BRANDIS AND LAURIE LEE CONVERSATION TONIGHT BECAUSE WE SPENT THE WEEK BEFORE SPRING BREAK HAVING SOME INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR BARTON CREEK AND VALLEY VIEW TEACHERS AND STAFF.

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WE DID TALK ABOUT THEIR PLACEMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID THE SURVEY BEFORE WE LEFT DURING THE HOLIDAYS IN THE WINTER.

AND THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD ASKED SOME PEOPLE OF THEIR INTENTIONS IF THEY WANTED TO GO TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.

WE HAVE PLACED SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH A FEW RESIGNATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT OUR STAFFING NEEDS BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW STUDENT ENROLLMENT, THE SIV PROCESS HAS JUST WRAPPING UP THIS WEEK.

SO WE ARE REALLY STILL LOOKING AND ASSESSING GRADE LEVELS AND ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT ARE COMING IN SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE WILL BE STANDING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SO WITH THAT, WE STILL HAVE SOME ONGOING CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE, JUST BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS THAT WE WILL NEED.

BUT YES, WE THOUGHT THINGS WENT REALLY WELL. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO MY PART IS BASICALLY ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN THAT WE HAVE TOWARDS THE CULTURE OF THE NEW BARTON CREEK THAT WE'LL HAVE. AND SO AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, LATE JANUARY, I WAS ABLE TO START REALLY THINKING MORE ABOUT WHAT GOALS WE HAVE FOR THIS TIME IN THE INTERIM OF PLANNING AND MOVING FORWARD.

SO MY THREE GOALS WERE TO BUILD A UNIFIED COMMUNITY WITH OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS.

BLENDING THE TRADITIONS AND VALUES OF BOTH CAMPUSES TO BECOME ONE AND THEN ENSURING THE ACADEMIC TRANSITION IS SEAMLESS.

SO GIVEN THOSE THREE SPECIFIC GOALS, I WAS ABLE TO START MEETING WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

AND ONE OF MY MAIN MEETINGS COMES FROM A MEETING THAT I HAVE EACH.

WELL, IT'S BEEN REALLY EVERY WEEK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF HUMANITIES, HEATHER MEEK.

AND SO SHE'S HELPING ME WITH THOSE GOALS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A VERY NICE WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE SPREADSHEET OF MY TO DO'S, BUT IT KEEPS ME ORGANIZED. AND SHE'S HELPING WITH THAT PIECE.

AND SO THAT ALSO THEN LED TO CONVERSATIONS WITH HR AND THEN INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS ON BOTH CAMPUSES.

WE'VE ALSO I'VE MET WITH CIA A FEW TIMES AS WELL.

AND THEN MY INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ARE ALREADY PARTNERING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THE PLC PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SEAMLESS AS WE TRANSITION TO BOTH CAMPUSES TO ONE. THEY ARE ALSO WORKING ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THOSE WERE DIFFERENT TOO.

SO TAKING ON THAT, THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR US AND THEN OF COURSE OUR DATA WALLS.

SO THEY'RE BEHIND THE SCENES WORKING ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SEAMLESS FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO WORK THE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I ALSO MEET WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES OFF TO THE SIDE AND OUR APS.

AND THEN MISS DUSEK HAS BEEN HELPING ME AS WELL. SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS GOING ON, BUT ALWAYS KEEPING THOSE THREE GOALS IN MIND EACH TIME THAT WE MEET TOGETHER.

THE OTHER PART IS BRINGING IN THE PARENTS. SO WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED OUR FUTURE FORWARD COMMITTEE.

WE'VE MET ONE TIME. WE HAVE FOUR PLANNED MEETINGS TO GO BUT THAT'S REALLY TO BEGIN LOOKING AT THE TRADITIONS AND THE EVENTS ON EACH CAMPUS AND THE CULTURE ON EACH CAMPUS, AND THEN WHAT CAN WE DO TO THEN MESH INTO ONE AND BLENDING INTO ONE? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE AND, AND OUR TRUE GOAL IS TO ADVISE AND RECOMMEND A LIST OF EVENTS TO OUR BOOSTER CLUB AND TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO, TO BEGIN LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT. SO AGAIN, OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE THIS THURSDAY, ACTUALLY, WHERE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT. SO WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF THAT PIECE. BUT WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS ON THERE.

PEOPLE FROM THE ORIGINAL BLEND COMMITTEE ARE ON THERE.

WE HAVE PARENTS THERE. BOTH OUR APS AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES THERE.

SO EVERYONE'S THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE VOICES HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN WE'LL BE ACTUALLY AT THIS NEXT ONE, LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO INVOLVE OUR STUDENTS IN GETTING THEIR VOICE IN THERE AS WELL. WE HAVE OH, GOODNESS, WE HAVE UPCOMING NEXT WEEK.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY APRIL. I KEEP THINKING APRIL IS COMING, BUT IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE HERE SOON.

THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF APRIL, WE'RE MEETING AS A BLENDED STAFF.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING ON THE BARTON CREEK CAMPUS, WHERE ALL OF VALLEY VIEW STAFF THAT'S MOVING OVER WITH US IS GOING TO GO OVER THERE. AND WE'RE HAVING ONE BIG STAFF MEETING WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TOUR THE CAMPUS TOGETHER, INTRODUCE EACH OTHER, AND THEN START WORKING TOWARDS THESE GOALS OF WHAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY NICE. AND OUR BOOSTER CLUB HAS NOW GOTTEN INVOLVED AND IS SPONSORING LIKE A LITTLE GET TOGETHER AFTERWARDS OFF CAMPUS TOO.

SO BOOSTER CLUBS INVOLVED. THEY STARTED WORKING TOGETHER AS WELL.

THE BARTON CREEK BOOSTER CLUB HAS INVITED ALL OF US TO THE BLUE JAY BASH, WHICH IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE NOT USED TO, BUT WE'RE INVITED TO GO AS VALLEY VIEW STAFF.

AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO BEGUN WORKING ON GETTING LITTLE PIECES OF VALLEY VIEW AND BRINGING IT OVER TO BARTON CREEK SO THAT WE FEEL WELCOME.

SO NEXT WEEK, THEY'VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT, THAT JOURNEY WITH US.

AND THEY'RE REALLY HELPING AND SUPPORTING THAT PIECE TOO. SO THAT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE.

WE ALSO THEN HAVE OUR KINDERGARTEN PRESEASON KICKOFF.

THAT'LL BE ON APRIL 7TH. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THAT, OF COURSE, ON THE BARTON CREEK CAMPUS AT THEIR PLAYGROUND SO THAT ANY VALLEY VIEW FAMILIES

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WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT THE MOVE AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO ENTAIL AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR VALLEY VIEW STAFF. AND I KNOW THAT WE EVEN HAVE A WALK THROUGH TOMORROW. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. SO WE'RE ALL WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE AND KEEPING IN MIND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THE FUTURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES.

I THINK THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE. RIGHT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? KELLY. HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN MAKING THE BLEND SO SEAMLESS.

I KNOW WE WERE. DIANE AND I WERE AT BARTON CREEK TODAY, AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO ALSO HEAR FROM JENNIFER DUSEK ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS BLENDING THE TWO CAMPUSES AND HAVING THE STUDENTS THERE WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE TOTAL POPULATION OF STUDENTS.

AND SO THE PARENTS HAD HAD SOME QUESTIONS. AND SO I HAD TALKED ABOUT THOSE, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER WHAT JENNIFER HAD TOLD ME.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE CAFETERIA AND HOW YOU GUYS UTILIZE THE CAFETERIA.

BUT SHE HAD TOLD ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LUNCH STATION THERE AND HOW THE CAFETERIA TEAM HAD BEEN WORKING TO CREATE A THEY'D BEEN TIMING THE LUNCHES AND THEN CREATED A NEW PATTERN AND ADDED A THIRD STATION TO SEE HOW THEY COULD SEAMLESSLY GET THE KIDS THROUGH.

AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD TALKED ABOUT THE SPRING CLEAN OUT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON THAT AT ALL, BUT SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAD REALIZED YOU COULD COMBINE AND STUFF. YEAH, I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS TEACHERS, IT'S OUR NATURE.

IT'S I MEAN, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT OUT OF MY SYSTEM YET, BUT I WANT TO JUST HOLD ON TO THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT HAVING EXTRA STAPLERS AND STAPLES AND TAPE, BUT IT HAS TO BE THERE, YOU KNOW? AND I'M JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL FROM WHERE WE STORE IT IN THE OFFICE.

BUT THERE IS THAT PIECE OF IT, RIGHT. AND LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE DOUBLING UP.

IN FACT, WE HAVE YOU KNOW, THOSE OLD ELLISON CUTOUTS, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD AT THE DIE CUTS? WELL, WE HAVE A WHOLE SET THERE AND A PLETHORA OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CUTS.

AND SO THEY AS WELL. SO WHERE ARE WE DOUBLING UP THAT WE MIGHT NOT NEED TO DOUBLE UP AT? AND LOOKING AT THAT SO WE CAN UTILIZE THE SPACE AS BEST THAT WE CAN.

AND THAT'S REALLY A CREDIT TO ALL THE TEACHERS ON BOTH CAMPUSES, REALLY LOOKING AT THAT PIECE AND THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE EXTRA CHILDREN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXTRA STUFF. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND WHERE IS IT ALL GOING TO GO? CONSTRUCTION PAPER SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF RIGHT NOW TOO.

BUT I REMEMBER HOLDING ON TO THOSE PIECES, YOU KNOW.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE.

THAT IS TRUE. I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT WHICH LAMINATOR WAS NEWER.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT WHEN BRANDIS AND I MET WITH THE STAFF THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING SO COLLABORATIVELY.

WE TALK TO THE SPECIALS GROUP AND MUSIC, ART AND PE.

THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER.

THEY'VE BEEN EVEN SPECIAL ED. THEY'VE BEEN TO VALLEY VIEW AND VICE VERSA.

THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT EACH OTHER'S THINGS LIKE, WHAT DO WE HAVE? WE KNOW WE HAVE DOUBLES ON THINGS. SO THEY WERE VERY TALKATIVE ABOUT THAT WITH BRANDIS.

AND I AND I, THEY'RE REALLY ENJOYING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, SO THAT'S REALLY NICE.

VALLEY VIEW HAS BEEN SO SMALL FOR SO LONG. IT'S KIND OF NICE TO KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LARGER GROUP OF, OF THOSE PEERS TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF. SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT PIECE.

AND I THINK THAT IT JUST GOES TO THE, THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE IN EANES AS WELL, THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THAT EXTRA WORK, INCLUDING OUR PARENTS, WHO ARE COMING TO ALL THE EXTRA MEETINGS. I MEAN, WE'RE MEETING FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF ON THAT FUTURE FORWARD COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S NO SMALL FEAT TO GET AWAY FROM THE FAMILY, TO BE ABLE TO COME OVER AND DO THAT. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE RECOGNIZE AND TRULY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING TO US FOR THOSE PIECES. YEAH. WE THEY HAD ALSO BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKING.

AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW HAVING MORE STAFF, YOU WOULD HAVE MORE CARS THERE TO PARK.

AND SO I WHAT SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WERE AROUND PARKING.

SO CURRENTLY WE'RE EXPLORING AN OVERFLOW AREA WHERE CARS CAN PARK BY THE ON THE NORTH PART OF THE CAMPUS.

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WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS ROOM FOR THAT OVERFLOW AREA WHERE CARS CAN, YOU KNOW, PARK UP THERE DURING EVENTS. BUT WE LIKE I SAID, SO THERE IS WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU. AND THEN FOR THE THE NEW CDC PLACEMENT I KNOW HAD JUGGLED AROUND TO SOME DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND IDEAS, AND WE DID GET TO SEE IT TODAY, AND IT WAS REALLY AMAZING.

BUT THERE WAS ALSO SOME TALK ABOUT JUST THE SECURITY AROUND THAT AREA AND THEN ALSO LIKE THE DROP OFF PICKUP THOUGHTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THAT.

SURE. AS FAR AS THE SECURITY IS CONCERNED OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DOES HAVE A FENCE, SIX FOOT FENCE.

RIGHT. THAT'S NON-SCALABLE. IT WILL BE BADGE ACCESS, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE CDCS ARE.

WE WILL HAVE CAMERAS AT THE CDC. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION? I'M SORRY. THE DROP OFF. OH, THE DROP OFF. YEAH.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH SHANNON AND LORI HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WILL BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE FOR CDC AND AT THE SAME TIME, FOR BARTON CREEK.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS, WILL YOU BE PLACING THE PORTABLES OR STARTING THAT CONSTRUCTION DURING SCHOOL OR WILL THAT START AFTER SCHOOL LETS OUT.

WE STILL THE PLAN IS TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO IT MIGHT HAPPEN TOWARDS THE EARLY MAY, MID MAY TIME JUST SO WE CAN MAKE THE DEADLINE.

WE WANT OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS RIGHT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PORTABLES WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM SUMMER VACATION.

CDC, OBVIOUSLY THEY WORK UNDER A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEIR SCHEDULE ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE WHEN THEY COME BACK, IF NOT, AS SOON AS WE WON'T INTERFERE WITH ANY OF THE MARTIN CREEK STAFF WHEN THEY DO COME BACK FROM SUMMER BREAK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KELLY. WE'LL GO TO DIANE AND THEN LAURA, AND THEN KIM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THIS. AND KELLY MENTIONED A LOT OF WHAT WE SAW AND ANSWERED A FEW QUESTIONS ALREADY THAT I HAD AS WELL. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER OBSERVATIONS I HAD.

IT WAS THERE WAS SUCH A POSITIVITY. WE HEAR IT IN YOUR VOICE AND AS WELL IN JENNIFER DUSEK'S VOICE.

JUST WAYS THAT THE STAFF THERE ARE AND JENNIFER ARE WELCOMING IN PARENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HEARD THE STORY OF HOW SPED PARENTS WERE INVITED INTO THE CAFETERIA SPACE TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT TRANSITION AND WHAT THAT NEW SPACE IS GOING TO BE LIKE, BECAUSE AS WE HEARD KELLY SAY, THAT IS A CONCERN.

THE LUNCHTIME AND I THINK THEY WALKED AWAY FEELING MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.

AND IT'S BEEN EXTRA, I THINK, HELPFUL THAT JENNIFER ALSO REALLY KNOWS VALLEY VIEW.

SO WHEN THEY REFERENCE THEIR EXPERIENCE AT VALLEY VIEW, SHE'S ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS.

SO I WALKED AWAY FEELING REALLY JUST CONFIDENT THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO THINK ABOUT THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO SEE WHERE THE NEW STAFF BATHROOMS ARE GOING IN AND OF COURSE, THE SITE FOR THE NEW CDC.

AND THEN AND ALSO JUST THINGS THAT PARENTS DON'T THINK ABOUT, THE PLAYGROUND THEY THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE TOO SMALL AND HOW THE BUSSES AREN'T COMING THROUGH, THEY CLOSE IT OFF AND THEY GET TO PLAY A CREATIVE GAME OF SOCCER THERE IN THE BUS LANE.

SO YEAH, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO ADD A FEW MORE EXAMPLES BECAUSE IT WAS A WONDERFUL VISIT THAT WE HAD THIS MORNING.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, DIANE. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF A FLUFFY WAY OF SAYING IT.

LIKE, I CAN'T EXPRESS TO YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ALL ARE PUTTING INTO IT.

YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY ON 12 HOURS TODAY THAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING, AND YOU'RE HERE WITH US, PRESENTING TO US AND WITH SMILES ON YOUR FACES.

AND DOCTOR GARCIA, WE'RE SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOUR EXPERIENCE HELPING US THROUGH THIS.

LAURA, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE VALUE THAT THAT EXPERIENCE AS WELL.

AND, BRANDIS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A DAY JOB AS YOU'RE WITH KIDS AND TEACHERS DURING THE DAY, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ARE DOING ALL OF IT, BUT I REALLY SO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL ARE PUTTING INTO THIS.

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FUTURE FORWARD IS KIND OF AN OUTWARD LOOKING THING THAT THE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEE AND PARTICIPATE IN, BUT THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF SO MANY THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND THAT ARE GOING ON.

I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO, DOCTOR GARCIA, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RFP, RFQ, OR RFP GOING ON AND, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE LEARNING STUDIOS WILL BE OUT THERE AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE LEARNING STUDIOS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER RFQ RFP, IN PLACE BY START OF SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.

CORRECT. THAT IS CURRENTLY THE PLAN. SO HOPEFULLY OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE WOULD HAVE SOME PROPOSALS THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

THAT IS THAT IS THE SCHEDULE. THAT IS A PLAN.

SO YES. OKAY. ARE THERE OTHERS OUTSIDE OF THE LEARNING CENTERS THAT ARE ONGOING THAT ARE GOING THROUGH AN RFP OR RFQ? AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE BLEND.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE OR WE HAVE PREPARED AN RFP.

WE HAVE PUT IT OUT ON BONFIRE AS OF THIS MORNING.

SO IT'S OUT THERE. WE'RE HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE SOME PROPOSALS HERE ON THE 17TH AND THEN GET SOMETHING PREPARED FOR THE BOARD BY HOPEFULLY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. THAT'S QUICK.

YES. AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, THE PORTABLES THEY HAVE BEEN PAID FOR, THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED.

LAST, AS OF YESTERDAY, THEY WERE BEING FINISHED, MANUFACTURED SO THAT THAT PROCESS IS ALREADY WELL ON ITS WAY.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH READY TO DELIVER AS SOON AS WE'RE READY WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HERE AT BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

PERFECT. THE THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD IS AROUND STAFFING AND IT'S, I GUESS FOR LORI AND BRANDIS.

I KNOW BRANDIS, YOU JUST SAID THAT THERE WAS A STAFF SURVEY THAT WAS GOING OUT LATER ON, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN EITHER INFORMAL OR FORMAL SURVEYS.

AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF. DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE WHEN EVERYONE.

WITH WITHIN THE TWO SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WILL KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO AND POSSIBLY ARE THERE.

IS THERE A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF? I KNOW YOU'VE REFERENCED THAT BEFORE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE HAD BEEN SOME FINE TUNING THAT HAS GONE ON.

YES, I THINK THE FINE TUNING TAKES PLACE REALLY? JUST WITH WHAT GRADE LEVEL THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE TEACHING AT.

AND NOW THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A NORMAL PROCESS THAT THE CAMPUSES GO THROUGH.

WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF WAITING FOR NUMBERS TO COME IN FOR OUR SECTIONS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAD, ALL OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF HAVE BEEN PLACED.

MATT IS WORKING WITH HIS SPECIAL ED TEAM. ALL OF THOSE SPECIALIZED POSITIONS.

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN THOSE AREAS. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LAND.

IT'S MORE LIKE, AM I GOING TO BE KINDERGARTEN OR AM I GOING TO BE FIRST GRADE? YOU KNOW, WE DO. WE DID TALK THROUGH A LIST OF THOSE WITH SENIORITY, AND WE INDIVIDUALS WITH THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY HIGH ON THAT LIST.

WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON THE KINDERGARTEN TEAM OR YOU'RE CURRENTLY ON THE FIRST GRADE TEAM, YOU'RE GOING TO LAND ON THE FIRST GRADE TEAM.

SO WE COULD HAVE SOME REAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE OTHERS WHO WERE NEWER TO THE PROFESSION.

IT YOU'RE GOING TO BE AT BARTON CREEK MORE THAN YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THAT MIGHT LAND.

SO WE ARE STILL DOING SOME OF THAT PIECE RIGHT NOW.

THAT WILL STILL BE TAKING PLACE. BRANDEIS IS GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS APRIL 16TH. I HOPE THAT'S HER HOPE.

YEAH. YEAH. SO AS WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT NUMBERS, IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A MORE SOLID.

YOU DEFINITELY ARE ON THIS TEAM RIGHT. WE NEED THAT 8% TO DO THEIR ENROLLMENT.

WE NEED EVERYONE TO DO THEIR ENROLLMENT RIGHT.

NO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THAT'S SO LORI THE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS REALLY NO DIFFERENT THAN THE PROCESS YOU SEE EVERY YEAR.

BUT AT THIS POINT, OUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES OF BLENDING THE SCHOOL.

YES. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN BRANDEIS, YOU MENTIONED I THINK IT WAS YOU THAT MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THINGS.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PLC PROCESS OF THE TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BEING MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND YOU'RE PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER. YES, MA'AM.

SO THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE PLC PROCESS AND WE KNOW WHAT PARTS WE'RE GOING TO DO.

BUT TYPICALLY IT'S THEIR CRAFT TO THEN BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A PLC MEETING AS THEY WOULD WANT TO.

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AND SO OUR TEACHERS MAY BE USED TO SOMETHING THAT MAYBE BARTON CREEK DOESN'T DO OR VICE VERSA.

AND SO MEREDITH IS MEREDITH JOSEPH IS GOING TO BE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.

SHE'S TEAMING WITH CAROLINE BARNER, WHO'S CURRENTLY OVER AT VALLEY VIEW, AND THEY'VE BEEN COLLABORATING TOGETHER.

THEY DO OFTEN ZOOM NOW, BUT ACTUALLY, MEREDITH HAS COME OVER AND SHE'S VISITED WITH CAROLINE AND THEY'VE WORKED TOGETHER.

AND THEN ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE CAROLINE'S GOING OVER THERE ON THURSDAY, SO THEY'RE JUST WORKING CLOSELY WITH THAT PIECE.

AND THEN WE USE DATA WALLS AT VALLEY VIEW. IT'S JUST A REAL QUICK SNAPSHOT OF OUR STUDENTS DATA FROM THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END OF THE YEAR. AND RIGHT NOW MEREDITH HAS, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT IN PLACE JUST YET.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE USE IN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM, SO WE'D LIKE TO CARRY THAT OVER.

SO THOSE PIECES THAT YOU MIGHT USE ON ONE CAMPUS THAT THE OTHER JUST DOESN'T HAVE YET, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY SEAMLESS AS WE GO OVER, SO THAT PLANNING HAS ALREADY BEGUN NOW, SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE THINGS IN PLACE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. THAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION. WHAT A DATA WALL A DATA WALL, RIGHT.

IT'S THE DATA WALL. THE SUPPLY LISTS. YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE UNDERTAKING, YOU KNOW AND SO THAT PIECE OF IT TOO THEY JUST THEY WERE ABLE TO, TO TAKE THOSE THINGS OFF MY PLATE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

THEY ACTUALLY DID A ZOOM WHERE THEY HAD THE TEAM LEADER FROM BOTH CAMPUSES BECAUSE WE ALIGN OUR, OUR SCHEDULES. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS IT AND TALK ABOUT IT.

SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE TO TO HAVE THE THEIR VOICE IN THAT THE TEACHER'S VOICE IN IT TOO.

SO THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT. GOOD. YEAH.

GREAT I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE COLLABORATION THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON AND THE BEST PRACTICES COMING FROM BOTH SCHOOLS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KIM, WE'LL GO TO HEATHER.

FIRST OF ALL, BRANDIS, I JUST WANT TO SAY I LIKE YOUR MISS FRIZZLE ESQUE DRESS.

MAGIC SCHOOL BUS IS SUPER FUN. BUT I WANTED TO ACTUALLY ASK ABOUT THE STUDENT INFORMATION VERIFICATION AND WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR BARTON CREEK. IF WE KNOW IF WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE BLEND OR IF WE'RE LACKING IN THAT 8% IS KIND OF THERE, DO WE KNOW? WELL, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR VALLEY VIEW BECAUSE I CHECKED ON IT YESTERDAY.

WE HAD 11 AND TODAY WE WERE DOWN TO SEVEN. NICE.

SO I'M REALLY A LITTLE COMPETITIVE AND REALLY WORKING HARD ON MAKING US 100% FIRST.

AND I EVEN POSTED LAST NIGHT ON FACEBOOK ABOUT IT, SO I'M HOPING WE CAN GET THERE.

JUST DON'T TELL THE OTHER PRINCIPALS JUST YET UNTIL I WIN.

NO BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PIECE. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW FOR BARTON CREEK, BUT I DO KNOW THAT TRACY JONES AND SARAH SAMPSON, WHO ARE ON THOSE REGISTRARS ON BOTH CAMPUSES, ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON THAT PIECE. AND KEEPING UP WITH EACH OTHER ON THAT.

I THINK MOLLY DOES KNOW THAT NUMBER, OR AT LEAST THE LATEST.

SO WE'LL LET HER SPEAK TO IT. SO WITH EVERY CAVEAT THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY RAW, THEY ARE VERY RAW. WE ARE RIGHT BELOW 600 AT THIS POINT FOR TOTAL ENROLLMENT AT BARTON CREEK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID TO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL WORK ON TOP OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING. BUT IT'S VERY APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU. KELLY. I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.

I WANTED TO ASK WITH THE CDC BECAUSE WHEN I TOURED IT BEFORE, THEY HAD THAT LITTLE PLAYGROUND OUTSIDE OF THE CDC.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY PRELIMINARY PLANS IN PLACE FOR PLAYING.

THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR PLAYING, RIGHT? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THE CDC AT BARTON CREEK UTILIZE BLUE JAY HOLLOW.

I'D SPOKEN TO MISS EASTMAN, AND SHE SAYS THAT THEY CURRENTLY USE IT ALSO.

SO THAT IS THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, RIGHT. TO GO AND BLUE JAY HOLLOW, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S READY FOR OUR YOUNG KIDS OR BABIES AND, AND OUR LITTLE OLDER FOUR YEAR OLDS ALSO. SO BLUE JAY HOLLOW IS THE PLAN RIGHT NOW OR IT IS A PLAN.

THANK YOU. DID YOU GET TO SEE BLUE JAY HOLLOW TODAY? BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTED TO THAT SPACE. I GOT TO SEE IT LAST TIME I WENT AND SO AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

AND IT HAD GOOD SHADE AND IT HAD PLACES LIKE A PICNIC TABLE.

AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT GETTING UTILIZED.

YEAH. IT'S ALSO ADA COMPLIANT. SO THAT WAS A HUGE THING.

SO IT'S JUST BEEN WORKING OUT. BEST CASE SCENARIO.

ALL RIGHT. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR ME REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU AGAIN. OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL HAVE DAY JOBS THAT YOU DO, AND THEN YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF EXTRA WORK ON THIS, AND IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. REAL QUICK, JUST TO CLARIFY WITH THE MAP OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE CDC,

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OKAY. AND LIKEWISE, DO WE LOSE ANY PARKING SPACES? AS OF RIGHT NOW, NO. BEEN VERY CLEAR ON THAT.

WE DON'T WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE ANY PARKING SPACES, SO WE KNOW WE'RE TIGHT.

I'VE COMMUNICATED THAT TO THE ARCHITECTS AND THE ENGINEERS THAT OUR PLAN IS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE PARKING SPACES.

THANK YOU. AND MAYBE MORE GENERALLY, DOCTOR ARNETT, ARE WE STILL TRACKING TO THE EFFICIENCIES AND SAVINGS THAT WE HAD PROJECTED TO REALIZE OUT OF THIS COMBINING OF THE CAMPUSES, I BELIEVE SO.

AND MR. SCOTT COULD SPEAK TO THAT BETTER THAN I COULD.

OUR PLAN IS THAT, IF NOT ENTIRELY BY NEXT YEAR, THEN CERTAINLY BY THE YEAR AFTER THAT, WE WOULD STILL ACHIEVE THE $2 MILLION IN SAVINGS THAT WE'VE ESTIMATED. CHRIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CHRIS SAID IT'S STILL THE ESTIMATE.

HE DIDN'T HAVE A MICROPHONE THERE. YEAH, I, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY GOTCHAS OR ANY BIG EXPENSES COME UP THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS STILL ON TRACK.

GREAT WORK. OKAY. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

AND I WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL IN IN THE BLEND, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO GET AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD EVERY MONTH ON ON THE BLEND. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

[9.3 Student identification badge update for grades 6-12]

AND A BIG SCREEN. OKAY. I'M HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING THE STUDENT ID BADGE COMMITTEE, SO I AM JUST ONE PERSON TALKING FOR THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE THAT WAS COMPRISED OF A LOT OF PEOPLE REPRESENTING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF.

SO JUST I'M REPRESENTING THE WHOLE GROUP. I DIDN'T DO THIS WORK BY MYSELF.

IN 2023, THE DISTRICT HAD A SECURITY AND A SCHOOL SAFETY AUDIT.

AS A FINDING OF THAT AUDIT, THEY RECOMMENDED VERY STRONGLY ENCOURAGED US TO REQUIRE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO WEAR ID BADGES OF SOME SORT FOR VISIBLE SECURITY AND AS JUST A SAFETY PRECAUTION, SO THAT WE KNOW WHO IS COMING IN AND OUT OF OUR CAMPUSES.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WAS ON OBVIOUSLY ON BOARD WITH THAT VERY EARLY ON AND SAID, YOU KNOW, AS A VISUAL REMINDER, WHO'S IN OUR CAMPUSES, OUR KIDS ARE COMING AND GOING.

IT WOULD JUST IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW. WE FELT STRONGLY THAT WE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO WE STARTED THIS WORK. WE STARTED THIS WORK EARLY ON IN THE FALL.

WE BROUGHT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN. IT WAS OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.

IT WAS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OUR SECURITY OFFICERS.

WE HAD FOOD SERVICE INVOLVED. WE HAD OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM INVOLVED.

WE HAD EVERYBODY WE COULD THINK OF THE TECHNOLOGY TEAM.

I WAS THERE, DOCTOR GARCIA WAS THERE. WE HAD ANY PEOPLE, ANYBODY THAT WE COULD CAN THINK OF WHO MIGHT HAVE INSIGHT INTO WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE FOR US? HOW DOES THIS IMPACT OUR WORLD? SO WE STARTED DOING RESEARCH.

AND WE DO WHAT WE DO IN EANES, AND WE DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL WITHOUT FIGURING OUT HOW EVERYBODY ELSE DID THAT.

WHAT DID THEY DO? WE WEREN'T THE FIRST TO DO THIS.

WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? SO THE COMMITTEE STARTED LOOKING AT OUTSIDE OF US.

WE FOUND SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US THAT HAD SOME FORM OF STUDENT ID BADGE.

THEY MAY NOT DO IT EXACTLY LIKE WE THINK WE WANTED TO DO IT, BUT THEY WERE USING A BADGE FOR SOMETHING.

WE HAD BADGES FOR TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE BADGES FOR FOOD SERVICES.

BUT WHAT COULD WE DO DIFFERENTLY? THE SAFETY SECURITY AUDIT SAID NO.

IT NEEDS TO BE A BADGE. OUR STAFF HAVE BADGES.

YOU ALL HAVE BADGES. IT'S A VISUAL SECURITY MEASURE THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU BELONG HERE.

THE SAFETY AUDIT SAID WE NEED BADGES, SO WE NEEDED TO TAKE IT A STEP UP.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WORKED ON FOR A FULL SEMESTER BEFORE WE CAME UP WITH THE PLAN.

SO OUR OBJECTIVE FOR THE COMMITTEE WAS TO IDENTIFY A VISUAL VISUAL SOLUTION FOR THE BADGE FOR 612 STUDENTS.

THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY LINE ITEM FOR BOND 2023.

THIS WASN'T FROM THE NO BUDGET. THIS IS FROM THE BOND 2023.

SO WE DIDN'T USE OUR M&O DOLLARS. WE WENT INTO THIS KNOWING THAT WE HAD A LINE ITEM OUT OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY LINE ITEM FROM THE BOND THAT SAID,

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IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO WEAR IT, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THEM? WHAT CAN WE TIE TO THIS BAD? WHAT KIND OF FUNCTIONALITY CAN WE PUT WITH THIS BADGE TO MAKE THEM IN SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE TO WEAR IT? IF I MAKE THEM, IT'S THEIR BADGE TO GET ON THE BUS.

IT'S THEIR BADGE TO PRINT. IT'S THEIR BADGE FOR FOOD SERVICE.

WHAT CAN WE TIE TO THIS? SO IT'S CRITICAL TO THEM THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE IT ON THEM, THAT THEY'LL REMEMBER TO WEAR IT SO THAT IT'S NOT A HASSLE TO HAVE IT.

HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS NOT QUITE SO PAINFUL FOR THEM TO WEAR THE BADGE? SO THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE FOCUSED ON. THIS WAS KIND OF OUR LIST OF FUNCTIONALITY THAT THE GROUP CAME UP WITH.

SO NOT ONLY DID WE WANT TO HONOR THE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FROM THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, THE AUDIT, WE WANTED TO HAVE VISUAL SECURITY, VISUAL IDENTIFICATION.

WE WANTED IT TO TIE TO TRANSPORTATION. WE WANTED TO SAY, OKAY, KIDS ARE GOING TO RIDE THE BUS.

WE WANT TO TIE IT TO SMART TECH. WE STILL WANT THE PARENTS TO SAY, DID MY KID GET ON THE BUS? WHAT TIME DID THEY GET ON THE BUS? WHAT BUS DID THEY GET ON? DID THEY GET OFF THE BUS? HOW LONG WERE THEY ON THE BUS? ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO RIGHT NOW.

WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY BUY AT LUNCH TODAY.

HOW MANY? YOU KNOW? HOW MANY SNACKS? HOW MANY LUNCHES DID THEY BUY? ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SECONDARY STUDENTS GO INTO THE LIBRARY A LOT, CHECKING OUT BOOKS.

THEY'RE ALSO USING DEVICES. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PRINTING.

OUR STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES CAN USE A LIBRARY PRINTER TO PRINT WHATEVER THINGS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO DO FOR TURNING IN THEIR ASSIGNMENTS.

THEY HAVE TO PRINT REPORTS FOR SPECIFIC. SO WE ALLOW THEM TO LOG INTO PRINTERS.

RIGHT NOW, THEY PHYSICALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE KEYBOARD AND ENTER THEIR CREDENTIALS.

CAN WE DO WHAT WE DO FOR STAFF AND TIE THE FUNCTIONALITY TO THEIR BADGE? SO THEY TAP THEIR BADGES LIKE THE STAFF MEMBERS DO.

WIN-WIN FOR THEM. INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO WEAR THE BADGE.

AND THEN STEVE RAMSEY SAID, OKAY, CAN YOU TIE TICKETS TO THEIR BADGES? WIN-WIN FOR THE KITS. SO WE SAID WE WILL WORK ON IT.

SO FOOTBALL TICKETS. HOMECOMING DANCE TICKETS.

OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. LET'S TRY THAT. SO THESE WERE OUR NON-NEGOTIABLES.

SO WE SET THOSE UP FOR THE COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHAT WE CHARGED.

THEY CHARGED US WITH. WE SAID GREAT. SO FROM THIS LIST WE STARTED LOOKING AT VENDORS.

SO WE EVALUATED SIX VENDORS. CAN YOU DO THIS.

CAN YOU DO THIS. CAN YOU DO THIS. AND WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, WEEDING THEM OUT VERY QUICKLY.

WE CAME UP WITH A VENDOR THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP US WITH WHAT WE COULD FIND.

WE FOUND A VENDOR. THE VENDOR WAS CI SOLUTIONS.

THEY ARE A NATIONAL VENDOR FOR ALL KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY DO HEALTH BADGES, THEY DO FOR GOVERNMENTS, THEY DO FOR HOSPITALS.

THEY DO ALL OF THE STUDENT BADGES FOR LA UNIFIED.

SO WHEN THEY TOLD US THAT THEY COULD DO ALL OF THE BADGES FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN LA UNIFIED, WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, YOU CAN HANDLE THE BADGES THAT WE NEED.

THIS IS THE PHYSICAL BADGE DESIGN THAT THEY CAME UP WITH FOR US, FOR HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR WESTRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND FOR WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE. THEY ARE IN THE COLORS OF THE CAMPUSES.

THEY ACTUALLY WILL PRINT EVERY YEAR. THEY WILL BE SPECIFIC TO THIS CAMPUS.

THEY WILL HAVE THE STUDENTS PICTURE ON THEM. THEY WILL BE THE CURRENT PICTURE FOR THE STUDENT.

THEY WILL HAVE THE GRADE LEVEL. THE COMMITTEE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT IT WAS THE GRADE LEVEL AND NOT THE ACTUAL YEAR OF THE STUDENT GRADUATE, THE GRADUATING CLASS FOR THAT STUDENT BECAUSE WE ALL AGREED IT TAKES US TOO LONG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YEAR ARE YOU GRADUATING? WHAT YEAR IS THAT? WHAT AM I? SO WE ALL AGREED MATH IS HARD.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO MATH. MATH IS HARD. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. YOU'RE A FRESHMAN, OKAY. THAT'S THE GRADE THAT YOU, YOU KNOW SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

ALL OF THAT'S WHAT THE BADGES WILL LOOK LIKE. AND THEN THE BACK OF THE BADGE IS THE STANDARD DISTRICT INFORMATION.

IF YOU'RE THESE ARE THE WHEN YOU ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR THE BADGE, IF IT'S FOUND RETURN IT TO THAT.

AND THEN IT'S REQUIRED FROM TEA TO HAVE THE SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION ON THAT.

IT'S FROM THE EDUCATION CODE 38.353. IT'S THE STANDARD INFORMATION THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ON THAT.

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THAT WILL BE ON THE BACKS OF ALL OF THE STUDENT BADGES.

OKAY. AND THEN THESE ARE THE LANYARDS I BROUGHT.

SHOW AND TELL. SO YOU HAVE A COPY OR A SAMPLE OF ALL OF THE LANYARDS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENTS AT THE SPECIFIC CAMPUSES.

THOSE ARE DISTRICT PROVIDED. EVERY CHILD AT THEIR CAMPUS WILL GET THOSE.

THOSE ARE BREAK AWAY FOR SAFETY. SO IF A STUDENT WOULD GET BENT OVER AND GET IT CAUGHT ON A DESK, IT BREAKS AWAY OFF AND AT THE BACK. SO THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO CHOKING HAZARD THERE.

THEY'LL GET THAT. THERE'LL BE A SLEEVE WITH THEIR BADGE INSIDE OF THAT, AND THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT EVERY YEAR IN THE EVENT THAT THE STUDENT LOSES THE BADGE OR THEY LOSE THE LANYARD. THERE IS A REPLACEMENT FEE THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE APPLIED TO THEM IN SKYWARD.

THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY TALKS TO SKYWARD, AND IF THEY LOSE THEIR BADGE, A NEW BADGE AUTOMATICALLY CANCELS OUT THE OLD BADGE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE IS THE OLD BADGE? IS SOMEBODY GOING TO PICK IT UP AND HAVE ACCESS TO IT? IT AUTOMATICALLY WHEN WE PRINT A NEW BADGE, IT DEACTIVATES THE OLD.

SO ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAID, OKAY, SO IF I FIND THE OLD BADGE AND IT'S IN THE BACK OF MY VAN AND YOU'VE PRINTED A NEW BADGE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHICH IS THE NEW AND WHICH IS THE OLD, WHAT DO WE DO? I SAID, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, BECAUSE ONE WILL BE DEACTIVATED AND ONE WILL BE THE NEW.

IT WON'T BE THAT BIG A DEAL. SO THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT.

WE WILL HAVE PRINTERS DESIGNATED AT ALL OF THE CAMPUSES FOR ANY NEW STUDENTS.

THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED THAT WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE CAMPUSES IS LIKE GOING TO THE DMV.

IT COMES WITH THE PHOTO, THE THE ACTUAL THE CAMERA THAT SITS ON TOP OF THE COMPUTERS.

LITERALLY THERE IS A BACKDROP. YOU LITERALLY STAND THERE JUST LIKE GOING TO THE DMV.

TAKE YOUR PICTURE. IT AUTOMATICALLY INPUTS INTO THE FRAME.

IT WILL TAKE THE PICTURE. PRINT THE PICTURE IN 30S.

THE BADGE COMES OUT AND IT AUTOMATICALLY SYNCS TO SKYWARD THREE TIMES A DAY.

SO IF YOU'RE NEW TO A CAMPUS, YOUR PICTURE WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE SYSTEM, INTO SKYWARD OR WHATEVER.

SIS WE MAY HAVE MOVING FORWARD. THE NEXT MORNING.

SO YOUR STAFF, YOUR TEAM, YOUR TEACHERS WILL SEE THAT THE VERY NEXT DAY.

SO THE SAFETY TEAM AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS VERY GOOD, BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULD SEE THOSE STUDENTS THE NEXT DAY.

SO WELCOME TO EANES. WELCOME TO WESTLAKE HILL COUNTRY, WESTRIDGE, WHOEVER MIGHT BE LOOKING AT YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR TEACHERS [INAUDIBLE], OH, HEY, GLAD YOU'RE HERE. THIS IS JUST INFORMATION.

SO WE WERE EXCITED FOR THAT. HERE IS THE TIMELINE OF WHERE WE ARE.

THE INTEGRATIONS ARE HAPPENING NOW. THE IT DEPARTMENT IS TAKING CONTROL OF THOSE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. WE'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH FOOD SERVICE.

WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR COFFEE MACHINE VENDOR. THEY'VE TESTED OUT THOSE.

IT ALREADY WORKS. WE'VE WORKED WITH TRANSPORTATION, THIS SPECIFIC VENDOR, THE CEO OF THIS COMPANY, I BELIEVE, WORKED FOR SMARTTAG PREVIOUSLY. SO HE WAS LIKE, OH, WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS.

WE'LL JUST MAKE IT WORK ON OUR END. SO THAT THAT WAS LUCKY FOR US.

AND WE'VE ALREADY PARTNERED WITH SKYWARD. SO THAT'S WORKING.

SO WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT. THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STAFF AND THE SECURITY TEAM IS SCHEDULED.

SO THAT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE SCHOOL IS OUT. THE PRINTERS WILL BE PLACED BEFORE THE END OF THE SEMESTER.

SO THAT WILL HAPPEN. AND THEN THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL BAND IS GOING TO PILOT THE BADGES.

SO THAT WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER. WE'RE GOING TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK. AND THEN WE'LL GO LIVE WITH ALL STUDENTS HAVING THEIR BADGES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS FALL.

MOVING PAST THE PHYSICAL BADGES. THE COMMITTEE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD ALSO WRITE THE GUIDELINES AND EXPECTATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE DID WITH OUR RESEARCH, TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER CAMPUSES. SO HOW DID THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HANDLE IT? AND WE WANTED TO DO IT THE WAY THAT IT WAS BEST FOR EANES.

HOW COULD WE MANAGE IT? THEY THEY DIDN'T WANT THIS TO BE PUNITIVE FOR THE STUDENTS.

WE WANTED IT TO BE ABOUT THIS WAS ADDED FUNCTIONALITY TO THEIR DAY.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO WEAR, BUT IT WAS ALSO BENEFICIAL TO YOU TO HAVE THIS.

AND AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. YES. YOU WERE GETTING A PHYSICAL BADGE.

BUT AS A BONUS TO YOU AS A STUDENT AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO GET A DIGITAL BADGE.

SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD ON YOUR PHONE.

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS DID NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DIGITAL BADGE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR CELL PHONES.

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BUT THEN IT WAS WE HAVE TO HAVE CAVEATS BUILT INTO THE GUIDELINES FOR THAT AND THE EXPECTATIONS FOR OKAY, WHEN DO YOU USE THE DIGITAL BADGE AND WHEN DO YOU USE YOUR PHYSICAL BADGE.

SO THEN WE HAD INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THAT.

SO THEN THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IN THE GUIDELINES ABOUT, WELL, WHEN DO YOU USE YOUR DIGITAL BADGE AND WHEN DO YOU USE YOUR PHYSICAL BADGE.

AND MR. RAMSEY SAID, OKAY, SAILORS, LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT IT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WEAR THEIR BADGE TO PROM, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR PHONE.

SO THE DIGITAL BADGE MAKES SENSE. I'M LIKE, YOU'RE RIGHT.

OKAY. SO THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE WOULD ACCEPT THE DIGITAL BADGE.

SO FOOTBALL GAMES THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THEIR BADGE.

I'M LIKE I GET IT. SO THEN IT WAS GREAT CONVERSATIONS OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DIGITAL BADGE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS IN THE GUIDELINES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE DIGITAL BADGES.

AND IT MAKES SENSE. SO WE'RE EXCITED. THEY'RE ALLOWING CI SOLUTIONS IS ALLOWING WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL TO PILOT THE DIGITAL BADGE.

SO THEY'RE THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL BE PILOTING THAT.

SO WE'RE KIND OF IN THE FOREFRONT FOR THAT. BUT THE GUIDELINES KIND OF SET THE EXPECTATIONS.

THEY'RE NOT WRITTEN TO BE PUNITIVE. THEY'RE WRITTEN TO BE I DON'T I DON'T THEY'RE KIND.

WE'RE NOT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT TO ME TO ME MEAN TO THE CHILDREN.

IT'S TO SET EXPECTATIONS. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU.

WE WANT YOU TO USE THEM. BUT WE'RE HOPING WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITY OF THE BADGES THAT THEY'LL WANT TO WEAR THEM AND THEY'LL WILL HAVE THEM AT SCHOOL.

SO IF WITH THE ADDED FUNCTIONALITY AND THE EXPECTATION THAT IF YOU DON'T BRING THEM, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE OFFICE OR THE DESIGNATED LOCATION ON CAMPUS AND YOU WILL GET A TEMPORARY BADGE.

AND THEN ON THE AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR A BACKUP BADGE.

I MEAN, SO WE'VE THOUGHT THROUGH, I THINK PRETTY THOROUGHLY THE WHAT IFS.

I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY THOROUGH. THE GUIDELINES WILL BE PUT INTO STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

THEY'LL BE ADDED TO THE WEBSITE, AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO PUT THEM EVERYWHERE WE CAN THINK OF TO HELP EXPLAIN THAT.

AND THEN THE COMMUNICATIONS WILL GO OUT TO FAMILIES AND TO THE STUDENTS CLOSER TO THE START OF SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

FRESHMAN ORIENTATION. WILDCAT. WELCOME. AND, YOU KNOW, HELL COUNTRY.

HELLO. AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. JUST TO KIND OF GET THE MESSAGING OUT.

BUT WE'RE EXCITED. I THINK THE COMMITTEE IS MOST EXCITED THAT WE'RE DONE TALKING ABOUT IT.

BUT EVERYTHING IS HERE. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE KIDS THINK. THANK YOU, CHRISTINE.

DOCTOR SAILORS. HEATHER THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS WORK.

I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, LIKE, A MILLION YEARS AGO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT FROM EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK. I APPRECIATE ALSO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT WANTING IT TO BE A POINT OF CONTENTION.

BECAUSE I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE THIS THING WITH STAFF.

IT'S JUST ONE MORE THING FOR STAFF TO HAVE TO POLICE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN I AM WONDERING, WELL, ANOTHER COMMENT I LOVE WELL, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO PUT THE SUICIDE PREVENTION LINE, BUT I LIKE THAT IT'S THERE. AND THE CRISIS TEXT LINE.

I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO EVEN ADD SOMETHING ABOUT WEST LAKE WATCH JUST SO THAT IT WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW, ANOTHER, BUT MAYBE NOT. IT MIGHT BE TOO MUCH.

IT'S NOT VERY BIG. AND THEN I ALSO APPRECIATED THE THOUGHT ABOUT WEARING OR NOT WEARING IT TO PROM, BECAUSE I WAS JUST PICTURING, LIKE, ALL THE GIRLS IN THEIR PRETTY DRESSES AND THE BOYS LOOKING ALL NICE IN THEIR SUITS AND THEN, LIKE THIS UGLY.

SORRY, IT'S NOT UGLY. IT'S LANYARD, FUNCTIONAL LANYARD.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY THOUGHT THAT THROUGH. BUT I AM WONDERING THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING AT THE CAPITOL TO SAY THAT THERE WILL BE NO CELL PHONES, POTENTIALLY.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE BIG THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT HERE IN EANES, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE HAVE A BACKUP PLAN OR IF THAT COMES, WE JUST SCRAP THAT PIECE. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.

IT DOES MAKE ME SAD. IF. AND WE AND I HAD A CALL WITH THE VENDOR EARLIER RIGHT BEFORE SPRING BREAK ABOUT WHAT IFS.

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IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT COULD WE DO A WEB CLIP OF THE STUDENT BADGE ON THEIR IPADS? THAT WOULD AT LEAST BE AN ALTERNATE FORM OF ID? EVEN IF IT'S JUST SEE IT'S ME KIND OF THING THAT WOULD HELP.

AND SO THEY'RE THINKING THAT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER THE SAME WHEN YOU GO FROM A LITTLE VERSION TO THE BIG VERSION.

SO THEY'RE THINKING THAT THROUGH. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

ALTHOUGH HONESTLY, IF IT'S FOR LIKE FOOTBALL GAMES AND HOMECOMING, THAT'S DIFFERENT.

SO, I GUESS IT WOULDN'T REALLY APPLY ANYWAY. SO WE WOULD STILL WANT IT.

WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED AS IF WE'RE ON THE PATH THAT WE WANT TO BE ON AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

OKAY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED AND I WAS THINKING LIKE WHEN YOU GO GET YOUR COSTCO CARD ALSO, OR THE DMV, IT TAKES YOUR PICTURE. ARE WE GOING TO USE YEARBOOK PHOTOS OR ARE WE GOING TO ACTUALLY GET THE PHOTO FOR EACH CHILD TAKEN THROUGH THAT? NO, THE ORIGINAL PLAN WOULD BE TO TAKE THE PHOTOS THAT COME FROM SKYWARD, WHICH ARE THE YEARBOOK PHOTOS, AND THEN AS STUDENTS COME INTO THE LIKE, THEY COME IN MID-YEAR OR WE GET A NEW STUDENT.

THOSE PHOTOS WILL BE TAKEN WITH THE WITH THE ACTUAL BADGING SYSTEM, AND THEN THOSE WILL GET UPLOADED INTO SKYWARD.

AND THAT THOSE ARE THOSE PHOTOS. THOSE ARE THOSE STUDENT PHOTOS OF RECORDS.

AND THEN WHEN THEY GET THEIR YEARBOOK PHOTOS, THOSE WILL BE SWAPPED OUT.

AND SO THAT'S IT'LL JUST GO IN THAT CYCLE UNTIL WE GET A YEARBOOK PHOTO FOR THAT CHILD.

THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. AND THEN I GET THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE ROLLOUT AT LAKE HILL COUNTRY HULLO OR WEST RIDGE WARM UP.

BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR EXISTING STUDENTS? WILL THEY GET IT, LIKE IN THEIR HOMEROOM, THEIR FIRST DAY OR SOMETHING? YEAH. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS TO DECIDE WHAT'S THE BEST ROLLOUT FOR THAT.

WE WERE THINKING THROUGH. IS THAT, LIKE, THEIR ADVISORY PERIOD? IS THAT THE WHEN WOULD BE THE BEST TIME TO DO THAT? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO THINK THROUGH WHAT IS IT WHEN THEY COME AND GET THEIR TECHNOLOGY IS BECAUSE THEIR FIRST BUS RIDE, THEY KIND OF NEED TO BE ABLE TO BADGE IN. SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET BEFORE SCHOOL'S OUT WITH THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND TRANSPORTATION AND FIGURE OUT, OKAY, NOW WHAT IS IT LIKE WE DID ORIGINALLY? I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WORD COVID.

AND WHEN YOU HAD TO COME AND PICK UP YOUR IPADS, IS IT SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR IS IT WE JUST LET ANYBODY WE LET THEM USE THE ORIGINAL SMART TAGS TO GET TO SCHOOL, AND THEN WE DO. EVERYBODY GO, EVERYBODY AT YOUR HOMEROOM, WE SWAP IT OUT.

WE SWAP IT OUT AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE DO IT.

OR IS IT EVERYBODY AT NINTH GRADE, YOU GO ENGLISH AND 10TH GRADE YOU DO THIS.

I'M SURE MR. RAMSEY AND ERICA AND KIMBERLY WILL HELP US FIGURE OUT WHEN TO DO THAT AT THE CAMPUSES.

THANK YOU. AND THEN, ARE WE STILL USING THE SAME FOOD SERVICE VENDOR FOR THE MONEY PORTION? I'M JUST WONDERING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HEATHER.

WE'LL GO TO DIANE AND THEN WE'LL GO TO KELLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS MOVE INTO THE FUTURE.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. KIND OF TO YOUR POINT ABOUT, ARE WE USING THE SAME FOOD SERVICE VENDOR? ARE PARENTS GOING TO SEE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ON THEIR END WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TIME DID SUSIE GO ON THE BUS OR GET OFF THE BUS? BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT'S TRANSITIONING FROM SMART TECH. CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT PARENTS ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE? THEY WILL EXPERIENCE NOTHING DIFFERENT OKAY.

NO, IT IS LITERALLY A DIFFERENT FRONT BADGE THAT TALKS TO SMARTTAG.

THAT'S IT. IT LITERALLY LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR THE CHILD.

IT INTERACTS WITH SMARTTAG. THE EXACT SAME WAY.

OKAY. AND FOOD SERVICE AND EVERYTHING. YEAH. THAT'S IT.

GREAT. THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION. YOU TALK ABOUT THE PILOT WITH THE BAND IN THE SUMMER.

I'M PICTURING THE DRUM MAJORS WITH THEIR SHIRT OFF AND THEIR PAINT.

THEIR PAINT AND THEIR LANYARDS. IS IT? THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE USING FOOD SERVICE AND ON ALL OF THE FUNCTIONALITY, BUT THAT WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING THE BADGE FOR AT THAT POINT IN THE SUMMER? WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WITH THE BAND STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS.

ONE OF THE ASKS WERE THAT, HOLD ON A MINUTE, WHO'S IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM? THE EANES POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO DURING THE SUMMER BAND IS THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO HAVE THE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TO HOLD THE DOORS OPEN SO THAT THEY CAN LOAD IN AND OUT. ONE OF THE REQUESTS IS, CAN WE GIVE THESE BAND STUDENTS ACCESS TO THE DOORS SO THAT THE

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AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ASKED IS, IS THERE A SPECIFIC VENDING MACHINE THAT WE COULD ALLOW THAT THEY COULD BADGE TAP TO GET JUICES OR WATER BOTTLES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO THAT WE'RE ALSO THINKING THAT THROUGH.

AND THEN ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT MR. RAMSEY CAME UP WITH IS, COULD WE PROGRAM THE ELEVATOR TO ALLOW THEM TO LOAD THEIR EQUIPMENT IN THE ELEVATOR. ANOTHER GREAT REQUEST. THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF THAT.

THAN WE HADN'T THOUGHT THAT THROUGH. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD HELP THOSE WITH SITUATIONS THAT WE HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT THROUGH.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO TEST WITH THEM TO SEE DOES IT WORK? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO LET THOSE KINDS OF THINGS HAPPEN.

HE HAD SPECIFIC INSTANCES. HE SAID, WELL, WE HAVE KIDS WHO SOMETIMES ARE ON THE SCOOTERS, OR SOMETIMES THEY'RE ON CRUTCHES, OR SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN WHEELCHAIRS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN INJURED OR THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD SURGERY AND WE HAVE TO GET A STAFF MEMBER TO BADGE THEM INTO THE ELEVATOR. WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS KID HAD SURGERY.

CAN WE NOT GET THEM ELEVATOR ACCESS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET A STAFF MEMBER TO GET THEM TO CLASS? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PILOT. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINALIZE BEFORE SUMMER WITH THE BAND STAFF TO SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS SMALL GROUP OF KIDS TO SEE WHAT? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MANAGE THIS? TO SEE IF IT WORKS? THANK YOU FOR THAT. THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE BOND MONEY FOR THIS, AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO REDIRECT ANY M&O DOLLARS.

DO WE HAVE A BALLPARK IDEA OF WHAT IS THE UPFRONT INVESTMENT IN THIS? AND THEN ALSO I IMAGINE THIS IS AN ONGOING COST SERVICE SITUATION WITH CI SOLUTIONS.

YES. ACTUALLY, IT WAS A, IT WAS CHEAPER THAN WE HAD PROJECTED FOR ALL OF THE SUPPLIES FOR ALL OF THE BADGES, PLUS AN OVERAGE FOR PRINTING, FOR THE LANYARDS, FOR ALL THE STAFF, FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS, FOR ALL OF THE PRINTERS, FOR RIBBONS TO PRINT FOR.

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MUCH. FOR THE RIBBONS TO PRINT.

AN OVERAGE FOR ALL OF THIS. BLANK BADGES. FOR ALL THE BLANK BADGES.

FOR ALL OF THE PRINTERS. FOR ALL OF THE RIBBONS.

FOR ALL OF THE LANYARDS, FOR ALL OF THE SLEEVES.

FOR 18 MONTHS IT WAS $30,000 TOTAL AND ONGOING MOVING FORWARD.

AND THAT WAS THE SOFTWARE THAT WAS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THAT WAS INTEGRATIONS.

NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE $5,000. I HAVE TO SAY THAT'S A LITTLE LOWER THAN WHAT I IMAGINED.

EXACTLY. EXACTLY. SO YES, AND THAT CAME OUT OF BOND 2023 SAFETY AND SECURITY LINE ITEM.

SO IT WAS MUCH MORE FEASIBLE THAN WE EXPECTED AND CERTAINLY CHEAPER THAN SOME OF OUR SOFTWARE LICENSES THAT WE PAY FOR OTHER THINGS.

RIGHT. YEAH. SO IT WAS MAINLY CONSUMABLES AND THAT'S WHAT THE CONSUMABLES FOR NEXT YEAR WOULD BE.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DIANE. WE'LL GO TO KELLY.

SO YOU KIND OF COVERED BOTH OF MINE. I WAS WONDERING IF THE BADGES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED FOR THE NURSE'S OFFICE ELEVATOR USE, BECAUSE THAT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S DIFFICULT.

SO YOU COULD THEN MAKE JUST ONE STUDENT'S BADGE WORK FOR THE ELEVATOR SO THAT DURING THAT TIME, AND THEN CUT IT OFF AFTER TWO WEEKS, BECAUSE USUALLY AFTER THEY HAVE TO RETURN THE BADGE TO US.

AND THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO HAPPEN AS WELL.

AND THEN AS A BAND PARENT I ALSO ENVISIONED WHAT DIANE DID.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DO WATCH AND SEE THAT THEY ALL HAVE TO GO TO A BACK FIELD TO PRACTICE, AND SO IF THAT BADGE COULD ACCESS THEM TO JUST THAT ONE DOOR, THAT WOULD BE SO HELPFUL BECAUSE THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO ARE LATE OR THEY FORGOT THEIR WATER LIKE ONE DAY. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WE WON'T NAME ANY NAMES, BUT A PERSON I KNOW FORGOT THE WATER AND YOU CAN'T GET BACK IN.

AND SO IT'S REALLY IT'S KIND OF STRESSFUL. SO IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO TRIAL THAT AND SEE MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE TO ALLOW THAT ACCESS BUT TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

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BUT THE STAFF WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND IT'S ABOUT HOW HOW HOW CAN WE MANAGE IT. CAN CAN THE STUDENTS HANDLE THE RESPONSIBILITY.

CAN THE STAFF HANDLE THE HANDLE? GIVING THEM THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT LEVEL OF TRUST.

AND I THINK WE'RE UP FOR IT. I KNOW THE STAFF ARE UP FOR IT.

IT'S JUST LET'S SEE WHAT THAT LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

IT'S A SMALL GROUP OF KIDS. LET'S JUST SEE HOW WE MANAGE IT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, KELLY. GO TO KIM. DOCTOR SAILORS, THANK YOU FOR THIS.

FOLLOWING UP ON A QUESTION THAT DIANE ASKED ABOUT THE BOND ALLOCATION.

ARE WE THEN GOING TO DECREASE OUR COST ON SMART TAGS? I'M ASSUMING THAT SMART TAGS REMAIN FOR K THROUGH SIX, AND THEN OUR K THROUGH FIVE AND THEN SIX THROUGH 12 IS GOING TO THIS.

BUT DOES THAT THEN DECREASE WHAT WE'RE PAYING TO SMART TAG THE SMART TAG VENDOR? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND IS THERE A CORRELATION ON IS THAT A $30,000 SAVINGS OR DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW? I DO NOT KNOW THAT. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

ANY OTHER TRUSTEE QUESTIONS? WELL, I GUESS I'M A TRUSTEE, AND I HAVE QUESTIONS.

WE'LL, I DON'T REMEMBER IF YOU SAID THIS. WILL STUDENTS BADGE INTO BUILDINGS.

THEY WILL NOT. WILL NOT AT THIS TIME UNLESS SOMEBODY UNLESS THERE'S SOME INSTANCE THAT WE NEED THAT THAT BECOMES A NEED OR THERE'S SOME RATIONALE OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THERE'S SOME, SOME NEW REASON THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT AT THIS TIME, THAT'S NOT A CONSIDERATION. SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO DO.

BUT I COULD SEE THAT THE LOGISTICAL TROUBLE OF THAT AS WELL.

SO MAYBE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. MAYBE THE SAFETY COMMITTEE CAN DISCUSS THAT.

THE OTHER THING I NOTICED THAT THE BADGES YOU TALKED ABOUT NOT HAVING THEIR GRADUATING YEAR ON THE BADGE, BUT THE BADGE DOESN'T EVEN SAY 2025 OR 24, 25 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

RIGHT. SO A BADGE THAT GETS FOUND SOMEWHERE THERE COULD BE A JOHNNY SMITH WALKING AROUND IN WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL WITH A BADGE ON, AND I FOUND JOHNNY'S BADGE AND I'M GOING TO USE IT.

I FOUND HIS LAST YEAR BADGE AND I'M GOING TO USE IT.

OR GO AHEAD, YOU WERE GOING TO. NO I MISSED. I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT ON THIS BADGE.

ON THE BADGE DESIGN. SEEING THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER.

JAMES, THE 0001 WILL BE THE SCHOOL YEAR. OKAY.

YEAH. I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, SMALL THING, BUT I THOUGHT 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN I FIND MY OLD WESTRIDGE BADGE, IT WON'T WORK. NO, NO, NO, BUT I'M GOING LIKE, OH MY, THIS WAS ME IN 2025.

NO, THAT WILL BE THE SCHOOL YEAR. KIND OF LIKE WHEN I FIND MY OLD DRIVER'S LICENSE AND STUFF.

OKAY, THAT THAT HELPS A LOT. AND THEN, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. YOU ANSWERED THE OTHER QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SAILORS AND THE WHOLE TEAM FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. I WENT TOO FAR. SORRY. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT

[10. ACTION - CONSENT AGENDA]

DO I HAVE A SECOND MOTION BY HEATHER? SECOND BY KELLY.

ANY DISCUSSION? THESE ARE THE EXCITING CHILLERS AND COOLING TOWERS THAT ALAN'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT.

I'M SORRY SHE'S NOT HERE TO VOTE ON THIS. ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES.

WELL. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE FOR THE SECOND OPEN FORUM.

[12. UPCOMING MEETINGS]

AND THEN ON APRIL 22ND, WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING.

THERE'S ONLY ONE ASTERISK THAT SAYS HELD IT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

THEY'RE BOTH HERE AT CEDAR CREEK. BOTH HERE AT CEDAR CREEK.

OKAY. AND WITH THAT, THE BOARD STANDS ADJOURNED AT 8:18.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.